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BUZZ Tai Chi in the park You never know what you may find at Fourth and Gill Park, but it’s easy to spot Karl Hess on the grounds leading the movements of Tai Chi.

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Ed and Bob to visit Gibbs Knox County commissioners at-large Ed Brantley and Bob Thomas will host a public forum 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, May 20, at Henry’s Deli, 7231 Tazewell Pike.

Everyone is invited. This is one of a monthly series of meetings by Brantley and Thomas. The men were in Halls in April.

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Send-off for Knox grads

By Bill Dockery Graduates of all kinds were celebrated May 3 in a community baccalaureate that honored any Knox-area student who had completed an educational degree or training program.

Kingdom United, an East Knoxville group of churches, community groups and educational institutions, staged the service, which was hosted by television actor Palmer Williams Jr. and fea-

tured the music and testimony of Jekalyn Carr.

The event was an effort to recapture the traditional baccalaureate service that used to be part of graduation rituals at many high schools and colleges.

“The farewell sermon is a tradition that is being lost,” said Tanisha Fitzgerald-Baker, one of the organizers of the event. “Today’s graduates are not familiar with the word ‘baccalaureate.’ ”

Daryl Arnold, pastor of Overcoming Believers Church, welcomed the participants and special guests, who included Rosalyn Tillman, dean of Pellissippi State Community College on Magnolia Avenue; Tyvi Small from the Knoxville Area Urban League; Jim McIntyre, superintendent of Knox County Schools; and Madeline Rogero, mayor of Knoxville.

Kelsy Rogers brought son Za’mari Hearn to celebrate her graduation from the Dr. Paul L. Kelley Volunteer Academy .

Austin-East alumnus Jeremiah Welch performed for the Citywide Baccalaureate Service.

He is completing his senior year in the music department at the University of Tennessee.

Knox says goodbye to Lucas Richman

Photos by Bill Dockery

This week marks maestro Lucas Richman’s final concerts with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra.

Carol Shane chats with Richman on his final week in Knoxville.

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The recent Citywide Baccalaureate Service drew graduates from most Knox County high schools, including these Carter High short-timers: Payton Dendy, Mahogony Cobb, Kavon Bullard and Qkirajah Robinson. Cobb is headed for Tennessee Tech, Dendry and Robinson will attend North Carolina A&T and Bullard will go to LeMoyne-Owen College.

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Former UT lawyer Leadbetter tells all Ronald Leadbetter came to Tennessee and never left. He attended the University of Tennessee for both undergraduate and law degrees. He worked at UT until retirement. Along the way, he sued the university – twice. And now he’s penned a tell-all book.

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More Cumberland woes ahead Sometimes we get a great countywide story from a neighborhood meeting. That’s the case with Betsy Pickle’s coverage of Anne Wallace at an event called What’s Shakin’ in South Haven.

Wallace told the group that problems on Cumberland are “going to get worse. ... Beginning June 8, all lanes between University Commons and West Volunteer (except for one westbound lane) will be closed for six weeks.”

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Can the Howard house be saved?

By Betty Bean “Speak out, be polite, consider your strategy and be realistic.

“But the worst mistake you can make is to do nothing.”

This was the advice that city neighborhoods director David Massey delivered to a full house at the Oakwood Lincoln Park Neighborhood Association’s May meeting. When board member Deborah Thomas asked the crowd of nearly 50 how many of them were there out of concern for the house at 2921 N. Broadway, almost everyone in the room shot up a hand.

Most of the evening’s discussion focused on the prospects for saving the Broadway landmark from being razed to make way for a “neighborhood” Walmart that

door. Centerpointe has entered into an agreement with the developer, and the news that Paul Howard’s heirs have also accepted a developer’s offer for $1.269 million for the property (far exceeding the appraised value of the house, which is between $300,000 and $400,000) did nothing to lighten the crowd’s mood.

Tom Brechko, who specializes in subdivision and development plans review at the Metropolitan Planning Commission, explained that Broadway is a mixed-use district – residential, office and Jonathan Thawley makes repairs on commercial – and that although a Macintosh computer at MCS Serthe developer would need for the vices. property to be rezoned to build the would also incorporate the Cen- Walmart, there’s no ordinance in terpointe Church property next place that would prevent demoli-

tion of the Howard house.

“At this point, the owner could go to plans review, ask for a demolition permit and tear it down pretty quickly,” Massey said. “But the problem with that is, if they don’t get the rezoning, they could be left with an empty lot.”

May 5 was the deadline to apply to MPC for a rezoning, so the question will not be on this month’s agenda for review and recommendation. Massey said City Council would discuss adopting an ordinance to protect historic structures on Broadway at its May 12 meeting.

Multiple sources have reported that Arthur Seymour Jr., KnoxTo page 3

Nonprofit hub offers free training this summer

By Betsy Pickle As renovations continue on its future home in the historic Regas Building at 318 N. Gay St., the Alliance for Better Nonprofits will launch a free summer series of training courses at Flenniken Landing, 115 Flenniken Ave., in South Knoxville.

The training offered follows four tracks that align with upcoming ABN courses. Trainings will be 10 a.m.-noon each Tuesday in June and July at the Flenniken conference room. Courses include: Social and Digital Marketing 101 Series: Social Media Platforms, June 2; Content Marketing, July 7.

Program Development 101 Series: Program Design Workshop, June 9; Program Evaluation Workshop, July 14.

Resource Management 101 Series: Fiduciary Responsibility

and Financial Records – financial info for the nonprofit community, June 16; Developing a Volunteer Recruitment Strategy, July 21.

Personal Effectiveness Series 101: Leading with PerChris Martin sonal Strengths and Wellbeing, June 23; Building Effective Teams, July 28.

Class size is limited. Register at betternonprofits.org. Info: Danielle Benson, dbenson@betternonprofits.org.

According to its website, the Alliance for Better Nonprofits “is a Knoxville-based organization that will serve nonprofits in 25 counties by helping them achieve their missions. ...

The Regas Building changed

owners March 3, 2015. The new owner is Regas Bldg LLC (sole owner Christopher Martin). The listed sales price was $1.375 million. The adjacent parking lot is owned by Regas Prop LLC (Doug White).

Knoxville Leadership Foundation launched ABN through its Center for Communities program.

Nashville’s Center for Nonprofit Management, Greenlights in Austin, Texas, and Standards for Excellence with Baltimore Nonprofits were used as business models.

Chris Martin, president of Knoxville Leadership Foundation, is the CEO. Danielle Benson, past president of the Young Professionals of Knoxville, is director of training.

Sarah Herron, former manager of website and social media outlets for Scripps Networks Interactive, is director of communications.

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The Regas Building at Regas Square will be the headquarters for ABN as well as Knoxville Leadership Foundation, Compassion Coalition and East Tennessee Quality Growth.

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Therapy helps stroke patient recover with style Jane Everett, 70, a hair stylist in Lenoir City, calls herself a stroke survivor.

“I like that word, because I survived,” said Everett, who attends the monthly Stroke Support Group at the Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center. “It doesn’t mean you don’t have frustration.

But you want that in the past tense, and you want to move on.

And I feel like we are (survivors), I really do.”

On the morning of April 21, 2014, Everett collapsed in her garage after buckling one of her granddaughters, 4-year-old C.J., into her car seat. Her husband, Charlie Everett, called 911, while C.J. held her grandmother’s hand.

Unable to talk or move, Jane Everett had one thought. “I thought, I am not leaving these babies and my daughter and husband,” she said. “I didn’t know you could make a decision like that, but at that moment I did.”

The Everetts are no strangers to medical emergencies. In 1981 Charlie Everett had a diving accident and broke his C6 vertebra.

He is paralyzed from the chest down, although he has use of his hands and arms. He learned to use a wheelchair for mobility at the Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center, which had opened only three years before his accident.

“He just had such courage, he really did,” said Jane Everett of her husband of 52 years. “We have adjusted, although the first 10 years were tough, because he was such an athletic man. Now I’m glad we’ve made it.”

After her stroke, Everett received emergency medical care at Parkwest Medical Center, which stabilized her and gave her the clot-busting drug tPA. Doctors then sent her to Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center to have the blood clot removed, a highly specialized treatment.

After a week in the hospital, there was no question about

Jane and Charlie Everett at their Lenoir City home. Both have been patients at the Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center.

Jane Everett, right, in her beauty salon, Hair Originals & Wigs in Lenoir City, with her assistant Donna Hartline. Everett lost part of her hair after her stroke. Today she helps other women with medical hair loss find beautiful wigs for their recovery. She also sells fashion clip-in extensions and weaves. “I think wigs are on the verge of making a huge comeback,” she said.

where Everett would go for therapy: Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center.

“When I got there my left side was completely paralyzed. I couldn’t walk, couldn’t move my left arm at all, or my left hand. It was drawn up to my chest,” said Everett.

“The first morning out, they got me up and into the shower,” said Everett. “They start teaching you how to take care of yourself immediately.

“At Patricia Neal, you have therapy five hours a day, and it’s

all parts of your body and your mind and emotions, and your attitude,” said Everett. “Those therapists were phenomenal.

They encouraged you, no matter what.”

With Jane Everett being so sick, Charlie Everett stepped into the caregiver role.

“My daughter and Charlie both have been so compassionate and caring and helpful. He took it for

granted I would always be here to take care of him, and so did I.” Having a husband in a wheelchair put things in perspective, she said.

“I’d look at my husband and think I’m so upset because my arm isn’t working, but what’s it like to wake up and nothing works from the neck down? It’s given me a lot more compassion for his situation.”

After three weeks at Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center and a year of continuing outpatient therapy at Parkwest Therapy Center closer to her home, Everett has begun to do some hair styling work again. Her salon, Hair Originals, is in her basement. Everett’s assistant and a friend who is a retired hair stylist kept the business going while she recovered.

“I have loved every moment of my career. I love doing hair,” said Everett. “It lets me create, and I have relationships with these people. A lot of my clients were with me when I moved here 35 years ago. I miss that camaraderie, that hands-on designing.”

While still working to regain full dexterity in her hand, Everett has found a new way of working in the field. For reasons she doesn’t know, Everett’s hair fell out in clumps after her stroke.

It’s beginning to grow back, but she bought and wears a wig. Today she helps other women with medical hair loss find wigs that look good on them. She also sells fun clip-on extensions, bangs and clip-in colored streaks as well.

“I feel like it’s a way for me to be able to carry on in my career without as much physical stress to the body,” she said. “I also think there’s something about wanting to give back to people. I have felt a lot of frustration and fear, and I think if you’ve been there you have more of an understanding.

“I’m not sure something good comes out of everything, but I do believe that what we classify as bad or tragic can sometimes be the best challenges of our lives. I think we have that choice,” said Everett.

“We are so fortunate in Knoxville to have the Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center. They are so professional, all the way. That’s what gets you to where I am today,” she said.

Customized therapy for local rehabilitation patients There is no “one-size-fits-all” therapy program at the Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center.

“Each patient has their own therapy program designed just for them,” said Ashley Hamilton, senior recreational therapist. From doctors and nurses to therapists of every specialty, a team of experts works together to find what each patient needs.

“The first day or two a patient is here, we’ll spend time doing evaluations so that the therapists and doctors will get a baseline of where the patient is functionally,” said Hamilton.

“Physical therapy works on mobility, like walking up stairs and using a wheelchair. Speech

therapists assess the patient’s cognitive level, memory, auditory comprehension, verbal expression and problem solving skills,” she said.

“Recreational therapy evaluates quality of life and leisure interests prior to the stroke. What

Ashley Hamilton, senior recreational therapist at PNRC, spent time in Guatemala, where she worked with the Wheels for the World program.

were their hobbies and how can we help them get back to that?

And occupational therapy helps them with things like eating, bathing, dressing and using the restroom.”

Together the team and the patient set short- and long-term goals. “The patient’s long-term goal might be to reel a fishing pole again. So our goal is to strengthen the muscles necessary to do that,” Hamilton said.

“Most people say I want to walk again. Or I want to be able to stand up, or I just want to get better and go home.

“The therapists customize a treatment program for that patient based on the goals, and the

next several weeks of therapy are spent trying to attain those goals,” she said. “If the patient’s goal is to stand up but they’re not ready, they’ll work on muscles necessary to stand. They’ll do leg exercise and stretching first.”

The Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center helps patients with a wide variety of medical needs, from stroke and cancer patients to brain and spinal cord injuries and amputations.

“We have people coming in with all different abilities,” said Hamilton. “Everybody’s goals are different. Therapy will be difficult for all, but it’ll be worth it.”

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Stretching the body and brain You never know what you may find at Fourth and Gill Park in northeast Knoxville.

These days it’s easy to spot Karl Hess on the grounds leading a group of folks who wish to enhance their physical and mental health through the movements of Tai Chi. The Knoxville resident came from New York to Tennessee by way of Texas, Kansas and Georgia.

Howard house ville’s most prominent landuse attorney, who has been on the pro-development side of many rezoning battles, has been hired, but it is unclear whom he will represent. Seymour declined to comment when asked whether he is representing the Howard family or the developer.

MCS Services: Collateral damage

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While Tai Chi is typically touted as a way to improve strength and balance while reducing pain and stiffness, Hess’s many talents stretch way beyond the typical. He performs improvisation and comedy at The Birdhouse with The Improvables, loves modern dance, facilitates healing for others through Reiki, teaches chess and works with kids with special needs.

Hess says he was first attracted to the healing art of Reiki, channeling energy into someone else and moved into Tai Chi, moving your own energy.

“Tai Chi is meditative and good for tuning into your body,” he said. “Performing improv and comedy is creative and stretches your brain.”

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Hess attended the University of Tennessee for a degree in jazz and graduated with a degree in geography. With all he has going on Hess says he still has a lot of downtime. He has been assisting with specialneeds kids, but his new day job involves teaching kids how to regulate their emotions through Tai Chi and other methods. He says Tai

been sold. The new tenant will be a 24-hour check-cashing/ short-term loan company, sources say.

Allen Tallent, who went to work at MCS 27 years ago and bought it in 2001 from the original owners, is facing an uncertain future.

He and employee Jonathan Thawley say they weren’t surprised when they started hearing rumors around Christmastime because the church had already sold the property next door. The Walmart rumors started sometime thereafter.

MCS no longer sells computers but carries a wide array of Apple accessories, does in-store and on-site service with a concentration on Apple products, data recovery and some PC repairs.

If Tallent loses his lease, he says he’d like to stay in North Knoxville but that the decision may not be entirely up to him.

“We have a contract with Apple, tied to our location, and I could possibly lose my Apple contract if I have to move.”

What would he do if that happened?

“Make a living without it.”

Last Thursday morning, the slogan on the MCS Services Inc. website said, “Providing Apple Computer solutions since 1978 – approximately 13,488 days, 12 hours, 52 minutes and 54 seconds!” It is one of the oldest independent Apple stores in the USA. If Walmart is the ultimate Karl Hess leads Jackie Cahelo through Tai Chi in big-box development, MCS moves teaching meditation and relaxation.

Services is its antithesis. The Photo by Cindy Taylor modest, 1,200-square-foot Apple shop at 2831 N. Broadway could become collateral damage if the plan to build a Chi helps settle you down slow me down. Sometimes Walmart grocery store next and has used the art form the thoughts still come, but door goes through. MCS rents when working with kids I can see them coming and from Centerpointe Church, its neighbor to the north. The with drug-related issues. refocus.”

If anyone’s looking for Hess can currently be church also owned a parcel someone to officiate their found teaching the Tai Chi on the south side of the MCS wedding, Hess can handle class around noon every parking lot that has already that as well. Imagine a Tai Saturday at Fourth and Chi wedding in the park.

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“Meditation is a key about one hour and is open ■ Belle Morris Community ■ Excelsior Lodge No. 342 thing for me to help keep concept. Info: 208-9206 or Action Group meets 7 p.m. meets 7:30 p.m. each Thursme together,” he said. “I’m email karlalanhess@gmail. each second Monday, City day, 10103 Thorn Grove Pike.

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■ Beaumont Community Organization. Info: Natasha

■ Chilhowee Park Neighborhood Association meets 6:30 p.m. each last Tuesday, Administration Building, Knoxville Zoo. Info: Paul Ruff, 696-6584.

■ Edgewood Park Neighborhood Association meets 7 p.m. each third Tuesday, 3109

w.emmert@att.net.

■ First District Democrats meet each first Monday, Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Info: haroldmiddlebrook@gmail. com or marytheprez@yahoo. com.

■ Historic Fourth & Gill meets 6:30 p.m. each second Monday, Central UMC, 201 Third Ave.

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Proudly posing after planting a magnolia tree at Strickland Park are Nick Della Volpe, Mimi Meredith, Sharon Davis, Eston Williams and Terry Raby. Jeff Petrik is not pictured. Photos by S. Clark

Town Hall East rallies for beauty

By Sandra Clark The leadership of Town Hall East planted a big magnolia tree in Strickland Park recently. It was just the latest effort by Town Hall to enhance the county-owned park adjacent to the Burlington Branch Library.

Work was led by president Eston Williams and past presidents Sharon Davis and Jeff Petrik. City Council representative Nick Della Volpe was there, along with Mimi Meredith, who has been nominated for the Town Hall board.

Terry Raby brought

equipment from his company, Airtech Tools, to help dig the hole and inject nutrients into the soil. Raby lives nearby, and his business is based in East Knoxville.

Davis, a real estate broker, has worked with the East Tennessee Design Center to create a master plan for the park, named for former Knox County Commission chair Thomas “Tank” Strickland.

It’s a county park inside the city, Della Volpe explained. Once Knox County opted to relocate the library to the site on Asheville

This flowerbed by the entrance to the Burlington Branch Library will be full of blooms by midsummer, said Nick Della Volpe. He planted it the day before Town Hall East planted a magnolia tree in Strickland Park.

Highway, Strickland led efforts to buy adjacent lots for the park. The Town Hall projects are vetted and approved by the county’s Department of Parks and Recreation, Davis said.

“CEMEX donated tons of topsoil,” to level the park and cover over the previous parking lots, Della Volpe said. A tributary of Loves Creek runs through the park with a wet weather waterfall.

“This is the gateway to Knoxville,” said Davis. “It helps property values to have this asset.”

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Eric Satz has modest record for TVA board Mayor Rogero appropriately issued a statement of condolence and concern for the tragic stabbing that occurred May 3 on the Third Creek Greenway and pledged to increase police presence on greenways.

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The questions that need to be asked are how many additional officers will be deployed and what is their schedule in general terms?

Secondly, how long will this increase in police activity on the greenways last?

No one asked that of our mayor’s communications office.

Greenways are an important part of what makes Knoxville special.

Users must feel they are safe. Chief David Rausch is an able police officer who deserves to have regular weekly meetings with our mayor.

■ President Obama has slighted East Tennessee by nominating Nashville resident Eric Satz to the TVA board to replace Neil McBride, whose term expired two years ago. East Tennessee now has no one serving on the nine-member board while Middle and West Tennessee have four members.

It is very important with the TVA headquarters being in Knoxville that at least one member be from Knoxville or the surrounding area. If Satz is confirmed it may be two or more years before Knoxville and our region sees a board member.

Satz merits scrutiny by our two senators given his modest record for serving on the board. His own U.S. Rep., Jim Cooper, a Democrat and Obama supporter in 2008, does not know him and was not consulted

by the Obama White House on this appointment. Satz is also considered difficult to work with and high maintenance for staff. He is not good at returning phone calls. Is he a nice guy?

My inquiries tell me he is the recommendation of Democratic fundraiser Bill Freeman, who is now running for Nashville mayor.

Freeman is a mega-bundler for the Obama campaigns, which apparently counts for more than what our congressional delegation thinks.

The good news is that the U.S. Senate is under new management and must confirm the Satz choice if he is to go on the board. He is a venture capitalist with at least one failure on his record. That was Plumgood Food, a grocery delivery service in Davidson County for organic and natural foods. It folded in 2008, which Satz blames on the economy and not on the work of him and his wife, Kate. Forty people lost their jobs. There should be extensive research into his qualifications.

Hopefully Sens. Corker and Alexander will hold out for an East Tennessee appointment. They have the power to halt this nomination from going forward.

■ Bob Gilbertson, owner of Bob’s Liquor and Wine Stores on North Winston Road, has sold his store to a Nashville firm effective in July. Gilbertson achieved international attention last year when he refused to sell Russian vodka in protest of Putin’s invasion of Crimea. It’s unclear if the new owner will maintain the same policy.

He has owned the popular store for 43 years.

■ House Speaker Beth Harwell, a potential GOP candidate for governor in 2018, will be at a fundraiser for state Rep. Roger Kane from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. tomorrow (May 14) at Don Gallo Mexican Grill on Hardin Valley Road off Pellissippi Parkway.

UT pathologist who examined the body of Elvis Presley.

Another, titled “A Few Cases Qualified as Dumb, Screwy or Just Plain Weird,” described the case of a man prosecuted by Leadbetter after he used a UT truck to attempt Ron Leadbetter, second from left, at the entrance to the Austo kill his wife. Aftin Peay Administration Building on Jan. 16, 1970. Leadbetter ter he was found got the attention of UT leaders when he helped block demRon Leadbetter guilty, the perpeonstrating students from entering the building. trator filed a suit in federal court, charging the university with discrimination based on race and age.

Leadbetter disagreed with the university’s decision to settle the case.

In spite of his respect for UT, he says the storm clouds in the title allude to the fact Ron Leadbetter, who beget the “inappropriate” rules that things haven’t always came the first clerk at the changed and won in state been “rosy” for the university.

University of Tennessee Ofcourt.

“Big Orange, to me, is not fice of the General Counsel Leadbetter applied for inWendy a few months after suing the state tuition under the new about whether the results Smith university as a law student, rules and lost. But his efforts are always wonderful, but has published a book. “Big resulted in an offer to clerk did you do the right thing?

Orange, Black Storm Clouds at the general counsel’s of- Did you act with integrity?”

He has high praise for and More” is both a history fice. Two months after gradof his career and a legal his- decision to apply a few days uation, he was hired as the Andy Holt, Ed Boling, Lamar tory of the university from before classes began. university’s first trial lawyer. Alexander and Joe Johnson.

During his second year the late 1960s until his reThe book reveals new But there was a shift when tirement as associate gen- of law school, Leadbetter information about well- Wade Gilley became presifurther impressed univer- known cases, such as the dent in 1999, he says. eral counsel in 2008.

Leadbetter sued Gilley The 600-page book is a sity officials when he helped NCAA investigation of historical document, but block the door of an ad- clothing Reggie White re- for reverse discrimination only of things with which ministration building from ceived from an “uncle” in in 2001 for hiring a woman and an African-Amerhe was personally involved, dozens of students who had 1986. he says. He relied on his been stirred up over issues “My goal is for every ican for jobs for which he own records rather than related to the Vietnam War. chapter to make the reader thought they weren’t qualiSoon after the incident, say, ‘I didn’t know that!’ or fied. He lost the case but felt research to document casgood about his decision to es regarding civil rights, Leadbetter became disgrun- ‘Gee whiz!’ ” sports, university leader- tled that his wife, Therese, It also talks about the follow advice he’d given sevship and even the death of who worked while attending fifth UT campus in Nash- eral times during his career: classes, paid in-state tuition ville that was lost in a 1977 Come forward if someone is Elvis Presley.

Leadbetter made a name while he paid out-of-state civil rights lawsuit. The doing something wrong.

He kept his job. Gilley for himself as an undergrad- tuition. In spite of reminders campus merged with Tenuate by writing a conserva- from UT General Counsel nessee State University in wasn’t so lucky.

In spite of the black tive column for the Daily John Baugh that Leadbet- 1980.

Beacon. That’s why then- ter had “blocked the hippies One chapter describes clouds, Leadbetter loved his Chancellor Charles Weaver from breaking in,” he lost ap- Leadbetter’s defense of the career with UT. “I knew it would be the was willing help him gain peals to the chancellor and confidentiality of UT recadmittance to the College of board of trustees. The law ords when CBS demanded greatest job in the world, Law when he made a snap student hired an attorney to access to the report of a and it was,” he says.

Leadbetter pens behindthe-scenes look at UT

Section 8 housing signup underway

By Bill Dockery Hundreds of Knoxvillians looking for financial help to find a home were expected to begin applying for Section 8 housing Tuesday morning.

Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation

Brent Johnson moves to private sector Brent Johnson is leaving the city’s engineering department after 27 years to join Vaughn & Melton Consulting Engineers in July as the senior project manager Johnson directing water resource efforts. The city is losing a heap of institutional knowledge.

Johnson headed the department under Mayor Bill Haslam. He was nudged to planning and kept his pay but saw multiple administrators piled on top of him in the Rogero administration.

Word on the street was that Johnson had supported mayoral candidate Ivan Harmon, a former inspector in his department. Ouch.

This writer met Brent as a young engineer trying to explain the “oxbow” effect of

First Creek at Broadway and Fairmont. The city bought and destroyed the Pizza Hut and widened the creek bed.

None of my Arlington-area friends have flooded recently. There’s no word on the evil oxbow. Does it still lurk beneath Broadway, awaiting the next big rain? Or was it straightened out?

Best wishes to Brent Johnson. Managing storm water is a thankless task, and he’s done it well.

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Wimberly recalls Monkey Trial Last week, on May 5, 90 years to the day after Rhea County High School teacher John Scopes agreed to get himself indicted for teaching evolution, former Circuit Judge Harold Wimberly led a conversation at an event called the Southern Railway Stump S p e e c h about the Trial of the 20th Century, demWimberly on s t r at i ng the chops that made him a hometown hero as a member of the University of Tennessee’s 1962 G.E. Col-

devoted considerable attention to the less wellknown, and certainly less Betty fashionable, John R. Neal, Bean a Knoxville lawyer who served as Scopes’ local counsel.

Although Neal didn’t lege Bowl team that came get to participate in what in second nationally and Wimberly called “the got a ticker-tape parade greatest moment in judidown Gay Street. cial history” (when chief The Monkey Trial is defense attorney Darrow an oft-told tale, featuring called prosecutor Bryan towering historical fig- to the stand), it was pretty ures – William Jennings clear that the Monkey Trial Bryan and Clarence Dar- was right down his alley. row and H.L Mencken – a Evolution was a hot toppassel of preachers and a ic 90 years ago, and Neal, dapper chimpanzee named who started his own law Joe Mendi, who showed up school after getting fired in a fedora, a brown plaid from UT as a result of a suit and spats. Wimberly censorship fight over a line

written by an education professor in a proposed new textbook referring to humans as “descendants of an extinct race of primates,” jumped into the thick of it.

After the book got ditched, the UT president fired a bunch of professors who had participated in the protest, and Neal, who had been only peripherally involved, got the boot as well.

The following March, the state Legislature ratified the university’s position by passing the Butler Act, which prohibited teaching human evolution and became the basis for prosecuting Scopes, who

Bob Woodruff remembered, finally Thirty years after Bob Woodruff retired and 13 years and six months after he died, the Greater Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame has found him worthy of enshrinement.

If he were alive, Bob would be speechless.

He often was.

Woodruff did some very interesting things as Tennessee athletic director, 1963-1985. Before he even got the job, he had Doug Dickey penciled in as the new football coach. Without realizing it, Bob hired geniuses to coach track and swimming. All he really knew about Chuck Rohe and Ray Bussard was they didn’t cost much.

Far over my head was Woodruff’s concept of encapsulation, a seasonal bubble over part of Neyland Stadium to house a basket-

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ball arena. As you know, more conventional wisdom prevailed.

I admired the way Woodruff outmaneuvered Joe Paterno and arranged back-toback football games against Penn State in Knoxville.

Woodruff generated many and large donations and greatly improved Tennessee’s athletic facilities.

He wasn’t much for patting himself on the back, and because he never ran for public office, many never heard of his accomplishments.

Privately, Woodruff was

known for long pauses in what others thought was conversation. I was once the young sportswriter who asked penetrating questions that still haven’t been answered. I never knew if extended silence meant he was shaping thoughts or just waiting until I went away.

“Bob was the oratorical equivalent of a blocked punt” was the single most descriptive sentence about the former Volunteer tackle. Woodruff, dumb like a fox, never debated the subject.

Woodruff was born in Athens, Ga., went to high school in Savannah and was a better student than athlete at Tennessee. Robert R. Neyland asked him to stay on after graduation. He was an assistant coach for three seasons.

During World War II, Woodruff was an Army officer in the corps of engineers. Highlight was two years as an assistant coach under Earl Blaik at West Point. Bob concluded military service as a major.

Woodruff coached for ex-Vol Bobby Dobb at Georgia Tech, exceeded expectations as head coach at Baylor and hit a jackpot at Florida. The Gators wanted him so badly, the Florida Board of Control approved a ridiculous offer, a sevenyear guaranteed contract at $17,000 per year, far more than the university president was receiving. Woodruff was 34.

Frank Broyles of later Arkansas fame became Woodruff’s offensive coordinator.

Unexpected developments forced Dickey, a reserve defensive back, into a quarter-

government was found guilty and fined $100 but subsequently had his conviction overturned.

Wimberly turned cryptic when Clay Crownover, a public relations guy who represents the Blue Slip Winery and the Historic Southern Railway Station and is the organizer of the Southern Railway Stump Speech, asked him to draw parallels between the Monkey Trial and modern-day educational controversies.

“Anything is possible,” Wimberly said, with the faintest of smiles on his face.

Wimberly declined to directly address the bill making the Bible Tennessee’s official state book –

which passed, but wasn’t signed into law because of constitutional problems – or any of the other legislative forays into textbook censorship or the promotion of creationism. But it was easy to connect the historical dots.

Crownover, who labels himself “a Joe Biden Democrat,” said he envisions the Stump Speeches as a way to air issues that don’t get talked about enough, particularly issues that pertain to the history of Knoxville.

“I’d like for people to say what they think regardless of consequences and take the heat from the people in the audience.”

back vacancy. Doug saved a season.

Woodruff coached Florida from 1950 through 1959.

His teams won a few more than they lost. Two played in bowls.

One Gator, talking out of school, told of a Woodruff pre-game exhortation, an adjusted version of a Neyland maxim: “Remember, the team that makes the fewest mistakes makes the fewest mistakes.”

All-American tackle Charlie LaPradd said his coach’s long periods of silence “would make you wonder if he was 30 minutes ahead of you or 30 minutes behind.”

Eventually, Woodruff wore out his Gator welcome.

He dabbled in the oil and gas business, then returned to Tennessee as line coach for Bowden Wyatt.

When Wyatt was fired, Woodruff and Jim McDonald locked up in a death

struggle for the job. Players favored McDonald. He became interim coach. Consolation prize? Woodruff became interim athletic director.

McDonald’s team went 5-5. Woodruff, expert at reading tea leaves, kept his eyes on Dickey, assistant at Arkansas.

The moment of truth came on the evening of Nov. 30, 1963, after the Tennessee-Vanderbilt game. In a bitter three-hour argument, one faction of the UT athletic board wanted to bring home Murray Warmath, Minnesota coach. Andy Holt, UT president, favored those who supported Woodruff’s leadership.

Stormy meeting, close call, feelings forever fractured, but a legend was born.

I say the forthcoming Hall of Fame recognition is richly deserved. A little late but …

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A fond farewell to

By Carol Shane This week marks maestro Lucas Richman’s final concerts with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra. The busy composer/conductor is on to new adventures in Maine, where he’s now maestro of the Bangor Symphony Orchestra, and elsewhere.

He’s eagerly anticipating CD releases of three of his compositions, including his spectacular piano concerto, premiered here in Knoxville during the 2013-2014 season.

He’s launching his own website, www.lucasrichman. com, and looking forward to another world premiere of one of his compositions in June, a music festival in July, and a workshop – BMI’s “Conducting for the Film Composer” – in Los Angeles in August.

The man never stops.

But Richman is in town this week and feeling reflective about his time in Knoxville. What moments and performances stand out for him during the past 12 years? He says, “It would be very difficult to make a short list. However, I would have to include our ‘Amadeus’ and ‘Sweeney Todd’ collaborations with the Clarence Brown Theatre; conducting Aaron Copland’s ‘A Lincoln Portrait’ with my father, Peter Mark Richman, serving as the narrator; ‘Peter and the Wolf’ with Ed Grimley (Martin Short) as the narrator; recording [his original] song, ‘We Share a Bond,’ for breast cancer awareness.”

He also names among his fondest memories “each time we hired a new member to the orchestra’s roster.”

Richman’s most lasting legacy will no doubt be his “Music and Wellness” initiative.

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that the power of music can extend beyond the concert hall and touch our daily lives in whatever we do, providing multiple benefits as a source of healing and therapy,” he says. “I knew from my experiences in ‘Music and Wellness’ in Los Angeles and Pittsburgh that it was important for us to introduce it to the Knoxville community.”

At first there was much uncertainty among KSO staff members about how the program might be developed locally. “But,” Richman says, “after we had had a meeting that brought our symphony musicians together with health-care professionals, we were able to begin shaping a collaborative program that could serve the needs of the patients, caregivers, visitors and musicians alike.”

Richman says that the response over the past 10 years “has been incredibly positive on the part of all the participants.” He hopes the program will expand and that other communities might consider incorporating some of the ideas into

Cisco sandwich Come for the ham, stay for the sandwich.

Or is it: Come for the lemon cookies, stay for the ham?

Whatever it is that keeps customers coming back to Ham ’n Goody’s, 314 S. Northshore Drive, it has been working for the locally owned company since 1979. Leroy and Cookie (Emily) Shoemaker opened the bakery and sandwich shop, and the family still runs it. Hams, turkeys and other meats are available by the pound and are delicious, but it’s the sandwich shop and desserts that are highlighted here.

Ham ’n Goody’s lemon cookies have a following that reaches across the nation. Numerous magazine and newspaper stories have mentioned them, the most recent being 2014 in Vanity Fair, which featured the lemon cookies under its Cult Favorites section. They are holiday traditions for many Knoxville families and a must-have every

FFRIDAY ■ Kukuly and the Gypsy Fuego in concert, 7 p.m., Casual Pint Fountain City, 4842 Harvest Mill Way. Gonzo Gourmet food truck on site.

Enjoying one of several farewell parties in his honor, Maestro Lucas Richman visits with longtime KSO supporter and Symphony League member Janet Vail. Photo by Carol Shane their own health-care institutions. “If our artistic mission is to embrace the central idea of touching the entire community inside and outside of the concert hall through the power of music, the ‘Music and Wellness’ program is clearly helping to fulfill that goal.”

And then there’s Picardy Penguin.

Even if you don’t know who he is, there’s a good chance your elementaryschool-age children might.

The big bright cartoon character is the star of Richman’s “Very Young People’s Concerts” and is responsible for introducing thousands of area youngsters to the basics of music.

Projected on a screen above the orchestra, he sings, he dances, he takes pratfalls – all that good stuff. Kids howl so much at his antics that they don’t even realize they’re learning.

“When children are exposed to music in early childhood they feel more comfortable express-

ing themselves in artistic modes or even non-artistic modes,” Richman says. He believes that when children learn to express themselves through the arts, they are more likely to grow up to be well-adjusted adults.

“It is imperative,” he stresses, “that we devote an ever-increasing amount of energy into educating children and adults, pressing home the point that art and music are needed, in fact, as a fundamental basic in life.”

After this week he’ll return to Maine, where wife Debbie and son Max are happily settled in a big, airy house in the woods.

Next season, the KSO will perform under an array of impressive conductors, and musicians and board members will choose the next maestro. But for now they’re bidding a fond farewell to Lucas Richman.

“A life without music,” he says, “is a life devoid of color and interest.”

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The best specialty sandwiches at Ham ’n Goody’s build on the bakery’s strengths: wonderfully baked ham and turkey and fresh, soft homemade bread. There’s a good Reuben and a vegetarian, but we chose the Cisco. The best thing about the Cisco is that it takes away the hardest part of eating at the bakery: deciding between ham and turkey.

The soft wheat bread is piled with honey ham, basted turkey breast, melted smoked cheddar and Swiss cheeses, mayo, lettuce and tomato and has a dill pickle on the side. The cranberry salad is the perfect accompaniment, but you can pick the pasta salad or fresh fruit cup if you want.

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SATURDAY ■ Children’s Festival of Reading, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., World’s Fair Park, 1060 World’s Fair Park Drive. Summer Library Club kickoff. Featuring world-class authors, illustrators, storytellers, music, games and more. Admission and parking free. Info: www.knoxlib.org/cfor.

■ The International Biscuit Festival, 9 a.m., along Market Street. Biscuit Bazaar vendor area open until 4 p.m.

■ Vintage Baseball game, noon, Historic Ramsey House, 2614 Thorn Grove Pike. Knoxville Holston vs. Chattanooga Lightfoot; Emmett Machinists vs. Highland Rim Distillers. Teams are in period uniforms and play by 1864 rules. Free admission; hot dogs, popcorn, peanuts and beverages available for purchase. Includes East Tennessee Corvette Club cruise-in.

■ Wild World of Sports, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Knoxville Zoo, 3500 Knoxville Zoo Drive. Some of Knoxville’s college and professional athletes will be available for photos and autographs.

Other activities include zoorts games and athlete comparisons to many of the animals at Knoxville Zoo.

SUNDAY ■ Jazz at Ijams, 5:30-8 p.m., Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave. Featuring Kukuly and the Gypsy Fuego and Melanie and the Meltones. Free event. Bring picnics, blankets, lawn chairs. Food and drinks will be available for purchase.

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■ Knoxville Croquet Tournament, 10:30 a.m., UT RecSports Field Complex across from Dead End BBQ on Sutherland Avenue. Hosted by the Knoxville Opera Guild. Proceeds benefit Knoxville Opera. Participation open to the public; no experience necessary. Info: www.knoxvilleopera.com; Audrey Duncan, 588-8371.

Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron join forces in “Mad Max: Fury Road.”

Anna Kendrick and Rebel Wilson, front, face new obstacles in “Pitch Perfect 2.”

‘Mad Max’ reboots; ‘Pitch Perfect 2’ resounds

By Betsy Pickle ’Tis the season for sequels and remakes, and we get one of each this week.

OK, so technically, “Mad Max: Fury Road” isn’t a remake of either the original “Mad Max” (1979) or its sequel, “The Road Warrior” (1981).

Instead, director George Miller describes it as a reboot. But fans of the original trilogy (which also includes 1985’s “Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome”) have some high standards for this new version to attempt to match.

Tom Hardy stars as Max Rockatansky, a man of action and few words driving the bleak post-apocalyptic landscape in search of peace of mind after losing his wife and child.

Charlize Theron plays Imperator Furiosa, a woman of action trying to reach the peace of her childhood homeland. Together, they may be able to restore some order to the chaos of their times.

The cast also includes Nicholas Hoult and Zoe Kravitz.

“Pitch Perfect 2” reunites the Barden Bellas in a comic story of redemption. After a disastrous performance at Lincoln Center, the a cappella group enters an international

competition never won before by an American group. They hope to restore their reputation and standing, but their mission has multiple obstacles.

The sequel marks the full-lengthfeature-directing debut of Elizabeth Banks. If she’s as good at directing comedies as she is acting in them (“Zack and Miri Make a Porno”), “Pitch Perfect 2” could be a hoot. The film stars Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Hailee Steinfeld, Alexis Knapp, Brittany Snow, Katey Sagal and Banks.

Also opening this week is “Where Hope Grows,” a feel-good movie about faith and ability.

Kristoffer Polaha plays a baseball player whose career fell victim to his personal problems. He gets a new perspective on life when he meets an upbeat grocery-store worker with Down syndrome.

Also starring are David DeSanctis, Danica McKellar, William Zabka, Kerr Smith and Brooke Burns. Chris Dowling (“Rock Slyde”) directed.

David DeSanctis (front) and Kristoffer Polaha find their groove in “Where Hope Grows.”

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8 • MAY 13, 2015 • NORTH/EAST Shopper news ily school. We have lost the sense of community through so many transitions. I want to bring back lost traditions and remember the legacy of Sarah Moore Greene.”

Take these passionate individuals, add Dr. Robert Kronick (a self-proclaimed bull in a china closet when it comes to caring for children) and Buzz Thomas with the Great Schools PartAttending a collaborative meeting at Sarah Moore Greene were Heather Willis, Jervece Steele, nership and you have what SMG principal Susan Espiritu, Blenza Davis, Tanisha Baker, Dr. Robert Kronick; (back) Buzz Thom- Davis calls a village working together for the good of the as and John Sibley. Photo by R. White children.

Celebrating Sarah Moore Greene Blenza Davis knows how to organize a planning committee. Her secret? To invite people with whom she has a close relationship and who share her passion.

Davis called together former colleagues and friends in an effort to help bring back the legacy of Sarah Moore Greene and create a partnership for the school bearing her name.

Davis is a former principal at Sarah Moore Greene, and she hopes to remember and celebrate Greene and to rebuild a sense of community for the school. One per-

son who knew Greene well was John Sibley. He was like her adopted son and knew her for 25 years. “Sarah loved the community and the children. She had high expectations for them.”

Jervece Steele is the community schools resource coordinator at Sarah Moore Greene and her ties to the area are strong. Steele is a product of (then) Green Elementary, attended Vine Middle and was in the first graduating class at AustinEast. She recalls visiting Greene when she was a young girl and talking with

her. Steele plans to work ■ Camp Central Mega Sports Camp, 5-8 p.m., Monday-Friwith Beck Cultural Center day, June 1-5, Central Baptist and the museum committee Bearden, 6300 Deane Hill to find more information on Drive. For rising first- through Greene. sixth-graders. Choose basketThe Rev. Renee Kesler, ball, flag football, soccer, tenwith the Beck Cultural Cennis or volleyball. To register: ter, hopes to make change cbcbearden.org/events. Info: for the better by telling the 450-1000, ext. 142. whole story, with all family ■ Camp Wesley Woods summembers included. “When mer camp, 329 Wesley Woods we learn history, we inspire Road, Townsend. Programs for kids to respond differently,” boys and girls grades K-12. Info/ to register: 448-2246 or www. she said.

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Principal Susan Espiritu, although fairly new to the ■ Clarence Brown Theatre Summer Acting Camp, 9 area, feels the sense of coma.m.-4 p.m. Clarence Brown munity and believes in her Theatre Performance Venues. students. “This is a famSession 1: Monday-Friday, July 6-17; Session 2: MondayFriday, July 20-31. Focus on acting and musical theatre techniques. Cost: $525 each session. Info/to register: www. clarencebrowntheatre.com/ actingcamp.shtml or Terry Silver-Alford, tsilvera@utk.edu.

Jacquelynn Walker and Camiah Wilson perform an African dance to the beat provided by drummer Dereke Upton and the African drum corps.

Dancers showcase talent

Austin-East High hosted a dancers showcase as students from A-E, Vine Middle Magnet and Beaumont Academy took to the stage to show off a variety of dance forms and African drum skills.

The students from Beaumont Academy opened the showcase with movement forms and were followed by the always-popular African drummers and dancers

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Jaioh Foster and the African drummers from Vine Middle Magnet perform for the dancers; the drummers brought the Beaumont Magnet Academy student Amelia Warren opens the crowd to their feet. showcase. Photos by R. White

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FRIDAY-SUNDAY, MAY 15-17 “Doubt: A Parable,” Judge William H. Inman Humanities Theatre, Walters State Community College campus in Morristown. Performances: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: www.etcplays.org or 423-318-8331.

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

FRIDAY, MAY 15 UCBPA Golf Tournament at Three Ridges Golf Course. Shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. Registration accepted day of event.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, MAY 15-16 Sevierville’s Bloomin’ Barbecue & Bluegrass festival. Featuring the biggest names in bluegrass music, up-and-coming artists, the Bush’s Best Tennessee State Championship Cook-Off, and the Mountain Soul Vocal Competition, foods, handmade crafts and

SATURDAY, MAY 16 East Tennessee Plant Swap, 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m., large shelter at New Harvest Park, 4775 New Harvest Lane. Free event open to the public. Pot luck lunch, 11:30 a.m. Info: www.easttnplantswap.com.

Gatlinburg Beans & Cornbread Festival, 4-8 p.m., on the Parkway between traffic light No. 6 and 8. Presented by Bush Brothers & Company. Featuring beans and cornbread cook-off, Smoky Mountain music, antique engines and lots of beans and cornbread for tasting. Info: 800-588-1817 or www.gatlinburg.com.

Lincoln Reagan Dinner, 5:30 p.m., Union County High School. Hosted by the Union County Republican Party. Guest speakers: Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett and state GOP chair Ryan Haynes. Tickets: $25; table sponsorship, $250. Info: unioncogop@aol.com or 992-5342.

Spring Fest at Plainview Park. Hosted by Luttrell Volunteer Fire Department.

SUNDAY, MAY 17 Outdoor gospel singing, 6 p.m., Mount Harmony Baptist Church, 819 Raccoon Valley Road NE, Heiskell.

Bring a chair. Will move indoors if rain. Everyone welcome.

MONDAY, MAY 18 Luttrell Seniors Lunch, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Luttrell Community Center. Tommy White will provide entertainment. Bring dish to share. All seniors welcome.

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■ Day camps, Arnstein Jewish Community Center, 6800 Deane Hill Drive. Milton Collins Day Camp for grades K-6; Teen Adventures Program grades 7-9; Counselor-in-Training Program grade 10; Camp K’TonTon for ages 2 years-preK. 10 weeks available, different theme each week. Info/to register: 690-6343, www. jewishknoxville.org.

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, MAY 20-21 AARP Safe Driving class, noon-4 p.m., O’Connor Senior Center, 611 Winona St. Info/to register: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

THURSDAY, MAY 21 Growing “Killer Tomatoes” class, 3:15-4:30 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Free to the public. Presented by Master Gardeners Joe Pardue and Marcia Griswold. Info: 329-8892.

Suicide Prevention Training, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Revival Vision Church, 154 Durham Drive, Maynardville.

No registration fee; lunch provided. RSVP required.

Contact hour certificates available. Info/RSVP: Rita Fazekas, 266-3989 or rita.fazekas@cherokeehealth.com.

FRIDAY, MAY 22 Gala Day, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Union County Senior Center, 298 Main St., Maynardville. All seniors welcome.

Bring side item to go with barbecue. Music, food and fun; door prizes, volunteer recognition, crowning of the next king and queen. Info: 992-3292.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, MAY 22-24 Smoky Mountain Quilters 35th Annual Quilt Show, Maryville College Cooper Athletic Center. Times: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday.

SATURDAY MAY 23

Church yard sale, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Lighthouse Christian Church, 8015 Facade Lane.

Memorial Wildflower Garden Seed Sowing, Basic Wire Wrapped Rings, 6-7:30 p.m., Appala6-6:30 p.m., Mac Smith Resource Center, Narrow Ridge, chian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 1936 Liberty Hill Road in Washburn. Info: Mitzi, 497in Norris. Instructor: with Kathy King. Registration dead- 3603 or community@narrowridge.org. line May 12. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

Music Jam, 7-10 p.m., Mac Smith Resource Center, Honor Guard meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St., Narrow Ridge, 1936 Liberty Hill Road in Washburn.

Maynardville. All veterans invited. Info: 256-5415.

Info: Mitzi, 497-3603 or community@narrowridge.org.

TUESDAY, MAY 19

WEDNESDAY, MAY 20

MONDAY, MAY 25

Fish Fry, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Sharps Chapel Senior/Community Center. All seniors welcome. Bring a covered dish.

Memorial Day Ceremony, 11 a.m., Union County Court House, Main Street in Maynardville.

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ETBA learns about Hispanic culture attend the next meeting at 8 a.m. Wednesday, June 3, at New Harvest Park Community Center. Early birds can network while enjoying breakfast.

Rosa Mar, executive director of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of East Tennessee, spoke May 6 to the East Towne Business Alliance. Mar said the Latino population has helped business owners in this area.

Nancy Whittaker “The growth of the Latino community has been tremendous in East Tennessee,” said Mar. She explained that Hamblen, Loudon and Sevier counties have the largest percentage of Latinos. Knox County’s Latino population is currently at 4.6 percent while Hamblen County’s is currently 19.7 percent.

Business owners were encouraged to learn more about marketing by attending networking events

Rogero to speak at ABSHNA

UT vet school turns out 2,200 grads

By Bonny C. Millard

Mayor Madeline Rogero will speak to the Alice Bell/ Spring Hill Neighborhood Association at 7 p.m. Monday, May 18, at New Harvest Park Community Center.

Topics include the concern for what is happening with businesses in and around Knoxville Center and an update on roads around the mall. The WashRosa Mar, CEO of Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of East Tenington Pike extension and nessee, and Justin Sterling, president of the ETBA. Photo by Nancy the lack of hospitals in Whittaker northeast Knoxville will also be discussed.

Breakfast was sponsored sponsored by the Hispanic Neighborhood residents Chamber of Commerce. by Megan Murphy Boutwell, and business owners are inYou can check out upcom- a director with Mary Kay vited to attend. A question ing events by going to www. Cosmetics. President of the and answer session will be hccet.org or going to Face- group, Justin Sterling, in- held to bring up other areas book/Hispanic Chamber of troduced new members and of interest. Info on FaceCommerce of East Tennes- visitors. book.

Everyone is invited to see.

Senior Solutions Management Group CEO Chris Sides, Oakwood Senior Living executive director Amy Wise and Dover Development CEO Rick Dover at the Emerald Youth Foundation Breakfast where Wise was keynote speaker. Photo submitted

In the world of veterinary medicine, women far outnumber men pursuing a career in this field, if the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine is any indication.

Women make up 80 percent of the students coming into the school, Dean Jim Thompson said.

“The number of women applying to veterinary school is increasing yearly.”

Thompson spoke to the Rotary Club of Knoxville, providing an overview of the school and its history.

The school has more than doubled the number of students accepted into the program since its first group of 40 students in 1976.

The program, which has a graduation rate of about 90 percent, has graduated 35 classes and produced 2,200 veterinarians.

“Across the nation, there are only 86,000 veterinarians. So there aren’t very many,” said Thompson, whose discussion was laced with humor. “You could take every veterinarian in the United States, and they could

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all watch the Volunteers play football on Saturday.”

The college has several areas of focus including teaching students to become excellent veterinarians, serving as a resource to practicing veterinarians, treating patients with quality care and researching new ways to treat animals and people, he said.

In addition, the college has four different hospitals: equine, farm, small and exotic animals.

“There was a time when we brought the lions and tigers into the large animal hospital. If you were a horse,” he said, pausing, drawing loud laughter from the audience. “Even though you would have the cage, just the smell of a big cat would stress out the horse population. So we recognized a need to build a bay and exotic animal hospital that was away from the horses so we could separate the populations.”

Thompson encouraged audience members to visit the school during its annual open house, usually in April.

Info: vetmed.tennessee. edu

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‘It’s my dream job,’ says Oakwood senior living director

By Betty Bean Even though it’s a hectic time for Oakwood Senior Living executive director Amy Wise, she was thrilled to be asked to be the keynote speaker at the Emerald Youth Foundation Breakfast May 1.

“I went to Emerald as a child – I was one of the first kids there,” said Wise, who is employed by Senior Solutions Management Group, which will run the facility. “I was so blessed, honored and humbled to be asked to speak.”

Speaking at the breakfast isn’t the only thing that’s been giving Wise that coming-home feeling lately. She’s been busy showing off the gleaming new facility housed in the old Oakwood Elementary School at 232 E. Churchwell Ave. So far, 15 residents have signed up to move into the 63-unit facility, with more looking.

She expects that the formal opening day will be sometime in late May. This is special to her not only because she is a nurse by training who has specialized in elder care, but because all this is happening in her home community. She started kindergarten at Oakwood School in 1985 before moving on to Whittle Springs Middle School and Fulton High School. She grew up on Oldham Avenue, about four streets from her school and her first job as a licensed practical nurse was at St. Mary’s Medical Center.

“To me, it is a blessing to work in the school I grew up in and contribute to my neighborhood. The (newly renovated) building itself increases property values around it, and I feel so welcomed. We’ve had a lot of interest from our neighbors, many of whom have

toured the residences and are interested in volunteering. A lot of them have applied for jobs.”

Wise has also been in contact with neighborhood churches about outreach opportunities – sermons, Bible studies – and with the Emerald Youth Foundation about starting intergenerational programs.

The building’s owner, Dover Development, has kept the century-old building’s exterior façade intact, but has moved the entrance to the former gym, which has been transformed into a spacious, high-ceilinged

room with a big chandelier, seating for group or individual activities and a bar for residents and guests. The suites, each of which features a huge window and some of which will have small kitchenettes, will range in size from 350 to 600 square feet, and the 17 memory care units will be secured from other units and more intensely staffed. Monthly rates range from $2,895to $3995, and rooms can be shared to reduce cost.

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