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JULY 11, 2011

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Happy Birthday America!

Powell celebrates with parade and community picnic

When Billy Sunday came to town

By Greg Householder

See Dr. Tumblin’s story on page A-6

The weather was hot but perfect – not a cloud in sight. The rain and thunderstorm would come later in the afternoon.

The annual Powell Lions Club Fourth of July Parade went off without a hitch.

But the real fun began after the parade was over. The Powell Business and Professional Association provided a lunch of hot dogs at Scarbro Field along with inflatables for the kids.

New this year was the “community business fair” set up by PBPA members where the community could

NEIGHBORHOOD BUZZ

Noweta to visit Heiskell seniors Noweta Garden Club members will demonstrate floral/garden design from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.

Thursday, July 14, at the Heiskell Community Center seniors program. Jenny Mason with Ageless Grace also will speak and show senior-friendly exercises designed to keep seniors limber and flexible.

Lunch will be served at noon and will be sponsored by a grant from the Margaret Loving Foundation of the Holston Conference United Methodist Church. Seniors are encouraged to bring a dessert and a friend. Info: Janice White, 548-0326.

visit and learn about local businesses.

Many provided much needed water to parade goers.

Also new this year was the Powell Playhouse. The group not only had a float in the parade staffed by the cast of the its performance of “The Curious Savage” last month, but it also set up shop with a booth in the field and handed out schedules for performances and events through next June.

Another newcomer to this year’s parade was the Pet Parade contest sponsored by the Knox North Lions Club.

Pets were decked out in their patriotic best and spectators could vote with a $1 donation per vote. Abby, owned by Glenda Harbin was the winner.

The reigning Miss Knoxville, Katie Kendall, was the grand marshal.

More photos on page A-3

And the winner is … Abby! Abby and her owner, Glenda Harbin, show off the hardware from winning the Knox North Lions Club pet parade.

Although it’s a long way until Halloween, the ghouls from Frightworks help celebrate America’s birthday.

FEATURED COLUMNIST LARRY VAN GUILDER

News flash

The honor of providing the color guard for this year’s parade fell to members of Boy Scout Troop 238.

Burchett ain’t Ragsdale See page A-4

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If ever a dynamic, energetic and smart business woman was born, it has to be Kim Cook.

A couple of years ago she opened her Wear Else! consignment store in the Rocky Hill Center on Northshore Drive. Business was great.

Last October the store burned to the ground. Everything was lost.

Just a few months later, like the mythological Phoenix rising from the ashes, Kim opened the doors to a brand new and fully restocked store in the same location.

Business has always been brisk at the store, which carries men’s, women’s and children’s clothing; medical scrubs; maternity clothes; wedding dresses and attire for the entire wedding party; shoes; handbags; jewelry; and the like.

But Kim, being the savvy business woman she is, wanted a way to track her customer base. While chatting with them, she learned they weren’t coming just from West Knoxville, but from other areas of the county as well.

She explained all of this to her equally savvy Shopper-

News advertising representative, Paige Davis, who devised a right clever scheme to get the answers Kim needed.

Wear Else! started running store coupons in the zoned editions of the paper, using a different color for each part of town where the paper is delivered.

The plan worked like a charm. Of the first 20 coupons customers redeemed, 18 were from Powell residents.

“That was the sign I had been looking for,” Kim says. “I knew that was where I needed to locate next. My sister and I got in the car and drove straight to Powell.”

The new location, at 7550 Brickyard Road, right behind the Bojangles on Emory Road, had been the location of a bread store. You would never know it now. It has been completely transformed.

“I called the owner the day I saw the place, then I called my contractor and we started moving walls, building dressing rooms, painting and putting down new carpet. From the day I saw it until the day we opened was just six weeks, and I took off a week in there somewhere to go to Florida.”

Kim Cook readies for the grand opening at the new branch of her Wear Else! consignment shop on Brickyard Road in Powell.

Photo by Ruth White

The remodeling didn’t quite go off without a hitch, though.

“We fought a few storms,” Kim says. “The night before the June 24 opening I had 15 people in there working when the power went out.

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The power finally came back on at 9:30 that morning.”

The new store opened right on time at 10 a.m.

Kim says business is “wonderful” at the new location.

“When we opened up that first morning, we had people waiting in line. We have been covered up ever since.”

To thank the Powell community – and anyone else who wants to stop by – there will be a grand opening at the new location from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. this coming Saturday, July 16, with hot dogs, ice cream, cold drinks and music.

From noon to 3 p.m. there will be face painting for children.

There will also be someone there doing fancy hair braiding with feathers and hair extensions.

In addition, there will be hourly drawings for $25 gift certificates good at both store locations and special hourly pricing on various groups of items.

Hours at both stores are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

The stores are closed on Sunday.

The moral of this story: Kim is one smart cookie, and so is Paige Davis. You just can’t beat a couple of clever businesswomen on a mission.

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It’s official – the Gregster is off the market One of the challenging things about writing for a weekly newspaper is, believe it or not, dealing with the deadline. Now you may ask, how can that be? After all, I have a whole week to get my act together.

Greg Householder

Lumpy, phone home As a government reporter and political columnist, controversy is my red meat. So I can’t help but miss the days when Greg “Lumpy” Lambert spiced up County Commission meetings.

Lumpy brought a full suitcase of emotions along with his own peculiar brand of logic to commission.

Only Lumpy could shed crocodile tears at a commission meeting over the troubles of former Ragsdale pal Harry Sherrod. And Lumpy is probably the only commissioner to leave his seat (on at least two occasions) to confront a speaker or an audience member.

A staunch defender of the Second Amendment, he brought us the resolution to honor Charlton Heston, the late actor and one-time NRA president. Yet in 2008 he supported a Democrat, Mark Brown, for a Sessions Court judge appointment, and local Republicans were ready to boot Lumpy from the big tent Lumpy supplied reporters with more “money quotes” than the rest of commission combined. Of the clash between Ragsdale and Lewis Cosby, Lumpy said: “The mayor turned a ‘showboat’ into an attack sub armed with nuclear missiles.”

In a burst of righteous indignation over the plight of “the working man,” he dubbed former Commissioner Mark Harmon a “university twit.” He exchanged pleasantries with Commissioner Tony Norman over the Hillside and Ridgetop Protection Plan, although he denied Norman’s accusation that his off-camera remarks were liberally sprinkled with the “f-bomb.”

He once caused this reporter to lament: “Can Lumpy save himself from himself?”

In the end, he may have decided that – politically – he couldn’t and decided not to contest for the 6th District seat now occupied by Brad Anders after commission was reorganized into 11 members.

If you’re out there, Lumpy, phone home. It’s getting to be a dull summer.

Contact Larry Van Guilder at lvgknox@mindspring.com.

the Open Doors Tennessee Social Skills camp held at Beaver Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church for children with autism. Last year 42 kids spent the week honing social skills.

Not all the campers suffered from autism. For each disabled child there was a “peer buddy.”

Cherie Howlett, Open Doors Tennessee vice president and camp director, gave me a call last week to discuss this year’s camp.

She needs “peer buddies” – six to eight to be exact. She’s looking for kids kindergarten-aged through 5th grade who might like to work with an autistic “buddy.”

This year’s camp will be 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 25-29 at BCCPC. If you think your child might enjoy being a “peer buddy,” give Cherie a call at 548-6963 or visit www. opendoorstnautism.info.

It’s not the deadline per se. It’s the “forward writing” we have to do. What you read on Monday is generally written the Wednesday or Thursday before.

So barring any last minute attacks of cold feet on my part, or coming to her senses on the part of Pam Ray, by the time you read this she and I will be officially “hitched.”

The nuptials were pro■ nounced on Sunday.

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Leuthold speaks to Knox North Lions

One thing you can say Regular readers might about Craig Leuthold is that recall an article I wrote he gets around. A couple of about a year or so ago about months back he was at the

explaining the services provided by the assessor’s office.

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Powell Business and Professional Association’s meeting with his boss, Knox County Property Assessor Phil Ballard.

Last Wednesday, Craig paid a visit to the Knox North Lions Club with his associate Judy Parker.

His community outreach plan must be working since I have now heard it twice.

But it’s good stuff. Craig meets with groups, clubs, just about anyone who will have him, and he spreads the word about how the assessor’s office works. There are always questions – particularly about the appeals process. Craig does a great job

By Wendy Smith WUOT just ended its fiscal year, so now it’s time to party. The station will host an open house 4-7 p.m.

Tuesday, July 26, at its studio in room 209 in the UT Communications Building.

The annual open house is fun because it gives listeners a chance to see “the man behind the curtain,” says Station Director Regina Dean.

Staff members, likewise, enjoy the opportunity to meet listeners face-to-face.

WUOT has a few more things to celebrate since it observed its 60th anniversary in 2009. For the first time in several years, the station is fully staffed with the additions of Christine

Jessel Grider and Brandon Hollingsworth.

Grider was hired to cover education with a grant provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. WUOT is part of a consortium that includes six other news organizations in the South, and each has a full-time reporter funded by the grant.

Their objective is reporting on the region’s educational challenges.

Hollingsworth, the new host of “All Things Considered,” was recruited from Alabama Public Radio.

Dean is pleased that the station ended its fiscal year with almost $1 million in underwriting and memberships. While many public

Chrissy Keuper, right, hosted the July 6 edition of WUOT’s talk show, “Dialogue,” which featured Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett.

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“It’s marvelous, because people really get it.”

That’s particularly important since the station’s federal funding, which is about 9 percent of its budget, continues to be in limbo. But Dean is optimistic that public radio will avoid the congressional axe. Studies have shown that most Americans think public radio is a good investment, she says.

Program Director Greg Hill was taking calls for the July 6 edition of local news talk show “Dialogue” featuring Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett when he commented that public radio is valuable for education as well as entertainment. Programming that features local and national issues enlightens listeners, and National Public Radio shows like “Car Talk” and “Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me” tickle the funny bone.

The station also offers a sense of community.

“It reflects the culture, values and interests of Knoxville and East Tennessee,” says Hill.

Chrissy Keuper, who was host of this month’s “Dialogue” and is the local host of “Morning Edition,” says public radio allows listeners to hear about things they might not be exposed to otherwise.

Burchett complimented Keuper’s interviewing skills after the talk show. While she has trained herself to keep cool in most situations, she admits that she is often nervous before interviews.

But it doesn’t last.

“Having the conversation is my favorite part. I’m not thinking about who’s listening.”

The open house will feature station tours, live music from Todd Steed and Bob Deck, food from the Tomato Head and Magpies, caricatures, and door prizes. Free parking is available on Circle Park Drive.

POWELL SHOPPER-NEWS • JULY 11, 2011 • A-3

NOTES

Happy Birthday America!

From page A-1

New this year at the post parade party was the Knox North Lions Club pet parade.

■ The Knoxville City Council Pension Task Force will have its first meeting 4 p.m. Tuesday, July 12, in the small assembly room of the City-County Building. Info: 215-2075.

■ Karns’ “The Fairest of the Fair” will be held Thursday, July 21. Info: www.karnsfairestofthe fair.weebly.com or call Kelley, 898-5776.

■ “Friday Night Lights,” sponsored by the Karns Fairest of the Fair, will be 6-10 p.m. Friday, July 22, in the cafeteria at Karns High School. There will be live entertainment, a movie and food including Marco’s Pizza.

■ The Karns Community Fair will be held 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, July 23, at Karns High School.

Craft and food vendors are needed as well as entertainment and volunteers to help set up and tear down the fair. Info: Roger Kane, 405-5103.

Katie Kendall, reigning Miss Knoxville, was the grand marshal of this year’s Powell Lions Club Fourth of July parade.

■ New York Times bestselling author Amy Greene will teach the workshop “Beginning the Novel” 2-4 p.m. Saturday, July 23, at the Redeemer Church, 1642 Highland Ave. Sponsored by the Knoxville Writers’ Guild.

Cost is $20 ($15 for guild members). Info: www. knoxvillewritersguild.org.

■ The Knoxville Writers’ Group will meet 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, July 27, at Naples Italian Restaurant. Members will read from works in progress. Everyone is invited.

All-inclusive lunch is $12.

RSVP by Monday, July 25, at 983-3740.

New to the parade this year was the Powell Playhouse float. Lynette Brown, who played Florence in last month’s production of “The Curious Savage,” sits between Adam Hill (Jeffery) and Hoyt Lansdell (Samuel) on the Powell Playhouse float.

The North Knox MOMS (Moms offering Moms support) and kids participated in this year’s parade. Photos by G. Householder The women of the Noweta Garden Club roll by in their antique truck.

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■ Heiskell Elementary School’s second annual school reunion will be 1-5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6, at the old school, which is now the Heiskell Community Center located in the back of Heiskell United Methodist Church. Former students, teachers and friends are invited and are asked to bring pictures and other memorabilia to share. Info: Bobbie Kennedy, 257-1283; Janice Patt White, 548-0326; or Nita Buell Black, 947-7427.

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Seven attorneys, all on the meter at several hundred dollars an hour, were in court on different sides of the lawsuit with taxpayers funding most of it. Pension board attorneys are paid by the pension board insurance company as part of the policy which is paid by taxpayers.

It was an all star cast with city law director Debbie Poplin and her assistant Ron Mills in court much of the day. Also present were former city law director Michael Kelley, former deputy law director John Batson and Robert Watson, a very effective attorney on local government issues.

Chancellor Daryl Fansler set a trial date for Aug. 22.

This is a classic case of the right hand suing the left hand and adult supervision is needed to bring it to an end. Otherwise, the lawsuit, already almost a year old, can continue for years as the parties seem bent on taking it all the way to the state Supreme Court.

Larry Martin and Bill Lyons, who co-manage the day-to-day affairs of the city, should step in and attempt to resolve this matter so the next mayor does not have it sitting on the desk. A resolution will save the city thousands of dollars. Martin currently attends city pension board meetings as the mayor’s representative. He could make mediation a reality. He has the personality, persona and gravitas to make it happen if he will just do it.

Notes ■ Becky Massey, Republican candidate for the open Jamie Woodson state Senate seat, held a huge fundraiser June 28 in West Knox County with more than 250 present, including four former Knox GOP chairs: Gerald Turner, Billy Stokes, Chad Tindell and Irene McCrary. Also present were

entrepreneur Ron Watkins, attorney Jim London, state Rep. Jimmy Matlock, state Sen. Randy McNally and former City Council member Barbara Pelot. Massey also has the public backing former council member Rob Frost and state Rep. Ryan Haynes.

■ Nick Pavlis, council member, drove the Massey car in the Farragut July 4 parade.

■ Ivan Harmon’s mayoral campaign has moved into a more active phase with billboards scattered in strategic locations around the city and well produced TV ads hitting the air waves. Harmon has avoided the Rogero-Padgett attacks while campaigning steadily. People who discount his chances of forcing and being in a runoff are ahead of themselves, in my view. Harmon is definitely a factor in the campaign and both Rogero and Padgett really do not know what to do about it.

■ Heath Shuler coming to Knoxville as UT’s athletic director? Who knows?

But he did recently place himself on the host committee for a Mark Padgett fundraiser at the home of well known Democratic attorney Greg Isaacs. Most top UT officials do not endorse political candidates. Shuler’s congressional district near Asheville has been revised by the Republican legislature to remove much of Democratic Asheville making his re-election in 2012 more difficult and a high paying UT position more appealing.

■ TVA has a new director which the U.S. Senate confirmed unanimously on June 29. He is former Oxford, Miss., Mayor Richard Howorth. He owns and operates the Square Bookstore on Oxford’s main square.

Born and raised in Oxford, he just completed two terms as mayor. He grew up across the street from the William Faulkner home and comes from a well connected family with brothers who were a judge, an attorney, an architect and the retired admissions director at Ole Miss. He brings a different background than most TVA directors. Whether he will reflect a change to more accountability and transparency is yet to be determined.

Knoxville Fleet Service gets ‘Blue Seal’ award For the third year, the city of Knoxville’s Fleet Service Department has received the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence Blue Seal Certification. This means more than three-fourths of the mechanics hold at least one ASE certification.

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A-4 • JULY 11, 2011 • POWELL SHOPPER-NEWS

Is ‘ugly’ inevitable?

People who live inside the city limits frequently wonder aloud if they get what they pay for when they pony up their county taxes. That’s an oft-told tale.

This month, a group of West Knox County residents led

by County Commissioner Richard Briggs and the Council of West Knox Briggs County Homeowners president Margot Kline are getting ready to turn that refrain inside out by asking City Council not to approve a 50-foot tall sign to be erected at the entrance to a development that has been annexed into the city but is surrounded by neighborhoods that are outside the city limits.

The sign at Sherrill Hill

of Sherrill Hill has had dust problems during dry weather and runoff problems when it rains.

“The runoff went into these people’s backyards like a mudslide,” Briggs said.

“There are a lot of folks who have no representation,” said Kline, who counted 139 residential lots around Sherrill Hill, 136 of which were built on.

“That’s a whole lot of people not to have their voices heard,” Kline said. “It’s frustrating. The people who are most affected have no representation. The people at Seven Oaks wanted to get a berm put up, but the county can’t do it.”

“We have a choice of making it ugly or making it nice,” said Briggs, who quoted the motto of Scenic Knoxville: “Progress is inevitable. Ugliness isn’t.”

He pointed out that the county adopted a moratorium three years ago that has kept new billboards out of Knox County.

Betty Bean will be even more visible because it will sit on a berm that is 10 feet higher than Kingston Pike. Kline has corresponded with City Council member Duane Grieve, the former president of Scenic Knoxville, a group that opposes unsightly billboards, and Grieve has been encouraging.

But lobbying elected officials you can’t vote for is no easy thing. Briggs says he has been working on it.

“The city has carved that property out for tax purposes and has no constituents there whatsoever,” Briggs said. “We have a hard time getting them to listen to our complaints.”

He said that States View subdivision on the backside

“Most cities have 30-foot limits. It’s kind of crazy that we’d consider a 50-foot sign,” Briggs said.

Will not getting the sign be a deal breaker? At least one major tenant-to-be is expected to threaten to pull out of the development unless the giant sign is approved. That could prove to be a powerful argument in this economy.

But when these county residents go to City Council on July 26, they could be closer to the magic five votes than they know. Council members Nick Della Volpe, Charles Thomas and Daniel Brown generally vote with neighborhood and environmental groups in arguments involving visual blight.

Chris Woodhull is often friendly to those interests, as is Nick Pavlis. Marilyn Roddy frequently positions herself as a swing vote and is involved in a tough campaign for state Senate seat in a district that contains many non-city voters.

Flash: Burchett isn’t Ragsdale At least one plank in Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett’s campaign platform could have been labeled “I’m not Ragsdale.” It was based on the sensible belief that Knox County was tired of the scandals that marked Ragsdale’s years in office.

So, Burchett isn’t Ragsdale, but who is he? Those who hoped that a new broom would sweep clean were disappointed early by the severance package fiasco. It turned out there was more theater than thunder in Burchett’s criticism of the deals offered to three departing senior employees.

Burchett rode out the storm but lost some of the luster on his shiny new administration. Anyway, no one serves in the General Assembly for nearly two decades without learning how to cut deals that might offend the pure in heart. The trick is not to get caught.

So we discovered (surprise!) that Burchett is a politician. What else?

On the role of government, we know the rhetoric is real. The mayor has only begun to rein in county government, and local nonprofits had better step up their private fundraising activities.

(In a sense, the moment and the man came together last year. Hard times are made for hard-liners – back to basics.)

Because we have two mayors around here, some forget that city residents are also county residents who pay taxes to both governments. Burchett isn’t oblivious to this, but he understands where his sup-

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That need to win was never more evident than last month when County Commission approved his budget. The mayor and his staff stopped just short of breaking into the “Halleluiah” chorus.

In Burchett we have a mayor who wants to win and who knows where his base resides. He’s more concerned with the “vision” then the details, and he practices the politics he preaches. Not a bad mix for the top dog (especially if you agree with his politics), but we’d like to see more willingness to compromise, a skill we know he brought

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port comes from, and it isn’t from the inner city.

We know from his own testimony that he isn’t a details manager. Committee meetings bore him – just give him the big picture.

Burchett literally came of age under a system of checks and balances, legislative and executive. He knows the game as well as anyone, but he hasn’t been shy about grazing in neighboring pastures, like the one staked out by the school board, where he’s

with him from Nashville.

He’ll have a chance to hone it when the next budget rolls around, if not before.

Note: Tennessee now has a law which makes it a crime to post any image online that causes “emotional distress” to any individual.

Because my byline picture appears on this page every week, this law caused me some emotional distress.

Could the image of my noble countenance offend a person of reasonable sensibilities?

I’m less concerned since I learned the ACLU is challenging the law on First Amendment grounds. Still, I may consider booking a Glamour Shots session just to be safe.

Contact: lvgknox@mindspring.com.

Helping Finbarr Former school board member Anne Woodle stands with Finbarr Saunders, candidate for City Council, following a reception at her North Hills home last week.

Woodle announced the event and invited her friends on Facebook.

“Finbarr has more integrity and a genuine desire to make a contribution than almost anyone I know,” said Woodle.

Saunders is an at-large candidate for Seat C where his opponents are Terry Milligan, Ron Peabody and Sharon Welch.

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POWELL SHOPPER-NEWS • JULY 11, 2011 • A-5

GOSSIP AND LIES

Selling the Hornets’ new nest

By Larry Van Guilder One way or another, the Carter Elementary saga ends next month when the school board will accept or reject Mayor Tim Burchett’s proposal.

Most Carter residents and Burchett want a new school. Burchett says the school board can have one with minimal impact to the schools’ capital budget.

Analysis Twice the board has voted to renovate the elementary school. Feeling the heat – real or perceived – County Commission has denied the board $5 million in capital funds planned for the renovation and for building a new middle school gym.

Now, by selling county properties to raise cash, Burchett says he can pay for the $13.8 million school if the board will kick in half of the never appropriated $5 million.

“This is your decision,”

School board members Mike McMillan and Pam Trainor engage Mayor Tim Burchett at last week’s school board workshop. Photo by S. Clark Burchett said at last week’s school board workshop. “(My plan) is a way for you to get a new school for the cost of renovation.”

Kim Sepesi, 7th District board member, says the mayor has a lot riding on the board’s decision.

“The mayor has staked his reputation on coming

up with the money for this,” Sepesi said. “Coming from a design background, I’ve (always) been for building a new school. If we get into a remodel, I’m afraid we might end up spending nearly as much.”

Sepesi concedes that the board “normally operates” by getting “full disclosure up front,” referring to the

Congrats on great work!

Congratulations are in order on two fronts.

First, thanks to Gov. Bill Haslam and his Department of Education for getting the TCAP results back so quickly. In the past the school year has been half over before teachers knew the results of their previous year’s work.

Second, thanks to the teachers and leaders of Knox County Schools for tackling tougher standards and excelling. The TCAP results released Friday showed gains for grades 3-8. In Knox County, proficient and advanced scores showed:

Sandra Clark ■ Reading, up 1.5% ■ Math, up 5.8% ■ Science, up 2.8% ■ Social studies, up 1.9% Growth was higher in math because overall scores were lower; fewer than half of students tested were proficient or advanced. In social studies, 83 percent were proficient or advanced.

So there’s still a ways to go.

The school year started for me at Gresham Middle where principal Donna Parker fended off parents with virtual pitchforks who thought the higher standards were unfair to their kids.

Individual school scores were not provided on Friday, but I’ll bet Gresham did OK. Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre said he’s pleased with the progress made and grateful to the teachers, students, parents and staff for their hard work.

He said the diagnostic data will be used to “deter-

lack of specifics about what properties might be sold.

“We have to do our due diligence,” she said, “(But) I would vote to accept the money at this time.”

Lynne Fugate represents the 4th District, and her expertise is banking.

“I feel really comfortable going on record saying I won’t vote for a new Carter school,” Fugate said, noting that two boards composed of different members had voted for renovation.

“Whether the school board pays for it or the county pays for it, it’s still taxpayer money,” she added. “I can’t justify it no matter whose budget it comes out of.”

Fugate said the only reason County Commission asked the board to reconsider its position on renovation was that it had been told a new school could be built for $7 to $8 million. The board’s own estimate was about $13 million.

“I have three schools in my district that are as old or

older than Carter,” Fugate said. “They’ve been renovated and they’re fine.”

Sepesi and Fugate represent the extremes for the school board, a solid “yes” and a solid “no.” Mike McMillan certainly, and Cindy Buttry probably will stand with Sepesi. Fugate’s likely allies are board chair Indya Kincannon and vice chair Karen Carson. Deadlock, 3-3.

The mayor’s challenge is to sell his plan to two of the three remaining board members, Gloria Deathridge, Pam Trainor and Thomas Deakins.

Trainor seems unconvinced, willing to listen to more specifics but wondering why a new school for Carter is more important than New Hopewell in her district. Deathridge and Deakins have been carefully noncommittal.

Best guess on next month’s vote – 5-4, and if the mayor has 5, the Hornets will have a new nest.

mine where our strengths are, and to focus our improvement efforts for the future.”

ral notebooks, pens, pencils, markers, crayons, notebook paper, rulers, colored pencils, calculators and erasers.

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PTA leader Anne Haston wants readers to help collect school supplies for military children in need.

Operation Homefront Tennessee and Kentucky is helping military families with the Back-to-School Brigade program to provide backpacks full of school supplies to local military kids.

Donations can be made through July 25 at Dollar Tree stores or online at www.OperationHomefront. net.

Items needed include spi-

Architect Lanny Cope must have gulped when David Collins showed a design for the new Carter Elementary School at last week’s school board workshop.

It looked a lot like the Cope-designed Gibbs Elementary School. Collins even said, “This is not unlike Gibbs Elementary.”

Then Cope showed his design for the new southwest elementary. “This is Gibbs Elementary only bigger,” said schools guy Doug Dillingham.

■ Joe Jarret will name independent counsel to represent the school board in analyzing Tim Burchett’s plan to finance a Jarret new school at Carter. Jarret said board chair Indya Kincannon made the request and he’s phoned several lawyers but none has called back.

Maybe lawyers are smarter than we thought!

■ The NEA says Teach for America’s alternative certification program takes away jobs and is anti-union.

Gov. Bill Haslam hired an education commissioner who last worked for Teach for America.

■ Charlie Daniel drew a cartoon in the early ’80s of a barrel of apples with one stinking to high heavens. “Why don’t you throw it out?” asked a guy. “Got tenure,” said the other.

■ Stacey Campfield is a rodeo clown, acting silly while the real Republican agenda is implemented elsewhere. TEA union busting heads the list.

■ Jim McIntyre has named his strategic compensation plan: Advance, perform, excel. “Ape?” asked Karen Carson. Nope.

It’s APEX and there’s a logo.

■ Tim Burchett thanked the school board for being “forthright,” saying, “After 16 years of where I’ve been, it’s appreciated.”

Burchett, of course, was in the state Legislature.

■ Ivan Harmon wants support as the “only Republican running” for Knoxville mayor so why was he at the Boyd Cloud Democratic Club recently?

Just to say howdy, we guess.

– S. Clark

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The Tabernacle. Built especially for the Billy Sunday Crusade by the local arrangements team, the spacious building was located on North Gay Street between Magnolia and West Fifth Ave. The Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church is in the background.

Photo courtesy C.M. McClung Historical Collection

When Billy Sunday came to Knoxville HISTORY AND MYSTERIES | Dr. Jim Tumblin I was eight years old when our family attended the Billy Sunday Crusade. I was too young to understand or remember Billy’s preaching, but I have a vivid memory of the sawdust below my dangling legs. (The path repentant sinners walked to the confessional altar at crusades was commonly known as the “sawdust trail.”) – Lowell Giffin, 1994

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t the height of his popularity, the Rev. Billy Sunday held a six-week crusade in Knoxville from Jan. 7 to Feb. 19, 1923, in a tabernacle built for the crusade in seven weeks at a cost of $15,000. There were seats for 7,000 congregants and for a choir of 1,013. The total Knoxville attendance rivaled the almost 480,000 that had attended a similar crusade in Columbia, S.C., that same year.

William Ashley “Billy” Sunday was born in poverty on Nov. 19, 1862. His first generation German immigrant father, originally named William Sonntag, lived near Ames, Iowa, and had anglicized his name

before enlisting in the 23rd Iowa Infantry during the Civil War. He died of disease in Missouri just five weeks after the birth of William, his youngest son.

After his mother, Mary Jane Sunday, was deserted by a second husband, 10-year-old Billy and his older brother were sent to the Iowa’s Soldier’s Orphan Home. There he learned orderly habits and received a decent primary education. At 14, he became a farm hand and horse handler for Col. John Scott, a former state lieutenant governor. The family provided him a good home and enabled him to attend high school, although he never graduated.

Because of his athletic ability Billy relocated to Marshalltown, Iowa, to work for a fire brigade team, compete in brigade tournaments and play for the town baseball team. In 1883, Marshalltown native and future Hall of Famer “Cap” Anson recommended him to A.G. Spalding, president of the Chicago White Stockings, the defending national champions.

With speed as his greatest asset,

A lion she was CROSS CURRENTS | Lynn Hutton Judah is a lion’s whelp; from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He crouches down, he stretches out like a lion, like a lioness – who dares rouse him up?

(Genesis 49: 9 NRSV)

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met her on Easter Day this year, and we liked each other immediately. Her eyes danced with spice and mischief, and a smile was never far from her lips.

Her name was Arial (a variation, I assumed, on the biblical Ariel, which means “lion of God”), and she was well and truly named. A lion she was.

Sunday would play with National League teams in Chicago, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia from 1883 to 1890. His sparkling personality and athleticism made him popular with the fans. Although his lifetime batting average of .248 and total home runs of 12 in 499 games was not that impressive, he also had 170 RBIs and stole 246 bases. Playing in the outfield, he made spectacular catches after long sprints and athletic dives and enhanced his reputation as a fan favorite.

One Sunday afternoon in 1886 in Chicago, Sunday and some teammates were out on the town and Billy stopped to listen to a street corner preaching team from the Pacific Garden Mission. He began attending services at the mission and a former society matron working there convinced him, after some struggle, to become a Christian.

After his conversion, his changed behavior was noticed by both teammates and fans, and he soon began speaking at churches and the YMCA. In the spring of 1891, Sunday turned down a baseball con-

She pronounced her name Ay-rul when she introduced herself to me, and the implied invitation was for me to call her that. It was only implied, however, and not offered outright, so I used the more formal “Mrs. Minor.”

We shared a lot of things: love of the church, love of music, love of good food, love of her son.

Sixteen days after I met her she had a wreck, which left her with injuries she could not recover from. The next time I saw her, her eyes were closed. They never fluttered as I held her hand and sang to her.

She improved enough to be moved from the trauma center where she had been taken immediately after the

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tract for $3,000 a year to take position with the YMCA at $83 a month.

This was good preparation for his future evangelistic work since he visited saloons to invite men to prayer meetings, visited the sick and prayed with the troubled.

In 1893, he became an assistant to the Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman, one of the best known evangelists in the U.S. at the time. His job as an advance worker required Sunday to organize prayer meetings and choirs and take care of the necessary premeeting details, often assisting to erect tents when they were used.

When the Rev. Chapman decided to return to a regular pastorate in 1896, Sunday struck out on his own. For the next 12 years he preached in approximately 70 communities, mostly in Iowa and Illinois. He took advantage of his reputation as a baseball player to organize local businesses into teams and to schedule games.

Dressed in his professional uniform, Sunday would play on both sides to the delight of the fans.

When his revivals began to attract crowds larger than rural churches or town halls could accommodate, he rented large canvas tents, often helping set them up and sometimes

accident to another hospital’s rehab center. Her eyes were open now, and bright as ever. She was frustrated that she could only mouth words: the vent that was breathing for her kept her from making any sound. We tried hard to read lips, with varying degrees of success, and she would frown at us as if to say, “Do better!”

She never complained, not once, except to wrinkle her nose or twitch one foot (the only part of her extremities she could move) to get our attention.

Her children were faithfully by her side, teasing with her and making jokes to keep things as normal as possible.

But as the days wore on, her body was gradually losing

sleeping in them for security.

Sunday was immediately smitten when he met Helen Amelia “Nell” Thompson, daughter of the owner of the city’s largest dairy products business, at Chicago’s Jefferson Park Presbyterian Church. He married the helpmate who would share in his ministry for the remainder of his life on Sep. 5, 1888. They would become parents of four children.

By 1905, the ministry had grown enough to hire its own advance worker while Nell took over the administration. Freewill offerings typically were the source of income.

When an October 1906 snowstorm in Colorado destroyed his tent early in a meeting, Sunday began to insist that cities build temporary tabernacles. They were comparatively expensive to build but much of the lumber could be resold at the end of the meeting. At first the giant barn raising effort with Sunday assisting the volunteer townspeople proved to be valuable public relations. It was also a status symbol as previously only major evangelists like Chapman had built them.

By 1917, the team was traveling to larger cities and the paid staff had grown to 26 – custodians, an advance team, Bible teachers and musicians. Homer A. Rodeheaver (1880-1955), who lived in Jellico, Tenn., during his childhood, became the team’s exceptional trombone-playing song leader and choir director from 1910 to 1930.

The 1923 Knoxville crusade was typical. Rodeheaver first conducted congregational singing, interspersed with solos, duets and special selections by the more than 1,000-member choir. Then the charismatic Sunday launched into the message, punctuated by his rapid movement across the stage, his dynamic verbal expressions and his exaggerated gestures.

More than 9,000 conversions were reported for the six-week Knoxville crusade with two services each day (except Monday), leading local minister the Rev. Richie Ware to observe, “Those of us who were instrumental in bringing him here have every reason to feel grateful when we see the great spiritual awakening which has resulted from the meetings.”

Author’s Note: Thanks to J. Steven Cotham, Ted Baehr and Martha Rosson of the C.M. McClung Historical Collection for their assistance with the research for this article. Additional information and photographs may be found at www.fountaincitytnhistory.info/.

the battle she fought so valiantly.

The amazing thing was that, even as her body was failing, her eyes were still bright. She was there, with us, fully aware, fully conscious.

It was a cruel irony, when so many live with degenerative diseases of the mind in otherwise healthy bodies, that here was a woman, trapped in a failing body, whose cognitive powers were intact.

The doctors and nurses were wonderful, caring for her at first with utmost professionalism, and toward the last with great love. Finally, the doctor talked to her family and explained that there was not a great future ahead.

The family, knowing their mom, opted to let her make

her own choice.

She made it with little hesitation, declaring to the doctor, “I’m miserable.”

She made the decision to be weaned from the vent. It was her choice, and she made it, clearly, decisively. Modern medicine made her comfortable during the hours that were left to her.

Her three children were with her, and her brother Ray, who had been present when she was born, was there when she breathed her last.

Her memorial service was a wonderful mixture of tears and laughter, of music and faith, of Scripture read and proclaimed, of honest memories, of friends and family.

Arial, Lion of God. And a lion she was!

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Two-year-old Julianne Newton enjoys playing in the surf at Dewees Island, S.C. Her extended family often had the entire beach to themselves while vacationing June 19-26. Photos by L. Furtner

Wild sand dunes provide a natural barrier against storm surges on Dewees Island. Dunes are off-limits for playing or shelling as they also provide nesting areas for loggerhead sea turtles.

Where to get away from it all Vacationing at Dewees Island LORRAINE’S CORNER | Lorraine Furtner

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ood news. Getting “away from it all” is not that far away. If your idea of a vacation is finding a great fishing spot or strolling on an empty beach, flanked by wild dunes and a maritime forest, then consider Dewees Island, S.C. A nature center and pool are also located on the property.

I came across this privately owned island while searching for beach houses to accommodate my husband, Chuck’s, family. Even Chuck’s siblings who reside in South Carolina had not heard of it.

“We are the East Coast’s best kept secret,” said Judy Fairchild, halftime resident and former Dewees Island environmental board chair.

Fairchild compares a vacation here to a “luxury family camp.”

Dewees Island is only accessible by boat. Golf carts are the primary form of transportation; there are no cars except security or emergency vehicles. Visitors travel to the island via ferry from Isle of Palms, S.C., and must have prior arrangements through an owner or rental agency.

My sister-in-law Tara Newton said it felt a little too much like “roughing it.” Her idea of a vacation includes ordering drinks by the pool and does not involve cooking or laundry.

While excursions to nearby historic attractions, restaurants and golf courses are possible, a vacation to Dewees Island is best for nature lovers. I saw dolphins every day, and spotted bald eagles, snowy egrets, a great horned owl and one lanky raccoon haunting our access to Lake Timicau and our garage.

Alligators, sharks, jellyfish and snakes were also seen on the island, but we were only attacked by bugs. Mosquito repellant is as necessary as sunscreen on this beach get-away.

Don’t let the predators frighten you. Lori Sheridan Wilson, current environmental generalist/naturalist on Dewees, said the most com-

mon jellyfish seen are cannonball jellyfish, with a distinctive maroon band, whose sting is barely detectable to most people, or moon jellies which are one of the least toxic types of jellyfish.

“I wouldn’t let those keep you out of the water,” said Sheridan Wilson.

Sheridan Wilson advised not swimming in the ocean at dusk, dawn or if you see a school of “bait fish,” or observe pelicans or other birds retrieving a lot of fish, as that’s when sharks are most likely to be present.

Fairchild suggests giving alligators a wide berth – not just if you encounter them walking or driving your golf cart, but also when fishing or crabbing.

Fairchild said this gets tricky when she shows up at a fishing/ crabbing spot and there’s an alligator wanting to eat there, too. Being environmentally conscious so that alligators won’t associate humans with food means that she might have to leave if the alligator doesn’t.

“It’s a good policy, but it means I might occasionally get irritated,” laughed Fairchild, who spends all summer and nearly every weekend at her island property.

Dewees Island Property Owners Association (POA) manager Kim Knight said most properties are a second or third home for most owners, with only a dozen families calling the island home full time.

Anne Anderson lives at Dewees most of the year and finds it an adventure, including the extra step of unloading groceries onto the ferry before bringing them home. The solution? Don’t buy too much at once.

But how fun is the “adventure” of forgetting items when you went to the grocery store? That’s an hour’s round trip not to mention ferry fare ($7 each way for visitors, billed following your stay).

Anderson said, “residents utilize the ‘neighbor network’ if you desperately need an egg. We are a

Writing about writers TALES OF TENNESSEE | Marvin West

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his is an old trick. When sportswriters run a little short on material, they sometimes write about other writers.

Even with that fair warning, you may still want to know that something called Pigskin Press, supposedly staffed by knowledgeable, insightful journalists named Brad, Rick, Ken and Louie, predicts a Cincinnati upset of Tennessee on Sept.

10 on the ground floor of Neyland Stadium.

The PP logic? Ten Bearcats return from a defense that gave up 26.7 points per game while losing seven of 11 last season.

Orlando Sentinel college expert Matt Murschel, previously a page designer for the South Bend Tribune, ranks teams based on such reasonable criteria as return-

ing lettermen, returning starters, 2010 performance, coaching staff changes, strength of schedule and strength of the conference.

For all the right reasons, uncertainty at linebacker, fuzziness in the secondary, lack of depth in the defensive front, loss of key receivers, etc., Matt says Tennessee is No. 49 among national powerhouses in the United States of America.

Can’t you just hear the Tennessee cheering section, “We’re number 49, we’re number 49!”

Incidentally, Murschel says East Carolina is No. 48.

Dennis Dodd, blessed with a journalism degree from Missouri and rich experience in the Midwest, speaks for CBSSports.com when he says Derek Dooley is already sitting on a medium hot seat

A Calico crab – just one of many species spotted on Dewees Island, S.C. Other species include blue, sand, fiddler, purse, hermit, ghost and horseshoe crabs.

Tips for a Dewees Island stay Chuck Furtner holds a young shark for examination before releasing it back into the ocean at Dewees Island. community in the old-fashioned sense of the word,” said Anderson.

The community consists of only 63 (out of a potential 150) homes on the 1,200-acre island which is committed to environmental preservation. The island has its own utility company, fire station and water purification facility.

“We are like a mini-town,” said Knight, “managing our own roads, utilities, trash and sewage.”

If you are planning a vacation during hurricane season be aware that water, electricity, sewage and transportation off the island could be shut down in the event of a hurricane watch. (Both Dewees Rentals and Island Realty that rents homes on Dewees offer vacation insurance to cover vacation losses due to hurricanes).

Fairchild, owner of Dewees Rentals, said most of the properties have beach equipment: towels, umbrellas and chairs. Homeowners or renters may have also left items for fishing such as casting nets or crab traps.

“We strongly discourage crab traps because they can devastate terrapin populations if males follow a female into them. You can catch crab just as easily with crab lines,” said Fairchild.

Fairchild has written a photographic and vacation guidebook

that is available to purchase or to read for free online at http://www. blurb.com/books/1801959.

One thing Fairchild loves about island life is that any of her three children aged 9-15 are capable of catching dinner and have taught others how to as well.

Sharon Lewis of Island Realty said occasionally the Dewees Island POA will have “wild weekends,” where the islanders come together preparing a meal from the food caught on the island. Lewis suggests checking the POA website (listed below) or postings at the ferry landing for events during your stay.

Staying on Dewees Island is not cheap, but is comparable in price to other South Carolina beachfront rentals and offers a memorable, unique experience, if nature, quiet beaches, fishing or “luxury camping” sound appealing to you.

Island Realty’s two properties rent from $2,175 to $2,940 during winter rates to $3,972 to $4,734 in the summer. Dewees Rentals property rates vary from $1,495 to $3,195 and can be rented by the night (three-night minimum) anytime except June 6 through Aug. 15, which are reserved for weekly rentals only.

Tips on Dewees Island transportation: www.youtube.com/ watch?v=3TTq_ty1rjg.

as coach of the Volunteers, temperature 3 on a scale of 1 to 5, Nick Saban being a zero.

Dodd didn’t spell out his thermometer reasoning but I think it is that spotty 6-7 record of last season, insufficient recruiting stars, a toughenough schedule and traditional Tennessee impatience.

What I am hearing in reaction from Vol fans is No way, Jose!

No way will Tennessee lose to Cincinnati. It just isn’t going to happen. That win is an absolute must in carrying the large Orange to an improved season.

No way could there be 48 teams better than Tennessee. I have it on good authority. A guy who works with my grandson says he heard we might actually win the East division of the SEC. A wizard in Las Vegas announced the odds are just 80 to 1 on the Vols winning the national championship.

No way is Dooley on the hot seat. He just got here. He is still installing his Vol for Life program, teaching team hygiene and assisting assistants in getting the correct number of players on the field. This is still the early stages of a rehabilitation project.

Expectations for this fall are modest – clobber everybody with worse problems, knock off starting-over Florida in Gainesville, bop Georgia on the pug nose and stun one of the big boys, Alabama, LSU or South Carolina.

Almost forgot, expect to go to a better bowl than Music City and just win, baby.

As for writing about other writers, I doubt that Brad, Rick, Ken and Louie could find Tennessee in a Rand McNally atlas. I am not totally convinced that Matt Murschel is a genuine expert or has ever been to Knoxville, ever seen the Vol Walk or the band forming the power T. He may or may not know the words to “Rocky Top.” Dennis Dodd should know better than to strike a match under Derek Dooley unless he is just trying to start an argument.

What matters more than those foreign opinions is what I think: Cincinnati is a worthy foe with a better reputation and better personnel than Montana and Buffalo. Not long ago, the Bearcats had a famous coach and were in a major bowl.

They are to be taken seriously.

As for No. 49 in the country,

■ Pack lightly and wash a load while you’re there.

■ Don’t forget insect repellant, sunscreen or your camera.

■ Bring refillable water bottles and fill at the island reverse osmosis station (versus lugging it on the ferry and creating waste). Ice is also available on the island.

■ Fishing anywhere on the island requires a saltwater fishing license available online at the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources http://www.dnr.sc.gov/.

■ Bring and unload luggage, return for groceries rather than bring it all at once.

■ Piggly Wiggly stores offer online grocery shopping with drive-up pick-up at http://www.thepig.net/ onlinestores.asp. An arrival grocery delivery service is also available through Becky’s Grocery Delivery (see http://deweesisland. wordpress.com).

■ Stay off the dunes. If in doubt about any area, ask.

■ Give alligators space – for your protection and theirs.

Other info: http://deweesrentals. com,http://www.islandrealty.com/ rental/alpha.html, http://www. deweesislandpoa.org/outside_ home.asp or http://deweesisland. wordpress.com.

Tennessee is somewhere near the middle of the SEC pack. If the Vols can generate a running attack and if Tyler Bray grows up some and takes care of business, this team can outscore several opponents.

As for Dooley on the hot seat, the Tennessee job is always hot, the focal point inside a giant glass oven.

Of course there is a fire in there, fed, in this case, by the fumes of Lane Kiffin, he who made a bad matter worse.

Young fans, spoiled rotten by the best of the Fulmer years, think they are entitled to instant gratification. Need a linebacker? Get a linebacker! We don’t want excuses, we want results.

Dooley does face a challenge.

It has been so long since the Vols won something. Indeed, the multitude is hungry. Informal polling says there are more optimists than pessimists but the coach must show progress.

All kinds of writers, good and bad, home and away, will tell you that Dooley is not ahead of schedule, no better than even with expectations.

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

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CONDOLENCES

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■ Mynatt Funeral Homes Inc. (922-9195 or 688-2331): Betty “Louise” Bounds

Tim Whittemore will be the guest speaker for the Knoxville Fellowship Luncheon at noon Tuesday, July 12. The KFL is a group of Christian men and women who meet weekly at the Golden Corral in Powell.

Nicole Burns Helen Louise Sharp Coffee Patricia Ann Hill Hazel Loy Robert Paris McNeal Jerry Sherrod Shane Wallace Lillie Osborn Webber ■ Stevens Mortuary (524-0331): Freddie Ray Bunch Dr. James A. Carlson, D.O., F.A.O.A.S Oliver Lee Green Jr.

‘Creation’ VBS North Knoxville Seventh Day Adventist Church, 6530 Fountain City Road, will host VBS 6 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, July 12-16. “Creation

by Navajo Indians from Arizona” will be the theme.

There will be a special native drumming and singing with blowgun expedition singing and Indian fry bread on Thursday.

Saturday, there will be a creation hike, activities and potluck at Big Ridge from 2-4 p.m.

Everyone is invited. For information on Native American ministries, call 925-3154.

WORSHIP NOTES Community services ■ Beaver Ridge UMC , 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, takes orders for Angel Food Ministries by phone or in person the Saturday before each distribution. The distribution of the food is usually the third Saturday of each month from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Info: 228-9299 or the church office, 690-0160.

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL ■ Bethel Baptist Church Corryton will have VBS 7-9 p.m. Monday through Friday, July 11-15.

■ Branville Baptist Church, 7716 Millertown Pike, will have the “Big Apple Adventure” VBS 6:30 to 8:45 p.m. through Friday, July 15.

Ages 3 and over, including adults.

■ Beaver Ridge UMC Food Pantry hands out food to local families in need 1-2 p.m. every Monday and 7-8 p.m. every first Monday. Donations and volunteers are welcome. Info: 690-1060 or www.beaverridgeumc.com.

■ Clapp’s Chapel UMC , 7420 Clapp’s Chapel Road in Corryton, will have Warriors for God VBS 6:15 to 8:40 p.m. Monday through Thursday, July 11-14, with dinner served each evening at 5:30. Closing program on Friday, July 15. Info: Kathy, 3773124.

■ Clear Springs Baptist Church, 8518 Thompson School Road, will hold Big Apple Adventure Family Vacation Bible School 7-9 p.m. July 25-29 with classes for all ages. Kickoff with family fun movie night is 8 p.m. Friday, July 22, including games, inflatables and food. Register online at www.clearspringsbaptist.net and receive a free T-shirt. Info: 688-7674.

■ Cross Roads Presbyterian hosts the Halls Welfare Ministry food pantry from 6-8 p.m. each second Tuesday and from 9-11 a.m. each fourth Saturday.

■ Corryton Church, 7615 Foster Road, Corryton, will have SonSurf Beach VBS 9 to 11:15 a.m. Sundays through Aug. 7, for kindergarten through 5th grade. Info: 688-3971.

■ Church of the Good Shepherd, 5337 Jacksboro Pike, will host the Christmas in July craft and gift sale 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 23.

Crafts will include knitting, paper crafts, quilting, pottery and more. Sample Christmas cookies and order for delivery in December. Seasonal hot drinks will be provided. Info: 604-8338.

■ Cornerstone Baptist Church, 2500 Mynatt Road, will host a benefit sale 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, July 15. All proceeds will go to the youth department. Info: 687-9012.

Music services ■ New Beverly Baptist Church, 3320 New Beverly Church Road, will host the Shireys 6 p.m. Sunday, July 17.

A love offering will be taken.

Info/directions: 546-0001 or www.NewBeverly.org.

■ Highland Baptist Church , 6014 Babelay Road, will host the Southern gospel quartet Cross 4 Crowns at 6 p.m. Sunday, July 24. A love offering will be collected.

Info: Byron, 805-7250 or visit www.hbcknox.org.

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Special services ■ The Shepherd of the Hills Baptist Church now offers an Internet prayer line. Anytime you have a prayer or concern, call the line and leave a message. Someone will be praying about the request with you within 24 hours. Prayer line: 484-4066.

Women’s Programs ■ Knoxville Christian Women’s Connection will host the “Red, White and Blue Forever” luncheon 10:45 a.m. Thursday, July 14, at Buddy’s Banquet Hall on Kingston Pike. The special feature will be “Celebrating America” with music by Sarah Holloway and Beverly Kerr. Guest speaker will be Shirley Craddock from Woodbury, Tenn. Complimentary child care is by reservation only. Admission is $10. RSVP by calling Connie at 693-5298 or email dick3234@bellsouth.net.

■ Fairview Baptist Church, 7424 Fairview Road off East Emory Road, hosts a Celebrate Recovery program 7-9 p.m. Thursdays.

■ New Hope Baptist Church, 7602 Bud Hawkins Road in Corryton, hosts Celebrate Recovery adult and youth classes 7 p.m. Tuesdays and 12-step class 6:30 p.m.

Wednesdays. Info: 688-5330.

Youth programs ■ The Church at Sterchi Hills, 904 Dry Gap Pike, will have evaluations and sign-ups for Upward Soccer beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday, July 16. Early registration deadline is Friday, July 15. Times vary for each age group. Info: Jeff Stevens, 688-4343.

■ Faith UMC , 1120 Dry Gap Pike, “Wolfpack” youth group meets 6 p.m. each Wednesday and Sunday.

Everyone in grades 6-12 is invited. Info: www. faithseekers.org or 688-1000.

■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, has a number of summer events scheduled for the youth. There will be Bible study, fun days, road trips, community service days and more. Info: 690-1060 or visit www.beaverridgeumc.com.

■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, has open gym for middle and high school students 7-9 p.m. every Thursday. Everyone is invited. No sign-ups or fees.

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■ New Covenant Fellowship Church, 6828 Central Avenue Pike, will hold Pilates class led by a certified personal trainer 5:45 p.m. each Monday for $5 a class. Info: 689-7001.

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Happy Travelers will visit the Billy Graham Museum in Charlotte on an overnight trip Monday, July 25. Double occupancy is $115 and includes transportation, lodging, admission and one dinner. Info: Sharron Horton, 670-9690.

■ Beaver Ridge UMC will receive 10 percent of the total purchases made 5-8 p.m. each Thursday at the Sonic restaurant in Karns. Info: www.beaverridgeumc.com.

■ Powell Presbyterian Church, 2910 W. Emory Road, will have its Rainforest Adventure VBS 6-8 p.m. Monday through Friday, July 11-15. Toddlers through 5th grade. Children under 3 years of age must be accompanied by an adult. Info or to register: www. powellpcusa.org.

A monthly computer workshop will be held at Lawson McGhee Library 5:30 p.m. Monday, July 25, and 5:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 29. The public is invited to come with questions about computers, iPods, etc. Info: 215-8723.

■ Callahan Road Baptist Church, 1317 Callahan Road, will hold a benefit concert for Phil Peek 7 p.m. Friday, July 22. Peek was in a car accident in April and was in CCU for seven weeks. This concert is to help with medical expenses.

Fundraisers and sales

■ Dayspring Church, 906 Callahan Drive, will have No Time for Wimps VBS 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, July 19-22, for all ages. There will be free Smokies baseball tickets, arts and crafts, games, snacks and prizes.

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MILESTONES Birthdays

Horner, Archer to wed Jennifer Nicole Horner will wed Floyd Lynn Archer in a ceremony at 7 p.m. Saturday, July 16, at Ailor Dale Missionary Baptist Church in Maynardville. The bride’s parents are Ronnie and Jackie Horner of Heiskell.

The groom’s parents are Floyd and Connie Archer of Maynardville.

Rutherford, Whittaker to wed Lindsey Bing Rutherford and Dr. Robert Loy Whittaker will marry Saturday, Aug. 13, at Beaver Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

Lindsey is the daughter of Brandy Bing Rutherford and C. Michael Rutherford, both of Knoxville. She is a pediatric oncology nurse at The Children’s Hospital at Erlanger in Chattanooga.

Robert is the son of Dr. Tom and Linda Whittaker of Knoxville. He is a general surgery resident at Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga.

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Brown graduates from DeVry George Robert Brown graduated summa cum laude March 13 from DeVry University’s Columbus, Ohio, campus.

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Adelaide Grace Brooks was born June 27.

Parents are Steven and Jennifer Brooks. Her grandparents are Richard and Debbie Young and Ernie and Pam Brooks.

Will Spierdowis celebrated his fifth birthday July 5 with family and friends.

His parents are Bill and Eden Spierdowis of Corryton. Grandparents are Bill and Sandy Spierdowis of Foxboro, Mass., and Jay and Eunice Hindley of Chepachet, R.I. Will has a brother, Waylon, and sister, Rebekah.

Reese Caroline Hodges turned 4 July 2 and celebrated with a teddy bear tea party.

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■ Central High School Class of 1948 will hold its 63rd annual reunion 11 a.m.

Saturday, July 23, at the pavilion of Bookwalter United Methodist Church, 4219 Central Avenue Pike. A picnic lunch will be served at noon. Info: Mary Frances Tucker, 539-6242 or email mfgvt@gmail.com.

■ Powell High School Class of 1971 will have its 40th class reunion 6 to 11:30 p.m.

Saturday, July 30. The theme will be “senior” prom, with food, music, prizes and a laser/light show. Admission is $60. Info: Kathy, 805-4446.

■ Powell High School Class of 1996 will have its 15th class reunion 7 p.m.

Saturday, July 30, at Jubilee Banquet Hall with entertainment by the Hinckley Brothers. Tickets are $30 and must be purchased in advance. Info: Linnie, 3823052 or email phsclass96@ gmail.com.

Fulton High Class of ’56 holds reunion Helen Ault and Pat Baker, “The Happy Sharp Ridgers,” put on a skit at the Fulton High Class of 1956 reunion at the Halls Senior Center on May 14. Entertainment was also provided by Dave Hall and Friends as well as ‘50s music performed by Ed Cureton. One hundred and four people attended the reunion. Photo submitted

■ USS Albany Association will hold its 22nd annual reunion Sunday through Friday, Oct. 9-14, at the Glenstone Lodge in Gatlinburg.

The association is currently

looking for shipmates who served on one of the USS Albany ships (CA123, CG10, SSN753). Info: Dick Desrochers, 603-594-9798, or www.ussalbany.org.

■ Central High School Class of 1991 will celebrate its 20th reunion with a family night swim party 7 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 5, at Beaver Brook Country Club and 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6, with dinner, dancing and a cash bar at the Foundry at the World’s Fair Site. Admission: $35 for the swim party ($10 for children) and $50 for dinner at the Foundry.

Info: central1991reunion@ hotmail.com.

■ Standard Knitting Mills will hold its annual reunion 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6, at the O’Connor Senior Center. All previous employees are welcome to attend.

■ Wilkerson family reunion will be held noon to 4 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 7, at Big Ridge State Park. Bring a covered dish.

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POWELL SHOPPER-NEWS • JULY 11, 2011 • A-11

In dreams Is it weird that I still remember my worst childhood nightmare? When I was 4, we lived on Shangri La Drive in East Knoxville.

From the Interstate exit, we crossed railroad tracks to get home.

In my nightmare, I was riding a horse up to the railroad track crossing at night.

There was a boy I didn’t know riding double behind me. We heard a train horn in Ed Ripley, ex-Pittsburgh Steelers running back Franco Harris the distance, but I knew that and Will Ripley are pictured at the Jerry Malloy Negro League it wasn’t really a train. It was Baseball Conference in Pittsburgh in 2009. Photo submitted an evil witch who walked the tracks and made the noise to fool people. The boy and I hid under a blanket (still on horseback) while the trainsounding witch got closer.

Creepy, right?

That was 30 years ago. To Will Ripley, son of Ed Instrumentalist Magazine this day, I get goosebumps Ripley and Becky Ripley, Musicianship Award from when I hear a train after has been awarded a Central High in 2009 and dark. I still don’t know what $3,000 scholarship from 2010 and has won the Sem- that dream was all about. I Bechtel Systems and In- per Fidelis (United States frastructure Inc.’s Citizens Marine Corps) Award for Scholarship Program. Will Musical Excellence. Will graduated in the top 10 in serves on the Fountain City his class with honors from United Methodist Church Central High School and Youth Council and Minis- ■ Larry Simcox-Diamond will major in mechani- try Mission team and volBaseball Summer Camp, ages 6-11, 9 a.m. to noon cal engineering this fall at unteers for the Lost Sheep Monday through WednesTennessee Tech.

Ministry. day, July 18-20. Info: Larry, In 2009, Will attended He also is a member of 567-9082 or www.diamond the Tennessee Governors the Society for American baseballtn.com.

School for Science and En- Baseball Researchers and ■ Fall Baseball League, 4Ugineering and the year pre- a founding member of the 12U, bring your own team vious received the Central organization’s new East plus individual signups, 10 High School Science De- Tennessee Chapter, and he’s a.m. to 4 p.m. every Saturday partment Biology Award. an active participant in the through Aug. 13 at Halls ComAmong other scholarships, annual Jerry Malloy Negro munity Park. Info: 992-5504 or he has received the Central League Baseball Conferemail hcpsports@msn.com.

High School Alumni Schol- ence.

■ Baseball Tournament , arship, 100 Black Men of Will’s dad is an employee Tee ball and 6U coach pitch Knoxville Scholarship and of B&W Y-12, a partnership and 8U-14U, Friday through the General Assembly Merit of Bechtel and Babcock & Sunday, July 22-24, Halls Community Park. Info: 992Scholarship.

Wilcox Technical Services 5504.

Will has been active in Group that operates the Y-12 high school and community National Security Complex concert bands, symphonic in Oak Ridge for the Nationband, symphony orchestra al Nuclear Security Adminand choirs. He received the istration.

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Reading workshop Knox County Public Library and UT’s Center for Children's and Young Adult Literature will host a workshop to highlight the best new books of the year 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Friday, July 22, at the East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. The day will be divided into two sessions focusing on different age groups. Each session will cost $25 to attend. Participants should bring their own lunch. Certificates of attendance will be available for professional development purposes. Register online www.knoxlib.org.

for adult children of aging parents will be held 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 12, at Wallace Memorial Baptist Church, 701 Merchants Drive.

Presenters will include a clinical social worker, a geriatric psychiatrist and an elder law attorney. Sponsored by the Office on Aging.

■ Super Summer Slim Down eight-week program will

Shannon Carey

moms101 wasn’t scared of the train tracks before then.

If you watched the “Muppet Babies” Saturday morning cartoon back in the ’80s, you’ll remember this line from Gonzo spoofing the “Shadow” radio show: “Who knows what weirdness lurks in the minds of kids?”

Good question. Preschoolers, the age my Daniel is now, tend to have more vibrant imaginations, and therefore more fears, than any other time in their lives.

The lines between reality

be held 5:45 to 6:30 p.m.

Mondays and Wednesdays through July 27 at Clinton Physical Therapy Center. Cost is $99 nonmembers and current members require a level I membership. Info: 457-8237.

■ Foundation for Wellness Professionals will present a free class on “Trigger Points and Wellness” 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 19, at the Bearden Public library. RSVP: 659-2733.

and fantasy are pretty blurry, so dreams, which can feel “realer” than real, are terrifying when they’re bad.

As I write this, I’m going on about three hours of sleep because of my preschooler’s dreams. Last night, he woke up crying several times, all because of bad dreams, or at least that’s what he told me.

Parents know the difference. There’s the “I’m just lonely and want to get out of bed” cry, which is just a little bleat, and then it’s over. But there’s also the “Something is really wrong in here” distress signal cry that can send you leaping for the bedroom door in a single bound.

Daniel gave the distress signal three times. The first time, I picked him up out of bed, and he was shaking and crying. He said he’d had a bad dream. The second

time, I carried him to the rocking chair and held him until he was fast asleep. The third time I brought him into bed with me.

The next morning when he was awake, I asked him what happened in his bad dream. He said there was a bad horse who was hitting the dogs. That’s verbatim.

“Who knows what weirdness? … ” And what’s with the recurring horse theme?

I told him that it sounded scary, but dreams aren’t real, not like Mommy and Papa and Daniel are real.

But, even while I’m playing the mature adult, I’m remembering that dreams seem real. Mine felt real enough to make me scared of night trains 30 years later.

Contact Shannon Carey at shannon@ ShopperNewsNow.com.

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Green Feet Lawn Care

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384-5039

E& M Complete Lawncare

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Mays Paving Co. Driveways & Parking Lots 40 years experience

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310-1960

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Call Faith Koker • 938-1041

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Rent based on income.

Large 1 bedroom apartments with balcony.

Call 938-3394 for application.

A Volunteers of America Community Equal Housing Opportunity

Custom-tailored clothes for ladies of all sizes PLUS kids!

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES New Hope Christian School located in Corryton is now accepting applications for full & parttime teaching positions as well as full and part-time teaching assistants in our elementary and middle school classes. Please submit resume along with salary history and references to:

New Hope Christian School 7602 Bud Hawkins Road Corryton, TN 37721

References available Dick Kerr 947-1445

CERAMIC TILE INSTALLATION

Factory workers needed!

Floors, Walls & Repairs 30 yrs. experience, excellent work

Call John: 938-3328

DAVID HELTON PLUMBING CO.

All Types of Residential & Commercial Plumbing

MASTER PLUMBER 40 Years Experience Licensed & Bonded

922-8728 257-3193

Well-maintained 3BR/2BA basement rancher in Powell.

Large kitchen, dining & sunroom opening out to private wooded backyard with multiple decks & hot tub. Too many improvements to list. $159,900.

Vick Dyer, CRS, GRI Coldwell Banker Wallace & Wallace, Realtors (865)584-4000 office • (865)599-4001 cell View all my listings at: www.vickdyer.com “In dire need of selling or buying real estate?

Vick Dyer is the only “Dyer” you need!”

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June sales lag behind 2010 While there were some notable commercial transactions in Knox County, the month of June produced fewer property sales than the month before – and considerably less than the same period of 2010. For the month that ended on Thursday, June 30, there were 711 land transfers in the county, representing a total property value of about $172 million.

These figures show a slight drop from the activity during the month of May, which produced 738 transfers. But when compared to June 2010, the numbers look even less impressive. A year ago in June, some 944 parcels changed hands in Knox County. The value of property sold was actually up in June from about $138 million in May and was only about $5 million below the June 2010 figures.

Lending actually showed improvement during the month. The amount of money loaned against property in June was approximately $220 million, or about $40 million

Wess Sharp joins Gaylon Wilson Insurance Wess Sharp is welcomed to Gaylon Wilson Insurance by company president Jack Wilson. Sharp, a lifelong North Knox resident, is a 1987 graduate of Halls High School and a 1992 graduate of the University of Tennessee. Gaylon Wilson Insurance is located at 5344 N. Broadway across from Fountain City Park.

Office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Info: 687-6871.

Photo by Ruth White

KNOXVILLE CHAMBER Info: 637-4550. All events are held at the Knoxville Chamber unless otherwise noted.

■ Chamber Member MD Lab, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 12.

■ New Member Reception, 4-6 p.m. Tuesday, July 12.

■ Ribbon Cutting, 4 to 4:30 p.m. Monday, July 18, New York Life, 265 Brookview Centre Way, Suite 102.

■ Business After Hours, 5-7 p.m. Thursday, July 21, Peerless restaurant, 320 N. Peters Road. Sponsored by Ideal Exteriors.

Fountain City B&PA to meet The Fountain City Business and Professional Association will meet noon Wednesday, July 13, at Central Baptist Church on North Broadway. Craig Leuthold with the Knox County property assessor’s office will be the guest speaker. Lunch will be served at noon. Bring a friend to receive half off your meal. RVSP by emailing info@fountaincitybusiness.com.

Urban League to host homeownership workshop The Knoxville Area Urban League will host a threesession homeownership workshop 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday and Thursday, July 19 and 21, and 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, July 23. The workshop is for anyone preparing to purchase their first home and will cover financing and maintaining the home. Cost is $20 for a take-home workbook. Info: 865-524-5511 or www.thekaul.org.

Sherry Witt Register of Deeds

realestatereport more than the amount loaned in May. June 2010 saw loans totaling about $260 million against property in Knox County.

There were some bright spots as the month produced several large commercial and residential transactions.

The largest transfer was for a commercial parcel located in the Turkey Creek complex

at just more than $14 million.

The most notable residential transaction was the sale of the Villa Colina estate on Lyons View Pike for $8.5 million.

It seems hard to believe, but we have reached the halfway point of 2011.

Preliminary analysis of the data still indicates that 2011 real estate activity is running slightly behind but fairly comparably to that of 2010. The total value of property sold in Knox County during 2011 has been approximately $748 million, compared to $772 million a year ago. Around $1.3 billion has been loaned against property in 2011 so far, compared to about $1.43 billion at this time last year.

Correction In last week’s Shopper-News, licensed marriage and family therapist Samantha Metheney’s practice was incorrectly named. Metheney has opened Knoxville Trauma Connection and Family Therapy Services, located at 2931 Essary Road, Suite 9. Info: 456-0058.

Burnette named to LMU board Jerry Burnette, a 1981 graduate of Halls High School, has been named to the board of trustees of Lincoln Memorial University.

Burnette played basketball at LMU, where he was named to the Academic All-American Basketball team and graduated in 1985 with a degree in business administration. “This is an exciting time to be on the board,” said Burnette, who has fond memories of his time at the school.

In the past five years LMU has Burnette opened a medical school and a law school and plans to open a veterinary school in 2012.

The first class from the medical school graduated this year with 150 students. “Programs across the board – academically and athletically – have improved and the school continues to raise the bar,” he said.

Craft Show: August 12-14 For information regarding vendor participation, please call 686-3200 or email renita@knoxvilleexpocenter.com

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This year’s event will be held Saturday, July 30 at Knoxville Municipal Golf Course, Schaad Road The cost for this event is only $75, which includes 18 holes of golf, cart, lunch, goodie bag along with great door prizes.

Golf team and hole sponsorship: $350.

Individual hole sponsorship: $150.

There will be an awards presentation directly after golf.

Trophies for 1st, 2nd, 3rd & last place will be awarded.

To help us properly plan for this event, please pre-register at http://www.powellband.org Money raised from this event helps with the daily operation of the POWELL HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING PANTHER BAND. You support is greatly appreciated!

Enjoy 18 holes of golf (including cart), lunch, door prizes & goodie bag for each player …

ALL FOR JUST $75 PER PLAYER! • Closest to the Pin & Long drive prizes • Hole in One prizes including one 2011 Honda Accord sponsored by Rusty Wallace Honda • Mulligans & Red Tees will be available.

Thank you for your participation!

REGISTER TODAY

FOR FALL 2011 CLASSES

Financial Aid Priority Deadline—July 29 Application Deadline—August 11 Fall Classes Begin—August 27

For more information contact

Lonnie Berry 254-8138 A TBR Institution

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POWELL SHOPPER-NEWS • JULY 11, 2011 • A-13

Sunscreen for For years, your mama probably told you to wear sunscreen to prevent sunburn, but never really knew all of the reasons it was so important. Today, sunscreen has emerged as everyone’s best defense against skin cancer, the skin-aging process and the best way to promote healthy skin.

Beautiful, healthy skin

According to Kari Bell, Licensed Esthetician and Licensed Massage Therapist at the spa at Mercy Health and Fitness Center in Powell, “Applying sunscreen every day protects your skin from the damage of UV rays from the sun. Those rays can do an awful lot of harm to the skin before you even realize it.”

Sunscreen is a must, indoors or out, year-round, everyday, according to Bell.

The UV rays from the sun deplete moisture in the skin, causing photo damage, which contributes to the formation of wrinkles. When the skin loses moisture from sun exposure, it causes a breakdown in collagen and the elastin network in the dermis layer of the skin. This breakdown is part of the natural aging process, but sun exposure speeds up that process.

The results are wrinkles and premature aging.

Skin cancer can also result from overexposure to the sun. More than 1 million cases are reported each year in the United States!

To avoid these skin hazards, the American Academy of Dermatology recommends: ■ Apply sunscreen 15 to 30 minutes before going outdoors and reapply every two hours and after swimming.

■ Protect your lips by using lip balm with SPF 15 or higher.

■ Limit time in the sun, especially between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., when the sun is at its strongest.

■ Increase sunscreen usage when near water, sand and snow since they reflect the sun’s rays and increase the risk of sunburn.

■ Wear protective clothing such as a wide-brimmed hat and sunglasses as an added layer of defense. The sun’s rays can penetrate light-colored clothing and thin fabrics.

■ Schedule a yearly screening with a dermatologist and be aware of any changes in moles or new growths or lesions. With early detection, skin cancers are highly treatable.

Good sun protection isn’t just about avoiding direct sunlight or the hot summer sun. Up to 80 percent of UV rays can pass through the clouds and is reflected off snow.

And just because you are inside doesn’t mean the sun can’t find you.

While window glass does block UVB rays that cause sunburn, it does not block the cell-damaging UVA rays!

The spa at Mercy Health and Fitness Center offers Oxygen Botanical

Sunscreen is a must, indoors or out, yearround, everyday.

– Kari Bell, LE, LMT

Skincare Products to protect and nourish the skin.

Bell says Oxygen Botanicals Total Sun Protection SPF 30 (pictured at left) will provide superior blockage from the harmful effects of the sun’s UV rays.

The active ingredients of octyl salicylate 3 percent and titanium dioxide 2 percent offer both UVA and UVB protection. Zinc oxide, another ingredient, also provides an excellent barrier to the sun and other irritants.

“This sunscreen conditions the skin, too, and leaves it feeling silky smooth. In fact, all our Oxygen Botanical Skincare products help

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Kari Bell, LE, LMT, gives a client a luxurious facial.

Other Oxygen Botanical Skincare products include: ■ Eye Serum with vitamin C to help lighten dark circles.

■ Eye Cream with vitamin A to help decrease the appearance of fine lines.

■ Multi-fruit Acid Refiner with vitamins E, A and C, a weekly treatment containing fruit acids to help exfoliate the skin and remove toxic buildup.

The spa at Mercy Health and Fitness Center is committed to providing all the best products and services to promote healthy skin.

Besides products, they offer nine different facials like the Express Facial and Anti-Aging Facial, depending on the need, to both members and non-members.

But topping the list is the importance of using sunscreen.

And mama’s old adage “an ounce of prevention, … ” is still true today for more reasons than ever before.

For more information on skincare at Mercy Health and Fitness Center, call 859-7900.

the appearance of sun damage and premature aging and make the skin feel so soft to the touch.”

The antioxidant cream has vitamins E, A, D and C. Vitamin A helps increase cell turnover to decrease the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. Vitamin C helps to lighten hyperpigmentation.

Vitamin E and D hydrate and soften the skin. All together, this cream fights free radicals and toxic buildup, leaving the skin in optimum health.

859-7900• www.Mercy.com 7540 Dannaher Drive, Powell (Located on the campus of Mercy North off Emory Road)

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Low prices LOCKED DOWN throughout the store on 10,000 items FUEL BUCKS REWARDS - SAVE 15¢ PER GALLON ON FUEL WHEN YOU SHOP FOOD CITY. Food City

Drumsticks Or Thighs Jumbo Or Family Pack, Per Lb.

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SAVE AT LEAST 4.00 PER LB.

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RECYCLE TIP OF Simplify your life as much as possible. Only keep belongings that you use/enjoy on a regular basis. By making the effort to reduce what you own, you will naturally purchase less/create less waste in the future.

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Grape Jelly

Kern’s

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32 Oz.

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Quilted Northern

Mayfield Select

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Bath Tissue

Ice Cream

Asst. Varieties, 4 Double Rolls

Asst. Varieties, 48 Oz.

SAVE AT LEAST 3.99 ON TWO

SAVE AT LEAST 5.69 ON TWO

SAVE AT LEAST 2.69 ON TWO

SAVING MONEY IS EASIER AT FOOD CITY PHARMACY! RECEIVE $10.00 OFF YOUR NEXT GROCERY OR FUEL PURCHASE WHEN YOU ENROLL.

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Hundreds of Generic Drugs only $4.00 for a 30 day supply, $9.99 for a 90 day supply

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Select Men’s & Women’s Health Medications for just $9.99, $15.00 Oral Contraceptives, $15.99 Smoking Cessation Patches

Over 5,000 Brand and Generic Drugs discounted every day

Discounts on TopCare Diabetic Supplies, EasyTouch Syringes and Pen Needles

PAY LESS FOR ANNUAL FLU SHOT 20% discount on Flu Shot

VISIT us at www.foodcity.com Items and Prices are specifically intended to apply locally where issue originates. No sales to dealers or competitors.

Quantity rights reserved. 2011 K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc. Food City is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Ask any Food City Pharmacy Associate for details.

FREE REWARDS Family Pharmacist Dozen Program.For each twelve eligible prescriptions your family fills, you earn $10.00 in Free TopCare Health and Beauty Care items.

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SALE DATES: Sun., July 10 Sat., July 16, 2011