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Sharp’s Ridge cleanup adventure To many Knoxville residents, Sharp’s Ridge Memorial Park is known primarily for two things – it’s the best place in town to take in a panoramic view of the city, and it’s one of the worst places to find yourself after dark.

A renewed surge of interest in the park, however, has led to a much cleaner – and safer – experience for those wanting to check out the scenery or take a leisurely stroll through the hardwood forest that encloses the property.

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Pat in context Times were tough when Patricia Head came to Knoxville in 1974 to teach physical education, train for the 1976 Olympics and work on her master’s degree at the University of Tennessee.

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The best?

Another children’s story for Shopper readers starts July 13 as this week’s Shopper gives you the last chapter of “S.O.R. Losers.� “The Best in the World,� another story from Breakfast Serials, follows the antics of best friends Nick and Clay in a six-chapter presentation. Ever since Nick got hold of “The Guinness Book of Records,� he’s been obsessed with the notion of being the best at something. That’s why he and his best friend, Clay, concoct a scheme to establish a world record of their own. Their idea is focused on making money, a lot of money. Find out how they decide to do this, starting next week, only in Shopper News.

How to know?

As we age, we may find that locating items, remembering names or dates or trying to come up with the correct word becomes more difficult. Does it mean someone is suffering from dementia? And how will you know?

Linda Johnson of Alzheimer’s Tennessee spoke with senior adults and caregivers to help them recognize indicators of dementia. Her group walks through this process with caregivers and patients, she said.

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By J.J. Stambaugh Getting the word out about the New Harvest Park Farmers Market was the goal of the sixth annual Blueberry Festival, which drew nearly 2,000 people Thursday to eat, shop and play at New Harvest Park in northeast Knox County.

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hours, throngs of produceloving Knox County residents swarmed over the two dozen vendors who sold everything from fresh fruit to homemade soap and even – for anyone adventurous enough – a bee colony or two. “This event lets us tell people that we’re here, and we’re here every week,� said

Kellie Burns of The Burns and the Bees, a local apiary, offers samples of homegrown honey to prospective customers at Thursday’s sixth annual Blueberry Festival at the New Harvest Park Farmers Market.

It also offered plenty of activities for people of all ages, including a variety of culinary contests, as well as a playground and splash pad that drew plenty of kids – and their parents – who were looking for an easy way to beat the scorching temperatures.

Many visitors said that Thursday’s Blueberry Festival was their first time at the market.

Rebecca Saldivar, who runs Lydia Cole of Fountain the Farmers Market for the City said she came to the Knox County Department event after seeing promoof Parks and Recreation. tions for it pop up on Face“The point of this mar- book. ket is to encourage people “I just love blueberries to buy local, support our and thought this might be a farmers, eat fresh food good place to stock up,â€? she that’s nutritious and see said. “I didn’t know they’d the variety of things that have all this other stuff are produced here,â€? Saldi- here. ‌ I wish I’d brought var said. more money, since I’d real-

ly like to try out some of the soaps and other things.�

Like many shoppers, Cole was drawn to a colorful booth set up by Bonnie and Robert Deacon that displayed several rows of homemade soap and related products offered by their company, Pygmy Harbor.

The couple, who moved from Florida to Knoxville several years ago, explained that their business began in Florida when Bonnie took her husband’s advice and turned her soap-making hobby into a cottage industry. “We came to Tennessee because we wanted to raise our own goats,� Robert explained. “All of our soaps are made from goat’s milk To page 3

Sherrod honored 50 years after death Community leaders joined friends and family on June 29 to honor Sp4 Donald Sherrod, an East Knoxville native who was killed in Vietnam.

The Burlington Branch Library building is now the Donald A. Sherrod Building.

According to the East Tennessee Veterans Memorial Association’s webSherrod site, Sherrod was born June 2, 1943, to F.J. and Mariana Ancker Sherrod. He was a 1952 graduate of East High School and a member of Fifth Avenue Baptist Church. He enlisted in the United States Army in 1963. He was mar-

ried to Barbara Sherrod.

Sherrod was serving in Korea and volunteered for service in Vietnam. He left Knoxville Jan. 6, 1966, en route to Vietnam and was killed in action on Aug. 8, 1966, in South Vietnam. He was buried Aug. 18, 1966, at Highland Memorial Cemetery in Knoxville with full military honors.

A tribute left at the Vietnam Wall in Washington, D.C., states: “I was in the same fire fight as Donald when he was killed. His position was adjacent to mine.

He was a machine gunner and during the initial assault against our position, he was killed as his position was overwhelmed by enemy fire. Donald gave his all for his country and I can only hope it

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â– Born: 2 June 1943

â– Conflict: Vietnam

â– Died: 8 August 1966

â– Awards: Silver Star, Bronze Star with V Device, Purple Heart. Combat Infantry Badge, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal

â– County: Knox â– Hometown: Knoxville â– Service Branch: Army â– Division/Assignment: 7th Cavalry Regiment, 7th

meant something. May he rest in peace knowing that I will never forget his supreme sacrifice for his comrades in arms and country.� – Gary Owen Donald, Sun-

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R.B. Morris and the long road home

By Betty Bean Despite a lifelong case of wanderlust, R.B. Morris has a tight connection to his hometown. He has sung about it, analyzed it, helped found a park in it, celebrated and fled it. But no matter how far he flies, he always comes back, and he’s probably halfway serious when he calls Knoxville “the Bermuda Triangle of the Appalachians.� Family, friends and an innate sense of place create bonds that stretch but never break.

If anyone was surprised when Mayor Madeline Rogero and the Arts & Culture Alliance named Morris Knoxville’s first poet laureate, nobody has said so. Maybe Rogero’s quoting a verse from “Then There Is a City� (a song from his album “Spies Lies and Burning Eyes�) in her inaugural address was a hint. As photographer Bill Foster put it, Morris’ selection was “the most obvious slam-dunk decision in the history of obviousness.�

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a playwright, a singer and a sometime actor who wrote his first song (about his dog, Dixie) when he was in the fourth or fifth grade at Alice Bell Elementary School. He graduated from Holston High School and spent a year at the University of Tennessee before his itchy feet took him away. “I just bailed for the high and wide,� he said. “I took off traveling around the country, wanting to get an advanced education.�

It’s hard to keep up with his youthful ramblings, but one of his first artistic partnerships was with Jimmy Rector (son of famed mandolin player Red Rector). They started playing old-timey music up in the hills of Cocke County.

After a while, he came back to town and joined a burgeoning music scene where musicians, singers and songwriters were honing their licks and finding their identities.

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a girlfriend drove him to the mountains in January 1980 to “a little old half-built cabin with no running water, a wood stove, a bed and my old man’s manual typewriter. I was kinda flushing myself out of everything – ended relationships with girlfriends and close friends – stopping the world as best I could. That’s when I did my hermit year, living up on Round Mountain up an old gravel road. I was probably the last man in Tennessee.�

When he came down from the mountain, he headed west and spent spring 1981 in San Francisco, meeting Beat Generation survivors like Gerald Corso, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and William Burroughs, plus Jack Kerouac biographer Gerald Nicosia, with whom he corresponded after he returned to Knoxville, determined to create something of his own.

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Trust helps ex-paratrooper take leap of faith He jumped out of airplanes 102 times during his 25-year Army career and spent the Vietnam War in Korea getting shot at by snipers along the Imjin River.

But when the time came for 65-year-old John Parris of Knoxville to undergo back surgery, he was admittedly nervous.

“I was scared,” he said flatly.

“Somebody’s messing with your spinal cord. All the nerves and everything that makes your body function are in a ganglia back there. So there was a moment that I asked ‘Why me?’”

But with his radiculopathy, a neuropathy caused by nerve compression and spondylolisthesis, which is the forward displacement of vertebra, causing back and leg pain and repeated falls, Parris put his trust in neurosurgeon Dr. Barrett Brown at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center.

In late August, Parris underwent Barrett Brown, a minimally invasive procedure M.D. known as transformational lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) of his third and fourth lumbar vertebrae.

Using small incisions and stateof-the-art intraoperative image guidance, Dr. Brown attached surgical hardware such as pedicle screws and rods to the back of Parris’s vertebra. An interbody spacer called a fusion cage was inserted into the disc space from one side of the spine to help promote fusion.

In contrast to the traditional or “open” surgical method which would have required a large midline incision, stripping muscle tissue away from the bone and placement of large retractors, the minimally invasive technique employed by Dr.

John Parris is enjoying all the things that used to be challenging, like preparing his garden for summer without pain thanks to his minimally invasive spine surgery at Fort Sanders Regional

Brown offered several advantages.

“In my experience, people get back in their normal routines a little sooner,” said Dr. Brown. “Their hospital stay is not quite as long.

The blood loss is less and there’s usually less tissue destruction.

Because of that there’s less pain, and you get out of the hospital sooner and back to what you were normally doing more quickly.”

After just a few days in the hospital and three weeks on a walker or cane, Parris – with his back made straighter by the rods – was free of pain, walking in physical therapy and well on his way to a full recovery.

“I was up walking within 24 hours, and once I got my legs under me it wasn’t long before I was doing the therapy, and I’ve done really well,” said Parris. “Coming up this August, it’ll be a year that I have been pain-free.”

Not just pain-free, but also more active.

Now 44 pounds lighter thanks to Dr. Brown’s recommendation to see a dietitian, Parris isn’t limiting his activities at all. In fact, you might catch him pressure-washing

his house, hoeing his garden or playing his guitar, bass or mandolin.

“I can swim, I can ride a bike, I can walk all over Dollywood,” said Parris. “My back has not slowed me down whatsoever. I can do anything I set my mind to.”

“I think he had a good outcome,” said Dr. Brown. “His leg pain was completely resolved. He reported his pain as zero.”

Parris said a big reason for his successful outcome was that Dr. Brown used a methodical “holistic” approach to diagnosing and treating him, conferring with Parris’ oncologist, primary care doctor, physical therapist and dietitian.

“He looked at me and talked to me about trying to lose some weight and doing some things that would take the pressure off

my back,” said Parris. “I had a curvature in my back from where my gut had gotten so big and it was putting pressure on some nerves and affecting my ability to walk. Dr. Brown said, ‘Lose a little of this right here, and it’ll take care of that back, too.’ It wasn’t easy but I didn’t starve. The big thing was to increase my water intake, stay away from white bread, stop the gravy and give up the soft drinks.”

“We didn’t rush into surgery from the get-go – we talked about other non-surgical options as well,” said Dr. Brown, adding that Parris had three epidural injections that offered relief temporarily. “He is diabetic so when I first saw him the concern was, ‘Is this a femoral neuropathy, an effect of the diabetes? Or is this secondary to the slippage?’ That’s one of the reasons we talked about doing the epidural injections to help determine between the two. I wouldn’t think it would help with the diabetic neuropathy, but if it was secondary to the subluxation it could potentially help ease his pain and it did.”

But when the third injection wore off after about 10 days, Parris again found himself falling. “So I called up Dr. Brown and he set up a surgery date,” said Parris. “Within 48 hours, he had a surgery suite for me and was ready to go.”

However, Parris, despite his death-defying leaps from airplanes and near misses in Korea, was still a bit nervous about the whole thing. After all, his fatherin-law had undergone seven back surgeries.

“My wife, Karen, was on top of things,” he said. “She knew about my medicine, she knew about my therapy, she knew all this stuff beforehand because she had seen her Daddy go through all the back

surgeries, and she was well informed.

“Between her and Dr. Brown and his staff, I was blessed. So I give a lot of kudos to my wife. She and Dr. Brown had some talks about what’s going to be best for me, and Dr. Brown was able to basically calm my fears. I looked at his staff at how well they were coordinated, and how well he presented himself to me. He made me feel calmer. I had trust in him. And that’s what really helped me – he calmed me down. I looked at the reviews and I saw that this guy is a top-notch surgeon.”

He was particularly pleased with the nursing staff at FSRMC. “When they scheduled me for my surgery, they kept me informed,” he said. “By keeping me informed, that eased some of the anxiety.

On surgery day, I thought there would be more drama to it than there was. The process was very efficient, everyone was involved in a tag team approach – whether it be the procedure, the prep, the day after the surgery – if I had a problem, all I had to do was call them. They made that quite clear: if I needed them at any time, I was to give them a call. That was reassuring.

“When it comes surgery date, you take a deep breath and say, ‘OK, Doc and the Good Lord, I’m in your hands.’ I was blessed with the surgical team, and his whole staff. I trusted in what they were saying and what they were doing.

You have to have a little faith in people, especially your neurosurgeon and your doctor’s staff. If you can’t trust them, then you’ve got to look somewhere else.”

For more information about the Center for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery at Fort Sanders Regional, call 865-541-2835 or visit fsregional.com/minimallyinvasive.

MI-TLIF or open? It’s the surgeon’s choice The jury is still out, but evidence is mounting that minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MI-TLIF) continues to gain patients’ favor in the treatment of serious spondylolisthesis, degenerative disc disease, or nerve compression with associated low back pain.

Yet, despite obvious benefits of minimally invasive TLIF procedures, surgeons are likely to keep traditional, open spinal fusions in their armamentarium.

In fact, Dr. Barrett Brown, neurosurgeon with the Fort Sanders Center for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, says John Parris’ recent surgery probably could have been done more easily using the traditional, open approach.

“A lot of surgeons have done this surgery open and that’s always a consideration,” said Dr. Brown. “Just like when you do a gall bladder of appendix laparoscopically, there’s always a potential chance that you’ll need to revert to an open procedure. Mr. Parris’ case could have been done open – he probably would have been in the hospital

an extra day or two. On the surface, that may not seem like a big difference, but when you add up hundreds of cases, that’s hundreds of hospital days that are saved.”

Some argue that the term “minimally invasive” is a misnomer, that “minimal access” would be more appropriate.

That’s because the key difference in MI-TLIF compared with the open method is the exchange of one long incision for multiple small ones.

In MI-TLIF, the surgeon does the entire procedure through a tube using special instruments and 3D fluoroscopy. By working through such a small portal, the technique greatly reduces the amount of muscle and tissue that must be cut or retracted, blood loss is dramatically reduced and less pain means shorter recovery periods.

“Most surgeons are trained in the open method so it might be a little quicker, and there’s less of a learning curve,” said Dr. Brown. “But I think once you’ve learned the MI technique, the procedures are largely equivalent.

Some patients may prefer one over the other. But we’re hopefully getting the same outcome with a less invasive approach, with less tissue destruction and less pain.”Studies conducted at UCLA demonstrated a five- to 10-fold reduction in blood loss, 20 to 40 percent shorter surgical times, 30 to 40 percent decrease in postoperative narcotic use, a 30 percent shorter hospitalization time and more rapid overall recovery.

Studies conducted at UCLA of minimally invasive surgery demonstrated: ■ Five to 10 percent reduction in blood loss ■ 20 to 40 percent shorter surgical time ■ 30 to 40 percent decrease in postoperative narcotic use ■ 30 percent shorter hospitalization time ■ More rapid overall recovery.

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Boys & Girls Clubs impact neighborhoods The Boys & Girls Clubs of East Tennessee have been making a positive impact on children and neighborhoods since they began in 1943.

Originally known as the Boys Club, the organization is part of communities and helps to build good citizens.

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The North Ridge Crossing Club, located in North Ridge Crossing (formerly Christenberry Heights), is one of 19 facilities in the area, serving over 1,700 children a day across the

organization. The North Ridge center serves between 95 and 110 children each day, providing a safe environment for area kids ages 5 through 12. The center features a craft room to stimulate creativity, a tech room filled with computers and other learning centers and a gym area for recreation activities. Outdoor play activities such as flag football, sidewalk chalk art, parachute play and water games are organized by staff members.

During the summer, breakfast, lunch and a snack are served to the students, and during the school year a snack and a hot meal are served. Approximately 528,000 meals are served each year across the organi-

zation.

Aaniyah Johnson, a rising seventh-grader at Gresham Middle, served as club ambassador and provided a tour of the North Ridge Crossing Club, showing comm u n i t y members the facility and giving guests a glimpse i n s i d e through her eyes. AaniMcKinney yah plans to study physical therapy at Florida State University after high school.

Former club member Shay McKinney teaches at the center this summer. She was the Boys & Girls Club of

Aaniyah Johnson serves as a tour guide through the North Ridge Crossing Boys & Girls Club facility. Photos

by Ruth White

the Tennessee Valley’s Youth of the Year in 2014-2015.

She was named runner-up at the state-level competition. The honor earned her scholarship money, and she is getting ready to begin her sophomore year at Austin Peay State University.

R.B. Morris From page 1 the Hard Knoxville Review. “We were just all about that literature thing and the art thing,� he said. “And the Artists’ Colony, after the World’s Fair.� He married (and later divorced) during this period; he has a 27-year-old daughter, Frances Johanna, who is an art therapist and lives in Oregon.

Morris began to be published internationally and hit the road with guitarist Hector Qirko. He participated in a seminal writers conference on Kerouac in Colorado and made trips to New York and Quebec to meet with writers he’d gotten to know along the way.

In the ’90s, he started commuting to Nashville and signed a contract and made an album with John Prine’s Oh Boy Records. The title single from “Take That Ride� (named for the road to Nashville taken by so many Knoxville-area musicians) made prestigious lists of top 10 releases of 1997. He also recorded for a New York label, Koch, and the resulting album, “Zeke & the Wheel,� was nominated for an Americana Award. He had poems choreographed for modern dance and wrote (and played the leading role in) the first iteration of a play about James Agee, “The Man Who Lives Here Is Loony.� He was UT’s writer in residence 2004-2008 and in 2009 was inducted into the East Tennessee Writers Hall of Fame.

He’s still living in Fort Sanders. His wife, Karly Stribling, is a gifted sculptor, metalsmith and blacksmith, and they have a 6-year-old daughter, Oona Pearl.

Morris is looking forward to writing something for the city’s 225th anniversary and directing “The Man Who Lives Here Is Loony� at the Knoxville Museum of Art in late October and November. He’ll be taking on other projects in his role as poet laureate, as well.

Knoxville inspires him. “There’s something poetic about this place – the rivers, the mountains, the unfulfilled promise – I’ve ventured out into the world but always come trailing back. I’ve written about Knoxville, but never quite finished.�

Hear “Then There Is a City� by R.B. Morris on YouTube.com.

Jessica King (foreground) cleaning up in Sharp’s Ridge Memorial Park as part of a recent effort to refurbish the park led by the Women Veterans of America Chapter 44. Photo submitted

Women veterans lead Sharp’s Ridge restoration effort

By J.J. Stambaugh To many Knoxville residents, Sharp’s Ridge Memorial Park is known primarily for two things – it’s the best place in town to take in a panoramic view of the city, and it’s one of the worst places to find yourself after dark.

A renewed surge of interest in the park, however, has led to a much cleaner – and safer – experience for those wanting to check out the scenery or take a leisurely stroll through the hardwood forest that encloses the property.

New trails are being built along Sharp’s Ridge cour-

New Harvest and glycerine. ‌ It’s a quality product, and our repeat and Internet business has really taken off. We started with only 30 bars of soap on the table, and now we’re at 400 bars.�

Another popular stop was the booth for The Burns and the Bees, a homegrown honey operation run by Kellie and Aaron Burns of Washburn. “We’ve been beekeeping since 2008, when we got into it because we wanted fresh honey so we could make mead for our wedding,� Kellie said. “Now, we really don’t want to do anything else.�

In addition to keeping approximately 150 hives with at least 40,000 bees apiece, the couple also sells bee colonies to those interested in learning the ins-and-outs of running their own apiary.

They also provide outreach programs about making honey to local schools.

One of their customers, Dana Moore of Sevier County, walked away with a large jar of honey after sampling

Sherrod honored day, Aug. 8, 1999.

On Aug. 1, 1966, units of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, were inserted into the la Drang Valley for a search-and-destroy operation named PAUL REVERE II. Although ample evidence of the enemy’s presence was found during the first week, 1/7 Cav had little contact with enemy forces.

tesy of the Appalachian Mountain Bike Club, and the city of Knoxville is promoting bird walks led by the local chapter of the Tennessee Ornithological Society.

But perhaps the most ambitious plan for a refurbished Sharp’s Ridge is coming from local veterans who want the park to be rededicated to its original purpose – honoring the men and women who have served in the nation’s armed services. “It was dedicated to veterans in 1953,� said Jessica King, a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and com-

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mander of the Women Veterans of America Chapter 44. “It’s dedicated to veterans of all our wars. ‌ You’d be amazed how many don’t even know that it’s a Veterans Heritage site.â€?

King, who is spearheading the initiative, said she has rounded up dozens of volunteers – many of them from other veterans’ groups – in an all-out effort to clean up Sharp’s Ridge over the past few months that has seen teams of volunteers tackling the park’s upkeep, with some of them even rappelling down mountainsides to retrieve

Aaniyah and Shay are just two examples of the success at North Ridge Crossing. The Boys & Girls Clubs believe in promoting academic success through summer learning programs and tutoring; healthy lifestyles through fitness and healthy-eating

habits; and building character/citizenship by building strong leaders.

Anyone interested in learning more about the North Ridge Crossing Club, 3916 Carus Road, may join a tour of the facility at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, July 21. The new Caswell facility will offer tours on Wednesdays in July, beginning on July 13, at noon. Community members are welcome to attend the tours and see the great things happening at the clubs.

abandoned refrigerators. “The first thing we were asked to do by the city was to was clear growth at the J.B. Owen Overlook, which is the deck that looks out over the city,â€? King said. “It was all grown up so you couldn’t see anything, so we cleared a whole acre of that slope. It’s a 70-degree slope, and we had to rappel down there using hatchets and chain saws. “We were cutting down huge shrubs that had grown to 10 to 12 feet tall. We also pulled out two pickup-truck beds full of broken beer bottles. ‌ We found half a car down there, a couple of refrigerators, some 50-gallon drum barrels, just all kinds of trash.â€?

King said that the volunteers also found large quantities of used syringes at each of the picnic areas, but regular weekend sweeps seem to have made an impact. “We haven’t seen one in months, so we feel we’ve accomplished a lot,� she said. “Also, we’d find people in tents and hammocks sleeping in the picnic areas, and we’d run them off. Or, if you see men in parked cars just sitting there, you just pull next to them and they leave.�

Ultimately, King said, her group wants to refurbish Sharp’s Ridge to reflect an “all-new veteran theme,� including sculptures and an in-

teractive history center that details the experience of East Tennessee veterans from each of the nation’s conflicts.

The two most ambitious elements of the veterans’ plan, however, are a memorial wall and a “Mount Rushmore-style� sculpture.

If built, the memorial wall would be made up of tiles that individual donors could buy that would bear the name of loved ones who fell in battle, King said. “We would have all the military flags and a giant American flag, and we would build a Mount Rushmoretype monument on Sharp’s Ridge that you could see from I-640 and I-275 ‌ with Tennessee war heroes like Davy Crockett and Alvin York on it,â€? she said.

King said she has formed a nonprofit group and started the fundraising process.

A pancake breakfast in June raised nearly $1,000 and helped raise awareness of the proposed project among veterans’ groups, many of which have pledged their support, she said.

Another fundraiser has been set for next month, she said. The event, described as “Knoxville’s first food-truck war,� is open to the public and will be at the Blue Slip Winery in the Old City at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 2.

cards to buy fresh fruit and vegetables, she explained. “If you spend $10 here on your EBT card, I can give you a matching $10 worth of fresh foods,� she said.

From page 1 some of the sticky product right off the comb at the booth. “I wouldn’t have believed it before I tried it, but I really can tell the difference,� she said. “It’s not as sweet as what you get in the store, but it tastes a lot better. It’s different.�

Saldivar said those are the kinds of reactions she likes to hear from the public. She said that the market, which is the only one operated by Knox County government, is a vital community resource for anyone interested in living better by eating better or wanting to support local agriculture.

Saldivar stressed that the market is also a potentially rich resource for lowerincome residents who use SNAP (food stamp) benefits to keep food on their tables.

Not only do the vendors at the market accept the EBT cards used by SNAP recipients, thanks to a government grant the market is also able to offer matching dollars when customers use their

Robert and Bonnie Deacon chat with customers Thursday at the New Harvest Park Farmers Market’s sixth annual Blueberry Festival. The Deacons founded their own soap company, Pygmy Harbor, several years ago in Florida but relocated to Tennessee so they could produce their own raw materials, especially goat’s milk. Photos by J.J. Stambaugh

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Stu Aberdeen story lives again The last time I visited Wolfville, Nova Scotia, was 1976, on the way home from the Montreal Olympics. I went to Acadia University to see the basketball trophies and treasures coach Stu Aberdeen had accumulated.

The Canadians thought I was big-time. They received me graciously, but the first two I asked didn’t recognize the Aberdeen name.

When I found the administrator who knew whom and what I was talking about, he seemed embarrassed to say there were no statues or monuments carved in stone. There were some leftover plaques and a few pictures, but he didn’t know where they were.

Maybe in a closet.

His explanation: “He has

part of a package with 6-10 Canadian Bobby Croft. Ray Mears would have taken either separately, but they Marvin were better together.

West Aberdeen did many other things for Mears, including transform Tom Boerwinkle and capture the attention of been gone 10 years.� referees. Stu could slap the Did I suffer disillusion- Tartan playing floor with ment? Well, the story line his clipboard and cause refs changed, but I understood to think they might have that Acadia was not UCLA been shot. and Aberdeen wasn’t John Stu distracted Adolph Wooden. All young Stu did Rupp. The great Kentucky was lead the Axemen to six coach dubbed him “The conference championships, Fieldhouse Mouse� and five Maritime titles, a na- tried to keep the big little tional crown and an overall man under constant sur122-50 record. He won the veillance. coach-of-the-year trophy so Many years after my visit many times, they eventually to Wolfville, I realized that the Volunteers treated the named it for him.

Stu came to Tennessee as memory of Stu Aberdeen

Survey seeks help on East Knox business development

By Sandra Clark Nick Della Volpe has created a survey to gain public opinion on ways to improve the business community in North/East Knoxville.

He wants to organize an economic summit this fall to “focus positive energy on our broader east side community.�

Della Volpe is now seeking information from a survey he’s posted online.

He says: “The survey results will help us plan the upcoming economic roundtable or summit to be held this Della Volpe fall. Stay tuned; we’ll likely have a few planning and preliminary meetings once we get a better handle. Let’s join together and become a catalyst for positive change in our area.�

The survey can be found at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/KCMR9X9 Nick Della Volpe is term-limited on City Council, from District 4. He can be reached at 865-525-2880.

much as Acadia had. Tennessee celebrated the Ernie and Bernie show without a second thought of how those New York prep stars got to Knoxville to become all-time greats.

The recruitment of Ernie Grunfeld and Bernard King was a legendary accomplishment. Work and more work were the key words.

Tireless determination was relevant. In one case, the brilliant interpretation of a coffee stain on the great book of high school transcripts proved pivotal.

I never believed Aberdeen cheated. I always thought the simple explanation for the two miracles was his refusal to go away.

The second stay created a crisis for Bob Woodruff, Tennessee athletic director.

Stu handed in an expense account almost two months late. Normally, Bob looked

at numbers and entered a period of meditation. This time there was a loud exclamation: “Fifty-two consecutive days in New York City!�

It was not a question.

Mears had signed off on Stu’s expenses and had initialed beginning and end dates. Ray called it tenacious recruiting coupled with frugality. When Stu ran out of money, he had moved in with friends and borrowed a car. “Tenacious� and “frugality� were not common in Woodruff’s vocabulary. He repeated them carefully.

Mears just stood there, awaiting an explosion. It never came.

Later, there was an earthquake. Not yet aware of King’s terrific talent, what a great thing Aberdeen had done, Woodruff reduced the basketball recruiting bud-

get for the next year so there would be no more months in New York.

After Aberdeen’s death (heart attack, June 11, 1979), Acadia staged a fourteam holiday tournament in his memory. It did not flourish. Acadia tried it as a preseason project. It eventually expired.

I called from time to time to ask about it. I was told it might be coming back. It is.

The Stu Aberdeen Memorial Basketball Tournament will be Sept. 30-Oct. 2, hopefully before the first snow. Inspiration and motivation was a large donation from a former player to launch arena renovation.

Acadia will name the playing floor in Stu’s memory.

Several Aberdeens will participate in the ceremony.

Thought you’d like to know.

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

I’m not a feminist, but ‌ Times were tough when Patricia Head came to Knoxville in 1974 to teach physical education, train for the 1976 Olympics and work on her master’s degree at the University of Tennessee.

At just 22, she was asked to coach the women’s basketball team – a job she left 38 years later when driven to retirement by early-onset Alzheimer’s. She never had a losing season and won eight national championships.

Even more remarkable was her personal transformation from Trish Head to Pat Summitt.

But think back to 1974.

Richard Nixon resigned the presidency on Aug. 9.

Muhammad Ali knocked out George Foreman in the Rumble in the Jungle in Zaire on Oct. 30.

Pocket calculators had just come into use, and no-

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body had heard of a personal computer. With oil prices soaring and a global recession underway, politicians were wrestling with fallout from the previous year’s Roe v. Wade decision.

Gerald Ford kept tripping over things, including his pardon of Richard Nixon and his amnesty for draft dodgers.

In this context, Patricia Head earned $250 per month ‌ and she had to drive the team van and wash the uniforms.

Until Dave Hart dismantled it, Pat and her ADs, Nancy Lay, Gloria Ray and

Joan Cronan, built an organizational juggernaut.

Not only did Pat assemble outstanding players and assistant coaches, but she also put together a team of trainers and managers, and public-relations and fundraising whizzes.

And, most remarkably, these women achieved great things, but they were not feminists.

If you don’t believe that, all you had to do was ask.

A friend’s daughter went to one of Pat’s camps at age 12. This was a camp for kids who would never make the high school team, much less play in college. Yet the kid came home glowing after each session.

Pat motivated these girls to believe in their ability to set goals and reach them through hard work. Pat told them they might not be the most talented player on the

court, but they could be the most competitive.

She told players when their shots weren’t falling to double down on defense and rebounding.

She left a legacy of excellence that inspires each of us. And that’s why a dusty orange gloom has settled over Knoxville during the past weeks. Pat is gone.

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Erma Bombeck wrote: “You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4th, not with a parade of guns, tanks and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness. “You may think you have overeaten, but it is patriotism.�

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‘Building capacity,’ says Barber Chris Barber looks even younger than his 26 years.

Let’s see what he looks like in November after spending most of the year managing Knox County Democratic candidates’ campaigns.

Barber got his degree in political science from the Un iver sit y of Tennessee in 2013, is from the Middle Tennessee town of Waverly and came here in 2008 to go Chris Barber to school.

His mom came with him – he says they wanted a change from the 40-acre farm where he’d grown up – and now she has a job as a computer engineer in Oak Ridge. Barber loves Knoxville and is proud of the ways it has changed since he’s been here.

“I planned to leave when I graduated, but now it’s

Betty Bean home,” he said.

For now, he’s focusing on three County Commission races – District 1, 2 and 4 – where Evelyn Gill, Laura Kildare and Marleen Davis are facing off against Republican opponents. After that, he’ll move to the 13th District state House race where Gloria Johnson is trying to win back the seat she lost in 2014 to Republican Eddie Smith.

The Knox County Democratic Party and the Tennessee Democratic Party are going halfsies on Barber’s $3,200 per month salary.

His staff consists of four interns and a cadre of volunteers.

Barber worked as a bartender or server at several downtown eateries for a

couple of years, and then he traveled to Alaska, where he spent a month and all his money. He was working for a lawn-care service when Knox County Democratic Party chair Cameron Brooks offered him a job helping Marleen Davis.

He jumped at the chance to work in his preferred field for a highly qualified candidate (Davis is a former dean of UT’s College of Architecture).

He says one of his biggest challenges has been learning to deal with “the politics within the politics.”

He’s working full-time and then some, and he ends his days with a conference call to Nashville to report the number of doors he’s hit. He says his mission is to build a stronger base for his party, and he believes that boosting awareness of local races – or “building capacity” – will serve Democrats well in the future.

He’s frustrated by the

tendency to treat local races as popularity contests instead of opportunities to examine the qualifications of competing candidates and firmly believes that his side would win that comparison.

An idealist who sports a Remote Area Medical bracelet among a rainbow of other arm wear, Barber is a Bernie Sanders suppor ter (but not a Bernie-or-Bust guy), and he attributes the age divide among Democrats to the changing times.

“I didn’t grow up during the Cold War, so I don’t fear socialism,” he said. “But I’ve seen what unbridled capitalism does. In my view, (the lack of) economic opportunity is the driving issue.”

He’s working to get Sanders voters motivated to turn out in August, when Sanders won’t be on the ballot.

This could be crucial in the first and second districts.

“I frame it as a matter of responsibility,” Barber said.

UT Trustees should rethink pay policy State Rep. Roger Kane, longtime champion of the Lady Vols, says that “restoring the name of the Lady Vols to women’s sports at UT would be a wonderful way to honor the memory of Pat Summitt,” who passed away last week.

Kane, along with many others, believes that Athletic Director Dave Hart would never have touched the Lady Vols name had Pat Summitt been able to articulate her views against it prior to the onset of her illness.

People will be watching at the July 14 service for Summitt at ThompsonBoling Arena to see if this topic is mentioned and, if so, how. Restoring the Lady Vols name would be a lasting honor for Summitt.

■ The four contenders for the Republican nomination for the West Knoxville state House seat now held by Martin Daniel will debate at a forum 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 12, sponsored by the League of Women Voters outside District 18 at the East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. The public is invited.

In addition to Daniel, candidates include James Corcoran, Bryan Dodson and former state Rep. Steve Hall. Hall has distributed several attack pieces on Daniel while Corcoran has promoted his support of Gov. Haslam’s Insure Tennessee proposals. He is the only candidate openly for it.

Hall is opposed, while Daniel supports a more costeffective plan. Hall’s recent mailer misspelled Gov. Haslam’s name.

Daniel has renewed his

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backing for open-records access to the public without fees, changing the state education funding formula to assist urban counties like Knox, and funding for Mayor Burchett’s building project for short-term housing of mentally ill offenders.

■ Expect the federal indictment of state Rep. Joe Armstrong to go to trial on Aug. 2 as scheduled, just two days prior to the Democratic primary on Aug. 4.

The trial should last a week.

It does not appear that a settlement or plea bargain is possible, so a jury will decide guilt or innocence.

Armstrong is a candidate for re-election. He faces Pete Drew, an independent, in November. No Republican is running. If Armstrong is convicted, he is not barred from seeking another term, but it is unlikely the House would seat a convicted felon, which would force a special election to fill the seat.

Retired federal Judge Tom Phillips is presiding over the case.

■ My column last week said that former Gov. Phil Bredesen voted on the losing side of the DiPietroNoland contest for UT president in 2010. This was in error as Bredesen was absent from the meeting and did not vote.

It is true that the Board of Trustees split 11-10 between the two men.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 6 Chalk on the Walk, 11:30 a.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Info: 922-2552.

International Folk Dance Class, 7:30-10 p.m., Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, Clinton. Info: Paul Taylor, 898-5724; oakridgefolkdancers.org; on Facebook.

THURSDAY, JULY 7 Bee Friends beekeeping group meeting, 6:30 p.m., auditorium of Walters State, Tazewell campus.

Program: Lynda Rizzardi, the president of Knox Co. Beekeepers and former president of the TBA, will be speaking on “Preparing Your Honey for Sale and Competition.” Info: 423-648-4785.

Computer Workshop: Introducing the Computer, 10:30 a.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road.

All welcome. Info/registration: 922-2552.

Free Introduction to Self Defense for Women class, 6 p.m., CrossFit ex libro, 5438 Hilton Industrial Way. Info/registration: 454-8359 or exlibroselfdefense. com.

Just Add Color: Adult Coloring Club, 5:308 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Info: 525-5431.

Knoxville Zoomobile, 4 p.m., Mascot Branch Library, 1927 Library Road. Info: 933-2620.

In 2004, Bredesen had attended the board meeting at which John Petersen was elected over John Peters, and he voted for the losing candidate, Peters, at that time. Petersen was ultimately forced out as president.

■ UT Chancellor Jimmy Cheek will return to a tenured faculty position sometime next year.

His new salary will be 75 percent of his current salary. This comes out to roughly $330,000 a year as a professor as his current chancellor’s salary is in the $440,000 a year range.

UT has a policy that allows any tenured faculty member who moves to an administrative post to return to their prior post at a pay grade that is 75 percent of their administrative salary. This always results in a significantly large bump in pay from their prior tenured pay.

■ Provost Susan Martin, who leaves as provost Aug. 1, will receive a generous increase as well as her current salary is $327,000.

It will fall back to roughly $246,000 in three weeks.

It seems to me that this policy should be reviewed by the Board of Trustees for future situations. The new positions Martin and Cheek are assuming are clearly less stressful and time-consuming than their current positions. A salary more consistent with what other professors in the same field are making, taking into account the individual levels of expertise and the new workload (hours spent teaching or researching), should govern the pay as opposed to an automatic 75

percent of current salary.

This is an expensive policy for tax- and tuition-payers. It also happens when a dean or interim president returns to the faculty.

■ City Council member Marshall Stair turned 38 on June 30. He is the youngest Knoxville council member.

U.S. District Court Judge Tom Varlan turns 60 on July 8, while U.S. Rep. John Duncan turns 69 on July 21, and federal Judge Pam Reeves turns 62 the same day. Happy birthday to all.

■ Barbara Kelly, longtime director of CAC and previously top aide to L.T. Ross of CAC, completes 50 years of service to CAC this year.

The L.T. Ross Building on Western Avenue is undergoing a major and needed facelift with the leadership of Kelly and active assistance of city director David Brace and city forester Kasey Krouse.

■ The sign that never was (namely the one indicating the Knox-Blount greenway along the river) is going up this week, according to an email from city public works director David Brace to council member Nick Pavlis, who represents South Knoxville. While the greenway was formally opened by the mayor in December, the city failed to erect a sign to it for eight months.

Only direct intervention from Pavlis got it done.

Pavlis is seen as a “go-to person” on the council to get results. Brace is also a very diligent and effective city director who can act while others fail the test.

government Future growth in Knox County

Lessons learned from the transformation of downtown can be applied to the county

By Marleen Kay Davis Experts predict that Knox County will experience a 30 percent population increase by 2040. Will we have 30 percent more sprawl?

30 percent more traffic? How Marleen Davis do we plan to address such growth in the next 25 years? Can we retain our existing high quality of life?

Decisions we make today will affect our quality of life for decades. We need 21st-century ideas that give us the flexibility to create diverse neighborhoods, vibrant commercial districts, attractive parks and safe streets, while preserving green space. Residents, businesses and investors should be involved in an open process to guide this change.

We should overhaul outdated 20th-century approaches to planning and growth, with single-use zoning and an inconsistent “variance” process.

For example, we need to have genuine “mixed-use” neighborhood centers with residential and commercial uses in walkable districts.

Right now, a building with commercial below and residential above isn’t possible in our zoning codes, except in special districts, such as downtown.

Currently, the City Council is considering a mixeduse concept for Bearden Village. This could be a model for future development of compact, walkable neighborhood centers, while preserving traditional residential zones and green spaces.

Since 1994, I have been one of many involved in efforts to revitalize downtown. As a result, I know how property owners, businesses and local government can collaborate in a process for positive change.

Efforts for change are slow and complex and involve many stakeholders, with much at stake.

Silver bullets don’t exist.

Decades later, we appreciate the dramatic transformation of the downtown.

As a county commissioner, I could apply my collaborative experience

with the downtown in helping the county address future growth, especially in the Fourth District. We should engage concerned stakeholders in a transparent public process to develop new guidelines that provide predictability and flexibility.

Some strategies for 21stcentury quality growth that we should consider are: ■ Diversify residential choices for young people, families, empty nesters and retirees. (We need many options: single-family homes, condos, apartments, mixed-use residential buildings in walkable neighborhood centers, residential communities with amenities and subdivisions.)

■ Develop walkable neighborhood centers, with residential units. Imagine living in an area where you park once at your residence and then walk to stores, restaurants and other amenities. Traffic is reduced.

■ Cluster walkable commercial development and preserve green areas, rather than allowing random commercial expansion along roads.

■ Provide safe streets, with appropriate widths.

■ Increase the numbers of sidewalks and crosswalks, especially at commercial areas and schools.

■ Expand the county’s parks and greenways, with connectivity for biking.

■ Preserve the scenic character of Knox County’s landscapes.

■ Explore imaginative transportation options.

■ Consider innovative planning processes, resulting in “overlay districts,” new zoning definitions and other flexible strategies.

In my work over the past 20 years with downtown Knoxville, I have seen firsthand how the public and private sectors can work together to guide change.

This is a slow process, but it takes imagination, patience and respect for the concerns of all stakeholders to work together to achieve positive change.

Marleen Davis is the Democratic candidate for Knox County Commission, District 4. She is an ACSA Distinguished Professor of Architecture at the University of Tennessee. The Republican nominee is Hugh Nystrom.

Magician Michael Messing, 4 p.m., Corryton Branch Library, 7733 Corryton Road. Info: 688-1501.

parking free; concessions available. Bring lawn chair or blanket for seating. Info: ramseyhouse.org.

FRIDAY, JULY 8

MONDAY, JULY 11

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

Coffee, Donuts and a Movie: “The Choice,” 10:30 a.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Info: 525-5431.

SATURDAY, JULY 9 Burlington Summer Movie Saturdays: “Mockingjay Part II,” 1:30 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Info: 525-5431.

Make-My-Own-Journal Day, noon-1 p.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

Musical Stories and Songs with Jodie Manross, 11 a.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Info: 922-2552.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Brianna Hanson, 11 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road.

Info: 947-6210.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Faye Wooden, 11 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road.

Info: 689-2681.

Union County Farmers Market, 9 a.m.-noon, Wilson Park. Info: 992-8038.

Vintage baseball, noon and 2:30 p.m., Historic Ramsey House, 2614 Thorn Grove Pike. Games and

TUESDAY, JULY 12 STFK Science Café meeting, 5:30-7 p.m., Knoxville Zoo, 3500 Knoxville Zoo Drive. Children age 5-12 are welcome to attend the Kid’s Café during the meeting. RSVP, including number and ages of children, to: rsvp@knoxsciencecafe.org. Info: spirit-and-truth. net/sciencecafe.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 13 Computer Workshop: Introducing the Computer, 2-4:15 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Preregistration required. Info/registration: 525-5431.

International Folk Dance Class, 7:30-10 p.m., Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, Clinton. Info: Paul Taylor, 898-5724; oakridgefolkdancers.org; on Facebook.

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Memory loss:

dementia or normal aging?

By Ruth White

Joan Brandon and her husband, Don, get ready to enjoy the delicious meal prepared by Terri Geiser.

Cooking instructor Terri Geiser prepares a cheeseand-herb-stuffed pork loin during a live cooking show.

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Cooking instructor Terri During the preparation Geiser recently hosted a of the meal, Geiser exlive cooking show at plained the process the Halls Senior Cenand also discussed ter. The event, called the importance of Cooking Wiser with using fresh herbs.

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9277. Her website is cookingwiser.com.

As we age, we may find that locating items, remembering names or dates or trying to come up with the correct word becomes more difficult. Does it mean someone is suffering from dementia? And how will you know?

Linda Johnson of Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tennessee recently spoke with a group of senior adults and caregivers to help individuals understand and recognize indicators of dementia. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dealing with Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s is trial and error,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What works at 12 may not work at 12:05.â&#x20AC;? The goal of Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tennessee is to walk through this process with caregivers and patients and make sure they know that they are not alone.

Early diagnosis and treatment of dementia is important, but a problem canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be fi xed if it isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t known. With dementia, there are symptoms that will appear slowly and progress over time.

These symptoms are not normal age-related issues.

If someone forgets a name or date but can recall it later, that is a normal age-related memory issue. Johnson also shared that memory loss that is triggered by a brain tumor, poor nutrition, vitamin deficiency or thyroid issue and is reversible is likely

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Every case of Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s is different, but experts have identified common warning signs. With memory loss, if someone forgets a name or where they left their keys, that is normal aging. If they have difficulty remembering familiar names, places or recent important events, that may be an indicator of dementia. Do you forget the day of the week occasionally or why you entered a room?

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own street or forgets where they are and how to get home, that may be an indicator for dementia.

Other possible indicators for dementia may include being challenged by menial tasks that may be familiar such as following a recipe; completing activities of daily living such as brushing teeth, getting dressed or using the phone; or using words appropriately â&#x20AC;&#x201C;having difficulty completing sentences and following directions/conversations.

Individuals who may make a mistake in a checkbook, sometimes need assistance with electronic devices or who occasionally struggle to find the right words are more than likely experiencing normal aging.

Johnson suggested several activities for good brain health including staying active through physical exercise at least three times a week, listening to music, learning a new language or learning to play piano. She also added that healthy eating habits may also ward off some of the effects.

Speaking with a physician if you suspect someone you love may be suffering from dementia is the first step to care. Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tennessee is also available to provide information on the disease at its East Tennessee office, 5801 Kingston Pike, or online at www.alzTennessee. org. Info: 544-6288

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Register for: Field trip: Museum of Art and Chocolate Factory, 10:30 a.m.

Friday, July 8. Carter CafĂŠ and Movie Matinee, 11 a.m.

Wednesday, July 13; lunch, $5, includes spaghetti with marinara, meatballs, garlic bread, mini cheesecakes and water; signup by July 6. â&#x2013; Corryton Senior Center 9331 Davis Drive 688-5882 knoxcounty.org/seniors Monday-Friday Hours vary

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faith

NORTH/EAST Shopper news • JULY 6, 2016 • 7

cross currents Lynn Pitts, lpitts48@yahoo.com

On hallowed ground On that day, says the Lord of hosts, the peg that was fastened in a secure place will give way; it will be cut down and fall, and the load that was on it will perish, for the Lord has spoken.

(Isaiah 22: 25 NRSV)

Kids at Church Street United Methodist Church kick up their heels to the music of bluegrass band Misty River at a recent bicentennial celebration for the church. Shown with his back to the camera is Luke Gaddis. Dancing clockwise are Carson Burtch, Brooks and Britton Valentine (holding hands) Hallie Burtch, Allie Lamar, Abigail Bailey and Ellie Thomas. Photo by Caroline Lamar

Church Street UMC celebrates bicentennial

By Carol Z. Shane

A massive thunderstorm on a recent Sunday did nothing to dampen the spirits of Church Street United Methodist Church members who had gathered outside for a picnic.

“There was a little bit of excitement,” says Caroline Lamar, communications director for the church, “but everybody stayed. Nobody went home!” Even the members of the guest bluegrass band, Misty River, just picked up their instruments and equipment and moved inside. “They were fantastic,” says Lamar.

After eating their revamped picnic inside, church members and their families gathered in the gym “movie theater” for a showing of “Zootopia.”

Volunteers kept hot popcorn popping and lemonade glasses filled.

The picnic was one of many events scheduled year-round to celebrate the church’s 200th birthday.

The first Methodist church in Knoxville, CSUMC began as “White’s Chapel” on East Hill Avenue. In the year of its birth, 1816, the congregation numbered 68.

During the Civil War, the church building was used as a hospital and stable. The congregation experienced a split during this time, with some members leaving to join the northern branch of the Methodist Church, forming First Methodist Church.

In 1871, it was officially designated “Church Street Methodist Church” (it be-

Recently, I was privileged to stand on hallowed ground. We were in Oklahoma City, visiting my daughter Eden. On Sunday, we went to church with her, lunched, then went to the site of the Oklahoma City bombing.

I confess that, with all the other horrors that have happened in our country since that day, the memories of that particular event had faded in my mind. But standing there on a beautiful afternoon, in the midst of a large city, the quiet and surprising peacefulness were healing. The scenes came flooding back; my most vivid memory of that day was seeing a firefighter on live television carrying a dead baby in his arms – a casualty from the daycare center – tears on his face, horror in his eyes.

The footprint of what had been a large building is now a shallow reflecting pool. Beside it stands a large elm tree that somehow survived the holocaust of the bombing. On the other side of the pool there are concrete chairs that represent the persons who died. Each one has a name engraved on it; they are placed in lines to represent what floor they were on when the building crashed to the ground.

Every one of those deaths was a peculiar atrocity: a singular, personal, unnecessary tragedy. My heart aches for the dead, and for the survivors, who carry the scars forever.

I am pleased to discover that I do not remember the bomber’s name.

I want to remember neither him, nor his name!

came “United” in 1968). tion event, scheduled for The stone Gothic struc- all four Sundays in August, ture known to modern-day is a tour of the nave and a Knoxvillians was designed talk by local historian Jack collaboratively by church Neely. Lamar says, “We’re member Charles Barber and kind of celebrating all year, the New York architecture as we go!” firm of John Russell Pope, whose work included the Jefferson Memorial, and built in 1931. Since then, the church has added stained- ■ Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Church and Millers glass windows, an education Chapel UMC, 6-8 p.m. July building, an Aeolian-Skin11-15, Millers Chapel UMC, loner pipe organ and a child cated across from McDonald’s day-care center. In 1996, the Hill Road. Extreme Water Fun in Maynardville. Classes for Day, noon-3 p.m. July 9; VBS, church moved into the digichildren and adults. In depth 6-8:30 p.m. July 10-15. Theme: tal age with its own website. study of Psalm 23. Info: Kathy “Submerged.” Ages 2-adult.

So far in this bicentenChesney, 566-3289, or Steve Info: visitloveland.com. nial year, church members Pawelk, 859-445-1417.

■ Mount Hermon UMC, 235 E. have enjoyed potluck sup- ■ Heiskell UMC, 9420 Heiskell Copeland Road, 6-8:30 p.m. pers, cleanup days and Road, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, July 24-27. Ages 3 through brunch with the Rev. Jim July 9. Ages 4-15. Theme: rising sixth graders. Kick-off Bailes, Church Street’s for“Submerged.” and family cookout, 6 p.m. mer associate pastor. The ■ Loveland Missionary Sunday, July 24. Theme: “Cave next bicentennial celebraBaptist Church, 1320 Spring

VBS NOTES

Quest, Following Jesus, The

Light of the World.” Dinner served each night. Everyone welcome.

FAITH NOTES ■ First Comforter Church, 5516 Old Tazewell Pike, hosts MAPS (Mothers At Prayer Service) noon each Friday. Info: Edna Hensley, 771-7788.

business

the Rotary guy Tom King tking535@gmail.com

Rotaract clubs want young adults Roy’s ‘Sunset’ takes top honors at quilt show

There are seven Rotary clubs in Knox County, and there are three “Rotaract” clubs –Knoxville Community Rotaract Club and UT Rotaract Club, and Pellissippi State Community College is in the process of restarting its Rotaract club.

What is Rotaract? It is a Rotary-backed club for young adults age 18-30 that meets twice a month to exchange ideas, network, focus on professional development, work on hands-on projects and, in the spirit of Rotary, make our community and world a better place. While Rotary clubs serve as sponsors, Rotaract clubs decide how to organize and run their clubs and what projects to carry out.

Leon Barkley is beginning his second term as president of the Knoxville Community club.

The club meets at 5:45 p.m. on the first and third Tuesday of each month at Brixx Pizza near West Town Mall. Barkley is the enterprise resource planning support lead at Radio Systems Corp. The other officers are vice president Cate Bolden, an opera singer and adjunct professor in the voice departments at CarLeon Barkley son-Newman University and Pellissippi State Community College; secretary Rachel Dellinger, director of communications for the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra; and treasurer Jordan Knight, manager of the Bearden branch of US Bank.

The club is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Knoxville, and Ed Anderson has served as the liaison to the Rotaract club. Jim Decker, CEO of Medic Blood Services, will

be the adviser for 2016-17.

“Right now we have 10 members, and we’re looking for young professionals who want to give back to our community, enjoy professional development programs and do some networking,” Barkley said.

The club recently partnered with the Bearden Beer Market and raised $1,200 for The Love Kitchen.

If you are interested in joining or would like more information about Knoxville Rotaract, contact Barkley at 865-740-1611 or lbarkley@petsafe.net.

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Parade time

The Rotary Club of Turkey Creek-Sunset didn’t cancel its Fourth of July week meeting. It just moved it from July 5 back a day to July 4 to participate in the 29th annual Town of Farragut Independence Day parade. Club members walked the parade route and passed out hand fans with the club’s name on each and also carried a banner with the Rotary Wheel and Club logo and corkboards naming the various projects the club has worked on and is working on. What a great way to spend the Fourth!

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Ann Lotspeich

Ann Lotspeich, past president of the Rotary Club of Turkey Creek and one of its founding members, passed away June 21 at her home in Powell. Lotspeich, 59, had recently retired from the human resources department at the Y-12 plant. She also was currently serving as the club’s secretary. Club members at the June 28 meeting celebrated her life and raised $200 to be given to the Rotary International annual fund in her name.

Several quilters from the Knoxville area were recognized for their creativity and workmanship at the 36th Annual Quilt Show, hosted by the Smoky Mountain Quilters of Tennessee in June at the Knoxville Expo Center.

Taking home top honors was Linda Roy of Farragut, who won Best in Show in the Bed Quilt category for her “Aztec Sunset” quilt, which also won an award for Excellence in Hand Workmanship. Roy also won Honorable Mention in Small Quilts, Pieced, Appliqued, and/or Mixed Techniques and Quilted for “HOT.” Other Knoxville community winners included: Lynda Wallace, Knoxville – First in Bed Quilts, Pieced and Quilted for “Rainforest” Leslie Hinson, Halls – Third in Bed Quilts, Pieced and Quilted for “To Support and Defend”

Loretta Painter, Norris – First in Small Quilts, Pieced, Appliqued, and/ or Mixed Techniques and Quilted for “Pointed Opinion”; First in Wall Quilts and Judge’s Choice award for “Tranquil Spaces” Melissa Everett, Knoxville – Honorable Mention in Two Person Team Large Quilts and Modern Quilt Award for “Eli’s January”; Honorable Mention in Pictorial for “Striped Light” Debbie Cooper, Knoxville – Honorable Mention in Two Person Team Large Quilts for “1930s Sampler” LeeAnn Raper, Halls – Second in Two Person Team Small Quilt for “Beach Memories”; Honorable Mention in Pictorial for “Little Garden House in Winter” Linda Puckett, Knoxville – First in Other Techniques for “Imaginary Day”

BIZ NOTES ■ Home Federal Bank has announced several promotions, including these East Knox residents: ■ Evelyn Faller, senior vice president and human resources director; ■ Daniel Cate, assistant vice president and online services manager, information technology Faller department; and ■ Keith E. Lindsey, assistant vice president and manager, Isaiah’s Landing office, 2940 S. Mall Road NE. ■ Eric Penniman, D.O., has joined Summit Medical Group as executive medical director.

He will serve as the liaison between Summit Medical Group health-care providers and the support staff, patients, business partners and community. Penniman has practiced family

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medicine for 21 years. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Oral Roberts University and his doctorate from Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kirksville, Mo. For the past 10 years, he has led an annual medical mission trip with Global Health Outreach and the Christian Medical and Dental Associations.

■ Ashley Swift is business sales executive for U.S. Cellular in East Tennessee. She began her

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career with U.S. Cellular in 2005 as a retail wireless consultant. She was promoted into leadership in 2008 and to store manager in 2010. She worked as a store manager for six years. In her new role, Swift will focus on small-business customers with 21-50 phone lines.

■ Chris Holmes of Sweetwater has been promoted to managing broker of Crye-Leike Realtors Athens branch office. He is respon-

sible for managing and recruiting a sales force of Crye-Leike associates who list and sell residential and commercial real estate in a nine-county region including Knox. He will continue to list and sell real estate. His previous job experiences were in management with Merck and Roche Carolina as a chemist and quality-control laboratory supervisor. He is a graduate of UT-Chattanooga.

■ Food City has teamed with NASCAR legend Richard Petty to raise funds to benefit Paralyzed Veterans of America’s Mission ABLE campaign.

Customers may contribute $1, $3 or $5 at checkout with 100 percent of funds collected going to the charity. President Steven Smith said customers have donated over $560,000 in the past five years for the charity. The campaign will run July 6-Aug. 2 at Food City stores.

kids

By Ruth White When employers look for new employees, what do they want? What makes a good candidate for a job position? Jessica Schaeffer, career and retail manager with Goodwill Industries, has some tips that can bolster applicantsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; confidence during a job interview.

Schaeffer first guides individuals through a series of questions so they may better understand their personal leadership style. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Do you like authority, someone telling you what to do? Do you like to take charge? Have fun?

Are you a talker?â&#x20AC;? She identified four leadership styles to which people can relate.

The four types are a lion (born to lead, decision maker, strong); otter (very social and popular, sensitive but loves to have fun); beaver (very organized, list maker,

8 â&#x20AC;˘ JULY 6, 2016 â&#x20AC;˘ NORTH/EAST Shopper news

detail oriented) and golden retriever (loyal, sensitive to others, thinks of the team). â&#x20AC;&#x153;Knowing your leadership style is important and can help a person understand how they operate in a work environment,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is also important when dealing with conflict resolution. Remember, you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to be friends with everyone, but you need to get along with them. Being nice goes a long way.â&#x20AC;?

Qualities prospective employers often look for in an employee include punctuality, dressing their best (clean appearance/ brushed hair), positive attitude, willingness to learn and asking questions. If a job interview is scheduled, Schaeffer encouraged the students to always be polite, shake the employerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hand firmly and look them in the eyes.

S.O.R. Losers

Jessica Schaeffer, right, is a career and retail manager with Goodwill Industries. She walked students through a mini course to prepare them for applying for a job. Photo by Ruth White

â&#x20AC;&#x153;During the interview, you may be asked how you heard about the job or even why you want the job,â&#x20AC;? said Schaeffer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They may ask what you think your strengths or weaknesses may be. Even with a weakness, try to put a positive light on it. When asked a question, always answer beyond a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;yesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; or â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;no.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;An employer wants to know that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re always trying to get better, do the job well,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is your opportunity to sell yourself.â&#x20AC;?

Other pointers Schaeffer offered included learning about the company for which youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re applying to work â&#x20AC;&#x201C; be

Story So Far: The special soccer team has lost every game they have played. With the last game at hand, they have to decide their fate. Will they win or lose?

As we ran onto the field, we were met with something like a roar. I think the whole school was there. They were chanting, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Win! Win! Win!â&#x20AC;?

Then when they saw the back of our shirts, they really went wild. Crazy. You couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t tell if they were for us or against us. It was scary.

As for the last game . . .

We had been told that Parkville was a team that hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t won a game either. They looked it. From the way they kicked the ball

Building young entrepreneurs The Live.Love.Hope nonprofit organization partnered with Project GRAD Knoxville to pilot a schoolbased opportunity for Austin-East and Fulton High School students to learn the fundamentals of launching a business, with classes and coaching that concluded with a pitch competition.

Austin-East graduate Kenda Ray received access to $10,000 in start-up funds thanks to her first-place finish under the guidance of a mentoring team of successful entrepreneurs. Her project, YOUtique, a head-to-toe hair/nail salon and fashion boutique, has plans to be located in the new Magnolia Streetscapes.

Second place went to three Fulton graduates for Soul-utions Entertainment

Written by Avi and Illustrated by Timothy Bush

CHAPTER FOURTEEN:

familiar with its mission statement and beliefs.

Schaeffer works for the pilot Careers in Retail program through Goodwill.

The program is grant funded (provided through the Walmart Foundation and Goodwill) and assists individuals in finding employment through education courses in which they learn skills to create resumes, fill out applications and learn interview skills. It runs for six weeks (one day a week).

Info: gwiktn.org/cir

Management. James Ewing, Marquel Williams and Philip Smith plan to open their office in downtown Knoxville and promote local young artists with their $5,000 winnings and mentoring-team support.

A social entrepreneur won the third prize of $2,500 and mentoring support.

Jamesha Fain, rising senior at Austin-East, will focus on linking high-functioning, mentally challenged high school students with options beyond high school.

The program will resume in September at both Project GRAD high schools. Business leaders interested in volunteering should contact Angie Hamstead at 865-924-8623 or angie@ thehozhoproject.com.

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around â&#x20AC;&#x201D; tried to kick the ball around â&#x20AC;&#x201D; it was clear this was going to be a true contest between horribles.

The big difference was their faces. Stiff and tight. You could see they wanted to win.

Had to win. We were relaxed and fooling around. Having a grand old time. Not them.

The ref blew his whistle and called for captains. I went out, shook hands. The Parkville guy was really uptight. He kept squeezing his own hands, rubbing his face.

The ref said he wanted a clean, hard game, and told us which side we should defend. â&#x20AC;&#x153;May the best team win,â&#x20AC;? he said. A believer!

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That should make us, in TV land, winners.

Especially as it becomes very clear that Parkville is frantic about winning. Like crazy. They have a coach who screams himself redfaced all the time.

Who knows.

Maybe heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to lose his job if theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re defeated: No Soccer Team Left Behind.)

Actually, a lot of things happened that game. There was the moment, just like the first game, when their side, dressed in stunning scarlet, came plunging our way. Mighty Saltz went out to meet them like a battleship. True to form (red face, wild), he gave a mighty kick, and missed. But he added something new. Leave it to my buddy Saltz.

He swung so hard he sat down, sat down on the ball. Like he was hatching an egg.

We broke up at that. So did everyone else. Except the Parkville coach. He was screaming, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Penalty! Penalty!â&#x20AC;?

So they got the ball. But I was laughing so much they scored an easy goal. Worth it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Least you could have done is hatched it,â&#x20AC;? I yelled at Saltz. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think they only allow eleven on a team,â&#x20AC;? he informed me. He must have been studying the rules.

Then there was the moment when Porter, Radosh and Dorman got into a really terrific struggle to get the ball â&#x20AC;&#x201D; from each other.

Only when they looked up did they realize with whom they were struggling. By that time, of course, it was too late. Stolen ball.

There was a moment when Parkville knocked the ball out of bounds. Fenwick had to throw it in. He snatched up the ball, held it over his head, got ready to heave it, thenâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;dropped it out of bounds. Their ball.

It was a close game, though. The closest.

By the time it was almost over, they were leading by only one. We were actually in the game.

How did the crowd react? They didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what to do. Sometimes they laughed.

Sometimes they chanted that â&#x20AC;&#x153;Win! Win!â&#x20AC;? thing. It was like a party for them.

Then it happened . . .

Fenwick took the ball on a pass from Lifsom. Lifsom dribbled down the right side and flipped it toward the middle. Hays got it fairly well and, still driving, shot a pass back to Radosh, who somehow managed to snap it easy over to Porter, who was right near the side of the goal.

Porter, too frustrated to shoot, knocked the ball back to Hays, who charged toward the goal, only some Parkville guy managed to get in the way. Hays, screaming, ran right over him, still controlling the ball.

I stood there, astonished. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve gotten to him,â&#x20AC;? I said to myself. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s flipped.â&#x20AC;?

I mean, Hays was like a wild man. Not only did he have the cleanest shot in the universe, he was desperate.

And so . . . he tripped.

Fell flat on his face. Thunk!

Their goalie scooped up the ball, flung it downfield, and that was the end of that.

As for Hays, he picked himself up, slowly, too slowly.

The crowd grew still.

You could see it all over Hays. Shame.

The crowd waited. They were feeling sorry for him.

You could feel it. He was standing there in the middle of the field â&#x20AC;&#x201D; everything had stopped, everybody was watching â&#x20AC;&#x201D; when Hays, poor guy, began to cry.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all you could hear. His sobs. He had failed.

Then I remembered. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Be a Loser!â&#x20AC;? I bellowed.

At my yell, our team snapped up their heads and looked around. â&#x20AC;&#x153;SOR LOSER!â&#x20AC;? I screamed again.

The team picked up the words and began to run toward Hays, yelling, cheering, screaming, â&#x20AC;&#x153;SOR LOSER! SOR LOSER! SOR LOSER!â&#x20AC;?

Hays, stunned, began to lift his eyes.

Meanwhile, the whole team, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not kidding, joined hands and began to run in circles around Hays, still giving the chant. â&#x20AC;&#x153;SOR LOSER! SOR LOSER! SOR LOSER!â&#x20AC;?

The watching crowd, trying to figure out what was happening, finally began to understand. They began to cheer! â&#x20AC;&#x153;SOR LOSER! SOR LOSER! SOR LOSER!â&#x20AC;?

You should have seen Haysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s face. It was like a Disney nature film of a blooming flower. Slow, but steady. A grin grew on his face.

Then he lifted his arms in victory, and he too began to cheer. He had won â&#x20AC;&#x201D; himself.

Right about then the horn blared. The game was over. The season was done. We were total losers. Champions of last place.

We hugged each other, screamed and hooted like teams do when they win championships. Want the truth? We were a lot happier than those Parkville guys who had won.

In the locker room, we started to take off our uniforms. Mr. Lester broke in. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wait a minute,â&#x20AC;? he announced. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Team picture.â&#x20AC;?

We trooped out again, lining up, arm in arm, our backs to the camera. We were having fun! Go losers! â&#x20AC;&#x153;English test tomorrow,â&#x20AC;? said Saltz as he and I headed for home. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t studied yet. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be up half the night.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t worry,â&#x20AC;? I said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For that, I believe in you.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;You know what?â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So do I.â&#x20AC;?

He did, too. Aced it. A winner. His way.

(The end.)

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