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By Larry Van GuilderKnox County Trustee John

Duncan III recently announced that his office has collected $228 million in property taxes through the February payment deadline, setting a record for the office. Chad Tindell, hired by Duncan to be the office’s full-time delinquent tax attorney, has played a significant role in that accomplishment.

“When you take a job, you need to make a difference,” said Tindell, who was in private prac-tice for 20 years before joining Duncan’s staff.

For veteran observers of the trustee’s office, that difference is something more than just the savings in tax dollars and more efficient processes Tindell’s hiring brings to the table. For years the office contracted with a private attorney, Albert Harb, whose firm earned millions from a 10 percent delinquent tax add-on fee.

Tindell

Tindell’s role part of new look in trustee’s offi ce

By Sandra ClarkWater and sewer rates will

increase in April, but not by as much as projected by Hallsdale Powell Utility District’s rate model. Commissioners sent staff back to the spreadsheet last week, recessing the meeting to tour the new headquarters.

Chief Financial Officer James Smith sharpened his pixels to produce an increase of 3.5 per-cent on water and 5.5 percent on sewer which will equate to an increase of $4.40 per month for a 5,000 gallon user.

Water only customers will see an increase from $44.62 to $46.18 for 5,000 gallons ($62.57 to $64.75 for 7,500 gallons). The increases will be reflected on the April billing.

The rate model had projected the 3.5 percent increase on wa-ter with a 7.5 percent increase on sewer.

Smith said rates are debt-driven and the utility is re-quired by state law to make a profit. Revenues are influenced by weather; a rainy season re-sults in decreased water use.

Commissioners will review the finances in September to ensure that the increases were adequate.

President/CEO Darren Card-well did not oppose the reduc-tion in projected rates, but he stressed, “Our overall plan has worked and is working today.”

Cardwell said HPUD will pay down $10 million in debt prin-cipal and $4.6 million in inter-est in the upcoming fi scal year. Other increases are fuel costs and electric utilities. HPUD pays $2.6 million a year for electricity.

HPUD completed its 57th con-secutive month without a viola-tion at the wastewater plant on Beaver Creek Drive in Powell, despite heavy rains during Feb-ruary.

Commissioners hope to be in the new headquarters by May. It contains two drive-thru win-dows and a community room that is accessible to restrooms and a kitchen. Vehicles and equipment will be housed in a separate op-erations center.

The district’s next meeting will be 1:30 p.m. Monday, April 11.

HPUD rates increase,but growth is slowed

In November 2007, when the S h o p p e r - N e w s took a critical look at the op-erations of the trustee’s office under then-act-ing Trustee Mike Lowe, former Knox County

Law Director John Owings esti-mated that an in-house attorney and a paralegal could handle delinquent tax collections for about $150,000 annually. Tin-dell’s salary of $106,905 com-bined with that of tax assistant Linda McGinnis actually falls below Owings’ estimate.

“Albert did a good job,” Tin-dell says. “Any lawyer in the county would have taken it. But it makes tremendous sense to have a full-time attorney in a major metropolitan office.

“When you’re full time in the office, you get an overview.”

That overview is resulting in better ways to do business. Tindell notes, for example, that about 13,000 taxpayers must be notified when the delinquent tax suits are filed. Under the previ-ous system, 15 to 20 employees would be involved in preparing and printing out labels, a pro-cess that took several weeks. The office now contracts with a printing company that accom-plishes the job in two days, sav-ing $45,000 in labor and an ad-ditional $2,000 in postage.

Tindell participates in weekly meetings with the trustee and other senior staff members. He says mo-rale has “soared” under Duncan:

“People in the office are hap-py to come to work.”

And Tindell points out anoth-er change for the better under Duncan: “No one in the office now has a (legal) problem,” a reference to alleged embezzle-ment by one of former Trustee Fred Sisk’s employees.

Tindell says he has “reached out” to other municipal tax at-torneys around the state with a goal of forming a statewide as-sociation. About 45 attorneys gathered in Nashville for a dis-cussion a few weeks ago. Tindell has drafted bylaws and expects the fi rst formal meeting to take place this summer.

“We can learn from other coun-ties and share information,” Tin-dell said, which will help in craft-ing best practices here as well as in trustee offi ces around the state.

Tindell’s duties aren’t restrict-ed to fi ling suits for delinquent taxes. He’s active in reviewing blighted properties, has assisted in setting up payment plans for delinquent taxpayers and rou-tinely interacts with his profes-sional counterparts in Knoxville city government. While acknowl-edging that “working for the gov-ernment is different,” his work philosophy is simple: “Always fi nd ways to make things better.”

Commissioners of the Hallsdale Powell Utility District inspect the utility’s

new headquarters, now under construction on Cunningham Road in Halls.

The building was designed to last for 50 or 60 years, said chair Jim Hill, and

it is utilitarian with concrete fl oors, exposed beams and geothermal heat.

The current building, constructed in 1969, will be torn down. Commission-

ers are: Sandy Liff ord, Kevin Julian and Jim Hill. Photo by S. Clark

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Next up: stabilization of

the nosePassersby along Clinton

Highway may have been wondering what’s up with the airplane fi lling station. The historic building – built in the

The airplane gets some work done

Fantastic Style by Elmer and Henry Nickle in 1930 – is a true piece of Americana. Sev-eral years ago, the Airplane Filling Station Preservation Association was formed to purchase and begin restor-ing and renovating the iconic building.

Through various fund-raising efforts and grants, the group has been able to stop the deterioration and begin restoration of the building.

Work of late has been fo-cused on the interior, and those driving by may think that progress has stopped with the exterior. Recent-ly, crews removed the old beadboard walls and shored up the interior framing with new wood and threaded rods, roughly $4,400 worth of work. Before that, a raised fl oor was installed and the handicapped accessible re-stroom was rough-plumbed in.

Next up for the airplane is the support and stabili-zation of the “nose” of the plane. This will involve an aluminum cage-like appa-ratus attached to the newly installed framing to hold the nose up. Currently, the nose is supported from outside

Bryan Christian discusses some of the interior work he recently completed on the Powell Air-

plane Filling Station building. Photos by Greg Householder

by temporary wood bracing.The AFSPA met last Mon-

day and discussed various fundraising plans and the status of grants. Treasur-er Rock Bernard said the group apparently scored low on the Knox County Com-munity Grants and would probably not be receiving funds this year. The group has earned a Tennessee His-torical Commission match-

ing grant and has submitted receipts for reimbursement of the recent work.

Fundraising activities included special cards at Quaker Steak and Lube. When presented one of the cards for a meal, Quaker Steak and Lube will donate $1 to the AFSPA.

On July 23, the AFSPA will be hosting the Car Show at the Karns Fair at Karns

High School. The group dis-cussed also planning a bis-cuit and gravy breakfast the weekend after the car show.

In August, the group plans to have a “Plane Old Yard Sale” at the airplane. Anyone wishing to donate items for the sale should contact Bernard at 933-7158.

The next meeting of the AFSPA will be at 9 a.m. Sat-urday, April 30. This will be a combination workday and meeting at the airplane.

PBPA hearsfrom Bob Bell

The Powell Business and Professional Association heard from guest speaker Bob Bell of WRJZ Joy 62 radio.

Bell, a talk show host and account executive, told the group of his “three rules of business” – 1) take responsi-bility and make no excuses; 2) do what you say you are going to do; and 3) inspect what you expect – pour fun into your business.

In other business, the PBPA voted to donate $500 to the Second Harvest Food Bank to help with the f lood damage the food pantry suffered in f looding

Rod Creigh displays the proclamation he received from County Mayor Tim Burchett at the Broa-

dacres Homeowner’s Association meeting last Tuesday. Creigh is joined by daughters Cathy

Roberts, Carol Mahler and Chris Cunningham and Mayor Burchett.

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Brother, can you spare a Twit?Jonquils are in bloom

in my front yard, a sure sign that better days are ahead after a cold, wet winter. While we wait on the rest of spring’s blossoms, we can en-joy the abundance of nuts provided by the silly season.

Some say with good reason that the silly season opens in Tennessee as soon as the gavel calls state legislators into session. Never have we seen more convincing proof of this than state Sen. Bill Ketron’s proposal to form a committee that will consider whether Tennessee should establish its own currency.

You’d probably have to travel back in time (I’m think-ing South Carolina in 1860) to match the lunacy that’s in vogue in the statehouses these days. Still, I must admit that Ketron’s brainstorm got me thinking about the condi-tion of the state’s fi nances. After all, the county depends on state grants to fund a number of projects. What if that well runs dry?

Be prepared, the Scouts say, and I’m all for that. Let’s take Ketron’s idea a step further and mint our own Knox County currency. We don’t have gold reserves to back it up, but we do have a lot of idle land now in the hands of The Development Corporation we could use as “currency collateral.”

That problem settled, the question arises as to whose faces should grace our currency. My choice for the $1 note is former Commissioner Mark Harmon. Mark cast the single dissenting vote so often in his commission career that it seems fi tting he should adorn this bill, which in the vernacular will become known as the “Twit.”

You can exchange fi ve twits for a “Doc” if your wallet is beginning to bulge with the singles. The Doc, our $5 bill equivalent, is aptly named for Dr. Richard Briggs, who represents District 5 on commission.

Women and minorities deserve a place in our county currency, so let’s put former Commissioner Diane Jordan on the front of our 10 spot and current Commissioner Amy Broyles on the reverse. This bill is legal tender only when presented to Democrats.

If you’re rolling in dough, your money clip may be fi lled with “Tims.” It takes 20 Twits or four Docs to make change for one Tim, which naturally bears a portrait of Mayor Tim Burchett. (Fist bump!)

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Larry Smith reported that commission was looking at the budget and redistrict-ing as a result of the 2010 census.

School board member Kim Sepesi reported that the board was also looking at the budget and that this year’s plan included improvements at Powell High School.

The membership and events committees are look-ing for businesses to host the new member receptions. The PBPA hopes to have the fi rst sometime in April.

State Farm Insurance agent Sage Kohler, new chair of the Teen Driver Aware-ness committee, reported that she had met with the Powell High Arrive Alive group and April 4-8 will be Teen Driving Safety Week at Powell. For prom, the group will be getting signed com-mitment cards promising to not drink and drive and there will be a drawing from those signing the cards for a chance to win a limousine ride on prom night.

Kohler also reported that near the end of school, all drivers at Powell High, in-cluding faculty staff, will be asked to sign a commit-ment card for the summer promising to not drink and drive, text and drive, talk on the phone and drive, and to not be distracted and drive for a chance to win $50 gas cards.

The PBPA also recognized Dr. Don Wegener for his work in organizing and over-seeing the selection of the annual Man, Woman and Businessperson of the Year. The group has recreated plaques that were previously lost listing every recipient since the program started and presented these to We-gener who will display them in the lobby of his offi ce at Powell Chiropractic Center off Clinton Highway.

The PBPA, in conjunction with the Knox County Sher-iff’s Offi ce, will be sponsor-ing a Crime Prevention in the Workplace Seminar at Mercy Health and Fitness Center. The PBPA will be providing a continental breakfast and Ruby Tuesday’s will be pro-viding lunch. The seminar is free and anyone interested in attending should call Sgt. Sheila Story at the KCSO at 215-5619 or sheila.story@knoxsheriff.org.

Broadacres Homeowners Association honorsRod Creigh

Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett was on hand last Tuesday at the Broadacres Homeowners Association meeting held at Powell Pres-byterian Church to issue a proclamation in honor of longtime Broadacres resident Rod Creigh.

Creigh and his fam-ily moved into Broadacres in 1968. He was honored for his volunteer activities in the Powell community and was recognized for his generous donation to the Broadacres Homeowners Association in memory of his wife, Betty.

Burchett proclaimed last Tuesday as “Broadacres Ho-meowner Rod Creigh Family Day.”

Realtor and Broadacres resident Andrew Sharits re-ported on homes sold over the past couple of years and average prices.

Burchett also spoke to the group telling the association

Clare Crawford and Noell Lewis turn over the new plaques

listing past Powell Business and Professional Association

Man, Woman and Businessperson of the Year recipients

to Dr. Don Wegener. The plaques will be permanently

displayed in Wegener’s offi ce on Clinton Highway.

Bob Bell from WRJZ Joy 62 speaks to the Powell

Business and Professional Association.

The airplane gets some work done From page A-2

that there would be “serious cuts in the budget.”

The mayor, discussing various grants and county programs, told the members, “You didn’t elect me to be Santa Claus. You elected me to be mayor.”

Burchett also had some advice for the group. “The larger the homeowners asso-ciation, the greater the voice in local government – abso-lutely.”

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

The Knox North Lions Club met last Wednesday to discuss plans for a couple of fundraisers.

The Lions will be joining with the Farragut Lions Club to host a pancake breakfast from 8-10 a.m. Saturday, April 2, at the Applebee’s at the corner of Cedar Bluff and Peters roads. Cost is $5 and tickets may be purchased from any Knox North or Far-ragut Lion and can also be purchased at the door.

The Lions will be hosting a “Patriotic Pet” contest in conjunction with the Pow-ell 4th of July parade. Plan to bring your pet decked out in its best patriotic regalia. Winners will be determined by popular vote. Cost to enter the pet is $5 and votes are $1 each. The contest will be held at the post-parade festivities at the Scarbro fi eld.

PHS Alumni Dinneris April 2

The Powell High School Alumni Association will cel-ebrate its 93rd anniversary on April 2 with the group’s annual dinner to be held at the Jubilee Banquet Facility off Callahan Road.

Registration will begin at 4:45 p.m., social hour is 4:45 to 5:45 and dinner will begin at 6.

Bob Hodge, Powell High Class of 1979 and a contrib-uting outdoor writer to the Knoxville News Sentinel, will provide entertainment.

Cost is $20 and reserva-tions may be made by calling Mary Hodge-Cunningham at 938-9428 or Vivian Jett McFalls at 607-9775. Res-ervations may also be made by e-mail to Lynette Brown at Lbrown8042@aol.com. Deadline for reservations is March 25.

Dreams Foundation Hall of Fame induction

The foundation will be holding the induction gala at the Jubilee Banquet fa-cility off Callahan Road be-ginning at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 9.

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.

PHS Band motorcycle run is April 30

The Powell High band boosters will be holding its second annual motorcycle run on April 30. The ride begins with registration at

11 a.m., lunch at noon and the ride kicking off at 1 p.m. at Knoxville Harley David-son on Clinton Highway.

There will be goody bags and the ride is free but do-nations are greatly appreci-ated.

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Did the mayoralty of Daniel Brown start on March 8 when he disavowed the recommen-dation of Bill Lyons and Larry Martin on the pension task force and announced he would name his own task force with new leadership (not Lyons)? Seldom has there been such a public putdown of a top level mayoral aide.

Up until March 8, some ob-servers felt Mayor Brown had not asserted his authority as mayor as they wished he would. He seemed to abdi-cate to Lyons and Martin on all issues involving the pen-sion task force. The decision to have closed meetings was not made by Mayor Brown. The announcement on the pension task force was never posted on the city website.

When Lyons gave his long, defensive and rambling talk to council on the pension task force and announced its passing, he never men-tioned Mayor Brown. Lyons referred in his remarks to former Mayor Haslam, to “the administration” and “the executive branch” of city gov-ernment but never to Mayor Brown. This was odd given Brown was presiding and sat only a few seats away. It is as if Lyons cannot accept there is a new mayor who possesses all the powers of mayor.

Meanwhile, a few weeks ago in a staff meeting, Dep-uty Mayor Martin ordered that new city business cards printed for city employees, for the fi rst time in memory. would no longer contain the incumbent mayor’s name. How he arrived at this sym-bolic decision when we have our fi rst African-American mayor, which is a source of pride to many, defi es imagi-nation.

It does not cost any more to print Daniel Brown’s name than it did to print Bill Haslam’s name. Why did Martin never suggest remov-ing the mayor’s name when Haslam was mayor? Why change the custom now?

Many city employees are proud of Mayor Brown and would like to have his name on their personalized business card. It is a small but deeply telling error which should be reversed. Our African-Amer-ican community would not appreciate this if they knew about it.

Mayor Brown should be briefed by Law Director Deb-bie Poplin on his powers, in-cluding the unfettered right to name commissions without council approval. This is how I established the Civilian Po-lice Review Commission by executive order when I lacked support on council. Brown does not need a council reso-lution to act on pensions and to have open meetings.

Finally, some council members said a study is needed now. But why not fi rst hold a council workshop with Mike Cherry, director of the city pension board, to get the facts on the fi nancial status of the pension fund instead of depending on un-verifi ed statements from the prior city administration? Cherry has not been asked to appear. City employees would appreciate this, and council members might learn things which could im-pact their thinking.

Campaign observers not-ed Madeline Rogero did not attend the council meeting despite many city employ-ees being there. Both Ivan Harmon and Mark Padgett spoke in favor of open meet-ings and worked the city employees present. Roddy, who had co-sponsored the Palmer resolution for open meetings, did not speak in favor of it. She spoke less on the whole issue than either Harmon or Padgett.

On his way out the door, former Mayor Bill Haslam said his successor, the yet-to-be-named interim mayor, had better get busy fi guring out how to keep city workers’ pen-sion funds solvent.

There’s no doubt that now-Gov. Haslam is correct. Current cost estimates show that city taxpayers will have to kick in ever-larger sums of money every year to keep the pensions in the black – as much as $30 million in 2019 alone.

Haslam’s valedictory came as he was packing to move to Nashville in January. He had been mayor since December 2003. Relative political neo-phyte Daniel Brown, just a year into his fi rst City Coun-cil term, was elected interim mayor by his colleagues in the 10th round of voting a couple of days later. The courtly, dig-nifi ed retired post offi ce work-er has the distinction and the burden of becoming the fi rst African-American Knoxville mayor.

Haslam got specifi c with his advice. He recommended that the new mayor create a

By Betty Bean“The old days of Abe Lin-

coln talking about the dignity of work are all long gone,” said for-mer school-teacher Dave McElwaine, f e a t u r e d speaker at the March meeting of the Demo-

cratic Women of Knoxville.“Today, Republicans are

owned and operated by big business.”

McElwaine, who represents

Gov. Bill Haslam. File photo

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task force made up of stake-holders (employees, pension experts, taxpayers, adminis-trators) to work out a plan to present to the newly elected mayor after she or he is sworn in next December. He said he wished that he could have done it himself.

So why didn’t he?He’s one of those business

guys everybody says should be running government, and it’s not like he didn’t have the opportunity to tackle the issue. But he had better things to do, like slapping backs and making promises in Wartburg and Buck Snort

and Summerville.There are at least two

schools of thought on this is-sue, the fi rst and most obvi-ous of which is that he didn’t want to stir up the storm that would inevitably accompany any move to touch employ-ees’ pensions.

Picture a Republican pri-mary fi ght featuring Zach Wamp TV commercials ask-ing us why we would elect someone to run a whole state who can’t even handle a me-dium-sized city’s business af-fairs.

Picture a general elec-tion campaign with Mike

McWherter standing shoul-der to shoulder with heroic police offi cers and fi refi ght-ers talking about the mayor’s failure to keep faith with those who risk their lives to protect and serve.

No sane candidate would choose that path.

Unless, perhaps, under-taking a massive public pension overhaul while run-ning for governor could be seen as a way to shore up Haslam’s somewhat shaky conservative bona fi des. But that would be denounced as pandering and conservatives would ask what took him so long.

So the sensible thing to do was not do anything.

But there’s a third, and radically simple way to look at it:

Bill Haslam ran for mayor on his business acumen (with a considerable assist from his family’s immensely profi t-able business). He was hired on to run government like a business and to fi x what’s bro-ken. For years, he privately acknowledged that the city’s pension plans needed an overhaul.

So why didn’t he fi x it be-fore he set his sights on be-coming governor, instead of dumping the job on the folks he’s left behind?

Fighting words for Democratsto Nashville and took over the legislature are paying atten-tion.”

McElwaine said that the role of the Tennessee School Boards Association in the con-troversy is being overlooked.

“These bills are being pushed by the state school board association. They rep-resent our school board, and they are the people who hire the lobbyists who go to Nash-ville and push those bills. And we’re letting them off scot-free.”

McElwaine bought up the situation in Wisconsin where 14 Democratic state senators left the state in an attempt to stop union-busting legisla-tion from moving through the Republican-dominated legislature.

He said that Wisconsin has had collective bargaining for almost all state employees since 1956, and that its Demo-cratic legislators had learned a lesson from Texas Demo-crats, who fl ed to New Mexico in 2003 an attempt to thwart an unprecedented mid-de-cade redistricting plan led by former Texas Rep. Tom “The Hammer” DeLay. The plan, which targeted Democrats for defeat, was challenged by the U.S. Justice Department and started a chain of events that led to DeLay’s conviction for illegally funneling corporate contributions to Republican candidates. He has been sen-tenced to three years in jail.

“The Texas Democrats held

out until one of their mem-bers weakened,” McElwaine said. “He came back and the Republicans had the one vote they needed. We lost 10 Dem-ocratic seats in Congress.”

McElwaine said that in Tennessee, as in other states, “The government is attempt-ing to break all the unions with a slew of these bills.”

Although Gov. Bill Haslam is ostensibly neutral on some of the anti-TEA legislation, he supports extending the proba-tionary period for tenure from 3 to 5 years, establishing more charter schools and expand-ing the voucher system.

“There’s a bill that would allow school boards to de-clare themselves out of business, fi re all their teach-ers and start over with all schools being private schools,” McElwaine said.

“Haslam is not a friend of organized labor and certainly not the friend of teachers … This is not reform, it is an as-sault on teachers. If you take away the ability to have dues deducted, how are you going to go around to every build-ing and collect dues? There’s even a bill that would make any union in the state that en-dorsed a candidate guilty of a Class D misdemeanor.”

And he issued a call to arms:

“We need to get up on our hind feet, get mad, crank up and get rid of some of the Re-publicans and replace them with good Democrats.”

Betty Bean

McElwaine

LarryVan

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Some of you may have may have heard about the fuss out in East Knox County over the proposed Midway busi-ness park. You may even have heard how County Commission listened to the community and de-railed The Development Corporation’s plans last December, ending – for now – a battle more than a decade old. It was in all the papers, including this one.

If you followed the sto-ry that far, you probably know that Knox County

What meeting?

Mayor Tim Burchett au-thorized a committee to consider uses for the 380-acre parcel consistent with its current zoning. Because the community most im-mediately affected as well as much of Knox County has taken an interest in what will happen to TDC’s $11 million investment,

there’s a fair amount of curiosity about what the committee will propose.

Everyone seems to think so, anyway, except, that is, for the committee itself, which scheduled a meeting last Friday and forgot to tell the media or other interested parties about it.

To be clear, there was no legal obligation to “sunshine” the meeting. With no elected officials deliberating, the gather-ing safely f lies under the Open Meetings Act radar. And when word of the meeting got around, we asked and were informed that the press was wel-come.

But that’s hardly the point.

The seesaw battle over the Midway industrial park has occupied the time of hundreds of ordinary citi-zens and dozens of elected offi cials since 2000. Sup-porters and opponents of the park have hurled charg-es and counter-charges at one another during public meetings, in print and on ra-dio and television. Mistrust piled up by the truckload.

We want to believe the committee will work diligently and openly for the best interests of all of Knox County. An unan-nounced first meeting is not a good start.Contact: lvgknox@mindspring.com.

the United Food and Com-mercial Workers and works as a substitute teacher, was in Nashville March 5 to par-ticipate in the Tennessee Edu-cation Association’s protest against Republican-backed legislation that will strip TEA of most of its powers. He said that TEA does not have bind-ing arbitration powers, and he is critical of many TEA mem-bers’ response to state politics.

“TEA is an affi liate of the AFL-CIO, but they haven’t learned the lesson that they are now a union. I hope all these teachers who voted for these Republicans who went

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By Greg HouseholderDespite a power outage

since 4 a.m. that resulted in a chilly room, the Heiskell seniors gathered last week for their monthly program to learn about property tax relief programs available to seniors.

Knox Williams, state pro-grams administrator for the Knox County trustee, told the group three things:

His boss, Knox County ■ Trustee John Duncan, has stressed that everyone in his offi ce works for the taxpayer and he outlined what the trustee’s offi ce does;

The availability of tax ■ relief for property taxes; and

The availability of tax ■ freezes for seniors.

Williams said that Knox County is home to an esti-mated 65,000 citizens age 65 or older. However, when Duncan took offi ce last Sep-tember, only 4,000 folks were enrolled in either of the two state-mandated pro-grams. He explained that

one of Duncan’s objectives was to increase that number by 1,000 in the fi rst year.

So Williams has hit the road, visiting seniors groups, churches and anywhere he could get the message out. And he has been successful. The number of folks taking advantage of the programs hit 5,000 by November.

There are essentially two programs with separate qualifi cations. The tax relief program allows property owners who are either age 65 or older, anyone regard-less of age who is 100 percent disabled, or a veteran who is 100 percent disabled and whose income for 2009 was $26,830 or less and whose taxes are current to receive a relief payment from the state for $148.

The tax freeze program is for seniors only (age 65 and older) whose income was $36,050 or less in 2009 to freeze their property taxes at 2010 levels.

The program is an annual program, and each year the Legislature defi nes income levels for the current tax

year, usually in September, according to Williams.

Current property taxes due now are for 2010, and both programs use 2009 in-come amounts to determine eligibility.

For more information, call the Knox County Trustees of-fi ce at 215-2197.

In other business, the Heiskell seniors’ bus trip to Pigeon Forge is scheduled for April 26. The group will meet the bus at Ingles on Emory Road at 10 a.m. with the de-parture scheduled for 10:30. The seniors will eat lunch at the Applewood Restaurant and then visit Country To-night for a 3 p.m. matinee. Cost is $40 and the deadline is Friday, March 18. Info: Janice White, 548-0326.

On May 7, the Heiskell Community Center will be holding its annual Plant and Rummage Sale.

For the April seniors pro-gram, Emory Family Prac-tice will have folks on hand to discuss diabetes, and the Orange Pearl Salon and Spa will be available to check feet. A traditional Easter lunch of

Heiskell seniors learn of tax relief and tax freezeham and all the trimmings will be served.

The May meeting will be

Sandra Clark

Taking my own good ad-vice, I’m writing this week about local kids and educa-tors and having fun at the Tennessee Theatre. Come on along.

Elizabeth Hill Deyoung taught el-e m e n t a r y school at Smithwood and Brickey. She plays piano by ear and recent-ly turned 100. Mayor Tim Bur-

chett (who has to be good for something) asked what she wanted for her birthday. And Elizabeth said she had always

Teachers, music and more

wished she could play on the Mighty Wurlitizer at the Ten-nessee Theatre.

Burchett turned to his aide and said, “Let’s make that happen.”

Last Monday, Dr. Bill Snyder hosted Deyoung at the Mighty Musical Monday program. She was there with family and friends, about 100 people in all, ably assisted by her nephew, John S. Hill, and

Natalee Beeler Elkins

his wife, Wanza. The lift was broken, but Elizabeth got on stage. Then by ear she played “Amazing Grace” and “The Easter Parade.” She was still playing when I left.

A woman in the room said Elizabeth had given her piano lessons 40 years ago.

Deyoung’s sister, the late Elsie Hill Thomas, was a mu-sic teacher and directed the choir at Central Baptist Foun-tain City. She would have en-joyed hearing Elizabeth play and would have wanted a turn herself.

Wanza Hill said Elizabeth had never played an organ, but you couldn’t tell it by her performance. She frequently plays piano at Elmcroft As-sisted Living, now her home.

A bit younger but every bit as musical was Powell High and UT graduate Natalee Beeler Elkins, now the mu-sic teacher at Holston Mid-dle School. Natalee brought Holston’s elite performing

ensemble, Kids in America Show Choir.

These students are a triple threat, she said. They excel at singing, dancing and acting. They have performed at Dis-ney World, Carowinds and Dollywood.

Yet another educator, Dr. Joe Johnson, UT president emeritus, was master of cer-emonies. “I hope I can have my 100th birthday at the Tennessee Theatre,” he said. Dr. Joe is edging up on 78.

And Dr. Bill Snyder dedi-cated “How Great Thou Art” to the late James A. Dick, a patron of the Tennessee The-atre whose donation made the restoration possible. Sny-der then launched into tunes from “Showboat,” followed by Freddie Brabson, who wore green socks and played “My Wild Irish Rose” and some Cole Porter.

Music reverberated in the theatre, kids sang and danced, the stage was fi lled

a seniors safety program by the Knox County Sheriff’s Offi ce.

There will be a meeting tonight (March 14) at 6:30 at the center for Heiskell resi-

dents interested in organiz-ing a Neighborhood Watch.

The Heiskell Community Center’s summer fundrais-er, Beans and Bluegrass, is scheduled for July 16.

Deyoung

Holston Middle School singers: (front) Lanie Beckner, Chloe

Jones, Cherith Crabtree, Cody Beeler, director Natalee Beeler

Elkins; (row 2) Hannah Coon, Rebecca Price, Sydney Fry, Sarah

White, Vianni Kelso, Maddie Tuggle; (row 3) Nicole Stinnett,

Emme Smithey, Jordyn Branson, Becca Davis; (row 4) Emily

Helton, Ashleigh Morgan, Constance Doyle, Leeanna Beeler;

(row 5) Kate Combs, Cydney Elmore, Justin Elder, Becca McLain,

Alyssa Cox-Lewis; (back) Abbie Hudgins, Faith Fisher, Matthew

Harold and Jordan Hill. Photo by Harvey Elkins

with talented individuals (and Halls guy Sammy Saw-yer). Mighty Musical Mon-day. It’s the second best free thing in town.

NotesWant to be a student on■

the school board? Applica-tion deadline is April 1. Info:knoxschools.org.

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granted. Not after what she’s seen on va-

cations to the Caribbean. Not after she’s seen health conditions from which no human being should suf-fer.

And especially not after a 10-day medical mission trip to Belize last December.

Alicia, a UT senior and 2007 Gibbs High School graduate, made what she calls a spur-of-the-moment decision to go to Belize with 10 other undergraduates from around the country through International Ser-vice Learning. She wanted to learn more about international medicine fi rsthand.

They walked house to house at fi rst, assessing the living conditions, predicting the needs. The clinics were held the following day. Another day was spent at a hospital in San Ignacio.

“The fathers are mostly farmers. The wives stay home with the kids. It’s not that they can’t afford health care (it’s free), but they don’t have ac-cess to it. One community we went to was 30 minutes away from the main road. And by main road I mean the most terrible road we’d have here.”

Alicia says that some families use rain as a water source without boil-ing it. None of the houses look the same. One might have part of a wall or part of a roof.

“You make it from what you have.”

Ten days in Belize

TALES OF TENNESSEE | Marvin West

If there is such a thing as a perfect fi t, safety Brian Randolph of Mari-

etta, Ga., appears to be what Derek Dooley was talking about when he described low-risk, high-reward re-cruiting.

The coach was looking for athlet-ic ability, character, work ethic and smarts, prospects who would pick Tennessee for the right reasons, be eligible, listen, learn, hang in there and grow up to be Vols for life.

Lance Thompson’s recruitment of Brian Randolph seemed almost too easy. Early commitment. Rock-solid decision. No drama on signing day.

Too good to be true? Does Brian Randolph really match the mold?

Good player? Parade All-Amer-ican, Gatorade player of the year in Georgia, most feared hitter on the loose, according to the Atlanta Jour-nal-Constitution.

Good student? Second or third in senior class, 4.12 GPA. Math analysis is favorite subject. Seems to have an affi nity for business dynamics and problem solving.

Good person? Active in the FRIEND youth program at Friend-ship Baptist Church. Has given time to a cancer research foundation, a

Randolph fi ts Dooley mold

baseball program for students with special needs and to the community Christmas gift-giving campaign.

Background? Father Mark Ran-dolph is an All-State insurance agent. Mother Lisa is a sales manag-er. Brother Justin had an athletic ap-pointment to Air Force Academy but elected to walk on at Georgia Tech. He gave up football to concentrate on academics.

Brian’s outlook: Be the best that you can be.

Randolph’s high school coach, Derek Cook, says he is on target.

“Anything that has Brian Ran-dolph on it is great; he doesn’t do any-thing halfway. I’ve never even seen him fi nish second in a sprint while conditioning – he’s going to be fi rst.

“When it’s time to work, he’s going to be in the front of the line. He’s the guy you want everybody watching – he has an incredible work ethic, character, integrity and leadership. There’s not a knock on the kid. He’s got it.”

If Brian Randolph is solid gold, how the heck did Tennessee get him away from the Georgia Bulldogs, prominent, infl uential and conve-nient, 64 miles away? Here’s the part you may not have heard:

As a sophomore, Brian was the best safety in Georgia high school football. His coach was a Georgia grad. The Bulldogs made regular stops at Kell High. Indeed, they recruited Randolph. He emerged as their No. 1 target at his posi-

tion. Georgia was first to offer a scholarship.

Randolph suffered a shoulder injury that affected his entire ju-nior season. He couldn’t even sig-nal for a fair catch without it slip-ping out of place. He played hurt, made only 137 tackles and gained a mere 1,300 yards as a running back. New coaches at Georgia saw the junior tape and wondered if the kid was losing some of his killer in-stinct.

Georgia offered three safeties for the 2011 recruiting class and said, up front, there was room for only two. Randolph was not ready to make a decision in January a year ago. The other two jumped at the offers. Class closed.

Randolph was wounded. He re-ally liked Georgia but he did not collapse. He was philosophical.

“I guess that’s how recruiting works sometimes. I can’t complain because I’m blessed to have so many opportunities.”

He had 20, a cross section, in-cluding Florida, South Carolina, Oklahoma State, Stanford, Vir-ginia Tech and Maryland. Georgia Tech seemed to have a home-court

advantage. Big brother was there. Mississippi State made sense. Dad has a MSU degree. Relatives live nearby.

Tennessee was the winner be-fore Randolph paid close attention to what was said. Thompson is an outstanding recruiter. He is very convincing when he talks about the impact of Volunteer football on the state, the livability of Knoxville, out-standing campus facilities, opportu-nity for early playing time.

Dooley was obviously a major factor. The head coach and recruit could understand what each wanted without an interpreter. Both are be-lievable.

Cook, the prep coach, has fore-sight. He says Randolph, 6-0 and 190, very fast and very competitive, will play this fall, grow into stardom, earn a job in the NFL.

“Great speed, instincts, incred-ibly physical. He lights it up.”

Just what the Vols needed, a de-fensive back who hits and measures up to Dooley’s exact standards. Amazing that Georgia has such a surplus.Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is

westwest6@netzero.com.

PULL UP A CHAIR … | Jake Mabe

UT senior takes medical mission trip

Alicia (right) checks the blood

pressure and glucose levels of an

unidentifi ed woman in the mar-

ketplace at San Ignacio, Belize.

There’s no excuse for me not to be-come a doctor.”

She wants to be a military physi-cian. She heard a pitch by the Army a few years ago. They offer a scholar-ship program that pays for medical school.

“But I wanted to do it for the right reasons, not just for the money. So I did some research.”

She went on a Navy-funded trip to Portsmouth, Va. She learned that the Navy offers positions in a hospi-tal, on a ship or at a base.

Alicia likes the idea of being able to travel with her job, “getting out there and seeing different cultures.

“I don’t want to stay in the U.S., but I don’t want to be gone long, ei-ther. A doctor’s assignment usually

Alicia

McClintock

passes out

stickers at St.

Joseph Roman

Catholic School

in the Duke Run

II community

of Belize.

McClintock,

a UT senior,

participated

in a medical

mission trip in

December.Photos submitted

lasts six months. A couple of those every once in awhile would be cool.”

She will earn a biological sciences degree in May and has applied to or interviewed with several medical schools. She’s waiting to hear back from Florida State and Virginia Tech. She’s ultimately trying to de-cide between the Navy and the Air Force.

Asked what she’ll carry with her from Belize, Alicia exhales.

“I have an appreciation for the way we live. And I think it’s given me some ‘oomph’ to make others realize that you’ve got it good here in Ameri-ca. Don’t complain. The people down there are so happy. And they never complained.”

Here’s something else to mark down. Alicia McClintock will be-come a medical doctor. That boy on the bus and 10 days in Belize have seen to that. Call Jake Mabe at 922-4136 or e-mail JakeMabe1@

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Doors are left open at night to cool the household. Alicia says that some families had wall air conditioning units. None had central heat and air. She also saw a lot of homeless dogs.

The medical needs were unex-pected.

“Many just wanted vitamins for their kids. They’d make up symp-toms in order to have medicine for later. A doctor gets up there maybe once a year.”

A language barrier was also un-expected.

“We’d heard that Belize is 90 percent English (speaking). So I thought, ‘Oh, great! No problem!’ They took us to the Spanish (speak-ing) part of the country and none of us knew Spanish.”

She got to meet the Garifuna tribe and see them dance. She handed out toothbrushes and toothpaste donat-ed by Fountain City dentist Dr. Allen Hunley to children at St. Joseph Ro-man Catholic School.

“The kids were so kind, patient and gentle, not gabby, greedy or mean. All of the Belizean people were very welcoming, passionate and happy. It obviously starts with the kids.”

And she learned how to adminis-ter three kinds of sutures and injec-tions, how to treat snakebites, how to take blood pressure and check glucose levels, and how to listen to heart and lung sounds.

Alicia has always known she could become a doctor. She knows she has what it takes. The deciding factor came on a bus ride in Hondu-ras during a cruise vacation. A child on the bus was singing, dancing, having a big ol’ time. He lives in one of the poorest countries in the West-ern Hemisphere.

“His dream was to become a rap star and move to Hollywood. His motivation inspired me … to become all I can be. He’s going to be all he can be. I have all the resources.

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Almost 50 years ago “funeral services” were held for Foun-

tain City. John Adair’s frontier outpost,

established in 1788, only two years after James White’s Fort, had blossomed into the largest unincorporated community in the United States.

In the same pioneering spirit Adair had shown, the estimated 30,000 inhabitants supported their own water and sewage util-ity, garbage collection company and fi re department. With occa-sional help from the Knox Coun-ty Sheriff, Curt Brock provided police protection.

A private water utility orga-nized in 1931 with 200 subscrib-ers had grown to 5,700 house-holds served by 140 miles of mains by the 1960s. Many homes still used septic tanks, but the Fountain City Sanitary District served 1,600 homes.

In 1942, the Fountain City Fire Department placed in service its newly arrived truck with 1,200 feet of hose and a 400-gallon booster. The 2,000 subscribers in Fountain City, Smithwood, Beverly and Inskip paid only $6 per year.

Another independent body, the Fountain City Park Commis-sion, chaired by Judge John W. Green, had maintained perhaps the fi nest public park in the coun-ty for more than 20 years. Under the late Dr. A.L. Jenkins’ leader-ship, the Fountain City Recre-ation Commission had provided a comprehensive sports program for youth since 1953.

Is it any wonder then that, when the mayor and the Knox-ville City Council began propos-ing annexation in 1959, there was much resistance?

John Brothers conducted a mail poll that year and received letters or cards indicating that 1,796 were opposed and 112 were for annexation. His initial obser-vation was, “If the city worked out a program in a calm and reasonable manner and with a proper schedule for extension of services, opposition would lessen considerably.”

Ross Tillery Stuart (1912-1999) was the suburb’s pro bono unoffi -cial “law director” and the veteran attorney member of the group cho-sen to investigate the matter. Ross was the son of J. Andrew, a ma-chinist at the Southern Railway’s Coster Shops, and Maude Bowen Stuart. He grew up in Inskip, at-tended Inskip Grammar School and graduated from Knoxville High School. He then graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Law. Lt. Ross T. Stuart served from April 1944 to March 1946 as gunnery offi cer and later as legal counsel in the Judge Ad-vocate’s branch of the U.S. Navy during World War II.

When he came home from the service, he fi rst served as the chief claims attorney for the Tennessee Odin Insurance Com-pany in Knoxville and then for the Southern Casualty Insurance Company. In about 1950 he and Al Redell founded Redell-Stuart and Company, a general insur-ance and real estate agency with offi ces in the then-new Fountain City Bank Building.

Stuart also practiced law, spe-cializing in wills, trusts, deeds, charters and other civil aspects of the law. Redell-Stuart was a lead-er in working with many other

The day Fountain City

‘died’HISTORY AND MYSTERIES | Dr. Jim Tumblin

Ross T. Stuart (1912-1999).

Stuart was a partner in the

Redell-Stuart Insurance

and Real Estate Com-

pany and a key member

of the committee nego-

tiating Fountain City’s

annexation to the city of

Knoxville. Photo courtesy of Dorothy Foster Stuart

The Annexation Ceremony on Feb. 12, 1962. Harry Hitch is the presiding minister with John

Akridge, Fred Graves Jr., C.M. Hill, Sam Cook, Jack Easton and Bill Beckler serving as pallbearers. Photo courtesy of “Our Stories” by WBIR-TV

Ross Stuart and the annexation

I wrote a lament in this space several weeks ago: a lament over my grand-

father’s milk can that had been stolen from my front porch. It was an antique, yes, but it was also a link to a grandfa-ther I adored.

It had been for me a symbol of a life given to hard, honest work. And, more importantly, it was something that his hands had touched time and time again as he ran a dairy farm in the first half of the 20th century. It pleased me that it sat beside my front door, a symbol of family continuity and a tribute to the simple values of country folk.

So when I came home one night to find it gone, I was, in turn, disbeliev-ing, then angry, then deeply saddened. It was irrefutably, irretrievably gone.

That same grandfather had lost the tip of his little finger in a farm accident, and he talked about the phantom pains that he sometimes felt in a part of a fin-ger that was no longer there. Like him, I felt phantom pains every time I came and went by my front door where his milk can used to sit.

So it was that my daughter Jordan, who haunts antique stores in Memphis, found a milk can at some event in Mis-sissippi and brought it to me on her last visit. It now resides in the place of honor beside my front door.

(To any reader who is considering plans to remove it from my porch, be-lieve me when I tell you my pet python likes to sleep in that milk can and will not take kindly to being disturbed!)

This new old can is different. It is paint-ed red, and Papa’s hands never touched it. It does not carry the same love forward from the past that the old one did.

Even so, it certainly carries love from the future.

Jordan’s gift of love and caring was an attempt to heal a hurt, to soothe a loss. She could not restore Papa’s milk can to me: The past is gone. But, from the next generation, a sense of right-ness and continuity impelled her to do her best to fix the situation. Her under-standing of the silken threads of family ties is strong.

Now, instead of an artifact of the past, I have an offering from the future.

And here is the best part. The milk can has a f law. It is dented slightly on the front, and I promise you (could I make this up?), the dent is heart-shaped. Not a perfect heart – it is a little lop-sided – but a heart nonetheless.

None of us gets through life without a few dents and scratches, a ding here and bruise there. This milk can has been through some things, and it bears the scars. But fortunately, the scar itself is the shape of love.

My new old milk can is a reliquary of love that stretches from generation to generation to generation and back again.

In this Lenten season, let’s remember the Name of love, his work of love, his scars of love, his restoration of love and always, always, the faithfulness of his love for us.

CROSS CURRENTS | Lynn Hutton

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Fountain City businesses to foster community improvements and civic pride. In addition, Stuart was an adjunct professor in the UT Law School, teaching a course on insurance law for 15 years.

Ross married Dorothy Louise Foster on April 7, 1938. They built their home on land long owned by the Stuart family on Inskip Road and lived there for all their married life, except for the ser-vice years and three years in Chattanooga. Pillars of the Foun-tain City Methodist Church, the Stuarts served their community faithfully and well. Ross taught the men’s Fidelis Sunday school class for a number of years and had no equal as a student of the Bible.

The annexation study com-mittee met with city law direc-tor T. Mack Blackburn, who represented the mayor and City Council in the negotiations. The committee, consisting of Ross T. Stuart, John T. Brothers, Carl L. Butcher Sr. and Robert H. Temple, worked with their

outside attorney Clyde Key to negotiate the best arrangement possible.

Finally, it was agreed that Fountain City would become a part of Knoxville on Feb. 11, 1962, at midnight, after the 1962 tax assessment deadline. In es-sence this assured almost a full year moratorium on city taxes. However, at the city’s discre-tion, some city services could be provided that fi rst year, with streetlights and a new fi re sta-tion to have priority.

At an 11:30 a.m. “Funeral Ceremony” on Monday, Feb. 12, 1962, Stuart handed over a symbolic sword to Mayor John Duncan and Fountain City became a part of Knox-ville. Some 350 “mourners” accompanied the hearse and the casket down Broadway to a plot on Old Broadway at Dutch Valley Road in the shadow of Rand Scandlyn’s D-Lyn Tour-ist Court.

During the procession, the Central High School band played the solemn march “Pomp and Circumstance” while sever-al citizens carried banners with slogans such as these:

In memory of our beloved Fountain City.

Our pocketbooks will bleed.Died in 1962 – we lived in

peace.Surrendered with reluc-

tance.Memorial Day, 1962.End of a beautiful dream.Six pallbearers – John

Akridge, Fred Graves Jr., C.M. Hill, Sam Cook, Jack Easton and Bill Beckler – assisted “the Rev.” Harry “Hop” Hitch with the services. They were all dressed in black and wore Abraham Lincoln-esque black stovepipe hats. Prior to the ser-vice the “viewing” disclosed a

giant yellow key to the city in the coffi n, which was presented to Mayor Duncan later.

As he passed a replica of Gen. Robert E. Lee’s “sword” to the mayor, Stuart said, “As the surrender of Gen. Lee at Appomattox heralded a united nation, so this 100 years later we herald the unity of our community with yours.”

Duncan responded, “No city can be great unless its citi-zens are great. We can make no progress unless as a great, united community we whole-heartedly support a program of progress. We cannot have that self-confi dence and optimism in our future unless all our citi-zens share in that spirit. Unit-ed, forward-looking, one for all and all for one, this great city can go forward.”

Duncan read the provisions of a “deed” prepared by Stuart, which conveyed to the citizens and residents of Fountain City the following:

A proportionate share in the Knoxville Utilities Board property of the city of Knox-ville having a value in excess of $250 million.

A proportionate share in McGhee Tyson (Municipal) Air-port, the James White Audito-rium and a proportionate share in millions of dollars worth of good streets, libraries and sew-age disposal systems.

A voice in the government and progress of Knoxville.

Then a bugler played taps, signaling the end of one era and the beginning of another. Now, nearly 50 years later, few would question the wisdom of our city fathers. However, Fountain City has maintained its own identity with immense community pride.

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Central Baptist has partnered with Central High School, and the Faith at Work team has been active in its efforts to let the faculty and staff know how much they are appreciated and loved by the church and community. The team is making plans to host a picnic lunch on April 14.

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Later this spring, one will see a couple of names on the marquee at Pow-ell High School. It will say something like this: “Con-gratulations. Alana Hen-ley, Girls State and Chris Bright, Boys State.”

Unfortunately, many passersby will not have the slightest idea what this is all about.

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Once she has the nomi-nations, she sends out a ballot to the faculty with all nominees listed. This may be eight or 10 or so. The teachers vote. The boy and girl with the most votes be-come the representatives of Powell High School.

Kirkpatrick says that this year’s reps, Bright and Henley, are in the top 10 percent of their classes. Both are juniors.

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Henley has been on the Powell High swim team and is a member of FBLA, FCA and the Beta Club.

According to Kirkpat-rick, “This is not only a great scholarship opportu-nity, but they get to meet with kids from around the state who are also college bound.”

Henley and Bright are both excited about the prospect but neither knows what to expect.

Kirkpatrick is not too concerned.

“Every kid who goes comes back and tells how awesome it was,” she says.

Two of the brightest and best

Powell High School Boys State representative Chris Bright and

Girls State representative Alana Henley. Photo by Greg Householder

Powell Panthers

Kickoff to Dogwood Arts Festival

“Dogwood After Dark,” the offi cial kickoff party for the Dogwood Arts Festi-val, will be held 7-10 p.m. Thursday, March 31, at Lat-itude 35 on Market Square. Guests are encouraged to show their creativity by dressing “with attitude” for the event. Tickets are $75. Tickets: www.dogwoodarts.com or 637-4561.

Fort Sumter Cemetery seeks bids

Fort Sumter Com-munity Cemetery will be taking bids for mowing and landscaping services for the remainder of 2011. A pre-bid meeting will be held 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, March 15, at the cemetery. If unable to attend, call 660-6949 to make arrangements to pick up a bid package. Bids must be returned by March 29.

Northside Kiwanis to hold pancake jamboree

The Kiwanis Club of Northside Knoxville will hold its 39th annual Pan-cake Jamboree and Bake Sale 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Satur-day, March 26, at St. John’s Lutheran Church (on North Broadway at Emory Place). Proceeds benefi t the club’s service fund for community projects primarily focused on children. A family ticket

By Greg Householder

The Noweta Garden Club installed offi cers for the 2011-13 two-year term last Monday at the club’s 52nd spring luncheon held at the Orangery in West Knox-ville.

Outgoing president Lana McMullen, the only Noweta

president in the club’s his-tory to have served two consecutive two-year terms, conducted the installations.

Marjorie Gardner was installed as president, Peg-gy Jones as fi rst vice presi-dent, Sarah Carroll and Su-zanne Sweat as second vice presidents, Judy Eubanks

and McMullen as third vice presidents, June Jennings as treasurer and Wilma Shular as secretary.

Sarah Carroll was also recognized as the outstand-ing member for 2010.

The club will be attending the Tennessee Federation of Garden Clubs District IV

spring membership meeting March 29 at The Stables in Lafollette.

The Noweta Garden Club’s next meeting will be a tour of the Robert Tino home and gardens in Sevi-erville on Tuesday, April 5. The group will meet at Pow-ell Church at 9:15 a.m.

Outgoing Noweta Garden Club president Lana McMullen (far right) inducts the new offi cers at the club’s 52nd spring luncheon.

Pictured are: Marjorie Gardner, president; Peggy Jones, fi rst vice president; Sarah Carroll, second vice president; Suzanne Sweat,

second vice president; Judy Eubanks, third vice president; June Jennings, treasurer and Wilma Shular, secretary. McMullen will

also serve as third vice president. Photo by Greg Householder

Noweta Garden Club installs new offi cers

(for four) is $10. Tickets can be purchased from any club member or by calling Jake Mabe at 922-4136.

‘Clean Out Your Drawers’ for Goodwill

Goodwill Industries-Knoxville Inc. has teamed up with Hanes apparel to launch Clean Out Your Drawers, a campaign to encourage people to donate responsibly.

To participate, visit any local Goodwill store and take a photo of yourself in front of the Hanes dona-

tion boxes or posters while making your donation, then upload your photo to www.facebook.com/hanes for a chance to win prizes.

All proceeds from dona-tions will enable Goodwill to provide job training and rehabilitation services to individuals with barriers to competitive employment. Info: www.facebook.com/hanes.

Free concert by USAF Airmen of Note

The United States Air Force Airmen of Note will

perform a free concert 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 19, in the James R. Cox Audito-rium at the UT Alumni Me-morial Building on campus. Everyone is welcome. Info: www.music.utk.edu/events/march.html.

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