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Marie Leonard By Carolyn Evans One of the town’s founders, Marie Leonard says Farragut is doing just fine. Her husband, the late Bob Leonard, was the town’s first mayor. She continues to volunteer at the Folklife Museum. Marie Sharp was raised a block off Broadway in downtown Knoxville, rode trollies home from Knoxville High School, hung out at the soda fountain where her dad was a pharmacist. Kingston Pike, she says, was “a country road.� Marie, now 89, never realized the role she would play in the town of Farragut’s founding and growth. Marie was from North Knoxville and Bob was from South Knoxville when they met in
Farragut Book Fest Let your imagination run wild! Sponsored by the Farragut Arts Council and the Farragut branch library, the ninth annual Farragut Book Fest for Children will be Saturday, April 9, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Founders Park at Campbell Station, located next to the library on Campbell Station Road. Event media sponsor is the Farragut Shopper News. This is a featured Town of Farragut event in conjunction with the 2016 Dogwood Arts Festival. This educational and free event will offer an array of activities throughout the day, from storytelling to book signings to music. The first 400 children will receive a free giveaway. Children are encouraged to dress up as their favorite storybook character; a character parade throughout the park will be held at 10:30 a.m. These local authors will be on hand to meet participants while selling and signing their books: David Boyce, Bonnie Cadotte, Gayle Green, Thelma Hartigan, Charles Haun, Jennifer Madison, and Adele Roberts. The event will include art activities, face painting, cookie decorating and the Ruff Reading Program. New this year will be the Bright Star Touring Theatre (brightstartheatre.com). The group will be delivering two performances: Upcycled Cinderella at 11 a.m. and The Reluctant Dragon at 1 p.m. Free hot dogs, popcorn and lemonade will be available beginning at 11 a.m. while supplies last. In conjunction with this event, the Friends of the Knox County Library will host a used book sale at the Farragut Branch on Friday and Saturday, April 8 and 9, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Marie Sharp Leonard reflects on the beginnings of the town of Farragut and the role her husband played.
church during their high school years. After marriage, they settled in South Knoxville. As a lawyer, Bob’s job took him all over the city, including far-flung Concord. One day, as Marie was driving to a luncheon at Fox Den Country Club, she happened upon a new subdivision called Village Green. At the time, it was three streets, she remembers: Nassau, Heritage and Dominion. “I was intrigued with this neighborhood, with the sidewalks, lamp lights at each house, the clubhouse and pool,� Leonard remembers. “The developer was really ahead of his time.� She was so intrigued that the Leonards went to visit three houses that were for sale in the subdivision, and, in 1971, they bought the house where she still lives. “I loved living in a subdivision!� she says. “I thought it was such fun. Back then I knew everybody on Heritage, Nassau and Domin-
The town of Farragut was one of seven honorees at the March 1 awards dinner of Keep Knoxville Beautiful, held at The Standard. The town received a 2016 “orchid� in the open space category for its outdoor classroom. Nominated based on its ability to beautify and elevate the local landscape, the outdoor classroom opened in Fall 2014 at the intersection of N. Campbell Station Road and the entrance to Farragut High School to promote civic engagement and community involvement in Farragut. The town’s Stormwater Matters Program works hard to make this site a beautiful and educational demonstration space for the community. Since it was constructed, local schools and volunteer organizations have “adopted� plots in the classroom to implement service learning projects.
“We are very excited to receive an Orchids Award for the outdoor classroom,� said stormwater coordinator Lori Saal. “Many individuals from the town have participated in its conception, construction and continued maintenance, and we are grateful to have those efforts recognized by Keep Knoxville Beautiful.� Also at the banquet, Keep Knoxville Beautiful renamed the Evergreen Award to the Mary Lou Horner Beautification Award, given this year to the Knoxville Museum of Art. The Horner award recognizes a former orchid winner whose property has been beautifully maintained for at least 10 years since its original recognition. The late Mary Lou Horner, a longtime county commissioner, was a founding member of Keep Knoxville Beautiful and its biggest
Bob Graves, board president for Keep Knoxville Beautiful, with Jason Scott, former stormwater coordinator for the town of Farragut and Jake Greear, with McGill & Associates, landscape architects who designed the classroom. champion. Other winners are: ■New Architecture: Contemporary Women’s Health ■Redesign/Reuse: Oakwood Senior Living Center and White Lily Flats ■Restaurant/Cafe/Bar/Brewery: Babalu ■Public Art Project: Bringing Tap Back Water Refill Stations
By Wendy Smith Even though the Farragut Business Alliance has scaled down its request from $585,000 over three years to $75,000 for one year, the Farragut Economic Development Committee suggested that the proposed budget needs to be reworked to further limit the town’s contribution. FBA board president David Purvis presented the new proposal at last week’s EDC meeting. The Farragut Board of Mayor and Aldermen has requested feedback from the EDC on a new memorandum of understanding between the FBA and the town. The first proposed MOU was tabled at the Feb. 11 FBMA meeting, but the board approved $11,100 in temporary funding on Feb. 25 to allow the FBA to operate for the next three months. A request for $140,000 per year to implement Farragut’s new brand has been removed from the budget. The new budget includes funding for an extended, but not year-round, Shop Farragut program and $10,000 for contract labor for special events. The additional manpower would allow FBA executive director Allison Sousa
Sandra Clark makes the case for winners and losers who were not on the March 1 ballot: Winners: Tim Hutchison, Tim Burchett, Scott Moore. Losers: Gov. Bill Haslam, Laurens Tullock. Read Clark on page A-5
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EDC member Pamela Milliken (right) talks to Farragut Business Alliance board president David Purvis about marketing restrictions placed on Turkey Creek businesses that are in Farragut. Purvis presented a new proposed FBA budget to the EDC last week. Photo by Wendy Smith to devote more time to serving businesses, said Purvis. The proposed $110,000 annual budget would be covered by a $75,000 grant from the town, an estimated $25,000 in sponsorships and an estimated $10,000 in event revenues. Alderman Ron Pinchok, the FBMA’s representative to the EDC, pointed out that sponsorships have grown each year, and 2015 sponsorships netted over $31,000. An estimate of $35,000 for 2016 could save the town $10,000, he said.
He also suggested that the FBA charge dues. “I want to continue to help you, but I’d like to see you all become self-sustaining.� EDC member Phil Dangel, who is also an FBA board member, said the FBA would compete with the Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce if it charged dues because businesses would choose to pay one or the other. As the owner of the Shrimp Dock, he feels that his $1,000 offering to the Taste of Farragut event is his contribution
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ion Circle. Now there are over 200 homes here.� The majority of the women in the subdivision were homemakers. A women’s club called “The Villagers� met in the daytime at the clubhouse. The garden club met at night so the husbands could watch the kids. Leonard got involved in both. As the kids got older Leonard began looking for a job and “fell into� a position at East Tennessee Orthopedic Clinic, although she had a teaching degree. She began working full-time as an assistant to the physicians. All around the Leonards, however, things in West Knox County were beginning to shake up. “We wanted control of roads and services,� says Leonard. “There was a group looking at that, but Bob wasn’t involved in it. Then they started thinking of in-
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to the FBA. Pamela Milliken, who was appointed to the EDC last year, expressed frustration that Zaxby’s in Turkey Creek shopping center can’t utilize the FBA. She is marketing director for the store. The combined restrictions of the shopping center and the town make it impossible for her to advertise, she said. Dangel questioned the need to spend $10,000 on contract labor since events only occur four times a year. Sue Stuhl, the town’s Parks and Leisure Services director, said planning for events is a yearround endeavor. Pinchok said he’d like to see the budget reworked, and he’s in favor of a hotel/motel tax that would benefit the FBA as well as parks. Dangel said he’d prefer that the FBA contract be renewed annually rather than every two to three years. EDC members Jim Holladay and Pinchok agreed. Resident Robert Hill said that anything the town does to support business should be subject to rigorous, auditable metrics. “There’s no substitute for numbers to show you’re doing a job right.�
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Adams finds inspiring work at ETTAC By Betsy Pickle
The Hamilton family split into two tables, as mom, Kimberly Hamilton, enjoyed time with her dad, David Weakley, while her daughters entertained their father at another table.
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Audrey Hamilton, age 2, thought the day should have a little pirate action, so she used her nametag as an eye patch, much to the delight of her sister, Abby, age 8. Dad Jason Hamilton rolled with the flow. Photos by Nancy Anderson
This was not your granny’s tea time. And certainly not a tea you would sit for at Downton Abbey.
Sherri Gardner Howell FARRAGUT FACES All that suited the guests at the Father-Daughter Tea sponsored by Christ Covenant Church, 12915 Kingston Pike, just fine. It was just perfect for its audience, and the beautiful setting at The Reserve at Bluebird Hill gave the whole Sunday afternoon a touch of elegance
Hannah Watkins, age 4, loves Tim Hawkins and daughter Mollie, age 11, were all about those her date, her dad, Lucas, and cookies. her goody bag. – and enough freedom for girls-to-be-girls. The tea was an opportunity for dressing up and hanging out. Friends took
second place as daughters danced, dined and acted silly with their dads, which was the purpose of the outing, after all.
Marie Leonard corporating, and they were looking for somebody to be in charge. Bob had always been interested in government. I made the mistake of saying, ‘You can do this,’� she says, with a chuckle. The Farragut founders met late at night in the downstairs room of a Farragut pharmacy to look at the possibility of incorporation and address the problem of the lawsuits that would accompany the move. “Bob was always good at compromise and that was very helpful because we had lawsuits from Knoxville trying to stop the incorporation,� says Leonard. When the town was born, Bob Leonard ran for the position of mayor, holding the office from 1980 through 1993 when he decided not to run again. Marie Leonard continued to work, retiring from the orthopedic clinic after 21 years. She then got involved with the town of Farragut Folklife Museum. “Bob was very anxious for us to have a museum,� Leonard says. “This was a battleground, the battle of Campbell Station. Bullets and cannon balls were found in the ground on the farmland here.�
From page A-1 Leonard still volunteers once a month as a docent at the museum and gift shop and is on the beautification committee. As she looks back in time at the town she and her husband helped start, she believes Farragut is doing well. “We’re still trying to have parks,� she says. “That was also one of Bob’s focuses. He always wanted us to have parks in Farragut, and we’ve continued to get better at that. We have a town hall that’s functioning. We have good staff at the town hall. And we’ve bought the Campbell Station home (at the corner of Campbell Station and Kingston Pike), and that’s good. I’d definitely say we’re moving in the right direction.� Leonard says her early days gave her the best of two worlds. “I think I was real lucky to have grown up in downtown Knoxville and yet I’ve loved living in Farragut. I wouldn’t live anywhere else. I have wonderful neighbors. My son lives right here in the subdivision, and my daughter lives 10 minutes away. I couldn’t improve on my situation – except if the house were all on one level,� she says, with a laugh.
Riley Watkins, age 9, does the Twist with dad Mike Watkins at the Father-Daughter Tea.
Mary Thom Adams has just taken over the reins of the East Tennessee Technology Access Center, but already she’s set to leave for Havana. Figuratively speaking. ETTAC’s first fundraiser since Adams joined as executive director on Feb. 8 is the center’s fifth “A Night in Old Havana,� a fun event featuring authentic Cuban cuisine, a Latin dance showcase, a casino, a high spirits bar, cigars, coffee and dessert. The “Night� will be 6:30-10 p.m. Saturday, March 19, at the Lighthouse Knoxville Event Center, 6800 Baum Drive. “And for those who need to see March Madness, they also will be able to do that,� says Adams. ETTAC is a change from Ijams Nature Center, where Adams worked the past five years. She served as development director and assistant executive director there. Though just a 10-minute drive from each other, Ijams has been in the spotlight as a main player in the Urban Wilderness initiative, while ETTAC has lived a quiet existence since 2010 on tiny Childress Street. Founded in 1988, ETTAC is a nonprofit agency that connects people with disabilities to assistive technology devices that help them live more independently and with dignity. It serves 24 counties in East Tennessee. Adams first learned of ETTAC while working as a consultant to nonprofits. It
was one of her clients. “I thought the work that they did was really phen o m e n a l ,� she says. W h e n Adams she heard in late November that the center was looking for a new director, she put her name out there. “I loved my job at Ijams, so this was a surprise to me in many ways,� she says. “But I really wanted to do this work. I wanted to be involved in this organization and to support the people that ETTAC helps. I really wanted to do this. I’m very glad I did. I’m inspired every day.� Adams says she’s still learning about her job. “One of the things that was going to give me great pleasure about this work is the amount that I will learn,� she says. “What I bring to the table is that I’m an administrator. I understand how nonprofits work. I understand how to manage them. And I know how to raise money. And that’s the part that I can bring here that they need.� Adams was happy to help bring improvements for people with disabilities to Ijams, and to witness the work of ETTAC is “remarkable.� “A Night in Old Havana� tickets are $25. To purchase, call ETTAC, 2190137, or visit ettac.org
Marie Sharp grew up a city girl in downtown Knoxville, never dreaming she would be Farragut’s first First Lady.
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Trupovnieks: Roots, Vol memories, Rhonda His father, Janis, was born in rural Latvia in 1919. In an upset of tradition, he was allowed to leave the family farm at age 12 for advanced study and a chance at a better life. He beat long odds and was admitted for university pre-med. When World War II broke out, Latvia was caught in the Marvin middle. Germans threatWest ened but the Soviet Union occupied his country. When ordered into that army, Janis fled, 300 miles on foot The former Tennessee through Lithuania and Potackle, largest director of land, then as a stowaway on the UT lettermen’s club, is a small freighter across the in the midst of a satisfy- Baltic Sea to Germany. ing career in international He was caught but his sales. He has come far from medical training saved his Hopedale, Ohio, but that life. He was assigned to field trip does not compare to his hospitals. roots. When Hitler’s Germany
I have been remiss in holding back the Jani Trupovnieks story. Last week was a start but, borrowing from song, film and politicians, “You ain’t seen nothin’ yet.�
fell, Janis became a displaced person. He boarded a crowded train for GÜttingen with the idea of finally becoming a full-fledged doctor. All along the way, thousands of other refugees tried to climb aboard, even when the train was moving. Janis Trupovnieks, standing in a coach doorway, held on with one hand and reached the other out to clasp the hand of a young woman. He pulled Ingeborge Matilda Altmann aboard. She was from East Germany, on her way to be a Red Cross nurse. She never made it. Gottingen orphanages needed nurses. Three days later, she accepted Janis’ marriage proposal.
“I recently found the manifest showing their passage into the United States, at Ellis Island,� said Jani. “My father had made arrangements for them to stay with a Latvian couple in Quincy, Ill.� The young doctor did an internship in Cleveland. He heard about an opportunity in Hopedale. He stayed there all his working life. He became a legend of kindness, for giving back, for caring even for those who couldn’t pay. Young Jani grew tall and strong. He was going to play college football at Notre Dame (father’s choice) or Pittsburgh, 45 minutes away, mom’s preference. Alas, the Pitt coaches moved to Tennessee. Jim
Dyar turned Jani into a Volunteer. “Jim Dyar was and always will be the greatest influence in my life. Jim was a fantastic coach and recruiter, but an even better man.� Jani’s parents moved to Knoxville to see him play for the famous John Majors. Phillip Fulmer was line coach. Trupovnieks was injured as a junior. He started as a senior. Without meaning to, he helped Reggie White refine his swim move in daily practices. Trupovnieks, James Berry, Bill Bates and other teammates endured the opening 44-0 loss to Georgia and the 43-7 loss to Southern Cal but eventually made it to the Garden State Bowl. Highlight of his time at Tennessee came before that, in the summer of ’79.
He and other Vols were on Cherokee Lake, in a friend’s boat, “admiring the shore scenery and not paying a lot of attention to what was in front of us.� Jani heard a scream but it was too late. The boat struck a raft. Rhonda Brimer was aboard. “Once we made sure she was OK, I got her in the boat, begging her not to sue me. After that, I never let her out of my sight. “I really impressed her on our first date. It was quarter beer night at a Knoxville baseball game.� OK, so Jani crashing into Rhonda’s float as an introduction to an eventual marriage wasn’t as good as his dad helping Ingeborge Matilda Altmann onto the train but it’s the best I can do for now. Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@netzero.com
Proactive planning safeguards neighborhoods Anyone who’s ever wondered how an auto repair shop or an apartment complex could spring up next to a subdivision of singlefamily homes (and that’s everyone who pays attention) should understand sector plans. Sector plans are born after Metropolitan Planning Commission staff collects information like current land use, population, transportation and utilities for a chunk of the city or county. Then, using public feedback, they come up with 15-year plan to guide growth. After it’s adopted, they use it to make decisions about what should be allowed where. Things change, so sector plans get updated regularly. Once again, citizens are encouraged to participate. It’s a good process, except for the fact that every month, developers request sector plan changes that will
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allow them to rezone property so they can build what they want. There are six requested sector plan changes on this week’s MPC agenda, and staff recommends approval on all but one. County Commissioner John Schoonmaker, a former chair of the Knox County Board of Zoning Appeals, always has eye on the MPC agenda. Each month, he makes a report to the Council of West Knox County Homeowners on agenda items that may be of interest. He thinks sector plan changes are becoming more frequent because most eas-
ily developable land is gone, which encourages developers to build on less appropriate sites. MPC Executive Director Gerald Green has an idea that could reduce the number of sector plan changes. Developers could leave those oddball greenfields alone and use underutilized commercial land instead. Green chatted about development while driving down Broadway, where there are numerous examples of under-developed commercial properties. Some are small buildings with large parking lots, others are simply unattractive. “That’s our challenge – to use what’s not completely developed.� Developers like to start from scratch, so they’d prefer to rezone empty land, if it’s easy. It takes a community that stands firm on rezoning to get them to con-
sider existing commercial property, he says. That shift in perspective can be slow, but Green witnessed such a change while serving as a city planner in Asheville in the 1990s. The city examined the requirements for rezoning to commercial use, and evaluated property along major corridors. They found that the land was worth more than the buildings, which encouraged redevelopment. To bring about a similar shift in Knoxville, the community needs to attend planning meetings and talk to elected officials about taking a firm stance against rezoning to commercial. MPC staff wants to hear from the public, too. “They’d rather talk to (residents) than see their plans overturned,� Green says. Another idea is to use neighborhood plans rather
than sector plans to guide development. Neighborhood plans allow citizens to work together to decide how they want an area to look and put necessary development guidelines in place. The Bearden Village Opportunities Plan and the BroadwayCentral-Emory Place Small Area Plan are examples within the city. The county doesn’t have any existing neighborhood plans.
Guiding development is hard because it requires a proactive, rather than reactive, approach. It doesn’t work to fight development that’s already underway. Residents who want to limit commercial development in their backyard need to get involved today. MPC meets at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 10, in the Large Assembly Room at the City County Building.
QUOTABLES ■Hillary Clinton, asked if she’s ever told a lie, said she tries not to. “She’s no George Washington,� said Powell guy Bill Vaughan. ■Sam McKenzie, nearing the end of his term on County Commission, voted against everything associated with a new Gibbs Middle School. Most votes were 9-1. ■Ed Brantley just didn’t want to give a tax break to the
Tombras Group to buy the old KUB building downtown. His was the sole no vote, triggering a comment from McKenzie: “It’s a lonely feeling, isn’t it, Ed?� ■Donald Trump says his hand size doesn’t mean he’s lacking in other anatomical areas. “You just can’t watch these GOP debates with small children,� said a blogger. –S. Clark
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Owen’s big win surprises even herself No one was more surprised by the margin of Jennifer Owen’s victory over Grant Standefer in the District 2 school board race than Jennifer Owen. “Going into Election Day, I was torn between ‘I might win by a little bit, or I might lose by a little bit,’� Owen said. “When the polls closed, I had people Jennifer Owen at each location who got the totals and were texting them to me, and I was just shocked. I won every one of them, and thought. ‘Surely that’s not right.’� Owen went to Shannondale School at closing time, expecting to be wiped out, since that’s Standefer’s and incumbent Tracie Sanger’s home precinct. Sanger campaigned for Standefer.
Betty Bean “I looked at the Shannondale numbers and said, ‘Wow! I’m winning every precinct!’� So how did she pull off the biggest upset of the campaign season against an opponent who probably had seven times the money plus the endorsement of the daily newspaper and the support of Knoxville’s elite? These were the same advantages Sanger enjoyed when she was elected two years ago over Jamie Rowe. Owen said she believes the effects of the Sanger/ Rowe race and Sanger’s performance as a board member played a role in this year’s win. “A lot of people really thought Jamie was going to
win her race, so they didn’t work very hard for her. That mistake may have helped me more than we will ever know. People who are never involved were asking how to help. I think there was a lot of, ‘We screwed up last time and it can’t happen again.’ Owen credits Standefer for running a very civil campaign. “He was supported by the same people who supported Sanger, and even though he had a very different personality, I was still running against that same big money. I totally believe things would have been a whole lot meaner if I’d been running against Sanger. Maybe (Standefer) made me a nicer candidate. He’s a really nice guy, even though he didn’t have a clue about the issues. His niceness may have helped me.� Owen is a former teacher who has deep subject matter knowledge of education
issues. She designed her own direct mail and spent around $7,000, which she believes was far too much. She also believes Standefer’s money wasn’t spent wisely: “I have a post office box, and I kept getting Grant’s mailers at my house and at the box. It was ‘Oh, there’s another one!’ From the first day, I got two. I was wondering ‘Can nobody sort out this database?’ They should have taken out my name and the names of people they knew were supporting me. And they should have been taking out the early voters, but they didn’t take out anybody. It was very wasteful. “I kept thinking, ‘How is this marketing company doing all this?’ All I can assume is the more they spend, the more they get. They wasted money on me, because I wasn’t going to change my vote.�
The good ol’ boys are back Let’s review local winners and losers on March 1. Winners have to include former Sheriff Tim Hutchison. He stepped out for Donald Trump when nobody else would. Trump’s Tennessee win puts Hutchison in the spotlight and he will make the most of it. Tim Burchett called Bud Armstrong his friend three times in a 30-second TV spot. Bud rolled over the well-funded Nathan Rowell on his way to a second term as county law director. Scott Moore (and his father-in-law John Whitehead) survived efforts by Jim Weaver to link Whitehead to Moore and the Black Wednesday shenanigans. Whitehead’s win, though
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narrow, will clear the way for Moore to resume leadership roles in GOP politics. A notable loser was Commissioner Jeff Ownby who polled under 16 percent as an incumbent seeking re-election. Ownby ignored suggestions that he step down after his arrest for misdeeds in a public park. Gov. Bill Haslam didn’t help Marco Rubio with his late endorsement (half of the primary voters had already
Teachers and their allies are quickly taking over the Knox County Board of Education. After September, only two of the five board members who voted to extend Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre’s contract and then voted to give him a quarter-milliondollar buyout will remain. Ironically, many of the people who support an appointed superintendent are appalled. But without an election for superintendent, the only way teachers or others can register an opinion ■Looking ahead is through the school board Victor Ashe will be at- elections. And, as non-partisan, tending the GOP convention in Cleveland, putting a district elections without Shopper columnist on the party primaries, the path is clear for teachers to win. convention floor. voted in early voting), leaving politicos wondering why Haslam didn’t just sit it out. And how can Haslam’s own poll numbers remain so strong when he’s clearly out of step with voters on many key issues? The biggest loser, however, is Laurens Tullock. His email soliciting funds for Nathan Rowell, Grant Standefer and Buddy Pelot netted considerable cash but no winners, although Pelot will advance to an August runoff with Susan Horn.
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Trailbuilders in Knoxville this week This week, Knoxville is hosting a week-long national conference – the Sustainable Trails Conference – for the Professional TrailBuilders Association. The conference offers trail professionals the opportunity to build skills, discover the best tools and techniques available in the industry and network with others. “This amazing city is quickly becoming a trail mecca for hikers and mountain bikers alike,� said PTBA executive director Michael Passo on selecting Knoxville for the conference. “The amazing publicprivate partnership that helped create the Urban Wilderness is unlike any we have found in other great trail cities.� The PTBA also is announcing a new partnership program called the “Lega-
cy Trail,� which will leave Knoxville with a sustainably and professionally built trail segment connecting South-Doyle Middle School to an adjacent neighborhood and the Urban Wilderness. The major portion of the trail building will take place Thursday, March 10, and Friday, March 11, as part of the conference. The Legacy Trail is being built following last week’s announcement from the Legacy Parks Foundation to name and develop the 100acre property that had been donated by the Wood family in 2013, which will now be known as Baker Creek Preserve. Construction began on the property last week for the competition-style downhill mountain bike trail. It’s being funded by the $100,000 Bell Helmets
grant awarded to the Appalachian Mountain Bike Club last year after a nationwide competition. It adds to the seven additional trails also under construction funded by a $200,000 RTP grant to DeAnn Bogus Legacy Parks from the state company. of Tennessee. Prior to Bechtel, she “It’s great to see increasing momentum for the Ur- worked for Lenoir City as a ban Wilderness and our certified building inspector. She will report to Peter reputation as an outdoor tourism city,� said Mayor Ahrens, director of Plans Madeline Rogero. “We’re Review and Inspections. He said one of her first grateful to Legacy Parks and projects will be managing everyone involved for their part in enhancing the Urban and improving the current form districts section of the Wilderness.� zoning code. These are land development regulations focused Rogero also announced on physical form as comthe hiring of DeAnn Bogus pared to joint use. Knoxas deputy director for the ville’s South Waterfront and city’s Plans Review and In- Cumberland Avenue project areas are both based on spections Department. Since 2008, Bogus has form-based code.
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government Lord, send us a sign Team Rogero still has not erected any signs pointing the way to the new Blount Knox greenway from Buck Karnes Bridge to Marine Park next to the naval station adjacent to Alcoa Highway. City spokesperson Eric Vreeland months ago said signs would be installed, but apparently the memo directing this has not been received. There was great fanfare when this greenway was officially opened but not much follow up. The Rogero Administration has had a tardy record in building greenways including the one along First Creek and Broadway which was promised by the mayor in her first budget message some four years ago. One has to wonder what is really happening in the greenway program. ■State Sen. Dolores Gresham has introduced legislation to alter the makeup of the UT Board of Trustees by reducing its size and dividing the appointments between the two speakers, currently Ron Ramsey and Beth Harwell, and the governor. The current board and Gov. Bill Haslam oppose the legislation and it may not pass. However, its introduction does focus attention on the current board and its role in running the university. Sen. Gresham is a retired lieutenant colonel and an active lawmaker. Much of the criticism of the board – which include Knoxvillians Raja Jubran, Charles Anderson and Sharon Pryse – has been the board’s refusal to hear public discussion on the Lady Vols name change despite 25,000 signatures on a petition. Other points include little discussion or deliberation at the actual board meetings which are not shown on public television as the Legislature is. Gov. Haslam chairs the board by election of the board. He is a board member by law and appoints the trustees. Haslam does not regularly attend and Jubran as vice chair then chairs the
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The city’s Public Service Department is heading into “pothole season� with 129 service requests pending since January. The city’s policy is to address service requests for pothole repairs within 48 hours during the business week. This is in addition to regularly scheduled road inspections in which potholes are patched. To report a pothole, just call the 311 city information line or submit a report on 311’s web page at knoxvilletn.gov/ pothole. Last year, the city spent more than $200,000 completing repairs with an estimate of 1,800 potholes patched.
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SENIOR NOTES ■Frank R. Strang Senior Center 109 Lovell Heights Road 670-6693 knoxcounty.org/seniors Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Offerings include: card games; exercise programs; dance classes; watercolor classes; Tai Chi; blood pressure checks; Mahjong; senior-friendly computer classes. The center’s lounge/ resource area contains a lending library, puzzle table, Green Mountain Coffee, television and newspapers, along with a “Senior Services� resource wall. Veterans Services, 11 a.m.-noon Thursday, March 10. ■Karns Senior Center 8042 Oak Ridge Highway 951-2653 knoxcounty.org/seniors Monday-Friday 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Offerings include: card games; dance classes; exercise programs; mahjong; art classes; farkle dice games; dominoes; a computer lab; billiards room; outdoor grill and kitchen area. Veterans Services, 9-10 a.m. Friday, March 18. ■CAC Office on Aging 2247 Western Ave. 524-2786 knoxooa@knoxseniors. org ■Knox County Senior Services City County Building 400 Main St., Suite 615 215-4044 Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. ■Senior Citizens Information and Referral Service 2247 Western Ave. 524-2786 knoxseniors.org Provides information about services for persons age 60+ and those with disabilities who live in Knoxville or Knox County and referrals when needed.
By Sandra Clark For “show and tellâ€? at Sherrill Hills Retirement Community, several residents displayed their artwork. It was varied and quite impressive. And then there was the potato jewelry ‌ Marty Sanders originated the event last year. A retired teacher, Sanders has lived in nine states and overseas. Her specialty is embroidery, a craft she’s enjoyed since she was a kid. She displayed 12 framed pieces – one for each month of the year – and said she changes them on her door each month. Each features a flower. Growing up in Detroit, Sanders vacationed with family in the Smokies where she “fell in love with the mountains.â€? Her husband’s career in the U.S. Air Force took them to several states and abroad. After retirement, they spent winters at an RV camp in South Texas. The camp had a carpentry shop, ceramics with a kiln, wood carving and quilting. At the first of March, before folks went home, they held a show and tell. “I knew (at Sherrill Hills) people were doing lots of things. There’s nothing in the show for sale. We just wanted to show each other how we spend our time and what we enjoy doing.â€? Evelyn Smith retired to Knoxville to be near family. Originally from Missouri, her family moved a lot because of her husband’s work. They raised three boys. “I’ve always been involved in art,â€? she says. Her work ranges from velvet painting (think Elvis) to theorem painting using
patterns of Mylar. She’s also got cross-stitch and blocks she cut with a handsaw. Her prize piece, however, is a quilt in perfect geometric designs. Harold Hahn displayed wood carving, a hobby he’s practiced over 15 years. “It’s extremely time consuming,� he said. “You need to be retired!� Hahn carves a bit in his room at Sherrill Hills, saying it’s not a messy hobby. Originally from Pennsyl-
vania, Hahn worked as an architect while raising four sons. He says Christmas is fun because he makes a special carving for each one. He’s especially proud of his carving of the Hahn family crest. “We’re German.� More next week.
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School/church partnership impacts students By Carolyn Evans A local church is doing its part to help students have academic success. After a group of volunteers from Two Rivers Church adopted a nearby elementary school, the school saw standardized test scores go up. Two Rivers Church members work with students at Eaton Elementary School, located just four miles from the church, and have for many years. Church members do all sorts of things: tutor, mentor, sponsor coat and shoe drives, bring school supplies and provide food boxes for the needy at Easter, Christmas and Thanksgiving. The mentoring program is through a national group called Kids Hope USA. When church member Jan Barton left her job, she knew she wanted to be a part of the efforts. She became a mentor at Eaton through Kids Hope in 2009, and she began working an hour each week with a child who needed encouragement. Some children need help with their school work, and some just need an adult friend with whom to talk. “It’s about these kids having somebody who believes in them, having somebody cheer them on,� Barton says. “The relationships to me are just really rich. The children look forward to the mentors coming every week. I don’t have any children of my own, but I joke that I have 25 children out
there at Eaton.â€? The Kids Hope program at Eaton is one of about 19 from Murfreesboro to Mountain City – all partnerships between schools and churches. Barton became the director of the Kids Hope chapter that serves Eaton a couple of years ago, and there are now 25 volunteers who work there each week. “The motto is ‘One child, one hour, one school, one church,’â€? she says. Although new mentors are needed sporadically throughout the year, the biggest need is in August. Volunteers take a threehour class and undergo a background check. Barton still has a relationship with the ďŹ rst student she ever mentored. He was in second grade when they ďŹ rst met and is now ďŹ nishing middle school. They still have lunch together once a week, and Barton and her husband, Chris, even go to his basketball games and sometimes take him to movies. Eaton principal Ashley Talley says the school beneďŹ ts from the commitment of Two Rivers and its members. “We feel richly blessed by Two Rivers Church and their continuous striving to support our community,â€? says Talley. “They support our school in many avenues and touch not only our students, but our staff as well. The Kids Hope mentoring
Looking back – moving forward Do you have eyes, and fail to see? Do you have ears, and fail to hear? And do you not remember? (Mark 8: 18 NRSV) Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. – George Santayana
Two Rivers pastor David Gruhn helps an Eaton Elementary School student at a coat drive.
When Ethan Wallace attended Eaton Elementary School, Jan Barton of Two Rivers was his mentor. They still stay in touch today. program is just one way they love our school. Our students receive an extra supportive adult who is invested in their lives both academically and in their
Several longtime St. Mark United Methodist Church members have raised their families there. Pictured are (back) David Biggerstaff, the Rev. Kenny Faught, Lucas and Josh Biggerstaff, Fred Carter, Bryan Biggerstaff; (front) Kelly, Dan and Sue Biggerstaff and Mary Ruth Carter. Photos by Carol Z. Shane
St. Mark UMC celebrates By Carol Z. Shane There were smiles, hugs, good food and a festive mood when St. Mark United Methodist Church on Northshore Drive celebrated its 60th anniversary on Feb. 28. Church members old and new – some who had grown up there – gathered together for lighthearted fellowship and fun. “We are a joyful and fun-loving church,� said Sue Biggerstaff, a member since 1971. “Laughter is always within these walls.�
Financial minister Carroll Hewit (at right) , who is retiring this year, has served the church “for decades,� she says. With her is the Rev. Kenny Faught.
Biggerstaff was one of several church members recognized during the service, which featured a sermon by former St. Mark pastor the Rev. Larry Carroll, who served the church from 1986-1991. Financial minister Carroll Hewit, who retires this year after serving, in her words, “for decades,� was honored with a plaque and grateful thanks from current minister the Rev. Kenny Faught and the congregation. Dave Stott, who’s raised three sons in the church
Thank You for your Support! Jennifer, Addison & Brad Anders
I am very honored to have the support of the voters in the recent primary election. Your support will allow me to continue to the August election and hopefully continue to work for all the people of Commission District 6. We have accomplished much for our part of Knox County and there is much to do. I look forward to being your strong voice on Knox County Commission.
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Paid for by Brad Anders for County Commission, Brad Anders Treasurer
overall well-being. “I’ve been witness to the transformation brought by this amazing program ‌, and it’s extremely impactful.â€? since he joined 26 years ago, spoke of how active SMUMC is in the community. “Over the last 10 years, we’ve donated $200,000 to the FISH food pantry through a golf tournament that one of our members sponsors,â€? he said. Among other organizations receiving support from St. Mark are Knox Area Rescue Ministries, Habitat for Humanity and Wesley House. After the service, church members moved to the fellowship hall where several long tables groaned with delicacies such as ham biscuits, sandwiches and lots of sweets, including homemade cookies and colorful petit fours. Displays set up around the room chronicled the history of St. Mark through photos and memorabilia. As the church’s historian, Sue Biggerstaff has catalogued a lot of that memorabilia. “We are a pilgrim people,â€? she said in her remarks to the congregation. “We, like our spiritual ancestor Israel, are always moving, growing, changing, becoming. “We are here to serve God’s people through the name of Jesus Christ.â€?
The word remember appears 115 times in the King James Version of the Bible, an indication that maybe memory is important! I admit that until I began to consider the importance of the concept, I had failed to see the full import of the word. If dismember means to take apart, then logically, to re-member must mean putting back together. And that is exactly what we do when we remember. We re-call, re-think, re-see, re-consider, and re-understand a comment or a quote or even an event or a scene. Some memories are happy and healing. Others are sad and depressing. But all memories are part and parcel of who we are, who we have become over the span of years we have lived. And, it seems to me, the longer we live, the better our perspective on those memories. Looking back, I remember things I wish I had not done. I remember words
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I wish I had not said. But those things are irretrievable, irreversible. I can’t un-say, or un-do, or even un-think those things. All I can do is learn to do better. To remember more carefully what I need to remember. To let go more quickly the things that I need to let go. So, when Jesus said “Remember me,� he was saying two things to his followers: Don’t forget what I have taught you, and remember what you have seen and heard. Those words still apply to his disciples – us! Remember him. Remember what you have learned. Keep him whole in your heart and mind.
FAITH NOTES Meetings/classes ■Central Baptist Bearden, 6300 Deane Hill Drive will host “Living Fully� LifeLong Learning Conference, 6-8:30 p.m. Friday, March 11, and 8:30 a.m.-noon Saturday, March 12. Topics include: Cooking for Wellness, iPad Technology, Benefits of Animal Ownership and What You Should Know about Estate Planning. Free and open to the public. Info: 450-1000, ext. 100. ■Sequoyah Hills Presbyterian Church, 3700 Keowee Ave., will host Grief Care, a weekly grief support group for people grieving the death of a loved one, 6-7:30 p.m. Monday, March 28. Eight-week program. Info: 522-9804 or sequoyahchurch.org.
Special services ■St. James Episcopal Church, 1101 N. Broadway, will host the BucsWorth Men’s Choir from East Tennessee University in concert 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 14. The ETSU Swashbucklers, a student-led a capella ensemble, will also perform. ■Westside Unitarian Universalist Church, 616 Fretz Road, holds
meditation services 6:30 p.m. each second and fourth Wednesday. Includes quiet reflection, simple music and readings. Info: westsideuuc.org.
Vendors/ consignors wanted ■Central Baptist ChurchBearden, 6300 Deane Hill Drive, is seeking consignors for its children’s consignment sale, to be held Friday-Saturday, April 15-16. Fee: $10, nonrefundable. Proceeds go to West Hills Elementary School Back Pack Program. Registration: cbcbearden. org/events. Info: cbbclothingsale@gmail.com or 588-0586.
Youth programs â– Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, is accepting registration for its Summer Weekday Programs for PDO (children 1 year old and walking) and for TNT (elementary school-aged children). Also accepting registration for Fall Preschool and Fall PDO. Forms available in the preschool office. Info: 531-2052.
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A modern twist to quilting By Sherri Gardner Howell Quilting, on its surface, would seem a solitary hobby. It does, after all, just take one set of hands to accomplish the desired purpose set out when you pick up the needle, fabric and batting. Women (who are the primary but not only quilters), however, know how to turn utilitarian to social. Since the 19th century in America, quilting has been a handy excuse to gather together for refreshments and socialization while creating something useful for the family. Quilting Bees in mid-19th century America provided needed socialization for women all across the growing country – from farms to cities. It’s a concept the Knoxville Modern Quilt Guild
hasn’t forgotten. The MQG is for those in and around Knoxville who are interested in modern quilting design. The group, which is part of an international MQG, meets once a month to share ideas, listen to a short presentation and show-andtell their latest projects. The group was organized in 2010, just a month after the international group was founded. A recent meeting at Westminster Presbyterian Church gave members plenty to praise as they showcased their projects, some of which may be destined for the Striped Light Quilt Show, which will be in Knoxville May 6-8. The guild will choose 10 quilts to represent them at the show. Info: http://knoxvillemqg.blogspot.com/
Cindy Hardin and Cindy Martin enjoy hearing Sandy Donoho talk about her latest quilting project. Photos by Sherri Gardner Howell
Pat Pike’s colorful quilt
Rosalind Woodard’s beautiful quilt earned admiration from her fellow guild members.
Christy Cooper was a hit not only with her quilt, but for her “Don’t Drink and Quilt� T-shirt.
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With the help of Jennifer Grace, Melissa Everett shows the quilt she is working on to fellow guild members.
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Farragut Intermediate’s artwork on display Students from Farragut Intermediate and St. John Neumann Catholic schools were honored for their achievements in art on March 1 during a reception at Farragut’s town hall.
Sara Barrett The event was held in conjunction with an art exhibit showcasing work selected by art teachers at both schools. Winners received awards for first, second and third places during the reception. FIS art teacher Christy Davis said this year’s numerous snow days not only kept students out of class, but put them behind in their artistic creations as well. “We were literally handing wet work to parents, asking them to mount it for the show,� said Davis. More than 375 works were on display from FIS including weaving, watercolor and mixed media. The show was sponsored by the town of Farragut and the Farragut Arts Council.
Webb musicians make All-State
Webb School of Knoxville string students Katelyn Smith, Dan Primka, (back) Sidney Matlock and Maranda Perez were chosen for this year’s East Tennessee School Band and Orchestra Association All-State East Orchestra Clinic held in Gatlinburg. Participants worked with well-known music educators and Farragut Intermediate School fifth grader Katelyn Smith conductors from across the country. Sidney also qualified for shows her mom, Sarah, and little brother, Drew, her snow- the All-State Orchestra. Photo submitted man artwork. Photos by S. Barrett Katelyn Smith’s snowman
Fourth grader Rebecca Gurley poses with her watercolor on display at Farragut’s town hall. Pictured at this year’s Southeastern Championships are Atomic City Aquatic Club members Abigail King, Daniel Arnold, Stephen Zhukov, Kendall Goodman, Thais Brown; (middle) Harper Houk, Sydney Goodman, Madi Cottrell, Ethan Chou, Grant Reed; (back) coach Cameron Higdon, member Alison Craig and head coach Andy Wagner. Photo submitted
SCHOOL NOTES ■West Hills Elementary participates in the following programs to help raise money for the school: General Mills “BoxTops for Education,� Campbell’s “Labels for Education,� and linking Food City ValuCards, Kroger Plus Cards and Target Red Cards to the school for points. Info: 539-7850.
FIS art teacher Christy Davis and fifth grader Thomas Nagy stand in front of his weaving work (seen above his head).
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Atomic City competes at Southeastern Championships By Sara Barrett Atomic City Aquatic Club members made a lasting impression at this year’s Southeastern Championships held in Auburn. Thais Brown, 12, earned 85 points for his team, making finals and placing in the top eight of all six events he swam. Harper Houk, 14, earned 41 points
with fifth place finishes in two races and seventh place in another. The Southeastern Championships include competitors from Tennessee, Alabama and the Florida panhandle who make certain time standards. Info: Kristi Houk via text, 556-4070, email houkhouse@tds.net or visit swim4acac.com.
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Oral histories help shape the future of design
Market Square today
By Wendy Smith Gideon Fryer remembered that the Market House on Market Square smelled of “overripe fish,� and that vendors sold all kinds of meat, including fresh rabbit, and anything else that the land produced. His oral recollections, re-
corded not long before he died in 2014, are preserved at knoxhistories.org. The website was put together by Liz Teston, UT assistant professor of interior design, with the help of a Community Engagement Incentive Grant she received last year from the
university. It includes 16 oral histories collected from seniors who have memories of visiting the Market House. Teston and her student research assistants continue to add interviews, which are available as recordings or documents. The goal is to create a re-
pository of stories that will allow students, and the public, to see how Knoxville’s history created a foundation for today’s built environment. The website also has a map that shows the 1917 layout of the city and current photos that illustrate history’s impact on Market
Square. Good design considers both space and place, Teston says. Space is the geometric description of a building, but place is how it feels and looks. Oral histories help define “place.� The most noticeable thing about the recordings is that they’re highly personal. Fryer, who is well known in Knoxville for helping establish UT’s College of Social Work and co-founding the East Tennessee Community Design Center, among other things, is forthright about his freshman fraternity antics. It’s easy for the listener to imagine they’re in the room while he tells his stories. The oral histories aren’t intended to preserve facts, but to help listeners understand the nuances of history. Many memories of the Market House, which existed in some form from 1854 to 1959, are hazy now, but they still convey the experience of place, says Teston. Common recollections include the smell of fish, the dark interior and ham sandwiches sold with homemade mayonnaise. Collected memories can
help designers understand the identity of a site and the social impact of an area. “A building doesn’t need to look historic to be ‘of the place,’� she says. She uses UT’s Art and Architecture Building, designed by Bruce McCarty, as an example. It looks completely different from other buildings on campus, but is still “of the place� because it reflects McCarty with the way it incorporates light and design culture. Teston was born in Knoxville, but grew up in Atlanta. When she moved to Knoxville, she became aware of “hidden urban connections� that only locals know about, like buildings that no longer exist. The Market House is one of those. When she saw the building’s bell on Market Square, she felt the void. “I wanted to understand the experience of the Market House, the experience of the built environment.� Now, through the memories of others, everyone can see the sights, and smell the smells, of the Market House. Many of the oral histories were recorded at local assisted living facilities,
Peters/Ebenezer Road: worth preserving By Wendy Smith Knox County is accepting bids for the creation of a Midway Area Community Plan that would solidify the community’s vision for the area. Other parts of the county, like the Peters/Ebenezer Road corridor, could benefit from such a plan, says Council of West Knox County Homeowners president Margot Kline. She has long been an advocate for responsible development and reduced visual clutter. “I’m pro-development. I’m just against ugly development,� she said during a
presentation on the corridor’s assets and challenges at last week’s homeowners meeting. The main challenge is the five-lane road. The volume and speed of the traffic has already led to urban decay near Kingston Pike, where private homes have been converted to businesses with parking lots in the front yard. Assets include historic buildings, like the 1840 Baker Peters House at the corner of Peters Road and Kingston Pike; Statesview, at the intersection of Peters and George Williams
Roads, built in 1806 for city planner Charles McClung; and Blue Grass Elementary School, built in 1936. Many of Knoxville’s founding families are buried in Ebenezer Cemetery near the intersection of Westland Drive and Ebenezer Road. Opportunities include Dunn Park, a county-owned parcel near the intersection of Old Ebenezer Road and Peters Road, a potential location for a greenway path. An open parcel in front of Bexhill subdivision would make an excellent park and neighborhood gathering spot, Kline says.
Her hope is that homeowners will work with developers to demand quality projects that will cultivate a neighborhood identity and acknowledge the historic significance of the area. Otherwise, it will become just another commercialized connector road. Of particular concern are the open parcels at the intersection of Westland Drive and Ebenezer Road and in front of Bexhill. Developers will forgo sidewalks, landscaping and low-level lighting unless the neighbors demand it, she said. She’d like to see attractive, mixed-use development that blends well with residences. Two parcels on Ebenezer Road are being built out with single-family homes,
A view from the Peters Road/Ebenezer Road corridor. Photo by Wendy Smith
and Kline likes to think that neighbors played a role in bringing about residential development. The area is attractive to homeowners be-
cause of its open spaces and views, she said. “But if you want it to stick around, be prepared to fight.�
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Knoxville’s Dragonfly Aerial Arts Studio will present its fifth annual “Circus Extravaganza” this weekend. Shown are Jill Scheidt, Maria McGuire, Lissa McLeod, Amber Winters, Christy Muecke and David Stewart. Photo submitted
Knoxville’s hometown circus By Carol Z. Shane “He flies through the air with the greatest of ease – that daring young man on the flying trapeze!” Even if you don’t know the old song, you’ve undoubtedly seen aerial artists. These days the skill encompasses not only trapeze, but silks – long, colorful banners that hang from on high and support “flying” acrobats in dizzying routines. Now’s your chance to see local artists display aerial grace when Dragonfly Aer-
ial Arts Studio presents its fifth annual “Circus Extravaganza.” Billed on its website as “Knoxville’s Hometown Circus,” the studio annually presents the big show in order to fund educational efforts throughout the year. According to instructor Jill Scheidt, audiences can expect “a two-hour circus with an intermission. Our acts include trapeze, rope, three-dimensional cube, steel circle and ground acts such as unicycle, stilt walk-
ing, ribbon dancing and partner acrobatics. “The theme this year is a ‘Fantastical Journey.’ We will be asking our audiences to let their imaginations go crazy with our interpretation of giant-sized bugs, human-sized animal puppets, an enchanted tea party and more. This is a great experience that everyone in the family can enjoy.” Proceeds from the show go toward “Circus for Everyone,” a scholarship program enabling at-risk youth
to participate in classes and circus camps. Dragonfly has also worked with Boys and Girls Club, the Community Law Office’s “Summer at the CLO” youth program, Pond Gap Elementary School and Breakthrough Corporation of Knoxville, which provides programs for those on the autism spectrum. Activities at such events include not only aerial arts but juggling and stilt walking. “We try to provide circus arts for all who want to try,” says Scheidt.
The Knoxville Symphony League invites you to take part in “Spring Inspirations,” a luncheon featuring food columnist and Southern hospitality expert Ginny McCormack as guest speaker. Attendees will hear music by KSO concertmaster Gabriel Lefkowitz. “The KSO musicians and I are so, so grateful to have the wonderful ladies of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra League as some of our biggest supporters and fans!” Lefkowitz says. “Their incredible work keeps us doing what we do, bringing music to the communities of East Tennessee in concert halls, schools, libraries, hospitals, places of worship and more. We just couldn’t do it without them!” Joining Lefkowitz in a sampling of music from the upcoming Merchant & Gould Concertmaster Series “Gabriel Lefkowitz & Friends,” to be presented at the Knoxville Museum of Art April 6 and 7, is pianist Kevin Class, professor of collaborative piano at the University of Tennessee. The event begins at 10:30 a.m. on March 16 at Cherokee Country Club. Tickets: 765-1660. And adults get to play, too. “Most of what we do every day involves adult instruction. We have classes six days a week. We meet you where you are in terms of strength and fitness, and build upon that,” says Scheidt. “Overall we try to work with groups in any way we can. We can travel to another site or a group can come to us. We provide shows or lessons and work with individuals with whatever capabilities they have. If someone is interested they just need to email or give us a call, and we can work together to find a way to incorporate circus arts into their group activities.”
For this weekend’s event, she says, “we offer discounted tickets to various nonprofit groups.” The Dragonfly Aerial Arts Studio presents “Circus Extravaganza” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 11, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 12, and 2 p.m. Sunday, March 13, at the Pellissippi State Community College location of the Clayton Performing Arts Center, 10915 Hardin Valley Road in Knoxville. Tickets/info: dragonflyaerialartsstudio.com or 865-609-2012 or dfaas11@ gmail.com Send story suggestions to news@ shoppernewsnow.com
Challenge yourself, celebrate park service By Betsy Pickle What would convince you to hike 100 miles? Money? The allure of the outdoors? A bet? Burning calories? How about a lapel pin or a patch? The National Park Service turns 100 this year, and to celebrate, parks across the country are challenging visitors to hike – or jog, ride (bikes or horses) or paddle – 100 miles by December. While some might consider the achievement their reward, others might like picking up some physical recognition at the culminating events in early December. Close at hand, Superintendent Cassius Cash of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park has issued the “Hike 100” challenge. If you log 100 miles on any of the Smokies’ maintained trails by Dec. 6, you can attend the Hike 100 Celebration on Thursday, Dec. 8, and receive a “Smokies Centennial Challenge – Hike 100” lapel pin. Big South Fork National
Beautiful Laurel Falls awaits visitors 1.3 miles from the trailhead. Photo by Betsy Pickle River and Recreation Area on the Cumberland Plateau is sponsoring the “Centennial Challenge: 100 Miles for 100 Years.” Participants can hike, ride and/or paddle. The park has 500 miles of multisystem trails in-
cluding more than 70 miles of the Big South Fork River and its tributaries. Those who complete 100 miles by Friday, Dec. 2, are eligible to receive a specially designed patch at the grand finale on Saturday, Dec. 3.
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January and February were a little tricky for making outdoor plans, but now that the weather is improving, it should be easy to rack up miles in a Centennial Challenge. Being a common Ameri-
can couch potato, I am not by nature a hiker. However, I accidentally did a few hikes last year, all connected to writing stories, so when I read about the Smokies’ Hike 100, it struck me as doable – 10 miles per month for 10 months (February-November). Coming from a highly competitive family, I enjoy a challenge. And I’m a sucker for lapel pins. So I contacted a hiker friend, Cindy Spangler, who has hiked the entire length of the Appalachian Trail, and asked if she’d be interested in slowing her pace to go on some hikes with me. She thought it was such a great idea that she invited a whole bunch of people from her church, so there were eight of us who set out for Laurel Falls on the chilly morning of Feb. 20. Laurel Falls is considered one of the easiest hikes in the park. It’s paved, though the asphalt is broken and uneven in places, and it’s only 1.3 miles to the falls. By the time we reached the .2
mile marker, I was wondering if it would be too humiliating to ask for the car keys so I could go back and wait for everyone. For those of the sedentary persuasion, the incline is taxing. But I soldiered on, primarily because most of my comrades were several years older, and they showed no signs of strain. One woman with bad knees kindly brought up the rear with me. I stopped a few times – to take pictures, of course – but I finally made it, and the falls were beautiful. A light rain discouraged us from lingering, but it’s a trip I’d like to make again on a prettier day. The challenges are on an honor system. You can download mileage logs from the parks’ websites. I have only 97.4 miles to go. Info: http://www.nps. gov/grsm/planyour v isit/ gsmnp-hike-100.htm and http://www.nps.gov/biso/ learn/news/big-south-forkcentennial-challenge-100miles-for-100-years.htm.
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Gen. Lawrence D. Tyson (1861-1929) On Feb. 10, 1886, Tyson married Betty Humes McGhee, the daughter of Charles McClung McGhee, Jim Tumblin railroad financier and Knoxville’s leading businessman. By 1991 then 1st Lt. Tyson was appointed HISTORY AND MYSTERIES commandant of the University of Tennessee’s military science program, possibly West Point Military Acad- due to the influence of his emy by competitive exami- father-in-law. nation, enrolled in 1879 and Lt. Tyson wasted little graduated in 1883. His first time markedly upgrading Redesigned by George F. Barber in 1907, Tyson House is now home to the UT Alumni Affairs and military action came in the the program. He instituted Development Offices. Photo Courtesy of the C.M. McClung Historical Collection mid-1880s when he served classroom courses in tactics as a 2nd Lieutenant in the and began artillery trainNinth Infantry fighting dur- ing. Reflecting his West The ambitious professor M. Cox of Ohio, lost the ing the Apache Wars and Point years, he held a week- simultaneously attended election to Warren G. Hardparticipating in the capture ly dress parade to instill UT Law School and reing and Calvin Coolidge. of Geronimo. Gen. Tyson won military bearing and pride. ceived his LL.B. degree in 1895. Two years the popular election later he resigned to the U.S. Senate his army commisin 1924 where he sion and began sponsored suclaw practice in cessful legislaKnoxville with tion to grant future Supreme retirement benCourt Assoefits to World ciate Justice War I veterans. Edward T. His other major Sanford. He concerns dursoon became ing his service president of in the Senate the Nashville were national Street Railway defense, world Co., the first of peace and ecomany businesses nomic develophe would lead. ment in the South. When the SpanIn 1926 he sponsored ish-American War belegislation authorizing gan in 1898, Tyson was the creation of the Great appointed by Smoky Mounthe President tains National as a colonel in Park. Gen. Lawrence D. Tyson (1861-1929). Awarded the the volunteer While he was Distinguished Service Medal for his service in World infantry. He still serving in War I, Gen. Tyson was also a prominent attorney, recruited and the Senate in businessman and U.S. senator. Photo courtesy of the Lawson McGhee Library trained a regiJuly 1929, Gen. ment and led it Tyson required to Puerto Rico. hospitalization With the end of the war, he Division, the “Old Hickory� for exhaustion. Due to the served as military governor division. After training at rigors of his military service
$ of the northern sector of the Camp Sevier in S.C., the bri- and the loss of his only son, " island before he was mus- gade embarked for France Navy Lt. Charles McGhee tered out of active service in in May 1918. They fought Tyson, in air combat over $ alongside the British and the North Sea in the waning 1899. % ! Tyson resumed his law Australians in Belgium days of the war, he had nevpractice in Knoxville and be- through July and August. er fully regained his health. " ! During the Second Somcame increasingly active in Gen. Lawrence Davis 1 3; 3? :! :@-5 business. He founded and be- me offensive (Aug. 21 to Tyson, 68, passed away on came president of the Knox- Sept. 2, 1918), after three Aug. 24, 1929. After ser ! ville Cotton Mills and the days of tough combat, vices at St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Episco 1 ..3,< ) , ( &+(46 ) 3&4 + ,3* 8&,+ $+,),#? Knoxville Spinning Co. and Gen. Tysonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brigade broke pal Church, where he had ,+83 8 was on the board of several through the Germanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hin- served as a vestryman, he coal- and iron-mining com- denburg line at perhaps its was interred in Old Gray 1 ..3,< ) , 8,3*= 8 3 <&4,3? ,**&88 ?% = panies. He also had major in- strongest point. The 8,000- Cemetery. A tall obelisk + $ 38 3 * + * +84 terests in manufacturing and man 59th Brigade was in marks his family plat. real estate and served on the almost continuous combat He had served the city 1 ..3,< ) , ,+83 8 :@-5%-- +83 + 3( until Oct. 20. The Brigade boards of two banks. as president of the second ? &+ &+# &#+ # From 1902 to 1908 he won nine of the 12 Con- Appalachian Exposition 1 ..3,< ) , &< 3 , 3*&8 ,3 8$ +,> ,;+8? served as a brigadier gen- gressional Medals of Honor in 1911, was a member of $ 33& 24 & ; 48 8&,+ ;&) ;8 &+ 8$ &++ ) 8 eral and inspector general earned by the 30th Divi- the Sons of the Revolution, of the Tennessee National sion, more than any other a Mason and president of ;3( ? 3 ( Guard. As a Democrat, he division. Gen. Tyson was the board of trustees of the was elected to the Tennes- awarded the Distinguished Lawson McGhee Library see House of Representa- Service Medal. (1916-1925). In memory of 1 &348 &+# When the armistice was their son, he and his wife tives (1903-1905) and was -1 3 &+ + -5%@" the first person up to that signed on Nov. 11, 1918, Gen. had given land on Suther + 3 &+ + 8, * + 8$ >8 , 8$ 33 #;8 time to be elected speaker Tyson returned to Knox- land Ave. for Knoxvilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s during his first term. Prior ville and resumed his many first municipal airport and ,+&+# 3 &+ + 3 &+ + 5%-5 4 * + to the 17th Amendment to businesses. He bought the provided the land for Tyson ;34; +8 8, ;8$,3&8? 3 +8 ? 8&,+ -9%"%:@- the Constitution, state Leg- Knoxville Sentinel and be- Park. ++ 44 , ++,8 8 ? * + &+# $ .8 3 islatures elected U.S. sena- came its president and pubBetty Humes McGhee :1 &+&8&,+4 8, $ +# 8$ &+&8&,+4 3 + &+# tors and Tyson lost the 1913 lisher and resumed his role Tyson (1865-1933), their contest by only a few votes. in politics. only daughter, Isabella Mc ) 3)? ,;4&+# + 3,<& ,3 = &+&8&,+4 In 1920 Tennessee Dem- Ghee Tyson (Kenneth N.) When the U.S. entered World War I, Tyson volun- ocrats promoted him for the Gilpin, and two grandsons :1 3 &+ + -5%@! teered and the governor vice-presidential nomina- survived the general. + 3 &+ + 8, * + 8$ >8 , 8$ placed him in command tion. He withdrew his name Dr. C. Drew Gilpin Faust, 33 #;8 ,+&+# 3 &+ + 3 &+ + 5%-5 4 of the Tennessee National and seconded the nomina- Gen. Tysonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great-grandGuard. He was soon com- tion of the successful candi- daughter, is currently the * + ;34; +8 8, ;8$,3&8? 3 +8 ? 8&,+ missioned as a brigadier date, Franklin D. Roosevelt. president of Harvard Uni-9%"%:@- ++ 44 , ++,8 8 ? * + &+# general and his unit became Roosevelt and the presiden- versity and an acclaimed $ .8 3 91 . & & &483& 8 #;) 8&,+4 8&,+ 1 the 59th Brigade of the 30th tial candidate, Gov. James author of several books.
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EASTER EGG HUNTS â&#x2013; Bells Campground Baptist Church Easter Event, 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, March 26, 7816 Bells Campground Road. Includes: skits, singing, craft, an egg hunt for ages 0-fifth grade, refreshments and door prizes. Info: 947-6254. â&#x2013; Big Ridge State Park Easter egg hunt, Saturday, March 26. Rain or shine. Schedule: 10 a.m., 2 years old and younger; 10:30 a.m., 3-4 years old; 1 p.m. 5-7 years old; 1:30 p.m., 8-10 years old. Bring your basket. Prizes; Easter Bunny. Meet at the Park office. Info: 992-5523. â&#x2013; First Farragut United Methodist Easter Eggstravaganza, 3 p.m. Saturday, March
20. Birth to fifth grade. Free. First Farragut UMC, 12733 Kingston Pike. â&#x2013; Fountain City Park Easter Egg Hunt, 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, March 19. Schedule: ages 6-8 years, 9:30 a.m.; 3-5 years, 10:15 a.m.; walking to 2 years, 11 a.m.; 9-12 years, 11:45 a.m. Bring basket. Info: fountain citybusiness.com.
HEALTH NOTES â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Caring & Copingâ&#x20AC;? Caregiving Conference, 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 29, Rothchild Conference Center, 8807 Kingston Pike. Presented by Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tennessee. Info/registration: 544-6288 or alzTennessee.org. â&#x2013; PK Hope Is Alive Parkinson Support Group of East Tennessee meeting, 11:30 a.m.
Tuesday, March 15, Kern UMC Family Life Center, 451 East Tennessee Ave., Oak Ridge. Speaker: Margaret Keele, physical therapist with Park West. Info: pkhopeisalive.org; Karen Sampsell, 482-4867; pk_hopeisalive@bellsouth. net. â&#x2013; Peninsula Lighthouse Group of Families Anonymous meetings, 6:15-7:15 p.m. each Tuesday, 1451 Dowell Springs Blvd. Newcomers welcome; no dues/fees; no sign-up; first names only. Info: Barbara L., 696-6606 or PeninsulaFA2@aol.com. â&#x2013; UT Hospice Adult Grief Support Group meeting, 5-6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 15, UT Hospice office, 2270 Sutherland Ave. A light supper is served. Info/reservation: Brenda Fletcher, 544-6277.
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Two teens overseas as RYE students By Tom King Peter Shaffer is 7,901 miles from home in Taipei, Taiwan, while Forentin â&#x20AC;&#x153;Floâ&#x20AC;? Kunz is on the other side of the world, and heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;onlyâ&#x20AC;? 4,720 miles from home in Kotka, Finland. Here are a few similarities between these two: Both are from Knoxville. Both are Rotary Youth Exchange (RYE) students. Both will have been gone for a year this summer. Both could not speak the languages of their host countries. Both live with three host families during the Exchange. Both are sponsored by the Rotary Club of Farragut. Flo Kunz, 16, is the son of Christian and Brigitte Kunz and attends Webb School. Flo was born in Liechtenstein and has lived in Austria, Japan, New York and Tennessee. His native language is German. Prior to his year in Finland, he had visited Switzerland, Italy, Spain, The Netherlands, In-
dia, China, Vietnam, I ndone sia , Mexico, Canada and Hawaii. Peter, 18, is the son of Mark and C h r i s t i a n Peter Shaffer Shaffer of the Carter communimmuni unty. ty in Knox County. arter He attended Carter High School. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s learning Mandarin while in Taiwan and is an Eagle Scout and has worked at Camp p Buck Tom. These two young men are the only RYE students from Knoxville this year. It takes a special kind of student to leave home for a year, relocate to a foreign country with a different culture, and not speak that language. Rotaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Youth Exchange program actually began with a few clubs in Eu-
rope in the 1 9 2 0 s . These European exchanges c ont i nued until World War II and resumed in 1946. In Flo Kunz 1972, the RI Board of Directors agreed to recommend Youth Exchange to clubs worldwide as a worthwhile international activity. Today, more than 8,000 Youth Exchange students travel abroad each year to live and study in about 80 countries. Many of these students are Inbounds to the U.S. from other countries. Dr. Bill Nichols, a member of Farragut Rotary, is the District 6780 Outbound chair. He handles the nuts and bolts of all of the Outbound Exchange students in
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the district and works with the students and their families and their overseas hosts. This year he has seven East Tennessee students abroad and already has eight lined up for next year. The students must be age 15 to 18 1/2 at the time of departure. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rotary Youth Scholarships provided by Rotary clubs are valued at $24,000, which covers room, board, tuition and monthly stipend for a high school year abroad,â&#x20AC;? Nichols explains. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great deal for these students. The studentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family pays for airfare, insurance and some other fees. The Youth Exchange Scholarships are made possible by our overseas partners and local Rotary clubs.â&#x20AC;? Rotary also offers a short-term, 2-month exchange between two families in separate countries. Info: Bill Nichols at 865567-1119 or www.rye6780. org Tom King is a retired newspaper editor, a 28-year Rotarian and past president of the Rotary Club of Farragut. He can be reached at tking535@gmail.com
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Chamber visits Fairfield Inn Fairfield Inn & Suites Knoxville West area chief engineer Jeremy Lindsey gets a little good-natured ribbing from staffers just prior to welcoming more than 30 business professionals during last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Farragut West Knox Chamber networking event held at the hotel on 11763 Snyder Rd. Pictured are guest services manager Allie Newman, Lindsey, and director of sales Kate Conger. Photo by Nancy Anderson
Fourth Grade Foresters from four West Knox schools planted trees on Arbor Day thanks to the sponsorship of State Farm agent Cindy Doyle. Some 500 kids from A.L. Lotts, Hardin Valley, Concord Christian and St. John Neumann elementary schools received trees to take home and plant. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Planting trees is a simple, inexpensive and easy way to clean the air we breathe,â&#x20AC;? said Doyle. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This project is a great personal learning activity for elementary students who are developing their skills and knowledge to take care of our environment.â&#x20AC;?
By Sherry Witt
Knox County reached nearly $250 million. On the lending side, there was definitely good news as about $280 million was loaned in mortgages and refinancing. This figure was up from $220 million in January, and far outpaced last Februaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s total mortgage loan amount of $194 million. The largest property transfer of the month was the sale of a medical facility located at the intersection of Hall of Fame Drive and James White Parkway. The parcel was sold to MPA Imaging Associates for $4.5 million. The largest mortgage recorded was a loan for $28.6 million, financing a proposed development known as Aventine Northshore Apartments, located near the 9700 block of Northshore Drive. This new burst of activity reminds us that spring is indeed just around the corner, and with that in mind, I would like to wish each of you a very blessed Easter and Passover season.
Coming on the heels of a rather typical beginning to 2016, local real estate and lending markets experienced an earlier than expected surge during the Sherry Witt month of February. The month produced 843 property transfers in Knox County, easily surpassing Januaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s total of 661, and besting last Februaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s number by more than 250. It was the largest number of February transfers since 2007. The total value of property sold during the month was just under $180 million, comparing quite favorably to last February when about $148 million was transferred. It must be noted that while the numbers are encouraging, they are still not back to February 2007 levels when the total value of transfers in
FARRAGUT CHAMBER EVENTS â&#x2013; Thursday, March 10, 8-9:30 a.m., networking: Home2Suites, 380 N. Peters Road. â&#x2013; Thursday, March 17, 8-9:30 a.m., networking: Volunteer Ministry Center, 511 N. Broadway.
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The East Tennessee Info: 215-8824 Historical Society (ETHS) eastTNhistory.org invites nominations from across East Tennessee for Awards of Excellence in the field of history. The annual awards recognize individuals and organizations that have made to the public and sponsored significant contributions to by Sandra Powell Emond. the preservation, promoThe young musicians tion, programming and insit â&#x20AC;&#x153;side-by-sideâ&#x20AC;? with a terpretation of the regionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s professional musician and history. The postmark deadshare a music stand for two line for award applications rehearsals and one perfor- is April 8. mance.
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â&#x2013; Tuesday, March 22, 7:30-9 a.m., Breakfast Speaker Series featuring Knox County Clerk of Courts Mike Hammond, District Attorney Charme Allen, Sheriff â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office Chief Deputy Lee Trammel. Tickets: $30 members/$40 nonmembers. Info/tickets: 675-7057 or Info@ farragutchamber.com.
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Close one puts voice of the Lady Vols on the road again As the long-time voice of the Lady Vols basketball team, sports announcer Mickey Dearstone has seen his share of barnburners and heart-stoppers. But the burning in his chest after the March 2, 2015 remote broadcast of the Lady Vol Illustrated talk show on WNML (The Sports Animal) wasn’t “the worst case of indigestion times 100” he thought it was – it was a real heart-stopper, a heart attack that sent him to the emergency department at Parkwest Medical Center and started him on the path to a healthier lifestyle. In fact, the 62-year-old sportscaster says the three days a week he puts into the Parkwest Cardiac Rehab program at Fort Sanders West has not only helped him shed pounds and feel better, but has literally saved his life. Known as “Phase II,” the program includes three days each week for 12 weeks. Each session is two hours with one hour of medically supervised and monitored exercise and an hour-long group education. “If you have a heart attack, stent or bypass, you’re crazy if you don’t do it,” said Dearstone, whose right coronary artery was almost 90 percent blocked before being reopened with a stent placed by Parkwest cardiologist J. Michael Harper, MD. “You’ll never be as healthy as you could be if you don’t do it. I was an athlete when I was in school, and I still play golf but that was the only workout I ever did. So I wasn’t in the best of shape anyway. I’m an ex-smoker; I quit smoking back before I started gaining that weight.” “I was 61 and I was probably the youngest person here,” said Dearstone, program director for WNML. “I’m not going to lie to you and say that there wasn’t a time or two when I thought, ‘What am I doing here?’ But then I started working out, and I began feeling better.” He weighed 195 when he had the heart attack, but within a few short weeks he had shed 17 pounds of body fat and had learned not only what to eat, but how and when he should eat. “The classes that were more helpful to me were the ones on nutrition,” he said.
Mickey Dearstone enjoys interacting with the staff at Parkwest Cardiac Rehab. He’s pictured here with registered nurse Amy Dale.
“I had to learn not to count calories, but how to stop eating when I wasn’t hungry. Once I learned to do that, or rather once I started making myself do that, I was fine.” Fine, that is, until April 29. That was the day when cardiac rehab staff noticed that Dearstone seemed to be tiring more easily than usual during his workout. “I was watching the monitor and his heart rate began to drop: 70, 60, 50 … ,” said registered nurse Karen Kirkland, who was keeping close watch on Dearstone via his heart monitor. “About three minutes into my workout on the bike, I literally got so weak I could not pedal the bike,” said Dearstone, whose heart rate had dropped to 42. “It was almost like I was riding the bike and hit a brick wall. So I got off and went and sat down.” Within seconds, he found himself surrounded by Kirkland, respiratory therapist Shelli Hendee, exercise physiologist Rhonnda Cloinger and registered nurse Amy Dale. “I told them, ‘I feel weak. I am going to pass out,’” said Dearstone, whose heart rate had fallen to 15 beats per minute. “The next
thing I know, I went into cardiac arrest and when I woke up, I’m lying on my back.” “He slumped over and at that point, he was gone – totally unresponsive, no respiration, no pulse,” said Dale, who immediately began chest compressions on him. “I only had to do the compressions for maybe 30 seconds, and we began to see some response.” When he opened his eyes, Dr. Manisha Thakur, a primary care physician whose offices are just down the hallway, was with him, and an ambulance was on its way from Parkwest. “By the time Dr. Thakur was here she didn’t have to do anything, but she was here to provide backup if we did need her,” said Dale. “We just wanted to make sure that Mickey was stable, and then let EMS get him to the hospital.” After another angiogram and
night in Parkwest, it was determined that Dearstone’s frightening episode was caused by a reaction to his heart medicine, which was reduced by half a dose. “A lot of people would say, ‘They darned near killed him,’” said Dearstone with a laugh. “But no, actually, Amy saved my life. I’ll always be grateful for that. If I had been someplace else, I probably would have died. What if I’d been on the golf course instead of being here on a heart monitor?” Dearstone rebounded well enough to not only continue the program, but to complete it. Then, as an extra precaution, he chose to continue with the “Phase III” maintenance program on his own. “When I started out doing just three minutes on each machine (stationary bicycle, elliptical, treadmill and arm ergometer), I knew I had a long way to go,” he said. “Now, I can do 50 minutes
of cardio and not even be breathing hard.” He’s also lost 23 pounds to reach his college weight of 173, and vows he’ll continue with the program “until I can’t do it anymore.” “The other day a guy asked me, ‘How much weight are you doing those curls with?’ I said, ‘Twenty pounds in each hand.’ And he goes, ‘Show off!’” Dearstone said with a laugh. “Now, if I was next door at Fort Sanders Health & Fitness Center, they’d laugh at me for doing just 20 pounds. But that’s the difference: I’m not competing against somebody 30 years old who has been working out for a long time. I’m not competing against anybody. A lot of people my age would be intimidated to go to a regular gym. But there’s no intimidation here because they’re all in the same boat. I’m not trying to look like Arnold Schwarzenegger.” Maybe not, but many were surprised to see Dearstone behind the microphone for the SEC tournament just two days after his heart attack, and then again two weeks later in Spokane as the Lady Vols battled Gonzaga in the NCAA regional playoffs. The Lady Vols won, 73-69, to advance to the Spokane Regional Finals, but it was a heart-stopper: the Lady Vols shot only 32 percent from the floor and trailed by 17 points before making 21 of 22 free throws to win. “After the game, I was going to get something to eat, and as I was getting on the hotel elevator, I met Cierra Burdick, a senior on the team, getting off,” Dearstone recalled. “I said, ‘C.B., what the heck?! One heart attack isn’t enough for a man so you have to try and give him a second one?’ She laughed and said, ‘Sorry about that, Mickey D! At least you’d die doing something you enjoy.’”
Parkwest Cardiac Rehab helps patients develop healthier habits Leaving the hospital with a new heart disease diagnosis calls for a new lifestyle. Often this lifestyle change begins with a cardiac rehabilitation program. At the Parkwest Cardiac Rehabilitation Outpatient Program (CROP) at Fort Sanders West, a combined program of education and exercise helps patients grow in physical strength and knowledge, allowing them to easily manage their heart condition and reduce their chance of future hospital visits. Upon arriving at CROP, patients are thoroughly evaluated based on individual knowledge, needs and preferences. An
exercise physiologist assesses each pa- they can achieve the same results at home tient’s abilities and creates a personal fit- or by joining a gym, the majority change ness program to meet their cardiac goals. their mind after a visit to cardiac rehab. Thereafter, most patients follow an apKaren Kirkland, RN CMM, works pointment schedule of three days a week with patients at rehab for three months. and states, “We hear a lot Exercise at Cardiac Rehab involves a that patients thought the combined use of stationary bicycles, elexercise they were doing liptical machines, treadmills, weights before a heart event was and steps. During activity, each patient enough or the right kind of exercise, but after they is supervised by a heart monitor. As a patient’s heart grows stronger, their exattend cardiac rehab they ercise regimen is adjusted for maximum tell us they learned that benefit. Karen Kirkland, they really weren’t exerWhile some patients are convinced that RN cising the right way, or at
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THROUGH SUNDAY, MARCH 13 Knoxville Children’s Theatre presents “To Kill A Mockingbird,” Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Ave. Performances: 7 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 1 and 5 p.m. Saturdays, 3 p.m. Sundays. Info/tickets: 2083677; knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com; info@ childrenstheatreknoxville.com.
THROUGH SUNDAY, MARCH 20 Tennessee Stage Company New Play Festival, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 319 N. Gay St. Performances: 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays, 3 p.m. Sundays. Info/tickets: 546-4280.
THROUGH FRIDAY, APRIL 15 Selected works by artist Kay List on exhibit, Envision Art Gallery, 4050 Sutherland Ave. Hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday. Info: kaylistart.com; envisionartgallery.com; 438-4154.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9 Clarence Brown Theatre: Season For Youth Student Matinees, 9:30 a.m., Ula Love Carousel Theatre, UT campus. Performance of “A Lesson Before Dying.” Recommended for mature middle schoolers and up. Info: clarencebrowntheatre/season-for-youth. The Foothills Craft Guild JuryFest. Membership applicants must reside in Tennessee, and crafts must be of original design produced within the past two years. Info: foothillscraftguild.org; Bob Klassen, klassenbob0619@gmail.com, or Ken Shipley, shipleyk@apsu.edu. “Getting Your House in Order” seminar, 2-3 p.m., Turkey Creek Medical Center, 10820 Parkside Drive, classroom #1. Free; registration required. Info/ registration: 1-855-TENNOVA (836-6682) or Tennova. com. “The Legacy and Challenge of Suffrage: Votes for Women in Tennessee” Brown Bag Lecture, noon, East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Speaker: Wanda Sobieski. Free and open to the public. Info: 215-8824 or EastTNHistory.org.
WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, MARCH 9-10 AARP Driver Safety class, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Fort Sanders Senior Center, 1220 W. Main St., Sevierville. Info/registration: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.
THURSDAY, MARCH 10 Appalachian family square dance, 8 p.m., Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Sponsored by Knoxville Square Dance. Music by The Hellgramites. Callers: Leo Collins, Stan Sharp and Ruth Simmons. No experience necessary. Admission: $7, $5 students and JCA members. Info: jubileearts.org. CAC AmeriCorps Opportunity Fair, 1-5 p.m., John T. O’Connor Senior Center, 611 Winona St. For students/adults ages 18-25 interested in a year of national service. Positions include: Great Smoky Mountain National Park, Ijams Nature Center, city of Knoxville, University of Tennessee and more. “Ready, Set, Sow: Don’t Jump the Gun,” Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Presented by Master Gardener Barb O’Neil. Free and open to the public. Info: 329-8892.
THURSDAY-FRIDAY, MARCH 10-11 AARP Driver Safety class, 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Karns Senior Center, 8032 Oak Ridge Highway. Info/ registration: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.
THURSDAY-SUNDAY, MARCH 10-13 The Downtown Knoxville Boat Show, Knoxville Convention Center, 701 Henley St. Doors open: 2-9 p.m. Thursday; noon-9 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday; 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday. Admission: $9, children under 10 free. Info/ schedule: downtownknoxvilleboatshow.com or on Facebook.
FRIDAY, MARCH 11 Clarence Brown Theatre: Season For Youth Student Matinees, 9:30 a.m., Ula Love Carousel Theatre, UT campus. Performance of “A Lesson Before Dying.” Recommended for mature middle schoolers and up. Info: clarencebrowntheatre/ season-for-youth. Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Fair, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Knox County Health Department Community Room, 140 Dameron Ave. Info: Katheryne Nix, Katheryne.nix@knoxcounty.org or 215-5170. The Gibson Brothers and Lonesome River Band, 7 p.m., Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay St. Info/ tickets: 684-1200; Tennessee Theatre box office; all Ticketmaster outlets; KnoxBijou.com.
SATURDAY, MARCH 12 Knoxville Symphony Orchestra and The 5th Dimension in concert, 8 p.m., Civic Auditorium, 500 Howard Baker Jr. Ave. Tickets start at $35. Info/tickets: knoxvillesymphony.com.
SATURDAY, MARCH 12 Cinderella Project of TN Glam Day, 10 a.m.4 p.m., St. John Nuemann School Gym, 625 St. John Court. Open to all high school girls who are in need of the perfect prom dress. All dresses first come, first served. No fees or soliciting. Info: Kelly DuCote, 3041090 or Kjducote23@outlook.com; Leea DeWitte, 941224-5520. The Freight Hoppers Old-Time String Band, 8 p.m., Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Rescheduled from Jan. 23. Tickets: $14, some discounts available. Info/tickets: www.jubileearts.org. Happy Travelers trip: Powell Playhouse production of “Harvey,” 2 p.m., Jubilee Banquet Hall, Callahan Road. Bus leaves North Acres Baptist Church, 12:45 p.m.; Expo Center, 1:15 p.m. Info/reservations: Derrell Frye, 938-8884 or 254-8884. Ijams Creative Series: Making a Gourd Birdhouse, 1-3 p.m., Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave. Ages 10 and up. Fee: $20; includes all materials. Info/registration: 577-4717, ext. 110. Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee. Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org. National Girl Scout Day, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m., American Museum of Science and Energy, 300 S Tulane Ave., Oak Ridge. Free admission to AMSE and the Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge for Girl Scouts in uniform and their families. Info: 576-3200 or amse.org. “Pruning Roses” hands-on workshop, 10:30 a.m.-noon, All Saints Catholic Church, 620 N. Cedar Bluff Road. Presented by Master Gardeners Carolyn Kiser, Carolyn Noey and Marsha Lehman. Bring pruners, gloves and kneeling pads. Info: knoxcountymastergardener.org or 215-2340. Saturday Stories and Songs: Brianna Hanson, 11 a.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Info: 470-7033. Scavenger Hunt, Great Smoky Mountain National Park. Cost: $50/team. Proceeds benefit Great Smoky Mountain Institute at Tremont. Info/registration: 4486709; gsmit.org/hunt.html. The Smoky Mountains Songwriters Festival featuring Darryl Worley, 8 p.m., Dollywood’s DreamMore Resort, 2525 Dreammore Way. Info/tickets: SMSWF.com or 604-9066.
SATURDAY-SUNDAY, MARCH 12-13 “Raw Material” – Living Art workshop, 3-5 p.m., Emporium Annex Studio, 100 S. Gay St. Info: circlemoderndance.com.
SUNDAY, MARCH 13 Clarence Brown Theatre: Sunday Symposium with Dr. Michelle D. Commander, 2 p.m., Ula Love Carousel Theatre, UT campus. Post-performance discussion on “A Lesson Before Dying” and its themes. Info: clarencebrowntheatre.com. Sing Out Knoxville folk singing circle, 7-9 p.m., Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 2931 Kingston Pike. Open to everyone.
MONDAY, MARCH 14 All Over the Page: “Landline,” 6:30 p.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Info: 215-8750.
TUESDAY, MARCH 15 Computer Workshop: “Introducing the Computer,” 2-4:15 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Preregistration required. Info/registration: 215-8700. “Women’s Pay Equity: Why It Matters To You!” forum, 6:30-8 p.m., Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 2931 Kingston Pike. Info: Anne Loy, anneloy@comcast.net, 281-9689; Linda Murawski, murawskil@aol.com, 607-8032; Knoxville-tn.aauw.net.
TUESDAYS, MARCH 15-29 “Melville Madness,” 6:30-8:00 p.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. A 3-part guided discussion of “Moby-Dick,” facilitated by UTK’s Dr. Dawn Coleman. Part of UTK’s Melville Festival to be held April 7-8. The public is invited.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16 Knoxville Symphony League Spring Luncheon, 11:30 a.m., Cherokee Country Club. Check-in, tablescapes viewing and book signing, 10:30 a.m. Guest speaker: cookbook author and southern hospitality expert Ginny McCormack. Performance by Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster, Gabriel Lefkowitz. Reservations deadline: March 7. Info: 765-1660.
THURSDAY, MARCH 17 “On a Hill Far Away” presented by the WordPlayers, 11 a.m., North Acres Baptist Church sanctuary, 5803 Millertown Pike. Cost: $10, includes lunch after presentation. Reservation deadline: Monday, March 14. Info/reservations: 254-8884.
THURSDAY-FRIDAY, MARCH 17-18 KSO Moxley Carmichael Masterworks Series: “Pictures at an Exhibition,” 7:30 p.m., Tennessee
Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Info/tickets: knoxvillesymphony. com.
FRIDAY, MARCH 18 Cafe Mortel, 1:30-4 p.m., Bearden Branch Library, 100 Golfclub Road. Everyone welcome. Info: 588-8813. World Storytelling Day with the Smoky Mountain Storytellers Association, 1 p.m., Boys & Girls Club of Maryville, 510 S. Washington St., Maryville. Donations appreciated. Info: Sheri Liles, 680-8453, spinningmaid@gmail.com, smokymountaintellers.org.
FRIDAY-SUNDAY, MARCH 18-20 Women in Jazz Jazz Festival. Variety of concerts and activities in various venues. Concert tickets: knoxtix.com. Info: Kelle Jolly, 622-7174; womeninjazzjamfestival@gmail.com; womeninjazzjamfestival.com.
SATURDAY, MARCH 19 Arbor Day celebration, 1-5 p.m., Marble Springs State Historic Site, 1220 West Governor John Sevier Highway. Free; donations appreciated. Info: marblesprings.net; 573-5508; info@marblesprings.net. “Civil War Genealogy on the Internet,” 1-3 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Instructor: Eric Head, BA, Knox Co. Archives and/or Dr. George K. Schweitzer, PhD, ScD. Preregistration, valid email address, good Internet searching capabilities required. Info/registration beginning March 7: 215-8809. East Tennessee Kidney Foundation’s Lucky Kidney Run and Irish Festival, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Market Square. Festival features: live music, dancing, vendor booths, and kids’ inflatables and midway games. Info/ Run or walk registration: etkidney.org. Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee. Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org. “A Night in Old Havana” ETTAC fundraiser, 6:30-10 p.m., Lighthouse Knoxville Event Center, 6800 Baum Drive. Includes: authentic Cuban food and music, a Latin dance showcase, casino game tables, a silent auction, a coffee and dessert bar, cigars bar and door and raffle prizes. Tickets: $25. Tickets: ettac.org/ nohregistration2016.html; 219-0130, ext. 221. Info: Mat Jones, 219-0130, ext. 228, or mjones@ettac.org. Saturday Stories and Songs: Sarah Rysewyk, 11 a.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Info: 470-7033. Seymour’s spring Roads and Rivers Day, 9 a.m.-noon, Seymour First Baptist Church, 11621 Chapman Highway. Volunteers will receive gloves, safety vests, litter pickers if wanted, and water. Info: Amparo Flores, 405-9958. Spring Hike: Fort Loudoun Fort Tour, 2-3 p.m., Visitor Center, 338 Fort Loudoun Road, Vonore. Leader: Ranger Joshua Kirby. Info: 423-884-6217. Wild Bird Eggstravaganza, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., UT Gardens. Learn to attract birds to a home garden and create natural crafts. Kids leave with bird house, a bird feeder, a bird nest model and an egg model. Activities include egg hunt and photo opportunity with Easter Bunny. Cost: $6. For ages 12 and under. Registration deadline: 5 p.m. Thursday, March 17. Info/registration: tiny.utk.edu/eggstravaganza. Yard sale, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway. Spots are $10 or donate items to the youth section of the sale. Info: 690-1060.
SATURDAY-SUNDAY, MARCH 19-20 “The Secrets of Fine Art Photography” presented by J Way Photography, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave. Cost: $200. Info/ registration: 214-6364.
MONDAY, MARCH 21 Computer Workshops: “Word Basics,” 5:307:45 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Requires “Introducing the Computer” or equivalent skills. Info/registration: 215-8700. “Introduction to Beekeeping” class, 6-9 p.m., Clinton Community Center in Clinton. Open to anyone interested in beekeeping. Sponsored by the Anderson County Beekeepers Association. Info/registration: 4638541 or clowden@comcast.net. “Ready, Set, Sow: Don’t Jump the Gun” workshop, 1-2 p.m., Davis Family YMCA, 12133 S. Northshore Drive. Presented by Master Gardener Barb O’Neil. Free and open to the public. Info: 777-9622.
MONDAY-TUESDAY, MARCH 21-22 Advanced iPad/iPhone for Seniors, 1-3 p.m., Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Presented by Social Media 4 Seniors. Cost: $45. Registration/payment deadline: Monday, March 21. Info/ registration: 218-3375; townoffarragut.org/register; in person at Town Hall.
TUESDAY, MARCH 22 An evening with best-selling author Erik Larson, 7 p.m., Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay St. Larson will discuss his latest book, “Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania.” Info/tickets: http://www.knoxbijou.com. Auditions for “Snow White & Rose Red,” 4:307:30 p.m., Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Ave. By appointment only. Fourteen available roles; ages 9-18. For appointment: email Dennis Perkins, dennis@childrenstheatreknoxville.com, including name, age gender and preferred time. “E-Commerce and Online Shops” professional development seminar, noon-1 p.m., the Emporium, 100 S. Gay St. Cost: $5 members of Arts & Culture Alliance/$8 nonmembers. Info/registration: 523-7543; sc@ knoxalliance.com.
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