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VOL. 51 NO. 14

April 2, 2012

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Lottie, Virginia and James Smith all attended Heiskell School. There were eight children in the family and their mom died when Trula, also now deceased, was a baby. Virginia, being the oldest, stayed home until Trula was school age to help care for her younger brothers and sisters. She returned to school when Trula started school. Their father worked for Southern Railway.

For the third year, Powell Middle School art students have pitched in to help the Water Quality Forum raise money by painting a rain barrel to be sold on eBay. Teacher Debra Durnin coordinated the project, based on a freehand sketch by seventh grade student Liam Deason.

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The day the King came to town Forty years ago, on April 8, 1972, a king named Elvis Presley came to Stokely Athletic Center as the headliner for that year’s Dogwood Arts Festival. Dave Macon, who was the treasurer for the Festival that year, said organizers wanted ’72 to be a big year for the still-new event. Who bigger, then, than The King of Rock and Roll?

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Car wash/bake sale Project Graduation at Powell High School is sponsoring a yard sale to benefit the Class of 2012 on Saturday, April 14, at PHS in the front parking lot. Set up will begin at 7 a.m. with sales from 8 to 1 p.m. Contact Joy Anderson at 687-4894 to reserve space. This weekend, Saturday, April 7, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Project Graduation events will include a car wash and bake sale at the Powell Walmart on Clinton Highway. Project Graduation is a drug- and alcohol-free graduation celebration for seniors.

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Challenges for Broadacres By Sandra Clark Broadacres is a great neighborhood and a great place to live, said Andrew Sharits. “And we’ll do everything we can to keep it that way.” Sharits ended the Broadacres Homeowners Association’s annual meeting on a happy note, but there are problems in Powell’s biggest subdivision. The chief problem is apathy. With dues of just $50, fewer than 100 of the 850 or so eligible homeowners have bothered to join the association. That means the work falls on the shoulders of the officers, primarily president Ed Smith and his wife, Vicki. Ed and Vicki mow the entrances and this spring they spread new mulch. Ed cut a deal to get the mulch at cost in exchange for displaying a sign for Four Seasons at the entrance. Estimates for maintaining the landscaping of Broad-

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acres’ entrances are about $8,000, Smith said. That’s a budget-buster. The association pays about $700 per year for lighting at the entrances. Last year the depleted treasury almost led to the lights being turned off, but longtime resident Roderick Creigh stepped up and paid the bill. “Mr. Creigh has kept this thing alive,” said Smith. Patsy and Charlie Daniel arrived late, drawing goodnatured kidding. They thought the meeting started at 8 p.m. and arrived at 8:05. Problem was, it Leaders of the Broadacres Homeowners Association share a laugh following the group’s started at 7 and was wrap- annual meeting at Powell Presbyterian Church. Roderick Creigh is honorary board chair, Anping up when they showed drew Sharits is vice president and Ed Smith is president. Photo by S. Clark up. Charlie is the News Sentinel’s cartoonist and probably the best-known organization. Multiple Listing Service average. One was a “short resident of Broadacres. Sharits, an agent with while 14 were listed but not sale” to avoid foreclosure Another well-known Realty Executives, said sold. The average price was and the other an estate resident is retired princihome prices are flat in $164,000 and the average sale. Both properties sold pal Bill Crosland. Possibly Broadacres as in other size was 2,300 square feet. below market. because he reads books, parts of the county. In 2011, Sharits said a couple of Bill was asked to draft a 17 homes sold through the “odd sales” drove down the To page A-2 mission statement for the

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Noweta to study aquatic ecosystems Our friends at the Noweta Garden Club have lined up a special speaker for the Tuesday, April 3, meeting. It gets underway at 10 a.m. at Beaver Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church on Old Clinton Pike.

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Foothills Craft Guild adds members The Foothills Craft Guild has accepted these new fine craft artisans: Sandra O’Rear (natural materials, pictured above) Becky Ramsey, John Fancher, Edie Greer and Esther Harmon in mixed media; Sandra McEntire in clay; Denae Oglesby and Brenda Richter in jewelry. Chartered in 1968, the Foothills Craft Guild is the oldest artisan’s guild in Tennessee and is dedicated to promoting and preserving the finest handmade crafts in the state. Info: www.foothillscraftguild.org/. Photo submitted

Challenges for Broadacres Under the heading of stuff you probably don’t know about Broadacres, we learned: The Homeowners Association does not have enforcement powers because the bylaws were allowed to lapse. Ed Smith estimates it would cost $75,000 to have the bylaws restored because of legal requirements of notification, etc. Two swimming pools in Broadacres are privately owned and operated. Each is limited to 100 members per year, and members do not have to live in Broadacres. Crime is low in the neighborhood. Sharits reported one car break-in, but it had been left overnight in the driveway unlocked. “Don’t be an easy target,” he warned. Dues of $50 can be mailed to P.O. Box 1101, Powell, TN 37849. Andrew may be president of the group someday, if he sharpens his mowing and mulching skills. But Ed Smith says he won’t leave until the organization is in better shape. Could be Ed will be president of the Broadacres Homeowners Association for life.

Beaver Brook 9-Hole Women’s Golf Group kicks off year The Beaver Brook Women’s Golf Group met for its spring kickoff meeting with lunch and social play. New officers are: chair, Beverly Dunbar; vice chair, Connie Sharpe; secretary, Sally Crisler; treasurer, Joan Funkhouser; handicap, Nina Dolin; social, Karen Brown and Shirley Spignardo; phone, Carol Henley; publicity, Carol McGhee. All women members of Beaver Brook Country Club are invited to join. See Beverly Dunbar, Carol Henley or the Beaver Brook Pro Shop.

Jeff Dudych, groundskeeper at Gettysvue Country Club, will present a program entitled, “Landscaping and Aquatic Ecosystems.” President Marjorie Gardner has a packed agenda including projects for spring. I’ve been invited and plan to attend, so you’ll get a report here next week. Stay tuned! In the meantime, remember this wise saying: “Do unto those who live down-

or deed/lease), child’s shot lbrown8042@aol.com/. record, birth certificate and Social Security card. ■ This week at the ■ Lunch with Clark Children entering kinderPowell Library So this Tuesday, April 3, garten must be 5 years old Wednesday, April 4, I’m back to Aubrey’s at the before Sept. 30. 10:30 a.m., Baby Bookinterstate. Stop by and chat. worms, for infants to age 2 I will have a guest, pr guru ■ Powell alumni (must be accompanied by a Cynthia Moxley, but you’re Powell High Alumni As- parent or guardian. welcome too. Otherwise, I sociation annual dinner is The library system might just butt in and try to set for Saturday, April 7, at will be closed on Friday for snap your picture with your Jubilee Banquet Facility the Easter holiday. mouth full! with registration and fellowship from 4:45 to 5:45 ■ Powell Notes ■ Kindergarten p.m. and dinner at 6. The Toni McSorley will round-up April 3 business meeting will start conduct a self-defense class at 7 p.m. Dinner is $20, at the Heiskell Community Kindergarten round-up annual dues are $7 and dofor Knox County Schools will Center from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. nations to the scholarship Saturday, April 28. Cost is be held Tuesday, April 3, at: fund are welcomed. Reser$25. Brickey-McCloud: 3:30 vations are due March 30. Powell Republican to 6 p.m. Info: 689-1499. Entertainment will be Club meets 7 p.m. each Copper Ridge: 8-10 by Judy Morris of the Powa.m. and 3-5 p.m. Info: 938- ell Playhouse (PHS Class of third Thursday at Shoney’s on Emory. Open to all Re7002. ’78). Golden Grads from the Powell Elementary: Class of ’62 will be recog- publicans. Free aerobics led by 4-6 p.m. Registration packets nized, along with the oldest Jane Holland each Thurswill be available for pick up graduate in attendance and March 19 in the student af- the one who has traveled the day at 6 p.m. at the Youth Worship Center of First fairs office. Info: 938-2048. farthest. Baptist Powell. For men, Parents need to bring Info: Mary Hodge-Cunproof of residence for ningham, 938-9428, Vivian women and teens. Contact Sandra Clark at 922-4136 (leave zoned school (utility bill Jett McFalls, 607-8775 or message) or sclark426@aol.com/. stream as you would have those upstream do unto you.”

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City View Baptist Church, 2311 Fine Ave., will hold its annual Children’s Easter Party from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 7. Registration begins promptly at 9:50 a.m. An egg hunt will be held for each age group (birth to 5th grade) with prize eggs, and a free hot dog lunch will be served at noon. Each child will receive a treat bag with candy. Bring a basket. Northeast N Knoxville Gigantic Egg Hunt will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, April 7, at Union Baptist Church, 6701 Washington Pike. Snacks, candy, activities and more. Shannondale Missionary Baptist Church, 5118 Villa Road, Easter Egg hunt, 11 a.m. Saturday, April 7, for children ages 12 and under. Sharon Baptist Church, 7916 Pedigo Road, Easter Egg hunt, 2 p.m. Saturday, April 7, in the ministry center.

■ The Knoxville Civil War Roundtable will meet at 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 10, at Bearden Banquet Hall. Professor and author Thomas Flagel will discuss “Messengers of Death: How the Press Reported the Civil War.” Everyone is invited. Admission to the discussion is $5. Dinner will be served at 7 p.m. for $15 ($17 nonmembers). RSVP by 11 a.m. Monday, April 9, by calling 671-9001. ■ The Knoxville Writers’ Guild will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 5, at the Laurel Theater at the corner of Laurel Avenue and 16th Street. A $2 donation will be requested at the door. Nationally recognized poets Linda Parsons Marion, Edward Francisco and Blas Falconer will share some of their work. Also coming up, Marilyn Kallet, creative writing program director for the University of Tennessee, will lead a poetry writing workshop 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 14, at Church of the Savior, 934 N. Weisgarber Road. Cost is $25 for KWG members, $30 nonmembers. Info: www.knoxvillewritersguild.org. ■ Note-Torious, Knoxville’s youth male chorus will hold open auditions for new singers ages 13-25 through Saturday, April 14. Info: Ken Hansen, 470-8622.

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K9 center’s annual egg hunt The Appalachian K9 Training Center, 8324 Old Maynardville Pike, will host its second annual Easter egg hunt noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 7. All children are invited to participate. Bring a basket to put your eggs in. No pets are allowed in the egg hunt area. Info: 922-7929.

■ K-Town Sound Show Chorus, an a cappella show chorus affiliated with Sweet Adelines International, is welcoming new members. Rehearsals are 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. every Monday night at Fountain City Presbyterian Church, 500 Hotel Ave. Info: Jo Ann, 483-8790, 742-4437 or http://www.ktownsound.org. ■ Powell Lions Club meets 7 p.m. each first and third Thursday at 7142 Old Clinton Pike.

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Seventh graders pose with a side view of the rain barrel: Paige Maples, Mariah Bowers, Macy Eighth graders who helped with the Powell Middle School rain barrel project: Lavan Jaff, Ashlee Fisher, Donna Raby, Haley McConnell, Brittney Franse, Francesca Rayho, Alexis Raby, Kayla Mon- Mountcastle, Avery Welsh, Eduardo Munoz, Makenzie Zimmerman, Kassidy Stroom, Olivia Kelley, Pierce Anderson and Chelsea Fortner. This view shows the front of the barrel. Photos by S. Clark tsinger and Liam Deason.

It’s a rain forest rain barrel By Sandra Clark For the third year, Powell Middle School art students have pitched in to help the Water Quality Forum raise money by painting a rain barrel to be sold on eBay. Teacher Debra Durnin coordinated the project, based on a free-hand sketch by seventh grade student Liam Deason. “It taught us how to paint realistically,” said eighth grader Kassidy Stroom, who plans to continue studying art in high school. “It’s harder to paint on a round surface.” Students used acrylic paint to create a visual rain forest on their barrel. Pierce Anderson drew trees and a gecko (that he insists on calling a lizard) after Durnin suggested “it was kind of empty back there.” Parci Gibson, who works in the county’s stormwater office, came by to collect the rain barrel. She said the average painted barrel brings $150 on eBay. All funds raised go toward buying more barrels, and since its inception the Water Quality Forum has placed some 3,000 barrels under gutter downspouts in Knox County. Each barrel holds 55 gallons of water and will fill up every time it rains, Gibson said. Six hundred gallons of water will run off a 1,000 square foot roof during a normal rain. “It’s free water and actually better for your plants,” she said.

Parci Gibson, who works with Knox County stormwater, came to pick up the rain barrel. Next, the painted barrels will be taken to Joe Neubert Collision Center where they are primed and a clear coat of sealant is applied. Gibson called Joe Neubert “a major partner” who has been doing this for five years. “It’s the same clear coat they put on a car – designed to last.” The barrels are then equipped with a spigot to release water and a flexible hose to connect to the gutter. Don’t let the installation put you off. “Another partner, the Fort Loudoun Lake

Association, will help you install your barrel.” Barrels will be exhibited around town May 7-24 with the finale at 6 p.m. Friday, May 25, at Ijams Nature Center. Three winning artists will be announced and awarded prizes. Auction winners will be revealed and can take home their prize. The Water Quality Forum will host a rain barrel workshop at Ijams Nature Center from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 28. Participants will see a demonstration on installing a rain barrel, learn about their benefits and can leave with a fully assembled barrel to take home and install. Registration is required and the cost is $35 per barrel. Register at 523-3800 or info@fllake.org/. This is the final year for painted barrels, Gibson said, but the group will continue to sell plain barrels. To learn more, visit the website www.waterqualityforum.org/.

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Women who served County Commissioner Amy Broyles (at right) passed a resolution honoring the 11 women who have served as commissioners for Knox County. “Not very many,” said Broyles. Pictured are former commissioners Diane Jordan, Sharon Cawood, Elaine Davis (and her daughter Ava), Michele Carringer and Broyles. Not pictured are former commissioners Mary Lou Horner, Bee DeSelm, Madeline Rogero, Victoria DeFreese, Pat Medley and Wanda Moody. Photo by S. Clark

Todd Shelton and Rick Roach talk to Democrats about healthcare reform. Photo by Betty Bean

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Todd Shelton and Rick Roach are volunteers with the Tennessee Healthcare Campaign, a non-partisan statewide consumer healthcare advocacy group that takes no government funds. Both Shelton and Roach, guest speakers at the March meeting of the 4th District Democrats on a day when the fate of the Affordable Healthcare Act was being debated before the U.S. Supreme Court, said they got involved because of family experiences. Shelton’s sister left her job as a respiratory therapist to return to Middle Tennessee and take care of their mother in her final illness. She lost her own health insurance in the process. After their mother died, the sister, who went back to work, found herself in need of two hip replacements, and despite getting help from her community, she is now $100,000 in debt for the surgeries. “It’s ridiculous that a country like our own isn’t flexible enough to take care of people when they need it,” Shelton said. Roach had a similar story – his mother died in 2004 after a long, problematic hospitalization. “Quality of care was an issue. There was waste of resources and lots of non-personal decisionmaking,” he said. Not long after his mother’s death, his 21-year-old niece was kicked off TennCare and died eight months later. “She had been turned into an ‘emergency room rabbit,’ because she was forced to resort to emergency room visits for basic medical care,” Roach said. “I am a single-payer proponent. Bottom line is people have access to healthcare.” If allowed to stand, the new law goes into effect in 2014, and regardless of what the high court does,

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Roach and Shelton urged the group to lobby their state legislators to get to work on setting up a state healthcare exchange as required by federal law. They were echoing what Gov. Bill Haslam said late last year when Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey said he wanted the General Assembly to wait until December 2012 to start the process, thereby missing the deadline for federal grants. Shelton likened the exchange to “an insurance mega-mall” and said that not moving forward on creating the exchange will deny Tennessee the opportunity to take advantage of $89 million in federal funding meant to build the exchange and provide incentives for physicians and other medical personnel to become involved in primary care. He said that the clock is ticking, but “there’s still money available right now.” Roach said that THC volunteers have been talking to legislators, with mixed results. “I have talked to Steve Hall and Stacey Campfield. They say, ‘We don’t really know that much about it…’ But they understand the time frames. The most important date is January 21, 2014. The second-most important date is October 2013. That’s the beginning of the enrollment period for the exchange.” Shelton and Roach said it is critical for citizens to speak out. “This message has to be delivered to the population. This is a huge job that there’s no funding for. This is a huge stimulus to everybody’s economy.”

Rogero gains cease fire in tree war Mayor Madeline Rogero has secured a stay of execution for the trees near Summit Medical just off Wellington Drive in Larry Silverstein West Hills. She acted decisively in calling TVA CEO Tom Kilgore to ask for delay. What is next? Will TVA come to its senses and halt this needless destruction of trees in its headquarters city? Will compromise be a word TVA embraces or rejects? KUB is kind and gentle in its tree cutting policies compared to TVA. KUB at least notifies you and talks with you and makes exceptions in some cases. On occasion, KUB even replaces trees with shorter ones. TVA’s current management sends third or fourth level people to meet with County Commission and city officials on this issue – people you have never heard of and will not see again. TVA’s contempt for private property rights defies explanation. Cynthia Moxley has been

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shrewd in her advice to KUB. Will Janet Brewer, the new $235,000 a year TVA communications chief, be equally shrewd? What is stunning and puts TVA’s claims to challenge is that tree cutting has never been an issue for TVA within Knoxville for 30 years. Now TVA tells us that these trees on Wellington Drive are an immediate threat and must be cut within days or the Valley might face power outages. TVA has no plan to meet with neighborhood people, no public outreach, no replacement trees and the top folks like Tom Kilgore are AWOL on this issue. In fact, TVA did not tell the city of its plans to cut trees. They learned of it through the yeoman efforts of longtime West Hills resident and attorney Larry Silverstein who has made preservation of trees a personal cause.

Of trees and things Let’s talk about the newspaper business. How to compete in a world where folks expect instant information for free? Someone smarter than I am will figure this out. Meanwhile, at ShopperNews we are cutting back editorial staff while competing for scoops with a daily paper, three TV stations, radio, websites, Twitter and blogs. And our papers are printed on Friday evening for Monday delivery. Last week Betty Bean wrote a hard-hitting story called “TVA wages war on trees.” On Sunday, a day before our papers hit the homes, the News Sentinel published a similar story with the same sources and even the same picture. By Monday, it seemed we had copied their story. Not so.

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pressive young prosecutor. Smart and straight shooting, has a sense of humor and returns his phone calls. Grossman’s not bad, either – he’s in Arthur Seymour’s firm and is easy to get hold of. Both are attractive guys. Chip is African-American. Matt has gorgeous hair. Turns out he and Counts went to law school together. “Nice to see some bright new faces in Knoxville’s legal community.” So there’s a peek behind the scenes at Shopper-News. By the way, Victor Ashe wrote last week that Lori Goerlich was in line to become Knoxville’s parks and greenways coordinator. On Friday, Mayor Madeline Rogero made it official. That’s a small scoop, but it counts. And on Thursday, Rogero announced that the trees we all wrote about a weekend ago will be replaced. Victor says plenty about those trees and TVA in general in this week’s paper. Enjoy the read.

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Kensington subdivision is next, and it lies outside the city but in Knox County. Mayor Burchett can help here. Council member Finbarr Saunders is sponsoring a resolution similar to what County Commission adopted by a lopsided margin last week asking TVA to cease and desist. Commissioners were openly hostile to TVA representatives. TVA should delay the execution of the Wellington Drive trees pending consultation and review. That can only occur if Tom Kilgore and the TVA Board become more sensitive to local concerns. Valley relations have never been more strained with TVA than they are today. During this reprieve, local officials and residents need to contact Rep. Jimmy Duncan as well as Sens. Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker. TVA actually listens to federal lawmakers on occasion. It is a milestone that Kilgore honored Mayor Rogero’s request. Mayor Rogero earns our thanks for speaking up for trees and showing she means it when it comes to a green city. How far she will go in changing policy? TVA’s plans harm our city. Kilgore needs to sharply question his own staff. Rogero can be a key instrument of change here. ■ Randy Vineyard, former 17-year Knoxville finance director, is at work as

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It’s time for leadership on schools funding By Sandra Clark The auditorium at Fulton High School got quiet when Knox County Commission chair Mike Hammond rose to speak. “I’m a bottom line kind of guy and here’s how it is,” he said. Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre had made his case for a $35 million boost to the KCS budget, over the usual cost-ofliving increase. He cited needs for instructional technology such as iPads and facility improvements, along with support for performance-based compensation. McIntyre wants fullday kindergarten (now classes dismiss at 1 p.m.

Does the community have the will to fund the $35 million? The wherewithal is there. Property taxes have not been raised since the mid-1990s, and Jim McIntyre has not received more than a continuation budget since he’s been here. The full $35 million increase would equal a 35cent property tax hike, or $131.25 per year on a $150,000 home. So let’s talk politics. County Mayor Tim Burchett has said he won’t recommend a property tax increase. Commissioner Amy Broyles, at last week’s meeting, said beware the red herrings used by those

while regular elementary school lets out at 2:45 p.m.) and to lengthen the school year by “at least five days” with a balanced calendar at Austin-East and Fulton. The new funding also would go toward intervention for kids falling behind and enrichment for those pulling ahead. He wants professional development funds for teachers and “consistently excellent magnet programs.” You may agree or disagree with McIntyre’s proposals, but you cannot say he’s not been totally clear about how he would spend the extra money. Details are on the KCS website at knoxschools.org/.

‘Trae Golden to the foul line’ Now that Bruce Pearl has expressed appreciation for the job Cuonzo Martin did and the worst cuts have scabbed over, may I have a couple of minutes for positives? Jeronne Maymon is a gladiator. Jarnell Stokes has awesome potential. Trae Golden can shoot free throws. A longtime fan who follows Tennessee basketball from afar was trying to guess how many times he heard Bob Kesling say “Trae Golden to the foul line.” Trae attempted 157 free throws this season. The fan smiled when he recalled Bert Bertelkamp

Bill Justus, Danny Schultz, Michael Brooks, even Carl Widseth. He remembers that they could hit free throws. So could Allan Houston and Chris Lofton and Tony White and Ernie Grunfeld. It seems to me that Trae approaches the foul line without fear of failure. His confidence comes from roots. He learned to shoot in the driveway with his father as tutor and motivator. “All you have to do is make 10 in a row, Trae, and we can go to dinner.” Robert Golden, school principal, natural leader, spent several years in

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who won’t support more taxes. Knox County legislators alone cannot fix the BEP funding formula, and the ½ cent sales tax option would require cooperation by the city of Knoxville and the town of Farragut. “Either objection keeps politicians from having to take a stand,” Broyles said. “It will take six commissioners to fund this,” Hammond added. The school board will vote on McIntyre’s budget this week. It’s expected to pass, but its viability will be seen in whether it passes unanimously or wobbles through on a 6-3 or even 5-4 vote. Burchett will recommend something, a story for another day. But then, as Hammond said, “Once the mayor presents his budget it becomes our budget.” County Commission has the final say.

Hammond is key to whether six votes can be mustered. With his strong leadership, it is possible. Hammond, along with Sam McKenzie and Amy Broyles, need only three more votes for a majority. If you assume no help from Commissioners Brad Anders, Tony Norman and Jeff Ownby, that leaves five votes from which to draw three: Ed Shouse, Richard Briggs, R. Larry Smith, Mike Brown and Dave Wright. Board member Indya Kincannon said, “Mike Hammond is a leader for

schools who has taken time to visit schools. The single biggest factor when we say ‘taxes,’ is trust.” She urged principals and teachers to talk with individual commissioners about their needs. Hammond predicted a May vote by Commission, following budget hearings. That vote is a referendum on Jim McIntyre’s performance, and it’s hard to see how he stays here if his ideas are rejected. So it’s time to pick a side. It’s time for leaders to lead and chickens to hide.

that Powder Springs, Ga., driveway. The son developed the touch, the skill, the artistry. Tennessee is the beneficiary. He was so steady, he made news when he missed, as in three of five against UConn. Teammates just shook their heads. “When Trae Golden is missing free throws, it’s just that kind of day,” said Maymon. Most everybody was speechless when he missed four of 10 in the not-sogrand finale against Middle Tennessee State. In the thriller against Vanderbilt, Trae was eight for eight, f lawless in the closing seconds when the deal was sealed. He was nine for nine in the overtime win at LSU. He hit six

in the closing 20 seconds. We know free throws are often critical but simple stats can be misleading. There is no reference in the record book to degree of difficulty – conditions, score, level of competition, home or away, pressure, exhaustion, pain, final seconds with the game on the line. Clutch is the key word and that is what we remember about Jimmy England. In his three-year Volunteer career, 196871, he hit 88.1 percent, a school record, with the weight of the basketball world on his shoulders. Justus could do it when it mattered and he converted 84.9 percent for his three seasons. Brooks had the identical percentage. He could have gone

to dinner at the Golden house. He once made 39 free throws in a row. Thirty-nine straight? Schultz did it. He led the SEC in 1964 with 89.4 percent. Lofton and Houston had streaks of 38. I remember Lofton marching to the foul line, six seconds to go, and putting in a pair to polish off second-ranked Florida. That was expected. Not so likely were the four in a row by JP Prince to upset Kentucky or the six straight by Wayne Chism for an overtime victory over Ole Miss. As we said earlier, all free throws are not equal – but most of Golden’s are good.

Commission chair Mike Hammond at Thursday’s education forum at Fulton High School. Photo by S. Clark

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The day the King came to Knoxville My all-time favorite story from Elvis’s first appearance in Knoxville is about a man who couldn’t keep his seat. Driving his wife, mother-inlaw and sister-in-law to Stokely Athletic Center to see the show, he kept saying, “Now, we can go over here and have a good time, but I want you girls not to get too carried away.” And the minute the band and orchestra went into the opening strains of “Also Sprach Zarathustra,” also used as the bombastic theme to the movie “2001: A Space Odyssey,” the man was standing up in his chair, waving his hands and screaming like a little girl. Forty years ago, on April 8, 1972, the King came to Knoxville. Elvis was the headliner of that year’s Dogwood Arts Festival. Dave Macon, who was the treasurer for the Festival that year, said organizers wanted ’72 to be a big year for the still-new event. Who bigger, then, than The King of Rock and Roll? Macon says somebody on the board knew Elvis’s agent. The King would come for $50,000. “It sold out so quickly we decided to see if he’d do a matinee for us.” The King would, for another $50,000. “When he got here, I had a check for him for $100,000.” (Adjusted for inflation, that would be more than $500,000 in 2010 dollars. Not bad for two hours’ work.) Macon showed up at the Sheraton Campus Inn to give Elvis

his check. He says it was heavily guarded (security was said to be tighter than when Richard Nixon had attended the Billy Graham Crusade at Neyland Stadium two years before) and he was told he couldn’t go back to see EP. “I said, ‘If I don’t go in, he doesn’t get his money. It’s as simple as that.’ ” Macon showed security the check. He got to see Elvis. “I went in and we shook hands. He was extremely nice. There wasn’t any ‘I’m better than you’ or any of that.” Macon said the Dogwood Arts Festival also brought Arnold Palmer to town to play a round of golf. Arnie got $10,000. A bootleg audience recording of Elvis’s 2:30 p.m. matinee show at Stokely has finally surfaced. It made its broadcast debut on WDVX’s “The Vinyl Frontier” last August. And I’ll be honest: When I heard the opening strains of “2001” and the screams of the crowd, the hair stood up on the back of my neck. No wonder that guy couldn’t keep his seat. The excitement was palpable. While singing the Three Dog Night hit “Never Been to Spain,” Elvis changed the lyrics at one point to say, “So I headed for Las Vegas, but only made it out to Knoxville.” The roar was louder than the one “Rocky Top” usually gets at a UT game. There were a few flubs. At one point, somebody in the orchestra started playing an out-ofplace solo during “You Gave Me a Mountain.” And, during much

Elvis Presley arrives at McGheeTyson Airport for his April 8, 1972, appearance at Stokely Athletic Center. Behind him is his father, Vernon Presley.

of the show, the feedback was atrocious. Former News Sentinel writer Lois Thomas, in her amusing review of the concert, said Elvis wasn’t too fond of the feedback. “The matinee performance was delayed for about 30 minutes because of the continuing difficulties experienced with the sound system at Stokely. “Those attending the matinee probably missed the full impact of the show because of the sound problems. The difficulty with the sound caused a large portion of the performance to appear sloppy because Elvis, his singers and the band members missed or couldn’t hear cues. “Elvis apologized for the sound problems several times. He opened the show by quipping, ‘Sorry I’m late, but I was building a sound system.’ ” But 1972 was Presley in his prime. Despite the sloppy sound, you can still hear the power of that voice as he belts out the ballads and rocks through the oldies. Merrill Ammons attended Elvis’s evening performance. (A recording is rumored to exist, but I’ve yet to find it.) Remembers Merrill: “On that evening, my friend Pat Egerton and I drove my parents to Stokely for the concert (they had parked a car for after the concert). Well, of course we decided to try to see Elvis. So we parked near the back door where the King would arrive. “M.L. (Davis, who worked at Cherokee Country Club for decades) was the driver that night

(he always drove celebrities in the ’70s). He got us right beside the car to see Elvis and then got us in the concert. It was an amazing evening!” Attendance for both shows was 24,288, the most of any of Elvis’s concerts on that spring tour. A couple of moments made it into the 1972 MGM documentary “Elvis on Tour,” which was being filmed that spring. The filmmakers shot Elvis arriving at Stokely (a girl takes a Polaroid photo and screams when she sees the shot) and one brief scene from inside (of the audience clapping for comedian Jackie Kahane) made it into the final film. Also, the scenes of Elvis’s band arriving at the airport were shot at McGhee-Tyson.

Who can explain Elvis Presley? Who can explain why the man in the audience that night, concerned about how the women were going to act, stood up on his seat at Stokely and started screaming? Who can explain why a guy born just after Elvis’ death can hear the King’s recorded voice 40 years later and get goose pimples? Dave Macon has the answer. “In my opinion, Elvis Presley probably had the best singing voice of any male I’ve ever heard.” Long live The King. If you have any photos, memories or recordings of any of Elvis’s three appearances in Knoxville to share, call Jake Mabe at 922-4136 or email JakeMabe1@ aol.com. Thankyaverymuch.

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WORSHIP NOTES Easter Services ■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, will have Maundy Thursday 7 p.m. Thursday, April 5. Good Friday service will be held at noon on Friday, April 6, and sunrise service will be held at 7 a.m. Sunday, April 8, followed by regular service at 9 and 11. Info: 690-0160 or www.beaverridgeumc.com. ■ Christ UMC, 7535 Maynardville Highway, will have Good Friday Service 3 p.m. April 6, with a prayer vigil starting at 3:30 p.m. The annual Easter egg hunt and carnival will be 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 7. Sunrise service will be held 7 a.m. Sunday, April 8, followed by gospel at 8:45, contemporary at 9:45 and traditional at 11. Info: 922-1412. ■ Clear Springs Baptist Church will hold “Born to Die,” an Easter drive-thru play, 7 p.m. Saturday, April 7, at the new church property across from Midway IGA in Gibbs. Rain date is April 21. Info: 688-7674. ■ Faith UMC, 1120 Dry Gap Pike, will have an Easter egg hunt at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 7. Easter sunrise service will be held at 7 a.m. Sunday, April 8, with regular service at 11 featuring an Easter Cantata. Everyone is invited. Info: 688-1000 or www. faithseekers.org. ■ Fellowship Christian Church on Tazewell Pike in Luttrell will hold a special sunrise service 7 a.m. Sunday, April 8. ■ Free Spirit Missionary Baptist Church, 716 Ailor Gap Road in Maynardville, is holding a special Good Friday service 7 p.m. April 6. Guest pastor is the Rev. Wayne Roach. ■ Little Flat Creek Baptist Church, 9132 E. Emory Road, will have its Easter sunrise service in the log church 6:30 a.m. Sunday, April 8, with storytellers Kith and Kin and musical guest Keli Dahl. Everyone is invited. Info: 688-7950 or 332-0473. ■ Mountain View Baptist Church, 2974 Cecil Ave., will hold the children’s play/ program “He’s Alive!” 11 a.m. to noon Sunday, April 8. Info: 525-4192.

■ Powell Presbyterian Church, 2910 W. Emory Road, will have Passover meal 6 p.m. Maundy Thursday, April 5. Breakfast will be served Easter Sunday, April 8, at 10:30 a.m., followed by 11 a.m. worship service and an egg hunt at noon. Children need to bring baskets to carry their eggs in. Info: www.powellpcusa.org. ■ Ridgedale Baptist Church, 5632 Nickle Road, will hold a Children’s Easter Experience 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 4, for all children from infancy to the 5th grade. There will be an egg hunt in the worship center with tons of Easter grass mixed with balloons piled several feet high; there will also be tractor rides, chalk art, bubbles, bounce houses and much more. Free refreshments will be served. Everyone is invited. Info: 588-6855 or www. ridgedale.org. ■ Shepherd of the Hills Baptist Church, 400 East Beaver Creek Drive, will host “The World’s Greatest Easter Egg Hunt” at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 7. Lunch will be served, and there will be door prizes. All children and their families are invited. ■ Stevens Mortuary, 1304 Oglewood Ave., will hold its 33rd annual Easter Sunrise Service, conducted by the Rev. Ron Mouser, 6:30 a.m. Sunday, April 8. Service will be held outside if weather permits. Info: 524-0331.

Community Services ■ Cross Roads Presbyterian hosts the Halls Welfare Ministry food pantry 6-8 p.m. each second Tuesday and 9-11 a.m. each fourth Saturday. ■ Dante Church of God will distribute food boxes 9-11 a.m. Saturday, April 14, while supplies last. You must be present to receive one box per household. Info: 689-4829. ■ New Hope Baptist Church distributes food from its food pantry to local families in need 6-8 p.m. every third Thursday. Info: 688-5330.

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Birthdays Zackery Scott Viar turned 5 on April 1 and celebrated with a Bounce Party at Bounce USA. He is the son of Kenzi Viar of Halls and has an older sister, Amber Skye Viar, 7. Grandparents are Patti and Clay Wise of Halls. Trey Wesley James Mills was born Feb. 8, weighing 5 pounds 5 ounces and measuring 18.5 inches long. Parents are Jami and Wesley Mills of Luttrell. Grandparents are Amy and James Sallings of Luttrell, Sherry and Wes Mills of Maynardville.

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A forgetful God …this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. No longer shall they teach one another, or say to each other, “Know the Lord,” for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, says the Lord; for I will forgive their iniquity, and remember their sin no more. (Jeremiah 31: 33-34 NRSV) The older I get, the more my forgetfulness worries me. I tell myself that it is because I am too busy, torn in too many directions, too many things on my mind. My guess is that some of you can identify with the situation. Comedian Bill Cosby (who is somewhat older than I am) used to say that he was convinced that human memory circuits were located in one’s sitting apparatus. He would get up from his chair to get something, forget what he was after, and only when he sat down again could he remember. He deduced the obvious: one’s memory is in the derriere and is activated by pressure. Of course, one can always make lists, but then, one has to remember where the list is. You see the problem. On the other hand, I am grateful, beyond all measure, that God is forgetful, too. God promises to “remember their sin no more.” I first learned that snippet of scripture where I learned so much of my theology: in the hymnal. It was the third verse of Fanny Crosby’s old hymn “Though Your Sins Be as Scarlet”: “He’ll forgive your transgressions/and remember them no more.” But it was Scott Peck (Christian psychiatrist and author of “The Road Less Traveled” and “People of the Lie”) who explained it best with this story: A young girl in the Philip-

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Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s April and the Powell Panther sports are heating up. The baseball team has been cruising, beating Clinton and Karns twice, and defeating Oak Ridge. As of press time the team was 7-0 in district play, putting the Panthers in a first-place tie with Halls in the district standings. Pitching has had a lot to do with the success, according to assistant coach Jay Scarbro and senior outfielder Riley Duckett. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pitchingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s definitely been one of our strong suits,â&#x20AC;? said Duckett. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our district pitchers have thrown really well,â&#x20AC;? said Scarbro. Senior Drake Owenby is 3-0 in the district, along with sophomore Hagen Owenby. Sophomore Dean Kidd is 1-0. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve thrown it really well for us so far. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve pitched great,â&#x20AC;? said Scarbro. Despite a slow start on the offensive side of the ball, Scarbro believes hitting will pick up as the season progresses. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We really have not hit it very well â&#x20AC;Ś not to our

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Lions serve pancakes Lions Jan Waldrop and Kathy Burrow work the coffee station at the Lions Club fundraiser. Proceeds will support vision assistance including screening for preschoolers, held primarily at daycare centers. Sandy Mee, pre-school vision coordinator, said, “A lot of children are detected with vision problems. It’s good to catch it before they go to school.”

Lions Carl Leonard and Greg Householder prepare to serve pancakes as Rick Long, at left, coaches. Long, a former restaurant manager, was in charge of the kitchen crew as the Knox North Lions partnered with the Farragut Lions Club for a pancake breakfast fundraiser at Applebee’s. Photos by T. Edwards of TEphotos.com

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Dogwood Arts Festival Student Art Show The best blooming art show in East Tennessee draws young artists By Pam Fansler With basketball season behind us and football season still months away, Knoxville is displaying its other favorite colors: pink, white and green. The Dogwood Arts Festival is in full bloom throughout the month of April. The festival kicks off with Dogwood Fansler After Dark, the successful arts-themed fundraiser, now in its fourth year. After that come the opening of the trails and art in public places, bus tours, the Market Square Art Fair, Rhythm and Blooms, the Dogwood Parade, the Dogwood Diva Luncheon and much more, including the Dogwood Arts Festival Student Art Show. The First Tennessee Foundation is a proud sponsor of the Student Art Show, which showcases the area’s best from students enrolled in kindergarten through 12th grade. Jim Dodson, chair for the event and an art teacher at Jefferson Middle School in Oak Ridge for 25 years, touts the age range as one of the unique aspects of the show. “Most exhibitions are for grades 6-12. We are one of the few that allows K-12. It’s a good opportunity for the elementary school art teachers.” Local art teachers, each allowed to submit two works of art, submitted 98

entries this year. From these, the jurors have selected 77. Two stone carvers are the show’s judges: Lisa Wolff and Kathy Slocum, who is a former Dogwood Arts Festival board member. Because every work entered is framed by Fast Frame – another touch that makes this show unique – every student takes home a framed piece of art. Prizes, made possible through First Tennessee’s sponsorship, are awarded to the winners. The “Best of Show” is awarded $250 with that student’s teacher being awarded $100. The winner in each grade claims a $50 prize. There are also scholarship opportunities for 11-12th graders. The students’ works will be on exhibit from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. April 6-27 with no admission charge in the Denso Gallery at Clayton Center for the Arts in Maryville. According to Dodson, “the exhibit has been housed in different venues – all in Knoxville – over the years. The festival would like to make this more of a regional event.” The exhibit will open and the winners will be announced at a reception in the Denso Gallery 5-9 p.m. Friday, April 6. Kathy Hart Reilly’s group Hart Strings will perform as Dodson combines the visual arts and the performing arts. For a real treat, make time to visit the gallery and support these talented students. If you’ve not seen the show before, you will be amazed at the quality of the pieces. It never ceases to inspire me. Pam Fansler is president of First Tennessee Bank’s East Tennessee region.

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POWELL SHOPPER-NEWS • APRIL 2, 2012 • A-11

NEWS FROM GRACE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF KNOXVILLE

Living history at Grace By Shannon Morris

nown as the bloodiest conflict in American history, the Civil War took the lives of nearly 700,000 soldiers, a staggering number of lives lost for the tumultuous fiveyear war. Conflict between the northern and southern states over slavery could not be resolved peacefully. The issue of taxation of cotton exports was also a matter of contention. Although President Abraham Lincoln tried to end the disagreement between the states, both sides rejected the peace treaty. Division had already taken place, and neither side was backing down. It was at this time that the South became known as the Confederacy and the North was known as the Union. Although many have read and studied this timeline of events in history class, few get the opportunity to go back in time to witness what life was like for a soldier in the Civil War right on their own school campus. It is hard to believe that young boys were leaving the comforts of home to fight in the war in the 1860’s. Two hundred thousand soldiers were no older than 16, and 300 of them were

13 years or younger. One would think the life of a 13-year-old should consist of reading, writing and arithmetic and the possibility of some chores around the house. Those teenagers who chose the life of a young soldier, however, would experience long days of marching in rough conditions, sleep deprivation and exhaustion from carrying heavy artillery and supplies. It was on an unusually warm winter day the last week of February, that 12and 13-year-old students from Grace Christian Academy were able to see what life as a soldier might have looked like during the Civil War. Civil War demonstrations were set up on the practice ﬁeld beside the school, letting the 6th and 8th grade classes experience the living conditions, artillery and artifacts from the Civil War in a close and personal way. Demonstrations were conducted by members of the 29th Tennessee Infantry, CSA; McClung’s Battery with Confederate Mountain Riﬂe; and L ongstreet-Zollicof fer Camp #87 of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. In small groups, the students moved from station to station learning

Civil War re-enactors ﬁre a cannon during a demonstration at Grace Christian Academy.

Students Diego Carrasco, Charleston Dockery and Noah Smith stand with a Civil War re-enactor. Photos by Gina Prieto

about life as a soldier. At one station, they discovered the soldiers’ living conditions. They saw what supplies a soldier would have had with him on the

battleﬁeld and back at base camp. The students moved to another station where a ﬂag display was set up showing the loyalty of each state. Students

also heard an audio presentation of “The Rebel Yell Lives.” Moving on to the next station, the students were in for a special treat as Bob Enik of the 29th Tennessee Infantry explained the different items in the relic display, referencing the importance of each item. Despite all of the fascinating new discoveries, however, the students were most enthralled with the demonstration of artillery. The first surprise came from the small Woodruff cannon that was used in battle. Every student jumped when Enik fired the Woodruff cannon. The students were also amazed at the infantry presentation with a firing demonstration of the 58-caliber Enfield rifled musket by John Holland and Jim Price. However, the last station was an impressive demonstration that be-

came a quick favorite among the students, as a large cannon called the Confederate Mountain Rifle was shot. The re-enactors worked together to demonstrate the impressive power of this Civil War cannon. Obviously, it would be impossible today to enjoy a first-hand experience such as a Civil War battlefield or soldier’s living quarters. However, the students got as close as one possibly can to seeing exactly what life would have been like for their counterparts during the Civil War. Not only did they gain a new appreciation for history, but they saw the reality of life on the front lines in a real and personal way. Many lessons can be learned from one of America’s darkest periods, and these students had an unforgettable classroom this day.

Right on ‘track’ Grace athlete Michael Johnson goes over the top in the high jump.

Katie Borden runs a relay for Grace’s new track and field program. Photos by S. Johnson

GRACE

By Shannon Morris The warm temperatures this winter have proven to be quite a blessing for Grace Christian Academy’s new track and field team. Being able to condition and practice outside let the athletes prepare for a busy season. Grace’s administration is pleased to announce that Al Rodd will head up this new endeavor. Rodd holds a long list of accomplishments in coaching track and ﬁeld, including starting a brand new program at Anderson County High School in 1992, and coaching numerous team and individual champions over the years. Even at this early stage in the program’s development, the track and ﬁeld athletes

from Grace are succeeding. In the two meets before spring break, several athletes had impressive performances. At the Hardin Valley Academy meet, Jarrett Galloway won first place in shot put and second in discus, Michael Johnson came in third in the high jump and fifth in the 400, and D’Anna Johnson came in sixth in the 400. At the Gibbs High School meet, Jarrett Galloway came in third in discus, Michael Johnson came in second in the 400, D’Anna Johnson came in second in the high jump, and Tinsley Knight came in second in the 400. Grace faculty and staff congratulate Coach Rodd and all the track and field athletes.

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