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October 14, 2015

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BUZZ Biz in Section B The Shopper News business page is on B-3 this week. It includes news from the Bearden Rotary Club plus an award for G. Turner Howard III.

What’s up at

Bearden High?

Kierstyn Freeman and Haley Mullins lead the handshake line after a Bearden victory in the state tournament. Photo submitted

By Betty Bean

GO! Contemporary Dance Works to present ‘PUSH’ GO! Contemporary Dance Works will begin its 13th season under the direction of Lisa Hall McKee with “PUSH,” designed for audiences of all ages. Performances will be 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18, at the Clarence Brown Theatre.

“Seven choreographers will present 12 pieces, bringing Knoxville an exuberant and innovative repertoire. A storm of movement, music and choreography, it is a visually and emotionally charged performance with something for everyone,” said McKee. She will premiere “The Manifest” which explores the suppression of artistic individuality and free thinking by a single-minded, communistic order. McKee commissioned the Bearden High School Art Honors Society to create artwork.

Tickets are $16 ($12 for student/child/senior). PUSH is a Penny 4 Arts performance, in which a child can get a ticket for one cent with the purchase of an adult ticket for the Sunday matinee. Tickets are available at Studio Arts for Dancers, 539-2475, or at gocontemporarydance.com

Asia downtown East Tennessee has been getting many opportunities lately to enjoy the culture and food of other countries, what with events such as A Taste of India and Greekfest.

This weekend you can join other virtual travelers at Knox Asian Fest 2015 in downtown Knoxville.

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Thirteen of 15 players from last year’s Bearden High School softball team have quit in support of their coach, Leonard Sams, who was forced out after last year’s first-ever trip to the state tournament.

Parents, players and the coach himself are asking why. Answers are absent.

One player posted on Facebook that her love for her teammates had motivated her to play. After most of them left the team, she saw no reason to continue.

“I want to thank Coach Sams for being an awesome coach … It’s not goodbye. It’s until we meet again. Sad day,” she wrote.

Players and parents sought answers from the school board, prompting at least three board members to talk with Bearden High School principal John Bartlett.

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Bearden High softball players rally in support of fired coach Leonard Sams.

Photo courtesy of WATE-TV

Gardeners celebrate 60 years of

making West Hills beautiful

By Wendy Smith

West Hills Ten O’Clock Gardeners Clara Carroll and Carol Stricklin enjoy anniversary festivities with former member Nancy Irvine. Photo by Wendy Smith

The purpose of the West Hills Ten O’Clock Gardeners is to “create beauty, conserve beauty, and share beauty that the world may become a better place in which to live,” and the club has continued that mission for 60 years.

It was founded on Oct. 6, 1955, when West Hills was a brand-new subdivision. At the time, it was considered a long commute from downtown. But young, post-war homebuyers were attracted to the remote area by ranch-style homes and large lots.

Current president Illy Wood told the collection of past and present members that the club bickered over whether or not of-

ficial stationery should be engraved, and she read an early club rule − no refreshments were to be served at regular meetings. Those who spoke at club meetings were acknowledged with a payment of $1, she said.

In spite of any early disagreements, the West Hills Ten O’Clock Gardeners went on to serve the community through multiple endeavors. Past projects include maintenance of a butterfly garden at West Hills Elementary School, 10 years of decorations for the Knoxville Zoo’s Boo! at the Zoo event and weekly flower arrangements for the Lakeshore Mental Health Institute chapel.

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DeBusk charms readers at Sarah Moore Greene

By Sandra Clark We know Pete and Cindi DeBusk have a big house. We know Pete founded DeRoyal Industries which now employs some 1,800 people worldwide. We know he’s led Lincoln Memorial University into the modern era with satellite campuses, medical and law schools, and $118 million operating budget.

We probably do not know the story he told six kids at Sarah Moore Greene Magnet Academy last week.

The kids already knew some of what he said. For a month they had read and discussed his biography, “The Rabbit’s Got the Gun,” at the authors club, an after-school enrichment project sponsored by Shopper News.

Your parents move a lot?

Pete attended 13 schools before

his high school graduation.

Don’t have much money?

Pete said most days his best meal was his school lunch.

Have trouble fi tting in?

Pete DeBusk Pete grew to 6-3 in high school and had red hair.

How did this man move from a mobile home in Appalachia to the chairmanship of an international corporation and a major regional university?

Call it smarts, luck, tenacity.

Call it a drive to the top, propelled perhaps by a touch of anger. Whatever your answer, Pete shared his story with six kids at SMG, and that story could change their lives.

“How long did it take to write

this book?” asked Yasmine Shuler.

Perceptively, she had brought Pete a gift – a felt money holder with a $100 Ben Franklin imprint and a beautiful flat rock inside.

“Two years,” said Pete. “I had a ghost writer, Sylvia Lynch.”

“Why did you do it?”

“I’ve got seven kids,” said Pete.

“Someday I’ll have great, great grandkids. I wrote the book so they will know who I am and why I did this.”

“What about the book’s name?” asked another.

The rabbit’s got the gun is an Appalachian metaphor for the underdog taking charge; for the hunted becoming the hunter.

The kids will look for Appalachian metaphors in the other books we read this year. Pete’s book is littered with them.

At one point he says, “I might

have stretched the blanket,” referring to an embellishment.

He writes of a Donald Trump moment when he brought a banker through his fledgling factory.

He stacked empty boxes to the ceiling to give the appearance of prosperity.

Pete built his business by seeing needs and fi lling them; same way everybody builds a business.

Being tall and charismatic didn’t hurt.

At age 73, DeBusk is slowing, but his teeth still show when he talks about suing the American Bar Association. Who does that? And when he talks about growing LMU to a $200 million annual budget.

And when the SMG assistant principal tells him she got her master’s and Ed.S. degrees from LMU, why his smile positively lights the room.

Six kids just met a legend.

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Oliver Temple: early Knoxville leader History and Mysteries Oliver Perry Temple, Part II (1820-1907) When he was only 27, Oliver Perry Temple came within 316 votes of altering the course of history. Democrat Andrew Johnson was running for the third of his five terms representing East Tennessee’s 1st Congressional District.

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Johnson was in his prime and thought to be invincible in the 1847 race. His “stump speeches” were effective in the 1:1 debates then in fashion and he had won previous elections by as many as 1,500 votes.

Temple, representing the Whig party, was still working to establish a law practice when, only three weeks before the election, he was prevailed upon to run for the seat. Landon C. Haynes, another Democrat, had considered the odds and decided not to run against Johnson.

At Jonesboro, only two days before the election, Johnson and Temple engaged in a fierce debate.

Thinking Haynes would be his opponent, Johnson had attempted to appeal to Whig voters by opposing some of the policies of Democrat President James K. Polk, although they were of the same party.

By pointing out John-

In the wake of Lincoln’s election to the presidency in November 1860 with secession fever sweeping the state, Temple organized a meeting of local Unionists to plan a course of action.

They agreed to call a citywide assembly at the Knox County Courthouse on Nov. 26 to discuss a statewide secession convention. When they assembled again on Dec. 9, Temple made two contentious speeches that Judge Temple’s Melrose was among the city’s most elegant provided a rallying cry for mansions surrounded by flower and vegetable gardens and the regional Unionists. rare shrubs and trees. Courtesy of the C.M. McClung Historical Collection Counties across East Tennessee held similar meetings and declared their loyalty to the Union.

Oliver P. Temple’s early expo- Lincoln was assassinated in government.

Soon after he returned In February 1861, Tensure to eminent educators 1865?

Temple had received a to Knoxville in September nessee decided against seand attorneys gave him the foundation skills for his distin- fine education at Tusculum 1851, he married Scotia C. cession by a vote of 69,000 guished career as an attorney College and Washington Hume (1832-89), the daugh- to 58,000; but after Linand judge. Photo courtesy of Wiki- College under the famous ter of David Hume. Scotia coln’s call for “75,000 volpedia family of educators, the Do- was noted for her winning unteers to subdue the Reaks, and had read law under personality and social grac- bellion” in April, the mood one of the finest attorneys in es and the Temple mansion, changed considerably. In Tennessee. He had attained Melrose, hosted many ce- June the state voted to sean elegance of manner and lebrities over the years, in- cede by a vote of 105,000 son’s inconsistencies with- speech that would make him cluding Gens. Burnside and to 47,000, and East Tennesin his own party, Temple an effective counselor and Grant during the Union oc- seans cast 33,000 of those was able to win over many opinion molder in East Ten- cupation of Knoxville.

47,000 votes. voters. Johnson won re- nessee during those perilous Their only child, Mary When W.G. “Parson” election 5,658 to 5,342, the years from 1850-65.

Boyce Temple (1856-1929), Brownlow, editor of the closest of his five successful In 1848, after losing the would become the first local paper, warned in races for the U.S. Congress close race to Johnson, the president of the Ossoli August 1861 that the Con(1843-53). young attorney moved to Circle, an organizer of the federate authorities then Oliver Temple had cap- Knoxville and became a Bonny Kate Chapter of the occupying Knoxville were tured the attention of the partner in the law firm of Daughters of the American planning to arrest local public, and author William the prominent attorney Wil- Revolution and a leader in Unionists, Temple fled Speer would observe, “Tem- liam H. Sneed, who would the successful attempt to at- to the North but, in only ple, defeated as he was, felt be elected to the U.S. House tain women’s suffrage in the a few weeks, he was able that he was half conqueror, of Representatives later. early 1900s. to return when he promand Johnson, though electPresident Millard FillBy 1854 Oliver Temple ised that he would remain ed, was deeply mortified more appointed Temple one helped to found the Knox- neutral. During the early and humiliated.” of three commissioners to ville and Ohio Railroad and months of the war, he One wonders whether a the Indian tribes of Texas, was a director of the East would provide legal repdefeated Andrew Johnson New Mexico and Arizona Tennessee and Georgia Rail- resentation for Unionists could have recovered to be in 1850 where he gained road for several years. When accused of such offenses elected Tennessee’s gover- valuable experience. On re- Sneed was elected to Con- as the Bridge-Burning Innor in 1853 and 1855 and a lated trips to Washington, gress, Temple established cident and the Great LoU.S. senator in 1857. Would he became acquainted with a partnership with another comotive Chase. When the he have been serving as vice Henry Clay, Daniel Webster prominent Knoxville attor- Union Army entered the president when Abraham and others influential in the ney, Connally Trigg. city in September 1863,

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Bearden High Doug Harris, who represents the Bearden High district, said he’s standing by the principal’s decision.

He offered no further comment.

Terry Hill, who represents the Cedar Bluff and Karns areas, said she supports Bartlett’s decision, based on explanations she refuses to disclose.

Patti Bounds, from the Powell and Halls areas, said she left Bartlett’s office unconvinced that the firing was justified.

Sams says he’s still waiting for a truthful explanation.

“At the tournament, Bartlett told me, ‘You did a great job. Looking forward to next year.’ A week later, I met with (athletic director) Nathan Lynn, and he told me there’d been complaints. I asked what he was talking about and never got a straight answer. It’s been very hard.”

The ripple effects spread during the summer, and fundraising dried up after Sams’ firing, leaving assistant coach Adam McKenry and booster club president Randy Susong responsible for a $38,000 loan (plus $8,000 in receipts to Susong’s construction company) for a 144,000-square-foot indoor practice facility, which was to be named for Sams and was built on school property with the approval of the school administration.

“There were six dads out in the snow hanging trusses,” Susong said. “We finished the roof the next weekend, and another parent donated all the grading work.”

Now Sams is gone, their daughters have quit the team and the men who built (and continue to pay for) the indoor facility are not welcome there.

When contacted for comment, Knox County Schools released this statement on behalf of Bartlett: “Bearden High School

Temple was so overjoyed that he celebrated by running the length of Gay Street behind a regiment of soldiers.

After the war, he quickly formed a new law firm with Samuel Rogers and James Deaderick but was appointed chancellor of the 8th Chancery District in 1866, then moved to the 2nd Chancery District in 1870. Throughout the 1870s he spearheaded the Knoxville Industrial Association and served as president of the East Tennessee Farmer’s Convention giving numerous lectures on the importance of a diversified economy while extolling the area’s excellent climate and abundant natural resources.

Temple retired from the practice of law in 1880 and was soon appointed Knox County postmaster. He published the most influential of his four books, “East Tennessee and the Civil War,” in 1899. In 1912, having long been his research assistant, his daughter completed the editing and published his fourth book, “Notable Men of Tennessee” (1833 to 1875).

Temple became seriously ill after a fall in 1904 and never fully recovered.

He died on Nov. 2, 1907, and was buried in Old Gray Cemetery, where a large obelisk marks the Temple family plot.

He was a trustee of the University of Tennessee for over a half-century (18541907) and helped establish the school’s College of Agriculture. Hess Hall now stands on the campus where his elegant Melrose mansion once stood.

From page A-1 softball went through a coaching transition this summer due to the resignation of Coach Sams. After an extensive search and a long process we hired Coach McClerkin, formerly the assistant coach under Coach Sams. After discussing the position with Coach McClerkin, it became completely obvious that she is the right person to lead our young women both on and off of the field.

“We want all the young ladies that want to be part of the softball team to participate in softball. We look forward to the 2016 BHS softball season.”

Angela Wade McClerkin, a teacher’s aide who played college softball and served a single season as Sams’ assistant, was not hired until July, after Bearden had been turned down by more experienced coaches who supported Sams. The school got a TSSAA waiver from the requirement that head coaches must be teachers or have five years’ experience as an assistant.

Sams was named district coach of the year by his peers and has been selected to coach the 2016 USA softball under-18 team in Spain.

In recent years, Bearden’s administration has also let go winning football coach Brad Taylor, track coach Jack Tate and baseball coach Steve Prince. They, along with Sams, “resigned,” but only when pressured to do so.

Former Bearden assistant principal and athletic director Scott Witt, who hired Sams in 2007 and was forced out of his own job in 2012 because he “didn’t fit the vision” of the administration, said he’s proud of the hire and believes it was a big mistake to let Sams go.

“I guess now the vision’s going to be losing all the time,” Witt said. “It’s really a shame.”

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Over 300 participated in last year’s inaugural FARE Walk for Food Allergy at World’s Fair Park.

Photos submitted

FARE Walk offers fun, hope for those with food allergies Before she had her first child, Bearden resident Melissa Mastrogiovanni was “happy to be oblivious” Wendy about what she ate. Reading Smith food labels was not on her to-do list, she says.

Her son, Bradan, exhibited his first symptom old. A skin test confirmed of food allergies − hives − an allergy to milk and eggs when he was just 4 months at 12 months. Since then,

West Hills Current club projects include planting flowers at Chilhowee Park, sending care packages to military service members and participating in Pumpkins in the Park at West Hills Park.

The group is also active with various endeavors at the Ivan Racheff House and Gardens, the headquarters of the Tennessee Federation of Garden Clubs.

The gardeners display their talents in local flower shows and provide financial support to the Racheff House, Ijams Nature Center and the Knoxville Botanical Gardens, among others.

Wood compared a garden to a stage, where bees, hummingbirds and butterflies perform.

“It’s up to us to take care of it,” she said.

State Sen. Richard Briggs attended the anniversary

■ “Ghoul at the School” free trick-or-treat event, 5-7 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 29, Karns High School, 2710 Byington Solway Road. Community members are encouraged to bring their children to trick-or-treat in a safe environment.

■ Halloween Pancake Breakfast hosted by the Farragut Middle School cheerleaders, 8-10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, at Aubrey’s, 102 S. Campbell Station Road. Cost: $5.

■ Halloween shows by Smoky Mountain Storytellers, 2-4 p.m. Saturdays, Oct. 24 and 31, Sweet Fanny Adams Theater, (Light #3) 461 Parkway, Gatlinburg. Suggested donations: $7 at door, $5 for seniors, students and groups. Info: Gatlinburg.com; smokymountaintellers.com; 429-1783 or 984-0246.

■ Pumpkin Patch Cruise In, 4-8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16, Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway. Cars, trucks

luncheon, held at Bearden Banquet Hall. He brought a proclamation, signed by Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey, recognizing the club’s accomplishments.

Garden clubs make a unique contribution to the community, he said.

“When we drive through neighborhoods and see the flowers, it makes all of us feel good.”

City Council member Duane Grieve brought best wishes from Mayor Madeline Rogero. Neighborhoods play an important role in the city, and garden clubs make neighborhoods better, he said.

The West Hills Ten O’Clock Gardeners meet at various locations on second Thursdays. Social time begins at 9:30 a.m., and the meeting begins, naturally, at 10 a.m.

and motorcycles welcome.

Proceeds from the pumpkin patch sales go to the church’s food pantry and other mission projects. Info: beaverridgeumc.org or 690-1060.

■ Trick-or-treat in the “SafeSpook Hallowed Halls,” 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, Morning Pointe of Powell, 7700 Dannaher Drive. Info: 686-5771.

■ Trunk or treat, 6-8 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 25, New Beverly Baptist Church, 3320 New Beverly Church Road. Info: 546-0001 or NewBeverly.org.

■ Trunk or Treat, 4-6 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 25, Concord UMC, 11020 Roane Drive.

Church will provide hot dogs, chips and drinks; bring a side to share. To sign up to host a trunk: kellyforrestcumc@ gmail.com or 966-6728, ext.

226.

■ Trunk or Treat, 6-7 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 28, First Farragut UMC, 12733 Kingston Pike. Come in costume.

■ Trunk or treat, 5-7 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 31, Faith UMC parking lot, 1120 Dry Gap Pike.

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, 9513773, 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.

■ Third and Fourth District

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Bradan and Caolan Mastrogiovanni show off teal pumpkins that mark their home as a safe place for kids with food allergies to trick-or-treat. gram that encourages families to offer nonfood items to trick-or-treaters, and to mark their participation by displaying teal pumpkins.

Mastrogiovanni is pleased that UT Gardens will offer its fifth annual Trick or Trees event from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 24. The food-free

event offers activity stations and spooky fun for kids. For information: http://utgardens.tennessee.edu.

When kids with food allergies feel included and involved, it shows on their faces, she says.

“Once you see that expression, you don’t go back.”

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HALLOWEEN HAPPENINGS ■ Fall festival and trunk or treat, 4-6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25, Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway.

Inflatables, hayrides, games and food.

he’s had serious reactions to other foods, including an airborne reaction to lamb.

Bradan is now 5, and his two younger brothers also have food allergies, though not as serious as his. Mastrogiovanni has taken up the cause of helping children and adults better understand food allergies. She

also hopes to educate the community on how to be inclusive to children who have them.

As vice president of the Food Allergy Community of East Tennessee (FACET), she is promoting the second annual FARE (Food Allergy Research Education) Walk for Food Allergy at 8:30 a.m. this Saturday at World’s Fair Park. Over 300 participated in last year’s walk, which raised $18,000.

Mastrogiovanni shares her message of inclusion through a special story time at Knox County Public Library branches. She begins by reading about friendship and then moves on to the topic of food allergies through songs and dialogue.

It’s a message that adults need to hear, too. Kids with food allergies feel included when adults serve safe snacks, or no food at all, during playdates or school activities.

The FARE Walk will offer plenty of nonfood fall fun, like a Kids’ Zone, a costume contest and a teal pumpkin painting contest. The Teal Pumpkin Project, initiated

by FACET founder Becky Basalone, is a national pro-

Democrats meet 6 p.m. each fourth Tuesday, Bearden Public Library. Info: District 3, Suzie Coffey, 691-1075; District 4, Rosina Guerra, rosinag@ earthlink.net or 588-6260, or Chris Foell, foellmc@aol.com or 691-8933.

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

■ West Knox Lions Club meets 7 p.m. each first and third Monday, 8529 Kingston Pike.

Info: knoxvillewestknox lionsclub.org

Knoxville City Council member Duane Grieve and state Sen. Richard Briggs (right) are greeted by West Hills Ten O’Clock Gardeners president Illy Wood. Photo by Wendy Smith

A newspaper photo from the early days of the West Hills Ten O’Clock Gardeners shows Mrs. L.W. Robinson with her arrangement that won a blue ribbon at the “Beginner’s Luck” flower show. Mrs. R.J. Leber of Corteland Drive hosted the show − the club’s first.

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Don’t expect NCAA fame from Vol basketball Don’t expect the developing Tennessee basketball team to tear up the 2016 NCAA tournament. If the Vols surprise, do expect Dave Hart to high-jump for joy and award a large raise and lifetime contract to Rick Barnes.

Alas, there are no streets available for renaming. Perhaps a sidewalk?

Getting something right would be very meaningful to the athletic director. The shadow of getting something wrong still hovers over the basketball neighborhood. The excitement that was Donnie Tyndall came and went, leaving the Vols without a point guard, definitive big man and goto scorer. Winning without those basic elements wouldn’t necessarily mean the invention of a new game but it would underscore the

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importance of really good coaching.

History says Barnes is a fine coach. That he didn’t win enough to keep the Texas job is puzzling. That the man who fired him has been fired could be one piece of an explanation.

Tennessee is a more difficult challenge than Texas.

With the late start in recruiting, the same thing happened to Barnes that happened to Tyndall. Neither added immediate superstars. Kentucky did. Auburn did. Others improved.

Barnes recruited bigger.

Whether new Vols, collectively, equal the dearly departed Josh Richardson is just one of several pressing questions.

Tennessee was 16-16 last season. If this team breaks even, it will be because one newcomer blocks a bunch of shots and Kevin Punter and Armani Moore do more that they have done.

By default, those two may share ball-handling duties, log time as wings and provide leadership.

It helps that Moore is one tough guy and that Punter is versatile and committed.

It helps that Ray Kasongo is 6-9 and an excellent athlete.

Barnes will also need talented Robert Hubbs to emerge as a real basketball player, suddenly capable of guarding somebody his size, capable of driving to the

goal and finishing a shot, capable of an all-around game well above what he has so far demonstrated.

Robert was a five-star prep player.

Derek Reese must be a contributor. He was second last season in rebounding.

Devon Baulkman has ability and leftovers of a shoulder injury. A healthy Jabari McGhee should provide inside depth. He was lost early last season to a foot injury. Sad note: He has shrunk. He was listed at 6-8 as a freshman but is now 6-5.

Detrick Mostella has been a pleasant surprise in workouts. He and Tyndall were unhappy with each other and a transfer seemed likely.

Didn’t happen.

Barnes says the sophomore scorer is really working to improve.

Kasongo, one of two Ca-

nadian recruits, projects as the prize new guy. Officially, he is a raw sophomore transfer from Toronto and College of Southern Idaho with minimum statistics but maximum athletic ability to go with size and strength.

Unofficially, he was shipped to Kentucky for prep basketball experiences at Lick Creek and Pikeville. After that he appeared at two or three finishing schools in far-away places.

He once signed with Oregon but was not admitted. Bigname coaches identified potential and joined the chase.

Kansas and LSU really wanted him. Ben Howland of Mississippi State thought he had him. Tennessee associate head coach Rob Lanier, Buffalo native blessed with several Canadian connections, signed him.

Barnes says Kasongo is

learning skill development, basketball IQ, what it means to really work hard.

“He’s a big body, really strong and he will help immediately as a rebounder and rim protector.”

The other Canadian, 6-10 Kyle Alexander, 308 among best prospects, is third best in his family.

Kyle’s father, Joseph, was a star at Niagara. Kyle’s sister, Kayla, was an allAmerican at Syracuse and plays in the WNBA. Kyle figures as a future.

Tyndall signees 6-2 guard Shembari Phillips and 6-5 wing Admiral Schofield are more likely to help immediately. Tyndall’s departure gave them the right to go elsewhere. They stayed, a compliment to UT and Barnes.

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

DNA marking program could deter crime The company that manufactures intruder DNA spray used to stop repeat breakins at Lee’s Food Mart on Rutledge Pike is trying to get neighborhoods on board with a new program that uses synthetic DNA to mark valuables. If the majority of neighbors sign up, it would be like a putting a shield around a neighborhood, says Johan Larsen of the CSI Protect Program.

Larsen spoke to the Council of West Knox County Homeowners last week.

He described kits that allow homeowners to mark valuables with a glue that contains an ultraviolet tracer and a unique DNA code.

Law enforcement officers can scan recovered items for the glue, which contains microdots − flat, one millimeter dots that are printed

curred.

After the test, Knoxville Police Chief David Rausch said it was clear that the Wendy program is a potential tool Smith for homeowners in the continuing fight to protect their property.

Signs identifying homes with the registered code with DNA marking were and the company’s contact thought to deter criminals. information. That informa“Even criminals who tion links criminals to crime flunked kindergarten can scenes and allows victims to read ‘DNA,’ and they’ll byrecover their possessions. pass those homes,” Larsen But the goal of the CSI said.

Protect Program isn’t as The program is a coormuch about recovery as pre- dinated effort that requires vention, Larsen says. The the participation of neighprogram, tested for four borhood associations and months in Old North Knox- law enforcement to effecville earlier this year, result- tively reduce crime. The ed in a 70 percent decrease price of the kit, which inin property crime compared cludes enough glue to mark to the same time period in 30-50 items as well as signs 2014. A 21 percent decrease and stickers for yards, cars in overall crime also oc- and valuables, will be great-

ly reduced if purchased through a neighborhood association.

Captain Robbie Lawson of the sheriff’s office attended the meeting. The department regularly disposes of stolen property worth thousands of dollars because owners can’t be identified, he said. Most robbery victims don’t have pictures, receipts or serial numbers they can use to identify their valuables.

He emphasized that the sheriff’s office doesn’t endorse products. But if homeowners associations purchase the kits, the department will buy what is needed to support the program, he said.

Knoxville is the first U.S. city to use DNA marking. The system has been used effectively in Europe

Johan Larsen of CSI Protect Program shows the Council of West Knox County Homeowners a sign that participants would place in yards.

Photo by Wendy Smith

since the 1980s, according to Larsen. The company is talking to insurance companies about offering discounts to homeowners who use CSI Protect.

The glue, called SelectaDNA, is non-toxic and long-lasting. It’s also difficult to remove. Larsen recommends putting the glue in hard-to-reach or textured areas to deter crimi-

nals from filing it off. The glue wears off rings that are worn daily, so it needs to be reapplied, he said.

When deciding what to mark, homeowners should mark anything they want back, Lawson said. Insurance will replace computers or televisions, but some items are irreplaceable.

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Time for a new tune at the school board One of the strongest arguments for appointing school superintendents is that doing so removes them from the dirty business of politics, which is left instead to the elected school board, which hires, fires and oversees the superintendent.

data-driven bunch in charge of education – had plunged from Level 5 to Level 1 in 2014-15. This news was accompanied by anecdotal evidence of high teacher turnover rates and difficulties with “one-to-one” technology, raising questions that begged answers – but not, evidently, in the view of the school board, which has Betty remained curiously silent.

Bean Add this to the controversy over the forced resignation of Bearden’s successThat’s a tidy plan, but ful, popular softball coach, it won’t work if the board Leonard Sams, which had declines to do its statutory already reached the boiling duty. And that’s what’s hap- point by the time the TVAAS pening in Knox County, bal- scores became known, and loons and confetti cannons it would seem that someone and Exemplary School Dis- on the board might have trict status notwithstand- wondered what the heck ing. was going on at Bearden.

Take Bearden High But when Bearden parSchool, for example. In Au- ents, players and boosters gust, this newspaper broke asked the board to put the the story that Bearden’s matter on its agenda, what Tennessee Value Added As- they got was crickets, exsessment Score – the be-all, cept for insinuations that end-all gold standard for the the coach knows why he

was fired. Meanwhile, a once-successful program is in turmoil and boosters are stuck with the cost of a new practice facility because fundraising dried up with Sams’ departure.

Earlier in the summer, communities like Copper Ridge and Mt. Olive were rocked by the non-renewal of popular, successful teachers Christina Graham and Gloria Ray-Scheberle, neither of whom had taught long enough in Knox County to qualify for tenure. Parents came the school board seeking help, or at least answers.

Again, crickets.

Maybe this “never apologize, never explain” tactic was developed after the 2011 public pillorying of Joel Helton, longtime head football coach at Central High School, whose suspension was announced via a Friday press release over an allegation that he had menaced a female student

with a stick.

When that charge proved meritless, Superintendent James McIntyre’s investigation turned into a fishing expedition in an attempt to nail Helton, who was allowed to return to work the following year – at Farragut High School – while McIntyre publicly announced that he would never again be allowed to coach in Knox County. The episode left deep wounds in Fountain City that only began to heal after the new Central High principal, Michael Reynolds, and coach, Bryson Rosser, reached out to Helton, who had been stricken with cancer and had only months to live.

In all these cases, and more, citizens went to their school board for answers and got stonewalled by a board whose theme song is “Stand By Your Man.” It’ll probably take one more election cycle for them to learn a new tune.

FBI hears complaints, praise East Knox residents brought a parade of complaints and praise to a panel of Knox law enforcement chiefs in a public forum sponsored by the FBI at Austin-East High School last Thursday.

“We need to close the divide between law enforcement and the citizens we serve,” said Edward Reinhold, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Knoxville office, which serves the eastern half of Tennessee. “There have been far too many violent encounters between law enforcement and civilians in recent months.

“As leaders in the law enforcement community, we felt it was necessary that somebody start this conversation.”

Reinhold said the forum was a response to police killings of black men in Ferguson, Missouri; Baltimore, Maryland, and other locations that have led to riots and unrest across the nation.

Several of the attendees responded with stories of their personal mistreatment by local law enforcement officers. One man told of being assaulted by a policeman while he was standing in his own driveway, then being arrested for no reason. Another man complained about an especially vigorous frisking. Theotis Robinson III detailed two stops he experienced that were the result of racial profiling and asked what the agencies were doing to prevent the practice.

David Rausch, chief of the Knoxville Police Department, fielded most of the questions and took

Vivian Shipe, head of the local chapter of the National Alliance of Postal and Federal Employees, warned law enforcement chiefs of increasing racial slurs and threats of violence at the U.S. Postal Service main post office on Weisgarber Road and urged the creation of a threat assessment team at the facility. Photo by

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notes, promising individual meetings with the people who had complaints.

Questions about employment in law enforcement also surfaced. The heads of the various departments outlined the requirements for hiring in their agencies, and Jessie Brooks, captain of the Knoxville district of the Tennessee Highway Patrol talked about the difficulties in getting applicants for state trooper positions and invited qualified citizens to apply.

Several people had questions about the city’s Police Advisory & Review Committee, its powers and effectiveness. One person asked why there was no PARC for county officers. Another person called for the completion of the proposed safety center for people arrested with mental health or substance abuse issues.

That comment prompted general applause from the gathering.

Rausch said his department did not have a community policing program but instilled a “philosophy of community policing” in the police force. “We want our officers to be in the community before crime occurs.

We want everyone treated right and treated professionally.”

He dodged a question about guns in city parks, noting that a recently filed

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lawsuit challenging the city of Knoxville’s interpretation of the state law prevented him from commenting on the issue.

Vivian Shipe, president of Local 406 of the National Alliance of Postal and Federal Employees, turned the discussion to race relations at the U.S. Postal Service main post office on Weisgarber Road. She called on the law enforcement chiefs to investigate racist and violent threats before there was a violent incident.

“We have supervisors who use racial slurs on employees. We have workers who are locked out of the post office building solely because they are big black men,” Shipe said. She said one employee was not disciplined for threatening to bring a gun to work and shoot people, a violation of the USPS zero tolerance policy against threats and violence.

“You need to form a threat assessment team before something happens.

We don’t want you to be ask-

ing after the fact were there any signs that tensions were building. We don’t want you running in while employees run out. We want you running in now.”

Monica Reed from the Morningside neighborhood praised the FBI for holding the forum, and Valencia Watson urged citizens to comply with police when stopped.

But black activist David Alex Hayes questioned why the forum was held in competition with another forum on the same topic being held at Payne Avenue Baptist Church. He was also critical of the lack of power given to PARC. In addition to Reinhold, Rausch and Brooks, panelists included Randy Nichols, special counsel to the Knox County Sheriff’s Office; University of Tennessee police chief Troy Lane; Dewayne Johnson, special agent in charge of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s Knoxville office; and Robert Simerly, head of UT Medical Center Security.

government Diversity efforts not all the same State Rep. Martin Daniel of Knoxville has released figures showing that the University of Tennessee is spending $2,549,882 on diversity programs. Of this amount $1,667,195 is at the Knoxville campus.

Some totals suggest it exceeds over $4 million on all UT campuses.

The request for this information was generated by the recent controversy on the “gender neutral” pronouns published on the UT Office of Diversity webpage. Vice Chancellor Ricky Hall, who oversees diversity, is paid $217,252 including benefits.

In the recent controversy over gender-neutral pronouns use, Hall was seldom if ever mentioned, even though it occurred on his watch in his area of authority.

One has to wonder where he was when this issue triggered national news?

Instead, UT President Joe DiPietro, who normally shuns involvement in purely campus issues, assumed command of the issue and ordered the offending words removed from the university website after a few days. It is unclear whether DiPietro even spoke to Hall on this issue.

This is the same UT president who a few months earlier had written a piece for the News Sentinel outlining his reasons for not getting involved in the Lady Vols name-change controversy on the grounds it was a UT-Knoxville campus issue. It was a matter for Chancellor Jimmy Cheek and Athletic Director Dave Hart to resolve. He washed his hands of the whole matter, which has generated 25,000 signatures on an online petition and a letter to the UT Board signed by over one-third of the entire General Assembly.

The pronoun issue created a national outrage that caused DiPietro to reverse course and move quickly to end the controversy, which could have handled

by Chancellor Cheek or Vice Chancellor Hall acting alone or together. Board members were caught off guard.

While the pronoun controversy has ended, the fiscal issue continues on the very valid matter of how many tax dollars should be spent on diversity.

Diversity is a worthwhile issue and should be discussed. In the American system, diversity has a valid role. Diversity should be promoted, but does it require $2.5 million a year to do it? It is legitimate to

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question the amount being spent, as Daniel has stated.

Over 30 employees on the Knoxville campus alone are pushing this. The gender-neutral pronoun memo was one of their achievements. Easily discarded, one could assume this was a waste of tax dollars and not required by federal law.

What does this office do?

My own governmental experience tells me that anytime $2.5 million is being spent, there is an easy 20 percent that could be shaved off with little impact.

UT spokesperson Margie Nichols says it is mostly to comply with federal regulations. That is the UT line, and they are sticking to it.

Well, citizens and legislators should ask UT to explain precisely what federal regulations require such a cost.

If UT cut the personnel on this from 30 to 15, what would suffer? Why do individual colleges have their diversity officers in addition to the campus office? That includes the Law School, the College of Engineering, Haslam College of Business, College of Veterinary Medicine and College of Arts and Sciences, to name several. Can this not be streamlined and consolidated to save costs?

The trustees and/or UT staff may have to answer these questions or face a legislative inquiry. Some at UT resent Daniel raising these issues, but saving money is good for taxpayers if it results in that.

■ Denark Construction, a very successful Knoxville firm led ably by Raja Jubran, celebrates its 30th anniversary on Oct. 16 with an event at the Historic Tennessee Theatre. Jubran is vice chair of the UT Board of Trustees, which makes him the governor’s point person on the board on many issues. With headquarters on Western Avenue, Denark has been very active in support for many civic projects over the past 30 years.

■ Speaking of diversity, the second Asian Festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 17, at Krutch Park downtown. Come for all sorts of different foods and a fun time.

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Offerings include: card games; exercise programs; dance classes; watercolor classes; Tai Chi; blood pressure checks; mahjong; senior-friendly computer classes. The center has a lounge/resource area which contains a lending library, puzzle table, Green Mountain Coffee, television, along with a “Senior Services” resource wall.

■ John T. O’Connor Senior Center 611 Winona St. 523-1135 knoxcounty.org/seniors Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Offerings include: Card games, billiards, senior fitness, book club, blood pressure checks, bingo, Friday night dances.

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Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero and Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett greet seniors at the picnic.

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At 88, he’s on the road for charity

By Carolyn Evans Early every morning, 88-year-old Ted Denning is in his red Dodge Dakota pickup, making his rounds.

The Farragut area resident gets out of bed with a mission: to collect food donations for the hungry.

Then, on Tuesdays, he and his wife, Phyllis, hit the road to deliver food and household goods to communities in need in the mountains of Tennessee and Kentucky.

“People wonder why I do it,” says Denning. “Because I’m still able to do it.

I think it’s good for us to be on the move and not be sitting in front of the TV – and I worked for Magnavox for 30 years!”

Denning’s missions are under the umbrella of St. John Neumann Catholic Church. His rounds, which are seven days a week, take him by two Fresh Markets daily and by Kroger on Northshore Drive, three Publix stores and Trader Joe’s on specific “pick up” days. He collects donated baked goods, canned food and other items. He’s out again two or three times a week at 10 p.m., picking up donations from Panera Bread at closing time. He and Phyllis, who have been married 61 years, deliver to a variety of places in Knoxville, including The Samaritan House, FISH Hospitality Pantries, Ladies of Charity and Knoxville Area Rescue Ministries.

In addition to all that, Denning will pick up the left-overs from garage sales

An unwelcome visitor

Ted Denning, 88, stands by one of the trailers he will deliver to communities in Tennessee and Kentucky as part of a mission program of St. John Neumann Catholic Church. Photo by Carolyn Evans to put in one of the trailers in the church parking lot.

Parishioners also bring donations of household goods to those trailers. Then, once a week, the Dennings hitch the trailer to his truck and head to the mountains.

First stop is at the Crazy Quilt Friendship Center in Newcomb, near Jellico, where the Dennings drop off baked goods at the center run by Catholic Charities. Ed Bryant is the program manager of the center and has received loads of baked goods from Denning for many years.

“I see him every week,” Bryant said. “I think he’s a man with a big heart. He’s

all about the kids. He wants to see the kids taken care of.”

Once the food has been unloaded, the couple drive either into Scott County where they drop off household goods and food at a homeless shelter or over to Whitley County, Ky., where they deliver goods to Cedaridge Ministries in Williamsburg.

At St. John Neumann, Denning is a member of the Knights of Columbus, where he says some of his missionmindedness sprang. “A couple of members of our group, Tony Angelelli and George LeCrone, will drive to the mountains on the weeks I can’t,” says Denning.

A Korean War veteran,

Denning says he has been blessed with good health and needs to be of service. “There are so many kids in that area who are in dire need of help.

When you see a little boy take a pack of hot dog buns and start eating them without anything on them, then you begin to wonder.”

He drives his own truck and pays for his own gas, over $5,000 last year, but says he’s glad to do it. “I’m not looking for notoriety, and I’m not the only one doing this,” he says. “There are a lot of people doing this.

The first thing the Knights of Columbus believes in is charity. That’s what really starts this.”

Becoming a tech savvy parent

By Nancy Anderson “There is no issue that makes parents feel more overwhelmed, frustrated and out of touch than technology,” said Christian parenting expert and author of “Tech Savvy Parents” Brian Houseman.

Houseman shared his strategy for dealing with technology issues such as sexting, texting, digital pornography, and protecting an online reputation with a congregation largely comprised of parents and teenagers at Grace Baptist Church.

“When it comes to technology, the end game is how do we teach our kids to use these things responsibly and with integrity? To put it simply, we set boundaries, open conversations and clearly state our expectations.”

Houseman said few par-

On that day the Lord will whistle for the fly that is at the sources of the streams of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.

(Isaiah 7: 18 NRSV) I have written previously in this space about the cat who came to Cross Currents church in the middle of the sermon, causing no Lynn little consternation until Pitts one woman decided to take matters into her own hands, picked up the visitor and took him outside. ing since I was the lone Her explanation was that instrumentalist for the she was afraid if some- service.

I stepped out the door, one didn’t take care of the situation, she would burst set the wasp free, came into silly giggles at any back into the sanctuary, sat down at the piano and moment.

So, on a recent Sunday carried on.

I was drawing on trainmorning, when I happened to be at the piano, ing from my days with UT I was reminded of that Singers. Our director alwoman. I looked at the ways told us that if somerailing between me and thing untoward, embarthe choir and saw a wasp. rassing or truly dreadful I am allergic to bee stings, occurred on stage, the so I had a vested interest offender (or the victim, in removing the fearsome depending on one’s perspective) should turn and beast!

I picked up a piece walk purposefully offof paper that happened stage, as if it were all part to be handy, slid it un- of the plan.

As I came back into the der the bee and calmly walked out of the sanctu- service, the pastor asked ary. I worried, as I went, if I had killed the bee.

“No,” I replied, “I let that the pastor would be startled to see me depart- him live.”

Brian Houseman Photo submitted ents realize how much their child is utilizing social media and at what age they start dealing with purity issues.

“Teenagers spend about two hours a day on social media constantly checking for approval.

“Ninety percent of all eight to 18 year olds will view digital pornography.

It isn’t a question of if their

child will see it, it’s a question of when.

“The average parent will start talking to their child about digital pornography around the age of 14. In reality, this conversation needs to happen before 11.

“Conversations about sexting need to happen earlier as well. When you give your child a cellphone, that’s when you have that conversation.

“Be very clear about what they can and can’t text to people and why that’s inappropriate.”

“Fewer than 20 percent of parents talk with the child about how to protect themselves or what the expectations are in using technology.”

According to Houseman, teenagers live in the now, never realizing their posts, comments and pictures may have far-reaching negative

Hops and Hope

By Carol Shane The Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church is so active in so many areas and its calendar so jam-packed with activities that it would take several columns to list them all. Music, yoga, coin collecting, chess, violin lessons, Spanish classes, potluck suppers – TVUUC-ers embrace life and accommodate a wide range of i nterests among their members.

This Sunday, they’ll be hosting their annual “Hops and Hope Oktoberfest 5K and One Miler” run/walk to benefit the church’s FISH pantry.

Allan Morgan, retired executive director of the Knoxville Track Club, is race coordinator for the event.

“I started it 16 years ago because I had all kinds of experience with racing and runners, and because of my interest in the social justice aspect of the church,” he says. “I thought, ‘Let’s see if we can pull this off!’ And we’ve been able to make it into quite a profitable event.”

FISH is an area-wide effort involving more than 20 churches. Volunteers collect, bag and deliver food to those in need.

In addition, TVUUC takes responsibility for purchasing food and stocking the West

Knoxville Food Pantry in the high-demand month of December. The “Hops and Hope” event provides the funds each year.

Participants will meet in the TVUUC parking lot and run/ walk on the Third Creek Greenway, which backs up to the church. “Is it athletic?” asks Morgan.

“Yes, but it’s mostly social. There’s a big party after the race.”

That party features “great food and extraordinary brews,” according to the TVUUC website. It is, after all, Oktoberfest.

“It’s never rained,” says Morgan. “Many times, it’s been a glorious afternoon.”

The “Hops and Hope Oktoberfest 5K and One Miler” begins this Sunday, Oct. 18, at 4 p.m. at TVUUC, 2931 Kingston Pike. Participants can register online up to 11:59 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 16. Race-day registration at the event venue is also available.

Info: www.tvuuc.org or call 865-523-4176.

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FAITH NOTES Special services ■ Bell’s Campground UMC, 7915 Bell Campground Road, will hold Homecoming on Sunday, Oct. 18. Morning service, 10:30 a.m.; lunch, noon; singing, 1:30 p.m.

Bring covered dish. Everyone welcome.

consequences. More than 75 percent of college admissions officers and employers ■ Westside Unitarian Universalist Church, now review an applicant’s 616 Fretz Road, holds online presence. meditation services 6:30 From Facebook to Twitp.m. each second and fourth ter to Instagram, HouseWednesday. Includes quiet man advises parents to reflection, simple music and protect their child’s online readings. Info: westsideuuc. integrity by keeping passorg. words, frequently auditing their child’s activities, and Vendors needed deleting questionable posts.

Information 360family. ■ Ball Camp Baptist Church, 2412 Ball Camp Byington org

Road, is seeking vendors for its “Holiday Bazaar” to be held 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21. Booths are $30 and $50.

Application deadline: Oct. 31. Info/application: Amanda, Awright5237@gmail.com.

■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7754 Oak Ridge Highway, is seeking vendors for the annual Craft Fair to be held 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 21 in the family life center. Spaces: $40. Bring your own table or rent one for $10. Info/reservations: 690-1060.

Youth programs ■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, hosts Morning Breakfast and Afternoon Hang Out for youth each Tuesday. Breakfast and Bible study, 7:20 a.m.; Hang Out Time, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Info: 6901060 or beaverridgeumc.org.

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Canario said BMS has

By Sara Barrett BMS faculty member and been a finalist the past two Students at Bearden Middle School have redefined program sponsor Kayla Ca- years. Last year, the stunario has mentored the pro- dents’ project made it on reaching for the stars.

The Student Spaceflight gram’s participants all three board the ferry spacecraft, and students traveled to Experiments Program, a years.

“For me, this is the most Florida to watch the launch. national competition, made its way into Knox County fulfilling after-school proj- Unfortunately, that space- Bearden Middle School stuChild AdvoSchools three years ago. ect I’ve done with students craft exploded in the air. dents Alex Hofman and Ricacy Center Participants create a pro- because it gives them the “But they still got to see the ley Speas were finalists in clinical direclast year’s Student Spaceposal of a project that can most real-world experi- explosion!” said Canario. tor Mona WilStudents work on the flight Experiment Program. be done in microgravity, ence,” said Canario. liams-Hayes At BMS, the program is project on their own time, Photo submitted and if chosen their project discusses is sent to the International open to any student, and after school and on the dealing with Space Station on the next the entire creative pro- weekends. Canario said ing, and it’s all authentic. depression in flight up. The experiment cess takes place within six once students try the pro- We have to pay for a spot on children. is then conducted by astro- weeks. There are about a gram, they’re hooked. “They the shuttle, but I see it as a good example for your child. nauts aboard the ISS, and dozen students participat- come back every year. There way to invest in future sciis a lot of research and writ- entists.”

Start a conversation with findings are reported back ing this year. them and help them think through their issue. A worry chair where they can sit and think for five minutes each day is extremely beneficial, said Williams-Hayes, so they can dedicate time to their concerns while still being able to enjoy the rest of their day.

The recurring theme throughout the discussion was devoting time to your children. “It’s not necessarily doing an activity with our kids as it is being with our kids. They can sit next to you and do their homework while you’re working on something else. And have a good circle of support around you. The more we have, the better. The wider the branches, the deeper the roots, the better.”

Some resources given for additional help include Cherokee Health Systems, Sequoyah Elementary School celebrated its top coupon-book sellers this month. Pictured are top sellers Addalee Adams, Em544-0406; Helen Ross mie Bankston, Luke Bacon, Campbell Goff, Matthew McClamroch, Kate Namey, Hunter Dance, Selah Caldwell and Declan Burns.

McNabb Center, 522-3127; Photo submitted and Peninsula Hospital, 970-9800.

The discussion Oct. 15 will feature WVMS school principal Renee Kelley’s presentation “Balancing AcPTA president Angie Bearden Middle School ademics and Youth Sports.” PTA’s annual festival, Bru- Tierney said the festival Coffee starts at 8 a.m. with inaroo, was held Oct. 2, and fundraiser began several the speaker beginning at despite some wonky weath- years ago in lieu of students 8:30 a.m. er, everyone had a great selling merchandise to raise money. time.

“Elementary schools hold fall carnivals, and these students used to go to those.

Middle-school students FASTER, MORE CONVENIENT aren’t as old as we think they are,” said Tierney. “We just wanted them to have a good time.”

Activities included in- Taylor Dixon winds up to throw a ball at the dunk tank. flatables, a Velcro wall, a YOUR PLANS! dunking booth and dancing in the gym.

Students were also treated to performances by the dance, cheer and step teams. Tierney said this IMPROVE YOUR HOME was really the first time the teams have performed since PAY COLLEGE TUITION their season doesn’t officially begin until basketball TAKE THAT BIG TRIP starts.

The planning committee for Bruinaroo began its PREPARE FOR LIFE’S work about nine months BIGGEST EVENTS ago. It has become the Riley Maples steps up to the tee at Bruinaroo. Photos by Justin Acuff school’s largest fundraiser.

West Valley serves ‘Five Cups of Coffee’ West Valley Middle School’s PTSA is hosting a five-lecture series throughout October with a different guest speaker at each meeting. The series includes a range of topics related to raising children to be their best. Cleverly named “Five Cups of Coffee,” the meetings begin with a coffee social.

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Mona Williams-Hayes spoke Oct. 8 about recognizing depression in children.

Williams-Hayes, clinical director from the Child Advocacy Center of the ninth judicial district, said the No. 1 cause of stress in children is an overbooked schedule. No matter their age, kids still need time to use their imagination and wonder, she said.

Other causes of adolescent stress include changes in family structure, lack of sleep and poor diet.

“As much as they may disagree, children really do like the consistency we give them as their parents,” said Williams-Hayes. “Their worries might seem little to us, but to them, they are huge.”

She discussed several ways to help children cope with anxiety. “Always put your own oxygen mask on before helping your kids,” she said. Find an outlet for yourself and it will set a

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Explore Asia in

Dancers from last year’s Knox Asian Festival perform the spectacular Lion Dance. Photo submitted

By Carol Shane East Tennessee has been getting many opportunities lately to enjoy the culture and food of other countries, what with events such as A Taste of India and Greekfest. This weekend you can join other virtual travelers at Knox Asian Fest 2015 in downtown Knoxville.

It’s the second year for the event, and last year was “very successful,” says festival organizer Kumi Alderman. There will be 44 tents representing eight Asian countries and plenty of fun, food and activities for the whole family.

You and your kids can try on, and have your picture taken in, kimonos and samurai costumes; learn about and observe a traditional Japanese tea ceremony; take part in a Tai Chi demonstration; and browse beautiful bonsai trees. There’ll be dancing from Taiwan, Thailand, Japan and the Philippines, and handmade jewelry and other crafts for sale.

Each child can pick up a “world map fan” to carry throughout the day. They can take their maps to each country’s tent, learn how to say “thank you” in each language, and learn a bit about the country itself.

“All nerds, gamers, geeks and otaku” are invited to enjoy events themed around video games, card and board games, and comics, offered by representatives from Yama-Con, Pigeon Forge’s popular annual anime convention.

And of course, there will be lots of delectable food and drink.

The day begins with a parade led by the Wah Lum Kung Fu School of Knoxville’s spectacular Dragon Dance, followed by representatives of each country in beautiful native costumes. There will be door prizes throughout the day and a silent auction benefiting Project Being There, which aids children living in Vietnamese orphanages.

In addition, there’s a picture contest. Snap some shots throughout the day, upload them to a designated social-media site for subsequent judging, and you may win two tickets to Dollywood, a $50 restaurant gift

card and $100 cash. Categories include best picture, best festival T-shirt and best native costume.

It’s a great way to celebrate part of the “patchwork quilt” of America.

“We would like to share

our culture and give kids and families a chance to experience the other side of world,” says Alderman.

“Hope you can come and enjoy the day together.”

The Knox Asian Festival 2015 will be held 10 a.m.-5

p.m. this Saturday, Oct. 17, at Krutch Park across from Market Square in downtown Knoxville. Admission is free. Info: www.knox asianfestival.com.

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‘Little Ponderosa Zoo’ banks on local talent

By Betsy Pickle Finding acting talent locally to cast a movie isn’t exactly a struggle.

Curt Willis, who cowrote and co-directed “The Little Ponderosa Zoo” with Luke Dye, is also an actor, so he’s worked with and knows many actors in town.

But there’s something special about making new discoveries.

“There were a couple of folks we cast in ‘Little Ponderosa Zoo’ that I had not worked with before that turned out amazing: Neil Friedman and James Owens,” says Willis. “Those guys just killed it.

“And then there were our old standbys like Mike Stanley, Jeff Delaney and Jamison Stalsworth. We knew what they could do and plugged them in. It wasn’t hard.

“You don’t have to do a whole lot of digging to find some really good acting talent here in town to shoot a film.”

“The Little Ponderosa Zoo” debuted on DVD domestically last week and is playing on the Starz network this month. It’s the fourth feature film made

by Willis and Rock Hurst through their production company, WILLROCK Entertainment.

Curt Willis

Charlie (Kena Holmes) is determined to keep her family’s rescue zoo afloat in “The Little Ponderosa Zoo.”

They have a partnership with Engine 15 Media, a Los Angeles-based company that provides funding and finds outlets for their films.

“Little Ponderosa” has already been distributed internationally “for a while now,” says Willis. So has their previous film, “Bandit and the Saints of Dogwood,” directed by Brooks Benjamin. Both became available on DVD last week through online outlets and WalMart.

“The Little Ponderosa Zoo” is set primarily at the real-life Little Ponderosa Zoo, a rescue zoo in Clinton, but scenes were also shot in Knoxville and Lenoir City. The film is about a girl named Charlie (Kena Holmes) who’s trying to help her family keep the

zoo open, despite the efforts of greedy adults who’ve learned there’s gold underneath the zoo.

Willis and his partners broke the main rule of filmmaking: Never work with kids or animals. But the kids were fine, and the animals were surprisingly “fun,” even though Willis had never met an emu before.

“I think I may have seen pictures of them, but I had never come face to face with one until this film. I fell in love with a camel out there, Carl the camel; I hope he’s still there. He’s in the film a lot. He actually grabs one of the bad guys and roughs him up a little bit. He’s a really sweet camel.”

The hardest part of making the film was the noise.

“I don’t think we anticipated the issues with the noises,” says Willis. “They have partridges out there, emus, tigers, monkeys. It was a lot for John Puckett, who did our field audio. He did an amazing job considering the challenge he was facing with all the racket that was going on at the zoo every day.”

Willis says they heard about the zoo and wrote the script around the location. Engine 15 specializes in family-friendly films, so he and Hurst are constantly working on story ideas that fit that mold. Considering their first film was a raunchy comedy and their second was a horror film, kids’ movies seem an odd choice for the pair.

“We had a blast mak-

ing the (family) fi lms,” says Willis. “It’s still fi lmmaking. I tend to lean more toward the grittier, harder stuff.”

But there’s something to be said for making films that people actually see.

There’s been talk of a “Ponderosa” sequel, possibly with a Christmas theme.

“We’ve found a nice little niche here. Getting funding for films is a very difficult thing. We’re very fortunate to have a partner in Los Angeles like Engine 15 Media

that’s allowing us to make these films,” says Willis.

Still, “sometime in the near future we’d love to branch out to other things.”

Meanwhile, they’ll be at their day jobs. Dye, who usually edits their projects but “jumped in” on writing and directing this time, works at RIVR Media. Willis is head of the Visit Knoxville Film Office. Hurst works in the credit-card industry.

“We’re all always scheming on new projects,” says Willis.

‘Bridge of Spies’ Tom Hanks reteams with director Steven Spielberg for “Bridge of Spies,” opening Friday. Hanks plays an insurance lawyer maneuvered into a Cold War showdown between the United States and the Soviet Union. Mark Rylance, Alan Alda and Amy Ryan also star.

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HEALTH & LIFESTYLES

N EWS FROM PARKWEST, WEST KNOXVILLE ’ S H EALTHCARE LEADER • T REATED WELL .COM • 374-PARK

Primary importance:

Maintaining a relationship with your family doctor

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

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

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

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

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

Some things that you should ask include: ■ Do they accept your insurance?

■ What are the of ce hours?

■ What hospital does the doctor use?

■ How many doctors are in the practice?

Once you nd a doctor who meets your needs, schedule an appointment so that you can meet and talk to them. During the appointment, make sure: ■ You’re comfortable talking to the doctor ■ The doctor answers all your questions ■ The doctor explains things so that you can understand ■ You had enough time to ask all your questions can determine how to best care for you care for women of childbearing age; and pethroughout all stages of your life. diatricians, who care for children.

There are several types of primary care doctors. They include internal medicine How do I find a family physicians, who provide non-surgical medidoctor? cal care to adults; family medicine doctors, If you are looking for a family doctor, who provide care for adults and children; obstetricians-gynecologists, who provide try talking to your friends and family, or

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Vaccines keep adults in good health, too You’ve probably heard a lot about vaccines for children and students, but different vaccines are required for different stages of life. Vaccines are just as important for adults.

Some people may also benefit from vaccines for pneumonia, meningococcal disease, and hepatitis A and B. Talk with your healthcare provider to determine which vaccines are right for you.

Protecting more than you

The value of a vaccine record

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

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

In general, adults should receive: ■ An annual f lu shot for all ages, including pregnant women ■ The Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis) vaccine and booster every 10 years ■ Two doses of the chickenpox vaccine ■ One or two doses of the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine ■ Three doses of the HPV vaccine for men and women ages 19 to 26 ■ The shingles vaccine for those 50 and older

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Colorectal cancer.

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

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

Talk with your doctor about this.

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

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

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

range, it can be extended to every two years.

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

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

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

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

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Transportation Automobiles for Sale FORD TAURUS - 1996. Silver. Not drivable. Body & parts in great shape. $400. (865)454-3589.

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Public Notices

LEGAL NOTICE 1. Ordinance 15-15, Ordinance to rezone a portion of Parcel 37.03, Tax Map 153, located off Concord Road adjoining Clarity Pointe and First Utility District, from R-1/OSR and A to C-1 and Telecommunications Tower Overlay (Branch Towers, Applicant) 2. Ordinance 15-16, Ordinance to rezone a portion of Parcel 131, Tax Map 142, located to the west of Village Veterinary and to the east of the former Phillips 66 on Kingston Pike, from O-1 to TCD (Craig Allen, Applicant)

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AGENDA FARRAGUT BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS AGENDA Mon., Oct. 26, 2015 Farragut Town Hall • 7pm 1. Approval of Minutes for the July 22, 2015 meeting.

2. Public hearing on a request for a variance from the lot width to depth ratio in association with a subdivision plat of Parcel 033.02, Tax Map 142, 12401 Union Road, 1.44 acres, Zoned Rural Residential (R-1), 1.44 Acres, Benchmark Associates, Inc., Applicant.

It is the policy of the Town of Farragut not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex, or disability pursuant to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Public Law 93-112 and 101-336 in its hiring, employment practices and programs. To request accommodations due to disabilities, please call 865966-7057 in advance of the meeting.

Shopper news • OCTOBER 14, 2015 • B-3

Chancey & Reynolds in the spotlight

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By Anne Hart Bearden Rotary’s Steve Chancey and Apple’s Steve Jobs have a few things in common.

For starters, there’s the first name. Second, there’s the fact that both began their businesses in their garages. And third, both of those homegrown businesses have been extremely successful, albeit on much different scales.

The first speaker in its annual vocational month series, when the Rotary Club of Bearden spotlights companies owned by its members, Chancey, who began his career as an assistant football coach at UT under coach Bill Battle while working on his MBA, told the history of Chancey & Reynolds Inc. Chancey and his friend, Art Reynolds, began the business, which specializes in heating and air conditioning units, in a garage on Westland Drive in 1978.

As Chancey put it, “We

Steve Chancey, speaker at last week’s meeting of the Rotary Club of Bearden, was joined by some of his employees from Chancey & Reynolds. From left are Neal Rasor, vice president, residential; Brett Nutter, vice president, commercial; Rotarian Dick Hinton who made the introductions; Steve Chancey; Cliff Chancey, accounting manager, and Brad Chancey, manager of the Lenoir City office. Photos by Charles Garvey

were going to be the kings of solar energy systems, but we never made the first dime at that. There were two things we needed: cash and knowledge. We didn’t have either, but we were determined.”

The two decided to switch to a more conventional business model. Building was booming in those days, and Chancey started traveling to

construction sites to make contact with builders to drum up business for heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems (HVAC).

He thought he had hit pay dirt when he got a deal to install an HVAC system for $3,800. “But by the time I had hired the sheet metal workers and we had done all the rest of the work and fi-

nally tallied up everything, that job had cost us about $4,000.”

But the story gets worse.

“It never occurred to us that we wouldn’t get paid,” Chancey says. They didn’t.

But still they persevered.

It paid off in the long run.

Today, Chancey & Reynolds is not only a local success story, but also has an office in

Bearden Rotary’s resident songbird, Janice Mitchell, leads the singing as club members helped Rotarian Bob Ely celebrate his 89th birthday. Ely was one of the charter members of the club, founded more than 50 years ago.

Lenoir City and a reputation for great customer service.

In addition, the company recently won the Rheem Top 10 Contractors Award for the sixth year in a row.

The annual list honors 10 outstanding contractors from among 10,000 dealers in the U.S., Canada and Mexico who lead their fel-

low Rheem Team members in sales, customer support and overall service to local homeowners.

One key to that success, Chancey says, is great customer service. “When you call us you get a live person, not a recording. In our business, we always try to do the right thing.”

McCallie School awards highest honor to G. Turner Howard III staying out too late the night before.

Howard gives Maj. Burns much of the credit for fomenting the values that eventually became a way of life.

The current headmaster, Lee Burns III, is the grandson of that early taskmaster and Howard is now a member of the school’s board of trustees and chairs its ath-

letics council.

“Despite his youthful hijinks, Turner Howard took the values he learned at McCallie and made the most of them during his military service in Vietnam and a distinguished legal career in Knoxville. His dedication and efforts have made this school stronger over the years,” Lee Burns said in presenting the award.

Howard returned to McCallie early in his career to teach English and coach tennis, leading the tennis team to two state titles and a No. 1 national ranking. He remains a tireless advocate for the school.

Howard is also a Presbyterian minister and was a professional tennis player, playing both at Wimbledon and in the U.S. Open.

In accepting the award, Howard told family members, friends, former classmates and others gathered for the ceremony, “Never have I felt so honored … I would rather receive this honor than a Nobel or Pulitzer or any other honor because of its source: McCallie School – what it stands for and what it means to me.”

McCallie School Headmaster Lee Burns III presents the school’s highest honor, the Distinguished Alumnus Award, to Knoxville attorney and McCallie graduate G. Turner Howard III at a recent ceremony in Chattanooga. Photo submitted

By Anne Hart Turner Howard’s long relationship with the McCallie School in Chattanooga did not exactly have an auspicious beginning, but apparently, after the passing of more than 50 years, all has been forgiven.

In ceremonies during the prestigious Chattanooga boys’ preparatory school’s alumni weekend, McCallie awarded Howard its highest honor: the Distinguished Alumnus Award.

Presenting the award was headmaster Lee Burns III, and that fact adds an especially interesting twist

to the tale of Howard’s lessthan-promising start at McCallie.

As the story goes, on his first day as a boarding student at the school, Knoxville’s now prominent attorney managed to get under the skin of then assistant headmaster Maj. Arthur Lee Burns.

Try as he might to make amends over the course of his years at the school, on his graduation day in 1965, Howard was awakened by Maj. Burns at 4:30 a.m. and required to run 40 laps before he received his diploma – the price to be paid for

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CALL TO ARTISTS The Knoxville Watercolor Society is currently accepting membership applications for artists who work in watercolor and other water mediums. Applications for jurying process are due Oct. 27. Info/applications for jurying process: knxvillewatercolorsociety.com.

SEEKING VENDORS Vendors needed for Powell Lions Club/Halls Lions Club’s Fall Gift and Craft Fair, to be held 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, Powell Auto Auction, 6729 Pleasant Ridge Road. Info/registration form: E-clubhouse.org/sites/powelltn.

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 SATURDAY, OCT. 24 Tickets on sale for the Hoot ’N Holler Autumn Express train excursions. Schedule: 10 a.m., 1 p.m., 4 p.m.

KAWE scholarship winners Marissa Stiles and Ashley Slimp are the recipients of this year’s $1,250 college scholarships awarded annually by the Knoxville Association of Executive Women (KAWE).

The presentations were made at KAWE’s recent meeting at the Orangery. Photo submitted

Saturdays, Oct. 24 and 31; 1 and 4 p.m. Sundays, Oct. 25 and Nov. 1. Info/tickets: threeriversrambler.com.

Massey honored Tim Wright, regional president, presents the AAA legislator of the year award to state Sen. Becky Massey. The Golden Steering Wheel Award recognizes her efforts to improve traffic safety. Photo submitted

FRIDAY, OCT. 16

KSO’s “Gabriel Lefkowitz & Friends” concert, 7 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Tickets: $20. Info/tickets: 291-3310 or knoxvillesymphony.com.

Kelle Jolly & The Will Boyd Project, 8 p.m., Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Tickets: $14, some discounts available. Info/tickets: www.jubileearts. org.

Movies on Market Square: “A League of Their Own” (PG, 1992); movie begins at dusk. Hosted by the Knox County Public Library. Bring a lawn chair or blanket to sit on; well-behaved dogs welcome. Info: 215-8767 or knoxlib.org/movies.

“Try Sled Hockey For Free” clinic, 6:30 p.m., Cool Sports, Home of the Icearium, 110 S Watt Road.

Hosted by the Knoxville Amateur Hockey Association (KAHA). Clinic is free of charge to anyone over the age of 5 with physical and cognitive disabilities interested in trying the game of hockey. No previous hockey or ice skating experience required. Preregistration required.

Info/registration: kaha.org.

THURSDAY, OCT. 15

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, OCT. 16-17

“Don’t Treat Your Soil Like Dirt: Prep Now for Your Spring Planting,” 6-7 p.m., Concord UMC, 11020 Roane Drive. Speaker: Master Gardener Barbara O’Neil. Free and open to the public. Info: 966-6728 ext 227.

“The Greatest Campaigner of Them All: Estes Kefauver’s Personal Approach to Politics” Brown Bag Lecture by Theodore Brown Jr., noon, East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Part 2 of a two-part series.

Free. Info: 215-8824 or EastTNHistory.org.

“Making a Bird-Friendly Habitat,” 3:15-4:15 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Speakers: Master Gardeners Gail Erwin and Kathy McGinnis-Craft.

Free and open to the public. Info: 329-8892.

“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: 218-3375; townoffarragut.org/ register; in person at Town Hall.

Yard sale, 8 a.m., Mount Harmony Baptist Church, 819 Raccoon Valley Road NE, Heiskell. Proceeds benefit the church.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 14 New volunteer training, 2 p.m., Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Training led by Malcolm Shell, museum volunteer and local historian.

Advance registration required. Info/registration: Julia Barham, jbarham@townoffarragut.org or 9667057.

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, OCT. 14-15

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, OCT. 16-18 Fanboy Expo, Knoxville Convention Center, 701 Henley St. Hours: 4-9 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday; 11 a.m.5 p.m. Sunday. Info/tickets: fanboyexpo.com/Knoxville.

SATURDAY, OCT. 17 FARE Walk for Food Allergy, 8:30 a.m., Festival Lawn of World’s Fair Park. Proceeds go to Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE). Activities include a costume contest, trick-or-treating (nonfood items) and teal pumpkin painting. Info/registration/volunteer: foodallergywalk.org/Knoxville2015.

B-4 • OCTOBER 14, 2015 • BEARDEN Shopper news

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