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4509 Doris Circle 37918 (865) 922-4136 [email protected] [email protected] EDITOR Larry Van Guilder [email protected] ADVERTISING SALES Patty Fecco [email protected] Darlene Hutchison hutchisond@ ShopperNewsNow.com Shopper-News is a member of KNS Media Group, published weekly at 4509 Doris Circle, Knoxville, TN, and distributed to 8,314 homes in Powell. A great community newspaper. VOL. 50, NO. 19 MAY 9, 2011 GOVERNMENT/POLITICS A4 | OUR COLUMNISTS A6-7 | YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS A11-12 | BUSINESS A13 INSIDE www.ShopperNewsNow.com | www.facebook.com/ShopperNewsNow | twitter.com/shoppernewsnow ONLINE DO YOU LIKE? TELL US! The Shopper-News is now on Facebook! Check us out for updates, photos and more! www.facebook.com/ ShopperNewsNow powell 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) kids moving! 859-7900 mercy.com Get your Registration May 24 Session begins in June with “Kid Fit” for ages 6-14 By Greg Householder If you were sitting around on an early Saturday evening a couple of weeks ago – April 30, to be exact – and were bored, well, it was your own fault. Area merchants had posted it on their marquees, signs were up all over the community and the word was definitely out: Powell Elemen- tary School was holding a carnival. From 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., the school campus was a place for fun. The Powell Elementary PTA organized it, but it was a community effort. Area professionals, merchants and, of course, the kids pitched in. The carnival featured vendors of all stripes, games, contests, health and wellness booths and lots of food. Each grade sponsored a hall- way inside the building and set up games. The classes were able to keep a portion of the proceeds. According to principal Reba Lane, while this was not the first carnival at PES, it had been several years since the school had put one on. Outside were dunking booths and a miniature golf course. PES 3rd grade teacher Terry Wright gets wet in the dunking booth at the Powell Elementary School Carnival on April 30. Photos by Greg Householder Natalie Noble pounds the hammer as she tries to ring the bell at the Powell Elementary School Carnival on April 30. Making a splash! By Betty Bean April 4 was unseasonably hot, with gusty winds up to 35 miles per hour. Around 10 a.m., a resident of Plum- wood Road in West Haven noticed smoke billowing up from Tony Norman’s yard and called the Knoxville Fire Department. Before it was doused, the flames had climbed about 35 feet up a hickory tree, consumed a 15-foot section of a wooden privacy fence and destroyed a storage shed and its con- tents. The remains of a blue plastic Waste Connections container are puddled on the ground. Some small or- namental cedars closer to the house are badly, prob- ably fatally, singed. Arson investigators told Norman and his wife, Jani, that the fire had been de- liberately set, and although the damage was relatively minor, the “what ifs” were frightening. The property is heavily wooded, the fire not far from the wood-frame house. The Normans say the “whys” are disturbing as well. “I have a friend who was a private investigator who looked at it, and he said. ‘Obviously, somebody had been to your house at least twice (once to case proper- ty, once to set the fire).’ He Tony Norman surveys the spot where someone set his property on fire. Photos by Ruth White The burnt fence on Norman’s property. Norman says fire was ‘meant to send me a message’ said it was an amateurish job meant to send me a mes- sage.” The Normans hadn’t spoken publicly about the fire until a meeting of the West Knox County Council of Homeowners when Tony Norman was called upon to talk about the Hillside and Ridgetop Protection Plan, which County Commission rejected by a 6-5 vote at its April meeting. The slope protection plan is a joint city/county proj- ect developed over a three- year period by a group of volunteers and Metropoli- tan Planning Commission staffers. Norman is the co- chair and the face of the plan, which would apply to slopes of 15 percent or more, prohibit development on 50 percent grades and impose stricter guidelines for clearing and grading on steep slopes. The plan would allow narrower roads and shorter setback require- ments for higher elevations with incentives for develop- ers to place ridgetops under conservation easements. It is unpopular with de- velopers, real estate inter- ests and the Chamber of Commerce, and Norman has become a target of hate mail and Internet invective, which he says ramped up after Mayor Tim Burchett became a vocal critic of the plan. “A group of people and the Chamber decided this is not good for economic development,” Norman told the homeowners’ group. “In the end, the Chamber decid- ed this needed to be killed, and they came up with their strategy to kill it.” After Norman said that his wife and son would like to see him step back from the plan, Jani asked to be recognized. She said they have received “hate mail” and called the last few months “a horrible, horrible ordeal. “Three weeks before the vote, our property was set on fire. If we hadn’t had a Good Samaritan neighbor, 10 minutes later our house would have been set on fire.” City Council will be tak- ing up the slope protection plan next, and Norman said he doesn’t plan to quit advo- cating for it. “This just makes me more determined,” he said. Powell Elementary Carnival revived after several years Lane said the carnival, besides being a fun occasion, was part of the school’s family engagement program by encouraging all Powell Elementary School families to come out and enjoy the evening. How four teachers made a difference Chad Edwards says thanks, 50 years later See page A-6 FEATURED COLUMNIST JAKE MABE ‘Scoop’ Remembering old-school newspaper reporter Bob Cunningham See Dr. Tumblin’s column on page A-7 Thank you, Powell! The fundraising effort for “the face of Powell” is moving ahead See Greg’s story on Page A-2
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EDITOR Larry Van Guilder
ADVERTISING SALESPatty Fecco
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By Greg Householder
If you were sitting
around on an early
Saturday evening a
couple of weeks ago
– April 30, to be exact –
and were bored, well,
it was your own fault.
Area merchants had posted it on their marquees, signs were up all over the community and the word was defi nitely out: Powell Elemen-tary School was holding a carnival.
From 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., the school campus was a place for fun. The Powell Elementary PTA organized it, but it was a community effort. Area professionals, merchants and, of course, the kids pitched in.
The carnival featured vendors of all stripes, games, contests, health and wellness booths and lots of food.
Each grade sponsored a hall-way inside the building and set up games. The classes were able to keep a portion of the proceeds.
According to principal Reba Lane, while this was not the fi rst carnival at PES, it had been several years since the school had put one on.
Outside were dunking booths and a miniature golf course.
PES 3rd grade teacher Terry Wright gets wet in the dunking
booth at the Powell Elementary School Carnival on April 30. Photos by Greg Householder
Natalie Noble
pounds the hammer
as she tries to ring
the bell at the Powell
Elementary School
Carnival on April 30.
Making a splash!
By Betty Bean
April 4 was unseasonably hot, with gusty winds up to 35 miles per hour. Around 10 a.m., a resident of Plum-wood Road in West Haven noticed smoke billowing up from Tony Norman’s yard and called the Knoxville Fire Department. Before it was doused, the fl ames had climbed about 35 feet up a hickory tree, consumed a 15-foot section of a wooden privacy fence and destroyed a storage shed and its con-tents. The remains of a blue plastic Waste Connections container are puddled on the ground. Some small or-namental cedars closer to the house are badly, prob-ably fatally, singed.
Arson investigators told Norman and his wife, Jani, that the fi re had been de-liberately set, and although the damage was relatively minor, the “what ifs” were frightening. The property is heavily wooded, the fi re not far from the wood-frame house.
The Normans say the “whys” are disturbing as well.
“I have a friend who was a private investigator who looked at it, and he said. ‘Obviously, somebody had been to your house at least twice (once to case proper-ty, once to set the fi re).’ He
Tony Norman surveys the spot where someone set his property on fi re. Photos by Ruth White
The burnt fence
on Norman’s property.
Norman says fi re was ‘meant to send me a message’
said it was an amateurish job meant to send me a mes-sage.”
The Normans hadn’t spoken publicly about the fi re until a meeting of the West Knox County Council of Homeowners when Tony Norman was called upon to talk about the Hillside and Ridgetop Protection Plan, which County Commission rejected by a 6-5 vote at its April meeting.
The slope protection plan is a joint city/county proj-ect developed over a three-year period by a group of
volunteers and Metropoli-tan Planning Commission staffers. Norman is the co-chair and the face of the plan, which would apply to slopes of 15 percent or more, prohibit development on 50 percent grades and impose stricter guidelines for clearing and grading on steep slopes. The plan would allow narrower roads and shorter setback require-ments for higher elevations with incentives for develop-ers to place ridgetops under conservation easements.
It is unpopular with de-
velopers, real estate inter-ests and the Chamber of Commerce, and Norman has become a target of hate mail and Internet invective, which he says ramped up after Mayor Tim Burchett became a vocal critic of the plan.
“A group of people and the Chamber decided this is not good for economic development,” Norman told the homeowners’ group. “In the end, the Chamber decid-ed this needed to be killed, and they came up with their strategy to kill it.”
After Norman said that his wife and son would like to see him step back from the plan, Jani asked to be recognized. She said they have received “hate mail” and called the last few months “a horrible, horrible ordeal.
“Three weeks before the vote, our property was set on fi re. If we hadn’t had a Good Samaritan neighbor, 10 minutes later our house would have been set on fi re.”
City Council will be tak-ing up the slope protection plan next, and Norman said he doesn’t plan to quit advo-cating for it.
“This just makes me more determined,” he said.
Powell Elementary Carnival revived after several years
Lane said the carnival, besides being a fun occasion, was part of the school’s family engagement program by encouraging all Powell Elementary School families to come out and enjoy the evening.
How four teachers made a diff erenceChad Edwards
says thanks,
50 years later
See page A-6
FEATURED COLUMNISTJAKE MABE
‘Scoop’Remembering
old-school
newspaper reporter
Bob Cunningham
See Dr. Tumblin’s column on page A-7
Thank you, Powell! The fundraising effort for “the face of Powell” is moving ahead
See Greg’s story on Page A-2
congest ive heart failure will do that – but after listening to Brian Jen-kins from the Cystic F i b r o s i s F o u n d a -tion last
Wednesday at the Knox North Lions meeting, I re-alize that things can be a whole lot worse.
While those that suffer from CF are relatively small in number, approximately 35,000 in the U.S., it is a horrible disease. It’s inherit-ed and caused by a mutated gene that an estimated two million people carry. If the gene carriers have children there is about a 25 percent chance that the child will be born with CF.
CF causes mucus to build up in organs such as the lungs and pancreas. The life expectancy of a child born with CF is about 35.
Having CF, according to Brian, requires daily treat-ments and therapies. Drugs to treat it can run $1,500 a month. It is a rough disease on patients and caregivers.
First Baptist ■
Bikers to support 4-H and Clear Springs BaptistThe motorcycle ministry
at First Baptist Church of Powell and Fountain City will be taking to the road again on Saturday, May 14, for its monthly fellowship ride.
For the May ride, the motorcycle ministry will meet at “The Spring,” the parking lot across from the FBC-Powell campus Youth Worship Center, at 8 a.m., with kickstands up at 8:30 a.m.
The group will ride over to Applebee’s on Central Avenue Pike for an all-you-can-eat pancake and sau-
A-2 • MAY 9, 2011 • POWELL SHOPPER-NEWS
Greg Householder
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CONTINUING EDUCATIONMay 10 -August 21
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SUMMERWORKSHOPSFOR ADULTS
Support for Linda Saia has been amazingWow!Last Wednesday I re-
ceived a phone call from Te-resa Underwood with an up-date on the “Linda Saia Car Wash, Yard Sale and Auc-tion.” You may recall that
Thank you, Powell!
Jenkins
Tom Householder, manager of the Home Depot in Powell, welcomes the Noweta Garden Club
at the group’s meeting last Tuesday. Home Depot hosted the club’s monthly meeting and pro-
vided experts to talk about perennials and annuals. Photos by Greg Householder
set up and a post offi ce box established to receive the money. She said someone gave Linda $507 one day, the exact amount of one month’s worth of health insurance premiums while she is laid off.
Teresa said that her phone has been blowing up with calls. And the business community has been step-ping up as well. But fi rst the “housekeeping”: the address for donations is Teresa Un-derwood, Face of Powell, P.O. Box 1246, Powell, TN 37849.
Teresa said that Auto-Zone will be donating all the materials used for the car wash as well as auction items from all of its area lo-cations.
AJ’s Cuts n Styles of Pow-ell will be giving haircuts starting around 1 p.m. on June 4 with all proceeds go-ing to the fund.
Media Prints is donating signage and banners.
1 Source Printing is print-ing fl yers for the event at no charge.
And of course, Harry’s Market and Grill is donat-ing the parking lot for the event.
Teresa tells me that in the three days since the story came out they had already received about $1,000 in donations besides the in-kind services.
Teresa says they still have a wish list, including stor-age for yard sale donations, tents for the day of the event, tables, volunteers to help at the event, folks with trucks to haul items, auction items and, naturally, cash. You can reach Teresa at 951-9959.
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we had a front page story last week about Linda and the medical issues she is go-ing through. Linda is known as “the face of Powell,” and anyone who has had a kid go through either Powell Elementary School or Pow-ell High School during the past 10 years or so probably knows her. She is the cross-ing guard who gets the kids safely across the street.
Linda is a very sick lady who needs our help. Every summer, Linda gets laid off for two months. She has to pay to continue her health insurance benefi ts which she needs desperately be-cause she suffers from non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.
The plan is to hold a com-munity car wash, yard sale and auction on June 4 in the parking lot of Harry’s Mar-ket and Grill with a goal of raising $10,000 to help Lin-da with her living expenses and insurance during her summer layoff, and with her medical bills in general.
As I spoke with Teresa on the phone all I could do was say “Wow!” Teresa tells me that they have an account
Bragging rightsThis is not a profes-
sion known for ex-travagant fi nancial rewards. Most reporters do what they do simply because they couldn’t imagine doing anything else.
Nor do jour-nalists receive much respect from the public at large these days. We’re too far left or too far right; we fail to take a stand or we shouldn’t take a stand; we miss the big picture or we miss the crucial detail; or maybe we should just fold our tents and let the citizen journalists crowding the Web keep everyone informed.
Who are they kidding? We love the business despite the low pay, long hours and the critics. And when your work is considered worthy of recognition by your peers, well, that’s just a bonus.
On April 29 the East Tennessee Society of Professional Journalists held its annual Golden Press Card Awards banquet. Journalists from around the region submitted their work for review by a panel in Pittsburgh, Pa., and the Shopper-News acquitted itself admirably.
Taking home awards were (in alphabetical order):Personal Columns: ■ Honorable Mention, Shannon
Carey, for “Moms 101”Deadline Photography: ■ Honorable Mention,
Shannon Carey, for “Building the Future”Feature Writing: ■ Jake Mabe, Honorable Mention,
for “I’m Afraid the Town Is Gone”Page One Designs: ■ Award of Merit, Shopper-News
Graphics DepartmentEditorials: ■ Award of Excellence, Larry Van Guilder
While we’re in bragging mode, I’ll point out that this year’s haul was nothing out of the ordinary for our news-paper. The Shopper-News consistently garners recogni-tion for the work of its reporters, its compositors and its graphics professionals.
Always mindful that “pride goeth before a fall,” we’ll keep working to bring you award-winning coverage each week. In our features section today, Jake Mabe brings you the story of how four teachers changed a young man’s life nearly 50 years ago. In government and politics, read some federal cost-cutting suggestions from former Am-bassador Victor Ashe, then fi nd out why peanut butter and jelly sandwiches may become a forgotten delicacy at the local hoosegow.
As always, whether you live in Halls, Fountain City, Powell, Karns, Bearden or Farragut, we’ve got you covered in print and online at www.shoppernewsnow.com.Contact Larry Van Guilder at [email protected].
sage breakfast to support the Knox County 4-H Horse Project. Cost of the break-fast is $5.
Then the ministry will head to Corryton to join up with the Clear Springs Baptist Church 10th annual Friends of Missions Motor-cycle Run and Car Show to benefi t the church’s mis-sions at home and abroad. The ride departs the church at 11 a.m.
There is no fee to ride, but contributions are appreci-ated. The person turning in the most money over $100 will receive a his-and-hers bracelet and chain set from Prestige Jewelers. There will be drawings for door prizes, and the fi rst 100 to register will receive a com-memorative T-shirt. Make checks payable to Clear Springs Baptist Church. There will be a cookout at the church at the end of the ride.
The First Baptist motor-cycle ministry welcomes all riders. So, leave the tiller or lawnmower in the shed and come on out for a fun ride. The FBC folks and the Clear Springs bunch are a lot of fun.
Noweta Garden ■
Club visits Home DepotHome Depot manager
Tom Householder and his gang welcomed the Noweta Garden Club last Tuesday with food, drink and other goodies including free sam-ples of plants.
The topic of the visit was perennials and annuals, and the gardeners learned of some of the exclusive plants offered by Home Depot this spring. One of the neat things this year is the “smart phone” code. Let your i-Phone or Android “read” a symbol on the label, and you can get all kinds of informa-tion over your phone.
Pretty cool.
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in the craft or a hobbyist, the Institute will have something for you.Founded by Chef John Antun, the classes are held at the state-of-the-art laboratory/
kitchen on the University of Tennessee’s campus.For maximum retention of the knowledge and skills presented, the courses are formatted
to include lecture, demonstration and then hands-on application of each skill set.
The UT Gardens, in conjunction with UT’s Organic & Sustainable Crop Production program, will host a weekly Farmer’s Market starting May 18th on Wednesday from 4-7pm. Local produce, entertainment & cooking demonstrations will be featured. For more information, visit vegetables.tennessee.edu/2001_UT_market.html.
Pellissippi State Community College with the University of Tennessee, will serve up a new two-year degree program of Associate of Applied Science with a major in Business Administration and a concentration in Culinary Arts.
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Powell Playhouse performance
The Powell Playhouse will be presenting its inau-gural performance, John Patrick’s “The Curious Sav-age” in June at the Jubilee Banquet Facility.
There will be a 7:30 p.m. performance Friday and Saturday, June 3-4, and a 2 p.m. performance Sunday, June 5.
FC Lions to honor Joel Helton
The Fountain City Lions Club is hosting a program and reception to recognize and honor Joel Helton for his many years at Central High School as a teacher and head football coach 7 p.m. Monday, May 16, in the Lions Club Building in Fountain City Park. Current and former Central High students, football team members, parents, faculty and staff, local coaches from other schools and any community well-wishers are invited to attend.
Lion Gib Galyon is invit-ing former Central High football players, coaches and opposing coaches to be a part of the program by volunteering to come tell of past experiences with coach Helton. If you would like to be a part of the program, call Gib Galyon at 688-1687 or Ben Easterday at 207-9634.
Halls High reunionHalls High School’s class
of 1966 will have a reunion noon to 6 p.m. Saturday,
By Valorie FisterAs the nation reacts to the
death of Osama Bin Laden, the terrorist leader respon-sible for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the U.S., one lo-cal military family contin-ues to cope with the death – and celebrate the life – of U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Frank D. Bryant Jr.
“I couldn’t comment on that, it’s diffi cult at this time,” Bryant’s sister, Amie Whitworth, said of the Bin Laden announcement. “I’m not going to go there.”
Bryant, 37, died April 27 at the Kabul International Airport, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered in gun-fi re when an Afghan mili-tary trainee opened fi re on Americans at the airport. Eight U.S. service members and one contractor were killed that day.
Bryant was a native of Karns and graduated from Karns High School. He was assigned to the 56th Opera-tions Group, Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., where he was described as “a member of our Luke family” there since August 2007 according to base offi cials.
He was well known in the military as a veteran F-16 pilot who taught others. And before his time in the mili-tary, he was well known in Karns for his love of wres-tling, his wit and his drive to accomplish his goals.
“We’re devastated by the loss of Lt. Col. Frank Bry-ant,” said Brigadier General Jerry D. Harris, 56th Fight-er Wing commander.
Harris described Bryant as an “excellent pilot, wing-man and airman. He ex-celled in everything he did and gave his life defending the nation he served for 16 years.”
“He went on so many missions in the air, he was just teaching and leading,” Whitworth said, describing her brother as “pretty re-spected in the Air Force.”
A life fi lled with honor
Karns High School graduate and U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Frank D.
Bryant Jr., 37, died April 27 in Kabul, Afghanistan. His leader-
ship and contributions as a top F-16 instructor are recognized
nationwide. Photo submitted
“He was a senior offi cer there, and he won an award,” Whitworth said. “He was the top F-16 instructor in the Air Force last year.”
Whitworth, who now lives in Morristown, de-scribed the last week as a blur of media interviews and preparations for her brother’s military funeral. Due to Bryant’s high mili-tary profi le, national news agencies in addition to lo-cal news outlets have called the family continuously re-questing interviews.
Whitworth said mem-bers of Bryant’s family, who still live in Knoxville, are traveling to the Arlington National Cemetery in Wash-ington, D.C., for burial ser-vices there.
But Bryant’s family and friends all over the country have found an outlet they can all plug into to share words of comfort – the Web.
“Have you gone to Lega-cy.com?” Whitworth asked, adding that a family friend
told her about the website full of more than 20 differ-ent comments and memori-als dedicated to the fallen Air Force instructor.
“Thank you, Frank, for fi ghting for my freedom,” writes friend Jennifer Brock Callais of Maryville. “You are my hero! Sadly missed but happily remembered. Blessings to your sweet fam-ily during this time.”
Some notes are written to Bryant personally.
“LTC Bryant, I had the honor of meeting you after you arrived in Kabul, Af-ghanistan,” writes Larry Ziyad LeiBrock of Texas. “It was truly an honor to have met you. Your love of your country, life and your fam-ily was clearly apparent. I am honored to have served with you as a warrior here in Afghanistan, and my life is better for having known you.
“May you fi nd peace in knowing you have touched many lives in this war.”
May 21, at the Glen Ab-bey Clubhouse, 11716 San Martin Dr. in west Knox-ville. Friends from the ’65 and ’67 classes are invited to join them. Info: email Rick Rickerson at [email protected] or Mike Cameron at [email protected].
Kerbela Shrine Paper Sale is May 9-15
The annual Kerbela Shrine Paper Sale will be held May 9-15 this year. The sale is the fundraiser that provides Shrine hos-pitals the ability to treat children selected during the recent mini-screening clinic at no charge.
Senior novice tennis program off ered in May
The 22nd annual “Never-Ever” Senior Novice Tennis Program, offered to seniors 50 and older who have never played or haven’t played tennis in a number of years, will be held 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays beginning May 16 at Tyson Family Tennis Center and 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays and Thurs-days beginning May 17 at the Murphy Courts in West Hills Park. Registration/info: Bob Roney, 971-5896.
AARP driver safety classes
For registration info about these and all other AARP driver safety classes, call Barbara Manis, 922-5648.
Thursday and Friday, ■
May 12-13, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., New Market Senior Center, 1611 Depot St., New Market.
Thursday and Fri- ■day, May 12-13, noon to 4 p.m., Sevier County Senior Center, 1220 W. Main St., Sevierville.
Knox North Lions plan ‘Patriotic Pet’ contest for July 4th parade
The Knox North Lions Club will be hosting a “Patriotic Pet” contest in conjunction with the Powell 4th of July parade. Plan to bring your pet decked out in their best patriotic regalia and compete in the contest. Winners will be determined by popular vote. It’s free to enter and votes are $1 each. The contest will be held at the post-parade festivities at Scarbro fi eld.
Garage sale to benefi t United DAC
A multi-family garage sale will be held 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday and Saturday, May 13-14, in Murphy Hills subdivision in Halls to ben-efi t the United Daughters of the Confederacy Chapter Abner Baker #1404.
Fundraising saleSt. Anne Orthodox
Church, 560 Oak Ridge Turnpike, will host a fundraising yard sale, bake sale and car wash 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 14. There will be a wide variety of items including small appliances, bikes, children’s strollers and more. The pa-rishioners of St. Anne’s will also offer home-made items during the bake sale.
PHS Marching Panther Band yard saleThe band boosters will be hosting a community
yard sale Saturday, June 11, in the PHS parking lot. The band will be selling spaces to raise money for its fall trip. A 20x20 space (equivalent to two parking spaces) is $25, and a 40x20 space (equivalent of four parking spaces) goes for $40. Electricity will not be available to vendors.
Info: Stacey Berry, 938-9523 or visit www.powellband.org for a registration form.
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That’s small wonder of c o u r s e , when the mayor has pledged that e s s e n t i a l services will not suffer under his fi rst bud-get despite pulling back
on personnel, supplies and materials in a number of de-
pa r t ment s b e n e a t h his pur-view. Feed-ing more with less is wholly con-sistent with the admin-i s t r at ion’s philosophy
and could ease the tension between Burchett and Sher-iff Jimmy “J.J.” Jones.
With the national debt spiraling out of control and legislators arguing over whose cow is more sacred, it would be unpatriotic and selfi sh for the sheriff, the mayor and their fi nancial wizards to withhold their
Betty Bean
LarryVan
Guilder
Burchett budget cuts jail
In “The Outlaw Josey Wales,” Clint Eastwood uttered one of the more memorable cowboy fl ick lines of all time. Confronted by a bounty hunter out for Eastwood’s hide, the actor growled: “Dyin’ ain’t much of a livin’, boy.”
No more peanut butter and jelly sandwiches
J.J. Jones
Line items for detectives, forensics, narcotics and the juvenile division have also increased.
These bolstered resourc-es naturally lead one to conclude that the sheriff an-ticipates more bad guys and gals to go after and nab, and if he’s successful the jail will be busier than ever housing miscreants.
Aye, and there’s the rub for those stupid enough or unfortunate enough to fi nd themselves taking an expense-paid vacation on the county’s dime. While stepped-up enforcement packs the jail to the rafters, the jail commissary ex-penses are budgeted to dropfrom $640,160 to $632,367.
Unless you grow your own beans and greens and maintain a herd of cattle and a catfi sh farm, you’re familiar with the ever-in-creasing pain in your wallet that comes with a trip to the grocery store. Nonetheless, the sheriff is pulling off a fi nancial miracle worthy of national attention, and the mayor and his staff have signed off on it.
secret. So we’re calling on them to do their duty and share with Congress, the U.S. Senate and President Barack Obama before the country tumbles into the fi scal abyss.
Has the sheriff hooked up with a cheap source of Chi-nese-produced Spam? Is he buying day-old bread in bulk from Walmart? Is he using former Mayor Mike Rags-dale’s Bosnia connections to import cut-rate Eastern Eu-ropean beef and pork?
It’s a tantalizing mystery.Until those at the top of
the county’s food chain re-veal their methods, a word of caution seems appropri-ate for those contemplating mischief in Knox County. Another famed law offi cer, none other than Deputy Barney Fife, put it this way:
“A man confi ned to pris-on is a man who has given up his liberty, his pursuit of happiness. No more carefree hours, no more doing what-ever you want, whenever you want. No more peanut but-ter and jelly sandwiches.”Contact: [email protected]
While the experience may fall short of dying, go-ing to jail in Knox County is going to become less of a “living” than ever accord-ing to Mayor Tim Burchett’s proposed FY 2012 budget.
The public safety compo-nent of the budget is grow-ing. “Patrols and cops” is up from $24.9 million to $25.3 million in the proposed budget. “Warrants” grows from $161,365 to $275,815.
As Congress looks at ways to cut federal expendi-tures, I know from personal experience at the State De-partment there are areas where savings could occur without jeopardizing the good and important work the State Department car-ries on daily.
VictorAshe
Some areas to cut
As a post-9/11 reaction, State has pushed a mas-sive new embassy building program across the globe, placing embassies in ugly fortress-like buildings of-ten miles away from the city center.
While in nations such as Pakistan and Afghanistan such security measures are necessary, the “one size fi ts all” approach does not makes sense in Iceland, Slovenia, Poland or Malta.
In Poland, the Depart-ment’s building offi ce (known as OBO) is working now to spend more than $84 million for a new consulate to house 11 Americans to be located 10 miles from the city center. This works out to $8 million per American.
As Ambassador, I worked to halt or slow down this wasteful project. OBO has already spent more than $1.5 million over 10 years with site visits, studies and appraisals. Once I departed Poland, a new consulate went back into active con-sideration by State.
Congress and State should classify the nations we have diplomatic rela-tions with around the world in terms of security threats, just as the threat alert at our airports are classifi ed based on threat.
Less expensive and ar-chitecturally more pleasing
buildings make a statement about the U.S. which is posi-tive. Embassies which look like prisons or fortresses make a negative statement to the host nation. They are also terribly expensive.
The new embassy planned for London is estimated to cost more than $1 billion (yes, billion) dollars. It has a moat around it, something even the Queen does not have at Buckingham Palace. Congress could fail to fund this project.
Recently, State signed a 9-year lease for a new Am-bassadorial residence in Kingston, Jamaica, at the cost of $25,000 a month ($300,000 a year, or $2.7 million over 9 years) be-cause the current residence was an hour’s commute from the offi ce. The current residence is unoccupied now and not sold. It sits empty but furnished, waiting on who knows what.
Meanwhile, the leased res-idence may only be minutes from the offi ce, but it lacks the spacious grounds of the prior residence or its history with the Embassy. Now we have two residences for one ambassador in Jamaica. One questions how such fi nancial-ly foolish decisions get made. Where is the supervision?
This is not to suggest our personnel should not be protected in dangerous areas where security is vi-tal. They should be.
However, common sense needs to prevail along with safety. Money should be used wisely and in a way which makes a positive statement.
Embassies far outlast the ambassador of the day whose name will be forgot-ten after his or her depar-ture. We should showcase America’s best architects and best practices, and stop constructing buildings which convey fear, worry and trepidation.
Bill Owen didn’t mention a word about running for City Council, but he dropped some pretty serious clues about the direction his cam-paign is going to take when he spoke to the Council of West Knox County Hom-eowners last week.
Harmon opens headquartersJane and Ivan Harmon enjoy the sunshine at the opening of
Ivan Harmon’s campaign headquarters in his race for Knoxville
mayor. The offi ce is located in the Kroger shopping center on
Western Avenue, just west of I-640. Harmon, whose slogan is
“One of the people, for the people,” had all sorts of people at
the opening. “Here’s my number and I won’t change it after I’m
elected,” he said. Info: 389-5652. Photo by S. Clark
Bill Owen Photo by Betty Bean
Bill Owen previews his campaign
to return to Knoxville, start a lobbying business, remarry and generally rebuild his life. It was about this time that he met bandage mogul Pete DeBusk, founder of DeRoyal Medical Products. DeBusk was having some trouble get-ting Medicare to approve one of his products and needed some help. Owen was friends with Harold Ford Sr., who
chaired a House subcommit-tee and was able to give him that help.
Thus began a valuable relationship, and Owen has been lobbying for DeBusk-related interests ever since. He said the DeBusk con-nection has allowed him to meet people from all over the world, and he is espe-cially proud of work he has done in Kenya, where De-Royal (at Owen’s suggestion) sent production overruns of bandages and bedpans and other medical supplies. Owen fl ew to Nairobi, pre-sented the goods and took the opportunity to tour the city’s slums. He saw people living in unimaginable pov-erty who still had hope.
“What I saw were people who were energetic and en-thused about life. Instead of dejection, I saw people deter-mined to build a 21st century
society,” he said, launching into full campaign mode with talk about America still being the hope and inspira-tion of the world. Then he got to the part we’ll be hearing about this summer.
He wants to make Knox-ville the education capital of the state of Tennessee, or maybe even the country. He said that putting the Lincoln Memorial Univer-sity law school in downtown Knoxville was his idea (“My idea, Pete’s money”), and that he is working on a plan to put a boarding school for at-risk kids on the Knoxville College campus.
“I want to market Knox-ville as an educational cen-ter and an economic engine to drive us forward,” he said, ending up with a good line about “faith in the future, faith in education and faith in America.”
At fi rst blush, talking to a group of homeowners who (mostly) live outside the city limits might seem an odd way for a candidate to spend his time, but Owen used to represent them when he was a state senator, so he was in familiar territory. And it gave him a friendly envi-ronment to test-drive some things that he’ll be talking about this summer.
His topic was “How to Build a 21st Century Soci-ety,” and he began by return-ing to a tough stretch in his life. He’d been defeated for re-election to the senate and gotten divorced. (He didn’t mention getting arrested for drunk driving – a charge he beat, twice, in two highly publicized trials. The evi-dence against him really was pretty weak, but that had to have been a major bummer. We’ll fi nd out in August if this little scandal has passed its expiration date).
He’d gone off somewhere to a transformational train-ing program and had an epiphany that inspired him
Tim Burchett
Donnybrook ahead as Becky Duncan Massey enters the battle to replace Sen. Jamie Woodson, who resigned. Already Marilyn Roddy has abandoned the mayor’s race to go for the Senate seat, and County Commission chair Mike Hammond seems poised to jump in, too.
Mayor Daniel Browntook Bean’s advice (from last week’s Shopper) and just said no to those trying to talk him into the Knoxville
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boost Daniel Brown. To his credit, he fi gured that out.
There’s sad irony in the upcoming reception for Daniel Brown, hosted by the UT Alumni Association. That’s because Brown, when ready for college, was pro-hibited from attending UT. Hard to believe that hap-pened in our lifetime.
And fi nally, Jay Leno says Prince William and his bride, Kate, want hon-eymoon privacy in a place where no one will recognize them. Their destination: Pakistan.
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Tailor has challenged her staff to be creative, to
use volun-teers effec-tively and to encour-age support from busi-nesses.
T h e r e will be no paid staff r e d u c t i o n
at the Halls Senior Cen-ter, even though the bud-get document shows a cut. That was a glitch in the budget software, said Mi-chael Grider, the county’s communications manager.
Halls and Farragut’s Frank Strang Center each will retain two full-time paid staff, a reduction of one at Strang, Tailor said.
She said the seniors themselves can make up the slack in staffing. “Se-niors in South Knoxville are handing the landscap-ing; many instructors work for free.
“This (budget) is posi-tive, and our staff will make it work. I’ll work in the centers myself and was in Halls last Thursday,” she said.
“We offer important programs and have be-tween five and 20 seniors sign up each week. We of-fer free services through our health partners, Cov-enant and Mercy. We are the Volunteer State, and we’ll make this work.”
Director calls proposal ‘absurd’
By Larry Van GuilderSince its founding in 1975,
the Beck Cultural Exchange Center on Dandridge Ave-nue has served as an artistic and historical draw for Afri-can Americans across East Tennessee. In the words of its current director, Avon Rollins, “Beck is a magnet that brings people into this community.”
That may change if Knox County’s contribution to the center remains at the level pro-posed by Mayor Tim Burchett in the FY 2012 budget. After receiving $150,000 from the county’s Hotel/Motel Fund last year, Beck is scheduled for a $12,000 donation in this year’s proposed budget, a 92 percent reduction.
Summing up the fi scal picture, Rollins fl atly states, “Beck will be forced to close,” unless additional funds can be raised.
The city of Knoxville has allocated $26,000 to the center in Mayor Daniel Brown’s proposed budget. Combined with the county’s $12,000, the total may be enough to cover the facility’s utility bill which, accord-ing to Rollins, approaches $36,000 annually.
Exclusive of a $1 million capital investment in 2005, Beck’s allotment from the county had been declining for several years.
In FY 2008 the center re-ceived about $400,000 from the Public Library Fund. The following year saw the source for Beck’s $225,000 funding shifted to the Hotel/Motel tax.
The center’s funding re-mained level for FY 2010, but was cut by 1/3 to $150,000 in last year’s budget. The pre-cipitous funding drop in the new budget proposal caught Rollins off-guard.
“We had no warning,” he said. “I didn’t know about this until (1st District Com-missioner) Sam McKenzie called me.”
Rollins emphasized that Beck is more than a cultural center. The afternoon pro-grams for children are always busy, he said.
Brown called Beck “a great resource, a very im-portant institution for all Knoxvillians. I want to em-phasize that.”
Acknowledging that this is a tough year for all non-profi t agencies, Brown could not commit to additional help from the city. Still, “I’m hoping to see it preserved,” he said.
Like Rollins, Robert Booker, a former City Coun-
Beck Center funding cutBurchett’s response:
“When I fi rst took offi ce, I charged my senior staff with fi nd-ing ways to save money. … None of the recipients of commu-nity grants or contractual funding were notifi ed of their funding level prior to the budget presentation, (and) … the budget before commission … is still subject to change.
“Specifi cally, the Beck Cultural Center has received millions of dollars in taxpayer funds over the past several years. Knox County taxpayers spent nearly $2 million on renovating their building, in addition to the hundreds of thousands of dollars that they were receiving through the community grants and the contractual funding process. (The current proposal) … brings Beck’s … funding in line with other historic homes and non-profi ts. … Continuing to give the Beck Center a six-fi gure taxpayer funding is not appropriate, especially when other non-profi ts are seeing their funding reduced or eliminated, and Knox County employees are being laid off.”
– Mayor Tim Burchett
cil member and state legisla-tor, has played a prominent role in the local civil rights movement.
“I wasn’t aware of how much it was,” Booker said of the cut in funding. “It bothers me. That is certainly drastic.”
Grant Rosenberg heads the county’s Community De-velopment department. This year was the fi rst time that all nonprofi ts were required to fi le grant applications with the county, including those like the Beck Center that were funded under “defi ned service contracts.”
Rosenberg’s responsibility ends with checking the appli-cations for legitimacy.
“We don’t evaluate the merits of any application,” Rosenberg said, noting that the mayor makes that call.
At-large Commissioner Ed Shouse said he had heard from “maybe six oth-er nonprofits” concerned about funding, as well as county employees “dis-gruntled about no raise.”Sandra
Clark
Say what?Mayor Tim Burchett talks with KCS Superintendent Jim McIn-
tyre and Commissioner R. Larry Smith following his budget
meeting at the Halls Senior Center. Sorry, but we only got the
picture. No word on what the mayor said. Probably something
like, “Don’t worry!” Photo by S. Clark
Mayor Tim Burchett met with citizens in all nine County Commission districts last week to dis-cuss his FY 2012 budget, a move unprecedented in the county’s history. Previous executives had their own style of budget presenta-tion: Tommy Schumpert liked to pull everyone into the small assembly room; Mike Ragsdale mimicked city mayors with a meal funded by donors and invi-tations to friends; Dwight Kessel just had Herb Acuff type it up and walk it over to the commission.
At Halls last week, just hours after his budget speech, Burchett faced the question on everyone’s mind when Roy Kruse asked: What about reduced services?
It was a fair question considering Burchett’s budget does not raise taxes, reduces 30-plus employees and cuts the operating bud-gets of most departments (outside of schools and law enforcement).
Burchett said services won’t be reduced as he’s asking his department heads to do more with less.
Taking that message to heart was Hemal Tailor, director of senior services.
“We absolutely will not cut services. (My staff) won’t allow that to happen,” said Tailor. “We’ve already been managing with less, for about 18 months now.” She said hours will not be reduced at the county’s senior centers, but some less-used programs may be tweaked.
Whackingon seniors
Burchett pledges no reduction
in service
Hemal Tailor
“It’s a ‘tighten the belt’ budget,” Shouse said, adding that he did not feel comfort-able making recommenda-tions before public hearings on the budget begin.
Commission chair Mike Hammond was also non-committal.
“We’re going to encourage everybody to come and talk to us (at the public hearings),” Hammond said.
In response to a reporter’s question about the reduc-tion in Beck’s funding, Bur-chett said in part that, “Knox County taxpayers spent near-ly $2 million on renovating their building.”
With that much invested in the center, allowing it to close for lack of funds might not be the best use of taxpay-er funds. Rollins’ opinion is blunt: “This is absurd.”
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Amid all this hyperbolic hogwash about teachers being the root of
all evil, don’t forget the impact an educator can have on a young mind. Remember, too, the awesome pow-er of acceptance. If you don’t believe me, ask Chad Edwards.
Chad made the nearly 1,000-mile journey from Texas to Tennessee on April 29 to reunite with his mates from the Halls High School Class of 1961. And he came to say thanks.
He will tell you that he was the smallest, scrawniest guy in the class. He says “teenager” is prob-ably a better description of him during his high school years be-cause, “I am not so sure I was a very good student.”
He isn’t even a Halls native. He moved here during his early high school years because his father be-came the pastor of what was then
called the Beaver Creek Church of the Brethren.
That “outsider” thing could have been a big deal, especially in a close-knit community circa the late 1950s. It is a credit to his classmates that it was not.
“We were close. We had a good time,” Chad says. “When I came here, I don’t recall anything nega-tive. These kids took me in just like I was one of ’em.”
And he became one of them. Drum major of the band his se-nior year. All-State Choir. Actor in school plays.
Following graduation, Chad spent part of the summer of ’61 as a student at UT. But he found it too big, too overwhelming. So, he enrolled as a music major at East Tennessee State University, but left after a year. He fi nally found
a home at Bridgewater College, lo-cated in what he calls “the smack dab middle of the Shenandoah Valley,” in Virginia.
“It was a good fi t. It was a small, church-affi liated liberal arts col-lege.”
He graduated in 1965 with a de-gree in music education and taught for a few years in public schools at Manassas and Richmond, Va. He topped off this part of his career as director of music and drama at John Marshall High School in Richmond.
Then Chad got the opportunity to become a faculty associate in choral music at Arizona State Uni-versity, to complete doctoral work and to study with renowned con-ductor Dr. Douglas McEwen.
It was an inauspicious start, though.
HoweDenton Jenkins Thompson
Carolyn Mitchell, Brenda Waters, Alma Williams, Chad Edwards and Sharron Coker share memories at the Halls High
Class of 1961’s reunion at Beaver Brook Country Club on April 29. Photo by Jake Mabe
How four teachers changed a life
“Going from the green hills of Virginia to the desert of Arizona was truly a physical and environmental shock. When I got to Phoenix, pull-ing a trailer with everything I had in it including a piano, I got out and thought I’d walked into the hinges of hell. It was 118 degrees. I hated it.
“But then winter came and I un-derstood why the snowbirds came here. I fell in love with Arizona.”
He moved to Tyler, Texas, in 1975 to become director of choral studies and professor of music at UT-Tyler. He became director of worship and music at Grace Pres-byterian Church in Houston in 1990 and then moved to Lovers Lane United Methodist Church in Dallas in 1998. Highlights includ-ed playing at Gov. Bill Clements’ inauguration in Austin.
“And it all happened,” he told his classmates at the reunion, “because of four people.”
Margaret Jenkins taught him “the skills, joy, beauty and discipline of the English language. What can be found in literature is beyond the scope of imagination. She opened the door into that world for me.”
Drama teacher Ruth Howe “pulled the curtain aside and al-lowed this scrawny teenager to step in front of the lights. I cannot tell you how many times her face has been ‘stage right’ as I conducted, directed and taught.”
Mildred Denton “knew how words and music could, and should, be wedded. I can still recall how she trained those of us who were pre-paring for region and/or all-state choir. In my ear I still hear her say, ‘The music carries the word, but you must know what the words mean so that the music has something worthwhile to say.’
“But the most important thing she taught me was … everyone was worth something and valued as a person. It is indeed the benchmark I
have endeavored to mirror. No mat-ter how hard we worked to achieve ensemble she never lost the sight of the human factor.”
B.K. Thompson “wanted the best and would settle for nothing less. He wanted me to see a world far beyond the high school. He shared his recordings with me. He took the time to show me conducting pat-terns and was the fi rst to say to me that you must show what you want with your hands, movement of the arm and look of the eye.”
Thompson took young Chad to performances of the Knoxville Symphony.
“He had me sit just behind him, so I could see and hear something much more intense, broader in musical scope and depth than anything I could ever have known in the band hall.
I have no idea why he took me. Did he see something I could not see? Perhaps. But good teachers always do.”
Chad says his only regret is that he never spoke to any of these teachers again after leaving East Tennessee.
“As they look over my shoulder from their eternal perch I hope they know how much I adored them and how profound their humanity, knowledge, skill and love of their in-dividual art impacted this mortal. If God has a human face and a human touch, they were it for me.”
Remember Chad’s story next time you hear some political wind-bag try to tell you that teachers are to blame for our nation’s woes.
I’ll remember, too, the group of classmates that surrounded and embraced Chad Edwards the min-ute he walked into Beaver Brook Country Club that Friday evening. You can’t underestimate the power of acceptance. Call Jake Mabe at 922-4136 or e-mail JakeMabe1@
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Now on that same day two of them were going to a vil-lage called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and talking with each other about all these things that had happened. While they were talking and discussing, Jesus himself came near and went with them, but their eyes were kept from recognizing him.
As they came near the village to which they were going, he walked ahead as if he were going on. But they urged him strongly, saying, “Stay with us, because it is almost evening and the day is now nearly over.” So he went in to stay with them. When he was at the table with them, he took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him; and he vanished from their sight. (Luke 24: 13-16, 28-31 NRSV)
CROSS CURRENTS | Lynn Hutton
In the breakingof the bread
This is far and away my favorite post-Resurrection appearance of Jesus. (That is, unless I am reading and studying one of the other appearances, then that one is my favorite. They are all rich with meaning and sparse enough in detail to be fascinating!)
This was the lectionary text for the Third Sunday of Easter and I was sched-uled to preach. So this pas-sage has been incubating in my mind for weeks. In the course of that incubation, I have come to realize a few things and to draw a few conclusions.
First, it was, I think, Au-gustine who said, “There is no such thing as an alone Christian.” We need each other, the companionship, the correctives, the corrob-
oration of our fellow Chris-tians. Jesus did not appear to any of his followers alone, with the notable exception of Mary Magdalene at the tomb (and that is a column for another day). It is in our faith community, in a band of believers, that we are most apt to fi nd Jesus in our midst. In this story there were two of his followers to-gether when “Jesus himself came near and went with them.” (Luke 24: 15b)
Secondly, Jesus ex-plained himself and his ministry to them, in con-text. Beginning “with Mo-ses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them the things about himself in all the scriptures.” (24:27) Wouldn’t you love to have more detail about that ac-count of his life?
Thirdly, Jesus did not force himself on them. “He walked ahead as if he were going on.” (24:28a) He waited, politely, for an invi-tation. Even today, he does not intrude into our lives unless we invite him in.
But be warned: invite him in – open your heart to him – and he will move in and take over. Notice that even though he was a guest in that house, “When he was at the table with them, he took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them.” (24:30) He became the host in some-one else’s house.
It was not until he broke the bread that they recog-nized him. Why? What was it that had prevented their knowing him until that mo-ment? And what was it that suddenly revealed his iden-
tity to them?Years ago, when my
daughters were little girls, we had a series of video tapes of Bible stories told from the perspective of fi c-tional children who were at the fringes of the stories. In the episode of the Emmaus Road, there was a little servant girl in the house that Jesus was invited into. When he held up the bread and broke it, she was watch-ing, and she whispered to her mother, “His hands! Look at his hands!”
And there, in the hands holding the bread that for-ever after would become for us his body, were the scars the nails had left. “… (H)e had been made known to them (and to us) in the breaking of the bread.” (24:35b)
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Probably no Knoxvillian had more close friends among the infl uential “movers and shak-
ers” in downtown Knoxville than News Sentinel reporter Bob “Scoop” Cunningham. One of his friends was Chancellor A.E. Mitchell.
Mitchell told this story: “One day, covering the court-
house, Bob picked up a petition from the in-basket, not knowing it was a year old and had been pulled out of the fi les for me to use in a hearing. He phoned it in, and the fi rst thing I knew, it was published in the paper.”
The chancellor kidded him, “What kind of scoop is that, Bob?”
The nickname stuck.Robert Larrymore “Bob” Cun-
ningham was born on Feb. 25, 1893, in Cottontown, near Gallatin, Sum-ner County, Tenn. He was one of the three children of Thomas Garrett Cunningham, a farmer, and Marga-ret (Franklin) Cunningham.
Bob attended elementary school in Sumner County, then the Hawk-ins Preparatory School for Boys in Gallatin, about eight miles from his home. He then attended the Uni-versity of Tennessee in Knoxville for three years (circa 1912-1914) and later found himself in Camp Pike, Ark., training to participate in World War I. As with many military personnel during those years, he fell victim of the dreaded infl uenza epidemic and, therefore, never went overseas.
While he was a student at UT, he carried the newspaper and solicited subscriptions in neighboring towns.
When he returned to Knoxville in 1919 after the war, he was employed as a reporter for the Knoxville Sen-tinel, the predecessor of the News Sentinel. He became a lasting friend of Wiley L. Morgan, managing edi-tor of the Sentinel, who hired him.
Warner Ogden, then city editor, stated, “I showed Bob around the courthouse and some of the other beats. In no time he had made a lot of contacts and was even turning out ‘early copy’ for the next day’s paper.”
When the Sentinel became the News Sentinel in 1926, he was al-ready a veteran of the political and city hall beats and, at times, covered the state Legislature. He advanced to the position of city editor over a period of years.
While he was attending UT, Bob met fellow student Reba Gentry. Their courtship lasted through his military service and while Reba es-tablished her career as an elemen-tary school teacher. Once, when he was covering a school board meet-ing, some of the school offi cials decided to play a joke on him. Su-perintendent W.E. Miller was read-ing a list of names of teachers who were resigning for various reasons. Superintendent Miller said, “Reba Gentry, resigning to get married.” Bob jumped to his feet and said, “Why, that’s my girl!” On Dec. 29, 1923, they were married.
Although he was unassuming, Bob Cunningham was a student of the classics in both American and English literature. During the Civil War Centennial years (1961-1965), he used his long-term interest in
HISTORY AND MYSTERIES | Dr. Jim Tumblin
Robert “Bob” Cunningham (1893-
1979). His career with the Knoxville
News Sentinel lasted more than 49
years. Writing as a longtime resident
of Fountain City, many of his col-
umns discussed people, places and
events connected with that suburb. Photo courtesy of Robert L. Cunningham Jr.
The Cunningham Home at 101 E. Adair Drive. Bob’s nightly walks to Doc
Stewart’s Smithwood Drug Store for his cigar enabled him to visit with the
children and youth of the Adair Gardens neighborhood. Photo submitted
‘Scoop’ Remembering
Bob Cunningham
and extensive knowledge of Ameri-can history to write a series of arti-cles on the causes of the war. These excellent essays were considered by many to be among the best of the thousands of essays on the subject during those Centennial years. He was also well versed in the history of Fountain City and many of his columns discussed people, places and events connected with that sub-urb of Knoxville.
However, one piece of history stood out in his memory because of a story that he could not get. In 1923, not long after the death of President Warren Harding, a Sen-ate committee was investigating the Teapot Dome scandal. In a story making national headlines, Albert B. Fall, Harding’s Secretary of the Interior, was accused of accepting bribes from big oil company bar-ons who wanted to drill for oil in lands set aside for reserves for the U.S. Navy. One of those big oil bar-ons, E.L. Doheny, passed through Knoxville on the train en route to Washington to testify. When Do-heny emerged from the back of his private car, who should be standing by the tracks seeking an interview
but Bob Cunningham. Bob said later, “I asked him ev-
erything I could think of, but he wouldn’t answer anything. The next day, he spilled everything to the committee.”
(Another reporter, Knoxville-born John Y. Anderson [Central High School 1910], would later win the Pulitzer Prize for his series of stories on the scandal in the St. Louis Post Dispatch.)
Courtly, silver-haired Bob Cun-ningham, with his old-school man-ners and old-fashioned work ethic, could often be seen proceeding along Gay Street to the S&W Caf-eteria for lunch, while visiting with friends along the way pursuing an-other “scoop.” In his early days, he was often the last to leave the offi ce, still seeking late breaking news af-ter others had departed.
Even after his retirement in 1968 and after a 49-year newspaper ca-reer, he would visit the paper and sometimes would write a story on some subject that interested him. Eventually, it became diffi cult for him to fi nd one of the old manual typewriters he had always used and, unfortunately for his faithful
readers, his contributions ceased.
The Cunninghams and their son, Robert G. Cunningham (Central High, 1946, UT 1951), who became a stock broker in Chattanooga, lived on East Adair Drive (Adair Gar-dens) for many years.
Bob Cunningham, a member of the Central Methodist Church and former member of the church board, passed away on Feb. 1, 1979. He is interred at Greenwood Cemetery beside his wife of 56 years. The edi-tor of the Knoxville News Sentinel summed up “Scoop” Cunningham’s contributions in these words:
Occasionally in editorials we eulogize Knoxvillians who have died, leaving behind long lists of business, religious and civic ac-complishments for which they are remembered. Today our subject is one of our own former colleagues, Robert L. (Bob) Cunningham, 86, who died Thursday. Bob’s newspa-per career spanned 49 years before he retired from the News Sentinel in 1968 on his 77th birthday.
“Scoop” was truly a gentleman of the old school.
Every year about this time, before or after the NFL draft, some big-city journalist reviews the history of fi rst-round selections and presents a hot list of busts, failures, embarrass-ments and disappointments.
The names are the same. Quarter-back Ryan Leaf, Washington State superstar of the late 1990s, is nearly always No. 1. Maybe you remember that some scouts argued he was a better pro prospect than Peyton Manning. The San Diego Chargers gave blood to move up in the draft and get Ryan second. His record as a starter was 4-17. He threw 14 touch-down passes and 36 interceptions. He was a genuine bust.
Quarterback Art Schlichter, all-world at Ohio State, was all-awful with the Colts. Gamblers had his signing bonus by October of his rookie year. His career was 13 games, three TDs, 11 picks, arrests,
scandals, addiction, sadness, pity.So you don’t have to look it up,
yes, it was Schlichter who threw the interception that lost the 1978 Gator Bowl, triggered the sideline assault by coach Woody Hayes on a Clemson linebacker and led to the next-day dismissal of Daddy Buckeye.
Once upon a time, the Tampa Bay Bucs spent the fi rst draft choice on running back Ricky Bell of Southern Cal. Tony Dorsett was available. The Seattle Seahawks invested $11 mil-lion (when that was a lot) in Brian Bosworth, Oklahoma linebacker. He couldn’t cut it but he was decent in the movies.
First-round quarterback disap-pointments are plentiful – Tim Couch of Kentucky and the Cleve-land Browns, Akili Smith of Oregon and the Cincinnati Bengals, Alex Smith of Utah, the San Francisco 49ers and others.
TALES OF TENNESSEE | Marvin West
NFL surprises in both directions
Alas, Tennessee gets equal repre-sentation. Quarterback Heath Shul-er is listed among the NFL busts. He wasn’t quite that bad. Washington picked Heath third in the 1994 fi rst round and he got off to an awkward start after a bickering holdout. He had a decent rookie season, only three or four notches under expecta-tions.
Washingtonians said very unkind things about Shuler. They called him an unmitigated disaster. Exhibit A was those fi ve interceptions in a horrible loss to the Arizona Car-dinals. Legendary Redskin Sonny Jurgensen, loud as a broadcaster, helped destroy Shuler’s chances. Out of here with the handsome, famous, rich kid. Give us the common man, the unheralded and poorly paid Gus Frerotte. Better story. Management voted with Sonny.
Mel Kiper Jr., world’s greatest draft analyst (self-proclaimed), was a large help. He ranked Shuler among the all-time greatest fail-ures. Kiper never noticed injuries and other contributing factors.
Shuler was brave. He kept trying. He made little impact. He invested wisely. He serves in Congress. Pay is less. Hits are verbal.
First-round failures is a pile-on story. It is far more fun to recall suc-
cesses at the other end of the NFL spectrum. Bill Bates is my poster man among old Vols who shocked professional football. In the illustri-ous history of the Dallas Cowboys, no free agent achieved more or en-joyed such fan appeal. They voted him most popular player four years in a row.
Bill was snubbed 12 times each by every NFL team in the ’83 draft. Goofballs picked 335 players but not Bates. Not big enough. Too slow. He just couldn’t play at the next level. But he did, fi ercely on special teams, intimidating at safe-ty. Returners and receivers hated him.
John Madden, old coach turned TV analyst, told you all you need to know: “Bill Bates – boom! – should be in the Pro Bowl.”
There was another defi ning mo-ment. Dallas won in Detroit. Em-mitt Smith and Michael Irvin were honored with game balls. They gave them to Bill Bates.
J.J. McCleskey, wide receiver and defensive back at Tennessee (1989-92) really was too small for pro football. He was only 5-8. Of course he was undrafted. But he played eight seasons, Arizona and New Orleans.
Pat Ryan, reserve QB at Tennes-
see, was drafted in the 11th round by the New York Jets in 1977. He lasted 13 years. Nice paycheck and pension.
Reggie McKenzie, UT outside linebacker in 1984, was drafted in the 10th round by the Los Ange-les Raiders. He did very well. Twin brother Raleigh, Vol center, went in the 11th round to the Redskins. He did even better, 16 seasons, 184 starting lineups, two Super Bowls, administrative career with the Green Bay Packers.
Jabari Greer, good cornerback from Jackson, 2000-2003, broke up 33 passes and made 147 tackles for Tennessee. The two-day draft came and went but nobody mentioned Jabari Greer. He fi nally got a job with the Buffalo Bills. He advanced to the New Orleans Saints. They won Super Bowl XLIV. Jabari got a ring.
March 5, 2010, was Jabari Greer Day at South Side High in Jackson. Jabari is famous. He has his own website. In preparing for his eighth pro season, he sometimes tells oth-ers that how you start isn’t as impor-tant as how you fi nish.
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Community services
Dante Church of God, 410 ■
Dante School Road, will distrib-
ute food boxes 9 a.m. to noon
Saturday, May 14, or until boxes
are gone. You must be pres-
ent to receive a box. One per
household. Info: 689-4829.
Cross Roads Presbyterian hosts ■
the Halls Welfare Ministry food
pantry from 6-8 p.m. each
second Tuesday and from 9-11
a.m. each fourth Saturday.
HomecomingsTrinity Chapel, 5830 Haynes ■
Sterchi Rd., will celebrate 35
years of ministry 10 a.m. to
Chaplain Trempe to speak at KFL
Chaplain David Trempe will be the guest speaker for the Knoxville Fel-lowship Luncheon noon Tuesday, May 10. The KFL is a group of Christian men and women that meets weekly at the Golden Corral in Powell.
Singers bring ‘JOY’ to Lenoir CityThe JOY Singers (the senior adult choirs) of First Baptist Church of Powell and First Baptist Church of Fountain City recently
participated in Tune Share 2011 held at First Baptist Church in Lenoir City. More than 250 senior singers from 12 area churches
participated in sharing and fellowship at the event. Pictured are Jim Smith, Craig Garren, Mike Figueroa, Jewel Garren, Vivian
Henley, Reba Smith, Margaret Jones, Joyce Gideon, Ruth Lady, Joe Neely, Sammi Neely, Mable Sherlin, Charlotte Richey, Marilyn
Sebby, and choir accompanist Janet Scarbro. Not pictured are Alan Dunsmore and the choir director, Alan Dupes. Photo submitted
Chaplain
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3:30 p.m. Sunday, May 22.
There will be food, music and
fellowship. Info: 688-9991.
Music servicesNew Beverly Baptist Church ■
host “Special Friends from
Mt. Harmony” presenting
music, songs and skits, 11 a.m.
Sunday, May 15. The church
will also host a singing featur-
ing New Beverly’s singers at 6
p.m. Info: 546-0001 or www.
NewBeverly.org.
Rec programsClapp’s Chapel Method- ■
ist Men’s Club will host a
Southern BBQ Dinner 4-7
p.m. Saturday, May 14, in the
fellowship hall. The menu will
include pulled pork barbecue
in sauce with a dinner roll,
baked beans, cole slaw and
fries. Each meal is $8 ($4
children 12 and under) and
comes with a beverage. All
proceeds will benefi t the
church outreach program.
Info: Ed Bardill, 922-4309.
Trinity UMC, 5613 Western ■
Ave., will host Alive@35 for
anyone ages 35-55. Info: email
[email protected] or call
357-6134.
The youth ministry at Christ ■
UMC, 7535 Maynardville
Pike, will host its third an-
nual car show 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Saturday, May 14. There will
be door prizes, food, a swap
meet, raffl e and more. The
show is open to all cars, trucks
and tractors.
New Covenant Fellowship ■
Church, 6828 Central Avenue
Pike, will hold Pilates class
lead by a certifi ed personal
trainer 5:45 p.m. each Monday
for $5 a class. Info: 689-7001.
Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 ■
Oak Ridge Highway, hosts
an exercise class in the Fam-
ily Life Center gym at 9 a.m.
Tuesdays and 4 p.m. Thurs-
days. The ZUMBA program
fuses hypnotic Latin rhythms
and easy-to-follow moves to
create a one-of-a-kind fi tness
program. Cost is $2 per class.
Low-Impact Aerobics Classes
will continue to meet 4:45 to
5:45 p.m. Tuesdays and Thurs-
days. Info: 690-1060.
RevivalsEmory Valley Baptist Church ■
will hold a three-day church
youth revival Thursday, May
12 through Saturday, May
14, with preaching by three
diff erent youth ministers and
special singing each night.
Thursday and Friday services
are at 7 p.m. and Saturday’s
service is at 6 p.m.
Senior programsThe senior group 55-Alive ■
at First Lutheran Church,
1207 N. Broadway, will meet
noon Tuesday, May 12.
Guest speaker will be Peggy
Tippens, 16-year master
gardener for Knox County
and a long-time ARS consult-
ing Rosarian. A hot lunch will
be served for $6. Everyone is
invited although reservations
are necessary. RSVP Monday
through Thursday before
noon by calling 524-0366.
Black Oak Heights Baptist ■
Church, 405 Black Oak Dr., will
begin a Bible study class for
seniors without a partner 9:30
a.m. each Sunday in the church
gymnasium. The Rev. Dr. Wil-
liam “Bill” Justice will lead the
class. Info: 577-7130 or email
Special servicesFirst Comforter Church, 5516 ■
Old Tazewell Pike, will host
its 20th annual May weekend
meetings 6 p.m. every Friday
through Sunday. Info: 688-
8390.
Bell Road Worship Center, ■
7321 Bell Road, off ers Cafe
Connection at 6 p.m. Sundays.
This is a time of fellowship,
snacks, coff ee, tea and infor-
mal Bible study.
The Shepherd of the Hills ■
Baptist Church now off ers an
internet prayer line. Anytime
you have a prayer or concern,
call the line and leave a mes-
sage. Someone will be pray-
ing about the request with
you within 24 hours. Prayer
line: 484-4066.
Wom en’s programs
Knoxville Christian Women’s ■
Connection will host “Cel-
ebrating a Miracle Luncheon”
10:45 a.m. Thursday, May 12,
at Buddy’s Banquet Hall on
Kingston Pike in Bearden.
Special guest Laura Smith
from Echelon Florist and
Gifts will give a demo on ivy
topiaries. The inspirational
speaker will be Vallie Collins,
survivor of Flight 1549’s
crash into the Hudson River.
Complimentary childcare
will be by reservation
only. Admission is $10 and
includes lunch. RSVP: Connie,
693-5298 or email dick3234@
bellsouth.net.
Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak ■
Ridge Highway, will host
Women’s Bible Study 1:30 to
2:30 p.m. in the church library
on Tuesdays and Wednes-
days. The group’s fi ve-week
study will be Henri Nouwen’s
“The Return of the Prodigal
Son – A Story of Home-
coming.” Info: Rev. Glenna
Manning, 690-1060; www.
beaverridgeumc.com.
MAPS (Mothers at Prayer ■
Service) meets noon Fridays
at First Comforter Church
“for the soul purpose of their
children.” Info: Edna Hensley,
688-8390.
MOPS (Mothers of Preschool- ■
ers) meets 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. the
third Monday of each month
at Fairview Baptist Church for
devotional, food and fellow-
ship. Child care provided. Info:
Anne, 621-9234.
Workshops and classes
Smithwood Baptist Church ■
in Fountain City will host an
advanced Word computer
class 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, May
17, Thursday, May 19, and
Tuesday, May 24, and Thurs-
day, May 26. The class will
cover mail merging, creating
greeting cards and more. Cost
is $20. Info: Shirley or Earl
Walker, 687-9429 or email
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Premier Athletics has four men representing Ten-nessee in Long Beach, Ca-lif., for the Junior Olympic National Gymnastics Cham-pionships.
Ryan Kerr, a sophomore at Catholic High School, is a part of the regional team by placing in the top six within Region 8, a region com-prised of Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama and Mississippi.
Chase Cannon, Matt Lee and Justin Reynolds will all be competing, with Ryan, in the Level 10 competition. All four are coached by Phil Savage, a Hall of Fame coach as well as a 2010-2011 U.S. Jr. National Team coach.
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Gymnasts attend Junior Olympic championships
The two women repre-senting Premier Athletics at the National Championship Competition this year are
Friendship Force Knoxville
celebrates anniversaryBy Natalie Lester
As the news of Osama Bin Laden’s death circulated around the globe, a group of Knoxvillians celebrated 30 years of international travel. Before humorist Sam Venable began his sketch at Friend-ship Force Knoxville’s 30th
Thirty years young
Friendship Force charter
member Barbara Nix sips
champagne at the group’s
30th anniversary celebration.
Humorist Sam Venable shares
some jokes concerning old
age with the Friendship Force. Photos by N. Lester
anniversary celebration in Maryville, he wondered what the world would have been like with a more widespread Friendship Force presence.
“Had more people bought into ideas like this organiza-tion we may have never had the twin tower incident, this war or the news of (Bin Lad-en’s) death the past few days,” Venable said. “I would hope that efforts like yours would continue to provide rich fruit and bridge cultural gaps.”
Friendship Force is a non-profi t organization that facili-tates international exchanges all over the world. Members stay in a country’s Friend-
ship Force residents’ homes and, in return, they host the families when they come to America.
Bill and Ruth Boys have been on several trips through the years and always enjoyed being a guest in a foreign home.
“The best part about Friendship Force is staying in a native’s home instead of in a hotel,” Bill Boys said. “You are really immersed in the culture that way instead of being a normal tourist.”
Former President Jimmy and wife Rosalynn Carter began the program in Geor-gia when he was governor,
and they launched it nation-ally in 1977 after settling into the White House. The organization came to Knox-ville in 1981. Aileen Caldwell campaigned for four years to start the chapter. In the last 30 years, Knoxville mem-bers have exchanged with residents of Germany, Korea, Brazil, Israel, England, Tai-wan, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico and Colombia.
Venable paused during his routine to encourage mem-bers to keep traveling as a way to maintain their youth.
“It doesn’t matter if you get older,” he said, “as long as you refuse to grow up.”
Kaylor Kelley and Hannah Hamblen.
Kelley won gold when competing against every other gymnast in the state of Tennessee. Hamblen won gold on both the beam and the fl oor at the state competition and secured the bronze medal in the All Around competition.
Pauline Hanset, a se-nior at West High School, is one of the Level 10 gym-nasts that will be attend-ing Stanford University on
a full athletic scholarship beginning this fall. She will be joining former Pre-mier gymnast and current Stanford freshman Cale Robinson.
Robinson is on the U.S. Jr. National Team and is the current U.S. Junior champi-on on the vault and fl oor ex-ercise. The girls are coached by Sasha and Natasha Grid-nev and Leah Emery. Pre-mier Athletics Knoxville North is located on Calla-han Drive in Powell.
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Powell Elementary School 3rd graders march in the “Vocabulary Parade” at the school’s playground last Tuesday.
PES 3rd graders hold ‘Vocabulary Parade’Members of Candy Parker’s
3rd grade class pose after
the “Vocabulary Parade.” The
students had to select a word
or phrase and make their cos-
tume to describe that word.
Participating in the parade
and their words are: Candy
Parker – “candy;” Willow
Branham – “literate;” Myessa
Smit – “vampire;” Isaac Con-
natser (back) – “banana;”
Rachel Goldschmit – “natural
resources;” and Michael
Treadwell – “robot.”Photos by Greg Householder
Marching Panthers hold motorcycle runMembers of the Powell High
School Marching Panther
Band prepare the lunch they
served at the band’s motor-
cycle ride April 30. The band
is raising funds for current
operations and to pay for
their trip to Hawaii in the fall
to commemorate the 70th
anniversary of the bombing
of Pearl Harbor. Members are:
Jacob Myer, Madison Berry,
Will Mowery and Linsay An-
derson. Photo by Greg Householder
TSA members attend conventionThe Technology Student Association (TSA) of Powell Middle School attended the TSA state conference held recently in Pigeon
Forge, where they competed in 10 technological and leadership events. The group meets weekly after school and all PMS stu-
dents are invited to attend. Pictured are Maclain Pierce, Austin Fields, Ben Sergent, Nathaniel Smith, Josh Smith, Wesley Williams,
John Tekstar, Zane Joyeuse and Brandon Evans. Advisors are Jeff Field and Jeff Smithers. Photo submitted
Hallsdale Powell Utility District representatives visited with 4th grade students at Brickey-McCloud to reinforce classroom lessons on the water cycle.
Students were able to create their own water fi lter to simulate the process of water treatment, including coagu-lation, sedimentation and fi ltration.
Cooper Jones shows his home-
made water fi lter and end re-
sult of cleaner water during an
HPUD demonstration.
Gracie Cox is prepared to
learn how water is filtered to
help make it clean and safe
to drink.
Hands-on learningin the classroom
HPUD president Darren Cardwell is assisted by Brickey-Mc-
Cloud student Delaine Stiltner in demonstrating the coagula-
tion process of water treatment. Photos by Ruth White
Powell Middle golf advances The Powell Middle School Golf Team placed second in the E1-
Knoxville-TMSGA District on April 26 at Knoxville Golf Course
and earned a trip to the TMSGA Regional tournament May 9-10
at Link Hills Country Club in Greeneville, Tenn. Team members
are: (front) Tyler Morris (alternate), Jacob Samar and Caleb Mil-
ligan; (back) head coach Calvin Spradlen, Luke Nightwine, Will
Hurt, Hunter Long and assistant coach David Hurt. Not pictured
are Lucas Halliburton and Dakota Bayne. Photo submitted
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Big show closes out the year
By Greg HouseholderIt was a big evening.First, Powell’s own Hinck-
ley Brothers – Derek, Na-than and Spencer – kicked off the show last Tuesday
night. The Hinckleys were a few days ahead of their CD release concert and family fest held last Saturday.
The “show” was the Pow-ell High School Singers end-of-the-year “Showcase.”
After the Hinckleys ex-ited, Powell Singers past and present took the stage to lead the audience in “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
Next the Singers per-formed “O Sifuni Mungu” with solos by Cody Taylor, Whitney Pittman, Kelsie Shipley and Tucker Hyde. This was followed by “It is Well with My Soul” with Kara Arnold performing solo.
The opening of the Show-case wound up with perfor-mances by the Singers of “I Can See Clearly Now” and “America.”
Powell High choral teacher Jim Kennedy told the audience of his recent discovery of Facebook and how it helped him pull in Singers alumni. Accord-ing to Kennedy, he would receive emails from previ-ous students asking why he had not told them about the Showcase.
One of the alumni groups on hand for Tuesday’s Show-case were “The Harmonics,” a male group from the mid-90s consisting of Dennis Adams, Mike Asbury, Na-
PHS Singers ‘showcase’ their talents
PHS Singers – past and present – take the stage to sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the Powell Singers Showcase last Tuesday.
Those not wearing the formal black and white were alumni singers present.
Allie Patton solos a rendition
of “Don’t Rain on My Parade”
at last Tuesday’s PHS Singers
Showcase.
The PHS Singers dress in “cruise wear” and sing a few of the songs they performed on the spring break cruise.
Iesha Hill sings “Refl ection”
at last Tuesday’s PHS Singers
Showcase.
Cassidy White and Tucker Hyde perform “I Run to You” at last
Tuesday’s PHS Singers Showcase. Photos by Greg Householder
Powell Panthers
than Hinckley, Mark Hud-son and Darren Shaver.
Tucker Hyde and Cassidy White performed “I Run to You.”
Powell Singer Showcases are not just about singing.
A group of female Singers performed “Synchronized Swimming” – a skit of sorts – in a simulated pool
Iesha Hill performed “Refl ection” followed by Al-
lie Patton who sang “Don’t Rain on My Parade.”
Another group of female singers performed the skit “Harry Potter Puppet Pals,” followed by a rendition of “My Old Man” by Jacob Hodges, JoJo Mahler, Alex Strozyk and Cody Taylor.
Mahler was also pressed into emcee duties for the night.
Chris Linkous and Kyler Roberts presented a hilari-ous skit called “Morning Routine.”
A group called “The Girls” sang “Turn the Beat Around,” and three male
Singers known only as “Tri-fecta” performed “Paper Dance” in their union suits.
Allie Parton and Les-lie Truan performed “For Good,” and Katlyn House-holder, Emily Morrow, Kelsie Shipley and Whit-ney Pittman sang “Parting Glass.”
During spring break, the Singers performed on a cruise ship. The Singers took the stage decked in “cruise wear” and performed some numbers from the cruise: “Under the Sea,” “Under the Boardwalk,” “Banana Boat Song” and “Kokomo.”
While the Singers changed into more formal attire, the audience watched a video of the cruise trip.
The Singers then per-formed “The Argument” and “Tears in Heaven” with Emily Morrow soloing.
On April 29, the Singers competed in the State Fes-
tival and came away with a Superior rating. The Singers performed three numbers from state: “At the Round Earth’s,” “Sing Me to Heav-en” and “Witness.”
The Singers closed out the show with “The Lord Bless You and Keep You” and “Lonesome Road.”
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Sugarbakers moves, expandsThe staff at Sugarbakers is all smiles because they have opened their new
location across from Wallace Memorial Baptist Church. Sugarbakers still
off ers the best selection of cake, candy and wedding supplies and has
now expanded their tools selection for even more decorating fun. Shari
Austin, Jen Owen, Aris Axelgard and owner Larry W. Clark have been
busy unpacking boxes and shelves are now fi lled with a wide selection
of decorating supplies. Not pictured are offi ce manager/partner Steven
Letner and Carolyn Roach. Sugarbakers is now located at 514 Merchant
Drive. Info: 689-6877 or www.sugarbakersonline.com. Photo by Ruth White
Texting at the next levelRhino Media owners Mike Adams and Lee Copeland check their
cell phones for new text messages on great deals in town. Rhino
Media allows businesses to give customers the ability to receive
discounts, coupons or alerts via text message. One segment of
the company is for nonprofi t organizations, off ering the ability
to contact members with event updates and cancellations at the
touch of a button. “One way to opt in to the program is to text
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Reception at HallsFirst Tennessee
First Tennessee welcomes Burton T. “Burt” Peake Jr.
as its new investment offi cer serv-ing its Halls Financial Center at 6801 May-nardville Highway following the May 1 retire-
ment of long time employee Wanda Coker.
In order to introduce him to customers, the Halls Financial Center will hold an open house from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, May 13.
Refreshments will be served and Peake will be on hand to meet customers and answer any questions they may have. The public is invited to attend.
Peake has been with First Tennessee for three years, previously having served as a Trust Business Development Offi cer and Retirement Plan Specialist. He is a graduate of Georgia Southern Col-lege and Western Carolina University and is a Certifi ed Retirement Counselor. Peake has 24 years of investment experience and has served as a volunteer for American Red Cross and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and has coached many local youth sports teams.
Burt PeakeKnoxville Soap, Candle and Gifts celebrates customersJodi Bowlin and Denisea Mann stand with Denisea’s display for Natural Affi nity Soap dur-
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co-owned by Bowlin and Renee Olaechea. Photo by Jake Mabe
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Real estate market takes a dip
After a sizable surge in activity in March, the local real estate market experienced a decline during the month of April. For the month that ended April 29, the Register of Deeds office pro-cessed 622 property sales in Knox County with an aggregate val-ue of about $124 mil-lion.
These figures rep-resented 27 fewer land transfers than those processed in March, and also indicated a drop in total sales rev-enue of around $18 million. Normally the market experiences a bounce during this time of year, and the April decline was un-usual, especially given the upswing that oc-curred in March.
There was also a noticeable drop off in mortgage loans and re-financing last month. The amount of money loaned against prop-erty fell significantly in April to about $178 million, compared to $263 million in March. Mortgage rates remain relatively low; however, new lend-ing regulations have made it more difficult for some consumers to borrow money.
The largest transfer of the month was the sale of a residential complex on Gallaher View Road. The prop-erty sold for $9.15 mil-lion. Another notable commercial transfer was a property locat-ed at 4831 E. Summit Circle, which sold for $4.6 million.
The data collected from April indicated a market performance well below that experi-enced in April of 2010 when there were 826 property transfers in Knox County.
Interestingly, the total value of property sold during the first four months of 2011 is running slightly ahead of the figures from 2010. From Jan-uary through April of last year, there was $444.45 million worth of land sold in Knox County. This year that same period has pro-duced sales of $444.53 million.
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Final Price when 10 participatingAnniversary Sale Items are purchased in a
single transaction using your ValuCard.
$649
-50¢
AdvertisedPriceAnniversary SaleMega Savings
Your Final Price...
Pepsi-ColaSoft DrinksAsst. Varieties,24 Pk.,12 Oz. Cans
$599EACH
ADVERTISED SPECIAL
FINAL COSTwith instant
redeemable coupon
$6.99$100OFF
SAVE AT LEAST 2.00 WITH INSTANT REDEEMABLE COUPON
Items and Prices are specifically intended to apply locally whereissue originates. No sales to dealers or competitors.
Quantity rights reserved. 2011 K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc.Food City is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
VISIT us at www.foodcity.com SALE DATES: Sun., May 8 -Sat., May 14, 2011
• KNOXVILLE, TN - 4216 N. BROADWAY, 4805 N. BROADWAY,7202 MAYNARDVILLE HWY., 11501 HARDIN VALLEY RD., 9565 MIDDLEBROOK PIKE,
5941 KINGSTON PIKE, 8905 KINGSTON PIKE, 284 MORRELL RD.• POWELL, TN - 3501 EMORY RD.
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50POINTS
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Earn 50 bonus points foreach Food City
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