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VOL. 8 NO. 28

IN THIS ISSUE

Briggs is better Never say there’s not a dime’s worth of difference between state Sen. Stacey Campfield and his challenger, County Commissioner Dr. Richard Briggs.

Shopper publisher Sandra Clark makes the case for Richard Briggs.

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Read Clark’s editorial on page A-4

Title Boxing Club If you have fitness goals or pent-up anger that needs to come out, the 40 heavy bags at Title Boxing Club may be just what you need. Either way, you’ll burn 1,000 calories during a “power hour” boxing or kick-boxing class, says owner Ashley Burns.

He opened the franchise, located a few doors down from Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Store on North Peters Road, at the end of March. About 70 percent of his clients are women, and their goal isn’t to get into the ring, he says.

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Read Wendy Smith on page A-3

Front Page Follies The merry pranksters of the Front Page Follies are at it again, and no one is safe.

From Gov. Bill Haslam to Sheriff Jimmy “J.J.” Jones to the Affordable Care Act – otherwise known as “Obamacare” – the major local, state and national newsmakers of the past year are all subject to parody and good-natured ridicule.

“We are an equal-opportunity offender,” says head scriptwriter David Lauver.

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Lyons View remembers Will Davis

By Wendy Smith

A beautiful timber-frame pavilion behind the Lyons View Community Center, 314 Sprankle Ave., was recently dedicated to William “Sonny” Davis Jr., a lifelong resident of the Lyons View community and beloved father of seven.

He worked for an affluent Lyons View Pike family for 60 years. The pavilion is as much a testimony to the unique relationship between that family and the primarily African-American Lyons View community as it is to Davis.

Kitty Garner reminisces about the impact Will Davis He was gardener and Jr. had on her life as his son, Ron Davis, looks on. butler for Elizabeth and Hal Mebane, and after their deaths, he worked for their niece, Elizabeth from Knoxville in the and Larry Bussell, who mentored Dudley Wall. The Mebanes 1980s, his Northern young men at the Lyons View and Elizabeth’s sister, Lilfriends asked for sto- Community Center. He also had lie Powell Lindsay, built a ries about growing positive experiences on integrated playground in the Lyons up in the South as an sports teams.

View community in 1959, “The only thing of color that A f r ican-A mer ican. and Mrs. Powell Smith, He described his old mattered was the color of your jerElizabeth and Lillie’s neighborhood as being sey,” he said. mother, donated the Lyons It was like “The Help” because a combination of “ReView Community Center Mary Davis, widow of Will Davis Jr., and Sara Cantrell member the Titans,” friends and neighbors from nearin the early 1970s. visit following the dedication of the Will Davis Jr. Pavil- “The Help” and “Leave by Lyons View Pike spoke up for Wall, along with her ion. Photos by Wendy Smith racial justice. Steve Davis read an It to Beaver.” grown children, Jimmy It was like “Remem- excerpt from a letter written to the Dudley and Kitty Garner, Davis’ son, Steve Davis, talked ber the Titans” because Knoxville News-Sentinel in 1963 contributed to the building of the about the role his parents, and his he grew up during the era of ath- by Lillie Powell Lindsay: pavilion and attended a ceremony neighborhood, played in his up- letic integration. He expressed “Someone has said, ‘Justice too that reunited the families as they bringing. gratitude for good role models like long delayed is a denial of justice.’ remembered Davis.

When he moved to Chicago Walter Keith and brothers Jimmy To page A-3

‘Not-metro’ is all about the money, says Burchett

By Sandra Clark

First Presbyterian Church is considered “Knoxville’s first church,” founded in 1792 and built in 1812 on James White’s field of turnips.

Church member Pat Armstrong gave the interns a behind-the-scenes look and a peek inside the adjacent graveyard.

The building has undergone several renovations throughout the years, but there have been only 15 ministers since the church began. During the Civil War, the Union army occupied the building – letting their horses graze in the graveyard – for three years.

The interns also visited Temple Beth El and St. George Greek Orthodox Church.

Lunch speaker was Holocaust survivor Sonja DuBois.

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Announcing his upcoming nuptials was not the news nugget of Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett’s speech to a business group in Fountain City, yet that announcement got all the media play.

Much more impactful was his endorsement of unified government for Knoxville and Knox County and his pledge to work for the merger during his upcoming four-year term.

“Yes, I’m serious,” he said. “We have two governments because of fiefdoms. … Just don’t call it metro.”

Burchett wants to reduce, not enlarge, the size of local government. He wants to eliminate duplication, but he’s not about to suggest the hot-button issues that have doomed previous votes.

(State law requires unification to be approved by voters in both the city and the county balance.)

“We’re not taking away anybody’s right to elect officials. We’re

Tim Burchett ends his talk in Fountain City. not raising taxes.” He proposes service zones in which residents could choose (and pay for) en-

hanced services such as garbage pickup and fire protection.

“It’s bad for business,” he said, citing awkwardness in explaining local government to companies seeking to locate here.

“And it’s bad for your tax dollars,” he said.

County Commissioner R. Larry Smith agreed. “If elected officials put their egos aside, it would happen. It just makes sense.”

Knox County’s debt has been reduced by $59 million in three years, Burchett said.

As for that marriage, Burchett said he will wed Kelly Kimball on July 26 at an undisclosed location.

“We’ve both got enough stuff,” he said, requesting no gifts. “Make a contribution to HonorAir.”

The Ed and Bob show comes to County Commission

By Betty Bean It’s been a year or so since Bob Thomas and Ed Brantley worked together, but the two longtime morning-drive radio stars will be colleagues again once they’re sworn in as Knox County commissioners Sept. 2.

In the meantime, they’ve had a couple of dinners with the other two new commissioners-elect (Charles Busler and Randy Smith), and they plan another in August, which they know is perfectly legal now, although come September, sunshine laws will come into play and put constraints on their gettogethers.

But they are adamant about one thing:

Ed Brantley and Bob Thomas “If the two of us are at the Vol Market No. 3 having a hot dog, which we do every week, and somebody calls in (to complain), or if somebody sees us at Wright’s Cafeteria, where we take my mom for lunch,

us in manufacturing, and our surrounding counties are ahead of us, too, to some degree, in other areas. When I used to go in to work in the early morning, Pellissippi Parkway was a constant stream of headlights going to Oak Ridge where they have the national lab and all that high-tech industry.

“Knox County is at a disadvantage, but there are good ideas coming out of Anderson and Blount counties, and the booming tourist trade in Sevier County. Can we share some more of those things?

Yes, I think we can.”

Thomas agrees.

“A lot of people have

respectively (a distinction without a difference, since at-large commissioners represent the entire county). Thomas ran unopposed; Brantley was victorious over a primary opponent. Neither is opposed in the August general election.

In addition to being on-air personalities, both have run businesses, both are grandfathers and both want to attract more and better jobs to Knox County Photo by Betty Bean for the sake of their grandwell, that’s not going to children (Ed has five; Bob stop,” Thomas said. “That’s has three).

“To me, the biggest prisilly. We’re going to stop being friends? Not going to ority in this county other than supporting the school happen.”

Thomas and Brantley system is getting some jobs will represent the 10th in here,” Brantley said. and 11th at-large districts, “Chattanooga is ahead of

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NEWS FROM CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF KNOXVILLE

Amy Brock takes the stage in

‘The Secret Garden’ This weekend, CAK High School Choral and Musical Theatre Director Amy Brock

ers, and middle school student Tori Beth Sullivan (7th Grader) is also included in the performance as Mary Lennox. CAK is proud to be the Pacesetter Sponsor of the performance, the enchanting story re-imagined in brilliant musical style. The showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Friday, 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, and 3 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $21.50 for adults, $16.50 for students/seniors and $11.50 for children 12 and under.

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Brock will be in the chorus cast as one of the dream-

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the 45th Annual Knoxville Nativity Pageant in December, is taking over CAK’s high school program this year so that Peggy Filyaw can focus on the middle school program. Filyaw initiated musical theater at CAK and has directed 26 middle school and high school productions in her 18 years.

“I count it as a privilege to have worked with so many talented students,” Filyaw said. “Next year I will be full-time in the middle school where I feel the Lord is leading me to concentrate. Thank you for your support of my efforts in the high school; and I pray you will be as supportive to Amy

Brock as she comes to fill this position.”

Brock graduated from CAK, where she was very involved with the Spirit of Praise Ensemble and Musical Theatre, and went on to pursue a Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance from Carson-Newman in 2012.

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CAK Café Events Usually held on Wednesday mornings after the start of the second semester, the Café events provide a group tour of each of the three schools. We will host one event per school, and the schedule will be posted online once set.

Turf coming to CAK football field The turf project is well underway at CAK. Site prep began on May 19, and the first pieces of turf were installed last week. Plans are to have the field completed and ready to go for the 2014 football season.

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Wendy Smith He opened the franchise, located a few doors down from Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Store on North Peters Head trainer David Peacock practices with a heavy bag at Title Boxing Club, 134 N. Peters Road. Local quilt expert and author Merikay Waldvogel will speak at Road, at the end of March. this year’s New Orleans Antiques Forum.

About 70 percent of his clients are women, and their weight room by the end of goal isn’t to get into the the year. ring, he says.

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They’re concentrated on fit- ■ Waldvogel on ness. But we use the same national stage techniques as boxing.”

West Knoxville’s own Results are guaranteed for those who come to class quilt expert, Merikay Waldthree days a week for 90 vogel, will make us all proud days. Results are measured when she speaks at the 2014 by the goals of each client. New Orleans Antiques FoSome want to lose weight, rum, set for July 31-Aug. 3 others hope to gain confi- in the French Quarter.

Waldvogel will discuss dence or stamina, he says. the little-known aspects Whatever the goal, Title Boxing Club trainers aim to of women’s lives as told know each client personally through Civil War quilt to better help them reach it. stories. Her interest in col- Grants from the U.S. Tennis Association and the city of Knoxville paid for new striping on West Knox tennis courts that mark Classes are scheduled lecting quilts led her to re- smaller courts for children. Photos by Wendy Smith throughout the week, from cord the oral histories of Southern quilters. After a 5:45 a.m. to 7 p.m.

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And any fair-minded person will have to admit that justice has been too long delayed to the Negroes.”

It was like “Leave It to Beaver” because of the affectionate parenting of Will and Mary Davis.

“My mother − you could not walk past her without her touching you. That spoke into my life.”

Steve Davis played football at the University of Tennessee, and his father called after every game to tell him he played well. But there was no way he could’ve seen all of the games, Steve Davis says. He quoted some of his dad’s favorite sayings, like “Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today,” and “Spend some, save some, give some away.”

A tearful Kitty Garner talked about how Will Davis influenced − and continues to influence − her life.

“I have a photo on my desk at home of Will giving me a giant hug, and there is not a day that goes by that I do not think of him and all he did, on so many levels, for

Steve Davis and his sister, Rose Davis, greet another sister, Sylvia Murphy, and Nancy Taylor, who also grew up in the Lyons View community. Friends and family were reunited at the dedication of a new pavilion at the Lyons View Community Center named for Will Davis Jr. our family. At times, when I find myself in a vexing moral quandary, I look at this poignant photo of Will and ponder what he might do were he in my shoes.”

The pavilion is an appropriate way to remember the man who “pulled people in, put them at ease and allowed them to let their guard down and cast off stereotypical patterns of relating,” she said.

“It is fitting that, in this

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asked me, what do you want to accomplish? I personally am not coming in with something in my back pocket I’ve got to get done. I don’t have an agenda. I want to make sure we’re tracking business and that we are fiscally responsible and good decision makers. Ed and I had lunch the other day, and somebody told us, ‘They ought to let you two guys go out and talk to businesses.’

“I’m not afraid to stand up to people, and I’m sick and tired of minimum-wage jobs coming to town and us thinking that’s a big victory. I’d like to find jobs that give people a career – the kind of jobs that attract 20- and 30-year-olds who want to have a family to come here and stay here.”

Brantley has promised

not to vote for any new taxes and says that he will stick by that pledge.

“I’m taking a stand on not voting for any new taxes.

People are taxed to death,” he said. He sees no conflict between this stance and his promise to push for a new Gibbs Middle School.

Thomas said he wants a strong infrastructure but at the same time intends to be fiscally responsible. He approves of the way the county is being managed.

“Knox County is paying down debt, and our bond rating is going up. A lot of counties around the state would like to be in the situation we’re in.”

Both are extremely interested in Knox County Schools but have questions

neighborhood that meant so much to him, there will be a place in his honor that literally brings people together to celebrate the joy of life spent in community.”

Steve’s brother, Ron Davis, led the effort to get the pavilion built. He thanked those who participated in the project, like Home Depot, the Community Design Center and Jimmy Dudley, who created the original design.

about the relationships between the school board and the commission.

“Things are at a standstill,” Brantley said. “Why can’t the chair of the school board and the chair of commission get together and say, ‘What can you live with?’ ” Both Thomas and Brantley laugh at suggestions that they’ll vote in “two-for-one” fashion.

“Obviously, you never listened to our show. We disagree on a lot of things, but at least we can tell each other how we feel. After spending three years together every day on the radio, there’s not been an issue comes through this town we did not discuss in depth. I don’t care about politics. I just want to see some progress,” Thomas said.

“No offense to who’s sitting there now, but we want to take it up a level.”

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Briggs vs. Campfield Not a dime’s worth of difference?

Never say there’s not a dime’s worth of difference between state Sen. Stacey Campfield and his challenger, County Commissioner Richard Briggs.

Sandra Clark

Briggs has a medical degree and a real job: heart surgeon for over 30 years. He’s been president of the Knoxville Academy of Medicine.

Briggs is a combat veteran of Desert Storm, Iraq and Afghanistan, retiring as a U.S. Army colonel.

He’s served on County Commission since 2008, tackling complex issues like billboards, pension reform

and economic development.

Stacey Campfield, on the other hand, served in the House and Senate for almost a decade before passing a bill. He’s marginally self-employed, “rehabbing” and renting run-down real estate. His college experience was online, and his experience in uniform is limited to Halloween.

Campfield, 46, is old enough to act better.

He likes to blame the “liberal media” for his bad press, but he’s been sued for defamation, booted from the Duncan Family Barbecue for his antics, and escorted out of a UT football game for failing to remove a mask when asked to do so.

Let’s elect a serious senator – Dr. Richard Briggs – and watch him effectively serve in Nashville. There’s a world of difference.

Knox County DA Randy Nichols talks with Northwest Democratic Club treasurer Nancy Stinnette at the club’s July meeting.

Mary Beth Leibowitz and Hubert Smith at the Northwest Democratic Club Photos by Cindy Taylor

Leaving for the next adventure

By Cindy Taylor Friends and family gathered with the Northwest Democratic Club to honor three favorites who are moving on to a different phase of life.

Indya Kincannon, Mary Beth Leibowitz and Randy Nichols were thanked by club members for their willingness to speak at meetings and help out in other

ways whenever they were asked.

“Randy and Mary Beth have always been so gracious to come and speak to our club,” said treasurer Nancy Stinnette. “We wanted to do a little something to show our appreciation.”

Nichols leaves his position as district attorney general for Knox County at the end of August. After holding

the position for 22 years, Nichols says he is retiring but not stopping.

“I haven’t looked for work in 40 years,” said Nichols. “I don’t know if I can find anybody to hire me or not.”

Leibowitz was the first female Democratic judge in Knox County and held the seat more than 25 years.

“No one thought I could get reelected,” said Leibow-

itz. “This club stood by me and supported me. I have learned a lot from these folks. As for retirement, my plan is to do whatever I want.”

Leibowitz said her parents told her that their obligation was to educate her sufficiently, and her job was to make a living.

Kincannon was on vacation but sent her regards.

McKamey seeks to save Democrats from themselves Last week, John McKamey made a 200-mile round trip to Knoxville from his home in Piney Flats to talk to the Central City Democrats about why he’s running for governor. He’s pretty much going it alone, and his short-term objective is to save the Tennessee Democratic Party from itself.

He doesn’t want another national embarrassment like the one they suffered through two years ago when part-time flooring installer/ Tea Party supporter Mark Clayton took advantage of his superior alphabetical position on the ballot and beat opponent Park Overall to become the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, facing Republican Bob Corker. The Washington Post, among others, named

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Clayton, whose most prominent supporter was Republican Stacey Campfield, the worst Senate candidate in the country, and the Tennessee Democratic Party became a national laughingstock.

With this in mind, McKamey is acutely aware of the perils of low name recognition and inferior ballot position, and points out that two of his opponents have catchy names – Charlie Brown and Kennedy Johnson.

“None of the other candidates are campaigning,

for someone.

“I started two days before the deadline. Somebody has got to stand up for education and for women and for people who are being denied health insurance,” he said.

He’s not a supporter of the Common Core State Standards, which he labels as “test, test test.”

“Teachers want to teach the student – not to the test.

They’re making robots out of teachers and robots out of students, and all they’re talking about is numbers and statistics.”

He’s not a fan of vouchers and charter schools and says he’d hire an experienced classroom teacher as commissioner of education.

He says his concern for women’s rights has been sharpened by experience.

“When I was a county commissioner, there was a lady who applied for a raise, and county commission, including me, kept turning her down. When I was county executive, she sued, and won. And she was right. I’ve been to court and I always remember the 14th Amendment. It means equality for everybody.”

And he has an even more personal reason: “My wife had rheumatic fever in high school that damaged her heart severely.

When we got married in 1960, her doctor told us she couldn’t stand a pregnancy.

He told her, ‘If you get pregnant, you come here and we will take it,’ so we never had children. I trusted the doctor’s and my wife’s judgment, and we never did have

Republicans, Democrats, liberals, conservatives and even celebrities in some cases awarded the “worst” the Affordable Care Act that distinction to President number has dropped to 13.4 Warren G. Harding.

James Buchanan was percent and continues to deranked one notch above cline.

Domestic oil production Harding, and Andrew Johnis up and imports are down. son made the list as third American combat troops worst.

Harding is the Homer returned from Iraq, and Osama bin Laden met jus- Simpson of presidents, minus the blue-haired spouse. tice.

Not bad for the worst If “Doh!” wasn’t ringing through the corridors of the president in history.

Speaking of history, the White House during his tenpresident’s critics in the ure it should have been.

Until Watergate came poll seem to be as deficient of knowledge in that area as along, the Teapot Dome affair was the scandal by they are in current events.

An aggregate of 17 polls which all others were meaconducted between 1948 sured in the administrative and 2011 that included his- branch of the government.

Albert Fall, Harding’s torians, political scientists,

Secretary of the Interior, accepted a bribe from oil company pals and gave them leases to drill without competitive bidding. Fall served a year in a jail after the scandal came to light in 1922.

Another Harding appointee, Charles Forbes, spent two years in jail for shady deals when he headed the Veterans Bureau, forerunner of today’s Veterans Administration.

Harry Daugherty was Harding’s attorney general.

The corruption in Daugherty’s Justice Department would have made Nixon’s attorney general, John Mitchell, blush.

James Buchanan’s miserable ranking stems from his unwillingness (or inability)

to my knowledge, but I’ve been trying to point out that alphabet issue every time I speak,” he said.

McKamey spent 23 years as a Sullivan County commissioner and four years as county executive. He gets real serious when he talks about the issues, explaining that he spent 50 years in public schools as a student, teacher and coach, and he strongly disagrees with what’s happening in Tennessee’s public schools. He got tired of waiting for his party to produce a serious opponent to challenge Gov. Bill Haslam.

“The party did not recruit me. I did it on my own.

I called the state chair and asked Mr. (Roy) Herron if they had anybody in mind.

He said they were searching

Things could be worse On Obama’s watch: Barack Obama is the A few days ago the Dowworst president in U.S. history, according to a recent Jones Industrial Average topped 17,000. On Jan. 20, poll.

2009, Obama’s inauguration day, the Dow-Jones at 7,949.

Larry closed In January 2009, the U.S. Van unemployment rate stood at Guilder 7.70 percent and would rise to 9.70 percent a year later.

Last month, the U.S. Department of Labor reported the rate as 6.10 percent.

We know polls don’t lie, Nationally, 288,000 jobs except when taken in Eric were added in June, the Cantor’s congressional dis- most since May 2007. trict, but this one seems to The percentage of uninhave drawn heavily on folks sured adults peaked at 18 just rousing from a five-year in the third quarter of last nap under a pile of rocks. year. With the passage of

John McKamey speaks to the Center City Democrats. to make that decision.”

So for now, he’s crisscrossing the state, firm in his belief that once he survives the primary, statewide media will start paying attention, financial help will flow his way and it’ll be a whole new race.

to stop the march toward civil war. A death toll of 620,000 is a rough legacy to overcome.

Andrew Johnson was the first president to be impeached. The Senate acquitted him by a single vote.

Johnson’s ideas for rehabilitating the South after the Civil War clashed with the Radical Republicans in Congress.

His opposition to the 14th Amendment, which gave citizenship to AfricanAmericans, helped seal his low standing in the polls.

Facts can be inconvenient.

A poll that rates Barack Obama the worst president reflects the political and racial divide in this country at the expense of history.

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Better together

A somewhat interesting couple is approaching their 60th wedding anniversary.

They tell each other they are better together than they could have possibly been as individuals.

They are not at all famous, but there are historic combinations that convey that same message of better together: Mantle and Maris, Sonny and Cher, Hewlett and Packard, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Huntley and Brinkley, Johnson and Johnson, Romeo and Juliet – you get the idea.

Lasting linkage extends to Tennessee sports. Ernie and Bernie come to mind first.

Bernard King was Tennessee’s best-ever basketball player. Ernie Grunfeld

Marvin West

was very, very good. They were great together.

Both made individual impacts. King was an NBA superstar. Grunfeld continues as an executive. Bernard is in the pro hall of fame. Ernie has an Olympic gold medal.

As Volunteers together, they were the best show of Ray Mears’ many colorful years. You don’t hear much about it anymore, but Stu Aberdeen coaxed them from New York City to

Knoxville. It was a recruiting miracle, two superstars forever linked.

The best football combo is Kiner and Reynolds.

Steve Kiner and Jack Reynolds are linked linebackers from 1967 to 1969.

Jack manned the middle.

There never was a day when football was too tough for Hacksaw. Steve chased from sideline to sideline with intent to inflict bodily harm.

They produced similar results but were very different. Kiner was a first-game starter as a sophomore.

Reynolds had to be convinced he was good enough to play.

Kiner was an extrovert, confident, aggressive.

He talked. Sportswriters quoted him, sometimes correctly. He was twice an all-American. He became really famous as the first Volunteer linebacker in the

college hall of fame.

The Dallas Cowboys signed Kiner in 1970 and took him to Super Bowl V. He was a Redskin for Super Bowl VII. Later, he was New England’s defensive MVP. He had a good closing run with the Oilers.

I remember the day he formally introduced me to coach Bum Phillips. He recalled some little things I had done for him. Bum’s response: “That was an impressive presentation.”

Kiner did not take good care of his body, but he rebounded, enjoyed a profitable period as a real-estate broker, went back to school, at West Georgia and earned two degrees in psychology. Just for fun, he coached linebackers as a graduate assistant. His fierceness and passion seemed transferable. He could have been good at that.

MPC staff morale pointing south With the death of former Tennessee Sens. Howard Baker and Harlan Mathews this year, there are now only five living former U.S. senators from Tennessee.

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They are, in order of age: Bill Brock, 83; Jim Sasser, 77; Fred Thompson, 72; Al Gore, 66; and Bill Frist, 62.

Brock calls Annapolis, Md., home, but he and his wife, Sandy, spend most of the year on a yacht now, cruising from Maine to Florida according to the time of the year. Thompson lives in northern Virginia and is currently acting on

Broadway. Sasser lives in the District of Columbia, while Gore and Frist both live in Nashville.

Of the living former U.S. senators (there are 165 of them) the oldest is Edward Brooke, the first AfricanAmerican popularly elected to the U.S. Senate. He is 94 and was elected the same year Howard Baker was also first elected to the Senate in 1966. Elected from Massachusetts, he now lives in Washington, D.C. The next oldest senators are former astronaut John Glenn of Ohio at 92; Ernest Hollings, 92, of South Carolina; Jocelyn Burdick, 92, of North Dakota; Paul Laxalt, 91, of Nevada (now living in Washington, D.C.); James Buckley of New York, 91 (now living in Connecticut); and Bob Dole, 90, of Kansas, now living in Washington, D.C. Hollings is also the

second-oldest living former governor. John Patterson of Alabama is the oldest at 92. Tennessee’s own former Gov. Winfield Dunn is 87 and in excellent health, living in Nashville with his wife, Betty.

■ Mark Donaldson, director of MPC, must be wondering if his sudden hiring of Dave Hill was worth the controversy it has generated. The 15 MPC commissioners must be wondering when this will all go away.

Probably not until they rein in Donaldson, who apparently considers fair employment practices a nuisance to ignore. No one was interviewed for the job Hill got.

After he gave the job to his longtime friend Hill without advertising the position or allowing anyone else to apply, Donaldson told this writer he consulted with deputy city mayor Bill

Lyons on the Hill hire, but it seems he only advised Lyons he had done it and did not seek his advice. After all, Lyons’s boss, Mayor Rogero, had fired Hill upon becoming mayor. It is unlikely she would be enthused by his return to the City County Building.

Now the only woman in a management position at MPC has been fired by Donaldson without explanation.

Do not be surprised if Dee Anne Reynolds files a lawsuit to get her job back plus extra pay.

Taxpayers will pay for this one. A lawsuit could drag on for over a year with frequent news stories. MPC staff morale is at an all-time low.

At some point the 15 MPC commissioners will have to step in and take charge of a situation that is quickly going south. Right now they

In a strange move, this man who hurt people on football fields became a health-care professional.

He is assessment coordinator for psychiatric services at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. He remains interested in old teammates and UT functions.

Reynolds was cut from different cloth. He was forever motivated by fear of failure. Even late in his NFL days, after many accomplishments, under his uniform he still wore a tattered T-shirt that said, “Too old, too short, too slow and can’t cover.”

He had heard those criticisms and used them as firewood. His persona was built on the underdog myth.

He was always grumbling, about weather, the high cost of Pepsis and how much his back hurt. He worked at being unhappy. Teammates called him Crazy Jack. He

wasn’t.

Reynolds had a long pro career and saved his money from 11 years with the Los Angeles Rams and four with the San Francisco 49ers.

He earned two Super Bowl rings. He was a John Madden favorite, an example of “Boom!”

Reynolds was and is a recluse, on an island somewhere in an ocean.

That vague reference is unfair. I know where he is, San Salvador in the Bahamas – unless he is at his Miami home. He chooses privacy. I haven’t seen him in a decade. He has no need for applause, but he is linked with Kiner, whether he likes it or not.

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say they leave personnel issues to Donaldson. The commissioners bear ultimate responsibility for what he does. This may be a case where Mayors Burchett and Rogero have to tell the 15 commissioners (whom they appointed) that enough is enough. They did this a few years back when they jointly told Gloria Ray to depart the former Sports Corporation.

■ When Commissioner Richard Briggs and Sen. Stacey Campfield spoke to the Knox County Republican Women in Bearden, few differences emerged from their remarks.

Campfield spoke well and benefited by Briggs failing to outline differences between the two. Only soft questions were thrown from the audience. A guest without a background in Knox politics could be forgiven for thinking the two opponents were ideologically identical.

■ Gordon Ball, Demo-

cratic candidate for U.S. Senate, who says his net worth is between $10 million and $20 million (but probably higher), had failed as of July 11 to file a personal financial statement with the U.S. Senate Ethics Committee.

He asked for a 60-day extension on May 15. All other serious candidates such as Terry Adams, Lamar Alexander and Joe Carr have filed disclosure forms. Media have given Ball a pass.

His principal primary opponent, Terry Adams, has not raised this issue either, which is amazing.

Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@netzero.com.

Education meeting Big happenings at 6 p.m.

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Bringing the

house down

The merry pranksters of the Front Page Follies are at it again, and no one is safe.

From Gov. Bill Haslam to Sheriff Jimmy “J.J.” Jones to the Affordable Care Act – otherwise known as “Obamacare” – the major local, state and national newsmakers of the past year are all subject to parody and good-natured ridicule.

“We are an equal-opportunity offender,” says head scriptwriter David Lauver.

The Front Page Follies, now its 36th year, is held annually to raise money for journalism scholarships at the University of Tennessee and Pellissippi State Community College. The event also features a reception, silent auction, dinner and live auction.

Capping off the evening is the lively vaudeville-style show. Director Terry Silver-Alford of UT’s Theatre Department leads a cast of print and broadcast journalists, professors and public relations practitioners and several talented “ringers” from local plays and musical productions.

The show is presented

by East Tennessee’s Society of Professional Journalists and Front Page Foundation.

New cast member Margaret Elliott says she’s having a ball. “I have made new friends, learned some crazy songs, and I get to perform for a good cause.

With school tuition rising every semester, it’s great to be part of an effort to put scholarships within reach of students.”

Elliott, who works in furniture sales, says her favorite skit is one she’s not even

Carol Zinavage

Carol’s Corner in. “Gov-a-Chameleon,” a takeoff on Culture Club’s 1983 hit “Karma Chameleon,” pokes fun at Gov. Haslam for trying to appease both the moderate and extreme wings of his political party.

Elliott says the song’s performers “will bring the house down, guaranteed!”

Cast member Stacy Holley is herself a past recipient of a Follies-funded journalism scholarship. “I feel that it is now my part to give back and help future generations,” she says.

“This is my fourth Follies,” said Holley, “and this one is as much fun as ever!

Being able to dance and perform for money – I mean scholarships – is a lot of fun!”

She is partial to the Tom Petty song parody “Refugees,” in which Sheriff Jones, played by Dennis Perkins, clashes with an immigrant advocate played by Ernie Roberts.

This year’s Follies honoree is Robin Wilhoit, for whom the current scholarships will be named. The popular WBIR-TV anchor will be celebrated with a rousing rendition of “Rockin’ Robin.”

Other highlights are “So You Know … When It

Cast members give a rousing ending to the opening number. Shown are Dennis Perkins (behind arm,) Megan Jones, John McNair, Will Hoskins, David Lauver, Melanie Staten, Tony Hernandez, Ernie Roberts and Margaret Elliott. The chairs represent stage microphones. Photos by Carol Zinavage

Director Terry Silver-Alford, who had just arrived back in the states from a choir trip to Switzerland, holds the Follies gang together.

Stacy Holley, financial counselor at 21st Mortgage and marketing freelancer, is rarin’ to go! She’s a four-year Follies veteran.

John McNair, director of technology at the UT College of Communication and Information, hams it up in the opening number of this year’s “Front Page Follies.” Behind him are Melanie Staten and Margaret Elliott.

Snows,” set to the megahit “Let It Go” from the movie “Frozen,” and sung by meteorologists David Aldrich of WVLT, Todd Howell of WBIR and Ken Weathers of WATE. The finale borrows the

“Happy” hit tune from Pharrell Williams for the Knoxville-themed “Scruffy.”

John McNair leads the cast and surprise guest performers. You never know who’s going to show up onstage at this “anything can happen”

show.

The Front Page Follies will be held Saturday, July 19, at the Knoxville Convention Center. Reception and silent auction begin at 6 p.m., followed by dinner and live auction at 7 and show

at 8. Tickets are $125, with $85 tax deductible. Today – Wednesday, July 16 – is the ticket order deadline. Please email bowles@utk.edu with FOLLIES in the subject line, or call 865-588-6793.

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Samuel Young, left, and Dominique Schristofek enjoy an exciting game of “Duck, Duck, Goose.”

Soaking up VBS

By Nancy Anderson The staff and volunteers at Hardin Valley Church of Christ, 11515 Hardin Valley Road, pulled together the things kids love for their Vacation Bible School theme this year. The purpose? To get their attention so some important lessons of life would be heard.

“Soak up the SON” was the theme for the week, July 9-11, which meant a beachy setting for the kids to enjoy. “Cross Trainer,” a Superman-type superhero played by Keith Bagwell, youth minister, joined the puppets at the Surf Shack to teach the kids the meaning of Jesus’ parables.

“Kids never get to see puppets much anymore,” says VBS co-director Jessica Denton. “Maybe some people think they’re oldfashioned, but the kids just loved them! They were such a big hit, and I think the kids really got the importance of being a good neighbor.”

Using the story of the Good Samaritan, the puppets made the point that friends of God’s Son should never be too busy to be a friend, have compassion, offer a helping hand or pray for others.

Cross Trainer, sporting a Superman-themed costume with a cross instead of an “S,” was a hit every time he swooped in, says Denton.

“Cross Trainer is a pretty cool guy and most every kid relates to a super hero,” says Bagwell. “We all secretly want to be the hero who rescues others from danger, and we can do that by soaking up the ‘Son,’ being more like Jesus and being a good neighbor.”

For the church, VBS is a way to reach not only children in the congregation, but the community, says Bagwell. “We want to encourage families to make this church their home.”

Hardin Valley Church of Christ youth minister Keith Bagwell plays the role of Cross Trainer and arrives to save the day with a lesson in being a Good Samaritan. Photos by Nancy Anderson

VBS co-director Jessica Denton designed an elaborate beachthemed set for Hardin Valley Church of Christ Vacation Bible School.

Bearden UMC welcomes first female pastor

By Wendy Smith Sherry Boles is the first f e m a l e pastor at Bearden U n i t e d Me t h o d i s t Church, but she’s not concer ned about being accepted Sherry Boles by the congregation. After all, six women from the church have gone on to become pastors.

She knows some of those women, and they spoke “glowingly” of the congregation at 4407 Sutherland Ave. Boles began her new post the first week in July, and she’s had a warm welcome, she says.

Ministry was not her first career. She worked for a carpet manufacturer in her

more interested in reaching out to the community than trying to determine a particular direction for Bearden UMC. Right now, she’s listening to people − and asking questions − to see the bigger vision of what God is calling the congregation to do.

“I want to be part of God’s blessing rather than asking God to bless us.”

Her work takes up most of her day, but she enjoys crafting and traveling as well as spending time with her dog.

In the coming months, she looks forward to taking up a former hobby − cheering for the Vols.

Her grandmother lived in Rockwood, and she attended games with her father and grandmother as a child.

hometown, Chattanooga, for 15 years. But she was active in her church and kept feeling pulled toward something more.

After a time of prayer and discernment, she felt called to ministry.

“I didn’t decide. God decided,” she says. “I’m very happy to be able to make a living doing what I love to do.”

Pastors in the United Methodist Church are appointed based on the needs of individual churches. Boles spent the past two years serving in Abingdon, Va., and before that, she worked for two different congregations in Chattanooga for a total of 12 years.

While she co-authored “Praise Now,” a book of contemporary worship services, she says she is

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL ■ Bearden UMC, 4407 Sutherland Avenue, will host “Gotta Move!” VBS July 21-24, with ages 3-5 meeting 6-8 p.m., and kindergarten through 5th grade meeting 6-8:30 p.m. Register online at www.

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■ Ridgedale Baptist Church, 5632 Nickle Road off Western Avenue, will host a summerlong VBS themed “Fun with the Son,” 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Wednesdays, July 16 and 23, for age 3 through 5th grade.

Activities include classes in cooking, science, target shooting, arts and crafts, basketball and missions. Info: 588-6855.

■ St. Mark UMC, 7001 S. Northshore Drive, will host “Weird Animals: Where Jesus’ Love is One of a Kind” VBS from 6-8:30 p.m. through Friday, July 18. Classes for 4-year-olds through 5th grade. Dinner will be held at 5:15 p.m. Info: 588-0808. To register: www. groupvbspro.com/vbs/ez/ stmark.

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A day of faith

By Sara Barrett First Presbyterian Church is considered “Knoxville’s first church,” founded in 1792 and built in 1812 on James White’s field of turnips. Church member Pat Armstrong gave the interns a behind-the-scenes look and a peek inside the adjacent graveyard.

The building has undergone several renovations throughout the years, but there have been only 15 ministers since the church began. During the Civil War, the Union army occupied the building – letting their horses graze in the graveyard – for three years.

Armstrong likened the church’s infrastructure to that of our nation’s government. “The deacons look after operations sort of like Congress, and the elders would be the senators,” said Armstrong. The interns learned that seven U.S. presidents were Presbyterian, and the only minister who signed the Declaration of Independence was Presbyterian.

In keeping with the theme of the day, Arm-

strong discussed the beliefs of the Presbyterian church and the change in attendance at FPC. He said he and his wife have lived in the same house since 1969, and he used to look out his window and know which church each family on his street attended. Nowadays, not so much.

“I guess it is just a cultural change, and there are a lot of independent churches starting up,” he said.

A walk through the graveyard shows sunken tombstones and trees so old and fragile they are held together with cables. The oldest marked grave is William Blount’s from 1800.

An inviting concrete bench is tucked in a corner where passersby may be tempted to rest a while.

“We encourage people to come in and walk around,” said Armstrong of the yard holding about 240 graves.

“We’re located right on the corner of Church (Avenue) and State (Street). How ironic is that?” Info: www. fpcknox.org.

The sanctuary of St. George Greek Orthodox Church is adorned with beautiful mosaics of Christ and the disciples.

Sonja DuBois: Survivor

By Zoe Risley

Sonja DuBois is a Holocaust survivor. It may be a simple sentence, but it holds so much meaning.

DuBois showed the Shopper interns a photo of Neyland Stadium, which has approximately 100,000 seats. Fill the stadium up Sara Barrett coordinates the intern program for Shopper-News. Info: barretts@ A rare photo of Sonja DuBois 60 times. That’s how many ShopperNewsNow.com as a child Jews died in the Holocaust.

Six million people. To not be one of those people is amazing.

When most people tell their story of the Holocaust they tell what happened during the war. She did tell us all that, but she took it further. She told us how the policies of Nazi Germany impacted her life long-term.

DuBois was born in Holland in 1940, just months after the war had started.

When her parents regisThe interns met Holocaust survivor Sonja DuBois and learned of her incredible life story. Pictered as Jews, they didn’t tured are: (front) Abbey Underwood, Kaila Bond, DuBois, Donna Mitchell, Charlie Hamilton; register her. (back) Katie Sasse, Lakin Scott, Zoe Risley and Joshua Mode.

She was barely 2 when her parents boarded a train and left without her. They had entrusted their daughter to a family friend. Both were murdered in Auschwitz that same year. Both were just 29.

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She lived with a childless Christian couple and moved with them whenever someone questioned them about their daughter, the only girl in her class with dark hair.

She was kept well hidden.

Since Sonja was an undocumented child, a pediatrician gave her secret checkups and a woman with a cow brought her cooked milk (which DuBois said she absolutely hated). She attributes her survival to the lack of communication at the time and the Lord’s value on her life.

Even though Sonja survived one of the darkest times in history, she still felt she was in the dark. She didn’t know much about her birth parents and didn’t have any memories of them.

She had always had a sense of emptiness about where her parents were.

When Sonja and her foster parents prepared to immigrate, they needed her to sign a passport. Her real name was Clara. She didn’t know her real name until she was 12. She saw a picture of her parents only once, when she was 6, and from then until 1999, when she contacted one of her distant relatives, she knew

little about her parents, and that haunted her for a long time. She met with her Aunt Alice who told her about her family.

Sonja DuBois doesn’t just share her story for kicks.

I asked if she thought telling her story would help prevent racial hatred and genocides in the future.

She said, “If two people in a group of people I’m talking to realize when they have to make a tough decision, that what is popular is not always right.”

She wants people to be advocates for racial equality. “It is your job, when you see someone being bullied or shunned, to let an adult know or to get to know the person being picked on.

Most of racial hatred comes from a lack of knowledge.”

People talk about what they lose when they go through a horrible circumstance. Sonja DuBois gained thankfulness. She says out loud every day, “Thank you Lord.” Sonja is so grateful to have her life. She is grateful to be a survivor.

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Shopper interns Abbey Underwood, Zoe Risley, Katie Sasse, Lakin Scott and Charlie Hamilton listen as Rabbi Mathew Michaels describes how the Torah is written out by hand. Photos by R. White ■

Inspired at Temple Beth El

Rabbi Mathew Michaels met with the interns at Temple Beth El and gave us a crash course on Jewish culture and customs.

Intern Kaila Bonds asked why Jewish men wear the yarmulke, and the rabbi explained it was to show humility. “What does a man do with his hat when he enters a church?” asked the rabbi.

The interns said men remove their hats upon entering to show reverence.

“We cover our heads for the same reason,” he said.

“All these religions you’re looking at, the themes are the same. The motifs may be different, but the reasons are the same. Just because something is different doesn’t mean it’s better or worse, right or wrong … it just means it’s not the same.”

Rabbi Michaels showed the group what a Torah

looks like and explained why the pointer tool used to follow along while reading is made of silver. Only soft metals can touch the Torah, nothing hard that could be used to make a weapon of war. He also explained that when a religious item is no longer usable it is customary to bury the item as a human would be buried upon death.

The rabbi invited the interns back for service on Friday evening, and a few of them were planning to attend. Info: www.tbeknox. org.

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St. George Greek Orthodox

The interns switched gears for a look at St. George Greek Orthodox Church after visiting Temple Beth El. Tour guide Katherine Evans invited us to recite the Lord’s Prayer with her before entering the nave, and she lit a candle in honor of

everyone’s family.

Images of saints and apostles in stained glass, paint and mosaic tile welcomed us as we sat in the front pews.

Evans said the first priests in the Greek Orthodox Church were touched by the hands of the apostles, and each priest after has been touched by the hands of the priests before him.

This has created a concrete connection throughout time to the original founders of the church.

A different saint is commemorated each day throughout the year, and Evans explained the different between worshipping a saint and asking for them to intercede on one’s behalf.

“We pray for everybody,” Pat Armstrong stands in the sanctuary of First Presbyterian Church. In the background is a mosaid Evans. “Every church, saic of Christ. every nation and for ourselves. We don’t know if we’re saved or not, but we Varlan and historian Don Ferguson).

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Coexisting in Knoxville

By Donna Mitchell Last week I wrote about how boring I felt Knoxville was. And then I was proven wrong again by digging a little deeper into the history of the city.

The interns visited three houses of worship located within a few miles of one another. Our first stop was the oldest church in Knoxville, First Presbyterian Church. This church houses the Community School of the Arts program (though it is not a part of the church) and relics from a member’s time in Africa. It has the founder of Knoxville, James White, buried in the graveyard.

Next, we visited the

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Temple Beth El where we saw original handwritten Hebrew scrolls adorned in silver and walls lined with amazing stained glass windows. Our last visit was to St. George Greek Orthodox Church. The worship area is covered from wall to wall with beautiful images of Jesus, the apostles and St. George.

As Rabbi Michaels from Temple Beth El put it, “Diversity should be celebrated.” That is the real message behind any religion; we are all different but still worship for the same purpose.

At lunch, Holocaust survivor Sonja DuBois looked at us around the table with solemn eyes and pleaded

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“Hate is a lack of knowledge,” she said.

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It really is a great thing that not only Knoxville, but also the country we live in allows us to have as many places of worship as we please. Kingston Pike, commonly known as “the church street,” is home to a mosque, a Greek Orthodox church and a Unitarian church right next to one another.

The best part of it all is that they can coexist next to each other. That’s the way it should be. Embrace the diversity.

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For members of the Tennessee Stage Company, it’s child’s play. The talented group has taken their educational endeavors on the road this summer with visits to branches of the Knox County Public Library to teach children all about the ancient bard.

The actors recently visited the Farragut branch and conducted an interactive workshop for elementaryage kids that focused on the play “Much Ado About Nothing.” They showed off bobble head dolls of Shakespeare, gave the kids time to browse through the library’s children’s books about Shakespeare and then did exercises that got the attendees into the spirit of the play.

For example, the kids joined in demonstrations on how to react if you are in “ooey-gooey love” and how to “hide in plain sight.”

The Tennessee Stage Company will present “Much Ado About Nothing” and “Titus Andronicus” during Shakespeare on the Square July 17 through Aug. 17 at Market Square.

The bard was introduced to children attending the Fun with Shakespeare workshop at the Farragut branch of the Knox County Public Library in a thoroughly modern way, including the Shakespeare bobble head Joel Martinez is enjoying. Photos by Justin Acuff

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Enjoying learning about Shakespeare characters who were “ooey gooey in love” is Nikol Bukovska.

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Knox County veterans’ outreach The Knox County Veterans Service office conducts monthly outreach at the seven senior centers around the county. One-onone assistance will be available for veterans and their family members to explain VA benefits, answer questions and help file for benefits. Info: 215-5645.

Robotics Revolution Robotics Revolution will be held 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 2, at the Jacob Building in Chilhowee Park. Kids of all ages can learn more about coding, Lego leagues, robotics, 3D printing, drones and industrial and technological advances.

Local robotics teams, engineers and

■ 9-10 a.m. Wednesday, July 16, Halls Senior Center, 4405 Crippen Road.

■ 9-10 a.m. Thursday, July 17, South Knoxville Senior Center, 6729 Martel Lane.

■ 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 30, Carter Senior Center, 9040 Asheville Highway.

manufacturers will be on hand to talk about educational opportunities in the area. “Robot Runway” will kick off the event and a live bomb-detecting robot will be on hand from the Knoxville Sheriff’s Office. Knox Makers’ drawing robot Pablo will give demonstrations from noon to 3 p.m.

Admission is $6

(ages 5 and under free) and family passes are $24. Advanced tickets are available at www. themuseknoxville.com or at The Muse Knoxville.

The event is presented by the Tennessee Space Grant Consortium and is a project of The Muse Knoxville. It is being coordinated by NeighborMaker Events LLC.

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■ A 25th reunion will be held for Standard Knitting Mill employees and their families 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 2, at O’ Connor Senior Center.

Refreshments will be served, and everyone is invited to bring something (finger foods only). Also bring any memorabilia you have to share. Info: J.T. Morgan, 523-5463.

■ A telephone operator reunion will be held at noon Saturday, July 26, at CWA Union Hall on Elm Street.

Send $15 (checks accepted) to Sharon Courtney, 1905 Woodrow Drive, Knoxville, TN 37918. Info: 688-7703.

■ Central High School’s class of 1948 will hold its 66th reunion at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 26, at Beaver Brook Country Club. Lunch will be served at noon. Info: Mary Frances Tucker, 539-6242, or mfgt@ gmail.com.

■ Central High School’s class of 1959 will hold its 55th reunion Friday and Saturday,

Aug. 22-23, at Beaver Brook Country Club. Info: Judy Edenfield Hodge, 531-4837 or judychs59@mindspring.com, or Harold Knott, 947-3486 or haroldknot@frontier.com.

■ Central High School’s class of 1967 will have its annual reunion Saturday, July 19. Info: Idonna Tillery Bryson, 6885816, or Ann Paylor Williams, 274-1141 or visit www.chs67. org.

■ Central High School’s class of 1979 will hold its 35th reunion 6 p.m. to midnight Saturday, Aug. 16, at Beaver Brook Country Club. Casual dress. Info: Tracey Whedbee Long, tracey3801@bellsouth. net or Linda Beeler Price, 6619485 or llinda21@juno.com.

■ Halls High School’s class of 1964 will kick off its 50th class reunion with a cookout at Dan Bolinger’s house, Friday, Aug. 1, and dinner and dancing will be held Saturday, Aug. 2, at Beaver Brook Country Club. The cookout is free, but

dinner at the country club is $50 per person. Looking for lost classmates Ruby Beeler, Joyce Ellis, Carol Helton, Judy McCoy, Frances Toppins, Carol Wilson and Mary Weaver Small. Info: Dan Bolinger, 9222116 or Charlotte Hackney Jellicorse, 688-8042.

■ Halls High School’s class of 1965 will hold its 49th reunion 6 p.m.-midnight Saturday, July 26, at Beaver Brook Country Club. Cost is $35 and payment is due by July 19.

Info: Pat Humphrey West, 9228857, Jeanette McMillan Raby, 983-2861 or Roy Warwick 441-7452.

■ Halls High School’s class of 1959 will hold its 55th reunion Friday, Aug. 29, at Beaver Brook Country Club.

Info: Dickie George, 922-7145.

■ The descendants of Martin Miller will reunite 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, July 19, at Sharps Chapel Community Center. Bring a dish to share.

Info: 806-8617 or 687-8617.

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More than 250 children and adults are all smiles while enjoying Michael Messing’s interactive magic show. The show is so popular in Farragut that the library schedules two sessions.

Maggie Raines tries in vain to cast a spell on Maddox Atkins using her magic wand, which keeps melting in her hands.

Messing with magic

By Nancy Anderson Michael Messing can sell out a room. Matter of fact, he can do it twice. The popular magician is a fan favorite at the Farragut branch of the Knox County Public Library. This year he was part of “Fizz, Boom, Read,” the library’s free countywide reading program.

When time came for him to visit Farragut, branch manager Marilyn Jones knew to schedule him for two sessions.

Messing and his son were at the Cedar Bluff branch library years ago to see a magic show when the magician canceled at the last minute. Messing was asked if he could fill in, which he did. He has been doing his

shows now for 15 years and has been a magician for 41 years.

More than 250 kids and adults attended the Farragut show despite heavy rain.

“I love trying to inspire the kids to read,” said Messing. “Magic books are great reading for kids, especially if they’re resistant to reading. Reading is critical for learning, and magic is helpful to kids who may be a little shy.”

Assistant branch manager Merry Shipley said she was thrilled to see the crowd in the library. “The more kids in the library the better,” Shipley said. “Summer at the library is all about children.”

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June data comparable to last year

By Sherry Witt

June was a relatively good month for real estate activity in Knox County, as both sales and lending figures closely resembled Sherry Witt those recorded during June 2013.

This June produced 978 property transfers while 2013 – a good year for local markets – June produced 1,039 transfers.

While the total number of parcels sold fell just short of last year’s levels, the aggregate value of property transferred was slightly more.

The total market value of property sold in June was just under $207 million, compared to $195.7 million last June.

Land sales were also up some $20 million over the May totals. So far in 2014, the total value of property sold in Knox County is running about $87 million ahead of the pace set in 2013. The first half of this year has produced total land sales of just over $981 million.

Perhaps the most encour-

aging signs in June were in mortgage lending. For the month, nearly $302 million was loaned against real estate in Knox County, an improvement of more than $50 million over May’s numbers.

While last month’s activity did slightly underperform that of June 2013, it nonetheless indicated a notable surge in mortgage markets.

In the first six months of 2014, mortgage lending in the county has been running over half a billion dollars behind the pace set last year, with about $1.38 billion being loaned against real property between Jan. 1 and June 30.

The largest property sale involved a single waterfront parcel on Houser Road in West Knox County which sold for $2.94 million. The most noteworthy mortgage transaction was a Deed of Trust financing the Walnut Street Garage in the amount of $17,750,000.

I hope everyone had a safe and happy Fourth of July weekend, celebrating the freedoms we enjoy, and remembering how blessed we are to live in the greatest nation on earth. Please do not forget to exercise your sacred right to vote in the Aug. 7 elections.

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Creating a room: Consignment store owner puts pieces together

By Bonny C. Millard Susan Maxwell has an eye for staging a room. It is a handy talent that provides inspiration for her customers at Encore Interiors Consignment Gallery.

The gallery sells furniture and decorating accessories on consignment. The merchandise is displayed in settings of bedrooms and living and dining areas. She also likes to keep a beach-themed area. Maxwell knows how to combine pieces that are different but work well together.

“We like to set everything up in vignettes so people can get an idea of how it’s going to look in their houses,” Maxwell said. “We have stuff that comes in from all these different people, and we try to put it together. It’s kind of like putting a puzzle together. We try to make it cohesive.”

The idea of a consignment furniture store came to her after visiting a similar business. Instead of just stacking furniture in a store space, she decided to showcase the items in a home-like setting. “I think it is doing a disservice to a beautiful piece of furniture to have stuff piled up on it,” she said.

The displays change frequently due to new arrivals. She said many of her consignors redecorate their homes regularly and bring in pieces they can no longer use. Maxwell not only

Encore Interiors Consignment Gallery owner Susan Maxwell shows a display of beach decorations. Photo by Bonny C. Millard sells high-quality, well-preserved furnishings, she also gives customers advice and ideas about decorating their own homes. “I’m all about teaching customers how to do things,” she said.

Repurposing and reconditioning furniture is also something she promotes, said Maxwell, pointing to a table that has been transformed with chalk painting.

Chalk-painted furniture can be expensive, she said, but it is easy to do and gives furniture a great finish.

Maxwell is considering a sideline service to help cus-

tomers recreate their home spaces. Most people already have what they need but don’t know how to arrange their belongings for maximum appeal.

“You don’t have to spend a lot of money to have a beautiful home,” she said.

The store also sells the work of local artisans including a greeting card line and the black and white photography of Nicholas Bell.

Before starting the business, Maxwell was a stayat-home mom. She wanted to work, but remaining in-

volved in her children’s lives was very important, she said. To help merge her two desires, she created a private area in the store with a television and a kitchenette for her three children for summers and afterschool.

Maxwell opened the store with her husband, Steve, two years ago. He has his own career but helps out after work. He also builds ladders for display purposes that have become very popular, she said.

Info: www. encoreinteriorsknoxville. com.

UPCOMING AT THE KNOXVILLE CHAMBER ■ Networking: a.m. Exchange Thursday, July 17, 8 to 9 a.m.

All Occasion Catering,, 922 North Central

Catering Thursday, July 24, 11 a.m. to noon 800 S. Gay St.

■ Ribbon Cutting: Technology for Energy Corporation Thursday, July 17, 10 to 11 a.m.

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■ Networking: Member-Guest After Hours Thursday, Aug. 7, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Blackhorse Pub & Brewery, 4429 Kingston Pike

■ Ribbon Cutting: Brown Bag

■ Business After Hours Networking: News Sentinel Open Thursday, Aug. 14, 4:30 to 7 p.m.

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Party for the teacher

Lorena Harvey spent her recent birthday with some of her former students. At 106, the life-long teacher, now a resident at Summit View of Farragut, has quite a roster of former students who remember her. Gail Williams, left, and Gena Windle, right, certainly do. “She was my favorite teacher,” says Williams, who was in her second grade class at Farragut. “She was always such an inspiration. You know, she never drove. She rode the bus to school with all the kids all those years.” Windle, a former first-grade student, is a life-long friend and has been Harvey’s caregiver for the past nine years. “Lorena is the same as she always was. She’s very kind-hearted. Shopping was her favorite sport; she would go as much as possible.” Photo by Nancy Anderson

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Emory Road, off premises; Rudra Patel LLC, Ian’s Market # 38, 7551 Oak Ridge Hwy., off premises; The Hohaus Corporation, The Casual Pint of Hardin Valley, 10673 Hardin Valley Road, on and off premises; Copper Cellar Catering, Knoxville Harley Davidson West LLC, 605 Lovell Road, on premises, special event.

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National suit drive underway

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Volunteer Ministry Center and Men’s Wearhouse have launched a monthlong initiative that encourages donations of gently used suits and professional attire. Clothing collected from the drive will be distributed to VMC and over 180 other local nonprofit organizations that provide job-ready skills and training to unemployed and underemployed men in Knoxville and across the United States.

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Men’s Wearhouse has collected more than 650,000 professional-clothing donations to support unemployed individuals seeking to reenter the workforce.

Through July 31, Knox residents can donate men’s and women’s suits, ties, jackets, shirts, pants, belts and shoes at both Knoxville locations: 7818 Kingston Pike and 7600 Kingston Pike.

Info: www.vmcinc.org or www.nationalsuitdrive. com.

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Numerous groups to benefit from Rotary barbecue fundraiser

By Anne Hart Almost $30,000 raised at the second annual Rocky Top Hummin’ and Strummin’ Barbecue Cook-off sponsored by the Rotary Club of West Knoxville will be donated to numerous charities both in Knoxville and around the world.

A total of 48 teams traveled from across the country to the campus of the Episcopal School of Knoxville last month for the two-day competition, an event officially sanctioned by the Kansas City Barbeque Society.

Tom Daughtrey, event chairman, said that funds will be used locally to help rebuild school playgrounds in needy areas of town and will also be used at Pond Gap

Elementary, the club’s adopted school, to purchase clothes for students in emergency situations, books for the library and for other needs there.

Other club projects to be funded include the annual clean-up of Fourth Creek, the Mobile Meals program and the college scholarship fund for a deserving student at West High School.

Internationally, funding will be provided to support Rotary’s effort for global eradication of polio; to partner with fellow Rotarians in Mexico City to provide clean drinking water, kidney transplants and radiant cradles for babies born prematurely; and to sponsor a school for girls in South Sudan, Africa.

The business side of preservation

Michael Moore, chief cook of the Old Plantation BBQ team of Rome, Ga., accepted the grand champion award at the Rocky Top Hummin’ and Strummin’ Barbecue Cook-off sponsored by the Rotary Club of West Knoxville. At the presentation ceremony, from left, are Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett, Moore, cook-off chair Tom Daughtrey and Oliver Smith, who chaired the 2013 event, the club’s first. Photo by Charles Garvey

By Bonny C. Millard Preserving the beauty of East Tennessee through parks, greenways and scenic ridge views not only makes aesthetic sense, it makes business sense.

Carol Evans, executive director of Legacy Parks Foundation, said her organization has been dedicated to preserving green space in the Knoxville community since its creation in 2005.

During a Rotary Club of Knoxville meeting, Evans explained how protecting environmental treasures also provides economic benefits.

Tourism is a $15 billion industry, Evans reminded Rotary members, and ranks as Tennessee’s second largest industry. Recreation should be considered an industry rather than just a pastime, she said. The economy also benefits with more parks and greenways because it adds value to the quality of life and draws both job seekers and businesses to locate in Tennessee. The value of homes located next to green spaces is greater than other houses without the same proximity. “Parks do make a difference,� she said.

Tennessee is considered the mostly biologically diverse inland state but ranks 50th national in environmental spending, Evans said. The Legacy Parks Foundation has been instrumental in securing conservation easements and creating and managing parks throughout the area.

Carol Evans, executive director of Legacy Parks Foundation, talks to members of Rotary Club of Knoxville about preserving green spaces. Photo

by Bonny C. Millard

Seven Islands Wildlife Refuge, the state’s first birding park, is a project managed by the foundation and Knox County Parks and Recreation. It includes 400 acres of forest, fields and trails in eastern Knox County along with historic structures and provides an egress to the French Broad River. On July 1, the refuge became part of the state park system.

Other projects the foundation has been involved with include the Georgia Marble Quarry, which added 104 acres to Ijams Nature Center, and Knoxville’s Urban Wilderness, which includes 1,000 acres on the downtown waterfront and surrounding areas. “We want to be the epicenter of outdoor activity in East Tennessee,� Evans said.

Info: http://www. legacyparks.org.

Duncan for Congress Working on Issues that Matter to You A Personal Message from Congressman Duncan

Defending the Constitution I took an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution, and that is exactly what I work to do each day. I especially focus on protecting our Second Amendment rights and securing our borders against illegal immigration.

Balanced Budget I don’t believe in spending money we don’t have. With one of the most fiscally conservative voting records in Congress, I consistently vote to reduce government spending in order to protect Social Security and control the federal debt.

Growing our Economy I want to eliminate government over-regulation so more businesses can open and expand, creating better jobs for Americans. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce endorsed my re election, saying it will “produce sustained economic growth, help create jobs and get our country back on track.�

Repealing Obamacare I believe the biggest problem with the so-called Affordable Care Act is that it is unaffordable already. I will continue to speak out against it at every opportunity, and I believe our federal dollars are better spent on things like improving care for our nation’s veterans.

Mynatt acquires Paramount U-Li-Ka

Chris Mynatt (at right), owner of Halls Cleaners and Robbins’ Cleaners in Fountain City, has expanded the business once again with the purchase of Paramount U-Li-Ka Cleaners at 741 N. Broadway at Central Avenue. Mynatt, pictured with employee Debbie Trent, said the business name will remain the same and that the building is currently under construction as part of a renovation plan in the area. Info: 523-7111.

UPCOMING AT FARRAGUT WEST KNOX CHAMBER â– Networking: US Cellular of Turkey Creek, Thursday, July 17, 8 to 9:30 a.m., 11125 Parkside Drive, Suite D

â– Networking: Fisher Tire Company, Thursday, July 31, 8 to 9 a.m., 10232 Kingston Pike

â– Ribbon Cutting: At Home (former Garden Ridge) Tuesday, July 22, 11 a.m. to noon, 11221 Outlet Drive

â– Networking: US Bank of Hardin Valley, Thursday, Aug. 7, 8-9 a.m., 10626 Hardin Valley Road

â– Networking: Buttermilk Sky Pie Shop Thursday, July 24, 5 to 6 p.m.

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â– Networking: Baskin Robbins of Turkey Creek Thursday, Aug. 14, 5 to 6:30 p.m.

America First I oppose spending billions of dollars on people in foreign countries who hate us.

We need to stop trying to take care of the whole world and start taking care of our own country and putting the American people first, once again.

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Super heroes rule Comics Exchange Comics Exchange offers comic books, collectibles, T-shirts, toys and statues for customers from 8 to 80.

Prices vary greatly for the new and vintage comics.

Owner Bill Langford has lived in Knoxville 19 years.

Originally from Nashville, he attended the University of Tennessee, where he graduated from law school.

His hobby became a business 15 years ago when he opened Comics Exchange.

Langford says he was really lucky. He opened the store about the same time superhero movies became popular. This introduced an entire new generation to characters he learned to love as a kid. Langford says

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he has been interested in comic books since he first learned to read.

Kids love the store, especially the room where comic books on the floor sell for 25 cents and those on the table for $1.

Then there is the other end of the spectrum. Langford sold one vintage comic for $4,000 and helped negotiate another sale of

Bill Langford, owner of Comics Exchange, has loved comics since he was a kid. Photo by Nancy Whittaker

$12,000. Wow! And where are those comic books I read as a kid?

If you are in the market for any type of superhero action figure, this is the place to shop. Langford says kids today are smarter about the value of collectibles than when he was growing up.

Today’s generation will purchase two identical items and leave one unopened in the original packaging, which increases the value tremendously.

Comics Exchange, 3711 Chapman Highway, buys, sells and trades. It is open 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 1-6 p.m. Sunday.

For new inventory items, check out the store’s Facebook page. Products are also available online through the eBay store. Info: 573-2280.

News from Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation (KCDC)

KCDC employees embrace community

By Alvin Nance A single request for help sparked a decade of volunteerism for Bill Clanton, who embodies the community aspect of KCDC. Clanton, senior asset manager for Nance Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation, has volunteered at the East Tennessee Community Design Center annual Jackson Avenue Fundraiser and Tour for more than 10 years. Clanton and some 20 of his fellow KCDC employees support the event by serving food, conducting tours and giving directions.

“The ETCDC are a great

bunch of people, and I like what they’re doing with the downtown area,” Clanton said. “The ETCDC has enjoyed our volunteers so much that they ask for KCDC specifically. They ask for me by name now.”

This year’s downtown fundraiser and tour was relocated from its typical location on the 100 or 500 block of Gay Street to The Standard on Jackson Avenue.

The fundraiser featured hors d’oeuvres, a silent auction and exclusive tours of residences and businesses on Jackson Avenue.

Clanton first got involved with the Community Design Center when coworker Ashley Ogle approached him about working the annual fundraiser. Clanton said it was his first introduction to volunteerism, and

after that, he was hooked.

Over the past decade, he has served on KCDC’s Community Involvement Committee, which organizes KCDC volu nte er s for various charities throughout the comBill Clanton munity. He served as KCDC’s United Way loaned executive and on the board of the Smoky Mountain Council of the Blind.

“KCDC introduced me to the world of volunteerism where you can support a good cause and have fun all at the same time,” Clanton said. “I’ve been in the housing industry for 30 years and worked for several em-

ployers. KCDC is the most giving company I’ve ever worked for.”

Our KCDC employees donate their time every year to worthy organizations. The CIC, whose members include Jack Canada, Beth Bacon, Eugene Littlejohn, Shana Love, Jennifer Bell, Lisa Weddle, Tiara Webb and Joy Russell, plan volunteer opportunities at organizations like the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley, the American Diabetes Association, the Epilepsy Foundation of East Tennessee and many more.

I am proud of the employees who, like Bill Clanton, have discovered that volunteering your time for worthy causes is both fulfilling and fun.

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K12 Inc. opens in Blount County

K12 Inc., the mega education technology company, will open today (July 16) a family support campus in Blount County at the Tyson Center Building, 110 McGhee Tyson Blvd., in Alcoa, next to McGhee Tyson Airport.

K12 holds the contract to operate the Tennessee Virtual Academy, administered

by Union County Public Schools. The Blount County facility will employ 300 with a capital investment of more than $2.4 million within five years, according to a press release from the Blount Partnership. These jobs are in addition to the 140 Tennessee teachers and educators that K12 currently employs throughout the state.

Employees at this campus will provide information on K12’s academic programs, answer questions, provide demonstrations, build relationships and assist families who choose to enroll in school programs using K12.

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Open house

King University will hold an open house from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, July 17, at the Knoxville campus, 10950 Spring Bluff Way in Hardin Valley.

“Our GPS program is tailored to reduce the challenges facing the adult learner,” said Kristi Reynolds, assistant vice president of GPS Enrollment Management Knoxville for King University. “By offering classes in convenient locations, one night per week, the working adult may obtain their degree in as little as 16 months and open the door for professional advancement.”

Info: admissions@king. edu or 800-362-0014.

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Parker joins Moxley Carmichael

Hannah Parker, a native of Knoxville and former aide to Gov. Bill Haslam, has joined Moxley Carmichael as an account executive.

Parker Parker most recently served as deputy for operations, managing internal communications for the governor’s staff while providing oversight of Haslam’s schedule, travel and advance team. During Haslam’s tenure as mayor, Parker served as policy analyst and downtown coordinator in the mayor’s office of Policy and Communications.

Parker earned bachelor’s degrees in political science and English from the University of Tennessee and then went on to earn a master of arts in civic leadership from the Nelson and Sue Andrews Institute for Civic Leadership at Lipscomb University in Nashville.

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Road forum

The city of Knoxville Redevelopment and Engineering departments will host a forum on I-275 business park access road improvements at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 16, at All Occasions Catering, 922 N. Central. St. City officials will present detailed design plans for the project.

The city’s engineering design consultant, CDM Smith, will discuss recommended road improvements to extend Blackstock Avenue from Fifth Avenue to Bernard Avenue. The project will also include improvements along Marion Street from Bernard Avenue to Baxter Avenue.

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In April 2013, 66-year-old Bill was diagnosed with early-stage head and neck cancer in his throat. Despite the difficult treatments he would have to undergo, his doctors believed that his good health would help him ‘bounce back’ more quickly than normal.“My doctors told me that I was in excellent physical condition going into treatments thanks to my healthy diet and years of BODYPUMP™ classes and use of the track, treadmills and strength equipment at FSHFC,” Bill said.

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Leslie Arnold attends Girls State Volunteer Girls State is a program in government and good citizenship for young women sponsored by the Tennessee American Legion Auxiliary each summer. The program’s hands-on citizenship training provides upcoming high school seniors with the opportunity to learn about politics on local, county and state levels by creating their own cities and campaigning for elected offices.

This year’s delegates gained new information about politics and were encouraged by the guest speakers, including Governor Bill Haslam.

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Leslie Arnold (right) reconnected with former CCS student Hannah Choung (left) who now lives in Chattanooga, at Girls State this summer. and run a mock government by meeting, living and working

with other young female leaders from across the state.

Concord Christian School senior and SGA President, Leslie Arnold, who was elected as state representative during the program, shares her thoughts and insights from the week-long experience that was held at Lipscomb University: “This summer, I had the wonderful opportunity to attend American Legion Auxiliary Volunteer Girls State with 575 other girls from all over the state of Tennessee. When the opportunity was first presented to me, I will admit I was a bit skeptical. I even considered dropping out the week

leading up to the event. Being the only one from my school, I knew I wouldn’t know anyone there. But once I got there, I realized the girls there were just like me: they were actively involved in their schools, churches and communities.

We all even enjoyed the same activities and read the same books. As a result, I quickly befriended many of the girls from my beloved Taylor City (the group I was assigned to the day I arrived).

“Girls State challenged me in many areas. I gained a greater knowledge of how our government works through the countless lectures and incredible speakers. It also

gave me a greater respect for our state of Tennessee. Everyone there shared such a great sense of pride in their nation and state. I also was forced out of my comfort zone to make new friends and start more conversations with strangers.

I gained people skills there I otherwise would never have received. My beliefs and ideas were constantly questioned, and I faced new worldviews that opened my eyes to the world outside my little bubble.

Most importantly though, the lifelong friendships I gained through this experience made the busiest week of my life worth it. I love you, my Taylor Sailors!”

High schoolers head to Cleveland

Concord Christian School high schoolers take a mission trip to Cleveland, Ohio. They are: (front) Ashlyn Tucker, Jenna Mitchum, Leslie Arnold; (second row) Hanna McClish, Jessica Mitchum, Shana-Kay Hughey, Weston Ivey, Jonathan Beal; (third row) Cameron Kienzl, Noah Collins, Trysten Kienzl, Andrew Childs, Joshua Martin; (back) Nathan Tucker, Evan Bachman, Josh Davis, Jacob Crox, Josh Arnold and Brooke Stowell.

Twenty-four CCS high school students and chaperones recently had the opportunity to travel to Cleveland, Ohio, for a mission trip. The group ministered with P2 Missions through Lifeway and worked with three new church plants. Students and staff were lodged for the week with folks at Liberty Hill Baptist Church, who graciously served as hosts.

CCS students were given a variety of opportunities to serve in Cleveland, including working with Gateway Church and Village Project, a ministry to families with cancer, cleaning their headquarters in

anticipation of an open house.

Students helped with child care and cleanup for Gateway Church’s very first members’ meeting. The students held a prayer walk around a neighborhood and assembled gift bags that were given to the wives and girlfriends of the Cleveland Indians baseball team. CCS students were able to partner with Charis Church, a ministry to college-age students for campus outreach.

The CCS team was taken to Lakeland Community College where they canvassed the campus using a survey to ask pertinent questions of college students. Students were able

to help City of Hope Church in the inner city of Cleveland with a cleaning and organizing project, as well as spending time at a nursing home fellowshipping with residents.

This mission trip had many interesting experiences for the students. Throughout the week, CCS students were bold and had many opportunities to share their faith. Team leader and CCS Academic Dean Linda Reedy stated, “The students did a fantastic job all week and worked very hard. I am so proud of their servants’ hearts and attitudes.”

Author Pearsall inspires middle schoolers As the school year came to a close, award-winning author Shelley Pearsall spoke to middle school students at Concord Christian School. Pearsall has published five novels, including “Trouble Don’t Last,” which won the 2003 Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction, and her most recent, “Jump Into the Sky,” which has earned numerous honors.

During her visit, Pearsall spoke about her desire to become an author from the time she was 13 years old, and even brought along a copy of the book she wrote at that time. She encouraged stu-

dents to pursue their dreams to write and emphasized the importance of research to the writing process. She brought along all of the drafts from her first four books, weighing over 40 pounds of paper!

“To me, the most important thing that Ms. Pearsall told us was to never give up,” said Bryce Baxter.

Aislinne McAdams said, “I have always loved to write and she inspired me to write more and more!”

Pearsall shared why she enjoys being a writer, “It lets me continue to be a kid, at least in my imagination, and

each story takes me on a new journey.”

CCS Librarian Michele Donnelly said she had never seen students respond so positively and enthusiastically about an author visit.

“Middle School students are not easy to impress. Not only did Ms. Pearsall succeed in encouraging our students to read, many students came away wanting to write books.”

CCS 7th grade student, Kate Ash said, “I really enjoyed her presentation. I can’t wait to read more of her books! After this presentation, I feel like I should write a book.”

Author Shelley Pearsall greets CCS students Brandon Cyr and Trey Pryse.

BACK TO SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AT CONCORD ■ Back to School Kick Off, 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 8, at First Baptist Concord Worship Center ■ CCS Launch Day, Monday, Aug. 11. Elementary students visit their classrooms and meet their teachers. Welcome to 6th Grade Breakfast for students and parents. Middle and high school students may do a schedule walk-through. Welcome to CCS Luncheon for new middle and high school students.

■ First day of school, Tuesday, Aug. 12, half day.

■ First full day of school, Wednesday, Aug. 13.

Eighth grade students also had the opportunity to have lunch with Pearsall and discuss her book “All of the Above,” which tells the story of middle school students attempting to break the world record for creating the

world’s largest tetrahedron.

CCS students shared their attempts at constructing a tetrahedron in anticipation of Pearsall’s visit. Pearsall completed her visit by autographing books for students who purchased them.

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Maintaining a relationship with your family doctor

Primary care physicians, whether they are family practitioners or internists, are an integral part of the healthcare spectrum and are playing an ever-increasing role in wellness and disease prevention. You may be thinking to yourself, “I’m perfectly healthy; I don’t need a family doctor.” Or perhaps you are one of those who quip, “If I go to the doctor, they’ll just find something wrong with me!”

But your family doctor shouldn’t be looked at as simply the repair person who comes to your house when you have a basement full of water; instead, your family doctor is here to prevent health problems and, when necessary, help you overcome them or provide a referral to a specialist.

Scheduling regular check-ups with your doctor can keep you up-to date on all preventative wellness. It’s important to have an annual physical and other diagnostic testing. These can determine early signs of a possible condition, which may become more severe if left untreated.

By seeing your primary care physician on a regular basis, they will know your medical background. That means they can look at your whole health picture, rather than one instance of illness. By knowing your medical history and that of your family, your doctor will have a better understanding of your overall health status and

review local doctors in Parkwest Medical Center’s Physician Directory. You can even find personal service by calling Parkwest’s Physician Finder at 865-374-PARK. Once you have the names of a few doctors, call their offices to get more information.

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■ How many doctors are in the practice?

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Vaccines help stop the spread of disease. They also help save the lives of those who can’t be vaccinated. Experts call this community immunity. For instance, children younger than 2 months are too young to be vaccinated against pertussis – a deadly childhood disease also known as whooping cough. To protect them, pregnant mothers and other close caregivers should receive the vaccine.

Wondering what shots you may need? It depends on many factors, including your age, any medical conditions you may have, your occupation and your lifestyle.

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At some point in your life, you may need to confirm that you’ve had a certain vaccine.

For example, international travel may require protection against diseases common to your destination. Colleges or a new employer may request proof of vaccination.

It’s a good idea to keep a record of your vaccines. It will help you avoid duplicate shots.

If you haven’t kept track before, here are tips on how to build your vaccine record: ■ Contact your previous healthcare providers, including those at local health clinics. Your pharmacy or health insurance company may also have information on file.

■ Dig through old family documents. Your childhood records may include forms for school or camp.

■ Reach out to colleges or other schools you have attended. Previous employers may keep track of vaccines, too.

■ Check your state’s immunization registry. It’s an electronic database that collects vaccine information.

Always talk with your healthcare provider to find out more information about what vaccines are appropriate for you and your health needs.

It can take time to build a relationship with your doctor, but it’s a relationship well worth developing and maintaining. As you age and enter into each new life stage, an established family physician will be a beneficial constant to monitor your health and keep you well for years to come.

Be proactive in your health – screenings can help One important component to living a long and healthy life is to get preventive health screenings for serious diseases. If your doctor finds a disease early, the problem is often easier to treat and may cause less damage. In addition to celebrating milestone birthdays, consider them reminders for certain important health checks.

Note: Screening means testing for a condition before there are signs or symptoms of disease.

If you already have symptoms of any of the following, be sure to see your doctor right away.

Here’s a timeline for health screenings through the decades: Breast cancer. Mammograms use X-rays to look for breast cancers when they are still small. The American Cancer Society (ACS) recommends annual mammograms for women starting at age 40. Talk with your doctor about frequency, as well as other possible imaging tests if you have a family history of breast cancer.

Mammograms are the best way to detect early cancer, but all women should also know how their breasts feel normally and report any changes to their doctor. Clinical breast exams should be done yearly in women after age 40.

Prostate cancer. The ACS suggests that men talk with their doctor at age 50 about whether they should be tested for prostate cancer. This screening involves a blood test measuring a substance called PSA. It may also include a rectal exam of the prostate. African-American men and men with a father or brother who had prostate cancer before age 65 should have this talk at age 45.

Osteoporosis. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) suggests that women be

screened for osteoporosis starting at age 65. Your doctor might advise you to start at a younger age if you are at high risk for bone loss or a broken bone.

Colorectal cancer.

The ACS suggests that both men and women be screened for colorectal cancer starting at age 50. The gold standard diagnostic test is the colonoscopy.

If no precancerous polyps are found, you may not need to have it the test repeated more than once every 10 years. If you have a family history of colon or rectal cancer, you may need to be tested earlier.

Talk with your doctor about this.

Diabetes. The National Institutes of Health suggests that everyone age 45 or older think about being tested for diabetes. Consider starting at a younger age if you’re overweight and have other factors that put you at higher risk for diabetes, such as an elevated blood glucose level, high cholesterol, high blood pressure or family history of diabetes.

Cholesterol. The USPSTF suggests that men have cholesterol screenings starting at age 35. Women should begin at 45 if they’re at high risk for heart disease. Both men and women should consider getting this blood test at an earlier age if their risk for heart disease is particularly high.

Blood pressure. All adults should be screened for high blood pressure once a year. If the blood pressure is in the low normal

range, it can be extended to every two years.

Abdominal aneurysm. Men should have a one-time screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm between ages 65 and 75 if they have ever smoked, the USPSTF suggests. This ultrasound test

looks for a weak, bulging spot in a major blood vessel in the abdomen. The USPSTF doesn’t recommend the screening in older men who haven’t smoked or in women.

Cervical cancer. Women should be screened at least every three years. After age 65 or after a hysterectomy for benign disease, women may stop having Pap smears as long as their previous Pap smears were normal and they are not otherwise at high risk for cervical cancer.

Screenings are just one step you can take to prevent disease later in life. Other crucial steps include: ■ Avoiding tobacco ■ Maintaining a healthy weight ■ Eating a healthy diet rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains and fat-free or low-fat dairy ■ Getting at least 30 minutes of moderate physical activity on most days of the week ■ Drinking alcohol only in moderation, if you drink at all

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Coffee Break with

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

I would be less scheduled and more spontaneous.

What is your passion?

My family. My husband, Aaron, and I are celebrating 10 years this August, and we are blessed with a beautiful, charming 4-year-old, Abigail. They are my everything!

With whom, living or dead, would you most like to have a long lunch?

My deceased grandparents. My mom’s dad passed away when I was 13, and both of my dad’s parents passed away when he was young so I never met them. I would love for them to see the woman I’ve become and to find out all about their lives.

Chelsey Riemann

Chelsey Riemann is an anomaly.

She has spent 10 years in the first job she landed out of college. And it’s in public relations, a field notable for high turnover.

She’s very happy in her role as public relations coordinator for the town of Farragut.

“This is a wonderful community to work for,” says Riemann. “I’ve enjoyed my time here.”

Although there are occasional bumps, most of her job is good news. “I feel like my job is promoting the wonderful assets of Farragut,” she says.

The Nashville native majored in communications with an emphasis in public relations at Lipscomb University.

She married husband Aaron after graduating, and she started her job on the Monday after they returned from their honeymoon on Friday.

Aaron, who studied landscape design at the University of Tennessee, manages Out of Eden garden center in Maryville but still finds time to keep their yard in North Knoxville looking “beautiful,” Riemann says.

Most of their life outside of work resolves around their 4-year-old, Abigail. “We go to Dollywood,” she says. “We go to the zoo – we just live around the corner. We love going to splash pads at parks in the county. We’re always on the go, and we love being outside, especially in the summer.”

When she and Aaron can “snag” a date night, it’s usually dinner and a movie. She also organizes monthly girls’ nights out with a group of friends.

She says that even though two in the group are pregnant, “we try not to have it all mommy focused.” Their latest topic of interest is home decorating. Riemann loves to learn, off the job and on, and says working for a government provides lots of learning opportunities, “getting to know the inner workings of a whole town.”

The most challenging departments for her to translate are engineering and development. “I ask a lot of questions,” she says. “We have a great staff, and they’re patient with me. My mind definitely does not work like an engineer or planner.”

Sit back and have a Coffee Break as you get to know Chelsey Riemann.

What is your favorite quote from TV or a movie?

“You have bewitched me, body and soul, and I love, I love, I love you.” – Mr. Darcy to Elizabeth Bennett in “Pride and Prejudice”

Other than your parents, who has had the biggest influence on your life and why?

My husband. We’ve been together since we were teenagers, and he is my biggest supporter and encourager. He makes me want to be a better person.

I still can’t quite get the hang of …

Twitter! I manage the Town’s social media accounts, but I just can’t get into Twitter personally, although I do have an account.

What is the best present you ever received in a box?

Definitely my engagement ring.

What are you guilty of?

Loving sweets too much! I pretty much love all desserts and blame it on genetics.

What is your favorite material possession?

My fuzzy flip-flop slippers – I always wear them at home and take them on trips. I can’t live without them.

What is the best advice your mother ever gave you?

In a nutshell, to trust God in all things and through every circumstance. She is my spiritual mentor, and I am so blessed to have a mom who has prayed for me every day of my life.

What is your social media of choice?

Facebook and Instagram

What are you reading currently?

“The Fault in Our Stars” – I love reading books that are adapted into movies … but I have to read the book first!

What was your most embarrassing moment?

I was distracted leaving one of my baby showers and accidentally sideswiped a mailbox in the really nice neighborhood where the shower was held, knocking the mailbox completely off in the street and heavily damaging the side of my car. And two of my good friends were driving behind me and saw it happen! My wonderful friends walked with me to the homeowners’ front door so I could fess up and exchange insurance information.

It was humiliating, but thankfully I could sort of blame it on pregnancy brain!

What are the top three things on your bucket list?

Mine are all travel related. I want to take a cruise of all the Hawaiian islands, go to Paris and the top of the Eiffel Tower, and stay in an overwater bungalow in Bora Bora.

What is one word others often use to describe you and why?

Organized. I’m the planner amongst our friends and make sure girls’ nights out and family get-togethers happen. My coworkers would also describe me as fancy, because I typically always dress up for work. Looking nice just gives me more confidence during my day.

What is the worst job you have ever had?

My first job was as a hostess at O’Charley’s … and it was not for me.

What was your favorite Saturday morning cartoon and why?

The Smurfs – the show was just so fun, and I loved it!

What irritates you?

People who think they know everything and want to give their advice or opinion no matter what the topic.

What’s one place in Farragut everyone should visit?

Apple Cake Tea Room, and be sure to get the banana bread with cream cheese. It’s positively heavenly!

What is your greatest fear?

That I’m not thoroughly enjoying and appreciating every stage of life. We’re so busy and always planning ahead that I don’t feel I always take the time to really live in the present.

If you could do one impulsive thing, what would it be?

Just take off with my family and travel – leaving all responsibility behind!

It can be your neighbor, club leader, bridge partner, boss, teacher – anyone you think would be interesting to Shopper News readers. Email suggestions to Betsy Pickle, betsypickle@yahoo.com. Include contact information if you can.

Francis Alexander Ramsey Scott (1827-1909) HISTORY AND MYSTERIES | Dr. Jim Tumblin

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ohn Sevier considered his grandfather, James Scott Sr. (1760-1823), to be his right-hand man during the Indian Wars and said he would never enter battle without him. His father, James Scott Jr. (17971838), built the handsome brick mansion Cedar Grove now occupied by Stevens Mortuary, established the Scott Flour Mills on First Creek which would operate for more than 100 years and sacrificed his life for his neighbors during the 1838 cholera epidemic.

And F.A.R. Scott himself was proprietor of another early mill on First Creek, a principal in both the Tazewell Jacksboro Turnpike Co. and the Fountain Head Railway Co. (“The Dummy Line”) and husband to Margaretta Frances Deaderick, descendant of two prominent Knoxville families, the Deadericks and the Croziers.

The elder James Scott was an early settler in Blount County where he prospered and owned considerable property. The County Court Minutes are replete with his functions in an official capacity. He was a direct representative from his home county in the Second General Assembly of the newly formed State of Tennessee, at Knoxville in 1797; in the Third Assembly in 1799; the Fifth Assembly in 1803; the Sixth Assembly in 1805; and the Seventh

Assembly in 1807.

Sometime after 1815 he moved to Knox County and bought a large tract of land on First Creek and soon built a log house on the east side of present day North Broadway near Lawson Avenue. He later built a small brick house on the west side of the street. James Scott Sr. died on Aug. 30, 1823, and is buried in First Presbyterian churchyard in downtown Knoxville.

James Scott Jr. was born in Blount County on March 12, 1797, moved to Knoxville as a young man and established the Scott Flour Mills which were in operation for more than 100 years.

The mill was built between north Broadway and First Creek, near Coker Avenue.

On Jan. 27, 1825, he married Eliza Jane Naomi Bane Alexander Ramsey, the daughter of Col. Francis Alexander Ramsey and Peggy Alexander and a sister to Dr. J. G. M. Ramsey, celebrated Tennessee historian. The couple lived first in the small brick home built by his father. He prospered and in 1833 built a large brick home across Broadway which would become Stevens Mortuary many years later.

Cedar Grove, as he named the home, became noted as one of Tennessee’s handsomest dwellings with elegant architecture and interior furnishings. Years later the imported French

Oak Hill (Circa 1888). Built on Scott Hill, which he believed to be the highest elevation in Knoxville, the mansion was on Oak Hill Ave., later the site of St. Mary’s Hospital.

In 1850 he built a small linseed oil mill on Second Creek (later the site of the L&N Railroad station) and the following year he opened a small tannery in connection with it. He sold the mill and tannery in 1853; but, when Civil War began in 1861, he again joined the company, this time in partnership with John S. VanGilder who made boots and shoes. The firm later became the Knoxville Leather Co. and lasted until 1890.

He married Margaretta Frances Deaderick (18331909), daughter of David A. Deaderick and Elizabeth J. Crozier, members of two very prominent Knoxville families, on Sept. 24, 1857 at Fruit Hill, her parents’ mansion. They were parents of 11 children, born between 1858 and 1878.

In 1888 they occupied their mansion, Oak Hill, built on Scott Hill which

F.A.R. Scott (1827-1909). Owner of a busy grist mill on Broadway and a principal in the “Dummy Line Railway” and the Tazewell Jacksboro Turnpike Co., Scott was an influential businessman. Photos courtesy of the C.M. McClung Historical Collection

wallpaper which graced one of the rooms would be painstakingly removed and applied at the Crescent Bend mansion on Kingston Pike.

During the cholera epidemic of 1838, James Scott ministered to neighbors and friends without regard to his own health. He contracted the disease and died on Sept. 14, 1838, at only 41 years of age. He is buried with his parents in First Presbyterian churchyard.

Francis Alexander Ramsey Scott, the oldest son of James Scott Jr. and Eliza Ramsey Scott, was born in his father’s first brick home on Oct. 12, 1827.

He graduated from the East Tennessee University (now the University of Tennessee) in 1846 and would later serve on its Board of Trustees for 40 years.

was thought to be the highest elevation in Knoxville at that time, high above his father’s Cedar Grove mansion although part of the same original plat.* The house was demolished and St. Mary’s Hospital was built on the site in 1930.

In 1867 F.A.R. Scott and J.C. Deaderick constructed a grist mill which they called the Trio Mill on First Creek (Broadway at Lawson Street) upstream from his father’s earlier mill. They made several noted brands of flour: Magnolia, Silver Leaf, Choice, Famous and Little Valley Family. Another specialty, their water-ground corn meal, was widely sold throughout East Tennessee and surrounding states.

From 1877 to 1893, when John Dempster was the miller, the mill operated as Scott-Dempster & Co., but when Dempster retired it became Scott Bros. and Co. F.A.R. Scott was also president of the Central Savings Bank and an incorporator of both the Tazewell and Jacksboro Turnpike

Co. and the Fountain Head Railway Co. (“The Dummy Line”). He was also prominent in civic affairs and an active lifelong member of Third (later Fifth Avenue) Presbyterian Church.

An accomplished writer as was his youngest daughter, Edith Scott (1878-1971), Francis Alexander Ramsey Scott passed away on Nov. 13, 1909, and is buried in the family burial plat in Old Gray Cemetery.

Author’s Note: For the record, elevations inside the present city limits are: Sharp’s Ridge (1,391), Ft. Stanley (1,138), Ft. Dickerson (1,115), Ft. Higley (1,095), Scott’s Hill (1,056) and Ft. Hill (1,053). The two highest elevations in Knox County outside the city are: House Mountain (2,064) and Brown Mountain (1,260). Thanks to Edith Scott, author of her family history “A Story of Two Chairs,” who donated her collection to the McClung Historical Collection and thereby provided much of this information.

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THROUGH SUNDAY, JULY 27 “Thumbelina” presented by the Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Ave. Performances: 7 p.m. Thursdays and Friday; 1 and 5 p.m. Saturdays; 3 p.m. Sundays. Info/reservations: 208-3677 or www. knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 16 Zumba® Kids class, 10-10:45 a.m., Community Room of Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. For ages 7-11. Theme: Luau. Instructor: Gina Guider. Cost: $3 per class. No registration required.

Info: Lauren Cox, lauren.cox@townoffarragut.org or 966-7057.

Books Sandwiched In – A Lunch & Learn Series, noon, East Tennessee History Center auditorium, 601 S. Gay St. Dr. Edward Caudill will discuss “The Influencing Machine” by Brooke Gladstone The public is invited. Info: 215-8801.

Bottle of Stars Craft, 2 p.m., Farragut Branch Library, 417 N. Campbell Station Road. Info: 777-1750.

THURSDAY, JULY 17 Knox County Veterans Services Outreach program, 9-10 a.m., South Knoxville Senior Center, 6729 Martel Lane. One-on-one assistance to veterans and family members; explain VA benefits, answer questions, and assist veterans and family member with filing for VA benefits.

Exploring the Senses, 11 a.m., Bearden Branch Library, 100 Golf Club Road. Info: 588-8813.

Sunset Music Series presents WestWend, 7 p.m., Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center’s covered outdoor amphitheater, Townsend. Country, Americana music. Admission: $5. Info: 448-0044.

Knox Heritage’s Lost & Found lunch, 11:30 a.m., Historic Westwood, 3425 Kingston Pike. Speakers: Bradley Reeves and Louisa Trott presenting a fascinating look at historic Knoxville, via vintage film and video. Free lunch buffet. Reservations required: Hollie Cook, 523-8008 or hcook@knoxheritage.org.

Canning Techniques and Home Food Preservation, 3:15-4:30 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Presented by UT Extension Service. Free and open to the public. Info/schedule of activities: 329-8892.

Cades Cove tour with Bill Landry, 9 a.m., departing from the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center in Townsend. Tickets: $50 per person; includes light snacks and a cold beverage. Reservations required: 448-8838.

Traditional Stenciling Techniques for Interior Design workshop, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Knox Heritage, located at Historic Westwood, 3425 Kingston Pike.

Speaker: Derick Tickle. Cost: $75. Advance reservations required. Info/reservations: Hollie Cook, 523-8008 or hcook@knoxheritage.org.

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

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

Bricks 4 Kidz: LEGOs fun at the Library, 1 p.m., Howard Pinkston Branch Library, 7732 Martin Mill Pike. Free library program for elementary age children from kindergarten through 5th grade. Space limited; registration required. Info: 573-0436.

Shakesology: “Much Ado About Nothing,” “Titus Andronicus,” 2 p.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Members of the Tennessee Stage Company provide a lively discussion of the plays being performed during this summer’s Shakespeare on the Square. Info: 215-8750.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, JULY 19-20 Harvey Broome Group – Backpack: Snowbird Creek Wilderness Study Area, N.C. Hiking distance is about 10.7 miles total and is rated moderate. To preregister: Will Skelton, 523-2272, 742-7327 or whshome@ bellsouth.net.

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

MONDAY, JULY 21

MONDAY-FRIDAY, JULY 21-25 Summer camp at Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Ave. “Thespians In Training” for ages 4-5; “Understanding ‘The Method’ ” for ages 12-18, 1-4 p.m.

Info: 208-3677; knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com; info@ childrenstheatreknoxville.com.

TUESDAY, JULY 22 Einstein Simplified Comedy Improv troop performance, 8 p.m., Scruffy City Hall on Market Square. Free admission.

Summer Family Programming: Build a Cabin,

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, JULY 18-20 “The Secret Garden” musical presented by

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Summer Family Programming: Load a Wagon, 10 a.m.-noon, Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center, 123 Cromwell Drive, Townsend. Info: 448-0044.

Amazingly Awesome Science with Dr. Al Hazari, 3 p.m., Bearden Branch Library, 100 Golf Club Road. Info: 588-8813.

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The WordPlayers at the U.S. Cellular Stage at The Bijou, 803 S. Gay St. 7:30 p.m. Friday; 2:30 and 7:30 p.m.

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10 a.m.-noon, Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center, 123 Cromwell Drive, Townsend. Info: 448-0044.

Harvey Broome Group business meeting, 7 p.m., Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 2931 Kingston Pike.

Summer Library Club presents the Zoomobile, 10:30 a.m., Sequoyah Branch Library, 1140 Southgate Road. Info: 525-1541.

Summer Library Club presents the Zoomobile, 1 p.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Info: 470-7033.

Computer Workshops: Excel, 5:30 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Requires “Word 2007 Basics” or equivalent skills. Info/to register: 215-8700.

STFK Science Café meeting, 5:30 p.m., Knoxville Zoo. Topic: “Bog Turtle” presented by Brad Moxley, the Lead Keeper in the Department of Herpetology at the Knoxville Zoo. Kids ages 5-12 invited to the Kid’s Café during the presentation. Space limited. RSVP to rsvp@ knoxsciencecafe.org. Info: http://sciencecafe.spirit-andtruth.net.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 23 Knoxville Writers’ Group meeting, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Naples Italian Restaurant, 5500 Kingston Pike.

KWG members Wanda Moore, Jeanne Ridley and Maureen Weber will read from their recent works. All-inclusive lunch: $12. RSVP by Monday, July 21: 983-3740.

Sean McCullough’s Song Games, 11 a.m., Karns Branch Library, 7516 Oak Ridge Highway. Info: 470-8663.

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

Summer Library Club presents magician Michael Messing, 3 p.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Info: 215-8750.

THURSDAY, JULY 24 Blount County Monthly Old Harp Singing, 6:30-8 p.m., Chapel of the Assisted Living Building, Asbury Place, 2648 Sevierville Road, Maryville. Info: Kathleen Mavournin, katmav212@gmail.com.

Square dance classes begin, 7 p.m., Square Dance Center Inc., 820 Tulip St. Caller: Bill Fox. Info: Janice Fox, 689-2665.

Summer Library Club presents the Zoomobile, 10:30 a.m., Sequoyah Branch Library, 1140 Southgate Road. Info: 525-1541.

Free movie and popcorn, 11:15 a.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Movie: “The Monuments Men.” White Elephant Bingo, 10 a.m. Free and open to the general public. Info/schedule of activities: 329-8892.

Cruise Night, 6-9 p.m., 6215 Riverview Crossing Drive in front of old Food Lion at Asheville Highway.

All makes, models, years and clubs welcome. No charge.

Door prizes.

FRIDAY, JULY 25 Sunset Music Series presents The Bearded, 7 p.m., Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center’s covered outdoor amphitheater, Townsend. Old-time country, bluegrass music. Admission: $5. Info: 448-0044.

All American Square Dance sponsored by Volunteer Travelers Square Dance Club, 7:30 p.m., Square Dance Center Inc., 820 Tulip St. Caller: Bill Fox Wear red, white and blue. Finger foods and a door prize. Entry: $5. Info: Rose Anne Bell, 539 9593.

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Physical Therapy

The ins and outs to make it work for you At Fort Sanders Therapy Centers, educating patients about the beneďŹ ts of treatment from a physical therapist is a yearly process for the staff, with a focus on the best course of action to make sure therapy will accomplish realistic goals for the patient, according to physical therapist Jennifer Templeton.

But for potential patients looking for the relief of pain, is physical therapy right for you? Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a look at what physical therapists can do and why it might be the right ďŹ t.

What is physical therapy?

Physical therapy focuses on rehabilitating a patientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s impairments or disabilities by promoting increased mobility, strength and function in order to improve quality of life. Physical therapy is performed by licensed Physical Therapists (PTs) and Physical Therapist Assistants (PTAs).

Who are physical therapists and physical therapy assistants?

Physical therapists are trained movement specialists. They have advanced degrees and licenses certifying their knowledge on how the human body works and moves. All physical therapists have earned at least a bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in physical therapy; recent graduates have obtained clinical doctorate degrees.

Therapistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; specialized training allows them to examine, evaluate, diagnose and set a treatment plan for movement disorders. Physical therapist assistants have an associateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in treating movement disorders and are licensed to follow the plan of care set by the PT.

What is a movement disorder and what kinds of disorders do physical therapists treat?

Movement disorders are medical issues that limit a personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s abil-

Is physical therapy right for you?

If you are having joint pain, limited motion or strength, or difďŹ culties when performing the activities you like to do because of pain, then physical therapy may be able to help. You will need a doctorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s order to begin physical therapy, so talk to your primary care provider or specialist to see if physical therapy could help you. Physical therapy is covered by most insurance plans.

At Fort Sanders Therapy Centers, therapists have specialized training in treating orthopedic and sports injuries, chronic headaches and neck pain, back pain, and pelvic ďŹ&#x201A;oor dysfunction.

Helping patients to reach their goals is what makes the work so rewarding, according to physical therapist Jennifer Templeton, PT, DPT, OCS. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great to watch the patient progress from being unable to do an activity to no longer needing help,â&#x20AC;? said Templeton. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for a therapy center, ďŹ nd one that encourages Physical therapist Jennifer Templeton addresses lower back pain on patient its therapists to pursue continuing Tim French at Fort Sanders Therapy Center-Downtown. education and learn the newest techniques,â&#x20AC;? Templeton suggests. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At Fort Sanders, we are encourity to get out of bed, stand, walk, â&#x2013; Integumentary â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the skin aged to attend specialty courses in reach or perform other daily tasks. and lymphatic systems that ďŹ lter advanced techniques.â&#x20AC;?

Therapy focuses on four systems out unwanted germs and ďŹ&#x201A;uid. of the human body: â&#x2013; Musculoskeletal â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the Where do physical bones, joints and muscles that therapists work? move your body.

Physical therapists â&#x2013; Neurological â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the brain, work in many settings, spinal cord and nerves that carry including hospitals, rehasignals from your brain to the body to tell it what actions to perform; bilitation centers (includnerves also carry information ing Fort Sanders Therapy (such as sensation or pain) from Centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sister clinic at Patricia Neal Rehabilitathe body to the brain.

Which is better on an injury, ice or heat? According to Stephen Karp, â&#x2013; Cardiovascular/ Pulmo- tion Center), skilled nursmanager of the Fort Sanders Therapy Center, that depends on what nary â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the heart, lungs and blood ing facilities, outpatient youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re treating, for how long and what you hope to achieve. vessels that supply blood and oxy- centers and even a pagen to working muscles. tientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home.

Heat improves blood ďŹ&#x201A;ow to tissues, so it can relax tight muscles and reduce a muscle spasm. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best to use heat before exercise to increase the ďŹ&#x201A;exibility of stiff joints and muscles. Heat therapy can also help ease the pain of chronic arthritis, as long as the joint is not swollen.

Ice or heat

How do you choose?

Heat before exercise

The McKenzie MethodÂŽ for back pain now available close to home Imagine a life without crippling back pain. The proven success of the McKenzie MethodÂŽ at Covenant Therapy Centers provides a non-surgical option for many of the 20 percent of adults enduring chronic back pain. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It gave me back the life I thought Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d lost foreverâ&#x20AC;? said one recent patient.

Also known as Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (MDT), the McKenzie MethodÂŽ has superior functional outcomes for back, neck and extremity problems. It emphasizes education and active patient involvement to decrease pain quickly,

Along with one-on-one treatment, she says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;this emphasis on continuing education sets us apart by raising our quality of care and improving patient outcomes.â&#x20AC;?

Tim French, 35, chose Fort Sanders Therapy Center after having back surgery in 2005. French struggled with back and leg pain, in addition to having balance issues due to leg weakness.

As he worked with Templeton, French experienced less pain and improved leg strength he never thought he would see. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I used to struggle with signiďŹ cant weakness in my left calf, but now Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m doing things that I never thought possible,â&#x20AC;? French explained. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve also seen my balance come back, and slowly the pain in my back and legs has decreased.â&#x20AC;?

At a normal therapy session, French will do numerous leg and back strengthening exercises, with Templeton supervising him. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The therapists are really good about isolating the injury and focusing on making it better,â&#x20AC;? said French. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I trust Jennifer and her colleagues so much because I know they have my best interests in mind and want to do what it takes to continue my improvement.â&#x20AC;?

For more information about physical therapy, call 865-541-1300.

restore normal function, prevent recurrence and minimize dependence on medical intervention.

As with most things, a successful solution depends on properly identifying the problem. Pain is a symptom, not a diagnosis. The certiďŹ ed McKenzie therapist utilizes a comprehensive process to ďŹ nd the underlying cause. In fact, research has shown the initial McKenzie assessment to be as reliable as costly diagnostic imaging (i.e., X-rays, MRIs) to determine the problem and quickly identify responders and non-respond-

ers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even if you have to crawl in to see her, you can walk out because she determines where the painâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coming from and what to do about itâ&#x20AC;? said a patient of certiďŹ ed McKenzie physical therapist Mary SatterďŹ eld, with Fort Sanders Regional Therapy Center in Powell.

CertiďŹ ed McKenzie therapists are available at four Covenant Therapy Center locations in three counties.

For more information about this or any of the other physical, speech & occupational therapy programs call (865) 541-1300.

Heat after injury

Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t apply heat directly after an injury or exercise, as that can make swelling and pain worse. When your initial pain has subsided, apply heat for about 15 to 20 minutes at a time, but be careful to buffer your skin with clothing to prevent burns. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t use a heating pad while sleeping,â&#x20AC;? adds Karp. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People have suffered serious burns to their skin from heating pads left unmonitored.â&#x20AC;?

Ice after exercise or injury

Using an ice pack is best immediately after an injury or the overuse of joints and muscles during a workout or run. Cold reduces swelling and pain by causing the blood vessels to constrict and narrow.

Apply an ice pack to an injury for about 10 minutes at a time, but let the skin warm up again before applying another ice pack. This can be repeated several times each day for three days. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Overusing an already aggravated muscle or joint can lead to more serious damage,â&#x20AC;? adds Karp. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you have any persistent pain in a joint or muscle for more than several days, you should see your doctor.â&#x20AC;?

Your physician may suggest that you alter your activities to provide relief to the joint or muscle affected. Or, you may be referred to a physical therapist for more targeted treatment.

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