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4509 Doris Circle 37918 (865) 922-4136 [email protected] [email protected] EDITOR Sandra Clark [email protected] ADVERTISING SALES Debbie Moss [email protected] Shopper-News is a member of KNS Media Group, published weekly at 4509 Doris Circle, Knoxville, TN, and distributed to 8,314 homes in Powell. A great community newspaper. VOL. 51, NO. 4 JANUARY 23, 2012 GOVERNMENT/POLITICS A4-5 | OUR COLUMNISTS A6-7 | YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS A10 | BUSINESS A9 INSIDE www.ShopperNewsNow.com | www.facebook.com/ShopperNewsNow | twitter.com/shoppernewsnow ONLINE DO YOU LIKE? TELL US! The Shopper-News is now on Facebook! Check us out for updates, photos and more! www.facebook.com/ ShopperNewsNow Plant a tree in January? 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The Shanklin Law essentially says that in the case of a Federal Aid Project (i.e. receiving any federal funding) “if there is a grade cross- ing (of a railroad track or tracks) within 200 feet of a transporta- tion project, a review is required for adequacy of the crossing and its warning devices. If the grade cross- ing review recommends upgrades to the crossing then the upgrades must be made and/or measures taken to close the crossing.” So it was back to the drawing board for TDOT and the SR62 project. TDOT and its consulting engi- neers came up with four options: Option One: to hold existing horizontal alignments of SR62, Keith Avenue and Western Avenue, adjust their profile grades, and re- design the SR62/Keith Avenue in- tersection and at-grade crossing to meet current standards. Option Two: to shift the center- line of SR62 approximately 75 feet to the north, redesign SR62/Keith Avenue intersection and at-grade crossing to meet current standards, and adjust vertical alignment on SR62 and Keith Avenue. Option Three: to connect Keith Avenue and Sterchi Street while closing the existing railroad cross- ing on Keith Avenue. This would move traffic from one dual at-grade crossing at Keith Avenue to two sep- arate at-grade crossings. One cross- ing will be located at Century Street and the other at the intersection of Century Street and Proctor Street. Option Four: to realign Keith More delays for Western Avenue Joe Deering with Neel-Schaffer Inc., the consulting engineer for the State Route 62 Western Avenue project, explains the design at the TDOT public informa- tion meeting last Tuesday in the L.T. Ross Building. Photo by Greg Householder Avenue and eliminate the exist- ing railroad crossing by building a bridge over the tracks to cross over to the other side of Keith Avenue. TDOT has chosen Option Four. TDOT and its consulting engi- neers, Neel-Schaffer Inc., made their pitch last Tuesday to a good- sized crowd of interested citizens, politicians and media at the L.T. Ross Building near the project site. The project will begin near Tex- as Avenue and proceed east. It will then encompass Schofield Road (across the tracks from the cur- rent Western Avenue which will remain the same) and end at Major Avenue. This would include the re- location of Massachusetts Avenue and the redesign of Keith Avenue with a bridge over the tracks and connecting the current Western Avenue with the new SR62. So now it is a waiting game. The project is not yet funded, but right-of-way acquisition is projected to begin this year with construction tentatively planned for 2013. TDOT project manager Mike Russell told those attending Tuesday’s meeting that, realisti- cally, funding may not be available for three years, which would push the project back to 2015. “Hundreds of businesses rely on billboards,” said Jerni- gan. “As the county grows, we want to grow. We support the current ordi- nance, prior to the mora- torium.” Commis- sioner Sam McKenzie called the blinky billboards, “effective for you but extremely dan- gerous” for motorists. Joyce Feld, president of Scenic Knoxville, called electronic billboards “weap- ons of mass distraction” and Bonuses and billboards at County Commission By Sandra Clark Expect fireworks from Commissioners R. Larry Smith, Richard Briggs and Tony Norman at today’s County Commission meet- ing, which gets underway at 2 p.m. and is viewable on Comcast Channel 12. Smith wants discussion of the county’s certification process and bonus policies. He’s hammered on bonus payments by Trustee John Duncan before certification work was complete, lead- ing to Duncan’s decision to pay back part of the bonuses while referring to Smith as “grandstanding.” Briggs wants to extend the county’s moratorium on electronic billboards, draw- ing opposition from the bill- board industry and support from Scenic Knoxville. Norman wants to strip the Briggs Amendment off the Hillside and Ridgetop Protection Plan. Less controversial but no less important are: ap- pointment of 27 citizens to a Charter Review Com- mittee and approval of a $15.5 million contract with Rouse Construction to build a new elementary school at Northshore Town Center. Billboards David Jernigan, a vice president of Lamar Adver- tising, and Russell Amanns of Outdoor Displays Inc., Joyce Feld Russ Amanns and David Jernigan. Photos by S. Clark spoke against Briggs’s pro- posed billboard restric- tions at last week’s Com- mission workshop. To page A-5 By Ruth White Knox County Mayor Tim Bur- chett stopped by the Love Kitchen last week to see founders Helen Ashe and Ellen Turner and to drop off a special delivery thanks to The Holiday Festival of Lights at The Cove at Concord Park. As the mayor walked through the kitchen doors to greet the twins, he received as much in hugs and smiles as he brought to the kitchen. Ashe and Turner chatted up a storm with the mayor and piled on hug after hug prior to the presentation. Thanks to the generosity of Knox- villians, the Love Kitchen was pre- sented with more than $2,500 in cash and nearly 2,500 pounds of food. The festival is a free event pre- sented by the Parks and Recreation Department. Visitors were encour- aged to donate food items needed by the Love Kitchen to continue provid- ing meals and emergency food pack- ages to families in need. Love Kitchen founders Helen Ashe and Ellen Turner shower County Mayor Tim Burchett with hugs during a recent visit. Photo by Ruth White Bundles of love As workers for the Parks and Recreation Department wheeled in barrels and carried in boxes packed with nonperishable food items, the sisters squealed with delight and could not quit thanking everyone for their donations. “They are national treasures,” Burchett said of Ashe and Turner. “They are very honorable people.” Ashe and Turner are on a continu- ous mission to feed the homeless, helpless, homebound and hungry people in Knoxville. Through the donations they are able to help even more people. It is something that the pair truly enjoys. If you have never been to the Love Kitchen, stop by, sign up to volunteer and receive one of the best hugs in town. Blood sport Marvin looks at the rough and tumble world of football recruiting. See page A-6 FEATURED COLUMNIST MARVIN WEST Split Hoops teams split with Karns, HVA See page A-10 Gone to the dogs Canine huskey Katja visits Susan Cobb’s class See Sara’s story on page A-11

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4509 Doris Circle 37918(865) 922-4136

[email protected]@ShopperNewsNow.com

EDITOR Sandra Clark

[email protected]

ADVERTISING SALES

Debbie Moss

[email protected]

Shopper-News is a member of

KNS Media Group, published

weekly at 4509 Doris Circle,

Knoxville, TN, and distributed

to 8,314 homes in Powell.

A great community newspaper.

VOL. 51, NO. 4

JANUARY 23, 2012

GOVERNMENT/POLITICS A4-5 | OUR COLUMNISTS A6-7 | YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS A10 | BUSINESS A9

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WE BUY GOLD

By Greg Householder

Improvements to Western Avenue, first revealed in Octo-ber 2007, could be delayed until 2015 because of a snag called the “Shanklin Law.”

TDOT offi cials outlined the di-lemma at a community meeting last week at the L.T. Ross Building.

As designed, Western Avenue (State Route 62) would be widened from Texas Avenue to Major Ave-nue, including the railroad cross-ings at Keith Avenue. And those crossings created the dilemma.

The Shanklin Law essentially says that in the case of a Federal Aid Project (i.e. receiving any federal funding) “if there is a grade cross-ing (of a railroad track or tracks) within 200 feet of a transporta-tion project, a review is required for adequacy of the crossing and its warning devices. If the grade cross-ing review recommends upgrades to the crossing then the upgrades must be made and/or measures taken to close the crossing.”

So it was back to the drawing

board for TDOT and the SR62 project.

TDOT and its consulting engi-neers came up with four options:

Option One: to hold existing horizontal alignments of SR62, Keith Avenue and Western Avenue, adjust their profi le grades, and re-design the SR62/Keith Avenue in-tersection and at-grade crossing to meet current standards.

Option Two: to shift the center-line of SR62 approximately 75 feet to the north, redesign SR62/Keith Avenue intersection and at-grade crossing to meet current standards, and adjust vertical alignment on SR62 and Keith Avenue.

Option Three: to connect Keith Avenue and Sterchi Street while closing the existing railroad cross-ing on Keith Avenue. This would move traffi c from one dual at-grade crossing at Keith Avenue to two sep-arate at-grade crossings. One cross-ing will be located at Century Street and the other at the intersection of Century Street and Proctor Street.

Option Four: to realign Keith

More delays for Western Avenue

Joe Deering with Neel-Schaff er Inc., the

consulting engineer for the State Route

62 Western Avenue project, explains

the design at the TDOT public informa-

tion meeting last Tuesday in the L.T.

Ross Building. Photo by Greg Householder

Avenue and eliminate the exist-ing railroad crossing by building a bridge over the tracks to cross over to the other side of Keith Avenue.

TDOT has chosen Option Four.

TDOT and its consulting engi-neers, Neel-Schaffer Inc., made their pitch last Tuesday to a good-sized crowd of interested citizens, politicians and media at the L.T. Ross Building near the project site.

The project will begin near Tex-as Avenue and proceed east. It will then encompass Schofield Road (across the tracks from the cur-rent Western Avenue which will remain the same) and end at Major Avenue. This would include the re-location of Massachusetts Avenue and the redesign of Keith Avenue with a bridge over the tracks and connecting the current Western Avenue with the new SR62.

So now it is a waiting game. The project is not yet funded, but right-of-way acquisition is projected to begin this year with construction tentatively planned for 2013. TDOT project manager Mike Russell told those attending Tuesday’s meeting that, realisti-cally, funding may not be available for three years, which would push the project back to 2015.

“Hundreds of businesses rely on billboards,” said Jerni-gan. “As the county grows,

we want to grow. We support the current ordi-nance, prior to the mora-torium.”

Commis-sioner Sam M c K e n z i e called the

blinky billboards, “effective for you but extremely dan-gerous” for motorists.

Joyce Feld, president of Scenic Knoxville, called electronic billboards “weap-ons of mass distraction” and

Bonuses and billboards at County CommissionBy Sandra Clark

Expect fi reworks from Commissioners R. Larry Smith, Richard Briggs and Tony Norman at today’s County Commission meet-ing, which gets underway at 2 p.m. and is viewable on Comcast Channel 12.

Smith wants discussion of the county’s certifi cation process and bonus policies. He’s hammered on bonus payments by Trustee John Duncan before certifi cation work was complete, lead-ing to Duncan’s decision to pay back part of the bonuses while referring to Smith as “grandstanding.”

Briggs wants to extend the county’s moratorium on electronic billboards, draw-

ing opposition from the bill-board industry and support from Scenic Knoxville.

Norman wants to strip the Briggs Amendment off the Hillside and Ridgetop Protection Plan.

Less controversial but no less important are: ap-pointment of 27 citizens to a Charter Review Com-mittee and approval of a $15.5 million contract with Rouse Construction to build a new elementary school at Northshore Town Center.

BillboardsDavid Jernigan, a vice

president of Lamar Adver-tising, and Russell Amanns of Outdoor Displays Inc.,

Joyce Feld

Russ Amanns and David Jernigan. Photos by S. Clark

spoke against Briggs’s pro-posed billboard restric-

tions at last week’s Com-mission workshop. To page A-5

By Ruth White

Knox County Mayor Tim Bur-chett stopped by the Love Kitchen last week to see founders Helen Ashe and Ellen Turner and to drop off a special delivery thanks to The Holiday Festival of Lights at The Cove at Concord Park.

As the mayor walked through the kitchen doors to greet the twins, he received as much in hugs and smiles as he brought to the kitchen. Ashe and Turner chatted up a storm with the mayor and piled on hug after hug prior to the presentation.

Thanks to the generosity of Knox-villians, the Love Kitchen was pre-sented with more than $2,500 in cash and nearly 2,500 pounds of food. The festival is a free event pre-sented by the Parks and Recreation Department. Visitors were encour-aged to donate food items needed by the Love Kitchen to continue provid-ing meals and emergency food pack-ages to families in need.

Love Kitchen founders Helen Ashe and

Ellen Turner shower County Mayor Tim

Burchett with hugs during a recent visit. Photo by Ruth White

Bundles of loveAs workers for the Parks and

Recreation Department wheeled in barrels and carried in boxes packed with nonperishable food items, the sisters squealed with delight and could not quit thanking everyone for their donations.

“They are national treasures,” Burchett said of Ashe and Turner. “They are very honorable people.”

Ashe and Turner are on a continu-ous mission to feed the homeless, helpless, homebound and hungry people in Knoxville. Through the donations they are able to help even more people. It is something that the pair truly enjoys. If you have never been to the Love Kitchen, stop by, sign up to volunteer and receive one of the best hugs in town.

Blood sportMarvin looks at the

rough and tumble

world of football

recruiting.

See page A-6

FEATURED COLUMNIST

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SplitHoops teams split with Karns, HVA

See page A-10

Gone to the

dogsCanine huskey Katja

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See Sara’s story on page A-11

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communityJanuary may seem to be

a weird time to be planting trees, but the forestry folks have told the Knox North Lions and Powell Lions clubs that it is a great time to plant loblolly pines.

Lions Club International president Wing-kun Tam challenged Lions around the world to plant at least 1 million trees. So far, more than 6.6 million trees have been planted with more than 200,000 so far in the U.S.

The Knox North Lions Club is planning to plant trees at Whittle Springs Mid-dle School on Tuesday. The Powell Lions will plant trees at Powell Middle School, but a date has not yet been set.

The Knox North Lions heard from Teri Branam, business development man-ager for UT Federal Credit Union. Teri talked briefl y of the services UT FCU offers but mostly about what re-cords one should keep and the various educational programs offered by the credit union.

In more ■

Lions news …On Feb. 17, a fi eld rep-

resentative from the Lions’ Leader Dogs for the Blind program will be at Whit-tle Springs Middle School speaking to several classes.

Knoxville will be the host for this year’s Lions District 12N district con-vention Feb. 17-18 at the Crowne Plaza downtown.

Lions interested in attend-ing should check out the dis-trict website at www.tnlions.org. Registration for the con-vention is due Feb. 1.

Barring a total meltdown in Lions protocol, our very own Diane Wilkerson, for-mer Powell Lions president

and current fi rst vice district governor, should be elected as district governor. Diane will be traveling to Busan, Korea, (South Korea, actual-ly, it used to be called Pusan) to be offi cially crowned and will be installed when she gets back home. Diane will head to Korea in June.

The Knox North Lions will be having a pancake breakfast jointly with the Farragut Lions Club on March 24 at the Applebee’s on Cedar Bluff Road.

The Powell Lions will be having a pancake breakfast on April 14 at the Applebee’s in the Cedar Lane/Mer-chants Road area.

The Powell Lions will be doing a road cleanup at Em-ory Road and Brickyard on March 4.

‘Steel Magnolias’ ■

is coming soonOK. I fi nally caught the

movie version of “Steel Mag-nolias” on TV last week.

But I have to admit, I was scrambling writing this col-umn and only halfway paid attention to it.

But never fear, if you missed it on television last week you still have a chance to see it live compliments of the Powell Playhouse.

The play will be present-

ed Feb. 23-25 at the Jubilee Banquet Facility. The pro-duction will offer a “dinner and a play” format with din-ner of chicken, two vegeta-bles, salad, bread, a drink and cobbler. The “dinner and play” tickets are $25 per person. Tickets for the play only are $10. Dinner will be from 6 to 7:30 p.m. and the play will begin at 7:30.

Tickets for the “dinner and play” must be purchased by Feb. 17 and will make great Valentine’s Day presents. Tickets may be purchased from Mona Napier at 947-7428 or 256-7428 or email at [email protected].

There will be a matinee performance on Sunday, Feb. 26 at 2:30 p.m. There will be no dinner served for the matinee and tickets are $5 for seniors and $10 for everyone else.

A weather makeup per-formance has been sched-uled for Feb. 27 should one of the non-matinee perfor-mances be canceled due to inclement weather.

Safety seminar ■

The Jubilee Banquet Fa-cility in Powell will host Tom Patire, one of America’s leading personal safety ex-perts, as he presents a safety seminar for parents and kids

Greg Householder

It’s tree planting time6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26. Cost is $45 per family (two parents and one child) and $10 per additional child. It is open for children age 5 and up.

The seminar is sponsored by the Knoxville Tiger Rock Tae Kwon Do Academy. To reserve your spot, call 922-0826.

AFSPA to meet ■

SaturdayThe Airplane Filling

Station Preservation Asso-ciation will hold a meeting followed by a cleanup day Saturday, Jan. 28, at 9 a.m. Anyone interested in join-ing the preservation efforts is cordially invited.

PHS Fashion Show ■

Powell High School will hold a fashion show at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2, in the auditorium. It will feature students and faculty model-ing prom fashions for both male and female.

Entertainment will be provided by the top three fi nishers in the Powell Idol contest held in the fall: Ma-Kayla Morton, Tucker Hyde and Iesha Hill.

Tickets. available at the door, are $5 for adults and $4 for students with chil-dren under age 6 admitted free.

The “snow date” make up will be Feb. 9.

Teri Branam from the UT Federal Credit Union talks to the Knox

North Lions last Wednesday. Photos by G.Householder

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wants a similar project in Heiskell. Photo by G. Householder

Party at the art centerThe Fountain City Art Center will host a ’50s-

themed dance 6 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11. Dress-ing up in the style of the 1950’s is highly encouraged.

Broadway Sound’s “Broadway Swing” will provide live music. Dinner will include a “soda shop” menu of pulled pork sandwiches, cole slaw, Cokes in glass bottles, dessert and more. Holland Rowe will be tak-ing photos in a “soda shop” setting for $10 a sheet.

Tickets are $30 and seating is limited. All proceeds will benefi t the Fountain City Art Center.

Info: 357-2787 or email [email protected].

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1. It’s not a done deal.2. It’s not about the money.And while hardly any-

body will admit it on the record, nobody with a lick of sense believes them. It is a done deal. It is about the money.

That’s why City Council’s 8-1 vote last week to table a white paper regarding the closing of Lakeshore makes little sense. The report was prepared by the Mayor’s Council on Disability Issues. And the council’s rejection of it sent a signal that local government is not willing to take a strong, proactive stand to ensure fair treat-ment for one of the most vulnerable segments of so-ciety, the mentally ill.

Council also ignored a host of ancillary issues such

Mayor Madeline Rogero attended her fi rst U.S. Con-ference of Mayors meeting as a member this past week and spent Wednesday early evening at the White House with President Obama. Clarksville Mayor Kim Mc-Millan was also in Washing-ton. She grew up in South Knoxville. Rogero will be active in the Women’s May-ors Association, too.

Rogero was chosen to chair the city Pension Board at its Jan. 12 meet-ing to replace former City Council member Barbara Pelot whose term had ex-pired. This places Rogero in charge as she should be. It also gives her owner-ship of proposed pension changes needed to make the system financially sol-vent. It makes it likely for her to attend all Pension

City Council must lead on Lakeshore

as fair treatment for Lake-shore employees, historic preservation and looking out for city taxpayers who already feel put upon by a burgeoning homeless popu-lation.

In a gutsy move, newbie member Mark Campen cast the only dissenting vote.

The CODI document rec-ommended that city govern-ment support the closure of Lakeshore, but only if the resulting savings are rein-vested in community-based services and if it undertakes its own study of potential costs to the city and how the closure will affect Knoxville residents.

The report also advocated a working group to collabo-rate with the state to develop

a workable transition plan and to allow that working group to become the nucle-us of a collaborative effort to improve mental health services and delivery.

Another newbie, Finbarr Saunders, made a motion to accept the 58-page CODI document, but failed to get a second after Council mem-ber Brenda Palmer said she was worried about the “implications” of the white paper and made the motion to table it, which means that a separate vote will be re-quired to bring it back up for consideration. (Later, she said that having it presented in resolution form was a big source of her heartburn.)

Duane Grieve, who repre-sents the 2nd District where what’s left of Lakeshore re-sides, seconded the motion and said he shares Palmer’s concerns that approval of the CODI report would be interpreted as an endorse-ment of its recommenda-

tions, despite Law Director Charles Swanson’s observa-tion that many past councils have routinely approved and accepted such documents without repercussion.

Nick Della Volpe ob-served that the governor and the commissioner can promise that funding will follow the patients, but it will be up to the legislatures of the future to honor those promises – and therefore nobody can make long-term guarantees. Nick Pavlis rec-ommended waiting to see what the Legislature of the present decides to do.

Wait for the Legislature to act? Lakeshore is closing June 30. Five months out is not too soon to make a plan, which is what CODI has stepped up and done. If City Council members don’t like CODI’s plan, they should get together and make a better one. And inform the Legisla-ture what Knoxville wants.

The clock is ticking.

Rogero replaces Pelot as Pension Board chair

Board meetings.The pension study task

force chaired by Bob Cross continues to meet at KCDC with few in attendance. It is unclear if it will make any substantive proposals for change in the city plan despite rising costs to the city treasury. Mayor Rog-ero has to add $13 million for pension shortfalls in her fi rst city budget this May. In 2013, she will need to add at least $14.6 million more. The issue seems to have been forgotten.

If she wishes to make changes in the current plan, the mayor must act by May to get charter amendments placed on the November 2012 ballot. The city charter requires Pension Board re-view of all proposed charter amendments.

Cross is an investment adviser to the County Re-tirement System.

Currently there are ■ 2,018 persons drawing a city pension, including this writer. Former City Coun-cil members Rob Frost, Marilyn Roddy, Joe Bailey, Chris Woodhull, Steve Hall and Joe Hultquist can draw $145.93 a month when they reach age 62. Bob Becker can draw $128.82 and Mark Brown can draw $129.93 a month when they are 62. Becker and Brown served less than eight years each

on the council.Barbara Pelot■ went

off council two years ago but has not drawn her $171.83 monthly city pension. She is one of a very small group of people legally entitled to a city pension who have de-clined to get it when eligible. When I asked her about it last week, she said she planned to start drawing it in the near future now that she is no longer chair of the city Pension Board.

Former state Sen. ■ BillOwen has won a recent vic-tory being re-elected to a four-year term on the Dem-ocratic National Committee. He has been in this position since 2000. It affords him an opportunity to network with national Democrats and attend the National Convention in Charlotte this year.

State Reps. Harry Brooks (left) and Bill Dunn talk with school

board vice chair Indya Kincannon following Thursday’s State

of the Schools address. Brooks, Dunn and Rep. Ryan Haynes

drove in from Nashville to attend the session. Photo by S. Clark

McIntyre challenges community, gets

standing ‘O’By Sandra Clark

Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre said Knox County Schools can do better.

We’re proud of our steady, solid academic progress, ... but we have unacceptable achievement gaps. We can do better.”

McIntyre’s address Thursday at Gresham Mid-dle School was well-received by a full house. He received a standing ovation, surely a fi rst in the history of Knox County Schools.

At least it was the fi rst time a superintendent ever stood to explain the dis-trict’s performance or lack of same. Board chair Thom-as Deakins wanted the “state of the schools” address. “We are at a defi ning moment in public education,” Deakins said. He recalled a time, not long ago, when “a Tennes-see high school diploma had little value.” He cited the Knox County school board’s hiring of McIntyre in 2008, the adoption of a fi ve-year strategic plan in 2009 and adoption of the national Common Core standards in 2010. “We now have rigor-ous standards and are mov-ing toward quality instruc-tion,” he said.

McIntyre typically bridg-es the disparate calls for reforms from the business community and the status quo seekers in the education establishment. But he usu-ally leans toward reform.

His predecessor, Charles Lindsey, came to town and immediately joined the Knox County Education As-sociation, the teachers’ bar-gaining unit.

McIntyre dissed the KCEA by refusing to give time off to its president, Sherry Morgan, this year.

Morgan said Monday she’s fi nally achieved the time off to work on KCEA matters (the group reim-burses her salary but she does not lose benefi ts or se-niority).

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“litter on a stick.” And Briggs said he has a

“personal hangup” with the number of “adult entertain-ment and strip joint” bill-boards around the county.

RidgetopNorman wants recon-

sideration of the Briggs Amendment when the Hill-side and Ridgetop Protec-tion Plan is voted on today. Norman, the primary spon-sor of the ordinance, met opposition from builders, Realtors and the Knoxville Chamber. That opposition

melted when Briggs offered an amendment that pro-ponents said neutered the plan.

Briggs says he just wants to be clear that a developer can “defend before an elect-ed body” if the development plan differs from the regula-tions coming from the Hill-side and Ridgetop Protec-tion Plan.

Norman has been lobby-ing his colleagues in sun-shined meetings, but it will be hard for him to secure six votes to strip the Briggs Amendment.

Sandra Clark

Meet Judge Steve SwordThe fi rst thing you must

know about the young attor-ney who replaced Criminal Court Judge Richard Baum-gartner is that he’s not Rich-ard Baumgartner.

Steve Sword was appoint-ed by Gov. Bill Haslam from a list of three lawyers rec-ommended by the Judicial Selection Commission.

The former prosecutor and graduate of UT College of Law said he was thinking about running for district attorney when the judge’s job became open following the resignation of Baum-gartner.

Attorney General Randy Nichols is not expected to seek re-election.

Sword said Knox County needed a judge “to restore trust and to be a servant to the community.” He spoke last week to the Halls Re-publican Club.

“Now that people want to hear what I’ve got to say, I can’t say anything,” he joked.

Sword said there’s no way to instill perfect justice, but “most of the time the jury gets it right.”

Perhaps from his experi-ence as a prosecutor, Sword is mindful of getting a case to trial quickly. While all judges work hard, he said defense attorneys often try to delay trials, particularly when their clients are out on bail. Every day of delay is another day they are not convicted felons.

And attorneys usually have several balls in the air at once. They grab the ones that are about to hit the fl oor fi rst.

No lawyer works on a case until it’s within three weeks of trial, he said.

“I will set deadlines. You will not get a trial date un-til the defendant says he

won’t accept a plea bargain. I’ll tell the defendant what the penalties will be if con-victed, and then set a trial date. I won’t accept a plea on (high level) felonies on trial day,” Sword said. “And I’ll give you a trial within two months.”

In October, Sword’s sec-ond month on the bench, the three divisions of Crimi-nal Court closed 200 felony cases. Sword closed 108 of them. The three divisions collected $78,000 in fi nes and fees. Of that, Sword col-lected $32,000.

The young man loves the job and plans to work hard. He promises not to embar-rass the county.

He graduated from UT law school and King College in Bristol. He’s a captain in the U.S. Army Reserve and is active at Fellowship Evan-gelical Free Church. He and his wife, Alice, have two daughters.

PBA regroups, sort ofMayors come and go, but

the Knoxville-Knox County Public Building Authority rolls on.

Meeting to reorganize last week, the group re-elected its offi cers: Billy Stokes, chair; Winston Frazier, vice chair; George Prosser, secretary. Those three plus Scott Davis and Keena Ogle make up the executive com-mittee.

Other members are Tier-ney Bates, Lewis Cosby, Jennifer Holder, Dr. Rocio Huet, Chip Miller and F.

Carl Tindell.Tindell’s term has ex-

pired, but County Mayor Tim Burchett has not se-lected a replacement. Miller may have to resign because he’s moved out of county. The lawyers are checking.

Leaks aboundAnd we’re not talking

about those employees in the Trustee’s Offi ce who keep calling R. Larry Smith.

No, these leaks are falling on the desk of Dr. Bill Lyons, deputy to Mayor Madeline Rogero.

PBA chief Dale Smith said he decided to use rap-pellers to wash windows at the City County Build-ing. That meant the railing for scaffolds could be torn down. But the railing was “embedded in the mem-brane roof” and punched a hole, said Smith.

“It leaked on Dr. Lyons.”PBA got a half million

dollars insurance settle-ment for hail damage to re-place the roof so all’s well.

‘I’m here! Yes!’Becky Massey hit the

wrong button on her fi rst state Senate vote. The panel on each legislator’s desk of-fers three choices: green for yes, red for no and blue for present (no vote).

When the speaker called for a roll call of members, 32 senators hit blue and Massey hit green. The colors fl ashed on the wall for everyone to see. And now Massey is get-ting some digs from her col-leagues.

Cortney Piper, Demo-cratic Party rep on “This Week in Tennessee,” will speak to the District 6 Democratic Club at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24, at the Karns MIddle School li-brary. Info: Janice Spoone.

Judge Steve Sword

PBA chair Billy Stokes

Tim Howell

Senior Citizens Home Assistance seeks county aidTim Howell said Knox County has a ways to go toward

fulfi lling a commitment made by former Mayor Mike Rags-dale toward building the agency’s new facility.

Speaking at County Commission’s workshop last week, Howell said Ragsdale promised a $3 million challenge grant to Senior Citizens Home Assistance and the group has “done what we said,” raising more than $5 million.

Knox County has paid $2.4 million, leaving a $556,000 balance. Commissioners told him to meet with Mayor Tim Burchett to seek help in the county’s 2013 budget.

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TALES OF TENNESSEE | Marvin West

Recruiting is a blood sport

mind-reading) is a start. Next comes salesmanship. Following yes is the task of maintaining agreements as coaches switch jobs.

Sometimes there is un-scrupulous bombardment.

Tennessee coaches would never do such a dastardly thing but some coaches lie. They tell prospects and girl-friends and grandmothers what they think they want to hear. Come to our place and take a large leap toward greatness. You are the best we have ever seen. We’ll care for you under all cir-cumstances. We have fabu-lous facilities and a great support system. Your edu-cation is guaranteed. Just sign here.

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Oh?Pressure peaks on both

sides when coaches must pry a committed athlete from rival clutches. Adults contribute to juvenile delin-quency. They suggest it. En-courage it. Demand it.

Rewards far outweigh risks. It doesn’t matter what you told that other coach.

This is a better deal – for both of us.

Some coaches, fi ghting for their professional lives, chose survival over integrity.

Then, there is the NCAA moat, one-year scholar-ships, 25 max, renewable at the coach’s option, 85 total, impossible calculations, public relations nightmare.

Coaches can exchange people against the big number by creating vacancies. There are induced transfers and oc-casional medical discharges and the almost always avail-able violation of team rules. Privacy laws conveniently prevent explanation.

Sadly, the majority motto this time of year is do what-ever it takes, just win, baby. If you spill a little blood, we’ll mop.Marvin West invites reader response. His

address is [email protected].

MALCOLM’S CORNER | Malcolm Shell

Today, our area is for-tunate to have state-of-the-art medical

services that are within min-utes from most locations. The new Medical Center of Turkey Creek and Parkwest Medi-cal Center are recognized as premier facilities and offer services that would have been available only in major met-ropolitan areas 60 years ago.

But the community was fortunate to have one of the fi nest physicians a small community could hope for in Dr. Malcolm F. Cobb. Af-ter graduating from the Uni-versity of Tennessee Medical School, he opened a small offi ce in 1934 at the rear of his residence at the corner of Olive Street and Third Street.

He continued his practice there until he entered mili-tary service in 1942.

He served in the European Theater during World War II and was decorated for brav-ery under fi re. On one occa-sion he continued to perform surgery and treat soldiers in a medical tent near the front lines where incoming enemy artillery rounds were send-ing shrapnel through the tent. Dr. Cobb never talked about his military service and most of what we later learned came from offi cial sources.

After the war he returned to his small offi ce, where he continued his practice for several years before moving to a new facility on Kingston Pike just east of present-day

Farragut Cleaners. At the new facility he was joined in his practice by Dr. Hollis Duncan, and the Cobb-Dun-can Clinic offered excellent medical services to the com-munity for many years. Both physicians regularly made house calls and in many in-stances helped birth children at a patient’s home.

There were no regular of-fi ce hours for these two phy-sicians. They were on call 24 hours every day, and an emer-gency call from a patient’s family at midnight would bring them to your home within 30 minutes. Ambu-lance service at that time in rural areas was mostly of-fered through funeral homes, and it often took up to an hour

RememberingDr. Malcolm Cobb

before an ambulance arrived. If the patient was critical, Dr. Cobb would get them to his car and drive them to the hos-pital to save time and, often, the patient’s life.

Our home was located on the street behind the Cobb residence, so we usually managed to get to his home when someone was ill. I can remember him turning me over his knees and giving me a shot in the rump while I protested loudly because his daughter, Julia, was peek-ing around the corner at me in this compromising posi-tion. But on numerous occa-sions he would just walk over with his medical bag. Just his presence in the room made you feel better when he would say, “He’ll be OK – it’s just that mean old fl u that’s been going around.”

With his experience in the war, he could have enjoyed a practice as a successful surgeon, which would have resulted in better compen-sation, but Dr. Cobb saw a need in the community for good medical services and he

chose to fi ll it. During his years of prac-

tice in the small offi ce be-hind his residence, Dr. Cobb never had many of the mod-ern conveniences that physi-cians have today, including an answering service and secretaries. However, Mrs. Cobb was an RN and was there when needed. He did, however, have an “unoffi cial answering service” thanks to our telephone company. Retha Hammonds ran the switchboard from her home and could see his small of-fi ce from her window. When someone would call for Dr. Cobb, she could look to see if his car was there. If he was not there, she would tell the caller that he was out, but she would call them back when he came home. I am not sure Dr. Cobb was ever aware of his answering service.

I have many fond memo-ries of the Cobb family, par-ticularly his son, Malcolm, who was my age and my best friend. But I also had some embarrassing moments. One particular instance was

in my capacity as best man at his wedding. Dr. Cobb gave me a check to pay the preacher. After the ceremo-ny, I couldn’t fi nd the check, and after frantic searching I had to admit that I had lost it. Of course, Dr. Cobb sim-ply wrote another check, but at the time I thought it was an unforgivable dereliction of my duty.

The Cobb family moved to a beautiful new two-story brick residence on Kingston Pike in the 1950s. As of this writing, the house still remains and is part of the Cosco property at the corner of Kingston Pike and Lovell Road. From the Pike you can tell that the house has been gutted and is slated for demolition. But, in its time, it was one of the fi nest homes on the Pike. But like many stately homes along the Pike, it too has fallen victim to the march of progress.

However, for many of us “oldsters,” it will always be the home of our beloved physician.

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CROSS CURRENTS | Lynn Hutton

Why do you want the day of the Lord?It is darkness, not light; as if someone fl ed from a lion, and was met by a bear;or went into the house and rested a hand against

the wall, and was bitten by a snake.(Amos 5: 18-20 NRSV)

Oh, Lord, you delivered Daniel from the lion’s den;You delivered Jonah from the belly of the whale,

and then,The Hebrew children from the fi ery furnace,So the Good Book do declare.Oh, Lord, Lord, if you can’t help me,For goodness’ sake, don’t you help that bear.

(“The Preacher and the Bear,” lyrics by Joe Arizona)

It matters how we act. How we exercise judgment.

How we pray. And how we hope.

I spend part of my work-ing life dealing with folks who are struggling. In some cases, their struggle is the

Hoping to goodness

result of just plain bad luck. In others, they are having a hard time because they have made bad decisions. (Who hasn’t, at one time or an-other?) And in still others, their troubles are caused by not acting: by not doing that thing – small or large – which might begin to turn the situation around.

Linus, that philosopher of the Peanuts gang, explained it to Lucy this way: “Hoping to goodness is not theologi-cally sound.”

That was his fi nal word on the subject. He did not go on to explain what works better than “hoping to good-ness.”

I have carried that line in my head for decades. What Linus (and his creator Charles Schulz) meant by it, I can’t say with certainty. But I have spent no little time considering what it means to me.

First and foremost, to me at least, it means that my effort is required. I can’t sit down and hope that God will fi x, disentangle, put to rights, or mend whatever

messes I have gotten my-self into. I can’t just hope that God will provide a liv-ing for me, or a future, or a dream.

I can (and do) hope that God will give me a level playing fi eld, like the preacher in the old song quoted above: “Oh, Lord, Lord, if you can’t help me, for goodness’ sake, don’t you help that bear!”

I can (and do) expect that God will be with me and guide me (if I am willing to be led). I also believe that God expects me to think on my own account – to use the sense God gave me.

I can (and do) expect that God will forgive me when I mess up (for which I am im-mensely grateful), because the psalmist sings that “…as far as the east is from the west, so far he removes our transgressions from us.” (Psalm 103:12)

And I can (and do) expect that at the last, God will open His everlasting arms and receive me into His em-brace. Which is, of course, hoping to goodness.

Community Services

Cross Roads Presbyterian ■

hosts the Halls Welfare Ministry

food pantry 6-8 p.m. each

second Tuesday and 9-11 a.m.

each fourth Saturday.

Knoxville Free Food Market ■ ,

4625 Mill Branch Lane (across

from Tractor Supply in Halls),

distributes free food 10 a.m. to

1 p.m. the third Saturday of the

month. Info: 566-1265.

New Hope Baptist Church ■

distributes food from its food

pantry to local families in need

6-8 p.m. every third Thursday.

Info: 688-5330.

Fundraisers and sales

Highways and By-Ways ■

Ministry will hold a fundraiser

dinner and silent auction 5 to

8:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3, at St.

John’s Lutheran Church, 544

Broadway in the fellowship

hall. All proceeds will be used

in the organization’s home-

less ministry to help anyone

in need. Info: Penny Carson,

973-0504.

Music servicesHansard Chapel UMC, ■ High-

way 33 North at the Knox and

Union County line will host a

benefi t singing for the Holston

Home for Children at 6 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 29. Special guests

The New Union will perform.

Info: 992-8363.

Rec programsBeaver Ridge UMC ■ , 7753 Oak

Ridge Highway, will have a be-

ginner yoga class 6-7 p.m. Mon-

days in the family life center.

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New Covenant Fellowship ■

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WORSHIP NOTES

By Cindy Taylor

Substance abuse in Union County has been at the top of everyone’s radar for the past two years. Many organiza-tions in the city and county have lent their services, and individuals have volunteered their time to get the word out and draw support for pro-gram implementation.

Enter iCARe Coalition Union County.

ICARe is the Initiative for Community and Adolescent Resilience engaging Union County. This group has spent two years in building a foun-dation of love and caring for teens that is based on trust and understanding. Their ultimate goal is to develop a strategy for combating the underage and binge drinking problem in Union County.

Implemented by chair Eddie Graham, coordinator Lanelle Mulkey and coun-selor Greg Schmid in 2010 through a $50,000 Devel-oping Coalition state grant, iCARe Union County Coali-tion is affi liated with En-forcing Underage Drinking

Eddie Graham, Lanelle Mulkey and Greg Schmid of iCARe

Union County Photo by C. Taylor

A caring collective

Laws (EUDL). Susan Dilling-ham has worked with Union County at the state level and was instrumental in writing the grant.

“Our fi rst goal was to let people know that there is a problem,” said Graham who is the coordinator for school health for the Union County school system. “Our numbers have come through a survey we did at the high school on binge and underage drink-ing.”

Much from that survey will startle people, especially

in binge drinking in the two weeks prior to the survey, and 27 percent claimed they had actually been drunk or high while in class during school hours.

Surprisingly, 80 percent felt it was unlikely they would be caught by law enforce-ment while drinking or using drugs.

More than 70 percent have best friends who use alcohol, and more than 65 percent said alcohol is easily available to them in Union County.

Almost 90 percent of the students feel they have no connection or bond with the adults in their home.

More than 72 percent are close to or know an adult who they have seen drunk in the past year.

More than 44 percent per-ceive little risk or harm from alcohol use, and more than 33 percent perceive little harm or risk in binge drinking.

More than 15 percent feel they have their parents’ ap-

parents who think they know their children.

Among Union County High School students, more than 60 percent claimed to have used alcohol. Right at 40 percent said they had used alcohol in the past 30 days.

More than 31 percent said they had participated

proval to use alcohol, and more than 20 percent have no clear-cut rules in their families about alcohol use.

These are frightening numbers.

While many agencies at-tempt to change those in-volved in drug and alcohol abuse, ICARe operates on the hope that change will follow as teens get to know those involved in the coalition and realize they are not being judged, but truly loved.

While it is important to reach teens to help them kick habits of drug and alcohol abuse, it is equally important to help parents understand the role they play in their children’s lives.

Union County coordinator Lanelle Mulkey is a mother and pastor’s wife who became

involved in iCARe because of her love for teenagers.

Mulkey is the only paid member of the coalition and handles the day-to-day op-erations.

She has worked around and with teenagers much of her life and is familiar with what they deal with between peer pressures and society today.

Greg Schmid has been a youth pastor and currently works for the YMCA in Halls.

Schmid became involved with iCARe because of his background and history with alcohol abuse. He supervises a recovery program for teens who are alcoholics or drug addicts called Life Hurts, God Heals. He walks partici-pants through an eight-step plan to recovery.

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Longstreet-Zollicoffer ■

Camp #87 Sons of Confed-erate Veterans will host

the Lee-Jackson Dinner on

Saturday, Jan. 28, at The

Foundry on the World’s Fair

Site. Doors open at 6 p.m.

with a buffet dinner served

at 7. Tickets are $30 ($15

children 12 and under). Pe-

riod dress or business attire

is suggested. Nora Brooks

will present the life story

of T.J. “Stonewall” Jackson

while in the persona of Anna

Morrison Jackson (Jackson’s

widow). Reservations are

required and seating is

limited. RSVP by Wednesday,

Jan. 25. Mail payments to

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The West Knox Toast- ■

master Club meets 6:30

p.m. each Thursday at

Middlebrook Pike UMC, 7324

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cepting new members. Info:

Ken Roberts, 680-3443.

Best selling author Cyn Mob- ■

ley will teach a workshop on

writing query letters 9 a.m. to

noon Saturday, Jan. 28, at the

Redeemer Church of Knox-

ville, 1642 Highland Ave. Cost

is $75. Class size is limited.

Sponsored by the Knoxville Writers Guild. Info: www.

knoxvillewritersguild.org.

Rule High ‘Beach Sisters’ enjoy annual tripThe Rule High Beach Sisters enjoyed their annual beach trip, saying, “What happens at the beach

stays at the beach!” Enjoying the trip are Irene Walker, Barbara Sutton, Betty Shelton, Geraldine

DePew, Christine Henderlight, Sandy Stansberry, Nancy Loveday, Judy Buchanan, Doris Majors,

Sandy Hill, Sharon Christopher and Glenda “Poochie” Bedwell. Photo submitted

‘Steel Magnolias’ in rehearsalTruvy Jones (Mindy Barrett) works on

Shelby Eatenton-Lacherie (Jessica Dugger)

as M’Lynn Eatenton (Barbara Robertson)

listens to Ouiser Boudreaux (Bonnie Pend-

leton) during last week’s rehearsal of the

Powell Playhouse’s production of “Steel

Magnolias.” The play will be presented Feb.

23-25 at the Jubilee Banquet Facility. The

production will off er a “dinner and a play”

format with dinner of chicken, two vegeta-

bles, salad, bread, a drink and cobbler. The

“dinner and play” tickets are $25 per person.

Tickets for the play only are $10. Dinner will

be 6 to 7:30 p.m. and the play will begin at

7:30. Tickets for the “dinner and play” must

be purchased by Feb. 17 and will make great

Valentine’s Day presents. There will be a

matinee performance at 2:30 p.m. Sunday,

Feb. 26. There will be no dinner served for

the matinee and tickets are $5 for seniors

and $10 for everyone else. Tickets may be

purchased from Mona Napier at 947-7428

or 256-7428 or email monanapier@comcast.

net. Photo by Greg Householder

Knoxville Writers Guild ■

will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday,

Feb. 2, at the Laurel Theater.

Irish novelist and playwright

Glenn Meade will discuss

his book “The Second Mes-

siah.” A $2 donation will be

requested at the door. Info:

www.knoxvillewritersguild.

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HEALTH NOTESAlzheimer’s caregiver support group ■ meets

6-7 p.m. each third Thursday at Elmcroft

Assisted Living and Memory Care in Halls.

Light refreshments. RSVP appreciated. Info:

925-2668.

Alzheimer’s support group ■ meets 6:30 p.m.

each first Thursday at Beaver Creek Cumber-

land Presbyterian Church, 7225 Old Clinton

Pike. Info: 938-7245.

“An Introduction to the Alexander Tech- ■

nique” will be taught 10 a.m. to noon Friday,

Feb. 10, at Lawson McGhee Library. Info: Lilly

Sutton, 387-7600 or visit www.lillysutton.com.

Cancer survivor support groups ■ , Monday

evenings and Tuesday mornings and Tuesday

evenings, at the Wellness Community, 2230

Sutherland Ave. Support groups for cancer caregivers, Monday evenings. Cancer family bereavement group is Thursday evenings.

Info: 546-4661.

Grief support groups ■ at Fort Sanders Sevier

Hospital 6 p.m. the first Thursday of each

month; 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. the third Wednes-

day of each month at the Covenant Home

Care Knoxville office; and 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.

the fourth Wednesday of each month at

the Covenant Home Care Oak Ridge office.

Registration is required. Info or to register:

541-4500.

Lung cancer support group ■ meets 6 p.m.

the third Monday every month 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

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Friday.

UT Hospice ■ conducts ongoing orientation

sessions for adults (18 and older) interested

in becoming volunteers with its program. No

medical experience is required. Training is

provided. Info: 544-6279.

UT Hospice Adult Grief Support ■ , for any

adult who is suffering loss, meets 6 to 7:30

p.m. the first and third Tuesday of every

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A-10 • JANUARY 23, 2012 • POWELL SHOPPER-NEWS kidsHoops teams split

with Karns, HVA

Powell’s Shea Coker sets up

for a 3-point shot. Photo by Justin Acuff

Jeremy Fine takes the shot

over HVA’s Sherrius Smith. Photo by Justin Acuff

By Greg Householder

The Powell High School basketball teams split games with Karns and Hardin Val-ley Academy.

On Friday the 13th, bad luck plagued the Panther boys as Powell fell 69-59 to Karns. Luck was with the girls as the Panthers won 57-41.

Joey Macourek and Ste-ven Parsons led the boys with 11 points. Jack Rase added 10 in the loss to the Beavers.

Alexis Gillespie led the Powell girls with 13 points. Maddy Blackwelder added 12 and Shea Coker had 10 against Karns.

Last Tuesday, it was the boys turn to win the split against Hardin Valley Acad-emy. The boys downed the Hawks big 65-45 behind Clay Payne’s 17 points. Ma-courek added 13 and Dallas Fields had 10 in the win over the Hawks.

The girls lost a heart-breaker to the Hawks 45-42 in a thriller that went down to the wire. Coker led the Powell girls with 14 points.

Last Friday, the Panthers took on Clinton. Results of Friday’s game were unavail-able at press time.

The Panthers will enter-tain Campbell County on

Tuesday and travel to Cen-tral on Friday.

The girls tip at 6:30 p.m. and boys start play after the girls.

SPORTS NOTESRec baseball sign-ups: Halls Community Park spring rec ■

league baseball, 3U-14U sign-up times are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 28; Saturday, Feb. 4 and Saturday, Feb. 11.

Signups are also available on Saturdays at all Junior Pro Bas-

ketball venues in the Halls area. Info: www.hcpark.org.

SCHOOL NOTES

Copper RidgeBook Fair ■ through Jan. 27;

Book Fair family night Tues-

day, Jan. 24.

Halls HighWinter Formal ■ is Saturday,

Jan. 28. Writing assessment for 11th grade students is

Tuesday, Feb. 7. Parent/teacher conferences are 4-6

p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23. Call

922-7757 for an appointment.

The staff at Young-Williams would like you to meet

5-year-old Greta, a female Eskimo/Australian shepherd

mix. Her adoption fee has been prepaid by her Furry

Friend, so she is free to her new family. This girl loves

to run and may do best with a family that has a large

fenced yard, although she also enjoys being indoors

as well. She adores people and will benefi t from gentle

guidance and structure. Greta is available for adoption

at the main center at 3210 Division St. The “new” cen-

ter at Young-Williams Animal Village is at 6400 Kings-

ton Pike. Both facilities are open daily from noon to 6

p.m. Visit www.young-williams.org to see photos of all

of the center’s adoptables and call 215-6599 for more

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Barbara Herrell will be the guest speaker for the Knoxville Fellow-ship Luncheon at noon Tuesday, Jan. 24. The KFL is a group of Christian men and women who meet weekly at the Golden Corral in Powell.

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Quilters at the Halls Se-nior Center spend much of their time together giving to others. In the past two years, the group (sometimes con-sisting of two people, other times close to a dozen) has made 568 quilts that have been donated to Children’s Hospital for the pediatric Intensive Care Unit.

Lynn Lethcoe watches as Diana Stock-Prescott demonstrates

machine quilting at the Halls Senior Center. Photos by Ruth White

Joan Bunch, Lynn Lethcoe and Pat Muncey pin batting to a quilt front and prepare the piece for

quilting.

Sharing love one stitch at a time

This lively group of wom-en get together at the center every Thursday morning at 10 and chat, share stories and get busy making beau-tiful quilts. “We take dona-tions, learn new techniques and are just happy to see new people stop by,” said quilter Iro Novak.

Quilter Diana Stock-Prescott entered the craft

room at the center this past Thursday morning full of energy and arms fi lled with quilts. She had made 18

quilts for the Extreme Make-over project in Knoxville and 12 others for various projects in the past week.

Next week at the center, the craft class will feature making felt hearts that make perfect home accents or

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Sara Barrett

Critter Tales

I have mentioned the benefi ts of the HABIT pro-gram (Human Animal Bond in Tennessee) several times in this column, but last week I got to experience it for myself.

Canine huskey Katja and her owner Karen Levy were visiting Susan Cobb’s class at Farragut Intermediate School, as they do every week. It is a very relaxed activity for the students as they read to Katja and spend one-on-one time with her.

Students were sitting at the back door of the room

Austin Hankins spends some time with HABIT dog Katja who vis-

its Susan Cobb’s class at Farragut Intermediate School weekly. Photo by S. Barrett

HABIT animals go to school

next to the window, read-ing to Katja as she lay at their feet. She would wel-come a hug or scratch be-hind the ear anytime it was offered.

According to Levy, when a HABIT animal visits a

Levy went on to say the interaction with a HABIT animal helps the children gain self-confi dence and can improve their ability to relate to others (both hu-mans and animals).

Animals in the program have passed both a medi-cal and behavioral test and are paired with trained vol-unteers who are evaluated regularly.

The human-animal duo of Katja and Levy have been visiting Cobb’s room for about four years. In ad-dition to Katja, there are six other HABIT dogs that also visit the school.

Info: www.vet.utk.edu/habit/. If you have a question or comment for

Sara, call the west offi ce at 218-9378 or

email her at barretts@shoppernewsnow.

com.

classroom it usually inter-acts with the students as a group. But this is a special

education classroom and the children benefi t more from one-on-one time.

7537 Brickyard Rd, Powell • 865-859-9414 I-75N, Emory Rd. exit. Left on Emory, left on Brickyard at Bojangles

Hours: Mon-Fri 10am - 5pm • Sat 10am - 1pm

Knoxville’s Gold Standard

As Featured on WBIR LIVE AT 5 andand WVLTThe mistakes gold sellers make most often, and how you

can avoid getting the “golden fl eece” Yvette Martinez Visit www.wbir.com to read the full article featuring

Knox Gold Exchange

WE ALSO PAY HIGHEST FOR OLDMONEY, STERLING SILVER, COINS, ETC.

Exchange

OLDOINS, ETCCCC.

WE ALSO PAY HIGHEST FOR OOLD

CASHGOLD!

for your

When you sell your gold. Coupon must be

present at time of sale of gold.

10% Extra Cash

TUTORING SERVICES Pre-K - 8th, 1 hr-1, 2, or 3 times/wk

(depending on child’s needs)First lesson FREE

additional lessons $15/hrTutor has B.S. in Elem Ed.

Call 659-1328

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SALE DATESSun., Jan. 22, -

Sat., Jan. 28, 2012

• KNOXVILLE, TN - N. BROADWAY, MAYNARDVILLE HWY.,HARDIN VALLEY RD., MIDDLEBROOK PIKE, KINGSTON PIKE,

MORRELL RD. • POWELL, TN - 3501 EMORY RD.

Items and Prices are specifically intended toapply locally where issue originates. No sales to

dealers or competitors. Quantity rightsreserved. 2012 K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc.

Food City is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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YOUR LOCALLY OWNED, ALL-AMERICAN SUPERMARKET!

FRENCH’S BOLD & SPICY BROWN OR

YellowMustard12-14OZ.

Save at least .80 after instant rebate

CHEFBOYARDEE

Cheese Pizza Kit28OZ.

Save at least 1.00 after instant rebate

OLD EL PASO

TortillasSELECTED VARIETIES, 8.2-11 OZ.Save at least .70 after instant rebate

OLD EL PASO

Taco ShellsSELECTED VARIETIES, 4.6-4.7 OZ.Save at least .90 after instant rebate

KELLOGG’S

Pop•TartsSELECTED VARIETIES, 8 CT.

Save at least .92 after instant rebate

GENERALMILLS

CheeriosSELECTED VARIETIES, 10.9-12.25 OZ.Save at least 1.30 after instant rebate

EVENTMIX ORMATCH

MEGA

1.69WITH VALUCARD

BUY 10 ITEMSSAVE $5 INSTANTLY

WHEN YOU BUY 10 PARTICIPATING ITEMS IN A SINGLE TRANSACTIONWITH VALUCARD. CUSTOMER RESPONSIBLE FOR SALES TAX.

1.19FINALCOST

PARTICIPATING ITEM

3.19WITH VALUCARD

BUY 10 ITEMSSAVE $5 INSTANTLY

WHEN YOU BUY 10 PARTICIPATING ITEMS IN A SINGLE TRANSACTIONWITH VALUCARD. CUSTOMER RESPONSIBLE FOR SALES TAX.

2.69FINALCOST

PARTICIPATING ITEM

1.99WITH VALUCARD

BUY 10 ITEMSSAVE $5 INSTANTLY

WHEN YOU BUY 10 PARTICIPATING ITEMS IN A SINGLE TRANSACTIONWITH VALUCARD. CUSTOMER RESPONSIBLE FOR SALES TAX.

1.49FINALCOST

PARTICIPATING ITEM

1.79WITH VALUCARD

BUY 10 ITEMSSAVE $5 INSTANTLY

WHEN YOU BUY 10 PARTICIPATING ITEMS IN A SINGLE TRANSACTIONWITH VALUCARD. CUSTOMER RESPONSIBLE FOR SALES TAX.

1.29FINALCOST

PARTICIPATING ITEM

2.19WITH VALUCARD

BUY 10 ITEMSSAVE $5 INSTANTLY

WHEN YOU BUY 10 PARTICIPATING ITEMS IN A SINGLE TRANSACTIONWITH VALUCARD. CUSTOMER RESPONSIBLE FOR SALES TAX.

1.69FINALCOST

PARTICIPATING ITEM

2.99WITH VALUCARD

BUY 10 ITEMSSAVE $5 INSTANTLY

WHEN YOU BUY 10 PARTICIPATING ITEMS IN A SINGLE TRANSACTIONWITH VALUCARD. CUSTOMER RESPONSIBLE FOR SALES TAX.

2.49FINALCOST

PARTICIPATING ITEM

ARMOUR

Vienna SausageSELECTEDVARIETIES, 6 PK.

Save at least .69 after instant rebate

ARMOUR

ChiliWith Beans24OZ.

Save at least .70 after instant rebate

3.29WITH VALUCARD

BUY 10 ITEMSSAVE $5 INSTANTLY

WHEN YOU BUY 10 PARTICIPATING ITEMS IN A SINGLE TRANSACTIONWITH VALUCARD. CUSTOMER RESPONSIBLE FOR SALES TAX.

2.79FINALCOST

PARTICIPATING ITEM

1.99WITH VALUCARD

BUY 10 ITEMSSAVE $5 INSTANTLY

WHEN YOU BUY 10 PARTICIPATING ITEMS IN A SINGLE TRANSACTIONWITH VALUCARD. CUSTOMER RESPONSIBLE FOR SALES TAX.

1.49FINALCOST

PARTICIPATING ITEM

CHEEZ-IT

Snack CrackersSELECTED VARIETIES, 9.75-16 OZ.Save at least 2.00 after instant rebate

COUSINWILLIE’S

Microwave PopcornSELECTED VARIETIES, 3-4 CT.

Save at least 1.00 after instant rebate

2.99WITH VALUCARD

BUY 10 ITEMSSAVE $5 INSTANTLY

WHEN YOU BUY 10 PARTICIPATING ITEMS IN A SINGLE TRANSACTIONWITH VALUCARD. CUSTOMER RESPONSIBLE FOR SALES TAX.

2.49FINALCOST

PARTICIPATING ITEM

1.49WITH VALUCARD

BUY 10 ITEMSSAVE $5 INSTANTLY

WHEN YOU BUY 10 PARTICIPATING ITEMS IN A SINGLE TRANSACTIONWITH VALUCARD. CUSTOMER RESPONSIBLE FOR SALES TAX.

.99FINALCOST

PARTICIPATING ITEM

FRITOS

Corn ChipsSELECTED VARIETIES, 10.5 OZ.

Save at least 1.50 after instant rebate

KEN’S

SaladDressingSELECTED VARIETIES,16 OZ.

Save at least .90 after instant rebate

2.49WITH VALUCARD

BUY 10 ITEMSSAVE $5 INSTANTLY

WHEN YOU BUY 10 PARTICIPATING ITEMS IN A SINGLE TRANSACTIONWITH VALUCARD. CUSTOMER RESPONSIBLE FOR SALES TAX.

1.99FINALCOST

PARTICIPATING ITEM

2.79WITH VALUCARD

BUY 10 ITEMSSAVE $5 INSTANTLY

WHEN YOU BUY 10 PARTICIPATING ITEMS IN A SINGLE TRANSACTIONWITH VALUCARD. CUSTOMER RESPONSIBLE FOR SALES TAX.

2.29FINALCOST

PARTICIPATING ITEM

Customer responsible for sales tax on Mega Discount

FOOD CITY FRESH

Split Fryer BreastJUMBO OR FAMILY PACK, PER LB.

save at least 1.00 per lb.

99¢with card

96

TERRY’S CLASSICPotatoChips

SELECTEDVARIETIES, 8 OZ.

FROZEN, FOOD CLUB THIN &CRISPY, ULTRA THIN OR

Self Rising Crust PizzaSELECTED VARIETIES,

13.95-32.75 OZ.

TIDE2x LaundryDetergent

SELECTED VARIETIES,24-32 LOADS

$599save at least

2.00

with card

KERN’SOld Fashioned

Bread20OZ.

FREE!BUY 1, GET 1

with cardsave at least2.99 on two

FREE!BUY 1, GET 1

with cardsave at least6.99 on two

100

$299

BlueberriesDRYPINT

save at least 1.00

with card

USDA SELECT,PORTERHOUSE OR

T-Bone SteakPER LB.

save at least 4.00 per lb.

$599with card

10/ $10forwith card

save at least1.00 each

COLORED

PeppersEACH

99¢with card

Coca-Cola12 Pk., 12 Oz. Cans

BUY 3, GET 1 FREE! FINAL COST...

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