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The Shopper interns took a special tour of the Knoxville office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation last week. Perhaps the most excited kid in the group was columnist Jake Mabe. See page A-10
What a view! The view of the city of Knoxville’s skyline is breathtaking from the South Knoxville ridge, writes Ruth White. Legacy Parks Foundation executive director Carol Evans gave the interns a sneak peak at one of Knoxville’s most beautiful but lesser-known sights last Tuesday, as well as a history lesson at Fort Dickerson. See page A-11
Moment of truth arrives for Vols It is (winning) football time in Tennessee, Marvin West writes, and fans are so excited and optimistic and probably so full of themselves as to overlook facts.
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Lions celebrate ‘the Fifth’ Just days away for celebrating “the Fourth,” the Farragut Lions Club had a two-stepping good time celebrating the Fifth. On June 29, club members gathered at Concord UMC for Fifth Friday Night Dance, a social event that takes place every month that is blessed with a “fifth Friday.” The fun in June was a Lions Line Dance, and the fancy footwork and western shirts were plentiful.
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Index Coffee Break A2 Sherri Gardner Howell A3 Government/Politics A4 Marvin West/Betty Bean A5 Town of Farragut A6 Faith A7 Interns A10,11 Community Calendar A12 Business A13 Health/Lifestyles Sect B
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Mike Petty answers with chiropractic care for U.S. track and field athletes By Stefan Cooper Mike Petty will always wonder if he could have made a difference. Tom Pappas entered the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens as the world’s topranked decathlete. He had won the Jesse Owens Award a year earlier, given to the top male athlete in U.S. Track and Field. Of Greek decent and owner of Mike Petty one of the best point totals of all time in decathlon, Pappas was looking to make Athens a crowning moment. Petty, a Farragut resident and doctor of chiropractic, had noticed something in Pappas’ stride from video of the 2004 U.S. Trials, where the Tennessee All-American finished second after winning the World Championships the year before. Petty worked with Pappas at the University of Tennessee for some time to correct a landing problem that Pappas had when running. Petty’s brand of “muscle testing” was integral in diagnosing the problem and accelerating Pappas’ rise to the top. When Pappas asked Petty to accompany him to Athens just in case, Petty declined.
He didn’t want to get in the way or be a bother, he said. In the opening event of the decathlon, the pole vault, Pappas injured his foot and was forced to withdraw. “I just should have gone,” Petty said. When American sprinter and former Vol Justin Gatlin phoned and asked Petty to accompany him to this year’s games in London, Petty said he didn’t have to think twice. “The neat part is you develop a relationship, a camaraderie,” Petty said. “That’s what makes it special.” It has been a long, disciplined climb to the top for the Petty. After graduating from the University of Tennessee in pre-med in 1983 and Life Chiropractic College, where he was valedictorian, in 1986, Petty already had a plan in place. He’d heard a colleague address a convention about the benefits of chiropractic care for athletes. It fit nicely with Petty’s lifelong love of sports. When he opened his Concord Chiropractic Clinic in 1986, he made contact with University of Tennessee football coach Johnny Majors. Majors and then-Vols trainer Tim Kerin were interested but wanted to go slow, Petty said. When Kerin passed away suddenly in 1992, his successor, Mike Rollo, maintained a dia-
logue. UT placekicker Jeff Hall would soon make it even more insistent. Petty had steadily gained credibility for his pioneering work with the UT track team. When Hall injured himself in the weight room, the Vol training staff, looking for answers, phoned Petty. “I get this call from Mike Rollo,” Petty said. “They’d tried everything and wanted to know if there was anything I could do. He’d basically jammed his femur into his pelvis doing clean and jerks or squats.” After 10 days with Petty, Hall was back on the practice field booming kick after kick through the uprights. “That’s when (former Vol) coach (Phillip) Fulmer was out there wanting to meet me,” Petty said. “Everybody said, ‘Does that hurt?’ He (Hall) said, ‘No. It feels great.’ So everybody wanted to try it.” Petty is now a part of UT’s sports medicine team. The list of athletes he has helped excel beyond previously displayed limits includes not only the world champion and Olympian Gatlin, but former Vols and Olympians Aries Merritt, Dee Dee Trotter and Tianna Madison. Merritt is on his way to London after winning the U.S. Trials in the 100-meter hurdles, his time of 12.93 seconds missing the meet record by a hundredth of a second. Petty has actively followed Merritt’s progress. “Every time we went to a meet, he hit a PR (personal record),” Petty said.
Anthony Famiglietti brought his 2008 Olympic number to Mike Petty to add to his photo from the games.
Mike Petty’s photo of Tom Pappas captures the World Decathlon champion’s elation and bears a message of thanks to the chiropractor.
Trotter is making her third Olympic appearance, hitting the mark for London in the 400-meter run. Madison will race for gold in the 100 after a second place trials finish. London will be her first Olympics. Petty, who left for London on Sunday, will be keeping a close eye on Trotter when track and field kicks off Aug. 3. As he’d done with countless Vols, Petty said he began
noticing problems in Trotter’s stride during her run up to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. He immediately contacted Tennessee director of track and field J.J. Clark. “I texted J.J. and said, ‘You need to check the film on this. She’s running off the side of her foot,’ ” Petty said. If the problem recurs in London, this time Petty said he will be there and is leaving nothing to chance.
By Suzanne Foree Neal Turkey Creek Public Market has closed, but Farragut officials believe the building will get a second life once the Outlet Drive extension is finished. Assistant Town Administrator Gary Palmer was surprised by the market’s sudden closing. “I knew vendors were struggling. (The problem) was probably the location with only one way in and out. Personally, I think the concept is great.” The Outlet Drive extension, a $2.7 million Knox County project, will connect Lovell and Campbell Station roads, passing in front of the Public Market building. Farragut has paid $128,854 for rights-of way and negotiations are ongoing with four property owners. Jim Snowden, an engineer with Knox County, said the county would be in breach of contract if it did not finish the road. The project originated in February 2009, long before the Public Market opened. “It will be a very nice road with a center turn lane, sidewalks and bike lanes – a very good link for motorists.” It will relieve traffic on Snyder Road while promoting economic development, Snowden said. Palmer said the town will work with property owners to see that the
Turkey Creek Public Market probably won’t sit empty for long once the Outlet Drive extension is completed early next year, says Farragut Assistant Town Administrator Gary Palmer. He thinks road problems contributed to the market’s demise. Photo by S.F. Neal
property is maintained. It’s zoned for retail sales. Once the road is finished, he doesn’t think there will be a problem finding a new business to fill the space. Some say the endeavor, created by John Turley and Charles Atchley, wasn’t developed as advertised. Ann Lacava is a member of the Foothills Craft Guild, which she says was heavily recruited.
The guild took six booths, then dropped to four and then most members left. “It became real clear that you couldn’t find anything specific. There was no guide to where people were. We talked about a craft village with people grouped into like sorts of things.” That didn’t happen. The market was supposed to be more upscale to appeal to Farragut residents,
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but Lacava says after the first few weekends, Farragut shoppers didn’t come. A booth of fine jewelry next to one selling socks didn’t appeal to Foothills crafters. Turley couldn’t be reached for comment. “It didn’t catch on like a lot of people thought,” Palmer says. He echoes Lacava’s view that potential customers thought it would be upscale. Vendors came and went, with each responsible for collecting and remitting sales tax. Palmer does not expect a drop in revenue from the closing. “From the beginning we wondered how we were going to track and gauge it. With a lot of cash sales, there’s no way for us to track our tax share.” Steve and Audrey Nelson, who operated Pappardelle’s Pasta, closed their permanent booth in the middle of June, but kept an aisle table on Saturdays in hopes that things might turn around. “We were happy to see the best sales of the year in March, however after March the traffic and sales for whatever reason fell off a cliff,” Steve Nelson said. The Public Market had 500 indoor spaces and 150 outdoor booths.
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American sprinter Justin Gatlin, right, asked Mike Petty to accompany him to the Olympic Games in London. This photo shows, from left, Leonard Scott, Petty and Gatlin.
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