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Chamber turns 100

The Chamber of Commerce serving Johnson City, Jonesborough and Washington County turned 100 this summer. Friday,

members and guests celebrated at the Johnson City Country Club with music, dancing, fellowship, and of course, a birthday cake.

Chamber of Commerce Chairman Jeff Jones and Convention and Visitors Bureau Director Brenda Whitson, both at left, gather with others around the Chamber’s 100th birthday cake. Photos courtesy Sweet Snaps Photography.

Former Chamber chairs gather around the Chamber’s 100th birthday cake Friday: Phil Carriger, Richard Manahan, Larry Calhoun, Rick Storey, Jeff Jones (current chair), Melissa Steagall-Jones, Jane Myron, Al Fatheree, Guy Wilson, Lottie Ryans, Lewis Wexler, Vince Hickam, Tom McKee, Doug Sizemore, Carol Trahan, Robert White, Ruth Ellis DiGregorio, Charles Steagall and Chamber CEO Gary Mabrey.

Towne Acres kindergartener ready for big life change BY SARAH COLSON

“Mom, where’s my backpack?” 5-year-old Reagan Sutterlin looked a bit panicked as she stood in line all by herself waiting for instruction on her first day of kindergarten last Wednesday at Towne Acres Elementary School in Johnson City. “It’s on your back, sweetie,” Reagan’s mom, Jessica Sutterlin said reassuringly. It was a little emotional letting her second of three little girls go off to school. But when Reagan walked through the doors of Mrs. Erin Ward’s class during her kindergarten staggered-start last week, Sutterlin knew her little girl was going to do great on her first real day of school, no matter who the teacher would be. Big sister Emmalynne, who starts second grade this year, had Mrs. Ward and had already passed on all the wisdom she could to her little sister. Reagan and her younger sister Clara, 3, jumped right in at a table full of puzzles and joined the other children, also ready for their first day of school. “I didn’t really cry, but

Reagan Sutterlin, center, walks in to her first day at Towne Acres with older sister Emmalynne, left, mom Jessica and younger sister Clara.

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definitely today in the car I was emotional just because I don’t really have any more babies at home,” Sutterlin said. “I mean I’ve got a three year old but she’s not a baby. She jumped right in with the kindergarteners. Towne Acres makes me more comfortable and I know everybody says that about their elementary school but Towne Acres is a fantastic school. I know whatever teacher she gets or who’s in the cafeteria

tive board for the PTA. “Reagan’s been here with me a lot,” she said. “We’re in and out of the front office a lot getting stuff or putting stuff in teachers’ bins. She knows the front office. Sometimes I walk in and she disappears because she’s gone off to say hi to somebody.” That confidence in her surroundings was obvious last Wednesday as Reagan walked right into Mrs. Ward’s room all by herself

volunteering or in the clinic volunteering if she gets a booboo, they will all take care of her.” Sutterlin, who works part-time as an accounts administrator, spends a lot of time at the school volunteering, which she thinks will help Reagan’s transition from preschool to kindergarten. She’s starting her second full year volunteering in the cafeteria and clinic a few times a month and also sits on the execu-

Reagan’s monogrammed backpack is all that’s showing as mom Jessica envelops her in a hug. Photos by Sarah Colson

and picked up a puzzle. She was still quiet, though, until Ward, who’s going into her 13th year of teaching at Towne Acres, sat down and offered to help her with a Snoopy puzzle. Finishing that one in a heartbeat, she

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reached for a Goldilocks and the Three Bears puzzle. Reagan said she can’t read yet, but her favorite thing to do is listen to stories. It just so happens that SEE TOWNE ACRES, 7

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Two city schools shine Two Johnson City Schools have been recognized as 2015 Reward Schools by the state of Tennessee. Towne Acres Elementary School received the honor for the third year in a row based on performance. Cherokee Elementary School has received its first Reward School recognition for annual growth. Towne Acres Principal Dr. Steve Barnett gives full credit to his staff, students, and parents. “To be recognized for a third year

speaks volumes regarding the support and commitment of our district and community,” Barnett said. Mary Nell McIntyre, principal of Cherokee, is proud of this accomplishment. “We are blessed with great educators, super students, and parents who hold the importance of every student in such high regard,” McIntyre said. Reward Schools rank in the top five percent, statewide, for academic achievement or the top five percent for annual growth.

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Board brainstorms ways to manage larger shelter gin considering solutions to insufficient Last Friday, County Com- staffing at the missioner Gary McAllister new shelter, visited the new Washington which is County-Johnson City Animuch larger mal Shelter at 3411 N. Roan than the preSt. in Johnson City. He wit- vious one. nessed a couple “fall in love” One possible course of with a dog right then and there and decide to adopt. At action, which the old shelter, he said, that has already been given may not have happened. “They said the other the green shelter was a tough place to light at the go at times,” McAllister said. state level, is “This new one is a much bet- to expand the ter atmosphere.” board to nine Brenda Fielden, a volunteer of seven years, and Gary McAllister spend Since the shelter opened members some quality time with a ready-to-adopt Sam. Photo by Sarah Colson in June, 275 animals have from its curbeen adopted on site. rent five. But maintaining that Proposed additions to the “Are we sure we’re going this board. Until we ask adoption-friendly atmoboard included a veterinarto get volunteers with this them, we won’t know.” McAllister said the idea sphere in a shelter large ian, a volunteer coordinator, area of interest when they of the community stepping enough to house 328 ania fund raising coordinator recognize that there’s no mals has posed challenges. and a member responsible paid staff to implement what up to help run the shelter is what led to his proposed That’s why the Animal for advertising, marketing it is that they’re working Control Board (ACB) met and data input. on?” City Manager Pete Pe- plan to expand the board. “We’re going to need the Monday at the shelter to be- Any position created terson said. “It’s one thing would assist Debbie Dobbs, to serve on the board and community’s help to run the director of the Animal Con- be involved in that activity shelter,” he stold News & We have hearing trol Board. Neighbor. and it’s a whole different aids with Board members voiced By the end of the meeting, animal, no pun intended, concerns about whether or the board decided McAlwhen you’re also … raising not those positions would lister would start by seeking funds… and all those types also be full or partial voting a person to fill one of the of things.” Dr. Daniel R. McAllister answered, board members, how the proposed new board posiSchumaier “Any civic organization has selection process would tions. After a time, the board & Associates work, and how to get people the same question. You go will discuss the issues that Audiologists and ask someone if they to donate that much time position posed before going 106 E. Watauga want to come in and sit on and work. on to expand the board furBY SARAH COLSON

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ther. They decided to start by searching for what they labeled the “foundation:” a veterinarian. That veterinarian will be tasked with developing a program for disease control, sanitation, vaccination and disease outbreak, a job that was clearly needed after discussions Monday about the shelter’s journey toward its ultimate goal, becoming a no-kill shelter. A lack of funding isn’t the only thing hindering that goal: A bad upper respiratory virus recently broke out among the cats at the shelter. Because of that virus, Dobbs said euthanasia numbers have been high. There were 276 cats, many of them kittens, that did not respond to antibiotic treatments. Most of the sick cats have a hard time swallowing the cheaper antibiotics. Funds are not available to purchase the more effective, injectable antibiotics. Each vial, which could help 10 cats each, cost $300 and only cats over a certain age can be injected. Linda Bearfield, who represents the Washington County Humane Society on the board, said the numbers did not concern her so much as the public’s view of the shelter as no-kill, a status she said is not realistic at

this time. “Looking at these numbers, I would just say that we aren’t (a no-kill shelter) and that part of it is the sheer numbers and the fact that it is very hard to afford the correct antibiotics for them,” she said. “The public needs to understand that they also have an obligation to see the reality of it... I think with either less numbers or more funding, you would have more success.” McAllister added that having more volunteers who are passionate about the success of the shelter will be key to accomplishing that no-kill status. “The goal is a no-kill shelter, if we could ever get to that,” he said. “Just having the community involved and to just make it a place the community is proud of is another goal. That’s one thing you see when you go there right now is a lot of community pride. It’s just a great place and I appreciate all the community support so far.” The board will meet again on Sept. 14. For more information, including how to get involved, visit tailchaser. org.

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Brian Noland and the university’s chief operating officer, Dr. Wilsie Bishop, will serve as grand marshals for this year’s UMOJA Unity Festival parade Saturday. The parade leaves from the Carver Recreation Center and marches through downtown Johnson City. It begins at 10 a.m. The festival runs Friday and Saturday downtown.

Inspiring your Dream Home Boone Dam work underway - Around 100 workers are already busy on the Boone Dam repair site. Crews Monday were drilling test holes in an area off the side of the earthen dam. TVA hopes to begin substantive work on the dam itself in early 2016, once an environmental report has been approved. Photo by Scott Robertson

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Shoppin’ or Shootin’…. I had a painful choice to make a few years ago. We had traveled up to Beckley, West Virginia for our annual visit with Judy’s two sisters, their husbands and her mother who has since passed away. Carolyn and husband, Jerry Rimes, a distant cousin of the singer, Lee Ann, came from Dallas. Diane and Mike Thacker live in Beckley. Diane is a power shopper and planned a shopping safari for a Friday morning starting very early. We men faked overtiredness, remote TV fatigue and general shopping malaise. Mike, who is a master woodsman in addition to being the most famous hunter in Raleigh County, suggested we go

The girls packed into Diane’s car headed to the by stores with credit cards. We loaded up Mike’s Ford F-250 diesel with guns and Publisher headed 20 miles into the West Virginia woods away from the frantic-shopping melee. We pulled up to the target shooting instead target range. It was packed. of shopping. Jerry and I perked up. Real man stuff. Mike said he couldn’t We pondered the dilemma- believe it. He thought we’d go shoppin’ or go shootin’? have the place to ourselves. Jerry was raised in West Turns out other shooters Texas on a cattle ranch. had escaped shopping too. As a spot opened up, His daddy, Lum, was a Mike walked out on the real cowboy. Jerry was no stranger to a shootin’ iron. range to place our targets. He picked up little bits of I had Daisy BB and ROTC leftover clay pigeons and target practice, dove hunt shooting and three years of empty shotgun shells. He kept walking, walking and military M-14 and .45 cal. pistol shooting. We decided walking further and further away. He put the itty bitty to go target shooting, a no targets twice as far away as brainer.

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everyone else was shooting, maybe 175 to 200 yards. How in the world can you shoot something you can’t see I wondered? Mike unpacked his new custom Thompson Encore 22-250 rifle with a .204 Ruger barrel. It sported a high-powered Mueller scope and bi-pod stand. “You can shoot the eye out of a gnat at 100 yards with this,” Mike proudly said, spitting a squirt of snuff. “Well, maybe you can, but I can’t even see the targets,” I countered. “It shoots straight especially with these 32 grain Hornady V-max bullets with the polymer tip,” Mike said. “They shoot at about 4,150 feet per second and have zero trajectory at 200

yards.” Mike was talking a foreign language as far as I was concerned. I was used to old peep site shooting. This was high tech. Mike was happily arranging a shooting match between his brothers-in-law. Mike gave us some instruction. Lined us up. Adjusted the scope. We were ready to start shootin’. I gripped the crafted weapon. Memories from my old army shooting instruction came back. Squeeze the trigger and don’t jerk it. Breathe steady. This was competition shooting. I looked through the scope. It was jumping all over the place. I finally steadied the crosshairs on the tiny target, slowed my breathing and gently squeezed the

trigger. Blamb! “You hit it,” Mike said very quietly looking through his spotting scope. I think he was surprised a city boy could still shoot. Jerry hit targets too. Other shooters glanced over occasionally to figure out how we were hitting tiny targets so far away. We shot two boxes of shells and tried out a couple of other guns Mike had brought along. It was a good day to spend outdoors. It was fun to target shoot again. Beats the heck out of shoppin’ with a bunch of women.

40 Under Forty nominations due Friday This is an exciting time of year in my job. The last by Scott nominations are rolling in Robertson for the annual 40 Under Managing Editor Forty program at our sister [email protected] publication, The Business Journal of Tri-Cities, TN/ VA. All nominations are due in to 40under.com by midnight Friday. For those who aren’t familiar, 40 Under Forty is a celebration of the best and brightest young professionals in the Tri-Cities region. Initiated here 23 years ago by what was then called The Business Journal of Upper East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia, the celebration initially served a few purposes. First, it was good business for The Business Journal. Second, it helped fight brain drain. Brain drain? In any market the size of the Tri-Cities there will always be young professionals who are convinced that if they want to have a “real” career, they will have to move to Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville, or some other big city. Whether it’s true or not, that will always be the perception some young people have about midsize to small-town life. But just over two decades ago, there seemed to be a self-fulfilling prophecy developing. We weren’t just hearing young people say, “We need to get out of town to get a real job.” We were also starting to hear some employers say, “If we want to hire the best young people, we have to hire from outside the market, because the best young people from here are leaving.” We knew that both of those perceptions were wrong. We knew some great people under the age of 40 who were building great careers right here in the Tri-Cities. The 40 Under Forty program seemed a good way to make that point to both sides. Each year, we featured 40 individuals who were young, talented, and here. That showcase proved to employers that yes, such individuals were still here, and they were doing great work for companies willing to hire them and give them a chance to build their own careers.

It also showed young professionals who might be struggling here and considering a big-city move that there were opportunities for young people to start excellent careers here. You don’t hear so much about brain drain anymore, so hopefully we’re doing some good with that. And while The Business Journal led the charge to show young professionals the benefits of staying here more than two decades ago, we’re certainly not the only ones spreading that message now. Young professionals have organizations in each of the Tri-Cities. If nothing else, the 40 Under Forty program has become a remarkable predictor of future success in the region. Among our alumni are: • Steve Smith (see last week’s story regarding his company’s purchase of all the BI-LO Food Stores in Chattanooga), the president and CEO of K-VA-T Food Stores. You may know those stores better as Food City. • Tommy Greer, managing partner of Blackburn, Childers and Steagall • David Davis, former 1st District United States congressman • Bill Dudney, president, Citizens Bank • Steve Johnson, president of Johnson Commercial Development, developer of The Pinnacle • Ron Ramsey, Lt. Governor of the Great State of Tennessee • Lottie Fields Ryans, now retired vice president and general manager, CenturyLink • Tony Treadway, co-founder and president, Creative Energy • Steve Darden, attorney, Hunter Smith & Davis, former Johnson City mayor • Jon Lundberg, founder, The Corporate Image & Corporate Marketing Group and Tennessee state representative • Anne Pope, former federal co-chair, Appalachian Regional Commission • Robert Van de Vuurst, attorney, Baker Donelson • Jeff Banyas, dentist and Johnson City Commissioner • Miles Burdine, president and CEO, Kingsport Area Chamber of Commerce • Joe LaPorte III, chairman Citizens Bank

That’s 15 very influential and successful individuals, and that list was culled just from a quick glance at the first three years of the program. There has been one change over the course of the program that has affected the make-up of more recent classes of 40 Under Forty honorees. These days community involvement plays a greater role in the judging. The judging in the early years took community involvement into account to some extent, but was far more about business acumen and early-career business success. As the program has gone on, we have realized that community involvement and business success are, more often than not, inexorably linked. Those who take their own time to serve on community boards, to help meet the needs of those less fortunate, and to become servants themselves, often become the best leaders a business community can have. So in realizing that fact, and in opening the criteria to make community involvement a greater factor, we have broadened the list of honorees to include a far greater representation of the community than would have been possible two decades ago. For instance, the last few classes have been dotted with medical professionals. Just so, not-for-profit organization executive directors now find themselves regularly added to the list, as do educators. Judging is performed by an outside panel. The Business Journal and Johnson City News & Neighbor do not nominate, nor do we judge, unless a judge has a conflict of interest in the case of a particular nominee. Judges are brought in from Johnson City, Kingsport and Bristol to avoid even the appearance of geographic bias. This year’s class will be revealed Oct. 2 at a gala event at The Millennium Centre. The full class list will be available at 40under.com after that. If you know a rising star in the business community, now is the last chance to get that nomination in for the class of 2015. Visit 40under.com today.

I would write a pithy headline if only I had enough time The lovely and talented Angela and I were due at the church, dinner materials in hand, at about 5:30 last night. I pulled into the driveway just as the birthday girl was calling me. I was sure it was in order to not-sopatiently ask where I was, since we had such little time left to get where we needed to be. I was 20 steps from the back door, though she didn’t know it, so I decided to play a little joke on my youthful-looking bride on this her 49th. I entered one of the text replies available to put a caller off when you’re unavailable. I chose, “Sorry, I’m busy. Call back later.” This was going to be fun. I opened the door of my truck, stepped onto the grass, then reached back inside to grab my two aces in the hole. Had I delivered that message without being so close to the house, there would have been justifiable severity on my wife’s part. But I had more than just my immediate presence to make it right. I had not one, but two bouquets of flowers I had just stopped and picked up in honor of Angela’s birthday.

against our deadline, but must admit, perhaps Keeling Iunwisely, that I often Associate Editor awaken between 5 and 6 jkeeling@ jcnewsandneighbor.com a.m. Tuesdays with little more than the general thoughts of what I’ll write about rolling around in my head. I walked through As a result, I’m sure, the back door into the quality is sacrificed ockitchen. Sarcasm, harsh casionally if not often. words, chiding or whatIn contrast, I think this ever well-deserved words morning of an arduous about to be delivered on process on one of our the phone call Angela neighboring Tree Streets had been about to make that is yielding excellent melted away into smiles, results, at least from my laughter and an admisperspective. Next door sion that I had pulled off to 722 W. Pine St. there a good one. I even got a stood for several years a tender hug – always a dilapidated rental house bonus. on a double lot. Nevertheless, we still Eventually, the last had to pack up our matenants moved out and terials for dinner lickety the bank repossessed the split and make the fourproperty. Fortunately, the minute drive to Grandstory didn’t end there. view Christian. Far too Johnson City’s communioften, I seem to be cutty development coordinating it close on time. Take tor, put his perseverance, this column, for instance. experience and passion I was informed at exactly for this city to work. Over 9:12 a.m. (it’s Tuesday) a period of well more that I have roughly 690 than a year, Baldwin words available. worked and worked to Our deadline for send- contact the right people ing pages to the printer at the bank, persuade is 11 a.m. As I type this them to sell the property sentence it is precisely at a reasonable price, and 10:27 a.m. I don’t alutilize community develways run up this closely opment funds to get the

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property into the city’s hands. After the house was torn down, Baldwin worked with the private sector in hopes that the lot could be purchased and infill could occur there. I’m a big fan of infill, the construction of new or entirely renovated homes on existing city lots. It’s smart growth. Fast forward another 18 months. As I run, ride,

walk or drive past the property now, I see one new home already built and occupied and another nearly complete. If Steve Baldwin had not exhibited the patience and perseverance to turn one city block’s weak point into a showpiece of redevelopment, the little red dump I used to pass by might still be sitting there unoccupied today. I’m grateful for Bald-

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Commissioners get price tag ($7.9 million) on expanded arts center kind of “quality of 750 seats to 1,200. life” enhancement Their hope? That Whether or not Johnson City would that help cities atthe additional benefit from having an upsized East Tentract new residents capacity would put nessee State University fine and performand investment. the theater into a ing arts center (FPAC) off campus didn’t Commissioner seating capacity seem to be in question as city commission- range sufficient to Jenny Brock agreed, ers met with a consultant last Thursday. and called the partdraw Broadway Nor did commissioners doubt the city had shows, concerts and nership opportuniongoing revenues available to pay for that ty, “a window that’s other performances, upsizing of the FPAC’s main performance open here that we’re boosting visitor space from 750 seats to 1,200. never going to have revenues and mak What commissioners’ ultimate approval ing Johnson City a again. or disapproval of an estimated $7.9 million more attractive lo “If we did want to become a cultural to enlarge the FPAC will hinge on, it apcation for new jobs pears, is details of a usage agreement with and investment. Douglas McCarty reviews his findings about center, it would cost ETSU already a lot more than $8 ETSU – including how the university will the ETSU performing arts center with city million if we wanted handle booking shows and how many com- has approval for commissioners Thursday. Photo by Jeff Keeling an FPAC with to do it on our own, munity events the center can host. Adding 450 additional seats to the FPAC three performance and so I think we would probably add nearly $8 million to spaces, the largest at 750 seats, with about have a philosophical decision to make.” the building’s current $40.6 million price one quarter of that $40.6 million cost com- The questions came in where they generally have – about just how much use the tag, architect Douglas McCarty told coming from local sources. Commissioners almost universally city would get of the space for community missioners meeting with him and ETSU’s agreed that such an opportunity is rare and events, and how many non-ETSU shows Jeremy Ross. That marked the first time well worth considering. Much of it could the university would book per year in order city commissioners got a specific number – as specific as possible prior to actual bids be funded over a 30-year period through 1 to drive the economic impact the city wants in exchange for such an investment. – since talk about extra city funding for the percent of the city’s now 7 percent hotel “Is ETSU prepared to subsidize the project first surfaced more than 18 months motel tax. That 1 percent will bring in an estimated $230,000 a year at current lodg- shows?” asked Jeff Banyas, who later said ago. While they left the meeting with plenty ing rates, and other debts due to be paid off he supported the investment in theory but of remaining unanswered questions, a within several years could free up money to wanted to protect the city’s interests. majority of commissioners indicated they make up the remainder of the investment, “We’re going to book shows that we think are going to be the most successful,” were open to taking the FPAC’s main City Manager Pete Peterson said. performance theater from the state-funded He added that a new center would be the Ross answered. BY JEFF KEELING

“We have an expectation that there will be a certain level of show that comes to this facility if we put the additional seats in,” Banyas replied. “I think we both need to be on the same page – I think we’re talking on different pages here.” “Before I would vote to spend $8 million, I would want to know exactly what the details are,” he added. “Who we’re going to go after and who is going to subsidize it, how many times a year it’s going to be, what’s considered a city event.” In reply, Ross said, “I think 90 percent of what you said we can work through.” Mayor Ralph Van Brocklin and Commissioner Jenny Brock both appeared ready to commit the funding. Near the end of the meeting, Banyas expressed his support – with his caveats – as did Commissioner David Tomita. “I’m willing to take a look at it. I’m very open. I think we’ve got a mechanism to fund it. As long as we hammer these details out before the first check is written and we’ve got a mechanism in that contract that if what is happening ceases to happen, then I’m good with moving forward.” Building design will begin soon. ETSU needs the commission to approve funding – which could be contingent on later passage of a memorandum of understanding outlining usage and performance booking details – at one of its next couple meetings, slated for Aug. 20 and Sept. 3.

County committee hears TIF task force update minimum size of the project, type of improvements The Washington County allowable – with a TIF, Commission’s Commerfor instance, you have to cial, Industrial and Agrihave public infrastructure culture Committee heard as part of that, whether a presentation Monday it’s building a road, water, evening from a task force or even demolition of an working on a set of rules old building that has to be for the use of tax increremoved before a property ment financing TIF in can be best used.” Both Johnson City and Johnson City and WashWashington County ofington County. The need ficials have expressed an for such rules came to the public’s attention recently interest in having similar, when a developer asked for if not identical guidelines such funds to help develop in place for both TIF and PILOT programs. Both a project that would have entities want to keep gone forward without the developers from applying use of public funds. The request was not successful, for public funding in situations where the governing but it brought the lack of firm rules regarding TIF to body would essentially be asked to pick winners and the public’s attention. “That request came losers in private sector through because we did competition. Said County not have guidelines,” CIA Mayor Dan Eldridge at Committee Chair David the CIA meeting, “I think Tomita, who sits on the the ‘but for’ clause is very task force, told the comimportant. TIF funds mittee. “In the future we should be used in situawant to prevent that haptions where, but for the use pening again by instituting of TIF, the project would things like guidelines for not occur.’” BY SCOTT ROBERTSON

Tomita showed the committee several other cities’ guidelines and rules for TIF programs, including those from Bristol, Kingsport, Chattanooga and Knoxville. Knoxville’s guidelines include a sentence that says the city wants to implement “the strategic and careful use of tools to foster economic development.” Said Tomita, “I like that phrasing – strategic and careful.” Commissioner Robbie Tester, who has been critical of the use of TIF funding in the past, said, “If we’re going to use TIF, we need to have good rules in place.” The Washington County Economic Development Council recently constituted the task force consisting of Charles Allen, Tommy Burleson, Tom Foster, Joe Grandy, Gerald Thomas, David Tomita, and Joe Wise to create such guidelines. The task force’s next scheduled meeting is August 25.

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Award winners at the WCEDC annual meeting included: Brent Long, London’s Lofts developer, Chad Wolfe, Annmarie Wolfe, Trek Bicycle Store (Commercial Project of the Year); Kim Hughes, Bob Hughes, JD Squared (Industrial/Office Project of the Year); Gary Baker (for Joe Baker, Community Champion); Joe Grandy, WCEDC Chairman; Scott Libertore, Anthony Royer, Allied Dispatch Solutions (Entrepreneurial Project of the Year).

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WCEDC celebrates successes The first four, Grandy said, all saw significant The Washington County progress. Downtown’s reEconomic Development development has outpaced Council (WCEDC) held its expectations, and jobs have annual meeting Monday. grown through both existing Joe Grandy, the outgoing company expansions and WCEDC chairman, said the new arrivals to the tune of organization had focused nearly 1,000 new jobs and on five key areas over the more than $147 million in past year. They included investment. support of the Johnson City Additionally, Grandy Development Authority and said, a nascent regional effort among the Johnson downtown Johnson City; City metropolitan statistical concentrating on existing area’s three counties (Washbusiness retention and expansion; continuing recruit- ington, Carter and Unicoi) ment opportunities for new appears to be gaining steam. “Recently the Washbusinesses; promoting and ington County Economic leading regional economic Development Council partdevelopment efforts for nered with Carter County Northeast Tennessee; and continuing to work on a new Tomorrow and the Unicoi industrial park in Washing- County Economic Development Board to make a ton County. BY JEFF KEELING

regional presentation to TVA market specialists and Tennessee Economic Development project managers,” Grandy said. Industrial land, though, is seen as one of the greatest needs for the county, as there is a clear lack of available developed or easily developable sites. Unfortunately, Grandy said, site access costs at a prospective industrial park site in Gray proved excessive. “So the current focus has been on analysis of available industrial sites in excess of 50 acres that are accessible, have utilities, and are available,” Grandy said, adding that work also began on improvements to the existing Washington County Industrial Park in Telford.

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Secret WWII mission brought GI, Soviets together BY NANCY C. WILLIAMS

This month marks the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, with the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945, and the armistice six days later between the Japanese and U.S. on August 15 (“VJ” Day—Victory over Japan). Hidden stories about the war still continue to surface, including one from a local veteran named Arnold Rev. Arnold M. Williams in 2002 Photo courtesy the Williams Williams who served in the family South Pacific and Alaska. Here is his story, as told to his family: Tucked away in old U.S. Navy records is a mostly forgotten story about a topsecret mission during World War II in Alaska, when American and Russian forces took part in a massive transfer of warships…intended primarily for an operation that never happened. By 1945, America had muscled its way through World War II to a position where it was poised to end the conflict once and for all. Germany surrendered in May following Hitler’s suicide and U.S. forces were making headway into Japanese-conquered territories. To help the Russians build up their naval forces in preparation for an assault on Japan, the U.S. Navy entered into the Lend/Lease Agreement whereby U.S. vessels would be reconfigured and turned over to the Soviets at a tiny base called Fort Randall at Cold Bay in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. The secret project was coded “Project Hula,” a name better suited for balmy Hawaii than chilly Alaska. My father-in-law, Arnold Matthews Williams, was among a handful of U.S. Navy personnel assigned to work at the base. He was sworn to secrecy about its operations. Arnold was a member of the Seabees, so called because of the “C.B.” initials for the Marine Construction Brigade. He had already served in U.S. forces for almost five years, part of that time at Wallis Island near the South Pacific combat zone at the Coral Sea. In 1945, he was put on a ship headed to Alaska. “When we got there, we got the assignment that we were on a secret mission,” he said. “We flew into a special military base at Cold Bay and met the Russians there. Our naval forces came in, too.” Arnold was put in charge of the Navy laundry, cleaning all the Russian uniforms. During the months he worked there, some 12,000 Soviet Navy personnel—about 750 officers and 11,250 enlisted men—came in and out through the port in Cold Bay. “We couldn’t understand their language,” Arnold said. “I liked them myself. But because of the communist influence and the KGB there, they didn’t like us too well.” At one point, a fight broke out between a U.S. sailor and a Russian. “Because it was serious, they flew our young man back to the States into Washington somewhere, to keep from having a problem with the Russians.” Arnold said the base had a congregational chapel, but there had been no services. He and several others decided to have their own Christian worship service. After the first Sunday gathering, about 25 to 30 of the Russian military men came to ask what the Americans were doing there. “I said, ‘Ya ne ponimayu,’ (‘I don’t understand’). I took out my translation guide, and said, ‘We are here to worship Iisus Khristos (Jesus

The 1917 pre-revolution Russian New Testament that Williams found among the slain Russian friend’s effects. Photo by Nancy Williams

Christ),’ in their Russian language. About two-thirds of them ran away like they were scared to death, and they were. The Russian authorities would have killed them if they found out the Russian sailors were Christians.” Still, a few of the young Russian men stayed to worship with Arnold and other Americans. One of them made an impression on Arnold. After a while, when the young Russian didn’t show up again, Arnold asked the others about his whereabouts and was simply told that the young man was dead. Arnold was convinced the Russian was murdered— essentially martyred—for faith in Christ. “I was walking up the beach, saw where they had thrown a uniform away, and I recognized that it was his. His things were just scattered there on the beach where they killed him. They buried him in a shallow grave there. I picked up the parts of his uniform and thought I could get back to the States with it. I will never forget what happened to him. “Under the KGB, we were under constant danger. We were so outnumbered, and we could suddenly be taken prisoners. But we never worried about that, we went right ahead and fulfilled our duty.” Arnold kept the Russian uniform, dagger, Cossack hat, and parts of the uniform with military ranking. Also among those effects was a small, blue, clothbound New Testament in Russian,

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printed in 1917 just prior to the Russian Revolution and the country’s conversion to communism. “I never forgot that young man…he was very handsome. Even in the Russian language, I realized that he was a Christian because of his life and his devotion to Christ. I know one day I’ll meet him in Paradise.” The feverish pace of training Soviet sailors and officers continued from April 1 through the rest of the spring and summer. Then came the atomic bombs. “Little Boy” was dropped on Hiroshima on Aug. 6; “Fat Man” followed three days later on Nagasaki. Suddenly, the entire direction of the war shifted in light of the awful, devastating power of this new American weapon. Although the exact total has never been determined, nearly 200,000 Japanese people lost their lives instantly. As promised, Stalin declared war on Japan on Aug. 9, launching a large invasion force of troops across the Russian border into the Japanese-held sections of Manchuria, China. Soviet-American relations at Cold Bay seemed to improve considerably as the commanding officers on both sides accelerated the transfer operations to help the Russians with their invasion plans. Project Hula ships were used in successful Russian operations against the Japanese in the Kuril Islands, in northern Korea, and on southern Sakhalin Island. Several of those ships were lost, too, in the ensuing battles. Japan finally surrendered to the Allies on Sept. 2 aboard the battleship U.S.S. Missouri in Tokyo Bay. The build-up of Soviet-American forces for an Allied invasion of Japan—secretly codenamed “Operation Downfall” and scheduled for Nov. 1— was now canceled. The war was over. On Sept. 4, the last ships from Project Hula, four

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Towne Acres from page 1 Goldilocks and the Three Bears is her favorite. “My favorite part is when the bear finds Goldilocks,” she told Ward. Reagan said she’s not quite sure what she’ll learn in kindergarten, but so far she can count to 13. “We’ll learn how to count past 13,” Ward told her. “To one million?” Reagan asked. “That’s a little high, but maybe to 100,” Ward said. Reagan also said she’s excited about going to the library, learning new crafts and making new friends. What goes on in the kindergarten classroom is a lot more than playing with puzzles or learning to count to 100, according to Principal Dr. Steve Barnett, who’s served in that role at Towne Acres for 11 years. He said kindergarteners learn how to be good friends, be a part of a team, and also learn how to learn. “They come in and get acclimated and learn how to be in school and on task,” he said. Barnett said his school is unique in that his staff is trained to teach children how fun learning can be. While some schools try to just get kids reading and doing simple math as fast as possible, Barnett said his team of teachers and staff focus on getting students to enjoy academics so when learning at the higher level, they’re able to enjoy the challenge. “Our focus is to get them to learn to read but to enjoy the experience,” Barnett said. “If we can do that and get them to enjoy and love to read, it’s more of a natural approach. Some children come in and can read and some have no ability to at all. Our job is to take each child at their own level and move them forward but for them to not be pressured. The pressure is going to come later. So we want them to have that confidence and the ability to go on to that higher level. You set that ground work and strong base of them being able to read and write so when you get into the upper grades you’re able to see more results.” In his years in the academic field, Barnett said he’s seen kindergarten education shift from a pretty relaxed, playful atmosphere to one more academically-focused.

“They still have opportunities during recess and class time to have some creative play,” Barnett said, “but we don’t nap anymore and they don’t get picked up early. They really know when they leave kindergarten how to sit and learn and work with a team and how to be a good friend and share with others.” When it comes to parents volunteering, Barnett said it’s key to making the kids feel at home in their new school. “The parents have a calming effect in the cafeteria,” he said. “They’re there to help the children and teach them how to open their milk carton and use their utensils. Even if it’s not their own mom, just seeing other parents is really positive and adds to the feeling that it’s a safe place.” Sutterlin said Barnett is also a big factor in helping Reagan and the other kids feel safe and cared for. “This is just a fantastic school and even the principal gets involved,” she said. “He’s there in the cafeteria sometimes checking it out, talking to kids. He’s out there in the car line in the freezing snow and the 90-degree afternoons.” That kind of commitment from not only the principal, but the teachers and staff overall, ensure Reagan will have a great first year of school, just like her older sister did her first year at Towne Acres. on Monday, Reagan found out she did indeed get Mrs. Ward as her teacher, and she is ready to learn to count much higher than 13 and how to read her favorite books. “We’re off to a great start” Barnett said of the new school year. “We’ve got a great group of kindergarteners and new families from all over the country and world. We’re excited to start a new school year with a new group of students and our old friends who are back.” With the kindergarteners off to a new start yesterday, Johnson City and Washington County’s nearly 15,000 school students are now all back in the classroom. The News & Neighbor would like to wish all of the students, returning and new, a most fun and productive school year.

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Hospital systems’ merger-related community meetings begin Thursday Mountain States Health Alliance and Wellmont Health System have scheduled a series of community meetings to solicit input as the organizations work together to solve some of the region’s most challenging health issues, as part of the proposed merger. The first two meetings are Thursday (in Elizabethton) and Aug. 20 (Abingdon, Va.). The meetings are part of the health systems’ previously announced work groups initiative that will focus on four key areas: Mental Health & Addiction; Healthy Children & Families; Population Health & Healthy Communities; and Research & Academics. More than 100 community members responded to the call for participation through the BecomingBetterTogether.org website, and dozens more were recommended by key stakeholders as valuable participants in the process. Eight community leaders have agreed to serve as chairpersons leading the four work groups: • Mental Health & Addiction: Dr. Teresa Kidd, president and CEO of Frontier Health, and Eric Greene, senior vice president of Virginia services for Frontier Health; • Healthy Children & Families: Dr. David Wood, chair of the department of pediatrics at East Tennessee State University and chief medical officer of Niswonger Children’s Hospital, and Travis Staton, CEO of United Way of Southwest Virginia; • Population Health & Healthy Communities: Dr. Randy Wykoff, dean of ETSU’s College of Public Health, and Lori Hamilton, RN, director of healthy

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initiatives for K-VA-T Food City; • Research & Academics: Dr. Wilsie Bishop, vice president for health affairs and chief operating officer of East Tennessee State University, and Jake Schrum, president of Emory & Henry. The public has a critical role to play in this process. The College of Public Health at East Tennessee State University (ETSU) will coordinate a series of community round table meetings designed to give residents an opportunity to provide input on the most pressing health concerns they see in their communities. The round table meetings will be held in various locations throughout the region, with a goal of soliciting input from a broad audience, including rural areas. In addition, Wellmont and Mountain States leaders are partnering with ETSU and the work group chairs to assemble steering committees for each focus area. The steering committees will hold separate meetings to examine top health issues and also review presentations from health experts and community members. Wellmont and Mountain States officials are working with the eight chairpersons

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to finalize membership for the steering committees. Once complete, the members’ names will be posted on BecomingBetterTogether.org. Both the community round table meetings and the work group steering committee meetings are open to the public. Thursday’s meeting is from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Tennessee College of Applied Technology, 425 Highway 91, Elizabethton. The Aug. 20 meeting is 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center, One Partnership Circle, Abingdon, Va. Community members who wish to attend a meeting are asked to RSVP online at BecomingBetterTogether. org. Additional meetings will be scheduled in the coming

weeks; for the most up-todate schedule, visit BecomingBetterTogether.org.  The public meetings will be facilitated by ETSU’s College of Public Health and will feature a “world café” style discussion with participants circulating through a series of small group tables to exchange thoughts and ideas. ETSU staff will record the information presented during the meetings and compile findings from the meetings into a comprehensive report that will be used by the proposed new health system.  “Here in our region, there is a cycle of poor health that we see being passed from one generation to the next,” said Dr. Randy Wykoff, dean of the ETSU College of Public Health. “Our goal is to gather

information that will allow the proposed new health improvement organization to use its resources to help break that intergenerational cycle of poor health. The proposed merger between

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Tongco TRIumph 2015 Science Hill graduate Bradley Tongco completed an Iron Man Triathlon (2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike ride, 26.2-mile run) July 26 at Lake Placid, N.Y. Tongco, the youngest competitor in the field at 18, finished in 14 hours, 30 minutes and 1 second. His breakdowns were 1:16:44 in the swim, 7:52:30 in the bike and 4:56:07 in the run. Tongco, who is about to begin his freshman year at the University of Michigan, ran varsity cross country four years and varsity track three years at Science Hill. Bradley Tongco prepares for the Ironman’s first leg.

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Aug 13 The Civic Chorale 2015-2016 concert season audition will be held in the choir room of Munsey Memorial United Methodist Church, at the corner of Roan and Market Street. Auditions are private and short, about 15 minutes. Interested singers should contact the conductor, David Hendricksen at (423) 6380409 or by email at [email protected] in order to schedule an audition appointment time.

Aug 13 Deadline for registration for the Level I American Sign Language (ASL) classes. The beginner class is scheduled from 6-8 p.m. on Aug. 27; Sept. 3, 10, 17, 24; and Oct. 1, 8, 15. Classes will be held on the College’s Blountville campus in the Locke Humanities Building, Room H153. Cost for the class is $80.00. To register, contact Diana Harrison at (423) 354-5520 or workforce@northeaststate. edu.

Aug 14 The Jonesborough Library will offer a computer class “How to Buy a Computer” from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Our classes will be taught by Dr. Jim Pohle. These classes are free and open to the public. Space is limited and registration is required. To register, please call the Jonesborough library at (423) 753-1800.

Aug 15 The Watauga Valley Art League will meet at the Johnson City Memorial Park Community Center, 510 Bert Street from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. An informal art critique begins at 10:30 for those interested. For more information about the meeting or WVAL please contact Edward Puhr at (423) 4674285 or the League’s website at wataugavalleyartleague. com. Meetings are open to the public and free.

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Taylor Sparks works on the left wing near midfield. Photos by Jeff Keeling

Senior-laden Toppers’ hopes high last year. It’s a different approach, but he said the girls Science Hill girls’ soccer are picking it up well. team’s main challenge won’t “The set up is a little difbe putting the ball in the ferent as far as the system net this fall, first-year head goes (from the boys team), coach David Strickland said. but the philosophy of the “We’re going to be a possession style is similar,” goal-scoring team, I know Strickland said. “We move that,” Strickland said after the ball to make other teams the Lady Hilltoppers dismove. We’re moving them mantled Elizabethton 6-0 in so we can expose space.” The style incorporates a a pre-season scrimmage at Science Hill’s Kermit Tipton lot of running, relying on not just passing precision stadium Thursday. “We but fitness – both endurhave five, six, seven playance and strength. “We ers that can score multiple goals. Defending as a group incorporate a lot of cross of 11 is my biggest concern, fit sessions. There’s a lot of and our focus of getting that running and things they’ve just never experienced. to where we’re much more That and understanding the sharp than we are now.” Strickland, who led Scisystem of play and learnence Hill’s boys to the state ing about it. It’s been pretty championship game in his heavy for them, but they’ve first campaign leading that responded very well.” team last spring, said he has Strickland mentioned seniors Hannah Torbett a deep team and hopes to and Lauren Trent as two cap its 12 seniors’ careers with a deep postseason run. of the offensive stalwarts. Behind them, senior Brook The Lady Hilltoppers were Vogel will help anchor the eliminated in the regional defense, along with senior tournament last year. “We have great potengoalkeeper Taylor Kelly. tial to advance,” Strickland “She has a lot of competisaid. “It’s just getting the tion but seems to be coming chemistry down to be able out half a step ahead a lot of to dominate play and score the time,” he said of Kelly. goals and defend real well.” When the 50-50 balls He is implementing a start flying around the similar ball possession midfield area or possesphilosophy to the one that sion is lost, senior Meredith carried the boys team so far Caveney will be another key, Strickland said. “Meredith Caveney is going to be a player that a lot of people won’t notice because of her role, but she will be a strong player for us. She’ll do a lot of the dirty work, which is winning a lot of balls and getting it back in possession for us.” The Lady Hilltoppers BY JEFF KEELING

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don’t have a tradition of state tournament appearances, but Strickland said the pieces are there for that to change. “That’s where I feel we can be, and the goal is to be in that final eight, trying to establish something new where when they start talking about quality programs in the state, this program is spoken of.” With the city’s feeder programs and Science Hill’s enrollment, Strickland said, “we should be able to get there. We have the quality to do it this year.” Should that tradition start to be established as soon as he thinks it can, Strickland said, the Toppers also have a strong core of underclassmen. “We have some very, very good young players that are sophomores and juniors,” he said. “Looking down the bench, I’m 16, 17 players

deep right now.” While Dobyns-Bennett is always a difficult conference foe and Strickland also expects Tennessee High to be tough this year, the measuring stick will be games against Knoxville-area schools Farragut, Hardin Valley and Bearden. “Those are the teams that regularly qualify for state, and we play each of them in the regular season, which I like,” Strickland said. “Coach Harmon (previous coach Megan) did a good job putting the schedule together.” Science Hill plays Hardin Valley at home Aug. 27 in its third regular-season match. Strickland will know a lot more about his team’s prospects after that contest. “We’ll get better at what they’re incorporating as time goes, so I do think we’re going to be a difficult team to play against.”

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