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stoodoodog:

--- Quote from: "guest" ---This link looks quite helpful. Especially the one off of Alcoa or the one at Sequoya Hills. http://http://www.city-data.com/forum/knoxville/411832-putting-boat.html
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Probably not Sequoya Hills...People in Sequoya Hills get uncomfortable when they see scalawags in the area...about ten years ago there was a home invasion. The culprit, a young man who had been put off his toast by rich people entered a home and slashed a decidely questionable Gainsborough, beheaded a stuffed pheasant, and stabbed a computer monitor leaving the weapon embedded there with his fingerprints on it.  He later stated to the police that the decapitation was perpetrated because he "don't like chickens"
I always wondered what happened to that kid...

iamartsy:
My thoughts precisely. A little to uppity; unless you are decked out in UT garb and act like you heading to a game and gung-ho vols ;) Also I think there is a boat launch place in Maryville and Lake Louisville.

act.da:
The boat launches closest to PV that I could find are here and here. There is also this boat ramp right on the peninsula, but I suspect it's privately owned although it looks to be open to the public.

act.da:
A few days ago I received a large package of papers in response to my information request to the Tennessee Valley Authority. It contained documents confirming that the land I mentioned earlier is indeed owned by the TVA, and that they had previously owned nearly the entire peninsula.
In a letter they sent with all of this, they estimated there was 2-3 times more information than what I was provided with - and they offered to locate and send the rest of it to me at a cost of approximately $100. I personally don't believe that anything they have could be worth this amount of money. So unless someone gives me $100 to pay for more (and possibly useless) information, I'm happy with what I already have.
Expect to see the relevant information scanned and uploaded over the next week or so.

ZenAgent:
Found this:

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+Natio ... a053984872

--- Quote from: "NRPA" ---The National Recreation and Park Association would like to welcome its newest members.


[Cut to the chase...]

Robert Pegler
Maryville TN

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There is only one way to become a member of NRPA, you have to be involved in National Park work:

http://www.nrpa.org/Content.aspx?id=626


--- Quote from: "NRPA" ---Membership Categories and Rates
Individuals

Professional ($140)
For park and recreation professionals working in agencies or other environments, such as like minded non-profit organizations, universities, colleges, military base installations, consultants, and hospitals or health clinics.

Young Professional ($110)
For professionals that are 30 and under; working at least part-time in the Park and Recreation or other related field.

Citizen ($60)
For citizen advocates, including those who serve on park and recreation boards or advisory councils; in elected or appointed such as commissioner, mayors, and town council members; and volunteers.

Retired ($62)
For persons who have retired from the parks and recreation field.

Student ($45)
For full or part-time students studying park and recreation curricula; not simultaneously employed as a full-time professional in that field.
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I'd like to ask former staff or program survivors about PV pre-1999:  When were the cabins built, as well as the girls' STU?  It seems something happened around 98-99 that enabled PV to slide onto Federal property:

PV had backing from a corrupt, murderous alcoholic named Sen. Carl Koella:

http://www.deadlyroads.com/believeitornot.html


--- Quote from: "deadlyroads" --- On October 22, 1996, after receiving an "advisory letter" from the DMV two years before warning that his license was about to be revoked due to excessive "points, Tennessee State Senator Carl Koella struck and killed 52 year old Terry Barnard, retired General Motors engineer and motorcyclist. After stopping to see that Barnard was dead, he is said to have admitted his guilt to others that had stopped, then drove home. The case was handled in the typically "good old white boy" system that has sadly given the South its redneck stigma. Although indicted by a grand jury for felony hit and run, the Senator was slapped on the hand and sentenced to 30 days of community service after pleading no contest to misdemeanor hit and run. On January 14, 1998, still serving Senator Koella died of heart trouble, having served 26 years in office. Months after his death, his insurance company settled a wrongful death lawsuit for $1.5 million.

On April 7, 1999, to honor the former Senator, Tennessee legislature passed and Governor Don Sundquist signed Senate Bill 923, sponsored by Koella's chosen successor. This bill did not rename a state building, or a state park, or another state project to honor his 26 years of service. No, the state of Tennessee, in what many outside the state called completely callous, designated "that segment of Interstate Highway 140 beginning at its intersection with Interstate 40 in Knox County to its terminus at U.S. Highway 321 in Blount County is hereby designated as the "Senator Carl O. Koella, Jr.. Memorial Highway" as a lasting tribute to this exemplary public servant".
    *
      Note - before turning in front of Terry Barnard later that evening, Senator Koella had visited Rockford, Tennessee with Governor Sundquist. In 2002, the Rockford Police Department was disbanded after a police sergeant was charged with intentionally swerving into the path of a motorcyclist, killing him.
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http://www.state.tn.us/sos/acts/101/pub/pc0070.pdf


--- Quote ---Chapter No. 70 ]
PUBLIC ACTS, 1999
141
CHAPTER NO. 70
SENATE BILL NO. 923
By Clabough, Cooper, Henry, Rochelle, Womack, Atchley, Blackburn, Burchett, Burks,
Carter, Cohen, Crowe, Crutchfield, Davis, Dixon, Elsea, Ford, Fowler, Graves, Harper,
Haun, Haynes, Herron, Kurita, Kyle, Leatherwood, McNally, Miller, Person, Ramsey,
Springer, Williams, Mr. Speaker Wilder
Substituted for: House Bill No. 1239
By Kerr, McCord, Montgomery, Buttry, Armstrong, Arriola, Baird, Beavers, Black, Bone, Bowers,
Boyer, Briley, Brooks, Brown, Buck, Bunch, Caldwell, Chumney, Ralph Cole, Ronnie Cole,
Cooper, Curtiss, Davidson, David Davis, Ronnie Davis, John DeBerry, Lois DeBerry, Dunn,
Eckles, Ferguson, Fitzhugh, Ford, Fowlkes, Fraley, Garrett, Givens, Godsey, Goins, Gunnels,
Hagood, Hargett, Hargrove, Harwell, Hassell, Head, Hood, Jackson, Sherry Jones, Ulysses
Jones, Kent, Kernell, Kisber, Langster, Lewis, Maddox, McDaniel, McDonald, McKee, McMillan,
Miller, Mumpower, Newton, Odom, Patton, Phelan, Phillips, Pinion, Pleasant, Pruitt, Rhinehart,
Ridgeway, Rinks, Roach, Robinson, Sands, Sargent, Scroggs, Sharp, Stulce, Tidwell, Tindell,
Todd, Towns, Larry Turner, Walker, Walley, West, Westmoreland, White, Whitson, Williams,
Windle, Winningham, Wood, Mr. Speaker Naifeh
AN ACT To designate a certain segment of Interstate 140 as the "Senator Carl O. Koella, Jr.
Memorial Highway".
WHEREAS, The elected members of this General Assembly desire to pay tribute to the
late Senator Carl O. Koella, Jr. for his exemplary public service as a representative of the
Eighth Senatorial District, comprised over the years of all or parts of Blount, Sevier, Loudon,
Monroe and Knox counties; and
WHEREAS, Carl Koella truly epitomized the ideal of the dedicated and proficient public
servant, and he often exceeded the call of duty to ensure that his constituents and, indeed all
Tennesseans, were being well served by their government; and
WHEREAS, Senator Koella made significant contributions to the economic development
of Blount County, helping to found the Peninsula Hospital in that county; and
WHEREAS, Senator Koella demonstrated tremendous leadership on transportation
issues, particularly in the development of U.S. Highway 321 and the Pellissippi Highway, and
was an ardent supporter of the Scenic Highway Bill; and
WHEREAS, A leader on education issues, Senator Koella was also a staunch advocate
of tourism in Townsend, helping to secure the construction of the Visitor's Center in that fair
city; and
WHEREAS, It is important that the members of this Body establish a lasting tribute
dedicated to the memory of our longtime friend and colleague;
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Well, what did you expect from a guy who was Peninsula's greatest patron?  It took connections to get the Park land for PV, even more to cover it up.  He got a Covenant job for Chad Clabough, the son of one of his cronies (see above "Clabough"), as a lobbyist.

No wonder they squirm the more we get into who owns the land PV blights.  We're getting closer, act.da.

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