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with field day As part of the Farragut Movers and Shakers Club, the Town of Farragut Parks & Leisure Services Department will offer a field day on Monday, July 14, from 9 to 10 a.m. at Anchor Park. The Movers and Shakers Club is a free summer exercise program for students in rising grades kindergarten through eighth grade designed to promote a healthy lifestyle among families in the community.

The field day will feature games, including sack, three-legged and relay races, softball throw, kickball and wiffleball. A healthy snack and water will be provided.

Parents can either drop off or stay with their children. Children who are registered for the Movers and Shakers Club will count this hour toward the program; however, they do not have to be in the Movers and Shakers Club to participate in the field day.

Anchor Park is located at 11730 Turkey Creek Road. Cost for the field day is $3 per child. To register and pay by Friday, July 11, visit the Farragut Town Hall at 11408 Municipal Center Drive across from the Farragut Branch Post Office.

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IN THIS ISSUE Coffee Break Manuela Ptacek doesn’t want to budge from Farragut, where she has lived since 2001. “I love the house we’re in; it’s kind of out in the country.”

Meet the new president of the Knox County Republican Women chapter which formed in March 2013 and meets at 6 p.m. the second Thursday of each month at Chick-Fil-A in Bearden.

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Emery Hussar enjoys the Farragut Independence Day Parade from the Riverview Family Farm barrel train.

Farragut spirit shines through on the Fourth

By Betsy Pickle Young people aren’t noted for being early risers during summer vacation. But don’t tell that to the dozens who ditched their beds in order to go to school – Farragut High School – and line up for the Farragut Independence Day Parade.

Representatives from the Karns Fairest of the Fair organization were decking their float with tinsel garland and balloons just after 7

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a.m. last Friday. True, many looked as if they were still half asleep, but the parents (coffee cups in hand) working with the kids were energetically urging them on.

This was the first year for the Karns pageant group to participate. Executive director Kelley Grabill said they wanted to let people know that the Karns pageant is open to residents of state House District 89, and the parade was a

good place to get the word out.

“There are 2,000 to 3,000 people who line the street,” said Grabill.

“For that many people to come out and watch a parade is incredible.”

Sue Stuhl, the town of Farragut’s Parks and Leisure Services director, had a smile on her face as she directed parade participants to their positions.

“We’re thrilled about the weather after the rain we had last

year,” she said.

Members of Boy Scout Troop 444, based at Farragut Presbyterian Church, traditionally lead the parade but didn’t in 2013 because severe weather was a possibility, and they didn’t want to put the scouts in danger. Kevin McElmurray, troop committee chair, said the measure was Boy Scout policy, but he was glad to be back this To page A-3

A slam-dunk art show

By Wendy Smith It would be easy to assume that rising sixth-grader Terrence Tolliver spent the summer attending a high-priced art camp.

He debuted his new movie, aptly named “Terrence’s Slam Dunk Movie,” at the Claxton Complex, home of the University of Tennessee’s College of Education, Health & Human Services. The star of the movie is a clay Harlem Globetrotter that performs a series of outrageous slam dunks − with assistance from Tolliver. The animated video is composed of over 300

photos, along with video of Tolliver himself, decked out in Harlem Globetrotter gear and making impressive real-life baskets.

He created the film with the help of masters-level art education student Matthew Mikos, one of several graduate students who are teaching art at Inskip Elementary School’s new University-Assisted Community School program.

While it is officially a summer program, this is the county’s second University-Assisted Commu- Terrence Toliver, right, and UT student Matthew Mikos discuss the video Tonity School. The pilot program is liver created during Inskip Elementary School’s summer University-Assisted To page A-3 Community School. Photos by Wendy Smith

Demoted Earl speaks out at school board

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P.J. Coffin shows his patriotic spirit aboard the Cool Sports Icearium float. Photos by Justin Acuff

Former Brickey-McCloud Elementary School assistant principal Sheila Earl was moved to tell her story at last Wednesday’s school board meeting after hearing board members at the Monday workshop talk about clamping down on teachers who bypass the KCS “chain of command” by going public with complaints about the administration. Earl is fearful of retaliation but promised her daughter she’d be brave because many colleagues have received the same treatment

she has and don’t know why.

The last year she was an assistant principal, she was evaluated

by Knox County Schools’ elementary schools director Nancy Maland, who gave her the highest possible rating – a level 5 score. This result was typical for Earl, a 23-year KCS employee, so she had reason to be excited when she got a phone call from the KCS human resources department July 19, 2012.

“I naively believed that my time had finally come and I was going in to interview for a principalship,”

she said. “After all, I had spent nine years as a successful assistant principal after 14 years as an award-winning teacher. I had even completed the D-21 program with excellent results as well.”

When she went to the meeting with Maland and HR director Kathy Simms, she was stunned to hear that Superintendent James McIntyre had decided to return her to the classroom, a change that carried a 25 percent pay reduction.

“When I asked for the reason why, I was reminded that adminis-

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Maland retired at year’s end.

Earl, a single mother, was given very little time to clear out her office, prepare to teach third grade and readjust her family budget to the pay cut. Her former principal said she had no idea why Earl was demoted. Her new principal sugTo page A-3

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curity. These are two things most people want to learn about ‌ only when “trouble comes knocking.â€?

With whom, living or dead, would you most like to have a long lunch?

My mom, who died when I was 23. I would love to hear her thoughts on how my life has gone, and I believe she would be proud of me.

Other than your parents, who has had the biggest influence on your life and why?

First would be Rex, who was an adopted big brother.

He helped me through some really hard teen years and to understand that my mother’s alcoholism was not my fault. He modeled the kind of husband I should look for.

A very close second would be my cousin Gerri (20 years older than I). She was the one who showed me how I could be a strong woman, to be proud of myself.

Manuela Ptacek

Manuela Ptacek likes variety.

One of her favorite jobs was working for a temporary agency, which gave her flexibility and the relief of knowing that any unpleasant assignment would be short-lived.

Born in Southern California, the Navy brat grew up all over the world: Italy, Spain, Minnesota, Florida, Rhode Island, California and Washington, D.C. In her nearly 33 years of marriage to John Ptacek, she has lived in California, Alaska, Japan and New Mexico.

She doesn’t want to budge from Farragut, where she has lived since 2001. “I love the house we’re in; it’s kind of out in the country.�

She homeschooled her two daughters and two sons, who now range in age from 28 to 18. She says she’s “an instructor at heart.�

In February, Ptacek was elected president of the Knox County Republican Women chapter, which formed in March 2013 and meets at 6 p.m. the second Thursday of each month at Chick-Fil-A in Bearden. (Tomorrow’s guests will be Stacey Campfield and Richard Briggs.)

The Republican Women is just one of the activities vying for Ptacek’s time. She raises chickens, meets each Wednesday with the Aphrodite Shooters Club at the T.A.C. Range, teaches personal safety and health and wellness classes and is an independent consultant for Arbonne. She also assists with the youth group at St. John Neumann Catholic Church and is active at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, where she is registered.

The family pet, Neo, a therapy dog with Human-Animal Bond in Tennessee, passed away not long ago, and she’s hoping their new dog, Gigi, will soon be mature enough to become a HABIT dog. “There is a part of me that doesn’t think I’ve been given enough hours in the day for all the things I want to do,� she says.

Sit back and have a Coffee Break as you get to know Manuela Ptacek.

What is your favorite quote from TV or a movie?

So many to choose from ‌ I guess it is from the movie/ book “The Helpâ€? (by Kathryn Stockett): “You is kind. You is smart. You is important.â€?

What are you guilty of?

Scheduling too much! I get it all done though it can be the most stressful on my husband!

I still can’t quite get the hang of ‌ My son’s video games! Being a Type A, I have very little patience with sitting long enough to learn.

What is your favorite material possession?

My mother’s pearls. My father brought them back from Japan around 1950. Our daughter Erin wore them on her wedding day last year, and it was such a special moment to be able to put them on her.

What is the best present you ever received in a box?

My engagement ring! We will be married 33 years in August.

What is the best advice your mother ever gave you?

What are you reading currently?

“Consider the source and trust your instincts.�

Rita Davenport’s book “Funny Side Up.� She was an amazing and uplifting president of Arbonne International. She has such a great sense of humor; she’s a Tennessee girl who overcame so much in her life and loves to laugh.

What was your most embarrassing moment?

John and I always try to have a date night, and while we were stationed in Adak, Alaska, we had very few places to eat out. One evening it was just McDonald’s, with our then-potty-training 2-year-old (firstborn). John was the third senior officer on that very small island base.

Toward the end of our short dinner there was a trickle sound and then splashes, coming from the high chair!

Our sweet Tara had let loose her bladder with no warning. Of course, the place was packed! It was over-the-top embarrassing for us new parents, though all the sailors thought it was pretty funny!

What are the top three things on your bucket list? Return to Spain and Italy to see the places I lived as a Navy brat. Swim with the sharks (in a cage of course).

Square dance at an international convention with my husband.

What is your social media of choice?

Facebook, with LinkedIn as close second. Both have an important benefit, one for personal and the other for business.

What is the worst job you have ever had?

Though it was fun‌ Scooping 31 Ice Cream (BaskinRobbins) on a Navy base as a teen. The sailors kept us hopping, and, boy, they could eat a ton after a deployment.

Working with it every day, I began to hate ice cream, and even today I am not a big fan.

What was your favorite Saturday morning cartoon and why?

Road Runner! He was fast! And I don’t run well.

What irritates you?

People’s lack of phone manners and rudeness with said phone. Some people will stay yapping on the phone while being checked out at the store. They give hand signals to the clerk like they were some slave. It is soooo rude.

What’s one place in Farragut everyone should visit?

What is one word others often use to describe you and why?

Two favorites: Cranberry Hollow and Lighthouse Coffee. I can’t pick just one.

Strong. I’ve had many challenges in my life to show me how to be strong and confident in who I am.

What is your greatest fear?

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

The scars of past mistakes. I try to encourage my kids and the teens in our youth group to look ahead, to understand that what seems OK now, may not be so when they are older.

What is your passion?

Teaching health and wellness as well as personal se-

Snakes ‌ not even funny about that one. One of my brothers terrorized me with a snake many times. I can’t even see a drawing of them.

If you could do one impulsive thing, what would it be?

Wow, it might be to go skydive! Norman Vincent Peale said, “Live your life and forget your age.�

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“Participating in the parade links us to the Farragut community so much more than just being at the church,” said McElmurray.

It was the fourth time for assistant senior patrol leader Spencer Flint to march with his fellow scouts.

“It’s really nice to be in the parade yourself,” said Spencer, a rising sophomore at FHS. “The crowd sees you and then they all start cheering. We hand out candy, so everyone gets really happy for that, too.”

The Farragut Dance Team participates regularly in the parade. Georgia Gross, a rising junior, said her favorite part was getting to interact with children along the route.

“We give them beads every year,” she said. “Sometimes they want to get pictures with us. It’s fun to see how they look up to us and remember how I looked up to people who were in the parade.”

Of all the groups in the

Showing off their best martial arts stance before the Farragut Independence Day Parade begins are Nora Smith, Lizbeth Cambron, Emily Pass, C.J. Newton and Cole Fry. They would ride the Knoxville Academy of Martial Arts float in the parade.

lineup, perhaps the most patriotic ones were veterans. It was the parade debut for the Women Veterans of America, Chapter 44, which meets at 10 a.m. the third Saturday of each month at Ben Atchley Tennessee State Veterans’ Home. They previously marched as Women Veterans of the East Tennessee Valley, but they became a chartered group after the 2013 parade.

They were rolling along in conjunction with the Women Marines Association.

Jessica King, commander of the WVA chapter and a member of the WMA, had been in the parade the past four years and was excited to be back.

“Farragut is so patriotic, and they really put forth an effort,” she said. “Everyone comes out for it.”

Earl speaks out gested that perhaps this was a test to see how gracefully she handled difficult situations and speculated that she might get a promotion the next year.

“That, of course, did not happen,” Earl said.

There was a bit of a silver lining, she thought. Under state guidelines, Earl’s evaluation score qualified her for an APEX bonus, so she had reason to expect some financial help that fall.

But when she checked the APEX website in November, the words next to her name were “Employee no longer in good standing.”

She attempted to find why she had been labeled a loser, but multiple phone calls and emails got no response until her sister (acting without Earl’s knowledge) contacted the county ethics board.

Finally, in April 2013, she heard from KCS director of Human Capital Strategy Nakia Towns, who informed her that being reclassified as a classroom teacher after having been an administrator automatically made her ineligible for the bonus.

Earl, who said she has been shocked at the level of micromanagement that classroom teachers have to endure nowadays, was re-

From page A-1 quired to submit her emails to board chair Lynne Fugate in order to be allowed to speak at the meeting.

Many of the teachers who have been speaking out in recent months were present, although they were harder to pick out in the crowd because most were not wearing their familiar red SPEAK (Students, Parents, Educators Across Knox County) T-shirts.

Members of a newly formed group, Educators for Excellence, identifiable in bright blue T-shirts emblazoned with “I (Heart) My Job,” were there as well. Several members of this group are teachers from Dogwood Elementary School, and many are relatively young. Members of this group spoke at last week’s meetings, hammering the point that teachers really don’t have much to complain about. It is unclear what kinds of public forum rules apply to their relentlessly positive messages. Perhaps “chain of command” restrictions apply only to those who are critical of the administration.

One leader who did not wish to be quoted by name said several SPEAK mem-

bers decided not to wear their red shirts to the meeting so as not to set up a “Crips versus Bloods” atmosphere, since most teachers want the same thing – what’s best for the students.

Meanwhile, it has not escaped Earl’s notice that experienced administrators are being moved aside to make room for graduates of the KCS Leadership Academy, which cranks out a dozen or so “fellows” annually.

Here’s what she said when asked what she’d like to say to this new generation of educators: “When I was a young, naive teacher, I loved my job.

Now that I have gained more experience and wisdom, I continue to love teaching children. However, I now recognize that not all decisions made on a district level are appropriate for students on the classroom level or for my own child. Speaking up for what we believe is in the best interest of children is affirmation of the fact that we love teaching the students of Knox County Schools.”

She signs her emails with a signature quote from Pat Summitt: “It is what it is, but it will become what I make of it.”

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Dan, Krista and Anna Beth Lee take a family selfie at the Farragut Independence Day Parade.

Newcomers to the parade are Karns Fairest of the Fair winners.

Standing is Ambassador Destiny Ramsey, with, from left, Young Miss Mady Robinson, Lil Miss Malerie Taylor and Fairest of the Fair Kerrington Grabill.

Slam-dunk

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at Pond Gap Elementary School. Professor Bob Kronick, who spearheaded both programs, received funding for Inskip’s three-daya week summer program from donors in Raleigh, N.C. Through “creative financing,” he plans to continue an after-school program through the fall.

He hopes to find donors who will enable the program to continue year-round. Inskip’s summer program allows kids, who range from rising first-graders through middle school students, to have tutoring in math and English, along with art and a popular circus class. They are hungry for new experiences like the art class, he says.

“They lap it up like a dog that’s gone without water for 30 days.”

Inskip, like Pond Gap, has a large percentage of poor students. Elizabeth Noe, who teaches sculpture at Inskip, says the students are “energetic, happy and wonderful.”

Young students work in a wide variety of mediums, like painting, drawing and printmaking, during the summer program. Last week, they rode a bus to UT for an art show featuring their favorite projects.

University of Tennessee art education student Amber Patty applauds as Sumiyah Upton, a student at Inskip Elementary School’s summer University-Assisted Community School, presents her work at an art show held on the UT campus.

Cleopatra Richart, a rising sixth-grader, described her watercolor work, which was adorned with original Haiku poetry.

“I’m a huge fan of color,” she said as she explained a painting titled “Rainbow Girl.” Her mentor, Karrah Bennett, taught her about warm and cool colors.

Bennett said she noticed that Richart wrote in her sketch book, and she encouraged her to use poetry in her art. Reading about artists provided reading practice.

Art enhanced learning for other students, too. Rising fifth-graders Braxton Upton and Aaniyah John-

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McIntyre mojo melting away For most of his tenure as schools superintendent, James McIntyre has had the school board as his personal Alice’s Restaurant. He can get anything he wants, generally by an 8-1 vote: An employment contract extended to 2017?

Of course! Whiney-butt teachers can go clap erasers.

A five-year strategic plan railroaded through by August?

Sure! Why allow four (or five) new board members to come in and set policy later when a bunch of lame ducks can do it right now?

Want to overturn the recommendation of an impartial hearing officer who overruled your decision to fire a teacher?

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Last week, the school board sided with hearing officer H. Scott Reams, who had overruled the firing of Gibbs High School mathematics teacher Richard S. Suttle. The board shocked most onlookers by voting

Betty Bean 7-0 to turn down McIntyre’s appeal of Reams’ ruling.

McIntyre recommended Suttle for termination just before the start of last school year, citing excessive absenteeism, tardiness, inappropriate language, failing to properly “input” grades and wearing white after Labor Day. Just kidding about the fashion felony, but seriously, he threw the kitchen sink at the guy, characterizing his offenses as inefficiency, unprofessional conduct, insubordination and neglect of duty in a letter dated Aug. 27, 3013 (McIntyre prides himself on being a forwardthinking leader). The school board rubber-stamped the firing, and Suttle exercised his option to have a hearing before “an impartial hearing officer” whose decision

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dream, an embarrassment to most everyone but Campfield.

As a Knox County Commissioner, Briggs is remembered by many for his “reasonable man” argument that let former Knox County Mayor Mike Ragsdale dodging repaying thousands of dollars in undocumented travel and entertainment expenses.

Primary confusion In 1968, I first voted in Tennessee. The election was a state primary and a county general. At the sign-in table, I was surprised when the woman in front of me was asked which primary ballot she wanted.

I had lived and voted in several other states, but the notion of choosing between parties in a primary was new to me. The woman said she wanted to vote in both primaries, and despite the official’s attempt to explain the rules, she was indignant. It was obvious that she did not understand the difference between a primary and a general election.

Later, when I learned more about Tennessee poli-

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tics, I was surprised at the toleration of open primaries.

Since primaries are nominating contests, to me it stands to reason that only members of a political party should have a vote on who will be their standard bearer in a general election.

Otherwise, it is the same as allowing Gator fans to help choose the Vols’ quarterback when we play Flori-

ly unconvincing.”

Several teachers in the audience snickered when they heard that Suttle’s inappropriate language was calling a misbehaving student “Billy Badass.”

Board member Doug Harris moved to affirm Reams’ decision.

Pam Trainor and Gloria Deathridge agreed. Indya Kincannon asked if they couldn’t at least revoke Suttle’s tenure. The answer was no, to her visible disappointment, prompting one observer to wonder aloud if she was going to poke him with a stick.

(Revoking Suttle’s tenure would have the effect of making him a sitting duck for dismissal at the whim of the administration.)

McIntyre’s board majority is melting like the Wicked Witch of the West under a bucket of ice water, and neither his contract nor his long-range plan nor the August election will save him.

He’s done.

Alice isn’t cooking here anymore.

Siler’s campaign literature notes that “no parent should have to choose between putting food on the table and taking a child to the doctor.” That’s more than a platitude, it’s a fact of life for thousands of Tennessee families.

Campfield pulled a surprise last time around, and it’s not inconceivable that he could do it again. But soldier and surgeon Briggs has to be considered the favorite.

While Siler’s supporters would welcome a Campfield upset, Briggs is not invincible.

Estimates of the uninsured in Tennessee run as high as 866,000. Isn’t it time caring for those individuals became a “family value?” At least Cheri Siler thinks so.

is supposed to work.

Unfortunately, open primaries are not the main problem with our elections.

There are more serious ones: obscene amounts of money funding interminable campaigns; meaningless “debates” and political advertising that insults our intelligence. (Strangely, both alcohol and tobacco ads are not allowed on television, but we see misleading political advertisements poison our TV screens as elections approach. Sad.) Let’s hope that someday, more of us will understand that citizenship has responsibilities as well as benefits.

Perhaps then we may complain less and learn more about our government. After all, in this country, we the people are the government, aren’t we?

There’s more to Briggs, of course. He’s a respected surgeon and a U.S. Army combat veteran with the rank of colonel.

If you were sending a surgeon or soldier to Nashville, Briggs would be the clear choice. If voters want a clown, it’s Campfield in a landslide.

With Democrats scarcer than tour groups bound for Ukraine in East Tennessee, the winner of the Republican primary is the presumptive victor in November. But if you ignore Siler, what will you get for your money in November?

Whether Campfield or Briggs, arguably more of the

same. Bottom line, Briggs and Campfield are bobbleheads nodding to the same tired refrain.

■ Conservative values (whatever those are these days)? Check.

■ Oppose all tax increases? Check.

■ Support your Second Amendment right to be a one-person army? Check.

■ Limit the role of government? Check.

Then there is the standard boilerplate support of small business, jobs and education, although Campfield’s hypocrisy flares on the issue of government in the classroom.

Siler likewise pledges

support for small business and education, but what candidate doesn’t? So where do her “issues” part company with the Republican contenders?

Most notably, healthcare.

Campfield’s comparison of individuals who signed up for health insurance under Obamacare to Nazi Holocaust victims says all you need to know about his stance on expanding healthcare.

The Briggs campaign’s website doesn’t bother with healthcare as an issue. Pandering to the base, a physician upholds the right to bear instruments responsible for thousands of deaths and injuries every year but is silent on healthcare.

That, folks, is irony, and it’s morally indefensible.

da. It makes no sense.

Studies have shown that the best-informed voters are those who strongly identify with a party, and the most ill informed are those who do not.

From time to time, discussions arise about whether or not a candidate is a “bona fide” member of one of our two major parties.

In Tennessee, there are no “bona fide” members of either one. Voting patterns do not establish membership in a party; only registration can do that.

A closed primary system requires registration by party, which requires some knowledge of a party’s political philosophy. When independents learn that they cannot vote in a party’s primary unless they are members of that party, it

strengthens the two-party system, which, despite recent rancid partisanship, has on the whole provided stability to our government.

The best description of an independent voter that I’ve ever read came from Tom Danehy, writing for the Tucson Weekly. To paraphrase him – a high school girl shows up at the softball batting practice of a school in her neighborhood. She doesn’t go to the school, doesn’t like the uniforms or the coach, and doesn’t really want to be part of a team.

When she’s not allowed to have her way, she cries, “I’ve been disenfranchised!”

As far as I’m concerned, there’s nothing wrong with third parties, but I believe that in order to succeed they must be based on movements that can attract

very wide support. Otherwise, they often serve only as spoilers, as in Florida’s 2000 election, when the Green Party’s Ralph Nader received about 90,000 votes that otherwise would likely have gone to Al Gore. Just think about it.

When I went to vote in 2006 in another section of the county, I had a similar experience to the one in 1968 when I stood behind a young man who requested both party’s ballots. He accepted the official’s explanation politely but seemed confused by it. Perhaps learning some basics about politics and elections would prevent this confusion.

Many complain about government and politics; instead, maybe we all should pay more attention and learn about how the system

A healthy alternative to peas in a pod Next month some of you will go to the polls to select a candidate for state Senate District 7 in the November general election.

It’s an important contest, not merely for the chance to send Stacey Campfield packing. Campfield faces Richard Briggs and Mike Alford in the Republican primary. Democrats offer Cheri Siler, running unopposed.

If Alford were anonymous, we’d call him a stalking horse. Given his past association with Campfield, there’s little doubt he’s there to siphon off votes from Briggs.

Campfield is a satirist’s

could be appealed back to the school board. At that point he was entitled to be represented by the TEA lawyer Virginia McCoy, a fierce advocate who is worth the price of union dues.

Teachers don’t usually win these hearings, but Reams came down hard against Knox County Schools, ruling that Suttle’s transgressions rated a suspension, but not firing.

He noted that Suttle had a knack for teaching math to kids who don’t understand it, and that he had satisfactorily completed an Intensive Assistance Program.

He also questioned the motives of Suttle’s supervisors: “Why any administrator at a school with such dismal results in math would take a math teacher with an affinity for low-performing students and assign him to teach PE defies logical explanation.

“Mr. (Lynn) Hill’s explanation that he thought it would do Mr. Suttle good to get out and exercise is total-

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UT response to stadium issues When I asked Tennessee fans about Neyland Stadium experiences, Nate Harrison surprised me with specific comments.

In last week’s Shopper, Harrison offered what he hoped was constructive criticism about miscommunications, first-aid delays, gate rules set in concrete and two fans who blocked his view and wouldn’t sit down.

As promised, I asked Chris Fuller, UT senior associate athletics director for all external operations, including communications, sales and marketing, tickets and special events, for a response.

Chris is a busy man, but he responded, saying, first of all, it was unusual to re-

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ceive word of specific problems described by identifiable sources.

“Sounds like several things here, starting with the mailing address, that we could have done better.”

He spoke of good judgment and common sense but also praised the various support groups who are part of a home football game – including different levels of police, ushers and Red

Cross workers.

“We work cooperatively, but it’s easy to understand how not all are on the same page with all issues, especially when you’re dealing with 100,000 people.”

Concerning my favorite hot-button issue, Fuller said there is no policy regarding “standing fans.”

If there was one, he said it would be very difficult to enforce.

Fuller invited David Elliott, assistant athletics director for event management, to chime in.

“Chris is correct. We do not have a policy on ‘standing,’ and I do not know of any place in college or professional athletics that

does. We do ask our ushers to work with a customerfriendly attitude – which it seems they tried to do in talking with the patrons who were standing. We ask that fans try to respect others in their areas. But, as Chris mentioned, it would be an impossible task to try to enforce.”

Elliott said he has received very few complaints about fans standing in seating areas. He does deal with people who become abusive.

He says they are removed so others around them can enjoy the game.

Harrison wanted to escort his ailing mother-inlaw to their car and return to the stadium. The gate at-

Divorce shows Ball’s lavish lifestyle It is not often a serious candidate for the U.S. Senate has in his past a state Supreme Court decision that delves into his personal life, thereby making it public. But such is the case with Gordon Ball, a wealthy Knoxville attorney and Democratic U.S. Senate candidate in the Aug. 7 primary.

He is featured in the case of Marie Larsen-Ball v. Gordon Ball argued in the state Supreme Court on Sept. 4, 2009, and decided on Jan. 14, 2010, in a decision written and published by thenChief Justice Janice Holder, who is retiring in August. It can be found at 301 S.W. 3d 328.

Of the current three justices seeking retention on the court in August, only Cornelia Clark participated in this case. Gary Wade, who was on the court at the time, recused himself due to

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a longtime friendship with Ball. Only four justices participated.

The basic issue was whether a $17 million attorney fee received on Aug. 31, 2006, which occurred after his spouse filed for divorce but before the divorce became final, is part of the marital property and subject to equitable distribution in divorce. The final divorce hearing was a full year later on Aug. 27 and 29, 2007. $17 million is significant and worth arguing over, especially if one spouse is going to get 40 percent of it.

At the trial court, marital property was valued

in 2007 as $29,650,000, which included the disputed $17 million. The Court of Appeals, in an opinion

by Frank Clement (son of the late Gov. Frank Clement), held it was marital property, and the Supreme Court agreed. It had to be divided between the two spouses.

It makes fascinating reading as it appears in the opinion itself that Gordon Ball had a rich lifestyle. The opinion even refers to payments of $55,000 to paramours (the court’s language, not mine).

The opinion says: “Both parties enjoy a lavish lifestyle and spend money on a grand scale. During the marriage (Marie) Ball spent extensive sums of money … and (Gordon) Ball has not been Spartan in his lifestyle.”

It will be up to the voters in the Democratic primary

to determine the relevance of this in terms of who should carry the Democratic banner against Sen. Lamar Alexander in the November general election. Knoxville attorney Terry Adams is Ball’s principal opponent.

Another Knox County resident, John D. King, is seeking the GOP nomination.

Whether this part of Ball’s biography influences your vote (and how) is up to every Democratic voter. This writer thinks you ought to know about it and not learn of it after the primary is over.

Supreme Court: Predictions are that Gary Wade and Sharon Lee are most likely to survive the efforts to remove them from the Supreme Court, especially here in East Tennessee where they are known and liked. Justice Clark is unknown in East Tennessee. In West Tennessee, the

tendant said no way; if you go out, you are out.

Elliott says the SEC has a “no pass-out policy.”

Just guessing, but that is probably intended to eliminate halftime trips to cars for liquid refreshments.

Elliott said that in circumstances such as Harrison reported, gate supervisors are expected to intervene as best they can and make a judgment call.

“Sadly, people try to abuse this situation. However there are times when common sense should dictate response.”

Elliott said first-aid delays are sometimes unavoidable.

“Our event staff does an excellent job in managing 100,000-plus crowds, but with a number like that, incidents happen that do not

go as well as we would like.”

He said at early-season afternoon games, emergency workers have sometimes been inundated with calls due to extreme heat and humidity.

“We have had games where we have had 300 treatments.”

I liked Elliott’s attitude.

It matched Fuller’s.

“We try to learn from those incidents and seek ways to improve.”

There was no official UT response to my idea for a standing-fan section: no seats, short people in front, tall fans behind, stand for warm-ups, National Anthem, the entire game, even intermission, wave both arms nonstop and keep yelling, “Go Vols.”

three are not known as none lives there.

Those wanting a Republican to be chosen for state Attorney General may opt to replace Clark, giving Gov. Bill Haslam an appointment to the court, presumably one who would join the two Republican justices already there in picking a Republican AG. No woman, Republican or African-American has ever been state AG while the Supreme Court has made the selection.

The court picks the Attorney General, a duty unique to Tennessee. In this writer’s opinion, it is the major reason this political fight has emerged as many in the GOP, led by Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey, want to win the AG office, just as Democrats would want the office were the situation reversed.

It is surprising that three incumbents have not gone out to each of the 95 counties in full campaign mode introducing themselves to the media and voters. Wade has been the most active statewide, followed by Lee.

Dr. Rick Briggs seeks to unseat state Sen. Stacey Campfield as the GOP nominee to run against Democrat Cheri Siler in November.

Briggs, 61, is a Knox County commissioner. He moved here in 1992. Recently, he was available for an interview.

He criticizes Campfield for “the many things he seeks to take away from local government.”

Briggs has raised some $190,000, mostly from traditional GOP donors who back Gov. Haslam.

He favors the constitutional amendments to restrict abortions, to prohibit a state income tax and to allow the governor to name Supreme Court justices. He says Campfield “at times embarrasses the county and state on a national level.”

Briggs, who prefers to be called Rick, strongly criticizes the Campfield/Steve Hall bill to sell Lakeshore Park. He does not favor an elected school superintendent. He says he backs Haslam on what he has done on education.

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Namesake It’s difficult to receive correction, isn’t it? It’s easy when being corrected to fall into judging the person’s motives for correcting us, taking offense at the way they corrected us, and searching out inconsistencies and errors in the life of the one correcting us.

Steve Higginbotham But I guess that’s why David was said to be a “man after God’s own heart” (1 Samuel 13:14).

You see, David faced the stinging rebuke by the prophet Nathan. In fact, Nathan set him up in such a way that David had to have been humiliated and embarrassed. But what did King David do? Did he criticize Nathan for the way he rebuked him? No. Did he make excuses for his conduct? No. Did he seek out a way to discredit Nathan? No. Do you know what King David did? He named a son after Nathan! Check it out (1 Chronicles 3:5). Not only did David not take offense at what Nathan did to him, he later named one of his sons “Nathan.” That’s true humility and reflects a genuine desire to be right with God. David didn’t hate Nathan for his rebuke, he loved him for it.

Friends, those who have the courage to confront you for your own good aren’t worthy of our hatred or vengeance. In fact, in David’s case, his confronter was worthy of “namesake.”

Give it some thought.

Steve Higginbotham is the pulpit minister for the Karns Church of Christ.

SPORTS NOTES ■ Bearden High School’s Junior Cheerleading Camp for students age 5-14 will be held 6-8 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, July 14-16, at the school’s football field. The camp will feature the squad’s new coach, Chelsea Harris, a former UT cheerleader and UCA staff member. Cost is $55 which includes a T-shirt and $5 insurance fee. Info: beardencheercamp@gmail. com or call Lori Hampton, 256-0324.

■ Sign up as an individual player or bring your own team. Knox Youth Sports baseball is a developmental recreational league for boys and girls ages 3-12.

Games are Monday-Thursday and Saturday at Lakeshore Park with some games at Sequoyah Park. The season ends in June. Register online at knoxyouthsports.com or call 584-6403.

■ Diamond baseball tryouts at Simcox Academy, 11u AAA team for fall 2014 and Spring 2015, 2 p.m. Sunday, July 20, Powell Levi Field. Info: Joey Brewer, 414-8464.

■ The Diamond All-Stars, 600 Business Park Lane, will have camps including handspring 10 a.m.-noon Wednesday, July 16, and Wednesday, July 30, $25 per day; standing tuck, 12:30-2:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 16, and Wednesday, July

Rabbi Israel Dresner shares a meal with Blount County civil rights advocate Shirley Clowney during a reception at Temple Beth El.

Freedom Riders visit Temple Beth El

By Wendy Smith Israel “Si” Dresner, the most-arrested rabbi in America, spoke at Temple Beth El last week, along with fellow Freedom Rider Dorie Ladner.

The Knoxville Jewish Alliance teamed up with the Knoxville Bureau of Tourism and the Knoxville Airport Authority to bring civil rights activists Dresner and Ladner to town as part of the city’s celebration of the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Dresner, who is 85, became a Freedom Rider in 1961. After his first ride to Tallahassee, Fla., he was arrested for sitting at the counter of a segregated airport restaurant with nine other clergy members. He continued to be active in the civil rights movement after the Freedom Rides ended later that year.

He told stories of his close relationship with Martin Luther King, Jr., who requested that he bring a contingency of rabbis to protest St. Augustine, Fla., receiving federal funds for its 400th anniversary in 1965. Segregation in St. Augustine was “brutal,” he said. Even beaches were segregated.

He complied with King’s request and brought 17 Reform rabbis to protest. It was, at the time, the largest number of rabbis arrested at the same time. He spent

time in jail four times during the civil rights movement.

Dresner was amazed at King’s knowledge of Judaism. When he accompanied King on a tour of small churches in 1962, Dresner was asked to deliver the invocation.

Immediately afterward, the choir sang a song called “John the Baptist was a Baptist.” Dresner leaned over to King and whispered that John the Baptist was actually a Jew. King chuckled, and pointed out the error when he addressed the congregation.

After observing a Passover Seder, King was moved by the fact that the Jews haven’t forgotten their ancestors, who were slaves. He was convicted that African Americans shouldn’t for-

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Lori and Roger Fields have as much fun as the participants in their traveling interactive show, FX Live.

The effect is special for FX program The stage was filled with special effects for the last of the Family Fun Nights at the Hardin Valley Campus of Cokesbury United Methodist Church, but the “FX” in the FX Live program stood for something else: Family Experience. Roger and Lori Fields, directors and creators of the show, believe in active participation from their audiences, and anyone within a reasonable distance was a candidate to be a star.

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■ Bearden UMC, 4407 Sutherland Avenue, will host “Gotta Move!” VBS July 21-24, with ages 3-5 meeting 6-8 p.m., and kindergarten through 5th grade meeting 6-8:30 p.m. Register online at www.BeardenUMC.org.

■ Ridgedale Baptist Church, 5632 Nickle Road off Western Avenue, will host a summer-long VBS themed “Fun with the Son,” 6:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesdays, July 9, 16 and 23, for age 3 through 5th grade. Activities include classes in cooking, science, target shooting, arts and crafts, basketball and missions.

Info: 588-6855.

■ St. Mark UMC, 7001 S. Northshore Drive, will host “Weird Animals: Where Jesus’ Love is One of a Kind” VBS from 6-8:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, July 14-18. Classes for 4-yearolds through 5th grade. Dinner will be held at 5:15 p.m. Info: 588-0808. To register: www.groupvbspro.com/vbs/ez/stmark.

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get their ancestors, either, Dresner said.

Dresner pointed out that a disproportionate number of Jews were involved in the civil rights movement.

While they made up just four percent of the population, half of those involved in the struggle were Jewish. He said he hopes that Jews will continue to work for justice and democracy.

“The struggle is not over. It goes on.”

Ladner said her parents taught her to “fight back” as a small child, so they were not surprised when she decided to become a civil rights activist. She became involved with the Freedom Riders in 1961 and dropped out of college three times to join the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). She worked with SNCC project director Bob Moses to register voters and integrate public facilities.

Ladner said she enjoyed meeting with former comrades during the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer. Those who seek equality must bind together to fight outside forces, she said. “We, as a people, have a long way to go.”

Knoxville native and civil rights activist Avon Rollins agreed with Ladner’s assessment. Blacks still earn just 60 percent of what whites earn, he said.

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Although Celina Tyrrell is wearing vision-distorting goggles, she easily catches a chocolate doughnut.

The Fields brought their Kids Blitz Ministries show to Knoxville at the invitation of Cokesbury, which has been hosting family fun nights all summer. They travel all over the Southeast with a message of hope, encouragement and respect, presented in a way that children and their parents can enjoy.

The goal, said Roger Fields, is to create a shared experience involving parents and kids together. “There is

Will Tyrrell, 8, tries his hardest to catch a marshmallow hanging from a giant red balloon.

The lesson was: “Our mistakes are extremely little in comparison to God’s love.” no sermon time,” he said.

“The event weaves a message and demonstrates that message through interactive challenges.

“We try to turn a spectator into a participant,” said Roger. “It’s a sight and sound interactive events that communicates. Some kids are going through a tough time, and there is a lot of confusion. We just want give them hope and let them know that the Lord is with them.”

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Gonzo Gourmet owner Brandon Wilson serves up a delicious and healthy lunch to go.

The Gonzo Gourmet food truck feeds a line of hungry downtown employees in front of UT’s culinary classroom.

Cook it like you mean it The students of UT’s culinary program never know what to expect.

One week they’re learning how to carve an ice sculpture with a chain saw, and the next week they’re Greg Eisele dishing out healthy pasta from the kitchen of a food truck.

“We take students with no experience who are passionate but green and try to make them well rounded,” said program director Greg Eisele. During a 12-week program, students create food to serve at 10 events including an Asian buffet and an appreciation luncheon for Red Cross volunteers.

“It is an intense program

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based on life events,” said Eisele. Students are taught knife skills, butchery and how to create the perfect sauce, but they also receive help developing a business plan.

Gonzo Gourmet food trailer owner Brandon Wilson is a graduate of the program’s inaugural semester under Eisele. Wilson opened his business last October, serving dishes on the curbs of downtown Knoxville.

Wilson said he liked the small class size and the fact that you could pretty much

hit the ground running – or cooking – after graduation.

“You can land a very decent cooking job straight out of the culinary program, which is great for people like me who don’t have the time or money to spend two years in college,” he said.

Wilson also appreciated the help he received in class from specialists who explained the business aspect, which he says prepared him for the amount of time he spends in front of his computer instead of in the kitchen.

“Literally 80 percent of the time I’m keeping up with inspections, taxes and insurance,” said Wilson, instead of doing the part of the business he loves most, which is, of course, cooking.

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Culinary students Kayla Wetz, Kayla Cordell, Matt Leatherwood and John Hampton prepare to serve hors d’oeuvres and minted berry lemonade.

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Pam and David Hood enjoy Jimmy Buffett Night at Fox Den Country Club on Friday, June 13. Photos by Nancy Anderson

Partying with Parrot Heads Summer is a great time for beachy getaways. Fox Den Country Club brought the islands to members with Jimmy Buffett Night at the club. Guests dined on island-themed food and listened to the sounds of Jimmy Buffett. Joining the

Gary Morris and his wife, Paula, brought their grandchildren to Fox Den Country Clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jimmy Buffett Night to enjoy dinner and Jimmy Buffet music. From left are Christina Stacey, Kayla Merryman, Paula Morris, Daniel Merryman and Gary Morris.

Dinner group companions Sandra Schwartz, Brenda Curtis, Curtis Harmon and Rebecca Kelley get in the groove at Jimmy Buffett night.

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Regardless of our backgrounds and life experiences, we all want our court system to be fair, impartial, and responsible. We want Judges who both know the law and have the wisdom to how to apply it.

These qualities must be assured to all of us if we are going to have faith in our judicial process. This year, Daryl R. Fansler is seeking another term as Chancellor of the Knox County Chancery Court. He has been on the bench for almost 16 years. In that time, he has demonstrated his commitment to justice and fairness time and again. His experience in having presided over approximately 25,000 cases clearly shows the impact that he has had on so many peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lives. While some may have disagreed with his rulings, no one has ever doubted his honesty and courage in trying to find the best and most appropriate solutions.

We, as lawyers, are as different as you can possibly imagine. However, we are united in our support and belief that Daryl R. Fansler should continue as Chancellor in Knox County. The lives of so many Knox County citizens depend upon the experience of its judiciary - from family law to business disputes these issues are as varied as they are complex. They must be met by someone who has the experience, intellectual ability, honesty, professional fortitude and common sense to bring about fair resolutions.

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By Bonny C. Millard Designs for You, a family-owned business that recently celebrated its 25th anniversary, continues its successful path, not only by catering to long-time customers but by adapting to new opportunities. Recent opportunities have included a new location and a name change.

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Balanced Budget I don’t believe in spending money we don’t have. With one of the most fiscally conservative voting records in Congress, I consistently vote to reduce government spending in order to protect Social Security and control the federal debt.

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Repealing Obamacare I believe the biggest problem with the so-called Affordable Care Act is that it is unaffordable already. I will continue to speak out against it at every opportunity, and I believe our federal dollars are better spent on things like improving care for our nation’s veterans.

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es. A customer can email a jpeg of a business logo or other design, and it is scanned and then digitized to appear on shirts, aprons and many other items. Hathaway said her husband is extremely skilled in working with logos.

“What sets us apart is we do our own digitization here. We can turn it around a lot quicker,” Hathaway said. “We figured out how to do a lot and be efficient at it.”

Hathaway works closely with her daughter, Debby Nohe, who is the general manager. As a teenager, Nohe helped in the business and returned full time seven years ago. Their roles reverse back and forth as to who has the final say in a situation, but they are welltuned to one another.

“The two of us are very creative,” Nohe said. “We both have an eye for color.”

If a customer picks out a color that doesn’t seem to be the right choice, Nohe will call the person to discuss the situation.

“It takes extra time, but I think that extra time pays off, because we care,” Hathaway said.

Although the monogram business has changed over the years, traditional items to be monogrammed, such as towels, sheets and pillows, are still sought after, Hathaway said. Newer to the business are monogrammed clothing for teenagers, who can be very creative about it, Nohe said. Farragut High School students have had gym shorts, visors and hats monogramed and use Pinterest to find ideas, she said.

Debby Nohe, general manager, left, and owner Laurae Hathaway display some of the work of Embroidery Boutique.

“It’s been fun to see these kids getting into this and getting creative with it,” Nohe said.

The move to Farragut was not the first major change for the business. The Hathaways started the company in Boca Raton, Fla., and moved to East Tennessee in 2005 after a major client asked them to move to a more centrally-located area.

The idea of moving to Farragut came after Nohe joined the Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce a couple of years ago and saw the business potential in the area. Initially Farragut was to be a second location, but it made more sense to only have the one location, Nohe said.

When the business moved, they made the decision to change the store’s name, but the parent company is still Designs for You. Hathaway explained that new customers often thought the store was an interior decorating and design store.

Over the years, Hathaway has had the opportunity to create many different projects. Embroidered monograms and other designs are popular in the marine industry, she said. One customer had a 20-bedroom boat and hired the business to monogram all the towels and robes.

In addition to the embroidery and digitized work, the store also carries gifts and other items. Nohe and Hathaway create gift baskets and make corporate gifts for all occasions.

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Making a difference in India

By Bonny C. Millard A trip to India in January to help distribute vials of polio vaccines and to visit poverty-stricken schools provided a “life-changing experience” for four Rotarians and five Webb School of Knoxville students.

Elizabeth Gregor, Webb School of Knoxville multicultural coordinator, said that India was declared polio free during the group’s trip. Gregor and two others who traveled to India, Webb junior Rachel Yen and Rotarian Frank Rothermel, shared their experiences and impressions of the journey with the Rotary Club of Farragut.

“It was a life-changing experience for all of us,” Gregor said.

In addition to the three presenters, the others in the group included Webb students Lizzie Johnson, Caleigh Schaad, Helen Bonnyman and Ceci Bradley, who are all members of the school’s Interact Club, an affiliation of Rotary International. Johnson’s father, Rob, and Schaad’s father, James, both members of the Rotary Club of Knoxville, were also a part of the group. Rothermel is a member of the Farragut club.

One of their destinations, New Delhi, is a city of 18 million people and 10 million cars and demonstrates the vast expanse of wealth and poverty in that country, Gregor said. The group visited a recently-built temple that housed an 11-foot, goldplated statute while five minutes away people live in squalid conditions.

“We found that India is a land of contrasts,” Gregor said.

The purpose of the trip

Webb School junior Rachel Yen traveled to India with Rotarian Frank Rothermel and Elizabeth Gregor, Webb School multicultural coordinator, in January. Photo by Bonny C. Millard was three-fold: to participate in National Immunization Days, visit the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (BVB) private school, which has an exchange program with Webb, and visit the Bal Bahar School in the slums of another destination city, Chandigarh, said Gregor.

Rothermel said even though India has been declared “polio free,” there is still work to be done because neighboring countries still have polio cases. In Pakistan, for example, healthcare workers have been killed by terrorists, said Rothermel.

The eradication of polio worldwide is one of the major global initiatives for Rotary International.

During the January immunization, 175 million children across the country received two drops of vaccine, he said. “It is just phenomenal what this country has been able to accomplish,” Rothermel said.

Ending illiteracy is the next big push for the country that still has a large segment of the population who can’t read and write, he

said. While they were there, the group visited students and teachers at two vastly different schools.

Yen, president of Webb’s Interact Club, said they visited the Bal Bahar School and brought finger puppets, socks and art supplies to the children. She said the kids enjoyed getting their pictures taken.

Yen presented the school with $500 on this trip.

Since 2010, the Interact Club has raised $18,000 for the Bal Bahar School by collecting donations and holding dinners. Gregor, Interact’s school advisor, said the $500 donation would supply food for the children for a year.

During the trip, the group also met with students from the BVB school, including two girls who came to Webb School last spring as exchange students. Yen said her journey and her participation in administering the vaccine was a rewarding experience.

“It was very empowering to think those two drops could save their lives,” she said.

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Dr. Tom Kim, center, was presented the Service Above Self Award by club president Oliver Smith IV, at left, and Gary Ricciardi. Photos by Charles Garvey

Tom Daughtrey (center) was named Rotarian of the Year for 2014. He was joined at the podium by previous recipients of the award. From left are Bob Boothe, Larry Sheumaker, Daughtrey, Phil Parkey and Todd Wolf.

West Knox Rotarians pass the gavel

By Anne Hart The changing of the guard highlighted the recent meeting of the Rotary Club of West Knoxville as out-going president Oliver Smith IV handed over the gavel to long-time club member Gary West.

Tom Daughtrey, who chaired this year’s second annual fund-raising barbecue event and is presGary West ident-elect of the club, was named Rotarian of the Year. Ted Hotz was elected vice president; Charlie Biggs, secretary, and Keelie Ritchie, treasurer.

Dr. Tom Kim, founder of Knoxville’s Free Medical Clinic which serves the working

poor who can’t afford medical insurance, was given the prestigious Service Above Self Award for 2014.

Kim’s family fled North Korea when he was 6 years old. The family eventually made its way to the U.S., and in 1979, Kim came to Knoxville with the goal of “repaying his debt to America for the gift of a new life.”

Kim’s sponsor, Charles Garvey, described Kim as living the Rotary motto daily. “As a physician, he could be making good money, but he chooses Service Above Self.”

A new award this year, the Lucy M. Gibson Newcomer of the Year Award, named for the club’s first woman president, was given to new member Jason Fields.

Sam Balloff was congratulated on his 91st birthday.

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Cheering for ice cream The cheerleaders who keep the spirit high for CBFO games got together for some summer fun at McFee Park recently with a CBFO Cheer Ice Cream Social. The cheerleaders and parents enjoyed making their own sundaes and catching up with friends.

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A whole new era of digital films Tim Burns, technical director of the Tennessee Theatre in downtown Knoxville, thinks his dad, Bill, would approve of the venerable old theater’s new digital projector.

“He was always one to embrace new technology,” says Burns the younger, “and he would appreciate the enhanced quality of the digital presentations.”

The senior Burns spent his life as a movie projectionist. Even after he retired in 1984, he came to the Tennessee, where he ran every film until 2001.

“My dad started as a projectionist in 1930 at the ripe old age of 11 at the Lyric Theatre in Ashland, Kentucky,” says Tim. “He and my mother moved to Knox-

“I literally grew up in a projection booth.”

Though he describes himself as a film fan but not a fanatic, Burns does hold many special memories of a young life spent at the movies. In particular, he remembers a showing at the Capri 70, which was located where Bennett Galleries Bill’s son Tim, technical director of the theater, with the new now stands.

“There was nothing like digital projector Photo by Carol Zinavage watching a true Cinerama picture on that screen with sure enough! I started get- see Theatre has a need for this technology,” explains that sound system! One ting seasick!” movie I remember seeing Movies also affected the Vince Fusco, president of the there was ‘Krakatoa, East of youngster in a more mean- Tennessee Theatre FoundaJava.’ Before I went down- ingful way. At age 8, watch- tion board. “Movies come on stairs to watch the movie ing “The Agony and the hard drive now. We have a my dad said, ‘Don’t get sea- Ecstasy,” he asked his dad harder and harder time findsick,’ to which I laughed. where the church was that ing 35 millimeter film.”

In the middle of the movie Michelangelo was painting.

Regal Cinemas donated after the eruption, when the “When he explained that the new, state-of-the-art boat was riding the waves, it was in Rome I thought, ‘I digital projector at the besure would love to see it, but ginning of this year. Becky I guess there is no way I ever Hanson, executive director would.’ Ten years later my of the theater, is excited that high school band took a trip the new projector is capable to Rome. We toured the Vati- not only of showing movies, can, and as I stood in the Sis- but can be used for business tine Chapel my mind went events and simulcasts such back to that projection booth as the popular “Live from the watching Charlton Heston Met” broadcasts. “This is the painting that ceiling.” beginning of a whole new era Like all professionals in for the Tennessee,” she says. his field, Burns has known “The quality of the picture that the days of films on and sound is so much better” reels have been numbered than that of the old, obsolesfor some time. “The Tennes- cent way, says Fusco. Still,

Carol Zinavage

Carol’s Corner ville from Charleston, West Virginia, in 1949.

“The first theaters he worked in here were the Lee and Dawn theaters. In 1951 he landed a permanent spot at the Pike Theater and was there for 33 years. The Pike became the Capri Cinema.

He would also work relief shifts at the Riviera, Knoxville and Twin Aire drive-ins and has worked some at most of the other theaters in town.

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Bill Burns, who ran Tennessee Theatre movies for 16 years, in a photo from 1993

he points out that even this brand-new technology has a limited life span. “Eventually, there won’t even be hard drives,” he says. “Movies will come through a satellite connection.”

For now, Tim Burns is glad to have the new technology in his house. “We’re not going to be in a situation where we’re trying to run stuff that’s past its prime because it’s the only print we can get,” he says.

“We can get anything that’s been digitized.

And what would Bill, who passed away in January 2002, think about being put out of work by this spanking new system?

According to his son, he’d say, “It’s been a good run while it lasted.”

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Age-specific Pre-K-12 learning Classical Christian schools use students’ strengths at each stage of development to help them learn. Young children enjoy memorizing facts, particularly through the use of chants, songs, and rhythmic verse. Early adolescents are argumentative and increasingly able to draw conclusions.

Maturing students transitioning into adulthood become more conscious of how others perceive them, desiring to communicate more effectively and to apply the knowledge and understanding they have gained. Classical Christian schools seek to recognize this natural progression and employ methods that teach with the grain.

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But no matter what she tried, Theresa Turner’s heart could not be tamed. Openheart surgery with three bypasses didn’t do it. Neither did two more surgeries, three stents and EECP (Enhanced External Counterpulsation) therapy. Nor did all the nitro pills, pumps and patches in between.

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“To be brutally honest, I was scared,” Turner said. “When he started talking about using a laser and drilling holes in my heart, I was like, ‘You’re going to do what?!’

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I was thinking ‘Ohhh, OK.’ But at the time, I couldn’t breathe. I couldn’t walk eight feet without stopping to rest. I was hurting and simply couldn’t breathe. I knew I had to do something. There was no other way.”

No other way, indeed. TMR is for that small group of patients who, like Turner, have tried everything but still suffer from end-stage coronary artery disease with pro-

“I haven’t felt this good in years!” Theresa Turner said after TMR surgery at Parkwest.

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“I have a HUGE family history of heart disease, and I inherited very, very small arteries,” Turner explained. “As a matter of fact, Dr. Brewer told me they were so tiny they resembled threads. When he does a heart cath, he has to use a very, very, very tiny catheter. Even then he might have a hard time. That’s why I have so many problems – they clog up so fast because they are so small.”

Without the arteries delivering oxygenrich blood, Turner’s heart could not survive.

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the procedure relieves angina, there is strong evidence that as the laser pierces the heart it also severs nerves which transmit pain signals. More importantly, the limited injury to the heart’s myocardium by the laser stimulates the growth of new blood vessels, which increase blood flow to the heart.

Three days later Turner, who once felt that her cardiac problems were a “burden” on her family, was discharged from the hospital with a new outlook on life.

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“Anytime, anything, I don’t care what it is, I’ll go to Parkwest,” she says. “It’s a drive from here to get there but I’ll go there before I will anywhere else. It’s that good to me.”

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The bursts cut tiny holes smaller than the head of a pin through her heart muscle, creating a channel which allowed fresh blood to flow to the area immediately. The outside punctures sealed over quickly with little blood loss. After channels were created in the first area, Pollard moved on to other diseased areas of the heart and repeated the process.

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TMR may be part of future of bypass surgery While Theresa Turner’s vessel-growing cells and, transmyocardial revascularhopefully, keep them in the ization was performed as a tissue,” said Pollard, adding solo therapy, TMR could one that he believes FDA approval day become a routine part of will be forthcoming within the coronary bypass surgery, says next three years.

Dr. Thomas Pollard, a cardioPollard and Parkwest cardithoracic surgeon at Parkwest ologist Dr. Greg Brewer serve Medical Center. as consultants for a company In fact, Pollard says Parkthat manufactures the TMR west is now participating in device. Pollard acknowledges a national TMR registry that that “most cardiac surgeons in seeks to answer the question: Dr. Thomas Pollard Dr. Gregory Brewer the country have it available to Should all coronary bypass pathem, but it is still an undertraditional approach, usually be- utilized therapy. When I talk to tients have TMR? “It may be that TMR is un- cause of small coronary vessels.” other surgeons about it, I ask The advent of stem cell ther- them, ‘What else are you going der-utilized,” he said, adding that while only 4 to 7 percent of apy, however, could change all to do?’ These are patients with coronary bypasses at Parkwest that. chronic angina, they’ve tried According to Pollard, re- everything else, they can’t have include TMR, as many as 25 percent could possibly benefit from searchers are now working to- another bypass surgery, they’re ward extracting from the pa- maxed out on medicines, they’ve the procedure.

That’s because national stud- tient’s bone marrow stem cells exhausted all therapies. ies have indicated as many as 1 that grow new blood vessels and “I’ll be the first to admit that in 4 coronary bypasses are “in- injecting those cells into the TMR doesn’t always work when complete” or “compromised” due heart at the same time as the done as a sole therapy. I have had to the patient having vessels too TMR procedure. The procedure the occasional patients who say small to bypass or insufficient has been tried with heart cath- a few months later, ‘Thanks for eterizations but failed because trying but it really didn’t help graft material.

“When we are in surgery and the stem cells would “wash out” me.’ But if you look at the pubwe feel that (certain) vessels too quickly. lished data, 75 percent of pa“The cath lab studies didn’t tients say they are better. Now 75 need to be bypassed, and we are comfortable that our grafts are really show much benefit, but percent success rate is not that good quality grafts, we don’t do it’s thought that if you have these good on some things, but when TMR,” he explained. “We only laser channels to cause an in- you have no other options, it’s perform TMR if we feel the sur- flammatory zone, those inflam- pretty good.” gery will be incomplete using the matory cells attract the blood

Is TMR right for you?

Despite the many technological advances in managing coronary heart disease, as many as 200,000 people across the United States may continue to experience chronic angina and shortness of breath even after conventional heart procedures such as stenting, angioplasty and coronary artery bypass grafting surgery.

Many of those people might benefit from TMR, transmyocardial revascularization, a procedure in use since the late 1990s to increase the oxygen levels to the heart muscle, eliminate or reduce angina and improve overall cardiovascular function. It can be done in a 1.5-hour stand-alone operation or as a complement to open-heart surgery in patients who have areas of ischemic heart disease that cannot be bypassed. In the latter case, the procedure can be performed in as little as five to 10 minutes and can be done either before or after placement of grafts on a stopped heart.

About 20,000 patients nationwide have undergone the procedure with one-third re-

porting no angina pain after five years as well as improved breathing. Five-year studies show patients who have the TMR procedure have a 65 percent survival rate, compared to a 52 percent survival rate for those who choose only to manage their pain through medication.

Recovery time for the stand-alone procedure is shorter than the traditional, more invasive open heart surgery.

Of course, not every patient qualifies for TMR. Your surgeon will make the determination on eligibility. In general, it is for stable patients with severe Class IV angina that has not responded to traditional treatments, causing profound physical limitations.

It is not a treatment for congestive heart failure and it won’t improve shortness of breath that is unrelated to angina nor will it improve a failing heart. Patients who have had prior heart attacks may still qualify for TMR, but those with severely damaged heart muscle do not.

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Big Sky birding Unless you possess a time machine, there are only a couple of ways I know to prolong springtime, at least on this side of the Equator – go higher or go north. But why prolong springtime anyway? Why, to continue to enjoy spring bird migration, of course.

To spend more mornings surrounded by singing and courting birds, up from their wintertime hangouts in their spiffy spring feathers, active and conspicuous.

And an Eden-like backdrop of fresh spring wildflowers is certainly a nice accompaniment to the scene.

Thus, during the recent and seemingly unending winter, we searched for a place where we could indeed find spring again, after the one in Tennessee was done.

And we found just such a place, in northwestern Montana, which is actually farther north than northern Maine, and higher, too.

The place? The Nature Conservancy’s 18,000-acre Pine Butte Swamp Preserve and its adjacent Pine Butte Guest Ranch. Located just where the high-rolling shortgrass prairie that occupies the eastern twothirds of Montana meets the first row of craggy, snowcapped Rocky Mountains, the property rises abruptly from 4,500 feet above sea level out on the plains to over 8,500 feet up on the mountain peaks.

One could expect a late spring there, with lots of different birds and lots of flowers. And then the clincher: the birding program that week at the ranch was to be led by famous field-guide author and bird artist David Allen Sibley. Sibley, from Massachusetts, was to be joined by a co-leader, Keith Hansen, another bird artist

Dr. Bob Collier

and author, from the coast of California. It sounded like an excellent team, and they proved to be just thatexpert and very enjoyable.

The actual program was the first week of June, so Spouse and I headed out the last week of May and birded our way to western Montana. Along the way, we enjoyed some great history lessons. We crossed the path of the Lewis and Clark expedition (1804-1806) several times as we proceeded along the Missouri River from St. Louis, Missouri, to Great Falls, Montana. There are numerous parks, monuments and exhibits along their route, and the magnificent Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center in Great Falls, where we spent an entire day.

Finally, a couple of hours northwest of Great Falls and 2,300 miles from home, we found the Pine Butte Guest Ranch nestled down amongst a batch of big rugged mountains, and sitting beside the rushing, snowmelt-filled South Fork of the Teton River. And just down the road and out onto the prairie is the Pine Butte Swamp Preserve itself.

Now, you wouldn’t expect to find a swamp in Montana, and although the Pine Butte Swamp Preserve is wet, it isn’t really a swamp – it’s a fen.

That means that rather than having a big area of dark stagnant water standing around out there, there are lots of seeps, springs

and little springs filled with clear, cool groundwater from the mountains, which creates an interesting wetland in an otherwise sparse and arid countryside. That, in turn, attracts all sorts of plants and animals.

The wetlands turned out to be bad for the original ranchers. They had hoped to drain the “swamp” and grow crops and cattle – only the swamp wouldn’t drain. The ranch failed, and later became available, and the Nature Conservancy bought it. Which is great for nature. Now protected and with plenty of water, it is full of wild things – deer, elk, moose, bobcats, golden eagles. And grizzly bears.

Lewis and Clark first described the grizzly, at that time unknown to science.

They wrote that they were “verry large and turrible.”

And they indeed had a number of very close calls with them in Montana. The area of the Pine Butte Preserve has the largest concentration of grizzlies in North America. The momma grizzlies bring their new cubs down from the mountains in the spring to feed out in the wetlands below. All the ranch hands carry a can of “bear spray” on their belts, and we were all warned to stay aware of our surroundings and not wander around alone.

Ah, but the birds. The state of Montana may have only nine people per square mile, but it boasts a bird list of nearly 400 species. We were hoping to see considerably over 100 for the trip. At the ranch each day, we birded for an hour before breakfast, and then we were away, either out onto the prairie or up into the mountains, to see what we could see. Our searches for prairie birds out on the grassy hilltops showed us why Montana is called “Big Sky Country.”

You could see nearly forever in every direction, and the

sky did indeed look bigger than any I ever saw.

Out in the arid West, lakes attract large numbers of birds. We spent one day at a huge lake, appropriately called Freezeout Lake; it was 43 degrees that day.

Big rafts of birds were everywhere. We observed 15 species of ducks, four gulls, three terns, and more than a dozen other water-related

species – white pelicans, grebes, herons, marbled godwits and yellow-headed blackbirds.

Up in the mountains we spied numerous bird wonders, small and large, from tiny male calliope hummingbirds doing their big swooping courtship flights to majestic prairie falcons and golden eagles, nesting high up on the sheer cliffs

above us. We saw birds that only a true birder could love, with names like MacGillivray’s warbler, Townsend’s solitaire, gray jay, Clark’s nutcracker. My favorite bird of the trip has to be the amazing American dipper – a little gray bird that gathers its food by walking along the bottoms of rushing mountain streams, searching for aquatic bugs and larvae as nonchalantly as if it were pecking around in my yard.

Our species list grew and grew, and when at last we had to bid the ranch goodbye we had tallied up 142 species for the five days we had spent there. That plus a whole array of new wildflowers, lots of scenery and history, and some of the best steaks you ever ate, made for a trip that we would gladly repeat any year – except that there are a lot of other places out there, where we hope to prolong springtime again in the years ahead.

Noweta and Arissa garden club members tour Oakes farm. Pictured are Marjorie Gardner, Margaret Trammell, Regena Richardson, Debbie Johnson, Jennifer Hinson, Evelyn Lorenz, Carole Whited, Jean Hiser and Carol Ward.

Noweta in color The Noweta and Arissa garden clubs joined July 2 for a field trip to Oakes Daylilies. Ken Oakes explained the workings of the flower farm and took the group through the different vari-

eties of daylilies.

“I never planned to make this my calling,” said Oakes.

“My family started small and slowly just kept adding plants until we became the gardens you see here.”

Oakes Farm boasts more than 1,000 varieties of daylilies in almost every color except blue. The Noweta Garden Club meets at 10 a.m. each first Tuesday.

Info: ccwhited@aol.com.

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Cindy Lou Cindy Lou and Tabitha are gorgeous, fun-loving sisters about 9 months old. Cindy Lou is a petite classic short-haired silver tabby, while Tabitha is a beautiful long-haired mackeral silver tabby.

Cindy Lou is more goofy than her sister, while Tabitha is more laid- back. They play together, sleep together, and groom each other. While we would love for them to go as a pair (adopt both for the price of one!), they can go separately. They are VERY playful and active. They like to be held and to snuggle. They get along well with cats, and I think they'd be great with dogs and kids.

They are negative for feline leukemia and aids, current on their distemper and rabies vaccines, have been wormed, had Advantage for fleas, and been vet checked and spayed.

Noweta Garden Club member Margaret Trammell admires the blooms at Oakes Daylilies.

Marjorie Gardner, Margaret Trammell (seated) and Regena Richardson kid around on the giant rocking chair during a tour at Oakes Daylilies. Photos by Cindy Taylor

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Rain couldn’t dampen the spirits of music lovers attending the Meadow Lark Music Festival at Ijams Nature Center on Saturday, June 28.

Clouds rolled by and occasionally watered the gently sloped lawn next to the Ijams visitor center where hundreds staked out territory to watch bands on the temporary stage, but the mood was upbeat throughout the day.

Presented by Ijams and Volunteer Lorena Hubbard sells beer tickets to fellow Island WDVX, the festival benefitHome resident Michelle Schaur as Sophie Schaur, who’s almost ed both great entities.

6 months old, scopes out the Meadow Lark scene.

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 9 Summer Family Programming: Atlatl, 10 a.m.noon, Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center, 123 Cromwell Drive, Townsend. Info: 448-0044.

THURSDAY, JULY 10 Summer Family Programming: Blow Gun, 10 a.m.-noon, Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center, 123 Cromwell Drive, Townsend. Info: 448-0044.

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

FRIDAY, JULY 11 Sunset Music Series presents The Uptown Stomp, 7 p.m., Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center’s covered outdoor amphitheater, Townsend.

Swingin’ old-time jazz and blues music. Admission: $5.

Info: 448-0044.

Zumba® Kids class, 10-10:45 a.m., Community Room of Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. For ages 7-11. Theme: Pirates and Princesses.

Instructor: Gina Guider. Cost: $3 per class. No registration required. Info: Lauren Cox, lauren.cox@ townoffarragut.org or 966-7057.

Volunteer Traveler Square Dance Club dance, 7:30 p.m., Square Dance Center Inc., 820 Tulip St. Theme: Melon Fest. Caller: Bill Fox. Info: Janice Fox, 689-2665.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, JULY 11-27 “Thumbelina” presented by the Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Ave. Performances:

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MAYOR AND ALDERMEN Thursday, July 10, 2014 BMA MEETING • 7:00 PM

I. Silent Prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, Roll Call II. Approval of Agenda III. Mayor’s Report IV. Citizens Forum V. Approval of Minutes A. May 22, 2014 B. June 12, 2014 C. June 26, 2014 VI. Ordinance A. First Reading 1. Ordinance 14-07, an ordinance to amend Title 9, Businesses, Peddlers, Solicitors, etc., Chapter 4, Sign Ordinance, of the Farragut Municipal Code, Section 9-406 (4) (p), to amend the requirements for wall signs in the office district, three stories (o-1 3) and office district, five stories (o-1-5) – shared entrance building 2. Ordinance 14-08, ordinance to amend Title 4, Municipal Personnel, Chapter 3, Person nel Committee, to delete Chapter 3 in its entirety 3. Ordinance 14-09, Ordinance to amend Ordinance 14-06, Fiscal Year 2015 Budget, Capital Investment Program & State Street Aid VII. Business Items A. Approval of Bids for Contract 2015-06, Turkey Creek Road Slope Stabilization VIII. Town Administrator's Report IX. Attorney’s Report It is the policy of the Town of Farragut not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex, or disability pursuant to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Public Law 93-112 and 101-336 in its hiring, employment practices and programs. To request accommodations due to disabilities, please call 865-966-7057 in advance of the meeting.

SATURDAY, JULY 12 Cades Cove tour with Bill Landry, 9 a.m., departing from the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center in Townsend. Tickets: $50 per person; includes light snacks and a cold beverage. Reservations required: 448-8838.

The Second Saturday Concerts at The Cove: Kitty Wampus, 6-8 p.m., The Cove at Concord Park, 11808 S. Northshore Drive. Free. Info: www.knoxcounty. org or https://www.facebook.com/pages/Knox-CountyParks-Rec/55197043075.

Harvey Broome Group – Take-a-Hike: Obed Wild and Scenic River Segment, Cumberland Trail. Total hiking distance is about 7 miles. Rated easy to moderate. To preregister: Warren or Carol Devine, 483-7894 or warrendevine@comcast.net.

Hands-on spinning workshop with Fran Brown at Marble Springs State Historic Site, 1220 West Governor John Sevier Highway. Learn how to wash wool, how to card wool, and how to spin wool using a drop spindle. Cost: $25 per person. Register by Friday, July 4. Info/to register: 573-5508 or email director@ marblesprings.net.

“Make-It, Take-It” Rain Barrel workshop, 10 a.m.-noon, Farragut Town Hall,. Cost: $40 per barrel.

Advance registration required: stormwater@knoxcounty.org or 215-5861; include the location of the workshop, number of attendees, number of rain barrels, email and phone number.

Peach festival, 2-5 p.m., St. Mark UMC, 7001 S. Northshore Drive. Games, baked goods, free peach ice cream and a bluegrass band. Admission/all activities: free.

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

SUNDAY, JULY 13 Little Greenbrier School Old Harp shape note singing, 2 p.m., Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Info: Robin Goddard, 982-6148 or rlgoddard@aol.com.

“Stories in Every Jar,” free storytelling by members of the Smoky Mt. Storytellers, 3-5 p.m., Back Porch, 805 Parkway, Gatlinburg. Info: 429-1783 or www. smokymountaintellers.org.

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MONDAY-FRIDAY, JULY 14-18 Summer camp at Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Ave. “Beginning Acting” for ages 8-11; 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; “From Page To Stage” for ages 6-7, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; “Intermediate Acting” for ages 1216, 1-4 p.m. Info: 208-3677; knoxvillechildrenstheatre. com; info@childrenstheatreknoxville.com.

TUESDAY, JULY 15 UT Hospice Adult Grief Support Group meeting, 5-6:30 p.m., UT Hospice office, 2270 Sutherland Ave. A light supper is served. Info/reservation: Brenda Fletcher, 544-6277.

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

PK Hope is Alive Parkinson Support Group of East Tennessee meeting, 11:30 a.m., Kern UMC Family Life Center, 451 East Tenn. Ave., Oak Ridge. Topic: “Sleep Disorders” presented by Dr. Cherridan Rambally, Sleep Physician Neurologist with Oak Ridge Methodist Hospital. Light lunch provided. Info: Karen Sampsell, 482-4867; pk_hopeisalive@bellsouth.net; www. pkhopeisalive.org.

Old College Monthly Harp Singing, 6 p.m., St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 123 S. Jackson St., Athens, Tenn. Info: Cora Sweatt, 423 745-0248.

Sevier County Monthly Old Harp Singing, 7 p.m., Middle Creek UMC, 1828 Middle Creek Road, Pigeon Forge. Info: David Sarten, 428-0874.

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2 H/A units, 2 kitchens, 2 slides, twin air & WANT IT! AKC custom built many heat, W&D, sleeps Husky Male, amenities, about 4000 Siberian 23K mi, $35,000 Blk. & white or gray, SF, 3 porches, move in 6 mos. to 2 yrs, must Household Appliances 204a 6, obo. 865-850-9613 ready. Lower garage have full registration. has H/A. $700,000.

Class B Camper Ford GE Convection Wall 931-510-4269.

865-803-2421.

Diesel Van Rigged Oven, Elec., New, white, 27.6x25x23.5. For Camping, very low miles, many updates, $1300. 865-392-1166 Cemetery Lots 49 very good cond. Price Reduced. 865-216-2049.

Healthcare 110 Healthcare 110 FORD TIOGA CAMPER 2 BURIAL SITES Lynnhurst Cemetery, 1994, new awning, open/closing fees all sleeps 8, $9500. 865incl. 865-599-2693.

573-3032 2 Plots, Garden of Div., Sherwood Gardens. Retails $2185 ea. $3250/b.o.

579-5269; 680-1078

Room of Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. For ages 7-11. Theme: PJ Day. Instructor: Gina Guider. Cost: $3 per class. No registration required.

Info: Lauren Cox, lauren.cox@townoffarragut.org or 966-7057.

Farragut Movers and Shakers Club field day, 9-10 a.m., Anchor Park, 11730 Turkey Creek Road.

Cost: $3 per child. A healthy snack and water will be provided. Register and pay by Friday, July 11. Info/ to register: visit Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive; lauren.cox@townoffarragut.org; 9667057.

Zumba® Kids class, 10-10:45 a.m., Community

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I-DEAL TICKETS All Events / Buy/Sell 865-622-7255 www.i-dealtickets.com

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7 p.m. Thursdays and Friday; 1 and 5 p.m. Saturdays; 3 p.m. Sundays. Info/reservations: 208-3677 or www. knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com.

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BrightStar is seeking part-time caregivers and roving CNAs in the Knoxville and surrounding areas.

If interested, please call our office at (865) 690-6282.

ITASCA Navion K 2010, 24.5' Diesel, 1 slide incl. kit & couch, 15,877 mi. Sleeps 5, $72,000. 865-376-7681.

Motorcycles

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HARLEY DAVIDSON 1969 XLH old school chopper, totally restored, orig owner, $8,500. 865-310-8850 HARLEY DAVIDSON Evolution Sportster, 1200 CC, 5800 mi, like new. $4000. 865-522-8818.

HARLEY DAVIDSON Ultra Classic 2009, $4500 in upgrades. 1200 mi.

Better than new. $16,500. 423-404-2862.

262 Domestic

BMW 2013 328i Hardtop conv.

Like new. 9K mi. $31,500. 423-295-5393

265

FORD FUSION SE 2012, exc. cond. $14,000. 865-250-4443

LEXUS ES300 2000, Exc. cond. Loaded.

New tires. $4795/b.o.

865-397-7918

Mercury Grand Marquis LS 2009, silver, auto, alloys, cruise, climate, tan leather, Michelins, 121k, clean, LEXUS LS400 1997, maintained, $7800.

Coach Ed. 27 mpg, Steve @ 865-607-3802 Dk gray. 153k, lady driven. Runs /looks great. $4950/bo. 865- PONT. FIERO 1987, good restorable, 354-4609 / 423-534-4275 $1200 obo. Call 865466-7945 MERCEDES BENZ 2013 C300, 10K mi, black w/tan lthr, Cleaning 318 $23,900. 423-295-5393

MERCEDES BENZ 560SL, 1989 conv.

Dark maroon. Like new.

25,500 mi. $24,500. 865-453-6344 Mercedes E420 1997, 1 local family ownr, perf. maint., gar. kept.

170K mi, white/grey leather, beautiful &

safe

sport

sedan.

$5,200. 865-567-3555 MINI COOPER 2007, exc. cond. Sport package. $11,050.

865-250-4443 NISSAN MAXIMA 2001 GLE, gray, exc. cond.

145k mi, Leather int. $4400. 865-567-6098 TOYOTA COROLLA ^ 2001, 90k mi, good CHRISTIAN WOMAN seeks house to clean cond. Good back to in West Knox/Farr school car. $3500/bo. area. Quality work, 865-919-4102 guaranteed.

Refs available. 388-0084

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330

CADILLAC SRX 2004, fully loaded, trades considered, A-1 cond. CERAMIC TILE installation.

Floors/ 1 owner. $8200. walls/ repairs. 33 865-523-0582; 566-5209. yrs exp, exc work!

John 938-3328 CHEV HHR LS 2008, sunburst orange, 45K mi, new tires, Guttering 333 $9300. 865-919-2333 ***Web ID# 430826*** HAROLD'S GUTTER CHEV. IMPALA 2002 SERVICE. Will clean silver, int. gd cond. front & back $20 & up.

134k, Lt. hail damage, Quality work, guaran$2500. 865-567-6098 teed. Call 288-0556.

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