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Paddling for kids With Jake Mabe off (tonsils, folks), Betty Bean did double duty including a heartwarming story about Wes Breitenbach, a Fountain City guy who is fundraising for Big Brothers/Big Sisters.

See Bean’s story on page A-3

Kroger guy And Libby Morgan came through with a tribute to staff and customers at the Fountain City Kroger who are supporting Barry Hughes.

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Lee to speak at Christ UMC On Feb. 27 at 6:30 p.m. at Christ United Methodist Church, Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Sharon Lee will present the compelling stories of American soldiers captured and held as prisoners of war by the Germans in World War II. Although they were of different backgrounds and faiths and had different prison experiences, the young men shared some common qualities and traits that enabled them to endure and survive the difficult conditions of their incarcerations. Justice Lee will also share insights about serving as a Supreme Court Justice. A meal at the cost of $6 will be served before the program. Reservations: 9221412 or email cumckt@tds.net.

Sign gone Someone has taken the sign that marks the entrance to Lazy Acres subdivision, and the neighbors want it back.

Richard Jett says the sign is about five feet by three feet, and residents will “ask no questions” when it’s returned.

Contact Jett at 679-1261.

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February 25, 2013

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City Council approval opment will be an asset and the nearby residents won’t get more flood water as a result, “as long as (Kroger) retains its runoff on its own land.” He trusts city enforcement to ensure that happens.

Renee Hoyos, executive director of the Tennessee Clean Water League, was not so agreeable.

“Kroger plans to fill a wetland,” she said, asking for mitigation similar to that at Turkey Creek.

Campen, whose district includes the finger-annexation of commercial property near the interstate, asked city engineering chief Jim Hagerman if the city can guarantee that residents won’t be harmed. “We don’t regulate wetlands,” Hagerman responded. “That’s up to the (Army) Corps (of Engineers) and the state (Department of Environment and Conservation).”

Campen made the motion for rezoning, which passed without objection. “This is the first step.

Kroger still must get local and state permitting and (obtain) plan approval,” he said Xhajanka, Kroger real estate manager based in Atlanta, said Kroger is developing 18.75 acres of an 84-acre tract. He promised to “work for” a walkway along the creek as part of Kroger’s development plan.

By Sandra Clark Knoxville City Council has rezoned land so the Kroger Co. can build on a portion of the old Powell Airport site on Emory Road at I-75. The action came Tuesday after Kroger officials met Monday with neighbors at Tennova North.

Mark Senn, president of the commercial development company that worked for Kroger, facilitated the meeting, which was arranged by City Council member Mark Campen. Paul Xhajanka from Kroger also was in town and spoke before City Council.

Debbie Sauls, at the Council meeting, said she appreciates Kroger “ stepping up and meeting with the community.” But while Senn “offered solutions, all we have are promises,” she said.

Gary Nelson, who lives on Overton Lane, said neighbors are not against the new store.

“We merely ask that Kroger help maintain the beauty of Beaver Creek.”

Nelson said Senn had clearly said how the property will change. “We want updated re- Mark Senn is president of Blanchard & Calhoun Commercial, the firm that ports (as the development pro- represented Kroger in rezoning land on Emory Road. Photo by S. Clark gresses) and also want a 50-foot conservation easement along Campen said later that he Beaver Creek.” And he asked City ment to the “same high standard feels comfortable that the develCouncil to hold future develop- that Kroger has agreed to.”

Hello, Annie

By Cindy Taylor T lo

The Powell Middle School Drama Club will present “Annie Jr.” at 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Feb. 28 and March 1, in the school gym. The play is part of The Broadway Junior Collection with music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin and book

by Thomas Meehan.

Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for students/children; available for pre-sale or at the door. Concessions will also be available for purchase. In-school performances will be 11:45 Thursday, Feb. 28, and 9:45 a.m. and 2 p.m. Friday, March 1.

In keeping with the theme of Annie, this play will benefit more than just the school.

At Powell Middle School this week

“As we have been putting this show together I am constantly reminded that there are children who actually have to grow up not knowing who their parents are,” said chorus and drama teacher Alison Bradley. “Asking our audience to help some of these children by making donations seemed appropriate.”

Attendees are asked to bring money or supplies for Holston United Methodist Home for Children. Items needed are wide ruled spiral notebooks, construcPrimary players in “Annie Jr.” Savannah Walker (Miss Hannition paper, markers, dry gan), T.J. Beery (Oliver Warbucks), and Jordan Williams (Anerase markers, Wite-out nie) practice with props circa 1930. Photo by Cindy Taylor tape, glue sticks, Walmart gift cards, Germ X, Clorox wipes and hygiene items. ACT or GED tests. Contact For an entertaining need, Powell Middle School One highly requested item the school for a complete night out and an oppor- is the place to be this week. is a Tl 30X Calculator for list. tunity to help children in Reach Cindy Taylor at News@ShopperNewsNow.com

A new sister city?

By Wendy Smiith The parks, river and university in Penza, Russia, make it a good choice as a sister city to Knoxville, said Olga Meshcheryakova, guest speaker at last week’s West Knox Sertoma Club.

The director of the Institute for International Cooperation at Penza State

University, she met East Tennesseans Ron Leadbetter, Steve Hillis and Joe Fornes in 2004 when the travelers took a break in Penza.

She came to Knoxville a few years ago to investigate a UT/Penza State alliance, but discussions stalled.

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“This time, I’m hoping to establish a link between UT and the university at Penza, as well as Knoxville and Penza,” she said.

She’d like for Knoxville students to have the opportunity to visit Penza, and for Penza students to visit here. Such exchanges would result in friendships and new initiatives.

“It would add to their understanding of the world.”

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Our favorite Kroger guy

A letter from Barry’s Family The caring and compassionate friends from Fountain City and Fountain City Kroger have sustained us with their outpouring of love, respect, and appreciation for our son and brother, Barry Hughes; for this we are very thankful.

Barry was a fi xture in Fountain City for more than 20 years. Customers who liked and disliked grocery shopping looked forward to a friendly smile, recognition and a warm tease from Barry. He remembered customers’ knee replacements, flowers, grandchildren, and things that were personal to each. Barry was a moment of kindness to each customer with whom he came in contact. He embraced them with a feeling of worth, and they returned this feeling.

Mark Cavalaris and his staff at the Fountain City Kroger have treated Barry as family – ‘we care, we want the best for you, we are with you on this journey.’ Employees are wearing badges with Barry’s picture, the store has held fundraisers, and cards have been made available for customers to communicate with Barry. He has received over 400 cards.

Thank you Fountain City!

Through the cards received, we have been humbled by the love for him, the discovery of how beloved he is and what a difference he has made in our world.

Gratefully, The Family of Barry Hughes

Barry Hughes, holding Pretzel, with his mom, Barbara Tapp, and brother, Dave Hughes.

‘He made Kroger feel like a Mom and Pop store’

Raneẽ Webb, Kroger co-manager, with the Barry Hughes display at the front of the store.

By Libby Morgan

The latest batch of well-wishes for Barry are piling up, as happens frequently ever since the display went up last fall.

Kroger customer Howard Simonin writes a message for Barry. Photos by Libby Morgan

A guy who made more friends than you could count and inspired love and affection daily for more than two decades did this while checking out groceries at Fountain City Kroger.

Everyone who has shopped at the Fountain City Kroger since 1990 has surely been served by the goodnatured, dependable Barry Hughes. His walking difficulties and speech belied his cleverness. His joking demeanor and skill at the till made standing in his line a quick and painless, no, make

that a quick and pleasant, finish to grocery shopping.

He’s been missing from his post for months now, and won’t be making it back to work, according to his doctors’ prognosis. Hughes has been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer and is not expected to hold on to life much longer.

He is at his mother’s home in Norris, resting most of the time.

“This has been a very difficult but very rewarding time for all of us. We are absolutely overwhelmed by the outpouring of love for

Barry. We really didn’t realize just how loved he is until this happened,” says Barbara Tapp, Barry’s mother.

Mark Cavalaris, store manager, has set up a display near the checkout with photos of Barry, information about his condition, and cards for his hundreds of friends to write messages to him. More than 400 cards have been delivered to Hughes, with more piling up, waiting to be taken.

“Barry’s stepfather reads every card to him,” Barbara says of her husband, Bobby Tapp. “The cards have been so very comforting to all of us. One of our favorites said ‘Barry; You make Kroger feel like a Mom and Pop store.’”

Ranee Webb, co-manager, who worked with him for the past four years, explains Hughes’ legacy at Kroger simply and succinctly: “Barry always had a smile for everyone.”

It’s official!

Fountain City is getting a Chick-fil-A

The deal is done for the new Fountain City Chick-fil-A. Ty Powell, project manager, and Chuck King, superintendent from RTC General Contractors, can be seen on the parking lot of the now leveled Fountain Village. Photo by Libby Morgan

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Rumors about the fast food chicken restaurant that never opens on Sunday were verified when Ty Powell, project manager for Richardson Turner Construction, last week hung the sign with the Chick-fil-A logo.

“We are on a 21-week schedule to finish the project,” said Powell, which puts the completion date in July.

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Photo by Betty Bean

Paddling for the kids

By Betty Bean Last Sunday, Wes Breitenbach posted this message on Facebook: “So far I have paddled 120.83 miles and burned 10,356 calories training for the race. I am rowing 80 miles to raise money (shooting for $800) for Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Tennessee! I would appreciate any support you can give me. Just click on the link and then on my name to donate what you can or private message me for info. Thanks!!!”

He puts his kayak in at Ned McWherter Park every Wednesday and Sunday before daylight in every kind of weather except thunderstorms. He’s buoyed by the knowledge that he’s training for a good cause.

“A lot of mornings, I’ll go to Ned McWherter Park and paddle past the airport, up the Holston River.

I try to get in seven or eight miles a day, and the only time I get off the water is if there’s lightning,” he said.

“I’ve practiced in 20-degree weather and had the whole front of the boat covered in ice. As long as the river doesn’t freeze up, I’m out there practicing. I usually stay out for a couple of hours – then I have to get back home and get work done.”

The Volunteer 80 Race to the Smokies, is an 80mile, flat water course from Knoxville to Chilhowee Dam. The race is organized

by Lower Appalachia Kayak, Canoe and SUP Tours,

owned by Charles Goodson, who is donating money from the proceeds to the Wounded Warriors Project.

Wes is personally raising money for Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Tennessee.

He and his wife, Jesica, live in Fountain City and operate what he calls “a mom and pop” upholstery shop. They’ve been here for five years after a string of moves that took them from Maryland to Arizona to Minnesota and back to Arizona before they decided to come to Knoxville, where Jesica has family.

Their son, Drew, is 16 and a student at Central High School.

Wes is paying the $110 registration fee out of his own pocket so that all the money he collects will go to BBBS. He has linked his Facebook page to a website that accepts donations.

But it’s not strictly fundraising for Wes, who’ll be

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in a 17-foot touring boat that he stores in his backyard garage. He’s a competitive guy and he’s in it to win it, or at least to finish as strong as he can.

Jesica will be his “ground crew,” and will be at the stops along the way in case he needs supplies.

He’s hoping to complete the race in 22 hours.

“One of the big challenges I’ll have is some guys coming in from Canada who’ll have some very high-end racing kayaks. I’m going to give it everything I’ve got, but I’m going to be racing a Cadillac with a lot of Porsches.”

Knoxville Modern Quilt Guild members showcased their favorite quilts, fabrics, books and patterns during the Feb. 16 “Meet and greet” at the Powell Branch Library. Guest speaker Daniel Watson talked about Restoration House of East Tennessee, the adopted charity of KMQG. “In 2005 my wife, Mandy, and I were fairly comfortable in life,” said Watson. “And then everything changed.”

Watson said that during a church meeting he and Mandy were asked, “If you could do anything in life what Modern quilt designs by Robin Smith are displayed would you do?” Mandy responded that at the KMQG February meeting. she would buy a large piece of property, adopt a lot of children and start a minand the ability to help five families at one istry of her own for single moms. Watson said he was shocked as he was unaware time. The organization will break ground that Mandy had ever had that thought. Two next month for a 24-unit community, The months later the couple left their jobs, bought Village, to house low income single moms and their families. property and started Restoration House.

The quilt guild provides quilts for famiRestoration House gained national attention when the Watsons were featured lies living at Restoration House. Members on “Extreme Makeover Home Edition” last of KMQG serve the local community by year. Watson and his family received a new supporting numerous needs and charities.

“The goal of a modern quilt guild is to home and their nonprofit received a duplex reinterpret traditional quilting while alfrom EMHE. “Our purpose since 2007 has been to lowing creativity to flourish,” said guild restore single mothers and their children president Emily Doane. “If we can help othback to God’s good intent for their lives,” ers while enjoying our craft that is a great said Watson. “That means a whole lot to us. bonus.”

Sometimes it does take “The Village” to The decisions and actions we take in this world not only affect us, but everything and raise a child and KMQG is happy to lend a hand. everyone around us.”

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government Billboard vote tests Ownby A-4 • FEBRUARY 25, 2013 • POWELL SHOPPER-NEWS

As County Commission prepares for a crucial second vote on banning digital Betty billboards, opponents of the Bean blinky signs are watching to see what Commissioner Jeff Ownby does.

He’s never voted their ter the 4th District comway on missioner was arrested on these is- Sharp’s Ridge last May. The sues, so case is still pending, and Victor it’s not like those on the other side of Ashe there’s any the billboard issue wonder s u s p e n s e how Ownby, who lost his job there. What after the arrest, can afford ag g ravates to hire one of Knoxville’s them is that highest profile attorneys to he votes at represent him.

Jeff Ownby Chief Deputy Law Diall. realized that Martin was Although no one will go rector David Buuck says a key player in the talks on the record with their Ownby could likely cure about this, and it has been complaints, it’s Ownby’s re- any potential problem by covered in the Knoxville lationship with Lamar Out- disclosing his relationship media. door Advertising attorney with Isaacs prior to any vote After the conversation concluded, I wondered how Greg Isaacs that has the an- (Buuck is speaking hypoclosely this legislator thinks ti-billboard folks grinding thetically, and not opining their teeth. Isaacs is a zeal- on whether Ownby in fact through proposals he is ous defender of Lamar’s free has a problem). sponsoring.

“If anyone has a problem speech and property rights Does he realize how upsetting this is to thousands and appears before County with this, the proper proceCommission to plead his cli- dure is to send it to the ethof Knox Countians who ics committee with a signed, ent’s case. use Lakeshore (many of He also represents Own- sworn ethics complaint,” whom are his constituents)? by in an indecent exposure Buuck said.

The good news is that Isaacs said he can’t comthe proposal really is going case that came about afnowhere.

Gov. Bill Haslam is opposed.

Sen. Massey, a widely respected senator, opposes the legislation and favors an enhanced Lakeshore Park.

She points out the large number of citizens who use the park regularly and how many more will use it when the park is enlarged.

It is unfortunate that legislation like this would be introduced without citizens who live in the area being consulted. The mayor was ignored. City Council was ignored. Adjacent neighborhoods were School board members Karen Carson and Gloria Deathridge ignored. Knox Youth look over a report while waiting for county commissioners.

Photo by S. Clark Sports was ignored. The Governor (whose Knoxville home is less than one mile away) was ignored.

While the attention may continue to focus on Camp■ Knox County taxpayers invested $5 million (thank you, Mayor field, Hall merits attention Ragsdale) in a new business park in Blount County and last week too as he wades into water it finally snagged its first corporate customer: ProNova, a Knox which may be over his head.

County firm that plans creation of 500 jobs, all in Blount County.

■ Former U.S. Am■ Trustee John Duncan has unveiled “an app,” bassador to Egypt Marjust three days before the deadline to pay garet Scobey has moved property taxes on time. Yes, if you’ve waited to Loudon County and is this long to pay your taxes, race right over to building a home in Farragut Duncan’s website and grab that app. Then pay to which she hopes to move by cellphone. Of course, you can also drive to the courthouse or a satellite office in Farragut, this summer. Scobey is a Halls, Cedar Bluff, or east or south Knoxville; graduate of the University mail a check (postmarked by Feb. 28); or drop of Tennessee and was also by one of the banks that accept tax payments: ambassador to Syria.

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O’Connor pancake break■ Ruthie Kuhlman has scored her first coup as fast last Tuesday morning GOP county chair, by snagging former U.S. Rep. saw Mayor Burchett and and presidential candidate Ron Paul to speak at Mayor Rogero dancing the upcoming Lincoln Day Dinner on April 12. briefly to the music of Details such as place, time and price are pendthe occasion. It showed a ing, and some Republicans are grumbling about new development in cityPaul’s libertarianism, but what’s new? Just don’t get him mixed up with Rand Paul or Paul Ryan. county relations.

■A city-sponsored ■ Mike Hammond says he’s a creative person who has ideas from time to time and wonders meeting to discuss how to Ron Paul how to present them to the school board withassist South Knoxville merout appearing to “take over,” and he also wonders how to find out chants will be held at 9:30 what the school board is doing, about such things as the commup.m. Monday, March 4, at nity school at Pond Gap. May we suggest Comcast Cable Channel Ijams Nature Center. Vice 10 for enlightening school board discussions and perhaps a cold Mayor Pavlis is pulling it tobeverage at a downtown venue for transmitting creativity. gether. Public is invited.

Hard to figure Steve Hall’s Lakeshore bill Hard to imagine why state Rep. Steve Hall who represents the neighborhoods surrounding Lakeshore Park off Lyons View Pike (such as Westmoreland, Riverbend and Rocky Hill) would sponsor a Stacey Campfield bill to sell the property owned by the state adjacent to the park to the highest bidder and thereby prevent this property from being added to the existing city park.

It seems sure to alienate many of his constituents.

While Campfield gets most of the media attention for this, the proposal would already be dead from a legislative standpoint had Hall never introduced it.

Bills must be introduced in both houses of the General Assembly to become law. It is also Hall’s district which is closest to Lakeshore.

Sen. Becky Massey actually represents most of the immediate neighbors to Lakeshore Park.

I called Steve Hall, whom I have known since he followed Ivan Harmon on Knoxville City Council, to talk about it.

Hall has traditionally been a low key lawmaker who seldom speaks publicly on issues. He is also close personally to Campfield, but avoids the publicity his controversial friend generates. It is hard to think of any issue Hall champions beyond opposition to tax hikes of any kind. While he hosts a cable TV talk show, he is not a regular in media columns or interviews.

Hall told me several things about this bill. He said it was Campfield’s bill and not really his.

When I pointed out that he took ownership of it when he introduced it, he then assured me it was unlikely to pass and he would not move it until Campfield passed it in the Senate.

When I then asked why he would introduce a bill which he was so lukewarm on and did not feel would pass, he said he had lots of questions about the transfer of state land to the city.

I pointed out that selling the property does not secure answers to his questions and, if sold, guarantees the state has no interest in the property once it is in private hands. He acknowledged that would be true.

I also asked why he had not contacted the appropriate state officials like Larry Martin if he had questions about the property transfer. He seemed not to have

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ment on the Ownby case because it’s still pending, but he doesn’t mind commenting on the question, which he called nonsensical and vitriolic.

“The fact that I represent Commissioner Ownby

has been on the front page of newspapers and television media and had nothing to do with that, or matters pending before commission. Unfortunately these people continue to attack commissioners with whom they disagree. It wouldn’t surprise me if they wanted to investigate my dogs.”

Knox County Ethics Code, Section 2: “Disclosure of personal interest in voting matters.

An elected official or employee of Knox County with responsibility to vote on a measure shall disclose during the meeting at which the vote takes place, before any discussion or vote on the measure and so it appears in the Minutes, any personal interest that affects or that would lead a reasonable person to infer that it affects the official’s vote on the measure.

“In addition, said elected official or employee shall recuse him/herself from the discussion and/or vote on the matter.

“This provision shall not be applicable to voting on measures for reapportionment of districts or other measures that affect all members of the Knox County Commission. ‘Personal Interest’ means, for the purpose of disclosure of personal interest in accordance with this policy, a financial interest of the official or employee, or a financial interest of the official’s or employee’s spouse or child living in the same household, in the matter to be voted upon, regulated, supervised, or otherwise acted upon in an official capacity.”

Late start makes happy campers

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than)

Karen Carson is practical.

When county commissioners were late for a joint meeting set for 4 p.m. I asked Carson, who chairs the school board, how long she would wait.

“If they had asked for the meeting, 10 minutes,” she said. “Since I’ve been begging for this meeting for months, probably a long time.”

At 4:49 the commissioners drifted in. The full commission had been debating billboards (for what seems like the 100th time) in a non-voting workshop. Now three members, all male, walked into the small assembly room.

Was it coincidence that the three school board members were all women?

Carson, Gloria Deathridge and Lynne Fugate represented the schools, while Dave Wright, Mike Hammond and Sam McKenzie represented the commission. Commissioner Amy Broyles was absent, as was school board member Doug Harris.

“We want to get to know each other and develop some ground rules for communicating,” said Carson.

“I’d like to spend this time answering your questions rather than have our conversations in the paper,” chimed in Fugate.

Mike Hammond, as commission chair, had reached out to the school board.

That’s not so much the case with the current chair, Tony Norman, a former teacher.

Sandra Clark

Hammond said a joint retreat was helpful, but “we’ve taken a few steps back.”

Wright said, “The things that elude us revolve around dollars.” He proceeded to say the Sheriff’s Office and Health Department could be “jealous” if the school board and commission establish close interaction.

“We’ve got Budget 101,” said Carson. “We know others want (budget) dollars.”

Wright soldiered on: “Dr. McIntyre doesn’t have to sell me anything. It’s the community buy-in that makes the big things happen (in funding).”

Meanwhile, out in the audience, a young KNS reporter was drifting about, looking for quotes about a Chamber poll that showed just that - community buyin for increased funding for education.

Last year, the school board proposed a budget that found no one on commission willing to make a motion for. But the schools got $7 million in new money and Carson calls that “positive.”

Meanwhile, Tim Burchett has a finger poised on his Robo-call machine.

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The gold standard: Tom Dillard LAW DOGS | Betty Bean Tom Dillard flashes a slightly embarrassed grin upon hearing that a lot of his peers consider him the gold standard by which other lawyers are measured.

“I hope that doesn’t mean that gold is losing its value,” he said.

“At a certain age, if you don’t get disbarred or prosecuted, people do give you some respect.

But I sure appreciate that, and I’ve been very fortunate.”

A picture of Bob Ritchie, his late partner (and another gold standard attorney), sits on the sideboard next to Dillard’s desk along with pictures of Dillard’s wife and late parents. Ritchie was a couple of years ahead of him at the University of Tennessee College of Law, and as young lawyers they worked for law firms housed in the Hamilton Bank building.

When Dillard became an assistant U.S. Attorney, he found himself on the opposite side of cases from Ritchie, whom he describes as “a superb lawyer; always a gentleman and prepared to the nth degree.”

But that’s getting ahead of the story, which begins in Alabama, where he was born to Gladys and Bill Dillard nine days before Pearl Harbor. He was the first of three children, and the family bounced around the country – primarily in the Southeastern United States – during the war years after his father joined the Navy.

The Dillards moved to Fountain City in 1950, and Bill went into the produce brokerage business. Tom attended Smithwood Elementary School and Central High and grew to be 6-3, which meant he was one of the two tallest players on the Bobcat basketball team.

He went on to UT for college and law school, and has a picture of himself and his sister, Susan, when he got his undergraduate degree.

“I was 21, in my cap and gown, and she was five,” he said. “She graduated from kindergarten when I graduated from college.”

Today, little sister is Susan Espiritu, the much-honored principal of Pond Gap Elementary School whose most recent honor is a National Association of Elementary School Principal’s award. Dillard is very proud of her accomplishments.

“She does an incredible job,” he said. “Very dedicated and does great work.

I’ve got two Susans I’m very proud of.”

Tom Dillard at work Photo by Betty Bean

His wife of 38 years is also named Susan, and has a doctorate in retail merchandising from Florida State University.

His younger brother John, a United States Marine whose career as a San Diego police officer was cut short by a disabling neurological disorder that confined him to a wheelchair, died two years ago when his apartment building caught fire and he was unable to escape.

Early years

later, he got a call from her office asking if he would consent to be considered for the appointment.

“This was a new concept to me, and I said ‘Sure!’ And lo and behold, I get a call a month or so later that she’d done the vetting of all the people considered and she offered me the job. I had been to Tallahassee one time. … But it was a terrific experience and I really enjoyed it.”

He warned Hawkins that, despite having been a precinct chair for Barry Goldwater shortly after law school, he was a Democrat.

“She just said, ‘Don’t embarrass me.’”

Dillard held the office from mid-February, 1983 until the last day of 1986.

Why did he leave?

“Bob Ritchie,” he said.

Back home “You know going in that it’s not a permanent job, and here I am an East Tennessean down there in Florida, and at some point I know I’m going to have to go back.

Bob had come down twice, and the reason he gave me was he had a client in the federal institution in Tallahassee …

“The next time he came down, he told me, ‘We need some help in my office, and you need to come back and work with Charles (Fels) and me.’ I thought about it a very short period of time, and said ‘Yeah, you bet.’”

(Charles Fels has since left the firm to become an Episcopal priest, now at the Church of the Good Shepherd.)

Ritchie, Fels & Dillard came together Jan. 1, 1987, and soon became the premier criminal defense firm in Knoxville. Ritchie bought and remodeled a building on Main St. and moved the office there in 1988. Dillard specializes in white-collar crime, but has handled a wide range of cases, including capital murder trials.

He has been a member of the Tennessee Bar Association’s Professional Standards Committee since 1995 and says the Rules of Professional Conduct bar him from saying much about past clients, but he was willing to talk about one of his most difficult cases – that of George Thomas, one of the defendants in the Christian-Newsom murder trial.

Dillard worked in the U.S. Attorney’s office in Knoxville for a total of 14 years with 2 years off to serve as a magistrate. In 1983, President Ronald Reagan appointed him U.S. Attorney in the Northern District of Florida, an odd occurrence since he (1) didn’t live there, and (2) is a Democrat.

He had participated in a program that assigned federal prosecutors to inspect other U.S. Attorney’s offices, and was assigned five offices in Alabama, Georgia and Florida. He was warned that the Florida office had problems.

“And sure enough, they had internal problems and it was kind of a mess, so I went down and did inspections for about a week in the Tallahassee and Pensacola offices,” he said.

It was there that he met newly-elected U.S. Sen. Paula Hawkins, an Orlando Republican.

“She found out one of her duties would be to recommend U.S. Attorneys, and she got the idea that she didn’t want them to be from the area where they’d been practicing, which was kind of novel, to say the least,” Dillard said.

One evening at a social event, Hawkins asked Dillard for his observations Tough case about the U.S. Attorney’s Why did he get involved offices, and some weeks in a case whose details are

On his office wall, the young Tom Dillard with his friend, former U.S. Sen. Paula Hawkins.

so unimaginably gruesome that the defense attorneys became targets of public outrage?

“I’ve asked myself that,” he said, only half-joking.

“The rules of professional conduct don’t address this per se, but part of the responsibility of being a lawyer is promoting and preserving the right to counsel, the right to due process and other related rights that we all have.

“If you’re a civil lawyer you can do pro bono work and get all kinds of accolades, but if you’re a criminal lawyer, it’s part of your responsibility, professionally and morally, to not turn your back on people because of public sentiment.”

The pool of local lawyers qualified to represent clients facing the death penalty is very small, so when four people were charged with carjacking and murdering Channon Christian and Chris Newsom, Dillard wasn’t surprised when his phone rang.

“None of us was looking for that appointment,” he said. “I remember getting the call I was hoping I wouldn’t get from Judge (Richard) Baumgartner’s office, and both professionally and morally, there wasn’t any way of saying ‘No, I can’t do it, Judge.’”

Death penalty defendants get two attorneys, so he enlisted one of his partners, Stephen Johnson, as co-counsel because they’d tried a previous death penalty case together.

The Thomas case has been dragging on for years, and may be retried this spring.

Payment rates for appointed work have not changed since 1994 – the lead counsel in death penalty cases gets $100 an hour for in-court appearances and $75 for out-of-court work; co-counsel gets $80 and $60 – a fraction of the fees normally commanded by elite law firms (and not

nearly enough to compensate for at least 800 attorney and staff hours.)

“At one point, I thought about figuring that up, but then thought, ‘No thanks; I’ll be in a blue funk for years to come,’” he said.

He tries not to think about the vilification of the defense attorneys in this case, but it clearly troubles him, particularly “the nameless, faceless and sometimes completely crazy” critics on Internet blogs and message boards.

He says he and Johnson haven’t had as much of that

Just the facts ■ Graduated from the UT College of Law, 1964.

■ Served 9 years as assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, and from 1976-78 was the district’s first full-time federal magistrate.

■ Appointed U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida by President Ronald Reagan, 1983.

■ Returned to Knoxville In 1987 to join the firm of Ritchie, Fels & Dillard, today called Ritchie, Dillard, Davies & Johnson.

■ Certified as a criminal trial specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy and the Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education ■ Named a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the Tennessee Bar Foundation and is a Master of the Bench of the Hamilton Burnett American Inn of Court.

■ Has served on the board of directors of the Helen Ross McNabb Center, the Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Knoxville Bar Association, the Knoxville Bar Foundation, and the Federal Defender Services of Eastern Tennessee.

■ Is the founding president of the Knoxville Defense Lawyers Association.

as attorneys David Eldridge and Doug Trant, who represent the alleged ringleader of the murder plot.

“Believe me, they did not pick their client,” he said.

“But I admire them.

“Both the federal constitution and the state constitution specifically state than an individual has the right to effective counsel. We’re just doing our job.”

Meanwhile, Dillard says his wife has begun to ask him about retirement, and he thinks about it some. But mostly, he stays busy – just doing his job.

■ Was appointed to the Mayor’s Commission on Police, the Tennessee Bar Association’s Committee on Professional Standards and the Advisory Commission to the Supreme Court on Rules of Practice and Procedure.

■ Elected to the Leadership Knoxville Class of 1998.

■ Awarded, in 2002, the Knoxville Bar Association’s highest honor – the Governor’s Award – for professional achievement and community involvement.

■ Received the Knoxville Bar Association’s Law Through Liberty Award in 2008.

■ Received the 2012 Joseph B. Jones award for lifetime achievement from the Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

■ Has instructed at the National Institute for Trial Advocacy, was an adjunct professor of trial practice at the University of Tennessee College of Law and has lectured at seminars for various national, state, and local bar associations and other professional organizations.

■ Achieved the highest rating awarded by the Martindale Hubbell Law Directory (AV) and is listed in Best Lawyers in America, The National Directory of Criminal Lawyers, and Who’s Who in American Law.

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Tyler Bray may confuse NFL It’s still early, but how would you like to be an NFL scout assigned to evaluate Tyler Bray?

Premature speculation from self-appointed experts has him going everywhere in the April 25 draft, late first round, mid-second, fifth — Jon Gruden will know.

Indeed, several pros are asking questions and taking notes: Great arm. Bold, gunslinger mentality. Immature behavior at times. Potential exceeds production.

High-octane emotions with tendency to go up or down with the team.

Expectations? He was on the Heisman checklist and a Maxwell Award possibility.

Sorry about that.

Immaturity? Don’t let the flamboyant tattoo, beer-bottle barrage and jet ski incident trouble you too much. Yelling back at

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coaches bothered me.

Among the positives, please print ARM in large letters. Such a tool is rare.

Twenty-four career starts, 59 percent completions, 7,444 yards with favorable touchdown-tointerception ratio, 69 to 28.

OK, the weak sisters of the poor puffed up those stats.

Memphis, Montana, Buffalo, Georgia State, Akron and Troy contributed 25 TDs. The pros will study hours of Tyler tape and wonder how he could rifle a 30-yard strike between a trailing corner and con-

Something sings Then he took a loaf of bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” And he did the same with the cup after supper, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.”

(Luke 22: 19-20 NRSV)

verging safety, hitting Justin Hunter in full stride — and then bounce a pass to the left flat.

They will notice his 1311 won-lost record and the ugly 5-9 against Southeastern Conference foes and conclude that he never won a truly meaningful game. Surely they won’t blame Bray for all that mess. Derek Dooley hired Sal Sunseri.

Best games? Cincinnati 2011, four touchdown passes, 405 yards, winning pitcher in a 22-point romp.

South Carolina 2012, four scores, 368 yards but not enough to win.

Worst performances?

Five-of-30 flop in that windy Orange and White game and the miserable 2011 finale at Kentucky. No way to tell if he really cared.

The scouting report will list Bray’s trim 6-6 phy-

Cross Currents

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linen and a loaf and chalice.

I have received the sacraments in various places: around a campfire, in a catheYou ask of us fair linen, and that our hands dral, in a hospital room, in a would tremble just a little as we set church fellowship hall. I have the table for the Holy Mysteries. …

So in the silence of the love that springs had the privilege of assisting Where least expected but where most desired, at the table, and of helping to We touch with trembling hands the holy things; serve the congregation.

And all of life is grace, and something sings.

I have been served chal(“Means of Grace,” by Jennifer L. Woodruff) lah and wine, dinner rolls and Welch’s grape juice, and I grew up in a tradition of tasteless crunch, and the sandwich bread and Coke. that passed the communion grape juice came in miniaBut no matter the setting, plates through the pews. ture glass cups. It was years no matter the elements, no The wafers were tiny pillows before I learned about fair matter which side of the com-

slow to reset when he had to move. They said accuracy was better than judgment. One had seen Tyler as a freshman and was not particularly kind to offensive coordinator Jim Chancy on the subject of fundamental development.

Still locks onto receivers too often. Lead shoulder still flies open when he gets in a hurry. Drops his eyes quickly when trying to elude pressure. Poor handler of the football.

They had heard of Dooley’s threat to bench Bray if he didn’t take better care of the ball.

I concede Tyler Bray is not Andrew Luck or Robert Griffin III. He is a more typical QB prospect with flaws. But to me, just an old sportswriter, most shortcomings appear correctible. NFL coaches, with time and patience, can do that.

Only God can make a man 6-6 and bless him with a cannon.

sique and limited mobility and wonder about survival and longevity. Will wicked blitzers slam him in the middle and break him in half?

Didn’t happen in the SEC. The report might say Bray didn’t take many big hits. There were reasons.

He was coached to stay well and avoid sacks. Offensive linemen dedicated life and limb to protecting the quarterback.

The pros have heard that Bray senses pressure before there is any. He generally unloaded at the first hint of danger.

Long, long ago, Dewey Warren won some Tennessee games and a lot of respect by hanging tough in the pocket.

The Swamp Rat would defy the rush, keep looking for receivers and finally fire a fastball just as a helmet struck him under the chin.

Bray? Not so much.

Two NFL observers discussing Bray last November supposedly started with throwing velocity, then “heavy feet” that were

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munion rail I am on, I am always moved and touched by the mystery I hold in my hands.

In the understanding of my head and heart, the elements themselves are not the point. The point is that these elements we can see and touch and smell and taste show us a great unfathomable mystery: that God loves us, draws near to us, feeds us, and communes with us. God, in the person of Jesus, gave his body and blood for us; in the moment of receiving the elements of communion, God once again gives us the body and the blood of Christ, to our salvation.

No matter what your understanding of the sacrament may be, it is God’s gift to us, God’s feeding us like a baby,

God’s nurturing us in love.

Wars have been fought over these understandings.

Churches and families and nations have been torn asunder because they could not agree on what the sacrament is or what it means. Kings have been deposed, dynasties have fallen, countless books have been written, denominations have come into being because folks disagreed on these matters.

Like any parent who wants peace at the table, God grieves when we fight over the feast.

But when we turn our attention to Christ and his love for us, poured out in these elements, then we are family— God’s family. We are fed, we are blessed, we are loved.

“And all of life is grace, and something sings.”

News from SOS This afternoon (Feb. 25) at 2 p.m., County Commission will consider a resolution that supports the election of school superintendents. Please attend that meeting if you can, and by all means, let them know you oppose such a move. Commissioners can be contacted by email at commission@knoxcounty.org. Citizen input is crucial at this time.

LET’S KEEP AN APPOINTED SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT For two decades, local school boards across Tennessee have appointed school superintendents. The Tennessee Improvement Act of 1992 stated that local school superintendents “should be accountable to a local board of education which is elected by the public,” and hired based upon “professional qualifications and skills, not on political savvy.” Hiring superintendents allows for “a larger pool of qualified applicants” and better ensures that a local school board can hold a superintendent “accountable” for his/her actions.

The law offers other reasons to appoint the most important leader in our schools: * Continuity of leadership versus the potential for change every four years; * Incentives for the local school chief and elected Board of Education to cooperate; * Strong enforcement of goals and standards; * Avoidance of political patronage, or its appearance, in the school system.

Some commissioners have spoken in support of Tennessee SB 916 and HB 741 which would permit a local option for electing school superintendents “upon two-thirds vote of county or city governing body and approval in an election on the question by the voters.”

Support Our Schools strongly urges commissioners to oppose this legislation which, in the past, was associated with political cronyism and patronage.

The concern about school security provides a good example of the efficient and effective way an appointed superintendent works in tandem with elected officials, the School Board and County Commission.

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POWELL SHOPPER-NEWS • FEBRUARY 25, 2013 • A-7

‘Two’ cute

By Cindy Taylor

A new division is up and running at Beaver Dam Child Care Center. Twoyear-olds have been accepted into the program, and the new class members were all smiles when we visited.

Michelle Johnson, who came highly recommend and is trained in professional child care, took over the director’s position at the center in 2010 when 40year veteran director Ruby Floyd retired.

“We have been getting calls requesting two-yearold care since I started here,” said Johnson. “Once you turn them away, they get established in other day cares and we lose them.”

All three of Johnson’s children have been in the center, so she understood

parents’ desire to have all their children in one place. Johnson said with after-school care, the facility was pretty much out of space. She began tracking the number of calls coming in requesting two-year-old care just to see how much the class was needed. When the economy forced some families to take students out of the afterschool program, space to form a new class became available.

“We had the space and we had the need,” said Johnson.

“Now we support a lot of families who have siblings that need care and want them in the same location.”

The new class started with three students and grew quickly to 12. Johnson says they will hold at that number for a while due

to space constraints and to keep the teachers from getting overwhelmed. The state requires two teachers for every seven children, and Johnson said she was very particular in staffing the class.

“Through lots of prayer and fellowship around the community our two teachers practically fell into my lap.”

Two-year-old class teachers Tina Holloway and Jennie Messer have 60 years of combined experience in working with toddlers.

Twelve students are probably more than enough for now since there is a 10-step diapering process the teachers must go through each Teachers and students of the first class for two-year-olds at Beaver Dam Child Care are Anna Walsh, Laykin Bridgman, teacher Tina Holloway, Wyatt Buckner, Kaden Radford, Andrew Cook, time the need arises.

There is already a wait- teacher Jennie Messer and Noah Fletcher. Photo by Cindy Taylor ing list for the two-year-old class. Johnson says many Since 1969, Beaver Dam entine’s Day the center had children enrolled with 22 of those enrolled will be promoted this fall and that Child Care Center has en- a record number of 74 just teachers. should open the class for riched the lives of thou- in the toddler classes. There Reach Cindy Taylor at News@ ShopperNewsNow.com sands of children. On Val- are currently more than 140 newcomers.

Sweethearts of the Lions

By Cindy Taylor The Fountain City Lions Club members invited their sweethearts to the annual Valentine’s Night last Monday. Some 15 couples enjoyed dinner and a show at the Lions building in Fountain City Park.

Lon and Shirley McNeil, married for 69 years, attended the event. Lon McNeil has a fascinating history both with the Lions and at Oak Ridge National Lab. He started the first eye bank in East Tennessee for the Lions Club and ran the vision program for 52 years until he gave it up last year at the age of 95.

McNeil has been a Lion for 57 years.

An engineer by trade, McNeil is retired from ORNL and was involved in projects there such as the Hubble Telescope.

Singer Lynn Bennett brought the entertainment with renditions of Broadway show tunes, classic and big band music and music of faith. Bennett was accompanied by Paul Caton on the piano.

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WORSHIP NOTES Food banks ■ Graveston Baptist Church, 8319 Clapps Chapel Road, is giving away a half-trailer load of free food to families in need, first come, first served, 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 2. Info: 686-0186.

■ Cross Roads Presbyterian hosts the Halls Welfare Ministry food pantry 6-8 p.m. each second Tuesday and 9-11 a.m. each fourth Saturday. Info: 922-9412.

■ Knoxville Free Food Market, 4625 Mill Branch Lane, distributes free food 10 a.m.-1 p.m. each third Saturday. Info: 566-1265.

Lynn Bennett sang the classics accompanied by Paul Caton on keys. Photos by Cindy Taylor

■ New Hope Baptist Church Food Pantry distributes food boxes 5-6:30 p.m. each third Thursday. Info: 688-5330.

■ Bookwalter UMC offers One Harvest Food Ministries to the community. Info and menu: http://bookwalterumc.org/oneharvest/index. html or 689-3349, 9 a.m.noon. weekdays.

■ Glenwood Baptist Church of Powell, 7212 Central Ave.

Pike, is opening the John 5 Food Pantry some Fridays in February from 9:30-11:15 a.m. For appointment: 9382611; leave a message and your call will be returned.

■ Ridgeview Baptist Church offers a Clothes Closet free of cost for women, men and children in the Red Brick Building, 6125 Lacy Road.

Open to the public 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. every second Saturday.

Vendors needed ■ Crafters and vendors are needed for an upcoming show at Norwood Baptist Church,1725 Wilson Road.

Fee is $30 per table Info: Brenda, 945-1490.

Lord, at 6 p.m. every second and fourth Thursday. A fee of $20 covers the class and the book. Info: 938-2611.

■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, hosts Wednesday Night Supper at 5:45, followed by a choice of Adult Bible Study, Prayer Group or Chancel Choir.

Child care is provided during class/activity time. For reservations: 690-1060. Info: www.beaverridgeumc.org.

■ Gospel singing 3:30-5:30 p.m. every Saturday at the Bargain Shopper Mini-Mall, 5713 Clinton Highway.

Local groups featured; free admission. Info: Warren Biddle, 945-3757, or D.C. Hale, 688-7399.

Meetings, classes Special services ■ Knoxville Fellowship Luncheon meets at noon each Tuesday at Golden Corral. Info: www.kflluncheon.com.

■ Glenwood Baptist Church of Powell, 7212 Central Ave. Pike, hosts “Fit for the Father,” a program that promotes body and soul fitness while serving the

■ St. James Episcopal Church, 1101 N. Broadway, Knoxville, offers Morning Prayer at 8 a.m. Monday through Friday, through March 29. Evening Prayer is offered at 5:30 p.m.

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, through March 29. Info: 523-5687 or www. stjamesknox.org.

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HEALTH NOTES ■ Registration is open for the “Lucky Kidney” 6K Run/2K Walk presented by Dialysis Clinic Inc. to benefit the East Tennessee Kidney Foundation. The event will begin 9 a.m. Saturday, March 23, at Krutch Park Extension. Advance run/walk registration is $26. Advance registrations must be received online at http://www.etkidney.org or via postal mail by Monday, March 17. On-site registration is $30 and begins at 7 a.m. Individuals or groups interested in volunteering may contact ETKF executive director Katie Caldwell at 288-7351 or katie@etkidney.org.

■ UT Hospice Adult Grief Support Group meets 5-6:30 p.m. each first and third Tuesday in the UT Hospice office at 2270 Sutherland Ave. A light supper is served. Info or reservation: Brenda Fletcher, 544-6279.

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Free radicals are mainly oxygen molecules or atoms that have at least one unpaired electron in their outer orbit. In the process of utilizing oxygen during Dr. Wegener the normal metabolism within a cell to create energy, active free oxygen radicals are created.

If these free radicals are not soon neutralized by an antioxidant, they may create even more volatile free radicals or cause damage to the cell membrane, vessel walls, proteins, fats or even the DNA nucleus of the cell. Medical literature refers to this damage as oxidative stress.

Your one and only defense to oxidative stress and the free radicals are your antioxidants. Antioxidants are able to neutralize the free radicals and turn them into harmless and even helpful products that your body can use.

An antioxidant is any substance that has the ability to give up an electron to a free radical and balance out the

un-paired electron, which neutralizes the free radical. Our bodies do have the ability to create some of their own antioxidants, but there are not near enough available. Therefore, it is best that you get additional antioxidants from food and nutritional supplements.

Your best defense is to have adequate or extra amounts of antioxidants available for the amount of free radicals produced so no damage to your body will occur. When more free radicals are produced than there are antioxidants available, oxidative stress occurs.

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Reflecting art

By Cindy Taylor The Fountain City Art Center boasted their largest showing of creative art for 2013 at the “Reflection” show Feb. 15.

More than 50 artists entered 79 works in both 2-D and 3-D media. The entries demonstrated each artist’s personal interpretation of the theme. Independent judges were Rikki Taylor and Judy Jorden.

“Open shows such as this one gather works at all levels without initial judgment or rejection,” said Taylor.

“Inclusion here provides perspective and continued growth for the artist.”

“Both of our judges thought this show was filled with energy and creativity,” said center director Sylvia Williams.

Outstanding student exhibits from the Powell area were on display in the youth section but were not a part of the “Reflection” show.

“Reflection” pieces and student art will remain on display at the center through March 28.

“Railroad Yard in Winter” by Roy McCullough took 1st place.

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Best of show winner for his worked titled “Self Portrait” is Charles “Chico” Osten.

Holland Rowe won an honorable mention for his photography “Fall Reflections.” Photos by Cindy Taylor Gary Dagnan’s 2nd-place work “Fishing from the Rocks”

Connie Cliff won an honorable mention for her watercolor “Airplane Gas Station.”

Jann Bohnenberger won 3rd place for her watercolor “Nandinas Among the Weeds.”

Honorable mentions, not pictured, also went to Jim Servies and Lee Edge.

Copper Ridge Elementary student Michael Cantrell and other 4th graders from the school contributed to this Coral Reef centerpiece used during the art show.

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Great day to be a grandparent Three generations enjoyed lunch together at Brickey-McCloud last week. Anne and Mark Atchley are the greatgrandparents to Landon Cox, and Charlotte Cox is his grandmother.

Following lunch, grandparents were invited to tour the school book fair in the library. Keighton May enjoys listening to a story read by her grandmother Gina Axley.

Brickey-McCloud Elementary hosted Grandparents Day last week and grandparents packed the cafeteria to show love and support to some special students. Kindergarten student Summer Jones enjoys lunch with Jimmie Mathews, also known as Mamaw to Kara Israel’s class. Mathews, who is Israel’s grandmother, is a volunteer in Israel’s class each week.

Caden Williams and his grandmother Teri Williams pick out books to purchase during the book fair.

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Arne Anderson enjoys lunch with her grandson, Palle Rosencrantz.

Larene Warwick visits with her granddaughter Lillian Smith.

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Prechia Wayland, Kade Wayland and Bonnie Mitchell enjoy lunch and also celebrate Kade’s birthday.

Adrian Burnett ■ Hoopalooza will be held 7 p.m.

Friday, March 1, in the gym at Halls High School. Adrian Burnett teachers against WBIR Channel 10 Heartbreakers. Admission is $3 ($2 children). All concessions including pizza, nachos, chips and drinks will be $1.

Grace wins tourney The basketball team at Grace Christian Academy Middle School won the Area 3 AA TMSAA championship in Pigeon Forge. The team beat Harriman 47-29 for the title.

Pictured are (front) Chase Cunningham, Grant Ledford, CJ Gettelfinger, Dawson Bristow, Justin New, Bryce Hodge; (back) assistant coaches James Jones and Mike Kelley; Ryan Lane, Chase Kuerschen, Connor Arnold, Nick White, Benjamin Conner, Ben Andrews and head coach Billy Wilson. All Tournament selections were Chase Kuerschen, CJ Gettelfinger, Connor Arnold and Benjamin Conner.

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First Lutheran School ■ A booth will be set up at the Women Today Expo noon-5 p.m. Sunday, March 3, for interested parties to learn about the school’s summer camp “God’s Enchanting Kingdom” to be held May 28. Info: www. firstlutheranschool.com.

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Shopper-News Presents Miracle Makers

‘Accidental’ science teacher loves the job

Halls Middle School science teacher Andrea Souza critiques a project for Olivia Bell prior to the school science fair.

By Jake Mabe Andrea Souza calls herself an “accidental” science teacher.

She earned a bachelor’s degree from UT in language arts and eventually taught the subject for three years at Bearden Middle School.

Just before becoming pregnant with her first child, she’d almost completed a degree in geology. She and her husband, Peter, raised four boys. After the youngest entered pre-K, Andrea decided to return to UT to earn a master’s degree in K-8 education.

She started teaching science after coming to Halls Middle from Bearden a little more than two years ago.

“And I love it,” she says.

Souza is one of 18 Tennessee science teachers selected for the National Science Teachers Association’s New Science Teacher Academy fellowship program, designed for educators who have been teaching science for three years or less.

According to a press release, the year-long professional development program is designed “to help promote science teaching, enhance teacher confidence and classroom excellence, and improve teacher content knowledge.”

Several companies co-sponsor the fellowship. Souza is sponsored

by Dow Chemical.

“For almost the entire school year, mentors work with mentees to do two or three explorations and design a lesson plan around a student progress indicator. Seasoned teachers help us beef up our lesson plans and help us dig deeper. We can do a webcam observation if we choose to and attend the national conference in San Antonio in April, at which you get to take certain classes and have opportunities for a few other ancillary events.”

Souza says making the transition from language arts to science wasn’t too difficult, but required

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intense preparation.

“It was a little uncomfortable at first just because I had to relearn everything. I spent the whole summer studying the curriculum.”

Souza, who teaches honors science at Halls Middle, also sponsors Odyssey of the Mind, a problem-solving club that meets after school.

“It applies music, writing and engineering to the scientific method,” Souza says, in an effort to help students improve analytical and critical thinking skills.

Right now, the group meets on Thursday afternoons and is working to solve two problems involving robotics and engineering.

“They are fun problems, not the typical ‘read a problem in a book and answer it.’ It’s more ‘color outside the lines,’ and that’s the type of thinking where we make our gains.”

She says one challenge about teaching science is not having enough resources, such as adequate lab space and equipment.

“But there’s also confusion

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about what exactly science literacy is,” she says. “Some hear ‘literacy’ and think that just means to be able to read and comprehend, but there’s also a scientific cultural literacy. So the struggle between reading and application is the biggest challenge.”

When interviewed for this story, Souza was busy preparing for her first science fair at the school.

“It was stressful getting it organized, but what the kids get out of it is priceless. Teaching honors kids, I was asked to increase the rigor and challenge them more, and I thought holding a science fair was one way to do more of that.”

Souza says providence played a role in her path toward education.

Both her paternal grandparents were teachers, and her grandmother told Andrea when she was 14 that she was going to be a teacher.

“And I said, ‘But I don’t even like kids!’ And, no matter how often I turned my head away from it, it was kind of like being at a crossroads, and the obvious choice was the one that led to education.”

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Dealing with dementia

News from Rural/Metro

By Ruth White Can you imagine going through part of your life not being able to walk steadily, see fully or hear properly?

I recently participated in a virtual Alzheimer’s tour at the Halls Senior Center, and for a control freak like myself, I felt like a complete failure when the experiment was complete.

Participants had their hearing, vision and hands altered to mimic those patients with Alzheimer’s and then were asked to perform tasks within a certain amount of time. I believe that I correctly performed one task and it wasn’t because I remembered what I was told but because I guessed. When the tour was finished I was more than frustrated because I am task-oriented.

I gained some insight as to what Alzheimer’s patients experience daily, and the tour

Billie Ross gets ready to take the virtual Alzheimer’s tour with assistance from Alzheimer’s TN employee Bobby Fields. Photo by Ruth White was extremely helpful for individuals who care for patients with dementia.

One participant went through the tour because she cares for her husband, while another cares for his mother. Both felt that knowing more of what their loved ones experience would help

them provide better care and support.

Alzheimer’s Tennessee offers many workshops to help caregivers and family members. The next workshop will be Tuesday, March 12, at Concord United Methodist Church. Info: 544-6288 or www.alztennessee.org.

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By Cindy Taylor Long before the show Duck Dynasty had the country’s attention, a young man in Union County knew the value of a well-made predator call.

Josh Jones made his first owl hooter at age 13 using a gourd and a piece of a cane pole.

“I always thought that if you needed something you could make it,” said Jones.

“When I was a boy I figured out that when an owl hoots a turkey gobbles, so I decided to make my own hooter.”

Jones has turkey calls made from slate, glass or acrylic and other calls handcrafted from a variety of wood. He uses a lathe to turn the pieces, and then sometimes laminates on thin strips of color to make the call unique. Years of woodworking and tons of research enabled Jones to become an expert at his

craft. Each call is one-ofa-kind in color and design.

But it isn’t just about the art.

Every call has a definitive scrape, grunt or scream and none is exactly music to human ears.

“People love to come in here and make noise with the calls,” said Union County Arts Center director Susan Boone. The center carries a large inventory of Jones’ items. “Some days it can get to be a little much.”

One predator call sounds like a dying rabbit. The deer call sounds like a frog, and listening to the turkey call for very long would surely render a human tone-deaf.

But Jones has found his market among hunters.

“Turkey hunting is just around the corner, so turkey calls are my biggest seller right now,” said Jones.

Jones has been into woodworking since he was a teen

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and decided last Christmas that he wanted to give members of his family handmade items. He found a place to buy the guts for the calls, made the pieces, gave them as gifts and suddenly couldn’t keep them on hand.

Jones uses all local wood to finish his pieces.

Most are functional, but he makes some beautiful calls that he says are mostly for looks. He even made a pink deer grunt for his wife for Valentine’s Day. Deer, turkey, predator, raccoon, duck, squirrel, crow and owl – the list of animals that respond to Jones’ calls goes on and on. But that’s not all. Jones can also turn beautiful, functional and unique wooden bowls on his lathe.

Duck Dynasty, eat your heart out.

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This month, Rural/Metro Fire Depar tment, along with K nox v ille Fire Department, the Knox County Fire Prevention Bureau, Karns Webb Vo l u n t e e r Fire Department and Seymour Volunteer Fire Department, received more than 2,000 pieces of burn prevention materials from the Kerbela Temple Shriners to mark February as national Burn and Scald Awareness month.

These English- and Spanish-language materials are designed for ages 3-12. The local fire prevention agencies will pass out the brightly-colored, fun materials in schools and at community events to get the word out about the serious dangers of burns and scalds in young children.

Each year approximately 15,000 children younger than 14 are hospitalized for burn or scald injuries, and this donation is aimed at reducing that number significantly. In partnership with the Kerbela Shriners and local fi re departments,

Rural/Metro is providing parents and children with the information to avoid these injuries.

■ Supervise your child at all times. Most scalds occur from daily activities, such as cooking and bathing.

■ When cooking on a stovetop, keep handles of pots and pans pointed inward to make it harder for little ones to grasp.

Make sure the stove burners are turned off immediately when not in use.

■ Follow instructions on how to heat your meal properly, especially when cooking it in the microwave. Check the temperature of your child’s food first and allow additional time to cool if necessary.

■ When bathing your son or daughter, pay attention to the temperature of the bath water and place the child in the tub facing away from the faucet as far back as possible. 100 de-

grees Fahrenheit is considered safe. At 130 degrees Fahrenheit, a child under 5 can receive third-degree burns in about 15 seconds. A basic rule of thumb is: if it feels hot to you, it’s too hot for them.

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Increase Your Odds of Surviving Melanoma with Physician Screenings

By Paul S. Dudrick, MD, FACS, Premier Surgical Associates Melanoma, the most deadly form of skin cancer, has increased in frequency at epidemic rates in the past 20 years. We now know that avoiding sunlight and tanning beds is an important step in preventing the disease, but for many baby boomers the damage was done long ago.

That’s where early detection comes in. If detected at Stage I, its earliest stage, the five-year survival rate for melanoma is 97 percent. If the disease progresses to its most advanced stage, Stage IV, the five-year survival rate drops to 15-20 percent. So, what’s the best way to find melanoma at its earliest stage, when the

prognosis is most favorable?

A recent study found that physician-based screening leads to higher rates of physician-detected melanoma and detection of thinner melanoma. The Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, where I completed my fellowship in surgical oncology, conducted a 10-year study of 394 patients diagnosed with 527 cutaneous (skin) melanomas and categorized the patients as either new or established.

Over the course of the study, physicians detected 63 percent of melanomas in new patients and 82 patients of melanomas in established patients, while patients self-

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mid- 1900s. But the company is looking for more.

“We are in danger of losing the moving images from our past,” said Reeves. “They are fascinating pieces of our history. Our mission is to find them and preserve them.”

Black and white images of the Blue Circle, Lay’s Packing Company and Cas Walker danced across the screen during Reeves’ presentation, keeping the crowd in stitches.

Reeves said much of the early recordings are already gone, but he hopes to get the word out to anyone who may still have these to call his company at 254-5372.

The Halls BPA meets at noon each third Tuesday at Beaver Brook Country Club.

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Saving the lives of young drivers is what StreetSafe is all about, and it is coming to Hardin Valley Academy Saturday, March 9, with sessions 9 a.m -1:30 p.m. and 2-6 p.m.

“We recommend online registration at www.Street SafeUs.com,” said Susan Perry of the PTSA. Registration will be available on-site a half hour prior to the session, subject to space availability.

Perry has two teenage sons. “I think this is a very worthwhile program to put my children through because they need to learn not only how to operate the car safely, but also how to drive defensively,” she said.

“This program makes a difference in saving teens’ lives and the lives of other people they encounter on the roads,” said sponsor Mike Lewis. “State Farm has been behind this program in North Carolina, and this is the second time

Do I need to see a melanoma surgeon?

Is a lymph node biopsy necessary?

The bottom line is that patients and physicians need to work together so that melanomas can be detected and treated as early as possible. We can’t prevent cancer, but with proper screenings and early diagnoses we can greatly increase the odds of survival.

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By Libby Morgan A good-sized chunk of property right in the middle of the working class neighborhood of Bernhurst Road in Fountain City is up for auction on March 2. Its future use could bring the neighborhood down, or it could be a key in revitalization.

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risk factors and include a skin cancer screening as part of an annual visit. Pay particular attention to patients with fair skin, red hair and freckles because they are most likely to have melanomas, but all patients need to be screened. For any skin type, a lesion needs to be looked at if it has been present for any period of time and then changes.

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acquisitions over the years, including a purchase of First Century Insurance in July 2011 that grew the company by 20 percent.

Other past acquisitions include The Copeland Agency, The Wood Agency, Kotsianas Insurance, Lebo-Truesdel Insurance and numerous others.

“It’s very exciting to be in a growth mode during a time when all we hear about is a struggling economy,” Witt said. “We hope we can continue to grow and provide jobs in Knoxville and surrounding areas.”

Associated Insurors was owned by Bill Wallace.

Bill, his son, Alan, and another employee, Beth Bolden, will remain with the Insurance Group.

Digitizing the past Bradley Reeves of Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound (TAMIS) appealed to Halls Business and Professional Bradley Reeves Association last week for help in finding local film recordings from years past.

TAMIS is a nonprofit organization dedicated to collecting, preserving and providing access to the moving image and recorded sound heritage of the region.

Reeves gave a digitized presentation of easily recognizable clips preserved by TAMIS from live television and home movies recorded as far back as the early- to

“Patients and physicians need to work together so that melanomas can be detected and treated as early as possible.”

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Knoxville insurance agency grows with acquisition The Insurance Group LLC, an independent insurance agency based in K n o x ville, will grow by 25 perJosh Witt cent after purchasing Associated Insurors Inc. “We are tremendously excited about this acquisition,” said Josh Witt, chief operating officer for The Insurance Group. “It provides the clients of Associated Insurors with access to insurance markets that previously weren’t available and allows our agency to grow.”

The Insurance Group has made numerous other

detected only 18 percent of all melanomas. The study authors concluded that a combined strategy of physician detection and patient participation must continue to be used to ensure early melanoma diagnosis.

The article is in line with prior recommendations and what I’m seeing in my Premier Surgical Associates practice. My recommendation to patients is: stay informed, continue monthly self exams and bring to your physician’s attention any suspicious moles. If your doctor tells you it’s nothing but you still fi ll uneasy about it, seek a second opinion. I often see patients who say, “The doctor didn’t think it would be anything, but it turned out to be a melanoma.”

To physicians, I say: Know the

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A single mother residing on the street says there are some “nefarious” characters just down the way, though.

In the past decade, many of the houses have been renovated and have become sweet little homes for very little money. Bernhurst is, after all, a place where many Fountain City residents

Will the property continue to be a derelict centerpiece of the neighborhood?

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MONDAY, FEB. 25 Musician Tommy White will perform 10:30 a.m. at the Luttrell Senior Center. Info: Linda Damewood, 216-1943.

TUESDAY, FEB. 26 E-book Help Session – Tablets and Smartphones, 6 p.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Info: Reference Department, 215-8700.

Salt(s) of the Earth and Sea cooking class, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Avanti Savoia’s La Cucina, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Space is limited. Info/reservations: www.avantisavoia.com or 922-9916.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 27 Bits ‘n Pieces Quilt Guild meeting, Norris Community Center. Social time, 1 p.m.; meeting, 1:30. Guests and new members welcome. Info: Cyndi Herrmann, 278-7796, or email bnpquilt@gmail. com.

Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Sharon Lee will speak, 6:30 p.m., Christ United Methodist Church. Meal served prior to program: $6. Info/ reservations: 922-1412 or email cumckt@tds.net.

THURSDAY, FEB. 28 The ICARe-Union County meeting, 11:30 a.m., Revival Vision Church, 154 Durham Drive. All are welcome. RSVP for lunch: 406-6930.

Open Door Book Review, 10 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Charles Maynard, former president of the Friends of the Smokies, will discuss his book, “Blue Ridge, Ancient and Majestic: A Celebration of the World’s Oldest Mountains,” co-authored by Jerry Greer.

THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, FEB. 28 AND MARCH 1 Powell Middle School will present “Annie, Jr.,” 7 p.m. Cost: $5 for adults; $3 for students/ children. Concessions will be available for purchase.

Donations of toiletry items and money will be accepted to benefit Holston United Methodist Home for Children.

FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, MARCH 1-3 THURSDAY AND SATURDAY, MARCH 7 AND 9 Baseball tournament, open to all – Tball and

6U coach pitch, 8U-14U, and middle school varsity and JV – Halls Community Park. Info: 992-5504 or hcpsports@msn.com.

SATURDAY, MARCH 2 Free women’s self-defense class, noon, Overdrive Krav Maga & Fitness, 7631 Clinton Highway. Info: www.overdrivema.com or 362-5562.

The Art of Handmade Books, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., with Bob Meadows, Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 near Norris.

Registration deadline Feb. 25. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

Dulcimer lessons from National Mountain Dulcimer champion and folk musician Sarah Morgan, 1-4 p.m., Union County Arts Co-Op, 1009 Main St., Maynardville. Info: 992-9161.

AARP Driver Safety Class, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., American Red Cross, 6921 Middlebrook Pike. Info/ registration: Carolyn Rambo, 584-9964.

Willow Creek Youth Park softball sign-ups for girls ages 3-17, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., 7500 Quarry Road.

Info: Alishia Liston, 742-9205, or Dedra Johnson, 323-4421.

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, MARCH 2-3 Underglazes and Wax resist for bright surfaces, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. each day, with Jane Cartwright, Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 near Norris. Registration deadline Feb. 25. Info: 494-9854 or www. appalachianarts.net.

KnoxPex 2013 annual stamp show, “The 150th anniversary of the Civil War Siege of Knoxville,” 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday at Holiday Inn West, 304 N. Cedar Bluff Road.

Admission is free. Info: www.stampclubs.com/ knoxville/index.html.

SUNDAY, MARCH 3 Gospel Singing with Jeff Treece and the Sunday Drive Band, 6 p.m., New Beverly Baptist Church. Info: www.newbeverly.org or 546-0001.

MONDAY, MARCH 4 Boot Camp for farmers: Learn marketing and business management to successfully sell your products at farmers markets. UT-sponsored workshop, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Register at least five days ahead with Nancy Austin, 974-7717 or naustin@utk. edu.

Tennova Health & Fitness Center open house, 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Free Guest Day all day. Free classes, free enrollment, free chair massage, door prizes and more! All guests must have a photo ID. Located at 7540 Dannaher Drive. Info: 859-7900.

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FRIDAY, MARCH 1 Church Women United will celebrate World Day of Prayer at Mount Olive Baptist Church, 1601 Dandridge Ave. Coffee, 10 a.m.; program at 10:30.

Speaker: the Rev. Melissa Smith from Fountain City UMC. All women welcome.

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, MARCH 1-2 Rummage sale, Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Pleasant Hill Road off Loyston Road; 10a.m.-4 p.m.

Friday and 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday. Info: 687-8751.

Bake Sale and Rummage Sale, Hines Creek Church, 1378 Hines Creek Road off Highway 61 West; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

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The Young at Heart meeting, 10 a.m., Faith UMC, 1120 Dry Gap Pike. Guest speaker: meteorologist Julya Johnson. Potluck lunch follows the meeting. Info: 6881000 or email info@faithseekers.org.

THURSDAY, MARCH 7 Tatewood Neighborhood Watch, 7 p.m., Fountain City Lions Club building. KPD officer Keith Lyon will speak. All are welcome to attend to learn about the program. Info: nick.chafin@gmail.com/.

Introduction to the Alexander Technique, 10:30 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Free, but preregistration is required.

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Free Rain Garden Workshops, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Claxton Elementary School in Powell. Lunch provided.

Sponsored by the Lower Clinch Watershed Council (LCWC) in partnership with Tennessee Yards & Neighborhoods (TYN). Info/register: 974-9124.

FRIDAY, MARCH 8 The World’s Finest Balsamic Vinegars and Extra Virgin Olive Oils guide tasting, seatings at 6:30 and 7:45 p.m., Avanti Savoia’s La Cucina, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Space is limited. Info/reservations: www.avantisavoia.com or 922-9916.

Youth Prayer Rally, 5 p.m., Union County High School commons, hosted by ICARe – Union County Drug & Alcohol Coalition and Stand in the Gap. Many prizes, dinner, music, skits testimonies and more. All teens invited.

Workhop on communication for people with autism, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m., East Tennessee Technology Access Center, 116 Childress St. John Halloran will present “Putting LAMP to Work: AAC Strategies to Promote Communication.” Open to parents, teachers and Speech Language Pathologists, as well as other therapists and professionals. Preregistration required. To preregister: www.aacandautism.com/ trng or 1-866-998-1726. Info/directions: www.ettac. org or 219-0130.

FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, MARCH 8-10 Baseball tournament, open to all – Tball and 6U coach pitch, 8U-14U, and middle school varsity and JV – Halls Community Park. Info: 992-5504 or hcpsports@ msn.com.

SATURDAY, MARCH 9 Diabetes NOW conference, 8 a.m.-3 p.m., Holiday Inn at Worlds Fair Park, hosted by the East Tennessee office of the American Diabetes Association. Tickets are limited, but are free to those who RSVP by March 1 while supplies last. Tickets: 524-7868, ext. 3341.

Union County Historical Society and Museum open house, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Find out who your ancestors are and receive a printout of your family tree.

SUNDAY, MARCH 10 The 2013 Annual Used Book Sale, organized by the Friends of the Knox County Public Library, begins at the Knoxville Convention and Exhibition Center under the Holiday Inn World’s Fair Park. Hours: 1-6 p.m. Sunday, March 10; 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, March 14-16; 1-6 p.m. Sunday, March 17. Info: 215-8775 or www.knoxfriends.org.

Southern Gospel group Parable in concert, 6 p.m., Highland Baptist Church, 6014 Babelay Road. A love offering will be taken. Info: www.hbcknox.org or call Byron, 680-8823.

Epworth Annual Singing and Potluck, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Old Harp Shape Note tune books provided. All invited; bring a dish to share. Info: Tina, 982-7777. Website: www.oldharp.org.

MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11 AND 13 Beaver Dam Parents Day Out enrollment for 2013-2014 school year, 9 a.m.-noon. Info: 922-7529.

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Blazing a trail along Sharp’s Ridge Legacy Parks director Carol Evans deBy Libby Morgan One thousand feet above the Tennessee scribes her involvement as following a Valley floor, a few blocks from Broadway, neighborhood’s wishes for green space, strong mountain bikers are blazing a trail and helping to make connections. “Legacy Parks is really the dot connecon the south flank of Sharp’s Ridge.

Brian Hann, president of Appalachian tor. We are able to bring together individuals, funds, Mountain Bike city governClub, says the ment and group is digroups such as recting its onthe Knoxville going efforts Track Club, toward trail mountain building and bikers, birdm a i nte n a nc e watchers and in several arother outdoor eas this year. enthusiasts For the past to help create few years, they these incredhave focused ible outdoor on Knoxville’s recreationa l Urban Wilderopportuniness South ties that are Loop in and From atop Sharps Ridge is Knoxville’s best vista. close to home. around Ijam’s The new Sharp’s Ridge trail being creNature Center, and are now turning their ated by the Appalachian Mountain Bike attention to Sharp’s Ridge, Concord Park Club is the perfect example of adding and Haw Ridge in Oak Ridge. “The plan on Sharp’s Ridge creates a more places to play in all corners of our loop by digging a trail below and parallel community. It truly will enhance the use of this park,� Evans said. to the old hiking trail.

Newspaper accounts of Sharp’s Ridge Me“Hikers and mountain bikers will be morial Park topics tell a 60-year-old story able to travel for over two miles without having to backtrack. We will also be help- of ebb and flow of scrutiny and neglect, ing to install signage designating the trail entrances,� said Hann.

Carol Evans, executive director of the Legacy Parks Foundation, works closely with the bike club and this day brought her dogs to help oversee the trail work.

Brian Hann and his buddy, seven-yearold Landon, get ready to put their hazel hoes to good use. Photos by Libby Morgan

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public outrage and optimistic plans.

In 1964, Mayor John Duncan and city recreation director Maynard Glenn proposed a 28-foot observation tower, similar to the Clingman’s Dome structure in the Smokies. Lack of funding kept the plan from becoming a reality.

In the late 80s, problems with vandalism and other unsavory behavior prompted city officials to propose developing the park for housing. Veterans and birdwatchers raised vehement opposition, and the plan was dropped.

In 1990, the city asked Knoxville landscape architect David Kendall to draw up plans for improvements to the park.

Kendall’s designs included several picnic areas, an interpretative center, veterans’ memorials and overlooks. A covered picnic area and an overlook deck were built.

Through it all, the birdwatchers have taken advantage of the ridgetop summit, a place where the late newspaper columnist J. B. Owen, a name synonymous with Knoxville birdwatching and who wrote about watching birds all over the world, declared Sharp’s Ridge his favorite spot to watch birds.

Owen also wrote, “Maynard Glenn told of his counterpart from Memphis exclaiming ‘If Memphis had something like Sharp’s Ridge we would make it the

crown jewel of the city.’”

The overlook is named, appropriately, for Owen.

Knoxville Police Officer Jeff Pappas is credited with restoring a family atmosphere to Sharp’s Ridge. He was honored in 2001 with Officer of the Year for his efforts there. He was quoted as saying that he often drove his police unit slowly to the end, and all the shady characters would be gone on his trip back down.

Pappas’ attention to the ongoing problems with negative use spurred the city to install an entrance gate and signage addressing rules and hours.

Hann said, “Positive use of the park is already crowding out the negative use.

We’d like to see the trails up there get used by everyone who wants to enjoy getting outside.”

Evans and Hann hope to see the trails in Sharp’s Ridge Memorial Park extended to loop around the north slope of the ridge. The property there is owned by several different broadcasting companies, where they maintain their ridgetop antennas.

To find the entrance to the park, begin on Broadway a few blocks south of I-640 Randy Conner, wielding a chainsaw at the forefront of recent trail work on Sharp’s Ridge, and head for those antennas. You can’t is also the group’s mapmaker. His day job sends him traveling, giving him opportunities to enjoy mountain bike trails all over the country. Photo by Libby Morgan miss ’em.

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By Shana B Sh Raley-Lusk R l L k Several months ago, dog owner and East Knox County resident Jade Lin set out to find a fun social activity for her two beloved pets, Lucy and Toby.

“I did an Internet search for local dog play dates and found this dog meet-up group. In July, we started attending,” said Lin. The purpose of the group, created by Diana Horenzy, is to help dog owners connect through organized outdoor activities, particularly scenic hikes.

“One of the outings that we recently participated in was at Norris Dam. There are a lot of really great trails there,” said Jade.

The group has met for dog-friendly hikes at Seven Islands Wildlife Refuge, Forks of the River Wildlife Management Area and Ijams Nature Center to name just a few.

The group is growing in popularity and offers a fun way to get some moderate exercise while enjoying some of East Tennes-

’ if l places. l see’s most b beautiful The difficulty level of the hikes ranges from very easy to slightly more intense.

“Some of the easier hikes last about an hour. The harder ones could be up to a three or four hour walk,” said Lin. “I enjoy the exercise for both myself and the dogs.”

Aside from its fitness benefits, the group offers participants an opportunity for socializing and making new friends, both human and canine.

“This is a very friendly group. I have gotten to know the people and all of the dogs really well,” said Lin. Some of the group’s members will also be participating together in the Mardi Growl event, which benefits Young-Williams Animal Center in Knoxville.

Their next outdoor event will be held at Melton Hill Park, where the dogs and their owners can enjoy a walk by the water.

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Hikers and their dogs get ready to hit the trail at Seven Islands Wildlife Refuge. They are: (kneeling) Megan Saint Laurent with Maeby and Kenda, Diana Horenzy with Daisy and Rosie, Rachel Erath with Ruby, Kimberly Kauffman with Legend, Nery Lliteras with Daysi; (standing) Andrew Erath with Spencer, Laura (last name withheld) with Cheeky and Pippi, Karen Pickens and Jade Lin with Lucy and Toby. Photo provided by Jade Lin

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Trekking the trails of Tennessee

By Cindy Taylor Michael and Robin Nyderek left their busy lives on Lake Michigan in Chicago for the wilds of Tennessee and Norris Lake, bringing a sailboat with them.

Shortly after the move they picked up a wooden canoe, and both vessels make frequent trips on Norris and Fort Loudon lakes.

When the two met in 2002, each was ready to seek life outside of Chicago. A need for quiet and open spaces drove them towards a calmer environment where they could roam in natural areas and in a yard larger than their home.

After considering many other locations, Tennessee is where they decided to hang their hats. Literally.

During a weekend trip from Chicago to view properties in Knoxville, Robin hung her hat on the coat rack in a house and forgot it. Turned out that was the home Michael and Robin Nyderek followed their they purchased, and her hat was still love of nature from Chicago to Tennessee. there waiting for her when she moved in. Photo by Cindy Taylor

“Knoxville was a place I was familiar with,” said Michael. “I would drive here in the summer to camp in the Smokies.”

“One visit for me and I was hooked, too,” said Robin. “We are both fall fowl, the opposite of spring chickens, so we ran for the hills.”

In 2004, the couple purchased two acres in Halls, proclaimed their vows and began an exploration of the area. On a clear day they can see Mount LeConte from their deck. In the winter, the view often affords snow-capped peaks. Michael is retired, and the couple takes in as much nature as they possibly can on Robin’s days off.

“At least once a week we hike either in the Smokies, Cumberland Gap, House Mountain and Big Ridge or Norris Dam State Park,” said Robin. “We make a game of it by choosing trails recommended from a newspaper, neighbor or books.”

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They are sharing life with their neighbors, another thing that was rare in the big city.

“We have great neighbors and have learned to make eye contact with people,” said Robin. “In the city where everyone moves quickly and with purpose, there wasn’t much of that. We thought you would have to be a millionaire to afford this kind of solitude and beauty. We are grateful every single day to live here. We sail, canoe, walk, hike, climb, hobble, groan and do it again.”

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