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Meet Terry
Meet Copper Ridge Elementary principal Terry Frost over this week’s Coffee Break. Terry is a Knoxville native and attended Karns High School. After a brief stay in Kansas, she returned to UT and received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education. “I have been very blessed with 30 years of service in the Knox County school system.”
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Miracle Maker It’s almost time for the final bell at South-Doyle Middle School, but 6th grade social studies teacher Donna Hall looks like she’s in the middle of her day. A big tote bag sits on the floor behind her desk. She won’t walk out to her car until it’s stacked full of student papers that she’ll work on until deep into the night.
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See Betty Bean’’s story on A-9
Who killed UT football? The autopsy continues, but Marvin West has a guess…
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VOL. 51 NO. 48
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November 26, 2012
Gabby’s gift It’s Mission Accomplished for Gabby Bogart, the Gresham Middle School 7th grader whose holiday wish was to collect warm blankets and socks for residents at Beverly Park Place Health and Rehabilitation Center in honor of her great grandmother, Opel Williamson, who spent the last years of her life there. When she visited her Nanny, who died in September, Gabby noticed how cold it is in the building, so she hatched the idea of organizing a blanket drive. It wasn’t easy, but with the help of her family and some kindhearted friends and community members, Gabby delivered 270 blankets and 270 pairs of slip-resistant booties (donated by the Salvation Army) – enough for every patient there – in time for Thanksgiving. Photo by Ruth White
See Marvin’s story on page A-6
NEIGHBORHOOD BUZZ
Parades this week Fountain City Christmas Parade, 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, Dec. 1. Gibbs Christmas Parade, 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2. Halls Christmas Parade, 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1.
Halls B&P banquet is Dec. 7 Halls native and TVA executive vice president Kimberly Greene is the keynote speaker for the Halls B&P Christmas banquet 6:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, at Beaver Brook Country Club. A silent auction will be held and the Halls Man and Woman of the Year will be named. Info/tickets: Sue Walker, 925-9200.
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TITAN A SELF-STORAGE
Rogero loves her job By Betty Bean One reason Madeline Rogero loves being mayor – which should not, she told the Fountain City Lions Club, be confused with running for mayor – is that city government is non-partisan. Republicans, Democrats and others work together without regard to political party. “This is where the rubber
meets the road,” Rogero said. “At the city level we get things done. We don’t run on a partisan basis and we don’t serve that way. We cooperate to get things done.” Rogero praised City Council and her staff, saying, “I hire people who are smarter than me.” She spoke without notes for nearly an hour, fielding questions and covering a broad range
of topics from pension reform to the difficulty of getting into the hot new Market Square restaurant, Tupelo Honey, even if you’re the mayor. (Except for the ribbon-cutting, Rogero hasn’t been able to dine there yet.) She discussed Knoxville’s successful bid for an IBM Smarter To page A-3
Mayor Madeline Rogero speaks to the Fountain City Lions Club. Photo by B. Bean
TDOT hearing is Thursday By Sandra Clark The interchange at Broadway and I-640 is scheduled for an upgrade, and engineers will talk with the public from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, at the fellowship hall of Smithwood Baptist Church, 4914 Jacksboro Pike. The project is estimated to cost $15 million to $20 million. It is intended to mitigate safety concerns and congestion, specifically southbound on Broadway at Tazewell Pike, and is the second
Project manager Michael W. Russell, P.E., may be reached at 594-2334 or mike. russell@tn.gov. Detailed information is available at www.tdot.state.tn.us/i640/.
phase of a 2-part project initiated in 1996. The plan calls for a two-lane westbound on-ramp from Broadway to I-640 with separate lanes
for Tazewell Pike traffic and Broadway traffic. The ramp will be extended about 780 feet westbound so that motorists have ample time to merge onto I-640. The second feature is a loop ramp to move northbound Broadway traffic onto westbound I-640. The westbound off-ramp from I-640 will be positioned under the proposed loop ramp. This alternative is the preferred because it: ■ Minimizes acquisition of rightof-way and the taking of businesses
■ Does not encroach on the blue line stream running along Dutch Valley Drive ■ Does not place undue traffic burden on Old Broadway, which is ill-equipped to accommodate additional traffic ■ Leaves Dutch Valley in place. According to TDOT, Broadway has an average daily traffic count of 42,680 vehicles per day, while Tazewell Pike (SR 331) accommodates 20, 610 vehicles per day.
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