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Old Sears building targeted for saleBy Betty Bean

The Andrew Johnson build-ing on Gay Street isn’t the only iconic, county-owned structure Knox County is looking to sell. Last week, Mayor Tim Burchett told the Shopper News that he intends to put the former Sears store at 1000 N. Central on the block before he leaves offi ce in September 2018.

“That’s part of the long-range plan,” he said. “And it’s in keep-ing with my philosophy of putting government property back on the tax rolls.”

Sears, Roebuck & Co. started construction on the new depart-ment store on the south end of Happy Holler in 1946 on a 3.9-acre

parcel in the Dameron Addition that consisted of 21 residential lots. The sprawling, Streamline Moderne/Art DECO store opened in 1948 and operated until the mid-1980s, when Sears, Roebuck & Co. sold it to the East Towne Mall Company for $800,395.92.

Knox County bought it in Feb-ruary 1988, during the admin-istration of County Executive Dwight Kessel. The purchase was controversial, in part because residents of surrounding neigh-borhoods – already riled because the neighborhood had been cho-sen as the site of a solid waste in-cinerator – feared that the county intended to use the former depart-

ment store as an intake center for the jail. Others were suspicious because the sellers’ identity was shielded by a trust agreement for an investors group that acquired the property for $850,000 in 1987.

Fears died down over the years as county government converted the building to more benign uses, including the purchasing depart-ment, a satellite sheriff’s offi ce, a clothing depot, an offi ce of veter-ans’ affairs and storage space for county archives.

Burchett said he intends to take advantage of the hot market for Downtown North redevelop-ment, and that no employees will lose jobs when these services are

relocated.“The time is right – the ‘Holler’

is hopping, and some people tellme (the old Sears building) maybe even more valuable than the AJBuilding.”

As a historical note, although Dwight Kessel isn’t generallycredited as a preservationist, hisadministration presided over therestoration of the historic KnoxCounty Courthouse, the acquisi-tion of the former Andrew John-son Hotel and the purchase of theold Sears building.

(Hat tip to Register of Deeds offi ce manager Richie Beeler forhis research on old Sears buildinghistory.)

City Parks moves to Lakeshore

City Parks and Recreation offi ces are now offi cially located in the newly restored historic administration build-ing in Lakeshore Park, located at 6410 S. Northshore Drive.

The department has been split between locations at E. Fifth Avenue and the City County Building downtown.

Additionally, the depart-ment recently opened an online registration and reser-vations system, that can be ac-cessed at registration.knoxvil-letn.gov. Through the website, residents can register and pay for leagues, camps and classes or make reservations for park space and building rentals.

Info: 865-215-1700 or 311

By Wendy SmithA hobby that began on a tiny

Sunfi sh sailboat at Concord Yacht Club has already inspired L&N STEM Academy graduate Justin Douthat to sail solo from Knoxville to the Florida coast, and his nauti-cal adventures have just begun.

The West Knoxville resident graduated in December, but will accept his diploma this week. In the fall, he’ll begin a bachelor’s degree

at Great Lakes Maritime Academy in Traverse City, Mich., that will enable him to operate commercial ships of unlimited tonnage on the Great Lakes and oceans as a mer-chant marine offi cer.

His interest was spurred by a sail camp he attended while in the sixth grade. He later joined Sea Scouts, a branch of Boy Scouts of America. He is a member of a team that is one of several that

will represent the U.S. in the 2016 William I. Koch Sea Scout Cup in Long Beach, Calif., in July. He also participated in Bearden High School’s sailing club, and founded a sailing club at L&N STEM Acad-emy after he transferred there.

Douthat purchased several sailboards and sailboats with proceeds from his pressure wash-ing and mowing businesses, but his parents, Derrick and Lori

Justin Douthat sails on Mobile Bay during a 1,400-mile solo trip from Knoxville. Photo submitted

maritime careerwith solo sail

STEM grad prepares for

Douthat, helped him purchase a 1976 Pearson 26 two years ago. Af-ter graduation, he planned to sail the boat to Chattanooga and back, but opted to sail on to the coast in order to sell it.

He came up with the plan just two weeks before departing at the end of February. That gave him enough time to make repairs to

Two downtown projects – con-struction of public restrooms in the Market Square Garage and drainage improvements in Strong Alley – are getting underway this week, according to a city advisory.

The $373,000 fi ve-stall rest-room facility will be built in the street-level northwest corner of the garage. The restrooms – which will include a roof, graffi ti-resis-tant paint, topiary screens and LED-lit glass panels that will glow at night – will be easily accessible, adjacent to the garage attendant booth.

Southern Constructors Inc. was awarded the competitively-bid contract, and the restrooms are expected to be open in August.

Meanwhile, improvements to Strong Alley – which runs behind Gay Street and Market Square, between Union Avenue and Wall Avenue – include the replacement of the drainage system within the alley and connecting adjacent building roof drains to the new drainage system. In addition, the alley will be resurfaced, and a 3-foot-wide $40,000 cobblestone walkway will be laid in the center of the alley.

Adams and Sons, the project contractor, is expected to fi nish the upgrades by mid-summer.

Strong Alley is an increasingly popular walking path because of its large colorful murals, painted by regional artists with the con-

sent of the owners of the build-ings.

“These are two new amenities that will be very popular,” said Rick Emmett, the city’s downtown coordinator. “The cobblestones and drainage improvements will make Strong Alley smooth and dry, so it’ll be safer for pedestri-ans. And, of course, people will be very happy to have attractive and comfortable restrooms. There are so many family-friendly events and festivals on Market Square, this was defi nitely needed.”

There are more downtown im-provements to come: Two stretch-es of West Jackson Avenue – a section between World’s Fair Park and Gay Street, and another sec-

tion east of Gay Street throughthe center of the Old City – will bestreetscaped, starting this sum-mer and wrapping up in 2017. Thework will include building newcurbs and sidewalks, plantingtrees and continuing to bury util-ity lines, but the projects also willinclude signifi cant subterraneanutility upgrades.

Replacement of a section of damaged sidewalk running be-tween Henley Street and thecity-owned parking lot on WestJackson is nearing completion.Replacement of another section ofdamaged sidewalk near The Dan-iel, a redevelopment project thatincludes lofts and retail space, isexpected to begin May 31.

City starts alley upgrades, restroomsRemembering PopWendy Smith recalls her

grandfather, the late A.K. Bis-sell, longtime mayor of Oak Ridge.

“My parents’ Oak Ridge home will soon be put on the market, and it’s been a bitter-sweet trip down memory lane for me, my brother and my father as we’ve sorted through every drawer, closet and fi le folder.”

➤ Read Wendy Smith on page A-4

Derby DayThe formal dining room at

Sherrill Hills Resort Lifestyle Community was fi lled with seniors wearing their fi nest duds and fanciest hats as they gathered for “Derby Day,” a horseracing event featuring all the excitement of the Kentucky Derby … but none of the mud.

“Derby Day is a big deal at Sherrill Hills,” said lifestyle director Ashley Dixon.

➤ Read Nancy Anderson on page A-6

Bob Thomas is running for mayor

Bob Thomas, radio guy and at-large county commissioner, kicked off his campaign for Knox County mayor last week with a baloney-cut-ting at Powell Auction. He

followed Mayor Tim Burchett’s path (Burchett also launched his campaign there), but two years ahead of the election.

Turnout was huge, and it was great to see old friends.

➤ Read Sandra Clark on page A-5

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Does your estate plan leave a legacy or a burden?By Chad Starliper

The death of entertainment icon Prince has been met with blanketed news coverage. His legacy as a performer is obvi-ous. There are other pieces of his legacy, however, that may not turn out so pretty.

According to multiple reports he may have died without a will, known as dying “intestate.” When this happens, the intes-tacy laws of the state one resides in determine how most of the individually-owned assets are distributed. Prince appears to have inadvertently forgone the ability to determine where his fortune will end up or how it will be used when it gets there. Of course, without strategic tax planning the largest single ben-efi ciary may be Uncle Sam.

What comes next we can all picture; there are likely to be people coming out of the wood-work claiming some share of this fortune. Regardless of whether they have legitimate claims, it will probably tangle up the estate and his “entourage” in untold legal and administrative actions that could go on for years.

The issues reach beyond the fi nancial. By dying without a will (a bare minimum for someone like him) this scenario also runs a high risk of fracturing relation-ships among his surviving circle that may not have otherwise occurred. If Prince had another 24 hours to revisit the potential fallout, one wonders what he might have put in place.

The fallout is where this should hit home with all of us, regardless of the size of our estate. Most of the concepts of estate planning are not about us per se but the people we leave behind. If done with intention it can be a chance to leave a legacy of values and provision rather than a burden.

My family has spent the better part of three years experiencing

this fi rsthand. I lost my father in 2013 and my mother in 2015. I am an only child so it pretty much fell on me. I can empathize more than ever how the loss or incapacity of a loved one is con-suming by itself.

Then there is the additional weight of handling the fi nancial and legal affairs that overlap – precisely when we are most overwhelmed and have the least margin in our lives to deal with it. Like many, I already had a lot on my plate with a wife and three young children – plus my “regular” job. Right smack in the middle of this I was having some health issues of my own.

Fortunately, my parents worked with their estate attorney to have a complete estate plan in place long before. I am so grate-ful for that, and cannot fathom how I would have handled this otherwise.

This “plan” included the necessary contingencies so that at the death or incapacity of either or both, I would be able to pick up the baton and execute things fairly seamlessly. We had discussed the plan together and I had copies of all the legal and fi nancial documents. It still took some work, but we were prepared and knew what to do.

Unfortunately the opposite scenario is too common: “Where do I start? Who do I call? Where are these documents? What does this mean?” These are the pre-dicaments that desperately need to be avoided. If given the chance see this, most would do things differently if they realized how much stress they placed on their loved ones left behind to pick up the pieces.

The good news is we can all make a choice today to do it well. Ask yourself if you want to leave a legacy or a burden. Understandably, even with the best of intentions it is easy to put it off for another day – so get-

ting started is often the biggest hurdle. To kick things into gear it is best to keep it simple.

A good place to start is basic organization. Create an inventory of assets, insurance policies and location of important documents. Have a list of benefi ciary designations for retirement accounts and life insurance poli-cies, which are critical to integrate with the overall estate plan. Important: do not be the only person who has this information.

Next, just start talking about it with your family (or whoever will be a part of it). Treat it as a legacy brainstorming session. It does not have to be perfect, just paint the picture.

Third, in our professional experience, most people would be best served by engaging with competent counsel who special-izes in this area. It is possible to take the DIY route, but profes-sionals are helpful for at least two reasons. First, because they do this all the time they can help walk you through the process and make it much easier. Second, and perhaps more importantly, they can help you sidestep the big mistakes – what you don’t know you don’t know. Some of the most

Judi and Stephen Starliper

Chad Starliper with his dad, Stephen

Chad and Wendy Starliper with Chad’s mother, Knoxville Realtor Judi Starliper, and the kids: Mason, Carter and Presley

problematic estate plans occur when people assume it is cor-rect when in fact it does something totally differ-ent than they intended.

If you already have an estate plan, dust it off and review it. Life changes, people change, goals change and laws change. Your estate plan needs to be dynamic and change with it. C hanges typically are quite easy

because the blueprint is already in place.

Unlike Prince, you have the time to determine how you want things to play out. Plan to leave a legacy, not a burden.

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the boat and plan his route down the Tennessee River to the 234-mile man-made Tombigbee Waterway.

He packed a month’s worth of food, a moun-tain bike, a dinghy with a back-up motor, and a trove of technology, including a computer, phone, GPS and autopilot. He listed the boat on Craigslist before em-barking.

The beginning of the trip was daunting. Douthat had never been beyond Fort Loudoun Lake or navigated before, and the fi ve-knot current he experienced on the Tennessee River was so strong that he couldn’t go upriver, even with a motor.

It was also cold. He was almost to Chattanooga when he sailed through sleet wear-ing two ski caps and multiple toboggans. He stayed warm at night in a zero-degree-rated sleeping bag.

Passing through the fi rst few locks was ‘kind of ter-rifying,’ he admits. He went

through a total of 18 lockson the trip.

Other adventures includ-ed cutting loose an anchorto outrun a storm, sailingbetween tow boats in narrowcommercial waterways andwaking at 4 a.m. in a swampycove fi lled with mosquitosand alligators in order to beata storm to the coast.

But sunrises were beauti-ful, and the highlight of thetrip was sailing into MobileBay. He met interesting peo-ple along the way, includingtwo in Pensacola who lethim borrow their boats tosail in the Gulf of Mexico.He sold his boat to the fi rstperson who looked at it, andthe new owner agreed to letDouthat keep the boat for aweek and a half so he couldexplore the coast.

The fun outweighed thehardship, and Douthat iseager for more adventure onthe water.

‘Doing stuff like thatmakes me want to do itmore.’

By Carol Z. Shane“In Flanders fi eld the

poppies blow between the crosses row on row.” Cana-dian physician and Lt. Col. John McCrae wrote the fa-mous poem in 1915, moved by the battlefi eld death of a friend during World War I.

For 25 years, artist Mar-garet Scanlan has been growing and painting those same “Flanders poppies” –

offi cially, Papaver rhoeas – and this month her work, along with the jewelry of Robin Haley, is featured at Bennett Galleries.

Scanlan and her hus-band Tom grow the bright red beauties in their or-ganic garden, she says, planting them in October for spring blooms and sav-ing seeds from year to year. And when she’s not growing them, she’s painting them. “Art’s always been a part of our family,” says Scanlan’s

daughter Jennifer Dunn. About 10 years ago, Scan-

lan started photographing the fl ora.

Though she’s been with Bennett since 1988 and has had “about 10” shows there, “this is the fi rst time I’ve shown any photographs. The centers of these poppies are often overlooked because they are so small. These are their true colors. Cross-pol-lination has resulted through the years, in the spectacular variations from poppy to poppy.”

The photos are indeed fantasy-like. Observing the array of vivid colors and textures, it’s diffi cult to re-member that, except for enlargement, they are not altered in any way.

Jewelry maker Robin Haley is a California trans-plant currently living in Nashville.

Haley has been crafting

her unique pieces “for 35 years – my whole life,” she says. She received a degree in fashion design from Los Angeles’ Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandis-ing and fi rst experienced mainstream success when her fashion jewelry line was picked up by Nordstrom. Af-fordable and festive, it con-tains all natural gemstones. “I don’t do plastic,” she says.

But it’s her fi ne jewelry that really captures the eye and the imagination.

Years ago, Haley arrived at an antiques show and was disappointed to discover that it was a presentation of Civil War artifacts – not her prime area of interest. She left. But “something told me to go back.” At the show, she met and befriended a collec-tor of ancient coins and arti-facts. Over the years she has cultivated a network of such collectors.

Haley makes replicas of the artifacts in pure gold and silver. She does some clean-up and repair of the original item, but “anything cool bro-ken I leave; if it’s asymmetri-cal I’m fi ne with that. I don’t want to make it perfect.” The pieces retain the centuries-old wear of the artifacts; some religious talismans have been rubbed thin from constant handling.

“The artifacts are the foundation of my business,” says Haley, who at the time of this interview was pre-paring for a meeting with Saks Fifth Avenue in New York City.

“The Poppy Project” and “Robin Haley Mother’s Day Jewelry Trunk Show” are on view at Bennett Galleries, 5308 Kingston Pike, through May 28. Info: 865-584-6791 or bennettgalleries.com. Send story suggestions to [email protected].

COMMUNITY NOTES

■ Council of West Knox County Homeowners meets 7:15 p.m. each fi rst Tuesday, Peace Lutheran Church, 621 N. Cedar Bluff Road. Info: cwkch.com.

■ Family Community Educa-tion-Bearden Club meets 10 a.m. each third Tuesday, Central Baptist-Bearden, 6300 Deane Hill Drive. Info: Shan-non Remington, 927-3316.

■ Family Community Educa-tion-Crestwood Club meets 10 a.m. each fourth Thursday, Grace Lutheran Church, 9076 Middlebrook Pike. Info: Ruby Freels, 690-8164.

■ Fourth District Democrats meet 6 p.m. each fourth Tuesday, Bearden Library, 100 Golfclub Road. Info: Chris Foell, 691-8933 or [email protected]; Rosina Guerra, [email protected] or 588-5250.

■ Historic Sutherland Heights Neighborhood Association. Info: Marlene Taylor, 951-3773,

[email protected].

■ Lyons View Commu-nity Club meets 6 p.m. each second Monday, Lyons View Community Center, 114 Sprankle Ave. Info: Mary Brewster, 454-2390.

■ Third District Democrats meet 6 p.m. each third Thurs-day, Cedar Bluff Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Info: Liz Key, 201-5310 or [email protected]; Isaac Johnson, 310-7745 or [email protected].

■ Toastmasters Club 802 meets 6:30 p.m. each Tuesday, Central Baptist Annex, 6310 Deane Hill Drive. Info: 802.toastmastersclubs.org.

■ West Hills Community Asso-ciation. Info: Ashley Williams, 313-0282.

■ West Knox Lions Club meets 7 p.m. each fi rst and third Monday, 8529 Kingston Pike. Info: knoxvillewestknoxlionsclub.org.

■ West Knox Republican Club meets 7 p.m. each second Monday at Red Lobster on Kingston Pike.

Poppies, pendantsand more at Bennett Galleries

Jewelry maker Robin Haley casts replicas of ancient artifacts in pure gold and silver. Photos by Carol Z. Shane

The Scanlan clan gathers to celebrate mom Margaret’s spectacular “Poppy Project” at Bennett Galleries. Shown are Greg and Jennifer Dunn, Kelsie Anderson, Margaret and Tom Scanlan. Young Will Dunn, stands in front.

UT Farmers Market off ers unique setting, vendorsBy Wendy Smith

Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero rang the bell to open the seventh season of the UT Farmers Market last week.

Urban agriculture is important to the city, and to her personally, she said. She learned beekeeping 12 years ago at UT and continues the hobby.

The UT Farmers Market stands out because of its loca-tion − the UT Gardens.

“It’s easy to park and shop in one of the most beautiful places in Knoxville,” says market manager Beth Stanford. Over 20 vendors are participating in this year’s market, which is 4-7 p.m. on Wednesdays.

Vendors include local farmers and artisans as well as UT groups. Proceeds from All Vol Cheese go back into the undergraduate food science and technology program, and a UT Garden booth sells plants and produce to raise funds for the Kitchen Garden. The weekly event also offers chil-dren’s activities and prepared foods.

Mayor Madeline Rogero opens the 2016 UT Farmers Market.

Cornelia Overton, Jessica Watson and Kyle Campbell of the Knoxville Banjo Orchestra entertain farmers market shoppers.

UT Garden intern Chloe Reeves sells produce grown in the Kitchen Garden. Photo by Wendy Smith

Grow More, Give More, a service project of the UT Institute of Agriculture, col-lects any leftover produce from the farmers market to donate to the Society of St. Andrew. Info: [email protected]


Wendy Smith

Marvin West

The Walter Chadwick story goes on and on and actually gets better with age. With just a little help, it could be a movie.

The former Tennessee tailback celebrated his 70th birthday in Decatur, Ga., surrounded by “Friends of Walter,” a side story almost as good as the main event.

Chadwick did not re-ceive a great stack of gifts. He doesn’t need more dust collectors. He did get what he wanted, a cluster of or-ange and white balloons for t he annual launch. Walter always thinks his two will make it to the moon.

And why not? Walter keeps defying unbelievable odds just to be part of the party.

The Walter Chadwick story almost ended on a

Friends of Walter

drippy spring afternoon 45 years ago. He was making deliveries for his mom’s gift shop. He stopped at a traf-fi c light. A Wells Fargo truck hustling in the opposite di-rection slid across the cen-ter line and smashed into his VW Beetle.

“They gave me the last rites,” Chadwick is fond of saying, “but I fooled ’em!”

Barely.His body was broken

and he suffered irreparable brain damage. He survived in intensive care for 15 days

and was in a coma for most of four months. He spent two years in rehab. His marriage dissolved. He lost touch with his two young sons.

He lost almost every-thing but, somehow, main-tained his faith, a sense of humor and a few precious memories of football. The fun part was 1965-67. He started for Doug Dickey’s Volunteers.

Walter’s favorite play (and one of mine) happened his senior season versus Alabama. It looked like a power sweep. Linebacker and halfback came roaring up. Tight end Austin Den-ney slipped behind them.

Walter didn’t deliver a perfect spiral. He shot-putt-ed the ball for a touchdown.

In response to my de-

liberately prickly question about passing form, Chad said, “It counted six!”

Chadwick was drafted by Green Bay. He had another tryout with Atlanta. He played one season with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. He was a high school coach for two weeks preceding the crash.

Former Vol Elliott Gam-mage became Walter’s fi rst best friend during reha-bilitation. Former Vol Steve Kiner was next to help when Gammage moved back to Tennessee.

“Walter had a townhouse and was trying to hang in there,” said Kiner. “It was heartbreaking. He wasn’t doing his physical therapy. He needed a job with some dignity. I had to do some-thing.”

Kiner, with advanced degrees in clinical psychol-ogy and counseling, was prominent with Emory

Healthcare. Eventually, a rehab nursing director real-ized Walter might help her patients. He became inspi-ration coach. He greeted everybody with a twisted smile and “Hey, Slick.”

Patients who had not talked for weeks responded. Some laughed.

The decades have not been easy for Walter Chad-wick. The time came when there were no more jobs. He even had to give up his bicycle and joyous treasure hunts for aluminum cans along roadways.

It may have been Kiner’s idea to assemble “Friends of Walter.”

A UT grad in the Atlanta area, Ellen Morrison, her husband Philip, Marilyn El-rod, Jim Lawson and Frank Weldon became the core support group. Through the years, many others, former Vols and former coach Bill Battle, have helped.

Ellen has arranged or provided many outings. Walter and a luncheon group meet each week. Wal-ter asks the blessing.

“It is beyond amazing,” said Kiner. “Walter is like a magnet and Tennessee people never forget. Ellen Morrison is an angel in dis-guise.”

Old Vols awarded Ellen an honorary letter. Butch Jones put Walter’s name on the UT running backs meet-ing room. Alan Owen, UT grad, friend of Walter for 15 years, sent a keepsake directly from the recent Su-per Bowl, a Peyton Manning photo. Of course it is on Walter’s wall.

Great group, friends of Walter, kind, encouraging, generous people.

“Oh no,” said Kiner. “It’s the other way around. We get more than we give.”Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is [email protected]

My parents’ Oak Ridge home will soon be put on the market, and it’s been a bittersweet trip down mem-ory lane for me, my brother and my father as we’ve sort-ed through every drawer, closet and fi le folder.

Some things should’ve stayed hidden from the world, like my sixth-grade photos and at least one disappointing report card.

But I also found trea-sures, like n u m e r o u s newspaper c l i p p i n g s devoted to my grand-father, long-time Oak

Ridge Mayor Alvin Keith Bissell.

To me, he was Pop, hus-

Mayor Bissell

Remembering Pop

band of Nana, a.k.a. Mama, Mema or Helen Bissell, de-pending on who was talking to her. They lived in a much-remodeled “C” cemesto house on Meadow Road, where we celebrated numer-ous holidays. I was always assigned to the kid table, so I missed the really good conversations.

At the time, I wouldn’t have been interested in Pop’s numerous accom-plishments, like his organi-zation of the effort to incor-porate Oak Ridge in 1959. I wouldn’t have cared that he

was active in the Tennessee Municipal League, a chair of the East Tennessee Devel-opment District, or a char-ter member of the Melton Hill Regional Industrial De-velopment Association.

I don’t recall knowing that he played a leading role in the extension of Pellis-sippi Parkway in an effort to provide a quicker route to McGhee Tyson Airport.

This is all fascinating to me now, but it’s the little anecdotes that bring the fuzzy images of my grand-father, who passed away in 1994, back into focus. After Pop was recruited to work for Tennessee Eastman on a mysterious project in 1943, the family was assigned to a “D” house on Tennessee Avenue, where there “wasn’t a gravel,” he told The Oak

Ridger. Dust and trucks were fl ying on the road, which left my grandmother in tears.

To get Nana away from the hubbub, Pop drove up an unpaved Michigan Av-enue, where foundations were being laid and a school was under construction. My mother, Jane Wright, and her four siblings all eventu-ally walked to that school − Cedar Hill School.

I was aware that Pop knew everybody, not just in Oak Ridge, but across the state. He shared memories of polit-ical notables in a 1987 edition of Tennessee Town & City, a publication of the Tennes-see Municipal League. He had a knack for imitation, so I could hear him mimick-ing his friend, two-term Gov. Frank Clement, telling a sto-ry about riding in a “boat-ah” on Old Hickory Lake with his wife, Cille.

His political activities

connected him with national fi gures as well. A 1994 article in the Courier News of Clin-ton conveyed Pop’s story of Sen. John F. Kennedy visit-ing Oak Ridge in 1959 − the year before he was elected president. Pop was master of ceremonies at a dinner with at least 100 guests, and he referred to each one by name before introducing Kennedy, who said he’d never wit-nessed such a ready recollec-tion of names.

Along with the newspa-per clippings, I found Pop’s and Nana’s Christmas cards from Al and Tipper Gore and Bill and Hillary Clinton, and tickets to Jimmy Cart-er’s inauguration party. I’d seen these mementos before without ever truly appreci-ating them.

If I could go back to those holiday gatherings at Mead-ow Road, you can be sure I’d fi ght for a seat at the adult table.

GOSSIP AND LIES ■ Best shots from the Bob

Thomas event:

■ Tom Spangler says Sammy Sawyer (aka Barney) is sup-porting him for sheriff be-cause Barney knows Spanky will give him two bullets. “I’m afraid he’ll lose that one.”

■ Bobby Waggoner says he wants to run again because he got 9,000 votes in 2014.

■ Richard Bean said former Judge Gail Jarvis retained her name when she remarried. “But I think he changed his name to Jarvis.”

■ Rick Carnes said the baloney was great. “Must have come from city hogs.”

■ City hogs? “Yes,” said Rick. “They walk everywhere so they’re lean!

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Sandra Clark

The fate of the much-publicized effort for a new sidewalk in West Hills along Sheffi eld from Wesley Road over to Vanosdale is not good for this year’s city budget as both Mayor Rogero and Vice Mayor Duane Grieve (who represents West Hills) are not supporting its inclusion in the budget.

This is a case where term limits work against the vot-ers who no longer have a voice in the political future of Grieve or Rogero. They leave offi ce respectively in 2017 and 2019.

Both say there are higher needs for other sidewalks. What they do not say is that this special list is prepared by city bureaucrats who use an infl exible system that is often fl awed. Rogero and Grieve seem unwilling to review or revise this list.

For example, one side-walk ahead of Sheffi eld (which Grieve cites) is the already existing sidewalk along Kingston Pike from Concord Street to Western Plaza (where this writer lives) as a higher need with a $2 million cost.

This is a fl imsy excuse for inaction since that side-walk has been there over 55 years and does not need to

Sidewalk issue won’t go awaygo into the City Council elec-tions next year when one or more candidates to replace Grieve make sidewalks and Sheffi eld Drive in particu-lar his/her issue. That can-didate may also outline a plan for a serious citywide effort to build sidewalks, a need not supported ad-equately in the mayor’s bud-get.

The city really does not have a meaningful plan to resolve the requests for 135 miles of sidewalks. At the low rate the city is fund-ing new sidewalks, it would be 75 years before this list was turned into reality. A future mayoral candidate, who is serious, may advo-cate creating a sidewalk building program similar to the road paving program this writer started in 1988 after voters approved a sales tax hike.

Now some 42 or more miles a year are repaved annually (divided equally among the six council dis-tricts so all parts of Knox-ville are treated alike). Every mayor following me has continued this program and even increased it from time to time. Sidewalks are urgently needed across the city at a time when many

neighborhoods feel more funding goes to downtown Knoxville and the question-able Cumberland Avenue construction, which has more than a year to go.

■ Knox County Commission is likely to have at least two women serving after the Aug. 4 election. Amy Broyles, the commission’s only female, will be replaced by a woman as both candidates for her seat are female. The Democratic candidate for the Sam McKenzie seat is Evelyn Gill.

That district tilts toward the Democrats although those precincts that are largely African American voted for Rick Staples over Gill in the March primary. Gill carried the precincts that were mostly white and also supporting Bernie Sanders for president by a large margin. The Repub-lican candidate, Michael Covington, has yet to dem-onstrate he can win over Democrats in this campaign.

Democrat Marleen Davis is running a credible race against Hugh Nystrom in District 4, but she is run-ning in an overwhelmingly GOP district and Nystrom is a very popular candidate

be rebuilt, let alone for $2 million plus. Kingston Pike residents are not seeking a new sidewalk.

The West Hills residents are educated, intelligent and determined citizens. Coun-cil member George Wallace has helped himself with these residents by sending the mayor a letter urging consideration of it. Former Vice Mayor Nick Pavlis has said he favors money to de-sign it. Rogero was asked by letter in October 2015 to back the sidewalk, but she never personally answered the letter.

Grieve upset some con-stituents when he com-mended council member Nick Della Volpe by email for his comments critical of the Sheffi eld sidewalk campaign in a reply to state Rep. Martin Daniel’s email of support. Grieve had not intended for his email to become public, but it did.

My guess is that this will

without political scars. ■ FedEx CEO Fred

Smith spoke at the Haslam Business School graduation on Friday, May 13. Smith also spoke over 14 years ago in Knoxville at the dedi-cation of Ruggles Field at Lakeshore Park off Lyons View Pike.

Also this past weekend, state Econimic and Commu-nity Development Commis-sioner Randy Boyd spoke at the UT graduation for the College of Engineering, and First Lady Crissy Haslam gave the graduation address the same day to the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences.

■ Clinton (county seat of Anderson County) may have its own Member of Congress after November as Trey Hollingsworth, 32, son of Joe Hollingsworth, was nominated May 3 with 34 percent of the vote in the In-diana GOP Primary for Con-gress after moving there in September 2015.

His father has been an active Democrat in Ten-nessee. He spent $1.7 mil-lion of his and his father’s money to defeat two state senators and the state attor-ney general. He relied more on media than personal ap-pearances where he knew few voters personally.

■ Almost a year after their terms expired on June

30, 2015, Mayor Rogero has replaced three MPC com-missioners including vice chair Bart Carey, former Vice Mayor Jack Sharp and Michael Kane.

The three new members include a former City Coun-cil member, Charlie Thom-as, along with Gayle Bustin and Pat Phillips. They must be approved by the state Lo-cal Government Planning Commission in Nashville, which is almost automatic. They will serve the remain-ing time in the normal four-year term had they been ap-pointed in July 2015, which is now three years and one month. Thomas is a strong advocate of greenways.

Rogero has declined to explain why it took her 11 months to name these three persons to MPC. This col-umn mentioned it on three occasions including three weeks ago.

■ This column erredwhen it stated UT-K Provost Susan Martin had a fi ve-year term. She is an at-will employee. Her resignation as provost takes effect Aug. 1, and she will return to teaching as a professor of classics on Jan. 1, 2017, after a sabbatical.

■ Over 100 individu-als have now applied to re-place Margie Nichols as vice chancellor for communica-tions at UTK.

Bob Thomas has plan to winCircuit Court Judge Bill Ailor greets Bob Thomas.

Sammy “Barney Fife” Sawyer greets Tom Spangler, candidate for sheriff , as Chuck Cava-laris looks on.

Bob Thomas, radio guy and at-large county com-missioner, kicked off his campaign for Knox County mayor last week with a baloney-cutting at Pow-ell Auction. He followed Mayor Tim Burchett’s path (Burchett also launched his campaign there), but two years ahead of the election.

Turnout was huge, and it was great to see old friends.

Thomas was smooth. He thanked friend Ed Brantley, Howard and Barbara Phil-lips, Kenny Phillips, Rich-ard Bean, the Chillbillies, Phil Leadbetter and Sammy “Barney Fife” Sawyer.

He said Burchett has set a standard for all future mayors.

“He is stingy with the taxpayers’ money and we love him for it. As he has said many times – no she-nanigans! He expects every-one to pull his or her weight. He believes that the govern-ment is the servant of the people of Knox County.

“These are the same val-ues I believe in and that I will strive to uphold. … I would like to thank Mayor Burchett for making Knox County strong. …

“I believe that Knox County will be the fastest growing county in Tennes-see over the next 10 years and we need to make sure this time of great opportu-nity is managed properly.”

Bob and his wife, Kim,

have three children: son Chad and wife Mindy have three kids; daughter Brooke and husband Logan Brum-mitt have two kids; and son Jake is a student and actor living in California.

Bob’s mom, Nelle Thom-as, and sister Barbara and brother Jerry attended the kickoff.

Tom Spangler, chief dep-uty under former Sheriff Tim Hutchison, is running for sheriff in 2018, and he’s already making the rounds. Bobby Waggoner, a prima-ry candidate in 2014, also said he’s planning a race. Lee Tramel is representing Sheriff Jimmy “J.J.” Jones at both political and civic events as the heir apparent.

Some questioned Bob Thomas’ decision to start his campaign in 2016, but why not? As an at-large com-missioner, he already repre-sents the entire county. And now he’s got a head start on potential opponents.

If others announce, they’ll fi nd themselves run-ning against Bob. And the baloney-cutting party at Powell Auction has already occurred.

Posing for a picture are Kim Thomas, Gail Jarvis and Bob Thomas.

Scenes from the campaign kickoff


SENIOR NOTES ■ Beyond Bingo,

presented by Shopper News, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday or Thursday, June 1-2, Sherrill Hills, 271 Moss Grove Blvd. Free lunch and speak-ers on relevant senior issues. Door prizes. Info: 342-6084.

■ Cumberland Estates

Recreation Center

4529 Silver Hill Drive588-3442

Off erings include: Senior Walkers, 10:30 a.m., Monday-Friday.

■ Frank R. Strang Senior

Center:109 Lovell Heights Road670-6693knoxcounty.org/seniorsMonday-Friday8 a.m.-4 p.m.

Off erings include: card games; exercise programs; dance classes; watercolor classes; Tai Chi; blood pres-sure checks; Mahjong; senior-friendly computer classes. Private one-on-one computer classes available; cost: $10.

Register for: AAA Safe Driver course, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Thursday-Friday, May 26-27; $10 each session.

■ John T. O’Connor

Senior Center

611 Winona St.523-1135knoxseniors.org/oconnor.htmlMonday-Friday8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Off erings include: Card games, billiards, senior fi tness, computer classes, bingo, blood pressure checks 10:30-11:30 a.m. Monday-Friday. Senior Job Fair, Wednesday, May 25; info: Kayleen Weaver, 524-2786.

Register for: Silver Stage Players’ Dinner Theatre and Matinee: “51 Shades of Gray,” 6 p.m. Thursday, May 19, and 1 p.m. Friday, May 20; tickets: $15.

Resident Millie Warren gives a kiss to Domino, the saddle horse.

Mona O’Connor and Don Olson share a dance during Happy Hour.

Residents Pat Dehmlow, Lou McCosh, Pego Dempster; (back) Geraldine Watson, Millie Warren and Melba Hutcherson are all smiles in their Derby Day hats.

Sandi Simpson, senior living consultant, resi-

dent Geraldine Wat-son and Cassie Smith, co-manager, advance toy race horses down

the track during Derby Day at Sherrill Hills Resort Lifestyle

Community. Photos by Nancy AndersonCo-manager Dal Smith wears

bright pink racing silks as master of ceremonies.

By Nancy AndersonThe formal dining room

at Sherrill Hills Resort Life-style Community was fi lled with seniors wearing their fi nest duds and fanciest hats as they gathered for “Derby Day,” a horseracing event featuring all the excitement of the Kentucky Derby … but none of the mud.

“Derby Day is a big deal at Sherrill Hills,” said life-style director Ashley Dixon.

“We’ve got door prizes and trophies, six exciting races including a Daily Dou-ble, Trifecta and a feature ‘Run for the Roses’ race.

“A local band, Sunday Drive, is going to play for us during happy hour and we also have a special guest. Domino, a saddle horse be-longing to one of our resi-dents, will be on the patio for photo ops.

“This is our third year, and it’s bigger than ever. It’s just a fun, fun day for every-one all the way around, but I especially like the fancy hats and smiling faces.”

Few would argue that

… And it’s Greased Lightening by a nose!

Derby Day at Sherrill Hills is certainly a clever event.

Residents chose a num-ber from one to six that corresponds to a toy horse, which also has a name such as “Enchanted” or “Greased Lightening.” The toy hors-es advance the number of spaces down the track indi-cated by the spin of a wheel.

With six races and 12 chances to win, everyone was a winner; but the top 10 winningest residents were treated to a gourmet Win-ner’s Circle steak and cham-pagne dinner.

BEARDEN Shopper news • MAY 18, 2016 • A-7 faith

cross currentsLynn [email protected]

It was a pilgrimage of sorts for us. My brother and I have at least two ancestors who fought in the Ameri-can Revolution at the Battle of King’s Mountain. We wanted to stand on that hallowed ground and breathe in the air of history.

The mountain itself is sort of a surprise. It is a 60-foot peak that is freakishly steep, jutting up starkly from the gentle farmlands below.

As we walked the trail, I kept trying to imagine these now-quiet woodlands fi lled with musket-fi re, barked orders, cries of pain and shouts of encourage-ment. I could picture the redcoats, sure of themselves in their spiffy uniforms, going up against the buck-skin-clad mountaineer rifl emen.

Historian Bart McDowell describes the scene: “The battle began about 3 p.m. Major Ferguson attacked with bayonet charges and volleys from the British muskets. The mountain men just stepped behind trees and took deadly aim with their long rifl es.”

Ferguson’s body rests in King’s Mountain near a giant poplar that may have survived the same battle. Every loyalist in the fi ght was killed, wounded, or cap-tured – about 1,000. The patriots lost only 28 killed.

Cornwallis was startled by his defeat at the hands of these un-trained American back-woodsmen. And the over-mountain men got more than vengeance. They bought America time. The patriots rebuilt their army, hoping they would have enough time to save the South.

I have stood at Arlington, looking out over rows and rows of white gravestones. I have walked the battle-fi elds at Gettysburg (the only place I ever saw a real ghost). And I have knelt on the ground at Normandy.

King’s Mountain stands among them, as hallowed ground.

Time travelThey rose early in the morning and went up to the

heights of the hill country, saying, “Here we are.”(Numbers 14:40 NRSV)

FAITH NOTES

Special services ■ Westside Unitarian Univer-

salist Church, 616 Fretz Road, holds meditation services 6:30 p.m. each second and fourth Wednesday. Includes quiet refl ection, simple music and

readings. Info: westsideuuc.org.

Youth programs ■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak

Ridge Highway, hosts Morn-ing Breakfast and Afternoon Hang Out for youth each Tuesday. Breakfast and Bible study, 7:20 a.m.; Hang Out Time, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Info: 690-1060 or beaverridgeumc.org.

By Nancy AndersonThe fi rst man in many girls’ life

is her father, and more than 50 fa-thers and daughters attended the annual Father-Daughter Spring Dance at All Saints Catholic Church to celebrate that everlast-ing bond.

It was a swirl of lights, bal-loons, party dresses, cookies and smiles as fathers and daughters spent a special evening together dancing the “Hokey Pokey” and “Whip/Nae Nae.”

“I never miss an opportunity to

take my girl out on a date,” said Joe Ferrari. “These moments go by so fast and I just want to be a strong role model for her.

“How I treat her now is what she is going to look for when she’s older, and I want to make sure she sets her sights high.

“I want to make nights like this a lasting memory for her. We never miss the Father-Daughter dance, maybe we should make it a goal to never miss one in the fu-ture too, because she will always be my little girl.”

Joe Ferrari and his daughter Ania twirl to the music during the annual Father-Daughter Spring Dance at All Saints Catholic Church. Photos by Nancy Anderson

Isabelle Ndiaye suff ers a wardrobe malfunction doing the “Hokey Pokey,” but daddy Dave comes to the rescue.

Lilly Edmonds seems to prefer swinging to dancing with her father, Mark.

Celebrating an everlasting bond


Story So Far: It is offi cial: the new soc-cer team has the worst start in the schools sport history. Is there any way this team can get better?

If the story of what happened to our team was in the movies, on television, or a YouTube video, this is the point at which I think things are supposed to look up. You know, the team starts to fi ght back. Opposing teams wouldn’t score all those points—because of us. Maybe one of us would drop dead from trying so hard, and then the rest of us would vow to win in his honor, and would, crying for joy that our best’s friend’s death was worth a plastic trophy with big ears.

The problem was, our team was not in the movies, television, or that series of ro-mance books called “Vampire Vamps of Victoria Vocational,” which all the girls were reading. This was real.

For example . . .Just a few days after the last game, I was

lying on my bed reading Love That Dog. I really liked it. Anyway, my father came into my room and sat down on my desk chair. I could tell it was going to be a serious talk by the way he sat. When he wants to tell me I’m going to have to spend Saturday morn-ing helping to clean house, he just sits on the chair, regular. When he straddles the

chair, backwards, that means he’s my pal and we’re going to talk man-to-man. And I wasn’t even a man.

This time he straddled my chair and looked around at all the slogans, pictures, and bits and piec-es I had picked up and stuck to the wall. I stayed where I was, on my bed.

“How’s it go-ing?” he asked.

“Okay.” My nose was still in the book.

“Got a minute?”“Sure.” I low-

ered the book, not knowing what was coming, except I could tell it was going to be heavy lifting.

He said, “How’s school?”“Okay.”“You really like it, don’t you?”“Most of it.”“When I went, I hated it.”“Sorry.”“Really hated it . . .”“Well, I like it,” I said. Then I suddenly

had this wild notion that we were going to talk about sex! Trying not to show it, I got interested. I mean, we were overdue.

“Ed . . . ,” he said. “How’s that soccer team you’re on?”

“The what?”“The soccer team.”“Okay,” I said, not only feeling disap-

pointed but wondering how he knew about the team. I hadn’t mentioned it.

“I didn’t know you were on it, much less captain of the team. That’s quite an honor. How come you never told us any of this?”

I shrugged. “It’s no big deal. I’m required to play. And Mr. Lester picked me for cap-tain. Not the guys. Just the way he picked me to play goalie. I’m taller than the other guys.”

“Better?”“Taller. Saltz is better.”“Beefy.”“All muscle,” I said loyally.He looked at me, his eyes gone shifty, so

I knew some phony questions were work-ing their way up. Sure enough, he asked, “How’s, uh, the team, you know, coming along?”

“Wonderful,” I said, picking up my book so he knew I had more important things to do.

“Really?”“If you know the answers, how come

you’re asking?”“You never told me one way or the other.”“Someone did.”“Well, that’s . . . true.” He was silent for a

moment. “I . . . uh . . . gather you’ve not . . . won . . . anything.”

“Nope.”“Close?”“Not by light-years, and each light-year

is about six trillion miles.”“Ed . . .”“Dad,” I said, “you wouldn’t be asking

me this way if you didn’t know the answers. What’s on your mind? I’d like to read this.”

“I just thought . . . you know . . . I’m con-cerned about your team. Not just me, Ed. A

bunch of bright guys like you. It’s . . . your attitude,” he blurted out. “You and the rest of the guys.”

“How do you know?”“I had a call from Mr. Tillman, the school

counselor.”“You’re kid-

ding!”“I did. He’s wor-

ried about you and the rest of the boys on the team.”

“How come?”“I just told you,

your attitude.”“Because we get

beaten?”“Because you

don’t seem to care.”“What are we

supposed to do? Cry? Sulk? Put our fi sts through the lockers? Take

drugs? Go see Mr. Tillman and tell him we hate our fathers? Dad, we didn’t want to be on a team. We had to be. We stink. So what?”

He shook his head. “That’s being a quit-ter.”

“How can you accuse me of quitting when I didn’t want to join? If a guy breaks out of a torture chamber, is he a quitter? I mean, I do want to quit. We all do.”

“Ed!”“I don’t want to talk about it.”After a few moments, he said, “A few

of the dads were talking about this at the parents’ meeting last night. We’re going to hold some extra practices. Mr. Lester is all for it.”

I threw my book down in disgust. “You’re kidding!”

“Mean it.”“When?”“Saturday mornings.”“No way.”“Yes.”“Saturday I’m supposed to work with

Lucy on our project.”“Who’s Lucy?”“A friend!” I said fi ercely.He stood up. “Nine-thirty, fella. Have-

lock Field. You’re team captain. You’ve got to set an example.” He walked out of my room.

I called Saltz. “Guess what?” I said.He said, “Havelock Field. Nine-thirty.

Saturday. I’m strongest. Biggest. I have to set an example.”

“I don’t believe it.”“No one asked you what you believe.”“What else did your folks say?”“That we were a disgrace.”“Ye gods . . .”“You going?” he asked.“Don’t have much choice.”“See ya,” he said.“Right,” and I hung up the phone. I was

beginning to feel like a cancer under attack. After a moment, I called Lucy.

“Lucy? This is Ed. I can’t work on our project Saturday morning.”

“Why?”“Soccer team. I’ve got to practice being

a hero.”“I can understand,” she said, which

made it worse. I was hoping she was beyond understanding.

(To be continued.)

Text copyright © 2012 Avi. Illustrations copyright © 2012 Timothy Bush. Reprinted by permission of Breakfast Serials, Inc., www.breakfastserials.com. No part of this publication may be

reproduced, displayed, used or distributed without the express written permission of the copyright holder.

CHAPTER SEVEN: The facts of life“a breakfast serials story”S.O.R. Losers Written by Avi and Illustrated by Timothy Bush

Little school on the prairieBy Sara Barrett

A.L. Lotts Elementary School’s Lau-ra Ingalls Wilder Day was held May 6 for its fourth graders. Each year, the celebration serves as a rite of passage, with third graders waiting their turn in anticipation and fi fth graders helping out with festivities.

Fourth-grade classes performed prairie-themed songs in the gymnasi-um, presented the play “On the Banks

of Plum Creek” and demonstrated a number of square dances in front of a standing-room-only crowd.

Afterward, students and their fami-lies participated in several craft dem-onstrations including butter churning, quilting and wood carving. Horse and wagon rides were given around the front circle and Little House games were played in the outdoor classroom.

Classmates and current fi fth grad-

A.L. Lotts Elementary School students Andres Cardenas, Nolan Forten-berry, (second row) Dakota Guyette, Kenna McKaig, Lalitha Tadikonda, (third row) McKinley Davis, Ryan Manley, Jordan Sluder, (back row) Shiva Chilukuri and Skyler Rogers sing “Old Dan Tucker” during Laura Ingalls Wilder Day.

Special guest Barbara Chandler, fi fth graders Katie Browning, Morgan Langenberg and Lily Shaw and special guest Lynn Chandler prepare supplies for butter churning with the fourth graders.

ers Katie Brown-ing, Morgan Lan-genberg and LilyShaw helped outwith lessons in but-ter churning. Theyparticipated lastyear as fourth grad-ers and say theythink every studentin Knox Countyshould experi-ence Laura IngallsWilder Day at leastonce. They unani-mously agree thatthis year’s fourthgraders will proba-bly enjoy the squaredancing and horseriding most.

Barbara Chan-dler has been vol-unteering to teachbutter churning atthe event for the

last 13 years, but that’s just a small portion of what she teaches the students. Chan-dler grew up in old Concord, and her family lost its house when TVA fl ooded the val-ley.

“But good things come from bad situations,” says Chandler, and that’s a les-son she hopes to pass along.

Laura Ingalls Wilder Day is the creation of fourth grade teacher Kathy Alex-ander.

BEARDEN Shopper news • MAY 18, 2016 • A-9 kids

DuBon

Sara Barrett

Bearden Elementary School featured a slew of lo-cal professionals and their work vehicles May 6 in the parking lot. The Careers on Wheels event, part of College and Career Month, helped students see how their school work will im-pact their futures.

Students met folks re-sponsible for fi xing power lines, fi ghting house fi res and mowing the medians around Knox County. They also toured the insides of vehicles used daily to get those jobs done.

Students learned, too, that not all work vehicles are related to fi res, utilities or law enforcement.

UT College of Veterinary Medicine stopped by with Blossom the fainting goat, plus a whole lot of visual specimens including a blad-der stone the size of a small boulder that was removed from a horse’s body.

The idea behind Careers on Wheels is to allow stu-dents to ask questions of folks who studied, for in-stance, math or reading in elementary school to see

how that knowledge is ap-plied in the real world.

BES principal Susan Dun-lap said when each profes-sional arrives at the school the day of Careers on Wheels, they are asked to stress to the students how the academics they learned in school ben-efi ts their careers.

Scoping out careers with Bearden Elementary School

UT College of Veterinary Medicine

student Ellen Camp, Dr. Karen Mc-

Cormick and student Kit Warren show

students an enterolith, or bladder

stone, from a horse. Photos by S. Barrett

Tahlia Bryan’s kindergarten class asks KUB lineman Michael Love what it’s like to go up in the air

in the bucket of his truck.

Artwork by Parker DuBon Photo submitted

By Sara BarrettSequoyah Elementary

School third grader Parker DuBon won second place at the state level of the Inter-national Aviation Art Con-test.

This year’s theme, Air Sports in Harmony with Nature, encourages artists to create artwork showing a perspective of nature from the air.

Parker’s entry will move on to the national and pos-sibly international level. He will receive $50 and so will the art department at SES.

“The beauty of the earth

is never clearer than when seen from the air,” says a press release from National Association of State Avia-tion Offi cials. “Every day, thousands of people fl y-ing in airliners and general aviation aircraft look at the earth with a new perspec-tive from above.”

SES fourth grader Cindy Zhong placed third and will receive $25, and the SES art department will receive $25 in her honor.

State winners were in-vited to attend a ceremony at the Lebanon Municipal Airport May 14.

DuBon places second with aviation art

During Webb School of

Knoxville’s Lower School

Crane Ceremony, kinder-

gartners present each

senior with a string of

colorful origami cranes

as a symbol of peace,

hope, love and good

health, and to remind

the graduates about the

community at Webb.

Seniors were also invited

to wear T-shirts from the

colleges they will attend

in the fall. Pictured is

kindergartner Oliver

DeAlejandro present-

ing senior Andrew Craig

with a string of paper

cranes. Photo submitted

Webb’s Crane ceremonyCALL FOR ARTISTS

■ Submissions for “The Word,” an art competi-

tion that asks artists to look

deeply into the meaning and

use of words throughout his-

tory and in our daily lives, are

being accepted by Broadway

Studios and Gallery, 1127 N.

Broadway. Entries will be ac-

cepted 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Thurs-

day-Saturday, May 26-28. Info:

Jessica Gregory, 556-8676;

BroadwayStudiosAndGallery.

com; BroadwayStudiosAnd

[email protected].

■ The Tennessee Arts Com-mission is accepting applica-

tion for its Arts Build Com-

munities (ABC) grants until

4:30 p.m. (CST) Friday, July 1.

The grants will be distributed

throughout all arts disci-

plines as recognized by the

Tennessee Arts Commission,

including dance, music, op-

era/musical theatre, theatre,

visual arts, design arts, crafts,

photography, media arts, lit-

erature, interdisciplinary and

folk arts. Info: Suzanne Cada,

523-7543 or sc@knox

alliance.com.

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS

■ STAR (Shangri-La Therapeutic

Academy of Riding) needs

volunteers to assist special

needs children and adults

with therapeutic horseback

riding lessons. Lesson Vol

Training is 1:30-5:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 28. Junior

Vol Training (ages 10-12) is

5-7 p.m. Wednesday, June

1. Horse experience not

required. Info: Brittany, 988-

4711 or rideatstar.org.

■ CAC is seeking volunteer driv-

ers for its Volunteer Assisted

Transportation program.

Volunteers will utilize agency-

owned hybrid sedans while

accompanying seniors or

persons with disabilities to

appointments, shopping and

other errands. Training pro-

vided. Info: Nancy, 673-5001

or [email protected].

SCHOOL NOTES ■ West Hills Elementary

participates in the following

programs to help raise money

for the school: General Mills

“BoxTops for Education,”

Campbell’s “Labels for

Education,” and linking Food

City ValuCards, Kroger Plus

Cards and Target Red Cards

to the school for points. Info:

539-7850.


By Sandra ClarkWhen folks gather in

Fountain City Park on Me-morial Day, Dr. J.C. “Jim” Tumblin will be in his cus-tomary spot at the Fountain City Town Hall table. And this year he will be selling his newest book, “Fountain City: People Who Made a Difference.”

He should have included a chapter on himself.

Tumblin (who writes a monthly column for Shop-per News) has documented Fountain City’s history in two previous books. He says: “If the history of a community is written in the lives of its people, and it is, then Fountain City has a very rich history and many worthy role models for meeting the challenges of its future.”

Tumblin has been writ-ing this book online for some time, but as writer Lynn Pitts quoted him from a 2002 News Sentinel interview: “It is a work in progress. It won’t feel right until I actu-

Tumblin’s new book will highlightFountain City Day

White’s Fort was born. Another will be Col. J.C. Woodward, who liquated his holdings in Kentucky and purchased 431 acres in North Knox County includ-ing the Fountain Head Ho-tel and Resort. He launched the Fountain Head Land Co. which sold lots and created the landmark lake and park.

He will talk about Judge John W. Green, who fought to maintain the park and lake for public use, leading to a state Supreme Court decision in 1 926.

The fi nal section deals with the World War II era, men-tioning local heroes. Women come into play with mentions of long-time principal Hassie K. Gresham and writer Lucy Curtis Templeton.

After its release at the Memorial Day event, the book will be available for $25 at the Fountain City Art Center, 213 Hotel Ave.; Ken-neth Page’s Fountain City Pharmacy, 5034 N. Broad-way; and Pratt’s Country Store, 3100 Tazewell Pike.

ally have it in print. I know the Internet is so popular now, but a book has a feel, a smell, a presence.”

The search for a pub-lisher was intense. Tumb-lin landed with Celtic Cat. Whittling the honorees to 50 was impossible. He landed with 56. And those names will be revealed May 30 at the park.

We know he started with John Adair, who estab-lished Adair’s Fort in 1788, just two years after James

Boys 12-15 Division: Winners and players in the boys12-15 division are: Ben Johnston, Knoxville, third place; Ian Neff , Heiskell, tied fi fth place; Walker St. Peter, Powell; Reece Britt, Maryville, fourth place; Matthew Peevy, Knoxville, fi rst place; Joshua Lay, Maryville, tied fi fth place; Jackson Hughey, Lenoir City, second place; Kaleb Wilson, Knoxville. Photos submitted

CJGT plays tourneyThe Champions Junior

Golf Tour (CJGT) conducts single-day 9-hole and 18-hole tournaments in Greater Knoxville/East Tennessee and recently played a tour-nament at The Country Club in Morristown. These tour-naments allow junior golf-ers an opportunity to play in

a competitive environment from age appropriate yard-ages while advancing their skills and receiving recog-nition for their talents and efforts. Membership is open to both boys and girls of all skill levels between the ages of 5 and 15. Info: champion-sjrgolf.com.

Boys 9-11 Division: Winners and players in the boys 9-11 di-

vision are: Sebastian Costales, Knoxville, third place; Court-

land Gray, Seymour; Bronson Herald, Loudon, second place;

Jack Bentz, Coalfi eld, fourth place; Alex Barton, Lenoir City,

fi rst place; Bryce Harmon, Knoxville, fi fth place.

By Carolyn EvansJust as schools are winding down for

the year, First Baptist Concord is step-ping up to give those in the educational fi eld some special treatment. On May 15, the church’s Serve the Server team pro-vided a food truck picnic on the church campus for more than 250 school system employees.

Corn hole, a life-sized Jenga, bubble soccer competition and a D.J. turned the event into a real festival. Partici-pants even got to walk a red carpet from the parking lot to the reception tent.

Volunteers were busy the week before stuffi ng gift bags that included coupons for free merchandise from local busi-nesses. Church volunteers stocked cool-ers with soft drinks and set up chairs for the event, which was also held last year. Approximately 50 volunteers were on hand on Sunday to make sure everybody had a good time.

“We wanted to honor all those in the local schools who work tirelessly to serve the children in the Knoxville communi-ty,” says Rose Edwards, one of six Serve the Server team members. “One of the things that’s amazing to see is the team itself with their skills and abilities. We all have our unique strengths. It’s a great team to be part of. When we pull these strengths together, we get to reach out

to people who never get thanked. The smiles, the excitement, the way we can make them feel special is so rewarding to me.”

Andrew Osakue, director of commu-nity ministry, came up with the idea of serving the server. The fi rst offi cial event was held in November and drew 300 peo-ple as the church honored Farragut-area workers.

“The inspiration was directly inspired by the word of God and the members of First Baptist Concord,” he says. “Two scriptures that embody our purpose are ‘Love your neighbor as yourself,’ and ‘Honor those who labor hard among you.’ To love and serve those who sacri-fi ce themselves for our community is a blessed privilege and honor. When we give our best to our servers, they are more empowered to give their best to the ones they serve. Therefore, we have a great responsibility and opportunity.”

“It is such a joy to be a part of a church that cares so deeply about the people in our community,” says volunteer Therese Anne Matthews. “I love how our staff de-sires to extravagantly pour themselves into others’ lives – caring for them, serv-ing them, praying with and for them – and inspires us to do the same. It has in-creased my awareness of all of the people who so tirelessly serve.”

School employees given royal treatment by Farragut church

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By Carolyn EvansAs the caber is tossed

and the bagpipes wail, Dan Greaser will smile. The for-mer corporate executive will be decked out in one of his favorite outfi ts: a green and blue plaid Weir clan kilt.

Greaser, a Fox Den resi-dent, is the president of the Smoky Mountain Scot-tish Festival & Games and has been busy for nearly a year organizing the three-day event. With a budget of close to $100,000, the event is a big one – and im-portant to a host of people. More than 100 athletes, 250 pipe and drum players, seven modern Celtic bands, 40 vendors, 35 clans, a bunch of sheep, a few dogs, some ducks and 200 volun-teers will make up the 35th annual event, held for the sixth year at Maryville Col-lege.

And that doesn’t include the long-haired coo (Scot-tish cow) or the thousands of visitors expected to at-tend the event.

Originally founded in 1981 as the Gatlinburg Scot-tish Festival and Games, it is one of the oldest Scottish

Bringing the Scots homeDan Greaser helms prestigious festival

Festivals in the country. The event starts on Friday eve-ning with a $100-a-plate gala. Then gates open on Saturday at 8 a.m. with a pipes and drums compe-

tition, followed with one event after the other. The Ceilidh Under The Stars concert that evening will feature a host of musicians. The fun continues on Sun-day with a half marathon, 5K and a Scottish kirk (church) service. The day continues until 3:30 p.m., repeating many of Satur-day’s activities.

Greaser and his wife, Shirley (who’ll be wearing a McGregor clan kilt), have lived all over the world, including spending eight years in Europe and six in Singapore. They have trav-eled to Scotland a couple of times to hunt down their family origins. It was after he retired that Dan Greaser was drafted to be the next Games president several years ago and under his leadership the event has steadily grown.

“They wanted me to bring some of my organization experience and contacts to bear in helping the tran-sition of the games from Gatlinburg to Maryville College,” he says.

He loves the education-al aspect of the event and

emphasis on Scottish and Scots-Irish culture and her-itage in this area. “Coming to the games at Maryville College is a lot cheaper than fl ying to Scotland. You can learn something new about your family every time. I respect the past more since getting involved. I under-stand more about who I am and who my family was.”

His focus on genealogy shifted from Germany to Scotland when he began to

discover state leaders in his family tree, including Sam-uel Weir, who fought at the battle of King’s Mountain during the Revolutionary War.

“The Scots and the Scots-Irish have a strong penchant for education,” Greaser says. “Up until the Civil War there were more colleges started by the Presbyteri-ans than any other religious group. That’s why Maryville College was started. Also

Blount College, which be-came the University of Ten-nessee, and also Tusculum College.”

Personal knowledge can also grow from learn-ing about your roots, says Greaser. “The people as de-scribed in “Born Fighting” were very ardent in their be-lief and also very stubborn. I come by my stubborn streak honestly,” he says.

Info: smokymountain-games.com

Fox Den resident Dan Greaser shows off his kilt at a meeting of the Association of Scottish Games and Festivals in Alex-andria, Va. Photo submitted

At the 2015 Smoky Mountain Scottish Festival & Games, the Greaser family poses for a photo. From left are Dan Greaser, Shirley Greaser, Leigh Sterling and Dawn and Steve Zilles. Photo submitted

By Sandra ClarkMay 17 was a big day for

Legacy Parks Foundation and South K n o x v i l l e as offi cials were sched-uled to of-fi cially open the trail that c o n n e c t s the South-Doyle Mid-dle School c a m p u s

with the Urban Wilderness

trail system.“Don’t worry about being

perfect,” Carol Evan s, execu-tive director, said last week. Her efforts in South Knox-ville have caught the eye of a group in Powell that’s at-tempting to create opportu-nities for outdoor activities.

“In South Knoxville, we’ve taken undevelopable, remnant land and created a 100-acre park with 50 miles of trail for biking and hik-ing.” The trail system is not for horses or motorized ve-

hicles, she said.“The snowball happened

there, and you’ll see it hap-pen here.”

Evans refuted some myths about greenways. “Crime is greater at West Town Mall than on any gre-enway … because trails are used randomly so it’s hard to plan a crime.”

Quarry land makes good parks, she said. Legacy Parks Foundation worked with just fi ve major land owners to create the Urban

Wilderness and “we’ve had no complaints since 2012.”

Respect is key. “Be very respectful of your neighbors.”

Evans said Legacy Parks Foundation doesn’t “push in,” but is happy to be invit-ed in by community groups.

In Bearden, Legacy Parks is serving as the fi scal agent for those raising funds to build out Everly Brothers Park.

In Powell, Dr. Bob Collier has put a conservation ease-ment on 12 acres adjacent to

Carol Evans

Legacy Parks works across county Beaver Creek and the Powell Branch Library. He’s asked Legacy Parks to help him de-velop it as a preserve for qui-et activities and bird watch-ing, and he plans to transfer title to the group when the improvements are made.

Evans is working with a kayak group in Karns to create put-in and take-out points on Beaver Creek.

She said her fi rst proj-ect, some 10 years ago, was to raise $80,000 to build a skate park on city-owned land in Fountain City, where she lives.

The next project, when

former County Executive Tommy Schumpert was board chair, was to raise money in the Halls commu-nity to purchase 12 acres for Clayton Park. “We ended up with $625,000,” she said.

Evans said the South Knox project dedicated May 17 represents the cul-mination of years of work and collaboration between Legacy Parks Founda-tion, local neighborhoods in South Knoxville, Knox County Schools, city and county governments and the Tennessee Department of Transportation.


ABRA opens west locationABRA staff members James ONeill, Tammy Clark, Kayla Williams; (back) LaDonna Hembree, Nate McPherson and Shane Graham pause during an open house/ribbon cutting held at the 10446 Lexington Dr. location May 12. “We are ABRA collision repair and we’re ready to serve Knoxville here at our new west location. We do it right the fi rst time, and on time,” said Clark, general manager. Photo by Nancy Anderson

By Betty BeanConversion Properties

Inc. president Joe Petre got raked over the coals

last month when he went to C o u n t y C o m m i s -sion ask-ing for tax i nc r eme nt f i n a n c i n g (also known as a TIF) for

his newest downtown rede-velopment project, but after he ran the gauntlet of ques-tions about why his com-pany needs a tax break to make Regas Square happen, he walked out of the room with what he asked for – a $5-plus million TIF to help build a $33 million, mixed-used development on what used to be the parking lot of Regas Restaurant on Gay Street and Magnolia.

Petre’s most persua-sive selling point for his project, which will add 101 new residents, a couple of restaurants plus several retail stores, is that it will create a vital link between the struggling north end of Gay Street and the boom-ing North Broadway/North Central Street corridor. He points to David Dewhirst/

Joe Petre

Regas Square links downtown to Northside boom

venue in the neighborhood.“Bit by bit, we have start-

ed to build community. I hate to say this is the next big thing, but there is strong movement north, and we in-tend to be very involved in that. You go where people want to be, where they want to eat and shop and live. The neighborhoods along Broadway and Central are very strong and vibrant, and, frankly, we’re run-ning out of cool old building stock, so you have to follow the path of where the build-

ings are.”When Petre speaks to

citizen’s groups, he carries with him a stack of written defi nitions of TIFs and their close cousins, Payments In Lieu Of Taxes (PILOTS).

TIFs, he explains, direct a portion of the tax revenue generated by a redevelop-ment project’s economic growth to repay the gov-ernment loan, and allow downtown developers to cope with the extraordi-nary costs of construction in the vertical urban envi-

ronment. Regas Square will have 20 years to pay off its TIF, and as the value of the property grows, so will lo-cal government’s share of tax revenue. If the project fails, the developer is still on the hook to repay the loan.

A PILOT freezes proper-ty taxes for an agreed time period.

These incentives have traditionally been used to redevelop blighted proper-ties, and developers have been required to pass the

“but for” test – i.e. show that they couldn’t swing the project but for the boost provided by the tax break.

“What’s often left out of the TIF discussion is the extreme high cost of these projects and the risk as-sociated with them . I as-sure you that without the TIF we could not do this project, and I hope the city and county will continue to move forward with these solutions, because they re-ally have worked,” Petre said.

Global fi nals come to KnoxvilleBy Carol Z. Shane

Knoxville will be a global destination when the Ford Motor Company presents Destination Imagination Global Finals 2016 at UT and surrounding venues.

A nonprofi t dedicated to hands-on education in sci-ence, technology, engineer-ing, arts and mathematics,

and through social entre-preneurship challenges, DI’s mission is “to teach stu-dents the creative process and empower them with the skills needed to succeed in an ever-changing world.”

Beginning on May 25, over 17,000 people, in-cluding over 8,000 of the world’s best and brightest

grade-school students, will gather for “the world’s larg-est celebration of creativ-ity.” More than 1,400 teams from 45 U.S. states and 14 countries will showcase their solutions to specifi c technical, scientifi c, musi-cal and improvisational challenges.

On Saturday, May 28,

from 10 a.m. until noon, the public is invited to take part in the fi rst ever “Try Desti-

nation Imagination” event at the World’s Fair Park Am-phitheater.

Ashley Capps’ new venue, the Mill and Mine, in a for-mer warehouse on West De-pot and to The Mews, which Jeffrey Nash is developing on the former site of Marie Owen’s Olde Towne Tavern on Magnolia and Ogden Street as proof of the north-ward march of the down-town boom.

“This was the missing link between downtown and Downtown North,” said Pe-tre, the Realtor who sold the Southern Railway Depot, which became the fi rst new

This rendering shows the proposed Regas Square. The old Regas Restaurant is the building at left, hidden by tree.

BEARDEN Shopper news • MAY 18, 2016 • A-13 business

the rotary guyTom [email protected]

It’s a good week to mention a laundry list of news going on with our some of our seven Rotary clubs. So let’s get rolling with this News & Notes roundup.

■ Game Show Night is Friday: A quick reminder about the Rotary Club of Bearden’s fundraiser on Friday, May 20, at 6:30 p.m. at the Bearden Banquet Hall. It is an opportu-nity for companies to recognize and celebrate their em-ployees. Tables for 10 sell for $1,300 and only six tables remain available. If your company wants to buy a table, call Richard Bettis at 865-228-1523.

■ Mayor Madeline Rogero will speak to Knoxville Breakfast Ro-tary at 7 a.m. Wednes-day, May 25, at Gettysvue Country Club. To reserve a spot, call Greg Maciolek at 675-5901 (Ext. 230).

■ Gov. Bill Haslamwill speak at the noon Tuesday, May 31, meeting of the Rotary Club of Knoxville at The Marriott. The meeting is open to all Rotarians and their guests. The Marriott ballroom has a seating capacity of 300, so please RSVP to the club offi ce at [email protected] or on its Facebook page. Lunch is

$11, payable in cash or check at the door.

■ North Knoxville Rotary had a unique meeting on May 5. The club met at the WDVX Blue Plate Special free lunchtime music pro-gram at the Knoxville Visitors Center at noon. They enjoyed music from the group Three Star Re-vival. The free shows run Monday through Satur-day. Harby’s Pizza & Deli

catered the gathering and six pizzas and a week’s worth of salad were left over but taken to the Ce-

rebral Palsy Home after the meeting.

■ Work at Elkmontbegins June 4: There are two changes to report about the Rotary Club of Knoxville’s workday to help restore the am-phitheater at the Elk-mont Campground in the Great Smoky Moun-tains National Park. The club’s Work Day will be on Saturday, June 4, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. That’s a change from the earlier starting time of 9 a.m. Also, president Sandy Martin says that the work will continue through lunch and asks that you bring your own sack lunch and the club will provide drinks and snacks for a picnic at Elk-mont, not at Metcalf Bot-toms.

Fun, speakers and

Elkmont workday

BIZ NOTES ■ Joshalyn Hundley has joined First Ten-

nessee as vice president and community development manager for Knox and Blount counties and the Tri-Cities in East Tennessee. A native Knoxvillian, Hundley holds a bachelor’s degree in business or-ganization management from Tennessee Wesleyan College and a master’s degree in planning from UT-Knoxville. She serves on the board of United Way of Greater Knoxville and is a UT-Knoxville Chancel-lor’s Associate.

■ Mike Clonce has been hired as senior vice president of lending/chief lending offi cer at UT Federal Credit Union. A graduate of

ETSU, Clonce has more than 30 years of experience in upper level management and lending with fi nancial institutions. Most recently, he was chief credit offi cer at American Trust Bank of East Tennessee.

■ Steve Catlett has been elected to UT Federal Credit Union’s board of directors. All nine members of the board are volun-teers who are dedicated to maintaining the safety and soundness of UT Federal Credit Union. Catlett is associate vice chancellor of development at UT- Knox-ville and serves on the leadership team in the Offi ce of Development and Alumni Aff airs. He is a graduate of The University

of Tennessee.

■ Cheryl Hill has been appointed to the Emerging Leaders in Maternal and Child Health Training Institute. She is one of only eight nutrition professionals in the nation selected to be part of this 12-month program. She is manager for the Healthy Weight Program for the Knox County Health Department. Hill earned a master’s degree in Nutrition and a mas-ter’s of Public Health from UT-Knoxville. She is a registered dietitian and a licensed dietitian nutritionist with more than 10 years of experience in public health.

Road trip to Maynardville: Music, arts, plants, wine and kidsBy Libby Morgan

If you’ve ever wanted an excuse to take a short, sce-nic trip just north of Knox County, Saturday, June 4, is a great day to head that way.

Art on Main: Next door to the Union County court-house in Maynardville is the sixth annual Art on Main Festival from 9 a.m.-4 p.m., with two national champion musicians, teenage thumb picker Parker Hastings and mountain dulcimer player Sarah Morgan, on the main stage.

Chet Atkins will be hon-ored with a special tribute prior to Hasting’s perfor-mance. Hastings has played with several of Atkins’ friends and band members.

If you’re a musician of any ability, you’re welcome to join in the Union Coun-ty tradition of pickin’ and grinnin’ on the porch and under the shade trees with friendly folks.

On the grounds are glass-blowing, metal art, corn shuck doll making, wood art and painting demonstra-tions, plus handmade and handcrafted goods, food, live plants and more for sale.

Kids will have fun with train rides, face painting

Teenage thumb picking national champ Parker Hastings at the Country Music Hall of Fame earlier this year. Photo by Karen Skid-more Smith – Moments Framed in Time

and free art projects. Day-lilies will be given away by Oakes Daylilies while they last. Admission is free.

Healthy Kids Day:From 9 a.m.-1 p.m., a mile south of the courthouse at the Maynardville Public Li-brary, the Union County UT

Extension Offi ce will hold the annual Healthy Kids Day, with a ton of free ac-tivities, games and prizes.

Union County Farm-ers Market: The farm-ers markets in the city may never see the best fresh food grown in Union Coun-

ty. When you travel to the farmers’ territory, you’ll be able to snatch up produce picked hours (or minutes) before you put it in your car. You’ll see signs to the market at Wilson Park next door to the high school on Highway 33. The market is held every Saturday from 9 a.m.-noon, and on June 4, special events are added.

The Winery at Seven Springs Farm: Three miles up the road from Art on Main, a special party is planned after the festival at the combination farm store/tasting room/patio at Seven Springs Farm to Table. The farm produces award-win-ning wines, grass-fed An-gus beef, fruits, berries and vegetables. Swamp Ghost, a band from Union County, will wrap up the festival en-tertainment and head up to The Winery to play from 5-7 p.m.


Sunday morning, cup of Joe, Rheta Grimsley John-son, just like before.

JakeMabe

Rheta Grimsley Johnson chats

with fans at Union Avenue

Books before signing her lat-

est memoir, “The Dogs Buried

Over the Bridge.”

Music and MabelSpending Sunday with Rheta

she says, “you just gotta write about your dog. After all, men do it all the time.”

Her new book is a mem-oir, somewhere in the neighborhood of 2010’s “En-chanted Evening Barbie and the Second Coming,” but seen through the eyes of her precious pups. Some here. Some gone.

You’ll meet Mabel (pro-nounced “Maybelle”). She was the fi rst dog buried over the bridge at her home in Mississippi. She calls it Fishtrap Hollow. You’ll meet Lucinda, named after singer Lucinda Williams.

And that’s one of Rheta’s other passions, music. We talked about Tom T. Hall and John Prine and Jimmy Buffett’s “A1A.” And James McMurtry – and you get the idea. She’s a playwright now, too, having co-written “Hiram,” about 10-year-old Hank Williams, about who and what infl uenced him. It’s better than Broadway, some say.

She was infl uenced by Hank, but also by Raymond Chandler, Philip Marlowe’s similes. Goodies such as “I was as empty of life as a scarecrow’s pockets.” She can quote them like Olivier quoted “Othello.”

But the writing bug bit her early. Newspapers be-

came her life, a job she said was once likened to “taking a glass-bottom boat through a sewer.” But you do it ’cause it becomes a way of life. And a piece of her dies when yet another paper folds forever.

She’s loved dogs since reading “Old Yeller.” Most of hers of late have been strays, left on the side of the road like yesterday’s trash, surely a sin, sure as you’re born.

“We don’t deserve dogs,” she says, “but they love us anyhow.”

From them, she’s learned much. Some are smart-er than some people she knows. Don’t worry. Rheta didn’t name names.

But she did say this:“They communicate qui-

etly through their eyes, like most humans should.”

She laughed at the idea of the writer’s block, of waiting on “the writer’s muse.” Said later she’d talked to some-one recently and asked, “Where’d you get your dog?”

The answer? “Well, there’s a story there.”

There always is, if you look, and Rheta tells ’em better than most. If you like dogs, you’ll love this book. If you like to read well-herded words, you’ll love this book. If you don’t like dogs, you just might after reading this book.

After the last copy had been signed, Rheta headed back to the Hollow, to rest a day or two before the next stop on the book tour.

And I hobbled back to Halls, happy as hell after spending a Sunday with Rheta, in person instead of in print.

“The Dogs Buried Over the Bridge” is available at Union Avenue Books, on-line, and wherever fi ne books are sold. It’s pub-lished by John F. Blair. Longtime Shopper News reporter Jake

Mabe is on medical leave recovering

from nerve damage. He hopes to return

soon and can be reached at JakeMabe1@

aol.com

By Sherri Gardner HowellThey came to say goodbye

and to remember all the good times. Aubrey’s Farragut closed its door on Sunday, saying goodbye to a com-munity of patrons, some who had been coming to the res-taurant since doors opened in 1992.

When owner Randy Burleson opened Aubrey’s Courthouse Café at 102 S. Campbell Station Road, it was the second locally-owned restaurant in the town of Farragut. “Sam & Andy’s was fi rst,” says Burle-son, who now owns eight Au-brey’s plus Stefano’s Pizza, Crown & Goose, Bistro By the Tracks, Sunspot and two Barley’s Tap House restau-rants. “We have a lot of loyal customers who have been a part of our history here for 24 years. We hope they will continue to be Aubrey’s cus-tomers.”

Some patron conversa-tions the last weekend did center on, “Where are we go-ing to go?”, but mostly it was reminiscing with friends, family and favorite servers. “We aren’t sure where we will go to get our Aubrey’s fi x,” said long-time patron Leslee Rook. “We are going to fi nd out where some of these precious servers and

Saying goodbyeAubrey’s Farragut patrons take

memory lane strollmanagers are going because we want to visit them, too.”

P.J. Hahn, who is such a favorite manager at Aubrey’s Farragut that a group of fans put his likeness on the back of an “unsanctioned” T-shirt along with “Aubrey-isms” like “I work here for the Christmas Party” and “Why is Randy re-rolling silver?” is going to Aubrey’s at Paper-mill. “I have been with the company for 22.5 years,” said Hahn. “There are several of us who have that kind of lon-gevity with the company. It’s a good place to work.”

George Lambert and his friend Brent Beals described the closing as a loss.

“A long time ago, Randy opened this place. He was probably scared to death that it wouldn’t make it, but he kept working at it and perfecting the plan and ex-panding to other places,” said Lambert. “He did it the right way and learned a lot of that right way here in Farragut. He created a village gather-ing place here. We are sad we are losing our village.”

Burleson, who was at the restaurant with his wife, Melissa, for the last day, had the most memories of all, going back to the decision to open in Farragut, sleeping in booths so he could be onsite early in the morning, legions of free dinners for teachers, sports teams and community groups and company Christ-mas parties when the whole company worked at one res-taurant.

“It’s been good,” said Bur-leson. “It’s always hard to say goodbye, which is why we hope everyone will fi nd a new home at one of our other loca-tions.”

Except it isn’t. I’m not reading a newspaper. Rhe-ta’s here, in the fl esh, enjoy-ing brunch at Cafe 4, in high defi nition, you might say, anything but normal.

She was here to sign copies of her new memoir, “The Dogs Buried Over the Bridge,” at Union Avenue Books downtown. It’s a la-bor of love.

Years ago, when she got her fi rst newspaper job, her editor said no to any dog sto-ries. It was too much like the old society page for the pa-per’s fi rst woman reporter.

So she didn’t. She wrote about people. Smooth as satin. Was a fi nalist for the Pulitzer? Wrote the autho-rized biography of cartoonist Charles Schulz. “Columized” – as Sam Venable says – for the Memphis Commercial Appeal, for the Atlanta Jour-nal-Constitution, for King Features Syndicate.

“But every now and then,”

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Know where to goForty-one-year-old

stroke survivor is thankful her husband chose

Fort Sanders Regional

Ask Stephanie Blackstock how she spells her last name, and you might see her tap out each letter on her fi ngers. Like most of us, Blackstock learned to spell her name when she was a small child, but there are a few things she’s had to relearn this year.

“It’s kind of like being back in kinder-garten,” she jokes, which is an especially amusing comment when you consider that Blackstock is an elementary school teacher. It’s obvious she has the intelligence of a col-lege graduate, and the ability of a full grown adult. She is merely recovering from a stroke.

Thanks to modern medicine at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, many stroke patients like Blackstock are able to return to fully functioning lives and careers. A positive attitude and support from family, friends and coworkers have helped Black-stock through the uncertain days immedi-ately following her stroke, but she will tell you the real reason she’s able to walk and talk and live life to the fullest is that she was treated at the right hospital.

Blackstock remembers staring out at the world from inside a body that was rendered helpless one Sunday morning in January. She had fallen out of bed, having lost all mo-bility on her right side. She couldn’t speak.

Blackstock’s husband, a paramedic, be-lieved his wife was having a stroke, and told emergency fi rst responders where he thought she needed to go. They agreed.

“They took me to Fort Sand-ers because it’s a Comprehen-sive Stroke Center,” Blackstock says. “Justin knew where to take me, and that’s why I’m here today.”

Dr. Keith Woodward, a neurointerventional radiolo-gist at Fort Sanders Regional, performed a thrombectomy, which is removal of a blood clot that is blocking blood fl ow to the brain. The clot sat atop 65 percent of her brain, and the damage could have been much worse if more time had lapsed between the stroke and the treatment.

“One of the most important things for people to under-stand is that time saves your brain. The longer you wait to get treatment for a stroke, the harder it is to regain all of your abilities. The tools in our ar-senal to treat stroke lessen as time passes, so get to a com-prehensive center as quickly as possible, “ says Dr. Woodward.

When she came out of sur-gery, she remembers being asked what her name was. She gave the right answer. She was able to identify her husband, and one of their friends who was at the hospital.

“On Sunday I had several people come in, I knew some names, I didn’t know others,” Blackstock says. By Tuesday, she was ready to be released, and went home to Gibbs.

Seeing this 41-year-old mom at her kids’ soccer games, you’d never guess she’s a

Because of the excellent care received at Fort Sanders Regional, just one month out from Stephanie’s stroke, the Blackstocks are able to enjoy a family soccer game in the park.

The fi rst Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Center in East Tennessee

When it comes to treating strokes, no other hospital in the Knoxville offers a more advanced level of care than Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center.

Fort Sanders was the fi rst in the Knox-ville area to earn an Advanced Compre-hensive Stroke Center Certifi cation by The Joint Commission, a nonprofi t orga-nization that accredits and certifi es more than 20,500 health care programs in the United States.

This “gold-seal” advanced certifi cation means that Fort Sanders is recognized as having the most advanced and effective treatments available for stroke today. Certi-fi cation through The Joint Commission in-volves extensive training for the staff, docu-mentation of effectiveness, and inspection of the hospital by The Joint Commission.

Part of certifi cation is having a team of “neurohospitalists” on staff. These phy-sicians treat only stroke and neurologi-cal cases in the hospital, 24 hours a day, 7 days per week. Instead of waiting for a doctor to have time from his or her pri-vate practice, Fort Sanders has neurolo-gists on hand.

“It makes access to specialized neurol-ogists easier,” said Dr. James Hora, one of the neurohospitalists at Fort Sanders. “We have 24/7 coverage, and this pro-vides rapid access to a neurologist for acute neurologic problems.”

Dr. Arthur Moore was hired in July 2014 as medical director for the center. “With our Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Certifi cation, we offer the high-est level of care for all patients. Whether they’re able to have surgery or not, we’re there to give their bodies the best chance

to heal and recover,” he explained.Some stroke patients can be treated with

minimally invasive surgical options. Using brain angioplasty, stents and aneurysm surgery, Fort Sanders surgeons can remove tiny clots, stop brain bleeds and insert tiny stents to hold open delicate arteries.

“Using a catheter, we thread a tiny wire into the artery in the groin, and up to the brain,” explained Keith Woodward, M.D., a neuro-interventional radiologist at Fort Sanders. “Then we can use a special de-vice to pull the clot out, or sometimes we can inject it with medicine and dissolve it while we’re in there.”

Most stroke patients need follow-up care after the initial event, and patients at Fort Sanders have access to the Patri-cia Neal Rehabilitation Center, an award winning rehabilitation center. About one-third of the Patricia Rehabilitation Neal Center’s patients are stroke pa-tients, according to the center’s medical director, Mary E. Dillon, M.D.

“Our specialists begin determining as soon as possible what level of care the patient will need,” said Dillon. “Patients have access to rehab services from the time they arrive in the emergency depart-ment, throughout their care here, and through all the post-acute levels of care.”

Having everything – speedy emergen-cy care, advanced surgical techniques and the best in rehabilitation – makes Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center the smart choice for stroke care.

“We’re equipped to handle all stroke cases, from the most complex to the least,” said Dillon. “Our patients don’t have to go anywhere else to fi nd help.”

stroke survivor. The only lingering effects are some speech diffi culties, and she’s un-dergoing therapy to get those corrected.

The frustration is a very small price to pay for the life she’s able to live enjoying her

family, and she’s grateful for her treatment at Fort Sanders Regional.

“Everyone was great, and Dr. Woodwardis phenomenal,” Blackstock says. “I canspeak now, I’m reading, I’m doing mathand, yes, it’s taking me a little bit of time, but I’m doing it.”

Because Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center offers outpatient therapy at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, the tran-sition from stroke treatment to stroke re-covery has been seamless. Twice a week,she undergoes intense sessions to improveher cognitive skills and be the well-spoken teacher her school depends on.

“That’s the plan – to be out of speech therapy before school starts back,” she says.

While Blackstock obviously wouldn’t have chosen to have a stroke, the experience has caused her to focus on what’s impor-tant, and treasure each moment with her family. She credits Dr. Woodward and the Fort Sanders team with giving her a chance at a life that is more meaningful than ever.

“If I had gone somewhere else, I don’t know where I would be right now,” Black-stock says. “It’s all been a blessing.”

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TOYOTA CAMRY LE 2003, fully loaded, 4 new tires, red, 122K mi, $5990. (865)308-2743.

Sport Utility Vehicles

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Trucks

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FORD F150 - 1995. XLT, restored, Auto/OD, new factory 302 engine, dualgas tanks, new paint, sale due toillness. $9,000. (865)694-0118.

Classic Cars

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1995 Lowe 1900 deck boat, 90 HP Evinrude motor, w/trailer. Very good cond. $6500. (865)660-1924.

2006 FISHER 1710, 50HP Mercury, low hrs. Fisher trlr. Lowrance 337C, exc. cond. $6800. (423)912-6990.

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MAXUM 25’ CRUISER 1995, 5.7L, 230 HP Merc Cruiser V8 eng. kept on Watts Bar Lake on lift in boat house. No trailer avail. Less than 150 hrs. total use. Immaculate, must see.$12,950. (865)376-5167.

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Campers & RV’s

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2003 WINNEBAGO JOURNEY DL 34’ Diesel Pusher, 69,000 miles,

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Caterpillar engine, 7500 Onan gener-ator, trailer hitch, backup camera, 2 slides, many extras. Asking $41,000.

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2013 Jayco J Flight camper, 36’, 2 slides, elec awning, all wood inside, queen bed, 2 bunk beds, exc cond,1 owner, $25,000 obo. 865-567-4402

2013 MONTANA 5TH WHL, 3 slideouts including resort lot, Gatlinburg. Reduced to $61,000 or best offer. Pristine condition.

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Campers & RV’s

DOLPHIN 36’ Class A Motor Home 2002,exc. cond. Low mi, satellite TV, new Michelin tires, Work Horse Chassis. Consider trade. (865)805-8038

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Newmar Mountain Aire 2000 40’ die-sel pusher, 87K mi, $58,000. Deeded lot in campground, Lords Valley in Milford, Penn., $14,000. 865-765-0700

REDUCED NEWMAR MOUNTAIN AIRE - 5TH WHEEL. 2004,

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Golf Carts

2006 ClubCar golf cart. New batteriesNov 2015. $3400 or best offer. Ph. 865-964-8092. (865)964-8092.

Motorcycles/Mopeds

1959 HARLEY DAVIDSON Duo Glide, allorig., 8,882 mi, $25K obo.

(865)679-0907.

2003 YAMAHA VSTAR CLASSIC - 650. Only 4800 mi. $3975.

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HARLEY DAVIDSON TRIKE 2014, all access., 6723 mi., 1 owner,

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HONDA GOLDWING 2004 Red, 66k mi.Many extras. Call for details. Exc. cond. $11,250. (865)603-5470.

HONDA GOLDWING 2013 Audio Com-fort, less than 11K mi, ext warr & service manual incl. $18,300. (865) 771-7554.

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Pets

Dogs

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BLOODHOUND PUPPIES, Beautiful! Track-n-trail, train by Fall. AKC reg.$500. (865)368-5941

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Dogs

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POMERANIAN PUPPIES, CKC reg., allshots & worming current, $300 F,$250 M. (423)775-3662

PUPPY NURSERY Many different breeds

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SCHNAUZER mini pups, 7 wks, shots,dewormed, reg, very playful. $400 cash. (865) 240-3254; 266-4632

SHIH TZU puppies, AKC, beautifulcolors, Females $600; Males $500. Taking deposits. 423-775-4016

Merchandise

Antiques

1960 FULL BED SET - Great Cond: American of Martinsville Mid Cen-tury Modern full head & foot bd bed, triple dresr w/mirror, 5 drwrchest. Unique black & gray finish. Apprsd $2000. Asking $750 Text or call (865)789-8448

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Appliances

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APPLIANCES 90 Day Warranty

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Building Materials

6’ CUSTOM OAK BATH VANITY - 35” tall, cabinet only, 6 yrs. old, dual sink, $325. (865)458-6554.

SOLAR PANELS (2) - 4’x6’x8” with pump & holding tank. $300.(865)933-4748 leave message

Cemetery Lots

HIGHLAND - Memorial Garden, 2 lots w/crypts & 1 opening & clos-ing. Reasonable offer. 637-3629 (865)637-3629

Collectibles

BUYING OLD US COINS90% silver, halves, quarters & dimes,

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10, 14, & 18k gold old currency before 1928

WEST SIDE COINS & COLLECTIBLES7004 KINGSTON PK

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Exercise Equipment

ECLIPICAL EXERCISE BIKE - eclipi-cal exercise bike made by Ket-tler. $250.00 Excellent condition (865)690-9299

Furniture

FURNITURE - ESTATE SALE. Smith-field SD. Pieces for Every Room. Like New. Call (865) 675-1959

Household Goods

MOVING SALE - Everything Mustgo. BR dressers, Full sz bed, futons, bookcases, TVs, sofa, coffee & endtbls, lamps, couch & loveseat, hallseat, roll top desk, kit. tbl w/4 chrs,stereo equip., knick knacks, DVDs, TVs, 8 trk tapes, computer printers, fishing poles & tackle boxes, pots, pans, dishes, Dept. 56 houses. Call(423)298-4241 10a-6p

Lawn & Garden

2013 SNAPPER - riding lawn mower, 28” cut, like new, $900. Call (865)856-8455

42” cut Snapper rider, $275. More parts available. (865)922-6408

JOHN DEERE G110 auto., 54” cut, 1owner, $895. (865)724-7335

POULAN RIDING MOWER , 42” cut, 14.5 HP, new belt, $500. (865)680-3717

Lawn & Garden

STOLEN TRAILER - 5x8, wire meshutility trailer w/ramp gate. Wood planks on deck. Stolen from Hin-kle Estates, Seymour 5/3/16. $100reward for info leading to recovery. (865)577-7837

Med Equip & Supplies

RESPIRONICS Remstar Cpap machine w/new mask.

$135. (865)680-3717.

Merchandise - Misc.

KILL BED BUGS & THEIR EGGS! - Buy Harris Bed Bug Killers/KIT Complete Treatment System Hardware Stores, The Home Depot, homedepot.com (618)351-7570

Musical

MINI YAMAHA ORGAN - mini Yama-ha organ; 2 keyboards, 8 ped-als. Excellent condition. $300.00 (865)690-9299

NEW PORK PIE 5 PC. DRUMSETdw double kick pedals, Gibraltarstands with Zildjan AHT cymbals: ride cymbal, two crash, & splash cymbal. Beautiful burgundy drumset. $1000 (865)640-6617.

Office Furniture/Equip.

DESK RETURN & HUTCH - 4 black stacking client chairs; three 4 draw-er filing cabinets’ 2 drawer filingcab., 3 drawer lateral filing cab.,executive chair, bookcase. Only 2 yrs. old. Exc. cond. $1000/b.o.(865)470-4262

Sporting Goods

LIKE NEW BRUNSWICK POOL TABLE &all access. 2 pool chairs. Custom made cover. Email: [email protected] for pics & info. $1200. 865-966-9439

Tickets/Events

UT PKING PASS - G10T. $1200. Call (704) 575-6516

Wanted

MR. BASEBALL buying Sports Cards, I come to you, 203-557-0856, cell,203-767-2407.

Financial

Consolidation Loans

FIRST SUN FINANCEWe make loans up to $1000. We do

credit starter & rebuilder loans. Call today, 30 minute approvals.

See manager for details.865-687-3228

Real EstateSales

North

DRASTICALLY REDUCED. Beautiful 4BR in Teaques Grove, close to I-75& Emory Rd. Nearly 1/2 acre, subd. pool, too many features to list. Pow-ell A+ schools. byowner.com MLS957738. Call Danielle 954-547-2747. $267,500. OPEN SUNDAY APRIL 24,1-3PM. 1417 Wineberry Rd., Powell, TN 37849

South

FOR SALE BY OWNER - $164,900 – 7 year old house and 5.4 acres at 4222 Daniel Road, Knoxville. House has3 bedrooms 2 baths, total of 1,513 square feet upstairs on a full, unfin-ished basement. New roof, new interior paint, new water heater and new filter on well pump. Owner willfinance with $8,250 down. Call Bill at 877-488-5060 ext 323.

Condos-Unfurn

Convenience - Walk to Turkey Creek 2 master BRs, 2 full BAs, 1876 SF,

nghbrd pool & walking trails, $189,900. (865) 566-4119

Townhouse/Villas-Unfurn

DRASTICALLY REDUCED. 2 BR, 2 BA + sunroom, 2 car gar., all appls incl W&D, close to I-75 & Emory Rd. $124,900. 7120 Allison Way, Knox-ville, TN 37918. Call 954-547-2747, ask for Kevin

Lake Property

DOUGLAS LAKE - Lake View. 3BR, 2BA,sunroom, cvr’d deck & util room.Statewide Realty, 865-919-4141.

Farms & Acreage

11.98 WOODED ACRES in Louisville for sale by owner.

$197,000. Call 865-604-0145

Manufactured Homes

I BUY OLDER MOBILE HOMES1990 up, any size OK

865-384-5643

Lots/Acreage for Sale

77 ACRES. Morgan Co. - The Gladesarea. Fenced. Owner Fin. Avail. $3,000 per acre. (865) 850-9554

Real EstateRentals

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Apartments - Unfurn.

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Immediate housing if qualified.Section 8-202.

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MORNINGSIDE GARDENS1 BR Apt Now AvailableELDERLY OR DISABLED

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Homes Unfurnished

N.W. 5851 Lucile Lane. 3 BR, 2 full BA, lrg den, LR, DR, Kit., carport, detachgar, $1,000 mo + $1,000 sec dep. (865) 898-4857

Near W Town Mall, compl remod 3 BR, 1.5BA rancher w/detach. gar., outside storage, fenced yard, $1200 mo +sec dep. No pets. 865-556-2779

POWELL CLAXTON. 3 BR, 2 BA, no pets, private, convenient, $700 mo + 1st, last, DD. 865-748-3644

S.W. Area. 3 BR, 1 BA country home, priv., $800 mo + dep. & refs.(865)717-9493

Duplx/Multplx UnFurn

FTN CITY 2 BR, lrg LR, stv, refrig,DW, W/D conn., 5831 Eldridge off5600 Broadway, Cr. Ck. No pets.$550. 865-209-3203

Real EstateCommercial

Commercial Property /Sale

NORTH 17,000 SF bldg on 2.25 acres,needs repair. Ideal for entertainment center, church or apts. $225,000.

865-544-1717; 865-740-0990.

Offices/Warehouses/Rent

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THROUGH FRIDAY, SEPT. 16Online registration open for the Marine Mud

Run, to be held Saturday, Sept. 17. Individual waves, 8 a.m.; team waves, 11:30 a.m. Course: 3 miles of off-road running, which entails some obstacles, hills and mud pits. Registration deadline: Friday, Sept. 16, or until total registrants reaches 3150. Info/registration: knoxmud.org.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 18Books Sandwiched In: “Sisters in law: how

Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg went to the Supreme Court and changed the world,” noon, East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Info: 215-8801.

Naked Blue (Jen and Scott Smith), along with Ja-son Harrod, will perform, 7 p.m. “Mind Yer P’s & Q’s,” The Renaissance Center, 12744 Kingston Pike #104. Info: mindyerpsandqs.com.

“Pinterest/Instagram/Twitter for Seniors,” 1-3 p.m., Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Presented by Social Media 4 Seniors. Cost: $30. Registration and payment deadline: Wednesday, May 18. Info/registration: townoffarragut.org/register, in person at the Town Hall, 218-3375.

THURSDAY, MAY 19Planetarium presentations: “Decoding the

Stars: Spirituals and the Underground Railroad,” 1:30 and 4:30 p.m., The Muse Knoxville, Info: the-museknoxville.org.

Shakespeare for Kids, 3 p.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Presented by the Tennessee Stage Company; featuring “The Merry Wives of Windsor” and “King Lear.” Info: 470-7033.

Variety Thursday: featuring Scruffy City Synco-paters, 7-9 p.m., Bill Lyons Pavilion, Market Square. Free music performances each Thursday. Bring chairs or blankets to sit on. Info: Knoxvilletn.gov/concerts.

THURSDAY-SUNDAY, MAY 19-22“Snow White and Rose Red,” Knoxville Chil-

dren’s Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Ave. Performances: 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 1 and 5 p.m. Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday. Info/tickets: knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com; [email protected]; 208-3677.

FRIDAY, MAY 20Alive After Five: Soulfi nger, 6-8:30 p.m., Knox-

ville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Ad-mission: general, $10; museum members and students, $5. Info: knoxart.org.

Clarence Brown Theatre Gala, 7-11 p.m., Jackson Terminal, 205 W. Jackson Ave. Paula Pell, UT alumna, Emmy Award winner and former “Saturday Night Live” writer, will be awarded the CBT Artis-tic Achievement Award. Info: Amanda Middleton, [email protected] or 974-5654; clarencebrownthe-atre.com/gala.

SATURDAY, MAY 21Annual croquet tournament, 10:30 a.m., UT

RecSports Field Complex across from Dead End BBQ on Sutherland Ave. Hosted by the Knoxville Opera Guild. Participation open to the public; no experience necessary. Tickets: $100. Info/tickets: knoxvilleopera.com.

Art Extravaganza in the Gap, 6-9 p.m., Festival Park, 521 Colwyn Ave., Cumberland Gap. Evening of art, music, food and wine tasting fundraiser for The Harrogate Book Station’s Children’s Program and for the programs of C.G. Artists Co-op. Tickets: $25. Info: cumberlandgapartistscoop.com.

Children’s Festival of Reading, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., World’s Fair Park on the Festival Lawn and Amphithe-ater. Kick off celebration for the Knox County Public

Library’s summer reading programs. Free admission. Featuring: world-class authors, illustrators, storytellers, musicians and more. Info: knoxlib.org.

Dancing for the Horses, 6 p.m., Bridgewater Place, 205 Bridgewater Road. Fundraising event hosted by Horse Haven of Tennessee and modeled after “Danc-ing with the Stars.” Info/tickets: HorseHavenTn.org/Dancing4Horses.

Heritage Center Gala and Auction, 5 p.m., grounds of the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center in Townsend. Theme: “Bright Past, Brighter Future.” Includes: silent and live auctions; dinner catered by Rothchild Catering. Tickets: $125. Info/reservations: 448-0044; gsmheritagecenter.org.

Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee. Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org.

Rain barrel workshop, 10 a.m.-noon, Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Sponsored by the Water Quality Forum. Cost: $40 per barrel. Prereg-istration required. Info/registration: Kellie, [email protected] or 974-2151.

Rummage sale, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Alice Bell Baptist Church, 3305 Alice Bell Road. Info: 522-0137.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, MAY 21-22Repticon, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-4

p.m. Sunday, Kerbela Shriners building, 315 Mimosa Ave. Tickets: $10 adults, $5 for children 5-12, children under 5 free. Info/VIP and advance tickets: repticon.com/knoxville.html.

Tennessee Medieval Faire, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., 550 Fiske Road, Harriman. Tickets: $16.96, ages 13 and up; $8.95, ages 5-12; free ages 4 and under. Info/schedule: TMFaire.com.

SUNDAY, MAY 22Knoshville Jewish Food Festival, 11 a.m.-3

p.m., Arnstein Jewish Community Center (AJCC), 6800 Deane Hill Drive. Admission free; minimum food pur-chase, $10. Also featuring: Israeli dancing, music and an art gallery. An AJCC pool open house, 1-5 p.m.; pool use is free to the community. All invited.

Outdoor pool opening, 1-6 p.m., West Side Y, 400 N. Winston Road. Info: 690-9622.

Tea & Tattle with guest Nina Martyris, 3 p.m., Mabry-Hazen House, 1711 Dandridge Ave. Tickets: $40. Info/tickets: mabryhazen.com/tea or 522-8661.

MONDAY, MAY 23The Bob Kesling and Bert Bertelkamp Golf

Tournament to raise money for Helen Ross McNabb Center, Holston Hills Country Club. Registration, 7 a.m.; shotgun start, 8:30. Volunteers and sponsors welcome. Info/registration: mcnabbcenter.org.

Computer Workshop: Excel, 2-4:15 p.m., East Ten-nessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Requires “Word Basics” or equivalent skills. Info/registration: 215- 8700.

“Old Bear and His Cub,” 4 p.m., Bearden Branch Library, 100 Golfclub Road. Presented by the Dollywood Penguin Players. Info: 588-8813.

QED Experimental Comedy Lab, 7:30-9:30 p.m., The Pilot Light, 106 E. Jackson Ave. Free weekly comedy show blending stand-up, improv, sketch and other per-formance styles. Donations accepted.

Shakespeare for Kids, 11 a.m., Howard Pinkston Branch Library, 7732 Martin Mill Pike. Presented by the Tennessee Stage Company; featuring “The Merry Wives of Windsor” and “King Lear.” Info: 573-0436.

West Knox Book Club: “Animal Wise,” 10 a.m., Bearden Branch Library, 100 Golfclub Road. Info: 588-8813.

TUESDAY, MAY 24“Celebrate Summer: Container Gardens for

Season-Long Cheer,” 11 a.m., Karns Senior Center, 8042 Oak Ridge Highway. Presented by Master Gardner Lynn Carlson. Free and open to the public. Info: 951-2653.

Einstein Simplifi ed Comedy Improv troop, 8 p.m., Scruffy City Hall, 32 Market Square. Free admis-sion.

“Jazz Tuesday,” 8-10 p.m., Bill Lyons Pavilion, Market Square. Free music performances each Tuesday. Bring chairs or blankets to sit on. Info/schedule: www.facebook.com/CityofKnoxvilleSpecialEvents.

“Old Bear and His Cub,” 10:30 a.m., South Knox-ville Branch Library, 4500 Chapman Highway. Present-ed by the Dollywood Penguin Players. Info: 573-1772.

“Old Bear and His Cub,” 2:30 p.m., Murphy Branch Library, 2247 Western Ave., LT Ross Bldg.

Presented by the Dollywood Penguin Players. Info: 521-7812.

TUESDAYS, MAY 24-JUNE 28Pilates classes, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Farragut Town

Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Cost: $60. Regis-tration/payment deadline: Monday, May 23. Info/reg-istration: townoffarragut.org/register; in person at the Town Hall; 218-3375.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 25Knoxville Writers’ Group meeting, 11 a.m.-1

p.m., Naples Italian Restaurant, 5500 Kingston Pike. Guest speaker: Dawn Coppock. All-inclusive lunch, $12. RSVP by Monday, May 23. Info/RSVP 983-3740.

“Old Bear and His Cub,” 11 a.m., Karns Branch Library, 7516 Oak Ridge Highway. Presented by the Dol-lywood Penguin Players. Info: 470-8663.

“Prayers the Devil Answers” lecture and book signing by Sharyn McCrumb, 7 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Light reception, 6:30. Program is free and open to the public. Info: 215-8824 or EastTNHistory.org.

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, MAY 25-26AARP Driver Safety class, noon-4 p.m., O’Connor

Senior Center, 611 Winona St. Info/registration: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

THURSDAY, MAY 26“Celebrate Summer: Container Gardens for

Season-Long Cheer,” 3:15-4:30 p.m., Humana Guid-ance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Presented by Master Gardner Lynn Carlson. Free and open to the public. Info: 329-8892.

Sharpie Tie-Dye workshop, 10-11:15 a.m., Sequoyah Branch Library, 1140 Southgate Road. For elementary age kids and older. Bring a light-colored T-shirt or bandanna. Info: 525-1541.

Sugar High!, 8-9:30 p.m., Sugar Mama’s, 135 S. Gay St. Free stand-up comedy showcase featuring Nashville’s Bryce Damuth.

Variety Thursday: featuring The Young Fables, 7-9 p.m., Bill Lyons Pavilion, Market Square. Free music performances each Thursday. Bring chairs or blankets to sit on. Info: Knoxvilletn.gov/concerts.

FRIDAY, MAY 27“Old Bear and His Cub,” 10:30 a.m., Cedar Bluff

Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Presented by the Dollywood Penguin Players. Info: 470-7033.

SATURDAY, MAY 28Family Search in Detail, 1-3 p.m., East Tennessee

History Center, 601 S. Gay St.. Info/registration: 215-8809.Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West

Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee. Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org.

Knoxville Track Club EXPO 10K and 5K, 8 a.m., 100 Block of Gay Street. All pre- and post-race activities will be held in Jackson Terminal. Info/registration: ktc.org or Kristy Altman, [email protected].

Local author Dewaine Speaks will talk and sign books, 2-4 p.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Info: 947-6210.

“Rugby Roots” music and performing arts festival, noon-6 p.m., Historic Rugby Victorian village. Featuring British and Appalachian music, dancing and storytell-ing. Tickets: daytime performances, $12; evening con-cert only, $8; combined ticket, $17. Tickets available in advance or onsite. Info/tickets: historicrugby.org.

SATURDAY-MONDAY, MAY 28-30Tennessee Medieval Faire, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., 550

Fiske Road, Harriman. Tickets: $16.96, ages 13 and up; $8.95, ages 5-12; free ages 4 and under. Info/schedule: TMFaire.com.

MONDAY, MAY 30QED Experimental Comedy Lab, 7:30-9:30 p.m.,

The Pilot Light, 106 E. Jackson Ave. Free weekly comedy show blending stand-up, improv, sketch and other per-formance styles. Donations accepted.

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SUMMER CAMPS ■ McClung Museum summer camps:

Archaeokids: Exploring Ancient Art & Archaeology, 1-4 p.m. July 11-15, 1327 Circle Park Drive. For ages 9-11 (rising fourth, fi fth and sixth graders). Cost: $110; $99 members. Info/registration: mcclungmuseum.utk.edu or 974-2144.

Dig It! Fun with Fossils, 1-4 p.m. June 20-24, 1327 Circle Park Drive. For ages 9-11 (rising fourth, fi fth and sixth graders). Cost: $110; $99 members. Info/registration: mcclungmuseum.utk.edu or 974-2144.

Dino Explorers, 9-11 a.m. June 7-9, 1327 Circle Park Drive. For ages 4-5. Cost: $35; $30 members. Info/registration: mcclungmuseum.utk.edu or 974-2144.

Jurassic Kids Camp, 9-11 a.m. June 14-15, 1327 Circle Park Drive. For ages 2-3 with caregiver. Cost: $25, caregiver free; $20 members. Info/registration: mcclungmuseum.utk.edu or 974-2144.

Little Artists Camp, 9-11 a.m. July 13-14, 1327 Circle Park Drive. For ages 2-3 with caregiver. Cost: $25, caregiver free; $20 members. Info/registration: mcclungmuseum.utk.edu or 974-2144.

Little Masters Camp, 9-11 a.m. June 21-23,

1327 Circle Park Drive. For ages 4-5. Cost: $35; $30 members. Info/registration: mcclungmuseum.utk.edu or 974-2144.

■ The Muse Knoxville summer camps:Awesome Oceans, 9 a.m.-noon Monday-Friday,

July 25-29, 516 N. Beaman St. For ages 9-13. Cost: $105/ $95 members. Info/registration: themuseknoxville.org/content/summer-camps-2016 or 594-1494.

Awesome Oceans, 1-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, July 25-29, 516 N. Beaman St. For ages 7-8. Cost: $105/ $95 members. Info/registration: themuseknoxville.org/content/summer-camps-2016 or 594-1494.

Cooking up Science, 1-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, June 20-24, 516 N. Beaman St. For ages 7-8. Cost: $85/ $75 members. Info/registration: themuseknoxville.org/content/summer-camps-2016 or 594-1494.

Explorers of the World, 9 a.m.-noon Monday-Friday, July 25-29, 516 N. Beaman St. For ages 7-8. Cost: $85/ $75 members. Info/registration: themuseknoxville.org/content/summer-camps-2016 or 594-1494.

Make it Move, 9 a.m.-noon Monday-Friday, June 6-10, 516 N. Beaman St. For ages 7-8. Cost: $85/ $75 members. Info/registration: themuseknoxville.org/content/summer-camps-2016 or 594-1494.

STEAM 101, 1-4 p.m., Monday-Friday, June 6-10, 516 N. Beaman St. For ages 7-8. Cost: $85/ $75 members. Info/registration: themuseknoxville.org/content/summer-camps-2016 or 594-1494.

STEAM Sprouts, 9 a.m.-noon Monday-Friday, June 6-10 or Aug. 15-19, 516 N. Beaman St. For ages 3-4. Cost: $85/ $75 members. Info/registration: themuseknoxville.org/content/summer-camps-2016 or 594-1494.

STEAM Sprouts Stories, 9 a.m.-noon or 1-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, July 18-22, 516 N. Beaman St. For ages 5-6. Cost: $85/ $75 members. Info/registration: themuseknoxville.org/content/summer-camps-2016 or 594-1494.

Think. Play. Create., 9 a.m.-noon Monday-Friday, June 20-24, 516 N. Beaman St. For ages 5-6. Cost: $85/ $75 members. Info/registration: themuseknoxville.org/content/summer-camps-2016 or 594-1494.

Think. Play. Create., 9 a.m.-noon Monday-Friday, June 20-24, 516 N. Beaman St. For ages 7-8. Cost: $85/ $75 members. Info/registration: themuseknoxville.org/content/summer-camps-2016 or 594-1494.

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Rick Lassiter, Parkwest CAO, with the 2016 Leanne Baker Professional Nurse Award winners. Ann Wat-lington (left) was recognized for Clinical Practice, while George Leone (right) accepted the award for Clinical Leadership.

Dr. Jesse Doers (middle) presented the Janet Heff ernAwards to CCU nurses Tania Crockett (left) and DanielleShrum (right). Shrum was given the New Graduate award,while Crockett earned the Clinical Coach award.

Jessica Bales (second from left) was presented with the Susan Foster Profes-sional Development Award and is pictured here with Susan Foster’s family.

More than just a sloganNursing Excellence honored during National Nurses Week

On May 5, Park-west held its Nurses Week reception to recognize nurses who go above and be-yond in their mission to provide excellent care to each patient. This annual celebra-tion is held in honor of National Nurses Week, an observation supported by the American Nurses Associa-tion to coincide with the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing. This year, Na-tional Nurses Week was May 6-12.

George Leone, RN, Parkwest Cath Lab, and Ann Watlington, RN, 3 Montvue, were named win-ners of the 2016 Leanne Baker Professional Nurse Award, the most prestigious honor given to nurses of Parkwest and Peninsula Hospital. The award has two dis-tinctions, one for Clinical Leader-ship and one for Clinical Practice.

“Leanne Baker epitomized what a professional nurse looked like,” said Lynn Cagle, Chief Nurs-ing Offi cer at Parkwest, speaking of the award’s namesake. “Her compassion for the patient, pro-fessional demeanor and steady leadership truly set the standard to which we hold all our nurses. That’s why it was such an honor to recognize these two deserving individuals who embody the spirit of this award.”

Watlington, who has worked at Parkwest since 2008, was rec-ognized for Clinical Practice. Her manager Kevin Fincher stated, “Ann embodies all of the char-acteristics that one looks for in a Registered Nurse. She has the perfect balance of technical ex-pertise, clinical knowledge and

Volunteer Appreciation WeekParkwest volunteers contributed more than 36,399 total hours in 2015. That translates to a whopping $840,000 value of hours volunteered! Each year, Parkwest recognizes its volunteers’ selfl ess dedication to serving visitors and patients at the Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon. If you or someone you know is interested in becoming a Parkwest Volunteer, contact Becky Boyd, Volunteer Services manager, at 373-1556.

compassion which ensures that her patients are treated well. Ann is an inspiration to her fellow nurses and I am proud to call her a colleague and friend.”

Leone works in the Parkwest Cath Lab. When asked about Le-one’s character and work ethic, his manager Warren Grand states, “It is evident through George’s be-havior that nursing is his “calling in life.” He is the fi rst to volun-teer to help with patient care, in-side and outside his department. George takes ownership in the organization and is looked upon by his peers and physicians as a leader throughout the health care community. He is a mentor to new and old employees and leads by example as he proactively assists others. George embraces hard work, quality care and excellent customer service.”

The May 5 awards reception in Parkwest’s Boulevard Bistro not only recognized Baker Award

recipients, but also excellence throughout the nursing staff of Parkwest and Peninsula. Dr. Jesse Doers of Stat Care Medical Group presented the Janet Heffern Criti-cal Care Scholarships.

Established in 2011 by Stat Care Medical Group in honor of the long-time Parkwest Critical Care nurse who passed away due to cancer, the award annually recog-nizes new graduates and clinical coaches. Janet Heffern took pride in being a life-long learner. Since constant learning is so important in the Critical Care environment, her award recognizes nurses with that same belief. This year, the Ja-net Heffern New Graduate award was presented to Danielle Shrum and the Clinical Coach award went to Tania Crockett.

The Susan Foster Professional Development Award honors Sue Foster, a dedicated and respected registered nurse who served her profession in a variety of areas at

Parkwest for more than 20 years. In recognition of her profession-alism, clinical ability, mentoring and excellent customer service, the award is specifi cally designed to honor someone in pursuit of a nursing degree.

This year’s Susan Foster Award winner was Critical Care Certifi ed Nursing Assistant Jessica Bales.

In 2000, Parkwest’s medical staff established a Clinical Ex-cellence Award Scholarship to provide fi nan cial assistance for one nurse from each unit during National Nurses Week to use for educational funding. Since its in-ception, this award has been given to more than 300 nurses who have been able to attend na tional con-ferences in their specialty area. They then share their acquired knowledge with their peers to fur-ther cultivate best practices. The winners of this year’s Clinical Ex-cellence Awards are: Keith Acker-mann, Cath Lab; Jennifer Adcox,

Surgery; Julie Butler,Critical Care Unit; Jaclyn Chittum, 3Montvue; Tanya Co-burn, 4 Riverstone;Mandy Collins, Be-havioral Health; Jodi Counts, Imag-ing; Trish Grubb,2 Montvue; Gale Kibler, CSU; RhondaKidder, Emergency; Karen Maneval, 5 Riverstone; BrendaMcPherson, Qual-ity; Malissa Moc-sari, Childbirth Cen-ter; Stacy Moore, Case Management; Therese Mynatt, Float Pool; BethSchultz, PreTesting;

Paige Sowder, ASU; Misty Webb, 4Montvue; Kristi Wells, CTSU; andStephanie White, Endoscopy. Pen-insula’s winners are Tricia Baker,Track 1; Michelle Beeler, Child &Adolescent; Stacy Schroth, Child& Adolescent; Scott Ferguson,Women’s Unit; Kevin O’Reilly,House Supervisors; Jessica Of-ferman, Utilization Management;and Gail Willocks, OutpatientServices.

“I’m absolutely honored to workalongside this amazing group ofnurses every day,” said Cagle. “Ittakes dedication and a lot of pa-tience to do this job, yet they doit day in and day out because theybelieve in pro viding the best carefor our patients. We will never beable to thank our nurses enough,but we hope that this recognitionceremony is rewarding and letsthem know that we appre ciate allthey do for our community, ourhospital, our physicians and, mostimportantly, our patients.”

Not all Clinical Excellence winners were in attendance, but those who were included (from front left ) Tricia Baker, Peninsula Track

1; Gail Willocks, Peninsula Outpatient; Beth Schultz, PACU; Jodi Counts, Imaging; Kristi Wells, CTSU; Rhonda Kidder, Emergency De-partment; Gale Kibler, CSU; Tanya Coburn, 4R; Mandy Collins, Senior Behavioral; Stacy Moore, Case Management; Therese Mynatt, Float Pool/House Supervisor; Trish Grubb, 2M; Paige Sowder, ASU; Jaclyn Chittum, 3M; Julie Butler, CCU; Brenda McPherson, Quality; Malissa

Mocsari, Childbirth Center; and Keith Ackermann, Cath Lab.

Wayne Heatherly 10-Foot Award

This honor is given annually to one employeewho daily demonstrates the Standardsand Behaviors of Parkwest Medical Center.The award commemorates a hallmark offormer Parkwest CAO Wayne Heatherly’sadministration in that no employee should bewithin 10 feet of another employee, patient,visitor or volunteer without acknowledgingthis person in a pleasant manner. This year,the recognition went to Jason Seal, a staff member in the Imaging Department.

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