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The isolation of Alzheimer’s When entertainer Phil Campbell’s mom, Mary, widow of comedian Archie Campbell, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease over 10 years ago, Campbell had no misgivings about the role he should play. It was a new challenge, but he felt qualified – at the time.

Phil opens up about the isolation he felt.

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Read Cindy Taylor on page A-3

Someone’s right, someone’s wrong Texas paid $1.75 million to get rid of basketball coach Rick Barnes. Tennessee snapped him up before the ink on the check was dry.

We’ll find out later to what degree Barnes is re-energized.

That will eventually determine which athletic director was correct, crusty and disgruntled Steve Patterson or alert, determined and sometimes crusty Dave Hart.

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Read Marvin West on page A-4

A dark side to Knoxville biking As a community, we spend a lot of time talking about the benefits of bicycling. It’s good for the environment. It’s good for our bodies. It’s pure joy for those of us who love cycling.

But there’s a dark side to bicycling in Knoxville.

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Bubba’s Barrels Most of Bubba’s Barrels’ customers are out of state, or international, even. But the destination of the shiny steel barrel sitting in Bubba’s front parking lot last Tuesday was Crafty Bastard Brewery, opening this spring three miles south of Bubba’s in Emory Place.

The transaction is an example of the community that Carl Clements wanted to join when he settled on Knoxville as his adopted hometown six years ago.

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UT students aid Powell project

By Sandra Clark A cadre of UT students visited Powell Station Park last week as part of a design project organized by their professor, Dr. Garry Menendez.

“Whatever we do, it will be finished in April,” he said.

Students will create designs for the land between the splash park and Beaver Creek – land called “Lake Powell” by Daniel Rose, a graduate of Powell High School and one of the university students.

Back in 2007-08, he helped build the outdoor classroom. He remembers support from Roy Arthur and the Beaver Creek Watershed Association, an Eagle Scout named J.R. Lackey and the Powell High Alumni Association.

Much of the land floods when the creek gets high, but at other times it can be used for community recreation – especially by the age 19-34 group if a disc golf course is constructed.

“We tried to maintain (the outdoor classroom), but with 10 kids it got too hard. We turned it over

Daniel Rose surveys Beaver Creek at Powell Station Park.

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Bike summit puts safety in spotlight

By Betsy Pickle Outdoor KnoxFest is drawing a crowd before it even starts.

The fest takes place FridaySunday, April 24-26. But don’t be surprised if you see groups of bicyclists gathering in downtown Knoxville as early as Wednesday, April 22. That’s when the Tennessee Bike Summit, hosted by Bike Walk Knoxville, begins.

“We picked the dates of the summit so that we could carry over to the festival,” says Caroline Cooley, president of Bike Walk Knoxville.

The summit gets rolling with a 5:30-7 p.m. ride around Knoxville, starting at the Sunsphere and sponsored by Smoky Mountain Wheelmen. A welcome party follows at Scruffy City Hall.

The business end starts at 7:30 a.m. Thursday, April 23, at the Knoxville Convention Center, with sessions on infrastructure and

policy, advocacy and education, and recreation and development.

Local, national and international panelists will lead the sessions. The summit is geared toward “cycling and sustainabletransportation advocates, traffic engineers, planners, public health officials, landscape architects, researchers, cycling retailers and elected officials,” according to www.tnbikesummit.org.

Cooley is happy to have the heavy hitters, but she says the summit will benefit anyone who feels a passion for making streets safer for bicyclists and pedestrians.

“Advocates are just ordinary people,” she says. “We’re all volunteers. We’re all just interested citizens. The summit would be an excellent place to start for someone who’s interested in how to get involved.”

Cooley is a lifelong cyclist and an advocate since 2001, when

she helped form the Bicycle Advisory Committee, which advises the Transportation Planning Organization. Bike Walk Knoxville was created in 2012 as the local chapter of Bike Walk Tennessee, which started in 2009. Previous summits have been held in Chattanooga, Memphis and Nashville.

Also a member of the Appalachian Mountain Bike Club, Cooley says mountain bikers want “good mountain bike trails, but we also want good on-the-road facilities as well as greenways.”

Knoxville is gaining a reputation as a bicycle-friendly town, especially since City Council passed a Complete Streets ordinance last October. The summit will offer examples of what other cities are doing as well as new designs in bicycle facilities.

“Surveys and various studies have shown that there are a lot of people who would like to bike

more, but they’re concerned about their safety,” says Cooley. “We won’t get bicycling more mainstream if we don’t improve the actual infrastructure that makes it safe for people to bike.”

The summit’s keynote speakers are Gil Penalosa, founder of 8-80 Cities and an international consultant on creating vibrant and healthy communities for all; and Martha Roskowski, director of the Green Lane Project and vice president of local innovation at PeopleForBikes.

The summit will end Friday afternoon in time for attendees to join the AMBC-organized, opento-the-public Bike Scavenger Hunt Ride and Social, 5:30-9 p.m., starting and ending at the Public House, 212 W. Magnolia Ave. Registration is still open at www.tnbikesummit.org. Cost is $85 for both days of sessions and $45 for one day.

Cumberland Avenue Project worries property owners

By Betty Bean Mayor Madeline Rogero is moving forward with a plan to drastically alter Cumberland Avenue, even as the project doubled in price and property owners raised objections.

With a compliant City Council, Rogero flipped $10 million from a project to widen a portion of Washington Pike to the Cumberland Avenue project after nobody bid initially and the second bid came in at $25 million.

The idea is to make “The Strip” more bike and pedestrian friendly by restricting curb cuts and cutting traffic from four lanes to two with a grassy median. How do the folks who earn a living on The Strip feel about this?

Joe Burger and his family moved to Knoxville after he bought five McDonald’s restaurants from the Litton Cochran family in 2007, the same year that

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lion tearing down and replacing the old McDonald’s at 1720 Cumberland Ave. after consulting with city officials.

He was told that Cumberland would end up with three lanes – one eastbound, one westbound plus a turn lane.

He figured he could survive.

But after he reopened in October 2011, he learned that the project’s design had changed yet again. The turn lane would be a median, allowing left turns only at selected intersections.

Project manager Anne Wallace said the first plan called for no curb McDonald’s owner Joe Burger and Cumberland Avenue Project man- cuts at all.

“This was not well received and ager Anne Wallace at a meeting of was very expensive, since we’d be the Cumberland Avenue Merchants literally buying businesses, so we Association Photo by Betty Bean stepped back and decided on a methe Cumberland Avenue redevel- dian rather than a center turn lane.”

If he’d known how the plan opment project hit the drawing would end up, Burger said he board.

In 2011, Burger spent $1.5 mil- doubts he would have gone forward

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“They changed the game on us.

Seventy percent of our business is drive-thru and we get 400 (westbound) cars a day turning left,” he said.

The plan “evolved” after the conversation with Burger, said city redevelopment director Bob Whetsel, insisting that Cumberland will still be a three-lane street and that cars can turn left just east of McDonald’s and access it from 18th Street.

Burger countered that a grassy median is not a “lane” and said that his property is designed to allow cars to enter from Cumberland Avenue and “stack up” without obstructing parking or backing up onto the street.

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Joint concern Vonore man says shoulder replacement ‘like a miracle’ His mama tried telling him, but like many invincible teenagers, he didn’t listen.

“I was going to play football in high school, and she said, ‘You know all that banging around, someday you’ll really be sorry you did that,’ ” Andrew Kasmer recalled. “That was her assessment. She was right – 100 percent right.”

Now 75, Kasmer, a retired insurance broker, understands his mother’s concern as he feels the wrath of time and the toll that football, golf and a fencing business has taken on his body.

He’s had about a dozen surgeries, including two knee replacements, a hip replacement and back surgery. Arthritis ensnares his body, and an inflammatory disorder called polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) taunts him with constant pain.

But Andrew Kasmer is a happy man because his left shoulder feels great. That, he says, is because of the total shoulder replacement he received last September from orthopedic surgeon Dr. Richard Cunningham at Parkwest Medical Center.

“The things they can do in medicine now … they are like little miracles,” said Kasmer as he sat in his Tellico Village home in Vonore. “That’s how this shoulder feels – like a miracle. I’ve got a lot of pain in my body, but in my shoulder, I have no pain. It’s really Andrew Kasmer can now enjoy his normal activisomething!” ties without pain, following his total shoulder reIt was a far different story beplacement at Parkwest Medical Center. fore the surgery, when Kasmer’s shoulder pain was constant. “It was like having a toothache,” he says. “I take pain medication for all the time, didn’t make any dif- that much more painful.” the PMR, but even with that, I ference what I was doing, it was The pain first appeared more would still have the nagging pain still there. Any movement made it than a year ago when Kasmer, go-

ing through physical therapy following a previous surgery, threw a six-pound medicine ball. “I was really putting a lot of emphasis on throwing it down hard, having it bounce up, and I think that might have had something to do with it.”

But then again, Kasmer says, it could’ve been any number of things that caused it. Not only did he play football in high school, he played middle linebacker and blocking fullback for a season in college. Later, his life was filled with golf – three and four times a week. “We’d even play with flashlights in the dark,” he says.

But when Dr. Cunningham Xrayed Kasmer’s shoulder, his diagnosis was severe arthritis. “His was much more severe than most people who undergo a total shoulder replacement,” he said.

“It’s possible that he could have had some post-traumatic arthritis – that could’ve been part of it,” said Dr. Cunningham. “I don’t think (throwing the medicine ball) was the whole reason for the arthritic changes. Certainly, injury can predispose you to arthritis down the road.”

“All the cartilage was gone and there were big bone spurs in there,” said Kasmer, recalling the X-rays. “The right shoulder is in as bad shape as the left one, but it doesn’t bother me.”

Despite the pain, Kasmer – already having had more than his share of surgeries – decided to postpone Cunningham’s recommendation for a total shoulder replacement. By last September, he’d had all he could take.

“I just got to the point where I wanted to get something done with it, find out what I could do.

He had the right answer for it.

That was for sure,” said Kasmer.

In little more than an hour, Dr. Cunningham removed the ball part of Kasmer’s shoulder, replaced that with a new ball and stem and resurfaced his arm socket.

“After the operation was over, I said, ‘Doctor, how was it in there?’ and he said, ‘It was a mess.’ That’s how he described it. Almost right after I had the surgery done, the pain started going away and before I knew it, my shoulder had full mobility and no pain when I moved it.”

Likewise, his physical therapist was amazed by the difference. “He could hardly believe what he was seeing because I had such mobility right off the bat. I could reach, I could put my hands behind my back better, I was much more mobile. He was astounded at how well it came out. Of all the surgeries I have had, this was by far the most user-friendly one. It was just that good.”

“He had a lot of issues, a lot of complications. So that was concerning to begin with,” said Dr. Cunningham. “It makes it even more remarkable to see how well he’s done. I really didn’t expect him to do as well as he’s done as quickly as he has considering all that he’s been through before. I tell patients to expect six months for a full recovery, but he’s well ahead of the curve.”

Kasmer says he owes that to Dr. Cunningham and Parkwest Medical Center. “Dr. Cunningham is really attentive, calming and reassuring,” said Kasmer. “This was a major operation, but I came through it so well. … It’s almost like a miracle. I really like Parkwest.”

Preventing shoulder injuries

Shouldering the pain Shoulder problems come in several different forms, from dislocation and separation to fractures and arthritis. If you’ve injured your shoulder, the tried and true RICE method is usually the best first course of action:

Rest – Resist using the shoulder for 48 hours.

Ice – Apply an ice pack for 20 minutes every couple of hours.

Compression – Put even pressure on the injured area using a bandage or wrap.

Elevation – Keep the injured area above your heart and place a pillow under your shoulder when you lie down.

If the pain persists or worsens, see your doctor for diagnosis and treatment. If you don’t have a family physician, call Parkwest at 865-374-PARK (7275) for help in finding one near you.

The shoulder has a wide range of motion, which has its benefits and drawbacks. While it’s the most flexible joint in the body, Dr. Richard Cunningham, board-certified orthopedic surgeon at Parkwest Medical Center, says that flexibility tends to make the shoulder unstable and easily hurt.

Keeping your shoulders strong can reduce the risk of injury. Stay active and add exercises to your workout focusing on your shoulders, neck and back. Make sure you do an equal amount of pushing and pulling in weight training so the back of your shoulder gets the same mu s c le -bu i ld i ng action as the front.

Stretching exercises, range of motion movements and good posture are other proactive ways to help

your shoulder resist injury. But there are also some things to avoid: ■ Don’t carry objects that are too heavy, and make sure you carry bags and backpacks correctly.

■ Try not to overuse your shoulders in a repetitive, stressful motion. For example, if you’re painting a ceiling and holding your arms over your head for an extended period of time, schedule frequent breaks to rest your shoulder and apply ice if you feel pain.

■ If you think your job may be causing injury to your shoulders, talk to your human resources department about finding alternatives to get the job done. Modifications to equipment might be an option.

■ Avoid overhead or outstretched activity with the shoulder. Keep objects you must lift close to your body.

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The isolation of Alzheimer’s When entertainer Phil Campbell’s mom, Mary, widow of comedian Archie Campbell, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease over 10 years ago, Campbell had no misgivings about the role he should play. It was a new challenge, but he felt qualified – at the time.

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“Mom always said ‘boys are no good’ and she would be in trouble if she ever got sick without a daughter,” he said. “There was just me and my brother, but I considered it my obligation to take care of her. I had no idea what it would lead to.”

Campbell gave up much of his career to care for Mary, who passed away in January 2014.

“When I committed to the process of caring for Mom, I felt emboldened and self-righteous. Later it became greater than my ability, both mentally and physically. When it was over, I felt like I had been dragged behind a truck. It was the most unrewarding experience I have ever had,

his life back.

“When you have committed to caring for someone you love, there comes a time when you realize that they are no longer with you except in body. You begin to grieve them long before they are gone. Frustration is a constant companion.

I would have never made it through this process if it weren’t for my pastor and friends at Christ United Methodist Church.”

Campbell says the grief continues until the loved one passes. Then you grieve their passing, feel relief that they are out of their situation, then guilt over the relief you are feeling. He suggests caregivers of Alzheimer’s patients seek help wherever they can get it: Phil Campbell Photo by Cindy Taylor through friends, family or yet needed to do.” stages, there was little grati- professionals.

On the plus side, CampDue to stomach is- tude from anyone for what I sues, Mary couldn’t toler- was doing. That came later, bell has gotten back his ate medications that might when the extent of the dis- beard and much of his sense have helped lessen her Al- ease was realized. And I of humor.

“Mom always hated zheimer’s symptoms. Many was often the bad guy in my beards, so I compromised who saw Mary for short vis- mom’s eyes.”

Now, more than a year with just a moustache. Now its were convinced she was fine. Campbell says he often later, Campbell is still try- I can be lazy and grow a felt isolated from society. ing to recover and pull his beard.”

Knoxville’s annual Walk “Mom was a very so- life back together. He decidto End Alzheimer’s is Satcial person and a great ac- ed to take a year off before tress,” he said. “She had no making decisions about his urday, April 18. For walk trouble recounting events future, since he lost many of details and info on this devfrom early in her life and his show-business contacts astating disease, go to www. could be very convincing for while he was out of commis- alztennessee.org.

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community Cumberland Avenue our driveway, go around the building to get in line. It’s going to be a mess.

“They said it would be three lanes the entire way.

One lane each way and a continuous turn lane. … We all expressed our opinion, and they said this is the way this is going forward. They said TDOT did a study and that’s the safest way to do it,” Burger said.

Mike Chase opened the Copper Cellar on Cumberland 40 years ago, and it became the first in what is now a 17-restaurant chain. He is worried about the two-anda-half-year construction period and predicts that many businesses won’t survive.

He agrees with Burger’s criticism of restricting left turns and is critical of the city’s lack of action on a long-promised parking garage.

Chase also doesn’t like the “form-based” code that has produced the Evolve Apartments, a mixed-use development combining student housing and storefront commercial units in the 2000 block that jut out to the sidewalk and appear to be vacant. The city gave Evolve a $200,000 tax break.

Bob Monday, property owner leasing to Walgreens and FedEx Kinkos, agrees

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with Chase and Burger. All three are concerned that left-turning traffic will overwhelm the short turn lanes at the side streets and create bottlenecks.

“The stack-up lanes accommodate three-five car lengths, but if you have a big beer truck making a delivery, it would block the lane until it moves. It will be a nightmare in terms of traffic,” Monday said Joe Kirk, owner of Starbucks, said the city’s plan will damage taxpaying businesses.

“I think it’s a sham,” he said. “Whoever came up with the idea doesn’t have any common sense and has never been in business. It’s the busiest street in Knoxville, so we’re going to reduce the traffic? It’s an insult to our intelligence.”

City Council member Nick Pavlis, who represents the Cumberland Avenue Strip, said he understands the property owners’ concerns but says they should have spoken out earlier and louder. He said the aim of the plan is to make Cumberland Avenue “an extension of downtown. People will be coming there for a purpose, and at the end of the day, it will improve their business model, not be a burden.”

Abby, Bo and Sophia

■ Broadacres Homeowners Association. Info: Steven Goodpaster, generalgoodpaster@gmail.com.

■ Knox North Lions Club meets 1 p.m. each first and third Wednesday, Puleo’s Grille, 110 Cedar Lane. Info: https://www.facebook.com/ knoxnorthlions/.

Justin Bailey shows the boundaries of county-owned land to UT student Ellen Ehrenfried and UT professor Garry Menendez.

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to the county’s Parks and Recreation (department),” said Rose.

Inspired by his dad, Rose has been sketching buildings since he was a kid.

He showed Justin Bailey, co-chair of Enhance Powell, a sketchbook of design ideas for a Powell community and performing arts center.

Bailey promptly invited Rose to join him at noon Tuesday, April 14, at Jubi-

lee Banquet Facility, where Bailey will outline projects underway through Enhance Powell.

“Daniel is just the guy we need to get involved. Sign him up!” said Bailey.

Rose is majoring in landscape design and ecology.

He plans to enter graduate school in urban planning.

His parents are Frank and Lori Rose of Powell.

■ Northwest Democratic Club meets 6 p.m. each first Monday, Austin’s Steak & Homestyle Buffet, 900 Merchant Drive. Info: Nancy Stinnette, 688-2160, or Peggy Emmett, 687-2161.

■ Norwood Homeowners Association. Info: Lynn Redmon, 688-3136.

■ Powell Alumni Association banquet is the first Saturday in April. Info: Vivian McFalls, 607-8775.

Bo is a 6-year-old female hound mix, Sophia is a 2-year-old female domestic shorthair mix and Abby is a 2-year-old female American rabbit. All three animals are available at YoungWilliams Animal Center’s 3201 Division St. location, and each one has been spayed or neutered, microchipped and vaccinated. Info: 215-6599 or visit www.young-williams.org.

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HEALTH NOTES ■ PK Hope Is Alive Parkinson Support Group of East Tennessee will meet 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 21, at Kern UMC Family Life Center, 451 E. Tennessee Ave., Oak Ridge. Program: “The Progression of Parkinson Disease” by Kelly Arney. Bring lunch/snack and beverage. Info: Karen Sampsell, 482-4867; pk_hopeisalive@bellsouth. net; pkhopeisalive.org.

■ UT Medical Center Healthy Living Kitchen will offer DASH diet cooking class at noon Wednesday, April 8, in the Healthy Living Kitchen (Suite E-170) at he University of Tennessee Medical Center Heart Lung Vascular Institute. Cost is $20 and includes nutrition advice, meal and materials. Info/to register: 305-6970 or www. utmedicalcenter.org/hlk.

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Somebody is right, somebody is wrong By now, you’ve heard it all – great record, class act, good recruiter, better person, home-run hire!

Texas paid $1.75 million to get rid of basketball coach Rick Barnes. Tennessee snapped him up before the ink on the check was dry.

We’ll find out later to what degree Barnes is reenergized. That will eventually determine which athletic director was correct, crusty and disgruntled Steve Patterson or alert, determined and sometimes crusty Dave Hart.

Patterson, second year in his job, reviewed the past seven seasons and decided Barnes, age 60, had declined and no longer met Texas’ needs. Players were better than results. The team received NCAA tournament bids but didn’t stay

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long enough.

The Longhorns were hurt by hype, ranked higher in November than March.

Barnes finished in the AP top 25 once in those seven years. His Big 12 record in the other six seasons was 53-51.

What happened in Austin was a classic case of what have you done for us lately.

Best times were way back then. Now was perceived as stale. The fan base was taking a nap, but some cowboy conducted a poll. Many participants, still yawning, said ho-hum, nothing will ever

happen, but 75 percent did agree that Texas needed a new coach.

The old one was not properly inspiring big donors to donate. Heaven help us, he may even have lost touch with some high school coaches.

A mean-spirited insider leaked to the media a hypocritical ultimatum from Patterson: Dump assistants, make changes, maybe you could survive.

Big news! All assistants offered to resign. Barnes said no thanks. Patterson said see ya later.

Texas thus dismissed an honorable man believed to have faded. Does this sound football familiar?

You may know that UT is planning a new arena and supposedly needs bubbling enthusiasm to raise $450 million.

Hart, a tanned 66 or 67 without one gray hair, understands 60. He is not spooked. Older coaches seldom dash out front with new ideas or make as many all-night recruiting trips, but with strategic help, they can become secondary CEOs and famous fronts for their sport, wear nice suits, speak crisply in TV commentary and shoot straight to the Hall of Fame.

Hart responded immediately to the first hint of availability, as if Barnes were a gift directly from God. Here was a big-time winning coach with a clean reputation who would surely cover and maybe erase Dave’s most recent problems, the unfortunate selection and dismissal of Donnie Tyndall.

Based on his own experience, Hart thinks Barnes

will be rejuvenated. Being wanted is inspirational.

Six-year contract guarantees continuity. This is it for Rick, last stop. Hart believes he can do better than he has been doing.

Paying Barnes $2.25 million plus incentives is OK. Spending $51,000 from Tennessee’s depleted treasury for the search group didn’t do much. Out-and-in timing was so snug, some believe Rick was hired before he was fired.

Here are tidbits to help you decide what the Volunteers purchased: Barnes received the John R. Wooden “Legends of Coaching” honor in 2009.

The award recognizes lifetime achievement by those who exemplify Wooden standards.

Barnes received the U.S. Basketball Writers’ Good Guy Award in 2011.

Defense has been Barnes’ coaching priority. Rebounding is usually strong.

Assistants have been highly regarded recruiters.

There are 10 times more prized prospects in Texas than Tennessee.

Texas once reached No. 1, with a 17-0 record in the middle of 2009-10. The season crumbled. Longhorns went 7-10 in the second half.

Barnes’ only losing record, 16-18 in 2012-13, was punctuated by the post-season loss of five players with remaining eligibility. A year later, Rick was Big 12 coach of the year.

Everybody who scored in 2013-14 returned for this season, and a five-star seven-footer was added. Hope went high. The Longhorns shot poorly. They were 169th in NCAA field-goal accuracy. Their record was 20-14. The conference record was 8-10. Rick Barnes couldn’t explain it.

No need to now.

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The things you can control Derrick Furlow wore No. 6 when he played football at UT. He played safety because “on defense you can hit people.”

The Atlanta native was planning to attend the University of Georgia and had not thought about UT, but circumstances changed and he actually walked on at UT, asking for a chance to prove himself.

“When I didn’t feel like it, I worked harder,” he told the newspaper club at Sarah Moore Greene. “When practice was over, I did extra.” In his sophomore year, Furlow got his scholarship.

Furlow captivated the kids because he spoke from the heart. He’s a guy who

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didn’t like tests, who didn’t really like school. So he told his adviser to design a plan to get him out quickly. He didn’t take a single course that was not targeted to his graduation.

Furlow graduated in three years with two years of football eligibility remaining. So he went for a master’s degree. He got it in two years, majoring in sport

The Sarah Moore Greene newspaper club heard an inspirational talk by former UT football player Derrick Furlow. Pictured are Destiny Woods, Mirna Cardenas, Safari Bahati, Malaya Thomas, Furlow, Madison Thomas, Jada Byas, Stanley Greene, Eddys Garcia-Arias and Shantasha Glenn. Photo by Ruth White

psychology.

“You guys are here for a purpose,” he said. “You can always control your attitude; you can control your actions; you can control your approach to situations. … You never know who’s watching.”

His mom always said,

“Birds of a feather flock together,” and “I never knew what that meant,” he said.

Then at UT his coach told him, “Starters hang out with starters.”

“That sounded a lot like what my mom had said,” Furlow said. Now in business, he said you can pre-

dict a person’s income by averaging the income of his five best friends.

Stanley Greene asked why he chose safety over running back (which he played in high school). Defensive players have more control, Furlow said. They are the hunters, not the

hunted.

Safari Bahati asked what he does now. Furlow said he talks for a living and in his spare time he reads, watches sports and travels. “Do you get paid for that?” asked Safari.

“Yes, I do. Never say talk is cheap,” quipped Furlow.

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Cyclists deserve same rights as drivers As a community, we spend a lot of time talking about the benefits of bicycling. It’s good for the environment. It’s good for our bodies. It’s pure joy for those of us who love cycling.

A group ride departs from Cedar Bluff Cycles two days after one of the store’s owners was seriously injured when a car turned in front of him during a ride. Photo by Wendy Smith

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But there’s a dark side to bicycling in Knoxville.

Cyclists on the road are constantly threatened by distracted or resentful drivers, and they can’t always count on law enforcement to protect their rights. If you doubt it, ask Tim Rogers.

He’s one of four owners of Cedar Bluff Cycles. During a group ride last week, a driver turned left in front of him into her Everett Road driveway. He was traveling over 30 miles per hour when he hit her hood, broke her windshield and landed in the grass on the opposite side of the car.

Tim is lucky. He was wearing a helmet. He didn’t hit a nearby telephone pole.

But he went home from the emergency room with a fractured vertebra, major contusions and glass cuts.

Even though the accident happened in clear weather on a straight, flat stretch of road, the driver wasn’t cited by the Knox County Sheriff’s Office deputy.

Cedar Bluff Cycles co-

owner Gerry Harms took Tim home from the hospital. He was glad Tim didn’t re-injure a hip he fractured during another bike wreck eight weeks ago.

“He had nine lives, but he has one less now,” Gerry says.

Another co-owner, Bill Turner, came upon the accident seconds after it happened. Bill had been dropped by the group, and Tim left the other riders to wait for his friend at the top of a hill. Bill told Tim to return to the group, and he was making his way back when the accident happened.

Bill estimates the visibility at the bottom of the hill was half a mile. The driver said she saw the group but didn’t see Tim. After check-

ing on Tim, Bill asked the officer if the driver had been cited, and he said no. When Bill asked why, the officer said it was at his discretion, and he thought it was an honest mistake.

According to Tennessee Code Title 55, a bicycle is defined as a vehicle, and bicyclists are subject to the same rights and responsibilities as other drivers. Legally, this accident should have been handled as if one car pulled out in front of another.

Two members of my family made “honest mistakes” while driving last year. One rear-ended another vehicle, and one turned left in front of another vehicle. Neither accident resulted in injury, and both of my family members were cited – as they

should’ve been.

The Knox County Sheriff’s Office shared the accident report but wouldn’t allow an interview with the officer who wrote it.

Bill says he is “totally baffled” that the driver wasn’t cited.

“This has torn me up,” he says. “We have rights just as automobiles do.”

Progressive cities welcome – and protect – those who use bicycles for transportation and recreation.

Officers who don’t give cyclists the same rights as motorists reinforce the backwoods notion that bicycles belong only on greenways.

We’re making strides in creating a better infrastructure for bicycles in East Tennessee. Changing minds may be a bigger challenge.

What about the teachers?

It’s budget time again, and it’s been three years since James McIntyre introduced his bold plan to improve Knox County Schools, which he proposed to finance with 35 million new dollars that would require a 35-cent property tax increase.

His announcement was accompanied by considerable fanfare and happy talk from the usual sources (the Chamber of Commerce, numerous progressive-minded community leaders, most media outlets), which was amplified by a bunch of TV commercials in heavy rotation.

It all came to naught when a groundswell of protests from constituents opposing the tax increase drove county commissioners in the other direction.

In the end, the commission coughed up an additional $7 million for the schools, which would have been considered generous in another year but seemed quite anemic in comparison to the

Betty Bean original request.

One set of voices was curiously silent on the tax increase, which gave commissioners additional cover for voting against it. Where, they asked, were the teachers?

McIntyre took teacher support for granted since there was money in it for them, too. This was a serious miscalculation, and one he has reprised every budget cycle since.

When she was elected president of the Knox County Education Association, Sherry Morgan expected to be treated as every other KCEA president had been for the previous 28 years, i.e., be given unpaid leave by Knox County Schools so she could work full-time for the teachers association, which would pay her salary.

McIntyre refused to do that, and for months, Morgan continued teaching fulltime while fulfilling her duties as KCEA president. She was working 60-plus hours a week. She was so tired that she was falling asleep driving home, and her husband started driving her.

McIntyre refused to meet with her.

Morgan finally got her leave time approved after the Legislature mandated collaborative conferencing in 2011 and the teachers voted to be represented by KCEA. The following year, the Legislature wrote mandatory leave time for education association presidents into something that was dubbed “Sherry’s Law.” McIntyre’s big budget request came the following budget cycle. KCEA officers were summoned to his office about two hours before he presented his proposal at the State of the Schools address but had no input into the process – KCEA subsequently voted to remain

neutral, and few teachers were among the yellowshirted supporters who turned out to public meetings during the big push for the McIntyre plan.

Last week at the April school board meeting, KCEA president-elect Lauren Hopson provided a déjà vu moment when she criticized McIntyre’s handling of this year’s budget problems – particularly the notion that there’s not enough money to pay teachers the promised APEX bonuses while making good on the long-stated goal of giving across-the-board raises.

“We were in this position last year and it was the hope that rather than cutting anything already in place, teachers would demand money from county commission,” Hopson said.

“That didn’t happen – maybe because I’m not the only teacher who resents being used as a pawn between the school board and county commission.”

Lance Campbell, who has been the city’s real estate manager for less than two years, is leaving the city within the week. Not clear why he is leaving so soon. But it is clear he has been in business with Doug Gordon, who is the city’s delinquent tax attorney in the city law department and is responsible for identifying tax-delinquent properties.

Gordon and Campbell are the two members of Box Turtle Properties, which is a corporation formed Sept.

11, 2014.

This corporation apparently buys and sells properties including one off Hiawassee Avenue sold on Jan. 6, 2015, to former state Sen. Stacey Campfield. It was valued at $100 but sold at $17,500. If they got $17,500 in the sale, the declared value of $100 seems in error or simply false. Perhaps it is missing two zeroes.

Campbell will soon be free to devote full time to this corporation while Gordon must continue to juggle his city duties with his private interest. While the information being used is public record and available to all, it does raise eyebrows that people who work on these issues for the city are at the same time running a private operation to do similar work.

The deeds were recorded during normal business hours with the Register of Deeds.

The good news here is that Judy Walton, former state transportation right-of-way acquisition manager, now works for the city and is well qualified to replace Campbell. City Hall has been mum on the replacement and also did not announce the resignation as of the writing of this column.

Preservation: Over a decade ago, voters amended the city charter to require an annual report on the status of historic preservation.

The actual work on this is done by Kaye Graybeal of MPC. She followed Ann Bennett, who had worked on historic preservation zoning issues for years prior to her retirement.

Graybeal is an able, knowledgeable staffer on MPC. She will present the 2014 report to MPC on

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April 16, and in turn it will go to City Council in one of the May meetings.

Recent mayors have failed to take advantage of this requirement to highlight historic preservation. In fact, Mayor Rogero, while creating a fund for historic preservation projects, for which her administration can determine the winners, cut funding for Knox Heritage in last year’s city budget.

While Becky Wade, who is a friend of preservation and able, heads the distribution of the $500,000 historic preservation fund, it is unclear how transparent the process of picking the winners will be. Rogero’s communications office failed to disclose as of this writing who by name serves on the evaluation committee with Wade to rank the applicants. It is not clear if the actual rankings will be disclosed. There should be full transparency here since public money is involved.

MPC: Meanwhile, the search committee of six persons for the MPC director may have its final meeting this afternoon (behind closed doors) to make a recommendation to Mayors Burchett and Rogero.

The two mayors must decide who it is and again it is unclear what happens if they cannot agree. It is down to three persons with two being University of Tennessee graduates.

Lowe: Former Knox County trustee Mike Lowe reports this Saturday, April 11, to the county jail to serve his one-year sentence for stealing over $300,000 from county taxpayers. He will likely serve only seven months. Most observers expect him to become a trusty in a matter of weeks, if not days, which will give him special privileges.

The county jail is operated by Sheriff Jimmy “J.J.” Jones and he determines what happens there. He has hired several political friends such as former county commissioners.

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COPE offers insight into poverty

By Wendy Smith Family No. 20, like any family living in poverty, faces enormous challenges every day. Marcus has a job but doesn’t have a high school diploma, and he is secretly illiterate. His wife, Margo, also has a minimumwage job but only works 30 hours per week. The couple have an 8-year-old daughter who is doing well in school in spite of the fact that she’s partially blind.

This is the profile of a real family, and three local women had the opportunity to wrestle with their problems at the Cost of Poverty Experience (COPE), presented by Restoration House and Compassion Coalition. The quarterly event gives those who have never struggled with poverty the chance to walk in the shoes of those who do.

Almost 50 participated in last week’s COPE, held at Fellowship Church. Most were affiliated with social service organizations or churches. One in six Knox County residents lives in poverty, said Jessica Bocangel of Compassion Coalition, and she asked participants to suspend their own reality while imagining themselves as one of those.

Each attendee was assigned to a family, and each family profile contained

Cynthia Russell of Knox Area Rescue Ministries, pretending to be an unemployed college student, bargains with Compassion Coalition executive director Grant Standefer, who played the role of a pawn-shop owner during the Cost of Poverty Experience.

Ben Johnson of Halls watches a timer that represents the time it would take to walk to work during the Cost of Poverty Experience. Central Baptist Church of Bearden minister of missions and pastoral care Mark Moreland looks on. Photos by Wendy Smith

a set of challenges. Some were illegal aliens, single parents or seniors. Most had difficulties like addictions, medical problems or criminal backgrounds. Each family was given the assignment of living through four weeks, each week being represented by 15 minutes. The goal was for each family to be safe, and in a better financial position, at the end of the month.

On the surface, the assignment seemed complicated, but doable. Each

dren home for spring break.

Ben Johnson, a Compassion Coalition board member, landed in mock jail when a stolen car stereo was found at his apartment.

The event gave him a taste of the routine of those who are struggling financially, he said.

“It’s a feeling of helplessness, of trying to put your best foot forward and sliding in the mud.”

Nancy Keeton was assigned the role of the child in family No. 20. She is

family had access to 16 resources, like a minimumwage employer, a school, a “megamart” and a health clinic. But once the whistle sounded the beginning of the week, participants had to hustle to get children to school or day care before lining up to apply for a job or social services.

Transportation proved to be a major obstacle, which reflects a reality for those in poverty. Carolyn Hanson of Compassion Coalition played the role of the hard-

nosed employer, and each employee had to show proof of car ownership, a bus pass or a “walking” pass – earned by waiting until a timer ran out – in order to clock in.

Those with no transportation had their pay docked or were fired.

Distracted by the task of getting to work, or the doctor, some participants forgot to buy food or pay rent.

One forgot a baby at the daycare center. One week, families had to contend with the real-life challenge of chil-

training to volunteer as an ally at Restoration House, and she thinks the event will help her understand the difficulties faced by single mothers.

“It will help to be able to think like they do, to realize how hard it is to survive.”

The next COPE is scheduled for July 30. The event can also be conducted for individual churches, nonprofits and other organizations.

Info: therestorationhouse. net or 200-5406.

FAITH NOTES Community services ■ Children of God Ministries, 309 Deaderick Ave., will hold “Free Market Saturday” 1-4 p.m. Saturday, April 11. Free items available include: food bags, clothing, shoes, baby items, blankets, furniture,

small appliances, household items and more. Everyone welcome. Info: 544-1730.

■ Cross Roads Presbyterian, 4329 E. Emory Road, hosts the Halls Welfare Ministry food pantry 6-8 p.m. each second Tuesday and 9-11 a.m. each fourth Saturday.

■ Glenwood Baptist Church, 7212 Central Avenue Pike, is accepting appointments for the John 5 Food Pantry. Info: 938-2611. Your call will be returned.

■ Ridgeview Baptist Church, 6125 Lacy Road, offers Children’s Clothes Closet and Food Pantry 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

each third Saturday. Free to those in the 37912/37849 ZIP code area.

Classes/meetings ■ 55 Alive, the First Lutheran Senior Group, will meet at noon Thursday, April 9, in the church meeting room, 1207 N. Broadway. Cost for hot lunch:

$8. Reservation required.

Program: “How the money system works” presented by Douglas Rodenbeck at 1 p.m.

Public is invited. Info/reservations: 524-0366.

■ First Comforter Church, 5516 Old Tazewell Pike, hosts MAPS (Mothers At Prayer Service) noon each Friday. Info:

Edna Hensley, 771-7788.

■ Happy Travelers of North Acres Baptist Church will travel to Paris, Tenn., to the “World’s Biggest Fish Fry” on Thursday and Friday, April 23-24. Cost: $95 (double occupancy). Info/reservations: Derrell Frye, 938-8884.

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Helping those in need

By Cindy Taylor There was a point last year when the Rev. Jonathan Warren of Powell Presbyterian Church was concerned that their quarterly food bank would not continue due to a lack of volunteers on distribution days.

But Warren never gave up hope that the church could maintain its partnership with Second Harvest. The faith and prayers of Warren and his congregation were rewarded when more than 50 volunteers from the church, community and local businesses turned out for the October 2014 distribution. That was enough to send the church into 2015 with hope and plans for future distributions.

The latest food distribution on March 21 brought another record number of volunteers – more than 50 including scout troops – who gave out grocery carts full of food to 116 people.

Food City Powell supplied the carts, and a local company donated a forklift for unloading the food from the truck. One of the couples who received food last October served as volunteers this time. More volunteers are always needed, especially during summer distributions.

“We had such an exciting

Easter isn’t over

That same hour they got up and returned to Jerusalem; and they found the eleven and their companions gathered together. They were saying, “The Lord has risen indeed, and he has appeared to Simon!” Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he had been known to them in the breaking of the bread.

(Luke 24:33-35 NRSV)

Julia Hyman from Girl Scout troop 20320 and Cub Scout Webelo 1 Zachary Uetrecht serve on food distribution day at Powell Presbyterian Church. Photo submitted day,” said Warren. “I always remind those who serve that we are all in need. Whether you are giving or receiving – we’re not that different, we just need different things.”

With the help of church members, scout troops, business owners and Second Harvest, the church plans to continue with three more distributions this year. The next food distribution day at the church will be June 13. Distribution

begins at 7:30 a.m. and is on a first-come, first-served basis. There are no pre-requirements. Volunteers are needed from 6:30 to 10:30 a.m.

From 2 to 4 p.m., Sunday, May 1, the church will provide an educational opportunity for the community called “Darkness to Light” with D2L-certified facilitator Joy Gaertner. The program centers on training for adults, teaching them how

to prevent, recognize and react responsibly to child sexual abuse. The program is designed for parents, youth-service organizations and concerned individuals.

Cost is $10 for the workbook. Contact the Rev. Jonathan Warren at 938-8311 or revjwarren@gmail.com.

Powell Presbyterian Church is at 2910 W. Emory Road in Powell. Info: 9388311 or www.powellpcusa. org.

Thinking outside the box

By Cindy Taylor Fellowship North churchgoers consider each fifth Sunday an additional opportunity to serve the community. Members meet for a short service and time of prayer, then disperse to off-campus locations to put faith to action.

“Jesus said the one who hates his life in this world will keep it eternally … and if anyone serves me, the Father will honor him,” said lead pastor Michael Thomas during the March 29 service. “Today is Palm Sunday and a fifth Sunday of the month, so for us today it is especially about serving the Father and others.”

For Fellowship’s Outside the Box program, the church currently partners with Whittle Springs and Northwest Middle schools, Fountain City Park, Northgate Terrace and KARM. More than 150 Easter baskets were filled and delivered for students at Whittle Springs Middle School.

Packing the baskets was a great opportunity for expectant moms and younger

Sisters Emma Kate and Olivia Grace Caldwell rake leaves at Fountain City Park. Photos by Cindy Taylor children at Fellowship to take part in the day.

“Members of Fellowship North Church have been such a blessing in my life and the lives of our students, faculty and families during the past year,” said Whittle Springs parent coordinator Florence N’Diaye.

Northwest Middle School got a facelift with fresh paint in concession areas and in a weight room that also functions as an after-

school meeting room.

Residents at Northgate were treated to a service and snacks in their fellowship hall. Music and worship were led by members of Fellowship.

One crew took off to KARM, where they cleaned

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up and painted areas of the men’s dorm as part of KARM’s “Make It Shine” program.

Other crews worked all around Fountain City Park placing new mulch, cleaning up trash, painting, raking leaves and prepping the park for spring.

“We really appreciate the partnership we have formed with Fellowship Church,” said Fountain City Lion Ben Easterday. “They have done a lot to help keep the park looking nice for visitors.”

Other members kept vigil at the church, greeting newcomers who were not aware of Outside the Box and praying for those in the field. Volunteers cared for children of those working off-campus.

Fellowship North Church is at Fountainhead Commons, 3203 Tazewell Pike.

Sunday worship is 10 a.m.

Some folks put away the Easter finery and toss the lilies the day after Easter.

The Church disagrees.

Easter is far too big an event – world-changing, mind-boggling, soul-lifting news – to be confined to one day.

The Church declares that Easter is a week of weeks: Seven Sundays are required to adequately celebrate such an event.

And so Eastertide lasts for seven Sundays, and then the Church celebrates another astounding event: Pentecost.

I grew up in a small, country church that tended to give Easter one Sunday and Christmas one Sunday. I was thrilled when I ventured into the wider world (and another denomination) where both holy days were given the attention they deserved.

I discovered Advent, Christmastide, Lent and Pentecost, and I also

■ Oak Ridge District United Methodist Women (UMW) and Knoxville District UMW will host the Social Action Workshop, 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Saturday, April 11, at First Farragut UMC, 12733 Kingston Pike. Registration: $10, includes lunch. Info: Pat Bellingrath, 591-6274.

■ Powell Church hosts Recovery at Powell 6 p.m. (meal) Tuesdays at 323 W. Emory Road. The program embraces people who struggle with addiction, compulsive behaviors, loss and life challenges.

Info: www.recoveryatpowell. com or info@powellchurch. com.

■ Second Baptist Church, 777 Public Safety Drive, Clinton, will host Jennifer Rothchild Fresh Grounded Faith Area-wide Women’s

singing many of their award-winning songs!

When: Sunday, April 19 • 6pm Where: New Beverly Baptist Church

3320 New Beverly Church Rd., Knoxville, TN 37918

Info: Rev. Eddie Sawyer, Pastor; reveddie@newbeverly.org 546-0001 or www.newbeverly.org

Directions:

I-640 to exit 8. Go north on Washington Pike to red light @ Greenway Rd. (facing new Target), turn left, church is ¼ mile on the right.

No admission charge, but a love offering will be taken.

All welcome!

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learned that there is such a thing as Ordinary Time.

So I began to pay attention to those post-Easter appearances of Jesus.

They must have been startling, to say the least, if not downright disconcerting.

Peter was not having any of it. He didn’t believe the women (who would believe a woman’s story in those days, anyway?), and so he had to go to the tomb to see for himself!

What he discovered there was a rolled-away stone and an empty tomb, where the grave clothes were folded neatly (Mary did a fine job raising that boy Jesus!), and there was no sign of a dead body.

Jesus was alive!

Event from 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Friday and Saturday, May 1-2.

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Special services ■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, will celebrate its 200th anniversary 9 a.m.

Sunday, May 3, with special services and activities.

Everyone invited. Info/ schedule: 690-1060 or www. beaverridgeumc.org.

■ Union Baptist Church, 6701 Washington Pike, will host Squire Parsons & Trevor Thomas Drama Ministries in concert 6 p.m. Saturday, April 11. No ticket required; $5 donation requested at the door.

A love offering will be taken.

Info: Dale Burress, 933-7257, or www.discoverunion.org.

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Spring is time for bike safety reminders Clothing that is long (such as a skirt, or a jacket tied around someone’s waist) puts a rider at higher risk for something getting caught in the pedals, chain or tires.

When purchasing a bike, Davis advised students to have their parents make sure the bicycle is the correct size, confirming that their feet can touch the ground and that their legs are straight when seated. Bicycles are required to have reflectors – a white one on the front and a red one on the back – to make riders Katy Davis with the Knox County Sheriff’s Office shares impor- more visible. tant safety tips for bicyclists at Powell Elementary. Photo by R. Before riding, especially White for the first time this season, make sure that bike tires are properly inflated and the 2.” The helmet should rest the chin strap. tension of the chain is not right above (two fingers) the Another important safety loose. eyebrows on an individual. tip for bicycling is wearing Once you are ready to Step two is to “check V.” The proper shoes and clothing. head out, remember to wear v-shaped straps should cre- Open-toe sandals, Crocs proper equipment – helmet, ate a nice V around the ears. and flip-flops will not pro- elbow and knee pads and Step three is to “check 1.” tect feet from injuries, and bright clothing – and to alWhen fastened, one finger Davis said the best foot ways be aware of your surshould be able to fit under protection is tennis shoes. roundings.

Now that temperatures are warming up, many families will be getting their bicycles out and hitting the roads for fun and exercise.

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DARE officer Katy Davis visited classrooms at Powell Elementary last week and talked with students on the importance of bike safety.

The most important tip is to always wear a helmet, whether riding a bike, scooter, rollerblades or skateboards. “Wearing a helmet is not only the law, it’s important,” said Davis.

She went through the steps of making sure a helmet fits properly with students. Step one is to “check

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Powell High School honors outstanding students, teachers

Senior Rachel Salter was selected as a student of the month for January for demonstrating responsible behavior and positive attitudes in her English IV class. She is kind to others and is helpful to her peers.

Senior Cody Loope was also recognized in his English IV class. His teacher noted that Cody’s “comments during class discussions are insightful and on-point, and I can always count on him to give his best effort.”

Garrett Nokes, junior, has proven to be a real asset in AP U.S. history. His teacher stated that he “always asks great questions, eagerly participates and is respectful to everyone around him.”

Olivia Kelley, junior, is considered a very bright young person. Her history teacher said, “her contributions to AP U.S. history impress and

challenge everyone in the class. We all benefit from her intellect and participation.”

Sophomore Austin Clark was the only student to make a 100 percent on the first two chemistry tests. He is credited for being an active participant in class and shows great interest in science outside of the class.

Victor Lopez, ninth grader, is known for always having a smile. He never complains and is quick to help his classmates. Said one of Victor’s teachers, “he has such a positive attitude and is always encouraging to others.”

Ninth-grade student Joseph Washburn has been called “an extremely diligent student.” Joseph is known for working hard, listening to instruction and always putting forth his best effort.

Macey Milligan, ninth grader, is known for being a hard worker and is always determined to figure out things she doesn’t understand. She is a member of the Student Leadership PBIS committee.

Career and Technology Ed teacher Connie Silvey is considered amazing in and out of the classroom. She goes above and beyond to help students excel and is a great mentor. She does a lot around the school that goes unnoticed and unrecognized.

Social Studies teacher DeniseWatts (not pictured) is the kind of teacher that students are lucky to have because of her positive attitude, focus on learning fun and her effectiveness. She is always willing to help her colleagues in any situation, serves in many roles at PHS and is outstanding in each of them.

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Fourth-grade students in Katheryne Cohen’s class at West Haven Elementary received a special treat last week as Buzz Thomas, president of Great Schools Partnership, stopped by to teach the class a lesson on prepositions.

Thomas has worn many hats during his life: minister, attorney, author, teacher and community leader. He brought an inspiring story to the class. While recently in New York City, Thomas witnessed a man fall on the tracks in the subway, and without hesitation, three strangers rescued him.

As the crowd cheered, he was reminded of the importance of helping others.

In visiting with Cohen’s class, Thomas helped students understand the use of prepositions (as I recall, I was taught that a preposition is “anywhere a squirrel goes”) and to learn to write well. “I want students to know the rules and use the tools,” he said.

Following the lesson, students were asked to pair up with a classmate and write three sentences to show what they learned.

Powell Panther baseball update

By Steve Malicoat A five-run explosion in the second inning lifted the varsity Powell Panthers to a 9-0 win in five innings over Campbell County at Powell on March 17.

The Panthers scored in the second inning on an RBI double by Koby Hyde, an RBI double by Noah Malicoat, an RBI single by Riley Cooper, an RBI double

by Joe Stucky and an RBI double by Cam Payne. Malicoat put himself in scoring position with two extrabase hits for Powell.

Peyton Alford’s 12 strikeouts helped the Panthers to the victory. The Powell pitcher gave up just three hits over five shutout innings. The Panthers easily handled Campbell County pitching as six hitters combined for 13 hits, nine RBIs and eight runs scored.

On March 31, the Panthers jumped out to an early lead on Central and captured an 11-1 victory on the road at Shumpert Park.

The game was decided quickly as Powell earned 11 runs in the first three innings.

An RBI double by Noah Malicoat, a two-run double by Cam Payne, an RBI single by Garrison Price, a two-run single by Hunter Long, and an RBI single by Joe Stucky during the first inning supplied the early

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The team tacked on another four runs in the third.

A Central error scored Long to start the scoring in the inning. That was followed up

by Malicoat’s single, scoring Conner Sepesi.

Levi Everett shut down Central from the rubber.

Central managed just one hit off of the Powell Panthers hurler, who allowed one earned run, walked none and struck out seven during his five innings of work.

Team members Cam Payne, Malicoat and Long combined for six hits and seven RBIs. The next home game will be on Tuesday, April 14, against Oak Ridge before the Panthers hit the road and travel to Karns (April 15), Grace (April 18) and Carter (April 20).

SPORTS NOTES ■ Knox senior co-ed softball league sign-ups now open. For women age 55+ and men 60+.

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Panther Company presents ‘The Music Man’

The Powell Middle School Panther Company presented “The Music Man,” and it was undoubtedly a bright spot in the school year.

The cast brought the story of Harold Hill, played

by Hayden Rupert, to life with song and dance, and watched as love blossomed and trust was restored.

Sawyer Shepherd and Tyler Cantrell discuss the goingson of con man Harold Hill and question his motives.

Billie Williams (as Marion Paroo) and Abby McCormack (as Mrs. Paroo) share a moment together during a scene from “The Music Man.”

Pink out at the park Gibbs High baseball team recently hosted its annual Pink Out game to bring awareness to breast cancer research and to raise money for the UT Mobile Mammography Unit. Gibbs pitcher Dylan Bales gives tips to Ronda Satterfield as Ada Pratt watches. Satterfield and Pratt both work at the school and were each diagnosed with breast cancer over the summer. Both were honored before the game, and Satterfield threw out the first pitch. Photo by

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REUNION NOTES ■ Central High School Class of 1980 35th reunion, 6-10 p.m. Saturday, June 27, The Foundry, 747 World’s Fair Park

5-9 p.m. Saturday, May 2, at Fox Den Country Club, 12284 N. Fox Den Drive. Cost: $30 due by April 27. Info: Wanda Warwick, 689-6709, or Wilma Patterson, 984-7735.

Drive. Info/register: “Central High School Class of 1980” on Facebook or Melody Majors Johnson, 423-798-0880.

■ Fulton High Class of 1953 will hold its 62nd reunion

Emily McCarter sings with the ensemble cast during Powell Middle School’s production of “The Music Man.” Photos by R. White

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Tour a wonderland of stained glass at Fountain City studios

By Anne Hart As fantastical as it may sound, if Alice fell down the rabbit hole in North Knoxville, she likely wouldn’t be surprised if she found herself at Fountain City Stained Glass when she landed.

For there, much to her delight, she would discover a delightful rabbit warren of sorts, nestled at the bottom of a huge three-story building, and filled with a wonderland of glass of every imaginable shape, size, color and pattern, much of it defying description but all of it filled with light and enchantment sufficient to fire the imagination of Lewis Carroll’s fictional traveler.

There’s probably even material for Alice’s magical looking glass gently tucked away somewhere in a cubby hole at the shop.

The place is a virtual and literal laboratory, glass museum and design studio where partners Gracie Jones and Katie Jones practice their art and teach it to others in a series of classes.

The two learned how to create stained glass and mosaic art from the late Vicki Jarmon, who opened the business more than 10 years ago.

Jarmon made the gorgeous Tiffanystyle lamp proudly displayed on a high shelf at the shop, safely out of the reach of any boisterous children who might pass through when guided tours of the Fountain City Stained Glass studios are offered to the public as part of Dogwood Arts DeTour from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. this Friday and Saturday.

Right now, Gracie and Katie – who say they aren’t related (Jones is the married name of each) but laughingly finish each other’s sentences – are hard at work on a series of large leaded glass windows that will grace the new Kappa Delta Sorority chapter house at the University of Tennessee.

Nearing completion, the windows are laid out on large tables in the studio’s

workroom, each piece of etched glass numbered and carefully positioned in its own spot on a paper pattern before being soldered permanently in place.

The custom windows are just one of a number of projects underway at the studio.

An impressive piece just finished is a large, colorful stained glass rendering of a drawing of a guitar whimsically decorated with hearts and other images, the work of a very creative third-grader whose parents decided to memorialize their talented child’s artwork for posterity.

Fountain City Stained Glass also has mosaic art and has on display an assortment of colorful vases made of tiny pieces of colorful glass in varying patterns.

In one room, broken stained glass lamp shades and other stained glass items in various stages of repair or restoration are Gracie Jones with some of the art that hangs in the front window of Fountain City Stained Glass being readied for clients.

Photo by Anne Hart In another is a retail area where the hobbyist or serious artist will find everything they need to create stained glass or mosaic art. Equipment, tools and countless types of glass are available.

Those items are always in high demand as a result of the classes in stained glass and mosaics that are taught from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and in North Carolina. One John, nephew of Anjelica

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POWELL/NORWOOD Shopper news • APRIL 8, 2015 • A-11 Popular local roots musician Sarah Pirkle can’t wait for the Rhythm N’ Blooms Festival.

The best fest yet

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By Carol Sha Shane ha hane

The Rhythm N’ Blooms Music Festival, slated for this weekend in downtown Knoxville, grows more auspicious every year.

Coming as it does on the heels of the Big Ears Festival – a nationally recognized event – Rhythm N’ Blooms seems like a warmer, fuzzier, down-home counterpart to the gathering of the big guns.

But this year’s festival is more varied and prestigious than you might expect.

Now in its fifth year, the Rhythm N’ Blooms Festival boasts an eclectic lineup.

There’s everything from “high-energy gypsy punk grass” (Strung Like a Horse) to The Appalachian Hippie Poet (“his words are born from mountain, bottle and heart”) to one of Esquire magazine’s 2014 “15 Bands to Watch,” Daniel Ellsworth & the Great Lakes.

Popular Knoxville mainstays Drive-By Truckers and the Dirty Guv’nahs will appear, along with many, many other unique and worthy acts.

Sarah Pirkle and Jeff Barbra have been involved with Rhythm N’ Blooms for several years and fondly remember its early days.

“I’m really looking forward to playing a set with the Naughty Knots at Boyd’s Jig & Reel on Friday night,” says local singer/songwriter/fiddler and radio host Pirkle. She and husband

■ “The Magic Flute” presented by the UT Opera Theatre at the Bijou Theatre. Performances: 8 p.m. Friday; 2:30 and 8 p.m. Saturday. Tickets: www.ticketmaster.com, www. knoxbijou.com.

■ Vintage Baseball at Historic Ramsey House, 2614 Thorn Grove Pike. Celebration of Vintage Baseball reception, 7-9 p.m. Friday. Doubleheader begins noon Saturday. No charge for the games; hotdogs, popcorn, beverages and more available for purchase.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY

Knoxville favorites Jeff Barbra and Sarah Pirkle will be heading up the Rhythm N’ Blooms Festival’s Gospel Hour on Sunday, April 12. Photos submitted

Barbra will be hosting the festival’s Gospel Hour on Sunday, which she says will be “a treat for me. Then I’m hanging out the rest of the day enjoying the music. I’m really stoked to see JD McPherson!”

Now let’s talk about the headliners.

The Decemberists’ first album, “Castaways and Cutouts,” was released in 2002.

In the realm of indie folk rock, these guys stood alone right out of the gate.

For one thing, they’re absolutely incredible musicians, every last one of them, but that virtuosity is used in service of the whole.

The Decemberists’ musical

visions are large and sweeping, but there’s not a grandstander among them.

Singer-songwriter Colin Meloy’s distinctive, reson a n t voice lends itself perfectly to his melodies. Like James Mercer of the Shins, Meloy has a huge talent for songwriting, and one can’t imagine anyone else singing his compositions. He’s backed by acoustic instruments such as bass viol, guitar and violin, but extra special to the mix is Jenny Conlee, whose understated skill on the organ, piano and accordion adds much to the carefully considered musical arrangements.

They played to a packed Tennessee Theatre in April 2007, and now they’re back in Knoxville, appearing on Sunday, April 12, as part of a national tour promoting their new album, “What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World.”

Everything about the Decemberists, from their songwriting and performing down to their album art and accompanying merchandise, seems beautifully handmade. Don’t miss them.

So if you’re in the mood to mingle with a lot of happy music lovers, check out the website at rhythmnbloomsfest.com where you’ll find a full lineup and other details.

You can even earn free tickets and other rewards. See you there!

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Midlife-crisis comedy with a twist records, and generally seem spontaneous in every way.

By Betsy Pickle You’ve seen “the grass is always greener …” movies, but Josh falls hard for them, especially with Jamie constantly seeking his advice and help. Cornelia is a bit more skeptiyou’ve never seen one like “While We’re Young.”

A comedy with a kitchen sink that includes a couple’s cal, but she gets pulled into the energy of the couple as well.

Jamie’s charisma is undeniable, but there’s something midlife crisis, shades of “Single White Female” and “Six off about it. Josh, who has embraced Jamie’s free Degrees of Separation” – and the buzzword of the spirit, begins to suspect that he’s made a misdecade, “connectivity” – “While We’re Young” take in his new friend. beats any semblance of preciousness out of The midlife crisis depicted in “While writer-director Noah Baumbach’s insideWe’re Young” captures a slice of reality New York mannerisms. in a way few films have done before. It’s Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts play funny, yet introspective and sympaJosh and Cornelia, a Manhattan couple thetic. It reveals the amazing concept living in a Grand Canyon of a rut. Josh that there is middle ground between is a documentary filmmaker who has feeling dead inside and trying to bebeen working on his “latest” film for come someone you’re not. eight years; he also lectures about docAs for the more external, structured umentary filmmaking in an extendedplot – it’s a comedic quicksand that feels learning program. Cornelia works as a like Hitchcock Light. Stiller is perfect as producer for her father, Leslie Breitbart things go south in a major way, and (Charles Grodin), a highly esteemed Driver is astonishing as his Phillip documentarian.

Vandamm (think “North by NorthJosh keeps looking for “the truth” Josh (Ben Stiller) and Cornelia west”). in his ever-lengthening film, which is (Naomi Watts) review some of their Baumbach’s hilarious observations about war, er, poverty, er, America. life choices in “While We’re Young.” give more screen time to the male Cornelia feels guilty about living in leads, but Watts and Seyfried balance her father’s shadow. They both wonder them with honest performances that have a real weight. if they should have tried harder to have a child.

Their stale, tech-device-dominated lives are disrupted Grodin is a delight, playing off his crotchety persona with when they meet Jamie (Adam Driver) and Darby (Amanda an extra serving of likability.

The cast includes two legendary music figures in unexSeyfried), a young couple whose existence is everything pected roles. Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul & Mary fame plays Josh and Cornelia’s is not.

Jamie, an aspiring documentarian himself, goes gaga the expert in Josh’s film, and Adam Horovitz of the Beastie over Josh, spreading lavish praise on his acclaimed first Boys plays Josh’s erstwhile best friend, a new father.

“While We’re Young” shows Baumbach (“The Squid and documentary, which was barely seen. Darby makes artisan the Whale”) at his sharpest. It’s a message film that hides ice cream in unusual flavors.

Jamie and Darby roller-blade through the streets, es- behind a nearly solid wall of comedy.

Rated R for language. chew modern technology in favor of VHS tapes and vinyl

■ Rhythm N’ Blooms music festival, on stages set exclusively along downtown Knoxville’s historic Jackson Avenue. Features first-timers, chart-climbers and highly lauded acts from varied musical backgrounds. Tickets available now. Info/ tickets: www.rhythmnbloomsfest.com.

■ Spring Home Design and Remodeling Show, Knoxville Convention Center, 701 Henley St. ■ “SHREK: The Musical, Jr,” Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Ave. Performances: 7 p.m. Friday; 1 and 5 p.m. Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday. Info/tickets: knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com; 208-3677.

FRIDAY ■ Alive After Five concert: The Streamliners Swing Orchestra, 6-8:30 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Tickets: $15; $10 for members/students. Info: 934-2039.

■ Exmag and M!NT will perform, 9 p.m., The Concourse, 940 Blackstock Ave. Presented by Midnight Voyage Productions and WUTK 90.3 The Rock. Tickets: $10 advance; $15 day of show. Info: internationalknox.com.

■ Haywood County Ramblers concert, Holly’s Corner, 842 N. Central St. Doors open 6:30 p.m. Tickets: $10. Info/tickets: m.bpt.me/event/1409964.

■ Hot Club of San Francisco: Cinema Vivant, 8 p.m., Ronald and Lynda Nutt Theatre, Clayton Center for the Arts, 502 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville. Info/tickets: www. knoxvilletickets.com, www.claytonartscenter.com, 981-8591.

■ Kukuly and the Gypsy Fuegos perform, Fountain City Casual Pint, 4842 Harvest Mill Way. Swing jazz trio.

■ Stars on Stage Dinner Concert fundraising event, 8 p.m., Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Tickets: $400. Info/tickets: Tennessee Theatre box office: 684-1200.

SATURDAY ■ Bracket Challenge and Hip-Hop for Hunger 2015, 7:30 p.m., The Concourse, 940 Blackstock Ave. Featuring Plunderphonics, Good Guy Collective, The Exception, The Young Gunz and Bobby Fuego. Tickets: $5 requested donation at the door.

■ Cashore Marionettes, Harold and Jean Lambert Recital Hall, Clayton Center for the Arts, 502 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville. “Simple Gifts,” 2 p.m.; “Life in Motion,” 8 p.m. Info/ tickets: www.knoxvilletickets.com, www.claytonartscenter. com, 981-8591.

■ Color Me Rad 5K, 9 a.m., Knoxville Civic Auditorium and Coliseum. Participants of all ages are welcome to run or walk. A portion of the proceeds will benefit East Tennessee Children’s Hospital. Info/to register: colormerad.com.

■ Esau’s Vendor Market, Jacob Building, Chilhowee Park, 3301 E. Magnolia Ave. Local antiques/crafts show.

■ Jazzspirations LIVE: Knoxville’s Smooth Jazz Concert Series, 7-9 p.m., Holiday Inn World’s Fair Park, 525 Henley St. Info/ tickets: jazzspirationslive.com.

■ Magical Make Believe, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Knoxville Zoo, 3500 Knoxville Zoo Drive. Centered on popular storybook characters Peter Cottontail and Clifford. Storytime, a bubble artist, magician and make-believe games. Children 12 and younger who come dressed as their favorite make-believe or storybook character will receive free admission. Info: knoxville-zoo.org.

■ Marble Springs Storytelling, 2-4 p.m., Marble Springs State Historic Site, 1220 W. Gov. John Sevier Highway. Fundraiser for Smoky Mountain Storytellers Association. Bring chairs.

Under the pavilion. Info: 573-5508; marblesprings@gmail. com; www.marblesprings.net.

■ “Music of Queen” performed by the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra featuring guest conductor Brent Havens and vocalist Brody Dolyniuk, 8 p.m., Civic Auditorium, 500 Howard Baker Jr. Ave. Info/tickets: Box Office, 215-8999; KnoxvilleTickets.com, 656-4444, 877-995-9961.

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Bubba makes ‘scallywag’ business

By Betty Bean Most of Bubba’s Barrels’ customers are out of state, or international, even. But the destination of the shiny steel barrel sitting in Bubba’s front parking lot last Tuesday was Crafty Bastard Brewery, opening this spring three miles south of Bubba’s in Emory Place. The transaction is an example of the community that Carl Clements wanted to join when he settled on Knoxville as his adopted hometown six years ago.

“We’ve gotten an amazing amount of support from local business owners,” said Clements, a burly, bearded, overall-wearing guy whose business has gone from zero to more than $1 million in annual revenue in four years. (We’ll resist the urge to say he’s “barrel-chested” because it’s too easy.)

The 46-year-old Texan traveled the world after graduating from Texas A&M: two years in Africa with the Peace Corps, most of another year traveling around the continent, multiple road trips across the U.S. and considerable business traveling on his previous job selling durable medical equipment.

“I made the good money, had the good life – selling the parts that make cell phones work. I still do that so I won’t have to draw a salary out of this business,” he said.

So how did he decide on Knoxville?

“I went to North Carolina a lot and had a good Peace Corps friend in Knoxville.

One day I looked at my phone and saw more 865 numbers than anywhere else. Knoxville’s a good place to live, a scallywag town. Most of the people who lived here sided with the North in the Civil War. “I don’t want to live in Dallas-Fort Worth, but I love living in the South without having to live in Birmingham to do it.

“We’re geographically in the South, and it’s a middleclass town with lots more amenities than we deserve for our size. I really like Knoxville, except for historic districts that think we

Carl Clements

Photo by Ruth White

need to be wealthy to live in them.”

So he found a house in North Hills and made quick connections in the music scene. Two years later, he started the barrel business in his basement.

“I bought some used barrels. Then I bought three more. Then I bought 40 more,” he said. “Then somebody calls and asks, ‘Can you put a drain in that?’ “‘Sure,’ I say. But I had no idea …”

He remembers sitting on his back porch drinking beer with his friend Dan Lipe, who subsequently designed the Bubba’s Barrels website.

“I told him if I could sell $40,000 a year, gross, that’d be great. That would mean I’d make about $10,000.

We’ve doubled in size every year since then. Last year, we did $1 million. This year, I expect to do $1.4 million.

When I became a viable business, I started paying him. That’s how it works.”

After a while, he rented

a space on Pembroke in the shadow of Sharp’s Ridge.

When business picked up, he built an outbuilding in the backyard. Grinding barrels is a noisy undertaking, and it’s good to be in an out-of-the-way spot that’s conveniently close to Broadway.

In a few weeks, he and his four full-time employees, plus his feisty Jack Russell terrier Brandy, will move a couple of blocks north to a 13,000-square-foot warehouse on Buchanan Street (compared to 3,000 square feet of covered space in their present location), where they will stock an inventory of accessory parts and turn out even more stainlesssteel drums, barrels, brew kettles, smokers, boilers and conical fermenters.

Clements, who says he’s known as “an employer of wayward musicians around town,” is flexible about employees’ schedules.

“As an employer, I’ve really tried to make this a place that doesn’t suck.”

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FISH Pantries: Much more than food I recently toured the main facility for Knoxville’s FISH Hospitality Pantries.

I caught up with Jeff Gencay while he and other volunteers were busy getting ready for a distribution day. The entire place was a beehive of activity, and I was immediately impressed with the camaraderie among folks there.

FISH originally started as a food delivery system, with families in need calling a hotline. In 1986, when there were not enough volunteers to answer the phone, Jim Wright decided to invite those who had transportation or lived within walking distance to pick up their food at an East Knoxville church basement.

Wright’s goal to have pantries located closer to neighborhoods where many low-income families lived soon became a reality.

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Wright opened additional neighborhood pantries on Western Avenue and in South Knoxville. In 2007, a main distribution center was established at 122 W. Scott Ave. just off of North Central. The large warehouse with its huge walk-in cooler and freezer stand as testament to Wright’s vision.

Within three months after opening and with a lot of help from donors, FISH was able to completely pay off the new building. There are currently four distribution

locations.

Many Knoxville families would go hungry if it weren’t for FISH. In 2007, FISH distributed food worth $410,000. Last year, $2.9 million of free food was distributed.

Donations come from various food distributors and churches, but Wright credits the more than 300 volunteers with the pantry’s success. Over 100 of these volunteers first came to FISH because they were in need of food at one time.

“FISH is all about showing respect. Our goal is for no one in Knoxville to go hungry,” says Wright.

Wright worked diligently to make sure FISH volunteers understood the importance of treating everyone equally. People are not asked questions about income and spending habits. Everyone is treated with

dignity.

Kathy Cannon has been a volunteer for seven years.

In 2008, when she lost her job, Cannon soon found herself with no income.

Kathy Cannon When she arrived at FISH, she needed food.

Cannon was grateful to be treated with dignity and respect.

“This place has changed my life. ‘Love thy neighbor as thyself’ truly came alive for me,” says Cannon. “I just knew it was a place God wanted me to be. I love this place.” Cannon is now in a leadership program with a group giving women a voice in the community.

Info: fishpantry.org or 523-7900.

Andy McCall, Haynes Smith, Fran Smith, Kay Watson Helton, James Sutton and Larry Sheumaker proudly show the purple ribbons they tied around their fingers as reminders of the Knoxville WALK for Alzheimer’s coming up on April 18. Photo by

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By Anne Hart Kay Watson Helton, director of development for Alzheimer’s Tennessee, says there’s a good reason we have all heard the old saw that tying a string around our finger will keep us from forgetting something important. It’s no old wives’ tale. It’s actually based in scientific fact.

Helton told members of the Rotary Club of Bearden that a nerve in the index finger “aggravates the hippocampus, the part of the brain linked to memory.”

That string, or ribbon, around the finger actually works.

The purple ribbons they tie around their fingers and the color purple itself are particularly significant to supporters of Alzheimer’s Tennessee. In fact, the color purple has become so iconic to the organization that

even its headquarters building on Kingston Pike across from Buddy’s Bearden Banquet Hall is purple.

The ribbons are worn as reminders of the Alzheimer’s 25th annual WALK to raise awareness of the disease. That event will be Saturday, April 18, and will involve literally thousands of walkers and volunteers who have been working on this year’s project since last year’s ended.

The event will be at UT Gardens starting with registration at 9 a.m. There will be music, games, food and entertainment for children and their pets.

Opening ceremonies will be at 10 a.m. and will feature door prizes, races and contests. The ribbon cutting for the WALK will be at 11 a.m. In the event of rain, “party and pets will move indoors.”

Helton said that when her organization was formed in 1983, “not many people knew about Alzheimer’s, but they do now.” An estimated 120,000 Tennesseans are afflicted with the disease.

Each individual is attended to by about four people who are also deeply affected by the disease. The local office receives about 300 calls a day from those seeking help for Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.

Helton said that of the many programs and wide range of support offered by her organization, among the most critical is educating law enforcement and first responders about the disease so that they are aware a person who appears drunk, drugged or disoriented may actually be suffering from dementia.

Info: 544-6288 or alzTennessee.org.

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By Bonny C. Millard A recent grant award by the Rotary Club of Knoxville will help Beaumont Magnet Academy purchase almost 700 new books, school librarian Molly Moore said.

Moore, who’s been at the school for about three years, recently spoke to the club and said this gift will help update the school’s library.

In addition to this, Beaumont is already this year’s weekly recipient of a donated book signed by meeting speakers.

“This is going to get kids excited about reading,” Moore said of the addition of new books. Currently, many of the school library’s books are out-of-date, particularly in areas such as scientific information.

“Our library books are old,” she said.

“Their average shelf age is 20 years. There are lots of books that are older than me on my shelves. I try to pull them as I find them.”

Moore said she has an annual budget of $3,200 to purchase new books.

The Rotary grant includes $5,000 from the local club and $5,000 in district matching funds.

Beaumont is a unique school in that it offers fine arts and honors programs and is a museum school as well, she said. The school

Molly Moore, Beaumont Magnet Academy librarian

is a Title 1 school, with 75 percent of its students economically disadvantaged.

Even though it offers specialized programming, the school is in a literacy crisis with many of the students below reading level.

Moore said 85 percent of fifth-graders are below proficiency levels.

“We know we’re in a crisis at Beaumont,” she said.

“We’re doing everything that we can. Our administrators this year have totally changed everything around. Every teacher in the building has a small reading group … . We’re doing radical things at Beaumont to try to get our kids up to level.”

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The illegal “street drugs” including crack, crystal and cocaine are devastating to normal sleep patterns.

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Preceding all sleep, there is a lowering of the body temperature to about 97 degrees, a drop in metabolism and a period of drowsiness. These rhythms are highly individual; you will however get your best sleep if you work with this sleep rhythm rather than fight it. Don’t go to bed either too early or too late.

For example, if your drowsy period occurs at 1 a.m. instead of 11 p.m., the “nation’s bedtime,” don’t fight it. Your quality sleep of six hours will do you better than eight hours of tossing around. In fact, if you go to bed and aren’t sleepy, don’t just lie there. If you have not gone to sleep in 15 minutes or so, get up, go to another room, and read a dull book until drowsiness hits you.

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Dr. Daniel Kriple, professor of psychiatry at the University of California and director of a Dr. Wegener pioneer sleep disorder center, reported that frequent users of sleeping pills have a 50 percent higher mortality rate than other people.

“Sleeping pills may also compound that very problem causing a person’s insomnia,” he pointed out. They lead to further disruptions of the sleep cycle, as well as fragmented sleep, disturbing dreams and daytime fatigue. Residual effects may last up to 17 hours and can affect driving or other activities the next morning.

“Compared to a few studies that suggest pills will make you feel better the next day, there’s a huge body of studies that show you may feel worse”, said Dr. Wallace Mendelsen, head of the sleep study unit at the National Institutes of Health.

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hattanooga native Samuel Strang Nicklin, also known as Sammy Strang during his major league baseball career, had starred in both football and baseball at the University of North Carolina and the University of Tennessee.

He came home after serving as a first lieutenant in the Spanish-American war (1898) to play minor

jors in 1906, when he stole a career-high 49 bases and led the league in on-base percentage. His big league career lasted from 1901 to 1908, over half of it with the Giants. He had a phenomenal on-base percentage of .377, having scored 100 runs in both 1902 and 1903.

Sammy’s ebullient personality made him a favorite of baseball writers, fans

1915 West Point Baseball Team. There were six future WWII generals on the team, including Bradley, Neyland and Devers, who are the three men standing on the right with the assistant manager on the end. Coach S. Strang Nicklin is wearing the business suit, second from the left.

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Perhaps his greatest accomplishment came later when he became the head baseball coach at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Coach Sammy Strang still maintains the highest winning percentage of any Army baseball coach, with an astounding .711 percentage during his career at the military academy (1909-1917).

Strang coached many cadets who rose to prominence in the Army, including many future three-, four- and five-star generals who fought in WWII. Among the most famous were (year of graduation in brackets): Jacob Devers (1909), commander of the Sixth United States Army Group in the European theater; Alexander Patch (1913) commander of the U.S. Army and United States Marine Corps forces during the Guadalcanal campaign and the Seventh Army in France and Germany; Omar Bradley (1915), U.S. Army field commander in North Africa and Europe and General of the Army from the Normandy landings to the end of the war in Europe; and Robert Neyland (1916), aide to Gen. Douglas MacArthur while he was superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point (1919-1922) and commander of supply services in Calcutta, India.

When he was asked to name those who most shaped his direction in life while at West Point, Neyland replied that Coach Strang was one of the four along with Charles Daly, coach of the football team.

A native of Texas, Neyland had come to the academy in 1912 and graduated four years later having achieved academic success and a 35-5 record as pitcher for the baseball team, including one stretch of 20 consecutive wins.

He captained the team in his senior year and remains the Army career leader in pitching victories. He also pitched the first no-hitter in Army baseball history in 1914. Probably more important to him was the fact that he emerged victorious over the Navy team all four years. Neyland was also a star end on the football team, played on the national

championship team in 1914 and won the heavyweight boxing championship in his senior year.

He was recruited to play professional baseball by the New York Giants, Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Athletics but instead went to World War I as soon as he graduated, serving in France.

Much later, Gen. Neyland would serve three stints as the head football coach at UT (1926-1934, 1936-1940, and 19461952). He compiled a .829 winning percentage over 21 seasons and won 173 games out of the 216 his teams played. He also had six undefeated seasons (including Bowl trips), nine undefeated regular seasons, seven conference championships and four national championships. In 1938 and 1939, Neyland’s teams set NCAA records by shutting out 17 straight opponents, and the 1939 team was the last football team in NCAA history to hold every regularseason opponent scoreless.

He was an innovator, too, credited with being the first coach to use sideline telephones and game films to study opponents. His team was one of the first to use tear-away jerseys to enhance his trademark elusiveness and fulfill his motto “speed over strength.”

Among his fellow coaches he is probably best known for his “Seven Maxims of Winning Football.”

Who could doubt that Neyland’s Maxims had their genesis in his West Point years under Coach Strang, who coached base-running and batting technique as the hallmarks of a winning team? Strang taught these seven basic rules for successful hitting: ■ 1. Assume a comfortable and relaxed stance.

■ 2. Keep your bat on your shoulder; don’t pump, wriggle, or twist yourself into a tense position.

■ 3. Be ready. Go back slowly with your bat as the pitcher prepares to deliver the ball.

■ 4. Start your swing as the ball leaves the pitcher’s hand.

■ 5. Keep your eye on the ball.

Stop your swing if the pitch doesn’t look good.

■ 6. If continuing the swing, time the ball. Try to meet it well in front of your body.

■ 7. “Golf” a low pitch, “club” a high pitch.

Sammy Strang returned to Tennessee in 1919.

At only 55 years of age, he died in Chattanooga of a perforated ulcer in 1932.

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Heiskell Community Center Seniors Program, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., 9420 Heiskell Road. Ken Newton Band performing at 11:30 a.m.; Easter luncheon served at noon; bingo at 1 p.m. Free, donations appreciated.

Bring a dessert and a friend. Info: Janice White, 5480326.

Navigating Your Joy in Life luncheon, 10:45 a.m., Buddy’s Bearden Banquet Hall, 5806 Kingston Pike. Hosted by Knoxville Christian Women’s Connection. Cost: $12 inclusive. Complimentary child care is by reservation only. Info/reservations: 315-8182 or knoxvillechristianwomen@gmail.com.

VFW meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St., Maynardville. All veterans are invited. Info: 278-3784.

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Plant sale, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., UT Gardens, located UT agriculture campus on Neyland Drive. All proceeds will benefit the UT Gardens. Info: utgardens.tennessee.edu.

Spring Weed Walk, 1-3 p.m., Mac Smith Resource Center, Narrow Ridge, 1936 Liberty Hill Road, Washburn. Suggested donation: $10-$15. Info: Mitzi, 4973603 or community@narrowridge.org.

The 51st annual Talahi Plant Sale, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Lakeshore Park, 6410 S. Northshore Drive. All proceeds benefit the Knoxville Community. Admission and parking: free.

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Saunders, who lives in Bearden with his wife, Ellen Bebb, is a current City Council member and former Knox County commissioner. He grew up in Sequoyah Hills and was a member of the first Webb School class to attend from 7th to 12th grade.

When he first enrolled, the school was housed at Sequoyah Hills Presbyterian Church. Students were required to wear a coat and tie to chapel each morning. After chapel, the coats came off, he says. Dressing well for class continued through his undergraduate years at Transylvania University in Lexington, Ky. While not required, students often wore ties to class.

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He enjoys serving on City Council because it is a non-partisan body, he says. Every hot-button issue, like those regarding Knox County Schools, turns partisan at County Commission. He doesn’t see a reason for partisanship at the local level.

Party politics are having detrimental effects at the state level. As a 23-year ETCH board member, Saunders is disappointed that Insure Tennessee was killed before it reached the floor of the General Assembly. He thinks the bill may have suffered from “guilt by association.� Rural hospitals are most at risk without a federal funding stream, he says.

For Saunders, community service and engagement will never go out of style.

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noxville may not be the first city that comes to mind if you are considering urban loft living, but according to those who already do, it should at least be in the running.

Mychael Fox and Kevin Cunningham discovered their unit in the Commerce building more than a year ago. Both work, live and play in downtown Knoxville but grew up in more rural areas. They completely gutted and restored the unit to fit their taste.

The original exposed beams and brick and beautiful arched windows stayed. The hardwood floors had been painted black, so those were stripped and refinished to their original glory.

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off do downtown The comple complete etee rremodel em mod odel boasts timeless ed and thrilled to be a part rtt o d ow ntown kitchen design with a warm, inviting living Knoxville.� space. The bedroom and bath areas evoke Lorraine and Mark Burns moved into a European villa. Evethe Phoenix building nings can be spent on more than three years either of two buildingago. Views from their top decks. loft include House Residents say the Mountain and Mt. “Kevin can walk to convenience of downtown LeConte. They haven’t work, and we access done any renovating, everything else we living far outweighs any because the first time need without drivinconveniences they saw it, Mark deing,� said Fox. “We are clared it was “perfect.� considering downsizThey have brought ing to one vehicle.� their own style to the Having everything within walking distance cuts down on gas usage and helps unit with an eclectic mix of new and antique keep you in shape. “This loft is everything furniture and unique finds. we ever wanted,� said Fox. “We are excitTo page 3

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Moe the cat relaxes on a table in the Burns’ loft. The Smoky Mountains can be seen out the window. Photos by Cindy Taylor From page 2 “I have my grandparents’ dining table that they brought from Germany and pieces that are new, old and everything in between,” said Lorraine. “This place is very warm and homey and works for us.

“We love living here. Until you have tried this lifestyle, you can’t appreciate the convenience of having so many amenities within walking distance. Two of my favorite things are the coffee shop downstairs and windows up here with amazing views.”

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Residents say the convenience of downtown living far outweighs any inconveniences. With parking spaces included in most properties, the hassle of street parking isn’t an issue. Groceries can be delivered, and fresh produce is a short walk away. Workout facilities, restaurants, parks and shopping are close-by.

To tour downtown lofts, join the 30th annual City People’s Downtown Home Tour May 1-2. Info: www. citypeoplehometour.org.

Rachael Bennett and her daughter, Brooke, and Geri Landry and her daughter, Kate, are happy to see the girls’ work on display. They were part of the art exhibit at Farragut Town Hall.

At left, Luke Wedemeyer gets a brownie while his mother, Rhonda, pours some punch at the reception.

Now Enrolling for summer camps and classes June 15-19 Musical Theatre Camp for ages 8 to 15, both new and experienced dancers. Learn acting, dance, voice and prop-making, along with performing excerpts from Into the Woods, Shrek the Musical, Little Mermaid and School of Rock.

June 22-26 Alice in Wonderland Ballet and Art Camp for ages 6 to 12, new and experienced dancers. Along with ballet there will be art class daily and an in-studio performance.

June 8-12 Mini-Intensive for young dancers age 10 to 13, experienced dancers.

Classes in ballet, pre-pointe and learn variations from Swan Lake along with classes in modern dance, jazz and hip-hop.

June 8-12 Guest Artist Intensive. Experienced dancers will expand their exposure to different techniques and teachers. Serguei Chtyrkov and Joulia Moisseeva will be master teachers for classical ballet while Danah Bella, from Radford University will lead modern classes in technique and improvisation. There will be an in-studio performance on Friday.

July 20-24 Guest Artist Intensive. Dancers will take ballet, pointe and variation classes from Barbara LeGault, ballet instructor from Houston, Texas, known for her highly technical approach to classical ballet. Joy Davis, Counter Technique instructor will introduce dancers to this fabulous technique. Ms. Davis is one of three certified Counter Technique instructors in the U.S. There will be an in-studio performance on the last day of the workshop.

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Hats make her happy

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mong the many things Anne McKinney is known for, the most readily apparent is her stylish collection of hats.

The popular estate lawyer, motivational speaker, song parodist and YouTube phenomenon – one of her videos has garnered over a million hits – is a big fan of headwear for all occasions.

She’s always liked hats but says that years ago she would “buy them and they’d sit on the shelf.” However, in the early 90s, the tragic accidental death of a young client changed her perspective.

“I cried for days,” she says. “I thought about how fleeting life is, about how our days are numbered. And I thought, ‘what

“My favorite hat,” says McKinney Photos by Emily Shane

can I do to remind myself that this, right now, is the most important moment?’ ” Out came the neglected hats. Putting one on, she says, made her feel “all nice and dressed up.” And her mood was lifted daily.

“There’s a lot to be said for looking at things deliberately in a positive light,” she says, and she carries that message to all who come to hear her speak.

As for the benefits of wearing hats: number one, she says, is that “I spend absolutely no time on my hair.

“There are certain hats you can wear with your hair down,” she continues, but most of the time hers is tucked up under.

“My hair has a mind of its own,” she admits.

“Wonderful things happen when you

Anne McKinney in a “Carnaby Street” mood, complete with newsboy hat wear a hat,” she says. Once at a street fair, she was accosted by a man who’d clearly been imbibing more than lemonade.

He peered at her face under the brim of a smart-looking hat. “I’ve got it!” he exclaimed. “Joan Collins!”

And several doctors, including an ophthalmologist and a dermatologist, have verified hat-wearing pluses that McKinney had long suspected. “A brimmed hat keeps your face in the shade, so that your eyes are pro-

tected against cataracts and your skin is protected against wrinkles and sun damage.”

But most benefits are esoteric. “Men, especially in the South, love to see a lady in a hat,” McKinney says with a twinkle in her eye.

“This is my favorite hat,” she says, bringing out a sharp black fedora reminiscent of the one Judy Garland wore when she sang “Get Happy.” And her biggest splurge – a wide-brimmed black stunner – once created a special moment with her young son.

She and the toddler were eating at a restaurant. Mom dropped something in her lap and when she bent over to retrieve it, the hat’s brim hid her face. Straightening back up, she noticed her son gazing at her in wonder, and laughing.

She’d just begun a round of “peek-a-boo” without even realizing it.

Mother and son, needless to say, spent the rest of lunch playing the game. “There’s absolutely nothing like a baby’s laughter,” she says.

McKinney does admit to some hat-related drawbacks, like the time she discovered, going through airport security, that some hats contain metal. But on the whole she wouldn’t trade her toppers for anything.

“I would like to ‘single-hattedly’ change the hat-wearing habits of the world!” she declares. “I have a closet full of wonderful memories.”

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At a young age, Dr. Gallaher saw firsthand how plastic surgeons can change major trauma into barely noticeable scars; thus, Dr. Gallaher knew his future: to become a plastic and reconstructive surgeon. Now, several years later, his appreciation for the profession and his sensitivity toward patients has made him an excellent and compassionate surgeon.

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Brooke earned her BS at Maryville College in Maryville, Tennessee, and her BA at the University of Nebraska Medical Center Interservice Military Physician Assistant Program.

She also earned a Masters with emphasis in Dermatology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. She completed her physician assistant internship at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and completed her service after nine years as a Captain.

Brooke brings 12 years of dermatology experience with emphasis in medical cosmetic procedures. Brooke has expertise in Neurotoxins such as Botox Cosmetic, dermal fillers, and laser treatments.

Daniel Fowler, MD Attended the University of Tennessee, graduating magna cum laude in 2004. Dr. Fowler continued his education at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine in Memphis.

While a medical student, Dr. Fowler was elected to membership in the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society.

Dr. Fowler first became interested in plastic surgery during medical school after observing facial reconstructive procedures for skin cancer and pediatric congenital deformities.

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righten up your patio, deck or front entrance with containers. They’re an excellent way to add color, fragrance and beauty where plantable space is limited or non- existent.

Set a few containers on the front or back steps, in the corner of your deck or other location where they can be enjoyed. Try stacking and planting several containers to create a display with greater vertical interest. Check the views when looking from inside the house out as well as from outdoors. Strategically place containers for the greatest viewing pleasure.

Save even more space by using railing planters. You can dress up the porch or deck by filling these planters with colorful flowers and edibles. Make sure they are sturdy and easy to install. Reduce time spent installing and maintaining with easy-to-install self-watering rail planters, like Viva balcony rail planters from gardeners.com.

Don’t limit yourself to flowers. Mix in a few edibles and bring some homegrown flavor to your outdoor entertaining. You and your guests will enjoy plucking a few mint leaves to flavor beverages,

basil to top a slice of pizza or sprig of dill to top grilled fish.

Herbs not only add flavor to your meals, but texture and fragrance to container gardens. And the many new dwarf vegetable varieties are suited to containers. Their small size makes them easy to include and many have colorful fruit that is not only pretty, but delicious.

Add a few edible flowers like nasturtium and pansies.

Dress up a plate of greens with edible flowers for a gourmet touch. Or freeze a few pansy flowers in ice cubes and add them to a glass of lemonade or sparkling water.

Include flowers like globe amaranth (Gomphrena), Lisianthus, and daisies that are great for cutting. You’ll enjoy your garden inside and out throughout the season.

And don’t forget to plant some flowers for the butterflies to enjoy. Zinnias, cosmos, and marigolds are just a few that are sure to brighten any space, while attracting butterflies to your landscape. Salvia, penstemon and flowering tobacco will help bring hummingbirds in close, so you’ll have a better view.

So make this the year you select a container or two that best fits your space and gardening style. Fill it with a welldrained potting mix and combination of beautiful ornamental and edible plants to enjoy all season long. The additions are sure to enhance your landscape and keep your guests coming back for more.

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