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Fisherman overcomes injury to win tournament, plans vacation with winnings

By Natalie Lester Today marks a remarkable anniversary for Tommy Bryant’s family.

On the Monday after Father’s Day in 2010, Tommy Bryant was lying on his back unable to breathe after falling backward 14 feet from a ladder onto a hardwood floor.

“It was like getting the wind knocked out of me, but the air never came back,” he said. “All I could think was ‘Don’t let me die in front of my girls.’ ” A year later, the family is full of smiles since Tommy has almost fully recovered and recently placed fourth in the Bass Master Southern Open fishing tournament on Douglas Lake.

All the spots for the tournament were taken when he initially called to register, but he was later asked to participate because of cancellations. Tommy grew up on the lake and has fished for as long as he can remember. Yet, he said, tournaments are often about luck and he was lucky just to participate.

“You just never know how it’s going to be,” he said. “There are no guarantees, no matter how long you’ve been in it. My back still isn’t 100 percent, and it was hurting pretty bad by Saturday. I kept asking the Lord to help me make it through and He did.”

Only the 12 fishermen who caught the most on Thursday and Friday fished on Saturday. Bryant was surprised to discover he was seventh after the first two days. Despite the pain, he fished hard on the last day and told his girls he hoped to win enough money to take them to Disney World.

“We’ve been waiting to take the girls until they are old enough to remember it,” he said. “That was my real motivation on the final day.”

Now the family is planning the trip. Though the vacation may not erase the memories of the accident,

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By Larry Van Guilder County Commission’s practically unqualified approval of Mayor Tim Burchett’s FY 2012 budget stands as a blowout victory for the administration. Governing less is governing best, says the mayor, and the effectiveness of the few naysayers on commission declined even as their voices rose at last week’s budget meeting.

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The family had been visiting a cabin in Dandridge to celebrate Father’s Day. Tommy was helping his daughters, Molly and Lauren, pick up their dolls in a loft when the ladder lost its balance.

Tommy’s wife, Marcie, heard the commotion from downstairs. The scene shocked her when she reached the top of the stairs. Her girls were stranded in the loft and Tommy was lying flat on his back unable to talk.

“It was one of those times where I didn’t know what to do first,” she said.

She reached for the phone, dialed 911 and rushed to her husband’s side.

“I was waiting for him to joke and laugh it off,” she said. “And when he didn’t, I knew it was serious.”

The thoughts racing through Tommy’s head were worse than his pain.

“When you’re lying there thinking the next breath really could be your last, you don’t think about the work you have left to do or how much money is in the bank. All you Marcie, Tommy, Molly and Lauren Bryant are all smiles after Tommy’s recent care about is your family and the fourth place finish in the Bass Master Southern Open. With the $10,533 in win- people in your life.”

When the paramedics arrived, a nings, the family plans to take a trip to Disney World. Tommy says his girls are his “biggest catches.” “They are the things that make me the luckiest man alive,” helicopter took Tommy to UT Medical Center where he would begin his he said. “I wouldn’t be who I am without them.” Photo by N. Lester long road to recovery. hospital visits and recovery, the Bry- thing can be taken away from you, “I had a lot of family and friends ants are thankful for the lessons you appreciate it all much more.” praying for me. To God be the glory, they’ve learned from the experience.

The accident left him with three it’s because of His will I am not par“There was so much after my fall broken vertebrae, eight broken ribs alyzed or dead.” that I never thought I’d do again – and a crushed right hip. Both of his Tommy Bryant is a doctor’s manand fishing was one of them,” Tom- lungs were punctured and he suf- agement consultant and co-owner of Ott’s Bar-B-Q. my said. “Once you realize every- fered a severe concussion.

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The debate over funding the Beck Center and other nonprofits is over for now. But the mayor is edging toward providing his own answers to larger questions: Should any tax dollars be used to fund nonprofits?

Can government do anything more efficiently than the private sector?

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alarm those who see a legitimate role for government outside of law enforcement and street paving.

Even the underlings who perform the work for the government he heads receive little sympathy from Burchett, who threatened a veto if commission voted a pay increase for county employees. It’s a populist stance, feeding off the widespread impression that government employees are underworked and overpaid.

The fact is, some are, but incompetents are found in every organization. The great sin this courthouse shares with just about every municipality is cronyism and nepotism.

Crush those evils and you can say you’ve accomplished something.

If there is a theme to this budget, it’s that of the tea party writ small.

Behind the neat rows of numbers and the pages of charts, schedules and head counts lies the belief that self-reliance trumps government at nearly every turn.

But that simplistic notion isn’t necessarily so. A community is

made up of more than laws to be enforced and streets to be maintained.

There are any number of things which strengthen a community and are beyond the ability or the will of the private sector and individuals to provide.

Libraries are an Tim Burchett obvious example.

File photo What’s the value of a well-stocked library? How much are we willing to pay to see that every resident who wants access to books has it? Public library funding, which had been declining under the former mayor, took another cut in this budget.

Burchett promised no property tax increase. He held to that promise, but at a cost. Commissioner Richard Briggs noted, for example, that not one word was uttered about education during the budget meeting, but a lot will be said, and soon.

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He’s not likely to do it again without increased revenue or cutbacks in teachers and programs, even as the county looks for money to pay for new schools at Carter and on Northshore.

The county’s resources are finite, and the local economy has seen better days. But a budget that cuts assistance for senior citizens who use bus transportation says that, as a community, we’ve decided that compassion for the least able among us is too expensive. The $45,000 cut in the KAT senior ride program amounts to less than one-twentieth of 1 cent on the property tax rate, about an additional 17 cents on the property tax bill for a $150,000 residence.

Burchett has never tried to hide his intentions. Even if the economy rebounds, look for more of the same next year. Elections have consequences.

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A-2 • JUNE 20, 2011 • FARRAGUT SHOPPER-NEWS

Reports signal further discussion for town intersection According to a study conducted by the Cannon and Cannon engineering firm, the Campbell Station Road and Sonja Drive intersection does not warrant a traffic signal. Nor do the intersections of Kingston Pike with Thornton Drive or Newport Road.

Natalie Lester

Not separate, but not yet equal Last week County Commission defunded members’ discretionary monies by a 6-5 vote. Chair Mike Hammond’s proposal to reinstate $3,000 in discretionary funds for each commissioner sank under Law Director Joe Jarret’s opinion that state law would require prior public notification of planned disbursements.

Sam McKenzie represents the 1st District. He sided with Hammond, Amy Broyles, Brad Anders and Tony Norman in the losing cause.

“We can’t sell band fruit at Austin-East,” McKenzie said. “It would be a waste of time and effort.”

McKenzie, who regularly contributed part of his discretionary money to Austin-East, added that Farragut High School charges “three times as much” for its football gear as Austin-East.

Why? “Because it can,” he said.

We can’t vouch for the precision of McKenzie’s comment on the charges for players’ gear. But there are some troubling truths behind his remarks.

In 1954 the U.S. Supreme Court decreed that the “separate but equal” doctrine that gave public school segregation its legal mooring was per se unconstitutional.

Integration, peaceful or combative, ultimately dealt with separation. Equality is another matter.

It’s said that a rising tide floats all boats, but the tide has been going out for some time for those lowest on the economic ladder. Even what was once considered the middle class has seen its real wages steadily decline for at least a decade.

There are no laws that can impose “equality,” but we can make education a priority. The more competitive our young people are in what is now a global economy, the sooner the tide might rise for all.

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However, at his recent presentation to the Farragut Board of Mayor and Aldermen, Cannon and Cannon director of transportation Alan Childers said it might be different for the Campbell Station Road and Campbell Lakes Drive intersection.

TDOT may restructure the Interstate 40 ramps on Campbell Station Road, which are only 500 feet from Campbell Lakes Drive, which would be affected by the changes.

According to TDOT community relations officer Mark Nagi, TDOT has determined multiple improvements should be made to the Campbell Station Road I-40 ramps. The department hopes to widen and lengthen the westbound off-ramp, replace the I-40 bridge, widen Campbell Station Road and install a signal at the eastbound on-ramp.

However, a date for the TDOT design and construction has not been set because the initial reports are not finalized. Contracts for the work have also not been put up for bids.

“Obviously, these plans could change as the process continues,” he said.

When Cannon and Cannon simulated signals at the I-40 eastbound ramp and

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Dan White, Ed Mee, Diane Wilkerson and Kathy Burrow pause for a picture during the Farragut Lions officer installation ceremony. Wilkerson installed White, Mee and Burrow as the club’s board of directors. Photos by N. Lester the Campbell Lakes intersection, it showed both signals could cause traffic to back up all the way to Parkside Drive.

Because of that, Childers said the town should make a request to TDOT to add the widening of the eastbound on-ramp to its project. He also recommended the change of the left lane’s use so drivers could turn onto I-40 eastbound or go straight through the light.

With those changes to the TDOT project and the installation of a light at Campbell Lakes, the traffic simulation showed a smoother traffic flow.

“It seems like it’s very timely we had this study done, because now we have the ammunition to request this from TDOT,” Alderman Bob Markli said. “This sounds like it needs to be a package deal.”

“We would want to know the requests are included in the improvements before we move forward,” said town engineer Darryl Smith.

“The fact that you’ve been elected by your club means your fellow Lions trust you,” Lions second district vice-governor Diane Wilkerson said as she led the installation.

The club selected Norvell Burrow club president, Ann Raby first vice president, Ray Lipss second vice president, Dave Crawford secretary, Gerri Crutchfield treasurer and Jim Hart tail twister. Dan White, Ed Mee and Kathy Burrow will serve on the board of directors.

The club also looked back over its past year. It added several events and vision screenings, which members felt increased their presence in Farragut.

“That is what really matters,” Burrow said. “We want to be active in this community.”

The club set goals for its next year. It hopes to add a motorcycle ride and an eBay presence, where the club can sell items to benefit its cause. Burrow also hopes to see the club have a ■ Lions Club elects speaker at its second meetnew officers ing each month.

The Farragut Lions Club Members elected and installed nine officers at the meets every second and Farragut Lions Club meet- fourth Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. ing last week. at Pimento’s Café.

to Amputee Coalition of America director of development Jamey French, 507 people undergo an amputation procedure French every day. A few years ago, his wife was one of them.

Molly French was in the hospital suffering from an infection in her body resulting from strep throat. As a result, she lost both of her legs below the knee.

“We didn’t know how we would survive,” Jamey French said. “We didn’t know about the process or expense to get prosthetic limbs.”

However, the Amputee Coalition of America came to the rescue. ACA helps those who have lost a limb readjust to daily life.

“There is life after limb loss,” French said. “And, actually, there is normal life after limb loss.”

Participants also have access to peer mentors and support groups.

ACA is headquartered in Knoxville and the Frenchs moved from Greenville, Ohio, for Jamey to work at the nonprofit.

“The Amputee Coalition gave us our lives back, and that is exactly why we are here,” he said. “With 2 million amputees in the country, we may touch only a portion of those right now, but our vision is that we can empower all amputees to live a normal life. We may never reach all 2 million, but we can serve them.”

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Wake system jumps first hurdle MPC approves zoning amendment

By Natalie Lester As the heat rises and citizens search for ways to cool down, some may hope to see the wakeboarding system installed at the Wild Wings Café before August. Yet, that is the soonest the waves will ripple across the pond outside the restaurant.

At its Thursday meeting, the Farragut Municipal Planning Commission approved an amendment to the town’s Zoning regulations to allow the system, but now the change must go before the Board of Mayor and Aldermen. That body must also approve it on first

Wild Wings Café owner Dave McFarland petitions the Farragut Municipal Planning Commission to allow an electronic wakeboarding system at the pond outside the restaurant. Photo by N. Lester and second readings at its July meetings.

After the approvals, Wild Wings owner Dave McFarland anticipates the restau-

rant will be able to install the system within a week.

“We’re excited to bring this system to Campbell Station and Farragut,” he said.

“There is a lot of excitement within the boating community about it.”

The Mastercraft professional wakeboarding tour will be in Knoxville on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 27-28. McFarland hopes to host the participants at the restaurant on Thursday, Aug. 25.

McFarland emphasized the system would be a separate business from the restaurant. He also reminded the commission the necessary safety equipment and supervision would accompany the system at all times.

The commission unani-

Costco Senior Vice President of Southeast Operations Roger Campbell said the company is looking forhad concerns with traffic ward to breaking ground and storm water drainage.

The company will resubmit and settling into the comits plans for next month’s munity.

“I’ve been looking at the meeting.

“They have been very Knoxville market for the

By Natalie Lester last 10 years, but haven’t Farragut citizens who receptive to the changes,” been able to find the right were hoping to hear more Smoak said. “It is a huge site location,” he said. “It is so there is a lot of work to do.” details about the Costco desomewhere we always wantSmoak said shoppers will velopment at the Farragut Municipal Planning Com- be able to access the store ed to be. Knoxville has the mission’s recent meeting will from both Kingston Pike right kind of customer for us. We’re pretty easy to deal have to wait until July for the and Lovell Road. company’s presentation.

“All of this is very do- with and always want to exable,” said Community De- ceed municipalities’ expecAccording to Town Administrator David Smoak, velopment Director Ruth tations.”

Campbell said the comthe company’s original plans Hawk. “It is just a matter of did not meet the town’s open fine tuning and getting their pany has been pleased with its dealings with the town space ordinance. Staff also ducks in row.”

Costco blueprints Company, town plan site development

■ Farragut’s 24th annual Independence Day parade will be held 9:30 a.m.

Monday, July 4, on Kingston Pike from the entrance of Farragut High School to Boring Road at the Ingles Shopping Center.

mously passed the amendment with the following stipulations: ■ The system must be installed by the manufacturer’s specifications and ■ Farragut Lions Club plans inspected by the town. an Adopt-A-Highway trash ■ The motor must be pickup on Old State Road for electric powered.

Saturday, June 25; coordina■ The towers must be tor Gerri Crutchfield. fenced or barricaded to pre■ A fundraiser for The vent open access.

Leukemia & Lymphoma So■ The towers and cables ciety will be held 5-10 p.m. must be removed during the Thursday, June 23, at McAloff season, which will last ister’s Deli on Morrell Road approximately from Novemnext to West Town Mall. A ber to March. portion of all dine-in sales ■ The towers are set and tips will be donated.

Additional donations can be back from all buildings and made with a credit card at property lines a minimum http://pages.teamintraining. of one foot for each one foot Tony Poole serves the ball durorg/tn/nikesf11/rpeckl. ing the town’s sand volleyball of tower height. tournament last week.

■ Knox Writer’s Refuge will The amendment will go meet 1-3 p.m. Saturday, June before the Board for the first 25, at Border’s Bookstore in time on July 14.

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thus far.

“The town has been open to us and very welcoming,” he said.

Costco hopes to begin grading work in August to get the site ready for construction.

“A lot of our timing will depend on this planning process,” Campbell said.

“We’re still technically just under contract, but it is moving along and we’re moving through the finalizations.”

Once construction begins, Campbell estimated it will take four months to build the center. They hope to open the doors in the spring of 2012.

KSO concert on July 4

Tech help at the library

KSO will perform its 27th annual free Pilot Independence Day concert 8 p.m. Monday, July 4, on the South Lawn of the World’s Fair Park. The show will include patriotic tunes, classical favorites and a fireworks finale.

Info: 291-3310.

A monthly computer workshop will be held at Lawson McGhee Library 5:30 p.m. Monday, June 20; 5:30 p.m.

Monday, July 25; and 5:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 29. The public is invited to come with questions about computers, iPods, etc. Info: 215-8723.

Info: 966-7057. All events are held at the Farragut Town Hall unless otherwise noted.

■ Sand Volleyball, 6-9 p.m.

Monday and Tuesday, June 20-21, Mayor Bob Leonard Park.

■ Fall Softball Registration Begins, Tuesday, June 21.

■ Personnel Committee, 6-7 p.m. Tuesday, June 21.

■ Board of Zoning Appeals, 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, June 22.

■ Sand Volleyball, 6-9 p.m.

Thursday, June 23, Mayor Bob Leonard Park.

■ Board of Mayor and Aldermen, 7-10 p.m. Thursday, June 23.

■ Sand Volleyball, 6-9 p.m.

Monday and Tuesday, June 27-28, Mayor Bob Leonard Park.

■ Folklife Museum Committee, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 28.

■ Visual Resources Review Board, 7-10 p.m. Tuesday, June 28.

■ Sand Volleyball, 6-9 p.m.

Thursday, June 30.

Turkey Creek.

■ Farragut Lions Club will meet 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 28, at Pimento’s in Turkey Creek.

■ The Captain W.Y.C. Hannum Chapter #1881, United Daughters of the Confederacy will meet 10 a.m. Saturday, June 25, at Green Meadow Country Club. Everyone is invited. Info: Debra Wilson, 856-9300.

■ Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 2931 Kingston Pike, will host an exhibit of its members’ works 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sundays through Friday, July 1. Free admission.

KSO's Pop Series The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra has announced the schedule for this year's News Sentinel Pops Series.

The series begins with "The Sinatra Project" with Michael Feinstein 8 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 1. Series tickets start at $103. Info: www.knoxvillesymphony. com or 291-3310.

government A budget from yesteryear Take a trip with me now down budget memory lane, back to a time when life was simpler and the title of “County Mayor” was but a figment of Mike Ragsdale’s imagination. I’m talking about 2002, the last year of County Executive Tommy Schumpert’s term in office.

Larry Van Guilder

Opening the 2002-2003 proposed budget booklet to the summary, you find that the county’s net budget was just a shade under $490 million. This year’s comparable total is about $653 million.

The inflation rate since 2002 is 25.6 percent according to the change in the Consumer Price Index.

But the county budget has outstripped inflation, growing by a little better than 33 percent over the same period. So, maybe folks like our current mayor who say government has gotten too big for its breeches have a point?

As usual, the devil is in the details. For example, while the school budget has grown at about the overall rate of 33 percent, public safety has outpaced every category, bulking up by nearly $27 million, a little more than a 60 percent hike. There may be more bad guys out there, but they can’t read any better than they could in 2002.

Reductions in community grant funding in this year’s budget have raised some dissenters, so it’s interesting to see how some agencies fared in 2003 compared to today. In Schumpert’s last budget, KARM (Knox Area

Homeless meetings set Compassion Knoxville has begun phase two of their process with group meetings starting today (June 20) to examine the topics which emerged from the 40 community meetings that were held throughout Knoxville and Knox County and the on-line comments from the Compassion Knoxville website.

Compassion Knoxville is a citizens group that formed to replace the Ten Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness.

Eight topics were identified and eight topic groups were created consisting of experts in the field and concerned citizens. Each group will meet three times and will develop recommendations on that topic, which will be put into a final re-

Rescue Ministries) received $30,000. That dropped to $16,000 in this year’s budget.

The Salvation Army walked off with $20,000 in 2003, only $16,000 this year. On the plus side, Volunteer Ministry Center received $16,000 this year, an increase of $4,550 which outpaced inflation, if not the growth in homelessness.

Schumpert delivered his budget address at the newly created Seven Islands Wildlife Refuge, which he called “a wonderful legacy to leave to our community.” Parts of his address are almost jarring in this era of cost cutting, as when he noted that “for too long” the county “had not been competitive when it comes to attracting and retaining county employees.” His solution was the step system, which had been put in place for sheriff’s employees the previous year.

Schumpert gave a nod to technology that also illustrates how times have changed since he left office.

“I can say first-hand that county employees have improved communication tools because, this past year, I even got a laptop – my first, and something I had been resisting.”

Still, some things never change. Schumpert worried over possible cuts in the state education budget that could cost Knox County schools as much as $19 million.

“If the state adopts a budget containing major cuts for education,” Schumpert said, “I will ask Knox County Commission to reconsider this budget.”

But “reconsider” the budget? It took a modest man to admit that his budget might not be perfect after all.

Contact: lvgknox@mindspring.com.

port that will be presented to public officials and the public at-large.

Meetings will be held at West High School from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on these dates: ■ Housing (June 20, July 11, July 18) ■ Services (June 20, July 11, July 18) ■ Safety (June 20, July 11, July 18) ■ Families/Youth (June 20, July 11, July 18) ■ Funding/costs/accurate counts of homeless (June 21, July 12, July 19) ■ Community Involvement/Education (June 21, July 12, July 19) ■ Mental health/addiction treatment (June 21, July 12, July 19) ■ Job training/employment (June 21, July 12, July 19)

A-4 • JUNE 20, 2011 • WEST SIDE SHOPPER-NEWS

Brown fields tough questions They ask tough questions at the East Knoxville Business and Professional Club.

Betty Bean Faye Burnett lives in West Knoxville, but joined the club because she owns a gift shop on Magnolia Avenue.

When Mayor Daniel Brown, this month’s guest speaker, finished his remarks, she had a question for him.

She was determined to get an answer.

“I’ve been asking this question for 20 years,” she said. “I pay both city and county taxes, and I want to know what happens to that money.”

Brown, city redevelopment director Bob Whetsel and a couple of club members took a whack at explaining what she gets for her city tax money.

She still wasn’t satisfied.

“You’re not answering my question,” she said. “Why

pay both city and county taxes. I want to know what happens to the money I pay the county. How is it divided up?”

Heads started nodding around the room. It’s city and county budget time and Burnett wasn’t the only one thinking about where the money is going. Brown and City Council candidate Bill Owen both said Burnett’s question needs to be answered.

Another member, Terry Scholfield, said he’s back in Knoxville after living in Sacramento, Calif. He’s working on his doctorate and has a son who is graduating from Pellissippi State who is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and Spanish, but he wonders if there is a place for African-American professionals here.

“I keep coming back because Knoxville’s my home.

But I can’t stay because the opportunities just aren’t here.”

Brown told Schofield that the city is working on increasing business opportu-

Mayor Daniel Brown Photo by B. Bean

nities in Knoxville and that he has a personal goal of revitalizing East Knoxville businesses and residents.

“We have a lot of good ideas for the city but not a lot of money to make them happen, so we are going to work hard to develop specific plans,” he said. “Plans are great, but we want to turn them into realities. There’s a multitude of opportunities in our neighborhood that are just going to waste.

“Levi’s, Standard Knitting Mills and Sunbeam Bread are dead and gone.

We need to encourage growth and development of

small businesses.”

Brown said he is encouraged by the number of old houses that are being rehabbed in East Knoxville, and he sees possibilities for new homes to be built, as well.

“There are a lot of vacant lots where homes have been demolished. I have a vacant house right beside me. It is for sale and I hope someone buys it.”

He would also like to see more recreational opportunities in East Knoxville.

“I’d like to see an outdoor swimming pool in our community and more places to get out and play.”

Brown and Whetsel are enthusiastic about tying the plan to revitalize the warehouse district on the eastern rim of the Old City and connecting it to the Magnolia Avenue corridor and the Bill Meyer Stadium complex.

Brown said: “There’s a perception out here that we just got crime, just got drugs, all these negative things. I hope we can change that perception.”

Madeline Rogero: where does she stand?

An effective mayor must lead and be willing to take positions and argue their views before the public. This is what happened in September 1988 when the sales tax referendum was pushed by me and adopted by voters with 60 percent of the vote.

It probably could not happen in today’s political climate, but I campaigned for it openly.

Madeline Rogero leads the current race for mayor, but she has been silent on many important issues.

Where does she stand?

I visited her website (w w w.madelineformayor. com) and read her Dec. 1 speech at her campaign kickoff. It offers some clues, but not a lot.

The speech cites and compliments a recent News Sentinel story on lax code enforcement and blight but does not say precisely what she will do about correcting this serious problem.

She touts her support of the Mayor’s Task Force on Energy and Sustainability Plan. However, there are not 10 people who know what that document says, that the task force even existed or who was on it.

She says she supports the 1,000 acres of Urban Wilderness in South Knoxville (which is excellent), but she does not say what she will do about the KUB blue tower on top of Cherokee Bluff, which harms its look, or whether she backs extension of the South Knoxville Boulevard to John Sevier Highway, which would destroy Marie

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Meyers Park and cross the proposed greenway from Ijams to Hastie Park at least twice.

She says she supports expansion of city parks and greenways but is silent on whether she backs or opposes public housing in the middle of Lakeshore Park as part of the Ten Year Plan to house the homeless. She says privately it will not happen but does not state her own views.

She says she wants good pay for city employees but is silent on whether she will safeguard the pensions of current and retired city employees.

She is silent on whether the fire chief ($95,000) and police chief ($110,000) are underpaid while waterfront chief Dave Hill, who has no one working for him, makes $145,000 a year doing who knows what. He certainly does not lead a working department of more than 400 people as do the fire and police chiefs.

One wonders how fair salaries are when this disparity exists and is ignored.

She has declined to ask Mayor Tim Burchett or County Commission to restore funding for Beck Cultural Center although she personally does not agree with Burchett’s plan. Beck is located in the city. There

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are occasions when the city mayor must advocate for the city and the county mayor is on the opposite side. This could be one of those times.

None of this is to suggest Rogero will be a bad mayor.

She has the potential to be a great mayor (not an endorsement).

It is simply to say that voters do not know what direction she will travel once elected. Her rivals have not raised these or other issues, nor do they seem inclined to do so. However, to the degree Rogero wants a mandate for something, she must be more specific as to what the something is.

Notes: For months now, there have been rumors that the Knoxville business community was unhappy with the current choice of mayoral candidates and were actively seeking out a candidate.

Eddie Mannis was widely mentioned as a business

community choice. With the qualifying deadline passed, the only new mayoral candidate is former City Council member Joe Hultquist who was clearly not recruited by the business community. It seems these rumors were just that – rumors. Hultquist is marching to the beat of his own drummer in this campaign if he stays in it.

Mark Campen emerges unopposed for 5th District Council member with the primary and election a formality unless someone runs a write in campaign in the September primary where only a minimum of 25 votes would be needed to secure a place in the November citywide runoff as Gary Underwood did in 1989 against then Vice Mayor Hoyle McNeil. Underwood was subsequently elected in a stunning upset and served 12 years on Council from South Knoxville.

GOSSIP AND LIES ■ We don’t need no stinking expense reports: County Commissioners amended the mayor’s budget for just one thing: continuation of their own $300 per month travel allowance. They rejected maintaining an expense report. Problem is, without travel data to back it up, their annual $3,600 is taxable, while mileage reimbursement backed up by a T&E report is not.

■ It’s unconscionable that commissioners tacked on $39,600 for their own undocumented travel expense while leaving Mayor Burchett’s $45,000 cut that kills free KAT rides for seniors in October. It’s a nail in the hoof of a horse that brought down a kingdom.

■ A sheriff’s deputy made his case for a salary increase by saying deputies have been “reduced to collective begging.” There’s a lot of that going around. The Legislature reduced teachers from collective bargaining to collaborative conferencing.

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What happens in Baku

Padgett blasts Rogero; Rogero fires back

By Betty Bean

By Sandra Clark

Our well-traveled exmayor Victor Ashe was in Vienna Thursday, flying to Warsaw for a Friday retirement ceremony and then back to Knoxville on Saturday. His daughter, Martha, left Sunday for Seoul, Korea, for eight days to visit a high school friend.

Martha’s got her dad’s travel genes.

Ashe was in Baku, Azerbaijan, for an economic conference.

Internet research turned up the interesting factoid: Azerbaijan had 49 percent poverty in 2003 and only 9.1 percent poverty in 2009, according to the World Bank.

Hmmm. Did they redefine poverty or just drill and export more oil? The United States is piling debt on debt to sustain a standard of living that’s perhaps unsustainable.

Maybe Victor could bring over some Azerbaijanians to give us economic advice.

Victor Ashe in Baku

“I love this city and look forward to bringing a fresh perspective to local government,” he said.

Stair will face Bill Owen, Buck Cochran and Tierney Bates in the nonpartisan race.

His qualifying petiStair tion included former Council member Rob Frost and mayoral candidate Madeline Rogero.

But wait! Rogero also signed Owen’s petition.

Stair belongs to a multigenerational string of Knoxville lawyers. His parents, Caesar III and Dorothy, are well-known preservationists.

With 13 men and women qualifying for three at-large Marshall Stair to run for seats, this election will have four losers for each winner.

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Stanley as his treasurer.

The candidate forum at New Hope Missionary Baptist Church sparked the first real controversy of the 2011 mayoral campaign.

The day after the forum, which was sponsored by the Knoxville Interfaith Christian Ministry Alliance and the Delta Sigma Theta sorority, Mark Padgett emailed a blast complaining that Madeline Rogero had launched an attack on small business owners.

“We are gaining momentum … and my opponent is starting to notice. At several debates, my opponent – Madeline Rogero – has attacked my background, saying business experience is unnecessary to be mayor and that you can’t run a city like a business because businesses are only concerned with their bottom line.”

He branded Rogero’s views “overly simplistic … naive and insulting” and said, “Knoxville doesn’t need a mayor who thinks businesses don’t care about our community.”

The following morning, Rogero responded with an email blast of her own branding Padgett’s tactics “old courthouse politics that purposely misrepresent a candidate’s position.

“I have always been absolutely clear that a successful and vibrant city must have strong, thriving businesses that create good jobs. I am

Maddox finds friends at IDB

By Betty Bean The county’s Industrial Development Board approved an agreement to keep alive Farragut developer Steve Maddox’s hopes of getting $6.1 million worth of tax increment financing for a Watt Road at I-40 project.

The agreement gives Maddox three years to secure financing for the proposed Deer Park Business Center before the clock

starts running on the TIF (if approved by County Commission).

During the discussion, IDB member Clem Renfro expressed doubt about the project’s feasibility given the current economic climate. His was the only dissenting vote.

Even though financing is unclear and there is considerable doubt that the school board will get “on board,” the project to build a new

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grateful for the support of many small business men and women in my campaign to make Knoxville the most vibrant, livable and sustainable city in America.”

The remarks that Padgett deplored came after Rogero was asked to list her strengths and weaknesses as a candidate. She said that she has been criticized for her lack of private sector experience, but quoted her former boss Bill Haslam (who hired her as city director of development even though she had run against him in 2003) who said, “you don’t run government like a business.”

She drew an enthusiastic

“UmmHumm, I know that’s right” response from the audience when she said, “But like most of you, I have earned every penny of every paycheck I ever got. An owner alone does not make a business.”

Padgett listed his greatest weakness as not having spent 31 years in government and his strength as having started a successful government software business during a wicked economic climate. He said he “pushed, pulled and beat county governments into taking payments online.”

Ivan Harmon called himself “One of the people, for the people.” He also got the opportunity to sum up his strengths and weaknesses and said his greatest strength is being a communicator who is willing to work for average people.

His greatest weakness?

Not hanging around with the upper crust in exclusive clubs and restaurants.

“In my 12 years on County Commission, I worked hard.

I didn’t hobnob. I wasn’t get-

ting up in the biggety high …

I’m that guy who knows how to get the job done.”

Former City Council member Joe Hultquist, who had caused a minor media storm the day before by picking up a nominating petition, was sitting in the audience. The moderator gave him a chance to respond to the strengths and weaknesses question.

“When I ran in 2001, I was committed to building strong communities and helping strong neighborhood associations get organized,” he said.

“In District 1, which I represented, there are now close to nine or 10 neighborhood associations. There were three when I started.”

He listed consensus building, problem solving and putting together task forces as strengths.

The weakness part seemed to stump him. Hultquist finally said he’s a big picture guy.

The qualifying deadline has passed; the deadline to withdraw is June 23.

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The Brad Walker Orchestra plays a recent private gig at Club LeConte, where they are the house band. The 15-piece band plays what Walker calls “tried and true 1930s and ’40s big band music.�

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Brad Walker and Katie-Elise Vanderbilt are all smiles after a performance.

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and played shows in Knoxville with Benny Goodman. “We’re not a jazz orchestra and we’re not a modern type band. We play the big band music of Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Glenn Miller and Harry James. Slow ballads and swing. And I’ve noticed a lot of younger people coming to the shows who are in their 20s and 30s.

I’m happy about that. It means I can stay in business!�

Walker says he’s particularly influenced by Dorsey and Miller, who both played trombone, but he especially likes the Glenn Miller sound. “Glenn Miller always said that the band should have its own style.

His was a romantic ‘sweet’ band that swings and he created his sound by having a clarinet lead with saxophones below it. A lot of people think he played forever, but he actually started his orchestra in 1938 and played until ’42.�

Miller’s orchestra was put “on hiatus� while he served in World War II. He was killed oversees in a 1944 plane crash while playing with an Army Air Force band. “But his band has lived on until

this day. The other day I was playing a gig and a girl in her 20s came up and asked me if we could play ‘In the Mood.’ So they know the tunes.�

Walker has gotten to meet several big band musicians from New York and California, including longtime orchestra leader Ray Anthony, who is crowding in on his 90th birthday. “He’s a super nice guy. His is the house band at Hugh Hefner’s Playboy Mansion. He plays out there every week. And he also played with the original Glenn Miller band.�

Walker also became friends with the late Buddy Morrow, who led the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra in its later years. Walker played a couple of shows as a pickup musician with the Dorsey Orchestra, calling it an experience of a lifetime. “To see how Buddy led the band – everything clicked. There were hardly any mistakes.�

Walker also helped launch the career of Lora Plattner, who sang with the band for a couple of years. Plattner, who is now in her early 20s, is living in the Los Angeles area and is performing on TV shows and in movies and commercials, most notably the Orbit chewing gum spots.

He also likes classic country music (“George Jones and Ray Price�) and enjoys golfing, traveling and dabbling in Republican politics.

Walker’s day job is working with kids at the Richard L. Bean Juvenile

Service Center. “Richard and I have been good friends for a long time and he’s given me an opportunity to do something else besides music that I really enjoy, which is helping kids. I gave music lessons to children and found that I enjoy working with them. A lot of the kids at the center are not necessarily bad kids, they’ve just been in the wrong place. A lot of them are talented kids who can do something with their lives.�

Walker says that rock and roll fads have come and gone but the big band sound has stood the test of time. “A lot of people, both young and old, can relate do it because it’s dance music. This is the only kind of music where you can take a girl to it, wine and dine her, and she’s gonna be impressed and say, ‘Wow, an orchestra!’ I’m thrilled that I’ve started to see the younger kids dancing.�

Walker doesn’t yet have a website or a Facebook page for the band, saying, “We are kind of old school and rely on word-of-mouth reputation.�

To book the band or find out about upcoming dates, call the band’s manager, Ed Niedens, at 577-1462.

Meanwhile, keep your ear to the ground. You just might hear something about a 25-year-old guy who has a big band that really swings. “It’s a good, fun business.�

that land near Robbinsville.

Eagle’s Nest Mountain is sheltering, reaching out with ridges that run down and toward the lake, like arms ready to encircle all that lies before it. It is beautiful in all seasons, in all weather. For me, it is the mountain of the Lord.

This place is full of memories for me. This is my 25th Holston Annual Conference. I have been a member of Holston since 1982 (when I moved from the West Virginia Annual Conference), but I missed four Conference sessions when I was living in New Jersey.

The memories are bittersweet and everywhere: memories of good times with good friends; good friends who are gone now; memories of sermons heard, music sung, laughter shared, tears shed, insights gained; memories of funny episodes with my daughters; memories of sunsets; memories of full moons and crescent moons and stars; memories of thunderstorms.

One daughter of a United Meth-

odist parsonage said (in print) that Annual Conference is a combination revival/ session of Congress/ family reunion/ sing-along/ and house party. There is work to be done (and fun to be shared) in the plenary sessions.

But the conversations over lunch and dinner and late night ice cream sundaes at the nearest McDonald’s are when stories are told and hearts are poured out and friendships are deepened. That is when deep theological discussions may interrupt a game of Rook, and when creative ideas for the local church are born.

The hymn-singing itself is enough to lift this musician’s heart.

One year, when I had the privilege of leading the music for Conference, we sang “All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Nameâ€? using the hymn tune “Miles Lane,â€? which has that wonderful, amazing, fabulous bass line on the words â€œâ€Śand crown him.â€? In a room of 1,600 people, more than half of whom were men, it was soul-stirring to stand in front of the crowd and hear those booming basses. When

the hymn was over, I turned to the presiding bishop, grinned and said, right into the microphone for all to hear, “Bishop Lee, that is why I came to Annual Conference!�

Like any family, we sometimes disagree. Sometimes we agree to disagree, and other times we agree not even to discuss it. And somehow, it all works.

This year, we are wrestling with the need to revitalize our church and the need to rekindle the fi re in the heart that drove Bishop Francis Asbury and all the other circuit riders through these mountains and valleys two hundred years ago, “spreading holiness throughout the land.�

We must come to know that God has called us to this mountain to make us tremble. To meet God here.

To take our stand here, at the foot of the mountain. It is my prayer that the mountain will be wrapped in smoke, because the Lord has “descended upon it in fire,� and that God will speak a word, and we will hear.

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ive’ll get you 10 that most 25-year-olds have never even heard of Glenn Miller, much less played with their own big band.

But Brad Walker has. And he’s doing what he can to introduce contemporaries to his favorite kind of swing.

The 2004 Halls High graduate discovered big band music through his grandfather. He began taking trombone lessons when he was 7.

And he’s put together a hopping, bopping big band that has become a big hit in East Tennessee.

The 15-member Brad Walker Orchestra got started in 2004, when Walker began assembling a big band, using professional musicians he knew, as well as former members

of the Jerry Collins Orchestra, the longtime house band at Cherokee Country Club. They started playing society parties and word of mouth began to spread. Now, the Walker Orchestra plays a regular private gig at Club LeConte as well as at parties and events all over Knoxville and the Southeast. “I have always had a love for big bands, for that distinctive style,�

Walker says. “After Jerry Collins died, I began to see a potential for keeping that music alive.�

Walker says that he “directs� as well as plays, but quickly adds with a grin, “I just count off the numbers. Those guys don’t need any direction.�

Jack Cate, who plays bass, has also performed with Liberace, Andy Williams and the country singer Don Gibson. “He’s been like a grandfather figure to me,� Walker says.

Kenny Jackson, who plays sax, also plays with local country star Con Hunley. John Snyder, who plays bari sax and clarinet, performed for several years with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra

At the foot of the mountain CROSS CURRENTS | Lynn Hutton On the morning of the third day there was thunder and lightning, as well as a thick cloud on the mountain, and a blast of a trumpet so loud that all the people who were in the camp trembled. Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God. They took their stand at the foot of the mountain. Now Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke, because the Lord had descended upon it in fire. ‌ (Exodus 19: 16-18a NRSV)

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Object lesson TALES OF TENNESSEE | Marvin West

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orry to hear about the premature departure of Montori Hughes. Tennessee doesn’t have many arts and sciences majors who stand 6-4 and weigh 320.

This recent maneuver could have been roster management or a tip of the cap to tougher academic standards but it was more likely an object lesson in the ongoing process called culture change. Hughes looked exactly like a defensive tackle. Unfortunately, he approached football as if it wasn’t very important.

He had minor issues, a little something about rules and regulations and assignments and grades and promises and disappointments.

The summation is second and third chances, unfulfi lled potential and a deep dive from what might have been.

The significance in Derek Dooley jettisoning a defensive tackle is that the Volunteers don’t have many and none to spare. Somebody once said mediocre tackles are better than no tackles. Montori was no better than mediocre. His 2010 highlights were four stops against UT-Martin. He twice got after the Oregon quarterback.

Here is a sad bit of background: Hughes didn’t qualify academically when he first signed with Tennessee. When he came from Murfreesboro as a January 2009 enrollee, he was a massive man-child. He struggled to get into combat condition but made noticeable headway. Alas, his single best day at Tennessee was the spring scrimmage when ex-Vol Albert Haynesworth was a visitor. It was

almost as if Montori was knocking people around to impress the NFL millionaire.

Lane Kiffin (remember him?) praised Hughes that day. The coach managed to loosely connect Hughes and Haynesworth in the same sentence. He said they were about the same size. They aren’t but Kiffin was prone to exaggeration.

I fi led his exact commentary as a point of reference in case Montori Hughes grew up to be an All-American.

“He was unblockable. We played him in a lot of headup techniques, where he was just knocking the guard back like the Titans did with Albert. It was pretty cool to see him dominate like that, then see the best in the world 10 yards away watching.”

Kiffin did not recognize the budding similarity in management problems.

Dooley is trying to eliminate or greatly reduce management problems. It is a dayto-day project. He started at the beginning, personal responsibility, the first fundamental of decision-making.

The coach wants the Volunteers to take pride in those orange shirts, to look like winners, act like winners and think like winners.

This is a complex evolution, considering that surviving seniors and their associates have lost 20 times in the past three years.

Honest reflection on last season is scary. The 6-7 record doesn’t tell half the story. What happened in those softball games of November did not erase what happened in September (worst loss in the history of Neyland Stadium) and October (worst loss ever to Alabama in Knoxville, going back to 1909).

Dooley didn’t dwell on defeats but he identified the condition. His team lacked a sense of direction. Players found it difficult to focus on ultimate victory when selfpreservation was a more immediate concern, as in

Grocery shopping, 60 years ago Malcolm’s Corner | Malcolm Shell

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oday, the Concord/Farragut area is fortunate to have two world-class mega centers, in addition to a specialty store, all of which offer a selection of food items to meet the taste of the most discriminating connoisseur.

It’s hard to walk through one of these stores and look at the myriad choices without remembering grocery shopping in our area 60 years ago.

Recently, I ran into Ben Boring while shopping and we reminisced about those early days when the selection of food items was very limited. Ben’s mother, Hallie Boring, used to make the world’s best cottage cheese and kept a select list of area residents she would call when she finished churning. Fortunately, my mother was on that list, and when the call came mother would grab her container and head out to Mrs. Hallie’s home. At that time, cottage cheese was not readily available in Concord grocery stores, and to get Mrs. Hallie’s freshly churned cottage cheese was a real treat.

If you wanted a fresh turkey for the holidays, your best bet was to know someone who raised them.

In the Concord/Farragut area that was either the McFee Farm

on McFee Road or Llewellyn’s turkey farm at the corner of Kingston Pike and Lovell Road.

And although both of these farms raised turkeys for export to other areas, they were still hard to find in local stores because of limited freezer capacity.

Country hams were also a scarce commodity, and while most farmers raised hogs and cured hams, they were relatively expensive.

My family usually managed to purchase two hams to hang in our garage, and on Saturday mornings when breakfast was a more leisurely affair, I can remember my father bringing in one of the hams and slicing off enough for breakfast. Country ham, red-eye gravy, eggs and hot biscuits – it doesn’t get much better than that.

Some farmers would occasionally bring fresh beef into the village and sell it from the back of their trucks. One such family was the Nichols family who lived in the Choto area, which was then called Possum Valley. Of course, most families were limited in the amount they could purchase because of lack of freezer space.

One creative entrepreneur, John Strother, saw a money-making opportunity and came up with the idea of a community frozen

food locker. The facility was located on Virtue Road across from the present-day Vista subdivision, and families could rent locker space at a reasonable cost. You simply took your fresh meat wrapped in freezer paper to the locker and placed it in your assigned compartment.

I can’t remember the process of removing the meat from storage, but I suppose we just called John to meet us at the locker. My family leased a locker there for a while but as I recall we purchased a small chest-type freezer when they became available.

We raised and canned our own vegetables, but in the early 1940s, a community cannery was built on the Farragut School property. The facility, located about 300 yards off Kingston Pike on the east side of Concord Road, revolutionized food canning in our community and was considered one of the community’s most prized assets.

Families could bring their produce and prepare it in a sanitary facility specifically designed for canning. With the new cannery, it was easy to can as many as 80 quart-size cans in a day. Mrs. R. N. Bacon probably holds the cannery record. In 1942, she canned more than 1,000 cans of vegetables, fruits and meats in a single day. Of course, it was a good place

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the next snap.

Dooley said “the expectation level of our players really wasn’t the expectation level of everybody else who’s been a part of Tennessee.”

Changing that outlook was not quite as simple as whipping up a pot of instant potatoes. It called for serious reconstruction. There was intense recruiting to improve the talent level. There was renewed emphasis on development, physical and mental strengthening.

Culture change includes attitude adjustment. It is difficult to quantify change in character but the police blotter will tell you if arrests are going up or down.

Dooley has adopted a relatively fi rm position on discipline. He came in with the determination to scrub the image. He is dedicated to academic improvement.

There is no confusion about the link between attending classes and eligibility. He dares to address morals. He has made an honest effort to replace turmoil with stability.

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for neighbors to meet and socialize during the canning process.

Community square dances were held to help pay for the facility.

The closest thing we had to a specialty grocery store was Joe Noce’s Grocery on the southwest corner of Kingston Pike and Canton Hollow Road. The Noces were Italian and rather recent emigrants to the area. I remember the store fondly because I was first introduced to pepperoni there. Joe

Ben operated the first Rolling Store in the area, a concept that brought the groceries to the customer. kept stalks of it hanging from the ceiling. You never knew what to expect when you walked in. One day a customer walked in and was surprised to find a cat napping in the candy counter. When he pointed it out to Joe, Joe replied, “That cat no-etta candy.”

As we talked, Ben reminded me of his own foray into the grocery business, a fact that I had almost forgotten. Ben operated the first Rolling Store in the area, a concept that brought the groceries to the customer. Ben bought a new twoton truck and had it fitted with a covered body. He then worked out an arrangement with Lynn Bevins who ran a small grocery on Kingston Pike across from present-day Farragut Center (Ingles complex) to purchase groceries for his rolling store.

The next chore was to establish a route and make folks aware

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of his new business. Ben recalled that it didn’t take long to do that.

He simply drove down country roads blowing his horn and when people came to the door to investigate, he would introduce them to his new store.

“There wasn’t much traffic in those days,” Ben recalled, “and any vehicle on the road raised curiosity, particularly one blowing its horn.”

Ben’s clientele was diverse and included a couple of moonshiners who ran stills on Snakey Road (now Blue Grass Road). Their biggest items were sugar and wheat bran, and Ben would often have to carry the large bags a considerable distance through the woods to reach the distilling site.

“They knew me and I was always welcome, but others who happened to wander onto the site were often welcomed in less hospitable ways.”

One memorable occasion, Ben recalls, was a visit to the site when they were burning some brush they had cleared. They had some jugs of moonshine under the brush pile and forgot about them.

“Suddenly the jugs began exploding and I thought sure we were being raided by revenuers.”

Today, remembering the cottage cheese, community cannery, frozen food locker and rolling store brings back memories of a time when the process of putting food on the table was much different than today. And while it’s not mentally healthy to live in the past, it sure is a nice place to visit sometimes because it makes us more aware of the many conveniences we often take for granted.

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Gourmet’s Market was the interns’ first stop last Monday.

The mouthwatering aromas made everyone want to eat while café manager Lynley Farris led the tasty tour.

Gourmet’s Market has been around for almost 40 years. It began across the street from its current location at 5107 Kingston Pike as a business that sold imported foods and culinary items. Since then it has expanded to include Cosmo’s Caffé and a deli.

The Market sells fine imported cheeses, meats and ingredients, as well as cookware for all kinds of kitchen needs. Lunch and brunch with daily specials are served at the Cosmos Caffé with many choices.

Lisa McCoig even gave the interns a scrumptious treat of cookies and lemonade after the tour that really hit the spot.

“I love the Market,” said intern Max McCoig. “It’s a Gourmet’s Market is located at 5107 Kingston Pike and has great place to eat with great been in business for almost 40 years. It sells fine imported food, especially the biscuits cheeses, meats, ingredients, cookware and has a deli and café. and gravy, and all the workPhoto by Max McCoig ers are so nice.”

From there, the interns headed to WBIR-TV to observe a news budget meeting and take a tour of the studio to see the new HD sets.

During the news meeting the interns were able to learn what kinds of stories make the cut to go on air and which do not.

Afterwards, news anchor John Becker, news director Bill Shory and managing editor Taz Painter gave the interns brief bios and shared how they were bitten by the news bug.

“What we get to do are stories that tell how it affects you. It gets down to the Interns Madison Noe and Caroline Longmire enjoy lemonade real local level,” Shory said. and cookies at Gourmet’s Market. Photo by Jenna Kalmon

Café manager Lynley Farris gave the interns a tour of Gourmet’s Market. Photo by Owen Sanders

Becker said being a journalist gives you the opportunity to see things that you wouldn’t otherwise get to see. He said that he’s flown in a helicopter over Mount St. Helens when it erupted the second time and has witnessed the aftermaths of Hurricane Katrina and the Interns Owen Sanders and Jacob Mullins stand in front of the set just before the broadcast of “Live at Five at Four.” Photo by BP oil spill.

Patrick Kidwell “I got my start by following journalists around and seeing what they do on a daily basis. Then you learn a lot of things around the ■ Meet the if that is something you like community and would like new interns to do,” says Becker. to learn a little bit more “I have been able to folTwo new interns joined about Knoxville and what low a passion of mine and the Shopper-News last happens around here, as turn it into something that week for the summer pro- well as meet new people. airs weekly (the ‘Service gram.

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Hispanic Chamber gains membership, momentum

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Beth Haynes and Russell Biven broadcast live during “Live at Five at Four” last week. Photo by Tia Kalmon

Armed with an index card full of numbers, Luis Velazquez’s quick guide of 2010 Census figures exemplifies the work ahead for the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of East Tennessee.

Among many of the figures quantifying Hispanics residing in Southern states, the executive director’s card shows there are 290,059 Hispanics living in Tennessee, which is 4.6 percent of the overall population of 6.3 million.

“All of a sudden there was a large population,” Velazquez remembers thinking when he first noticed the influx. “We were extremely surprised to see that growth.”

Velazquez, a 33-year West Knoxville resident and a retired U.S. Department of Energy civil engineer, said a portion of the growth relates to businesses that recruit Hispanic workers eager to accept lower wages for anything from factory to farm work.

Loudon County showed Hispanic population growth increases larger than Knox County’s in the last decade. That county is

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The Arts and Culture Alliance will present “Summer Solstice Show,” an exhibition of 2D works by the Fountain City Arts Guild beginning with a reception 5-9 p.m. Friday, July 1, in the main gallery of the Emporium Center. Media will include oil, acrylic, mixed media, pastel and more. The exhibit will run throughout July. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Luis Velazquez, executive director of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of East Tennessee, at his west side office on Kingston Pike. Photo by Valorie Fister

home to a national mushroom company among others, Velazquez said.

Word of mouth is another growth contributor, he said. In other Hispanic communities such as those in California and Arizona, opportunities may not be as bountiful as they are here, he said.

“There are many programs to bring workers to the U.S.,” Velazquez said.

“Once here, the opportunities become apparent on their own.”

Velazquez himself is a native of Puerto Rico.

Members and board members of the Hispanic chamber have backgrounds and

heritages that range from Columbian and Venezuelan to fourth generation South Texan.

Many have advanced education degrees and own companies ranging from insurance to engineering firms.

In his retirement, Velazquez was called upon in 2002 by Bill Murrah of Legal Aid of East Tennessee to identify the overall needs of the Hispanic population. That year, Velazquez served as a consultant in a new task force designed to aid and network 15 counties in upper East Tennessee.

In 2004, the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of East Tennessee was formed. For a time, it was housed with Knoxville Chamber of Commerce.

In 2010, the group relocated to 11002 Kingston Pike, Suite 202, in Farragut.

Velazquez said there is at least one main reason the Hispanic group is separate from the Knoxville Chamber.

“Their main businesses are very well reached and served,” Velazquez said.

“They have to establish their objectives and choices and they’re not necessarily looking to reach the small mom and pop restaurants.

“A majority of the mom and pop stores exist in the style of their own countries and cultures.”

Velazquez said there are many other avenues the Hispanic chamber is taking to network and increase membership.

One such avenue is working with the Knoxville Force soccer team, Velazquez said.

On June 19, the Force will play the East Tennessee Hispanic All Stars team beginning at 5 p.m.

And on July 3, the Force is set to play the C.F. Monterrey Rayados Reserve, also beginning at 5 p.m.

C.F. Monterrey is a Mexican soccer team that currently holds the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football championship title.

“I hear ‘When are you going to retire?’ ” Velazquez said. He’s not prepared to do that yet, he said.

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WORSHIP NOTES Fundraisers and sales ■ Beaver Ridge UMC will receive 10 percent of the total purchases made 5-8 p.m. each Thursday at the Sonic restaurant in Karns. Info: www.beaverridgeumc.com.

Special Services ■ Fellowship Church, 8000 Middlebrook Pike, will host GriefShare Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. Get support from the group while recovering from a loss and rebuilding your life.

Registration: Laura, 470-9800.

Youth ■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, has a number of summer events scheduled for the youth. There will be Bible study, fun days, road trips, community service days and more. Info: 690-1060 or visit www.beaverridgeumc.com.

■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway has open gym for middle and high school students 7-9 p.m. every Thursday. Everyone is invited. No sign-ups or fees.

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL ■ Bethany Baptist Church, 6705 Raccoon Valley Road, will have Big Apple Adventure VBS 7-9 p.m. June 20-24, with classes for age 3 through adult. The Rev. Jack Walker is pastor. Info: Jean, 922-2818.

■ Cedar Grove Baptist Church, 9711 Norris Freeway

in Powell, will host VBS 7-9 p.m. June 20-24. Class for all ages and everyone welcome.

Info: Heather, 659-2048.

■ Cedar Ford Baptist Church, at the intersection of Tazewell Pike and Highway 61 in Luttrell, will have Gold Rush VBS 6:30 to 9 p.m. through June 24. Classes for all ages. Transportation provided if needed.

Info: 992-0216.

ARTS CALENDAR Edible books ■ Blount County Public Library will exhibit its edible book cover contest entries during regular library hours Thursday through Sunday, June 23-26. Awards will be given to the winners 3 p.m.

Sunday. Info: www.blountlibrary.org.

■ Church at Sterchi Hills, 904 Dry Gap Pike, will have Big Apple Adventure VBS 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, June 27, through Friday, July 1. Classes available for kindergarten through adults. Info: 281-8718 or www.sterchichurch.com.

‘Annie Get Your Gun’ ■ Foothills Community Players’ summer musical “Annie Get Your Gun” will be performed at the Clayton Center for the Arts in Maryville Friday through Sunday, July 1-3, and Thursday through Sunday, July 7-10. Tickets are $22. Info: www.claytonartscenter. com or call 981-8590.

■ Community Baptist Church, 738 Highway 61 West, will have Big Apple Adventure VBS 7-9 p.m. June 20-24.

Classes for all ages. Everyone welcome. Info: 742-9702.

■ Corryton Church, 7615 Foster Road, Corryton, will have SonSurf Beach VBS 9 to 11:15 a.m. Sundays through Aug. 7, for kindergarten through 5th grade. Info: 688-3971.

■ Fairview Baptist Church, 7424 Fairview Road, Corryton, will have Big Apple Adventure VBS 6-9 p.m. through June 24.

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■ Grace Baptist Church, 7171 Oak Ridge Highway, will have The Adventure Squad 2011 VBS 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. June 2224, for ages 2 years through 5th grade. There will be nightly giveaways. Info or to register: www.gracebc.org.

■ Hines Creek Baptist Church, Hinds Creek Road, Maynardville, will have Big Apple Adventure VBS 6:30 to 8:45 p.m.

July 10-15. Fun day and VBS registration will be noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, July 9, with hot dogs, games, taxi rides and face painting. Info: 992-7729 or 497-2495.

■ Karns Church of Christ, 6612 Beaver Ridge Road, will have VBS, themed “The Battle Belongs to the Lord,” 6:30 to 8:45 p.m. June 26-29. Info: 691-7411.

■ New Fellowship Baptist Church, 4624 Nora Road, 6 to 8:30 p.m. June 20-24. Info or transportation: 688-1073 or 363-0916.

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SummerFest for Lost Sheep Alex Ragland climbs the National Guard’s rock wall during the SummerFest event in World’s Fair Park last week.

SummerFest benefited The Lost Sheep ministry, which feeds homeless persons in Knoxville every Wednesday.

The ministry also distributes clothing and books, assists in finding medical care and offers assistance through the Living Stone Rehab program. Photo by N. Lester ■ New Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, 928 Bull Run Road, Luttrell, will have Big Apple Adventure VBS 7-9 p.m. June 20-24. Classes for all ages. The Rev. Douglas Munsey is pastor.

■ Rutherford Memorial United Methodist Church, 7815 Corryton Road, Corryton, will hold One of a Kind Zoo Vacation Bible School 6 to 8:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, June 27-30. Kick off will be 6 p.m. Sunday, June 26, with a picnic. Snack supper served each night. Classes for ages 3 years to rising 6th graders. Info: 687-8438.

■ Salem Baptist Church, 8201 Hill Road, will have Big Apple Adventure VBS 9 a.m. to noon, June 20-24, for all children ages 4 years through 5th grade.

Info or to register: 922-3490 or www.salembaptisthalls.org.

■ Second Presbyterian Church, 2829 Kingston Pike, will have Inside Out and Upside Down on Main Street VBS 9 a.m. to noon, June 20-23. Info: www.2ndpres.org or 523-2189.

■ Shepherd of the Hills Baptist Church, 400 E. Beaver Creek Drive, will have Big Apple Adventure VBS 6 to 8:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, June 20-24 for ages 4 to adult. Info: 947-7151.

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Pottery DVD The Appalachian Arts Craft Center in Norris has DVDs for sale featuring a pottery demonstration by internationally known potter Charles Counts. Cost is $10. Info: 494-9854.

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Boy adventures

Since spring rolled around, my husband, Zac, has been talking about a fishing trip. Not just any fishing trip, but a boysonly fishing trip for him, my dad, Daniel, our friend Mike, and Mike’s son Tony, who is almost of an age with 3-year-old Daniel.

The trip has been lurking in the background of conversation, never quite congealing into a certainty.

That is, until I confided in Zac last week that I’d been fantasizing about having a day to myself. It would be so nice, I said, to have a day to wander around downtown, take my time in the East Tennessee History Center, enjoy a book and a Stuart Thomas, a rising junior at Farragut High School, placed crepe at the French Marsecond in the PGA Junior Series event this month at Clemson ket, and maybe browse the University’s Walker Course. Stuart was one of only two players sale racks at Mast General in the field of 49 boys in the age 16-18 division who completed Store, all without worrying all three rounds below par. Photo submitted about a husband’s boredom or a cranky kid.

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moms101 paddle. Never mind that life jackets will be worn by all.

I looked my husband in the eye and warned him of dire consequences if our son is not returned home in approximately the same condition in which he left.

I’m having to actively resist the urge to shut the whole thing down, to wrap my baby in swaddling and keep him there forever. But there’s no such thing as a 100 percent safe camping Ryan Rearden shows off a machine after the robot race at Farexperience. I want Daniel ragut branch library’s Rocket Robot Day Camp. to enjoy nature. I want him to do things with his dad and friends.

And, I think there’s something special that happens for a boy when he does stuff without Mommy, when he goes off with the guys. It’s so hard for me to let him take risks, let him get dirty, let him be a wild thing. If I’m not there, it’s easier for him to be a boy.

So, I have assurances from all adults involved that the boys will be monitored by a dedicated set of eyes at all times. They’ll go on the trip, and I’ll relax.

Well, I’ll try to relax.

Whether I’ll succeed or not is another story.

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Blake Pettibone works on a robot during the Rocket Robot Day Camp at Farragut branch library as instructor Carrie Hale reads through the instruction manual. Photos by N. Lester

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Cool Sports ‘beats the heat’ Above: In an event co-sponsored by the town of Farragut, Cool Sports hosted a “Beat the Heat� Saturday event with discounted skating. On the ice are Cody Haynes and Kailleen Durrigan, whose dad is a coach of the UT Hockey Club’s Ice Vols. Above right: Joshua Ford and Candice Greene of the town of Farragut’s Parks and Recreation Department sign up school age members for the Movers and Shakers Club, a free summer exercise program for those in kindergarten through 12th grade. Josh said other programs for kids are available. Info: 966-7057. Photos by S. Clark

SPORTS NOTES ■Knoxville Track Club’s Youth Athletics program through Saturday, June 25, includes 50-meter dash, discus throw and high jump. Girls and boys ages 5-18. Practice is held 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Includes four Saturday track meets on the UT campus. Cost is $39.

Info: 406-4128 or visit www. ktcyouthathletics.org. â– Summer golf camp at Concord Park Golf Course, ages 9-14, 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday through Thursday, June 21-23, $100; ages 6-8, 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday and Wednesday, June 28-29, $75.

Info: 966-9103. â– Hardin Valley Academy Cheerleading Camp, 5-8 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, June 20-22, in the school gym. Cost is $50.

Bring a sibling for $5 off.

Info: email mindy.rector@ knoxschools.org. â– Wrestling Camp, for all ages, 6-8 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, June 2123, Central High School. â– Baseball Tournament , Friday through Sunday, June 24-26. Open to all, Tee ball to 14U. Info: 992-5504 or email hcpsports@msn.com.

‘A Haunting at Ramsey’

Getting to know Jake the snake Knoxville Zookeeper Matt Robinson holds Jake the snake while Marcus Roberts pets the reptile. Photo by N. Lester

Local celebrities including Bob Kesling, Bill Landry and Lori Tucker will be telling ghost stories 6-10 p.m.

Saturday, July 9, during “A Haunting at Ramsey� at the historic Ramsey House. During the fundraiser there will also be food, live music, a display of Civil War weaponry, a demonstration of a Civil War surgery featuring an amputation and much more. Admission is $10 and donations of canned food for Second Harvest will also be collected.

Info: 546-0745 or visit www.ramseyhouse.org.

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Parkwest wins VHA Leadership Awards Parkwest Medical Center has received multiple leadership awards from VHA Inc., a national healthcare network. Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge and Covenant Health were also honored.

Parkwest and Methodist received VHA Leadership Awards for Clinical Excellence, honoring both hospitals for providing consistently high levels of clinical care and improving the patient care experience.

Covenant Health received a VHA Leadership Award for Supply Chain Management Excellence for the accomplishments of Covenant Sterile Solutions. CSS assembles, sterilizes and distributes surgical procedure packs to Covenant hospitals, and is the only department of its kind in our market and in Tennessee. “Our employees are the reason for these awards because of all they do to provide excellent patient care, every time,� said Parkwest CAO Rick Lassiter.

Because the health system received multiple awards for excellence, Covenant Health also received the VHA President’s Award of Honor for 2011. “These VHA Leadership Awards are signiďŹ cant achievements for our hospitals and health system,â€? said Tony Spezia, President and CEO of Covenant Health. “VHA comprises a large number of health care providers nationwide, so the bar is set very high in terms of qualifying for the awards. As award recipients, Methodist, Parkwest and Covenant Health have been recognized as top achievers among their peer organizations.â€?

The VHA Leadership Award for Clinical Excellence is given annually to organizations that achieve top performance on the clinical core measures established by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

“Our employees are the reason for these awards because of all they do to provide excellent patient care, every time.� – Parkwest CAO Rick Lassiter

Parkwest was one of only 28 of 1,350 hospitals nationwide to be selected for the VHA Leadership Award for Clinical Excellence 2011. Receiving the award are (L to R): Covenant Health CEO Tony Spezia, Vice President for Performance Improvement for the Central Atlantic region of VHA Marcy Harrison, Parkwest Vice President/Chief Support Officer Em Cobble, Parkwest Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer Diane Oliver, and Parkwest Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Scott Hamilton. and in the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Health Providers and Services (HCAHPS) survey that measures patient satisfaction at hospitals across the country.

VHA, which serves more than 1,350 notfor-proďŹ t hospitals and more than 30,000 non-acute healthcare providers nationwide, selected only 28 member hospitals, including Methodist and Parkwest, to receive the

2011 Clinical Excellence Award. “These award-winning hospitals have clearly demonstrated an organizational commitment to look at the organizational practices, organizational structures and relationships that support performance improvement,â€? said Trent Haywood, MD, JD, chief medical ofďŹ cer at VHA. Covenant Health was one of only eight

Parkwest Palliative Care adds staff and expands services Sarah Bannister, Nurse Practitioner, has joined Parkwest Palliative Care Services. Bannister, who recently completed her MSN in Psych/Mental Health from the University of Tennessee, comes to Parkwest from UT Medical Center where she was a Labor and Delivery nurse. She joins Mary Sowell as a second Nurse Practitioner in Palliative Care. “We are delighted to have Sarah on board,â€? said Sowell. “Last year, during its ďŹ rst year of operation, Parkwest Palliative Care served 433 patients and their families, so the community need is tremendous.â€?

Bannister has a keen interest in Bereavement and Grief Counseling and, as a new initiative, will be working to train interested hospital volunteers to assist in providing additional support to families experiencing the loss of a loved one. “Palliative Care support begins at diagnosis or anytime during disease progression. The difference between palliative care and hospice is that in palliative care, we are still hopeful for a cure. It is not a withdrawal of treatment. In hospice, the focus changes from cure to care, generally when a patient has

tom management are integral parts of any Palliative Care program,â€? said Parkwest Vice President and Chief Nursing OfďŹ cer Diane Oliver. “Our nurse practitioners will team with educators and nursing service to provide monthly inservice training on nursing care topics.â€?

Topics include: N Managing the Mouth N The Ifs, Ands and Buts of Palliative Care N My Patient is Hurting; What Do I Do? N He’s Smothering!

Sarah Bannister and Mary Sowell are nurse practitioners in N How to Get the E out of Parkwest Palliative Care Services.

Edema six months or fewer to live,� the purpose of improving N How Do I Know My communication and under- Patient is Dying? said Sowell.

This additional staff mem- standing the disease process Those appropriate for ber will allow Palliative Care and prognosis.

Palliative Care include paDr. Ketan Hira, Medical tients diagnosed with acute, to expand services to Critical Care and to further support Director of Palliative Care, serious, life-threatening illpatients and their families. leads the team which includes nesses such as trauma, leuA process design team led by nurse practitioners, phar- kemia and stroke; patients Nurse Manager Sandra Cecil macy, chaplain, case man- experiencing progression is formulating a comprehen- agement and social work. in a chronic condition such sive Palliative Care Bundle The multidisciplinary team as renal failure, cancer, adfor patients in Critical Care, meets weekly to discuss pa- vanced congestive heart which includes advance tients and families with com- failure, neuro-degenerative directives, pain manage- plex needs. Discussions in- diseases, emphysema or dement, emotional and spiri- clude complicated discharge mentia; or patients who are tual support, and education. plans, psychosocial needs of seriously or terminally ill.

Family conferences with a patients and families, and A physician referral is remultidisciplinary team will symptom management. quired for a palliative care be planned for Day 5 of ad“Excellent nursing care consultation. For more inmission to Critical Care for and comprehensive symp- formation, call 373-1460.

VHA member hospitals nationwide to receive the 2011 VHA Leadership Award for Supply Chain Management Excellence, given annually to member organizations that demonstrate high levels of performance in one of four areas: 1) Sourcing and resource management; 2) Distribution, logistics and inventory management; 3) Supply chain innovation and creativity; and 4) Supplier diversity.

Covenant Sterile Solutions received the award for achieving overall objectives such as reducing surgical pack supply costs, standardizing multiple packs for the system, reducing inventory levels, minimizing waste and improving customer service. Using the Plan-Do-Study-Act process (PDSA), CSS staff reduced costs by $400,000 over a 12-month period, had a 50 percent reduction in original vendor packs and improved customer service results among end users to 95 percent. “Improving supply chain performance positively impacts the bottom line and positions the organization to extend its resources to provide more care,� said Scott Downing, executive vice president at VHA. The awards were presented last month at the VHA national leadership conference in San Diego, Calif.

What’s your story?

Do you or a loved one have a Parkwest experience you want to share? We want to hear it.

Visit www.TreatedWell.com and click on the Parkwest C.A.R.E.S. icon or email Roger Ricker at rricker@covhlth.com.

What people are saying I would like to let you know how wonderful of an experience (all things considered) we had while visiting your hospital. My father was brought in by helicopter for a heart attack with 90 percent blockage. From the moment we called from Delaware, where my boyfriend and I live, we were treated like family. That is something we have never experienced with a hospital. When I called Sunday around 2 p.m., I spoke to a female in the Critical Care unit who confirmed my father was there and was in Bed 14. Upon explaining that we were driving from so far, she told us that while it was going to be past visiting time, we would be allowed to see him. This was pleasantly unexpected after an 11-hour drive. In the morning, we returned to the hospital and had breakfast in the Bistro. The food was hot and filling, and the service was warm and welcoming. In the Critical Care Unit, Nurse Wanda was helpful and friendly. When we had to leave due to visiting hours, she took our number to call us when my father was to be moved to a regular room.

Before we walked 10 feet, she stopped us. She called up to get the room number so we could be there before he was moved – simply amazing! We went up to the room and waited. Not wanting to be in the way or a bother, we sat down and waited. A few minutes went by and a CNA named John came in and greeted us and made sure we were OK. Then Geri from housekeeping came in. She also asked if we were OK. While we said we were, she saw to it that we had blankets, pillows, extra cups, straws and a few packets of crackers just in case. Thank you to everyone who made this part of our family emergency better. Thank you again to all the staff at Parkwest Medical Center. – Maria DiTrocchio (daughter of Pasquale DiTrocchio admitted 5/22/11)

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Kelly Frère discusses legal needs of the elderly during a “Snack Series” at the Strang Senior Center. Photos by Ruth White

Attorney Richard Fung discusses the different Medicare choices in coverage available to senior adults.

you get the care that is perfect for you.

Elder law attorney Kelly Frère also spoke to guests at Strang Senior Center and addressed issues that regularly pass through her office doors. Frère focuses on the legal needs of the elderly and uses legal tools to meet the goals and objectives of older clients. Legal needs of the elderly include durable

powers of attorney, trusts, estate planning and health care decisions.

One common question asked regards power of attorney. Although the POA may have been issued, Frère said that there is nothing in Tennessee law that requires a financial institution to honor it. Her advice is to have the power of attorney prepared specifically for

the individual and made as “user friendly” as possible.

If a person is a parent’s agent under a financial power of attorney and health care power of attorney and the Social Security Administration (SSA) won’t talk to them regarding the individual, it’s because the SSA doesn’t recognize powers of attorney or court appointed guardians. Forms specific to the SSA must be used for the authorization to be recognized.

Frere addressed the issue of determining the incapacity of an individual by saying that a doctor’s statement is not a legal determination of incapacity. In Tennessee, everyone is presumed to be mentally competent unless a court proceeding determines them to be incompetent. “Too many people think that a doctor’s statement is enough for them to start acting as agent under mom or dad’s power of attorney and override their decisions.

This is not true,” she said.

Any veteran wanting to be buried in the veteran’s cemetery needs to have a

Donate blood, save lives

day, June 21, Food Lion on Center Line Drive, bloodmobile.

■ 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 21, The Shops at Western Plaza, bloodmobile.

■ 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Wednesday, June 22, ORNL Federal Credit Union in Karns, bloodmobile.

■ 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Wednesday, June 22, Walgreens in Fountain City, bloodmobile.

■ 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, June 23, ORNL Federal Credit Union in Halls, bloodmobile.

■ 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, June 24, Knoxville Center Mall, inside center court, lower level.

■ Noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 25, Regal Cinemas

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Monday, June 27, Knox County Health Department, 140 Dameron Ave., inside community room.

■ 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, June 27, Rutledge Pike Baptist Church, bloodmobile.

■ 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, June 28, East Tennessee Human Resource Agency (ETHRA), 9111 Cross Park Drive, inside conference room.

■ Noon to 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 28, Family Dollar Store in South Knoxville, 4022 Chapman Highway, bloodmobile.

■ 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 28, Petro’s Chili and Chips at Cedar Bluff,

Understanding long-term care issues To many senior adults, understanding Medicare is as simple as understanding rocket science. Do you want original Medicare or the Medicare Advantage Plan?

Part A and/or Part B? Do you need prescription drug coverage (Part D)?

Attorney Richard Fung spoke with senior adults and caregivers at the Strang Senior Center at a recent “Snack Series,” walked participants through the Medicare coverage choices and helped answer questions regarding making the correct choices.

During the informal, informational session, Fung was able to shed some light on a subject that is confusing to many.

Step one involves choosing how you want coverage.

Original Medicare Part A covers hospital insurance.

Part B covers medical insurance, while Medicare Advantage works like an HMO or PPO and combines

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Part A, Part B and usually Part D. Confused yet? Once you have selected the base coverage, decide if you need to add drug coverage (Part D). If Original Medicare is selected, you may decide to add supplemental coverage (Medigap) to fi ll the gaps.

The annual enrollment period is expected to change for 2012 to earlier dates, Oct. 15 through Dec. 7, 2011. This will give senior adults plenty of time to brush up on their Medicare facts and make informed decisions.

Still confused? Get informed and seek advice from a trusted individual who knows how to cut through the verbiage and can help

Parkwest first in state to implant graft

A 68 year-old man in Strawberry Plains is the first person in Tennessee to be implanted with a new device that will provide dialysis patients with expanded treatment options.

Parkwest Medical Center vascular surgeon Dr. Christopher Pollock implanted the GORE Hybrid Vascular Graft in the patient on June 13.

Dr. Pollock said the procedure takes about 45 minutes and most patients can return home the same day.

The device is ready to use two weeks after insertion, a timeframe faster than previous graft options.

The GORE Hybrid Vascular Graft became available in the U.S. last month after gaining FDA approval in 2010. Info: 374-PARK.

Medic has teamed up with the Tennessee Smokies and Chick-fil-A to help save lives this summer. Donors will receive a free Smokies Tshirt and a coupon for a free chicken sandwich.

Those interested can donate at any of seven daily mobile sites or one of two fixed sites: 1601 Ailor Ave. and 11000 Kingston Pike in Farragut.

Other sites: ■ 2-6 p.m. Monday, June 20, Lance Cunningham Ford, bloodmobile.

■ 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, June 20, Walgreens in Powell, bloodmobile.

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Events for the week of June 20: ■ Monday, June 20: 9:30 a.m., Watercolor; 10 a.m., Cardio 2; 10:30 a.m., Bridge; 12:30 p.m., BANDS class ■ Tuesday, June 21: 8:45 a.m., Tai Chi 1; 9:30 a.m., BB Bridge; 10 a.m., Oil painting; 11:15 a.m., Pilates; 1:30 p.m., Red Hat picnic; 2 p.m., Line dance ■ Wednesday, June 22: noon, Parkwest presents “Sleep Disorders.” Call 541-4500 to register.

■ Thursday, June 23: 8:45 a.m., Tai Chi 1; 10 a.m., Tai Chi 2; 11:15 a.m., Mind & Body; 12:30 p.m., Scrabble; 2 p.m., Chorus; 5:45 p.m., Advanced Cardio ■ Friday, June 24: 8:45 a.m., Advanced Cardio; 9:30 a.m., Canasta; 10:30 a.m., Social Bridge; 1 p.m. Rummikub; 2 p.m. Ballroom Info or to register for classes: 670-6693.

DD Form 214 in their personal records. The form is a verification of military service. It is the most important form a veteran will need and should be kept in a safe place. If an individual needs a copy of their DD Form 214, a copy may be obtained from the Veterans Administration by writing to: National Personnel Records Center, Attn: (your service branch) Records, 9700 Page Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63132-5000.

For answers to these and other questions that regard elder law, consult a certified elder law attorney. For the latest news in matters affecting seniors, visit Frère’s website at www.gfelderlaw. com.

While attending this informative session, I learned a few things that make understanding Medicare and elder law more simple. Don’t wait until you need Medicare to try to understand it.

I know more about issues senior adults face than I did just last week. I’m ahead of the game, at least until the rules change.

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■ 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Tuesday, June 28, The Gallery Shopping Center, 7240 Kingston Pike, bloodmobile.

■ 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Wednesday, June 29, Kroger on Oak Ridge Highway, 4440 Western Ave., bloodmobile.

■ 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Thursday, June 30, CarMax, 11225 Parkside Drive, bloodmobile.

■ 2-8 p.m. Thursday, June 30, Marbledale Baptist Church, 5935 Thorngrove Pike, inside fellowship hall.

Donors must be at least 17 years old (16 years old weighing 120 pounds with parental consent), weigh at least 110 pounds and have positive identification.

Mercy Health Partners receives award Mercy Health Partners has received the fifth annual Supply Chain Innovation Award from Premier Healthcare Alliance.

Mercy is one of 14 of Premier’s 2,500 members to receive the award, which recognizes successful innovations that have created new levels of performance while improving patient care and safely reducing costs.

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This baby is one of seven who needs a home. Photo by K. Woycik

A quiet pet accustomed to the human Need a quiet pet? How touch.

They eat grain, carrots about this cute bunny?

His dad is a New Zealand and even grass if they have rabbit, which is the largest an area in which they can breed, and his mom is half be penned. They love the New Zealand and half Cali- shade, especially during the fornian, which is the second heat of summer, and will dig, so keep an eye on them! My largest breed.

Rabbits can make won- rabbit Thumper once dug a derful pets. I had one when I hole under the fence all the was growing up and they can way to the other side to get to be very lovable. They don’t Bonnie, our female, and we require much food or work. ended up with six babies!

If kept outdoors, they reA little time each day can be enough to train the bunny to quire fresh water and plenty remain docile and become of shade to keep cool. In the

winter, a burlap cover over the cage and some extra hay for bedding will provide them with protection from the cold and wind.

Their hutch usually has an enclosed spot with a hole for them to fit into to hide, keep warm or sleep. Rabbits can become very frightened by other animals, so this escape is beneficial to them.

I recently learned of renters who kept their rabbits indoors and have house trained them using a litter box!

If interested in adopting a bunny, call Dan, 254-9613.

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DAV Chapter 24 has FREE RENTAL OF POWER WHEEL CHAIRS available for any area disabled veteran or members of their immediate family. Manually operated wheel chairs also available. Call 690-7690 for information.

IF YOU USED TYPE 2 DIABETES DRUG AVANDIA between 1999 & present & suffered a stroke or heart attack, you may be entitled to compensation.

Call Attorney Charles Johnson 1 - 800 - 535 - 572 7

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ADOPT: A wonderful life filled with love, devotion & happiness awaits your newborn.

Expenses paid.

Please call Rosanne 1-800-755-5002

For Sale By Owner 40a 2.3 AC. LAKEVIEW HOME, Kingston, indoor pool, 4 BR, 3 BA, FPS, DR/LR, FR, Below Appraisal $295,000. 865-414-9634 ***Web ID# 793701***

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2BR, 1BA, Kit., LR All appls., W/D, H/A 1 Car Gar., FSBO $62,500, 865-748-1817. ***Web ID# 806962*** FSBO 3 BR, 2 BA, compl. renovated, new kit. w/granite, new SS appl, all new floors, lg. priv. fenced in backyard, 12x48 deck. $139,900.

865-755-4218 ***Web ID# 805242***

West

"Garden of Christus". $3,000. 865-687-1193

Comm. Prop. - Rent 66 CAR LOT, 6404 Clinton Hwy., 37912, trailer office included $1,000/mo. 865-964-2197 KNOXVILLE DISABLED AM. VETS Chapter 24 Chapter home building is available for rent.

Newly renovated inside! Ideal for birthday parties, reunions, group mtgs, etc. Free parking right outside the door! Call 5244840 or 803-2159 to check out this facility!

Apts - Unfurnished 71 AVAIL. NOW, 2 BR, 1 1/2 BA, W/D conn, appls, grt West loc. $650+DD. 865-588-3433 Charming spacious older apt. in Sequoyah Hills, 2 BR, 2 BA, W/D & water incl. $850. 865-924-0454 FTN CITY, Colonial Circle, 2 BR, 1 BA, W/D conn, $450 + DD. No pets. Credit check. 865-924-0484

SENIOR HIGH RISE FACILITY 1 BR APTS. 40e Oak Ridge, TN 865-482-6098

GRAINGER CO. Owl Hole Gap. Dblwide, like new, 1500 SF, 3 BR, 2 BA, frpl in den, 2 decks, 2 car gar., $47,500. 865-924-0484

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FSBO, DESIRED Hardin Valley Schools.

Brighton Farms Sub., corner lot across from comm. pool. Motivated sellers. $259K 865-661-8040 ***Web ID# 800498***

ANIMAL EVENTS ■ Smoky Mountain Great Danes will have an adoption event noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 25, at AgriFeed Pet Supply, 5716 Middlebrook Pike. Info: 584-3959.

■ Small Breed Rescue Group will have an adoption event 1-4 p.m. Saturday, June 25, at PetSmart on Morrell Road next to West Town Mall.

49 Houses - Unfurnished 74 Trucking Opportunities 106 Dogs

Highland Memorial, sec D, 4 spaces

Driver ENGLISH BULLDOG 39 - 40 cpm Starting Pay PUPS, $1250. VISA & M/C Think RED Flatbed! accepted. 423-775-6044 No NYC or Canada. blessedbulldogs.blogspot.com ***Web ID# 806660*** Home Weekly $25 Tarp Pay ENGLISH BULLDOG $25 Extra Stop Pay pups, AKC reg, 1st Average $1,000 P/WK shots, vet chk. $1,500, FARRAGUT, 2 BR, CDL-A, 1 Yr. T/T Exp. cash. 865-966-2238 1 1/2 BA, great loca***Web ID# 805842*** tion, $850/mo. $850 Within Last 3 Yrs. Req. 888.461.3580 dep. 904-591-1489 GERMAN SHEPHERD AVERITTcareers.com female AKC champ.

LENOIR CITY, 2 & 3 Equal Opportunity import German bred, BR luxury duplexes Employer 13 wks, 865-376-2961 w/garages, great loc. or cell 617-2879. Google $850-$895. 865-388-0610 online Cherokee DRIVE YOUR Spring Shepherds.

LENOIR CITY, 2 br, FUTURE WITH A ***Web ID# 805089*** fncd yard, no pets, STEADY PAYCHECK $650/mo + sec dep.

Become an over the German Shepherd 865-216-7861 road semi driver with puppies, AKC reg, M ***Web ID# 804981*** Roehl. We can pro& F still available. 7 vide you the training wks old, all shots & North. Norris Freeway. you need to start a medical records. $250.

Priv. 2 BR 2 BA. Sec. great truck driving 865-216-7463. dep. 1st & last. $750. career. ***Web ID# 805682*** 865-256-9501; 494-7785 1-800-535-8177 ***Web ID# 800725*** GoRoehl.com GERMAN Shepherd AA/EOE puppies, AKC reg., WEST, 1520 Foolish 5 M, 2 F, parents on Pleasure Ln. 3 BR, 2 prem. 865-933-8136 ba, fncd, comm. pool. ***Web ID# 806107*** $1100/mo + sec dep.

Local Driving/Delivery 106a No smoke, 865-216-7585 German Shepherd ***Web ID# 807731*** Puppies, AKC, will Volu nteer be 6 wks on 6/27.

Ass is ted WEST (2) 4 BR, 2 1/2 Solid white. 1st shots.

Trans port at io n BA homes for rent, 2 F $450 ea; 6 M CAC's Office on Aging fenced yards, all $500 ea. 865-617-4877 is seeking volunteer appls. incl. W&D. drivers for their Volun- ***Web ID# 805811*** House off Northteer Assisted Trans- German Shepherd pups, shore/Morrell area portation program. AKC 3 B, 4 G, vet ck., $1,200/mo; house Volunteers utilize w/POOL, Cedar Bluff/ raised. Military/police agency-owned hybrid Fam. Middlebrook Pk area 865-924-4301 sedans while accom- disc. $1,395/mo. Call panying seniors or ***Web ID# 807889*** Amanda 865-363-9190 persons with disabili- GERMAN SHEPHERD ***Web ID# 800709*** ties to appointments, pups, AKC, 8 wks., WEST HILLS shopping, and other blk. & tan, exc.

2000 SF, 1 level ranch errands. Training is pedigree, shots to date. (brick), 3BR, 3 full provided. If you are $400. 865-742-1450.

BA, LR, Dr, new kit, interested, please con- ***Web ID# 805310*** all SS appls., laun rm, tact Nancy Welch at: Patio/ deck, 2 car gar, 865-524-2786 or GERMAN Shepherd big level lot. $1,495. nancy.welch@ Pups, M&F, solid 865-414-7616 knoxseniors.org blk, blk&tan, sable, $250. 865-458-1022 ***Web ID# 806358***

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EDISTO IS, SC 9ac wooded, 1650 SF brick home, FP, 3BR, 2.5BA, lots of storage. $549,900. 843-869-1690. ***Web ID# 806309***

Lakefront Property 47 13.7 ACRES, private waterfront, Sharps Chapel area, very level to water. $150,000. 423-626-1222

DEVELOPER FORCED LIQUIDATION Smoky Mountain TN. Lake Condos & Lots Priced @ Foreclosure/ Short Sale! Up to 100% Financing/5% interest bank terms. 2 Acre Lake Lot w/dock, $19,900 Preview 7/2-7/3.

1-866-434-8969 ext 103.

LAKEFRONT WITH 1.3 acres, lowest price close in.

Dock, boat lift, jet ski lift in the back yard. Perfect for UT or downtown.

3625 SF, Lakemoor Hills. $699,900. For private showing 865603-3126.

SHORT SALE. Watts Bar lakefront, 3/3 1/2/1 @ Lakeside Village, hist. Loudon. 2 story, hdwd, granite, stainl. kit, dockage, 2 yrs old Most recent sales @ 279,900$, curr. leased mo to mo @ 1300$ short sale @ $227,500. Prequalified or cash buyers only. 865-924-0791 ***Web ID# 792765***

■ “Balancing Hormones Naturally: A Holistic Approach to Women’s Hormone Related Health Concerns”, 6-7 p.m.

Tuesday, June 21, Bearden branch library; 6-7 p.m.

Tuesday, June 28, Cedar Bluff branch library. Call to register: 659-2733.

■ “Solutions to Stress Caused Health Problems”, 6-7 p.m.

Tuesday, June 21, Bearden library. Call to register: 659-2733.

■ Cancer survivor support groups, Monday evenings and Tuesday mornings and Tuesday evenings, at the

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3 BR, DEN, 1 BA, cent. AC, fenced yard 6011 Arcadia Dr. (near UT). $775/mo.

Avail. 7/1. 931-261-7615

GOLDENDOODLE

ABSOLUTE AUCTION

HALL REAL ESTATE & AUCTION CO.

RAGDOLL KITTENS

■ Lung cancer support group meets 6 p.m. the third Monday every month at Baptist West Cancer Center, 10820 Parkside Drive. No charge, light refreshments served. Info: Trish or Amanda, 218-7081.

■ Stop Smoking: 215-QUIT (7848) is a program of the Knox County Health Depart-

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Cancer Support Community of East Tennessee (formerly the Wellness Community), 2230 Sutherland Ave. Support groups for cancer caregivers, Monday evenings. Cancer family bereavement group, Thursday evenings. Info: 546-4661 or www.cancersupportet.org.

ROTTWEILER PUPS GOLF CARTS priced TRAIL CRUISER 2004 AKC/DNA profiled, to sell 1997, '98, '99 like new, queen bed, vet checked, $525. for home, farm, or Reduced $7600 cash.

865-426-4841 recreational use.

865-376-6856 All gasoline with tops, beige or white.

SHIH TZU PUPPIES, Motor Homes 237 865-577-8172 CKC reg, 6 wks, shots wormed, blue eyes, adorable, 2 F $350 ea.

BEAVER Fishing Hunting 224 2005 40' Monterey 423-404-4189 Class A, puppeeperson@yahoo.com 400HP Cat C-9 eng., MOUNTED HEADS 3 slides, auto. air SIBERIAN HUSKY 9 of deer, bears, geese, susp., Hydro-Hot, wks, blk & wht M, big fish mounts, etc. cent. vac, W/D, auto grn eyes, CKC, $300.

865-539-1075 sat. dish, 45K mi., 931-510-4269 non-smoking, auto. ***Web ID# 805582*** door & patio awnings, 225 Price Reduced to WOLF HYBRID pups, Garage Sales $130,000. Pics avail. on born May 8, vet ckd request. 865-288-3512 & wormed, $400. BIG MOVING SALE in Sequoyah Hills at 625 FLEETWOOD ICON 423-215-2386 Oakhurst. Jun 25, 8-4. ***Web ID# 805645*** 24A 2009, 5K mi., Quality furn, living dining fully loaded, Gally & office. Bakers rack, YORKIE PUPPIES, slide, AC, elec. or gas Sony TV & cabinet, oak adorable tiny babies, heat, elec. or gas bench, area rugs, books, good with kids, WH, quiet Mercedes bookcases, rocking AKC, S&W, $300. diesel eng. $65K. chair, orig paintings on 865-455-5821.

Call 865-681-3827. canvas, framed prints, Yorkie Puppies, AKC, camera, collectibles, ***Web ID# 807808*** parents 3 lbs., M $600, holiday items, games, F $700. Yorkie mix trumpet, silk flower ar238 $300-$350. 865-376-0537 rangements, scrapbook- Motorcycles ing, wireless broadband YORKIES (2) Male & router, kitchen items, HARLEY DAVIDSON fem., wormed & 1st 1200 Sportster, 1988, linens & more! shots. 6 wks. $250. great shape, $2,800.

423-627-4517 MULTI-FAMILY SALE 865-680-0053 aft 4pm ONE DAY ONLY! Fri, June 24, 9a-5:30p, HARLEY DAVIDSON Horses 143 1704 Harris Rd. Sum- Wide Glide 1996, like new, 2K mi, lots of mer entertaining eschrome. 865-237-4817 sentials, coolers, picnic baskets & sets.

KAWASAKI 1994 Tour50 acre pasture, Children's folding fenced, 4 BR mobile ing Bike, 1200 Voymetal table, home déhome, lg. 10 stall barn ager X11, cruise, racor items, chair & sofa dio, CB, exc. cond. w/elec. & water. slipcovers, comforters, Kingston close to I-40. $3500/bo. 865-223-7087 curtains, lamps, duffel $995/mo. lease + dep. bags & more! Great MOTORCYCLE/ 865-376-1030; 686-5376 stuff, mostly new!

Utility Trailer. 6x12, ***Web ID# 807972*** Don't miss it! enclosed, white, elec. brakes, used little, NEIGHBORHOOD $2,500 (save over SALE Free Pets 145 1K$). 423-371-9050 Edgewater Condos off Canton Hollow.

Suzuki Blvd M50 ZK8 Sat June 25, 9a-3p. ** ADOPT! * * 2008, 650 orig. mi.

Perf. cond. Beautiful.

Looking for a lost pet or a new $4900/bo. 865-742-5510 232 ***Web one? Visit Young-Williams Boats Motors ID# 807191*** Animal Center, the official 43 CALIFORNIAN shelter for the City of DIESEL Trawler, Knoxville & Knox County: Autos Wanted 253 1984, motivated, 3201 Division St. Knoxville.

Paul 954-591-7342 www.knoxpets.org We pay cash for cars or ***Web ID# 807128*** trucks, running or not. * * * * * * * * CROWNLINE 182BR, We buy alum. whls, rad., 1998, 210 actual hrs. converters. 865-556-8956 owner, exc. cond.

Flowers-Plants 189 1$9,900.

865-386-6661

Furnished 3 BR Near puppies, F1B, $250.

Awesome attitudes Sequoyah Marina on Call 865-230-3242 Wanted!

Norris Lake. 2 ac.

Seeking determined Golden Retriever pupproperty loc. across pies AKC, ready 6/16. individuals. the street from priv Vet ck, S&W. $100 dock w/3 car gar & No experience necessary dep. $300. 865-660-9465 fenced enclosure for to make $500-$1000 a ***Web ID# 804041*** dogs. $1400/ mo w/1st & week. Must be 21 with last mo due on closing. valid license. Call Golden Retriever Pupor 865-806-7008 pies AKC. Ready 865/455-1365 Apts - Furnished 72 865-494-8452 ***Web ID# 805594*** now. Parents on site. POND PLANT Sale. $350 ea. 606-521-3524 Floaters $2. Mixed WALBROOK STUDIOS Condo Rentals 76 Healthcare ***Web ID# 807291*** pots $8-$25. Mary110 25 1-3 60 7 ville 865-804-9804 GREAT DANE $130 weekly. Discount EXP'D CAREGIVERS MOVE IN SPECIAL avail. Util, TV, Ph, puppies, AKC reg, NEEDED to work 2 BR Condos Halls Stv, Refrig, Basic born 4/29. $800. Call Lawn-Garden Equip. 190 w/elderly in their area. 2 full BAs, miCable. No Lse. 865-228-8007 homes. Duties incl. crowave, DW, disposal, RAIN BARRELS, 55 gal. light housekeeping, laundry rm. $675 mo.

HAVANESE PUPS custom cut, ready meal prep, hygiene Call 865-680-8496 AKC, home raised, Duplexes 73 ***Web to hook up to gutter. assistance, & transp.

ID# 807585*** 262-993-0460 $45. 865-607-1126.

Immed openings for noahslittleark.com 2 BR, 1 BA renovated, live-in. Call 474-9710 ***Web ID# 804106*** North & Halls. Rooms-Roommates 77 to schedule interview.

Starting at $600.

LAB PUPPIES, AKC, Household Appliances 204a 865-414-1848 1st shots, wormed.

Furnished Room, Near Business Opp. 130 choc $400; yellow 3 BR, 2 BA, Rocky East Town Mall $300. 865-475-5367 Hill area, 7209 $325/mo. No smoke/ $100. ***Web ID# 804991*** AV ON $$$ drugs/booze/pets/ Dogwood Dr. $975.

865-689-6327 G R E AT E AR N I N G S 423-625-3300 call me. parties. 865-951-0510 LABS, Yellow, 9 wks OP P ORTUNITY ! old, wormed & 2 742-6551 shots, parents on Pools/Hot Tubs 209 Real Estate Auctions 52 Real Estate Auctions 52 site, $150. 865-379-0568 HOT TUB, holds Cats 140 MALTESE PUPPIES 2011 6, new, warranty, 51 AKC, shots UTD, jets, LED lights, Himalayans, 6 wks home raised, M&F, waterfall.

Retails APR Reg. S&W. 2 $350-500. 865-679-5975 $8100, now $2790.

M, 2 F, $250 cash Call 865-312-7326 MALTI-POO Puppies, only. 865-247-4964 ***Web ID# 795710*** 7 wks., black, tan, ***Web ID# 807656*** & white, $400.

423-442-9996 Auctions 217 ***Web ID# 806975*** TICA reg, ready for adoption. $550.

NEWFOUNDLANDS, AUCTION MON, July 4, Call 513-846-5125 10am. Cherokee AucAKC, 10 wks., black ***Web ID# 805525*** tion Co. 564-3164 $600, brown $800.

TAL2386 FL5626 606-354-9197 SIAMESE KITTENS, ***Web ID# 807407*** 3 M, 2 F, 12 wks NEXT AUCTION: old, $150. Various PEKINGESE M&F, Tues June 21th, 6pm points. 865-983-4868 CKC, 2nd shots, small Cherokee Auction Co. ***Web ID# 806958*** parents, $300-$350. 86510015 Rutledge Pike 216-5770 I 40 - 10 min from Zoo exit. ***Web ID# 804618*** Dogs 141 POMERANIAN male, Consignments welcome do your estate sale cream color, 10 mos Let us865-465-3164 AMERICAN BULLold, friendly / loving Sale 1: Property address 4672 Dutch Valley; DOGS 4 F $300, 3 M a u c t i o nz i p. c o m $300.

423-291-0072 $250. Reg. Sire & TA L 2 38 6 FL 5 62 6 5,000 sq.ft., zoned F-1. Property was Lyman Dam on site. Avail. POMS. 1 black & cream 6/24 Rob 865-470-3197 Glass Company for 30 yrs.

F, 1 yr old.

Blue Merle cell 865-776-3332 6 yr old F. AKC reg, Medical Supplies 219 $450 ea. 865-242-6995 Sale 2: 4680 Dutch Valley; Commercial lot, Australian Shepherd ***Web ID# 804046*** DAV Chapter 24 has Pups, AKC, loyal, currently used for parking.

FREE RENTAL social, healthy, $350 POODLE NURSERY, OF POWER to $450.

931-808-6541 Sale 3: 2955 Edgewood Ave., Building lot We Have All Sizes, WHEEL CHAIRS ***Web ID# 806402*** all colors. Pups are reg., available for any have shots, health Sale 4: 2959 Edgewood Ave., Building lot Bassett Hound pups, area disabled vetguarantee & wormed. parents on site. $175 eran or members of Our nursery is full.

Terms: 10% buyer’s premium added to all firm. Serious only. their immediate $175 & up. 423-566-0467 865-237-4318 family. Manually sales. 10% buyer’s premium down on real ***Web ID# 805254*** operated wheel POODLES chairs also availestate day of sale, balance at closing. View/ STANDARD Puppies, BICHON PUPPIES, able. Call 690-7690 AKC, $250. inspection, call for appt. Leadbased paint Cute & adorable, CKC for information.

Call 865-230-3242 shots & wormed, & all other inspection starts May 13-June 25. reg., POWER Wheelchair, 6 wks. old, 2 M $350.

PUG PUPPIES, unMini Jazzie from 423-404-4189 reg. $250. 3 Fawn feViewing building is by appt. or 1 hour before live Scooter Store, good males. VISA & MC puppeeperson@yahoo.com cond $425. 865-922-8879 auction; lots anytime.

423-775-6044 BLOODHOUND Pups ***Web ID# 806654*** AKC, 7 wks., S&W, Dir. to auction site: Broadway to Old Broadway $400, 423-257-4322, PUG PUPPY, male, 6 China Crystal Flatware 221 to Walker Blvd. 4672 Dutch Valley Rd. wks. old, reg., shots 423-444-3933 & worming UTD, 5 PC sterling silver Auction sales will take place at Lyman CHIHUAHUA BABIES, $400. 865-661-8111 tea set with silverCKC, M&F, very plate tray, $3,000 Glass building on Dutch Valley Rd. off Old playful & fun, $225. PUPPY NURSERY. obo. 931-484-9853 Many different breeds 865-382-6119 Broadway.

Maltese, Yorkies, ***Web ID# 804119*** Malti-Poos, YorkiCO-OP AVAILABLE TO ALL REALTORS ENGLISH BULLDOG Poos, Shih-Poos, shots Sporting Goods 223 puppies, AKC reg. & wormed. Health 2003 CLUB CAR Golf guar. 423-566-0467 $800. Also 2 older Cart, 48 volt, rear females 865-458-3908 folding seat, headSHELTIES lights, new batterENGLISH BULLDOG AKC reg., sable & ies less than 1 yr. puppy, AKC, 1 F, white, neutered, house & old, excell. cond.

1st shots, vet chk'd, leash trained, health $2,100. 423-319-6735 $1,250. 423-519-0647 guar. 865-719-2040 Lic#2447 • 688-8600 • tnauctiononline.com ***Web ***Web ID# 807486*** ID# 804262*** ***Web ID# 804280*** WEST, 2 BR, 2 BA apt/condo, gas frpl., non-smoking bldg. $700+dep 865-531-7895 ***Web ID# 804290***

Condos- Townhouses 42 HALL REAL ESTATE & AUC2BR/2BA, SEQUOYAH SQUARE CONDOS, Sequoyah Hills near UT area. Great walking & bike trails! $110,000.

Call 675-7607.

Young-Williams Animal Center team member Amanda enjoys a few moments during June’s Adopt a Shelter Cat month with Chloe, a 2-yearold female buff cat. Chloe is in good company at the center with cats and kittens of all sizes, shapes and personalities for adoption. There is a cat for everyone. The center is also offering adoption specials all month, which makes adoption especially budget-friendly. When you visit, notice how many cats are actually free, thanks to sponsorship by their Furry Friend. Chloe is available for adoption at the main center at 3201 Division St. Hours there are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday, or stop by Young-Williams Animal Village at 6400 Kingston Pike daily from noon to 6 p.m. See all of the center’s adoptable animals at www.knoxpets.org.

FIBERGLASS fishing boat (no motor), 12'x4', $350. 15 spd Mt. Havoc Huffy Bike $30. 865-254-0266

ment. The hotline is answered 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

■ Support group meeting for family members or caregivers of an adult with a mental illness is 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month at Cherokee Health Systems, 2018 Western Avenue. Info: Rebecca Gill, 602-7807 or www.namiknox.org.

■ UT Hospice Adult Grief Support, for any adult who is suffering loss, meets 6 to 7:30 p.m. the first and third Tuesday of every month in the UT Hospice office, 2270 Sutherland Ave. A light supper is served. Info or to reserve a spot: 544-6277.

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BUICK Park Avenue 2000, cold air, runs great, lthr., loaded. $4500. 865-679-2100.

BUICK Regal GS 1999, loaded, new tires, very econ. & reliable. $2995/b.o. 865-397-7918 ***Web ID# 804562*** Cadillac 2000 Deville, 144K mi, silver, gray lthr, beautiful, mechanically perfect, $5995. 865-809-8458 CHEVY CORVETTE, 2007, convertible, AT, under 7k mi, many options, gar kept, mint cond. $41,500. 865-458-4236 ***Web ID# 806533*** CHEVY IMPALA LTZ 2009, 15K mi, ^ leather, 18" alloys, $11,900. 865-522-4133 Remodeling

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CHEVY IMPALA SS 1996, black w/gray leather int. 350 eng.

All pwr. CD, 17" alloys, great cond. 134k mi. $6000. 865-323-2102 DODGE Challenger 2009, 2 dr. Coupe, 6 spd manual, V8 Hemi w/5.7 liter, SR, auto., all pwr., 8900 mi., red $28,000 nego. 865-992-4849 Dodge Charger 2008, 4 dr, V6, tinted, all opts, 62,472 mi, good cond. 865-483-1862 ***Web ID# 805232*** FORD ZX2 2001 70K mi., AT, AC, good cond. $3200.

865-251-3735; 321-246-8651 MERCURY COMET 1971, 2 dr., 1 owner, ^ 57,500 mi., asking $6000. 865-436-7685.

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CHRISTIAN CLEANING LADY SERVICE. Dependable, refs, Call 660-2636.

MOTHER/ DAUGHTER CLEANING. Free est, refs avail. & bonded, Auto Accessories 254 Lic'd res/comm. 10% off w/this ad thru June MICKEY THOMPSON 2011. 363-8207 or 809ET STREET TIRES. 8543 P245/40R-18, $400 obo.

Call 727-492-7847.

Fencing

GIBSON 50' houseboat, sleeps 6, 1 1/2 bath, fully equipped $72,900. 865-675-2402

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Houseboat, Stardust 1971, slps 6, Attached Dock, Norris Lake $9,900 OBO 293-8258 ***Web ID# 795357***

Chev. Silverado 1992, 4x4, reg. cab, exc. cond. Rims, bedcover, running bds, extra tires & rims. $6000.

865-399-1930

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FENCE DOCTOR Fencing & repair, chain-link & wood.

I also haul off junk & cut downed trees.

Call 924-3052.

330 MASTERCRAFT 1986 GMC 2007 crew cab, Flooring 22' Tristar Inboard 4x4, LT, red, Z71, 49K V8, 1 owner always, CERAMIC TILE inmi., loaded, nice! dry dock storage. stallation.

Floors/ $22,900. 865-679-6057. $5500/bo 865-332-7407 walls/repairs. 32 yrs exp, exc work!

GMC SIERRA SLT ODYSSEY LEXTRA John 9 3 8 -3 3 2 8 2004, 4x4, diesel, 2003, 27' Pontoon low mi, 5th whl w/trailer, 115HP, 4 hitch, $17,500/b.o, stroke motor. Exc. Jim, 305-923-1145 Furniture Refinish. 331 cond., loaded with ***Web ID# 805659*** ^ extras 1 owner.

DENNY'S FURNITURE $12,500. 865-397-4061 Refinish, re- Tree Service or 865-382-1274 Antiques Classics 260 REPAIR. glue, etc. 45 yrs exp!

Retired but have a deODYSSEY LEXTRA 1965 FORD F100, V8, sire to keep active in 2003 Pontoon, 90HP AT, great cond. the trade. 922-6529 or Johnson, cvr, trlr, exc Original, $3500/obo.

466-4221. Selling an$12,900. 865-494-0711 Call 931-210-3741 tiques too!

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Weigel’s – an American story Local dairy celebrates 80 years

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The Weigel’s Farm Stores Inc. story is the quintessential American business story. It is a story of a family business launched to fill a need and adapting to changing times, succeeding with perseverance and luck.

The Powell-based dairy and convenience store company is celebrating its 80th anniversary this year with “80 Days of Wow” which kicked off June 13 and runs through Aug. 31. The company will be giving away $200,000 in prizes through social media and in-store promotions. The celebration culminates with a grand prize cookout in early September.

Weigel’s Stores is East Tennessee’s only familyowned local dairy. Weigel’s operates 56 stores with more than 500 employees in Knox and surrounding counties, including the recently opened Lake City location. Weigel’s was founded in 1931 by brothers William and Lynn Weigel.

The company is run today by William’s son, Bill Weigel.

Bill grew up in Powell being called Billy, and graduated from Vanderbilt University where he majored in pre-med. His dad told

Bill Weigel stands on the Weigel’s farm at Broadacres in Powell.

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The Weigel’s corporate headquarters. Weigel’s is celebrating its 80th year in business. him there would always be a job for doctors, but as Bill neared the end of his undergraduate work, his dad

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If your children have already started that “I don’t have anything to do” summertime refrain, or if they haven’t and you’re frantically trying to forestall it, Smart Toys and Books has come up with enough ways to keep youngsters entertained nearly all summer long.

The Franklin Square store’s one-hour workshops, held on Wednesdays and Fridays, are popular with both school age kids and their parents because they teach a lot in a fun way.

The workshops fill up fast, so don’t tarry. Here’s this summer’s line-up so far:

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June 22 – Color in Tattoo Party: Apply skinfriendly ink markers in cool summer colors to make wearable art. Pick from suns, moons, stars, insects, rockets, dragons and others to color. 11 a.m., age 5 and up, $6.

June 24 – Welcome to Our Science Lab: Find out how a tiny marble expands to 300 times its size and explore how super absorbency polymers do the work. Use jelly ice crystals, jumbo jelly spheres and colored crystals to demon-

vive and thrive.

“We have square buildings on corners. We’ll be selling something.”

Like any family business, the “official” beginning is hard to peg. The Weigel family experience in the U.S. dates back to 1847 when Carl Augustus Weigel brought his family over from Germany. Originally, the plan was to move to Wisconsin, but upon arriving in New York, Weigel met George F. Gerding who was the chief working partner of the East TenTo page C-3

strate amazing “scientific magic.” 2 p.m., age 5 and up, $6.

June 29 – Pop Stick Art: Use clean colored sticks to make giraffes, caterpillars, peacocks, flowers and cow puppets. Take them home and have a puppet show. 11 a.m., age 3 and up, $8.

July 9 – High Flying Foam Fliers: Design and paint four fantastic flying foam planes. Each plane has a seven-inch wingspan and durable construction.

11 a.m., age 5 and up, $6.

July 8 – Make Your Own Badge Art: Make four badges using a template or designing your own, color with markers and wear and share. Bring a favorite picture to add.

Design, snap together and clip them anywhere. 2 p.m.,

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wrote to him, inviting him to join the family business.

After years of organic chemistry, Bill was ready.

“Lots of time, you’re just plain lucky,” he said last week. “You’re just not smart enough all the time.”

Bill’s son, Kurt, has joined the company and is waiting in the wings to succeed his father. But things are tough right now.

“We’re suffering like the rest of the country,” says Bill Weigel. “It’s not a sales problem but a margin problem.

Sales are fine but expenses keep going up.”

Weigel’s has tried to hold prices, and Bill expects the economy to improve. He’s confident Weigel’s will sur-

Alex Mason and Beckham Spiller “camp out” in the tent at Smart Toys and Books.

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Celebrating fathers

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Raising awareness of elder abuse Terri Ware, Caroline Combs, Pat Kline, Stan Boling, Kathy Sergeant, Jan Coe and Jan Johnson sport purple clothes, along with a purple banner, in recognition of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. They are members of Knox County Elder Watch, which raises awareness of the financial, physical and sexual abuse, as well as exploitation and neglect, of senior citizens. The group also offers a training program to local churches called “Beware, Be Smart and Be Safe” to educate senior consumers about scams. “If everyone would adopt a neighbor, someone in a nursing home or someone who is alone, and check in on them, we wouldn’t have abuse,” says Boling, vice president for senior services at Covenant Health. To report abuse of the elderly: 1-800-252-5400.

Campaigning for change Ron Peabody, who is best known for his position against the Ten Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness, debates with TYP supporter Barbara Pelot. He resigned as co-chair of Compassion Knoxville, a citizen-led effort to get public input on how to address homelessness, in order to run for City Council at-large Seat C. His experience in dealing with the issue has helped him understand that “a lot of major decisions are made by a small group of people,” he says.

He wants to encourage people to get involved if they want to make see changes in the community. Changes he’d like to make include a community-based plan to tackle homelessness, a five-second yellow light on all city signals and a transition away from a traditional pension plan for city employees. Pelot says she’d like for pension decisions to be made by a task force, “to get the politics out of it.”

Not an axe-grinder but a vision-caster City Council at-large Seat A candidate George Wallace tells Barbara Pelot that while he’s not a political person, he has a lot invested in the community. “I don’t have an axe to grind,” he says.

But because of his experience as a principal in Coldwell Banker Wallace and Wallace, he knows how to “cast a vision, and make a plan for how to get there.” Wallace and Pelot are joined by mutual friend Scottie Dunford, who, according to Pelot, once put sand fleas in the britches of Mayor Tim Burchett. It remains to be seen if Dunford will support Wallace, but he’s a definitely a fan of the candidate’s wife. “He’s crazy about Stephanie,” says Wallace. Photos by Wendy Smith

Kids ‘get smart’ From page C-1 age 5 and up, $8.

July 13 – Paint Your Favorite Pet: Paint (with non-toxic colors) your own special pet to take home. Choose two from among dinosaurs, dogs or cats. 11 a.m., age 5 and up, $8.

July 15 – Nature Sand Art: Use the hottest colors of sand to peel, sprinkle and spread a beautiful art piece. 2 p.m., age 5 and up, $6.

July 20 – Sticky Mosaics Sparkly

Notebooks: Decorate a notebook with gems and jewels using sticky mosaics on the front and back covers. Age-appropriate notebooks are available for each age group.

11 a.m., age 3 and up and 6 and up, $8.

July 22 - Sun Catchers: Paint four different sun catchers using a rainbow of colors, then hang them in the windows. 2 p.m., age 4 and up, $8.

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Burchett in Farragut Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett spends a moment with Ed Whiting at the Farragut West Knox Chamber breakfast last week. Burchett drew support for his budget, which passed later that day 9-2. Photo by N. Lester

Good Scents sets reception Goode Scents, Etc., located at 114 Carr Street in Bearden, will host a reception for local artist Judy Sinclair at 6 p.m.

Thursday, June 30. Snacks and beverages will be served.

All are invited to meet Sinclair and enjoy her exhibit of colorful collage work which utilizes paint, photography, stained glass, hand-made frames and art papers.

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transformations holding babies in my arms and feeling the tremendous weight of responsibility in raising them. Even though my children are grown, I still place great importance on my role as father, and I’m really enjoying being a grandfather.

On Saturday, KCDC kicked off Father’s Day celebrations a day early as part of a HUD initiative.

We – and public housing authorities across the country – hosted events intended to bring fathers and their children together to celebrate fatherhood and family, while also connecting fathers to local programs and services. The events were an excellent way to support fathers and recognize the importance of their involvement in the lives of their children.

It was gratifying to see so many of our residents come to enjoy good food, fun and fellowship, and I am grateful for those who worked so hard to make the events successful.

KCDC’s Resident Services and Community Involvement committees, including Ashley Ogle, Kim Mills, Teresa Lawson, Jennifer Jameson and Becky Fetters, did a great job of handling the many event planning details, while many of our employees volunteered time to staff the events.

Area nonprofits pitched in to provide valuable health, education and vocational information.

Their involvement provided practical and timely information to fathers and other caregivers.

The Western Heights Community Alliance and First Baptist Concord at Western Heights made the Western Heights celebration particularly memorable with inflatables, a cookout and exhibitors. Other important event partners included: Eternal Life Harvest for Walter P. Taylor Homes; Lost Sheep Ministries and First Baptist Powell for North Ridge Crossing; and the Baptist Ministry at Montgomery Village.

Finally, I’d like to thank our partner the Boys and Girls Clubs for graciously opening up their facilities in our neighborhoods so that we could host the events and Larry Cox with Homestead for donating food for all four events.

My hat is off to all those who expended a great deal of time, energy and effort to celebrate fathers.

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The Lunchbox turns 30

By Wendy Smith Karen Sproles was a single mom with two kids when she opened the original location of the Lunchbox on Main Street in 1981. The lunchonly concept was designed around her daughters’ school schedule, and the downtown location was chosen to take advantage of the high concentration of business people with relatively few restaurant options.

She leased a 700-squarefoot building that was visible from the City County Building. It was owned by the Roddy family and was the original Coca Cola distribution building. The restaurant seated 24, and there wasn’t enough room to cook and serve customers at the same time. She cooked from 8-11 a.m., served lunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., and cleaned from 2-3 p.m. before dashing home to the kids.

Karen admits that she had no restaurant experience.

She’d cooked since she was a child and done some catering with a friend, but she knew little about running a business.

“I didn’t know what a food distributor was. I bought my food at Kroger. I used pots and pans from my house. We washed dishes by hand.”

In spite of her inexperience, the restaurant worked.

Karen was determined to pay off $10,000 she’d borrowed at 20 percent interest within the first year, and she did. She had a party with her staff when they met monthly goals.

“It was so great because we met our goals from the very first day and kept growing.”

Her personal life was also booming. She met attorney Don Sproles the week she opened the Lunchbox, and her girls were immediately

smitten. Karen eventually came to agree with them. The couple married in 1982.

Karen was able to double her space after she bought the building, but her feeling of security was dampened in 1987 when she picked up a newspaper and learned that the restaurant had been condemned by eminent domain to make way for Whittle Communications. Her quest for another small space led her to the former McDonald’s location in the First Tennessee Plaza on Gay Street. The space was 6,000 square feet.

The new location was also a success. A short time later, the couple opened a second location in the Renaissance Business Center on Baum Drive.

A few years later, during a bout of “middle-age crazy,” Karen decided to take advantage of a trend she was noticing. About 40 percent of daily

1999, and a store in Cherokee Mills on Sutherland Avenue opened in March.

The downtown restaurant moved to the BankEast building in April, and Karen is especially excited about the space, which has an art gallery curated by her daughter, Lauren.

The lunch-only schedule and the popular recipes are the only things that have been consistent over the last Karen and Don Sproles get ready for a busy day running four 30 years. The five-day worklocations of the Lunchbox Market and Café. Karen opened her week has allowed the Sproleses to retain an excellent first store downtown 30 years ago. Photo by Wendy Smith staff, some of whom have receipts were from take-out hot soups and baked goods. It been with them for more customers. People were work- took some time for customers than a decade.

Karen has learned a thing ing through lunch in order to to look at packaged food and get home earlier, she says. She not think leftovers, she says. or two since she opened that began selling prepared foods The Sproleses have exper- first store. When you are the from a refrigerator in Salon imented with various con- boss, the buck stops with you, Visage at Downtown West. cepts and locations, but now she says, and you have to lisThe endeavor was successful most of their food is prepared ten to customers and respond enough that the couple gam- and transported from the to their needs.

Don, who gave up his law bled on a new market-style central kitchen, which is adjastore at Centerpoint Business cent to their Cross Park Drive practice years ago, still enjoys Park off Lovell Road. store, which opened in 1998. interacting with customers.

“We’ve had the same cusThe restaurant sold fresh- A location at the Atrium on ly-made prepared entrees, Weisgarber Road opened in tomers for 30 years!”

Weigel’s – an American story From page C-1

Elaine and Stan Fronczek, Bettye Sisco of the Farragut West Knox Chamber and Gene Treacy, owner of Campbell Station Wine and Spirits, sponsor of the Second Harvest event, held monthly at American Piano Gallery in Turkey Creek.

Second Harvest gains from wine tasting Erin Cope of Triple C Distributors, which donated wine for the event. Food was donated by Kroger Marketplace. Featured wines were Chandon Brut Sparking Wine, Mezzacorona Pinot Grigio, Folie A Deux Chardonnay and Kung Fu Girl Riesling.

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nessee Colonization Company. Gerding was selling property for the company in Wartburg in Morgan County.

After spending about five years in Wartburg, the Weigels moved to the Forks of the River area east of Knoxville.

Carl Augustus Weigel’s son, Christian Frederick, was born in Germany and came to America at age 3. Christian Frederick Weigel had two sons, William Walter, born in 1882, and Arthur Wallace, born in 1885.

In 1918, the brothers bought a farm in what was then known as Powell Station.

William Walter had two sons, William Walter Jr., born May 1, 1911, and Lynn Burkhart, born June 21, 1917.

The elder William Walter and his brother, Arthur, divided their farming operations about 1931. Arthur and his son, Wallace, established Sunny Slope Dairy. Walter established W.W. Weigel and Sons and began a dairy operation called Broadacres Dairy – forerunner of the current Weigel’s Farm Stores Inc. One might think that dairy farming would be one industry that would see little change through the years.

That would be incorrect, according to Bill Weigel.

The Weigel brothers enjoyed great success during the ’30s and ’40s, supplying milk to Civilian Conservation Corps camps and the secret war operation in Oak Ridge.

The company’s routes for home delivery grew every year; however, by the late 1950s things changed. Women took jobs outside the home and were no longer available to accept delivery of milk. The industry was in danger.

The Weigel brothers adapted. Lynn recalled seeing a drive-thru type of store in Miami. He and his wife drove through the night with measuring tape in hand to get the dimensions of the Florida store building.

They returned to Powell and the brothers found and purchased their first Weigel’s Jug-O’Milk Farm Store on Sanderson Road. By using returnable milk jugs, the Weigels could pass along the savings for packaging to the consumer. The practice guaranteed loyal customers.

Just as Bill Weigel was initiating changes to improve the company’s profitability in 1961, he was called up to serve in the Air

The old log cabin in which Bill Weigel was born is located in front of the Weigel’s dairy.

A Weigel’s truck sports the company’s Tombras-created slogan – “So fresh it moos.”

National Guard during the Berlin Airlift.

He returned to oversee development of the current convenience store concept and in 1964, the company opened Knoxville’s first convenience store.

In 1966, Weigel’s introduced the ICEE product here. In 1970, the company began the area’s first self-service gasoline sales.

William Walter Weigel Jr. passed away in 1974, and Bill and Lynn continued to run the company.

Through the decades, the company has evolved to a territory that reaches from Greeneville to Kingston, from Lake City to Loudon.

And it owns several buildings on corner lots. “We’ll be selling something.”

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New senior classes

Eating healthy … vital at all ages Eating well is vital for everyone at all ages. Whatever your age, your daily food choices can make an important difference in your health and in how you look and feel.

Casey Peer Registered Dietitian

Studies show that a good diet in your later years reduces your risk of osteoporosis, high blood pressure, heart disease and certain cancers. As you age, your calorie needs are less. But you still need just as many of the nutrients in food.

Keep in mind, eating well doesn’t have to mean spending more money or buying costly ‘health foods.’

Keep in mind, eating well doesn’t have to mean spending more money or buying costly “health foods.” You can eat well on a budget by planning ahead and choosing foods that give you more nutrition for your money. In fact, you might find that you spend less, not more, to eat right.

Start by planning your meals and snacks in advance. Take a shopping list with you to the grocery store and try to buy only the items on the list. Before you shop, check store flyers to look for nutritious foods and ingredients that are on sale.

Get more nutrition for your money by choosing fruits and vegetables, fatfree or low-fat milk products, whole grains, lean meats and other healthy foods.

Avoid convenience foods, sweets and snack foods that give you fewer nutrients for your food dollars.

Before you buy, think about how much of a product you’ll really use.

Buy only enough fresh fruits and vegetables to eat within a few days.

Also, try not to buy more perishable items than you will use before the “useby” date marked on the package. Meats, poultry, fish, seafood, cooked vegetables, dairy products and eggs are examples of perishable foods.

Planning ahead can help you choose healthy foods when you shop. It can also help you get the most for your money.

Boost confidence, health

By Sandra Clark

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here’s help for seniors of all ages and levels of physical ability at The Wellness Center at Dowell Springs.

Two new classes have joined the lineup. They’re free for members and available for nonmembers. Both are taught

by Becky Polite, a personal trainer whose degree is in recreation with minors in gerontology and therapeutic recreation.

Becky Polite Gerontology, by the way, is the broad-based study of physical, mental and social changes in people as they age.

Becky was drawn to the field after watching family members age.

“No one is normal; everyone has an issue,” she says.

Lisa Wolf, managing director of the Wellness Center, is excited to extend program offerings. “This is not just a gym for the physically fit,” she says. “It’s a medically based, safe environment for seniors to enjoy.”

Sit to be Fit is a chairbased exercise program for those who have difficulty standing or balancing. Becky says: “We will work on balance, strength and flexibility with participants sitting or standing with a chair close by.”

The class meets each Monday at 9 a.m. in a classroom. Music is “appropriate,” meaning ’50s swing rather

than the raucous Zumba, and participants can be of any age or ability.

“If someone like my mom came, I’d want her to have a safe instructor,” says Becky.

“After age 65, we fall an average of once per year. The class works on balance for life tasks such as stepping off a curb or getting into and out of a car.

“You can work on your core whether seated or standing.”

Becky has had participants who use a cane or walker; one was blind.

Forever Fit is for more active seniors. Classes meet each Wednesday at 1 p.m. and emphasis cardiovascular exercise along with light hand weights or tubing. “It is low impact,” says Becky, “and music appropriate.” (That means more Lawrence Welk, folks.)

The class offers strength conditioning, help with range of motion and relaxation. Both classes are open to men and women of any age.

Benefits include improved fitness, fun, a social atmosphere and a sense of community, Lisa said. “Classes are geared toward the fitness level of participants.” Class size is often small initially until folks tell their neighbors and classes grow by reputation.

Obviously, more strenuous classes are available along with state-of-the-art workout equipment. Classes include the “Work It Circuit,” offered in a boot camp format; “Pump”; and “Functional Fitness.”

Becky Polite moved here from Orlando four years ago.

She lived in Germany for 12 years and is absolutely passionate about helping older adults meet their goals.

“I’ve seen people get off blood pressure meds or lose weight.

I’ve seen a man walk into class barely able to lift his arm and after our program he’s reaching up to change a light bulb.

“It’s really true – if you don’t use it, you may lose it.”

Listening to her you know Becky Polite will not let anyone in her classes “lose it.” In fact, we may see an army of cane-wielding Baby Boomer grannies and pappies charging down Middlebrook Pike to create social change. After all, that is “age appropriate.”

PROGRAMS AND OFFERINGS Zumba is a Latin-inspired, dance-fitness class that incorporates Latin and international music and dance movements.

Beginners are welcome and no experience is necessary.

Pilates – Improve your balance and core strength with our Pilates class.

Yoga – Learn essential yoga basics and experience the wellness benefits of poses, bends and relaxation in our one-hour group sessions.

Pump – Ideal for everyone from beginners to experienced exercisers, our Pump class targets every major muscle group. With minimal down time between exercises, you’ll get the most out of using the body bar, dumbbells, BOSU, step bench and more.

Spin – Ready to challenge yourself by starting your own spinning regimen? Spin is an entry-level spinning class lasting 45-60 minutes, perfect for beginners.

Cycle In, Yoga Out – An ideal fit for both beginners and veteran spinners, this is your chance to change up typical spin class routines by starting with 45 minutes on the bike and ending with 15 minutes of yoga.

Power Hour – Push yourself in our one-hour Power Hour class with 30 minutes of hardcore cycling hills, sprints and races, immediately followed by 30 minutes of intense leg and ab work.

Functional Fitness – Class involves a variety of exercise, including but not limited to: cardiovascular, balance and strength. Appropriate for seniors or individuals who desire fitness gains with little impact on the joints.

Xpress Fitness – Ideal for working individuals and travelers, our convenient morning Xpress class fits a total-body workout into only 45 minutes.

Work It Circuit – A 60-minute total body workout in a bootcamp style class.

Healthy Eating Series – It’s all about food! Classes are designed to provide you a hands-on, food-based learning experience to bring comfort to your kitchen. Each month will highlight a new topic to help YOU find success with nutrition.

Eating with Diabetes Made Simple – This 90-minute group class is specially designed for those with diabetes, and focuses on reading food labels, meal planning and eating away from home or on the go.

Grocery Store Tours – Get out of the classroom setting and take a closer look at how to properly read food labels and recognize healthier choices right on the grocery store shelf! You’ll discover there are a lot of choices available

that pack as much flavor as nutritional value.

Kids in the Kitchen (Healthy Cooking) – When the kids get involved in preparing nutritious meals, eating right becomes something the whole family looks forward to. Our Kids in the Kitchen classes help families make time for healthy cooking and eating, even in the midst of busy schedules.

Weight Management: Getting to the Basics – In this fourweek group program, you’ll meet 60 minutes per week to learn about identifying the barriers to successful long-term weight loss, plus effective strategies to overcome those barriers.

Cardio Fit – One-hour beginnerlevel class with cardiovascular focus. Class participants will be instructed and supervised in use of cardio equipment on the gym floor.