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IN THIS ISSUE

Remembering Josh Moore

Central High School stu-dents and Fountain City resi-dents mourn the loss of popular football player Josh Moore.

➤ See Bean’s story on page A-3

Buff at MillHistorian Dr. Jim Tumblin

has tracked down the origin of the farm at Buffat Mill, from whence the road and community name derive.

➤ See Jim’s story on page A-6

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VOL. 51 NO. 12 A great community newspaper March 19, 2012

Community 2Sandra Clark 2Government/Politics 4Marvin West 5Jim Tumblin 6Faith 7Schools 8Business 10

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By Sandra ClarkConditions at Powell Elemen-

tary School headlined the “night out” event last Thursday when Knox County Commissioner R. Larry Smith, school board mem-ber Kim Sepesi and state Rep. Harry Brooks met with constit-uents at the Powell Branch Li-brary.

PTA president Rachel Brengle, secretary Kimberly Hawk and vol-unteer coordinator Regina Over-ton Barnes asked that attention be paid to the aging Powell Elemen-tary structure.

“We have the largest number of portable classrooms in the county, and last year mold was found in one of them,” said Barnes. “(Knox County Schools) was supposed to test (after remediation), but we cannot fi nd that test.

“We’re not even on the fi ve-year capital improvement plan except for $1 million in repairs and main-tenance. Now it looks like we’re supposed to lose a teacher.”

Brengle said Powell Elementary has 970 students and is scheduled to get another portable classroom in the fall.

Sepesi said funding follows stu-dents, and if Powell Elementary has more students enrolled next year than this year, the school will not lose a teacher and might actu-ally gain one. Sepesi noted the $1 million for maintenance is in the 2014 capital plan, a year out.

And Smith said the women should start attending school board and County Commission meetings. “Look them in the eye and tell them what you need.”

With that, Hawk moved to-

Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett

kids with Powell Elementary School

student Carson Brengle, son of PTA

president Rachel Brengle (at right). Photos by S. Clark

Kim Sepesi, R. Larry Smith and Harry Brooks at the Powell Branch Library.

Money, money, moneyCommissioner Larry Smith

and Chris Caldwell, Knox County’s manager of Account-ing and Budgeting, tackled the issue of funding improve-ments at Powell Elementary and other area schools.

Smith said the school sys-tem typically gets a $10 to $12 million annual increase, but this year Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre has asked for $14 million in continuation funding plus another $35 mil-lion for systemwide improve-ments, including teacher mer-it pay and technology.

He asked Caldwell to ex-plain Mayor Tim Burchett’s position.

Burchett does not support a property tax increase, even though Knox County has not had one since sometime in the last century (roughly 1999). Additionally, Burchett wants to pay down $100 mil-lion of the county’s debt in fi ve years.

Caldwell said that does not mean the county has stopped borrowing, but rather that at year’s end, the county will have paid debt down by $20 million more than the amount borrowed.

Burchett will have his bud-get ready for County Com-mission “by the fi rst of May,” said Caldwell.

Parents want improvements at Powell Elementary

NEIGHBORHOOD BUZZ

Broadacres homeownersset meeting

The Broadacres Homeown-ers Association will meet 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 27, at the Pow-ell Presbyterian Church. Every-one who lives in Broadacres is invited and urged to come by president Ed Smith.

Annual dues of $50 go to-ward upkeep and lighting of the entrances as well as mailing expenses, Smith said. Discus-sion at the annual meeting will include the group’s Facebook page, neighborhood mainte-nance concerns and Broad-acres’ real estate sales trends.

Retired U.S. Marine Roder-ick Creigh, a longtime Broad-acres resident, made an addi-tional contribution to enable the association to close out 2011 in the black.

Membership dues should be mailed to Broadacres Home-owners Association, P.O. Box 1101, Powell TN 37849.

Info: Ed Smith, 947-0129 or 250-2460. Andrew Sharits is vice president.

ward Smith, took his hand and said, “I’m looking you in the eye and asking you to help my child.” Smith seemed nonplussed.

Hawk’s son, a rising second grader, has breathing problems,

and all second grade classrooms are in portables, she said.

Brooks recommended that she get an Individualized Education Program (IEP) for her son.

After a tortured 45 minutes of

this, Mayor Tim Burchett arrivedwith fi st bumps and jokes for all.Brooks announced that he wouldreturn to the Powell Branch Li-brary on Saturday for a public fo-rum. And we all went home.

Kimberly Hawk (at right) looks Commissioner R. Larry Smith in the eye and

asks for attention to Powell Elementary School.

Ready for springPowell High School baseball

team was 2-0 to start the sea-son when Shopper-News writer Cory Chitwood dropped by for interviews with players and coaches.

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A Powell community institution fl ung open its doors last week to show off programs and accomplish-ments. Several prospective enrollees toured the campus of First Baptist Academy on Ewing Road, a ministry of Powell First Baptist.

Sydney Neal, 7, holds her cre-

ation.

The eagle is a 7th grade art project.

Eli Neal, 10, holds a piece of

pottery he made in art class.

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er at First Baptist Academy.

Open house atFirst Baptist Academy

Administrator Darrell Vandergriff w e l c o m e d s t u d e n t s and par-ents for the annual art show and science fair. He also ac-knowledged prospective

families who came for an open house. Kindergarten students kicked off the as-sembly by reciting the 23rd Psalm. That was impressive.

Vandergriff said the school will add an 11th grade this fall. It has 162 students in kindergarten through 10th grade this year.

Becky Grooms proudly showed off her K-8 grade art classroom, fi lled with an ar-ray of student work. Grooms has been at First Baptist Academy for six year and worked the fi rst three as a volunteer.

Students have a 45-min-ute art class once a week, she said, and her curricu-lum involves a trip through history. This year students are focused on modern art including artists Jim Dar-row (who lives in Powell), Grant Wood, Pablo Picasso, Georgia O’Keeffe and Eliza-beth Catlett.

The science fair included the standard displays. One kid looked at the effects of light on grass. Another com-pared dog toys. And a third discussed health results from a variety of desserts, presumably as an educa-tionally sanctioned reason to eat 30 donuts.

Or maybe I was just hun-gry.

At any rate, if you want more information about this private school in the middle of Powell, call 947-8503. Tours are available most any time.

■ Lunch with ClarkSpeaking of food, this

Tuesday, March 20, I’ll be at Aubrey’s up by the Interstate at noon. Stop by and chat if you can. If you come to see me and I’m talking with some else, just interrupt. My best hope is that we get a roundtable discussion going among people who may not even know each other.

After all, I’m fi shing for the best stories and tales.

■ Kindergarten round-up April 3Kindergarten round-up

for Knox County Schools will be held Tuesday, April 3, at:

B r i c k e y- Mc C l o u d : 3:30 to 6 p.m. Info: 689-1499.

Copper Ridge: 8-10 a.m. and 3-5 p.m. Info: 938-7002.

Powell Elementary: 4-6 p.m. Registration pack-ets will be available for pick up March 19 in the student affairs offi ce. Info: 938-2048.

Parents need to bring proof of residence for zoned school (utility bill or deed/lease), child’s shot record, birth certifi cate and Social Security card. Children en-tering kindergarten must be 5 years old before Sept. 30.

■ This week at the Powell LibraryTuesday, March 20,

3:30 p.m. Reading Round-up, a story time geared spe-cifi cally for kindergarten through second grade.

Wednesday, March 21, 10:30 a.m., Baby Book-worms, for infants to age 2 (must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Friday, March 23, 10:30 a.m. Storytime, for children age 3-5.

■ Powell NotesHeiskell School Reunion

is 1-5 p.m. Saturday, March 24. The seniors will be tak-ing a bus trip to Renfro Val-ley in Kentucky on Saturday,

April 21. Cost is $49.Toni McSorley will con-

duct a self-defense class at the Heiskell Community Center from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Satur-day, April 28. Cost is $25.

Powell Republican Club meets 7 p.m. each thirdThursday at Shoney’s on Em-ory. Open to all Republicans.

The Knox NorthLions Club will co-spon-sor a pancake breakfast 8-10 a.m. Saturday, March 24, at Applebees, 261 North Peters Road. For tickets, call Norvell Burrow, 693-5449.

Powell Lions Clubmeets 7 p.m. each fi rst and third Thursday at 7142 Old Clinton Pike.Contact Sandra Clark at 922-4136 (leave

message) or [email protected]/.

Lorraine Abbott was honored for her volunteer service by the local Modern Woodmen of America at a dinner last week at Bel Air Grill in Halls.

Representing the fraternal fi nancial agency, Robert El-more said Abbott was selected for her dedication to helping others.

“She serves in many community outreach projects spon-sored by her church,” Elmore said. “She worked as liaison between Inskip United Methodist Church and Partners for Children to open a child care center that would serve low-income families in the Inskip community.

“In recognition of her efforts, members of Modern Woodmen’s 12374 Chapter presented Abbott with a cer-tifi cate and awarded a $100 grant to the Roxie Davis Price Scholarship Fund, the charitable organization of her choice.

About 30 friends joined Abbott for the dinner at Bel Air.

Lorraine Abbott and Robert Elmore, fi nancial repre-

sentative with Modern Woodmen. Photo by S. Clark

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■ Egg Hunt comingThe annual Fountain City Easter Egg Hunt is set for

Saturday, March 31, from 9 a.m. to noon at Fountain City Park. The event is free and open to the public. Mark Enix promises to bring the Easter Bunny.

Hunts start at 9:30 for ages 4-7; 10:15 for ages 1-3; and 11 a.m. for ages 8-12.

Parents won’t be allowed in the hunt. Small kids must be walking on their own.

■ Medicine drop is Saturday A medicine drop for unwanted and expired medicines

will be held 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 24, in the Walgreens parking lot at two locations: Clinton Highway at Merchant Drive and Chapman Highway at John Sevier. Info: Jennifer Linginfelter at Knox County Solid Waste 215-5865 (ext 0) or Offi cer Craig McNew with the KPD at 215-7031.

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By Betty BeanWhen Dr. Joe Black Jr. diag-

nosed Josh Moore with leukemia after a raft of specialists missed the call, he told the strapping 17-year-old he was sending him to East Tennessee Children’s Hospi-tal for treatment.

His mother, Sherri Raines Moore, says that Josh, who stood 6-4, weighed nearly 300 pounds and was a standout left tackle/nose guard on the Central High School football team, was concerned:

“He asked Dr. Black, ‘Do they have beds big enough for me?’ Dr. Black said ‘They have some pretty big cribs in there.’ ”

Sixteen months later, on the fi rst Friday night in March, Knox-ville was battered by hail and wracked with tornado warnings. It was white-knuckle time all over the county as people wondered if it was time to head for the basement.

Seeking shelter wasn’t an op-tion over at Children’s Hospital, where the best the nurses and at-tendants could do was move criti-cally ill patients out into window-less hallways.

Josh Moore, now 18, was un-dergoing a last-chance course of experimental treatment and got two doses in the hall outside his room. While he was out there, he noticed that his next-door neigh-bor, a little girl no more than 2 or 3, needed mechanical assistance to breathe. Watching the tiny child struggle was deeply moving to the big-hearted teenager.

“He said, ‘Mom, that’s so awful they are having to do that to her. I could have it a whole lot worse, couldn’t I,’ ” Sherri Moore said.

The sun eventually came out that weekend, but Josh’s condition kept deteriorating, and by Monday morning he was in septic shock. Too weak for pain medication, he suffered terribly. At the end, he asked his mother to call his girl-friend, Natalie Oakley.

“His last words were ‘I feel good,’ and after 12 hours of excruciating pain, he got relief,” she said.

Remembering Josh Moore

“If you needed anything, you could call Josh and he’d give you anything he had.” – Cody Blanc, teammate

Josh Moore

Maxine Raines

Cody Blanc

Josh was declared dead at 7:44 a.m., Monday, March 5.

Josh’s grandmother Maxine Raines is the founder and execu-tive director of the Lost Sheep Ministry and is no stranger to suf-fering, having lost two children and experienced homelessness as a child. But nothing has been harder than losing Josh.

“We kept believing that he might be healed,” she said. “When his oncologist told him about the experimental drug, he did a fi st pump and told his doctor, ‘I’m gonna fi ght it. I’m not giving up.’

“When he was a little boy, he used to go with me under the bridge when I would feed the homeless at Thanksgiving. He’d

and visit him the day he died. They had to be wondering how this could happen to the gentle giant, the biggest and strongest among them.

One of those teammates is Cody Blanc, who grew up just a few doors down the street on the north end of Inskip. They called themselves the “Skip Boys,” and Cody, who got a football scholarship to the Univer-sity of Tennessee, sat with Josh dur-ing some of his most diffi cult days.

Cody graduated from high school in December and enrolled early to get a head start on his academics, but he stayed in close touch with Josh, who had also been highly re-cruited. They were both scouted by UT’s offensive coordinator the sum-mer before their junior year before Josh got his diagnosis.

“I have no doubt that he’d be playing somewhere next season if this hadn’t happened. He was a re-ally good player and a great person on top of that. If you needed any-thing, you could call Josh and he’d give you anything he had,” Cody said. “The fi rst time he got diag-nosed, I’d come over and hang out with him. Then when he relapsed, I went over to the hospital to hang with him there. But Natalie would stay there for days and days and was there through a lot of things that we couldn’t be there for. If it wasn’t for Natalie, don’t know what it would have been like.”

His last words were “I feel good.” – Josh Moore “He had such a heart for the

homeless.” – Maxine Raines, grandmother

say ‘Mimi, when I get big, I’m gonna help you all the time.’ He had such a heart for the homeless. … Eventually, if he had lived, he probably would have been with me, doing what I’m doing.”

Word of Josh’s passing spread quickly through Fountain City and Central High School, where he wore No. 77 on the football fi eld.

Natalie Oakley’s mother, the Rev. Lyn Oakley, opened up Fountain City Presbyterian Church, where she is an assistant minister, and brought in a grief counselor for all the young peo-ple who wanted to come. Later that week, hundreds attended his funeral at Fountain City United Methodist Church. Many of them would speak, and the family par-ticularly cherishes the words of a girl who said that Josh had stepped in to stop a group of kids from bullying her.

Assistant football coach Kevin Lane and a group of Josh’s team-mates had planned to get together

In early January, Josh, Cody and Nate Caldwell made a road trip to Biltmore in Josh’s Caddy, the white, mint-condition 1993 Cadillac Coupe de Ville that he’d talked his grandmother, Ruby Moore, into giving him when she gave up driving. Cody and Nate re-member that the Christmas deco-rations were still up.

“That was before he relapsed and was the last time we ever got to do anything together. It was a good getaway. Josh loved that car and took so much pride in it. When I go home on weekends, I see the Caddy sitting in his driveway. … We’d all meet up at Josh’s house, and he was always so good to ev-erybody. He was kind-hearted. Josh was the one who’d say ‘that’s not a good idea. …’ He wouldn’t hurt a fl y,” Cody said.

Nate, who had text messaged Josh the night before he died, says he’ll always remember that Bilt-more trip.

“He was my best friend and that was the last trip we took any-where. A lot of people are going to miss him, for sure. What’s hard-est for me is seeing that Cadillac. He always parked right beside the street and every time I drive past it reminds me of him. …”

Andrew “Titanic” Wallace is an-other old friend, a teammate who is grieving. He played right tackle and was the “other” big guy on the team. He says Josh was an excep-tionally hard worker with a great desire to play.

“He was good. Probably better than me. We all worried about him a lot but thought he’d be all right. Nate had told me he only had about a 10 percent chance to make it, but I kept on hoping. Besides that, he was one of the best friends I’ll ever have. That’s what he was.”

The family has set up a fund to help families pay for the expen-sive medications young cancer pa-tients must have. Donations may be made to the Josh Moore Memo-rial Fund at East Tennessee Chil-dren’s Hospital, P.O. Box 15010, Knoxville, TN 37901.

And next fall, if everything works out right, there will be a memorial for Josh in Neyland Sta-dium – the No. 77 on the back of Cody Blanc’s helmet.

■ Powell alumni Powell High Alumni

Association annual dinner is set for Saturday, April 7, at Jubilee Banquet Facil-ity with registration and fellowship from 4:45 to 5:45 p.m. and dinner at 6. The business meeting will start at 7 p.m. Dinner is $20, annual dues are $7 and donations to the scholar-ship fund are welcomed. Reservations are due March 30.

Entertainment will be by Judy Morris of the Pow-ell Playhouse (PHS Class of ’78). Golden Grads from the Class of ’62 will be recognized, along with the oldest graduate in atten-dance and the one who has traveled the farthest.

Info: Mary Hodge-Cun-ningham, 938-9428, Viv-ian Jett McFalls, 607-8775 or [email protected]/.

By Sandra ClarkFountain City Town Hall

members got tips on good neighborness last week, compliments of David Massey.

Massey suggested some common sense tips on a handout to attendees:

■ Take time to chat with your neighbors.

■ Visit new neighbors. ■ Talk with your neigh-

bors if you have a problem such as a noisy party or a barking dog. People appre-ciate person-to-person con-tact. Call 311 or 911 as a last resort.

■ Do not store commer-

cial or inoperable vehicles in your yard or on the street.

■ Park RVs and campers in the side yard or backyard.

■ Be sure your address is readable and well lit so emergency personnel can fi nd their way around the neighborhood.

■ Make sure swimming pools are inaccessible to children.

■ Before building a fence, have your property surveyed. The fence, includ-ing post holes, must be on your side of the property line.

■ Do not park vehicles on the grass or sidewalk.

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GOSSIP AND LIES ■ Ruth White went to the roof of Powell Middle School

last week to photograph a bunch of kids forming “pi” or 3.14 in the yard. She posted her fears on Facebook which led to this exchange:

■ Jake Mabe: You need your trusted assistant whousually stands at the bottom of the ladder and holds your feet ... But my all-time favorite: “Go down and get a picture of some homeless guy under the bridge. Keep the engine running.”

■ Shannon Carey: You forgot, “Get a picture from the middle of the intersection, but try not to get hit.”

■ Sandra Clark’s response: Hey, I didn’t mention that John Evans was spreading ‘zoo doo’ until AFTER you walked around in it for the best shot.”

■ Debbie Raticoff Moss: “LOL. Never a dull moment at the Shopper-News!”

■ Pellissippi State has purchased the old Phillips Consumer Electronics headquarters on Strawberry Plains Pike. The college bought the 32.6-acre property with a 223,000-square-foot building for $10 million. Look for Pellissippi to train workers for jobs such as we once had at ... Phillips.

■ WIVK fi red operations manager Mike Hammondand popular evening DJ Jack Ryan. Who’s next? The frog?

Armstrong won’t take job he just won

Why did Joe Jarret resign as Knox County Law Direc-tor after losing the GOP pri-mary to Bud Armstrong?

Bud Armstrong Joe Jarret

Betty Bean

Why did Armstrong turn down the opportunity to be appointed to the po-sition, which would allow him to advise the commit-tee that’s going to recom-mend changes to the coun-ty charter under which he will be operating?

At first blush, Jarret looks like a sore loser who decided to show his op-ponent up for his lack of experience and creden-tials. (Armstrong got his law degree in 2008 from Nashville School of Law, a night school which isn’t American Bar Association-accredited.) Make him look like the dog that chased the school bus and didn’t know what to do when he caught it.

But Jarret says that’s not so, and Armstrong isn’t saying anything beyond what’s in his rather puz-zling press release about needing time to wind his practice down and consult-ing the finest legal minds in East Tennessee to avoid the appearance of a con-flict of interests.

The whole thing would be hard to explain to any-one who’s not From Here, as we say, because explain-ing starts with the fact that Knox County is essentially a one-party operation and most local races are decid-ed in the Republican pri-mary, making the August general election nothing more than a legal formal-ity.

One of the worst byprod-ucts of the system comes into play when an incum-bent officeholder loses in the primary. Horror stories

It’s a puzzlement

abound about retaliation, absentee-management and malaise among the staff. Historically, interreg-nums breed mischief, and a lot can happen between March and September.

Jarret, whose major po-litical liability is that he’s not From Here, knows those difficulties first hand. He was hired on as chief deputy by former law director Bill Lockett, who resigned in 2010 after pleading guilty to felony theft for stealing more than $60,000 from his former law firm. Jarret did the law director’s job for an assistant’s pay for almost a year while Lockett twisted in the wind. After the res-ignation, County Com-mission appointed him to serve out the balance of Lockett’s term.

When asked why he’d give up half a year’s sal-ary, Jarrett had a ready answer:

“I’ve done all I can do for this office and it’s time for me to move on. For me to sit here and draw a pay-check just because I can isn’t right,” Jarret said. “I just presumed (Arm-strong) would be knocking my door down because of how important this (char-ter revision) is, and since he claimed to be an expert in the charter and in Ten-nessee law, I thought he’d be anxious to do this.”

Jarret recalled that Armstrong regularly told audiences at campaign events that he had put his practice on hold to knock on doors, making the claim that he’s too busy “specious at best.”

“His claim that he can’t just abandon his clients is equally without merit, due to the fact that section 3.08 of the charter permits him to dispose of cases while in the county’s employ,” Jar-ret said.

Armstrong, meanwhile, says he’ll see us in Septem-ber as packs of hungry law-yers line up to apply for the temporary job. Contact Betty Bean at bbeanster@aol.

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Donations for churchesKnox County Sheriff Jimmy “J.J.” Jones, Mayor Tim Burchett, Alan Jones and the Rev. Stephen Steele at a ceremony Thursday dur-

ing which Jones and Burchett each donated $250 from campaign funds to the Concord AME Zion Church and a second $250 to

the Original Church of God. Both churches were vandalized with windows broken, as reported in a Shopper-News story by Betty

Bean on Feb. 27. Pastors for the Concord AME Zion Church are the Rev. Elaine Steele and the Rev. Stephen Steele. Alan Jones is

the pastor of the Original Church of God. The Rev. Elaine Steele said, “We’ve received an outpouring from the community of donations and well wishing through the media. We’re very, very thankful. It truly would have been a stuggle had we not received the help.” The windows were replaced last week. Fourteen of 16 were broken. Photo by T Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com

William “Bo” Pierce has fi gured out what he wants to be when

he grows up – a state legislator. He’s a candidate in the Repub-

lican Primary for Knox County’s new 89th district seat.

Qualifying deadline April 5 for state primaries

With a sigh of relief, most folks thought incessant electioneering was over.

Wrong!

Next up are the state and federal primaries for the House and Senate. U.S. Rep. John Duncan Jr. has drawn some no-name foes.

Gloria Johnson, who’s never seen a ballot she doesn’t want to be on, has picked up a petition to run for the District 13 seat be-ing vacated by Rep. Harry Tindell.

The qualifying deadline is noon Thursday, April 5. Already several people have picked up and even re-turned qualifying petitions.

The usual suspects will probably win without much sweat: Rep. Joe Armstrong, Democrat, District 15; Rep. Bill Dunn, Republican, Dis-trict 16; Rep. Steve Hall, Republican, District 18; and Rep. Harry Brooks, Repub-lican, District 19.

The fun will start, though, in the newly creat-ed District 89 – over in the Karns and Hardin Valley area – where four people al-ready have picked up a peti-tion and others are rumored to be interested.

Perhaps the most intrigu-ing candidate is the blue-eyed Bo Pierce, longtime director of the Knox County Housing Authority, expert on the late Cas Walker, and eager participant in Andy Griffi th Show reprisals.

Bo has never run for of-fi ce. He emailed the picture at right with a note: “Barney is running. Win with Fife!”

There’s a long time to fl esh out the issues and fi nd out who all the candidates are, but for now, Bo Pierce is in the room and is running for the House.

Others who have picked up petitions for District 89 are Democrat Shelley S. Breeding and Republicans Roger Kane and Joey Mc-Culley.

The primary is Aug. 2 and the election is Nov. 6.

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will hear from GOP Party Chair Ray H. Jenkins and vice chair Phyllis Severance at 7 p.m. Monday, March 19, at QQ Pizza in Halls Center. All Republicans are invited.

Knox County Lincoln Day Dinner will be coming soon. Details elude me.

Look for Powell El-ementary School parents to push hard for improve-ments to their school.

Knox County Com-mission will vacate the City County Building for its March 19 workshop, meet-ing instead at the Farragut Town Hall.


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known, high powered Knoxville public relations guru, has completed her work for the Knoxville Tourism and Sports Cor-poration. Her firm handled damage control during the Gloria Ray resignation. Kim Davis handles media for the corporation now.

Meanwhile, KTSC is working on how to struc-ture its search for a re-placement for Ray as well as filling several vacancies on the current board.

With Mayor Tim Bur-chett’s urging, the county has an audit underway on KTSC which could reveal more inappropriate expen-ditures from the Ray days and may underscore need for more reform. The next KTSC meeting is 8 a.m. Tuesday, March 27, at its headquarters in the Glo-ria Ray Building on Gay Street. It is open to the public.

It will be months before a new person is chosen to replace Ray. You can count on a different pay package this time with full discus-sion at the board meeting where the decision will be made. It truly seems to be a new day at KTSC, but the final answer will lie with the new CEO decision and the process by which it happens.

Mitt Romney won Ha-waii and American Samoa but lost Alabama and Mis-sissippi the same day to Rick Santorum, which gave him major bragging rights. However, when it comes to delegates, Romney was actually ahead with 42 for Romney, 38 for Santorum and 23 for Gingrich.

It is hard to see how

Romney loses the GOP nomination at this stage despite the success which Santorum is having. It does guarantee that the primary process continues to late spring or summer. Will Santorum and Gin-grich backers rally to Rom-ney in November?

For one of the few times, Tennessee was a battle-ground state even if briefly. The presidential primary here saw strong activity by all four Republican candi-dates which is one reason the primary was created by the Legislature in 1972. Tennessee will not be a battleground state in No-vember with the president unlikely to carry the state.

Greenways co-or-dinator Donna Youngretired from her position with the city last fall, and her successor still has not been chosen. But, don’t be alarmed, as Mayor Made-line Rogero’s spokesperson Jesse Mayshark assures me an announcement is not far off.

Seventeen persons ap-plied for the job and five were interviewed by the Recreation Department. Former City Council mem-ber Charlie Thomas was not among those apply-ing despite reports that he might apply.

Whoever is hired has lots of work and advo-cacy to maintain the level of activity and enthusi-asm which Donna Young displayed daily. Howev-

er, with Mayor Rogero’s pledge to make Knoxville a green city, the new per-son should have support at the highest level. One obvious goal will be to add new miles of greenways each year as well as plant-ing trees on city property to keep current with those which die annually or were destroyed by storms.

Rogero attended Young’s retirement party at Ijams while she was still a can-didate, which shows her personal high regard for Young as well as her sup-port for an active green-ways program.

Former Gov. Win-fi eld Dunn contacted me recently after reading my column on my lunch with Bill Jenkins. Dunn gently pointed out my er-ror in saying that Jenkins was the only Dunn cabinet member still living.

As Mark Twain (para-phrase) once said, reports of the demise of several others are premature.

Still around and well are Ted Welch and Jerry Adams, both former fi-nance commissioners; Lee Smith, deputy to the governor; Jane Hardaway, former personnel commis-sioner; Pat Choate, former economic and develop-ment commissioner; and Richard Treadway, for-mer mental health com-missioner; as well three top aides: Ralph Griffith, former press secretary; Leonard Bradley, former policy aide; and Knoxvil-lian Frank Barnett, former aide and later governor of American Samoa.

Glad all are still with us after service which started 41 years ago in 1971 when Dunn became the first Re-publican governor in 40 years. He paved the way for three more GOP gov-ernors afterward, includ-ing Knoxville’s own Bill Haslam.

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Tyler Bray remakeI do believe public rela-

tions people are creating a new and better Tyler Bray.

His recent trip to New-port to visit Brandon Wil-liams was a stroke of ge-nius. Well, a small stroke.

No, I don’t think it was Tyler’s idea to check on the 5th grader who was chewed up last summer by a pit bulldog. It didn’t just happen that reporters and photographers picked that day to visit Bridgeport El-ementary School.

It was scripted. It was good. Tyler and Brandon needed that. Tyler may have needed it more than Brandon.

Maybe you have noticed a difference of opinion about Tyler Bray. Some think he is less than com-mitted to Tennessee foot-ball. His record is confus-ing. He has enough natural talent to riddle Montana and Buffalo but the team he leads has not beaten the big boys. No, not one.

Critics see immaturity. They have a list. They have not forgiven that lackadai-sical performance in the Kentucky disaster. Outgo-ing seniors were fussy. It was rumored that Tyler wasn’t interested in anoth-er second-rate bowl game. There are now whispers of academic problems.

Others see Tyler Bray as the brightest spot in two losing seasons. As Tennes-see rises from rags to riches this fall, or at least returns to respectability, Tyler will

be a national story, maybe an All-American. There are encouraging reports of rededication. Some worry that he will leave early for the NFL.

Without knowing for sure what he is, if I were Jim Chaney coaching Tyler Bray, he and I would watch the first installment of the Leaders series, the terrific DVD from the magicians at the Vol Network.

When Heath Shuler says “being a Tennessee quar-terback changes your life forever,” I would push the pause button and we’d talk roots.

Back in boyhood, Shul-er’s dad told him how great was Condredge Holloway as a Tennessee quarter-back. The Artful Dodger, gutty guy, made seemingly impossible plays. It was Holloway who came out of the hospital X-ray room and hurried back to the arena to rejoin the fight against UCLA.

And when Heath made it to Neyland Stadium, there was Condredge, staying after practice to help the newcomer improve his skills.

With the DVD running again, there is old Vol Dewey Warren, the origi-nal Swamp Rat, saying “a lot of kids would give any-thing to play quarterback at Tennessee.”

Dewey played as if it mattered. To complete a pass, he would stand tall against any rush and take whatever hit was coming. He was tough and clutch.

And there on the Lead-ers DVD is Pat Ryan saying “a lot of great quarterbacks have come through here and just being a part of that is special.”

So said Peyton Manning.

“My dad tutored me on Tennessee history.”

Archie could tie it all together, from Warren to Bubba Wyche to old room-mate Bobby Scott to Jim Maxwell to Condredge to Randy Wallace to Jimmy Streater.

He may have missed Steve Alatorre but not Alan Cockrell or Tony Robinson or Jeff Francis or Andy Kelly.

“I saw Andy win a Sugar Bowl in New Orleans,” said Peyton.

The most famous quar-terback knows where he fits in the chronology – Shuler to Manning to Tee Martin to Casey Clausen to Eric Ainge to Jonathan Crompton.

“There is a great his-tory of Tennessee quar-terbacks,” said Manning. “I am proud to be a part. When young people ask, I tell them that if they get a chance to play quarterback at Tennessee, to jump at it. There is nothing like it.”

Thanks, Tyler, for giving the kid some time. Did you get all that about being a Tennessee quarterback? Marvin West invites reader reaction.

His address is westwest6@netzero.

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HISTORY AND MYSTERIES | Dr. Jim Tumblin

‘The Watch-Dog of the

County Treasury’

Alfred Buff at (1840-1908)

Alfred Buffat, son of Pierre Fran-cois and Sylvia Tauxe Buffat, was born in Aigle, Canton of Vaud, Swit-zerland, on Dec. 8, 1840, but moved with his parents to Knox County in 1849. Pierre bought 300 acres near Spring Place (off Loves Creek Road). Always industrious, he farmed the land and, by 1861, had constructed a large grist mill on the property which would eventually prove to be quite profi table.

Alfred was the eldest of the nine Buffat children, of whom the fi ve youngest were born in Knox County. He attended the public schools and supplemented his education by inde-pendent study of arithmetic, gram-mar, history, philosophy and chem-istry. His father placed him in charge of the mill during his teen years.

He was 21 when the Civil War began and desired to enlist in the Confederate Army. However, the military authorities considered the mill to be a vital resource to the community and he was exempted. During the Confederate occupa-tion (1861-1863), Buffat’s fl our and meal were impressed for the army, the fl our at 20 cents a pound (Con-federate money). At one point, Gen. Joe Wheeler’s cavalry seized a con-siderable amount of local wheat and brought it to the mill to be ground. In late 1863, after the Siege of Knoxville and occupation by the Union, Buffat was paid 14 cents per pound for fl our and one dollar a peck for meal.

The mill survived the war in modest fi nancial condition, and, when the war ended in April 1865, Alfred was taken into partnership with his father.

On Sept. 14, 1865, Alfred Buf-fat married Elisa Bolli (1842-1925). Her father, C. Edouard Bolli, was born in Paris, France, and her

mother, Elise Porta Bolli in Laus-anne, Switzerland. Edouard went to Pernambuco (now Recife), Brazil, as a young man, where he engaged in the wholesale dry goods business. Later, he was named Swiss Consul to Brazil. In 1853, when his health failed, he decided to come to Ten-nessee, where his sister-in-law and her husband, Cecile and Theodore Chavannes, were already living.

Edouard Bolli, Elisa’s father, bought a 265-acre farm six miles out Clinton Pike. He died after only six months in Knoxville, leaving her mother to raise their fi ve children and an adopted niece and nephew. A cousin came and helped with the farming for two years but afterward the boys and the hired hands plant-ed and harvested the crops.

Elisa was the third of the fi ve children and was 21 years old when Gen. Ambrose Burnside’s Union troops arrived in Knoxville on Sept. 1, 1863. David Babelay’s thorough history of the Swiss families in Knox County, “They Trusted and Were Delivered” (1988), contains Elisa’s interesting journal kept be-fore and during the Civil War titled, “Some recollections of my child-hood days and incidents in my life during the Civil War.”

Indicating her sentiments about the confl ict, she wrote this in her journal on Sept. 1, 1863:

Yesterday was the fi rst of Sep-tember. Long shall it be remem-bered among us! It was the day when we beheld for the fi rst time our most dreaded foes, the Yan-kees! So long expected throughout East Tennessee! We were all in our rooms resting as the day was warm when sister Adele called us to the window. There was a cloud of dust on the road; presently we saw small troop of cavalry riding by at full speed. We remained breathless, what could it be? Was it the enemy?

Alfred Buff at (1840-1908) and

Elisa Bolli Buff at (1842-1925).

He was a prosperous miller,

school director and member

of the County Court, and was

known as the “Watch-Dog of

the County Treasury.” Elisa kept

a detailed journal during the

Civil War. Photos courtesy C.M. Mc-Clung Historical Collection

The Buff at Mill, located at Spring Place on Loves Creek Road, operated from

1861 to 1926, when it was demolished.

Following the Siege and the Bat-tle of Fort Sanders on Nov. 29, 1863, Elisa’s entry of Dec. 5 indicated how desperate conditions had become with the scarcity of food and ab-sence of law and order:

Alas, has it come to this? The troops are leaving (Gen. Long-street’s Confederate Army) and we are left in the hands of the tyrants. Oh, why did they come? They were all so confi dent of taking Knoxville, but after skirmishing every day, they see it is useless, and leave. What a triumph for our enemies, who are well fortifi ed and expect-ing reinforcements daily. Things are a great deal worse than before.

After the war, the young mar-ried couple moved into the home of Alfred’s parents. The Buffat Milling Co. prospered and became one of the largest in the county and Alfred and Elisa were able to build their own four-room frame house near the mill. With their infant son, they moved into the house in 1868 and,

by 1880, they had built a second story. The nine-room house now ac-commodated the eight children who would eventually bless the union.

In 1882, Alfred was elected a school director for the 2nd District and held the offi ce for six years. Af-ter only a year he was convinced that the schools needed a better system of management and a set of rules for governing. He made a careful study and proposed a plan to establish a graded school system and to select textbooks for the different grades. The graded system was soon adopt-ed throughout the county.

He was elected a Justice of the Peace in 1894 and became a mem-ber of the Knox County Quarterly Court, where he served for 12 years. Squire Buffat became known as “The Watch-Dog of the County Treasury” and, through his hon-esty and integrity, he guarded the county fi nances against graft and extravagance. He was then elected trustee and, after serving ably for

two years, he ran for a second term as an independent but was defeated.

Alfred, a faithful member and elder of Spring Place Presbyterian Church, died suddenly of a heart attack on Sept. 4, 1908, at age 67. Judge H.H. Ingersoll wrote this tribute:

The death of A. Buffat is a great public loss. He was the personifi -cation of peaceful patriotism and illustrated well how it is sweet and graceful to live for one’s country. He incarnated the maxim that a public offi ce is a public trust, and in the clouds of defeat he held aloft this banner. His last appeal to the people of Knox County was “If you won’t have me, don’t reject my principle.”

Elisa remained in her Spring Place home for another 16 years and died there on Feb. 26, 1925, at age 82. Alfred and Elisa are bur-ied in Spring Place Presbyterian Church Cemetery. In April 1926, the Buffat Mill was dismantled and Loves Creek Road was built directly across the property.

Author’s Note. Thanks to David Babelay, who has passed away, and the C.M. McClung Historical Col-lection for assistance with the text and the photographs.

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of the one man out of 10 who came back to thank Je-sus for healing him.

Why? Because I have been working at the Refuge for almost two years, and – in my memory – only one other person has ever come back to thank us for help-ing. We are thanked, more often than not, when some-one leaves the Refuge, but to make the effort to come back?

I told this story to a col-league, who suggested I consider the Biblical story of the other nine, and why it is we assume they were just ingrates. Why didn’t they come back to thank Je-sus? Why do so many of our neighbors not come back especially to thank us for our help? Hard to say.

They may be grateful with all their hearts, but life beckons and they go on

about their day. That is OK. They may not understand that, although we do what we do because we want to help and not for their grati-tude, still, it is lovely to be thanked.

For someone to go out of her way, to share her joy, to let some of her exuber-ance spill over onto me was a blessing in itself! She felt beautiful! I wonder: did Je-sus feel blessed by the one who thanked him? He must have, because the story made it into the Gospel of Luke.

Oh, and one other thing: the man who came back to thank Jesus was a Samari-tan – a foreigner, an outcast among the Jews, someone with less than no standing in the community.

Makes you think, doesn’t it?

On the way to Jerusalem Jesus was going through the region between Samaria and Galilee. As he entered a village, ten lepers approached him. Keeping their distance, they called out, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” When he saw them, he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were made clean. Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice. He prostrated himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him. And he was a Samaritan.

(Luke 17: 11-16 NRSV)

Think about it

I never thought I would say that I knew how Jesus felt in any given circum-stance, but … well, just let me tell you the story.

I was working the Refuge desk one day. One of our neighbors (of the feminine persuasion), who is experi-encing homelessness, came in and asked for a haircut voucher. Her hair was thick and long and seemed to have a mind of its own.

Because we have a mutu-ally beneficial agreement with a beauty school in town – we provide heads for their students to prac-tice on, and our neighbors get free haircuts – I wrote a haircut voucher, called the beauty school to make sure they had an opening and sent her on her way.

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“You look beautiful,” I agreed, although, truth be told, it was her smile and her excitement that made her beautiful, far beyond the haircut.

“Thank you, thank you!” she said. Then she was out the door to show off her new look to everyone out-side.

I couldn’t help thinking

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Grace Baptist Church sur-prised the congregation March 11 with a live symbolic demonstration illustrating his sermon on freedom. Each person was given a balloon to release while yelling “free-dom” in unison.

Approximately 700 bal-loons fi lled the sky after each of two worship services. The weather cooperated with a clear blue sky. The balloons rose and drifted slightly westward.

Dr. Stewart’s sermon be-gan with a short video of America’s history that began in the pursuit of freedom. “It’s a proclamation, a right worth protecting, a move-ment, and a dream. It’s a cel-ebration … It is for freedom the pilgrims sailed to a new world. It is for freedom our

founders signed the Declara-tion of Independence.”

The video ended by re-minding us of another day of freedom gained more than 2000 years ago through Christ.

Stewart said Christians have a new nature inside of them, but the old nature re-sides also, and it is a daily battle as to which will prevail. Stewart described “freedom fi ghters” as those tired of liv-ing the old defeated life. It is a minute-by-minute battle to maintain that freedom.

“The side which gets fed the most is going to be in con-trol,” he said. “If you feed the old nature, it’ll dominate you … being in the wrong places and doing the wrong things. Feed the new nature by read-ing the Word of God and serving God, and the new na-ture will win.”

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releasing it.

Evidence of freedom is not simply getting rid of the wrong things, but also doing the right things, he said. Evi-

dence of this freedom is the “fruit of the spirit” includ-ing unconditional love, joy, peace, patience, goodness,

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CONDOLENCESBest wishes to the families

of these community contribu-tors who passed away recently:

William E. “Bill” Bai-ley Sr., 69, was a member of Son Light Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife of 52 years, Eva Mae Bailey.

Walter H. Ballard, 86, was a mem-ber of Cum-berland Bap-tist Church and a veter-an of World War II.

Lou B. Bryan, 82, was a regis-tered nurse

and charter member of Fair-view Baptist Church. She belonged to Grace Baptist Church since 1996.

Timothy Carlos Butler, 52, of Pow-ell, was a member and elder at Bea-ver Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church; ac-tive mem-ber and past president of

Powell High School Touch-down Club and a youth coach. He is survived by his wife of 29 years, Dawn Reedy Butler, their children and a large ex-tended family.

Charles Richard “Bust-er” Gra-ham, 56, of Halls, was an Army vet-eran who left a large fam-ily, including his wife of 31 years, Vickie B u c k n e r Graham.

Janice Darlene “Tut” King, 53, of Corryton, also left a large fam-ily, including her mother, Bobbie Jean Moore, and h u s b a n d , Pete King.

Sh i rley Large, 75, was preceded in death by her husband, Mel Large.

Leon G. Lyle, 88, of Knoxville was an Army vet-eran of WWII and retired from East Tennessee Trucks. He leaves his wife of 64 years, Mildred J. Lyle.

Bill G. McMahan, 84, was a member of Oakwood UMC and a U.S. Army vet-eran of WW II and Korea. He retired from South Central Bell as an account manager. He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Joyce McMahan.

Mary Nell Shotsman, 95, of Halls, was the last of 10 sisters and brothers. She was preceded in death by husband Harry Shotsman.

Agnes Watson, 93, was a member of Oakwood Bap-tist Church and taught for 20 years at Fulton High School.

Robert B. Wyrick Jr., 81, was a member of Fountain City Presbyterian Church. He is survived by his wife, Nina Hatchcote Wyrick.

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curriculum, prove that math is fun and to promote math awareness. Photos by Ruth White

Powell’s youth basketball 14U boys team recently won the Knox County championship. Team members pictured are: (front)

Tanner Jones, Micah Woods, Steven Torkelson, Brandon Barnes, Cody Reed, Andrew Ball; (back) coach Bryan Hyde, coach Tracy

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Wilson, Scircle represent Powell at UT

By Suzanne Foree NealPowell High School students Austin

Scircle and Haylie Wilson were among the more than 40 students and teach-ers representing 16 high schools from across the state to take part in the 47th annual Tennessee Junior Science and Humanities Symposium at UT.

Twelve students presented original research in science, technology, engi-neering and mathematics as they com-peted for college scholarships.

Debbie Sayers, a teacher at Hardin Valley Academy, received the 2012 Teacher Mentor Award for her extraor-dinary contribution to mentoring high school students in their original re-search.

Also representing Knox County were students from Farragut High School and Hardin Valley Academy.

The symposium consisted of stu-dent oral research presentations judged by a panel of UT faculty, tours of various research laboratories at UT and the Oak Ridge National Labora-tory where students interacted with world-renowned researchers, and a teacher professional development workshop focused on mentoring stu-dent research.

The Tennessee Junior Science and Humanities Symposium is one of 48 programs hosted by leading research universities in the U.S. Info: www.jshs-tn.utk.edu/.

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Brickey-McCloud hosts Epic Adventure

Kicking off the Boosterthon Fun Run at Brickey-McCloud are kindergarten

students Brileigh Dawes and Jocelin Hunter.

Brickey-McCloud kindergarten teacher Kara Israel and Boost-

erthon team member Fancy Nancy lead students through the

tunnel at the fun run. Photos by Ruth White

Brickey-McCloud gym teacher Larry Israel cheers

on students as they run laps during the recent

fundraising event.

Students at Brickey-Mc-Cloud Elementary School raised over $26,000 to help the PTO purchase technolo-gy items for the classrooms.

Finishing off the event was the Boosterthon Fun Run where students ran the track at the school to earn money through pledges raised.

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SCHOOL NOTESPowell baseball starts 2012 seasonAs the trees begin to

bloom and the temperatures start to rise, baseball season is getting in full swing. The Powell Panthers baseball team is looking to make the most of it, too.

“We should have a chance to make it all the way,” said senior Christian Conner. “We should have a chance to take regionals,” he said. It is possible for Powell to ad-vance to regionals without winning the district cham-pionship, however.

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Assistant coach Chad Scarbro believes in the so-lidity of the Panthers.

“We’ve got a pretty good nucleus of players,” said Scarbro. “We have a tal-ented group of sophomores who are going to play a lot and help us considerably. And then we have the se-niors that have played all along.”

As far as the ever-impor-tant pitching is concerned, Scarbro thinks the team is in good shape.

“We have some pitch-ing depth. That’s going to help as much as anything,” he said. “We have several pitchers we can really count on.”

One of those pitchers is senior Drake Owenby, who is currently committed to play baseball for the Uni-versity of Tennessee next year.

“I’m excited to become a Vol and advance my base-ball career in my home-town,” said Owenby. “(It’s)

one of the best decisions I’ve ever made.”

In the meantime, Owen-by is leading the way for the Panthers this season and believes that his team can go all the way.

“I think our season will go great. We have a great team that can have some big goals and expectations,” he said. “We expect to take this season to the state tour-nament and eventually be-come state champs.”

Powell has shown they can do well under pressure. The Panthers were down 4-0 against the Anderson County Mavericks only to come back and win 15-5.

Both of Powell’s fi rst two games were against the Mav-ericks. Powell won both to

start off 2-0 in district play.The Panthers will play

29 more games before the district tournament, includ-ing games against Halls and Hardin Valley, both of which are expected to con-tend for the district cham-pionship alongside the Pan-thers. The only place Powell could face local powerhouse Farragut is in the regional tournament.

There’s optimism among the players though, as many expect the Panthers this year to win the district championship and make a deep run into postseason play. “Powell can easily take the district. It’s going to come down to us, Hardin Valley, or Halls,” said Con-ner. “Watch out for us.”

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Smith keeps a file on every UT men’s basketball alum-nus, complete with pro-grams and ticket stubs. He bought the f loor of the old Alumni Gym, and he has the oldest known jersey, dating to the 1922-1923 season.

Smith pointed out that Betty Cooper’s husband, Ray, played for UT, while Ray’s brother, Leo, played for the University of Ken-tucky.

“I can go to just about anywhere in town and tell you where the former play-ers are,” Smith said.

Weigel’s hires Chris OotenWeigel’s has hired

Chris Ooten as its new director of real estate to expand Weigel’s retail footprint through

new store site acquisi-tion, and the selling and leasing of company-owned property.

“With a solid back-ground in commercial development, Chris is poised to help expand and take Weigel’s to the next level,” said Bill Weigel.

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By Shannon CareyTeen Safe Driver Week

is revving up, and Sage Kohler of State Farm is at the wheel.

Kohler gave a rousing update at the Powell Busi-ness and Professional As-sociation meeting March 13 at Jubilee Banquet Fa-cility. The program, which will run April 10-12 at Pow-ell High School, is chock full of fun and prizes, and quite a few wake-up calls for student drivers.

On April 10, Chick-fil-A and Bojangles will give coupons for free sandwich-es to all students who ar-rive at school wearing their seatbelts. Students will sign commitment cards, which will enter them in drawings for movie tickets and more.

On April 11, students and emergency profession-als will perform in a mock wreck, followed by a pre-sentation by the head of the Tennova North emer-gency room. There will be prize drawings in all four classes, and the final three seniors drawn will wincol-lege scholarships.

Kohler said sponsors are already lining up, in-cluding Rural/Metro, Em-ory Family Practice, Com-puter Depot, Heritage Pool

and Vaughn Pharmacy. More sponsors are needed, though.

“If you can impact just one teen driver to drive a little saver, it can really impact their lives,” she said.Info: www.powellbusiness.com.

Back to schoolLeslie Reeves with Adult

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education, whether learn-ing to read or completing a GED.

Reeves said that about 1 million people in Ten-nessee have never finished high school. In five years, she said, an estimated 63 percent of jobs will require post-secondary education at least.

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HPUD rates increase; rate structure stays intact

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ity District customers will see an increase on their bills, effective April 1. Wa-ter rates will increase by 3 percent, while sewer rates will increase by 3.75 per-cent.

This represents a $1.38 on water and $1.83 on sew-er for a total $3.21 before taxes on an average 5,000 gallon user bill, said chief financial officer James Smith.

Commissioners adopted a $29.1 million budget for fiscal year 2013 (April 1, 2012 through March 31,

2013) and opted to stay with the current rate struc-ture rather than switch to an alternate model which would have eliminated a minimum bill for a f lat fee and a rate on gallons of wa-ter used past zero.

At last week’s meeting, Joy Phillips, director of environmental services, presented an update on the Capacity Management Op-eration and Maintenance Program, part of HPUD’s consent order with the state Department of Envi-ronment and Conservation and the federal Environ-mental Protection Agency,

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Phillips said that HPUD had 160 eff luent violations in 2004 in its wastewater facilities. This year marks five years with zero ef-f luent violations. Compo-nents include the capital improvements plan, GIS mapping, sewer rehabilita-tion, manhole inspections and preventive mainte-nance inspections.

HPUD refinanced its 2002 A bonds for an esti-mated savings of $5 million to $7 million in interest. The district is exploring a refinance on its 2004 B

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11501 Hardin Valley RoadKnoxville, Tennessee

# 609 Food City Pharmacy2946 Winfield Dunn Pkwy., Kodak, TN

(865) 933-4676

# 611 Food City Pharmacy1219 E. Pkwy., Hwy. 321, Gatlinburg, TN

(865) 430-9844

# 616 Food City Pharmacy11501 Hardin Valley Road, Knoxville, TN

(865) 692-5183

# 632 Food City Pharmacy2799 Hwy. 72 N., Loudon, TN

(865) 458-5312

# 634 Food City Pharmacy1130 S. Roane Street, Harriman, TN

(865) 882-0117

# 642 Food City Pharmacy508 E. Tri-County Blvd., Oliver Springs, TN

(865) 435-1187

# 644 Food City Pharmacy11503 Chapman Highway, Seymour, TN

(865) 579-4728

# 647 Food City Pharmacy2135 E. Broadway Ave., Maryville, TN

(865) 981-4338

# 650 Food City Pharmacy300 Market Drive, Lenoir City, TN

(865) 986-7032

# 651 Food City Pharmacy1610 W. Broadway Ave., Maryville, TN

(865) 380-0110

# 653 Food City Pharmacy1000 Ladd Landing, Kingston, TN

(865) 717-7085

# 654 Food City Pharmacy507 S. Charles Seivers Blvd., Clinton, TN

(865) 457-5259

# 655 Food City Pharmacy7510 Asheville Hwy., Knoxville, TN

(865) 933-4635

# 661 Food City Pharmacy2221 Jacksboro Pike, LaFollette, TN

(423) 566-2033

# 667 Food City Pharmacy741 Dolly Parton Pkwy., Sevierville, TN

(865) 908-5018

# 672 Food City Pharmacy9565 Middlebrook Pike, Knoxville, TN

(865) 539-0580

# 673 Food City Pharmacy4216 N. Broadway, Knoxville, TN

(865) 686-1761

# 674 Food City Pharmacy5941 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN

(865) 588-0972

# 675 Food City Pharmacy8905 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN

(865) 694-1935

# 676 Food City Pharmacy1950 Western Ave., Knoxville, TN

(865) 525-6376

# 677 Food City Pharmacy5078 Clinton Hwy., Knoxville, TN

(865) 689-8955

# 678 Food City Pharmacy5801 Western Ave., Knoxville, TN

(865) 584-0115

# 679 Food City Pharmacy3501 West Emory Road, Powell, TN

(865) 938-2838

# 680 Food City Pharmacy4344 Maynardville Hwy., Maynardville, TN

(865) 992-0534

# 681 Food City Pharmacy1199 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge, TN

(865) 483-2889

# 682 Food City Pharmacy7608 Mountain Grove Drive, Knoxville, TN

(865) 573-5090

# 685 Food City Pharmacy4805 N. Broadway, Fountain City, TN

(865) 281-0286

# 687 Food City Pharmacy2712 Loves Creek Road, Knoxville, TN

(865) 633-5008

# 688 Food City Pharmacy7202 Maynardville Hwy., Halls, TN

(865) 922-9683

# 694 Food City Pharmacy284 Morrell Road, Knoxville, TN

(865) 691-1153

30 locations in the greater Knoxville area!NOTE: NOT ALL LOCATIONS LISTED BELOW ARE PICTURED ON THE MAP

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• $4 Prescriptions on 100’s ofGeneric Drugs

• Diabetic Supplies – DME Accredited

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