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IN THIS ISSUE Hancocks bring beauty to trail Al and Marty Hancock have made their home for the past 20 years in a U-shaped house on the Holston Hills Dogwood Trail.

Its beautifully maintained interior courtyard includes a koi pond with water lilies, plus an abundance of native trees and plants. Now it is open for the Dogwood Trail.

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Pictures and story on page 3

Someone’s right, someone’s wrong Texas paid $1.75 million to get rid of basketball coach Rick Barnes. Tennessee snapped him up before the ink on the check was dry.

We’ll find out later to what degree Barnes is re-energized.

That will eventually determine which athletic director was correct, crusty and disgruntled Steve Patterson or alert, determined and sometimes crusty Dave Hart.

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Read Marvin West on page 4

A dark side to Knoxville biking As a community, we spend a lot of time talking about the benefits of bicycling. It’s good for the environment. It’s good for our bodies. It’s pure joy for those of us who love cycling.

But there’s a dark side to bicycling in Knoxville.

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Read Wendy Smith on page 5

’Shrek’ shines at Holston Middle The Holston Middle School show choir presented “Shrek the Musical Jr.” Director Natalee Beeler and her staff should be proud of her group for bringing down the house with great music and hilarious scenes from the swamp.

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Read Ruth White on page 8

Growing FISH FISH originally started as a food delivery system, with families in need calling a hotline. In 1986, when there were not enough volunteers to answer the phone, Jim Wright decided to invite those who had transportation or lived within walking distance to pick up their food at an East Knoxville church basement.

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Read Nancy Whittaker on page 9

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Bubba makes ‘scallywag’ business

By Betty Bean Most of Bubba’s Barrels’ customers are out of state, or international, even. But the destination of the shiny steel barrel sitting in Bubba’s front parking lot last Tuesday was Crafty Bastard Brewery, opening this spring three miles south of Bubba’s in Emory Place.

The transaction is an example of the community that Carl Clements wanted to join when he settled on Knoxville as his adopted hometown six years ago.

“We’ve gotten an amazing amount of support from local business owners,” said Clements, a burly, bearded, overall-wearing guy whose business has gone from zero to more than $1 million in annual revenue in four years. (We’ll resist the urge to say he’s “barrelchested” because it’s too easy.)

The 46-year-old Texan traveled the world after graduating from Texas A&M: two years in Africa with the Peace Corps, most of another year traveling around the continent, multiple road trips across the U.S. and considerable business traveling on his previous job selling durable medical equipment.

“I made the good money, had the good life – selling the parts that make cell phones work. I still do that so I won’t have to draw a

salary out of this business,” he said.

So how did he decide on Knoxville?

“I went to North Carolina a lot and had a good Peace Corps friend in Knoxville. One day I looked at my phone and saw more 865 numbers than anywhere else. Knoxville’s a good place to live, a scallywag town. Most of the people who lived here sided with the North in the Civil War. “I don’t want to live in DallasFort Worth, but I love living in the South without having to live in Birmingham to do it.

“We’re geographically in the South, and it’s a middle-class town with lots more amenities than we deserve for our size. I really like Knoxville, except for historic districts that think we need to be wealthy to live in them.”

So he found a house in North Hills and made quick connections in the music scene. Two years later, he started the barrel business in his basement.

“I bought some used barrels.

Then I bought three more. Then I bought 40 more,” he said. “Then somebody calls and asks, ‘Can you put a drain in that?’ “‘Sure,’ I say. But I had no idea …”

Carl Clements

Photo by Ruth White

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Bike summit puts safety in spotlight

By Betsy Pickle Outdoor KnoxFest is drawing a crowd before it even starts.

The fest takes place FridaySunday, April 24-26. But don’t be surprised if you see groups of bicyclists gathering in downtown Knoxville as early as Wednesday, April 22. That’s when the Tennessee Bike Summit, hosted by Bike Walk Knoxville, begins.

“We picked the dates of the summit so that we could carry over to the festival,” says Caroline Cooley, president of Bike Walk Knoxville.

The summit gets rolling with a 5:30-7 p.m. ride around Knoxville, starting at the Sunsphere and sponsored by Smoky Mountain Wheelmen. A welcome party follows at Scruffy City Hall.

The business end starts at 7:30 a.m. Thursday, April 23, at the Knoxville Convention Center, with sessions on infrastructure and

policy, advocacy and education, and recreation and development.

Local, national and international panelists will lead the sessions. The summit is geared toward “cycling and sustainabletransportation advocates, traffic engineers, planners, public health officials, landscape architects, researchers, cycling retailers and elected officials,” according to www.tnbikesummit.org.

Cooley is happy to have the heavy hitters, but she says the summit will benefit anyone who feels a passion for making streets safer for bicyclists and pedestrians.

“Advocates are just ordinary people,” she says. “We’re all volunteers. We’re all just interested citizens. The summit would be an excellent place to start for someone who’s interested in how to get involved.”

Cooley is a lifelong cyclist and an advocate since 2001, when

she helped form the Bicycle Advisory Committee, which advises the Transportation Planning Organization. Bike Walk Knoxville was created in 2012 as the local chapter of Bike Walk Tennessee, which started in 2009. Previous summits have been held in Chattanooga, Memphis and Nashville.

Also a member of the Appalachian Mountain Bike Club, Cooley says mountain bikers want “good mountain bike trails, but we also want good on-the-road facilities as well as greenways.”

Knoxville is gaining a reputation as a bicycle-friendly town, especially since City Council passed a Complete Streets ordinance last October. The summit will offer examples of what other cities are doing as well as new designs in bicycle facilities.

“Surveys and various studies have shown that there are a lot of people who would like to bike

more, but they’re concerned about their safety,” says Cooley. “We won’t get bicycling more mainstream if we don’t improve the actual infrastructure that makes it safe for people to bike.”

The summit’s keynote speakers are Gil Penalosa, founder of 8-80 Cities and an international consultant on creating vibrant and healthy communities for all; and Martha Roskowski, director of the Green Lane Project and vice president of local innovation at PeopleForBikes.

The summit will end Friday afternoon in time for attendees to join the AMBC-organized, opento-the-public Bike Scavenger Hunt Ride and Social, 5:30-9 p.m., starting and ending at the Public House, 212 W. Magnolia Ave. Registration is still open at www.tnbikesummit.org. Cost is $85 for both days of sessions and $45 for one day.

Cumberland Avenue Project worries property owners

By Betty Bean Mayor Madeline Rogero is moving forward with a plan to drastically alter Cumberland Avenue, even as the project doubled in price and property owners raised objections.

With a compliant City Council, Rogero flipped $10 million from a project to widen a portion of Washington Pike to the Cumberland Avenue project after nobody bid initially and the second bid came in at $25 million.

The idea is to make “The Strip” more bike and pedestrian friendly by restricting curb cuts and cutting traffic from four lanes to two with a grassy median. How do the folks who earn a living on The Strip feel about this?

Joe Burger and his family moved to Knoxville after he bought five McDonald’s restaurants from the Litton Cochran family in 2007, the same year that the Cumberland Avenue redevelopment project hit the drawing board.

In 2011, Burger spent $1.5 million tearing down and replacing the old McDonald’s at 1720 Cumberland Ave. after consulting with city officials.

He was told that Cumberland would end up with three lanes – McDonald’s owner Joe Burger and one eastbound, one westbound Cumberland Avenue Project man- plus a turn lane.

He figured he could survive. ager Anne Wallace at a meeting of But after he reopened in Octhe Cumberland Avenue Merchants tober 2011, he learned that the Association Photo by Betty Bean project’s design had changed yet

again. The turn lane would be a median, allowing left turns only at selected intersections.

Project manager Anne Wallace said the first plan called for no curb cuts at all.

“This was not well received and was very expensive, since we’d be literally buying businesses, so we stepped back and decided on a median rather than a center turn lane.”

If he’d known how the plan would end up, Burger said he doubts he would have gone forward with building a new building.

“They changed the game on us.

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Knoxville firefighter finds fix to extinguish knee issues Ever since middle school, Shawn Langley wanted to be a firefighter. At 46, he has battled blazes with various units, including the City of Knoxville Fire Department, for a total of 23 years.

“It’s just helping people,” Langley said.

“You never want somebody’s house to be on fire, but if it is, I want to be the first one there to help them.”

These days, however, it’s other Knoxville firefighters who are helping Langley. He had his right knee replaced at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center on Feb. 3, and Langley’s coworkers have been there to help.

“They’ve been there with my family through this,” Langley said. “Somebody takes me to physical therapy or meets me there. Firefighters have a special bond that people just don’t realize. The brotherhood is unbelievable; it’s a second family.”

Langley’s right knee was injured 10 years ago in an apartment house fire off Lonas Road.

“I had a three-story brick wall collapse on me. I don’t remember a whole lot of it,” he said. “I have been battling this (knee injury) since then. I’ve had five other knee surgeries, just trying to prolong the replacement.”

Langley said he might have had the replacement surgery earlier, except that his wife, Lisa Ann, developed breast cancer in 2010. She died in 2011. “That played a lot into it,” he said. “I had planned on doing it before she got sick. But God had a different plan and direction for us.”

Dr. Michael T. Casey, orthopedic surgeon at Fort Sanders Regional, has been Langley’s physician for several years and cleaned out the torn cartilage several times with arthroscopic procedures.

Last fall, Langley decided to undergo a complete knee replacement.

“It was just time,” said Langley. “With everything that has happened with my wife, I just realized you have to live for today. Dr.

A firefighter for 23 years, Shawn Langley came to Fort Sanders Regional to have knee replacement surgery in hopes of returning to the job he loves.

Knee doesn’t have to be a pain An estimated 10.4 million Americans visited their doctors because of common knee injuries in 2010, according to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

As the population of the United States gets older and increasingly is overweight, reports of knee pain are on the rise as well.

But there’s a difference between normal knees, achy from overuse, and an injury to the knee that needs to be treated by a specialist.

“Normal knee pain Michael Casey, MD occurs if you’ve been cleaning out the garage or working in the yard after you haven’t done anything for months,” said Dr. Michael T. Casey, an orthopedic surgeon with Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center.

“If there’s a little achy soreness in the front part of the knee, that’s generally

OK,” he said.

For an achy knee, Casey said the first step is to ice the joint and take a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug like naproxen or ibuprofen.

“Rest is good, but not too much of it,” he said. “A little bit of rest is one thing, but some activity is better. I’d rather people be moving, get the knee moving, doing some walking, ride a stationary bicycle, do some stretching. Moving the knee is better than doing nothing with it.

“With ice, anti-inflammatories, and rest and gentle exercise, the pain will typically settle down on its own in a few days,” Casey said.

Sometimes, knee damage will not get better on its own. “If there’s a specific event to the knee, such as you fell and twisted it, or hit it, that can be more serious,” said Casey.

“Or if knee pain lingers on for several days to a week, and there’s swelling, or if there are mechanical symptoms like catching, grabbing or locking, and the knee just doesn’t feel right, those are important indicators that you need to see a

specialist,” said Casey.

Even so, most knee pain is treated first without surgery. “Always try the conservative approach before the surgeries.

Medicine and physical therapy is very important. We do all of that before we even get MRI scans,” said Casey.

Knee surgeries include arthroscopic procedures to repair or remove damaged cartilage, or complete knee replacement procedures.

“We’re doing knee replacements in patients much younger than we used to because outcomes are so good,” said Casey.

“In years past, we would never do a knee replacement before age 65. But today it’s not uncommon for people in their early 50s to have them. We’re seeing much better outcomes with people being able to return to active lifestyles.”

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Casey and I had been prolonging it, and we had a long talk, and it was just time.

“He said I’m the one to make the decision. He told me all the pros and cons. Dr. Casey is tremendous. There’s not a better doctor than him. I did a lot of praying, and a lot of things just fell into place, and I realized it was just time.

“Before I changed my mind, he fit me in,” Langley said with a laugh.

He stayed at Fort Sanders for three days after his surgery.

“My care at Fort Sanders was extraordinary. It was just as good as gold! I was never uncomfortable. Everybody was well trained and it wasn’t hard at all. They had me up within 15 to 20 minutes of being in the room.

“I had two physical therapists who were phenomenal. All the nurses and therapists were all just extraordinary.

“And Dr. Casey was phenomenal. He laid everything out how it was going to go. He’s got the best bedside manner of any doctor around. He doesn’t sugar coat it. He tells you upfront, this is how it’s going to be. He’s just very honest (and) open in explaining everything.”

Today, Langley is still attending physical therapy at Fort Sanders three times each week, gaining strength and flexibility.

“It’s just going to take me a little time because there’s muscles I’ve not used for 10 years. I have walked with a limp all this time, but I’m not limping anymore. They say I’m above where I’m supposed to be,” he said.

His goal is to get back to work.

“If I don’t get back on the fire truck, it won’t be because I don’t do my part. I’ve got the best job in the world. I’ve always known that and never veered from it. I’ve never done anything else,” said Langley.

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Hancocks bring beauty to Dogwood Trail With the Dogwood Arts Festival kicking off today, April 8, Holston Hills gardeners Marty and Al Hancock are ready to show off the fruits of their hard work.

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The Hancocks have made their home for the past 20 years in a U-shaped house on the Holston Hills Dogwood Trail.

Its beautifully maintained interior courtyard includes a koi pond with water lilies, plus an abundance of native trees and plants.

The space isn’t huge, but the couple make the most of it.

“When we first saw the house, the courtyard was pretty much a mud hole,” said Marty. “Less than a month from now, the courtyard will be spectacular.”

With year-round TLC, the Hancocks have continued planting and mulching to create a serene oasis.

They have hosted bridal luncheons and numerous outdoor parties there.

“We have so much green in our garden, as well as colorful blooms,” said Al. “It gets green as goblins in the summer.”

In just a few weeks, the Hancocks’ courtyard will look as it did in this photo from spring 2014. Photo submitted

In 2012, the Hancock gardens were chosen to be part of the National Open Garden Conservancy. Gardens must be nominated, and very few are chosen for the annual tour. This year, the Knoxville event will be May 2.

Proceeds from the local tour benefit the Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum.

Marty is currently in the process of becoming a certified Master Gardener. She and a group of residents are also starting the first garden

Marty and Al Hancock in the interior courtyard of their house on the Holston Hills Dogwood Trail. club in Holston Hills.

South Knoxville is the 2015 featured area for the Dogwood Arts Festival. For a complete list of open gar-

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Contact Cindy Taylor at ctaylorsn@gmail. com.

A great life for a hillbilly

By Cindy Taylor According to Korean War veteran Jack Ensor, those who served during that conflict are the forgotten elite of a war that never was.

“Korea wasn’t a war. It was a police action that received little press coverage.

Most people didn’t know much about it. Vietnam veterans were ill-received when they returned home, and we (Korean veterans) experienced a similar homecoming,” said Ensor.

“For the most part, we were just ignored.”

Ensor enlisted in the Air Force to avoid being drafted to the infantry. He traveled to Japan aboard a ship and was assigned a top bunk.

“I knew I was going to be seasick the whole trip, so I found a way around that. I was trained as an MP but stole a couple of badges and switched them out so I could hide around the ship for 30 days. They hunted for me all during the trip and didn’t see me until we disembarked.

They thought I was overboard the whole time.”

Korean veteran Jack Ensor Photo by Cindy Taylor

Ensor remembers Korea as an impoverished area where native people often ate by going through garbage, and children were used as human bombs to try to get explosives into military areas. He tells a story about a young girl who dressed as a boy to get work on the base.

She was eventually found out and was adopted by an officer and his family who brought her back to America. He also tells of a Korean woman whose beautiful singing voice evoked memories of home for the soldiers when she sang the Hallelujah Chorus in Korean.

Many Americans died in Korea, but Ensor bore witness to death back home as well. One sunny day in September 2001, while Ensor was working in Pentagon City, is seared into his memory.

“My office was across the street, and my window faced the Pentagon. The planes had already hit the towers. We saw the explosion as a plane hit the Pentagon. I was often at an office in the Pentagon but was in my own office that day. I lost a couple of friends there.”

A Knoxville native, Ensor returned home after retiring from years of service as an executive with top clearance. He survived a home invasion in Maryland when he was 81 that left him nearly dead. He came back to Tennessee in search of a more secure residence.

“I have been around the world three times and have had a great life for a boy who was born a hillbilly.”

Ensor, 86, is a resident at Windsor Gardens, as is his brother Carl, who fought

He remembers sitting on his back porch drinking beer with his friend Dan Lipe, who subsequently designed the Bubba’s Barrels website.

“I told him if I could sell $40,000 a year, gross, that’d be great. That would mean I’d make about $10,000. We’ve doubled in size every year since then.

Last year, we did $1 million. This year, I expect to do $1.4 million. When I became a viable business, I started paying him. That’s how it works.”

After a while, he rented a space on Pembroke in the shadow of Sharp’s Ridge.

When business picked up, he built an outbuilding in the backyard. Grinding barrels is a noisy undertaking, and it’s good to be in an out-of-the-way spot that’s conveniently close to Broadway.

In a few weeks, he and his four full-time employees, plus his feisty Jack Russell terrier Brandy, will move a couple of blocks north to a 13,000-square-foot warehouse on Buchanan Street

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Weekday Walkers, 9 a.m. poker; 9:45 a.m. Super Stretchers; 10:30 a.m. SAIL exercise; 11 a.m. movie matinee; 2 p.m. guitar jam.

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Weekday Walkers; 9 a.m. pinochle; 10:30 a.m. FCE meeting; 11 a.m. Tai Chi for Beginners; 11:30 a.m. Tai Chi Arthritis; 12:30 p.m. Cardio Craze; 2 p.m. SAIL exercise.

■ Monday, April 13: 8-9:30 a.m. Weekday Walkers; 9 a.m.

Euchre; 10 a.m. quilting; 11:30 a.m. Super Seniors meeting, beading; 1 p.m. art class, diabetes class.

■ Tuesday, April 14: 8-10 a.m.

Weekday Walkers; 9 a.m.

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in WWII. He has two other brothers still living. All are veterans.

Surprisingly, Ensor has never toured Washington, D.C., but he’ll make the trip with HonorAir this April.

bound) cars a day turning left,” he said.

The plan “evolved” after the conversation with Burger, said city redevelopment director Bob Whetsel, insisting that Cumberland will still be a three-lane street and that cars can turn left just east of McDonald’s and access it from 18th Street.

Burger countered that a grassy median is not a “lane” and said that his property is designed to allow cars to enter from Cumberland Avenue and “stack up” without obstructing parking or backing up onto the street.

“Convenience is a big deal. At least 50 percent of our business is from impulse customers, and if they come in from 18th Street, they’ll have to turn left, come down to our driveway, go around the building to get in line. It’s going to be a mess.

“They said it would be three lanes the entire way.

One lane each way and a continuous turn lane. … We all expressed our opinion, and they said this is the way this is going forward. They said TDOT did a study and that’s the safest way to do it,” Burger said.

Mike Chase opened the Copper Cellar on Cumberland 40 years ago, and it became the first in what is now a 17-restaurant chain. He is worried about the two-anda-half-year construction period and predicts that many businesses won’t survive. He agrees with Burger’s criticism of restricting left turns and is critical of the city’s lack of action on a longpromised parking garage.

Chase also doesn’t like the “form-based” code that has

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produced the Evolve Apartments, a mixed-use development combining student housing and storefront commercial units in the 2000 block that jut out to the sidewalk and appear to be vacant. The city gave Evolve a $200,000 tax break.

Bob Monday, property owner leasing to Walgreens and FedEx Kinkos, agrees with Chase and Burger. All three are concerned that left-turning traffic will overwhelm the short turn lanes at the side streets and create bottlenecks.

“The stack-up lanes accommodate three to five car lengths, but if you have a big beer truck making a delivery, it would block the lane until it moves. It will be a nightmare in terms of traffic,” Monday said Joe Kirk, owner of Starbucks, said the city’s plan will damage taxpaying businesses.

“I think it’s a sham,” he said. “Whoever came up with the idea doesn’t have any common sense and has never been in business. It’s the busiest street in Knoxville, so we’re going to reduce the traffic? It’s an insult to our intelligence.”

City Council member Nick Pavlis, who represents the Cumberland Avenue Strip, said he understands the property owners’ concerns but says they should have spoken out earlier and louder. He said the aim of the plan is to make Cumberland Avenue “an extension of downtown. People will be coming there for a purpose, and at the end of the day, it will improve their business model, not be a burden.”

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Somebody is right, somebody is wrong By now, you’ve heard it all – great record, class act, good recruiter, better person, home-run hire!

Texas paid $1.75 million to get rid of basketball coach Rick Barnes. Tennessee snapped him up before the ink on the check was dry.

We’ll find out later to what degree Barnes is reenergized. That will eventually determine which athletic director was correct, crusty and disgruntled Steve Patterson or alert, determined and sometimes crusty Dave Hart.

Patterson, second year in his job, reviewed the past seven seasons and decided Barnes, age 60, had declined and no longer met Texas’ needs. Players were better than results. The team received NCAA tournament bids but didn’t stay

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long enough.

The Longhorns were hurt by hype, ranked higher in November than March.

Barnes finished in the AP top 25 once in those seven years. His Big 12 record in the other six seasons was 53-51.

What happened in Austin was a classic case of what have you done for us lately.

Best times were way back then. Now was perceived as stale. The fan base was taking a nap, but some cowboy conducted a poll. Many participants, still yawning, said ho-hum, nothing will ever

happen, but 75 percent did agree that Texas needed a new coach.

The old one was not properly inspiring big donors to donate. Heaven help us, he may even have lost touch with some high school coaches.

A mean-spirited insider leaked to the media a hypocritical ultimatum from Patterson: Dump assistants, make changes, maybe you could survive.

Big news! All assistants offered to resign. Barnes said no thanks. Patterson said see ya later.

Texas thus dismissed an honorable man believed to have faded. Does this sound football familiar?

You may know that UT is planning a new arena and supposedly needs bubbling enthusiasm to raise $450 million.

Hart, a tanned 66 or 67 without one gray hair, understands 60. He is not spooked. Older coaches seldom dash out front with new ideas or make as many all-night recruiting trips, but with strategic help, they can become secondary CEOs and famous fronts for their sport, wear nice suits, speak crisply in TV commentary and shoot straight to the Hall of Fame.

Hart responded immediately to the first hint of availability, as if Barnes were a gift directly from God. Here was a big-time winning coach with a clean reputation who would surely cover and maybe erase Dave’s most recent problems, the unfortunate selection and dismissal of Donnie Tyndall.

Based on his own experience, Hart thinks Barnes

will be rejuvenated. Being wanted is inspirational.

Six-year contract guarantees continuity. This is it for Rick, last stop. Hart believes he can do better than he has been doing.

Paying Barnes $2.25 million plus incentives is OK. Spending $51,000 from Tennessee’s depleted treasury for the search group didn’t do much. Out-and-in timing was so snug, some believe Rick was hired before he was fired.

Here are tidbits to help you decide what the Volunteers purchased: Barnes received the John R. Wooden “Legends of Coaching” honor in 2009.

The award recognizes lifetime achievement by those who exemplify Wooden standards.

Barnes received the U.S. Basketball Writers’ Good Guy Award in 2011.

Defense has been Barnes’ coaching priority. Rebounding is usually strong.

Assistants have been highly regarded recruiters.

There are 10 times more prized prospects in Texas than Tennessee.

Texas once reached No. 1, with a 17-0 record in the middle of 2009-10. The season crumbled. Longhorns went 7-10 in the second half.

Barnes’ only losing record, 16-18 in 2012-13, was punctuated by the post-season loss of five players with remaining eligibility. A year later, Rick was Big 12 coach of the year.

Everybody who scored in 2013-14 returned for this season, and a five-star seven-footer was added. Hope went high. The Longhorns shot poorly. They were 169th in NCAA field-goal accuracy. Their record was 20-14. The conference record was 8-10. Rick Barnes couldn’t explain it.

No need to now.

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

The things you can control Derrick Furlow wore No. 6 when he played football at UT. He played safety because “on defense you can hit people.”

The Atlanta native was planning to attend the University of Georgia and had not thought about UT, but circumstances changed and he actually walked on at UT, asking for a chance to prove himself.

“When I didn’t feel like it, I worked harder,” he told the newspaper club at Sarah Moore Greene. “When practice was over, I did extra.” In his sophomore year, Furlow got his scholarship.

Furlow captivated the kids because he spoke from the heart. He’s a guy who

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didn’t like tests, who didn’t really like school. So he told his adviser to design a plan to get him out quickly. He didn’t take a single course that was not targeted to his graduation.

Furlow graduated in three years with two years of football eligibility remaining. So he went for a master’s degree. He got it in two years, majoring in sport

The Sarah Moore Greene newspaper club heard an inspirational talk by former UT football player Derrick Furlow. Pictured are Destiny Woods, Mirna Cardenas, Safari Bahati, Malaya Thomas, Furlow, Madison Thomas, Jada Byas, Stanley Greene, Eddys Garcia-Arias and Shantasha Glenn. Photo by Ruth White

psychology.

“You guys are here for a purpose,” he said. “You can always control your attitude; you can control your actions; you can control your approach to situations. … You never know who’s watching.”

His mom always said,

“Birds of a feather flock together,” and “I never knew what that meant,” he said.

Then at UT his coach told him, “Starters hang out with starters.”

“That sounded a lot like what my mom had said,” Furlow said. Now in business, he said you can pre-

dict a person’s income by averaging the income of his five best friends.

Stanley Greene asked why he chose safety over running back (which he played in high school). Defensive players have more control, Furlow said. They are the hunters, not the

hunted.

Safari Bahati asked what he does now. Furlow said he talks for a living and in his spare time he reads, watches sports and travels. “Do you get paid for that?” asked Safari.

“Yes, I do. Never say talk is cheap,” quipped Furlow.

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Cyclists deserve same rights as drivers As a community, we spend a lot of time talking about the benefits of bicycling. It’s good for the environment. It’s good for our bodies. It’s pure joy for those of us who love cycling.

A group ride departs from Cedar Bluff Cycles two days after one of the store’s owners was seriously injured when a car turned in front of him during a ride. Photo by Wendy Smith

City staffers form private business

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But there’s a dark side to bicycling in Knoxville.

Cyclists on the road are constantly threatened by distracted or resentful drivers, and they can’t always count on law enforcement to protect their rights. If you doubt it, ask Tim Rogers.

He’s one of four owners of Cedar Bluff Cycles. During a group ride last week, a driver turned left in front of him into her Everett Road driveway. He was traveling over 30 miles per hour when he hit her hood, broke her windshield and landed in the grass on the opposite side of the car.

Tim is lucky. He was wearing a helmet. He didn’t hit a nearby telephone pole.

But he went home from the emergency room with a fractured vertebra, major contusions and glass cuts.

Even though the accident happened in clear weather on a straight, flat stretch of road, the driver wasn’t cited by the Knox County Sheriff’s Office deputy.

Cedar Bluff Cycles co-

owner Gerry Harms took Tim home from the hospital. He was glad Tim didn’t re-injure a hip he fractured during another bike wreck eight weeks ago.

“He had nine lives, but he has one less now,” Gerry says.

Another co-owner, Bill Turner, came upon the accident seconds after it happened. Bill had been dropped by the group, and Tim left the other riders to wait for his friend at the top of a hill. Bill told Tim to return to the group, and he was making his way back when the accident happened.

Bill estimates the visibility at the bottom of the hill was half a mile. The driver said she saw the group but didn’t see Tim. After check-

ing on Tim, Bill asked the officer if the driver had been cited, and he said no. When Bill asked why, the officer said it was at his discretion, and he thought it was an honest mistake.

According to Tennessee Code Title 55, a bicycle is defined as a vehicle, and bicyclists are subject to the same rights and responsibilities as other drivers. Legally, this accident should have been handled as if one car pulled out in front of another.

Two members of my family made “honest mistakes” while driving last year. One rear-ended another vehicle, and one turned left in front of another vehicle. Neither accident resulted in injury, and both of my family members were cited – as they

should’ve been.

The Knox County Sheriff’s Office shared the accident report but wouldn’t allow an interview with the officer who wrote it.

Bill says he is “totally baffled” that the driver wasn’t cited.

“This has torn me up,” he says. “We have rights just as automobiles do.”

Progressive cities welcome – and protect – those who use bicycles for transportation and recreation.

Officers who don’t give cyclists the same rights as motorists reinforce the backwoods notion that bicycles belong only on greenways.

We’re making strides in creating a better infrastructure for bicycles in East Tennessee. Changing minds may be a bigger challenge.

What about the teachers?

It’s budget time again, and it’s been three years since James McIntyre introduced his bold plan to improve Knox County Schools, which he proposed to finance with 35 million new dollars that would require a 35-cent property tax increase.

His announcement was accompanied by considerable fanfare and happy talk from the usual sources (the Chamber of Commerce, numerous progressive-minded community leaders, most media outlets), which was amplified by a bunch of TV commercials in heavy rotation.

It all came to naught when a groundswell of protests from constituents opposing the tax increase drove county commissioners in the other direction.

In the end, the commission coughed up an additional $7 million for the schools, which would have been considered generous in another year but seemed quite anemic in comparison to the

Betty Bean original request.

One set of voices was curiously silent on the tax increase, which gave commissioners additional cover for voting against it. Where, they asked, were the teachers?

McIntyre took teacher support for granted since there was money in it for them, too. This was a serious miscalculation, and one he has reprised every budget cycle since.

When she was elected president of the Knox County Education Association, Sherry Morgan expected to be treated as every other KCEA president had been for the previous 28 years, i.e., be given unpaid leave by Knox County Schools so she could work full-time for the teachers association, which would pay her salary.

McIntyre refused to do that, and for months, Morgan continued teaching fulltime while fulfilling her duties as KCEA president. She was working 60-plus hours a week. She was so tired that she was falling asleep driving home, and her husband started driving her.

McIntyre refused to meet with her.

Morgan finally got her leave time approved after the Legislature mandated collaborative conferencing in 2011 and the teachers voted to be represented by KCEA. The following year, the Legislature wrote mandatory leave time for education association presidents into something that was dubbed “Sherry’s Law.” McIntyre’s big budget request came the following budget cycle. KCEA officers were summoned to his office about two hours before he presented his proposal at the State of the Schools address but had no input into the process – KCEA subsequently voted to remain

neutral, and few teachers were among the yellowshirted supporters who turned out to public meetings during the big push for the McIntyre plan.

Last week at the April school board meeting, KCEA president-elect Lauren Hopson provided a déjà vu moment when she criticized McIntyre’s handling of this year’s budget problems – particularly the notion that there’s not enough money to pay teachers the promised APEX bonuses while making good on the long-stated goal of giving across-the-board raises.

“We were in this position last year and it was the hope that rather than cutting anything already in place, teachers would demand money from county commission,” Hopson said.

“That didn’t happen – maybe because I’m not the only teacher who resents being used as a pawn between the school board and county commission.”

Lance Campbell, who has been the city’s real estate manager for less than two years, is leaving the city within the week. Not clear why he is leaving so soon. But it is clear he has been in business with Doug Gordon, who is the city’s delinquent tax attorney in the city law department and is responsible for identifying tax-delinquent properties.

Gordon and Campbell are the two members of Box Turtle Properties, which is a corporation formed Sept.

11, 2014.

This corporation apparently buys and sells properties including one off Hiawassee Avenue sold on Jan. 6, 2015, to former state Sen. Stacey Campfield. It was valued at $100 but sold at $17,500. If they got $17,500 in the sale, the declared value of $100 seems in error or simply false. Perhaps it is missing two zeroes.

Campbell will soon be free to devote full time to this corporation while Gordon must continue to juggle his city duties with his private interest. While the information being used is public record and available to all, it does raise eyebrows that people who work on these issues for the city are at the same time running a private operation to do similar work.

The deeds were recorded during normal business hours with the Register of Deeds.

The good news here is that Judy Walton, former state transportation right-of-way acquisition manager, now works for the city and is well qualified to replace Campbell. City Hall has been mum on the replacement and also did not announce the resignation as of the writing of this column.

Preservation: Over a decade ago, voters amended the city charter to require an annual report on the status of historic preservation.

The actual work on this is done by Kaye Graybeal of MPC. She followed Ann Bennett, who had worked on historic preservation zoning issues for years prior to her retirement.

Graybeal is an able, knowledgeable staffer on MPC. She will present the 2014 report to MPC on

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April 16, and in turn it will go to City Council in one of the May meetings.

Recent mayors have failed to take advantage of this requirement to highlight historic preservation. In fact, Mayor Rogero, while creating a fund for historic preservation projects, for which her administration can determine the winners, cut funding for Knox Heritage in last year’s city budget.

While Becky Wade, who is a friend of preservation and able, heads the distribution of the $500,000 historic preservation fund, it is unclear how transparent the process of picking the winners will be. Rogero’s communications office failed to disclose as of this writing who by name serves on the evaluation committee with Wade to rank the applicants. It is not clear if the actual rankings will be disclosed. There should be full transparency here since public money is involved.

MPC: Meanwhile, the search committee of six persons for the MPC director may have its final meeting this afternoon (behind closed doors) to make a recommendation to Mayors Burchett and Rogero.

The two mayors must decide who it is and again it is unclear what happens if they cannot agree. It is down to three persons with two being University of Tennessee graduates.

Lowe: Former Knox County trustee Mike Lowe reports this Saturday, April 11, to the county jail to serve his one-year sentence for stealing over $300,000 from county taxpayers. He will likely serve only seven months. Most observers expect him to become a trusty in a matter of weeks, if not days, which will give him special privileges.

The county jail is operated by Sheriff Jimmy “J.J.” Jones and he determines what happens there. He has hired several political friends such as former county commissioners.

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Tour a wonderland of stained glass at Fountain City studios

By Anne Hart As fantastical as it may sound, if Alice fell down the rabbit hole in North Knoxville, she likely wouldn’t be surprised if she found herself at Fountain City Stained Glass when she landed.

For there, much to her delight, she would discover a delightful rabbit warren of sorts, nestled at the bottom of a huge three-story building, and filled with a wonderland of glass of every imaginable shape, size, color and pattern, much of it defying description but all of it filled with light and enchantment sufficient to fire the imagination of Lewis Carroll’s fictional traveler.

There’s probably even material for Alice’s magical looking glass gently tucked away somewhere in a cubby hole at the shop.

The place is a virtual and literal laboratory, glass museum and design studio where partners Gracie Jones and Katie Jones practice their art and teach it to others in a series of classes.

The two learned how to create stained glass and mosaic art from the late Vicki Jarmon, who opened the business more than 10 years ago.

Jarmon made the gorgeous Tiffanystyle lamp proudly displayed on a high shelf at the shop, safely out of the reach of any boisterous children who might pass through when guided tours of the Fountain City Stained Glass studios are offered to the public as part of Dogwood Arts DeTour from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. this Friday and Saturday.

Right now, Gracie and Katie – who say they aren’t related (Jones is the married name of each) but laughingly finish each other’s sentences – are hard at work on a series of large leaded glass windows that will grace the new Kappa Delta Sorority chapter house at the University of Tennessee.

Nearing completion, the windows are laid out on large tables in the studio’s

workroom, each piece of etched glass numbered and carefully positioned in its own spot on a paper pattern before being soldered permanently in place.

The custom windows are just one of a number of projects underway at the studio.

An impressive piece just finished is a large, colorful stained glass rendering of a drawing of a guitar whimsically decorated with hearts and other images, the work of a very creative third-grader whose parents decided to memorialize their talented child’s artwork for posterity.

Fountain City Stained Glass also has mosaic art and has on display an assortment of colorful vases made of tiny pieces of colorful glass in varying patterns.

In one room, broken stained glass lamp shades and other stained glass items in various stages of repair or restoration are Gracie Jones with some of the art that hangs in the front window of Fountain City Stained Glass being readied for clients.

Photo by Anne Hart In another is a retail area where the hobbyist or serious artist will find everything they need to create stained glass or mosaic art. Equipment, tools and countless types of glass are available.

Those items are always in high demand as a result of the classes in stained glass and mosaics that are taught from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and in North Carolina. One John, nephew of Anjelica

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Shopper news • APRIL 8, 2015 • 7 Popular local roots musician Sarah Pirkle can’t wait for the Rhythm N’ Blooms Festival.

The best fest yet

FRIDAY-SATURDAY

By Carol Sha Shane ha hane

The Rhythm N’ Blooms Music Festival, slated for this weekend in downtown Knoxville, grows more auspicious every year.

Coming as it does on the heels of the Big Ears Festival – a nationally recognized event – Rhythm N’ Blooms seems like a warmer, fuzzier, down-home counterpart to the gathering of the big guns.

But this year’s festival is more varied and prestigious than you might expect.

Now in its fifth year, the Rhythm N’ Blooms Festival boasts an eclectic lineup.

There’s everything from “high-energy gypsy punk grass” (Strung Like a Horse) to The Appalachian Hippie Poet (“his words are born from mountain, bottle and heart”) to one of Esquire magazine’s 2014 “15 Bands to Watch,” Daniel Ellsworth & the Great Lakes.

Popular Knoxville mainstays Drive-By Truckers and the Dirty Guv’nahs will appear, along with many, many other unique and worthy acts.

Sarah Pirkle and Jeff Barbra have been involved with Rhythm N’ Blooms for several years and fondly remember its early days.

“I’m really looking forward to playing a set with the Naughty Knots at Boyd’s Jig & Reel on Friday night,” says local singer/songwriter/fiddler and radio host Pirkle. She and husband

■ “The Magic Flute” presented by the UT Opera Theatre at the Bijou Theatre. Performances: 8 p.m. Friday; 2:30 and 8 p.m. Saturday. Tickets: www.ticketmaster.com, www. knoxbijou.com.

■ Vintage Baseball at Historic Ramsey House, 2614 Thorn Grove Pike. Celebration of Vintage Baseball reception, 7-9 p.m. Friday. Doubleheader begins noon Saturday. No charge for the games; hotdogs, popcorn, beverages and more available for purchase.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY Knoxville favorites Jeff Barbra and Sarah Pirkle will be heading up the Rhythm N’ Blooms Festival’s Gospel Hour on Sunday, April 12. Photos submitted

Barbra will be hosting the festival’s Gospel Hour on Sunday, which she says will be “a treat for me. Then I’m hanging out the rest of the day enjoying the music. I’m really stoked to see JD McPherson!”

Now let’s talk about the headliners.

The Decemberists’ first album, “Castaways and Cutouts,” was released in 2002.

In the realm of indie folk rock, these guys stood alone right out of the gate.

For one thing, they’re absolutely incredible musicians, every last one of them, but that virtuosity is used in service of the whole.

The Decemberists’ musical

visions are large and sweeping, but there’s not a grandstander among them.

Singer-songwriter Colin Meloy’s distinctive, reson a n t voice lends itself perfectly to his melodies. Like James Mercer of the Shins, Meloy has a huge talent for songwriting, and one can’t imagine anyone else singing his compositions. He’s backed by acoustic instruments such as bass viol, guitar and violin, but extra special to the mix is Jenny Conlee, whose understated skill on the organ, piano and accordion adds much to the carefully considered musical arrangements.

They played to a packed Tennessee Theatre in April 2007, and now they’re back in Knoxville, appearing on Sunday, April 12, as part of a national tour promoting their new album, “What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World.”

Everything about the Decemberists, from their songwriting and performing down to their album art and accompanying merchandise, seems beautifully handmade. Don’t miss them.

So if you’re in the mood to mingle with a lot of happy music lovers, check out the website at rhythmnbloomsfest.com where you’ll find a full lineup and other details.

You can even earn free tickets and other rewards. See you there!

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Midlife-crisis comedy with a twist

records, and generally seem spontaneous in every way.

By Betsy Pickle You’ve seen “the grass is always greener …” movies, but Josh falls hard for them, especially with Jamie constantly seeking his advice and help. Cornelia is a bit more skeptiyou’ve never seen one like “While We’re Young.”

A comedy with a kitchen sink that includes a couple’s cal, but she gets pulled into the energy of the couple as well.

Jamie’s charisma is undeniable, but there’s something midlife crisis, shades of “Single White Female” and “Six off about it. Josh, who has embraced Jamie’s free Degrees of Separation” – and the buzzword of the spirit, begins to suspect that he’s made a misdecade, “connectivity” – “While We’re Young” take in his new friend. beats any semblance of preciousness out of The midlife crisis depicted in “While writer-director Noah Baumbach’s insideWe’re Young” captures a slice of reality New York mannerisms. in a way few films have done before. It’s Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts play funny, yet introspective and sympaJosh and Cornelia, a Manhattan couple thetic. It reveals the amazing concept living in a Grand Canyon of a rut. Josh that there is middle ground between is a documentary filmmaker who has feeling dead inside and trying to bebeen working on his “latest” film for come someone you’re not. eight years; he also lectures about docAs for the more external, structured umentary filmmaking in an extendedplot – it’s a comedic quicksand that feels learning program. Cornelia works as a like Hitchcock Light. Stiller is perfect as producer for her father, Leslie Breitbart things go south in a major way, and (Charles Grodin), a highly esteemed Driver is astonishing as his Phillip documentarian.

Vandamm (think “North by NorthJosh keeps looking for “the truth” Josh (Ben Stiller) and Cornelia west”). in his ever-lengthening film, which is (Naomi Watts) review some of their Baumbach’s hilarious observations about war, er, poverty, er, America. life choices in “While We’re Young.” give more screen time to the male Cornelia feels guilty about living in leads, but Watts and Seyfried balance her father’s shadow. They both wonder them with honest performances that have a real weight. if they should have tried harder to have a child.

Their stale, tech-device-dominated lives are disrupted Grodin is a delight, playing off his crotchety persona with when they meet Jamie (Adam Driver) and Darby (Amanda an extra serving of likability.

The cast includes two legendary music figures in unexSeyfried), a young couple whose existence is everything pected roles. Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul & Mary fame plays Josh and Cornelia’s is not.

Jamie, an aspiring documentarian himself, goes gaga the expert in Josh’s film, and Adam Horovitz of the Beastie over Josh, spreading lavish praise on his acclaimed first Boys plays Josh’s erstwhile best friend, a new father.

“While We’re Young” shows Baumbach (“The Squid and documentary, which was barely seen. Darby makes artisan the Whale”) at his sharpest. It’s a message film that hides ice cream in unusual flavors.

Jamie and Darby roller-blade through the streets, es- behind a nearly solid wall of comedy.

Rated R for language. chew modern technology in favor of VHS tapes and vinyl

■ Rhythm N’ Blooms music festival, on stages set exclusively along downtown Knoxville’s historic Jackson Avenue. Features first-timers, chart-climbers and highly lauded acts from varied musical backgrounds. Tickets available now. Info/ tickets: www.rhythmnbloomsfest.com.

■ Spring Home Design and Remodeling Show, Knoxville Convention Center, 701 Henley St. ■ “SHREK: The Musical, Jr,” Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Ave. Performances: 7 p.m. Friday; 1 and 5 p.m. Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday. Info/tickets: knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com; 208-3677.

FRIDAY ■ Alive After Five concert: The Streamliners Swing Orchestra, 6-8:30 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Tickets: $15; $10 for members/students. Info: 934-2039.

■ Exmag and M!NT will perform, 9 p.m., The Concourse, 940 Blackstock Ave. Presented by Midnight Voyage Productions and WUTK 90.3 The Rock. Tickets: $10 advance; $15 day of show. Info: internationalknox.com.

■ Haywood County Ramblers concert, Holly’s Corner, 842 N. Central St. Doors open 6:30 p.m. Tickets: $10. Info/tickets: m.bpt.me/event/1409964.

■ Hot Club of San Francisco: Cinema Vivant, 8 p.m., Ronald and Lynda Nutt Theatre, Clayton Center for the Arts, 502 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville. Info/tickets: www. knoxvilletickets.com, www.claytonartscenter.com, 981-8591.

■ Kukuly and the Gypsy Fuegos perform, Fountain City Casual Pint, 4842 Harvest Mill Way. Swing jazz trio.

■ Stars on Stage Dinner Concert fundraising event, 8 p.m., Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Tickets: $400. Info/tickets: Tennessee Theatre box office: 684-1200.

SATURDAY ■ Bracket Challenge and Hip-Hop for Hunger 2015, 7:30 p.m., The Concourse, 940 Blackstock Ave. Featuring Plunderphonics, Good Guy Collective, The Exception, The Young Gunz and Bobby Fuego. Tickets: $5 requested donation at the door.

■ Cashore Marionettes, Harold and Jean Lambert Recital Hall, Clayton Center for the Arts, 502 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville. “Simple Gifts,” 2 p.m.; “Life in Motion,” 8 p.m. Info/ tickets: www.knoxvilletickets.com, www.claytonartscenter. com, 981-8591.

■ Color Me Rad 5K, 9 a.m., Knoxville Civic Auditorium and Coliseum. Participants of all ages are welcome to run or walk. A portion of the proceeds will benefit East Tennessee Children’s Hospital. Info/to register: colormerad.com.

■ Esau’s Vendor Market, Jacob Building, Chilhowee Park, 3301 E. Magnolia Ave. Local antiques/crafts show.

■ Jazzspirations LIVE: Knoxville’s Smooth Jazz Concert Series, 7-9 p.m., Holiday Inn World’s Fair Park, 525 Henley St. Info/ tickets: jazzspirationslive.com.

■ Magical Make Believe, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Knoxville Zoo, 3500 Knoxville Zoo Drive. Centered on popular storybook characters Peter Cottontail and Clifford. Storytime, a bubble artist, magician and make-believe games. Children 12 and younger who come dressed as their favorite make-believe or storybook character will receive free admission. Info: knoxville-zoo.org.

■ Marble Springs Storytelling, 2-4 p.m., Marble Springs State Historic Site, 1220 W. Gov. John Sevier Highway. Fundraiser for Smoky Mountain Storytellers Association. Bring chairs.

Under the pavilion. Info: 573-5508; marblesprings@gmail. com; www.marblesprings.net.

■ “Music of Queen” performed by the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra featuring guest conductor Brent Havens and vocalist Brody Dolyniuk, 8 p.m., Civic Auditorium, 500 Howard Baker Jr. Ave. Info/tickets: Box Office, 215-8999; KnoxvilleTickets.com, 656-4444, 877-995-9961.

■ Valor Fights 22 Pro/Am MMA, 6 p.m., The International, 940 Blackstock Ave. Tickets: $35 general admission. Info: internationalknox.com.

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The fairytale creatures encourage Shrek to get his “Freak Flag” on and to be himself. Pictured are Georgia Neubert, Jaklyn Rutter, Kinsley Mitchell, Tiffany Taggert, Lexie Beckner and Beth Martin.

Shrek comes to life

The Holston Middle School show choir presented “Shrek the Musical Jr.” Director Natalee Beeler and her staff should be proud of her group for bringing down the house with great music and hilarious scenes from the swamp.

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The story played out similarly to the animated film, but with a nice little twist.

As expected, Donkey (Kariah Cook) brought the laughs but was joined by Lucy Bryant (as Pinocchio) with her interpretation of the wooden boy. Bo Choate’s character Lord Farquaad looked very much like the cartoon character, and the colorful fairytale creatures added charm to the play.

Rounding out the stellar cast was Hunter Webb as the big green ogre, and during Friday’s performance, Rachel McFarling was a Shrek (Hunter Webb) and Donkey (Kariah Cook) discuss plans truly enchanting Princess to rescue Princess Fiona from the castle during Holston Middle Fiona.

School’s production of “Shrek the Musical Jr.” Photos by R. White

University of Tennessee professor Dr. Phil Wadl plants a dogwood tree at Green Magnet Academy with assistance from fifth-grade students Mateo Dobbins and Kimberly Carroll. Photos by R. White ■

Vine Middle hosts career day

Students at Vine Middle Magnet got an up-close look at high schools, colleges and job options during a recent career fair.

Students filled out a “passport” as they traveled through the fair visiting exhibitors and asking questions about job require■

Vine Middle Magnet student Robert Blair chats with Karl Snyder from the University of Tennessee during career day. Photos by R. White ■

Green Magnet grows green thumbs

Fifth-grade students at Green Magnet Academy are taking part in a research project in partnership with UT. Through the project, UT will be able to track data on the bloom time of dogwood trees, and the students are leaving a lasting gift to the school.

UT professor Dr. Phil Wadl brought two dogwood trees to the school last week, and students helped plant the trees and learned how to care for them. During the school year, students will watch for blooms and record data that will be submitted to the National Phenology Network.

The task of tracking will be passed down from class to class every year. Wadl looks forward to many years of data collection for the project.

Fulton band to host craft fair

The Fulton High School band will host an arts and crafts fair, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday, April 18, in the parking lot behind the football field.

The event will help the band raise money for needed instruments and other expenses incurred during the school year. More

ments, features of different schools and levels of education necessary for particular fields of work.

than 30 featured vendors will offer household items, candles, makeup, fashion items and more. The band will also offer food items for sale.

In case of rain, the sale will be moved inside. Fulton High is at 2509 N. Broadway.

SPORTS NOTES ■ Knox senior co-ed softball league sign-ups now open. For women age 55+ and men 60+.

Cost: $10. Games: 9-11:30 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, Caswell Park, 650 Winona St. Info: Bob Rice, 573-2189, or jeanreif63@att.net.

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FISH Pantries: Much more than food I recently toured the main facility for Knoxville’s FISH Hospitality Pantries.

I caught up with Jeff Gencay while he and other volunteers were busy getting ready for a distribution day. The entire place was a beehive of activity, and I was immediately impressed with the camaraderie among folks there.

FISH originally started as a food delivery system, with families in need calling a hotline. In 1986, when there were not enough volunteers to answer the phone, Jim Wright decided to invite those who had transportation or lived within walking distance to pick up their food at an East Knoxville church basement.

Wright’s goal to have pantries located closer to neighborhoods where many low-income families lived soon became a reality.

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Wright opened additional neighborhood pantries on Western Avenue and in South Knoxville. In 2007, a main distribution center was established at 122 W. Scott Ave. just off of North Central. The large warehouse with its huge walk-in cooler and freezer stand as testament to Wright’s vision.

Within three months after opening and with a lot of help from donors, FISH was able to completely pay off the new building. There are currently four distribution

locations.

Many Knoxville families would go hungry if it weren’t for FISH. In 2007, FISH distributed food worth $410,000. Last year, $2.9 million of free food was distributed.

Donations come from various food distributors and churches, but Wright credits the more than 300 volunteers with the pantry’s success. Over 100 of these volunteers first came to FISH because they were in need of food at one time.

“FISH is all about showing respect. Our goal is for no one in Knoxville to go hungry,” says Wright.

Wright worked diligently to make sure FISH volunteers understood the importance of treating everyone equally. People are not asked questions about income and spending habits. Everyone is treated with

dignity.

Kathy Cannon has been a volunteer for seven years.

In 2008, when she lost her job, Cannon soon found herself with no income.

Kathy Cannon When she arrived at FISH, she needed food.

Cannon was grateful to be treated with dignity and respect.

“This place has changed my life. ‘Love thy neighbor as thyself’ truly came alive for me,” says Cannon. “I just knew it was a place God wanted me to be. I love this place.” Cannon is now in a leadership program with a group giving women a voice in the community.

Info: fishpantry.org or 523-7900.

Rotary gifts books to Beaumont

By Bonny C. Millard A recent grant award by the Rotary Club of Knoxville will help Beaumont Magnet Academy purchase almost 700 new books, school librarian Molly Moore said.

Moore, who’s been at the school for about three years, recently spoke to the club and said this gift will help update the school’s library.

In addition to this, Beaumont is already this year’s weekly recipient of a donated book signed by meeting speakers.

“This is going to get kids excited about reading,” Moore said of the addition of new books. Currently, many of the school library’s

books are out-of-date, particularly in areas such as scientific information.

“Our library books are old,” she said. “Their average shelf age is 20 years.

There are lots of books that are older than me on my shelves. I try to pull them as I find them.”

Moore said she has an annual budget of $3,200 to purchase new books.

The Rotary grant includes $5,000 from the local club and $5,000 in district matching funds.

Beaumont is a unique school in that it offers fine arts and honors programs

and is a museum school as well, she said. The school is a Title 1 school, with 75 percent of its students economically disadvantaged.

Even though it offers specialized programming, the school is in a literacy crisis with many of the students below reading level.

Moore said 85 percent of fifth-graders are below proficiency levels.

“We know we’re in a crisis at Beaumont,” she said.

“We’re doing everything that we can. Our administrators this year have totally changed everything around. Every teacher in the building has a small read-

Molly Moore, Beaumont Magnet Academy librarian ing group … . We’re doing radical things at Beaumont to try to get our kids up to level.”

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Knox County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Jim McIntyre and ETBA president Justin Sterling Photo by Nancy Whittaker

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By Nancy Whittaker The East Towne Business Alliance met on April 1, with Knox County Schools Superintendent Jim McIntyre as guest speaker.

ETBA president Justin Sterling welcomed new members and guests who were treated to a delicious breakfast sponsored by ORNL Federal Credit Union.

The East Towne Branch of ORNL FCU is at 6409 Millertown Pike in front of Food City. This branch was recently ranked No. 1 of all 32 ORNL branches.

McIntyre spoke about the current strategic plan for Knox County Schools.

Excellence for Every Child is a five-year program designed to provide every student with the skills to be competitive in the future.

School programs that allow teachers and students to have one-to-one technology were also discussed.

“Transformational changes occur when technology is

available to all students,” said McIntyre.

Other topics were the importance of community support, Knox County’s ranking in several areas such as teachers’ salaries and the pros and cons of a balanced calendar year.

McIntyre talked about the progress of Knox County programs including the Paul Kelley Volunteer Academy and the L&N STEM Academy. The Kelley Academy, based at Knoxville Center mall, has graduated more than 500 students.

The STEM Academy offers programs in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.

A Q&A session allowed members and guests to ask questions pertaining to their respective communities. “It’s about working together,” said Sterling. The next ETBA meeting will be 8 a.m. Wednesday, May 6, at New Harvest Park Community Center.

Andy McCall, Haynes Smith, Fran Smith, Kay Watson Helton, James Sutton and Larry Sheumaker proudly show the purple ribbons they tied around their fingers as reminders of the Knoxville WALK for Alzheimer’s coming up on April 18. Photo by Charles Garvey

Purple ribbons a reminder of

By Anne Hart Kay Watson Helton, director of development for Alzheimer’s Tennessee, says there’s a good reason we have all heard the old saw that tying a string around our finger will keep us from forgetting something important. It’s no old wives’ tale. It’s actually based in scientific fact.

Helton told members of the Rotary Club of Bearden that a nerve in the index finger “aggravates the hippocampus, the part of the brain linked to memory.”

That string, or ribbon, around the finger actually works.

The purple ribbons they tie around their fingers and the color purple itself are

particularly significant to supporters of Alzheimer’s Tennessee. In fact, the color purple has become so iconic to the organization that even its headquarters building on Kingston Pike across from Buddy’s Bearden Banquet Hall is purple.

The ribbons are worn as

reminders of the Alzheimer’s 25th annual WALK to raise awareness of the disease. That event will be Saturday, April 18, and will involve literally thousands of walkers and volunteers who have been working on this year’s project since last year’s ended.

The event will be at UT Gardens starting with registration at 9 a.m. There will be music, games, food and entertainment for children and their pets. Opening ceremonies will be at 10 a.m. and will feature door prizes, races and contests.

The ribbon cutting for the WALK will be at 11 a.m. In the event of rain, “party and pets will move indoors.”

Helton said that when her organization was formed in 1983, “not many people knew about Alzheimer’s, but they do now.” An estimated 120,000 Tennesseans are afflicted with the disease.

Each individual is attended to by about four people who are also deeply affected by the disease. The local office receives about 300 calls a

day from those seeking help for Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.

Helton said that of the many programs and wide range of support offered by her organization, among the most critical is educating law enforcement and first

responders about the disease so that they are aware a person who appears drunk, drugged or disoriented may actually be suffering from dementia.

Info: 544-6288 or alzTennessee.org.

FAITH NOTES ■ 55 Alive, the First Lutheran Senior Group, will meet at noon Thursday, April 9, in the church meeting room, 1207 N. Broadway.

Cost for hot lunch: $8; reservation required. Program: “How the money system works” presented by Douglas Rodenbeck at 1 p.m.

Public is invited. Info/reservations: 524-0366.

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THROUGH MAY 20 Applications accepted for the Great Smoky Mountains Trout Adventure Camp for middle school girls and boys, sponsored by the Tennessee Council of Trout Unlimited to be held June 15-20 at Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont (GSMIT) in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Info/applications: www.tntroutadventure.org.

THROUGH SATURDAY, JUNE 20 Online registration open for Race to benefit the Corryton Community Food Pantry, to be held Saturday, June 20. Event is part of “The Run and See Tennessee Grand Prix Series.” To register: runnerreg. us/corryton8mile. Info: corryton8miler@yahoo.com; ron.fuller@totalracesolutions.com; or Joyce Harrell, 705-7684.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8 International Folk Dance Class, 7:30-10 p.m., Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, Clinton. Sponsored by the Oak Ridge Folk Dancers.

First visit free. No partner or dance experience required. Adults and children accompanied by an adult welcome. Info: Paul Taylor, 898-5724; www. oakridgefolkdancers.org; on Facebook.

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, APRIL 8-9 AAA Safe Driving for Mature Operators, 5-9 p.m., Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Cost: $10. 8-hour course approved by the state of Tennessee for insurance premium discounts for eligible drivers over age 55. Info/to register: 862-9250 or 862-9252.

THURSDAY, APRIL 9 Heiskell Community Center Seniors Program, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., 9420 Heiskell Road. Ken Newton Band performing at 11:30 a.m.; Easter luncheon served at noon; bingo at 1 p.m. Free, donations appreciated. Bring a dessert and a friend. Info: Janice White, 548-0326.

Navigating Your Joy in Life luncheon, 10:45 a.m., Buddy’s Bearden Banquet Hall, 5806 Kingston Pike. Hosted by Knoxville Christian Women’s Connection. Cost: $12 inclusive. Complimentary child care is by reservation only. Info/reservations: 315-8182 or knoxvillechristianwomen@gmail.com.

VFW meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St., Maynardville. All veterans are invited. Info: 278-3784.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, APRIL 10-11 African American Quilt Conference of Appalachia, Rose Center, 442 W. Second North St., Morristown. Lunch: $10; conference and workshops, free. Registration required. Info/to register: www. aahaonline.net.

SATURDAY, APRIL 11 BBQ fundraiser, 2-6 p.m., Powell Lodge #582, 7700 Fersner Road. Cost: $10, kids 12 and under free. All invited.

Bird Walk with Dr. Bob Collier, 9-11 a.m., Mac Smith Resource Center, Narrow Ridge, 1936 Liberty Hill Road, Washburn. Info: Mitzi, 497-3603 or community@narrowridge.org.

Color Me Rad 5K, 9 a.m., Knoxville Civic Audito-

rium and Coliseum. Participants of all ages are welcome to run or walk. A portion of the proceeds will benefit East Tennessee Children’s Hospital. Info/to register: colormerad.com.

Plant sale, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., UT Gardens, located UT agriculture campus on Neyland Drive. All proceeds will benefit the UT Gardens. Info: utgardens.tennessee.edu.

Spring Weed Walk, 1-3 p.m., Mac Smith Resource Center, Narrow Ridge, 1936 Liberty Hill Road, Washburn. Suggested donation: $10-$15. Info: Mitzi, 4973603 or community@narrowridge.org.

The 51st annual Talahi Plant Sale, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Lakeshore Park, 6410 S. Northshore Drive. All proceeds benefit the Knoxville Community. Admission and parking: free.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, APRIL 11-12 Dogwood Art DeTour, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. Free event, including artist demonstrations, Raku workshop and craft activities for kids. Light refreshments. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts. net.

MONDAY, APRIL 13 Binding the Edge of the Quilt Class: 9:15 a.m.12:15 p.m., Hobby Lobby, 6580 Clinton Highway. Cost: $24. Info: Monica Schmidt, 406-3971, monicaschmidt. tn@gmail.com, myquiltplace.com/profile/ monicaschmidt.

chid Society. Admission free. Info: smos@frontier.com or www.smokymtnorchidsociety.com.

SUNDAY, APRIL 19 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: April 12. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

MONDAY, APRIL 20 Luttrell seniors lunch, 10 a.m., Union County Senior Center, 298 Main St., Maynardville. Bring salads or dessert to go with Subway sandwiches.

TUESDAY, APRIL 21 Halls Outdoor Classroom Celebration, 6-8:30 p.m., at the outdoor classroom. BBQ, homemade ice cream, S’mores, music by the Halls High Jazz Band, children’s activities and pie eating contest. Everyone welcome.

Honor Guard meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St., Maynardville. All veterans invited. Info: 256-5415.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22

Neighborhood Watch meeting, 7 p.m., Paulette Elementary School, 3006 Maynardville Highway.

Biscuit & Gravy Breakfast, 7:30-9:30 a.m., Union County Senior Center, 298 Main St., Maynardville. Cost: $5. Info: 992-3292.

Preparing Your Book For Self-Publication, 6-8 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. Instructor: Kathleen Fearing.

Registration deadline: April 15. Info: 494-9854 or www. appalachianarts.net.

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International Folk Dance Class, 7:30-10 p.m., Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, Clinton. Sponsored by the Oak Ridge Folk Dancers. First visit free. No partner or dance experience required.

Adults and children accompanied by an adult welcome.

Info: Paul Taylor, 898-5724; www.oakridgefolkdancers. org; on Facebook.

Rocky Top Bluegrass Festival, 5:30-11 p.m.

Friday and 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Saturday, George Templin Memorial Athletic Field, 214 N. Main St., Rocky Top. Performers: Bobby Osborne and Rocky Top X-Press, Lonesome River Band, Blue Highway, Junior Sisk and Rambler’s Choice, The Boxcars, Flatt Lonesome.

Featuring arts and crafts and food vendors. Tickets: $25 Friday, $35 Saturday, $50 two-day pass plus tax; children under 10 free. Info/tickets/schedule: www. rockytopbluegrassfestival.com or 1-800-524-3602.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 16 “Plan Before You Plant: Maximizing the Output of Your Raised Beds,” 3:15-4:30 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Presented by Knox County Master Gardeners. Free and open to the public. Info: 329-8892.

THURSDAY-SATURDAY, APRIL 16-18 “The Night of January 16th” presented by the Powell Playhouse at Jubilee Banquet Center, 6700 Jubilee Center Way. Thursday-Saturday evening: dinner, 5:30 and play, 7; Saturday matinee: lunch, 12:30 p.m. and play, 2 p.m. Tickets: $10 at the door; Saturday matinee only, seniors, $5. Dinner and lunch reservations required: 938-2112. Ticket info: Mona, 256-7428.

SATURDAY, APRIL 18 Boy Scout Troop 13 yard sale fundraiser, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., near Fountain City Park. If rain, will move to Lions Club building at Fountain City Park. To donate items: Dane Ringley, RingleyDave@gmail.com, or Candy, 377-3908.

Cystic Fibrosis Walk-A-Thon, 9 a.m., Wilson Park in Maynardville.

EarthFest 2015, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., World’s Fair Park.

Activities include: scavenger hunt, live music, activities and crafts for kids, Mercury thermometer exchange, exhibits and more. Free event. Info: www.knox-earthfest.org.

Fulton High School band art and craft sale, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., parking lot behind the football field, 2509 North Broadway.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, APRIL 18-19 Orchid show and sale, Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave. Hosted by the Smoky Mountain Or-

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SATURDAY, APRIL 25 AAA Driver Improvement Course, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., AAA office, 100 W 5th Ave. 8-hour course. Helps reduce points for traffic offenders and teaches how to reduce risk while driving. Cost: $30 members; $35 nonmembers. Must preregister. Info/to register: 862-9254 or 862-9252.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, APRIL 25-26 Handcaning, 1-5 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. Instructor: Betty Newman. Registration Deadline: April 18.

Part of the Tennessee Featured Artist Workshop Series.

Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

TUESDAY, APRIL 28 Hal & Phil Off The Record: Round 2, 7:30 p.m., Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay St. Tickets: $21.50. Info/tickets: 684-1200 or www.knoxbijou.com.

THURSDAY, APRIL 30 Senior Health Fair, 9-11 a.m., Union County Senior Center, 298 Main St., Maynardville. Info: 992-3292.

SATURDAY, MAY 2 Powell River Canoe and Kayak Regatta, beginning at the Well Being Conference Center, 557 Narrows Road, Tazewell; ending at Riverside Rentals, 327 N. Riverside road, Harrogate. Proceeds to benefit Pat Summitt Foundation. Info: facebook.com/PowellRiverRegatta.

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