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Northeast Knox Utility District has increased its minimum water bill from $13.05 to $13.55, effective March 1. The vote by commissioners was Feb. 10. The increase was necessary, officials say, because of inflation on materials used. The district does not anticipate borrowing any money this year. It does not operate a wastewater system. – S. Clark

IN THIS ISSUE Three eye trustee’s office

Three Republicans – Barry Hawkins, Craig Leuthold and Ed Shouse – are running for Knox County Trustee this year. Jake Mabe talked with all three and files his report.

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OneLife Church will move to Powell

Nestled beside The Amber Restaurant in Halls is a church making a big impact on the community. OneLife Church began as the vision of Rodney Arnold. It held its first service in July 2009 and began meeting at Powell High School in September. When the church outgrew that location, they moved to the Jubilee Center in 2011. The congregation is in the process of moving to its newest location, the former Food City building in Powell.

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■ Sandra Clark interviewed Jared Effler, the 14-year prosecutor who was fired for requesting time off. Of course, he is running against his boss for district attorney general. Union County edition. ■ Stefan Cooper talked with Phil Garner, and veteran sportswriter Marvin West added some memories of the baseball legend. Bearden edition. ■ Farragut Mayor Ralph McGill is cruising toward reelection without an opponent just days before the qualifying deadline. Farragut edition. ■ Sherri Gardner Howell caught up with a fashion show at Cherokee Country Club to benefit Ramsey House. Farragut edition.

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Members of the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) re-enact combat for students at Halls Middle School. Pictured are Hruse MacIntosh (Jason Little) and Captain Tristram Jager von Bonn (Travis Bond) in battle. Learn more about SCA at www.ThorsMountain.org. Photo by Ruth White

SCA members make the Middle Ages come to life Members of the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) visited Halls Middle School last week and re-enacted life from the Middle Ages and Renaissance periods through arts and sciences. The event reinforced classroom learned and allowed students to see how life was long ago. Long before technology, games were played for social interaction. One favorite game was Blind Man’s Bluff, where blindfolded individuals tried to locate one person through sounds. Said one SCA member, “There was no physical contact between the opposite sexes during this time. It wasn’t permitted. This game was a form of flirting.” Members of the organization dressed in period costumes and demonstrated forms of combat, explaining to students the rules of the game. To end the session, the learning game “Sit down you’re dead” was played. Court baroness Eleanor of Ashley explained how medicine wasn’t readily available and many died at very young ages. Groups of students were identified and were told to sit down because they were dead for various medical reasons.

Eleanor of Ashley (Karla Hood) watches a combat game during a demonstration at Halls Middle School. At left, Osric the Brewer (Halls resident Zac Carey) challenges an opponent in a demonstration for students.

Bennett, Busler seek 7th District commission seat By Jake Mabe Bo Bennett and Charles Busler are the Republican candidates seeking the 7th District County Commission seat currently held by R. Larry Smith, who is term limited. Bennett is director of operations for a regional software company and previously ran for Knox County mayor. He names three priorities for the district: Building a new Adrian Burnett Elementary, building a senior center for the Powell and Heiskell communities and improving communication about both county and state road projects in the district. “And, overall, it is the

job of a c ou nt y commissioner to not only r epr e s ent one’s const it uenc y, but bring informaBo Bennett tion to them about issues countywide. That’s something I think we fail at sometimes.” He says if elected he will hold a monthly town hall-type meeting for constituents. He also says he wants to make sure the county stays fiscally responsible by continuing to build up the county’s so-called “rainy day fund.”

Bennett says that the Heiskell community has raised more than $100,000 toward a senior center and stresses again that building a new Adrian Burnett Elementary is a top priority. “There’s a difference in investing money wisely and throwing it away. I don’t consider investing money in our children or our seniors a waste.” Bennett and his wife, Jilene, have a son, Blaze, who was born Jan. 15. “I am directly invested in what happens during the next 20 years in Knox County because of our child and his future.” Charles Busler has lived in the 7th District for 41

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the center of the community.” Busler says that having a solid school system is essential to attracting quality jobs to the community. “We chose to live in this community,” Busler said. “I have two daughters and five grandchildren. I want to serve this community.” District 7 lies outside the city limits and includes voting precincts of Halls, Powell, Brickey, Copper Ridge and Heiskell. Early voting starts April 16 for the May 6 primary election. Bennett’s campaign treasurer is John H. Van Dyke; Busler’s is former Sharon Baptist pastor, Dr. James E. Robertson.

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Kirk Wynn takes the stage This past week I stepped festival, visit www.rhythmoutside my comfort zone nbloomsfest.com. and went down to the Cotton Eyed Joe for a little mid- ■ Bundon joins week fun. Smithwood staff

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The opening band for the night was Crab Apple Lane, a local group who played a great variety of music including several original songs and a couple of old rock favorites that got the crowd singing along. Lead vocals include 2004 Halls High graduate Kirk Wynn and Deena Seals. Wynn has been playing music since he was 12, and since the start of CAL last year, he is living a musician’s dream. You can catch the band at Rhythm N’ Blooms, a featured event of the Dogwood Arts Festival. They will be at the Lox Salon, 103 W. Jackson Ave., 4-5 p.m., Saturday, April 5. For a complete schedule of artists and to purchase tickets for the

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Halls graduate Kirk Wynn and the band Crab Apple Lane entertain at the Cotton Eyed Joe. Photo by Ruth White Melton, Chris Alford, Scott Williams and my dear friend, the late Jerry Reeves.” Smithwood Baptist services begin with Sunday school at 9:30 a.m., followed by worship at 10:45 a.m. Sunday evening services begin at 6 p.m. Wednesday night Bible Study is at 6 p.m. The church is located at 4914 Jacksboro Pike. Info: 689-5448. ■

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p.m. Monday, March 31, (weather permitting) with Hugh Newsom throwing out the official first pitch and the family will award scholarships to two Halls High athletes in Chris’s memory. Friends and family are asked to pack the ball field to remember a great athlete and support one of Halls’ beloved families. ■

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Dogwood Arts Festival will start this week with more than 350 events, exhibits and performances. Here are some highlights at a glance: ■ April 4-6: 86 musical performances and 6 workshops during Rhythm N’ Blooms ■ April 5: 114 artists Hugh Newsom throws out turning downtown sidewalks into their canvas at out, LaRose said – a trip the first pitch at the first Chris Chalkwalk Newsom Tournament. File photo via rail from Neyland by ■ April 9: Celebrating Ruth White Drive on the River Rambler. Watch for details.

It’s officially spring and time to throw out the first pitch of the Chris Newsom Memorial Tournament at Halls Community Park. The event will open 6

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They’re celebrating spring at Ramsey House with an exhibit of vintage baseball ■ Public forum items from the collection of Tracy for McClung Martin set to go on property display April 1. Anyone interested The Knoxville in the redevelopment Holstons vintage of the publicly owned baseball team will property in the 500 co-host the exhibit, block of West Jackson which will serve as Avenue between Gay the lead-in to the Street and Broadway opening of Tennessee’s Vintage A vintage baseball player comes to bat. Photo is invited to attend a public forum at 5:30 Baseball League submitted at noon, Saturday, April 12. such a successful year that p.m. Thursday, April 3, at the Southern Depot, 318 W. Admission is free, but spec- they wanted to expand.” tators should bring lawn Historic Ramsey House Depot Ave. Feedback from the meetchairs or blankets (there sits on 110 acres, much of it are no bleachers), because open field, and is well-suited ing will be made public and could become part of the the game will be played as to such an event, she said. it was in the beginning – Two additional games are redevelopment plan. A Reno formal field, no gloves, scheduled for the Ramsey quest for Proposals will be scratchy uniforms and orig- House grounds, on May 31 issued this summer. “While we anticipate a inal rules of play. and July 26. A final game “It’s an awful lot of fun,” will be played at World’s Fair mix of uses – residential, resaid Judy LaRose, Ramsey Park as part of the History tail and office – we’re openHouse executive director. Fair in August. Traditional minded on how the proper“Nashville started two teams baseball fare – hot dogs, ties might be redeveloped,” last year, Franklin and popcorn and soft drinks – said Bill Lyons, deputy to the mayor and chief policy Nashville, and they want to will be available. play the games at historic There could be an addi- officer. “There is no presites so you get the feel of tional attraction for the May conceived plan for the 500 vintage baseball. They had 31 game, if it can be worked block.”

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When Frank Barnett met the queen Most everyone knows that our current governor, Bill Haslam, lives in West Knoxville on Sherwood Drive. However, very few people know that another governor (now retired) also lives in Knoxville less than a mile from the Haslam home. He is Frank Barnett, 80, former lieutenant governor and then governor of American Samoa (1975 to 1977) who lives on Orleans Drive in the Westlands.

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Barnett attended Bearden Elementary School when he grew up on Lonas Drive and graduated from old Knoxville High. He graduated from the University of Tennessee and UT College of Law. He was in practice with Howard Baker and Robert Worthington in the original Baker law firm. He worked for Gov. Winfield Dunn as an administrative aide and later served on the state Board of Regents, appointed by Gov. Don Sundquist. Barnett was appointed to leadership roles in American Samoa by Interior Secretary Rogers Morton, who worked for President Gerald Ford. American Samoa today has a population of roughly 55,000, according to the 2010 census. It elects its own governors. Barnett recalls the fourday visit of Queen Elizabeth II to Samoa in February 1977 as the highlight of his tenure. He and his wife, Carolyn, were hosts for the queen and Prince Philip, who arrived on a British Airways flight but departed on the Britannia, the queen’s yacht, which is now decommissioned and berthed near Edinburgh and is open to the public for tours. The queen also visited Western Samoa, an independent nation. The Barnetts are probably the only residents of Knoxville today who have dined with Queen Elizabeth II on her yacht. Barnett as governor officially welcomed the queen and prince to American Samoa and rode with her from the airport to the Britannia in the harbor of Pago Pago (capital of American Samoa). He describes her today “as extremely gracious and well

Three Republicans – Barry Hawkins, Craig Leuthold and Ed Shouse – are running for Knox County Trustee this year. Barry Hawkins says the office is overstaffed. He says that current Trustee Craig Leuthold, who was appointed to the position last July after John Duncan III resigned after pleading guilty to a low-level felony for paying himself and staffers more than $18,000 in bonuses he knew they didn’t earn, “has clearly shown disregard for the taxpayers of Knox County.” Hawkins says Knox County’s trustee office employs Elizabeth II with Frank Barnett 40, while Hamilton County’s employs 15 and Metro Nashville employs 22. informed.” “I promise to staff the Barnett also attended trustee’s office comparable the National Governors’ to Hamilton and Davidson Conference and was incounties.” vited to the White House Hawkins, who worked in by President Carter, along the office for 17 years, says with other governors. he has “a clear understand■ The Eugenia Wiling of the waste and tax burliams House on Lyons View Pike continues to occupy top-level UT personnel. Even Deborah DiPietro, wife of the UT president, attended a recent tour. While UT is finally moving to study what the current leadership has inherited, it is unclear to this writer where it is all Before the summer is headed. Meetings will be over, the school board will closed to the public at a approve the district’s first time when the university charter school. could win points for a more open process. Butch Peccolo, who chairs the committee, noted Betty the house was vacant for 17 Bean years before UT acquired it by gift. However, he failed to mention that UT let the Last week, Steve Diggs house remain vacant for (executive director of the another 17 years, allowing further downgrading of the Emerald Youth Foundation, an organization that he house after accepting it. helped found in 1988 as an Prior UT administrations have contributed to the de- inner-city youth ministry that has done immense good terioration by neglect and even canceled a fundraising work with disadvantaged children in the years since) effort to be led by Jim and formally announced that Natalie Haslam to salvage Emerald Charter Schools the house. will submit an application Asked if the committee for a tuition-free, K-8 public plans to invite comments from the neighborhood and school, to be called Emerald Academy, on April 1. The the community in general, school board will vote it up UT spokesperson Gina Stafford said “input will not or down before the start of next school year. be sought at this point in They’ll vote yes. the initiative.” Somewhat The school is scheduled astonishing that the univerto open in August 2015 with sity would not seek input from neighbors and groups 120 kindergarten and firstgrade students who will be like Knox Heritage. called “scholars” and will Stafford carefully refers to the “Williams property,” wear uniforms. The school day will be from 8 a.m. to rather than the Williams 4 p.m., and the school year house. One wonders if there is already an unstated will be 190 days (10 more than other public schools). desire to demolish the The location has not yet house with the use of this language. However, anyone been determined, but the search is under way, and wishing to comment on so is fundraising. It’s going the Williams house and property may write Peccolo to happen. State law is favorable to charters, and it’s at 709 A Andy Holt Tower, gotten hard for local school Knoxville, TN 37996 or email him at cpeccolo@ten- districts to say no. The signs were there at nessee.edu.

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dens placed on the citizens of Knox County.” Hawkins came under fire earlier this year by Commissioner Dave Wright for being the only Duncan staffer not to repay the $3,000 bonus for UT County Technical Assistance Services (CTAS) training he did not complete. Hawkins accused Wright of playing politics to help Shouse. Wright said he was reacting to a story in the News Sentinel. “After receiving payment I questioned (Duncan) about the CTAS payment, and he assured me that it was new office policy and procedure,” Hawkins said. “I (also) spoke with my office manager and chief of staff. I was in the process of completing my CTAS

designation then and soon after my job was eliminated. Hawkins said he did nothing wrong. “And I don’t ap- Hawkins preciate accusations otherwise.” Craig Leuthold says he is the only candidate who has the experience and knowledge of “the entire propertytax process from beginning to end,” having worked in both the property assessor’s and trustee’s offices. He is running on his results as interim trustee: “In eight months, we’ve collected more than $7.1 million over the previous year as of the last reporting period in February,” Leuthold said. “I’ve not hired anybody new. And I’ve had two quarterly audits, both showing that we were 100 percent compliant.” Leuthold attributes that

success to “a lot of hard work.” He disp u t e s Hawkins’ numbers about Metro Nashv ille’s s t a f f i n g , Leuthold saying the office staffs 22 full-time employees and five-six seasonal employees. He acknowledges that his office does employ 40 people, “33 full-time employees, six seasonal employees and myself. But Davidson County has no satellite offices. We have five. They don’t have bookkeeping and don’t do all the functions that we do. “The City County Building is not very accessible. The satellite offices are very important to keep open, especially for elderly or handicapped people. You can’t just park and walk right into this building.” To page A-5

Resistance is futile on Emerald’s proposed charter school

Noel Vasquez, Noble Chaney and Olivia Chaney model the Emerald Academy uniforms. Emerald Youth Foundation director Steve Diggs is at right. Photo by Betty Bean

the formal announcement: The house was packed with enthusiastic parents, kids, suits and neighborhood folks. EYF Community Development Director Kevin DuBose said he has conducted more than 60 small-group meetings all over the inner city and has involved parents, business leaders and pastors, collecting letters of support from 29 groups in the process. Community buy-in does not appear to be a problem, unlike unsuccessful charter efforts in the past. Diggs singled out Betty Sue Sparks, retired Knox County Schools administrator who is now the Cornerstone Principal in Residence at UT’s Center for Educational Leadership, which trains new principals. He thanked her for the work she’s done in planning

for academics and special education at the new school (yes, Emerald Academy will accept special-ed students). He also unveiled three groups: the ECS board of directors, a design team and a parent- and communityadvisory committee, which are packed with the names of all kinds of stakeholders. Refreshments were provided by the Knox County Schools Nutrition Department, which Diggs said will also be feeding the charterschool kids breakfast and lunch. On the iffy side, only two school-board members, Gloria Deathridge and Doug Harris, attended the meeting. But I’m still betting it happens. ■ Pam Trainor gained an opponent and lost the support of many of the

teachers who helped elect her to the school board four years ago when she voted to extend Superintendent James McIntyre’s contract in December. Last week, McIntyre took to Twitter to announce: “After examining options & much dialogue w/ Pam Trainor & Dr. (Roy) Miller I’m going to recommend a $1.3 million, 4-classroom addition to Mooreland Heights Elementary School.” ■ School politics spilled into the sheriff’s race last week when challenger Bobby Waggoner called out incumbent Jimmy “J.J.” Jones for sending his chief deputy to support McIntyre’s contract extension. Waggoner said he would keep out of others’ business and focus efforts on patrolling neighborhoods.

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Trustee’s race Leuthold closes the satellite offices each summer. His goals include making online payments easier, working with the city of Knoxville so that city residents receive only one statement and allowing residents to receive tax notices electronically. “Results matter. I was chosen (as interim) from 25 candidates. They wanted someone to come in here who would bring stability and leadership to the office and collect taxes. I’ve accomplished that and our employees have worked hard.” Ed Shouse, a current county commissioner and former member of City Council, said he decided to run for the office because of “all the instability and problems the office had for many years,” referring not only to Duncan’s

From page A-4 sure all accounts are audited and regularly balanced, take politics out of the office (i.e. not favoring one individual t r o u b l e s , or group over another) and but to for- identify efficiencies to save mer Trustee taxpayers money. Mike Lowe, “I have talked to perwho was sonnel in Chattanooga and i n d i c t e d Memphis, and it appears along with our staffing is high. Some four others of it is an apples or oranges in 2012 for comparison, but I’ll look felony theft closely at the personnel. Shouse and will “If the public wants somestand trial later this year. body who has been part of Shouse says the trustee is that office for the last 20 “the county banker.” years, then they can vote He said he worked at the for Craig Leuthold or Barry old Hamilton National Bank Hawkins. from the mid-1970s until “If they want someone 1990, leaving as vice presi- who has had part-time, dent and corporate trustee. elected government service “So, I’ve done similar and full-time, real-world work in the private sector.” business experience, then Shouse bought a rail- they should vote for me.” road 16 years ago and says Early voting starts April he has a small-business 16, and the primary election background that “gives me is May 6. The winner will unique qualifications.” face Democrat Jim Berrier His goals are to make in the general election Aug. 7.

Mature receiver makes a difference Long, long ago, just after the turn of the century, a mature athlete came down from the clouds and made a wonderful difference in Tennessee football.

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James Kelley Washington, Stephens City, Va., and points south, was 22 when he landed. He thought of himself as The Future. He may have given himself that nickname. He was confident. This was 13 years ago. Almost overnight, he became the busiest wide receiver on the team. He caught 70

passes for 1,080 yards, more than Donte Stallworth. He was honored as a freshman all-American. Some whispered behind Washington’s back that he was throw-the-ball-to-me selfish, more interested in individual stats than team success. Never would I or Casey Clausen say such a thing. Kelley helped the Volunteers go 11-2 and finish fourth in the nation. He killed LSU, 11 catches, 256 yards. Somewhere in a dustcovered file is a mundane question and famous answer that summarizes this man’s perspective: Are you surprised by the receptions and yards? “I expected it. I’ve always had an unbelievable amount of confidence in myself and my ability. It was just a mat-

City pensions: What are others doing? We recently reviewed the growing pension contributions required to fund the city’s “unsustainable” pension plan. Those have risen from $4.4 million a decade ago to $23.8 million in the new fiscal year and are projected to reach $31.5 million by 2019. We also reviewed the holding of the 1981 Blackwell case. Today, we look at what other cities are doing to head off financial crisis. The city of Chattanooga recently sat down with its police and firefighters and worked out a shared-cost approach to make their pension plan sustainable. Workers’ contributions will rise from 7-8 percent a year now to 11 percent of pay, and cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) will be

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reduced from 3 percent to 1.5 percent. These and other changes are projected to save Chattanooga an estimated $5 million per year and more than $225 million over the next 25 years. Chattanooga’s actions demonstrate that Blackwell does not control mutual pension solutions or freeze COLA. Think about it. COLA is not earned by time in service, nor is it a part of a core pension benefit formula (which Blackwell said

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had three elements: benefit base pay, creditable years of service and the percentageof-pay applied to that service). COLA is essentially a perk that helps address changing inflation. It need not be extended or can be reduced where inflation subsides or it cannot reasonably be afforded. Knoxville currently provides an automatic 3 percent COLA increase, even when inflation is tame. That alone costs the taxpayers $1.1 million per year and compounds the future benefit base. Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke observed, after its city council unanimously approved the revised plan: “Lots of cities are facing these issues, and it’s a rare city that’s actually been able

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6,135 employees) to a 401(k) type plan, under which the employees would contribute 8 percent of pay, and the city would add an 8 percent match. A shared burden. Nearby cities like Lexington, Ky., and Jacksonville, Fla., have likewise worked out employee accords to salvage high-cost pension plans and their cities from financial ruin. Private industry has found ways to exit open-ended plans, in some cases substituting paid-up annuities for past service and switching to portable contributory savings plans. There are many paths to fiscal soundness. Change is constant. Survivors must adapt or perish. Knoxville’s old pension

ter of time and opportunity.” I don’t recall the context and can’t swear to the precise accuracy, but that is at least close. Washington didn’t do much in an injury-plagued second year and was too soon gone, to the NFL, his second professional adventure. He played minor-league baseball before college. I hadn’t thought of Kelley Washington in a long time. New Volunteer receiver Von (or Lavon, if you prefer) Pearson restored the memory. Pearson is also from Virginia (Newport News). He is also mature, soon to be 23. Just for fun, he calls himself a freak of nature. He is very talented, 6-3 and 185 and can jump and run – higher and faster than Washington. To page A-6

plan places all the market risk on the city. It was hammered when those markets tanked in 2001-02 and 2008-09. Future market pain cycles will come. The plan has morphed into a $24 million per year albatross. It was found “unsustainable” by a broad-based employee/citizen task force. There is more than one cause that brought us to this state. Some point to changes made in the ’90s without proper funding. We can play the blame game or fix it. Kicking the can down the road is not a prudent option. Everyone wins with a financially sound plan. Public officials and employees need to sit down and work through these issues. Negotiate prudent changes and put a charter amendment on the ballot. Let the people decide.

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lard Auditorium. But there’s still plenty of time to catch them. They’ll be performing at UT’s Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 3. If you’re new to chamber music or classical music in general, this concert is one you’d definitely enjoy, as the program includes works by Haydn and Beethoven – two titans of the genre – as well as music by Erich Korngold, who is considered one of the founders of film music. His romantic, tuneful style makes him a favorite with listeners.

And if you’re already a classical-music fan, you know what a treasure the Doric String Quartet is. Described by Gramophone Magazine as “one of the finest young string quartets” whose members are “musicians with fascinating things to say,” the group won first prize in the 2008 Osaka International Chamber Music Competition in Japan, second prize at the Premio Paolo Borciani International String Quartet Competition in Italy, and the Ensemble Prize at the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Germany. They typically play to sold-out houses all over the world. All members currently live in London. Randisi-Hooker has a personal connection with the four. They are all close

friends of a former student of hers, Bartholomew LaFollette. “It was through Bart that I first brought the Doric to Knoxville in January of 2012,” she says. He’s recorded the Korngold Sextet for Strings with them, a fact that makes his former teacher glow with pride. In addition to maintaining a busy teaching studio, Randisi-Hooker is tireless in her promotion of local classical-music performance and education. She is on the board of the Joy of Music School and the Oak Ridge Civic Music Association and a member of the Suzuki Association of the Americas, the American String Teachers Association and the National Federation of Music Teachers. And she’s dedicat-

ed to the Tuesday Morning Musical Club, which, along with ORCMA, is co-sponsoring the Doric’s visit. Founded in 1897 as Knoxville’s first presenting musical organization, the TMMC was established “for the purpose of performing good music and bringing good music to Knoxville.” Each month the club’s meetings feature performances by members and guests. “We are trying to raise our profile in the community and to also raise money for scholarships for high school students who want to continue their studies,” Randisi-Hooker states. If you’d like to support the TMMC, visit them on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pages/TuesdayMorning-Musical-Club. Meanwhile, in addition to their concerts, the Doric String Quartet members are spending lots of time during their East Tennessee visit working with UT string majors and exceptional high school students. RandisiHooker is enjoying not only hearing them, but visiting with them. “They’re charming, they’re lovely,” she says. “And they so deserve an audience. They’re just spectacular!” The Doric String Quartet’s performance at the UT School of Music is free and open to the public. The event takes place Thursday, April 3, at 7 p.m. in the Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall. Info: www.music.utk.edu.

“Now” was the operative word. Wide receiver coach Zach Azzanni’s first contact with Pearson is a good tale. Coach had to walk a few miles to make it happen. Motivation was self defense. His rental car bogged down in ice and snow coming out of Reno. The coach was ill equipped for bad-weather hiking – no coat, just gym

shoes and a pullover – but he was absolutely determined to see Von Pearson. Bad trip turned good, more than worth the effort. Azzanni got a delightful first impression of the obscure star. “We went out to see him practice and fell in love with him. He’s humble, he’s hungry and he’ll do anything.”

Von Pearson did a lot for Feather River. He led all junior college receivers with 1,598 yards, was second in catches with 90 and fourth with 12 touchdowns. Of course he accepted the UT scholarship offer. When your path has been mediocre high school grades to McDonald’s to Feather River, Neyland Stadium is high atop the world. Later, Von

became a four-star prize. I predict he’ll fit right in. He and young Josh Malone and an improving Marquez North will add zest to the anemic passing game. They may even make quarterbacks look better. If you want to speculate on which receiver will be more productive, pick the old guy. This could be a case of history repeating itself.

Knoxville audiences can hear the world-class Doric String Quartet – violinist Jonathan Stone, violist Hélène Clément, violinist KSO cellist Alicia RandisiHookers Photo by Larry Miller Alex Redington and cellist John Myerscough – at UT’s Powell Recital Hall this Thursday evening. Photo submitted

Just spectacular Alicia Randisi-Hooker, cellist for the Knoxville Symphony and president of the Tuesday Morning Musical Club, is so excited about the Doric String Quartet that she can’t think of enough superlatives to describe them. “These guys are absolutely world class!” she exclaims. “I mean, they play Wigmore Hall and the Phillips Collection, for heaven’s sake!” she says, referring to two of the “holy shrines” of chambermusic performance, the first located in London, the second in Washington, D.C. “We’re so lucky to have them

Marvin West He is in the process of making an immediate difference in Tennessee football. Pearson was not a gift from above, but he did come from an unlikely place, Feather River Community College, Quincy, Calif., just a little west of the Nevada bor-

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Listen, I will tell you a mystery! We will not all die, but we will all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. (I Corinthians 15: 51-52 NRSV)

Waking the giant By Ruth White

Nestled beside The Amber Restaurant in Halls is a church making a big impact on the community. OneLife Church began as the vision of Rodney Arnold. It held its first service in July 2009 and began meeting at Powell High School in September. When the church outgrew that location, they moved to the Jubilee Center in 2011. They are in the process of moving to their newest location, the former Food City building in Powell. The Halls location (6709 Maynardville Pike) was planted in 2009 and con-

tinues to grow. Sermons are viewed via video feed from the Powell location. Halls campus pastor Dylan Martin is on hand greeting guests and church members and providing guidance when needed. Music is live to enhance the worship experience. OneLife has a simple vision: to see people far from God discover Him and how their one life can make a difference. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People are making a difference where they live, work and play,â&#x20AC;? said Martin. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is a giant inside of us waiting to be woken.â&#x20AC;? OneLife has a three-year

plan on reaching the city. That plan is to Grow, Go and Reload. The Halls location is currently in the growing phase and is in need of more space for children. The construction team is working to expand into undeveloped space in the building so they can reach more families. In response to growth, the Go phase will involve eventually planting a third location. While no solid plans have been set, the idea is to have a location within approximately 15 minutes of everyone in Knox County. The Reload phase involves being debt free from

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OneLife Church campus pastor Dylan Martin construction within three years and being able to secure a third location. OneLifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s success involves everyone. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life makes a difference,â&#x20AC;? said Martin. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are the church and God will use them.â&#x20AC;? Both locations will host a grand reopening on Sunday, April 13. Service times are 9:30 and 11:15 a.m. Home groups meet during the week to study Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s word and connect with other members. Info: 238-4242 or www.onelifeknox.com.

Powell Church Clothes Closet volunteers Teresa Long, Kim Byers and Heather Boles sort through recent donations. Photo by Cindy Taylor

By Cindy B Ci d Taylor T l A clothes closet was started at Powell Church two years ago, and thanks to the generosity of members it is still going strong. On the third Saturday of each month, those who need help finding clothing for themselves or their loved ones can visit the church, browse the inventory and take home items that fit their needs. Ministry organizer Teresa Long is grateful for the opportunity to serve the community. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This started as a ministry to the homeless and has progressed from there,â&#x20AC;? said Long. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a ministry that the community can benefit from and is an out-

reach for the church.â&#x20AC;? The closet also benefits from items that go unsold at the Picky Chick Consignment sales. Beth Dishner, Picky Chick organizer, attends Powell Church and donates to the clothes closet after each sale to help inventory continue to grow.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;More and more we were having members call and ask if we had clothing for friends who were caring for foster children or members who had started new jobs and needed clothes,â&#x20AC;? said Long. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So the ministry evolved to meet more needs.â&#x20AC;? The ministry also works

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(Apropos of nothing to do with this column, I never read the Scripture verse quoted above without remembering the sign on the nursery door in a church where I worked. It was true: All the babies did not sleep, but all of them were changed, if need be!) Admittedly, I have to be careful here. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t intend to be irreverent or thoughtless or â&#x20AC;&#x201C; God forbid! â&#x20AC;&#x201C; hurtful. I actually considered saving this column until Easter but decided that really would be a bit much. So, stay with me, and take this in the spirit in which it is intended. One day I noticed a pile of fur in the road in front of our house. I looked carefully, from a distance, and realized it was not our beloved Kitty Kat; she has been trained not, emphatically not, to venture into the road. The cat in the road was clearly dead, but it was not a cat I recognized, and not knowing whom to contact, I decided to leave well enough alone. It disappeared fairly quickly, and I assumed it had been duly buried. Turns out, it had. Our neighbor Johnny told us about it some days later. He also had seen the forlorn body in the road, and he gathered it up with love and sorrow, took it home and gave it a proper feline funeral. He and his wife buried all their catâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s toys with the deceased kitty and cried a tear, or several, over their loss. About two days later, their cat came home! She sauntered in, nonchalantly, meowing her hunger and purring her pleasure at being home. Johnny and his wife looked at her, then at each other, and then at the small mound of fresh dirt in their yard. They were able to laugh about it, but their cat was clearly displeased at the

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absence of her toys. I am sure that she was thinking, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheesh, guys, I was only gone a couple of days!â&#x20AC;? We say the Apostlesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Creed each Sunday in our church, a statement of faith that says, in part, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I believe in â&#x20AC;Ś the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.â&#x20AC;? I confess that I can believe in the resurrection of the body without understanding how that happens or exactly what it looks like. I can trust the Lord to make all those arrangements. Paul was apparently in the same boat. He said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;â&#x20AC;Ś I will tell you a mystery.â&#x20AC;? He didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t understand, couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t imagine any more than you or I can, how that would happen. But he believed with every fiber of his being that it was so, and true and reliable. And so do I. Here, however, is where I disagree with Paul. He declares that all of this resurrection would happen â&#x20AC;&#x153;at the last trumpet,â&#x20AC;? with Christâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s triumphant return to Earth. I believe that â&#x20AC;&#x201C; as one parishioner put it â&#x20AC;&#x201C; â&#x20AC;&#x153;there is no dark place.â&#x20AC;? I believe that we die and are received into the Everlasting Arms immediately. Death and resurrection are not separated by centuries of waiting. I believe that we return to the Love that created us, and that we live forevermore in that Presence. And I dearly hope that our kitty cats and puppy dogs will be there as well!

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Dudley named Corryton’s top teacher Sherrie Dudley has been at Corryton Elementary for her entire 13-year teaching career. She plans to finish her career there. To her, there is no better school in which to work. Her colleagues recognized her with selection as the school top teacher.

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Dudley began teaching in 4th grade and after six years she began working with 5th grade students. “I like how the kids are independent in this grade,” she said. “I am able to do more with them because they can work effectively in groups.” Corryton was one of 11 schools to win a technology grant and Dudley’s classroom has a MacBook for each child. Students have used the laptops in the classroom all year and for the last nine weeks of school will be allowed to take them home each evening. Dudley has embraced the use of technology and likes the options students are given to show what they know, whether through video or PowerPoint presentations. She believes that allowing the older students to take their laptops home will

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help them transition to middle school (namely Holston, which also won a technology grant). “The students can go deeper into learning (through technology) and they often aren’t aware. To them, it’s just fun.” Dudley has always been passionate about education. “I was that child that liked school, didn’t mind homework and loved learning.” She would have been a life-long college student had she been able to make a living from it. “Teaching is the next best thing.” She learns something new every day, including new techniques and procedures, and she learns from her students. Corryton Elementary is a special to her. With only 12 classroom teachers plus support staff, the group is tight-knit. They depend on one another to complete required tasks and work together to fill in gaps when needed.

Principal Jamie Snyder is credited for the school being at the top of its game. “She brought an environment to Corryton where it is okay to take risks to do more and be better for the sake of the children and their education. She is amazing.” ■

Sterchi honors Hamilton’s hero

Each year 5th grade safety patrol members at Sterchi Elementary School are encouraged to write an essay on Character Counts. The essay winner is named Hamilton’s Hero, in memory of former teacher Kae Hamilton. The winner of the contest this year was Conor McCabe who was given a scholarship to pay for his entire trip to Washington, D.C., with the safety patrol. Hamilton and husband Jack spent many years chaperoning the group from Sterchi on this memorable trip.

Gibbs High senior Kaitlyn Trent signs with Milligan College. ■

Trent signs with Milligan College

Gibbs High senior Kaitlyn Trent signed to play softball for Milligan College next year. Trent is a four-year starter for the Eagles, playing third base her freshman year and moving to second base the following season.

Honoring the Hamilton’s Hero at Sterchi include Scott Hamilton, Jack Hamilton, winner Conor McCabe and Bo Hamilton. Photos by Ruth White “Kaitlyn is one of the biggest leaders on the team,” said coach Carol Mitchell. “She is a rock for the team, she’s consistent and a knowledgeable ball player.” She selected Milligan because of the campus and the great coach, Wes Holly. “It just felt like home,” said Kaitlyn, “and I can see myself there for the next four years.” While at Milligan she plans to study biology and become a veterinarian. Attending the signing with Kaitlyn were her parents, James Trent and Belinda Alley; her brother, Cody; and her grandmother, Mary Trent. ■

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Round-up times at area schools are: ■ Adrian Burnett: 5-7 p.m. Info: 689-1474 ■ Brickey-McCloud: 3:30-5:30 p.m. Info: 6891499 ■ Copper Ridge: 8-10 a.m. and 3-5 p.m. Info: 938-7002 ■ Corryton: 8-10 a.m. and 1-5 p.m. Info: 687-4573 ■ Fountain City: 4-6

p.m. Info: 689-1445 ■ Gibbs: 4:30-6:30 p.m. Info: 689-1497 ■ Halls: 8:30-10:30 a.m. and 3:30-5:30 p.m. Info: 922-7445 ■ Ritta: 3-6 p.m. Info: 689-1496 ■ Shannondale: 3:305:30 p.m. Info: 689-1465 ■ Sterchi: 3-5:30 p.m. Info: 689-1470

SCHOOL NOTES Special arts festival ■ A Very Special Arts Festival, a unique Dogwood Arts Festival event, will be held 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 2, at West High School. Admission is free. The event will showcase the artistic achievements of Knox County school-aged disabled students. Student art will include dancing, drama, music and visual arts. There will be crafting workshops, demonstrations and a mobile exhibit from the Knoxville Zoo.

Knox County kindergarten round-up is scheduled Halls Middle School for Tuesday, April 8. Re- ■ Halls Middle dance team tryouts are Tuesday through Friday, April 1-4. Info: Jill Wright, 922-7494 or jill.wright@knoxschools.org. quirements for registration ■ Students interested in cheerleading for the 2014-2015 basketball include child’s birth certifiseason must have all paperwork turned in to the office by Friday, cate, current utility bill/conApril 18. Participants must have a new sports physical. A mandatract or rental agreement for tory parent/candidate meeting will be 4 p.m. Thursday, April 24, in housing and social security the cafeteria. Cheer clinics will be held noon-4 p.m. Saturday, April card. Children must be five 26, and 2-4 p.m. Sunday, April 27. Tryouts will be held 4 p.m. Monyears old by Aug. 15, 2014, day, April 28. Clinics and meetings are mandatory to try out. Info: to be eligible for kindergarCassie Owen, 922-7494 or email cassie.owen@knoxschools.org. ten.

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Fountain City Elementary celebrates students’ heroes Students at Fountain City Elementary participated in an anti-bullying program last week. The program was called HERO and featured military personnel to help spread the positive message. The letters in HERO stand for help, encourage, respect and others. The message was to never bully others, help anyone being bullied, be friendly to students who are left out, and report bullying. They were taught that they too can be a HERO. The staff at Fountain City Elementary would like to thank We’re Cooking in Fountain City for providing lunch for their heroes.

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really compete,” said Molly. “Getting first place was extremely exciting and I was surprised we won,” said Cameron. “I was pretty nervous because we had some mess ups in practice,” said Malia. “But Swafford when we performed we didn’t make ■ Central High: A mandatory those mistakes.” student and parent meeting To cap off the win, band will be held 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 8, in the library for stumembers spent some celdents interested in trying out ebratory time at Universal for the 2014-15 CHS cheerStudios. In May the 7th leading team. Students must grade band will participate be enrolled at Central or one in the King’s Island festiof the feeder middle schools. val and 6th grade band will Info: Jackie Raley, 414-8802. compete at Dollywood.

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Outdoor connection Sertoma Club donates $100k to fund Ijams camps By Betsy Pickle Ijams Nature Center’s day-camp program will have a huge growth spurt this summer, and kids used to spending their summers indoors will get to experience nature and adventure thanks to the generosity of the West Knoxville Sertoma Club. No April foolin’: Randy Reagan, president of the club, will present a check for $100,000 to Ijams at a ceremony on Tuesday, April 1. The money will help fund two summers’ worth of daycamp attendance for 8- to 13-year-olds involved in the Boys and Girls Club of the Tennessee Valley. “The members of the (Sertoma) club felt like … we’d like to make a big splash if we could and help a worthy cause,” says Sertoman Tom Rechenbach. He says the group has a long history of supporting organizations, such as the Boys Scouts and Big Brothers Big Sisters, that benefit children. For many years, the Sertomans raised money for philanthropy by putting on the annual Greater Tennessee Sportsman Show. About four years ago, after the show “faded out for various reasons,” the group still had money in the bank and decided to focus its contributions on education. They have given East Knox County Elementary School $25,000 a year for the past four years, primarily to help purchase technology products. Last September, the Sertomans decided to look around for a new beneficiary. Rechenbach, along with fellow committee members Joe Harrison, Ralph Smith, Robert Stacey and Gordon Thomas, asked several or-

More kids than ever will be getting out on Mead’s Quarry Lake at Ijams Nature Center this summer to learn how to canoe, kayak and paddleboard, thanks to a $100,000 donation from the West Knoxville Sertoma Club. In this photo, Jenny Newby, an Ijams staff member, and Isabel James enjoy canoeing on Mead Quarry Lake. Photo submitted ganizations to submit proposals. One of the club’s members, Henry McIlwaine, was on the Ijams board for many years, and they knew of the center’s contributions to the community, so they asked Ijams to participate. They also were keen on the Boys and Girls Club. When Mary Thom Adams, Ijams’ development officer and assistant director, made her presenta-

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Time Warp:‘Cheers’ without the booze By Betty Bean If there’s an unofficial mayor of Happy Holler, it’s Dan Moriarity, owner (with his wife, Peggy) of the Time Warp Tea Room, 1207 N. Central St., where vintage motorcycles are part of the décor and a nude photograph of Hazel Davidson (naughty parts covered by a blue-masking-tape bikini) and a painting of Cas Walker are affi xed to the solid cherry bar back that Dan bought from a Vine Avenue saloon that had a date with a wrecking ball. The Time Warp is a community gathering place and the headquarters of a 200-member vintage motorcycle club. Part coffee house, part museum, part meeting hall, part music venue and entirely alcohol-free, it’s “Cheers” without the booze. On one recent Monday, Uncle Butch the barbeque guy, Kelle Jolly the jazz singer, a boyhood friend from the old neighborhood and a polite, knowledgeable homeless motorcycle enthusiast came by to say hi. Jolly says it’s the only place around where she can get a Cremosa. The Time Warp sits in the middle of the hippest block

in town but was there before it was cool. And the Moriaritys did it without the help of tax breaks, grants or any other kind of handout. “I pay for my own streetlight,” Dan said. Everybody tells them they’d make more money by serving beer, but Dan says he saw enough of what comes along with that during 30 years as owner of the Triangle Amusement Company – supplier of coinoperated jukeboxes, pool tables and pinball and video game machines. He grew up on Luttrell Street in what is now known as Fourth and Gill and has an encyclopedic knowledge of that end of town. His big Irish Catholic family attended Holy Ghost Church, where he went to elementary school and was an altar boy. He wasn’t allowed to walk down the hill to the Holler because it was too dangerous. “It was no man’s land,” he said. “Little gangs of kids roamed around, and until I got a bicycle, I didn’t come down here at all. I could always outrun ’em on my bike. Used to be an altar boy at Holy Ghost – I might still be. Don’t know if you ever

get rid of that.” That was in the late ’50s and early ’60s, and things hadn’t changed much in 1986 when he decided to move Triangle Amusement Company (which he co-owned with his father) out of the space they’d occupied on Magnolia Avenue. He wanted a place to store his jukeboxes and pinball machines and his classic motorcycle collection and sought the advice of Gene Monday, Knoxville’s biggest urban property owner, who was by then quite elderly. “I was riding around in his big old Cadillac, and Mr. Monday was showing me these big, giant buildings. He was running red lights, jumping the curbs,” Dan said. “I noticed a ‘for sale’ sign in the windows here, and when I got out and looked, I could just barely make out a phone number. I called and ended up with the building.” Then just bare walls and floor and a falling-down plaster ceiling, the building was next door to a beer joint where he’d had some video games, and he recalls being careful when he went in to service them. “One time a guy pulled

up in front and opened fire,” Dan said. “So it was still Happy Holler, like it always was.” In 2001, he and his nephew, Jack Hutchins (who was shot to death last December in front of his Parkridge home in what is still an unsolved murder), started working on the site. A year later, it was a funky showplace with a stamped tin ceiling, the cherry bar back and furnishings from Dan’s vast collections of old, interesting stuff. The Time Warp opened on Oct. 1, 2002. “I wanted to be able to retire and be able to attract motorcycle people so I’d have somebody to talk to that understood motorcycles,” he said. “I kept going back and forth about whether to have a coffee house or beer. I hadn’t applied for an alcohol permit, and in the meantime, a church opened up next door, and you can’t sell alcohol that close to a church. Peggy laughed: “The Lord spoke to us.”

The Magnolia Avenue Campus of Pellissippi State Community College will host a forum for Knox County school board candidates beginning at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 1. The forum will be moderated by John Becker of WBIR-TV. It is sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Knoxville/Knox County and the Knox County Teachers Association. The community is invited to the free event. At the April 1 forum, the second of two such events, the campus hosts candidates from districts 4, 7 and 9. The audience will be able to submit questions for the candidates to answer. “We hope that citizens

will inform themselves about the substance of the questions and pay careful attention to the candidates’ responses, and that many voters will attend the forums,” said Kim Lauth, area LWV president. “An informed citizen is the best assurance of democracy at work.” Rosalyn Tillman, dean of the Magnolia Avenue Campus, says the site is proud to be hosting the forum: “This is an exceptionally important opportunity for our students and our community to be engaged in the political decision-making process.” The Magnolia Avenue Campus is at 1610 E. Magnolia Ave. Info: www.pstcc. edu/magnolia or call 865329-3100.

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ly-colored T-shirts played on multiple fields. Kickball teams also play on Sundays at the Arnstein Jewish Community Center and on Wednesdays at Safety City. If kickball doesn’t appeal to your inner middleschooler, KnoxSSC also offers dodge ball, flag football, softball and volleyball for players ages 21 and up. The average age of participants is 30, Pavlis estimates. Each season lasts seven weeks, with playoffs at the end. For a $55 registration fee, participants receive a team T-shirt, and games are professionally refereed. One of the reasons for the league’s popularity is its flexibility. Participants can

sign up as a team, as individuals or as a group for different levels of play. If you have to ask the difference between recreational and competitive teams, you belong on a recreational team, Pavlis says. The social aspect of the league is its other big draw. Four sponsor bars, Doc’s Sports Grille, Rooster’s, Buckethead Tavern and Backdoor Tavern, offer post-game specials to those wearing league Tshirts, and Pavlis encourages players to participate, even if they, like him, don’t drink. “That’s how friendships are made, and people buy into the league,” he says.

KnoxSSC is one of four clubs owned by Karl Beisel of Virginia. The Knoxville club is the fastest-growing and largest of the clubs, which are also in Asheville, Lexington and Norfolk. The exponential growth of KnoxSSC is due to Pavlis’ enthusiasm for the league − he’s a participant himself − and his tireless work ethic. His family runs A&B Distributing, and he is the nephew of Knoxville Vice Mayor Nick Pavlis. “Don’t let anyone outwork you” is the motto he learned from his family, he says. At 29, he knows how to connect with potential league participants. He re-

PTA to sponsor free lunch, discussion on autism Knox County Council PTA will present “Light It Up Blue,” a discussion of autism, Wednesday, April 2, at Bearden United Methodist Church, 4407 Sutherland Avenue. A light lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m. (RSVP requested), and exhibitors will be on hand. A discussion from noon to 1:30 p.m. will include parent perspectives on raising children on the autism spectrum and post-high school options. Info and RSVP: Tonya Willis at jtcwillis@att. net or Lisa Wilkerson at l.o.wilkerson@hotmail.com.

City adds new trash and recycling cans Mayor Madeline Rogero and city officials will launch a recycling program with new trash receptacles in parks at 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 2, in Tyson Park, 2351 Kingston Pike. The new receptacles will contribute aesthetic, functionality and safety improvements, Rogero said.

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How a second opinion changed everything Elizabeth Chaubin of Gibbs, 75, always takes a coconut cake to church meals. “Well, I don’t want to brag, but everybody wants me to make my coconut cake,” she said. “I do like to cook.” Chaubin had plenty of experience cooking when she was the dietary supervisor at a nursing home in Knoxville for years. But since retirement, the kitchen and any kind of work had become a challenge. “I’ve had back pain for years, I guess since I was in my 30s. But when I retired it got worse and worse, until I could hardly walk and I would fall,” said Chaubin. “My legs from my hips down went numb about seven years ago. “I had a walker,” she said. “I could sit down in the kitchen to cook. It got to where I wouldn’t go to the store because it was such a challenge to go. It was really bad.” Chaubin had a condition called spinal stenosis, in which the spinal canal narrows because of a thickening of the bones and ligaments. Over time, the bones and ligaments begin pushing on the spine, which causes pain and numbness down the legs. She also had spondylolisthesis, a misalignment of the lumbar vertebra, which added to the stenosis. Chaubin consulted a spine specialist about the pain. He told her that surgery would be a major ordeal, lasting 12 or 13 hours, and have only about a 75 percent chance of being effective. “He said my spine was closing up and even after surgery I might still be in a wheelchair,” said Chaubin. “My daughter said that’s unacceptable and wanted a second opinion.” Chaubin’s daughter, Kimberly Lusby, had heard through work friends about Dr. William Reid, a neurosurgeon at Center for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery at Fort Sanders Regional and Tennessee Brain and Spine. She took her mother to see Reid last year.

Elizabeth Chaubin (inset) is grateful to Dr. William Reid and the Center for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery at Fort Sanders Regional for taking away the debilitating back and leg pain that threatened to take away many of the things she enjoys.

Reid suggested a minimally invasive laminectomy and lumbar interbody fusion. A laminectomy is a surgical procedure in which overgrown ligaments and extra bone are removed from the back of the spine, reducing pressure on the spinal cord. The Dr. William Reid, Neuro- interbody fusion surgery is performed to correct the vertebral body misalignment. Reid performs it with minimally in-

vasive techniques, meaning that instead of one long incision, he makes two small ones. He uses special small instruments inserted in the incisions, and he is guided by continuous 3-D imaging during surgery. The smaller incisions mean less blood loss, less pain and a quicker recovery for the patient compared to surgery with one larger incision. “I felt like God was right there in the room with us,” said Chaubin. “I thought there was nothing that could be done,

Minimally invasive technique versus traditional surgery for lumbar stenosis For a sufferer of lumbar stenosis, it is common to feel a dull, aching pain in the lower back and legs every time a step is taken. The cause of this pain is the bones and ligament around the canal of the spine thickening, creating tremendous pressure on the spinal nerves. Traditionally, the surgery to relieve this tremendous stress on the spine is called a multiplelevel laminectomy and posterolateral fusion with instrumentation (screws and rods). It involves a large incision in the middle of the back to strip muscles away from

the roof of the spinal canal and harvesting of a bone graft from the pelvis. With this procedure, signiﬁcant post-operative back pain would occur, along with the threat of infection, spinal ﬂuid leak and other issues. Often times, an extensive hospital stay is required post-surgery and recovery can be anywhere from three to six months. At the Center for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery at Fort Sanders Regional, Dr. William Reid and Dr. Joel Norman utilize a less invasive approach to

the traditional fusion. For treating lumbar stenosis and spondylolisthesis, a minimally invasive approach limits the impact on the muscle around the spine and reduces the amount of bone removal to decompress the nerves. Using two one-inch incisions, the Center’s neurosurgeons are able to reduce operative blood loss and post-operative infection rate. In most cases, patients undergoing a minimally invasive lumbar fusion are discharged one to three days after surgery and return to activities of daily living in two to four weeks.

but Dr. Reid told me he could help me.” Chaubin had her surgery March 7, 2013, at Fort Sanders, coming home in just four days. “When I woke up I had a hard time moving feet and legs, but I could feel my feet,” she said. “The next day, I got up and walked with a walker.” She said her stay at Fort Sanders went smoothly. “Fort Sanders was great,” she said. “Everybody from the people who did the paperwork to the nurses were great. It was wonderful. I can’t say enough about them. I hadn’t been in Fort Sanders since my daughter was born 50 years ago!” After four days in the hospital, Chaubin went home and began physical therapy three times each week. “I’m going to keep doing it because it does help,” she said. Chaubin said she took very little pain medication and today is back to doing the things she loves. “I go to the store and to my daughter’s every day,” she said. “I do all my housework and everything. I had stopped doing a lot of things because I couldn’t, but now I do everything I want to do. I even went to the beach in June last year after I got out of the hospital.” Chaubin said she would recommend Reid and the Center for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery to anyone with back and leg pain. “I tell everybody I know to go to Dr. Reid. I really believe and trust in him, he saved my life,” Chaubin said. “I really thought I wouldn’t be able to walk. So I really thank the hospital and the doctor. He’s one of the best.” For more information about the Center for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery at Fort Sanders Regional, log on to www.fsregional.com/minimallyinvasive or call 865-541-2835.

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Noweta Garden Club program “Miniature Plants and Fairy Gardens” at Willow Ridge Garden Center, 97 Oak Ridge Turnpike. Program presented by Chris Johnson. Carpool leaves Powell UMC on Emory Road at 9:30 a.m. Info: 385-5508.

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MONDAY-TUESDAY, 3/31-4/1 Auditions for “Crimes of The Heart” Powell Playhouse production, 5:30-7 p.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 West Emory Road.

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forms will be provided. Ridge Runners 5K, 8:30-11 a.m., Big Ridge State Park. Includes 1 mile Kid’s Fun Run; kids supervised area available. Info: 992-2811. Thunder Road Gospel Jubilee, 6 p.m., WMRD 94.5 FM, 1388 Main St., Maynardville. All pickers and singers welcome. Spring Plant Sale, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Ivan Racheff House and Gardens, 1943 Tennessee Ave. Dozens of varieties of plants; birdhouses and feeders by Troy Lawson; handmade hypertufa containers; and gardening tools will be available for sale. Hot dogs and soup available 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Proceeds will be used to develop and maintain the gardens at Racheff. Paulette PTO Flea Market fundraiser, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Paulette Elementary School. Lots of tables with items for sale; PTO selling concessions. Info: 292-4928.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, APRIL 5-6 Nuno Felting For Weavers, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. Instructor: Geri Forkner. One of the “Featured Tennessee Artist” workshop series. Registration deadline: March 29. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

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Yard Sale in the Park hosted by Luttrell Seniors, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m.-? Saturday. If rain, will reschedule. Info/item pick up: Fran, 992 0678. Church yard sale, 9 a.m.-?, New Fellowship Church, Maynardville Highway across from Paulette Elementary School. Children’s Consignment Sale, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m.-noon Saturday, Bookwalter UMC, 4218 Central Ave. Pike. Consignors wanted. Info: Bookwalterconsignmentevent@gmail.com, http://bookwalter-umc. org, 689-3349.

Hard Knox Roller Girls intraleague bout featuring Lolitas Locas vs Black Bettys, 6 p.m., Smoky Mountain Skate Center, 2801 E. Broadway, Maryville. Open skate, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Ticket prices include skate rental. Info: www.hardknoxrollergirls.com. Pre-Easter drama “That Wondrous Week,” 10:30 a.m., Inskip UMC, 714 Cedar Lane. Presented by the WordPlayers. Complimentary lunch will follow the program. The public is invited. Info: 607-0903. “Musical Madness,” 4 p.m., St. Paul UMC, 4014 Garden Drive. Music by the chancel choir of St. Paul, and special music highlighting choral scholars. Performances by choral director Joshua Golden, as well as pianist Peggy Hinkle. Supper provided by the church.

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April in Appalachia cooking class, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Avanti Savoia’s La Cucina, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Cost: $50. Info/reservations: 922-9916 or www. avantisavoia.com.

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Knoxville dog Maisy was reunited with her family more than five years after she was lost – thanks to a microchip.

Power of Attorney Living Will

Celebrate National Pet I.D. Week with Maisy Microchip Day at Young-Williams Animal Village!

Probate of Estates Agreed Divorce

The first 50 microchips are FREE, courtesy of Invisible Fence of the Tennessee Valley. After the first 50, microchips will be $10.

APRIL 12 • NOON - 3 P.M. YOUNG-WILLIAMS ANIMAL VILLAGE 6400 KINGSTON PIKE ON BEARDEN HILL

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