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BUZZ KUB upgrades gas line on Emory KUB crews were in Powell last week, reducing a short section of West Emory Road to one alternating lane of traffic between Brickyard Road and Commerce Drive on June 18 as work was performed on the natural gas distribution system in the area.

Destination:

Ballroom dance

disc golf

Halls Senior Center will host a ballroom dance from 7-9 p.m. Saturday, June 27, with live music by the Nigel Boulton Band. Admission is $5 at the door.

Tournament to boost baseball A cornhole tournament to raise funds for the Union County High School baseball team will be held 6 p.m. Saturday, June 27, at Lil Jo’s BBQ on Maynardville Highway. Early registration begins at 5 p.m.

Cost is $20 per player. There will be cash prizes for first and second place. Rain date is July 11. Info: 621-4603 or 660-1839.

Daniel Boutte demonstrates disc golf throwing techniques during the opening of the back nine addition at Tommy Schumpert Park.

Boutte is the designer of the course, called Knoxville’s largest and most difficult. The addition brings “a whole new level of difficulty to the area,” said Brett Beauchene of Pluto Sports. Photo by R. White

Among those preparing to throw out the first disc to help open the back nine of the disc golf course are Knox County Parks senior director Doug Bataille, Brett Beauchene, at-large county commissioner Bob Thomas, Mayor Tim Burchett and course designer Daniel Boutte.

From sun to dark at Meadow Lark From 1-11 p.m. Saturday, June 27, talented purveyors of Americana, bluegrass and folk will rock out and mellow down from the outdoor stage on the Ijams Nature Center lawn.

Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the gate. Find purchase links on the Ijams or co-presenter WDVX websites (ijams.org, wdvx.com).

Bring the kids, sunscreen, and a chair or blanket and settle in for a great day of music. There will be food trucks and adult and family-friendly beverages for sale. Just don’t bring coolers or canines.

The event will go on rain or shine.

– Betsy Pickle

IN THIS ISSUE Annexation dies; nobody notices The Legislature has abolished involuntary annexation, but no one seems to care.

Victor Ashe, once the poster boy for forced annexation, didn’t seem particularly perturbed by the Legislature’s rebuke of his policies, saying, “I’m not losing any sleep over it – I’m not in the mayor business anymore.”

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Guion retires, office joins Knoxville Dental Center and he has pictures on the wall of some

By Sandra Clark recognizable locals including the counAfter 21 years in Powell and another ty’s law director, Bud Armstrong. Dis24 in Norwood, Dr. Edwin Guion has closure: He was this writer’s dentist for sold his dental practice and retired. It’s 20-plus years. a bittersweet time for the man who has A specialty was his frequent staff treated thousands and even now has an meetings in which the team discussed active client list of 1,800. upcoming patients to map out a plan “I think it’s going to be fine … just difof treatment. Guion is pleased that his ferent,” he said of retirement. “I’ve creatlongtime staff will stay intact – Sharon ed friendships (with families in Powell) Labrooy, dental hygienist; Dina Stewart, that will last forever.” dental assistant; and Stephanie Battle, Guion plans to volunteer with Focus client coordinator. All three have been Group Ministries, a Christian-based with Guion for 19 years. nonprofit that supports individuals in Knoxville Dental Center is the prison. But he won’t be their dentist. new name for Guion’s former practice.

“We’re going at 6 a.m. (June 20) to And the new dentist is Dr. Deana Fugate, Morgan County for a ‘returning hearts’ celebration.” Volunteers provided trans- Dr. Deana Fugate is a new dentist at Knoxville Dental Center a Kentucky native who relocated here afportation and all-day involvement with at Powell. She stands with Dr. Edwin Guion, longtime Powell ter a stint as a U.S. Navy dental officer.

The practice will have extended hours kids and families reunited with prison- dentist who has retired. Photo by S. Clark and a second dentist will join Fugate. ers before Father’s Day. The office on Conner Road will be open ents of three (one died young in a car wreck) and The ministry began in Angola, La., which Guion calls “one of the worst prisons in grandparents to five (ranging in age from 21-13). until 7 p.m. on Wednesdays, until 6 p.m. on the country.” It’s an active ministry in Knox In retirement, he expects to play more golf and Thursdays and from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. on revisit an old hobby, outdoor photography.

County, based on Deane Hill Drive.

To page A-3 Guion’s practice was cosmetically-oriented Ed and Donna Guion live in Farragut, par-

School deal puts Bounds in a bind

By Betty Bean The deal brokered between the county mayor and the superintendent of schools means that Tim Burchett will get to serve eight years without raising taxes, and Jim McIntyre will get to keep his job – at least until the next school board Patti Bounds election.

By the time school board chair Mike McMillan faces re-election,

he will have built two new Eighth District schools and so will County Commissioner Dave Wright, who will be term-limited out of office but may well have future political aspirations. Sixth District Commissioner Brad Anders will get to brag about delivering a middle school to Hardin Valley; ditto his district school board representative, Terry Hill.

So what’s not to love about the Memorandum of Understanding, which is being hailed as a rare and welcome example of cooperation between the appropriating side

of county government (commission/mayor) and the spending side (school board/superintendent)?

Quite a bit, says Patti Bounds, the Seventh District’s school board representative: “I wish we could separate the capital improvement plan out of the MOU. There are parts of it that are going to be very helpful, but when it comes to the capital improvement part, it hurts District Seven,” she said, labeling the plan to renovate rather than replace the dilapidated Adrian Burnett Elementary School “a travesty.”

Bounds, who spends at least a day a week in each of the schools in her district and taught kindergarten in the district until she retired last year, said she was taken by surprise when McIntyre recommended building a new north central elementary school (which ultimately didn’t get funded) while ignoring the longstanding need for a new Adrian Burnett Elementary School, which keeps getting moved to the back of the line in favor of schools in more vocal communities. She said To page A-3

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health & lifestyles

Larry and Lisa Guillain-Barre ordeal prompts couple to volunteer The Allspice CafĂŠ at Fort Sanders Regional may seem like an unusual place for a family gathering, but for Larry and Lisa Beeler, it’s a “second home.â€?

It’s where they came that St. Patrick’s Day 2010 when Larry was stricken with Miller Fisher Syndrome, a rare variant of GuillainBarre Syndrome (GBS) that left him paralyzed, on a ventilator and in an induced coma. It’s where a worried Lisa, “not knowing whether he would be the ‘Larry’ he was when he came in or if he would ever be again,� waited in the lounge of the Critical Care Unit for weeks on end.

But it’s also where Larry and Lisa found so much hope, healing and caring that they now serve as volunteers for others who nd themselves in similar situations.

It’s also why the Beelers – complete with the four children, in-laws, grandkids and parents – have returned every St. Patrick’s Day for the past ve years to remember. “Our family meets here every year on March 17 because we’re so thankful,� said Lisa. “We can look back and see where we were and where we got back to. People say, ‘Could you not nd a better place to go celebrate?’ We ate here three times a day for three months!� “We’ll eat and walk around a little bit,� said Larry. “Sometimes, we’ll all go upstairs on the terrace because I loved to be wheeled outside. We re ect on what happened and thank God that we’re not here.

Sometimes, we go up to Patricia Neal (Rehabilitation Center) and a nurse will say, ‘Can I help you?’ and I’ll say, ‘No, I was a Guillain-Barre patient here ve years ago and I was in this room, and I am just here re ecting on what happened.

They’ll ask me a lot of questions. A lot of times, I will tell them my story of what I went through.�

What Larry “went through� began March 16, 2010, on his drive home from work when he noticed his vision wasn’t quite right but brushed it off, thinking it was a side effect of the antibiotics he was taking for a sore throat. “Within 24 hours, he went from

being as healthy as could be to being on life support,� Lisa recalled. “He couldn’t move his arms, his legs, he couldn’t open his eyes. He was paralyzed from head to toe.�

Fort Sanders neurologist Dr. Darrell Thomas determined that Larry had been stricken with Miller Fisher Syndrome, a variant of GBS that is characterized by abnormal muscle coordination, paralysis of the eye muscles and absence of the tendon re exes. “We didn’t know what GuillainBarre was, never heard of it,� said Larry. “We didn’t know if I was going to be paralyzed for the rest of my life. We didn’t know what the next step was. We didn’t know whether I would be a vegetable for the rest of my life. I could tell a little bit of what was going on around me if people talked to me. I could wiggle my toes a little bit for ‘yes’ or ‘no.’ I lost 30-something pounds. I was skin and bone.�

After being in ICU for four weeks, Larry spent four weeks in Patricia Neal where therapists and Dr. Sharon Glass were nally able to send him home in a wheelchair and walker. Another six or seven months of outpatient therapy followed before Larry was able to return his job as a buyer at a hardware wholesaler. “I’m living proof and a testament to a lot of people that you CAN beat this if you work hard at it,� says Larry. “Because of this hospital – the doctors and the nurses and nutritionists and therapists and the spirit of God and my belief – they got me to walk again, to talk again, got me to eat again and they helped me pull through it.�

Now, Larry and Lisa are “giving back� as Fort Sanders volunteers.

Lisa serves once a week in the same ICU lounge where she spent so many weeks during Larry’s illness. “Waiting in the ICU lounge was bad – it’s not an easy seat to sit in – but the people they had working in the ICU lounge helped me get through it,� said Lisa. “That’s why I wanted to give back.

I always say I come to volunteer hoping to be a blessing to somebody else, but usually I am the one

Five years apart, Larry and Lisa Beeler continue to remember. Wearing green, they returned to Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center on March 17, 2015, to acknowledge the fifth anniversary of Larry’s admission to rehab and reflect on what that time meant for their family. In 2010, Larry and Lisa were smiling as he was discharged from Patricia Neal. Presently they continue to come back to PNRC and Fort Sanders Regional, as a way to serve fellow patients and relay the experiences they once had.

who leaves with all the blessings. I always do. I love it.�

While Lisa helps with all types of patients in ICU, Larry serves on an as-needed basis whenever there is a family dealing with Guillain-Barre Syndrome. “What we’re trying to do is give a little bit of hope and inspiration to people,� he said. “We just try to meet with families and people in the hospital who have that and try

to help them through it. We don’t diagnose them by any means or tell them what’s going to happen. We just try to give them a little bit of hope and say, ‘You are not alone.’ If I can show that I am there and I am strong and – I hate to use the words ‘beat it’ – but if we have a positive mental attitude about it then maybe I can give them some inspiration that might change the way they look at things. When we walk out of the room, we hope that we have left something with them.

They are lying there in bed, they

can’t walk but maybe they will say, ‘He was completely paralyzed but he was able to walk in and walk out and maybe I can do that too – if not for myself then for my family.’ �

The couple recently received the 2015 “Volunteer of the Year� award in May at Fort Sanders Regional’s Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon. In addition, Regional’s Volunteer Coordinator Paula Minhinnett said the couple will likely be nominated for state and national volunteer awards in the near future.

Student volunteers lend hand at Fort Sanders There’s more than a bit of wistfulness in Paula Minhinnett’s voice as she talks about the scores of college students who volunteer at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center. “They are like stardust,� Paula Minhinnett is saying. “They come in like a whirlwind, do all these great things and then they’re gone. But while they are here, they are fabulous. They’re digitally gifted, they’ll accept any job, they’re quick and they’re energetic. They are great but, unlike our retiree volunteers who sign on for the rest of their life, the students are gone after a little while.�

That’s why Minhinnett, the coordinator of Fort Sanders’ army of 200 volunteers, says she would love to have even more students from the nearby University of Tennessee campus to

help add consistency to the daily operation of Covenant Health’s agship 550-bed facility.

Currently, the main areas she is trying to ll are front desk volunteers who meet, greet and escort visitors, surgery lounge volunteers who work not only with patients and family, but physicians as well, and discharge call volunteers who follow-up a patient’s progress via a phone call soon after their discharge. “Those are the three main places I’m recruiting for and it isn’t easy to do and remain consistent,� said Minhinnett. “The students are great at it because there is some computer training involved.�

Of course, there are plenty of other possibilities not only for college students but also retirees, workers looking to transition into a new ca-

reer, former patients and those with a passion for music, ministry or animals, including: Heartstrings: A musical group that entertains patients and visitors each month.

Fellowship Center: Volunteers who assist those staying in Fort Sanders’ hospitality house for the families of patients from outside the region.

HABIT (Human Animal Bonding In Tennessee): Pet owners who share the unconditional love of a pet with patients and caregivers.

Stephen Ministers: Lay ministers who provide spiritual support to patients and caregivers.

Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center Peers: Former patients help current patients

by reading to them, helping them write letters, and providing conversation and friendly company.

Openings are not always available for the service areas in which you are most interested.

The Volunteer Service Coordinator will work with you in selecting an alternative service area based on your preferred schedule. From time to time it may be necessary for a prospective volunteer to wait until an appropriate service area is vacated.

Want to lend a hand or “give back� the way Larry and Lisa Beeler do? Call Fort Sanders Volunteer Auxiliary at 865-541-1249 or visit www.fsregional.com/volunteers to apply online.

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POWELL/NORWOOD Shopper news • JUNE 24, 2015 • A-3

Clipping the Clover

School deal

the ttracks rack k s on Just over th the corner of Commerce and Depot Streets in Powell sits a quaint historic building. The sign in front reads “Clover Cottage.” You won’t find any clover unless you order one as a monogram.

What you will find are tops, tutus, shirts, dresses, hair accessories, backpacks, jewelry and many more items to dress up children and make moms happy.

Cindy Taylor

Clover Cottage owner Amanda Smith can handle embroidery, monograms and heat press vinyl personalization, and she stays up on the latest trends. She says the location has been perfect.

“I love that we own an historic building with so much Powell history attached to it,” she said.

Smith started Clovers more than eight years ago on Hotel Avenue in Fountain City. She waited five years to get her hands on a Powell location. When the historic Powell Station building became available she snatched it up, moved there and renamed it Clover Cottage. Her mom, Bennie Goins, has partnered with her. Along with their Powell storefront, they run a huge wholesale business for infants to size 6X. The two spend Wednesday through Sunday travel-

Amanda Smith in her Powell store Clover Cottage Photo by Cindy Taylor

ing to cities around the U.S. and as far away as China.

They purchase items for their store and spend days at wholesale shows setting up their booth.

“Setting up at a show is easily an eight-hour day. And then we take it all down and start over at the next one.”

They are working on a website for wholesalers.

With the two spending so much time on the road they

keep the Powell shop open Monday and Tuesday only.

“We would love to see this area boom,” she said.

“If we could make this into a nice little historic downtown area, it could boost all Powell businesses.”

The building was renovated to accommodate the business, but Smith kept the integrity of the original structure intact as much as she could. She says the

street is unbelievably busy, especially when school is in session. Smith has heard rumors that Depot Street might be extended out to Brickyard Road, and that would help access to the store.

“We hope that our wholesale business will continue to grow, but we are happy to be in the Powell historic district.”

Contact Cindy Taylor at ctaylorsn@gmail. com.

Mynatt family huge in Halls history

that renovating the wooden structure is not a legitimate solution to the problems with a building that has no gymnasium and has hallways being used as classrooms.

“I don’t believe in throwing taxpayer dollars away, and that’s what you’re doing trying to renovate that building.”

She sums up her feelings: “The chair of the commission is Brad Anders, who is lobbying for a new Hardin Valley school. The assistant chair is Dave Wright, who is getting a new school in Gibbs. Meanwhile, in my district, we have 51 portable classrooms housing about 2,200 students, and subpar conditions in portables that date back to 1980.

“Does it bother me that we are building in anticipation of overcrowding in Hardin Valley while you’ve got 2,200 students in portable classrooms? That’s half of the students housed in portables in Knox County. Maybe we could send some of our portables to Hardin Valley.”

On the other hand, Bounds likes many elements of the

From page A-1 MOU – the fact that Knox County will be overseeing school construction, selling the Andrew Johnson Building, delivering additional money to teachers (although she wishes it were more).

But beyond bricks and mortar and dollars, there’s another aspect to this bind: the politics of the school board.

Bounds is part of a fourmember faction that includes McMillan, Hill and Amber Rountree. Hill and McMillan will benefit politically from delivering new middle schools to Hardin Valley, and Gibbs, respectively. And Bounds, in her first year as a school board member, must weigh her frustrations about her own district against the value of preserving these alliances.

So where will she land when the agreement already approved by County Commission lands on the school board agenda July 1?

“Has this put me in a bind? Yeah, it has. And I just don’t know how I’m going to vote,” she said. “This is very difficult.”

Guion retires Fridays. Saturday appointments are available.

Dr. Fugate was born in Hazard, Ky., and attended undergraduate and dental school at the University of Kentucky.

After graduating she was commissioned in the Navy and stationed at Camp Lejeune for four years to provide dental care for Marines. In 2005, she spent seven months in Iraq, providing care to Marines there.

She then opened a practice in North Carolina and

From page A-1 was there for six years. “I loved my practice and my patients, but I also missed home and the mountains, so I decided to move to Knoxville.”

She met Dr. Hubbell Williams, owner of Knoxville Dental Center, and liked his philosophy of patient care.

“No one could possibly replace Dr. Guion, but I’m going to do my best to provide the high standard of care that his patients have come to expect,” she said.

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By Cindy Taylor Those who know Halls history will tell you that the Mynatt and Crippen families helped make Halls what it is today.

William Tell Mynatt and Sarah Hassie Weaver Mynatt were Halls natives who married in 1908. In their 66 years together they brought 13 children into the world; eight lived long lives and three are still living. Children in order of birth were Bert, Mildred, Theodore “Teddy,” George, Gene, Walt, Jack, Mae, William Tell “June” Jr., Ruth “Deuce,” Bob, Hazel and Pete.

Tell and Hassie built a legacy that continues.

From 11 children came 26 grandchildren, 48 greatgrandchildren, 35 greatgreat-grandchildren and counting. Many still reside in the Halls community. For decades a Mynatt reunion brought well over 100 people.

Brothers Bob and Pete Mynatt live in Halls on the original farm. Hazel Mynatt Brooks lives in Virginia. Tell and Hassie are remembered by family members as hardworking and a bit gruff, but loving.

“Mommy and Poppy were believers but they weren’t church goers,” said Bob. “I think they probably sent us all to church so they could get some rest.”

Tell was a school bus driver for years, but farming provided the family’s main income. Children were raised with a strong work ethic. When the brothers left home farming wasn’t anyone’s end-game plan, but it did lead to one major Halls business.

Mynatt Brothers Seed and Feed Co. Bert’s idea and opened in a block building in 1951. Walt, Jack and George were also involved.

Sisters Barbara Mynatt Gaylor and Gloria Mynatt Stout reminisce about their heritage. Photo by Cindy Taylor

The Mynatt clan1988 family reunion; (front) Jack, Ruth, Hazel, Mae; (back) Walt, Pete, Bob, Gene, Bert, George and William Tell “June” Jr.

Photo of the original Mynatt Seed and Feed building from an ad in the 1952 Halls yearbook

The business later became known as Mynatt Hardware. In 1957 the brothers added on to the building to make room for a furniture store.

Eventually George branched out into the furniture end and Jack opened Halls Cleaners. Son Chris Mynatt still runs that business.

Barbara Mynatt Gaylor and Gloria Mynatt Stout are daughters of Bert and Marie and the first grandchildren born to Tell and Hassie.

“When Gloria and I were little we sat around the radio on Saturday night at Grandma and Grandpa’s lis-

Watercolors were art show favorites

tening to the Renfro Valley Susan Miller shows her watercolor titled “Alma Sue and Jo”, which won her the Best of Barn Dance,” said Barbara.

Show award at the Fountain City Art Center’s open show. The painting features two of “When he was getting the Miller’s church members. The show will be open to the public through July 9. The Fountain store established dad (Bert) City Art Center is located at 213 Hotel Ave. Info: 357-2787. Photos by R. White worked 12 hours a day,” said Gloria. “He left at 6 a.m. and came home after 6 p.m.”

The Mynatts were true first Monday, Austin’s Steak pioneers in Halls business & Homestyle Buffet, 900 who were also instrumenMerchant Drive. Info: Nancy tal in bringing a telephone Stinnette, 688-2160, or Peggy ■ Central High School Class company, water company of 1980 35th reunion, 6-10 Emmett, 687-2161. and banking to Halls.

■ Broadacres Homeowners p.m. Saturday, June 27, The ■ Norwood Homeowners For the first time in more Association. Info: Steven Foundry, 747 World’s Fair Park Association. Info: Lynn Redthan 60 years the Mynatt Goodpaster, generalgood Drive. Info/register: “Central mon, 688-3136.

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High School Class of 1980” on ■ Powell Alumni Association Facebook or Melody Majors buildings stand empty. Re- ■ Knox North Lions Club banquet is the first Saturday Johnson, 423-798-0880. gardless of what the future meets 1 p.m. each first and in April. Info: Vivian McFalls, holds, the site will always third Wednesday, Puleo’s ■ Korean War Veterans Re607-8775.

Grille, 110 Cedar Lane. Info: union luncheon will be 11:30 have a place in the hearts of ■ Powell Lions Club meets 7 https://www.facebook.com/ a.m. Thursday, June 25, at Halls residents.

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Bearden Banquet Hall. For all military veterans who served during the Korean War. Info/ RSVP: Rex Davis, 689-3900.

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Who is your hero?

“Who is your hero?”

The little guy is nine or 10. He had been talking with his dad about heroes.

Hit me cold with his question.

I almost admitted I never had one but I didn’t think that was the answer he was seeking. I told him my father was inconveniently drafted into the military at age 39 to help win World War II. He never once complained.

Years later, when I asked how he tolerated that upheaval in our life, he said “Simple enough, when your country calls, you answer.”

This very special sermon about loyalty and responsibility sailed right past the youngster.

“My hero is Justin Wor-

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ley.”

OK, you got me. Why? “He could take a licking and keep on ticking.”

This was little-boy talk but grandfather Timex logic.

The former Tennessee quarterback did not win enough games but got up each time he was knocked down and won considerable respect. And some genuine admiration.

Worley got clobbered. He was on his way to a world record number of sacks when he was finally decked for keeps. It was cruel and unusual punishment for a Volunteer.

I blamed 2013 problems on the veteran offensive line which looked good in photos but did not perform at a winning level. In the beginning of 2014 I blamed the inexperienced and inept offensive line and wondered if receivers really knew where they were going and why they couldn’t create at least a small window of opportunity.

Later I asked if Worley was holding the ball too long, looking for something that wasn’t there and would

er of the Year 2010.

Hmmm, wonder why South Carolina and Clemson did not recruit him?

One analyst said “three stars, 30th among pro-style quarterbacks.”

Another whispered “too slow.”

Derek Dooley was delighted to sign Worley. He made one heck of a press release – pro size, great stats, practicing Christian, 4.07 grade-point average, goodguy award, everything from Feed the Hungry to Adopt a Highway.

As you know, the partnership didn’t work out very well at Tennessee.

Justin was poorly prepared for freshman appearances.

He saw mop-up duty as a sophomore. He won the job as a junior and started seven of eight games before the thumb injury. He threw

the key pass against South Carolina but didn’t see Marquez North’s unbelievable left-handed catch, where he pinned the football against his helmet.

Worley would have enjoyed it but he was flat on his back with a Gamecock rooting around on top of him.

Justin was again the No. 1 quarterback as a senior and almost beat Georgia (handoff fumble). The 29th sack of last season, at Ole Miss, ended his college career – 23 TD passes, 21 interceptions, not much in the way of trophies.

I’m going out on a limb.

He may not make it in the NFL but he won’t end up on welfare or in rehab. He is an OK choice as a little boy’s hero. He fits the role.

in state leadership feel that women are doing just fine economically. In March, a Republican-led legislative TECW works to find solu- committee failed to extend funding for the council. If tions for such problems.

“It doesn’t do us any good the votes don’t change, the as a society to not help be- council will cease to operate cause we’ll pay the price in June 2016.

Wise was stunned by later if children aren’t eduthose who opposed the concated or nurtured.”

Since women are often tinuation of funding, like overlooked for leadership Sen. Mike Bell. The Repubroles, the council advocates lican chair of the Governfor placement of women on ment Operations Commitboards and committees. tee asked why the state has Certain state boards are legally required to have equal numbers of men and women, so the council keeps tabs on numbers. It also looks ■ Cheri Siler, math instructional coach and candidate for at the governor’s appointstate senator last summer, has ments. Gov. Bill Haslam’s been RIF’d by Knox County first round of appointSchools. ments had no women until the TECW called him on it, ■ Instructional coaches were, well, coaching their peers one Wise says. minute and a bunch of them “I don’t think men inare looking for jobs the next. tentionally do this. You just tend to appoint people in ■ We’ve gotta preserve the myth that principals hire your own networks.” teachers, I guess. Remember In spite of the data colthe old education association lected by the TECW, some

no men’s economic council.

All the more reason to work hard this year, Wise says. The council meets quarterly, and the October meeting in Nashville will be held in conjunction with the Women’s Economic Summit and the National Congress of Vision2020, an initiative to achieve women’s economic and social equality by the year 2020 − the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote.

never be.

After Justin was injured and the schedule softened and Joshua Dobbs arrived out of nowhere and saved the season, I dismissed the offensive muddle as a misfit of moving parts. Worley did not run the Tennessee version of the read option very well and was not expert at salvaging broken plays.

He did have leadership qualities. He took whatever came his way without ever blaming others. He showed up for work even when he didn’t feel like it. He had the heart of a champion.

Justin Worley has more than enough of the other stuff to be the little guy’s hero. He won state championships back to back at Rock Hill, S.C. He threw for 5,315 yards and a state-record 64 touchdowns as a senior. He was Gatorade National Play-

Wise to chair state council Women in Tennessee have made economic advances in recent years. The gender wage gap has narrowed, more women have college degrees and more women are in management positions.

Wendy Smith

But data show women still have a long way to go, says Dena Wise, who was recently appointed chair of the Tennessee Economic Council on Women (TECW). She is a professor and Extension specialist at the University of Tennessee.

She trains teachers to teach personal finance and coordinates financial

education for those seeking loans or going through bankruptcy. But she hadn’t looked at women’s economic issues until being appointed to the council six years ago.

TECW was founded in 1998 to address the economic needs of women.

Over the past two years, the council has documented the economic cost of violence against women − almost $1 billion annually.

Medical services for female victims of violence, such as cosmetic and dental surgeries, impact the cost of health insurance for everyone, Wise says.

This year, the council is looking at special issues women have regarding work. Transportation, childcare and caring for other family members are issues that are more likely to impact women than men.

The elderly and single

UT professor Dena Wise starts second term on the Tennessee Economic Council on Women. Photo by Wendy Smith mothers are the most economically vulnerable women in the state, she says.

Women don’t tend to work as many years as men, and their salaries aren’t as high, so their retirement checks are smaller. Responsibility for young children also affects earning ability.

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

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that put a premium on experience? That’s history.

■ Arguably, the efforts at education reform have created more problems than they’ve solved.

■ And candidates like Jeb Bush and Bill Haslam, who meant to hang their political hats on the reforms, are now looking the other way. “Curse that Common Core!”

– S. Clark

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POWELL/NORWOOD Shopper news • JUNE 24, 2015 • A-5

Involuntary annexation dies; nobody notices Property owners called it a land grab that doubled their taxes. County governments called it forced annexation and a revenue drain. City governments called it annexation by ordinance.

Whatever it was called, the Tennessee General Assembly this year put an end to annexation by ordinance, and hardly anybody outside the Legislative Plaza noticed.

The legislative process of dismantling involuntary annexation began with a 2014 law requiring cities to hold a referendum in areas targeted for annexation and imposed a one-year annexation moratorium to give the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations time to work out the details. TACIR did its work, and the governor signed a new and much more restrictive annexation law this April.

matter of unwanted annexation, and provides the legal financial resources to Betty and file suit and block such anBean nexations.

“We believe CHR is the most litigious advocacy organization in the state of But the fight had been Tennessee, and we are the going on for much lon- city of Knoxville’s most freger, and the front line was quent and most successful in Knox County, where a litigant.” vigorous anti-annexation Lawsuits filed by CHR movement kicked into high members have kept individgear in 1980 in response to ual parcels off the city tax the policies of then-Mayor rolls for decades, as the city Victor Ashe, whose “finger” opted not to schedule the annexations earned head- trials. David Buuck, CHR’s lines across the state. That lawyer, now chief deputy was the year a group of law director of Knox CounKnox County residents who ty, was responsible for fillived outside the city lim- ing most of those lawsuits, its and wished to preserve which have kept hundreds that status got together of contested annexations and created Citizens for in limbo, staving off anHome Rule, whose website nexation until the property describes the organization changes hands. Buuck is like this: glad to see the change in “CHR is dedicated to the the law and says it was long preservation of the legal overdue. rights of its members in the Ashe, once the poster

boy for forced annexation, didn’t seem particularly perturbed by the Legislature’s rebuke of his policies, saying, “I’m not losing any sleep over it – I’m not in the mayor business anymore.”

But that doesn’t mean he thinks the new law is a good idea: “As a philosophical matter, if cities are precluded from growing, over a period of time, their strength will be diminished. A lot of what we did has been very beneficial to my successors.

Turkey Creek has been a tremendous benefit to Knoxville, Farragut and Knox County.”

He believes the Tennessee Municipal League, an organization of mayors that once mounted a vigorous defense of annexation, fell down on the job of protecting cities’ interests.

“The city mayors threw in the towel,” he said.

Gibbs school is expensive, unnecessary All right, I’ll say what a lot of folks are thinking.

Scott Frith

The proposed Gibbs Middle School is a terrible idea. The only people who want it are Gibbs families and the politicians seeking their support. The school is expensive, unnecessary and will force future county commissioners to raise your property taxes.

Why are we building it?

Politics.

Not long ago, a middle school for Gibbs was a boutique political issue. It was popular for Gibbs politicians to support it but usually received only passing lip service from others. However, now we have a county

mayor from West Knoxville eager for rural votes and a school board and County Commission beholden to activists from the northeast corner of the county. When you bring both together, you get a fiscal boondoggle more typical of Washington or Nashville than conservative Knox County.

Conservative?

There was a time when that word meant something.

For many, there are few things more frustrating than free-spending politicians who masquerade as conservatives. We are supposed to be against wasteful spending, not for it. There’s nothing conservative (or even sensible) about building a school we don’t need.

Millions of dollars in concrete and steel doesn’t better prepare a child for the future. Current or projected student enrollment doesn’t justify building it. In fact, every dollar spent build-

ing and operating this new school is a dollar that won’t be available to address other, more pressing needs.

(Supporters of a Gibbs Middle argue they need the school because the drive from Gibbs to Holston Middle School is too long a daily commute. They neglect to mention that it’s a long drive from Gibbs to anywhere.)

I don’t blame folks living in Gibbs for wanting their own middle school. If I lived in Gibbs, I’d likely be fighting for a new school as well.

But there was a time not too long ago when cooler heads prevailed in county government. The school board or County Commission would allow district representatives to rant and rave for their own district needs, but then the others would move quietly along and (more often than not) act in the county’s best interest.

Not anymore.

We’re passing budgets

not based on need but on where parents complain the loudest. Our politicians are beholden to the politicos and not the people.

The county is being sold the smooth evasion of, “We won’t raise your taxes,” yet this new school will require a property tax increase in the not-too-distant future.

Speaking of the future, in this era of rapid technological advances, who believes that 50 years from now there will be kids sitting at desks inside a classroom in this new building in Gibbs?

Ready for it or not, we’re at the threshold of radical changes in public education. What is Knox County doing to prepare for these changes?

Building another building.

Here’s hoping for less reactionary – and more visionary – county leadership in the future.

Scott Frith is a local attorney. You can contact him at scott@pleadthefrith.com.

We are Tennessee

Since the beginning, your Shopper-News has refused to use the term Lady Vols.

We’ve resisted the copycat ladies – devils, roosters, stallions, etc. of high school teams. That does not mean this writer does not support Title IX or the culture of excellence exemplified by Tennessee’s women athletes specifically.

I was in Los Angeles in 1984 when Southern Cal beat the young team led by the late Mary Ostrowski. I watched Pat Summitt pull her starters when the game was out of reach, subbing in the youngsters who would

Ben Byrd slyly tweaked the name by writing about the “Gentlemen Vols” bastive Lady Vols name. We ketball team. The men were were Tennessee then and not amused.

Alabama guy Dave Hart now.

Come July 1, the moni- and Florida guy Jimmy Sandra ker will be history, except Cheek are taking abuse for Clark for basketball. And the folks doing the right thing. That’s who have bought ads, pep- fair because they did it badly pered letters to the editor and for the wrong reasons.

Staff who built the “LV” and even organized a probring it home for Tennessee test at the upcoming UT brand were treated shabbily three years later.

Board of Trustees meeting as the men’s department absorbed the women’s.

I was in the stands when should get a grip.

Sports is about winning. the Tennessee women won The Lady Vols tradition their first national champi- is special. It’s powerful. And Winners will earn respect and start new traditions. onship in 1987, beating La it’s history.

And Phil Campbell will Tech (the team now coached Gloria Ray was there at

by Tyler Summitt) in Austin, the naming. “Lord, they continue his old joke: “I’m Tx. were talking about calling from Tennessee, where men But I never wore the LV us the Volettes,” said the are men and women are national champions.” attire or spoke the diminu- first women’s AD.

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Karen Carson is running for state representative in the Aug. 12 Republican primary to replace Rep. Ryan Haynes. Serving her third term on the Knox County school board, she lives in Concord in Twin Harbor.

A mother of three adult children and a nurse for 25 years at Children’s Hospital, she is 57.

Victor Ashe

A graduate of the University of Southwestern Louisiana in Lafayette, La., she moved to Knox County in 1990. “I know the community and have worked in it for 25 years,” she told me.

Carson had these responses to pending legislative issues: Insure Tennessee: “We cannot leave federal dollars on the table,” she said.

Gov. Bill Haslam’s plan has significant problems, she added, and she expects it to be changed before it comes to the Legislature a second time. She did not say with certainty how she would vote if it comes up in 2016 but noted both Knox County senators voted for it while the county’s GOP state representatives were opposed or silent.

Guns in Parks: She called it “much to-do about nothing. Why was it a pressing need?”

Carson says she supports the right to bear arms, and if a repeal bill comes up next year she would get input from constituents before deciding how to vote. She did not say how she would have voted had she been a member of the Legislature during the last session.

Gas Tax: While her platform says she favors keeping taxes low, she did not say directly whether she would vote for or against a gas tax hike next year, which Haslam is expected to back. She wants to know how much it would be and what roads it would go for.

She did say, “I do not anticipate voting for any tax increase” during the 2016 legislative session. While that suggests opposition, it is less than a clear statement of opposition.

Carson expects her campaign will need to raise $50,000, and she has raised almost $10,000 to date. She says she is open to debates with expected opponent Jason Zachary, whom she says she has never met. She has two paid campaign assistants – Loren Long and Collin

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Thompson. She said her headquarters will be her home and (with a laugh) “Panera’s.”

On two issues she was very clear.

She supports the Lady Vols name for women’s sports at the University of Tennessee, and she strongly backs state Rep. Roger Kane in his effort to have the UT Board of Trustees discuss the issue.

“I love the Lady Vols.

There is a history there. I absolutely favor putting it back,” she stated. (The UT Board has declined to discuss the matter at a board meeting, which almost guarantees the Legislature will debate it next year.)

She favors an appointed Knox County Schools superintendent, while Zachary favors an elected one.

Carson said she would resign from the school board if elected but declined to give a date when she might resign as she has not decided. She even mentioned serving in both positions until March 2016 although the state representative election is Sept.

29. It is legal to serve in both positions and draw two separate paychecks.

The reason she mentioned March was that her successor might be elected then, concurrent with the presidential primary, and the Knox County Commission might be expected to choose the elected winner to replace her if it was known who that individual would be.

On the other hand if the Legislature met at the same time as the school board it would be impossible to attend meetings in Nashville and Knoxville at the same time.

■ Mayor Rogero intends to replace Kirk Huddleston as a member of the Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority since he has served two terms. Huddleston says Gov. Haslam plans to appoint him to the state Aeronautics Commission effective July 1. He will be one of five members.

■ Sometimes UT can be its own worst enemy. The controversy over the Lady Vols is a case in point. By refusing to discuss this at a board meeting, they give state legislators a logical argument to bring legislation before the General Assembly to overturn the ban.

They can say that they are the only body willing to hear it out in a public setting. The Board of Trustees would be wise to let the public speak in a public forum. At the very least, have a board committee to hear all sides. Instead, the Lady Vols fans are being shunted to the sidelines.

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POWELL/NORWOOD Shopper news • JUNE 24, 2015 • A-7

An appalling thing An appalling and horrible thing has happened in the land….

(Jeremiah 5: 30 NRSV) Let us turn our thoughts today to Martin Luther King, And recognize that there are ties between us All men and women living on the Earth, Ties of hope and love, Sister and brotherhood. (“Shed a Little Light,” James Taylor)

Callahan Church member Don Mayes talks with Terry Snyder about the equipment that will be used to finish the concrete floors in the new building. Photos by Cindy Taylor

Build more, serve better

By Cindy Taylor Callahan Road Baptist Church just keeps on growing. Members and visitors held a ribbon cutting and dedication June 14 for the new fellowship hall/education building. The building will house the food-preparation area and numerous classrooms. Celia Hopper is a descendant of charter members and held the scissors for the ribbon cutting.

“My family (the Wolfenbargers) were charter members,” said Hopper. “I visited here every summer as a child and have been attending since I moved here.”

The church moved from across the street into the new sanctuary more than

five years ago. The administrative offices could not make the move due to space limitations. Now that the second new building is complete, everything and everyone can cross the street, leaving the original building completely in the hands of new owner Imani Church.

Gary Roberts was the main contractor. Terry Snyder and Don Mayes both sub-contracted to work on the new building. The building is 75 percent paid for and completely handicapped accessible. Almost all contractors involved are members. The church has plans to expand even more.

“This basically was a church-built building. We

are making the final move from across the street next weekend and plan to have VBS in the new building,” said Mayes. “Everyone is anxious to get in.”

With 6,500 square feet of space the church will be better able to house its food pantry in the new building.

Those who visit the pantry can now access it more easily through a side door near the food-storage area.

“The Lord Jesus has allowed us to be a part of building His church,” said Sasser. “We hope to lead children to hear the Gospel and be saved and that moms and dads will see Jesus in their children and be saved.

It’s all about Jesus.”

Callahan Road Baptist Church is at 1317 Callahan Drive. Info: www.crbchurch.com or 938-3410.

SUMMER CAMPS ■ Acting 2: Character Acting classes for ages 11 and up, 1-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, July 20-24, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Ave. Cost: $240. Info/registration: Dennis Perkins, dennis@ childrenstheatreknoxville. com or 208-3677.

■ Camp Wesley Woods summer camp, 329 Wesley Woods Road, Townsend. Programs for boys and girls grades K-12. Info/ registration: 448-2246 or www.

CampWesleyWoods.com.

There is a reason we call the interior of a worship space “the sanctuary.” Sanctuary means safety, refuge, protection.

Long ago, in the Middle Ages, a person fleeing from danger could seek sanctuary in a church and be safe, at least for a time.

Even earlier, the ancient Hebrews designated their Tabernacle, and then later, the Temple at Jerusalem, as sanctuaries.

What happened when a gunman walked into a Charleston, S.C., church is truly appalling, horrifying, unbelievable, heartbreaking. What worries me most is the possibility of copy-cat shooters – unbalanced, disturbed people who want to make a statement, who want their own names in the headlines – walking into any church in any city or town or village – and doing the same thing.

My husband Lewis remembers that when he was growing up in very rural Georgia, the men ■ Music and Creative Arts Camp, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. July 13-17, Concord UMC, 11020 Roane Drive. For kids who have finished first through sixth grades.

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carried their guns to church, carefully and respectfully left them in the narthex during the service, and picked them up on their way out after the benediction.

I think it unlikely that we will revert to that method of security, but I expect that ushers will be chatting up newcomers a little more thoroughly than is their usual custom, being a little more watchful and alert.

The one bright spot in this disaster is the way the city of Charleston has come together: people of all colors and faiths offering sympathy and support, proclaiming by their actions that we are, indeed, all sisters and brothers! dance camp, 9 a.m.-noon Monday-Thursday, July 20-23, Premier Athletics KnoxvilleWest, 11250 Gilbert Drive.

Ages 4 and up. Cost: $90.

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Info/registration: 671-6333.

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Margaret Martin, pastor the Rev. Marc Sasser, Celia Hopper and Josh Heinrich in the new fellowship hall of Callahan Road Baptist Church

■ 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.

3305 Alice Bell Road, will host the Cool Tones in concert 6 p.m. Saturday, June 27.

The event is a fundraiser for A Hand Up for Women, the Knox County Christian Women’s Job Corps, which serves all of Knox County.

Info: Eva Pierce, 525-9696, www.ahandupforwomen.org.

Classes/meetings ■ First Comforter Church, 5516 Old Tazewell Pike, hosts

MAPS (Mothers At Prayer Service) noon each Friday. Info: Edna Hensley, 771-7788.

■ 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.

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Thank you to the PBPA Picnic sponsors:

■ St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 5401 Tiffany Road, will host a free health fair 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, June 27. Screenings include: height, weight, body mass index (BMI), blood pressure and pulse rate. Light lunch will be served. Grab bags of nutritious snacks and fresh vegetables from the church garden while they last.

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■ 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.

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Parade begins at 10:00am at Clinton Hwy Powell Place Center parking lot and ends at Powell High School.

Festivities begin afterwards at Powell Station Park at 11:00am

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A voyage to Braden

Interns on the water

By Charlie Hamilton

By Shannon Carey Shopper-News interns and their chauffeurs only got lost once on the way to Helms Ferry, deep in Sharps Chapel on Norris Lake. Luckily, Google Maps saved the day.

The ferry, possibly the last in operation in Tennessee, serves to connect the Braden community with the rest of Union County.

Braden was cut off when Norris Lake was impounded. Now, the only way for Braden residents to get to the rest of the county is the ferry or a long drive through Claiborne County.

Union County Roads Superintendent David Cox says the ferry and the ramps leading to it have seen recent improvements through

Have you ever ridden on Helms Ferry? If you haven’t you should take a voyage.

Helms Ferry is located off Old Leadmine Bend Road in Sharps Chapel in Union County. Helms Ferry is one of the last working ferries in East Tennessee.

This ferry is a very important mode of transportation for the community of Braden and the rest of Union County. If it wasn’t for Helms Ferry the residents of Braden would have to go through Speedwell or

LaFollette to get to the rest of Union County.

In 1936, TVA created Norris Lake as an artificial reservoir which flooded the community Loyston and created problems for people living in some communities like Braden.

Helms Ferry has been in operation for some time now. We met Donald Sharp, the operator of Helms Ferry for 14 years, and he took us for the voyage. It is neat that a piece of East Tennessee history like Helms Ferry is just in our backyard.

Donald Sharp guides Helms Ferry across the river on a many times each day. He has been doing this task for 14 years. a partnership with TVA, which provided $10,000 for the project. Union County only had to kick in $7,000.

“We’re all about saving money,” said Cox. The ferry is free to ride. Interns enjoyed the ride across

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Myra Sloan has worked as an embalmer for 22 years. She has been to lots of schools talking about her job. In her high school years, Sloan wanted to be a speech pathologist. As she was training she still was indecisive what she wanted to be, so she prayed to God to give her a sign.

“Every day is a new adventure, you never know what your next phone call will be,” Sloan said.

One day, a man came to her and said “Myra, God came to me in a dream and said you need to work in a funeral home.”

Sloan laughed. She had

seen too many horror movies to want to work in a funeral home. Later, she started getting interested and soon realized it was a pretty cool job. When she started learning about embalming she fell in love with the job and started to see it as a ministry.

To this very day she believes that this was supposed to be her job. To me, Myra Sloan is amazing person because she wakes up every day just to work with deceased people and help their families. Also, she can work on a tight schedule and still makes it through the day.

Forensics taught at UT KidsU Camp

By Maddie Murphy I had an amazing time at the UT KidsU Camp for the second year in a row. I think that it is important for kids to keep learning over summer break and I wanted to do something to further my learning in the subject of forensic anthropology.

I had a great time and learned a lot in the five days at camp. I can tell the gender and ancestry

of a person just by using the skull and pelvis. I made many new friends and did fun labs, too.

May 16, the ShopperNews interns went to the Trinity Funeral Home, and I was excited to get to share what I knew with Myra Sloan, an embalmer there. Overall the camp was a great learning experience and I’m glad I decided to sign up.

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Meet intern Betty Betsnat “Betty” Mengesha is the newest Shopper intern. She is a rising sophomore at Bearden High School and enjoys biking, rock climbing and watching movies. Her future plans include becoming a doctor. If Betty could have lunch with anyone in the world, she would pick YouTube vlogger Louis Cole, a British video creator.

“Louis travels all over the world and is Mengesha always meeting new people so I feel I could learn so much from his adventures and have a fun time.”

interns Arts Co-op has something for everyone

By Shannon Carey Shopper-News interns had yet another shopping spree, and yet again we apologize to their parents.

This time, interns enjoyed a little treasure hunting in the rooms of the Union County Arts Cooperative. Susan Boone welcomed them to the store.

Located in the historic Dr.

Carr House in downtown Maynardville, the Co-op showcases and sells the work of more than 30 artists and crafters. A tiny building next door houses music and art lessons. Eric Holcomb offers free music lessons every Wednesday evening.

Info: 992-9161 or find them on Facebook.

Abi Nicholson, Charlie Hamilton and Anne Marie Higginbotham relax on the porch swing at the Union County Arts Cooperative in Maynardville.

Union County Mayor Mike Williams welcomes the interns to his office. Photo by Amanda McDonald

Meet the courthouse crew

By Shannon Carey Union County’s officeholders welcomed the Shopper-News interns and were glad to share information about what they do.

Mayor Mike Williams led the tour with stops in each office, including visits with Register of Deeds Mary Beth Kitts, Clerk and Mas-

ter Sandra Edmondson and the staff of General Sessions Court Clerk Barbara Williams.

Intern Bailey Lemmons even researched her father’s childhood home in the Property Assessor’s office with help from Randy Turner and Tammie Carter.

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NHC funds nursing equipment for PSCC A $10,000 donation to Pellissippi State Community College by local affiliates of the National HealthCare Corporation is earmarked for the purchase of state-ofthe-art teaching equipment for the college’s nursing degree program.

The equipment includes a bed with a headwall containing electronic patient monitors and is to be used in the simulation lab at the Strawberry Plains campus.

“The nursing department is very grateful for NHC’s support,” said Lisa Stamm, dean of the program at Pellissippi State.

“We currently have students completing clinical rotations at NHC Farragut, and

we appreciate the many opportunities NHC continues to provide for our students, in addition to this gracious gift.”

The donation was made

by NHC Farragut, NHC Fort Sanders, NHC Knoxville, Holston Health and Rehabilitation Center, and NHC Oak Ridge. NHC affiliates operate long-term healthcare centers, as well as home-care programs, independent living centers and assisted living communities throughout the country.

Pellissippi State’s nursing degree program began in 2010 and is accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing.

Each of the college’s five cam-

Pellissippi State Community College officials accepted a donation of $10,000 from NHC’s East Tennessee facilities on June 12.

The donation will fund laboratory simulation equipment for the college’s nursing program. Pictured are NHC vice president Ray Blevins, PSCC professor More Herington, NHC Farragut director Karla Lane, PSCC vice president Peggy Wilson and president L. Anthony Wise Jr., with Jeff Tambornini, Keith McCord and Brad Shuford. Photo submitted

puses in Knox and Blount counties offers pre-nursing courses, and the nursing program is offered at the Blount, Magnolia and Strawberry Plains campuses.

The program runs two years, and students graduate with an Associate of Applied Science in Nursing degree. They are then prepared to take the national licensure exam to become a registered nurse.

Fourth of July promotions revving up

By Sandra Clark Teresa Underwood is again heading promotions for Powell’s 4th of July Picnic in the Park. This promises to be the best one yet with more space and more shade. She expects 600 to 700 people.

The picnic follows the annual Powell Lions Club parade. It offers free food and fellowship at Powell Station Park while kids enjoy the splash pad.

Members of the Powell Business and Professional Association (PBPA) will provide free food and giveaways. Look for details in next week’s Shopper-News.

Mayor Tim Burchett spoke at the June meeting of PBPA, touting his budget and the surprise agreement he had made with schools superintendent Jim McIntyre just the day before.

Burchett added humor when someone asked what he will do next? (He is limited to two terms as county mayor.) “I don’t know what I want to do,” he said. “The people in Nashville are telling me to look at Washington, and the people in Washington are telling me to look at Nashville. I’m good at mowing yards if necessary.”

Angela Farmer, administrative assistant to

CEO Rob Followell at Tennova North, was named communications c om m it te e chair for PBPA. She will manage the group’s website (at Farmer p o w e l l bi z . com) and send electronic newsletters.

Kim Severance spoke briefly about her new job as community leader for March of Dimes. The group’s next big event is a golf tournament June 29 with TV news anchor Ted Hall.

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Dr. Mejia of Premier Surgical: serving through surgery The importance of service and helpDr. Mejia was on staff at Masssena ing others was instilled in Jose Luis Memorial Hospital in upstate New Mejia, MD, FACS, at an early age. As York, providing surgical and wound the son of a politicare to a variety of pediatric and adult cian and owner of patients. a newspaper in the Dr. Mejia and his family missed South American East Tennessee, so he recently joined country of Ecuador, Premier Surgical Associates in Dr. Mejia saw how Knoxville as a general surgeon at the his father served group’s Tennova North and Physicians the community.

Regional locations in June.

Dr. Mejia But it was his “We love it here! The mountains, uncle, who was a the people - everyone says ‘Hello’,” surgeon, who inspired him to serve says Dr. Mejia. “Premier Surgical has a through medicine. great reputation and I’m excited to be “When I was a part of this group.” young, my uncle took Dr. Mejia, who me to the clinic where speaks both English he operated. I loved and Spanish, has cleaning wounds, found already his naremoving sutures, tive language to be an and I especially loved advantage in commuthe operating room. It nicating with patients. came naturally to me,” “Communicating says Dr. Mejia. and always being honWhile in medical est with my patients is school at the prestivery important to me,” gious Central Universiexplains Dr. Mejia.” ty of Ecuador, Dr. Mejia Dr. Mejia, whose trained with one of the special interests pioneers of laparoscopinclude minimally inic surgery techniques. vasive procedures “Surgeons ffor benign and maDr. Mejia is an avid runner and is picwere transitionlignant problems li tured in the 2013 Boston Marathon. ing to minimally oof the abdomen He completed the race 40 minutes invasive surgeries. aand breast cancer before the fatal bombing. He says the It was an advanssurgery, is curtragedy is a reminder of the importage that I trained rrently accepting tance of life and family. in a time when we new patients at the n did a lot of both Premier Surgical P open and laparoscopic procedures,” offices at Tennova North and Physiexplains Dr. Mejia. cians Regional.

Drawn by the medical technology available, Dr. Mejia moved to the United States in 1999 and completed his residency in General Surgery at East Tennessee State University. He worked at Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Johnson City for eight years, serving as Clinical Associate Professor To schedule an appointment with and Chief of Surgery. Most recently, Dr. Mejia, call 865-938-8121.

Pellissippi State also offers a fast-track degree option through the Bridge to Registered Nurse program that allows licensed prac-

tical nurses (LPNs) and paramedics to enter nursing school following the successful completion of one summer transitional

course. The college partners with other schools to offer the RN to BSN path for students interested in going on for a bachelor’s degree.

No religion has special claim to peace

By Sandra Clark A UT professor paraphrased New York Times writer Thomas Friedman when asked what the United States should do in the Middle East: “There isn’t much we can do and it’s a mistake to think we can.”

Thomas E. Burman is the Riggsby Director of the Marco Institute for Medieval and Renaissance Tom Burman Studies and a distinguished professor of the humanities at UT. He’s widely traveled and a master of language, using two or three at a recent meeting of the North Knoxville Rotary Club.

Yet he made an obscure topic come to life, leaving club president Nic Nicaud so mesmerized he almost forgot to ring the bell to end the meeting.

Some politicians say we don’t have to understand terrorism, we just have to stop it, he said. “I disagree.” Burman suggested reading poetry written by Muslims to gain insight.

“No religious tradition has a special

claim on being peaceful,” he said, telling of a Spanish king conquering a town in 1230-40. “He built a Christian church in the middle of a mosque. Both are still there.”

Burman talked of Christians and Muslims living “cheek to jowl” for 1,600 years before moving away over the last 400 years.

“We live in a very violent age, but we’ve been here before. Then the roles were reversed. Islam was the powerful, the cool culture where the great science was done. It had come to dominate half of what had been the Roman Empire.”

He said hints of Islamic culture are visible in buildings such as the Tennessee Theatre and the Kerbela Temple.

Burman’s work focuses on the interactions between Latin Christendom and Arab Islam, especially in medieval and early-modern Europe.

At UT, Burman teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on the Crusades, on Medieval Spain and the Mediterranean, on Jewish-Christian-Muslim relations in the Middle Ages and Renaissance and on intellectual history of the same period.

Rotary gives two scholarships

By Bonny C. Millard Applicants for the Rotary Club of Knoxville scholarships were so outstanding that the club decided to award two $16,000 scholarships for the first time.

Rachel Cormack, a graduate of South-Doyle High School, and Cam- Cormack Ramsey eron Ramsey, a graduate of Bearden High School, were college graduation she plans honored at a Rotary Club of to come home to Knoxville Knoxville luncheon. They to live and also hopes to will receive an annual dis- continue participating in bursement for four years. medical mission trips.

Rotarian Shannon HolRamsey will attend Coland said the committee re- lumbia International Uniceived applications from stu- versity in Columbia, S.C., dents from all Knox County and plans to earn a master high schools, and these two of divinity and go into the applicants were exemplary ministry. Ramsey has been students who both deserved working part-time at Chickthe scholarship. fil-A while in high school Cormack will attend and said that his experience Union University in Jack- as a team leader has helped son, Tenn., and plans to him develop his leadership pursue a career in neonatal skills. nursing. She said that after Both Cormack and

Ramsey thanked the Rotary Club for the scholarship and for investing in their lives.

Two current recipients, Alicia Lewis and Lucas Despins, who both attend the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, attended the luncheon.

In addition to those scholarships, the Bob and Diana Samples Community School of the Arts Rotary Club of Knoxville Scholarship was presented to Faith Harris, who has been at the school for 12 years. Rotarian Bob Samples was club president last year.

Jennifer Willard, executive director of the arts school, described Harris as a percussion prodigy.

Harris plays several instruments. After thanking Rotary, Harris demonstrated her vocal and guitar skills while performing a song for the audience.

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FRIDAY ■ Alive After Five: “Tribute to the R&B Classic Hits” with Evelyn Jack and Donald Brown, 6-8:30 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Tickets: $15; $10 for members/students. Info: 934-2039.

■ Headroom III concert, 9 p.m., the Concourse, 940 Blackstock Ave. Tickets: $5 at the door. Info: http://internationalknox. com.

■ Steve Kaufman Concerts featuring: Steve Kaufman, Bobby Hicks, Alan Munde, John Reischman, Mark Cosgrove, 7 p.m., Clayton Center for the Arts, 502 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville. Info/tickets: www.ClaytonArtsCenter.com or 9818590.

■ Summer Movie Magic: “The Birds,” 8 p.m., Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Tickets: all Ticketmaster outlets, the Tennessee Theatre box office, 800-745-3000. Info: www. tennesseetheatre.com.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY ■ Oakes Daylily Festival, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Oakes Daylilies, 8153 Monday Road, Corryton. Free. Includes plant sale, refreshments, kids activities, live music and more. Lunch available for purchase. Info: 800-532-9545, www.OakesDayLilies.com.

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FRIDAY-SUNDAY ■ Music: Best Served Cold featuring The Northerners, a live folk-rock ice concert, 7 p.m., Ice Chalet, 100 Lebanon St. Info/ tickets: www.productionsonice.com/.

SATURDAY learn something.

Also on the docket for the summer months are workshops in growing carnivorous plants, gardening in the shade, making decorative leaf castings, and gardening to attract butterflies.

“Growing Together:

Landscape Legos” runs from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 27. The cost per family is $20 for members, $30 for nonmembers.

“Adult Workshop: Vertical Gardening” runs 1-3 p.m. Saturday, June 27. The cost is $20 for members,

$30 for nonmembers. Costs for both workshops include materials.

To learn more, or to find out how to become a member of UT Gardens, visit utgardens.tennessee.edu/.

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3 films brave post-dino landscape

By Betsy Pickle If you’ve had enough of dinosaurs already, it may be time to move on to some different critters in this week’s new releases.

The family film “Max” features a heroic Marine dog who needs time to recover after losing his best friend. His handler’s family adopts him, and he slowly bonds with the younger brother as they try to unravel a mystery.

Thomas Haden Church, Lauren Graham, Luke Kleintank, Jay Hernandez, Mia Xitlali, Dejon LaQuake and Robbie Amell star for director Boaz Yakin (“Remember the Titans”). The A Marine dog named Max and the younger brother (Josh Wiggins) of his former handler bond film is rated PG. as they try to solve a mystery in “Max.” The less-than-cuddly living teddy bear Ted returns in “Ted 2.” Now married to Morgan Freeman, Sam J. exclusively at Downtown in on him, changing his life Tami-Lynn (Jessica Barth), Jones, Patrick Warburton, West. forever.

Ted (voiced by director/co- Michael Dorn, John Slattery Greg (Thomas Mann) has Nick Offerman, Molly writer Seth MacFarlane) and Liam Neeson. The film made an effort throughout Shannon and Jon Bernthal must prove to the court that is rated R for crude and sex- high school not to get close (“The Walking Dead”) also he’s a “person” before he ual content, pervasive lan- to anyone, even his “co- star for director Alfonso qualifies to become a par- guage and some drug use. worker” Earl (RJ Cyler). But Gomez-Rejon. The film, ent.

There’s at least one cat in when his mom (Connie Brit- rated PG-13, won the AudiMark Wahlberg returns “Me and Earl and the Dying ton) insists that he befriend ence Award and the Grand as Ted’s best bud, who’ll do Girl,” but the teenagers ref- a schoolmate (Olivia Cooke) Jury Prize at this year’s anything he can to help. The erenced in the title are the who has been diagnosed Sundance Film Festival and cast also includes Amanda focus of this Sundance Film with leukemia, the world earned honors at several Seyfried, Giovanni Ribisi, Festival winner, opening he has kept at bay crashes other fests.

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■ Adult Workshop: Vertical Gardening, 1-3 p.m., UT Gardens, 2518 Jacob Drive. Info/registration: www.utgardens. wildapricot.org/UTGardensEvents; 974-7151.

■ Cherokee Heritage Day, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., James White’s Fort, 205 W. Hill Ave. Free to the public. Visit a Cherokee campsite, interact with members of the militia; tour the fort; a variety of pioneer skills displayed. Info: 525-6514 ■ “Fun in the Sun” Mopar Car Show and Swap Meet, noon-4 p.m., Chilhowee Park Fairgrounds, 3301 E. Magnolia Ave. Registration, 9 a.m.-noon. Proceeds to benefit the Knoxville Volunteer Rescue Squad. Info: etmcarclub@gmail.com, www. easttennesseemopars.com.

■ Hard Knox Roller Girls Allstars vs. Circle City Derby Girls, 5 p.m., Knoxville Civic Coliseum, 500 Howard Baker Ave. Intraleague bout: Lolitas Locas vs. Machine Gun Kellys, 7 p.m. Tickets: Coliseum box office, team members and team website. Info: www.hardknoxrollergirls.com; on Facebook.

■ Meadow Lark Music Festival, Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave. Featuring; Americana music, local food and family fun. Headliner: Pokey LaFarge. Tickets: www. brownpapertickets.com/event/1568627. Info: www.ijams. org.

SUNDAY ■ Summer Movie Magic: “The Birds,” 2 p.m., Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Tickets: all Ticketmaster outlets, the Tennessee Theatre box office, 800-745-3000. Info: http:// www.tennesseetheatre.com.

AREA FARMERS MARKETS ■ Dixie Lee Farmers Market, Renaissance|Farragut, 12740 Kingston Pike. Hours: 9 a.m.noon Saturdays through Oct. 31. Info: dixieleefarmers market.com; on Facebook.

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■ Ebenezer Road Farmers Market, Ebenezer UMC, 1001 Ebenezer Road. Hours: 3-6 p.m. Tuesdays through late November. Info: on Facebook.

■ Knoxville Farmers Market, Laurel Church of Christ, 3457 Kingston Pike. Hours: 3-6 p.m. Fridays through late November.

■ Maryville Farmers Market: Church Avenue. Hours: 9 a.m.-sellout, Saturdays through Nov. 17.

■ Maryville Farmers Market: New Providence Presbyterian Church, 703 W. Broadway, Maryville. Hours: 3:30-6:30 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays through Aug. 29.

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But what if you don’t have much land? Or are a city dweller? Or just want to do something fun and trendy?

Vertical gardening has been called “a boon for the land-challenged,” and this weekend UT Gardens will teach you all you need to know about it. Plus you can also design garden structures with your kids in tow.

They’ll be using Legos; you’ll be listening and taking notes.

There are currently many kinds of commercial products available for those who want to garden up, not out.

A quick Google search turns up “Woolly Pockets,” aeroponic towers, tiered systems. Big-box stores are getting in on the trend, offering instruction books and preassembled wall units.

The good folks at UT Gardens have their noses to the ground (yikes), and they’re getting in on the vertical craze. They’ll have all sorts of ideas, and you’ll get to build your own miniature vertical garden to take home. Also, it doesn’t matter whether you’re a pro or a beginner – everyone can

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THROUGH TUESDAY, JUNE 30 “Precious, Not Parents” campaign, YoungWilliams Animal Center, 3201 Division St. YoungWilliams Animal Center Spay/Neuter Solutions will provide $20 spay and neuter surgeries for puppies and kittens under 6 months of age. Available to all East Tennessee residents. Must mention the “Precious, Not Parents” campaign when making the appointment.

Info/appointment: www.young-williams.org or 2156677.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, JUNE 26-27 Oakes Daylily Festival, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Oakes Daylilies, 8153 Monday Road, Corryton. Free. Includes plant sale, refreshments, kids activities, live music and more.

Lunch available for purchase. Info: 800-532-9545, www.OakesDayLilies.com.

FRIDAY & SUNDAY, JUNE 26, 28 Encore Theatrical Company auditions for “One Man, Two Guvnors,” 6:30 p.m., Studio ETC, 180 W. Main St., Morristown. Looking for eight men, three women, three-four male singers, plus a small ensemble of actors. Info: www.etcplays.org or 423-318-8331.

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Ballroom Dance, 7-9 p.m., Halls Senior Center, 4405 Crippen Road. Admission: $5. Live music by David Correll. Info: 922-0416.

Film Night with Potluck Meal, 6-9 p.m., Narrow Ridge’s Mac Smith Resource Center, 1936 Liberty Hill Road, Washburn. Info: Mitzi, 497-3603 or community@ narrowridge.org.

Free health fair 10 a.m.-1 p.m., hosted by St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 5401 Tiffany Road. Screenings include: height, weight, body mass index (BMI), blood pressure and pulse rate. Light lunch will be served. Grab bags of nutritious snacks and fresh vegetables from the church garden while they last.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Emagene Reagan, 11 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Info: 947-6210.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Melissa Mastrogiovanni, 11 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

THROUGH THURSDAY, OCT. 22 Tickets on sale for “The Music and the Memories” show featuring Pat Boone backed by Knoxville swing orchestra The Streamliners, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, Oak Ridge Performing Arts Center, Oak Ridge High School, 1450 Oak Ridge Turnpike. Proceeds go the Oak Ridge High School music department. Info/ tickets: www.KnoxvilleTickets.com or 656-4444.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24 Computer Workshops: Internet and Email Basics, 2 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Requires “Introducing the Computer” or equivalent skills. Info/registration: 525-5431.

Historic Ramsey House Annual Luncheon, 2614 Thorn Grove Pike. Guest speaker: Lisa Oakley, education director at East Tennessee Historical Society. Open to the public. Board meeting at 10 a.m.; guest speaker at 11 a.m.; lunch at noon. Cost: $20. Reservations required. Info/reservations: 546-0745.

Ijams Brown Bag Series: Eating Your Yard, noon-1 p.m., Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave. For ages 10 and up. Bring lunch. Free; preregistration required. Info/registration: 577-4717, ext. 110.

Stir Fry Cooking Class, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., UT Extension Office, Maynardville. Info: 992-8038.

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SUNDAY, JUNE 28 Red White & Bluegrass, 4:30-7:30 p.m., Wallace Memorial Baptist Church, 701 Merchant Drive. Free admission. Family-friendly community event. Food vendors, inflatables, popcorn and games begin 4:30 p.m.; Kip & Jerry’s Rocky Road Show, featuring classic bluegrass and gospel, 6 p.m. in the gym. Info: wmbc.net or 688-4343.

MONDAY, JUNE 29 Shakespeare for Kids, 11 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Presented by the Tennessee Stage Company; featuring “Macbeth” and “The Taming of the Shrew.” For elementary-school-age kids and older.

Info: 947-6210.

International Folk Dance Class, 7:30-10 p.m., Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, Clinton. Sponsored by the Oak Ridge Folk Dancers. First visit free. No partner or dance experience required.

Adults and children accompanied by an adult welcome.

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SATURDAY, JULY 4 Independence Day Concert, 8 p.m., World’s Fair Park. Performed by the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra.

Free community concert open to the public; no tickets required. Sponsored by Pilot Flying J.

MONDAY, JULY 6 American Legion meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St., Maynardville. All veterans are invited. Info: 387-5522.

Mighty Musical Monday with O’Connor Senior Singers, noon, Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Lunch of sandwich, chips and a dessert, $5 in the lobby while supplies last. Program is free. Info: 684-1200.

MONDAY-FRIDAY, JULY 6-10 Etiquette classes, 4-5:15 p.m., Imagination Forest, 7613 Blueberry Road. Hosted by the Cardinal School of Etiquette for ages 6-12. Cost: $125. Info/registration: 312-2371 or alwhite07@comcast.net.

TUESDAY, JULY 7 Drum-Making Workshop, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., East Tennessee Technology Access Center, 116 Childress St. For teens and adults with and without disabilities. Info: Lorrie or Shaynie, 219-0130.

Happy Travelers trip: “Singin’ in the Rain” at Cumberland County Playhouse with lunch at Cumberland Mountain State Park. Cost: $55 inclusive. Info/ registration: Derrell Frye, 938-8884.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 8 International Folk Dance Class, 7:30-10 p.m., Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, Clinton. Sponsored by the Oak Ridge Folk Dancers. First visit free. No partner or dance experience required.

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Shakespeare for Kids, 4 p.m., Mascot Branch Library, 1927 Library Road. Presented by the Tennessee Stage Company; featuring “Macbeth” and “The Taming of the Shrew.” For elementary-school-age kids and older. Info: 933-2620.

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Personalized, one-onone attention Why should you work with a trainer? Studies have shown that working with a trainer on a regular basis (two or more times a week) can offer results faster than exercising on your own.

A personal trainer can help develop a safe, effective program to help you reach your specific goals — whether it’s losing weight, training for a particular sport, or regaining fitness after illness or injury.

Group training sessions Small-group training is a great way to get individual attention at a great discount. You’ll meet others who are focused on similar goals and benefit from the camaraderie and motivation that group exercise offers. Group programs include: ■ Training for Life – A 12-week weight management program that helps you adopt exercise and nutritional habits that lead to long-term lifestyle changes.

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aniel White was in a rut. A major in the U.S. Air Force, White is required to take a physical fitness test every six months, including waist measurement, a 1.5 mile run, and a minute each of push-ups and sit-ups.

A failing test could end his career.

“Since 2002, I’ve really lived this cycle of every six months putting on 20 pounds and losing 20 pounds, binge working out,” he said. “It was very stressful.”

In August, he and his wife and three kids relocated to Knoxville for White to complete a PhD in business strategy. The program is rigorous and doesn’t leave White much discretionary time. He joined Tennova Health & Fitness, planning to work out on his own.

In February, he took the plunge into personal training.

“I was just ready to break this cycle,” he said.

He went to the fitness desk to ask about personal training, and Dave Mabe just happened to be working the fitness desk that day.

“The Lord brought the right guy into my life,” said White.

At age 26, Mabe had turned to God and turned his life around, kicking a smoking and drinking habit and making a commitment to work out. He retired from Ford after 32 years of service and got certified for personal training in 2006.

Now, at age 59, he is truly invested in the success of his clients at Tennova. He pushes them to achieve, to go past what they think they can do.

“I feed off of this stuff,” Mabe said. “It doesn’t matter who I’m training. If they walk out the door and say, ‘Well that wasn’t all that bad,’ I didn’t do my job. That’s not how you get results.”

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Personal trainer Dave Mabe works with Daniel White at Tennova Health & Fitness.

ing their first session, and White immediately signed up for four months of personal training.

“I knew he was the real deal,” said White. “I needed to outsource accountability.”

By the numbers, White’s results have been phenomenal. He’s lost 20 pounds. His body fat is down from 29.6 percent to 19 percent, and his BMI has gone from 28.3 to 26.8.

“I don’t know that any other personal trainer would be able to get me to where I am this fast,” said White. “He doesn’t let me whine.”

But there are other results that

can’t be measured in numbers.

“It’s not just that I lost weight.

This has helped ground me mentally. It has benefitted me really significantly from a career standpoint.”

Mabe has enjoyed working with White and is proud of his progress.

“We have melded really well together. I am relentless on him, but that’s what this is all about. If he fails, I’ve failed him. All of the personal trainers on our team feel that way and we all love what we do!”

For more information about personal training and other fitness opportunities, visit Tennova.com or call 865-859-7900

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Stretching sections will be added to create long, lean muscle without bulk. These are challenging, no-impact classes that require focus and precision for maximum results.

Located off Emory Road in Powell For additional information, call Tennova Health & Fitness Center at 859-7900 or visit Tennova.com

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