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Knox racing hero

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Lackey

New principals Beth Lackey is the new principal at Spring Hill Elementary School, replacing Judy Pickering.

Lackey is currently principal at Green Magnet Academy. She previously served as principal at Norwood Elementary School and joined Knox County Schools in 2006 as an assistant principal at Powell High School.

She also has worked in Georgia.

Lackey holds a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and a master’s degree in science education from the University of North Carolina.

She also holds an education specialist degree in mathematics education and an administration certification from the University of Georgia.

Dexter Murphy is the new principal at Green Magnet Academy, replacing Lackey. He currently is an assistant principal at Sarah Moore Greene Magnet Academy.

He joined the Knox County Schools in 2009 as a teacher at Pond Gap Elementary and was a fellow in the 2013 cohort for the Principal Leadership Academy, serving as an assistant principal at Vine Middle School.

Murphy holds a bachelor’s degree in music from the University of Tennessee, a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction from Lincoln Memorial University and an education specialist degree from the University of Tennessee.

Too many tests?

Those concerned about excessive testing in Knox County Schools are invited to a community forum at 6 p.m.

Tuesday, June 2, at West High School.

Following a brief overview, participants will form breakout groups for discussion and each will report to the full group.

IN THIS ISSUE Sunshine’s downside There are folks in this town who act like the sunshine law is the Magna Carta. It isn’t.

Ultimately, the sunshine law doesn’t make local government more open. Instead, the law merely shifts power away from the legislative branch and puts the power in the county mayor’s office.

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A.J. “Pete” Kreis Photo courtesy of Max Kreis

By Bill Dockery Memorial Day on Monday marked the day 81 years ago when Knoxville lost one of its first national sports heroes in an accident at the Indianapolis Speedway.

A.J. “Pete” Kreis was practicing for the annual May 30 Indy 500 in 1934 when his racer went out of control in the first turn and topped the wall of the track at close to 100 miles per hour, killing Kreis and his ride-along mechanic, Bob Hahn.

After leaving the track, the car was cut in two when it hit a tree outside. Kreis apparently died instantly and his rider died moments after being removed from the wreckage.

“Pete’s Knoxville funeral was an enormous event,” wrote Max

Max Kreis inspects the nine-ton slab of marble that honors Pete Kreis, who was killed practicing for the Indy 500 race in 1934. The stone sits among other Kreis family graves in Asbury Cemetery, now surrounded by the Forks of the River Industrial Park. Photos by Bill Dockery Kreis, a family member who collected and published an extensive family history in 2013. “Flower arrangements were like nothing anyone in Knoxville had seen before.”

Kreis had been on national and international racing circuits for more than a decade and his death drew appreciations from the major racing personalities and orga-

nizations of the time. Newspapers wrote of him as “one of the first 15 racers in the world” and “from the ranks of America’s foremost automobile racing drivers.” At home, 100 cars made up the cortege that wound its way to Asbury Cemetery.

Only in recent years has archival film footing been found that shows the cause of the wreck.

Sculptor Albert Milani included a tiny model of Pete Kreis’ racer leaving Indy’s brick track in the fatal accident.

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Mayor faces tough crowd at Alice Bell

By Betty Bean From the look of the announcement of the special meeting of the Alice Bell Spring Hill Neighborhood Association featuring Mayor Madeline Rogero, she was headed for a rough time.

Association president Ronnie Collins cleared the Rogero agenda so the mayor would have more time to address the issues listed under

“Purpose of Meeting: “No noticeable concern for what is happening with businesses in and around Knoxville Center.

“Lack of communication as promised regarding Washington Pike extension, especially when taking $10 million and transferring to Cumberland Avenue without consulting our neighborhood.”

“Just what appears to be a noticeable amount of projects being done in most parts of Knoxville other than here.”

Regarding Knoxville Center (or East Towne, as almost every-

one present, including Rogero, called it), Rogero said the city recently helped clear out brush and high weeds from the interstate ramp, also clearing out a homeless camp in the process. She said she and members of her staff have met with Knoxville Center leasing agent Justin Sterling, who was present for the meeting, and that her business liaison, Patricia Robledo, helped form the East Towne Business Alliance.

She said she wants to look at a Corridor Overlay for the area when the new Metropolitan Plan-

ning Commission director arrives in September.

At this point, Collins broke in to say that the group is concerned because the area is soon to have a third vacant big box building when Office Max pulls out.

“We’re concerned that this is going to invite business to keep pulling back from this area,” he said.

When the topic turned to the jettisoned Washington Pike redesign (which was to have widened To page 3

No meeting of the minds at budget talks

By Betty Bean The only clear consensus reached at the joint school board/ county commission meeting last week came when district members of each body promised to get together with their counterparts and talk about school needs before the county budget comes up for a vote next month.

This meeting of the minds came at the conclusion of a dinner and discussion get-together at the East Tennessee History Center.

The board members, commissioners and Dr. James McIntyre were seated around a horseshoeshaped table in the middle of the room to facilitate conversation.

The most powerful player in the budget discussions, county Mayor Tim Burchett, who has veto power over any commission vote (it would take eight votes to override him) was seated in the audience

and was not asked for his opinion, perhaps because his views on the subject are well known.

He’s not going to go for anything that requires raising taxes.

Things went the way they usually do this time of the year, with most (but not all) school board members pleading for increased funding and most (but not all) commissioners advising them to shut up and live within their means.

There was majority agreement on an issue Knox County Schools has been pushing this year – the balanced calendar commonly (but not quite accurately) called yearround school: It’s too expensive to talk about at a time when the county is struggling to find a way to pay for long-overdue teachers’ raises and communities are clamoring for new school buildings.

Commission chair Brad Anders repeated his warning that the

county has been living off the proceeds of a 1999 property tax increase and has no more fat to cut.

School board member Terry Hill, who represents the Hardin Valley area, which is hoping for a new middle school, implored members of County Commission to think about doing something to raise money to build new schools.

“More people than you might think would be willing to pay their fair share,” she said.

Commissioner Ed Brantley said his hands are tied because of his no-new-taxes campaign promise, but he recommended that his colleagues consider approving a referendum vote on a half-cent sales tax increase. He objected to the superintendent’s recommendation to build a new north-central elementary school: “Do you have to build three schools? This elementary school

showed up on the list out of nowhere.”

McIntyre corrected Brantley and said the elementary school had been in the system’s 2012 plan.

Commissioner Charles Busler won the most jaw-dropping statement of the night when he said he went 43 years on his job without a raise and chided the schools for not returning good results for the county’s investment.

McIntyre challenged him to compare and contrast recent student outcomes and graduation rates with those of the past.

Board member Karen Carson said the county needs to give teachers a minimum of a four percent raise.

“It’s a slap in the face to say every other (county) employee gets a 3 percent and tell the schools to find the money for teachers to get one.”

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Life-saving treatment Grainger County man given second chance James Mills was sitting on the floor of his home in Mascot on Feb. 7, helping his girlfriend, Kim Severs, assemble a spice rack. It was a simple task, and not strenuous, at all.

“Something popped in my head,” Mills remembers.

Mills told Severs that he felt funny. She asked him what was wrong. Mills was only able to reply with two words.

“My head …,” he uttered. He says when the pain came, he also lost control over the left side of his body. Severs remembers the moment in detail.

“His whole left side just went dead all at once – face, hand, arm, leg – all of it,” Severs says. “He was trying to talk, but I couldn’t understand what he was saying.”

Having worked as a nurse at a nursing home in the past, Severs knew immediately what was happening as she watched her boyfriend seemingly melt on one side.

“I got him up into a chair and then shouted at the neighbor to call 911, because he was having a stroke,” Severs says.

Minutes matter in stroke treatment, so the ambulance rushed Mills from his home to a location where he could be picked up by a helicopter. He was flown to Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center.

“I was terrified,” Severs says, “because I thought it would be permanent, to be quite honest.”

Mills says the clot was the result of another problem that he had been dealing with for quite some time. “I have an afib heart,” Mills explains, “and my doctor had taken me off of my blood thinner.”

Atrial fibrillation starts with an irregular heart rate that’s sometimes also rapid and can commonly cause poor blood flow to the body. During atrial fibrillation, the heart’s two upper chambers (the atria) beat out of sync and out of coordination with the two lower chambers (the ventricles) of the heart.

This can result in blood clots, and if a clot is pumped down to the bottom of the heart, it can be pumped out to the rest of the body. In about 40 percent of cases, the clot goes to the brain, often resulting in a stroke. That’s what happened to Mills.

Patients with atrial fibrillation are at a higher risk for stroke.

While Mills was being flown to the hospital, Severs was rushing to meet him on the ground.

She was filled with fear and anxiety. When time

idea to turn right around and put him through another procedure?

“I asked Dr. Woodward what he would do if it was a member of his family,” Severs says. “He said he would order the clot retrieval, so that’s what we did.”

Mills is back at home going about his daily life, and most people would never guess what happened to him in February.

“I didn’t lose any of my motor skills, and I can pretty much still do what I did before the stroke,” says Mills. He’s experiencing some short term memory loss, but doctors say his memory will mostly likely be restored in good time. “So I reckon I’m in good shape.”

Asked if he was afraid during the experience, Mills says he wasn’t, because he knew he was in good hands with the Comprehensive Stroke Center at Fort Sanders Regional.

“They got me in and out, got me straightened up, they got me back home,” Mills says. “I thank God I’m OK, but I also thank God for giving The Interventional Radiology team within the Comprehensive Stroke Center of Fort Sanders Re- them the knowledge to do what they did for me.”

“I was really impressed with Fort Sanders,” gional provides fast, life-saving treatment to hundreds of stroke patients each year.

Severs adds. “He’s back to his old self, it’s a mircame for her to see Mills after his treatment, she Fort Sanders Regional has a comprehensive acle, he’s great.”

Mills says he thinks his girlfriend is pretty was flooded with relief. stroke center where highly trained neurologists “I could tell they had done something to reverse offer stroke treatment that’s fast and effective. great, too. Her knowledge and quick reaction it, because he looked normal, and he was moving Intra-arterial stroke treatment uses a special de- helped him get the treatment he needed in timehis fingers,” Severs says. “I started crying and vice to capture and pull out blood clots lodged in ly manner. “She came through like a trooper,” thanking everybody.” the vessels leading to the brain. Research shows Mills says.

For information about the CompreClot busting drugs are given to stroke patients that patients who have both the clot busting through a vein to improve blood flow and mini- medicine and clot retrieval fair better than those hensive Stroke Center at Fort Sanders Regional,, visit fsregional.com/stroke or mize potential disabilities. The amount of time it who are treated with just medicine. takes for that to happen at Fort Sanders Regional Clot retrieval is a very specialized procedure, call 865-541-1111. is about 30 minutes faster than the national aver- and it isn’t available age. The difference is significant for anyone, but at every hospital. especially for patients like Mills, who travel from Woodward, a neurooutlying counties for treatment. interventional radiBut the work wasn’t ologist, is one of a finished. Treating the imselect few performmediate effects of a stroke ing the procedure in is one thing. Working to Knoxville. keep the next one from But choices for happening is something comprehensive treatelse. ment are ultimately “Dr. Keith Woodward up to the patients came out and told me that and their loved ones.

James had a blood clot in Mills had just been When it comes to stroke, time lost is brain his brain,” Severs recalls. through a harrowing lost, so it’s important to understand the “And said they could go in experience with the and retrieve it.” stroke.

Was it a good warning signs and how to reduce your risk.

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The region’s first comprehensive stroke center Delivering immediate and excellent care When a stroke happens, timely treatment is critical. The Comprehensive Stroke Center at Fort Sanders Regional is well above the national average in delivering prompt treatment of live saving medication.

Clot busting drugs are given to stroke patients through a vein to improve blood flow and minimize potential disabilities.

The amount of time it takes for a patient to be brought into a hospital until the moment medications are intravenously administered is referred to as “door to needle time.”

While the average door to needle time is a little more than an hour, the door to needle time at Fort Sanders Regional is 45 minutes. That’s 15 minutes fast-

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It’s just one of the many advantages a patient has when treated at a comprehensive stroke center. The stroke center exists to provide the highest level of stroke care for complicated stroke cases.

“It really exists to provide that next level up from what you can get at your local community hospital,” Dr. Arthur Moore, medical director of the Fort Sanders Regional Stroke Center, says. “Strokes can often be treated at those hospitals, but finding out why the stroke occurred to prevent it from happening again sometimes takes someone who’s done a lot more work in treating stroke.”

Moore says finding out the

“why” takes some digging into a patient’s background, and sometimes it’s not as obvious as the main risk factors.

“Stroke centers tend to be better and faster at treating stroke just because we see it all the time,” Moore says. “We have doctors who can go up into the brain and pull a clot out, and that’s a really specialized niche. Most hospitals don’t have access to someone who can do that.”

The Comprehensive Stroke Center at Fort Sanders Regional sees patients from throughout East Tennessee, and even from Kentucky. To learn more, visit fsregional.com/stroke, or call 865-541-1111.

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Racing hero

Native Columbine at the end of its bloom cycle is part of the landscape and hardscape in Moll’s front yard. Photos by Cindy Taylor

Artist Gerry Moll sits on his sculpture masterpiece in Fourth and Gill Park. Southern Red Oak Tribute was created from the second oldest tree in Knoxville. Artist Katie Walberg worked with Moll on the piece.

Gerry Moll: Seeds of art Gerry Moll believes art can be personal – he also believes art can encompass and benefit the community.

Moll discovered his passion for art at an early age and earned a graduate degree in fine art from the University of Michigan. His love of community involvement combined with art came later and has developed into a business he named Native Plant Rescue Squad.

“My dad would see me making things when I was a kid and always joke with me by asking if what I was doing was an art project. My primary interest right now is a business I co-founded to save native plants.”

Moll and artist/partner Joy Grissom work with de-

Cindy Taylor

velopers and builders by digging up native plants before the bulldozers come in. They nurture the plants and then either landscape the finished building or sell them for residential landscaping. His own yard is landscaped with native plants. He is also working to eliminate invasive species by designing them into art for festival displays.

Moll’s go-to is always natural elements. He is a

mixed media sculptor and has done a variety of public art pieces, commissioned pieces and gallery work. He has a permanent piece of sculpture in the Fourth and Gill Park titled Southern Red Oak Tribute.

“People come here to sit on the tree and reflect,” he said. “I am inspired by the beauty of nature and the beauty that happens through art. Everything and every place need art.”

Moll is also the founder and lead artist of the Labor Day Sunflower Project; an annual public participatory sculptural installation and multi-media arts event held in Krutch Park extension. Moll has collected the oldest sunflower seeds he

could find and is distributing those so locals can grow their own and participate in the project.

Moll’s art has evolved through sculpting to mixed media blacksmithing to hardscapes and gardens. He is the recipient of the Puffin Foundation Arts grant for 2015. The purpose of the grant is to create sculptures at festivals in the Southeast using invasive species as building materials.

Moll is a board member and community organizer at the Birdhouse Community Center and serves on the Fourth and Gill Neighborhood Association board. He is involved with the start-up of a community radio station, Knoxville Community Radio -103.9, which is planned to launch by June 1.

“Art is a wonderful tool to engage community issues.

There is a lot that art can do.”

Info: www.gerrymoll. com or gerrymoll@mac. com.

From page A-1

Kreis lost control of his vehicle when he swerved to avoid another car that was having trouble on the track.

Though Pete Kreis’ accomplishments and death have faded from the consciousness of most Knoxvillians, the monument to him in the Kreis plot at Asbury Cemetery is a rock-solid reminder of the esteem his family felt for him.

“It took the family more than a year to find a flawless piece of marble for the monument,” said Max Kreis.

The rock was quarried at the Appalachian Marble Quarry Company, just across the Forks of the River from the family’s Riverside Farms where Kreis grew up. The quarry was owned

by Pete’s father, John, and John’s brothers.

The family called on famed Knoxville sculptor Albert Milani to prepare the surface of the nine-ton block.

Milani carved an oval portrait of the driver with his name and birth/death dates and included a carving of the starter with his flags. Around the border, Milani worked a model of Indy’s brick race track, complete with a tiny race car topping the wall where the accident occurred. The legend on the stone – “The Last Lap.” For all the notoriety his career and violent death brought, Pete Kreis is just the most public of a family that shaped commercial and civic life in Knoxville from just after the Civil War till the mid-20th century.

Harmon, John and other Kreises of that generation shaped 19th century busi-

ness and agriculture in Knox County, an influence that is still present in modern Knoxville.

“Harmon Kreis was the most interesting man,” said Max Kreis.

Max has traced the Kreis family from Switzerland to Wartburg and finally to Knoxville, where Harmon Kreis became one of the region’s most prominent quarry owners, dairy farmers and construction company owners in the late 1800s.

In addition to his agricultural and industrial interests, Harmon Kreis served a term as Knox County sheriff around 1904 and later had two separate terms in the state Legislature.

He and his sons established dairy farms and raised chickens and turkeys commercially. His early real estate investments in Texas and Florida showed a foresight that later paid large dividends for his many descendants.

Max Kreis, a retired producer of educational programming for the deaf and hard of hearing in California, has become passionate about tracking the kinship ties that link him to so many people in east Knox County.

Kreis still remembers when Forks of the River was a neighborhood, not an industrial park, and he can recall in detail the now-gone homes of family members and friends.

At the end of his book, Max concludes, “Many things happen during our lives that change us, but life starts and life ends with the family.”

The magic of Michael Messing

By Sandra Clark Michael Messing makes a living as a magician, and he brought his craft to Sarah Moore Greene Magnet Academy recently to put on a show for the newspaper club.

Talking about his career, Messing said, “After every show you are unemployed.”

Actually performing magic tricks takes a small portion of his time, he said.

“I’ve got to do advertising, sales, bookkeeping, taxes and social media.”

Messing said he practices a lot and studies books written by other magicians. He’s got about 500 books in his library, each valued at $75 to $250. The books are cost-

general public, he said. “It’s hard to fool a magician.”

His biggest audience was more than 20,000 people at Thompson-Boling Arena.

He’s entertained on a cruise ship and for small groups like birthday parties. His professional attire is black pants, white shirt and brightly colored vest, he said.

He dressed casually for Michael Messing works magic Sarah Moore Greene beat Sarah Moore Greene Mag- cause he was en route to another event. net Academy. Photo by S. Clark Jalissa Owenby wrote, “Michael Messing is a magic man who started at age 12.” ly because there’s a limited He will perform at most market. branch libraries this sumMagicians share with mer. It’s a show worth seeeach other but not with the ing.

Beware of seasonal scams

By Wendy Smith Last month, West Hills Community Association president Ashley Williams was alerted to the regular presence of a man selling security systems door-todoor.

The man was taking pictures of houses and asking residents who already had security systems which doors and windows were monitored. He would then ask to put a sign in the yard.

At least one neighbor had a break-in a few days after

Alice Bell the road from the Target strip mall east to Murphy Road), Rogero said the city will not be going forward with that plan, since she has redirected nearly $10 million of the $15 million set aside for the Washington Pike to the Cumberland Avenue redesign.

ABSHNA leaders Collins, Gene Mathis and Kevin Murphy, none of whom supported the original redesign, aired frustration with trying to communicate with city officials over the years.

speaking with the man.

Williams hopes other neighborhoods can benefit from what his neighbors have learned.

Homeowners should contact local providers who are licensed and bonded and have a good rating with the Better Business Bureau.

A request for payment up front should be a red flag, he says.

A common scam is linoleum sales. Accomplices enter the home while homeowners are looking at sam-

ples. Those selling magazine subscriptions may be legitimate, but salespeople often have criminal records, he says.

Neighborhoods, as a whole, cannot prohibit solicitors if they have public roads. But individual property owners can prohibit solicitors on their property with a clearly visible sign, says Ron Mills of the city law department. Gated neighborhoods or those with private roads can prohibit solicitors.

From page A-1

Rogero said her administration allocates about $3 million a year for sidewalks, “But there’s a list. There’s a waiting list for them and you’ve got to get on the list.”

She announced a meeting scheduled for 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 30, to discuss a transportation improvement plan that will be more limited in scope than the original road-widening plan.

“If there’s a point in the future when people want more retail here, that’s great.

But I can tell you tonight, we’re not moving forward on right-of-way acquisition.”

Collins said he started hearing about the availability of federal money for area road improvements in 2001 during a meeting chaired by a former MPC head.

“We got a lot of suggestions and there were a lot of meetings held, but not one project ever happened. … all that federal money disappeared and not one thing happened and we never saw a penny of it. We’ve been asking for a sidewalk – we would really like to have some sidewalks.”

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Tennessee has a little cup problem Dave Hart has said all along that repairing football was his first order of business.

Raising millions for salary increases and more and better facilities is obviously the second priority of the athletic director. Two is linked to one.

Pumping basketball back up is probably next in line.

Rick Barnes brings hope.

There is one highlight and half of another. The new TV studio is superb. Dorm construction is on schedule.

Money works wonders.

The boss appears to be above the fray over what to call Tennessee women athletes but others are in a tizzy. Should he choose to engage, this could be timeconsuming – and maybe bruising.

Marvin West

As busy as he otherwise is, Hart must have noticed the baseball surge. After a miserable season, those Vols gave us a miracle finish, three wins in a row based on finding a foe worse that they were, to qualify for the SEC tournament.

Hart’s list of possible interests may include NACDA Directors’ Cup standings, the comparison of performances in all recognized college sports. The bottom line shows how a school is

doing in all-around competition.

Last time we looked, Tennessee wasn’t doing very well. Ironic that this evaluation is sponsored by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics.

Hart is part owner.

Butch Jones’ football team didn’t shake the ground with the 7-6 record but it earned 45 cup points with the bowl victory. Iowa got 25 for losing.

Tennessee’s other fall teams fell somewhere near flat. The Vols didn’t qualify for the NCAA cross-country run. Women’s soccer went 10-10 and didn’t get to play in the NCAA tournament.

Volleyball was a not very pretty 8-24.

UT does not participate

in men’s soccer, men’s water polo and women’s field hockey, three reasons it cannot keep up with Stanford, UCLA and others who do.

Many who care about a well-rounded athletic program believe Tennessee is still in decline. It finished 40th last year, 10th in the SEC, worst in the 20-year history of the cup. I see a glimpse of optimism.

Women’s basketball did well, considering injuries, and should grow stronger.

Softball exceeded expectations in what was supposed to be a retooling campaign.

Tennessee men and women finished fourth in SEC swimming and diving.

Mauricio Robles won two of three diving titles.

Pole-vaulter Jake Blankenship cleared 18 feet, 3 inches to win his event at the SEC outdoor track meet.

That was only three inches down from his best vault of last season.

Here’s a window into the plight of Tennessee track: Drew Kelley ran the best 1500 of his life in the prelims and failed to advance. Brielyn Rogers came through with her best-ever triple jump and placed 12th.

Twelfth (next to last in this case) is where the Vols finished in track team standings. They scored 28.5 points. Florida won with 130.5. Vanderbilt didn’t play.

UT women scored 15 points, just enough to place last. Arkansas won with 127.5.

Measuring stick: Tennessee, once a national power in track and field, finished more than a hun-

dred points behind the SEC winners. Interesting that Beth Alford-Sullivan accepted the challenge of fi xing the problem – without an indoor facility.

Tennis, anyone? Seniors Mikelis Libietis and Hunter Reese are nationally ranked in doubles but the tennis team had a 14-13 record.

The women were 11-15 overall and 3-11 against SEC foes.

Top golfer Chad Merzbacher tied for 40th in the San Diego regional. The women’s team placed third in their regional, eight strokes off the pace.

Tennessee did not make the nationals in rowing but nobody drowned.

Tennessee did better in academics than athletics.

Alas, classroom scores are not a factor in Directors’ Cup standings.

Marvin West invites reader comments.

His address is westwest6@netzero.com

Retiring city staffers share memories Not long after beginning her job with Knoxville City Council, secretary Susan Wilson began wrapping rubber bands around a paperweight. Almost 33 years later, the rubber-band ball is the size, and weight, of a medicine ball. It’d be bigger if she didn’t occasionally reuse the rubber bands.

She plans to bequeath the ball to another city employee when she retires later this year, along with her long-time officemates.

City recorder Cindy Mitchell has held her post for 35 years and auditor Melissa Peters was hired 27 years ago. They’re all looking forward to the next stage of life, but will miss the rapport they’ve built with each other − and some of their bosses.

Their bosses are the nine city council members, so they’ve had a lot of bosses.

One of the keys to a long career in the city council office is staying apolitical, Cindy says.

Susan said she had to learn to keep her opinions to herself, even when she was asked.

They have stories to tell − more than they would ever tell a reporter. But they laugh as they recall funny moments during council meetings. Cindy recalls council member Ed Bailey, a former major league ball player, getting heckled during a meeting. His response: “Yeah, yeah, yeah. You, too.

I’ve been booed by thousands.”

Melissa remembers city attorney Harold Mills saying, “Stick it in your ear,” when he was heckled.

Cell phones added a new dimension to meetings.

Texting allowed Cindy and Susan to make comments to

Wendy Smith

each other, and when council members realized that one member never turned off his ringer, they enjoyed calling him during meetings.

Council members continue to make casual bets on when meetings will end.

Cindy has accused some of stretching out meetings to make it to their estimated time.

Some meetings had dark moments. Cindy recalls sitting between two council members who began to threaten each other. They made plans to take the dis-

agreement out to the parking lot.

Susan doesn’t attend meetings unless she’s filling in for Cindy, but she remembers a tense meeting in East Knoxville following a series of shootings. This was during Victor Ashe’s administration when meetings were held in each district. There was unrest, but nothing happened, she says.

They’ve each taken their share of interesting phone calls. Cindy’s favorite was the man who called to ask if his wife had filed for divorce. Many call to ask if they are scheduled to appear in court, and Susan often tries to help them.

Melissa says she’s not as polite as her officemates.

When she couldn’t help a man who called to ask if there was a lien on his boat, he got angry, she says.

Times have changed

Knoxville City Council staff members Melissa Peters, Cindy Mitchell and Susan Wilson will soon retire after almost a century of combined service. Photo by Wendy Smith since they began their careers. In those days, female staffers were required to wear skirts, hose and heels, Cindy says.

Women are generally more respected now. Susan remembers a man coming into the office several years ago, asking to see the city recorder. When Cindy came out, he said, no, he didn’t

want to speak to the “peons.”

They’ve come a long way, and will undoubtedly be hard to replace.

“We’ve been blessed to be able to work together, and we’ll miss each other,” Cindy says. “We’ve had great leadership over the years.

It’s something Knoxville should be proud of.”

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‘Make a difference’ for people with disabilities

“I challenge you to go out and make a difference” on employment issues for people with disabilities, state Sen. Becky Duncan Massey told a crowded Market Square audience for the public celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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“Only 25 percent of people with disabilities are employed,” Massey said. “It’s our job to focus on abilities.” Besides her legislative work, she is executive director of the Sertoma Center, an organization that serves people with intellectual disabilities.

Massey was joined by Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero at the event put together by the DisAbility Resource Center, a Knoxville

State Sen. Becky Duncan Massey, Katherine Moore and Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero gather after ceremonies on Market Square honoring the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Moore is service coordinator for the DisAbility Resource Center in Knoxville. Photos by Bill Dockery agency that helps people with disabilities live independently. The center sponsored a visit to the city by the ADA Legacy Tour bus, which is traveling the country to raise awareness of the ADA, its history and its promise.

“An estimated 20 percent of the population has a disability of some sort,” Rogero said. “Why would any smart business person build something that 20 percent

of the population can’t use?”

Rogero reviewed the steps taken by Knoxville city government to promote independence, empowerment and self-advocacy among people with disabilities, including a disabilitymentoring day to increase city workers’ awareness of citizens with disabilities, as well as targeted sidewalk projects that improve access to the city’s bus system.

“We are always looking

for ways to increase accessibilities,” she said.

At least 35 agencies, advocacy groups and organizations filled the square with displays promoting services and goods for the disability community.

Lillian Burch, executive director of the Disability Resource Center, handed out Spirit of the ADA awards to people and organizations who have been leaders in promoting accessibility and inclusion, including law professor Dean Rivkin, lawyer Brenda McGee, and their education practicum for University of Tennessee law students; educator Gary Harmon; U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander; Bravo! Cucina Italiana restaurant; Tony Lawrence, an employee of the restaurant; volunteer Jason Gaul; and service provider Anne Woodle at East Tennessee Children’s Rehabilitation Center. The Knoxville Mayor’s Council on Disability Issues received a special award for its 30th year of service to the city.

GOSSIP AND LIES ■ Knox County Schools can’t afford to wax the floors this summer.

■ And Patti Bounds says somebody from Central Office has been coming around to the schools, collecting the wax that’s on hand.

■ Who needs this wax and why?

■ Tim Burchett – He wants to sell the wax and other assets to build a school at Gibbs.

■ Jim McIntyre – He needs a local match for another Broad Foundation grant.

■ Gloria Johnson – The multiunemployed former state representative who just resigned as a teacher has an idea for a new product: Johnson’s Wax. ■ Greg Isaacs – The lawyer who keeps the wheels of justice greased for his clients.

Gary Harmon, a Knox County English teacher and motivational speaker, shows off his Spirit of the ADA award to his two children: Nathan, who just completed the third grade at Blue Grass Elementary, and Kaitlyn, a rising eight-grader at West Valley Middle School. Harmon, the author of “My Daddy Takes His Legs Off,” is at work on another children’s book and a memoir.

government Cumberland road work harms Patel Construction on the west end of Cumberland Avenue continues to harm businesses. Local media carried stories of the Exxon station at 22nd and Cumberland where business is off 80 percent. Vice Mayor Nick Pavlis, who represents this area, has urged people to do business here to assist struggling businesses. He is right.

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The station owner, Rakesh Patel, has been especially harmed. The signage to enter his station going eastbound is poor and it’s not great going west.

Patel, who has lived in Knoxville 10 years, is from Gujarat state in India, the home state of Gandhi. He is not familiar with the workings of city government so it is easy for officials to ignore him. He is about to lose his livelihood.

Hopefully, readers will fill up with gas there while this construction endures.

I purchased gas there last week. He is a very nice but worried man. Who can blame him?

The final Cumberland Avenue product will filter cars into two lanes of traffic instead of the current four lanes, creating a giant bottleneck in the heart of the city. And $10 million has been taken from Washington Pike to pay for growing costs there.

■ Former Police Chief Phil Keith says he is “flattered at the number of persons” suggesting he run for mayor. “ I will think it over,” he says. Qualify-

ing deadline for mayor, city judge and city council is noon Thursday, June 18.

■ Council member Finbarr Saunders has raised $21,000 for his reelection campaign, he says.

He is closely allied with Mayor Rogero.

■ Dr. Katie Stringer, executive director of Blount Mansion, is leaving to take a position teaching history at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, S.C. She will be replaced by David Hearnes, her deputy, as the interim executive director.

Hearnes, 36, has bachelor’s degrees in both history and historic preservation.

He has been at Blount for a year and lives with his wife, Hallie, in Bearden. Dorothy Stair, mother of council member Marshall Stair, chairs the Blount Mansion board.

The new MPC director, Gerald Green, will make $125,000 a year plus $4,800 a year car allowance when he starts work on July 1. This is an increase in pay from Mark Donaldson and Jeff Welch.

He will be in the county pension plan. The new contract has not been completed but you will be kept advised once it is executed as it is a public record.

■ Jeff Welch did an effective job for the past six months running MPC and succeeded in removing the controversial Dave Hill which no one else had accomplished.

■ Ron Emery, who moved his 5 and 10 store from Chapman Highway to Pigeon Forge near Paula Deen’s Family Kitchen, says he is doing very well in the first four weeks. The first weekend doubled his expectations in sales. He hopes to have a formal opening this summer.

Sunshine law empowers Burchett in budget talks It’s budget time in Knox County. Mayor Tim Burchett has proposed a budget and county commission will soon decide whether to approve, amend or reject it.

Outright rejection is unlikely. Long gone are the days of a strong county commission willing to ignore the county mayor (formerly the county executive) and pass a budget of its own.

Why? One reason is Tennessee’s Open Meetings Act (more commonly known as the “sunshine law”) which effectively blocks any communications between county commissioners about

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public business outside of a public meeting. This makes it difficult for any commissioner to pass an alternative budget.

(Unless you’re on a reality television show, it’s tough to negotiate with someone in public with the television cameras rolling.)

Yet, unlike county commission, Mayor Burchett is

not restricted by the sunshine law in preparing a budget. The mayor and executive staff can meet individually with each commissioner and haggle behind closed doors to prepare a budget that meets both the mayor’s goals and a majority of the commission (whose votes are ultimately required to pass it).

There isn’t anything sinister about this, but as you can imagine, the ability to hold private meetings gives the mayor a distinct advantage in budget negotiations.

There are folks in this town who act like the sunshine law is the Magna

Carta. It isn’t. Ultimately, the sunshine law doesn’t make local government more open. Instead, the law merely shifts power away from the legislative branch and puts the power in the county mayor’s office.

Moreover, in addition to being the chief fiscal officer for the county, there are other reasons Mayor Burchett has a strong hand in budget negotiations. Not too long ago, occasional tax increases were part of the job of passing a budget.

Not anymore.

It is difficult to overstate the toxicity of raising taxes among the Republicans who

control county government.

(In contrast, last year Knoxville City Council passed a property tax increase with little controversy. A similar occurrence is almost unimaginable with the current county commission.)

Therefore, without a tax increase, county commissioners end up with a lot less money to argue over. Fewer funds yield tighter margins for compromise and provide greater leverage for the county mayor to manipulate the outcome behind the scenes.

Of course, I could be wrong.

This commission could surprise a lot of folks and strike out on its own with the upcoming budget. The proposed Gibbs Middle School is one issue that could gain support among commissioners and they could vote to overrule Mayor Burchett’s recommendation not to fund the new school.

However, in order to be successful, any movement to fund a Gibbs Middle School would likely have to emerge from oversized forces in the Gibbs community and not from any individual county commissioner.

Scott Frith is a local attorney. You can reach him at scott@pleadthefrith.com.

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VBS 2015 Vacation Bible School

LISTINGS Beaver Dam Baptist Church, 4328 E. Emory Road, “Journey off the Map,” 9 a.m.-noon Monday-Friday, June 1-5. For children entering kindergarten through those finishing fifth grade. Info/to register: bdbc.org or 922-2322.

Central Baptist Fountain City, 5364 Broadway, “Water U Doing?” MondayFriday, June 1-5, 9 a.m. to noon, ages 3 through fifth grade; Fine Arts Camp, 8:30 a.m. to noon, June 15-18, for grades 1-8.

Register: cbcfc.org. Info: 688-2421.

Christ United Methodist Church, Maynardville Highway in Halls, “Blast to the Past,” Monday-Friday, 6-8:30 p.m. Light supper at 6, ages 4 through fifth grade. Register at church office or phone 922-1412.

Church of God of the Union Assembly, 336 Tazewell

Pike in Luttrell, “Bible Blast to the Past” 6:30-9 p.m. Sunday-Friday, June 7-12. For ages 3 through teens. Supper will be served each night. Info/ registration: Linda Merritt, 992-0682.

Grace Baptist Church, 7171 Oak Ridge Hwy., “Hunger Quest,” Monday-Wednesday, June 15-17, 6:30-8:30 p.m., preschool through fifth grade. Preregistration required at gracebc.org.

Info: 691-8886.

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New Beverly Baptist Church, 3320 New Beverly Church Road, “Fun Run,” MondayFriday, June 1-5, 6-9 p.m.

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Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, 2329 Brushy Valley Road.

“Journey off the Map,” 6:30-9 p.m. Sunday-Friday, May 31 to June 5. All are welcomed.

Salem Baptist Church, 8201 Hill Road, “Journey off the Map,” age 4 through fifth grade, Monday-Friday, June 8-12, 9 a.m. to noon.

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Wallace Memorial Baptist Church, “Journey off the Map,” Monday-Friday, June 1-5, 9 a.m. until noon. Info: wmbc.net.

Washington Pike United Methodist Church, 2241 Washington Pike, “Hometown Nazareth, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesday-Friday, June 3-5, ages 4-10. Register by emailing washingtonpike-umc@comcast. net or at 523-0603.

Milan Baptist Church, 1101 Maynardville Hwy., “Hometown Nazareth: Where Jesus was a Kid,” Sunday through Friday, May 31-June 5, 6:45 to 9 p.m. Info: milanbc.org or 992-8128.

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FRIDAY ■ Knoxville’s Largest Kids’ Party, 11 a.m.-8 p.m., World’s Fair Park. Admission: $5; kids 3 and under free. Train rides, giant gymnastics obstacle course, magic shows and more.

■ Midnight Voyage Live: Mr. Bill, Cosmoore, Psychonaut, 9 p.m., The International, 940 Blackstock Ave.Info/tickets: www.intlknox.com.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY ■ The third annual Rocky Top BBQ Fest, Worlds’ Fair Park, 1060 Worlds’ Fair Park Drive. Presented by the Rotary Club of Bearden. Featuring the Tennessee State Barbecue cook-off.

Info: www.rockytopbbq.com.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY ■ Garth Brooks World Tour with Trisha Yearwood, 7:30 p.m., Thompson-Boling Arena. Tickets: www.KnoxvilleTickets. com/Garth; 1-844-4GarthB (1-844-442-7842).

SATURDAY

Dwayne Johnson and Carla Gugino try to survive a massive earthquake in “San Andreas.”

New flicks travel to romantic Hawaii, quaking California

■ Hard Knox Roller Girls Allstars vs. Richland County Regulators of Columbia, S.C. 5 p.m., Knoxville Civic Coliseum, 500 Howard Baker Ave. Intraleague bout: Black Bettys vs.

Machine Gun Kellys, 7 p.m. Tickets: Coliseum box office, team members and team website. Info: www.hardknoxrollergirls. com; on Facebook.

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■ Old Fashioned Lantern Tours, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Historic Cherokee Caverns on Oak Ridge Highway. Admission: $8, ages 6 and up; 5 and under free. Info: www.cherokeecaverns. com.

Two films debut in theaters for the final weekend of May. “Almost Famous” and “Say Anything” writer-director Cameron Crowe creates a not-so-bizarre love triangle in “Aloha.”

The 50th state is the setting as military contractor Bradley Cooper reunites with old flame Rachel McAdams. Things start heating up again in paradise, but meanwhile the contractor finds himself falling for his Air Force watchdog, played

by Emma Stone. Decisions, decisions.

The cast also includes Bill Murray, Alec Baldwin, John Krasinski, Danny McBride and Elizabeth Marvel.

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson hustles to the rescue in “San Andreas.” After a massive earthquake

■ Ira Glass, 8 p.m. Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Sponsored by WUOT. Info/tickets: all Ticketmaster outlets; the Tennessee Theatre box office; 800-745-3000.

■ The Retropolitan Craft Fair, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Southern Railway Station, 306 W. Depot Ave. ■ TivaWater 5K Run and free barbecue, 10 a.m., World’s Fair Park. Includes: free Dead End BBQ, live music, a state barbecue cook-off, drinks, games and more. Proceeds go to provide clean water for vulnerable families in Uganda. Info/ to register: http://www.tivarace.com.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY ■ Cold Blooded Creatures Warm Hearts at Repticon Knoxville!, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Crowne Plaza, 401 W. Summit Hill Drive. Info/advance tickets: www.repticon.com/knoxville.html.

SUNDAY Bradley Cooper and Rachel McAdams reconnect in “Aloha.” strikes California, Johnson and his ex, Carla Gugino, make a dangerous journey across the state to rescue

their daughter.

The cast also includes Alexandra Daddario, Ioan Gruffudd, Paul Giamatti

and Kylie Minogue. Brad Peyton (“Journey 2: The Mysterious Island”) directed.

■ St. Vincent Sarah Neufeld (of Arcade Fire) in concert, 8 p.m., Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Info/tickets: all Ticketmaster outlets; the Tennessee Theatre box office; 800745-3000.

Nineteenth-century civility

By Carol Shane It seems that, along with all the other usual summer activities such as water fun, hiking, outdoor grilling and the like, East Tennessee is also currently ripe for time travel.

Now that may strike you as an odd thing to say, but consider that the East Tennessee Medieval Faire just wrapped up its final weekend. And this coming Saturday, Ramsey House will be presenting a vintage “base ball” game.

That’s right: vintage base ball – two separate words in 19th-century parlance – featuring vintage uniforms and equipment. And you can even ride a train to get there, just as old-time batsmen would have done. In fact, some of the current players will be riding along with you, sharing stories and moments from their favorite pastime.

The magical event – think “Field of Dreams,” but a century earlier – features two hometown teams, the Knoxville Holstons and the Emmett Machinists, from the Tennessee Association of Vintage Base Ball (TaoVBB.) “Those are actual names of teams that played in 1864,” says Judy LaRose, Ramsey House’s executive director. “And they’ll be playing by 1864 rules.”

For instance, instead of an umpire, there’s an arbiter. “The teams call

Nathaniel “The Kid” Cordle will join the rest of the Knoxville Holstons in a vintage “base ball” game this Saturday at Ramsey House. Photo submitted their own plays,” LaRose says. “If they can’t agree on a ruling, they go to the arbiter, and if they still can’t agree, they ask the audience.”

Oh, yes, this is an interactive experience. And if it’s a hot day, which is highly probable this time of year, the players may wish to make adjustments to their uniforms, some of which contain wool. “If there are ladies present,” says LaRose, “the players will stop the game and ask their permission to roll up their sleeves.”

It all comes under the heading of “recreating the civility of 19th century

base ball,” according to the TaoVBB website.

“We promote living history by bringing the 19th century to life through base ball events that use the rules, equipment, costumes and culture of the 1860s. We provide cultural enrichment and education programs and activities to youth and adults that emphasize honor, team play, respectful conduct and community pride. Our goal is to exemplify to youth and adults alike the values that are lacking in modern-day athletic programs, and encourage a sense of belonging regardless of race, gender, religious conviction or

physical ability.”

Ramsey House is in its second year of presenting such vintage games. The event is free to the public, and concessions sold will benefit the museum.

“We’ll have hot dogs, popcorn and cookies, and we’ve just gotten our beer permit, so there’ll be cold beer,” says LaRose.

Now about that train ride. Historic Ramsey House is very proud to be the recipient of the 2015 Tennessee Association of Museums Award of Excellence, which has recognized the museum’s partnership not only with the TaoVBB, but with Three Rivers Railroad.

“It was J.G.M. Ramsey himself who brought the rails in to Knoxville,” says LaRose, “so including the train ride in the event is a real family affair.”

The whole event has that family-friendly “make a day of it” vibe.

It’s a good opportunity to show your kids that everyday life wasn’t always all about iPhones and Instagram, and to enjoy some of that 19th-century civility yourself.

The Knoxville Holstons will play the Emmett Machinists at noon this Saturday, May 30, at Historic Ramsey House, 2614 Thorn Grove Pike. Info: 546-0745 or ramseyhouse.org.

Info about vintage base ball: tennesseev intagebaseball.com. To purchase train tickets: visit three riversrambler.com.

Snapper al Limone

By Mystery Diner It all started with Mama. Geraldine Ida Altruda was 12 when she left Italy with her family, settling in Plainview Long Island.

Paul Meyer, owner of Altruda’s on North Peters Road, is one of her five sons. In the history of the restaurant, which has been a Knoxville staple for 27 years, Meyer says large family dinners were one of his fondest memories, with family traditions centered around the kitchen.

Mama taught her children about good food.

Meyer plates those lessons daily at the cozy, welcoming restaurant that captures diners as soon as they open the heavy wooden doors with the aroma of garlic rolls!

Secret recipes from the home country, fresh ingredients and that Altruda family attention to detail make anything on the menu a good choice.

The Snapper al Limone certainly stood up to the taste test. Large fi lets

of red snapper are dipped in egg batter and then sautéed in lemon, butter and white wine. The sauce swims on the plate with the snapper, so you not only get the flavor in the tasty fish, you can dip and swirl your forkful in more of the sauce if you desire.

As with most of the entrees at Altruda’s, the Snapper al Limone comes with the signature salad and a side of pasta with marinara sauce. It is so hard not to fill up on the incredibly delicious salad, especially when they deliver those rolls that have been on your mind since you opened the door. The side dish of pasta was perfectly cooked – and I mean textbook perfect.

My dining companion and I had to box it up after a few bites to concentrate on our entrees, but we lamented the few minutes it would spend overcooking in the microwave the next day.

However, there was no lamenting going on the next day…

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NEWS FROM EMERALD YOUTH FOUNDATION OF KNOXVILLE

AmeriCorps members ready to serve at Emerald Youth

E

merald Youth Foundation has 35 AmeriCorps members this summer.

These members will serve Knoxville’s city youth by implementing summer learning, enrichment, health, sports, relational and volunteer

management activities.

AmeriCorps is administered by the Corporation for National and Community Service, a federal agency that engages more than five million Americans in service.

The summer members include:

Front row, left to right: Kassandra Ruiz-Wise, Jordan Woodford, Zachary Guyette, Jelena Medeiros, Taylor Fitzpatrick, Samantha Bates, Amelia Sherfield, Abigail Gibbons, Margaret Todd, Shelby Sexton; Middle row, left to right: Greer

Pastor devoted to inner-city youth retires The Rev. Dr. Jim Bailes, pastor wife, Diane, have been strong of Emerald Avenue Unitfaith leaders and advocates ed Methodist Church for inner city families.

— the church that A weekly example launched Emerald is their work on Youth FoundaWednesday tion — is retirnights encouring this June. aging neighB a i l e s b o r h o o d also freely youth over a gave his meal or in a time to Emsmall group. erald Youth, In another, the nonprofit c om mu n it yyouth foundawide action, the tion located just church provides Pictured with the Rev. Jim Bailes (cenhalf a block from meeting space to ter, back) are Emerald Youth children the church, where he several drug and (from left) Emma, Isaiah, Daleyah, Hanserves on the Board alcohol recovery nah, Tierra, Leah, Olivia and Maddi. of Advisors. groups.

Bailes gave his Both of the Baileheart to working with inner-city residents, ses grew up near the Oakwood Lincoln Park calling it “a call within a call.” He can often neighborhood. Bailes, who earned his M. be found during after-school hours throw- Div. at Duke University and his D.D. degree ing a football with a kid or listening to de- at Vanderbilt, has served seven churches as tails of a child’s day. well as many community organizations in Emerald Avenue UMC partners with his 43 years as ordained pastor.

Emerald Youth to provide faith, learning “Diane and I are so grateful to God and and health programs for elementary, teens the Emerald community for allowing us to and young adults. catch a glimpse of the Kingdom of God. It’s As pastor since June 2010, of the diverse been like watching God’s will being done on congregation of about 420, Bailes and his earth as it is in heaven,” Bailes said.

EYF PROVIDES KIDS WITH FUN, PREPARATION FOR THE FUTURE THIS SUMMER As summer kicks off, Emerald Youth will provide holistic programs to prepare our city’s future leaders, while engaging in fun, meaningful relationships with youth to help disciple them into becoming followers of Christ.

Highlights will include: ■ Camp Week June 15-19, when students choose

one of about 10 specialty camps to attend each day, such as cooking, theater, biking, and fishing ■ Field trips to Tremont at the Smoky Mountain Institute, Mayfield Dairy, Sweetwater Farms, and area pools ■ Community service at Beardsley Farms, Operation Backyard with Knoxville Leadership Foun-

Harvey, Aerial Carter, Hope Anthony, Taylor Jones, Mikiyah Webb, Sheena Vogel, Delandra Carter, Greggory Downing, Tiffany Brooks, Rachel Williams, Jordan Carter; Back row, left to right: William Ilia, Kaitlyn Morris, Jean Faton,

Matthew-Michael Weiss, Christopher Turner, Patrick Penewit, Lexi Saddler, Justin Hawkersmith, Chloe Martin, Madjoel Douglass, Austin Archer and Aysen Soriano.

Not pictured: Tyler Hardin and Madison Moreland

A message from Steve Diggs, Emerald Youth president and CEO I am grateful to the we will have high school 1,000 friends who joined students mentoring and us for the 22nd annual volunteering with our Emerald Youth Foundayounger children. tion Prayer and FundMore and more, we are raising Breakfast May 1. privileged to see Emerald At this year’s breakYouth children become fast, we celebrated our adult leaders in urban longstanding relationKnoxville. One such ships with Knoxville’s story was a highlight of churches and faith-based our 2015 breakfast. Amy organizations. PartnerWise, who attended an ships like these help us to Emerald neighborhood reach thousands of urban ministry as a child, is youth. In 24 years, now director of we’ve grown from Oakwood Senior reaching fewer than Living. It is the new Steve Diggs, Emerald Youth presi100 youth to servsenior living facildent & CEO, and Amy Wise, director ing 2,000 each year ity located where of Oakwood Senior Living, at the through core proAmy’s elementary recent Emerald Youth breakfast. grams in faith, eduschool, Oakwood cation and sports.

Elementary, used to and the re-opened pool Now, with combe. We are so proud munity partners, Emer- at the E.V. Davidson Rec- of her! ald Youth is offering new reation Center is home I am humbled that we opportunities also. Em- to our aquatics program have such caring friends erald Academy – Knox where kids are learning to who want to provide for County’s first public char- swim. all of Knoxville’s chilAnd this week our sum- dren – to make sure that ter school – begun by an Emerald Youth-launched mer programs kicked off every young person in nonprofit, is scheduled to for city children and teens, every neighborhood has open July 27 with 120 stu- which include focusing the opportunity for a full dents. The 12-acre Emer- on the fruits of the spirit life. It makes me think of ald Youth Sansom Sports through our discipleship what Jesus said, in John Complex will make field curriculum, and provid- 10:10, “I came that they sports available to thou- ing many leadership op- may have life and have it sands of young people, portunities. For example, abundantly.”

dation, Volunteer Ministry Center, and Knox Area Rescue Ministries ■ Academic reinforcement for elementary students via EY’s six computer learning labs, daily reading, and math and money management skills through Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace Junior

■ Programs for high school youth including ACT Prep, tours of area colleges, etiquette and pre-professional workshops, a series focusing on careers, college, and adventure experiences, and a trip to Laguna Beach, Florida Emerald’s summer ministry programs begin at the end of May and conclude in mid-July.

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Farewell, Viola McElhaney!

Viola McElhaney has been part of a school cafeteria for 39 years. She has served up hot meals, managed workers and given out her fair share of hugs and special treats in Knox County.

McElhaney began working the school cafeteria in November 1976 at Halls High and Halls Middle schools. She then transferred to Skaggston where she worked for a school year before heading to East Knox Elementary in August 1978.

She worked her way from worker to manager (in 1982) and earned the Star for

East Knox Elementary cafeteria manager Viola McElhaney with students Emma Yeager and Maddie Grubb in the lunch room. Photo by R. White

Children Nutrition Award in May 2013 from Knox County Schools.

As the doors close on the school year, Viola will hang up her apron and retire from this job that she has loved.

She considers the staff and students at East Knox a true blessing and took great pride in caring for each and every one. Many times students would come to the cafeteria and share with her their accomplishments and often receive a much-needed hug.

Her plans for retirement include joining a health club and spending time with her children and grandchildren.

Carter kids donate to Goodwill

East Knox students show off science skills Fourth grade students at East Knox Elementary finished out the school year with a bang by presenting projects at the school science fair.

Each student selected a topic, researched it, proved their findings and gave a conclusion to their research on a large display board.

Randy Brewer’s science project involved using different types of milk to see if each makes its own unique casein.

Students from Carter Elementary School kick off the Straight from the Heart Sack Pack Donation Drive for Knox County Schools. The 3-county campaign collected 33,323 pounds of donations for Goodwill Industries-Knoxville.

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Abigail Yeager and Riley Henderlight answer the question as to the best rust cleaner – a homemade solution or a commercial product.

Blake Linsley and Ethan Mullane play video games to see if they would increase or decrease a person’s heart rate.

Gavin Hamilton’s project “All about Flavor” researched the best-tasting gum on the market. Photos by R. White

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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: https:// runnerreg.us/corryton8mile. Info: corryton8miler@ yahoo.com; ron.fuller@totalracesolutions.com; or Joyce Harrell, 705-7684.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 27 Computer Workshops: Internet and Email Basics,” 2 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Requires “Introducing the Computer” or equivalent skills. Info/to register: 525-5431.

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.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, MAY 28-29 AARP Safe Driving class, noon-4 p.m., Halls Senior Center, 4410 Crippen Road. Info/to register: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

FRIDAY, MAY 29 Date night: The Perfect Pair (of pizzas that is) cooking class, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Avanti Savoia, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Cost: $60. Info/to register: 9229916 or www.avantisavoia.com.

Shakespeare for Kids, 2 p.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Presented by Tennessee Stage Company. Featuring “Macbeth” and “Taming of the Shrew.” For elementary age kids and older. Info: 689-2681.

Statehood Day Celebration, 6:30-9 p.m.,

Blount Mansion Gardens, 200 W Hill Ave. Info/ reservations: 525-2375; info@blountmansion.org; www. blountmansion.org; https://squareup.com/market/ blount-mansion.

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TUESDAY, JUNE 2 Advanced Sushi cooking class, 6-9 p.m., Avanti Savoia, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Cost: $75. Info/to register: 922-9916 or www.avantisavoia.com.

Shakespeare for Kids, 3 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Presented by Tennessee Stage Company. Featuring “Macbeth” and “Taming of the Shrew.” For elementary age kids and older. Info: 922-2552.

Smoky Mountain Antique Engine and Tractor Festival, Anderson County Career and Tech Center, 140 Maverick Circle, Clinton. Free admission. Features: Parade of Power, tractor race, arts and crafts, music and more. Info: J.D. Wallace, 776-2888; Carl Chesney, 7400376; Kathy Day, 323-8653.

Straw Bale Workshop, 7 p.m. Friday through 4 p.m.

International Folk Dance Class, 7:30-10 p.m., Sunday, Narrow Ridge Earth Literacy Center, 1936 LibClaxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, erty Hill Road in Washburn. Hands-on instruction will be Clinton.

Sponsored by the Oak Ridge Folk Dancers. First supplemented with written material. Info/schedule/fees: visit free. No partner or dance experience required.

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

Adults and children accompanied by an adult welcome.

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

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, MAY 29-JUNE 1

Friends of the Knox County Public Library Used Book Sale, Bearden High School, 8352 Kingston Pike. Friday, members-only preview, 2-8 p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sunday, 1-6 p.m.; Monday, $5 Bag Sale, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Info: www.knoxfriends.org.

SATURDAY, MAY 30 Healthy Kids, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Maynardville Public Library.

Saturday LEGO Club, 3 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. For grades 1-5. Info: 922-2552.

SUNDAY, MAY 31 Community Arts Festival fundraiser, 3-6 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61. Free admission. Live music, book signing by local author Kathy Fearing, children’s crafts, art show by students from area schools, food, demonstrations, cake walks, entertainment, silent auction. Info: 4949854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

Public workshop: “Darkness to Light,” 2-4 p.m., Powell Presbyterian Church, 2910 W Emory Road. Free prevention training program that teaches adults how to prevent, recognize, and react responsibly to child sexual abuse. Registration required. Info/to register: 938-8311 or revjwarren@gmail.com.

MONDAY, JUNE 1 Knoxville Zoomobile, 2 p.m., Carter Branch Library, 9036 Asheville Highway. Info: 933-5438.

THURSDAY, JUNE 4 “Beyond Basil ... a better herb garden,” 3:154:30 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Presented by Master Gardeners Tina Vaught and Marcia Griswold. Info: 329-8892.

“Let’s Go Back to the Hop” sock hop, 7-10 p.m., Sarah Simpson Professional Development and Technical Center, 801 Tipton Ave. Featuring Four Dots and a Dash Doo Wop group. Tickets: $40. Includes admission, photo package, sock-hop food and a $10 credit toward silent auction. Proceeds benefit Knox County Museum of Education. Info: http:/knoxschools.org/museum.

SATURDAY, JUNE 6 Art on Main, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Main Street in Maynardville.

Church rummage sale, 8 a.m., Fountain Valley Church, 705 Satterfield Road, Maynardville.

Motorcycle ride to benefit Faith UMC Youth for Resurrection trip, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Faith UMC, 1120 Dry Gap Pike. Other activities include: motorcycle games, corn hole tournament, basket auction, kids activities, BBQ lunch, vendor spaces and music. Info: Vicki Easterday, 216-1963.

TUESDAY, JUNE 9 A “Pig” Event with Chef Jeffrey DeAlejandro, 6:308:30 p.m., Avanti Savoia, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Cost: $60. Info/to register: 922-9916 or www.avantisavoia. com.

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Raby builds support system for trees

trees that have been reloBy Bonny C. Millard Airtech Tools owner cated, as we’re helping with Terry Raby has developed today, they tend to go in dea system for feeding and cline. Those are your urban treating trees that he says trees,” Raby said.

“So what we can do in improves the trees’ health and benefits businesses and these very hard soils with the assist of a pneuhomeowners. hammer, The fracturWHERE matic it’ll drop the ing injection the lance into system uses the ground, a Germaneight inches made TTAor so. Then WD power we’ll fracture head to open out horizontally creup the soil in a ating fissures in the way that allows nutrients and water to reach soil. Once we create those the root system more ef- fissures, we’ll pump in a soil fectively. The TTA-WD, or amendment.”

Raby was one of a halfTurbo Terra Air Water Distribution, makes the work dozen community leaders who planted a magnolia tree much easier, Raby said.

“When trees are un- in Strickland Park adjacent der stress, trees that are to Burlington Branch Liin highly compacted soils, brary. He’s a proud resident

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Terry Raby after a hard day’s work at Strickland Park in East Knoxville. of East Knoxville and has offices on Marilyn Drive off Magnolia.

He posted a YouTube video that demonstrates how the system works. As the fractures are made, the ground can actually be seen moving.

“It changes the way trees are taken care of or even trouble areas on turf,” he said. “In the past with tree treatments, they can only get down so deep, but we’re treating the tree from the

surface all the way down to three feet.”

The soil amendment can be whatever substance will benefit the tree such as worm castings, sea kelp, micronutrients or biochar, he said.

“Typically we’ll base a lot of stuff off the soil report,” Raby said. “We suggest our customers get soil reports to find out what the soil needs.”

Raby, who owns Airtech Tools with his wife, started

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four years ago after finding the German company that made the Turbo Digger and the TTA-WD. “They made this tool, but they didn’t really build a system that could support this tool,” he said.

Since that time, he’s been developing the injection system to work with the TTA-WD. Airtech Tools is also the only U.S. distributor for the company and its other digging products.

His company manufac-

tures the injection system by outsourcing fabrication of the parts, and Raby assembles the systems, which are sold to businesses such as tree care and landscaping companies, golf courses and contractors located in the Southeast.

Early on, Raby went to a Biloxi, Miss., golf course owned by MGM Corp. to demonstrate the treatment system.

“That was an 18-inch caliper tree that was going to be replaced because it was in such decline, and then we treated the tree as a demonstration. Three years later, it’s still there, and they’re not going to replace the tree.

It saved them tens of thousands of dollars.”

Raby said he’s involved with studies with different tree companies to further explore and substantiate the system’s benefits to trees.

“It’s really going to change the way they do things,” Raby said. “This has the potential to revolutionize the way trees are taken care of.”

Info: 865-250-4646 or airtechtools.com.

Rotary honors educators

By Bonny C. Millard Fountain City Elementary School teacher Katherine Officer and Hardin Valley Academy teacher John Tilson were named the 2015 Outstanding Teachers of the Year by the Rotary Club of Knoxville.

Officer, a fourth grade teacher, and Tilson, a physics teacher, were honored during a recent lunchtime meeting of the downtown club and awarded a plaque, a $250 gift certificate from A&W Office Supply, and a $500 check from Rotary.

The club gives an annual award to an elementary/intermediate school teacher and a middle/high school teacher.

Fountain City Elementary principal Tina Holt introduced Officer, who has been teaching for eight years.

Officer used a PowerPoint presentation to show some of her classroom activities and lessons. She keeps an incubator in her room for children to watch chicks hatching in the spring.

“I do have chicks every year. This is my eighth year. They went back to the barn on Friday.”

She takes her kids on a spring hike to learn about wildflowers and the cultural history of the Little Green Briar School House.

Hardin Valley Academy principal Sallee Reynolds introduced Tilson, who heads the academy’s robotics program in addition to teaching physics. Under his leadership, the school’s robotics team has gone twice to the world championships, she said.

Tilson said during his 12 years of teach-

Outstanding teachers with their principals: Sallee Reynolds, John Tilson, Katherine Officer and Tina Holt. Photo by Bonny Millard ing, he taught math and later integrated it into his physics classes, and he uses robotics to teach physics. Project-based learning that focuses on team and individual efforts helps facilitate the educational process, he said.

“I’ve found that students in both settings

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The 2015 Knoxville Medical Mission team.

gall bladder removal, hernia repair, kidney For more than two decades, Dr. Willard removal, prostatectomies, hysterectomies Campbell of Premier Surgical Associates and mastectomies. has been a respected surgeon at Parkwest Medical Center in Knoxville. Dr. Campbell “For most people in Guatemala, has cared for and performed general medical care is very difficult and expensive and vascular surgeries on thousands of to get, so many people go without treatpatients in the Knoxville region over the ment,” says Dr. Campbell. “The capital city years. He loves being a surgeon and servis more modern, but you don’t have to step ing the people of East Tennessee. far to see the poverty.”

But every year in January, Dr. Dr. Campbell, who got involved in Campbell shares his surgical skills and the mission 12 years ago at the encourageexpertise with the people of Antigua, Guament of Premier surgeon Dr. Lytle Brown, temala. He and a team of other Knoxville says he is always touched by his Guatephysicians and nurses from malan patients. “They are Parkwest Medical Center all very, very grateful. They journey 2,500 miles around never complain – they say the globe for an intensive ‘Thank you! Thank you!” two-week medical mission.

Dr. Campbell is proud The group carries with it to have seen the medical donated medical equipment clinic grow over the years. and supplies.

“It is extremely clean and “All year long we gathalthough we don’t have the er gloves, drapes, sutures, latest equipment, it funcand any kind of surgical tions at a very high level.” equipment we can use in the Dr. Willard Campbell of Premier He is grateful to be able to operating rooms,” explains Surgical (right) and two nurses contribute to this important operate on a patient in Guatemala. effort.

Dr. Campbell.

Their destination is Obras Sociales “I enjoy it and whether I’m in Knoxdel Santo Hermano Pedro, a medical clinic ville or Guatemala, I’m in my element that is supported and staffed by volunteer doing surgery. I like that we can provide a medical groups from around the world. valuable service to people who need it.”

The clinic draws needy patients from throughout the Central American country.

“People may hike or bicycle in.

Some take buses for hours to get to the clinic because they need surgery,” says Dr. Campbell.

Checks or donations to support the effort Dr. Campbell’s group, Knoxville may be mailed to: Medical Mission, focuses on providing Knoxville Medical Mission Foundation c/o general surgery, urology, and gynecology Dr. Willard Campbell; Premier Surgical services. This year, in just one week the 9430 Parkwest Blvd., team performed 68 surgeries including Suite 310; Knoxville, TN 37923.

have made profound connections between academic instructional content and its real world application.”

Tilson was named the 2014 Outstanding Physics Teacher of the Year in Tennessee and will travel to Germany this summer on a Fulbright Scholarship.

Audrey Williams is the new vice president of information services at Pel l i s sippi State Community College.

She has worked at Pellissippi State since 1999 Williams and has served as an instructional technology specialist and, most recently, as director of educational technology services.

Her goals are to maintain the high standard of service among the three areas she will oversee – educational technology services, networking and technical services, and application pro-

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gramming support – and increase communications to students and employees about the technological services at Pellissippi State.

“My job is to make sure all of our students have the

technology they need to learn, that faculty have all the technology they need to teach, and that everyone who works here has the technology they need to do their jobs,” she said.

UT Law Practicum honored Distinguished Professor of Law Dean Hill Rivkin and community cooperating attorney Brenda McGee, a 1984 graduate of UT Law, along with the education law practicum and its six classes of students, were recently honored by the disABILITY Resource Center with the Advocate Award at the Spirit of ADA Award Celebration in Knoxville. The practicum delivers free services to Knox-area students and families. Pictured are: UT law student Anna Swift, McGee and Rivkin at a 2013 Tennessee Court of Appeals panel. Photo courtesy of Lincoln Memorial University.

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