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By Ruth White

The kindergarten classes at Brickey-McCloud Elementary presented “Alphabet Rescue” adapted from the book by Audrey and Bruce Wood. Students sang snappy tunes and used props to tell a tale of the biggest rescue in town.

The show is an opportunity for the kindergarten parents to see the progress of their children and for the students to apply skills learned in the classroom.

Lights, camera, read!

Brickey McCloud

kindergarten students

Regan Rhyne and

Ayden Adams clean

the old fi re engine at

the car wash during

the performance of

Alphabet Rescue. Photos by Ruth White

Camryn Nichols gets a big sponge

ready to wash cars during the song

“Car Wash” at Brickey-McCloud. The

kindergarten students performed

“Alphabet Rescue” as principal Robbie

Norman read the children’s book by

Audrey and Bruce Wood.

Emma Franklin, Alex Cristelous and

Weston Wright portray real life heroes

during the opening song, “Hero” by

Mariah Carey. Other musical numbers

performed by the students included

“Bye, Bye, Bye,” “Celebrate,” “Ring of Fire”

and “Another One Bites the Dust.”

Southwest elementary recycles GibbsBy Larry Van Guilder

Northshore Town Center was conceived as a compact urban neighborhood combining residen-tial and retail establishments that featured innovative architecture.

Gibbs Elementary School served to furnish the design template for the new southwest elementary school. Photo by Ruth White

Analysis

Old school trumps ‘new urbanism’

But the design for a new elemen-tary school, which will become a prominent feature of the develop-ment when the school is completed in August 2013, refl ects old ideas based on cheap land and outdated acceptance of urban sprawl.

The new school’s footprint mim-ics Gibbs Elementary School. With the exception of its capacity for 200 more students, “It’s exactly like Gibbs,” said Knox County Purchas-ing Director Hugh Holt.

Gibbs Elementary, completed in mid-2000, is a fi ne facility. But its one-story footprint, suitable where land is plentiful, is out of place in Northshore Town Center. How this “old school” school came to be slated for a neigh-borhood conceived as a step toward “new urbanism” is a story in itself.

Before Cope Associates was se-lected as the architect for the proj-ect and awarded the $542,000 fee, the Knox County Schools system had never used a design competi-tion to select an architect. And al-though Lanis Cope recently told the Shopper-News that the county wanted to “re-use … (something)

already designed,” the solicitation for proposals issued by county pur-chasing disagrees.

In an addendum to the solicita-tion, Deputy Director of Purchas-ing Matt Myers wrote: “All designs will be considered. The intent of the competition is to allow consider-ation of all facilities, including those that have been previously designed and constructed, not to establish a prototypical design.”

Cope’s fi rm designed Gibbs El-ementary School, granting Cope a clear advantage over competitors starting from scratch with the costly design phase. Although there is no indication that the evaluation and selection process was biased (the designs were evaluated “blind,” with nothing to identify the submitter), some bidders were not satisfi ed.

One local architect, who asked to remain anonymous, was scathingly critical of the process:

“Knox County public schools,

meaning the buildings themselves, are remarkable for their mediocrity. I challenge you to fi nd more than one or two built since 1950 which embody architectural merit. The recent ‘competition’ was simply lip service, the anonymous-submis-sion drawings comprising but two ledger-size sheets, in conjunction with the usual non-anonymous boiler plate. A design competition normally involves original work, which then informs the project de-sign developed by the winner.”

The American Institute of Archi-tects (AIA) publishes a handbook, “Architectural Design Competitions,” which is comprehensive in scope, beginning with “appropriate condi-tions” for a competition and ending with “post-competition activities.”

According to the AIA, one of the advantages of design competition is to “generate a wide range of new ideas in the approach to a design.” Ironically, the design competition

handbook adds that “a well-orga-nized design competition, with se-lection based on ideas rather than past portfolio,” gives the designer an opportunity to “acquire expertise in a new market or building type.”

The original ideas in the winning design are notable only for their ab-sence. The usual suspect, money, is driving the school system’s bus. Replicating Gibbs is the economy-minded choice, and a school system already faced with deteriorating buildings around the county can hardly be blamed for its decision.

The school as designed is a poor choice architecturally and con-ceptually for the “new urbanite” Northshore Town Center. For a 2 cent property tax hike, the county could generate more than enough for the school system to pay for a building whose design would re-fl ect something other than “the more things change, the more they stay the same.”

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Auditionsnext week

A couple of months ago I learned through my good friend Nita Buell Black of the e x i s t e n c e and cre-ation of the Powell Play-house. Nita, l o n g t i m e

drama teacher at Powell High School, talks of the project with an infectious level of passion that draws anyone hearing her into the fold.

A short time after learn-ing of the Powell Playhouse, I was invited to a board meet-ing held at Frontier Com-munications. I was amazed at the infrastructure that was already in place for the project.

The Powell Playhouse is fi nally becoming a reality.

The fi rst production is John Patrick’s “The Curi-ous Savage,” a delightful comedy involving a woman who inherits a large sum of

Buell Black

Powell Playhouse setsinaugural performance

money from her husband, her greedy stepchildren who have her committed to an insane asylum and … well, you’ll just have to spring for a ticket to fi nd out what hap-pens.

Nita is the artistic direc-tor and driving force behind the Powell Playhouse. The production will be holding auditions 6:45 to 7:45 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, April 11 and 12, at the Powell Branch Library. She is look-ing for six women and fi ve men ranging from age 25 to 65.

Nita is also looking for set builders, lighting ex-perts, sound effect people, folks to help with programs and ticket sales. You name it, she’s looking for it. Her goal with the Powell Play-house is to make it a com-munity project, involving as many folks as possible in

each production.So even if you don’t see

yourself on stage, but want to get involved in a stage production, come on out to one of the rehearsals next week.

The show is scheduled for two performances June 3-4 at the Jubilee Banquet Facility off Callahan Road. Nita reports that the Pow-ell Home Depot has already made a generous donation in materials. Sharon Baptist Church has offered rehears-al space.

Nita has a pretty neat vision for the Powell Play-house. She would like to see it as a vehicle to display com-munity artists of all stripes – painters, singers, writers, photographers – not limit it to only performers.

Interested or have ques-tions? You can contact Nita at 947-7427.

FBC Motorcycle Ministry takes to road Saturday

The motorcycle ministry at First Baptist Church of Powell and Fountain City will make its second ride of the young riding season

on Saturday.Since weather during the

early part of the season is always questionable, anoth-er short ride is planned.

The group will meet at 8 a.m. at “The Spring” – the parking lot across Ewing Road from the FBC Youth Worship Center on the Pow-ell campus. Kickstands up at 8:30 a.m. Following a quick breakfast at Bojangles in Powell, the group will ride to the old Brushy Moun-tain State Penitentiary near Petros. The group will then ride to the Cracker Barrel in Lake City for lunch before calling it a day and return-ing to Powell.

All riders are invited – just bring gas and lunch money.

The FBC motorcycle min-istry meets at 7 p.m. the last Tuesday of each month in the FBC annex (“The Spring”) across Ewing Road from the FBC Youth Worship Center and rides the second Satur-day of each month.

On July 9, the motorcycle ministry will host a benefi t ride for the Western Heights Baptist Center.

Talahi Plant Sale upcoming

The 47th annual Talahi Plant Sale will be held 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 16, at Lakeshore Park, rain or shine. Admission is free. Purchases may be made with cash or checks only. Presented by the Knoxville Garden Club and the Garden Study Club, the Talahi Plant Sale is consid-ered to be the oldest sale of its kind in the area. Pro-ceeds from the sale benefi t community and educational projects. Over the past 11 years, the Talahi Plant Sale has raised more than

$300,000 for organizations like Ijams Nature Center, Legacy Parks Foundation, Knox Youth Sports and the Knoxville Museum of Art.

AARP driver safety classes

For registration info about these and all other AARP driver safety classes, call Barbara Manis, 922-5648.

Wednesday and ■

Thursday, April 6-7, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Oak Ridge Senior Center, 728 Emery Valley Rd., Oak Ridge.

Thursday and Friday, ■

April 14-15, noon to 4 p.m., Halls Senior Center, 4410 Crippen Road.

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April 14-15, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Cora Veal Senior Center, 144 College St., Madison-ville.

Wednesday and ■

Thursday, April 20-21, noon to 4 p.m., Cheyenne Conference Room, 944 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge.

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April 28-29, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Everett Senior Center, 702 Burchfi eld Drive, Maryville.

Witt to speak to Republicans

The Karns Republican Club will meet 7 p.m. Tues-day, April 5, in the Karns Middle School library, 2925 Gray Hendrix Road. Knox County Register of Deeds Sherry Witt will be the guest speaker. Info: Lor-riane Coffey, 660-3677 or Chris Smith, 256-4866.

Give me the cynic“The worst government is the most moral. One com-

posed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression.”

Those are the words of my favorite cynic and curmud-geon, the late, great H.L. Mencken, and his observation is as true today as when he wrote it some 90 years ago.

This na-tion’s found-ers would have appreci-ated the hard core of truth embedded in those three simple sentences. The opening words of the First Amendment to the Constitution, “Con-gress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,” express a deep appreciation of how toxic the mix of government with religious “morality” can become. You need look no further than Iran to understand the dangers of theocracy.

Yet now, in the 21st century, right here in the Volunteer state and elsewhere, lawmakers with limited respect for the Constitution want to mingle government with religion. It isn’t their fi nest hour.

House Bill 368, brought by state Rep. Bill Dunn, is noth-ing less than a naked attempt to slip religion and conserva-tive political beliefs in through the back door of the school house. Backed by the Discovery Institute, proponents of “intelligent design,” the legislation purports to advocate “critical thinking” about “some scientifi c subjects, includ-ing, but not limited to, biological evolution, the chemical origins of life, global warming, and human cloning.”

The causes of global warming and the ethical questions surrounding human cloning (which hasn’t been accomplished – not even close) are issues of national and international policy and are hotly debated. The inclusion of “biological evo-lution” and “the chemical origins of life” is a ham-handed at-tempt to bring creationism out of its rightful place in religious teachings and into the classroom under the cloak of “science.”

Where is Clarence Darrow when we need him?Until he shows up (cloning, anyone?), we can take comfort

in another of Mencken’s aphorisms:“The theory behind representative government is that

superior men … are chosen to manage the public business, and that they carry on this work with reasonable intelli-gence and honesty. There is little support for that theory in the known facts. …”

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April 7 at 1pm Book Club followed by the book club movie

April 14/15 • 12-4pm AARP Safe Driving Class

April 21 UT Mobile Mammography will be visiting Halls Senior Center

April 24 at 10am Tai Chi Class

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19:30 Farkle Dice 10:00 Euchre 10:30 Social Dance Class 12:30 Mx Train Dominoes 1:00 SAIL Exercise 1:00 Western Movie

410:00 Hand & Foot 10:00 Bridge 1:00 pm Rook 1:00 SAIL Exercise

5 ** (close at 5:00)10:00 Canasta 10:30 Exercise 12:00 Halls BP &Board 12:30 Wii Bowling 2:00 Mex. Train Dominoes

610:00 Bingo 10:00 Hand & Foot 12:30 Bridge 1:00 Rook 1:00 SAIL Exercise 2:30 Pass the Pigs

710:00 Line Dance 10:00 Pinochle 10:00 Quilting 11:00 Exercise 1:00 Book Club & 1:30 Book Club Movie 1:30 Dominoes

89:30 Farkle Dice 10:00 Euchre 10:30 Walking Club 10:30 Social Dance Class 12:30 Mx Train Dominoes 1:00 SAIL Exercise 1:00 Western Movie

11 10:00 Pinochle 10:00 Hand & Foot 10:00 Bridge 1:00 pm Rook 1:00 SAIL Exercise

12 ** (close at 7:00)10:00 Canasta 10:30 Exercise 12:30 Wii Bowling 2:00 Mex. Train Dominoes 2:00 Movie Time 6:00 Potluck

1310:00 Bingo 10:00 Hand & Foot 12:30 Bridge 1:00 Rook 1:00 SAIL Exercise 2:30 Pass the Pigs

1410:00 Line Dance 10:00 Pinochle 10:00 Quilting 11:00 Exercise 12:00 AARP Driving Class 1:30 Dominoes

159:30 Farkle Dice 10:00 Euchre 10:30 Social Dance Class 12:00 AARP Driving Class 12:30 Mx Train Dominoes 1:00 SAIL Exercise 1:00 Western Movie

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19 ** (close at 5:00)10:00 Canasta 10:30 Exercise 12:30 Wii Bowling 2:00 Mex. Train Dominoes

2010:00 Bingo 10:00 Hand & Foot 12:30 Bridge 1:00 Rook 1:00 SAIL Exercise 2:30 Pass the Pigs

219:00 UT Mobile Mammography 10:00 Line Dance 10:00 Pinochle 10:00 Quilting 11:00 Exercise 1:30 Dominoes

22Center Closed Easter Holiday

2510:00 Tai Chi 10:00 Pinochle 10:00 Hand & Foot 10:00 Bridge 1:00 pm Rook 1:00 SAIL Exercise

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2710:00 Bingo 10:00 Hand & Foot 12:30 Bridge 1:00 Rook 1:00 SAIL Exercise 2:30 Pass the Pigs

2810:00 Line Dance 10:00 Pinochle 10:00 Quilting 11:00 Exercise 1:30 Dominoes

299:30 Farkle Dice 10:00 Euchre 10:30 Walking Club 10:30 Social Dance Class 12:30 Mx Train Dominoes 1:00 SAIL Exercise 1:00 Western Movie

What’s New This Month: 04/07 at 1:00 PM Book Club followed by the book club movie. 04/14 and 04/15 from 12:00 –4:00 AARP Safe Driving Class. 04/21 the UT Mobile Mammography will be visiting Halls Senior Center. 04/24 at 10:00 AM Starts our Tai Chi class.

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Workshop on Civil War ancestryThe Tennessee State Library and Archives (TSLA),

403 7th Ave. North, Nashville, will host the next work-shop in its series, “Civil War Ancestors: Old Records & New Tricks,” 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, April 16. Participants will receive information on tracing genealogies and will get tips on researching with Civil War materials. They will also have access to TSLA resources including Civil War databases. To reserve a seat: 615-741-2764 or email workshop.tsla@state.tn.us.

Knox North Lions plan ‘Patriotic Pet’ contest for July 4th parade

The Knox North Lions Club will host a “Patriotic Pet” contest in conjunction with the Powell 4th of July parade. Plan to bring your pet decked out in their best patriotic regalia and compete in the contest. Winners will be deter-mined by popular vote. It’s free to enter and votes are $1 each. The contest will be held at the post-parade festivi-ties at Scarbro fi eld.

Workshop at ETTACDanita Ludzadder from DynaVox communication

devices will conduct an introductory workshop 1-3 p.m. Wednesday, April 13, at East Tennessee Technology Ac-cess Center, 116 Childress St.

DynaVox sells augmentative communication devices for people with disabilities who are unable to speak. Admission is free although reservations are required. RSVP: 219-0130.

Art Market to jury new membersThe Art Market Gallery, 422 S. Gay St., has announced

a call for jury submissions for membership. The gallery’s primary needs are sculpture, fused glass and fi ber art and wood but all artists are encouraged to apply. Applicants can deliver four pieces of their work, a completed application and $30 jury fee to the gallery between 11 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 12, through Saturday, April 16. Info: www.artmarketgallery.net/jury/index.html. Info: Marie Marritt, 828-4821 or email mbmerritt@frontiernet.net.

Bluegrass at Laurel TheaterThe New River Boys and New River Wind will perform

traditional bluegrass 8 p.m. Saturday, April 23, at the Laurel Theater. Tickets are $12. Tickets: 523-7521 or visit www.knoxtix.com.

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Local author releases twonew books

Did you know that George Washington’s “wooden teeth” weren’t re-ally wooden?

‘Hey, it’s Presidential trivia!’

Or that the first presi-dent born in a hospital was – wait for it – Jimmy Carter?

Does it surprise you to learn that Martin Van Bu-ren’s first language was Dutch?

You can find these and other tidbits in local au-thor Tim Holder’s new book, “Hey, It’s Presiden-tial Trivia!”

Holder, a history profes-sor at Walters State Com-munity College’s Sevier County campus, says that his wife, Angela, who teaches at Carson-New-man, gave him the idea for the book.

“She said, ‘You should do something that is less expensive (than your other books). As a historian, I’ve always been interested in the presidents and in triv-ia. So, all the ideas came together.”

Holder’s trivia book sells for $8.88 on Amazon.com.

He also has released the latest volume in the “Ask the Professor” series, “Ad-vice for College Grads.”

“It’s such a tough tran-sition going from a situa-tion in which a lot of your schedule is defined for you.

Local author Tim Holder has released two new books, one on presidential trivia and another that gives advice to recent col-lege graduates. Photos by Jake Mabe

It offers some practical ad-vise along with a little bit of humor.”

The practical advice in-cludes “not doubting your-self when it seems a little bit lonely, when you get a job somewhere in which your co-workers are settled into a routine.”

The Holders live in East Knox County and are ac-tive members of Wallace Memorial Baptist Church. Holder is working to get a novel published and says he’d like to write another book on the presidents.

You can order Holder’s books directly from him at www.tdhcommunications.com.

Northside Kiwanis Club fl ips fl apjacks at pancake jamboree

A little inclement weath-er isn’t going to keep any-body away from a good meal.

So it was at St. John’s Lutheran Church on March 26 as the Northside Ki-wanis Club held its annual pancake jamboree and bake sale. A steady stream of hungry humans passed through the line from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. and folks con-tinued to file in until 2.

Key Club members from Halls and Fulton high schools were busy volun-teers. Somebody fl ipped up a big fl apjack, which must have been good, ’cause it was gone before a photographer could get his camera ready.

Key Club members from District 5-H Caroline Gowin, Erika Range, McKenzie Walton, Brianna McTeer, Althea Manges, Yolo Lagunas, Erica Rainer, Cierra Nix and Jessica Johnson are busy vol-unteers at the pancake jamboree.

Dr. Douglas Beals and Dr. Bob Harvey cook up some pancakes.

Last chance for free tax assistance

The government’s Volun-teer Income Tax Assistance program (VITA) will be at Goodwill’s main location, 5307 Kingston Pike, to provide free tax assistance 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday until Monday, April 18.

The program staffs certifi ed volunteers who offer free tax help to low-to moderate-income families and households who can-not prepare their own tax returns.

Info: www.irs.gov.

Lincoln Day Dinner

Knox County Lincoln Day Dinner will be held 7 p.m. Friday, April 8, at Crowne Plaza. Sen. Tom Coburn will be the guest speaker. Tickets are $25. Info: 689-4671.

Senior co-ed softball league

The Senior Co-Ed Soft-ball League will start its fourth season 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, April 16, at Knoxville Caswell Park, 620 Winona St. There is no fee to play. The league is open to women 55 and older and men 60 and older of all skill levels. Walk-ons are welcome. Info: 429-2044, 675-3296, 621-3096 or www.knoxseniorsoftball.com.

‘Shadowlands’The WordPlayers will

present “Shadowlands” 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, April 7-9; and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 10, at the WordPlayers’ The-atre, 1540 Robinson Road. Tickets start at $8 and can be purchased online at www.wordplayers.org or at the door. Info: 539-2490.

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Caller: While stand-ing outside the City County Building last week, I hap-pened to overhear the head of one of the fee offi ces talk-ing to a Knox County com-missioner. I didn’t hear all of the conversation, but I caught a few phrases includ-ing “my money” and “my of-fi ce.” The offi ceholder was clearly upset. What’s going on, Mr. Hotline?

Mr. Hotline: Good ques-tion. Before I answer, a word of caution. Unless you’re a PBA security guard or a homeless person, standing idly outside the City County Building could cause you to be mistaken for a reporter and result in serious damage to your reputation.

What you overheard is a symptom of what pro-fessional journalists label

Mr. Hotline answers your questionstainly appears that Briggs was acting against self-interest in abusing his own resolution in such a fashion, you must remember that the commissioner is also a surgeon, and a darned good one at that. Thus, in com-mon with most surgeons, he sometimes fi nds the tempta-tion to cut too hard to resist. In this case, unfortunately, the operation to bifurcate the resolution nearly ended in disaster when Commis-sioner Amy Broyles threat-ened to pull the plug. Fol-lowing resuscitation, the resolution has been con-fi ned to bed for 30 days.

Caller: You hear a lot of speeches at County Com-mission, although not as many as when “Lumpy” Lambert was around. Out of all that you’ve heard, do you have a favorite line?

Mr. Hotline: Motion to adjourn.

Caller: I see that Knox County has a hotline for citizens to report suspected

fraud and abuse by coun-ty employees. Aren’t you afraid of the competition, and don’t you agree that the county hotline is a waste of taxpayer money?

Mr. Hotline: Afraid?Ha! As to the second part of your question, which county department are you calling from?

Caller: I just lost my job. Would this be a good time to apply for a position with Knox County? I have prior government experience.

Mr. Hotline: Human resources will consider a number of factors when evaluating your application. These include your former college fraternity, your sup-port for Mike Huckabee and your views on state Rep. Bill Dunn’s bill to promote “crit-ical thinking” in schools. However, with the mayor proposing $3 million in cuts next year, I don’t think you have a chance, Mr. Rags-dale.Contact:lvgknox@mindspring.com.

Oscar Wilde wrote that a cynic is someone who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Changing the selection procedure for the state at-torney general has been debated for the past 45 years in the Legislature. State Rep. Ryan Haynes of Farragut is one of those pushing for a change. With the arrival of a Republican majority in both the House and Senate, it has taken on a new life and is no longer an exercise in futility.

Most Tennesseans have little idea about how our attorney general is chosen. Tennessee is the only state in the nation to have its Supreme Court pick, for an eight-year term, the state attorney general. Most states elect their chief legal officer, as he or she makes policy. Tennessee voters are excluded from the pro-cess, especially now that the state Supreme Court no longer faces direct con-tested elections where real issues are debated.

Republicans have been unhappy that their party members have been effec-tively barred from holding the state attorney general’s office as prior courts, being Democratic, chose Demo-cratic applicants. However, Republicans were not the only group to feel slighted. Women and African-Amer-icans were never seriously considered, either.

In fact, the process by which the Court in prior years has selected the at-torney general has been shrouded in secrecy. Trans-parency was not there. The votes of three of the five justices were enough to make the choice for the eight-year term. No other state grants its state at-torney general such a long tenure.

Amending our state constitution is a long, la-borious process which, if begun now, might bring about a change seven or

Elected solicitor general could replace state AG

“Cognitive Courthouse Confusion.” The syndrome develops following years of drawing paychecks from the county instead of a lo-cal car wash, a private sec-tor job which research has shown is a better match for the talents of many infected by CCC. The repeated use of “my” in this case indicates that only two options re-main to treat the condition: recall or election defeat.

Caller: Whazzup, Mr. Hotline? Any idea why Com-missioner Dr. Richard Briggs decided to split his own reso-lution on the fee offi ces into two parts at last week’s com-mission meeting?

Mr. Hotline: We’ve re-ceived several calls about this. First, although it cer-

more years in the future, probably in 2018 or 2020. However, legislative Re-publicans have found a way to make it happen earlier if they can stay together on the issue. They could transfer the current duties of the state attorney gen-eral to a newly created po-sition of solicitor general, which could be chosen by the voters in 2012 or 2014.

All the current statutory duties of the court-appoint-ed attorney general could be shifted to the elected position, leaving the cur-rent AG the job of being the court reporter. Staff would be transferred, too. Republicans have a chance to make history and allow for public participation in a position where Tennessee voters should have a voice.

Note: Now that Knox-ville’s new and able police chief, David Rausch, has taken office, we found out some changes in pay were made – an issue this col-umn raised weeks ago. Pre-viously there was a $71,000 pay difference between the police ($156,000) and fire chief ($85,000).

As of last week, Po-lice Chief Rausch earns $110,000 plus $1,800 for longevity, and Fire Chief Stan Sharp now makes $91,000 plus $1,440 for longevity and $950 for First Responder duties. Now the pay is much closer, but this writer feels both are underpaid considering the responsibility for hu-man lives and public safety they and their colleagues bear.

Willie J. Anderson Photo by Betty Bean

School custodians:a bargain at twice the price

That defi nition fi ts the proposition of shaving off $1 million of fi xed costs by bal-ancing Knox County Schools budget on the backs of some of the lowest-paid and hard-est-working employees in the system – school custo-dians – guys like Willie J. Anderson and Roscoe Mc-Mahan who would be a bar-gain at twice the price.

McMahan was the early shift custodian at Central High School for 20 years before health problems forced him to retire two years ago.

His dedication to Central was legendary, his work eth-ic epic. He once climbed in-side a dumpster and combed through the contents to fi nd

a child’s lost retainer. For-mer principal Jon Miller de-scribed him this way:

“If you needed a moun-tain moved, he’d move a mountain for you. He walked to school every morning be-cause he didn’t have a car. He worked like a horse and would do anything for you. He moved more boxes and books and supplies around this building than any-body. He’d carry boxes up those steps to the library and never ask for help. No-body knew how sick he was, and the faculty asks about him every day. He is dearly missed here. There’s not a person here that doesn’t miss Roscoe. We’d love to have him back.”

Over at West High School, Willie J. Anderson clocks in for work at 6 a.m., just like McMahan did at Central. He likes to say that he brings the school to life, and his job keeps him hopping until he clocks out at 2. After that, he starts on his second job, coaching the girl’s junior varsity basketball team. He

knows the kids, many of whom he has coached since they were playing AAU ball, and the kids like and respect him.

West High School and coach Willie J. have a good thing going. He is glad to be part of the team charged with preparing students for the challenges they will face as adults, and he described

his motivation to work two jobs in the Shopper-News earlier this year:

“You’ve got to sacrifi ce and work hard it you want to get good results. Wins are good, but the main thing is to develop the players, both athletically and mentally. This carries over into every-day schooling. I tell them that athletics can pay for their education. Use this for something that’ll help you in the future.”

There was, thankfully, some skepticism expressed by board members who were presented with the out-sourcing proposal. If they don’t know Roscoe or Wil-lie J., they probably know somebody like them. Maybe they know the relationships that these employees have with the children in the schools they work so hard to maintain. And maybe they are even considering the hu-man cost of mass layoffs at a time when jobs are so hard to come by.

Or maybe they just know value when they see it.

Hillside and ridgetop workshop set

Knox County Commission will meet at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, April 13, in the small assembly room of the City County Building to conduct a workshop on the proposed Hillside and Ridgetop Protection Plan. Designed to familiarize commissioners with the details of the plan, this session is not a public hearing on the plan’s merits.

The complete plan is available as a PDF on the Metropolitan Planning Commission’s website, www.knoxmpc.org. The website also contains links to the plan summary, frequently asked questions and ex-amples of density calculations in the proposed pro-tected areas.

Heard in passingMayor Tim Burchett adamantly

denies the report in a local publica-tion that he is seeking an $80,000 pay raise. However, we thought we’d ask the mayor what he would do if he came into such a sizeable windfall.

The mayor pondered, then said: “I think I’d buy myself a newspaper – time to bring back the Watchdog.”

’Nuff said.– Larry Van Guilder

Mark Padgett, 2011 mayoral candidate for the city of Knox-ville, has launched a “Hands-On Listening Tour” of the city’s vari-ous communities.

6 p.m. Monday, ■

April 4, Cal Johnson

Recreation Cen-ter, 507 Hall of Fame Drive.

5 p.m. Tuesday, ■

April 12, Larry Cox Senior Center, 3109 Ocoee Trail.

6 p.m. Tuesday, ■

May 17, Deane Hill

Recreation Cen-ter, 7400 Deane Hill Drive.

6 p.m. Monday, ■

May 23, Fountain City Lions Club, Fountain City Park.

All events are open to the public.

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Youth council accepting applicationsThe Knoxville/Knox County Mayors’

Youth Action Council (YAC) is accepting applications for its 2011-2012 class.

This organization represents high school students and ensures that their opinions are voiced, while also strength-ening the sense of community and civic duty among Knox County’s teens.

YAC provides opportunities for young people to better understand how local government operates and allows teens to experience collaboration and

team building while developing leader-ship skills.

As many as 25 students will be chosen to serve on YAC. Current high school stu-dents, including public, private and home schooled students, are encouraged to ap-ply by Thursday, April 21.

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No one can fairly accuse Jim McIntyre of upholding the status quo.

The superintendent’s budget proposal in some ways forms a line of sacred cows and shoots them one by one. My colleague Betty Bean vents about the very idea of outsourcing school cleaning (page 4), but the purpose of the school sys-tem is not about providing jobs with benefi ts.

Folks rant about over-staffi ng at the system’s cen-tral offi ce – which by any objective analysis is not overstaffed. So McIntyre cuts 16 positions downtown. And I see on Facebook my old friend Bobbi Wyatt is losing her job.

Principals already have a tough time recruiting coaches, yet McIntyre pro-poses to keep a 2 percent

Budget challenges

supplement cut initiated last year.

Keeping cuts away from classrooms is his mantra.

At a budget hearing at West High School last week, someone asked whether we’re funding schools ad-equately. McIntyre said when he left the Boston sys-tem, the budget was $800 million for roughly the same number of kids, about 55,000. Knox County’s budget proposal is a shade less than $385 million.

McIntyre takes a very different approach than former Superintendent

Charles Lindsey, who an-tagonistically pushed coun-ty commissioners to fund a “world class” system.

McIntyre has secured federal funds (such as Race to the Top) and pumped up the Great Schools Partner-ship to raise private dollars; he will look at alternatives (such as outsourcing school cleaning); he supports pay incentives for teachers who exceed expectations; he urges citizens to call their federal representatives (named Duncan, Alexander and Corker) to support Title I funding.

McIntyre will stand in a school auditorium for two hours to engage with staff and citizens on the budget. He will even take anony-mous “tweets” with a bit of help from the central offi ce folks.

Jim McIntyre is a compe-tent administrator. Watch closely. You can almost see the mayor and commission-ers missing the good ol’ days when they had the school system to kick around.

This year’s county bud-get debate – the fi rst with Mayor Burchett and an 11-member commission – promises to be lively. Stay tuned.

School board to meet

The school board will meet twice this week: a workshop is 5 p.m. Monday, April 4, in the AJ Building, and the monthly meeting is 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 6, in the City County Building.

Agenda items include ap-proval for:

West:Hardin Valley Acad- ■

emy health science and technology students to

work at the Ben Atchley Veterans’ Home to obtain work-based experience;

A.L. Lotts Elementary ■

to purchase Apple iMac, MacBooks and iPads for $14,212, funded by coupon book sales;

Farragut Interme- ■

diate to purchase Apple IMac, iPads and printer for $37,256, funded by the day care account and general school funds;

Hardin Valley Ele- ■

mentary to purchase Apple iMac, iPads, and projec-tor for $28,634, funded by PTA donations, day care account and school funds;

Karns Elementary to ■

purchase ActivBoards and projectors for $22,207, funded by coupon book sales;

Sequoyah Elementa- ■

ry to purchase AppleCare iMacs, ActivExpressions and ActiVote for $29,229, funded by coupon book sales, BEP funds and the

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West Valley Middle ■

School to purchase Pro-methean ActiViews, Ac-tivExpression 32, Standard Bundles and Dell Latitude computers for $38,834, funded by coupon book sales and school funds;

Bearden High to pur- ■

chase football equipment, field supplies and uni-forms from Kessler’s Team Sports for up to$19,000, funded by the school foot-ball account;

Rocky Hill Elemen- ■

tary to install a new 1/4 mile asphalt walking trail around the perimeter of the playground area for $25,000, funded by the Rocky Hill PTO.

North:Powell Elementary ■

to purchase ActivBoards for $13,293, funded by PTA donations and school funds.

Pellissippi StateHeart of Knoxville ■ Job Fair

is 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednes-

day, April 6, at the Magnolia

Avenue campus. Free for

both employers and job

seekers. Info: Jennifer Scott

at jdscott@pstcc.edu or

329-3166.

Pellissippi State Foundation ■

continues to raise funds

toward a $600,000 goal to

place 13 Steinway pianos in

studios, practice rooms and

performance venues. If suc-

cessful, Pellissippi State will

become the first All Stein-way community college in

Tennessee, the fourth All

Steinway community college

in the nation and one of

only about 120 All Steinway

colleges and universities in

the world. Info: 694-6529 or

www.pstcc.edu/steinway/.

Festival of Cultures ■ will

be 4 to 9:30 p.m. Friday,

April 15, at the Hardin Valley

campus. The free event will

Powwow at UTThe Native American

Student Association (NASA) and UT will host “Anadasgisi: The Gathering of Interna-tional Natives” Friday and Saturday, April 8-9, at various locations around UT campus.

Festivities begin 6:45 p.m. Friday in the Humanities amphithe-ater with a discussion and presentation of the Aztec Fire Dance. Admission is free. Info: 788-7183 or email ksmit102@utk.edu.

COLLEGE NOTES feature entertainment and

food from various countries.

Info: Gayle Wood, director of

Access and Diversity, at 539-

7160 or gwood@pstcc.edu.

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Bank of Atlanta, will speak.

Info and to register: www.

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Baker Center ■ will host a

program on Hubert H. Hum-

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public.

Gary McCracken ■ , head of

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Bluegrass performance

Larry Sparks will per-form 8 p.m. Saturday, April 9, at the Laurel Theater. Tickets are $16. Info: 523-7521 or visit www.knoxtix.com.

An evening with Vince Dooley

The Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum, 2743 Wimpole Ave., will host an evening in the gar-den with Vince Dooley, for-mer University of Georgia football coach and author of “Vince Dooley’s Garden: A Horticultural Journey of a Football Coach,” 6 p.m. Friday, April 8. Admission is $35 for KBGA members, $45 for nonmembers. Info: 862-8717 or visit www.knoxgarden.org.

Free assistance with eBooks

Knox County Public Library will offer free dem-

onstrations and one-on-one support for eBook checkout 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 5, at Carter Branch Library and 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 19, at Howard Pinkston Branch Library. With a library card, eBooks can be downloaded and used for up to three weeks. Info: www.knoxlib.org. or 215-8700.

April at the Art Market Gallery

The Art Market Gallery, 422 S. Gay St., will present an exhibit of recent works by painter and illustra-tor Victoria Simmons and clay artist Linda Sullivan through Saturday, April 30. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sun-day. Info: 525-5265 or visit artmarketgallery.net.

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ing with God. Baker felt compelled to start a

radio show about God’s love, faith and acceptance but had no experi-ence in hosting a radio show and would have to fund the program herself. The opportunity came when she felt the least capable and most vulnerable. She was going through a divorce, feeling like a failure, fi lled with doubts.

“I’d had some broadcasting ex-perience in college, but I wasn’t a radio host. I didn’t know what kinds of questions to ask; I didn’t even own a contemporary Chris-tian CD. I was now a single moth-er, so where was the money going to come from?” said Baker.

Baker took a leap of faith and paid for the programming. “The Faithful” began airing on Sundays at 10 a.m., on the talk-radio sta-tion WNOX 100.3 FM, in Septem-ber. In December, Meg Pierce (her broadcast name) began co-hosting the show with Baker, making “The Faithful” the only show on the sta-tion with two female hosts.

Pierce said, “We do a wide va-riety of shows to help our listen-ers realize that God can’t be put in ‘box.’ We try to show them how He’s working in people’s lives in a multitude of ways – through dif-

ferent places of worship, family life, the arts (drama, music, pho-tography, writing), social action/community service and even gov-ernment-funded service, health care, education and fi nances.”

Baker said the show is about faith taking action and that no mat-ter where you are, you’re loved.

“Faith is alive: you breathe it, you feed it, you use it,” said Baker.

The hosts still find it inter-esting how they came to work together. The challenge of lining up guests for the show in addi-tion to doing her realty job took its toll on Baker. She requested prayer for her endeavor from her small group at Cokesbury United Methodist.

Pierce was a member of Baker’s group at Cokesbury and had a background as a television news reporter and former religious life contributor to Knoxville maga-zine.

Pierce told Baker, “What you need is a producer.”

“Did you get that call?” asked Baker.

Pierce joined the team, and in the end, the show is the prod-uct of Baker, who has “the gift of gab,” Pierce’s contacts and ex-perience preparing substantive questions, and the experience of WNOX production engineer Da-

vid Thompson. The program features a wide

range of guests who have sto-ries, ministry or talents that ex-emplify faith in action and God working across denominational differences. “The Faithful” has featured local singer/songwrit-er Greg Adkins, covered topics such as addictions with Corner-stone Recovery and talked with Harmony Adoptions about find-ing parents for children in state custody.

Recent guests were pastor Dr. Bill Siell of First Baptist Church of Knoxville and the music director Dr. Kely Hatley. Hatley sang “My Soul Finds Rest,” by Mary McLean. Siell discussed programs such as Kids Hope USA, which pairs men-tors with school children.

Siell said that Knoxville’s great-est need and opportunity where church groups could work togeth-er are by aiding the single parents who fall into the “working poor” category.

“They make just enough above the poverty level to disqualify them for government assistance yet don’t really make enough to make ends meet,” he said.

Some of these families may not be able to attend church regular-ly, so churches like First Baptist Church of Knoxville utilize TV and the Internet to reach them. “The

I have not yet rendered unto Caesar this year, but I will,

and without complaint. I am de-lighted to pay my taxes to this

country, to keep the government up and running and doing the things government does. I want the government to continue its

CROSS CURRENTS | Lynn Hutton

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Rendering to God

So (the scribes and chief priest) watched him and sent spies, … in order to trap him by what he said. So they asked him, “Teacher, … Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to the emperor, or not?” But he perceived their craftiness and said to them, “Show me a denarius. Whose head and whose title does it bear?” They said, “The emperor’s.” He said to them, “Then give to the emperor the things that are the emperor’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” And they were not able in the presence of the people to trap him by what he said; and being amazed by his answer, they became silent. (Luke 20: 20-26 NRSV)

work, because even when I dis-agree with it, I have the freedom to say so, and loudly. I have a say in who the decision-makers are, which makes me a decision-mak-er. My taxes are one way I par-ticipate in governing.

The Jewish leaders of Jesus’ day, however, were paying taxes to an empire that had sent occupy-ing forces into their land, and the tax collectors were Jews who were working for the enemy. The tax collectors were allowed to charge extra, to line their own pockets, which made them turncoats in the eyes of their fellow Jews.

So when the scribes and chief priests approached Jesus with a question about taxes, they set a trap for him. They oiled their words with compliments: “Teacher, we know that you are right in what you say and teach, and you show deference to no one, but teach the way of God in accordance with truth. Is it law-

ful for us to pay taxes to the em-peror, or not?”

Jesus may have been the fi rst poker player. He saw their bet.

“Show me a denarius,” he said. “Whose head and whose title does it bear?”

“The emperor’s,” they an-swered.

And then he raised the ante and effectively silenced them: “Then give to the emperor the things that are the emperor’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

You know this story. You know that the scribes and chief priests saw he had beaten them, and slunk off. I have always understood the point to be “Give what is due to those who govern, but give your heart to God.”

David T. Ball (in an article in Bible Review, April, 2003) says, “The key to understanding this passage is in grasping the anal-ogy that Jesus is making when he

holds up the coin. If coins are Cae-sar’s because they bear Caesar’s likeness and inscription, then by analogy what bears God’s likeness and inscription?

“It is this second implied ques-tion that modern readers neither ask nor try to answer. But a Jew-ish audience familiar with the To-rah would have recognized what Jesus was suggesting. They would have known it is we human be-ings who bear God’s likeness, for … God created man in his ‘image and likeness.’ (Genesis 1:26)”

Ball goes on to say then that what Jesus means is “that one may owe taxes to Caesar, but one owes one’s very being to God …His point is not that they should pay their taxes like dutiful Ro-man citizens; his point is that they should be rendering their selves to God. When it comes to what people owe God, Jesus is saying, we are all in the very highest tax bracket. …”

Meg Pierce (front) co-host of “The Faithful” chats with guests Dr. Bill

Shiell and Dr. Kely Hatley and (back) production engineer David Thomp-

son and Kelly Baker, co-host and show founder. Photo by L. Furtner

Radio show targets

‘The Faithful’Baker and Pierce would also like to hear from smaller churches in the community. In the future they might consider shows that inform listeners about religions, perhaps learning to work together with people of diff erent faiths on joint community service projects.

Faithful” makes it possible for some of those families to fi nd a spiritual connection outside of traditional means. The show is also available on podcast at knoxvillefaithful.podomatic.com.

“What we’re trying to do that may be different from some faith-based programs is to show people that they can find God and develop their relationship with Him through many differ-ent people, places and experi-ences even beyond the church walls,” said Pierce.

Baker and Pierce would also like to hear from smaller church-

es in the community. In the fu-ture they might consider shows that inform listeners about reli-gions, perhaps learning to work together with people of different faiths on joint community ser-vice projects.

All the future plans hinge on one thing: the continuation of the show. So far, everything has come together except consistent full ad-vertising and sponsorship. They do have some advertisers but not enough to lift all the responsibility of funding from Baker.

Pierce said, “If you like what you hear on the show and believe in our mission, consider joining ‘The Faithful’ as a long-term ad-vertiser. Or, you may want to be the sponsor of a show about your organization.

“You will be able to spread the word about your organization’s outreach projects and events through both an on-air interview on ‘The Faithful’ and advertise-ments.”

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Derek Dooley is obviously the face of Tennessee foot-

ball. The head coach is very definitely the captain of the Vol-unteer enterprise and manager of all details, large, medium and small.

Assistant coaches don’t do a lot of tall talking but they are not hidden. Perhaps you have seen them a few times and read or heard their occasional com-ments. They are very valuable and are paid well but don’t say much for public consumption. Graduate assistant Chino Fon-tenette doesn’t say anything.

Behind the coaching staff in the carefully organized UT or-ganization is a layer of key sup-port people. They are very real and useful, perhaps vital. They are almost never in the news.

Director of football op-erations is Brad Pendergrass, Dooley’s firm right hand in the office, responsible for many projects and the implementa-tion of an assortment of Derek

ideas. Brad, 34, has an interest-ing background, 10 years behind the scenes with Phillip Fulmer, from student manager to key recruiting aide on campus. I recall when he had a large U.S. map on his office wall with all airports clearly identified. One of his missions then was to land the coach as close as possible to target prospects. Reduce driv-ing time. Smart, very smart.

Pendergrass eventually moved on to the football office at Mississippi State and then to Wisconsin before returning home.

Heather Ervin is assistant director of football operations. This Sweetwater woman attends to the several things – housing, summer jobs, academic moni-toring, game management. She helps with recruiting when prospects visit. She is the out-front connection when parents come around. She played bas-ketball at Troy U.

Kris Ann Hawkins, director

of on-campus recruiting, coor-dinates correspondence with prospects. A few years ago, she started the Orange Pride pro-gram, an ensemble of sharp stu-dents who served as university ambassadors. A couple of mem-bers, supposedly out of bounds during the adventures of Lane Kiffin, Ed Orgeron and David Reaves, attracted the attention of NCAA investigators. That Kris Ann is still here means she didn’t have anything to do with the missteps.

Andre Lott is a bit more vis-ible. This former Volunteer de-fensive back, a team captain in 2001, is coordinator of the very promising Vol for Life program – all about football players’ per-sonal growth, life skills, career plans plus character and spiri-tual development. Lott’s job is to explain the concept, promote it, sell it, support and encourage and provide other leadership as needed.

The better Lott does, the greater the projected benefits for all concerned – individuals, team, university, community, state, country and maybe the world. Vols for Life could be re-ally big.

Jason McVeigh is director of sports medicine. That is a so-phisticated title for what used to be the team trainer. He is who Vols see when they are sick or hurting. He also does preven-tive maintenance. Big-league

qualifications: honors graduate in biology from UT in ’96 plus masters in physical therapy from Duke.

McVeigh joined the UT staff in the Fulmer era, moved up at the first opportunity and sur-vived coaching changes. There is no greater recommendation of training skills.

Dr. Chris Klenck is team physician. He has degrees from Purdue and Indiana and the stamp of approval from Peyton Manning.

Klenck was once a medical assistant with the Indianapolis Colts. He has worked at NFL scouting combines and NCAA championship events. Not inci-dentally, he was the chief resi-dent physician at Indiana Uni-versity Medical Center before joining the Vols.

Allison Maurer has an inter-esting task, persuading Volun-teers to eat more broccoli and spinach and less biscuits and gravy. She is team nutritionist, a relatively unique position. A few hundred schools don’t have one.

Allison has a serious job. She is responsible for healthy diets and who eats what when the goal is weight gain or loss, depend-ing on whether Dooley wants a particular player for defensive tackle or wide receiver.

Roger Frazier is equipment manager. He has been around

long enough that his name is on the equipment room. Twenty-eight years will earn recogni-tion for a good man. Roger is responsible for pads and hard hats, sleek britches and three or more colors of jerseys. He as-sists adidas in new product de-velopment.

Joe Harrington has been technology coordinator for only 20 years. This magician com-piles and edits game and prac-tice video for coaches. Steve Ru-bio reviews miles of tape in the first round of recruiting evalua-tion. Scott Altizer monitors the walk-on program and directs coaching clinics and summer camps. Jimmy Stanton, associ-ate athletic director, manages football news. Dooley is editor.

Condredge Holloway, 57, is the best-known name on the support staff and the most fa-mous ex-Vol at the university. The former quarterback, among the most exciting in history, is an assistant athletic director in charge of player relations. He is the link to former lettermen.

If you missed him as the Art-ful Dodger, an escape artist on football fields, you can see him now as the title star of the Ken-ny Chesney made-for-TV pro-duction, “The Color Orange.”Condredge Holloway is Chapter 10 in “Leg-ends of the Tennessee Vols,” the Marvin West coffee-table book of feature stories and pho-tographs. Signed copies are $25. Details at westwest6@netzero.com.

We’re sitting on eggs at our house. We’ve been at it

for about two weeks now, since about March 22. My Granny Col-lier would have called it “setting.” Actually, Spouse and I aren’t do-ing the setting; it’s a big mama red-shouldered hawk and her helpful mate doing the work. But we’re watching and waiting right along with them.

They have been raising a fam-ily in our woods every spring for seven years now. It’s like having a nest of wrens or robins, on an industrial scale. Sometimes they remodel and reuse the previous year’s nest, but this year they decided (undoubtedly the mama bird decided) to start over on a new nest.

They began a month ago, high up in a big wild cherry tree. I first caught on to the new ac-commodations when I saw one of the birds out in a spruce tree in the side yard, near the house. I thought she might be checking on our feeders for a possible quick snack, but, no, she was pluck-ing selected green-needled twigs from the tree. With a beak full, off she f lew. Aha! Nest building.

Once we found the nest con-struction site, we could put the old 20x spotting scope on it from our foyer and just leave it there to

watch daily progress and goings-on as we went back and forth. In addition to big and small sticks fussily placed, positioned, and arranged, there were lots of ev-ergreen sprigs woven in, spruce and cedar. Several people have suggested that the aromatic twigs might help keep bugs away, like in your cedar-lined closet. Maybe so.

But now comes the boring part: setting. At least incubating human mamas can get out and about while the neat little pack-age is developing. If you’re a bird, though, you have to watch those eggs like a hawk, so to speak. Crows, blue jays and squirrels just love unattended birds’ eggs. And, the eggs have to be kept constantly warm in the chilly, damp March and April weather.

It takes 28 days for the rascals to hatch, and the parents share the setting duties. We’ve seen the changing of the guard. One bird will f ly in, they will shuffle around for a minute or two, then the setting one will f ly away, and the relieving one will settle down on the eggs. We watched the poor, faithful, determined bird on the evening of the March 26 as the heavy winds blew and the rain poured down. You could almost read its mind, something

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TALES OF TENNESSEE | Marvin West

Behind the football

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Nesting now

like, “Who said having eggs is a blessing?’

All this setting does eventually come to an end, and as in human families, that’s when things re-ally get lively. It takes six weeks for the f luffy, goofy and nearly helpless hatchlings to become full-sized, feathered creatures, ready to be taught the skills of f lying and hunting for a living. All that growing that happens in just six short weeks (imagine growing a newborn infant to a high-schooler in nine months!) requires lots of feeding, a really whole lot of feeding.

So then you watch the scope every day to see what delica-cies the parent birds bring in for lunch – lizards, rats, big snakes – yummy stuff. At first the parents carefully nip off bits of meat and poke it in the little f luff-balls’ mouths. But, as the young ones grow and get stronger, hungrier and more quarrelsome, (sound familiar?) the parents just toss the prey into the nest and let them go at it.

And then one fine day, amidst a lot of calling and shrieking and f lapping, off the nest they come, out into the big world. You can only wonder at what it must be like to take your first leap off that nest and feel the air hold-ing you up as you look around at everything you’ve been watching all the six weeks of your life now going by beneath you.

Young raptors aren’t born knowing how to hunt; they have to be taught by their parents. And estimates by the experts are that only about one in four suc-ceed in learning their skills well enough to survive. It’s evident in the ones we’ve observed. Some

seem to get it, some don’t. We had one year when the two

full-sized young hawks appar-ently thought they were robins. They would sit around on the lawn, watch the robins, and pick around looking for worms, much to the dismay of the parents, who would hop, f lap and call, trying to get them to come and learn liz-ard-catching, or some other use-ful hawk skill. Goodness knows what became of that pair.

As I write, one of the birds is settled down in the new nest, looking around, glad that the sun is shining today but longing to be soaring in the blue morning sky. Take heart, bird, they’ll be off the nest in just two months. We wish you good fortune with your new family.

News item: The high season of birding is at hand. Spring mi-gration, courtship and nesting will be happening in the next couple of months. Join Tony Headrick and numerous other birders, beginner to skilled, on Sharp’s Ridge on some Thurs-day mornings in April. They will meet at the old ranger’s house at 7:30 or so, on April 15, 22, and 29. There will be lots of good birds to be seen; stay for 30 minutes or two hours, as you wish.

And don’t forget how close you are to other great birding places: Chuck Swan Wildlife Management Area, Ijams Nature Center, Norris Songbird Trail, the newly-paved Cades Cove loop and your own neighborhood. Hooray for spring!

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Nonprofi t initiativeunites churches

By Natalie Lester

Every community in Knox-ville could use improvement and that is exactly what non-profi t Operation InAsMuch plans to do with the Serving Knoxville as One initiative this Saturday, April 9.

“A lot of people want to help and improve the com-munity, but they don’t know how,” said LaVerne Craig,

who serves on the initia-tive’s steering committee. “We facilitate that.”

Serving Knoxville as One allows local churches to get outside of the building walls and work in the community. As a result, those who need help receive it, and workers form lasting relationships for continued support. Craig estimates between 40 and 50 groups will participate this weekend.

“There have been so many budget cuts that agencies

and nonprofi ts are suffering to meet their needs,” Craig said. “We get things done that otherwise wouldn’t hap-pen. Many people fi nd their passion for serving and build a relationship so they can be there when the organization needs help again.”

Jobs vary from home repair and landscaping to sorting clothes at local thrift stores. Each of the churches involved has a coordinator who organizes the group’s activities. Operation InAs-

Much developed a project list for the leaders and many have also recruited on their own. For example, Craig compiled projects for Faith Promise Church and made cold calls to organizations she thought might be inter-ested.

“We’re always open to ex-tend a hand to whoever needs help,” she said. “They were all so happy to get my call. Usu-ally calls come in for them to give help, but there we were offering it to them.”

The Knoxville Leadership Foundation will also be par-ticipating with its Operation Backyard ministry. Execu-tive director Dan Myers said his group was able to serve 74 homeowners during last year’s event. He believes this work is more important than any amount of money.

“Money is great,” he said. “But volunteers are just as important. It doesn’t matter how many grants you have, if you don’t have the manpower you can’t do anything.”

Myers also pointed out how important it was for all of Knoxville to thrive, not just one part of town.

“I live in West Knoxville, but people downtown and in East Knoxville are still my neighbors,” he said. “Every community must be equally strong for Knoxville as a whole to benefi t.”

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WORSHIP NOTESEaster services

Hoitt Avenue Baptist ■

Church, 2121 Hoitt Ave., will

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“Peter’s Witness” at 7 p.m.

Saturday, April 9, and 8 p.m.

Sunday, April 10.

Shepherd of the Hills Baptist ■

Church, 400 East Beaver Creek

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“The Passion” beginning 6

p.m. Friday, April 22; an egg

hunt and free lunch 1 p.m.

Saturday, April 23; and a

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service 10:45 a.m. Sunday,

April 24. Info: 947-7151.

Bookwalter UMC ■ , 4218

Central Avenue Pike, will host

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children in 4th and 5th grades

2-4 p.m. Saturday, April 16.

There will be Bible stories,

crafts, snacks and science.

Info: 689-3349.

Mount Harmony Baptist ■

Church, 819 Raccoon Valley

Road. NE in Heiskell, will

present an Easter play 6 p.m.

Sunday, April 17. Everyone is

invited.

Community services

Dante Church of God ■ , 410

Dante School Road, will

distribute food boxes 9 a.m.

Dr. Bill Conklinto speak at KFL

Dr. Bill Conklin will be the guest speaker for the

Knoxville Fellowship Luncheon at noon Tuesday, April 5. The KFL is a group of Christian men and women

that meets weekly at the Golden Corral in Powell.

Dr. Bill Conklin

to noon Saturday, April 9, or

until boxes are gone. You

must be present to receive a

box; one box per household.

Info: 689-4829.

Fundraisersand sales

North Acres Baptist Church ■ ,

5803 Millertown Pike, will host

a rummage sale 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday, April 8-9.

All proceeds go to church min-

istries. Info: Mike, 335-0072.

Beaver Ridge UMC ■ , 7753 Oak

Ridge Highway, will have a

Youth Spring Craft Fair 9 a.m.

to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 9. All

proceeds benefi t the youth

ministry’s mission trip to Rich-

mond, Va. Info: 690-1060.

Bethel Baptist Church ■ ,

will host a golf tournament

fundraiser 1 p.m. Friday, April

8, at Three Ridges Golf Course.

Proceeds from the event will

benefi t church members’

mission trips to Ukraine. To

register: 216-5721.

Norwood UMC ■ , 2110

Merchants Drive, will hold a

rummage sale 8 a.m. to noon

Saturday, April 9, to benefi t the

work of the United Methodist

Women. Info: 687-9264.

Music servicesThe WMU of Faithway Baptist ■

Church, 4402 Crippen Road,

will host a parking lot gospel

singing 2-4 p.m. Saturday, April

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Refreshments will be sold to

benefi t WMU. All invited.

Northwest Church of God ■ ,

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will host the Washam Family

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April 10.

Faithway Baptist Church ■ ,

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All are invited.

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RevivalsFaith Temple Church of God ■ ,

1706 Cecil Ave., will hold re-

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Wednesday, April 10-13.

Sunday services begin at 6 p.m.

and weekday services begin at

7 p.m. Info: 922-5448.

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Ministries will present “The

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of God’s ongoing provision

for families dealing with

addiction and divorce, 6 p.m.

Sunday, April 10, at Cedar

Springs Presbyterian Church,

9132 Kingston Pike. Admis-

sion is free.

Women’s programsKnoxville Day Women’s ■

Aglow Lighthouse will hold

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11:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 5,

at New Covenant Fellowship

Church, 6828 Central Ave.

Pike. Kelly Wyatt, founder

of Cry for Justice, will speak.

Child care will be provided.

Info: Diane Shelby, 687-3687.

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GCA softball off to good startThe Grace Christian Academy softball team is off

to a good start to the 2011 campaign with victories over Harriman (13-3 and 9-2) and most recently Greenback last Tuesday 6-2.

Bethany Hunt took the pitching circle victory against Greenback.

Softball Panthers split doubleheader with Union CountyPowell’s Brittney Johnson puts the tag on a Union County Pa-

triot last Tuesday in Game 2 of a doubleheader. The Panthers

won the fi rst game 4-0 but dropped the nightcap 1-0. Photo by Greg Householder

PHS Band motorcycle runThe PHS Band boosters club will hold its second annual

motorcycle run Saturday, April 30, at Knoxville Harley Davidson on Clinton Highway.

Registration begins at 11 a.m., lunch is at noon and the ride starts at 1 p.m. The ride is free, but donations are greatly appreciated.

All proceeds go toward a trip to Hawaii for the March-ing Panthers this fall. The band will be representing the Powell community at the 70th anniversary observance of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

A ‘Safe Place’ workshopThere will be a “Safe Place” workshop 9:15 a.m. to 2:15

p.m. Saturday, April 16, at the Oak Ridge Civic Center, 1403 Oak Ridge Turnpike.

Anyone concerned about the safety of children is invited. There will be light refreshments, lunch and door prizes. All participants will receive a certifi cate of comple-tion for three hours of training. Cost is $20. Deadline to register is Wednesday, April 6.

Info: 230-8600 or visit www.speakingout-csa.com.

‘Rich and the Po’ Folk’Old-time string band Rich and the Po’ Folk will perform

8 p.m. Saturday, April 9, at the Laurel Theater. Tickets are $12. Info: 523-7521 or email concerts@jubileearts.org.

Dreams Foundation Hall of Fame induction

The Powell High Foundation will hold the Hall of Fame induction gala at the Jubilee Banquet facility off Callahan Road at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 9.

The induction will honor Anthony Buhl, Sharon McIn-tosh, Richard Bean, Ron Rackley, Jennie Meredith Cowart, Tom Householder, Raymond Johnson, Charles Roach, Rex Stooksbury, Laura Bailey, Allan Gill, W.F. “Snooks” Scar-bro, John Cooper, Leo Cooper, J.D. Jett, Larry Stephens, Nita Buell Black, Marvin West, Mike Ogan and Jim Hobart.

Tickets are $50 and tables of eight may be purchased at a discount for $325. Tickets may be reserved by calling Greta Stooksbury at Powell High School, 938-2171, ext. 108.

Adult spelling beeThe fi fth annual Rotary Club of Farragut Adult Spelling

Bee will be held 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 5, at the Clayton Performing Arts Center on the Hardin Valley Campus of Pellissippi State Community College. Dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m.

Scott Firebaugh, winner of the National Adult Spelling Bee, will be the pronouncer. Tickets are $5 or the dona-tion of used prescription eyeglasses for Knoxville-area Lions Clubs. Cost of admission includes dinner.

Entry fee per three-member team is $300. Teams will compete for prizes, trophies and the all-star champion-ship title.

All proceeds will help support the Adult Education/GED program at Pellissippi State, the Knox County Imagi-nation Library and Ball Camp Elementary School.

Info: Lee Mrazek, 679-9007.

North Knox MOMS to meetThe North Knoxville MOMS Club will hold an open

house Monday, April 4, at Halftime Pizza in Powell. There will be pizza, prizes and a special visit from Knoxmoms.com spokesperson Ali James. Info: Linnie, 382-3052.

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POWELL – This 4BR/2.5BA features: family rm w/brick FP, eat-in kitchen, large 17.6 x 26.6 rec rm w/ lots of natural light off kitchen, formal living rm & din-ing rm. Master suite up with sep vanity & bath w/garden tub. 4th BR has built-in cabinets. Garage heated & cooled & many updates. $212,000 (753030)

POWELL – MOTTIVATED SELLER! RELOCATING – WILL CONSIDER ALL REASONABLE OFFERS. Great 2BR/2BA w/room to grow. This condo has approx 600 SF above garage ready to be finished out or great for storage. Open floor plan, cathedral ceilings, bay windows, LR/DR combo, eat-in kitchen, 11x17.3 sunroom or office/den, master suite w/large 5x11 closet. $184,900 (737556)

POWELL – Great 3BR/2.5BA rancher w/park-like setting. This home features: newer carpet, bonus/sunroom, brick FP in LR, formal DR & large level backyard. HOA dues include mowing. Reduced to $171,500 w/$2,500 allowance w/acceptable offer. (725228)

N.KNOX – Brick/frame 3BR B-rancher w/covered front porch. This home features: Deck overlooking level fenced backyard, 2-car at-tached carport & attached 1-car garage. Hardwood floors on main, Downstairs: 20.6x24 rec rm, 11.4x 22.6 utility/laundry rm. $134,900 (736208)

POWELL – A must see! This 3BR brick rancher sits on over half an acre and features: Eat-in kitchen, sunroom w/gas FP, large 14x11 laundry rm w/sink & shower, master suite w/half bath. Enjoy the outdoors from back deck or stone patio, 1-car gar & carport. Plenty of storage w/2 brick storage bldgs & fenced yard. Updates include new insulated windows & copper plumb-ing 2005. $124,900 (745620)

KARNS – 4BR/1.5BA basement rancher. This home features: 3BR on main & 4th BR, rec rm & half bath/laundry down. Fenced yard & 1-car garage. Many updates includ-ing: laminate flooring, tile back splash in kitchen, energy efficient heat pump, water heater, wired smoke detector and new lighting & plumbing fixtures. Seller will give $200 painting allowance w/accept-able offer. $124,900 (752919)

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The newest Snappy To-mato Pizza has opened in Powell. Located at 2806 Schaad Road across from The Home Depot, Snappy Tomato offers fresh pizza via carryout or fast delivery service.

The Schaad Road store is owned by Gina and Brad Early, who have lived in Powell for six years. Gina is a Gibbs native and Brad hales from the Rockwood community.

Snappy Tomato offers piz-za baked up on fresh dough made daily, hand cut fresh veggies, special recipe sauce made just for Snappy and the highest grade of moz-zarella cheese that is never frozen. “The difference is in the taste,” said Gina.

TDS winsCisco award

TDS Telecommunications Corp. has won a Cisco Part-ner Summit regional award for United States Service Pro-vider Small Business Partner of the Year. Cisco unveiled the winners last month at its annual channel partner con-ference in New Orleans.

Jim Sherriff, senior vice president at Cisco, said the award to TDS recognizes its performance and ex-pertise as a Cisco channel partner.

TDS provides tele-phone service to the Halls Crossroads and Farragut exchanges, along with broadband Internet connec-tions and TV entertainment services in 30 states.

Delicious pizza in a snap

Snappy Tomato Pizza owner Gina Early boxes up a fresh, hot

pizza for a customer. Photo by Ruth White

In addition to tasty piz-zas, Snappy Tomato of-fers hoagie sandwiches, fresh salads and a variety of “snappetizers,” includ-ing boneless wings, chicken snappers, tater snaps and snappy cinna bread.

Powell’s Snappy Tomato will host a grand opening event 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sat-urday, April 16. Residents are invited to stop by and meet “Snappy” and enjoy food, fun and giveaways. Customers can register for free pizza for a year.

The restaurant is open 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, and 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Info: 947-7627. Text the word “snappy” to 90210 to receive hot deals.

Parks and Recreation awards

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Knox County Commissioner R. Larry Smith to show off Park

and Recreation’s Corporate Citizenship award they accepted

for PetSafe, which has sponsored the Tommy Schumpert dog

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April in East Tennessee brings us many traditions, such as the Dogwood Arts Festival, the Orange and White game, and the Junior Achievement Business Hall of Fame, where the local busi-ness community turns out to honor men and women “whose inspirational lead-ership has shown business excellence and courageous thinking,” according to Junior Achievement of East Tennes-see.

Begun in 1989, the Hall of Fame boasts a list of laureates that reads like an East Ten-nessee Who’s Who of captains of industry, and on April 14 at the Downtown Marriott, three new well deserving in-ductees will join this presti-gious list.

Dee Bagwell Haslam took the helm of her father’s business in 1999. Since then, she and business partner Robert Lundgren have trans-formed RIVR Media into an Emmy-award winning verti-cally integrated production company responsible for iconic programming includ-

Saluting local business and entrepreneurial excellence

ing “Trading Spaces” and “Whale Wars.” In 2000 they established RIVR Media In-teractive which offers a broad range of Internet-related ser-vices.

Dr. Lynn Massingalehas served as CEO of Team-Health since 1980 when he co-founded Southeastern Emergency Physicians, Team-Health’s predecessor. Since then, TeamHealth has grown to become a 9,000 employee, New York Stock Exchange company that is one of the largest and most respected providers of clinical outsourc-ing services in the U.S., with around 1,000 employees at its Knoxville headquarters.

Alex “Bo” Shafer cel-ebrated 50 years with Shafer Insurance last December, a

company started by his father, Alex, that is now run by his son, Andy. One of East Ten-nessee’s oldest independent insurance agencies, Shafer In-surance prides itself on long-term relationships with their customers. But it’s for com-mitment to the community through service and example that Bo Shafer is best known. A past Kiwanis International president, Shafer continues to champion myriad community causes tirelessly as a “servant with a heart.”

Junior Achievement serves thousands of students across East Tennessee each year and we at First Tennessee are proud to co-sponsor the simu-lated bank in JA BizTown, an interactive learning experi-ence that exposes students to the realities of working and budgeting. The Business Hall of Fame is important both in saluting local business and entrepreneurial excellence and in raising funds to sup-port JA’s work. More informa-tion about the event can be found at http://easttennessee.ja.org/ or by calling 457-2461.

Comfort Inn goes platinumThe Comfort Inn in Powell has won a Platinum Award from Choice Hotels. The hotel opened in

March 2008 and earned the Gold Award in less than two years. Award criteria include cleanli-

ness, the likelihood of guests to return and how well the hotel scored on an outside inspection.

The Powell inn scored 18th nationally and second in Tennessee. The hotel is owned by Sam

Patel. Staff members of the Powell Comfort Inn are: (front) Shane Gent, Diane Dunford, Jenny

Ellenburg, Niccole Lightfoot, Kelly Patel, Sheralynn Ritchie; (back) Andy Patel, Doug Norris, Eric

Conner, Cathy Paramore, Tom Olvey and Lela Hunter. Photo by Greg Householder

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