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No rocking chairs for Karns seniors Richard Bianucci, Doris Bianucci, Darrell Gooding, Faye Vance and Joe Edgar at the Karns Senior Center Open House. Photos by Nancy Anderson

Road changes for Hardin Valley The next Ed & Bob Night Out will be 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20, at the Hardin Valley Food City deli, 11501 Hardin Valley Road.

At-large Knox County Commissioners Ed Brantley and Bob Thomas hold a monthly night out as a way to connect with citizens.

Representatives from the Knox County Engineering and Public Works department will be available to answer questions about upcoming changes to Hardin Valley Road.

A new right-turn lane from Hardin Valley Road to southbound Pellissippi Parkway is planned, as is a new traffic signal at Greenland Way, the western entrance to Pellissippi State Community College.

Both projects are projected for completion in November.

The upgrades are intended to alleviate backup on eastbound Hardin Valley Road.

Everyone is welcome to attend, and the conversation won’t be limited to the road projects, Brantley says.

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Book signing Author Patricia Albertson will sign copies of her book “Trick or Treat: The Trick’s on You” 1-3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23, at D&B Hot Dogs and Ice Cream, 8909 Oak Ridge Highway.

Karns cleanup Knox County Democratic Party 6th District will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, at Hardee’s, 7762 Oak Ridge Highway, to clean the Byington Beaver Ridge Road for the Adopt-a-Road project.

This will be the club’s 10th cleanup.

Gloves and green vests will be provided. Bring tongs to help pick up trash and to help save your back. You may want to bring your own gloves as the ones provided are large and bulky.

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By Nancy Anderson “Today’s seniors are much different than in my grandma’s time,” said Karns Senior Center coordinator Darrell Gooding. “They demand more from themselves and more from the community.”

Karns Senior Center is already seeing an explosion in popularity. From exercise classes to the weight room and computer lab, seniors are flocking to make use of the long awaited center.

According to Gooding, it’s common to see as many at 25 people in any given class.

“We’ve been open three months now and the center is really taking on its own personality.

The seniors seem to be very excited that the center is here for them.

“There are several classes here that have grown so much in attendance, we have to offer additional times. The genealogy class where seniors use online resources to research their family history is so popular we’ve had to add a class at 10 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

It’s a great opportunity to take advantage of computer tutoring too. There’s always someone right there to help if needed.

facility, broad“We have ening their a Tai Chi opportunities class that is for fun and so effective challenging in reducing activities. stress and “We reincreasing mobility that cently had an i n for mat ion physicians meeting about are encouragstarting a hiking their senior ing a club,” said patients to take Gooding. “I was so the class.”

Gooding predicts impressed with the seniors who came to that that by this time next meeting. They came from year the center will Ms. Tennessee Senior Lauren Monahan all over Knoxville and have a major impact and Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett some of them are hardon the physical, mental and emotional health core hikers. They’d give of seniors by offering a number of activities someone 20 years old a run for their money.

“When my grandparent’s generation retired, including card and board game socials, a Mahthey went home to sit on the porch. Now sejong group, parties and a hiking club.

The Karns Senior Center is part of a network niors want nothing to do with rocking chairs. of centers serving seniors all over Knox County. They want to hike the Appalachian Trail!”

People 50 and older can take advantage of any Information Knoxcounty.org/seniors

DeBusk charms readers at Sarah Moore Greene

By Sandra Clark We know Pete and Cindi DeBusk have a big house. We know Pete founded DeRoyal Industries which now employs some 1,800 people worldwide. We know he’s led Lincoln Memorial University into the modern era with satellite campuses, medical and law schools, and $118 million operating budget.

We probably do not know the story he told six kids at Sarah Moore Greene Magnet Academy last week.

The kids already knew some of what he said. For a month they had read and discussed his biography, “The Rabbit’s Got the Gun,” at the authors club, an after-school enrichment project sponsored by Shopper News.

Your parents move a lot?

Pete attended 13 schools before his high school graduation.

Don’t have much money?

Pete said most days his best meal was his school lunch.

Have trouble fitting in?

Pete grew to 6-3 in high school and had red hair.

How did this man move from a mobile home in Appalachia to the chairmanship of an international corporation and a major regional

Pete DeBusk talks with students at Sarah Moore Greene Magnet Academy. Students (clockwise from left) are Essence Shadrick, Arryana Moore, Dy’Keise Fears-Perez, DeBusk, Yasmine Shuler and Maurice Jacobs. Not pictured are Taleah Beal and J’Kaija Hughes. Photo by Jodi Littleton

university?

Call it smarts, luck, tenacity.

Call it a drive to the top, propelled perhaps by a touch of anger. Whatever your answer, Pete shared his story with six kids at SMG, and that story could change their lives.

“How long did it take to write this book?” asked Yasmine Shuler.

Perceptively, she had brought Pete a gift – a felt money holder with a $100 Ben Franklin imprint and a beautiful flat rock inside.

“Two years,” said Pete. “I had a ghost-writer, Dr. Sylvia Lynch.”

“Why did you do it?”

“I’ve got seven kids,” said Pete.

“Someday I’ll have great, great

grandkids. I wrote the book so they will know who I am and why I did this.”

“What about the book’s name?” asked another.

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All For a Cure It was Super Saturday in the Fox Den Country Club For a Cure campaign to raise money for the fight against breast cancer. Four events hit the docket: Tennis Volley For a Cure, Spin For a Cure, Men’s Golf Challenges and Junior Tennis

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Kelly and Dave Bauman organized the Spin For a Cure. Photos by Nancy Anderson

Pro-Am. In the ninth year of raising money for Komen Knoxville, For a Cure has already donated more than $243,000 to the cause.

Still to come are the Neighborhood Walk For a Cure on Oct. 26 and a womKelly and Dave Bauman organized the Spin For a Cure. Photos by en’s golf event on Oct. 27.

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Sandi Wilson, Lauren Clarke, Brooke Browning and Tara Winterbotham are all smiles at the net during Fox Den’s Tennis Volley For a Cure.

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Karns Elementary School students and volunteers walk down the sidewalk along Beaver Ridge Road making their way to Ingles Market.

Walking School Bus volunteers ready for duty at Karns Elementary School are: Senora Gray, Abby Olmstead, Cayla Roberts, Erin Colebrooke, Lori Ford, principal Darlene Miller, and Safe Routs to School program coordinator Liliana Burbano. Photos by Nancy Anderson

Step by step at Karns Elementary Twenty-one Karns Elementary School students along with seven parent and Health Department volunteers put one foot in front of the other to join a growing network of Knox County schools participating in the Walking School Bus program begun in 2011.

A Walking School Bus is simply a group of kids walking home or to a designated

cess including background checks.

Liliana Burbano of the Knox County Health DeNancy who coordinates Anderson partment, the Walking School Bus program, said there are challenges to bringing a school on board. Funding location chaperoned by can be problematic. Some safety-trained volunteers schools have a no-pedestriwho have gone through a an policy, establishing a feathorough interview pro- sible route is often difficult

in areas where neighborhoods are widespread, kids and parents are simply not used to walking and may be reluctant to try something new, and some parents are untrusting of volunteers.

Principal Darlene Miller expressed her support of the program saying, “We’re open to trying new things.

I think this is going to be a really great opportunity to

use the new sidewalk from the school to Ingles Market.

It’s a safe route and should only take about 30 minutes.

“Those 30 minutes are going to give the kids great exercise and give them the opportunity to build relationships with kids from other grades. They’ll gain a sense of comradery and leadership while watching out for each other.

“I’m looking forward to seeing them laughing and giggling as they walk together. They’ll get some of those wiggles out and go home calmer for having had that physical activity. And that’s a great perk for mom and dad. Except when it rains. They’re on their own then because we won’t be walking in bad weather.”

Spreading awareness with pumpkins

By Sara Barrett It’s common nowadays to see allergy warnings on food labels. Nuts and dairy products can be major irritants in the lifestyles of those who are allergic. But when high school junior Cameron Johnson was an infant, little was known about the dangers lurking at the grocery store.

“I gave him peanut butter ice cream when he was 9 months old, and he started screaming within about five minutes,” says Cameron’s mom, Sheri. Until that point, Cameron had always dealt with eczema, but Sheri had never seen a reaction so severe. His face had turned red and swollen, and he was projectile vomiting. He was immediately given Benadryl, and Sheri says somehow they made it through. She decided to have him tested for food allergies, and they discovered he was highly allergic to dairy, eggs, peanuts and all tree nuts.

“By 10 months, I was no longer nursing him; he was on formula,” she says. Thus began years of avoiding certain foods, warning family and friends and essentially “reshaping his whole life.”

“Everything is about food. Everyone celebrates around food. I knew something was wrong and I was pretty devastated when we found out, but I was relieved to get an answer.”

Cameron has outgrown some of those allergies, but Halloween has always been a challenge. Sheri would go through Cameron’s candy with him at the end of the night and buy anything he couldn’t eat.

“My goodness, there’s a lot of candy given out,” she says. “Now that we have the Teal Pumpkin Project … what a gift that has been.”

Started just last year, Food Allergy Research and Education (FARE)’s Teal Pumpkin Project helps raise awareness of food allergies.

People handing out candy are encouraged to consider passing out nonfood items such as stickers or toy necklaces so everyone can participate, despite their dietary restrictions. Simply set a teal pumpkin on your porch so children can see it when they trick-or-treat, and give out nonfood items in place of candy.

Although he is older now, Cameron says he’ll be looking for teal pumpkins this Halloween. “The Teal Pumpkin Project is a step in breaking down barriers between kids with and without food allergies,” he says.

“A lot of kids don’t necessarily understand what they’re going through, and people who participate with the Teal Pumpkin Project help include children with food allergies so they’re able to experience the same things

DeBusk charms readers hunted becoming the hunter.

The kids will look for Appalachian metaphors in the other books we read this year. Pete’s book is littered with them. At one point he says, “I might have stretched the blanket,” referring to an embellishment.

He writes of a Donald Trump moment when he brought a banker through his fledgling factory. He stacked empty boxes to the ceiling to give the appearance of prosperity.

He writes of hiring a guy to push a pile of dirt from one side of a hill to another while the LMU board met with officials from the osteopathic medical school credentialing association.

Finally, one asked, “What’s

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going on up there?”

Pete answered, “Why, we’re building a medical school.”

Pete built his business by seeing needs and filling them; same way everybody builds a business. Being tall and charismatic didn’t hurt.

He’s not afraid to run a bluff.

At age 73, DeBusk is slowing, but his teeth still show when he talks about suing the American Bar Association. Who does that?

And when he talks about growing LMU to a $200 million annual budget. And when the SMG assistant principal tells him she got her master’s and Ed.S. degrees from LMU, why his smile positively lights the room.

Six kids just met a legend.

Sheri Johnson and her son Cameron.

Photos submitted

Halloween was an annual challenge for Cameron Johnson, seen here dressed as a dryer. as kids who don’t have them.”

The FARE Walk for Food Allergy will be held this weekend to further educate people about food allergies and what is being done to treat them. The walk will start at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, at World’s Fair Park.

Walks will take place across the country, and all proceeds will help fund awareness and research.

Additional activities will include a kid’s zone, a teal pumpkin painting station and a costume contest. Info: www.foodallergywalk.org/ Knoxville2015.

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Don’t expect NCAA fame from Vol basketball Don’t expect the developing Tennessee basketball team to tear up the 2016 NCAA tournament. If the Vols surprise, do expect Dave Hart to high-jump for joy and award a large raise and lifetime contract to Rick Barnes.

Alas, there are no streets available for renaming. Perhaps a sidewalk?

Getting something right would be very meaningful to the athletic director. The shadow of getting something wrong still hovers over the basketball neighborhood. The excitement that was Donnie Tyndall came and went, leaving the Vols without a point guard, definitive big man and goto scorer. Winning without those basic elements wouldn’t necessarily mean the invention of a new game but it would underscore the

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importance of really good coaching.

History says Barnes is a fine coach. That he didn’t win enough to keep the Texas job is puzzling. That the man who fired him has been fired could be one piece of an explanation.

Tennessee is a more difficult challenge than Texas.

With the late start in recruiting, the same thing happened to Barnes that happened to Tyndall. Neither added immediate superstars. Kentucky did. Auburn did. Others improved.

Barnes recruited bigger.

Whether new Vols, collectively, equal the dearly departed Josh Richardson is just one of several pressing questions.

Tennessee was 16-16 last season. If this team breaks even, it will be because one newcomer blocks a bunch of shots and Kevin Punter and Armani Moore do more that they have done.

By default, those two may share ball-handling duties, log time as wings and provide leadership.

It helps that Moore is one tough guy and that Punter is versatile and committed.

It helps that Ray Kasongo is 6-9 and an excellent athlete.

Barnes will also need talented Robert Hubbs to emerge as a real basketball player, suddenly capable of guarding somebody his size, capable of driving to the

goal and finishing a shot, capable of an all-around game well above what he has so far demonstrated.

Robert was a five-star prep player.

Derek Reese must be a contributor. He was second last season in rebounding.

Devon Baulkman has ability and leftovers of a shoulder injury. A healthy Jabari McGhee should provide inside depth. He was lost early last season to a foot injury. Sad note: He has shrunk. He was listed at 6-8 as a freshman but is now 6-5.

Detrick Mostella has been a pleasant surprise in workouts. He and Tyndall were unhappy with each other and a transfer seemed likely.

Didn’t happen.

Barnes says the sophomore scorer is really working to improve.

Kasongo, one of two Ca-

nadian recruits, projects as the prize new guy. Officially, he is a raw sophomore transfer from Toronto and College of Southern Idaho with minimum statistics but maximum athletic ability to go with size and strength.

Unofficially, he was shipped to Kentucky for prep basketball experiences at Lick Creek and Pikeville. After that he appeared at two or three finishing schools in far-away places.

He once signed with Oregon but was not admitted. Bigname coaches identified potential and joined the chase.

Kansas and LSU really wanted him. Ben Howland of Mississippi State thought he had him. Tennessee associate head coach Rob Lanier, Buffalo native blessed with several Canadian connections, signed him.

Barnes says Kasongo is

learning skill development, basketball IQ, what it means to really work hard.

“He’s a big body, really strong and he will help immediately as a rebounder and rim protector.”

The other Canadian, 6-10 Kyle Alexander, 308 among best prospects, is third best in his family.

Kyle’s father, Joseph, was a star at Niagara. Kyle’s sister, Kayla, was an allAmerican at Syracuse and plays in the WNBA. Kyle figures as a future.

Tyndall signees 6-2 guard Shembari Phillips and 6-5 wing Admiral Schofield are more likely to help immediately. Tyndall’s departure gave them the right to go elsewhere. They stayed, a compliment to UT and Barnes.

Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@netzero.com

DNA marking program could deter crime The company that manufactures intruder DNA spray used to stop repeat breakins at Lee’s Food Mart on Rutledge Pike is trying to get neighborhoods on board with a new program that uses synthetic DNA to mark valuables. If the majority of neighbors sign up, it would be like a putting a shield around a neighborhood, says Johan Larsen of the CSI Protect Program.

Larsen spoke to the Council of West Knox County Homeowners last week.

He described kits that allow homeowners to mark valuables with a glue that contains an ultraviolet tracer and a unique DNA code.

Law enforcement officers can scan recovered items for the glue, which contains microdots − flat, one millimeter dots that are printed

curred.

After the test, Knoxville Police Chief David Rausch said it was clear that the Wendy program is a potential tool Smith for homeowners in the continuing fight to protect their property.

Signs identifying homes with the registered code with DNA marking were and the company’s contact thought to deter criminals. information. That informa“Even criminals who tion links criminals to crime flunked kindergarten can scenes and allows victims to read ‘DNA,’ and they’ll byrecover their possessions. pass those homes,” Larsen But the goal of the CSI said.

Protect Program isn’t as The program is a coormuch about recovery as pre- dinated effort that requires vention, Larsen says. The the participation of neighprogram, tested for four borhood associations and months in Old North Knox- law enforcement to effecville earlier this year, result- tively reduce crime. The ed in a 70 percent decrease price of the kit, which inin property crime compared cludes enough glue to mark to the same time period in 30-50 items as well as signs 2014. A 21 percent decrease and stickers for yards, cars in overall crime also oc- and valuables, will be great-

ly reduced if purchased through a neighborhood association.

Captain Robbie Lawson of the sheriff’s office attended the meeting. The department regularly disposes of stolen property worth thousands of dollars because owners can’t be identified, he said. Most robbery victims don’t have pictures, receipts or serial numbers they can use to identify their valuables.

He emphasized that the sheriff’s office doesn’t endorse products. But if homeowners associations purchase the kits, the department will buy what is needed to support the program, he said.

Knoxville is the first U.S. city to use DNA marking. The system has been used effectively in Europe

Johan Larsen of CSI Protect Program shows the Council of West Knox County Homeowners a sign that participants would place in yards.

Photo by Wendy Smith

since the 1980s, according to Larsen. The company is talking to insurance companies about offering discounts to homeowners who use CSI Protect.

The glue, called SelectaDNA, is non-toxic and long-lasting. It’s also difficult to remove. Larsen recommends putting the glue in hard-to-reach or textured areas to deter crimi-

nals from filing it off. The glue wears off rings that are worn daily, so it needs to be reapplied, he said.

When deciding what to mark, homeowners should mark anything they want back, Lawson said. Insurance will replace computers or televisions, but some items are irreplaceable.

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Time for a new tune at the school board One of the strongest arguments for appointing school superintendents is that doing so removes them from the dirty business of politics, which is left instead to the elected school board, which hires, fires and oversees the superintendent.

data-driven bunch in charge of education – had plunged from Level 5 to Level 1 in 2014-15. This news was accompanied by anecdotal evidence of high teacher turnover rates and difficulties with “one-to-one” technology, raising questions that begged answers – but not, evidently, in the view of the school board, which has Betty remained curiously silent.

Bean Add this to the controversy over the forced resignation of Bearden’s successThat’s a tidy plan, but ful, popular softball coach, it won’t work if the board Leonard Sams, which had declines to do its statutory already reached the boiling duty. And that’s what’s hap- point by the time the TVAAS pening in Knox County, bal- scores became known, and loons and confetti cannons it would seem that someone and Exemplary School Dis- on the board might have trict status notwithstand- wondered what the heck ing. was going on at Bearden.

Take Bearden High But when Bearden parSchool, for example. In Au- ents, players and boosters gust, this newspaper broke asked the board to put the the story that Bearden’s matter on its agenda, what Tennessee Value Added As- they got was crickets, exsessment Score – the be-all, cept for insinuations that end-all gold standard for the the coach knows why he

was fired. Meanwhile, a once-successful program is in turmoil and boosters are stuck with the cost of a new practice facility because fundraising dried up with Sams’ departure.

Earlier in the summer, communities like Copper Ridge and Mt. Olive were rocked by the non-renewal of popular, successful teachers Christina Graham and Gloria Ray-Scheberle, neither of whom had taught long enough in Knox County to qualify for tenure. Parents came the school board seeking help, or at least answers.

Again, crickets.

Maybe this “never apologize, never explain” tactic was developed after the 2011 public pillorying of Joel Helton, longtime head football coach at Central High School, whose suspension was announced via a Friday press release over an allegation that he had menaced a female student

with a stick.

When that charge proved meritless, Superintendent James McIntyre’s investigation turned into a fishing expedition in an attempt to nail Helton, who was allowed to return to work the following year – at Farragut High School – while McIntyre publicly announced that he would never again be allowed to coach in Knox County. The episode left deep wounds in Fountain City that only began to heal after the new Central High principal, Michael Reynolds, and coach, Bryson Rosser, reached out to Helton, who had been stricken with cancer and had only months to live.

In all these cases, and more, citizens went to their school board for answers and got stonewalled by a board whose theme song is “Stand By Your Man.” It’ll probably take one more election cycle for them to learn a new tune.

FBI hears complaints, praise East Knox residents brought a parade of complaints and praise to a panel of Knox law enforcement chiefs in a public forum sponsored by the FBI at Austin-East High School last Thursday.

“We need to close the divide between law enforcement and the citizens we serve,” said Edward Reinhold, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Knoxville office, which serves the eastern half of Tennessee. “There have been far too many violent encounters between law enforcement and civilians in recent months.

“As leaders in the law enforcement community, we felt it was necessary that somebody start this conversation.”

Reinhold said the forum was a response to police killings of black men in Ferguson, Missouri; Baltimore, Maryland, and other locations that have led to riots and unrest across the nation.

Several of the attendees responded with stories of their personal mistreatment by local law enforcement officers. One man told of being assaulted by a policeman while he was standing in his own driveway, then being arrested for no reason. Another man complained about an especially vigorous frisking. Theotis Robinson III detailed two stops he experienced that were the result of racial profiling and asked what the agencies were doing to prevent the practice.

David Rausch, chief of the Knoxville Police Department, fielded most of the questions and took

Vivian Shipe, head of the local chapter of the National Alliance of Postal and Federal Employees, warned law enforcement chiefs of increasing racial slurs and threats of violence at the U.S. Postal Service main post office on Weisgarber Road and urged the creation of a threat assessment team at the facility. Photo by

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notes, promising individual meetings with the people who had complaints.

Questions about employment in law enforcement also surfaced. The heads of the various departments outlined the requirements for hiring in their agencies, and Jessie Brooks, captain of the Knoxville district of the Tennessee Highway Patrol talked about the difficulties in getting applicants for state trooper positions and invited qualified citizens to apply.

Several people had questions about the city’s Police Advisory & Review Committee, its powers and effectiveness. One person asked why there was no PARC for county officers. Another person called for the completion of the proposed safety center for people arrested with mental health or substance abuse issues.

That comment prompted general applause from the gathering.

Rausch said his department did not have a community policing program but instilled a “philosophy of community policing” in the police force. “We want our officers to be in the community before crime occurs.

We want everyone treated right and treated professionally.”

He dodged a question about guns in city parks, noting that a recently filed

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lawsuit challenging the city of Knoxville’s interpretation of the state law prevented him from commenting on the issue.

Vivian Shipe, president of Local 406 of the National Alliance of Postal and Federal Employees, turned the discussion to race relations at the U.S. Postal Service main post office on Weisgarber Road. She called on the law enforcement chiefs to investigate racist and violent threats before there was a violent incident.

“We have supervisors who use racial slurs on employees. We have workers who are locked out of the post office building solely because they are big black men,” Shipe said. She said one employee was not disciplined for threatening to bring a gun to work and shoot people, a violation of the USPS zero tolerance policy against threats and violence.

“You need to form a threat assessment team before something happens.

We don’t want you to be ask-

ing after the fact were there any signs that tensions were building. We don’t want you running in while employees run out. We want you running in now.”

Monica Reed from the Morningside neighborhood praised the FBI for holding the forum, and Valencia Watson urged citizens to comply with police when stopped.

But black activist David Alex Hayes questioned why the forum was held in competition with another forum on the same topic being held at Payne Avenue Baptist Church. He was also critical of the lack of power given to PARC. In addition to Reinhold, Rausch and Brooks, panelists included Randy Nichols, special counsel to the Knox County Sheriff’s Office; University of Tennessee police chief Troy Lane; Dewayne Johnson, special agent in charge of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s Knoxville office; and Robert Simerly, head of UT Medical Center Security.

government Diversity efforts not all the same State Rep. Martin Daniel of Knoxville has released figures showing that the University of Tennessee is spending $2,549,882 on diversity programs. Of this amount $1,667,195 is at the Knoxville campus.

Some totals suggest it exceeds over $4 million on all UT campuses.

The request for this information was generated by the recent controversy on the “gender neutral” pronouns published on the UT Office of Diversity webpage. Vice Chancellor Ricky Hall, who oversees diversity, is paid $217,252 including benefits.

In the recent controversy over gender-neutral pronouns use, Hall was seldom if ever mentioned, even though it occurred on his watch in his area of authority.

One has to wonder where he was when this issue triggered national news?

Instead, UT President Joe DiPietro, who normally shuns involvement in purely campus issues, assumed command of the issue and ordered the offending words removed from the university website after a few days. It is unclear whether DiPietro even spoke to Hall on this issue.

This is the same UT president who a few months earlier had written a piece for the News Sentinel outlining his reasons for not getting involved in the Lady Vols name-change controversy on the grounds it was a UT-Knoxville campus issue. It was a matter for Chancellor Jimmy Cheek and Athletic Director Dave Hart to resolve. He washed his hands of the whole matter, which has generated 25,000 signatures on an online petition and a letter to the UT Board signed by over one-third of the entire General Assembly.

The pronoun issue created a national outrage that caused DiPietro to reverse course and move quickly to end the controversy, which could have handled

by Chancellor Cheek or Vice Chancellor Hall acting alone or together. Board members were caught off guard.

While the pronoun controversy has ended, the fiscal issue continues on the very valid matter of how many tax dollars should be spent on diversity.

Diversity is a worthwhile issue and should be discussed. In the American system, diversity has a valid role. Diversity should be promoted, but does it require $2.5 million a year to do it? It is legitimate to

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question the amount being spent, as Daniel has stated.

Over 30 employees on the Knoxville campus alone are pushing this. The gender-neutral pronoun memo was one of their achievements. Easily discarded, one could assume this was a waste of tax dollars and not required by federal law.

What does this office do?

My own governmental experience tells me that anytime $2.5 million is being spent, there is an easy 20 percent that could be shaved off with little impact.

UT spokesperson Margie Nichols says it is mostly to comply with federal regulations. That is the UT line, and they are sticking to it.

Well, citizens and legislators should ask UT to explain precisely what federal regulations require such a cost.

If UT cut the personnel on this from 30 to 15, what would suffer? Why do individual colleges have their diversity officers in addition to the campus office? That includes the Law School, the College of Engineering, Haslam College of Business, College of Veterinary Medicine and College of Arts and Sciences, to name several. Can this not be streamlined and consolidated to save costs?

The trustees and/or UT staff may have to answer these questions or face a legislative inquiry. Some at UT resent Daniel raising these issues, but saving money is good for taxpayers if it results in that.

■ Denark Construction, a very successful Knoxville firm led ably by Raja Jubran, celebrates its 30th anniversary on Oct. 16 with an event at the Historic Tennessee Theatre. Jubran is vice chair of the UT Board of Trustees, which makes him the governor’s point person on the board on many issues. With headquarters on Western Avenue, Denark has been very active in support for many civic projects over the past 30 years.

■ Speaking of diversity, the second Asian Festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 17, at Krutch Park downtown. Come for all sorts of different foods and a fun time.

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The big top dining tent was packed throughout the picnic.

■ Karns Senior Center: 8042 Oak Ridge Highway 951-2653 knoxcounty.org/seniors Monday-Friday 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

Photos by Cindy Taylor

Offerings include: card games; dance classes; exercise programs; mahjong; dominoes; Farkle Tournament, 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 16. The Knox County Veterans Services office will provide one-on-one assistance to veterans and family members 9-10 a.m.

Friday, Oct. 16.

Mayfield ice cream treats handed out by Walgreens employees Jennifer Smith and Merritt Garner.

Register for: “Mattter of Balance” workshop, 1-3 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays beginning Oct. 21, free, (preregister: 951-2653); Lunch and Learn: “Best Foot Forward: Understand Your Foot Pain,” noon Thursday, Oct. 22 (RSVP: 541-4500); Mobile Mammography unit will visit Monday, Oct. 26 (appointments: 305-9753).

■ 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; seniorfriendly computer classes.

The center has a lounge/ resource area which contains a lending library, puzzle table, Green Mountain Coffee, television and newspapers, along with a “Senior Services” resource wall. The book club will discuss “Sum It Up” by Pat Summit, noon Thursday, Oct. 15.

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Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero and Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett greet seniors at the picnic.

Juvenile Court Judge Tim Irwin and county commissioner Bob Thomas enjoy the music at the picnic.

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At 88, he’s on the road for charity

By Carolyn Evans

An unwelcome visitor

Ted Denning, 88, stands by one of the trailers he will deliver to communities in Tennessee and Kentucky as part of a mission program of St. John Neumann Catholic Church. Photo by Carolyn Evans In addition to all that, Denning will pick up the left-overs from garage sales to put in one of the trailers in the church parking lot.

Parishioners also bring donations of household goods to those trailers. Then, once a week, the Dennings hitch the trailer to his truck and head to the mountains.

First stop is at the Crazy Quilt Friendship Center in Newcomb, near Jellico, where the Dennings drop off baked goods at the center run by Catholic Charities. Ed Bryant is the program manager of the center

and has received loads of baked goods from Denning for many years.

“I see him every week,” Bryant said. “I think he’s a man with a big heart. He’s all about the kids. He wants to see the kids taken care of.”

Once the food has been unloaded, the couple drive either into Scott County where they drop off household goods and food at a homeless shelter or over to Whitley County, Ky., where they deliver goods to Cedaridge Ministries in Williamsburg.

At St. John Neumann,

Denning is a member of the Knights of Columbus, where he says some of his missionmindedness sprang. “A couple of members of our group, Tony Angelelli and George LeCrone, will drive to the mountains on the weeks I can’t,” says Denning.

A Korean War veteran, Denning says he has been blessed with good health and needs to be of service.

“There are so many kids in that area who are in dire need of help. When you see a little boy take a pack of hot dog buns and start eating them without anything

Becoming a tech savvy parent

By Nancy Anderson “There is no issue that makes parents feel more overwhelmed, frustrated and out of touch than technology,” said Christian parenting expert and author of “Tech Savvy Parents” Brian Houseman.

Houseman shared his strategy for dealing with technology issues such as sexting, texting, digital pornography, and protecting an online reputation with a congregation largely comprised of parents and teenagers at Grace Baptist Church.

“When it comes to technology, the end game is how do we teach our kids to use these things responsibly and with integrity? To put it simply, we set boundaries, open conversations and clearly state our expectations.”

Houseman said few parents realize how much their

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child is utilizing social media and at what age they start dealing with purity issues.

“Teenagers spend about two hours a day on social media constantly checking for approval.

“Ninety percent of all eight to 18 year olds will view digital pornography.

It isn’t a question of if their child will see it, it’s a ques-

tion of when.

“The average parent will start talking to their child about digital pornography around the age of 14. In reality, this conversation needs to happen before 11.

“Conversations about sexting need to happen earlier as well. When you give your child a cellphone, that’s when you have that conversation.

“Be very clear about what they can and can’t text to people and why that’s inappropriate.”

“Fewer than 20 percent of parents talk with the child about how to protect themselves or what the expectations are in using technology.”

According to Houseman, teenagers live in the now, never realizing their posts, comments and pictures may have far-reaching negative consequences. More than 75 percent of college admissions officers and employers now review an applicant’s online presence.

From Facebook to Twitter to Instagram, Houseman advises parents to protect their child’s online integrity by keeping passwords, frequently auditing their child’s activities, and deleting questionable posts.

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On that day the Lord will whistle for the fly that is at the sources of the streams of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.

(Isaiah 7: 18 NRSV) I have written previously in this space about the cat who came to Cross Currents church in the middle of the sermon, causing no Lynn little consternation until Pitts one woman decided to take matters into her own hands, picked up the visitor and took him outside. ing since I was the lone Her explanation was that instrumentalist for the she was afraid if some- service.

I stepped out the door, one didn’t take care of the situation, she would burst set the wasp free, came into silly giggles at any back into the sanctuary, sat down at the piano and moment.

So, on a recent Sunday carried on.

I was drawing on trainmorning, when I happened to be at the piano, ing from my days with UT I was reminded of that Singers. Our director alwoman. I looked at the ways told us that if somerailing between me and thing untoward, embarthe choir and saw a wasp. rassing or truly dreadful I am allergic to bee stings, occurred on stage, the so I had a vested interest offender (or the victim, in removing the fearsome depending on one’s perspective) should turn and beast!

I picked up a piece walk purposefully offof paper that happened stage, as if it were all part to be handy, slid it un- of the plan.

As I came back into the der the bee and calmly walked out of the sanctu- service, the pastor asked ary. I worried, as I went, if I had killed the bee.

“No,” I replied, “I let that the pastor would be startled to see me depart- him live.”

on them, then you begin to wonder.”

He drives his own truck and pays for his own gas, over $5,000 last year, but says he’s glad to do it. “I’m not looking for notoriety,

and I’m not the only one doing this,” he says. “There are a lot of people doing this.

The first thing the Knights of Columbus believes in is charity. That’s what really starts this.”

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The Farragut area resident gets out of bed with a mission: to collect food donations for the hungry.

Then, on Tuesdays, he and his wife, Phyllis, hit the road to deliver food and household goods to communities in need in the mountains of Tennessee and Kentucky.

“People wonder why I do it,” says Denning. “Because I’m still able to do it.

I think it’s good for us to be on the move and not be sitting in front of the TV – and I worked for Magnavox for 30 years!”

Denning’s missions are under the umbrella of St. John Neumann Catholic Church. His rounds, which are seven days a week, take him by two Fresh Markets daily and by Kroger on Northshore Drive, three Publix stores and Trader Joe’s on specific “pick up” days. He collects donated baked goods, canned food and other items. He’s out again two or three times a week at 10 p.m., picking up donations from Panera Bread at closing time. He and Phyllis, who have been married 61 years, deliver to a variety of places in Knoxville, including The Samaritan House, FISH Hospitality Pantries, Ladies of Charity and Knoxville Area Rescue Ministries.

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West Valley serves ‘Five Cups of Coffee’ West Valley Middle School’s PTSA is hosting a five-lecture series throughout October with a different guest speaker at each meeting. The series includes a range of topics related to raising children to be their best. Cleverly named “Five Cups of Coffee,” the meetings begin with a coffee social.

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Mona Williams-Hayes spoke Oct. 8 about recognizing depression in children.

Williams-Hayes, clinical director from the Child Advocacy Center of the ninth judicial district, said the No. 1 cause of stress in children is an overbooked schedule. No matter their age, kids still need time to use their imagination and wonder, she said.

Other causes of adolescent stress include changes in family structure, lack of sleep and poor diet.

“As much as they may disagree, children really do like the consistency we give them as their parents,” said Williams-Hayes. “Their worries might seem little to us, but to them, they are huge.”

She discussed several ways to help children cope with anxiety. “Always put your own oxygen mask on before helping your kids,” she said. Find an outlet for yourself and it will set a

Child Advocacy Center clinical director Mona Williams-Hayes discusses dealing with depression in children. good example for your child.

Start a conversation with them and help them think through their issue. A worry chair where they can sit and think for five minutes each day is extremely beneficial, said Williams-Hayes, so they can dedicate time to their concerns while still being able to enjoy the rest of their day.

The recurring theme throughout the discussion was devoting time to your children. “It’s not necessarily doing an activity with our kids as it is being with our kids. They can sit next to you and do their homework while you’re working on something else. And have a good circle of support around you. The more we have, the better. The wider the branches, the deeper the roots, the better.”

Some resources given for additional help include Cherokee Health Systems, 544-0406; Helen Ross McNabb Center, 522-3127; and Peninsula Hospital, 970-9800.

The discussion Oct. 15 will feature WVMS school principal Renee Kelley’s presentation “Balancing Academics and Youth Sports.”

Coffee starts at 8 a.m. with the speaker beginning at 8:30 a.m.

Sweet success at Hardin Valley Elementary Students waited anxiously last week as they sat on the curb in front of Hardin Valley Elementary School, water balloon in hand.

Each student that sold at least four coupon books was permitted to throw a water balloon at school principal Sunny Poe and former principal Tod Evans if the school met its goal during the school coupon book campaign.

The water balloon tradition was the brain child of Evans during his time at HVES, and Poe “forced” him to return for the afternoon so she would not have to endure the water bal-

HVES principal Sunny Poe dresses for success before being hit with water balloons while riding on a golf cart.

Teddy Bear Clinic at Karns Elementary Students at Karns Elementary School were each allowed to bring one furry friend to school recently for the Teddy Bear Clinic, sponsored by East Tennessee Children’s Hospital.

Nursing students from Roane State Community College examined each child’s stuffed animal while asking the child questions a parent would typically answer in a real life situation where the child had to go to the hospital.

“This gives (the nursing students) a chance to see different types of children’s personalities before graduating,” said Mary Pegler, di- Karns Elementary School students Christina Pynzaru, Sasha Hollands and Chase Gregg watch rector of Child Life at ETCH. Roane State nursing student Mary Ostberg examine Chase’s bear, Cody.

“It also helps the child when they have to tell a real doc- goody bag with items a doc- ic at KES for at least the last nursing student Matthew tor or nurse what’s wrong. tor might use in a real exam 20 years, and several other Toman of the kids who bring Everything is so specialized including a surgical mask, schools throughout Knox their stuffed animals to him now, the nursing students tongue depressor, tape mea- County participate as well. during the program. “The don’t get a lot of general in- sure and syringe.

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“I’ll kiss a pig, I don’t care. But I’m not doing this again,” said Poe.

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Explore Asia in

Dancers from last year’s Knox Asian Festival perform the spectacular Lion Dance. Photo submitted

By Carol Shane East Tennessee has been getting many opportunities lately to enjoy the culture and food of other countries, what with events such as A Taste of India and Greekfest. This weekend you can join other virtual travelers at Knox Asian Fest 2015 in downtown Knoxville.

It’s the second year for the event, and last year was “very successful,” says festival organizer Kumi Alderman. There will be 44 tents representing eight Asian countries and plenty of fun, food and activities for the whole family.

You and your kids can try on, and have your picture taken in, kimonos and samurai costumes; learn about and observe a traditional Japanese tea ceremony; take part in a Tai Chi demonstration; and browse beautiful bonsai trees. There’ll be dancing from Taiwan, Thailand, Japan and the Philippines, and handmade jewelry and other crafts for sale.

Each child can pick up a “world map fan” to carry throughout the day. They can take their maps to each country’s tent, learn how to say “thank you” in each language, and learn a bit about the country itself.

“All nerds, gamers, geeks and otaku” are invited to enjoy events themed around video games, card and board games, and comics, offered by representatives from Yama-Con, Pigeon Forge’s popular annual anime convention.

And of course, there will be lots of delectable food and drink.

The day begins with a parade led by the Wah Lum Kung Fu School of Knoxville’s spectacular Dragon Dance, followed by representatives of each country in beautiful native costumes. There will be door prizes throughout the day and a silent auction benefiting Project Being There, which aids children living in Vietnamese orphanages.

In addition, there’s a picture contest. Snap some shots throughout the day, upload them to a designated social-media site for subsequent judging, and you may win two tickets to Dollywood, a $50 restaurant gift

card and $100 cash. Categories include best picture, best festival T-shirt and best native costume.

It’s a great way to celebrate part of the “patchwork quilt” of America.

“We would like to share

our culture and give kids and families a chance to experience the other side of world,” says Alderman.

“Hope you can come and enjoy the day together.”

The Knox Asian Festival 2015 will be held 10 a.m.-5

p.m. this Saturday, Oct. 17, at Krutch Park across from Market Square in downtown Knoxville. Admission is free. Info: www.knox asianfestival.com.

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‘Little Ponderosa Zoo’ banks on local talent

By Betsy Pickle Finding acting talent locally to cast a movie isn’t exactly a struggle.

Curt Willis, who cowrote and co-directed “The Little Ponderosa Zoo” with Luke Dye, is also an actor, so he’s worked with and knows many actors in town.

But there’s something special about making new discoveries.

“There were a couple of folks we cast in ‘Little Ponderosa Zoo’ that I had not worked with before that turned out amazing: Neil Friedman and James Owens,” says Willis. “Those guys just killed it.

“And then there were our old standbys like Mike Stanley, Jeff Delaney and Jamison Stalsworth. We knew what they could do and plugged them in. It wasn’t hard.

“You don’t have to do a whole lot of digging to find some really good acting talent here in town to shoot a film.”

“The Little Ponderosa Zoo” debuted on DVD domestically last week and is playing on the Starz network this month. It’s the fourth feature film made

by Willis and Rock Hurst through their production company, WILLROCK Entertainment.

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Charlie (Kena Holmes) is determined to keep her family’s rescue zoo afloat in “The Little Ponderosa Zoo.”

They have a partnership with Engine 15 Media, a Los Angeles-based company that provides funding and finds outlets for their films.

“Little Ponderosa” has already been distributed internationally “for a while now,” says Willis. So has their previous film, “Bandit and the Saints of Dogwood,” directed by Brooks Benjamin. Both became available on DVD last week through online outlets and WalMart.

“The Little Ponderosa Zoo” is set primarily at the real-life Little Ponderosa Zoo, a rescue zoo in Clinton, but scenes were also shot in Knoxville and Lenoir City. The film is about a girl named Charlie (Kena Holmes) who’s trying to help her family keep the

zoo open, despite the efforts of greedy adults who’ve learned there’s gold underneath the zoo.

Willis and his partners broke the main rule of filmmaking: Never work with kids or animals. But the kids were fine, and the animals were surprisingly “fun,” even though Willis had never met an emu before.

“I think I may have seen pictures of them, but I had never come face to face with one until this film. I fell in love with a camel out there, Carl the camel; I hope he’s still there. He’s in the film a lot. He actually grabs one of the bad guys and roughs him up a little bit. He’s a really sweet camel.”

The hardest part of making the film was the noise.

“I don’t think we anticipated the issues with the noises,” says Willis. “They have partridges out there, emus, tigers, monkeys. It was a lot for John Puckett, who did our field audio. He did an amazing job considering the challenge he was facing with all the racket that was going on at the zoo every day.”

Willis says they heard about the zoo and wrote the script around the location. Engine 15 specializes in family-friendly films, so he and Hurst are constantly working on story ideas that fit that mold. Considering their first film was a raunchy comedy and their second was a horror film, kids’ movies seem an odd choice for the pair.

“We had a blast mak-

ing the (family) fi lms,” says Willis. “It’s still fi lmmaking. I tend to lean more toward the grittier, harder stuff.”

But there’s something to be said for making films that people actually see.

There’s been talk of a “Ponderosa” sequel, possibly with a Christmas theme.

“We’ve found a nice little niche here. Getting funding for films is a very difficult thing. We’re very fortunate to have a partner in Los Angeles like Engine 15 Media

that’s allowing us to make these films,” says Willis.

Still, “sometime in the near future we’d love to branch out to other things.”

Meanwhile, they’ll be at their day jobs. Dye, who usually edits their projects but “jumped in” on writing and directing this time, works at RIVR Media. Willis is head of the Visit Knoxville Film Office. Hurst works in the credit-card industry.

“We’re all always scheming on new projects,” says Willis.

‘Bridge of Spies’ Tom Hanks reteams with director Steven Spielberg for “Bridge of Spies,” opening Friday. Hanks plays an insurance lawyer maneuvered into a Cold War showdown between the United States and the Soviet Union. Mark Rylance, Alan Alda and Amy Ryan also star.

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But your family doctor shouldn’t be looked at as simply the repair person who comes to your house when you have a basement full of water; instead, your family doctor is here to prevent health problems and, when necessary, help you overcome them or provide a referral to a specialist.

Scheduling regular check-ups with your doctor can keep you up-to date on all preventative wellness. It’s important to have an annual physical and other diagnostic testing. These can determine early signs of a possible condition, which may become more severe if left untreated.

By seeing your primary care physician on a regular basis, they will know your medical background. That means they can look at your whole health picture, rather than one instance of illness. By knowing your medical history and that of your family, your doctor will have a better understanding of your overall health status and

review local doctors in Parkwest Medical Center’s Physician Directory. You can even nd personal service by calling Parkwest’s Physician Finder at 865-374-PARK. Once you have the names of a few doctors, call their of ces to get more information.

Some things that you should ask include: ■ Do they accept your insurance?

■ What are the of ce hours?

■ What hospital does the doctor use?

■ How many doctors are in the practice?

Once you nd a doctor who meets your needs, schedule an appointment so that you can meet and talk to them. During the appointment, make sure: ■ You’re comfortable talking to the doctor ■ The doctor answers all your questions ■ The doctor explains things so that you can understand ■ You had enough time to ask all your questions can determine how to best care for you care for women of childbearing age; and pethroughout all stages of your life. diatricians, who care for children.

There are several types of primary care doctors. They include internal medicine How do I find a family physicians, who provide non-surgical medidoctor? cal care to adults; family medicine doctors, If you are looking for a family doctor, who provide care for adults and children; obstetricians-gynecologists, who provide try talking to your friends and family, or

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Vaccines keep adults in good health, too You’ve probably heard a lot about vaccines for children and students, but different vaccines are required for different stages of life. Vaccines are just as important for adults.

Some people may also benefit from vaccines for pneumonia, meningococcal disease, and hepatitis A and B. Talk with your healthcare provider to determine which vaccines are right for you.

Protecting more than you

The value of a vaccine record

Vaccines help stop the spread of disease. They also help save the lives of those who can’t be vaccinated. Experts call this community immunity. For instance, children younger than 2 months are too young to be vaccinated against pertussis – a deadly childhood disease also known as whooping cough. To protect them, pregnant mothers and other close caregivers should receive the vaccine.

Wondering what shots you may need? It depends on many factors, including your age, any medical conditions you may have, your occupation and your lifestyle.

In general, adults should receive: ■ An annual f lu shot for all ages, including pregnant women ■ The Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis) vaccine and booster every 10 years ■ Two doses of the chickenpox vaccine ■ One or two doses of the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine ■ Three doses of the HPV vaccine for men and women ages 19 to 26 ■ The shingles vaccine for those 50 and older

At some point in your life, you may need to confirm that you’ve had a certain vaccine.

For example, international travel may require protection against diseases common to your destination. Colleges or a new employer may request proof of vaccination.

It’s a good idea to keep a record of your vaccines. It will help you avoid duplicate shots.

If you haven’t kept track before, here are tips on how to build your vaccine record: ■ Contact your previous healthcare providers, including those at local health clinics. Your pharmacy or health insurance company may also have information on file.

■ Dig through old family documents. Your childhood records may include forms for school or camp.

■ Reach out to colleges or other schools you have attended. Previous employers may keep track of vaccines, too.

■ Check your state’s immunization registry. It’s an electronic database that collects vaccine information.

Always talk with your healthcare provider to find out more information about what vaccines are appropriate for you and your health needs.

It can take time to build a relationship with your doctor, but it’s a relationship well worth developing and maintaining. As you age and enter into each new life stage, an established family physician will be a bene cial constant to monitor your health and keep you well for years to come.

Be proactive in your health – screenings can help One important component to living a long and healthy life is to get preventive health screenings for serious diseases. If your doctor nds a disease early, the problem is often easier to treat and may cause less damage. In addition to celebrating milestone birthdays, consider them reminders for certain important health checks.

Note: Screening means testing for a condition before there are signs or symptoms of disease.

If you already have symptoms of any of the following, be sure to see your doctor right away.

Here’s a timeline for health screenings through the decades: Breast cancer. Mammograms use X-rays to look for breast cancers when they are still small. The American Cancer Society (ACS) recommends annual mammograms for women starting at age 40. Talk with your doctor about frequency, as well as other possible imaging tests if you have a family history of breast cancer.

Mammograms are the best way to detect early cancer, but all women should also know how their breasts feel normally and report any changes to their doctor. Clinical breast exams should be done yearly in women after age 40.

Prostate cancer. The ACS suggests that men talk with their doctor at age 50 about whether they should be tested for prostate cancer. This screening involves a blood test measuring a substance called PSA. It may also include a rectal exam of the prostate. African-American men and men with a father or brother who had prostate cancer before age 65 should have this talk at age 45.

Osteoporosis. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) suggests that women be

screened for osteoporosis starting at age 65. Your doctor might advise you to start at a younger age if you are at high risk for bone loss or a broken bone.

Colorectal cancer.

The ACS suggests that both men and women be screened for colorectal cancer starting at age 50. The gold standard diagnostic test is the colonoscopy.

If no precancerous polyps are found, you may not need to have it the test repeated more than once every 10 years. If you have a family history of colon or rectal cancer, you may need to be tested earlier.

Talk with your doctor about this.

Diabetes. The National Institutes of Health suggests that everyone age 45 or older think about being tested for diabetes. Consider starting at a younger age if you’re overweight and have other factors that put you at higher risk for diabetes, such as an elevated blood glucose level, high cholesterol, high blood pressure or family history of diabetes.

Cholesterol. The USPSTF suggests that men have cholesterol screenings starting at age 35. Women should begin at 45 if they’re at high risk for heart disease. Both men and women should consider getting this blood test at an earlier age if their risk for heart disease is particularly high.

Blood pressure. All adults should be screened for high blood pressure once a year. If the blood pressure is in the low normal

range, it can be extended to every two years.

Abdominal aneurysm. Men should have a one-time screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm between ages 65 and 75 if they have ever smoked, the USPSTF suggests. This ultrasound test

looks for a weak, bulging spot in a major blood vessel in the abdomen. The USPSTF doesn’t recommend the screening in older men who haven’t smoked or in women.

Cervical cancer. Women should be screened at least every three years. After age 65 or after a hysterectomy for benign disease, women may stop having Pap smears as long as their previous Pap smears were normal and they are not otherwise at high risk for cervical cancer.

Screenings are just one step you can take to prevent disease later in life. Other crucial steps include: ■ Avoiding tobacco ■ Maintaining a healthy weight ■ Eating a healthy diet rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains and fat-free or low-fat dairy ■ Getting at least 30 minutes of moderate physical activity on most days of the week ■ Drinking alcohol only in moderation, if you drink at all

B-2 • OCTOBER 14, 2015 • Shopper news

Boats/Motors/Marine

Transportation Automobiles for Sale FORD TAURUS - 1996. Silver. Not drivable. Body & parts in great shape. $400. (865)454-3589.

FORD THUNDERBIRD 2002. black on black conv. 56,875 mi., garaged, new tires, $18,995. (865)567-0581.

LEXUS LS 430 - 2004. Champagne gold w/beige leather interior-Heated front and back seats. Very Smooth Ride-all maintenance and oil change records are available. 133,000 mi., $9,900. (865)789-7130.

MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS - 2009.

Leather interior. Excellent condition! 79,000 mi., $7,500. (423)3469715.

Pont. SLE 1999, loaded incl sunroof, exc cond in & out, new tires, $2995.

(865) 397-7918.

Sports and Imports AUDI S5 2010. V6 conv. Charcoal gray, blk top, leather, navigation, backup camera, 84k mi. Exc. cond. $27,000/b.o. (865)207-2966.

Jaguar XJ8L 2005, sea frost green, 114K mi, exc cond, V8, loaded, sunrf, sweet ride, $8500. (865)389-4713.

MAZDA MX-5 MIATA - 2000. 5-speed manual. Very low miles, excellent condition. Leather, cruise, Bose sound. 51,000 mi., $6,500. (865)6904130.

Mercedes Benz 2002 Conv. 430CLK, 107K mi, always garaged & serviced.

Beautiful car! Needs nothing. $9300.

(865)577-7837.

MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE SPYDER - 2002.

GT conv., local 1 owner, NICE! Loaded. $3600. (865)363-9018.

TOYOTA COROLLA LE 2006. Low mi., 4 dr., Non-smoker, service records. $6500. (865)938-8722.

Sport Utility Vehicles LINCOLN MKX - 2010. Call to discuss your questions. 55,500 mi., $18,000.

(865)388-1024.

2000 SUNSTAR HOUSEBOAT 73x16, twin 4 cyl., 12.5 KW gen. 3 BR, 2 BA, 30’ fiberglass parti-top that covers fly bridge, bar, new crpt outside. $185,000 (865)719-2384 2014 TRITON X17 aluminum bass boat with Mercury 75 HP four stoke with 19 hours. (865)466-2374.

KAWASAKI JET SKI 2004 - low hours, garage kept, $4500. (865)719-2384

1992 Foretravel, 40’, diesel, 145K mi, great shape, new tires. Asking $27,500. Text (865)223-2298.

2004 Holiday Rambler 37’, 25K+ mi, full body paint, 3 slides, good tires, stored indoors, $52K nego. Cell 304444-9803 or 304-444-7761 CAR TOW DOLLY - 2015, all cars/pu Swivels, tilts, never used, new ret. $2750. 1st $1050 cash. 864-275-6478 FLEETWOOD DISCOVERY 2009- 40X Diesel. 15,700 mi. 3 slides. 4 TVs, W/D, grt cond. $129,000. (423)725-2021 KEYSTONE OUTBACK CAMPER - 2004, 2 slides, sleeps 8 (moving up), $6500. (865)719-2384.

Motorcycles/Mopeds HARLEY DAVIDSON Heritage Softtail Classic 2009 9800 mi., new tires, lots of extras, new cond. $10,500. (865)933-3951; 865-387-5989 HARLEY ROAD KING CLASSIC - 2008, orig. owner, too many extras to list.

3000 act. mi. Owner had stroke, $13,000/b.o. (865)599-1477.

HD ROAD KING CLASIC 2007, Only 24K miles. 1 owner. Ex. cond. Must sell. $12,000 O.B.O. (931)707-1981.

Honda Valkyrie 2001, like new, 1 owner, gar. kept, 9300 mi, 1500cc motor, $6500. 865-607-6666

Off Road Vehicles WANTED GOLF / UTILITY CART - Gas preferred. Must be running. In good shape. 865-805-4138

Trucks

CHEVROLET SILVERADO - 2012. 4x4, ext. cab, silver, 36,328 mi, $27,000.

(865)938-9315; 865-789-5818.

WORK HARD, PLAY HARDER!

Chevy S-10 1997 LS, 4.3 AT, AC, 121K mi, all orig., extremely nice, $4950.

865-643-7103

Save some of your hard-earned money without sacrificing speed or quality.

FORD F350 1997. Flat bed, 5 sp., 351 eng., ladder rack, new tires. Exc. cond. $5500. (865)660-4016.

East Tennessee’s largest

Trailers HORSE TRAILER - 2004 Bison Alumasport 3H w/10’ LQ. Very clean. Call for more details! $20,000 (865)599-4898

UTILITY TRAILERS All Sizes Available 865-986-5626 smokeymountaintrailers.com

Vans DODGE CARAVAN SPORT 2001. 1 owner, new transm. 140k mi. $2990.

All records avail. (865)463-8376.

FORD ECONOLINE 2003 with lift.

Good shape. 38k mi., elec. wheel chair incl. Hooks securely in place. $17,000. (865)388-2129; (865)982-4156

GOAD MOTORSPORTS

CFMOTO DEALER

138 Sky View Drive, Helenwood, TN Full Maintenance, Parts & Repairs.

Call 423-663-8500 Ck. us out online at www.goadmotorsports.com or visit our 9,000 sq. ft. facility.

Recreational Storage RESERVED Indoor/Outdoor RV, Camper, Boat, Bus Parking VOLUNTEER STORAGE @HARDIN VALLEY (865) 281-5487

Jobs

KAISER MANHATTAN 1953. 4 DOOR, EXTRA O.E. PARTS. LEAVE MSG. (865)235-5337.

TOYOTA CELICA Sun Chaser 1980.

Very rare car. Garage kept. $4500.

(865)659-7422.

Vehicles Wanted

FAST $$ CASH $$ 4 JUNK AUTOS 865-216-5052 865-856-8106

DRIVERS: CDL-A - Guaranteed home time. Excellent pay package!

Monthly bonus program. 100% no-touch.

BCBS/dental/vision.

Plenty of miles. 877-704-3773

Non Profit/Volunteer Volunteer Assisted Transportation CAC - is seeking volunteer drivers for their Volunteer Assisted Transportation program. Volunteers will utilize agency-owned hybrid sedans while accompanying seniors or persons with disabilities to appointments, shopping, and other errands.

Training is provided. If you are interested, please contact Nancy at: 865-673-5001 or nancy.welch@cactrans.org

Landscaping/Lawn Service JUNK CAR MAFIA Buying junk vehicles any condition.

865-455-7419

2005 14’ Lowe alum boat, 15 HP elec. start Johnson 4-stroke, trolling mtr, depth finder, live well. $3,000. (865) 279-1533.

WANT TO BUY STANDING TIMBER, Hardwood & Pine & Land Clearing.

865-982-2606 & 865-382-7529.

(865)789-2519

Pets

HAROLD’S GUTTER SERVICE Will clean front & back, $20 & up. Quality work, guaranteed.

(865)288-0556

Dogs POODLE PUPPIES, TOY - 4 fem. 2 teddy bear choc., 2 blk & wht polka dot. $650. Ready soon. (917)204-8795

Leaf removal, gutter cleaning, landscape installation, outdoor lighting & more!

865-356-9276

www.meesetotallawncare.com

BUYING TICKETS Parking Passes All Single Games

(865)384-6867 BUYING TN vs S.C. Tickets & PARKING PASSES

Lamps/Light Services

DREAM LIGHTING

We light up your night! Custom 12v outdoor landscape lighting, design and installation. Call (865)680-2076

865-315-3950

DREAM GARDENS

Beautiful & affordable garden designs! Professional installation, exciting outdoor lighting, bed remodeling, topnotch weeding, pruning & mulching. Call (865)680-2076

Garage Sales

WANTED Military antiques and collectibles 865-368-0682

Appliances

GOOD AS NEW APPLIANCES 90 Day Warranty

Cemetery Lots 2 lots together at Berry Highland Memorial Cemetery, Kingston Pike, Knoxv. $3,000/both. (865)318-3702 GREENWOOD CEMETERY - 4 Graves.

Lots 35, Sec. 9, Graves 4, 5, 9, 10 (this is sq. shape). $2995. 865-850-0987

Farmer’s Mkt/ Trading Post

HIGHLAND MEM. CEMETERY Sutherland, Christus Gardens 56, 6 graves, will divide, negot. (859)967-7311

Farm Buildings

TWO GREENWOOD LOTS - Lot 9, Sec. 9, graves 6 & 7 (side-by-side). $1500/both. (865)850-0987

BARNS - SHEDS GARAGES - CARPORTS PATIO COVERS BUILT ON YOUR PROPERTY FREE ESTIMATES!

Millen Garage Builders 865-679-5330

Collectibles

Farm Equipment

Exercise Equipment XTERRA RECUMBENT BIKE for sale. 24 workout programs. Like new! $200.

(865)769-0306

NEW IDEA 3618 Manure Spreader, good cond. 2 beaters, SN251148, $5900. (865)588-6250.

TRACTOR International 464, 650 hrs., diesel. $6500.

(865)947-6595.

AT YOUR SITE LOGS TO LUMBER 865-986-4264 Logs2Lumber.com

FANNON FENCING We build all types of Farm Fencing and Pole Barn. *WOOD & VINYL PLANK *BARBED WIRE *HI-TENSILE ELECTRIC *WOVEN WIRE, *PRIVACY FENCING, ETC.

(423)200-6600 Public Notices

Tools GENERATOR BIG 8500 watt, 2015, Honda elec. start. Batt. & whl kit incl. Never used. New retail $4995.

Wholesale $3750. 1st $1850 cash, 864-275-6478.

Announcements Adoptions ADOPT: - Creative, musical, nurturing teacher wishes to adopt a baby into her loving & secure home. Expenses Paid. Call Lillian 1-888-861-8427 or www.liliadopts.com.

Real Estate Rentals Apartments - Unfurn.

1,2,3 BR $355 - $460/mo.

GREAT VALUE RIVERSIDE MANOR ALCOA HWY 970-2267 *Pools, Laundries, Appl. *5 min. to UT & airport www.riversidemanorapts.com

Furniture WALNUT GUN CABINET - Amish made fine walnut gun cabinet. Holds 10 long guns, display drawer for hand guns and two extra drawers.

Smokey glass. Original cost $2250.

Excellent condition. (865)622-3346

Household Goods HOUSEFUL POTTERY BARN FURNITURE - Like new, all Pottery Barn, used by owner only in vacation home. King size bed, mattress, box springs, end tables, double dresser.

Living room sofa, end tables, TV console, chairs, lamps. Dining room table, chairs, buffet, mirror. Rugs, accessories, bronze finish curtain rods, grommet top drapes 50x96.

Bamboo blinds with blackout liners. One day only! Thursday, October 8, 8-5. 206 Chota Landing View off Sequoyah Road, Tellico Village.

(843)379-5765

Hunt/Fish Supplies 500 ACRES + of prime deer hunting.

Roads are everywhere. Can break into 150 or 250 acre tracts. Soy beans & corn, ponds, barns, 2 story house. (615)-975-3631 (931)621-3415

Public Notices

LEGAL NOTICE 1. Ordinance 15-15, Ordinance to rezone a portion of Parcel 37.03, Tax Map 153, located off Concord Road adjoining Clarity Pointe and First Utility District, from R-1/OSR and A to C-1 and Telecommunications Tower Overlay (Branch Towers, Applicant) 2. Ordinance 15-16, Ordinance to rezone a portion of Parcel 131, Tax Map 142, located to the west of Village Veterinary and to the east of the former Phillips 66 on Kingston Pike, from O-1 to TCD (Craig Allen, Applicant)

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ADOPT: A loving Mom, a devoted Dad, and a bright future are waiting to welcome your baby! Expenses paid.

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BUYING OLD US COINS

90% silver, halves, quarters & dimes, old silver dollars, proof sets, silver & gold eagles, krands & maple leafs, class rings, wedding bands, anything 10, 14, & 18k gold old currency before 1928 WEST SIDE COINS & COLLECTIBLES 7004 KINGSTON PK CALL 584-8070

1962 Ford 4000 Select-O-Speed, diesel, great tires, $4,300.

(865) 475-1182 FILSON CORRAL heavy duty, 18’ tub, 24’ chute, palp door, squeeze chute & head gates, Loudon County, $4,750. Call (865)588-6250.

PLEASE CALL RUDY (865) 567-7426

865-851-9053

North

70 acre beautiful riverview pasture, lrg barn w/10 stalls, water & elec., 4 BR updated mobile home w/10x70 sundeck, Close to I-40 exit in Kingston, TN. Lease $1995 mo + dep.

(865)376-1030; 800-530-5700

I BUY OLDER MOBILE HOMES. 1990 up, any size OK. 865-384-5643

TN vs S.C. Tickets

2001 E. Magnolia Ave. GARAGE SALE - Sat, Oct 17, 8am-3:30 pm. Tan Rara s/d. 10240 El Pinar Drive. Big Halloween decor, costumes, etc. plus many other misc items! Halloween decor priced to sell!

I NEED

Merchandise Antiques

Landscaping/Lawn Service

Manufactured Homes

Tickets/Events

CASH PAID

Home Maint./Repair

The Board of Mayor & Aldermen of the Town of Farragut, at its meeting on Thursday, October 8, 2015, adopted the following ordinances on second & final reading:

Recreation

Boats/Motors/Marine

We specialize in difficult drain problems. Water lines, too! Fully licensed and insured.

USING A WOOD MIZER PORTABLE SAW MILL

Driver/Transport

Merchandise - Misc.

CHURCH PEWS, solid oak with cushion seat & back in beige fabric, (7) 13’L, (6) 8’L, (3) 10’L, selling as complete set $2900. (205)936-8921

KNOXDRAINCLEANING.COM

Farm Products

Classic Cars CHEVROLET IMPALA SPORT COUPE 1966. ORIG. OWNER, MANY EXTRAS, LV. MSG. (865)235-5337.

Drain Cleaning

Campers & RV’s

CHEV. SILVERADO 1500 - 2003. 6 cyl, 73k act. mi, 1 ownr, gar. kept, AT, AC, radio, long bed, $9,000. 865-3339392/ 865-690-6836.

Ford Ranger 1993, 5 spd, replaced motor & battery, good tires, $2600.

(865)690-2086.

Services Offered

Wanted to Buy WANT TO BUY standing hardwood or pine in Blount & surrounding counties. By acre. Min. 5. (865) 206-7889

NORWOOD MANOR APTS. Accepting Applications 1, 2, & 3 BR. On busline Equal Housing Opportunity 865-689-2312

Homes Unfurnished FARRAGUT CROSSING 4BR, 2 1/2 BA, 3000 SF, 2 car gar., subd. has salt water pool, Avail. Dec. 1st, $1900/ mo. + dep. (865)622-7777.

Financial

NORTH - 4 BR, 2 1/2 BA, Incl all s/s appls, shows like model. In subd. w/ lrg comm. pool & amenities. $1395.

Call Lydia 865-804-6012

Business Opportunities

NORTHSHORE/PELLISSIPPI - 3 BR, 2.5 BA, bonus rm, jacuzzi, new paint / carpet, fenced yd, $1400 + $1400 sec. dep. 1 yr. lease. (865)207-0996

Convenience Store for LEASE, no inventory to buy, located in Knoxville, Call 865-560-9989

Consolidation Loans

FIRST SUN FINANCE

Condos Unfurnished BEAUTIFUL CONDO FOR RENT - 5246 Blue Star Dr, 3BR, Modern 1 level condo! 10 min east of West Town.

865 385 4717. $875m EZ access I40.

(865)385-4717 or (865)385-4717.

We make loans up to $1000. We do credit starter & rebuilder loans. Call today, 30 minute approvals.

See manager for details.

865-687-3228

CONDO - WEST. Colonies. 2 BR, 1.5 BA, frpl, pool, tennis cts. View of Smoky Mtns. $795/mo + dep. No pets. Avail 10/24. (865) 216-8053

Real Estate Sales

DUPLEX NEAR UT CAMPUS - 102 Eastwood Drive, 1BR, 1 BR/1 BA near UT: Laundry, porch, ADT, pets OK, $500/ mon + util, 865-806-2142 (865)8062142 or (865)806-2142.

Duplx/Multplx UnFurn

West 3 BR 2 BA ranch, Bearden, fence, 2 car gar., hdwd floors, new roof. $185,000. 865-691-2650

Duplex/Multiplex-Unfurn SEYMOUR ON PRIV. FARM 2 BR, mtn view, water/yd maint. furn. Carport.

F&B decks. W&D. Dr. Berry (865)256-6111

Real Estate Commercial Offices/Warehouses/Rent 6000 SF OFFICE/WAREHOUSE located at 333 Oak Ridge Turnpk. $4,000 mo. Call 865-661-0102.

Farms & Acreage LAND FOR SALE FSBO 115 Sugar Hollow Rd, Pigeon Forge behind Cracker Barrel at Stop Lt. 1. 865-604-4247

Public Notices

Public Notices

AGENDA FARRAGUT BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS AGENDA Mon., Oct. 26, 2015 Farragut Town Hall • 7pm 1. Approval of Minutes for the July 22, 2015 meeting.

2. Public hearing on a request for a variance from the lot width to depth ratio in association with a subdivision plat of Parcel 033.02, Tax Map 142, 12401 Union Road, 1.44 acres, Zoned Rural Residential (R-1), 1.44 Acres, Benchmark Associates, Inc., Applicant.

It is the policy of the Town of Farragut not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex, or disability pursuant to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Public Law 93-112 and 101-336 in its hiring, employment practices and programs. To request accommodations due to disabilities, please call 865966-7057 in advance of the meeting.

Shopper news • OCTOBER 14, 2015 • B-3

Chancey & Reynolds in the spotlight

business

By Anne Hart Bearden Rotary’s Steve Chancey and Apple’s Steve Jobs have a few things in common.

For starters, there’s the first name. Second, there’s the fact that both began their businesses in their garages. And third, both of those homegrown businesses have been extremely successful, albeit on much different scales.

The first speaker in its annual vocational month series, when the Rotary Club of Bearden spotlights companies owned by its members, Chancey, who began his career as an assistant football coach at UT under coach Bill Battle while working on his MBA, told the history of Chancey & Reynolds Inc. Chancey and his friend, Art Reynolds, began the business, which specializes in heating and air conditioning units, in a garage on Westland Drive in 1978.

As Chancey put it, “We

Steve Chancey, speaker at last week’s meeting of the Rotary Club of Bearden, was joined by some of his employees from Chancey & Reynolds. From left are Neal Rasor, vice president, residential; Brett Nutter, vice president, commercial; Rotarian Dick Hinton who made the introductions; Steve Chancey; Cliff Chancey, accounting manager, and Brad Chancey, manager of the Lenoir City office. Photos by Charles Garvey

were going to be the kings of solar energy systems, but we never made the first dime at that. There were two things we needed: cash and knowledge. We didn’t have either, but we were determined.”

The two decided to switch to a more conventional business model. Building was booming in those days, and Chancey started traveling to

construction sites to make contact with builders to drum up business for heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems (HVAC).

He thought he had hit pay dirt when he got a deal to install an HVAC system for $3,800. “But by the time I had hired the sheet metal workers and we had done all the rest of the work and fi-

nally tallied up everything, that job had cost us about $4,000.”

But the story gets worse.

“It never occurred to us that we wouldn’t get paid,” Chancey says. They didn’t.

But still they persevered.

It paid off in the long run.

Today, Chancey & Reynolds is not only a local success story, but also has an office in

Bearden Rotary’s resident songbird, Janice Mitchell, leads the singing as club members helped Rotarian Bob Ely celebrate his 89th birthday. Ely was one of the charter members of the club, founded more than 50 years ago.

Lenoir City and a reputation for great customer service.

In addition, the company recently won the Rheem Top 10 Contractors Award for the sixth year in a row.

The annual list honors 10 outstanding contractors from among 10,000 dealers in the U.S., Canada and Mexico who lead their fel-

low Rheem Team members in sales, customer support and overall service to local homeowners.

One key to that success, Chancey says, is great customer service. “When you call us you get a live person, not a recording. In our business, we always try to do the right thing.”

McCallie School awards highest honor to G. Turner Howard III staying out too late the night before.

Howard gives Maj. Burns much of the credit for fomenting the values that eventually became a way of life.

The current headmaster, Lee Burns III, is the grandson of that early taskmaster and Howard is now a member of the school’s board of trustees and chairs its ath-

letics council.

“Despite his youthful hijinks, Turner Howard took the values he learned at McCallie and made the most of them during his military service in Vietnam and a distinguished legal career in Knoxville. His dedication and efforts have made this school stronger over the years,” Lee Burns said in presenting the award.

Howard returned to McCallie early in his career to teach English and coach tennis, leading the tennis team to two state titles and a No. 1 national ranking. He remains a tireless advocate for the school.

Howard is also a Presbyterian minister and was a professional tennis player, playing both at Wimbledon and in the U.S. Open.

In accepting the award, Howard told family members, friends, former classmates and others gathered for the ceremony, “Never have I felt so honored … I would rather receive this honor than a Nobel or Pulitzer or any other honor because of its source: McCallie School – what it stands for and what it means to me.”

McCallie School Headmaster Lee Burns III presents the school’s highest honor, the Distinguished Alumnus Award, to Knoxville attorney and McCallie graduate G. Turner Howard III at a recent ceremony in Chattanooga. Photo submitted

By Anne Hart Turner Howard’s long relationship with the McCallie School in Chattanooga did not exactly have an auspicious beginning, but apparently, after the passing of more than 50 years, all has been forgiven.

In ceremonies during the prestigious Chattanooga boys’ preparatory school’s alumni weekend, McCallie awarded Howard its highest honor: the Distinguished Alumnus Award.

Presenting the award was headmaster Lee Burns III, and that fact adds an especially interesting twist

to the tale of Howard’s lessthan-promising start at McCallie.

As the story goes, on his first day as a boarding student at the school, Knoxville’s now prominent attorney managed to get under the skin of then assistant headmaster Maj. Arthur Lee Burns.

Try as he might to make amends over the course of his years at the school, on his graduation day in 1965, Howard was awakened by Maj. Burns at 4:30 a.m. and required to run 40 laps before he received his diploma – the price to be paid for

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CALL TO ARTISTS The Knoxville Watercolor Society is currently accepting membership applications for artists who work in watercolor and other water mediums. Applications for jurying process are due Oct. 27. Info/applications for jurying process: knxvillewatercolorsociety.com.

SEEKING VENDORS Vendors needed for Powell Lions Club/Halls Lions Club’s Fall Gift and Craft Fair, to be held 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, Powell Auto Auction, 6729 Pleasant Ridge Road. Info/registration form: E-clubhouse.org/sites/powelltn.

THROUGH THURSDAY, OCT. 22 Tickets on sale for “The Music and the Memories” show featuring Pat Boone and Knoxville swing orchestra The Streamliners, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, Oak Ridge Performing Arts Center, Oak Ridge High School, 1450 Oak Ridge Turnpike. Info/tickets: KnoxvilleTickets.com or 656-4444.

THROUGH SATURDAY, OCT. 24 Tickets on sale for the Hoot ’N Holler Autumn Express train excursions. Schedule: 10 a.m., 1 p.m., 4 p.m.

KAWE scholarship winners Marissa Stiles and Ashley Slimp are the recipients of this year’s $1,250 college scholarships awarded annually by the Knoxville Association of Executive Women (KAWE).

The presentations were made at KAWE’s recent meeting at the Orangery. Photo submitted

Saturdays, Oct. 24 and 31; 1 and 4 p.m. Sundays, Oct. 25 and Nov. 1. Info/tickets: threeriversrambler.com.

Massey honored Tim Wright, regional president, presents the AAA legislator of the year award to state Sen. Becky Massey. The Golden Steering Wheel Award recognizes her efforts to improve traffic safety. Photo submitted

FRIDAY, OCT. 16

KSO’s “Gabriel Lefkowitz & Friends” concert, 7 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Tickets: $20. Info/tickets: 291-3310 or knoxvillesymphony.com.

Kelle Jolly & The Will Boyd Project, 8 p.m., Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Tickets: $14, some discounts available. Info/tickets: www.jubileearts. org.

Movies on Market Square: “A League of Their Own” (PG, 1992); movie begins at dusk. Hosted by the Knox County Public Library. Bring a lawn chair or blanket to sit on; well-behaved dogs welcome. Info: 215-8767 or knoxlib.org/movies.

“Try Sled Hockey For Free” clinic, 6:30 p.m., Cool Sports, Home of the Icearium, 110 S Watt Road.

Hosted by the Knoxville Amateur Hockey Association (KAHA). Clinic is free of charge to anyone over the age of 5 with physical and cognitive disabilities interested in trying the game of hockey. No previous hockey or ice skating experience required. Preregistration required.

Info/registration: kaha.org.

THURSDAY, OCT. 15

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, OCT. 16-17

“Don’t Treat Your Soil Like Dirt: Prep Now for Your Spring Planting,” 6-7 p.m., Concord UMC, 11020 Roane Drive. Speaker: Master Gardener Barbara O’Neil. Free and open to the public. Info: 966-6728 ext 227.

“The Greatest Campaigner of Them All: Estes Kefauver’s Personal Approach to Politics” Brown Bag Lecture by Theodore Brown Jr., noon, East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Part 2 of a two-part series.

Free. Info: 215-8824 or EastTNHistory.org.

“Making a Bird-Friendly Habitat,” 3:15-4:15 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Speakers: Master Gardeners Gail Erwin and Kathy McGinnis-Craft.

Free and open to the public. Info: 329-8892.

“Pinterest/Instagram/Twitter for Seniors,” 1-3 p.m., Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Presented by Social Media 4 Seniors. Cost: $30. Info/registration: 218-3375; townoffarragut.org/ register; in person at Town Hall.

Yard sale, 8 a.m., Mount Harmony Baptist Church, 819 Raccoon Valley Road NE, Heiskell. Proceeds benefit the church.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 14 New volunteer training, 2 p.m., Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Training led by Malcolm Shell, museum volunteer and local historian.

Advance registration required. Info/registration: Julia Barham, jbarham@townoffarragut.org or 9667057.

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, OCT. 14-15

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, OCT. 16-18 Fanboy Expo, Knoxville Convention Center, 701 Henley St. Hours: 4-9 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday; 11 a.m.5 p.m. Sunday. Info/tickets: fanboyexpo.com/Knoxville.

SATURDAY, OCT. 17 FARE Walk for Food Allergy, 8:30 a.m., Festival Lawn of World’s Fair Park. Proceeds go to Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE). Activities include a costume contest, trick-or-treating (nonfood items) and teal pumpkin painting. Info/registration/volunteer: foodallergywalk.org/Knoxville2015.

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Oliver Temple: early Knoxville leader When he was only 27, Oliver Perry Temple came within 316 votes of altering the course of history. Democrat Andrew Johnson was running for the third of his five terms representing East Tennessee’s 1st Congressional District.

Johnson was in his prime and thought to be invincible in the 1847 race. His “stump speeches” were effective in the 1:1 debates then in fashion and he had won previous elections by as many as 1,500 votes.

Temple, representing the Whig party, was still working to establish a law practice when, only three weeks before the election, he was prevailed upon to run for the seat. Landon C. Haynes, another Democrat, had considered the odds and decided not to run against Johnson.

At Jonesboro, only two days before the election, Johnson and Temple engaged in a fierce debate.

Thinking Haynes would be his opponent, Johnson had attempted to appeal to Whig voters by opposing some of the policies of Democrat President James K. Polk, although they were of the same party.

By pointing out Johnson’s inconsistencies within his own party, Temple was able to win over many voters. Johnson won reelection 5,658 to 5,342, the closest of his five successful races for the U.S. Congress (1843-53).

Oliver Temple had captured the attention of the public, and author William Speer would observe, “Temple, defeated as he was, felt that he was half conqueror, and Johnson, though elected, was deeply mortified and humiliated.”

One wonders whether a defeated Andrew Johnson

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HISTORY AND MYSTERIES OLIVER PERRY TEMPLE, PART II (1820-1907) could have recovered to be elected Tennessee’s governor in 1853 and 1855 and a U.S. senator in 1857. Would he have been serving as vice president when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865?

Temple had received a fine education at Tusculum College and Washington College under the famous family of educators, the Doaks, and had read law under one of the finest attorneys in Tennessee. He had attained an elegance of manner and speech that would make him an effective counselor and opinion molder in East Tennessee during those perilous years from 1850-65.

In 1848, after losing the close race to Johnson, the young attorney moved to Knoxville and became a partner in the law firm of the prominent attorney William H. Sneed, who would be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives later.

President Millard Fillmore appointed Temple one of three commissioners to the Indian tribes of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona in 1850 where he gained valuable experience. On related trips to Washington, he became acquainted with Henry Clay, Daniel Webster and others influential in the government.

Soon after he returned to Knoxville in September 1851, he married Scotia C.

Judge Temple’s Melrose was among the city’s most elegant mansions surrounded by flower and vegetable gardens and rare shrubs and trees. Courtesy of the C.M. McClung Historical Collection Hume (1832-89), the daughter of David Hume. Scotia was noted for her winning personality and social graces and the Temple mansion, Melrose, hosted many celebrities over the years, including Gens. Burnside and Grant during the Union occupation of Knoxville.

Their only child, Mary Boyce Temple (1856-1929), would become the first president of the Ossoli Circle, an organizer of the Bonny Kate Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and a leader in the successful attempt to attain women’s suffrage in the early 1900s.

By 1854 Oliver Temple helped to found the Knoxville and Ohio Railroad and was a director of the East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad for several years. When Sneed was elected to Congress, Temple established a partnership with another prominent Knoxville attorney, Connally Trigg.

In the wake of Lincoln’s election to the presidency in November 1860 with se-

cession fever sweeping the state, Temple organized a meeting of local Unionists to plan a course of action.

They agreed to call a citywide assembly at the Knox County Courthouse on Nov. 26 to discuss a statewide secession convention. When they assembled again on Dec. 9, Temple made two contentious speeches that provided a rallying cry for the regional Unionists.

Counties across East Tennessee held similar meetings and declared their loyalty to the Union.

In February 1861, Tennessee decided against secession by a vote of 69,000 to 58,000; but after Lincoln’s call for “75,000 volunteers to subdue the Rebellion” in April, the mood changed considerably. In June the state voted to secede by a vote of 105,000 to 47,000, and East Tennesseans cast 33,000 of those 47,000 votes.

When W.G. “Parson” Brownlow, editor of the local paper, warned in August 1861 that the Confederate

authorities then occupying Knoxville were planning to arrest local Unionists, Temple fled to the North but, in only a few weeks, he was able to return when he promised that he would remain neutral. During the early months of the war, he would provide legal representation for Unionists accused of such offenses as the Bridge-Burning Incident and the Great Locomotive Chase. When the Union Army entered the city in September 1863, Temple was so overjoyed that he celebrated by running the length of Gay Street behind a regiment of soldiers.

After the war, he quickly formed a new law firm with Samuel Rogers and James Deaderick but was appointed chancellor of the 8th Chancery District in 1866, then moved to the 2nd Chancery District in 1870.

Throughout the 1870s he spearheaded the Knoxville Industrial Association and served as president of the East Tennessee Farmer’s Convention giving numer-

Oliver P. Temple’s early exposure to eminent educators and attorneys gave him the foundation skills for his distinguished career as an attorney and judge. Photo courtesy of Wikipedia

ous lectures on the importance of a diversified economy while extolling the area’s excellent climate and abundant natural resources.

Temple retired from the practice of law in 1880 and was soon appointed Knox County postmaster. He published the most influential of his four books, “East Tennessee and the Civil War,” in 1899. In 1912, having long been his research assistant, his daughter completed the editing and published his fourth book, “Notable Men of Tennessee” (1833 to 1875).

Temple became seriously ill after a fall in 1904 and never fully recovered.

He died on Nov. 2, 1907, and was buried in Old Gray Cemetery, where a large obelisk marks the Temple family plot.

He was a trustee of the University of Tennessee for over a half-century (18541907) and helped establish the school’s College of Agriculture. Hess Hall now stands on the campus where his elegant Melrose mansion once stood.

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