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September 14, 2016

BUZZ Veterans Park 5K fundraiser

at Vacuum Shop Studios

Veterans Heritage Site Foundation will host the Veterans Heritage Ridge Run 5K 9 a.m.- noon Saturday, Nov. 5.

The Ridge Run is a fundraiser for the construction and upkeep of the new Veterans Park at Sharps Ridge and will kick off Knoxville’s Veterans Week activities. Info/registration: https://runsignup.com/Race/ TN/Knoxville/TheVeteransHeritageRidgeRun5K or on Facebook.

By J.J. Stambaugh

Anybody but ‌ Knox County Schools will hold two public meetings on the Board of Education’s search for a permanent superintendent.

The intent of the forums is to gather input from parents and community members on the characteristics and qualifications they would like to see in the next superintendent. The meetings will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 15, in the Central High School auditorium, and on Tuesday, Sept. 20, in the Bearden Middle School auditorium. – S. Clark

FHS to host Wall of Fame banquet

Heather Hartman and Erin Mullinex discuss The Vacuum Shop Studios’ founding in 2013. The space in Old North Knoxville currently houses eight female artists.

Fulton High School Alumni Association will host the sixth Wall of Fame banquet and induction ceremony Thursday, Oct. 6, at Rothchild Catering and Banquet Hall on Kingston Pike. Meet and Greet will be 5:30-6:30 p.m., and the banquet begins at 6:30 p.m. Cost is $60 per person. Info: email fhsalumni@ hughes.net or contact Fulton High School Alumni Association, P.O. Box 27431, Knoxville, TN 37927-7431.

Photos by J.J. Stambaugh

Eleanor Aldrich works on a 3-D piece at The Vacuum Shop Studios. Aldrich often uses a combination of materials including silicon, caulking foam and oil paints, in her work.

Codes sweep in Fourth and Gill City inspectors will be conducting their third and likely last 2016 codes enforcement sweep in the Fourth and Gill neighborhood at 9:30 a.m.

Friday, Sept. 16. Inspectors will be walking the neighborhood’s streets, and when potential codes violations are spotted, enforcement inspectors will distribute information brochures to propert y owners.

Within 10 days, inspectors will return to see whether potential codes violations have been cleaned up. More traditional enforcement would come during the follow-up visits. No citations will be issued on Sept. 16.

The area is bordered by N. Broadway, I-40, E. Glenwood and E. Fourth.

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Knoxville may not be known for its art collectives, but a group of women in a studio just north of downtown is working to change that.

Known as The Vacuum Shop Studios, the rented space at 1326 N. Broadway gives its eight occupants a dedicated workspace far from their private lives that allows them to focus on creating works that will one day grace the walls of museums and galleries. The studio takes its name from the space, a former vacuum repair shop. “We need a place to be accountable to ourselves outside the home,� said Heather Hartman, a painter who uses a variety of tools ranging from acrylic paint to polyester mesh. “And, there is a camaraderie being with other artists in the space. You have an energy you don’t get in a studio by yourself.�

The Vacuum Shop Studios has attracted attention in the local art community since opening in 2013, and all eight of the artists recently exhibited their work at the Bagwell Center Gallery on the Pellissippi State Community College main campus in Hardin Valley.

While the lineup of artists has changed, every inch of space remains occupied by an artist with a distinctive vision. The common thread that binds together the eight current artists of The Vacuum Shop Studios is the University of Tennessee, where they all attended art school as undergraduate or graduate students.

Erin Mullinex puts together intricate collages from found images and her own drawings. She says that her work challenges people’s tendency “to categorize the world or make everything concise,� she said. “Where do ambiguity, beauty and our feelings come into it?�

Hartman’s unique work often features many layers of paper and paint and also makes extensive use of silkscreens.

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Midway vote draws sparks at MPC

public opinion is valued, but “citizens think lots of different things.

We listen to both sides, to all sides.

Sometimes there are more than two sides.�

And veteran member Art Clancy said, “We want to know what everyone wants us to know –not just people in the Thorn Grove Pike area.� He implied that most in Knox County favor a business park on this land, even if its neighbors do not, and compared it to asking residents of West Knoxville Thorn Grove resident Ed Reed if they want a cell tower versus said the 42 individuals or families asking visiting East Knox Counparticipating in that event voted tians if they want wireless service for farming or open space as the in that part of town.

But newcomer Charles Thomas best use for the almost 400 acres bought by Knox County for an in- challenged Clancy, a rare occurdustrial park. “Not one supported rence at the MPC. “There’s another view. a business park.� “It’s easy to think that building Reed questioned why public bodies like MPC even bother ask- an industrial park is going to bring jobs and business, and it might do ing for public input. it, but it might not do it as well as That struck a nerve.

Chair Rebecca Longmire said if it was built at another location,�

By Sandra Clark

Midway Business Park scored another win last week with an 11-4 vote by the Metropolitan Planning Commission to approve the site concept plan developed by multiple engineering and architectural firms with input from residents of East Knox County online and at an ice cream social in July.

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he said. The attorney and former member of City Council advocated for infill development in areas already zoned for commercial use. “We’re starting to realize that quality of life is an economic benefit. The most precious thing we have in East Tennessee is our natural beauty. East Tennessee rivals any place in the world, but if we’re not careful, we’re going to squander that. “One thing that draws people with resources to this area is the livability and natural beauty. ‌ When you enter Knoxville from the west, you see sprawl; when you enter from the east, you see a much more inviting area. ‌ I don’t accept this (business park) is an economic benefit.â€?

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best thing happen out there.� She supported the concept plan as did Elizabeth Eason.

With their votes, Clancy’s motion would pass.

But not before another new commissioner, Mac Goodwin, president of Town Hall East, jumped in. “We’ve got to protect the people who live there (from well water contamination). I’m not convinced this concept plan does that.�

Developer Scott Smith got the last word: “We develop on property that has sinkholes every day.

There’s a process set up where we deal with them ‌ work around them.�

The concept plan got 11 votes: Longmire, Clancy, Cole, Eason, Smith, Herb Anders, Gayle Bustin, Len Johnson, Patrick Phillips, Jeffrey Roth and Janice Tocher. Voting no were Thomas, Goodwin, Charles Lomax and Mike Crowder.

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health & lifestyles

From the treadmill to the trail

Gober uses Parkwest CROP to stay strong Bill Gober, 65, has hiked more than 1,000 miles of trails in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Lean and energetic, you’d never guess he suffered a heart attack just last year.

Gober gives a lot of credit for his recovery to Parkwest Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation (CROP), where he can still be found exercising when he’s not on the trail. The Maintenance Phase Three Cardiopulmonary Rehab Program at CROP is set up specifically for people like Gober who have had a history of heart or lung problems, and still want to exercise under the watchful eyes of medical professionals.

“The staff is made up of registered nurses, an exercise physiologist and respiratory therapists,” says CROP’s Amy Dale, RN. “We also have physician coverage throughout most of the day.” The program is open to the general public with physician referral.

“I like the fact that there’s Amy Dale, RN a crash cart in the corner,” Gober says with a laugh.

From trail to treatment Gober volunteers as a “trail rover” in the park, hiking the Laurel Falls Trail and helping visitors enjoy the park in a safe and responsible manner. It requires a fairly high level of physical fitness as he hikes the trail a couple of times during each shift.

Gober carries a pack with things like bottled water and first aid supplies. In his first aid kit are four aspirin for use in the event that some-

one on the trail has a heart attack.

On Sept. 30, 2015, someone did have a heart attack on the trail. That someone was Bill Gober.

Gober didn’t feel well when he pulled into the parking lot at the trail head after lunch that day. As he hiked up the trail, he felt pain in his chest. He assumed he was suffering from heartburn and indigestion, because a heart attack was the farthest thing from his mind.

“I’m usually Bill Gober has hiked 1,000 on the trail carmiles of trails in the Great rying on conSmoky Mountains National versations with Park. Park visitors are often people who are surprised to learn he’s a red faced and heart attack survivor. huffing and Working as a volunteer in the Great puffing when Smoky Mountains National Park, Bill I’m not out of Gober called in his own heart attack breath,” Gober a rock to rest. “I started thinking, while on the Laurel Falls Trail. says. “It wasn’t ‘what makes you feel this bad this even on my raquick? It’s not flu. It’s got to be food dar scope that there was anything wrong.” poisoning,’” Gober decided.

Sipping water in an effort to extinguish the Gober handed his pack to a couple of park burning in his chest, Gober reached the falls, visitors, and together they continued down and tried to ignore the pain that wouldn’t go the trail. His condition quickly went from bad away. He decided to turn around and go back to worse. He sat down near a creek, dipping a to his car for an antacid, but didn’t get very far. handkerchief in the cold water, pressing it to Out of breath, he stopped and sat down on his face and neck to try to cool off.

“I got up, I walked probably 20 feet, and I just laid down on the trail,” Gober says. Moments later he asked for his radio from his pack, pulling himself up and returning to the rock, because lying down had brought him no comfort. personnel before the patient arrives at Gober pressed the button on the side of the the hospital. radio, and reported his own medical emergenThe American College of Cardiology cy. and the American Heart Association “700, Laurel Falls Rover, I’m not feeling have set guidelines recommending that well. I need a carry out,” Gober said. Dispatch within 90 minutes patients undergo asked what his symptoms were. cardiac catheterization, and have “I’ve got intense heartburn, indigestion, intervention performed so that blood I’m fatigued and out of breath, and I have just flow to the target artery is restored started a cold, clammy sweat like I have never for acute ST-elevation myocardial sweated before in my life,’” Gober told the disinfarction (STEMI). Parkwest Medical patcher.

Center consistently meets or exceeds the Gober had come to terms with the fact that standards for prompt care. he was experiencing a heart attack.

“You’re always going to be in denial,” “700, I have four aspirin in my pack, and I’m Gober says. “Know the signs, and don’t taking them now,” he called. wait to call.”

As he waited on the trail, Gober thought about how embarrassed he would be if the lights and sirens came and it turned out to be nothing more than indigestion. Today, he’s glad he made the call.

KNOW THE SIGNS Gober remembers being carried down the ■ Chest pain or discomfort trail as passersby offered words of support and ■ Pain in shoulders, arms, were promising to pray for him. The man who back, teeth or jaw usually cares for others was moved by the compassion he experienced at a time when he was ■ Nausea, vomiting, sweating the one in need of help.

Gober was familiar with the excellent ■ Dizziness, shortness of healthcare offered at Covenant Health facilities breath, fainting and requested to be taken to one of their hos■ Prolonged “indigestion” pitals. The EMTs who responded took Gober to the closest tertiary (large hospital with spe-

Time is muscle

Making the move to call for help when heart attack symptoms first become apparent may very literally be a life or death decision. Early treatment for a heart attack can prevent or limit damage to the heart muscle.

Bill Gober was on a mountain trail when he suffered a heart attack. He confesses that while he was waiting for an ambulance, he thought about how embarrassed he’d be if his chest pains turned out to be nothing more than the result of indigestion.

“But that’s part of my message,” he says. “Listen to your body, and if something’s not right call for help because time is muscle.”

The more quickly a patient can get to the hospital, the better the chance of recovery.

Diagnosis and treatment can begin with emergency

cialty services) Covenant Health facility, Fort Sanders Regional in Knoxville. Upon arriving at Fort Sanders, it took only 11 minutes for a Covenant Health cardiologist to open Gober’s blocked artery.

It wasn’t until Gober was sitting in his hospital room sipping ice water the next day, a stent having been successfully implanted to relieve a 100 percent blockage that the severity of his situation began to sink in. With his family gathered around, he counted his blessings, and felt blessed to be alive.

From recovery to rehab In November, Gober was ready to begin the rehabilitation process. He chose to receive care through the Covenant Health facility closest to his home in West Knoxville, Parkwest Medical Center.

His first day was a difficult one. He labored with every step which was a hard to accept for a man who was accustomed to dashing down a trail in the nation’s most visited national park.

Registered nurse Amy Dale says the rehabilitation process was intense and purposeful.

“When he started the program it was a struggle due to extreme weakness and shortness of breath,” Dale says, “and he began his therapy at a very low intensity level lasting about 30 minutes.”

Gober set a goal of getting back on the Laurel Falls trail in time for spring break, and got to work building his strength so he could reach that goal. Walking on the treadmill, working the ergometer, lifting weights, attending classes, and anything else he was asked to do, he did.

The medical staff of CROP closely monitors patients in rehab, and that was something Gober took notice of and appreciated. As he began to improve, Gober started to feel like himself again, and he began to believe that one day he could return to volunteer on the trail that he loves.

“When he graduated from Phase Two Cardiac Rehab in February, he had progressed his intensity to a strenuous level of exercise for 50 minutes, and was tolerating the level very well,” Dale says.

Gober met his goal, stepping out on the Laurel Falls trail March 15 of this year. He’s back to being a trail rover there once a week, protecting the bears and helping tourists get the most out of the park.

Gober says he’s now in the process of trying to pay back and thank the people who had a hand in saving his life. While Gober is thanking the National Park Service by becoming a basic life support instructor and teaching life-saving skills to other volunteers, he’s thanking the medical teams by sharing his story with others.

The lesson Gober has learned is simple, and he will share it with anyone who is willing to listen. “Recognize the signs of a heart attack, and don’t wait to call for help,” he says.

If you want to know more about therapy at Parkwest CROP, call 865-531-5560 or visit us online at www.TreatedWell.com/cardiacrehab.

Or you could ask someone who’s been there. Hit the trail and catch up with Bill Gober. If you can.

Welcomes

Lekshmi Seemanthini, MD, MPH, FACC

Clinical Interests: Preventive cardiology, Arrhythmias , Hypertension, Coronary artery disease, Congestive heart failure Cardiology Associates of East Tennessee 9320 Park West Boulevard, Knoxville, TN 37923 (865) 373-7100 www.cardiologyassociatesofeasttennessee.com

Christopher Ellington, MD Clinical Interests: Lung cancer, Aortic aneurysms, Heart failure, Valve replacement and reconstruction, Myocardial revascularization East Tennessee Cardiovascular Surgery Group 9125 Cross Park Drive, Suite 200, Knoxville, TN 37923 (865) 632-5900 www.etcvsg.com

Parijat Didolkar, MD Clinical Interests: Adult cardiac surgery, Structural heart disease, Arrhythmia surgery, Esophageal disease East Tennessee Cardiovascular Surgery Group 9125 Cross Park Drive, Suite 200, Knoxville, TN 37923 (865) 632-5900 www.etcvsg.com

www.treatedwell.com

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NORTH/EAST Shopper news • SEPTEMBER 14, 2016 • 3

Todd Witcher: always a friend to wildlife Todd Witcher has spent his career studying, monitoring and protecting wildlife. “I’ve always worked in conservation,� says the Holston Hills resident.

Now executive director for Discover Life in America, Witcher spent 17 years at Ijams Nature Center before coming on board when the former DLIA director stepped down.

According to its website, Discover Life in America is “a small nonprofit organization based in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It is our goal to learn all we can about the ‌ species of life in the park, and share that information with

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scientists and the public.�

The organization’s primary project is its All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory. “That’s really the main thing,� says Witcher. He lists the four things his group attempts to discover: what species are in the park; where they are located in the park; if they are rare or common to the park; and “in what relationship do they exist? For instance, are

they pollinators, predators, or what?�

Most park visitors can name a few well-known animals, like deer and black bears, and plants such as Solomon seal and mountain laurel. But they might be surprised to learn that, according to DLIA, there are an estimated 60,000 to 80,000 species in the GSMNP. And they all have a place in its complex ecosystem. “Biodiversity is hard for folks to grasp,� says Witcher. As the country’s mostvisited national park, the GSMNP’s fragile wildlife system is under constant, though mostly unintended, assault. The DLIA seeks to monitor the health of all the

Jim Gentry

Master of knotting

By Carol Z. Shane Buffat Mill Road resident Jim Gentry practices a unique craft that has taken him all over the Southeast as a teacher, resident artist, demonstrator and curator. His pieces are found at Southern Highlands Craft Guild, Foothills Craft Guild and Fountain City Art Center shows, among others.

He’s practiced his craft for 50 years and is still just as passionate about it as the day he began.

Gentry is a knotter.

Anyone who grew up in the ’70s knows what a macramÊ world it was back then. The art of knotting string had taken a generation by storm. From plant hangers to purses to jewelry to wall art, macramÊ was everywhere.

But Gentry’s creations go far beyond plant hangers and the like. Necklaces and earrings hold semiprecious stones. Pendants hang from beautifully textured,

Artist Jim Gentry wears two of his intricately knotted creations. Photo by Carol Z. Shane beaded cords. Multicolored bracelets feature intricate

species in this richly diverse area. “Basically, we are promoting scientific research and saving animals,� says Witcher. “Sometimes it’s a big mountain to climb.�

This weekend, Zoo Knoxville will host DLIA’s biggest annual fundraiser, the Salamander Ball. It’s a costume party in which guests come as their favorite “Smokies critter.� Tina Rolen, assistant director of marketing for the zoo, says, “Zoo Knoxville and Discover Life in America share a passion for saving wildlife and wild places. We are honored to be chosen as the venue for the Salamander Ball. It’s a wonderful celebration of the incredible array of life that

surrounds us right here in East Tennessee.�

Witcher, who also runs Retro Salvage in Oak Ridge, has his hands full getting ready for the event. He and his wife, Cheryl, who works for Scripps Networks, are looking forward to a good turnout.

There will also be live music by the Vibraslaps, a silent auction, local beer, wine and Pollywog Punch, hors d’oeuvres by Holly’s Eventful Catering and free zoo admission with the purchase of a Salamander Ball ticket. The event happens 5:30-9:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 18, at Zoo Knoxville. Info: 865-430-4756 or shopdlia.org/catalog/5

Todd Witcher speaks at one of DLIA’s “Bioblitz� events, where the public is invited to help track and record wildlife for the day. Photo submitted

rock, and we also cut corn shucks into strips and made things out of that. You know, you make toys of what you have.� Gentry’s family farm was in Bedford County, Tenn., southeast of Nashville. Until he was 13, there was no electricity. “You have to understand, I grew up pre-TVA,� he says. “I studied by lamplight.� He went on to college Gentry donated this neck- at Middle Tennessee State lace/bracelet/earring set to University and did some a fundraiser for Covenant postgraduate study in art Health’s Hope Center. Photo and design at Peabody College. Further study took submitted him to California. Though he’s schooled in design and knots in symmetrical, geo- color, knotting has always been his focus and his primetric designs.

Gentry has enjoyed mak- mary craft.

During his teaching caing things with his hands since his boyhood in the reer, he was the first resident artist in Virginia’s 1940s. “Growing up on a small public schools in 1972-1973. farm,� he says, “we had While there, he appeared in twine string. We braided it a number of tutorial teleto make ropes for hay bal- casts. “It started out as one ing. Then we had colored program,� he says, “and wire for use in blasting turned into a 13-week se-

ries.� He spent many years in Western North Carolina and held six different positions, including executive director, in the Southern Highlands Craft Guild. He eventually returned to East Tennessee to be closer to his children and grandchildren.

He also spends a lot of time in Gatlinburg at the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts.

This week, he’s at the Fountain City Art Center curating the Foothills Craft Guild’s 50th Anniversary Exhibit. “We’re calling it ’50 plus?’ because we still don’t know how many artists we’ll have,� he says, “and also because it’s our 50-year anniversary. We’d like to think there will be 50 more. But who knows?� Enthusiastic and supportive of others’ art as well as his own, Gentry’s demeanor is lighthearted and curious as he unpacks boxes and peruses entries.

He grins and says, “I do stay busy!�

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Vacuum Shop Studios “My paintings explore light and atmosphere in an abstract way that alludes to a specific feeling or location in time and challenges what it means to see something,� she said.

Eleanor Aldrich uses several different media and techniques to create colordrenched 3-D pieces using everything from silicon to caulking foam to oil paints. “I’m technically a painter, but I use some sculpture elements as well,� Aldrich said. “I

From page 1 like to explore the tension between threedimensional objects and figures or the illusion of objects.�

The other five artists at The Vacuum Shop are Kelly Hider, Ashton Ludden, Chelsie Nunn, Deb Rule and Jessie Van der Laan.

While the studio is not open to the general public, all of the artists exhibit their work locally.

Info: www.vacuumshopstudios.word press.com

COMMUNITY NOTES â– Alice Bell Spring Hill Neighborhood Association. Info: Ronnie Collins, 637-9630. â– Beaumont Community Organization. Info: Natasha Murphy, 936-0139.

â– Historic Fourth & Gill Neighborhood Organization meets 6:30 p.m. each second Monday, Central UMC, 201 Third Ave. Info: Liz Upchurch, 898-1809, lizupchurch1@gmail.com.

â– Belle Morris Community Action Group meets 7 p.m. each second Monday, City View Baptist Church, 2311 Fine Ave. Info: bellemorris.com or Rick Wilen, 524-5008.

â– Inskip Community Association meets 6 p.m. each fourth Tuesday, Inskip Baptist Church, 4810 Rowan Road. Info: Betty Jo Mahan, 679-2748 or bettymahan@knology.net.

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

â– Oakwood Lincoln Park Neighborhood Association meets 6:30 p.m. each first Monday, Community Club House, 916 Shamrock Ave. Info: Bill Hutton, 773-5228 or s_wlhutton@ yahoo.com.

â– Edgewood Park Neighborhood Association meets 7 p.m. each third Tuesday, Larry Cox Senior Center, 3109 Ocoee Trail. Info: edgewoodpark.us. â– Excelsior Lodge No. 342 meets 7:30 p.m. each Thursday, 10103 Thorn Grove Pike. Info: Bill Emmert, 933-6032 or w.emmert@att.net. â– Family Community Education-Carter Club meets 10:30 a.m. each second Thursday, Carter Senior Center, 9036 Asheville Highway. Info: Anne Winstead, 933-5821. â– First District Democrats meet each first Monday, Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Info: Harold Middlebrook, haroldmiddlebrook@gmail.com; Mary Wilson, marytheprez@yahoo.com.

â– Old North Knoxville meets 6:30 p.m. each second Monday, St. James Episcopal Church Parish Hall, 1101 N. Broadway. â– Parkridge Community Organization meets 6:30 p.m. each first Monday except holidays, Cansler YMCA, 616 Jessamine St. Info: Jerry Caldwell, 329-9943. â– Second District Democrats meet 6 p.m. each second Thursday, New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, 2504 Cecil Ave. Info: Rick Staples, 3853589 or funnyman1@comic.com. â– Thorn Grove Rebekah Lodge No. 13 meets 7:30 p.m. each second and fourth Monday, 10103 Thorn Grove Pike. Info: Mary Jo Poole, 599-7698 or mjp1101@aol.com.

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Schedule fillers

No doubt you are excited, maybe joyous and possibly exuberant about Ohio University football coming soon to Neyland Stadium. I understand. You believe the Vols can handle the Bobcats.

This is not considered a big game for Tennessee.

Tickets cost less. Professional sellers are asking $20. Your neighbor may have some to give away.

Foes such as Ohio U. are schedule fillers for Tennessee – same principle as the meat industry using cereal to stuff hot dogs. Even famous brands can’t afford fillet of beef, as the Vols can’t play Alabama every week.

Marvin West

Thank goodness.

The Bobcats will get a million and change for driving down from scenic Athens and lining up at high noon. They will be expected to soak up some ambiance, see how life is in the highrent district and absorb a routine defeat. There is no shame in playing above your talent level. The chance to balance the budget and

possibly upset the big guys makes it acceptable and worthwhile.

The visitors have some credibility. Their coach, 71-year-old Frank Solich, has 30 years of Nebraska background and has won 76 games in his decade at Ohio. He is paid a lot less than Butch Jones, and less is expected.

This is not a home-andhome arrangement, but you might want to go to Athens sometime: college town, 80 miles southeast from Columbus on a side road, site of the PawPaw Festival, the Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center and a good journalism school. I’ve been there

as a visiting professor. Contrary to rumor, Ohio did not lose accreditation.

Going back to the General himself, such opponents are part of Tennessee football tradition. The record is 38-2-2 against Chattanooga, 25-1-1 versus Maryville, 12-0 versus Carson-Newman, 22-1 against Memphis and 75-29-5 against Vanderbilt – oops, wrong list.

You do get the idea: reduced challenge, enhancement of the coach’s career record, assistance as needed toward six victories annually and bowl eligibility, opportunity for reserves, possibility for Scouts and 4-H clubs to secure end zone seats under the Jumbotron.

Don’t be discouraged if you miss this one. Tennes-

see Tech is coming on Nov. 5 for Homecoming.

Indiana State and UMass will be here next year. East Tennessee State and TexasEl Paso are on the 2018 schedule. Georgia State, Chattanooga and rejuvenated Alabama-Birmingham will provide entertainment the following year.

It is a way of life for bigmoney programs, seven home games for seasonticket fans. There are better and worse ways of pulling it off. Some cupcakes appear more competitive. Alas, the Ivy League won’t take the bait, and Southern Methodist and Utah State can play only 12 games each season.

Truthfully, Ohio U. is some better than that. The Mid-American Conference is no place for sissies.

The Bobcats have several impact players – linebacker Quentin Poling, defensive linemen Kurt Laseak and Tarell Basham and wideout Sebastian Smith.

They do not have tailback A.J. Ouellette. He was injured in the opening loss.

They do not have veteran quarterback J.D. Sprague.

He gave up the game in the middle of August for health reasons – thoracic outlet syndrome. Yes, I had to look it up.

Solich says he remains excited about this team and this season.

“I really like this group. I think we’ll be hitting on all cylinders.”

We’ll see who does the hitting.

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

Northeast summit: A call for frank, focused discussion Sept. 29 is almost here.

Have you marked your calendar for the Northeast Economic Summit yet?

You are invited. Indeed, you, and the new businesses we hope will choose to serve us, are the reason for the event. We ask you to attend and actively participate. It’s our chance to display the opportunities to successfully open and run a business here. Your responses to the earlier survey questionnaire show you want better retail, restaurants and health care close to home.

What: The summit plan is to bring businesses and residents together to discuss neighborhood wants and for us to learn from our business counterparts what they need to open here, in the northeast quadrant of Knoxville.

The geographic area runs from Broadway/Central north and east to Magnolia and Asheville Highway.

Major segments or areas include Magnolia Avenue

Nick Della Volpe and the Burlington center, the lower Broadway corridor, Fountain City or upper Broadway, the East Towne mall and broader shopping district surrounding I-640 Exit 8, and also Asheville Highway to the Holston River.

Where: We will be hosting this economic summit at the O’Connor Senior Center meeting room, 611 Winona St., next door to the Y, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Doors open at 5 p.m. for informal meet-and-greet time. The basic group presentation starts at 5:30 p.m. Breakout sessions will follow at 6:30 p.m. where specific geographic areas will meet in roundtable format. We will reconvene in assembly for a brief recap from the small-

group discussions.

Why: This is free market exposure to budding new businesses before they plop down their hard-earned or borrowed cash. In a recent presentation to the East Towne Business Alliance, Jim Biggs of Knoxville’s Entrepreneur Center said the No. 1 reason small businesses fail is that they don’t sufficiently know what their customers really want. Resultant low sales morph into cash-flow difficulties.

For residents, it is a chance to express your demand-side needs to the supply-side businesses. You get to tell them directly what you want to see and be able to purchase locally. It is a match made in heaven.

Add to that the collection of demographic data (population, age spreads, income) from MPC, maps with traffic counts, and KPD crime statistics we have gathered and will share with you at the conference.

Who: We start with

you, the resident customers. There are 48,000 people who live in this north and east quadrant, and over 110,000 people within a 15-minute drive of East Towne, for example.

That’s a big market. Tens of thousands more live in nearby Union, Grainger and Jefferson counties.

At the meeting, the podium will be shared by MPC reps (Tim Kuhn and Terry Gilhula), Chamber and Entrepreneur Center reps (Doug Minter and Jim Biggs), along with the presidents of the four Business and Professional Associations active in this area (North – Art Cate, East – Alice Allen, East Towne – Justin Sterling, Fountain

City – John Fugate). They are familiar with the data and the issues and can help guide us to use our time wisely.

We are also inviting, of course, the Knoxville business community to join us.

We started down this path in the summer with

an online consumer survey asking you to tell us where you shop and to identify your retail and healthcare wants and needs. Your responses were compiled and will be made available.

What we need is frank, focused discussion. That’s where you come in. Help explore what is needed and what might work in North and East Knoxville. Identify opportunities, obstacles to overcome and possible governmental assistance to facilitate private investment. We aim to be a catalyst for positive growth. Important data from the summit will be posted on the city’s website for future reference.

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Reporter’s notebook:

Déjà vu for Bounds; Hello Harry Two Septembers ago, the school board ended up in a 4-4 tie between Mike McMillan and Doug Harris as its new chair. The board had to wait for new member Patti Bounds to return from a long-planned (and non-refundable) European cruise to break the tie. To no one’s surprise, she voted for McMillan after being deluged with phone calls, e-mails, text messages and people dropping stuff off at her door.

Betty Bean This year, due to what Bounds describes as a family emergency that required her to care for her 7-weekold granddaughter, Emmaline, while her family vacationed at Disney World, it happened again. She says she hated it ending up that way, but is keeping with her priorities of “God, family and work,” in that order.

She and husband Tommy watched via computer while the board deadlocked 4-4 between McMillan and

defines this part of Terry Hill – both town as a collection of whom Bounds of neighborhoods. considers friends.

“In the city it’s They’ll vote again always about neighnext month, and borhoods,” he said.

Bounds said she doesn’t know which “City government’s way she’ll go. been doing some really big things, She’d left a letter with the board Brad Anders but because of term Patti Bounds Harry Tindell secretary saying limits, we end up she’d be willing to serve, school board. He’s been out with half the council leaving should she be nominated of office for four years (Gloria on the same day, so there’s (she wasn’t), but said that Johnson and Eddie Smith are a constant need to bring in was more of a “just in case” fighting it out for his old seat), people with vision and pasand now he’s got his eye on the sion to keep things moving.” formality.

She doesn’t figure the District 4 City Council seat ■ When County Compressure will be as great this that Nick Della Volpe will be missioner Brad Anders, year, and with the benefit of giving up in 2017. who is exploring a race for Insurance broker Tin- county mayor, took hima half term of experience under her belt, she sounds dell is a Democrat, which self out of the running to doesn’t matter much in non- become commission chair, calm about what’s ahead.

“There’ll be those that partisan city races. While a story started circulating think, ‘She voted for Mike in Nashville, he chaired the that he did so because he’s the first time; she’ll do it budget subcommittee and under consideration for the again.’ Others will think, was respected on both sides job of E-911 director.

“That’s the first I’ve heard ‘She’s developed a relation- of the aisle. He’s been conship with Terry; so that’s the ducting a “listening tour” of it,” said Anders, a captain way she’ll go.’ In my mind, to gauge enthusiasm for a with the Knoxville Police it’ll be whatever’s best for potential run. He says the Department who serves on the kids. And who knows? response has been good. An the E-911 board. “I don’t It may not even come down analytical guy, he can reel think it looks right for me to me. Somebody else could off the district’s eight vot- to be on the board and try change their mind before ing precincts – 11, 16 and 31 to get the job. But I wouldn’t through 36 – and has lived say a flat no. Maybe I’m the it’s my turn to vote.”

■ Harry Tindell spent in four of them and run in best guy for the job – but 22 years as a state represen- five of them. He’s lived in the timing just isn’t right for tative and four years on the Alice Bell for 12 years, and me.”

Amy Broyles: A fighter till the end

By Sandra Clark Amy Broyles, 48, has wrapped up eight years on Knox County Commission, and most political types are speculating on her next move. Well, there are those nonpartisan City Council elections coming soon. ...

Broyles, a Chattanooga native, has lived in Knox County since 1985. She bounced onto the commission in the wake of Black Wednesday, eager to bring folks together.

She bashed into several block walls before finding a few new friends.

She served for the most part as the only female on the commission, and as one of just two Democrats.

There was the never-tobe-repeated softball game, which Broyles organized early on. This writer learned a couple of things that day: Craig Leuthold is a heck of a softball player; Ivan Harmon isn’t bad, and his sons are awesome. These Republicans had come to play – and win.

And there was Amy, pushing her little girls into the fray. If they didn’t get smashed by a line drive, they would surely trip over their way-too-big T-shirts.

That game was no place for babies.

And so it was for Amy. She entered the commission as a target for Lumpy Lambert; she left as a target for Mike Brown.

She will be remembered for the fights she waged and those she lost.

Amy Broyles, shown here with commissioners Sam McKenzie and Tony Norman, pioneered properly noticed meetings at the Time Warp Tea Room on North Central where commissioners could discuss the upcoming agenda and citizens could talk directly with commissioners.

She battled Mayor Tim Burchett as he tried to roll back spending launched by his predecessor, Mike Ragsdale. She fought hard for county money to CAC for senior transportation, even to the point of allegedly poking Burchett’s chief of staff, Dean Rice, with an ink pen.

Broyles was on the short end of a vote to allow permit-holders to carry guns in county parks, even though the city had banned such activity. (The Legislature ultimately valued gun rights over local autonomy to approve guns in parks statewide.)

Broyles convened gatherings at the Time Warp Tea Room, conveniently located in her district. She made sure media releases invited the public. When state Rep. Bill Dunn passed legislation to create a forum for commissioners to talk publicly online, Broyles used it most.

She often quoted Eleanor Roosevelt: “Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.

You’ll be damned if you do and damned if you don’t.”

Broyles was at the Unitarian Universalist Church when a gunman opened fire in July 2008, wounding several and killing two.

Her husband, Jamie Parkey, risked his life to help subdue the shooter.

It was life-changing for all present, but Broyles dealt with the repercussions on a public stage. Couple that with multiple surgeries, and you find a woman who battled personal demons.

Yet she optimistically answered a candidate’s questionnaire in 2010, saying she was running because, “I have spent my entire adult life working to make the world a better place.”

Why should voters elect

her? “There is no one who will work harder for them or be more available to them,” she wrote.

She listed preservation of Oakwood School as a district priority. Now the building, wonderfully restored, is home to several older adults from the community.

Broyles’ final public act came Aug. 26 in Nashville when she (with daughters, now 15 and 10, in tow) attended the unveiling of the Tennessee Woman Suffrage Monument in Centennial Park.

Less than 100 years after women got the right to vote (1920), Tennessee cities of Nashville, Knoxville and Clarksville have female mayors. But “women are still under-represented in all levels and all branches of government,” Broyles said.

“There is still much to be done before women can claim full equality.”

Gallman enters District 15 contest Rhonda L. Gallman has qualified as a write-in candidate for House District 15, which was previously held

by Joe Armstrong. She lives at 2431 Hoitt Ave. in North Knoxville. Her nickname, according to her signed form, is Mousie, and her phone is 865936-4647.

Gallman has spoken several times at public forum before City Council in the past year although she has not voted in a city election for the past 16 years. She is African-American as are Rick Staples, Democratic nominee, and independent Pete Drew. The district is majority Caucasian.

Gary Underwood is the last person in Knox County to be successful with a write-in campaign when he qualified to oppose the late Vice Mayor Hoyle McNeil for City Council in 1989. He won a spot in the runoff and was elected for three terms.

■ Harry Tindell, former state representative and former school board member, is exploring a race for City Council for the District 4 seat now held by Nick Della Volpe. Tindell, 55, served 22 years in the Legislature as a Democrat. He was considered a thoughtful, informed lawmaker who worked well with Republicans.

Lauren Rider is also considering a council race from the same district. If both run, it will be an active contest. The primary is scheduled for September 2017 when five current council members are term limited. They are Daniel Brown, Duane Grieve, Brenda Palmer, Nick Pavlis and Della Volpe.

■ Radek Sikorski, former Polish foreign minister, will speak at the Howard Baker Center on the University of Tennessee campus on Cumberland Avenue at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept.

21, as part of the Ashe Lecture Series. The public is invited.

Sikorski, 53, served seven years as foreign minister (2007-14) and was defense minister for two years prior to that. He was marshal (speaker) of the Sejm (the lower house of the Polish parliament) 2014-15 as well as an elected member of the Polish Senate and the Sejm.

He is an author and former journalist. He is married to Anne Applebaum, columnist for the Washington Post, and they have two sons. He will discuss his views on the future of Eastern Europe, the EU, NATO and USTransatlantic relations.

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■ Sidewalks: If there is any doubt the Rogero administration does not value City Council input on sidewalks, it showed up a few weeks ago when council was asked to approve new sidewalks on Ray Mears Boulevard, which already has a sidewalk. Vice Mayor Grieve had to ask why this was bumped ahead of other sidewalks in his West Knoxville district. No one from the mayor’s office had alerted him in advance.

The Rogero team says this project goes back to 2013 and council was told then.

But that was three years ago and work on it was slow to take three years to get it to council, which had long forgotten the prior notice.

Given that Grieve is not just a council member but is also vice mayor, one would have thought that the city would go out of its way to keep Grieve informed of sidewalk priorities in his district. Sheffield Drive has been a neighborhood priority for years, led by Sandi Robinson and others.

In an email to several council members, Robinson called it “distressing and perplexing.” She renewed her call for help for Sheffield saying, “What about the safety of children walking to school (West Hills Elementary)? There is a school issue to consider.

And the park facilities? Has (city) engineering redone a realistic estimate of costs?

And was a traffic study done as promised? We have asked for sidewalks for 52 years. What does it take to get our need recognized?”

Apparently, the Veterans Clinic wanted the sidewalk.

Council will continue to be denied consulting rights until members speak up and make it clear they must be consulted prior to approval. Grieve says council needs to have a discussion on building sidewalks in a “fair and needed manner” around the city. Grieve apparently wants the Sheffield Drive issue resolved, while Rogero has been silent.

■ Wanda Moody, former county commissioner, turned 87 on Sept.

8. Happy Birthday! She maintains an active life and is involved with her church, Bearden United Methodist.

October 22, 2016 Register Now Registration deadline to have your shirt mailed is October 5.

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Carter Senior Center

SENIOR NOTES â&#x2013; Knox County Mayor Tim Burchettâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Senior Appreciation Picnic, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16, John Tarleton Park, 3201 Division St. Info: 215-4007.

offers variety of activities

By Ruth B R th White Whit

â&#x2013; The Pointe at Lifespring Senior Living, 4371 Lifespring Lane, will host â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hard Hat Adventure!,â&#x20AC;? 3-6 p.m. Sept. 29.

Featuring Popâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kettle Corn, Sweet Smuckers Homemade Donuts and Pike House Coffee. â&#x2013; Carter Senior Center 9040 Asheville Highway 932-2939 Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Offerings include: card games; exercise programs; arts and crafts; movie matinee Fridays; Senior Meals, noon Wednesdays.

Register for: Lunch and Learn: Amedisys Dementia Training, 11:30 a.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 21. â&#x2013; Corryton Senior Center 9331 Davis Drive 688-5882 knoxcounty.org/seniors Monday-Friday Offerings include: exercise classes; card games; dominoes, quilting; Senior Meals program, 11 a.m.

Fridays. â&#x2013; Larry Cox Senior Center 3109 Ocoee Trail 546-1700 Monday-Friday Offerings include: exercise programs; bingo; arts and crafts classes. â&#x2013; John T. Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor Senior Center 611 Winona St. 523-1135 knoxseniors.org/oconnor. html Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Offerings include: Card games, billiards, senior fitness, computer classes, bingo, blood pressure checks 10:30-11:30 a.m.

David Curl works on his leg strength at the Carter Senior Center.

He calls the center a great place to gather and have fun.

Free Senior Day at the zoo Gentry Griffey Funeral Chapel & Crematory is sponsoring Free Senior Day at Zoo Knoxville on Tuesday, Oct. 4. Senior adults 65 and older will get free admittance to the zoo plus free parking and a 10 percent discount on concessions and gift-shop purchases. Last year there were 800 attendees, and Gentry Griffey is hoping to see that number increase this year.

The Carter Senior Center is tucked away right in the heart of the Carter community.

This hidden gem offers a variety of activities for senior adults, ranging from exercise classes, cards, Wii bowling, art and quilting. In addition to weekly classes, the center offers a history class, movie matinee and guest speakers.

One big draw is the centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exercise facility, where seniors build muscles and improve cardio health. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rarely without a guest or two using the equipment.

On Friday, Nov. 4, the center will host the annual â&#x20AC;&#x153;Turkey Trot.â&#x20AC;? Guests walk around the park surrounding the center, and the top winners receive a turkey.

The first 75 to register receive a free T-shirt, and this year Brandywine will provide entertainment.

The Carter Senior Center is located at 9040 Asheville Highway and is open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays.

Info: 932-2939.

Avoiding the flu and a scam or two

be a grandchild and ask for money, saying itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s for overdue rent, car payment or some such. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll ask for the money to be wired, begging the

By Ruth White The monthly luncheon at The victim not to tell his or her parents.

Community Center in Powell was all Sweepstakes and lottery scams about avoidance â&#x20AC;&#x201C; whether it be the are more common. The scammer flu or a scam. tells the person on the phone that Sonya Chairez of the Powell Wal- they have won the lottery and asks greens gave a free flu shot to each se- for a check in order to receive the nior who wanted one and could pres- winnings. In another, the scammer ent their Medicare card. has a winning ticket but needs imCasey Martin of Commercial Bank mediate cash, so they sell the ticket talked to the group about scams tar- for a fraction of the prize amount. geting senior adults. One scam is the In both incidents, the scammers â&#x20AC;&#x153;grandparent send money.â&#x20AC;? Scam- are able to walk away with cash bemers will call a senior pretending to fore the tickets are discovered as

Delpha Watson works out on the elliptical machine at Carter Senior Center. Watson has exercised about three times a week at the center for the past three years. Photos by Ruth White

fraudulent.

Martin advised people to be wary when they are told that their property taxes are increasing unless a fine is paid, or if they get a phone call from â&#x20AC;&#x153;the IRSâ&#x20AC;? threatening imprisonment if taxes are not paid. She said never give out personal and banking information over the phone and always ask questions. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s too good to be true, it probably is,â&#x20AC;? she said.

All Knox County senior centers will be closed on Friday, Sept. 16, for the annual Mayorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Senior Appreciation picnic. The event will be held 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at John Tarleton Park.

Sonya Chairez from Walgreens of Powell provides flu shots to seniors at The Community Center monthly meeting.

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The Rev. John Gargis celebrates recovery every day

cross currents

By Carol Z. Shane

The Rev. John Gargis, Fountain City United Methodist Churchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s associate pastor of evangelism, has a special place in his heart for the churchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Celebrate Recovery program, for which he is the facilitator. He himself has 14 years of sobriety under his belt.

For the last four years he has been a minister, first serving as pastor at Lincoln Park UMC, and, since July 2015, at Fountain City UMC. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s his second career, having previously owned his own technology companies in Knoxville. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also served on the staffs of Knox Area Rescue Ministries and Emerald Youth Foundation.

Gargis says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Celebrate Recovery (CR) is a Christcentered biblically-based program of recovery for all of those dealing with lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hurts, hang-ups and habits.â&#x20AC;? Based on the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, the CR steps each include a biblical reference. For instance, on the CR website the first step reads: â&#x20AC;&#x153;We admitted we were powerless over our addictions and compulsive behaviors, that our lives had become unmanageable. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I know that nothing good

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There is a season For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven. â&#x20AC;Ś (Ecclesiastes 3:1 NRSV) For everything, turn, turn, turn, There is a season, turn, turn, turn, And a time for every purpose under heaven.

A time to gain, a time to lose; A time to rend, a time to sew; A time for love, a time for hate, A time for peace, I swear itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not too late.

(Ecclesiastes, adapted by Pete Seeger)

The Rev. John Gargis and his family: son Sam, wife Becky and son Matthew (with dog Sandy) Photo submitted

lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.

(Romans 7:18)â&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;CR is my primary focus within the church,â&#x20AC;? says Gargis. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We average 120 people each time.â&#x20AC;? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a multi-faceted program which includes not only groups for alcohol and drug

addiction, but also a Celebration Place for children ages 5-13 and more specialized groups addressing such topics as codependency, family support, sexual integrity and a general â&#x20AC;&#x153;life hurtsâ&#x20AC;? category. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We will soon add a group for returning veterans that is known as â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Welcome Home,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;? says Gargis.

Child care is provided

during meeting time.

Celebrate RecoveryNorth starts at 7 p.m. each Tuesday night at the Sacred Grounds coffee shop at Fountain City United Methodist Church, 212 Hotel Road in Knoxville. Doors open at 6:30.

Info: jgargis@fountaincityumc.org or 865-6895175.

Temple Baptist remembers 9/11

By Stacy Levy Temple Baptist Church of Powell remembers 9/11. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are never going to forget what happened 15 years ago on that day. We have to always remember that we have a certain future because of our faith in God,â&#x20AC;? says Dr. Clarence Sexton, president and pastor of Temple Baptist.

Most folks remember where they were that fateful day.

Sexton happened to be in Colorado when his youngest son called. The Sexton family has a deep connection to New York City; they spent eight years there before coming to Knoxville so that Sexton could pastor at Temple Baptist Church.

Sexton and his wife had just been to New York and had dined at the World Trade Center in early August â&#x20AC;&#x201C; just weeks before terrorists struck. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Immediately, we sent a team to New York City to help and encourage and to bring a message of hope,â&#x20AC;? says Sexton.

Back in Powell following

September: the season of turning leaves, rolling school buses, blue skies and a time of harvest.

It is a time of memories: of death and loss, of beginnings and endings, of mistakes and triumphs.

There are American Indian names for the moon, depending on the season. Among the Cherokee, September is the Nut Moon. I can understand that! I remember a September when I was almost 11 years old.

The oak trees around our house produced a jillion acorns! We raked, shoveled, swept and hosed until we were heartily sick of acorns. Still loved the oak trees, but we could have lived a long time without seeing another acorn.

The bountiful harvest of acorns proved to be providential for the squirrels and other critters. That winter we had over 60 inches of snow, thankfully not all at one time! In fact, we missed so many school days, we actually had one Saturday make-up school day. That was less than popular with students and parents alike!

Those of you who are Knox Countians of a certain age remember, right?

There are folks who dread fall because winter is not far behind. I love it because the skies are so blue and the air is so crisp! Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to put on jeans and a jacket and roast marshmallows around a campfire!

FAITH NOTES â&#x2013; The Church of God of Knoxville, 5912 Thorn Grove Pike, will hold its annual Camp Meeting, 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday-Friday, Sept.

18-23. Everyone welcome. Info: 748-5403. â&#x2013; First Comforter Church, 5516 Old Tazewell Pike, hosts MAPS (Mothers At Prayer Service) noon each Friday. Info: Edna Hensley, 771-7788. â&#x2013; Park West Church, 7635 Middlebrook Pike, will host: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Permission to Laugh,â&#x20AC;? a three-day womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s celebration, Thursday-Saturday, Sept. 29-Oct. 1. Tickets: $45. Info/tickets: annasgate.org.

REUNIONS â&#x2013; The Gibbs High Class of 1996 will gather at the GHS homecoming football game Friday, Sept. 16, to continue celebrating its 20-year reunion.

The Crown College choir performs on Market Square Photos submitted 9/11, Pastor Sexton spoke about the certainty of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s presence, our hope for the future, and the resilience of our nation.â&#x20AC;?

That still holds true today, Sexton believes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;God is still on the throne! The reins of the universe are still in His hand. Every family needs to establish a sure foundation and teach their children biblical val-

ues. Our faith is not a contemporary experiment. It is a treasured heritage we are to pass from one generation to another.â&#x20AC;?

Sexton was the keynote speaker Sept. 11 at the Knoxville Civic Auditorium for a special memorial commemorating the 2001 attack.

The Crown College Choir (an extension of Temple Baptist Church) performed patriotic

selections and presented a special tribute to God and country with an emphasis on the Christian heritage that Temple Baptist embraces.

Prayer was offered for those whose gave their lives to preserve our freedom and those men and women today who are currently fighting to defend our nation.

Info: www.temple baptistchurch.com

Free, but food contributions welcome; info Jeanie Green, pcgangel1@yahoo.com or 865-659-1744.

â&#x2013; Beason family reunion will be held noon Saturday, Sept.

17, in the Big Ridge State Park recreation hall. Lunch will be served 1 p.m.

â&#x2013; The Knoxville Central High School Class of 1966 50th reunion, Saturday, Oct. 8, Beaver Brook Country Club.

Info: Gail Norris Kitts, gnkitts@ yahoo.com.

â&#x2013; Holston High School alumni all-class reunion, dawn to dusk Saturday, Oct. 1, at New Harvest Park. Former teachers expected 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

â&#x2013; Bearden High School Class of â&#x20AC;&#x2122;66 reunion is Oct. 14 at Hunter Valley Farm. Info: Joe Bruner, 399-5951 or jobruner 01@yahoo.com.

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Keshawn became the man of our house, since my Dad Keshawn left us a long time ago. He practices sports with us and acts kind of like a dad. He is also really smart, and he has always made straight As in school.

Keshawn and Talisha were born Sept. 11, 2001, and that connection has made Keshawn interested in homeland security since he could understand what it means. He also wants to get a college degree and get a job as quickly as possible to help his family get back on their own.

When the Career Magnet Academy opened in 2014, Keshawn knew that he belonged in the homeland security program offered there.

The Career Magnet Academy offers the opportunity for high school students like Keshawn to make significant progress toward an associate degree from Pellissippi State Community College in several pathways including homeland security. Through dual-credit courses, Keshawn has the opportunity to earn as many as nine college credit hours in ninth grade and another nine college credit hours in 10th grade, totaling 18 college credit hours at the culmination of his sophomore year in high school.

During his junior and senior year, he can take a variety of pathway-related dual enrollment courses at Pellissippi State Community College. These courses are designed to earn him the credits required for his respective degrees and certifications.

But first, there were challenges for Keshawn to meet this dream goal.

He had to apply to get in (as it is with all magnet programs), but the spots are not given based on ability, rather by random lottery.

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The next challenge was transportation, because getting all of us to all our schools every day – and the only two adults in the house to their jobs – is very challenging. But a shuttle picks up Keshawn from his high school and brings him to CMA. Then it brings him close to home in the afternoon.

Keshawn was so excited to know that he could graduate high school only a few credit hours short of an associate’s degree and be able to complete those hours during the summer after his senior year! He even gave up his plan of playing high school basketball, since CMA does not have an athletics program.

This is a great success story for our family!

Share your success story at oswaldsworldtn@gmail. com And if you have someone interested in CMA, the transfer window begins on Oct. 2. Students may apply on the KCS website at https://transapp.knox schools.org/.

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THROUGH TUESDAY, SEPT. 20 Open enrollment: beginner’s square dance class hosted by the Knoxville Squares, 7-8:15 p.m., Square Dance Center, 828 Tulip Ave. First two classes free for beginners. Info: R.G. Pratt, 964-2091.

THROUGH FRIDAY, SEPT. 30 “The Freedom Engine: East Tennessee Remembers 9/11” display, East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. The Freedom Engine went into reserve status in 2013. Upon retirement, several artifacts associated with the truck, were returned to East Tennessee and donated to the East Tennessee Historical Society. Info/museum hours: 215-8830; eths@ eastTNhistory.org; easttnhistory.org.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 14 Computer Workshop: Word Basics, 2-4:15 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway.

Requires “Introducing the Computer” or equivalent skills and preregistration. 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.

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, SEPT. 14-15 Live sound mixing workshop, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Laurel Theatre, 1538 Laurel Ave. Includes: basics of microphone usage, gain settings, monitor and house mixing, house and channel EQ, and use of mixing boards. Info/registration: 522-5851.

THURSDAY-SUNDAY, SEPT. 15-25 WordPlayers production of “Last Train to Nibroc,” Erin Presbyterian Church, 200 Lockett Road.

Performances: Thursdays and Fridays, 7:30 p.m.; Sundays, 2:30 p.m. Tickets available on line or at the door.

Info/tickets: 539-2490 or wordplayers.org.

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Bob Kronick: community schools pioneer

By Betty Bean One afternoon during the late ’90s, Bob Kronick was sitting in a barbeque joint at the Peavine Road I-40 interstate ramp pondering his next move.

He’d spent the day at a Middle Tennessee prison, and he was frustrated.

Kronick has a doctorate in social psychology and Bob Kronick chaired UT’s Department of Human Services from 19712001, when he moved to the College of Education’s Ed Psych and Counseling department. He had developed rehabilitative services for inmates, but things weren’t working as well as he’d hoped. Then he had a revelation: “It was too late. I wanted to do prevention and realized that I had to go to where I could find children and families – get them early. It’s like robbing banks. You go where children and families are, so I thought, let’s try schools.”

Today, Kronick’s visionary leadership has spawned 14 community schools in Knox County – 12 run by the Great Schools Partnership, the other two, at Pond Gap and Inskip Elementary Schools, by the University of Tennessee, under Kronick’s supervision. The program has expanded into middle schools, and offers a broad array of services and classes to students and families.

But that’s getting ahead of the story.

At first, Kronick didn’t have much luck, but he was relentless and kept

looking for ways to keep young people out of prison. He started Project First Offender and Community Alternatives to Prison and a group home for adjudicated delinquents. He worked with Chaplain George Dobler, an old colleague at Lakeshore, and with Loida Velazquez, who was doing pioneering work in college assistance for migrant workers.

But worthy as these projects were, they weren’t getting him to the kids.

Then Charles Q. Lindsey became superintendent, and Kronick again pitched his ideas about community schools. This time it worked.

“Lindsey said, ‘I don’t get it, but take the schools you want.’ He met with (former) Sarah Moore Greene principal Blenza Davis, and that made all the difference, he said.

“Between 1998 and 2001 I was rocking and rolling,” he said. He hooked up with educators from the University of Pennsylvania who had done pioneering work, and has had a collaborative relationship with them ever since (he says he lures them here with visits to Dead End Barbeque).

He got principals like Gussie Cherry and Mamosa Foster on board, plus promising graduate students like Elisa Luna (who later became principal of Inskip Elementary and nearly lost her life when she was shot by a disgruntled teacher she’d fired). The movement picked up steam when James McIntyre became superintendent in 2008.

In 2010, he got finally “big money” infusions: from Randy Boyd’s Pet Safe, the United Way, a business leader in

North Carolina who was related to a UT graduate, and from the Sidiqi Charitable Foundation, which funded three and a half gardeners: “You want fresh organic food? You come to my gardens, I’ll give it to you,” he said, sharing a story about students from Pond Gap’s community school program welcoming a new Sutherland Avenue restaurant to the community with a gift of produce from their garden. The community schools at Pond Gap and Inskip are open 47-48 weeks a year.

“We’d be open more, but I don’t have the staff,” Kronick said.

He was able to bring in in bright young people like Mark Benson from Arizona, who went to work at Pond Gap and is now the Great Schools Partnership’s Community Schools field supervisor. Benson considers Kronick his mentor and says there is no competition between the university-assisted schools and the GSP schools.

“Knoxville’s got a lot of good pieces, and I think we’re really ahead of the curve. We’re going to be the model for a lot of cities and townships who are thinking of creating a community schools initiative.”

He describes Kronick as “…a bull in a china shop. He’s non-stop. He keeps himself moving and focused on what he needs to do. We work closely with the UT coordinators and we have the same purpose. We want to make the community schools strategy grow in East Tennessee.”

Next week: A look at individual schools and programs.

UT Federal Credit Union joins ‘Cash for Classrooms’

By Sandra Clark UT Federal Credit Union has joined Angela Floyd School for Dance and Music in the upcoming “Cash for Classrooms” promotion, cosponsored by Shopper News. We are seeking at least three more sponsors.

UT Federal Credit Union was chartered in May 1969 in Knoxville.

It is membership-based

The website reads: “The heart of a credit union is its membership and as such it seeks to encourage savings, provide members with access to lower cost loans and with its main office on support the financial well White Avenue near UT and being of its members.”

Debbie H. Jones is presibranches on campus at the University Center, at UT dent/CEO. The Shopper News sales Medical Center, in Franklin Square and on Emory Road team is currently contacting businesses with a promonear I-75.

tional offer that includes a Cash for Classrooms sponsorship.

Our goal is to raise $5,000 this year to donate straight to classrooms in increments of $250.

We’ll start taking applications once the sponsorships are locked. Keep watching this space for details on applying. Want more information? Call 661-8777.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 17

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 21

“Art In The Heart of Hamblen County,” 10 a.m.4 p.m., Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park, 350 W. Ninth North St., Morristown. Featured premiere guest artist: Aurora Harrison Bull. Free admission. Activities include: live entertainment, demonstrations, food, children’s art activities and more. Info: Peggy Brewer, 423-312-8325, pbrewer@charter.net; morristownart.org.

East Tennessee Border Collies adoption event, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Agri Feed Pet Supply, 5716 Middlebrook Pike. Info: 584-3959.

Marine Mud Run, Melton Hill Park. Annual fundraiser for Knoxville’s Marine Corps League Detachment #924. Participants can run individually or as a team; includes a 200 meter kids race and awards for all age brackets and team categories. Info: knoxmud.org.

Rummage sale, 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., St. James Episcopal Church, 1101 N. Broadway. Household items, toys, children’s clothing, collectibles, books, accessories, furniture and more. Cash only. Info: 523-5687.

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

Info: 689-2681.

Computer Workshops: Internet and Email Basics, 2 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Requires “Introducing the Computer” or equivalent skills. 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.

MONDAY, SEPT. 19 Monday Night Book Club: “Gray Mountain” by John Grisham, 6-8 p.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 20 AAA Driver Improvement Course, 5:30-9:30 p.m., AAA office. Four-hour course helps reduce points for traffic offenders and teaches how to reduce risk while driving. Cost: $30 members/$35 nonmembers.

Must preregister. Info/registration: Kate, 862-9254, or Stephanie, 862-9252.

ETTAC will host a session for people with disabilities to register to vote and learn to use a voting machine, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., ETTAC’s office, 116 Childress Street. Special appointments available for those unable to make the Tuesday session. Info/registration: 219-0130 or ETTAC front desk.

Homeschoolers @ the Library: Meteorology with Matt Hinkin, 11 a.m.-noon, Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Info: 922-2552.

Medic blood drive, 1:30-5:30 p.m., Food City, 7510 Asheville Highway.

TUESDAY AND THURSDAY, SEPT 20 & 22 Free Basic Computer Skills class, 8:30 a.m.- noon, Knoxville Area Urban League, 1514 E. Fifth Ave. Includes: Windows basics, files management, tools, programs, documents, email, Internet and more. Certificate from Pellissippi State upon completion. Registration required. Info/ registration: Bill or Jackie, 524-5511.

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, SEPT. 21-22 AARP Driver Safety class, noon-4 p.m., O’Connor Senior Center, 611 Winona St. Info/registration: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 22 “Bulbs: Now is the time! They’re not just for Spring Blooms,” 3:15-4:15 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Presented by master gardener Alice Greene. Info: 329-8892.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, SEPT. 23-OCT. 9 “The Lion, Witch & the Wardrobe,” Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Ave. Performances: 7 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 1 and 5 p.m. Saturdays, 3 p.m. Sundays. Info: 208-3677, knoxvillechildrenstheatre. com, zack@childrenstheatreknoxville.com.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 24 AAA Driver Improvement Course, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., AAA office, 100 W. Fifth Ave. Eight-hour course helps reduce points for traffic offenders and teaches how to reduce risk while driving. Cost: $40 members/$50 nonmembers. Must preregister. Info/registration: Kate, 862-9254, or Stephanie, 862-9252.

Adopt-A-Golden event, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Agri Feed Pet Supply, 5716 Middlebrook Pike. Info: 584-3959.

Luttrell Music Festival, 10 a.m., Luttrell Park, 115 Park Road in Luttrell.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Dancing Spider Yoga, 11 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. For kids ages 3-9 and their parents. Info: 689-2681.

Senior ballroom dance, 7-9 p.m., Halls Senior Center, 4405 Crippen Road. Admission: $5. Live music provided by the Nigel Boulton Band. Info: 922-0416.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, SEPT. 24-25 Auditions for Encore Theatrical Company’s production of “Mary Poppins,” 2 p.m., Inman Humanities Complex, Walters State Community College. Casting 25-30 people, including one boy and one girl ages 10-12.

Info/audition requirements: etcplays.org.

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Bunch wins Food City prize Food City officials awarded the grand-prize package from their Ultimate Battle Pass sweepstakes to Kenneth Bunch of Oliver Springs. The presentation took place at the Deane Hill Food City in Knoxville, TN. The contest ran Aug. 3-30 in all Food City locations. Customers gained automatic entry each time they purchased five participating items, using their Food City ValuCard.

Mail-in entries were also accepted.

Bunch’s prize pack included eight premium tickets to the Pilot Flying J Kenneth Bunch of Oliver Springs won the grand prize of the Ultimate Battle Pass promotion by Battle at Bristol presented Food City. Food City executive vice president of store operations Mickey Blazer congratulates

by Food City, eight pre- Kenneth Bunch as district manager Joe Greene, store manager Robert Hillard and Lennie Lawmium tickets to the Honda son with Gateway Ford-Mazda of Greeneville join in congratulating the winner. Photo by Ruth White Ridgeline Tailgate Party Emerson Breeden, Food featuring Kenny Chesney, 3 or Ford Focus, provided ebration were his wife, Me$1,000 cash, X-Box One by Gateway Ford-Mazda of lissa; Logan, Andrew and City director of community Jackson and his sister-in- relations for the Knoxville game system and a new car Greeneville, Tenn.

Joining Bunch at the cel- law, Sabra Beauchamp.

Division also was on hand.

– his choice of a 2016 Mazda

‘Elvis’ is coming to town

By Carol Z. Shane “My dad, R.W. Blackwood, was Elvis’ hero,” says Ron Blackwood. “He was Elvis’ favorite singer.” Ron, now retired and living in Texas, manages bookings for the Blackwood Quartet, the most recent incarnation of the family gospel singing group begun in 1934 by brothers Roy, Doyle and James Blackwood, and Roy’s son R.W., who was Ron’s dad.

As a teenager, Elvis Presley listened to and admired the Blackwood Quartet. He longed to sing gospel, too.

When R.W. Blackwood was killed in a plane crash in 1954, Elvis came to the funeral. And R.W.’s brother, Cecil, stepped in to keep the quartet singing.

The ties between the Blackwoods and the Presleys were tight. Cecil went to Sunday school with the singer. The family also offered support to devastated Presley when the singer’s mother, Gladys, died. Later on, when Presley finally got to sing gospel, the Blackwood Quartet provided backup vocals.

On Oct. 7, you can hear the current Blackwood Quartet led by Mark Blackwood, Cecil’s son. They’ll be

fast Rotary Club is a topnotch organization that provides various services to our community,” says Mark Blackwood. “They put on a concert each year as a fundraiser to support their service efforts. We are so happy to be a part of it.

“We are really looking forward to the concert here in Knoxville. We have worked with Ryan Pelton on many occasions and it’s always a pleasure. It’s going to be a great show.”

Doug Lesher encourIn this rare photo from the Blackwood family collection, El- ages anyone who wants to vis appears with pianist Jackie Marshall, Blackwood manager “go out and just have a very Doyle Blackwood, lead singer James Blackwood, tenor Bill entertaining evening, enjoy Shaw, baritone Cecil Blackwood and bass J.D. Sumner. great gospel music as sung

by Elvis and support local charity initiatives” to come backing up Ryan Pelton, one Vegas-style featuring Elvis’ to the show. Of the Blackof the world’s premiere Elvis gospel years,” says Tom Von wood Quartet, he uses one of Mark Blackwood’s favorimpersonators and winner Berg, event producer. of the 2015 Elvis Tribute The Breakfast Rotary ite lines: “They’re going to Industry Award, in a show Club is one of seven Rotary ‘sing you happy!’”

The Knoxville Breakfast presented by the Break- Clubs in the greater Knoxfast Rotary Club of Knox- ville area. “Breakfast Ro- Rotary Club annual benville. Event co-chair Doug tary has its own group of efit starring the Blackwood Lesher says, “Ryan Pelton is charities,” Von Berg says, Quartet and Ryan Pelton as extremely and eerily simi- and the benefit concert “en- Elvis happens at 7:30 p.m. lar to Elvis.” He is indeed, ables our club to continue Friday, Oct. 7, at the Knoxeven without makeup and to provide support for the ville Civic Auditorium. Recostume. If you still miss smaller charities that are of- served seating is $48 and the King and just can’t get ten missed,” such as main- VIP admission is $100. enough of him, you need to tenance and renovation of Tickets: 865-656-4444 or knoxvilletickets.com. Info: area elementary schools. attend this show.

“It’s a great show Las “The Knoxville Break- 865-675-5901.

The fair’s

By Ruth White There isn’t much sweeter than a freshly dipped candied apple at the Tennessee Valley Fair, and volunteers from Fairview United Methodist Church (along with Oakwood UMC) love to share them each year.

I stopped by Fairview United Methodist Church last week to see how the apples were progressing. Dale Monday said that the candied apples have been part of the fair for 64 years and that the group is the oldest vendor at the annual event.

The idea was adopted from a church fundraiser between then-First Evangelical United Brethren and Forestdale EUB churches.

The women’s group wanted to raise money for missions, and a fair operator at the church showed them how to make the sweet treat. Monday said that over the years the recipe has remained the same (with slight tweaks) through generations. Mon-

day’s family is in its fourth generation of apple dippers.

Once Nick Vesser and Jerry Silcox (the last of the original apple dippers) coat the apples with the candy shell, bunches of volunteers spend hours wrapping them in cellophane and boxing them up for the fair. Each year, volunteers share their craft and longstanding tradition by producing close to 20,000 apples for fairgoers during the 10-day period.

Roy and Cheryl Hodge enjoy wrapping the apples.

They met at the fair in 1978 when she was selling candied apples and he was selling cotton candy. They married on opening day of the 1980 fair – Sept. 5 – and the fair still holds magical memories for them.

This year, the fair opened on Sept. 9 and runs through Sunday, Sept. 18. It’s the only place these candied apples are available, so don’t wait – head on out to Chilhowee Park!

Salvation Army accepting applications for Christmas programs The Salvation Army is accepting applications for its Christmas assistance program for children 12 and under or adults 60 and over. Last year more than 1,600 children and about 150 senior citizens received Christmas gifts through the Angel Tree program.

Applications will be accepted 9 a.m.-noon through Friday, Sept. 16, and 1-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, Sept.1923, at the Salvation Army office, 409 N. Broadway.

Info/list of items to bring: 525-9401.

Jerry Silcox takes a break from dipping to wrap some apples for the fair. Photos by Ruth White

business the Rotary guy Tom King tking535@gmail.com

Free Flu Shot Saturday marks 25th year After more than 220,000 injections and $870,000 raised for the Empty Stocking Fund, the annual fall event known as Free Flu Shot Saturday will celebrate its 25th anniversary on Saturday, Oct. 1. Throughout the years, helping with this event has been a labor of love for Rotarians in Knoxville.

It was a Rotarian who was key in the creation of Free Flu Shot Saturday. Dr. Charlie Barnett was a member of the Farragut Rotary Club when he and Dr. Bruce Montgomery got the ball rolling in 1991. It was Barnett’s idea to encourage people to get a flu shot and to educate the community about the health risks of flu.

“On the first Flu Shot Saturday, we gave 1,000 flu shots,” Barnett said.

Both Barnett and Montgomery will be working again on Oct. 1, helping nurses and University of Tennessee College of Nursing students draw the serum and give the injections at six locations around town – Farragut, West, Austin-East Magnet, Halls and Carter high schools and South-Doyle Middle School.

And at each location you will find members of Knoxville’s seven Rotary clubs handling the paperwork and administrative jobs, helping park cars, accepting Empty Stocking Fund donations and doing anything else that needs doing. The event officially runs from 8 a.m. until noon, but in the past most sites have run out of vaccine before noon.

Donations are accepted and appreciated from those receiving shots, but not required. BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Health Foundation has donated thousands to the cause and has been the primary donor for the program for some years. Other donors and supporters include Summit Medical Group and the Knoxville Area Rotary clubs.

Angie Howell of the News Sentinel says that there will be enough serum for approximately 5,500 shots.

The 2016-17 flu vaccine protects against three influenza viruses that research indicates will be most common during the upcoming season – H1N1, H3N2 and B/Victoria Lineage.

Get your flu shot, help the Empty Stocking Fund and thank a Rotarian!

News from Office of Register of Deeds

August goes in record books Sales and lending produce largest August output since ‘07

By Sherry Witt The beginning of summer was promising for local real estate and lending markets, but the end may prove even better. For the month endWitt ing Aug. 31, there were 1,263 property transfers in Knox County, making it the busiest August since 2007. Last year 1,026 sales were recorded in August.

The total value of property sold during the month was a whopping $355 million – more than $150 million ahead of the pace set last August when $198 million worth of real estate changed hands. More than $2.1 million was collected in fees, transfer taxes and mortgage taxes for the month, making August the largest month of 2016 in terms of total revenue.

Mortgage lending also

saw its biggest output of the year, as approximately $481 million was borrowed against real property in Knox County, easily surpassing July’s aggregate of $354.4 million.

There were two large commercial transactions of note here last month. One was the transfer of Summit Towers, a downtown residential complex, which was sold to Summit 2192 TN LLC for $17.1 million. The other was the much anticipated sale of Knoxville Center Mall, which was deeded to Knoxville Partners LLC for a purchase price of $10.2 million.

The largest mortgage loan of the month was secured by a Deed of Trust in the amount of $39.3 million, financing a residential complex off Clinton Highway known as Woodland Meadows. Close behind was a Construction Deed of Trust to Riverwalk Investors LLC to secure financing of $32.6 million for a development off Blount Avenue near the South Knoxville riverfront.

BIZ NOTES ■ Ravi S. Mehta, MD, cardiologist and interventional cardiologist, is affiliated with Tennova Healthcare at Turkey Creek Medical Center. Info: 865-8366682. He was most recently in private practice in Chicago, after working 14 years in Knoxville. He earned his medical degree in India and completed his residency at the University of Illinois.

He is board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease, interventional cardiology, echocardiography and cardiac computed tomography.

■ Jack Thompson, CPA, is the CEO of Knoxville-based Summit Strategic Solutions, a company launched in 2015 by Healthcaring Ventures to develop innovative consumer-focused healthcare delivery systems. The company currently provides core management services to

the race included Daniel da Rosa, Kirk Fredrickson, Jamie Gass, Jeremy Guy, Chip Keim, Chris Kimble, Jena Kreuzer, Brittney Parker, Charlie Wallin and Bill White.

■ Knox Heritage is accepting nominations for the 2016 Preservation Awards to recognize preservationists and their work. Info: knoxheritage.org

Dr. Mehta

Thompson

Knoxville-based Summit Medical Group.

He previously was president and CEO of Health Matrix LLC in Houston.

■ Gerdau, Knoxville steel recycler, raised $800 to support childhood cancer research through participation in the Butterfly Fund 5K race in Sequoyah Hills Park. Employees who participated in

■ Colby McLemore of Colby’s Photography was named a gold medalist during the 2016 International Photographic Competition sponsored by the Professional Photographers of America. A panel of 46 jurors from across the United States selected the top photographs from nearly 5,700 submitted entries. McLemore was one of 102 gold medalists.

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News from Social Media 4 Seniors

Social Media 4 Seniors helps you ‘get

By Sandra Clark Jennifer Dancu says there are dozens, perhaps hundreds, of reasons for seniors to use social media. There are as many reasons as you have family, friends and loved ones with whom you want to stay connected.

Phone calls and even Dancu email are yesterday’s communication innovations. These days connecting is quick and painless.

(Did we mention actually writing notes?)

Dancu is visiting places where seniors congregate to offer tutorials on social media, but her real business is workshops and private sessions.

Why should seniors care about social media?

■ To keep in touch with kids, grandkids and even great grandkids!

■ To learn more about topics that interest them by doing research

■ Use social media to ask questions ■ For entertainment ■ To learn something new!

■ To share about your life now or what it was like growing up and how things have changed ■ To meet others ■ To take advantage of sales and online opportunities The opportunities have never been greater to research your family lineage or find

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that old friend Jennifer Dancu works with seniors at O’Connor from high school.

Center to explore Skype, Facetime, text mesSocial media are saging and other applications to keep them driven by powerconnected with their loved ones. ful engines that quickly sort literally millions of data points.

If your friend is using the Internet, you can find him or her with a few key strokes.

A study from the American Psychological Association found that participation in social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram can bolster cognitive health for seniors, Dancu said.

And, according to Pew Research, 59 percent of adults over the age of 65 are online.

Forty six percent of this group are active on social media. use the smartphone or tablet her on social media (kidding) Even the Presidential you’ve already got. And that’s or phone her at 865-437campaign has Twitter erupwhere Jennifer Dancu comes 6556. She will tell you about tions from one candidate or in. workshops or schedule a another.

“Every accomplishment private session. What have There’s no need to be lonely starts with the decision to you got to lose? Info: jdancu@ with new and old friends just a try,” she says. You can contact socialmedia4seniors.net few keystrokes away.

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Buddy Willett, Morning Pointe of Clinton, owns an iPad, desktop computer and smartphone.

While he is an avid user, many seniors need help.

Jennifer Dancu with Social Media 4 Seniors will visit Morning Pointe today (Sept. 14) to work with them.