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He’s back!

I’m happy to say the reports of my demise were greatly exaggerated. That’s not to say there weren’t days I thought I was dead, but it turns out I was just in Eighty Four, Pa.

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Lions have pool ready

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Meet Cylk Cozart Karns’ hometown movie star Calvin “Cylk” Cozart brought his stories of Hollywood to the library Tuesday as the guest of the Karns History Club.

Cozart shared with a standing-room only crowd of approximately 40 friends, family and fans.

He talked about his desire to make a difference in the lives of those he meets. “What’s the use of celebrity if you can’t use it to educate, motivate and inspire,” said Cozart.

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Tutoring math for Fulton frosh An innovative program at Fulton High School this year has made learning Algebra I a lot friendlier.

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How will Cuonzo be remembered?

I suppose Cuonzo Martin has been gone long enough to raise the question, how will he be remembered?

He was an excellent role model but calm as an undertaker, no used-car sales skills, certainly not a circus barker.

He could not have escaped Bruce Pearl’s shadow.

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Read Marvin West on page A-5

NEIGHBORHOOD BUZZ

Windrock Coal Miners Memorial The Windrock Coal Miners Memorial dedication ceremony has been scheduled for 2 p.m.

Saturday, May 17, with refreshments being served in the Union Valley Baptist Church fellowship hall. The church is located at the end of Windrock Road in Oliver Springs.

Descendants of Windrock coal miners, retired miners and numerous others have worked together raising money to build a red brick and granite wall. The names of over 1,000 Windrock coal miners have been engraved into the granite.

Everyone is invited to attend the dedication celebration.

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Jinx Dresser, left, and Mark Woody install hardware around the Karns Community Pool in preparation for the traditional Memorial Day opening.

By Sherri Gardner Howell The Lions are turning out in full force for their contribution to a fun summer in Karns as the days tick off toward summer.

Summer has been a busy time for the members of the Karns Lions Club since 1969, when the community-minded club members put their money where their hearts were and built the Karns

Community Pool. The forwardthinking Lions bought 25 acres and had the community pool built.

Lions had to sign notes that often put their homes as the “guarantee” to get the money to build the pool.

“We were scared to death,” says long-time member Jackie Dailey.

“We wanted to do this for the community, but we didn’t want to

lose our homes!”

It was the second time the club had stepped up with a financial commitment since its founding in 1954. The first was when members rallied to build the original Karns High School football stadium.

The pool opened in 1970, says Dailey. “We all worked at the pool in the summer because we couldn’t really afford to hire a lot

By Sandra Clark The Karns Contract Post Office has been saved. “We have come to an agreement,” owner Tina Lawson said late Friday.

A sizeable segment of Karns was in turmoil all week after Mark Cawood, a former county commissioner, posted on his Facebook page and Mayberry sign, a community bulletin board near the railroad underpass, that the local

post office was at risk.

Cawood urged residents to contact Sens. Bob Corker and Lamar Alexander and U.S. Rep. Jimmy Duncan.

“It’s the third location I remember,” said Cawood. Karns has had a contract station since the 1950s.

Tina Lawson and her late husband have held the contract since 1998.

The office is at 7544 Oak Ridge

Highway near Dollar General Store.

“I’m delighted that her contract has been extended,” Cawood said.

“It would be inconvenient for residents to drive into Cedar Bluff to use the post office.”

Lawson said she needs to rent more postal boxes to increase revenue to ensure her long-term survival. She said the postal contract term is “indefinite.”

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Signs of the times?

Watch for rezoning notices in West Knox

By Wendy Smith Last week, developers asked the Knoxville - Knox County Metropolitan Planning Commission to rezone four properties to allow for higher density housing. One request was postponed. New zoning was granted for the other three.

On Hardin Valley Road, zoning was changed to allow for 8.5 units per acre on 12 acres. On Lovell Road, new zoning will allow a density of 5.7 units per acre on 62 acres. On Westland Drive, zoning on 18 acres changed from agricultural to planned residential to allow for three units per acre. The developer had asked for five units Attorney Wayne Kline speaks to the per acre.

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These proposed developments, along with proposed apartment buildings on Emory Church Road and at Northshore Town Center, should make everyone in West Knox County sit up and take notice.

The Council of West Knox County Homeowners has been monitoring the trend for months.

Two days before the MPC vote, Board of Zoning Appeals chair and West Knox homeowners’ council past president John Schoonmaker warned the group: “The MPC is saying yes to everything.”

Attorney Wayne Kline, who represents neighbors opposed to John Huber’s Westland Cove

development on Emory Church Road, was guest speaker at the CWKCH meeting. The group opposed Huber at MPC, Knox County Commission and BZA, and their only victory was BZA’s ruling against Huber’s plan to build a marina adjacent to the 312-unit apartment building. Both sides have sued, and the case will next appear in Chancery Court.

Whatever happens in the Westland Cove case will set a precedent for the rest of the county, Kline says.

“This is not the only place that this is going to happen. It will become the norm. Some of you will have high-rise apartments next to your house.”

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of people. We had fundraisers to help raise money for the pool upkeep and the insurance.”

The land around the pool has been put to great use through the years as well, Dailey says. “We lease the land at the park to the different groups who now ‘live’ there – the Community Club and

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Rheem company district manager Jarrod Ison was in Knoxville last week to present his company’s coveted Rheem Team Top Contractor award to Knoxville-based Chancey & Reynolds for the fifth year in a row. At the presentation, from left, Keith Floyd of Modern Supply, Dottie Ramsey, Modern Supply president and chief operating officer; Ison, Steve Chancey of Chancey & Reynolds and Pace Robinson, Modern Supply CEO. Photo by A. Hart

By Anne Hart The reputation of Knoxville’s own Chancey & Reynolds has spread far beyond East Tennessee, thanks to the Rheem company, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of heating, cooling and water heating products.

Rheem has named Chancey & Reynolds to its celebrated Rheem Team Top Contractors list for the fifth year in a row.

The annual list honors ten outstanding contractors from among 10,000 dealers in the US, Canada and Mexico who lead their fellow Rheem Team members in sales, customer support and overall service to local homeowners.

“Our goal is to be named to the Top 10 Rheem Contractors list every year,” says Steve Chancey of Chancey & Reynolds. “It’s a very high bar to set, but it’s an honor that means we’ve done our absolute best to meet the expectations of both our customers and our partners. We’re proud to have earned it again for 2013

and we’re looking forward to continuing to perform in 2014.”

Chancey & Reynolds Inc. was founded in 1978 by Chancey and partner Art Reynolds, and soon became a trusted name throughout East Tennessee. Today it has more than 50 employees who install and service Rheem’s full line of residential and commercial equipment. Its highly trained service technicians have also won numerous awards.

Chancey says he and Reynolds met while they were students at UT. Both graduated with bachelor of science degrees. When they started their business they intended to focus on solar energy panels, but quickly realized they were a bit ahead of the times and changed their focus to HVAC work.

They soon affiliated with another established Knoxville business, Modern Supply, the Rheem distributor for East Tennessee. Chancey & Reynolds is Modern Supply’s largest customer for Rheem products.

Modern Supply thinks so highly

of Chancey & Reynolds that they use them to service their own Rheem equipment at the corporate offices and showroom on Lovell Road.

“They’re good customers and it’s been a great relationship,” Modern Supply’s president and CEO Dottie Ramsey says.

“Steve always knows if he has a problem he can call us, and vice versa.”

Modern Supply CEO Pace Robinson echoes that sentiment and adds, “We are honored and privileged to have such a loyal customer. It really is a great partnership.”

Chancey says his company “is committed to delivering the best products and service in our industry.” A large part of that effort is making certain the HVAC units installed are the right size for the building, whether residential or commercial. The wrong size unit, whether too large or too small, can cause unnecessarily high energy costs.

Chancey is also especially proud of the company’s service department. “Our service

department is excellent, and we service any kind of equipment, not just Rheem.”

All employees wear uniforms and drive clearly-marked company vans. “With residential work, we really strive to make the homeowner comfortable.

We try to be very respectful of other people’s property and often get compliments on how well we clean up after a job.”

The company has expanded into counties south of Knoxville.

They have restored an old building at 118 A St. in the heart of old downtown Lenoir City, with space designed especially to better serve that area.

But despite the company’s continued growth and expansion, Steve Chancey still finds time for community work. The active West Knoxville Rotary Club member spearheaded the effort that resulted in the much-used pavilion at West Hills Park.

For more information about Chancey & Reynolds, Inc., call 525-5076 or visit www. chanceyreynolds.com.

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Myles Walker, author of “Me & My Tourette’s: Motivated by God,” talks with Calvin Cozart talk about Walker’s life with Tourette Syndrome at the Karns History Club.

Paige Chandler-Shipes gets a high-five from Calvin “Cylk” Cozart for pursuing her passion for dancing. Cozart entertained a standing-room only audience at Karns Library on Tuesday as the guest of the Karns History Club. Photos by Nancy Anderson

Cozart talks Hollywood, community with History Club Karns hometown movie star Calvin “Cylk” Cozart brought his stories of Hollywood and growing up in Karns to the library Tuesday as the guest of the Karns History Club.

Cozart shared with a standing-room only crowd of approximately 40 friends, family and fans.

He talked about his desire to make a difference in the lives of those he meets.

“What’s the use of celebrity if you can’t use it to educate,

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motivate and inspire,” said Cozart.

His own Hollywood experience includes a long list of roles in movies and television appearances, working with “big names” such

as Julia Roberts, Mathew Perry and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The Karns native said he considers his talents a blessing and pays back by helping others on the boards of charities and other non-profit organizations, including his own: Keeping Dreams Alive. The nonprofit focuses on mentoring children and teenagers from middle and high school age through college and also assists with finding schol-

arships for “kids who have fallen through the cracks of life.”

Cozart brought a friend he knows through his work with the National Tourette Syndrome Association.

Myles Walker spoke to the group about the affect having Tourette Syndrome has had on his life. He told of being laughed at, bullied and disciplined as a child for his verbal tics and outbursts.

“Tourette’s is misunderstood,” said Walker. “It’s a genetic, biological condition.

It isn’t behavioral at all.”

“We need to talk about disabilities we don’t understand,” Cozart added. “We need to know the protocol, and the only way to learn that is by talking about it.”

Cozart kept the crowd engaged for almost two hours with funny and inspirational stories. The evening

Westmoreland resident Bart Carey, third from left, unveils a plaque stating that the neighborhood’s water wheel has been named to the National Register of Historic Places. City Council member George Wallace, Julie Webb, City Council member Duane Grieve, Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero and Knox Heritage Executive Director Kim Trent look on. Judge Daniel Clary Webb purchased 60 acres in 1919 that later became part of Westmoreland. Photo by Wendy Smith

Big wheel keep on turnin’

By Wendy Smith The Westmoreland water wheel is “near and dear” to the hearts of local residents, said Westmoreland Neighborhood Association past president Robin Leonard. But now that the iconic landmark has been named to the National Register of Historic Places, it is officially significant to the entire United States.

Leonard spoke last week during the unveiling of a plaque recognizing the designation. She credited Westmoreland resident Bart Carey for his tireless work on the project. The effort took three years, she said.

When he first undertook the project, he was stumbling in the dark, Carey admits. He is vice chair of the Knoxville-Knox County Metropolitan Planning Commission and is on the Historic Zoning Commission.

“It was like hauling bull-

frogs in a wheelbarrow,” he said. “It starts out easy, then before you know it, things start bailing out on you.”

The process moved along after preservation group Knox Heritage got involved.

Director of Education Hollie Cooke, with the help of volunteer Ann Bennett, completed the necessary paperwork at no charge. The organization was happy to help, said Knox Heritage Executive Director Kim Trent.

“This is a place in Knoxville that, to me, is magical.”

The water wheel is more than just a scenic location for photos.

Judge Daniel Clary Webb, who purchased 60 acres in 1919 that would later become part of Westmoreland, was a forward thinker, said Carey.

The property was remote at the time. The streetcar line ended at what was then the East Tennessee Hospital for the Insane − now Lake-

shore Park − and there was no electricity available.

Famed Knoxville architect Charles Barber designed the water wheel, which is Tennessee pink marble with a slate roof. It was completed in 1924.

Ed Manning of Tennessee Mill and Mine created the mechanism to pump water to Webb’s property, as well as the nearby properties of Candoro Marble owners W.J. Donaldson and John Craig III. The water came from a spring on a hill just above the water wheel.

Development, spurred by the invention of the Model T Ford, began soon after.

“That’s called sprawl today,” said Carey.

The water wheel is one of those small, distinct features of the landscape that really defines a place, said Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero.

Sustainability has been an important focus of her administration, and protecting

things we recognize as valuable is part of that philosophy, she said. When something like that is preserved, it serves a larger purpose.

“It tells us where we were and where we are now. If you live in Westmoreland, it tells you something else. It tells you you are home.”

Longtime Westmoreland residents Brenda Moss and Amanda Stair worked on the landscaping around the water wheel for years as members of the Knoxville Garden Club. Moss thinks it’s wonderful that a new generation is taking care of the landmark. Mike DeSocio and Shawn Lyke were instrumental in getting the wheel started this spring, she said.

The water wheel is in need of maintenance, and Carey announced that taxdeductible donations can be made through Knox Heritage.

Info: 523-8008.

Jason Zachary, candidate for Congress in District 2, shares his plans for change with the North West Knox Business and Professional Association.

ended with enthusiastic ap- bership and participate plause and shouts of “We’re more fully in community activities, the association proud of you, Cylk!” plans to step up and take a ■ Business and larger role in the Karns Fair.

The leadership team lunch for NWKBPA agreed to take on booth sales.

The North West Knox Enthusiasm was highIn fact, Business and Professional Yearack may have sold four Association met Thursday booth spaces during the oneat the Karns Community hour meeting!

Club. Nearly 20 members Guest speaker was Jason attended to network and enZachary, candidate for U.S. joy a barbecue lunch catered Congress in District 2.

by Archer’s BBQ. He shared his plans for Geoff Yearack opened the change if elected to the seat meeting with great news. currently held by Rep. John He reported that, in an ef“Jimmy” Duncan. fort to increase active mem-

Pool ready the ball fields – for a dollar a year.”

Upkeep for the pool now comes mainly through usage fees. “What we get at the gate and for season memberships helps us pay for upkeep and maintenance and for the summer workers.

“We are also happy to be able to employ Karns folks.

Our pool manager, Melissa Buck, is a Karns elementary teacher, and the lifeguards and concession workers are Karns teenagers.

“For a lot of our community kids, this is their first job – working in the concession stand.”

The Lions are also changing the pool as the usage changes.

“Back before everyone had cars, the pool was the main place the teenagers would come to in the summer,” says Dailey.

“Now we have some, but it’s mainly a younger crowd with middle school kids and little ones.

“In 2012 – I think – we converted the baby pool to a splash pad because those

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On May 5, members met at the pool for some revamping and sprucing up before the Memorial Day opening.

There have been a number of improvements for the new year, including touch-ups to the mural, a new roof on the office/concession area and a revamped bathroom.

The pool is available for after-hour parties as well.

The phone will be turned on in a couple of weeks for reservation information: 691-2947.

Pool and splash pad hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Mondays through Saturdays and 1-6 p.m. on Sundays.

Admission is $6 for ages 12 and up and $4 for children ages 3 through 11.

Children under age 12 must be accompanied by someone 16 or older.

Season passes are also available, with $70 for the first person, $60 for the second, $50 for the third and $40 for the fourth, with a $200 maximum for the entire immediate family.

Rezoning notices

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up by sending letters to planning commissioners, along with the Knox County commissioners and City Council members who listen to their recommendations.

Several attendees, including Wayne Kline, suggested that MPC Executive Director Mark Donaldson favors multi-family housing developments, and planning commissioners go along with it.

“MPC drank the KoolAid, and here we have it.”

Wayne Kline argues that the Knoxville–Knox County General Plan 2033 and the county sector plans should be adopted, rather than used as guides. When MPC chose not to follow those plans in the case of Westland Cove, they did it illegally, arbitrarily and capriciously, he said.

Margot Kline said that CWKCH isn’t opposed to

all multi-family housing.

She used the Reserve at Westland as an example of an apartment complex that successfully used a large buffer zone.

The proposed Flournoy development at Northshore Town Center is within city limits, as is the controversial proposed development of the Christenberry property at 3222 Kingston Pike. The Kingston Pike Sequoyah Hills Association has hired Laura Spica of Spica Communications to represent them in their fight against a plan to build 28 condominiums on the 4.8-acre lot. City Council is expected to vote on the issue in June.

If KPSHA prevails, West Knox County residents may want to investigate hiring a PR firm, too.

For more information about CWKCH: www. cwkch.com.

government City budget lacks greenway specificity As City Council reviews Mayor Rogero’s proposed 34-cent property-tax increase, several proposals merit a closer look as specifics are missing. They include the $1 million for greenway corridors and $500,000 for historic preservation. Both are laudable topics but blank checks for now.

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Both are also areas where the Rogero administration has been weak if not AWOL. When I asked city spokesperson Eric Vreeland to detail the greenways that would be built, he could not answer. He said the mayor and parks director, along with the greenway commission, would decide.

In other words, $1 million for yet-to-bedetermined projects in an election year.

Parks Director Joe Walsh said the Mike Fowler firm had been paid $200,000 to do an assessment of greenway needs and make recommendations. He indicated conceptually that the greenways might turn out to be from the U.S. Post Office on Weisgarber Road to the Jean Teague greenway in West Hills, extending the Third Creek greenway that ends at Bearden Elementary School to Papermill and/or to Lakeshore Park and possibly from Ned McWherter Park to Ijams Nature Center.

But nothing was definite.

Anyone with a greenway map could figure out where new greenways should go. It is not rocket science.

When asked, Walsh could not name a greenway that had been built under Mayor Rogero. The last ribbon-cutting for a citybuilt greenway was under Mayor Brown in 2011 at Papermill Road. This is a dismal record for a mayor who says she is “green.�

If a greenway corridor fund is created with $1 million, at the very least it should be established by ordinance with mission and duties clearly spelled out and not left to whim and mischief. â– Council member Nick Della Volpe got Loves Creek greenway built with help from the public service department. The half-mile trail is not paved.

Walsh said construction will start within weeks on the two-mile greenway

from Buck Karnes Bridge to the Naval Station on Alcoa Highway. He acknowledged that the much-discussed First Creek greenway along Broadway has not been bid.

It was announced in April 2012 and two years later has seen no visible progress. It may be the end of 2016 before it is finished.

It is hard to take this $1 million greenway request very seriously when Rogero’s current greenway construction is so tardy.

By not naming specific projects for greenways or historic preservation, Rogero will be given a blank check to fill in the year she is running for re-election, a campaign war chest funded by taxpayers. Della Volpe, who opposes the tax hike, should not expect any new greenways in his district.

I am personally passionate about greenways.

It pains me to write this column, but it pains me even more that so little has happened. It is hard to understand why the “green� mayor would not build them with enthusiasm as they routinely receive 80-plus percent approval. It could only help her re-election. ■Knox Heritage’s city grant was cut from $21,000 to $5,000 without explanation in the mayor’s budget. Team Rogero says they are putting $850,000 into various historicpreservation projects so all should be happy if a mere $16,000 is cut. Spokesperson Jesse Mayshark says the city has a wonderful review process. Knox Heritage was not consulted on this. ■Dave Hill, controversial and highly paid ($140,000) former city waterfront staffer (who was fired

by Rogero), has been hired as Dave Hill comprehensive planning manager at MPC by his longtime golfing friend Mark Donaldson.

He replaces Mike Carberry.

Donaldson said Hill, who once held his job, will be paid $100,000. It is unclear if minorities or even existing staff had a chance to apply. â– House Speaker John Boehner will attend a reception 5-7 p.m. Saturday, May 24, for U.S. Rep. Jimmy Duncan at the home of Pete and Cindi DeBusk on Cunningham Road in Halls. Boehner is third in line to the presidency.

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Mike McMillan’s lonely days are over Were the school board primary elections a referendum on Superintendent James McIntyre?

Probably.

And it was sort of a draw, right?

Probably not.

McIntyre gets to keep his school board chair, and the only challenger who supported him squeaked out a second-place finish good enough to get her into the general election, but he lost his most vocal ally, and his vice-chair failed to win an outright majority, throwing her into a general-election runoff.

South Knox board member Pam Trainor lost big to school librarian Amber Rountree, despite McIntyre’s scheduling a raft of good-news announcements and events in her district.

Rountree, who is smart and outspoken and won 58 percent of the vote, will quit her teaching job to become one of McIntyre’s bosses.

Board chair Lynne Fugate won convincingly in the 4th District – as she should have, because this was her race to lose. Challenger Sally Absher showed herself to be a worthy campaigner, tirelessly door-knocking and deeply informed about issues. The second challenger, J. Scott Clark, stayed pretty much a cypher throughout the campaign. Both said they would not have voted to approve McIntyre’s controversial contract extension, but it would be wrong to attribute Fugate’s victory to voters’ opinion of the superintendent.

Here’s why:

Betty Bean If the superintendent is popular anywhere, it’s in the upper-middle-class 4th District, and Fugate, a reliable McIntyre supporter who was active in Beardenarea schools before she ran for office, fits the establishment profile. On the other hand, Absher doesn’t. Her only past political involvement was as a member of the Tea Party, and videos of her “Agenda 21� presentations are available at computer screens near you. Maybe this wouldn’t have hurt her in a different district, and maybe given more time she can put it behind her, but for now, as one veteran pol puts it, “She couldn’t outrun her past.�

The 6th District was a mixed bag for JMac. On the plus side, his two most adamant detractors, Brad Buchanan and Tamara Shepherd, didn’t make it into the runoff, and his most adamant supporter, Sandra Rowcliffe, did. She’ll take her talents into the general election against the frontrunner, Terry Hill, a former school social worker who has been milder in her criticism of the superintendent but says that things need to change.

If money could buy this race, Rowcliffe would win (the pro-McIntyre businesstypes have kicked in heavily). However, Hill almost doubled Rowcliffe’s vote total, and that gap that will

Bart and Amber Rountree celebrate her election to the Board of Education with an announcement: Their first child is due Sept. 8, just a week after she is sworn in.

be hard to close. Both candidates are vocal supporters of a new Hardin Valley Middle School, a tribute to the power of the Hardin Valley vote in that district.

In the 1st District, vice chair Gloria Deathridge, who ticked teachers off by reminding them who they “work for� (that would be McIntyre), won a big victory, percentage-wise (46-27 percent). But in terms of raw numbers, she beat Marshall Walker by only 265 votes.

That could make for a sweaty summer for both candidates.

The school board has tra-

ditionally been dominated by ex-administrators and PTA moms who generally toe the administration line.

This election could mark a sea change. Retired teacher Patti Lou Bounds ran unopposed, so she and Rountree were elected outright.

They will join former teacher and lonely guy Mike McMillan, who is routinely on the short end of 8-1 votes.

If Hill and Walker prevail, McMillan will find himself in the unaccustomed position of being the senior member of the majority.

Coming around again I’m happy to say the reports of my demise were greatly exaggerated. That’s not to say there weren’t days I thought I was dead, but it turns out I was just in Eighty Four, Pa.

Larry Van Guilder

Eighty Four is a suburb of Pittsburgh about 20 miles southwest of the home of the stalwart (though not so much lately) Steelers. Populated chiefly by deer and my ex-wife, each of whom is a strong advocate for gun control, Eighty Four is also the home of the eponymous lumber company.

Despite their dislike for firearms violence, the community’s deer are a peculiarly suicidal lot. Scarcely a day passes without some

despondent deer stepping into the path of an innocent motor vehicle, leaving its family to wonder why.

So, this prodigal returns to the land of more cautious deer and sometimes incautious politicians. Surveying the landscape, I can cheerfully echo Morgan Freeman’s words to Miss Daisy: ‘Things ain’t changed all that much.�

Examples? Stacey Campfield adding to his lunatic legacy by drawing a parallel between Obamacare and Holocaust victims; familiar names engaging in Knox County’s tradition of musical elected offices (Hammond, Shouse, Leuthold, Briggs); the unqualified appealing to the uncaring (Michele “Placeholder� Carringer); the county where, according to Mayor Tim “Fist Bump� Burchett, less is always more.

If, despite my association with known miscreants like Republicans, Democrats

and Independents, Scripps gives the thumbs up to my background investigation, I’m coming around again.

There’s plenty of fodder in these parts for a political reporter, and I hold firm to Mencken’s dictum that the function of journalism is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.

That said, it’s good to be back where people bleed orange and not rust. Where else would you find 36,000 people willing to sign a petition asking for the dismissal of a college basketball coach?

(I’d wager that several hundred of them may even have voted in the last election and signed their names without resorting to an “X.�)

In what other municipality does the phrase “term limits� mean one thing for the voter and something entirely different for judges and officeholders? (See Jones, Witt, Jordan, et al.)

Who knew the English language was rife with such

ambiguity?

Where else among the vast reaches of our spacious skies and amber waves of grain would a former county executive compare the problems of a felonious senior subordinate to the sufferings of Jesus Christ? (For those with mercifully short memories, Google Ragsdale and Finch.)

Yet, Knox County’s political and social ills are not so very different from those of the nation at large. We whine about tax increases to fund schools but utter nary a whimper when jails expand and police forces balloon to incarcerate the poorly educated. We want smaller government, and when governments shrink throwing more out of work we blame the government for the unemployment rate and the stagnant economy. Walt Kelly was right: “We have met the enemy, and he is us.�

Yes, there’s no place like home.

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Momentum swings detected by early voting There’s not much to be said for early voting. It’s expensive for both taxpayers and candidates. Last week’s primary brought out about 10 percent of registered voters. It’s amazing that elections that mean so much draw so little interest.

Early voting distorts the normal campaign rhythm.

All the handbooks say to build a campaign calendar backward, designing advertising and general momentum to peak on Election Day. It’s hard to sustain any level of enthusiasm over 20 days.

But early voting does enable political junkies to detect momentum swings.

In the Republican Primary for sheriff, for instance, Jimmy “J.J.� Jones won handily, but early voting shows him ahead of Bobby

Sandra Clark

Waggoner 60 to 32 percent.

That lead slimmed to 54 to 38 percent on Election Day, indicating that Waggoner’s campaign was gaining momentum.

Reckon it was that one TV spot Bobby could afford on cable at 11 p.m.?

Contrast that with the race for Criminal Court clerk where the percentages stayed virtually identical for winner Mike Hammond, Jason Hunnicutt and Steve Williams.

In the close race to replace retiring Judge Bill Swann, early voting made

the difference. Patti Jane Lay actually won on Election Day (50.82 to 49.18 percent), but Greg McMillan topped her in early voting and won overall, 10,489 to 10,276.

In the South Knox school board race, the numbers were consistent.

But in West Knox, board chair Lynne Fugate was leaking momentum. Sally Absher gained 4 points, from 32 to 36 percent from early voting to Election Day, while Fugate dropped from 56 to 52.8 percent. Fugate still won, but Absher was gaining.

In West Knox County, front-runner Terry Hill stayed flat with 46 percent. But second-place finisher Sandra Rowcliffe was gaining rapidly, going from 20.8 percent in early vot-

ing to 25.5 percent on Election Day. Reckon it was the (www.facebook.com/ sandrarowclif fe?f ref=ts) song?

Her gains came at the expense of third-place finisher Bradley Buchanan, who dropped from 21 percent in early voting to only

GOSSIP AND LIES ■Thank you that the sheriff can get back to golf and the officers can get back to policing. ■That Bo Bennett only has to wait until next year’s city elections to find another job to run for. ■That Craig Leuthold still has the Property Assessor’s office to fall back on. ■That Tamara Shepherd – the candidate who blogged too much – got fewer votes (491)

16 percent on Election Day.

By Tennessee law, early voting begins 20 days before and stops five days before each election.

That could easily be halved, but who’s got the political will to propose it?

After all, it’s your money they’re spending, and

no politician wants to be seen as anti-voting.

My old friend Scott Frith says it best: “That change would save money, but it probably won’t happen. “That’s the trouble with elections. They’re so darn political!�

(The post-election, thank you Lord edition) than the average word count of her blog posts. ■That we don’t have R. Larry Smith to kick around for much longer. ■That Ed Shouse’s nomination virtually ensures we will never hear of the Trustee’s office again. ■That both pro- and anti-McIntyre spinners can continue to claim victory right up until Aug. 7.

■That Jimmy “J.J.� Jones can’t run for a fourth term under term limits. ■That Mike Hammond, when he starts digging, might turn up a stoned second cousin of Rudy Dirl. Oh, wait! That was the other clerk’s office. ■That Michele Carringer’s unexpected loss leaves us with just one perky female officeholder – that wild and crazy Dot LaMarche!

How will Cuonzo be remembered?

I suppose Cuonzo Martin has been gone long enough to raise the question, how will he be remembered?

Marvin West

Cuonzo is a remarkable man in many ways but was never a match for Tennessee basketball needs. He was an excellent role model but calm as an undertaker, no used-car sales skills, certainly not a circus barker.

He could not have escaped Bruce Pearl’s shadow.

The way it all went down,

Tennessee gets paid for the fractured contract instead of having to pay for eventual termination. Cuonzo gets a nice, fresh start under more favorable circumstances – four returning starters instead of four starters gone.

He now has a chance at happiness. He has found a pleasant environment in a place of enlightenment. The University of CaliforniaBerkeley sounds a little like Al Gore when it lays claims to the invention of the atomic bomb, free speech and fruit cocktail.

Cal basketball is more of a social gathering, wine and cheese and smoked salmon (with PETA approval). Tennessee is far more passionate, sometimes overcooked.

I’ve been to Berkeley. Knoxville is different.

How will Martin be remembered?

Perhaps vaguely, with minimum emotion. His sudden departure caused no bonfires.

No streets will be renamed.

Without meaning to be, he was interim coach between the exciting but reckless Pearl and the enthusiastic Donnie Basketball.

One of my favorite reader-writers agreed with the “no hard feelings� rhetoric but identified a potential pattern I had missed. Cuonzo did the same thing at Missouri State, three and out, depleted leftovers.

The move to Tennessee was a big-league opportunity under difficult conditions for four times the previous pay. The move to California, a slight downshift, might be an escape

from a hot kitchen and another roster with holes.

Some preachers move around to recycle sermons instead of writing new ones.

Some coaches have similar tendencies.

Cuonzo said the infamous BBB petition was a non-factor. That can’t be the whole truth. Even though he is tough as a coconut shell, the illogical push for Pearl had to hurt. I do believe he used criticism from fans to fuel the Vols’ late fire.

I asked around, what about memories? To generalize and summarize responses, “honorable man� was prevalent. As coach, not much warm praise or harsh rebukes, sort of dullsville, middle-of-theroad, never connected with fans, not as bad as Alan

Houston’s dad or Michael Jordan’s roommate, what was his name? A one-word answer – apathetic – said too much. Another terse response, stubborn, may be a leftover link to zones or tempo. Zo obviously taught responsibility and principles of manhood.

Payback was loyalty. His players played. Upon his departure, freshmen and recruits fled the scene.

Fans offered lukewarm appreciation for dignity and mild criticism of recruiting effort and miscalculations.

No way to miss slow starts and better finishes. NIT flops are a threat to linger.

The rout of Kentucky was a landmark. The loss to Austin Peay may never go all the way away.

Based on what he stands

for, I like the former coach OK and do not hold him totally responsible for what didn’t develop. He is what he was.

Cuonzo LaMar Martin was precisely what Dr. Jimmy G. Cheek wanted at the time, honest. Diversity was a bonus. The chancellor, dedicated to putting the best face possible on the university, decreed there shall be no more embarrassments.

Athletic director Mike Hamilton found this squeaky-clean good guy out in the valley, offered more than necessary to bring him to Rocky Top and presented him for approval.

Nobody noticed that he was bland.

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

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The District Gallery is pleased to present “Dreamscapes: Poetry Inspired Paintings,� opening May 16 from 5-8 p.m. Native Knoxvillian Rachael McCampbell has created a series of works inspired by poets like Mary Oliver, W.B. Yeats, Wendell Berry, Maya Angelou and more.

McCampbell studied fine art at the University of Georgia, worked in Florence, Italy under fashion designer Emilio Pucci, then studied at Christie’s in London before beginning her art career on both coasts. After years of urban living in New York, Europe and Los Angeles, McCampbell moved to a small town outside of Nashville where she is inspired to paint mainly nature-based scenes featuring horses and birds in movement. Upon her return to Tennessee, McCampbell garnered success with shows at Tinny Contemporary photo by Ron Manville in Nashville, The Parthenon Museum and was the official Steeplechase artist for 2012.

The Tennessee State Museum has her work as part of their permanent collection.

According to McCampbell, “Poetry can be a veritable feast for the senses‌ the delicious way the sounds roll off your tongue when you read it aloud, the rhythms that make you want to dance and the visuals that like a dream, lift you from your own reality into another world – into a dreamscape.â€?

An opening reception will be held Friday, May 16 from 5-8 p.m. Come and read the poetry, enjoy the paintings and meet the artist. McCampbell will give an artist talk on Thursday, May 29 from 7-8 p.m. The show continues through June 14.

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Nicole Burgess teaches a REFIT class at Fellowship Church. Photo by Wendy Smith

Working out

to a Christian beat

By Wendy Smith Nicole Burgess has always loved Zumba, the Latin-inspired dance fitness class that has soared in popularity in recent years. But when she considered teaching such a class as a ministry at Fellowship Church, she couldn’t get past the

music.

It didn’t feel right to bring secular pop music into the church, she says.

So she searched the Internet for Zumba routines to Christian music and found REFIT. REFIT is a workout community that aims to impact

the body, mind and soul.

The dance music is clean, the workout clothes are modest, and each one-hour workout ends with a devotional and prayer.

It’s also a good workout, Nicole says. Even though the lyrics are G-rated, the music has a nightclub beat,

Breland is worship pastor for Grace Baptist Jason Breland has been named as the new worship pastor for Grace Baptist Church in Knoxville.

He comes to Grace from the University of Mobile in Alabama where he has served as the artist-in-residence for the School of Worship Leadership.

After touring the globe for six years with the Christian group, TRUTH, Breland began his minis- Jason Breland

try in the local church. He served as the worship pastor with churches in Ohio, Florida, Tennessee and Alabama.

Leading worship, training worship leaders and creating resources to help the church worship have resulted in more than 20 years of ministry impact.

With multiple worship recordings to his credit, Jason has a unique gift in

and the moves have a hiphop flair that makes REFIT fun, even for the less-thancoordinated.

She attended instructor training in London, Ky., in March. There she met Jana Thomas of the Laurel Church of Christ. Both have been teaching small classes at their churches, but they are ready to promote the program now that they have the dance moves down.

Burgess, who directs the preschool at Fellowship Church, views REFIT as a ministry rather than a money-making venture.

She accepts voluntary donations for her expenses, and anything she receives above expenses goes toward Fellowship’s women’s ministry, Women’s Connection. Right now, she teaches one class at 6 p.m. Thursdays at the church, 8000 Middlebrook Pike. She hopes to expand and says she’d be willing to teach at other churches.

For more information: refit. with.nic@gmail.com.

Thomas’ classes are in the gym at Laurel Church of Christ, 3457 Kingston Pike.

They are at 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays and 10 a.m. Saturdays.

After the first class, which is free, the cost is $4, or $5 if childcare is needed.

For more information about REFIT: www.refitrev. com.

leading multigenerational worship in today’s church culture, according to the announcement.

“I now see my own children using their gifts to lead others in worship,” said Breland. “What an awesome privilege we have to serve the Lord in this way.”

Jason and wife Amy have four children: Emily, Abigail, Jackson and Jefferson.

His start date at Grace is Sunday, May 18. Info: www. gracebc.org/.

Randy White talks with children gathered during a mission trip to Salinas Grande.

Investing in

people

faith In the land of Moab In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land, and a certain man of Bethlehem in Judah went to live in the country of Moab, he and his wife and two sons. The name of the man was Elimelech and the name of his wife Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion; they were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They went into the country of Moab and remained there. But Elimelech, the husband of Naomi, died, and she was left with her two sons. These took Moabite wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. When they had lived there about 10 years, both Mahlon and Chilion also died, so that the woman was left without her two sons and her husband.

(Ruth 1: 1-5 NRSV) It is not often in Scripture that a woman’s story is told.

The book of Ruth in the Old Testament is an exception: It is the story of two women who became family by marriage, and who became immortal in the annals of family by faithfulness.

This story has been much on my mind because I recently visited Moab, Utah.

To the best of my knowledge, it is the only other Moab in the world. The biblical Moab is in the desert to the east of the Dead Sea. The American Moab is in a desert in eastern Utah. I have seen both of them, now, with my own eyes, and they have some startling similarities.

They are mountain deserts, with breathtaking views. They are near inland salt seas – Moab in the Middle East on the Dead Sea, and Moab, Utah, roughly 200 miles from the Great Salt Lake. The terrain is rocky, beautiful in a fiercely rugged way, with a harsh, unforgiving climate.

Such a landscape can be intimidating, and, at the same time, inspiring. Moab, Utah, has been inhabited for thousands of years, dating back to the Paleo-Indians, who hunted and survived on mastodons and mammoths.

They were followed by the Anasazi and the Fremont, who lived in widespread areas but overlapped at Moab.

I was trying hard not to blink as we drove through this landscape. I saw a red rock cliff off to the east and stared at it, trying to determine if what I was seeing was shadow or painting.

I ultimately realized that it was painting: what appeared to be 20-foot-tall symbols or letters painted onto the red rock. Being a citizen of the 21st century,

Cross Currents

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my first thought was, “Graffiti! How obnoxious!”

I looked again and knew that the figures I saw were foreign to me – letters from a lost people, a lost culture, a lost world – but a fragment of history inscribed by people who, like me, had appreciated the wonder of that valley, and left their mark behind. What it communicated? I have no idea.

It could be the Anasazi version of “Kilroy was here!” Or it could have been a deeply religious symbol.

I don’t know. What I do know is that the Anasazi (or perhaps the Fremont) reached out to me across the millennia and touched my heart. They – those fathers and mothers of another age, another world – learned how to live in this world, and left their mark on it.

They kept records, they created art, they wrote! They left something that has remained to remind me, and all of us, that the world is full of wonder and that the past is never over. In fact, it isn’t even past.

And, like Naomi and Ruth, the story of their existence – the existence of those mothers and fathers, sons and daughters – helps inform and shape who we are today. I am reminded of the smallness of each of us, and yet, at the same time, we are all sisters and brothers in this vast family of God, who is both Father and Mother to us.

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By Ruth White While Tim Parker sat on the front porch of his Strawberry Plains home, God spoke to him in a big way.

Parker, now pastor at CrossPoint Church, has a heart for people. He knew that he wanted to invest in the lives of others but wasn’t sure where he was being led until that day on his porch.

“I was reading an article on missions in Central America and the challenges for them,” he said. “As I removed the band from a cigar I was smoking, I noticed that it was handmade in Nicaragua.” He had been praying about missions and felt at peace as he sat on his porch that evening.

Weeks later he spoke with friends Vincent and Tammie Lambdin, and they introduced him to Eric Webber. Both men immediately realized that they had met previously when Webber installed the fireplace in Parker’s home.

Webber and his wife, Melissa, spend a great deal of time in Salinas Grande, Nicaragua, organizing feeding programs, working with women through a sewing ministry and helping to construct stable living ar-

eas. This ministry was exactly what Parker wanted to become involved with – working in the trenches to support churches that were there doing good works.

Four years ago, the first mission team from CrossPoint Church headed to Nicaragua. The team included just three members, Parker, Lambdin and Randy White. The trio served meals to children, began construction on a home for a local pastor and preached the Gospel.

Each year a team returns to Nicaragua, and the ministry grows in many ways.

Church members sewed dresses that were sent to the girls in the area. A sewing ministry has been established, and women in the community make dresses for the children and to sell.

The group has participated in Vacation Bible School during the week and this coming summer will participate in a food box ministry that will allow them to meet families, help with needs and minister.

When asked why they travel across the country to minister, Parker replied, “We are called to go and share the Gospel. We start

where we are and move from there.”

The church is involved locally with Angelic Ministries.

CrossPoint Church is hosting a rummage sale to help send a mission team to Nicaragua this summer.

The event will be held 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and Saturday, May 16-17, at the church, 2000 Loves Creek Road.

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thinking outside the box … instead of using typical textbooks for students to read, Huisingh will write stories for the students to use and dissect in his class.

Or, he will give them a topic and have them write their own story. Whatever writing assignment he gives them, though, he also completes himself.

“If they’re writing, I’m writing, too,” he said. Students read his content and are encouraged to make corrections to it where needed.

Huisingh was inspired to become a teacher by two of his own educators – one he considered good, and one whose words were like poison. “The amount of power words have is astounding,” said Huisingh. “If I can teach kids that words are powerful, they could use them to change the world.”

When Huisingh found out he had won the PTA’s award, he said it was life affirming. “It will fuel me for years to come, but I think I’m still going to have to Karns Middle School 7th grade teacher Jared Huisingh displays earn it.” the Buzz Lightyear wings he made and wore to encourage his students during testing. Photos by S. Barrett ■ Karns native

Where credit is due nity,” he said.

Currently in his 5th year of teaching, Huisingh has been named Knox County Council Parent Teacher Association’s Outstanding Teacher of the Year.

The nomination included an essay by parents full of anecdotes from this school year, Huisingh’s first at Sara Barrett Karns Middle School. Students added to the essay with overwhelming words of praise for the 7th grade “Never did I think I English teacher both in and would be treated so well by out of the classroom. such a wonderful commuOne example of his After talking with Jared Huisingh for 10 minutes, it is easy to see why he is so well liked by his students, their parents and his coworkers.

inspires students “I want to talk to you about the importance of the art world and how it empowers the academic world,” internationally known actor Cylk Cozart told students at Karns Middle School last week. The Karns native hopes to motivate kids to follow their dreams even when they feel discouraged.

He showed clips from his work including “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air” and “The Conspiracy Theory.”

“Find out what you’re good at, and find other people who share that interest,” he said to a cafeteria full of 6th graders. He told the students to make a list of their interests and decide before high school what they want to pursue.

“Don’t let anybody tell

Karns Middle students K.C. Rittenberry, Breton Stanley, Ally Liles and Isabella Daenzer hang out with actor Cylk Cozart (center). Photos by S. Barrett you you can’t do something just because they can’t do it,” said Cozart. “Get it out of your head and onto paper, and it will begin to come to fruition.”

After giving the kids a pep talk, Cozart then said he would like to come back to KMS for some characterbuilding exercises with the students, and that there may be some actor friends of his who would like to tag along.

Students shouted out requests of Jennifer Lawrence and Miley Cyrus to which Cozart replied, “We’ll see.”

the last five years and enjoys the exercise he gets and racing against others. He excels at the sprint freest yle.

Jack said he chose O’Connor Wheaton because of its “big city” location and its outstanding cafeteria.

News from HVA athletes

Do you ever wonder what goes on in the minds of teachers? The UT Downtown Gallery, 106 South Gay Street, will host Art Source 2014: An Exhibition of Works by Knox County Art Educators through Thursday, May 22.

Educators you may know who have work on display include T. Michelle Gray from Karns Elementary, Kristi Bailey from Karns Middle and Jeanne Hardin from Cedar Bluff Middle.

Several forms of media were used including wood, pencils, markers, acrylics and clay. Titles of work may shed some light on a teacher’s inner thoughts, including “Art Doesn’t Fit Your Rubric,” “Value Added” and “Schizophrenic Red Riding Hood.”

Gallery hours are 11 a.m.6 p.m. Wednesday through Friday and 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Saturday. Info: http://web. utk.edu/~downtown/.

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Hardin Valley Academy held signings for athletes Kendra Monnin and Karlie Yinger.

Kendra will be on the swim team at West Virginia Tech while studying chemical engineering.

Kendra has been swimming since Monnin she was 5 and likes that there’s both an individual and a team aspect to the sport. She has competed on a state level all four years of high school.

Karlie will compete in track and cross country at Tennessee Wesleyan. She was drawn to the community atmosphere of the campus Yinger and is looking forward to graduating as a veterinary technician.

Karlie has been competing in track since 3rd grade and enjoys getting dirty while running cross country.

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O’Connor signs with Wheaton

Grace Christian Academy senior Jack O’Connor has committed to swim at Wheaton College while studying business and economics.

Jack has been swimming

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Educators on display

Exchange students World Heritage Student Exchange Program, a nonprofit organization, is looking for local host families for high school students from around the world for the 2014-15 school year.

Families will provide room, board and guidance.

Couples, single parents and families with or without children living at home are all encouraged to apply.

All exchange students are fully insured, bring their own spending money and expect to bear their share of household responsibilities and participate in normal family activities.

Info: Adrienne Smith, 240-4144 or www.whhosts. com.

REUNIONS ■ Central High School’s class of 1959 will hold its 55th reunion Friday and Saturday, Aug. 22-23, at Beaver Brook Country Club. Info: Judy Edenfield Hodge, 531-4837 or judychs59@mindspring.com or Harold Knott, 947-3486 or haroldknot@frontier.com.

■ Central High School’s class of 1989 will reunite June 14.

Tickets are $40. Make checks payable to CHS Class of ’89 and mail to Felecia Turner, 1103 Darby Lane, Forest, VA 24551. Info: Felecia Robbins Turner, feleciaturner@hotmail. com or Mark Allen, 4davolz@ comcast.net.

SPORTS NOTES ■ Sign up as an individual player or bring your own team. Knox Youth Sports softball is a developmental recreational league for girls ages 7-13.

Games are at Lakeshore Park.

The season ends by Memorial Day weekend. Register online at knoxyouthsports.com or call 584-6403.

■ Sign up as an individual player or bring your own team. Knox Youth Sports baseball is a developmental recreational league for boys and girls ages 3-12. Games are Monday-Thursday and Saturday at Lakeshore Park with some games at Sequoyah Park. The season ends in June. Register online at knoxyouthsports.com or call 584-6403.

■ Knox Youth Sports lacrosse league is for boys ages 9-14, excluding high school students.

Games are on Saturday mornings from 10 a.m. to noon, and practices are from 6-7:30 p.m.

Tuesday and Thursday at Lakeshore Park. The season ends in late May. League age is a player’s age Jan. 1, 2014. Registration fee is $175. Players must provide their own equipment.

Register online at knoxyouthsports.com or call 584-6403.

■ Girls’ basketball camp for ages 7-15 will be held 9 a.m.-3 p.m. June 9-13, at Roane State Community College in Harriman. Registration will be held 8:30-9 a.m. June 9. Cost is $100 with a team rate of $85 per player if five or more team members are attending the camp. Info: Monica Boles, 354-3000 ext. 4388 or email bolesml@roanestate.edu.

■ Diamond All-Stars team selections will be held noon and 4 p.m. Saturday, May 17, at 600 Business Park Lane. Info: 250-6808.

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Athletes sign at CAK

Emerald Youth tutors take the sting out of Algebra I

By Kelly Norrell

Oteriah Lee

Brynn Pierce

Christian Academy of Knoxville seniors Brynn Pierce, Sarah Zimmer and Oteriah Lee signed with colleges this month.

Pierce will play setter for Tusculum University’s volleyball team.

She has played for about 10 years and says her favorite thing about it is how happy it makes her. She attended a recruitment camp at Tusculum and liked the girls on the team so much she decided to attend and study athletic training.

Zimmer will compete in track and cross country while attending East Tennessee State University. The selling point for her was be-

Sarah Zimmer

ing accepted into the honors program.

She has been on the track team since 6th grade but started running cross country her junior year at CAK. She enjoys the family aspect of the team and is looking forward to studying nursing.

Lee will play point guard for Bryan College and is most looking forward to building a relationship with his fellow players. He has played basketball for about 10 years and says he appreciates how hard the coaches at Bryan recruited him.

Oteriah will study business administration and hopes to start his own business after college.

Fox earns Eagle Scout rank Webb School of Knoxville freshman Elijah “Eli” Lee Fox has earned Eagle Scout rank.

A Court of Honor ceremony was held at Cedar Springs PresbyteriEli Fox an Church.

Eli is a member of troop 20 of the Toqua district, where he has served as troop historian.

For his Eagle Scout proj-

ect, Eli built and installed housing for purple martins in the organic garden area of the Episcopal School of Knoxville. The purple martins provide natural pest control for the area.

A permanent educational display was also installed in the garden to teach the importance of the birds and how to care for their habitats.

Eli had volunteers help with his project, which took more than 150 hours to complete. He is the son of Bobby and Cindy Fox.

Who doesn’t remember Algebra I, with its electrifying call to solve for “x” and to graph polynomial equations?

An innovative program at Fulton High School this year has made that process a lot friendlier. Last fall, Emerald Youth Foundation placed 11 volunteer tutors with strong math skills right in the school’s Algebra 1 classrooms. At Fulton, Algebra I is a yearlong, freshman-level course.

“The program is fantastic,” said Andrea Lawyer, an instructional coach for Fulton’s math teachers. She said the tutors, who include a retired math teacher, engineering students and a pre-med student, have been a good fit.

Lawyer said that by working in the classroom, tutors can answer students’ questions as soon as the teacher explains a concept.

They can encourage a student whose confidence has dropped, check answers on student worksheets and conduct review sessions before tests.

The tutors typically work in one hour-and-a-half class per week, plus a half hour study period known as “Nest” time.

Christi Cardwell, high school and young adult curriculum leader at Emerald Youth Foundation, started

FHS tutor Cheryl Gutridge helps students during their Algebra I class. the math-tutoring program at Fulton last summer with the support of the Fulton administration.

“A lot of high school kids in the inner city need more one-on-one attention than high school teachers can provide. Bringing in tutors was a way to give them more time with an adult who is skilled in math,” she said.

After carefully selecting the Fulton tutors, who also included tutors in English classes, Cardwell and other Emerald Youth staff provided them with extensive training.

At Emerald Youth, there is a long tradition of tutors and homework helpers at neighborhood ministries.

Last year, EYF also conducted a successful ACT

preparation course at Austin-East High School.

Fulton tutor Cheryl Gutridge, a retired honors math teacher from Webb School of Knoxville, wears a smile and a gentle manner as she works alongside Algebra I teacher Sharon Rasch.

Both are ambitious for their students.

“If students don’t get that good foundation in Algebra I, it will affect their life path. To graduate, and to take advantage of the new offer of free community college, they’ve got to get Algebra I, Algebra II and geometry,” Gutridge said.

Tutor Clay Hilliard, a biomedical engineering student at UT, said students have to believe that they can solve problems and learn

difficult new material. “Students give up on themselves too quickly. ... I try to figure out what they are not understanding.”

Students and teachers describe the program as a community success story.

Nelson, an Algebra I student, said, “At first, it was hard. Ms. Young would explain the concept, and then I would do the work.

And then, I had to wait for her to get to everyone else before I could ask my question.

“When Clay came and could explain it, it made it easy to understand,” Nelson said.

Wayne, another student, added: “It is a good thing to have more people helping, especially in a big class.”

Lawyer said the tutors have increased students’ confidence by building relationships and modeling persistence, even if you make a mistake.

Algebra 1 teacher Joshua Fields said the tutors have been very helpful.

“The tutors put another voice in the classroom from the teacher’s perspective to help students grasp the concepts. They bring another set of hands to help when one student is asking about one thing and another student asks about something else.”

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Waiting for the Pied Pipers Nicholi Gahagan, Gage Keely, Nicole Kulisek, Jackson Neal, Beth Ohmes, Anastasia Persteniuc, Bailey Phelps and Danae Rack wait in the hall before watching the Pied Pipers perform at Farragut Primary School. Photos by S. Barrett Swimmer Jake Mason (front) stands with coaches Mike Bowman and Kendahl Goodman. Photo submitted

Swimming in Atlanta Atomic City Aquatic Club swimmers Kamden Batchik, Kendal Goodman, Sydney Goodman, Harper Houk and Jake Mason competed at the Age Group Sectionals in Atlanta.

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Consider the college: UT offers wide range of employment opportunities lists jobs throughout the enBy Wendy Smith Students may have gone tire UT system.

Staff positions offer the home for the summer, but there’s still plenty of activ- same benefits as any state ity on the campus at the job, like health and dental University of Tennessee. care and retirement plans.

But the university offers That means numerous job additional perks. opportunities.

WHERE Full-time employ“We want to the ees may enget the word roll for up to out that UT nine credit hires,� says hours of recruiter classes each Cynthia Mansemester, and imning. mediate family The university has several openings members save 50 percent for summer custodial staff on tuition costs.

The university encourand in the administrative temporary pool. Summer ages its employees to purpositions run through mid- sue degrees. Manning herAugust. Candidates must self completed her master’s apply online at hr.utk.edu/ degree as a full-time employee. UT also covers prorecruitment.

While UT is in the busi- fessional development for ness of granting degrees, full-time staff members.

The university offers those aren’t an employment requirement for all jobs. ample opportunities for ad“People have the impres- vancement. Once employed sion that all jobs require by UT Knoxville, staff degrees, but that’s not true,� members can apply for jobs throughout the UT system, Manning says.

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Salon Les Cheveux owner Demethra Forrest works on the hair of longtime customer Danita Jones. Photo by Bonny Millard

‘Laugh, cry, curl’ Multicultural salon finds home in Farragut

She went to work for JCPenney for a short period of time before deciding that she liked being her own boss better. Forrest said being the shop owner allows her to set her own schedule, and she works extended hours if necessary to accommodate her customers’ schedules.

Forrest graduated from Dudley Beauty College in Charlotte, N.C., in 1999, and then earned her instructor’s license from the Tennessee School of Beauty in 2010.

She’s not currently teaching, but she doesn’t rule it out for the future.

Forrest offers a wide range of services including hairstyling, hair coloring, eyebrows, extensions, braids, dreadlocks and Brazilian blowouts. She has two stylists who work for her. The salon is closed on Sundays and Mondays. For more on her services, visit the website at http://www. salonlescheveux.com/.

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By Bonny Millard Hairstylist Demethra Forrest’s dream to operate her own hair salon started as a teenager when her first clients were family members. “I started doing my family members when I was young,� she said, adding that she was always dissatisfied with her own hairstyle after visiting a salon and usually came away crying. “It was always a dream of mine to do hair and own my own salon.�

Two years ago, she opened Salon Les Cheveux (French for Hair Salon) in the Stonecrest Shopping Center in Farragut. It wasn’t the first time she’d had her own shop, however. Initially, Forrest converted the garage in her house to a salon and kept that shop for four years.

cultural salon, and Forrest said she chose Farragut because there weren’t any other African-American salons in the area, and she has ties to the community. “I went to school at Farragut High School. I saw an opportunity, and I took it,� she said. Many of her clients are loyal customers who have followed her from shop to shop, but she also takes on new customers. While Forrest talked about her business, she worked on the hair of longtime customer and friend, Danita Jones. Jones said she’s been a client of Forrest since they were in high school when they worked together at a grocery store.

Forrest said she wants her customers to feel at home while they are in her shop. “It’s relaxation time for the adults,� she said.

Her clients often talk about what is going on in their lives. “Being a hairdresser is kind of like being a therapist. You wear many hats,� she said. “We laugh, we cry, we curl. We do it all.�

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STEM emphasis at Summer Institute This year’s Summer Institute at Pellissippi State Community College will get a boost to include a new STEM – science, technology, engineering and mathematics – emphasis, thanks to a $46,760 grant from the American Honda Foundation. “This grant will help fund academic programs for urban high school students that will provide rigorous exposure to relevant STEM career fields,� said L. Anthony Wise Jr., Pellissippi State president. “This exposure will broaden the educational opportunities for these students and allow them to consider new fields of study for college and career.�

The grant was awarded through the Pellissippi State Foundation.

Summer Institute takes place at Pellissippi State’s Hardin Valley Campus each summer and is open to rising sophomores from Aus-

tin-East and Fulton high schools. The program is affiliated with Project GRAD Knoxville, which seeks to boost excellence in education, particularly in the city’s urban schools.

The American Honda Foundation grant will fund enhancements to four STEM programs at the 2014 Summer Institute: alternative energy, robotics, aquabiotics and photographic science. The grant also will support professional development, a new instructor, field trips and equipment. “Through grant giving, the American Honda Foundation seeks to develop youth in the areas of math, science, engineering, technology and literacy,� said Alexandra Warnier, foundation manager. “We are proud to partner with Pellissippi State on its important contribution in this area and look forward to the

impact and results that will be achieved.�

The Summer Institute has been taking place since 2001 and serves about 150 students per year. Since 2005, 946 students who participated in the Summer Institute have gone on to graduate from high school and earn a college scholarship for up to four years.

Summer Institute participants from Austin-East and Fulton who have continued on to attend college at Pellissippi State have had a higher GPA and have taken fewer pre-college-level courses than students from those two high schools who have enrolled at Pellissippi State but not taken part in the summer program.

Info: www.pstcc.edu or 865-694-6400. To learn more about the Pellissippi State Foundation and its many giving opportunities, call 865-694-6528.

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By Bonny Millard Two Knox County teachers who were chosen as Outstanding Teacher of the Year by the Rotary Club of Knoxville share a similar teaching philosophy. They believe all students can learn despite daily challenges they may face.

Haley Kesler, a firstgrade teacher at Lonsdale Elementary School, and Romy Reed, a specialRomy Reed education teacher at Halls Middle School, received the award during Teacher Appreciation Week at a Rotary Club meeting.

Both women said they were honored by the selection and thanked the organization.

Rotarian Mary Lynne Derrington said the teachHaley Kesler ers were selected from applicants across the Knox County school system.

The club’s Education Recognition Committee sent letters in January to all principals asking them to nominate a teacher for the award.

The committee reviewed and evaluated the nominations based on categories that included professional development, excellence in the classroom, school and community services and how the teachers enhanced teaching and learning within the school community, said Derrington, committee chair.

One teacher is selected from an elementary school and one from either a middle or a high school.

Kesler, who taught at Inskip Elementary School for four years before coming to Lonsdale last year, said she loves teaching the first grade because she teaches students how to learn, how to love learning and how to read. There is no greater gift than learning to read, she said.

Lonsdale Principal Amy Brace introduced Kesler, saying she is the “kind of teacher you’d want your child to have.”

Brace also said Kesler builds positive, caring relationships with both her students and her students’ families.

“Lonsdale is a better place because of Haley,” Brace said.

Reed has been at Halls for the past five years and taught at another school for seven years prior to that. She teaches special education.

“I’ve learned to appreciate each day,” Reed said. “I believe everyone can learn.”

Although she is the teacher, Reed said she learned some of her most valuable lessons from her students. Working with special-needs students requires patience and flexibility, she said.

Her principal, Tim Wiegenstein, said that as a special-ed teacher, Reed works with the most fragile population of students. Reed provides a caring and inclusive atmosphere while creating a great learning environment, he said.

Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre thanked the Rotary and said these two teachers reflect skill and “incredible dedication” in serving their students.

The teachers each received a $500 check and a $250 gift card for A&W Supply, donated by Rotarians Rob Johnson and Joe Johnson. Derrington also presented them with a plaque.

Rotary Club of Knoxville meets at noon Tuesdays at the Marriott downtown.

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Mike Hammond talks about traveling to Ethiopia with Bethany Christian Services to promote foster parenting. Photo by Betsy Pickle

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By Betsy Pickle County Commissioner Mike Hammond stepped away from politics to talk about some of his other passions to the Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce.

As speaker for the chamber’s breakfast series last Tuesday, Election Day, Hammond might have been expected to make a lastminute appeal for votes, since he was running for Criminal Court clerk, but his only plea for the day was to encourage people to go and vote, period.

Hammond put local government in a sobering nutshell: There are 11 county commissioners and nine school board representatives, meaning that a majority of six on the former and five on the latter – 11 people total – decide what happens with our county tax dollars.

Gulp.

The bulk of the presentation by Hammond (who won

his race, by the way) at Rothchild Conference Center was on things he’s done beyond Knox County. Way beyond.

The veteran radio broadcaster started with glitz and patriotism – talking about touring U.S. military bases in Kuwait and Iraq with country star Craig Morgan in 2011. Hammond warmed up the crowds and served as emcee for Morgan’s shows, which – judging by the photos he showed – were met with enthusiasm by the servicemen and servicewomen.

Hammond had plenty of pictures of Morgan and the troops – and of the lavish palaces built by the late Saddam Hussein. He kept his narration upbeat for the most part – getting in an amusing dig at Hussein’s French collaborators – but he brought on a chill talking about a park Hussein built for his grandchildren after executing their father and about a stage still covered

with bloodstains.

The second part of Hammond’s slideshow covered his trip to Ethiopia on behalf of Bethany Christian Services. The numbers of orphans in Ethiopia (and other African countries) are staggering, but what makes the situation even worse is that so many of the children are living on their own, with no families and no shelter.

Bethany is trying to introduce and encourage a fostercare system in Ethiopia, and Hammond got to spend time with the first foster family in Ethiopia. He compared the quality of life in Ethiopia to that of the United States – there is no comparison. The humblest shack in the U.S. would be a middle-class home in Ethiopia.

Hammond was visibly moved by his experience and did a great job conveying the need for help for the fostering program to his listeners.

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It’s the tastiest prize worth winning, and this coming Thursday through Sunday, you’re invited to see who gets to take it home.

The fifth annual International Biscuit Festival, “a celebration of that most perfect of foods – the biscuit,� is coming to downtown Knoxville.

It’s a testament to the popularity of this most Southern of delicacies that the festival has expanded from its usual three days to four. The Food Network is on board, and one of its brightest stars – Tyler Florence, host of “Tyler’s Ultimate� and “The Great Food Truck Race� – will make an appearance.

John Craig, a realestate developer who has been involved in the renovation of Market Square, is the “Biscuit Boss.� “One of the perks of helping to start a festival is that you get to pick your own title!� he says. “We love alliteration in naming things like ‘Biscuit Boulevard’ and ‘Biscuit Bazaar,’ so ‘Biscuit Boss’ just came naturally.�

He’s especially happy because this year, beyond the food and entertainment, the event will have the added element of paying it forward. “An Evening with Tyler Florence� will not only bring the popular chef to a Knoxville audience, it will also help to feed hungry kids. “As a sponsor of the Biscuit Festival, Food Network

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Carol’s Corner is donating $10 for every ticket sold for Tyler Florence’s show to Second Harvest’s Food for Kids program,� Craig says.

“For kids who rely on school meals for their primary nutrition, summer can be a time of uncertainty and even despair,� says Jim Clayton, executive vice president of corporate social responsibility at Scripps Networks Interactive, the parent company of Food Network.

Lindsey Spindle, chief brand officer for Share Our Strength, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending childhood hunger, agrees. “The Biscuit Festival truly has become one of the best regional food festivals in the country, so we couldn’t be more pleased to be connected in this very

meaningful way,� she says on the festival’s website.

A sold-out show will result in a $15,000 contribution from the Food Network. That’s more than 45,000 meals for about 600 vulnerable kids in an 18-county area.

What began as a fun gathering for biscuit-loving friends and family has grown into a nationally recognized food festival. In 2012, the Southern Food Writing Conference got involved, bringing together authors, chefs, publishers, publicists and others who love Southern food and those who write about it.

The event attracts around 25,000 people to the area each spring.

There will be demonstrations of biscuit-making on Saturday, May 17, culminating in a biscuit-baking contest.

All kinds of biscuits, “from basic to fancy,� according to Craig, will be available for sampling at the Biscuit Boulevard Tasting Area. Tickets are $10 for five samples. Participants get to vote for their favorite.

Many lighthearted competitions are scheduled, including a Biscuit Songwriting Contest and a “Miss or Mr. Biscuit Pageant,� in which “only the most poised, most talented, the most Biscuity can earn the coveted title of Miss and Mr. Biscuit,� says the website. The entrants will be judged on “Biscuit Making Fashion, Poise and a Biscuitrelated Talent.� Mast General Store sponsors this grin-in-

ducing event. “An Evening with Tyler Florence,� scheduled for 8 p.m. Sunday, May 18, at the Tennessee Theatre, will cap off four days of biscuit-related fun. A free and open-tothe-public event, The Great Food Truck Extravaganza,

will precede the show from 6 to 8 p.m. Some of the best food trucks in the state will be there selling their scrumptious wares.

The International Biscuit Festival takes place May 15-18 in downtown Knoxville. For ticket information,

including how to get VIP tickets for a Tyler Florence “meet and greet,� call the Tennessee Theatre box office at 684-1200 or log on to Ticketmaster.com. For information about the International Biscuit Festival, visit http:// biscuitfest.com.

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NEWS FROM PAIDEIA ACADEMY OF KNOXVILLE

Annual Golf Classic P

aideia Academy’s second annual Golf Classic was a great success!

The four-man swat tournament was played last week at Avalon Golf and Country Club to raise money for the school’s Annual Fund.

Teams played for great prizes and giveaways, generously donated by school families and area businesses. More than 25 businesses sponsored the tournament, including $XEUH\ÂśV &KLFN ÂżO $ &OD\WRQ Homes, Egerton McAfe, and Gentry Tipton McLemore.

Committee member Michael Tucker hopes that the event was an enjoyable opportunity for folks outside of

the school to experience what the Paideia community is like.

Tucker says, “I love this tournament because it supports something I am passionate about – classical Christian education and how I see it positively growing, shaping, and nurturing my children.

It’s a fun way to spend the day and support an excellent cause!�

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To learn more about sponsorship opportunities for Paideia Academy’s events, visit paideiaknoxville.org.

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Junior thesis presentations Eleventh graders at Paideia Academy have recently completed their junior thesis presentations. Juniors choose a specialized field of interest and explore and research the philosophical and historical foundations of this field. By the end of the junior year, each student develops a 20-40 page

thesis that presents his or her philosophy of that field.

This year’s topics included: ■Resounding Truth: Comparing Musical Teaching Styles ■Psyched: A glimpse inside the psychosomatic unity of Imago Dei ■“For Whom the Bells Toll:� A Monument of Time ■Autobiography: My life story as it pertains to caretaking ■Frames: The Fulfillment of Philosophy in Modern Fairy Tales ■Growth: The Fruit of Labor through the Fruit of the Spirit in the Medical Field ■Keep Out!: Business Integrity in the Public Square The final stage of each student’s thesis is the senior project. Over the next year, each student will take

Hannah Warrick presents her junior thesis “’For Whom the Bells Toll:’ A Monument of Time.�

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Joshua Barbour presents his junior thesis “Frames: The Fulfillment of Philosophy in Modern Fairy Tales.� this research and philosophy and put it into practice, creating their ideas. Several projects to be completed from these topics may include a piano composition or curriculum, bell tower blueprint, volunteer counseling ministry, medical practices proposal and a short film.

National Latin Exam awards Congratulations to the following Paideia Academy students for their excellent performance on the National Latin Exam in Latin II: â– John Sadler - Gold Medal - Summa Cum Laude â– Kimberly Tanner - Silver Medal - Maxima Cum Laude â– Conlan DeLorenzo - Silver Medal - Maxima Cum Laude â– Nehemiah Guinn - Silver Medal - Maxima Cum Laude â– Aidan Leach - Cum Laude This is a national test taken by over 154,000 students in 49 states and 17 foreign countries.

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Jackson conquers addiction after multiple rehab attempts Vonnie Jackson’s been raped, beaten, in and out of jail, homeless and has had her child taken away.

“The usual,” the Maryville woman says casually. Peaceful and pleasant now as she sits calmly in an easy chair, Jackson says the horrors of her past are not uncommon at all for women who have suffered from addiction.

Jackson, 62, has checked herself into rehabilitation programs more than two dozen times, but says she is finally clean and clean for good, after graduating from the Women in Treatment program at Peninsula Lighthouse.

“I have been in and out of treatments all over the country,” Jackson says. “It’s embarrassing to say how many times, but I never could grasp it. I guess I never was willing to.”

Jackson says Women in Treatment at Peninsula Lighthouse is the only program she’s found that is exclusively for women.

That makes a difference, she says, because there are certain things an addicted woman just can’t talk about in mixed company.

“I felt really safe in my group to let it all out, and talk about all the locked-in stuff,” Jackson says. “The stuff that you’ve held inside for years is what does the most damage.”

The first thing Jackson had locked inside was sexual molestation that happened when she was a young girl. Introduced to marijuana at age 14, and then alcohol, she eventually progressed to heroin and cocaine use.

By the time her baby was 6 months old, the 16-year-old mother was snorting heroin. By the time her daughter was 2, Jackson was injecting it.

“The addiction doesn’t let you have a normal life,” she says. “You have pieces of relationships. You sort of live outside the family. You show up once in awhile, but you’re not really a part of anything.”

Out of all the mistakes Jackson has made as a result of her addictions, the way she’s treated her family haunts her the most.

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cidal plan. She says enrolling in Women in Treatment at Peninsula Lighthouse got the ball rolling and, after all those years in all those rehab programs, she finally got it right.

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Since her first day with Women in Treatment at Peninsula Lighthouse, Jackson’s become part of a 12-step program, renewed her faith in God and found a whole new life.

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The Battle of Champion Hill (May 16, 1863) HISTORY AND MYSTERIES | Dr. Jim Tumblin

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tudents of the Civil War have debated the “What ifs?” of that war for many years and in many forums.

A favorite “What if?” asks whether the South could have won the Battle of Gettysburg (7/1-3/1863) if Gen. Jeb Stuart’s Cavalry, Gen. Robert E. Lee’s “Eyes and Ears,” had been present from the first day.

Historian Richard McMurry’s “What if?” asks: If Gen. Joseph Johnston and his 50,000 Confederates had properly fortified the gap at the Battle of Snake Creek Gap in North Georgia (5/7-12/1864), could they have stymied Gen. William T. Sherman’s 100,000 Union troops early in the campaign for Atlanta and forestalled Sherman’s “March to the Sea” and his eventual capture of Savannah?

Another important “What if?” occurred 151 years ago this month when Confederate Gen. John C. Pemberton was defeated

by Gen. Ulysses Grant at Champion Hill, Mississippi, a prelude to the Siege of Vicksburg.

Holding Vicksburg was critical for the Confederates. Jefferson Davis said, “Vicksburg is the nail head that holds the South’s two halves together.” It blocked Union navigation of the Mississippi, controlled the mouth of the Red River and protected vital Port Hudson. It allowed Confederate access to the states west of the river upon which they depended for cattle, horses

and reinforcements for their armies.

Considered “The Gibraltar of the Confederacy,” Vicksburg’s natural defenses on a high bluff overlooking a horseshoe-shaped bend in the river made it impossible to attack from the water. Pemberton had a garrison of 30,000 Confederate troops and mounted 172 big guns to defend his bastion.

On its north and east, the Yazoo Delta, an area of 200 miles north to south and 50 miles wide, was a complex network of waterways.

That untamed wilderness was difficult enough on foot but effectively impassable on horseback or for the wheeled vehicles necessary to supply an army. And, of course, the river itself made transporting thousands of men across its wide expanse a very imposing task.

Grant made several attempts to flank Vicksburg’s defenses and to build canals to facilitate movement of troops and supplies. He was blocked by Pemberton’s counter moves and by the pernicious terrain surrounding the city. Finally, on the dark, moonless night of April 16, 1863, Adm. David D. Porter dared to run the batteries with a fleet of 12 Union ships, losing only one of them. Now Grant had the ships south of Vicksburg and could plan and launch the largest amphibious operation in American history up to that time.

Grant’s 22,000 infantrymen laid corduroy roads and built bridges down the

west side of the river as they slogged their way south through Louisiana. He would move 17,000 of those troops across the river at Bruinsburg, 40 miles south of Vicksburg, from April 20 to May 1.

The 200-mile inland campaign then moved with lightning-like rapidity, reminiscent of Gen. Stonewall Jackson’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign in 1862.

Grant prevailed against stiff resistance at Port Gibson (May 1) and Raymond (May 11-12) and then successfully blocked Gen. Joseph Johnston’s troops from joining Pemberton when he was defeated at Jackson (May 12-14).

Proper coordination between Pemberton and Johnston could have placed Grant’s forces in a vise.

Johnston could have had 15,000 defenders at his disposal but, instead, allowed Grant to burn part of the town, destroy numerous factories and cut the railroad lines connecting Jackson and Vicksburg. Grant had successfully divided the two Confederate armies.

Pemberton’s 22,000 Confederates felt the full force of the Federal attack just two days later at Champion Hill. He held a council of war and decided to march southeast and attack the Union supply train and arriving reinforcements. The army moved out on May 15, slowed by delays for which Pemberton was responsible.

By nightfall the column had moved only five miles.

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Grant moved to intercept Pemberton, employing the corps of Gens. James B. McPherson and John A. McClernand, while Sherman’s corps remained in Jackson.

Three divisions were near Bolton on the Jackson Road, two on the Middle Road and two on the Raymond Road when Union troops bivouacked on the 15th.

Pemberton pickets clashed with Grant’s approaching columns on the morning of May 16, and Pemberton issued orders to countermarch through Edwards and out the Brownsville Road, but he was too late.

McPherson had advanced from Bolton and was nearing Champion Hill, which stood at an elevation of 75 feet above the flatlands surrounding it. To meet this threat, Pemberton deployed the three brigades of Gens.

Stevenson, Bowen and Loring fronted to the southeast.

Grant mounted his attack at 10:30 a.m. During the

intense fighting, Champion Hill and the crossroads changed hands three times.

The Confederates were outgeneraled, and by 5 p.m. they were fleeing across Baker’s Creek, leaving 27 cannons and hundreds of prisoners on the field.

They attempted a stand at Big Black River the next day but were again defeated and fled into the defenses of Vicksburg, where a 47-day siege resulted in Pemberton’s surrender to Grant on the nation’s birthday, July 4, 1863.

Many months would pass and many more lives would be lost between that fateful day at Champion Hill, the fall of Richmond and the final surrender at Appomat-

tox (4/12/1865).

The eminent historian J.F.C. Fuller would say, “The drums of Champion Hill sounded the doom of Richmond.”

“What if?” Grant had lost at Champion Hill and thus failed to capture Vicksburg?

Would President Lincoln have called a losing general east to become general-inchief of the Union armies and to eventually defeat Gen. Robert E. Lee, a task in which several preceding commanding generals had failed?

In his landmark speech in 1858, Lincoln had stated, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” Could a divided nation have become the leader of the free world?

EY Fellows studying financial planning at an April seminar at Home Federal Bank included Lannette Harris and Cheyenne Lloyd

Emerald Youth Fellows select colleges, train for the future

By Kelly Norrell Twelve urban high school seniors identified as likely innovators and public servants of the future are preparing for graduation and exciting new, adult roles.

The group is the 2014 Emerald Youth Fellows, tapped by an EYF selection committee in November. As they finish making college decisions, they are looking forward to becoming freshmen in the fall. But that isn’t all.

Working with community leaders as mentors, this third class of EY Fellows is already taking leadership classes. Topics include money management, interviewing skills, Christian community development, and more.

As EY Fellows, they belong to an elite group chosen yearly because of their leadership abilities and commitment to the community. The goal is to grow stellar urban leaders of the future, said Cedric Jackson, director of EY Fellows. Many of the members of the first two classes of EY Fellows are now students in colleges which include two out of state universities and more than 10 colleges and universities in Tennessee.

Jackson said the Fellows program equips urban students to become well rounded and succeed at challenges they typically face in college, including rigorous academics, managing their money and dealing with cultural diversity.

Recently, the group spent a morning at Home Federal Bank for a money management seminar led by Jonathan Mayfield, a commercial real estate loan officer. Another day they attended a session on interviewing skills led by Duane Setzer, president of Blue Ridge Restaurants.

Other training has included a day at the Alex Haley Farm in Clinton, where they participated in a seminar called “Race, Culture, Privilege and Identity Training.”

Another seminar, “Eight Key Principles of Christian Community Development,” focused on an approach to rebuild poor neighborhoods.

In one of their most exciting activities, on June 17, the Fellows will travel to Chicago to spend five days at Lawndale Community Church, a renowned urban mission in a poverty-stricken area. They will meet with church staff and the Lawndale Community Association, and with Noel Castellanos, director of the Christian Community Development Association.

The 2014 EY Fellows are: Brittani Whiteside, Ian Copeland, Lemerakle Ford, Edward Jones II, Katoia Lee and Delicia Ragland, Fulton High School; Alicia Lewis, Jaylan Rorex, Mikiah Webb, James Nelson and Lannette Harris, Austin East High School; and Cheyenne Lloyd, Powell High School.

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You may be entitled to compensation.

Call Attorney Charles H. Johnson 1-800-535-5727

Adoption

Rummage sale, Northside Christian Church, 4008 Tazewell Pike. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, MAY 16-17

THURSDAYS THROUGH MAY 22

Special Notices

THURSDAY-SATURDAY, MAY 15-17

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, MAY 23-25 Smoky Mountain Quilters of Tennessee Quilt Show and Competition, Cooper Athletic Center, Maryville College campus. Times: 9 a.m.-8 p.m.

Friday; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Sunday. Admission: $5; multiday pass: $8. Info: www. smokymtnquilters.com.

SATURDAY, MAY 24 Open jam session bluegrass, country, gospel music; 7 p.m.; old Rush Strong School, Leadmine Bend Road in Sharps Chapel. Free admission. Refreshments.

Donations appreciated. All invited.

Thunder Road Gospel Jubilee, 6 p.m., WMRD 94.5 FM, 1388 Main St., Maynardville. All pickers and singers welcome.

Cades Cove tour with Bill Landry, 9 a.m., departing from the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center in Townsend. Tickets: $50 per person; includes light snacks and a cold beverage. Reservations required: 448-8838.

Spaghetti dinner and silent auction, 5-9 p.m., Union County High School. To benefit the Northeast Union Volunteer Fire Department. Cake walk, carnival games for the kids, live music, bake sale and raffle. Admission: $5 per person/ $8 per couple; kids 5 and under eat free.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, MAY 24-25 The Great Smoky Mountain Llama Show, 8:30 a.m., Walters State Community College’s Great Smoky Mountains Expo Center. Covered warm-up ring. Free admission. Info: Jerry Ayers, 423-257-2875.

SUNDAY, MAY 25 Learn to Sew, Part 1, 2-4:30 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris.

Instructor: Janet Donaldson. Registration deadline: May 18. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

232 Motorcycles

238 Antiques Classics 260 Domestic

HAMMOND CHORD Organ & bench, orig. books, great working cond., (heavy). Local Knox pick up only. $425. 865-938-2018.

RANGER 2002 16' HARLEY SOFTAIL Bass Boat w/ Trlr, 1991, 26K act mi, 2002 Merc. mtr, 90 exc shape, $7500 obo.

HP, 20 hrs. Loaded.

865-475-2158; 388-2892 Details. 865-679-0009 HD 2005 Soft Tail delx, many extras, only mi, looks/runs like Campers 235 1500 new. Details 679-0009 Misc. Items 203 2012 19' Gulfstream HD Heritage Soft tail COSTUME JEWAmerilite camper, custom 2005, 35K mi., ELRY, assorted. like new, weight 2400 Vance & Hines pipes, lbs. $8,500. 865-455-9626 800 plus pcs. $275 $9,000. 865-908-8855 firm. 865-690-0002 ***Web ID# 404338*** Honda Grom 125 2014, new, 300 mi, too small, Household Furn. 204 WE BUY CAMPERS $3,000.

865-774-9791 Travel Trailers, 5th UNIQUE ANTIQUE Wheels, PopUps TRIUMPH Cobbler's Bench, lthr. & Motor Homes.

THUNDERBIRD WILL PAY CASH seat; For More Info 1600 2011, ABS, Call 865-300-2370 423-504-8036 blue/white, fresh tires, fresh service, COLEMAN POP-UP $$$ Triumph/ 1999, garage stored Household Appliances 204a with tlc. $4,000. Call other acc. $9500.

865-256-8099.

865-567-7998. ***Web ID# 406598*** DUTCHMAN 2008, 38', YAMAHA SCOOTER sleeps 7, perfect cond.

Zumba 2005, rebuilt, Must Sell. $19,000 obo. perfect, street legal.

Call 865-475-4141. $1500 obo. 931-788-1068.

FOREST RIVER Mini-Lite Travel Trailer, Autos Wanted 253 2010, 18' all fiber glass 2001 E. Magnolia Ave. 2400 lbs. fully equipped.

A BETTER CASH Absolutely like new.

OFFER for junk cars, Collectibles 213 $9,800. 865-567-8322 trucks, vans, running or not. 865-456-3500 NEW & PRE-OWNED GERMAN WWII INVENTORY SALE Autographs & German 2014 MODEL SALE Utility Trailers 255 WWII Postcards.

Check Us Out At All Major Sports Northgaterv.com 2012 Enclosed Covered Autographed pictures. or call 865-681-3030 Wagon cargo trlr.

A antique civil war era Sngl axle, blk, chrome, musket, elec. trains.

5'x9.5'. $1700.

Gary 604-3740.

Motor Homes 237 V-nose.

865-403-2413; 865-310-8906

Many different breeds Maltese, Yorkies, Malti-Poos, Poodles, Yorki-Poos, Shih-Poos, Shih Tzu, $175/up. shots Dogs 141 & wormed. We do layaways. Health guar.

Australian Shepherd Div. of Animal Welfare State of TN Puppies, 11 wks old, Dept. of Health.

2M, 2F, black tris. $250.

Lic # COB0000000015.

865-690-1623; 622-0233 423-566-3647 ***Web ID# 406838*** judyspuppynursery.com Terrier puppy, Manf’d Homes - Sale 85 Boston POMERANIAN AKC, born 2/25/14. 1 PUPPIES, M. $425. 865-254-5420 2 BR, 2 BA, lg LR, lg www.BetterBulls.com CKC Reg., S/W, All Curr. kit., 10x6 porch, vinyl ***Web ID# 405059*** $200. 423-775-3662 siding, C H/A, appls. $23,000. 865-258-5687 Cavalier King Charles, YORKIES, beautiful AKC puppies, born CKC, M&F, 3 colors, I BUY OLDER 2/19/14. 2M, 1F. 865vacs & vet ckd, $950MOBILE HOMES. 661-0095 $1100. 865-216-5770 1990 up, any size OK. ***Web ID# 405285*** 865-384-5643 DACHSHUNDS Mini Free Pets 145 Puppies. various colors.

Trucking Opportunities 106 Long hair. M & F ADOPT! 865-828-3930; 865-621-7072 Looking for an addiCarter Express CDL- m o rg an s m in i do x i e s . co m tion to the family?

A: New Pay! Solos GERMAN SHEPHERD Visit Young-Williams up to 37 cpm to Animal Center, the start. Teams up to 2 MALES & 1 FEM. AKC, Black & tan official shelter for 47 cpm to start.

865-856-6548 Knoxville & Home Daily. No Knox County.

Slip Seat.

No Touch, Newer GERMAN SHEPHERD Call 215-6599 puppies, CKC cert.

Equip 855-222-3243 Blk & tan. Ready or visit 5/31, taking dep. now.

Wanted To Buy 222 knoxpets.org $425. 865-394-4713 General 109 ***Web ID# 405336*** WANTED 4 DRAWER LETTER, fireproof AVON: A great op- HAVANESE, AKC, Farmer’s Market 150 file cab. with lock. portunity! Only $15 M&F, rare chocolate, Phone 865-363-3904 to start your busismall, vacs & vet ckd, 1944 FARMALL H, ness! Call 984-7735 $950-$1250. 865-216-5770 runs good, all orig. or 765-0450. ***Web ID# 405286*** Everything works. Boats Motors 232 $2500. 865-475-1182 Healthcare 110 Healthcare 110 2000 Searay 18' bow Free Hay Ready rider, 135 HP Mercruiser, to Cut & Roll low hrs, loaded w/many West Knox County extras. Mint cond.

865-789-6835 $8900. 865-257-3627 JOHN DEERE tractor 2840, good 80X16' JAMESTOWNER cond., $7500. Call HOUSEBOAT, WB 865-573-7588 $100K in recent renovations. Luxury live-aboard, cruising, VOL Navy, Booms Standing Saw Timber Day. 1996 custom, Stay at Home of Knoxville, the #1 company 865-984-4529 FB. Prime slip. Hot tub. Golf cart. 4 in compassionate care, is seeking live-in or staterooms. 2 full Building Materials 188 baths. Quick sale for hourly Caregivers/CNA’s in Knox Co area. $155,000. 865-719-2418 6 PIECES double Mileage is reimbursed. Must have metal truss, 5 1/2" W BAYLINER 1999, 19' x 26" H, 45' long. Call cuddy cabin, 135 HP excellent work references & pass for more info. on I/O, apprx 100 hrs, w/ both, 865-803-3633. trlr. $5200. 865-408-0756 comprehensive background check.

CAMPERS WANTED

GOOD AS NEW APPLIANCES

90 Day Warranty 865-851-9053

STAY AT HOME KNOXVILLE 405454MASTER Ad Size 2 x 2 bw W help wanted Caregivers / CNA's <ec>

For more information:

Email: gcrawford@stayhomeweb.com Call: (865) 357-2050

WANT TO BUY

NEW Metal Building, 50' W x 120' L. compl. w/roof ends & sides, all bolts & hrdware, never erected, 6,000 sq ft. 865803-3633

JC SUNTOON PONTOON BOAT 24' hardtop & trailer. $16,900. w/90 HP 2012 Yamaha 4 Stroke.

865-660-4812.

2002 GeorgieBoy Class 256 A, 34.5', 2 slides, Vans Ford V10, 65K mi, $24,900. 865-296-0892 CRYSLTER 2001 Red. Handicap Van. Fully 2008 Phaeton (by Tiffin), equipped; Top of the model 36GH, 36', 4 line. $15,000 865-898-7276 slides, 2 TVs inside & 1 outside, full awnings, Freightline chassis & Trucks 257 Cummings 380 HP, only 9600 mi. Looks CHEVY COLORADO new inside & out, has '07, extd. cab, 4cl, been serviced each year.

5spd, cruise, AC, $128,000. 865-577-1427 $7,600; 865-705-7362 WINNEBAGO, 2000, FORD 1978, 350, 12' Class A, 34', 2 slides, flatbed, recently 55K, No smoke/pets, rebuilt motor, $1900 V10, $29,900; 865-288-3555 obo. 865-475-1182

265

DODGE DART 1971, OLDS AURORA 1998, needs restored.

73k mi, strong svc Best Offer. Phone records, pearl wht 865-363-3154 w/beige leather int.

All pwr opt. Moonrf, never smoked in, Imports 262 garaged, new Michelins.

Over $2000 spent on svc in last yr. AC BMW 330ci 2001, 85K just svcd. Southern mi, black/tan, car. Clean Carfax, books/records, $9900 drives like new. See obo. 865-300-2537 pictures. $6400/bo. ***Web ID# 407246*** 865-985-0627 ***Web ID# 405144*** CHRYSLER SEBRING conv. 24K mi., like new. $3500 firm. Walter 865-988-7364.

LEXUS ES300 2000, Exc. cond. Loaded.

New tires. $4895/b.o.

865-397-7918

Flooring

330

LEXUS, GS300, 2002, TILE ingarg. kept, muti-disk cd, CERAMIC stallation.

Floors/ all pwr., sun-roof, 142k walls/ repairs. 33 mil. $7500. 865-919-2279 yrs exp, exc work!

John 938-3328 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE 2005.

Gray, 32108 miles, 333 automatic, 2.0L. Guttering $2500. (865)217-6319 HAROLD'S GUTTER SERVICE. Will clean Domestic 265 front & back $20 & up.

Quality work, guaranteed. Call 288-0556.

BUICK LESABRE 2004, 101K mi, V6, all power opts, AC, Lawn Care 339 $5700. 865-573-3814 ***Web ID# 402760*** PERKINS LANDSCAPE BUICK LUCERNE & LAWNCARE CXL 2008, silver ext., Spring Specials! gray int., lthr. pwr seats, Res. Lawns $25. Brn PW, PDL, 6 cyl. V6, hdwd mulch $30/yd FWD, 4 dr., Sat. radio installed. Dyed mulch & Onstar, 57K mi., $45/yd installed. $11,250. Call between Brush removal/ 8-5pm, 865-588-6250. cleanup. ***Web ID# 404683***

865-250-9405

CHEVY SONIC 1 LT, 2013, AT, 4 dr., 4 cyl., turbo, remote Painting / Wallpaper 344 start, all pwr, 2600 mi, $10,800. 865-522-4133 Powell's Painting & Remodeling - ResiChrysl. SEBRING 2001, dential & Commercial.

1 ownr, 135K mi, Free Estimates. 865loaded, sunrf, lthr int, 771-0609 custom whls, $4100 obo. Gary 865-604-3740 FORD CROWN Victoria 2004, clean, good car. Too much to list. $5400. 865-933-6802

Tree Service

LINCOLN NAVIGATOR 2003, white, $6500.

New tires. Good EXPLORER cond. 865-363-3632 Motorcycles 238 FORD Sport Track 2003, 84K mi., 4WD, V6, AT, Lincoln Town Car Silver. Exc. $10,500 BMW K1200LT 2002, 2006, 60K mi, firm. 423-745-5384.

18,155 miles. $9,000 firm. $7500.

865-983-8850 GMC SIERRA SLE 865-309-0456 crew cab 2008, 37K mi., Immac! $22,900 CAN-AM SPYDER ST Michelins, 2013, less than 20 mi, or trade, 865-382-0365. $20,400 dealer price 2014. ***Web ID# 405247*** Reduced to $18,000 or reas. b.o. 865-233-2545; Antiques Classics 260 250-5531 HARLEY DAVIDSON CHEVY IMPALA 1958, Ultra Classic 2009, 283 AT, too many $4500 in upgrades. new parts to mention.

1150 mi. Mint cond.

Call for details. $16,800. 423-404-2862. $35,000/b.o. 423-626-7311 ^

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