Knox Countians Do Not Favor Campfield Bill St. John's Lutheran
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April 8, 2013 www.knoxfocus.com INSIDEPAGE A1 April 8, 2013 FREE- Take One! Knox Countians Do Not Favor Campfield Bill FOCUS By Focus Staff Weekly Poll* Campfield Bill. Almost 54% of Knox is centered around the opposed to the idea. The State Senator Stacey Voters were asked, “Do Countians said they do not Town of Farragut, showed Fifth and Sixth Districts There is a bill pending in Campfield has proposed you believe families and believe children and fami- just over 51% favoring approved the idea of penal- the state legislature that legislation that would penal- children should receive lies should be penalized. penalizing families should izing families should chil- will penalize those families ize families receiving state reduced state assistance The biggest majori- children not maintain ade- dren have failing grades. receiving state assistance assistance whose children for food and other needs ty against the idea came quate grades. if their children do not don’t do well in school. This should their children fail to from the First District. In The First Second, Fourth, INSIDE: maintain adequate grades week’s Knoxville Focus poll maintain adequate grades sharp contrast, residents Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth PUBLISHER’S POSITION in school. queried likely voters on the in school?” of the Fifth District, which Districts all had majorities Do you believe families and children should receive reduced state assistance for Emerald Youth food and other needs Foundation should their children St. John’s Lutheran Church fail to maintain Sets 20th adequate grades in Annual celebrates 125 years of service school? Breakfast May 3 About 1,000 people YES 46.13% are expected to attend the 20th annual Emer- NO 53.87% ald Youth Foundation Survey conducted April 4, 2013. Breakfast at 7 a.m. on * Focus Weekly Polls are conducted Friday, May 3, at the by an independent, professional Knoxville Expo Center. polling company. This longstanding benefit for Emerald Youth will celebrate a history of neighbors joining forces on behalf Knoxville of urban children. Ten- nova Healthcare and film festival Graham Corporation are event sponsors. to debut in Guests will enjoy a delicious breakfast and September a program to include testimonials by current Keith McDaniel, an participants and alumni award-winning docu- of Emerald Youth, music mentary filmmaker, and by a 50-member youth Lisa Duncan, execu- choir and a new video tive director of the Dog- presentation courte- wood Arts Festival, will sy of RIVR Media. Rick partner to create the Dunn, lead pastor of Knoxville Film Festival, Fellowship Church of a four-day event which Knoxville, and Steve will debut Sept. 19-22 Diggs, executive direc- at the Regal Downtown tor of Emerald Youth, West Cinema 8. The film will speak. There is no festival will replace the charge, but an offer- Secret City Film Festival. ing will be collected. Workshops,50 hours The breakfast pro- of film screenings, spe- vides mainstay sup- cial guests, network- port to the 22-year- ing and educational old Emerald Youth. events, a filmmaking First hosted in 1993 competition and a stu- at St. Mary’s Medi- dent filmmaking compe- cal Center, now Physi- tition will be featured. cians’ Regional Medi- In addition to the cal Center, the break- 7-Day Shootout Film- fast has always reflect- By Tasha Mahurin membership, which includes a descendant of one of making Competition [email protected] ed the groundswell of its charter members, but to the area’s homeless who and the Battle Cry community friendship For a century, St. John’s Lutheran Church has might require a warm pew on a Sunday morning. of Freedom Student with the youth ministry. stood resolvedly on the corner of 5th and Broad- “We have people from all walks of life who Filmmaking Competi- Begun in 1988 as a way in North Knoxville. The original members of the join us on Sunday mornings. Our doors are tion, the festival will summer outreach pro- church, founded in 1888 by 29 charter members, always open for anyone who wishes to wor- screen films submit- gram for neighborhood wanted nothing more than a Lutheran worship expe- ship with us,” said member Marcia Power. ted for consideration children at Emerald rience in the English language and to further the The doors, painted a traditional red, open into by independent film- Avenue United Method- cause of Christ. They were able to accomplish both. a Gothic Revival style sanctuary graced with intri- makers from around ist Church, the youth 2013 marks the quasquicentennial of the church’s cate woodwork and complete with a tradition- the world. The film fes- ministry offered chil- founding and 100 years since the current build- al pipe organ. The building was designed by local tival line-up will be dren Christian faith, ing was erected. Throughout this particular area of architect R.F. Graf. The sanctuary is framed by announced in August. safe relationships with North Knoxville’s progression, regression, and sub- 61 stained glass windows, nine of them pictori- A panel of industry adults, academic help sequent revitalization efforts, the congregation al, designed by the Von Gerichten Art Glass Com- professionals will view and sports. The minis- remains more resolute than ever in its charge. pany of Columbus, Ohio. During construction of the and judge each film to try was so successful “While some may be skeptical of our location church in 1913, each window was crafted and assem- determine awards which that in 1991 it became here,” Pastor Amy Figg told The Focus, “we believe bled in its entirety in the street on Emory Place. will be presented at a a separate nonprofit that this area, with all its unique challenges, is “The windows tell a chronological story,” said ceremony on the last called Emerald Youth exactly where God calls us to ‘be’ the church.” Dale Teague, who has been a member of St. John’s day of the film festival. Foundation. Today, The church building itself serves as a tranquil for 40 years. “They begin in the Old Testament and For more informa- Continue on page 3 respite amidst busy city streets, and not only for its Continue on page 3 tion, visit www.knox- villefilmfestival.com. We fix, buy, and sell old or antique clocks! PAGE A2 The Knoxville FOCUS April 8, 2013 Focus on the Law Business Associations in Tennessee FOCUS If you are con- A second form usually formed as C Corpo- are a fairly new business Weekly Poll sidering forming of business asso- rations and typically have form in Tennessee. They There is a bill pending in the state legislature a new business, ciation is the part- large numbers of share- combine the personal lia- that will penalize those families receiving state there are many nership. Part- holders. They must have a bility protection of a cor- assistance if their children do not maintain things to consid- nerships involve board of directors and cor- poration with the tax ben- adequate grades in school. er. Here are some more than one porate officers and hold reg- efits of a partnership. LLC Do you believe families and children highlights of the person. These ular board meetings. Min- income passes through should receive reduced state assistance major forms of By Sharon people need not utes must be kept of these to the owners of the LLC business associa- Frankenberg, be related even meetings and records made who are called “members.” for food and other needs should their tions in Tennes- Attorney at Law though husband of any resolutions approved Members can be individu- children fail to maintain adequate see. The most and wife partner- by the board. Corpora- als, partnerships, corpora- grades in school? familiar to many ships are quite tions pay federal taxes at tions, other LLCs and for- of us is the sole propri- common. The contribu- a higher rate than sole pro- eign entities. There can Yes 46.13% etorship. This is how most tions and responsibilities prietorships. Corporations also be single member small businesses start out. of each party should be must also pay franchise and LLCs with only one owner. No 53.87% One person owns the firm agreed upon in advance excise taxes to the state. LLCs must file annual and is responsible for the and included in a written Some businesses are reports and pay fees to By Age YES NO Total day-to-day operations. All partnership agreement. eligible domestic corpora- the state which range from 18-29 100.00% [None] 2 of the business assets are The best practice would tions which qualify to form $300-$3,000 per year. 30-49 47.50% 52.50% 40 owned by one person. The be to have this agreement an S Corporation under the Choosing the form of 50-65 45.33% 54.67% 150 owner has all of the respon- drafted by an attorney. The rules of Subchapter S of your new business or sibilities for liabilities owed partnership will also have the Internal Revenue Code. changing the form of your 65+ 45.93% 54.07% 209 by the business. The sole to file an information tax These corporations typi- existing business is a criti- Total 46.13% (185) 53.87% (216) 401 proprietor pays tax on the return every year with the cally have no more than 35 cal decision. Make sure net income from his or her IRS but the income (or loss) shareholders. S corpora- that you get the best pro- By District business and it is taxed at from the partnership’s busi- tions have to pay state fran- fessional help possible to 1 25.00% 75.00% 24 the rate for regular income.