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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.)

By Carolyn EvansAs the caber is tossed and

the bagpipes wail, Dan Greaser will smile. The former 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 resident, is the president of the Smoky Mountain Scottish 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 important 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 volunteers will make up the 35th annual event, held for the sixth

year at Maryville College.And that doesn’t include the

long-haired coo (Scottish cow) or the thousands of visitors expected to attend the event.

Originally founded in 1981 as the Gatlinburg Scottish Festival and Games, it is one of the oldest Scottish Festivals in the country. The event starts on Friday evening with a $100-a-plate gala. Then

By Wendy SmithDavid Purvis, president of the

Farragut Business Alliance, pre-sented a proposed memorandum of understanding between the FBA and the town to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen during a workshop last week. There was no regular board meeting since there were no business items on the agenda.

FBA funding isn’t for business, but for the town, he said. While 68 percent of Farragut’s budget is gen-erated by sales tax, just 1.64 percent of the town’s FY2016 budget was spent on economic development.

The proposed one-year memo-randum of understanding re-quires a $70,000 grant from the town. The budget would eliminate the Red, White and Blues Pre-In-dependence Day Picnic, which has lost money every year, while add-

ing two location-centered mini-events that would draw consum-ers to smaller shopping centers.

The new budget would also al-low the FBA to add contract labor as needed, expand the Shop Far-ragut program, ramp up a mentor-ship program for new businesses, produce new printed materials, conduct at least one business and residential survey, and seek volun-teers and involvement from home-owners associations.

While the community generally associates the business alliance with community events, the FBA board is serious about economic development, Purvis said.

“They don’t want to be party planners.”

Mayor Ralph McGill asked how much of the town’s $70,000 grant would go toward salaries. Approx-imately $45,000 of the total FBA

budget is spent on salaries, Purvis said.

Alderman Ron Pinchok asked how often the FBA would report to the town, and Purvis said reports would be made at least quarterly.

Town Administrator David Smoak said the board would vote on the proposed memorandum of understanding at its June 9 meet-ing, which would give members time to discuss it further.

Resident Carol Christofferson asked if she could give public in-put. As president of the Sweet Bri-ar Homeowners Association, she’s glad that the FBA views home-owners associations as powerful partners, she said.

That contradicts the notion that the Board of Mayor and Aldermen and the Municipal Planning Com-mission place more importance on “making money” than on resi-

dents – an opinionshe hears often,she said.

She also likedthat the proposedmemorandum ofu n d e r s t a n d i n gcalls for account-ability, becausethe people of Far-ragut want to

know that progress is being madein regard to the town’s future.

She thanked the board for theirwork.

“There’s a lot of work to do,” shesaid.

After the workshop, MayorRalph McGill noted that Farraguthas again received recognition −as one of the state’s 10 snobbiesttowns.

“But just barely. We were No.10.”

Street repavingWeather permitting, the

town of Farragut’s annual street resurfacing program will take place the weeks of May 16 and May 23. APAC-Atlantic Inc./Harrison Construction Company was awarded this year’s resurfacing contract.

These streets will be resur-faced in this order:

■ Campbell Lakes Drive (eastern end)

■ Turkey Cove Lane and Fords Cove Lane (Cove at Tur-key Creek Subdivision)

■ Allen Kirby Road ■ Lost Tree Lane (Fox Den

Villas/Condos) ■ Outlet Drive (near At

Home)Drivers should be cautious

when traveling these roads and expect possible minor delays with fl agging operations for alternating traffi c, if required. Info: Greg Norman with the town’s Engineering Depart-ment at [email protected] or 966-7057.

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. Photos submitted Fox Den resident Dan Greaser

shows off his kilt at a meeting of the

Association of Scottish Games and

Festivals in Alexandria, Va.

Bringing the Scots home Dan Greaser helms prestigious festival

gates open on Saturday at 8 a.m. with a pipes and drums competi-tion, followed with one event after the other. The Ceilidh Under The Stars concert that evening will fea-ture a host of musicians. The fun

Christoff erson

Purvis pushes FBA’s benefi t to town

Remembering PopWendy Smith recalls her

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

Preparing her parents’ home for sale brought back many memories.

➤ 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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Bringing the Scots home From page A-1

continues on Sunday with a half marathon, 5K and a Scottish kirk (church) ser-vice. The day continues until 3:30 p.m., repeating many of Saturday’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 Presbyterians than

They came to say good-bye and to remember all the good times. Aubrey’s Farragut closed its door on Sunday, saying goodbye to a community of patrons, some who had been com-ing to the restaurant 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 Bur-leson, who now owns eight Aubrey’s plus Stefano’s Pizza, Crown & Goose, Bis-tro By the Tracks, Sunspot and two Barley’s Tap House restaurants. “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 Au-

brey’s customers at one of our nearby restaurants.”

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 managers are going because we want to visit them, too.”

P.J. Hahn, who is such a favorite manager at Au-brey’s Farragut that a group of fans put his likeness on the back of an “unsanc-tioned” 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 Papermill. “I

COMMUNITY NOTES

■ Farragut Gun Club meets 6

p.m. each second Monday,

Rosarito’s Mexican Cantina,

210 Lovell Road. The public is

invited. Info: Liston Matthews,

316-6486.

■ Farragut Rotary Club meets

12:15 p.m. each Wednesday,

Fox Den Country Club, 12284

P.J. Hahn and Christine Collins, Aubrey’s managers,

were busy saying goodbye to loyal customers on

Sunday evening. Hahn has been with Aubrey’s for

more than 22 years and Collins, 19. Photos by Sherri Gardner Howell

Longtime Aubrey’s customers Teresa Presley, Greg Kickendahl, Gail and Mike

Collins pose with manager Melissa Ricker, a 20-year Aubrey’s employee.

Brent Beals and George

Lambert at Aubrey’s Farragut

Saying goodbyeAubrey’s Farragut patrons

take memory lane stroll

have been with the company for 22 and a half years,” said Hahn. “There are several of us who have that kind of longevity with the company. It’s a good place to work.”

Talking over old times was a group of four friends: Teresa Presley, Greg Kick-endahl and Mike and Gail

Collins said they were sorry to see the Farragut loca-tion close. “We have been coming here more than 20 years,” said Gail Collins. “I have been a customer since the doors opened,” said Pre-sley.

George Lambert and his friend Brent Beals de-

scribed the closing as “los-ing a village.”

“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 vil-lage gathering 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, sleep-ing in booths so he could be onsite early in the morn-ing, legions of free dinners for teachers, sports teams and community groups and company Christmas parties when the whole company worked at one restaurant.

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

any other religious group. That’s why Maryville Col-lege was started. Also Blount College, which became the University of Tennessee, 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: smokymountaingames.com.

CALL 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;

REUNION NOTES ■ Bearden High School Class

of ’66 reunion is Oct. 14 at

Hunter Valley Farm. Info: Joe

Bruner, 399-5951 or jobrun-

[email protected].

■ Central High School Class of

1964’s 70th birthday party,

6-10 p.m. Saturday, June 25,

Grande Event Center, 5441

Clinton Highway. Cost: $30, in-

cludes full buff et. Info: David,

[email protected].

■ Fulton High School Class of

1966 50th reunion, 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 6, Calhoun’s on

the River, 400 Neyland Drive.

Cost: $25. Reservations dead-

BroadwayStudiosAndGallery.

com; BroadwayStudiosAnd

[email protected].

■ The Tennessee Arts Commis-sion is accepting application

for its Arts Build Communities

(ABC) grants until 4:30 p.m.

(CST) Friday, July 1. The grants

will be distributed throughout

all arts disciplines as recog-

nized by the Tennessee Arts

Commission, including dance,

music, opera/musical theatre,

theatre, visual arts, design arts,

crafts, photography, media

arts, literature, interdisciplin-

ary and folk arts. Info: Suzanne

Cada, 523-7543 or sc@knox

alliance.com.

N. Fox Den Drive. Info: far-

ragutrotary.org.

■ The town of Farragut is

accepting registrations for its

Independence Day Parade until Friday, June 17. Registra-

tion forms: www.townof-

farragut.org/register or in

person at Farragut Town Hall,

11408 Municipal Center Drive.

Info: Arleen Higginbotham,

218-3375 or ahigginbotham@

townoff arragut.org.

line: July 15. Reservations/pay-

ment: Fulton High School 1966

Reunion, c/o Doug Welch, 890

Hansmore Place, Knoxville TN

37919. Info: Dougwelch1948@

yahoo.com.

■ The Knoxville Central High

School Class of 1966 50th

reunion, Saturday, Oct. 8,

Beaver Brook Country Club.

Info: Gail Norris Kitts, gnkitts@

yahoo.com.


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

A-6 • MAY 18, 2016 • FARRAGUT Shopper news

SENIOR NOTES ■ Beyond Bingo,

presented by Shopper

News, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Wednesday or Thursday,

June 1-2, Sherrill Hills

Retirement Community,

271 Moss Grove Blvd.

Free lunch and speak-

ers on relevant senior

issues. Door prizes. Info:

342-6084.

■ 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: “I’m a

Diabetic … What Now?”

noon Wednesday, May 18.

Covenant’s Wellness Lunch

and Learn: “Complex Hernia

Repair,” noon Thursday,

May 26; RSVP to 541-4500.

AAA Safe Driver course,

11 a.m.-3 p.m. Thursday-

Friday, May 26-27; $10 each

session.

■ Karns Senior Center8042 Oak Ridge Highway951-2653knoxcounty.org/seniorsMonday-Friday7:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

Off erings include: card

games; dance classes; exer-

cise programs; mahjong; art

classes; farkle dice games;

dominoes; a computer lab;

billiards room; outdoor grill

and kitchen area. Karaoke, 1

p.m. Wednesday, May 18.

Register for: Yellow

Dot Program presentation

by Tennessee Highway

Patrol, 2 p.m. Wednesday,

May 25. “Dealing with Life

Stressors,” 2 p.m. Thursday,

May 26. Lunch and Learn:

Diabetic Macular Edema,

noon Thursday, June 2;

RSVP by Friday, May 27.

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.

FARRAGUT 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

Universalist Church, 616

Fretz Road, holds medita-

tion 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 High-

way, hosts Morning

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 Carolyn EvansJust as schools are wind-

ing 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 provided a food truck picnic on the church campus for more than 250 school system employees.

Corn hole, a life-sized Jenga, bubble soccer com-petition and a D.J. turned the event into a real festi-val. Participants even got to walk a red carpet from the parking lot to the re-ception tent.

Volunteers were busy the week before stuffi ng gift bags that included coupons for free merchandise from local businesses. Church volunteers stocked coolers with soft drinks and set up chairs for the event, which was also held last year. Ap-proximately 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 community,” says Rose Ed-wards, one of six Serve the Server team members. “One of the things that’s amaz-ing to see is the team itself with their skills and abili-ties. 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, direc-

First Baptist Concord staff member Vickie Tranum joined other

church volunteers in preparing more than 200 gift bags for the

church’s Serve the Server event for those who work in the edu-

cation fi eld. Photo by Carolyn Evans

School employees given royal treatment by Farragut church

tor of community minis-try, came up with the idea of serving the server. The fi rst offi cial event was held in November and drew 300 people as the church hon-ored Farragut-area workers.

“The inspiration was di-rectly 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 sacrifi ce themselves for our

community is a blessed privilege and honor. When we give our best to our serv-ers, they are more empow-ered to give their best to the ones they serve. Therefore, we have a great responsibil-ity 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 desires to extravagant-ly pour themselves into oth-ers’ lives – caring for them, serving 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 tire-lessly serve.”

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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

Getting outdoors

for field day

By Sara BarrettStudents all over Knox County

end the school year with a celebra-tion of sorts during annual fi eld days.

Classes compete against each other in quirky battles with funny names including the Dizzy Izzy and Bubble Gum Relay. Although there may be a fi rst place, no one really notices because they’re having too much fun with their friends away from the classroom.

D.J. Davis, Ian Wagner, Gavin Gregg, Ezra Mottern and Foster Grabeel take off at the start of the

“jump and run” event. Each competitor runs to the end of the fi eld while jumping rope at the same

time.

Lindsey White’s students Kenna Aguirre, Maddy Burns, Alex Kate Cole, (back) Julia Grot-

kopf and Alyssa Murphy show their team spirit with a handmade fl ag.

Lindsey Hawkey

throws a football

with some friends

while waiting for her

events. Lindsey says

she’s always had

a love of football

and enjoys watch-

ing games with her

mom and brother. Photos by S. Barrett

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

Sara Barrett

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.

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 ceremony

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS ■ Junior volunteers needed

Shangri-La Therapeutic Acad-

emy of Riding (STAR), located

just over the Loudon County

line on Highway 11, is looking

for a few good kids to help

out special needs children

and adults with horseback

riding lessons this summer. No

experience is necessary, and

ages 10-12 are encouraged

to apply. Training will be held

5-7 p.m. Wednesday, June 1.

Info: Brittany, 988-4711 or visit

www.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].

■ 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.

Little school on the prairieA.L. Lotts Elementary

School’s Laura Ingalls Wild-er 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 gymnasium, 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 families participated in several craft demon-strations including but-ter churning, quilting and wood carving. Horse and wagon rides were given around the front circle and Little House games were played in the outdoor class-room.

Classmates and current fi fth graders Katie Brown-ing, Morgan Langenberg and Lily Shaw helped out with lessons in butter churning. They participat-ed last year as fourth grad-ers and say they think every student in Knox County should experience Laura Ingalls Wilder Day at least once. They unanimously agree that this year’s fourth graders will probably en-joy the square dancing and horse riding most.

Barbara Chandler has been volunteering to teach butter churning at the event

A.L. Lotts Elementary School

students Andres Cardenas,

Nolan Fortenberry, (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.

Self-taught quilter Margaret Reece will show students how to

make a quilt by hand.

for the last 13 years, but that’s just a small portion of what she teaches the stu-dents. Chandler grew up in old Concord, and her fam-ily lost its house when TVA fl ooded the valley.

“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.

HEALTH NOTES ■ Asa’s EB awareness 5K walk/

run, 9 a.m.-noon Saturday,

Aug. 13, Victor Ashe Park, 4901

Bradshaw Road. All proceeds

go to Dystrophic Epidermoly-

sis Bullosa Research Associa-

tion (Debra) of America, the

only national nonprofi t orga-

nization that funds research

and helps EB families. Regis-

tration: debra.convio.net/site/

TR?fr_id=1140&pg=entry.

■ Taoist Tai Chi® beginner classes, 7-8:30 p.m., Thursdays

beginning May 19, Peace

Lutheran Church, 621 N.

Cedar Bluff Road. Suitable for

all levels of physical fi tness.

Nominal participation dona-

tion requested. Other classes

available. Info: taoist.org.

■ “Making Meaningful Con-nections in Dementia” workshop, 5:30 p.m. Tuesday,

June 7, Farragut Town Hall,

11408 Municipal Center Drive.

Instructor: Rebekah Wilson

with Choices in Senior Care

(choicesinseniorcare.com).

Cost: Free. Registration dead-

line: Monday, June 6. Info/

registration: townoff arragut.

org/register; in person at the

Town Hall; 218-3375.

■ National Cancer Survivors Day event, 2 p.m. June 5,

Historic Southern Railway

Station, 306 West Depot Ave.

Featuring local artist/author

Jody Sims. Info: jodysims.com;

619-210-4587; jody@jodysims.

com.


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 Carol Z. ShaneFor a few days this

month, Knoxville will be a global destination when the Ford Motor Company pres-ents Destination Imagina-tion (DI) Global Finals 2016 at the University of Tennes-see and other surrounding venues.

A nonprofi t dedicated to hands-on education in sci-ence, technology, engineer-ing, arts and mathemat-ics (STEAM,) and through social entrepreneurship

challenges, DI’s mission, ac-cording to its website, is “to teach students the creative process and empower them with the skills needed to succeed in an ever-chang-ing world.” Beginning on May 25, over 17,000 people, including over 8000 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, musical and improvisational chal-lenges, and enjoy workshops and interactive exhibits.

On Saturday, May 28, from 10 a.m. to 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.

It is “the only for-the-public event during the Global Finals,” says Abbigail Christensen, who is pub-

Global Finals come to Knoxville

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

campus with the Urban Wil-derness 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 Beaver Creek and the Powell Branch Library. He’s asked

Carol Evans

Legacy Parks works across county 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

licizing the event, and an opportunity for the Knox-ville community to take on a challenge and experience fi rsthand what DI and the Global Finals are all about.

“As part of our 16th year in Knoxville, we’ve teamed up with Ford to bring one of our innovative technol-ogy challenges to World’s

Fair Park,” said Dr. Chuck Cadle, CEO of Destination Imagination. “We’ve been thankful for the Knoxville community and how they have welcomed us and the students for a full week of creative challenges these past 15 years.”

It’s the perfect event for weekend road warriors,

kids, and anyone interest-ed in the future of driving. Participants will have the opportunity to discover au-tomotive innovations, cre-ate new car components and engage with Ford engineers and innovators.

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Poppies, pendants and more at Bennett GalleriesBy 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 photo-

graphs. The centers of these poppies are often over-looked because they are so small. These are their true colors. Cross-pollination 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. Affordable and festive, it contains all natural gem-stones. “I don’t do plastic,” she says.

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

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.

Jewelry maker Robin Haley casts replicas of ancient artifacts in

pure gold and silver. Photos by Carol Z. Shane

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 cleanup and repair of the original item, but “any-thing cool broken I leave; if it’s asymmetrical 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 con-

stant 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 Galler-ies, 5308 Kingston Pike, through May 28. Info: 865-584-6791 or bennettgaller-ies.com. Send story suggestions to news@shopper

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Artist Margaret Scanlan with some of her

work now on display at Bennett Galleries.


CorrectionThe clock identifi ed May

11 as a rare banjo clock

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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/Ashley Capps’ new venue, the Mill and Mine, in a for-mer warehouse on West De-

Rendering of Regas Square (building at left is former Regas Restaurant)

Joe Petre

Regas Square links downtown to Northside boom

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 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 so-lutions, because they really have worked,” Petre said.

BIZ NOTES ■ Joshalyn Hundley has joined

First Tennessee 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

organization management from

Tennessee Wesleyan College

and a master’s degree in plan-

ning from UT-Knoxville. She

serves on the board of United

Way of Greater Knoxville and

is a UT-Knoxville Chancellor’s

Associate.

■ Mike Clonce has been hired as

senior vice president of lend-

ing/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

volunteers who are dedicated

to maintaining the safety and

soundness of UT Federal Credit

Union. Catlett is associate vice

chancellor of development at

UT- Knoxville 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 Train-

ing 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 master’s of Public Health

Hundley Clonce Catlett Hill

from UT-Knoxville. She is a

registered dietitian and a

licensed dietitian nutritionist

with more than 10 years of

experience in public health.

FARRAGUT CHAMBER EVENTS ■ Wednesday, May 18, 11 a.m.-noon, ribbon cutting: Crye Leike

Realtors, 9539 Kingston Pike.

■ Thursday, May 19, 5-6:30 p.m., networking: Hilton Knoxville

(downtown), 501 W. Church Ave.

■ Wednesday, May 25, 11 a.m.-noon, ribbon cutting: Anne

Bernot – AllState, 7343 Middlebrook Pike.

■ Thursday, May 26, 8-9:30 p.m., networking: Activize Chiro-

practic, 8-9:30 a.m., 321 Erin Drive.

■ Thursday, June 2, 5-6:30 p.m., networking: Beltone Hearing

Care Center, 12744 Kingston Pike #102.

■ Friday, June 3, 11 a.m.-noon, ribbon cutting: Tennessee Yacht

Charters & Services, Tellico Village Yacht Club, 100 Sequoyah

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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 re-minder about the Rotary Club of Bearden’s fun-draiser on Friday, May 20, at 6:30 p.m. at the Bearden Banquet Hall. It is an opportunity for companies to recog-nize and celebrate their employees. Tables for 10 sell for $1,300 and only six tables re-main 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

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.

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

Kids will have fun with train rides, face painting 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 mar-ket at Wilson Park next door to the high school on High-way 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.

The history, agriculture and legacy surrounding Appa-lachia will be the subject of a conference co-hosted by UT-Knoxville May 22-24.

The Society of Appalachian Historians will hold its sev-enth annual gathering at the East Tennessee History Cen-ter, 601 S. Gay St. All sessions are open to the public. Cost is $10 for students and $40 for scholars and community members. Visit the website for a schedule of programs and more information.

Appalachian history is conference topic

Rosen has ‘broken heart’ for homelessBy Shannon Carey

Knox Area Rescue Min-istries president Burt Rosen at fi rst resisted God’s call to move from Florida to Knox-ville to serve the homeless. Having lost his eldest son to homelessness, “I couldn’t go downstairs and look in the eyes of the people coming through the doors. Every one of them warped into Matthew.”

But he came anyway, moving with his wife to Knoxville with only a bed and a kitchen table. He asked God why he was cho-sen to run Knoxville’s larg-est homeless shelter.

“God said, ‘I needed someone with a broken heart,’” said Rosen. “You can’t do the work of helping broken people if you haven’t been broken yourself.”

Rosen spoke to the Union County Business and Profes-sional Association May 10, and he wore a pin that said “Prove Roger Wrong.” The pin, he said, refers to retired UT social work professor Dr. Roger Nooe, whose research

suggests that it takes an av-erage of three attempts for a person to fi nally get out of homelessness. Proving Rog-er wrong means that KARM is trying to cut out the failed attempts.

“We use the formula res-cue plus relationships equals restoration,” said Rosen. “That is the same formula God uses in our salvation.”

On a slow day, KARM feeds and houses 400 men, women and children, serv-ing 750 meals. On a busy day, the need grows to more than 500 people and 1,500 to 1,600 meals served.

Rosen said KARM’s work reaches into Union County and other counties around Knoxville. Even Se-vier County doesn’t have a homeless shelter, opting in-stead to give those in need one-night hotel vouchers.

“On any given night, we probably have 10 percent of our population from Union County or the other outlying counties,” he said.

Thirty percent of the homeless people served at

Knox Area Rescue Ministries

president Burt Rosen

KARM are veterans, 40 per-cent have substance abuse issues, and 40 percent have a mental health diagnosis. Some fi t all three of these categories.

Good, new clothing, es-pecially socks, T-shirts and underwear, are needed at KARM. UCBPA member Marvin Jeffreys offered to collect donations and deliv-er them to the shelter.

ScholarshipsMarilyn Toppins said

the UCBPA scholarship re-cipients have been selected and will be announced at Senior Awards Day May 18. All are from Union County High School. The scholar-ships include $3,125 for the Jeffreys Memorial Scholar-ship, $1,000 for career and technical and a $500 ser-

vice scholarship.The Scholarship Golf

Classic will be held May 21, and Toppins said this year may be a record year with 23 teams confi rmed.


UT Farmers Market off ersunique setting, vendors

By Wendy SmithKnoxville Mayor Madeline

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

Urban agriculture is im-portant 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 lo-cation − the UT Gardens.

“It’s easy to park and shop in one of the most beautiful places in Knox-ville,” says market manager Beth Stanford. Over 20 ven-dors 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 sci-ence and technology pro-

gram, and a UT Garden booth sells plants and produce to raise funds for the Kitchen Garden. The weekly event also offers children’s activi-ties and prepared foods.

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]

Molly Albin, a doctoral student in food microbiology, talks to sisters Katee and Rubie Knighton

about All Vol Cheese.

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

Mayor Madeline Rogero opens the 2016 UT

Farmers Market.

By Sara BarrettThe school year may be

winding down, but fund-raising for technology at Farragut High School will contin-ue through-out the summer.

“One of the advan-tages of this

particular fundraiser is that it’s 365, 24/7,” says FHS math teacher Mary Lin, one

of the people heading up the plan to fund school technol-ogy with help from the com-munity.

Tiles for Technology are being sold online for varying sizes and prices. They will be personalized and permanently installed within the school for fu-ture generations to see. Prices range from $300 to $10,000 each, depending upon donor level.

“There are a thousand things we could do with the money we raise,” continues

Lin, referring to the num-ber of technology needs throughout FHS. The main priority, though, is getting devices into the hands of students.

Professional develop-ment for faculty and staff is also a must, although Lin says technology won’t fi x ev-ery problem.

“Technology is just a tool. It’s not going to fi x every-thing, but it will certainly help.”

Info: https://www.brick-srus.com/order/fhsef/. FHS students Austin Brown and Ryan Cook use laptop computers purchased last year by the

school with help from community donations. Photos by S. Barrett

By Sara Barrett of the people heading up the Lin referring ttoo ththe num

Tile fundraiser continues year-round

Lin

Shopper news • MAY 18, 2016 • A-15

STEM grad prepares formaritime career with solo sail

By Wendy SmithA hobby that began on a

tiny Sunfi sh sailboat at Con-cord Yacht Club has already inspired L&N STEM Acade-my graduate Justin Douthat to sail solo from Knoxville to the Florida coast, and his nautical adventures have just begun.

The West Knoxville resident graduated in De-cember, but will accept his diploma this week. In the fall, he’ll begin a bachelor’s degree at Great Lakes Mari-time Academy in Traverse City, Mich., that will enable him to operate commercial ships of unlimited tonnage on the Great Lakes and oceans as a merchant ma-rine 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 sev-eral 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 Academy af-ter he transferred there.

Douthat purchased sev-eral sailboards and sail-boats with proceeds from his pressure washing and mowing businesses, but his parents, Derrick and Lori Douthat, helped him pur-chase a 1976 Pearson 26 two years ago. After 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 de-parting at the end of Febru-ary. That gave him enough

time to make repairs to 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 wearing two ski caps and multiple toboggans. He

By Sandra ClarkWhen folks gather in

Fountain City Park on Memorial Day, Dr. J.C. “Jim” Tumblin will be in his customary spot at the Fountain City Town Hall table. And this year he will be selling his new-est book, “Fountain City: People Who Made a Dif-ference.”

He should have includ-ed a chapter on himself.

Tumblin (who writes a monthly column for Shopper News) has docu-mented 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 Foun-tain 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 inter-view: “It is a work in prog-ress. It won’t feel right until I actually have it in print. I know the Internet is so

Tumblin’s new book will highlightFountain City Day

ward, who liquated his holdings in Kentucky and purchased 431 acres in North Knox County including the Fountain Head Hotel and Resort. He launched the Foun-tain Head Land Co. which sold lots and cre-ated 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 de-cision in 1 926.

The fi nal section deals with the World War II era, mentioning

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.; Kenneth Page’s Fountain City Pharmacy, 5034 N. Broadway; and Pratt’s Country Store, 3100 Taze-well Pike.

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 White’s Fort was born. An-other will be Col. J.C. Wood-

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

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 locks on the trip.

Other adventures includ-ed cutting loose an anchor to outrun a storm, sailing between tow boats in nar-row commercial waterways

and waking at 4 a.m. in a swampy cove fi lled with mosquitos and alligators in order to beat a storm to the coast.

But sunrises were beauti-ful, and the highlight of the trip was sailing into Mobile Bay. He met interesting peo-ple along the way, including two in Pensacola who let him borrow their boats to sail in the Gulf of Mexico.

He sold his boat to the fi rst person who looked at it, and the new owner agreed to let Douthat keep the boat for a week and a half so he could explore the coast.

The fun outweighed the hardship, and Douthat is eager for more adventure on the water.

‘Doing stuff like that makes me want to do it more.’

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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 employee

who daily demonstrates the Standards

and Behaviors of Parkwest Medical Center.

The award commemorates a hallmark of

former Parkwest CAO Wayne Heatherly’s

administration in that no employee should be

within 10 feet of another employee, patient,

visitor or volunteer without acknowledging

this person in a pleasant manner. This year,

the recognition went to Jason Seal, a staff

member in the Imaging Department.

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Antiques

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Furniture

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Office Furniture/Equip.

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Financial

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North

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South

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Townhouse/Villas-Unfurn

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Farms & Acreage

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Manufactured Homes

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Lots/Acreage for Sale

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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

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Commercial Property /Sale

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

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Offices/Warehouses/Rent

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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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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

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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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