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And Powell Station was not a wa- ter park – it was a real train station. Moyers, known as “Ms. Amy” to her former students, celebrated her 98th birthday with some of her former students Jan. 8 at Atria Weston Place where she now lives. Ms. Amy taught at Powell High School for four decades, from her graduation from UT in 1934 through her retirement after the 1974 school year. In the early years she would go to the Southern Rail- way terminal downtown where she would catch the train out to Pow- ell. And then did it in reverse at the end of the school day. For several years, Ms. Amy lived off Fairmont Boulevard near Broadway. She recalls how she drove through a lot of water in Powell, attesting to the frequent flooding the area still endures. Ms. Amy taught Spanish, civics and English, and she participated in a new-fangled concept called “team teaching.” She was an avid equestrian in her day. She speaks fondly of the two saddle horses she used to ride. While not going so far as admit- ting to being somewhat of a “trick rider,” she did recall doing some stunts such as standing on the back of one of her horses. At the age of 98, Amy Armstrong Moyers – “Ms. Amy” – plays a jazzy tune during her birthday celebration on Jan. 8. Amy Armstrong Moyers cel- ebrates her 98th birthday with a few friends and former students. Photos by Greg Householder ‘Ms. Amy’ turns 98 During her tenure she did a lot of traveling with her students. As she says: “I’ve been east and west and north and south on trips with the kids.” Ms. Amy is still an accomplished musician, belting out a spirited number while her friends at Atria Weston Place cheered during their bingo game. Her musical skills are self-taught, though she did take vi- olin lessons for five years. But she can play just about any instrument she picks up – banjo, guitar, saxo- phone and, of course, the piano. She plays everything by ear. Ms. Amy doesn’t have much family left. A relative takes her once a week to the beauty parlor. She was the baby of her family and her nearest sibling was 10 years older than her. But several of her former students visit frequently as they did to help celebrate her birthday. Her teaching career spanned a lot of history – the Great Depres- sion, World War II, the Korean War and the 1950s, the turbulent 1960s and the Vietnam years before end- ing at the time of Watergate. By Betty Bean Becoming mayor overnight is a big adjustment – just ask Daniel Brown, whose new of- fice affords him a panoramic view of the Tennessee River between the now-closed Hen- ley and Gay Street bridges. “Looking over there, the Gay Street Bridge is jammed,” Brown said. “A lot of times over the past few days, I’ll think ‘They should do some- thing about this and they should do that.’ Then I realize ‘they’ is me.” The 6th District City Coun- cil member was named inter- im mayor by his City Council colleagues last Monday in the 11th round of voting. He succeeds Gov. Bill Haslam, who resigned shortly before Brown was selected. He will serve until a new mayor is elected and sworn into office in December. Meantime, there’s a city to run. He says he plans to lean heavily on the services of Haslam mainstays Larry Martin and Bill Lyons. “I’m very glad they’re here,” he said. “If they had re- signed or if the governor-elect had taken them with him, that would have been a major upheaval. This means stabil- ity. Those two gentlemen re- maining in place will allow us to move smoothly during this transitional period. They re- ally are the movers and shak- ers. And City Recorder Cindy Mitchell, she is of great help as well.” Brown, 64, is a retired employee of the U.S. Postal Service, a longtime commu- nity volunteer and election worker, and a graduate of Tennessee State Univer- sity. He has been a coun- cil member for a year and was considered something of a sleeper for the job of interim mayor because he played his cards so close to the vest. “When people first started asking me if I was interested, I just answered, ‘We’ll see.’ Then when the mayor gave his press conference an- nouncing when he’d resign, I saw where five of my col- leagues said they were inter- ested. I thought I better start letting people know that I was interested, too. “The morning we voted, because of the Sunshine Law, I had no idea how things were going to turn out. I knew I would get one vote – my own. Then, when we started voting and things were at a stand- still, I thought ‘This may not work.’ But it did. “I believe that everyone on that council has integrity. I’ve said it before and will say it again – any one of us could have done this job and I re- spect and admire each and every one on that council. I think we’re going to be just fine during this transition.” Brown is divorced and has a daughter, Stephanie Bur- gess, who teaches school in Shelby County. He has two grandchildren: Miles, 6, and Maya, 2. His brother, Warren, is a bishop with the AME Zion Church and is off on a busi- ness trip to England where he oversees the AME churches. When he returns, he plans to organize a celebration for the new mayor, who has become the first African-American to hold that position. And that thought brings up something that has been on the minds of many over the past week: “I hope we can get past the question of race,” Brown said. “But since this is hap- pening the week that we are remembering Dr. Martin Lu- ther King Jr. and February is Black History Month, that fact Mayor Brown takes charge Pat Summitt and Knoxville Mayor Daniel Brown at the Riverwalk. Photo by Betty Bean is not lost on me. I know that many in the African-Amer- ican community are happy – well, maybe some are not – but it might be a good thing for the young people of this city to see that whoever they are, wherever they might be, if they work hard and prepare themselves, they can be what- ever they want to be – if they prepare themselves.” P.C.C.A. Compounding Specialist Kenton Page, DPh Since 1976 5110 N. Broadway • 688-7025
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‘WALKING TALL’Daughter remembers Pusser in new book
In the early days of her career she took the train to work.
So what, you ask? Many folks take a train to work.
Back when Amy Armstrong Moy-ers was riding the rails it was a time when the world was a whole lot big-ger. And Powell Station was not a wa-ter park – it was a real train station.
Moyers, known as “Ms. Amy” to her former students, celebrated her 98th birthday with some of her former students Jan. 8 at Atria Weston Place where she now lives.
Ms. Amy taught at Powell High School for four decades, from her graduation from UT in 1934 through her retirement after the 1974 school year. In the early years she would go to the Southern Rail-way terminal downtown where she would catch the train out to Pow-ell. And then did it in reverse at the end of the school day.
For several years, Ms. Amy lived off Fairmont Boulevard near Broadway. She recalls how she drove through a lot of water in Powell, attesting to the frequent fl ooding the area still endures.
Ms. Amy taught Spanish, civics and English, and she participated in a new-fangled concept called “team teaching.”
She was an avid equestrian in her day. She speaks fondly of the two saddle horses she used to ride. While not going so far as admit-ting to being somewhat of a “trick rider,” she did recall doing some stunts such as standing on the back of one of her horses.
At the age of 98, Amy Armstrong Moyers – “Ms. Amy” – plays a jazzy tune during her birthday celebration on Jan. 8.
Amy Armstrong Moyers cel-ebrates her 98th birthday with a few friends and former students. Photos by Greg Householder
‘Ms. Amy’ turns 98During her tenure she did a lot
of traveling with her students. As she says: “I’ve been east and west and north and south on trips with the kids.”
Ms. Amy is still an accomplished musician, belting out a spirited number while her friends at Atria Weston Place cheered during their bingo game. Her musical skills are self-taught, though she did take vi-olin lessons for fi ve years. But she can play just about any instrument she picks up – banjo, guitar, saxo-phone and, of course, the piano. She plays everything by ear.
Ms. Amy doesn’t have much family left. A relative takes her once a week to the beauty parlor. She was the baby of her family and her nearest sibling was 10 years older than her. But several of her former students visit frequently as they did to help celebrate her birthday.
Her teaching career spanned a lot of history – the Great Depres-sion, World War II, the Korean War and the 1950s, the turbulent 1960s and the Vietnam years before end-ing at the time of Watergate.
By Betty BeanBecoming mayor overnight
is a big adjustment – just ask Daniel Brown, whose new of-fi ce affords him a panoramic view of the Tennessee River between the now-closed Hen-ley and Gay Street bridges.
“Looking over there, the Gay Street Bridge is jammed,” Brown said. “A lot of times over the past few days, I’ll think ‘They should do some-thing about this and they should do that.’ Then I realize ‘they’ is me.”
The 6th District City Coun-cil member was named inter-im mayor by his City Council colleagues last Monday in the 11th round of voting. He succeeds Gov. Bill Haslam, who resigned shortly before Brown was selected. He will serve until a new mayor is elected and sworn into offi ce in December.
Meantime, there’s a city to run.
He says he plans to lean heavily on the services of Haslam mainstays Larry Martin and Bill Lyons.
“I’m very glad they’re here,” he said. “If they had re-signed or if the governor-elect had taken them with him, that would have been a major upheaval. This means stabil-ity. Those two gentlemen re-maining in place will allow us to move smoothly during this transitional period. They re-ally are the movers and shak-ers. And City Recorder Cindy Mitchell, she is of great help as well.”
Brown, 64, is a retired employee of the U.S. Postal Service, a longtime commu-nity volunteer and election worker, and a graduate of Tennessee State Univer-sity. He has been a coun-cil member for a year and was considered something of a sleeper for the job of interim mayor because he
played his cards so close to the vest.
“When people fi rst started asking me if I was interested, I just answered, ‘We’ll see.’ Then when the mayor gave his press conference an-nouncing when he’d resign, I saw where fi ve of my col-leagues said they were inter-ested. I thought I better start letting people know that I was interested, too.
“The morning we voted, because of the Sunshine Law, I had no idea how things were going to turn out. I knew I would get one vote – my own. Then, when we started voting and things were at a stand-still, I thought ‘This may not work.’ But it did.
“I believe that everyone on that council has integrity. I’ve said it before and will say it again – any one of us could have done this job and I re-spect and admire each and every one on that council. I
think we’re going to be just fi ne during this transition.”
Brown is divorced and has a daughter, Stephanie Bur-gess, who teaches school in Shelby County. He has two grandchildren: Miles, 6, and Maya, 2.
His brother, Warren, is a bishop with the AME Zion Church and is off on a busi-ness trip to England where he oversees the AME churches. When he returns, he plans to organize a celebration for the new mayor, who has become the fi rst African-American to hold that position.
And that thought brings up something that has been on the minds of many over the past week:
“I hope we can get past the question of race,” Brown said. “But since this is hap-pening the week that we are remembering Dr. Martin Lu-ther King Jr. and February is Black History Month, that fact
Mayor Brown takes charge
Pat Summitt and Knoxville Mayor Daniel Brown at the Riverwalk. Photo by Betty Bean
is not lost on me. I know that many in the African-Amer-ican community are happy – well, maybe some are not – but it might be a good thing for the young people of this
city to see that whoever they are, wherever they might be, if they work hard and prepare themselves, they can be what-ever they want to be – if they prepare themselves.”
P.C.C.A. Compounding Specialist
Kenton Page, DPhSince 1976
5110 N. Broadway • 688-7025
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in memoir Dwana Pusser fi gures if
anybody ought to be insane, it’s her.
After all, her mother was murdered when Dwana was 6. Her father died in her arms when she was 13.
Today we celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr. His is certainly the most recognized name among the thousands who worked to advance the cause of civil rights in this country during the last half of the 20th century. King – and others – gave their lives to the cause.
King and his followers practiced Gandhi’s nonviolent mass civil disobedience as a way of effecting change. One wonders what he would make of today’s political climate in which overheated rhetoric has unquestionably incited the sort of violence this community suffered not so long ago at the Tennessee Val-ley Unitarian Universalist Church.
Set aside for the moment the motivation of Jared Loughner, who police say murdered six people in Tuscon, Ariz., last week. Loughner’s attempt to kill U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, a Democrat, may have been more than a coincidence, but the evidence is mounting that Loughner is insane, if not in the legal sense.
Whether or not you think that Loughner and others similarly unbalanced can be driven to murder by television and radio “commen-tators,” it’s hard to conjure an argument in support of the invective we’re bombarded with daily. Politics has always been a rough and tumble sport, but a sinister cast has overtaken so-called “civil discourse,” and where it will end is anyone’s guess.
We contribute to the problem when we allow willful ignorance to color our views and thus become pawns to one faction or another. The latest example of this is the push to repeal the recently enacted health care law in the face of a Congressional Budget Offi ce review that says doing so will add about $200 billion to the defi cit over the next decade.
What’s the reaction to this news from those who oppose the law on (for example) the grounds that it violates their right of “choice”
in health care? They simply don’t believe it. Facts have taken a backseat to “beliefs.”
Demagogues on the right and the left are not new on the American scene. But one could make a strong argument that not since the years leading up to the Civil War have the clashes between opposing views infl amed and polarized the public like today.
We don’t have to agree with one another. (How boring would that be?) But there’s an edge of truth in the teasing adage about “re-specting your right to be wrong.” Let’s bring back that respect.
Snow didn’t slow down our intrepid contributors this week. Wendy Smith takes you on a walk with City Council member Duane Grieve, Valorie Fister has the story of a Farragut man who’s less than pleased with his contractor, and Betty Bean wonders if Bill Haslam might become a national political fi gure sooner than you think.
Wherever you receive the Shopper-News, you can check out every edition online at www.ShopperNewsNow.com. Let us know what you think of the new website. It’s a work in progress, but we’re making changes we hope you’ll like.Contact Larry Van Guilder at [email protected].
“Walking On” by Dwana
Pusser (with Ken Beck
and Jim Clark) is available
from Pelican Publishing
Company. It can be pur-
chased at book outlets or
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‘Walking on’
This marker along U.S. Highway
64 four miles west of Adamsville,
Tenn., marks the spot at which
Buford Pusser died in a contro-
versial car accident on Aug. 21,
1974. File photo by Jake Mabe
A fan stands near the entrance to Buford Pusser’s home in Adamsville, which is now a museum. File photo by Drew Weaver
Rhyne recalls meeting Buford Pusser
Union County resi-dent Marie Rhyne and her husband, Maynard-ville city manager Jack Rhyne, met Sheriff Bu-ford Pusser several times through the Tennessee Jaycettes. Pusser was named one of the state Jaycee’s Outstanding Young Men in 1969.
As Marie recalls, “When I was state president of the Tennes-see Jaycettes, we saw and talked to him on occasion. One of my vice presidents was from Sel-mer (in McNairy County) and she is the one who introduced him.
“I remember the fi rst time I saw him. He got on the elevator with us (we had not met at this time) but I think he was the tallest person I had ever seen! He and I were supposed to judge a beauty contest in Smith-ville. However he didn’t show! But it was raining so hard I don’t blame him because we judged outside.
“He was larger than life and every time we saw him, a gentleman.”
Oh, and by the way — her father was legendary Mc-Nairy County, Tenn. Sheriff Buford Pusser.
Dwana tells her story, and highlights much of her fa-ther’s career, in a new mem-oir, “Walking On.” Co-written with Ken Beck and Jim Clark (who previously authored an excellent book on “The Andy Griffi th Show”), Dwana’s sto-ry is a quick, engaging and, at times, heartbreaking read.
She does a lot to demys-tify the stories surrounding her famous father. She even provides, complete with doc-umentation, a theory behind Buford Pusser’s controversial death on Aug. 21, 1974, in a car crash that she believes was not an accident.
In many ways, Buford’s real life story is more exciting than the version Hollywood fi lmed as the “Walking Tall” trilogy in the 1970s.
Born in Finger, Tenn. (McNairy County), in 1937, Pusser joined the Marines after high school, but was honorably discharged three months later because of seri-ous asthma. He wrestled pro-fessionally for a short time and worked at Union Bag Company in Chicago before marrying Pauline Mullins and moving back to McNairy County in 1961-62 to become the city of Adamsville’s po-lice chief, taking over for his ailing father, Carl.
Pusser had already butted heads with the so-called State Line Mob, a group that ran a notorious gambling, moon-shine and prostitution opera-tion on the Tennessee/Mis-sissippi border. According to Dwana, Buford visited one of the joints, the Plantation Club, in March 1957. He caught one of the dealers switching dice on him during a game of craps, was jumped by four of the workers, pistol-whipped and beaten, robbed, and left for dead in the pouring rain. Doctors later sewed 192 stitch-es into him.
Pusser got his revenge on Dec. 13, 1959, when he and two friends drove from Chi-cago back to the state line. He used a fence post – not the fa-mous Hollywood stick – to hit one of the men responsible, W.O. Hathcock Jr., on the head. According to Dwana, Pusser and his pals escaped prosecution because an enter-prising friend back in Chicago had time-stamped their time cards at the bag company the
day of the attack to give them an “alibi.”
The biggest myth about Bu-ford Pusser is that he wielded a large, wooden stick while chasing down crooks. It’s the one image that most people who saw “Walking Tall” re-member about him.
It’s pure Hollywood. Other than the fence post, Dwana writes that her father would sometimes use either a billy club or a switch (or his fi sts), but never a big stick. For the longest time, she says, he didn’t even carry a gun. Af-ter “Walking Tall” became a box offi ce hit, Pusser would carry a stick to promotional appearances.
Pusser was the youngest sheriff ever elected in the state of Tennessee when he won the 1964 McNairy Coun-ty sheriff’s race at age 26. Unlike in the movie, which shows him with several dep-uties from the outset, Pusser was a one-offi cer police force at fi rst. Like in the movie, he did hire the county’s fi rst Af-rican-American deputy, Dave Lipford. The movie character Obra Eaker is based on him.
Pusser eventually shot and killed one of the State Line Mob’s leaders, Louise Hathcock, on Feb. 1, 1966. An Illinois couple staying at Hathcock’s infamous Sham-rock Motel on the state line reported to the sheriff’s of-fi ce that $500 and some jew-elry had been reported stolen from their room. According to Dwana, this happened many times to unsuspecting mo-torists who picked the wrong place to spend the night. The character of Callie Hacker in the fi rst “Walking Tall” fi lm is based on Hathcock.
A drunken Hathcock shot at Pusser in her room at the motel, but missed. Her second shot misfi red. Pusser killed her with three shots. The coro-ner later had to pry Hathcock’s revolver from her hand.
As is accurately portrayed in the fi rst fi lm, Pusser was in-deed once shot in the face by an unknown woman driver. And his wife, Pauline, was indeed killed in an ambush shooting on Aug. 12, 1967. Pusser had received an anony-mous tip early that morning that something was wrong at the state line. Pauline decided to tag along and was killed when three shooters traveling in a Cadillac behind the Puss-ers opened fi re. Pauline was hit in the head. When Pusser stopped the car to assist her, the shooters returned. Bullets blew off the lower left half of his face, including much of his jaw and several teeth.
Accounts vary as to why Pauline Pusser accompanied
her husband that morning. Dwana says that her mother asked her father to buy her breakfast on the way back and believed that her pres-ence would cause him to fi nish work more quickly so the family could leave on a planned trip to see Pauline’s parents. In his 1971 book “The Twelfth of August,” author W.R. Morris writes – less convincingly – that Pau-line was worried something would happen to her hus-band and decided to go with him. He even includes the ridiculous notion that Pusser cradled his wife in his arms, vowing aloud to catch her killers, before remembering a page or two later that Puss-er’s jaw was shot off and he couldn’t speak.
The ambush brought na-tional attention, and federal agents, to McNairy County. Tennessee Gov. Buford El-lington offered a $5,000 reward for any information leading to the shooters’ cap-ture. The citizens of McNairy
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Beaver Brook Country Club will host North Knox-ville’s Best Bridal Show 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 29. The event is free for brides and a guest, and hors d’ouerves and entertainment will be available throughout
the day. North Knox’s best vendors will have booths showcasing their wares and services. Brides who pre-register will enter a drawing for a Gatlinburg cabin over-night getaway and dinner for two at Beaver Brook’s Greenside Grill. Brides may also book their receptions at Beaver Brook. The event is sponsored by Beaver Brook, B97.5 and Shopper-News. Info: 689-5177 ext. 11.
“Walking On” is Dwana Pusser’s
story about her life and memo-
ries of her legendary father,
former McNairy County Sheriff
Buford Pusser, of “Walking Tall”
fame.
The winter of our discontent
POWELL SHOPPER-NEWS • JANUARY 17, 2011 • A-3
Greg Householder
For good or ill, one of the byproducts besides a case of “cabin fever” from weather like we had last week is that I get to repeat a lot of the meeting announcements this week. I also watched way too much television – particularly cable and broadcast news.
PBPA meets despite weatherInclement weather last week produced a change in plans
for the Powell Business and Professional Association. In-
stead of the scheduled program, last Tuesday members
who attended conducted a networking session where
each person present was able to give a more extensive
introduction of their business than is the norm. Pictured
are the 2011 PBPA offi cers: Teresa Long, secretary; Noell
Lewis, president; Kelley Jarnigan, vice president; and Steve
Mouser, treasurer. Photo by Greg Householder
Ronnie and Irene Qualls of Powell show off their 1935 DeSoto. Photos by Greg Householder
There were plenty of motorcycles on display at the Cabin Fever
Car Show. The show ran Jan. 8-9 at the Knoxville Expo Center.
Weather headaches at home and heartache in Arizona
Austin Smith Photo by Greg House-holder
Anyone within earshot of a television could not help but be bombarded with news of the “Tragedy in Tucson” as most outlets were calling it. Of course I’m talking about the coverage of the tragic shooting of the congresswoman in Arizona that resulted in the death of six others.
As of this writing, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords seems to be doing better than her doctors expected, and we all should be thankful to God for that. While what hap-pened was indeed tragic, I found myself incensed at how politicians on both sides of the spectrum were using it to gain political advan-tage. I am so glad that I was at Fulton last Wednesday at a Powell High basketball game and missed the circus that was supposed to have been a memorial service. I would have probably thrown something at my television if I had seen it live.
Enough said about that. Kudos to my pal Austin
Smith of Powell High School for his selection to play in last Saturday’s Border Bowl, an all star game for Tennes-see and Kentucky football players. Austin was the Pan-thers’ center this year and is one of those all-around good
kids that literally crowd the halls at the school. Con-gratulations to Austin and kudos to mom, Tami, and dad, Rusty, for raising such a great kid.
The fi rst casualty of the weather last week was the Powell Rec meeting that was supposed to occur last Mon-day. It is now set for Jan. 24 – same time, same place – 7 p.m. at Lighthouse Christian
Church. If you have a kid cheering or playing at Pow-ell-Levi you should plan on attending this meeting. Pow-ell Rec will elect commis-sioners for baseball, softball, cheerleading and football, and it is a great opportunity to provide your input.
The next thing to get punted because of weather was the Powell High School PTA meeting. It is now set for Thursday, Jan. 20, in conjunction with the open house which was also re-scheduled due to weather.
The Powell High School Dreams Foundation meet-ing was also rescheduled to Jan. 20 at noon.
The Heiskell Seniors simply canceled their January meet-ing. But they plan on meeting on Feb. 10. Circle your cal-endars for that one because County Mayor Tim Burchett will be the guest speaker.
Well, that’s about it for this week. Stay warm.
Cabin Fever Car Show off ers needed break
Tea Party meetingThe Knoxville Tea Party will meet 6:30 p.m. Tuesday,
Jan. 18, at Cedar Springs Christian Bookstore, 504 N. Peters Rd. to inform the public of an opportunity to fi ght “Obamacare.” Van Irion, a constitutional attorney who cre-ated the “Obamacare” class action lawsuit, will join KTP to discuss the topic. The goal of the lawsuit is to have the entire “Obamacare” act ruled unconstitutional.
County offered another $2,500. Fourteen .30 caliber cartridge cases were found at the scene of the shoot-ing. Eleven bullet holes were found in the Plymouth that Pusser was driving.
Within three years, all of the suspected killers, profes-sional assassins from out of state, were dead.
“So, who was behind their deaths?” Dwana writes. “I don’t know. But there are some folks who believe Daddy got to one or more of them.”
Pusser was driven to Memphis’s Baptist Memo-rial Hospital for emergency
surgery. The room was sur-rounded by armed guards. He was unable to attend his wife’s funeral because of his injuries (unlike his dramatic appearance at Pauline’s fu-neral in the 1973 fi lm).
Dwana writes that she didn’t at fi rst understand the news that her mother had been killed. All she heard was that her father was in-jured. She assumed her mother was with her father at the hospital.
When her grandfather, Carl, came to a friend’s house to tell her about her mother, Dwana writes, “All
of a sudden, this really loud, squealing noise just railed inside my head. (At home), I lay on the bed and cried and screamed. I could not be-lieve my mother was dead.”
Asked later, Buford Pusser said if he had it to do over again he wouldn’t have sought to be sheriff.
“When I think of what I lost,” he told Charles Thomp-son of the Nashville Tennes-sean, “Pauline, her death – it just wasn’t worth it.”
“I started the 1st grade the following week,” Dwana writes, “just like any other normal 6-year-old kid.”
‘Walking On’ From page A-2
Next week: Part II will cover the Hollywood fi lm version of Buford Pusser’s story, including analysis of “Walking Tall” from UT fi lm studies professor Chuck Ma-land and Dwana’s dramatic account of Pusser’s contro-versial August 1974 death. Call Jake Mabe at 922-4136 or e-mail
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Some say money is the mother’s milk of politics, but from where I sit, it’s rumors.
Seven years ago, the hot underground rumor was that although Bill Haslam was running for mayor, his long-term goal was to be governor.
Sure enough, even be-fore Haslam swapped his big house in Westmoreland for a bigger one in Nashville, here came speculation that he had even longer-term goals. And that speculation is not con-fi ned to the borders of the Volunteer State, or even to a future as distant as four years down the road.
Is the brand new governor of the state of Tennessee al-ready positioning himself to run for something in 2012?
Specifi cally, is he working toward being Mitt Romney’s running mate if Romney cap-tures the Republican presi-dential nomination?
There are signs that this might be the case, if one goes looking.
There are obvious signs, like Romney endorsing Haslam and directing his Free & Strong America PAC to do-nate $2,500 to the Haslam campaign last summer. And there’s the post-election “Mitt congratulates Bill Haslam – Laying the foundation for 2012” Facebook ad with the embedded link routing readers to the Free & Strong America Facebook page.
And speaking of strength, Haslam’s hiring of Nash-ville investment banker Bill Hagerty as economic and community development commissioner looks pretty reasonable on its face, based on Hagerty’s apparent busi-ness acumen. But there’s also a strong Romney tie there, beyond the press release that Romney fi red off to let the world know that Hagerty will create jobs by “removing the burdens on employers and unleashing the power of in-novation.”
Hagerty has strong GOP national credentials and was
Romney/Haslam 2012?
fi nance chair of Romney’s campaign for the 2008 GOP presidential nomination.
Another sign might be who Haslam isn’t taking to Nash-ville. His upper level adminis-trators for the city of Knoxville are widely acclaimed for their competence, but he hasn’t hired any of them for the scores of jobs a new governor must fi ll. Instead, he’s cherry-picked commissioners and managers from every corner of the state, building state-wide support that’s stronger than a Cosby ramp.
Maybe he’s already feeling insecure about his re-election prospects despite the 65-35 margin he rolled up against Democrat Mike McWherter (sarcasm alert). Or maybe he’s thinking back to 2008 and remembering the highly publicized 80-something percent home state favorabil-ity rating Sarah Palin enjoyed before John McCain tapped her as his running mate.
And fi nally, what’s in it for Romney?
A running mate from the South who got some Tea Party endorsements despite being accused of not loving guns enough. A running mate whose family had close per-sonal, political and/or busi-ness ties to Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker before they ever became U.S. Senators (Corker was big brother Jim-my Haslam’s college room-mate and fraternity brother. Former governor and Univer-sity of Tennessee president Alexander has benefi ted from his Haslam ties for longer than young voters have been alive).
Obama has Oprah, Rom-ney could have Big Jim, whose Rolodex is a very good place to go prospecting for new best friends.
I was born in 1950. As I reached adolescence, the civil rights movement was enter-ing its most tumultuous pe-riod. The hardening of segre-gationist attitudes, especially in the Deep South, threatened to make a mockery of Martin Luther King Jr.’s message of nonviolent protest.
In May 1963, Birmingham, Ala., police chief “Bull” Con-nor ordered fi re hoses and dogs turned on peaceful civil rights demonstrators. Those newspaper and television im-ages made their way around the world. In September, four African-American girls ages 11 to 14 died when a bomb set by Ku Klux Klan members ex-ploded at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birming-ham.
Nearly a year later, in June 1964, three student civil rights workers were murdered by the Klan in Neshoba County, Miss. More than 40 years would pass before the last of the living perpetrators of these crimes, Edgar Ray Kil-len, an ordained Baptist min-ister and Klan member, was convicted and imprisoned.
Brutality directed at Afri-can-Americans was nothing new in the South, nor were they spared humiliation and even lynching north of the Mason-Dixon Line. What was
Martin Luther King Jr. delivers the “I Have a Dream” speech on
Aug. 28, 1963, from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
new was the power of tele-vision to bring the real-life horror story to living rooms around the country during that turbulent era.
In the midst of the vio-lence, King persevered, de-spite living under constant threats to his own life. His “I Have a Dream” speech in Washington, D.C., in August 1963 will forever rank as one of the most inspiring orations in American history.
I recall at the age of 10 a trip with my mother to the Sears store on Central Ave-nue in Knoxville. Growing up in North Knox County, not far from the Union County line, a trip to the city was a rare oc-currence.
At Sears that day I became acquainted with segrega-tion as practiced in Knoxville when I saw my fi rst “colored” and “white” drinking foun-tains. I asked my mother if the “colored” water was dirty. I remember her frown but not her answer, or whether she replied at all.
Our family moved to Fountain City soon afterward, where I attended elementary school and later Central High School. I was 15 before I saw black students in my school, and when I graduated they still numbered but a handful.
It’s especially diffi cult for anyone, black or white, born after the civil rights upheaval of the 60s to understand how different it was before King and his peers defi ed the seg-regationists and began the long, painful process that would abolish discrimination in voting rights, education, housing, employment and in every aspect of everyday living we casually take for granted. Prejudice and co-
vert discrimination still exist and probably always will. But the distance from separate drinking fountains in Sears to Knoxville’s fi rst African-American mayor is measur-able only in terms of human sacrifi ce that should never be forgotten.
One day before he was as-sassinated in Memphis, King, in another memorable per-oration, said, “He’s allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I’ve looked over, and I’ve seen the Promised Land.”
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By Betty BeanQuestion: In the nearly two years
that Bill Haslam was off in Mountain City and Memphis and everywhere in between running for governor, who was running Knoxville?
Answer: A banker and a professor. And no, this isn’t the punch line to a “Gilligan’s Island” joke.
There is a rare unanimity among watchers of the local political scene: Deputy to the Mayor Larry Martin (the banker) and Senior Director of Policy and Communications Bill Lyons (the professor) did a remarkable job while the mayor was barnstorming the state. They are very close, personally. Both are Memphians whose fi rst careers brought them to Knoxville, and both have chosen public ser-vice as a second career.
They are both members of the same Sunday school class at Church Street United Methodist Church, and they both show up every day for a 7 a.m. planning meeting. They make their own coffee, which Lyons admits isn’t necessarily a wonderful thing.
Martin worked for First Tennessee Bank for 41 years and came to Knoxville with his wife, Jane, in 1987. He was chief executive offi cer of First Tennessee’s banking group when he retired in June 2006. By September, Haslam had asked him to come to work as deputy mayor and senior director of fi nance. He gave up the latter duty to Jim York in 2008, around the time that Haslam began running for governor.
Martin sounds almost surprised when he talks about how much he loves his job.
“I can assure you that when I retired, I had no plans, no thought whatsoever of going to work in the public sector. That said, I didn’t just want to go to the house. And I can tell you clearly, my wife didn’t want me to come to the house. That fi rst Monday morning, she went out to run some errands, and when she came back I was in the kitchen.
“She said, ‘Am I mistaken, are you still here?’”Lyons had always dabbled in politics and public policy from
an academic perspective since arriving in Knoxville in 1975 to take a position as assistant professor in the political science department at the University of Tennessee. In 1996, he took
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Haslam’s mainstays to be there for Brown up the city/county unifi cation effort and got to know a bank CEO who was so de-voted to the cause that he went door-to-door trying to persuade county voters to consider the benefi ts of combining city and county governments. It was a losing effort.
“There was a lot of misinformation out there,” Martin said.
“It was a very intense effort,” Lyons adds. “People outside the city were un-easy over future tax burdens, and there was the issue of an elected sheriff versus an appointed sheriff.”
Eventually, Lyons stepped out of academia and chaired the Knoxville Community Development Corporation board. He worked closely with board
member Bill Haslam on downtown development projects and managed Haslam’s mayoral campaign in 2003. He is scheduled (but perhaps not locked in) to return to UT in August. He has been lauded for bringing a participatory, collaborative approach to government, engaging on local blogs and e-mail lists.
“I really believe in this interactive approach to communica-tions,” he said. “It’s just a way to engage people and take the high road, for the most part. I’ve slipped up a few times, but overall, I think it’s paid off.”
Lyons and Martin have grown comfortable working to-gether. Martin admires Lyons’ knowledge of government and public policy. Lyons says Martin’s administrative skills are off the charts.
And they both are keenly aware that the clock is ticking. Meanwhile, there’s a new mayor in town. The day after City Council member Daniel Brown’s colleagues elected him in-terim mayor, Lyons and Martin invited him to lunch. They’re excited about working with him.
“Right now, we are both committed to Mayor Brown having every success,” Lyons said.
City Council meetingThe Knoxville City Council will meet 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan.
20, in the main assembly room of the City-County building. The purpose of the special called meeting is for City Council to fi ll the vacancy in the Fifth District City Council seat. Info: 215-2075.
Senators, allSenate Speaker Pro Tempore Jamie Woodson and her col-
leagues, Sens. Mae Beavers and Delores Gresham, on the fi rst
day of the 107th General Assembly. Woodson was appointed
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Sometimes equality is reform … and sometimes institutionalized inequality is reform. Live long enough and it all rolls back around.
Cecil Kelly was a fi ne man, a committed educator and a community leader. He died last week after years of declining health. But we’ll remember Mr. Kelly as the 7th District school board member (before Diane Doz-ier who came before Rex Stooksbury who came be-fore Kim Sepesi) who won election on a happy night when this writer chased him down at his house on Moun-taincrest Drive for a picture. We showed Leo Cooper, Mary Lou Horner and Cecil Kelly clasping hands – per-haps the fi rst and last time the commission and school board held hands.
STEM at L&N: Board members beat up on McIn-tyre for a couple of hours, then unanimously adopted his recommendation to put
the new STEM high school at the L&N Station down-town. The school will house 800 students in grades 9-12 when built out; admission will be voluntary and by lot-tery if too many apply.
Becky Ashe is the new principal for the STEM high school. A former West High School sci-ence teach-er, Ashe now works
at the central offi ce in cur-riculum. She’s high-energy and should do a super job at the science, technology, en-gineering and mathematics academy.
Jon Dickl, the new chief of food services, has upgrad-ed school lunches with the addition of salads and whole grain breads. His team also has brought in fresh fruit choices and “low-fat cook-ies” with the heads of presi-
dents to support instruc-tion. Ahhh, a vision. Two kids in the back of the lunch-room trad-ing cookies: “I’ll swap you two
Hoovers for a Truman and a Bush 43!”
Ginnae Harley came to learn and has stayed to manage. The admin-istrative in-tern has re-placed Lois McSwine as director of
federal programs. McSwine retired after 30+ years with KCS.
Tom Brown, longtime Holston Middle School principal, gets to keep that job while taking on ad-ditional duties as mentor principal for schools enter-
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The county school board will meet at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 18, in the AJ Building board room. Agenda items include in-depth discussion of the recently released AYP scores and what Jim McIn-tyre calls “beginning a public conversation about strategic compensation.”
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We’re guessing that’s geek speak for paying people more who contribute uniquely, a common practice in busi-ness. Some real old-timers remember when Mildred Doyle pushed for equal pay for elementary school teach-ers at a time when they were mostly women and made less than their high school counterparts who were of-ten men.
Pellissippi StateAuditions for “Handler” ■ will be 7 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. 19-20, in the Clayton Performing Arts Center on campus on Hardin Valley Road. Roles are available for 15 male and female actors ages 18-60. The audition is open to all. Info: 694-6684 or www.pstcc.edu/theatre.
Nursing students ■ for Fall 2011 have two January deadlines. Applicants must register for the Kaplan Nursing Entrance Exam by Jan. 29 and take the exam no later than Jan. 31. Nursing appli-cations also must be submitted by Jan. 31. Info: www.pstcc.edu/learn or 694-6454.
Art by new faculty members ■ Jennifer Brickey and Herbert J. Rieth III is on exhibit through Jan. 31 at the Bagwell Center for Media and Arts on the Hardin
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King CollegeAuthor Katherine Paterson ■
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Events are Jan. 28-29 at the paramount Center for the Arts. Paterson graduated in 1954 from King College and later earned two master’s degrees. She now lives in Vermont. Info: Dale Brown at [email protected] or 423-652-4156.
Bill Bates, ■ former Farragut High standout, UT Vol and Dallas Cowboy, will speak at 6:30 Thursday, Jan. 27. Info: 423-652-4864.
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John Antun ■ has led research that shows the social experience and the availability of healthy menu options are factors in restaurant selection. Antun,
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Say what? Board mem-ber Karen Carson asked, “What happens if it burns?” referring to the L&N Station, which the school board has agreed to lease for 20 years. Assistant Law Director Mar-ty McCampbell said, “The school board’s obligation to make the payments contin-ues.” That can’t be right. Who writes a lease like that!?!
C.B. Howell spoke against the L&N site, saying the selection was “rammed
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Magnet school open houses: If you’ve thought about sending your kid to a magnet school, get details this week and next at area open houses. High school magnets are Austin-East (performing arts), West High (International Bac-calaureate) and the new STEM Academy, which will open for 9th and 10th graders in August. The high school meeting is 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 27, at the Sarah Simpson Profes-sional Development Cen-ter, 801 Tipton Ave.
Craft center to jury new membersThe Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Anderson-
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Time has been on my mind recently – time in the grand sweep of things, not in the “What-time-is-it-now?” mode.
I have lived long enough to recognize how diffi cult it is at one stage in life to imagine another. When I was a teen-ager, I dreamed of career, marriage, children, but could not imagine what that reality would be like. When I was a young mother, I couldn’t en-vision a time when I would
The golden spanFor all our days pass away under your wrath;
our years come to an end like a sigh. The days of our life are seventy years, or perhaps eighty, if we are strong; even then their span is only toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fl y away.
(Psalm 90: 9-10 NRSV)
Time, like an ever rolling stream, bears all our sons away;
they fl y forgotten, as a dream dies at the opening day.(“O God, Our Help in Ages Past” Isaac Watts)
her. We fell silent for a few moments, and I found my-self staring into the middle distance, in the general direc-tion of the clock that sits on her mantle. It is not just any clock, but one that was hand-made for her by one of her cousins who was almost like a brother to her. I realized that just for a few seconds, its face glowed golden, and I focused, suddenly alert, but the glow disappeared.
Not sure what I had seen, I kept watching it. The second hand swept around again and once more approached the top of the clock face. Again it glowed. The second hand was refl ecting the light from the room, but only for about sev-en seconds as it moved across the 12. I watched it make the circuit again, sweeping to-ward its golden arc.
Gold, but for only a few seconds.
I thought how brief our time, our moments of gold, how short the arc of our lives. But it is entirely up to us to make it shine. What can each of us do to make our life shine? How can we make our little corner of the world brighter, even for a time? In what way can my life and your life have meaning, bring light, add glow to a world sadly in need of light?
Maybe it is as simple as clockwork.
By being true and steady. Making our rounds as ap-pointed. Doing the next thing, and the next, and the next, one second after another. Re-fl ecting the Light as it shines into our lives, sharing it with joy and passion. Remember-ing, always, the Source and knowing that when our arc is done, there will be others who will stand in the Light and shine.
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I was sitting in a rocking chair in my mother’s family room, listening to the creak of the rocker and chatting with
Community services
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Parents’ Day Out program is
enrolling children ages 11
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$145/month for 2 days a week,
$85/month for 1 day a week.
Info: Michelle, 465-9655.
Beaver Ridge UMC ■ , 7753 Oak
Ridge Highway, takes orders
for Angel Food Ministries by
phone, 228-9299, or in person
the Saturday before each distri-
bution. The distribution of the
food is usually the third Satur-
day of each month from 9:30
to 11:30 a.m. Info: 228-9299 or
the church offi ce, 690-0160.
Beaver Ridge UMC Food ■
Pantry hands out food to
local families in need 1-2 p.m.
every Monday and 7-8 p.m.
every fi rst Monday. Donations
and volunteers are welcome.
Info: 690-1060 or www.
beaverridgeumc.com.
Cross Roads Presbyterian ■
hosts the Halls Welfare Ministry
food pantry from 6-8 p.m. each
second Tuesday and from 9-11
a.m. each fourth Saturday.
Fundraisers and sales
Christ UMC ■ , 7535 Maynardville
Highway, will hold a commu-
nitywide clothing give away
8:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb.
5. Clothing will be available for
newborns up to adults. There
will also be shoes, socks, coats,
hats, blankets, pillows and more.
Christ UMC ■ , 7535 Maynard-
ville Highway, will have a
formal wear consignment sale
for children and adults 9 a.m.
to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 12.
Info: 922-1412.
Men’s programsTemple Baptist Church ■ will
host a Faithful Men’s Banquet
6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 22, in the
great hall of Crown College.
Dinner served at 7 p.m. Men
of all ages are welcomed for a
free steak dinner. Guest speak-
er will be Dr. Mitch Campbell
M.D. Info: 938-8182.
Temple Baptist Church ■ will
host a Faithful Men’s Meeting
10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday,
Jan. 23, and 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Monday through Wednesday,
Jan. 24-26. Guest speaker:
Dr. Larry Brown. Everyone is
invited. Info: 938-8182.
Music servicesChrist UMC ■ , 7535 Maynardville
Pike, sponsors bluegrass each
second Sunday during the 8:45
a.m. service.
Fellowship Christian Church ■
on Tazewell Pike will host the
Valley boys for a singing at 7
p.m. Saturday, Jan. 22. All are
welcome.
Mount Harmony Baptist ■
Church on Raccoon Valley
Road will present gospel sing-
ing by the group Wings Over
Jordan 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 29.
Everyone is invited.
Rec programsBeaver Ridge UMC ■ , 7753
Oak Ridge Highway hosts an
exercise class in the Fam-
ily Life Center gym at 9 a.m.
Tuesdays and 4 p.m. Thursdays.
The ZUMBA program fuses
hypnotic Latin rhythms and
easy-to-follow moves to create
a one-of-a-kind fi tness pro-
gram. Cost is $2 per class. Low-Impact Aerobics Classes will
continue to meet 4:45 to 5:45
p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Info: 690-1060.
Clear Springs Baptist Church ■ ,
8518 Thompson School Road,
will host Winterfest, noon
to 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 22.
Children ages 3 years through
5th grade (and their parents)
are welcome to attend a day of
fun and fellowship, featuring
games, crafts, puppets and
more! Info: 688-7674.
Special servicesHalls Christian Church ■ , 4805
Fort Sumter Road, will show
the six-week video series “An-
swers in Genesis” by Ken Ham
6:30 p.m. each Sunday begin-
ning Jan. 23. Info: 922-4210 or
www.hallschristian.net.
The Chancel Choir of ■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge
Highway, will host an evening
of dining and music 6 p.m. to
8:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 29, in
the family life center. Music will
be performed by the band Ret-
rospect during a four-course
dinner of beef or chicken. Tick-
ets are $18 (children 12 and
under, $5) with a maximum of
$50 per family unit. RSVP by
Monday, Jan. 17, 690-1060.
Parents’ Day Out ■ is now open
at Graveston Baptist Church
9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesdays and
Thursdays for children ages
11 month through pre-k. Free
January enrollment. Info:
712-2345.
Bell Road Worship Center ■ ,
7321 Bell Road, off ers Cafe
Connection at 6 p.m. Sundays,
a time of fellowship, snacks,
coff ee, tea and informal Bible
Study.
Women’s programs
MOPS ■ (Mothers of Preschool-
ers) meets 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. the
third Monday of each month
at Fairview Baptist Church for
devotional, food and fellow-
ship. Child care provided. Info:
Anne, 621-9234.
Workshops and classes
MAPS ■ meets noon Fridays at
First Comforter Church “for the
soul purpose of their children.”
Info: 688-8390.
New Hope Baptist Church ■ ,
7602 Bud Hawkins Road in
Corryton, hosts Celebrate Re-
covery adult and youth classes
7 p.m. Tuesdays and 12-step
class 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays.
Info: 688-5330.
Fairview Baptist Church ■ ,
7424 Fairview Road off East
Emory Road, hosts a Celebrate
Recovery program 7-9 p.m.
Thursdays.
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By Sandra ClarkThe Neighborhood
Watch has been taken to a new level. You don’t need to hide in the weeds to see what’s happening down the street any more. Just check out
Sheriff Jimmy “J.J.” Jones’ new website. Wow.
One resident said she reads the site every morn-ing – presumably to see if anyone she knows is in jail (or is out). If you check www.knoxsheriff.org/ you
Crime report
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will find a list with pic-tures of everyone who is in jail, Knox County’s “most wanted,” and a 24-hour ar-rest list.
Slide your cursor over to the right and click on “crime map.” Type in your address to discover what crimes have been reported in your neighborhood.
We caught up with Mar-tha Dooley, director of p l a n n i n g and devel-opment for the Sheriff’s Office, a job she’s had for “12 of the happi-
est years of my life.” Dool-ey came to work for Sheriff Tim Hutchison after serv-ing as news director for WATE-TV.
She had just returned Thursday from an accident in East Knox County where a school security office had skidded into an earlier wreck. The officer’s vehicle bumped into two teenag-ers who were waiting for a school bus. Dooley said she almost fell a couple of times at the scene and an-other officer, Frank Phil-lips, fell on the ice and hit his head. He was treated for a concussion.
Sure enough, Dooley’s report of the event (minus her own near-calamities) was already on the web-site.
“Hey, we’re not afraid to put bad news up there. We post good news too,” she said. “Sheriff Jones says, ‘It is what it is.’ He gives us the tools and lets us run with them. … Transparency is an overworked word, but that’s what this is.”
For instance, Dooley posted a blurb on Wednes-day about pharmacy rob-beries. “Pharmacy robber-ies are on the increase, but the good news is that the majority of them are being solved,” she wrote.
“Lt. Clyde Cowan of the Major Crimes Unit credits the high solvability rate to cooperation between law enforcement agencies.”
Dooley said in 2008, there were 3 pharmacy robberies; in 2009 there were 10; in 2010 there with 20 with 16 solves; in the first weeks of 2011 there have been 3 robberies with 2 solved. The story also quotes Lt. Bobby Hubbs, who compiles crime statis-tics for the Sheriff’s Office, and Chief Robert Waggon-er.
Dooley is quick to credit Dick Moran, director of In-formation Technology for Knox County, and his staff with designing the new website. “They made it easy to navigate and extremely informative.”
Hubbs updates the crime map “every 3 to 4 hours,” Dooley said.
Why post the mug shots of inmates?
Dooley said it simplifies media requests for pictures. The website photos can be downloaded and used by newspapers or television. “This office belongs to the people. We need to let them know what’s going on.”
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The KCDC Community Involvement Committee is an employee-run volunteer committee.
Headed by Becky Fet-ters, occupancy manager at Northridge Crossing, and Tammy Kitts, offi ce assis-tant at Virginia Walker and Bakertown Apartments, the committee is an active group. They, along with committee members Joy Russell, David Nelson, Bill Clanton, Jen-nifer Jamison, Tiara Webb, Sherry Taylor, Tina Reed, Candy Miles and Rosetta Brown, have been busy do-ing a lot of positive things.
In August, they hosted a booth at the Knoxville Area Urban League’s “Shoes for School” event, which in-cluded food, games and new shoes and school supplies for about 1,000 area children who most needed the help.
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Never would I interrupt the choir still singing praises of Tyler Bray but here are two words of appreciation for Matt Simms.
Tough guy.Matt took the knockdowns
and kept getting up when the Tennessee offensive line was totally overmatched. OK, some of the 25 sacks were his fault because he held the ball too long. Some were caused by blocking busts by backs. Some were Chinese fi re drills with cornerbacks, linebackers and ugly tackles running danger-ously free.
Through it all, Simms did not hold up his hand and ask to be excused.
Could be his highlight was saving the season back in Sep-tember. He threw one Dan-arius Moore could catch in the second overtime against Ala-bama-Birmingham. The Blaz-ers were within a few inches of creating a disaster. Stats said they beat the Vols but Simms and the scoreboard said no.
Not much good happened in October but we never heard Simms complain – until he lost his job. He didn’t like that one bit. He stood in the eye of the storms that were Oregon, Florida, LSU, Georgia and Alabama. All were losses and four were very convincing – but not entirely his fault.
He thought he was playing his best game at South Caro-lina, 10 of 13 and one touch-down, but he fumbled and that was the signal for Derek Dooley to make a change. It was the correct move. Insert-ing Bray created optimism, put a positive spin on the fu-ture instead of belaboring the negative past.
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The November schedule wrapped a genius cloak around the switch. It did not convince Simms. He was 99 percent certain he could have been a winning quarterback against Memphis, Ole Miss and Van-derbilt and 97 sure he could have guided the continuation of the Kentucky streak.
Fortunately for all con-cerned, Dooley and Simms talked. Simms became a de-pendable reserve. He con-gratulated good plays. He held for place kicks when Chad Cunningham had a hurt hand. Indeed, Matt contrib-uted. If sanity prevails, he will be available next season, play when needed, earn a degree and live happily ever after.
Lane Kiffi n directed the re-cruitment of Simms. Nobody said he was as good as Cam Newton but he had a strong arm and a royal pedigree. His dad has two Super Bowl rings.
It appears Matt did not precisely follow in his father’s footsteps. Alabama fans found an infamous hot tub photo and didn’t wait for the lab report to analyze the smoke.
Matt Simms did not ride coattails into the Tennessee starting lineup. He worked for the opportunity. He provided leadership in spring, summer and fall when leadership was desperately needed.
I recall a Dooley quote from late August explaining what, at the time, distinguished Simms
from Bray: “It’s the ability to process the situation, get the play, spit it out, distribute it to 10 people, line them up, get the motion and then here comes the play. It’s a whole-managing-the-offense deal.”
Made sense. Simms was a junior, about to be 22 years old, far more experienced and mature.
Dooley said nothing about forever. It was apparent Bray had more potential. How quickly he absorbed the con-cept and adapted to the speed of the game would determine when he moved up in the pecking order. How Simms performed might be a factor.
Strange, indeed, that Bray’s fi rst pass against South Caro-lina was intercepted and re-turned for a touchdown. If Tyler had shattered, if he had ducked his head and handed the job back to Simms, No-vember would certainly have been different. Not necessarily better or worse, just different.
Bray endured. Simms stewed. Bray won. Simms sat.
Once upon a time, a sec-ond-team Tennessee quarter-back carved out an interesting career in the National Football League. I do not expect Simms to fl ourish in the big show but he is plenty sharp enough to be a business success. He might be an excellent coach.
He knows the game. He has leadership ability. He had a silver spoon but was willing to work for what he got. He has dealt with adversity; felt the sting of rejection and sur-vived.
Believe me, there is a place for tough guys.Marvin West invites reader reaction. His ad-
Powell Recreation will hold its annual elections for all sports and board 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 24, at the Lighthouse Chris-tian Church, 8015 Facade Lane. Info: 938-3367.
By Greg HouseholderCompared to other area
teams the Powell High School basketball squads had it pretty lucky as far as the schedule goes last week.
On the court, however, there was not a lot of good fortune as the Panther girls dropped games to rival Halls and also at Fulton. The boys knocked off Halls but fell to Fulton.
On Jan. 7, the girls lost to the Red Devils 43-41 in overtime. Haley Howell led the Panthers with 15 points, including three 3-pointers. Shea Coker added 10, in-cluding two from beyond the arc.
The Powell boys won 52-50. Zach Miracle led the Panthers with 19, includ-ing three 3-pointers. Tres Palmer also scored in dou-ble figures with 17.
Last Tuesday’s visit to Fulton was postponed for
a day and was played last Wednesday. In the girls contest, playing without senior Torey Hyder, who bruised her ankle in the third quarter against Halls, Powell fell to Fulton 41-36. Halee Logan led Powell with 11.
In the boys game, the Panthers fell to the Falcons 58-48. Palmer led the scor-ing with 15. Also scoring in double figures was Steven Parsons with 11 including two from beyond the arc.
Powell visits Hardin Val-ley Academy on Tuesday, Jan. 18, and closes out the week on Friday, Jan. 21, at Clinton.
The wintry weather twisted other high school basketball schedules in the worst way last week. Games were rescheduled and then rebooked again as icy road conditions forced postponements.
In girls action on Jan. 7,
Maddy Blackwelder moves through a fl ock of
Falcons last Wednesday at Fulton.
Powell’s Zach Miracle shoots for three last
Wednesday at Fulton. Photos by Greg Householder
Panthers’ schedule survives weather
By Greg HouseholderThe Crown College Royal
Crusaders returned to the court after a lengthy break for the holidays. The last time the Crusaders saw action was on Dec. 4 in the Toccoa Falls Classic in Toccoa, Ga.
Crown College traveled to Chillicothe, Ohio, on Jan. 7 to face Ohio Univer-sity-Chillicothe. The Royal Crusaders fell 73-66. Nate Humphrey led Crown in scoring with 19 including a 3-pointer. Also scoring in double figures for the Cru-saders were Collin Hickman with 13 including two from beyond the arc and Houston
Sherrod with 11 and three 3-pointers.
On Jan. 8 Crown College faced off against Ohio Chris-tian University in Circleville, Ohio. The Royal Crusaders fell hard 83-33. Brandon Johnson led Crown with 10 points.
Last Tuesday, the Crusad-ers returned home to host Pensacola Christian College. Despite heavy point produc-tion from Sherrod, Johnson and Humphrey, Crown fell 101-83. Sherrod scored 24 points, Johnsons scored 19 and Humphrey poured in 17. All three hit three from 3-point range.
Royal Crusaders returnto the hardwood
Tonight (Jan. 17) the Royal Crusaders will host Free Will Baptist College. On Friday, Jan. 21, the team will travel to Louisville, Ky., to face Boyce College, and on Saturday, Jan. 22, the Cru-saders return home to play Appalachian Bible College. Saturday games tip at 2 p.m. All others tip at 7 p.m.
Webb rolled over Donel-son Christian 61-28, West downed Catholic 53-34, Grace Christian Academy fell to Midway 47-40 and Central beat Karns 49-39.
In boys play on Jan. 7, Donelson Christian beat Webb 43-42, West topped Catholic 71-51, Grace rolled over Midway 81-48 and Central downed Karns 70-63.
The Bearden-Farragut rivalry game at Bearden scheduled for Jan. 7 was reset for tonight (Jan 17).
Warriors’ meetingCYF Warriors tackle
youth football will hold a parent-only information meeting 7 p.m. Tues-day, Jan. 18, at Christian Academy of Knoxville High School. Parents of poten-tial players ages 7-11 are encouraged to attend. Info: Jeff Taylor, 765-2119.
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# 672 Food City Pharmacy9565 Middlebrook Pike, Knoxville, TN
(865) 539-0580Monday-Friday: 9am - 7pm
Saturday: 9am - 3pm
# 673 Food City Pharmacy4216 N. Broadway, Knoxville, TN
(865) 686-1761Monday-Friday: 9am - 7pm
Saturday: 9am - 3pm
# 674 Food City Pharmacy5941 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN
(865) 588-0972Monday-Friday: 8:30am - 7pm
Saturday: 9am - 3pm
# 675 Food City Pharmacy8905 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN
(865) 694-1935Monday-Friday: 9am - 7pm
Saturday: 9am - 3pm
# 679 Food City Pharmacy3501 West Emory Road, Powell, TN
(865) 938-2838Monday-Friday: 9am - 7pm
Saturday: 9am - 3pm
# 685 Food City Pharmacy4805 N. Broadway, Fountain City, TN
(865) 281-0286Monday-Friday: 9am - 7pm
Saturday: 9am - 3pm
# 688 Food City Pharmacy7202 Maynardville Hwy., Halls, TN
(865) 922-9683Monday-Friday: 9am - 7pm
Saturday: 9am - 3pm
# 694 Food City Pharmacy284 Morrell Road, Knoxville, TN
