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Jury Fest ahead for craft guild The Foothills Craft Guild is accepting new member applications from fine craft artisans for its second Jury Fest to be held Wednesday, Aug. 12, with take-in days Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 10-11.

Info/application: Bob Klassen, bobklassen@charter.net, or www.foothillscraftguild. org under the “How to Join” section.

Red Gate Rodeo The annual Red Gate Festival and Rodeo will be held Friday and Saturday, July 17-18, at Red Gate Farm in Maynardville.

Carnival starts at 5 p.m.

Friday and 4 p.m. Saturday.

Rodeo starts at 8 p.m. each day. Admission is $15 for adults, $8 for kids 4-10 years old, and free for kids age 3 and under.

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IN THIS ISSUE Unhappy week Betty Bean says Dr. Jim McIntyre had a most unhappy week, and she lists the reasons why in a column titled, “McIntyre’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week.”

And this week could be even worse.

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Kuumba Festival The words of Maya Angelou paired with an inspirational tagline set the stage for the annual Kuumba Festival in Knoxville: “ ‘Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear,’ we rise together, celebrate and uplift our community.”

The African-American arts festival began on June 26 on Market Square and moved to Morningside Park for the subsequent two days.

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Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett recognizes Lyons View community leader Walter Keith, who passed away earlier this year.

By Wendy Smith Larry Bussell traveled from Memphis to attend the recent Lyons View Appreciation Day. It makes him feel good to come back to the place where he was raised

by an entire neighborhood.

His family moved to the house at the corner of the playground behind the Lyons View Community Center after his dad, a Kentucky coal miner, passed away. It was

the kind of neighborhood where everybody knew everybody, and adults kept an eye on all of the kids.

He recalls when he tested the limits of the community supervi-

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sion system. His mother always forbade him to go over the brick wall that surrounded the nearby Fulton mansion, but one day, cuTo page A-2

REI gives $20K toward bridge in Urban Wilderness

By Betsy Pickle The Urban Wilderness is becoming a little less wild.

Outdoors and recreational outfitter REI used the outskirts of the 100-acre Wood property as the setting to present $10,000 each to the Appalachian Mountain Bike Club and Legacy Parks Foundation last Thursday. The $20,000 will go toward installing a bridge over East Red Bud Road to connect the Wood property with Marie Myers Park.

Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero made “building bridges” jokes as she joined Legacy Parks executive director Carol Evans and AMBC vice president Brian Hann for the presentation by Noah Wildfire, outdoor programs

and outreach coordinator for REI. The enthusiastic crowd included AMBC members, Legacy Parks supporters, about a dozen REI staffers and a coterie of South Knoxvillians.

This is the second “big check” AMBC has received in the past month. The club won $100,000 to build a zero gravity trail in the Urban Wilderness in a nationwide contest held by Bell Helmets.

Wildfire said the Bell grant had no impact on REI’s decision to give AMBC $10,000.

“Regardless of whether AMBC won that Bell Built grant, we would support them either way,” said Wildfire. “They are just wonderful stewards of our outdoor recreation community and won-

derful partners to work with here in Knoxville.”

REI also granted $10,000 each to the two groups last year. The company had started looking around for community partners even before opening the store on Papermill Road in July 2014.

“Because of that wonderful relationship that we had with them, we wanted to continue it into 2015, especially knowing that they are wonderful change agents here in the community, and they do wonderful things for the outdoor recreation community,” Wildfire said.

Evans and Hann said the REI money would be combined with other donations to the two groups to cover the approximately $60,000 cost of the bridge.

“We had had a gift from a private donor that was there waiting on the right project,” said Evans, who noted that Legacy Parks has a list of 12 projects awaiting funding all the time. “It was like, ‘Wow, this is the right project.’

“This one just made sense with REI, and it made sense for that donor.”

Evans credits Hann with finding a manufacturer who makes pre-constructed bridge pieces that can be dropped into sites.

“Basically, you just have to build the footers, and this piece drops in, so it was more affordable,” she said.

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Sherri Gardner Howell on page A-3

Name controversy won’t go away The decision of the UT Board of Trustees not to hear comments on the name change for most women’s athletics at last week’s Knoxville meetings handed state Rep. Roger Kane a perfect and understandable reason to take it to the Legislature. He can now say the entire UT leadership has declined to give 45 lawmakers and thousands of citizens a day in a public setting to express their views.

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A heritage worth remembering:

By Betty Bean One Saturday evening in 1958, I settled down in front of the TV at my grandparents’ house to watch “The Gray Ghost,” which celebrated Col. John Mosby, a dashing Confederate whose raiders rode rings around dimwitted Yankees to the tune of “The Yellow Rose of Texas.” I loved that show.

But Mosby didn’t have time to draw his sword when my granddad came barreling out of the kitchen and told me to find something else to watch.

“Why?” I asked.

Finding John Bean “Because it’s treason,” he said.

“And I despise it.”

I didn’t know what treason was, but I’ve remembered this small incident for more than 50 years, although it took decades for me to understand what it was really about: It was the voice of my greatgrandfather, challenging me to come find him. He stayed in my ear no matter how many times I saw “Gone With the Wind.”

Here’s what I knew: John Alexander Bean was a Union Army veteran, but he was no Yankee.

Learn more William Rule, Union Army veteran, newspaper reporter and Parson Brownlow protégé who later founded the Knoxville Journal, wrote the most succinct account of what it was like to make the long walk to Cumberland Gap and described it in great detail here: ht t p:// babel.hat h it r u st.org/cg i/pt?id=loc.a rk:/139 60/ t5r78r69k;view=1up;seq=21 Information about the Sixth Tennessee Infantry Regiment, including rosters, is here: tngenweb.org/civilwar/usainf/usa6inf.html

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He was a straight-line descendant of the long hunters who’d migrated down from Virginia and settled near Jonesborough.

Russell Bean was the first white child born in Tennessee. Russell’s father, Captain Billy Bean, and at least one of his uncles rode 150 miles with John Sevier to whip the British at King’s Mountain and later moved on down the valley to Bean Station and Knox County. A rowdy, restless bunch, some of the Beans continued westward (Judge Roy Bean was a distant relation), but others, like John A’s grandfather (also named John and a veteran of the War of 1812) stayed put.

That distant John Bean’s grave is in the Living Waters Baptist Church graveyard.

I’d heard that John A had declined an invitation to join the Confederate Army and walked all the way to Cumberland Gap to join the Union Army and that he’d been taken prisoner, escaped and gotten so hungry that he’d boiled an old boot in hopes of getting it

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Lyons View riosity got the better of him.

His mother knew about the infraction by the time he came home.

“That was the worst whipping I ever got,” he says.

He also remembers the impact of men like Walter Keith, who took the time to mentor the boys of the neighborhood. Keith started Little League baseball and football teams that ultimately produced such athletes as Steve Davis and Frank Fox, who went on to play football at the University of Tennessee.

The Lyons View Appreciation Day was an opportunity to remember Keith, who passed away in January, and recognize other people and entities that have contributed to the neighborhood.

Ron Davis Sr., who grew up in the community,

From page A-1 thanked Knox County for help with recent improvements to the Lyons View Community Center, 114 Sprankle St., and thanked the city for working with a neighborhood family whose house recently burned. The community center has also been improved through the city’s Neighborhood Small Grants Program.

The Knox County Sheriff’s Office has participated in numerous paint and cleanup efforts at the center, and the Rogers Group provided new asphalt for the parking lot.

Keith spearheaded the effort to restore the center, which was built in the early 1970s, after it had been boarded up for a few years.

He also worked tirelessly to maintain the playground.

“We’re just trying to keep his vision going,” Davis said.

Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett proclaimed it to be Walter E. Keith Day, and Second District City Council member Duane Grieve talked about his relationship with Keith and the community.

Keith’s son, André Keith, says his father taught the neighborhood kids the value of team play, sportsmanship and togetherness. He was also an entrepreneur who helped his neighbors with business endeavors.

André Keith spent 20 years in Nashville but moved back to the Lyons View community two years ago to care for his dad. He’s still living in his father’s house, and he’s thinking about staying, even though he still owns a house in Nashville.

“This community is all about togetherness,” he says.

Ron Davis Sr., André Keith, Larry Bussell and Frank Fox grew up together in the Lyons View community.

Lyons View Community Club president Mary Brewster and Ruby Wilson enjoy the shade of the William E. Davis Pavilion.

Finding John Bean

From page A-1 tucky together. A year later, Henry went home and his son George signed up in his pray at the funeral of an- Brigade on April 18, 1862, in Military records say he’d place. William Camp Bean other old soldier, reached Knoxville, an occupied city been “left sick in hospital, would die in Nashville, down to steady himself on a seething under the burden Sept. 17, 1862,” and “Had probably of cholera, in 1863. grave marker and got bitten of sharply divided loyalties. been reported a deserter Captain Bearden survived by a black widow spider. My He stood 5-9, had dark hair but had been captured by being shot near Marietta, father remembered that his and gray eyes and was of- the Rebels and not desert- Ga., after the Sixth Infantry grandfather always wore a ficially mustered in and as- ed.” The next John A sight- joined Gen. William T. Shersuit and could tie his shoe- signed to Company D, which ing was a memorandum man at the Battle of Atlanta, laces one-handed. was composed entirely of from Prisoner of War re- which means that TennesI didn’t give those stories Knox Countians and led by cords placing him back with see boys helped burn down much thought or credence Captain Marcus Bearden, the U.S. Army at Camp Lew Tara, so to speak, before until the Internet age af- on April 23, in Boston, Ky., Wallace in Ohio on Oct. 31. most of them were detached forded me the means to near Louisville. This means Here’s the surprise: and returned to Nashville chase them down. And what he enlisted, covered some 70 There were a bunch of while Sherman continued I found is that most of them miles of rough, enemy-occu- Beans in Company D. John his march to the sea. were pretty close to the pied terrain on foot from the A’s father, Henry, enlisted On March 30, 1865, the truth. family farm in Ebenezer to on the same day as John A, Sixth Tennessee received John A was 18 when he reach Cumberland Gap and as did John A’s uncle, Wil- this official commendation: enlisted in the Sixth Ten- was conveyed to Boston in liam Camp Bean. Presum- “Many of these brave men nessee Volunteer Infantry five days’ time. ably, they all walked to Ken- have already served beyond the term of their enlistment, and their services are gratefully appreciated. We can but bid them a kind farewell

with feelings of gratitude and deep solicitude for their future welfare. May they return in safety to their homes to enjoy the liberties of the Government they have so nobly defended.”

A footnote says the Tennesseans “moved on foot and otherwise nearly 10,000 miles.”

John A and George Bean were mustered out on April 24, 1865, nine days after Lincoln was murdered by a Rebel sympathizer.

According to a cryptic but credible family Bible account, Henry Bean’s sister, Lydia Bean Duncan (John A’s aunt), became a widow when her husband, a Confederate sympathizer, was “shot by a Bean” in 1865.

Lydia, also according to Duncan family records, became the first – and

probably the oldest – Knox County woman to register to vote after the passage of the 19th Amendment. She was said to have walked to town to register but was later unable to cast her vote due to failing health.

So there it is. John A. Bean turned 18 in an occupied city. He knew he could have been imprisoned or hanged if he’d been caught on that long walk to Kentucky but did it anyway, as did many East Tennessee men.

He lived to become the father of nine, a pillar of Knoxville’s First Methodist Church, a staunch Republican (duh) and an old man whose only recorded regret was that he never got to shake hands with Lincoln.

And that’s a heritage worth remembering.

MILESTONES ■ Amelia A. Stucke, grade 12, earned High Honors for the spring 2015 term at Phillips Exeter Academy. High honors are given for grades 9.0-9.9 (B+) on an 11-point scale.

■ Margaret Mamantov has been named to

the Grinnell College dean’s list for spring semester 2015. To be named to the dean’s list, students must have a grade point average of 3.75 or above. Mamantov is the daughter of Gleb M. Mamantov and Catherine C. Mamantov.

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Evans said there is still much trail work to be done to access the bridge on each side, but the project should be complete sometime in September.

Rogero stressed the economic benefits of improving the Urban Wilderness. Evans and company noted that having the bridge connection should encourage more people to use the trails and parks in South Knoxville, and its proximity to SouthDoyle Middle School should

benefit young people by getting them to be more active.

“Our topography is a challenge,” said Evans. “The fewer road crossings we have to have, the better. We just like to be safe.”

REI employees reveal a rendering of the planned bridge over Red Bud Road that will connect the Wood property with the general Urban Wilderness South Loop.

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A photo op for Omar, Nkechi J, Bolanile and Ojo AjanakuHabib under the Kuumba lights. They are part of the Kuumba Watoto Drum and Dance performers.

Kuumba Watoto Drum and Dance performers lead the parade.

This member of the Free Spirit Stilt Walkers has a bird’s-eye view of the destination for the Kuumba parade.

Drummers, dancers keep the beat at Kuumba The words of Maya Angelou paired with an inspirational tagline set the stage for the annual Kuumba Festival in Knoxville: “ ‘Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear,’ we rise together, celebrate and uplift our community.”

The African-American arts festival began on June 26 on Market Square and moved to Morningside Park for the subsequent two days. As is tradition, music, dance, ethnic food and international crafts were the hallmark of the celebration of African heritage.

Joyce Billingsley and Jackie Dale sat on a bench at Market Square on Friday, eyes on a sky that threatened rain. “I am here to see the dancers I have heard so much about,” said Billingsley, who recently moved to Knoxville from California.

“This is my first festival here, and I can’t wait to see

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the dancers.”

Chris Douglass watched as his two excited daughters, Sydnee and Englynn, gave their preferences to a jolly and patient balloon artist, David Perkins. “Pink with white flowers,” said 5-year-old Englynn, as Sydnee, age 3, piped in that she wanted the same.

At one of the craft booths, Louise Mogendi and her son, Roy A. Williams, gave impromptu lessons in the Kenyan history of Kisii stone carving. “You know it as soapstone,” said Mogendi. “It comes from the Kisii highlands in western

Kenya. My ancestors were carvers of the stone in Kenya. We do all the carving by hand.”

The sound of the drums ramped up the excitement – and perhaps drove away the rain – as the parade through Market Square began. The talented Kuumba Watoto Drum and Dance group, the Tennessee Pearls dance teams and a host of costumed characters strutted through the square to the drummers’ beats. On David Perkins makes balloon swords for children enjoying the Kuumba Festival at Market stage, under the Kuumba Square. Chris Douglass watches as daughters Sydnee and Englynn claim their balloons. Photos

by Sherri Gardner Howell lights, organizers beckoned the crowds forward for the Joyce Billingsley and Jackie Dale (at evening concert by Africa right) soak in the festival.

Unplugged, a Greensboro, N.C., music group that features traditional African instruments.

Morningside Park activities included an African marketplace, children’s activities and performances by the Knoxville Jazz All Stars and Alvin Garrett.

Louise Mogendi and her son, Roy A. Williams, (at left) tell the history of Kisii stone (soapstone) carving in Kenya as they display and sell their wares at the Kuumba Festival.

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Tennessee might do something different Football coaches, for the most part, are creatures of habit. They are inclined to do what they always have done.

Down and distance are dictatorial. Defensive alignments are predictable. Play selection for third-and-one is right there in the scouting report, same as last week and last season.

Coaches will tell you that player experience is critical.

The late, great Robert R. Neyland said we could expect one loss for each rookie in the starting lineup. Back then, he was talking about sophomores. Today’s rookies are freshmen.

In theory, experienced players have great advantages. They have learned what it takes. They are less

Now and then coaches do the unexpected, set aside the significance of experience or just dare to be different, as was Butch Jones last year in choosing talent over letters. Freshman tailback Jalen Hurd over senior tailback Marlin Lane was a convincing example.

Derek Barnett was the first freshman in UT history to start at defensive end.

You know how that turned out. He led in tackles for loss against SEC foes. He had three sacks against Ole Miss and South Carolina.

Inexperience didn’t seem to hold him back.

Freshman Jashon Robertson switched from defensive tackle in August to right offensive guard and started all 13 games.

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likely to make dumb mistakes. They are far less likely to panic in a crisis, even when overmatched.

Coaches count on consistency and dependability. It helps them sleep.

Great emphasis is thus placed on returning regulars. There is merit to this maxim if those starters were winners, not so much if all they have to show for their efforts are battle scars.

Tight end Ethan Wolf did pretty well. Aaron Medley kicked 20 of 26 field goals, including one in the clutch against the Gamecocks.

He hit 42 extra points and might have made more if Tennessee had scored more touchdowns.

Defensive backs Todd Kelly Jr. and Emmanuel Moseley looked like they belonged.

Twelve true freshmen started games, including a school-record seven against Missouri. Some started because of talent. Some started because of need.

Freshmen of 2015 may actually have more ability than the previous group, but there are no automatic starters. One or two or three may shove estab-

lished players aside and take their jobs. The coach relishes the thought of competition.

“We’re going to rely on two true freshman defensive tackles to really play a big part in this year’s outcome of many games, so we have to get them ready to go,” Jones said.

He was talking about four- or five-star Kahlil McKenzie (6-3 and down to 330) and four-star Shy Tuttle (6-3 and 313, a pleasant development in spring practice). They do not resemble spectators.

Drew Richmond, 6-3 and 305, has announced his intentions.

“My expectation is for me to start.”

The third-ranked offensive tackle in all of high school football does not lack confidence. He says he can be ready for Day One, Sept.

6, Bowling Green, Titans’ place in Nashville. Be there!

“I feel like I am pretty good.”

Preston Williams is a possible starter for later in the season. The day he officially recovers from knee repairs, he may be the Vols’ best pass receiver. He comes with five recruiting stars and lofty goals.

“I’m going in trying to break records,” he said.

For the already record, Butch Jones is still following the original blueprint, brick by brick toward the restoration of Tennessee excellence. He hasn’t said it, but he has demonstrated his choice of ability over experience.

There may be other subtle changes. Think Mike DeBord, ability and experience, lots of experience.

Marvin West invites reader comments.

His address is westwest6@netzero.com.

McIntyre’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week Last Monday, Knox County Commission verbally spanked schools superintendent James McIntyre before voting 9-1 not to help him out of a potential legal jam by retroactively approving a grant he’d accepted last fall without going through the proper legal and procedural channels.

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On Tuesday morning, the news broke that the previously anonymous “unindicted co-conspirator” mentioned in the tax fraud indictment of state Rep. Joe Armstrong is McIntyre ally and former school board

chair Sam Anderson.

Later Tuesday, McIntyre announced that Anderson had resigned from a $42,000-a-year, 16-hourper-week position as an “advisor” to Knox County Schools that was not publicly advertised before Anderson’s hiring.

On Wednesday, it became public knowledge that the school bus driver who caused last December’s deadly accident that killed two children and a teacher’s aide was not only text messaging at the time of the crash, but also was carrying on an extended conversation with a prostitute, and that parents had been complaining to Knox County Schools for more than a year about this driver’s disdain for safety.

On Thursday afternoon, reports surfaced that a group of citizens is shopping

for a lawyer to help them file an ouster suit against McIntyre.

All in all, it was not a good week to be superintendent.

As serious as McInt y re’s other emJim McIntyre barrassments are, the brewing ouster suit is likely connected to the “matching” grant from The Broad Center for the Management of School Systems that McIntyre accepted without getting school board and County Commission approval, as required by law.

Under the terms of the grant, TBC put up $29,700, which Knox County Schools “matched” with $60,300 for salary and another $30,000 for benefits to bring Broad

resident Christy Hendler on board as director of planning and improvement. The Broad Center requires its residents be paid at least $90,000 annually.

Hendler’s prior professional experience was with Procter & Gamble, and she has an MBA from Xavier University. No educational background is listed on her Broad Center profile. She is the fourth Broad resident to have worked for Knox County during the tenure of McIntyre, who is an alum of the Broad Superintendent’s Academy. The Broad Center is considered a leader in corporate education reform.

Its annual report describes the residency program like this: “Since 2003, the program has recruited and placed early-career executives with private and civic sector experience and advanced

degrees into two-year, fulltime paid positions in urban school districts, state and federal departments of education and top charter management organizations.

More than 250 Broad Residents have been placed in 39 school districts, 30 public charter school management organizations, seven state departments of education and the U.S. Department of Education.”

Because the grant required the county to pony up funds, McIntyre is in legal jeopardy because he failed to secure up-front approval from both the school board and County Commission. Instead, he unilaterally accepted the grant and got school board approval after the fact. He asked County Commission to do the same but ran into trouble when former KCS teachers Rob Taylor and Jennifer

Owen appeared at the June commission meeting and urged the commission not to approve the grant.

Taylor accused McIntyre of dodging the school board because the appointment came at a time when he did not enjoy friendly majority.

Owen said McIntyre needs to go: “This illegal act remained hidden for an entire year, the length of the grant.

Many such contracts have been handled correctly, and it seems clear that this was not failure to understand the law. This was willingly and knowingly done, and five Board of Education members chose to become complicit.”

First District Commissioner Sam McKenzie was the only yes vote. Amy Broyles was absent.

Betty Bean is a columnist for ShopperNews. Reach her at bbeanster@aol.com.

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UT controversy won’t end soon The controversy over removing the name Lady Vols from most teams (except women’s basketball) continues. It is not going away anytime soon given the letter state Rep. Roger Kane wrote (co-signed by 44 other lawmakers) and sent to the UT Board of Trustees.

Kane secured the signatures of 45 of the 132 members of the General Assembly without trying.

He simply passed the letter around and got a strong reaction. Kane is a solid, conservative lawmaker from northwest Knox County. He defeated longtime political powerhouse Sheriff Tim Hutchinson to win the GOP primary and became known as a political giant-killer.

Prior to this, he was virtually unknown.

In Nashville, he is regarded as thoughtful and informed. He has a keen interest in this subject with his daughter having been active in UT sports.

His “Save the Lady Vols” letter got the backing of state Sens. Richard Briggs and Becky Duncan Massey plus Reps. Martin Daniel, Eddie Smith, Bill Dunn and Kane – a majority of the delegation. This cannot be shunted to the sidelines.

What was anyone thinking when Dave Hart authorized and advocated this change, which the campus leadership and system president then endorsed? Cer-

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tainly not the merits or demerits of the name change.

Were they not aware of the public relations war this would trigger?

Why did the rollout not have a game plan to sell it to UT alumni and fans across the state?

Did they honestly think 132 state legislators would remain silent when their constituents were calling, emailing, writing letters to the editor and marching?

Not for a minute.

Is this name change a fight worth fighting considering all the other issues the university faces annually?

The leadership is now spending time on this instead of funding and management. How vital to UT’s success is this name change?

Does UT’s leadership not realize that this may now be headed to the floor of the General Assembly, where legislation could well be introduced in 2016 to reverse the name change?

Do the UT leadership and board want to do battle in Nashville in January on this? Are they not aware the Senate can start holding

confirmation hearings on UT Trustees to get them to listen more carefully to the Lady Vols supporters?

The decision of the UT Board of Trustees not to hear comments on this matter at last week’s Knoxville meetings handed Roger Kane a perfect and understandable reason to take it to the Legislature. He can now say the entire UT leadership has declined to give 45 lawmakers and thousands of citizens a day in a public setting to express their views.

UT is relying on legalisms to avoid public discussions. Isn’t a college campus all about hearing different points of view?

Yes, but apparently not when it comes to the Lady Vols name.

UT will ultimately have to make some concessions here. The university may have to reverse course. It cannot stiff the General Assembly. The governor cannot save it on this issue.

Roger Kane is a lawmaker to be taken seriously, and UT will hear more from him. Trustees need to listen to the people in a public setting or see a bill passed that they will dislike.

Margie Nichols, a savvy media person, is currently on staff. She knows this region well and could have predicted what has happened. My guess is no one included her as they made

this decision. Now that it has happened, it is not so clear who can get UT out of this controversy.

■ The Rotary Club of Knoxville will host a centennial reception 6-8 p.m.

Monday, Aug. 31 at the East Tennessee Historical Society for political and community leaders.

■ Jeff Chapman completes 25 years this week as director of the McClung Museum on the UT campus, which he has led to a level of excellence only dreamed of a few years ago. If you have not visited the museum recently you should. It is a special place in Knoxville.

■ City Council member Marshall Stair has raised $36,000 off a fundraising letter for his reelection. This is impressive and exceeds the norm for a council candidate. Mayoral candidates have trouble matching that total. All incumbents will win and continue the tradition of eightyear terms for mayors and council members since term limits were imposed.

■ Bill Lyons, a member of the Tennessee Historical Commission, says he will vote to remove the Nathan Bedford Forrest statue from the state Capitol if it comes to the commission. Knoxvillian Larry Martin chairs the State Capitol Commission, which oversees statutes in the Capitol. He is commissioner of finance.

government Open-streets program could foster bike-friendliness

It would still be a stretch to call Knoxville bikefriendly, but there are indications that we’re on the right path.

A new bicycle facilities plan maps out needed upgrades to the city’s bicycling infrastructure, and one of the top projects – sidewalks, crosswalks and 800 feet of a 6-foot shoulder on the south side of Kingston Pike at Golfclub Road – has been funded with a $946,000 grant from TDOT. Over 26,000 votes were cast for an Appalachian Mountain Bike Club plan for a black diamond bike trail in Knoxville’s Urban Wilderness, netting the group a $100,000 grant in a nationwide contest sponsored by Bell Helmets.

The next big news may be an event that will allow the community to hit the streets on bikes, trikes, scooters and feet without the hindrance of cars for a few hours.

The idea of closing city streets to vehicles for a set period of time is new to Knoxville, but the concept has been around for a long time. According to www. openstreetsproject.org, Seattle Bicycle Sundays began in 1965 with a car-free zone connecting three parks, and the initiative inspired simifrom their care due to drug lar events in New York City abuse to demonstrate a com- and San Francisco that are mitment to responsible par- still going on today. enting before they can reAnother source of inspigain custody. ration is Ciclovia, an event Before the child can be re- that originated in Bogotá, turned, the parent must not Colombia, in the 1970s. Tobe the subject of a criminal day, more than a million investigation for at least 90 people recreate, primarily days, resolve any former and on bicycle, on 120 kilomepending investigations by ters of roadway for seven child protective services to hours each Sunday. the satisfaction of the court, The idea behind Ciclovia and pass two consecutive and open-streets initiatives drug screens. is the same. It’s about giving “I am very pleased that everyone in the community these new laws are set for the opportunity to get out enactment and believe and get moving. It’s not a they will make a difference street fair, like the Rossini in protecting some of our Festival, or a race, like the state’s most vulnerable vic- Covenant Health Knoxville tims from being harmed,” Marathon. It’s fun, free, inMassey said. clusive fitness.

Massey passes tough-on-crime laws Major legislation sponsored by state Sen. B e c k y Massey to help victims of strangulation, a crime often involved in domestic Sen. Massey violence, is among 171 new laws set to take effect today (July 1).

The new law redefines strangulation to include: “intentionally or knowingly impeding normal breathing or circulation of the blood by applying pressure to the throat or neck or by blocking the nose and mouth of another person, regardless

of whether that conduct results in any visible injury or whether the person has any intent to kill or protractedly injure the victim.”

Massey explains: “Currently the definition of strangulation requires the act must be ‘intentional,’ which is a higher standard of proof. By adding ‘knowingly’ it puts the definition of strangulation more in line with similar criminal acts to protect victims of domestic violence.

“Present law also requires a visible injury in cases of strangulation. In some cases, visible injury cannot be seen unless the victim dies and an autopsy is performed and does not account for cases in

GOSSIP AND LIES ■ School board members should check the time cards of former board chair Sam Anderson, who claimed to have worked 16 hours per week for a $42,000 salary.

■ And while they’re at it, board members should find out why parent complaints about the driving habits of the late James Davenport were not taken seriously.

■ And finally, they should start looking for a new superintendent.

■ Foster Arnett shuffled up and issued a marriage license to a same-sex couple only after the state attorney general told him he must.

■ Arnett has been working from suburban branches of the County Clerk’s office since

which the victim escaped.”

Massey said that strangulation victims are seven times more likely to become victims of homicide and that 50 percent of all domestic violence homicide victims are strangled at least once before they are murdered.

Massey also sponsored two other bills set for enactment today. Both protect children including a new law that adds to the residential and work restrictions for sexual offenders to prohibit them from being alone with a minor in addition to being prohibited from residing with a minor.

The other new law requires parents whose children have been removed

suing the Public Building Authority (and Knox County) over mold and “unsafe” working conditions in the courthouse.

■ Notice how many of the folks who say marriage should be between one man and one woman are working on their third or fourth?

■ Tim Burchett’s response to the Supreme Court’s ruling was, “We will enforce the law.”

That was similar to Gov. Bill Haslam’s response.

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■ Charme Knight Allen, Knox County’s little-known attorney general, handled criticism well on TV Sunday.

■ Mike Lowe’s less-than-a-year sentence was not enough? asked Stephanie Beecken.

■ Best we could do, said Allen, pointing out co-defendant Delbert Morgan’s conviction led to a 30-day sentence by the judge. We asked for 10 years and Morgan’s case had stronger proof than Lowe’s, she said.

■ Lowe’s plea bargain and sentence to the county’s detention facility allows her office to retain control of him and Morgan as she seeks restitution of some $593,000.

■ “I can’t get more than they took,” she said. But she looked like she wants to try.

■ Arthur Seymour Jr. is accustomed to a friendly reception at Knox County Commission and Knoxville City Council. He got less than that last Thursday at the town of Farragut.

Wendy Smith

It’s also a way to get the community used to seeing bicycles on the road, which is the first step toward bicycle-friendliness.

City of Knoxville Director of Engineering Jim Hagerman says that a committee is discussing the possibility of an open-streets event and that the administration is supportive. While some cities have weekly or monthly events, Knoxville would likely start with a half-day event that could become annual.

One challenge would be choosing which streets to close. Open streets typically feature a signature urban street, he says, so Gay Street is an obvious candidate. But sections of Gay Street will be closed over the next six months, making it a poor choice for a fall event.

The route should be small enough for the streets to be full of people, which creates interest.

Gil Penalosa, former commissioner of parks, sport and recreation for the city of Bogotá, talked about Ciclovia at the Tennessee Bike Summit held in Knoxville in April. He’s the founder of 8 80 Cities, a Canadian nonprofit that promotes walking and biking in public spaces.

Knox County communications director Michael Grider liked what he heard.

He began commuting via bicycle last year, and he thinks a local event would give more people the opportunity to enjoy cycling.

It’s an attractive event because it requires no (new) infrastructure, he says.

“I’m looking forward to seeing how it evolves.”

Reach Wendy Smith at ShopperWendy@ wowway.com.

■ Seymour didn’t disclose his client. In fact, he didn’t talk at all after a standing-roomonly crowd of angry residents told the Board of Mayor and Aldermen that the developer had no right to speak after withdrawing an agenda item.

■ Bob Markli, an alderman, said, “Anytime someone wants to spend $37 million in our town, we should hear them.”

■ The apartment applicant will return. So will the residents.

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Dragon boats spill into The Cove for KARM

By Sherri Gardner Howell It was the 13th annual Knox Area Rescue Ministries Dragon Boat Festival on June 20 at The Cove at Concord Park. The bad luck, however, was found only in scattered showers. When it came to fun, the opportunity to share KARM information and fundraising, the sailing was clear.

With 42 teams participating and expanded categories that allowed for more winners, the festival was a hit again this year. On the fundraising side, KARM representatives said tabulations are in the vicinity of $200,000 with donations still coming in.

In addition to the boat races, the festival offered music, a children’s play area, vendors and contests. Next year’s event is set for June 18.

Top fundraising individual was Carolyn Rosen of Serenity Ministries. Fundraising Race champions were Rick Cox Construction’s Dawn Treader, first; Fountain City United Methodist Church’s Feeding Frenzy, second; and Serenity Ministries’ Princess Paddlers, third.

The Thread Hot Chili Peppers team gives a cheer while casting off for the KARM Dragon Boat Festival on June 20 at The Cove at Concord Park. Photos by Nancy Anderson

Rebecca Preston is the drummer for the Mesa Marauders team. The Marauders tied for first place for Best Team Spirit.

Volunteers help participants and attendees get information at the KARM Dragon Boat Festival: Joyce Carmack, drummer for the Princess Paddlers; Jen Corbin, KARM volunteer coordinator; Sara Bates and Stephanie Grissom.

SUMMER CAMPS ■ Acting 2: Character Acting classes for ages 11 and up, 1-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, July 20-24, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Ave. Cost: $240. Info/to register: Dennis Perkins, dennis@ childrenstheatreknoxville. com or 208-3677.

■ Camp Wesley Woods summer camp, 329 Wesley Woods Road, Townsend. Programs

for boys and girls grades K-12.

Info/to register: 448-2246 or www.CampWesleyWoods. com.

■ Clarence Brown Theatre Summer Acting Camp, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Clarence Brown Theatre Performance Venues.

Session 1: Monday-Friday, July 6-17; Session 2: MondayFriday, July 20-31. Focus on acting and musical theatre

techniques. Cost: $525 each session. Info/to register: www.clarencebrowntheatre. com/actingcamp.shtml or Terry Silver-Alford, tsilvera@ utk.edu.

■ Creative Movement for the Stage acting classes for ages 12 and up, 1-4 p.m.

Monday-Friday, July 20-24, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Ave. Cost:

$240. Info/to register: Dennis Perkins, dennis@childrens theatreknoxville.com or 208-3677.

■ “Dance the Day Away!” dance camp, 9 a.m.-noon Monday-Thursday, July 20-23, Premier Athletics KnoxvilleWest, 11250 Gilbert Drive.

Ages 4 and up. Cost: $90.

Snack and craft included.

Info/to register: 671-6333.

■ Day camps, Arnstein Jewish Community Center, 6800 Deane Hill Drive. Milton Collins Day Camp for grades K-six; Teen Adventures Program grades sevennine; Counselor-in-Training Program grade 10; Camp K’TonTon for ages 2 yearspre-K. 10 weeks available, different theme each week.

Info/to register: 690-6343, www.jewishknoxville.org.

■ “Disney Day Dream!” tumbling camp, 10 a.m.noon Monday-Wednesday, July 13-15, Premier Athletics Knoxville-West, 11250 Gilbert Drive. Ages 3-5. Cost: $65.

Snack and craft included.

Info/to register: 671-6333.

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■ Double Play summer camp, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday-Friday, July 13-17, Pellissippi State Community College, Hardin Valley Campus, 10915 Hardin Valley Road. For rising fourtheighth grade; learn to create a Claymation video project.

Cost: $219. Bring lunch, drinks, snacks. Info: www.pstcc.edu/ bcs or 539-7167.

■ Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont summer programs for ages 9-17. Info/ to register: 448-6709 or www. gsmit.org/SummerYouth. html.

■ Imagination Forest Mini-Camps, Imagination Forest, 7613 Blueberry Road.

Mini-camps are divided into two groups: ages 3-5 and 6-12. Time slots: 9 a.m.-noon, 1-4 .p.m., 4-7 p.m. Different theme each week through Aug. 7. Preregistration required. Info/ weekly themes: 947-7789.

■ Introduction to Acting for ages 12-14, 1-4 p.m.

Monday-Friday, July 13-17, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Ave. Cost: $240. Info/to register: Dennis Perkins, dennis@ childrenstheatreknoxville. com or 208-3677.

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Deadline to register: June 28.

Info/to register: 932-4450 or www.davidreedgolf.com.

■ Kids U: summer kids camps at UT for area youth in grades three-12. One-week camps in morning or afternoon. Info/to register: www.utkidsu.com or 974-0150.

■ Music and Creative Arts Camp, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. July 13-17, Concord UMC, 11020 Roane Drive. For kids who have finished first through sixth grades.

■ Performing Power acting classes for ages 13 and up, 1-4 p.m. MondayFriday, July 13-17, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Ave. Cost: $240.

Recommended prerequisites: Musical Theatre or Advanced Acting. Info/to register: Dennis Perkins, dennis@ childrenstheatreknoxville. com or 208-3677.

■ Studio Arts for Dancers summer camps and classes, 1234 Rocky Hill Road, behind the Rocky Hill Center. Info/schedule: www. studioartsfordancers.net.

■ Summer Art Academy, Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive.

Classes each week through July 31. Info/to register: 5256101; education@knoxart.org; www.knoxart.org.

■ Summer Camps for Kids, through July, Pellissippi State Community College Hardin Valley campus, 10915 Hardin Valley Road. Different camp offered each week. Info/ schedule/to register: 539-7167 or www.pstcc.edu/bcs.

■ Summer String Academy day camp, July 27-31, Peace Lutheran Church. For students in grades five-12. Info/ application: Abigail Buczynski, abigail.buczynski@ knoxschools.org.

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Together, we pray

A Thursday to remember The one who made the Pleiades and Orion, the Lord is his name. ...

(Amos 5:8 NRSV)

At the end of the service at Bethel AME Church, participants were given black and white balloons to release as a symbol of the release of anger, resentment, hatred and racism, said the Rev. Samuel Fulton, pastor of Concord AME Zion Church in Farragut. Photos by Carolyn Evans

By Carolyn Evans Farragut resident Janey Tolliver stood in a hallway, peering into a packed sanctuary at Bethel AME Church in East Knoxville.

East Knoxvillian Starlandria Starks strained to listen from the foyer, fanning the humid air with a cardboard fan. Neither is a member of Bethel AME Church, but both were there last Wednesday for the same reason: to show solidarity and offer prayers for the congregation of Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C., where nine people were murdered.

Cars lined up on Boyds Bridge Pike trying to get into the parking lot. Congregants parked at nearby businesses and hiked up the driveway to the church, and many sat in overflow seating in the foyer and hallways surrounding the sanctuary.

The air conditioner struggled to keep pace with the crowd of nearly 600, but no one was complaining. When the choir sang “Our God Is Awesome,” the building reverberated with the voices of different races and denominations.

Bethel’s pastor, the Rev. Keith Mayes Sr., began the service, at which 13 other local clergy also spoke.

“The doors of our hearts are still open!” said Mayes.

Laurens Tullock, president of Cornerstone Foundation of Knoxville, prayed “to no longer be East Knoxville and West Knoxville residents, but for a united Knoxville.” The Rev. Christopher Battle of Tabernacle Baptist Church prayed that those gathered would “follow the lead of the church in Charleston, to control our tempers and to be like Jesus.”

Tolliver said she made the trip across town to help her process the June 17 Charleston tragedy.

“When I heard what had happened, I felt like I couldn’t process it,” said Tolliver. “I wanted to come to this prayer vigil because I felt like it would help me process it and not feel alone trying to. If I could be with God’s people, especially in an African-American church, I could process it, not just from what I know, but also from what they know.

“I can’t put myself in their place exactly. I don’t understand racism. They can help me understand it.”

Starks is a member of Overcoming Believers Church on Harriett Tubman Street. She said the turnout for the prayer vigil was amazing. “There are so many ethnicities and churches here for the sole

Lauren and Herb Donaldson Jr., members of Payne Avenue Baptist Church, and Jay Smith, campus pastor at First Baptist Concord, wait for the service to begin at Bethel AME Church. purpose of prayer,” she said.

Samuel Fulton, pastor of Concord AME Zion Church in Farragut, was among the 30-plus clergy who came to show support.

“What happened in Charleston is what the enemy intended for bad, but God has worked it out for good because of the outpouring of love all over the country and displayed here in Knoxville by all the denominations,” said Fulton.

Fulton said the tragedy in Charleston was “a pain directly to the church of God. (The assailant) could have gone into any church, any chapel, any synagogue.

When that happened, it represented all of us.”

Jay Smith, campus pastor at First Baptist Concord, was also in the crowd. “I think it is an honor to be able to be here and witness the uniting of all races under one banner, which is Jesus. Just to see the place packed out with our community, our mayor, county officials, chief of police, head of the fire department

was exciting.”

At the end of the service everyone went outside and received a black or white balloon. After a prayer of reconciliation, the balloons were released.

“I just stepped back and observed,” Fulton said. “It made me proud to know that Knoxville cares this much, that we crossed social lines and came together.”

Mayes said the gathering showed what is in the hearts of Knoxvillians. “It shows the character the citizens of Knoxville possess in the face of adversity when all the spotlights of the media are on us,” said Mayes. “But the test of the character of Knoxville is not what we do when there’s a call for a prayer vigil, but what we do when nobody’s looking. We shouldn’t wait until the next shooting, the next racial tragedy to be unified. Why should we wait until another incident to come together, to hold hands and release balloons? What can we do to promote harmony?”

In the recent session of Holston Annual Conference, a speaker asked if we remembered what day of the week we first professed our faith. Then he asked everyone in the room to stand if they were saved on a Sunday, then other days of the week, and finally, he asked those who didn’t remember to stand.

I stood with the Thursday folks, because I had reason to remember.

I was eight years old, and my church was having a revival. My brother was sick, and Mother and Daddy took turns going to church and staying home with him.

On the way home from church that Thursday evening, I looked out at the sky and saw a streak of light – long and stationary in the sky – clearly not a shooting star.

I asked Daddy what it was, but he was driving, and couldn’t look at the sky. I described it, and he said, “Probably a comet.”

“What’s that?” I asked.

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He explained, “A chunk of matter that has a long orbit, and a tail of light streaming out from it.”

When we got home, Daddy, Mother, and my brother went down to the road in front of our house to get a better look.

I, however, was afraid of it, and would not leave the house.

As I remembered all of that, it occurred to me that maybe God had allowed Daddy and me to have that special memory, because two years later he died.

When I stood with the Thursday folks, I stood with tears streaming, because I was reminded of a terrible loss, but also of the gift God gave me – a special moment with my dear, sweet Daddy.

Rain, rain, go away

By Nancy Anderson If you ask Beaver Ridge United Methodist Church member Charlotte DeLozier about her recent mission trip to Antlers, Okla., she might say, “Well, missions work ain’t easy.”

She and seven others from the church traveled 14 hours in an RV loaded with tools and supplies to the Southeast Regional Center for Indian United Methodist Churches to help build a 22-by-16-foot addition onto an existing meetinghouse.

The crew was determined to complete the project de-

spite working in daily rain showers.

“It rained every single day we were there,” said DeLozier. “Once we got the roof on the new extension at least we could work inside. Otherwise, we just worked in the rain and did what we could do. We went there to build additional meeting space for the Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference, and it was important to get that done so regional churches could use the space for meetings and fellowship throughout the year, too.”

DeLozier and the Beaver Ridge UMC crew worked eight- to 10-hour days throughout the week, often retiring early, too exhausted to enjoy evening activities.

As the week wore on, the weather became increasingly problematic. DeLozier said by the end of the week, some regional church volunteers were unable to make it to the building site due to flooding. The mission crew began to wonder how they were going to get out to make the long trek home.

“It was flooding, and there were tornadoes all

around us,” she said. “We never personally felt threatened, but there were people due to come on Friday for a big dinner celebrating the completion of the extension that weren’t able to make it because the roads were flooded. The weather was pretty bad. I had to get in touch with the highway patrol to find out which roads we could use to get out.”

Ironically, just as the RV pulled into the driveway of Beaver Ridge UMC on May 30, the skies opened up, letting loose a torrential downpour that completely

Martin DeLozier connects lines from the electrical pole to the new meetinghouse extension in Antlers, Okla. Photo submitted drenched the weary travelers.

“What a fitting ending,” said DeLozier. “I told one of the guys we worked with out there about coming home to a downpour, and he said, ‘I believe that was tears of joyful thanks from the spirits that guided you home.’ ” Finding the silver lining, the group agreed they would do it all again for the simple pleasure of getting to

know the Choctaw people in Antlers and working to make a difference.

DeLozier summed up the experience, saying, “We formed a relationship with the Choctaw people. We really helped them and made some new friends. We all had a love of the Lord, and we were all working toward a common goal. Whether Choctaw or white, we were all working for the glory of God.”

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Tales of a Volunteen

By Emma Dale

The first day of my job as a Volunteen at Children’s Hospital, I get handed a bad picture of me on an ID and an ugly khaki vest.

“OK, so they’re not the most attractive,” Cathy, who’s one of the Emma Dale two women maelstroms in charge of the program, says as she holds it up to me, “But, they have pockets!” She gestures to the two gigantic abysses on either side of the vest.

I’m given a laminated card detailing in tiny print nearly everything, Cathy tells me, that could go wrong in the four hours my shift spans. The appropriThe KARM women’s facility holds just over 100 beds, providing ate reaction, in equally tiny a safe resting place each night. Photo by Amanda McDonald words, is almost always “Go to the nearest nurse’s station and await further instruction.” Basically, whatever happens, don’t get involved unless you want the paperwork filled out afterwards to give the Himalayas a run for their money.

That seems to be the genent programs to help home- eral consensus with most

By Charlie Hamilton Have you ever shopped less people get back on their of my work there, too. Just at one of the local KARM feet and return to normal like every other Volunteen Thrift Stores? Did you know life. Around 25-30 percent of who put on his or her khaki that a portion of your pur- the homeless population has vest, I had heady aspirations chase went toward aiding some type of mental illness, of making changes, of being the Knoxville Area Rescue and close to 12-15 percent inspirational; and just like Ministries shelter for the are some of our country’s every Volunteen that padded veterans. All over this coun- up and down the halls of the homeless?

Yes, KARM is a nonprofit try mental health intuitions hospital, I eventually realorganization that started in have been closing their doors ized my job consisted of this: 1960 and has been helping to these people, and care for *knock, knock, knock* our community’s homeless veterans has deteriorated.

“Hello, I’m Emma from If all of the community for 55 years. KARM houses over 400 men, women and will come together we can Child Life Services.

“Is there anything I can children each night, and all end homeless in our serves nearly 1,000 meals community. Thank you, Su- get you today?” *mumble, mumble* every day for people in need. san Renfro, for our tour of “No? You sure? We’ve got KARM has many differ- this great organization.

We can end homelessness

Matthew McConaughey movies, books, toys…” *grumble, cough* “OK. Have a great day.” *tries to close the door softly and fails* That’s as life-changing as my work gets, most of the time. I get a drink from the cafeteria, contemplate whether I can get away with unbuttoning my vest, and drag my feet when it’s time to go organize a playroom, or make paper bag puppets (One time, while manning the information desk, two of us made 50. Fifty).

Sometimes I even wonder if the lengthy registration process was worth it.

But then a little moment happens that makes up for the three hours and 55 minutes I spend doing nearly nothing.

The little girl I’m watching in the patient room stretches her arms up to me to be picked up.

A child wearing only a diaper and an IV shrieks in joy when we give him a Spiderman plane.

A mom brags in broken English about her baby’s advanced motor skills on the elevator ride up to the cardiology unit.

A girl I saw entering the doctor’s office in tears flounces out an hour later, animated and smiling when we let her pick a stuffed animal to take home.

Those are the little things that overshadow even the moment you realize that some of the children you’re putting butterfly stick-on tattoos on aren’t ever going to walk out of this building.

They’re the little things that make being a Volunteen and having to wear an awful vest all worth it.

Ministry of healing at KARM

By Shannon Carey Shopper-News interns paid another visit to Knoxville Area Rescue Ministries this year, and Sue Renfro was once again our guide.

From the bustling kitchen to the uplifting Launchpoint and Bridge transitional programs, interns got an eye-opening view of what it means to be homeless or work with the homeless in Knoxville.

Renfro said KARM is working on updating the men’s dormitory and adding buildings to Serenity Women’s Ministry to serve as shelter for intact families. Fundraising efforts are ongoing.

Also new this year is KARM’s Arts on Broadway program, which brings professional performances to KARM’s guests.

Knox Area Rescue Ministries director of marketing and communications Sue Renfro provides a tour for the Shopper interns. Photo by Amanda McDonald

“It brings positive art and beauty to our residents,” Renfro said. “It is part of our ministry of healing.”

Mobile Meals a great experience

By Maggie Williams Last Tuesday the Shopper-News interns delivered Mobile Meals for senior citizens in North Knoxville. It was a very enlightening experience for me and all of us who were involved.

We split into three groups, and each group had a delivery route. Each route has around eight stops on it, and every day 60 routes are delivered. That’s a lot of deliveries!

This program helps the community in a way people don’t normally think about. The people were very appreciative of us. One man, when asked how his day was, replied, “Any day I wake up is a good day.” The other recipients had similar responses. This is an experience I won’t soon forget.

Mobile Meals: delivering more than food

By Ruth White

Shopper interns Charlie Hamilton, Abi Nicholson and Maddie Ogle prepare to deliver Mobile Meals to a resident.

Photo by Amanda McDonald

Laken Scott, Mobile Meals coordinator Shelly Woodrick, Anne Marie Higginbotham, Peggy Williams and Betty Mengesha finish volunteer orientation and are ready to head out to deliver meals. Photo by Amanda McDonald

KARM urges independence

By Emma Dale Knoxville Area Rescue Ministries hosts the male half of their 400 nightly guests in a long, bare, grey room outfitted with industrial looking bunks in rows.

Each bed is numbered, and after each man checks in at a table outside the hall (a process that included being registered in HMIS, a sort of national homeless network), he receives a bunk number along with sheets, a

blanket and a pillowcase to go on said bunk.

Sue Renfro, director of marketing and communications, says that KARM has been working on the problem of having homeless “regulars” consistently staying there, by redirecting them toward different programs that encourage job-searching and an overall search for independence.

“We’re a ‘Motel 5,’ not a Motel 6,” she said.

Privileged to help

By Maddie Ogle

A reminder of God’s grace adorns the wall over a bed in KARM’s men’s facility. Photo by Maddie Ogle

The smell of salmon patties and tartar sauce drew us toward the Mobile Meals kitchen. We sat around a rectangular table as Shelly Woodrick, volunteer coordinator, described our task.

We set out with maps showing the locations of peo-

ple who had ordered meals – a choice of hot or cold.

After we delivered all of the food to the many people, I realized from the kind words of appreciation that this service is very important. At the end of the day, I felt very privileged to have helped these people.

Mobile Meals delivers close to 800 meals every day to individuals in Knox County. The hot, well-balanced meals are distributed by many volunteer drivers.

Last week the Shopper interns spent the morning handing out food and chatting with several residents during the day. Many meal recipients were pleasantly surprised to be greeted by five smiling individuals (as opposed to the standard one or two) who were eager to talk and listen to stories.

Several residents invited the group inside and shared memories of family with the interns. One woman shared stories of her five children and showed the group por-

traits of each hanging on her dining room wall. Although her life has had a few bumpy spots, she stated that she has been very blessed and is happy to have some of her children living near her. As the group left, she hugged each intern a big hug, appreciative of their time to listen.

Another meal recipient, a couple who has been married for almost 70 years, shared stories about their family, the gentleman’s military service and their love of being outdoors.

This day, the residents in the Sterchi and Inskip area that experienced meal delivery times five, received more than food, but the gift of companionship and friendship.

Woodrick keeps Mobile Meals moving

By Betty Mengesha There are many people in Knoxville who have reached an age where they must depend on others to acquire food or cannot afford to feed themselves.

Luckily, Mobile Meals, also known as Meals on Wheels, has developed an organization to reach out to these individuals and better their living conditions.

So much work is put in to help the process move smoothly. A major part of this process is the volunteer work. Imagine having to organize 80 volunteers every day, making sure that new volunteers are educated on how the system works, everyone is given a route to feed over 800 people, and no harsh weathers prevent anyone from having a meal.

Well, Shelly Woodrick

does all of this every day as the volunteer coordinator of Mobile Meals.

Woodrick has been working with Mobile Meals for two years. She has had several experiences with media and other non-profit organizations. She has a true passion for helping those in need and that is what led her to Mobile Meals.

With all the expenses that seniors are struggling with these days, Woodrick puts effort into aiding anyone in need as best as she can.

She says, “We try to keep them in their home as long as we can.”

Mobile Meals has been around in Knoxville since 1971, and they continue to help as many as they can. If you would like to volunteer or offer a donation call 865524-2786.

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Jazz for Joy

weekender FRIDAY, JULY 3 ■ Midnight Voyage LIVE: One More Time (A Tribute to Daft Punk), 9 p.m., The International, 940 Blackstock Ave. Info/ tickets: www.intlknox.com.

■ Red, White and Blues Pre-Independence Day Picnic and Casey Abrams Concert, 6:30 p.m., The Lawn at Renaissance|Farragut, 12700-12800 Kingston Pike. Familyfriendly event. Bring lawn chairs. Info/tickets: www. farragutbusiness.com.

SATURDAY, JULY 4 ■ Boys & Girls Club of Tennessee Valley Duck Race, 2:02 p.m., World’s Fair Park, 1060 World’s Fair Park Drive. Benefits the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley.

■ Clinton Fireworks and 4th of July Event, 5 p.m., Lakefront Park. Free event. Info: 457-0642.

■ Festival on the Fourth, 4-10 p.m., World’s Fair Park, 1060 World’s Fair Park Drive. Free festival; held rain or shine.

■ Independence Day Concert, 8 p.m., World’s Fair Park.

Performed by the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra. Free community concert open to the public; no tickets required.

Pianist Taber Gable, now studying at Juilliard, brings his jazz quartet home next week to benefit the Joy of Music School. Also pictured is saxophonist Marquis McGee. Photo submitted

By Carol Shane And now for a good ol’ American success story.

The kind of story that doesn’t happen very often, but when it does says a lot about the American spirit.

At the age of 11, Taber Gable began studying piano at the Joy of Music School, which provides free music lessons to kids who for various reasons wouldn’t ordinarily be able to have them.

Blessed with natural talent, he practiced diligently.

Along with mastery of the instrument, he garnered respect from staff and colleagues for what the school’s executive director, Frank Graffeo, calls “his work ethic and pursuit of the highest musical goals.” He graduated from West High School and won a full music scholarship to the University of Hartford in Connecticut, graduating in 2014.

And now he’s at Juilliard.

Studying with Wynton Marsalis. Ever hear of him?

Not only that, he seems to be a prince of a person.

Graffeo says, “Ever since Taber became a part of the Joy of Music School family, he has distinguished himself as a person of humility, abundant talent and overflowing grace. It has been an unparalleled pleasure to watch and hear his development as a man and as a musician.

“No matter how accomplished he becomes as a musician, he has demonstrated his full development as an accomplished human being through his desire to give back to the teachers and administrators of the Joy of Music School.”

Gable is indeed giving back. Because of his love for and appreciation of the Joy of Music School, he and three of his Juilliard jazz cohorts are in town to perform

a benefit concert.

Gable says, “My motivation was to give back and show appreciation and gratitude to all those who have supported me. In the last five years I haven’t had much time to be home or show the benefits that my schooling has granted me, so I figured it was time. It was also a brief chance for me to get away from the big city and come back home and bring along my musical friends who have become family away from home, and show them my Tennessee home.”

Joining Taber are drummer Jonathan Barber, guitarist Andrew Renfroe and bass player Lesly Valbrun.

The evening’s host will be Hallerin Hilton Hill of Newstalk 98.7 WOKI, and food will be provided by Holly’s Eventful Dining. The event sponsor is Clayton Bank, with additional support

from World Travel.

In case you were wondering, Taber is the first Joy of Music School student to attend Juilliard. He wants everyone to support the school that provided him his foundation, momentum and opportunity so that more and more children can take part and see their lives changed through the art and discipline of music.

But, says Graffeo, “The gratitude runs both ways.

We are honored to have played a role in his growth.”

Juilliard Jazz for Joy takes place at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, July 9, at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. Tickets range from $25 to $125. Top-level tickets include a private reception afterward with Taber and his friends. Tickets are available at 525-6806 or at http://bit.ly/1GAodFl. Send story suggestions to news@shoppernewsnow.com.

Strippers and sci fi, oh my!

By Betsy Pickle The summer of sequels continues this week, with two biggies hitting local screens today (Wednesday) to get an extra slice of that holiday pie.

Size matters in “Magic Mike XXL.” The R-rated sequel to the pulchritudinous 2012 hit picks up three years after the first. Mike (Channing Tatum) has left the stripper life, but he can’t resist rejoining the Kings of Tampa when they decide to go out with one last big show in Myrtle Beach.

Producers are counting on the same magic as before. The cast also includes Joe Manganiello, Matt Bomer, Adam Rodriguez,

Jada Pinkett Smith, Amber Heard, Donald Glover, Kevin Nash, Elizabeth Banks and Andie MacDowell.

Gregory Jacobs directed.

Expect a lot of “He’s back” jokes to accompany “Terminator Genisys,” a PG-13 reboot of director James Cameron’s 1984 classic. Once again, John Connor (Jason Clarke) sends Kyle Reese (Jai Courtney) back to 1984 to protect Sarah Connor (Emilia Clarke) and save the human race, but when Kyle arrives he discovers the timeline has been fractured. He must depend on unexpected allies, including the Guardian (Arnold Schwarzenegger), to complete his new mission

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■ Independence Day Concert and Fireworks Show, 7:30 p.m., A.K. Bissell Park, 1403 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge.

Bring lawn chair or blanket. Concert by Oak Ridge Community Band. Free; donations accepted. Info: www.orcb.org or 482-3568.

■ July 4th Celebration and Anvil Shoot, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Museum of Appalachia, 2819 Andersonville Highway, Clinton.

Includes demonstrations, music, food and more. Info: 4947680 or www.museumofappalachia.org.

■ Let Freedom Ring: 4th of July at Marble Springs, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Marble Springs State Historic Site, 1220 W. Gov. John Sevier Highway. Free; donations appreciated. Info: 573-5508, info@marblesprings.net or www.marblesprings.net.

■ Norris Day July 4th Celebration on the Norris Commons.

Presented by the Norris Lions Club. Lots of activities. Barbecue pork and chicken dinner with all the sides served by the Norris Lions Club, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Norris Middle School cafeteria. Info: 368-4884.

■ Rocky Top July 4th Celebration, George Templin Athletic Field. Live music, food, inflatables, games and more. Fireworks, 10 p.m.

■ Sons of the Revolutions Celebration, 10 a.m., James White’s Fort courtyard, 205 E. Hill Ave. Free admission; donations accepted. Info: www.jameswhitesfort.org.

■ The Secret City Excursion Train, Heritage Center, Oak Ridge. Departure times: 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m. Info: www. secretcityrailroad.com or 241-2140.

■ Town of Farragut Independence Day Parade, 9:30 a.m., beginning on Kingston Pike at Lendon Welch Way and continuing to Boring Road.

■ Wine and Canvas – Festival on the 4th Art Walk, 2-8 p.m., World’s Fair Park, 1060 World’s Fair Park Drive. Featuring 30-minute demonstration classes on 8”x10” canvases. Free.

SUNDAY, JULY 5 ■ Native American Flute Circle, 4 p.m., Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave. Everyone welcome. To register: 5774717.

of resetting the future.

Alan Taylor directs the re-envisioned “Genisys,” which also stars J.K. Simmons, Courtney B. Vance and Sandrine Holt.

Opening on Friday at Downtown West is “The Overnight.” Alex (Adam Scott) and Emily (Taylor Schilling) and their son, RJ (R.J. Hermes), are new to Los Angeles, and they’re happy to meet Kurt (Jason Schwartzman) and Charlotte (Judith Godreche) and their son, Max (Max Moritt). But a family play date grows increasingly bizarre as the night wears on.

Patrick Brice wrote and directed the R-rated com- Rome (Jada Pinkett Smith) and Mike (Channing Tatum) get into it as Ken (Matt Bomer), Tarzan edy.

(Kevin Nash), Richie (Joe Manganiello) and Tito (Adam Rodriguez) watch in “Magic Mike XXL.”

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By Anne Hart While the name may be somewhat deceiving, in that there is no religious training for participants, the mission of the Young Women’s Christian Association (Y WCA) h a s n ’ t changed since its founding in 1899.

The orga n i z at ion is still a social service M. Mullin agency with its primary mission “to help women who are alone and need help and have no place to go,” according to Marigail Mullin, CEO of the Knoxville YWCA since 2006.

Speaking to the Rotary Club of Bearden, Mullin said the downtown YWCA offers refuge to women in transition in its 58-bed facility.

But that shelter isn’t free.

The women must find jobs and pay $60 a week in rent.

They may stay no longer than two years, and there is always a waiting list for the available space.

Mullin said the case histories of the residents “are very hard to read. There are 58 different stories, but one thing they all have in common is that they have decided to change their lives. We meet with them, we work with them, but we don’t do it for them.”

There is a large staff that works with the victims of

domestic violence, with the court system and with the Family Justice Center.

“We want to alleviate pain, stress and danger,” Mullin told the group.

Mullin said the program has an 85 percent success rate of women who are able to live on their own and support themselves within the two-year time period.

The Phyllis Wheatley Branch YWCA, located in East Knoxville, has a different mission, Mullin said, serving as a community center and offering an afterschool program to some 300 students from Vine Middle School yearly.

With help from a federal grant, the organization has also developed curriculum for a new program called “Game Changers.” The program will teach middle school boys about domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking and ways in which they can prevent violence against women and girls.

The YWCA is partnering with four local organizations in the mentoring program: 100 Black men of Knoxville, Emerald Youth Foundation, the Knoxville Area Urban League and Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Knoxville.

Mullin said the local YWCA is funded by the United Way, grants and donations from the public. It works in collaboration with about 100 other organizations.

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Music academy opens at Brooklawn Center

By Bonny C. Millard Knoxville Academy of Music’s new location in the Brooklawn Center is paying big dividends for both clients and the facility, according to owner and founder Jeff Comas.

The academy originally had two locations and two names, but this move unites the two operations under one name and one roof, providing clients and staff more room.

“We found this place, which was more than twice the size of our previous place,” he said. “In fact, it was bigger than both of our places put together. It was really a good set up for us. It was a former doctor’s office, and it was already kind of laid out more or less how we wanted.”

Comas said Knoxville Academy of Music director Jeff Comas displays a guitar for sale at his the prior Kingsacademy’s new location in Brooklawn Center. Photo by Bonny Millard ton Pike location, about a block away, was hard to our clients seem to really happy to be here in Farraget into and many times cli- ers.

“We love this place, and love it,” Comas said. “We’re gut.” ents struggled to find a parking place. The other location was off of Middlebrook Pike.

“One of the biggest things we hear is it’s easier to get to, and it’s easier to park.

This is much more convenient,” Comas said, adding that it has an entrance not only from Kingston Pike, but also from a boulevard behind the property.

Lessons for a number of musical instruments are taught as well as voice instruction. The most popular instruments include guitar, piano and drums. The new location, at 11230 Kingston Pike, also allows for growth and offers a small amount of retail space for books and smaller guitars for children as a convenience to custom-

Envision Art opens in Bearden

17th Annual NHC GOLF TOURNAMENT Benefiting the Foundation Of Geriatric Education

Envision Art Gallery owner and artist Kay List discusses her painting “Fuchsia,” one of the works in her opening exhibit on display through Aug. 15. The show features 22 original oil paintings in addition to numerous prints and notecards of List’s work. The gallery, 4050 Sutherland Ave., will host an Art for the Holidays show Nov. 7 to Dec. 19 for local artists working in two-dimensional media. Submissions are now being considered. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. TuesdayThursday and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday-Saturday. Closed Sunday and Monday. Info: 438-4154, kay@ kaylistart.com or www.kaylistart.com. Photo by S. Barrett

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Fun at the Circle G Rosalie Inman from Morning Pointe of Lenoir City Assisted Living feeds a llama at the Circle G Ranch Safari in Strawberry Plains. Visiting the ranch was a bucket list favorite for several residents. Photo submitted

AREA FARMERS MARKETS ■ Dixie Lee Farmers Market, Renaissance|Farragut, 12740 Kingston Pike. Hours: 9 a.m.noon Saturdays through Oct. 31. Info: dixieleefarmers market.com; on Facebook.

■ Ebenezer Road Farmers Market, Ebenezer UMC, 1001 Ebenezer Road. Hours: 3-6 p.m. Tuesdays through late November. Info: on Facebook.

■ Knoxville Farmers Market, Laurel Church of Christ, 3457 Kingston Pike. Hours: 3-6 p.m. Fridays through late November.

■ Lakeshore Park Farmers Market, 6410 S. Northshore Drive. Hours: 3-6 p.m. Fridays through Nov. 20. Info: on Facebook.

■ Market Square Farmers Market, 60 Market Square.

Hours: 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Wednesdays and 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Saturdays through Nov. 21.

Info: marketsquarefarmers market.org.

■ Maryville Farmers Market: Church Avenue. Hours: 9 a.m.-sellout, Saturdays through Nov. 17.

■ Maryville Farmers Market: New Providence Presbyterian Church, 703 W. Broadway, Maryville. Hours: 3:30-6:30 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays through Aug. 29.

■ New Harvest Park Farmers Market, 4700 New Harvest Park Lane. Hours: 3-6 p.m.

Thursdays. Info: on Facebook.

■ Oak Ridge Farmers Market, Historic Jackson Square, 281 Broadway Ave. Oak Ridge.

Hours: 3-6 p.m. Wednes-

days; 8 a.m.-noon Saturdays through late November. Info: on Facebook.

■ Seymour Farmers Market, lower parking lot of Seymour First Baptist Church, 11621 Chapman Highway. Hours: 8 a.m.-noon Saturdays through Oct. 10. Info: seymourfarmers market.org; on Facebook.

■ “Shopping at the Farm” Farmers Market, Marble Springs, 1220 W. Gov. John Sevier Highway. 3-6 p.m.

Thursdays through Nov. 1.

■ UT Farmers Market, UT Gardens, Neyland Drive. 4-7 p.m.

Wednesdays through Oct. 21.

Info: vegetables.tennessee. edu/UTFM.html; on Facebook.

■ Additional information at ShopperNewsNow.com.

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NEWS FROM GRACE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF KNOXVILLE

GCA students serving others By: Rachel Hannon One of GCA’s core values is Service. From kindergarten through twelfth grade, students are given opportunities to explore, experience, and engage in service and mission opportunities. Upper School students are encouraged to not just count hours, but pursue meaningful service experiences. One of the most interesting aspects of GCA’s program is that students submit a typed reflection of their experiences.

It is through these reflections that students consider how they have impacted others, and, just as importantly, how they themselves have been impacted.

Often, students gain a greater appreciation for the blessings they have. Freshman Chloe Becker, who volunteered at Western Heights Baptist Center, wrote “We organized

and guided young students in picking out their own backpacks and filling their supply list. It impacted me the most to see how much just an eraser meant to these kids when we buy packages without any thought after simply losing ours.” After helping at Second Harvest Foodbank, freshman Sarah McIntyre had a similar reaction: “It opened my eyes to see how fortunate I am to have food every day.”

Some GCA students are able to connect with people they would not typically meet. When GCA’s football team helped at a camp sponsored by East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, Senior Kobe Kelley observed, “I learned how special and unique kids with disabilities are. Some are the funniest kids you will meet and they are so kind and thankful for everything they have.” Junior Ally Blackmon

had the opportunity to serve at Pond Gap Community School throughout the entire year. The relationships she made are lasting: “I got to see familiar faces and was greeted with many hugs. I was asked to hold hands by a little girl I met my first day and her eyes almost popped out of her head when I said yes.

It’s amazing how something so small to me can change an entire day for a little girl. I can’t wait to go back.”

Not all of the reflections are positive. Students share how they are sore, tired, dirty, or bored. Some respond “being around kids is not for me” or “I would rather not do THAT again.” But, whether positive or negative, GCA Upper School students are fulfilling the school’s Spiritual Life Mission: Changing Lives that Change the World.

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Dr. Brad Zockoll will bring reflections from the past, you and your family can mingle with faculty members from 2005, and you’ll have the opportunity to take a tour of the facilities.

This is a FREE EVENT! Please RSVP to Lindsay Wright by July 15 via email at lwright2@gcarams.org

Save the Dates!

Volleyball Alumni Game: August 4 Homecoming 2015: September 18 Basketball Alumni Game: January 9

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During the summer, outdoor activities like swimming and hiking can lead to injuries ranging from mild to life-threatening.

If you are involved in a summertime accident, it may sometimes be dif cult to determine if the situation calls for a visit to the emergency room or not. If your condition is life-threatening or worsening, call 911 so the local Emergency Medical Services (EMS) provider can come to you. This option will allow medical attention to be given sooner and prevent a potentially harmful waiting period.

If you are experiencing any of the following symptoms, come to the Parkwest Emergency Department so a physician can examine you: ■ Dif culty breathing or shortness of breath ■ Chest or upper abdominal pain or pressure ■ Fainting, sudden dizziness or weakness ■ Changes in vision ■ Confusion or changes in mental status ■ Any sudden, severe or unusual pain ■ Uncontrolled bleeding ■ Severe or persistent vomiting or diarrhea ■ Coughing or vomiting blood ■ Dif culty speaking ■ Thoughts of suicide or self-harm The Parkwest Emergency Department staff sees patients based on the severity of their illnesses and injuries, not on a rstcome, rst-served basis. To get the best care as quickly as possible, note the following advice: Carry a list of medications and allergies. The Emergency Department staff will need to know the names of medications you’re taking, how often you take them and for how long. A list of allergies is also essential. Be sure to include medications, foods,

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Lakes, quarries and rivers may look deeper than they are and can contain hidden rocks and other obstructions. Never jump or dive off trees or cliffs. Your jump may result in severe injury or death.

Troy M. Mitchell, MD, has joined the team at Parkwest as the new Medical Director of the Emergency Department. Dr. Mitchell previously worked as Medical Director at Mary Black Health System in Gaffney, S.C., and as Assistant Medical Director at Bon Secours Health System in Greenville, S.C. He attended the United States Naval Academy for his undergraduate studies and was then commissioned into the United States Marine Corps. After attaining the rank

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In his new role, Mitchell will build on the strong patientfocused base of the Parkwest

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■ Use extra caution near water, snow and sand. They re ect

the damaging rays of the sun which can increase your chances of sunburn.

■ Do not use tanning beds. If you want to appear tan, use a self-tanning product in addition to daily sunscreen.

■ Monitor your body for changing, growing or bleeding spots and moles. Skin cancer is very treatable when caught early.

Over-the-counter and prescription medications may increase the skin’s sensitivity to UV rays. As a result, you may develop a severe sunburn in just minutes when taking certain medications. Read medication labels carefully and use extra sunscreen as needed.

B-2 • JULY 1, 2015 • Shopper news

Classic Cars Transportation Automobiles for Sale BMW 3 Series - 1996. 328i Maroon/tan lthr, all pwr, non-smkr, same owner for 14yrs! Beautifully cared for! MUST SEE! 205,600 mi., $3,700. (865)556-3065.

Buick LeSabre Limited 1998. white, 185k hwy mi., 2nd owner. Runs great. $1850/b.o.

(865)922-8305. 865-254-7797 Buick Regal - 2000. Regal GS. Silver with gray interior. Leather seats, sunroof.

160,000 mi., $2,000. (865)6540863.

Cadillac CTS 2006. Extra clean luxury ride with 3.6 liter eng.

Always garaged. 66k low mi. $9300. Call or text 727-4340327

Mercedes-Benz 280-Class 19701971. I am looking to buy a old Mercedes convertible, Jaguar XKE, or older Porsche.

I am willing to buy a running or not running car. I am a local guy living in Grainger county. If you have one or know of one please call.

99,999 mi., (865)621-4012.

Vehicles Wanted FAST $$ CASH $$ 4 JUNK AUTOS 865-216-5052 865-856-8106

JUNK CAR MAFIA Buying junk vehicles any condition.

865-455-7415

Chrysler 300C - 2009. less than 12,000 mi, dark red, like new. $17,999. (865)908-7475.

Recreation

Ford Explorer - 2004. Blue.

Auto. Leather int. Auto locks & windows. 174,500 mi., $4,000. (865)806-9679.

Boats/Motors/Marine

Ford Fusion SE - 2012. Silver, exc. cond. All added access. $12,500. See pix online.

(865)250-4443.

Ford Window Van 1985, good cond., $1,850 obo. (865)9649015.

Honda CR-V - 2007. EX-L MUST SEE! blk/blk lthr, sunroof, non-smoker, new brakes & 90k Mich tires! 138,200 mi., $10,700. (865)556-3065.

Lincoln town Car 2008 Signature Limited Ed., exc cond, 56K mi, fully loaded, $14,500.

Call/text (865)719-1416

Sports and Imports BMW 325i Sport 2006, exc. cond. Garage kept. All service records current, graphite w/black leather int. AT, fully loaded. Interested buyers only. 93,326 mi. $11,700.

Can send pix. 865-274-0007.

Chrysler Crossfire - 2005.

Crossfire LTD., Conv. Metallic Gray Slate with Black Top. Excellent Condition 45,000 mi., $9,900. (865)671-4241.

Hyundai Elantra 2013. GLS Sedan. 24k. Fully loaded.

AT, 1 owner. white. Alloys.

Immac. $14,995. (865)6404586 Toyota Celica GT - 1985. 5 speed, new motor. Needs paint job only. $2200.

(865)986-2749.

Toyota Corolla - 2000. Very Economical & reliable. Exc. in/out. $3195. 865-397-7918; 865-898-8825.

Toyota Corolla LE 1991, 5 spd.

1 owner, needs a/c repair, Has maint. records. $1200.

(865)693-1720.

4 Wheel Drive Toyota Tacoma - 2001. SR5 4WD V6 3.4L DoubleCab, Non smoke, Cleancarfax, Cleantruck, Automatic 134,000 mi., $3,200. (423)668-0862.

Sport Utility Vehicles Jeep Liberty 2004. burgendy, 4X4, good cond. 110K mi., runs great. $5500. (865)7246672.

Vans Chrysler Town & Country 2005.

Lmt’d, 1 owner, gar. kept.

110K mi., exc. cond. new radials, stow & go seating. $6,000. (865)621-9836.

Dodge Caravan - 1994. New battery, good tires - needs cosmetic work - cracked windshield Leave message and make an offer. 141,920 mi., $1,000. (865)250-6746.

Classic Cars 1939 Chevy Business Coupe Completely disassembled.

Frame sand blasted & painted. New Heidts Mustang 2 front end. Plwer rack and pinon steering. 1975 Ford Granada 8 inch rear. 300 Ratio 4-wheel disc brakes, 350 Eng. with 383 stroker kit. Everything in eng. new with new Aluminum double Hump Heads & balanced.

Vintage Air, New Interior and sound system. New wheels & tires, 350 Turbo. Car has 5000 moles. All new gauges & Ididit Steering. $26,000 firm.

Cell 865-250-8783, Home 865922-8783, Knoxville, TN. 1979 VW Super Beetle Conv., yellow/tan, only 1 owner since brand new, $13,900.

(865)257-3338.

Chevrolet Camaro Convertible 1995, 119k mi, Runs and looks good. $4000. 865-258-0308; 865-680-1210 Ford Mustang 1966 conv., new paint, top, restored, 6 cyl, 200 CI, PS, SS, $15,900.

1940 Ford Coupe Street Rod, all pwr., AC, $32,500.

1950 Ford Sedan Chevy V8, AT, orig. body. $16,500.

(865)809-0021.

Ford Mustang Coupe 1965. V8, AT, new paint, factory whls., red, lots of new parts, exc. cond. $11,500.

(423)8694366.

Impala SS 1996, dual front pwr. frt. seats, fact. radio w/ CD. Console shift, orig. paint & body, 70K mi., 2nd owner 14 yrs. VG cond. Lost storage.

Non-smkr. Asking $7,600.

Call (865)691-2336.

Lincoln Mark III - 1969. 2 dr. hardtop, body good. Mechanics fair. $7999. (865)908-7475.

- 2009 175S Bayliner io 3.0 merc ski boat with Trailer, break away tounge and bimini top AM/FM 4 speaker radio in great condition mainly fresh water use, use in the ocean 3 times , good boat for first time boat owner comes with boat cover and ties downs, (423)420-6354.

2014 Lowe 1650 boat w/matching trilr. 60/40 Mercury Jet 4/ stroke, Minnkota Edge trolling mtr, Lowance loc., like new $11,500. (423)273-3040.

Chris Craft 1974 45’ twin Detroits, low hours, uptown liveaboard, $59,900. Lease $650 mo. (865) 414-3321 Stratus 1995 Bass Boat 150 Johnson, match. trlr, lots extras. 2 fish loc. extra clean. $8500. (423)273-3040 Triton 2000, 21’ - fully equipped, fish finder, depth sounder, GPS, tandem trailer, 225 HP mtr., exc. cond, gar. kept, 1 owner $18,000.

(865)966-2527. ventura 1996 Regal Ventura SE, 27’, w/tandem trlr, low hrs, all tops. IMMACULATE $10,500. (865)719-4295 Want to live on the lake? Selling a 1994 80 foot Somerset Houseboat. Three bedroom 2 bath. It has an aluminum bottom with two 350 Chevrolet Engines. Comes complete with shore power. Located on the beautiful Fontana Lake in North Carolina. $155,000.00 firm. Please call (865)4141099.

Campers & RV’s

Campers & RV’s Shasta 25’ 2015 Travel Trailer, 1 slide out, qn. bed & bunks, perfect family camper, $15,900 obo. (715)218-7103.

Trailer Runner Camper 2007 27’, full BA, bunk beds, queen bed, 12’ slide out, new tires & clean. Asking $11,000. 865680-1210.

Motorcycles/Mopeds 2011 HD Electra Glide Ultra Classic Limited. Color: Light and Dark Candy Root Beer.

Painted inner fairing. 12,200 Miles. 103 Engine with Stage 1 Kit. New premium tires.

Extra Chrome, perfect condition. $17,900.

Call (865) 694-9946.

2011 Honda Scooter - 125 cc., fuel inj. Pearl white.

Low miles. Like new. $2000.

(865)567-4671.

2012 CVO Streetglide is a high performance bagger with a fork mounted bat-wing fairing. It has the enhanced audio performance 2 amp - 8 speaker system in the fairing, fairing lower, and saddlebags. Custom high impact paint with graphics and big custom wheels. Screaming Eagle twin cam 110 engine, 6 speed, Ipod port, anti lock brakes, alarm system, LED headlamp, Rinehart exhaust, plus many other extras.

Must see, serious inquiries only 865-209-7636.

Harley Davidson 2006 Deluxe FLSTNI, Vance Hines pipes, windshield, lady rider, serviced regularly, never wrecked, gar. kept & covered, 4875 mi. Like new. $11,500. 7:30a-5p (865)7195000.

Harley Davidson 2009 - Ultra Classic, FLHTCU 1 owner, exc. cond. Gar. kept. Black pearl. Highly accessorized.

103 CI, fully serviced. Factory security syst. 10,281 mi. Interested callers only. $17,400. Can send pictures (865)274-0007.

Harley Davidson 2013 Ultra Classic, black, 5K mi, $18,000.

(865)257-3338.

Harley Road King Classic 2009, 1 owner, garage kept.

Only 943 mi. Sev. add ons.

Title in hand. Must see. $17,850. (865)809-0405.

HD Softail FXST. NEW PRICE. If you’re looking for a pure adrenaline rush this is your bike. Custom and performance additions included.

Notice the custom HD wheels, removable windshield, V and H pipes. Garage kept, clean title, never wrecked, papers, saddle bags. I just need to sell some toys. Call or tex Richard 865-385-5063 (865)385-5063.

Off Road Vehicles

06 Montana Mountaineer 297RKS 5th wheel. Call (865)938-1169 for more info and pictures. $15,500.

(865)938-1169.

2007 Fleetwood popup, king beds, air, furnace, awning, $6500.

(423)869-4529.

2007 Four Winds Majestic 28A, 132K mi, E450, new refrig & shower, transferable warranties, Garmin backup camera, exc. tires, stored indoors over winter, in Crossville. $27,000. Cell 941-916-2365; mu1960@aol.com 2007 Winnebago Aspect 26A Slide-Out Full Body Paint Class B+,*** Ford E-450 Chassis, 305hp Triton V-10, 5 Speed Automatic Transmission with Tow/Haul Mode(Grade Brake), Onan 4kw MicroQuiet Generator,Rear Corner Bed, Private Bath, Norcold 2 Door Fridge, Nice Kitchen with Gas and Electric Ovens, Living Room Slide-Out with Wrap-Around Horseshoe Conver tible Booth Dinette, Freestanding Swivel Lounge Chair, Dual Pane Windows, Day/Nite Shades Throughout, TileLike Flooring Though Entry, Kitchen and Bath Areas, 32” HD LED Flatscreen TV, DVD, Inverter, CD/Satellite Stereo, Power Windows, Locks and Mirrors, Driver and Passenger Airbags, Large Patio Awning with Alumiguard, Basement Storage, Outside Entertainment Center with CD Stereo and TV Hookups, Electronic Jacks, 15,500 original miles, always garaged. $46,500. CAll 865 609 0002 or 865 405 3810.

Motor Home 35’ Damon Intruder, V10 eng., very low mi, 2 slide outs, new tires & batteries, $27,000. (865) 983-6541.

Must sell Due To Health Issues.

2003 Cedar Creek 5th wheel in very good cond. 36’, 3 slide outs, queen bdrm, sleeper sofa & 2 recliners, full bath w/shower, W/D conn, fully equip. kit., C H/A, day/night pleated shades throughout, wired for gen. (no gen.), full sz cover, $14,000 obo. Larry 865-389-8093.

NEW & PRE-OWNED

WORK HARD, PLAY HARDER! Save some of your hardearned money without sacrificing speed or quality.

GOAD MOTORSPORTS East Tennessee’s largest CFMOTO DEALER 138 Sky View Drive, Helenwood, TN Call 423-663-8500 www.goadmotorsports.com

We build all types of Farm Fencing and Pole Barn. *Wood & Vinyl plank *Barbed wire *Hi-tensile electric *Woven wire, *Privacy fencing, etc.

Mixed grass hay tight 4x4 rolls.

Cut 5/25/15, $25, can deliver.

Call (865)216-5387.

Wanted to Buy want to buy standing hardwood or pine in Blount & surrounding counties. By acre.

Min. 5. (865) 206-7889 Want to Buy Standing Timber, Hardwood and Pine. Call 865-982-2606 or 865-382-7529.

Pets Free Pets FREE KITTENS! - Eight lovable kittens available and ready for a home! Brindle in color.

Call 603-3073.

Merchandise Antiques WANTED Military antiques and collectibles 865-368-0682

Appliances GOOD AS NEW APPLIANCES 90 Day Warranty 865-851-9053 2001 E. Magnolia Ave.

Arts & Crafts Skutt clam shell glass kiln everything you need to start glass fusing. Glass saw, Sink to tray molds, 5 shelves, lots of 90coe bullseye glass, over 1500. In dichroic Glass alone.

Over 12,000. Retail. /4300. Or best offter (865)475-1976

Auctions JD’s AUCTIONS Wednesday 7:00 pm (blow out): General Merchandise Saturday 6pm: Antiques, Collectibles, Coins, Advertising, primitives, furniture & more.

Call us today! Now taking consignments (865)321-9111 4430-B Middlebrook Pike Knoxville, TN 37921 www.jdsauctions.com TFL# 5984 TAL # 6826

100 pcs. of Alumagal Roofing & Siding. 20’Lx3’W. 15 pcs. comm. guttering, 4x5” w/fittings; 35 pcs. of 12’x3’ wide skylights, 20 pcs. 11’x3’ acrylic sidelight panels (865)803-3633

Cemetery Lots 2 lots - Highland Memorial, value $2500 each. Sell $1300 each. 865-414-4615 4 Cemetery Lots, Highland Memorial. Valued at $2,800. each. Asking $1,000 ea.

Negotiable. (865)934-9323

Driver/Transport

DRIVERS: - Drivers OTR: Make 60k+ per year! O/O’s make $180k+ per year! Home Weekly. Mileage, Drop Pay. CDL-A, 1yr exp. Lee: 800-7536420 x0 (817)462-0798 DRIVERS: - Quality Home time!

Earn over $1250+ per wk. + Monthly Bonuses! Excellent Benefits. No-Touch! CDL-A 1yr exp. 855-454-0392 DRIVERS: Dedicated Lane No-Touch Openings! $3000 Sign-On Bonus!

Excellent Comprehensive Benefits! Class-A CDL 18, months exp. Call Penske Logistics: 855-582-2032

Financial

Apartments - Unfurn.

BROADWAY TOWERS 62 and OLDER Or Physically Mobility Impaired 1 & 2 BR, util. incl. Laundry on site.

Immediate housing if qualified.

Section 8-202.

865-524-4092 for appt.

TDD 1-800-927-9275

Business Opportunities Gas Station & Convenience Store LEASE. 9233 Westland Dr. next to Gettysvue Country Club.

Branded Shell. 865-560-9989.

Real Estate Sales Condos-Unfurn For Sale By Owner - 3915 Cherokee Woods Way, 2BR, The Woodlands in Knoxville.

Luxury College Living. Gated Community.

Townhome, 2 story, 2 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath Only one mile from UT campus. Great Investment.

Owner occupied and immaculate condition. New carpet and paint. Pools, shuttle, clubhouse and many more amenities. $124,900 Please call 865-337-7724 for showing. (865)337-7724 Woodlands of Knoxville Condo For Sale - 1105 Tree Top Way #1731, 3BR, CONDO FOR SALE!! Beautiful Three bedroom, 3 full bath condo in excellent condition. Located in Woodlands of Knoxville gated community with pool. Need to sell immediately, and at a ridiculously low unbelievable price!

Call 706-463-0040 or (706)463-2377.

Lake Property Lake Lot - Main Channel $149,900 - 242 Pin Oak Drive Lot # 33, 0BR, Lake Property -Below Assessed value of $160,000 Investment Property or Build Lake HouseMain Channel - approx. 1 acre Dock PermitLocated 7 miles from Midtown Exit from I40 HighwayContact Marlene Sumner 865 898-8327, bmsumner1@yahoo.com .

(865)898-8327.

For Sale By Owner

Highland - Highland Memorial, Gospels Sec. 2 lots side by side, $1200 each. 904-5403836

DRIVERS - Company & O/Op’s: Get Home More-Spend Time with Family & Friends! Dedicated Lanes!

Pay and Benefits YOU Deserve!

855-582-2265

I BUY DIABETIC Test Strips!

- OneTouch, Freestyle Lite, AccuChek, and more! Must not be expired or opened.

Call Daniel today for Local Pickup: (865)383-1020

(423)200-6600

Greenwood Cemetery - space, section 5, lot 39, space #4, $2500. Call (865)933-3685

11 Acres East Roane Co Mossy Creek Dr, 0BR, 11 acres east of Kingston Tn on Mossy Creek Dr. Located in an area of nice homes aprox 4 miles from I-40 exit 356B. City water is available. Property is heavily wooded with view of valley below. 865376-5855 cell: 865-603-1365 (865)376-5855 3 BR 2 BA ranch, Bearden, fence, 2 car gar., hdwd floors, new roof. $185,000.

865-691-2650 Beautifully updated home in Cottage Creek (Farragut) - 11511 Cottage Creek Lane, (across from Farragut library), 5BR, 3-Story (furnished basement) on Cul-desac includes 3 car attached garage with large covered front porch. Home includes 2 fireplaces, large kitchen with 42 glass front cabinets, and granite counter tops. Lots of crown molding. Buyer agent welcome. (865)803-5427

Lots/Acreage for Sale Lots for sale 3 to 50 acres.

18 minutes west of Knoxville. $6000 per acre and up.

(408)829-7398

Apartments - Unfurn.

1 & 2 BR Powell Special 1/2 Rent NOW. Beautiful. No pet fee. Water pd. No Cr. ck. $520 mo. 384-1099; 938-6424.

WOODLAWN CEMETERY - plots in Section 264-E. Five plots, $1500/ea. Call (423)413-7280

$355 - $460/mo.

Murray 40” riding mower - & Troybilt Straight shaft 4 cycle line trimmer. $750. Exc. cond.

(865)548-8280

Merchandise - Misc.

Free Coffee - Over 1 billion samples given away since 2008. Free coffee samples at www.sendthecoffee.com (314)898-8189

Norwood Manor Apts.

Accepting Applications 1, 2, & 3 BR. On busline Equal Housing Opportunity 865-689-2312 SOUTH KNOX /UT/DOWNTOWN 2BR, 700 Sq. Ft. APT, Call about our $299 move in special!

865-573-1000.

Homes Unfurnished Fountain City - 2BR, 2BA, 1 car garage $750/mo. $700 dep.

No Pets. Doyle 865-254-9552 Newer Home, Wildtree Subd., 3 BR, 2 1/2 BA, 2 car gar., $1250 mo. Avail. 7/15. 865-207-0332.

Condos Unfurnished 3 Bed 3 Bath Condo UT Campus - 1517 Laurel Ave, 0BR, 3Bd 2Ba 1517 apt Laurel Ave Knx Cable/Internet/ W/D included 1 Block UT Campus/ Law School $1800/mo Call 931-265-5502 (931)265-5502 WEST - 2 BR, 2BA, 1 car garage, no pets. $800/mo. $700 dep.

Doyle 254-9552 WEST - 2 BR, 2BA, 2 car garage, no pets. $900/mo. $800 dep.

Doyle 254-9552

Duplx/Multplx UnFurn North near I75 Ftn. City - Elder Apts. 2BR, all ammenites, W/D conn. quiet, priv. No smoking, no pets. $550.

(865)522-4133.

Real Estate Commercial Businesses /Sale Convenient Store & Deli Great North Location.

Good Traffic, (865)803-4547 FOR SALE OR LEASE 4800 SF BUILDING LIKE NEW FOR ANY COMMERCIAL BUSINESS. FORMERLY KAMPAS LIQUOR STORE. 3103 ALCOA HWY. CALL GUS (865)603-0134

Lots & Acreage/Sale 255 Kevin Lane - P O Box 22171, Highway 70 Commercial Park Lot 1 Zoned C-2, 1+ acre corner lot, all utilities onsite. Located near Dixie Lee Junction in Loudon County near Knox County line, Easy access to Interstate via Watt Road $230k (865)567-7521

Offices/Warehouses/Rent Real Estate Rentals

TWO ADULT INTERMENT SPACES - in Oak Ridge Memorial Park with lawn crypts. Located in the Garden of Love.

Valued at $4300, for sale at $3800. Call (865)925-1848

Lawn & Garden

Morningside Gardens 1 BR Apt Now Available A/C, Heat, Water & Electric Included OnSite Laundry, Computer Center & Resident Services Great location! On the Bus Line!

Close to Shopping!

Rent Based on Income, Some Restrictions Apply Call 865-523-4133. TODAY for more information

1,2,3 BR GREAT VALUE

1500 SF Office/Warehouse, drive in door, Papermill, 3 yr lease, $1100 mo.

4000 SF Office/Warehouse, with dock, Middlebrook Pk, $3,000 mo.

865-544-1717; 865-740-0990 West Ofice / Warehouse Lease for .77 cents SF, Szs: 1500 SF, 3000 SF, 9000 SF. Near Middlebrook Inn near Wrights Cafeteria.

588-2272

RIVERSIDE MANOR ALCOA HWY 970-2267 *Pools, Laundries, Appl. *5 min. to UT & airport www.riversidemanorapts. com

by 4 pm Friday BEST DEAL OUT WEST! 1BR from $375. 2BR $550-$695.

No pets. Parking @ front door.

(865)470-8686

Musical Services Offered Home Maint./Repair

HAROLD’S GUTTER SERVICE

Will clean front & back, $20 & up. Quality work, guaranteed.

(865)288-0556

Farmer’s Mkt/ Trading Post Farm Buildings

clearance Sale

BARNS - SHEDS GARAGES - CARPORTS PATIO COVERS BUILT ON YOUR PROPERTY FREE ESTIMATES! Millen Garage Builders 865-679-5330

Check Us Out At Northgaterv.com or call 865-681-3030

FANNON FENCING

Jobs

SUMMER

aLL 2015 MODELS must go!!!!

Wanted

Building Materials

1993 Escaper - 32’ sleeps 6, 1 super slide out, very good shape. $7400. 865)216-5387.

2006 33’ 5th wheel, Very nice condition. $15,000 obo.

(865) 755-9274

Farm Products

Baby Grand Piano, Zimmermann Baby Grand, $4000 obo.

Call (865)430-3314

Healthcare

Public Notices

PUBLIC HEARING Healthcare

Union County Health Department seeking a full time Public Health Educator for Union & Claiborne Counties Education /Experience: Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in health education, biology, or a related field & experience equivalent to 1 year full-time professional health education work.

Send application & resume to:

Director P.O. Box 460 Maynardville, TN 37807 Applications accepted until 4:30 PM, 7/7/15. (EOE)

FARRAGUT BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN will hold a public hearing on July 23, 2015 • 7:00 PM Farragut Town Hall 11408 Municipal Center Dr to hear citizens’ comments on the following ordinance: I. Ordinance 15-05, to rezone a portion of Parcel 69, Tax Map 142, located north of the Farragut Church of Christ, 19.66 acres, from R-2 (General Single-Family Residential) District to R-6 (Multi-Family Residential) District, (Continental 333 Fund, LLC, Applicant)

Shopper news • JULY 1, 2015 • B-3

Shopper Ve n t s enews

Young-Williams Animal Center adoption special, noon-4 p.m., adoption fees for cats and dogs 4 years and older will be just $4. Available at YoungWilliams Animal Center, 3201 Division St., and the Young-Williams Animal Village, 6400 Kingston Pike.

Info: www.young-williams.org.

SUNDAY, JULY 5

THROUGH AUG. 9

The Vegetarian Society of East Tennessee meeting, 6 p.m., Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 2931 Kingston Pike. Program by Fay Campbell: demonstration of super summer sweet potato salad.

Potluck supper follows. Cost: $4. Info: bobgrimac@ gmail.com or 546-5643.

New Knoxville Watercolor Society exhibit, the Oak Ridge Art Center, 201 Badger Ave., Oak Ridge.

Info: 482-1441.

MONDAY, JULY 6

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THROUGH THURSDAY, OCT. 22 Tickets on sale for “The Music and the Memories” show featuring Pat Boone backed by Knoxville swing orchestra The Streamliners, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, Oak Ridge Performing Arts Center, Oak Ridge High School, 1450 Oak Ridge Turnpike. Proceeds go to the Oak Ridge High School music department. Info/ tickets: www.KnoxvilleTickets.com or 656-4444.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 1 Fundraiser for Feral Feline Friends and Pit Bull Rescue, 4 p.m., Bearden Beer Market, 4524 Old Kingston Pike. Bring food donation for dogs or cats to enter drawing to win Yazoo dog house. Also features giveaways and Forks on the River Food Truck. Info: www.etnpitbullrescue.org or www.feralfelinefriends. org.

July 4th Craft Party, 3 p.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Info: 215-8750.

Koi Streamer Craft, 2 p.m., Farragut Branch Library, 417 N. Campbell Station Road. Info: 777-1750.

Knoxville Writers’ Guild open mic night, 7 p.m., Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. A $2 donation is requested at the door. Open to the public but must be a member to read your work. Info: www.

KnoxvilleWritersGuild.org.

“Mindfulness in Everyday Life With the Alexander Technique,” 11 a.m.-1:15 p.m., Knoxville Healing Center, 313 N. Forest Park Blvd. Cost: $30.

Preregistration required. Info/registration: Lilly Sutton, 387-7600, or www.AlexanderTechniqueKnoxville.com.

FRIDAY, JULY 3 Pilot Fireball Moonlite Classic 5K and Firecracker Kids Mile, 9 p.m. Kids Mile begins 8 p.m. New route through UT campus, along the river and by the UT Gardens. Info/registration: www.ktc.org; Bo Saulsbury, bosaulsbury@gmail.com.

Public reception for “Organic and Mechanic” exhibit by Susan V. Adams and Barb Johnson, 5-9 p.m., balcony gallery of the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. Exhibit on display July 3-31. Info: 523-7543 or www.knoxalliance.com.

Reception for new photo exhibit “Cuba: Transition, Dreams, and Transformation” by Maria B. Clark, Ph.D., Astrid Galindo and Rosa Mar, 5-9 p.m., Suite 112, Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. Free and open to the public. Exhibit presented by HoLa Hora Latina; on display through end of July. Info: casahola@holafestival.org or 335-3358.

SATURDAY, JULY 4 Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town Petsmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road.

Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee.

Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org.

Premiere of “200 Years of Volunteers,” 7 p.m., East Tennessee PBS. Documentary highlights the events, men and women that earned the state its nickname from the Revolutionary War Battle of Kings Mountain to the modern battlefields of today. Info: www.easttennesseepbs.org.

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“Bambi: A Life in the Woods,” 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/tickets: 208-3677 or www.knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com.

SATURDAY, JULY 11

Amazingly Awesome Science with Dr. Al Hazari, 10:30 a.m., Karns Branch Library, 7516 Oak Ridge Highway. Info: 470-8663.

Mighty Musical Monday with O’Connor Senior Singers, noon, Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Lunch of sandwich, chips and a dessert, $5, in the lobby while supplies last. Program is free. Info: 684-1200.

Hard Knox Roller Girls Home Team Championships, 5-7 p.m., Civic Coliseum, 500 Howard Baker Ave. Tickets: Coliseum box office, team members and team website. Info: www.hardknoxrollergirls.com; on Facebook.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Melissa Mastrogiovanni, 11 a.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Info: 470-7033.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Robin Milhollan, 11 a.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Info: 215-8750.

Using County Records in Genealogical Research, 10 a.m.-noon, East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Instructor: Doris Martinsen, MLS, CA, Head, Knox County Archives. No registration required.

Info: 215-8801.

MONDAY-FRIDAY, JULY 6-10

SUNDAY, JULY 12

Etiquette classes, 4-5:15 p.m., Imagination Forest, 7613 Blueberry Road. Hosted by the Cardinal School of Etiquette for ages 6-12. Cost: $125. Info/registration: 312-2371 or alwhite07@comcast.net.

Little Greenbrier School Old Harp shape note singing, 2-4 p.m., Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Free, all invited and tune books provided. Info: Robin Goddard, 982-6148 or rlgoddard@aol.com.

WWE LIVE SummerSlam Heatwave Tour, 7 p.m., Civic Coliseum, 500 Howard Baker Ave. Info/ tickets: www.knoxvillecoliseum.com or 215-8999.

TUESDAY, JULY 7 Drum-Making Workshop, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., East Tennessee Technology Access Center, 116 Childress St. For teens and adults with and without disabilities. Info: Lorrie or Shaynie, 219-0130.

Super Hero Power!, 6:30 p.m., Howard Pinkston Branch Library, 7732 Martin Mill Pike. Info: 573-0436.

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Storyteller Laurie Fisher, 2 p.m., Farragut Branch Library, 417 N. Campbell Station Road. Info: 777-1750.

THURSDAY, JULY 9 Knoxville Zoomobile, 11 a.m., Bearden Branch Library, 100 Golfclub Road. Info: 588-8813.

“Pinterest/Instagram/Twitter for Seniors” class, 1-3 p.m., Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Presented by Social Media 4 Seniors. Cost: $30. Info/registration: 218-3375; www.townoffarragut. org/register; in person at Town Hall.

THURSDAYS, JULY 9-30 Zumba Kids class, 9-10 a.m., Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Instructor: Gina Guider.

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FRIDAY, JULY 10 Amazingly Awesome Science with Dr. Al Hazari, 10:30 a.m., South Knoxville Branch Library, 4500 Chapman Highway. Info: 573-1772.

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MONDAY, JULY 13 All Over the Page: “After Visiting Friends” by Michael Hainey, 6:30 p.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Info: 215-8750.

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Living in ‘Paradise’ Sevier woman enjoying life after new melanoma treatment “I’ve ridden a camel in Morocco, I’ve rappelled in Guam, and I’ve ridden a train in Japan,” Chris Bender says as she sits peacefully in a Sevierville coffee shop.

Bender, 62, has had a lifetime of adventures, but nothing could have prepared her for the ultimate adventure of ghting to live.

Bender has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS), cancer and lupus.

The most life-altering battles came with reinforcement from Thompson Cancer Survival Center (TCSC) and oncologist Michelene Liebman, MD. Lingering over a vanilla frappuccino, Bender recounts the story of how her knowledge of MS helped catch cancer in time.

Having temporarily lost her eyesight because of MS in the past, Bender didn’t take it lightly when she suffered intense pain in her right eye while she was at work one night in June of 2012. “I had a really bad headache, and my eye was throbbing,” Bender recalls.

“Most people would have ignored it, but because of my background with MS, the very next morning I called my eye doctor,” Bender says.

The eye doctor referred her to a specialist in Knoxville who performed a variety of tests just two days later. Bender was told there was a protrusion on the back of her right eye, that it was a sign she had cancer somewhere in her body and that she needed to see an oncologist right away.

Bender’s doctor in Sevierville referred her to Thompson Cancer Survival Center and Liebman. Liebman sees patients at TCSC Sevier on a regular basis, in addition to working at TCSC Downtown.

Liebman ordered scans to be performed at LeConte Medical Center and brought Bender into the of ce soon after. “When I walked in she said, ‘We know you have cancer, we just don’t know what kind,’ ” Bender says.

Liebman began to put the call out for other doctors to see Bender and search for the cause. A biopsy on a lung lesion revealed that Bender had stage 4 melanoma.

“That was kind of hard for me to understand,” Bender confesses, “but at that point it had gone to my lungs, it had gone to my

After being diagnosed with stage 4 melanoma, Chris Bender is thankful to Thompson Cancer Survival Center for the specialized treatment that has saved her life and a diagnosis that includes “no evidence of cancer.” brain and it was on my eye.”

There had been no tell-tale moles or mysterious patches on her skin. Bender learned melanoma can arise in places that aren’t so obvious as sun-exposed skin.

Bender says Liebman had made it clear that ghting the cancer would be warfare. It proved to be true, and Liebman was ready to do battle.

She immediately had Bender set up an appointment for brachytherapy on the affected eye. Liebman set her sights on the brain tumors next.

Surviving melanoma Michelene Liebman, MD, says recent years have brought rapid advancements in melanoma treatment. Patients who might not have had hope when they were diagnosed a few years ago now have a ghting chance. Chris Bender is one of them.

“The disease-free survival we have obtained with Christine is almost unprecedented except in some clinical trials Dr. Liebman for stage 4 melanoma,” Liebman says. Yervoy was administered only at initial diagnosis with complete response.

“That means she has not had recurrent disease needing frequent chemotherapy.”

Staging is the extent of involvement of cancer throughout the body, and the stage of the disease directs the treatment recommendations. “Most cases of malignant melanoma are diagnosed at an earlier stage, when surgical excision can be curative,” Liebman explains.

“However, a few patients have metastatic disease at presentation, which means the

cancer has spread to other areas in the body.”

Some patients develop metastases after their initial de nitive treatment.

Bender received immunotheraphy, which uses new drugs like Yervoy (Ipilimumab) to enhance the body’s ability to kill cancer cells by increasing the killing power of the white blood cells.

For some patients, targeted therapies which inhibit cell proliferation are preferred.

“Some melanomas have a particular gene mutation,” Liebman says. “When targeted gene inhibition therapy is used, the result is the killing of the cancer tumor cells.”

“Stage 4 melanoma carries a poor prognosis with few months survival if not treated,” Liebman says. “Increased survival by months to years is quite gratifying and a great milestone in the treatment of this disease.”

Since her initial treatment in 2012, many more immunotherapy drugs have become available for use in metastatic melanoma.

Liebman says these treatments do have side effects, but in general are not as toxic as chemotherapy

A rst MRI had shown three tumors. A new MRI revealed a total of eight. “That’s how fast it was growing,” Bender says.

“We chose to use the Gamma Knife for targeted radiation to the lesions,” says Liebman. The Gamma Knife at Fort Sanders Regional delivers 192 nely focused beams of gamma radiation to small targets inside the brain.

The beams converge at a point to treat the affected tissue, while minimizing the damage to healthy brain tissue. “This spares the patient some of the side effects of radiation,

which may include memory loss and dif culty concentrating,” Liebman says.

Next, Liebman attacked the three lesions on Bender’s lungs. Chemotherapy was started within two weeks of Bender’s rst Gamma Knife procedure.

Liebman recommended the relatively new cancer drug Yervoy (Ipilimumab), and it worked. The cancer stopped spreading and Bender was winning the war.

Then just when it seemed like the worst was over, Bender was diagnosed with lupus. Bender consulted with Liebman and together they determined therapy for the lupus could wait. The best course of action would be to keep focusing solely on cancer treatment.

Bender’s diagnosis today is “no evidence of cancer.” She hasn’t required continuing chemotherapy, which is somewhat astounding for a stage 4 melanoma patient.

Grateful to be alive, Bender gives credit to God and her oncologist. “If I had gone to some other doctor somewhere else, I don’t know that the outcome would have been the same,” Bender says.

This Sevier County cancer survivor praises Liebman for being direct, honest, proactive and because, in Bender’s words, “she doesn’t treat me like I’m just another medical record in her hand.”

Bender is also grateful to her “church family” and her “work family,” who constantly offered support. This was especially important to her since she has no family in East Tennessee.

Bender didn’t escape this war without some battle scars, she’s lost vision in her right eye, and she remains fully aware that cancer could come back with a vengeance at any time. That simply motivates her to make the most of life.

“Every day is special,” Bender says. “Every day is paradise.”

To learn more about cancer diagnosis and treatment at Thompson Cancer Survival Center, visit thompsoncancer.com or call (865)541-1720.

Signs of melanoma Melanoma is more than “just” skin cancer. Left untreated, it can even be deadly.

“And statistics show that melanoma has been rising at an alarming rate in young people ages 18-39,” Liebman says, and she indicates this is likely the result of indoor UV tanning combined with signi cant repetitive outdoor sun exposure.

“Once the damage is done in the skin, the disease process continues for life, and skin cancer can show up at any time,” Liebman says. “It is very important to protect the skin, use sunscreen and check out any lesion on the skin that does not look normal.”

While some melanomas are hidden, melanomas on the skin (cutaneous lesions) are usually visible to the naked eye. If you see a mole or freckle on your skin that seems to be growing or changing, remember the “ABCDE” signs of melanoma: A – It’s asymmetrical, meaning the two sides don’t match up B – A border that’s uneven or irregular C – Dark or black in color D – Large in diameter E – It evolves or changes over time See your doctor if you have concerns and ask for a referral to Thompson Cancer Survival Center if you nd you are in need of an oncologist.

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Memories of music and mayhem Lucas Richman leads the KSO in the “1812 Overture,” accompanied by spectacular fireworks.

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By Carol Shane When Knoxville Symphony Orchestra members start reminiscing about past Fourth of July concerts, you never know what you’re going to hear. Collapsed stage rigging, fussy newborn twins, show-stealing wildlife, expensive instruments that

dislike the humidity as much as humans do – all these topics and more will be mentioned.

As for the babies, well, they weren’t actually part of the show. “I remember bringing my newborn twins to the concert, but we could only make it out of the house with them in time

for the ‘1812 Overture,’” says flutist Jill Bartine of one year when she didn’t play because she’d just had the boys, now 11.

“I held their ears as they slept through the fireworks.”

Most KSO members mention that beloved Tchaikovsky piece when they’re reminiscing.

“Since I’m a cellist, I love that big cello choir at the beginning of ‘1812,’” says Stacy Nickell Miller, who’s been with the orchestra since 1998. “Hey!” says violist Eunsoon Corliss, who’s coming up on her 30th season, “there are violas in there, too, y’know!”

Both agree that they love “how the piece builds in anticipation of the cannon fire (provided in this case by a very loud bass drum), culminating in a spectacular display of fireworks that will give you chills every time,” in Miller’s words.

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costume Kirk [Trevor] wore,” says cellist Alice Stuart, and many others agree. Trevor, KSO conductor from 1985 through 2003, was well-known for his good-natured willingness to try anything for the sake of entertainment. He did indeed wear those flashy duds. “As goofy as it sounds,” says bassist Daniel Thompson, “I like how Kirk always seemed to get into the spirit of things.”

Then there are the disasters.

“One of the July concerts was so humid that my fingerboard fell off,” remembers Corliss. Fortunately, she had an extra viola tucked away (doesn’t everyone?) so she used that one instead.

“My bow strings go flaccid,” violinist Elizabeth Farr commiserates.

Farr is a multi-instrumentalist, and one year she played harp on the concert. “We had to evacuate the stage – I think it was in 2012 – because of a potential hurricane,” she says. Orchestra members were led downstairs to wait in the parking garage. Farr, worried about her instrument blowing over, laid the harp on its side. By the time she got it into a safe position, she was too late to get to the parking garage and the overhead stage rigging was being lowered to cover the stage. So Farr did the only thing possible – she lay down beside the harp and calmly waited out the crisis.

Who says musicians aren’t practical?

Cellist Andy Bryenton chimes in, “I remember one year during the fireworks at the end, a shell went astray and came shooting through the crowd. It seriously looked like a scene from a Godzilla movie – people rushing around, heading for cover, etc. Does that ring a bell with anyone?”

“Yes, I remember that,” says Farr. “And also the tree that caught fire near the power station.”

KSO members appreciate cold bottled water at rehearsal on a hot day. Violinist Ilia Steinschneider, born in Russia and now a U.S. citizen, joins violinist Elizabeth Farr, keyboardist Carol Shane, trumpeter Cathy Leach, and percussionists Bob Adamcik and Scott Eddlemon.

for me to play before it is live-broadcast on TV, with me and Sande [MacMorran, the KSO’s principal tubist] at the front of the stage.”

Such an instrument was eventually found – the piccolo player for the Oak Ridge Symphony had one. “Bless her heart, as we say down here in the South,” says D’Andrea.

She remembers another rehearsal where the flute solo – representing birdsong – from Rossini’s “William Tell Overture” was being rehearsed. “There were birds up in the rafters,” says D’Andrea. “Just as the flute solo began, the birds started singing like crazy back and forth. They were so loud because they were at the top of the shell so they were drowning out the flute solo. Everyone started to crack up.” Eventually the soloist had to stop, saying, “Okay, I give up – I can’t compete with that!”

Violist Katy Gawne says, “My favorite memory was when we were in rehearsal with Kirk. It was starting to storm and it thundered exactly as he gave a downbeat.”

On one point all orchestra members agree. The high point of the show is the “Salute to the Armed Forces” in which veterans of each branch of the service are asked to stand as they hear their anthem. “I get a little emotional,” says Dan Thompson. “I think that piece kind of makes the French hornist Jeffery Whaley, concertmaster Gabriel Lefkow- show.”

Elizabeth Farr likes “watching everybody stand up. In itz and cellist Andy Bryenton are all smiles at Festival on the the past we had several orchestra members who would Fourth. stand up.” Age and time have winnowed those down, but Farr’s husband, John, was at one time a hornist with the Some memorable moments happened in rehearsal.

Piccolo player Cynthia D’Andrea was featured as a solo- KSO and she remembers him standing. “Now, when I hear ist one year. “We did ‘The Elephant and the Fly’ for piccolo the Air Force anthem, I want to stand up on his behalf.”

All enjoy looking out over the sea of faces and seeing and tuba,” she says. “First rehearsal, the tuba starts – I come in as the fly – wrong key? What the? I am playing all members of many different races and nationalities.

Corliss, born in Korea and a naturalized U.S. citizen the right notes as they are printed.” Turns out the piece was written for D-flat piccolo instead of the standard C instru- since 1987, puts it in a nutshell. “I feel as patriotic as the ment. “We have less than 24 hours to find a D-flat piccolo people who were born here.”

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Dr. Tom Kim (standing) spends time with the family of the late Jake Huffaker. Seated are Huffaker’s daughter, Vickie Walter; his wife, Betty Huffaker; and another daughter, Debbie Stretcher.

Veterans Mose Lobetti, Fred Fogarty, Buddy Wallace and Tom Mercer. Wallace, a Vietnam War Mr. Huffaker had been a patient of Dr. Kim, who asked the family if they would allow him to wear veteran, said he attended the event because he wanted “to honor our heroes.” The others at his the uniform Huffaker had worn in Korea to this year’s reunion. Betty Huffaker said her husband table all fought in the Korean War. “didn’t miss any of these reunions for many years.”

Korean War veterans tell their stories

54,000 in all. Another 103,000 were

By Anne Hart Many of their stories were heartbreak- wounded, 8,000 are still listed as missing ing. And in the telling, occasionally a voice in action and 4,000 were held as prisoners would break and tears would come and of war until the war ended.

Davis said, “This is a time for rememberthere would be a pause before the speaker ing the past and celebrating the present,” could begin again.

Some arrived in wheel chairs, others on and then added with his huge trademark walkers, still others surprisingly spry con- grin, “Seeing this big crowd puts a smile on my face that an undertaker couldn’t take sidering their age.

A few needed help in standing to take off.”

And then the stories began. the microphone from the master of ceremoMany mentioned the terrible cold they nies, local TV personality Gary Loe, who moved gently through the crowd of several hundred that packed Buddy’s Banquet Hall, giving everyone who wanted to speak the opportunity to do so.

The occasion marked the 65th anniversary of the invasion of South Korea by North Korea on June 25, 1950 – a war that the United States quickly entered – and the story tellers included both the American soldiers who fought in that war and natives of South Korea who now make Knoxville their home.

The annual reunion was started by former Knox- Master of ceremonies Gary Loe visits with Korea natives Young ville City Council member Ae-Kim, president of the Knoxville Area Korean American SociRex Davis, who had only ety and owner of the Oriental Supermarket on Sutherland Avthree other veterans at his enue, and Soo Cha, an internationally known artist who owns home for that first reunion, Gallery Provence in The Orangery. where war experiences were shared. The reunion has grown dramatically since then, and it’s no endured while fighting – temperatures 20, 30 and 40 degrees below zero. wonder why.

One veteran told of being assigned to These old soldiers are the real thing. The stories they tell are true. These men lived pick up the bodies of American soldiers from the battlefield – bodies that the entheir stories.

They were young men when they went emy had wired to explode when moved.

Dick Whitson, who fought at Pork Chop to war – many just teenagers. Some volunteered, others were drafted, but the one Hill, proposed a toast “to those guys who thing they have in common is pride – that didn’t get to grow up and be old men.”

Jim Coffin said his last view of Korea was they fought and saved South Korea from a “horizontal.” He was hit by a grenade while horrible fate and then came safely home.

And they remember the friends they on a stretcher being carried to a helicopter. fought alongside who didn’t return – some But it wasn’t all gloom and doom.

Rex Davis (center), who organized the Korean War veterans reunion, was joined by Bruce Farr (left) and Joe Sutter, a retired Air Force colonel who volunteers with HonorAir Knoxville. Photos

by Anne Hart

The appreciation voiced by the native Koreans in the audience was overwhelming.

Dr. Kenneth Kim, president of New Hope Mission, said, “Because of your sacrifice, our two countries are now the closest of allies and South Korea is now a highly in-

dustrialized nation. You were there for our country. ... We will never forget.

“Thank you for protecting our country and defending our way of life. We cannot thank you enough for protecting the freedoms we all hold so dear.”

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By Carol Shane Maestro James Fellenbaum, resident conductor of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, is looking forward to leading the musical portion of this year’s Festival on the Fourth.

“I really do love the atmosphere of the Fourth in World’s Fair Park. I’ve enjoyed watching my wife play trumpet with the KSO over the years, and seeing my colleagues in action. It’s just a really fun and enjoyable evening!”

Sarah Chumney Fellenbaum will indeed be playing her bright, brassy horn, while the couple’s four-year-old daughter, Kiri, will undoubtedly be running to and fro down front in her go-to fairy princess costume. Kiri loves those sparkles and ruffles. “She’s definitely a girly girl,” says her mom, “though the dress will depend on the weather.”

Festival on the Fourth is Knoxville’s biggest, rowdiest Fourth of July party, and the event is capped off, starting at 8 p.m., with the KSO concert followed by fireworks. The pyrotechnics start during the last piece on the program, which is Tchaikovsky’s famous “1812 Overture.”

Though he’s been the KSO’s resident conductor since January 2008, this is Fellenbaum’s first time leading the orchestra in the World’s Fair Park patriotic celebration. He’s had plenty of other times on the podium, though.

“What I’ve enjoyed most about the position is being involved – either as a conductor or as an assistant/observer – with the numerous varieties of concerts and projects since joining the KSO. So many different kinds of musician experiences over the years!” Those experiences include dressing up as a superhero and a game show host during the KSO’s popular Young People’s Concerts. Fellenbaum is known for his commitment to the performance.

Speaking of the selections he has planned, the maestro says, “Many of the show’s aspects – patriotic music, popular tunes, movie/Broadway music – will be similar to what we’ve usually done, but I’ve programmed music that I’ve enjoyed in the past, so the crowd will know the types of music I like in these concerts. I’m sure the audience will find it enjoyable as well on this particular evening.

“There are a couple of John Williams

pieces, including ‘Star Wars’ – both as a tribute and as a preview to the upcoming Episode VII this December – and I’m looking forward to leading ‘Let it Go’ from ‘Frozen,’ which I was delighted to program for my daughter, as well as the ‘1812 Overture.’”

Fellenbaum, who is also UT’s director of orchestras, lives in West Knoxville with his family, including three cats: Scherzo, Pirate and Thomas. He says the family’s favorite thing to do by far is “stay home and hang out together.” But mom and dad also love to take little Kiri out to dinner, parks and farmers markets. The threesome recently went to Atlanta to visit IKEA for the first time. Those familiar with the popular store, which was born in 1920s Scandinavia, know that the layout is fun, idiomatic and very imaginative. It’s almost like a fun park in itself.

Later in the summer the Fellenbaums will be traveling to visit extended family, and James will be conducting at the New York Summer Music Festival in Oneonta, N.Y. But for now he’s looking forward to the Festival on the Fourth, which will also fea-

Conductor James Fellenbaum is excited to lead the KSO for the Festival on the Fourth. Photo submitted

ture popular local singer/actor Katy Wolfe, known for her Clarence Brown Theatre appearances and her leadership of the “Sound Company Children’s Choir.”

“I’m just looking forward to the whole concert,” says the maestro. “Everybody come on out!”

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