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September 30, 2013 www.knoxfocus.com FREEPAGE A1 Take One! Visit www.knoxfocus.com to access September 30, 2013 Colonial Heights UMC FOCUS Hold City and County Weekly Poll* celebrates World Communion In your opinion, in Sunday in unique way Elections at Same Time order to reduce cost, By Tasha Mahurin By Focus Staff should Knoxville City [email protected] Presbyterian Church in the elections should be than 92% of residents in and Knox County early 1930s. The tradition This week’s Knoxville held in conjunction. the Third District, which Members of Colonial was officially adopted by the Focus poll posed the Only approximately is also entirely within elections be held at Heights United Methodist U.S. Presbyterian Church in question, “In your 13% objected. the Knoxville city limits, the same time? Church (UMC) observed World 1936. The celebration has opinion, in order to A staggering 97% of favor combining city Communion Sunday 2013 in a subsequently spread to other reduce costs, should voters inside the Second and county elections. Yes 87.06% unique way. denominations and is now Knoxville City and Knox District, which is entirely Voters all across the No 12.94% Although currently widely celebrated all over the world. County elections be within the confines the City of Knoxville felt acknowledged by several On the first Sunday in October held at the same time?” City of Knoxville, believe more strongly about the Survey conducted September 26, 2013. Christian denominations, World each year denominations who More than 87% the city elections should issue generally than * Focus Weekly Polls are conducted Communion Sunday began of likely voters say be held along with did county voters. by an independent, professional polling at Pittsburgh’s Shadyside Continue on page 4 yes, city and county county elections. More company. WUTK celebrates ‘College Radio Day’ with critical effort to keep station on air WUTK-FM 90.3 The Rock, the University of Tennessee’s award- winning radio station that serves as a lab for students, will be conducting an on-air fundraiser on worldwide College Radio Day, Tuesday, October 1, 2013. Station personnel will be actively pushing the fund drive on air, through social media, and by other means, encouraging listeners to donate to the Impact Big Ideas Fund online at www. wutkradio.com throughout the day. WUTK is in immediate need of replacing its transmitter tower, and a goal of $15,000 has been Your set. The station has been able to generate close to $2,000, so far. A Now is the time to new transmitter tower will allow GPA WUTK to continue to transmit the terrestrial signal at 90.3 FM, and could Rally ‘round ‘The Rock’ potentially strengthen the current will not signal within the existing coverage By Michael Grider map. WUTK also streams live audio Guest Columnist through the website, and on the Tune get you In phone application. WUTK signed Are you familiar with WUTK 90.3FM The on the air in 1982, and is operated Rock, the small, student-staffed, non-com- by UT’s Department of Journalism & mercial radio station on the campus of the hired Electronic Media, part of the College University of Tennessee? Maybe you are – No truer of Communications and Information. the station was voted best radio station in w o r d s WUTK is also in need of replacing an the Metro Pulse Readers’ Poll for eight years have been audio production board ($10,000), and in a row, after all. But then again, maybe you s p o ke n, is always looking to generate revenue aren’t a fan of the sometimes-obscure, inde- especially for the station’s operating expenses. pendent rock, alternative and Americana in today’s WUTK receives no direct funding heard on their airwaves. tough job from The University of Tennessee, Whether you’re an avid WUTKer or have m a r k e t and raises a majority of its revenue never heard of this small, 1,000 watt radio By Benny and real through donations, as well as corporate station, you might be much more familiar with w o r l d . sponsorship and underwriting. Live it than you think. Smith This is in-studio performances will also be When you turn on WVLT-TV Local 8 News WUTK General just one of a part of the station’s programming and see Meteorologist Heather Haley giving Manager the many on College Radio Day. Last year, over a weather forecast, you’re watching a WUTK reasons 585 stations in 29 different countries alumna. Present day communications manager Michael why WUTK, the student participated in College Radio Day, Without his experience at WUTK, Mike Grider works a shift at WUTK during his radio station that serves including WUTK. WUTK has been Keith, the voice of the Tennessee Titans Radio college days. as a practical experience voted “Knoxville’s Best Radio Station” Network, may never have yelled “Touchdown laboratory for College for the last eight years-in-a-row in the Titans!” Councilman Rob Frost; Star 102.1 Marc & of Communication and Metro Pulse ‘Best of Knoxville’ annual Some other local sports names – former Kim Show sidekick Tyrone Beach; Nashville’s Information students, as awards, and was also named “Most Vol basketball star Dane Bradshaw, as well as NewsChannel5 Meteorologist Lelan Statom well as other UT majors is Improved College Radio Station in sports radio hosts John Wilkerson and Brent and CNN Executive Producer Tori Blase are such an important place. North America” in 2011 by College Hubbs among them -- spent some time around just a few recognizable names who spent WUTK was started in 1982 Music Journal. Approximately seventy- the mic at WUTK, too. some time working at WUTK – which, in addi- to serve this purpose, but five students work at WUTK every In fact, there’s a long list of WUTKers you tion to its current moniker, The Rock, has been after thirty-one years on semester, and the station has many probably didn’t know you knew. Newly-named known as Album 90, NewRock90 and The the air, serves even more notable alumni in broadcasting and WATE-TV General Manager Dean Littleton; Torch. purposes for not only other professions across the country. man about town and Random Acts of Flow- All of these people, and the hundreds of the UT community, but For more information, interviews, ers founder Larsen Jay; 91.9 WUOT Improvi- others who have passed through the sta- for the greater Knoxville etc., please contact WUTK General sations host Todd Steed; Jack Ryan of WIVK tion’s doors, have had a real impact on their market. And, in the last Manager, Benny Smith at 865-974- and MerleFM renown; former Knoxville City Continue on page 4 2228 or [email protected]. Continue on page 2 PAGE A2 The Knoxville Focus September 30, 2013 Focus on the Law FOCUS Democracy or Republic? Weekly Poll In a democrat- would always guarantees to every state a of the represented indi- ic form of govern- have the ulti- Republican form of govern- viduals without violating In your opinion, in order to reduce ment, “the sover- mate say. The ment. The word “Democ- their individual rights. All cost, should Knoxville City and eign power resides tree growers racy” is not mentioned any- of these laws are subject in and is exercised only have the where in the Constitution. to the review of the United Knox County elections be held at by the whole body rights that the A republican form of gov- States Supreme Court. The of free citizens lumb er jac k s ernment recognizes the Supreme Court decides if the same time? directly or indi- By Sharon choose to give inalienable rights of individ- laws are constitutional. If Frankenberg, rectly through a them. This is uals. Sovereignty is in each the United States were a Attorney at Law system of repre- s o m e t i m e s individual person, not in the democracy, there would be sentation.” Black’s referred to as group as in a democracy. no need for review because Yes 87.06% Law Dictionary, Fifth Ed. the case of “Majority-over- One may act on his or her the laws were passed by a The whole group holds the Man.” own to solve problems or majority. But because we No 12.94% power. The trouble with Because we hold elec- may act through his or her are a republic, laws may this form of government is tions in this country many representatives as he or be reviewed to assure that By Age Yes No Total that members of a minority people would say that we she chooses. Our govern- individual rights are being 30-49 80.65% 19.35% 31 group must always bend to live in a democracy. That ment is hired by the people, protected under our con- the will of the majority and is incorrect. The United not the other way around. stitution. For example, 50-65 84.73% 15.27% 131 only receive the privileges States of America is a Government agencies are years ago Jim Crow Laws 65+ 89.47% 10.53% 209 granted by the majority. For republic. We pledge our owned by the people and calling for racial segrega- Total 87.06% (323) 12.94% (48) 371 example, imagine a society allegiance to the flag and are obligated to us. When tion were passed but the where 49 percent of the cit- “to the Republic for which we delegate powers to the U.S. Supreme Court ruled izens owned land and grew it stands.” A republic is a government, we do not give that they violated individual By District trees and 51 percent of the representative form of gov- up our own.