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VOL. 51 NO. 8 A great community newspaper February 20, 2012

Sandra Clark 2Community 3Government/Politics 4Marvin West 5Jim Byrge 6Faith 7Schools 9Business 11

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Members of the Powell High Singers serenade school counselor Jay Scarbro (seated) on Valentine’s Day. Singers are Whitney Pittman, Kayla Gentry, Leslie

Truan, Brenna Featherston, Cassidy White and Kelsie Shipley. Photo by S. Clark

‘Falling in love’

See Page 9 for the Singers’ serenade for Marlo Bales.

Ron Corvette has opened Corvette BBQ and Catering on Emory Road at Brickyard.

“I am so excited and just looking for-ward to having a place in Pow-ell where people can come and relax and enjoy good food,” said Corvette. This is his fi rst venture into the restau-rant business.

The restaurant will be open ev-ery day for both lunch and dinner. House specialty is barbecue and “everything is fresh and smoked here,” said Corvette, “even the hamburgers.” Meats include pulled pork, turkey, chicken, pork loin and ribs.

Fresh and handmade sides include baked beans, po-tato salad, black bean salsa, Brunswick stew, macaroni and cheese, dirty garlic mashed potatoes, white chili, green beans, pasta salad, cole slaw and potato chips.

Corvette is hoping for cus-tomers from his acquaintances in youth sports where he has coached football for youngsters from ages 7 to 13. “My kids at-tend Halls, while my stepson and nephews are in Powell,” he said. “I’m here to support the commu-nity.”

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Corvette BBQis new to PowellBy Sandra Clark

Dr. Jim McIntyre is recommend-ing a building project at Powell High School as part of his new cap-ital planning priorities, but there is no timeline for completion.

The school board must adopt the recommendations which were discussed at last week’s workshop. Three board members questioned the absence of middle school im-provements on the list.

At Powell, McIntyre would con-struct new administrative offi ces between the existing auditorium and band room. This will allow the demolition of the existing ad-ministrative offi ce space, creating a commons area that can be used for cafeteria seating, similar to the layout at Central High, Karns High and Hardin Valley Academy.

The existing kitchen, serving area and cafeteria would be reno-vated and probably would include some seating.

The present cafeteria is in-

adequate for the current enroll-ment, McIntyre said. Powell High has grown from 1,146 students in 2004 to 1,415 this year.

McIntyre’s other priorities are: Shannondale Elementary, an ■

addition of 14 classrooms to elimi-nate portables

Adrian Burnett Elementa-■

ry, elimination of portables and expansion of core areas such as cafeteria, library, administrative space and restrooms. “Additional capital work at Brickey-McCloud, Powell Elementary or Copper Ridge may be needed to comple-ment the project at Adrian Bur-nett,” McIntyre said.

Support for magnet schools■

Deferred maintenance at ■

Farragut High, andConstruction, probably at ■

Pond Gap Elementary, to accom-modate anticipated growth in the area served by Norwood, Inskip, West Haven and Pond Gap ele-mentary schools.

Powell High is capital priority

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It’s real, it’s here, it’s asphaltBids opened for

Emory RoadBy Sandra Clark

The Powell leg of Emory Road improvements has been funded and bids opened with the appar-ent low bidder Potter South East LLC of Huntsville, Tenn.

“After 40 years of talk, it’s fi nal-ly here,” said state Rep. Bill Dunn.

Potter’s bid is $15,660,653.11, Dunn said. “We expect to break ground in mid- to late-March and the completion date is Oct. 31, 2013.”

The project will complete the five-laning of Emory Road from Norris Freeway in Halls to Clin-

Bill Dunn

missioners over the years to pro-mote an agenda which included widening Emory Road from Halls to Powell and Western Avenue/Oak Ridge High-way from Knox-

ville to Karns.When Gov. Bill Haslam came

into offi ce, he dispatched TDOT Commissioner John Schroer on a road trip to visit projects un-derway. Dunn virtually hijacked Schroer in Knox County, taking him to the unfi nished stretch of Emory Road.

“When he drove on Emory and saw how it narrowed to the old road, it was a stark contrast,” said Dunn.

The new road will have two lanes in each direction with side-walks and a turn lane, Dunn said.

The decision to build on the south side of Beaver Creek came after contentious community meetings that pitted business interests on Emory against ho-meowners who use the road for school trips.

At last week’s Hallsdale Pow-ell Utility District meeting, CEO Darren Cardwell said the utility line relocation was part of the bid specs.

ton Highway, coming out at Wal-greens. It will bridge over the railroad tracks and extend south of Beaver Creek with five lanes and sidewalks, Dunn said.

“I’m happy and I hope the folks in BRINK are happy, too. I know Rep. Harry Brooks and Sen. Randy McNally (who also represent Powell) are pleased with this.”

BRINK (Better Roads in North Knox), is a citizens group founded in 1994 to promote road improvements in north, north-west and northeast Knox County. Members including Clark Hamil-ton, Carl Tindell and David Lam-bert have met with TDOT com-

NEIGHBORHOOD BUZZ

‘Fiddler on the Roof’ Powell Middle School’s

Drama Club will present “Fid-dler on the Roof,” a part of the Broadway Junior Collection,

at 7 p.m. Friday and Satur-day, Feb 23-24, at the school gym. Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for students. Con-cessions will be served. Alison Bradley is the drama coach.

HPUD budgetAfter years of steep rate

hikes, the Hallsdale Powell Utility District management has proposed two different rate structures for the fi scal year which starts April 1. The board of commissioners will vote on a budget and the rate to fund it on March 12.

➤ See Clark’s story on page A-3

Powell basketball teams advance

The Powell boys’ season was almost over. Almost.

“I honestly thought it was go-ing to be the last game of my high school career,” said senior guard Steven Parsons.

District four-seed Powell took on Central Feb. 15 and played evenly with the Bobcats for most of the game. But by the start of the 4th quarter, the Bobcats held a comfortable 43-34 lead.

Just as junior Lex Waters thought practices were at an end, something amazing hap-pened.

➤ See Cory’s story on page A-2

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We will miss Greg House-holder, who has been an important asset at Shopper-News over the past fi ve years. His friends in Powell will miss him too. Greg left through no fault of his or ours. We simply needed to consolidate in the news department.

So, going forward, you will see a bit different look to the Powell version of Shopper-News. I will be the lead reporter, as-sisted by Jake Mabe (lead reporter in Halls and fea-tures editor), Ruth White (school beat specialist and photographer) and Theresa Edwards (Karns/Hardin Valley lead reporter).

Since I’m also respon-sible for other facets of Shopper-News, Tuesdays will be my dedicated day for Powell. I’m commit-ted to dropping by Powell High, Powell Middle and Powell Elementary, deliv-ering papers and checking to see “what’s going on.” I will schedule interviews for Tuesdays and drop by a few businesses, too.

And speaking of lunch, whatever happened to Har-ry’s?

Ruth will photograph special events on other days and cover the Heiskell Se-niors. You will see Jake’s features on Page 3. (Have we mentioned that he likes history, Nixon, Elvis and baseball?) And Theresa will catch the occasional garden club event and parade.

My new job is already costing money. Last Tues-day came the $50 dues for the Powell Business and Professional Association and another $50 for dinner

Hello, Powell

and “Steel Magnolias” at the Powell Playhouse. This Tuesday I’m meeting with Sage Kohler, chair of the Teen Driver Awareness pro-gram at Powell High. (Can you say, “ka-ching”?)

Will we cover every sneeze in Powell? No.

Will we cover more sneezes than any other me-dia outlet? You betcha.

Will you look forward to getting this paper every Monday? Absolutely.

Good luck galore ■

I woke up last Monday with a blank newspaper and no plan.

By Tuesday, I had learned that the bids had been opened for the Powell leg of Emory Road and HPUD is planning a small(er) rate in-crease. At the high school, some good-looking kids were serenading school counsel-ors. And suddenly, we had a wonderful front page.

At noon I won the PBPA door prize – a honey maple scented candle from Laura Bailey.

Ain’t life grand?

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gel’s milk earned the high-est score for chocolate milk among all dairies serving Tennessee.

Weigel’s was a unique entrant in the annual Ten-nessee State Fair milk com-petition because it was the only chocolate milk made using a 2 percent milk-base rather than whole milk. It also does not contain high-fructose corn syrup, said Douglas Rouch, dairy man-ager.

Lunch with Clark ■

Since I’m going to be in Powell every Tuesday, let’s have lunch. This week, Feb. 21, from noon to 1 p.m. I’ll be at the brand new Cor-vette’s BBQ on Emory at Brickyard. It’s dutch treat, but we’ll have some good conversation. Drop by.

Powell Notes ■

Powell Playhouse■ is selling out for this weekend’s performances of “Steel Magnolias.” Tickets for the play only may be purchased at the door for $10 ($5 for kids under 12). Performances are 7:30 p.m. Feb. 23, 24 and 25. Info: Mona Napier, 947-7428 or monanapier@comcast.net/.

Heiskell School Re-■

union is 1-5 p.m. Saturday, March 24. The seniors will be taking a bus trip to Renfro Valley in Kentucky on Satur-day, April 21. Cost is $49.

Toni McSorley■ will conduct a self-defense class at the Heiskell Community Center from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 28. Cost is $25.Contact Sandra Clark at 922-4136 (leave

message) or sclark426@aol.com/.

Sandra Clark

POWELL HOWL

Powell boys

advance to

regionals for fi rst

time since 2009By Cory Chitwood

The Powell boys’ season was almost over. Almost.

“I honestly thought it was going to be the last game of my high school career,” said senior guard Steven Parsons. District 3AAA four-seed Pow-ell took on Central Feb. 15 and played evenly with the Bob-cats for most of the game. But by the start of the 4th quarter, the Bobcats had a comfortable 43-34 lead. It didn’t seem to be getting any better, either.

“I was thinking ‘dang, we’re about to not have prac-tice tomorrow for the fi rst time in months,’” said junior Lex Waters.

The lead only got bigger for the Bobcats, extending to 11 points with about 5 min-utes remaining.

“I could see panic setting in,” said Powell head coach Mike Ogan. “I was thinking, ‘we better settle down and get back to the game plan.’ I called timeout and that’s what I told the boys.”

“We penetrated and kicked (the ball) out,” said Ogan. “We got lucky and had a hot streak.”

And Powell came surging back to tie the game at 50 with 2:20 left, only to let Cen-tral take a 54-52 lead after 2 free throws and a layup with about 35 seconds left.

Life sprang back into the Panthers with one huge three from junior Jack Rase with about 17 seconds left. The Panthers took a 55-54 lead and held on to win 57-54 after a technical free throw from senior Joey Macourek and a foul shot from Parsons.

When asked what was go-ing through his mind when he hit the shot, Rase just grinned.

“Nothing really, I just shot.”

Junior forward Clay Payne fi nished with a team-high 19 points and hit several crucial threes throughout the game. Parsons fi nished with 14 and Macourek with 8.

“The kids played hard and never gave up. I was proud of

Clay Payne makes 2 of his 19

points in Powell’s big win over

the Central Bobcats. Photos by

Tim Gangloff of hatpix.com

Good to be back

Alexis Gillespie moves for the

basket. She scored 15 points

in Powell’s win over Halls.

them. It was a fun game to watch, scary game to coach,” said Ogan. His team advanc-es to the regional tournament for the fi rst time since 2009, regardless of whether they beat Oak Ridge in the District semifi nal on Feb. 18.

According to Ogan, the keys to beating Oak Ridge on their home fl oor will be “settling down fi rst” and defensive rebounding, com-plemented by “good hard-nosed defense.”

“We’re a perimeter-orient-ed team. We’re going to try to pull the defense out and make cuts to the basket. The boys have done a good job (of it) this year,” said Ogan on his team strategy. One of his goals is to get the Oak Ridge defense “spread out” so play-ers can cut into the paint for easy buckets.

Waters believes he and his teammates can pull off the upset at Oak Ridge.

“All our guards are going to have to play smart and our team is just gonna have to play hard and fi ght the whole game,” he said.

Even though a loss at Oak Ridge doesn’t mean the end of the season for Powell, “Nothing would tickle these guys more than beating them there,” said Ogan. Results of Saturday’s game were un-available at press time.

Powell girls

advance with

upset of HallsA game against Halls is al-

ways big. This one was even bigger. The winner would advance to the regional tour-nament and the loser would go home. And Powell wasn’t ready to quit.

“We played with tons of heart and we played as a team better than we have all season,” said senior guard Maddy Blackwelder.

After 3 quarters of identi-cal scoring, the score stood tied at 29. Powell scored more points (14) in the 4th quarter than in any other.

Powell committed 10+ fouls in the fi rst half, but ad-justed at halftime and com-mitted only 5 in the second half, keeping Halls away from the free throw line.

Halls came close to taking back a lead after a layup and timeout with 50.4 seconds left, but Powell kept show-ing up to the free throw line where players hit 10 of 15 in just the 4th quarter.

And so it was that Pow-ell (14-13) upset Halls (19-6) despite committing 21 turn-overs.

Powell senior post player Alexis Gillespie scored a team-high 15 points, 4 in the crucial 4th quarter. Sopho-more Damiyah Moore had 12 points and was 4 of 4 free throw shooting in the 4th quarter.

Powell played Anderson County Feb. 18 at Oak Ridge. Win or lose, they had earned a spot in the regional tourna-ment.

“(We must) shoot well. When we lost to them before we weren’t shooting well,” said Blackwelder. “We have to play like a team and keep our cool. That’s really all that matters.”

Coach Clay Young had faith in his team’s ability to beat AC. “We just have to play good defense,” he said. “We will try to pressure them a lot with both full court and half court pressure and execute our offense.” Results were unavailable at press time.

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By Roy ArthurAlmost 100 landowners

along Beaver Creek from Gibbs to Solway braved the cold morning of Feb. 11 to gather at the Jubilee Ban-quet Hall on Callahan Road for breakfast and the oppor-tunity to hear Matt Ledford, Knox County soil conser-vationist, speak about farm enhancements that also benefi t wildlife.

This Farmers’ Break-fast event is part of a series sponsored by the Beaver Creek Task Force and orga-nized by the Knox County Soil Conservation District.

Ledford discussed the benefi t of incorporating na-tive warm season grasses on a portion of a farm for im-

proved pasture and hay dur-ing the summer months when fescue becomes dormant.

These grasses not only save a farmer money, but benefi t deer and rabbits by providing cover from preda-tory animals. The grasses also provide habitat for quail, a bird species that has almost disappeared from the East Tennessee landscape.

Matt also discussed man-aging trees bordering fi elds to improve row crop and pasture production. Tree borders can be managed to provide habitat corridors for game species and birds.

Charles Thompkins, who farms 75 acres in the Halls community, was presented with a Beaver Creek Conser-

vation Farm sign. Charles has taken advantage of many of the cost sharing programs provided by the Knox County Soil Conservation District to install fencing, improve pas-ture and provide watering systems for his cattle.

For the remainder of 2012, landowners in the Beaver Creek Watershed can take advantage of a Tennessee De-partment of Agriculture 319 grant that will pay 75 percent of the cost of improvements on their property.

Contact Matt Ledford or Amy Mann with the Knox County Soil Conservation District Offi ce at 523-3338, Ext. 3 for details.Roy Arthur is the watershed coordinator

for Knox County. He lives in Powell.

A fencing and watering system installed on Charles Thompkins’ farm in Halls Photo by Roy Arthur

Farm grants available

By Sandra ClarkAfter years of steep rate

hikes, the Hallsdale Powell Utility District management has proposed two different rate structures for the fi s-cal year which starts April 1. The board of commissioners will vote on a budget and the rate to fund it on March 12.

A draft version of the bud-get is on the Shopper’s web-site at www.ShopperNews-Now.com/.

HPUD could retain the minimum bill structure which has usage charges af-ter 1,500 gallons per month. For this model, manage-ment recommends water rates would be increased by 3.5 percent and wastewater rates by 3.75 percent.

Option two is a fl at base charge per customer and a per gallon charge from zero. This model would be cheaper for customers who use 1,000 gallons or less. Commis-sioner Bob Crye said that the base rate method helps those who use less water which may include the elderly and low income customers.

The budget anticipates revenues of $29.2 million and operating expenses of $22.4 million including $7.7 million of depreciation. Interest on debt will be $4.6 million.

Also at last Monday’s meeting, CEO Darren Cardwell reported that the district held its AA rating with Standard & Poor’s in a report released Jan. 31.

In the past 12 years, HPUD has invested $155 million to upgrade and ex-

pand the water and waste-water systems. Water loss has been reduced from 40 percent to 26 percent, ac-cording to the S&P report.

“Liquidity is very strong” with cash on hand during 2011 to cover 441 days of op-erations. Some of that cash will be used to fund $66 mil-lion in anticipated expenses to complete the upgrades. HPUD might have to issue an additional $18 million to $20 million in bonds to complete the rehab projects, the report states.

HPUD set nine water ■ meters in January and in-spected 19 sewer connec-tions. The district treated 219.8 million gallons of wa-ter and 337.8 million gallons of wastewater.

The board adopted a ■ proposed settlement of a dispute with Siemens over equipment problems at the Melton Hill water plant. En-gineer Nick Jackson said the settlement (adding two treat-ment cells to the existing four) will “give us 50 percent more capacity for one-tenth of the cost we paid in 2004” and the additional membranes will extend the life of the plant.

Consulting engineer ■ Robert Campbell said the Maynardville Pike water line relocation and expan-sion project is 85 percent complete. This will link Halls to the new water plant on Norris Lake.

James Smith, chief ■ fi nancial offi cer, is propos-ing an alternate rate model with a fl at fee and a bill

Hallsdale Powell Utility Dis-

trict board chair Jim Hill pon-

ders supporting documents

for the district’s next budget.

A vote will be taken in March. Photo by S. Clark

Rates, budget topics for HPUD

based on actual usage.The annual state main-■

tenance fee will be added to customers’ next bill. It is a one-time $1.29 for water customers and 60 cents for sewer customers for a total $1.89, Smith said. That’s a reduction from last year’s fees of $1.43 and 61 cents.

HPUD is operating at ■ 2003 levels of water usage,” Smith said. He attributed that to “people becoming more environmentally con-scious” and the use of more effi cient household applianc-es. Jim Hill said it’s a refl ec-tion of recent rainy seasons. People use more water dur-ing a drought. And it could be HPUD’s rates have caused people to use less water.

Smith anticipates the ■ district will sell 40 million gallons less water for fi scal year 2012 as compared to fi scal year 2011.

County to manage ballroom dancesKnox County will operate a monthly ballroom dance at the Halls Senior Center to avoid liability

concerns by the seniors. John Foley (left) and Tom Engle (right) met with Mayor Tim Burchett

to work out details. Communications manager Michael Grider is second from left. Hemal Tailor,

not pictured, is manager of senior services. She said the fi rst dance will be on the fourth Satur-

day in March and she is currently seeking a band. “We will use a DJ to keep things lively, and will

continue the program as long as the seniors keep up the attendance.” Admission will continue

to be $5 to off set expenses. Photo by S. Clark

Powell off ers softball improvement camp

Powell Girls Softball will host Player Improvement Day on Saturday, March 10, at the Powell Levi Fields.

Pitching/catching in-struction will be held from 9 a.m. to noon and hitting instruction will be from 1-4 p.m. Session cost is $50 each or both for $80 and girls ages 7-14 years are eligible to attend.

Participants need to bring bats, gloves, cleats and catch-ers gear if needed. Proceeds will go to Powell Girls Softball to improve the league. Info: powellgsoftball@aol.com/.

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Betty Bean

How Bob Booker made Bill Jenkins Speaker

Last Tuesday, Feb. 14, was a trip down memory lane for me as Bill Vaughan, retired journalist and press aide to Gov. Winfield Dunn, and I drove up to Rogers-ville to have lunch with former U.S. Rep. Bill Jenkins at the his-toric Hale Springs Inn. Jenkins, 75, is in good health and still the gentleman farmer.

By Betty BeanTwo minutes before noon on a

cold, gray Monday, the crowd at the Blue Plate Special was a little sparse and kind of quiet. Then Red Hickey picked up the micro-phone and asked them to make some extra noise and promised that stragglers would arrive to fill up the room by the time the opening act, Ryan Kralik, a sing-er/songwriter who’d come all the way from Kent, Ohio, plugged in his ukulele.

WDVX is nation’s top bluegrass station – again

WDVX general manager Linda Billman (center) and interns David Cohen and

Samantha Amick get ready for another “Blue Plate Special.” Photo by Betty Bean

She was right. Five minutes later, the room was nearly full. And by the time the four singing sisters from Atlanta who make up the string band von Grey took the stage, it was standing room only. Their high lonesome harmonies couldn’t help but re-mind old-timers of the “Midday Merry-Go-Round” that was the hottest lunch hour ticket on Gay Street 60 years ago.

The “Blue Plate Special” is a daily production of the radio station that The Oxford Ameri-can magazine named the Best In America. Past performers there include locals, up-and-coming new national faces and occasionally, bona fide celebri-ties like Bela Fleck, Marty Stuart and David Grisman. The show broadcasts from a studio at the Knoxville Visitors Center, on the corner of Gay Street and Sum-mit Hill. This month, WDVX was named Bluegrass Station of the Year by the Society for the Pres-ervation of Bluegrass Music of America.

For the eighth time.The WDVX studios share the

ground floor of the Gloria Ray building with Nancy Kendrick’s Coop Café (known for its many tasty variations on chicken sal-ad) and Uniquely Knoxville, a gift shop featuring hand-made local products from paintings and pottery to jewelry, books and recorded music. On Saturday mornings at 10, there’s a chil-

dren’s show called “Kids’ Stuff,” hosted by Sean McCollough.

Upstairs are the plush offices of the embattled Knoxville Tour-ism and Sports Corporation, which is in the midst of a forced reorganization over questions about its financial structure.

WDVX, which operates on an annual budget of just more than $600,000, relies on numerous volunteers, some part-timers and five full-time employees who are crammed into a space that is windowless and small, lit with f luorescent bulbs and pro-vided by KTSC in exchange for promotional exposure on the air. Expansion plans have been put on hold by the turmoil on the top f loor.

Whatever the problems, Linda Billman, who served on the board of directors for six years before she was hired as general man-ager two years ago, says WDVX is happy to be downtown.

“We are lucky to be here. It keeps us visible and we can do the ‘Blue Plate.’ We think we make a great contribution to the community – arts every day for free in downtown Knoxville. We have become a tourist destina-tion,” she said.

WDVX founder Tony Lawson, now the program director, incor-porated the station in 1991 and guided it to its first FCC license in 1997 when it was broadcast-ing from a transmitter on Cross Mountain, near Briceville. Even-

tually, Lawson bought a used camper for $500 that became the station’s first permanent studio. Around that time, he got a finan-cial boost from Don Burggraf, who put up his house as collat-eral on a $25,000 loan.

“It’s just been a good soulful journey,” Lawson said, who trea-sures memories of people he has met over the years – like blue-grass prodigy Alex Leach, who started working on air when he was 9 years old. Leach is 22 now, and plays guitar, mandolin and banjo all over the Western Hemi-sphere. He still does a Tuesday night show with Lawson when he’s in town.

And is the resemblance to the “Midday Merry-Go-Round” in-tentional?

“Absolutely,” Lawson said. “It’s where we started, with one foot in the past and one foot in the future. And this is where we’re standing right now.”

Billman is working on ways to translate the station’s prestige and popularity into economic stability.

“That’s the challenge of non-profits,” she said. “I’d like to figure out a way to make listen-ers into supporters. One of our challenges is that we are a radio station and a lot of people think of broadcasting as free. That’s fine and a lot of people can’t af-ford to contribute, but for people who can, it would be nice to have their support.”

Along with Knoxville attorney Dick Krieg (another former state representative) and Tom Jensen, I had voted in January 1969 to elect Jenkins the first Repub-lican Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives in de-cades. It would take 40 years be-fore another Republican would be Speaker.

But in 1969, the House was split 49-49 between Democrats and Republicans with one in-dependent, J. P. Kimbrell from Lawrence County, for a total of 99 members. It was uncertain whether Jenkins, the GOP nomi-nee, or Pat Lynch, the Demo-cratic nominee, would be chosen Speaker.

When the House convened that day it was full of excitement and uncertainty, as the lone in-dependent, Mr. Kimbrell, had not declared his intentions. It was assumed his vote would deter-mine the outcome, so when the roll was called everyone waited for the clerk to reach the names beginning with “K” to find out what Kimbrell would do.

However, the result became clear much earlier in the roll call when those names beginning with “B” were called. Bob Booker, an African-American Democrat from Knoxville, announced his vote for Jenkins to the shock of the 48 other Democrats and the happy surprise of Republicans.

Then, Jenkins had his 50 votes and the Kimbrell vote, which made it 51, was not decisive.

I asked Jenkins last week how he was able to secure Booker’s support some 44 years ago. He said he had met with Booker a few days before the vote and told him he would be fair in appoint-ments and presiding. Booker, he said, told him he would support him and Booker delivered. Jen-kins said he and Booker still stay in touch to this day. Jenkins was also a fellow East Tennessean.

Jenkins has had one of the most diverse public service ca-reers of any Tennessean, having served as a state representative for eight years, Commissioner of Conservation for Gov. Dunn (in fact the only commissioner in the Dunn Cabinet still living),

Director of TVA when directors still ran the agency, Circuit Court judge, and U.S. Representative.

Jenkins has been in the leg-islative, judicial and executive branches of state government and the executive and legislative branches of the federal govern-ment. He also served a term on the Board of Trustees for Car-son-Newman College.

He says being Speaker of the Tennessee House was the most interesting “as it was a period of transition” for Tennessee politics to a two-party system.

Buford Ellington was governor and the notion of a Republican-controlled House was considered fantasy. However, in 1968, Rich-ard Nixon carried Tennessee and Hubert Humphrey ran poorly. Tennessee had elected Howard Baker to the U.S. Senate in 1966, Bill Brock to the U.S. House from Chattanooga in 1962, and in 1970, Winfield Dunn was elected governor and Brock to the U.S. Senate.

Two-party politics for Tennes-see had arrived. Today it seems almost reversed in that the GOP is now the dominant party, which the Democrats were in the early 1960s and also in the 1980s. Both Houses of the Legislature are Republican as is the Gover-nor and seven of nine congres-sional seats.

Jenkins attributes the growth of the Republican Party in the Legislature to the Supreme Court decision of Baker v. Carr which required equal populations in districts for legislatures across the United States and assured a growth in Republican seats.

Jenkins never overstayed his time in any position he has held. His integrity is well-established and his story telling is legend-ary.

Ray Building: ■ It seems another matter the Knoxville Tourism and Sports Corporation never voted on was naming their building on Gay Street for Gloria Ray. It was done by an agree-ment between former county Mayor Mike Ragsdale and Ray with the concurrence of former KTSC board chair David Dun-can according to Kim Bumpas, interim KTSC president. There is no record of the board voting to do this. Bumpas is making a concerted effort to reach out to groups which Ray had ignored in the arts and cultural communi-ty. Don’t be surprised if the sign quietly disappears one day.

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lips is being paid $275 an hour which may be the best money KTSC has spent as he unearths past misdeeds and outlines a le-gal path to restoring trust. Had he been around earlier he might have been able to keep the board focused on the business of being real board members.Victor Ashe, former Knoxville mayor and Ambassa-

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Former Knox County Sheriff Tim Hutchison and his wife, Jan, have been dismissed from the lawsuit fi led by Citizens National Bank of Athens over money owed the bank by the SHE Group, a corporation that purchased Dean Stallings Ford in Oak Ridge.

The dealership later closed and Hutchison was sued.

He said Thursday that he can-not discuss the terms of the settle-ment, but observed that he also dropped his countersuit against

the bank.Hutchison said

he sold his stock in the SHE Group to a fellow share-holder in February 2008. The owner/manager of SHE Group later fi led for bankruptcy in August 2009.

He was notifi ed of the bankrupt-cy fi ling by local media, Hutchison said. “I was only a passive investor

and never had any involvement in the management or decision mak-ing at Dean Stallings Ford. Nor was I consulted over any issues with those responsible for ulti-mate outcome of that dealership.”

Hutchison was elected sheriff fi ve times and was term limited by the Tennessee Supreme Court during his fi fth term. In 2010 he lost a primary bid to Tim Burchett for county mayor. He has been do-ing law enforcement consulting and construction/disaster relief.

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Dr. Richard Briggs doesn’t like the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly called ObamaCare. The heart sur-geon who also serves on Knox County Commission spoke last week to the West Knox Republican Club.

He called the health re-form law “the fl agship of the

Raggin’ on ObamaCareObama Administration” and said few issues in our life-time will be as important.

Briggs recently ate din-ner with U.S. Rep. Phil Roe, a man who claims to have read all 2,700 pages of the federal law enacted in 2010. “It is not written in plain English,” said Briggs.

There are parts that people like, but other parts are just unaffordable, said

Briggs. Popular parts in-clude disallowing insurance caps on maximum lifetime coverage and forbidding insurance companies from “throwing people off.” Chil-dren can stay on their par-ents’ policy until age 26 un-der certain conditions.

But the rub comes from the requirement that every-one buy health insurance. And opponents believe the premiums won’t be ad-equate, pushing increased

costs down to states. In fact, Gov. Bill Haslam says, “The Obama administration’s ap-proach is an unaffordable healthcare mandate that is a signifi cant overstep of the federal government’s au-thority. Forcing mandates on states and individuals is the wrong approach, and if Obamacare is implemented, healthcare costs will rise signifi cantly, putting a seri-ous strain on state budgets across this country.”

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So good to hear that the worst is over, that Tennes-see football is no longer in disarray, that progress, like cherry blossoms, is budding and will soon break out for all to see.

This is your first of-ficial preview of football 2012. Cody Blanc said Jim Chaney said, “If we don’t win eight or nine ball games – well, seven or eight – that’s when we’ll know something’s not right.”

I already know.I’m counting on the

head coach, offensive co-ordinator Chaney, the new running back coach, the new line coach, the reas-signed receivers coach and other close associates to fix it. I look forward to an attitude adjustment, led by the new defensive coordinator. I am hope-ful that the coach of size, strength and speed will do something to help.

When I am in charge of this operation, we will add a gate guard or grass-grower or other guru who knows how to kick and will stand very near a cer-tain kicker, in lunch lines, during practice and at all games. He will whisper tips and tidbits. There will be no more kicks that hit helmets.

There was a time, back in the Phillip Fulmer era, when seven or eight vic-tories wouldn’t have been enough. Expectations have

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been beaten down, ham-mered over the head with a two-by-four. Almost any-thing imaginable would be better than the 1-7 SEC record and some of those gosh-awful scores.

The schedule is encour-aging. There I go, becom-ing openly optimistic about Georgia State, Akron and Troy. Overconfidence is a dangerous error.

Blanc, multitalented re-cruit from Knoxville Cen-tral, has his own reasons for positive thinking, good group of returnees, good group of new guys.

Here’s the hitch: Geor-gia is still ahead. Are the Vols now even with Flor-ida, South Carolina and Mississippi State? Are they better than anybody? Dare I mention Vanderbilt and Kentucky? No ques-tion about Alabama. Good thing the coach there is a friend of the coach here. That may be enough to save the rivalry.

The biggest game of Derek Dooley’s coaching life is the opener, North Carolina State in Atlanta. The Wolfpack has yo-yo

tendencies. We don’t know which group will show up. We are almost certain which pack of wolves will be howling if the Volun-teers limp home empty-handed. Spare us that ex-perience.

This is the season Ten-nessee runs out of excus-es. The squad has scars earned in combat. There is some depth. The quarter-back will be a junior in eli-gibility if not maturity.

If the talent level is not improved, that will be Dooley’s fault. He will have three recruiting classes on the field. If they aren’t good enough, this will be a tragic time to make the discovery.

On my depth chart, two seniors and seven juniors are penciled in as offen-sive starters. Two seniors and six juniors are my defensive guesses. Sopho-mores on both sides of the ball have star potential.

Tyler Bray is the key. I honestly don’t know if he is a pipe dream or a fu-ture NFL prize. He has the arm. For some, he is the pied piper. For some, he is a pain.

Contracts be damned, the coach and his new helpers are strung out on the fence. I sure hope they come down on the side of success, longevity and bowl bonuses. The other side is so messy.Marvin West invites reader reaction. His

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ander continues to tilt at windmills, calling the $27 billion wind subsidy a waste of money, adding: “And what do we get for these billions? A puny amount of unreli-able electricity that arrives disproportionately at night when we don’t need it. These are not your grandma’s windmills. These gigantic turbines … are three times as high as stadiums … taller than the Statue of Liberty … blades are as wide as a foot-

ball fi eld. You can see the blinking lights for 20 miles … and on top of that, they have become the Cuisinart in the sky for birds.”

Ouch!Mitt Romney will not

be in Knoxville today (Feb. 20) but his fans will be gathering at 5 p.m. at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 101 S. Central St. in the Old City for a rally. Susan Williams said “spe-cial guests” will attend, and Billy Stokes said it’s worth coming just to see Susan.

Herman Cain is com-ing to town, speaking to the Tennessee Conservative

Union’s annual banquet. For $100 you can go. Wonder if the Crowne Plaza will cater in Godfather’s Pizza?

Halls Republican Club will meet at 7 p.m. to-day (Feb. 20) at QQ Pizza in Halls Center. The speaker is Tom Walker from the Knox County Sheriff’s Offi ce who will discuss gang activity.

Stacey Campfi eld spoke to the Powell Repub-lican Club last Thursday at Shoney’s on Emory Road. After considerable search-ing, the GOP found a restau-rant that will serve Stacey.

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When does a Bull kill a hog? According to Earl Bull, not until temperatures drop into the 20s for two or three days in a row. While most of us have been enjoying the spring-like temperatures and sunny weather that have prevailed in Tennessee this winter, Bull has been biding his time.

“You can’t kill a hog until the weather gets cold enough,” said Bull. “We’ve waited all winter, because if it’s too warm your

meat will sour.”As soon as those temps got

here, John Fugate and his agri-culture class from Union County High School made the trek to the Bull farm to learn what it takes to kill and dress a hog. They not only learned, they jumped right in to help.

“I wanted them to learn and ex-perience this process,” said Fugate. “It isn’t often we can go out in the fi eld and see this anymore.”

Union County High School agriculture class members had no problem grabbing a knife to help Earl Bull scrape the

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It’s been a while since our last visit and a lot has happened over the last few weeks. Much more is on the horizon for our local Scouts.

Prior to the holidays, the Troop 506 Gryphon Patrol as-sisted our neighbors from Regal Entertainment and the Variety Children’s Charity with their annual Christmas party for lo-cal nonprofi t groups. The assis-tance at the event was part of an ongoing effort on the part of our Scouts to give back to the com-munity and community-related

organizations through their ser-vice.

A lot of their merit badges and rank advancements rely on “ser-vice hours” and service-related activities to the community, and our young men and women in Troop 506 and Crew 506 have a strong history of working in our community. What we actually tend to see is more volunteers than we sometimes have the need for. Isn’t that a great prob-lem to have?

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weekends, it is quite likely that you saw Scouts at area stores or in neighborhoods helping gather food for local food banks through the Scouting for Food drive.

A big thanks to Wes Hayes for leading a series of weekend hikes for the Cub Scouts and younger Boy Scouts over the last few weeks. Wes and his “merry band of hikers” have been going each weekend for short hikes to help the younger Scouts get into the swing of outdoor activities. The boys are having a great time, but none so much as Wes.

Big congratulations to our re-cent Eagle Scout recipients for their accomplishments. Dylan Ensor, Matt Swindle, Andrew McMahan, Robert Buck and Luke Lee all completed the re-quirements and a service proj-ect in which they are respon-sible for planning, fund raising and completing. Each passed their respective Eagle Review Boards and have been awarded the BSA’s highest Scout achieve-ment. A lot of hard work by these

Scouts and support from friends and family made these achieve-ments possible.

I am always proud of our Scouts when they make Eagle, but one of these young men is extra special to me. Luke Lee was the first of my former Cub Scouts to make Eagle. It is rare for me to be held somewhat speechless or even emotional about such things and even rar-er for Luke’s father to be at a loss for words, but I can assure you words were tough to come by at Luke’s Eagle Court of Honor for both of us. I know Luke is the first of many more of my former Cubs to become Eagle Scouts, and I’m sure the words and emotions will come easier, but I hope not.

Speaking of Eagle projects, another of my former Cubs is working on an impressive proj-ect for his Eagle requirements. J.T. Thomas has a project that will benefit two separate areas of our community.

With assistance from the Tennessee Wildlife Resources

Agency, J.T. is building and po-sitioning fish beds along the banks of Fort Loudoun Lake in the downtown and UT area. The material he is going to use for this project is coming from the brush that he and a group of 506 Scouts and Scouters are remov-ing from the Clayton Park just off Norris Freeway.

This is just a brief glimpse of the things that these young men have been doing, and I apologize up front to anyone I may have missed or an event that I have not mentioned in this article. I hope to be able to visit with you on a much more frequent basis in the future.

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Thanks for all the nice com-ments and even more for the “where have you been?” com-ments about these visits, and I promise to do a better job of keeping you up to date on our Scouts.

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My French is slim to non-existent but “comprendre” and “pardoner” are cognates that are pretty recognizable: comprehend and pardon. It translates roughly: “All you can understand, you can forgive.” Tolstoy quoted Mme. de Stael’s proverb in his prologue to “War and Peace” and is sometimes mistakenly given credit for its authorship.

My daughter Eden brought all this to mind recently when she told me about something she had learned recently: in Chinese, the fi gure for the word forgiveness quite liter-ally means “Make my heart as your heart.”

We pondered the rami-fi cations of that over the phone then moved on to other things. Even after our conversation ended, I kept going back to it, in much that same way that your tongue can’t stop feeling the rough spot on a tooth.

I wondered what it meant, exactly, and considered how making my heart as your heart would equal forgive-ness. I could sort of see the possibility of two hearts be-ing in tune, in harmony – in sync, as it were – and how that might be tantamount to forgiveness.

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God, who created this world, and loved it in spite of the mess we made of things, decided to make God’s heart as our hearts. God became human in order to be one of us: to love, to laugh, to be wea-ry, or tired, or angry, to hurt, to grieve, to hope, to dream.

To share our experiences. To understand.

Because when God – in Christ – experienced what it was like to be human, God could forgive us our sinful-ness. Not condoning it, yet understanding. And under-standing makes forgiveness possible.

There is, however, anoth-er side to that transaction.

In Jesus, a forgiving God made his own heart as ours, breakable and subject to temptation. Jesus paid the price of all of our broken hearts, so that our hearts ultimately may be made like his: pure, sinless and full of God’s own love.

This week Christians all over the world will observe Ash Wednesday, a day to consider and repent of our sinfulness, to seek forgive-ness and to give thanks for God’s heart of mercy.

May God make our hearts as His heart.

CONDOLENCESThe father of school board

member Kim Sepesi, Earl Wayne Rosenbalm of Daw-son, Ala., passed away last week. The family suggest me-morials be made to First Bap-tist Church Albertville Benev-olence Fund, 309 E. Main St., Albertville, Ala. 35950.

Tina Renee Coatney Belz, 42, of Halls, is sur-vived by children Justin Ty-ler Belz and Savannah Nicole Belz, and parents William and Ruth Ann Coatney.

Winfred H. Boling, 93, was a mem-ber of Beaver Dam Bap-tist Church and was employed at Oak Ridge during the Manhattan

Project. He was retired from C.A.R.L. and is survived by his wife, Mary Jo Boling.

Winfred Boling

John Branson Don Moody

J o h n Branson , 81, was a sales rep for Pfi zer Phar-m a c e u t i -cals and a member of Washington Pike UMC.

Martha Mae Brown, 67, was a member of New Liberty Baptist Church. She is survived by husband Darrell Brown.

William A. Carney, 86, retired teacher and principal of Norwood El-ementary School.

Wilma Jean Collins, 69, was a member of Free Fel-lowship Pentecostal Church.

Bonnie Lee Couch, 74, is survived by husband David Couch and children.

James Thomas “Doc” Day, 86, a truck driver for 33 years. Survivors in-clude a brother, Ralph Day of Powell, and son, Steve Day.

Elsa “Jane” Daniel, 65, of Corryton, retired from Pfaff International after 25 years.

Carrie Miracle Gif-fi n, 87, was a retired RN from St. Mary’s Medical Center and the widow of Clifford “Happy” Giffin.

William Augustus Grant, 76, is survived by his wife, Vicki Heath Grant, and children. He served as a firefighter in the U.S. Army stationed in Alaska.

Carleen Oody Hall, 76, a member of Bethesda Baptist Church and mentor to many children through

her Sunday School class-es.

James Scott Harrell, 60, is survived by his wife, Vicky Miller Harrell, and daughters. He owned Old City Title and Appraisal. He played college football for Southern Illinois.

Herman L. “Hick” Hickle, 89, served in the U.S. Navy during WW II and retired from South Central Bell after 33 years of service.

Brenda Sue Irwin was a member of Holy Ghost Catholic Church and is survived by husband Barney J. Irwin.

Gary Lynn Jessee, 59, of Powell, was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. He is survived by sons and their families.

Evelyn Watson Long, 90, a member of Central Baptist Church of Foun-tain City and retired from TVA.

Anthony “Dean” Miller Jr., 29, of Powell,

is survived by a son, Blake.

D o n -ald “Don” Moody, 64, survived by wife Ann Moody.

Craig Allen Muncey, 39, of Luttrell, leaves two sons, Dillon and Dustin Muncey.

Everette Parker, 89, of Gibbs, was a longtime member of Clear Springs Baptist Church and a vet-eran of WW II. He is sur-vived by his wife of 62 years, Mildred Clevenger Parker, sons and their fam-ilies.

Marie Edwina Paul, 66, of Powell, attended Farmers Grove Baptist Church. Survivors include daughters and their fami-lies.

Harold Glenn Posey, 72, was a member of Son Light Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, Opal Posey.

Dewey Thomas Rose, 76, of Powell, was a mem-ber of Sunny View Baptist Church and a U.S. Army veteran.

Charles Wayne Van-dergriff, 55, of Maynard-ville, was a graduate of Halls High School and re-tired from Bell South after 32 years of service.

Patsy Lee Wheeler, 76, was a longtime member of Trinity United Method-ist Church.

– Compiled by S. Clark

MILESTONES

Lunsford turns 90Hazel Lunsford of Halls

celebrated her 90th birth-day Feb. 6 with a family party at Red Lobster.

Marsh to begin pilot training

Second Lt. Kaleb Marsh poses (above) after a solo fl ight Feb. 11 in Pueblo, Colo. Marsh is a 2007 grad-uate of Halls High School and a 2011 graduate from the United States Air Force Academy. He will be moving to Vance Air Force Base in Enid, Okla., in April to be-gin pilot training. Marsh’s parents are Jeff and Lori Marsh of Halls.

Birthdays

Jacob and Emily Car-roll celebrated their fi rst birthdays Feb. 2 with a par-ty at Chuck E. Cheese with family and friends. Par-ents are Kevin and Tammi Carroll. Grandparents are Karen Heath and the late Mike Heath, Joan and Clem Shoemaker and Ronald and Lorene Carroll.

Bailey Grace Deader-ick will celebrate her second birthday Feb. 22 with a “Ses-ame Street” party at home with family and friends. Megan Nikole Deader-ick will celebrate her 10th birthday Feb. 26. She will celebrate her birthday with family and friends at Skatetown. Parents are Jill and Junior Deaderick of Halls. Grandparents are Ann and Ray Deaderick of South Knoxville, Pat Butler of Powell and Grady Elliott of South Knoxville.

Chloe Malia Shel-ton celebrated her third birthday with a Dora party at Gatti’s with family and friends. Chloe’s parents are John and Tiffany Shelton of Halls. Grandparents are Gerald “Jake” and Diane Lowe, John and Vickie Shel-ton, and Roger and Sandy Alexander. Great-grandpar-ents are Marie Cole, Mary Wagner and Dorothy Alex-ander. Chloe also has a big brother, John Alex.

Women’s programsBeaver Dam Baptist Church ■

will host author and speaker

Vicki Courtney from 7-9 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 24, and 8 a.m. to 1

p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25. Courtney

is the founder of Virtuous Reality

Ministries, which seeks to equip

women of all ages to pursue

Godliness in today’s society. Cost

is $30 and tickets are available

through the church. Worship

leaders will be Anne Allen and

Sarah Holloway. Info: 922-2322.

New Liberty Baptist ■

Church, 5901 Roberts

Road in Corryton, will host

a Women’s Day of Praise

11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday,

March 10, featuring Stepha-

nie Elswick as inspirational

speaker. The event is free

but RSVP is required. Reg-

istration begins at 11 a.m.,

lunch is at noon and the

program will begin at 1. Info:

Charmin Foth, 368-0806 or

email charminfoth@yahoo.

com.

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Community Services

Christ United Methodist ■

Church, 7535 Maynardville

Hwy., will give away free cloth-

ing and other items 8:30 a.m.

to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25.

Anyone in need come by and

shop, no questions asked.

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.

Knoxville Free Food Market ■ ,

4625 Mill Branch Lane (across

from Tractor Supply in Halls),

distributes free food 10 a.m. to

1 p.m. each third Saturday. Info:

566-1265.

New Hope Baptist Church ■

distributes food from its food

pantry to local families in need

6-8 p.m. every third Thursday.

Info: 688-5330.

KFLKnoxville Fellowship Luncheon ■

(KFL) will meet at noon Tuesday,

Feb. 21, at the Golden Corral on

Clinton Highway. Becky Booker

will speak. The KFL is a group

of Christians designed to touch

the lives of those who would

not go to church but would

fellowship with members of

the community who would

share testimonies relating to the

impact of Jesus Christ in their

personal and professional life.

Everyone is invited.

Music servicesTexas Valley Baptist Church ■ ,

7100 Texas Valley Road, will

have a singing at 6 p.m. Satur-

day, Feb. 25. All are welcome.

Rec programsBeaver Ridge UMC ■ , 7753

Oak Ridge Highway, holds a

beginner yoga class 6-7 p.m.

Mondays in the family life

center. Cost is $10 per class

or $40 for fi ve classes. Bring

a mat, towel and water. Info:

Dena Bower, 567-7615 or

email denabower@comcast.

net.

New Covenant Fellowship ■

Church, 6828 Central Avenue

Pike, will hold Pilates class

5:45 p.m. each Monday for $5.

Info: 689-7001.

Special servicesGlenwood Baptist Church of ■

Powell, 7212 Central Avenue

Pike, will hold the third annual

Honor Emergency Services

Personnel Day at 10:45 a.m.

Sunday, Feb. 26. Lt. Larry Cash

of the Knox County Sheriff ’s

Offi ce will be speaking and

lunch will be provided. Info:

938-2611.

New Fellowship Baptist ■ ,

4624 Nora Rd. will host

Sammy Sawyer (Barney Fife),

who will bring the message at

the 10:45 a.m. service Sunday,

Feb. 26. Everyone is invited.

Info/transportation: 688-1073.

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SCHOOL NOTES

Halls HighParent/teacher conferences ■ are 4-6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23. Call 922-

7757 for an appointment.

SterchiPTA meeting ■ Monday, March 12; Family Fun Night 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.

April 13.

SPORTS NOTESBaseball tournament ■ will be held at Halls Community Park

on March 2-4. Open to all, tee ball to 14U. Info: 992-5504 or

hcpsports@msn.com.

Girls softball sign-ups ■ at Willow Creek Youth Park, 10 a.m. to

2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, and 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb.

28. Sign-ups for wee-ball through 14U teams.

Girls softball sign-ups ■ at Bojangles in Powell, 6-8 p.m. Tuesday,

Feb. 21 and 28; 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23 and March 1; and 10

a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25. Info: Mike Bezark, 680-9929.

Valentine surpriseMembers of the Powell High Singers surprise school counselor Marlo Bales (seated) with a special song for Valentine’s Day. Sing-

ers are Kyler Roberts, Jacob Mahler, Greg Leonhardt, Cory Chitwood, Harrison Cooke and Tucker Hyde. Photo by S. Clark One hundred daysand counting

Chloe Cunningham and Mary Yambert have 100 paper

wads counted out and ready to launch in celebration of

marking the 100th day of school off the calendar.

Brickey-McCloud kindergarten student P.J. DiSano enjoys

a shower of paper wads during the 100th day of school.

Senior league team undefeatedThe Powell Youth Basket-

ball league’s senior team

went undefeated this

season with a 10-0 re-

cord. Team members are:

(front) Josh Smith, Austin

Bloomer, Zach Roberts,

Keegan Judd; (back)

coach Mike Bezark, Devin

Scott, Jacob Bezark, War-

ren Ellis and Dylan Sweat. Photo submitted

Knox Elite wins FCA tournament

Knox Elite won the cham-

pionship in the Fellowship

of Christian Athletes (FCA)

5th grade tournament

held at The Emerald Youth

Foundation on Jan. 14 and

15. The team consists of

players from the Halls and

Powell area and include:

(front) Brooke Huff aker,

Cassie Peters, Emaleigh Bell,

Madison Webber; (back)

Summer Parker, Shelby Li-

ford, Sydney Chapman and

Amber Cardwell. Knox Elite

is coached by Steve Peters,

Scott Liford and Sandy

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By Sandra ClarkThere’s a reason people

from a four-state area travel to Knoxville for hearing aid advice and instruments.

Gary and Belinda Weav-er are all about customer service. “We are a provider to the hearing impaired 24/7,” said Gary. So Weav-ing Hearing Aid Center has forged relationships with wholesalers to bring an ar-ray of products to its offi ce in Franklin Square.

A major manufacturer is Oticon, which offers Con-nectLine. These devices link wirelessly to hearing aids,

connecting the patients to their cell or landline phone, to music, the computer or the television.

“ W it h C on ne c t L i ne , your hearing instruments become a personal wire-less headset,” said Gary. And he won’t just send the device home with a patient who has no clue how to use it. He will program it and demon strate it until each patient is comfortable.

Because the sound is transmitted directly to your ear, the speaker’s voice is not amplifi ed to create dis-turbance for others in the

room. With a range up to 30 feet, the patient can listen to programs at his preferred volume while the family lis-tens at theirs.

Safety is a factor as well. Gary Weaver asks what happens when a patient goes home. What hap-pens when the hearing aid comes out.

“Can she hear the smoke detector at night? Can she hear the phone ring? The dog bark? The door bell?

“Getting a hearing aid is not the end of the story,” he says.

Auxiliary devices in-

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clude a pillow vibrator to help you “hear” a smoke alarm. The device might also have a strobe light and even dial for help.

Freedom Alert is an ex-clusive new product with a programmable 2-way voice emergency pendant and no monthly fees. Gary can program numbers for four emergency contacts: fam-ily, friend, neighbor, nurse or E-911.

Worn around the neck,

the pendant’s range in-cludes both house and yard. Families buy the system with no further fi -nancial obligation. “If you move, take it with you. Take it on vacation,” said Gary. “It’s yours.”

Intiga is a super small Oticon product designed to help new wearers accli-mate to a hearing aid. “The process of learning to use the aid is quicker and more comfortable,” said Gary. “And it’s so tiny when it goes

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With customers already from East Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina and Kentucky, Gary said Weaver Hearing Aid Cen-ter is a one-stop shop for hearing devices.

“We carry all the brands. We offer a 30-day trial pe-riod with 100 percent guar-antee. And we’ll do what it takes, even make a home visit, to ensure that your equipment works for you.”

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BUSINESS NOTESThe ■ Knoxville Area Urban League will host an all-day

Independent Contractor Work-

shop 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday,

Feb. 21, 1514 East Fifth Ave.

The workshop is designed for

small trades contractors with

six or fewer employees. The

workshop is sponsored by the

Knoxville Area Urban League

and presented by SCORE. Cost

is $100, which includes lunch,

computer software and busi-

ness forms. Info or to register:

524-5511 or info@thekaul.org.

The ■ Halls Business and Professional Association will

meet at noon Tuesday, Feb. 21,

at Beaver Brook Country Club.

This month’s program will be a

forum featuring Knox County

Property Assessor candidates

Phil Ballard and John White-

head and Knox County Law

Director candidates Bud Arm-

strong and Joe Jarret. Lunch is

$10. No reservations necessary.

Info: www.hallsbusiness.com.

The Knoxville Chamber ■

board of directors will discuss

economic development in the

Knoxville area. Ed McCallum of

McCallum Sweeney Consulting

will provide insight into the

corporate site selection pro-

cess. The meeting will be 7:30

a.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, in the

TVA West Tower auditorium.

Info or to RSVP: 246-2661.

Little Bella Boutique sets grand openingSamantha Miller, owner/designer of Little Bella Boutique

in Powell, saw a need for unique, quality children’s items in

the area and has opened the doors to her store on Emory

Road. Little Bella Boutique carries an assortment of items –

many of them locally made – featuring classic apparel, fun

and funky clothing items, hand-painted furniture, boots

and accessories. Miller will host a grand opening 10 a.m.

to 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23. The fi rst 10 customers at the

event will receive 20 percent off their purchase, the sec-

ond 10 will receive 15 percent off and everyone can enjoy

a 10 percent discount all day. Little Bella Boutique is open

10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 10 a.m. to

5 p.m. on Wednesday. It is located at 113 E. Emory Road

near Computer Depot. Info: 297-3130. Photo by Ruth White

was recognized for her in-dividual sales production, closing more than $30 mil-lion in loans last year. Info: 560-7217.

Brooke Givens ■ has joined the Elder Law Practice

of Monica Franklin, lo-cated at 4931 H o m b e r g Drive in B e a r d e n . Givens is a 2011 gradu-ate of UT law school. She will fo-

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Andrew Edens ■ has joined Weichert Realtors Ad-

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Pushy selling is annoy-ing to the salesperson and the customer. Pushy sell-ing is the result of despera-tion and poor planning. A thoughtful, considered sales approach picks the right customers for the right pitch and plans ahead.

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as a health care specialist, Cruze previously served as operations manager of the managed care division at Guthrie Army Health Clinic in Fort Drum, N.Y. Info: www.premiersurgical.com.

Suzy Schierbaum ■ of SunTrust Mortgage Inc. has

been named a President’s Team hon-oree for her o u t s t a n d -ing perfor-mance in 2011. This designation is the high-est honor in

the company. Schierbaum

The specter of any wait staff job is Suggestive Sell-ing. We were all instructed to suggestively sell every-thing from top shelf liquor to calamari. Secret shop-pers came in droves to en-force this practice.

I’m all for suggestive sell-ing, but it’s way too easy for suggestive selling to become pushy selling. We’ve all had that moment when we want the sales person, wait staff or otherwise, to just take our orders and go away.

My advice: don’t be that guy. Your customers can tell the moment you’re saying something from a script or selling something just because you’ve been told to do so. You’ve got to believe in your product. You’ve got to believe that your customer needs your product.

It is absolutely essential to pick your audience. Be-cause of my fear of secret shoppers, I often found myself pitching bottles of wine to brunching Sunday school teachers and appe-tizers to people obviously out for a quick lunch.

Shannon Carey

At the risk of sounding like everything I know I learned from restaurants and science fiction, I’ll re-visit my wait staff experi-ences this week.

Sell, don’t annoy

Steven Cruze

Schierbaum

Andrew Edens

Brooke Givens

COMMUNITY CLUBS

The West Knox Toast- ■

master Club meets 6:30

p.m. each Thursday at

Middlebrook Pike UMC,

7324 Middlebrook Pike.

Now accepting new

members. Info: Ken

Roberts, 680-3443.

Alzheimer’s care- ■

giver support group meets 6-7 p.m. each third Thursday at Elmcroft As-sisted Living and Memory Care in Halls. Light re-freshments. RSVP appre-ciated. Info: 925-2668.

Alzheimer’s sup- ■

port group meets 6:30 p.m. each first Thursday at Beaver Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 7225 Old Clinton Pike. Info: 938-7245.

Cancer survivor ■

support groups, Mon-day evenings and Tuesday mornings and Tuesday evenings, at the Cancer Support Community of East Tennessee (formerly the Wellness Commu-nity), 2230 Sutherland Ave. Support groups for cancer caregivers, Monday evenings. Cancer family bereavement group, Thursday eve-nings. Info: 546-4661 or www.cancersupportet.org.

Grief support ■

groups at Fort Sanders Sevier Hospital 6 p.m. each first Thursday; 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. each third Wednesday at the Cove-nant Home Care Knoxville office; and 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. each fourth Wednes-day at the Covenant Home Care Oak Ridge office. Registration is required. Info or to register: 541-4500.

Lung cancer sup- ■

port group meets 6 p.m. each third Monday at Bap-tist West Cancer Center, 10820 Parkside Drive. No charge, light refreshments served. Info: Trish or Amanda, 218-7081.

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7608 Mountain Grove Rd.Knoxville, Tennessee

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7202 Maynardville Hwy.Halls, Tennessee

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11501 Hardin Valley RoadKnoxville, Tennessee

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

(865) 933-4676

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

(865) 430-9844

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

(865) 692-5183

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

(865) 458-5312

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

(865) 882-0117

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

(865) 435-1187

# 644 Food City Pharmacy11503 Chapman Highway, Seymour, TN

(865) 579-4728

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

(865) 981-4338

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

(865) 986-7032

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

(865) 380-0110

# 653 Food City Pharmacy1000 Ladd Landing, Kingston, TN

(865) 717-7085

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

(865) 457-5259

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

(865) 933-4635

# 661 Food City Pharmacy2221 Jacksboro Pike, LaFollette, TN

(423) 566-2033

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

(865) 908-5018

# 672 Food City Pharmacy9565 Middlebrook Pike, Knoxville, TN

(865) 539-0580

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

(865) 686-1761

# 674 Food City Pharmacy5941 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN

(865) 588-0972

# 675 Food City Pharmacy8905 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN

(865) 694-1935

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

(865) 525-6376

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

(865) 689-8955

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

(865) 584-0115

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

(865) 938-2838

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

(865) 992-0534

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

(865) 483-2889

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

(865) 573-5090

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

(865) 281-0286

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

(865) 633-5008

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

(865) 922-9683

# 694 Food City Pharmacy284 Morrell Road, Knoxville, TN

(865) 691-1153

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