Garry Menendez, UT associate professor of plant science and a licensed landscape architect, has retired from UT. Menendez is shown here with “just a wee bit of banana pudding” from his retirement lunch prepared by Brad Collett, James Newburn and others. Menendez left with these words: “Thank you all! It’s been a glorious ride!”
The Dykes Family from Knoxville will appear on Family Feud at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 18, on FOX 43. That’s Dr. Kathy Dykes Sims on the right, HR director for the Change Center.
Gabe Blake and Cynthia Finch won the 2022 John J. Duncan Sr. Award for Senior Advocacy, sponsored by the Knoxville-Knox County CAC Office on Aging. The winners are shown here with state Sen. Becky Duncan Massey, daughter of the late U.S. representative. (Photo by Larsen Jay)
Chris Cunningham got this crowd shot at last Saturday’s Beaver Creek Flotilla. Official count was 420 paddlers.
Kim Frazier (left) and Rhonda Lee (right) pose with Laura Bailey and Larsen Jay at the Beaver Creek Flotilla. Frazier and Lee are Republican nominees for Knox County Commission.
State Rep. Gloria Johnson and attorney Sarah Malia at Saturday’s rally for women’s reproductive choice.
North Notes
- Halls Business & Professional Association will hear from Mark Field, senior VP of the Knoxville Chamber, at noon today (05/17) at Beaver Brook Country Club.
- The Powell’s Station History Society will meet from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, May 31, at the Powell Lions Club building. Denise Riggs will discuss her uncle, Charles Nix, who was killed in action in Korea. He was a 1951 PHS graduate.
- Mt. Harmony Baptist Church, 819 Raccoon Valley Road, Heiskell, is sponsoring a Craft & Rummage Sale on Friday-Saturday, June 3-4, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Vendors are welcomed for $10 per day. Info: 865-309-0098.
- Powell Calendar: 4th of July Lions Club Parade, line up at Powell Middle School; step off at 11 a.m. 4th of July Picnic in the Park (Powell Station Park on Emory), noon to 3 p.m. Monday, July 4. Powell Station Celebration and Travis Wegener Memorial Car Show, 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 13, Powell High School.