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He’s back!

I’m happy to say the reports of my demise were greatly exaggerated. That’s not to say there weren’t days I thought I was dead, but it turns out I was just in Eighty Four, Pa.

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Panthers are District 3-AAA champs!

Read Larry Van Guilder on page A-4

What’s new at Noweta Garden?

Noweta members joined with members of Knoxville garden clubs for a Floralrama workshop in miniature at Racheff House and Gardens.

The workshop was geared toward helping members prep for the September Garden Show, which will focus on miniature design.

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Read Cindy Taylor on page A-3

Tutoring math for Fulton frosh An innovative program at Fulton High School this year has made learning Algebra I a lot friendlier.

Last fall, Emerald Youth Foundation placed 11 volunteer tutors with strong math skills right in the school’s Algebra 1 classrooms. At Fulton, Algebra I is a yearlong, freshman-level course.

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How will Cuonzo be remembered?

I suppose Cuonzo Martin has been gone long enough to raise the question, how will he be remembered?

He was an excellent role model but calm as an undertaker, no used-car sales skills, certainly not a circus barker.

He could not have escaped Bruce Pearl’s shadow.

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Read Marvin West on page A-5

NEIGHBORHOOD BUZZ

Windrock Coal Miners Memorial The Windrock Coal Miners Memorial dedication ceremony has been scheduled for 2 p.m.

Saturday, May 17, with refreshments being served in the Union Valley Baptist Church fellowship hall. The church is located at the end of Windrock Road in Oliver Springs.

Descendants of Windrock coal miners, retired miners and numerous others have worked together raising money to build a red brick and granite wall. The names of over 1,000 Windrock coal miners have been engraved into the granite.

Everyone is invited to attend the dedication celebration.

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The Panthers show off their winning plaque.

By Cindy Taylor They did it! They earned it! Just as Superintendent Jim McIntyre said they should. But this time the Powell Panthers baseball team earned more than a field house – they earned the District 3-AAA Championship.

The Panthers have dominated the field since the beginning of the 2014 season, and the May 6 game was no different. Powell took on Karns at home for the district final. Powell took the lead early and kept it throughout the night. Karns found a spark in the fifth inning to score two runs, but it proved to be too little, too late against power pitcher Dalton Long.

With bases loaded in the fifth,

Panther Hagen Owenby hit a long fly to centerfield that brought two players home and pretty much wrapped up the win.

The Panthers outscored the Beavers 12-2 for the win. “I am very proud of our guys and the way they have fought day in and day out all year long,� said coach Jay Scarbro. “We have had a tough regular season schedule and they have shown up to play every day. I have been impressed with their desire to win as well as the way they play together as a team.�

Tournament MVP is Dalton Long. All-District Tournament team players for the Panthers are Marcus Weaver, Tanner Latham, Hagen Owenby, Sam Braden and

Keegan Judd. Named All-District for the regular season are Marcus Weaver, Tanner Latham, Hagen Owenby, Peyton Alford, Dean Kidd, Sam Braden and Dalton

Long. Long was also named Most Valuable Pitcher.

Powell will host the secondplace team from District 4-AAA at 6:30 p.m. today (May 12) at home.

By Sandra Clark

Charles Busler called to lodge a complaint. He said he’s broke from election expenses and now his kids want new clothes to wear to the swearing-in ceremony.

Huh?!?

Then Busler laughed. It’s hard to see a grin on the phone, but it was not hard to hear the happiness in his voice.

Charles Busler had just been elected to the Knox County Commission. He will replace the termlimited R. Larry Smith on Sept. 1.

Patti Lou Bounds, longtime Powell resident, will take a seat on the Board of Education at the same time. She ran without opposition and was elected May 6.

She replaces board member Kim Severance who did not seek reelection.

Other primary winners included at-large commissioners Ed Brantley and Bob Thomas; Sheriff Jimmy “J.J.� Jones, who worked the polls at Powell High School during the afternoon rush; and Mike Hammond, a term-limited commissioner who will replace Joy McCroskey as clerk of Criminal Court.

Ed Shouse won the GOP nomination for trustee, and Jim Berrier is the Democratic nominee.

Knox North Lion Cindy Teague and Farragut Lion zone chair Kathy Burrows take a minute to celebrate on the kiddie planes. Photos by Cindy Taylor

Up on the rooftops

By Cindy Taylor The carnies of Gold Medal Shows have moved on, but Knox North Lions Club members are still riding high. With the success of the spring carnival presented on the Yow property on Emory Road, president Rick Long says the club plans for this fundraiser

to become an annual event. “The carnival raised more money than any other fundraiser we’ve done,� said Long. “It was a good start. With better weather and more promotion, we should double that total next year.�

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Guys showed strength and finesse – all to win a stuffed toy or goldfish for their best girl.

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Delivering an experience a new mom expects As a nurse practitioner herself, Shana Beach of Knoxville, 31, wanted state-ofthe-art technology near her when she delivered her own first child. She chose Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center because of its relationship to East Tennessee Children’s Hospital across the street.

“I had experience in a children’s hospital in Boston, and I wanted to be at a hospital that had easy access to a NICU (neonatal intensive care unit) just in case something went wrong,” Beach said.

But everything went smoothly on April 2, when Beach and her husband, Alex, welcomed Gabriella Marian. After about 13 hours of labor, Gabriella weighed 7 pounds, 1.8 ounces and was delivered in a normal, low-risk birth in a Fort Sanders LDRP (labor, delivery, recovery room and postpartum).

The spacious rooms allow the mother and her family to stay in one location for the entire hospital stay.

“That was great,” Beach said. “We didn’t have to move anything and the room we were in was large. When I had a couple of visitors, there was plenty of room. My husband slept in a recliner chair and he was very comfortable.”

The first six hours of labor were not painful, Beach said. “I thought, ‘If this is labor I can do this,’ ” she said. “But at 8 o’clock I was starting to feel contractions in my back, and over the next two hours they got so severe.”

Beach had an epidural anesthetic and

Alex and Shana Beach welcomed their first child, Gabriella Marian, on April 2 of this year at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center. was able to rest for a while, and then her baby was born at 5:50 p.m. “She came out pink and screaming,” Beach said.

Throughout the birth experience, Beach said she was surrounded by many helpful hands at Fort Sanders.

“My husband was a great coach, he was

rubbing my back the whole time,” she said.

“The nurse who helped deliver was incredible; she kind of coached me through everything. She knew her stuff and was very encouraging and professional. Dr. (Caroline) Haney-Weaver is very smart and very encouraging. I felt very comfortable with her.”

Finding the right time to deliver Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center has been recognized by the Tennessee Hospital Association for reducing the number of babies born electively between 37 and 39 weeks, thereby increasing their chances for better lifelong health.

Fort Sanders Regional received the recognition from the THA’s Tennessee Center for Patient Safety, along with fellow Covenant Health facilities Parkwest Medical Center, LeConte Medical Center, Methodist Medical Center and MorristownHamblen Healthcare System.

Fort Sanders Regional met the goal of decreasing the number of babies delivered electively between 37 and 39 weeks gestation to 5 percent or less, and maintained the goal level for a minimum of six consecutive months. The hospital was awarded a congratulatory banner to recognize their teams’ outstanding effort.

“This is vital for our patients and the quality of care we provide,” Bernie Hurst, director of women’s services at Fort Sanders Regional, said. “We’ve had these standards in place at Regional for several years, Bernie Hurst so this highlights the hard work of many.”

The two-week wait dramatically increases the chances for good

physical and developmental health of babies. It also allows for better health and safety of the mother.

There is a greater risk of complications associated with births prior to 39 weeks, and waiting until then allows for better growth and development of vital organs such as the brain, lungs and liver.

“Babies born too early are at risk for respiratory distress, jaundice, hypoglycemia and other conditions that require more medical care and put them at greater risk for death before their first birthday,” said Craig Becker, THA president. “That is why the work being done at these hospitals is so vitally important to all Tennesseans. Results like these represent the combined efforts of every single professional at these hospitals, from the physicians and nursing staff to the board of trustees.”

Fort Sanders Regional is part of a statewide Healthy Tennessee Babies Are Worth the Wait initiative launched less than two years ago to increase awareness of the benefits of full-term delivery. In May 2012, nearly 16 percent of all Tennessee deliveries that occurred prior to 39 weeks gestation were considered elective. Today, that number has been reduced by almost 85 percent. Among other activities, the Covenant obstetrics departments adopted a strict policy that prohibits early elective deliveries before 39 weeks unless

After the birth, even the housekeeping staff impressed her, Beach said. “They came in periodically to mop the floor,” she said. “Everything always felt clean, open and bright. Our room had a beautiful view of the Smoky Mountains.”

During her pregnancy, Beach took advantage of several classes at the “Teddy Bear University” at Fort Sanders, which offers dozens of courses to help get new parents ready for labor, delivery and newborn care.

Beach also had a lactation consultant visit her during her two days in the hospital.

“Twice, I had questions and they came quickly and answered them. Plus, I took a breast-feeding class and that was really helpful. My husband took it, too.”

After two nights at Fort Sanders, the new Beach family was ready to go home.

“A pediatrician came and talked to us, and a discharge nurse came in to talk to us about basic baby care,” she said.

And even though she’s an experienced nurse herself, Beach said the information was helpful.

“I know how babies happen in textbooks and on paper, and I had (studied) labor and delivery. But as a patient, it’s a whole new, scary, wonderful experience that I could not have prepared for at all.”

Beach said she would recommend Fort Sanders to anyone expecting a new baby.

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“We have any and everything a new mother would want or need when delivering a baby,” Hurst said. “This recognition is just a small indication of the wonderful things going on here.”

“A healthy, full-term baby is always worth the wait, and Covenant Health is proud to lead this effort to decrease the number of infants delivered electively before 39 weeks,” said Jim VanderSteeg, Covenant Health executive vice presidenthospital operations. “Two additional weeks may not seem like much time, but for an infant, it can mean the difference between complications leading to lifelong health issues and a healthy and robust start.”

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Fontinalis Club past presidents gathered for one last time to celebrate the club and the good works done in the community since 1956. Pictured at the farewell luncheon are Mildred Cruze (1976-77), Virginia Dunn (2001-03). Susan Spicer (2012-13), Juanita Vann (2005-07), Eleanor Thurman (1980-81), Mary Ellen Whittaker (2009-12), Gail Jackson (1983-84), Wynona Dye (2003-05 and 2013-14), Linda Cash (1988-89) and Carol Petit (2007-09 and 2013-14). Photo by Ruth White

Farewell to Fontinalis Fountain City women’s group disbands

By Ruth White In true Fontinalis fashion, the women’s club hosted its last meeting with a spring luncheon at Beaver Brook Country Club.

As the meeting opened, the group recited the Collect, whose final paragraph states, “May we strive to touch and to know the great common human heart of us all, and, Oh Lord God, let us forget not to be kind.”

Kindness has always

been at the top of the group’s to-do list.

The club had voted the month before to distribute its treasury.

It gave $500 to the Fountain City Elementary School art department to go toward the purchase of a kiln and gave $5,000 to establish a music scholarship at Central High School to be awarded each year to a senior, beginning in 2015.

Central High School choral director Beckye Thomas was given the Honor Award for outstanding leadership in music.

The Tellico Tappers pro-

vided entertainment for the group prior to lunch and amazed the crowd with their energetic performances.

Several members shared favorite memories of their time with the Fontinalis, and members who passed recently were fondly remembered.

Past president Eleanor Thurman told me how the club donated $1,000 to the then-new North Side YMCA in 1980.

“It wasn’t always work,” said Thurman. “We shared a lot of good times.”

The group enjoyed trips to Opryland to catch a show

or to an area dinner theatre.

“It was a wonderful club since 1956, and the founders had the foresight to see what the organization could do for the community.”

Thurman and her husband, Jack, were named Fountain City Man and Woman of the Year in 1984.

Past president Gail Jackson reminded the group to “remember this day, our goodbye day.”

As the Fontinalis says goodbye to Fountain City, their good works and good name will live on for many years to come.

Preventing rabies Rebecca Crowe brings her kitten, Precious, for a rabies shot at Inskip Elementary School on May 3. The Knox County Health Department and local veterinarians sponsored clinics at schools across Knox County for two Saturdays in May. Shots were only $10.

Katy Koontz reads “The Banana Police” to an excited Jennifer Johnsey at Imagination Forest.

Chris Milligan sells deer repellent to Billie Hall at a plant- and rummagesale fundraiser for a new Heiskell community center.

Carole Whited, a member of Noweta Garden Club and an accredited judge, joins local and state leaders at Floralrama. Pictured at the Petite Design table are Whited, flower show chair Kay Lee, Marion Bloomer, master judge Betty Conley and Diane Decker. Photos by Cindy Taylor

Fossils, fairies and Floralrama The Noweta Garden the Gray Club is having a busy Fossil Site spring. Noweta members in Gray, Tenn. joined with members of T h e Knoxville garden clubs for site was a Floralrama workshop in u ne a r t he d miniature at Racheff House when TDOT and Gardens in late April. began a The workshop was geared project to toward helping members Harry Moore widen State prep for the September Garden Show, which will Route 75. Once the discovery was made, the road was refocus on miniature design. routed to preserve the site.

A Natural History Museum was built adjacent to the site and is open to visitors.

The Gray Fossil Site Cindy contains discoveries from Taylor what scientists say could date from 4.5 million years ago. Moore brought slides from early site discoveries discussed their Experts from various and clubs spoke about Fairy significance for us today.

“This is one of the most Gardens and miniature/ petite designing. Their significant discoveries on purpose was to inspire North American soil,” said members to create entries Moore. “It has become in horticulture, design and known as the international special exhibits; educate site for fossil tapirs and red the public in the benefit pandas.”

Scientists expect the site of garden clubs; meet and to yield new discoveries for learn from other gardeners; and encourage members to the next hundred years.

Noweta Garden Club try new design ideas and meets at 10 a.m. each first grow new plants.

Harry Moore, consultant Tuesday at Beaver Creek and retired TDOT geo- Cumberland Presbyterian technical engineer, spoke to Church.

Noweta in May. Moore was deeply ■ Going bananas involved in discoveries at Award-winning author

Katy Koontz dropped by Imagination Forest last week to promote her latest book, “The Banana Police.” The book was first published in 2012, but Koontz says it isn’t really all that new for another reason.

“I wrote this for my daughter when she was born, and she is 20 now,” said Koontz. “I just decided to look into publishing the book when she was in middle school.”

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government City budget lacks greenway specificity As City Council reviews Mayor Rogero’s proposed 34-cent property-tax increase, several proposals merit a closer look as specifics are missing. They include the $1 million for greenway corridors and $500,000 for historic preservation. Both are laudable topics but blank checks for now.

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Both are also areas where the Rogero administration has been weak if not AWOL. When I asked city spokesperson Eric Vreeland to detail the greenways that would be built, he could not answer. He said the mayor and parks director, along with the greenway commission, would decide.

In other words, $1 million for yet-to-bedetermined projects in an election year.

Parks Director Joe Walsh said the Mike Fowler firm had been paid $200,000 to do an assessment of greenway needs and make recommendations. He indicated conceptually that the greenways might turn out to be from the U.S. Post Office on Weisgarber Road to the Jean Teague greenway in West Hills, extending the Third Creek greenway that ends at Bearden Elementary School to Papermill and/or to Lakeshore Park and possibly from Ned McWherter Park to Ijams Nature Center.

But nothing was definite.

Anyone with a greenway map could figure out where new greenways should go. It is not rocket science.

When asked, Walsh could not name a greenway that had been built under Mayor Rogero. The last ribbon-cutting for a citybuilt greenway was under Mayor Brown in 2011 at Papermill Road. This is a dismal record for a mayor who says she is “green.”

If a greenway corridor fund is created with $1 million, at the very least it should be established by ordinance with mission and duties clearly spelled out and not left to whim and mischief.

■ Council member Nick Della Volpe got Loves Creek greenway built with help from the public service department. The half-mile trail is not paved.

Walsh said construction will start within weeks on the two-mile greenway

from Buck Karnes Bridge to the Naval Station on Alcoa Highway. He acknowledged that the much-discussed First Creek greenway along Broadway has not been bid.

It was announced in April 2012 and two years later has seen no visible progress. It may be the end of 2016 before it is finished.

It is hard to take this $1 million greenway request very seriously when Rogero’s current greenway construction is so tardy.

By not naming specific projects for greenways or historic preservation, Rogero will be given a blank check to fill in the year she is running for re-election, a campaign war chest funded by taxpayers. Della Volpe, who opposes the tax hike, should not expect any new greenways in his district.

I am personally passionate about greenways.

It pains me to write this column, but it pains me even more that so little has happened. It is hard to understand why the “green” mayor would not build them with enthusiasm as they routinely receive 80-plus percent approval. It could only help her re-election.

■ Knox Heritage’s city grant was cut from $21,000 to $5,000 without explanation in the mayor’s budget. Team Rogero says they are putting $850,000 into various historicpreservation projects so all should be happy if a mere $16,000 is cut. Spokesperson Jesse Mayshark says the city has a wonderful review process. Knox Heritage was not consulted on this.

■ Dave Hill, controversial and highly paid ($140,000) former city waterfront staffer (who was fired

by Rogero), has been hired as Dave Hill comprehensive planning manager at MPC by his longtime golfing friend Mark Donaldson.

He replaces Mike Carberry.

Donaldson said Hill, who once held his job, will be paid $100,000. It is unclear if minorities or even existing staff had a chance to apply.

■ House Speaker John Boehner will attend a reception 5-7 p.m. Saturday, May 24, for U.S. Rep. Jimmy Duncan at the home of Pete and Cindi DeBusk on Cunningham Road in Halls. Boehner is third in line to the presidency.

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Mike McMillan’s lonely days are over

Were the school board primary elections a referendum on Superintendent James McIntyre?

Probably.

And it was sort of a draw, right?

Probably not.

McIntyre gets to keep his school board chair, and the only challenger who supported him squeaked out a second-place finish good enough to get her into the general election, but he lost his most vocal ally, and his vice-chair failed to win an outright majority, throwing her into a general-election runoff.

South Knox board member Pam Trainor lost big to school librarian Amber Rountree, despite McIntyre’s scheduling a raft of good-news announcements and events in her district.

Rountree, who is smart and outspoken and won 58 percent of the vote, will quit her teaching job to become one of McIntyre’s bosses.

Board chair Lynne Fugate won convincingly in the 4th District – as she should have, because this was her race to lose. Challenger Sally Absher showed herself to be a worthy campaigner, tirelessly door-knocking and deeply informed about issues. The second challenger, J. Scott Clark, stayed pretty much a cypher throughout the campaign. Both said they would not have voted to approve McIntyre’s controversial contract extension, but it would be wrong to attribute Fugate’s victory to voters’ opinion of the superintendent.

Here’s why:

Betty Bean If the superintendent is popular anywhere, it’s in the upper-middle-class 4th District, and Fugate, a reliable McIntyre supporter who was active in Beardenarea schools before she ran for office, fits the establishment profile. On the other hand, Absher doesn’t. Her only past political involvement was as a member of the Tea Party, and videos of her “Agenda 21” presentations are available at computer screens near you. Maybe this wouldn’t have hurt her in a different district, and maybe given more time she can put it behind her, but for now, as one veteran pol puts it, “She couldn’t outrun her past.”

The 6th District was a mixed bag for JMac. On the plus side, his two most adamant detractors, Brad Buchanan and Tamara Shepherd, didn’t make it into the runoff, and his most adamant supporter, Sandra Rowcliffe, did. She’ll take her talents into the general election against the frontrunner, Terry Hill, a former school social worker who has been milder in her criticism of the superintendent but says that things need to change.

If money could buy this race, Rowcliffe would win (the pro-McIntyre businesstypes have kicked in heavily). However, Hill almost doubled Rowcliffe’s vote total, and that gap that will

Bart and Amber Rountree celebrate her election to the Board of Education with an announcement: Their first child is due Sept. 8, just a week after she is sworn in.

be hard to close. Both candidates are vocal supporters of a new Hardin Valley Middle School, a tribute to the power of the Hardin Valley vote in that district.

In the 1st District, vice chair Gloria Deathridge, who ticked teachers off by reminding them who they “work for” (that would be McIntyre), won a big victory, percentage-wise (46-27 percent). But in terms of raw numbers, she beat Marshall Walker by only 265 votes.

That could make for a sweaty summer for both candidates.

The school board has tra-

ditionally been dominated by ex-administrators and PTA moms who generally toe the administration line.

This election could mark a sea change. Retired teacher Patti Lou Bounds ran unopposed, so she and Rountree were elected outright.

They will join former teacher and lonely guy Mike McMillan, who is routinely on the short end of 8-1 votes.

If Hill and Walker prevail, McMillan will find himself in the unaccustomed position of being the senior member of the majority.

Coming around again I’m happy to say the reports of my demise were greatly exaggerated. That’s not to say there weren’t days I thought I was dead, but it turns out I was just in Eighty Four, Pa.

Larry Van Guilder

Eighty Four is a suburb of Pittsburgh about 20 miles southwest of the home of the stalwart (though not so much lately) Steelers. Populated chiefly by deer and my ex-wife, each of whom is a strong advocate for gun control, Eighty Four is also the home of the eponymous lumber company.

Despite their dislike for firearms violence, the community’s deer are a peculiarly suicidal lot. Scarcely a day passes without some

despondent deer stepping into the path of an innocent motor vehicle, leaving its family to wonder why.

So, this prodigal returns to the land of more cautious deer and sometimes incautious politicians. Surveying the landscape, I can cheerfully echo Morgan Freeman’s words to Miss Daisy: ‘Things ain’t changed all that much.”

Examples? Stacey Campfield adding to his lunatic legacy by drawing a parallel between Obamacare and Holocaust victims; familiar names engaging in Knox County’s tradition of musical elected offices (Hammond, Shouse, Leuthold, Briggs); the unqualified appealing to the uncaring (Michele “Placeholder” Carringer); the county where, according to Mayor Tim “Fist Bump” Burchett, less is always more.

If, despite my association with known miscreants like Republicans, Democrats

and Independents, Scripps gives the thumbs up to my background investigation, I’m coming around again.

There’s plenty of fodder in these parts for a political reporter, and I hold firm to Mencken’s dictum that the function of journalism is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.

That said, it’s good to be back where people bleed orange and not rust. Where else would you find 36,000 people willing to sign a petition asking for the dismissal of a college basketball coach?

(I’d wager that several hundred of them may even have voted in the last election and signed their names without resorting to an “X.”) In what other municipality does the phrase “term limits” mean one thing for the voter and something entirely different for judges and officeholders? (See Jones, Witt, Jordan, et al.)

Who knew the English language was rife with such

ambiguity?

Where else among the vast reaches of our spacious skies and amber waves of grain would a former county executive compare the problems of a felonious senior subordinate to the sufferings of Jesus Christ? (For those with mercifully short memories, Google Ragsdale and Finch.)

Yet, Knox County’s political and social ills are not so very different from those of the nation at large. We whine about tax increases to fund schools but utter nary a whimper when jails expand and police forces balloon to incarcerate the poorly educated. We want smaller government, and when governments shrink throwing more out of work we blame the government for the unemployment rate and the stagnant economy. Walt Kelly was right: “We have met the enemy, and he is us.”

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The Battle of Champion Hill (May 16, 1863) HISTORY AND MYSTERIES | Dr. Jim Tumblin

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tudents of the Civil War have debated the “What ifs?” of that war for many years and in many forums.

A favorite “What if?” asks whether the South could have won the Battle of Gettysburg (7/1-3/1863) if Gen. Jeb Stuart’s Cavalry, Gen. Robert E. Lee’s “Eyes and Ears,” had been present from the first day.

Historian Richard McMurry’s “What if?” asks: If Gen. Joseph Johnston and his 50,000 Confederates had properly fortified the gap at the Battle of Snake Creek Gap in North

Georgia (5/7-12/1864), could they have stymied Gen. William T. Sherman’s 100,000 Union troops early in the campaign for Atlanta and forestalled Sherman’s “March to the Sea” and his eventual capture of Savannah?

Another important “What if?” occurred 151 years ago this month when Confederate Gen. John C. Pemberton was defeated

by Gen. Ulysses Grant at Champion Hill, Mississippi, a prelude to the Siege of Vicksburg.

Holding Vicksburg was

critical for the Confederates. Jefferson Davis said, “Vicksburg is the nail head that holds the South’s two halves together.” It blocked Union navigation of the Mississippi, controlled the mouth of the Red River and protected vital Port Hudson. It allowed Confederate access to the states west of the river upon which they depended for cattle, horses and reinforcements for their armies.

Considered “The Gibraltar of the Confederacy,” Vicksburg’s natural defenses on a high bluff overlook-

ing a horseshoe-shaped bend in the river made it impossible to attack from the water. Pemberton had a garrison of 30,000 Confederate troops and mounted 172 big guns to defend his bastion.

On its north and east, the Yazoo Delta, an area of 200 miles north to south and 50 miles wide, was a complex network of waterways. That untamed wilderness was difficult enough on foot but effectively impassable on horseback or for the wheeled vehicles necessary to supply an army. And, of

How will Cuonzo be remembered?

I suppose Cuonzo Martin has been gone long enough to raise the question, how will he be remembered?

Marvin West

Cuonzo is a remarkable man in many ways but was never a match for Tennessee basketball needs. He was an excellent role model but calm as an undertaker, no used-car sales skills, certainly not a circus barker.

He could not have escaped Bruce Pearl’s shadow.

The way it all went down,

Tennessee gets paid for the fractured contract instead of having to pay for eventual termination. Cuonzo gets a nice, fresh start under more favorable circumstances – four returning starters instead of four starters gone.

He now has a chance at happiness. He has found a pleasant environment in a place of enlightenment. The University of CaliforniaBerkeley sounds a little like Al Gore when it lays claims to the invention of the atomic bomb, free speech and fruit cocktail.

Cal basketball is more of a social gathering, wine and cheese and smoked salmon (with PETA approval). Tennessee is far more passionate, sometimes overcooked.

I’ve been to Berkeley. Knoxville is different.

How will Martin be remembered?

Perhaps vaguely, with minimum emotion. His sudden departure caused no bonfires.

No streets will be renamed.

Without meaning to be, he was interim coach between the exciting but reckless Pearl and the enthusiastic Donnie Basketball.

One of my favorite reader-writers agreed with the “no hard feelings” rhetoric but identified a potential pattern I had missed. Cuonzo did the same thing at Missouri State, three and out, depleted leftovers.

The move to Tennessee was a big-league opportunity under difficult con-

ditions for four times the previous pay. The move to California, a slight downshift, might be an escape from a hot kitchen and another roster with holes.

Some preachers move around to recycle sermons instead of writing new ones.

Some coaches have similar tendencies.

Cuonzo said the infamous BBB petition was a non-factor. That can’t be the whole truth. Even though he is tough as a coconut shell, the illogical push for Pearl had to hurt. I do believe he used criticism from fans to fuel the Vols’ late fire.

I asked around, what about memories? To generalize and summarize responses, “honorable man”

course, the river itself made transporting thousands of men across its wide expanse a very imposing task.

Grant made several attempts to flank Vicksburg’s defenses and to build canals to facilitate movement of troops and supplies. He was blocked by Pemberton’s counter moves and by

the pernicious terrain surrounding the city. Finally, on the dark, moonless night of April 16, 1863, Adm. David D. Porter dared to run the batteries with a fleet of 12 Union ships, losing only one of them. Now Grant had the ships south of Vicksburg

was prevalent. As coach, not much warm praise or harsh rebukes, sort of dullsville, middle-of-the-road, never connected with fans, not as bad as Alan Houston’s dad or Michael Jordan’s roommate, what was his name?

A one-word answer – apathetic – said too much. Another terse response, stubborn, may be a leftover link to zones or tempo. Zo obviously taught responsibility and principles of manhood.

Payback was loyalty. His players played. Upon his departure, freshmen and recruits fled the scene.

Fans offered lukewarm appreciation for dignity and mild criticism of recruiting effort and miscalculations.

No way to miss slow starts and better finishes. NIT flops are a threat to linger.

The rout of Kentucky was a landmark. The loss to Aus-

tin Peay may never go all the way away.

Based on what he stands for, I like the former coach OK and do not hold him totally responsible for what didn’t develop. He is what he was.

Cuonzo LaMar Martin was precisely what Dr. Jimmy G. Cheek wanted at the time, honest. Diversity was a bonus. The chancellor, dedicated to putting the best face possible on the university, decreed there shall be no more embarrassments.

Athletic director Mike Hamilton found this squeaky-clean good guy out in the valley, offered more than necessary to bring him to Rocky Top and presented him for approval.

Nobody noticed that he was bland.

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In the land of Moab In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land, and a certain man of Bethlehem in Judah went to live in the country of Moab, he and his wife and two sons. The name of the man was Elimelech and the name of his wife Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion; they were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They went into the country of Moab and remained there. But Elimelech, the husband of Naomi, died, and she was left with her two sons. These took Moabite wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. When they had lived there about 10 years, both Mahlon and Chilion also died, so that the woman was left without her two sons and her husband.

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Bob Meridieth, John Messamore and Gary Brooks throw brush, and a snake, into the fire while cleaning up the grounds around Glenwood Baptist Church. thinking delivered the reptile into the fire along with brush they were clearing.

Other members worked to deep clean the kitchen, paint the Sunday school area, clean up trash and improve Terry Alfrey and Glenwood pastor Travis Henderson replace the doors to the storage shed. the site in general. Terry Alfrey and pastor Travis HenPhotos by Cindy Taylor derson replaced panels and hinges on the storage shed.

“We’ve got a lot going on,” said Henderson. “Everyone showed up eager and ready to work.” flames. Not to worry. Glen- better off roasted.

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By Ruth White While Tim Parker sat on the front porch of his Strawberry Plains home, God spoke to him in a big way.

Parker, now pastor at CrossPoint Church, has a heart for people. He knew that he wanted to invest in the lives of others but wasn’t sure where he was being led until that day on his porch.

“I was reading an article on missions in Central America and the challenges for them,” he said. “As I removed the band from a cigar I was smoking, I noticed that it was handmade in Nicaragua.” He had been praying about missions and

felt at peace as he sat on his porch that evening.

Weeks later he spoke with friends Vincent and Tammie Lambdin, and they introduced him to Eric Webber. Both men immediately realized that they had met previously when Webber installed the fireplace in Parker’s home.

Webber and his wife, Melissa, spend a great deal of time in Salinas Grande, Nicaragua, organizing feeding programs, working with women through a sewing ministry and helping to construct stable living areas. This ministry was exactly what Parker wanted

to become involved with – working in the trenches to support churches that were there doing good works.

Four years ago, the first mission team from CrossPoint Church headed to Nicaragua. The team included just three members, Parker, Lambdin and Randy White. The trio served meals to children, began construction on a home for a local pastor and preached the Gospel.

Each year a team returns to Nicaragua, and the ministry grows in many ways.

Church members sewed dresses that were sent to the girls in the area. A sewing ministry has been established, and women in the community make dresses for the children and to sell.

The group has participated in Vacation Bible School during the week and this coming summer will participate in a food box ministry that will allow them to meet families, help with needs and minister.

When asked why they travel across the country to minister, Parker replied, “We are called to go and share the Gospel. We start where we are and move from there.”

The church is involved locally with Angelic Ministries.

CrossPoint Church is hosting a rummage sale to help send a mission team to Nicaragua this summer. The event will be held 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and Saturday, May 16-17, at the church, 2000 Loves Creek Road.

It is not often in Scripture that a woman’s story is told.

The book of Ruth in the Old Testament is an exception: It is the story of two women who became family by marriage, and who became immortal in the annals of family by faithfulness.

This story has been much on my mind because I recently visited Moab, Utah.

To the best of my knowledge, it is the only other Moab in the world. The biblical Moab is in the desert to the east of the Dead Sea. The American Moab is in a desert in eastern Utah. I have seen both of them, now, with my own eyes, and they have some startling similarities.

They are mountain deserts, with breathtaking views. They are near inland salt seas – Moab in the Middle East on the Dead Sea, and Moab, Utah, roughly 200 miles from the Great Salt Lake. The terrain is rocky, beautiful in a fiercely rugged way, with a harsh, unforgiving climate.

Such a landscape can be intimidating, and, at the same time, inspiring. Moab, Utah, has been inhabited for thousands of years, dating back to the Paleo-Indians, who hunted and survived on mastodons and mammoths.

They were followed by the Anasazi and the Fremont, who lived in widespread areas but overlapped at Moab.

I was trying hard not to blink as we drove through this landscape. I saw a red rock cliff off to the east and stared at it, trying to determine if what I was seeing was shadow or painting.

I ultimately realized that it was painting: what appeared to be 20-foot-tall symbols or letters painted onto the red rock. Being a citizen of the 21st century,

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my first thought was, “Graffiti! How obnoxious!”

I looked again and knew that the figures I saw were foreign to me – letters from a lost people, a lost culture, a lost world – but a fragment of history inscribed by people who, like me, had appreciated the wonder of that valley, and left their mark behind. What it communicated? I have no idea.

It could be the Anasazi version of “Kilroy was here!” Or it could have been a deeply religious symbol.

I don’t know. What I do know is that the Anasazi (or perhaps the Fremont) reached out to me across the millennia and touched my heart. They – those fathers and mothers of another age, another world – learned how to live in this world, and left their mark on it.

They kept records, they created art, they wrote! They left something that has remained to remind me, and all of us, that the world is full of wonder and that the past is never over. In fact, it isn’t even past.

And, like Naomi and Ruth, the story of their existence – the existence of those mothers and fathers, sons and daughters – helps inform and shape who we are today. I am reminded of the smallness of each of us, and yet, at the same time, we are all sisters and brothers in this vast family of God, who is both Father and Mother to us.

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Jessica Holman takes the helm at Inskip School

By Cindy Taylor Jessica Holman, who has served as interim principal at Inskip Elementary School since September, has been named permanent principal there by Superintendent Jim McIntyre.

Her predecessor, Elisa Luna, has been moved to the central office, where she will work with principals as a support specialist and be a liaison for community schools.

This is a new position funded by the 21st Century Grant to work closely with the community schools program.

“Dr. Luna has a wealth of experience with the com-

munity schools concept and is an experienced principal with an impeccable record for improving teaching and learning in schools where she has served,” said McIntyre.

Holman couldn’t be more excited and proud of what her friend and colleague has accomplished.

“She will be perfect for her new position,” said Holman. “She is such an incredible mentor, planner and thinker and is so passionate about community schools.

We are going to miss her Jessica Holman is the new here. She has really put her principal at Inskip Elementary stamp on this school, but she is going to be awesome School.

in her new job.”

Holman plans to keep Luna’s name in the forefront at Inskip with an award in her honor to be given to a 5th-grade student.

Of her new job, Holman says: “I have loved every minute of being at Inskip. I was already doing the job, but now I can plan for next year, and it is so exciting.”

Holman holds a bachelor’s degree in human ecology, a master’s degree in child and family studies and an education specialist degree in education administration, all from the University of Tennessee.

Historically fun Jordan Blair and Haley Kruger (top), Cole Kolenburg and Jake Wyrick (bottom) and their 5th-grade classmates from Powell Elementary visit the East Tennessee History Center. Students learned about Native American history, the Civil War, desegregation and development of the atomic bomb. Photos submitted

Summer transfers Knox County Schools’ summer transfer window ends at 4 p.m. Tuesday, July 1. The transfer window provides an opportunity for parents or legal guardians to request transfers for their students who: ■ Are new to the Knox County Schools, including

kindergarten students ■ Have had a change in family circumstances such as custody or guardianship since Feb. 19, 2014 ■ Have had a change of address since Feb. 19, 2014 ■ Seek a transfer to a magnet program where space is available Info: www.transfers. knoxschools.org.

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Drew Queener hosted Ash- Powell Elementary students Westin Williams and Jacob Sexton at the Knoxville Zoo ley and Brad’s Wednesday field trips of the year for both Students and teachers/ Weather May 7 on B-97.5. ■ Zany at the zoo students and teachers. The chaperones enjoyed a day Drew, a 2nd-grader at Inskip The day Powell Elemen- first scheduled date was can- filled with sunshine and Elementary School, is pictary kids hop on the buses celed due to spring storms. animals. tured with principal Jessica to go to the Knoxville Zoo The rescheduled day was Reach Cindy Taylor at ctaylorsn@gmail.

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Film Club members at the showcase event at PHS April 20 are Will Palmer, Kevin Keck, Hampton Newport, Graham Newport, Philip Jenkins, Jake Welch, Anna Leuthke, Anna Bell Rabinowitz, Lexi Spradlin, Alex Palmer, Jackson Tucker, Catelyn Widner, Amelia Shontz, Ike Van de Vate and Carter Lowe. Photo submitted ■

PHS Film Club members Brandon Evans, Chase Ward, Kevin Keck and Wesley Kirkland work at the sound board during the showcase event. Photo submitted

Exchange students World Heritage Student Exchange Program, a nonprofit organization, is looking for local host families for high school students from around the world for the 2014-15 school year.

Families will provide room, board and guidance.

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REUNIONS ■ Central High School’s class of 1959 will hold its 55th reunion Friday and Saturday, Aug. 22-23, at Beaver Brook Country Club. Info: Judy

SPORTS NOTES ■ Two players needed for 2014 Cherokee AAA/Major 10U. Info: 414-8464.

■ RBI Outlaws 10U baseball team needs experienced players. Low signup fee with all of the RBI perks. For a private tryout, call Clint Taylor at 740-8560.

■ Knoxville Bulldogs 9/10U travel baseball team needs

Edenfield Hodge, 531-4837 or judychs59@mindspring.com or Harold Knott, 947-3486 or haroldknot@frontier.com.

■ Central High School’s class of 1989 will reunite June 14.

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a few players to complete its roster for the year. Info: call coach Jeff, 385-7396 or email knoxbulldogs.jeff@ gmail.com.

■ Girls’ basketball camp for ages 7-15 will be held 9 a.m.3 p.m. June 9-13, at Roane State Community College in Harriman. Registration will be held 8:30-9 a.m. June 9. Cost is $100 with a team rate of $85 per player if five or more team members are

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Film festival at PHS

Film Club at Powell High School offers students with an interest in the art form an opportunity to create Public Service Announcements (PSAs) for the school and compete in film “shoot-outs.”

The club offers students opportunities to debut their own films, and friendships

are formed while students learn the art of filmmaking.

On April 22, club members showcased their work for the community. The theme was East Tennessee History and Culture. Films included an autobiographical student presentation on how the film club was formed and a documentary about PHS and alumni featuring retiring basketball

coach Mike Ogan and former drama coach, the late Nita Buell Black.

The club completed the 2nd annual PHS Shoot-Out that evening. The event gave middle and high school students the opportunity to practice their skills and have them critiqued by local individuals in the industry.

Teacher Rachel Kirkpatrick sponsors the club.

Emerald Youth Fellows select colleges, train for the future Twelve urban high school seniors identified as likely innovators and public servants of the future are preparing for graduation and exciting new, adult roles.

The group is the 2014 Emerald Youth Fellows, tapped by an EYF selection committee in November. As they finish making college decisions, they are looking forward to becoming freshmen in the fall. But that isn’t all.

Working with community leaders as mentors, this third class of EY Fellows is already taking leadership classes. Topics include money management, interviewing skills, Christian community development and more.

As EY Fellows, they belong to an elite group chosen yearly because of their leadership abilities and commitment to the community.

The goal is to grow stellar urban leaders of the future, said Cedric Jackson, director of EY Fellows. Many

of the members of the first two classes of EY Fellows are now students in colleges that include two out-of-state universities and more than 10 colleges and universities in Tennessee.

Jackson said the Fellows program equips urban students to become well rounded and succeed at challenges they typically face in college, including rigorous academics, managing their money and dealing with cultural diversity.

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After carefully selecting the Fulton tutors, who also included tutors in English classes, Cardwell and other Emerald Youth staff provided them with extensive training.

At Emerald Youth, there is a long tradition of tutors and homework helpers at neighborhood ministries.

Last year, EYF also conducted a successful ACT preparation course at AusFHS tutor Cheryl Gutridge helps students during their Algebra tin-East High School.

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Fulton tutor Cheryl Gutridge, a retired honors the support of the Fulton in the inner city need more math teacher from Webb administration. one-on-one attention than School of Knoxville, wears “A lot of high school kids high school teachers can a smile and a gentle manner as she works alongside Algebra I teacher Sharon Rasch.

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Lawyer said that by working in the classroom, tutors can answer students’ questions as soon as the teacher explains a concept.

They can encourage a student whose confidence has dropped, check answers on student worksheets and conduct review sessions before tests.

The tutors typically work in one hour-and-a-half class per week, plus a half hour study period known as “Nest” time.

Christi Cardwell, high school and young adult curriculum leader at Emerald Youth Foundation, started the math-tutoring program at Fulton last summer with

By Kelly Norrell

Who doesn’t remember Algebra I, with its electrifying call to solve for “x” and to graph polynomial equations?

An innovative program at Fulton High School this year has made that process a lot friendlier. Last fall, Emerald Youth Foundation placed 11 volunteer tutors with strong math skills right in the school’s Algebra 1 classrooms. At Fulton, Algebra I is a yearlong, freshman-level course.

“The program is fantastic,” said Andrea Lawyer, an instructional coach for Fulton’s math teachers. She said the tutors, who include a retired math teacher, engineering students and a

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Students and teachers describe the program as a community success story.

Nelson, an Algebra I student, said, “At first, it was hard. Ms. Young would explain the concept, and then I would do the work. And then, I had to wait for her to get to everyone else before I could ask my question.

“When Clay came and could explain it, it made it easy to understand,” Nelson said.

Wayne, another student, added: “It is a good thing to have more people helping, especially in a big class.”

Lawyer said the tutors have increased students’ confidence by building relationships and modeling persistence, even if you make a mistake.

Algebra 1 teacher Joshua Fields said the tutors have been very helpful.

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Youngsters will choose from camps such as science, art, drama, outdoor adventures and cooking (one of the John Crooks most popular!).

The 2014 class of Emerald Youth Fellows will travel to Chicago to learn about Christian community development. And our summer swim team will compete in meets throughout the area.

These, and many other opportunities, are possible only because of the gifts we receive year-round, so “Thank you!” for the faithful support. If you are unfamiliar with Emerald Youth and desire to learn more, please visit us online at www.emeraldyouth.org or give us a call at 865-637-3227. We look forward to knowing you.

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Come and get ’em Step down, Nobel Prize.

Stand aside, Oscar.

Make way for The Biscuit Sunsphere.

It’s the tastiest prize worth winning, and this coming Thursday through Sunday, you’re invited to see who gets to take it home.

The fifth annual International Biscuit Festival, “a celebration of that most perfect of foods – the biscuit,” is coming to downtown Knoxville.

It’s a testament to the popularity of this most Southern of delicacies that the festival has expanded from its usual three days to four. The Food Network is on board, and one of its brightest stars – Tyler Florence, host of “Tyler’s Ultimate” and “The Great Food Truck Race” – will make an appearance.

John Craig, a real-estate developer who has been involved in the renovation of

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“One of the perks of helping to start a festival is that you get to pick your own title!” he says. “We love alliteration in naming things like ‘Biscuit Boulevard’ and ‘Biscuit Bazaar,’ so ‘Biscuit Boss’ just came naturally.”

He’s especially happy because this year, beyond the food and entertainment, the event will have the added element of paying it forward.

“An Evening with Tyler Florence” will not only bring the popular chef to a Knoxville

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and could plan and launch the largest amphibious operation in American history up to that time.

Grant’s 22,000 infantrymen laid corduroy roads and built bridges down the west side of the river as they slogged their way south through Louisiana. He would move 17,000 of those troops across the river at Bruinsburg, 40 miles south of Vicksburg, from April 20 to May 1.

The 200-mile inland campaign then moved with lightning-like rapidity, reminiscent of Gen. Stonewall Jackson’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign in 1862.

Grant prevailed against stiff resistance at Port Gibson (May 1) and Raymond (May 11-12) and then successfully blocked Gen. Joseph Johnston’s troops from joining Pemberton when he was defeated at Jackson (May 12-14).

Proper coordination between Pemberton and Johnston could have placed Grant’s forces in a vise.

Johnston could have had 15,000 defenders at his disposal but, instead, allowed Grant to burn part of the town, destroy numerous factories and cut the railroad lines connecting Jackson and Vicksburg. Grant

audience, it will also help to feed hungry kids.

“As a sponsor of the Biscuit Festival, Food Network is donating $10 for every ticket sold for Tyler Florence’s show to Second Harvest’s Food for Kids program,” Craig says.

“For kids who rely on school meals for their primary nutrition, summer can be a time of uncertainty and even despair,” says Jim Clayton, executive vice president of corporate social responsibility at Scripps Networks Interactive, the parent company of Food Network.

Lindsey Spindle, chief brand officer for Share Our Strength, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending childhood hunger, agrees.

“The Biscuit Festival truly has become one of the best regional food festivals in the country, so we couldn’t be more pleased to be connected in this very meaningful

way,” she says on the festival’s website.

A sold-out show will result in a $15,000 contribution from the Food Network.

That’s more than 45,000 meals for about 600 vulnerable kids in an 18-county area.

What began as a fun gathering for biscuit-loving friends and family has grown into a nationally recognized food festival. In 2012, the Southern Food Writing Conference got involved, bringing together authors, chefs, publishers, publicists and others who love Southern food and those who write about it.

The event attracts around 25,000 people to the area each spring.

There will be demonstrations of biscuit-making on Saturday, May 17, culminating in a biscuit-baking contest.

All kinds of biscuits, “from basic to fancy,” according to Craig, will be available for sampling at the

Biscuit Boulevard Tasting Area. Tickets are $10 for five samples. Participants get to vote for their favorite.

Many lighthearted competitions are scheduled, including a Biscuit Songwriting Contest and a “Miss or

had successfully divided the two Confederate armies.

Pemberton’s 22,000 Confederates felt the full force of the Federal attack just two days later at Champion Hill. He held a council of war and decided to march southeast and attack the Union supply train and arriving reinforcements. The army moved out on May 15, slowed by delays for which Pemberton was responsible.

By nightfall the column had moved only five miles.

Grant moved to intercept Pemberton, employing the corps of Gens. James B. McPherson and John A. McClernand, while Sherman’s corps remained in Jackson.

Three divisions were near Bolton on the Jackson Road,

two on the Middle Road and two on the Raymond Road when Union troops bivouacked on the 15th.

Pemberton pickets clashed with Grant’s approaching columns on the morning of May 16, and Pemberton issued orders to countermarch through Edwards and out the Brownsville Road, but he was too late.

McPherson had advanced from Bolton and was nearing Champion Hill, which stood at an elevation of 75 feet above the flatlands surrounding it.

To meet this threat, Pemberton deployed the three brigades of Gens. Stevenson, Bowen and Loring fronted to the southeast.

Grant mounted his attack

at 10:30 a.m. During the intense fighting, Champion Hill and the crossroads changed hands three times.

The Confederates were outgeneraled, and by 5 p.m. they were fleeing across Baker’s Creek, leaving 27 cannons and hundreds of prisoners on the field.

They attempted a stand at Big Black River the next day but were again defeated and fled into the defenses of Vicksburg, where a 47-day siege resulted in Pemberton’s surrender to Grant on the nation’s birthday, July 4, 1863.

Many months would pass and many more lives would be lost between that fateful day at Champion Hill, the fall of Richmond and the final surrender at Appomat-

Mr. Biscuit Pageant,” in which “only the most poised, most talented, the most Biscuity can earn the coveted title of Miss and Mr. Biscuit,” says the website. The entrants will be judged on “Biscuit Making Fashion, Poise and a Biscuit-related Talent.” Mast General Store sponsors this grin-inducing event.

“An Evening with Tyler Florence,” scheduled for 8 p.m. Sunday, May 18, at the Tennessee Theatre, will cap off four days of biscuit-related fun. A free and open-tothe-public event, The Great Food Truck Extravaganza, will precede the show from 6 to 8 p.m. Some of the best food trucks in the state will be there selling their scrumptious wares.

The International Biscuit Fe st iva l takes place May 15-18 in downtown Knoxville. For ticket information, including how to get VIP tickets for a Tyler Florence “meet and greet,” call the Tennessee Theatre box office at 684-1200 or log on to Ticketmaster.com.

For information about the International Biscuit Festival, visit http://biscuitfest. com.

tox (4/12/1865).

The eminent historian J.F.C. Fuller would say, “The drums of Champion Hill sounded the doom of Richmond.”

“What if?” Grant had lost at Champion Hill and thus failed to capture Vicksburg?

Would President Lincoln have called a losing general east to become general-inchief of the Union armies and to eventually defeat Gen. Robert E. Lee, a task in which several preceding commanding generals had failed?

In his landmark speech in 1858, Lincoln had stated, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” Could a divided nation have become the leader of the free world?

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News from Office of Register of Deeds

Real estate sales steady the April figures did offer some encouraging signs, mortgage markets continue to lag well behind their 2013 numbers. In April, just over $252 million was loaned against real estate in Knox County, some $40 million more than the amount loaned in March. But the April surge still leaves 2014 running $300 million behind last year’s pace.

The most notable land transfer of the month was for the property containing the Lowe’s Home Improvement Center at 3100 South Mall Road, adjacent to Knoxville Center. The parcel sold for $19 million. On the mortgage side, the largest loan recorded was for $15,489,000 financing The Preserve at Hardin Valley.

As president of the Tennessee Registers Association, I am privileged to be hosting registers from across the state at our spring meeting, which will be held May 14-16 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. Please join me in welcoming these registers to beautiful East Tennessee!

By Sherry Witt After a good beginning to the spring season, the local real estate market maintained status quo in April. For the month that ended Witt April 30, there were 821 property transfers recorded in Knox County, just nine more than the total recorded in March, and slightly less than the 850 sales logged last April.

Despite the somewhat flat recorded numbers, there was a substantial increase in the aggregate value of land sold. In April, just over $205 million worth of property was transferred in Knox County, which was about $57 million ahead of the March pace. April 2013 produced around $160 million in total land sales. So far property sales in 2014 are outperforming last year by more than $100 million.

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lists jobs throughout the enBy Wendy Smith Students may have gone tire UT system.

Staff positions offer the home for the summer, but there’s still plenty of activ- same benefits as any state ity on the campus at the job, like health and dental University of Tennessee. care and retirement plans.

But the university offers That means numerous job additional perks. opportunities.

WHERE Full-time employ“We want to the ees may enget the word roll for up to out that UT nine credit hires,” says hours of recruiter classes each Cynthia Mansemester, and imning. mediate family The university has several openings members save 50 percent for summer custodial staff on tuition costs.

The university encourand in the administrative temporary pool. Summer ages its employees to purpositions run through mid- sue degrees. Manning herAugust. Candidates must self completed her master’s apply online at hr.utk.edu/ degree as a full-time employee. UT also covers prorecruitment.

While UT is in the busi- fessional development for ness of granting degrees, full-time staff members.

The university offers those aren’t an employment requirement for all jobs. ample opportunities for ad“People have the impres- vancement. Once employed sion that all jobs require by UT Knoxville, staff degrees, but that’s not true,” members can apply for jobs throughout the UT system, Manning says.

Full-time non-faculty she says.

Getting the week bestaff positions are also available. At any time, there tween Christmas and New are more than 100 open- Year’s off is another benings, and job opportunities efit that Manning especan change daily, she says. cially appreciates. Contact Many are in Knoxville and the UT recruiting office at Oak Ridge, but the website 974-6642.

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Tray Allen cleans Carrick Hall after the departure of students for summer break. The University of Tennessee has openings for summer custodial staff, as well as other full-time non-faculty positions. Photo by Wendy Smith

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The bulk of the presentation by Hammond (who won his race, by the way) at Rothchild Conference Center was on things he’s done beyond Knox County. Way beyond.

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caster started with glitz and patriotism – talking about touring U.S. military bases in Kuwait and Iraq with country star Craig Morgan in 2011.

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The second part of Hammond’s slideshow covered his trip to Ethiopia on behalf of Bethany Christian Services.

The numbers of orphans in Ethiopia (and other African countries) are staggering, but what makes the situation even worse is that so many of the children are living on their own, with no families and no shelter.

Bethany is trying to introduce and encourage a foster-care system in Ethiopia, and Hammond got to spend time with the first foster family in Ethiopia.

He compared the quality of life in Ethiopia to that of the United States – there is no comparison. The humblest shack in the U.S. would be a middle-class home in Ethiopia.

Hammond was visibly moved by his experience and did a great job conveying the need for help for the fostering program to his listeners.

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The shallow water is a contributing factor to the lake’s problems.

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“And there will be (manual) removal of undesirable vegetation.”

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Rotary honors teachers The magic of Kesler, who taught at Inskip Elementary School for four years before coming to Lonsdale last year, said she loves teaching the first grade because she teaches students how to learn, how to love learning and how to read. There is no greater gift than learning to read, she said.

Lonsdale Principal Amy Brace introduced Kesler, saying she is the “kind of teacher you’d want your child to have.”

Brace also said Kesler builds positive, caring relationships with both her students and her students’ families.

“Lonsdale is a better place because of Haley,” Brace said.

Reed has been at Halls for the past five years and taught at another school for seven years prior to that. She teaches special education.

“I’ve learned to appreciate each day,” Reed said. “I believe everyone can learn.”

Although she is the teacher, Reed said she learned some of her most valuable lessons from her students. Working with special-needs students requires patience and flexibility, she said.

Her principal, Tim Wiegenstein, said that as a special-ed teacher, Reed works with the most fragile population of students. Reed provides a caring and inclusive atmosphere while creating a great learning environment, he said.

Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre thanked the Rotary and said these two teachers reflect skill and “incredible dedication” in serving their students.

The teachers each received a $500 check and a $250 gift card for A&W Supply, donated by Rotarians Rob Johnson and Joe Johnson. Derrington also presented them with a plaque.

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Momentum swings detected by early voting

By Sandra Clark There’s not much to be said for early voting. It’s expensive for both taxpayers and candidates. Last week’s primary brought out about 10 percent of registered voters. It’s amazing that elections that mean so much draw so little interest.

Analysis Early voting distorts the normal campaign rhythm.

All the handbooks say to build a campaign calendar backward, designing advertising and general momentum to peak on Election Day. It’s hard to sustain any level of enthusiasm over 20 days.

But early voting does enable political junkies to detect momentum swings.

In the Republican Primary for sheriff, Jimmy “J.J.” Jones won handily, but early voting shows him ahead of Bobby Waggoner 60 to 32 percent. That lead slimmed

to 54 to 38 percent on Election Day, indicating that Waggoner’s campaign was gaining momentum.

Contrast that with the race for Criminal Court clerk where the percentages stayed virtually identical for winner Mike Hammond, Jason Hunnicutt and Steve Williams.

In the close race to replace retiring Judge Bill Swann, early voting made the difference. Patti Jane Lay actually won on Election Day (50.82 to 49.18 percent), but Greg McMillan topped her in early voting. He won overall, 10,489 to 10,276.

In the South Knox school board race, the numbers were consistent.

But in West Knox, board chair Lynne Fugate was leaking momentum. Sally Absher gained four points, from 32 to 36 percent from early voting to Election Day, while Fugate dropped from 56 to 52.8 percent. Fugate still won, but Absher was gaining.

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Her gains came at the expense of third-place finisher Bradley Buchanan, who dropped from 21 percent in early voting to only 16 percent on Election Day.

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David Grimes, managing director, is obviously proud of this new company, which started in November 2012.

Although traveling to areas where many deals are made, Grimes says, “It is our duty to South Knoxville to keep the money here.”

Mark Radice is an immensely talented composer who has written songs for numerous shows including “Sesame Street.” Check out an example of his amazing work on YouTube – just type in Sesame Street – Elmo Proud Song and watch Elmo and his dad sing to each other. Be sure to have tissues nearby.

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Negotiations are made with publishers to obtain the rights legally for lyrics. Subscriptions are available to stream karaoke music directly to DJ’s computers. Technology is available to even change the pitch on songs for serious karaoke singers.

Grimes says being legal with all music rights is a necessity.

Marketing firms benefit from the professional presentations developed for them by DigiTrax. Mom and Pop shops can make memorable commercials to stand out from their competition.

“Sing and Spell” is currently being developed in DigiTrax’s Animation Laboratory. Songs are written first for this innovative children’s product and then creative development matches animation with the music.

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Massey says this program “will be changing lives” in Tennessee.

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Two Knox County teachers who were chosen as Outstanding Teacher of the Year by the Rotary Club of Knoxville share a similar teaching philosophy. They believe all students can learn despite daily challenges they may face.

Haley Kesler, a firstgrade teacher at Lonsdale Elementary School, and Romy Reed, a specialRomy Reed education teacher at Halls Middle School, received the award during Teacher Appreciation Week at a Rotary Club meeting.

Both women said they were honored by the selection and thanked the organization.

Rotarian Mary Lynne Derrington said the teachHaley Kesler ers were selected from applicants across the Knox County school system.

The club’s Education Recognition Committee sent letters in January to all principals asking them to nominate a teacher for the award.

The committee reviewed and evaluated the nominations based on categories that included professional development, excellence in the classroom, school and community services and how the teachers enhanced teaching and learning within the school community, said Derrington, committee chair.

One teacher is selected from an elementary school and one from either a middle or a high school.

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THROUGH SATURDAY, MAY 17 Tickets on sale for Tennessee Theatre’s annual “Stars on Stage” event. Kenny Rogers will headline the event, 8 p.m. Saturday, May 17. Proceeds will benefit the Historic Tennessee Theatre Foundation.

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SUNDAY, MAY 18 Young Pianist Series Concert featuring pianist Spencer Myer, 2:30 pm, Powell Recital Hall, UT Natalie L. Haslam Music Center, 1741 Volunteer Blvd. Donations: $20 at the door. Info: 408-8083 or www.youngpianistseries.com.

TUESDAY, MAY 20 UT Hospice Adult Grief Support Group meeting, 5-6:30 p.m., UT Hospice office, 2270 Sutherland Ave. A light supper is served. Info/reservation: Brenda Fletcher, 544-6277.

Oak Ridge NARFE Chapter 1476 meeting, noon, Double Tree Hotel on Illinois Avenue in Oak Ridge. Guest speaker: Buddy Brown, Lt. Col. USAF (ret), Knoxville resident and one of only 12 pilots in the world to have flown both of the greatest spy planes ever built, the U-2 and stealth SR-71 Blackbird. Luncheon cost: $14; reservations required: 938-4532 or 482-4625.

“Pollyanna” presented by the Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Ave. Performances: 7 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays; 1 and 5 p.m.

Saturdays; 3 p.m. Sundays. Info/reservations: 2083677; www.knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com; info@ childrenstheatreknoxville.com.

Book signing by Tom Everett, retired home missionary to Western Heights Baptist Center and author of “Voices Seldom Heard,” 1:30-3:30 p.m., the fellowship hall of Central Baptist Church of Fountain City.

AARP Driver Safety class, noon-4 p.m., O’Connor Senior Center, 611 Winona St. Into/to register: Carolyn Rambo, 584-9964.

THURSDAYS THROUGH MAY 22

“South Knoxville Senior Center Parking Lot Sale,” 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Spots/tables available: $10 each.

Info/to register: 573-5843.

Diabetes Management Series, 6:30 p.m., Knox County Health Department auditorium, 140 Dameron Ave. Free five-part series; open to the public. To register: 215-5170.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, MAY 23-25

THROUGH SUNDAY, JUNE 8 Registration open for AMSE Science Explorer Camp for rising 5th, 6th and 7th graders. Two sessions: June 9-13, June 16-20. Info/to register: http://amse. org/visitors/summer-camps/.

TUESDAY, MAY 13 “Kid-to-Kid: Fun with a Purpose,” 5-6:15 p.m., Cancer Support Community, 2230 Sutherland Ave. Will help children gain coping skills and they will have opportunities to talk about a loved one’s cancer diagnosis while also having fun. RSVP: 546-4661.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 14 “The Forgotten Basket of the Mountain,” a Brown Bag Lecture by Bill Alexander, noon, East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Free. May bring “brown bag” lunch. Info: 215-8824 or www.

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FRIDAY, MAY 23

Deadline to register for “An evening with Bill Landry.” Hosted by Knoxville Region UT Chattanooga Alumni Chapter, 6-8 p.m. Thursday, May 22, University of Tennessee Visitor’s Center, 2712 Neyland Drive. Tickets: $25, includes dinner. For tickets: http://www.mocsconnect.com/2014landry. Info: knoxutcalumni@gmail.com; Natalie Mohr, 470-3790; www.mocsconnect.com/knoxville.

SATURDAY, MAY 17 Runaway Home in concert, 8 p.m., Palace Theater, 113 W. Broadway in Maryville. Advance tickets: $13, available at 983-3330 or Murlin’s Music World, 429 W. Broadway, Maryville. Tickets at the door: $15.

Info: www.palacetheater.com.

The Samuel Frazier Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution meeting, 11 a.m., at the home of Sam Wyrosdick. Program: “The Sinking of the Sultana during the Civil War” presented by guest speaker Norman Shaw. Info/directions: Martha Kroll, 603-4655.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, MAY 17-18 Harvey Broome Group outing: Backpack, Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness (Deep Creek and Haoe Lead Trails to Mt. Haoe and Hangover), N.C. Hiking distance about 9.2 miles total with substantial elevation gain. Rated Difficult. Preregister with Will

TUESDAY, JUNE 3 UT Hospice Adult Grief Support Group meeting, 5-6:30 p.m., UT Hospice office, 2270 Sutherland Ave. A light supper is served. Info/reservation: Brenda Fletcher, 544-6277.

SATURDAY, JUNE 7 Cades Cove tour with Bill Landry, 9 a.m., departing from the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center in Townsend. Tickets: $50 per person; includes light snacks and a cold beverage. Reservations required: 448-8838.

MONDAY-TUESDAY, JUNE 9-10 AARP Driver Safety class, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Tellico Village Property Owners Association, 145 Awohli Drive, Loudon. Into/to register: Carolyn Rambo, 584-9964.

TUESDAY, JUNE 10 “Kid-to-Kid: Fun with a Purpose,” 5:30-7 p.m., Cancer Support Community, 2230 Sutherland Ave. Parents are invited to attend “Talking to Kids about Cancer” at the same time. RSVP: 546-4661.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11

Smoky Mountain Quilters of Tennessee Quilt Show and Competition, Cooper Athletic Center, Maryville College campus. Times: 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Sunday. Admission: $5; multiday pass: $8. Info: www.smokymtnquilters.com.

SATURDAY, MAY 24 Poets Darren Jackson and Arthur Smith will read, 3 p.m., Historic Westwood, 3425 Kingston Pike.

Part of Poets for Preservation spring poetry series.

Refreshments served. Guests invited to look around the newly restored mansion after the readings.

Cades Cove tour with Bill Landry, 9 a.m., departing from the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center in Townsend. Tickets: $50 per person; includes light snacks and a cold beverage. Reservations required: 448-8838.

Harvey Broome Group outing: Take-a-Hike, Biodiversity Tour (Pine Forest) Rabbit Creek Trail, GSMNP. 5.4 mile hike from Abrams Creek to Campsite 16 and back. Rated easy. Preregister with Mac Post, 806-0980 or mpost3116@aol.com (email preferred).

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THURSDAY, MAY 15

AARP Driver Safety class, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., South Knoxville Senior Center, 6729 Martel Lane. Into/to register: Carolyn Rambo, 584-9964.

Knoxville Writers’ Group meeting, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Naples Italian Restaurant, 5500 Kingston Pike.

Guest speaker: Appalachian writer Tamara Baxter will discuss her book “Rock Big and Sing Loud.” All-inclusive lunch, $12. RSVP by Monday, May 26:983-3740.

THURSDAY MAY 29 “Beginning Canning and Food Preservation,” 3:30 p.m., Farragut Library, 417 N. Campbell Station Road. Speaker: Heather Kyle from UT Extension. Free and open to the public.

SATURDAY, MAY 31 Cades Cove tour with Bill Landry, 9 a.m., departing from the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center in Townsend. Tickets: $50 per person; includes light snacks and a cold beverage. Reservations required: 448-8838.

Harvey Broome Group outing: Wildlife Float, Rankin Wildlife Management Area, Douglas Lake. 3-5 miles of flatwater paddling. Bring or rent boat. Preregister with Ron Shrieves: 922-3518; ronaldshrieves@ comcast.net (email preferred).

AARP Driver Safety class, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Buckingham Retirement Clubhouse, 7103 Manderly Way. Into/to register: Carolyn Rambo, 584-9964.

TUESDAY, JUNE 17 UT Hospice Adult Grief Support Group meeting, 5-6:30 p.m., UT Hospice office, 2270 Sutherland Ave. A light supper is served. Info/reservation: Brenda Fletcher, 544-6277.

SATURDAY, JUNE 21 Cades Cove tour with Bill Landry, 9 a.m., departing from the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center in Townsend. Tickets: $50 per person; includes light snacks and a cold beverage. Reservations required: 448-8838.

TUESDAY, JULY 1 UT Hospice Adult Grief Support Group meeting, 5-6:30 p.m., UT Hospice office, 2270 Sutherland Ave. A light supper is served. Info/reservation: Brenda Fletcher, 544-6277.

SATURDAY, JULY 5 Cades Cove tour with Bill Landry, 9 a.m., departing from the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center in Townsend. Tickets: $50 per person; includes light snacks and a cold beverage. Reservations required: 448-8838.

SATURDAY, JULY 12 Cades Cove tour with Bill Landry, 9 a.m., departing from the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center in Townsend. Tickets: $50 per person; includes light snacks and a cold beverage. Reservations required: 448-8838.

TUESDAY, JULY 15 UT Hospice Adult Grief Support Group meeting, 5-6:30 p.m., UT Hospice office, 2270 Sutherland Ave. A light supper is served. Info/reservation: Brenda Fletcher, 544-6277.

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SUNDAY, JUNE 1 Homecoming, 11 a.m., New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, 7115 Tipton Lane off East Beaver Creek Drive. Featured singers: Michael and Delilah Kitts.

Everyone invited.

Cades Cove tour with Bill Landry, 9 a.m., departing from the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center in Townsend. Tickets: $50 per person; includes light snacks and a cold beverage. Reservations required: 448-8838.

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