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PAGE APB The Knoxville Focus August 30, 2021 August 30, 2021 The Kwww.knoxfocus.comnoxvil le PAGE A1 PAID FOR BY THE COMMITTEE TO ELECT NICK CIPARRO - CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 3. NICK CIPARRO, TREASURER OCUS FREETake One! www.knoxfocus.com F August 30, 2021 Phone: 865-686-9970 | PO Box 18377, Knoxville, TN 37928 | Located at 4109 Central Avenue Pike, Knoxville, Tennessee 37912 Early voting up over last city council election By Mike Steely Senior Writer property-qualified voting this year by a total of in- five districts may vote. [email protected] . Property voting permits person voters numbering Each race has an incum- people who own property 5,577. bent facing at least one “Over 2,200 more in Knoxville but don’t live Davis said the total challenger. Some districts people voted early in-per- there to vote in city elec- absentee voters in 2017 have the incumbent facing son in 2021 than in 2017, tions. was 484 but absentee three challengers. with New Harvest Park He also said concerns votes this year topped 758 The top two candidates being the site with the most about Covid have led to an with five days left to return in each district proceed voters,” Chris Davis, Knox increase in absentee by ballots by mail. to the November General County Election Coordina- mail voting. The New Harvest Park Election in which all quali- tor, told The Focus Friday. The total number of in- polling place drew the larg- fied city voters may vote in PHOTO BY MIKE STEELY. Davis attributed the person early voters in the est number of early voters. each race. Campaign signs for the Knoxville City Council candi- higher turnout to com- August 2017 City of Knox- The city primary elec- For a list of election day dates have sprouted up during the past two weeks. The top petitive races and an ville Primary was 3,369, tion day is this Tuesday. polling locations, please two candidates from each race will proceed to the general increased interest in which was easily exceeded Only voters living in the see B6. election in November. No Smoking/Vaping, Juneteenth, merit Local groups honor suffragist system changes pass By Mike Steely Senior Writer parent should be allowed to [email protected] take their children to county playgrounds. Who would have thought, Smith spoke up again at with so much else going on the regular meeting saying in the county, that an ordi- the ordinance would be nance prohibiting smoking “unenforceable” and that and vaping in Knox County it “marginalizes part of our parks would so divide the population.” He called on county commission? Knox County Mayor Glenn During their regular meet- Jacobs who told the com- ing Monday, the commis- mission the ordinance has sioners breezed through no penalty involved and the some changes involving the sheriff could not enforce it. Merit System Council but, He also said that enforce- during the brief hour-long ment was not part of the meeting, Commissioners Parks and Recreation’s job. Carson Dailey and Randy The county has a No Smith knocked heads a bit. Smoking ordinance in place Dailey introduced an ordi- currently for playgrounds nance, as mandated by the and state, to forbid tobacco or Smith said there have vaping products “on county been no reports of viola- owned or controlled public tors, adding, “Why the big parks, playgrounds, green- issue?” ways or any other public Commissioner John property accessible for use Schoonmaker said the Knoxville suffrage leader Lizzie Crozier French, the first woman to address the Knoxville City Council, was honored by youth.” state changed its guidelines this month with a ceremony and the dedication of a marker. French worked for women’s suffrage at the local, state The second and final because the original legisla- and national levels. French founded the Knoxville Equal Suffrage Association in 1910. Members of the Suffrage Co- reading of the ordinance, tion did not include vaping. alition present were Mary Ruden, Holly Mattews, President Wanda Sobieski, singer and songwriter Candace Cor- amending the original smok- Jacobs replied that the rigan, Betty Reddick and Linda Haney. The historic marker was dedicated in the Old Gray Cemetery and also pres- ing-only to add vaping, had county could put up signs ent were members of the Cavett Station Chapter of the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution, hit earlier opposition from designating smoking areas the Tennessee Society of DAR, and various DAR members. Photo courtesy of Holly Matthews. Smith a week earlier. He in parks. suggested a smoking Continued on page 2 Knoxville The Everly Brothers remembers the Everly Brothers and ‘Rocky Top’ fondly with the Everly By Mike Steely Senior Writer top of the music charts. They of other county artists. The Brothers [email protected] stayed there for many years song was apparently written Park in with hit after hit. while the couple was staying Bearden. The The recent passing of Don Many of those classic rock in the Gatlinburg Inn. small park Everly touched the hearts songs were penned by Felice Phil Everly died in 2012 contains and memories of many and Boudreaux Bryant. Some and neither he nor Don were plaques people in our area, some of those hits included “Wake able to visit Knoxville’s Everly with salutes who attended West High Up Little Susie,” “Bye, Bye Brother’s Park although sev- to the pair School with Don and Phil Love” and “Love Hurts.” eral family members have from many Everly during their family’s The Bryant couple wrote been to the little pocket popular brief years in Knoxville. The many, many songs for the park along Kingston Pike and music brothers moved from coun- Everly Brothers and many North Forest Park Boulevard. performers. try to rock and roll and, after others but certainly the There’s another connec- being fired by Cas Walker on most famous tune for any tion between the Everlys his “Farm and Home Hour” Volunteer State resident and “Rocky Top.” In their radio show, moved eventu- was “Rocky Top,” original- 1972 album, Don and Phil ally to Nashville to continue ly recorded by the Osborne sang the song as produced with their meteoric rise to the Brothers and then by dozens by Chet Atkins. From Concept to Completion: Water Damage • Drywall • Additions • Wall Moving • Flooring • Kitchens • Bathrooms Call the remodeling professionals! From handyman projects to major renovations, we can do it! 865-315-0630 ARMSTRONG Licensed, Bonded & Insured REMODELING FREE ESTIMATES Masonry • Carpentry • Decks • Fences • Plumbing • And Much More! NO MONEY DOWN. FINANCING AVAILABLE. PAGE A2 The Knoxville Focus August 30, 2021 From a distance From a distance under the control of the far take my constituents to He then spent about control. Now it is a human- food stamps; the billions How to suppress voter turnout? left.” another part of the Capitol. 15 or 20 minutes with us itarian and health disas- sent to bail out misman- I hate to write this for Then Sen. Biden, who showing photos and telling ter with 200,000 or more aged blue states and cities; two reasons; (1) mainly was sitting there talking on stories, a really nice thing flooding in each month, the botched exodus from because his actions are his cell phone, said “Wait a for him to do for four people with 25 to 40% having Afghanistan; the racist, Have an off year, non-partisan election very harmful to this nation, minute. Why can’t the con- from Tennessee. Covid. discriminatory payouts to and (2) because he has gressman go in there?” Now, though, his poli- Of course, many of the Black and Brown farmers been very nice to me in the The doorkeeper became cies are going to cause this immigrants are being and families; the mega- limited contact, I have had a little flustered and said country very big problems put into nice hotels at trillion spending spree on By John J. Duncan Jr. with him. there was a meeting going for many years to come. triple ordinary room rates every Democratic wish list, [email protected] One example: I was show- on there. Sen. Biden asked He is so indebted to radi- because the organization and on and on. ing a couple from Knoxville who was holding the meet- cal environmentalists, the managing the process Surely, the former Repub- I have never seen, heard and their nine-year-old ing and the doorkeeper first thing he did was shut is making millions and is lican officeholders who or read about a president daughter around the Capi- replied “Sen. Kennedy.” down a pipeline, destroy- connected to a high-rank- endorsed Joe Biden in the who has done as much tol several years ago. Then Sen. Biden felt ing 11,000 jobs and help- ing Biden campaign official. Presidential race must damage to this country I took them over to the bad for us although he ing cause gas prices to be Then there is all the free regret it now. Surely. in as short a time as Joe Senate side and started to shouldn’t have and told us $1.00 more than when money given to people Everything the Biden Biden has. go in the president’s room he wanted us to go with Trump left office. without working for it, Administration has done Brit Hume summed it just off the Senate floor. him to his Capitol office. Of course, wealthy envi- harming small businesses, thus far is going to cause up best a few months ago I had taken many people He said, “When you ronmentalists want gas to causing inflation, and lead- serious problems for many when he said on Fox News there.