| August 2006 Archives
Not so much. 7:18: Kurt Lowder still works for MTV? Didn't he like found that channel or something? 7:24: Marilyn Monroe , Gwen Stefani, Christina Aguilera arrived! I love watching the girls try to get out of the superhigh SUVs in their tight dresses. Better them than me. 7:29: Jennifer Lopez looks like a mummy -- wrapped head to toe. Truth be told, she is so glam. I could never pull most of that off. .
Business spotlight: Colonial Hardware
Jeff Allen, one of the new owners of Colonial Hardware, can tell you just what he liked so much about the South Knoxville store when he was a customer. It was the way owners Roy and Gerry Garnett went out of their way to help customers get what they needed. Like the way they would let Allen take a part or piece of hardware home to make sure it fit, then come back and pay for it. "Or, if I didn't know which one I needed, they'd put both on my ticket and let me bring back the one I didn't use," he said. So when he and his wife, Sooky Allen, bought the store in December, he knew that's the way things were going to have to stay. Colonial Hardware, on Chapman Highway behind Kay's Ice Cream store, has been a South Knoxville fixture since 1978, when the Garnetts opened it.
Fayette County man drops out of 9th District race
A Fayette County Democrat who said he was upset with U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster's voting record has decided not to challenge him for the 9th District seat and instead is endorsing the incumbent.Robert "Ted" Pritchard, 56, Fairchance, said Tuesday that he has to withdraw from the race because of health and personal issues. He said he spoke with Shuster and will be supporting him, not his would-be Democratic primary challenger, Tony Barr, of Blair County.
When he announced his candidacy at the end on January, Pritchard said he was upset that the 47-year-old Republican congressmen voted against the Clean Air Act and a minimum wage increase. He also said Shuster should have introduced legislation to combat the energy crisis.After speaking with the lawmaker, Pritchard said he changed his mind."Personally (Shuster and I) see eye to eye on things," he said.
Cities learning the value of conserving tree canopy
Well before the 2004 hurricanes claimed a single tree, Central Florida cities and counties watched their thick canopies of mature oak, cypress and other trees shrink to accommodate new subdivisions and office parks.
The three storms ripped out 30 percent more of the region's tree cover in some places, providing the impetus and millions of dollars in federal assistance for local governments to plant trees and better manage what's left.
During the past two years, arborists armed with hand-held computers have been trekking through Orlando, Lakeland, Leesburg and other cities, cataloging every tree on public property.
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