The Knoxville News-Sentinel from Knoxville, Tennessee (2024)

December 27, 1983

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The Knoxville News-Sentineli

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Knoxville, Tennessee

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Tuesday, December 27, 1983

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13

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Hors Sense TV Editoriels The Knoxville News-Sentinel Tuesday December 27 1983 Keep Timocklra Beats the in Mah Pickup Heck Outta Slick Vehics by SAM VENABLE and give er a lube ever now and then But do not warsh or polish the outside Bear in minds that dents and scrapes add character I was hunting with Doc Nevils at Chuck Swan one time and he took on a warsh-board hill at hill bore on a roller coaster would have been smoother When we reached the top and the dust settled Doc patted the dash and spake: ever treat nice Chief If you abuse from time to time get you love anymore" Follow these guidelines and ye shall be reborn a redneck Ten years or so ago I was scheduled to address a garden club in as they say an section of this city I was dressed for the occasion gray slacks blue blazer and (gasp) tie This was winter and my beat-up dog box was resting in the bed of my equally beat-up truck When I pulled into the driveway and flang a cup hill of ambeer into the woods the hostess burst from the house She was at a dead run waving a hanky "Oh! No no she cried must have the wrong Son I knew I had arrived (And you start me that bull about Ford pickups and I-Beam suspension either I-Beam my axle! You ever see them TV ads with a Ford truck up a hill and the front wheels all around? They never show you to the poor Ned onta the steering wheel do they? Nuuuuu-bud-dyi because got his teeth shook out why!) But I digress Like moonshine and ramps Cas Walker and the single wing formation pickup trucks are what made East Tennessee famous Properly outfitted pickup trucks of course First gotta have a gun rack An absolute must 1 Second and this is quite important remember that a gun rack has one purpose in life It must either be empty or laden with guns People who stick umbrellas on their gun racks are fake rednecks who should be beaten with dogwood limbs You also need a spit cup (The doc scared me outta more than a year ago but I still know lovingly how this delightful vice is practiced) Finally do not hiss with matters of ex- teraal cleanliness fine to change the oil News-Sentinel outdoors editor Hoo-boy There goes the blue-blood liberal eastern press wild and tales about life in Southern Appalachia Well half-truths anyway The Wall Street Journal was correct when it reputed recently that the person- ality of a region is the key to sales of a particular type of motor vehicle In other words them that thinks alike buys alike But ui further down in the story some buttinsky know-it-all from Dee-troit tries to make me believe Tennessee is Oldsmo-bile country Specifically 1977 Olds Cutlass country Now that beat the hens rootin' in concrete? I ask you: Who ever heard of to a in a 1977 Olds Cutlass? How many coon dogs can you load in the back seat? And what happens when you get on a back road and need a little grit to pull yourself up a hill? Reckon that frilly lace Olds Cutlass will do it? Hell far son! -This is truck country! Heavy-Chevy truck country! William Luttrell company president said he did not know how much damage was done Yesterday at 4 pm two small pipes burst in the kitchen of the Bistro Restaurant on Gay Street They were shut off in the closed restaurant by a company employee At 7 pm two large pipes burst and water ran four inches deep in the floor of the restaurant The water was shut off altogether Walter Boruff chairman of the board of the adjoining Lamar House-Bijou Theater said today he knew of no damage to the theater Handy City 5724 Clinton Highway was left helpless yesterday after a sprinkler system froze and buret Overhead sprinklers buret at Pizza Hut 501 1 Clinton Highway Plumbers were fighting a losing battle trying to thaw and repair water pipes when supply houses were closed for the holiday Frozen water pipes bursting pipes and standing water faced hundreds of Knox-villians to flood plumbers with telephone calls in the past 48 hours only have enough material to make so many one plumber said that all we can do is make a waiting list and go back out there Tuesday when the supply houses open work according to an Athena spokesman The company spokesman said extreme cold weather causes the cables to shrink and pull loose from connections Most of the calls came in Friday night and Saturdav From 3000 to 4000 of 55000 subscribers had problems the spokesman said Most were corrected within 24 hours he said Blount Courses Offered The Slate Technical Institute at Knoxville will offer evening courses in Blount County during winter quarter which starts next Tuesday Classes wbirti will lie hekl at Alcoa llgh School include real eVr manship owning and operating a business still avuimn Swimming Weather for Ducks Ducks not bothered by sub-freezing temperatures find some swimming room in frozen Butterfly Lake in South Knoxville Ducks of all sizes and colors managed to paddle enough in one spot yesterday to keep it from freezing Record-breaking low temperatures during the weekend froze most of the lake which is in Colonial Village off Chapman Highway Warming temperatures should give the ducks more room Burst Water Pipes Cause Headaches Record ESF Total Expected No Barbara Stephens it is never too late to tell us about a story of love and caring and helping and giving The letter to the editor arrived yesterday the day after Christmas but it was so filled with the warmth of the holiday season that our Empty Stocking Fund readers should find it appealing on the receiving end of the ESF but was a wrote Mrs Stephens 8201 West Day Circle family had encouraged a mother with two small children to sign up She had very little and would have had no Christmas without the the pick up date I checked back with her to see if she got her ticket and understood where to Mrs Stephens wrote she got the ticket but had no way to pick up the basket and toys so I volunteered to drive her she said excited bouncing boy and a starry-eyed girl met me at the car and chattered all the way to the- fairgrounds (Chilhowee Park)" the basket and goodies were loaded in the back of the car the mother in front and the two children in the back seat we headed Mrs Stephens wrote of a sudden there was silence and like the closing finale of a movie two angelic voices from the back seat began to softly sing Silent Night Holy Night all is calm all is bright And so another year of the ESF draws to a close A total of 2550 families 350 more than last year were helped By the time all the totals are tallied it is believed the amount raised this year will surpass last record-breaking total of $11207721 The fund this year already has reached $10867579 and donations still are arriving From the top of our ESF to the bottoms of our hearts we thank each and every donor May your new year be blessed Many Helped With Baskets Several new groups joined the help ers packing Empty Stocking Fund baskets for 2500 families this year They included the Junior Optimist Club of Knoxville and The Boys Club In addition Knox-Tenn Rental Co donated the use of 12 roller conveyers: a brass quintet played Christmas carols at Chilhowee Park's Jacob Building during distribution Christmas Eve Millers Stores and Home Federal donated shopping bags The News-Sentinel Junior Achievement team filled baskets and unloaded trucks and the Knox County Sheriff's Department and the Knoxville Police Department provided security at the Jacob Building empty stocking fund donations Qrewouite acAnontedyd SiOf I Young I Tmnmw Fiona StCPb Inc Angw Young EugonoC alter and Hattvyn teener Iona I McCoy iol Mr and Mt Lin nsn toooo 2500 2000 2500 10 00 500 20000 20 04 500 2000 25 00 MOO 3000 MON 0 00 1C 00 1 no 'jOI s5 Col RoDH and Sj" CuRon Mr and Mrs Cart fenae Comma and BcW lejjrtt Car CM a and Joann Bante rn me mom Oatate Item Mr I IE CMotw sucy aumn Jcnm-r and Amanda i Bed Jam AH and Uwi Bra Tout imam YOU lMIi Malt photo by Jack Kirkland knew this would happen already backed up about 30 or 35 calls Hopefully we can get to everyone by Tuesday or Wednesday but it may mean another day without water for a lot of people is the worst I can remember it being fa this time of year and this is our 20th year" Mrs Brogdon said seen it like this in late January a early February but never in As bad as the situation is most plumbers agree pipe-related problems will multiply once everything begins to thaw Fire department officials have urged businesses and homeowners to keep heat on in areas where water pipes might freeze tell everybody their pipes can Mrs Brogdon said need to wrap the pipes or leave a faucet running or turn the water off or something talked with at least a hundred people who wish they had done something before it was too late" In line with Mrs Brogdon's comments Cox warned against using a blow torch to thaw frozen pipes because this can catch a house on fire He suggested using a hair dryer to thaw a pipe a placing light bulbs next to pipes to prevent freezing the Dibbles still have not had time to open our Christmas said Alma Tillery who was answering telephones for her husband Bill who owns Emergency Electro Rooter 4718 Upchurch Rd Christmas is gang to have to wait until everything thaws out and we can respond to all these calls That will be awhile is approaching a crisis situation like the ice storm two years ago (in January 1982) We can only do so Mrs Tillery said you can do is tell people they will get on the list and answering calls one at a time make exceptions for senior citizens and all helpless people I am afraid some of the older people will have a heart attack I answer the phone and hear them crying We feel so helpless My own mother's water is frozen and I can't even get a truck up there It's bad It's really bad" Area plumbers blamed the bursting pipes partly on frigid weather but mostly on unwrapped pipes and open vents sense could have prevented a lot of one plumber just wish people who have homes would have used more said Carol Brogdon of Brogdon Plumbing we heard the forecast before Christmas we weather and federal aviation regulations Tuition is $39 Director Appointed Sarah McNiell director of community services and non-credit programs at Maryville College has been appointed director of continuing education at the college She succeeds Thomas Garwmbke who bus rmved out of state She will begin her new mb M'inity Ms McNiell ha a graduate degree in American history from I'T and taught through UTs Center for I Merded I imins le sn 1ms coonliiuited pulvc relates and progi jin wiih tV 11 kjpi County Adi 1 Weary KUB workers and city firemen today continued to answer frantic calls from owners of business and residential property who had discovered the bane of zero weather burst water pipes have had more than 500 calls in the past two days about frozen aqd busted said John Cox assistant superintendent in the water department of KUB Firemen rushed to Fowler Brothers Furniture Stores Inc 418 South Gay SL at 1:45 pm yesterday when the alarm system went off Deputy Fire Chief Charles Sutton said he was sitting in front of the store in his squad car when the alarm sounded and firemen were able to get inside at once and shut off the water A pipe had burst in the attic Bin Cash president of Fowler Brothers said firemen used canvas sheets to channel the running water to an elevator shaft and he believed there would be little damage A sprinkler pipe buret in Regas Restaurant 318 North Gay SL shortly afterward and a KUB worker saw water running out of the restaurant and shut off the sprinkler system Bill Regas chairman of the company said there was little damage Yesterday a pipe buret above the ceiling in the outlet of LuttreU Textile Mills Inc in Black Oak Ridge Shopping Center in Halls metro briefs Woman Robbed of Purse Lorine Mitchell Young 32 2202 McCaHa Ave reported to police that she was robbed of her purse at gunpoint today in the 2200 block of Vine Avenue She told officers she was walking home when a man pointed a pistol at her and pushed her between two buildings She kicked at him but he grabbed her purse and fled on foot No arrests have been made Cable TV Repairs Slowed Cold weather knocked out cable television service fa Athena Cj Nevis ion Corp customers in many areas of Knox-vi! and Knox County over the Christmas weekend And to make matters worse chill factors at ght slowed repair.

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