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Public hearing todayBy Larry Van Guilder

So far, the redistricting neces-sitated by the 2010 U.S. census has drawn little attention from the public. That could change today at the conclusion of County Commis-sion’s work session when a public hearing on the plans is scheduled to begin in the Main Assembly room of the City County Building.

First reading to approve a redistricting plan (or plans) is scheduled for commission’s regu-lar monthly meeting on Oct. 24. Commission has the fi nal say on the plans and could recommend separate plans for the school board and legislative districts.

All the plans considered by the redistricting committee,

composed of commissioners and school board members, had to meet basic criteria:

Ensure new boundaries ■

could hold up to a legal chal-lenge.

Keep at least one high school ■

in each districtMinimize the population ■

shift.Keep communities together ■

if possible.Plans designated as 2A and 4A

were endorsed by the committee. The school board favors plan 3A. Plan 2A shifts the fewest number of residents among districts, a little more than 32,000.

For 7th District Commissioner R. Larry Smith, the issue for his constituents is a simple one: “I

believe the people of Halls and Powell have more in common than those of Halls and Fountain City,” he said.

Smith said he favors the plan which adds Powell to his district and believes that today’s public hearing will sharpen the issue. Plans 1A, 3A and 4A move Powell from the 6th Commission district to the 7th. Shannondale would move from the 7th District to the 2nd District under plan 4A.

Second District Commissioner Amy Broyles said “about 80 per-cent” of the redistricting com-mittee members favored plan 2A with 4A the second choice. “One moves more into Fountain City and one more into Norwood,” she added, saying she would be con-tent with either.

By Greg Householder

A few years ago, Robert and Carrie Giles of Clinton visited a corn maze. After the visit, it be-came a dream for the both of them to one day have their own, but they lacked the right land.

Last year, they went in with friends whose family owned the perfect spot at 1331 W. Beaver Creek Drive in Powell, the former John Rogers Farm. Rogers was the father of Beverly Rogers Monroe – a friend of the Gileses. The Life Down on the Farm Corn Maze was born.

Last year’s maze had one corn box (a large area of corn kernels like a sandbox that kids play in), a five-acre corn maze, pony rides, a pumpkin patch, hay rides, inflata-bles and a critter corner.

New this year is a jump pillow – a large air-filled pillow that kids and adults can jump on – in place of the inflatables. Owners added two corn boxes, miniature horse and mule-pulled buggy rides for the kids, a rubber duck race, a cow-milking station sans cow with a wooden cutout with simu-lated udders instead and numer-ous animals including a sow with her piglets.

“We always farmed and wanted for kids to see what it is like on the farm,” says Robert Giles. “This is just our way of giving back to the kids.”

No one will be afraid at the Life Down on the Farm maze because there are no haunted or horror themes.

“We tried that for one day last year – it didn’t work,” says Giles.

The Gileses and friends are partnering with MERLE-FM to present this year’s maze. And it’s a lot of work.

“The hardest thing about do-ing this is timing everything to happen at the right time,” says Giles. He mentioned the sow with her piglets this year – he actually has two sows and when breeding them earlier this year he tried to time it. One of the sows took the

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Above, Macy Hagwood visits with a

new friend at the Life Down on the

Farm Corn Maze in Powell. Photos submit-ted

Marley Mullins and Brianna

and Zachery White pose in

costume at the Life Down on

the Farm Corn Maze in Powell.

Gracie and Ethan Giles lead

the train at the Corn Maze.

Down on the farm

breeding a bit early and her piglets are now too large to play with the kids, where the other took it later and the piglets are the perfect size now. Robert also plants his corn for the corn maze later than most farmers so it is still green when the maze is opened.

The maze has been open since Sept. 29 and will run through Hal-loween night (Oct. 31). The maze is open – weather permitting – from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and 1-6 p.m. on Sun-days.

General admission is $11 (kids 2 and under are free) and the pump-kin patch admission is $8 which in-cludes a pumpkin. Both general ad-mission and the pumpkin patch is $15. A season pass is available $25 but does not include a pumpkin.

Kids 12 and under may dress up and trick or treat from 5-9 p.m. on Oct. 28 and Oct. 29.

Info: 229-MAZE (6293) or visit www.LifeDownOnTheFarm.com.

Connor Road bridge project returns

A project that fi rst came to County Commission’s attention in 2007 is fi nally set to get underway. The one-lane bridge on Connor Road over Bull Run Creek will be replaced at a cost of about $750,000. The state will pro-vide 80 percent of the funding and Knox County will foot the remainder.

Jim Snowden of Knox County En-gineering and Public Works said the project has been in the system for more than two years.

“We are just now seeing right of way acquisition,” Snowden said. “By this time next year the bridge will probably be complete.”

The contract with the Tennessee Department of Transportation calls for Knox County to complete work by Dec. 31, 2012.

– Larry Van Guilder

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Toni, the director of Self Defense of Knoxville, was the guest speaker at the Powell Business and Professional Association’s monthly meeting last Tuesday and she gave some valuable self-defense tips to not just the ladies, but the gents on hand as well. Her EZ Defense method is easy to learn and works for kids as well.

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Noell Lewis of Edward Jones made a quick an-nouncement to the group advising that anyone who works for formerly Mercy Health Partners now Ten-nova and who participates in a retirement plan should get in touch with a finan-cial advisor soon. It seems with the change of regime, former Mercy retirement plans are frozen from new contributions and em-ployees will have to make decisions as to what they are going to do with their plans.

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So let’s just go down the Heiskell list:

The Heiskell Commu-nity Center will be host-ing “Track or Treat” from 6-8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29. There will be hot dogs and treats for the kiddos and it’s all free.

Seniors going on the Chattanooga trip on Oct. 25 need to be in the Ingles (on Emory Road) parking lot at 8 a.m. The bus will load and leave at 8:15. The expected return time is be-tween 5 and 6 p.m.

The November seniors meeting will be both the Thanksgiving dinner and recognition of veterans. All veterans are encouraged to attend. County Com-missioner Richard Briggs, who served as a colonel and served during Desert Storm, will be the guest speaker.

The community Thanks-giving Dinner will be Thursday, Nov. 17, at 5:30 p.m. at the community center. There is no cost for the dinner.

The Heiskell Commu-nity Center is working on the “Totes of Love” proj-ect with the initial goal of providing 50 totes with personal hygiene items to needy kids at Copper Ridge Elementary School.

The center is partner-ing with the Knoxville and Nashville chapters of the American Society of Inte-rior Designers which do-nates discontinued fabrics. Sewers with the commu-nity center make the totes and the idea is to fill them with personal hygiene items for needy kids.

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For the folks in Powell, a 22-year era is coming to an end and another one is be-ginning.

Walta Patt, owner of Powell Florist, announced during her Business Spot-light segment at last Tues-day’s Powell Business and Professional Association meeting that she was selling the business to Jeff and Lori Petree.

During her fi ve-minute spotlight segment, Patt told the group of her years with the company and talked about the fl owers, gift bas-kets, fruit and gourmet bas-kets, and spices offered by Powell Florist.

Though she is giving up day-to-day operation of Powell Florist, Patt assured the group that she was still going to be helping out in the business.

POWELL NOTESScott’s Free Community Recycling Center ■ at 6529 Clinton High-way will recycle computers, TVs, electronics, cardboard, metal, paper and clothes for free. Info: 307-0659.

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Couponing may conjure up childhood memories of mom cutting them out of the Sunday paper on a lazy after-noon. But since the economy took a downturn in late 2008, couponing has become a ne-cessity for many households.

Gabrielle Blake, who has been fi nding and using cou-pons for years, says she real-ly turned it up a notch after her daughter, Hannah, was born fi ve and one-half years ago and Gabrielle became a stay-at-home mom.

“And I kept hearing about needs, like food pantries and other organizations needing help. Coupons are a way to do that for a lot less money. So I started gathering cou-pons from church members. That’s how it started.”

She held a coupon work-shop at Faith United Meth-odist Church on Dry Gap Pike on Oct. 9 and says the location wasn’t picked by accident.

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Local coupon blogger and mom Gabrielle Blake hosted a coupon workshop at Faith United Methodist Church on Oct. 9. Photo by Jake Mabe

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such an element of fear. I wanted to offer hope and hope comes from action. Couponing is a tangible way of doing that.”

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Preparations and rehearsals continue for the Powell Playhouse’s next production. The group will present Fred Carmichael’s mystery “The Night is My Enemy” Nov. 3-6 at the Jubilee Banquet Facility.

Primary cast members for the produc-tion are: Elizabeth Eaker as Roane, Chris-

ty Rutherford as Tessie, Jean Weeden as Margaret, Hunter Long as Tommy, Pepper Boone as Hester, Judy Morris as Augusta, Devin Harvey as Gerald, Jeff Carter as Ora, Roy Weeden as Hubert and Chuck Denney as Rodney.

On Nov. 13, the Powell Playhouse will present Bill Landry who will do a Heartland Christmas storytelling session and book signing. On Dec. 9, the Powell Playhouse will present an evening of gospel music.

“Inspector Church” (Chuck Denney) interrogates “Tessie” (Christy Rutherford) and “Hester Fon-taine” (Pepper Boone) during rehearsals last week. The Powell Playhouse is preparing for its production of Fred Carmichael’s “The Night is My Enemy” at Sharon Baptist Church. Photo by Greg Householder

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Haunted Forest benefi ts Dante Church

The Clinton Highway Haunted Forest is sched-uled Oct. 21-22 and 26-31 starting at dark. Free parking will be provided at Rick’s Collision Center, 3362 Clinton Highway. There will be free hayrides to the haunted forest, fun-nel cakes and other good-ies, concessions, a Kiddie Land with prizes, and a bonfi re each evening.

There is an $8 charge for going through the forest, with proceeds going to Dante Baptist Church. Info: 945-1249 or 740-2449.

Scarecrows in the ParkThe annual Scarecrows

in the Park fall festival at New Harvest Park Farmers’ Market starts Thursday and runs through Oct. 31.

Opening day is the third Thursday, 3-6 p.m., and will feature a variety of autumn foods prepared by the Pellis-sippi State Culinary Institute and entertainment for kids, including pumpkin carving and a real scarecrow.

The park is located at 4775 New Harvest Lane, next to the Target shopping center on Washington Pike.

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Last week, while in the process of putting together a story on the redistricting plans, I chanced upon vital infor-mation that until now had somehow eluded me (and a lot of others, as you’ll see). This is how it happened. I’m using pseudonyms to protect the guilty.

Commissioner X: That plan moves Commissioner Y out of his district, but that means he’ll get to serve (if elected) two additional terms.

Me: Uh, right.I’ll admit I was skeptical. Could such transparent if un-

intended chicanery be the answer to skirting those hated term limits?

I consulted the Charter and could not fi nd evidence to refute Commissioner X’s bold stratagem. Perhaps we were on to something that even former Mayor Mike Ragsdale’s wily staff had overlooked.

So, I tried (OK, not very hard) to solicit the opinion of the county’s former CEO. If Commissioner X was right, it might not be too late for Ragsdale to move to Blount County (clearly out of his “district”), hire a good attorney to plead his case and demand a special election in a bid for a third term as Knox County Mayor.

Mind you, I was not motivated by any ill feelings to-ward the current mayor. Mine was the same curiosity that inspired scientists to ask why the blowfi sh blows and the glowworm glows. I saw this as a grand experiment in po-litical science.

Sadly, I was unable to track down our former mayor, who may or may not be in Kosovo cutting trade deals for electrical supplies.

Still, the possibilities opened up by Commissioner X’s insight were dazzling. Just by moving in some cases a few blocks down the road, former commissioners who thought their day in the sun had ended could have hung on indefi nitely.

Would this have violated the spirit of the law if not the intent? Let’s be honest – most wouldn’t be bothered. With the notable exception of Madeline Rogero, Bee DeSelm and yes, Ragsdale a few years back who term limited them-selves off County Commission when not required to do so, politicians who wouldn’t slip through a loophole to stay in offi ce are unknown in these parts.

There’s no need to restrict innovative thinking to County Commission seats. Besides commissioners and the county mayor, from time to time we elect a trustee, a county clerk, a property assessor, a register of deeds, a sheriff, a circuit court clerk, a criminal court clerk, a law director, an attor-ney general, assorted judges and a partridge in a pear tree, the last only in odd-numbered years.

These folks don’t represent “districts,” but – stay with me – what if they banded together and decided that term limits need not be a problem. What if they formed an orga-nization so strong that it was a near certainty one of their numbers would always hold offi ce in Knox County?

This group could seize and hold on to power year af-ter year, constantly reinforcing itself by limiting access to elected offi ce to one of their own. Brilliant!

What? They’re already here? And they’re called what?Oh, yeah. Republicans.

Contact Larry Van Guilder at lvgknox@mindspring.com.

Hope for the term limited

The runoff campaign for mayor is half over which is good news because the dis-cussion to date has been anything but enlighten-ing. Numerous charges and counter charges have emerged. Both Padgett and Rogero are better than their public statements.

Padgett has set the agen-da so far, although Rogero will likely prevail on Nov. 8.

It all started when Padgett won the support of the other mayoral can-didates. It is a free country and they have a right to back him or Rogero or stay out of it. Rogero then called the Padgett endorsements a “stunt.” Exercising one’s First Amendment rights is not a stunt.

Furthermore, Rogero sought the same endorse-ments and had she won them, she would have praised each as “able, cred-ible leaders of our commu-nity whose support humbles and honors me.” Rogero got bad advice in making this an issue. Her counter news conference gave the endorsements much more circulation and allowed a second news release from Ivan Harmon demanding

Where are the issues?

an apology.However, there are is-

sues Rogero could raise about Padgett which are fair and unanswered.

These include why more than half of his campaign donations come from out-side Knoxville? Why do people in other states want him to be mayor? Why will he not come clean on the details of his business which he cites as a reason to elect him? Where does he stand on tax increases? When he says there is waste in city government, what does he mean? Where is the waste? It may be there, but he should tell us what he means.

The media have given Padgett a pass on what re-ally constitutes his compa-ny eGovernment Solutions. Only Metro Pulse colum-nist Joe Sullivan has raised questions about Padgett’s business and Rogero has not picked up on it.

Rogero has not yet put meat on the bones of her campaign proposals. She is for a green city but has not offered proposals on re-placing the trees destroyed this spring by storms on city property and medians. She has not told us what she thinks about making the city pension plan finan-cially sounder. She has not told us if city street paving should be increased. Nei-ther has Padgett.

Padgett has failed to outline policy positions where he might challenge Rogero. Do they differ on future tax hikes? Do they differ on red light cam-eras? Do they differ on the Ten Year Homeless Plan? Besides age, gender and background where do they differ on actual policy? Do they differ on home-less housing adjacent to Flenniken School in South Knoxville?

It is not negative to raise issues which allow the vot-ers more information on who their next mayor re-ally is. The same goes for council candidates who are often ignored.

Notes: Monday, Oct. 3, was the 220th birthday

of the city of Knoxville. Unfortunately, this daypassed unnoticed and not observed at the city. The 200th birthday of Knox-ville was celebrated the en-tire year of 1991 led by Sue Clancy and Roseanne Wolf. Of course the 225th birth-day arrives in 2016 which is two mayoral terms from now. However, the next mayor should/could name a task force to determine the best way to observe that milestone which he/she can preside over should he/she win a second term.

Marilyn Roddy hadto be disappointed in her weak showing in her home precinct of Sequoyah Hills where she got only 51 per-cent of the vote for state Senator and tied Becky Massey on election day 219 to 219. But she can be pleased with running well in Fountain City where she tied Massey at Gresham School (169 to 169) and lost Shannondale School by only four votes. Overall, Massey was a substantial winner and is the favorite in the Nov. 8 general elec-tion against Gloria John-son who has not lived in the district.

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“Where else would you rather be on a gorgeous weekend?” Gov. Bill Haslam asked attendees of the Leg-acy Parks Foundation lun-cheon in South Knoxville on Friday.

Picnic in the park

Gov. Bill Haslam

Jim Haslam pulls his wife, Natalie, close for congratulations fol-

lowing the surprise announcement of Natalie’s Garden in her

honor in the land preserved by Legacy Parks Foundation along

the South Knox Waterfront. Photos by S. Clark

Madison Williams

Haslam, a longtime “sup-porter, advocate and friend” of Legacy Parks, delivered the keynote speech after Carol Evans, the Founda-tion’s executive director, spoke about the group’s current initiatives, which include creating Knoxville’s Urban Wilderness – a sys-tem of parks, trails, green-ways and forests in South Knoxville.

In fact, after an uphill bus ride we gathered in the woods near the blue KUB water tower for lunch pre-pared by Gourmet’s Market. The site, overlooking the Tennessee River, is part of that urban wilderness. The event attracted a who’s who of Knoxville’s business and government leadership.

We spotted Phillip Ful-mer, Victor Ashe, Cynthia Moxley and Mark Padgett. We sat at the table with Madeline Rogero and

Tommy Schumpert. This was an exciting experience for a Shopper intern. Al-most overwhelming. Call it whelming.

Haslam recalled “new governor’s school” where he met some 30 colleagues. Every one had run and been elected as a “jobs governor.” Haslam realized each was competing to recruit the same businesses to his or her state.

“It’s really a competitive fi eld. … You have to make sure that you have infra-

structure and educational opportunities, a skilled workforce … and everything you need to attract jobs,” Haslam said. “But what (de-cision makers) really want is a place where they can live and build their business.

“We’re about creating places where people want to live, and efforts like this (the Legacy Parks Founda-tion) are critical to achiev-ing what we want to do,” he said.

Legacy Parks promotes a healthy lifestyle and it helps

the economy by promoting tourism, Haslam said. He brought along Susan Whita-ker, the state’s tourism com-missioner.

“Legacy Parks Founda-tion is doing great work,” Haslam continued, “… what they do is pretty unique … it’s a treasure.”

Legacy Parks Foundation is a nonprofi t organization that works to assure that Knoxville and Knox County have great recreational op-portunities and that local natural beauty and open spaces are preserved. The annual $100 per plate fund-raiser is its major source of income.

“Legacy Parks is help-ing Knoxville be the type of place where people choose to live, work and raise a family,” said Haslam. “Somewhere along the way, people fi gured out that this is a great place to live.”

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Baloney man

Howard Phillips of Powell Auction and Realty introduces Mark

Padgett, candidate for Knoxville mayor. Photos by S. Clark

William Pierce Padgett, born

Oct. 7, was at a political rally

six days later with his mom,

Katie.

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GOSSIP AND LIESNot all ■ Republicans

are for Padgett. At least two former county chairs at-tended a Rogero fundraiser at Eddie Mannis’ house and another said last week that Padgett is immature. How-ard Phillips disagrees. It’s Rogero who’s calling Mark a child and talking about dia-pers, he said.

Lt. Gov. Ron Ram- ■sey, in Fountain City lastweek to endorse Becky Massey, said he’s served in both the minority and the majority, “and I can tell you it’s a lot more fun to be in the majority.”

Are those guys ■politicians? asked a fel-low walking in Fountain City Park. He referred to the lineup of white guys in suits who stood with Ron Ramsey to endorse Massey. “Well, yes, except Ron Ramsey could be mistaken for a Bap-tist preacher,” we answered. Turns out the walker was a preacher.

Mark Padgett ■ says his son “has the hands and feet of a basketball player.”

Howard Phillips said Padgett is “running against the most liberal woman in America,” and Republicans should rally around him. “I’m a Republican and I’ve had differences with the Padgett family in the past,” said Phillips. “But Mark is the closest thing to a Repub-lican left in this race, and I’m for Mark.”

If that’s not a verbatim quote, it’s close. It’s hard to write as fast as an auctioneer talks while holding a baloney sandwich in one hand.

Phillips, a retired grocer and frequent host of balo-ney cuttings for candidates, went on. “If you want to build something (if Mad-

eline Rogero is elected), go fi nd a hollow. There won’t be any city on a hill.”

Mark Padgett smiled amiably.

About 100 folks rallied for Padgett at the Phillips auc-tion arena. Former foes Ivan Harmon, Joe Hultquist and Bo Bennett were on hand, as were Mark’s dad, Mike, and his wife and baby son. Republicans included for-mer County Commissioner Michele Carringer and for-mer county GOP chair Brian Hornback.

“Knoxville is at a cross-roads. We’ve come a long way, but not so far that the next mayor doesn’t matter,” said Padgett. “I’m the only fi scal conservative remain-ing in this race.”

And then Padgett warmed up the heavily Republican crowd. “If you’ve never cre-ated a job, how do you create an environment to create jobs?” He said Rogero cites her experience as a plus, but he sees it as a negative. “We don’t need more plans or more planners.

“We’re not known as a business-friendly city. I know business and that’s the right kind of experience.”

In response to questions, Padgett said he would seek businesses to “anchor down those areas” on the outskirts of downtown. “Govern-ment is not the answer, it’s the problem,” he said. “Let’s not take the gains of the last eight years and make a U-turn.”

Bud Armstrong, a former county commissioner now running for law director.

Becky Duncan ■Massey, GOP nominee for state Senator, will hold a fundraiser from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18, at The Foundry. Suggested do-nation $25. Info: 441-5228 or becky.massey@comcast.net/.

Knox County ■school board will meet 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18, at the boardroom of Andrew Johnson Building, 912 Gay St. Topics include prelimi-nary budget discussions and legislative agenda.

UpcomingHalls Republican ■

Club will meet 7 p.m. Mon-day, Oct. 17, at QQ Pizza with speakers Joe Jarret and Bud Armstrong, candidates for county law director.

Powell Republican ■

Club will meet 7 p.m. Thurs-day, Oct. 20, at Shoney’s on Emory Road with speaker

Senate candidate Becky Duncan Massey was endorsed by several state legislators last week at

Fountain City Park. State Rep. Harry Brooks (front) introduces Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey. Pictured are:

Massey, Sen. Mike Faulk, Sen. Randy McNally, Sen. Rusty Crowe, Sen. Doug Overbey, Ramsey and

Sen. Ken Yager. Also present but not pictured were Sen. Mike Bell, Rep. Steve Hall, Bill Woodson

(husband of former Sen. Jamie Woodson) and Stacy Dunn, wife of Rep. Bill Dunn. Photo by S. Clark

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the grave marker of one of my heroes, legendary Scripps-Howard war correspondent Ernie Pyle, at the Punchbowl. Inside the visitor’s center was a framed photograph of Ellison Onizuka, the Hawai-ian-born astronaut who was killed in the 1986 Challenger space shuttle disaster.

Every American should see the Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor at least once, “just to remember,” as my friend Roy Arthur says. Yes, that oil is still bubbling to the surface, 70 years later. Yes, I got chills.

It irked me that so many tourists of all nationalities treated Pearl Harbor as if it were just another tour-ist stop. Most everyone – I’d

like to think it wasthe majority – wassilent or reverent orrespectful. But oth-ers paused for photoswith wide grins ontheir faces. For good-ness sakes, this is aburial ground!

We ended the sight-seeing by stopping atthe Iolani Palace, theonly royal estate onAmerican soil. Theself-guided audio touris pretty cool. It tellsyou this place hadelectricity and tele-phones installed be-fore the White House.It doesn’t tell you thatthis was also the loca-tion of the fi ctional“Five-O” headquar-ters in the TV show.(Hawaii doesn’t have

an actual state police force.) By the time you read this,

I’ll be back to reality, typing away, doing what I love and loving what I do.

Forgive me, though, if you happen to spot me singing a song from the islands.

Nothing would be fi n-a, than to be back in Lahaina …To chat about Hawaii, “Five-O,” “Magnum, p.i.” or to get any tips on what to do or where to stay on your Maui vacation, call Jake Mabe at 922-4136 or email JakeMabe1@aol.com. Visit him online at jakemabe.blogspot.com and see more photos on Shopper-News Facebook page.

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Honolulu, Hawaii – What to say about a perfect

trip to paradise? Amazing. Awesome. In-

credible. Bluest water you’ve ever seen. Stunning rain-bows. Scrumptious food.

And none of that does Ha-waii justice. Put it on your bucket list. If you can, go. If you can, go tomorrow.

And go to Maui. Oh, yeah, you’ve got to see Honolulu, and we’ll get to that in a minute. But, spend some time on Maui. It’s ever so much the laid-back, tropical paradise you picture in your mind the minute somebody says “Hawaii.”

We stayed just northwest of Lahaina on the western shore. And, if you look around a bit, or go off-season, you don’t have to break the bank to do it. Our condominium resort sported an oceanfront view, sea turtles swimming in the surf and the best sun-sets you’ll ever see, all for about $135 a night. Heck, I’ve paid more than that in Mil-waukee.

And if you go, you have to eat at Mama’s Fish House in Paia. Two words: Mai Tai.

Be prepared to take out a second mortgage on your home when you get the check. But, the view alone is worth it. And the fi sh is out

Paradise,Hawaiian style

of this world. It’s so fresh they even put the names of the guys who caught them right on the menu.

Oh, I almost forgot to tell you:

After lunch at Mama’s, we window shopped in Paia. In a little antique shop, I found (of all things) a knife for sale from the 1982 World’s Fair. Ain’t kiddin’.

Do the helicopter tour if you must (we did; it was great), but defi nitely take a boat ride. And take one through Safari Boat Excursions and spend a few hours with Crazy Dave.

Crazy Dave earned his nickname. He was fi red from virtually every other outfi t in Lahaina for taking visitors places he wasn’t supposed to go. He fi nally said to heck with it and bought his own boat.

We went on an eight-hour excursion around Lanai. We saw jumping dolphins, snorkeled with exotic fi sh, watched Dave ease his boat into a cave, and even spotted Molokai’s leper colony and the Ritz-Carlton villa where Bill and Melinda Gates were wed. We had partnered up with Jen and Deb, two Aus-tralian natives who were staying at our condo resort, and had lots of laughs.

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After six nights in para-dise, we reluctantly left Eden for Honolulu. The package I’d negotiated on Priceline.com included an island hop in a Light Cessna. I’d been tipped

Jake swims out to the tidal pool rock (used for observing sea tur-tles) on the beach behind the Eve Anderson estate, which was used as the fi ctional Robin’s Nest estate on TV’s “Magnum, p.i.”

Sunsets on Maui are one of Hawaii’s most beautiful sights.

Oil still bubbles up to the water’s sur-face from the sunken USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor. Photos by Jennifer Mabe

about the turbulence, but it proved to be the smoothest fl ight of the trip and a perfect way to see the islands. I got a view of the Diamondhead Crater I’ll never forget.

On Waikiki we stayed at the Ilikai Hotel. The name may not ring a bell, but if you’ve ever watched an epi-sode of the original “Hawaii Five-O” you’ve seen it. Jack Lord is standing on its pent-house deck during the show’s famous opening montage. Talk about a fi rst class joint. I wanted to run down to the basement parking lot and re-enact a shootout scene while uttering “Book ’em, Danno!” but my wife reeled me back into reality.

Well, sort of. We also found Lord’s bust outside Macy’s at the Kahala Mall. I put a lei around its neck and gave a salute and mahalo to the man who brought Steve McGarrett to life. Several of the locals told us that Lord and his wife, Marie, are revered in Hawaii for being regular folks who shopped at the local super-market, and gave back much of their fortune for philan-thropic purposes and to help launch Hawaii’s fi lm industry.

We ran into a high school buddy in Kailua (Halls Has It! even in Hawaii) and spent an afternoon at the Eve An-derson estate, better known as Robin’s Nest on the pop-ular 1980s CBS-TV series

“Magnum, p.i.” Sad to say, the house now looks like a word I can’t print, but the beaches are public and still beautiful. I put on my red “Magnum” aloha shirt and Detroit Tigers cap, waded out to the tidal pool and pretended that Hig-gins was going to run out and yell at me for forgetting to have the Ferrari serviced.

Yes, I’ve watched too much TV.

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Is natural, animal, mineral: but to fl ingRainbows over the rain

And beauty above the moon, and secret rainbowsOn the domes of deep sea-shells. ... (“The Excesses of God,” Robinson Jeffers)

Someday I am going to wreck my car, and it will be all God’s fault!

The Creator keeps fl inging “rainbows over the rain,” and setting the heavens afi re with glorious sunsets, and light-ing the night skies with dia-monds beyond counting. And I can’t seem to stop looking at them.

I was driving west on I-40 the other afternoon. It was the second trip west I had made after work, and I was feeling a little put-upon

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related to both jobs and west again for a rehearsal.

I came around a curve and up a hill. And there was, quite simply, the most amazing sunset I have ever seen.

It is surprising I did not have – or cause – an accident.

Times like that, I realize how much I enjoy writing. I immediately started thinking about how I could describe what I was seeing.

The sun itself was disap-pearing below the horizon. Above the sun, radiating out in a wedge of pink-gold lu-minescence was a glow that would make painter Albert Bierstadt envious. There were discernible clouds around it, framing it, but at the center was this glow that was like a cloud of fi re. I tried to imagine what meteorological phenom-enon was causing the light and color, both of which seemed both solid and ethereal.

I glanced at it again and again, even while forcing

myself to pay attention to the road. Then I noticed that the very air around me was the color of honey, softly refl ect-ing the golden light that cov-ered the world.

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derstand God as a God who loves the world and woos it unto Himself. Or God as a bowerbird who decorates his nest with bright, shiny ob-jects to impress his love. Or God as a kindergartner who paints a picture for her moth-er and hopes it will be posted on the fridge.

Those are fl ights of fancy, I know.

In my more serious mo-ments, I know in my heart that God creates beauty for the sheer joy of it, because God is God, and because God is good, and because God loves to show us the wonders of this glorious, astounding, glowing, golden universe.

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WORSHIP NOTES

Stone to speak at KFLLynn Stone will be the guest

speaker for the Knoxville Fellowship Luncheon at noon Tuesday, Oct. 18. The KFL is a group of Christian men and women who meet weekly at the Golden Corral in Powell.

Pike, will hold a fall festival and craft fair 4-8 p.m. Satur-day, Oct. 22. Free food, in-fl atables, and lots more. Craft booth info: Email jllawson2@yahoo.com.

Norwood UMC ■ , 2110 Merchants Drive, will host its Pumpkin Patch noon to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 1-6 p.m. Sundays through Oct. 31. Fall festival featuring Dr. Carvinstein will be 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22. Info: 687-1620.

Ridgedale Baptist Church ■ , 5632 Nickle Road, will host its annual Trunk-or-Treat 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26. Crafts, games, food and more. Info: www.ridgedale.org or 588-6855.

St. Paul UMC, ■ 4014 Garden Drive, will hold a Trunk or Treat 6-8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 30. Food, games, crafts, and lots of candy will be served.

Lincoln Park Baptist ■

Church, 830 Chickamauga Ave., will host its fall festival 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26. Hot dogs, chips and a dessert

will be served. Info: www.lincolnparkchurch.org.

Fundraisers, salesBeaver Ridge UMC, ■ 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, will host a Fall Craft Fair 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19, in the Family Life Center Gym. Local crafters are welcome. Vendor spaces are $20 per table. Vendor applications must be received by Monday, Oct. 24. Info and application forms: Julie at jbmintn@gmail.com or call 690-1060 and leave a message for Julie Moorefi eld.

Bookwalter UMC ■ , 4218 Central Avenue Pike, will participate in a community-wide yard sale 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22. Info: 773-3380.

“Cherish the Child, ■

Change the World” will be 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28, at the Knoxville Convention Center. Tickets are $75 ($35 for children under 13). All proceeds benefi t the Smoky Mountain Children’s Home. Info: 247-0314 or visit www.

knoxvilleevents.org.

New Hope Baptist Church ■

will hold a fundraiser festival 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, and is seeking vendors. Proceeds will go to off set medical bills for injuries Chris Mitchell sustained in a motor-cycle accident. Info: Tammy, 604-7634.

Rec programsNew Covenant Fellowship ■

Church, 6828 Central Avenue Pike, will hold Pilates class 5:45 p.m. each Monday for $5. Info: 689-7001.

Special servicesDayspring Church ■ ’s Divorce Care Class registration is 6-8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 24, at 906 Callahan Drive, Suite 109. Child care provided. Info: 242-3995.

Norwood UMC ■ will hold Children’s Sunday during the 10 a.m. service Oct. 23. The church is located at 2110 Merchant Drive. Info: 687-1620.

The Shepherd of the Hills ■

Baptist Church now off ers an Internet prayer line. Anytime you have a prayer or concern, call the line and leave a message. Someone will be praying about the request with you within 24 hours. Prayer line: 484-4066.

Workshopsand classes

Fairview Baptist Church ■ , 7424 Fairview Road off East Emory Road, hosts a Cel-ebrate Recovery program 7-9 p.m. Thursdays.

Fountain City UMC ■ will host “Becoming a Love and Logic Parent” 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. each Sunday through Oct. 23. Cost is $50 per couple or $35 per person. Reservations are sug-gested. All parents, teachers, grandparents and guardians are invited. Info: email eliza-bethkose@yahoo.com or call 809-9075.

New Hope Baptist Church ■ , 7602 Bud Hawkins Road in Corryton, hosts Celebrate Recovery adult and youth classes 7 p.m. Tuesdays and 12-step class 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays. Info: 688-5330.

Youth programsBeaver Ridge UMC ■ , 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, youth program has several activities planned for the month. Everyone is invited to participate. Info: Jay Liff ord, 690-1060 ext. 108, or email jay@beaverridgeumc.com.

Union Baptist Church ■ , 6701 Washington Pike, still has availability for preschoolers. Info: 687-4500.

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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.

Fall festivalsBeaver Ridge UMC, ■ 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, will have pumpkins of all sizes for sale 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. through Oct. 30. Info: www.beaverridgeumc.com or 690-1060.

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By Greg Householder

The Powell Middle School choral department showed off its talent last Tuesday with its Fall Showcase.

The Panther Company started things off with the “Star Spangled Banner.” The 6th grade chorus performed “Shady Grove” with Jenna Walters accompanying on

the fi ddle and Jim Anderson on the piano.

The 7th grade chorus performed “American Folk Rhapsody” and “Cindy and Simple Gifts” with the en-semble of Antonia Benitez, Tabitha Hurst, Kylie Rim-mer, Sarah Rogers, Amber Tinker and Molly Walker.

The 8th grade chorus per-

formed “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” and “Keep on the Sunny Side” with Isamaria Helget and Abby Rase per-forming solos. The 8th grad-ers closed out the show with “Down to the River” with Sara Marlow as the soloist.

The PMS chorus is di-rected by Alison Bradley and Drew Carpenter.

The Powell Middle School 6th grade chorus performs “Shady Grove” last Tuesday during the PMS choral department’s Fall Showcase. Photo by Greg Householder

PMS chorus presents ‘Fall Showcase’

By Joe Rector

About 30 students at Pleasant Ridge Elemen-tary School are staying af-ter school on Mondays. No, they aren’t serving detention or playing sports. They’re working extra hours to put together the school’s fi rst newspaper.

Kindergarten teacher Stephanie Fleetwood is spearheading the project. As children, she and her friends put together homemade newspapers and magazines.

“I would love to have had the chance to publish the things I wrote so that more people could have seen them. This will be something that students and their parents can have for years to come.”

Also helping with the newspaper are Michelle Sud-bury and Valerie Gresser. On Mondays the students work on articles that they want to include in the paper. Their topics can cover anything that is of interest to them. That includes school events, trends, popular video games, movies and book reviews, and even comics.

Through putting a news-paper together, students can practice and refi ne their cre-

Students and teachers at Pleasant Ridge Elementary School hold their fi rst meeting to work on articles for the Panther Press. Photo by Joe Rector

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ative writing skills, learn the writing process and develop team-building skills. The fi rst issue of the “Panther Press” is scheduled for publi-cation around Thanksgiving. The goal is to then put out three more issues by the end of the year. Since the paper is brand new, she says the stu-dents and teachers will learn as they go and make changes as necessary.

Fleetwood is a graduate of Karns High School and Tennessee Tech University. She’s in her third year as with Knox County Schools with two years as kinder-garten and one as a 1st grade teacher. She began college by majoring in fi ne arts before realizing that she wanted to

work with children.“I am always amazed with

the creativity that students bring to any project. Working with them is a wonderful way to make a living,” she says.

When she fi nishes a day at school, Fleetwood returns home to spend time with her son, Lucas, 3.

Any donations of money or supplies to the newspa-per and its staff are wel-comed. Interested parties can contact the school offi ce at 594-1354.

Soon the Panther Press will be rolling out. Keep an eye out for it and pass along thanks to teachers who give up personal time without any extra pay to help stu-dents publish their paper.

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School (Red Hill School) of Claiborne County will hold its annual reunion 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 30, at the fire department building. Lunch served at 1:30 p.m. Bring a covered dish to share and drinks for your family, lawn chairs, photos and memora-bilia. All community members are invited. Info: J.D. and Mollie Waddell, 423-587-3402,; Margaret Seals Bull, 423-626-3075.

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Panthers’ fi nal regular season game is Friday

By Greg Householder

“They are the most talent we’ve had in the linebacker corps as a unit in a long time,” says Powell High School head football coach Matt Lowe of his linebackers.

They are also an experienced crew led by senior captain Gray Bunch in the middle and seniors Colby Skeen and Dyshawn Mobley holding down the outside. Mobley, who pulls double duty as the Pan-thers’ premier running back, shares defensive playing time with junior Devin Scott.

Bunch has accounted for 26 solo tackles through the Clinton game on Oct. 7. He has 25 assisted tackles and is credited for 51 hits. He has six tackles for loss for a total of 16 yards. He has one sack for 7 yards; a pass interception for 45 yards and

The Powell linebacker corps include Dyshawn Mobley, Gray Bunch, Colby

Skeen and Devin Scott.

Experience and talent: Powell linebackers rack up the hits

The Powell High School Marching Panther Band won fi rst place in its division and received superior ratings in band and percussion at the Vanderbilt Marching Invita-tional on Oct. 1. The band had the highest score for music and was selected “Most En-tertaining Band” of the day

out of 34 bands competing.The title of PHS band’s

show is “Esprit de Corps: Pride, Honor and Spirit” and features performances of “Band of Brothers,” “Esprit de Corps,” “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy,” “At Dawn They Slept,” taps, “Eternal Fa-ther” and “America.”

The band’s fruit sale runs through Oct. 17. Anyone in-terested in buying should contact a high school band student or Stacey Berry at 938-9523. Info: www.powellband.org.

The fruit will be deliv-ered the week of Dec. 12 and makes an excellent

Christmas gift.Anyone who has not seen

this year’s show is invited to the Powell home football game Friday, Oct. 14, which is the last home game of the regular season. Fireworks capped off the Sept. 30 show and the band is hoping to re-peat on Friday.

The PHS Marching Panther Band in action at the Vanderbilt Marching Invitational. Photo submitted

Marching Panthers take fi rst place at VandyCritselous recognizedPowell Middle School principal Gary Critselous is recog-

nized by school board member Kim Sepesi and Superin-

tendent Dr. Jim McIntyre for being named the MetLife/

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ceremony was held before last Tuesday’s PMS chorus con-

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PHS linebackers Dyshawn Mobley and Gray Bunch move toward the action

against Hardin Valley Academy. Photos by Greg Householder

one fumble recovery.Skeen leads the team in solo

tackles with 40. He has 18 assisted tackles and 58 hits. He has seven tackles for loss for 32 yards and two interceptions for 40 yards.

Mobley has 23 solo tackles, 13 assisted tackles and 36 hits. He has fi ve tackles for loss for 10 yards and one sack for 11 yards.

Scott has 24 solo tackles, 28 assisted tackles and 52 hits and three tackles for loss for 11 yards.

After drilling Clinton 49-7 on Oct. 7 at Clinton, in a game where the entire second half was played under the mercy rule, the Panthers returned home for senior night against Campbell County last Fri-day. Results of Friday’s game were

unavailable at press time. Powell will travel to Central to

close out the regular season on Friday, Oct. 21.

The Bobcats have struggled this year but have come on strong to win their last two games.

On Aug. 19, Central lost to Catho-lic 21-14; on Aug. 26 lost to William Blount 9-0; on Sept. 2 lost to Oak

Ridge 28-6; on Sept. 9 lost to An-derson County 34-7; on Sept. 16 lost to Karns 14-10; and on Sept. 23 lost to Hardin Valley Acad-emy 24-14. The Bobcats picked up wins over Clinton on Sept. 30 (27-14) and Campbell County on Oct. 7 (34-7). Central had an open date last Friday.

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With football season in full swing in East Tennes-see, Dr. Jason Phillips has some great advice for the boys of fall: the most effec-tive athletic mouth guards aren’t the ones you pick up at the school gym.

The mouth guards best suited to helping you keep your teeth despite the rough and tumble of the football fi eld are the ones your dentist custom fi ts to your mouth.

Dr. Phillips, owner of Family Dentistry of Knox-ville, a full-service practice located at 2609 W. Adair Drive in North Knoxville,

is as interested in protect-ing and preserving the teeth and gums and all around good dental health of the rest of the family as he is those of the football heroes. He is a true family dentist, in the best sense of the words.

Starting with pediatric services for very young children and progressing through the teen years into adulthood and on to the needs of seniors, Fam-ily Dentistry of Knoxville offers advanced dentistry, including restorative den-tistry and cosmetic den-tistry, for the whole family – from the youngest to the oldest.

“We always want to em-phasize preventative care,” Dr. Phillips says. “If we don’t take good care of our teeth throughout our lives,

we can end up spending a whole lot of money as problems arise that could have been prevented with regular check-ups and good oral hygiene.

“The goal is to keep our natural teeth. When we start losing them, we lose chewing function and that can affect overall health, even causing anxiety and depression.”

Dr. Phillips, who bought the practice of Dr. Stephen Combs, who retired, has outfi tted his offi ces with the very latest technology, including digital X-ray equipment, which emits 80 percent less radiation than traditional X-rays. There are also chair-side monitors where patients can view the X-rays and digital photos of problem areas in the mouth.

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Despite a staff of friend-ly professionals, if you visit Family Dentistry of Knox-ville, expect to be seen by Dr. Phillips himself. He in-teracts with every patient, no matter what services are being provided. “We want people to feel at home here,” he says. “We want to be sure our patients have a thorough understand-ing of their treatment, and we never want them to feel rushed.”

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Ah yes, Alabama week, once the measuring stick for football men of Tennessee.

Jimmy Hahn missed a block in the Tennessee-Ala-bama game 60 years ago. It made news. Robert R. Ney-land reviewed the fi lm and covered for his almost perfect head-hunter.

“The linebacker was out of position and Hahn couldn’t fi nd him.”

Then as now, those with the ball dominated headlines. Long runs and touchdowns didn’t fool Neyland. He said one good blocker was worth three ball-carriers. He wrote a margin note in his coaching manual: “Credit blockers for big gains.”

The national champion 1951 Volunteers rushed for 3,068 yards. It was a way of life back then. Indeed, tailbacks enjoyed precision

Only one missed blockveloped a wild reputation for doing crazy things and had to do some more to live up to it.

One was taking aim from his dorm window and shoot-ing out a security light near the stadium. Broken glass showered down on a campus patrolman. Spectators, at other windows, cheered.

Neyland got the news at breakfast. Did you do it? Yes sir. Why? Hahn came up with a good story. The light was disturbing his sleep, put up with it a long time, fi nally did something about it.

The General warned about the dangers of fi ring a rifl e. He went on to recollections of his military marksmanship and many other adventures at West Point. Hahn said it was fascinating.

“After 45 minutes or an hour, he suggested I bring my .22 rifl e to his offi ce for safe-

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interference. Hahn was the best blocker, best in the SEC. He won the Jacobs Trophy.

The recent death of cen-ter Bob Davis dusted off memories of his long-ago roommate, an intriguing character, tough 186-pound blocking back, son of a preacher man. Hahn was pivotal in several shenani-gans, including a massive panty raid. He found novel ways into and out of trouble.

Some stories Bob told. Jimmy added some. He en-joyed college freedom. He de-

keeping and take it home the next time I went that way.”

Davis thought Hahn’s value to the Vols could have been a forgiveness factor for transgressions – like the Walgreens adventure.

Hahn liked drug store ice cream. He plotted a night raid. All he had to do was become invisible as the man-ager took a last look around before turning out the lights.

Hahn did it but before his fi rst scoop, he hurried to check the exit. The back door had a push-bar but it was double locked.

“I suddenly lost my ap-petite. I couldn’t fi nd a way out. I fi nally called Mickey O’Brien (trainer). He called the police. The police called the store manager.”

Hahn was ready with a creative explanation. He had been in a phone booth, talking to a girl, when the store went dark. He yelled and yelled. Walgreens’

manager was sorry for the inconvenience.

Hahn found a magic way into the team dining area after hours. He took a gallon of peaches, ate far too many and solicited help with left-overs. Peaches became his nickname.

Another time, he raided the walk-in freezer. Jim Thompson, manager of the training table, returned un-expectedly, saw light under the door and thought he was being burglarized. He inves-tigated with pistol in hand.

“Mr. Jim, Mr. Jim,” exclaimed Hahn. “Don’t shoot me. I’m just having an ice cream.”

Hahn didn’t sleep much that night. He knew Thompson would tell Ney-land. He didn’t.

Teammates liked late-night chili dogs with onions from Smoky Mountain Mar-ket. Hahn would walk the railroad bridge across the

Tennessee River as a shortcut to pick up goodies. He was going south when he encoun-tered a northbound train.

“It was good that I didn’t have my hands full. I needed both to get under the track and hold on. It would have been bad if I had dropped the hot dogs.”

Hahn got serious as an Army offi cer and retired as a colonel. He became a real estate broker. He owned a large farm in Virginia and a vacation home in Germany. He was chaplain for a retired military group. He sang in his church choir.

“I came from a religious family. Two grandfathers, my father, my brother and a son were Lutheran minis-ters. It would not have been acceptable for me to turn out all bad.”Hahn yarns and 200 others are in Marvin West’s fi rst book, “Tales of the Tennessee Vols.” It is available by mail from WEST-COM, P.O. Box 38, Maynardville, TN 37807. The cost is $20.

By Alvin Nance

Remember the 1970s – the decade of leisure suits, disco music and Watergate? You have to go that far back to fi nd a time when there was new construction for elderly residents in the Five Points community. I’m glad to report that KCDC is doing its part to fi ll that need.

We’ve nearly completed a $15 mil-lion renovation of the former Eastport Elementary School into The Residences at Eastport, an 85-unit residence for low-income adults age 62 and above.

We expect residents to start moving in before the end of the year.

I’ve received a lot of positive feedback on the project, so I expected a good turnout for our recent open house. I never expected to have a crowd of about 200 people. They were eager to tour a furnished model unit and learn more about the project, which is just a fi rst step in what we plan to be a major revitalization of the entire Five Points community.

Those taking tours included potential residents and their family members, residents of other KCDC proper-ties and representatives of organizations who work in Five Points. We even had a former Eastport Elementary teacher in attendance.

It was good to hear a lot of positive feedback at the event. These are two of my favorite quotes:

“I toured the school with architects before they be-gan, and they said it should be torn down. Boy, were they wrong!” – Art Cate, KCDC Chief Operating Offi cer.

“I’m pleased that we found a way to hold on to the leg-acy of Eastport School. It will be a real plus for the com-munity.” – Montina Jones, Knox County Schools Senior Advisor, High Needs Schools.

We’ll gather at the Residences at Eastport for an of-fi cial ribbon-cutting ceremony at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25. Both mayors will be there. I hope you will be, too.

News from Knoxville’s Community

Development Corporation (KCDC)

Residences at Eastport gets rave reviews

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Fiddle Masters to perform

Local legendary fi ddlers Clyde Daveport and Charlie McCarroll will perform at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21, at the Laurel Theater. Tickets are $12. Info: 523-7521.

Pottery DVDThe Appalachian Arts

Craft Center in Norris has DVDs for sale featuring a pottery demonstration by internationally known pot-ter Charles Counts. Cost is $10. Info: 494-9854.

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