VOL. 8 NO. 28
IN THIS ISSUE
Briggs is better Never say there’s not a dime’s worth of difference between state Sen. Stacey Campfield and his challenger, County Commissioner Dr. Richard Briggs. Shopper publisher Sandra Clark makes the case for Briggs.
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The “cheer squad” pumps up the excitement at Camp Cure, held at Karns Youth Center. From left are Lexi Mitchell, Savannah Kelley, Brooke Needham and Lauren Sublett. Photos by Nancy Anderson
Read Clark’s editorial on page A-4
Title Boxing Club If you have fitness goals or pent-up anger that needs to come out, the 40 heavy bags at Title Boxing Club may be just what you need. Either way, you’ll burn 1,000 calories during a “power hour” boxing or kick-boxing class, says owner Ashley Burns. He opened the franchise, located a few doors down from Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Store on North Peters Road, at the end of March. About 70 percent of his clients are women, and their goal isn’t to get into the ring, he says.
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Feeling normal Camp Cure is week of fun and learning By Sherri Gardner Howell
Read Wendy Smith on page A-3
Feeling normal. Feeling safe. Feeling empowered. For the 50-plus kids at Karns Youth Center last week, embracing those feelings was a really big deal. The center was the home of Camp Cure, a five-day and onenight camp coordinated by East Tennessee Children’s Hospital. The camp is for children from ages 5 to 12 who have diabetes. Cathy Van Ostrand, endocrinology clinical nurse specialist and program coordinator for the hospital’s diabetes program, has been wearing costumes and funny hats for 10 years, serving as camp director. The week is all about fun first, she says, but education is a close second. “The kids all have Type 1 diabetes,” says Van Ostrand. “They must learn how to count carbs, maintain portion control and administer insulin to themselves through either injections or a pump. Diabetes is a life-long chronic illness and must be managed as such.” At Camp Cure, those lessons
Front Page Follies The merry pranksters of the Front Page Follies are at it again, and no one is safe. From Gov. Bill Haslam to Sheriff Jimmy “J.J.” Jones to the Affordable Care Act – otherwise known as “Obamacare” – the major local, state and national newsmakers of the past year are all subject to parody and good-natured ridicule. “We are an equal-opportunity offender,” says head scriptwriter David Lauver.
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Carol Zinavage on page A-6
Shopper interns First Presbyterian Church is considered “Knoxville’s first church,” founded in 1792 and built in 1812 on James White’s field of turnips. Church member Pat Armstrong gave the interns a behind-the-scenes look and a peek inside the adjacent graveyard. The building has undergone several renovations throughout the years, but there have been only 15 ministers since the church began. During the Civil War, the Union army occupied the building – letting their horses graze in the graveyard – for three years. The interns also visited Temple Beth El and St. George Greek Orthodox Church. Lunch speaker was Holocaust survivor Sonja DuBois.
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Read the interns’ reports on A-8
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Kaiden Soppet, 10, and Justin Sutherland, 11, have a little fun with their “ants on a log” snack before eating it
Kick off fair with a run Kick off the $25 and closes at 2014 Karns 7:45 a.m. There Community are prizes for Fair and support overall winners the Karns High and in each age School Crossdivision, plus Country team post-race refreshby running or ments and door walking in the prizes. Karns CommuOrganizers renity 5K on Saturday, July 26. quest no pets, bicycles or skates, The race starts on the KHS but strollers are welcome. track at 8 a.m. Registration is Info: www.karns5k.com
are woven into the activities in a way that is fun and enjoyable for the kids. “The point of the camp is not only teaching the kids how to manage their condition, but how to do so and still be a kid. Here, they are kids first and diabetics second,” says Van Ostrand. The only camp of its kind in the hospital’s 16-county service area, Camp Cure includes a special treat for the older campers. On Friday, 30 campers and adults headed to Camp Montvale for an overnight stay. The camp also has an important program for teenagers. As campers approach the age limit, they can train to be staff assistants through the Leadership In Training program. Mickayla Stogsdill, 17, was a camper, then Leadership In Training assistant and now a staff assistant. “The camp means everything to me,” says Stogsdill, as kids clamor to sit with her. “I was diagnosed when I was 6. I came here that summer and every summer since. To page A-3
The Ed and Bob show comes to County Commission By Betty Bean It’s been a year or so since Bob Thomas and Ed Brantley worked together, but the two longtime morning-drive radio stars will be colleagues again once they’re sworn in as Knox County Commissioners Sept. 2. In the meantime, they’ve had a couple of dinners with the other two new commissioners-elect (Charles Busler and Randy Smith), and they plan another in August, which they know is perfectly legal now, although come September, sunshine laws will come into play and put constraints on their gettogethers. But they are adamant about one thing: “If the two of us are at
Ed Brantley and Bob Thomas the Vol Market No. 3 having a hot dog, which we do every week, and somebody calls in (to complain), or if somebody sees us at Wright’s Cafeteria, where we take my mom for lunch, well, that’s not going to stop,” Thomas said. “That’s
Photo by Betty Bean
silly. We’re going to stop being friends? Not going to happen.” Thomas and Brantley will represent the 10th and 11th at-large districts, respectively (a distinction without a difference, since at-large commis-
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sioners represent the entire county). Thomas ran unopposed; Brantley was victorious over a primary opponent. Neither is opposed in the August general election. In addition to being on-air personalities, both have run businesses, both are grandfathers and both want to attract more and better jobs to Knox County for the sake of their grandchildren (Ed has five; Bob has three). “To me, the biggest priority in this county other than supporting the school system is getting some jobs in here,” Brantley said. “Chattanooga is ahead of us in manufacturing, and our surrounding counties are ahead of us, too, to some degree, in other ar-
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