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BUZZ Hardin Valley cleanup is Nov. 7 The 17th annual Hardin Valley Fall Community Litter Clean-Up will be 7 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 7. Pick up p gloves, trash bags and safety vests at the Hardin Valley Food d City parking lot or Hardin Valley Community Center on Hickory Creek Road. Volunteers needed and greatly appreciated. Info: Chrys Huston, 865771-0947.
Kentucky is ‘mustwin’ game for Vols If Kentucky foils tradition and spoils the second half of the Tennessee season, there will be another vivid illustration of the wonderful, terrible difference in happiness and heartbreak, a joyous celebration on one side and much gnashing of teeth on the other. If Tennessee wins the mustwin game, another must-win game will follow. And then another.
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Cookie Crusader Cedar Bluff resident Gina Oster was used to being busy. Sons Stanton, Alexander and Matthew gave her cause with school PTAs and other projects. But when the boys graduated and moved on to college, Oster felt herself withdrawing from the outside world. “It’s hard when you’ve been a mom for 23 years and then suddenly the chairs at the dinner table aren’t full anymore. It became sad,” says Oster. “I began to ask myself, ‘Who am I? What am I supposed to be doing?’ ”
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Young Life The banquet sponsors were a who’s who of Knoxville. The table hosts looked like a Finbarr Saunders endorsement ad (not the same names, necessarily, but a huge bunch of them). More than a thousand folks gathered at the Knoxville Convention Center for roast beef and potatoes at the 2015 banquet for Knoxville Young Life. If you’ve not heard of this group, you’re obviously not in high school.
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Commissioners Bob Thomas and d Ed B Brantley l came to Hardin H di Valley to talk about roads. Instead, they got an earful about a “backdoor deal” to swap a portion of the Nicholas Ball Park on Middlebrook Pike for 100 acres of mountain land off Hardin Valley Road. Ball Camp would lose one of two soccer fields and a portion of a ½-mile walking trail. The county’s land would be consolidated with adjacent property so a Walmart grocery store could be built, residents said. Commissioner John Schoonmaker, who represents District 5 in Farragut, told residents they should talk first to the Metropolitan Planning Commission which is scheduled to hear a rezoning request on both tracts at its Thursday, Nov. 12, meeting. MPC’s recommendation would go to County Commission in December for consideration. County Commission must both affirm the rezoning and vote for the land swap to create the trade. “We won’t finalize this without public input,” said Thomas. “The last thing we want to do is something people don’t want.”
Knox County Commissioner Ed Brantley talks with Hardin Valley residents Bill Nichols and Tim Thompson during the Ed and Bob (Thomas) night out at Food City in Hardin Valley. Photos by S. Clark
“It seems like a back-door deal to me,” said a resident. “It’s not in the citizens’ best interest to take away green space.” Brantley interjected: “Let’s talk about roads!” Knox County Engineering and Public Works had three staff members present: Jim Snowden, Cindy Pionke and John Sexton. Snowden said later that Hardin Valley Road is a county road with state oversight at the on/off ramps for Pellissippi Parkway. “We’re doing our best with the resources available to make traffic flow smoother.” TDOT will revamp the Schaeffer Road intersection with Pellissippi Parkway which Snowden calls “very dangerous.” But first Knox County is adding a turn lane for eastbound traffic turning onto Pellissippi Parkway and adding a traffic signal on Hardin Valley Road. “Pellissippi State will have two entrances and we will put a traffic signal at their entrance off Greenland Way.” Jim Snowden, deputy director of He estimated the county’s porEngineering and Public Works, talks tion of the improvements will be with residents about improvements done by mid-January. Then TDOT on Hardin Valley Road.
can start work on the Schaeffer Road intersection, a project which has been fasttracked. School board member Terry Hill said land behind Hardin ValTerry Hill ley Academy has been deemed environmentally unsuitable for a middle school. The school system is looking at two other sites nearby. Neighbors were worried about additional traffic jams on Hardin Valley Road if a third school is built there. Bill Nichols suggested that the schools look at a farm for sale on Coward Mill Road. Brantley said parents and the school transportation department favor proximity of the buildings to make it easier to pick up and drop off kids. Another resident complained about speeding dump trucks on Hickory Creek Road. The commissioners promised to ask Sheriff Jimmy “J.J.” Jones to beef up enforcement. Brantley suggested bringing
Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett wants to swap the part of Nicholas Ball Park that connects to Middlebrook Pike to a developer who will give the county 100 acres off Hardin Valley Road past Hickory Creek.
the Knox County legislative delegation to Hardin Valley to discuss road concerns. “It’s a beautiful part of the county out here. You live where everybody wants to live. We will make it. We just need to work together.” And Thomas added: “You’ve got to make sure your voice is heard.” Commissioners also present were Brad Anders and Jeff Ownby.
Local leaders ‘sell’ Tennessee in Israel By Wendy Smith
Gov. Bill Haslam, Economic and Community Development Commissioner Randy Boyd and 18 business leaders from Tennessee, including three from Knoxville, recently returned from a trip to Israel to “sell” Tennessee as a site for new business. The biggest challenge, Boyd says, is that the only thing most Israelis know about the state is that it’s the home of Jack Daniel’s and Elvis Presley. New York, California and even New Jersey are on the international radar. But Tennessee requires a sales pitch, and Haslam and Boyd did a great job, says Stephen Rosen, managing director of the institutional bonds division at Raymond James. Rosen, one of several Jewish community leaders who traveled with the group to give cultural guidance, says the sales pitch would’ve worked on him. “I’m ready to move to Tennessee,” he laughs.
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of tuition-free community college or technical school for the state’s high school graduates, which guarantees a future workforce, differentiates Tennessee, Boyd says. The trip was a success on a number of levels. Boyd is confident that numerous meetings with potential business partners will eventually pay off with new jobs in Tennessee. It was also inspiring, he says. Best practices were shared, and the group learned about Israel’s success in technology transfer. They were also impressed with Israel’s technical college system, ORT, and hope for future partnerships between ORT and the state’s Colleges of Applied Technology. He also values the relationships that developed among the Tennessee delegation. Rosen was thrilled to have the opportunity to participate in the trip. The group visited a kibbutz north of Tel Aviv where Clinton-
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Cookie Crusaders bake to say ‘thanks’
By Sara Barrett
Cedar Bluff resident Gina Oster was used to being busy. Sons Stanton, Alexander and Matthew gave her cause with school PTAs and other projects. But when the boys graduated and moved on to college, Oster felt herself withdrawing from the outside world. “It’s hard when you’ve been a mom for 23 years and then suddenly the chairs at the dinner table aren’t full anymore. It became sad,” says Oster. “I began to ask myself, ‘Who am I? What am I supposed to be doing?’ ” This was around the same time police-officer shootings began showing up often in news headlines. Oster remembered working closely with the Knox County Sheriff’s Office when her boys were students at Cedar Bluff schools. They helped educate students on the duties of law-enforcement officers. A police helicopter was even brought to the school for the kids to see. “I saw in the news a second officer had been shot, and it really hit me. I wanted to do something.” One night during Bible study, Oster prayed about what she should do. An idea came to her to thank local
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law enforcement. “I thought ‘Lord, you put this passion in my heart. Now let’s figure out how to do it.” Oster sent a request out to friends on social media for donations of homemade cookies. Within two days, 22 people had offered to help. Those who don’t bake donated money for ingredients and other expenses. In early October, Oster and her volunteers – also called her “angels” – personally delivered more than 1,000 cookies to the men and women at the Knox County Sheriff’s Office. Oster looked up words of gratitude online and found 140 words including bravery and courage to add to thank-you cards. “The captain said, ‘No one ever does this,’ and I told him, ‘We’re going to change that.’ ” Oster named the mission Cookie Crusaders founder Gina Oster bakes to say “thanks” to Cookie Crusaders. Goals local law-enforcement officers. Photo by S. Barrett for the coming year are to become a nonprofit and to the Sheriff’s Office with a the cause. I would love for make bimonthly deliveries muffin breakfast included. this to eventually be done to each organization in Plans to deliver to the throughout the country. Knoxville, possibly even Tennessee Highway Patrol Why couldn’t it be? emergency-response teams are scheduled for January. “It’s cookies and a little and fire departments. “Once we’ve covered note. It’s not going to change A delivery is planned Knoxville, we plan to move lives. But every day, these for the Knoxville Police to Clinton and other areas men and women don’t know Department Nov. 6, in East Tennessee. We’d if they’ll come home. Now and a second delivery is like to have church and they’ll know people in the planned in December for community groups take up community care for them.”
■ Fountain City Halloween, 6-8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, at First Baptist Church.
p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, Morning Pointe, 7700 Dannaher Drive. Info: 686-5771.
■ Halloween alternative, 6 a.m., World for Christ Church Inc., 4611 Central Ave Pike. Sponsored by Club Shabach. A safe alternative for the kids and the whole family. Info: 255-1837. ■ Halloween Day exercise class, CrossFit FC at Fountain City, 2404 Dutch Valley Drive. Participants wear costumes and do the class; CrossFit Kids workout for kids, ages 13 and under, can wear their costumes and then have refreshments and paint pumpkins. Info: 776-3620; cf.fountaincity@gmail.com. ■ Halloween shows by Smoky Mountain Storytellers, 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, Sweet Fanny Adams Theater, (Light #3) 461 Parkway, Gatlinburg. Suggested donations: $7 at door, $5 for seniors, students and groups. Info: Gatlinburg. com; smokymountaintellers. com; 429-1783 or 984-0246. ■ Trick or treat in the “SafeSpook Hallowed Halls,” 6-8
■ Harvest festival and trunk or treat, 4-6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, Sharon Baptist Church, 7916 Pedigo Road. Games, door prizes, bounce houses, the balloon man, food. Trunk or treat, 5:45 p.m. ■ Trick or Treat in the Cave, 5-8:30 p.m. ThursdaySaturday, Oct. 29-31, Historic Cherokee Caverns, 8524 Oak Ridge Highway. Admission: $8, Children 2 and under are free. Info: cherokeecaverns.com. ■ Trunk or Treat, 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, City View Baptist Church, 2311 Fine Ave. Bring a bag or bucket for treats. Free for the family. Includes: variety of different activities and special features. Info: 522-2364, cityview-knox.org. ■ Trunk or treat, 5-7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, Faith UMC, 1120 Dry Gap Pike. ■ Trunk or Treat, 5-8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, Little Flat Creek Baptist Church, 9132 E. Emory Road, Corryton.
The fire pit got rave reviews from Joshua Young and MaryAnn Reddy as a good place to warm up before the church service.
Little Taylor Smith, with mom Carrie, was well bundled against the chill for the outdoor service at Ebenezer United Methodist Church.
Jim Lebow tempts the Rev. Ann Robins with his picnic fare as the lead minister makes her way from greeting the congregants to the food area. Photos by Sherri Gardner Howell
The picnic preparers included Myra Hamilton, Vickie Marsh and Jackie Hill.
Delicious temptations If there was a temptation to skip morning worship and go straight to lunch at Ebenezer United Methodist Church, 1001 Ebenezer Road, on Sunday, Oct. 18, it was of the congregation’s own doing. Greeting guests and members right inside the main church door were large tables overflowing with pies, cakes, brownies, cookies and every other imaginable dessert. A peek down the hall revealed more tables with big bowls of diced fruit, sandwiches and all the fi xings. Ebenezer angels in the form of Jackie Hill, Vickie Marsh, Myra Hamilton,
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Nelda Maxwell and others were guarding – and organizing – the bounty, making sure the soul was fed before the body. The occasion was one of the church’s two annual outside services – fall and
spring – under a big tent. The uplifting service was followed by the picnic on the grounds. The church provides the main courses and asks those who want to help to bring desserts and/ or fruit. From the looks of the tables, the faithful came through with abundance! Last Sunday the congregation pulled out all the stops for the rescheduled Fall Festival, a community outreach event that was
rained out several weeks ago. On the calendar for this energetic church is another big weekend on Nov. 13-14 with the Men’s Barbecue Sale, United Methodist Women’s Rummage Sale and Youth Bake Sale. Info: www.eumcknox.org
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Kentucky is a must-win game Close against Alabama was a treat, but now the scene shifts. Kentucky is another must-win football game for Tennessee. There are no ifs, ands or buts. The Vols always beat the Wildcats. That is simply how it is. A loss would be unacceptable. No matter how well it might be explained away – injuries, youth, inexperience, one misstep or just a matter of inches – it would cause thousands of fans, holding onto the bandwagon with one hand, to disengage and declare the season a disappointment or even a disaster. In addition to the trou-
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bling issue of what the Vols can and can’t do, there is a complex other side to this conflict. I am told Kentucky has identified Tennessee as a team it can whip. The Wildcats are counting on toughness, old-fashioned blocking and tackling. Oh my. For generations, Kentucky has used its underdog status as motivation.
The Wildcats have lost 29 of the past 30 games against Tennessee. You and I know some were too close for comfort. We are convinced that the old rivals are much closer than the series record implies. Things are changing. There is a new outlook in Lexington. The stadium looks great after a manymillion-dollar renovation. Coach Mark Stoops has refined the focus and generated energy. Stoops’ family ties in Ohio are paying off in recruiting. UK has 21 players that Ohio State didn’t want. There was a misstatement above, in the second
paragraph. The Vols do not always beat the Wildcats. Kentucky won in 1984. Ronald Reagan had just been re-elected president (he carried 49 states). The Russians boycotted the Los Angeles Olympics. The French identified the AIDS virus. John Majors was coach of the Volunteers. The UK score was 17-12. That was too long ago for me to remember how Kentucky did it. I do recall that Tennessee had very good players – Tony Robinson, Johnnie Jones, strong offensive linemen, big names on defense (Dale Jones) and excellent kickers, Jimmy Colquitt and Fuad Reveiz.
Butter and egg bureaucracy Red tape hinders local business
In case you missed it, Peg Hambright owns Magpies Bakery on Central Street near the old Sears building. It’s a great business that’s thriving in a long-neglected area of Knoxville. Hambright has been trying to install dancing butter and egg cartoon characters (affectionately known as Mr. Butter and Ms. Egg) on the rooftop of Magpies. No problem, right? Wrong. City officials, and most recently the Board of Zoning Appeals, have prevented Hambright from installing the butter and egg characters because it (allegedly) conflicts with Knoxville’s sign ordinance. Why do we have a sign ordinance? One reason is that Knox County has about
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100 miles of forested, undeveloped ridges. These scenic views are Knoxville’s greatest natural resource and add tremendous value. It’s tough to enjoy the views when there’s a billboard in the way. City Council was correct to try to protect these viewscapes. Of course, successful businesses like Magpies add value, too. It’s easy to support restrictions that keep the big Pilot or Weigel’s signs off local streets. But it’s more difficult to support a bureaucracy that prohibits Peg Hambright from having dancing butter and egg
characters on top of Magpies Bakery. Here’s hoping Hambright appeals the BZA decision to City Council and that council allows the signage. If not, council should amend the sign ordinance to allow rooftop signage and encourage Hambright and others to continue investing in the Central Street corridor. Five voters? Early voting in the city of Knoxville regular election wraps up this week. Only 57 folks turned out to vote on the first day of early voting. In fact, on that first day of voting, only five votes were cast at the South Knox location. Five voters. All day. The simplest solution would be to align city elections with the county election cycle. This would put the city primary election on the same ballot as the presidential preference pri-
mary election every four years. In nonpresidential, even-numbered years, the city primary election would appear on the same ballot as the May county primary election. The city general election would be held in August every even-numbered year with the county general election ballot. Moving city elections would dramatically increase voter turnout. Also, avoiding stand-alone elections would save city taxpayers nearly $500,000 every four-year cycle. Trump mania: I recently saw an early20-something-year-old guy at a rock concert wearing one of Donald Trump’s red, throwback, “Make America Great Again” hats. I didn’t have a chance to ask him whether he was wearing the hat in support or irony, but he kept getting high-fives
I suppose Kentucky had some good players, but none are in the Hall of Fame. After 26 consecutive victories, Tennessee lost to Kentucky in 2011. Oh boy, do I remember that. The end of the streak was the beginning of the end of the Derek Dooley era. The Wildcats won without a quarterback. Amazing accomplishment. Certain Volunteers did not appear particularly interested in the outcome. So much has changed since then for Tennessee. Maybe it has really changed up north. Or maybe not. My two best friends in Kentucky say the Big Blue never did like the pumpkin orange
and still doesn’t. They said unkind things about Phillip Fulmer’s physique and still chuckle. They didn’t like Bruce Pearl much at all. They still don’t sing “Rocky Top.” If Kentucky foils tradition and spoils the second half of the Tennessee season, there will be another vivid illustration of the wonderful, terrible difference in happiness and heartbreak, a joyous celebration on one side and much gnashing of teeth on the other. If Tennessee wins the must-win game, another must-win game will follow. And then another.
and laughs in the crowd. Successful political campaigns transcend politics to become cultural phenomena. Regardless of how you feel about Trump’s politics, the guy has synthesized celebrity and conservative populism in a way that
resonates with a lot of folks disenchanted with Washington. It’s going to be an interesting 2016 campaign. Make no mistake, Donald Trump could be the next president of the United States.
Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@netzero.com.
Scott Frith is a local attorney. You can contact him at scott@pleadthefrith.com
Happy Birthday to Wanda U.S. Rep. Jimmy Duncan and his wife, Lynn, at right, were among a group of friends who gathered to surprise longtime educator and former Knox County Commissioner Wanda Moody, second from left, with a birthday party. Former Knox County Republican Party chair Mike Prince presented the birthday cake. Photo by Anne Hart
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New DA tries new anti-truancy approach Tears, excuses and a dose of public humiliation were the main features of the periodic parent roundups that used to be a staple of local TV news. The district attorney general would send out threatening letters to parents – typically single mothers – of chronically truant kids and require them to come in and explain why their children were missing so much school. Today, there’s a new DA in town, and she’s trying a new approach. T h e shiny green bicycle sitting in the front lobby Charme Allen of Maynard Elementary School is tangible proof of Charme Allen’s change in direction. The sign on the handlebars – “Perfect Attendance = Free Bike” – is enticing, and Maynard principal Kim Wilburn-Cullom says that 66 of her students are on target to win one of these if they get through the fall semester without missing a day of school. “We’re encouraging kids to have perfect attendance, and they look at that bike every morning when they’re coming in,” said WilburnCullom, who wants it known that attendance is already pretty good at her school (from 94.2 percent three years ago, to 92.4 the following year to 95.4 per-
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cent last year). Nonetheless, she appreciates Allen’s efforts. “Students need to be in school, and at this age, attendance is a parental issue, not a student issue, and there’s a domino effect – if you don’t go to school, you’re probably not going to be a productive citizen – and I admire anyone who’s trying to break that cycle.” Allen and Wilburn-Cullom both serve on a Knox County Schools-sponsored committee that is studying disparities in educational outcomes. The committee Maynard Elementary School is also studying a number of shows off a prize bicycle. issues, including why more minority students are suspended for disciplinary isare made by juvenile court. sues. The Tennessee Depart“We’re looking for solutions to a bigger problem. ment of Education considParents need to have de- ers students truant when cent-paying jobs, get up in they have five or more unthe morning and get their excused absences. Knox kids off to school, and kids County Schools allows parneed to be here every single ents and guardians 10 writday,” Wilburn-Cullom said. ten excuses for illness each Knox County no longer year, and Allen’s office conhas a stand-alone “truancy ducts meetings for parents center” like the grant-fund- of students whose absences ed facility run by Allen’s exceed that number. Final note: Videotapes predecessor, Randy Nichols, although there is a Sat- of City Council, County urday School for students Commission, school board with attendance problems and both city and county at the Boys and Girls Club. zoning boards have long Assignments to this school been available to the pub-
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lic, either through Community TV or the agency itself (Knox County Schools maintains school board videos). Metropolitan Planning Commission has been the only holdout. Citizens or journalists who wanted to review past meetings were required to order specific tapes and pick them up at the MPC office. Soon after MPC’s new executive director took over in July, he announced that the archaic policy will change, and now the videotapes are available online. Way to go, Gerald Green!
Young Life offers teens support, joy The banquet sponsors were a who’s who of Knoxville. The table hosts looked like a Finbarr Saunders endorsement ad (not the same names, necessarily, but a huge bunch of them). More than a thousand folks gathered at the Knoxville Convention Center for roast beef and potatoes at the 2015 banquet for Knoxville Young Life. If you’ve not heard of this group, you’re obviously not in high school. I learned about it through my friend Justin Bailey. He’s a volunteer leader and his wife, Kristin, is on the 12-member staff. Amazingly, the annual budget is more than $1 million and the group raised over $700,000 of it at the October banquet. Gov. Bill Haslam speaking did not hurt. Bill and Crissy Haslam were Young Life kids in high school and remain adult leaders, I learned, and Bill has served on the national board. He said Young Life was there for him as a 16-yearold student at Webb School
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whose mother died unexpectedly. He came to appreciate the group even more as a parent. “Forty-one years ago I began an adventure,” said Haslam. In a pointedly nonpolitical speech, he told the assembled adults what he’s learned: ■ The power of a volunteer. “We’ve got 200 volunteers in Knoxville and you could have found them last Friday night standing in the rain at a football game.” God teaches us in uncomfortable situations, he said. “Crissy and I have had a front row seat to Young Life.” ■ People giving back. “This is a different town because of Young Life.” And the ministry continues to grow, now reaching from Moscow to Madrid. He recalled a teen telling
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a volunteer, “Every time it mattered, you showed up.” ■ Outreach. Knoxville Young Life has the largest ministry to pregnant teens; it has an outreach to students at Tennessee School for the Deaf. ■ Government can fix potholes, but not hearts. “Forty-one years ago I never knew I’d have a government job,” Haslam joked. Mindy Meyer followed the governor, putting a gentle squeeze on attendees to open their checkbooks. “You help decide whether we grow, maintain or decline,” she said. Checkbooks flew out. The governor, TV guy Russell Biven and some other Young Life leaders did an impromptu dance on stage to conclude the show. Sadly, I didn’t get a picture. Bart Elkins later said he was surprised at the lack of politics in Haslam’s talk and at his willingness to share personal details. The Young Life members have a secret handshake, it seems. With shared history and a shared vision, they simply stand and give their
Knoxville has had only one citizen be a member of the U.S. Supreme Court – Edward Terry Sanford. If you would like to learn more about him, you should attend the symposium at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, at the East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. John Scheb, former dean of the UT Political Science Department and current professor of political science, will speak. Meeting is open to the public and sponsored by the U.S. District Court Historical Society and the East Tennessee Historical Society. Sanford was born in Knoxville in 1865 at the end of the Civil War. He graduated from the University of Tennessee and Harvard Sanford Law School. Justice Sanford served on the court from Jan. 29, 1923, appointed by President Warren Harding on the recommendation of then-Chief Justice William Howard Taft. Both Taft and Harding were from Ohio, and Taft was the only president to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. Unlike today’s lengthy Senate confirmation process, Sanford was nominated on Jan. 23, 1923, and confirmed six days later on Jan. 29. Previously, he had been a district federal judge for both the eastern and middle districts of Tennessee, having been nominated by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1908. In that case he was nominated on May 14, 1908, and confirmed four days later on May 18. Such swift confirmations simply could not happen in today’s world. He died unexpectedly from uremic poisoning from a tooth extraction on March 8, 1930, the same day that Chief Justice Taft died. He is buried in Knoxville’s Greenwood Cemetery.
story. No need for introductions. Will Acker, who seemed to be in charge, said the tradition of Knoxville Young Life is to tell teens they are loved just as they are by the God of the universe. Young Life also has a tradition of adventure and laughter, he said. “High school kids live in a dark place. We take the light into dark places. “Each high school has its own club. “We go where high school students are – ballgames, practices, recitals, rehearsals, work, wherever kids are – all in an effort to get to know students. “These relationships are the foundation of Young Life.” With 18 clubs, the nonde■ Politicians were out Sunday, nominational group plans shaking hands and enjoying to expand to Union County the day as the city closed this year. Central Street from the Happy How can you not pitch in? Holler Freezo to the Old City. I wrote a check, prob- ■ Finbarr Saunders was camably the smallest one there. paigning hard, standing with That mildly warm roast neighborhood guy Ronnie beef dinner cost more than Collins in the middle of the the prime rib at O’Charley’s, street. but I came away humming a ■ Saunders lost his county happy tune. commission seat to Jeff
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■ Oftentimes, it is the men and women who labor their whole adult careers for government who make it work and are the holders of institutional knowledge. Such is the case at the Knox County Election Commission, where top staff can change due to the political winds, but there are three employees who have a combined 84 years of service. They are Lorrhonda Myers with 30 years in January, plus Linda Colquitt and Ingrida Campbell, who have served 27 years each. They are there day in and day out. They will make sure the Nov. 3 election goes smoothly. ■ Phil Keith, Knoxville’s longest-serving police chief in the past 70 years, was recently awarded the John and Reve Walsh Award in Tallahassee, Fla., at the Missing Children Day ceremony. Gov. Rick Scott was present. Keith is the former director of the Amber Alert Training and Technical Assistance Program of the U.S. Department of Justice. Amber Alerts directly aided in the rescue of 61 children in 2014. ■ The recent city primary had candidates in all three at-large City Council contests winning over 50 percent of the vote. So why does the city force these people to run a second time five weeks later when fewer people may vote? It is possible, if not probable, that the second-place person on Sept. 29 becomes first place on Nov. 3 with less total voting. Well, the simple answer is that it is required by the city charter. The writers apparently never thought about it. It is time for a charter amendment to change this.
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Ownby and he’s not taking Paul Bonovich for granted. ■ Bonovich might have been there, but wasn’t visible to this writer. ■ Bob Thomas and wife Kim were strolling hand-in-hand. The at-large county commissioner is a possible candidate to replace term-limited Mayor Tim Burchett. That election is in 2018.
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SENIOR NOTES ■ Karns Senior Center: 8042 Oak Ridge Highway 951-2653 knoxcounty.org/seniors Monday-Friday 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
Oakwood Senior Living residents give high fives to kids from the neighborhood who visited to sing and brought baked goods.
Carolyn Cottrell, a local pianist, performed for residents of Morning Pointe of Powell. She performs throughout the community, but mainly for churches and East Tennessee Children’s Hospital. Cottrell, pictured here with resident Harry “Doc” Ogden, played show tunes and hymns. She also brought some CDs for the assisted living residents.
Offerings include: card games; dance classes; exercise programs; mahjong; art classes; farkle dice games; dominoes; a computer lab; billiards room; outdoor grill and kitchen area. ■ Frank R. Strang Senior Center: 109 Lovell Heights Road| 670-6693 knoxcounty.org/seniors Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Offerings include: card games; exercise programs; dance classes; watercolor classes; Tai Chi; blood pressure checks; Mahjong; senior-friendly computer classes. The center’s lounge/ resource area contains a lending library, puzzle table, Green Mountain Coffee, television and newspapers, along with a “Senior Services” resource wall. Register for: AAA’s Roadwise: “Safe Driving for Mature Operators,” 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Thursday-Friday, Oct. 29-30; Covenant Health Lunch and Learn: “Best Foot Forward: Understanding Foot Pain,” noon Wednesday, Oct. 28 (RSVP: 541-4500).
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Oakwood Senior Living has opened with 22 residents and 63 rooms, said executive director Amy Wise. Staff are quickly forming partnerships with community groups who are reaching out to support the facility. The former Oakwood Elementary School has returned to its glory as the focal point of the Christenberry community. Emerald Youth Foundation is one such partner.
“W have “We have ccreated reatted d iintergenntergenerational activities and a lot of summer programs,” said Wise. Oakwood Baptist Church brings Sunday services to the facility and leads Bingo on Fridays. The UT College of Social Work has an internship program at Oakwood, sending college students to work with the senior residents. Programming includes Zumba and tai chi instruction and art.
Emerald Avenue United Eme Methodist Church brings weekly Bible study. On Friday, Oct. 30, residents are set to hand out trick or treat candy to costumed visitors from Christenberry Elementary School and Emerald Youth Foundation. “Come on over,” says Wise. It’s from 6:30-7:30 p.m. “That’s an activity both the kids and the residents ■ Morning Pointe offers trick or treating will enjoy.” Kids are invited to Morning Pointe of Powell, 7700 DanInfo: Amy Wise at 540- naher Drive, for safe trick or treating 6-8 p.m. Thursday, 6243. Oct. 29. Info: 865-686-5771.
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Residents of Oakwood Senior Living play Bingo, hosted by volunteers at Oakwood Baptist Church. Photos by Melissa Hensley
Family Night at Elmcroft of Halls
All are invited 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, to Elmcroft of Halls, 7521 Andersonville Pike, for an open house and family night. Meet the new executive director, Chris L. Tharp, and medical director Dr. Jeffrey Summers. Learn about the new on-site house physical, speech and occupational therapy, available for residents and the community too. Health care providers and Elderlaw professionals will be available to answer questions and provide information for families exploring senior care. Info: 865-925-2668. ■ Super Senior Bingo is played at 2 Chris Tharp p.m. each third Thursday at no cost to attendees. RSVP to 865-925-2668. ■ Alzheimer’s Support Group meets 6-7 p.m. each third Thursday. RSVP to Rose Davis, 865-925-2668.
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Ginger Forbes, director of children’s ministries at Christ Covenant, gets help from her husband, David, as they pass out candy at trunk or treat. Enjoying the goodies are Desmidt and his mother, Lisa.
Travelers Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you. (Genesis 26:3, RSV) This may sound like a book report, and in a way, it is. I found The Sojourner on my mother’s bookshelf and decided it was time to read it. I knew nothing about it, except that it was written by Marjorie K. Rawlings, author of The Yearling. The story is of two brothers, one who stays on the family farm, even though he longs to travel and see more of America. The other goes west, and makes a fortune prospecting for gold. The story is told from the homebody brother’s perspective. Given the title of the book, however, I kept expecting the traveling brother to come home, to take up his share of the responsibility on the family farm. He did come home, but only for a visit, and only to urge his brother to join him in his search for riches. The brother declined, choosing to stay on the farm. He loved the land, and he loved the life he
‘Incredible’ day for Hulk and pals By Carolyn Evans The 8-year-old Incredible Hulk scored a lot of candy Sunday. He and more than 150 other superheroes, ghosts and goblins turned out for a special fall festival and trunk or treat at Christ Covenant Presbyterian Church in Farragut. The church congregation organized the trunk or treat, and the festival was sponsored by the Pax Project. The mission was to pull out all the stops for children and adults with special needs so they and their families could enjoy a great afternoon. Many of the party-goers were 16 or older and all were encouraged to visit the decorated vehicles filled with candy and treats. Pax Project volunteers ran the festival, which had bounce houses, train rides, a photo booth, professional face painting, fingernail painting, balloon artists, craft tables and tattoos. In addition, vendors provided free food, and experts were on hand to give parents information about activities and services. They had a great time, but nobody at the festival was happier than Holly Smiley, mother of the Incredible Hulk, and cofounder of the Pax Project. “As a parent of a child with special needs, I know that nothing makes us happier than seeing our kids having fun,” said Smiley. Smiley and her husband, Patrick Vanrennes, are the founders of the Pax Project, a non-profit for individuals with special needs. The Powell couple has raised
money to fund the needs of special needs kids since 2014 and have organized the Halloween-themed extravaganza at Christ Covenant for two years. The church, Smiley said, has a wonderful program for special needs children. The inspiration for the Pax Project came from the youngest of their five children, Paxton, born with Down syndrome. Smiley and Vanrennes did the normal things that parents of a special needs child do, but they wanted to do more. To start with, they bought him an iPad Mini. “For a child who’s nonverbal, an iPad can be their voice,” Smiley said. “There are apps that allow the children to communicate, if they want something to drink, to go to the bathroom, etc. They cost about $250 each and are something that’s not covered by insurance, and there are very few organizations to help families get one.” They also signed him up for activities. “With Paxton, we did horseback riding lessons, gymnastics and extra therapies that weren’t covered by insurance – fun things that typical kids get to do. His vocabulary went way up during horseback riding lessons. In swim therapy, he started jumping with both feet. He learned how to swim and gained muscle tone he needed for everyday things.” When they saw the progress Paxton made, the couple wanted to help other families who might not have the financial means to provide extras. “These things help with mobility and communication and can make
Fall Festival coordinator and founder of Pax Holly Smiley with her son, Paxton. Photos by Sherri Gardner Howell a huge difference in their lives,” said Smiley. In June 2014, the husband and wife team launched the Pax Project and began taking donations from friends and family. Paxton’s four older siblings got involved, too. The family has sponsored two golf tournaments and a motorcycle ride. Four months ago, the Pax Project became an official 501(c)(3) non-profit. “Nobody’s on the payroll,” Smiley said. “One hundred percent goes to the kids.” Money raised is used for the annual fall festival and to pay for things insurance doesn’t. Once a quarter they give out funding for iPad Minis, activities and camps. The non-profit has helped about 20 kids so far and hasn’t turned anyone away. Four children, however, are on a waiting list. “We’re hoping to have funding by December,” Smiley said. “It’s at least $1,250 new money we need to raise.” She said people have donated iPad minis as well as money. “We’d love to do an iPad drive and will accept them whether they’re new, used or broken. I have a person who will fi x them for free.”
FAITH NOTES Special services ■ Music ministries of Christ Covenant Church in Farragut and Community Evangelistic Church in East Knoxville will join for three presentations of “How Great Our Joy – a Gospel Christmas!” Presentations: 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Dec. 11-12, Christ Covenant Church, 12915 Kingston Pike; 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13, Community Evangelistic Church, 2650 Boyds Bridge Pike. Info: 5251589 or cecchurch.org; 6711885 or office@christcov.org. ■ Westside Unitarian Universalist Church, 616 Fretz Road, holds meditation services 6:30 p.m. each second and fourth
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Vendors needed ■ Ball Camp Baptist Church, 2412 Ball Camp Byington Road, is seeking vendors for its “Holiday Bazaar” to be held 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21. Booths are $30 and $50. Application deadline: Oct. 31. Info/application: Amanda, Awright5237@gmail.com. ■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7754 Oak Ridge Highway, is seeking vendors for the annual Craft Fair to be held 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21 in the family life center.
■ Heska Amuna Synagogue, Tables available for artists and crafters for the Sisterhood Arts, Crafts and Bake Sale, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8. Info: Harriet Glasman, 865671-2698.
Youth programs ■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, hosts Morning Breakfast and Afternoon Hang Out for youth each Tuesday. Breakfast and Bible study, 7:20 a.m.; Hang Out Time, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Info: 6901060 or beaverridgeumc.org.
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and his wife had built together. There was sadness, to be sure. More than one baby was born to them and died within hours. There were other losses, other disappointments. But there was a son who lived, and who went off to get an education. Again the farmer saw his own dreams lived out by a relative, someone who was not tied to the land. It was only at the end of the book, that I realized who the sojourner was. The one character who had grown, had moved beyond himself, had come so far as to be a totally different person, was the farmer, the one who had sacrificed and loved and given. It’s a lesson well worth the learning.
Courtney Stacy as Mother Goose and Leslie Little as the Tooth Fairy perform in “A Rhyme Must Come to Its End” at the annual murder-mystery play fundraiser held Oct. 18 at Beaver Ridge United Methodist Church.
Nursery-rhyme whodunit has a mission By Nancy Anderson The scene is Beaver Ridge United Methodist Church. There’s been a murder … again. Every year when the weather turns cool, someone in the fun-loving church finds himself or herself in a jam. Written and directed by church members Phyllis Martinelli and Judy Graham, it’s the much-anticipated annual murdermystery dinner theater, a major fundraiser for the church’s missions programs. Mother Goose has invited her most famous nursery-rhyme characters for a weekend conference to discuss the passing of time and retirement options. It seems the beloved characters, such as Jack-Be-Nimble (who is no longer nimble but still unsuccessfully attempts to jump over his candlestick, among other things), are growing older, and their playful antics have become more inappropriate than charming. Something must be done. But no one thought it would be … murder. Certainly not the Tooth Fairy, who was found dead in the kitchen one morning, having been stabbed with a knife. Her bag of gold was noticeably missing. But who did it and why? More than 100
guests at each of the two performances discuss the clues over dinner and dessert, then attempt to guess the murderer’s identity using clues given throughout the play. Adding to the fun, clues can be purchased from cast members mingling through the tables; but there’s no guarantee of truthfulness, and each performance has a different murder scenario. “I’m thinking it’s Georgie Porgie,” said pastor Larry Dial. “I think he’s got a dark side and maybe should be arrested. All I know for sure is that we do fun, food and missions very well at this church. “I’m really impressed with the play. It’s written and directed well. It’s just a lot of fun and the money raised will go to do a lot of good for a lot of people. “You know, it could be that evil Mary Contrary though. She could have done in the Tooth Fairy. She does contrary very well.” Had pastor Dial guessed the culprit to be Mother Goose, he would have been correct. It seems the sweet, elderly goose always ready with a charming rhyme has her own dark side and will have to do hard time, for she was caught with the Tooth Fairy’s bag of gold and knew once and for all that’s one tale that should never be told.
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Mrs. Ledet visits with CCS kindergarten students. It is that time of year when parents of four- and five-year-old children begin thinking about kindergarten. Elementary Principal Leigh Ledet shares tips and insights for parents as they decide whether their child is ready to start school. “Kindergarten can be an exciting time for families! It sets the stage for the child’s school career,” says Ledet.
One victim, ten suspects Who killed Mysterious Host? Was it Spooky Pirate? Could it have been Wealthy Dowager or Backstreet Boy Reject? Maybe it was Santa Claus. The mystery unfolds as an inexplicably Omniscient Inspector takes on the most baffling murder mystery ever. Concord Christian School presents the hilarious one-act parody, “Murder in the Knife Room” Nov 5-7, in the 4 Kids Theatre. “Murder in the Knife Room” kicks off the second season of theatrical productions from Concord Christian School’s Theatre Arts program. Seventeen students grades six through 12, and three faculty members, make up the wild and wacky cast. Tickets are $10 each and can be purchased online at concordchristianschool.org. Teachers Christi Watson, Raychel McKelvy and Linda Reedy pose on the set of the upcoming production of “Murder in the Knife Room.”
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There is no single factor that determines whether a child is ready for kindergarten. Instead, look at the whole child and focus on their physical, social, emotional and cognitive development. Kindergarten readiness takes into account where the child is in the process of being able to learn. Concord Christian School conducts a Kindergarten Readiness Assessment for all potential students to be certain they are truly ready for kindergarten.
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Upcoming Events at Concord ■ Theatre Arts Production: “Murder in the Knife Room” November 5 – 7 ■ Kindergarten Sneak Peek November 10 ■ Veteran’s Day Celebration November 11 ■ Lion Festival November 13
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The band’s time to shine Knox County Schools’ music department presented this year’s KCS All County Marching Band Exhibition last week at Halls High School. Marching
bands from 13 high schools around the county came out in full force. Despite the chill in the air, each school performed a scorching set with its own theme.
Third-graders Wilson Shaver and Cooper Sprouse have never been as enthralled in the story of Cinderella as they are listening to the original Grimm fairy tale told by Gidwitz. Photos by S. Karns High School student Kaila Bonds plays the flute during a performance themed “Simple Gifts: Life, Love, Liberty.” Photos by R. White
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Grimm tales at Episcopal School
Nationally known bestselling author Adam Gidwitz stopped by Episcopal School of Knoxville last week to meet young fans and share where he finds his inspiration. He was scheduled to speak at the University of Tennessee later the same day. Gidwitz is most known for his series “A Tale, HVA color guard member Kiarah Childress twirls her flag to Dark and the music. Gr i m m,” but his new KHS color-guard member Lauren Cole enjoys book, “So every second of performing during the KCS All You Want County Marching Band Exhibition. To Be a Jedi?” – a retelling of “Star Wars: The EmGidwitz pire Strikes Back” – has just been released to rave reviews. Gidwitz retells familiar fairy tales, but instead of the glossy, Disney-fied versions, he sticks to the original Brothers Grimm version with gore and creepiness included. They have attracted a new group of young readers to fairy tales because they are more … well, grim. The audience of thirdand fourth-graders in ESK’s Clayton Family Library collectively gasped and shuddered in giggly disgust as Gidwitz retold the tale of Cinderella from the original Grimm tale. To make a gross story much easier to stomach, Gidwitz showed students a quick way to censor the gory parts: Take both index fingers and close their ears with them while counting SHADES of Development lead pre-K and kindergarten specialist Christina Graham drips a bubble of smoke into the hand of to five. “The gross, bloody kindergartner Gene Frazer as fourth-grader Thomas Lynberg, SHADES of Development enrichment specialist Brittany Mayfield, parts will be over by then,” 4-year-old Clara Frazer and third-grader Maggie Frazer watch in amazement. Photos by S. Barrett he said. The children shifted
Spooky Science Night Forget the fall festivals, the pumpkin patches and the trick or treating. The real spooky fun took place last week at Karns Elemen-
tary School’s Spooky Science Night. SHADES of Development afterschool program cohosted the event for the
second year to help raise money for computers students can use to do their homework. Several scientific stations
‘The Lion King, Jr.’ Christian Academy of Knoxville’s Middle School Musical Theatre program will present “The Lion King, Jr.” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29; 9:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30; and 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31. Admission is $10 floor seating, $5 stadium seating. The junior version of Disney’s “The Lion King” is the only stage version that has been released, and only accredited middle schools are permitted to license and present the musical. “Musically and artistically, this is the most challenging musical we have taken on in the middle school,” said middle school Musical Theatre director Peggy Filyaw. “It is a wonderful show and we can’t wait to share.”
Sara Barrett restlessly with excitement. In the original tale, Cinderella cleans not only fireplaces but also chamber pots. That alone was enough to terrify the audience. Cinderella’s stepsisters are also more beautiful in appearance than she is, but they are vicious to her. She cries on her mother’s grave and a tree grows from it. The tree shakes a dress and glass slippers from its leaves for Cinderella to wear to the ball, where her slipper becomes stuck in tar the prince leaves on the palace steps to stop her. When the prince sends officials to look for the girl with the missing slipper, Cinderella’s stepsisters cut off a toe and a heel to try to fit into the shoe. Their eyes also get pecked out by talking doves. Gidwitz said children in the 1800s preferred to hear fairy tales from nannies and baby-sitters because they didn’t worry about frightening the children the way most parents did. Gidwitz also signed individual books and answered questions before being interviewed by two eighthgraders, Erin Conley and Russ Winkel, who are working on their portfolio project. Erin and Russ are researching Grimm fairy tales and “Star Wars.” Info: www. adamgidwitz.com.
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were set up throughout the school including spooky goo, discussions on scientific elements and experiments with sinking coins.
Karns High School’s leadership class is gearing up for its first Ghoul at the School to be held 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, within the school hallways. Elementary-school-aged children are invited to bring their families along for a night of trick-or-treating in costume. Admission is free. Info: Email khsghoulattheschool@gmail.com.
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Cedar Bluff Elementary School PTSA hosted its membership drive with themes from several decades. Teachers dressed in 80’s attire to help celebrate the 120 years Cedar Bluff Elementary School has existed. Pictured are second grade faculty Kara Evans, Brittany Lezu, Nicole Crawford, Suzi Fairclough, Karly Joseph and Jenn Walker. Photos submitted
SCHOOL NOTE ■ West Hills Elementary participates in the following programs to help raise money for the school: General Mills “BoxTops for Education,” Campbell’s “Labels for Education,” and linking Food City ValuCards, Kroger Plus Cards and Target Red Cards to the school for points. Info: 539-7850.
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Hardin Valley Academy will present the musical “Legally Blonde” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, and 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, and Sunday, Nov. 1. Tickets are $7 ($5 students).
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Festival prize makes director’s goal ‘easier’ By Betsy Pickle In between directing grisly true-crime TV shows and shooting wedding videos, Chad Cunningham is thinking about his latest and most ambitious project. He has approximately 10 months to make his first feature film. Cunningham won the grand prize at the 7-Day Shootout at September’s Knoxville Film Festival with his film “Space Cadet.” The festival and the Visit Knoxville Film Office came up with $20,000 to help the winner turn his or her short into a feature. Participants in the shootout were allowed a month for preproduction, and the traditional requirement to work within a specific genre was removed. When Cunningham won, many weren’t surprised because
he had received the Emerging Filmmaker Award at the 2014 festival for the short “Daisy.” But considering Cunningham first picked up a camera just a couple of years ago, the feat is pretty amazing. Cunningham moved to Knoxville four years ago not as a film-school graduate but as “a regular college dropout.” The Charleston, S.C., native had attended Charleston Southern University for three years and still was undecided on a major. “Didn’t know what I wanted to do, what I was passionate about, so I stopped going into debt for school,” he says. “A couple of years ago I picked up a camera for the first time and figured out that was what I loved.” Cunningham, who
works at Central Baptist Church of Fountain City as a Family Life Center assistant, was going on a church mission trip to Romania, and he was given an old camera to document the group’s activities. Once he came back and edited the highlights, he started notching new jobs on his resume, including wedding videography for JoPhoto and freelance directing for Jupiter Entertainment (the grisly TV shows). He also formed his own company, Wild Heart Studios, to produce music videos and his own films, including “The Son,” which won third place for narrative short in the main section of last month’s festival. He was hesitant about entering the 7-Day Shootout this year until the $20,000 prize was announced. He
Our Brand Is Crisis In “Our Brand Is Crisis,” opening Friday, broken-down political strategist Jane (Sandra Bullock), with campaign manager Nell (Ann Dowd), will sell her soul to beat her archrival as she tries to help a presidential candidate lagging in the polls in a war-torn South American country. Billy Bob Thornton, Antony Mackie and Joaquim de Almeida co-star for director David Gordon Green.
had already set a goal for himself of shooting a feature film in 2016. “This kind of made that goal a little easier and put it on a timeline,” he says. So far, Cunningham has created an outline and a framework for his script. He hopes to get the OK on them and finish the script by the end of the year so he can start preproduction in January. In the short, young Anna (Izzy Fenech) is obsessed with space and with seeing her astronaut father again. Cunningham’s idea for the feature is to take Anna about 20 years into the future, when she is a 30-year-old with her own daughter, struggling with her dreams of adventure and her responsibility to her family. The short will be “an important piece of history to my main character,” says Cunningham, who hopes to recast Fenech – who won an acting award at the shootout – as adult Anna’s daughter. He’s grateful to have Curt Willis of the Visit Knoxville Film Office and Keith McDaniel, executive director of the KFF, as his executive producers. “They’ve both produced numerous feature-length films, and … it’s great to have such experienced guys to lean on and ask questions and be a sounding board,” he says. “Right now they’re just giving me my freedom to write and be creative and come up with the best story I can.” Cunningham hopes this feature is just a start. “My goal is to get to the place where all I’m doing is directing movies. That’s my end-all, be-all goal.”
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Director Chad Cunningham with star Izzy Fenech on the set of the award-winning short film “Space Cadet.” Photo submitted
And while he doesn’t mind relocating, he thinks it’s possible to carve out his career in Knoxville. “I think it’s becoming easier and easier to be a filmmaker where you are or travel where you need to be,” he says. “I’d love to be part of Knoxville becoming
a film hub and really growing this area. “I’m gonna try my best to do the best I can with my film because I want the opportunity to be there for another filmmaker next year and hopefully get some more money, make a bigger film.”
Two musical Knoxville summers By Carol Shane
One of the best Halloween costume parties in town happens at the Knoxville Museum of Art this Friday when the popular “Alive After Five” series hosts “Boys’ Night Out.” The 11-member band, still going strong after 30 years together, plays brassy arrangements of good-time dance music. There will also be food available from Gus’s Grill, so put on your best creepy couture and come on down to the KMA. The show starts at 6 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 30. Tickets/info: 865-934-2039, or mgill@knoxart.org. This weekend the University of Tennessee School of Music and Department of Theatre will present a landmark program that has nothing to do with Halloween and everything to do with Knoxville.
“Knoxville: Summers of 1915 and 2015,” an evening of music, poetic readings and historical reflections, has been months in the making. Among its highlights is the performance of Ellen Reid and Royce Vavrek’s “Knoxville: Summer of 2015.” Both Reid, an internationally known composer and sound artist originally from Oak Ridge, and Canadian-born Vavrek, highly regarded as an operatic librettist, playwright and filmmaker, visited Knoxville “a year ago,” according to James Fellenbaum, UT’s director of orchestras. Vavrek wrote a libretto and delivered it to Reid, who composed the music during the actual summer of 2015. The piece, of course, has its inspiration in American composer Samuel Barber’s
wistful, evocative “Knoxville: Summer of 1915,” with text by James Agee, which will also be performed. Though plans are not yet finalized, the Reid/Vavrek work is intended to be premiered by a major U.S. orchestra during 2016. But it’s been developed at UT and will receive its academic premiere there. Fellenbaum has enjoyed the process of working directly with the composer, helping to bring the composition into its final form. “Since August we’ve read drafts of the piece, made revisions, added, subtracted,” he says. “It’s been a great environment.” Fellenbaum will conduct the UT Symphony Orchestra and singers in both “Knoxville” pieces, as well as music from Aaron Copland’s opera “The Tender
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The UT theatre and music departments will collaborate this weekend in a historic “Knoxvillecentric” event. Photo submitted Land.” Katy Wolfe, best known to Clarence Brown Theatre audiences as an actress and singer, is producer for the event as well as soloist on the 2015 piece. Other performers include actress Carol Mayo Jenkins and UT professor emeritus of history Bruce Wheeler, who
will present his insightful historical overview of Knoxville. John Sipes, associate professor of directing, movement and acting for the UT Department of Theatre, will direct. And Mayor Madeline Rogero will welcome the audience to the auspicious event. “Knoxville: Summers
of 1915 and 2015” will be presented at 7:30 p.m. this Friday, Oct. 30, at the Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St., in downtown Knoxville. Tickets and info: http://www.music.utk.edu/ summer2015 or call 865684-1200, ext. 2. Send story suggestions to news@shopper newsnow.com.
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Hardin Valley is site of VMC’s Run and Eat 5K By Sandra Clark Zan Schriver promises this donut run will be the highlight of the fundraising social season. Schriver is fairly new to the Volunteer Ministry Center and he’s staking his reputation on this one. If you don’t want to run, just come and eat donuts. Here’s the deal: The race will start promptly at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, at Dunkin’ Donuts on Hardin Valley Road. Awards will be given in the “family fun activities” area in front of Hardin Valley Elementary School following the race. Patricipants can pick up packets on Thursday and Friday, Oct. 29-30, at the VMC office, 511 N. Broadway; and on Saturday, Oct. 31, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the Dunkin’ Donuts on Hardin Valley Road. Registration fee is $25 for each of five levels ($30 Oct. 29 through race day): 5K Competitor: Starting at Hardin Valley Elementary School, the route will take you down Hardin Valley Road before you turn left onto the campus of Pellissippi State Community College where you will follow course monitors and signage to the half-way mark. You turn back to Hardin Valley Elementary and cross the finish line to complete the 5K. These runners will be timed in age groups and eligible for awards. They will neither receive nor eat donuts.
5K Participant: These folks can run or walk and will be timed, but not eligible for Munchkins. Donut Competitor: This runner will stop and eat 24 Dunkin’ Donuts Glazed Munchkins at the halfway point in front of judges; and then will continue back to Hardin Valley Elementary School to cross the finish line. Only those who compete in “run and eat,” eating all 24 Munchkins at the eating location can qualify for the first place prize of $250. Donut Participant: These runners will simply enjoy a run or walk, pick up their Munchkins, and can eat them along the way to the finish line or tote them home. All runners will receive a long-sleeved Tshirt featuring a Charlie Daniel design created for VMC’s 2015 race. Confused yet? You cannot register as a donut competitor on race day. (They’ve gotta have time to fry those Munchkins.) Couch Supporter: Registration fee is the same, but this participant will neither run nor eat Munchkins. This donation will support Volunteer Ministry Center’s mission to end and prevent homelessness and will be counted toward the “team challenge” competition. In case we have misspoken, check out the real rules at vmcinc.org See you Sunday!
Terry Douglass talks proton therapy By Anne Hart It can be tough watching a speaker choke up at times during his presentation to a civic club, but when you consider that Dr. Terry Douglass has devoted much of his career to finding ways to save lives – with remarkable results – it all makes perfect sense. The passion Douglass with which Douglass goes about his work as chair of the Provision Center for Proton Therapy was obvious when he spoke at last week’s meeting of the Rotary Club of Bearden. Douglass told the group that proton therapy is saving lives and explained how it works. He said proton therapy targets cancer with a precision unavailable in other methods of treatment. “It works because it goes into the body and stops,” Douglass explained. “While X-ray (radiation) also goes into healthy tissue, proton therapy does not irradiate other areas, so there is no col-
Knoxville Zoo is economic driver By Sandra Clark
Halls resident Alison Travis brought the Knoxville Zoo’s message to the Halls Business and Professional Association. The Zoo has a huge economic impact, she said, rivaled only by UT football. With 53 acres, 146 on staff, 900 animals and more than 400,000 visitors per year, the zoo is “the best product” to market. Travis should know. She has 20-plus years in zoo marketing. This year’s big news was the birth of two baby gorillas. Their actions are broadcast daily with a webcam inAmeriprise Financial senior adviser Randy White and wife Patty celebrate the Oct. 20 opening of stalled by WBIR-TV. “They their new Hardin Valley branch, 2220 Award Winning Way, Suite 100, with their daughter-in-law are starting to be toddlers,” and son, LeeAnn and Randall White. An official ribbon cutting was held, and canned goods were said Travis. collected for Second Harvest Food Bank. Photo by S. Barrett Next up, the zoo will demolish the old rhino building to build an Asian exhibit. The best time to see NEWS FROM PREMIER SURGICAL animals is early, she said in answer to a question. The big cats sleep about 21 hours in a 24-hour cycle. The zoo offers a night safari each month, and speGrowing up, brothBaltimore. Rob joined cial tours can be arranged
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General surgery is a family affair for two Knox brothers
ers Dr. K. Robert WilPremier Surgical Asliams and Dr. Krissociates in Knoxville topher B. Williams in 2006. In 2014, of Knoxville never as Kris was finishimagined they would ing his fellowship in one day both be phyminimally invasive sicians, must less that surgery at Carolina they would be general Medical Center, a Presurgeons working in mier Surgical surgeon the same practice – left the practice to beand occasionally in come a missionary in the same operating Kenya. room. “It was a unique Brothers Dr. Kristopher B. Williams and “When we were Dr. K. Robert Williams are both general opportunity that a little kids, I was going surgeons at Premier Surgical Associ- slot opened in our to be a football player ates in Knoxville. practice at the right and Kris was going to time,” says Rob. “I be a diesel mechanic,” laughs Rob. was impressed with the high quality of the The brothers, who are three years apart, Premier Surgical surgeons and knew Kris were raised in Knoxville and Virginia, al- would fit in well here.” ternating summer vacations and the school Kris joined Premier Surgical in August year in both states after their parents di- of 2014. “This was an ideal situation for vorced. It wasn’t until they both attended our families,” says Kris. The brothers, their college at the University of Virginia, Char- wives and children now live within five lottesville, that they lived in the same town. miles of each other and their mother, in “I was a senior when he was a freshman, Knoxville. “It’s great. Mom loves to cook, so and we were in the same fraternity. We got we try to get together every Sunday for a big to spend more time together in college and family dinner,” smiles Kris. medical school than we did as kids in grade And, the brothers are spending time toschool,” explains Rob. gether in the operating room, assisting each Kris agrees and says watching first-hand other on cases. “It’s neat to be able to conwhat Rob experienced during medical sult with each other on complicated cases,” school at the University of Virginia influ- says Rob. “Kris specializes in complex herenced his own decision to pursue a medical nias, and I specialize in bariatrics, so we can bounce ideas off each other,” says Rob. career. “I’m very glad to be here with Rob. I “I think sometimes people idealize what medical school is going to be like, but see- hope we’re working together for our whole ing the hard training Rob went through – careers,” smiles Kris. like being so sleep-deprived he’d fall asleep during family dinners – gave me a realistic view of what I wanted to do,” says Kris. Rob says it’s not surprising that they chose the same career. “We’re a lot alike and both like working with our hands. With surgery, you’re able to help someone immediately.” Rob earned a medical degree from the To schedule an appointment with Dr. University of Virginia, and a few years Robert Williams, call New Life Center for later Kris graduated from the East TenBariatric Surgery at 865- 694-9676. To nessee State University Quillen College of schedule an appointment with Dr. Kris Medicine. Both completed general surgery Williams call Premier Surgical Parkwest at 865-690-5263. residencies at Union Memorial Hospital in
lateral damage to other organs.” He added that proton therapy treats only solid tumors. Douglass said the market for proton therapy is large. Of the 1.6 million Americans diagnosed annually with cancer, approximately 320,000 are candidates for proton therapy. The proton therapy center in Knoxville opened in 2014 and treated 331 patients that year. To date, 800 have been treated this year. At this time, there are only 14 treatment centers which offer the procedure, and only 50 treatment rooms available nationwide. The market is even greater overseas, Douglass said. In China, some 3.1 million people are diagnosed with cancer annually. Provision is currently working to open centers in China and is planning others in Singapore and Oxford, England. The headquarters for Provision Healthcare is in the Dowell Springs center on Middlebrook Pike. It offers a full cancer treatment center for 80 to 85 patients a day.
Alison Travis, marketing professional with the Knoxville Zoo, holds a Polish hen called Phyllis Diller by zoo staff. Photos by S. Clark through the development office. Notes: State Rep. Bill Dunn suggested a zoo membership as a family Christmas gift. “My grandkids can go any time and then come home and tell me what animals they saw.” ■ HBPA president Pamela Johnson said his year’s banquet will be held Friday, Dec. 4, at Jubilee Banquet
Facility with Bill Landry as speaker. ■ The Christmas Parade has been cancelled this year because of road construction in Halls. ■ Charles Busler, county commissioner, said electronic voting machines will be installed for the commission. The machines will record all votes and announce them at the same time.
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News from the Rotary Guy
Wine tasting draws 150 By Tom King Farragut Rotary Club’s 15th a n n u a l Wine Tasting & Silent Auction last Thursday evening at SouthEast Bank attracted Tom King more than 150 people who enjoyed tasting wines from Dixie Lee Wine & Liquors. The club raised approximately $14,000 to be split between Rotary International’s End Polio Now campaign and local projects. Farragut Rotarian Sam Taylor donated all of the wine from his Dixie Lee store and Rotarian Sam Mishu covered the food costs – so 100 percent of the money raised will go toward the projects the club supports. Dr. Stephanie Myers again coordinated the event for the club, the 12th one she has directed.
or sticker in each book. If you’d like to volunteer for the book fair or workday, email Elaine McCulloch at the RCK office at kxrotary@ bellsouth.net
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RCK Helps Beaumont’s library
The Rotary Club of Knoxville (RCK) is working with the staff at Beaumont Magnet Academy to help the school’s library. On Tuesday the RCK presented the school with $10,000 to buy 600 new books. The club’s Community Service Committee
volunteers are working with book clubs at the school – Grades K-1 and Grades 2-3. The Beaumont Book Fair is Nov. 11-13, and they need lots of volunteers to help staff the book fair! The club is also volunteering for a workday in the library on Saturday, Nov. 21. Club members will be unloading, sorting books and putting a Rotary stamp
Turkey Creek plays fantasy football
The Rotary Club of Turkey Creek Sunset is having fun this fall with its novel fundraising vehicle – Fantasy Football. Using the NFL.com system, the club has 20 members playing in two leagues. Members pay $50 to join a league, and club president Paul West said that they recently presented 160 new Tshirts to Vine Middle School students. He said they want to export this to the other local clubs next year for a big Rotary league competition as fundraisers for all clubs. The Turkey Creek Club meets each Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. at Faith Lutheran Church in Farragut.
Comcast to expand workforce Comcast will double its customer care staff in Knoxville, adding 250 jobs over two years. To accommodate the expansion, Comcast is making significant renovations to its Knoxville facility, located at 5720 Asheville Highway. At last week’s announcement are Mayor Madeline Rogero, Comcast VP Russell Byrd, Vice Mayor Nick Pavlis, Knoxville Chamber VP Rhonda Rice and County Commissioner Jeff Ownby.
Gerdau celebrates longtime employees
Representatives of steel recycler Gerdau’s Knoxville mill recently gathered on the Star of Knoxville to celebrate six e mplo y e e s who have been with the company 40 years Steve Nash or longer. Recognized were: Charlie Bryant of Powell, caster, 41 years; Scott Dietz of Louisville, caster maintenance, 41 years; Paul Hannah of Maryville, melt shop, 40 years; Dana Hooks of Clinton, furnace maintenance, 42 years; Wayne Lowe of Maryville, furnace facilitator, 42 years; and Steve Nash of West Knoxville, rolling mill, 40 years. “As the workforce landThe family that owns 18 area Arby’s restaurants presents Alzheimer’s Tennessee with a check for $186,179 from their annual scape in America becomes fundraiser, which will begin again on Monday, Nov. 2. Pictured are: Becky Dodson, Alzheimer’s Tennessee board president; John increasingly transient, it is Johnson, Arby’s owner/operator; Carrie Johnson Gandy, Arby’s chief financial officer; Janice Wade-Whitehead, Alzheimer’s Ten- an honor for us to celebrate these six longtime employnessee executive director; Tom Johnson III, Arby’s president; and Ben Johnson, Arby’s chief operations officer.
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ees,” said Johnny Miller, vice president and general manager of Gerdau’s Knoxville steel mill. “These men have seen a tremendous amount of change in our plant, as our steel manufacturing process has moved from a manual operation to a very technical, highly automated process, and as our industry has moved from heavily supervised work crews to self-managed work teams,” Miller said. “They have not only successfully made these transitions, but also have trained and developed hundreds of new employees in our processes and new technologies.” Gerdau employs more than 240 people at its mill in Knoxville’s Lonsdale neighborhood. The company currently is seeking applicants for electrical and maintenance positions. To learn more, visit gerdaucareers. com
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obby Brown and Todd Richesin invite you to join them for their annual Christmas Open House at their Knoxville store, UPSTAIRS, at 4514 Old
Kingston Pike in the Bearden district on Thursday, October 29 through Saturday, October 31 from 10 to 5 each day. UPSTAIRS is conveniently located at the corner of Lyons View Pike and Kingston Pike, directly across the street from Western Plaza. The store has been converted into a unique Christmas wonderland, and has everything you need to make this holiday season truly memorable. From decorations to gifts to jewelry, the store is stocked with items that will build holiday traditions for your family. Each year Bobby and Todd visualize their stores in a totally new way for the Christmas season, and devise a theme to inspire their customers. The UPSTAIRS Holiday Open House will unveil seasonal gift selections, sophisticated holiday décor, quality hand-picked antiques and accessories, and beautifully stylish fine and collectible jewelry. The Christmas decorations evoke the spirit of years past with vintage inspired creations by Bethany Lowe, Lori Mitchell, Meri Holt, Shiny
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Brite, and Joe Spencer. Whether you prefer to decorate your mantle, tabletop, or furniture, or have multiple trees in your home, the selection at UPSTAIRS is expansive and can meet all your decorating needs. No place in Knoxville will have such a beautiful selection of French wired ribbons that will last for years! During this event, UPSTAIRS will be featuring a jewelry trunk show by New York designer Julie Vos. Julie’s
creations are modern, wearable, and priced to collect. She uses 24 karat gold plating over solid brass, and mixes it with semi-precious gemstones like labradorite, amethyst, citrine, and quartz, along with pearls that create a look that is both fashion forward and timeless. Julie has been featured in Vogue several times, and we are happy to represent her exclusively in Knoxville. We will also have on hand a beautiful
collection of jewelry from Nashville jewelry designer Vincent Peach. The Peach Pearl collection features South Sea, Tahitian, and freshwater pearls mixed with leather and diamonds creating a casual way to wear fine jewelry. Also will be a large collection from Mary James Jewelry, which features one of a kind wearable art pieces created from historic medals and awards, mixed with pearls or semi-precious stones, and mounted on sterling silver or gold fill. Look no further than UPSTAIRS impressive offerings to find that perfect gift. Their helpful staff can guide you to the best fit for that special friend, teacher, or hostess; they will even wrap your package in a decorative bag or with beautiful papers so that it is ready to be presented to that very special someone. Forgot that one last gift? No problem! Just call the store and one of their helpful associates will be happy to assist and can have the package shipped for your convenience. Please note that UPSTAIRS will be closed Monday, October 26 through Wednesday, October 28, to prepare for this event.
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a little wine
Wine isn’t a traditional “mixer,” unless you count spritzers, which most wine connoisseurs would never do. But the delicious juice of the grape was the perfect mixer at the 15th Annual Wine Tasting and Silent Auction for Rotary Club of Farragut – leading the mixing of wine tasting, a smorgasbord of auction items,
great food and good friends. The event, held for the first time this year in the community room at the new SouthEast Bank in Renaissance Center, was Thursday, Oct. 22. More than 140 Rotarians and guests showed up to enjoy food prepared by Copper Cellar and wines from Dixie Lee Wine & Liquors. Two VIS (Very Impor-
Farragut Rotarians Doc Pratt and Ed Jones
Past District 6740 Governor Bobby Davis and Farragut Rotarian Peggy Wilson tant Sams) make this a true fundraiser for the club. Sam Taylor, owner of Dixie Lee Wine & Liquors, and Sam Mishu, president of M&M Development Co., donate all the wine and cover the food costs for the event. Stephanie Myers, chair of the event, and Keith Bryson and Ben Harkins, silent auction gurus, help make sure there
is maximum fun and profit. The wines featured included Smoking Loon Pinot Grigio, Chateau La Paws Chardonnay, Biltmore Zinfandel Blanc, Apothic Dark and others. The menu was impressive with smoked sirloin, a pasta station, grilled chicken teriyaki, crab fingers, Italian meatballs and other goodies.
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NEWS FROM CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF KNOXVILLE
CAK golf teams win state championships
The Christian Academy of Knoxville golf team traveled to participate in the 2015 state championship and came home with not just one title, but three! The girls and boys both won team championships, and Davis Shore held on to win the individual state championship. “It was a great day for CAK golf,” girls coach Donnie Cooper said. “I was so proud of the girls and the way they kept fighting back in tough conditions.” The girls team was down two after the first round and trailed CPA by four with nine holes left. “We had talked about how if we could break 40 on the back, we had a chance to win,” Cooper said. “Both Caroline and Emma played good golf on the back nine and broke 40, and we were able to win by two shots over
CPA.” The boys team had an amazing come-from-behind victory as well. After being down 10 strokes heading into the second day, CAK golf coach Hank Fennell said each player stepped up his game and came through in the clutch to drop 21 total team strokes on Wednesday to win by 10. CAK’s second-day score was the second lowest in post-season history and the lowest team total ever at state. Junior Preston Burleson came up big with an even par 72, dropping 11 strokes from his day one total. Davis Shore had an equally impressive come-from-behind individual victory. Davis went to the 18th tee on the second day down one, and needing a birdie to force a playoff – he got it. Davis then birdied the fi rst hole in the playoff to secure his sec-
ond straight individual state title. Davis never led the entire tournament until the very end and birdied 3 out of his last 4 holes to come back and win.
“Both the team and individual comeback by Davis are something this team will remember for a long time,” Fennell said.
2015 Warrior Shootout
CAK held its 28th annual Warrior Shootout at Willow Creek Golf Club on Oct. 9. The morning started with a rain shower, but the skies quickly cleared and it turned out to be the perfect day for golf, fellowship and community.
A special thanks to all the golfers, volunteers and sponsors who made this event possible. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the CAK Tuition Assistance Program and the remaining proceeds will go to the Warrior Booster Club.
Veterans Day program On Nov. 10, CAK will present its 2015 Veterans Day Program for the entire campus and Knoxville community. All local veterans and their families are invited to attend. The program will begin at 10 a.m. in the Campus Center. Congressman John J. Duncan Jr. will serve as master of ceremonies.
Be Our Guest Middle School Admissions Event Friday, October 30; 8:00 a.m. (optional morning matinee of The Lion King, Jr. to follow) This is an RSVP event! For details, visit: cakwarriors.com/admissions/events.
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Choosing a new chapter
Knoxville woman’s pain eliminated by hysterectomy When Becca Griggs started getting tired, she assumed that she was just getting old. “As women, we don’t pay attention to our bodies,” she said. “You just assume that aches and pains are part of being a woman.” But at only 42, the East Tennessee native wasn’t experiencing the tiredness of growing older. Her body was trying to tell her something. “I have a thyroid condition, so I thought it was a symptom of that. When I went to give blood at a Medic drive, they told me my hematocrit was too low to give,” Griggs explained. “It happened again a couple of months later at the next drive, so I went to see my doctor.” After a round of blood work, Griggs’ doctor referred her to Craig Myers, MD, a gynecologist at Parkwest. She was anemic and had abnormal uterine bleeding, exceptionally painful cramping during menstrual cycles and endometriosis, which is when tissue that usually lines the uterus is growing outside of it. Griggs had also been diagnosed with polycystic ovarian syndrome earlier in life. “Becca had a several-year history with painful periods and heavy menstrual cycles,” Dr. Myers explained. “She had gone through several medicinal treatments and the pain continued.” Because she had experienced pain for years and was not planning to have children, Griggs made the decision to move forward with a hysterectomy. “A hysterectomy is not some-
Griggs recommends plenty of preparation before the surgery and rest afterward. “It takes time to recover,” she said. “But the surgery put the pep back in my step.”
Griggs is now able to take trips with her husband without experiencing severe cramping and abdominal pain.
thing you just jump into,” Griggs said. “Dr. Myers is very down to earth and allowed me to discuss all of the options. As women, we are sometimes embarrassed to talk about our issues, but Dr. Myers made me feel so comfortable. I went home and talked it over with my husband and did my own research. I felt it was the best choice for me.” For Griggs, trusting the staff at
Parkwest was second nature. She has volunteered at the hospital since December. “I knew Parkwest had excellent standards and expectations from being a volunteer,” she said. “But when you’re on the other side of it, it just takes it to a whole new level. I was very
nervous, and I can’t begin to express how wonderful the staff was to me. There is a great family here.” Because hysterectomies can now be completed laparoscopically or vaginally instead of abdominally, the invasiveness, recovery
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Volunteer at Parkwest
Hysterectomy Hysterectomy is the surgical removal ■ Cancer. Approximately 10 percent of the uterus. Different portions of the of hysterectomies are performed to treat uterus, as well as other organs, may be cancer – either cervical, ovarian or endoremoved at the same time. metrial. ■ Blockage of the bladder or intestines. A hysterectomy may be ■ More than 600,000 hysterectomies performed if there is a blockage of the bladder or intestines by the uterus or a are performed in the U.S. each year. ■ Hysterectomy is the second most growth. common major operation in women of child bearing age. ■ The most common conditions for ■ Total hysterectomy. Includes the hysterectomy are broid tumors, endo- removal of the entire uterus, including metriosis and uterine prolapse. the fundus (the part of the uterus above the openings of the fallopian tubes) and the cervix, but not the ovaries. This is the ■ Fibroid tumors. Non-malignant most common type of hysterectomy. ■ Hysterectomy with bilateral tumors may grow and become large, causing pressure on other organs and oophorectomy. Includes the removal of one or both ovaries, and sometimes possibly heavy bleeding or pelvic pain. ■ Endometriosis. Endometrial the fallopian tubes, along with the utercells sometimes grow outside of the uter- us. ■ Radical hysterectomy. Includes us, attach themselves to other organs in the pelvic cavity and bleed each month the removal of the uterus, cervix, the top in accordance with an ovarian cycle. portion of the vagina, most of the tissue This can result in chronic pelvic pain, that surrounds the cervix in the pelvic pain during intercourse and prolonged or cavity and may include the removal of the pelvic lymph nodes. This type is usually heavy bleeding. ■ Endometrial hyperplasia. A done when cancer is present. ■ Supracervical hysterectomy cause of abnormal bleeding, this overthickening of the uterine lining is often (partial or subtotal hysterectomy). due to the presence of continuous estro- Removal of the body of the uterus while gen without progesterone. leaving the cervix intact.
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time and pain levels are reduced. Griggs spent only one night in the hospital and was back to volunteering at the Information Desk in four weeks. “I immediately noticed that I had more energy,” Griggs said. “My blood count was back to normal and my pain is gone.” While Griggs did have fears about the early menopause that would be caused by the removal of her ovaries, her experience was not like she expected. Her symptoms dissipated in a few months. “Every woman is different, but I thought it would be a downward spiral and it wasn’t. As women we fear the big changes – there are some things our mothers just don’t talk to us about – but it was nothing like I thought it would be,” she said. Though Griggs remains happy with her choice to get a hysterectomy, she encourages all women considering the surgery to take their time. Dr. Myers agrees. “Exhaust all nonsurgical options before moving to a hysterectomy,” he said. “It may be your best answer like it was for Becca, but each patient must have an individualized plan based on her own needs. Any surgery is always considered major, so the bene ts and risks should always be talked about and worked through.” After her hysterectomy, Griggs has the energy to do what she loves again: travel, sing and entertain family and friends. She and her husband just returned from a trip to Maui, her favorite destination. “The hysterectomy brought me back to life,” she said.
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■ Abdominal hysterectomy. The uterus is removed through the abdomen via a surgical incision about six to eight inches long. This procedure is most commonly used when the ovaries and fallopian tubes are being removed, when the uterus is enlarged or when disease has spread to the pelvic cavity, as in endometriosis or cancer. The main surgical incision can be made either vertically, from the navel down to the pubic bone, or horizontally, along the top of the pubic hairline. ■ Vaginal hysterectomy. The uterus is removed through the vaginal opening. This procedure is most often used in cases of uterine prolapse, or when vaginal repairs are necessary for related conditions. No external incision is made, which means there is no visible scarring. ■ Laparoscope-assisted vaginal hysterectomy (LAVH). Vaginal hysterectomy is performed with the aid of a laparoscope, a thin, exible tube containing a video camera. Thin tubes are inserted through tiny incisions in the abdomen near the navel. The uterus is then removed in sections through the laparoscope tube or through the vagina. The type of hysterectomy performed and the technique used to perform the procedure will be determined by your physician, based upon your particular situation.
Becca Griggs’ experience with Parkwest began at the Information Desk, where she has volunteered since 2013. She is one of the 146 local individuals who generously share their skills and time with Parkwest through the volunteer program. “Our volunteers are the face of Parkwest,” Becky Boyd, Volunteer Services manager, said. “They’re so valuable to our patients, families and guests, but they also provide an extra hand to our staff and physicians.” Volunteers are expected to commit to one 4-hour shift per week. Their assistance is needed in more than 20 service areas in the hospital, and they are matched based on their skills and preferences. There is no typical Parkwest volunteer. Many men and women are retired, no longer have children at home or are looking for a meaningful extracurricular to add to their lives. Volunteer Services is always looking for enthusiastic applicants to join their team. For more information on volunteering at Parkwest, call Becky Boyd at 865-373-1556 or Charlene Howard, volunteer coordinator, at 865-373-1064. To apply online, complete an application at www.TreatedWell.com/Volunteers.
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CALL FOR VENDORS Christ UMC is seeking vendors for its fall arts and crafts festival, to be held 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14. Info/application: bsstair@comcast.net or Sherry, 776-1100.
CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS The Knoxville Challenger, set for Nov. 8-15 at the UT Goodfriend Indoor Tennis Center, is calling for volunteers to help with the region’s largest professional tennis event. Must be 15 or older; hours are flexible. Event benefits Helen Ross McNabb. Info/registration: knoxchallenger.com.
THROUGH SUNDAY, NOV. 8 “Quoth The Raven: Tales Of Poe,” Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Ave. Performances: 7 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays; 1 and 5 p.m. Saturdays; 3 p.m. Sundays; 1 p.m. show only on Halloween. Info/tickets: 208-3677; knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 28 Books Sandwiched In: Mark Stephens to discuss “Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption,” noon, East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Info: 215-8801. Knoxville Writers’ Group meeting, 11 .m.1 p.m., Naples Italian Restaurant, 5500 Kingston Pike. Speaker: Newberry Award winner author Vince Vawter will discuss his book “Paperboy.” Lunch: $12. Reservations by Oct. 26: Mary McKinnon, 983-3740. “Salvage Jewelry Creations” workshop, 6-8:30 p.m., Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave. Cost: $20. Info: 577-4717.
WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, OCT. 28-29 Young People’s Concerts: “Picture This!,” 9:30 and 10:45 a.m., Civic Auditorium, 500 Howard Baker Jr. Ave. Designed specifically for students in third, fourth and fifth grades. Info: knoxvillesymphony.com.
THURSDAY, OCT. 29 “Ghoul at the School” free trick-or-treat event, 5-7 p.m., Karns High School, 2710 Byington Solway Road. Community members are encouraged to bring their children to trick or treat in a safe environment. Marble City Opera presents “Ghosts of Crosstown” by librettist Jerre Dye, 7:30 p.m., Scruffy City Hall, 32 Market Square. Tickets: $20, students $10; available at the door. Mindfulness and the Alexander Technique, 6-9:15 p.m., 313 N. Forest Park Blvd. Cost: $55. Preregistration with confirmation required. Info/registration: Lilly Sutton, 387-7600 or AlexanderTechniqueKnoxville.com. “Winter is Coming ... what’s a gardener to do?,” 315-415 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Speakers: Extension Master Gardeners Don Cathey and Brian Townsend. Free and open to the public. Info: 329-8892.
THURSDAY-FRIDAY, OCT. 29-30 AAA’s Roadwise: Safe Driving for Mature Operators, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Strang Senior Center, 109 Lovell Heights Road. Eight-hour course approved by
the state of Tennessee for insurance premium discounts for eligible drivers; created specifically for drivers 55 and older. Must preregister. Info/registration: 670-6693.
THURSDAY-SATURDAY, OCT. 29-31 Costume shop inventory reduction sale, 2-7 p.m. Thursday and Friday and 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Oak Ridge Playhouse, 227 Broadway, Oak Ridge. Full costumes, partial costumes, vintage, formal, bridal, holiday and many one-of-a-kind items available. Nothing over $15. Info: 482-9999 or orplayhouse. com.
FRIDAY, OCT. 30 “Knoxville: Summer of 2015” concert, 7:30 p.m., Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Concert is a collaboration of the UT School of Music and the Department of Theatre. Tickets: Tennessee Theatre box office or tennesseetheatre.com. Men’s Health group: “How To Get the Most Out of Doctor Visits,” 12:30 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Free and open to the public. Info: 329-8892. Opening reception: “Fountain City Art Guild Annual Holiday Show and Sale,” 6:30-8 p.m., Fountain City Art Center, 213 Hotel Ave. Also on exhibit: “Oil paintings by the Students of Aurora H. Bull.” Artwork on display through Nov. 30. Info: 357-2787; fcartcenter@ knology.net; fountaincityartctr.com.
FRIDAY-SATURDAY, OCT. 30-31 Rummage sale/Christmas shop/sweet shop, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m.-noon Saturday, Christus Victor Lutheran Church, 4110 Central Avenue Pike. Info: 687-6622.
SATURDAY, OCT. 31 Harvest festival, 1-5 p.m., CAC Beardsley Community Farm, 1741 Reynolds St. Free food, children’s activities, live music, garden classes and tours of the farm and Habitat Urban Garden nurseries. Halloween costumes welcome. Info: beardsleyfarm.org; 546-8446; beardsleyfarm@gmail.com. “Sugar Skull Halloween” workshop, 10 a.m., Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave. Cost: $12. Info: 577-4717. Young People’s Concerts: “Picture This!,” 9:30 a.m., Civic Auditorium, 500 Howard Baker Jr. Ave. Designed specifically for students in third, fourth and fifth grades. Info: knoxvillesymphony.com.
SATURDAY-SUNDAY, OCT. 31-NOV. 1 Hoot ‘N Holler Autumn Express train excursions 10 a.m., 1 p.m., 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31; 1 and 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1. Info/tickets: threeriversrambler.com. World Dance Weekend with Stefan and Bethan Freedman, Knoxville Square Dance Center, 828 Tulip Ave. Cost: $75 Saturday only; $125 both days. Info: InTheDance.com.
MONDAYS, NOV. 2, 9, 23 “Basic Hand Building” class, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Cost: KMA members $90/nonmembers $110. Info/ registration: knoxart.org.
TUESDAY, NOV. 3 “The Caribbean Tinge with Pianist Elio Villafranca,” 8 p.m., Square Room, 4 Market Square. Tickets: $32.50 adult, $15 student. Info/tickets: knoxjazz.org or Café 4.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 4 Jazz lunch featuring “Spirko and Boyd Play the Music of the Adderley Brothers,” noon-1 p.m., Square Room, 4 Market Square. Cost: $15; includes lunch buffet. Info/tickets: knoxjazz.org or Café 4 prior to show.
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WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, NOV. 4-5 AARP Driver Safety classes, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Oak Ridge Senior Center, 728 Emory Road, Oak Ridge. Info/registration: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.
THURSDAY, NOV. 5 AAA Driver Improvement course, 5:30-9:30 p.m., AAA office, 100 W. Fifth Ave. Four-hour course helps reduce points for traffic offenders and teaches how to reduce risk while driving. Cost: $30 members/$35 nonmembers. Must preregister. Info/registration: Kate, 862-9254, or Stephanie, 862-9252. Knoxville Writers’ Guild meeting, 7 p.m., Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Guest Speaker: Tawnysha Greene, author of “A House Made of Stars.” Open to the public. A $2 donation is requested at the door. Info: KnoxvilleWritersGuild.org. “Planning For Medicare” program, 2:30 p.m., Farragut Branch Library, 417 N. Campbell Station Road Presented by Darrell Keathley from COFFE. Registration required. Info/registration: 777-1750.
THURSDAY-SUNDAY, NOV. 5-15 “My Three Angels,” The Historic Southern Railway Station, 300 W. Depot Ave. Performances by Tennessee Stage Company: 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday. Benefit production for the Tennessee Stage Company. Tickets: $15. Info/tickets: 546-4280; .tennesseestage.com.
FRIDAY, NOV. 6 Opening reception for John Messinger exhibit, 5-9 p.m., the UT Downtown Gallery, 1715 Volunteer Blvd. Info: 974-3200; ewing-gallery.utk.edu. Opening reception for exhibits by Art Market Gallery November featured artist painter Nelson Ziegler and jewelers of the Art Market Gallery and new members juried in, 5:30 p.m., Art Market Gallery, 422 S. Gay St. Exhibits on display through Sunday, Nov. 29. Info: 525-5265; artmarketgallery.net; on Facebook.
SATURDAY, NOV. 7 AAA Driver Improvement course, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., AAA office, 100 W. Fifth Ave. Eight-hour course helps reduce points for traffic offenders and teaches how to reduce risk while driving. Cost: $40 members/$50 nonmembers. Must preregister. Info/registration: Kate, 862-9254, or Stephanie, 862-9252. Arts & crafts fair, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Middlebrook Pike UMC, 7234 Middlebrook Pike. Featuring: breakfast and lunch, baked goods, pottery, jewelry, Christmas items, scarfs and more. Holiday Market and Craft Fair, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Messiah Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall, 6900 Kingston Pike. Featuring: guest artisans, local crafters, baked goods, a silent auction and Fair Trade items. Info: 300-7490. Open Hearth Cooking workshop, 10 a.m., Marble Springs State Historic Site, 1220 W. Governor John Sevier Highway. Reservation deadline: Tuesday, Nov 3. Fee: $20; Governor John Sevier Memorial Association members; $10. Info/registration: info@ marblesprings.net or 573-5508. Public Speaking and the Alexander Technique, 11:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., 313 N. Forest Park Blvd. Cost: $80. Preregiatration with confirmation required. Info/registration: 387-7600, AlexanderTechniqueKnoxville.com.
SUNDAY, NOV. 8 Free drop-in art activities for families, 1-4 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Docent Tours in English, 2 p.m., and in Spanish, 3 p.m. Info: knoxart.org. Knoxville Choral Society and orchestra fall concert: “In Praise of Heroes,” 6:30 p.m., Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Pre-concert talk at 5:45 p.m. Tickets: adults $20, students $10; available at ticketmaster.com or the Tennessee Theatre box office. Info: knoxvillechoralsociety.org. Step Out: Walk To Stop Diabetes, 1-4 p.m., UT Gardens. One-day fundraising walk benefiting the American Diabetes Association.
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