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Terra Madre: Where it all began Janet Harper began her career as a professional artist over 40 years ago. After a two-year apprenticeship with a master potter in the mid-1970s, she supported herself with her work until she married Tom Harper in 1980. In 1981, she had her first baby and dismantled her kiln. She did art projects with her kids and taught art through Girl Scouts and Sunday school, but when her children were old enough to make themselves a sandwich, she rebuilt her kiln. That was 1996.

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Excitement is building for the inaugural Historic Powell Station disc golf tournament and clinic set for Saturday, Aug. 27, at Powell Station Park. The clinic will start at 9 a.m. and the tournament at 10. John Diamond is tournament director and will lead the clinic. The field is limited to 36 players, first come first served, with registration from 8-10 a.m. Disc golf has many of the same rules as traditional golf but is played by throwing discs into baskets. It’s easy to learn but hard to master. And the Powell course offers unique challenges with some baskets in the woods and others elevated on an old railroad dinky line. Powell Station Park is 12 acres adjacent to Powell High School with Beaver Creek as its back border. A kiosk near the gravel parking lot shows the course layout.

Gloria stays with 13 The rumor that Gloria Johnson might switch districts started the day state Rep. Joe Armstrong was convicted in federal court of filing a false income tax return and stripped of his office. “I was out in South Knoxville at a volunteer meeting that night and noticed my Twitter feed had a tweet from a College Republican about me moving to the 15th District. I thought, ‘What a ridiculous rumor,’� said Johnson. Read Betty Bean on page A-5

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Possible gravesites hold up

Broome Road development Cavet’s Station subdivision resident Cindy Johnson shows Metropolitan Planning Commission member Charles Lomax the presumed mass-burial site of the Alexander Cavett family in Mars Hill Cemetery. Photo by Wendy Smith

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By Wendy Smith Representatives from Cavet’s Station, West Hills and Westborough subdivisions showed up en masse at Thursday’s KnoxvilleKnox County Metropolitan Planning Commission meeting in an effort to block development of 11.5 acres east of Broome Road. They walked out moments later after Glen Glafenhein of AKP Properties requested a 30-day postponement of site plan approval for Bentley Fields subdivision. Just before the meeting,

District 2 City Council member Duane Grieve got the developers to agree to further radar study of the property adjacent to Mars Hill Cemetery. The cemetery contains the graves of 11 Alexander Cavett family members who were slaughtered by Cherokee and Creek warriors in 1793. The battle at Cavett’s Station, which was located near the cemetery, is significant because it was the last large-scale Indian attack in the area. Mars Hill Cemetery lies be-

Archeological Research Laboratory. On Aug. 4, UT doctoral student Dan Brock used Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) to scan a 10-by-20-meter section of the property northeast of the fence line, as well as a 3-by-3-meter section of the cemetery. The data he collected indicated anomalies outside the cemetery that were consistent with anomalies within the cemetery.

tween the proposed development and Cavet Station subdivision. Several residents have long had an interest in the cemetery, which is loosely defined by wooden fence posts that were installed in the 1950s. Attorney Mark Jendrek, whose home backs up to the cemetery, wondered if there could be graves located outside the boundary created by the fence posts, and his curiosity led him to request the help of the University of Tennessee

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Rogero launches greenway expansion Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero, planners and Greenways Commission members have unveiled a detailed plan for strategically adding 24 miles of connective greenways in 13 different corridors. The Greenway Corridor Feasibility and Assessment Study, three years in the making, is a blueprint for the most comprehensive greenways build-out in the city’s history. “We’re currently developing multiple greenway extensions and upgrades, plus we’ve identified our best opportunities for building

key connections in the immediate future,� Rogero said. “This study provides a blueprint for creating a true citywide trail network during the next 10 to 20 years.� The study’s findings were presented by Lori Goerlich, the city’s greenways coordinator, representatives of Ross/Fowler landscape architects and members of the city’s Greenways Commission at a Thursday evening public meeting at the John T. O’Connor Center, 611 Winona St. The study also can be viewed online at

knoxvilletn.gov/greenways The new greenway connections will give pedestrians and bicyclists more options, allowing them to walk or ride to work or school or other destinations, in addition to enjoying all the traditional healthy-lifestyle benefits of greenways. The current greenway network has about 90 miles of trails – 40 paved miles and 50 miles that are dirt or soft-surface trails. To page A-3

Andy Black retires with unfinished business By Betty Bean Some 150 dignitaries, employees and friends of Andy Black showed up last week to stand in a sunbaked parking lot and listen to a series of speeches praising his accomplishments at a ceremony dedicating the main building of the Helen Ross McNabb Center to the agency’s former CEO. Black retired in 2014 and has been serving as a consultant while phasing himself out for the past two years. Black sported a big smile and a red rose on his lapel, and he deflected the credit for his accomplishments by thanking his colleagues and supporters. Black, who has degrees in psychology and social work from the University of Tennessee, spent more than 30 years at Helen Ross

McNabb. He began his career in 1986 as the center’s first director of development. He became CEO in 2003, and expanded the agency’s mission to provide access to provide affordable health care for those facing mental health, addiction and social challenges. He directed the expansion of services into rural counties and put the agency in the business of providing housing to veterans with mental health challenges. Black, a veteran himself, leaves a legacy of 162 veterans who now have safe, comfortable and affordable housing. When he was named CEO, Helen Ross McNabb served approximately 7,000 children and adults, mostly in Knox County. Today, it serves approximately 25,000 people in 25 East Tennessee counties

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and carries no debt. Black and his wife, Brenda, are looking forward to doing some traveling and enjoying their newfound leisure (although he jokes that she’s busy thinking up ways to get him out of the house). But he still feels that he has a piece of unfinished business. Yesterday (Aug. 16) Knox County’s Purchasing Department opened the bids to build a Behavioral Urgent Care Center (formerly known as the Safety Center), which will divert mentally ill and drug-addicted inmates from the jail to a facility where they can get treatment. Former District Attorney General Randy Nichols has worked on the project for years, and said that Black and Sheriff Jimmy “JJ�

Jones have been his compadres in this effort. “We couldn’t run this system without Helen Ross McNabb and all they do at the jail,� he said. “They’ve always been willing to help, and Andy Black set the tone and laid the groundwork. Most people don’t know about the work they do and how truly caring they are.� In recent years, Black, Jones and Nichols have added another ally – Mayor Tim Burchett, who supports the urgent care center and said that Black understands mental health issues and public policy as well as anyone in Knox County.

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News from Knoxville Christian School

Welcome back, KCS Knights! “We will strive to be Knights Set Apart this year! We are so excited about 20162017,” said Mrs. Snyder as she addressed the parents and students during orientation. The tone has been set for this to be another excellent year at KCS with a stellar staff, dedicated parents and superior students! Ready! Set! Learn!

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“The mission of Knoxville Christian School is to develop children spiritually, emotionally, academically and physically with Jesus Christ as their standard and the Holy Bible as their foundation, preparing them to be Godly representatives in their community, church and home.”

Mrs. Roberson and her second grade Knights jump right in to reading! Pictured are Anna D’Alessandro, Jobe Floyd, Lauren Hackler, Sarah Millsaps, Conner Mohr, Brooke Rentas, Hannah Roberson, Annabelle Swindle, Kaylee Yoder.

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The school year has started at Knoxville Christian School with exciting news coming from the athletic department! First, we are excited to announce that KCS has partnered with BSN and Under Armour and is now officially an Under Armour affiliated school! With this partnership KCS looks to add a new style and comfort to our athletic uniforms while providing top notch gear for our players and coaches. Be on the lookout for some unique attire and foot apparel on all KCS teams this year! Knoxville Christian School is also pleased to announce the achievements of Pictured are Jerry Hammons, Paul a few of our young men Komistek and Logan Adams. of the baseball program. Jerry Hammons (junior) was selected to Team TN in the Future Games and was selected as an NACA (National Association of Christian Athletes) All-American for his performance in the NACA tournament this past spring. Joining him from our junior class is our University of Tennessee commit Paul Komistek. This week, Paul has been invited to the Perfect Game Underclass All American Games in San Diego, California! This event is very exclusive with only about 80 players around the country invited, and our very own Paul Komistek was one of the few selected! Finally, it is with great joy we announce that our senior catcher, Logan Adams, has made a verbal commitment to play at Dartmouth College! If you are unaware, Dartmouth is a Division-1 Ivy League School in New Hampshire. This is an outstanding achievement to not only be accepted to play at that next level but to continue his education at a school as prestigious as Dartmouth. We are so proud of Logan for making this commitment to better his future at what will undoubtedly be an exciting, yet challenging experience at Dartmouth College.

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BEARDEN Shopper news • AUGUST 17, 2016 • A-3 Platters similar to this one created by Janet Harper will be part of the Terra Madre: Women in Clay show that opens Friday at the District Gallery in Bearden.

Terra Madre grows up

a juried organization that holds its own shows and workBy Wendy Smith Janet Harper began her career as a professional artist over shops. The opening reception for the second 40 years ago. After a twoTerra Madre show at the District Gallery year apprenticeship with a in Bearden, 5113 Kingston Pike, is 5-8 master potter in the midp.m. this Friday. The show runs from 1970s, she supported herAug. 19 to Sept. 10 and features the self with her work unwork of over 28 members, includtil she married Tom ing Harper. She plans to show Harper in 1980. three large platters featuring In 1981, she had layers of colored clay. her first baby She’s still driven by a passion and dismantled Janet Harper for ceramic arts, and she fuels her kiln. it by taking classes every sumShe did art projects with her mer at Arrowmont School of kids and taught art through Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg. Girl Scouts and Sunday school, This summer, she took a class but when her children were old that focused on making and carvenough to make themselves a ing wooden boxes, and she uses the sandwich, she rebuilt her kiln. That techniques she learned on clay. was 1996. “I love learning, and I’m very curious. I A few years later, she founded Terra don’t want to stick with one thing. I’m always Madre with friend and fellow potter Judy evolving,� she says. Brater. Their goal was to share their passion As an Arrowmont board member, she’ll with other female ceramic artists, to learn A vase created by host a fundraiser for the school on Friday, Nov. from and teach each other, and to promote Terra Madre mem4, in the Harper Audi showroom. She’s in the ceramic arts in the community. ber Jackie Mirzadeh Photos submitted process of finding sponsors for the show. Info: Harper feels as though they’ve accomjanetharper51@gmail.com or Arrowmont deplished their goal. Fifteen years ago, everyone velopment director Fran Day at fran.arrowworked alone in her own studio, and no one knew each other, she says. Now, the group has evolved into mont@gmail.com.

Greenway expansion

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The new study proposes strategically connecting to parks and neighborhood centers, accessing several creeks and filling in existing gaps to link together major greenways that are now disconnected. Mayor Rogero and City Council have budgeted $3 million over the past three years to begin constructing the greenway connections outlined in the feasibility study. That funding is in addition to money allocated for trail maintenance and for numerous greenway and trail projects currently underway. For example, greenway projects currently being developed include: ■First Creek Greenway – Supported by a Tennessee Department of Transportation grant, bids are being reviewed for building a 0.6-mile stretch between Edgewood Park and Woodland Avenue; a separate 0.25-mile section between Glenwood Avenue and Caswell Park is planned; ■Neyland Greenway – A partnership with Knoxvillle Utilities Board would extend the section in front of the Kuwahee treatment facility by about a third of a mile from Third Creek east to Joan Cronan Way;

■Mary Vestal Greenway – The half-mile trail is being reconstructed and extended to Ogle Avenue and Martin Mill Pike; ■Suttree Landing Park and River’s Edge – Two new sections of the South Waterfront riverwalk, about a halfmile combined, are nearing completion; ■I-275 Business Park Access – A new 0.6-mile greenway component is being added between Fifth and Baxter avenues; ■Sue Clancy Greenway – A 0.78-mile extension from Adair Park to Old Broadway is being developed; and ■Williams Creek Greenway – Partnering with the Tennessee Clean Water Network, a one-mile soft-surface trail will be developed. Meanwhile, Goerlich announced a half-dozen “immediate opportunities� for near-future connections in six of the 13 corridors analyzed in the feasibility study: ■Northwest Connector ■James White Parkway bridge ■Second Creek Greenway ■Fourth Creek Greenway ■East Knoxville Greenway and ■Smoky Mountain Greenway Compiled from city of Knoxville press release.

Dan Brock operates Ground Penetrating Radar at Mars Hill Cem etery. Photo submitted

Broome Road

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Gerald Schroedl, UT Anthropology Department professor emeritus, was on-site during Brock’s survey and says the data Brock collected are good. The anomalies don’t necessarily indicate burial sites, but those outside the cemetery bounds are the same size and shape as those within and are laid out in an eastwest facing grid, which is typical of burial sites. The anomalies are located immediately adjacent to the cemetery fence line. No anomalies were detected in the outer edge of the survey. The only way to be certain that the anomalies are burial sites is to remove 10 to 20 centimeters of soil and look for a pit consistent with a grave, Schroedl says. AKP Properties used rod probing to survey the area around the cemetery, but when they learned that a

second survey found different results, they agreed to a more extensive GPR survey. UT Anthropology Department professor emeritus Charles Faulkner, who wrote “Massacre at Cavett’s Station: Frontier Tennessee during the Cherokee Wars� after extensive research in the area, will consult on the location of the new survey, which was scheduled for Monday. Results were not available at press time. Grieve said his involvement with the proposed development stems from his interest in history and his architecture background rather than his City Council position. After appearing before the MPC, Glafenhein indicated a willingness to rework development plans if gravesites are found outside the bounds of Mars Hill Cemetery.

Andy Black

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Brenda Black, Helen Ross McNabb board chair Chip Finn and Andy Black. Photo submitted

“Andy’s genuinely concerned about people, especially those who are the least among us. I can’t think of anyone more deserving of this honor (having a building dedicated to him), and we’re going to get the urgent care thing done. I’ve called people who are big hitters in the community who have been involved in mental health issues and they say Andy’s never let them down.�

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Vols get tip of cap for hanging in there This is not a misty-eyed Kleenex story. It is a mere tip of the cap to some older Volunteers who hung in there until the good times finally returned. All five came to Tennessee during the dark Derek Dooley era. That they stayed is no shock. Facilities are excellent. Teammates were terrific. The food was good. The future was a matter of personal faith. The fifth-year outlook is favorable for defensive tackle Danny O’Brien. He will play, maybe start, until Shy Tuttle gets well. It appears Jason Croom will contribute at tight end. He had enough speed to be a wide receiver in past seasons, which means he might now create an occasional mismatch against a linebacker. He is 6-5 and 246.

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We’ll see if he can block a tackle. LaTroy Lewis is part of the tournament at defensive end. He may end up third string, but he has proven that he can play. Vanderbilt remembers him well from last November. Want to talk about hanging in there, about giving more than he got? Charles Folger came from Augusta in 2012 as a preferred walkon. He practiced and practiced some more, often as sizable opposition for the varsity offense. Coaches

and teammates praised his competitive spirit. He has been a warrior. He is now 6-5 and 283. Two seasons ago, Charles made a brief appearance in the Kentucky game. Last season he played a few downs against Western Carolina. A few days ago, Butch Jones awarded him a scholarship. Other Vols applauded. Folger said, “It’s a dream come true.” Folger is a good story. His folks had Georgia season tickets for 25 years. Great recruiter Rodney Garner invited him to be a Bulldog walk-on. When Charles visited UT, he liked what he felt. It would cost a little more, but his dad said go for it. In addition to the scholarship, Folger has earned

a degree and is working toward a master’s. As redshirt seniors go, Kenny Bynum is one heck of a story. In October 2011, he committed to Coach Jones, then of the Cincinnati Bearcats. Kenny was to be a middle linebacker in John Jancek’s base 4-3-defense. Forty-eight hours before signing day, Tennessee turned his head. “I didn’t think I would land an SEC offer, simply because people say 4.8 isn’t fast enough.” He struggled with the decision, loyalty to Butch or a shot at the big time. “It’s every kid’s dream that lives in the Southeast of the United States to play in the SEC.” Bynum lived in Jacksonville. He was a short 6-1 and 210. He kept his weight

down to be a wrestling champ. Florida wasn’t interested in football dreams. Georgia didn’t call. Alabama didn’t know he was alive. When Tennessee finally made contact, Kenny wondered if the Vols had lost a recruit and were just filling the vacancy. Sal Sunseri assured him he could play. Sal said he should get bigger. Bynum went up to 230 in a hurry and was pushing 250 in August when he reported to UT. He suffered a torn knee meniscus and watched the Tennessee defense go from bad to awful. Dooley and his staff were fired. Butch Jones and his staff came from Cincinnati. Bynum knew them all. And, he knew Jancek’s defense because he had studied it the previous October,

November, December and January. Kenny understood when he was asked to lose weight. Jancek liked smaller, faster linebackers. Bynum made his first start when the Vols went to his hometown for the bowl game against Iowa. That was late 2014. Football coaches have hearts. Bynum started twice last season but played in all 13 games. He made the SEC academic honor roll. No doubt he can see there are better linebackers, but he has stayed the course. “I have tremendous respect for him,” said Bob Shoop, new defensive coordinator. So do I – for Kenny and the others. Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@netzero.com

Incoming and outgoing officials look ahead District 4 Knox County Commissioner Hugh Nystrom admits that he feels a little like the dog that caught the car. But he turned to an unlikely source − District 4 incumbent Jeff Ownby, whom he beat in the primary − to get his bearings. The Shopper News caught up with Nystrom while Ownby was giving him a tour of the City County Building. Stops included the mayor’s office, IT department and Public Building Authority, where Nystrom picked up his name badge. “We’re not jerks. This kind of stuff can happen naturally,” says Nystrom. His friendly relationship with Ownby began when they shared a tent during early voting back in February.

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Spending time with his predecessor makes for a smart transition, he says. “I don’t want to drop the ball on anything.” Likewise, he’s on good terms with his Democratic opponent, Marleen Davis. They’re picking up each other’s campaign signs as they get their own. He thinks treating others well pays off down the road. He says that Davis’ voice “hasn’t been silenced,” and hopes that she’ll consider a

City Council run. Davis, a Sequoyah Hills resident, could run for Duane Grieves’ district seat, which will be open next year. Grieves has heard rumors about who might be interested in his seat, but he thinks it’s a little early for announcements. Being on City Council could stymie someone who’s already active in public affairs because of limitations created by Sunshine Laws, he says. West Hills resident Sandy Robinson has been politically active in recent months in an effort to find funding for a sidewalk on Sheffield Drive. But she doesn’t plan to follow in the footsteps of former City Council reps Jean Teague and Barbara Pelot, who ran for office to

protect West Hills from encroachment. She just wants her neighbors to have a safe place to walk, she says. “I just want to get it done.” Pond Gap Neighborhood Association president David Williams, who lost to Finbarr Saunders in last year’s contest for City Council atlarge seat C, says he hasn’t made up his mind about running for the District 1 seat. But he thoroughly enjoyed last year’s race, and he’s made up with Saunders, he says. “The bug has bit me. I like to serve the public.” New District 1 County Commissioner Evelyn Gill hit the ground running last week by participating in an East Knoxville neighborhood walking tour. She was

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New District 1 Knox County Commissioner Evelyn Gill, left, participates in a walking tour of the Five Points neighborhood. Photo by Wendy Smith

greeted by neighbors as she joined other elected officials and city staff on a one-mile loop that included the Walter P. Taylor neighborhood, Dr. Walter Hardy Park and Vine Middle Magnet School. The tour was sponsored

by Bike Walk Knoxville, Five Points Up and the Knox County Health Department. Sarah Bounse of the health department said the goal was constructive conversation about limitations facing the neighborhood.

BEARDEN Shopper news • AUGUST 17, 2016 • A-5

It’s back to the fightin’ 18th If there’s such a thing as too much publicity, Republican state Rep. Martin Daniel might be the poster child for the proposition. Meanwhile, his Martin Daniel Democratic opponent, Brandi Price – who was unopposed in the primary and will go up against Daniel for the District 18 House seat in the November general election – has been Brandi Price feeling ignored. “It shortchanges the voters when one side is left out of everything,” said Price, a 28-year-old lawyer who has practiced in Juvenile Court for three years. “Opposed or unopposed, it’s important for the voters to know all of their options.” Easier said than done; a

Betty Bean rock ’em, sock ’em primary contest will suck up all the media oxygen every time. Even without a physical assault and a warrant, a four-way battle in a GOPdominated district is going to demand attention. Price, a native of Elkhart, Ind., who has lived in Knoxville for seven years, is a member of the inaugural class of Lincoln Memorial University’s John J. Duncan School of Law. She works in the family services side of juvenile court and represents parents and children who are facing custody issues. She sees the aftermath of substance abuse, domestic violence, mental-health crises and problems with education, and she would like to see more thoughtful attention paid to these problems. She says she’s running because she watched her parents work full-time and

still live paycheck to paycheck. She started working when she was 15. “Seeing them work so hard, plus my education and experience as an attorney, makes me want to give back and help other people have better lives. I hope in the general election we can focus more on the issues rather than what someone said or has done.” It seems unlikely that the general election will reprise the ill will between Daniel, a 59-year-old billboard company owner and nonpracticing lawyer, and Steve Hall, the incumbent he ousted two years ago. The tension between the two was palpable even before Daniel and Hall lost their composure in late July on Hallerin Hilton Hill’s radio talk show. Bryan Dodson and James Corcoran became bystanders to a shouting match that spiraled out of control after Hall called Daniel a liar and Daniel shoved Hall back into his seat. Tension had been increasing between the two after Hall received an infusion of cash from the

Haslam family and friends. Common belief was that Daniel had given offense by inserting himself into the inner workings of the University of Tennessee. Daniel publicly apologized, but Hall filed a criminal complaint and an assault warrant. Talk that Hall had become the favorite in the race was proved wrong on Election Day when Daniel finished with 1,324 votes to Hall’s 964. Corcoran got 856 and Dodson 252. Price said she wants to talk about real issues from now until November and will be surprised if she’s targeted by “outside” specialinterest groups. “I don’t think anybody really considers me a priority. I want to use my life and work experience to give back to my community. I don’t think the Republicans have done enough to help people, and they’ve focused on unimportant issues. I just want to do my part by working on real problems and helping real people, like the people who are thanking me for running almost every day.”

Fundraising for the state museum Gov. Bill Haslam hosted a luncheon Aug. 3 at the Governor’s Residence on Curtiswood Lane in Nashville to beef up the fundraising for the troubled Tennessee State Museum, which has signed on to a $160 million building project for a new museum building in Nashville. The Legislature directed that $40 million of the $160 million be raised privately, which means the governor will have to do much of the heavy lifting for it to succeed in getting large donations. Interestingly, the 35year executive director of the museum, Lois RigginsEzzell, did not attend the luncheon. Riggins-Ezzell, who turns 77 in November, has faced several health issues and generated employee morale issues when she declared, “I am the Museum. Jesus.” Many feel she needs to retire. This project is dear to the governor’s heart as he loves history. A new museum is also needed, but many question whether the current proposal will be adequate to meet the long-term needs. A storage area is not included. The Museum Commission is led by a new chair, Tom Smith. He is from Knoxville but is now a Nashville businessman. He has taken absolute control of the commission, which is a public body subject to public review. (This writer is a commission member, having been appointed by Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey.)

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Smith did indicate at the luncheon that RigginsEzzell plans to retire, but no date was given. In fact, the search effort to replace her is almost a year old, and a search firm has not yet been identified, much less employed. Many feel this has dragged on too long already at a time when the University of Tennessee plans on choosing a new chancellor in five months. Some feel the failure to find a new executive director as the new museum emerges from the ground hurts the fundraising effort. Recently, Smith removed Bob Buchanan, commission member and president of the Tennessee Historical Society, from serving on any committee. Buchanan is a highly respected Nashville attorney who speaks his mind. Buchanan had been on the collections committee, but it did not meet for over a year. People are wondering why Smith is so upset with Buchanan. No one has an answer. Attending the luncheon besides Bill and Crissy Haslam were Tom Smith; Barry Stowe, chair of Jackson National Life Insurance; Mark Ezell, president of Purity Dairies; Jerry John-

son and Wanda Lyle of UBS Bank; Bill Freeman, partner of Freeman Webb Co., former Nashville mayoral candidate and big-league Democratic donor; Mark Cate, Haslam’s former chief of staff; and Charlie Cook, retired Nashville banker. Rob McNeilly, president and CEO of SunTrust Bank, Nashville, was invited but was a no-show. It was actually a small group, and not many of the known heavy hitters of the Nashville philanthropic scene (of which there are many) were present. Interestingly, the guests were never specifically asked to contribute to the building fund. Smith was asked if current Museum Commission and Foundation members had participated in the campaign. Smith gave vague answers about asking them. The governor indicated that roughly $5 million had been raised (or committed) to date from five or six sources but shared no names. That leaves another $35 million to be raised. Cate is leading the effort to raise funds but has declined to state if donations to secure the $40 million will be made public. At some point, state media will catch on and start asking who is making the large donations to this public project and in what amount. If donations over $100 to a political candidate must be disclosed, one would think million-dollar donations to this public project

would be public, too, especially when the governor himself is seeking the donation. This could become a sticking point if not revealed and even trigger legislation in the General Assembly to mandate disclosure. It would be much better if it were voluntarily revealed. The $40 million will be used for exhibit space in the new building to be located on the Bicentennial Mall in Nashville. It is clear there is still a long way to go to raise the money, and the game plan is a work in progress. ■ Gov. Bill Haslam and Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett celebrate birthdays next week, with Haslam turning 58 on Tuesday, Aug. 23, and Burchett reaching 52 on Wednesday, Aug. 24.

government The joke’s on … By Betty Bean The rumor that Gloria Johnson might switch districts started the day state Rep. Joe Armstrong was convicted in federal court of filing a false income tax return and stripped of his office. “I was out in South Knoxville at a volunteer meeting that night and noticed my Twitter feed had a tweet from a College Republican about me moving to the 15th District. I thought, ‘What a ridiculous rumor,’” said Johnson, who held the 13th District seat 2012-2014, when she was defeated for re-election by Republican Eddie Smith. Johnson is squaring off against Smith in November. At about the same time, a GOP-connected blogger posted a rumor that Johnson was being “encouraged” to go for the 15th District seat, which will be filled Aug. 18 by the 15th District members of the Knox County Democratic Party’s executive committee. District 13 is mostly North Knoxville, plus Sequoyah Hills and a swath of the western end of South Knoxville. District 15, which Armstrong represented for 28 years, is mostly East Knoxville plus a chunk of the east side of South Knoxville. The only residency requirement (beyond state and national citizenship) is that the candidate must be a resident of the district on Election Day. Johnson said the next thing she heard about it was from Democratic Party chair Cameron Brooks, who said he had been “approached” about this as well. “I just laughed. Hysterically. I couldn’t believe this was actually being discussed, it’s so outrageous. This is the district I know, and this is the district I represented. It’s not fair to the people in the 13th or the 15th for Republicans to cut some backroom deal. “They are terrified I’m

going to win 13,” Johnson said. “And I am.” Brooks said the first thing he heard was in a phone call from someone connected to the Republican Party. “He told me about it, and we both dismissed it as ridiculous. Then I heard from Gloria, and it became apparent that it was floating around in the blogosphere. Later, I was texting with (Knox County GOP chair) Buddy Burkhardt and mentioned it to him, and he kind of jokingly suggested it – I don’t think he was serious – and we agreed it was ridiculous.” Burkhardt confirmed Brooks’ account: “I was joking,” he said. But Johnson’s not laughing about state GOP Executive Director Brent Leatherwood issuing a press release after Armstrong’s conviction connecting her by name to Armstrong’s felony conviction. “They are smearing me while they’re the ones trying to cut a backroom deal.” She said she feels good about her general-election prospects and backed up her claim with some numbers: 1,638 ballots cast in the Democratic Primary for Johnson versus 1,423 in the Republican Primary for Smith. This is a sharp contrast to the past two elections, where the Democrats drew far fewer votes than did the GOP. Brooks says Rick Staples is drawing the most vocal support in the race to replace Armstrong (the Republicans didn’t have a candidate on the primary ballot), and he believes the rumor started in Nashville. “It’s not a local GOP thing. I think it came from someone out of Nashville looking for a way to hold on to District 13 – ‘We’ll let Gloria have the 15th and won’t oppose her if you let Eddie have the 13th.’ It’s like they said, ‘Let’s see how stupid the Democrats are.’ ”

GOSSIP AND LIES ■ Rep. Jeremy Durham is history. Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy. ■ Speaker Beth Harwell could become Durham’s final female victim; at least from his stint in the Legislature.

you are Stand for Children, not much. The group spent $200,000 on four Nashville school board races and lost all four. Hat tip to Dave Boucher at The Tennessean for his coverage.

■ Harwell did everything she could to banish Durham except call for a vote to expel him. And now the guys she protected from an up or down vote are lining up to oppose her re-election as speaker.

■ Donald Trump was profiled by writer Mark Singer in New Yorker magazine back in 1996. Now, 20 years later, Singer has compiled his columns into a small book called, “Trump and Me.”

■ Loudon County’s Jimmy Matlock has already announced for the job.

■ Best tale: Trump responded to Singer’s first book with a lengthy, rambling review. He concluded that

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Renee Kesler, president and CEO of the Beck Cultural Exchange Center, outlines this year’s planned Eighth of August festivities next to a painting by local artist Alan Jones, who paints under the name Theophilus.

By J.J. Stambaugh It’s been 153 years since slavery was abolished in Tennessee, but the memory of that watershed moment in the dog days of 1863 are being kept alive by the Beck Cultural Exchange Center’s Eighth of August Jubilee. For the second year in a row, special programming commemorated the date in Tennessee history known as Emancipation Day, including the premier of a television documentary. “We want to raise awareness of the Eighth of August and what it meant,” said Renee Kesler, president and CEO of the Beck Center. Founded in 1975, the Beck Center at 1927 Dandridge Avenue in East Knoxville is the area’s primary resource for preserving the history of African-Americans in East Tennessee. It contains extensive collections of history and artifacts of the community, a large meeting hall, and spaces for children and others to access computers and tutoring services. Although slavery was technically abolished by then-President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation in early 1863, black Tennesseans celebrate the later date of Aug. 8, because that was the day Tennessee Military Gov. An-

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drew Johnson freed his personal slaves. Although many of today’s African-Americans might not remember the date’s importance, it was considered something of a holiday by the tens of thousands of former slaves and their descendants living in East Tennessee, Kesler said. Generations after the slaves were freed, legal segregation still barred them from many public facilities, she said. During the era of legal segregation, Aug. 8 was the one day each year that African-Americans were permitted to use Chilhowee Park. “That lasted all the way up to 1948,” she said. “It was so important to them that they would literally save up money all year to go to the park on that day.” Kesler said that this year’s Eighth of August festivities kicked off on Aug. 7 with a Libation Ceremony, described as a “symbolic pouring of liquid done in the spirit of remembrance,” at the Freedmen’s Mission Historic Cemetery near Knoxville College. The ceremony drew the descendants of many former slaves, including Ned Arter of Kentucky. Arter is a descendant of William Johnson, a freed slave who made his way from Greenev-

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ille to Knoxville and ended up as a bellhop at the Andrew Johnson Hotel on Gay Street, now known as the Andrew Johnson Building. The former slave often talked of how he would like to meet then-President Franklin D. Roosevelt. After a local reporter passed along the information to the Roosevelt administration, a car was sent to drive Johnson to the White House. While in Washington, D.C., the president gave Johnson a personalized silver-headed cane, Kesler said. “That cane became the Holy Grail of history,” Kesler explained. “Later, local historian Bill Murrah ended up talking to Ned Arter on the phone and mentioned the cane, and Arter told him, ‘It’s in my closet.’ He ended up bringing it to the Libation Ceremony.” The following evening, approximately 200 people attended the debut of an East Tennessee PBS documentary at the Regal Riviera Cinema, Kesler said. The film was made with the help of the Beck Center and the East Tennessee Historical Society. Other scheduled events included a day-long jubilee at Chilhowee Park on Aug. 13, including a parade, food, and live entertainment. Info: 865-524-8461 or www.BeckCenter.net

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Knoxville Guitar Society teams up with Episcopal Church of the Good Samaritan By Carol Z. Shane Michael Smith, who owns Testprep Experts, a company that prepares students for standardized tests such as the ACT and SAT, is passionate about learning. And as president of the Knoxville Guitar Society, his love of the instrument goes back to childhood. So when he turned 30, “I had a talk with myself,” says Smith. “I said, ‘you either have to take lessons or forget about it.’” He gave well-known local guitar teacher Larry Long a call, and he’s been playing ever since, though he’s careful to clarify “I’m an amateur guitarist.” This Saturday he’s bringing Lily Afshar, whom Public Radio International has called “one of the world’s foremost classical guitarists,” to Knoxville. Afshar’s remarkable story begins in her native Tehran, Iran, where she first enc ou nter e d the guitar at the age

of 10 while visiting a cousin who was taking lessons. It was love at first sight. Her father bought her a guitar the next day and arranged for lessons. Enormously gifted, she eventually earned a bachelor’s degree in music at The Boston Conservatory and a master’s degree at The New England Conservatory. At Florida State University, she became the first woman in the world to be awarded the degree of Doctor of Music in guitar performance. She has won numerous awards in her field and now heads the guitar department at the University of Memphis Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music. Afshar performs her own arrangements of Persian and Turkish pieces in addition to standard guitar repertoire, and

sometimes surprises listeners with a performance on the seh-tar, an ancient Persian predecessor to the guitar. “I am looking forward to coming to Knoxville and performing a concert for the Guitar Society,” she says. “I will perform my own arrangements of Persian ballads, a suite by Bach and the complete Valses Poeticos by the Spanish composer Enrique Granados. This piece is originally for the piano and I have arranged it for the guitar.” It’s the kickoff concert for the KGS’s 2016-2017 season and is hosted by the Episcopal Church of the Good Samaritan. All eight of the series’ concerts will take place at the church. “‘Good Sam’ has been incredibly supportive,” says Smith. Freddie Brabson, the church’s director of music and liturgy, is excited about the series and looks forward to welcoming Afshar. “We are thrilled and honored to host Lily Afshar,” he says. “She brings a musicality steeped in the Persian tradition.

Originally from Tehran, Iran, Lily Afshar is the first woman to earn the degree of Doctor of Music in guitar performance from Florida State University. Photo submitted

By Carolyn Evans Volunteers were shoveling mulch in the heat and rain at West Hills Elementary School when 40 Marine recruits happened by. The recruits were from the U.S. Marine Recruiting Station in West Knoxville. The volunteers, numbering nearly 100, were from First Baptist Concord. The Marines stopped and began lending a hand in sprucing up the school, where the team from FBC was pressure-washing, raking leaves, trimming hedges and spreading mulch. What they didn’t know was that the group of volunteers they were assisting saw them as an answered prayer. A team from First Baptist

Concord has spent the past two years planning a satellite church called Concord West Hills, with services to be in West Hills Elementary School. The first worship service is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 21. Just a few days before the clean-up day, members gathered and prayed for “an army” to help them get ready. The “army” hasn’t been the only answer to prayer about the new campus, says new campus pastor Jay Smith. “I have seen God moving in all aspects leading up to the campus launch – from the principal to teachers to facility use. God’s hands are all over this.” Smith says 120 FBC members have committed

A time for binding Come, let us return to the Lord; for it is he who has torn, and he will heal us; he has struck down, and he will bind us up. (Hosea 6: 1 NRSV)

Michael Smith, president of the Knoxville Guitar Society, is bringing guitar virtuosa Lily Afshar to the Episcopal Church of the Good Samaritan this weekend. Photo by Carol Z. Shane

We’re also looking forward to the other KGS series concerts.” It’s an eclectic lineup. “Our goal is to bring in nationally- and internationally-known guitarists,” says Smith. The KGS also seeks to further and facilitate regional guitar education. For a complete lineup and ticket info, visit knoxvilleguitar.org. For info about the Episcopal Church of the Good Samaritan, visit goodsamaritan.dioet.org or call 865-693-9591. Send story suggestions to news@ shoppernewsnow.com

I don’t often wade into political territory. I have my opinions, to which I am entitled, just as you are entitled to your own. However, I have been dismayed in recent weeks by the tone of some of the rhetoric in our process. There have been harsh words as well as accusations and childish “nanna-nanna-boo-boo” remarks made. I am old enough to remember when candidates referred to each other as “my worthy opponent.” I remember respect and dignity among political foes. We have serious business to conduct. We need to do so respectfully, with clarity of purpose, with willingness to listen to each other, with a good grip on our awareness that we are in this together. We have wounds to heal in places where some of our own citizens have murdered and assaulted their fellow Americans for being different from themselves. We have groups of people in the world who will do us harm if they can because we worship differently than they do, or because they envy our freedom, or because they are just plain hate-filled. In the middle of all that hatred, there is woundedness across the world, including here in our own country: millions who are hungry, homeless, fearful, lost, sick, lonely. What are we going to do? Wring our hands? Turn our backs? Close our eyes? Cover our ears? I hope not. I hope the people of faith across this land and across this globe will see the need and do something about it. As Hosea said, “The people … shall be gathered together” and “great shall be the day.”

■ Ebenezer Road Farmers Market, Ebenezer UMC, 1001 Ebenezer Road. Hours: 3-6 p.m. Tuesdays through late November. Info: easttnfarmmarkets.org; on Facebook. ■ Garden Market, New Life UMC, 7921 Millertown Pike. Hours: 4-7 p.m. Second and fourth Mondays through September. Box dinners to go available. Info/vendor applications: 546-5153. ■ Gatlinburg Farmers Market, 849 Glades Road, 8:30 a.m.-noon Saturdays through Oct. 8.

to help launch the new campus, and he expects many more will come to check out the new church on Sunday. The Sunday morning service in the school gym will feature a fresh and contemporary style of worship music. Sermons will come from two sources: preaching by Smith and streamed live sermons by John Avant, senior pastor at FBC. “Our children’s and student ministries will provide an interactive and engaging experience at our West Hills campus,” Smith says. “We are passionate about showing the love of Jesus to children in a safe and welcoming environment. Our Concord Students team is eager to connect students to the biblical community through life groups, service opportunities and the Sunday-morning worship experience.” Avant says being part of a multi-campus ministry has its perks. “The beauty of a multicampus ministry is that while one site may be new, we don’t have to start from scratch,” says Avant. “For instance, our children’s minister here at Concord is responsible for making sure we have a great children’s ministry there in West Hills. Anyone who comes here and says their children had a great experience will say the same thing there.”

FAITH NOTES ■ First United Methodist, 3316 Kingston Pike, will host a churchwide garage sale 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Aug.20. Items include: small appliances, kitchen ware, lawn mowers, clothing, CDs, home décor and more. Hot dogs and drinks available. Proceeds go to the

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■ Dixie Lee Farmers Market, Renaissance|Farragut, 12740 Kingston Pike. Hours: 9 a.m.-noon Saturdays through Nov. 5. Info: dixielee farmersmarket.com; on Facebook.

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A group of U.S. Marine recruits from the West Knoxville Marine recruiting unit stopped their run to shovel mulch and help spruce up West Hills Elementary School with members of First Baptist Concord. Photo submitted

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church’s mission projects. Info: 525-0435. ■ Westside Unitarian Universalist Church, 616 Fretz Road, holds meditation services 6:30 p.m. each second and fourth Wednesday. Includes quiet reflection, simple music and readings. Info: westsideuuc.org.

■ Lakeshore Park Farmers Market, Lakeshore Park across from the Knox Youth sports Building. Hours: 3-6 p.m. Fridays through October; 2-5 p.m. Fridays in November. Info: easttnfarmmarkets.org. ■ Market Square Farmers Market, 60 Market Square. Hours: 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesdays and 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays through Nov. 19. Info: marketsquarefarmersmarket.org. ■ Maryville Farmers Market: Church Avenue. Hours: 9 a.m.-noon, Saturdays through Nov. 17. ■ Maryville Farmers Market: First Baptist Maryville, 202 W. Lamar Alexander Parkway. Hours: 3:30-6:30 p.m. Wednesdays through August.

There is a commitment, too, to the school, as seen ■ New Harvest Park Farmers Market, 4700 New Harvest Park Lane. Hours: 3-6 p.m. Thursdays. Info: knoxcounty.org/farmersmarket; through the clean-up days. on Facebook. “We are not just coming into the school to use the build- ■ Oak Ridge Farmers Market, Historic Jackson Square. Hours: 3 p.m.-sellout Wednesdays; 8 a.m.-noon Saturdays through late ing,” Smith says. “We care November. Info: easttnfarmmarkets.org. about this community and want to show Christ’s love to ■ Seymour Farmers Market, lower parking lot of Seymour First them in all we do.” Baptist Church, 11621 Chapman Highway. Hours: 7-11 a.m. Saturdays. Info: on Facebook. Info: fbconcord.org/westhills or FBC at 966-9776.

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KCT to present ‘The Three Musketeers’ Knoxville Children’s Theatre will present “The Three Musketeers,� a live theatrical version of the famous adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas especially adapted for youth and families. The play will be performed Friday, Aug. 19, through Sunday, Sept. 4, and show times will be 7 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 1 and 5 p.m. Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays. The play will feature 17 talented young actors ages 12 to 16. The role of d’Artagnan will be performed by Grant Trivette. Three veteran actors will take on the title roles: Max Harper as Porthos, Eric Ma-

gee as Aramis and Quintin Rhodes as Athos. Andrew Fetterolf will portray the villainous Cardinal. Four actors are making their KCT debuts: Tripp Keeton, Ahmani Marion, Caedmon Oakes and Anna Kate Stanley. The rest of the cast includes KCT veterans Ben Barber, Catherine Good buddies Brendon Riley and Kaylin Chesney hang out at Blevins, Betsy Blumberg, Street. Photos by S. Barrett Annie Smith, Boone Sommers, Charlotte Stark, Levi Vinsant and Jared Watkins. Tickets are $12, and reservations can be made by phone at 208-3677 or online at knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com. The Knoxville Summer concert series held By Sara Barrett Children’s Theatre is at 109 The Boys & Girls Clubs each Thursday in June. AdChurchwell Ave. of the Tennessee Valley re- mission was free, and donaceived a check for $10,000 tions were collected through from the Pinnacle at Turkey concession sales, raffled Creek on Aug. 5. The pre- giveaways, in-kind donasentation took place at the tions and with help from ■UT Department of History has been awarded a $204,785 Boys & Girls Clubs’ new fa- sponsors including Knoxgrant by the National Endowment for the Humanities to ville TVA Employees Credit cility at 967 Irwin St. complete publication of the correspondence of James K. Union, Turkey Creek, U.S. Money was raised durPolk, a Tennessean and the 11th president of the United ing the Pinnacle’s Sounds of Cellular, Menchie’s Frozen States. Michael David Cohen, a research associate professor

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Yogurt, Graphic Creations, Smoky Mountain Brewery, Zoe’s Kitchen, WBIR, Q100.3 and others. Boys & Girls Club CEO Bart McFadden said staff members are all too aware of the challenges kids face today, but they are ready to help them meet those challenges head on.

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Incoming Bearden High School senior, longtime Boys & Girls Club member and Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley’s Youth of the Year Diamond Love said a few words about the “guidance, discipline and unconditional love� she’s received at the club. “I have created bonds so strong, they cannot be broken,� she said. She attributed much of her success to club programs like Smart Girls, Money Matters and Healthy Lifestyles. The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley aim to enable all young people to reach their full potential. The clubs serve more than 7,900 youth and teens in grades K-12 after school and throughout the summer. Info: www.bgctnv.org.

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REUNION NOTES â– Anderson County Class of 1986 30th reunion, 7-11 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, Mountain Lake Marina, 136 Campground Road, Rocky Top. Info: Sandra.parsons@fcmhomeloans. com.

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â– The Knoxville Central High School Class of 1966 50th reunion, Saturday, Oct. 8, Beaver Brook Country Club. Info: Gail Norris Kitts, gnkitts@yahoo.com.

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CHAPTER SIX: STORY SO FAR: Clay’s plans for making money backfire and his mother and grandmother see them at Jerry’s Super-Duper. Clay’s mother abandoned her cart and ran toward them. “Clay!� she gasped. Nick saw her horrified gaze fi x on Clay’s filthy T-shirt and bloodstained jeans. “What’s going on?� “So you know these kids?� Mr. Jerry

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■Bearden High School Class of ’66 reunion is Oct. 14 at Hunter Valley Farm. Info: Joe Bruner, 399-5951 or jobruner01@yahoo.com. ■Carter High Class of 1966 reunion, Saturday, Oct. 29. Info: Pat Pack Bradley, Nana Pat@ gmail.com; Vickie Griffin Monroe, VGmonroe@ yahoo.com.

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asked, smiling. Clay’s grandmother sauntered up. “You might say so.� “Don’t be shy, son. Show them your sign.� Embarrassed, Clay held up his piece of posterboard. “As you can see,� Mr. Jerry continued, “these kids are raising money for the homeless and this young man is helping generous

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customers with their groceries. Open your purse strings. I’m matching them dollar for dollar. Would you excuse me? I need to call the newspaper.� Nick felt uncomfortable as Clay’s grandmother stared at them with knowing eyes. “Helping the homeless, are we?� They nodded. Nick was relieved when Clay’s mother sighed. “I thought I got rid of those jeans. You’re just full of surprises, Clay. But how can I be angry when you’re doing something so nice?� She turned to Jazz. “What does your sign say, dear?� Jazz held it up. “You’re telling jokes for the homeless?� They nodded. “People get their money back if they don’t laugh,� Jazz said. “I hope it’s a whopper of a joke.� Nick could tell that Clay’s grandmother was trying not to smile. Clay’s mother glanced at her shopping cart. “The ice cream’s melting,� she said. “Be a dear, Clay, and take the groceries to the car.� “I’ll show him where it is,� said Clay’s grandmother, taking his elbow in her hand. “Do you get paid extra for helping an old lady walk?� She chuckled. Clay’s mother turned to Nick and Jazz. “Does your mother know what you’re doing?� Nick shook his head. We’re in trouble now! he thought. “Should I call her?� “I suppose,� Nick said. What would their mother think? Clay’s mother hesitated as she turned to go. “One more thing. I don’t know where you kids came up with this idea, but make sure Clay gives every penny to the homeless. OK?� Nick smiled. “Yes, ma’am,� he said. Boomer’s owner, with Boomer in his arms, greeted them as they walked back to the Scudsy-Sudsy. “I knew you’d be back!� Grateful, Nick smiled. “Just so you know, the dollar you gave us is going to help the homeless.� “Wonderful! In that case you need more business!� Boomer’s owner disappeared into the Laundromat. Soon a loose line stood in front of Jazz and Nick. The next couple of hours were busy. Starting with Boomer’s owner, Jazz whispered her joke over and over, trying not to laugh, her face funnier than the joke. Nearly everybody laughed for her. Only once did Nick and Jazz have to give money back. Whenever Nick glanced toward the SuperDuper, Clay was stretched out, pushing a

loaded cart. When the newspaper reporter arrived, Nick and Jazz could barely fit another coin or bill into their pockets. As if by magic, Mr. Jerry appeared, pulling Clay behind him. The reporter got her pen and pad ready. She looked at the sign Jazz held. “Want to share your joke with our readers?� Jazz held out her hand. “Got a quarter?� The reporter laughed. Mr. Jerry grinned. “Aren’t these kids something? When you’re writing this story, would you mention that I’m issuing a challenge to other business leaders in this community to match these kids dollar for dollar, just like me?� “You got it,� the reporter said, taking notes. She looked up. “Here comes the photographer.� A car belching blue smoke pulled up. “Let’s get some photos! Then I’ll ask questions.� “So much for being rich!� Clay grumped as they posed. “But we’re famous,� Nick said. Curious people were gathered around. More people to tell Jazz’s joke to, he thought. “I’d rather be rich,� Clay muttered. Nick checked Clay’s pockets for lumps of money. He didn’t see many. The record was probably his. But just in case... He flashed a smile just before the camera clicked. “About my mom’s groceries. I don’t feel right taking your mother’s stuff. Give me the twenty-dollar bill so Jazz and I can shop before we go home.� “Man!� Clay moaned. He frowned but reached into his pocket. “You’re wiping me out! I was too busy pushing carts to make much,� he whined. “What was your joke, anyway?� Jazz cleared her throat, hunching her shoulders and speaking softly to keep new customers from hearing. “Why did the rooster cross the road?� Mr. Jerry, the reporter, and the photographer leaned close enough to hear. Clay shrugged. “Should I care? OK. Why?� “Because he wasn’t dead.� She wanted to laugh so much, her face must have hurt. The reporter and photographer laughed. Mr. Jerry laughed. “That’s the stupidest joke I ever heard!� Clay said, staring at Jazz. But then a burplike, nervous giggle popped from his mouth. He tried to hold the laughter inside, but when he started laughing, he couldn’t stop for several minutes. A world record? Naw. But maybe a record for Clay.

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Greta Whitt of Farragut tests out the robotic manipulators at one of many ORNL displays at the Robotics Revolution. Zach Stivers and Gavin St. Pierre of the Hardin Valley Academy robotics team tinker with the team’s robot, nicknamed the Pultruder. Photos by S. Carey

By Shannon Carey Knoxville’s Jacob Building was packed full of fun, learning and friendly competition Aug. 6, as the Muse Knoxville hosted Robotics Revolution, a STEM event for all ages, interests and levels of ability. Muse executive director Ellie Kittrell said the Robotics Revolution is all about providing STEM connections and taking kids “from cradle to career.� Kids in elementary school see high school students on robotics teams, high schoolers can make connections with the colleges present, and college students can meet with professionals in those fields. “The main goal is to promote STEM education opportunities in our area across a variety of ages and connect

them with real occupations,� said Kittrell. “We want to create that conversation between industry professionals and younger kids and show a wide array of career choices in a hands-on, fun way.� The ORNL traveling “road show� was there with hands-on, interactive exhibits staffed with real ORNL professionals. High school robotics teams, Lego clubs, libraries, robotics clubs, KnoxMakers and even the Knoxville Police Department offered activities as well. TVA presented the event. CRS Data was the silver sponsor. Other sponsors included ORNL, ALCOA, Asheville Highway Animal Hospital, Bricks 4 Kidz, Lowe’s, Barnes and Noble, Hobby Town and Elder’s

Ace Hardware. Winners of the Sumo Robot Tournaments were: Mindstorms Division Tournament, first place Warm Cozy Hugs by JMS Master Builders, second place Skywalker by NX36T, third place Yeti by NX36T; Mindstorms Division Programming, first place Eagle by Atomic Eagles, second place Warm Cozy Hugs, JMS Master Builders, third place Spike by Matt Billings; Mindstorms Division Design, first place Warm Cozy Hugs by JMS Master Builders, second place JMS Black by JMS Master Builders, third place Capybara by Atomic Eagles; Open Division, first place Rando by Null Hypothesis, second place GlaDOS by NX36T; Mindstorms versus Open

Autumn and Lucas Schneider of Hardin Valley learn to operate a small robot at the KnoxMakers booth at the Robotics Revolution.

Tristan Wallace of the Halls High School robotics team helps visitors make pin-on buttons. Faceoff, first place Warm Cozy Hugs by JMS Master Builders. Info: www.themuseknoxville.org.

Welcome home, Kinzy! By Kip Oswald Kinzy is my older sister. You might remember from the introductions a couple of weeks ago that she has been away for a while. K i n z y has not always made good choicKinzy Oswald es since she started high school. Last year she struggled with several of the subjects in her course load and then dropped out of school. She went to live with my grandmother for a few months because she gave birth to my nephew, Sammy. Now that Sammy is a few months old, however, Kinzy has moved back home and wants to finish high school. Because of the issues Kinzy had in her past high school, the guidance counselor recommended to Mom that Kinzy apply to the Paul Kelley Volunteer Academy. So what is Paul Kelley Academy and why is it so different from the typical high school? Paul Kelley is housed inside Knoxville Center Mall. It has seven classrooms, a library and a few offices.

Looking at the front door, you would not realize what lies inside. This school provides a place where students can actualize their dream of graduating high school in a truly individualized teacher-to-student environment. My mom was so excited after meeting principal Janice Cook that she talked about her all night! Mom said Ms. Cook seemed to have the ability to see past where young people are at present, and help them see where they can go. This is exactly what Kinzy needs! Mom said Ms. Cook will be Kinzy’s champion at school to help her gain academic competence and confidence. Kinzy is excited about the teachers who will allow her to work at her own pace – and with individual instruction to help her master the skills she needs to graduate. Also, the school day is only four hours long, so Kinzy can go in the afternoon when Grammie is off work to watch Sammy. Kinzy and Mom see this as a school of second chances for people like Kinzy. If you want to share a story about PKA or anything else school-related, email oswa ld sworldt n@g ma i l. com.

PSCC sets record for dual enrollment A record number of high school juniors and seniors have taken college-level classes at Pellissippi State Community College over the past academic year. The college’s dual enrollment program – which allows high school students to take college level classes at their high schools or at Pellissippi State campuses in order to receive dual high school and college credit – had 1,849 students from Knox and Blount counties in 2015-2016. A record 84 academic sections were offered to those students. A Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation grant pays for students

to earn up to six hours of college credit during their junior and senior years of high school, but students can take additional classes if they choose, at their own cost. A record six high schools registered more than 100 dual enrollment students last year: Farragut High (259 students), Bearden High (236), Hardin Valley Academy (174), Halls High (133), Maryville High (113) and Karns High (110). Farragut, Bearden, Karns, Alcoa, Central and Gibbs high schools, and the L&N STEM Academy, set school records for dual enrollment students.

Early bird sale for Fair tickets

Concert and discounted admission tickets for the 97th annual Tennessee Valley Fair are on sale for a limited time. Guests can save an average of 20 percent by purchasing tickets early. Specials include: Adult admission, $8 (regularly $10); child admission, $6 (regularly $7); family fun pack, $28 (regularly $39), includes two adult admissions, two child admissions and a parking pass; fair fun pack, $32 (regularly $47), includes four adult admissions and a parking pass. Other specials include: a 3-day pass, $20 (regularly $30); all-you-can-ride wristbands, $14 (regularly $22), for opening day, Sept. 9, only; wristbands, $16 (regularly $20), Monday-Thursday; or $21 (regularly $25), weekend special. Buy a reserved seat to any headline concert at Homer Hamilton Theatre before Sept. 8 and receive a fair admission for $5. Info: tnvalleyfair.org or 215-1482. Bryson Davis of Halls High School’s robotics team poses with the team’s entry at the Robotics Revolution, hosted by the Muse Knoxville.

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Life is easier with a (flexible) plan By Amanda Howerton Ever heard that life is easier with a plan? I personally don’t think I’d be a functioning human being without one. In fact, my husband laughs at me because I’m much more apt Amanda to plan things Howerton out than he is. My husband isn’t opposed to planning, but he wants to make sure we leave plenty of room for f lexibility and adventure. He’s my great reminder that life is easier with a plan, but that plan needs to be adjustable depending on changes in circumstance. The ability to change can be a good thing. 2016 has been the year of f lexible plans for the Howerton clan as we have seen some major changes. At the beginning of the year, we were excited to think about what it meant for our daughter to head into kindergarten this fall. We have loved every minute of her being little, and by no means is she the “big kid� she likes to think she is, but she is growing up quickly. That means there are certain things that have become easier as she gets older. In fact, we were hoping to take Grace overseas to London (a city I loved visiting several years ago) or Switzerland (where my aunt lives) now that a stroller isn’t a necessity. Much to my husband’s excitement, our travel plans, among many other plans, have changed as we are now

expecting our second child this December. Thankfully, this wasn’t a surprise baby, but as recently as December 2015 we had not planned on any more children. Travel plans have been put on hold and home expansion plans have been expedited. We will transition back in to diapers, bottles and sleepinterrupted nights; and we will readjust some goals and expectations as this new bundle of joy makes her way here. We are now long-term planning for college and weddings for two daughters instead of one. We’ve also had a front row seat as my extended family has adjusted plans as life’s circumstances changed. My brother and his wife find themselves planning for baby expenses a few years earlier than anticipated as their pregnancy was a surprise. My sister and her husband are looking at a fairly large home renovation. My parents have had to take extended time off from work to care for aging parents. These changes were unexpected, nerve wracking and came quickly for our family. These unforeseen events add to the stress of all our lives. Having a financial plan can ease some of the anxiety associated with the unexpected. Be it a plan to set aside money for an emergency fund, a plan to save for upsizing a house, a plan to save for

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earlier retirement (or parttime work in later years), or a plan to replace income in the event of a sudden death. This road map doesn’t erase all stress but it does allow for peace of mind knowing you are prepared for unanticipated challenges. There are only so many financial things in our plan that we can control, namely how much we spend, how long we work and how much we set aside to meet goals and allow for f lexibility. It is important that we review our financial plan on

a regular basis since we are so limited in what we can control. It is important to

know how we are tracking with our financial plan during the calm years. If corrections need to be made, these are the easiest years to make changes. These reviews also allow opportunities to discuss f lexibility in our plans prior to any unexpected event. We want to enjoy the years when all is going as planned because we know change can happen at a moment’s notice. The unexpected and unplanned changes to your plans can be sad, scary, nerve-wracking, stressful, happy, exciting, joyous, and on and on. Without any starting point, many of us would be lost if faced with these changes. Beginning with a plan means that the unplanned events can be addressed with f lexibility around the original plan instead of a feeling of starting from ground zero. And with f lexibility you might just find that change can be a good thing. Amanda Howerton, CFPŽ is a financial advisor with Rather & Kittrell. She can be reached at ahowerton@rkcapital.com

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DeRoyal moves toward technology By Sandra Clark DeRoyal’s plants in Powell and Maynardville are just a piece of a multinational company based in North Knox County. And it’s a company that’s ready for Smith the 21st century. Michael Smith, brand marketing manager for DeRoyal, spoke last week to the Powell Business and Professional Association. Smith, an Atlanta native, worked his way up from

sales to management over 17 years at DeRoyal. “The company is moving from products to technology,� he said. That’s reflected in DeRoyal’s tag line: “Improving Care. Improving Business.� You know the story. DeRoyal was founded by Pete DeBusk some 43 years ago. DeBusk continues to live on Cunningham Road in Halls, just west of the house where he created his boot cast, the first of many innovative products DeBusk successfully marketed to the medical community. DeBusk’s business started as STAT Medical, Smith said, and in 1978, DeBusk moved to Beaver Creek Drive in

Powell where his first plant continues in operation. He built plants in Maynardville, New Tazewell and Rose Hill, Va., before launching acquisitions that led to ownership of plants worldwide. Now DeRoyal employs 1,900 people (300 of them at the corporate headquarters in Powell). “We hold 100 patents, have sales in 74 countries and produce 25,000 SKUs (unique products),� said Smith. He outlined the product line, especially the surgical kits that are packaged so that what the doctor needs is on top. He talked about wound care, acute care, orthopedics and OEM (origi-

nal equipment manufacturing). There are lots of acronyms in the DeRoyal vocabulary. Smith showed a video of a futuristic medical center in which inventory is monitored in a “vault,� and reorders are automatic when inventory falls to a predetermined level. This ensures the facility won’t run out of supplies but keeps inventory lean. The inventory is tracked by both doctor and patient, Smith said. And DeRoyal is a fun place to work. The corporate headquarters includes a workout area and a basketball court. “And we get free fruit daily,� said Smith.

FTB Advisors announces Northshore team

Fisher Tire hosts Chamber

Fisher Tire Company general manager Kile Hardesty presents William Herron, employment recruiter for Sitel, a $60 certificate for various auto services including oil change and tire rotation during last week’s networking social sponsored by the Farragut West Knox Chamber. “We’re just a local family-owned business doing our best to support the community,� said Hardesty. “We’re here for you when you need us.� Photo by Nancy Anderson

FTB Advisors, which delivers investment products and services and is part of the First Tennessee family of companies, announces its Northshore team, located in Northshore Town Center: Ethan Mashburn is relationship manager, private client services; Stephanie Burleson Hawkins is regional director and vice president, senior financial advisor; Dorothy Beaver is assistant vice president, financial center manager; and Ben Barnett is vice president. Mashburn recently attained a FINRA Series 7 license.

COMMUNITY NOTES â– 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.

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Alex Kail heads to Germany Alexander Ian Kail – Alex – flies out into the “unknownâ€? today for a year in Paderborn, Germany, as a Rotary Youth Exchange student. His year abroad is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Farragut. Alex says he’s not nervous at all. “I’m excited about what I don’t know is coming up. I’m looking forward to the unknown, and I don’t think I’ve ever been nervous in my life about anything,â€? he says. Alex will celebrate his 18th birthday on Feb. 19, 2017, in Germany. “I’m always open to change. I get tired and bored with the ordinary.â€? Alex is the son of Keith and Jennifer Kail. He has two sisters, Amanda, 20, Alex Kail and Aaren, 13. “I’ve always wanted a brother, and I’ll have one in Germany with my first host family. His name is Finn Kulig,â€? Alex says. Alex will arrive in Dusseldorf on Thursday morning, and his host family is driving from there to the Frankfurt airport to say goodbye to their daughter, Emma. She is off to Argentina as a Rotary exchange student for a year. Alex graduated from Farragut High School in May. He combined his junior and senior years into one while he worked two part-time jobs. “All I did was study and work,â€? he says. He took two years of German classes at Farragut and will take more German classes in Paderborn. Alex says he’ll miss family and friends. “But it’s OK. I’ll see them again,â€? he says. What else will he miss? “Chicken pot pie. I love it. I hope they have something similar over there.â€? Our only other outbound RYE student from Knoxville, Julia Kestner, left a week ago for Sukhothai, Thailand. She attends Webb School and is sponsored by the Knoxville Breakfast Rotary Club. She is the first RYE student the club has ever sponsored. It took her more than 40 hours to finally meet up with her host family. We’ll be learning more about Julia in an upcoming column. â–

Celebs at Bearden Rotary

The Rotary Club of Bearden is hosting two true community celebrities as speakers this month. On Friday, Aug. 19, Ted Hall, WVLT Channel 8 news anchor, is the speaker, and on Friday, Aug. 26, they will hear from Marvin West, former News Sentinel sports editor and current Shopper columnist. Bearden Rotary meets at noon every Friday at the Bearden Banquet Hall.

Middlebrook Pike. Info: Ruby Freels, 690-8164.

â– Family Community Education-Bearden Club meets 10 a.m. each third Tuesday, Central Baptist-Bearden, 6300 Deane Hill Drive. Info: Shannon Remington, 927-3316.

â– Fourth District Democrats meet 6 p.m. each fourth Tuesday, Bearden Library, 100 Golfclub Road. Info: Chris Foell, 691-8933 or foellmc@ aol.com; Rosina Guerra, rosinag@earthlink.net or 588-5250.

â– Family Community Education-Crestwood Club meets 10 a.m. each fourth Thursday, Grace Lutheran Church, 9076

â– Historic Sutherland Heights Neighborhood Association. Info: Marlene Taylor, 951-3773, taylor8246@bellsouth.net.

By Sara Barrett One of Knoxville’s newest treasures, Backroads Market and Designs, has opened just off Sutherland Avenue at 514 Walker Street. Although it just opened in the middle of July, the shopping/socializing/noshhouse hybrid is already seeing its share of regulars. “We were in Boone, North Carolina, a while back and there was a shop similar to this,� said owner Craig Myers. “We thought Knoxville needed something like it.� He and his wife Kerry share a passion for making the old new again and decided the name Backroads was fitting since that’s where they find a lot of the items they refurbish. The shop’s front door was once used for a classroom in Bearden Elementary School. Myers discovered it in the school dumpster while out running. The Myers’ business partner, Danny McNamee, has around 30 years’ experience in construction and can build anything a customer requests. His handiwork can be seen through-

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Farragut marker turns up, is donated to town By Wendy Smith Mayor Ralph McGill kicked off last week’s Farragut Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting by noting that it was the last for Vice Mayor Dot LaMarche. Term limits mandate that all members step down after two terms on the board. “Don’t worry. I’ll be around watching you,� she said, noting that she’d likely spend time at the Farragut Folklife Museum and serve on town committees. She was applauded for her work on the town’s behalf. Two new aldermen will be installed at the Aug. 25 meeting. Louise Povlin, who was appointed to fill Ron Honken’s North Ward seat on the board, was elected to continue in the post in the Aug. 3 election, and Ron Williams won the uncontested South Ward seat. The board approved a bill of sale and acceptance of a stone monument to the town. Lylan Fitzgerald, owner of Stony Point, the birthplace of Admiral David Farragut, contacted the town about donating the monument dedicated by Admiral Dewey in honor of Farragut’s birthday in 1903. Farragut was born on July 5, 1801. The monument was erected by the Bonny Kate chapter Daughters of the American Revolution. Fitzgerald said she’d prayed about the decision and couldn’t be more pleased. “I promise we’ll take good care of it,� said McGill. Neighborhood groups attempted to use the monument to block development of Stony Point Farm on the land where Admiral Far-

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The discussion on weeds began recently at Cornfest with a comment about the ited site distance further diminishing population of up Herron Road, so place- butterflies in our area. The ment of the driveway 110 discussion led to the plants feet from Campbell Station on which we are still seeing butterflies feed. I needed to Road was approved. If the property immedi- know more; so I pulled out ately north of Autumn Care my copy of The Audubon A Teasel Flower-head became available, staff Society Field Guide to North would recommend moving American Wildflowers. You are so many types of thisthe driveway north, said know a weed is a flower or tles or its look-alike. I disCommunity Development other plant out of place. covered there’s the Canada Director Mark Shipley. thistle, spotted knapweed, Variances for two drivecommon burdock, nodding ways to Premier Eyecare, thistle, bull thistle and then 11111 Kingston Pike, were there’s teasel. Bonnie also approved due to a lack The most common type Peters of frontage on Kingston thistle in East Tennessee is Lylan Fitzgerald Photo by Wendy Pike and the Turkey Creek the bull thistle, which flowers Smith floodplain on Admiral from June through SeptemRoad. The Kingston Pike ber. The field guide describes Mary Barker and Al- the thistle flowers as soft purragut was born in 1801. In entrance will be right in len Beeler were teaching ple and says it is found in pas2010, Fitzgerald’s attorney, and right out only. An ordinance to amend me butterflies 101. Mary tures, along roadsides and in Arthur Seymour Jr., told Knox County MPC that the front yard setbacks when and Allen as well as Brian waste places. Thistle is all too plentiful stone monument would garages are located in the White know their plants, stay, even as the subdivision rear and don’t face the and Union County is lucky in East Tennessee and our street in the Attached Sin- to have them as plant re- farmers are declaring war was developed around it. on these thistles because The monument was later gle-Family Residential Dis- sources. trict (R-4) was approved on Currently, it seems the companies are marketing reported missing. Town Administrator second reading. McGill re- best butterfly attracters are and selling thistle seeds David Smoak said a com- cused himself from the vote milkweed, thistle and teasel. for bird food. Surely, there Here’s where it gets more must be another kind of mittee would be formed to due to “hateful emails� he determine the best spot for received about the amend- complicated because there seeds for birds. I have not ment. the monument. An amendment to the The board approved a variance for the driveway Fiscal Year 2017 State for Autumn Care III As- Street Aid Fund budget was sisted Living at 400 Her- also approved. The amendron Road. The required ment allowed the resurfacminimum distance of 200 ing balance of $321,054 I have always been a feet from Campbell Station for Fiscal Year 2016 to be fan of the television show Road was determined to transferred to Fiscal Year “Bonanza.� There really be unsafe because of lim- 2017. Ronnie was a Ponderosa Ranch Mincey where portions of the show were filmed on location. My friend Paul Walker told me about a visit he once TEACHER TIME made there. Seeing my ■Thursday, Aug. 18, 8-9:30 a.m., networking: Cumulus Media, excitement, Paul gave me The night before we 4711 Old Kingston Pike. brochures and a book about were to arrive, we stayed in ■Thursday, Aug. 18, 4-5 p.m., ribbon cutting and grand openthe television show he pura motel. Everyone out west ing, Weichert Realtors Advantage Plus, 10160 Parkside Drive. chased there. seemed fascinated with our ■Thursday, Aug. 25, 8-9:30 a.m., networking: Dale Skidmore I determined I, too, accents. Most guessed we Allstate Agency, 10816 Kingston Pike. would visit this wonderful were from Texas but were place and sit in Ben Cart■Thursday, Sept. 1, 8-9:30 a.m., networking: U.S. Cellular of not surprised to discover wright’s green desk chair. A we were from Tennessee. Turkey Creek, 11001 Parkside Drive. few summers later I took a The lady who checked us vacation with my brother J. in asked where we were C. to Las Vegas. going. I thought possibly I When I told her our might persuade him to go destination, she frowned with me to the Ponderosa, and said, “I think the Ponbut the distance was greater derosa is closed.� Indeed, than a day’s journey. We further investigation redecided we would go to the vealed that the Ponderosa Ponderosa first thing durhad actually been closed ing next summer’s vacation. for six years! I was excited all year J. C. looked at me and long. Finally it was time for said, “I ought to kill you.� the next vacation. Though I thought for a moment he we had flown the previous might do just that, but the summer to Vegas, we rented similarity to the Griswold a car and drove approxifamily’s nearly doomed visit mately 2,400 miles in three to Wallyworld in National days to the Ponderosa. My Lampoon’s “Vacation� hit excitement grew with each us, and we dissolved into passing mile. hysterical laughter. Three days, two days, We spent the next day tomorrow! visiting Virginia City. The

heard of teasel seeds being marketed locally. Let’s hope that does not happen. The best way to tell the difference between teasel and thistle is the size of the plant because the plants do look alike. Generally, thistle will not grow taller than three feet, while teasel will generally grow to at least six feet. Originally, teasel was brought from Europe. Teasel is biennial and was cultivated by wool manufacturers; this plant flowers from July through October. The dried flower heads were placed on spindles and used to raise the nap or “tease� the cloth; thence the common name teasel. The plant produces small lavender flowers with thistle-like spikes on a prickly stem. I have to admit both thistle and teasel blooms are pretty, alone or in flower arrangements. I have picked dried flower heads and used them in their natural state as well as spraying them. Nonetheless, who wants to feed a cow or horse something that will be like needles in the animal’s throat.

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A kick back at stroke Parkwest Therapy Center helps Tae Kwon Do enthusiast regain dexterity and strength Glen always been en Stafford Sta taff ffor ff ord d has has al alwa lways ys b een ee n up for a demanding challenge – especially when it comes to physical activity. “If you ask me to do 10 pushups, I’m going to do 11. If you tell me I can’t do something, I’m going to do it – twice,” he said. His tenacity served him well in the martial art of Tae Kwon Do, which Stafford has practiced for more than 30 years. But it also turned out to be vital to his survival and recovery from a stroke. “I didn’t fit the profile of a typical stroke patient,” said Stafford, who was 44 when the event happened a year and a half ago. “I was healthy and fit, and at the time I was spending about 10 hours a week training for a second-degree black belt.” Stafford practiced Tae Kwon Do in Vermont, where he lived and worked as an IT support specialist. He also was in the beginnings of a long-distance relationship with Debi Haney, a nurse who happened to live in Tennessee. “One morning in December I called her and was telling her I was weak in one arm and feeling dizzy – and my speech was slurred. She recognized the symptoms of a stroke,” Stafford said. “I’m a strongwilled guy and didn’t want to call for help – I lived in a rural area and the weather was getting bad.” But Haney was concerned and alerted Stafford’s parents. His father came and took him to the nearest hospital, which transported him to a larger medical center in Burlington, about 45 minutes away. Stafford had indeed experienced a stroke. He underwent a thrombectomy to remove a blood clot and received tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), a medication which can dissolve clots and help restore blood flow to the brain af-

After breaking one set of boards, Glen Stafford turns and breaks another set during a recent tournament in Vermont.

Below, Glen Stafford works out on arm-strengthening equipment at Fort Sanders Health and Fitness Center.

Glen Stafford focuses on strengthening his arms at Fort Sanders Health and Fitness Center.

ter certain types of strokes. Shortly after Stafford was transported to the hospital, the interstate roads were closed because of the weather. “Looking back on the events that happened, if any one factor had gone wrong, I would not have made it,” he said. As it was, Stafford suffered leftsided hemiparesis (weakness on the entire side of the body) and received hospital care for a week, followed by a month of inpatient rehabilitation. “I missed martial arts every day I was in the hospital,” he said. But he did have a positive distraction to think about during his recovery: Stafford planned to move to Tennessee and had been in the process of finding a house. He closed on the house while he was in rehab and was

able to move to Knoxville in January 2015. Stafford continued outpatient rehabilitation at Parkwest Therapy Center, where he received physical and occupational therapy. He also became a member of Fort Sanders Health and Fitness Center so he could continue to regain strength and physical fitness. “Sometimes I think people give up when they have a stroke, or they settle for just adapting to the after-effects,” Stafford said. “But my philosophy was ‘there’s no point in giving up’ – I had too much to live for. I wasn’t going to just sit on the couch. I was determined to improve.” Physical therapist Phil Bivens analyzed his gait and running, and prescribed special shoes “because my left foot wasn’t as strong as my right,” Stafford said. “After PT, I joined Fort Sanders Health and Fitness Center and worked with a personal trainer.”

Janel Bell, occupational therapist at Parkwest Therapy Center, also worked with Stafford on dexterity, reflexes and fine motor skills. “Glen worked in IT and it was important to him to return to work – so we worked initially on mouse skills using his affected left hand like pointing one finger on a computer mouse, being able to ‘click and drag,’ and improving his left hand’s grasp and release reaction time so he could go from the mouse to the keyboard smoothly and without hesitation,” Bell said. “That way he could use his right hand on the keyboard for letter and number typing if needed. However, his determination and motivation allowed him to return to more

normal left hand keyboarding.” Stafford’s “above and beyond” determination was evident throughout the rehab process. “Sometimes I would tell her, ‘you’re not pushing me hard enough,’” he said. “She was very encouraging and supportive, and it’s because of her that I can still use both hands to type,” said Stafford, who is back to working 40 hours a week in IT support services. “Glen was an extremely motivated individual,” Bell said. “When a patient does the exercises we recommend, that’s always very helpful in terms of results.” Stafford said he is now totally self-sufficient and able to do “about 90 percent of what I was able to do before. I will continue to try to be 100 percent, but I’ve made all the large gains, so progress will be more incremental going forward.” He has walked in two 5K events and has resumed Tae Kwon Do. “The Tae Kwon Do is not at the same level as before, but I’m glad to be back to competing,” he said. He recently placed second in the board-breaking event at a tournament in Vermont. Stafford said he participated in the Vermont tournament partly “to show appreciation for the huge amount of support I have had. I want people to know how grateful I am for the faith they’ve had in me.” Stafford has shared his story on a martial arts podcast and hopes his experience will inspire others facing difficult challenges. “Almost on a daily basis, I have an opportunity to talk with others about what has happened. Sharing is another way I can pay it forward.” Stafford has demonstrated two core tenets of Tae Kwon Do: “in nae,” (perseverance) and “baekjool” (indomitable spirit). These traits have helped him not only in his stroke recovery, but in regaining the ability to live and enjoy life to the fullest. And after the upcoming tournament in Vermont, Stafford has yet another trip to New England on his schedule – for his and Debi’s October wedding.

Covenant has the region’s only stroke hospital network Covenant Health has the region’s only stroke hospital network for delivering advanced diagnostics and treatment to halt the devastating effects of stroke. Parkwest Medical Center and other member hospitals of Covenant Health collaborate to give patients access to rapid emergency care and life-saving medications such as tPA, which can dissolve clots and improve blood flow to the brain. At the network’s hub are Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, certified as a comprehensive stroke center by The Joint Commission, and the awardwinning Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center, accredited by the Commission on the Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities. Fort Sanders Regional provides innovative neurointerventional procedures and advanced treatments and clinical trials that are unavailable in other areas of the region. In addition to services offered at the Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center, stroke rehabilitation resources are available at Parkwest Therapy Center and oth-

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Warning signs of stroke When it comes to stroke, time lost is brain lost. It’s important to understand the warning signs of stroke and how to reduce your risk. If you or your loved one experience any of these symptoms, call 911: ■ Sudden, severe headache with no known cause ■ Sudden confusion or difficulty speaking or understanding ■ Sudden trouble with walking, dizziness or loss of balance or coordination ■ Sudden numbness or weakness, especially on one side of the body ■ Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes For more information about Covenant Health’s stroke hospital network, visit covenanthealth.com/ stroke.

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Exercise Equipment

Beagle Pitbull mix puppies, 8 wks, 1st vac, $50 obo. Call aft 1pm (865)982-3835

INVERSION table/portable vibration therapy stand, $85 each or $150/ pair. (865) 742-8458

Furniture

BOYKIN SPANIEL PUPS - BSS reg., 1 fem., $1000 2 males, $900 each, 8 wks. old. (865)240-8209.

Dark brown recliner, exc cond, $150 obo. Call 865-318-0509; 318-9507

DOBERMAN PUPS, AKC, Sire XL natl & intl champ - 125 lbs. Dam’s father was 2013 World Champ. Great protection, good with kids. $1200. Credit cards accepted. 615-740-7909

DR SET, hi-gloss contemp. tble, hutch w/built in wine storage & lighted glass shelf, 6 white leather chairs, $1950 obo. (865)230-5608

German Shepherd female puppy, parents on site, shots, dewormed, hips & health guar. $600. 865-361-1013 GERMAN SHEPHERD PUPS AKC, Avail. 9/10/16, 5 F, 2 M, $1000. Dep. $300, Call (423)620-7463. GERMAN SHEPHERD PUPS AKC, West German bldlns, 6 M, 3 F, vet ck’d. health guar. $500. 865-323-2864. GERMAN SHEPHERD Pups, 2 M, CKC reg., West German Bldlns, vet ck’d. 8 wks. 423-539-3177; 423-539-3152. GERMAN SHEPHERD/AKITA pups, 11 wks, M&F several colors avail. S&W, $100. 865-335-1844 or 865-235-5543. GOLDEN RETRIEVER puppies, AKC reg., DOB 7/25/16. Now taking deposits. 865-567-7180 GOLDEN RETRIEVER PUPPIES, AKC, $650. 1st shots, vet checked, Phone 931-808-0293. Golden Retrievers $600; Old English Bulldogs $700; Huskeys $600; Pomeranians $400. All purebred puppies. (423)530-0529 LABRADOODLES, GOLDEN DOODLES - DOUBLE DOODLES. Non-shedding, intelligent, litter box trained. 865591-7220 POODLE PUPS, TOY AKC, 1 M, 1 F, ready now, crate trn’d. $650. New litter ready 9/15, 3 blk. 865-221-3842

PUPPY NURSERY Many different breeds Maltese, Yorkies, Malti-Poos, Poodles, Yorki-Poos, Shih-Poos, Shih Tzu, $175/up. shots & wormed. We do layaways. Health guar. Go to Facebook, Judys Puppy Nursery Updates. 423-566-3647

HENREDON BEDROOM SUITE - Vintage Artifacts Collection $850 Dresser 78”x19”, headboard, 1 nightstand Very good condition Non smoking home. (865)567-1352

1997 SEA RAY EXPRESS CRUISER 33’, $59,900, Contact Colin, 865-201-7257 2003 NITRO FISH & SKI, 20’, Mercury EFI 200 HP, great cond, $9800 obo. Knoxville area. (937) 436-5813. 29ft (Cuddy) cabin cruiser. 2 Volvo V8’s, sleeps 4, head, galley, swim platform, trim tabs, easily pulls 4 skiers, bimini top, side curtains, looks as good as Sea Ray - Type, at a fraction of the price. $12,900. 423-620-1850.

Garage Sales

Lawn & Garden

LOG SPLITTER - 37 ton, Northstar, garage kept, like new. $1900. Call (865)271-7433.

Merchandise - Misc. GENERATOR BIG 8500 watt, 2016, Honda elec. start. Batt. & whl kit incl. Never used. New retail $4995. Wholesale $3750. 1st $1850 cash, 864-275-6478. KILL BED BUGS & THEIR EGGS! Buy Harris Bed Bug Killers/KIT Complete Treatment System Hardware Stores, The Home Depot, homedepot.com (618)351-7570 MOVING BOXES, 50+ Very strong cardboard, various sizes & bubble wrap, $75. Maryville, 865-980-8558

UTILITY TRAILERS

UPRIGHT PIANO - Bradbury of New York, built appx. 1950, asking $550. Very good cond. (865)603-8691.

Yorkie/Dachshund mix “Dorkies” female pups, parents AKC, shots, $325. (865) 712-2366

Tickets/Events

5 FAMILY YARD SALE - Sat. August 20th. 8am-2pm. HH items, motorcycle parts, clothes, etc. 7324 Afton Dr., Halls 37918.

AMERICAN BRILLIANT cut glass, 65 pieces, sell 1 or all, 90+ years old. (865) 453-1934 Going Out of Business after 27 years. Booth 88 at Dutch Valley Antique Mall 2401 Dutch Valley Dr. 37918.

Farmer’s Mkt/ Trading Post

WANTED Military antiques and collectibles 865-368-0682

UT FOOTBALL TICKETS TOP CASH PAID WE PAY MORE THAN THE OTHER GUYS 687-9984 RON

_____________ I WILL PAY $1500 CASH FOR G-10 PARKING PASS

689-9318 DAVID _____________

Campers & RV’s 1999 35’ Allegro Bus, 275 HP, Cat diesel pusher, $37,500. Shown by appt. 865-984-4786 please lve message 2006 TIFFIN ALLEGRO BAY motor home. Work horse chassis, 35’ 43,600 mi., new tires, exc. cond. $59,900. (865)986-4984. 2008 PHAETON BY TIFFIN, 42 QRH, - exc. cond., must see. Kept in warehouse. $149,000. (941)815-1190.

Farm Buildings

BARNS - SHEDS GARAGES - CARPORTS PATIO COVERS BUILT ON YOUR PROPERTY FREE ESTIMATES!

Millen Garage Builders 865-679-5330

Appliances

GOOD AS NEW APPLIANCES 90 Day Warranty

865-851-9053

2001 E. Magnolia Ave.

Coming Soon

Call today! Spaces are selling fast!

My

Life

Call 922-4136 for advertising info

CASH PAID ALL GAMES (Home/Away)

BRISTOL/ALL EVENTS

(865)687-1718

selectticketservice.com I-DEAL TICKETS Buy/Sell VOLS Tickets All Games Home / Away Battle @ Bristol / Kenny Chesney in Bristol 865-622-7255 PARKING PASSES, G3, $1450 OBO. G16, $1,300 OBO. (865)604-3131 UT FAN NEEDS 4 TICKETS FOR EVERY HOME GAME. Call (865)659-4534 UT FOOTBALL TICKETS. Sec U, Row 41, Seats 18 & 19; Sec U, Row 42, Seats 7 & 8; Sec Z-12, Row 31, Seats 11 & 12; Sec Z- 14, Row 33, Seats 17 & 18. Please call (865)386-5804 UT SEASON tickets, Sec M, Row 53, lower level in the dry. $1400/pair. 865-806-1273

2 FULL 282-2R CU.FT. customer owned Oxygen Tanks, refillable anywhere! $275/pair. (865)621-7138.

CASH FOR ALL UT TICKETS 687-8665 2 UT SEASON FOOTBALL TICKETS, SECTION Q, ROW 28, 1 PAIR - $1700 obo. (865)405-1220. 4 UT Tickets, Sec Y8, row 3, seats 15-18, 4 games: App State, FL, ALA, MO. $2100/all. (865) 693-6035

1990 up, any size OK 865-384-5643

Lots/Acreage for Sale 40 ACRES in Seymour. Creek, wooded & bottomland, road frontage on 3 sides. (865) 567-7180

Real Estate Rentals Apartments - Furnished WALBROOK STUDIOS 865-251-3607 $145 weekly. Discount avail. Util, TV, Ph, Refrig, Basic Cable. No Lease.

Apartments - Unfurn.

1,2,3 BR $355 - $460/mo. GREAT VALUE RIVERSIDE MANOR ALCOA HWY

865-970-2267 *Pools, Laundries, Appl. *5 min. to UT & airport www.riversidemanorapts.com

2 BR POWELL - Beautiful secure bldg, Special 1/2 rent now. Water pd, all appl. $570. $150 DD. 865-384-1099 ; 938-6424 BEST DEAL OUT WEST! 1BR from $375-$395. 2BR $550-$750. No pets. Parking @ front door. (865)470-8686 BROADWAY TOWERS 62 AND OLDER Or Physically Mobility Impaired 1 & 2 BR, util. incl. Laundry on site. Immediate housing if qualified. Section 8-202. 865-524-4092 for appt. TDD 1-800-927-9275

Wanted I BUY DIABETIC TEST STRIPS - OneTouch, Freestyle, AccuChek, Contour, More! Must not be expired or opened.Local Pickup! Call Daniel (865) 383-1020 R12 FREON WANTED - Certified buyer will pick up and pay CASH for cylinders and cases of cans. (312)2919169

Announcements Personals BUSINESS GENTLEMAN seeking lady 30 to 64 for friend or long term relationship. Middle TN area. Text (662)689-1570.

ALL SHAPES & SIZES AVAILABLE 865-986-5626

SHIH-TZU puppies, 6 wks old, ready for good homes, 2 M, 2 F., $350 ea. (865) 385-1738

Antiques

BUYING PARKING PASSES

Tools

Musical

North

BUYING UT FOOTBALL TIXS.

BUYING/OLDER Rolex Watches, Running or not, also signed Rolex parts, such as cases, movement, bands & dials. (865)977-6625.

JOHN DEERE GX 335 - John Deere GX335, 295 hrs, 54”deck. Great condition, make offer! $3995 (865)5990516

I BUY OLDER MOBILE HOMES

BEAUTIFUL WOODED LOTS 18 MIN. W OF KNOXVILLE. 3 to 50 acres. $6000 per acre and up. (408)829-7398

Jewelry: Costume/Fine

SHIH TZU puppies, AKC, Females $600; Males $500. Shots UTD. Warranty. 423-618-8038; 423-775-4016

Merchandise

SEASON TICKETS Battle at Bristol All Games Home /Away Top Cash Paid 865-384-6867

WANTED: 2 tickets for Titans vs Greenbay Packers game for Nov. 3rd. Robert, (865)719-7606.

2 BUYING

Boats/Motors/Marine

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2 LOTS Highland Memorial West, value $2900 each. Sell $1400 each. Call 865-414-4615. 4 CEMETERY LOTS Garden of Christus Oak Ridge Memorial Park, More info. call (865)579-3007.

Manufactured Homes 1982 14x70 2 BR, 2 BA, only $5500. Call Chris 865-207-8825

BUYING Cemetery Lots

Dogs

BOXER PUPPIES - CKC, shots & wormed. Also Mom. $300 & up. (423)290-1510; 423-570-0300.

Tickets/Events

MORNINGSIDE GARDENS 1 BR Apt Now Available ELDERLY OR DISABLED COMPLEX A/C, Heat, Water & Electric Incl, OnSite Laundry, Computer Center & Resident Services Great location! On the Bus Line! Close to Shopping! Rent Based on Income, Some Restrictions Apply Call 865-523-4133. TODAY for more information

Homes Unfurnished 2 BR, 1 BA brick, Knox Co. area.. new cent H&A, private lot, 1st & last mo. rent $700 + $400 DD. Full sz bsmt, Credit ck. & Refs req. (865) 773-2313

Financial

HALLS. 3 BR, 2 1/2 BA, cent h/a, appls furn, DW, W/D conn., rec room w/ frpl, deck, 2 car gar., $1275 mo., $500 dep. (423) 504-2679

Consolidation Loans

POWELL CLAXTON. 3 BR, 2 BA, no pets, private, convenient, $700 mo + 1st, last, DD. 865-748-3644

FIRST SUN FINANCE

We make loans up to $1000. We do credit starter & rebuilder loans. Call today, 30 minute approvals. See manager for details. 865-687-3228

WEST - 505 Exford Ct. Waterford S/D, like new, 3BR, 2BA, fam. rm. w/gas FP, kit. & din., all appls furn. back deck, front porch, 1 car gar. $1095/ mo. 414-7616.

Acreage/Land Rent Real Estate Sales

LOT WANTED to rent for long term residence of 37’ motor home. Elec., water, sewer/septic service necessary. Can sidle up to existing structure. West Knox pref. Please call (865)258-1040,

North BROADACRES 7804 Keswick Rd, Powell. 3 BR, 2.5 BA, bsmt rancher, all brick. 2 car gar. List $205,000. Estate Sale. (865)659-0547

Real Estate Commercial

Condos-Unfurn

Offices/Warehouses/Rent

POWELL, 2BR, 2BA, mstr suite, covered porch, w/d conn., appls stay, some updates, $74,900. (865)300-9534

1500 SF Office/Warehouse, Papermill Rd, drive in bay, $1100 mo. 865-5441717; 865-740-0990

Farms & Acreage

MIDLAND Shopping Center, Gla sscock St., Alcoa, 5 rooms, 2 ba. Incl. water & AC. $650 mo. (865) 983-0870

DEVELOPER’S DREAM 550 Acres, Rockwood/Westel Exit I-40, 400 acres timber, 150 acres crop/ pasture land. 4.2 mi road frontage. Water, public util. 615-735-1259

OFFICE SPACE in Sevierville, Double $850 mo; Single $550 mo. Dep reqd. Util incl. Units 221 & 222 in Fountain Park Business Center. 865-984-6041

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WEDNESDAY, AUG. 17 “Taste ’n’ Toast,” 5-9 p.m., Sweet P’s Downtown Dive, 410 W. Jackson Ave. Event will support “Guardians for Garrett.” Info: 281-1738.

THURSDAY, AUG. 18 AARP Driver Safety class, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., East Tennessee Medical Group, 266 Joule Street, Alcoa. Info/registration: 984-8911. Bingo, 10 a.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Free and open to the public. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711. Medication reviews with a pharmacist, Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Free and open to the public. Info/appointment: 329-8892, TTY: 711. Movie time: “Kate and Leopold,” 11:15 a.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Free and open to the public. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711. Preservation easement workshop, noon, Historic Westwood, 3425 Kingston Pike. Free and open to the public. Ross M. Bradford, senior associate general counsel for the National Trust for Historic Preservation, will lead the session; light lunch will be served. Reservations required by Aug. 17. Info/ reservations: 523-8008 or hcook@knoxheritage.org.

FRIDAY, AUG. 19

“Instant Ninja and Self Defense Training Day,” 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Tiger-Rock Martial Arts, 9111B Executive Park Drive. Free program includes: board breaking, agility course, bounce house, free hot dogs for kids, and learn self-defense and basic taekwondo techniques. Open to the community. Info: tigerrockmartialarts.com or WestKnoxTigerRock.com. Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee. Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org. Revolutionary War Genealogy on the Internet, 1-3 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Preregistration, a valid email address and good internet searching capabilities required. Info/registration: 2158809. Smokin’ Day Festival, 2-8 p.m., Sweet P’s Barbeque & Soul House, 3725 Maryville Pike. Featuring: regional blues, folks and soul musicians playing inside and outside the restaurant. Info: 247-7748. Wonder of Hummingbirds Festival, 8 a.m.2 p.m., Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave. Tickets: $7 adults; $3 kids 5-11; 4 and under free; $20 family. Info: Ijams.org or 577-4717.

SUNDAY, AUG. 21 Vintage baseball, noon, 2:30 and 4 p.m., Historic Ramsey House, 2614 Thorn Grove Pike. Games and parking free; concessions available. Bring lawn chair or blanket for seating. Info: ramseyhouse.org.

MONDAY, AUG. 22 West Knox Book Club: “Underground Girls of Kabul,” 10 a.m., Bearden Branch Library, 100 Golfclub Road. Info: 588-8813.

TUESDAY, AUG.23 Einstein Simplified Comedy Improv troop, 8 p.m., Scruffy City Hall, Market Square. Free admission. “Lawn is a Four-Letter Word,” 11 a.m.-noon, Karns Senior Center, 8042 Oak Ridge Highway. Free presentation by master gardener Ron Pearman. Info: 951-2653.

Closing reception for “Encore,” an exhibition of the work of 11 graduates from UT School of Art, 1-4 p.m., Ewing Gallery of Art & Architecture, 1715 Volunteer Blvd. Info: 974-3200 or ewing-gallery.utk.edu.

TUESDAY, AUG. 30 Einstein Simplified Comedy Improv troop, 8 p.m., Scruffy City Hall, Market Square. Free admission.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, SEPT. 1-2 AARP Driver Safety class, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Drive. Info/registration: Linda Lawson, 218-3375.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 2 Gallery showing and play performances of The Moving Theatre’s presentation of Chekhov’s “The Boor,” 6-10 p.m., Fluorescent Gallery on Central St. Features works by painters Ocean Starr Cline and Robert H. Thompson, costumer Brigid KO, and hair and makeup by Lox salon. Info: MovingTheatreKnoxville@gmail.com. Public reception for new exhibitions, 5-9 p.m., Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. Exhibitions include: “Slot Machine” by Stephen Reid Carcello; “We The People” by Antuco Chicaiza; Projects by Emily Taylor; “A Time of Recent Creativity” by Anthony Donaldson; “Cosmic Order” by Eurichea Showalter Subagh Ball. Info: 523-7543, or knoxalliance.com.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 3 Cades Cove tour with Bill Landry, 9:30 a.m. departure from Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center in Townsend. Cost: $60. Advance reservations required. Info/reservations: 448-8838. Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee. Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org.

Application deadline for Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) 2016 Fall Citizens’ Trooper Academy, to be held 6-9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, THP Knoxville District Headquarters, 7601 Kingston Pike. Classes are once a week for 10 weeks. Applications: TN.Gov/safety or email.safety@tn.gov. Info: Sergeant Bill Fitzgerald, 615-743-3907; or Colleen Curtis, 615-500-0420 or Colleen.Curtis@me.com. Charity crafting, 11:30 a.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Free and open to the public. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711. Meet the Artist: Lela E. Buis, 5:30-8 p.m., Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 1127B Broadway. Buis’ exhibit, “Whimsical Creatures,” will be on display through Oct. 31. Info: 523-1401. Mindful meditation, 3-3:30 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Free and open to the public. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711. Opening reception for “Terra Madre: Women in Clay,” 5-8 p.m., The District Gallery, 5113 Kingston Pike. Exhibit on display through Sept. 10. Info: 2004452 or TheDistrictGallery.com.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 24

Einstein Simplified Comedy Improv troop, 8 p.m., Scruffy City Hall, Market Square. Free admission.

Books Sandwiched In: “Republic Lost: The Corruption of Equality and the Steps to End It” by Lawrence Lessig, noon, East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Info: 215-8801. Knoxville Writers’ Group meeting, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Naples Italian Restaurant, 5500 Kingston Pike. All-inclusive lunch, $12. Visitors and guests welcome. RSVP by Monday, Aug. 22. Info/RSVP: 983-3740.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 8

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, AUG. 19-21

SATURDAY, AUG. 27

“First Families of Tennessee Reunion & Jubilee,” various venues. Presented by the East Tennessee Historical Society. Held in conjunction with the East Tennessee History Fair. All events open to the public. Most East Tennessee History Fair activities free. Preregistration and a fee are required for First Families of Tennessee events. Info/schedule/ registration: eastTNhistory.org/FFTReunion.

Around the World in 82 Days, 2-3 p.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Info: 4707033. Authors Rachel Holbrook and Bobbi Phelps Wolverton, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Union Ave Books, 517 Union Ave. Info: 951-2180. Cades Cove Heritage Tour, 1:30 p.m., Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center in Townsend. Tickets: $15. Info/reservations: 448-8838. Dwight Yoakam to perform, 7 p.m., Back Porch on the Creek, 601 Lovell Road. Tickets: $40 and $60. Tickets: KnoxvilleTickets.com; 656-4444 or 877-9959961. Info: BackPorchontheCreek.com. Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee. Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org. “Propagation: Make More of What You Already Have,” 10:30-11:30 a.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Free presentation by master gardener Lisa Churnetski. Info: 470-7033. “Sailing Along the Nile” Family Fun Day, 1-4 p.m., McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 1327 Circle Park Drive. Tours, crafts and activities exploring ancient Egyptian civilization and culture. Free and open to the public. Reservations not necessary. Info: 974-2144. Stargazing Workshop, 9:30 p.m., Marble Springs State Historic Site, 1220 W. Gov. John Sevier Highway. Cost: $1 donation. Includes indoor video/ lecture on Venus and Jupiter and outdoor viewing of the conjunction of the two planets. Info: info@ marblesprings.net or 573-5508. Vintage baseball, noon and 2:30 p.m., Historic Ramsey House, 2614 Thorn Grove Pike. Games and parking free; concessions available. Bring lawn chair or blanket for seating. Info: ramseyhouse.org.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, AUG. 19-SEPT. 4 “The Three Musketeers,” Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Ave. Performances: 7 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays; 1 and 5 p.m. Saturdays; 3 p.m. Sundays. Info/tickets: 2083677, knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com, zack@ childrenstheatreknoxville.com.

SATURDAY, AUG. 20 Annual East Tennessee History Fair, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Market Square and Krutch Park, Clinch and Gay streets. Crafts, music, children’s activities, tours, food, “History Hound” dog costume contest and more. Presented by East Tennessee Historical Society. Info: easttnhistory.org/eastTNhistoryfair or 215-8824. Authors Cheryl Peyton and Wayne Zurl, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Union Ave Books, 517 Union Ave. Info: 951-2180. Cades Cove Heritage Tour, 1:30 p.m., Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center in Townsend. Tickets: $15. Info/reservations: 448-8838. Cades Cove tour with Bill Landry, 9:30 a.m. departure from Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center in Townsend. Cost: $60. Advance reservations required. Info/reservations: 448-8838. Free concert by The Oak Ridge Philharmonia, formerly known as the Oak Ridge Community Orchestra, 2 p.m., First Baptist Church of Oak Ridge, 1101 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge. Donations appreciated. Free device workshop, 10-11 a.m., U.S. Cellular, 11001 Parkside Drive. Do not have to be U.S. Cellular customer to attend. Info: 777-1100. Free Family Fun Day at the KMA, 11 a.m.3 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park. Includes: art-making stations, artist demonstrations, face painting, glass blowing, a magic show, gallery tours and live music. Info: 934-2034 or knoxart.org. “History Hound” Dog Costume Contest, 9:30 a.m., Krutch Park downtown. A feature event of the East Tennessee History Fair. Free and open to the public. Info/listing of events: easttnhistory.org/ historyfair or 215-8824.

THURSDAY, AUG. 25 Sugar High!, 8:30-10 p.m. Sugar Mama’s, 135 S. Gay St. Free stand-up comedy show featuring Craig Holcombe and Andy Cummins from Greenville, S.C.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, AUG. 27-28 Murder mystery play “The Mismatching’s of Madeline Matchmaker,” 6:30 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway. Tickets: Saturday dinner play, $20 or table of eight $150; Sunday dessert matinee: $15 for one to four people or $12 for five to eight people. Proceeds go to the Adult Missions and Outreach. Info/tickets: 680-7032.

SUNDAY, AUG. 28 Asian Festival, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Market Square. Free admission. Activities include: food, live music performances, dance performances, Kimono show, Tea Ceremony and more. Info/event schedule: knoxasianfestival.com.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 6

Auditions for Children’s Theatre production of “The Haunting of Hill House,” 4:30-7:30 p.m., 109 E. Churchwell Ave. By appointment only. At least 12 available roles Ages 12-18 only. Audition appointment: dennis@childrenstheatreknoxville.com. Info: 208-3677; knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com; zack@ childrenstheatreknoxville.com. Knoxville Square Dance, 8 p.m., Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Calling by Stan Sharp, Ruth Simmons and Leo Collins. Live music by The Hellgramites. No experience or partner necessary. Admission, $7; $5, students and JCA members. Info: on Facebook. “Raise the Roots” dinner benefiting CAC Beardsley Community Farm, 6-9 p.m., The Plaid Apron, 1210 Kenesaw Ave. Tickets: $60 or $200 for table of four. Info: beardsleyfarm@gmail.com.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 10 Cades Cove Heritage Tour, 1:30 p.m., Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center in Townsend. Tickets: $15. Info/reservations: 448-8838. Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee. Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org. Second Saturday Concert at The Cove: Vinyl Mania, 6-8 p.m., The Cove at Concord Park, 11808 S. Northshore Dr. Free concert; bring blankets or lawn chairs. Presented by Knox County Parks & Recreation. Info: Jennifer Linginfelter, 215-4579; or Michael Grider, 215-4750.

SUNDAY-SATURDAY, SEPT. 11-17 Bicycle Ride Across Tennessee. Begins and ends at Cumberland Mountain State Park in Crossville. Registration fee is based on the number of days participating. Info: thebrat.org.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 13 Einstein Simplified Comedy Improv troop, 8 p.m., Scruffy City Hall, Market Square. Free admission.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 14 Noodle Bowl Festival, 6-8:30 p.m., Blue Slip Winery, 300 W. Depot Ave. Family-friendly, casual picnic-style community event hosted by the Chefs Collaborative. Tickets: $30; family, $60. Includes: Unlimited Asian-style noodle bowls, beer tasting, nonalcoholic beverages, live music. Info: facebook.com/ ChefsCollaborativeKnoxville.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 16 Online registration deadline for the Marine Mud Run, to be held Saturday, Sept. 17. Individual waves, 8 a.m.; team waves, 11:30 a.m. Course: 3 miles of off-road running, which entails some obstacles, hills and mud pits. Info/registration: knoxmud.org.

SATURDAY, SEPT 17 Cades Cove Heritage Tour, 1:30 p.m., Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center in Townsend. Tickets: $15. Info/reservations: 448-8838.

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health & lifestyles Volunteer Stephen Minister Training offered at Ft. Sanders

Charlotte Wolfenbarger (right), with her husband, David, is grateful for the quick action from the team of medical experts at the Comprehensive Stroke Center at Fort Sanders Regional.

Time for a miracle Clot-buster speeds Knoxville woman’s recovery from stroke It was snowing hard. Flakes as big as snowballs were falling onto Charlotte Wolfenbarger’s face as paramedics wheeled her stretcher down the ramp and into the waiting ambulance. Less than 30 minutes earlier, she had opened her blinds and stretched across her bed to watch it snow. But then, her left foot shook violently a couple of times and her entire left side went numb. Her left arm was fixed in a curl up to her chin and her foot was so dead she couldn’t feel the floor beneath her. Was it a stroke? She suspected so, but because she could still talk, she didn’t know for certain. Neither did her husband, David, nor did the paramedics. But once she made it to Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center’s Emergency Department five miles away, there was no doubt – she was diagnosed with an ischemic stroke, likely caused by atrial fibrillation – one of the leading risk factors in the 800,000 strokes in the United States each year. “The scariest words I ever heard were when the doctor looked down at me and said, ‘Charlotte, you are having a stroke,’” she recalls. Fortunately for Mrs. Wolfenbarger, she had sought treatment quickly enough that Arthur Moore, MD, a neurohospitalist and medical director of Fort Sanders Regional Stroke Center, was able to administer the clot-busting drug called tPA or tissue plasminogen activator, an intravenous thrombolytic that can prevent death or serious disability caused by strokes. “I don’t know how many minutes it took, but it was quick,” said Mr. Wolfenbarger. “I was sitting there beside her, and she said, ‘I can move my foot and feel it now.’ And I took her arm and moved it. If we moved it, it would move. Then she said, ‘Look here!’ and she moved her fingers!” “They hadn’t even finished giving me the IV before I could move my foot,” said Mrs. Wolfenbarger. “It was a miracle! A total miracle!” “I don’t claim to be a miracle worker – that one God can have,” said Dr. Moore. “We just do what we can to help people.” Miracle or not, Mrs. Wolfenbarger was discharged the next day and her symptoms today are “so minimal that no one but a neurologist would find them,” says Dr. Moore. “They won’t interfere with her life whatso-

ever. That’s the important part. The FDA approved tPA almost two decades ago but even today it has been characterized as “vastly underutilized.” In fact, more than 80 percent of the population lives within a onehour drive of a hospital capable of administering tPA, but only four percent of those people actually receive it. Why? The reasons vary, not the least of which is that tPA can be fatal when administered too late or incorrectly. “There’s been a lot of negative press about tPA from some in the emergency department community and others saying ‘We don’t like this drug – it increases our liability,’” said Dr. Moore. “But to be quite honest, they’re just wrong. There is so much favorable evidence right now that not giving it is what gets them into trouble.” The greatest reason tPA isn’t being used frequently enough, however, is time. FDA rules require that tPA be given within 3 hours (or, in certain cases, as late as 4.5 hours) of a stroke’s first signs. For that reason, it’s important to note the time when symptoms (sudden confusion or speaking; sudden numbness or weakness of face, arm or leg on one side; sudden trouble walking, dizziness or loss of balance; sudden headache with no known cause or sudden vision impairment) first appear. All too often, however, patients either fail to recognize those signs or discount their significance and delay treatment. “The brain is a lot like real estate – everything is ‘location, location, location’ because each area of the brain controls something different,” said Dr. Moore. “Even experienced doctors can miss the signs. It does happen. If the stroke hits in some of these areas that are relatively not important in the brain, then you may not have any symptoms, or very mild symptoms, and the paramedics may not have noticed it. That does happen. Usually, though, the paramedics tend to be very aggressive with identifying potential stroke patients, and we appreciate that because it lets us get patients in – if they didn’t have a stroke, then we haven’t lost anything.” The best stroke centers, like Fort Sanders, are certified by both the Joint Commission and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. That certification ensures

patients receive the best and fastest care possible by creating Acute Stroke Teams that utilize best practices. These teams of emergency department physicians, neurologists, radiologists and nurses continually search for ways to reduce the “Door-To-Needle” time – a measurement of the time elapsed between entering the ER to receiving tPA. “The national benchmark is 60 minutes, and we are currently at 45 minutes,” said Dr. Moore. “And when I am on, it’s right around 30 minutes. I’m proud of that.” As soon as a stroke is identified, paramedics put Fort Sanders’ Acute Stroke Team on standby. When the patient comes through the emergency department doors, the Stroke Team is immediately paged as the patient receives an identification wrist bracelet and has blood drawn before being sent directly to the CT department. There, they are met by Dr. Moore or his partner, James Hora, MD. After a quick exam, the patient gets the CT scan while the hospital’s pharmacy is preparing the tPA. “By the end of that scan, I generally know if I am going to be able to offer them tPA,” said Dr. Moore, who then discusses the risks and benefits with the patient and their family as he accompanies the patient back to their room. “If they refuse it, fine – we’ve lost a vial of medicine and that’s OK,” said Dr. Moore. “But if they say, ‘Yes, go ahead. I don’t want to live like this. Give me the best chance you can,’ it’s ready to go as soon as they get into the room once we’ve made sure that their blood pressure is OK. That’s about all that it takes. But it’s making sure you follow this very clearly defined process again and again and again that gets you in the mindset you can reduce the times and that’s what’s made the biggest differences.” Charlotte Wolfenbarger is thankful she took that chance. “People think, ‘I’m going to wait to see if this goes away. I couldn’t be having a stroke!’ or ‘I don’t want to look stupid by going to the hospital.’ But they’re not going to think you’re stupid. Don’t sit and wait to see what’s going to happen next because you are going to get worse. Call an ambulance and go straight to Fort Sanders Regional because they are equipped for it. Don’t go anywhere else.”

The Pastoral Care Department at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center will present a Stephen Ministry information meeting at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 25. Stephen Ministry is a program providing Christian spiritual caregiving to people who are hospitalized and to their loved ones. A Stephen Minister comes alongside a person whose life has been affected by illness or other crisis situations and provides one-on-one support. “This is a wonderful opportunity for people in our community to learn the skills needed to make a big difference in the lives of people who are suffering,” said Chaplain Randy Tingle. Training begins with workshops on Sept. 22-23, and continues with a weekly class held on Thursday evenings. Stephen Ministers complete 50 hours of specialized hospital-based classes as well as participate in ongoing continuing education opportunities. Graduates of the program commit to serve with the hospital chaplains as volunteer Stephen Ministers in the hospital for one hour per week for two years. In addition to Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, Stephen Ministers also serve at Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center and Thompson Cancer Survival Center. For more information, or to receive an application contact Chaplain Randy Tingle at 865- 541-1235.

WARNING Signs of

Stroke When it comes to stroke, time lost is brain lost, so it’s important to understand the warning signs of stroke and how to reduce your risk. If you or a loved one experience any of these symptoms, call 911.

Sudden severe headache with no known cause Sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination Sudden numbness or weakness, especially on one side of the body Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes All nine Covenant Health hospitals are part of our stroke network, so when seconds count, you can trust that our elite teams can provide the comprehensive stroke care you need.

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No comprehensive stroke and rehabilitation center in our region does more to reverse stroke’s devastating effects than Fort Sanders Regional Medical Fort Sanders performs Center. That’s why hospitals clinical trials and procedures for stroke not available across East Tennessee refer their most complex stroke patients to anywhere else in our region. us. And only Fort Sanders Regional is home to the Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center, East Tennessee’s elite rehabilitation hospital for stroke, spinal cord and brain injury patients.

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