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Public hearing on $8 million loanBy Sandra Clark
Hallsdale Powell Utility Dis-trict will hold a public meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, at its of-fi ce, 3745 Cunningham Road.
HPUD must correct some 150 sewer-system overfl ows reported last year, and the meeting will fo-cus on corrective action including the cost and how the project will affect rates.
CEO Darren Cardwell said the district remains under a consent order to improve water quality in Beaver Creek. “Last August our water quality was audited, and
we were asked for a plan (to fi x problems),” he said. Regulators continue to review the plan, but Cardwell said the Environmental Protection Agency, which enforces the Clean Water Act, calls for zero violations.
“We’re not going to get anybody to sign off on 10 or 20 violations with the law that clear,” he said.
So HPUD proposes to build two sanitary sewer overfl ow facilities similar to those installed by KUB through its PACE-10 project. Both would be built on land already owned by Hallsdale Powell.
The fi rst would be near Brick-ey-McCloud School at the old Dry Gap Pike water plant, Cardwell said. The second would be on Nor-
ris Freeway property near Halls Heights subdivision. He will ex-plain the scope of the project at Thursday’s meeting.
Cardwell says $8 million bor-rowed through the state’s revolv-ing loan fund for 20 years at 2 percent interest would fund the project. It would not have an im-mediate impact on rates but could add about 2 percent to utility bills upon completion.
In January, the district set nine water meters and inspected seven sewer hookups, Cardwell said.
He praised employees for their recent work during frigid tem-peratures when a 12-inch main line broke under Emory Road. Crews worked all night to repair
HPUD tackles sewer overfl ows
By Betty BeanConstruction has not yet begun
on The Cottages at Tazewell at 5008 Tazewell Pike, but last week neighbors were alarmed to see the stately old Cecil Meek house come down and silt fences go up around the 28-acre parcel.
On Thursday, some 150 con-cerned Shannondale-area resi-dents showed up at a Metropolitan Planning Commission One Year Plan public hearing with questions about the 280-unit apartment de-velopment going up in their neigh-borhood. They were told that it is legal under the RB zoning desig-nation and that they picked the wrong venue to complain.
The developer will appear at the county Board of Zoning and Ap-peals 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26, to ask for smaller parking-stall dimensions. The applicant’s vari-ance request is in compliance with proposed revisions to the county’s parking-stall dimensions, and BZA generally approves such re-
The Cecil Meek home before demoli-
tion Photo from Google Maps
Tazewell Pike apartments worry neighbors
quests. But several Tazewell Pike neighbors say they were blind-sided by the development and plan to oppose the variance, citing concerns over fl ooding and traffi c problems on the already-congest-ed Tazewell Pike corridor.
RB zoning is a county-only des-ignation widely considered prob-lematic because it does not require developers to submit development
plans for MPC approval unless they are building 12–24 units per acre. The Cottages at Tazewell is eight units per acre.
Originally, RA zoning was resi-dential medium density (apart-ments, multi-dwelling struc-tures) and RB was residential low density (single family). More than 25 years ago, County Commission amended the zoning ordinance by reversing the description of the zones in order to reorganize the ordinance alphabetically so the zones would go from least den-sity (single family) to higher den-sity. The commissioners failed to change the maps to refl ect the re-versal, and “single-family home” became “multi-dwelling units.”
MPC Director Mark Donaldson told the group Thursday that MPC has asked County Commission to fi x the problem, to no avail.
Public Works Director Dwight Van de Vate said the builder, J.A. Fielden Co., has met all Knox County requirements and has a
grading permit. He also said thecity and county have reviewedFielden’s traffi c study (the prop-erty is in the county, the drivewayconnections in the city).
Joseph A. Fielden Jr. said hiscompany is excited about the proj-ect, which he describes as “Class Ahigh-end apartment homes. Ourplans comply with the existingzoning. No hillsides are impacted.We are investing millions of dol-lars in the area and expect to be agreat addition to the communityand a needed boost to the KnoxCounty tax base.”
Not so excited is farmer/storm-water watchdog James McMillan,whose property is nearby the pro-posed complex. He says there aretwo unnamed streams, MurphyCreek and a large wetland on theproperty.
“This will damage my prop-erty with more fl ooding and addto fl ooding issues in FountainCity. Everybody below this projectneeds to get them a row boat.”
the break. Board members notedthat Cardwell stayed with the crewduring the repair. Nancy Whittaker contributed to this story.
Apple graftingUnion and Claiborne coun-
ties have scheduled apple tree grafting instruction:
At Union County High School all day Tuesday, Feb. 25. Check in at main office and go to horticulture class. Anyone is invited, but the Ag Extension office is request-ing an RSVP in order to have adequate supplies.
At Claiborne County’s Echo Acres Farm, demonstrations will start at 9 a.m. Saturday, March 1. All supplies will be provided along with lunch for all attendees. Joe McNew will facilitate the event.
Attendees will be given rootstock, scion wood and hands-on instruction. At-tendees will take their grafted trees home for planting. RSVP at 423-626-3811.
Jobs at PetSafeRadio Systems Corpora-
tion, Knoxville-based parent company of PetSafe, has some 650 employees, 350 in Knox County, and offi ces in seven countries. Employees can apply for jobs overseas, said owner Randy Boyd.
“I always dream big, but (the business has) defi nitely gone in directions that I didn’t expect and directions that I’m very proud and happy about. We have focused less on electron-ics and more on pets, and I’m happy that we are.
Betty Bean visited with Boyd following his speech to the Union County Cham-ber banquet. Her report for “Where the Jobs Are” is inside.
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Update on Beaver Creek water trail
Knox County is working to open Beaver Creek from Halls to Melton Hill Lake for recreational use, but it’s not about playing.
Last week at the Powell Busi-ness and Professional Associa-tion, watershed coordinator Roy Arthur explained how and why.
It’s about f lood control and water quality, Arthur said, as most PBPA members were quiet-ly thinking about a kayak adven-ture. See full report on Page A-6.
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By Wendy SmithHarrison Collins began
2013 with the goal of im-proving himself. One year later, his objective is to im-prove the world.
Harrison and his older sister, Allison, each set 13 goals to be completed dur-ing 2013. Some were lofty; others were easily obtain-able – like his objective of reading a book. (To his credit, he read several.)
One goal came to him just as he woke up. He wanted to design a bow tie to sell to raise money for charity. But he didn’t know how to de-sign a bow tie, and he didn’t have a charity in mind.
Jim Thompson of Ti-vaWater happened to over-hear Collins’ parents, Rich-ard and Tracy Collins of Fountain City, talking about their son’s idea. Thompson called Collins and invited him to learn more about the nonprofi t.
TivaWater was devel-
Matt King, Neal Caldwell, Harrison Collins, Doug Harris and David Ragland of TivaWater visit Caldwell’s West Knoxville factory,
Dalen Products. Photo submitted
ntain City
All tied up for charity
oped in 2008 by a group of Knoxville business owners who wanted to help grow Uganda’s economy. Since water in the East African country is contaminated, one obvious entrepreneur-ial opportunity was water fi ltration. Local inventor Neal Caldwell developed
Harrison Collins, a junior
in marketing and entre-
preneurship at UT, models
the bow tie he designed to
benefi t TivaWater. Photo by Wendy Smith
a lightweight plastic fi lter with a tap that allows us-ers to drink directly from a clean reservoir.
Doug Harris, president of TivaWater and Knox County’s 3rd District school board member, reports that 10,000 fi lters, produced in West Knoxville, are current-ly in use by as many as one million people. Many are distributed by NGOs (non-governmental organiza-tions); others are purchased by individuals. TivaWater also facilitates donations of fi lters.
Collins liked the nonprof-it’s vision – and the fact that staff members are all Vols.
Before he determined that TivaWater would be the benefi ciary of the bow-tie
project, Collins contacted Gitman Bros., a U.S. manu-facturer of shirts and ties.
“They had no business taking this on,” Collins says. “But I cast a vision for them.”
He drew a design featur-ing the continent of Africa, and the sample the compa-ny sent him was even better than he imagined.
His relationship with TivaWater turned out to be more than he imagined, too. He is now the non-profi t’s University of Ten-nessee campus representa-tive. While college students aren’t typically able to do-nate much money, they are effective at bringing about change, he says.
Most students don’t know about the shortage of clean water in developing coun-tries. Collins didn’t know himself until he learned about TivaWater. Now he appreciates the fact that the water in the bathrooms and
the kitchen at the Beta Up-silon Chi fraternity house is clean. His fraternity broth-ers appreciate it, too, since it’s his job to educate UT students about the world water crisis.
TivaWater Director of Operations Matt King likes the bow-tie fundraiser be-cause the ties appeal to adults as well as students, and they grab attention. This gives people the op-portunity to talk about the nonprofi t, he says.
King and Harris are ex-cited about a new water fi lter that will be produced later this year. The fi lter is smaller, and since it re-quires less maintenance, it can be taken out of the box and used immediately.
It also looks better – more like a water cooler and less like a blue bucket. In the areas where the fi lters are used, they are often the nicest thing the house, Har-ris says.
TivaWater’s range has grown as people with con-nections to different coun-ties get involved. Through Vine International, a non-profi t in Louisville, Tenn., fi lters are going to Guate-mala. Through Father John Appiah, a local priest from Ghana, fi lters are now in use there. Harris’ friend Beatrice, a refugee from the Congo, hopes to open a distributorship in Rwanda soon.
Perhaps the next connec-tion will begin with a con-versation about a bow tie. To purchase a TivaWater bow tie for $40, email Harrison Collins at [email protected]. To donate to TivaWater: www.tivawater.com.
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The women at the Halls Crossroads Women’s League know how to throw a fund-raiser. Gather several great cooks and ask them to make pots of chili and homemade desserts. Throw in live blue-grass music and prepare to pack the Halls Senior Center.
Students at Fountain City Elementary School were honored for academics and character by Fountain City Town Hall and pre-
sented the Ali Sharp Award. Pictured are: Jayla Bartolomei, Eliana Edmondson, Sammy Myers, Gavin Adams, Rebecca Lesan, Tyler
Farris, Ava Huff man, Sadie Maxie, Gabriel Byrd, Kayla Nicola and Katlynn King. Teachers pictured are: Katie Bell, Rachel Payne,
Perri Gress, Valerie Bronson, Ali Sharp’s mother Cathy (holding Ali’s daughter Kendall) and Jennifer Stambaugh.
Women’s League member
Janis Crye serves up chili to a
guest at the Chili Chow Down. Photos by Ruth White
A feature of the evening was a
table fi lled with photo albums of
Halls grads. Pictured are cheerlead-
ers, including Alice Rucker Loy, the
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Amber Sparks with the Knox
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Chili chow down
Close to 300 tickets were sold for the event; proceeds will help fund the book be-ing written on the history of Halls. A table fi lled with photo albums featuring his-torical fi gures of the com-munity was on display and something of a photogra-pher’s dream.
■ Be ready tosave your lifePublic health emergen-
cies include a fl u epidemic, virus outbreaks, blizzards, fl oods and more. Amber Sparks says each of us should be prepared to save our life.
Sparks spoke to Foun-tain City Town Hall last week. She’s the emergency-preparedness educator with the Knox County Health De-partment.
Sparks said one of the best ways to be prepared is to be informed. Know-ing the emergency warning signals and disaster plans for places we spend a lot of time, such as school, work and day care, will help re-duce worry when a disaster strikes.
Develop a family plan. Adults should assess needs for their family, copy im-portant documents, and list medications and important
phone numbers prior to an emergency. Placing items in a portable container al-lows for easy access. Adults should also be familiar with steps needed to turn off gas, water and electricity at the main line. Most important, a safe meeting place for family members should be selected to ensure safe exit from the home if needed.
Sparks also recommend-ed collecting items that may be essential in case of a power outage, including bottled water and canned foods. Include waterproof matches, work gloves, pen and paper, duct tape, small tools and a fl ashlight.
When power or water goes out, the utility com-panies work as quickly as possible to restore it, but it often takes time to reach ev-ery neighborhood and every house.
Town Hall recognized students at Fountain City
Elementary School with the Ali Sharp Award, given to children who reach high academic and citizenship standards. The award is named after kindergar-ten teacher Ali Sharp, who passed away suddenly in December 2012.
Sharp’s mother, Cathy, attended and brought Ali’s daughter, Kendall, to honor the students.
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“The fi re there (in March 2013) burned the two best buildings and left us with the three worst,” Dewhirst said. “It’s a pretty neat street that has long been neglected and blighted. This will glue and connect Fourth and Gill and the old (North Knox-ville) neighborhoods to downtown Knoxville.”
He adds that he is “pretty confi dent we can fi nd a cou-ple of folks,” to open a desti-nation restaurant, “if we can get people to believe that it’s going to be great.”
He says he is “very con-fi dent” that the residential space will succeed, “but restaurant/retail is the hard part. We just believe that the right blend of persua-sion of the right folks at the
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The 6th District for both school board and county commission stretches from Amherst to Hardin Valley, from Karns to Nor-wood and Pleasant Ridge, swooping up to Ball Camp and Byington-Solway and Karns.
These disparate commu-nities are bound together in a newly confi gured dis-trict, previously repre-sented by Cindy Buttry and Thomas Deakins, who were squeezed out when district lines were redrawn. But-try bowed out in 2012, and Deakins will not stand for re-election this year.
Across Knox County, the defi ning issue of 2014 will be schools Superintendent James McIntyre, who has come to represent the con-troversial aspects of educa-tion reform, including Com-mon Core State Standards and the nonstop teacher evaluations that accompany them.
McIntyre turned up the heat in December by forc-ing a vote on a contract ex-
tension for himself, despite widespread teacher unrest. He won, 8-1, but created se-rious political problems for his supporters.
He also created a clear-cut litmus question for school-board candidates:
Would you have voted to extend McIntyre’s contract?
Here’s what the candi-dates say:
Brad Buchanan would have voted no.
Terry Hill would have made a motion to postpone the vote for 120 days to give McIntyre a chance to show that he’s listening to teach-ers. If her motion failed, she says, she would have voted no.
Sandra Rowcliffe would have been a resounding yes vote, based on her state-ments in support of Mc-
Intyre at public meetings.Tamara Shepherd would
not only have voted no on the contract extension, but also would support Mc-Intyre’s removal, based on her detailed contributions to a local blog.
Aaron Hennen has de-cided to withdraw from the race and support Shepherd.
Buchanan, an IT profes-sional and a former high-school business-education teacher, has a master’s de-gree, is married to a teacher and has four school-aged children. He has deep mis-givings about McIntyre’s methods and will have strong support from teach-ers in the district and across the county.
Hill was a school social worker with 30 years’ ex-perience in Knox County Schools who was a supervi-sor when she retired. She is deeply involved in the push to get Hardin Valley a mid-dle school.
Rowcliffe, president of the Knox County Council PTA, has been one of Mc-
Intyre’s most vocal support-ers.
Shepherd was an accoun-tant who made the decision to become a stay-at-home mom and get involved in the public-school education of her two children, becoming one of Knox County’s most knowledgeable (and proba-bly most annoying, to those on her bad list) citizens on school matters.
Hennen is a master’s degree-level high school band director who plans to get his doctorate in the near future.
He says he researched all the candidates and fi nds Shepherd’s views to be the most straightforward and best informed of the bunch.
The push to build a Har-din Valley Middle School will likely be the biggest is-sue not named McIntyre in District 6.
Noon on Thursday, Feb. 20, is the deadline to turn in nominating petitions. Noon on Thursday, Feb. 27, is the deadline for candidates to withdraw.
Rogero to off er budget optionsRecently, Mayor Rogero
held a budget retreat with City Council at the Con-vention Center, outlining budget issues as her staff saw them.
She said she would pres-ent a 6 percent cut in one city budget and another budget that would fund the increase for the city pen-sions, cost-of-living raises and infrastructure projects. The second budget would entail a city property-tax increase, but the mayor was silent on the specifi c amount.
What is interesting here is Rogero is working to have the council advise her on what to do as opposed to advocating the exact plan she favors. In this way she can share more of the responsibility with council if it becomes a tax hike.
Having proposed several tax hikes and a few tax cuts myself as mayor, including a referendum submitted to the voters in 1988, I felt the mayor should lead when it came to revenues. Part of leadership is persuading City Council and citizens to support the mayor’s recom-mendation.
Mayor Rogero was forceful in advocating the no-build alternative to the James White Parkway exten-sion in South Knox, to her credit. She was forceful in advocating a pension-change charter amendment in 2012. She can do it here, too.
How did the mayor ar-rive at a 6 percent cut for one budget as opposed to a 4 percent or 2 percent cut?
The budget documents refer to cost-of-living raises, but the truth is dif-ferent. The 2.5 percent pay adjustment is more than the cost of living. It is an employee pay raise. Per-haps a 2.5 percent pay raise as required by ordinance is justifi ed, but it is not truth in advertising to call it a cost-of-living adjustment.
Mayor Rogero will pres-ent her budget on April 24 to City Council.
There is $60 million in the city’s fund balance, which has grown by $40 million in the past 10 years. It will be hard to explain why city residents must pay more property taxes with such a large fund balance.
It will require 20 to 22 cents on the property-tax rate to fund these pay raises and additional pension costs, plus some infra-structure improvements. Of course, this could be reduced if some money was taken from the fund bal-ance, which is not unusual.
It is becoming clearer to this writer that the mayor may recommend a prop-erty-tax hike, hoping that a majority of council will have bought into it. That remains to be seen.
However, it is surprising that the mayor and council have not allowed city voters to consider more immediate changes to the city pension plan to reduce the need for such huge transfers.
For example, why should current retirees such as I re-ceive a 3 percent annual pay raise on our pension when current working city em-ployees receive a 2.5 percent pay raise? Retirees should have their pension adjusted only to offset infl ation.
The 2012 Rogero-backed pension charter amend-ment failed to solve current pension fi nancial issues as was pointed out at the time. It dealt with issues 15 years off. Council members Grieve and Stair voted no on the Rogero charter change.
Other cities are moving to reduce these escalating costs. Knoxville should do the same.
■ The fi re that basical-ly destroyed what remained of the McClung Warehouses was incredibly unfortunate for the mayor’s plans to salvage these historic build-ings. Her well-intended plans collapsed in the fi re. The city now owns vacant land at a cost of $1.45 mil-lion plus demolition of what remains there. It is appro-priate to investigate what caused the fi re.
Were adequate secu-rity measures in place to prevent vandalism? Will the city’s self-insurance cover any of the loss? What can the market bring the city when it sells the vacant land?
The mayor, in my view, should not be faulted in her attempt to preserve. Many wish she would make the same commitment to residents of Fort Sanders in their continuing battle with Covenant Health and UT.
■ Mark your calen-dar for 5:30 p.m. Wednes-day, March 5, to hear former U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter speak at UT’s Baker Center.
McIntyre is focus of 6th District slugfest
Dewhirst
David Dewhirst is devel-oping property at 301 and
309 North C e n t r a l Street and 2 1 9 - 2 2 3 West De-pot Avenue adjacent to the South-ern Railway Depot into a combina-
tion residential and retail center that will also include what Dewhirst calls a “des-tination restaurant.”
The city of Knoxville’s Industrial Development Board voted to give De-whirst’s Depot Development LLC a 12-year Payment In-Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) on the property at its annual meeting last week.
The estimated tax benefi t is $738,000-plus. The ap-plication fee is $4,000 and closing fees are $37,000. Dewhirst owned fi ve his-toric buildings, which were built from 1894-1919.
Dewhirst developing Depot propertyright time can draw a very unique startup restaurant.
“If we can (help) the fi rst folks to be successful, it will be magic, we think.”
■ County notesKnox County Com-
mission will hold its work session at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18, because of the Pres-idents Day holiday today (Monday, Feb. 17).
Items for discussion in-clude:
■ A resolution approving a real estate sales contract for $17,000 plus the buyer’s premium with Tom Miller for property located at 7128 Tazewell Pike, the former Gibbs Convenience Center.
■ A resolution granting the necessary easements on the Knox County side of Beaver Creek for the pro-posed Regal Bridge project that will connect Regal’s Halls headquarters to the Halls Greenway Trail.
■ A resolution request-ing the Public Building Au-
thority and the Knox County Department of Information Technology to perform an analysis of the Main and Small Assembly Rooms and recommend updates to technology in those rooms, including an electronic vot-ing tracking system.
■ A resolution express-ing support of the End of Forced Annexation in Ten-nessee Act, which will abol-ish annexation by ordinance at the initiative of a munici-pality.
■ An ordinance to pro-tect an employee’s right to speak openly and freely on any issue involving Knox County government, its agencies, boards or its elect-ed or appointed offi cials so long as such speech does not violate the laws of slander and libel.
Commissioners will also discuss the Joint Education Committee and, presum-ably, Commission’s recent joint workshop with the Knox County school board.
Sandra Clark
Every day, media outlets get multiple press releases from Sen. Lamar Alexander, a man who seems to be run-ning against himself.
Last Wednesday, for ex-ample, came Alexander’s ex-planation for voting against the debt-limit increase. He’s against big government.
Later the same day came a bizarre release from Alexan-
der and Democratic Rep. Jim Cooper “demanding action” from the federal agency that regulates air traffi c (FAA) to
protect musical instruments from damage in fl ight.
“We don’t expect our air-lines to carry a tune, but we do expect them to carry our precious instruments safe-ly,” Rep. Cooper said. “Any damaged guitar is a tragedy. As a banjo player, I believe the same is true of banjos.”
Alexander, a piano play-er, had no quote about his
instrument, but he was in-sistent that the federal gov-ernment get regulations in place to fi x this problem.
Big government? Small government?
With Alexander it seems to vary by time of day. Let’s send the senator some Tums and hope he calms down.
After all, the election is not until November.
Alexander confuses with confl icting messages
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This is basketball rocket science 101. Please set aside a block of time to study and analyze.
Synopsis 1: Most teams can win when everything they throw toward the goal falls in.
Synopsis 2: Good teams win even when they don’t shoot well.
Premise: Tennessee is not a good team.
Any day now, coach Cu-onzo Martin expects to fi nd
the solution. He thinks in-consistency is the primary problem.
He has told the Volun-teers that even if their shots aren’t falling, they must remain committed to the other elements of the game, give good effort, run and jump, defend as if your life depends on it, fi ght for re-bounds, value each posses-sion, protect the ball.
Doing all that is just a matter of focus, effort, in-tensity, toughness. That sounds very simple, but it must be quite complicated. Why else would a mature team fail to get it?
These Vols are madden-ing. Some games (at home against Florida) they play with passion. Other times
they are hard to watch.Some nights they come
charging out of the gate as if to strangle opponents, 10-0 jump start, bang, you’re fi n-ished.
Other nights, they come strolling along on their way to a picnic and get slower as they go. They lose to Texas A&M.
Either way, high octane or just coasting, the coach can’t explain it.
“Your guess is as good as mine,” he said.
That is scary.Martin is not big on fl ame-
throwing pep talks, spiced with colorful adjectives. He thinks all players should show up ready to play. He was. He thinks the desire to win should be built in. There are so few games guaranteed,
just four seasons, to do the best you can to make marvel-ous memories.
This may be the most talent Cuonzo Martin ever has in his coaching ca-reer. That it would fall so far below expectations is confusing. Was the fore-cast f lawed? Southeastern Conference contender. No more of that hand-wring-ing NCAA bubble stuff. No more excuses.
We thought Antonio Bar-ton was the answer at point guard. He isn’t. We thought Jeronne Maymon had over-come injuries and ailments and would be what he once was. He is a gladiator, but he’s lost some quickness and explosion.
Jarnell Stokes is a double-
double. We thought he had developed a jump shot. Not yet. We were certain Robert Hubbs III, fi ve-star recruit, would make a big difference. There are brilliant freshmen all across America. Didn’t happen here.
Some games, Jordan McRae is the best offensive player in the league and one of the best in the country. Go-ing 1-for-15 is inexplicable.
Darius Thompson is often a precise system engineer. Alas, he doesn’t shoot and can’t guard good guards. Others have that problem.
Armani Moore is a hustle guy. Some games, he has been used as the fast fuse to ignite listless teammates. Strangely enough, some games he doesn’t play.
Nobody said Tennessee was a championship team. Syracuse has better players. So do 10 or 15 other teams. Two play in the Southeast-ern Conference.
Nobody is saying this sea-son is over. There is still a way to break into the tournament, but it will require a change. Even if shooting forever fl uc-tuates, everything else must become dependable.
This is the frantic time of year. If this veteran team does not get it together, Ten-nessee basketball will need life support – and a mask for empty seats at Thomp-son-Boling. That is not good. Old, black curtains are so ugly.Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is [email protected]
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An intricate part of any community is local law en-forcement. The Concord/Farragut communities had the best of the best in Con-stable W.O. “Pat” Patterson.
I talked to his son Bud re-cently, and the conversation eventually got around to his father. Bud was a class-mate at Farragut High and enjoyed a long career with Delta Airlines. After retire-ment, he compiled a family history that could easily be turned into a novel about the legendary law-enforce-ment offi cer who had a rep-utation of being “untouch-able” in dealing with crime in Knox County. Bud lent me the book only on condi-tion that I would guard it with my life.
I knew Pat Patterson as someone who always at-tended Farragut sporting events and was at ease talk-ing to a teenager who just wanted to get a better view
Malcolm Shell
The eff ective detective: Pat Patterson
of his revolver. During Pat’s long career, he served as a U.S. marshal, a county de-tective in several adminis-trations and as a constable duly elected by the people.
In the early 1950s, mod-ern crime-detection tech-niques, such as examining DNA and browsing exten-sive computer databases, were still decades into the future. The effective detec-tive had to rely on observa-tion skills and the ability to establish and maintain a large network of informants to feed credible informa-tion. Pat Patterson excelled in both areas. While he was dealing with people whom society might not consider
model citizens, he always treated everyone – even convicted felons – with re-spect and dignity.
Many of the cases Pat handled involved serious felonies, including homi-cides, armed robbery and auto-theft rings. Other cases were not so serious. Those I found to be amusing and even almost comical.
One involved a bootleg-ger who built a modern-style home without any interior walls and had in-stalled several stills heated by propane gas. Casually driving through the neigh-borhood, Pat wondered why a new house would have heat waves wafting out the chimney in midsummer. A closer inspection revealed the true purpose of the new home.
Another crime involved the rustling of a family milk cow, which the young rus-tler planned to sell to get
“spending money.” Slick de-tective work turned up the rustler with the stolen mer-chandise in tow. Bessie was returned to her owner.
Perhaps one of the most unusual cases involved a young, soon-to-be-married groom who lacked the es-sentials needed to set up housekeeping. Now, in most cases, the bride is thrown several showers to acquire basic household needs. In the absence of such events, the groom decided to take matters into his own hands. He itemized everything needed to set up housekeep-ing and burglarized several homes, taking only the es-sential items.
But he did get one break. He was let out of jail long enough to get married, but he was unable to talk the authorities into extending his freedom long enough to
include a honeymoon. He had to wait several months for that.
Another case was the artifi cial fl owers purloined from a local cemetery. Pat cracked this case rather quickly. The fl owers were returned to their gravesites. It was not clear what the thieves planned to do with the stolen merchandise, nor was there much information on the outcome of the case or their punishment. Per-haps they just had to agree to maintain the cemetery for a time.
The true genius of Pat’s record became known for the fi rst time when he re-tired. Hal Clement, who was Knox County Attorney Gen-eral in the 1940s and 1950s, said Pat solved more crimi-nal cases during his career than the rest of the Knox County Sheriff’s Offi ce com-
bined. Former Knox County Sheriff Archie Weaver said Pat’s fi ne work was the pri-mary reason there were no unsolved homicides during his administration.
Forty years after his re-tirement, Pat’s name is still known in law-enforcement circles. Pat’s grandson, TBI agent Mark Irwin, noted that as late as 2010, Pat’s record for number of crimes solved was only recently broken.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s mythical sleuth Sherlock Holmes used logic and meticulous observation to solve crimes. But Pat Pat-terson, our beloved consta-ble, was no myth. He was a modern-day Sherlock who used the same methods to solve crimes without the benefi t of today’s modern crime-detection technol-ogy.
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By Cindy TaylorSharon Welch, senior
pastor of New Living Faith Community Church in Knoxville, brought her wis-dom and faith to the Knox-ville Chapter of Aglow.
The group met Feb. 4 at New Covenant Fellowship Church to hear Welch speak about her fi rst published book, “The Awesome Power of God’s Light.”
Welch has pastored a church for 25 years and has 30 years’ experience in community ministry. She says she has a heart to see all people, especially chil-dren, become who God has ordained them to be. Her book focuses on helping those who are seeking the presence of God fi nd their path through a daily jour-ney.
“I have been writing for years,” said Welch. “I did a sermon on God’s light and kept adding to it, and even-tually it became this book.”
Maxine Raines, founder of Lost Sheep Ministry and an Aglow member for
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Aglow president Diane Shelby greets member Georgia Lee
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Welch has other books already in progress. Her fi rst publication is available online at Amazon, Barnes & Noble and xulonpress.com.
Aglow International was established in 1967 as an interdenominational move-ment made up of women and men with a single pur-pose: to see God’s will be done on earth as it is in heaven through prayer, lo-
cal groups, events and out-reaches.
“Our goal is to love each other, reach the lost, help those in need and grow in the Lord,” said Knoxville Day Lighthouse Chapter president Diane Shelby.
The next meeting of Aglow KDLH Chapter will be April 1. Scheduled speak-er is Mary Bolton. Info: Di-ane Shelby, 687-3687.
By Sandra ClarkKnox County is working
to open Beaver Creek from Halls to Melton Hill Lake for recreational use, but it’s not about playing.
Last week at the Powell Business and Professional
Association, watershed co-ordinator Roy Arthur ex-plained how and why.
First, he made clear that it’s not a recreation proj-ect. Arthur works for Engi-neering and Public Works, charged with keeping
Flood prevention isBeaver Creek project goal
exacerbated the prob-lem, he said. The county’s grant-funded water trail on Beaver Creek (previously called a blueway) enables work crews to clear debris to facilitate water f low.
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To date, 23 water jams between Harrell Road and Oak Ridge Highway have been cleared, along with others such as at Fountain-gate in Halls. Arthur con-ceded that the debris jams will recur but said crews will continue to monitor and clear them. More than 100 such obstructions have been mapped.
He should hear before April about approval of a $400,000 grant to install Beaver Creek launch ramps for canoes and kayaks.
Arthur recalled a f lood 10 years ago in which Bea-ver Creek topped Emory Road near Powell Middle School. Added to the more common flooding of Emo-ry Road near Spring Street, the entire community was shut down without access to emergency vehicles.
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Beaver Creek was cho-sen as a demonstration project because its wa-tershed houses 80,000 people (about a quarter of the county’s population) and covers 86 square miles (about one-fifth of the county’s land), he said.
A 2003 federal man-date (unfunded) made wa-ter quality a responsibil-ity of counties. Arthur, a 30-year Powell resident, was tapped by then-Mayor Mike Ragsdale to oversee the county’s response.
“In the past four years, we’ve spent $1.5 million on water quality in Beaver Creek,” said Arthur.
“We’ve repaired one mile of creek bank, saving 1,400 feet of people’s back-yards.”
He told of a homeown-er in Mill Run subdivi-sion who was losing about three feet a year to erosion. “We’ve built two ponds to capture storm water.
“We have improved Bea-ver Creek to the point that TDEC and EPA are leaving us alone,” said Arthur.
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It was Tennessee Ernie Ford who introduced the old hymn “Precious Memories” to me, in one of his many recordings. My mother was, and is, a fan of that warm baritone and his staunch insistence that each of his weekly television shows end with a hymn.
Ernest Jennings Ford was born in Bristol, on the Tennessee side, and grew up singing in the Methodist church there. He did some radio in Knoxville, then disappeared from the scene for a while. He turned up again, singing the title song for the movie “The River of No Return.” My family saw it at a drive-in, back when drive-ins were still respect-able places for a family with small children to see a mov-ie. When the soundtrack started, Mother exclaimed, “That’s Tennessee Ernie!” Daddy said, “No, it couldn’t be.” But Mother insisted, and the fi nal credits proved her right.
“Sixteen Tons” followed soon after, and not long after that, Mr. Ford had a weekly television show. His trademark was that he ended each show by singing a hymn. “Those who know best” in the entertainment industry warned him not to do it, that it would not be received well by the televi-sion audience. It was Ernie’s show, however, and he loved the old hymns, and he was, by golly, going to sing one every week.
The audience – both in the studio and at home – loved it.
It was later that he start-ed making records, and several of those were collec-tions of hymns: standards, old-time favorites, spiritu-als – he did them all. When
Precious memoriesGreat is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and
his greatness is unsearchable. One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts. I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works. And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will de-clare thy greatness. They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.
(Psalm 145: 3-7 KJV)
Precious Memories, how they linger,How they ever fl ood my soul.In the stillness of the midnight,Precious sacred scenes unfold.
(“Precious Memories,” J.B.F. Wright)
Getting up, getting movingBy Ruth White
He ran his fi rst half-marathon at the age of 58, his fi rst full marathon at 59. Now at 60 years old, Steve Speelman is inspiring oth-ers to get up out of their chairs, off their couches and get healthy.
Speelman will host a weekly series of meetings, inspired by the Couch to 5K program, at Central Baptist Church of Fountain City. During the meetings, individuals will be held ac-countable and inspired to meet and exceed goals.
God led Speelman to the
Rusty Bales (center) escorted his daughters Chelsea and Alyssa
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his daughters since they were little girls. Photos by Ruth White
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cancer, injured, military personnel — and he would say a prayer for them at the start and at every mile marker of the race.
He purchased a shirt from Team 413, a running ministry for endurance run-ners, and wore it during races. The scripture, Phi-lippians 4:13, proved to be a conversation starter and an encouragement for other runners. Speelman began to share his faith and pray with other runners during the course. Having a good run time became less important as sharing God’s word be-came more important.
An informational class will be held 6 p.m. Wednes-day, Feb. 26 in the Family
Life Center at Central Bap-tist Church of Fountain City. The program will incorpo-rate key words and scrip-ture verses to encourage participants and is a great opportunity for people to get back in the swing of run-ning or to get off the couch for the fi rst time. The fi rst class will be on Wednesday, March 12, and classes will last 11 weeks. There is no cost for the class, and in-formation may be obtained from Speelman via email at steve_speelman@hot mail.org. Runners and walkers are encouraged to attend. Class members who wish to do so will participate in the running of the Expo 5K on May 24.
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The speaker will be Thomas Hill of Computer Depot discussing “Data Breach: Protecting your Company and your Clients’ Information.” Lunch is $10.
Halls BPA meets each third Tuesday. The associa-tion also sponsors the Halls Breakfast Club each fi rst Tuesday from 7:30 to 9 a.m.
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his recording of “Precious Memories” came out, it was a new hymn to me, but my mother remembered her fa-ther and mother singing it in church.
Interestingly, the com-poser of that old hymn was a Tennessean also: J.B.F. Wright, born Feb. 21, 1877. (I had chosen this subject for this week’s column be-fore I knew that the com-poser’s birthdate was this week: happenstance? coin-cidence? Kismet?
Interestingly, these days I can’t remember what was on my grocery list because I didn’t remember to take the list with me to the store!
But when I woke up with the song “Memories, light the corners of my mind, misty watercolor memories of the way we were” run-ning through my head, I knew that “Precious Memo-ries” was where this column was headed. And, like the folk songs I learned in high school, which I can still sing in their entirety, these are precious memories, laid down in the bedrock of my memory, far below and stur-dier than more recent lyrics or events.
A wise man said that the only Scripture available to you when you most need it is what you carry in your head. The same is true of your hymnody. It is wise to tuck away some powerful verses from the Bible and a few sturdy hymns to get you through!
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By Ruth WhiteGibbs High recently se-
lected three teachers to share the honor of Teacher of the Year.
■ A passion for history
Dean Harned teaches AP U.S. history, honors world history and fi lm studies. He has a knack for bringing history to life and exciting his students about learning.
He has been part of the Gibbs family since 2002 and loves every minute of the experience.
Harned’s mom was a math teacher for 41 years, and she loved the subject. Dean, on the other hand, was horrible at math but loved the art of storytell-ing. Education was always a priority in their home, and his path to becoming a teacher seemed natural. His
passion for history is conta-gious with his students as they learn wonderful and sometimes tragic lessons from the past.
Through fi lm studies, Harned feels that he is keeping the works of Alfred Hitchcock alive. He enjoys exposing his students to new things and seeing them grow in their movie selec-tions. “Just because a movie is old doesn’t mean it isn’t good.”
He credits his success not only to his family but also to the family at Gibbs High. “Something just works out here,” he said. “The faculty, kids, administrators – we have a great dynamic that comes together.” He consid-ers Gibbs a fun place to be and a great place. “We all love what we do here.”
And he appreciates his
Gibbs High honorstop three teachers
Jennifer Williams
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Angela Webb Photos by Ruth White
selection by the Gibbs High faculty.
“Recognition from the state is nice, but to have your peers recognize what you do is better. It lights a fi re under you to do more,” he said. He was also re-cently honored as a WBIR Teacher of the Week for his classroom work.
Harned believes in the young people he works with daily. “We have some great kids out here,” he said. “Don’t give up on our chil-dren. Love them. Support them. And don’t believe everything (bad) you hear about our schools.”
For Harned, Gibbs is the best school in Knox County, and he wouldn’t want to teach anywhere else. He is married to Allison, a 2nd-grade teacher at Powell Elementary, and is dad to Lincoln, named after his fa-vorite president.
■ Finding her niche
Jennifer Williams has taught English at Gibbs for 11 years. This isn’t her fi rst profession, but an experi-ence with Volunteer Girls State changed everything.
When she was in high school, she attended Girls State. She was asked to come back as a counselor and spent one week a year for the next 18 years in a hands-on learning environ-
ment, teaching government to students. Her sister is an English teacher, and she loved how she taught the subject. “We are very simi-lar in how we do things,” she said. And from that, an English teacher was born.
Her approach to the sub-ject is a little different than normal. “My job isn’t to make students like English. It is to give them the skills they need to be successful so that later in life they can do what they want to do, not take a job they have to.”
Williams tries to inspire her students with a differ-ent perspective. They don’t have to like it, just to look at stuff differently. She tries to make personal connec-tions with her students so that she is better equipped to encourage them and hold them accountable. “When you know your students, they often want to do more for you, and they begin to believe that they can do things.”
She loves being part of the Gibbs community and wants the students to be proud of their school.
“Students here have a subtle, quiet pride,” she said. “We have it; we just
need to shout it a little.”Williams absolutely loves
teaching, and no doubt many in the community are glad that she found her niche when she went from a ca-reer in banking to one that invested in the lives of young people.
Being named Teacher of the Year was an unexpected honor.
Williams was touched to be nominated because she often questions if she is do-ing a good job. To be select-ed by her peers was a hum-bling vote of confi dence.
When she isn’t busy in the classroom, Williams en-joys spending time with her husband and three children, reading and fi nding little nuggets of history through genealogy.
■ Living the culture
Angela Webb grew up speaking Spanish and thanks to her mom was en-grossed in it. She lived the culture and loves seeing it from both ends.
Her love for teaching de-veloped while working with kindergarten through 6th-grade students at Thackston School, where she taught
Spanish as enrichment. It was an opportunity to share her creativity, and she soon learned that it was some-thing she truly loved.
She keeps her students engaged by introducing oth-er aspects of the language, including cooking, music, watching Spanish program-ing and tweeting in Span-ish. “I try to fi nd ways to spark their interest and to expose them to a broad ar-ray of cultural aspects.”
Webb likes to make con-nections with her students and encourage mutual re-spect in the classroom. She must be doing something right because the Spanish I scores from Gibbs High were No. 1 in Knox County for the fall 2013 semester.
What does she love about Gibbs? “There is something special about these kids. So many of them are fi red up about being able to com-municate as missionaries, and they see a purpose to learning songs and games in Spanish so they can share with children in other coun-tries.”
Her main reason to learn Spanish was so that she could communicate with her grandfather in Panama. “My mom had to do the translating, and I wanted to get to know him.” She has since been able to meet him and has learned that he is a funny and smart man who loves books.
The nomination of Teach-er of the Year is the greatest reward. To have her peers recognize the hard work she has done in the classroom is an honor.
When she isn’t in the classroom or traveling abroad, Webb enjoys spend-ing time with her daughter, drawing and making crafts including bracelets, bead-ing and jewelry.
She and her daughter participate in the Hola Fes-tival each year.
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team members.Attending the signing
were her parents, Courtland Styles and Lisa Styles, and brother Chase. She was also surrounded by members of the Bobcat softball team.
■ Flatford in D.C.Gibbs High School ju-
nior Landon Flatford won a scholarship to attend the 2014 C o n g r e s s of Future M e d i c a l L e a d e r s held Feb. 14-16 in W a s h i n g -ton, D.C.
The event is designed to inspire and direct top stu-dents who want to become physicians or enter medical research.
Flatford is a member of the National Honor Society, varsity football team and choral ensemble and enjoys philosophical discussions with his AP biology teacher. He currently has a 4.19 GPA.
■ Katie Scott signswith LMU Katie Scott signed to play
softball for Lincoln Me-morial Uni-versity. She has played second base four years at Halls.
She was named All-D i s t r i c t
(sophomore and junior years), All-Prep Xtra fi rst team as a junior and All- KIL team (sophomore and junior years).
Coach Bryan Gordon credits Scott’s success to her great work ethic and being an all-around player. “She has been a strong leader for the team and will be a great team member at LMU.”
While at Halls, Scott feels that she has learned to be more vocal and to be a leader. “Out of great ef-fort comes great success,” she said. She chose LMU because of the great coaches and teammates. “They care about one another like fam-ily.”
Attending the signing were her parents, Brett and Angie Scott, and her sister, Allyson.
■ Styles signs with Chattanooga StateCentral High’s Courtney
Styles will continue her soft-ball career at Chatta-nooga State.
The Bob-cat infi elder (third base and short-stop) is con-sidered a “great team player” by
former coach Mike Cox and will do well in college. Said Cox, “When Courtney hit, it was contagious, but when she wasn’t hitting she kept a positive energy that encour-aged the others. Her team-mates looked up to her. She is truly a leader.”
Styles selected Chat-tanooga State because she knew that it was the best chance to continue her ca-reer. She loved the scenery in Chattanooga and felt a good chemistry with the
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■ Safety patrol fundraisingThe fundraising activi-
ties at Adrian Burnett El-ementary are underway, and student Jordan Bishop is pleased with the results to date.
Bishop is a 5th-grader in Gregory Green’s class who came up with the idea to help his classmates attend the annual Safety Patrol trip to Washington, D.C., in the spring. Bishop wants his friends to be able to go on the trip, even if money is an issue.
He and his mom got to-gether and brainstormed on ways to raise enough money to help everyone go. The group has been busy selling doughnuts and preparing for craft fairs and a dance for the 5th-grade students to attend.
Upcoming events include candy bar sales to begin Tuesday, Feb. 18; a winter craft show at the FC Lions Club Friday-Saturday, Feb. 21-22, and a winter dance at the Boys and Girls Club Fri-day, Feb. 28.
■ Denton signs with Trevecca Halls High senior Eliza-
beth Denton signed to play soccer at Trevecca N a z a r e n e Universit y in Nashville.
D e n t o n was the goalkeeper at Halls for
three years and has been playing club soccer since she was 5. Through the competitive soccer pro-gram, she has learned how to be committed to a team and to be successful on and off the fi eld.
She chose Trevecca be-cause of the Christian at-mosphere and because she found the students to be very nice. Denton plans to study pre-physical therapy and exercise science.
Attending the signing were her parents, David and Debbie Denton, grand-parents Calvin and Janice Baldwin, cousin Tiffany LaRue, aunt Jeannie LaRue and club coach Kevin Keck.
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great entertainmentBy Ruth White
Holston Middle School choral students spent weeks rehearsing, and their hard work paid off. The produc-tion of “Aladdin Jr.,” direct-ed by Natalee Beeler Elkins and choreographed by Dan-iel Lineberger, proved to be a musical success for the group.
During the Saturday matinée, Elizabeth Mitchell, the Genie, was as humor-ous as Robin Williams in the movie version. Mitchell put a little 2014 spin on her character, which brought
the house to laughter.When Aladdin found
the lamp and the Genie ap-peared, she described lifesaying, “It could have onlybeen worse if Justin Bieberwere my neighbor.”
Later Princess Jasminewas introduced to PrinceAli, and when given nochoice in her life, she fl edthe room. Genie replied,“She took off faster thanPaula Deen’s sponsors.”
Bravo to Elkins, Line-berger and cast for the high-ly entertaining performanceof “Aladdin.”
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CEO Randy Boyd is a na-tive South Knoxvillian and a graduate of Doyle High School. The son of Tom and Dale Boyd, he took his fi rst paying job in 1968, when he was 8 years old.
“I worked for my father for $1 an hour,” he said. “He paid me out of his pocket, so I don’t think he broke any child-labor laws.”
Randy fi nished high school at age 16, entered the University of Tennessee and worked his way to a busi-ness degree in three years. He paid his tuition by work-ing on an injection molding machine, again for his dad, and was 19 when he gradu-ated in 1979.
He jokes that he accom-plished his warp-speed e d u c a t i o n not because he was smart, but because he was a penny pincher.
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could take 22 hours for the same price as 18, that’s what I did.”
Upon graduation, he went back to work for his dad, who owned an elec-tric-fencing business. A few years later he struck out on his own and soon expand-ed into invisible fences for pets. From that beginning, a multimillion-dollar busi-ness was born.
PetSafe is a different kind of company with a different kind of management philos-ophy, and the difference is obvious to visitors who walk in the door. Employees, who are called associates, are al-lowed – even encouraged –
to bring their dogs to work. And the boss doesn’t have an offi ce.
Or, as Randy Boyd pre-fers to describe the work environment at 10427 Pet-Safe Way, he has a great big offi ce:
“Actually, we only have an open area. I like to tell peo-ple that I maintain an offi ce of 6,000-10,000 square feet; however, I do share it with my associates, and I move my desk to a different de-partment every year. Before the state job, my desk was in the Customer Care area.”
(The state job Boyd men-tioned was a yearlong as-signment – without pay – from Gov. Bill Haslam to reinvent Tennessee higher education. It began as the “Drive to 55” proposition to increase the number of the state’s college graduates to 55 percent by 2025 and evolved into a plan to offer high-school graduates two years of community college at no cost. Haslam unveiled Boyd’s plan during his re-cent State of the State ad-dress.)
PetSafe’s parent compa-ny, Radio Systems Corpo-ration, also owns Invisible Fence Brand (the world’s leading wireless fencing), SportDOG Brand (the leader in training e q u i p m e n t for sporting dogs), as well as Premier Pet Products, Drinkwell Pet Fountains and In-notek training products. In all, Boyd estimates that the company produces around 4,600 pet products.
Worldwide, Radio Sys-tems has some 650 employ-ees, 350 in Knox County.
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Knox-area winners are: Arnold Harbolt, a fuel clerk at the Fountain City Food City; Julie Varnum, who works at the Bearden Food City; and John Irwin of the Hardin Valley store.
Harbolt is active at Fair-view Baptist Church, where he helps with dinners, lun-cheons and Bible study. He supports the Shoebox Min-istries, a toy/donation drive, and has volunteered with Knox Area Rescue Minis-tries for fi ve years.
Other store winners from Food City’s District 6 in-clude Mark Lawson, Broad-way store; Maelinda Case, Maynardville store; Leah Witt, Millertown Pike; and Jessica Thomas, Halls.
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Munchies alertfor Tuesday
Calling all foodies to a free preview of Taste of Knoxville Restaurant Week. The event is 5-6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18, at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St.
The full roster of more than 30 participating res-taurants will be announced, and several will provide complimentary samples of what guests can expect from the fourth annual Knoxville Restaurant Week March 2-7. The promotion enables diners to eat a three-course meal at a special fi xed price of $25 or $35 at participat-ing local restaurants.
Last year, Restaurant Week raised more than $49,000, which provid-
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■ Y-12 FCU names top employeeDustin Brackins of Sey-
mour was recognized as Employee of the Year for Y-12 Federal Credit Union at a dinner in January. He was nominated for his self-less act of rescuing a woman trapped in her car. The car later caught fi re. Brack-ins said he was in the right place at the right time and said anyone would have done the same thing.
Brackins is a mortgage un-derwriter based in the Oak Ridge offi ce. He attended Tusculum College and earned his MBA in December 2013.
Dr. Jessica Phillips and the staff at East Tennessee
P e d i a t r i c D e n t i s t r y believe that every child is unique – and their dental offi ce is designed with that in mind.
“ W e want to develop a positive relationship with our pa-tients,” said Phillips. “Our office and staff provide a fun environment to make
your child’s visit comfort-able and enjoyable.”
Phillips has earned de-grees from ETSU and theUniversity of Kentucky Col-lege of Dentistry. She is alsoequipped to care for chil-dren with special health-care needs thanks to severalyears of advanced trainingbeyond dental school. Theoffi ce is family oriented,and Phillip’s husband, Gar-ry, is offi ce manager.
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■ Tennova off ers O-arm imagingSpinal surgery specialists
at the Center for Advanced Orthopedics at Physicians Regional Medical Center are the fi rst in Knoxville to use state-of-the-art surgical equipment from Medtronic that lets them visualize anat-omy in 3D during surgery.
This advancement can re-duce the need for repeat sur-geries and, for many patients, it also may mean smaller in-cisions, faster recovery times and improved results.
The Medtronic O-arm Intra-operative Imaging System and the StealthSta-tion Surgical Navigation System bring together 3D imaging during surgery and a GPS-like navigation tech-nology that allows surgeons to see the exact placement of the surgical instruments throughout the procedure.
■ Double-hung windows workshopAll are invited to a work-
shop by Ethiel Garlington on ways to restore double-hung wood windows. The trip is worth the price of
admission (free) to see work Preservation Union County has done on the old Oak Grove School in Sharps Chapel.
The workshop is 1-4 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19, weather permitting. Those interested should call Bon-nie Peters at 687-3842 for directions and so she can notify attendees if the event is canceled.
Garlington is the director of preservation fi eld services for Knox Heritage and the East Tennessee Preserva-tion Alliance. In that role, he serves 16 counties in the re-gion and works with volun-teers to save historic places.
■ Credit union plans regional center ORNL Federal Credit
Union will open a new re-gional center at Northshore Town Center in West Knox County and remodel its cor-porate headquarters while relocating its main branch in Oak Ridge to an adjacent lot. The Northshore facility will include a new “branch of the future,” slated for completion in 2016.
Halls High graduate (class of 1997) Ike Padgett is the general manager for Tindell’s in Sevierville and for the satellite location in Morristown. He is also in-terim GM for the Maryville location.
Although he works in Sevier County, he still calls Halls his home, living ap-proximately half a mile from the house where he grew up.
Family means every-thing to Padgett and his wife, Avery, who was his high-school sweetheart.
“Every Saturday morning my son, Kannon, and I go to the Amber Restaurant to eat breakfast before heading out to do some farm work at Papaw’s,” he said.
The Amber is owned by his grandparents, Bobby and Don Padgett, and is a favorite part of Ike’s week-
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By Julie Massey Knoxville Association of
Women Executives, a social n e t w o r k -ing organi-zation for b u s i n e s s and pro-f e s s i o n a l women, has elected Bar-bara Bolton-Budlong as p r e s i d e n t for 2014.
KAWE, as the members refer to their organization, includes women from all professions including medi-cine, insurance, real estate, fi nance, communication, technology and law. Mem-bers advise and assist one another professionally and personally in all walks of life. They enjoy professional development programs as well as getting together so-cially throughout the year.
KAWE promotes women by awarding a scholarship each year to a student who is attending school and shows great promise. Addi-tionally, KAWE recognizes outstanding women in the community by presenting a yearly award to a “Notable
Woman.” Recipients include Mayor Madeline Rogero, Chancellor Sharon J. Bell, Dr. Kamilia F. Koslowski, Ginny Weatherstone and Pat Head Summitt.
President Barbara Bolton-Budlong owns and manages 3B Telecom. She graduated summa cum laude from Tusculum College with a bachelor’s degree in organi-zational management which provided her with the cre-dentials to start her own business. After college she worked in the accounting fi eld for B. Ray Thompson in the coal industry. It was there she developed her de-sire to grow professionally. She started her career in the telecom industry in sales at Communication Resources in Chattanooga, where she was active in the commu-nity as ambassador for the Chamber of Commerce and was named diplomat of the year several times.
After 15 years in the busi-ness, Barbara discovered a market need to provide maintenance for clients who have digital technology and have not moved to the newer Voice Over IP technology (VOIP). Several of her cli-
Bolton-Budlong isnew president
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Barbara Bolton
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ents have the legacy Nortel system which meets all their needs but thought they had to replace it since no one in the area provided expertise on their current software.
Barbara has always been a volunteer. In addition to be-ing the president of KAWE, she is active in the Farragut West Knox Chamber, has served on the United Way Allocations Committee, and supports Columbus Home
and Big Brothers, Big Sisters. She is treasurer of Berkeley Homeowners Association and edits the newsletter for Berkeley Park.
Barbara and her husband, Linwood Budlong, sup-port the Technology Access Center, and they are active members of West Park Bap-tist Church. Barbara says she has made lifetime friend-ships through KAWE.
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By Cindy TaylorPaying college tuition is
tough. Even when you are awarded a scholarship, you still have expenses.
Powell High School se-nior Deidre Gilley is hoping to offset some of that ad-ditional cost with a unique plan. She has been collect-ing gently used jeans that she will turn in to a local Aéropostale for its Teens for Jeans and DoSomething.org program. From there, the jeans will go to help the homeless.
“I was looking online for a way to earn money or fi nd scholarships for college,” said Gilley. “My name will be entered into a drawing for a scholarship, but what
I really hope is that what I’m doing will help other people.”
Gilley said her chances of winning the scholarship are extremely slim. Her main inspiration for collecting the jeans was a result of her research, which revealed that one of three homeless people is under the age of 18. Once she found that sta-tistic she knew she had to jump in and help. Gilley set a goal to collect 250 pairs of jeans and so far has col-lected more than 100.
Gilley signed Feb. 5 to play soccer with Pfeiffer University in North Caroli-na. She will play goalkeeper and plans to major in spe-cial education.
Deidre Gilley almost disappears into the mass of jeans she has
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celebration of his retirement after 39 seasons. Powell High basketball coach Mike Ogan gets a hug from the senior members of his team, Dallas
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NEWS FROM TEMPLE BAPTIST ACADEMY
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Since 1988, Temple Baptist Academy has been an accred-ited member of the Tennes-see Association of Christian Schools (TACS). Effective Jan. 24, 2014, AdvancED/SACS CASI offi cially extended dual accreditation to Temple Baptist Academy.
SACS CASI provides nation-ally-recognized accreditation, the purpose of which is con-tinuous school improvement focused on increasing student performance. To earn ac-creditation, schools must meet SACS CASI’s high standards, be evaluated by a team of profes-sionals from outside the school
and implement a continuous process of school improvement.
“Accreditation demonstrates to our students, parents and community that we are focused on raising student achievement, providing a safe and enrich-ing learning environment, and maintaining an effi cient and effective operation staffed by highly qualifi ed educators,” stated Principal David Whita-ker.
SACS CASI accreditation is recognized across state lines, which not only eases the transfer process as students move from accredited school to accredited school, but also
assures parents that the school is meeting nationally accepted standards for quality and suc-cessful professional practice.
Dr. Mark Elgart, President/CEO of AdvancED, the parent organization of SACS CASI, stated, “SACS CASI Accredita-tion is a rigorous process that focuses the entire school on the primary goal of creating life-long learners. Temple Baptist Academy is to be commended for engaging in this process and demonstrating a commitment to continuous improvement.”
Info: www.advanc-ed.org
Temple Academy adds SACS CASI Accreditation
Making a Christian educa-tion accessible is a priority at Temple Baptist Academy. The Royal Crusader Scholarship Fund is a needs-based tuition assistance program for quali-fying families who desire a strong biblical foundation and rigorous academic prepara-tion for their children.
Scholarship assistance is available on a limited basis to academy students whose families meet established fi -nancial need criteria. Tuition aid is offered as a means to partially assist those who, without scholarship, would
not be able to attend the acad-emy. This assistance is made possible by private donations. For the 2013-2014 school year, Temple Baptist academy pro-vided more than $300,000 in tuition aid to the families of more than 130 students.
No student is given tuition assistance for academic or athletic ability. The average tuition assistance grant is not intended to cover a family’s total tuition costs. Each re-cipient family is responsible for payment of the tuition and fees above the grant amount. Parents must reapply each
year for tuition assistance. Each year, the tuition assis-tance application process will include an evaluation of the level of academic effort, co-operation and commitment to Christian education on the part of both the parents and student.
For more information regarding fi nancial assis-tance, or to invest in the lives of children through the scholarship program, contact the academy of-fi ce at 938-8181 or visit TempleBaptistAcademy.com.
The Royal Crusader Scholarship Fund:Investing in the lives of children
Alex Gann, a sophomore at Temple Baptist Academy, has been nominated to attend the Congress of Future Medical Leaders in Wash-ington, D.C., Feb. 14-16.
The Congress is an honors-only program for high school students who want to become physi-cians or go into medical research fi elds.
Gann was nominated by Dr. Connie Mariano, the Medical Director of the National Academy of Future Physicians and Medical Scientists, based on his academic achievement, leadership poten-tial and determination to serve humanity in the
fi eld of medicine.During the three-day Congress, Alex Gann
will join students from across the country and hear Nobel Laureates and National Medal of Science Winners talk about leading medical research; be given advice from Ivy League and top medical school deans on what is to be ex-pected in medical school; witness stories told by patients who are living medical miracles; be in-spired by fellow teen medical science prodigies; and learn about cutting-edge advances and the future in medicine and medical technology.
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Temple sophomore invited to Washington, D.C.
Temple Baptist Academy is now accepting applications for the 2014-15 school year. In or-der to ensure the best possible opportunity for acceptance we recommend that you have your application completed by or before May 1.
Temple Baptist Academy admits students of any race, color and national or ethnic origin to all rights, privileges, programs and activi-ties generally accorded or made available to students at the school. The school does not discriminate on the basis of race, color and national or ethnic origin in administration of its education, admissions policies, tuition as-sistance, athletics and other school-adminis-tered programs.
If you have questions or would like to set up an appointment, please contact our Offi ce of Admissions at 938-8181.
Enrollment open for Fall 2014
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Maryville man thankful for ‘gift’ of minimally invasive surgery
Bill Kendall of Maryville, 68, is a retired railroad worker who has spent a fair amount of time on his feet and bending down. At 6 feet, 3 inches tall, that’s a long way down.
“It’s simple physics,” Kendall pointed out. “There’s more leverage placed on the spine when you’re taller.”
Over the years, Kendall developed lower back pain. “I did it to myself through 35 years of railroad work and abuse,” he said.
About four years ago, the pain became signifi cant. “It started slowly, but it got to the point where I had to look where my right foot was, because I lost feeling in it. The pain started in the lower back and radiated down the leg. I began to have a loss of strength and standing was very uncomfortable.”
Kendall tried non-surgical treatments. “The chiropractor helped but it didn’t cure
anything,” Kendall said. “He put things back into alignment, and that was great for a couple of days, but then the pain would start slipping back in.
“Then I tried physical therapy, and I went through rounds of steroids. Nothing was working for good, and it only provided tempo-rary relief,” he said.
“I refused to take pain medication, because that doesn’t cure anything. It only masks the pain.”
At a monthly meeting of retired railroad workers (“We swap lies and stories,” Kendall said), one of his friends shared his own story of a good experience with minimally inva-sive back surgery by Dr. Joel Norman at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center.
So Kendall visited Dr. Norman in Sep-tember 2013. After an MRI test and X-rays, Norman diagnosed Kendall with spondylolis-thesis, a degenerative condition in which one vertebra slips forward on the other, rather than being lined up together.
The slippage in Kendall’s vertebrae had caused some of the fl uid between the ver-tebrae to ooze out and form a cyst that was pushing onto a nerve. This is called a synovial cyst, and it caused the pain radiating down Kendall’s leg.
Spondylolisthesis is a degenerative condi-tion, meaning it only gets worse. Norman rec-ommended surgery to repair the damage.
New year, new program: ‘Covenant presents’ at Strang Center
Once a month, a group of senior adults gathers at the Frank R. Strang Senior Cen-ter in West Knoxville to learn information about a variety of health and lifestyle topics called “Covenant Presents.”
“We have for many years enjoyed a close partnership with the Strang Senior Center,” said Debby Saraceni, Covenant vice president of marketing and physician services. “Our goal with ‘Covenant Presents’ is to expand on an already very solid and successful program that now will include physician speakers not only from Park-west Medical Center, but from the other hospitals and affi li-
ates within Covenant Health.”Covenant Health includes
nine hospitals, employs thou-sands of medical professionals, and is affi liated with more than 1,300 of the region’s elite physi-cians of many different special-ties. The new, expanded program will connect medical profession-als with local seniors to present health and lifestyle topics of in-terest to the group, topics such as medication safety, diabetes education, vision and neurologi-cal conditions. The program’s purpose is to provide valuable health care information, as well as create an opportunity for par-ticipants to have concerns and questions answered.
The presentation schedule for the fi rst and second quar-ters of 2014 includes:
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Wednesday, Feb. 26Joel Norman, MD Neurosurgeon, Tennessee
Brain and Spine at Fort Sand-ers Regional Medical Center
Presentation: Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
Wednesday, March 26 Michael P. Bernard, MDInternal Medicine, South-
ern Medical Group Presentation: Pitfalls of
Treatment for Hypertension
Wednesday, April 23Mary E. Dillon, MDMedical Director for the
Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center
Presentation: Stroke Reha-bilitation
Wednesday, June 25Sunil M. John, MDInternal Medicine, Southern
Medical Group of KnoxvillePresentation: Dementia
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For more information about “Covenant Presents,” or about the programs and services of
Covenant Health, call 865-541-4500.
Dr. Joel E. Norman, of Tennessee Brainand Spine and the Center for Minimally In-
vasive Spine Surgery atFort Sanders Regional,will present at the next “Covenant Presents” program on Wednes-day, Feb. 26. Dr. Nor-man will address the topic of minimally in-vasive spine surgery.
Dr. Norman has ex-tensive expertise in the treatment of surgical disorders of the brain,spine and peripheral nerves. His expertise
includes endoscopic pituitary surgery, im-age-guided stereotactic surgery for intracra-nial disease and minimally invasive imageguided spinal surgery. He also is certifi edfor Gamma Knife procedures used to treat neurosurgical diseases including brain tu-mors and trigeminal neuralgia.
Dr. Joel Norman performs surgery on Bill Kendall on
Oct. 1, 2013, at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center.
Joel E. Norman, MD
Neurosurgery
Specializing in minimally invasive surgery
Using a minimally invasive technique, Nor-man would realign the two vertebrae and fuse them together so there would be no more slip-ping.
“He said, ‘I think I can give you your life back,’ ” said Kendall. “He was confi dent enough in his abilities and the people working at Fort Sanders, and that gives you confi dence in your surgeon and the staff.”
Kendall had minimally invasive spinal fu-sion surgery at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center on Oct. 1, 2013.
“After surgery it was miraculous,” said Kendall. “When I woke up, the pain was gone! I had had pain medicine during surgery, and I thought that would wear off, but after two days, I didn’t need pain medicine at all.”
Kendall went home less than 24 hours after surgery and said he would recommend Fort Sanders to anyone facing spinal surgery.
“Everyone was so professional and courte-ous,” he said. “They kept asking, ‘Is there any-thing I can do for you, do you need anything?’ It was great. All the anxiety of going to the hospital was waylaid.”
Even the food was good, he added. “You could tell someone cared about what it looked like, how it was arranged. It was presented in
a healing manner,” he said.Kendall is now working to strengthen his
leg and back muscles. “I’m regaining strength in the leg,” he said.
“I can go seven minutes on the treadmill, and I have no problem with my back. Before, I couldn’t go 30 seconds on a treadmill.”
Kendall said he only wishes he had done the surgery sooner.
“It’s a gift I’ve been given. I just can’t ex-press how grateful and appreciative I am, be-cause I’ve got my life back. I tell everybody, go to Tennessee Brain and Spine and Fort Sand-ers, and get a second opinion.
“They’re great. In my book I made the right decision,” said Kendall. “I’ve gotten my life back. Until you have it you don’t understand how great it is when the pain is gone.”
What is spondylolisthesis?Almost everyone experiences back pain –
especially lower back pain – at some point in life.
For about 5 to 10 percent of people, back pain comes from a condition called spondylo-listhesis. From the Greek words “spondylo,” meaning “spine,” and “listhesis,” meaning “slip,” spondylolisthesis is when one vertebra
slips in relation to another above or below it.The misalignment can press against a nerve
or allow fl uid between the vertebrae to bulgeand cause a painful cyst. In both cases, the pain can radiate from the back down the leg.
“Spondylolisthesis is often missed on ini-tial MRIs,” said Dr. Joel Norman, a neurosur-geon with Tennessee Brain and Spine and theCenter for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery at Fort Sanders Regional.
The vertebrae tend to slip back in place when the patient is lying down for the MRI scan. To get a better image, the patient must have X-rays standing up or bending forward and leaning back.
“That way you’ll see the slippage of the bones in there,” said Norman. “Usually the person’s pain is much worse when walking or standing.”
Spondylolisthesis is one of the main rea-sons for spinal fusion surgery, said Norman. At Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, this surgery can be done with a minimally invasive approach.
Using special imaging and instruments, the surgeon operates through several small incisions instead of one large one. The goal is to reposition the bones so they’re not com-pressing a nerve and to fuse them together, tostabilize the area.
The small incisions mean less blood lossand quicker healing.
“This gets people back on their feet faster and back to regular activity much sooner than a large incision operation does,” said Norman. “After a hospital stay of one to two days, most people return to normal activities within one to four weeks.”
Spondylolisthesis can be caused by an in-jury or a malformation at birth, but is moreoften the result of arthritis and aging.
“The typical patient is 50 to 60 years old,” said Norman. “Spondylolisthesis is a condi-tion causing back pain that I feel confi dent I can fi x with an operation,” he said. “In most cases we’re able to return people to their nor-mal way of living.”
For more information about the Center for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery at Fort
Sanders Regional, call 865-541-2835 or visit fsregional.com/minimallyinvasive.
B-2 • FEBRUARY 17, 2014 • HALLS/FOUNTAIN CITY Shopper news
By Nick Della VolpeSmack dab in the middle
of Happy Holler, at 1205 N. Central Ave., sits a building that once fl ickered “talkies” as Joy Theatre back in the 1920s and now serves as the Knoxville branch center of the Taoist Tai Chi Society (TTCS).
TTCS is an interna-tional group dedicated to bringing the benefits of tai chi to everyone interested in improving their health and f lexibility. There and elsewhere in Knoxville (and in some 28 countries around the globe) TTCS teaches students a 108-move set that focuses on
f lexibility and balance.The tai chi set is taught
at two levels: a 14-week be-ginner course, where one learns the basic set moves a few each week, and later a continuing class that helps one refi ne the nuances of the moves and focus on improv-ing one’s overall set, by add-ing greater “sits” and stretch-es that subtly work upon the spine and inner spaces of your body, circulating what centuries-old Chinese medi-cine and folk-lore term “chi,” the inner life force.
But you don’t have to get all woo-woo about it. Tai chi is for everyone. Better bal-ance and limber muscles
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Carol’s Corner
Dan Berry, who retired as WUOT’s program director in 2010, started collecting re-cords of vocalists as a ninth-grader in Dearborn, Mich.
“I was cast as Curly in a junior high school produc-tion of ‘Oklahoma!,’ ” he re-members. “I fi gured that I needed to hear what a real singer sounded like, so I borrowed a Caruso record from my neighbor. I liked what I heard and began slowly accumulating com-mercial operatic recordings and tapes of live material.”
From his own purchases,
The Taoist Tai Chi Society: Cultivating mind and bodyand tendons, a more fl exible spine, are good things re-gardless of age or level of fi t-ness. Our bodies are made for movement.
Think of tai chi as a way to tune your engine, some-thing from which any ve-hicle, regardless of mileage or horsepower, can benefi t.
As a practical matter, tai chi seems to appeal to the, uh, more mature individual, who is no longer leaping over nets or rounding the bases. Nonetheless, it is helpful and healthful at any age.
Classes last about an hour, and the activity is a group one, where everyone is learning and doing the set
together. You soon learn that your mistakes are merely steps toward later success. The website (www.Taoist.org) says “each step in the training is intended to help the mind return to stillness, clarity and wisdom, and the body to a balanced, relaxed and healthy state.”
Teaching is about shar-ing. Instructors are unpaid volunteers. Monthly fees are modest and are lowered or waived as necessary.
Info: Jenny Arthur, Susan Benner or other instructors at 546-9222, or [email protected]/.Nick Della Volpe represents District 4 on
Knoxville City Council.
Nick Della Volpe, front left, and friends perform tai chi in a pa-
rade. The Mayfi eld cow looks on.
Dan Berry:
along with records given to him by individuals and distributors, that collection grew and grew.
“I haven’t counted, but I probably have 8,000 to 10,000 78s, 45s, LPs and CDs, and perhaps as many tapes and CDs of live per-formances. The only thing I don’t collect is cylinders, and that’s just lack of op-portunity. The collection occupies a large room in the lower level of our house.”
Berry is a virtual ency-clopedia, not only of oper-atic recordings, but also of recording techniques and the products used to cap-ture them. Among his col-lection are some real rari-ties, including classical 45s from the late 1930s.
Conceived as an im-provement over 78s, they
while in Wisconsin. They count 39 happy years to-gether.
In 1983, he accepted a job as announcer at WUOT.
He still enjoys singing and performs occasionally in recitals, at local churches and with Knoxville Opera. On April 25 and 26, he’ll perform with Westminster Presbyterian’s Westminster Players in “A Night with Gil-bert and Sullivan.”
He teaches music appreci-ation at Pellissippi State and also enjoys walking in Lake-shore Park with Buddy. He and Nancy have taken sev-eral cruises. And their fi rst grandchild is on the way.
“But you could say I’m spending my retirement learning,” he says.
“I fi nd myself losing hours in a day, and I real-ized that I’m just reading: music history, biography, history in general, political thought, fi ction.
“I can very easily amuse myself all day by just sit-ting in this room,” he ad-mits, as he gestures to his cozy retreat, all four walls crammed with the results of his lifelong love of music.
A lifelong learner
Collector Dan Berry poses with some of his 10,000 recordings.
predated the long-playing record (LP) by 10 years but didn’t really catch on. “The Depression hit, and no one had money for records.”
Anyone who tuned in to WUOT from the early ’80s on will instantly recognize Berry’s beautiful baritone speaking voice. He was host of the Morning Concert for all those years.
In retirement, he now plays records for his dog, Buddy, and says, “he usually just leaves the room.”
Berry comes from a mu-sical family. His parents were both singers and music teachers; two brothers are musicians; and his daughter Becca teaches vocal music at South-Doyle High School.
His own training was in
vocal performance, foreign languages and conducting at the University of Michigan. After graduating, he head-ed to Germany to pursue a singing career but wasn’t able to fi nd work in an opera house. He returned to the U.S. and settled in Milwau-kee, where he eventually be-came a radio announcer.
He met his wife, Nancy,
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TUESDAYS THROUGH MARCH 11Living Well with Chronic Conditions, 9:30
a.m.-noon, Knox County Health Department class-room, 140 Dameron Ave. Free. To register: 215-5170.
THURSDAYS THROUGH MARCH 13Weekly Bible study, 9:30-11:30 a.m., at New
Covenant Fellowship Church, 6828 Central Ave. Pike. Topic: “The Gate Keeper” with host Judy Burgess. Info: call Diane Shelby, 687-3687.
MONDAY, FEB. 17Luttrell Senior’s covered dish luncheon,
10:30 a.m.-noon, Community Center. Entertainment by Tommy White. Everyone welcome.
Women’s Conference hosted by Kyla Rowland, 7 p.m., Faithway Baptist Church, 4201 Crippen Road. Everyone welcome. Info: 755-7318.
TUESDAY, FEB. 18A Taste of Italy cooking class with Chef Jeremy
Delaneuville of Cru Bistro Downtown, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Avanti Savoia’s La Cucina, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Cost: $50. Info/reservations: 922-9916 or www.avantisavoia.com.
Entries accepted for “Illumination” theme show, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Fountain City Art Center, 213
Hotel Ave. Info: Sylvia Williams, [email protected] or 357-2787; www.fountaincityartctr.com.
Longstreet-Zollicoffer Camp 87, Sons of Confederate Veterans, business meeting, 7 p.m., Crescent Bend, 2728 Kingston Pike. Mixer from 6-6:50 p.m. with Ted Hatfi eld presenting “The Hatfi eld Version of the Hatfi eld and McCoy Feud.” Meeting program by Gerald Augustus: “Weapons of the Late Unpleasant-ness.” Free and open to the public.
UT Hospice Adult Grief Support Group meet-ing, 5-6:30 p.m., UT Hospice offi ce, 2270 Sutherland Ave. A light supper is served. Info/reservation: Brenda Fletcher, 544-6277.
Healthquest seminar: Anderson County Chamber Members Partner for Physical Health, Financial Health and Health Care, 5:30-7 p.m., Clinton Physical Therapy, 1921 N. Charles Seivers Blvd. Hosted by Take Charge Fit-ness Program. Speakers: Anna Dark with Take Charge Fitness; Michael Ousley, local Edward Jones Advisor; David A. Vudragovich, local health insurance agent. Open to the community. RSVP: Carla Waple, 457-5066.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 19Junior Vol Training for new STAR volunteers ages
10-12, 5-7 p.m., Shangri-La Therapeutic Academy of Riding, 11800 Highway 11E, Lenoir City. Horse experi-ence is not necessary. Info: Melissa, 988-4711 or www.rideatstar.org.
THURSDAY, FEB. 20Free Music Jam: country, bluegrass, etc.; pickers
and grinners, acoustical only; 7-9 p.m., Escapee’s RV Park, 908 Raccoon Valley Road.
SATURDAY, FEB. 22Story Time with Janet Holloway, county com-
missioner and owner of Janet’s Hair Salon, 11 a.m., Lut-trell Library, 115 Park Road. Info: 992-0208.
Saturday Stories and Songs: Miss Lynn, 11 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.
Saturday Stories and Songs: Georgi Schmitt,
11 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 West Emory Road. Info: 947-6210.
Girls softball registration, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Willow Creek Youth Park, 7530 Quarry Road. Cost: $40, wee ball; $60, 6U-17U. Info: www.facebook.com/WillowCreekYouthPark.
Playing With Fire!, 1-2:30 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. Instructor: Renee Mathies. Registration deadline: Feb. 17. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.
Thunder Road Gospel Jubilee, 7 p.m., WMRD 94.5 FM, 1388 Main St., Maynardville. All pickers and singers welcome.
Lesson Vol Training for new STAR volunteers ages 13 and up, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Shangri-La Therapeutic Acad-emy of Riding, 11800 Highway 11E, Lenoir City. Horse experience is not necessary. Info: Melissa, 988-4711 or www.rideatstar.org.
The Great Cake Bake, noon-5 p.m., Tennessee Ter-race at Neyland Stadium. Sponsored by the Knox County Library. Proceeds help fund Imagination Library. Info: Holly Kizer, 215-8784, or www.knoxlib.org.
HeartWise, a comprehensive community wellness fair, 7:30 a.m.-noon, UT Medical Center’s Heart Lung Vascular Institute. Includes Free cook-ing class, 10:30-11:30 a.m., hosted by the Healthy Living Kitchen team. Both are free, but registration is required. A comprehensive cardiovascular risk assess-ment ($30), a free COPD pulmonary screening and other educational programs also offered. Info/regis-tration: 305-6970.
FRIDAY-SATURDAY, FEB. 22-23Winter Craft Show, 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday and 9
a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, Fountain City Park. 16+ vendors. Fundraiser for Adrian Burnett Elementary School’s 5th grade Safety Patrol trip to Washington, D.C.
SATURDAYS, FEB. 22, MARCH 1, 8, 15Beginner Wheel, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Appalachian Arts
Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. Instructor: Katie Cottrell. Registration deadline: Feb. 16. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.
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Trucks 257CHEVY COLORADO
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FORD RANGER 1994 XLT, 4 cyl., 5 spd.,
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Comm Trucks Buses 259FORD F450 1999 Crew
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Sport Utility 261
FORD EXPEDITION EL XLT 2011
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Sport Utility 261HONDA PILOT 2010
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MERCEDES R350 2007, V6, loaded, clean, like new, $14,750. 865-577-4069.
Imports 262INFINITI G37 2009.
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