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Betty Coleman is a wellknown instructor in tai chi and a retired professor from the University of Tennessee.

Yet writer Carol Shane was able to discover so much more about Betty and her husband, the late Larry Coleman. Read Shane’s story in “My Life.”

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GOP candidates to debate District 14 state legislative candidates Karen Carson and Jason Zachary will debate Thursday, Aug. 6, 7-8 p.m. at the Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive, Farragut. The debate was organized by the West Knox Republican Club. Alexander Waters is president.

Early voting ends Friday, Aug. 7. The election is Wednesday, Aug. 12.

Sales tax holiday Tennessee’s annual Sales Tax Holiday is Friday-Sunday, Aug. 7-9. During the holiday, shoppers can save nearly 10 percent on clothing, school and art supplies and computer purchases.

Shoppers will not pay state or local sales tax on select clothing with a price of $100 or less per item, school and art supplies with a price of $100 or less per item and computers with a price of $1,500 or less.

Info: www.tn.gov/revenue/ article/sales-tax-holiday or 1-800-342-1003.

Back to School Parents and kids are invited to Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett’s Back to School Bash 3-6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 10, at Knoxville Expo Center, 5441 Clinton Highway.

The free event is an opportunity for students to get free school supplies and health screenings and to enjoy activities, special programs, vendors and more.

Shoney’s will host a free KidCare Photo ID.

Sharps Ridge A group of veterans who want to upgrade Sharps Ridge Park will meet at 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 6, in the banquet room at the Golden Corral Restaurant on Clinton Hwy.

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at Sequoyah Elementary School She loved working with middle-school students, she says.

But she chose to follow her boss, Oak Ridge assistant superintendent Ken Green, and became a data analyst for Battelle for Kids through a grant from the Tennessee Department of Education.

The job allowed her to use her head for numbers to help Upper East Tennessee school systems better use data.

“A lot of schools don’t have the level of support that we have from our central office,” she explains.

Kirk was later promoted to executive director for First TN CORE. She enjoyed the work, but the job required a daily commute Sequoyah Elementary School principal Julia Kirk helps fifth-grade teacher Katie McElroy set up her new classroom. to Johnson City. After she had Photo by Wendy Smith her second baby, she wanted to be closer to home. she hopes to put down roots. The Her first teaching job was at After she met with SuperintenBy Wendy Smith Julia Kirk has helped East Ten- school is already operating on Carter High School. She was then dent Jim McIntyre, she became nessee counties better utilize data a high level, so she doesn’t plan hired to teach technology at Jeffer- director of program management and rolled out an intervention plan major changes. The teachers are son Middle School in Oak Ridge. for Knox County Schools. She was From there, she was recruited put in charge of rolling out an infor struggling students in 50 Knox happy about that, she says.

She grew up in Franklin, Tenn., to work at Robertsville Middle tervention program for students County elementary schools. After working primarily with school ad- and wanted to be an education School and its two elementary who are struggling in the classministrators and teachers, she’s major at the University of Tennes- feeders to show teachers how to room to 50 elementary schools.

While the Knox County job ready to devote her career to what see. An advisor nudged her toward use technology in the classroom. accounting, but after her first job After a Robertsville administra- shortened her commute, she still she loves most − children.

“I told Dr. McIntyre that I want at a public accounting firm, she tor left, Kirk became an assistant primarily worked with principals. knew she’d made a mistake. She principal. By that time, she had She knew she was serving chilto get back to school,” she says.

Kirk is the new principal at went on to get a master’s degree begun a doctorate in educational To page A-3 Sequoyah Elementary, where in business education from MTSU. psychology and research at UT.

City to cut trees on greenway One might call it Madeline’s revenge. The city is cutting the ash trees at Victor Ashe Park and greenway. Here’s the press release: The greenway connecting Victor Ashe Park and Northwest Middle Kasey Krouse School will be closed during the day this week as crews cut down 22 diseased ash trees.

The greenway is expected to reopen by Thursday, Aug. 6. The gre-

enway also will be open evenings, when crews aren’t working in the area.

The ash trees are victims of the emerald ash borer, an exotic pest that’s decimating tens of thousands of trees nationally and has spread its way to East Tennessee.

The insects reached Knoxville about four years ago.

The invasive species hosts itself inside trees and plants its eggs inside the bark. In late spring or early summer, adult bugs will emerge from the bark and begin to feed on the tree. Meanwhile, the larva begins to feed on the cambium, the

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Kasey Krouse, the city’s urban forester, recommends that homeowners who suspect their ash trees are diseased contact local arborists for further assistance, since there are many dynamics to consider before treating it with the appropriate chemical.

“If you have an ash tree, you may not see the symptoms of the disease, but it is important to get the tree treated promptly if you are serious about saving it,” Krouse advises.

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By Betty Bean There was a big turnout on Cherry Street for the ceremonial dedication Friday of the Avon W. Rollins Sr. Overpass, which has renamed the span of I-40 that crosses Cherry Street.

The Knoxville Police Department blocked off a lane of Cherry Street and stopped traffic coming off the I-40 exit ramp to allow pedestrian access to the dedication site. The multiracial crowd included dignitaries and private citizens of all ages. It grew steadily as the 10 a.m. dedication approached.

The event and the naming ceremony were sponsored by state Sen. Becky Massey and state Rep. Joe Armstrong, both of whom have close historical connections to Rollins and the cause of his life – civil rights.

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Mayor Madeline Rogero and others will celebrate the opening.

The park is named in honor of Phil and Don Everly, who lived in Knoxville in the early 1950s while attending West High School. Parking for the event is available at Earth Fare and the back lot of Western Plaza.

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the big downtown theaters or eat at downtown restaurants or lunch counters. If they needed in-patient medical treatment, they could get it only at UT Hospital.

Rollins was one of a group of young African-Americans who worked to change all that. He was arrested dozens of times and found himself working closely with Massey’s father, Mayor John J. Duncan Sr., who wanted to bring about peaceful change.

A few years later, after Duncan had gone to serve in Congress, he got letters from Cas Walker, who didn’t appreciate Rollins picketing one of his stores and urged Duncan to use his influence to get Rollins fired from his job at TVA. Armstrong, who represents most of East Knoxville in the General Assembly, also represents the generation that has been able to walk through doors opened by the movement to which Rollins has dedicated his life.

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Kentucky family seeks out proton therapy in Knoxville Pediatric cancer patient travels for treatment at Provision

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s with all of her children, it was when Linda Ferrell saw the first image of her tiny daughter that it felt like she was really hers.

That initial connection came not through a sonogram but a photograph of her fourth child, Emma, who made her entrance into the family from China a few months later.

“The picture is what’s pretty amazing,” says Linda Ferrell. “It was love at first sight.”

Fifteen-month-old Emma joined a seven-year-old sister, also from China, plus two older brothers, Linda and husband David’s biological children, to complete the family. And life was good as Emma excelled in school, played softball, grew up.

Then in the spring of 2014 she got sick. There were headaches. She lost her voice. She lost 10 percent of her body weight. Her pediatrician kept insisting it was a virus.

“That went on almost a month,” Linda says.

When Emma was finally admitted to the hospital, an MRI showed a brain tumor encasing her entire left ventricle and making its way toward the right.

“You immediately think of the future — a future possibly without her,” Linda says. “But that is so brief.

We’re a family that wants to find solutions, and we’re not going to waste our time crying. We’re going to find out how to help her. She didn’t deserve anything less than that.”

Emma’s doctors didn’t mention proton therapy, but Linda did her research online and discovered it as a treatment option particularly ideal for pediatric patients. Unlike conventional radiation, protons deposit their energy directly at a tumor target, sparing much of the surrounding, healthy tissue — especially important for a growing, developing brain.

Originally planning to travel to Seattle from Kentucky, she called Provision Proton Therapy Center and spoke with Dr. Matt Ladra about Emma’s tumor, which she describes as “relatively rare and very aggressive.”

“One of the biggest reasons we chose Provision is that Dr. Ladra

Emma with her sister Sarah.

Eleven-year-old Emma Ferrell is looking forward to getting back to her life after receiving chemotherapy, surgery and proton therapy treatments. Photos by Andrew Tessier really did his due diligence,” Ferrell says. “He spent a lot of time talking to experts who knew about Emma’s cancer.” He concluded she was a candidate for proton therapy.

First, there was surgery — which removed a “good portion” of the tumor. Six rounds of chemotherapy, followed with a subsequent highdose round in an attempt to further reduce the cancer cells remaining in her body. Then there was a stem cell transplant to boost recovery of her white blood cells.

After this physical onslaught, including months spent in and out of the hospital, Emma and her Mom made the five-hour journey to Knoxville where they stayed for seven weeks of proton therapy treatment at Provision Proton Therapy Center. Treatment at Provision provided welcome relief. Emma responded well to proton therapy, experienced only minor fatigue and retained a good appetite most of the time, gaining weight she had lost during chemo.

“It was pretty wonderful,” Linda says. “Emma’s been through quite a bit over the last year. With the treatment at Provision, it was pretty easy.

I’m a huge advocate for proton therapy.”

The Hospitality Department at Provision helped the Ferrells arrange their travel plans, suggested activities around town such as the Knoxville Zoo, and was there for them every step of the way during their stay in Knoxville.

“The guidance that we received from everyone at Provision made the

hardship of being away from home a little bit easier,” said Linda.

The road to recovery is not over yet. Emma still struggles with her appetite. This year she goes back to school, a process Linda knows will be challenging as she battles the lingering effects of chemo and a year practically lost because of her illness. But she has endured amazingly so far.

“She’s stoic, she’s stubborn, and that’s really what got her through it,” Linda says. Unselfconscious over her scar and hair loss, through the surgery, chemo and physical challenges, ‘she never shed a tear,’ she says.

The experience has brought the family closer, especially Emma and her older sister, Sarah, now 19 and a

Emma Ferrell feeds Jumbe the giraffe at the Knoxville Zoo. junior pre-med student. Since Emma got sick, Linda says, Sarah has decided to specialize in pediatric cancer.

With a diagnosis like Emma’s, “your whole life changes,” says Linda. “It doesn’t end once you’re treated. We don’t know what the future’s going to bring.

“But we’re so thankful to have her.”

Photo by Jack Parker

Emma Ferrell and her family are such advocates of proton therapy that they agreed for Emma to appear in a television commercial and print ad on behalf of Provision Proton Therapy Center. The ads will run in the East Tennessee area with the goal to increase awareness about proton therapy being available right here in Knoxville. A website featuring Emma and other local proton therapy patients was just launched. Visit ProtonStories.com to read about their proton therapy experience.

Provision center perfect destination for doctor and his young patients

When Matt Ladra learned of the opportunity to practice radiation oncology at Provision Healthcare in Knoxville, Tenn., he was a bit skeptical.

“I had been thinking about California,” his home state, Ladra said. But the avid outdoorsman, who’d never visited East Tennessee, didn’t realize how well it would suit him — both personally and professionally.

“Provision is a pretty unique model for proton centers,” says Ladra, who came from a Pediatric Proton fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School. His experience also includes a master’s degree in public health and a research fellowship with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital at a project in Rabat, Morocco. In 2005 he received the Arnold P. Gold Humanism in Medicine Award at Tulane School of Medicine for students who embody ideas and attitudes lending to humanism in medicine.

Provision’s innovative approach to cancer care appealed

Dr. Matt Ladra, director of pediatric services and Provision Proton Therapy Center, and Jennifer Holt, RN, with pediatric cancer patient Emma Ferrell. Emma traveled to Knoxville from Kentucky and in order to receive proton therapy. Photo by Jack Parker to Ladra, whose experience includes a number of articles in peer-reviewed medical journals, particularly focusing on pediatric cancers.

Proton therapy is recognized as a uniquely ideal alternative to conventional radiation for pediatric cancer, in which the goal is to spare

as much of the child’s growing, developing body as possible from damage caused by the treatment. Protons, unlike x-rays, can be specifically targeted to a tumor, resulting in no exit dose of radiation to the patient and a reduction of the impact on healthy surrounding tissues and organs.

Ladra works with a patient’s primary care physician and pertinent specialists to obtain records and learn about the case. Then he takes time with each patient and his or her family to determine the best route of treatment. Ladra was the leading radiation oncologist in the care of Ehkam Dhanjal, a pediatric patient who traveled from England to Knoxville for proton therapy treatment of his brain tumor.

In Dhanjal’s case, the consultation was done via Skype to limit the amount of travel time required for his family.

“We walked around the center with the computer so they could see everything,” Ladra says.

For pediatric patients in particular, Provision works closely with partner health care providers to ensure that all of their needs are met.

Pediatric endocrinologists, medical oncologists, nephrologists and anesthesiologists are among those who become involved in children’s care.

“There’s a much more multi-disciplined approach with pediatric cases,” he says.

Depending on the rarity of the cancer, he will consult with experts across the country to determine the best course of treatment for a particular patient.

And, as it turned out, Ladra found Tennessee a pretty nice place to live, too. He enjoys weekends hiking and flyfishing in the nearby Smoky Mountains, as well as the lifestyle of Knoxville’s vibrant downtown.

He says patients appreciate Knoxville as an ideal place to come for treatment. For outof-towners, it is easy to navigate and offers many options for recreation and relaxation when patients aren’t in treatment. When they are, he says, the ambience and friendliness of a smaller health care campus helps patients and their families feel at home.

“Everyone makes them feel like they’re part of our family,” he says. “You can’t beat that.”

For more information, visit Provision online at www.provisionproton.com or call 1-855-566-1600

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Scouts and volunteers listen to the safety lesson as they prepare to work on the Bearden Middle School outdoor classroom.

Into the woods

Joshua Christodoulou, Robert Mann and Grant Stewart, all from Boy Scout Troop 146, get ready to work on the Bearden Middle School outdoor classroom. Photos by Sherri Gardner Howell

Scouts start cleanup of Bearden outdoor classroom

By Sherri Gardner Howell When the Boy Scouts of Troop 146 headed into the woods Saturday, they were outfitted with rakes, hedge clippers, shovels and wheelbarrows instead of tents and backpacks.

And bug spray. Lots of bug spray.

Troop 146, based at Middlebrook Pike United Methodist Church, were in com-

munity service instead of camping mode. Both areas get a lot of attention from the troop of approximately 38 scouts, ages 11 to 18.

“We do about 10 to 12 community service projects a year,” explains Scoutmaster Les Beaver. “We love the camping and the fun things, but we teach these young men the importance of giving back to the community

■ Bearden Elementary: “Play Dates,” Thursday, Aug. 6, on the playground. Kindergarten, 10-11 a.m.; first grade, 11 a.m.-noon. Info: 909-9000.

■ Blue Grass Elementary: “Meet and Greet,” 5-6:30 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 7. Info: 539-7864.

■ Cedar Bluff Elementary: “Open House,” Thursday, Aug. 6. Grades K, second and fourth – 5-6 p.m.; first, third and fifth – 6-7 p.m. Info: 539-7721.

KNOX YOUTH SPORTS NOTES ■ Northshore Elementary: “Meet the Teacher.” Grades third-fifth, 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Aug. 5; grades Ksecond, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 6. Info: 670-4104.

■ Boys lacrosse registration open for ages 8-14. Games played Tuesday evenings at Lakeshore Park. Fee: $175.

Info/registration: Will Tullock, wtullock@gmail.com

■ Pond Gap Elementary: “Open House,” 4-6 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 6. Info: 9099040.

■ Fall baseball registration open for ages 3-12. Games Tuesdays and Thursdays at Lakeshore Park. Fees: $100$150. Info: KnoxYouthSports. com.

■ Rocky Hill Elementary: “Meet and Greet,” 4-6 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 6. Info: 5397844.

■ West Hills Elementary: “Meet Your Teacher,” 3:305:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug 6.

Info: 539-7850.

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

■ Historic Sutherland Heights Neighborhood Association.

Info: Marlene Taylor, 951-3773, taylor8246@bellsouth.net.

■ Lyons View Community Club meets 6 p.m.

each second Monday, Lyons View Community Center, 114 Sprankle Ave. Info: Mary Brewster, 454-2390.

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

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■ Fall softball registration open for ages 7-12. Games played Tuesdays and Thursdays at Lakeshore Park. Fees: $125. Info: KnoxYouthSports. com.

■ Flag football registration open for boys and girls age 4-12. Games played Sunday afternoons on Anderson Field and River Field at Lakeshore Park. Fees: $175. Info/registration: knoxyouthsports.com.

■ Girls lacrosse registration open for K-4 grade. Games played at Lakeshore Park. Fee:

$125. Info/registration: Peter, Ahrenspm@gmail.com, or chrisarline@yahoo.com.

Boy Scout Christopher Brown will be attending Bearden Middle School this year.

■ Girls middle school lacrosse registration open for fiftheighth grade. Games played at Lakeshore Park. Fee: $175.

Info/registration: Peter, Ahrenspm@gmail.com, or Chris, chrisarline@yahoo.com; KnoxYouthSports.com.

At the entrance to the trail leading to the outdoor classroom is Joe Johnston.

Kirk gets her wish dren, but what she really wanted was to be close to them.

As principal of Sequoyah Elementary, she’s finally gotten her wish.

“I’m ready to start. I can’t wait to see their faces,” she says.

She’s been in and out of the office for the past couple of months and already feels

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“It’s a great, wholesome community and school.”

While she’s never worked in an elementary school before, she’s not worried about a learning curve. After all, she’s got two young daughters at home.

“It’s where I am in my life right now.”

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to start clearing out the trail and doing work around the benches,” says Beaver. “The area is not being used by the school right now, so we want to get started restoring it.”

A safety lesson started the morning, which attracted approximately 40 workers, including about 25 scouts. The group worked from 8:30 a.m. until about 3 p.m.

Troop 146 Scoutmaster Les Beaver rallies the workers.

SCHOOL NOTES ■ A.L. Lotts Elementary: “Open School,” 3:30-5:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 6. Info: 539-8632.

as well.”

The “woods” on Saturday was at Bearden Middle School, which is or was home to many of the scouts.

They were there to start the process of cleaning up the outdoor classroom. The classroom, located about 40 yards into a wooded area behind the school, has a trail and benches but is overgrown. “We are going

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Oops, there is a game before Oklahoma

Have you heard the wonderful news? GameDay may be coming to Knoxville for the Oklahoma game. The whole world will be watching.

Big chance for Butch to establish big-game credibility.

Neyland Stadium will be filled to overflowing. Joshua Dobbs can take his first real step toward the Heisman Trophy – unless Jalen or Alvin jumps in front of him.

You know how young people are these days: full-blast ahead, not much time devoted to respect for elders.

Oklahoma at Tennessee will bring back football as it used to be in Big Orange County – big buildup, peak enthusiasm, not much sleep on Friday night, excitement you can really feel. Tailgate parties will be standingroom only. Tickets will be prized possessions.

“I think the Oklahoma weekend is going to be off the charts,” said Dave Hart.

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Go Vols! Sic ’em, Smokey!

Do what? You say there is a game before Oklahoma?

Oh my, I and thousands of others have completely overlooked Bowling Green State University, Titans’ stadium, Nashville, 4 o’clock on Sept. 5.

Sure enough, there it is on my magnetic UT schedule.

The legendary Robert R. Neyland once lectured at length about getting the cart in front of the horse, about overlooking a minor foe while focusing on an upcoming major. Take nothing for granted, said the General. Fear Chattanooga – and even Vanderbilt.

Bowling Green is probably better than Vandy.

Last season the Falcons had eight wins, including the Camellia Bowl. I don’t know where it was or who they beat. Don’t expect me to know everything.

I do know Bowling Green has 15 returning regulars, including two starting quarterbacks. I know the team gave up more points than it scored in 2014 but did not let that disparity cause an inferiority complex.

The coach, Dino Babers, is in the second season of teaching the Houston offense, as taught by Art Briles. That means wideopen hurry and throw the ball around.

I know something else: Former Notre Dame safety Eilar Hardy will play his one remaining year of college eligibility at Bowling Green.

Defensive lineman Malik Brown, transfer from Ten-

nessee, had two sacks in the first quarter of the Bowling Green spring game. You do remember Malik? He was a high-school teammate of Curt Maggitt in West Palm Beach.

Come to think of it, I know some other things you may not know: Senior kicker Tyler Tate is on the Lou Groza Trophy watch list. Center Tim McAuliffe is on the Rimington Trophy watch list. Tennessee is not represented.

Bowling Green wide receiver Tim Tupa is the son of Tom Tupa, former Ohio State star and NFL punter and spare QB for seven different teams.

Bowling Green provided Urban Meyer his first headcoaching job, initial step up the stairs to Utah, Florida and Ohio State.

Dave Clawson, former Tennessee offensive coordinator who put the finishing

touches on Phillip Fulmer’s career, used the Falcons as a springboard to the Wake Forest job.

Perry Stadium at Bowling Green seats 23,724. It is possible to purchase a season ticket for five home games for $40. That’s $40

total, not per game. Bowling Green is a different world.

That is no excuse for any of us looking ahead to Oklahoma and risking an absolutely awful upset. Pass the word: first things first.

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

GOSSIP AND LIES ■ Dennis Francis got the best line of the Sunday talk shows when he quoted the late Leona Helmsley commenting on Donald Trump: “I wouldn’t believe him if his tongue was notarized.”

■ Cecil the Lion was killed in Zimbabwe after being lured outside his game preserve by a Mitt Romney-donor dentist from Minnesota.

■ Meanwhile, Dr. Walter Palmer shuttered his practice after protesters appeared.

His comment: If I offended anyone, I’m sorry.

■ Foster Arnett returned from vacation and held a press conference about his ugly Facebook posts. His comment: “If I offended anyone, I’m sorry.”

■ Reports that Arnett was hunting lions with Palmer in Zimbabwe were exaggerated.

■ Kim Bumpas and the board of Visit Knoxville have killed Boomsday – the signature attraction that draws the most visitors to Knoxville. But if they’ve offended anyone (other than the 400,000 visitors), they’re sorry.

Love affair with Knoxville runs in the family She stops short of saying that she’s following in her father’s footsteps, but Janet Testerman, who plans to kick off her campaign for the Knox County Commission seat from District 4 in September, says former Knoxville Mayor Kyle Testerman’s legacy resonates more as she gets older.

“One person’s abilities and actions can make a difference,” she says.

He had a love affair with the city, and she does, too.

But she had to get out of Tennessee for a few years before she could settle down in her hometown. After graduating from Webb School of Knoxville, she attended Southern Methodist

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University, where she studied communications. She left Dallas to take a job with Ernst & Young in Los Angeles.

She moved briefly to Atlanta before deciding to attend law school at UT. But she took a summer job in catering the summer before classes began and “bagged law school.” She worked for Childhelp Tennessee before turning to

catering full-time.

The current director of Childhelp Tennessee, Hugh Nystrom, is also a candidate for the seat, along with incumbent Jeff Ownby. All are Republicans.

Testerman owned her own catering business, Testerman Cooperative Catering, for eight years. She later launched “skirt!” magazine and served as editor for “Knoxville” magazine. She is currently manager of corporate communications at Scripps Networks Interactive.

She believes that owning her own company taught her to manage people and money, and her experience in the creative sector helps

her see the big picture.

Knox County needs to focus on the big picture, she says.

She doesn’t have a problem with Ownby, but she says she wants to bring integTesterman rity back to the district and represent business owners.

The county has a rich history and a vibrant future, and its government needs to get creative with efforts to broaden its tax base, she says.

Responsible development is a big issue. Her fam-

ily’s background in development and her interest in historic preservation allow her to be objective.

The 4th District is just one piece of the picture, and she’s excited about the opportunity to work collaboratively, she says.

Testerman was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2010 and went public in order to support other cancer patients.

“That which doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. But I never let it define me. I created an amazing network,” she says.

Her network has also been expanded by time spent on numerous local boards, including Dog-

wood Arts, Young-Williams Animal Center, Leadership Knoxville, Appalachian Ballet and Champions for a Cause.

Her family has always been supportive, she says.

She’s married to Joey Creswell and has two young stepdaughters. She and her two siblings grew up with politics, so they’ve encouraged her, too.

“We’re all cut from the same cloth.”

Even with all of that support, she doesn’t take running for office lightly. She’s spent six years thinking about it.

“I’ve been waiting for the right time and seat, and this feels right.”

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Sequoyah School, again a rewards school

By Ruth White Gov. Bill Haslam visited Carter Middle School on Monday to announce (and celebrate) that Knox County Schools is one of 12 of the state’s 144 districts to be named “exemplary” based on academic testing.

Specific schools honored were Carter Middle, Carter High, Copper Ridge, Farragut High, Gap Creek and Sequoyah.

School board chair Mike McMillan said the recognition was a testimony to the hard work of teachers.

“Our teachers are willing to go above and beyond what is required. Even when expectations and standards were raised, the teachers kept the focus on providing excellent education.”

Tennessee Commissioner of Education Candice McQueen said, “Knox County is a model for others to follow. Your students gained more than anticipated and it wasn’t possible without the hard work of the teachers.”

Haslam said the award was based on both growth and achievement in Knox County Schools. “Great results don’t just happen.”

In statewide results released earlier, the 2015 district-level TCAP results showed strong gains in high school and overwhelming gains in grades 3-8 math.

A majority of students

Wade resignation leaves questions The resignation of Justice Gary Wade from the Tennessee Supreme Court effective Sept. 8 is unexpected and disappointing to many of his supporters and donors who counted on him serving most if not all of the eightyear term he worked so vigorously to win. It raises many questions that are largely unanswered.

Mary Headrick prepares for Bernie Sanders’ live stream at the North Knox rally.

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Gov. Bill Haslam talks with school board member Karen Carson at Carter Middle School on Aug. 3. Knox County Schools was named an “exemplary district.” Photo by Ruth White in nearly 100 districts were proficient in math, compared to 2011 when the majority of students were proficient in math in only 24 districts.

Districts showed significant gains, specifically in grades 3-8 math with 121 districts out of 144 improving.

For the first time since the test was given in 2011, the majority of students were proficient or advanced in algebra II in more than 65 percent of districts.

Knox County showed the highest gains in high school algebra I , 4.4 percent, and math in grades 3-8, 3.5 percent. Knox showed negative growth in two areas: reading, grades 3-8, -0.1 percent; and biology I, -0.2 percent.

Growth in grades 3-8 English language arts declined across school districts.

Inexplicably, Knox students scored highest in number of advanced or proficient in high school English I (76.8 percent);

and lowest in number of advanced or proficient in high school English III (45.3 percent).

Black, Hispanic and Native American students narrowed gaps in both math and English language arts in the majority of districts.

Economically disadvantaged students also narrowed gaps with their peers in high school, making gains in English II in 65 percent of districts and making gains in algebra II in 77 percent of districts.

‘Feeling the Bern’ for Sanders Knoxville was Feeling the Bern last Wednesday as two standing-room-only groups on opposite ends of town participated in what is being billed as the biggest grassroots political organizing event ever. More than 100,000 people nationwide RSVPed to Bernie Sanders’ invitation to come hear his live-streamed stump speech, and the Knoxville groups attracted far more than 200.

Sanders is a two-term U.S. Senator from Vermont seeking the Democratic nomination for president.

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Betty Bean Nobody seemed to mind that their guy is 73, a socialist and looks a lot like the old guy in “Back to the Future.”

He’s caught a wave, and his support is surging.

On the north end of town, Mary Headrick booked a room at the Days Inn, sent out announcements and said she’d had to keep upgrading the venue because the response she got was so enthusiastic.

“I had to increase the capacity from 50 to 100,” she said. “This meeting is for Sanders supporters and for folks who just want more information.”

The live stream was scheduled for 7:30 p.m., and by 7:10, the room was almost full. Headrick, a newly retired physician from Maynardville (she officially retired last November but said she’s having second thoughts about that decision because she misses her patients so much) and former congressional candidate, was asked why she’s not on board for Hillary Clinton. She said

she hasn’t made a firm decision about whom to support in the Democratic primary.

She doesn’t believe Clinton has gotten enough credit for blazing the trail that led to the Affordable Care Act, but she wants to hear particulars.

“I want to see Hillary fill in the blanks. I want to know more about her position on the Trans Pacific Trade Partnership – NAFTA really gave away our manufacturing jobs – and I’m hoping to hear a more progressive populist message from Secretary Clinton. I’m not happy about our rigged capitalist system.”

While Headrick worked on the computer, a woman named Anna from Sweetwater who said she’d been attending Bernie Sanders meetings in Chattanooga, took command of the room and reminded the growing audience that the Veterans of Foreign Wars had given their guy its Legislator of the Year award and said they should plan to participate in something called Chalk the Block for Bernie on Aug. 8. And then she said something that is echoing through all the Sanders organizations: “Nobody’s in charge here.”

Meanwhile in the Old City, Andrew Wynn, U.S. Air Force veteran, University of Tennessee graduate student and organizer of the Sanders party at Barley’s, said he counted 25 additional people after the supply of 100 name tags had been given out. He said the Sanders campaign will be different than anything anybody’s ever seen. He repeated something the candidate says: “The people are taking ownership … there is no centralized leader.”

“For me, what that means is each different town, city or state is responsible for doing its own organizing. That can be troubling for someone who wants to run for president in a traditional sense.”

When asked how well a socialist can be expected to do in conservative Tennessee, Wynn predicted that his man will do very well, indeed.

“This movement is growing because Bernie Sanders is unique and has a long, impeccable record. I think that when Bernie makes it to Tennessee, we’ll have a very large crowd show up for him. People will take notice as he becomes less of an outlier.”

Wade is a popular figure in East Tennessee who waged a hard-fought statewide campaign (raising over $1 million) last summer to win another term on the court. He quits after serving one-eighth of the eight years to become the dean of Lincoln Memorial University Law School here in Knoxville. Why? One of his reasons for quitting the court was to slow down and have more free time. But his new job will be more demanding than the one he leaves as he will have to raise money for the school while working diligently to maintain its accrediting standards.

He also will have considerable administrative duties.

LMU has had a search committee for a new dean over the past few months. As the new dean, Gary Wade can certainly do well for them.

Sources in Sevier County had heard rumors of his retirement months ago but did not take them seriously.

This writer heard them, too, but could not verify them. Wade was reported to have said serving on the court now was not as much fun as it used to be.

Wade also has said when the court was challenged

by Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey he would not retire and leave under pressure. Now he is leaving on his own terms.

Perhaps that is the real reason. Who knows?

However, no one knows whom Gov. Haslam may appoint to replace Wade (that will be a subject of a future

column). We do know the Wade vacancy will last five to six months. The court will have only four justices on Sept. 9. The court also meets then to hear cases.

Had Wade opted to remain on the court to the convening of the General Assembly on Jan. 13, 2016, that lengthy vacancy could have been avoided.

A recent state constitutional amendment provides that the General Assembly must confirm the governor’s choice. He cannot appoint a member of the General Assembly. However, the General Assembly failed in the last session to agree on a procedure for both houses to confirm an appointee.

The amendment also provides that if an appointee is not approved or rejected within 60 days of being nominated to the General Assembly then he/she will be considered confirmed. In other words, no legislative action means confirmation. March 13, 2016, may be the earliest a nominee can be seated to perform his or her duties.

Wade should have waited at least until 2016 to resign to prevent such a long vacancy on the court that he once led as chief justice.

What was the rush to depart four weeks from now?

Wade is an able and popular figure who will be an asset to LMU’s Duncan School of Law. But it seems clear he had been planning to serve only a brief period on the court.

■ Gov. Bill and Crissy Haslam will headline the opening of the new Visitors Center at the Knoxville Botanical Gardens at 1 p.m. Friday, Aug. 14, at 2743 Wimpole Ave. in East Knoxville. The public is invited. Mayors Burchett and Rogero will participate, too.

The gardens, which are the former Howell Nursery, are a significant part of the floral landscape of Knoxville.

■ The public is also invited to the Karen CarsonJason Zachary debate at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 6, at Farragut Town Hall. This is their only debate before the GOP primary. Early voting ends the next day, Aug. 7.

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Smithwood Baptist prepares for 170th anniversary John Smith (1795-1883), W.A.A. Conner (1823-1905), Squire Henry T. Seymour (1877-1968) and Dr. Roy T. Wallace (1918-2007) would be so proud that their dreams for their congregation came true and Smithwood Baptist Church is both alive and well for its 170th anniversary celebration at 10:45 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 9, in a special worship service.

The church was founded on Aug. 11, 1845, originally known as Adair’s Creek Baptist Church. A small group of dedicated Christians assembled on that date, and their meaningful commitment was entered in the church minutes: On the day above mentioned, and our beloved brethren and others, John Smith, Maria Smith, Martha L. Smith, Charles W. Karnes, Nancy E. Karnes, Israel O. Smith, Lucy Smith, Elizabeth Copeland, Rebecca Copeland, and John Moody associated themselves together as a church according to the terms of the foregoing articles of Faith and Covenant and were by us recognized as a denomination, and may the God of love and peace ever be with them.

The land on which the church rests was a part of John Adair’s original 1778 640-acre Land Grant #28 from the state of North Carolina. John Smith married Adair’s granddaughter, Maria Christian, and the couple would later donate the property for construction of the church and the adjoining Smithwood School.

Services were held in a home or a school for the first two years, but a small frame church was constructed in 1847 when the membership had grown to 14. As the nation was in turmoil in the

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years just before the Civil War, the church voted to suspend services in 1860.

Services resumed in 1865 with the end of the war and, over the next 15 years, membership grew to 55.

When a vestibule and a tower were added in 1892, the members voted to rename the church Smithwood Baptist Church.

Under the ministry of the Rev. J.E. Wickham, the church purchased its first parsonage on Rennoc Road in 1913. Construction of a new auditorium was begun two years later, and the first worship service was held there on April 9, 1916.

The beloved Rev. W.E. Wauford served the church from 1929 to 1936 and, as an act of faith even in the midst of the Great Depression, the sanctuary was extended, a foyer added and the basement was finished to afford added Sunday school space.

Many Fountain Citians received their first instruction in piano from the Rev. Wauford’s daughter, Dale Wauford Ogg, who would serve as accompanist for the church choir for 50 years.

It was during the ministry of the Rev. R.W. Prevost (1938-1941) that the choir loft and the baptistry were added. With the increase in membership, the mission program was also expanded and the congregation gave a Biblical tithe toward the Cooperative Mission Program.

The Rev. Dr. Ralph L. Murray came to the church in 1948. Soon the Greenway

Smithwood Baptist Church, established on land granted by John and Maria C. Smith in 1845, celebrates its 170th anniversary on Sunday, Aug. 9. Photos

by Fred Cannon

Mission Church was established along with an extensive remodeling of the sanctuary. With an expansion of programs for the youth of the church, Sunday school attendance grew to average over 450, there were 200 active in Training Union and the library grew to more than 1,500 volumes. The Cradle Roll, the Sunbeams, the Girls Auxiliary and the Boy Scouts were all expanded. By 1953, the church

membership was growing and more space was needed.

The dedication of the Education Annex was held on Jan. 16, 1953, and Sunday school enrollment soon topped 1,200, necessitating a South Annex. which added 22,000 square feet in 1960.

When Addie Fielden memorialized her late husband, Carl R. Fielden, with the gift of an art window in 1962, her gift spurred a redesign of the sanctuary in

Christ Heals the Lame Man. This window in honor of Charlie and Opal Pratt, both esteemed in the church and as owners of Fountain City’s oldest business, is one of the six windows in the sanctuary of Smithwood Baptist Church that depict the life of Christ.

Georgian-Colonial style to match the elegant Norman Rockwellesque exterior.

New furnishings, new windows and special chandeliers enhanced the worshipful atmosphere. Also added were six beautiful stainedglass windows depicting events in the life of Christ to make the sanctuary a very worshipful place.

Arson was suspected when, on June 29, 1971, the steeple acted as a flue to draw fire from the basement and to cause an estimated $100,000 in damage.

Then-pastor the Rev. James W. Abernathy assembled a stunned congregation on the lawn and observed, “YOU are the church. We shall restore the building.”

And they did.

When the long-range planning committee presented its comprehensive “Embrace the Future” report to the congregation on July 25, 2004, it emphasized the five things a church must do to create disciples: Worship, Evangelize, Practice Discipleship, Fellowship and Provide Ministry.

John Smith may not have voiced his dreams in just those words in 1845 when he and nine other charter members founded the church. However, he would have been pleased to see those tenets in action on a recent Sunday when the congregation, including some of his descendants still in leadership positions, some in the choir, some in the library and some serving as deacons, welcomed a visitor to the church.

Smithwood Baptist Church is positioned to serve its community for another 170 years and prepared to carry the message of Christ to a world in need.

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God, the singer The Lord your God is in your midst, a warrior who gives victory; he will rejoice over you with loud singing as on a day of festival.

(Zephaniah 3: 17 NRSV)

Concentration is evident on Jude Davis’ face at Parkway Baptist Edward Kim, age 7, aims for Church Sports Camp. Photos by Nancy Anderson the goal.

Rowan Smith, age 9, is ready for the next play.

Having a ‘ball’ at Parkway Camp

By Sherri Gardner Howell Sometimes just looking for a different twist on an old favorite can give birth to success. Parkway Baptist Church, 401 S. Peters Road, recently finished a Vacation Bible School that didn’t follow any of the traditional curricula.

The church did a sports camp. “The idea actually came from our secretary,” explains J.J. Whaley, children’s minister at Parkway.

“Her son, who is a pastor up in Boston, told us about this new Christian sports camp curriculum that his church used and how much their kids loved it. We were actually looking to do something different this year, and this seem to fit the profile.”

The sports camp focused on basketball and soccer and was staffed by volunteers from the church. The camp was four nights and incorporated play and in-

struction. The coaches were all experienced coaches, some with public school coaching on their resumes.

Boys and girls, ages 5 to 12, were invited. The camp was open to church members and the community.

“We had 72 children attend,” says Whaley. “It was a great success on all fronts.”

Whaley has been children’s minister at Parkway since 2011.

My dictionary tells me that rejoice means “To gladden,” or “To feel joy or great delight.”

Isn’t it a lovely thought that sometimes God feels “joy or great delight” in His children? That God will express that delight with loud singing!

Have you ever heard God singing? Surely you have.

If you have stood by the ocean, heard the crash of the waves and the call of the gulls, you have heard God’s voice.

If you have heard a baby coo or a toddler laugh, you have heard God’s song.

If you have sung “How Great Thou Art” with all your soul, you have joined the angels in singing God’s song.

So how do we give God cause to rejoice over us with loud singing?

By loving God with heart, soul, mind and strength.

By loving our fellow humans – even the unlovable, irascible, grumpy, selfish, thought-

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less people we encounter from time to time. They are God’s children, too!

(Note: We don’t have to like them; but we are called to love them. Figure that one out! Only by the grace of God.) By forgiving those who have wronged us. (Listen to yourself carefully the next time you say the Lord’s Prayer aloud.

When we pray that prayer, we plainly ask God to forgive us to exactly the same extent that we forgive others! “Forgive us our sins (or trespasses) as we forgive those who sin (trespass) against us.”

By giving our will – our hopes, dreams, desires, fears, problems and, yes, even our plans – into God’s will for us!

Then listen to God’s song! And join in!

FAITH NOTES ■ Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church, 9132 Kingston Pike, is holding auditions for singers, orchestra players, actors, dancers and handbell ringers ages 16 and up for its KnoxCam ministry. Info: Jill Lagerberg, jilllagerberg@cspc.net; knoxcam.org; on Facebook.

■ Cedar Springs Presbyterian

Maya Brooks, age 9, celebrates a good play with a handstand.

Church, 9132 Kingston Pike, will host PubTalks, 7-9 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 14. All 20- and 30-somethings invited.

Discussion topic: Human trafficking from global, national and local perspectives. Child care for ages birth through fifth grade available by reservation: wendyrast@cspc.net or 693-

9331.

■ Fellowship Church, 8000 Middlebrook Pike, will begin 13week sessions of DivorceCare and DivorceCare 4 Kids (DC4K) for ages 5-12 on Thursday, Aug. 27. DC4K will meet 6:30-8 p.m. and DivorceCare will meet 6:30-8:30 p.m. Info/registration: care@fellowshipknox.org.

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Senior pastor Lindy Apon and children’s minister J.J. Whaley share a laugh over friendly competition.

Picnic welcomes Cantrells to Concord UMC

By Carolyn Evans Picnic organizers pulled out all the stops and 250 people turned out to officially welcome new associate pastor Wil Cantrell to Concord United Methodist Church on Sunday, July 26.

The picnic was the inspiration of Becky Bishop, food coordinator for the church, who decided the congregation needed an old-fashioned picnic to welcome the Cantrells. WestWend band played bluegrass and gospel music. Adults enjoyed corn hole, and the kids played all the old favorites including the sack race, three-legged race and tug-of-war. There was food and ice cream, and of course, lots of handshaking for Wil and his wife, Rebecca.

The Cantrells moved from Virginia with their three children: Sam, age 6; Susanna, 3; and John, just a few weeks old. Wil got in the saddle right away. He has preached one of the services on four Sunday mornings.

Concord offers two types of services simultaneously each Sunday, one traditional and one contemporary.

His first sermon was titled “Bet My Life” and described his call to the ministry.

“I bet my life on Jesus Christ,” he said, “and I have no regrets.” He says his vision for the church is to reach the deepest needs of the community with the deepest love.

Rebecca says she appreciates the warm welcome they have received. “I’ve just been so thankful with how welcoming and kind everybody at the church has

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Vivian Cooper, age 9, and Bobby Graves, 8, participate in the three-legged race during the picnic.

been,” she said. “It’s been a lot with the move and the baby, but people couldn’t be more welcoming.”

Larry Trotter served as associate pastor for 14 years and has just assumed the role of senior pastor. He says he’s thrilled to have Cantrell.

“I’ve known Wil for a while,” said Trotter. “I think he’s one of the best and brightest in the Holston Conference. There’s no one I could have picked that I would have wanted more.

He’s a great preacher, he has a heart for unchurched people, he loves Jesus, and he’s very smart. We could not possibly be happier with the appointment.”

Cantrell grew up in Fountain City and finished high school in Chattanooga. He served for six years as associate pastor at Middlebrook Pike United Methodist

Church and most recently as pastor of Lebanon Memorial United Methodist Church in Lebanon, Va. While serving at Lebanon Memorial, Cantrell led the church to increase weekly worship attendance from 155 to 260. He was a founding leader of the Recovery at Lebanon ministry and helped guide the ministry to become known throughout the Southwestern Virginia region for its substance-abuse program for the community.

He oversaw the launch of a Sunday morning contemporary service and the formation of a church praise team, the remodeling of the Fellowship Hall and the transformation of a former parsonage into a Youth and Children’s Ministry House, the acquisition of additional property and the launch of a capital campaign.

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NEWS FROM GRACE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF KNOXVILLE

Family spotlight

The Seal family: front, Adam, Elizabeth and Abigail, standing, Brian and Julie

By Danielle By Dani anielle Taylor

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leven years ago, Brian and Julie Seal were new to Knoxville, seeking a school for their children’s education. Today they are the proud parents of three Grace Christian Academy graduates currently continuing their education at the University of Tennessee.

“We were looking for a Christian private school so that our children’s education would be Christ-centered with discipline, prayer, and a Bible-based curriculum,” Julie recalls. Of the many great options in Knoxville, they found Grace Christian Academy best met their family’s needs. Julie remembers a “welcoming and loving atmosphere” from the beginning, and with that, their family was sold. “We loved knowing our kids were in a safe environment while being taught academically and led spiritually by a caring faculty,” she says.

The Seal children agree with their mother’s impression of the amazing staff.

The Seals’ middle daughter Elizabeth, who began at GCA that year in the fourth grade, looks back at her nine years at GCA saying, “What I loved about my time at GCA was the community I experienced as a result of being a student there – where the teachers and administration care about your academic standing, your spiritual walk, and your wellbeing.”

Abigail, who entered GCA in the second grade after being home schooled to that point, says, “I felt a lot of love knowing that my teachers were genuinely on my side in all areas of my

life — not only the classroom.”

The Seal children were able to enjoy many experiences typical to achieving students.

Adam was on the Scholars Bowl team for three years, Elizabeth cheered for seven years, and Abigail was on the swim team for four years and involved in the drama department for three. All three Seal children also served on the GCA Student Council. But while they developed as students and matured physically, Julie is quick to note her children’s spiritual growth. She says they “matured in their walk with the Lord and developed their own relationship with Christ.”

She cites this maturity as due to “being in an environment that allowed them to express their faith” receiving “continuous encouragement” through the weekly worship with their

Christ-filled environment.”

She praises the teachers who “doubled as spiritual mentors and were always willing to talk and guide me in the direction of Christ.”

This past May, Abigail was the final Seal child to graduate GCA. She’ll be attending the University of Tennessee as a speech pathology student, joining her sister — a nursing student, and her brother — a computer science student who’s currently applying to medical school. But even with GCA in her children’s rear view, Julie looks back at their time w a r m h e a r t e d l y.

“Our time at GCA came and went quickly but we have many happy memories from the years our children were there, growing and maturing.”

If you wish to ask the Seal family more about their experiences with GCA, they may easily be located on Friday evenings this fall. A unanimous opinion amongst the entire The Seal kids on a family vacation in Europe. family is the great memories made cheering on the Ram football team under classmates and teachers. largest contributor to her spiri- the Friday night lights. You may Elizabeth agrees, saying the tual growth was the “constant just see them in the stands.

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Intern finale!

July 28 was our last day of Shopper-News interns for the summer. While the parting was bittersweet, interns got some special treats this time around, including beauty services at Paul Mitchell School of Knoxville, pizza and laser tag at LaserQuest, a tour of

Rural/Metro Station 41, and a chance to try out Tennova’s surgical robot.

If you know an 8th grader who would be interested in becoming a Shopper-News intern, email Sara Barrett at sara.barrett@shoppernews now.com.

Interns Anne Marie Higginbotham and Maggie Williams get ready to play laser tag.

Photo by R. White

Maddie Murphy gets her hair curled by Paul Mitchell student La’Jai Kee and Anne Marie Higginbotham tries out a new style, thanks to student Kelsie Carlton. Photo by R. White Betty Mengesha enjoys the opportunity to sit in the cab of the Rural Metro fire engine at the Farragut station. Photo

by Amanda McDonald

Interns get Paul Mitchell experience

By Shannon Carey

Everyone the ShopperNews interns met at Paul Mitchell School of Knoxville was friendly, upbeat stressful. and stylish. But the diverse

By Shannon Carey “A boring day for us is crowd had something else in One minute.

When a call comes in, a good day for everybody common: they all love going that’s all the time emergency else,” said Yager. “When to school.

Our interns were treated responders at Rural/Metro’s you go out there, you’re reStation 41 have to stop what sponding to the worst day of to an exclusive tour of the school, an overview of the they’re doing, grab their gear somebody’s life.”

Station 41 responded to program and a chance to and get on the road. In fact, Shopper-News interns got the recent train derailment experience the services a demonstration when an in Maryville. Yager said it offered by students. No emergency call came in at turned into a four-day call. apologies to parents necBut for him, the most stress- essary, wild haircuts and the end of our tour.

Lieutenant Lee Yager ful time was right after the colors didn’t happen. But gave the interns a thought 9/11 attacks. Even though the group looked stunning exercise. Imagine your Knoxville was far from when they were done.

Jessica Carothers and parents wake you up at 4 the attacks, “everyone was a.m., then give you a test on scared,” he said. “It was like Jason Turner greeted insomething you learned 10 somebody pushed the go terns at the door. Carothers said the cosmetology proyears ago. How well would button.”

But the job is rewarding, gram offered at Paul Mitchyou do?

“When it’s a pass or fail too. Around the holidays, ell can be full-time or partwith life, it’s different,” he the station kitchen is packed time and includes study of with gifts of food from peo- anatomy, sanitation, hissaid.

Some Rural/Metro staff ple who are grateful for the tory of cosmetology, and a members live in the sta- service they or their loved myriad of skills and techniques the students will use tions. Others work 24-hour ones received.

Info: www.ruralmetro in their careers. shifts 10 days each month.

“It’s about making evThat kind of pressure can be south.com

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eryone see their uniqueness and find their own beauty,” she said.

Turner spoke about Paul Mitchell, the school’s founder, who passed away in 1999. He and his partner, John Paul DeJoria, started

the Paul Mitchell brand out of the back of a car. The Paul Mitchell dress code is black and white because DeJoria and Mitchell were so poor they couldn’t afford clothes in colors.

Now, the school is also fo-

cused on giving back to the community.

“We’re more of a culture than anything,” said Turner.

“We’re not just a school.

We’re a family.”

Info: knoxville.paul mitchell.edu

Maggie Williams (right) tries her skills at a game on the DaVinci surgical system with guidance from Allison Peek. Photo by Amanda McDonald

Robotic surgery more precise

By Charlie Hamilton The thought of robots doing surgery on a human might be scary at first, but if you do some research it might change your opinPaul Mitchell student Brian Thompson treats intern Abi Nicholson to a manicure during a recent ion. This doesn’t mean that a robot alone visit to the school. Photo by R. White will perform a surgery, but a human surgeon will be aided by a computer during surgery.

Starting in the early 1990s, NASA and the U.S. military were researching telepresdone or get our nails done. I want it done, so he offered ence surgery, which means a robotic surBy Abi Nicholson We went to Paul Mitch- don’t really like my hair be- to do my nails instead. We gery which is performed by a surgeon from ell School in Knoxville July ing touched, so I wanted my had a pretty good conver- a different location. This would help out sation.

28. We learned about Paul nails done. with injuries occurring on the battlefield or Brian was hilarious, to astronauts in space. A few surgeries hapI noticed a student Mitchell and the history of named Brian Thompson unique, fun and crazy. It pened this way, but it didn’t become regular the school.

After that we took a tour who had cool suspenders, turned out we have a lot in practice. Instead, on-site surgeons can use of the place. I loved it. We and I told him I liked them. common. After having fun computer assisted technology to perform all were excited after the Well, he noticed and talked with him I decided that surgeries the human hand cannot. tour because we were ei- to this guy that he wanted whenever I need a haircut I In 2000, the Food and Drug Administrather going to get our hair to do my hair, but I didn’t am going to go to Brian. tion approved the da Vinci Surgical System

Getting my nails done

to operate complex surgeries. Since then, around 2 million surgeries has been performed by surgeons using the da Vinci. The da Vinci is used for different types of surgeries, including prostate, lung and throat.

The statistics of the surgical robot are remarkable. The duration of the surgery and the recovery time for an average person are reduced by a big amount compared to a regular surgery. The surgery is also more precise and accurate compared to regular surgery. The da Vinci also slows down human motion during the surgery to make the motions as smooth as possible.

This machine costs around $2 million, but it is worth it in the long run. Thank you, Dr. Michel Fields and Tennova Health Systems for showing us this great advancement in the medical field. As more and more of this technology develops, health care will be more advanced in the future .

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NEWS FROM MISSION OF HOPE

Taking Hope to students in impoverished rural Appalachia

By Anne Hart

Only $10. It’s less than many of us living in urban areas spend on a week’s worth of fancy coffee. But to a child living in poverty-stricken rural Appalachia, that $10 can represent a life-changer.

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Johnnie Barry, a fulltime volunteer herself, is the volunteer coordinator for Mission of Hope. She and Executive Director Emmette Thompson have been overseeing the assembly of hygiene kits that will be given to the students. to work a miracle with that $10 donation.

They transform that small amount into a brand new backpack ďŹ lled with items that delight the heart of a child who has never owned such wonderful things.

For pre-school and kindergartners there are crayons, pencils, safety scissors and glue sticks. First through third graders receive all of that plus folders and notebook paper. And for the children in grades four through eight, there are colored pencils, regular pencils and ink pens, along with folders and notebook paper.

Each child also receives a package of hygiene products – toothpaste, a toothbrush, a bar of soap, a bottle of shampoo.

This is the 18th year for the Mission of Hope’s school backpack project. They will be given to more than 11,500 children in 27 schools tucked back in the remote mountains and hills of northeastern Tennessee and southeastern Kentucky.

These children live far from any town, and certainly a great remove from the easy shopping experience we know here – both in distance and in ďŹ nancial ability to buy such things. The large majority of them are on the federally-funded free school lunch program.

These gifts mean the world to those students, and, of course, the hope of the donors is that they will help promote a lifetime of learning.

The total cost of the backpacks and the supplies that ďŹ ll them “is well over $100,000 now,â€? says Emmette Thompson, Mission of Hope executive director, “and we rely on donations. The need in those impoverished rural areas is so great.â€?

Thompson says one of the greatest aspects of the program “is that every child starts off the school year on an even plane.�

A native of Salisbury, N.C., Thompson says he remembers the excitement of getting a new three-ring binder at the start

One of those teams, led by Betty and Ken Holland and Mary Emma and Mike Bunch, heads out to BurchďŹ eld Elementary School in Scott County. The two couples and their many volunteers are members of the Legacy Leaders, the senior adults group at First Baptist Church of Concord.

Betty Holland says all of the items are placed on large tables at the school and as the children ďŹ le in by grade, a volunteer greets each one and walks along visiting with the child as they choose their backpack and ďŹ ll it with the items provided. “It is a very special school and the staff and children are so appreciative of what we do. We have a wonderful relationship with the teachers there, and in the spring, we go back and host a luncheon for the teachers and give each one gifts they can use in the classroom.â€?

Thompson says over the years Mission of Hope’s back-to-school program “has moved far beyond the blue barrels� that used to be placed around town to collect items for students.

While funding still comes from individual donors and corporations and also from the annual golf tournament, now the program is organized down to the last pen and pencil.

Today, the Mission of Hope warehouse is stacked full of boxes earmarked for speciďŹ c schools, ďŹ lled by dozens of volunteers.

Thompson says volunteers work in assembly lines there, “age 80 to teenagers side by side,� to get the job done.

And in the days ahead, expect to see those Mission of Hope trucks headed north to put smiles on the faces of 11,500 grateful students.

Mission of Hope is a 501(c)(3) organization.

To make a donation, go to www.missionofhope.org or mail to P. O. Box 51824, Knoxville, TN 37950.

Info: 865-584-7571.

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BEARDEN Shopper news • AUGUST 5, 2015 • A-11

The beloved community

By Carol Shane

The Fourth of July, our country’s birthday and summer’s biggest celebration, has passed for this year, but there’s still plenty to celebrate about our great nation.

The Eighth of August, for example.

You may not know (I didn’t) how large that date looms in local AfricanAmerican history. On its website, the Beck Cultural Exchange Center – East Tennessee’s primary repository of black cultural history – gives this backstory: “While history records that on Jan. 1, 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation declared that all slaves held in locations in conflict with the United States were henceforth free, Tennessee Military Governor Andrew Johnson freed his personal slaves on Aug. 8, 1863. This date became known as Emancipation Day throughout the region, and annual celebrations dating back to as early as 1871 in Greeneville, Tenn., have taken place in recognition of this sig-

The day begins at 9 a.m. with a ceremony at the Freedmen’s Mission Historic Cemetery located at First United Presbyterian Church at Knoxville College, the burial site of former slaves owned by Jackson. Ned Arter, a descendant of one such former slave, will be in attendance. Then a motorcade will proceed to Chilhowee Park for the jubilee.

Indoor and outdoor festivities include food vendors; live music featuring gospel, rhythm and blues, and rap; a fashion show; African dancers and drummers; line dancing and Zumba. In the Youth Pavilion there will be face painting, a bounce house and water fun and games.

V. Lynn Greene, memberThe Beck Cultural Exchange Center kicks off its inaugural “Eighth of August Jubilee” this week- ship and volunteer chair for end at Chilhowee Park. Photo submitted the Exchange, stresses that anyone can participate in nificant date in our nation’s in 1948, when park access organization will host its any part of the day, includhistory.” became available to people inaugural “Eighth of Au- ing the graveside ceremony One such celebration was of all races. gust Jubilee” celebration at and motorcade, but registhe opening of Chilhowee This year marks the Chilhowee Park this coming tration is required. It’s easy Park to African-Americans Beck Cultural Exchange’s Saturday. It’ll be a full day to do so online. Those who – but only on one day per 40th anniversary, and in of music, food, entertain- choose to attend the Chilyear. You guessed it. Aug. 8. commemoration and cel- ment, games and fun for the howee Park portion of the day must also register and This tradition was lifted ebration, the distinguished entire family.

can do so online or on-site.

“Since this is our first celebration of this type,” says Greene, “we’re trying to get a headcount for future events.”

In a time when our nation is often torn by racial strife, it’s significant that the Beck Cultural Exchange is inviting the whole city to this celebration. As the website says, “It is a tremendous opportunity for families, friends and neighbors to join together in fellowship and friendship; the end is the creation of the beloved community.”

Plus, it sounds like a howling good time.

The Beck Cultural Exchange’s “Eighth of August Jubilee” begins at 10 a.m. this Saturday, Aug. 8, at Chilhowee Park in Knoxville (following the graveside ceremony at 9 a.m.) and runs to 8:30 or 9 p.m. with a live Motown-influenced concert.

The event and parking are free to the public. To register, visit www.beckcenter.net or call 524-8461.

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Streep shows musical chops as ‘Ricki’

By Betsy Pickle Five new flicks arrive in town this week.

Meryl Streep hits the rock ’n’ roll wall in “Ricki and the Flash.” Decades after leaving her husband and children behind to pursue her dream of rock stardom, Ricki (Streep) returns home to Indiana to face the consequences and seek redemption.

Kevin Kline plays her exhusband. Streep’s real-life daughter, Mamie Gummer, plays her troubled daughter and Sebastian Stan her engaged son. Rick Springfield plays the bandmate in love with Ricki. Jonathan Demme directed from a script by Diablo Cody.

Seems like it was just yesterday that Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans and Michael Chiklis were the “Fantastic Four,” but nope, that was 10 years ago, so it’s time for a reboot.

Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Mi-

Rick Springfield joins Meryl Streep in “Ricki and the Flash.” chael B. Jordan and Jamie Bell take over the roles of Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Johnny Storm and Ben Grimm in this version directed by Josh Trank.

The four find themselves

with new and unusual abilities after teleporting to a dangerous alternate universe. They have to get a grip on their new talents in order to save Earth from a friend turned enemy.

The past rears its ugly head in “The Gift,” a psychological thriller written and directed by actor Joel Edgerton (“Exodus: Gods and Kings”).

Jason Bateman and

Rebecca Hall play Simon and Robyn, a lovely couple whose lives are on a comfortable track. As they move into their dream house in a new town, they run into Gordo (Edgerton), who went to high school with Simon. Simon barely remembers Gordo, but Gordo has been thinking about Simon for years. Things get creepy fast.

An armored-car driver gets drawn into a huge heist by half-witted criminals in “Masterminds.”

Zach Galifianakis plays the driver, David, who in spite of a poorly schemed plan makes off with $17 million. He then has to figure out how to avoid taking the fall for his supposed

friends. Owen Wilson, Kristen Wiig, Jason Sudeikis and Kate McKinnon also star for director Jared Hess (“Napoleon Dynamite”).

The Aardman folks (“Wallace & Gromit”) are back in action with “Shaun the Sheep Movie.” Based on the UK television series, the movie follows Shaun and the flock on their biggest misadventure yet.

Shaun is tired of the monotony of life on the farm.

He decides to head to the big city, but he has to make sure the Farmer doesn’t find out about his absence. Naturally, the flock follows him, and it takes skill and luck to get them away from the urban mayhem and back to the farm.

Joanne Bland to speak Thursday at Voting Rights celebration Joanne Bland was just 11 years old when she joined the march across the Edmund P e t t u s Bridge in Selma, Ala., 1965.

Joanne Bland in She was the youngest marcher on the day that came to be known as “Bloody Sunday,” and she

witnessed first-hand the beatings and abuse of her fellow marchers, including her older sister.

Bland will bring her lifetime of experiences and civil rights advocacy to Knoxville this Thursday, Aug. 6, as part of the city of Knoxville’s celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on Aug. 6, 1965.

Bland is the keynote

speaker of a Thursday program at the Beck Cultural Exchange Center, 1927 Dandridge Ave. Doors will open at 5:30, with refreshments.

The program begins at 6.

Also speaking will be Sally Liuzzo-Prado, daughter of Viola Liuzzo, a Detroit housewife-turnedactivist who was murdered by members of the Ku Klux Klan while volunteering in the marches from Selma to Montgomery.

Bland is co-founder and former director of the National Voting Rights Museum and Institute in Selma.

She is owner/operator of Journeys For The Soul, a touring agency that specializes in the Civil Rights tours with a focus on Selma.

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlawed voting practices that had been widely used since the Civil War to limit African-Americans’ right to vote.

DAR aids Museum of Appalachia The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) has awarded a grant to the Museum of Appalachia to aid with the Peters Homestead Roof Preservation and Restoration Project. Pictured are Susan Thomas, state regent, Tennessee Society DAR; Elaine Irwin Meyer, museum president; and Daryl Fansler, museum board chair. Photo submitted

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Sunday dinner every day

By Shannon Carey A visit to Jerry and Brenda Tharp’s house on Wolfe Road in Luttrell will get you more than fresh produce. You’re likely to be invited to sit a spell on their shaded carport, swapping home remedies, recipes and neighborhood happenings.

Jerry and Brenda hung out a sign for fresh-picked green beans 20 years ago.

They set out a table with the beans and a cup. People would pick up beans and, on the honor system, put money in the cup.

Now, the operation has grown to include more vegetables, along with farmfresh milk, butter and eggs.

Jerry visits the Union County Farmers Market with some of his harvest every Friday, and granddaughter Hannah goes along to help.

The Tharps are true country folks with the skills, know-how and gumption to go with that title. Jerry grew up on the farm where they make their home, and he and Brenda raised two sons there, James and Randall.

Jerry retired from KUB after 25 years of service, then worked at Food City in Maynardville for four and a half years.

Jerry tends the garden.

Brenda cooks and cans.

Hannah is learning to drive a tractor. Grandsons Jacob and Jeremiah help on the farm. They stay busy.

“The best door we had there wore the hinges off of it, we were in and out so much,” says Brenda, pointing to the screen door between the carport and the kitchen.

Jerry claims that he eats Sunday dinner every day.

And with Brenda cooking, that’s probably true. Yesterday’s lunch was beans cooked with hamhock,

Brenda, Hannah and Jerry Tharp are ready to greet visitors to their roadside produce stand on Wolfe Road in Luttrell. The Tharps are vendors at the Union County Farmers Market. Photo by S. Carey

Max Reddick listens as Dr. Joe Johnson speaks to the North Knoxville Rotary Club at Litton’s. Photo by S. Clark

Jokes, insight from Joe Johnson

By Sandra Clark

The University of Tennessee is in “pretty good shape right now and the quality of students is phenomenal.”

That’s the verdict of former UT President Joe Johnson, who spoke last week to the North Knoxville Rotary Club at Litton’s.

Incoming freshmen have an average high school grade point average of 3.8 and an average ACT score of 27 (on a 1-36 scale), he said. And UT is “moving toward 70 percent” on its 6-year graduation rate. Instate tuition and fees are fried hominy and the best been a hard one for garden- toes, corn, carrots, grapes, about $25,000 per year, he sauerkraut she ever put up. ers. Their okra crop didn’t green beans and peppers said. So if you can get your at the Farmers Market, al- kid to graduate in four years She fries cornbread once or make it. twice a day.

“It was dry up front and though everything depends rather than six, “you’ve just “We fry, bake or boil any- wet later,” he says. “Usually on weather and timing of saved $50,000.”

UT is important to Knoxthe harvest. He’s also ofthing that goes across the it’s the other way around.” yard,” Jerry jokes.

Hannah likes talking fered cabbage, raspberries ville, providing jobs and entertainment, with construcBatches of Brenda’s to- with the customers at the and rhubarb. mato juice have gone as far Union County Farmers Visit the Tharps at Union tion underway on campus in as Florida. One year, she put Market.

County Farmers Market 4-7 excess of $700 million. The up 649 quarts. Real hominy “We don’t have much p.m. each Friday through new student center alone is is her latest canning project. time to sit down, but that’s October, in Maynardville $170 million.

“The world changes,” he next to the courthouse, or Saturday, they’re making what I like,” she said. beef stew to can.

Jerry offers green onions, stop by their produce stand said, noting that within sevJerry says this season has potatoes, cucumber, toma- at 365 Wolfe Road, Luttrell. en years all old dorms at UT will be torn down and re-

placed with dorms offering private bedrooms in more apartment-like living.

What advice did he give a new coach?

■ Play and coach with a touch of class ■ Follow all the rules ■ Remember, all athletes are students too ■ Win a lot more than you lose or we’ll fire you.

“That may sound harsh, but you don’t pay a coach a multi-million dollar contract to be average.”

Declining state funding is a problem for higher education, Johnson said.

“During Lamar Alexander’s second term as governor, students were paying about 30 percent of the cost of their education (and complaining),” he said. “Today a student pays 55 percent.

“The state spends $30,000 a year to keep a person in prison, but $5,000 a year to keep one in college.”

Johnson was informative, comprehensive and entertaining – a bit like UT itself.

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Frank Beeler and Mack Walker personally invite you to Middle Man Auction at 7 p.m. each Friday and every second Saturday for fun and fellowship. You may even go home with something unique.

The auction house in the heart of Maynardville is packed with an everchanging array of antiques and estate-sale items, along with rows of church pews for visitors. Beeler said some people just come for the entertainment Fridays and don’t buy anything.

“And that’s fine,” he said.

“We just cut up and carry on with each other and have a good time. Everybody that comes has a good time.”

Beeler was born and raised in Luttrell and spent many years in the construction industry before getting his auctioneer license 10 years ago. He called bids for other auction companies and charity events, then opened Middle Man one year ago.

“I thought it would be a good thing for the county,” he said. “We’re growing, and we want to continue to grow.”

Auctions at Middle Man are family oriented. Beeler said his Christian faith inspired the business’s name, “because Jesus Christ was the middle man for us.”

“We put God first,” Beeler said. “I try to give him the honor and the glory.”

Middle Man consigns from the public, anything from one piece to a whole estate. They can do estate sales on-site anywhere in Tennessee.

Every auction includes new items. Coming up Saturday, Aug. 8, is a new consignment from a home in Fountain City, including a restored hand-crank Victrola.

“You name it, it’ll come through,” said Beeler.

Middle Man Auction is at 436 Main St., Maynardville.

Info: 394-0118 or search for Middle Man Auction Service on auctionzip.com.

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BEARDEN Shopper news • AUGUST 5, 2015 • A-13

Rotary PolioPlus campaign hits another milestone Former Gator is Knox sports guy

By Anne Hart

Beth Stubbs, new governor of Rotary’s District 6780, brought some great news to Bearden Rotarians at last week’s meeting.

Stubbs told the group that Beth Stubbs R o t a r y International’s PolioPlus project, which has nearly wiped out the dreaded disease around the globe, has one more success story: the country of Nigeria has reported one entire year without a new case of polio.

Rotary initiated its PolioPlus program, the first effort to tackle global polio eradication through the mass vaccination of children, in 1985. Since then, Rotarians around the world have contributed more than $1.3 billion and countless volunteer hours to immunize more than 2.5 billion children in 122 countries.

Every dollar contributed

by Rotarians is matched two to one by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, up to $35 million annually through 2018.

In addition, Rotary’s advocacy efforts have played

a role in decisions by donor governments to contribute more than $9 billion to the effort.

At this time, only two countries – Pakistan and Afghanistan – have been unable to stop the transmission of the polio virus.

Perhaps the greatest champion of the PolioPlus campaign was Knoxville’s own Bill Sergeant, a veteran of World War II and the Korean War who passed away a few years ago at age 91.

Known worldwide as “Mr. Rotary” for his dedicated work as chair of the PolioPlus committee for 12

years, Sergeant’s life and contributions are celebrated with a statue in Knoxville’s downtown Krutch Park.

Sergeant’s son-in-law, Tom Daughtrey, is the new president of the Rotary Club of Bearden.

Stubbs reminded the group that Oct. 24 is World Polio Day, commemorated with various events and service projects around the world.

“Service projects make a club,” Stubbs said, adding that Rotarians “are leaders who come together and exchange ideas and go out in our communities and make things happen.”

Chateau La Paws at Dixie Lee

Andy Taylor, general manager of Dixie Lee Wines and Liquors, and Anvi Shah stand with a display of Chateau La Paws wine.

The store hosted a reception last week to introduce the brand. Shah said the company will donate over $100,000 to no-kill shelters this year.

– Photo by S. Clark

By Bonny C. Millard WVLT news anchor Alan Williams never had aspirations to be in television news and, in fact, was incredibly shy growing up.

“I certainly didn’t plan to be a television broadcaster,” Williams said during a recent visit with the Rotary Club of Farragut as part of its lunchtime program.

“This was on the far end of the spectrum.”

As life often does, it presented him with new opportunities, and now he’s been on television for 36 years.

“We don’t know where life is going to lead us from one day to the next,” he said.

Williams started as the weekend sports anchor for WBIR and later became WATE’s sports director. He was hired in 1988 for the noon program at WVLT (then under different call letters.) For many years, he was the 6 and 11 p.m. anchor. Now he does days and the 5 p.m. newscast.

The Knoxville native has always been a huge University of Tennessee football fan, but he ended up playing for the rival Gators, Uni-

versity of Florida – a fact that brought a few friendly laughs as well as applause.

A f t e r college, Williams was drafted by the New York Jets as Alan Williams a punter but was cut. A short stint with the Green Bay Packers ended the same way.

“I thought I was going to be a big NFL star. It didn’t happen that way.”

“I’m thrown into the real world,” Williams said. “What am I going to do?”

The popular anchor said he looked at several options until he finally applied with WBIR. “If you knew me back then, I was a pretty shy guy.

Speaking in front of people, I was scared to death.”

In addition to his anchor duties, he does series pieces, Tennessee Traveler and Keeping the Faith.

“I feel very blessed that I’m a part of those kinds of things.”

Wine tasting for Hardy scholarship The Knoxville Area Urban League Young Professionals will host Cork and Savvy, a wine tasting and silent auction to raise money for the Dr. Walter C. Hardy scholarship. Scholarships, starting at $1000, are granted to area college students who are pursuing degrees in health professions.

The event is 6-9 p.m. Thursday, Aug.

FARRAGUT CHAMBER EVENTS ■ Thursday, Aug. 6, 5-6:30 p.m., networking: Hurricane Grill & Wings, 319 Lovell Road.

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The public is invited. Bring your business cards. The event includes fourcourse dinner, wine tasting, door prizes featuring small businesses, silent auction featuring local businesses and a live auction featuring exclusive autographed items.

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■ Monday, Aug. 10, 11 a.m.noon, ribbon cutting: Take Shape for Life - Daniel Van Zandt, 11826 Kingston Pike.

■ Tuesday, Aug. 11, 11 a.m.-noon, ribbon cutting: Orangetheory Fitness, The Pinnacle at Turkey Creek, 11674 Parkside Drive.

■ Tuesday, Aug. 18, 10-11 a.m., ribbon cutting: Blue Ridge Yoga, 623 N. Campbell Station Road.

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■ Thursday, Aug. 13, 5-6:30 p.m., networking: Potbelly Sandwich Shop, The Pinnacle at Turkey Creek, 11661 Parkside Drive.

Sertoma Club update The Greater Knoxville Sertoma Club meets at noon Thursdays at the Copper Cellar West. The club is involved in many charitable activities, including sponsoring the Bill Williams Fishing Tournament to raise money for Friends of Tennessee Babies with Special Needs, The Cerebral Palsy Center and The Boy Scouts of America. Sertoma also hosts a spring walk for Friends of Tennessee Babies with Special Needs and a fall fundraiser for InterFaith Health Clinic. Don Holecek is president and Dave Santi (at right) is program chair. Photo by Betty Bean

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■ Wednesday, Aug. 12, 10:3011:30 a.m., ribbon cutting: Mountain Commerce Bank Bearden, 6101 Kingston Pike.

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Tip from management chief The new head of the Department of Management at UT’s Haslam College of Business says boring is good.

Anne D. Smith says, “I have a mantra which reflects a bit of how I manage –boring is good. That does not mean boring in the classroom but moving forward without drama. It Anne Smith applies to me anticipating and heading off potential problems and being prepared and clear.”

A faculty member at UT since 2001, Smith succeeds Terry Leap, who served as department head for four years. She has won numerous teaching awards, both at UT and in her previous posts at the University of New Mexico and McGill University in Montreal, Canada.

Her research utilizes qualitative methods to study strategy, process in mediumsized organizations, and top management teams. She pioneered the use of photography in field research with Josh Ray, a former doctoral student in organizations and strategy.

Williams on national council The Electric Power Re- term. search Institute (EPRI) has SRW is an association announced the appointof indepenment of Susan Richardson dent public Williams, founder of SRW affairs and & Associates in Knoxville, public relato its Advisory Council. The tions proCouncil provides input to fessionals EPRI’s management and that offers board of directors to ensure strategic the Institute’s research and guidance development programs ad- Williams and servicdress societal needs and es to busiprovide public benefit. Wil- nesses, non-profits and poliams will serve a four-year litical campaigns.

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■ Knox County Health Department will offer extended hours (8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. through Aug. 7) for back-to-school vaccinations at: Travel and Immunization Clinic, 140 Dameron Ave., 215-5070; 1028 Old Cedar Bluff, 215-5950; and 405 Dante School Road, 215-5500.

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East Knox coon club holds last hunt

By Bill Dockery On Gov. John Sevier Highway about a mile from where it dead-ends into Asheville Highway, a weathered green-and-white sign points toward a one-lane track that skirts a yard and disappears into the woods.

Follow the track around a couple of potholes, past a stack of logs and around a blind curve. Where the driveway to a house forks uphill to the left, keep right through a tight tunnel of overgrowth, past a pasture

waist-high in weeds and wildflowers, into another blind curve, and finally to a well-mown clearing surrounding a blue tin shed with a single door.

The Tri County Coon Club and also the Byerley’s Bend club call this place home, including the 90-odd acres of surrounding woodlands they lease from a local landowner.

“Our clubs date back to the early ’70s. Byerley’s Bend used to be in Mascot, but they moved down here

several years ago,” said Marty Bollinger, who in his other life works for the Tennessee Department of Transportation.

On the evening of July 4, the hillside has filled up with men in pickup trucks as the clubs host a regional qualifying event for the United Kennel Club’s world championship coon dog competition.

The UKC is an international organization based in Kalamazoo, Mich., that sponsors events for hunt-

Hunters huddle in small groups waiting for registration to end. The dogs and their owners are grouped in casts of four and go out to wooded areas across East Tennessee to hunt raccoons. Each pickup contains a dog cage. Photos by Bill Dockery

ing dogs of all breeds. In the past, the Tri County group has been one of UKC’s top 10 clubs for sponsoring regional qualifying events.

“Tonight’s event will determine who advances to the UKC’s world hunt in Indiana,” Bollinger said.

The men make their way a few at a time to the brightly lighted shed, registering for the event at $20 a dog.

Then they spread out across the clearing, clumping in small groups to talk quietly one to another.

Jasmine Carrigan puts “Ladies Love Outlaws,” aka “Waylon,” into bench position at the recent Tri County Coon Club bench show and field trial. Waylon is a Treeing Walker pup, just 6 months old.

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There is little barking from the cages in the trucks until one hound lets loose in a strong baritone that a few other dogs begin to answer.

Off to one side, Martha Hayes has set up a display of bright collars, leads and other hound gear she and husband Tony sell. Her son stays busy making ID tags to attach to dog collars. The family lives in Seymour, and Tony Hayes has a dog in this hunt.

“We started going to shows this year, hoping to make a business of this,” Martha Hayes said. She is one of the few women on the hillside.

Another is Jasmine Carrigan, a trainer and handler who is showing off Waylon, a 6-month-old Treeing Walker pup. She hopes the dog will catch the eye of one of the coon hunters who might need another dog.

“His registered name is ‘Ladies Love Outlaws,’ but we call him Waylon for short.”

As the sun sets and shadows of the surrounding woods begin to darken the clearing, the men gather for the formal start of the night hunt. They take their baseball caps off as Bollinger offers a prayer; then he reviews the rules for the hunt.

The men will go off in casts of four, taking their dogs to remote woodlands in rural counties across East Tennessee. There they will release the dogs to search out a raccoon and give chase till they tree the animal. The dogs are trained to “open” or bark as they follow the

scent of their quarry. When the raccoon climbs a tree, the dogs’ barking alerts the men, who come and verify the treeing.

“The raccoons aren’t killed. The men take the dogs to another location and start a new hunt,” Bollinger says. “No animal is harmed in this hunt.”

A judge scores the dogs’ performances by which dog barked first and treed the raccoon first. The dogs’ barks are distinctive, allowing the judges to determine which dog was most prominent in a given cast. Scorecards must be returned to the Coon Club shed by 5 a.m. Sunday.

As Bollinger finishes speaking, another hunter steps up and thanks the Tri County Coon Club for its work. “Thank you for hosting the qualifying event and for all your work. I’m sorry this is your last hunt.”

The men gather around the door to the shed as Bollinger begins to call out the men in each cast. They hurry away to their pickup trucks, and within 10 minutes the clearing is almost empty.

“We are shutting down both clubs. The lease on our land has gotten too expensive for us to continue,” Bollinger explains. “Some of us may transfer to the Holston club in Kodak, but this is the end for these two clubs.”

With that, he walks back into the shed to sit through the night with others who will accept the scorecards that come in around 5 a.m.

REUNION NOTES ■ Central High classes of 1957-1964, 6-11 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 15, The Grande on Clinton Highway. Info: Benny Easterday, 207-9634.

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

■ Powell High Class of 1985, 7-11 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, Southern Depot, 306 W. Depot Ave. Info: Stacey Berry, 441-3539.

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Bullying: What you can do?

Many children who are bullied or bully others suffer from anxiety and depression or experience physical symptoms like stomachaches, headaches or problems sleeping. The emotional and physical damage of bullying or being bullied by classmates or other peers puts children at risk for engaging in violent behaviors, including frequent ghting and carrying a weapon. These problems continue into adolescence and adulthood, which cause the bullies and bullied to be more prone to thoughts of suicide.

While bullying is often thought of as physical violence toward another, it also includes name calling, spreading rumors, deliberate exclusion, unwanted physical contact and racial slurs. Cyberbullying means these aggressive acts can happen on a child or teen’s computer or phone, without any supervision.

“Every child deserves a safe experience at school,” John Kupfner, MD, Peninsula child and adolescent psychiatrist, said. “There is a lot of confusion about what being bullied means for children. An isolated incident of ‘be- John Kupfner, MD ing mean’ is a normal part of childhood with which your child must cope in

order to develop socially. When being mean is repeated, includes threats to safety or is emotionally abusive, that is bullying.”

If you suspect your child is being bullied, look for the following signs: ■ Physical injuries ■ Inventing reasons to avoid going to school or other activities ■ Changing routines or routes to school ■ Sudden disappearance of belongings It is essential that you respond to your child’s situation with a bully. The worst reaction you can have, experts say, is to tell them to go back to school and respond with aggression. This reaction simply perpetuates the cycle of violence and ghting. The bully is made aware that your child is upset, and one or both children are likely to get hurt.

Instead of responding to bullying with threats or violent actions, take speci c steps as a parent to help your child deal with a bully.

Dr. Kupfner explained, “Any parents who hear that their child is being targeted or threatened by a peer should immediately contact the school’s principal or guidance counselor. Do not accept any resolution that does not completely abolish the behavior.”

In addition to going to the school administration, here are some suggestions to help your child resolve con icts.

■ Encourage your child to tell you about the bullying. Some-

times children are reluctant or embarrassed to discuss it, as it may make them feel weak.

■ Don’t shrug it off, blame your child or act as if you’re disappointed in him or her.

Being a victim can harm selfesteem and create serious emotional problems. Your reaction is important.

■ Explain that children who intimidate others are usually unhappy or have been bullied by others, and that it’s not your child’s fault.

■ Use role-playing to show your child what they can say or how they can say it when responding to a bully.

■ Teach them that it’s OK to calmly alert an authority figure about the bullying.

If your child is targeting or threatening his or her peers, contacting the school administrator is also the correct action. “Work out the consequences for repeated bullying behaviors at school and talk to the parents of your child’s friends to make sure they are aware the bullying situation is happening,” Kupfner said. “Consequences for continuing bullying behavior should also result in consequences or loss of privileges at home. Explain to your child the seriousness of threatening or harming others and make it clear that the same consequences will happen if the behavior continues.”

Because bullying can cause long-term emotional problems, your child may need an individualized plan for rebuilding

Making the grade For your child, heading back to school means seeing friends every day, joining new clubs and getting back to team sports. It also means hitting the books, which can cause major stress and pressure.

In teens, stress stemming from balancing schoolwork and other activities can manifest in many ways. It can affect your child physically and emotionally.

Long term stress causes anger, irritability, fatigue, headaches and stomachaches.

Your child may not tell you if he or she feels stressed. Watch out for these symptoms: ■ Restlessness or agitation ■ Fatigue ■ Withdrawal from family and friends ■ A lack of interest in oncefavorite activities ■ A drop in grades or other problems at school ■ Trouble sleeping To help your child cope with stress, let him or her know you’re interested in their problems, no matter how big or small. Listening closely and not interrupting is essential. While you may want your child to succeed in school, support him or her in the long term. “Just like in athletics, encourage your child to work as hard as possible and reward the effort, not

self-esteem and coping with other personal issues due to con ict.

Peninsula Outpatient Centers offer support groups and therapy for children and adolescents, including an Intensive Outpatient

Program located on the Knoxville campus.

For more information, visit PeninsulaBehavioralHealth.org or call (865) 970-9800.

Peninsula Outpatient Centers

For people experiencing mild to severe mental health issues, Peninsula Outpatient Centers provide a wide range of services including individual and group therapy, support groups, and medication management.

With outpatient centers in Knox, Loudon, Sevier and Blount counties, Peninsula serves individuals age 12 and older across East Tennessee. Each patient meets with Peninsula clinical staff at his or her first appointment to determine the best course of treatment. A patient’s plan may include daily medication, therapy or a combination of both.

The physicians at Peninsula Outpatient Centers may recommend an Intensive Outpatient Program to provide more concentrated care than traditional outpatient sessions. For six to the results,” John Kupfner, MD, your child’s mood. Watch a fun- eight weeks, participants in the Peninsula child and adolescent ny movie together or encourage Adult or Adolescent Intensive psychiatrist, said. “Reassure your child to write in a journal. Outpatient Programs come to your child that his or her best Most importantly, set a good the Knoxville outpatient cenis what is being rewarded, not example. Children often emu- ter four to five times a week to the result on an individual test late how their parents deal with address issues that need inor grade.” stress. tense treatment but do not reDistraction from stressful If your child is struggling with quire continuous care. These studying can also relieve your stress, Peninsula Outpatient conditions include depression, child’s worries. Plan a physical Centers may be able to help. Visit anxiety disorders, anger manactivity for your child, like bike Pe n i n s u l a B e h av ior a l He a lt h . agement, ADHD, relationship riding or a long walk. Exercis- org or call (865) 970-9800 for problems, grief and loss, and ing outdoors can naturally boost more information. self-injurious behavior.

Alcohol and drug treatment is available through the Adult Intensive Outpatient Program at the Peninsula Lighthouse campus. For women suffering from addiction, Peninsula Outpatient offers Women in Treatment, a program for uninsured women age 18 to 64. Through this program, women can work on self-esteem, trauma, communication techniques, body image issues and other topics that are vital to well-being and happiness.

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THROUGH THURSDAY, OCT. 22 Tickets on sale for “The Music and the Memories” show featuring Pat Boone and 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. Info/tickets: 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. Info/tickets: mabryhazen.com or 522-8661.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 5 How To Study Smart workshop: Organization and Time Management Skills, 2-3:15 p.m., Goins Administration Building, Pellissippi State Community College, 10915 Hardin Valley Road. Free and open to the public. Info/RSVP: 539-7160 or gwood@pstcc.edu.

Tennessee Shines: Blue Moon Rising and humorist Judy Lockhart DiGregorio, 7 p.m., Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 101 S. Central St. Tickets: $10. Info/tickets: 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.

Info/registration: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

THURSDAY, AUG. 6 How To Study Smart workshop: Classroom Study Skills for Academic Success, 2-3:15 p.m., Goins Administration Building, Pellissippi State Community College, 10915 Hardin Valley Road. Free and open to the public. Info/RSVP: 539-7160 or gwood@pstcc.edu.

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

FRIDAY, AUG. 7 Book-signing event: “It’s Not Harder Than Cancer” by Michael Holtz, 5:30-7 p.m., St. John’s Lutheran Church, 544 N. Broadway. Free and open to the public.

Deadline to apply for “Introduction to Farragut” program, 3 p.m., Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Classes begin 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 26. Info/registration: townoffarragut.org/ introduction; at the Town Hall; 966-7057 Opening reception for “Further East,” an exhibit of works by the faculty and staff of the Department of Art & Design at East Tennessee State University, 5-9 p.m., Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. On display Aug. 7-28. Info: 523-7543 or knoxalliance.com.

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

Benefits Helen Ross McNabb Center. To sponsor event or register a team: Jennifer Boyle, 329-9120, or mcnabbcenter.org.

SATURDAY, AUG. 8 Appalachian dulcimer mini-lesson and demonstration, 10 a.m.-noon, Pellissippi State Community College, 10915 Hardin Valley Road. Cost: $29.

Info/registration: 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.

Info/list of characters: powellplayhouseinc.com.

Church yard sale, 8 a.m.-noon, St. Mark UMC, 7001 Northshore Drive. Household items, tools, furniture, toys, electronics and more. Info: 588-0808.

Daughters of Union Veterans of Civil War, Lucinda Heatherly Tent 3, meeting, 1 p.m., MabryHazen House, 1711 Dandridge Ave. “Free Your Voice with the Alexander Technique,” 11:45 a.m.-5:30 p.m., 313 N. Forest Park Blvd.

Cost: $85. Preregistration required. Info/registration: Lilly Sutton, 387-7600 or AlexanderTechniqueKnoxville.com.

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

Info: feralfelinefriends.org.

Performance and Presence with the Alexander Technique, 11:45 a.m.-5:30 p.m., 313 N. Forest Park Blvd. Cost: $85. Preregistration with confirmation required. Info/registration: Lilly Sutton, 3877600.

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:

215-4579.

Tea & Treasures Second Saturday Marketplace, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 4104 W. Martin Mill Pike. Vendor booths: arts and crafts, antiques, plants, books, food and music.

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

“Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy: Liftoff!,” workshop, 1-3:30 p.m., Central UMC, 201 E. Third Ave. Sponsored by the Knoxville Writers’ Guild. Cost: $35 members; $40 nonmembers. Led by editor and publisher Jason Sizemore. Info/registration: knoxvillewritersguild.org/events.

MONDAY, AUG. 10 Auditions for Powell Playhouse production of “A Day at the Java Shop and Greyhound Bus Depot,” 5:30-7:45 p.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Info/ list of characters: powellplayhouseinc.com.

TUESDAY, AUG. 11 AAA Driver Improvement Course, 5:30-9:30 p.m., AAA office, 100 W. 5th Ave. Four-hour course helps reduce points for traffic offenders and teaches how to reduce risk while driving. Cost: $30 members/$35 nonmembers. Must preregister. Info/registration: Kate, 862-9254, or Stephanie, 862-9252.

Computer Workshop: Introducing the Computer, 2 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Info/registration: 215-8700.

Healthier Living with Diabetes: Making Healthy Food Choices, 11 a.m.-noon, Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Free and open to the public. Info/RSVP: 329-8892, TTY: 711.

STFK Science Café meeting, 5:30-7 p.m., Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave. Speaker: UT associate professor Dr. Bruce MacLennan. Topic: “Emergent Intelligence and Machine Consciousness.” Free and open to the public. Info/RSVP: 577-4717, ext.110; rsvp@ knoxsciencecafe.org.

TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY, AUG. 11-12 IPad/iPhone Basics for Seniors, 1-3 p.m., Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Presented

by Social Media 4 Seniors. Cost: $45. Info/registration: townoffarragut.org/register; 218-3375; in person at Town Hall.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 12 Brown Bag Lecture: “Genetic DNA: Who Gave You Your DNA?” by Dr. George K. Schweitzer, noon, East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Info: -215-8824 or EastTNHistory.org.

Tennessee Shines: Sarah Gayle Meech and poet Jack Rentfro, 7 p.m., Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 101 S. Central St. Tickets: $10. Info/tickets: jigandreel.ticketleap.com or WDVX.com.

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, AUG. 12-13 AAA Driver Improvement Course, 5:30-9:30 p.m., AAA office, 100 W. 5th Ave. Eight-hour course helps reduce points for traffic offenders and teaches how to reduce risk while driving. Must attend both nights for certificate. Cost: $40 members/$50 nonmembers.

Must preregister. Info/registration: Kate, 862-9254, or Stephanie, 862-9252.

THURSDAY, AUG. 13 AAA Roadwise-Safe Driving for Mature Operators, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., O’Connor Senior Center, 611 Winona St. Meets requirements for insurance rate reductions. Cost: $10. Must preregister. Info/registration: Kate, 862-9254, or Stephanie, 862-9252.

AARP Driver Safety class, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., East Tennessee Medical Group (ETMG), 266 Joule St., Alcoa.

Info/registration: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

Brown-bag lunch and presentation “Technology and How It Can Advance Your Career” by Dan Thompson, noon, Pellissippi State Community College Goins Building Auditorium, 10915 Hardin Valley Road. Free and open to the public; reservations required by Aug. 6.

Info/reservations: Angela Pugh, 539-7275.

Cork Savvy Event, 6-9 p.m., Ruth’s Chris Steak House, 950 Volunteer Landing Lane. Hosted by the Knoxville Area Urban League Young Professionals. Public invited. Info/tickets: corksavvy2015.eventbrite.com.

“Creating a Rain Garden ... doing your part to manage storm water runoff,” 3:15-4:30 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Speaker: Extension Master Gardener Joyce Montgomery. Free and open to the public. Info: 329-8892.

Knox County Veterans Service Office visit, 11 a.m.-noon, Frank R. Strang Senior Center, 109 Lovell Heights Road. One-on-one assistance to explain VA benefits, answer questions, and assist veterans and family members with filing for VA benefits.

Movie & Popcorn: “Exodus and Kings,” 11 a.m.1:30 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.

Pinterest/Instagram/Twitter for Seniors, 1-3 p.m., Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Presented by Social Media 4 Seniors. Cost: $30.

Info/registration: townoffarragut.org/register; 2183375; in person at Town Hall.

SATURDAY, AUG. 15 Fun with Farragut’s Fleet, 9-11 a.m., Mayor Bob Leonard Park, 301 Watt Road. Featuring trucks and large equipment used by the town of Farragut, Knox County Sheriff’s Department and more. Info: Lauren Cox, lcox@townoffarragut.org or 966-7057.

“History Hound” Dog Costume Contest, a fea-

ture event of the East Tennessee History Fair in Krutch Park. Registration, 9:30 a.m.; contest, 10:15 a.m. Best historic costume will be crowned History Hound. Info/ schedule: easttnhistory.org or 215-8824.

Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Info: feralfelinefriends.org.

Southern Exposure: The Great Smoky Mountain Film Festival, noon-10 p.m., Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Films are free and open to the public.

Info/tickets: tennesseetheatre.com or at the door.

SATURDAY, AUG. 15 “Water! Your plants are probably thirsty!”

10:30 a.m.-noon, Master Gardener Demonstration Garden, All Saints Catholic Church, 620 N. Cedar Bluff Road. Speaker: Extension Master Gardener Jan Gangwer. Free and open to the public. Info: 215-2340.

MONDAY, AUG. 17 Appalachian dulcimer mini-lesson and demonstration, 6-8 p.m., Pellissippi State Community College, 10915 Hardin Valley Road. Cost: $29. Info/registration: pstcc.edu/bcs or 539-7167.

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

How To Use Facebook for Seniors, 1-3 p.m., Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive.

Presented by Social Media 4 Seniors. Cost: $30. Info/ registration: townoffarragut.org/register; 218-3375; in person at town hall.

“Water! Your plants are probably thirsty!” 1-2 p.m., Davis Family YMCA, 12133 S. Northshore Drive.

Speaker: Extension Master Gardener Jan Gangwer. Free and open to the public. Info: 777-9622.

MONDAY-TUESDAY, AUG. 17-18 AARP Driver Safety class, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Tellico Village Chota Recreation Center, 145 Awohili Drive, Loudon. Info/registration: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

TUESDAY, AUG. 18 Computer Workshops: Excel, 2 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Requires “Word Basics” or equivalent skills. Info/registration: 215-8700.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 19 Tennessee Shines: Steve Gulley & New Pinnacle, 7 p.m., Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 101 S. Central St. Tickets: $10.

Info/tickets: jigandreel.ticketleap.com or WDVX.com.

THURSDAY, AUG. 20 An Evening with Al Wilson and Friends, 6:308:30 p.m., East Tennessee Technology Access Center, 116 Childress St. Tickets: $50. Tickets not available at the door. Fundraiser for ETTAC’s Equipment ReUse and Loan Program. Info/tickets: Lois, 219-0130, or ettac.org.

Knox County Veterans Service Office visit, 9-10 a.m., South Knoxville Senior Center, 6729 Martel Lane. One-on-one assistance to explain VA benefits, answer questions, and assist veterans and family members with filing for VA benefits.

Knox County Veterans Service Office visit, 10:15-11:15 a.m., South Knoxville Community Center, 522 Maryville Pike. One-on-one assistance to explain VA benefits, answer questions, and assist veterans and family members with filing for VA benefits.

“Water! Your plants are probably thirsty!”

6-7 p.m., Concord UMC, 11020 Roane Drive. Speaker: Extension Master Gardener Jan Gangwer. Free and open to the public. Info: 966-6728.

FRIDAY, AUG. 21 Knox County Veterans Service Office visit, 9-10 a.m., Karns Senior Center, 8042 Oak Ridge Highway. One-on-one assistance to explain VA benefits, answer questions, and assist veterans and family members with filing for VA benefits.

SATURDAY, AUG. 22 Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Info: feralfelinefriends.org.

Military Genealogy, 1-3 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Register beginning Aug. 10.

Info/registration: 215-8809.

“So You Want to Start Anew ... Perennial Garden,” 10:30 a.m.-noon, Bearden Branch Library, 100 Golf Club Road. Speakers: Extension Master Gardeners Carolyn Kiser and Barbara Emery. Free and open to the public. Info: 588-8813 or knoxlib.org.

Urban Wilderness Bioblitz, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., meet at High Ground Park, 1001 Cherokee Trail. For students 10 years old or older. Free. Registration required. Info/ registration: 430-4756 or heather@dlia.org.

MONDAY, AUG. 24 Computer Workshops: Word 2007 II, 5:30 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Requires “Word 2007 Basics” or equivalent skills. Info/registration: 215-8700.

MONDAY-TUESDAY, AUG. 24-25 Samsung Galaxy Phone/Tablet Basics for Seniors, 1-3 p.m., Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Presented by Social Media 4 Seniors. Cost: $45. Info/registration: townoffarragut.org/register; 2183375; in person at town hall.

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Small spot, big worry Plan of action eases woman’s fear of melanoma It was small. Tiny really – about the size of a pencil eraser. But it itched…and itched…and itched. So Vicki Heidle did what comes naturally – she scratched it.

In doing so, she set in motion a chain of events that not only gave the 67-year-old Clinton woman the scare of her life but also the strength to face it, thanks to an understanding and empathetic Covenant Health oncology team from Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center and Thompson Oncology Group.

The itch was the only hint Heidle would ever get before the small lesion just right of her spine was diagnosed as Stage III melanoma, the rarest form of skin cancer but also the most aggressive.

After the biopsy, her dermatologist sent her to Dr. Paul Dudrick, a surgical oncologist at Fort Sanders Regional.

“I had never met him, but he sat there and talked to me like there was not another person in the world he would ever have to see,” said Heidle, a program specialist at Oak Ridge Associated Universities. “He explained what it was, what the staging was, what I could expect. I went in scared to death, and I came out feeling not quite so frightened because he was absolutely wonderful.”

“The bottom line is you’ve got to put yourself in their position,” said Dr. Dudrick. “There’s an impact to this illness that you have to take into account. All good doctors do that. My medical school (St. Louis University School of Medicine) was Jesuit and they really wanted everybody to have that empathy that you really only get by asking what you would do if you yourself were sitting on the other side.”

Not only was Dudrick’s relaxed demeanor reassuring to Heidle, but so was his professional knowledge.

“He had a plan. He set up a plan for what we were going to do and how he was going to address it,” said Heidle. “That is so much better than trying to deal with it in a vacuum. It was realizing that he was going to be able to do something to help. That made it not so much of a mystery, knowing that he had a plan of action.”

In a single, same-day surgery on July 1, 2014, Dudrick removed the lesion and took tissue samples from sentinel lymph nodes under her left arm. Within days, the sampling revealed the melanoma was also in the lymph nodes under Heidle’s right arm. A second same-day surgery to remove those lymph nodes took place days later.

Vicki Heidle is thankful to Dr. Paul Dudrick, Fort Sanders Regional surgical oncologist, for the “seamless, coordinated” care she’s received since being diagnosed with stage III melanoma in 2014.

Working in cooperation with Thompson Oncology Group’s Dr. Thomas Repine, who had previously treated Heidle for unrelated iron infusions, Dr. Dudrick then placed a port for Heidle’s chemotherapy treatments.

“Dr. Repine did the same thing as Dr. Dudrick,” said Heidle, praising the oncologist’s reassuring professionalism.

“He said, This is not a death sentence. This is not good, but it could be worse.’ He took the time explain the staging and what actions we’d take.”

Dr. Thomas One of those actions was to Repine enroll Heidle into a clinical tri-

al as quickly as possible. The adjuvant treatment trial compares ipilumumab, an up-and-coming medicine that boosts the immune system through activation of “T” cells, to Interferon (IFN), the protocol drug given ve days a week for four weeks via infusion, followed by self-injections three times a week for a year.

“Interferon works by mainly turning up the immune system to ght the cancer,” said Dr. Repine. “It involves one month of daily intravenous therapy, followed by subcutaneous shots for a year. During this time, multiple side effects are expected, including low blood counts, feeling like you have the u all the time and sometimes, dysfunction of the liver.”

Interferon also can cause signi cant depres-

sion. “It’s a dif cult part of managing a patient on IFN because the patient often cannot distance themselves from their own situation enough to recognize that it is affecting them,” said Dr. Repine.

Because of the excitement around the newer trial medicine’s possible effectiveness and potentially less toxic side effects, Dr. Repine had hoped Heidle would receive the newer medicine. As it turned out, she did not receive the new cancer drug and is now nearing the end of those thriceweekly injections. But by participating in the trial, she has found herself the center of attention.

“It was an unknown and it did make me a little nervous,” she said. “But I thought, ‘You know, if there’s a chance that it’ll be good for me and help somebody else, then why not? I have to go through this anyway.’ I was so fortunate Dr. Repine knew about it.”

“The importance of participating in clinical trials, both for potential personal improvement and especially for altruistic gain cannot be overstated,” said Dr. Repine. “People like Ms. Heidle are helping all of us advance the ght against cancer.”

“I think I am getting a different level of attention and care because of the clinical trial, and Dr. Repine was all for that,” Heidle said. “I see my dermatologist every three months, I see Dr. Repine once a month, I see the clinical trial people once a month. It’s pretty awesome the level of care that I’ve had – it’s pretty amazing.”

That’s the way a multi-disciplinary approach is supposed to be, says Dr. Dudrick.

“If she had a problem, we’d present her case at conference and talk about what we would do,” he said. “We meet weekly as a group with the oncologists, radiologists, pathologists. It’s a multi-disciplinary conference and that’s where we discuss the care of patients who have new diagnoses or new developments, so that it’s not just one doctor handling their care. That’s pretty standard here.”

“Everything has been so seamless, so coordinated since Day One. They all work so well together. They really, really have,” said Heidle.

“There are a lot of times I have to trot out to the doctor, but that’s OK. Every little thing, every little blood level and count, they check. They’re really on top of things. To not even be in the same of ce, they communicate really well. You know, if you have to have cancer, this is the way to do it – with all of the support.”

Fair Game: Is your skin type ‘ripe’ for melanoma?

With her auburn hair, freckles and fair skin, Vicki Heidle never was one to lie around in the sun.

“I went through a phase when it was the thing to do, but I didn’t do it much because it’s not comfortable – it’s yucky!” said Heidle. “I just fry. My daddy did too.

Daddy had really black hair and blue eyes, but really fair skin. All he had to do was walk outside and he would burn. I got a couple of real bad sunburns when I was little, and I guess that’s partly where this melanoma came from. I just have that type skin. So, I was just ripe for it, I guess.”

Heidle’s skin is identi ed on the Fitzgerald Skin Type chart as Type 1, a classi cation highly susceptible to sunburns and, of course, the most dangerous of all skin cancers. In comparison to the

3.5 million cases of basal cell and squamous cell cancers per year, melanoma is considered rare with 73,000 cases per year.

Yet, Dr. Paul S. Dudrick, Heidle’s surgical oncologist at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, says not a day passes that he doesn’t see at least one case of melanoma.

“I’ll either see a new patient or someone who’s had it every day,” said Dr. Dudrick.

“The incidence of melanoma is going up rapidly, rapidly enough that it’s almost ‘epidemic.’ I know that’s a word typically used for infectious diseases, but it’s because of the exposure to sun that middleaged Americans got when they were kids.

Back in the 1920s, no one was out in the sun. In the 40s and 50s, people were out

in the sun. Of course, in the 1960s and 70s everybody was out in the sun. And now those people are 50, 60 and 70 years old – a combination of aging and their whole sun experience.”

“Now younger people are getting melanoma – almost certainly related to tanning beds,” he added. “For most people, the cause is a combination of burning as a teenager and 30 or 40 years of age beyond that, which causes changes within those cells to become malignant. It’s not like people come in with 10 melanomas – it’s usually just one. It’s a relatively rare event. The number of people getting it have a history of lots of sun exposure. Fair skin, reddish hair, bluish eyes, those who burn and don’t tan – that almost always is the skin type that gets melanoma. When

you see anybody between 20 and 30 and 60, they almost all have those traits.”

Worse yet, said Dr. Dudrick, even tiny melanomas, such as the one Heidle had removed, are extremely dangerous.

“Just about any other cancer that size, you wouldn’t worry about,” said Dr. Dudrick. “If you had a colon cancer that big, it tends to be in an earlier stage. But for melanoma, that’s huge. It takes about a millimeter of lymph duct penetration for the risk of metastasis. Breast cancer you don’t even worry about until it’s a centimeter. That’s when you start thinking about cancer. Melanoma that big, it’s already off the scale.”

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE: ONCOLOGY Fort Sanders Regional and Thompson Cancer Survival Center provide the region’s most comprehensive cancer care. From diagnosis to treatment to rehabilitation, we offer care options not available anywhere else in our region.

Working together to provide the best patient care that’s Regional Excellence!

(865) 673-FORT (3678)

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Moving toward healing

By Carol Shane noxvillian Betty Coleman is no stranger to sorrow. The retired professor of speech pathology and popular instructor at the Taoist Tai Chi Center of Knoxville refers to “two great traumas” in her life.

In 1970, while teaching at Kent State University in Ohio, she lost one of her students. The young woman – on her way to class – was one of four students gunned down by the Ohio National Guard in the infamous “Kent State shooting.”

Coleman was shaken to the core, but she soldiered on, continuing to teach while her husband, Laurence Coleman, pursued his Ph.D. in education.

The couple had met in New York while Betty was working as a speech therapist for the Board of Cooperative Educational Services. In 1975, after Larry completed further studies in Connecticut, they accepted teaching positions at the University of Tennessee, where Larry was named head of special education and rehabilitation.

They had three daughters, bought a house on the Holston River, and joined the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church. They hiked in the mountains and went on whale-watching trips together. Larry taught tai chi at the Taoist

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Betty and Larry Coleman on a June 2013 whale-watching trip in Alaska.

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NEWS FROM GENTRY GRIFFEY FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORY

Frequently Asked Questions

Planning Ahead….

About Pre-Planning

By Eric Botts In recent years, there has been somewhat of a shift in the tone of funerals. Traditionally, funerals have always

elements of the process are covered based on a variety of factors. The VA’s website (www.va.gov) is a valuable resource to learn the benefits of your specific situation if you are a veteran or a family member of a veteran.

Q: How do I benefit from pre-funding my arrangements?

Eric Arnold Botts, Gentry Griffey Funeral Chapel & Crematory Managing Partner and Licensed Funeral Director. been a somber occasion, but more and more families are opting to incorporate elements that celebrate the life of the deceased. In part, this is due to pre-planning funeral arrangements allowing for the wishes of the person who has passed away to be carried out.

Q: Do I have to be embalmed if I am cremated?

A: The only time embalming is required is if there is an open casket during a public visitation. If you wish to be cremated, this is not necessary.

Q: Are my funeral expenses paid for by the VA if I am a veteran?

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Betty had been attracted to the gentle martial art for a while. “I liked it,” she says, “but I didn’t start for a few years.” She wanted a “leg up,” so to speak, before she went into her first session, so she asked Larry to give her a lesson.

“And he did! My first class was in our driveway.”

In 2002, Betty took up Taoist Tai Chi in earnest.

Meanwhile Larry, at the age of 60, applied for and won the Dasso Herb Chair of Gifted Studies at the University of Toledo, Ohio, so the couple relocated once again but kept their Knoxville ties.

After a decade in Toledo, Larry and Betty retired and returned to Knoxville, settling back into their river house.

In early September 2013, while hiking in Panther Creek State Park with their friend Carrie Roller, Larry – fit and trim throughout his life – complained that his arms were bothering him and that he was tired.

He requested several rest stops

She has heard grieving students say that tai chi has saved their lives, but Betty puts her own spin on it. “It helps me continue to live my life in a positive way.”

and eventually suggested that the other two continue without him. But the women didn’t want to leave him, so all three turned back toward the parking lot.

“The car was in sight,” Betty remembers. “Carrie and I were yakking, like we’d do, and all of a sudden she said, ‘He’s down.’

I looked ahead and saw that he had fallen on the trail. He was on his knees, but then he collapsed.

“I thought he was kidding, like, ‘Oh, thank God, I’m almost to the car.’ ” He wasn’t kidding. He’d had a heart attack.

Betty Coleman leads a class in Taoist Tai Chi. Performing “Single Whip” behind her are Trudy Pullin, David Yonker, Michael McClean and Teresa Wilson. Photo by Carol Shane

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From Fr om page pag age 2 The women’s screams brought help and EMTs, but Betty noticed that the ambulance didn’t leave in a hurry, and the siren wasn’t engaged. “I think he was gone instantly,� she says. He was 71.

Watching her husband and best friend of 45 years being taken away was the greatest trauma of Betty Coleman’s life.

She joined a grief and loss support group and found comfort in her church community. Always a water lover, she plunged into pool activities. In April 2014, she carried through with a whale-watching trip that the couple had planned together. “It was very hard,� she says, “but it was good.�

And last January, she started teaching Taoist Tai Chi. Larry had always wanted her to be an instructor in the art.

But it took her some time to gear up for leadership. “His absence was so vast,�

Betty says of her experience in group classes after Larry’s

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death. She would gamely show up and start the sequence, but she couldn’t get all the way through the full set of 108 moves for a long time.

Now, almost two years later, her natural teaching gifts grace the Monday evening beginner class. And she’s got plenty to say about Taoist Tai Chi, which is one of several forms of the gently flowing exercise based in the Eastern discipline of tai chi ch’uan.

She loves it “for mental clearing, for flexibility, balance – benefits that are realized quite quickly. You don’t have to be wonderful at this to get some benefits, so give yourself a break! “It looks easy, but when you actually do it, it’s quite challenging.� She points out that it’s impossible to think of anything else while doing the moves. And

that’s a good thing.

Her students echo her enthusiasm. “It eases the ‘monkey mind’ after work,� says Trudi Pullin, a five-year Taoist Tai Chi practitioner now retired from TVA. Michael McClean agrees “it’s meditative.�

Teresa Wilson, a 15year veteran of the discipline, recently had foot surgery. “Before the surgery, I did the seated set.

Anyone can do the seated set.�

Coleman agrees and says, “It’s nothing you can master – nor should you want to. You’re constantly modifying your tai chi as your body changes. Older members of our community demonstrate this.�

At the age of 72, she’s limber

and strong. “You know those little-used kitchen items that you keep down under the counters, in the back?� she says. “Thanks to tai chi, I can get down there, get those things and get back up!� She also recounts the time she and two much-younger colleagues were locked out of an office at UT. “I was the one who went through the window,� she laughs.

Betty’s emotional road is still rocky. She treasures friends who are partners in sorrow and finds strength in those who know exactly how she feels.

And she’ll continue with her practice of the Eastern discipline she shared with her husband. She has heard grieving students say that tai chi has saved their lives, but Betty puts her own spin on it. “It helps me continue to live my life in a positive way.�

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Trumping Alzheimer’s According to the Alzheimer’s Association, the number of people with the disease may nearly triple to 16 million by 2050, barring the development of medical breakthroughs to prevent, slow or stop the disease. For older individuals, getting involved in social and cognitively stimulating activities, such as the game of bridge, is more important than ever.

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2. Know your family history. Talk to your family members about their eyehealth history. It’s important to know if anyone has been diagnosed with an eye disease or condition since many are hereditary. This will help to determine if you are at higher risk for developing an eye disease or condition.

3. Use protective eyewear. Protect your eyes when playing sports, working with hazardous materials or doing chores like mowing the lawn. Protective eyewear includes safety glasses and goggles, safety shields and eye guards specially designed to provide the correct protection for a certain activity. Most protective eyewear lenses are made of polycarbonate, which is 10 times stronger than other plastics. Many eye-care providers sell protective eyewear, as do some sporting-goods stores.

4. Wear sunglasses. Sunglasses are a great fashion accessory, but their most important job is to protect your eyes from the sun’s ultraviolet rays. When purchasing sunglasses, look for ones that block out 99 percent to 100 percent of both UV-A and UV-B radiation. Exposure to excess sunlight can increase your risk of cataract and age-related macular degeneration, tissue growth on the white part of the eye that can cause discomfort and blurred vision.

You can find more information on these preventive measures and dozens of other vision-related topics at www.nei.nih.gov.

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Common Eye Diseases and Conditions

Just as the rest of your body ages, so do the eyes. The following are common diseases and conditions associated with aging that can be detected with proper monitoring from an eye-care professional: ■ Cataract. People who experience this clouding of the lens in the eye often report increased glare and fading of colors.

■ Diabetic eye disease. A complication of diabetes and a leading cause of blindness, its most common form is diabetic retinopathy, which happens when the disease damages small blood vessels inside the retina.

■ Dry eye. Dry eye can feel like stinging or burning and can lead to blurred vision or even vision loss if left untreated.

■ Glaucoma. Glaucoma is a group of diseases that can damage the eye’s optic nerve and result in vision loss and blindness. Open-angle glaucoma is the most common form of the disease.

■ Age-related Macular Degeneration.

This disease blurs the sharp, central vision you need for “straight-ahead” activities such as reading, sewing and driving.

AMD affects the macula, the part of the eye that allows you to see fine detail.

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Alumni return for softball tourney

By Sandra Clark Whether you’re 25 or 65, you don’t have to stop the activities you enjoy. A group of former Karns High School softball players proved that during a twoday alumni tournament that coincided with the annual Karns Community Fair.

Rhonda Gordon, whose daughter Sarah graduated this spring, organized what she hopes will be the first tournament of a series. Rhonda says it was hard to watch Sarah play that final game. “I wanted her to be able to come back and play on her high school field – her home for the past four years.”

Rhonda and husband Mike have another daughter who is a senior this year. “I thought it would be great for them to come back and play on their home field with past teammates year after year,” said Rhonda.

Games were scheduled for Friday night and Saturday morning. Coach Leah Fritts Dailey, a 2003 Karns High graduate, played in all of the alumni games. Past coaches Rick and

Julie Sayne Long holds a bunch of Karns-colored balloons.

Karns High School’s new softball coach, Leah Fritts Dailey, was welcomed at the alumni game. She graduated from Karns in 2003.

Judy Seibert were recognized.

Thirty-nine players returned to play. The youngest was Sarah Gordon; the oldest was Julie Sayne Long, Class of 1992. Brent Thomas, an alumni dad, returned to handle the announcing.

“We had a memorial at the beginning of the alumni games to honor #18 Misty Ray, who passed away in 2008. Her teammates knew she would have been there because she loved the game with all of her heart,” said Rhonda.

Photographer Terri Blair captured the magic.

A set of twins who graduated in 1997 returned to play, Tonya Babb and Sonya Babb Chauncey.

KHS graduate Hannah McGinn-

Cheering from the dugout are Lindsay Burkhalter, Ginger Freels Pritchard, Ashley Davis Thrift and Rachel Canon Holland.

is and her younger brother Josh sang the National Anthem for the games.

Alumni parents who were instrumental in getting the field built came back to throw the first pitches: Emily Butler Hayes with granddaughter Brooklyn; David Towe, Bill Connor and Bill Seaton. Proceeds from the alumni tourney will go toward field maintenance.

Rhonda Gordon sums it up: “It was a great weekend and I think that everyone had a great

time. It was a lot of hard work but worth every minute of it!

“Loved seeing all the players return to their old stomping ground and play the game they love with great friends! Reliving the glory days! I think a few had some aches and pains in the following days but all had a great time and they are already excited about coming back next year!”