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This “Historically Speaking” article will be focused on the future as well as reminding us of a past I feel not too many realize. Writing “Historically Speaking” has become a part of my life that is most rewarding. I am constantly being encouraged by readers who offer suggestions for topics and many who are willing to contribute to the articles. Benita Albert and Carolyn Krause are two who routinely contribute. Others, such as Mike Stallo also contribute.
This one is a bit unusual, but I hope you will enjoy learning some history and will join me as we look to the future. Stay with me now …
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Knoxville Biz Ticker: Local entrepreneurs earn $10,500 in Knoxville Area Urban League business pitch contest
The Knoxville News-Sentinel 1/29/2021 Knoxville News Sentinel
Local entrepreneurs earn $10,500 in Knoxville Area Urban League business pitch contest
Five winners of the Knoxville Area Urban League’s business pitch contest have received checks totaling $10,500 for enterprises ranging from health care to art classes.
Mark Isom, the founder and president of Premiere Building Maintenance Corporation, presented the entrepreneurs with checks during Impact Week, a virtual fundraiser held in late 2020 for the Knoxville Area Urban League’s community initiatives, including the 10-week CO.STARTERS training program for entrepreneurs.
Isom provides funding for the program, along with Randy Boyd, founder and executive chairman of Radio Systems Corporation, and his wife, Jenny Boyd.
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Kingston Workers Project launched by ET Foundation, UT hospital
Special to The Oak Ridger
The East Tennessee Foundation and University of Tennessee Medical Center are joining forces to provide complimentary evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment planning for workers who participated in the cleanup of the historic spill of coal ash at TVA’s coal-fired steam plant in Kingston, Tenn., that occurred on Dec. 22, 2008.
“Through no fault of their own, these workers and their families have suffered greatly over the past 12 years, and we are extremely pleased that the University of Tennessee Medical Center has stepped forward to work with East Tennessee Foundation in helping determine the medical situation of the workers,” East Tennessee Foundation President & CEO Mike McClamroch said in a news release.
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Other workers have died, felled by cancers developed after toiling in the ash fields, plaintiffs allege.
The spill happened on a bitter Monday night, Dec. 22, 2008. A holding cell loaded with liquid coal ash at the steam plant failed, spilling the liquid into rivers and destroying Swan Pond neighborhood homes and properties.
Jacobs says it took adequate steps on behalf of the hundreds of people it hired to rid the countryside around the Kingston steam plant of acres of ash. TVA operates the plant but isn t a defendant in the ongoing litigation.
It cost TVA more than $1 billion to clean the area up and left a legacy of ash remnants resting along the bottom of the Emory River. The utility giant also gave millions to the community to help make amends, and it bought about 180 properties affected by the spill.
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