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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. IN THIS ISSUE SHOPPER ONLINE ShopperNewsNow.com www.ShopperNewsNow.com | www.facebook.com/ShopperNewsNow | twitter.com/shoppernewsnow POWELL VOL. 51 NO. 15 A great community newspaper April 9, 2012 Community 2 Sandra Clark 3 Government/Politics 4 Marvin West 5 Dr. Bob Collier 6 Lynn Hutton 6 Schools 9-10 Business 11 Index E. Emory Rd. Norris FWY. 131 E. Emory Rd. 131 Maynardville HWY. 33 Immediate appointments available. Timothy Butcher, P.T ., CSCS Physical Therapist and Clinic Director 7228 Norris Freeway Knoxville, TN 37918 377-3176 • 377-3187 (fax) Check us out on Facebook. 922-4780 We’ll dry clean all your household items! American owned since 1958 Quality work at competitive prices hallscleaners.net 7032 Maynardville Hwy. • M-F 7-6 • Sat. 8-3 By Cory Chitwood After weeks of speculation in Powell, there is an answer: Derek Rang. “When I got the phone call I was just ecstatic and accepted the job,” said Rang. Rang was announced as the 13th head coach in school history for the Powell Panthers by Athletic Director Nathan Langlois. Rang leaves behind West High, where he was defensive coordina- tor. Prior to that, he was defensive coordinator under Clark Duncan at South-Doyle for one season and an assistant at Anderson County for two years. The new coach is from Maryville where he won three high school state championships while playing for the Rebels. He went on to play linebacker as a four-year starter at Maryville College. Even though he’s new to Pow- ell, Rang plans to keep things fa- miliar. “Nothing much is going Rang is new coach Derek Rang ‘V ery excited’ to be at Powell to change scheme-wise,” he said. “The objective is to keep things similar on offense and defense.” Though Powell returns only seven regular starters, Rang also hopes to keep the Panthers within their normal style of play. “The team will look very simi- lar on the field to what they’ve been doing,” said Rang. But fans can expect a faster pace and more exciting type of team play. “We’re going to try to play fast and aggressive, and really play ‘Les Miserables’ at Central High The Central High School Choral Department’s production of Les Misérables will start its eight-performance run at 7 p.m. Friday, April 13. Subsequent performances will be Saturday, April 14; Sunday, April 15; Tuesday, April 17; Thursday, April 19; Friday, April 20; Saturday, April 21,and Sunday, April 22. The starting time is 7 p.m. for all but the two Sunday shows, which begin at 2: 30 p.m. All performances are in the Central High School auditorium. Tickets are $15 ($10 for students and senior citizens). Info: www. knoxcentralchoral.com or 689-1428. The Central High choral depart- ment will present Les Miserables featuring cast members: Katie Bales, Kinsey Glenn, Gage Beeler, Mark Pozega, Molly Shipman, Brett Hopper, Cian Bell, Hannah Zech- man, Matthew Hubbs and Seth Blaine. Photo by Ruth White MPC hearings ■ Halls, 5-8 p.m. Mon- day, April 16, Senior Center, 4405 Crippen Road. ■ Powell, 5:30 to 7 p.m. Monday, April 30, Powell Li- brary, 330 W. Emory Road. By Sandra Clark Planners are anticipating sub- stantial changes to downtown Powell and the Clinton Highway area following completion of the Emory Road extension, now under construction. The new road will open up a section of Clinton Highway for redevelopment, while reducing through traffic on Emory Road at Powell High School. This could lead to a more pedestrian-driven business and residential look with a “small town” feel, said Mike Car- berry, comprehensive planning manager at MPC. He’s recommending that the planning commission work with area stakeholders to develop a vi- sion plan before detailed land uses are set. Meanwhile, an update of the North Sector Plan is underway, led by planner Mike Reynolds. A sec- tor plan includes 15-year land use, and recent court rulings have giv- en such plans much more weight than before. The plan is used for zoning cases and capital improve- ments. It impacts facilities such as parks and walking trails or side- walks. It might even determine whether your neighbor can install a body shop or landing strip. Upcoming meetings (see side- bar) are open format. Maps will be displayed with staff to answer questions and take comments. The April meetings are follow- ups to meetings held last fall. Reynolds said final hearings will be held after planners absorb sug- gestions made in April. Info: 215- 2500. Urban growth: Planners are holding to the urban growth and planned growth boundaries ad- opted in the 1990s and still in use. “The plans show a small exten- sion of low density residential, but only in the planned growth area,” Carberry said. Per MPC regs, low density allows up to five dwelling units per acre. Raccoon Valley at I-75: The maps show a dramatic blotch of purple along Raccoon Valley Road on both sides of the interstate, but Reynolds said much of the land is already zoned for commercial or industrial use. By putting a “mixed use” designation there, property owners would have more flexibility. “Mixed use could include light industrial, as long as it doesn’t abut residential property,” he said, calling the Raccoon Valley/inter- state area “underutilized.” Tennova: Property around the North Knoxville Medical Cen- ter would be developed as mixed use, under plans drawn by Reyn- olds. The land could be developed as medical or commercial, and the zoning would extend to the old Powell airport. While some of that land is inside a flood plain, Reyn- olds said developers could fill up to one-half of the 100-year flood plain. Halls: Reynolds says the old Walmart center could accommo- date a 30,000 to 40,000 square foot building(s) if the county’s parking standards are reduced. Current county standards re- quire 200 square feet per parking space with 5 spaces for every 1,000 square feet of leasable space (with more stringent limits on theaters, etc.) Planners are considering a reduction to 180 square feet per space and possibly 3.5 spaces per 1,000 square feet. Halls Centre, along with the Black Oak Plaza, are being consid- ered for “mixed use”. That would allow retail, of- fice or even residential use of the land. New look for old Powell up-tempo,” said Rang. “We want to be an exciting brand of football for the community.” Rang knows how to coordinate a team to play this type of football, as his West defense led the Rebels to the state semifinals, where they ironically lost to Powell. Rang has been attending team workouts since he was announced as the coach. The Panthers have not yet started spring practice, meaning that Rang will be here for the entirety of Powell’s practice leading up to the 2012 season, giv- ing him time to implement his sys- tem, which will be top of the line. “The goal is to run a first-class program and to give the kids the best opportunity to be successful, on and off the field,” said Rang. He looks for- ward to the support from the Powell area to help make this happen. “We want to get as much support for the program as possible,” said Rang. “The community support will be great in terms of maintaining what coach (Matt) Lowe’s done.” Rang plans to rebuild at Powell, and maintain that for the long run. “We want to reload every year and have a good youth system,” said Rang. His staff’s goal is to have kids who are “excited” to play for Powell High School. And as far as any other coach- ing changes at Powell are con- cerned, Rang hopes to see none. “It’s still kind of early on … but it’s my goal to keep continuity. That’s my objective,” said Rang. The hire happened suddenly and it’s still all coming together, but Rang is nonetheless excited. “I’m just very excited for the up- coming season and excited to be a part of the school and the kids’ lives,” he said. “This is a great opportunity.” As he takes the helm, he in- herits the responsibility that goes with the head coaching position. “It’s going to be my job to see that everything gets done,” said Rang. “I can’t wait to be a part of it. “I’m just tickled to death to be here.” Loopers for lunch Dr. Bob Collier had an un- invited guest at dinner just the other night. “Well,” Bob says, “uninvited to me; unwelcome to Grandma. Upon aiming for my first bite of salad, I spied something walk- ing down the right sleeve of my shirt. Not walking, exactly, either, but getting along by a mode of travel the caterpillar people call “looping” – front feet out and down, bring the back ones up, repeat. “Yep, a nice, vigorous inchworm was heading down the sleeve, trying to get to the salad bowl ahead of me. They must be fond of salad.” ➤ See Dr. Collier’s story on page A-6 Dan Arp does What? You never know who you will run into in Powell, even at a church, even while trying to find a garden club. Dan Arp, former printing guy, grower of Christmas trees and great dad of two, has a fairly new business. He lifts sinking concrete. Really. ➤ See Sandra’s column on page A-3 All shook up! Jake Mabe extends a heart- felt thanks (“thankyaverymuch”) to those who called or wrote last week sharing memories of Elvis Presley. Powell guy David Hunter re- minded Jake of a tale about Elvis and Cas Walker. Elvis made a brief whistle stop in Knoxville, most likely when he came home from the Army in 1960. David said Cas decided, as a prominent Knoxvillian, he needed to go down to say hello. Says David: “That evening, Cas was trampled by teenage girls. He showed up on the ‘Farm and Home Hour’ the next day, bat- tered and angry about out-of- control youth.” See Jake’s column and more at www.ShopperNewsNow.com/.
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4509 Doris Circle 37918(865) 922-4136
[email protected]@ShopperNewsNow.com
EDITOR Sandra Clark
ADVERTISING SALES
Debbie Moss
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.
IN THIS ISSUE
SHOPPER ONLINEShopperNewsNow.com
www.ShopperNewsNow.com | www.facebook.com/ShopperNewsNow | twitter.com/shoppernewsnow
POWELL
VOL. 51 NO. 15 A great community newspaper April 9, 2012
Community 2Sandra Clark 3Government/Politics 4Marvin West 5Dr. Bob Collier 6Lynn Hutton 6Schools 9-10Business 11
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By Cory ChitwoodAfter weeks of speculation in
Powell, there is an answer: Derek Rang.
“When I got the phone call I was just ecstatic and accepted the job,” said Rang.
Rang was announced as the 13th head coach in school history for the Powell Panthers by Athletic Director Nathan Langlois.
Rang leaves behind West High, where he was defensive coordina-tor. Prior to that, he was defensive coordinator under Clark Duncan at South-Doyle for one season and an assistant at Anderson County for two years.
The new coach is from Maryville where he won three high school state championships while playing for the Rebels. He went on to play linebacker as a four-year starter at Maryville College.
Even though he’s new to Pow-ell, Rang plans to keep things fa-miliar. “Nothing much is going
Rang is new coach
Derek Rang
‘Very excited’
to be at Powell
to change scheme-wise,” he said. “The objective is to keep things similar on offense and defense.”
Though Powell returns only seven regular starters, Rang also hopes to keep the Panthers within their normal style of play.
“The team will look very simi-lar on the fi eld to what they’ve been doing,” said Rang. But fans can expect a faster pace and more exciting type of team play.
“We’re going to try to play fast and aggressive, and really play
‘Les Miserables’ at Central HighThe Central High School Choral Department’s production of Les
Misérables will start its eight-performance run at 7 p.m. Friday, April 13. Subsequent performances will be Saturday, April 14; Sunday, April 15; Tuesday, April 17; Thursday, April 19; Friday, April 20; Saturday, April 21,and Sunday, April 22. The starting time is 7 p.m. for all but the two Sunday shows, which begin at 2: 30 p.m. All performances are in the Central High School auditorium. Tickets are $15 ($10 for students and senior citizens). Info: www.knoxcentralchoral.com or 689-1428.
The Central High choral depart-
ment will present Les Miserables
featuring cast members: Katie
Bales, Kinsey Glenn, Gage Beeler,
Mark Pozega, Molly Shipman, Brett
Hopper, Cian Bell, Hannah Zech-
man, Matthew Hubbs and Seth
Blaine. Photo by Ruth White
MPC hearings ■ Halls, 5-8 p.m. Mon-
day, April 16, Senior Center, 4405 Crippen Road.
■ Powell, 5:30 to 7 p.m. Monday, April 30, Powell Li-brary, 330 W. Emory Road.
By Sandra ClarkPlanners are anticipating sub-
stantial changes to downtown Powell and the Clinton Highway area following completion of the Emory Road extension, now under construction.
The new road will open up a section of Clinton Highway for redevelopment, while reducing through traffi c on Emory Road at Powell High School. This could lead to a more pedestrian-driven business and residential look with a “small town” feel, said Mike Car-berry, comprehensive planning manager at MPC.
He’s recommending that the planning commission work with area stakeholders to develop a vi-sion plan before detailed land uses are set.
Meanwhile, an update of the North Sector Plan is underway, led by planner Mike Reynolds. A sec-tor plan includes 15-year land use, and recent court rulings have giv-en such plans much more weight than before. The plan is used for zoning cases and capital improve-ments. It impacts facilities such as parks and walking trails or side-walks. It might even determine whether your neighbor can install a body shop or landing strip.
Upcoming meetings (see side-bar) are open format. Maps will be displayed with staff to answer questions and take comments.
The April meetings are follow-ups to meetings held last fall. Reynolds said fi nal hearings will be held after planners absorb sug-gestions made in April. Info: 215-2500.
Urban growth: Planners are holding to the urban growth and planned growth boundaries ad-opted in the 1990s and still in use. “The plans show a small exten-sion of low density residential, but only in the planned growth area,” Carberry said. Per MPC regs, low density allows up to fi ve dwelling units per acre.
Raccoon Valley at I-75: The maps show a dramatic blotch of purple along Raccoon Valley Road on both sides of the interstate, but Reynolds said much of the land is already zoned for commercial or industrial use. By putting a “mixed use” designation there, property owners would have more fl exibility.
“Mixed use could include light industrial, as long as it doesn’t abut residential property,” he said, calling the Raccoon Valley/inter-state area “underutilized.”
Tennova: Property around the North Knoxville Medical Cen-ter would be developed as mixed use, under plans drawn by Reyn-olds. The land could be developed as medical or commercial, and the zoning would extend to the old Powell airport. While some of that land is inside a fl ood plain, Reyn-olds said developers could fi ll up to one-half of the 100-year fl ood plain.
Halls: Reynolds says the old Walmart center could accommo-date a 30,000 to 40,000 square foot building(s) if the county’s parking standards are reduced.
Current county standards re-quire 200 square feet per parking space with 5 spaces for every 1,000 square feet of leasable space (with more stringent limits on theaters, etc.) Planners are considering a reduction to 180 square feet per space and possibly 3.5 spaces per 1,000 square feet.
Halls Centre, along with the Black Oak Plaza, are being consid-ered for “mixed use”.
That would allow retail, of-fi ce or even residential use of the land.
New look for old Powell
up-tempo,” said Rang. “We want to be an exciting brand of football for the community.”
Rang knows how to coordinate a team to play this type of football, as his West defense led the Rebels to the state semifi nals, where they ironically lost to Powell.
Rang has been attending team workouts since he was announced as the coach. The Panthers have not yet started spring practice, meaning that Rang will be here for the entirety of Powell’s practice leading up to the 2012 season, giv-ing him time to implement his sys-tem, which will be top of the line.
“The goal is to run a fi rst-class program and to give the kids the best opportunity to be successful, on and off the fi eld,” said Rang. He looks for-ward to the support from the Powell area to help make this happen.
“We want to get as much support for the program as possible,” said Rang. “The community support will be great in terms of maintaining what coach (Matt) Lowe’s done.”
Rang plans to rebuild at Powell, and maintain that for the long run.
“We want to reload every year and have a good youth system,” said Rang. His staff’s goal is to have kids who are “excited” to play for Powell High School.
And as far as any other coach-ing changes at Powell are con-cerned, Rang hopes to see none.
“It’s still kind of early on … but it’s my goal to keep continuity. That’s my objective,” said Rang.
The hire happened suddenly and it’s still all coming together, but Rang is nonetheless excited.
“I’m just very excited for the up-coming season and excited to be a part of the school and the kids’ lives,” he said. “This is a great opportunity.”
As he takes the helm, he in-herits the responsibility that goes with the head coaching position.
“It’s going to be my job to see that everything gets done,” said Rang. “I can’t wait to be a part of it.
“I’m just tickled to death to be here.”
Loopers for lunch Dr. Bob Collier had an un-
invited guest at dinner just the other night.
“Well,” Bob says, “uninvited to me; unwelcome to Grandma. Upon aiming for my fi rst bite of salad, I spied something walk-ing down the right sleeve of my shirt. Not walking, exactly, either, but getting along by a mode of travel the caterpillar people call “looping” – front feet out and down, bring the back ones up, repeat.
“Yep, a nice, vigorous inchworm was heading down the sleeve, trying to get to the salad bowl ahead of me. They must be fond of salad.”
➤ See Dr. Collier’s story on page A-6
Dan Arp does What?
You never know who you will run into in Powell, even at a church, even while trying to fi nd a garden club.
Dan Arp, former printing guy, grower of Christmas trees and great dad of two, has a fairly new business. He lifts sinking concrete. Really.
➤ See Sandra’s column on page A-3
All shook up!Jake Mabe extends a heart-
felt thanks (“thankyaverymuch”) to those who called or wrote last week sharing memories of Elvis Presley.
Powell guy David Hunter re-minded Jake of a tale about Elvis and Cas Walker.
Elvis made a brief whistle stop in Knoxville, most likely when he came home from the Army in 1960. David said Cas decided, as a prominent Knoxvillian, he needed to go down to say hello.
Says David: “That evening, Cas was
trampled by teenage girls. He showed up on the ‘Farm and Home Hour’ the next day, bat-tered and angry about out-of-control youth.”
See Jake’s column and more at www.ShopperNewsNow.com/.
A-2 • APRIL 9, 2012 • POWELL SHOPPER-NEWS
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CARDIOLOGYEast Tennessee Heart Consultants7557A Dannaher Drive, Suite G-35Powell, TN 37849865-512-1343
David A. Cox, M.D., FACCJoseph S. DeLeese, M.D., FACCStephen D. Hoadley, M.D., FACCLawrence D. Hookman, M.D., FACCWilliam C. Lindsay, M.D., FACCRobert O. Martin, M.D., FACCKyle W. McCoy, M.D., FACCBarry I. Michelson, M.D., FACCSteven W. Reed, M.D., FACCJohn A. Ternay, M.D., FACCRandall D. Towne, M.D., FACCTimothy Ballard, ACNP
CRITICAL CARE/PULMONOLOGYStatCare Pulmonary Consultants7565 Dannaher DrivePowell, TN 37849865-588-8831
Michael Brunson, M.D.Scott Dryzer, M.D.Bruce Henschen, M.D.Andrews Paul, M.D.
DERMATOLOGYKnoxville Dermatology Associates7557A Dannaher Drive, Suite G-20Powell, TN 37849865-524-2547
Edward Primka, M.D.Carter Blanton, PAKevin Blazer, PAWesley Lester, PAAmanda Wilks, PAMathew Wilks, PAMelissa Headrick, NP-C Sandra Gass, NP-C
EAR/NOSE/THROATGreater Knoxville ENT Associates7557A Dannaher Drive, Suite 220Powell, TN 37849865-521-8050
Leslie L. Baker, M.D.Robert A. Crawley, M.D.Elise Denneny, M.D.Richard DePersio, M.D.William D. Horton, M.D.Christopher J. Rathfoot, M.D.Allan M. Rosenbaum, M.D.Ronald Sandberg, M.D.
GENERAL/BREAST SURGERYComplete Surgical Care7560 Dannaher Drive, Suite 150Powell, TN 37849865-934-6080
Caren Gallaher, M.D.
GENERAL/VASCULARSURGERYPremier Surgical Associates7557A Dannaher Drive, Suite 110Powell, TN 37849865-938-8125
Donald L. Akers Jr., M.D.C. Scott Callicutt, M.D.Brian H. Garber, M.D.Marcella Greene, M.D.David J. Harrell, M.D.F. Neal Peebles, M.D.George A. Pliagas, M.D.Roland Weast, M.D.Lauren Loveday, PAMelissa S. Napier, PA
GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGYEast Tennessee Women’s Gyn-Onc7557A Dannaher Drive, Suite 140Powell, TN 37849865-859-7350
Kenneth F. Cofer, M.D.
GYNECOLOGYDr. Kristy Newton7557B Dannaher Drive, Suite 155Powell, TN 37849865-859-7370
Kristy Newton, M.D.Rebecca Brown, APRN, FNP-PNP
East Tennessee Women’s Gyn-Onc7557A Dannaher Drive, Suite 140Powell, TN 37849865-859-7350
Stephen Moffett, M.D.
HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGYHematology-Oncology of Knoxville7565 Dannaher DrivePowell, TN 37849865-558-8839
Bruce Avery, M.D.Saji Eapen, M.D.Tiffany Sipe, NP
Tennessee Cancer Specialists7551 Dannaher DrivePowell, TN 37849865-637-9330
Richard Antonucci, M.D.Yi Feng, M.D.Hesamm E. Gharavi, M.D.Ross Kerns, M.D.Mitchell D. Martin, M.D.
HOSPITALISTStatCare Hospitalist Group7565 Dannaher DrivePowell, TN 37849865-909-0090
Rhonda Sivley, M.D.Mark Weaver, M.D.Chuck Wilder, M.D.
INTERNAL MEDICINEInternal Medicine Associates7557B Dannaher Drive, Suite 225Powell, TN 37849865-546-9751
J. Davis Allan, M.D.Robert C. Alley, M.D.Amy E. Bentley, M.D., FACPLarry C. Brakebill, M.D., FACPMiriam W. Brandon, M.D.David C. Durbin, M.D.
Cassandra F. Gibbs, M.D.James C. Griffin II, D.O.M. Douglas Leahy, M.D., MACPStephen P. Lorino, M.D.Gerald L. Mancebo, M.D., FACPPeter J. Ochoa, M.D.N. Lynn Taylor, M.D., FACPJohn F. Vannoy, M.D.B. David Wooten, M.D.Elizabeth Gager, FNPDouglas H. Luttrell, FNP
ORTHOPEDICSKnoxville Orthopaedic Clinic7557A Dannaher Drive, Suite G-10Powell, TN 37849865-558-4400
John M. Ambrosia, M.D.Paul L. Becker, M.D.T. Craig Beeler, M.D.Russell A. Betcher, M.D.Douglas N. Calhoun, M.D.Brian M. Covino, M.D.Michael C. Craig, M.D.J. Jay Crawford, M.D.Bruce B. Fry, D.O.G. Brian Holloway, M.D.Robert E. Ivy, M.D.Paul H. Johnson, M.D.Amber G. Luhn, M.D.James K. Maguire Jr., M.D.William T. McPeake, M.D.Matthew C. Nadaud, M.D.Matthew A. Rappe, M.D.Benson A. Scott, M.D.Cameron J. Sears, M.D.Edwin E. Spencer Jr., M.D.Sidney L. Wallace, M.D.Bobbie Williams, OPAC
PAIN MANAGEMENTTennova Comprehensive PainTreatment Center7557A Dannaher Drive, Suite 240Powell, TN 37849865-859-7246
David W. Annand, M.D.Mark L. Nelson, M.D.Jeffrey Roberts, M.D.Christopher L. Vinsant, M.D.James S. Wike, M.D.
PEDIATRICSTots & Teens7557A Dannaher Drive, Suite 130Powell, TN 37849865-512-1180
Neil Feld, M.D.
PLASTIC SURGERYGallaher Plastic Surgery7560 Dannaher Drive, Suite 150Powell, TN 37849865-671-3888
Matthew Becker, M.D.Tom Gallaher, M.D.
RADIATION ONCOLOGYTennova Cancer Center7551 Dannaher DrivePowell, TN 37849865-859-7020
Srinivas Boppana, M.D.Nilesh Patel, M.D.
SLEEP MEDICINETennova Sleep Center7540 Dannaher DrivePowell, TN 37848865-859-7800
Michael L. Eisenstadt, M.D.Dewey Y. McWhirter, M.D.Christopher M. Nolte, M.D.Nancy Ortiz, NPBarbara Salm, PA
UROLOGYTennessee Urology Associates, PLLC7557A Dannaher Drive, Suite 230Powell, TN 37849865-938-5222
Katherine Cameron, M.D.Lee Congleton III, M.D.John-Paul Newport, M.D.Eric R. Nicely, M.D.Brian D. Parker, M.D.Chris Ramsey, M.D.Charles Reynolds, M.D.Tammy Newman, PA
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POWELL SHOPPER-NEWS • APRIL 9, 2012 • A-3 community
By Dr. Donald G.
Wegener
If you’re unaccus-tomed to drinking wa-ter, I’ve included this mini-chart to help you comfortably increase your water consump-tion. Each glass is an eight-ounce glass.
Day 1: four glassesDays 2-5: fi ve glassesDays 6-9: eight glassesDay 10: nine glassesDay 11: 10 glassesKeep a large pitcher fi lled in
your refrigerator and reach for it when you feel the urge to eat.
Besides helping you lose weight more rapidly, you dieters will expe-rience another desirable side effect from increasing your consumption of water; you’ll be less constipated. Nearly 90 percent of overweight people suffer from constipation. When a body is deprived of water, it “steals” this commodity from the lower intestine and bowel,
NEWS FROM POWELL CHIROPRACTIC
Comfortably increase your water intake
Dr. Wegener
Dr. Donald G. WegenerPowell Chiropractic Center
Powell Chiropractic Center7311 Clinton Hwy., Powell
865-938-8700 www.keepyourspineinline.com
thus creating dry and hard stools. By drinking water in suffi cient amounts, you are supplying yourself with a much-needed lubricant. This is also helpful in preventing hemor-rhoids and varicose veins.
Don’t worry about becoming waterlogged. The more water you drink, the more your body will ex-crete. Soon, you’ll acquire a natural and healthy thirst that helps you maintain your water balance. Give water a chance. Without a lot of ef-fort on your part, I think you’ll fi nd that drinking the proper amount each day is a painless and very ben-efi cial way to enhance your health and weight-loss program. Your taste buds may crave something sweet, but what your body craves, if you listen to it, is water.
Next time: Water do’s and don’ts
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Tuesday, April 1711:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.North Knoxville Medical Center Sister Elizabeth Assembly Center7565 Dannaher Drive
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J O I N U S A T T H E
2nd Tuesday of the month • 6:30PM
memory lane caféan alzheimer’s outreach
Join us for our monthly opportunity to support loved oneswithAlzheimer’s, their caregivers, families, friends, and anyoneelse interested in dementia. Come together for light refreshmentsand visit with others who understand your journey and leave witha sense of goodwill and belonging - but most of all, have fun!
NOTES ■ K-Town Sound Show Chorus, an a cappella
show chorus affi liated with Sweet Adelines
International, is welcoming new members.
Rehearsals are 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. every
Monday night at Fountain City Presbyterian
Church, 500 Hotel Ave. Info: Jo Ann, 483-
8790, 742-4437 or http://www.ktownsound.
org.
■ Powell Lions Club meets 7 p.m. each fi rst
and third Thursday at 7142 Old Clinton Pike.
■ Scott’s Free Community Recycling Center
at 6529 Clinton Highway will recycle comput-
ers, TVs, electronics, cardboard, metal, paper
and clothes for free. Info: 307-0659.
Dan Arp is close to my age and has been a friend since my early years in the printing business. I ran into him at Beaver Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church last week as I tried to fi nd the Noweta meet-ing. Wow! That church has grown in all directions since my last visit there.
Dan has a concrete lifting business – pretty specialized.
“So you come and pour a slab?” I asked, quickly thinking about where I might need one.
“No, we come if your con-crete is sinking. We drill holes and insert a substance …” My mind drifted away. Dan said he sold a lot of lift-ing last year – enough to pay for his truck and equipment. So this year he might make income. Luckily, Dan’s wife, Cindy, still works at a real job. She’s a school librarian.
■ Heiskell seniorsThe Heiskell Community
Center will hold its monthly seniors meeting from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, April 12. The center is locat-ed at 9420 Heiskell Road.
This month’s sponsor will be Frontier Communica-tions, speaking on Internet fraud. An Easter luncheon of ham, turkey and other yummy dishes will be served at noon, says organizer Jan-ice White. Those attending should bring a dessert, cole slaw or deviled eggs.
Those who have signed up for the bus trip to Renfro Valley on Arpil 21, should bring the $49 fee to this meeting or call White at 548-0326 to make other arrangements. All seats are fi lled, but she is taking al-ternate names in case some-one cannot go.
“Bring your items for the May Rummage Sale or let us know if you need to have items picked up,” she said.
Sandra Clark
POWELL HOWL
Jeff Dudych, ground-
skeeper at Gettysvue,
discusses landscaping
and aquatic ecosystems
at last week’s meeting
of Noweta Garden Club. Photo by Peggy Jones
Arp lifts concrete
We also need personal hy-giene items and school sup-plies for our Totes of Love Project. If you are sewing totes, please bring to this meeting as we will be deliv-ering the Totes before the end of this school year.
The Self Defense Class is Saturday, April 28, from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. Toni Mc-Sorley will be teaching and the class will be informa-tional and lots of fun. Cost is $25, payable at door. Info: Janice White at 584-0326.
■ Lunch with ClarkSo last week I went back
to Aubrey’s. Linda “Snuffy” Smith gave me an updated 2012 calendar. It has a bet-ter picture of her Raccoon Valley farm.
Cynthia Moxley had all the latest gossip. You can read all that’s “fi t to print” on her blog: http://bluestreak.moxleycarmichael.com/. Sadly, Moxley is one of the top two or three newspeople in town … but she does pub-lic relations. She’s the best in town at crisis management (and aversion).
This Tuesday I’ll be eat-ing at the Jubilee Banquet Facility on Callahan Road for the regular meeting of the Powell Business and Professional Association at noon. Everyone who cares about local issues should at-tend PBPA. Lunch is $12.
Apologies to school board member Kim Sepesi who came by Aubrey’s but didn’t see us. Moxley arrived fi rst and got us seated in a back corner. I’m going to set up
lunch with Larry Smith and Sepesi soon to discuss the school budget. Stay tuned.
■ Comedy Night at Powell PlayhousePhil Campbell, Chris
Monday and Joe Rose will be featured at Comedy Night, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 21, at Jubilee Banquet Facility. This is sponsored by Powell Playhouse. Dr. Bruce Marston will serve as master of ceremonies.
“Phil and Chris will per-form some comedy skits that Phil and his late father, Archie Campbell of ‘Hee Haw’ fame, performed in Pigeon Forge,” said direc-tor Nita Buell Black. “Chris will also assume the role of ‘Ernest T. Bass’ and bring humor and controlled chaos to the audience.
“We are so proud to pres-ent a new face, Joe Rose, an accomplished banjo artist who has been offered a po-sition with Ralph Stanley’s bluegrass band.
“Phil and Joe will join ranks to play and sing. The evening promises to be full of fun and entertainment! Tickets may be purchased at the door for $10.”
Upcoming: Auditions for the next play of the Pow-ell Playhouse season, “The Savage Dilemma,” will be held at the Powell Library from 5 to 7:45 p.m. Monday, April 23. Black is looking for
a young man and young woman in their 20s, and a man and woman aged 30 to 50. Roles include a hippie boy and girl, a po-lice offi cer and a nurse. The auditions include cold readings from the script.
■ Fundraiser at Temple Baptist AcademySpring Festival & Auc-
tion will be 3:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, April 27, at Temple Baptist Acad-emy. The annual fund-raiser benefi ts various school projects (athletic programs, capital im-provements, and stu-dent scholarships) and includes games, infl ata-bles, face-painting, etc.
Individual wristbands are $10, family pack of wristbands is $30. Wristbands give unlim-ited access to games and activities. Temple Baptist Academy is located at 1700 W. Beaver Creek Dr. in Powell. The principal is David Whitaker. Info: 938-8180.
■ This week at the Powell LibraryWednesday, April 11,
10:30 a.m., Baby Book-worms, for infants to age 2 (must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Friday, April 13, 10:30 a.m., Storytime, for ages 3-5.
■ Powell NotesPowell Republican
Club meets 7 p.m. each third Thursday at Shon-ey’s on Emory. Open to all Republicans. Contact Sandra Clark at 922-4136
(leave message) or sclark426@aol.
com/.
By Dr. Jim TumblinOn April 26, 1865, an over-
loaded packet boat, the Sulta-na, left Memphis with 2,300 passengers aboard, many of them Union soldiers recently freed from Andersonville and Cahaba prisons at the end of the Civil War. Seven miles upriver and a few hours later, one of the boilers exploded and the boat burned and sank. In the largest maritime disaster in American history, about 1,700 lives were lost compared to the 1,517 who died when the Titanic sank on April 14, 1912.
Among the passengers on the Sultana were some 400 troopers of the 3rd Tennessee Cavalry (USA), many of them from Blount, Knox, McMinn and Monroe counties. Until the last one died in 1931, the local survivors of the disas-ter met annually on April 27 to commemorate the loss of their comrades.
When he realized the need to memorialize those whose lives were lost in the Sulta-na Disaster as well as those who suffered but survived, local attorney Nor-man Shaw or-ganized a mod-ern-day annual Reunion of the Descendants of the Survivors of the Sultana.
The inaugural meeting was held at Mt. Olive Bap-tist Church on Maryville Pike in April 1988, where an impressive monument was erected in 1916 to commemorate the event. Since that time the re-union has been
Sultana reunion
is this monthheld in Knoxville 11 more times as well as in Vicksburg (Miss.), Athens (Ala.), Mans-fi eld (Ohio) and Chattanoo-ga, Franklin and Memphis (Tenn.) – all at or near sites connected to the disaster.
The 25th annual reunion will be held April 27-28 near Cincinnati, Ohio, where the group will tour the defen-sive line built across the Ohio River on the outskirts of the city, a historic river walk on the river’s shore line, the site of the Lither-bury Shipyard where the Sultana was built and Camp Dennison, where many of the Ohio and Indiana Union soldiers who were on the boat were mustered into service and trained.
Those interested in at-tending the meeting should contact Norman Shaw at 693-2171 or email [email protected].
Editor’s Note: Dr. Jim Tumblin will have a feature story on the Sultana in next week’s Shopper-News on page A-6.
The Sultana memorial monument. Photo by Jim Tumblin
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In a lot of ways, Shelley Breeding is a mail order candidate.
When you read that the county’s Charter Review Committee may split charter proposals between the August and Novem-ber elections this year, you need to fasten your seat belts and be careful in reading what proposal goes where.
Running for the county line
Shelley Breeding
Instead of business as usual – you know the drill: trotting out a tired retread or some frat boy son-of-an-officeholder– Knox County Democrats have come up with a smart-as-a-whip, likeable prospect with a real job as a candi-date for the new 89th Dis-trict House legislative seat.
She’s a coal miner’s daughter (yes, really) who came down to Knoxville from the hills of southwest Virginia to attend the Uni-versity of Tennessee as a Whittle Scholar (remem-ber how hard it was to get a Whittle Scholarship?). She majored in political sci-ence, Japanese and world business, and interned at the first private medical facility in Japan.
She stayed here to go to law school and paid her
way by tutoring football and basketball players at the Thornton Athletics Student Life Center. She also found time to study international law in Cam-bridge, England; Santiago, Chile; Buenos Aires, Ar-gentina; and Cape Town, South Africa. She got her law degree and worked for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the Office for Global Health, where she dealt with international health threats like bird f lu, HIV-AIDS, typhoid and other infectious diseases.
She returned to Knox-ville to practice law in 2006 and opened her own
firm in 2008. She does a lot of business in family law – divorce, adoptions and foster care work – and says that representing children who have been abused is a big part of what makes her want to run for the Legislature.
Today, Breeding and Dothard has six lawyers, six staff members and two clerks, making the 31-year-old Shelley Suzanne Breed-ing a small business owner as well as a lawyer. She’s made a payroll and she’s created jobs.
But they may not let her run.
“They” is the office of the state coordinator of elections, where Knox County’s election coordi-nator Cliff Rodgers punted the question of her eligibil-ity after discovering that the house she and her hus-band, John Payne, built in 2009 sits right smack on the Anderson County line.
Breeding says she didn’t realize that her mortgage holder was paying her taxes to Anderson County until Rodgers called her up to tell her that she couldn’t run.
There are six criteria
used to determine residen-cy, and Breeding says five of them put her squarely in Knox County – she votes here, gets her mail here, works here, is a notary public here and had her new septic tank inspected by the Knox County Health Department.
Democrats suspect the R e publ ic a n - c ont r o l le d election commission of partisan hanky-panky, pointing to Commissioner Rob McNutt, who voted seven times in a district where he didn’t live (a felo-ny under election law). His GOP colleagues dismissed this as a mere technicality.
Rodgers says that his staff simply came across the anomaly “while do-ing our due diligence” and checking the addresses of those who signed Breed-ing’s qualifying petition. He says he is awaiting an answer from Nashville and suggests that she might want to run in Anderson County. Breeding says she’s going to sue.
And the f ledgling career of the brightest new face in Knox County politics hangs in the balance.
Smelling a rat
Why? Because the county election on the first Thursday in August will be lucky to have 20,000 voters given the few offices to decide.
However, the Novem-ber general election will include the Obama/Rom-ney presidential contest for which voter turnout in Knox County could reach 100,000.
It is entirely possible that persons wanting a small turnout to decide the question and a desire to keep discussion to a small number of voters will opt for August. People who believe in full voter participation will want November.
When we read that some charter members worry there will be too many proposals which might confuse voters, do not be misled.
Voters are not stupid. They can smell a rat. This is an excuse, not a reason, for splitting proposals.
Shelley Breeding, an attorney who wants to be the Democratic nominee for Knox House District 89 in northwest Knox County, is hav-ing residency questions raised.
Seems the property she claims as her resi-dence is partly in Knox County and partly in Anderson County. And apparently her house is in the Anderson County portion and that’s where her mortgage company has sent the property taxes.
However, she has been a Knox County voter for several years. A lawsuit may develop which will secure her considerable publicity which her cam-paign could never afford to buy.
If Breeding is dis-qualified, Democrats can re-open qualifying or do a write-in for someone else.
Republican U.S. Rep. Steve Womack of Arkansas was in town
last week to visit Oak Ridge National Labs. He spent two full days there and had dinner with close friend Rep. Jimmy Duncan on Tuesday. Womack serves on the very important House Appropriations Commit-tee and is vice chair of the Energy subcommittee which triggered his visit to Oak Ridge. It’s unusual for a new member to take out two days for such a tour and that is good news for Knoxville and Oak Ridge.
Chick-fi l-A has an-nounced it will revise its originally 50 foot high sign at its new Bearden location on Kingston Pike. Council member Duane Grieve and Scenic Knox-ville helped persuade them to change course. If only TVA would listen to the public on their mas-sive tree cutting program which has triggered a fed-eral lawsuit and consider-able outrage.
The public hear-ing April 4 on proposed apartments near Island Home drew a capacity crowd at South Knox-ville Elementary School. More than 150 persons attended along with Vice Mayor Nick Pavlis who represents South Knox-ville on City Council and Council members Finbarr Saunders, George Wal-lace, Nick Della Volpe and Marshall Stair. Also pres-ent were high level Rogero officials Bill Lyons, Bob Whetsel and Communi-cations Director An-gela Starke. Starke is new while Lyons and Whetsel are veteran city officials.
An obvious f law was the absence of any work-ing sound system. It was virtually impossible to hear unless you were within five feet of the one speaking.
Had Special Events Director Judith Foltz been included in the planning she would have checked that box. I discussed this with Starke and she saw the urgent need for cor-rection. She is new and energetic. I suspect she will not let this happen again.
The plan itself is go-ing nowhere until it is substantially changed. Attorney Chris Field and his wife, Casey, spoke eloquently on how the plan contradicts the city water-front mission statement adopted a few years back.
Next week more on TVA and how it has lost its way with the neigh-bors. Victor Ashe is a former Knoxville
mayor and ambassador to Poland.
Reach him at [email protected].
It was almost a historic unanimous vote for a su-perintendent’s budget, but in the end Mike McMillan could not say yes.
8-1 vote sends budget to Burchett
School board chair Thomas Deakins talks with board member
Cindy Buttry following last week’s meeting. Deakins said: “I will
champion this budget.” Photo by S. Clark
McMillan seemed to want to vote yes. He said the budget contains many items he supports. He even said since he “just got re-elected,” he could vote yes (without political consequences). He tried to postpone the vote on per-sonal privilege, a courtesy extended to members who want a month’s delay.
Cindy Buttry quickly quieted that suggestion, observing that the county charter requires the school board to vote on a budget by April 15.
McMillan said “my dis-trict” is not willing to pay more taxes, and he’s con-cerned that the mayor would veto this budget, even if it was adopted by County Commission. So he voted no.
Support came from all others:
Buttry: “I am super ex-cited about … this budget. Some folks don’t realize how far behind we are in
technology. We were be-hind five years ago; now we are further behind. … And this budget is more than just technology. It’s academic and capital im-provement driven. Every district and every student will benefit.”
Indya Kincannon: “I’m all in. We have a spe-cific plan for how to spend the (extra requested) $35 million; not just for one year but for five.”
Pam Trainor: “I am uber-excited. This moves the community forward.”
Karen Carson: “I like the high accountability factor of this budget. If we can accelerate the funding, we can accelerate the out-come. … We need the com-munity around each of our schools (to give support).”
Lynne Fugate: “It’s the obligation of this board to do what we can to increase resources. We’re expect-ing more from students and teachers. In the private sector, where I come from, when we expect more we invest more.”
Kim Sepesi: “I ran on moving education forward. For me, the issue is the pace. Do we move forward slowly or do we accelerate the move-ment? Our children will com-pete in a global economy. I fa-vor this budget.”
Thomas Deakins: At the joint retreat of school board members and coun-
ty commissioners, we agreed that we want “the best school system in the southeast. This budget al-lows us to move to that.”
Deakins said the school system must build the in-frastructure for technol-ogy, and then equip each teacher and student with tools, whether iPads or Notebooks or something not yet invented, to teach the way today’s kids learn. “It’s time for this board to lead. Let’s invest in what matters,” he said.
Gloria Deathridge didn’t make a rousing speech; she just voted yes.
Buttry, who has opposed previous budgets, said this one got it right. “We can pay it now or pay it later because these are things we need.”
Leaving Mike McMillan, the man whose district is getting a brand new school at Carter Elementary, to cast the solitary no vote.
So it’s on to Mayor Tim Burchett and then to Coun-ty Commission. There’s a short time frame. Burchett will present his budget in early May; the commission will vote before May’s end.More details than you ever wanted are
available on the KCS website at knox-
schools.org/.
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It has been said that 95 percent of college coaches want their teams to be able to run the football. Mike Leach is on the fence.
Let us assume that some-body on the Tennessee staff knows how to develop a run-ning attack. There is no posi-tive proof but it just seems logical. These people get paid a lot to know all about the game. They have extensive experience.
Let us believe Tennessee wants a running attack. If nothing else, it is embarrass-ing to be fl oundering around at the bottom of college rush-ing statistics. A decent run-ning attack would improve the chances of winning an occasional game.
Of course coaches want to win. All contracts include bowl bonuses. Success is at serious risk if you can’t make a fi rst down on third and one.
All that said, there must be other reasons why Ten-nessee has been so awful at running the football.
Basic ingredients in run-
Marvin West
Expect a running attack
GOSSIP AND LIES ■ Mike McMillan tried to delay
the vote on the school budget
by saying something like: “Do
we still have that rule where
one member can hold up an
item?” We think the board
should consider a new rule:
Only the members who know
it’s called personal privilege
can invoke it.
■ Vanderbilt Brabson IV is a
Republican
candidate
to replace
retiring
Democratic
Rep. Harry
Tindell. His
website is
online and
his most
recent
experience is as a legislative
intern. But he’s for family
values, whatever that means,
and these days maybe that’s all
it takes. Also, can we call him
Bubba?
■ Greg Johnson, newspaper
columnist and general curmud-
geon, will speak to the West
Knox Republican Club at 7 p.m.
today (April 9) at Red Lobster
on Kingston Pike. Arrive at 6
p.m. to eat.
■ Pity Mike Williams. He quali-
fi ed to run for the state Senate
in the Republican Primary but
some folks in Nashville say he’s
not a “bona fi de” Republican.
Kick him out. But wait, a real
Republican would say let Mike
run and the voters decide.
■ You know the Republicans are
in trouble when guys like Bob
Corker and Lamar! are the
reasonable ones.
■ And now Park Overall is
Brabson
ning for gains are philosophy, scheme, blockers, technique, tailbacks, determination, play selection, threat of a pass and how tough are opposing tackles and linebackers.
2010 Philosophy: Derek Dooley and his offensive co-ordinator, Jim Chaney, looked at available offensive players two years ago and decided what they could probably do best was throw and catch. They charted a course. The emphasis for linemen was to protect the quarterback.
2010 Talent: By the time Tyler Bray became the start-ing quarterback and young receivers blended in with three veterans, the pass-fi rst concept made some sense. Perhaps it was too much to ask the green-as-grass of-
fensive line to walk and chew gum at the same time.
2010 Results: Nothing to shout about. The Vols came up short against Florida, LSU, Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina – and almost lost to UAB. They aced No-vember but lost December.
2011 Philosophy: Let us do what we were doing only better. Throw the football. Tauren Poole’s mostly insig-nifi cant 1,034 yards as a ju-nior runner must have been an accident.
2011 Talent: Poole wasn’t bad at tailback but there wasn’t much behind him. Freshman offensive linemen were suddenly sophomores. They might be pretty good. Wasn’t it Tennessee that once had Flamin’ Sophomores?
2011 Results: Sorry, no fi re. One SEC victory, by the grace of God, over Vander-bilt, in overtime.
Dooley summation: “At some point you just say we aren’t very good at running the ball. How many times can you get asked, ‘What’s wrong
with the run game?’ We are not very good running the ball.”
He got that right! 2012 Philosophy: It ap-
pears Tennessee has recon-sidered and now recognizes the absolute necessity of a running attack, being that the Vols must play several
SEC foes and certain smart alecks keep score. Jay Gra-ham is the new coach of run-ning backs. Sam Pittman is now line coach.
2012 Talent: Volunteer of-fensive linemen are bigger and stronger. Inexperience is no longer a valid excuse. Spring practice includes a
tailback tournament with ad-ditional candidates coming soon. There are no obvious All-Americans but there is hope.
2012 Results? Expect im-provement. Can’t you just feel it?Marvin West invites reader reaction. His
address is [email protected].
Gift to HonorAirCol. David Evans, 1st Lt. Stephanie McKeen and Lt. Col. George Haynes with the 119th
Command and Control Squadron Air National Guard present a check for $4,200 to Eddie
Mannis, (second from left) founder and board chair of HonorAir Knoxville. The unit held two
dinners and a garage sale to raise the funds for the donation. Photo submitted
running for the Democratic
nomination to oppose Corker.
That could be fun.
■ We went on Facebook to learn
more, having never heard of
Park Overall, and discovered
you can’t friend her. She’s
topped the limit with 4,999
friends. Who knew?
■ Tom Kilgore, CEO at TVA who
makes about $4 million a year,
says he needs another $1.5
billion to $2 billion to complete
the Watts Bar Unit 2 nuclear
reactor. The agency underes-
timated the time and money
it would take to complete the
project, he said.
■ Really, Tom? Hey, we know a
kick-butt administrator who
would take the TVA job for
about 10 percent of Kilgore’s
annual wage. Somebody call
Gloria Ray!
– S. Clark
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NATURE NOTES | Dr. Bob Collier
We had an uninvited guest at dinner just the other night.
Well, uninvited to me; unwel-come to Grandma. Upon aiming for my fi rst bite of salad, I spied some-thing walking down the right sleeve of my shirt. Not walking, exactly, either, but getting along by a mode of travel the caterpillar people call “looping” – front feet out and down, bring the back ones up, repeat.
Yep, a nice, vigorous inchworm was heading down the sleeve, try-ing to get to the salad bowl ahead of me. They must be fond of salad. We recalled an episode when I found an inchworm in my salad at the now long-gone Olive Garden on Merchant Drive. Just sat him over on a nearby potted fi g tree, and con-tinued to eat the salad, so as not to cause a fuss.
Anyhow, caterpillars make but-terfl ies, so after dinner I got out my trusty “Field Guide to the Caterpil-lars of Eastern North America” by David L. Wagner, an excellent guide, full of illustrations that just aren’t in the usual butterfl y books. I hoped to fi nd just what inchworms morphed into after their worm stage.
As is the usual case with things I decide to check into, what I knew paled into insignifi cance compared with what the fi eld guide knew.
First, there wasn’t an inchworm: there were photos of 84 different species of them, with a reference to a U.S. Forest Service bulletin show-ing 187 species of them. And then, to add to my feelings of inadequate savvy, the book said that inchworms don’t even turn into butterfl ies; they all become moths!
Now, all the butterfl ies and moths are in the order of insects called Lepidoptera. There are around 11,230 species of Lepidop-terans in North America. By far, the most familiar Lepidopterans
are the spectacular, colorful butter-fl ies. But there are only 760 species of butterfl ies and the remaining 10,470 species are moths.
All those inchworms? They turn into part of that horde of 10,000 species of North American moths as adults. So do a bunch of other familiar “worms”: the troublesome tobacco hornworm, the dreaded to-mato hornworm and all those tent caterpillars that are munching on your cherry trees right now.
If moths outnumber butterfl ies by nearly 14 to 1, how come we see so few of them? One main reason is that moths are mostly nocturnal, go-ing about their lives on the 11-7 shift, so that even the big spectacular ones are rarely seen. And then, over half the moths are in a group called “mi-crolepidopterans,” are very small and inconspicuous and have life-styles that keep them hidden and out of sight. Think clothes moths, eating your favorite wool sweater.
But back to the inchworms. As a group, they are masters of camou-fl age and disguise. Their colors are mottled or striped browns and grays, and they sport various bumps and knobs to make them look remark-ably like sticks and twigs. One, the camoufl aged looper, actually attach-es little bits of leaves or blossoms to its body for disguise; they should be the envy of any turkey hunter, trying his best to look like a tree.
But this is spring migration time! So this quote from the fi eld guide really caught my eye: “In terms of abundance and biomass, loopers are among the most important for-est lepidopterans in eastern North America. They are an especially important component of the spring caterpillar fauna of deciduous for-ests, where they are the staple in the diets of many forest-nesting birds.”
Well, there you have it! Inch-worms are warbler food! All those
Loopers for lunch
little worms that are riddling the new tree leaves with holes, and dangling in front of your eyes on threads attached to some twig higher above, plus all those scores of species of inchworms, are amaz-ingly timed to hatch out just as the fresh green leaves appear. Which in turn, at least in an average year, happens to be just when all those hungry, migratory birds are arriv-ing here for the season or fueling up to continue to nesting places farther north.
Biologists tell us that if the birds didn’t show up for some reason, many or most of the trees would ac-tually be defoliated by the millions of worms per acre munching away at them. This year, it will be inter-esting to see how it goes, with the leaves and worms coming out two or three weeks ahead of the main waves of migrant birds.
It’s that glorious time of year when birders around these parts rejoice and head out the door with a gleam in their eye. Excellent birding sites abound. This year, try some birding at the Halls Community Park, Schumpert Park, Ijams Na-ture Center, House Mountain, Eagle Bend Fish Hatchery or Cove Lake State Park. Don’t forget the Smokies and the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Another great spot is the Sharp’s Ridge Park. It is a nationally-recog-nized migrant area that often has scarlet tanagers, Baltimore orioles and more than a dozen species of wood warblers in a single morn-ing. Again this year, there will be a series of Thursday morning bird walks led by birder Tony Headrick, accompanied by numerous friendly and beginner-helpful members of the Knoxville Bird Club. Walks will leave from the parking area at the old ranger’s house at 8 a.m. on April 12, 19 and 26 and May 3. You may call Tony’s cell at 621-9836 for in-formation or directions.
The big annual Knoxville Bird Walk, which happens each year during the Dogwood Arts Festival, will begin at the J.B. Owen Over-look on Sharp’s Ridge at 8 a.m. Sat-urday, April 21. Beginners are wel-come and encouraged to attend. Be sure to bring a pair of binoculars!
The next time you encounter an inchworm, please be nice to it. It is important and high-quality bird food!
I know not how
As I write this, we are still deep in Holy Week.
The gloom gathers, and the shouts of “Hosanna!” darken to the cries of “Crucify him!”
The clouds are dark, both fi gu-ratively and literally. The light-ning fl ashes and the thunder rolls, and water pours from the skies. There are epic tornadoes in Texas, with 18-wheelers whirl-ing in the air like matchbox cars tossed by a child’s hand.
The world weeps.The fi rst time I took notice of
this pattern of natural phenome-na, I was in high school. An earth-quake of calamitous proportions shook Alaska on Good Friday. Forty-four years after that earth-quake I was there, in that magnifi -cent, astounding landscape, see-ing with my own eyes scars that had been left on the land.
I understand the unease of nature in spring. I know that the transition from winter to spring is a turbulent time.
However, to my mind at least, these storms, this unease of na-ture, are echoes of the events of Holy Week.
Surrounding the events of Good Friday and Easter morn-
ing, Scripture tells of clouds, darkness and earthquakes. Na-ture responded to the drama that was being played out in Judea.
However, all of this sound and fury was simply prelude. The storm and the darkness, the cry of dereliction and the death are but Acts I and II. Then there is the entr’acte: the burial and the sad, silent Sabbath.
The sun rises on the third day, and nothing – nothing! – is ever the same.
Those of us who have always lived on this side of Easter have trouble grasping the impact of that morning. We have known the end of the story since we were children.
But for the women at the tomb, for the mourning disciples hid-ing behind locked doors, for all those who had hoped he was the One sent from God, the angels’ message that “He is not here, but has risen” was wonderful, ridic-ulous, incredible, absurd, unbe-lievable, fantastic, joyous, world-changing, life-giving news.
And it still is, dear friends.It still is. He lives! Happy Easter!
“Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen.”
(Luke 24:5b)
I know not how that Calvary’s cross A world from sin could free:I only know its matchless loveHas brought God’s love to me.
I know not how that Joseph’s tombCould solve death’s mystery:I only know a living Christ,Our immortality.
(“I Know Not How,” Harry Webb Farrington)
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By Wendy SmithThere will be strange
things happening around Knoxville on Saturday, April 21.
Expect free car washes, neighborhood carnivals or folks passing out smoke de-tectors. Less obvious hap-penings will be quiet acts of service to our most needy neighbors.
It’s all part of Inasmuch U n i t e d K nox v i l le , the local event of the n a t i o n a l n o n p r o f i t O p e r at ion Ina smuch. M e m b e r s of 32 local c h u r c h e s
will pitch in, and more than 2,000 volunteers are ex-pected to participate, says David Crocker, executive director of Operation In-asmuch, which is based in Knoxville.
Crocker was a pastor in Fayetteville, N.C., when he worked with other church leaders to put together a one-day event designed to get church members out of the pew and into the com-munity in 1995.
When he became senior pastor at Central Baptist Church in Fountain City in 2002, he continued to have a heart for compassion ministry.
He stepped down in 2006 to devote himself to the nonprofi t full time.
While some Christians are turned off by the idea of a one-day event, the idea is to “draw in people who sit very comfortably on the sidelines.”
Within a typical church, most of the work is done by 20 percent of the congrega-tion. But Operation Inas-much events are geared to-ward the other 80 percent, he says.
Crocker travels across
the country to train churches on how to con-duct events like Inasmuch United Knoxville.
His fi rst task is to stimu-late a vision of what could happen if the majority of members would participate in a day of ministry.
Then, he helps with lo-gistics, like how to fi nd proj-ects, organize volunteers and promote the event.
In preparation for Knox-ville’s event, three dozen lo-cal agencies were contacted ahead of time so projects could be planned. Some were large agencies , like Knox Area Rescue Minis-try and Volunteer Minis-try Center. But others were small, like Agape Outreach Homes.
“We’re trying to spread it out a bit, to get as many people to help as possible,” he says.
Another goal is to ac-quaint church members with new service opportunities.
Eric West repairs a car during the 2011 Inasmuch United Knoxville. Members of 32 local churches
will participate in this year’s event Saturday, April 21. Photo submitted
Churches to join for day of service
David Crocker
WORSHIP NOTESCommunity Services
■ Cross Roads Presbyterian hosts the Halls Welfare Minis-
try food pantry 6-8 p.m. each
second Tuesday and 9-11 a.m.
each fourth Saturday.
■ Dante Church of God will
distribute “Boxes of Blessings”
(food) from 9-11 a.m. Saturday,
April 14, while supplies last.
Anyone is welcomed to pick
up a box, but you must be
present to receive. One box
per household. Info: 689-4829.
■ Knoxville Free Food Market,
4625 Mill Branch Lane (across
from Tractor Supply in Halls),
distributes free food 10 a.m.
to 1 p.m. each third Saturday.
Info: 566-1265.
■ New Hope Baptist Church
Sometimes, they get hooked. “There’s nothing like expos-ing people to real need.”
Crocker sees a nation-wide trend toward compas-sion ministry over the last 15 to 20 years. Operation Inasmuch and other similar models have changed the way churches are working in the community. He’s encour-aged by it.
“God is doing this. And there’s no better place to be in the world than where God is working.”
He is frustrated by church-es that claim their member-ship is too busy to participate in community service.
Some Christians say they can’t help because they’re too old. To them, he says, “Oh, yes, you can. You may
not be able to get on a roof, but you can do something else.”
“We’re all called, regard-less of our age or situation, to do compassion ministry. So it behooves us to fi nd something we can do.”
For information about participation in Inasmuch United Knoxville, call Da-vid Crocker at 951-2511.
distributes food from its food
pantry to local families in need
6-8 p.m. every third Thursday.
Info: 688-5330.
Fundraisers ■ Trinity UMC, 5613 Western
Ave., will host the Family Prom-
ise Benefi t Spaghetti Supper
and Gospel Concert featuring
Crimson Ridge, Heart to Heart
and Laura West & Maletka from
5-7 p.m. Friday, April 13. Tickets
are $5. Info: 588-5763.
■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak
Ridge Hwy., will have a rummage
sale in the family life center 8
a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 28.
Doors will reopen from 1:30 to
2:30 p.m. to sell everything for
$5 a bag. Items can be donated
Thursday evening, April 26, or
anytime April 27. Info: 690-1060.
Rec programs ■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753
Oak Ridge Highway, holds a
beginner yoga class 6-7 p.m.
Mondays in the family life
center. Cost is $10 per class
or $40 for fi ve classes. Bring
a mat, towel and water. Info:
Dena Bower, 567-7615 or
email denabower@comcast.
net.
■ New Covenant Fellowship Church, 6828 Central Avenue
Pike, will hold Pilates class 5:45
p.m. each Monday for $5. Info:
689-7001.
Senior programs ■ Faith UMC, 1120 Dry Gap
Pike, Young at Heart group
meets the fi rst Tuesday of each
month from 10 a.m. to noon.
Everyone is invited. Info: www.
faithseekers.org or 688-1000.
Special services ■ The Knoxville Fellowship
Luncheon (KFL) will meet
at noon Tuesday, April 10,
at Golden Corral on Clinton
Highway. Michael S. Hargis
will speak. Info: http://kfl -
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■ Grace Baptist Church, 7171
Oak Ridge Highway, will
welcome evangelist Tim Lee
and Christian comedian Tim
Hawkins at 7 p.m. Friday,
April 13. Tickets are $19 in
advance, $25 at the door. VIP
tickets are $49. Info: www.
timhawkins.net.
■ Second Presbyterian Church, 2829 Kingston Pike,
will present author Tony
Campolo at 7 p.m. Satur-
day, April 14, and 11 a.m.
and 7 p.m. Sunday, April 15.
Campolo is the founder of
the Evangelical Association
for the Promotion of Educa-
tion (EAPE). Info: 523-2189 or
www.2ndpres.org.
Women’s programs
■ Knoxville Christian Wom-en’s Connection will host
the “Hunting for the Good
in Everyone” luncheon Thurs-
day, April 12, at Buddy’s Ban-
quet Hall on Kingston Pike.
Special guest will be stylist,
designer and hairdresser
Joey McEachern, who will
give updates on the latest in
hair fashions and makeup.
Inspirational speaker will be
Phyllis Page from Alabama.
Admission is $12 inclusive.
Complimentary child care by
reservation only. For tickets,
call Connie at 693-5298 or
email dick3234@bellsouth/.
Workshopsand classes
■ Fairview Baptist Church, 7424
Fairview Road off East Emory
Road, hosts a Celebrate Recov-
ery program 7-9 p.m. Thursdays.
■ Dayspring Church, 901 Cal-
lahan Drive, Suite 109, will off er
Divorce Care classes 6:30 to 8
p.m. on Mondays. There is no
charge for the 13-week program
and child care will be provided.
Info: 242-3995.
Youth programs ■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7752
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and the 2012-2013 school year
sessions of preschool and
Parents’ Day Out. Programs
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and Parents’ Day Out for the
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Epes heads to Jackson State Powell High senior Brionna Epes will continue her education at Jackson State in Mississippi next
year where she will join the track team. Epes is pictured at the signing with (front) her mom,
Alecia Harshaw, and sister, Brandelyn Epes; (back) coach Paul Klein, brother Kendrick Harshaw,
coach Shelley Walker and Powell High athletic director Nathan Landlois. Epes throws the discus
and the shot put for the Panthers and is in pursuit of breaking the school record for the discus.
She selected Jackson State because the atmosphere and feel of the beautiful campus was a
good fi t. Epes gives credit to her mentor, UT track team member Annie Alexander, for helping
her get better and instilling in her a passion for the sport. “Brionna is a strong team leader and
always works to make herself a better athlete,” said Walker. While at Jackson State, Epes plans
on studying biology and going into the physical therapy fi eld. Photo by Ruth White
Powell High School base-ball continues to improve and remains fi rst in the dis-trict following two big wins against Central in a double-header on April 4. The fi rst game was a 21-0 run-rule whereas the second game was 10-0.
“We had good pitch-ing,” said assistant coach Jay Scarbro. Sophomores Hagen Owenby and Dean Kidd both pitched for Pow-ell in the fi rst game against Central while senior and Tennessee-commit Drake Owenby pitched in the sec-ond shutout.
“Hagen, Dean and Drake all just threw the ball really well for us,” said Scarbro. “Our offense scored runs while our defense was han-dled by their ability to pitch really well and keep us in the game.”
Scarbro says his team is “cruising right along.” The Panthers currently stand 9-0 in the district and 11-2 overall. Powell has a home-and-away series with dis-trict foe Campbell County this week.
The PHS soccer team has been busy, too. Following a 4-2 loss to district competi-tor Hardin Valley, the Pan-thers rebounded to capture a nondistrict 4-0 win over Heritage on March 29.
“It wasn’t that we played
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exceptionally well,” said senior Ellias Palcu on his team’s win over Heritage. “We were able to exploit their positioning and score based on our strengths.”
Though the Panthers were 4-0 victors, Palcu doesn’t believe it was enough.
“Though we got a con-vincing win, it wasn’t a 4-0 win, to be honest,” said Palcu. “We didn’t play well enough for that; it’s just kind of how it all ended up.”
The Panthers then lost 3-2 to district rival Karns in a road game.
“That was just a bad game,” said Palcu. “We just weren’t in sync … we weren’t playing our game.”
In the fi nal minutes with the scored tied 2-2, a foul was called against Powell leading to penalty kicks, which Karns won 3-0.
Despite the district loss, Palcu remains optimistic about the rest of the sea-son. The Panthers’ next match will take place in the Clinton Tournament on April 15.
April isn’t just for base-ball and soccer, though. The PHS track team has had four meets so far, three of which were cut short by weather. Despite delays and cancellations, the team has been performing up to par.
“We’ve been doing re-ally well,” said senior and Georgetown-commit An-drew Ogle. At the Hardin Valley meet, and the only meet for Powell that hasn’t succumbed to weather, the boys’ track team placed sev-enth out of 31 spots while the girls’ team fi nished 22nd.
“As a whole it was pretty decent but the boys team is really stepping up,” said Ogle, who came in third in the indi-vidual mile at Hardin Valley.
He says the team’s “top performers” at the HVA meet were sophomores Sam Dykes and Cody Barkhurst. Barkhurst won the 400 meter race; Dykes placed fourth.
The team, under new coach Scott Clark, has been focusing on relays more than anything this year and ex-pects to be strongest in that area as the season progress-es.
“Our goal is to win KIL and the 4x4 because we look strong there. I want us to win region and go to state,” said Ogle.
■ Baseball tournament, Chris
Newsom Preseason Classic
(open), Friday through Sun-
day, April 13-15, for open/
travel teams. Tee ball and
14U. Info: 992-5504 or email
■ Knox Seniors Co-Ed Soft-ball Season open registra-
tion will be held at 9:30 a.m.
Tuesday, April 10, at Caswell
Park. Noncompetitive
league, new players are wel-
comed. There is a $10 fee for
accident insurance (a city
of Knoxville requirement).
Info: www.knoxseniorsoft-
ball.com.
■ The ninth annual Fighting Irish Spring Classic will
begin at 1 p.m. Saturday,
Knox County ■ Knox County jobs fair, 9 a.m.
to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 28.
Head Start ■ Registration for Head Start
will be held on the following
days: Tuesday, April 10, at
East II Kiwanis, 2330 Prosser
Road; Tuesday, April 17 and
24, at L.T. Ross, 2247 Western
Avenue; and Thursday, May
3, at Anderson-South, 4808
Prospect Road. Head Start
serves low income families.
Bring proof of income on all
adult family members in the
home, child’s shot record,
physical and birth certifi cate.
Info: 522-2193.
April 28, at Smokies Park. All
proceeds benefit the adop-
tion and pregnancy services
of Catholic Charities of East
Tennessee. There will be a
home run hitting contest,
guest speaker Michael
Rivera and games between
Grace Christian Academy
and Jefferson County High
School and Knoxville Catho-
lic High School and Webb
School of Knoxville. Hosted
by the Bearden Council for
the Knights of Columbus.
Info: Skip Williams, 335-8740.
■ Baseball tournament,
Friday through Sunday, April
20-22, open to all. Tee ball,
14U. Info: 992-5504 or email
SPORTS NOTES SCHOOL NOTES
By Ruth WhiteWhat began as an idea to
raise awareness and some funds for The Autism Society has grown and this year will celebrate its seventh season.
Danny Huffaker’s dream was personal because he has a son with Asperger’s syndrome, a form of autism. Huffaker wanted to help the community understand au-tism and its effects on indi-viduals.
“Being a rider myself, I know the generosity of the motorcyclist community. They are very supportive of anything for children and more so when it involves someone they know person-ally.”
The event, “Coast in for Autism,” is a motorcycle ride that begins at Harley David-son on Clinton Highway and ends at Coyote Joe’s.
The name of the ride came from the knowledge that loud noises affect children with
Motorcycle ride to benefi t Autism Societyautism and riders are encour-aged to coast in at the end of the ride.
Parents and their children with autism will be at Coy-ote Joe’s so riders are able to meet them and see who their donations benefi t.
The Coast in for Autism is Sunday, April 29, with registration from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Knoxville Harley Davidson on Clinton High-way and kick stands up at 2.
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Over the years, the weatherhas ranged from sunny andwarm to blustery, rain andeven snow.
Weather doesn’t stopHuffaker from riding eachyear.
The ride is important tohim because autism is thefastest growing serious de-velopmental disability in theUnited States and there is nomedical cure.
Info: Danny Huffaker,660-8413.
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Presley Jane Keith tells everyone to “read all about it (the Civil War).” Photos by T. Edwards of TEPHOTOS.COM
Shannondale singers, Civil War songs
Softball offers fun for seniors The Knoxville Co-Ed Slow-Pitch
Softball League, now in its fifth sea-son, is accepting new members. This is a noncompetitive league, which means score is not kept and there are special rules to promote safety for all players.
Women must be 55 years old and men must be 60 to participate. Spe-cial consideration is given for persons who are younger if that person has a diagnosed handicap and can still play slow-pitch softball.
The league consists of four teams including a “pool-players team” for players who cannot come to most of the games or who are brand new in the league. Each member of this team will play on one of the other four teams if
he/she shows up on game days.All players will participate in every
game since the league is about pro-moting healthy exercise and fitness, fellowship and fun.
The season begins at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 10, at Caswell Park, 620 Winona St. (If it rains on the 10th, the first day will be Thursday, April 12.) The only cost to players is a one-time $10 accident insurance fee required by the city.
The four teams play every Tuesday and Thursday from April through mid-October. Players are asked to ar-rive on time at 9:30 a.m. for warm-ups and to ensure all teams are bal-anced. Games begin promptly at 10 a.m. Info: email [email protected].
By Theresa EdwardsThe Shannondale Sing-
ers were guest performers at the James A. Dick Mighty Musical Monday program at the Tennessee Theatre, along with Confederate and Union re-enactors.
Following the Star-Span-gled Banner, house organist Dr. Bill Snyder played “Give My Regards to Broadway,” “It Might as Well Be Spring” and “Spring is Here.”
Knoxville native David Keith, who has starred in more than 80 movies and 100 roles, was master of ceremonies for the event. He introduced the Shan-nondale Singers saying, “Don’t number the days of
your life, but the life in your days. One way they keep life in their days is by singing, not just for themselves, but for others as well. We wel-come these ambassadors of great spirit and good will to the Tennessee Theatre.”
The Shannondale Sing-ers began by performing a Stephen Foster medley of “Nelly Bly,” “Jeanie, with the Light Brown Hair,” “Camp-town Races,” “My Old Ken-tucky Home,” “Beautiful Dreamer” by soloist Jill Hoyles and “Oh, Susanna.”
Following was their cho-rale suite theme “The Blue and the Gray” along with narrations remembering the Civil War. The speaking
parts came from historic documents, according to di-rector Martha Keith Farrel-ly, making the presentations authentic. Their other songs were the “Battle Cry of Freedom,” “Tramp, Tramp, Tramp,” “Suppertime,” “The Cruel War,” “Bidin Our Time,” “Good News,” “Fi-nale” “and Heal Our Land.”
“No one was spared the cruel hardship of the un-civil war,” David Keith said, which really summed up the many stories told by the narratives from historical diaries and letters.
Associate house organ-ist Freddie Brabson played selections ending with the “Tennessee Waltz.”
■ The Knoxville Civil War Roundtable will meet
at 8 p.m. Tuesday, April
10, at Bearden Banquet
Hall. Professor and author
Thomas Flagel will discuss
“Messengers of Death: How
the Press Reported the Civil
War.” Everyone is invited.
Admission to the discussion
is $5. Dinner will be served
at 7 p.m. for $15 ($17 non-
members). RSVP by 11 a.m.
Monday, April 9, by calling
671-9001.
■ The Knoxville Writers’ Guild will host a poetry writ-
ing workshop with Marilyn
Kallet, creative writing pro-
gram director for the Uni-
versity of Tennessee, 10 a.m.
to noon Saturday, April 14,
at Church of the Savior, 934
N. Weisgarber Road. Cost is
$25 for KWG members, $30
nonmembers. Info: www.
knoxvillewritersguild.org.
■ Longstreet-Zollicoffer Camp 87, Sons of Confed-erate Veterans will have its
monthly business meeting
at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 15, at
the Ramsey House Planta-
tion, 2614 Thorngrove Pike.
Before the meeting, Jerry
Raymer, chief of staff for the
Tennessee Division Sons of
Confederate Veteran, will
present a program on “The
Mortal Side of Stonewall
Jackson.” The presenta-
tion is free and everyone is
invited.
■ Note-Torious, Knoxville’s
youth male chorus, will hold
open auditions through
Saturday, April 14, for new
singers ages 13-25. Info: Ken
Hansen, 470-8622.
■ Samuel Frazier Chapter, Daughters of the Ameri-can Revolution, will meet
at 11 a.m. Saturday, April
21, at the Chop House in
Franklin Square. A Univer-
sity of Tennessee member
of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority
will discuss the group’s sup-
port project “Breast Cancer
Awareness and Education.”
Info: 675-6420.
■ Smokyland Sound Barber-shop Chorus will open the
Tennessee Smokies’ upcom-
ing season Tuesday, April
10, with a unique rendition
of the national anthem. Sev-
eral other numbers will also
be performed during the
seventh inning stretch. Info:
286-2300 or email rscheuer-
mann@smokiesbaseball.
com.
■ The Captain W.Y.C. Han-num chapter 1881, United Daughters of the Con-federacy will meet at the
Green Meadow Country
Club in Alcoa 10 a.m. Sat-
urday, April 28. Brunch will
be served at 10 a.m. for $15
followed by the business
session and the program
“Civil War Music and His-
tory of Musical Pieces” by
Conny Ottoway. To RSVP
or for more information,
call Elaine at 980-6346 or
Debra, 856-9300.
COMMUNITY CLUBS
Darkness dinnerThe East Tennessee
Technology Access Center will host “The Sense of Darkness” dinner 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday, May 3, at The Foundry, 747 Worlds Fair Park Drive. Anyone age 12 and older is invited to see what it would be like to be blind and try to eat at a restaurant.
Music will be provided by Emmanuelle Lo, a 12-year-old nationally recognized singer and songwriter who is blind.
Tickets are $30 and space is limited. RSVP by Monday, April 30, by call-ing 219-0130.
KIDS NOTES
■ Kids Can Bike!, a
program that encour-
ages children in
various after-school
programs to become
active through bicycle
riding, will meet at 3
p.m. Tuesday, April
10, at Safety City, 165
S. Concord Street.
Fourth- and fifth-
graders in the Kids
Can Bike! program will
experience “hands-
on” safety games and
activities at Safety
City. The program will
occur weekly and last
for seven weeks. All
children participating
will receive a take-
home helmet, bike
lock, water bottle, and
a bicycle license to use
during the program.
■ How much would
schools save with a national switch to digital texts? An
analysis from the
Federal Communica-
tions Commission
shows that a switch to
digital textbooks in
every classroom could
save schools $3 billion
per year nationwide.
Based on a number of
assumptions related
to the cost of tech-
nology in the future,
officials believe going
digital will save $60
per student per year –
or about 2 percent of
annual spending per
student.
■ Forty restaurants with
83 locations through-
out Knox County will
participate in the ninth
annual Knox County
Schools “Dine Out For Education” event
on Tuesday, April 17.
Ten percent of pre-tax
meal total will be do-
nated to Knox County
Schools on this day.
Restaurants are listed
at knoxschools.org/.
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fers in Knox County. That was a jump of 167 from the month of February and 32 parcels ahead of the pace from March 2011.
March produced total land sales of $110.7 million, compared to about $89 mil-lion a month ago.
Preliminary analysis of the fi rst quar-ter data indicates that 2012 is slightly be-hind 2011 in terms of the aggregate value of property sold. Since Jan. 1, about $288 million worth of property has sold in Knox
County, compared to $320 million during the fi rst quarter of 2011.
Lending markets were rather robust in March, with more than $312 million loaned against property in Knox County, making it the strongest month since December when a large amount of money was refi nanced by Tennova Health Systems.
Perhaps the most notable transfer was for commercial property known as The Shops at Turkey Creek. The sale brought $4.3 million.
On the lending side, the largest refi nance was by Scripps Media in the amount of $22.95 million against the property located on News-Sentinel Drive. Another transac-tion in the amount of $18.3 million involved the Sherrill Hills Retirement Community.
I would like to say thanks to everyone who participated in the recent primary elections. By exercising your right to vote, you are helping to honor and protect one of our most sacred privileges.
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Sure, washing cars is about getting them sparkling clean, but for Brian Davis of Synergy Auto Wash, it’s also about the people, both his customers and his employees.
Shannon Carey Brian Davis, owner of Synergy
Auto Wash. Photo by S. Carey
Building business, building relationships
Davis, a Knoxville native who attended Farragut High School and UT, opened Syn-ergy after nine years in real estate, development and re-modeling. He saw a need for the kind of quality hand-wash and hand-dry that was up to his personal standards, and he wanted a business where he could see his customers more frequently.
“We’re building this busi-ness around customer ser-vice,” he said.
To that end, Davis made a commitment to hiring people who are as customer-focused as he is. Manager E.B. Hunter had no car wash experience before he joined Synergy, but he’d successfully owned and operated Hunter Brothers Deli in Halls Crossroads for decades.
“You can teach anybody to wash a car, but you can’t teach the heart and soul of custom-er service,” said Davis. “He (Hunter) treats this place as if it was his own.”
In turn, Hunter hired em-ployees who may not have car wash experience, but who are clean-cut, personable and committed to doing a great job every time.
“What is (Hunter’s) biggest asset to this company is the way he’s trained these guys,” said Davis.
Davis’s mother, Jolene, works behind the register.
“People love her,” he said.
“People come to this car wash just to see her.”
Now, Davis says seven out of 10 customers are returns or referrals.
Even though it’s gotten him some complaints, Davis is committed to what he calls “the Chick-fi l-A concept” of closing shop on Sundays to give his employees a day to rest and spend with family.
“Would we make more money if we were open Sun-days? Yes. It’s probably an expensive investment, but ul-timately it’s worth it to me to make sure my guys are taken care of,” he said.
Before opening Synergy, Davis spent two years re-searching the car wash indus-try. He said Synergy has grown twice as fast as he expected.
“If someone will come here once, we will have them as a customer for life,” he said. “We have a great group of em-ployees who really, truly care. It’s hard to fi nd that.”
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Senior center to host health fair
The Halls Senior Center will host a Spring Fling mini health fair 1-3 p.m. Thursday, April 19. The event will feature health care vendors from the area and participants will be able to have blood pressure checked, body mass index calculated, balance assessment and more.
Representatives from local home health agencies, hospice care providers and senior caregiver and support services will be on hand to answer questions and provide information. Exercise instructors from the center will provide information on the many health programs available. Info: 922-0416.
‘Eats for Easter’ provides food
YMCA president and CEO Jim Dickson and YWCA CEO Marigail Mullin enjoy a new pair of red
rockers, compliments of president and CEO of Home Federal Bank Dale Keasling. Photo by Ruth White
Home Federal Bank has donated to the YWCA Knox-ville and YMCA of East Ten-nessee to help families in need celebrate Easter.
Dale Keasling, bank presi-dent and CEO, authorized $10,000 toward the purchase of Food City gift cards for designated recipients. Food City discounted the gift cards purchased for the program to help the donation go further.
The program, “Eats for Easter,” is in its second year and is designed to support women in crisis and fami-lies in transition during a time of year that is less visible than Christmas or Thanksgiving.
Last year, the YMCA was able to provide grocer-ies to more than 150 fami-lies through the program, demonstrating to clients
the generosity of the com-munity.
“We’re humbled and honored to support the out-reach efforts of the YWCA and the YMCA during this time when we have so much to celebrate,” said Keasling.
In addition to money, Keasling presented both organizations with a red rocking chair, an iconic symbol of Home Federal.
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