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Knock out hunger

BUZZ Smith to head Richard Yoakley Seth Smith has been appointed the new principal at the Richard Yoakley School.

He is currently an assistant principal at Central High School.

Smith began his tenure with Knox County Schools in 1997 as a social studies teacher at Farragut High School and has also been a social studies teacher at Fulton High School. He moved into administration in 2006 as an assistant principal at Carter High School and has also served as an assistant principal at Farragut High School.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in education from the University of Tennessee and a master’s in education administration and supervision from Lincoln Memorial University.

Ed and Bob coming to Carter Knox County at-large commissioners Ed Brantley and Bob Thomas will host a community meeting 5-7 p.m.

Tuesday, July 21, at Cardin’s Drive-In, 8529 Asheville Highway.

All residents are invited to attend to discuss county issues.

Other commissioners may attend as well.

Covington kicks off campaign Michael Covington is running for Knox County Commission from District 1 where Commissioner Sam McKenzie is not seeking re-election.

He launched his campaign July 7 with a reception at Calhoun’s on the River.

Covington is expected to run as a Republican in a district that typically elects Democrats. His press release calls him “a real leader in real time.”

IN THIS ISSUE Washington Pike widening on hold Mayor Madeline Rogero has delayed right-of-way acquisition for a $15 million project to widen 1.84 miles of Washington Pike (Greenway to Murphy Road) pending an MPC overlay plan.

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Helping others is a family affair for Modern Woodmen agent Jake Ottinger (in blue) and his children. The Ottingers helped with last week’s meal-packing. Pictured are Riley Ottinger, Ottinger, Gwen Rader (sister of an agent) and Reese Ottinger.

By Ruth White Ben “Beau” Foote, regional director for Modern Woodmen of America, enlisted agents, their families and friends for a meal-packing event June 29 at the regional office, 5915 Rutledge Pike.

“We’re excited to do our part to end hunger in the community,” said Foote. “I hope that it drives others to contribute to their local food pantries and shelters.”

The event supports Modern Woodmen’s Knock Out Hunger campaign, a national effort to prepare and donate 50,000 meals throughout the country. Modern Woodmen’s Tennessee East Region is tasked with packing 10,000 meals.

“It was truly shocking to learn of the food insecurity in Tennessee. With Knock Out Hunger, Modern Woodmen can touch lives and secure futures in our region – and around the country – in a huge way,” said Foote.

As a tax-exempt fraternal benefit society, Modern Woodmen sells life insurance, annuity and investment products. Securities are offered through MWA Financial Services Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Modern Woodmen of America.

In 2014, Modern Woodmen and its members provided more than $19 million and nearly 437,000 volunteer hours for community projects nationwide.

Lanna Reddic and Modern Woodmen regional director Ben Foote count sealed bags of macaroni and cheese to be boxed for Second Harvest. Reddic’s mother is an administrative assistant in Foote’s office.

Photos by Ruth White

KCDC wins $1 million for Five Points

By Bill Dockery Knoxville’s Community Development Corp. has won slightly more than $1 million to build new affordable housing in the Five Points neighborhood.

The funding comes in the form of annual tax credits from the Tennessee Housing Development Agency, a state organization that supports the construction or renovation of residences in urban areas that need upgraded housing.

“These low-income housing tax credits will allow us to move forward with our master plan for

redevelopment in the Five Points neighborhood,” said Art Cate, executive director and chief executive officer of KCDC. The funding will allow KCDC to construct a midrise building that will house 90 units for people who are elderly or disabled. Groundbreaking is expected in January 2016, a year after KCDC applied for the grant. KCDC’s application was judged on state and local needs for affordable housing and the corporation’s capabilities and reputation. It scored the maximum 100 points possible.

The new housing will replace

the Walter P. Taylor and Dr. Lee Williams homes, which were built in the 1960s.

“The units we’ll be building will have more amenities,” Cate said.

“They’ll be more energy efficient and equipped with modern appliances. There will be meeting space within the building, computer kiosks and space to hold and keep warm mobile meals delivered to the residents.”

Cate said the current design calls for a three-story building with two wings. The primary entrance on the back side of the building will have a covered por-

tico. Six of the 90 units will have two bedrooms; the rest will be single bedroom.

“Now we will go back to the community to finalize the designs,” Cate said. The meeting will be held in late July at the Walter P. Taylor Boys & Girls Club.

The $1 million grant will leverage local investment for the first phase of the project, which will be worth $10 million when completed. When later phases are completed and all the old housing has been replaced, the project is expected to be worth a total of $85 million.

The day after: What did teachers gain? the four anti-McIntyre faction members – two of whom, Terry Hill of District 6 and Mike McMillan of District 8, are being rewarded with constituent-pleasing new middle schools.

When District 5 board member Karen Carson signaled her intention to vote yes by proposing an amendment making sure that Burchett didn’t hog the credit for the pay raise, any suspense surrounding the vote was removed.

Under the terms of the compromise, McIntyre agreed to trim $1 million from his original budget request and apply it to teacher raises. Burchett agreed to make a onetime payment to Knox CounIt really wasn’t a nail biter.

The political reality is there ty Schools of $3 million to fund was little chance that the MOU APEX (strategic compensation) would fail, given that board mem- bonuses promised to teachers who ber Doug Harris, a member of the earned them. This leaves open the pro-McIntyre faction, had initi- question of how such bonuses will ated the negotiating process and be funded in the future. was locked into a yes vote, as were The agreement to sell the An-

By Betty Bean

Knox County school board members were faced with a stark choice last week: Approve a memorandum of understanding between Mayor Tim Burchett and Superintendent James McIntyre that leaves teachers with half the pay raise they’d been led to expect, or be stuck with Burchett’s original budget offer, which would leave the school system with a $6.5 million shortfall and mean no raise at all.

Analysis

drew Johnson Building was accepted with no comment, and little reference was made to a paragraph in the agreement that bars additional new school construction until 2021, except for a couple of board members who are hoping for new schools in their districts noting that the agreement is “nonbinding.”

Board members Tracie Sanger, Lynne Fugate and Gloria Deathridge made strong cases for turning down the deal, and Sanger was eloquent when she spoke of “havenot” schools – like Inskip Elementary School – whose actual needs “will be superseded by projected needs. We need to address current needs before we address projected needs,” she said.

Several dozen red-shirted teachers who had rallied in support of nonrenewed colleagues before the board meeting stuck around to watch the vote. Most

had little to say about the MOU. When asked how teachers felt about getting only half of the 4 percent raise that McIntyre – and Gov. Bill Haslam – semi-promised them this year, one teacher activist said teachers are accustomed to getting shafted.

“Once again we’re feeling like an afterthought, but we’re thinking, ‘Something’s better than nothing.’

You can say raises are a priority, and we’ve got to take care of them, but meanwhile teachers are being chased out; veteran teachers are being replaced by young teachers.

It’s cheaper that way. And McIntyre keeps creating administrative positions for people like Clifford Davis and Russ Oaks. And the $65 million for new schools? Teachers don’t think much about that.”

The teacher tapped Burchett as the big winner in the compromise.

“He’s got McIntyre on a short leash.”

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Mauled no more Vols’ retired rugby coach back in the game Scrums, rucks and mauls. Butch Robertson knows ’em all.

But this is no unsavory cast of characters – they are terms used in rugby, a sport Robertson knows plenty about. After all, he not only played it at North Carolina State, but also racked up more than 750 victories for the University of Tennessee during his 34 years as the Vols’ head coach.

He officially left the game in May 2011, but the game never left him, thanks to an injury received during a match about 40 years ago.

And thanks to Dr. Patrick Bolt, an orthopedic spine surgeon at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, Robertson is now back helping his successor, Marty Bradley, keep the Vols winning.

“I was going into a maul (the term used when a player carrying the ball is held by one or more opponents and one or more of his teammates also latch onto the ball-carrier to move toward the goal) and so was my teammate, who unfortunately either didn’t see me or decided to keep on coming and hit me in the back,” Robertson said, recalling a Saturday afternoon match when he was playing with the Atlanta Rugby Club.

“It was a case of where the role of a coach is to ensure that players understand the rules and the techniques of the game, but also how to play it safely. The Atlanta team was basically a self-coached team. As such, we just didn’t play it as safely as we could. Since we didn’t have that direction from the sideline, we kind of learned it the hard way and sometimes did things we shouldn’t have done.”

That blow to the back resulted in an injury requiring a partial discectomy. The injury was compounded years later by degenerative disc disease and spinal stenosis.

“Mr. Robertson had pretty classic spinal stenosis where he had a great deal of difficulty walking any distance without sitting down,” said Dr. Bolt. “He felt like he had to hold onto a cart at the store which leaned him forward, taking pressure off his back. It was a pretty classic case, and we tried everything we could to avoid surgery.”

For six years Dr. Bolt managed Robertson’s pain with steroid injections and physical therapy, knowing the day would come when major spinal surgery was needed.

Butch Robertson, retired rugby coach at the University of Tennessee, is grateful to Dr. Patrick Bolt and Fort Sanders Regional for spine surgery that has allowed him to continue helping with the team and sport he loves so much.

That day came in May 2014 when Robertson and his family went on vacation to the Spoleto Festival in Charleston, S.C. “I could hardly walk,” he said. “I just had to push myself through the pain. I clearly needed surgery.”

And Dr. Bolt was just the man to do it.

Robertson had been referred to Dr. Bolt

by Michael Casey, MD, Dr. Bolt’s colleague at Fort Sanders Regional, and a rugby fan, friend and team doctor. Dr. Casey once worked with the perennial world-champion All Blacks in New Zealand on a sports medicine fellowship.

“The thing I enjoyed about working with them was they had the same set of priorities: they recognized the competitive nature of the

sport and the desire to keep our kids healthy.

These guys had established credibility in my mind by the way they approached their athletic injury issues,” Robertson said. “Seeing how they responded to on-the-field situations and how they helped kids, it made me realize, ‘You’re not going to get any better than this.

These guys know what they’re doing.’ So why, after seeing them in action, would I go to anyone else to get this work done on me?”

The only question in Robertson’s mind was WHEN to do the surgery. With a projected 12-week recovery period and a slew of engagements ahead, he delayed the surgery until Feb. 10 of this year. On that day, he entered Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, where Dr. Bolt removed bone with laminecto-

mies at L3-4-5 and fused the L3-4 vertebrates which were unstable due to spondylolisthesis (also known as a “slipped disc” or “sliding vertebrate”). He utilized computer navigation to surgically place the pedicle screws to hold discs in place.

“Because of his previous surgery and the amount of arthritis, his L3 vertebrate had slid in front of the L4 which aggravates the pain of spinal stenosis and caused back pain with standing and walking which was relieved by sitting,” said Dr. Bolt. “A lot of people have spinal stenosis, a lot of people have spondylolisthesis but only about 1 out of 10 people with those conditions will need surgery; most of the rest can be treated with physical therapy and anti-inflammatories and injections. But when we do need to do surgery, the most important part of the surgery is getting the pressure off the nerves and stabilizing the loose vertebrate.”

Robertson was in the hospital five days, an experience he says was made easier because of the staff which he said was “absolutely topdrawer, nice and concerned from beginning to end.”

“Everybody I met on the various nursing floors I was on – top to bottom – was courteous and concerned,” he said. “My wife, Rebekah, stayed with me three or four of the nights while I was in the hospital and they were very helpful and courteous to her. They really made a difference in that period that was really challenging.”

And once home, Rebekah made the difference. “She was my nurse, my chauffeur, my chef, my ear, my counselor. She just supported me immensely throughout this whole thing,” he said of his wife of 38 years.

Today, Robertson says, “I feel great and I am doing things I hadn’t been able to do in a year.”

One of those things is rugby, helping coach Marty Bradley with the Vols team. Of course, you won’t be seeing him in a “scrum” any time soon. “Did I tell you how old I would be on my next birthday?” he says with a laugh. “I didn’t say this wasn’t a fun sport, but I did say it is a fun sport for young men.”

For more information about spinal procedures at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, call 865-673-FORT (3678).

Best spine care? Prevention The blow to Butch Robertson’s back all those years ago while playing with the Atlanta Rugby Club may have stuck in his memory, but whether it was directly responsible for his pain some four decades later is difficult to say.

“It was probably an indirect result,” said Dr. Patrick Bolt, an orthopedic spine surgeon at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center. “Mr. Robertson had a lot of arthritis throughout his back, so there’s really no telling which was attributable to an injury some time ago and which was not.

I don’t know that distant injuries always cause future problems, but I would say, Patrick Bolt, in his case, having a prior Orthopedic Spine Surgeon surgery may have caused it.

Sometimes, surgery in the past can also need surgery in the future.”

It’s important to remember, said Dr. Bolt, degenerative disc disease is “not actually a dis-

ease.”

“It’s wear and tear on the spine,” he said.

“The more wear and tear you place on your spine, the worse your degenerative disc disease will be. The spine has only so much capacity to heal and injuries will accumulate over time.

I like to use the analogy of a set of tires on a car: You don’t get to change your tire … so the faster your drive and the more you do in the car, the faster the tires wear out.”

Spinal injuries are eventually accompanied by stenosis, a narrowing of the nerve canal due to boney overgrowth caused by wear and tear and arthritis. “Just like you notice arthritic joints in your hands get knobby and swollen, the knuckle joints in your back and neck get knobby and swollen,” said Dr. Bolt.

For temporary relief, Dr. Bolt says heat and ice remain good solutions. “Heat tends to increase blood flow to the area and relax muscles. So, if you are trying to induce healing and relax spasming muscles, heat can be helpful,” he said. “Ice reduces inflammation. So if

you feel like your back is inflamed or had a recent injury, ice can slow down blood flow and reduce inflammation. Unfortunately, neither heat nor ice changes the temperature of the discs – it’s mainly affecting the muscles.”

Maintaining good spine health, however, is one way to help reduce your risk of injury and degenerative disc disease. Dr. Bolt says the keys to good spine health include: STOP SMOKING – “Smokers have higher rates of spine pain and degenerative disc disease,” said Dr. Bolt. “It’s not entirely understood why but it’s thought to be a nicotine effect. Nicotine constricts the small blood vessels, and the discs rely on small blood vessels to retain their nutrition. So if you’ve got nicotine in your system, pretty much 24/7, your vertebral discs are starved of nutrients.”

KEEP YOUR WEIGHT DOWN – Being heavy is associated with spine pain and degenerative disc disease.

KEEP YOUR CORE STRONG – Sit-ups and walking help strengthen your back and

abdominal muscles, thereby lessening the burden on your spine. Find a good exercise program to help align your pelvis and lower back.

KEEP CORRECT POSTURE – Sit up straight; stand straight. Slouching aggravates back pain. So, if you’ve had poor posture for years, you’ll need to work at it by “practicing” good posture.

AVOID PROLONGED SITTING – “Don’t sit longer than 30 or 40 minutes without getting up to take a break,” said Dr. Bolt.

“Again, I believe it comes down to intervertebral disc nutrition. When you have a sustained sitting posture, the intervertebral discs are under pressure and movement is where it obtains its nutrition. So, if you’re not moving, it’s starving.”

“A lot of it has to do with genetics, and you can’t help which genes have been passed on to you,” said Dr. Bolt. “The other factors are controllable; so we try to focus on the things we can control. There’s no turning back the clock once the damage is done.”

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Class of 1945 members from Young High School gathered at Sherrill Hills Retirement Resort in West Knoxville for a 70-year reunion.

Pictured at the event are: (seated) Bobbie Larew Himes, Sarah Mae Dickey; (middle) Doris Johnson Johnson, Dolores Burleson Cooper, Melvin Gerald Cooper, Jeanne Davis Ford, Joanne Larew Lokkins, Geraldine Pickens Day, J.N. Burgin, Betty Lawson Ford Lyle, Harold Julian; (back) Bart Iddins, Carl Sharp, Earl Hoffmeister, Frank Barnes, Herman Sims and Bill “Orville” Irwin. Photo by R. White

Young High forever more

By Ruth White The Young High School class of 1945 celebrated its 70th reunion, proving some things never change.

It was easy to pick out class president Herman Sims before he addressed the attendees. Even after 70 years, he spoke with authority as the leader of the class. Class secretary Bobbie Larew Himes was also there, taking special note of the memories shared during the day.

Melvin Gerald Cooper, named Class Casanova, attended with his high school sweetheart, YHS cheerleader and wife of 67 years, Dolores Burleson Cooper.

Bart Iddins, who arrived at the event sporting his letter sweater from his high school days, was also a member of the YHS cheerleading team, reliving memories from those happy times at Young High.

Eighteen class members and their spouses/guests

Rose Mary Ballard and Bart Iddins chat about the good ol’ days cheering at Young High. Iddins dug out his old letter sweater for the 70th class reunion.

attended the event at Sherrill Hills Retirement Resort in West Knoxville, where Sims is a resident. The resort provided the meeting area, snacks and drinks and a full-course dinner for the group. Sherrill Hills is at 271 Moss Grove Blvd., be- Melvin Gerald Cooper and Dolores Burleson Cooper were high hind Academy Sports. school sweethearts and have been married for 67 years.

Bobbie Larew Himes and Herman Sims served as secretary and president, respectively, for the class of 1945.

Rose Mary Ballard and Harold Julian laugh over a photo taken at a previous reunion. Julian wore a shirt proclaiming him “YHS Stud” and Ballard decorated a shirt with “Hot Lips.”

A snapshot of Harold Julian and Rose Mary Ballard goofing off at a previous reunion.

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East Knox gets a new MAMA The East Knox Magnolia Avenue Marketing Area is a recently formed organization that intends to publicize and promote the positive things about East Knoxville and its environs.

“The area around Magnolia Avenue is undervalued,” said Jennifer Montgomery, a principal in East Knox MAMA. “We want to see East Knoxville evolved a way that is unique, that reflects not only its propert y values but its cultural values. We see commercial activity occurring there and sense the potential for what East Knoxville might become.”

Montgomery, a partner in Trotta Montgomery Real Estate, is part of the small group that formed the organization, which is headquartered in the lobby of the real estate offices at 300 West 5th Ave. Others in the group include Sarah and Richard Gamble and John Craig.

Montgomery points to the eastknoxMAMA.com website when asked to explain the group’s purpose: “Our team at M.A.M.A. came together with the simple idea to market this historic area and bring back business, tourism and the cultural renaissance Knoxville is currently experiencing to Magnolia.”

The group has already

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There could be the potential here for restaurant variety, independent restaurants.”

Montgomery has been scouting restaurants in Maryville and Asheville that might be interested in locating in eastern parts of the city. She also said MAMA is considering holding a food truck event in East Knoxville.

The organization would also like to find ways to make Chilhowee Park more useful, with walking trails and other amenities and an extension of the Comcast Christmas lights display onto Magnolia Avenue itself.

“Where other parts of the city edge into suburban areas, East Knoxville turns rural very quickly,” Montgomery said. “The rural area is much more proximate to downtown on the east side. The linkage to the rural environment increases interest in the area.”

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Jim Henry can help Bill Haslam Recently, comments were attributed to Gov. Bill Haslam regarding the proposed gas tax hike that seemed out of character for him. He was quoted from Shelbyville telling gas tax

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opponents to “bring it on” if they wanted to fight a gas tax increase.

As many readers of this column know, Bill Haslam is one of the nicest persons you will ever meet. He is never derogatory about opposing points of view and prefers resolving issues to confrontations. So when he urges opponents to go to war with him, that is not the Bill Haslam we know.

Without commenting on the merit of an increase in the gas tax at this time, all should be able to agree it is a complicated issue with many ramifications.

First, Gov. Haslam has not yet made a specific proposal although it appears he will support an increase.

We just do not know if it will be 10 cents or 20 cents or somewhere in between.

We do not know if it will be for bridge replacements, new roads, repairing old roads, urban or rural, or all of the above. In short, there is nothing to support or oppose until the governor puts it on the table.

Second, he will need to lay the groundwork for legislative buy-in. He will need to meet personally with dozens of lawmakers, not in group settings.

He will need to find out what their concerns are and how to meet them. Otherwise, he faces the prospect of another loss along the lines of Insure Tennessee.

Many legislators campaigned on lower taxes. It may be impossible for them to vote for a tax increase during the 2016 session with that pledge in their platform.

Third, he cannot keep on saying the budget is in great shape as he has for four years and not mention road funding as an issue.

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one day and then in crisis the next day when it comes to roads.

His new chief of staff, Jim Henry, has a strong legislative background.

Henry, 70, is highly respected.

The governor will need to listen to his experience and build on it. He has his work cut out for him.

Henry needs to get the Lady Vols fiasco off the front page as the governor, who chairs the University of Tennessee Board of Trustees, is getting tarnished by it. One would think the UT leadership, starting with President Joe DiPietro, would realize they have a serious problem that has not been resolved.

Terry Faulkner: The talk at the recent Marshall Stair for Council kickoff reception was about Terry Faulkner, longtime Bearden neighborhood activist, running in 2017 to replace Duane Grieve on City Council. Grieve is term-limited. The current council members, with the exception of Mark Campen, appear strong contenders for re-election, so attention is already turning to who will replace the five district council members who are term-limited in 2017.

Faulkner is a go-to person in Bearden and among neighborhood groups citywide. She has spearheaded the new Everly Park idea. She was instrumental in getting Charlie Thomas appointed to City Council to replace then-Vice Mayor Bob Becker, who had moved to Richmond, Va. It took several ballots for Thomas to prevail.

She is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of UT and the mother of two adult daughters. Council will lose its only woman in 2017 when Brenda Palmer retires unless a woman wins this year.

■ Three members will likely leave MPC in a few months as they are city appointments who have served two terms. Mayor Rogero has a rigid policy of not naming people to a third term. The three are former Vice Mayor Jack Sharp, Bart Carey and Michael Kane. However, it is possible one of them could receive a county appointment as Arthur Clancy did and continue on MPC. Carey is vice chair.

■ Dean Rice, Mayor Burchett’s chief of staff, has been ill at home for the past three weeks. He is recovering well from a virus picked up while in Jordan on a private trip. It caused acute pericarditis. The good news is he expects to be back to work soon.

Widening Washington Pike At left, Jeff Mize, project manager and an engineer with CDM Smith, shows residents the route of the widened Washington Pike. Above, residents James McMillan and Kevin Murphy talk following the public meeting. Photos by S. Clark

‘Why are we building this road?’

Road projects often generate their own momentum, especially when an engineering firm gets involved.

Take Washington Pike, east of Target and New Harvest Park. You’ll soon reach Murphy Road and a traffic light at Tazewell Pike. It could be a quick route to, well, Gibbs.

If you want to go from New Harvest Park to Gibbs.

Otherwise, why in the world would the city pay $15 million and change to im-

He was echoed by Justin Sterling, East Towne Business Alliance president.

“The business alliance is Sandra not opposed to this, but we’d Clark rather see limited resources used to install a secondchance exit ramp from prove a 1.84-mile stretch?

I-640 and clear out some of “Why are we (city resi- the brush (that limits visdents) building this road?” ibility).” asked Ronnie Collins, presi“We’re building it bedent of the Alice Bell Spring cause it’s a city street and it Hill Neighborhood Associa- needs improvement,” said tion. “And who are we build- city Engineering Director Jim Hagerman, who seemed ing it for?”

annoyed by the question.

Project manager Jeff Mize said after last week’s public hearing that the engineering and right-of-way acquisition are funded.

The city has diverted some $10 million from this project to Cumberland Avenue improvements. Mize said funding is federal, routed through TDOT and the city.

Why build it? When?

And who benefits? We need answers before additional money is invested.

New MPC director wants to talk Gerald Green doesn’t have many positive memories of downtown Knoxville from his graduate school days in the early 1980s. He interned in a leased office with no windows, and he recalls a restaurant on Market Square but can’t remember the name. Beyond Miller’s Department Store and Big Don the Costumier, nothing else stands out.

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Now, he thinks the city is great. Downtown, the river, the university, neighborhoods, greenways and people provide a great foundation, and Knoxville is building on it, he says.

Green is the new executive director of the Knoxville-Knox County Metropolitan Planning Commission, and he’s getting his feet wet by reading and by meeting with people.

His definition of planning is 70 percent education, 20 percent counseling and 10 percent planning.

He was a planner in Asheville, N.C., as it was growing up. During the month he moved there in 1989, the fourth downtown res-

taurant opened. The city’s successful growth led to a lack of affordable housing − something he hopes Knoxville can avoid. The city also lost its friendliness, he says, which contributed to his decision to accept a job as planning director for Jackson County, N.C. The county seat of Jackson County is Sylva − population 2,603. But a rapid population increase was underway when Green arrived in 2010. The change allowed him to do different things, like environmental planning, protecting natural resources and working with Gerald Green takes a break to small communities. growth. Photo by Wendy Smith Working with small communities is the same as high-density working with larger ones, Building just more personal, he says. housing in the right place He left that post to return to enhances commercial deKnoxville. velopment and discourages His experiences have led developers from putting it him to value good commu- in the wrong place, he says.

The biggest challenges nication. In Asheville, he had good relationships with he will face in Knoxville, neighborhoods and devel- aside from communicaopers alike because he com- tion, are getting buy-in for the city’s vision of growth municated with them.

“Nobody likes to be told from the center and identino without an explanation.” fying where county growth He hopes to get off on the should happen. He’s heard right foot here by meeting that some want to preserve with neighborhood groups. areas in the southern part of The city needs to have a bal- the county, and some want ance of single-family and to preserve farmland in the multi-family housing, and east, and he aims to find out he plans to talk to residents if those are shared goals.

When asked for his opinabout where high-density housing would work best. ion on historic preserva-

chat about the challenges of

tion, he chooses his words carefully. There’s real value in historic properties, but the economics have to work.

There has to be a way to reuse them, he says.

While he’s glad to return to Knoxville, he doesn’t anticipate being able to relax anytime soon. He plans to spend his evenings meeting with the community.

His wife, Ashlea Green, still teaches part-time at Western Carolina University and plans to commute between Knoxville and Cullowhee, N.C. Those who wonder which part of town the Greens will call home will have to wait.

They are still house shopping.

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Bearden High School senior Sydney Gabrielson’s first day on the job as student school board representative began with a 7 a.m. drive to the University of Gabrielson Te n n e s s e e Medical Center. She’s participating in the Medical Explorations Program, which allows rising seniors and recent high school graduates to shadow doctors and residents as part of a six-week summer internship.

She was in surgery until 4:15 p.m., then drove downtown to be in her seat in the Andrew Johnson Building in time for the school board’s July workshop meeting at 5 p.m. She didn’t get home until after 10:30.

And she wasn’t shy about jumping right into the action, zeroing in on the administration’s request to

Betty Bean raise the prices of tickets to athletic events, passing along questions she’d gotten from students and parents.

“I’d just like to urge the board not to pass this,” she said, citing the financial burden on families who attend games.

“I think you will lose student morale if you increase these ticket prices. Bearden (football) was one and nine last year, and I don’t think students from our school want to go and support a losing team when they have to pay $2 extra.”

Ultimately, the board approved a maximum ticket price increase of $2 per ticket. Football tickets will be up to $8 at the gate, $6 advance student price, with lesser increases for other sporting events.

The price hike passed, but Gabrielson is glad she spoke up. At the Wednesday night meeting, she struggled with her emotions as she weighed in on the community controversy caused by the abrupt dismissal of Bearden’s highly regarded softball coach, who took his team to the state tournament only to be told that his services were no longer required.

“I just had some questions I wanted to get answered,” she said. “I wanted to come in with a bang and hit the ground running.

Adam has prepared me well.”

Gabrielson’s predecessor, Adam Hasan, was also from Bearden High, something she feared would hurt her chances.

“I was pleasantly surprised,” she said. “And obviously, since student rep is the name of this position, I want to represent as many students as possible, and students need to feel free

Football is not forever There must be a message in the sad story of Antonio “Tiny” Richardson.

The very large former Volunteer looked like an NFL tackle in high school.

All he had to do was learn the nuances and push past lazy periods.

As a Tennessee freshman, he was 6-6 and 330 and good enough to play with field-goal units. He got additional experience at garbage time, when the Vols were safely ahead or out of contention.

He played one snap in the victory over Vanderbilt.

He lined up at fullback and cleared a path for a Tauren Poole touchdown. Team-

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mates said, “Wow!” Richardson was the starting left tackle as a sophomore, blindside protector for Tyler Bray. Tiny’s big body, perfectly sculpted, fit perfectly in Derek Dooley jokes.

The coach said he always looked carefully to gauge Tiny’s mood before taking the risk of yelling at him in practice. The coach said he gained confidence just

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THROUGH THURSDAY, OCT. 22 Tickets on sale for “The Music and the Memories” show featuring Pat Boone backed by Knoxville swing orchestra The Streamliners, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, Oak Ridge Performing Arts Center, Oak Ridge High School, 1450 Oak Ridge Turnpike. Proceeds go the Oak Ridge High School music department. Info/ tickets: www.KnoxvilleTickets.com or 656-4444.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 8 Afternoon LEGO Club, 2 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. For kids in first through fifth grades. Info: 525-5431.

Computer Workshop: Introducing the Computer, 2 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Info/registration: 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.

Summer Fun Picnic and Line Dance Party, noon-2 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Free and open to the public. Info/ RSVP: 329-8892, TTY: 711.

THURSDAY, JULY 9 Halls Book Club: “Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania” by Erik Larson, 1 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Info: 922-2552.

Living with Diabetes: Putting the Pieces Together, 2-4 p.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

Magician Michael Messing, 4 p.m., Mascot Branch Library, 1927 Library Road. Info: 933-2620.

Needle Tatting Class-Medallion, 2:30-5:30 p.m., Hobby Lobby at Turkey Creek. Cost: $25. Info: Monica Schmidt, 406-3971, monicaschmidt.tn@gmail. com, myquiltplace.com/profile/monicaschmidt.

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standing beside Tiny, that when you have a man like that on your side, you know you have a chance to win.

On trips, the coach wanted Tiny to be first off the bus. He was imposing enough to calm heckling crowds and create inferiority complexes.

Richardson played so well in 2012, it was easy to overlook false starts, misalignments, holding and other little infractions. In a clash of titans, he defeated South Carolina’s famous Jadeveon Clowney.

The Vols ran 71 plays against that really good Gamecock defense, and Richardson graded high or

to contact me, no matter what.”

When school starts, she plans to stay involved in activities like the student government, Key Club and Math Club. She plays piano and cello and is a member of the school orchestra and the Knoxville Symphony Youth Orchestra.

The daughter of Jay and Elsie Gabrielson, she has two brothers – Keith, a Bearden High School junior and dual varsity athlete (football, baseball), and Reese, who is in the seventh grade.

“I’ve gone through public school my 12 years of schooling,” she said. “I feel like this is not only a way I can give back, but I can represent a diverse culture of students that really need to be heard by the board.”

Gabrielson said she wants to hear from other students.

She can be reached via sydney.gabrielson@gmail. com or through Twitter and Facebook. at least acceptable on 70.

On that other play, Clowney gave him an inside fake, went outside, hit Bray’s passing arm and forced a fumble that essentially won the game.

“To watch how he competed the whole game,’’ Dooley said, “it just breaks your heart that Clowney made an incredible play that last play, and it happens to be the one they are going to show on ESPN.” That play and that loss probably factored in Dooley’s departure.

Before the 2013 season, there was talk that Tiny might go early to the NFL. “The way I see it, I’m the best left tackle in the country.”

Those in the know said first round, maybe top eight.

“That’s motivation, the

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thought of seeing your name on draft boards. I see myself as a top-five pick when the time comes, but that’s not my focus right now.”

First, he was going to take care of business.

Richardson didn’t play as well as a junior. He had a gimpy knee or knees. He was a central figure in an offensive line that looked great in warmups but underachieved. NFL scouts noticed.

Tiny realized football was not forever, that his playing time was limited, that he had better get some while he could. He committed to the draft. He was not spectacular at the combine. To his amazement, he endured three days of draft excitement without getting a call.

Minnesota signed him

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as a free agent. There was no bonus, none of the predicted millions. He was paid $303,000. His agent and taxes got their shares.

Tiny was injured in an exhibition game. He needed repairs. He spent last season on the “unable to perform” list. He announced his retirement from football a few weeks ago.

First thought was the Robert Burns line, “The best-laid plans o’ mice an’ men …”

I do believe Antonio Richardson is a good man.

He’ll survive. He may excel.

I sure hope so.

There must be a message in his story, a little something about what might have been.

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and games. Lunch at noon, bingo at 1. Bring a dessert and a friend. Info: Janice White, 548-0326.

Teen Write-In and Launch Party, 6-7:30 p.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

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

Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway.

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Needle Tatting/Crochet/Quilting classes, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Hobby Lobby, 6580 Clinton Highway. Cost: $25. Info: Monica Schmidt, 406-3971, monicaschmidt.tn@gmail.com, myquiltplace.com/ profile/monicaschmidt.

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Deadline to register for the hands-on spinning workshop to be held Saturday, July 18, at Marble Springs State Historic Site, 1220 W. Gov. John Sevier Highway.

Cost: $25. Learn how to wash wool, card wool and spin wool using a drop spindle. Info/registration: 573-5508 or email info@marblesprings.net.

Free Movie in the Park at Luttrell City Park.

Movie: “Freaky Friday” starts at dusk. Bring blanket or chairs. Sponsored by Luttrell Seniors. Info: 992-0678.

Magician Michael Messing, 2 p.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

Needle Tatting/Crochet/Quilting classes, 4:307:30 p.m., Hobby Lobby, 6580 Clinton Highway. Cost: $25.

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The Union County Farmers Market, 4-7 p.m., 1009 Main St., Maynardville. Fresh produce, meat, plants, cut flowers, artists and craftsmen. New vendors welcome. Info: 992-8038.

Etiquette classes, 4-5:15 p.m., Imagination Forest, 7613 Blueberry Road. Hosted by the Cardinal School of Etiquette for ages 12-17. Cost: $125. Info/registration: 312-2371 or alwhite07@comcast.net.

SATURDAY, JULY 11 East Tennessee Creative Writers Alliance, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

Happy Travelers trip: “Southern Fried Nuptials” at the Barter Theatre. Cost: $55, includes transportation and ticket. Info/registration: Derrell Frye, 938-8884.

Needle Tatting/Crochet/Quilting classes, 4:307:30 p.m., Hobby Lobby at Turkey Creek. Cost: $25. Info: Monica Schmidt, 865-406-3971, monicaschmidt.tn@ gmail.com, myquiltplace.com/profile/monicaschmidt.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Faye Wooden, 11 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Info: 947-6210.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Georgi Schmitt, 11 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

SUNDAY, JULY 12 Sing Out Knoxville meeting, a folk-singing circle open to everyone, 7-9 p.m., Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 2931 Kingston Pike. Song book provided. Info: bobgrimac@gmail.com or 546-5643.

MONDAY, JULY 13 Coffee, Donuts and a Movie: “Fury,” 10:30 a.m.,

MONDAY-SATURDAY, JULY 13-18 Anderson County Fair, 5 p.m., Anderson County Fair Grounds, 218 Nave St., Clinton. Admission: $5; kids 6 and under free. Info: www.andersoncountyfairtn.com.

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Needle Tatting/Crochet/Quilting classes, 4:307:30 p.m., Hobby Lobby at Turkey Creek. Cost: $25.

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FRIDAY Alive After Five: John Myers Band, 6-8:30 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Tickets: $10; $5 for members/students.

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By Carol Shane The wiseguys of local media are at it again.

Writers David Lauver, Mark Harmon, Megan Jones, Frank Murphy, Ernie Roberts, Melanie Staten and Vince Staten will be part of a big cast that’s going to bring their irreverent script to life at the 37th annual Front Page Follies, happening Saturday night, July 18. You’d think the show would, in theater lingo, be “frozen” by now, but head writer Lauver is still penning parodies. That’s the nature of news satire – you’ve got to keep up with incoming stories.

“We still have at least one more song to complete,” says Lauver. “For the Lady Vols’ ‘Leggo Our Logo’ skit, we’re writing ‘Stand By Our Brand.’” Skits are often tabled when a more up-todate, gotta-be-covered news event happens.

Sponsored by the East Tennessee Society of Professional Journalists, the evening begins with a cash bar/reception and includes a silent auction, good food and a live auction. The evening’s main event is the vaudeville-style, multimedia musical show, similar to those put on by political satirists The Capitol Steps, but on a local level.

Cast member Ernie Roberts is jazzed about this year’s show.

“The music is more diverse than ever before with movie and show tunes, country music, yodeling,

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The 2015 Front Page Follies cast promises a night of music and laughter. Front: Margaret Elliott, Melanie Staten, Stacy Holley. Back: Kristine Kinsey, David Lauver, Mike Howard, Ernie Roberts, Elizabeth Elliott, John McNair, Megan Jones, Tyrone Beach, Frank Murphy, Vince Staten, JereBeth Doherty, Terry Silver-Alford. Photo by Kristi Nelson Bumpus

current top 40, spirituals and the most challenging, ‘Bohemian Rhapsody,’” he says. “This cast is up to the music, choreography and teamwork needed to bring a great night of entertainment and laughter for the audience.”

Roberts is well-known for his past portrayals of former embattled state Sen. Stacey Campfield, whose antics have provided years of fodder for the Follies.

Campfield will be “honored” with a retrospective featuring parodies of the songs “Thanks for the Memories” and “My Way.” Also honored – for real – will be senior Knoxville News Sentinel sports columnist John Adams. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Adams has been named to the Tennessee Sports Writers Association Hall of Fame and the East Tennessee Writers Hall of Fame.

Other parodies include “It’s All About That Bass,” referencing bestselling author Dr. Bill Bass of UT’s Body Farm; “Vote Madeline,” a tribute to Mayor Rogero sung to “I Walk the Line”; “Ghostworkers,” sung to the tune of “Ghostbusters,” about the Knox County Trustee scandal; and a brilliant “Republican Rhapsody,” which skewers not only Republicans but, well, pretty much everybody. “We’re an equalopportunity offender,” says Lauver.

Directed by the Clarence Brown Theatre’s musical director, Terry Silver-Alford, the show brings down the house every year, and this year will be no exception.

Masters of ceremonies will be Lori Tucker of WATE-TV, John Becker of WBIR-TV and Alan Williams of WVLT-TV. The show will also feature mete-

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And it’s all for a good cause. Follies proceeds fund journalism and electronic media scholarships at the University of Tennessee and Pellissippi State Community College, as well as educational programs of the Front Page Foundation.

The 37th annual Front Page Follies starts at 6 p.m.

Saturday, July 18, with a cash bar/reception followed by dinner, live auction and the stage show.

Individual tickets are $125, and a portion of each purchase is tax deductible.

To join in the fun with friends or colleagues and get priority seating, people may purchase tables of 10 for $1,250.

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Winehouse doc focuses on talent, loss

By Betsy Pickle

The clash between art and the machinery of celebrity has rarely had as tragic a trajectory as it did with Amy Winehouse.

That’s the takeaway from “Amy,” the poignant new documentary directed by Asif Kapadia.

“Amy” finds the everyday voice behind the amazing performing voice of the superstar who died less than two months before her 28th birthday in 2011. As a documentary, it’s a remarkable accomplishment – a film created primarily from existing material, much of it from low-tech cell-phone footage, without the talking heads of a traditional doc.

Kapadia has the experts – family, friends and associates who knew Winehouse best – but he uses voiceovers instead of on-camera interviews so that he can keep the focus on the singer and show her three-dimensionality. He also illustrates her story with performances

that chart her deserved rise and disastrous fall.

Those who watched from a distance might have been aware of Winehouse’s bluesy, non-prefab voice but dismissed her as a musical force because of her highly publicized problems with drugs and alcohol. Fans took her more seriously, but even they wouldn’t have been privy to the insights provided in “Amy.” Many of those come from Winehouse’s oldest friends, Juliette Ashby and Lauren Gilbert, and her first manager and friend Nick Shymansky. There are also revelations from more famous folk, such as her friend Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def) and collaborator Tony Bennett.

The story that emerges is of a precocious yet sensitive girl from North London whose parents’ divorce creates a chasm in her own life.

That event echoes through her adolescence on into her teens, when rebellion and self-destructive habits form

“Bambi: A Life in the Woods,” Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Ave. Performances: 7 p.m. Friday; 1 and 5 p.m. Saturday; 3 p.m. Sundays. Info/tickets: 208-3677 or www. knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com.

“The Spitfire Grill,” a soulful & inspiring musical presented by The WordPlayers, Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay St. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Friday; 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: wordplayers. org, knoxbijou.com, 684-1200 and at the door.

SATURDAY “An Evening for Champions,” 7 p.m., Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Event will honor Pat Summitt. Master of ceremonies will be Robin Roberts, anchor of “Good Morning America.”

Proceeds to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and The Pat Summitt Foundation. Info/ tickets: www.tennesseetheatre.com, 800-745-3000, all Ticketmaster locations.

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SUNDAY WWE LIVE SummerSlam Heatwave Tour, 7 p.m., Civic Coliseum, 500 Howard Baker Ave. Info/ tickets: www.knoxvillecoliseum.com or 215-8999.

Friends Juliette Ashby and Amy Winehouse explore music together as teens in “Amy.” a dangerous but creative alliance with her poetry/lyrics and songwriting.

While the demons are there, the young Amy is fun and, in a way, normal. She uses songwriting as a sort of therapy, but her talent gets her noticed, and she starts down the road to a music career.

As Kapadia highlights Winehouse’s lyrics on the screen, using them as the

narrative, she makes her rise from obscurity. A playful relationship with drugs grows serious. Boyfriends become another form of dependency.

She welcomes success but worries about it. Some of her comments are eerie foreshadowing of the turns her life will take.

“Amy” could have been the ultimate cautionary tale, but it isn’t. It’s viscer-

ally personal and uniquely loyal to its subject. Even with potentially stereotypical villains on board – a self-serving father, a loser beau, various music-biz movers and shakers – and Winehouse’s own blatantly bad choices, this is not a template for a reap-whatyou-sow parable.

“Amy” is a portrait of an artist who was pushed into a role she wasn’t prepared to play. It’s also an indictment of the circus that comes with fame, but it doesn’t feel a part of that hypocrisy.

A tribute to the talent of Winehouse, “Amy” reveals the person behind the hype and the loss the world should feel over her untimely death.

Also opening …

In addition to “Amy,” three other films make their Knoxville bow this week: “Self/less” – Ryan Reynolds, Natalie Martinez, Matthew Goode and Ben Kingsley. A wealthy man dying of cancer has his consciousness transferred into the body of a healthy young man.

“Minions” – Voices of Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm, Michael Keaton.

Minions Stuart, Kevin and Bob are recruited by a woman with world-domination aspirations.

“The Gallows” – Reese Mishler, Pfeifer Brown, Ryan Shoos. Teens attempt to honor the anniversary of a school tragedy and instead unleash evil.

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Rogero suspends R-O-W buys on Washington Pike project

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By Sandra Clark Knoxville Mayor Mad- Center mall, said the money eline Rogero says right- could be better spent on a Justin Sterling, for“At Simon Property of-way acquisition will be “second chance” exit ramp merly leas- Group, I grew tremendously suspended and another from I-640 and brush clearing agent from the countless positive public meeting held before ing to enhance visibility. for Simon experiences, relationships any work is done on the proSterling said in all of his Malls in and career opportunities,” posed widening of Wash- discussions he’s never heard K nox v i l le , he said. “They were the ington Pike from Greenway a business manager or has joined building blocks that have Drive to Murphy Road in owner say the most pressConversion allowed me to take another northeast Knoxville. ing problem is widening P r op er t ie s step forward.”

This aligns her with a Washington Pike to Murphy Inc. as a Sterling will be director of majority of those attending Road.

Nick Weander, vice presiJustin Sterling commercial retail services and business the June 30 public hearing real estate development at Conversion at New Harvest Park com- dent of the homeowners broker.

Properties. Info: www.con- munity center. That’s when group in Shannon Valley Sterling will continue as versionprop.com, 865-246- Ronnie Collins, president Farms, said his neighbors president of the East Towne 1331 ext. 109, or jsterling@ of the Alice Bell Spring Hill are “very much in support conversionprop.com.

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Neighborhood Association, of the bike lanes and sidesuggested city taxpayers are walks” that are part of the News from Office of Register of Deeds being asked to fund a road widening project.

City Council members project that benefits resiNick Della Volpe, Daniel dents outside the city.

And Justin Sterling, Brown and Finbarr Saunders president of a business attended, as did MPC comgage lending translated to

By Sherry Witt group formed to stimulate missioner Rebecca Longmire The summer of 2015 is a summer spike in June, as off and rolling for the local $483 million was borrowed real estate against real estate – a 57 and lending percent increase over last m a r k e t s . June’s figure.

News from Knoxville’s Community The largest real estate And if June was any in- transfer recorded was the dication, it sale of property owned by could be a University Residences-KnoxA KCDC resident is the KCDC Section 8 occupancy record set- ville LLC, located at the inter.

The tersection of Cherokee Trail first in East Tennessee coordinator Kim Trame and to transi- KCDC training specialist m o n t h and Edington Road. The resiSherry Witt tion from Jennifer Bell. ending on dential complex sold for $42 “If I hadn’t had this help, the VeterTuesday, June 30, brought million to Quarry Trail LLC. ans Affairs I wouldn’t even be alive to1,173 property transfers to That particular transaction S u p p o r t - day,” Snapp said. “I’m tickKnox County – nearly 200 also produced the largest ive Hous- led to have my own house more than June 2014. The mortgage loan of the month, ing (VASH) and have my freedom. My data continued to show an a Deed of Trust in the amount v o u c h e r , story proves that if you upward trend in real estate of $31.5 million.

At the year’s midway a Section watch your p’s and q’s and activity that began in early point, the data are indicat- Dewey Snapp 8 voucher you apply yourself a little spring. p r o g r a m bit, you can make someThe total value of land ing a clear improvement transferred was a whopping over 2014 in both real estate targeted to homeless veter- thing out of nothing.”

Snapp is originally from $345 million, easily sur- sales and mortgage lend- ans, to homeownership.

Dewey Snapp, 65, is a Sevier County and served passing May’s healthy ag- ing. As of June 30, approxigregate of $218 million, and mately $1.26 billion worth veteran of the Vietnam War in the U.S. Marine Corps making June the largest of property has sold in Knox and eight years ago was from 1965 to 1971, including month for transfers since County, compared to about homeless in Knoxville, liv- a tour in Vietnam. After he left the military, Snapp beOctober 2011 when the $981 million a year ago. ing under a bridge.

Thanks to help from came a master electrician St. Mary’s medical facili- Mortgages and refinancing ties were sold to Tennova. have produced total lend- Veterans Affairs and Knox- and worked in construction Last June about $207 mil- ing of more than $1.9 billion ville’s Community Develop- across the country.

“About eight years ago, I lion worth of property was in 2015, compared to $1.38 ment Corp., Snapp received transferred in Knox County. billion at the six-month the keys to his new home. lost everything I had before, Celebrating with him were and I had nothing,” Snapp The spring surge in mort- mark of 2014.

Sterling joins Conversion Properties

June brings bumper crop

and BZA commissioner Kevin Murphy.

Jeff Mize, project manager with contractor CDM Smith, said when finished the project will cost some $15 million to widen 1.84 miles.

It will improve east-west connectivity to adequately serve residents and businesses. It will minimize conflicts among pedestrians, bicycles and vehicles while enhancing the city’s greenway system. It will increase tree cover and demonstrate “best practices” for stormwater management.

James McMillan said steep slopes will require a larger than usual right-ofway.

Mize said the bike lanes and sidewalks would stop near Kitts Café. He has designed four-foot wide

bike lanes and 6-foot wide sidewalks on both sides of Washington Pike, along with four lanes for traffic and a center turn lane.

Rogero, in a press statement, said the road will eventually be widened to relieve traffic congestion, but she will wait to give the Metropolitan Planning Commission and City Council time to develop a proposed Corridor Overlay ordinance that would allow stakeholders along commercial corridors to develop design guidelines for new development.

Right-of-way acquisition would take about 18 months. Construction, once it is funded, will take another 2.5 years. The project is funded 80 percent by the state with federal dollars.

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Snapp gets a home under new program

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Lissa McLeod guides intern Betty Mengesha on the fabric ropes.

Interns in the air

By Shannon Carey

You could make the case that our visit to Dragonfly Aerial Arts Studio is the most fun our interns have had so far.

Teacher Lissa McLeod greeted the group and spoke about the studio and its mission. Then, she invited the interns to take a turn on trapeze and fabrics. There were smiles all around, and this old reporter even got in on the fun.

Dragonfly offers a full range of classes for aerial arts and circus skills, including juggling, unicycle riding, tightrope, clowning, trapeze,

and of course those iconic fabrics. McLeod got into aerial arts during her activities as a political organizer.

She used the arts to convey messages, moving from huge puppets to stilt-walking.

“When I found aerials I was like, this is it,” she said. “There are a lot of things you can learn by getting off the ground and looking at things from a different perspective.”

The studio, located off Central Avenue Pike near Merchants, holds “try-me” classes every Monday night.

“All kinds of people can do it,” said McLeod.

said. “I was nearly dead.”

While recuperating from cancer treatment, Snapp ended up on the street. He found a temporary placement for six months at Samaritan Place, a shelter for homeless seniors run through Catholic Charities of East Tennessee.

At a local Veterans Affairs meeting, Snapp heard about VASH, a subsidized rental assistance program that provides Section 8 Housing Choice vouchers to homeless veterans.

“When President Obama first became president, I heard him give a speech that promised no homeless veterans,” Snapp said. “I got lucky, and I was the fourth person to sign up for a VASH voucher in Knoxville.”

Since 2010, veteran homelessness has been re-

duced by 24 percent. More than 69,000 vouchers have been awarded nationwide, including 140 in Knoxville.

In 2011, Snapp began working with KCDC to move toward becoming “mortgage-ready.”

The Section 8 Homeownership voucher pays a portion of Snapp’s mortgage, while all maintenance and utility costs are his responsibility. When presenting Snapp with the keys to his home, KCDC also gave him a gift card to Home Depot for $50. Snapp said he will complete maintenance and upgrades on the home using his experience in construction and electrical work. He wants to plant a garden in the backyard and expand his lawnmower repair business.

Good eatin’ with Good Golly Tamale

“Pieces of it just started coming together,” Miller said.

By Shannon Carey A neighbor gave Miller the trike, then a friend built Somewhere near the intersection of healthy the warming box on back. He started makand delicious is where you’ll find Matt ing tamales during the day at the Public Miller, owner and operator of Good House.

Golly Tamale. Good Golly is a “We actually paid rent with tatrue mobile business, with males,” he said. Good Golly is Miller pedaling to different now using the kitchen in the venues on his food trike. former Aisle 9 grocery in Miller welcomed the Old City.

Shopper-News interns And those delicious into the kitchen he uses recipes? They come from in Knoxville’s Old City, the Lawson-McGhee Liwhere he and his helpbrary and Miller’s head. ers make up to 1,000 “I’m a pretty intuitive tamales every week. cook,” he said. “I read Then he served us through a bunch of diflunch, and it was fabuferent recipes, and then lous.

I just made stuff up and But these aren’t the continue to make things up. tamales you get at the We don’t really have strict local diner. These are trarecipes.” ditional Central American Miller and his helpers tamales, corn masa with are committed to the businatural fillings wrapped in Intern Maggie Williams helps serve bean soup to the ness. Miller said he has put real corn husks. group at the Good Golly Tamale kitchen in the Old City. in 90 hours per week for the “It’s a lot more nutritious past month. Sometimes he than just cornmeal,” Miller said of the organic, non-GMO masa he orders in bulk from gets catering orders which require even more time.

“If you’re thinking that you might want to start a food San Diego.

Good Golly got its start when a friend of Miller’s came cart, think long and hard, because it’s a lot of work,” he told back from a trip to Central America and wanted to make a the interns. “But I like it. I like doing it. Whatever you want burrito cart business. Miller, who had worked in food ser- to do, just do it with all your heart and soul. It feels good to vice for some time, wanted to be self-employed and got on be able to own the work and care for it.”

Good Golly Tamale visits the Market Square Farmers board. The plan changed from burritos to tamales since burritos get soggy over time, but the corn husks keep ta- Market every Wednesday and Saturday, and visits other males hot and fresh with just a little steam. Then the friend venues throughout the week. Find them on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for more info. moved to California, and Miller forged ahead.

Touring Market Square

By Shannon Carey Interns passed a fun afternoon on Market Square in downtown Knoxville, starting with a visit to the Knoxville Chamber.

Communications and Marketing Manager Jenny Woodbery gave the interns a tour of the facility and a summary of what the Chamber does.

Of the Chamber’s more than 2,000 member businesses, 80 percent are small, local enterprises.

The Chamber helps advise start-ups and advo-

cates for businesses in public policy.

Woodbery holds a journalism degree, so the interns’ visit was fun for her, as is her job writing for the Chamber.

“The variety of everything we do, it’s fun for me as a writer,” she said. “I get to write about everything.”

Interns visited the shops on Market Square, including getting Italian ice at Rita’s. Then, they walked through the alley on the east side of Market Square to admire the graffiti art there.

Yea for YEA!

By Annie Dockery

Knoxville is the first city in Tennessee to adopt the Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA), a program designed to give young people real-world business experience. For three hours a week for 30 weeks, students from grades six through 12 have the opportunity to create their own real business or social movement.

Lori Fuller of the Knoxville Chamber of Commerce explained that students will spend the first few weeks brainstorming and developing ideas. Additionally, stu-

dents will learn about patents and business taxes from lawyers, while also learning market analysis. Students will implement knowledge to initiate their own real businesses and work with potential investors. The program will lead to regional and national competitions; the national winner will participate in ABC’S “Shark Tank.”

The program has a limited amount of space and little time left to apply; however, spots are still available. Info or to apply: www. knoxvillechamberberber. com/yea

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Initially, “I threw a pity party,” he says. “Then I thought, ht, ‘What in God’s ve been a fighter name am I doing? I’ve fighter my whole damn life.’” ’” Cook started out as a “little, scrawny” kid with glasses, asses, growing up in the “rough part” of Cleveland, Ohio.

Cook says his status as a target for bullies drew him into martial arts, which he discovered one day at the local community ity center. His teacher didn’t ’t show up for the magic class ss he and his brother weree takered ing, and Cook wandered into a room with “lots ts of guys in white pajamas as and colored belts.”

The experience was transformation-al. Cook soaked up all the local instruction he could find as a child. When he landed as a soldier in Vietnam, Cook’s training began in earnest, starting with the Korean Army my based just across thee river border where he was stationed. Following the war, he re-enlisted and returned eturned to Korea to study with a variety of Tae Kwon Do and Kung Fu masters. He spent a total of five years in the country. ntry.

The Korean fighters ers were initially hesitant to accept him into their ranks, Cook said in an interview for the book, “Korean Kung Fu: The Chinese Connection.” But they quickly recognized his previous training and skill, and “just accepted me with open arms,” he says.

His connections in the Korean martial arts world led to appearances as the first black man in Korean cinema, with roles in two fighting movies, “Wind from the East” and “The Last Five Fingers.”

He continued his storied career in the martial arts upon his return to the U.S. He won the U.S. Karate Association Grand Nationals in 1977 and was listed as one of 10 “Top Male Karateka in the United States” that same year. He won the World International

middleweight championship in 1979.

He is an inductee into the International Karate & Kickboxing Hall of Fame in Cleveland. He is the subject of several book chapters and has been featured widely in martial arts publications. As a Master Instructor, he has coached several top names in the field of martial arts.

Additionally, Cook served in the Army as a military police investigator and hand-to-hand combat instructor, leaving in 2008 as, he says, the last Vietnam veteran from Knoxville, where he moved more than 10 years ago, to retire from military service.

While James Cook is famous in fighting circles, Jimmy Logston made his reputation as a musician. Cook,

whose grandfather taught him to play guitar, started writing songs at age 10.

He has worked with The Dazz Band, The Impressions, Lee Greenwood, Johnny Paycheck, Ray Stevens and others. He was signed as a recording artist

by Otis Blackwell—noted songwriter for Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Peggy Lee. The stint ended, however, when Blackwell died unexpectedly in 2002. In 2000, Cook released an album, “Reunion of Life,” dedicated to his time in Vietnam.

“Because of my background in martial arts, I got tired of people approaching me while I was on stage performing,” he says. “At the time I was dating a girl name Debbie Logston. I took her last name for stage use.”

Still, he wasn’t able to shed his identity as a fighter.

“The first night I performed with that name,” Cook says, “a guy walked up and said, ‘You look just like a guy I know named James Cook.’”

Lately, Cook has been living a quiet life in Knoxville, only recently taking up fighting again in the senior ranks and launching a new career making custom guitars.

Then came his cancer diagnosis.

His doctor advised surgery, but after seeing local television ads featuring Olympic ice skater and cancer survivor Scott Hamilton — the “little ice skating guy,” as Cook calls him — he finally had a reason to pay attention.

“For 72 hours straight I was on my computer,” he says. That research led him to start making phone calls to other cancer centers, cancer patients and the Provision Center for Proton Therapy. Proton therapy, he learned, would nearly eliminate the common side effects of surgery for prostate cancer such as impotence and incontinence. It would offer a better fighting chance for quality of life after the cancer was gone.

“I called up, cancelled my surgery and said, ‘Later, dude,’” Cook says.

He has had no regrets. The Provision experience was positive, the staff was wonderful, and he says he felt good throughout the treatment.

“I made a promise that I’d live until I was 120,” he says. “And I’m going to live up to that promise.”

Spoken like the scrawny little kid from Cleveland who grew up to be a fighter.

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Provision was the first proton therapy center to use SpaceOAR® hydrogel, a product recently cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that protects the rectum in men undergoing radiation therapy for prostate cancer.

Because of the close proximity of the prostate to the rectum, radiation therapy can cause damage, resulting in long-term side effects. Placed through a small needle, the hydrogel is administered as a liquid, but

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“We’re pleased to be the first proton therapy center to introduce this additional protection for our cancer patients,” said Marcio Fagundes M.D., radiation oncologist and medical director for Provision Center for Proton Therapy. “By its nature, proton therapy’s targeted radiation dosage protects surrounding tissues from damage. The SpaceOAR product provides us with even more ability

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According to the American Cancer Society and the National Cancer Institute, prostate cancer is second only to skin cancer as the most frequently diagnosed cancer in men with an estimated 220,800 new cases and 27,540 deaths in the U.S. in 2015 alone. Worldwide, prostate cancer is expected to grow to 1.7 million new cases and 499,000 deaths by 2030.

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