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Bob Booker sings a new song

Retirement party at Willow Ridge Willow Ridge Care and Rehabilitation, 215 Richardson Way, Maynardville, will host a retirement party for staff members Rene Cruz and Brenda Nichols, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 4. All are welcomed. Refreshments will be served.

Art show underway For the staff, instructors and customers of the Knoxville Arts and Fine Crafts Center, the important thing is that the arts be accessible to everyone. To Lela Buis, painting landscapes and the plants and animals that populate East Tennessee is her way of leaving the world a bit more whimsical than she found it. Buis, who has spent most of her life drafting, writing and teaching, says that her art has also turned out to be a pleasant way to earn a little extra money to help her enjoy retirement.

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Oswald returns Meet Kip Oswald, an inquisitive seventh grader who will tackle any educational issue head on. This week Oswald asks, “What student fees are really necessary? The answer: Not as many as you might think.

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Bob Booker has released his first album at age 81. Photo by Ruth White

By Betty Bean The new album in the jukebox at Marie’s Old Town Tavern is a little bit Tony Bennett and a whole lot Frank Sinatra, with some Eddy Arnold and Jim Reeves and Ray Charles and the Drifters around the edges. Called “Doing It My Way,� it’s a debut effort for the artist, 81-yearold teacher, civil-rights pioneer, mayoral aide, state legislator, historian, DJ, nonprofit administrator, newspaper columnist and former City Council member Bob Booker, who jokes that he’s finally “come out of the shower� with a little urging from his friends.

West looks at UT basketball I will pass along this thought for consideration: Other coaches with far less impressive credentials have had significantly better results in first-year recruiting (than has Rick Barnes). There is a vivid example at Mississippi State. Now is when good things are supposed to start happening here. Strangely enough, nobody is talking about the big upswing coming in Tennessee basketball. Top recruits aren’t even visiting.

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Hey, big spenders Sandra Clark looks at huge spending in four Nashville school board races and observes that Thursday’s outcomes could foreshadow 2018 school board races in Knox County.

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It started when Marie Owens, owner of the tavern at 904 N. Central St., urged him to get up and sing. “She’d asked Johnny Mills to come in and play old songs, and I’m humming along. She got me up – and I haven’t sat down since.� With the help of singer Vicky Ward, Booker collected his favorites and recorded them on a CD called “Doing It My Way.� He’s not selling it, at this point, but he’s sending copies to friends across the country and hopes to do a benefit event for the Beck Cultural Center, which he ran for many years.

A product of Knoxville’s segregated school system, Booker has fond memories of his childhood. He graduated from Austin High School in 1953 and spent a year washing dishes in restaurant kitchens, dreaming of a better life. He didn’t have the money for college, so he enlisted in the U.S. Army to get the benefits of the G.I. Bill. He was sent to England and then to France, where he dined in French restaurants, saw the Folies Bergère and made good use of his high school French. He enjoyed army life but was still set on going back to school, so he went home

and enrolled in Knoxville College – and found that not much had changed. “I had to deal with segregation all over again,� he said. “I’d been set free for three years in Europe, but here, the only decent restaurant I could go to was Sky Chef at McGhee Tyson Airport.� Meanwhile, the national civilrights movement was gaining momentum. College students organized sit-ins at Greensboro, N.C., lunch counters and Booker, who was student-body president at KC, decided it was time to take action. To page 3

MPC seeks comments on East county plan By Sandra Clark MPC planner Amy Brooks is encouraging residents to comment online as she prepares the East County Community Plan for Metropolitan Planning Commission. Brooks said some 60 individu-

als attended the July 17 ice cream social at the Carter Senior Center. “The enthusiasm and concerns expressed will inform the East Knox Community Plan as it develops in the coming months,� she said. “Although many differing

views were expressed, there is clearly a shared interest in preserving the beauty of this largely rural part of the county through good planning and well thought out development.� The plan will build on previous efforts such as the East County

Sector Plan and French Broad River Corridor Plan, Brooks said. She urged those who have not commented to check the website at knoxmpc.org/plans/small-area/eastcounty To page 3

Hobbyist takes flying to another level By Sara Barrett Eric Majni always had an interest in flying. He has flown in airplanes many times, but the moment he strapped a paramotor to his back – a gasoline-powered motor attached to a parachute – he knew he had found his passion. “My first flight was in 1998,â€? he says of that first solo trip aloft. “You launch those like flying a kite. They’re a lot more fun than a powered parachute because there’s nothing between you and the ground but your feet.â€? Majni sold his paramotor in 2001 and got a powered parachute, or PPC, a craft resembling a go-kart that seats two people, so he could bring his then girlfriend (now wife) Diane along for the ride. PPCs travel 30 miles per hour, and although Majni likes to stay around 500 feet, it will go as high as 12,000 feet ‌ but it gets cold up that high, he says. Since his first flight in a twoseater, Majni estimates he’s flown

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Larry and Lisa Guillain-Barre ordeal prompts couple to volunteer The Allspice CafĂŠ at Fort Sanders Regional may seem like an unusual place for a family gathering, but for Larry and Lisa Beeler, it’s a “second home.â€? It’s where they came that St. Patrick’s Day in 2010 when Larry was stricken with Miller Fisher Syndrome, a rare variant of GuillainBarre Syndrome (GBS) that left him paralyzed, on a ventilator and in an induced coma. It’s where a worried Lisa, “not knowing whether he would be the ‘Larry’ he was when he came in or if he would ever be again,â€? waited in the lounge of the Critical Care Unit for weeks on end. But it’s also where Larry and Lisa found so much hope, healing and caring that they now serve as volunteers for others who ďŹ nd themselves in similar situations. It’s also why the Beelers – complete with four children, in-laws, grandkids and parents – have returned every St. Patrick’s Day for the past ďŹ ve years to remember. “Our family meets here every year on March 17 because we’re so thankful,â€? said Lisa. “We can look back and see where we were and where we got back to. People ask, ‘Could you not ďŹ nd a better place to go celebrate?’ We ate here three times a day for three months!â€? “We’ll eat and walk around a little bit,â€? said Larry. “Sometimes, we’ll all go upstairs on the terrace because I loved to be wheeled outside. We reect on what happened and thank God that we’re not here. Sometimes, we go up to Patricia Neal (Rehabilitation Center) and a nurse will say, ‘Can I help you?’ and I’ll say, ‘No, I was a Guillain-Barre patient here ďŹ ve years ago and I was in this room, and I am just here reecting on what hap-

effect of the antibiotics he was taking for a sore throat. “Within 24 hours, he went from being as healthy as could be to being on life support,â€? Lisa recalled. “He couldn’t move his arms, his legs, he couldn’t open his eyes. He was paralyzed from head to toe.â€? Fort Sanders neurologist Darrell Thomas, MD determined that Larry had been stricken with Miller Fisher Syndrome, a variant of GBS that is characterized by abnormal muscle coordination, paralysis of the eye muscles and absence of the tendon reexes. “We didn’t know what GuillainBarre was, never heard of it,â€? said Larry. “We didn’t know if I was going to be paralyzed for the rest of my life. We didn’t know what the next step was. We didn’t know whether I would be a vegetable for the rest of my life. I could tell a little bit of what was going on around me if people talked to me. I could wiggle my toes a little bit for ‘yes’ or ‘no.’ I lost 30-something Five years later, Larry and Lisa Beeler conpounds. I was skin and bone.â€? tinue to remember. Wearing green, After being in ICU for four weeks, they returned to Patricia Neal ReLarry spent four weeks in Patricia habilitation Center on March 17, Neal where therapists and Sharon 2015 to acknowledge the fifth Glass, MD were ďŹ nally able to send anniversary of Larry’s admission him home in a wheelchair and walkto rehab and to reflect on what er. Another six or seven months of that time meant for their famoutpatient therapy followed before ily. In 2010, Larry and Lisa were Larry was able to return to his job smiling as he was discharged as a buyer at a hardware wholesaler. from Patricia Neal. Now, they “I’m living proof and a testament volunteer at PNRC and Fort to a lot of people that you CAN beat Sanders Regional to serve fellow this if you work hard at it,â€? says Larpatients and relay the experiences ry. “Because of this hospital – the they once had. doctors and the nurses and nutritionists and therapists and the spirit of God and my belief – they got me pened. They’ll ask me a lot of ques- gan March 16, 2010, on his drive to walk again, to talk again, got me tions. A lot of times, I will tell them home from work when he noticed to eat again and they helped me pull my story of what I went through.â€? his vision wasn’t quite right but through it.â€? What Larry “went throughâ€? be- brushed it off, thinking it was a side Now, Larry and Lisa are “giving

back� as Fort Sanders volunteers. Lisa serves once a week in the same ICU lounge where she spent so many weeks during Larry’s illness. “Waiting in the ICU lounge was bad – it’s not an easy seat to sit in – but the people they had working in the ICU lounge helped me get through it,� said Lisa. “That’s why I wanted to give back. I always say I come to volunteer hoping to be a blessing to somebody else, but usually I am the one who leaves with all the blessings. I always do. I love it.� While Lisa helps with all types of patients in ICU, Larry serves asneeded whenever there is a family dealing with Guillain-Barre Syndrome. “What we’re trying to do is give a little bit of hope and inspiration to people,� he said. “We just meet with families and people in the hospital and try to help them through it. We don’t diagnose them by any means or tell them what’s going to happen. We just try to give them a little bit of hope and say, ‘You are not alone.’ If I can show that I am there and I am strong and – I hate to use the words ‘beat it’ – but if we have a positive mental attitude about it then maybe I can give them some inspiration that might change the way they look at things. When we walk out of the room, we hope that we have left something with them. They are lying there in bed, they can’t walk but maybe they will say, ‘He was completely paralyzed but he was able to walk in and walk out and maybe I can do that too – if not for myself then for my family.’ � The couple received the 2015 “Volunteer of the Year� award in May at Fort Sanders Regional’s Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon.

Fort Sanders celebrates volunteer contributions The Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center 2016 Appreciation Luncheon was held at the Four Points Sheraton Cumberland House this spring in honor of all the volunteers who give a helping hand at the hospital. Over 100 volunteers attended along with many hospital staff who wished the volunteers well and praised the 70 year history of the Auxiliary and six volunteer programs: â– Heartstrings: A musical group that entertains patients and visitors each month. â– Fellowship Center: Volunteers who assist those staying in Fort Sanders’ hospitality house for the families of patients from outside the region. â– HABIT (Human Animal Bonding In Tennessee): Pet owners who share the unconditional love of a pet with patients and caregivers. â– Stephen Ministers: Lay ministers who provide spiritual support to patients and caregivers. â– Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center Peers: Former patients help current patients by reading to them, helping them write letters, and providing conversation and friendly company. â– Student Volunteers : College students (18 or older) share their special gifts and energy with hospital patients and staff CEO Keith Altshuler kicked off the program with a glowing report of volunteer hours dedicated in 2015, equaling over 46,000 hours. Chief Financial OfďŹ cer Ronnie Beeler and PNRC VP Leslie Irwin accepted the 2016 Auxiliary Check for patient services and equipment for $240,000. The proceeds are raised by the Fort Sanders Hospital Gift Shop coordinated by Joan Howard. For more information on how to become a volunteer, visit www.fsregional.com/volunteers

Joan Howard, gift shop coordinator, presents a check for patient services and equipment to Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center VP and administrator Leslie Irwin and Fort Sanders Regional VP and Chief Financial Officer Ronnie Beeler.

President and Chief Administrative Officer Keith Altshuler with the Coordinator of Volunteer Services Paula Minhinnett

2016 Volunteer of the Year: Peer Volunteer Art Jones pictured with Volunteer Staff Connie Painter and wife Robin Jones.

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Booker sings

Cara Valentine, office manager for the Knoxville Arts and Fine Crafts Center on Broadway, takes a break to explain the center’s goal of offering as many creative outlets to the community as possible.

Lela Buis, an aspiring artist, works on an acrylic painting at the Knoxville Arts and Fine Crafts Center on Broadway. The center is hosting an exhibition of her work called “Whimsical Creatures.�

Buis brings ‘Whimsical Creatures’ to KAFCC By J.J. Stambaugh Art is many things to many people – catharsis, hobby, creative outlet, religious expression, or even just a way to while away the hours. For the staff, instructors and customers of the Knoxville Arts and Fine Crafts Center, the important thing is that the arts be accessible to everyone. To Lela Buis, painting landscapes and the plants and animals that populate East Tennessee is her way of leaving the world a bit more whimsical than she found it. Buis, who has spent most of her life drafting, writing and teaching, says that her art has also turned out to be a pleasant way to earn a little extra money to help her enjoy retirement. “I just love making that image,� Buis said, gesturing to a series of acrylic paintings of birds and livestock that she plans on selling during an upcoming exhibition at the center. “I love how the image takes form under my hands.� Buis’s choice of subjects is partly the result of a con-

versation she had recently with a gallery owner. Buis said she was painting mostly landscapes but was told that customers weren’t necessarily interested in mountains, fields and streams. “She explained that she just couldn’t sell landscapes,� Buis said. “I asked her what did sell, and she told me, ‘I sell animals, like chickens and cows.’� With that advice, Buis turned her attention to the fauna rather than the flora of East Tennessee and has since sold several paintings for as much as $120. Buis said that she’s worked a number of interesting jobs in her lifetime, including a 15-year stint drafting at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and many years spent teaching at schools in the Knoxville area, including Bearden High School and Greenback. She also made a few dollars writing science fiction and fantasy stories for magazines and anthologies, although her primary reward for those ventures was the thrill of being published. When it came time to

retire, Buis decided to take her interest in the arts a step further and began taking watercolor classes at the Knoxville Arts and Fine Crafts Center. She switched to acrylic painting classes due to scheduling conflicts and has finally built up a large enough portfolio to have her own exhibit at the center. “I know I’m just getting out there and getting established,� she said. “I don’t want to collect these at home. I want them to hang on somebody’s wall. ... I want to sell them.� Titled “Whimsical Creatures – An Exhibition of New Works,� Buis’s show is set to run through Oct. 31. She will be present for a special “Meet the Artist� program from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19, at the Knoxville Arts and Fine Crafts Center on Broadway. The center has helped hundreds of aspiring artists like Buis over the past three decades by offering classes on everything from making stained glass and pottery to dancing and even building musical instruments.

“We try and bring art to the local community as best we can,� explained office manager Cara Valentine. “We just try to offer as much to the public as possible.� The center operated from the Candy Factory building in the Fort Sanders neighborhood for decades and moved to its new location at 1127 Broadway in 2008, Valentine said. The center is operated by the city of Knoxville but draws people from as far away as the Tri-Cities who are interested in learning from professional artists, she said. The center’s busiest time of year is usually the summer, when the center offers a slew of classes for schoolage children as well as its adult programming, she said. Info: www.knoxvilletn. gov/KAFCC

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Against the advice of his elders, he led a group of students on a walk-through at downtown lunch counters. Afterward, he got a message from Mayor John Duncan. “I drove downtown to hear what he had to say – he threatened to put us all in jail. I said, ‘That’s your prerogative.’â€? But it didn’t take long for Duncan to come around. “My impression was that George Dempster and Cas Walker said we didn’t need to have that stuff going on. Dempster said, ‘Coloreds and whites eat together at my plant, so let ’em eat.’â€? Duncan took a delegation of business leaders and KC students to New York to talk to the presidents of Woolworth and S.H. Kress. “We’d decided we could short-circuit all the turmoil by having the lunch counters open to all, but they refused to meet with us.â€? So the demonstrations commenced under Duncan’s watchful eye. “He deserves credit. He made sure that the right policemen were on duty on Gay Street – he didn’t want them to overreact. Duncan told me himself that the governor of a state in the Deep South called him up and said, ‘Mayor, aren’t you head of a Southern city? ‌ Why are you allowing this?’ Duncan said, ‘Because I don’t want the problems in my city that you’re having in your state.’â€? Booker said many white people got involved. “In many instances, there were more white people on the picket lines than black people. They would turn on their TV sets in the evening and see folks being knocked down in Selma, but they

hadn’t thought about the fact that here in Knoxville I couldn’t go to the lunch counter and eat a hamburger and drink a Coke.� He got his degree in 1962 and was teaching high school French in Chattanooga when Duncan offered him a job in city government. In 1966, he became the first African-American from Knox County to serve in the General Assembly in Nashville. One of six blacks there, he remembers being “constantly frustrated� but is proud of the role he played in getting 18-yearolds the right to vote and in getting liquor by the drink in Knoxville. He became Mayor Kyle Testerman’s administrative assistant in 1972 and found that he still ran into “that race thing� occasionally – he was kicked out of a South Knoxville business he’d visited as a representative of the mayor and wasn’t allowed into an Eastern Star meeting in Karns to which he’d been invited. “That said to me, ‘Bob Booker, it doesn’t matter what your title is. You’re the same as the guy hanging out on the end of the block.’� The CD’s title is a salute to Frank Sinatra’s anthem, “My Way,� and it’s not hard to understand why. “Paul Anka may have written that song for Frank Sinatra, but he wrote it for me, too. I’ve been knocked down, faced roadblocks along the way, but I’ve succeeded in spite of that,� he said. To find out more about Booker’s CD, call him at 865-546-1576, or at the Beck Cultural Center, 865524-8461.

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Basketball interrupts football countdown We interrupt this mad dash to a football championship with a basketball alarm. Ding, ding, ding, ding. Whether Rick Barnes’ next Tennessee team will be good or bad is not the subject. Expectations are low. It has been said the Vols may, indeed, lose to ETSU and Chattanooga. The current concern is the year after, better identified as recruiting. A more definitive way of putting that is the shortage thereof. Here’s what I am hearing … The coach has signed nine players in his first year and not one was a five-star prep prize or even a top 100 prospect. Some fans find that hard to believe.

I keep hearing, anonymous for two reasons: I don’t know who said what and they might not have said anything if they had to be identified and knew their thoughts would be offered to the world. Career summation: Barnes won at Texas with talent. So far he hasn’t done that kind of recruiting at Tennessee. Top prep players don’t even mention us. Nobody is saying Barnes has lost his touch, but I’m worried. Sure hope the big guy who visited (Chinedu Uyaelunmo, 7-footer from Nigeria via a couple of prep schools in Miami) wasn’t just sightseeing. More caustic critics are beginning to suspect Rick

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Great players, good players and very ordinary players cost one scholarship each. Enormous effort and a brilliant sales job are often the separators. Recruiters form long lines to compete for top prospects. Tennessee is signing futures where the lines are shorter. We’ll find out later whether three-stars, properly instructed, can beat superstars focused on the NBA. What follows are words

picked his first best offer, Tennessee, as a soft landing for the completion of his career. Dave Hart added a few million to the retirement fund. As for me, I would not jump to that conclusion. Barnes loves to coach. He can coach. And he works at it. Kevin Punter is an excellent example of what a smart coach can do with a good idea and commitment. There was a time somebody on Barnes’ staff at Texas could recruit. That somebody might not be at this UT. Restrictions may be tighter here. Hart was hurt by the Donnie Tyndall blunder. Or, Barnes may realize he can’t sign big names and is aiming lower.

Or, Barnes may have chosen a better way of life. Preparing teams, coaching games and even fussing about referees is fun in comparison to the drudgery of recruiting. I will pass along this thought for consideration: Other coaches with far less impressive credentials have had significantly better results in first-year recruiting. There is a vivid example at Mississippi State. Now is when good things are supposed to start happening here. Strangely enough, nobody is talking about the big upswing coming in Tennessee basketball. Top recruits aren’t even visiting. Oh, you say it takes time to erase black marks in the

background. Is it still relevant that Bruce Pearl was fired during an NCAA thunderstorm? Do high school players care that Cuonzo never felt wanted? I suppose Donnie’s NCAA sentence did rock the boat. Here’s what I see: SEC basketball was sixth in conference comparisons. Tennessee recruiting was seventh in the SEC. The big tournament is way out there somewhere. The obvious question is how do we get there from here? Second obvious question: Is it closer than it was or farther away? Third thought: It’s almost football time in Tennessee. Marvin West welcomes reader reaction. His address is westwest6@netzero.com.

Complete streets mean better communities Transportation engineer Ian Lockwood, who was in town last week to talk about how complete streets change communities, had good things to say about Knoxville’s historic buildings, public spaces and art-filled alleys. O t h e r areas, like H e n l e y Street, he called “opIan Lockwood p o r t u n i ties.” Lockwood, a transportation engineer with Toole Design Group, made presentations to local government reps, agencies and the public last week to share a vision for how complete streets − those that allow safe, comfortable travel for multiple modes of transportation − create healthier,

was creating streets that were comfortable for pedestrians, which meant wide sidewalks, trees and raised intersections that slowed down traffic, making streets easier to cross. When he wanted to narrow a five-lane arterial road, the Department of Transportation said that wouldn’t be progress. But the creation of an inclusive public realm, where kids could walk to school and neighbors could get to know each other, revitalized the area. A neighborhood watch was instituted, and crime went down. Downtown West Palm Beach is now thriving, and none of the shops are vacant. Best of all, improvements were completed with the promise that the poor wouldn’t be displaced. Forward-thinking housing policies and form-based

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more vibrant and more inclusive communities. Widening of roads in the 1990s spoiled several cities, like West Palm Beach, Fla., he says. When he moved there in 1996, numerous buildings had been torn down to build surface parking lots, and 80 percent of the shops on the city’s main thoroughfare were vacant. Drug dealing and prostitution were rampant. A new vision for the city was drawn, and as the city transportation planner, Lockwood had the task of making the streets match the vision. The first step

code allowed low-income families to buy their homes, so neighborhoods remain intact. Here’s the mind-bending part of Lockwood’s take on planning: roads shouldn’t be designed simply to move cars; they should also nurture businesses, increase social interaction and add character. His litmus test for a project is this: Does the change reward the short trip or the transit trip? Improving the short trip is always his goal. Adding lanes only benefits those who have a long way to go and want to get there fast, and it isn’t completely effective. But widening roads is very effective at making businesses less accessible and dividing communities. Back to West Palm Beach. Yes, there’s still congestion. But it’s beautiful, so nobody

minds, he says. If you need an illustration of what it looks like when people park their cars and walk, visit Market Square on a Saturday morning − or any other time. Kids and music play, neighbors visit and money flies out of wallets. About a year from now, the Cumberland Avenue project will wrap up, and

we’ll see a more complete street. Four lanes will change to three, and wide sidewalks will have shade and benches. Pedestrian and transit facilities will be improved. If it creates the kind of change Lockwood described, it could change our minds about the definition of progress.

GOSSIP AND LIES ■ Political conventions: Cut them to three days; although I did watch CNN for full coverage, rather than the one-hour hits on prime time.

■ Democratic convention: Too much diversity.

■ Ban children and spouses from the podium. It’s unfair to folks who simply want to live their lives ... yet only Barron Trump (either because of age or genes) showed the disgust that most kids surely felt.

■ Apologies for having been an early advocate for presidential primaries. Party bosses brought us Abe Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson.

■ GOP convention: Not enough diversity.

■ Three more months: Did we mention these campaigns are too long?

■ Primaries have brought us Trump and Clinton redux.

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Nashville is gaining on Memphis Seven Islands Methodist Church

South meets North to bring historic marker home This story started when somebody took a walk in the woods off Murray Road and discovered a marble slab engraved with the words, “Robert Hines, Born 1783, Died 1877,” hidden in the underbrush. The six-acre parcel where it was found had just been approved as a subdivision, and the discovery of an old cemetery there would have created a costly, timeconsuming problem for the developer because state law mandates special protection for abandoned gravesites. Pat Pennybacker brought the mystery to the Norwood Homeowners Association, and solving it became a group project. Neighboring property owners confirmed that the property had been privately held farmland for as long as anyone could remember and dismissed the graveyard theory. The next most logical hypothesis

Betty Bean was that someone had stolen the stone and dumped it on the Murray Road property. Association president Lynn Redmon did a quick internet search and discovered someone with the same name and vital statistics buried in the graveyard of Seven Islands Methodist Church in South Knox County. There was even a photograph of the marker. Redmon learned that this was the first Methodist church built in Knox County, established in 1802. Both the now-abandoned church and the graveyard are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The existing church building was

built in 1864. Redmon asked MPC historic preservation planner Kaye Graybeal for help, and she steered him to Linda Claussen, who alerted her neighbor Fred Houser, the cemetery’s unpaid caretaker. He knew all about the marker because his mother, Agnes Pauline Johnson Houser, and some cousins had gotten together and pooled their money to buy the Hines marker many years ago. “Mom died six years ago. She’d say, ‘Fred, who you think stole my tombstone?’” Houser, who lives next door to the graveyard, says the church is as far south as you can get and still be in Knox County. He knows a lot about who’s buried there – his mother, as well as soldiers killed in the Revolutionary War, settlers killed by Indians and six students from Johnson Bible College

(now Johnson University). “Four or five of them drowned in the river. They used to have a dairy over there, and one of them was gored to death by a bull,” Houser said. But he doesn’t know much about Norwood, so he and Redmon agreed to meet at the only landmark with which Houser was familiar. “He met me at the Expo Center and followed me to Murray Road, and we put it in his pickup truck,” Redmon said. “He was thrilled.” Houser said Redmon’s observation is correct. “We went out there, and there it was! I told Lynn he couldn’t have made me happier if he’d given me a thousand dollars.” Houser took the marker home to the churchyard that he takes care of without benefit of any funding. “I believe she knows,” he said.

Brawls and ballots: It’s election week With the party conventions concluded, and the Clinton/Trump race underway, it’s easy to forget there’s an election on Thursday. In fact, if you had forgotten about this week’s state primary and county general election, you’re not alone. Early voting turnout was below average because there is no statewide nonjudicial office (governor or U.S. senator) on the ballot. Competitive statewide elections encourage political advertising and voter interest. There’s none of that this year. Thankfully, you still have time to vote. Visit the election commission website to find your correct polling place: http://www. knoxcounty.org/election/ ■ Shenanigans in District 18. The only local race drawing significant voter interest is the Republican primary for state house District 18. In that race, incumbent Rep. Martin Daniel faces former opponent (and former state representative and City Council member) Steve Hall, James Corcoran and Bryan Dodson. The drama of the campaign has centered around Rep. Daniel (allegedly) shoving Steve Hall during a

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joint appearance on a local radio show. At first, Daniel issued a wordy, non-apology about the incident. Then, after a criminal assault charge was filed by Hall, Daniel declined to answer any questions. That was a mistake. In this age of Donald Trump, Republican voters expect bombast and hyperbole. Rep. Daniel should have held a press conference and announced, “Sure, I pushed Steve Hall. He called me a liar. Steve Hall is lucky I didn’t punch him in the mouth.” Politics is a rough-andtumble business. Sometimes it even takes a little brawling to get elected. Of course, Rep. Daniel could still win. Yet, by bumbling his way through this non-scandal, Daniel missed a great opportunity. As a result, Steve Hall may be heading back to Nashville.

■ City Election Schedule. Speaking of missed opportunities, Knoxville City Council has missed a great chance to solve a chronic problem with its elections. As of this writing, the council is expected to approve moving the city primary election date to better accommodate military and overseas voters. City voters will be asked to approve this change in a referendum question this November. They should. It’s a good idea. Unfortunately, these changes do not go far enough. Oddly, city elections (mayor, city council and city court judge) are held in odd-numbered years and not the more traditional even-numbered

years like presidential and Tennessee’s gubernatorial elections. As a result, voter turnout is abysmal. Low voter turnout is bad because it gives disproportionate influence to city employees and neighborhood groups who are more motivated by self-interest to vote. Unfortunately, politicians elected by a few may cater only to the whims of the few. Here’s a suggestion. Move city elections to evennumbered years. It’s tough enough to get folks to vote. The city should not hold its elections when voting is the furthest thing from everyone’s mind. We can do better. Scott Frith is a local attorney. You can visit his website at www.pleadthefrith.com

Election is Thursday Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 4, for the county general election and state primaries. Law Director Bud Armstrong and former Property Assessor John Whitehead will be elected without opposition in the only countywide races. Several county commission seats are contested.

And in state House District 18, incumbent Rep. Martin Daniel is fighting off challenges from former Rep. Steve Hall, James Corcoran and Bryan Dodson. Many legislators are running unopposed, while in District 13 the stage is set for the county’s biggest race in November: Rep. Eddie Smith trying to fend off former Rep. Gloria Johnson.

Nashville is about to become Tennessee’s largest city, surpassing Memphis. Right now Memphis is only 1,200 residents larger than Nashville and at the current growth rates, Nashville will move ahead of Memphis within a year. ■ Why is county commissioner Bob Thomas starting his campaign for county mayor two years before the primary? Mayor Burchett is not quite Bob Thomas half way through his second and final term. Seems like some campaigns are year around. Apparently, it is to let Thomas legally raise funds as one has to file a treasurer’s form before donations can be legally accepted. However, there could be a downside to this for Thomas. Now that he is openly campaigning for mayor, every vote he casts on the commission will be seen as how it impacts his mayoral aspirations. Zonings, which mayors normally avoid, cannot be avoided by mayoral candidate Thomas now that he has announced but continues on County Commission. He may please the developers or the neighborhood groups, but it’s unlikely he will please both. Citizens coming to Commission will view his votes in the prism of whether they will vote for or against him in the May 2018 primary. The decision also impacts Commissioner Ed Brantley who says he may retire after one term. But it is hardly a secret that Brantley and Thomas are a political pair. It is widely assumed that Brantley will be Thomas’ chief of staff if Thomas is elected. He will be the new Dean Rice. Again, the downside to this is that Brantley’s votes will take on an aura that they otherwise would not have. The upside for Thomas is that he can raise money and secure early commitments, making it harder for a person to enter in mid2017 for the May primary, 2018. This tactic sometimes works and sometimes does not, depending on the caliber of a later entry. Others being mentioned include County Commissioner Brad Anders, GOP county chair Buddy Burkhardt and state GOP chair Ryan Haynes, who represented west Knox

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County and Farragut in the state House. Someone else may materialize as well. The Democrats at this point do not seem to have a viable candidate. ■ The death of Louise Zirkle a few days ago marks the loss of a strong Republican who, along with the late attorney Richard Stair, led the Republicans in Sequoyah Hills for 50 years. She was a dedicated believer in the GOP and long time supporter of former City Council member Jean Teague. There are few like her in today’s world. ■ Knoxville Asian’s Festival will be Sunday, Aug. 28, at Market Square from 11 to 6. There will be great food. ■ The only former governor to live in Tennessee who was not a governor of this state died. He was Frank Barnett, 82, a Knoxville attorney who was lieutenant governor and then governor of American Samoa when the governor was appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Interior. Today the citizens of American Samoa elect their governor. Barnett was also a top aide to former Gov. Winfield Dunn, who came from Nashville to attend the receiving. Barnett and I briefly opposed each other for a U.S. Senate run in 1984 but remained friends. ■ Mayor Rogero’s strong attack in Philadelphia last week on the GOP dominated state Legislature has riled up local GOP lawmakers. Other than auditioning for a job in a Clinton Administration, there is no way her blistering attack on Nashville can help her relations with the local legislative delegation. The truth is that Rogero simply does not personally work relations one on one with the lawmakers. It is not her cup of tea. Both Council members George Wallace and Marshall Stair, who are seen as potential mayoral candidates, would do better in this area than Rogero.

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Flash and friends visit Morning Pointe When excessive heat forced Morning Pointe of Lenoir City’s residents to cancel their visit to Shangri-La Therapeutic Academy of Riding, they welcomed special guests to visit indoors. Two miniature horses and a donkey named Flash stopped by from STAR’s Minis in Motion program. Residents spent a good part of the day making the animals feel welcomed Morning Pointe resident Eloise Smith visits with Flash, a and loved. As part of its Life donkey from Shangri-La TherEnrichment Program, apeutic Academy of Riding’s Morning Pointe invites Minis in Motion program. Phofurry and four-legged to submitted friends to the community, allowing residents mals,� says Eloise Smith, to embrace the benefits of Morning Pointe resident. “Having them come inpet therapy. “We just love these ani- side to us is even better.�

County to give extra time off to military Knox County Commission has adopted a proposal by Mayor Tim Burchett to amend the Knox County personnel ordinance to increases the number of paid leave days given to Knox County government workers who are members of National Guard or the U.S. Armed Forces Reserve services. Previously, employees were paid for up to 20 working days of military leave, or four weeks. The amendment increased that benefit to 30 days of leave, or six weeks. Burchett announced the increase Friday in a press conference with Major Gen. Terry “Max� Haston at the City County Building.

Ombudsman education seminar Westmoreland Health and Rehabilitation Center, 5837 Lyons View Pike, will host a free Ombudsman Program Education Seminar 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 18, as part of its Community Education Promoting Elder Excellence Program. Attorney Lynette Edwards serves as the district long-term care ombudsman for the 16-county area surrounding Knoxville and will speak during the event. A Q&A session will follow, and light refreshments will be served. In addition to serving as the district long-term care ombudsman, Edwards is managing attorney with

the Legal Assistance for the Elderly Program. Both of these programs are divisions of the East Ten ne s see Human Resource Agency Inc. (ETHRA). Edwards Lynette strives to Edwards protect the rights of residents living in long-term care settings such as nursing homes, assistedliving facilities and residential homes for the aged by investigating complaints, advocating on behalf of the residents, advising residents

about involuntary discharge hearings and Medicaid hearings, and educating them and the public on laws affecting quality of long-term care, access to care, and public benefits such as Medicaid. Edwards also routinely provides in-service education to facility staff on issues such as residents’ rights, abuse awareness and prevention, investigating allegations of abuse, advance directives, etc. Edwards’ practice has focused on elder-law issues since 2005. She received her bachelor’s degree with honors from Harding University and her law degree from the University of Tennessee

College of Law in 2001. She is a member of the Tennessee Bar Association, the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and the Tennessee Valley Mediation Association. Edwards is also listed as a Rule 31 Civil Mediator by the Tennessee Supreme Court Alternative Dispute Resolution Commission. She has two daughters in college, lives in Maryville with her husband of 32 years and is an active member of the Maryville Church of Christ. RSVP to Kelli Canan, 584-3902 or email West morela nd.pr@ healthservices.cc

Mobile Meals gets gift from Food Lion Feeds CAC Mobile Meals has received $2,000 from the Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation just in time to help feed local residents. Mobile Meals will use the gift to provide meals for frail, homebound seniors in Knox County. “We really appreciate this gift from Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation. It will allow us to deliver hot, nutritious meals directly to the homes of almost 600 local seniors,� said Judith Pelot, Mobile Meals manager.

Mobile Meals relies on community support to deliver fresh meals to about 850 seniors every weekday of the year except for holidays. “Many people would be surprised to learn that about one-third of our support comes from the community,� Pelot said. “If you included the thousand or so volunteers who give their time to deliver meals five days a week, community support would easily add up to more than half of our annual budget.

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Super Senior Tuesdays ‘Lunch and Learn’ at New Life United Methodist By Carol Z. Shane New Life United Methodist Church member Laura Taylor, a licensed health consultant for Hughes and Associates, which provides Health, Life and Retirement options for families, works with seniors every day. Most of her clients are 65 or older. “I see such a need for them to have nutritious food, fellowship, companionship, to feel needed – all without paying,� she says. She can only provide so much in her work life, but Taylor says that her dream is “to fill that void.� Over a lunch with New Life UMC’s pastor, the Rev. Teresa Atkins McClure, the

lar church program could help in this area. “We decided on a ‘Lunch and Learn,’� says Taylor. “This program is free to anyone 55 or older, but they must RSVP so we have enough food. This costs nothing to those attending, who will have a great free meal, fellowship, and be educated each month on different topics.� Scheduled meetings are: Licensed health consultant ■Sept. 13 - Wills and EsLaura Taylor hopes to help se- tates with Roger Reddings niors with a new series at New ■Oct. 11 - ABCs of MediLife United Methodist Church. care with Laura Taylor Photo submitted ■Nov. 8 - Office of Aging with Kathy Sergent ■Dec. 13 - Special Musitopic of seniors and their needs came up. The two cal Performance featuring women agreed that a regu- The Mull Sunday Tradition

with Tommy Spencer Taylor says that she and McClure also hope to incorporate a Bible study and computer classes, among other ideas. “This is just the beginning,� she says. “We are praying for a huge community outreach.� All Super Seniors “Lunch and Learn� events take place at 11:30 a.m., beginning with lunch, at New Life United Methodist Church, 7921 Millertown Pike in Knoxville. Info and RSVP: 865-256-7136 or 865-546-5153, or visit newlifeumck nox v ille@ gmail.com. Send story suggestions to news@ shoppernewsnow.com.

Engle to lead music at Church of the Savior By Carol Z. Shane Like many schools and churches in the area, Weisgarber Church of the Savior United Church of Christ is gearing up for a new season. The choir, on hiatus for the summer, will be returning. And a new music director will be leading them. Alexandra Engle, originally from Erwin, Tenn., holds a bachelor’s degree in classical vocal performance from Belmont University and a master’s in voice from UT. For the past year, she’s been helping at Church of the Savior in an interim position, following the departure of the church’s previous music director, Dr. Geol Greenlee, now head of the music department at Roane State Community College. Passionate about church music and choir directing, Engle has done a lot in one short year, and is now officially on board. “I can’t remember a time when communal singing was not an important part

Young soprano, choir director and voice teacher Alexandra Engle has officially been named music director at Weisgarber Church of the Savior. Photo by Mary Lauren Photography

of how I relate to the world,� says Engle. “It seems trite to say that music enters when words fail, but it’s true.� As a child, she remembers struggling with her older brother over a shared toy. “Rather than throwing a tantrum,� she

Karns pastor, Ron Stewart, retires Dr. Ron Stewart, senior pastor of Grace Baptist Church, has retired after 28 years with the church. A celebration of his ministry, “The Legacy of Grace,� will be held at 10 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 7. “Pastor Ron’s willingness to embrace change, relevant teaching and sound leadership have been key factors in Grace’s growth,� according to the church’s website. “We need a theology of change in our churches to influence our world,� he says. “Few churches handle change well — in fact, they resist it. Churches must be willing to change how they do church, or they will die.� He and wife Becky have four children and nine grandchildren.

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says, “I sat down and sang a little song about sharing with one another ‘the happy way.’� Fortunate to have a musical mother, Engle grew up listening to oratorio rehearsals of Haydn, Handel and Mendelssohn. She sang in auditioned choirs from the time she was 7 and “hasn’t stopped� since then, she says. She’s appeared in productions with Marble City Opera, UT Opera Theatre and Opera Carolina. Her career has also taken her to Italy for the Amalfi Coast Music and Arts Festival. “Alex brings a sharp, inquiring mind as well as a wide-ranging musical experience to her position,� says Andrew Wentzel, church member and UT music department professor of voice. “She challenges, teaches and demonstrates, all the while elevating the group beyond what it thought was possible. Her joy of music is infectious.� As Church of the Savior

music director, Engle says she wants to “share music that is inspirational, and to help people find music that helps them express themselves. “As a voice teacher, I want to help people learn about how to use the marvelous instrument that is the human body. But I think our highest goal as church musicians should be to participate in the reconciling ministry of Christ, bringing people closer to God. “I don’t think music will ever lose its place of honor in the church, not only because of its effective powers but because it has such a strong scriptural role. We see the biblical use of music as a part of praise, worship and thanksgiving; for ceremonial events like coronations and festivals; for soothing troubles and fears; for prayer, for lamentation and for healing. “Music, and especially vocal music, plays a very valuable role in the spiritual life of the church.�

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Road closed Simon Peter and another disciple followed Jesus. Since that disciple was known to the high priest, he went with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest, but Peter was standing outside at the gate. So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out, spoke to the woman who guarded the gate, and brought Peter in. The woman said to Peter, “You are not also one of this man’s disciples, are you?� He said, “I am not.� (John 18: 15-17 NRSV) Oh, Peter. Impulsive, bungling, fearful, lying, cowardly, dear Peter! On our trip west, I saw a road sign on a gate in Montana that said: “Road Closed to St. Peter.� I am assuming that St. Peter is the name of a town there, but I couldn’t prove it by looking in my road atlas. However, you know where my mind went. The road is closed? To St. Peter? I thought St. Peter was the one who would welcome us at the Pearly Gates! The one who would check his list (much like Santa Claus) to see who would be admitted into glory! Peter is one of my favorite people because he was so very human! Lloyd Douglas called him “The Big Fisherman� in the historical novel he wrote about Peter, and it’s true: Peter was big in everything he did. He messed up big-time, loudly denied ever knowing his Lord, repented heartbrokenly and lived the rest of his life telling the world about Jesus. He was crucified, as was his Lord, except that Peter’s humility was such that he felt he was not worthy to be crucified like Jesus and so was crucified head down. I truly hope the road is not closed to St. Peter. I want to meet the Big Fisherman!

FAITH NOTES ■Alice Bell Baptist Church, 3305 Alice Bell Road, Clothes Closet will be open 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6. Men’s, women’s, children and infants clothes will be available. Everything free. Everyone invited. ■First Comforter Church, 5516 Old Tazewell Pike, hosts MAPS (Mothers At Prayer Service) noon each Friday. Info: Edna Hensley, 771-7788. ■Listening Hearts, A Gathering of Bereaved Moms, will hold Founders Appreciation Day at 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6, Christus Victor Lutheran Church, 4110 Central Avenue Pike. Info: Debra, listeningheartsmoms@gmail.com or 679-1351.

Smithwood kids have fun at TDOT By Carol Z. Shane The kids in Smithwood Baptist Church’s twicemonthly Parents Day Out program have fun, learn new things, play a lot and have many adventures. They pack boxes full of food, clothes and toys for less fortunate children, make marshmallow shoot-

ers out of PVC pipes, splash through fountains and tumble in playgrounds together. Recently, they went to visit the Tennessee Department of Transportation. Really? TDOT? “One of our church members, Christy Haynes, works at TDOT,� says deacon Anthony Collins, who leads

SBC’s children’s ministry. “She gave us a tour.� And the kids had a whopping good time. Haynes, who is also SBC’s church clerk, is TDOT’s Transportation Management Center (TMC) supervisor. “At the TMC we use the interstate cameras to monitor traffic in Knoxville

for disabled vehicles, crashes or debris that may block the travel lanes on the interstate,� she says. “We also use the overhead message signs to alert the traveling public of any lane blockages they may encounter, along with various other duties.�

Stauffer visits Northside Christian Church By Pat Sisson The Rev. Robert Stauffer and his wife, Martha Neel, visited Northside Christian Church, 4008 Tazewell Pike, on July 17, to celebrate the 50-year anniversary of his ministry at the church.

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The art of coding and building robots

What do parents really have to spend? I am Oswald, and school starts Aug. 8. So we’re at Keshawn’s final baseball tournament, when you would have thought the moms were mourning the end of the season with their wailing and complaining. However, if you listened closely, they were distressed over the amount of money they are spending getting their kids ready to start school. So I asked Mom if she and Aunt Betsy are upset, too. Turns out yes, they are. If your family is like mine, you have to buy school clothes for all the kids, which in our family are five right now. That’s a lot of clothes, shoes and underwear! Then Mom read each of our school’s websites to find the supply lists. Supplies for Ally and Charlie are about $20 each, which includes buying boxes of 24 crayons each. Supplies for Keshawn and Talisha are going to cost about $70 each, and mine will be about $40. So Mom will have to spend about $220 on supplies. That doesn’t include paying at least $25 each in school fees for another $125. WOW! Do the schools think our parents get a bonus in August to cover this extra expense? So what do parents really have to spend? Do parents have to buy supplies or pay fees? My sister, Kinzy, the researcher, found the state law on school fees and supplies. The law states: “Certain fees may be requested, but not required, from students regardless of financial status, including: fees for activities that occur during regular school hours; fees for activities outside regular hours if required for credit or a grade; fees for activities and supplies required to participate in all courses offered for credit or grade.� The law also states that students are only required to bring pencils and paper. So basically, the public schools funded by tax dollars should be supplying everything a student needs. Send your comments and questions to oswaldsworldtn@gmail.com App of the week: The Homework App – Your Class Assignment & Timetable Schedule Planner

By Ruth White This summer Pellissippi State Community College hosted four camps that helped students take their STEM skills to a new level. Thanks to a grant from Consolidated Nuclear Securities Y12 (CNSY12) and the East Tennessee Foundation, selected rising sixth-graders who attend Boys and Girls Clubs of East Tennessee made robots and learned coding on Pellissippi’s Strawberry Plains campus. “The skills these students learned during the week included building robots, but also included learning to work in teams and how to talk in front of people – life skills,� said campus dean Dr. Mike North. Students worked in Pellissippi’s MegaLab and observed sorters, 3D

School: Meet the Teacher, 5-6:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 5. Hot dog supper will be available. Info: 594-1365.

Elementary school â– Belle Morris Elementary School: Open House, 4-6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 5; first through fifth grades only. Info: 594-1277. â– Chilhowee Intermediate School: Meet and Greet, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 4, Milton Roberts Rec Center, located in Holston Chilhowee Ballpark. Info: 594-1285.

â– Sunnyview Primary School: Meet and Greet, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 4, Milton Roberts Rec Center, located in Holston Chilhowee Ballpark. Info: 594-1173.

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STORY SO FAR: Nick and his best friend, Clay, have decided how they will make enough money for a world record. Still on his back, his bloody jeans half off and binding his knees, Clay frantically pushed himself headfirst across the floor

strive to give kids exposure to opportunities and help them see the world. When a child finds his/her interests or what they are good at, that’s their ticket to success.� The camps are pathways for kids to explore possible interests and learn new skills for the future. “If you don’t offer opportunities, the lightbulb moments may never happen.�

schools will hold sixth grade orientation 8:30 a.m.-noon Friday, Aug. 5. Buses will run. Parents are welcome. Call your school for more info.

High school â– All Knox County high schools will hold freshman orientation 8:30 a.m.-noon Friday, Aug. 5. Buses will run. Call your school for more info.

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printers and different robots up close. Denso brought in a robotic arm, and “Henry� played Connect 4 against students. Henry has played over 2000 games and has only been beaten a handful of times – one of those times by Kazia Hoover. Green Mountain Coffee Company and Alcoa also met with the students and discussed manufacturing and the role of technology in business with the group. In addition to learning code and building robots, Gresham Middle School teacher Eric Stansberry incorporated team-building skills into the lessons and stressed that it’s okay to struggle as long as you don’t stop trying. Boys and Girls Club of the Tennessee Valley president Bart McFadden said of the program, “We

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with his feet, looking like a giant inchworm that had been attacked by a humongous bird. As the footsteps clumped closer, he hissed at Nick, “Do something! I don’t want my mother to see these jeans!� He struggled toward his closet, inch by inch.

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As Nick turned toward the door, the clumping footsteps stopped. He turned on his brightest smile, hoping that would keep Clay’s mother from suspecting anything was wrong. He slipped into the door’s opening, trying to look casual. Instead of Clay’s mother, Nick found himself smiling at Jazz, who stood just outside the bedroom, holding a filthy T-shirt, an enormous pair of gardening clogs over her own shoes. Nick’s smile vanished. “Jazz! What are you doing? You scared the pants off us!� “Yeah!� Clay said, hobbling behind Nick, pulling up his jeans. He took the shirt from Jazz and studied it. His anger disappeared. “Wow! This is disgusting! Thanks!� He popped it over his head. “Let’s get a move on.� Nick hesitated. Clay had been so scared about his mother seeing the jeans. “I don’t know about this,� he said. “About begging?� “Yeah. We aren’t poor. And you dressing up like that is, I don’t know, like cheating.� Clay frowned. “No, it isn’t. What about being a hobo for Halloween? Or a witch? Is that wrong?� “Well, no. That’s different!� “No it’s not,� Clay said. “Come on. Before my mom really gets home.� If what they were doing was all right, why was Clay so spooked? Nick wondered. They quickly finished their posterboard signs and crept downstairs. They collected the grocery bag and sneaked outside, hiding the bag by the garbage cans next to the garage. “One more thing,� Clay said. He stooped, grabbing a handful of soil. He rubbed it on his hair and face and then shook his head like a dog. “How do I look?� “Filthy,� Nick said. Jazz nodded enthusiastically. “Only shouldn’t you smell as bad as you look?� Nick reached for a garbage can lid. “What about rubbing some of this . . .� “No way!� Clay snorted. “Come on. We’re losing money just standing here flapping our lips.� As they walked toward the neighborhood mini-mall, Clay stayed behind Nick and Jazz so that he was shielded from people staring. Several people gaped anyway,

making big detours around them on the sidewalk. When they got to the m i n i - m a l l ’s parking lot, Nick turned to Clay, taking his sister’s hand. “We’ll go over there, by the ScudsySudsy Laundromat.� He pointed. Clay nodded. “I’ll stand by the front of Jerry’s Super-Duper Grocery.� Clay smiled. “Lights! Camera! Action!� N i c k watched as Clay walked through a line of parked cars. Clay’s sneakers looked too new and expensive for a homeless person. Nick wondered if it would ruin Clay’s luck and if he should tell him to go barefoot. Naw, he said to himself. He wanted to make more money than Clay, anyway. He turned to Jazz. “Ready?� She nodded. “Yep!� There was a line of benches in the front of the Laundromat, where people sat while their clothes were washing or drying. The benches were empty, so Nick walked to one in the middle. He helped Jazz stand on it and turned the sign right-side up for her to hold. Nick glanced toward Jerry’s SuperDuper. Clay was holding up his sign. From this distance, Clay looked like he could really be homeless. Several people walking into or out of the Scudsy-Sudsy glanced their way, but nobody stopped. “Let’s move closer to the door,� Nick said, helping Jazz to the next bench. A dog in a car parked in front of them began to bark. Nick turned to look. It was a mutt, small with scooped ears of different sizes. The moment it saw Nick staring, it began to snarl and lunge toward the windshield. “Nobody’s going to want to hear jokes around that!� Nick bared his teeth at the dog and shook his head. The dog paused and then shot to the side of the car. It seemed to scramble up the passenger window, hooking its paws on the top where the window was open. With a mighty growl-bark, it heaved up and squeezed over the glass. It fell in a heap on the ground and scrambled to its feet, tail straight up, mouth open and eyes squinted. With a furious bark, it came for Nick and Jazz. (To be continued)

Text copyright Š 2012 Avi. Illustrations copyright Š 2012 Timothy Bush. Reprinted by permission of Breakfast Serials, Inc., www.breakfastserials.com. No part of this publication may be reproduced, displayed, used or distributed without the express written permission of the copyright holder.

NORTH/EAST Shopper news • AUGUST 3, 2016 • 9

Nashville races foreshadow Knox bouts A different set of issues has fueled school board upheavals in Knox and Davidson counties, but watch closely the outcome of four elections Thursday in Nashville. Stand for Children, a group that funds candidates who are favorable to charter schools, has dumped some $200,000 into the races of four Nashville candidates who seek to replace incumbents. Dave Boucher, reporting in the July 29, 2016, edition of the Tennessean, wrote that Stand for Children had spent more than $700,000 in Tennessee to influence the August elections, including support for Republican challengers to GOP incumbents. Shopper columnist Betty Bean wrote two years ago

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how a stealth campaign in Grainger and Union counties ousted Dennis “Coach” Roach, a 20-year veteran from District 35. His crime? A vote against spending public money for vouchers to private schools. According to Boucher, Stand for Children is supporting Jackson Miller, running against incumbent Will Pinkston in the 7th District; Thom Druffel, running against incumbent Amy Frogge in the 9th District; Miranda Christy, running to fill the seat vacated

by the departing Elisa Kim in the 5th District; and Jane Grimes Meneely, running against incumbent Jill Speering in the 3rd District. Financial disclosures show $44,500 spent on fliers and another $40,000 for postage among the four Nashville races, in addition to $90,000 for polling and another $70,000 in advertising not specifically listed as going toward a particular campaign. Amazing. Similar spending in Knox County made Traci Sanger’s election in 2014 the most expensive school board race county history. Sanger is not running for re-election, and will be replaced by Jennifer Owen, a former teacher. Recent Knox County races have been driven by support for or opposition

to former Superintendent Jim McIntyre. With the exception of Sanger, antiMcIntyre candidates won every time. Interestingly, most were teachers or former teachers who strongly support public schools. These big spenders are not going away, regardless of Thursday’s outcomes in Nashville. In fact, win or lose we can expect to see them here in 2018 when Patti Bounds, Amber Rountree and Terry Hill will face the voters. Rountree has entered a doctoral program at UT and may not seek reelection, but know this. The Tennessee Education Association is based in Nashville. If it can’t stand against “Stand for Children” there, then there’s little hope the TEA can prevail in Republican East Tennessee.

CrossFit ex libro wins Co.Starter grant Brian Sheely, owner of CrossFit ex libro gym in West Knoxville, has received $10,000 as first-place winner of the Co.Starters training program. Randy Boyd, commissioner of the state’s Department of Economic and Community Development, funded the grant through the United Way of Greater Knoxville. Co.Starters is a 10-week course that allows entrepreneurs to build and test small-business ideas with customer feedback and input from local, successful business owners. At the conclusion of the program, participants pitch their businesses to a panel of judges. CrossFit ex libro offers CrossFit training, weight training, functional fitness and open gym classes and also offers self-defense classes for women. Sheely

Randy Boyd, commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development, congratulates Brian Sheely from the CrossFit ex libro gym. Not pictured are Terrence Carter, director of economic and business development for the Knoxville Area Urban League, and Ben Landers, president and CEO of United Way. Photo by Ruth White

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WEDNESDAY, AUG. 3 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, AUG. 4 Bee Friends beekeeping group meeting, 6:30 p.m., Tazewell Campus of Walters State Community College. Guest speaker: Aaron Burns from “The Burns and the Bees” will speak about organic beekeeping. Info: 423-648-4785.

FRIDAY, AUG. 5 Exhibit opening: “Connections” by Renee Suich, 5-9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 5, Broadway Studios And Gallery, 1127 N. Broadway. Exhibit on display through Saturday, Aug. 27. Info: 556-8676, BroadwayStudiosAndGallery@gmail.com.

SATURDAY, AUG. 6 Beekeeping workshop, 11 a.m., Marble Springs State Historic Site, 1220 W. Governor John Sevier Highway. Cost: $20. Info/registration: 573-5508 or marblesprings.net. Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee. Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org. Open auditions for the Tennessee Pirate Fest, 2-5 p.m., 125 Barrie Lane, Kingston. Craft and food vendor applications deadline: Sept. 1. Vendor applications and guidelines: TNPirateFest.com under the vendor tab. Tennessee Pirate Fest will take place Oct. 8-10 in Harriman. Info: TNPirateFest.com. Tour the Great Smoky Mountains National Park with Sam Venable, 9:30 a.m., GSM Heritage Center, Townsend. Cost: $60. Advance reservations

opened his facility in West Knoxville earlier this year and plans to use the money as working capital and to purchase equipment. The Knoxville Area Urban League hosts the training program for entrepreneurs at all stages, whether the business is just an idea or already in operation. “Co.Starters has been a great experience to see what is needed to help make a small business successful,” said Sheely. The next Co.Starter class begins Sept. 10, and the Knoxville Area Urban League is looking for applicants who are serious about starting or growing their business. Info: contact KAUL, 524-5511 or thekaul. org. CrossFit ex libro is at 5438 Hilton Industrial Way. Info: 243-4122 or crossfit exlibro.com.

required. Info/reservations: 448-8838. 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 parking free; concessions available. Bring lawn chair or blanket for seating. Info: ramseyhouse.org. Welcome home barbecue and picnic for Gulf War veterans (1990-2016) and their families, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., The Cove at Concord Park, 11808 Northshore Drive. Hosted by Vietnam Veterans of America, Bill Robinson Chapter 1078. Free food and drink. Bring lawn chair or blanket. Info/registration: vva1078.org.

business the Rotary guy Tom King tking535@gmail.com

Backpacks for kids This past April, David Hammontree was in Chicago at a sales meeting with the Essendant company. David is sales manager at A&W Supply, which buys its products from Essendant, its core vendor. David also is past president of the Rotary Club of Knoxville Breakfast. He overheard a conversation about a program involving backpacks filled with school supplies and the Essendant Charitable Foundation, and being a Rotarian he started connecting the Hammontree dots. That conversation he overheard has led to a partnership between A&W, the Essendant Foundation and four of our local Rotary clubs to provide 200 children at Pond Gap Elementary and Beaumont Elementary – 100 at each school – with new backpacks filled with school supplies for this new school year. The schools were selected because they meet the foundation criteria that 75 percent of the students at a school must be on the free-/reduced-lunch program. Four clubs contributed $2,500 to fund the backpacks and supplies. The Rotary Club of Farragut donated $1,000, and the Breakfast Rotary Club, the Rotary Club of Bearden and the Rotary Club of Knoxville each donated $500. Hammontree said each school will decide which students receive a backpack. A group of Rotarians, including District Gov. Fred Heitman, gathered last Friday at the A&W offices to pack the backpacks, and they will be delivered just as school begins. Bearden Rotary has a long history with Pond Gap, and the Rotary Club of Knoxville has been working with students and projects at Beaumont. “Last year Essendant did 79,000 backpacks around the country, and their goal this year is 100,000,” Hammontree said. “I hope that in years ahead we’ll have all of our seven clubs participating in this and also be able to tie it in with the Bearden club’s dictionary project of giving new dictionaries to every third-grader in Knox County schools.”

Now on Facebook The Volunteer Rotary Club, which meets at noon on Fridays at the Marriott, is now showcasing itself on a new Facebook page. You can find it by entering the URL into your browser: https://www.facebook.com/ volunteerrotary/?fref=ts

Valley Road, Maynardville. Proceeds to benefit pastor Larry Cooper, who has cancer. Spaghetti, pinto beans, hot dogs and baked goods will also be available for purchase.

SATURDAY, AUG. 13

Einstein Simplified Comedy Improv troop, 8 p.m., Scruffy City Hall, Market Square. Free admission.

An Evening of Hope, 7 p.m., Morristown-Hamblen High School West, One Trojan Trail, Morristown. Performers include: The Young Fables, Natalia Taylar. Proceeds will benefit Helen Ross McNabb Center’s services provided in Hamblen County and the Lakeway region. Tickets: $12. Info/tickets: mcnabbcenter.org/ AnEveningOfHope2016; Jennifer Boyle, 329-9120 or jennifer.boyle@mcnabb.org. Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee. Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 10

TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY, AUG. 16-17

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.

AARP Driver Safety class, noon-4 p.m., Larry Cox Senior Center, 3109 Ocoee Trail. Info/registration: 382-5822.

TUESDAY, AUG. 9

THURSDAY AUG. 11 “Abundant Color” luncheon sponsored by the Knoxville Christian Women’s Connection, 10:45 a.m., Buddy’s Bearden Banquet Hall, 5806 Kingston Pike. Speaker: Susan DeVos from McCormick, S.C. Topic: “Color Me Changed.” Cost: $12 inclusive. Complimentary child care by reservation only. Info/reservation: 315-8182 or knoxvillechristianwomen@gmail.com. Greenway Corridor Project public meeting, 5:30 p.m., John T. O’Connor Senior Center, 611 Winona St. Ross/Fowler landscape architects will present its findings, and city officials will discuss the immediate opportunities in moving ahead with the comprehensive greenways build-out plan. Info: Eric Vreeland, 2153480. “Grow a Rainbow: How to Cultivate Irises in East TN,” 3:15-4:15 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Free presentation by master gardener Christine Jessel. Info: 329-8892.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, AUG. 11-12

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 17 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, AUG. 18 Family Pajama Storytime, 6:30 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Info: 922-2552. Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee. Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org.

FRIDAY, AUG. 19 Meet the Artist: Lela E. Buis, 5:30-8 p.m., Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 1127B Broadway Ave. Buis’ exhibit, “Whimsical Creatures,” will be on display through Oct. 31. Info: 523-1401.

Rummage sale, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Rutherford Memorial UMC, 7815 Corryton Road in Corryton.

SATURDAY, AUG. 20

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, AUG. 12-13

Free Family Fun Day at the KMA, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park. Includes: art-making stations, artist demonstrations, face painting, glass blowing, a magic show, gallery tours and live music. Info: 934-2034 or knoxart.org.

Church rummage sale, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Beulah Baptist Church Fellowship Building, 1138 Raccoon

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