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McClung Museum

IN THIS ISSUE Bonny Naugher’s excellent hobby

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− no longer a secret

Bonny Naugher could earn her required Master Gardener volunteer hours by pulling weeds.

Instead, she elects to read to children at the UT Gardens.

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Read Wendy Smith on page A-3

Interns visit Kern’s The old Kern’s Bakery is a mess. Erected in 1931, it is 90,000 square feet on 14 acres.

Where most developers might see a great spot for a new Walmart, David Dewhirst sees exposed brick, oak floorboards, and another chance to make Knoxville unique.

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During the 25 years since Jeff Chapman was hired as director, the McClung Museum has flourished.

Engagement efforts, like the installation of Monty the Edmontosaurus, draw the community, as well as students, to the museum. Photo by Wendy Smith

The interns report on page A-8

Rethinking George Wallace Betty Bean writes: “George Wallace is beginning to be mentioned among the possible contenders to succeed Mayor Madeline Rogero when she leaves office in four years. He has clearly developed the art of dodging questions about his aspirations.”

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Sandra Clark writes: “Let’s lose the evaluation rubric, the strategic compensation matrix and the committee that’s reformatting incentive pay. APEX is gone, and it’s not coming back.”

Read Clark’s column on page A-5

Whetsel set to retire from city Bob Whetsel was a Bearden guy before e moved to Fourth & Gill.

He will soon retire as the city’s redevelopment director, and he doesn’t mind stepping down before current projects are completed. Before one wraps up, another starts, he explains.

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That number is the result of 25 years of work since Chapman took the reins, and it will allow him to step down within the next couple of years, knowing that the museum is healthy.

He came to UT in 1975 as a research assistant professor. He did archaeology fieldwork in the Tellico area, and the project was run out of McClung. There were no educational programs at the museum, which was created in 1963 to house archaeological materials and the diverse collections that had come to the university over

the years.

His transition to director in 1990 was easy, he says. He’d been interested in the museum business for a long time and had several ideas he wanted to implement.

The first was to hire a full-time educator − Debbie Woodiel, who is still in the position.

“The fundamental business of museums is education,” he says.

Woodiel’s hiring resulted in the museum’s first docent-led tours and an influx of school-age visitors.

His second major effort was

fundraising. While the university covered the museum’s overhead, there was little funding above salaries. So Chapman began a membership program that continues to grow today.

The fiscal health of the museum is now supplemented by 13 endowments. In addition to being an important source of income, the endowments show that the community knows, and appreciates, what the museum does, he says.

Three years ago, new engageTo page A-3

Read Bean’s column on page A-5

Teacher incentive pay out for FY16

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By Wendy Smith When people describe McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture as “a hidden gem” or “Knoxville’s best-kept secret,” they’re trying to pay a compliment. But McClung director Jeff Chapman is tired of hearing it. He wants everyone − from students to faculty to the community at large − to be familiar with the museum, 1327 Circle Park Drive on the University of Tennessee campus.

It’s finally happening. Last year, McClung had its largest number of visitors to date − over 47,000.

Read Wendy Smith on page A-4

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City turns attention to Clinch Avenue City crews hope to reopen the Clinch Avenue Viaduct spanning World’s Fair Park on Monday, July 27. It was closed as part of a $2.7 million infrastructure upgrade that will enhance the route for pedestrian and bicycle traffic from the University of Tennessee area to downtown.

The project includes a new pedestrian walkway and canopy that will connect the Knoxville

Convention Center with the Holiday Inn Downtown and new Tennessean residential development.

Cranes will be setting in place 70foot and 40-foot sections of the canopy. The work will continue through August, but the bridge will reopen to traffic.

Infrastructure upgrades also include a rejuvenation of the Henley Street pedestrian bridge at Clinch Avenue – covering it with

a frosted-glass roof, replacing the metal cage fencing with perforated metal panels and adding decorative lighting.

Streetscape amenities will be put in on the Clinch Avenue bridge. Three traffic lanes will be reduced to two 10-foot-wide lanes, and 5-foot-wide bicycle lanes will be created on both sides. The sidewalks on the viaduct will be widened, and planter boxes with

landscaping and benches will be installed to make it a better pedestrian and bicycle connector between Fort Sanders, World’s Fair Park and downtown.

Most of the work will be finished by the end of August. The lighting on the Henley Street pedestrian bridge and upgrades to the elevator tower are slated to be completed about a month later.

Anne Woodle: lousy politician, splendid human

By Betty Bean Not to say that those who run for office can’t be also good people, but the qualities that made Anne Woodle a crappy politician were the very things that made her a fine human – unswerving fealty to what she believed to be right and an unfettered refusal to compromise her principles, even when she knew that the stands she was taking were incompatible with longevity in office.

Like the time she served on the election commission and refused to vote to hire the candidate for administrator favored by Knox County’s most powerful local Democrat (that would be Joe Armstrong) because she believed another candidate was more qualified. Woodle’s candidate won, but she lost her seat come reappointment time.

And she probably never lost a night’s sleep over it.

Same deal with her single term on the school board. Knox County Schools had run into trouble with the federal government because students who attended

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the inequity couldn’t continue. The resulting parental responsibility zones meant no more bus service for families living close to schools, and that city kids living some distance away would ride instead of walk. Woodle voted for the changes and became a one-termer.

That one hurt, but probably more for the vicious racist attacks on her teenaged son, Jason, who is bi-racial, than for anything that happened to her.

Woodle, whose sudden death last week from a catastrophic stroke has left her friends (and there are lots of them) stunned and reeling, was a single parent and loved her son fiercely.

Anne Woodle. Photo provided by North Hills Garden Club And the true fact that can be backed up in court (as Cas Walker used to say) was that schools outside the city limits enjoyed bus ser- Woodle pretty much loved all children. As divice while those who attended schools inside rector of the East Tennessee Children’s Rehathe city limits had to fend for themselves. Since bilitation Center for more than 30 years, it was the county couldn’t afford to pay for bus ser- her job to care for children in fragile health.

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Kevin Murphy and his dog, Koda, on the front lawn of his home. Photo by R. White

By Betty Bean Neighbors have long called the mid-19th-century Gothic Revival structure tucked into a picturesque hollow amid pastures and forests at the corner of Washington Pike and Murphy Road the house of seven gables and have wondered what stories those walls would tell if they could talk.

Maybe they’d tell about the time Kevin Murphy’s three-times great-uncle and his two-times great-grandfather visited Union soldiers who were bivouacking nearby and carried home hats filled with sugar the soldiers had given them. Or maybe they’d talk about the days in the 1880s when the Powell Valley Railroad shattered the quiet as they came laying tracks through the pastures.

Kevin Murphy is the latest Murphy to own the 175-year-old house on property the family has owned since 1797. He not only renovated the house with an eye to protecting its structural and aesthetic integrity, but he also has worked diligently for the past four years to document its stories in the

process of having his family home added to the National Register of Historic Places.

He built on the research Ann Bennett of the Metropolitan Planning Commission did 25 years ago when she set out to identify potential historic sites in Knox County.

Last week his hard work and considerable investment were rewarded when he was notified that not only had the house at 4108 Murphy Road been added to the register, but also that most of the property that comprises the 170-acre Murphy Springs Farm has been designated a historic district, probably the largest such district in Knox County.

“I’m pretty much over the moon,” he said. “The best part was telling my grandfather.”

Murphy, 37, is a graduate of Rice University and an information technology architect at Scripps Networks Interactive. Although he was born and grew up in Florida, he spent childhood summer vacations at Murphy Springs and says that while he considered making his home in other parts of the country, he

always felt a connection to the land and the homeplace in Tennessee.

“It’s a strange thing. The house and farm are the things that have always stayed the same, and having something that never changed was important to me. The best moment of this process was when I called my grandfather to tell him about the historic designation. He was so happy to see it – over the years there were times when he’d say, ‘Maybe we should just bulldoze it down,’ because it was a money pit.”

In recent years, Murphy has been a hospitable host, opening Murphy Springs to gatherings large and small, and he hopes to do more of that in the near future.

He hopes to start thinking about conservation easements and historic overlays to protect the land, after he takes a little time to consider what he’s learned from his efforts so far.

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Summer fun at UT Gardens Bonny Naugher could earn her required Master Gardener volunteer hours by pulling weeds. Instead, she elects to read to children at the UT Gardens.

Anne Woodle:

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Some of the children who attend the Books & Blooms program, held at 10:45 a.m.

Thursdays during summer months, are barely walking.

And all of them are distracted by the nearby waterfall, fish and flowers, she says.

But she still enjoys reading Books & Blooms participants use musical instruments to perform songs led by Lydia Harrison. the books that are selected each week by the staff at Sequoyah Branch Library.

Last week, the program topic was birds. After listening to stories about birds, children were invited to sing songs about birds, led by talented teen Lydia Harrison. Kids can also play at a bubble station while waiting for the Books & Blooms finale – the sprinkler.

Derrick Stowell, garden education coordinator, says the program allows kids to have fun spending time in nature and gives parents the chance to socialize.

It’s also an opportunity for families to see the gardens and be exposed to other programs, like Garden Discovery Camps. There are multi-day programs as well as one-day events, like the upcoming Growing Together: Carnivorous Plants, Two-year-old Ryland from 10 a.m. to noon SaturHitchner beats the day, July 25. For registraheat in a sprinkler at tion: http://utgardens.tenthe UT Gardens. nessee.edu.

Books & Bloom continues through Aug. 13.

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and social occasions to take a kid to a movie.

Indya Kincannon, who met Woodle in 2004 when Kincannon first ran for school board, is in Europe with her family and had to break the news of Woodle’s death to her young daughters, Dahlia and Georgia.

She describes Woodle as a supporter, mentor and a true friend.

“Anne met my daughters when they were just 6 months old and two, and since day one made them feel special and important.

She created annual rituals – birthday adventures,

thrift-shopping, cookie baking and decorating – that Dahlia and Georgia loved.

“Since our parents live far away, Anne was like their surrogate Tennessee Grandma, who could just love, spoil and enjoy them. Anne read to my kids when they were little, and later started a book club for Dahlia and her friend Maya. My girls consider Anne their dear friend, not just a friend of mine who’s nice to them. She really connected with kids in a way that is rare. We will miss her so much.”

And so will I.

COMMUNITY NOTES

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

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

■ Historic Sutherland Heights Neighborhood Association.

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

■ Third and Fourth District Democrats meet 6 p.m. each fourth Tuesday, Bearden Public Library, 100 Golfclub Road.

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

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

REUNION NOTES ■ Central High School classes of 1957-1964 reunion will be held 6-11 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 15, at The Grande Event Center, 5441 Clinton Highway.

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■ Halls High multiyear reunion: Classes of 1976-1981 will be 6:30 p.m.-midnight Saturday, Sept. 26, Red Gate Farm, 2353 Maynardville Highway, Maynardville.

■ Powell High School Class of 1985, 7-11 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, Southern Depot, 306 W. Depot Ave. Cost: $35 each or $60 couple; includes dinner, music and cash bar. Make checks to “PHS Class of 85 Reunion Fund.” Mail to: Krista Sapp, P.O. Box 31523, Knoxville, TN 37930.

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McClung Museum ment efforts led to increased family programming, such as stroller tours, family fun days and themed events, like the current Month of Mindfulness, which offers guided meditation, yoga and lectures each Friday in July.

The effort also led to the hiring of Lindsey Wainwright, coordinator of academic programs. Her job is to engage faculty and students to use the museum as a classroom. Since she came on board in September, 65 classes − including religious studies, art history and chemistry − have been held at the museum, bringing 2,100 students through the doors.

Wainwright meets with

From page A-1 faculty members to remind them of the resources available at the museum, and she’s formed a faculty advisory committee to help promote it.

Monty the Edmontosaurus, installed in front of the museum in 2013, has been another successful engagement effort.

“I’m proud of where we are,” Chapman says.

McClung’s permanent exhibitions, like “Archaeology and the Native Peoples of East Tennessee” and “The Decorative Experience,” which features ceramics and textiles from around the world, are in good shape and show the incredible di-

versity and eclectic nature of the museum’s collections.

An online database of tens of millions of artifacts is also coming along.

Chapman is youthful at 72, but he knows the time to step down is approaching.

“I feel comfortable now that the museum is in good shape,” he says. “We’ve created a gem of an educational and cultural opportunity here.”

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A-4 • JULY 22, 2015 • BEARDEN Shopper news what degree they succeeded is a matter of opinion.

Marquez North, Josh Malone, Josh Smith and practice complaints about On the April morning of incoming five-star Preston dropped passes. Once or the Orange and White game, Williams, when/if he gets twice he exclaimed over his there was a tent revival of well, should be primary portable public address sys- Wide Receiver U talk in the weapons. They have the tem, according to reports parking lot of Calhoun’s on most potential. Jason Croom from Sevierville, that re- the River. Under the tent, and Johnathon Johnson can ceivers were falling short of signing autographs and make a significant differexpectations. Run the route posing for pictures, were ence. Von Pearson will be right. Catch the ball! Block old Vols you should remem- a factor if he makes it back somebody. ber – Willie Gault, Anthony from purgatory.

Interesting that slot reNo way will the coach Hancock, Joey Kent, Tim give up hope. Tennessee’s McGee, Anthony Miller, ceiver Pig Howard was most football future is based on Marcus Nash, Peerless Price productive last season. Pro scouts are beginning to being able to throw and and Larry Seivers. catch and run. Mike DeBord Later in the day, at Ney- think the little guy might is supposed to help make it land Stadium, others tried play in the big league.

North’s highlight as a happen. Linemen are ex- to restore relevance to the pected to contribute. name Wide Receiver U. To Vol was that unbelievable left-handed snag and clutch against his helmet in the 2013 South Carolina game.

It led to the winning field goal.

Malone hasn’t had a pleted by the end of the year, highlight. He had several and greenways.

He had a front-row seat shifting construction from in high school as No. 5 reto the ex- west of 22nd Street to east ceiver prospect in the counplosion of of 22nd to 16th Street for try – 31 senior touchdowns dow ntow n. Phase II, he says optimisti- scored four different ways.

His Tennessee freshman The city cally.

He’s confident that he’s numbers were 23 receptions doesn’t have to recruit leaving the department in for 231 yards and one touchbusiness to competent hands. Dawn down. In the last six games, the area, he Michelle Foster, the current he caught four passes for 22 deputy director, will move yards. says.

So far, none of the curinto his position, and Anne “ B u s i Whetsel nesses come Wallace, now a project man- rent Vols has rivaled histo us because the downtown ager, will become the new toric greats.

Tennessee got a late deputy director. economy is so strong.”

He can’t point to one Whetsel plans to kick thing that he’s proudest of, off his retirement by bikexcept keeping his job for 23 ing across the country. In years. Throughout his time September, he’ll travel with with the city, he’s had peo- Dan Duncan to San Diego ■ Farragut voters should ple around him who helped to begin a nine-week trek pay attention. Early voting him accomplish his goals, to St. Augustine, Fla., with starts this week and the GOP Adventure Cycling Associahe says. primary is Aug. 12.

“I’m proud that Knoxville tion.

■ Karen Carson or Jason ZachEarly next year, he and has been a very professionary will replace Ryan Haynes ally run city.”

Melynda, a retired art in the state House. If history His years of experience teacher, plan a cruise. Aside is an indicator, the winner will be there for some time. allow him to take the long from travel, he doesn’t have view of redevelopment like plans, other than manag- ■ Insure Tennessee is Gov. Bill the Cumberland Avenue ing his rental homes in the Haslam’s plan to make health insurance available to some project. The public is find- Fourth & Gill area. He defi250,000 working people ing its way around the con- nitely won’t return to real without insurance. Carson struction, he says, but it’s estate. “I’ll never put my says “yes,” while Zachary says been a strain on small busi- name and number on a sign “no.” nesses. Phase I will be com- again.”

‘Potential’ instead of results Once upon a time, long, long ago, Tennessee called itself Wide Receiver U. The thought lingers. It is now a myth.

Tennessee has an interesting history of catching thrown balls and a current crop of potential standouts blessed with large reputations and many stars from recruiting analysts. Unfortunately, there is more talk than touchdowns. Stats do not measure up to hype.

We don’t really know what the Volunteer rotation of receivers looks like. They

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live under a black cloud. Two or three are always injured.

Some missed much of last season. Some missed spring practice while rehabbing repairs. One disappeared in a criminal investigation.

Butch Jones had spring

Bob Whetsel hits the road Bob Whetsel will soon retire as the city’s redevelopment director, and he doesn’t mind stepping down before current projects are completed. Before one wraps up, another starts, he explains.

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“The city is an ongoing project.”

He’s witnessed the beginning − and end − of many projects since becoming redevelopment director in 2008. He had no way of knowing the growth he’d witness when he came to Knoxville in 1974 to teach and coach football at Bearden High School.

(Among his players was Tim Burchett, who still calls him “Coach.”)

Bob and his wife, Melynda, bought a restored

Victorian on Luttrell Street in 1980. They bought other homes in the neighborhood as investment property, and in 1986, he retired from teaching to sell real estate.

He eventually met Victor Ashe, who announced his first mayoral campaign from the Whetsels’ front porch.

In 1993, Whetsel was hired as service director for the city, and he stayed in the position for 15 years until Bill Haslam, during his second term as mayor, asked him to come upstairs to work with him on redevelopment.

Under Haslam, Whetsel’s work was focused on downtown. When Madeline Rogero took the mayoral helm, his focus shifted to the South Waterfront.

He’s seen many changes since he began working with the city. He helped draft the city’s first snow plan and helped plant 1,000 trees during the Ashe administration. The city has grown in square miles and seen the addition of numerous parks

start in air ball. There was little of that foolishness in single-wing times. After Doug Dickey created quarterbacks (Dewey Warren comes to mind), Volunteers started building receiving credibility. Johnny Mills and Richmond Flowers caught several passes. Seivers became a two-time AllAmerican.

As I recall, serious talk about Wide Receiver U began soon after Kippy Brown joined John Majors’ staff in 1982. He helped recruit and refine Miller, McGee, Alvin Harper and Carl Pickens.

The thought matured as six Tennessee receivers became NFL first-round picks.

The Peyton Manning era reinforced the claim and put Kent and Nash in the school record book. Price made it big in the 1998 national championship game.

Robert Meachem, Cedrick Wilson, Donte’ Stallworth, Jermaine Copeland, Jayson Swain, Craig Faulkner, Bret Smith, Cory Fleming – there were several with similar pedigrees.

Justin Hunter and Cordarrelle Patterson fit the form.

Alas and alas, that was then. Now is no more than promising. Maybe. Perhaps.

Could be.

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GOSSIP AND LIES

■ Richard Briggs is for Carson.

Zachary mentions Glen Casada, Frank Niceley and Roger Kane as allies.

■ The University of Tennessee is crucial to Knoxville’s economy. Yet Zachary says the UT board “stiff-armed” citizens by not holding public hearings on the women’s athletics name change.

■ Both were on WBIR-TV and WATE-TV on Sunday. Both are against a gasoline tax increase; both favor high standards for schools.

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McIntyre confirms:

Performance pay not an option In a phone interview last week, Superintendent Jim McIntyre confirmed that performance-based pay incentives will not be offered to teachers in the upcoming school year. The only exception is for teachers and administrators in Teacher Advancement Program (TAP) schools.

such as Race to the Top. The bonuses earned in the 201415 school year will be paid in November or December, he said, from a $3 million, one-time grant proposed by Mayor Tim Burchett from the county’s fund balance.

The superintendent hopes to have Russell’s plan fully vetted by teachers and the school board prior to implementation midway in the 2016-17 school year. He has put the whole matter Sandra on the school board’s Aug. 5 Clark agenda for discussion.

Knox County is in compliance with state mandates for differentiated pay, McMcIntyre said Rodney Intyre said, because of inRussell, director of human centives for TAP schools, capital strategy, is chairing instructional coaches, lead a group of teachers to re- teachers and retention/rework the old APEX bonus cruitment bonuses for hardformula that was funded to-staff schools.

He said APEX bonuses primarily through grants

Knox County High Schools: Teaching positions gained or lost for 2015-16 ■ Austin East (3)

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■ Bearden 2

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were consistently earned in one school year and paid in the next budget year. “In the early years, this was not an issue because (the bonuses) were largely funded by grants. Only recently has it become more of a challenge.”

I believe McIntyre confirmed my analysis piece from last week despite some

of his staff saying the conclusions were incorrect.

To push the envelope, what’s next?

Knox County Schools is broke, with financial obligations outpacing funding.

There’s a chance the district’s reserve fund will dip below the state-required 3 percent this year. (Ah, for the good old days when

Rethinking George Wallace He has considered his name both a curse and a blessing and became acutely aware of this dichotomy when he decided to run for political office nearly five years ago.

Betty Bean “I was on the radio with Ed Brantley and Bob Thomas when Ed, who’s got these bushy eyebrows, leaned in and said my name with a certain amount of disdain: “George Wallace?”

“I said, ‘Well, Ed, not THAT George Wallace.’ ” Nowadays, George C. Wallace (he even shares a middle initial with the late 45th governor of Alabama) doesn’t run into that kind of reaction nearly as often be-

cause he has made a name of his own. The City Council member-at-large, born in 1958, was named after his grandmother, Georgia – “Like the state,” he said.

“Over the years, I’ve had a lot of fun with this name.”

Wallace is the chief operating officer of Coldwell Banker Wallace & Wallace, an 80-year-old real estate firm founded by his father and grandfather. His brother, Jim, is the chief financial officer. The company’s enduring success has made it a pillar of Knoxville’s business community and gave Wallace a head start on his first run for office.

This year, he’s running for re-election unopposed and enjoys broader support than before.

Among his new supporters is former council member Carlene Malone, a longtime neighborhood advocate who has never been a

favorite of the pro-business sector. Malone surprised a lot of people in April when she publicly praised Wallace’s work during a pivotal, called City Council meeting devoted to dissecting the work product of the sign task force, which labored for three years. Wallace cochaired the task force, and Malone said his thoughtful, measured approach won her over. He still sounds amazed by her endorsement.

“She said it publicly. She is very knowledgeable, and I have learned a lot from her – and oh, my gosh, I’ve never had any woman stand up and proclaim her love for me, publicly.”

Wallace, who has a degree in ornamental horticulture and landscape design from UT, said his views on signage regulation evolved during his time on the task force.

“I’m a business owner,

and I have a lot of signs. It was a tough call, but I really care about the way things look. Aesthetics are a big part of economic development, and businesses are attracted to places that Wallace look good.

It’s a complex issue and the more I looked at it, the more I looked at other cities, the more people I talked to, the more I concluded that we can make an improvement.

That feeling just kind of grew. In the end, I think we can make a difference, and over time I think lower signs will improve the appearance of Knoxville.”

The amended sign regulations, which will reduce the height of on-premise signs, were approved 6-3

Mirtes outraises incumbent Campen The recent release of city candidates’ financial disclosures was not particularly striking except for the Mark Campen-Jennifer Mirtes contest, where she raised more than he did by $1,000.

But they raised less than $3,000 between the two of them.

For an incumbent council member (Campen) to have raised only $350 in June shows Campen is either supremely confident of reelection or he does not think his opponent is a threat.

Last time, Campen was unopposed. He simply has never run a contested race.

He is the quietest member of council and a reliable vote for Mayor Rogero.

Victor Ashe

Mirtes has a clear opportunity to win an election that will not exceed 5,000 voters in November if Campen continues to be invisible. Campen is a likable, serious incumbent who has a campaign style that is modest and under the radar.

Campen failed to attend his colleagues’ receptions over the past two months; they would have been a good place to meet people. He has

not held any event to bring his supporters together. His opponent could beat him if she wages an active campaign on real issues.

On the other hand, Campen might wage a more public campaign. Right now he does not have the funds to do a single mailing.

Three other incumbents running are Finbarr Saunders, Marshall Stair and George Wallace. Wallace is unopposed, and Stair’s opponent, Pete Drew, is not considered credible. Saunders’ major opponent will be Paul Bonovich, but it is unclear how serious this Sequoyah Hills resident will become.

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ting on $76,718, which she can spend for most anything except personal use.

Often this is used for travel and dinners plus donations to other campaigns. Since she cannot seek a third term, she may hold on to it for some other office she might seek in the future or have a fund available to do political work when she retires. She can also use it for her favored candidates in the upcoming council contests.

■ Cindy Mitchell’s final City Council meeting as city recorder was last night, July 21. She became an institution and was widely admired. She will be missed.

Her successor is William

County Commission was demanding then-Superintendent Allen Morgan spend down his “excessive fund balance” before asking for increased funding.)

The just-signed Memorandum of Understanding gives the county’s finance director, Chris Caldwell, unprecedented authority to dabble in school finance and make recommendations.

None of this is good news for teachers or kids.

It portends further cuts to established school programs, such as the horticulture program at Halls High School, which was eliminated last year. Look for CTE/ vocational programs to be hit hardest with academic electives close behind.

Expect class sizes to grow and increased pressure on experienced (and highest paid) teachers to retire.

These challenges require thoughtful analysis and a

spirit of cooperation and trust that’s been lacking.

Let’s start with Rodney Russell, a good guy who works hard. Let’s reconnect him with kids, perhaps in a classroom. With a director of human resources (Kathy Sims) and several assistants, do we really need a director of human capital strategy?

Businesses and families are doing more with less, while Knox County Schools does less with more. Let’s lose the evaluation rubric, the strategic compensation matrix and the committee that’s reformatting incentive pay. APEX is gone, and it’s not coming back.

Our priority should be teacher pay that’s competitive with surrounding counties. Let’s launch the new year with teachers and kids excited about returning to school, not feeling overwhelming dread.

on first reading and were to go before City Council for a second reading vote this week.

Pension reform is another thorny issue City Council has dealt with during Wallace’s first term, and, again, he said his opinion evolved.

“We wrestled with the idea of pulling out the fire and police (who receive enhanced benefits) departments, but I began to appreciate the value of that for retention of employees, and in the end, we came up with a hybrid plan. I never could quite get comfortable with the notion of making it a 401(k), and I helped author a little bit of the hybrid plan.

It’s not so rich but gives them some kind of benefits program, and we raised the vesting period from five to 10 years. I think it was fair; I hope it was.”

Wallace’s name is beginning to be mentioned among the possible contenders to succeed Mayor Madeline Rogero when she leaves of-

fice in four years. He has clearly developed the art of dodging questions about his aspirations.

“I’m flattered when people say that, but I have a business I’m very entwined with, and it would take some untwining and some unraveling for me to run. I don’t know how that would play out, but I’ll say this: “We have a great city, and we have a lot of people to thank for that. We are standing on the shoulders of those who went before us.”

And what about that signature bow tie?

“At first, the reaction to my wearing it was absolutely comical. I remember Victor Ashe telling me, ‘You’d better lose that bow tie.

You’ll never win with that bow tie.’ I said, ‘I like it that it bothers you.’ ” Wallace and his wife, Stephanie, a retired schoolteacher, live in West Knoxville. Their son, Nick, is a public defender in Montgomery, Ala.

Johnson, 31, who starts at the same age Mitchell did over 34 years ago. He will start out at $52,000 a year, which is $24,000 less than Mitchell was making when she retired.

■ Knoxville lost a committed civic activist with the passing of Anne Woodle last week. She served on the school board and openly advocated her causes without worrying about the political fallout.

■ Dawn Michelle Foster, the new director of redevelopment for the city starting Aug. 31, will see her salary jump $15,000 to $115,000 a year plus a car allowance of $5,830 a year. Anne Wallace, who becomes the new deputy to Foster, will see her salary jump another $10,000 to

$85,000 a year.

When announcing promotions and/or new hires, the Rogero team routinely does not mention the salary. This writer will bring that information to you as city residents are footing the bill. The recent promotion of Chris Howley in city engineering did not include his new salary. One expects some pay hike for a promotion, and the public has a right to know.

■ Debate: The West Knox Republican Club will host a debate in Farragut between Karen Carson and Jason Zachary on Thursday, Aug. 6, prior to the Aug. 12 GOP primary, according to Alexander Waters, club president. Time and location have not been determined.

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gang looks forward, not back Byy Betty B Bet etty ty Bean Bean ean Some came to Knox County to be with their sons or daughters. Some moved here a while back to follow their jobs. Some were born here. Another, Fred Pardue, a tail gunner in World War II who flew 30 missions over Germany, was grand marshal of Powell’s 4th of July parade.

But most all the Morning Pointe of Powell residents who came to a get-together with Shopper-News reporters last week have something in common – they’d rather look forward than back.

They are concerned about accessible health care, the nuclear deal with the Iranians and whether to take Confederate flags down from public places.

One On O nee resident, re resi side sid id dent ent nt,, Dr. Dr Harry Dr Harr H arryy Ogden, a retired physician from Fountain City, recalled that when he started practicing medicine, he had one nurse and one office worker, charged $3 for office visits and $10 for house calls and often took produce or chickens for trade.

“I couldn’t do that today.

I’d have to have 25 or 30 people in my office. There’s no way to be a solo practitioner now,” he said.

Ogden volunteered to help at the Interfaith Health Clinic, which treats the working poor for no, or very low fees, and ended up its director. He said he worries about health care because it’s so important.

Nobody liked the deal the U.S. government cut with Iran to reduce that

Dr. Harry Ogden Sr. has opinions on most topics and he’s not shy about expressing them.

country’s nuclear assets.

Heads nodded in agreement when Ogden observed that it reminded him of British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain’s pre-World War II pact with Adolf Hitler that Chamberlain said ensured “peace in our time.”

“Two days later, Adolf Hitler invaded Poland.

That’s how much the treaty meant to Hitler. And I think that’s what it means to Iran,” Ogden said. No one disagreed.

Although they didn’t cut President Obama any slack, nobody was particularly fond of Sens. Lamar Alexander or Bob Corker, either, and Clayton Brewer said he’d term-limit them all, if he could.

There were mixed opinions about the Confederate battle flag controversy, with some saying that flags on public property represent history and should stay where they are, and others, like Ogden, saying that the flags are divisive and should be displayed in museums, not on flagpoles.

“Very prominent museums,” Ogden said. “I believe it is proper that they be brought down.

Muriel Brewer disagreed: “I think we’ve got more serious problems.”

“Nowadays everybody wears their feelings on their sleeves,” Fred Pardue said.

Nobody disagreed on the issue that drew the strongest reaction: changing the name of the Lady Vols.

“The name change is a mistake, and I’d rather watch the Lady Vols. They’re better players. Team players, not in it for themselves,” said Bob Dupes, who worked

Martha Zeiser is proud of her children. The family is from Florida, but Zeiser moved to Knox County to be close to a daughter.

Fred Pardue, a tail gunner during World War II, was grand marshal of Powell’s 4th of July parade.

Muriel Brewer arrived late with husband Clayton, not pictured. They claimed to have been waiting for the late Betty Bean, but they might have been reading Clayton’s list of blonde jokes.

for the Secret Service after he retired from the military.

“It’s a terrible mistake, what they’ve done. Very disrupting and I am very much opposed,” Ogden said. “The women’s program is very important. My daughter played softball in Fountain City, and she’s very upset.”

Bobby Dupes has adopted a casual appearance since retiring from the military and Secret Service.

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BEARDEN Shopper news • JULY 22, 2015 • A-7

To have a home

Group leaders for the All Saints Catholic Church Girls’ Night Out are, front, Lori Robinson, Jessica Allen, Maegan Tribble; back, Nell Rachide, Peggy Kennedy, Emily Zain, Mary Fleming, Kathy Ernst, Lisa Jones, Mollie Bault, Jocelyn Brodd, Patty Hamorsky, Tiff any Murphy, Jene Greenwell, Rose Baker and Susan Tribble. Photo by Nancy Anderson

You’ve got to have friends

By Nancy Anderson “It’s a blessing to me when someone comes up and says, ‘I needed that,’ ” said All Saints Catholic Church Girls’ Night Out co-coordinator Jocelyn Brodd. “It’s all about bringing the women in the parish, and their friends as well, together to have fun for a few hours and possibly make a new friend.”

More than 125 women wearing their favorite beach attire gathered at All Saints on July 15 to get loud and rowdy playing games from dominoes to Bunco to Head’s Up and everything in between.

The beach-themed affair featured large round tables, each hosted by a group leader who brought snacks,

games and friends to share.

Girls’ Night Out is all about connecting, making new friends and building a supportive network. Between the whoops of laughter, women young and old shared life lessons, advice and perhaps a hug and a prayer.

“You have no idea what’s going on in someone’s life,” said co-coordinator Patty

Hamorsky. “Sometimes all it takes is prayer and a few hours of fun to see things in a different perspective.

Maybe a huge problem can be easily solved with the advice of someone who has ‘been there, done that.’

There’s a lot of healing that comes from having supportive friends, and that’s what it’s all about really.”

Onions for missions

St. John Neumann mission trip started with Vidalias

By Carolyn Evans Think of Vidalia onions and what comes to mind?

Catholic churches might not be your first answer, but St. John Neumann Catholic Church in Farragut could be.

Rafael (Ralph) and Michele Pubillones, members of St. John Neumann, would do almost anything to help the people of Marsella, Colombia, including selling onions. The couple recently got back from their second two-week trip to Marsella, which is in the Risaralda Department in the Andes Mountains. They were part of a 17-member team that distributed 316 big bags of food and put on a Vacation Bible School for 200 needy children.

The bags held enough food to feed a family for a month and included 30 eggs, two boxes of crackers, staples such as flour, sugar and salt, a bag of potatoes and cleaning supplies.

Luckily, Vidalias were in high demand with St. John Neumann parishioners this spring, and the Pubilloneses report that the sale they

held to raise funds for the mission trip was a success.

St. John Neumann members also hosted a pancake breakfast that netted about $1,000 and donated some of the 1,000 rosaries that were handed out in Colombia.

The Knights of Columbus at St. John Neumann and other churches paid for transportation for team members to the Atlanta airport and back, with leftover funds from that trip going to buy more food bags to distribute in Marsella.

Ralph and Michele were part of a team sanctioned by the Knoxville Diocese that included members from All Saints Catholic Church in Knoxville, St. Thomas Catholic Church in Lenoir City, St. Therese in Cleveland, Tenn., and St. Mary in Athens, Tenn. The group spent the first week visiting nursing homes, handing out rosaries, holy cards and toiletries and praying and singing. At private homes, they visited with residents and left a small gift bag for each member of the family.

“The homes we visited

So God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, of every kind, with which the waters swarm … And God saw that it was good.

(Genesis 1:21 NRSV) And Jesus said … “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”

(Luke 9:58 NRSV) I have no idea why someone decided to set up a camera on the ocean Cross Currents floor, but I am grateful they did. You may have Lynn seen this footage on the Pitts same morning news show I watch. I was fascinated by it, and touched, as well.

A squid (one of God’s to know that every crealess handsome crea- ture wants a home. tures!) picks up a coconut A fox wants a den, a shell he discovered on the squirrel wants a nest, a sea floor and carries it in gopher wants a hole, an one of his tentacles while eagle wants an aerie. Apwalking (I promise you parently, a squid wants a – walking!) on two other shell. tentacles to the place he People are certainly no wanted it. He put it down, different. climbed into it, carefully I spent three years curled all of his tentacles working with the homeinto the bottom half of less. It was a life-changthe shell, and closed the ing, soul-changing expelid (roof?). rience for me. I remember The commentators seeing the shining faces said this was the first re- of the newly housed; their corded example of an in- relief, their sense of bevertebrate (that is, spine- longing, their newfound less) creature exhibiting safety were palpable. intentionality: having an Some of their stories conidea and purposely carry- tinued as successes; othing it through to comple- ers didn’t.

Such is the nature of tion.

To me it was touching humankind, I suppose.

had a sheet metal roof, a dirt floor and a mattress on the ground,” said Ralph Pubillones, who is retired from the U.S. Air Force.

“The poverty is so rampant.

That’s why we go there.”

The second week, the group hosted a three-day VBS for 200 of the neediest children at the Children’s Mission of Marsella. At the end of the week, the team unloaded 316 bags of food at the mission and gave them to children attending the VBS, nursing-home residents and families of children the mission sponsors.

The people of Marsella are working to help themselves as well. The team members brought back handmade wooden pens to sell at their local churches.

The pens, $30-$50 each, are made of exotic wood and come in different styles.

The pen shop was set up last year to allow Marsella residents to make money and to support the mission.

The Pubilloneses hope to go back next year. “We’ve been blessed, and we want Ralph Pubillones, center, assists one of the food recipients with her food bags in Marsella, Colombia. Photo submitted to share it,” Michele said.

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A-8 • JULY 22, 2015 • BEARDEN Shopper news

Interns glimpse history

By Shannon Carey

Rain foiled our plans to take Shopper-News interns into the field to work on an archeological dig site with experts from the UT Archeology Research Lab. We were going to see how ground-penetrating radar works and join Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett on a metal-detecting adventure.

Instead, we went back to the lab. As rain drummed on the roof, interns learned about the excavation of the Charlie Hamilton and Maddie Murphy examine a button that Confederate line at Morgan was recovered from a site in Charleston, S. C. Photo by R. White Hill, now the site of UT’s Sorority Village. Mike Angst told interns that written records like journals and letters were important to infound in the field to learn terpreting the finds at MorBy Betty Mengesha The UT Archeology Re- more about the events that gan Hill.

Burchett joined interns search Lab welcomed the took place in our very own for the presentation and Shopper-News interns to Knoxville. spoke about his hobby.

The archeologists search learn a bit about the cultur“No pun intended, but al and environmental his- for several artifacts aging tory of Knoxville. We were from 100 to 1,000 years old. I really dig all this,” joked able to meet Kandi Hollen- They also work to preserve Burchett. back and Mike Angst who the archeological sites for work together to discover future generations, so they all that Knoxville has to of- too can learn about the past. fer. It was surprising to see Whether it’s blazing hot or just how much history could pouring rain, they are out in be dug up in our backyards. the field.

By Charlie Hamilton It is always wonderful to Many parts of Knoxville One interesting fact that have been explored in order hear a person speak so pas- you would might not know to learn about the city’s his- sionately about their job and about Knox County Mayor tory during the American all that comes with it. Even Tm Burchett is that he metal Civil War. Angst explained Mayor Tim Burchett was detects as a hobby. Burchett that they have found rifle lucky enough to hear about met us at our visit at the trenches, gun emplace- the department’s discover- UT. Archeological Research ments, drainage ditches, ies and the history that is Lab, and explained a little and fireplaces that were left involved. The mayor also about this hobby. He told behind during the war. UT shares a passion for history us a story about a man he has been able to research and is looking for his own encountered one day while and use what they have treasures, too! he was metal detecting at

Searching for treasures

Kandi Hollenbech looks over a map with Mayor Tim Burchett and the mayor’s communications manager Michael Grider. Photo by R. White

Then, Angst, Kandi Hol- Charleston. lenbach and Kendy Altizer “This is a big help,” said took interns upstairs to Altizer. “This saves me at help clean artifacts Altizer least two days of work.” brought back from a dig in Volunteers can join in the

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‘Cheaper than a psychiatrist’

Preserving the past

By Charlie Hamilton You know when you go into newer department stores and they all look about the same? In every town and city today in the U.S. you always see a Walmart, Lowes and many other stores and restaurants.

Well, do see anything different about these buildings?

Do they have any unique characteristics, or any stories that they can tell?

Many older buildings are thought to be useless, non-efficient, and way out of style for any newer development. People tear down older buildings so they can build strip malls and big box stores. The Emporium in downtown Knoxville was built in the 1880s and has

been restored for new purposes. The old White Lily flour plant has been restored for new purposes, too.

Now, David Dewhirst, and his team are bring another building back to life.

The old Kern’s Bakery is off Chapman Highway right after you cross the Henley Street bridge. The bakery was built in 1931. Dewhirst plans to do some renovations and repurpose its unique architecture.

The building has a lot of personality and is located next to Knoxville’s Urban Wilderness.

You don’t see many older buildings today, and many of them are fading away every day. It is our job to help preserve the past for future.

Lakeshore Park.

He was just walking around as usual, and a man in a white coat walked up to him, asked him if he was Mayor Burchett, and said “What are you doing?”

Burchett replied that he was metal detecting, and that this was “a cheaper hobby than going to a physiatrist.”

The person in the coat replied, “You are right; I am a physiatrist, and it is cheaper.”

He also told us about some of his finds, too. He said he was digging one day and hit something hard, and he thought it was just an old paint can. He pulled it up, and it was rounded. Turns out it a breast plate from the Civil War. Burchett also explained that he was in a metal detecting club, and told us about some of the finds they have presented to

the club.

You never know what interesting hobbies people might have.

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Fun at the lab

When you think of archeology what comes in mind?

Do you think about a person in Egypt searching for mummies, and artifacts?

That is one part of archeology, but do you know that you might have artifacts right here in your backyard?

We had the honor of taking a tour throughout the University of Tennessee’s Archeological Research Lab. We met Mike Angst, Senior Archeologist and Kandi Hollenbach. They showed us some of their discoveries on the expedition at Morgan

Hill next to UT campus.

The artifacts and evidence of a Confederate basecamp from the Civil War were remarkable. On our tour we

also got to wash some artifacts from a recent dig site in South Carolina. Thank you, UT archeology team, for our visit at the archeology lab.

Archeology takes patience

By Maddie Ogle Would you believe that historical artifacts have been found in Knoxville, Tenn.? Archeologists from UT’s Archeological Research Lab have found cannonballs, bullets and armor, from the battle of Knoxville near Kingston Pike. They also know, from different shades of clay dirt, where or what something might’ve been.

This is a job that takes patience and time, because if you rush and break an artifact, it could be very challenging to find all the pieces. But once they come back to the lab, they scrub and wash each dirt-covered artifact until it’s clean.

Then, it could take a very long time to track down all the missing pieces. And when it’s done, we have discovered a piece of history!

Matching the pieces

By Maggie Williams Last Tuesday, the interns went to UT’s Archeological Research Lab. We got to clean some artifacts from South Carolina, found by Ph.D. candidate Kendy Altizer.

To clean the artifacts, all you need is some water and a toothbrush.

There were all sorts of

objects, such as animal bones, pottery pieces, buttons and even an intact glass bottle. I found two pieces of pottery that fit together!

We all learned a lot about what you can find in the ground. You can volunteer there to clean artifacts. It was very enlightening and enjoyable.

A shot of the railroad tracks outside the University of Tennessee archeological center on Middlebrook Pike. Photo by Maddie Murphy

‘All the pancakes!’

Kern’s Bakery inspires interns

By Emma Dale At first glance, the old Kern’s Bakery is a mess.

Erected in 1931, it is 90,000 square feet on 14 acres of land. The bakery can no longer serve its original purpose. But where most developers would see a great place to put a new Walmart, David Dewhirst sees exposed brick, oak floorboards, and a chance to make Knoxville unique.

He calls what he and his colleagues do “historic developing.” His group specializes in buildings built long ago. They know how to find the unique elements underneath all of the terrible 1980s office space put over them.

Although Dewhirst admits that a Walmart will probably make more money than anything he would put here, he hopes that young people today will be more interested in buildings with authenticity and “soul.”

“I mean, when you walk into Applebee’s, you never say, ‘Wow! That’s different!’” Dewhirst said.

And Kern’s certainly is different. The bakery is full of peeling pastel jade walls, almost colonial-looking indoor walls and windows, and a particularly eyecatching set of robin’s-egg-

blue stairs. And that’s just the front office.

The actual factory floor, now devoid of all of the hamburger buns Dewhirst says they used to make here, is sitting in semi-darkness.

It looks like something out of a steampunk picture, full of tangled contraptions criss-crossing the ceiling and floor. Surprisingly, about 80 percent of the original machinery has been cleared out. He pointed out the real brick floor and the behemoth oven that another bakery is coming to dismantle and use for another 100 years.

“Things were built to last back then,” said Dewhirst.

Dewhirst plans to capitalize on the nearby Urban Wilderness, a 1,000-acre forest along downtown’s south waterfront — something he’s fiercely proud of and says that one day all Knoxvillians will be as well.

A stacked-stone, 1800’sstyle tunnel on the Kern’s property leads right into the Urban Wilderness. Around 10-11 privately owned and symbiotic businesses will use different parts of the factory for things ranging from bike rentals to brewing beer; there may even be a climbing wall. Dewhirst estimates that the bakery

will cost around $10 million to renovate.

Still, the most amazing thing about the old bakery isn’t what Dewhirst is probably going to turn it into. It’s the way the imaginations of the young people he believes so strongly in run wild at every twist and turn of an abandoned factory.

For the interns as we toured the bakery, a Quonset hut became a wedding chapel, a truck loading dock beIntern Laken Scott enjoys a ride on a dolly, thanks to David Dewhirst. Photo by R. White came an amphitheater, the office above the main floor was suddenly a branchless, industrial treehouse. Some of us even clamored for the giant, dusty old hamburger bun pans he showed us. He handed them out, to be used for varying purposes in high-schoolers’ and middleschoolers’ homes.

“Now I can make all the pancakes!” one of the interns, Zoe Brookshire-Riley, exclaimed with glee.

All of this excitement, and the impromptu game of soccer started with a ball found on the factory floor, proves right what Dewhirst shared with us at the beginning of the tour, “We hope that young people will want to go to a place that looks real and authentic, and not like the strip mall down the Maddie Murphy, Emma Dale, Betty Mengesha and Zoe Brookshire-Risley ride around the old Kerns Bakery building on a dolly. Photo by R. White road … a place with soul.”

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By y Carol Ca aro ol Shane Shan ne One of of Knoxville’s K no lee’ most mo creative, innovative, fulfilling arts organizations is very busy right now, enthralling audiences with its current production.

Through the end of this month, the Knoxville Children’s Theatre presents “Bambi: A Life in the Woods.” By all accounts, it’s a roaring success and a very special experience.

As East Tennessee’s leading producer of stage plays for children, KCT counts “Bambi” as its 69th production. The company is also the area’s leading producer of new works, having produced 27 original plays since 2008.

“KCT’s plays are always based closely on a great work of literature,” says executive director Zack Allen, “and our ‘Bambi’ is a faithful adaptation of Felix Salten’s classic children’s book. The play was written by wellknown stage actor and playwright James DeVita, whose plays have been performed all over the country.”

About the similarities between this play and the 1942 Disney movie, Allen says, “The Disney film contained many of the elements of the book but also took many liberties. But both feature the maturation of a young deer into a stag. He makes many friends, including a friendly rabbit, and faces many dangers, mostly posed by humans. There are funny parts, thrilling parts, sad parts and all the emotions that come from living a ‘life in the woods.’ ” The play features 13 actors age 9 to 16.

Zak Terry as Bambi and Elijah Payne as Ronno confer in the Knoxville Children’s Theatre’s current production of “Bambi: A Life in the Woods.” Photo by Janice O. Branson

Zak Terry, an eighth-grader at Bearden Middle School, plays Bambi. Formerly seen as the White Rabbit in “Alice’s Rumpus in Wonderland,” Zak counts “Bambi” as his sixth KCT appearance.

He is the son of Stacy Stewart and Scott Terry.

Ryan Cross plays the Great Prince. He attends ninth grade at Christian Academy of Knoxville, and this is his seventh performance at KCT.

Ryan is the son of Jennifer and Douglas Cross.

Ani Wederitch plays Faline, Bambi’s friend. She is a sixth-grader at Bearden Middle School. This is her third show at KCT, having most recently been seen in “Harriet the Spy.” Ani is the daughter of Jill Werderitch.

Other KCT veterans in this outstanding ensemble cast are Jake Green, a junior at West High and the son of

Jill and Craig Green; Maria Kauffman, daughter of Sarah and Chris Kauffman and a seventh-grader at West Valley Middle School; L&N STEM Academy ninth-grader Lisette Paultre, daughter of Hope and Jimmy Paultre; seventhgrader Elijah Boyd Payne and 10th-grader Kathryn Payne, the son and daughter of Kathy and Sean Payne; Ethan J. Reed, the son of Kerry Reed and a versatile eighth-grader who acts and stage manages; Ava Bradshaw, daughter of Cara and Mike Bradshaw and a fifthgrader at Bluegrass Elementary; and Caroline Dyer, a junior at South-Doyle High School, KCT veteran since 2009, and the daughter of Amie and Scott Dyer.

Making their KCT debuts are Izzy Fenech, a fifth-grader at Northshore Elementary School and the daughter of Tiffany and Jason Fenech, and seventhgrader Abigrace Kimsey, the daughter of Bethany and Troy Kimsey.

The Knoxville Children’s Theatre presents “Bambi: A Life in the Woods” at 7 p.m.

Thursday-Friday, July 2324; 1 and 5 p.m. Saturday, July 25; and 3 p.m. Sunday, July 26. All performances take place at 109 E. Churchwell Ave. in Knoxville. Tickets are $12 per person; an adult and child entering together may be admitted for $20 total. Reservations are strongly recommended. For more info, visit http://knox villechildrenstheatre.com or call 208-3677.

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Summer Movie Magic: “Mary Poppins,” 8 p.m., Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Tickets: all Ticketmaster outlets, Tennessee Theatre box office and 800-745-3000.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY “Bambi: Life in the Woods,” Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Ave. Performances: 7 p.m. Friday; 1 and 5 p.m. Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday. Info/tickets: 208-3677 or www. knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com.

SATURDAY Golden Dragon Acrobat Show, 7 p.m., Oak Ridge Performing Arts Center, Oak Ridge High School, 1450 Oak Ridge Turnpike. Tickets: $25 adult; $10 for children 12 & under. Info/tickets: www.

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Summer Soul Jam 2015, 5 p.m., Old City Courtyard, 120 E. Jackson Ave. Bring folding chairs.

Tickets: summersouljam2015.eventbrite.com or AJ’s Lifestyles, 3613 Western Ave. “Writing Booze: A Workshop and Cocktail Class,” 4-7 p.m., Firefly Farms, 195 Tobby Hollow Lane. Instructor: visiting writer Sam Slaughter. Tickets: $45. Info/tickets: www.sundresspublications. com/safta.

SUNDAY Anjelah Johnson Presents Bon Qui Qui, 8 p.m., Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay St. Info/tickets: www. knoxbijou.com Knoxville Jazz Orchestra: Jazz Jam at the Emporium, 4-6 p.m., Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. Info: 573-3226.

Summer Movie Magic: “Mary Poppins,” 2 p.m., Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Tickets: all Ticketmaster outlets, Tennessee Theatre box office and 800-745-3000.

down Margo and solve some of life’s bigger mysteries.

The cast includes Austin Abrams, Justice Smith and Cara Buono. Jake Schreier (“Robot & Frank”) directed.

Downtown West is opening “Cartel Land,” a big winner in the Sundance Film Festival’s U.S. Documentary competition. Director Matthew Heineman embedded himself in the action as two vigilante groups (one U.S., one Mexican) squared off against Mexican drug cartels to do what governments have failed to do.

Gyllenhaal, Sandler lead new flicks

By Betsy Pickle There are plenty of people in this world who love boxing, but even those who don’t (present company included) usually fall for a good boxing movie. Fingers crossed, that’s the case with “Southpaw,” opening Friday in local theaters.

Jake Gyllenhaal plays a light heavyweight boxer who makes it to the top, only to have everything tragically taken away. He finds his salvation in a rundown gym where a retired fighter turned trainer (Forest Whitaker) gives him hope that he can climb back up and regain the trust of those he loves.

Directed by Antoine Fuqua (“Training Day”),

the R-rated action drama also stars Rachel McAdams, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Naomie Harris and Victor Ortiz.

The way-back machine fires up for “Pixels,” a paean to the 1980s heyday of videogame arcades. In this PG-13 action comedy, aliens mistake video feeds of classic arcade games as a declaration of war, and they at- After champion boxer Billy “The Great” Hope (Jake Gyllenhaal) and his longtime manager, Jor- ■ Diabetes Support Group meeting, 10-11 a.m. Tuesday, tack Earth. dan Mains (Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson), part ways, Billy hits rock bottom in “Southpaw.”

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Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero and Joseph Esway, director of ITT Technical Institute, discuss programs offered by the school. Photo by Bonny C. Millard

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Rogero tours ITT Tech Institute

By Bonny C. Millard ITT Technical Institute offers a personal touch to its students, many of whom are returning to the classroom for the first time in years.

Director Joseph Esway said he meets with prospective students and then a school representative takes them on a campus tour and provides academic and financial aid information.

“It’s really an interesting mix and blend of people that we have here,” Esway said, adding that students come from many different stages of life.

Esway gave a tour to Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero and showed her examples of how he and his staff take a personal inter-

est in students. Esway, who started last December after a 25-year career in the U.S. Marines, displays a shadow box that illustrates his military service, family photos and his degree.

“I hung up things in this office that I thought would appeal well to our demographic. We have a very big military following here. I, too, was an adult learner just like most of our students so that’s why the degree with the photo.”

Esway said that in between classes, representatives come to the break area to check in with the students.

“The representatives staying engaged with their students from start to finish is important to the relation-

ship process,” he said.

ITT, 9123 Executive Park Dr., has four programs of study: business, electronics technology, information technology, and drafting and design. Beth Stone, director of career services, said the school had 100 graduates in June and has had four graduation ceremonies each year for 25 years. The school, which operates on a quarter system, has 217 students.

During the tour, Esway showed classrooms for lectures, the electronics lab and the largest computer lab.

“We do our very best to make sure that everything is up-to-date with what they’re going to see after they graduate,” he said.

Westmoreland Health & Rehabilitation Center officially opened July 16 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and buffet.

The former Brakebill Nursing Home is at 5837 Lyons View Pike.

Both local staff and company officials led tours of the recreation room, the dining area, the exercise and rehab facility and a sample patient room. When renovation is finished, the 222-bed nursing facility will be completely redone.

Health Services Management Group LLC based in Cleveland, Tenn., owns and manages the facility.

The company, founded in 1991, manages 11 skilled nursing facilities in several states with annual revenues of $83.5 million and 1,350 employees.

Corporate officials include Thomas Johnson, managing member; Ray Tyler, chief operating officer; and Eric Boston, regional operations manager.

Christopher Gustin is Westmoreland’s administrator. Nancy Fararra is director of nursing.

Boston said a 44-bed wing for memory care patients will be developed.

About 20 percent of the rooms have been upgraded

This model shows room décor when renovation is complete. now as have all common areas, he said.

“New nurses stations are being constructed off-site.

We’re putting in all new furniture and televisions, and will provide cable service.

“We started in January 2015, so it’s been a whirlwind seven months. We are very Nancy Fararra Ray Tyler excited to be in this area.”

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Former Knox County Commissioner John Griess was the auctioneer at the West Knox Republican Club’s annual picnic and cake auction. Club president Alexander Waters hefts a homemade concoction donated by McCalla Kuhlman and decorated with Kit-Kat bars and M&M’s. Photo by

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DA Charme Allen takes the cake

By Anne Hart

Republicans in Knox County have plenty to be happy about, but at times they got downright rowdy when the bidding got intense at the annual picnic and cake auction sponsored by the West Knox Republican Club.

It was all in good fun, though, as GOP elected officials and candidates who donated the tasty confec-

tions tried to outbid one another for favorites.

This year’s top “contributor” to the cause was District Attorney Charme Allen, who out-bid Knox County Law Director Bud Armstrong in a friendly battle worthy of the courtroom.

The object of their mutual affection was just half of a Litton’s red velvet cake donated by school board member Terry Hill.

Allen took the cake home and left behind $150 for the party coffers.

Rothchild Catering was jam-packed for the occasion, with elected officials and candidates filling the tables and standing along the walls to take part in the always entertaining event that has become a rite of passage for the party faithful, both those already in office and “wannabes.”

Dad explains Butterfly Fund

By Bonny C. Millard The parents of Maddie Harrill and Emily Barger found a way to honor the memory of their young daughters and provide help and support to others through The Butterfly Fund.

James Harrill, father of Maddie, spoke to the Rotary Club of Farragut, about the nonprofit organiJames Harrill zation that he and his wife, Christina, and Brian and Misty Barger, parents of Emily, created not long after their daughters died.

“Both of these little girls were diagnosed with a rare form of childhood cancer in 2007 and passed away within about three weeks of one another in 2008,” he said.

The fund’s goal is to raise awareness and support for families and children dealing with pediatric cancer.

In early 2007, Harrill heard about the daughter of two high school friends, the

Bargers, who had been diagnosed with cancer, and later that year, the Harrills’ daughter became ill and was diagnosed with the same rare form of cancer, Rhabdomyosarcoma. Emily Barger was about two and a half years older than Maddie Harrill, but the two girls became close friends.

The families leaned on each other for support, and the girls responded to their terminal illness by fully relying on God, he said.

The Butterfly Fund, under the East Tennessee Foundation, hosts three fundraisers a year: a black tie gala, a 5K run and a golf tournament. The nonprofit has raised about $600,000 since its inception, funding programs at Children’s Hospital, where the girls were treated, and similar organizations.

All four parents, who work full-time jobs, make no money from it.

“They (Maddie, 5, and Emily, 7) helped make this world a better place,” Harrill said. “We’re just very proud we’re able to maintain their legacy with these efforts. …

Both girls loved butterflies.”

Info: butterflyfund.org

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Greg Mangan is ‘shining light’ Greg Mangan, the owner of Drive 4 Life Academy, has won the “Shining Light Award” from the Rotary Club of Farragut.

Sharing in the award and ceremony was Greg’s wife, Jodie. They opened the driving academy eight years ago and in addition to the Papermill Drive office, they recently opened an office in Maryville.

Greg was nominated for this award by Tom Marsh for his work with Bridge Refugee Services and the club’s grant that helped seven refugees learn how to drive and

obtain driver’s licenses.

Annually, Farragut Rotary presents its Shining Light Award to a non-Rotarian in the local community who lives his or her life in accordance with Rotary International’s FourWay Test.

Past winners have included Sam Mishu, Randy Burleson, David Caldwell, Victoria Bolen, Doug Horne, Dr. Charlie Barnett and Marshal Andy.

Mangan has donated free driving lesson classes at the auctions for Farragut Rotary events.

Tom Marsh of Farragut Rotary with Greg and Jodie Mangan.

We should root for China

By Sandra Clark Linda Gay Blanc was on home turf when she spoke to the North Knoxville Rotary Club last week. Fountain City’s original Edwards Jones advisor is also a former member and president of the club.

So she stood by the door like a preacher, greeting members by name as they arrived. And she sounded like an economics professor as she rattled off statistics about global markets and currencies.

China, she said, remains a developing country but its population makes it a huge player internation-

ally. Economic output per person is just under $7,000 compared to more than $50,000 per person in the United States, according to the World Bank.

The growing number of Chinese consumers has made it the largest single market for autos, computers and shoes.

China’s economy has been growing by about 10 percent annually for more than 30 years.

Blanc said China’s population is 1.3 billion people while the United States’ population is about 300 million. “We’re like the number behind their deci-

mal point.”

China’s currency, the yuan, may become a reserve currency this year, but it won’t overtake the dollar any time soon. According to the International Monetary Fund, about 80 percent of world trade is in dollars with the yuan in second place at 9 percent and the euro close behind.

In contrast, Greece’s economy is two-tenths of one percent of the world gross national product, she said. “Greece has problems, but its contribution is about that of Louisiana.”

For a variety of reasons, Edward Jones analysts do not recommend buying

stock directly in Chinese companies, although there are funds available to enable indiv iduals to engage in the c o u n t r y ’s development while Linda Gay Blanc s p r e a d i n g risks.

“We ought to root for China, for as they spend we produce,” she said.

And yes, Linda Gay Blanc’s office remains on Hotel Avenue beside Fountain City Park. Info: 865689-8629.

randomly turned out in the streets by providing assistance to their owners to keep them fed.

Founder Ted Hembree believes that pets shouldn’t suffer when their owner falls on hard times.

The Pantry for Feeding Pets serves an average of 1,600 families per month, mainly through the FISH Hospitality Pantry and

Hardy joins College of Nursing at UT Lynda Hardy has joined the University of Tennessee College of Nursing as associate dean for research. She most recently was a senior program director of the National Institute of Nursing Research at the National Institutes of Health.

While at the NINR, Hardy was responsible for the development, coordination and administration of grants, cooperative agreements and contracts with a special focus on clinical trials, global health, infection and noninfectious diseases across the lifespan.

Hardy has held academic appointments at Winston-

Salem State Wake Forest

University, University, Baylor University,George Wa s h i n gton University and the Un iver sit y of Maryland.

She graduated with a Lynda Hardy Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a focus in nursing and epidemiology; she has a master’s degree from George Mason University and a bachelor’s from the State University of New York.

News from Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation (KCDC)

Two leaders promoted

Tracee Pross is now chief financial officer at KCDC, while Joyce Floyd will serve as vice president of strategic planning and development.

“Tracee and Joyce are excellent assets to our team,” said Art Cate, executive director and CEO. The agency’s board approved both promotions at its June meeting.

Pross has worked at KCDC for more than 30 years. As vice president of finance and administration, she was the direct supervisor of accounting, procurements, information systems and human resources. Pross helps develop mixed finance strategies and funding sources for renovation and Meals on Wheels. It is look- its Oak Ridge, West Knox, development projects. In ading at expanding distribu- North Knox and Northshore dition to providing oversight tion channels. offices. Dog and cat food of budgeting and year-end To make donations eas- dropped at these locations financials, Pross ensures ier, Enrichment is putting will be taken monthly to be compliance with state and federal regulations.

PFFP’s collection barrels in distributed by the group.

Enrichment members help feed pets Enrichment Federal Credit Union presented dog and cat food and a check for $500 to the Pantry for Feeding Pets in July. Proceeds were from employee fundraising and the number of Pet Pals Savings Accounts opened by credit union members.

The Pantry for Feeding Pets began in 2009 to prevent pets from being abandoned at shelters and

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Joyce Floyd

Floyd has worked at KCDC for 26 years and served in the industry for 30 years. She previously was KCDC’s director of strategic planning and special projects.

“Joyce has taken on the responsibility of managing the Five Points Revitalization project, which is a priority initiative for KCDC,” Cate said. “Her background in finance and expertise in strategy and planning will be key as we continue to move this agency forward.”

Film festival offers $20,000 grand prize The Visit Knoxville Film Office, in partnership with the Knoxville Film Festival, will offer a $20,000 grand prize to the winner of this year’s Knoxville Film Festival 7-Day Shootout competition. The 7-Day Shootout challenges fi lmmaking teams to shoot a seven-minute fi lm in seven days. The fi lms are then judged by various industry experts.

The grand-prize winner will be required to use the funds to expand their winning short film into a fulllength feature film within one year. The production must be filmed entirely in Knox County and consist of 70 percent Knox County crew and talent.

The Knoxville Film Festival takes place Sept. 17-20.

Info: www.knoxvillefilm festival.com.

‘Summer Soiree’ at Farragut Wine & Spirits The open house, from 5:30 -7:30 p.m., will give customers an opportunity to taste different wines and beers. Hors d’oeuvres will be served.

The change in Tennessee’s law allowing grocery stores to sell wine included concessions to liquor stores permitting them to sell beer and nonalcoholic goods.

The store, which opened in 2007, now has a solid selection of accessories that complement wine, liquor and beer purchases.

Wine sales in grocery stores don’t start until next summer. The projected loss of business for liquor stores is 30 percent so the new items will give their store some flexibility, she said.

“If we were going to sell beer and keep it cold, we had to expand and put it somewhere,” David Purvis added. “That gave us an opportunity to expand selection too because when wine goes into grocery stores, we’re going to have to be able to compete on service and selection.”

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By Bonny C. Millard Farragut Wine & Spirits has expanded its retail space by 4,000 square feet – to include a new growler station with eight selections of craft beers – in response to changes in state law.

Owners Robin and David Purvis are holding a “Spirited Summer Soiree” on Thursday, Aug. 6, and invite customers to come see the upgrades they’ve made.

“We added the beer cooler and the growler station.

We added a lot of non-alcohol products,” said Robin Purvis.

The growler station offers different selections, and an up-to-date list of offerings is maintained on the website.

“We’re the third largest (liquor store) in the state of Tennessee, and largest east of Nashville square footage wise,” she said. “We have close to 11,000 square foot retail.”

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Change of heart

Local woman embraces new lifestyle after heart attack Cathy Graham had just nished making Christmas Eve dinner when she got a tingle in her throat.

Her hands became cold and clammy, and she had to sit down. “I asked my husband for an aspirin,” the 62-year-old said. “I don’t know why I did that. I had no idea what was going on, but I’d never felt that way before. I know God was leading me.”

With the Christmas dinner still on the table, her husband brought her to the Parkwest Emergency Department. An electrocardiogram (EKG) revealed she was having a heart attack. “I started tearing up,” Graham said. “But the team was absolutely wonderful. It went from ve to 15 people taking care of me immediately. They all told me exactly what was happening.”

“Cathy was having a very seri-

ous heart attack,” Mitchell Weiss, MD, Parkwest cardiologist, said. “It all happened very quickly because she was so ill.”

Graham was operated on by Michael Maggart, Michael MD, cardiovas- Maggart, MD cular surgeon at Parkwest. He performed bypass surgery after which she spent three days in the Critical Care Unit.

“Everyone was so nice, from the nurses to the doctors to the rest of the staff. I was in a lot of pain because my chest was opened, but everyone was patient and supportive,” Graham said.

After returning home and receiving care from Covenant Home

What is Cardiac Rehab?

A hospitalization caused by heart disease may require a followup cardiac rehabilitation program.

At the Parkwest Cardiac Rehabilitation Outpatient Program at Fort Sanders West, patients who have experienced a cardiac event are prescribed a program of education and exercise to help their recovery and improve their odds for avoiding future visits to the hospital.

Patients are evaluated at their rst visit and usually follow a schedule of three days a week for 12 weeks. The process includes meeting with an exercise physiologist for a program speci cally tailored to the patient’s personal needs and ability.

Exercise can include treadmills, arm ergometers, stationary bicycles, elliptical machines, weights and steps. Each patient wears a heart monitor and is constantly being evaluated. The exercise program is updated as the patient progresses.

The exercises at Cardiac Rehab are created speci cally for the patient’s cardiac needs, and the addi-

tional medical monitoring creates a safer environment than at a public gym.

“Although some patients may have exercised before their cardiac events and think they know how to maintain a healthy heart, many change their minds after attending Cardiac Rehab,” Karen Kirkland, RN, Karen Kirkland, RN, CCM, ParkCCM west Cardiac Rehab case manager, said. “With our help, they learn the best way to exercise speci cally to improve the function of their hearts.”

For more information about cardiac rehabilitation and heart health visit www.TreatedWell.com, or call Parkwest Medical Center Cardiac Rehab at Fort Sanders West at (865) 531-5560.

Healthcare for three weeks, Graham began attending prescribed sessions at the Parkwest Cardiopulmonary Wellness and Rehabilitation Center at Fort Sanders West. She started small on the machines at the Center, which include treadmills and stationary bikes. “I was very nervous on the rst day.

It was an unknown for me,” she said. “Now I’m happy to know this will be part of my life forever.”

Graham’s post-surgery Cardiac Rehab plan included three visits a week for 12 weeks. During her visits, she was hooked to a heart monitor. Each week, her exercises were increased as she gained more strength. A physician is always on stand-by at Cardiac Rehab, in case a patient needs immediate medical assistance.

“It’s better here for those who have had serious problems, like me,” Graham said. “From the nurses to the exercise physiologists to the doctor – there’s always someone there if something happens.”

In addition to monitored exercise at Cardiac Rehab – which Graham cites as a factor for her weight loss and improved strength – all patients are required to attend educational classes on topics like improving one’s diet and living with heart disease. Graham applauds these classes as essential for her recovery. “Without those classes, your exercise would mean nothing. They’re so good. They show us exactly what we went through with models of your heart and stents,” Graham explained.

“I thought my husband and I ate really well, but I learned how we could eat better and how to change my life so this wouldn’t happen again. It was such a positive experience. I wish everyone could go through those classes.”

After Graham learned how to improve her family’s nutrition, they spent two days cleaning out their entire kitchen and donated all the items to a food bank.

As for what she eats now, she said, “the fresher the better. I’m experimenting to see how to take bad out and put good in to my recipes, and no one can taste the difference.”

While Graham didn’t have any obvious cardiac symptoms prior to her heart attack, she cites stress in her personal and professional life as a contributing factor to her lifestyle.

In the six months before Christmas Eve 2014, she gained 10 pounds Mitchell and was feeling fa- Weiss, MD tigued. “I used to want to please everyone and bake for people all the time,” she said.

“I can’t do that anymore. I have to think of myself now.”

“While stress is not a sole rea-

son for a heart attack, it can feed into a lot of things,” said Dr. Weiss, who sees Graham for follow-up appointments. “It may cause us to not pay attention to other parts of our lives, such as what we eat, or cause us to form bad habits, like smoking or not exercising. The other modi able factors of avoiding a heart attack, like lowering your blood pressure, get ignored.”

Graham’s experience in Cardiac Rehab following her heart attack has shifted her entire view on how to approach her life. “Each day is a better, stronger day. I will get back to normal, but it’s still hard to believe this happened,” she said. She now takes breaks at work and has learned methods to reduce stress and frustration, in addition to eating well and exercising frequently. She keeps a journal to record everything she eats each day. “I thank God I had the support of my family and such good people watching out for me at Parkwest and at Cardiac Rehab.

I’m so lucky and so thankful for a second chance at life.”

Better eating on a budget Improving the way you eat may sound daunting for a variety of reasons, including worrying about how your grocery bill may change.

However, when better nutrition means staying heart healthy, nding a way to shop smart can be key to avoiding cardiac problems in the future.

First, eating out at restaurants can bust both your budget and your goal to eat better. Despite ordering healthy dishes like salads and vegetable plates, these meals can add an average of 200 calories to a meal, as well as extra saturated fat, sugar and salt. The average person in the United States consumes an extra 24,000 calories a year by eating at restaurants, which averages to six or seven pounds annually. If you do plan to eat away from home, drink water instead of soda, ask for salad dressing on the side and

ask your server to box up half before it gets to the table.

Before heading to the grocery store, plan your list of healthy foods before heading out.

Check your cabinets so you don’t double buy and keep nutritional products like dried beans, brown rice and whole-grain oatmeal in stock at all times. At the store, stick to your list. Stay at the outer edges of the store, where the fresh vegetables, dairy and meat are. When shopping for fruits and vegetables, stick to those in season and only buy what you need.

Classes on nutrition at the Parkwest Cardiopulmonary Wellness and Rehabilitation Center at Fort Sanders West are open to the public at all times. For information on these classes, call (865) 531-5560.

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AGENDA FARRAGUT VISUAL RESOURCES REVIEW BOARD Farragut Town Hall Tuesday, July 28, 2015 • 7:00 pm 1. Approval of Minutes for the June 23, 2015 meeting.

2. Review a request for a tenant panel for Mortgage Investors Group at 11126 Kingston Pike, Suite 102.

3. Review a request for a ground mounted sign for Pinnacle at Belk at 11403-11467 Parkside Drive.

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LEGAL NOTICE FARRAGUT BEER BOARD JULY 23, 2015 • 6:45 PM I. Approval of Minutes A. June 25, 2015 II. Hearing to address Meksiko, 120 West End Ave., beer permit violation(s) of Town of Farragut Code of Ordinances § 8-201 et seq It is the policy of the Town of Farragut not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex, or disability pursuant to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Public Law 93-112 and 101-336 in its hiring, employment practices and programs. To request accommodations due to disabilities, please call 865-966-7057 in advance of the meeting.

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AGENDA Farragut Board of Mayor & Aldermen, July 23, 2015 BEER BOARD MEETING: 6:45 PM BMA MEETING: 7:00 PM I. Silent Prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, Roll Call II. Approval of Agenda III. Mayor’s Report IV. Citizens Forum V. Business Items A. Approval of Special Event Signage for the News Sentinel Open Golf Tournament B. Approval to Elect Voting Delegate (1) and Alternate Voting Delegates (2) to the National League of Cities Conference C. Approval of Change Order #1 to Contract 2015-11, Mayor Bob Leonard Park Playground Installation D. Approval of the Town of Farragut Supplemental Retirement Plan Funding Policy E. Approval of the sale and transfer of approximately 1,200 square feet of vacant Town property Parcel ID: 142-13716 located approximately 500’ south of the southeast corner of Kingston Pike and Campbell Station Road, to, the adjacent northern property Parcel ID: 142-13711 Address 102 Campbell Station Road (Aubrey’s Restaurant) VI. Town Administrator’s Report VII. Town Attorney’s Report It is the policy of the Town of Farragut not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex, or disability pursuant to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Public Law 93-112 and 101-336 in its hiring, employment practices and programs. To request accommodations due to disabilities, please call 865-966-7057 in advance of the meeting.

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

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

Knoxville Watercolor Society exhibit, the Oak Ridge Art Center, 201 Badger Ave, Oak Ridge. Info: 482-1441.

SUNDAY, JULY 26

THROUGH THURSDAY, OCT. 22

Franklin Monthly Old Harp Singing, 3 p.m., Greeneville Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 210 N. Main St., Greeneville. Free, all invited and tune books provided. Info: Jeff Farr, 423 639-8211.

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

THROUGH SUNDAY, SEPT. 6 Tickets on sale for Mabry-Hazen House Boomsday, Bluegrass and Barbecue celebration, 6 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 6. Features: view of fireworks, food, live music, silent auction. Info/tickets: www.mabryhazen. com or 522-8661.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 22 Mindfulness and the Alexander Technique, 10:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m., 313 N. Forest Park Blvd.

Cost: $35. Preregistration required. Info/ registration: Lilly Sutton, 387-7600 or www.

AlexanderTechniqueKnoxville.com.

Tennessee Shines: Bombadil and poet Marianne Worthington, 7 p.m., Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 101 S Central St. Tickets: $10; available online or at the door. Info/ tickets: http://jigandreel.ticketleap.com or WDVX. com.

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, JULY 22-23

MONDAYS, JULY 27-AUG. 31 Zumba class, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Instructor: Karen McKinney. Cost: $45. Info/registration: 218-3375; www. townoffarragut.org/register; in person at Town Hall.

TUESDAY, JULY 28 Tellico Community Players auditions for “An Evening with Jo,” 6-7:30 p.m., Tellico Community Playhouse, 304 Lakeside Plaza, Loudon. Three female and one male role. Info: Nancy Paule, 458-6984.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 29 Mindfulness and the Alexander Technique, 10:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m., 313 N. Forest Park Blvd.

Cost: $35. Preregistration required. Info/ registration: Lilly Sutton, 387-7600 or www.

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Tennessee Shines: Bear Medicine and poet Joshua Lavender, 7 p.m., Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 101 S Central St. Tickets: $10; available online or at the door. Info/tickets: http://jigandreel.ticketleap.com or WDVX.com.

THURSDAY, JULY 30

AARP Driver Safety class, noon-4 p.m., O’Connor Senior Center, 611 Winona St. Info/registration: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

“Kale in December and Carrots in January... no problem!” 3:15-4:30 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Presented by Extension Master Gardener Marsha Lehman. Free and open to the public.

Info: 329-8892.

THURSDAY, JULY 23

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, JULY 30-31

“Kale in December and Carrots in January ... no problem!” 6-7 p.m., Concord UMC, 11020 Roane Drive. Presented by Extension Master Gardener Marsha Lehman. Free and open to the public. Info: 966-6728.

Knoxville Fire Department visit, 10 a.m., Bearden Branch Library, 100 Golf Club Road. Info: 5888813.

“Samsung Galaxy Phone/Tablet Basics for Seniors” class, 10 a.m.-noon, Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Presented by Social Media 4 Seniors. Cost: $45. Info/registration: 218-3375; www. townoffarragut.org/register; in person at Town Hall.

THURSDAY-SUNDAY, JULY 23-26

“Ladies of Broadway,” 7:30 p.m., Tellico Community Playhouse, 304 Lakeside Plaza, Loudon. Info: www. tellicocommunityplayhouse.org.

“An Evening of Laughter,” Tellico Community Playhouse, 304 Lakeside Plaza, Loudon. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday; 1:30 p.m. Sunday.

Tickets: $20. Info: www.tellicocommunityplayhouse. org.

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FRIDAY, JULY 24 Movie & Popcorn: “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” 11:15 a.m.-1 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Free and open to the public. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.

SATURDAY, JULY 25 Beginning Genealogy, 1-4 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Preregistration required.

Info/registration: 215-8809.

“Kale in December and Carrots in January ... no problem!” 10:30 a.m.-noon, Master Gardener Demonstration Garden at All Saints Catholic Church, 620 N. Cedar Bluff Road. Free and open to the public.

Presented by Extension Master Gardener Marsha Lehman. Info: 215-2340.

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

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Robotics Revolution, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Jacob Building in Chilhowee Park. Featuring: Lego building competitions, robotics and technology demonstrations, hands on activities with The Muse and more. Admission: $6; family passes, $24; ages 5 and under, free. Info: www. themuseknoxville.org.

Rugby Roots: “Edu-Tellers” Betty and Mike Rowe, 7 p.m., Rebecca Brown Theater in Rugby. Admission: $10. Info: http://www.historicrugby.org.

Second annual cornhole tournament to benefit Angelic Ministries. 12:30 p.m., under the big top at The Ministry, 1218 N. Central St. Info/registration: angelicministries.com.

SUNDAY-TUESDAY, AUG. 2-4 Auditions for “Honk Tonk Angels,” 2-4 p.m.

Sunday and 6-8 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Tellico Community Playhouse, 304 Lakeside Plaza, Loudon. Casting three female vocalists. Info: Joan Dorsey, 408-1071.

Auditions for Powell Playhouse production of “A Day at the Java Shop and Greyhound Bus Depot,” 5:30-7:45

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WEDNESDAY, AUG. 5 Tennessee Shines: Blue Moon Rising and humorist Judy Lockhart DiGregorio, 7 p.m., Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 101 S Central St. Tickets: $10; available online or at the door. Info/ tickets: http://jigandreel.ticketleap.com or WDVX.com.

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, AUG. 5-6 AARP Driver Safety class, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Oak Ridge Senior Center, 728 Emory Road, Oak Ridge.

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THURSDAY, AUG. 6 Knoxville Writers’ Guild meeting, 7 p.m., Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Speaker: Hugo and Stoker Award-nominated editor and publisher Jason Sizemore.

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FRIDAY, AUG. 7 Deadline to apply for “Introduction to Farragut” program, 3 p.m., Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Classes to begin 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 26. Open to any interested person. Info/registration: www.townoffarragut.org/introduction; at the Town Hall; 966-7057.

Public reception for “MAP!” a new exhibit featuring the works Jennifer Brickey, Nick DeFord, Marcia Goldenstein, and Tony Sobota, 5-9 p.m., Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. Exhibit on display Aug. 7-28. Info: 523-7543 or www.knoxalliance.com.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, AUG. 7-8 The Russell Biven Summer Clayfest Tournament, Chilhowee Sportsman’s Club in Maryville.

Flights: 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. Saturday. All proceeds benefit mental health, addiction and social services provided by the Helen Ross McNabb Center.

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SATURDAY, AUG. 8 Appalachian dulcimer mini-lesson and demonstration, 10 a.m.-noon, Pellissippi State’s Hardin Valley campus, 10915 Hardin Valley Road. Cost: $29. Limited space. Info/registration: www.pstcc.edu/bcs or 539-7167.

Auditions for Powell Playhouse production of “A Day at the Java Shop and Greyhound Bus Depot,” 1-3 p.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Play dates: Oct. 15-17. Info/list of characters: http://www. powellplayhouseinc.com.

Second Saturday Concerts at The Cove: Shane, 6-8 p.m., The Cove at Concord Park, 11808 S. Northshore Drive. Bring blankets or lawn chairs. Info: Jennifer Linginfelter, 215-4579 or 803-5509; Michael Grider, 215-4750 or 363-8681.

Wheat weaving workshop, 10 a.m., Marble Springs State Historic Site, 1220 W. Governor John Sevier Highway. Cost: $20. Registration deadline: Wednesday, Aug. 5. Info/registration: 573-5508; info@ marblesprings.net; www.marblesprings.net.

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On the road again hip fracture doesn’t stop Knoxville runner It was no fractured fairy tale – the truth hurt all the way to Teresa Williams’ bone.

But when the Knoxville runner broke her right hip during warm-ups last Feb. 3, orthopedic surgeon Dr. Paul Yau of Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center was there to provide a storybook ending.

Just seven weeks after fracturing her hip, Williams, a determined 58-year-old runner with the Knoxville Track Club’s Knox Run group, crossed the 50-yard line at Neyland Stadium to a chorus of cheers, applause, hugs and high- ves.

Never mind that she had actually walked “only” the fourth leg of the Covenant Health Marathon’s four-legged team relay, a distance of 6.5 miles – she did so on a walker decorated with ribbons and balloons and draped with a poster that read: “My hip might be broke BUT NOT my determination or spirit. 7 weeks post surgery.”

“I had to get back. I had to,” said Williams, who had already “run” three 5Ks on her walker in the weeks prior to the Covenant Health relay. “I think there was a reason it happened. I don’t know if the Lord just singled me out that night or for that particular period or what, but as you look at it and watch how people reacted in these races when I was using the walker, they’d say ‘That’s determination!’ or ‘Don’t give up. I like the don’t-giveup attitude.’ I thought, ‘Maybe that’s what it’s about, that people would see that and be inspired.’”

Along the way, photographer Paul E rd captured Williams in the Covenant Health relay on her walker, a shot published along with the race results in the Knoxville News Sentinel. Pleased not only by her own performance but also that of her surgery at Fort Sanders Medical Center, she dropped off a copy of the newspaper at Dr. Yau’s of ce.

“I’m extremely proud of her,” said Dr. Yau. “The fact that I put that much energy into saving someone’s hip and they actually used it for that purpose is extremely rewarding just to know I could make a difference in her life. It’s certainly a routine surgery but it has made an enormous impact on people’s lives. Seeing her in the paper is such a great

Williams uses her walker to cover the 6.5 miles during the Covenant Health relay.

Photo by Paul Efird/News Sentinel

Teresa Williams is back to running 5ks, 8ks, and half marathons, after a fall on February 3 that left her with a fractured hip. Dr. Paul Yau of Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center was able to get her back up and moving in time to do the Covenant Health relay seven weeks later. reward for all those years of training.”

“Now, I have to concede, she is a very motivated individual,” Dr. Yau added. “So she needs to be recognized for her hard work, how much effort she put into rehab – we couldn’t do any of that for her – she had to do the exercises herself, get on her feet, work the muscles and do everything she could to recover from surgery.”

Williams, who has been running mostly 5Ks (3.1 miles) and half-marathons (13.1 miles) for the past ve years, was training for an upcoming race when she broke her hip while doing “side-steps,” a warm-up exercise.

“I don’t know if my leg didn’t pick up right or what, but I went down like a domino.”

The fall resulted in a “clean break” of the ball joint. Fortunately, the fractured bones did not move, enabling Dr. Yau to use three cannulated screws to put the bone together

again rather than replacing the hip.

“When Dr. Yau came in and told me what he was going to do, I said, ‘But I’ve got a halfmarathon in April! What am I going to do?!’

Plus, I had a half-marathon set that Saturday and I knew I couldn’t do it. But he said, ‘You can clearly walk that one.’ And I said, ‘OK. When can I run?’ And he said, ‘In May.’ And I said, ‘that’s do-able. OK.’” The day after surgery, Dr. Yau returned to Williams’ room to introduce the team and how they would be working with her. “He said, ‘This is Teresa Williams, a 58-year-old woman who’s a runner, and she wants to get back into it. The team is going to help you get there.’”

That mission began almost immediately with therapy during her hospital stay and continuing with home health care after she was discharged two days after surgery. In no

time at all, Williams was on her walker and using 5Ks to rehabilitate her hip. By May 16, she had tossed the walker aside and was jogging and walking a half-marathon in Viola, Tenn.

Since then she has run several races, and a nephew who is a cross-country coach tells her that he’ll have her quali ed for the Boston Marathon in two years. “That’s what HE says – I say I don’t have 26 miles in me,” she says with a laugh.

Her times aren’t yet what they once were, but for now, she’s just happy to be jog-walking at every opportunity. On her arms, she wears compression sleeves emblazoned, “One day I won’t be able to do this. Today is not that day.”

“I’m usually crying when I cross the nish line of my half-marathons,” she said.

“I’m just so excited to be able to do it because, who knows? I could’ve been crippled or not able to participate at all. Those sleeves take on a whole new meaning every time I put them on because today is not the day I’m going to say, ‘I can’t do it.’ DNF (Did Not Finish) is not acceptable.’ I don’t train to get DNFs!” Yet, Williams is quick to credit Dr. Yau for those nishes.

“Dr. Yau is a great physician. He really is,” said Williams. “I’ve had some other problems – runners usually have runner’s knee – so I told him about my knees giving me trouble and I wanted to make sure they didn’t do that while I was doing a halfmarathon. So he said he would make sure he took care of them. So, if I have to have anything done, he’s the person I will go to.

I recommend him whenever I can.”

“I like a doctor who listens to what I have to say. Who knows more about their body than yourself?” she added. “Dr. Yau understood how important running was to me. When he saw the picture of me on the walker at the Covenant Marathon, I think he saw how important it was to me to get back. I’ve got to. Those are my friends. Running is my connection to everybody.”

Yau: ‘Saving hips always most desirable option’ It was a simple break and a simple solution.

When Teresa Williams fell and fractured her hip, Dr. Paul Yau saw no need for a total hip replacement.

“She didn’t have a lot of arthritis to begin with, she didn’t have a lot of hip pain beforehand,” said Dr. Yau, the orthopedic surgeon who handled Williams’ surgery at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center. “There are times where we do hip replacements, but she’s a runner – we don’t advocate a lot of folks Dr. Yau run on hip replacements.

So from the get-go, when I talked to her about her activity level and what she wanted to do after recovery, it was pretty much a no-brainer – just x her hip.”

It took only 20 to 30 minutes for Dr. Yau to repair her fractured ball joint, but Dr. Yau says it took “a lot of years and a lot of training” to

learn the surgical skill required to make a bone repair stable enough to withstand the demands of long-distance running.

“I was proud of her and I was impressed that we could get her up and moving that quick.

We have invested a lot of energy and resources building a comprehensive service line for hip fracture care,” said Dr. Yau, who is chair of FSRMC’s orthopedic department. “We’re trying to be less invasive with surgery; we’re trying to be less stressful with anesthesia, doing surgery in such a way that people can put full weight on the hip right away. I guess it’s the culmination of all the efforts we’ve put into this program, and it’s paid off.”

While some cases leave no other option than total hip replacement, the inter-disciplinary team of physicians, nurses, anesthesiologists, radiologists, and others at FSRMC seek to “save hips” whenever possible, particularly when the patients are younger and still active.

“When we see younger, more athletic individuals, we try to save hips,” said Dr. Yau. “Certainly, there are options to replace hips when they break but sometimes you can save them

in younger individuals, particularly those who want to run. Saving the hips actually allows them to do more and allows them to return to a higher level of function. Saving hips is always the most desirable option because as good as implants are, nothing is as good as what God gave you.”

While hip fractures are most common in the elderly, Dr. Yau says there’s evidence that they are increasing among those in the their 50s and early 60s, largely because of osteoporosis due to diet or genetics. “I’ve had some patients in their early 40s with fractures,” he added. “Some people are just more active. These are young active people trying to do different activities and they break their hips.”

At the same time, Dr. Yau says, being physically t and active should help reduce the risk of fracture. “The more people are active with things like weight-bearing exercise, getting out in the sun (a natural source of Vitamin D), having a good diet – all of this is very helpful for preventing hip fractures,” he said.

Also useful in reducing the risk of hip fracture, said Dr. Yau, is to develop one’s proprio-

ception, or ability to sense the body’s position, motion, and equilibrium. “It can help develop the coordination and placement of the foot when you are trying to be active and putting it in good positions as opposed to at-risk positions,” he said. “These sort of activities develop skills between your brain, your nerves, your muscles and your feet – all those things are very helpful when you are trying to prevent hip fractures.”

Yet another useful tool in reducing falls, he said, is the ancient mind-body practice called Tai-Chi because of the slow, intentional motions used. “The motions where you go backwards are particularly helpful because you can’t see where you are going – you rely on sensation through the foot, through the knee and through the hip and putting those in good positions and developing the ne motor skills that control your leg position, the strength, the coordination of that leg as your move, both forward, backward, sideways and all those different directions. All those things have been shown to reduce the incidence of falls and if you don’t fall, it’s kind of hard to break your hip.”

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