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Searching for a basketball coach Critics managed to find fault with Dave Hart’s search for a new Tennessee basketball coach. I thought it was orderly enough. Seek-and-find took only one week. OK, I did flinch when the Louisiana Tech guy turned us down.

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Jolley’s art at KMA The big name suits Richard Jolley’s glass and steel sculpture that is now available for viewing at the Knoxville Museum of Art. I was fortunate enough to be invited to a media sneak peek at “Cycle of Life: Within the Power of Dreams and the Wonder of Infinity.” The installation is so large you can’t see it all at once from any vantage point in the museum’s Great Hall.

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Patricia Nash Designs launches Patricia Nash had been manufacturing women’s handbags for other brands and labels for more than 20 years before she found an inspiration in her mother’s closet that launched her own line, Patricia Nash Designs.

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Tennessee women: Book of accomplishments geared to students

By W By Wendy end en dy Smith dy Smi mith ith A bo book eevent vent h held eld ld llast ast week k at the Bearden Branch Library celebrated Tennessee women who changed history. The compilation of their stories, “Tennessee Women of Vision and Courage,” was published with the next generation of women leaders in mind.

Second District County Commissioner Amy Broyles was inspired to organize the book reading after meeting editors Charlotte Crawford and Ruth Johnson Smiley in Nashville. She was further inspired to use discretionary funds “Tennessee Women of Vision and Courage” authors Judy Arnold, Pam Strickland, Patricia to purchase copies of the book for Hope and Hannah Seay and editor Ruth Smiley sign a book for state Rep. Gloria Johnson at every middle- and high-school li- an event held last week at the Bearden Branch Library. Photos by Wendy Smith brary in the county, 20 copies for the public library and three copies Knox County Commissioner Amy Broyles for the women’s detention facility. women’s and writers’ groups. An has purchased copies of “Tennessee Crawford, who lives in Farra- advisory council whittled the list of Women of Vision and Courage” for each gut, and Smiley, who lives in Oak 100 down to 22. They represent difmiddle and high school in the county.

Ridge, decided to put together ferent time periods, different parts a book about the state’s notable of the state and a variety of talents. women after working together on Twenty contemporary Tennesan American Association of Uni- see women were chosen to tell Some are educators or journal- is one of the authors. versity Women newsletter about their stories, and several were on ists. One is a retired scientist. AnLocal female leaders were inwomen leaders. hand to sign books. Like those other is a senior at Webb School of vited to read their favorite biograThey chose the featured women they wrote about, the authors Knoxville. Shopper-News writer by soliciting nominations from come from different backgrounds. and editor Sherri Gardner Howell To page A-3

Chi Omega celebrates house opening

By Betsy Pickle

Chi Omega O kept k an eye on the h future and a place in its heart for the past while creating a home for its collegians at the University of Tennessee.

Current and alumnae members of Chi Omega gathered to celebrate the grand opening of the Pi Chapter house in Sorority Village as well as the chapter’s 115th anniversary last month, and the respect for past, present and future was apparent.

No one could have been prouder of the occasion – or the house – than Joyce Zirkle Tapscott, the House Corporation president. She Decorative owls can be found is still on cloud nine as she talks throughout the Chi Omega house about the distinguished alumnae and even on the courtyard gate. who attended – including Ellen sororities moved into their homes “Sis” Roddy Mitchell and Betsy in Sorority Village for the 2012-13 Bush – and the creation of the school year, “we moved slowly. We beautiful home. didn’t try to be first, second or third “We held off,” says Tapscott of because we knew that there would Chi Omega’s development of the To page A-3 chapter house. While several other

Alumnae Becky Tate, Joyce Tapscott and Connie Taylor celebrate the opening of the Chi Omega house in Sorority Village. Photos submitted

Halls Alumni Sandra Clark salutes three inductees into the Halls Hall of Fame: Allen Elkins, Marine and retired CIA honcho; Ron Wallace, retired Ford Motor exec; and the late Joe Palmer.

Halls edition. Page A-3.

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Frances Mayes, author of “Under the Tuscan Sun,” now has a line of wines to her credit: Tuscan Sun Wines. A tour to promote the wines and new book, “Under Magnolia: A Southern Memoir,” will bring her to Knoxville May 22-23.

In Knoxville, Mayes has a full schedule. A wine dinner, hosted by Farragut Wine & Spirits and Seasons Café, will feature her wines paired with a special menu. The dinner, $65 plus tax and gratuity, will be at 6:45 p.m. Thursday, May 22, at the restaurant. Call 392-1121 for reservations.

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Sneak peek Jolley’s KMA sculpture fuels dreams, wonder for KMA The big name suits Richard Jolley’s glass and steel sculpture that is now available for viewing at the Knoxville Museum of Art.

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I was fortunate enough to be invited to a media sneak peek at “Cycle of Life: Within the Power of Dreams and the Wonder of Infinity.” The installation is so large you can’t see it all at once from any vantage point in the museum’s Great Hall.

Jolley compares his sculptures with narratives.

While his previous works have been short stories, this one is a novel, he said.

Like most stories, “Cycle” reads left to right. The first three stages of the piece, “Primordial,” “Emergence” and “Flight,” are anchored to the wall on the left side of the staircase; “Desire,” “Tree

He asked for an icon that could be seen from the front door. An enormous constellation of colorful glass orbs fits the bill perfectly.

One attendee asked Jolley if he had a favorite element in the installation. He admitted that he especially likes the couple featured in “Desire,” as well as “Sky.” “It’s like picking a favorite child,” he said.

Congratulations to JolTyler Florence of the Food Network show “The Great ley, Butler and the many fiFood Truck Race” will speak nancial supporters of KMA, at the Tennessee Theatre especially Ann and Steve on Sunday, May 18, in Bailey, who funded “Cycle of conjunction with the Biscuit Life.” The sculpture will place Knoxville on the map as an Richard Jolley’s masterwork “Cycle of Life: Within the Power of Dreams and the Wonder of Infinity” Festival. Photo submitted arts and culture destination. was temporarily unveiled for media last week at the Knoxville Museum of Art. Photo by Wendy Smith of Life” and “Contemplation” are on the right. “Sky,” suspended from the ceiling as three separate elements, is sure to be a crowd favorite.

The staircase proved to be a technical and artistic challenge, Jolley said. It’s like a “stutter” in the narrative.

While the sculptor was given artistic “carte blanche,” KMA Executive Director David Butler made one request.

Chi Omega

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be problems with the site.

“We decided to have our grand opening to celebrate our Eleusinian, which is our founding, and so it ended up being exactly 115 years.”

The 42 residents who moved into the house in August 2013 found on the main floor an elegantly furnished Great Hall with an impressive fireplace and gorgeous views of Fort Loudoun Lake. Just off the Great Hall is what Tapscott calls their “pride and joy,” an archive room with displays of Chi Omega memorabilia.

“Catherine Burton (a member during the 1920s) started collecting different items, and she tucked them away for safekeeping,” says Tapscott. “Susan Brackney, who was House Corporation

president before me, continued to keep these safe until we could do this.”

Sororities at UT began considering housing options more than 15 years ago as an alternative to using nonresidential suites at the Panhellenic Building on Cumberland Avenue.

At the end of the riverview area, the Pat Head Summitt Staircase celebrates one of the sorority’s most famous members and connects the main floor with the ground floor, which has the chapter/dining room, a commercial kitchen, social and ritual rooms, a trophy display area and the doors to a private courtyard that has its own fireplace and wrought-iron gates featuring owls, the Chi Omega mascot.

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Biscuits + food trucks = yum

The biscuits are coming, and so is Tyler Florence, host of “The Great Food Truck Race” on the Food Network.

“An Evening with Tyler Florence” is at 8 p.m. on Sunday, May 18, at the Tennessee Theatre. The event will be held in conjunction with the 6th annual Biscuit Festival,

Summitt is proud of her Chi Omega membership and was a great asset in raising funds for the house, Tapscott says.

Chi Omega was the first national women’s fraternity on the UT campus. It had five founding members – out of the 35 women enrolled at the time. Many of the buildings on campus are named after Chi Omegas or their relatives.

The alumnae who raised money to pay for the house and its furnishings invested in quality work that would last for years. Although the primary users of the house are the current chapter members, alumnae were offered a chance for a sleepover before residents moved in to their main- and second-floor bedrooms last year, and they plan to make that an annual event.

Tennessee women: phies. Kim Lauth, president of League of Women Voters of Knoxville/Knox County, chose the biography of Margaret “Peggy” Thompson Heddleson, written by Ann Thornfield-Long.

Since she was unable to have children, Heddleson adopted three children with her first husband. After he returned from serving in Korea, he became abusive. She survived by escaping with her children and selling her artwork. She found her calling in the creation of banners that addressed women’s issues like abuse and rape and eventually married another artist, Fred Heddleson.

She is credited with designing the life-size dollhouse at the Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge and founding the Foothills Craft Guild. She died in 2009, but her banners are still on display at the Children’s Museum and at Grace Lutheran Church in Oak Ridge.

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Knox County GOP Chair Ruthie Kuhlman read Carole Stanford Bucy’s biography of Mary “Molly” Hart Kimball Massie Todd. After the early death of her first husband, Robert Massie, Molly married the best man from their wedding, James Todd. In 1939, they moved to Nashville, where she became an advocate for mental health, birth control and desegregation. She was also president of the Nashville League of Women Voters.

When she died in 1998,

the Tennessean described her as having “the face of a grandmother, the heart of a saint and soul of a warrior,” Kuhlman said.

Crawford and Smiley plan to use proceeds from the sale of “Tennessee Women of Vision and Courage” to place copies of the book in every Tennessee middle school, high school and public library.

The stories are short and readable, says Smiley, because they were written for students.

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Florence’s appearance will, appropriately, be preceded by the Great Food Truck Extravaganza, which will feature local trucks, like Cruze Dairy Farm and Sweet and Savory, as well as imports like the Biscuit Love Truck from Nashville and the Biscuit Bus from Charleston.

Biscuit Boss John Craig thinks food trucks are popular because they offer variety without the commitment of a meal in a restaurant.

“It’s an easy way for people to try lots of different things very quickly,” he says. “You can put together your own meal within the space of just a few feet.”

They also offer high-end food at reasonable prices.

Tickets for the Tyler Florence event are available at www.biscuitfest.com and the Tennessee Theatre website.

VIP tickets include a reception and a meet and greet.

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Mayor Madeline Rogero has proposed an ambitious $200.5 million operating budget for the fiscal year starting July 1. It is roughly $17 million more than last year’s budget and about $14.5 million more than the city’s expected revenue.

If approved, the new budget will require a tax increase of about 34 cents per $100 of assessed valuation of your real property, and on both real and personal property for a business.

What does this mean to the taxpayer? How will it affect the city’s competitive position as it vies to attract future residential and commercial development?

Budget Snapshot: Salaries and benefits dominate basic services costs. Police, fire and public service form the core of the basic service budget and account for $119.7 million in costs (employing 1,135 of the city’s 1,600 workers), with lesser amounts for engineering, parks and recreation, fleet, administration, etc.

Debt service accounts for $24.5 million, based on the city’s $190.8 million in long-term debt (including some $31.4 million in new debt the mayor hopes to issue this year).

The city’s website has details.

The biggest budget drivers include increased pension costs ($7.4 million, raising the total to $23.4 million), employee raises ($2.5 million), higher health-care costs ($700,000), plus $5 million in capital expenditures.

In addition, the mayor has included several million dollars of discretionary spending for community grants ($1.25 million) and other initiatives, like encouraging the arts ($500,000) and establishing a historic-preservation fund ($500,000).

The two biggest community grants (there are 60 separate grants) are $250,000 for the proposed Botanical Garden’s Urban Ag Center and $250,000 for the Boys and Girls Club expansion.

Under the charter, the new fiscal budget must be in place by mid-June. It will be vetted by the City Council at public hearings on May 21 and put to a vote at the May 27 meeting.

Consequences: You are being asked to pay more in property taxes for these additional “investments.”

Taxes are a function of a two-variable equation – tax rate x assessed prop-

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The second-most commonly cited reason for preferring appointed school superintendents over the elected kind is the contention that elected superintendents are forced to waste half their time campaigning (the first reason is being able to attract a better selection of candidates).

Nick Della Volpe Betty Bean erty value. For residential property the assessment is 25 percent of the appraised value. For commercial, it’s 40 percent.

Reappraisals are done every four years and, because they are required by law to be tax-neutral, have resulted in lowering the tax rate.

So it’s not really about the tax rate “failing to keep up with inflation.” That rate must drop as appraisals grow.

City taxes paid have actually gone up 34 percent (from $79.8 million in 2004 to $106.5 million in 2013).

The administration explains it’s only an increase of $85 for a modest $100,000 home. Small, of course, is a relative term – what if you are already struggling on a fi xed income?

The 40 percent assessment on business property would, on a $500,000 commercial building, raise the property tax by $680 (to $5,480) before adding the tax on equipment.

City residents also pay county taxes.

Indirect Consequences: The growth of our city, and its revenue stream, are at stake. Growing the pie (tax base) is better than slicing it thinner and thinner.

As city taxes rise, families faced with paying more than double the taxes of someone who lives a few miles away in the county might opt to relocate.

For small business, dual taxes can significantly impact the bottom line.

Are we inadvertently incentivizing businesses to move from, or not locate in, the city? Will Knox, Blount or Anderson counties seem more attractive?

If revenues dip in the uncertain future, will we be tempted to return to the tax well – the very thing that eventually crippled several cities around the countr y?

The moral: Look before you leap!

De-politicizing education isn’t the primary argument for appointed supes, but it’s a pretty good one.

But does it really hold up under scrutiny?

If you’ve been trying to keep up with the community forums, elegant evenings, hard-hat days, ribbon-cuttings, gladsome announcements, unveilings and public chowing-downs of Superintendent James McIntyre this election season, you’re probably worn plumb out.

And you’re also probably inclined to answer the above-posed question with a big, fat no. Don’t kid yourself. McIntyre’s running hard – maybe to keep his job via the re-election of his school board allies, or maybe simply in the primary of public opinion.

Yep, he’s running. But really, what else can he do?

Here’s just a small sampling of where he’s been lately (honestly, the guy gets around so much it’s hard to remember everywhere he’s been): On March 31, he presided over a media “hard-hat” day out at the new Career Magnet Academy at Pellissippi State in Strawberry Plains.

His incredibly efficient public information chief Melissa Ogden appended a note to the announcement saying her boss would be available for interviews about the 2014-2015 budget after the media tour, thus allowing him to get more bang for his media buck (and also afford him a chance to doff the silly hard hat).

On April 8, he hosted a

community forum at Christenberry Elementary School (this is getting to be a popular destination – Mayor Madeline Rogero gave a budget address at the adjacent Jim McIntyre Christenberry ball park a couple of weeks later and announced her intention to ask City Council to raise property taxes to fund city services). McIntyre’s forum was broadcast live, so a large audience likely saw his pitch for more money for schools.

Smart money says Rogero gets hers (which means that McIntyre probably wishes he could swap mayors).

On April 10, he attended Knox County Council PTA’s Evening of Elegance at The Foundry and posed for some old-fashioned gripand-grins with some of his favorite volunteers, principals and teachers (and also a couple of candidate faves).

Foundry food’s pretty good,

so this probably wasn’t much of a chore.

On April 15, he celebrated Dine Out for Education Day by having breakfast at Shoney’s with beleaguered school board members Pam Trainor and Lynne Fugate (both of whom voted to extend McIntyre’s contract and drew spirited opposition for their trouble). At lunchtime he was on the East side chowing down on Chandler’s famous fried chicken with incumbent Gloria Deathridge (whose support of McIntyre has earned her a couple of opponents). His dinner companion/destination went unrecorded.

On April 22, Fugate, Deathridge and Sheriff Jimmy “J.J.” Jones joined him to celebrate the facelift at Chilhowee Intermediate School.

Non-McIntyre-supporting board member Mike McMillan was also present. One of the high points of the event was the students’ performance of the school song, which celebrated their safe environment for learning and achieving.

Budget includes ‘fig-leaf’ savings

Mayor Rogero’s 34-cent property-tax increase is not necessary except to fund the inflated city pension plan that Rogero refuses to address. In fact, Rogero has also strongly opposed any attempt to reduce city operating expenses such as the Della Volpe effort to remove the mandatory 2.5 percent annual pay raise for employees without regard to merit, performance or current economic conditions.

Council members Wallace and Grieve backed him.

This tax hike was first predicted in this column six weeks ago.

The city pension’s automatic 3 percent increase is even more costly to taxpayers, despite efforts to keep it hidden. City retirees including this writer receive an automatic annual 3 percent increase in our pension (more than those who are currently working) without regard to inflation or lack of inflation, ability to fund it or any other rational standard.

Rogero, who personally will benefit from this provision, also opposes its modification for current employees. Rogero will gain annual increases of more than $900 a year for the rest of her life on her city pension (based on $130,000 annual salary) when she retires on or after age 62 or in 2019.

Her deputy, Bill Lyons, will do much better by getElection is Tuesday ting an annual jump of at The primary election is least $1,400 annually comTuesday, May 6, for various pounded when he retires (he local positions including is already over 62), based on school board. Polls are open annual salary of $165,000. from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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nual car allowance.

Rogero urged repeal for this provision for future employees, but the cost savings of that move will only hit in 18 to 20 years. She was warned about this by council members Grieve and Stair, but she ignored them. Now the chickens are coming home to roost at the cost of 34 cents, or a 14 percent increase. The pension increase should be tied to inflation, not to a mandatory annual hike. Rogero opposes letting the voters vote on it.

Her budget includes only fig-leaf savings. For example, the cap of a $2,500 pay raise for the 18 employees making over $100,000 a year will save the city $8,110, while the tax hike will generate $14.5 million.

The $8,110 savings was wiped out by the cost of the budget luncheon at $8,300.

It is truly laughable (if not insulting) that she would cite this as a significant savings while she spends $200,000 for a salary survey that a secretary could have compiled at no cost.

Council members Brown, Stair and Grieve opposed it.

Della Volpe has received widespread applause among city taxpayers (and boos from city employees) for his

effort to educate voters on mandated annual spending costs that benefit a few while costing everyone. No private-sector firm would do this, nor does the county, state or federal government.

This tax hike is only a down payment. There will be more tax hikes after the mayor’s re-election in 2015 to pay off the spiraling pension costs unless council insists on giving city voters a vote through a charter amendment. Knoxville should follow Chattanooga’s lead in curbing current pension costs.

■ Things got heated last Tuesday after City Council adjourned and the TV cameras were turned off.

Vice Mayor Pavlis told Della Volpe in front of numerous witnesses his opposition to the budget and tax hike was “irresponsible.” Della Volpe, who said a year ago he nominated Pavlis to be vice mayor, claimed Pavlis was “red faced and shouting at me.” Della Volpe described Pavlis to this writer as “the mayor’s attack dog.”

The mayor may need to initiate a charm offensive to calm these troubled councilmanic waters. Last Friday, Della Volpe had shoulder surgery, but it is uncertain whether he will get flowers from the mayor.

■ Folks wanting to support the arts in Fountain City should purchase the $40 ticket to a great luncheon on Saturday, May 10, at the home and gardens of Bill and Ginger Baxter.

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Things grow better at the Fountain City estate of Bill and Ginger Baxter. This photo shows the maple that grew from a sprig handed out as part of then-Mayor Victor Ashe’s 1992 budget message.

lar. Tickets benefit and are available from the Fountain City Arts Center at 213 Hotel Road, Knoxville, TN 37918; 357-2787.

■ The almost instant firing of Frank Phillips by Sheriff Jimmy “J.J.” Jones for choking a UT student on April 26 shows what an upcoming election can do. In the old days, Phillips might have continued on the payroll for a long time while investigations were ongoing.

The photo by John Messner was conclusive, and the election tomorrow speeded up the decision. Phillips had prior issues but was retained on staff.

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Searching for basketball coaches Critics managed to find fault with Dave Hart’s search for a new Tennessee basketball coach. I thought it was orderly enough. Seekand-find took only one week. OK, I did flinch when the Louisiana Tech guy turned us down.

If Hart wanted a famous name, he fell short. He did not come back with Butch Jones’ friend, Erik Spoelstra of the Miami Heat. He didn’t even get Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall, heavily hyped for his 34-0 season.

But I am not disappointed with Donnie Tyndall.

He wanted the job and didn’t whine about roster problems.

If you fretted about this Marvin transition, you should have West been here 16 years ago.

Douglas Adair Dickey, Hall of Fame football coach and very interesting athletic diI imagined the athletic rector, faced what seemed director knew where he was a minor task of replacing going. The possibility of Kevin O’Neill.

Dickey was not accomneeding a replacement must have entered his mind in plished fishing in the basJanuary or February. ketball pool. He invested

$10,000 of hard-earned UT money in good ol’ Florida buddy Bill Carr to serve as idea man. Carr was a big help.

He provided phone numbers.

Oklahoma coach Kelvin Sampson, Clemson coach Rick Barnes and Wake Forest coach Dave Odom received early calls but said no thanks.

Bill Self, then of Oral Roberts, had Larry Brown’s recommendation, but nothing happened. Dave Bliss popped on and off the radar screen.

Iowa State’s Tim Floyd pondered and procrastinated and eventually complicated the search with an untimely phone call. Ricardo Patton of Colorado and Steve Robinson of Tulsa listened politely. They did not receive formal job offers but did benefit from consideration. They

subsequently signed contract extensions with pay raises.

Dickey realigned his sights. How about Delaware coach Mike Brey? Nope.

Steve Alford of Southwest Missouri State was highly regarded, but Dickey thought he needed more experience.

Murray State coach Mark Gottfried emerged as a potential solution. He had won consecutive Ohio Valley Conference championships.

For some reason that escapes me, he did not fit.

Late in the second week of searching, or early in the third, Dickey announced that a new coach should be in place within a month.

Fans moaned.

On the assumption that Doug needed help but wouldn’t admit it, a sports-

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ture. Out there in the woods, they go about their business unseen, in the form of zillions of microscopic rootlets known as mycelia. They grow into and digest all sorts of organic material, like leaf litter and dying and dead trees, turning them back into good rich soil.

When it’s time to reproduce, this out-of-sight network of rootlets makes a fruit that appears aboveground, often seemingly overnight, which we recognize as a mushroom.

We’ve all seen shelf fungi on tree trunks, fairy rings of white mushrooms in a yard, all sorts of shapes and colors of ’shrooms beside a path or in the woods.

The mushroom is similar to an apple on a tree; it is the fruit of the plant.

But instead of seeds, it produces microscopic spores, so small that they can float away on air currents to – it is hoped – start a new batch of mycelia somewhere else.

The morels first appear around the middle of March here in East Tennessee and work their way north as spring progresses.

Identifying morels is not difficult. With just a moderate amount of care, morels are, as mushrooms go, pretty unmistakable. They are usually 2 to 4 inches tall, with a short white stem and a conical-shaped cap covered with sharp ridges and pits. They are completely hollow.

As with all foraged wild edibles, caution must be used to rule out look-alikes, some of which can cause serious illness and even death.

Consult a good field guide or go out with an experienced person.

But what good is a morel, after all? Well, they’re a rare delicacy with a hard-to-describe luscious flavor.

Once picked, they can be eaten fresh or dried for later use. Just string them up for a few days in a cool, dry place, or give them a few

Springtime here in our part of the world moves each year from south to north and lower to higher elevations in a fairly predictable fashion. And as it moves along it produces a series of events, some exciting, some beautiful and some, well, interesting.

Today’s subjects are beautiful and exciting mostly in the eyes of their beholders; interesting, definitely.

Hickory chickens are not a Southern female vocal group, nor are they a recipe for barbecued legs and wings. Hickory chickens is a mostly upper East Tennessee-southeastern Kentucky name for a neat group of organisms more properly known as morels.

Also known as dry land fish, merkels, molly moochers and 100 other names, they are mushrooms.

Dr. Bob Collier

Now before you give a small snort of disdain, allow me to point out that a half-ounce package of dried morels is going for about 12 bucks at your local supermarket, which figures out to be about $384 a pound!

Somebody must think they’re pretty good. Indeed they are delicious, and the good news is that if you know how, you can forage around and find some for yourself – free.

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Dickey may not have known where Drexel was.

The Dragons don’t play football.

I was surprised when Illinois State coach Kevin Stallings turned down Tennessee.

He and his wife, Lisa, twice visited Knoxville to check out the situation. He was concerned about filling the arena, but that was explained away. The hunt seemed almost over. Dickey and athlet-

hours in a food dehydrator.

Once dry, they will keep in a sealed glass jar for years.

Reconstitute the dried morels by a brief soaking in water, making them as good as new; some cooks think they’re even better that way.

Many folks like their morels just rolled in flour or cornmeal and fried in butter. Even better to many people is to simmer them in some butter, add some heavy cream and a dash of cooking sherry, and use that

ic department assistant Billy Henry, a former basketball coach who could speak the language, flew to Normal, Ill., for a final heart to heart.

Soon thereafter Stallings had a change of heart. There was a mishap. Dickey received a call from Tim Floyd while at the Stallings home.

I will not attempt to explain how Tennessee ended up with Jerry Green. He may have been a desperation pick.

He was 72-70 at Oregon, seventh in the Pac-10 amid rumors that he would be fired.

Dickey and another assistant, Mitch Barnhart, went to the Final Four where coaches of all shapes and sizes were clustered. They came home with Green. He did very well in competition but not so hot in public relations.

The Green era did not end well. It was almost as frustrating as the search.

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as a wondrous sauce for a nice beef tenderloin (pardon my salivating).

Morels are another of nature’s remarkable curiosities. Check them out in your field guide and cookbook, but don’t expect any morel hunters to tell where their secret places are – that’s closely held information.

And for the less adventurous – you don’t have to go tromping around the damp, cold, spring woods to find morels. You can just grab $12 and head for the supermarket. Bon appetit!

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Vestival returns with a vengeance

By Betsy Pickle When you put a festival in Vestal, it just makes sense to call it Vestival. But after that, anything goes.

“This year, we’re having opera for the first time,” says Trudy Monaco, Vestival founder and board member of the Candoro Arts and Heritage Center, which hosts the event at the Candoro Marble building, 4450 Candora Ave. Opera, music that would sound more at home at the Grand Ole Opry and many genres in between will be presented on the three stages at Vestival, which runs from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Saturday, May 10. Admission is free, but a $5 donation is suggested.

In addition to the Marble City Opera, performers will include Tim Lee 3, RB Morris, Cereus Bright, the Carpetbag Theatre, Jamie Cook, Four Leaf Peat, Jon Whitlock Trio, Cornbred Blues Band, the Jank, Pamela Klicka Jazz and the Knoxville Ramblers.

Vendors throughout the grounds will offer arts, crafts, food and beverages in a family-friendly atmosphere.

There will be children’s activities as well as special performances targeted to children.

The day will kick off with the traditional Mother’s Day brunch at 11 a.m. Mothers are invited to come dine for free.

In its 14 years, Vestival has featured everything from bagpipes to Native American dancers to Shake-

speare on its stages. Diversity has always been a goal.

The first intent of Vestival, however, was to raise funds for the

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historic Candoro Marble building, which was deteriorating and in critical need of attention. Taking inspiration from a neighborhood festival in Atlanta, Monaco decided to attempt an event at Candoro. She started by asking the late Howard Pinkston for a donation.

“I stopped by his usedcar lot and told him what I wanted to do,” she says. “He gave me $100.”

She used $50 to set up a 501(c)3 and $50 to open a bank account for the Candoro Arts & Heritage Center.

Money raised at Vestival goes to the upkeep and restoration of the Candoro building. Architect Charlie Richmond, “a major force” in the restoration, died last year and is

missed by the group.

Monaco and her colleagues wanted to help bring about a sense of pride in Vestal and its heritage, espe-

cially of the marble-cutting industry that once thrived there. The first Vestival had an exhibit of outdoor sculpture, organized with help from Jason Brown, sculpture professor at the University of Tennessee.

That started the Vestival tradition of having an art exhibit in conjunction with the other events. This year’s featured artist is 85-yearold quilter Opal McCartney of Dandridge. An opening reception will be held 5-7 p.m. Friday, May 9, in the Candoro building. Featuring hors d’oeuvres and live music from Old City Buskers, the event is free and open to the public. Guests will get to try their hand at quilting and create their own “quilt patch” with fabric paint.

McCartney grew up in a small town in Kentucky and was taught quilt-making by

her mother, but she says she didn’t really get to where she knew what she was doing until she was “about 55 or 60.”

After bringing up their four daughters on the Gulf Coast, McCartney and her husband ran the Dandridge Boat Dock fishing camp for many years, and she began quilting in earnest so that she could outfit the beds in the rental cabins.

“When I was doing them for the rooms, I was in a hurry, so I did quilt those on a machine,” says McCartney. “I didn’t like it, but they were warm, useful and washable. They were pretty enough to use.”

Many who saw her quilts liked them and asked her to make them quilts, which she did by hand. Among the most popular designs were nine patch, wedding ring and Lone Star, but she also made up her own patterns.

She saw her sideline as a way to bring in “extra money for retirement,” and she still makes two or three a year.

The South Knoxville Alliance is sponsoring shuttles to Vestival this year to solve the problem of limited parking. The free shuttles will pick up passengers at the Disc Exchange on Chapman Highway and at the former Big Lots parking lot at the corner of Chapman Highway and Moody Avenue.

Retired teachers continue to help kids

By Kendall Graham Former Knox County Schools physical education teachers Larry Graham and Ernie Israel continue to give back to the community long after their retirement.

Now in their late 70s, both have continued to help organize and run local and countywide field days for over a decade after their retirement from teaching.

Between them, Graham and Israel have nearly 80 years teaching experience at the elementary and middle school levels.

And their careers have overlapped over the years.

Both men have a heart for teaching children and the ability to inspire the same desire in the kids they have taught.

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Ernie Israel remembers most.

Within the community where they have lived and worked, both men continue to be loved and respected for their accomplishments.

Once retired, they were not content to sit on the sidelines, knowing they could still contribute.

So they have volunteered Ernie Israel and Larry Graham at the Hardin Valley Academy at middle and elementrack prior to a recent meet. Photo by S. Barrett tary school track and field events, demonstrating kind coaching career that took with Knox County Schools. hearts, boundless energy him to three schools, two of Larry Israel teaches at and respect of their peers.

Despite the age differencGraham’s former students Brickey-McCloud Elemenhave become PE teachers. tary and his wife, Kara, es, they still connect with One, Susan Hibbett, even teaches at Pleasant Ridge kids of all types.

After all the years, one took the position he vacated Elementary School. after 27 years at Gibbs ElAfter teaching and theme is consistent: the best ementary School. coaching at Powell Middle part is the kids.

Israel’s impact is evi- School for 27 years, the Dr. Kendall Graham, a neonatologist at denced by his son, Larry, relationships with play- Baptist Hospital in Nashville, is the son of becoming a PE teacher ers and students are what Larry and Carolyn Graham.

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In the case of Stephen’s stoning, the Pharisee Saul stood by and held the cloaks of those who were actually hurling the stones.

He (Scripture tells us) “approved of their killing” Stephen.

Accessory to murder, we would call that today.

However, our God had other plans for Saul. (Why does God so frequently choose the least likely candidate?

It gives us hope for our own usefulness, I suppose, or else the possibility absolutely terrifies us!) The Lord had to use a blinding vision to get Saul’s attention, then waited during a three-day period of healing and fasting before sending Ananias to restore Saul’s sight.

Saul would cease hating life, would become Paul, the Apostle, and would travel the Eastern Mediterranean, preaching the saving grace of Jesus Christ.

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He held his own in a synagogue debate with Cyrenians and Alexandrians, who, having been bested by Stephen, turned on him and accused him of blasphemy. Even in that moment, Stephen was “filled with the Holy Spirit.”

He saw a vision of Jesus standing at the right hand of God, but his accusers dragged him out of the city (why, I wonder – a city ordinance against murder?) and stoned him to death. And, like his Lord before him, he prayed for his murderers: “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.”

This is just one account of “the world’s capacity to hate life.”

Patricia Hampl is as bewildered as the rest of us by this capacity. Her disbelieving statement, quoted above, comes from a passage in her book in which she describes the death of teenager Anne Frank in the Holocaust.

There will come a day when no living person survives who actually knew Anne Frank.

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Normally reserved for patients finishing treatment, the Victory Bell is a symbol of joy, accomplishment and hope. All three were in evidence at the grand opening ceremony. Since the facility opened in January, 30 patients have already received treatment there.

The revolutionary proton therapy treatment allows for cancer treatment without damaging healthy tissue, virtually eliminating side effects and enhancing the patient’s quality of life.

The Knoxville facility is one of 14 of its kind in the country.

Provision Vice President Bill Hansen welcomed the crowd, saying “It is a special day for cancer patients and their families, for Knoxville, East Tennessee, and all of Tennessee. We are truly blessed to do what we do.”

“This is a community resource. This is a gift to the community. Any cancer patient that needs proton

Provision Center for Proton Therapy celebrated yet another milestone – the opening of the first of two gantry treatment rooms. The gantry rotates 360 degrees around the patient enabling us to treat a variety of more complex cancers such as brain, lung, breast, head and neck, esophageal, and pediatric cancers. Photo by Andrew Tessier/Provision

Pencil Beam Scanning This room will also have a precise form of treatment: Pencil Beam Scanning (PBS). Pencil beam scanning uses a beam that is much smaller than those used in more common proton treatments and allows the tumor to be “painted” with protons. It can therefore be used to treat difficult tumors at higher doses and with fewer side effects to surrounding healthy tissue. There are currently less than 10 centers in the United States that have access to this incredible technology.

Third Treatment Room The third treatment room is scheduled to open in early fall. Once the third treatment room opens the Provision Center for Proton Therapy will have the ability to provide life-saving cancer treatment to as many as 90+ patients per day.

The official ribbon cutting at the Provision Center for Proton Therapy included Provision staff, board members and area elected officials, including Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett; Commissioner Ed Shouse, Alcoa Mayor Donald Mull; Marcio Fagundes, M.D., medical director of Provision Center for Proton Therapy; Commissioner R. Larry Smith; Dr. Terry Douglass; Commissioner Mike Hammond; Jane Chedester, Sen. Lamar Alexander’s Regional Representative; Commissioner Jeff Owenby; Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero; city council member Duane Grieve; state Rep. Becky Duncan Massey; Scott Hamilton, Olympic Gold medalist and Provision Board Member; state Rep. Roger Kane; state Sen. Doug Overbey; and Mary Lou DuBois, President of Provision Center for Proton Therapy. Photo by Patrick Murphy-Racey/PM-R Photo

Dr. Terry Douglass, Provision founder and board chair, addresses a crowd of more than 500 who attended the official grand opening of Tennessee’s first and only proton therapy treatment facility located on the Dowell Springs campus. The brass bell, seen far right, is the “Victory Bell,” that patients ring on their day of graduation from receiving treatments. Photo by Patrick Murphy-Racey/PM-R Photo therapy will get it, regardless of their situation,” said Provision co-founder and board chair Terry Douglass.

Scott Hamilton, Olympic gold-medalist and cancer survivor, expressed enthusiasm at the event.

“This is a great, big, huge, awesome day,” he said. “Cancer treatment options just keep getting better and better. To have a proton therapy center in your backyard, you have no idea how awesome that is.”

Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero and Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett took the stage next, welcoming Provision to the community.

“We love being one of the 14,” said Rogero.

Dr. Marcio Fagundes, medical director at the center, said the Provision Center for Proton Therapy will welcome two new board-certified radiation oncologists this summer.

“We have a staff assembled from across the country and from right here in Knoxville with the best of the best,” he said.

Two cancer survivors and proton therapy patients, Don Denton and David Hutchins, shared their stories with the crowd.

Denton, who wrote a book about his experience, said,

Olympic gold medalist and Provision board member Scott Hamilton was in Knoxville last week to celebrate the grand opening of Provision Center for Proton Therapy. Hamilton, a passionate advocate for cancer-related causes, is himself a cancer survivor and he lost his mother to cancer. Photo by Patrick Murphy-Racey/PM-R Photo

“I call proton therapy the best-kept secret in medicine.

Thank you, Terry Douglass and his phenomenal team.

They are game-changers in defeating cancer. Our region is so blessed to have them here.”

Hutchins completed his treatment on March 20, a year to the day that his mother passed away and he received his diagnosis of prostate cancer. He

said, “I really cannot say enough good about the staff that works at this facility.

Provision has given me a new reason to view that day in a new light.”

Finally, Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church pastor John Wood closed the gathering in prayer.

“I pray that this will be a place where cancers are healed, hearts are healed, and lives restored,” he said.

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The diversity at Sequoyah Elementary School is represented by a large wooden puzzle on display in the hallway. A different class or faculty member is pictured on each piece. Teaching assistant Angela Graves and her husband created the puzzle with a jigsaw. Photos by S. Barrett

Thinking past autism Sequoyah Elementary functioning brain versus School special education the autistic brain. In April, she visteacher Marjorie Cardullias ited classlikes to share a blog quote with students. rooms at Sequoyah ex pla i ni ng this difference to help Sara students better unBarrett derstand Cardullias friends who may think in a different “Our brains are like format. toasters. Some of us make “(Students with autism) wheat bread, some make think in pictures. They white bread and some even have a full-blown movie in make bagels,” said Cardul- their head, and they have to lias. “But we all still have translate that to communitoaster brains. But people cate.” with autism have hair dryer Cardullias explains this brains. What do you do in a to different grades in differworld that values toast when ent ways. For the younger kids, she assigns a task in you’re a hair dryer?”

Cardullias references Spanish. When they don’t the difficulty in commu- understand the language, nicating with a regularly she quickly points out that

an autistic child sometimes can’t understand something because their brain translates it differently.

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“We specifically chose diversity for April because of Autism Awareness Month.

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This is Pond Gap Elementary School’s first year to offer Cardiac Kids Club, a 10-week program with 20 sessions that teach nutrition education and the benefits of physical activity. Nine other Knox County schools have the program. Of those, seven have received funding from the 21st Century Grant. Pond Gap and two others are sponsored by the Cardiovascular Research Foundation.

Carolyn Perry-Burst, Knox County Food Service Department dietician, said, “Kids can truly go home and teach their families about dietary nutrition.

Sanchez “It’s hard to get to parents, but it’s easy to reach them through their children.”

Club members take home goal cards weekly. A goal might be to try more fruits and vegetables.

It is then the parent’s responsibility to help their child meet the goal.

GarciaKids earn Valenzuela tickets for meeting goals and can redeem them at the Cardiac Kids Club celebration where there are lots of activities, taste tests and prizes.

Cardiac Kids initially started at Adrian Burnett Elementary School where research showed high Body Mass Index rates. After seeing dramatic results, Knox County decided to try it in other schools.

“I really want to exercise at home, but I usually end up sitting around,” said Pond Gap club member Kenia

Bearden Boardwalk Bearden Elementary School first grader Liberty French goes “rock” climbing during the school’s annual Boardwalk event.

Gavin Madgett waits for cotton candy while Eva Eng enjoys the blue treat.

Sanchez. The 5th grader has learned how to help her family cut back on the number of tortillas they eat by choosing healthier breads. She also learned to wash produce in cold water. Club member Grissel Garcia-Valenzuela learned to incorporate activ-

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The final meet of the school year was to check for self improvement. Physical tests included a trunk lift for flexibility and a sit-up count.

Numbers were compared to those recorded at the beginning of the year.

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This mural in Bearden Middle School’s social studies wing was painted by students. Dori and Nemo (see inset) make an appearance. Photos by S. Barrett

Tyler Mayes stands with professional artist Natalie King in front of their completed mural at Bearden Middle School. Photo submitted

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By Sara Barrett Tyler Mayes was on stage at “Dreamscapes: A Night of the Arts” at Bearden Middle School. Local artist Natalie King’s mural was unveiled.

It was based on a design by Tyler.

“I have noticed and heard how Tyler brightens up everyone’s day, making them smile and laugh,” said King of Tyler, who is autistic. “He has such a positive spirit which definitely comes through in his art.

“The drawing is a true representation of Tyler, and being able to bring his drawing to life through a mural was inspiring and humbling.”

Students from music, art and drama showcased their work.

Social studies mural

By Sara Barrett

Matthew Bryant, social studies teacher, decided to liven up the brown brick walls outside his classroom at Bearden Middle School.

After consulting with a muralist and local art stores, Bryant received funding from the PTA for supplies and pitched the idea to some art students.

Bryant Several months later, a wall-size image of the earth’s continents covers the once-dreary wall outside Bryant’s room.

“I wanted the kids to have a legacy for years and years,” said Bryant.

Students Madison TenIan McNutt, 3, checks out artney, Hannah Norton, Myrwork created by his big brothriam Grubb, Freya Falls, Janelle Witt listens to her daughter, Dasha, talk about the ceer, 7th grader Lucas McNutt.

Caislen Lecig and Kimberly ramic shoe she had on display.

Ellenberg stay after school to work on the wall, adding images from world history including a sinking Titanic, a detailed Taj Mahal and the Statue of Liberty. Bryant stays after school with them “because that’s just what teachers do,” he said with a smile. “(The students) have room for their own creativity. I’m putting a lot of trust in them,” he said. One student suggested something special for the image of America, so the individual bricks for that area were painted red, white and blue.

Students will have the wall completed by the end of the school year.

The mural has received positive feedback from teachers and administrators. Bryant may lead students to create another one next year.

“It is definitely kid-driven,” he said.

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Evoking the old world with Nash bags

By Bonny C. Millard Patricia Nash had been manufacturing women’s handbags for other brands and labels for more than 20 years before she found an inspiration in her mother’s closet that launched her own line, Patricia Nash Designs.

She’s been creating her own designs since 2010 and sells mostly wholesale to fine clothing stores such as Dillard’s, Nordstrom and Macy’s. Recently, Nash opened a small boutique on South Gay Street that carries only her brand. The building also houses her offices and has a warehouse in the basement for her ecommerce business. Nash also has an office in New York.

The building’s interior is nostalgic with painted brick walls and polished hardwood floors. Nash said the new store gives her a chance to talk to customers when

she’s in town and hear their feedback.

“I’m a local girl,” she said.

“So you kind of want to have your first retail store located in your backyard.”

After owning manufacturing facilities in Houston, Texas, and Springfield, Tenn., for many years that produced other brands, Nash said she had been considering creating her own line of handbags and accessories, but she wanted it to be original and the right idea hadn’t developed. While she was helping her mother clean out her house of 50 years, Nash discovered a leather, hand-tooled bag that had been a gift from her mother’s father-in-law many years earlier. The old-world craftsmanship of the purse sparked Nash’s imagination, and she knew she had found the passion that would drive her designs.

The artistry resonates

with people and brings back memories of family items, places they’ve traveled or of other eras.

“What I love about designing bags is when you take all this old-world craftsmanship, it brings back all these warm feelings in people,” she said. “It’s just a connection that doesn’t really come with the mass brands.”

The supple rich leather, hand-cut and single stitching aspects of her line makes each piece unique.

Her handbags are created with the modern woman’s needs in mind, such as lots of pockets, but she delves into the past for inspiration.

“All my inspiration literally comes from vintage bags… that I’ve seen in a vintage shop in Paris, London, Milan,” Nash said, adding that a saddle bag purse in her collection was created in the image of a horse feedbag that she once found in Spain.

An old Italian map, determined to be at least 150 years old, that she bought in Milan, was used initially as a backdrop on her label tags, but then her creative genius designed a selection of different bags with the map as a motif.

Another trip to a vintage periodical shop in Italy resulted in the discovery of hand-painted posters used to advertise travel destinations in the 1880s. Renditions of the drawings grace the front of several of Nash’s handbags.

“I just want to share that artwork with people,” she said. “I thought it was fascinating.”

Prints on leather are an Italian specialty. Nash’s bags feature prints that have been computerized from materials she finds.

The culture and history of the 1920s and 1940s are prevalent in her work.

“Our prints are very special,” she said. “The prints

Patricia Nash shows off one of the leather bags in her namesake line. Photo by Bonny Millard

come from vintage apparel.”

Although her designs have only been available for a short time, Nash is pleased with the response to her work and the business. Other labels have been around

for 15-30 years, she said.

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It’s a very competitive landscape,” she said. “It’s a long time to build a brand, so we’re very fortunate in how fast we’ve grown.”

Clabough outlines land conservancy goals

By Bonny C. Millard It’s clear that Bill Clabough is passionate about the work he does for the Foothills Land Conservancy, which aims to preserve land and environments in the Southern Appalachian region.

Clabough, FLC executive director since 2006, shared success stories of the conservancy’s efforts over the years with members of the Rotary Club of Farragut.

The nonprofit organization has finalized partnerships protecting 47,000 acres in 26 counties and three states. This past year alone, FLC secured the protection

of more than 11,000 acres.

Clabough said lands are preser ved on a voluntary basis through a conser vation easement. FLC is granted the easem e n t Bill Clabough through a contractual agreement that outlines prohibited uses of the land while reserving rights for the property owners. For instance, a property easement might allow the possibility of two new houses built on it but nothing

more. Or the land might be forever restricted to being a working farm or a horse farm.

While the landowner still owns the property and can still live there, the tract is protected from commercial or other development.

“What we really do is work with people,” said Clabough, who showed a presentation of many of the property owners and the land that is now protected into perpetuity.

The photos displayed many scenic areas including creeks, waterfalls, fields and ridge-top views in surrounding counties.

Foothills is headquartered in Blount County not far from the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, but Clabough travels to many counties to educate owners about how to protect

their land and, at the same time, preserve the natural beauty of the area.

Recent projects include Walden’s Creek in Sevier County, Laverne Turner’s property in Townsend that

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Clabough, who served 10 years in the state Legislature, said this is the best work he’s ever done.

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Ella Seiber and Julia Mason enjoy “Horse Hoof Art� at Kids’ Art in the Park at Campbell Station Park. The event was part of Mane Neranza Noel Blount from West Knoxville does an encaustic Support’s booth and community outreach volunteers were on hand to talk about Mane Support, a non-profit organization that painting, which uses heated bees wax, at Art in the Park. specialized in equine-directed grief therapy. Photos by Nancy Anderson Janis Wilkey, an artist from Chattanooga, works in oil to paint one of the oldest trees in the Farragut area.

Two days of painting, now time to celebrate

By Sherri Gardner Howell If you felt particularly inspired in Farragut on April 26-27, it may be because Muses were surely all around as approximately 27 artists and 10 photographers scattered through the Farragut area for Art in the Park.

The popular event, now in its fourth year and sponsored by TDS, Farragut Business Alliance and the town of Farragut, sends participating artists and photographers to the town’s various parks, greenways and other scenic locations to paint and shoot photos “en plein air,� or in the open air.

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year was the inclusion of Farragut’s greenways at Fox Run, Grigsby Chapel, McFee, Parkside and Turkey Creek as artists’ locations.

The public was invited to watch, and children’s activities for Kids’ Art in the Park, sponsored by Neighbor Maker Events, on Saturday added to the crowds.

The Amazing Jolie, a silks acrobat, returned this year, performing 20 feet above the park during the event.

First Baptist Concord also helped fund the Kids’ Art in the Park.

What is still to come is honoring the artists.

A Gallery Reception and Art Sale will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, May 9, at 11483

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The Knoxville Bella Corda, an Allied Music Instructors youth acoustic guitar ensemble, will provide entertainment. Best of Show, First Place and Second Place paintings and photographs (judged separately) will be awarded cash prizes. Presenting Sponsor’s Choice will also be named.

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NEWS FROM GRACE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF KNOXVILLE

Professional-level performing arts at Grace

By Shannon Morris For a school to have a drama or musical theater department is not a strange thing. When a school puts on productions that rival local theaters, however, it is another thing altogether.

Over the years at Grace Christian Academy, that’s exactly what has been taking place in the musical and dramatic arts areas. GCA has been blessed by a host of talented student performers, as well as some truly incredible faculty and staff members with hearts for the performing arts; that is likely not a big surprise. What may surprise you is that the school’s productions have been increasing in their technological and theatrical production levels in some rather amazing ways.

One example of a show that took on some very professional qualities and effects was the recent production of “The Wizard of Oz,” a musical theater

presentation that was unique on several levels. First, it was a project that involved all of the age groups within the Academy. While the key roles were played by high school students, some parts were handled by some talented middle school students. In addition, the roles of the diminutive Munchkins were tackled by students from the lower school. For this production, a live orchestra was employed, offering a real air of professionalism to the entire show. As always, the vocal talents were impressive, and the choreography was beautifully demonstrated. In fact, there was even a live dog on hand to play the role of Toto! But the performances were made even more realistic with the use of some incredible special effects.

The entire stage was adorned with a massive video screen upon which a wide array of images was projected.

Shelby Rodgers as Glinda speaks to the Munchkins in “The Wizard of Oz.”

Not only did this screen provide for some incredibly large backdrops during the musical, but it served to assist in offering a full-color production as well as a black and white one, just like in the movie. By combining black and white images on the screen, along with sepia Students Jaylen Haluska, MaryBeth Davis, Trey Northcutt and Reese lighting and brown and neutral Haluska portray the Scarecrow, Dorothy, the Tin Woodsman and the clothing on the actors, the audiCowardly Lion in the Grace production of “The Wizard of Oz.” ence was brought from the dull images of black and white to the sparkling display of full color!

These effects were dazzling, to say the least.

Another recent production by the GCA High School drama department, the classic “Peter Pan,” also saw some fascinating technology. For these performances, a system of wires and cables was employed which allowed some of the cast members to actually “ y” through the air! students ministered through

By Rachel M. Hannon You can just imagine the impact Grace Christian Academy’s music in several venues. The upon the audience when Peter High School Ensemble earned Ensemble visited and perand the children began to soar another Gold Superior, the formed in two Chattanooga high above the stage, a feat that highest achievement for each schools and at Grace Baptist was very unusual for a school individual choir, at the Atlanta Church in Hiram, Ga. production.

Senior Lauren Hensley reHeritage International ChoAt GCA, we believe that it is ral Festival April 2014. Along ects on her three years of Encritical for our students to be with the Gold Superior, the semble tours: “It is great leadexposed to the very best opporEnsemble received an invita- ing churches in their corporate tunities that are possible, and tion to participate the 2015 time of worship. Looking out this is no different in the perElite Festival of Gold Honor’s at the people as we are singing, forming arts. These unique efChoral Competition. The En- you can tell they don’t always fects open our students to very semble was one of only three get to worship in that way. It real possibilities, as well as givchoirs at the festival to receive is awesome being able to bring ing the audiences an unmatched them together.” this invitation. experience while they are there.

Kathryn Carringer, a freshThe 64-student Ensemble The end results are productions consists of GCA high schoolers man, shares that her favorite of which performers, students, from a variety of backgrounds part of the trip was “singing faculty, and even our entire who all have a love for shar- in the different schools and community can be proud. ing Christ through music. In churches. We went non-stop addition to the many Atlanta the whole time. There was no landmarks that the students down time, but it was an awevisited, which included Stone some experience and a great Mountain, the Georgia Aquar- ministry opportunity.” ium, and Coke World, the

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Night of the Arts!

By Sophie De La Rosa, GCA senior Adrenaline pumping, hearts racing, ngers tapping – GCA’s annual Night of the Arts is nally here! A chance for kindergarten through 12th grade students to reveal the masterpieces they have been working on all year.

The evening featured live music from GCA’s award-winning ensemble and jaw-dropping performances from the drama department. All the hard work has led up to this night.

Painting, sculpting; harmonizing, rehearsing; memorizing, coordinating. Not much thought is given to the preparations for Night of the Arts.

“People show up for Night of the Arts and see our nished pieces, but they don’t see the hours that we spend working on them,” says 12th grader Elizabeth Raby.

Creating a work of art is not as

simple as some make it look. It starts with a blank page and a lot of imagination. Elizabeth thinks that one of the most stressful things about working with paint is that every stroke you make is permanent: “One of my self-portraits started to look like a cat, so I had to work through it. It turned out better than I expected.”

Matthew Jones, another 12th grader, however, prefers digital painting, where there is an undo button.

“I’m such a perfectionist, so having the undo button makes things a lot easier. I can’t exactly spill coffee on Photoshop, you know?”

Matt likes that digital painting is not seen very often, and it was this eye-catching uniqueness that brought home rst place in the painting category.

“It was really encouraging to win rst place with my piece, ‘The Right Wire.’ Typically, not a

lot of people see my art, so it was cool to see how they responded to it.”

Elizabeth Raby also received positive feedback on her artwork.

“My parents hadn’t seen my nished pieces until tonight, so I was anxious to see how they’d react. They really liked my work, and I was really surprised when I placed second in 3D Art.” The award for Best of Show went to a pencil drawing called “Illusion” by senior DeLys Valentine, who also won rst in photography with a picture titled “Locket.” Chris Crawford, a sophomore, won rst in Printmaking with his piece “Eli” and also won rst in 3D Art with “Ronan,” a clay bust. First place for Mixed Media went to senior Sophia De La Rosa with her piece “Word on the Street,” and Grace Academy senior DeLys Valentine won Best of Show for rst place in Drawing went to her pencil drawing, “Illusion,” and first place in photography for junior Kendall Spurr’s “Drum.” “Locket.” Photo by Sophie De La Rosa

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HEALTH & LIFESTYLES NEWS FROM FORT SANDERS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

Finding the ‘road to success’ for Tellico Plains woman Menopause can be a relatively easy transition for some women, but for others, it can be filled with extremely uncomfortable symptoms, such as hot flashes, sleep disruption or severe fatigue.

Lynnette Balser of Tellico Plains, 55, had been having mild symptoms for about five years, when she had a complete hysterectomy in 2008.

The surgery put Balser into full menopause, and the surgeon sent her home with an estrogen patch. “That helped the hot flashes, but nothing else,” said Balser.

Balser consulted Dr. G. Walton Smith at Fort Sanders Women’s Specialists about “bioidentical” hormone therapies. These are hormones that, once in the body, are the same molecular composition as the hormones the body would create itself.

“I was very impressed Dr. Smith took the time to listen,” said Balser. “He didn’t just tell me what to do, and he seemed to be really up on the research as well.

“Before seeing him, I had gone to several doctors after my hysterectomy, and they either didn’t believe in bioidentical hormones or were unable to prescribe them adequately.”

Smith talked at length with Balser about the

Balser decided to try a pellet form of estradiol and testosterone. During a painless office procedure, Smith implanted several tiny pellets, about the size of a grain of rice, under the skin near the hip.

Balser liked the idea of not having to remember to take pills or apply creams daily.

She will have the pellets replaced every three to four months, and they will supply a steady stream of hormones to her body.

“I like the way Dr. Smith treats each person as an individual,” said Balser. “He didn’t already have his mind made up as to what we should do. He even talked with my husband, because he’s very involved and interested. He takes the time with you and develops a program that’s suitable to the individual.”

It has been nearly two months since Balser began bioidentical hormone therapy.

“I’m feeling a lot better,” she said. “We’re not all the way there yet, but for the first time Lynnette Balser, pictured with her husband, Gary, found help with her menopause through Fort I’m really encouraged. My hot flashes are gone, and my other symptoms are improved by Sanders Women’s Specialists. about 25 to 50 percent. My blood tests showed options that would be best for her, from which lets inserted under the skin. that my hormone levels are improving as well. medications she might consider, to various de“He said, ‘These are your options, you tell “I’m encouraged,” she said. “We’re on the livery systems, such as patches, creams or pel- me what works best for you,’ ” said Balser. road to success.”

BHRT – Is it right for you?

Bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT) can be a more complete option for treating many of the varied symptoms related to menopause. However, they are not completely without risk or controversy.

“Bioidentical doesn’t have a standard medical definition,” explained Dr. G. Walton Smith, a gynecologist with Fort Sanders Women’s Specialists and Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center.

Dr. G. Walton “Some people Smith say it’s the same as ‘natural,’ because the hormones are derived from plants. I don’t use that definition because the chemicals have been manipulated by a pharmacist. My definition of bioidentical hormones are those medications which, in the body, are chemically identical to what the body normally

makes,” he said.

The Women’s Health Initiative, a major study in 2002, found that two popular hormone drugs, Premarin and Provera, were found to increase the risk of breast cancer, heart disease, stroke and blood clots.

One large-scale French study, the E3N study, found that topical estradiol and true progesterone do not carry the same risks; however, this was not a placebo controlled study.

“We know we can be safer as far as blood clots and strokes are concerned with bioidentical hormones, and maybe for breast cancer as well,” said Smith.

Bioidentical hormones are often administered through patches, creams and pellets (which are implanted under the skin), rather than in pill form, so they do not pass through the liver first before going to the rest of the body.

But finding the right mix of bioidentical hormones can take time. “It can take six to nine months to find the right dose for a woman,” Smith

said. Also, some types of bioidentical hormones are covered by insurance but others are not. “We discuss typical costs associated with the different options so patients can consider economic impact as they make their decisions” “Ultimately, it comes down to a quality of life issue, and that’s a personal choice,” said Smith. “There’s a lot of weighing of the pros and cons because HRT is always optional.”

“Nothing replaces a healthy lifestyle, eating correctly, exercising routinely and taking care of yourself,” said Smith.

Some women are able to manage this natural transition without hormones or medications and typically many of the symptoms will resolve on their own within two to five years.

“But, every woman should know there are options that can help if their symptoms start affecting their quality of life.”

Smith added, “It’s important to sit down and really have a good conversation with your physician or

nurse practitioner about all of the symptoms that you feel may be related to menopause. They can help you as you consider the potential benefits and any potential negatives

Moms of all ages need to get their annual mammograms

In honor of Mother’s Day, Thompson Comprehensive Breast Center encourages you to take the time to potentially save your life.

Thirty minutes is all it takes to ensure you’re there to take care of them.

Upcoming ‘Covenant Presents’ highlights hip fracture care region’s elite physicians of many different specialties. The program connects medical professionals with local seniors to present health and lifestyle topics of interest to the group. It costs $5 to attend, is open to the public and lunch is provided.

On Wednesday, May 28, Dr. Paul Yau, orthopedic surgeon at the Hip Fracture Center at Fort

Sanders Regional, will talk about hip fractures. The Hip Fracture Center incorporates “best practice” guidelines and has a team of experts to get patients back on their feet.

For more information about “Covenant Presents,” or about the programs and services of Covenant Health, call 865-541-4500.

A physician referral is not required for your annual screening mammogram. Call (865) 541-1450 to schedule your mammogram today!

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Once a month, a group of senior adults gathers at the Frank R. Strang Senior Center in West Knoxville to learn information about a variety of health and lifestyle topics called “Covenant Presents.”

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to BHRT or HRT.” For more information about the services offered by Fort Sanders Women’s Specialists, call 865-541-1122.

NURSING EXCELLENCE Fort Sanders Regional salutes the nearly 600 nursing professionals who provide excellent care for our patients around the clock, every day of the year.

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New taxes or no: Both draw applause

By Sandra Clark Knoxville’s mayor wants a 34-cent property-tax hike and promises dynamic projects (along with an ordinance-mandated 2.5 percent wage increase for city employees and a charter-mandated 3 percent increase for pensions). The people at her budget address applauded.

Analysis Knox County’s mayor wants no property-tax increase (the last one was at the beginning of Tommy Schumpert’s second term, 15 years ago), promises fewer new programs and no wholesale raises for county

employees including teachers and deputies. The people at his budget address applauded.

Who are these people, and why are they clapping?

Mayor Madeline Rogero must believe she’s got five votes on City Council for her budget or she would have proposed s ome t h i ng Rogero less.

Vice Mayor Nick Pavlis seems solidly at her side.

Mayor Tim Burchett is closely aligned with Knox County Commission, a body unlikely to pass a tax hike

even if he proposed it. Luckily, the county’s tax base has grown in the recession so that Burchett has been able to fund increases of $49 million to Knox County Schools during his term, even without a tax increase.

But that has come at the expense of the Sheriff’s Office, where the bottom 90 percent Burchett are underpaid. It shortchanges Parks and Recreation, where each year Doug Bataille tries to do more and more with less and less. And the school board says it’s not enough.

Ted Hall returns Ted Hall is back on the local news scene, and he stopped by the Halls Senior Center last week to talk during the Super Senior Lun-

Ruth White

cheon. He talked about his move to Atlanta and decisions that brought his family back to the area.

“About two years into the job in Atlanta, my goals changed, my heart changed,” he said. During a trip to Kansas for his wife’s family reunion, their son Keaton had a full-blown seizure, and a golf-ball-size tumor was discovered on his brain.

The tumor was cancerous

Both legislative bodies will conduct hearings and vote in May. Rogero’s budget calls for great things including public restrooms on Market Square. That alone earned her a standing ovation.

She said, “Everywhere I go I hear that we are on the right track. There is an excitement and a buzz for the good things happening in Knoxville. We need to stay on track. We need to keep the momentum building. We need to continue to invest in building a great city.”

Rogero’s $200.5 million general fund budget includes increases for sidewalks and crosswalks, $1.2 million for public infrastructure

improvements downtown, $300,000 for continued improvements in the Magnolia Warehouse District, $500,000 to remediate blighted and chronic-problem properties, $500,000 for historic-preservation projects, and $1 million for greenway corridors and improvements to Lakeshore Park, Fountain City Lake and Ijams Nature Center. Whew!

Burchett’s $31.2 million capital budget has new projects as well: ■ $5 million for Ball Camp Drive phase two ■ $2.5 million for safety improvements at various intersections ■ $750,000 for expansion and upgrades to Carter Convenience Center

■ $300,000 for the development of Plumb Creek Park ■ Funding for 30 new KCSO vehicles and technology/security upgrades Burchett promises fiscal responsibility and a tight fist. Rogero promises leadership for city services “that people have come to expect and demand.”

Both mayors got applause because both connect with the people they serve. Both are likable and approachable. Both work hard.

Both are middle of the road, with Burchett leaning rightward while Rogero lists to the left. We’ve got the government we deserve.

Let’s hear a round of applause.

ited Maui and considered moving to Hawaii. Keaton told his parents that he wanted to return to Knoxville. Hall began to put out feelers for possible jobs and was interviewed by WVLT. He landed the job and is thrilled at how the station pitched in to make it work for his family.

Several times Hall told the crowd that he was glad that he went to Atlanta but he’s thrilled to be back in East Tennessee.

“ Wat c h i n g the birds outside the window has become a game for my family,” she said.

“My children alHamilton ways ask me about the birds that visit.”

Her illustrations are soft, watercolor birds that help tell her sweet story.

She will have books available at the signing, or they can be ordered at www. tatepublishing.com.

Facebook page.

Knox County parks director Doug Bataille spoke about the Trail Volunteer program, created by the county, the city of Knoxville and the town of Farragut.

Volunteers are being sought to help others on trails and greenways in Knox County. They should be friendly, knowledgeable and approachable, but no special skills are required.

Info: www.knoxcounty. org/parks.

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Former Brickey-McCloud cafeteria worker Imogene Jenkins, Ted Hall and John R. McCloud chat after Hall’s presentation at the Halls Senior Center.

most of our support came from East Tennessee. We received calls, visits and messages from our friends here.”

Before returning to Knoxville, the family vis-

and very rare in children.

During Keaton’s illness and surgeries, Hall struggled, finally deciding to turn it over to God. “While Keaton was sick,

Ace Hardware to feature author

Wendy Hamilton will sign books from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 10, at Ace Hardware in Halls. She chose the hardware store because that is where her husband, Jim, purchased their first birdfeeder, the inspiration for the book.

“The Feeding Tree” is a children’s book about different birds and their habits.

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Now that their children are grown, Glenn and Elaine continue to visit FSHFC together almost every day. While they use a variety of equipment during their workouts, they really enjoy spending their time on the fitness floor using the free weights and elliptical machines.“We appreciate the continuous upgrading and updating of the equipment and facilities. The variety of workout opportunities seems endless!”

Ijams beer garden

Love nature and love beer? Ijams Nature Center The latest Appalachian has opened a beer garden at Mountain Bike Club meet- Mead’s Quarry to help you ing was a lovefest – presi- enjoy both. dent Brian Hann compliThe beer garden is open mented individuals and the Tuesdays, Thursdays and group on their volunteer ef- Saturdays. A select number forts at the Knoxville Mara- of beers are available. thon and AMBC workdays Seating, good views and as well as other events. games such as corn hole will The May workday will be offer hikers and bicyclists a announced on the group’s spot to relax and refresh.

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Glenn and Elaine Streno Why FSHFC? When Glenn and Elaine began searching for the perfect health and fitness center to workout and spend time together as a family, they discovered Fort Sanders Health and Fitness Center and fell in love. They have now been members of FSHFC for over 20 years. The couple raised four children during that time, enjoying the swimming pools, youth development programs and customer service.“We’ve developed wonderful friendships with the staff and members,” they said.

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Tickets on sale for Tennessee Theatre’s annual “Stars on Stage” event. Kenny Rogers will headline the event, 8 p.m. Saturday, May 17. Proceeds will benefit the Historic Tennessee Theatre Foundation.

THROUGH SUNDAY, MAY 18 “Pollyanna” presented by the Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Ave. Performances: 7 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays; 1 and 5 p.m.

Saturdays; 3 p.m. Sundays. Info/reservations: 2083677; www.knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com; info@ childrenstheatreknoxville.com.

Diabetes Management Series, 6:30 p.m., Knox County Health Department auditorium, 140 Dameron Ave. Free five-part series; open to the public. To register: 215-5170.

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MONDAY, MAY 4-5 Alex Haley Scholarship Benefit Celebrity Golf Tournament, Gettysvue Polo, Golf and Country Club.

Check-in, 8 a.m.; tee time, 8:30. Cost 250 per player. To register: http://volsconnect.com/alexhaley2014.

TUESDAY, MAY 6 UT Hospice Adult Grief Support Group

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Silent Prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, Roll Call Approval of Agenda Mayor’s Report Citizens Forum Approval of Minutes A. April 24, 2014 VI. Ordinance A. First Reading 1. Ordinance 14-04, ordinance to amend Ordinance 86-16, Zoning Ordinance of the Town of Farragut and amending Ordinance 03-10, by updating the computer generated Zoning Map 2. Ordinance 14-05, Ordinance to amend the text of the Farragut Municipal Code, Title 8 Alcoholic Beverages, Chapter 2 Beer VII. Business Items A. Approval for Museum funds to be used for possible auction items B. Approval to close Brooklawn Drive and S. Campbell Station Road (from Municipal Center Drive to Concord Road) for the Go & Glow in the Dark event to be held on June 7, 2014 C. Interlocal Agreement, for the Employment of a Public Management Fellow Between the State of Tennessee Municipalities: Alcoa, Farragut, Maryville, and Oak Ridge and The University of Tennessee VIII. Town Administrator's Report IX. Attorney’s Report

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Poets Donna Doyle and Rose Raney will read, 3 p.m., Historic Westwood, 3425 Kingston Pike. Part of Poets for Preservation spring poetry series. Refreshments served. Guests invited to look around the newly restored mansion after the readings.

Vestival: South Knoxville’s Art & Heritage Dinner and auction sponsored by Kids First Festival, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Candoro Arts & Heritage Child Advocacy Center, 5 p.m., Rothschild Catering and Center at the historic Candoro Marble Company site, Conference Center, 8807 Kingston Pike. Theme: “Hoops 4450 Candora Ave. Cost: suggested donation $5 per for Hope.” Guest speaker: Holly Warlick, head coach, UT person at the gate. All donations go to the Candoro Arts Women’s Basketball team. Proceeds to help provide free & Heritage Center. Vendors, live music. Info: www. services to victims of child abuse in Loudon, Morgan, CandoroMarble.org.

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Rabies vaccination clinics, 2-4:30 p.m. Cost: kidsfirsttn.org $10 per animal. Hosted by the Knox County Health Scholar in Residence Evening, 7 p.m., Temple Department and the Knoxville Veterinarian MediBeth El, 3037 Kingston Pike. Featuring Rabbi Dr. cal Association at the following schools: Anderson Michael Cook, author of “Modern Jews Engage the New Elementary School, Bearden High School, Bearden Testament: Enhancing Jewish Well-Being in a Christian Middle School, Cedar Bluff Primary School, Chilhowee Environment.” Info: www.tbeknox.org or 524-3521.

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Songwriting workshops followed by a songwriter-in-the-round style performance, featuring Mary AARP Driver Safety class, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., East Tennessee Medical Group (ETMG), 266 Joule St., Alcoa. Gauthier, Jim Lauderdale, Scott Miller, Matt Wertz and Drew Ramsey, Historic Ramsey House, 2614 ThornInto/to register: Carolyn Rambo, 584-9964. grove Pike. Info/to sign up: http://www.ramseyhouse.

First Lutheran Church senior group 55 Alive org/wp-content/uploads/song-writers-flier.pdf or call meeting, noon, in the meeting room in the church, 865-546-0745.

1297 N. Broadway. Guest speaker: Laura Halm, news reporter from WATE-TV Channel 6, will speak on “My Life as a Journalist.” Cost: $7, includes lunch. The public is invited; reservations are requested: 524-0344 before noon.

Harvey Broome Group outing: Backpack, Gil“Bloom Where You Are Planted” luncheon, liland Creek, GSMNP. Total hiking distance is 10.5 10:45 a.m., Buddy’s Bearden Banquet Hall, 5806 miles. Backcountry camp fee $4 per person – check Kingston Pike. Hosted by the Knoxville Christian with the leader about reservations status. Rated easy.

Women’s Connection. Special program featuring Lisa Preregister with Warren or Carol Devine, 483-7894 or Stanley from Stanley Green House. Guest speaker: warrendevine@comcast.net.

Judith Barth from Dayton, Tenn. Cost: $12 inclusive.

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SATURDAY-SUNDAY, MAY 10-11

Registration open for AMSE Science Explorer Camp for rising 5th, 6th and 7th graders. Two sessions: June 9-13, June 16-20. Info/to register: http://amse. org/visitors/summer-camps/.

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A concert of compassion

(L to R) Chaplain LuAnne Prevost, John Purifoy, Anna Thomas, Steve Boyce and Kimberly Quigley, M.D. Vocalist Steve Boyce, owner of Rush’s Music and cantor at St. John’s Episcopal Church, was part of the trio. The tenor opened the performance in the Senior Behavioral Unit with a moving a cappella rendition of the gospel favorite, “Shall We Gather at the River.” The familiar tune was met with smiles and gnarled, worn fingers tapping on the plastic arms of the hospital recliners.

Those who were able joined in the chorus.

Boyce also has a very personal connection to communicating with music.

“You know the song ‘Sing Me to Heaven?’ As my Mom was passing, our family gathered around her and sang,” Boyce said.

“We ended with the doxology ‘Praise God from whom all blessings flow.’

Aging: MEMORY LOSS ■ “Normal aging” – Periodically and temporarily forgetting names, appointments or where you left your keys.

■ Alzheimer’s – Memory problems are especially noticeable when it comes to remembering recent events, names, placement of objects and other new information.

There is such a comfort in music,” he continued.

“Music is a powerful, powerful way we speak to each other,” Boyce said.

The flutist of the trio, Anna Thomas, concurred.

“My Mom had dementia, but she always enjoyed it when we sang and played,” Thomas said.

Thomas is director of music at First Presbyterian Church of Oak Ridge and adjunct faculty in music at Roane State Community College. She sings with the Knoxville Choral Society and the Knoxville Chamber Chorale, along with Boyce.

Thomas’s flute performance was featured in an instrumental version of “His Eye is on the Sparrow,”

what’s ‘normal’ and what’s not conversations. May repeat and call things by the wrong name

DECISION MAKING ■ “Normal aging” – Making a questionable or debatable decision at times

TIME/PLACE DISORIENTATION

■ Alzheimer’s – Poor judgment when making decisions, such as wearing several shirts on a warm day or giving away large sums of money to solicitors.

■ “Normal aging” – Forgetting the day of the week or why you entered a room.

PERSONALITY TRAITS

■ Alzheimer’s – Becoming lost on your own street or forget where you are, how you got there and how to return home

■ “Normal aging” – Feeling fatigued by work and social obligations now and then or becoming irritable when a routine is disrupted

DAILY LIVING ACTIVITIES

■ Alzheimer’s – Changes in mood and personality, such as increased suspicion, rapid and persistent mood swings, withdrawal and disinterest in usual activities

■ “Normal aging” – Sometimes needing assistance with an electronic device.

■ Alzheimer’s – Struggling to complete familiar actions, such as brushing teeth, getting dressed, preparing a meal or placing a telephone call

LANGUAGE PROBLEMS ■ “Normal aging” – Occasionally struggling to find the right word ■ Alzheimer’s – Difficulty completing sentences and following directions and

MENTAL TASKS ■ “Normal aging” – Making a mistake when balancing a checkbook or leaving an ingredient out of a recipe every now and then ■ Alzheimer’s – Difficulty with complex mental assignments, such as balancing a checkbook or other tasks involving numbers or following directions

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during the evening at Senior Behavioral Health. One patient who did not speak was so moved by the piece that he placed his face into his hands and wept openly.

Music can be associated with important events and emotions.

The connection to a song or piece of music can be so strong that hearing the work after a long period of time evokes a related memory. According to the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, “music that was listened to from the ages 18-25 is mostly likely to have the strongest responses and the most potential for engagement.”

“This has been witnessed as seniors who project a flat affect suddenly begin tapping a toe or mouthing the words to the song,” Prevost explained. “Smiles come across the face as recognition takes place when something familiar is remembered.”

Cloudy eyes sparkled and dentured smiles illuminated several faces that night in the hospital when Boyce sang “I Only Have Eyes for You” and “When I Fall in Love.”

There was an even a momentary, impromptu box-step by two staff members in the hallway outside the Day Room when “Tennessee Waltz” was sung.

One patient called out, “Hey, can you do some Captain and Tennille? I like that ‘Love Will Keep Us Together’ song!”

Just as music can stimulate, it can also soothe by affecting the secretion levels of five brain chemicals in Alzheimer’s patients. This may contribute to a patient’s relaxed and calm mood.

Chaplain Prevost said she hopes to host these special musical events once a quarter for Senior Behavioral Unit patients and their families.

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Social workers and case managers also help support patients’ families and plan for future care, treating the whole family dynamic.

Referrals to the Senior Behavioral Unit are made by a patient’s primary care physician. Admissions are voluntary or by consent of a person legally appointed as a power of attorney or conservator over the patient.

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It wasn’t exactly Carnegie Hall, but the audience couldn’t have been more appreciative of the trio of musicians from the Knoxville Choral Society in the Senior Behavioral Unit at Parkwest .

In reality, the volunteer musicians will be performing at Carnegie Hall in New York City in June. One of the recent compositions by John Purifoy, “Chronicles of Blue and Gray,” will be featured. Purifoy, composer and arranger of choral and piano works, sings with the choir at the Church of Ascension in Knoxville.

Chaplain LuAnne Prevost organized the special concert for the 16-bed specialty care unit because she knows from professional and personal experience how patients who may have lost the ability to communicate respond to music – often to the surprise of their relatives or friends. She hopes that by involving family members in a musical experience, they will include music as an enjoyable way to connect to their aging loved ones.

“Music searches the recesses of the mind. It helps to uncover what is hidden from view,” said Prevost.

“Music does not mandate cognitive function for success. Even during the late stages of dementia or Alzheimer’s, the ability to stay engaged in music occurs because rhythm requires very little cognitive or mental processing.”

Prevost, whose father died just two days before the performance, said that it was “incredibly important for me to be here, and that he would have wanted it.” Prevost’s father, the Rev. Joseph Nickell of Maryville, had Alzheimer’s disease and Prevost connected with him by singing and playing music up until the end – long after Nickell had lost the ability to remember and converse in traditional ways.

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May 5, 2014

The music man W

By Carol Zinavage

est Knoxville resident Lori King didn’t know what to expect when she first got her toddler son Tate Garcia a toy musical instrument.

“It was a little alligator with a keyboard on it. I expected him to bang on the keys.

But he actually took the time to pick out songs note by note,” the pre-K teacher says. That’s when she realized her son had something special.

Tate, now 16, will be a sophomore next year at Bearden High School. And he’s picked up a few more instruments since that alligator.

He plays piano, baritone horn, tuba, trombone, clarinet and saxophone. He marched in the band this past year playing marimba, and next year he’ll play synthesizer. He plays guitar, bass and violin. And harmonica and accordion. And drums. And probably kazoo.

And he’s been blind since birth.

Tate has only recently begun his first formal piano training. But the first piece this “beginner” brought in to play wasn’t “Mary Had a Little Lamb.” It was Frederic Chopin’s Nocturne in E Flat. He had figured out most of it from listening to a demo version on an electric keyboard. We’re talking about an advanced, sophisticated piece of music – easily a college-level piece.

Full disclosure: I’m his piano teacher.

Chris MacTavish, director of bands at Farragut Middle School, well remembers Tate’s audition on baritone horn for the music program there. The second part of the three-part audition was performing

Tate Garcia’s hands fly as he plays a Chopin piece. Photo

by Carol Zinavage

Spurred on by Tate’s enormous talent, MacTavish got in touch with trombonist Tom Lundberg, Bearden High’s jazz band director and a founding member of the prestigious Knoxville Jazz Orchestra.

“I credit Chris hugely with Tate’s musical development through middle school,” says Lundberg.

“He kept encouraging me to work with Tate. I started teaching him private lessons this past fall through the assistance of an anonymous patron. We worked on trombone technique, learned tunes and improvised for each other, sometimes with Tate on trombone and me on piano and other times vice versa.”

The next step

a prepared piece. Since Tate did not read music at the time, he wasn’t able to learn it beforehand. So “I played it for him on my trombone, and he played it back perfectly after just one listening,” says MacTavish.

“I still remember the first day he asked to borrow a trombone,” he continues. “He came into my office after about 45 minutes’ practice and said, ‘Mr. MacTavish, I can play the Star Spangled Banner.’ And he could! He played it from top to bottom.

I was floored.

“At one point, many students and teachers pitched in and we bought him an accordion. Within 10 minutes he was en-

tertaining the other students by playing their song requests.”

The teacher – whom Tate’s family fondly calls “Mr. Mac” – found other imaginative ways to challenge the student. He would ask him to play Christmas carols “in different styles like polka, samba or even as a march. Then to make it more interesting, I would have him transition from one song to another without stopping.

“Imagine going from ‘Jingle Bells’ to Ozzy Osbourne’s ‘Crazy Train’ to ‘Rocky Top’ to Aaron Copland’s ‘Appalachian Spring.’

“He rarely missed a beat - pun intended!” says MacTavish with a grin.

As Tate’s proficiency, curiosity and ability grew, it soon became apparent that, in order to be fully rounded as a musician, he needed to be able to read music.

Lundberg knew exactly what to do.

“I encouraged Linda Attanasio, who is Tate’s vision resource aide at BHS, to incorporate the Braille music notation system,” he says. “This enables Tate to participate with the BHS band.” Attanasio picked up the ball.

“My job regarding Tate is to make sure all materials needed for him are in Braille, auditory or tactile graphic format,” she says. In addition, she teaches technology skills for computer accessibility and independence, and modifies all visuals to meet his needs in the school environment.

She is his bridge to the sighted world.

And with Braille music notation, she’s had to learn a few new tricks herself.

Attanasio is a veteran of about five years of childhood piano lessons and reads music well enough to transcribe the notes. But speaking of her days as a piano student,

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she says, “I just couldn’t get my hands to go where they needed to go!” In that way, she says, “I don’t think musically. I think in code. But I understood the music and what the piece was trying to do.

“You have to understand the nuances.

When I work with Tate, we go in little ‘chunks’ until he gets the notes and the phrasing.

“But the better he gets, the less I have to work with him on that!”

The Braille music notation system has little in common with the sighted system. The standard music staff of lines and spaces has no place here, and rhythms are conveyed in a completely different way. It’s difficult for anyone schooled in the traditional system to comprehend.

But it’s no problem for Tate. When a wrong note is pointed out, he reaches for the bumps on the page and identifies it instantly. “Oh – that’s a G flat, not a G natural,” he murmurs, while instantly correcting the faulty note on the keyboard and never, ever making the same mistake again.

By the way, he started learning to read music only late last year, during the Christmas holidays. Now he learns pieces as fast as Attanasio can get them into Braille.

Tate’s dad, Roger Jervis, a machinist, is amazed at the music that his son makes.

When asked where he gets the talent, he laughs helplessly and says, “I don’t know! I guess it just comes from God!” The King-Jervises are faithful mem-

bers of Grassy Hill Baptist Church, where Tate is – you guessed it – a busy member of the praise band. His other siblings – Ken, 20, Curtis, 18, and Biyanka, 13, also display musical talent, from singing to guitar and bass to the drums. Dad Roger is handy with the guitar and the mandolin. Mom Lori loves to listen and says that all her kids have “been immersed in music since before they were born.”

These days, “Team Tate” is looking to the future and considering where his place might be in the musical landscape. Linda Attanasio says it is part of her job to seek out opportunities to transition him for post-high school life. She’s been gathering information from various sources about music schools and the different types of music professions.

Tate himself is eager to learn jazz. He probably will be delving deeper into that very soon; Knoxville is, after all, one of the best jazz towns in the state, with plentiful organizations, players and instructors. As for further down the line, the mention of the Berklee College of Music in Boston – a famed Mecca for jazz students – lights up his whole face.

Right now he’s getting ready for his school band concert and a big piano recital, both in May. There’s plenty of practicing awaiting him every day, but Tate doesn’t mind.

“Music,” he says, “helps me to see the world.”

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By Anne Hart

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hen they gather to talk about it, their eyes sparkle with excitement, anticipation and sheer joy.

That’s not surprising. Poised as they have become through years and years of training and practice, practice, practice, they are still teenagers, these five longtime students at Knoxville’s prestigious Studio Arts for Dancers. They bubble over with all the enthusiasm one would expect of girls their age facing a new challenge that comes wrapped around an incredible opportunity.

They’re amazingly accomplished dancers, perhaps even future prima ballerinas, but they’re still high school girls headed off to a great adventure, and they can hardly contain themselves when they get together to discuss it. The close friendship molded through their work is apparent.

All are also high academic achievers at local schools, and they are being rewarded for both academic excellence and proficiency in their art by acceptance to the coveted Tennessee Governor’s School for the Arts.

Only 25 students were accepted for the dance program, and to have five from one studio is exceptional. The selections were made last winter after each applicant had gone through a demanding two-hour audition, which consisted of both ballet and modern dance.

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ers will be studying under internationally acclaimed professional dancers and instructors.

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The five students from Studio Arts for Dancers are: Megan DuCote, a rising junior at Knoxville Catholic High School and the daughter of Garnetta and Joey DuCote; Elisabeth Nebenfuehr, a rising senior at Bearden High School and the daughter of Sabine and Andreas Nebenfuehr; Lindsay Howard, a rising junior at Bearden and the daughter of Julie and David Howard; Laura Patterson, a rising junior at Knoxville Catholic and the daughter of Diana and John Patterson; and McKenzie Duncan, a rising junior at Rivers Edge Chris-

tian Academy and the daughter of Heather and Gaspare Duncan.

And about those parents, Lindsay Howard says, “We could not have gotten where we are today without parental support. All of our parents are so supportive of what we’re doing.” Each of the girls echoes her comments.

Lindsay has been dancing for 11 years and says she may major in dance psychology in college. She also says she has “made lifelong friends” at the dance studio, another sentiment agreed to by her fellow dancers.

Megan has been dancing for nine years and says she may find a career in physical therapy, perhaps relating to dance. “Dance is something that helps you find yourself,” she says. “It also gives you new ways to express yourself.”

Elisabeth, a dancer for seven years, says, “Dance is fun. It can make you forget everything else. It just makes you happy.”

Laura, a dance student for 11 years, says she wants to do something with dance in the future.

“Maybe I’ll be a choreographer,” she says with a smile.

McKenzie, who has been a dance student for 12 years, says whatever she finds herself doing in the future, “Dance will help. I have learned a lot through it.”

Lisa Hall McKee, who founded Studio Arts for Dancers in 1990, says one of the best things about dance “is that it prepares young people for life. It’s not just dance. It also teaches young people to show respect for others, to be responsible and to compete with grace. These girls will do very well, whatever they choose to do in life.”

McKee says the friendships formed through the dance classes are remarkable. “Not long ago I attended a wedding where the bride and all the bridesmaids had been students here.”

“It’s a sisterhood,” Lindsay says. “That’s what happens here.”

Our award-winning Kids U summer program is an exclusive opportunity for area youth in grades K-12. Children come to UT and learn from university faculty, staff, and graduate students in fields from art to chemistry, cooking to anthropology, and the ever popular veterinary medicine. Our high school level classes offer a focus on potential careers.

Camps are offered for one or two weeks in the morning or afternoon. Class sizes are limited and fill up quickly.

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The Muse in Knoxville offers fun learning activities for local kids. Photo provided by The Muse

campers get to learn how to use chemistry concepts along with everyday household items to make some pretty entertaining surprises such as slime and even erupting volcanoes. Children in the next age group up have the chance to learn all about electricity and explosions in “Chemistry Investigation.”

For the more mechanically inclined kids, a camp called “Crazy Contraptions” gives participants the opportunity to

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Discovery museum Summer camp has always been one of the favorite pastimes of summer vacation for kids. Now, with the recent re-opening of a local children’s science-themed museum, there are even more options in the area with the discovery-loving youngster in mind.

Many of us remember the children’s discovery museum that was tucked inside Chilhowee Park in East Knoxville years ago. It has recently re-opened as The Muse and has plenty of unique scenarios for curious kids to have fun while learning about different areas of science. Their summer-camp program gives children a chance to have some hands-on fun while learning about the world around them at the same time. Best of all, there is something for each specific age group.

The themes of the various camps offered cover an array of science-related subject matter. In “Cool Chemistry!”

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learn all about the science behind mechanical devices as well as a chance to make one of their own. Some of the camps offered even use Legos to help illustrate certain concepts. A Middle Ages-themed camp gives Lego lovers the opportunity to build a catapult and defeat a dragon, ultimately leading to camper knighthood if the challenge is successfully completed.

Another camp boasts themes of robotics and includes Legos as well.

But the fun doesn’t stop there. “We will also be offering special hands-on science and art activities on Saturdays throughout the summer that will be included in regular admission,” says Ellie Kittrell, Executive Director at The Muse. “In May we will be opening up an outdoor play space in addition to our fourthousand square feet of exhibit and play spaces and will also have a booth at the Destination Imagination Global Finals at the Knoxville Convention Center,” she adds.

The center will also be co-hosting the Science Village at the Children’s Festival of Reading in World’s Fair Park on May 17.

The re-opening of The Muse brings lots of special new learning opportunities to the children of the Knoxville area. The museum includes a planetarium as well as plenty of educational exibits. Handson toddler activities are also offered throughout the week.

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Low cost, cost, high education summer

By Cindy Taylor Ah … the sweet smell of flowers in the air, the summer sun on your shoulders and “Oh no! The kids are out of school!” Now what?

With summer fast approaching, it is time for parents to start thinking about ways to keep children active and involved during the warm and potentially lazy months. Here are a few tips to get you started in planning for those long days of summer.

Elementary school kids While we all (students, teachers and parents) need and deserve a break in the summer, it is imperative to keep some type of routine of learning. Young children often learn without even realizing they are doing so. For example, when you’re traveling, award points for words they can read on billboards or road signs and have them calculate their total. An ice-cream run could be the reward for a certain number of points.

At home or while traveling, give them a newspaper, magazine or church bulletin and ask them to circle all the words they can read. Have them read aloud, and ask them questions about what they read. Flash cards are great for math and memory games and can be played anywhere.

For those who can read and write, have them write letters to hand-deliver or mail. The free reading program at the public library is always fun and endorsed by all teachers.

If you have friends who own a working farm, ask if you can arrange a tour.

Middle school kids Use time in the summer as an opportunity to develop your relationship with your children. Finding activities to do as a family is important for staying connected to your kids. This could be as simple as a picnic in a park or your own backyard, gardening, or going to local ballgames.

Children work hard at school all year, and it is important for them to find joy during summer vacation.

For high-schoolers Parents often think a student of this age is the hardest to connect with, but deliberately spending quality time with your teenagers could lead to the most fun summer you’ve ever had.

One option for teens who may be home alone during the summer is to provide them with a camera (not a cell phone) that can easily go where they go. That can also be

Summer reading programs at area libraries provide an array of learning opportunities at no cost. Knoxville Zoo volunteer coordinator Jessica Hurley brings friends to the Powell library.

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Look for low-cost horseback-riding lessons for kids or ask some friends if your kids can pay a visit to their farm in the summer. Kallie Hopper rides her quarter horse, Elvis.

Tour your local Goddard School and experience why it’s the best preparation for social and academic success.

Goddard Systems, Inc.’s program is AdvancED accredited.

FARRAGUT 865-966-0663 KNOXVILLE 865-531-9599 GoddardSchool.com

-----------LEARNING FOR FUN. LEARNING FOR LIFE.® -----------It isn’t free, but you get a lot for the admission price at the Knoxville Zoo. Jacob Houston takes a peek at an otter.

The Goddard Schools are operated by independent franchisees under a license agreement with Goddard Systems, Inc. Programs and ages may vary. © Goddard Systems, Inc. 2014.

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a learning experience. Challenge them to find unusual birds, plants or flowers to photograph. Present them with a journal to log what they see. Parents can spend evenings with their kids, giving them time to show what they documented during the days.

When vacationing, nearly any destination has some historic significance. Try to take at least a small portion of a day to explore museums, local/ethnic cuisine or notable landmarks.

Consider starting a family book club reading youngadult novels. If your teen liked the movie, he or she will probably like the book. Book discussions over dinner can be fun for everyone.

Parents can set physical and academic achievement goals that earn rewards for any age. Summer chores can include cooking, cleaning and practical home skills. Volunteering at a science center or animal shelter or spending time with the elderly can help grow a child. Enjoying creative time with your children in the summer will help launch them later.

Check out familyfriendlyknoxville.com for free/inexpensive fun. Sit with your kids as they Google “free children’s activities” and see what they can find. Visit parentingteens.about.com for more ideas.

It is important to keep kids learning while not taking away their summer. Parents should remember what it was like when they were kids. Maybe the most important thing of all for parents to remember is to be sure to take time to praise all accomplishments!

Thank you to teachers Kara Israel, Mandi Meek and Rachel Kirkpatrick and school counselor Nikki Gregory for contributing to this article.

Give kids newspapers, magazines, scissors and glue and let them make an art collage of items that they find interesting. This can spur great conversations and teach parents about their children. Meredith Key recycles empty shotgun shells into art.

Take kids to a farmers market and let them pick out a new food to try.

File photos by Cindy Taylor

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