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BUZZ Allen to visit Powell GOP District Attorney Charme Knight Allen will speak to the Powell Republican Club at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 16, at Shoney’s on Emory Road at I-75. Those eating dinner should arrive at 6:30 p.m. Info: Lillian Williams, willowbay@ frontiernet.net

Work days for Powell Station Park Mark your calendar for two Saturday workdays to clear underbrush for the new disc golf course at Powell Station Park. Justin Bailey and Connor Sepesi will lead the team from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturdays, July 18 and 25, with plenty of cold liquids and a free lunch at noon for volunteers. Work will happen rain or shine, unless there is lightning. All are welcomed. Bring clippers and hand tools if you’ve got them. Wear gloves to drag brush to the chippers if you lack tools. Those using chain saws should be certified,. The project to build out the park is sponsored by the Powell Business and Professional Association. Info: justin@knoxville realty.com

Red Gate Rodeo The annual Red Gate Festival and Rodeo will be held Friday and Saturday, July 17-18, at Red Gate Farm in Maynardville. Carnival starts at 5 p.m. Friday and 4 p.m. Saturday. Rodeo starts at 8 p.m. each day. Admission is $15 for adults, $8 for kids 4-10 years old, and free for kids age 3 and under. Info: www.redgaterodeo. com or 992-3303.

Halls Republicans to meet Monday The Halls Republican Club will meet Monday, July 20, at the Boys & Girls Club of Halls/Powell, 1819 Dry Gap Pike. The featured speaker will be Ryan Haynes, newly appointed chair of the Tennessee Republican Party. The club will provide pizza, soft drinks, water and dessert at 6 p.m., followed by the meeting at 7. Info: Bob Crye, 806-2361.

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Temple Baptist Church hosted almost 1,000 youngsters from across the United States at this year’s Youth Congress. Activities included a huge kickball game at Smokies Park, a day at Dollywood and volunteer work at Mt. Moriah Christian Camp. On Thursday and Friday, students broke into delegate sessions that were designed to help each grow spiritually and encourage To page A-3

Mt. Moriah Christian Camp staff members Carly Green, Jeremiah Gillespie, Marissa Fuller and Megan Lewis cut up (and nibble) watermelon in preparation for the feast and fireworks show on the campus of The Crown College. Photo by Ruth White

Humphammer’s: ‘Cheers’ without the booze By Betty Bean Gerry “Humphammer” Neely, Powell High School Class of 1977, three-time winner of the best hot dog in Powell award, tackle and linebacker for the Panthers – cocaptain his senior year – never owned a game-day program until a customer brought him one the other day. The self-named “Head Weenie in Powell” sat down in a back booth at his eponymously named deli and diner and examined the booklet, providing running commentary as he flipped through the pages. “Check out this guy in his leisure suit. And look at this: $700 will get you a doublewide; singlewides are $300. And here are the co-captains, Gerry Neely and Gerry “Humphammer” Neely and Cindy Neely take a break Bubba Thomas. That was a few after the meatloaf day lunch rush. hamburgers ago,” he said of his svelte, 17-year-old self. Humphammer is an old football “Let’s just call it mischievous,” nickname that his father hung on place – back when he was still in him long before he was the owner high school burnishing his reputa- Neely said, widening the grin that almost never leaves his face. “That of Powell’s most popular gathering tion as a creative troublemaker.

means you lied your way out of it.” He happily cops to the most serious charge – stealing school superintendent Mildred Doyle’s brand-new gold Cadillac. “Jim Monroe was principal, and Miss Doyle came to see him one day and pulled up into the back parking lot that everybody called ‘the mud pit.’ Jim called me into the office and said, ‘Why don’t you run Miss Doyle’s Caddy up to your daddy’s house and clean it up real good?’ “That was about 9:30 in the morning. I proceeded to Ailor Cook’s package store and played pinball all day until Jim, who knew where I liked to go, called up there and old Ailor said, ‘Rebel, I think you better get that Cadillac back over to the school. They’re looking for you and sound pretty excited.’” And there’s more: “There was the time we took a Knox County bucket truck to the Krystal to eat lunch. They’d left To page A-3

What’s next for teacher incentive pay? By Sandra Clark This didn’t start as a trick question. Q: Will teachers be eligible for incentive bonuses for the upcoming school year? And is the money budgeted to pay them?

Analysis A: To be determined. Background: When school started last fall, teachers were given their evaluation criteria (rubric) and the chance to earn extra compensation for those who jumped through the hoops appropriately. But when the school board started forming its 2015- 2016 budget (called FY16) this spring, Superintendent Jim McIntyre gave the board a choice – pay the earned bonuses (about $3.2 million) or use that money instead to fund a pay raise for all teachers. Angst ensued. Mayor Tim Burchett agreed to

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take $3 million from the county’s fund balance to pay the bonuses one time as part of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) adopted by the school board and County Commission. One time. Based on the MOU, the questions above should be answered No and No. Issue I: Why was money earned in FY15 being paid in FY16? McIntyre offered no explanation, but this was in his March 11 memo to board members: “This budget recommendation eliminates $3.2 million in APEX payouts in FY16 … were slated to be paid in November, but would have been fully earned by the end of the current school year.” OK. So the money earned in FY15 was “slated to be paid” in FY16 – a budget not yet adopted by either the school board or County Commission. My math education was at Halls High School, but this looks like deficient spending of $3.2 million. No harm, no foul though, when

Burchett rolled out his one-time $3 million. Issue II: So what about this year? McIntyre, again in his March 11 memo to the board, wrote, “We have committed to undertake a complete redesign of the APEX strategic compensation program this spring that would take effect in the 2015-16 school year.” But wait! The state Department of Education requires a board-approved strategic compensation plan for the upcoming year from each school district by June 30. The plan must state how many teachers are eligible and the cost. Knox County has submitted a plan that looks suspiciously like the FY15 plan without even discussion by the school board. Melissa Ogden, director of public affairs for KCS, explains: “Knox County Schools was required by the Tennessee Department of Education to submit a differentiated pay plan by June

30, 2015. Board of Education members have been informed about what was submitted, and they understand that as we review and consider redesigning the plan over the next several months, we are still obligated to meet the state requirement of submitting a preliminary plan. “Please know that we will be able to make any edits or updates to the plan based on the feedback from the Board of Education (and this has been verified with the Tennessee Department of Education). Also please note that the differentiated pay plan will not be final until the Board of Education votes on it.” Hmmm. So will teachers be eligible for an incentive bonus this year? School starts in three weeks. And has the money been budgeted to pay it? Who knows? But if money earned in FY16 is “slated to be paid” in FY17, then I guess it doesn’t matter.

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Joy in Antigua Knoxville Medical Mission ‘a miracle’ for Guatemalans in need Antigua, Guatemala, is a place where a birth defect can send a child to the orphanage, and a broken leg can be a death sentence. But because of Obras Sociales del Santo Hermano Pedro, it’s also a place of hope, miracles and thanksgiving. This is what draws Dr. Paul Naylor, co-director of Parkwest Medical Center’s Joint Center, to the Catholic church at Antigua twice a year as the Knoxville Medical Mission continues its medical outreach to the poor residents of the Central American city. “If you don’t shed a tear there, you don’t have a heart,” says Naylor, who has not only organized the trips for the last 15 years, but also seeks funding and donations from individuals and medical equipment suppliers. Plus, he jokingly adds, he’s also president, vicepresident, secretary and treasurer of the not-for-pro t organization. According to Naylor, the Knoxville Medical Mission was born out of Parkwest physicians’ desire to give back to the community. “A bunch of us were in the doctor’s lounge at Parkwest one day, and Dr. Lytle Brown, a general surgeon at Parkwest, said we should do something to give back,” Naylor recalled. “We all agreed but we didn’t know how. We asked, ‘What can we do?’ and Dr. Brown said, ‘We’re surgeons – we can operate somewhere.’ We came up with all kinds of crazy ideas like going to the Philippine jungle, but you can’t operate in the jungle. We realized that wouldn’t work because we had to have equipment, and we had to bring it somewhere that we can y into.” Overhearing their conversation, a nurse anesthetist from Guatemala suggested they consider Antigua where a church was operating an orphanage and offering mental healthcare and eye care, yet wanting to do more. It sounded perfect. Tucked away in the central highlands of Guatemala, the 472-year-old city is known for its well-preserved Spanish Baroque architecture, coffee farms and volcanoes. But it is at Obras Sociales del Santo Hermano Pedro, a large Catholic church that stretches for a city block, where the missionaries would be doing their work. After contacting the church’s Padre, the missionaries made their rst trip in 2000. But when Naylor and his volunteer army of 25 surgeons, nurses, anesthe-

The 2015 general and gynecological surgery team. anesthesia services in conjunction with anesthesia personnel from LSU. Also, Dr. Wayne Hat eld, a urologist at Fort Sanders Regional who has been helping us for many years, went with Dr. Naylor in the fall to screen urology patients.” Naylor said, “I’ll go down there in September or October and screen about 500 people and decide who we are going to operate on. Then, I’ll come back to Knoxville and tailor our supplies to the patients we’ll have. I’ll call up different vendors and say, ‘I need so many total knees’ or ‘I need so many total plates for broken arms, Drs. Willard Campbell and Kenneth O’Kelley are all smiles during a break so many plates for legs.’ And I’ll call up our pediatric guy and say, between procedures. ‘We’ve got 20 club feet. We need tists and scrub techs arrived, they worked with them until it is truly to bring along supplies for 20 club found that the church’s bare “hos- state-of-the-art in Guatemala and feet, the right pins and plates. pital” rooms were in such disre- the hospital is operating 36 to 40 Once I nd out the number of patients we’ll operate on, I go to all pair that they could see through weeks a year.” the ceiling. The Knoxville Medical Mission the vendors and ask if they’ll do“We were pretty naive,” Nay- makes back-to-back, weeklong nate.” On average, the group will oplor recounted in a 2009 interview trips to the church twice a year, with the Knoxville News Senti- usually bringing about 30 medi- erate on 140 to 150 cases in the nel. “We went down thinking, cal professionals with them each two-week period. “We try to do as many as we ‘OK, we’re going to x people.’ We time along with supplies. This didn’t have enough supplies. We year’s trips were Jan. 17-24 and can,” Naylor added. “We work didn’t have the right equipment. It Jan. 24-31 and included Park- from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day, was pretty backward.” west General Surgeon Dr. Willard and we usually go until we run out But thanks to the Knoxville Campbell and ObGyn Dr. Kenneth of supplies. At the end of the week, Medical Mission, countless medi- R. O’Kelley, as well as ve nursing cal supply companies, private and staff from various departments at corporate donors and other mis- Parkwest Medical Center. The work they do when they arsion-minded physician groups, that is no longer the case. rive is mostly determined by Nay“We’ve since built it up until lor in the fall ahead of the January they have four of the best operat- visits. ing rooms in the whole country,” “Our week this year consisted said Naylor. “Joint instruments, mainly of gallbladder surgeries, trauma instruments – we’ve got hernia repairs, hysterectomies all kinds of stuff. Between us and and prostate surgeries,” said another group out of Texas called O’Kelley. “We have friends from Faith in Practice, we have brought Lexington, Ky., who came to do the tons of supplies there. So we’ve urology procedures and provided

I’m telling the Padre, ‘Go nd me a broken arm – I’ve got one plate left for a broken arm.’ So he goes wandering out into the streets and comes back with somebody who’s had a broken arm for weeks. Or, I’ll say, ‘I’ve got one more arti cial knee left for a very small person,’ and he’ll come back with someone. If I tell him that I’ve got something available, he will nd a patient for it.” That’s because there is always a need. “For many people in Guatemala, medical care is very dif cult and expensive to get, so many people go without treatment,” said Campbell. “The capital city is more modern, but you don’t have to step far to see the poverty.” “We do a lot of broken arms and legs, a lot of kids with club feet, dislocated hips, arti cial knees,” Naylor said. “We get a lot of people with broken bones and they’ve had nobody to x them. The injuries may be three or four months old and they’ve just got sticks with strings or rags wrapped around them. They have no healthcare. If you are 30 years old and break your femur, they’re like, ‘Well, Jose is going to die because he broke his leg.’ That’s just normal for them. If a kid is born with some defect like a club foot which we can easily x here in the States, for them it’s, ‘We’ll have to put them in an orphanage because we can’t take care of them.’ “It feels so good taking care of somebody who has no other chance of getting better,” he added. “You can’t believe the feeling you get when you x a little kid who you know was going to an orphanage and the parents are there crying and hugging you and they are all saying, ‘It’s a miracle! It’s a miracle! You are the hand of God!’ It’s very moving. They are so appreciative. For them, it’s like winning a lottery.”

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Noweta Garden Club members display summer flower arrangements. Following last week’s meeting, club members gifted the bouquets to residents of Morning Pointe. Photos by S. Clark

Carlson offers ‘Lessons from the Land’ By Sandra Clark A master gardener told us to say “soil” rather than “dirt” and shared some other worthy tips on growing ﬂowers and shrubs w h e n speaking at the Noweta Garden Club’s July meeting. It was hosted by club member JoAnne Hoffmeister at Morning Pointe of Powell. Dr. Lynn Carlson sound-

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 Webb: Sign Language Camp for kids entering second-fifth grade, 2:30-5:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, July 2024, Webb School of Knoxville, 9800 Webb School Lane. Info: bobgrimac@gmail.com; 291-3840.

ed like a college professor and there’s a reason. She taught organic chemistry at the University of Wisconsin before retiring with her husband to Knoxville. She enrolled in 2011 in the master gardener program at UT and quickly learned ﬁve lessons: ■ Tennessee is built of rocks, so consider rocks a feature, not a “bug.” Dirt is not soil. Soil is brown and crumbly. It contains organic matter. Carlson recommends making soil 50 percent organic for best growing.

clarencebrowntheatre.com/ actingcamp.shtml or Terry Silver-Alford, tsilvera@utk.edu. ■ Creative Movement for the Stage acting classes for ages 12 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. ■ “Dance the Day Away!” dance camp, 9 a.m.-noon Monday-Thursday, July 20-23, Premier Athletics KnoxvilleWest, 11250 Gilbert Drive.

■ 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.

■ You will plant trees and shrubs too close together. Carlson said to believe the higher number in a range – if the package says plants will grow 4- to 8-feet high, expect the 8-foot size. And even if you wish they did, shrubs and perennials do not come with wheels. ■ Nothing ever looks like it does on the seed packet. And the corollary is: The only way to guarantee color all year is to buy a garden gnome. Carlson uses pottery. ■ The right plant in the

Ages 4 and up. Cost: $90. Snack and craft included. Info/registration: 671-6333. ■ Day camps, Arnstein Jewish Community Center, 6800 Deane Hill Drive. Milton Collins Day Camp for grades K-six; Teen Adventures Program grades sevennine; Counselor-in-Training Program grade 10; Camp K’TonTon for ages 2 yearspre-K. Different theme each week. Info/registration: 6906343, www.jewishknoxville. org.

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right place is more than a cliché. And when a packet says, “drought tolerant,” From page A-1 that’s a lie. “Be really cautious ties. The week ended with about accepting pass-along their walk with Christ. One goal of Youth Con- a worship service, followed plants,” she said. There’s a reason someone has too gress is to build future by a feast of 90 watermelons many. Often these plants pastors, missionaries and sliced to share among the can take over a garden, such leaders who will make a dif- group and a ﬁreworks show as the ubiquitous orange ference in their communi- that lit up the sky. daylily. ■ There will be weeds. Carlson’s talk was amusing and informative with these parting words: “In 10 years, you can do stuff, even ■ Broadacres Homeowners Association. Info: Steven Goodpaster, generalgoodpaster@gmail.com. in tough places.”

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

mer programs for ages 9-17. Info/registration: 448-6709 or www.gsmit.org/Summer Youth.html. ■ Imagination Forest MiniCamps, Imagination Forest, 7613 Blueberry Road. Minicamps are divided into two groups: ages 3-5 and 6-12. Time slots: 9 a.m.-noon, 1-4 p.m., 4-7 p.m. Different theme each week through Aug. 7. Preregistration required. Info/

■ Northwest Democratic Club meets 6 p.m. each first Monday, Austin’s Steak & Homestyle Buffet, 900 Merchant Drive. Info: Nancy Stinnette, 688-2160, or Peggy Emmett, 687-2161. ■ Norwood Homeowners Association. Info: Lynn Redmon, 6883136. ■ Powell Alumni Association banquet is the first Saturday in April. Info: Vivian McFalls, 607-8775. ■ Powell Lions Club meets 7 p.m. each first Thursday, Lions Club Building, 7145 Old Clinton Pike. Info: tnpowelllions@gmail.com.

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years. She’s the boss.” When he gets to talking about how they got together in high school, Hump calls her “the Lucky Cheerleader” and tells how he managed to snag such a prize: “Got her drunk. Moonshine works wonders. Always did.” Humphammer’s is open 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. and serves Humpburgers, hamburgers, hot dogs, steamed deli sandwiches, fries, tots, onion rings, cheese sticks, jalapeno poppers and a platelunch special. Wednesday is meatloaf day. Every day Neely’s place is open is the realization of a dream. “When I was in high school, I used to sit out in the parking lot and look at the Powell Meat Market, and I’d tell them boys I was going to open me up a deli right back there. A deli and a pinball arcade. And I did.”

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it in the school parking lot with the keys in it and when we come back, old Rick, the boy with me, he kept the key ring. I jumped out of the passenger side, took off to class so they wouldn’t know who done it. They called the state troopers, but Rick had ﬂushed the keys down the commode.” He says getting away with it was a borderline miracle. “We drove right by the lunchroom blowing the horn, waving at everybody. They all seen us drive by. Ain’t never been the sharpest tack in the box.” Humphammer serves up stories all day long in the deli/market at 7331 Clinton Highway that he and his wife, Cindy – “The Ramrod,” as he calls her when he’s being serious – have owned for 28 and a half years. “These days, everybody knows what I’ve known for

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Dashcam restrictions catch mayor off guard The recent backtracking by the city on second-tier efforts to restrict access to the dashboard cameras in police cruisers was justified and underlines several administrative issues within Team Rogero. This is the third time the mayor has been caught publicly unaware of something the police department was doing. The first occurred early in her administration when Police Chief David Rausch called for hiring 30 new police officers that were not contained in the mayor’s budget on the eve of her budget message. She had no notice of the public statement. Second, Rogero’s threeyear absence from 911 Board meetings might never have occurred had she met regularly with her police chief and been briefed on issues. She was caught unaware of bids for a new communications system. This time she, as well as her communications office, was uninformed on the work Deputy Law Director Ron Mills was doing to push new protocols that could have limited public access to the dashcam videos. No one had told her. Once informed, Rogero quickly buried the matter.

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It will not be back on her watch. Two of Rogero’s most able directors are Police Chief Rausch and Law Director Charles Swanson. She would benefit by holding regular meetings with them. She would benefit from regular meetings of her entire cabinet where all could hear directly what was going on and where the priorities stand. Any city in the United States would be glad to have Swanson and Rausch in leadership positions, but one has the distinct impression this mayor does not seek out regularly information on what is happening under the surface at city hall. If she did, she would avoid these issues and be a far more effective, can-do mayor in her final term. Her legacy would be enhanced, and she would see more accomplished. But for News Sentinel

reporter Jamie Satterfield’s sources at city hall who led her to this information on the dashcams in cruisers, it might be full steam on more limited access. Satterfield is an able, veteran NS reporter on judicial and law enforcement issues. ■ Businesses along Cumberland Avenue are continuing to lose business. Starbucks and Panera have cut some regular employees from 40 to 26 hours per week – a major pay cut. Other businesses also have fewer customers, which is lost revenue and sales tax for the city. Anne Wallace, a city employee who is widely quoted in news releases regarding closed streets, earns $74,280 a year. She received a 20 percent bump ($12,000) in August 2014; her salary was then at $60,000 after her 2.5 percent hike the previous month. She takes the bullets for much of the Cumberland Avenue construction woes. When asked why she would get such a generous raise (which few other city employees received), city spokesperson Eric Vreeland said it was approved by the mayor as it had been recommended by Director of

Redevelopment Bob Whetsel and Deputy Mayor Bill Lyons “due to her leadership on multiple projects.” No explanation of what those multiple projects were was forthcoming from Vreeland or Jesse Mayshark, his boss. ■ On a more positive note, the city broke ground on the new Suttree Landing Park last week; it will be a great asset to the city. The name of Suttree Landing was chosen in 2009 from a Cormac McCarthy novel. It was the top name in an online poll. This new park will be a great addition to the city’s park system. ■ U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said the Senate will not increase the gas tax this year for the highway trust fund. One wonders if Tennessee will plow ahead in six months with a gas tax hike when national leaders have pronounced a federal gas tax hike dead for now. It will be an uphill climb. ■ Both Jason Zachary and Karen Carson, who oppose each other for state representative in the Aug. 12 GOP primary, say they favor reversing the removal of the Lady Vols name from UT sports. Most fans and UT supporters agree with them.

Rogero has some fun at KAWE meet “Yippee!” Knoxville’s customarily calm, cool and poised mayor hollered out at a meeting where she was the guest speaker last week.

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Her audience loved it. Madeline Rogero was in her element when the Knoxville Association of Women Executives gathered at The Orangery. The KAWE even has a permanent name tag for Knoxville’s 68th mayor, labeling her an “honorary member.” So what was that shout of enthusiasm all about? Three and a half years into her first term, and with no opposition in this fall’s mayoral race, other than the possibility of a late-tothe-game write-in candidate who would have little to no chance of unseating her, Rogero told her audience, “As a political science graduate I can tell you there should be other candidates, but as an incumbent, I say ‘yippee!’ ” A former Knox County commissioner, Rogero has had some tough races in the past. She has won and lost,

Mayor Madeline Rogero with Mary Beth Ramey, president of KAWE. but she never stayed down for long, and she continued to learn how the game is played. Bill Haslam beat her at the polls in the 2003 mayor’s race but then turned around and hired her as the city’s community development director in 2006. That’s when Rogero’s political future became a fait accompli. It was a smart move for Haslam, not only for political reasons – Rogero carried with her an incredibly strong Democrat voting base that likely served Haslam well when he sought the governorship – but also because she is smart, accomplished and highly respected and would do a lot

to make his administration a success. Although Knoxville city elections are nonpartisan, anyone who pays attention knows which candidates bear allegiance to which party. A committed Democrat in a heavily Republican stronghold, Rogero was enabled by the job at city hall, working for a Republican mayor, to make new friends, impressing influential people in the Republican Party who grew to like and respect her personally and to admire her work ethic. As a result, when she ran for mayor four years ago, she walloped the opposition – both Republican and Democrat. Her popularity has con-

tinued to grow during her first term as mayor, even among Republicans who disdain her apparent closeness to the Obama administration, because her record of achievement as Knoxville’s mayor is unassailable. And while there is bickering aplenty in county government, that hasn’t been the case in city government under Rogero. The reason is simple: She’s a consensus builder. She is quick to give the credit to others, though, telling KAWE, “Any success we have is because of the people who work with me and because of a fabulous City Council. We don’t always agree, but we work well together. “Our initiatives are usually successful, although sometimes they need some tweaking.” Rogero discussed numerous city projects at the meeting, many of them involving road improvements and other traffic-inhibiting construction. She asked the group if they were aware there is a new city flower – “the orange cone” – which marks city construction sites from one end of town to the other, adding with a smile, “If you haven’t been inconvenienced yet, you will be.” Expect lots of sightings of that city flower in Mayor Rogero’s second term.

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Campen vs. Mirtes:

The only game in town In an election year that portends few surprises and no fireworks, the District 5 City Council race could be the only game in town – if the challenger remains as feisty in the stretch as she is out of the gate.

Betty Bean “I have nothing against Mark,” said Jennifer Mirtes. “I think he’s a great guy. I just think I could do a better job. Not to seem conceited, but once you’re elected, you have to speak for the people, and once I’m elected – and I will be – my opinion won’t matter anymore. “My main goal is to make sure that I stand up and speak for the people. If my community comes to me and says, ‘Hey, we have this issue,’ I’m going to stand by them. I’m not one of these people that doesn’t have a backbone.” Incumbent Mark Campen is opening his campaign with an issue-specific approach and offered the example of his meetings with North Knoxville neighborhood residents as well as with a representative of the Hutton Company from Chattanooga to discuss plans for building a Walmart on the historic Howard House property on North Broadway. He said he urged the developer to meet with the neighborhood. “I told them it’s in their best interest to meet with the neighborhood and try to find a compromise. It’s important to point out the two main issues at hand: historic preservation and the plans of the Broadway Corridor Taskforce. Most folks I’ve heard from would like to see a mixed use for the area. “I’ve got unfinished business. No magic recipe – I just want to keep doing the work I’ve been doing, and I’ve got a great record of talking to people and listening to neighborhoods

wherever issues come up, whether it’s Inskip or Oakwood Lincoln Park.” The fifth district is large and multicultural and encompasses a big chunk of the northside out to Fountain City west of Broadway. It includes Inskip, Lonsdale and Happy Holler as well. Mirtes lives in Inskip with her husband, Chris; works part-time for Smart Home Technologies; and cares for her father, who has Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease. She is active in the Inskip Community Association and is a past president of the Central High School PTSO. Her campaign will emphasize her military service (she enlisted in the Air Force during Desert Storm), and she speaks frankly about growing up in foster care and moving to Knoxville to escape a bad marriage. She made the unusual move of listing her party affiliation (Republican) even though city offices are nonpartisan. Campen, in some ways, is a mirror opposite. Both sides of his family have been Knoxvillians for generations and were involved in local politics. His grandfather, Willard Yarbrough, was a political reporter for the News Sentinel, served on County Court and ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Congress against Irene Baker for the seat made vacant by the death of Howard Baker Sr. Yarbrough ran against John Duncan Sr. in the next election and put on a credible showing, considering he was a Democrat running for a seat that had been in Republican hands since Reconstruction. Campen’s aunt, Pat Campen Medley, a Republican, served on County Commission. Unlike Mirtes, Campen, who was appointed to serve a six-month term on County Commission after Black Wednesday, claims no party affiliation and said he believes he serves his constituents better as an independent.

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Who is No. 2?

sergeant (nowhere near a general). He is 6-4 and 213 and working to get stronger by the day. This son of a Critical question that reTexas high school coach got ally needs an answer before a head start on the Tennesthe second Saturday in Sepsee playbook and will know tember: Who is No. 2? how to run the offense. Marvin We know about No. 1. Jennings, 6-4 and 190, West Joshua Dobbs is Tennessee’s has a burning desire to be quarterback. The benefia quarterback but admits ciary of a forced promotion he still has a lot to learn. He is the more athletic runner saved last season, directed and a potential star at some the bowl romp and now is famous, even ranked ahead Butch Jones has multiple other position if he falls of his accomplishments. choices, the finest crop of short of his goal. Hype helps in the race young quarterbacks in the Jones could be the best for a Heisman. It would also country. Amazing it is. Tal- combo, good passer, fleet help to complete a few pass- ented they are, four stars afoot, a genuine dual-threat es down the field and win all. Experienced they are quarterback from a very some really big games. competitive league in Calinot. Even though Dobbs is Some high school stand- fornia. He is 6-3 and 190, nimble and quick, most outs shy away from competi- about the size of Dobbs scrambles and called run- tion. Quinten Dormady, Jau- when he arrived, a more acning plays end with a hit. an Jennings and Sheriron curate passer but similar in Because the line still has Jones showed no fear. Each several ways. flaws, we can assume he probably believes he is the Sheriron does come with will be hit hard if he just best, or soon will be. one scar. He committed to stands there. Either way, It is little more than a Florida before he wised up the Volunteers must have a guess at the moment but and switched to Tennessee. satisfactory replacement – Dormady appears to have Enjoy the thought of just in case something bad more polish and is probably three fine freshmen – while happens. the better passer and field it lasts.

When Mike DeBord wears his August quarterback coaching cap, he will have two primary jobs. He must help Dobbs refine his skills. Joshua is a junior who has started nine games. He’s nowhere near his potential peak. Superior intelligence makes him easy to teach. He is a good athlete for the position. Perhaps more important for DeBord and the team is preparation of an adequate replacement before the Oklahoma game. Not having a satisfactory reserve has been a Tennessee weakness. Think how the Vols looked against Florida in 2013. Don’t bother recalling how they looked last season. That might cause indigestion. The race for No. 2 figures to be one of the most interesting aspects of pre-season practice. Want to test your foresight? Write your pick on a sticky note and put it where you can find it. Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@netzero.com

government Work ahead on Jackson Avenue As the city of Knoxville prepares to seek a master developer to oversee development of publicly owned properties along West Jackson Avenue, consultants are conducting a market study to provide guidance on potential commercial and residential uses of the properties. The properties, which include the cleared sites of the former McClung Warehouses, run along West Jackson between Gay Street and Broadway. They are owned by Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation on behalf of the city. KCDC has contracted with The Communities Group and Thomas Pointe

Associates to conduct the market study. “This is really the next step toward redeveloping Jackson Avenue,” said Bob Whetsel, the city’s director of redevelopment. “The market study will give us a clearer picture of potential uses along that corridor.” Mayor Madeline Rogero included $150,000 in this year’s budget to hire a master developer to oversee Jackson Avenue redevelopment. The market study is expected to be complete by the end of the summer. The city will then begin working on a Request for Qualifications for a master developer.

A ‘sign’ of progress for Knoxville After a series of amendments and amended amendments, City Council voted to make significant changes to a proposed sign ordinance. The changes, approved last week on first reading, will limit the height of new signs to 35 feet within 500 feet of Interstate exchanges, 30 feet on roads adjacent to Interstate right-of-way, 20 feet on federally designated highways and 10 feet everywhere else. The numbers originally proposed by the Sign Task Force were 40, 30, 30 and 30 feet. The city’s current code allows 50-foot signs on any road. The lower numbers are good news for those who would rather look at green

bers. Knoxville Chamber president Mike Edwards described the Sign Task Force’s proposed limit on Wendy sign heights (40, 30, 30 and Smith 30 feet) as “a major hit.” This caused me to wonder if any business ever folded due to limits on signage. mountains and blue sky I called Edwards the day afthan a jumble of advertis- ter the vote to see if he knew. No surprise: No such ing. And that would be everybody, excluding a few data exist. There have advertising execs and sign been studies on the failure manufacturers. Business of businesses after road owners love their own signs changes, but none on sign but could probably do with- height changes. From Edwards’ perspecout the rest. Before approving lower tive, it’s not about having the sign heights suggested by biggest sign – it’s about becouncil member George ing fair. State law has grandWallace, a business own- fathered the 50-foot signs, er himself, council heard so it’s wrong to limit new from community mem- businesses to 10-foot signs.

Those in favor of lower signs point to Turkey Creek shopping area, which is wildly successful, even with strict limits on sign height. Turkey Creek can’t be compared to the rest of Knoxville because it was developed all at once with a uniform standard, which meant all tenants played by the same rules in regard to signage. Research shows that signage is very important for businesses, Edwards says. Brand repetition is crucial, and signs provide that. Still, there is ample evidence within the community that big signs aren’t required for big business. Case in point − the Bearden Chick-fil-A, owned by Ed-

die Halliday. When neighbors and other concerned citizens learned that the corporate office intended to put a 50-foot sign in front of the store, built in 2012, they pleaded with Halliday to install a monument sign instead. He did, and long drive-through lines are a testament to the store’s success. The same is true of businesses along Kingston Pike west of Cedar Bluff Road. A group of self-appointed “sign cops” have made a habit of asking businesses along the corridor to keep signage low, and they’ve complied − and thrived. Edwards didn’t have an answer for how the Internet – cell phones in particular

– affects the need for signage. He did point out that it’s illegal to use cell phones while driving. On our family vacation, I booked my hotels online and located my favorite fast-food restaurant with my phone (while someone else was driving, of course). Signs helped me see those businesses as I approached, but played no role in my choosing them. These days we use the Internet or local newspapers to find our insurance agent, tire store or a guy to fi x the dishwasher. Big signs for stores may go the way of the Burma Shave signs. Thank you, council members who voted for lower signs. Please do it again.

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The valley of dry bones Therefore prophesy, and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: I am going to open your graves, and bring you up from your graves, O my people; and I will bring you back to the land of Israel. And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves, and bring you up from your grave, O my people. I will put my spirit within you, and you shall live…. (Ezekiel 37:12-14 NRSV)

Santiago de Cali, Colombia’s second-largest city.

Uncle Walter, Cali and fringe benefits By Marvin West Ninety years ago, a young Cumberland Presbyterian preacher put down missionary roots in South America. Walter Swartz went in with minimum Spanish and no contacts and stayed to start churches and organize a bilingual school in Cali, Colombia. Seventy years ago, a favorite niece, Sarah Jane Blackburn, listened in awe to an hour of missionary adventures and told Uncle Walter that she would like to visit Cali some day and “see what you and God have done.” Last month, along with hundreds of Cumberland Presbyterians gathered there for their general assembly, Sarah Jane Blackburn West revived the memory of Uncle Walter at Colegio Americano. Her stories earned a rousing ovation. Indeed, Sarah has insight. She is a lifelong Cumberland Presbyterian. She was a youth leader as a Cleveland youth and was elected the first woman elder at Beaver Creek church in the Powell area. She was also elected president of Tennessee PTA and served as an advocate for youth and public education in Washington – but that’s another story. At Cali, she told “Uncle Walter” stories, hand-medowns, going back to his Chicago childhood, including how he played “preacher” in home reruns of Sun-

day services, complete with hymns and another collection (mostly marbles, bottle tops and pet rocks). “He would stand on a foot stool so he could look down on the ‘congregation,’ his younger brothers and sisters,’” said Sarah. “Sometimes he ‘preached’ a long time. The Swartz group sang ‘Bringing in the Sheets.’ Only much later did they learn that the key word was SHEAVES.” Sarah told about Walter’s billy goat and little red wagon and how they moved up from a paper route and other deliveries to political invitations to lead Chicago parades. “Uncle Walter was a celebrity in our family,” said Sarah. “My mother (Laura Swartz Blackburn) convinced us he was very special. Most of my other uncles and aunts were fun people, very entertaining at family gatherings. One was a ventriloquist. Uncle Walter was pleasant but more serious.

He didn’t talk as much but when he said something, it was usually very meaningful.” Missionary memories were the highlights in Cali but there was an unbelievable sidelight. During an outgoing delay at the Miami airport, two college-age women struck up a conversation with Sarah – where you from, ever been to Cali, we live there. Victoria and Angelica Paris had gone to school in Michigan and Wisconsin. Their father, a geology professor, insisted they learn English. They were enthusiastic about Cali. They offered a tour. They had a nice car. They were great guides. During a long lunch break, conversation turned to family. Their brother is a peanut farmer. Their dad does international seminars. As if it didn’t really matter too much, their grandfather was once president of Colombia. Do what?

We forget that God was in the resurrection business centuries before the resurrection of Jesus. As is often the case, I first learned this story by singing it. Poet James Weldon Johnson’s famous spiritual “Dry Bones” is well known, especially among Southern musicians. In it, Johnson connects, then disconnects “dem bones,” and the recurring refrain is “Now hear the word of the Lord!” Aside from bodily resurrection, I am more interested in the way God raises us up day by day. We are reborn, renewed, resurrected, many times over the course of our lives. That is, we are if we are willing to stay in touch with God, allow God to work on us, to mold and shape us. If we are willing to obey, to listen.

Gabriel Paris Gordillo, former army general, commander of the Colombian military, was chosen as president in 1957 after the coup d’etat. He restored order in the country. He secured a very large grant from the U.S. to keep the lights on. He led the constitutional change that allowed women to vote. His memory is revered. There are statues. We must have made a fuss over the presidential news. The granddaughters laughed and called their parents. They wanted to meet Sarah. How about another lunch, tomorrow, at their home? Yes, I could come along. That lunch lasted three hours and could have gone ■ Cross Roads Presbyterian, longer. The food was excel4329 E. Emory Road, hosts the lent. Conversation was spirHalls Welfare Ministry food ited. Goodbyes were finally pantry 6-8 p.m. each second said, punctuated with hugs. Tuesday and 9-11 a.m. each Señor Gabriel Paris vowed fourth Saturday. and declared they will return ■ Dante Baptist Church, 314 the visit – to Union County. Brown Road, will host a womIs this amazing, or what? en’s expo with 25 vendors, 10

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Collaboration is key at NTRC By Shannon Carey

Jianlin Li discusses the process of creating batteries with the interns. Photo

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Going the distance By Charlie B Ch li H Hamilton ilt You know when you go buy a new car at a dealership how on the window sticker it shows how many miles per gallon it gets and its fuel economy? These are two of the biggest questions when buying a car. Well, by 2025 the average fuel efficiency of all new cars sold in the U.S. will have to be 54.5 miles per gallon, or the automaker gets a hefty fine. Right now, a new mid-sized car usually gets around 20 to 25 miles per gallon. The U.S. has some of the most strict emissions regulations in the world. I have to say that we are about halfway to the 54.5 mpg goal, and we have 10 years to do it. With advancements each and every day by the National Transportation Research Center, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, we can reach that milestone. NTRC has top-notch scientists and engineers working with new technology for

l t i hi l l electric vehicles, regular passenger cars, and even heavy-duty tractor trailers. There is even a program called FEERC that stands for Fuel, Engines and Emissions Research Center that focuses on emissions control and the advancement in combustion engines. In America, we use about 135 billion gallons of gas a year. At NTRC they want to use “less fuel to go the same distance,” which is great considering the price of gas on today’s market. Lighter cars, higher octane grades of gas, and compression on a motor can boost a car’s fuel economy. NTRC is working with Ford, GM, Cummins and other automakers to improve the fuel economy and emissions of their cars. With all of this research and advancement, automakers won’t have to worry about the regulations, and maybe someday we will have a car that puts out no emissions at all.

The professionals at ORNL’s National Transportation Research Center have teamwork down pat. “When we do research and development here, it’s very seldom that we do it all by ourselves,” Claus Daniel of NTRC’s Sustainable Transportation Program told Shopper-News interns July 7. NTRC houses scientists and engineers from a multitude of disciplines, men and women, with 81 nationalities represented. These folks work with vehicle manufacturers, universities, and a variety of other stakeholders to push the United States into the forefront of efficient and sustainable transportation technology. Interns heard from Madhu Chintavali about fast, wireless charging for electric cars, from Brian West about cleaner, more efficient gasoline engines, from Dean Deter about improvements in heavy-duty truck engines, and from Jianlin Li about making batteries smaller, longer-lived and less toxic. But the team at NTRC doesn’t just span nationalities. It spans ages as well. NTRC interns Matt Love and Michael Goin are just out of high school at Hardin

By Shannon Carey Jamal Johnson of the D1 training facility in Hardin Valley told Shopper-News interns about the first time he met Vols football legend Peyton Manning. Johnson, a University of Florida alum, said “How’s it feel not ever beating us?”

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Valley Academy. Their focus is 3-D printing. These two prodigies were on Hardin Valley Academy’s first robotics team. Many parts for their award-winning robots were 3-D printed right there at NTRC. Love said 3-D printing is changing vehicle manufacturing for the better, making it “much faster, cheaper and more effective.” NTRC houses 3-D printers for both plastics and metal, from the huge “Big Bertha” model, capable of printing a whole car, to desktop-size models. “It’s a very young busi-

Manning smiled and said, “How’s it feel not having a championship ring?” After blowing out his knee in professional football, Johnson went on to coach and work at D1, which Manning founded. According to Johnson, Manning and Vols teammate Will Bartholomew saw a market for professional training facilities. D1 houses an indoor football field, a weight room, and an on-site physical therapy office. “There was nothing like this,” said Johnson. “Nowhere you could get the Division 1 experience. They felt like athletes should not be the only ones privileged with that level of training.” D1’s headquarters are in Nashville, and there are locations in multiple states. Johnson is also a nonfaculty strength and conditioning coach for Central High School’s football team, and he spoke reverently about the legacy of coach Joel Helton, who recently passed away. “We as a team now believe that we are going to finish what he started,” Johnson said. “He wasn’t just about football. He was about developing student athletes and bringing them up as young men. I’ve had good coaches and I’ve had

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FRIDAY Alive After Five: The Streamliners Swing Orchestra, 6-8:30 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Tickets: $15; $10 for members/students. Info: 934-2039. Midnight Voyage Live: Josh Wink, 9 p.m., The International, 940 Blackstock Ave. Info/tickets: www.intlknox.com.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY Red Gate Festival and Rodeo, Red Gate Farm, 2353 Maynardville Highway, Maynardville. Info: 992-3303 or RedGateRodeo.com.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY Chad Wood as Macduff fights it out with Joe Casterline as the title character in the Tennessee Stage Company’s current production of “Macbeth.” “M Maccb be eth t .” Photo to byy H. H Caitlyn Corbitt

on the Square By Carol Shane There’s an old theatrical superstition that forbids actors backstage to mention a certain Shakespeare play by name, having them refer to it instead as “The Scottish Play.” The rules seem to be different, however, when the play itself is actually being performed. And beginning this Friday, the Tennessee Stage Company will bring “Macbeth” to Market Square in this year’s Shakespeare on the Square. The famous tale of ambition, murder and madness is “a show that people love,” says TSC artistic director Tom Parkhill. “It’s one of the simpler plays – easy to follow.” This is TSC’s third production of “Macbeth,” having presented it in 1995 and 2005. Director Greg Congleton has been acting all his life and has been involved with the TSC since the early 1990s, but this is his first time directing Shakespeare. “Everybody puts their own twist on ‘Macbeth,’” he says. “This is medieval Scotland about to be invaded by

Norwegians, N rw No rw rwegians so we’re going with broadswords, banners and lots of blood.” For the three “bubble, bubble, toil and trouble” witches, Congleton takes a cue from this description: What are these So wither’d and so wild in their attire, That look not like the inhabitants o’ the earth, And yet are on’t? “My concept is that they’re evil time travelers,” he says. The witches will be adorned with symbols of evil from throughout the ages, and they’ll look different every time they appear. Carolyn Corley plays Lady Macbeth. “She’s such a complicated villain,” Corley says. “I think that everything she does comes out of love for her husband – she just goes about it in the absolute wrong way.” As for the title character, actor Joe Casterline says that he is “the first Shakespeare character I’ve encountered that I actually had no blueprint for. It’s not in the stage descriptions; you have to find it yourself.” Parkhill remembers see-

ing the actor in a particular role years ago that called for depths of anger. “He’s the sweetest guy you’d ever want to meet, but he was just downright scary in that scene. I didn’t know he had that much in him. He’s been a very versatile player for us for a long time.” Providing some comic relief to the dark drama will be “The Taming of the Shrew,” running in Market Square on alternate nights. This classic tale of the battle of the sexes was the TSC’s very first show, performed in the World’s Fair Park amphitheater in 1990. “We performed it again for our 10th anniversary, and now it’s our 25th, so it seemed fitting to include it,” says Parkhill. In addition, you can brush up on your Shakespeare at “Shakesology: A Shakespeare Study Day” hosted by the TSC at Lawson McGhee Library on the last weekend of the run. The Tennessee Stage Company’s 2015 Shakespeare on the Square begins this Thursday with “The Taming of the Shrew,” per-

formed July 16, 18, 24, 26, 30 and Aug. 1, 7, 9, 13, 15. “Macbeth” will be performed July 17, 19, 23, 25, 31 and Aug. 2, 6, 8, 14, 16. All performances begin at 7 p.m. “Shakesology: A Shakespeare Study Day” will take place at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 15, for “ Macbeth” and 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 16, for “The Taming of the Shrew.” The 2 ½ hour presentations take place at Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Info: tennesseestage.com or 546-4280. Send story suggestions to news@shoppernewsnow.com.

The Lake Junaluska Singers will perform at 7 p.m. Monday, July 20, at St. Paul United Methodist Church, 4014 Garden Drive. The popular 14-voice professional ensemble has performed nationally and internationally. Their music ranges from classical choral style to gospel, folk, pop and musical theater. Admission is free, and a nursery will be provided.

Amy Schumer hits the big screen By Betsy Pickle Laughs should be plentiful in “Trainwreck,” with comic Amy Schumer as star and writer and Judd Apatow as director. It’s one of two wide-release films opening on Friday. Schumer plays a commitment-phobic woman whose life of serial dating switches gears when she meets a possible Mr. Right (Bill Hader). With Schumer playing a magazine writer and Hader the sports-medicine guru of the moment, the Rrated comedy features such sports-world celebrities

as LeBron James, Amar’e Stoudemire, Chris Evert and Marv Albert. But the rest of the cast includes both acting luminaries such as Tilda Swinton, Norman Lloyd, Daniel Radcliffe, Marisa Tomei and Ezra Miller and comedians Colin Quinn, Dave Attell and Mike Birbiglia. The other Friday opener is the latest entry in the Marvel movie universe, “Ant-Man.” Word is, this little superhero gets stronger as he gets smaller. Fine. But when they come up with a cockroach superhero, I’m bailing.

New to the screen but not to Marvel fans, Ant-Man has been around in the comic books since the early 1960s. Paul Rudd plays Scott Lang, a master thief who gets out of prison and finds himself forced Amy Schumer and Bill Hader start with back into his laughs but head toward a serious relacriminal life to tionship in “Trainwreck.” come up with money for child support. Scientist Hank recruits Scott to steal the Pym (Michael Douglas) technology he created, but

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SATURDAY Comedian Killer Beaz, 7 and 9:15 p.m., the Square Room, 4 Market Square. Info/tickets: www. killerbeaz.com. Front Page Follies, 6 p.m., Knoxville Convention Center. Presented by the Front Page Foundation. Honoree: John Adams, senior sports columnist, Knoxville News Sentinel. Proceeds will fund journalism scholarships at UT and Pellissippi State Community College. Info/tickets: www. FrontPageFoundation.org. Family Fun Day: Plants and Animals of Tennessee, 1-4 p.m., McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 1327 Circle Park Drive. Free. Info: 9742144. Shakespeare on the Square: “The Taming of the Shrew,” 7 p.m., Market Square. Info: 546-4280, www.tennesseestage.com, tennesseestage@comcast. net. TnT Superhero 5k and 1-mile fun run, 8 a.m., West High School, 3300 Sutherland Ave. Benefits the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. To sign up: https://runsignup.com/Race/TN/Knoxville/ TnTSuperHero5kandfunrunwalk. Info: 556-5385; or Sofie Bell, sofienbell@yahoo.com.

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Fountain City lost a good friend when acclaimed artist William Van “Bill” Kidwell Jr. passed away on July 7 in Columbia, Tenn. Bill was born in Fountain City on July 27, 1934, the son of W.V. Kidwell Sr. and Alma Kidwell. His aptitude for art dates to his ﬁrst project, a Crayola mural on his Grandmother Collins’ front door on Ocala Drive in Old Fountain City, where he spent much of his early childhood. He was only 2 years old at the time. He attended Fountain City Grammar School and Central High School, where he graduated in 1954. He credited the late Virginia Wil-

ico, for a time but soon returned to UT to take more Jim art courses. In 1966, he Tumblin traveled the Eastern United “Hotel Avenue (1950)”: This nostalgic piece is one of a series of States painting in several 12 Kidwell paintings of historic Fountain City scenes that he locations and photographing scenes for future works. created in 2004. Courtesy of the artist After a sojourn in New Orleans, he moved to Berkeson Monroe, Central High Kermit Ewing, UT professor ing to Los Angeles, where he ley, Calif., where his work School art teacher, with as- and widely known local art- became a technical illustra- was published in several sisting him in developing ist, hired him as an assistant tor for Lockheed Aircraft. Bay Area periodicals. He He was soon promoted to was living on a 40-foot sailhis early technique. in the art department. After high school, Kidwell Then, for two years, he department manager and boat, and the harbor scenes served in the U.S. Marine taught science and art and by his fourth year was work- he painted were met with Corps for 3 1/2 years, then coached basketball at Vestal ing on the top-secret SR-71 an enthusiastic reception. entered the University of Junior High School. Desir- Blackbird Project. Then he moved to Santa In 1964, seeking a more Ana in Southern CaliforTennessee, where he ma- ing to pursue a career as an jored in painting with a mi- artist, however, he moved to creative approach to art, he nia before moving to Taos, nor in art history. Soon C. Florida briefly before mov- moved to Mazatlán, Mex- N.M., where he established a gallery connection and experienced robust sales of his GSSIIN N N I V C Southwest work. R G E N I E CE GREAT PRICE SESRV Eventually, his roots in Knoxville brought him home BRAND BRAND GREAT PRICE to establish a studio on Fort NAME NAME Loudoun Lake. Soon a oneman show attracted attenGREAT PRICE tion at UT, and he was asked to teach design and figure 14.4-15.76 Oz. 12 Oz. drawing and did so for the ASSORTED PIZZAS ASSORTED APPETIZERS next two years. During this time, Kidwell and his friend author Cormac McCarthy completed an awesome projCOMPARE AT $ 97 ect in downtown Maryville, a 15-foot section of mo6818 Maynardville Highway • 922-4800 • Sun 10-6; Mon-Sat 8-9 saic sidewalk. It was valued so highly that it was later moved to the plaza in front of the Blount County Library at a cost of $8,800. When the opportunity came to become an artist and photographer for a National Geographic expedition to Yucatan, Mexico, he signed on. After the project ended, he leisurely traveled north to the U.S. border, painting and filming future subjects along the way. His inspired Mexican paintings called for an exhibit, and all the works were sold on opening day. Always open to new chal11 Oz. FAMILY PACK lenges, Kidwell moved to 47 COUNTRY STYLE MANDARIN ORANGES

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Reddick now heads North Rotary By Shannon Carey The Rev. Max Reddick says he has a good model of leadership from his calling as pastor of Fountain City Presbyterian Church. “It’s a model of servant leadership,” he said. “I take it from a carpenter who lived 2,000 years ago.” Reddick is the new president of the North Knoxville Rotary Club, taking over from immediate past president Nic Nicaud. The gavel was passed at the July 9 meeting. “It’s been a good opportunity,” said Nicaud. “I’ve learned so much.” Reddick said he plans to focus on membership and service as Rotary president. He hopes to grow membership by encouraging current members to ask friends and colleagues to join.

“We are a diverse group of men and women of all ages,” he said. “I think there’s tremendous power in asking. Why are some people not here? Well, because no one asked.” Reddick asked members to get “skin in the game” for Rotary Club service, to connect with the needs of the community and to serve people here. “Our work together is more powerful when our hands are united,” he said. “Do you want to be a lunch club, or do you want to be a service organization?” ■

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Rotary member Ely Driver introduced Dylan Graves of Dogwood Elementary School, whom the North Knox Rotary Club sponsored on the Safety Patrol field trip

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Former North Knoxville Rotary Club president Nic Nicaud passes the gavel to incoming president, the Rev. Max Reddick, pastor at Fountain City Presbyterian Church. Photos by

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to Washington, D.C. Dylan shared a slideshow of his photographs from the trip. His favorite part was a visit to the Lincoln Memorial. “It was the best trip but the longest ride I’ve ever been on. Thank you,” he said. The club meets at noon Dylan Graves shares his expeeach Thursday at Litton’s. riences on the Safety Patrol Follow it on Facebook. field trip to Washington, D.C.

Everyone needs emergency plan By Bonny C. Millard The recent CSX train derailment in Blount County serves as good reminder for residents and businesses to be prepared in case of an emergency, an American Red Cross official said. Lori Marsh, major gifts officer with the East Tennessee Chapter of the American Red Cross, spoke to the Rotary Club of Knoxville recently about the humanitarian organization. The chapter’s executive director, Michelle Hankes, is a Rotarian and club member. The East Tennessee chapter will celebrate its centennial in 2017. Nationwide, the Red Cross responds to 70,000 disasters every year including the recent evacuation in Blount County. Marsh’s presentation was scheduled before the July 2 incident when more than 5,000 people were evacuated and multiple businesses shut down. “So here’s the real question. Is your business, or-

number of items that are considered emergency essentials: flashlights, batteries, candles, matches, necessary medicines, water, snacks, first aid kit, change of clothes and weather radio. Businesses should have a list of contacts that is accessible off premises in case of evacuation, she said. “Being Red Cross Ready is all about what the Red Cross needs to do. We need At Knoxville Rotary are Michelle Hankes, Lori Marsh and Mary to make sure that you know Ann Mulhern. Photo by Bonny C. Millard what emergencies, what disasters could happen in this ganization, your home, are That’s a huge part of what community,” Marsh said. you prepared for the next the Red Cross mission is: “You need to have a business plan and your family emergency?” education and training.” Several businesses inMarsh displayed a disaster plan.” cluding Denso, a large manufacturing facility, Walmart and Second Harvest were in the evacuation area. Although she wasn’t speaking Pellissippi State CommuThe new associate degree directly about those busi- nity College is offering new in Mechanical Engineering nesses, Marsh said most courses and two new engi- teaches students skills repeople and businesses don’t neering technology concen- lated to mechanical compohave a plan in place to deal trations at the Strawberry nent and system design. The with emergencies. Plains and Hardin Valley Industrial Maintenance as“What’s your plan if your campuses beginning with sociate degree will prepare day is disrupted by disaster? the fall semester. graduates for careers with

Families mark 15-year anniversary By Tammi Chase Windsor Gardens Assisted Living is celebrating its 15th anniversary of serving North Knoxville and the surrounding communities. In honor of this milestone, Windsor Gardens hosted its annual Family Fun Day and Picnic. A fabulous time was had by all, as attendees enjoyed their luck at the dunk tank, games, live music, a raffle and delicious food. Windsor Gardens is locally owned and operated by individuals who have deep roots in our community. This local ownership provides flexibility to adapt to specific needs that corporate-owned communities do

not have. Brian Bartley, chief manager, owner and administrator, feels “honored to serve the senior community and their families of North Knoxville. “Our personal commitment at Windsor Gardens is to provide you or your loved one the same care, compassion and respect we would wish for our own family. We are dedicated to maintaining the dignity and independence of our residents in a quality home-like community.” Thanks to all who attended and joined us in celebrating this event! Windsor Gardens Assisted Living is located at 5611 Central Avenue Pike. Info: 865-688-4840. Tammi Chase is the office manager.

Pellissippi State offers new courses at two campuses manufacturing companies as industrial machinery maintenance and repair technicians. Courses in shielded metal arc welding, gas metal arc welding and gas tungsten arc welding also have been

added to the Engineering Technology program. Registration for the fall semester is going on now. The application deadline is Aug. 12, and classes begin Aug. 24. Info: www.pstcc. edu or 865-694-6400.

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Luttrell seniors luncheon, 10 a.m.-12:45 p.m., Luttrell Community Center. Bring dish to share. Magician Michael Messing, 11 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Info: 947-6210. Monday Night Book Club: “Defending Jacob” by William Landay, 6-8 p.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681. Q&A with UTK’s Ask-A-Scientist, 6-7 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. All ages welcome. Info: 525-5431.

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SATURDAY, JULY 18 Front Page Follies, 6 p.m., Knoxville Convention Center. Presented by the Front Page Foundation. Honoree is John Adams, senior sports columnist, Knoxville News Sentinel. Proceeds will fund journalism scholarships at the University of Tennessee and Pellissippi State Community College. Info/tickets: www. FrontPageFoundation.org. “Learn Bridge in a Day” workshop, noon-5 p.m., the Knoxville Bridge Center, 7400 Deane Hill Drive. Presented by Kevin Wilson; hosted by the Knoxville Association of Bridge Clubs. Cost: $20. Includes three follow-up beginning lessons. Info/registration: Jo Anne Newby, 539-4150; KnoxvilleBridge@gmail.com; bridgeinaday.com. Ride for Independence, 9 a.m., Li’l Jo’s BarB-Que, 2805 Maynardville Highway, Maynardville. Kickstands up, 10:30 a.m.; includes two-hour ride through Big Ridge State Park, music by Hillbilly Jedi, discount eats by Li’l Jo’s Bar-B-Que. Proceeds go to support Senior Citizens Home Assistance ServiceUnion County’s seniors. Info/registration: www.schas. org. Saturday Stories and Songs: Brianna Hanson, 11 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681. Saturday Stories and Songs: Emagene Reagen, 11 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Info: 947-6210. The Secret City Excursion Train, Heritage Center, Oak Ridge. Departure times: 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m. Dinner train ride, 6 p.m. Choice of four entrees. Info: www.secretcityrailroad.com or 241-2140.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 22 Computer Workshop: Word Basics, 2 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Requires “Introducing the Computer” or equivalent skills. Info/registration: 525-5431. 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. Info: Paul Taylor, 898-5724; www.oakridgefolkdancers.org; on Facebook.

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SATURDAY, JULY 25 Open auditions for new members to Tennessee Children’s Dance Ensemble, 2 p.m., Dancers Studio, 4216 Sutherland Ave. Any Tennessee resident 8-14 years old is eligible. Prepare one-minute dance composition without music demonstrating modern dance and ballet technique. Info: 584-9636.

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NEWS FROM TENNOVA HEALTH & FITNESS

What is Training for Life? Twelve weeks of training in small groups of three to five people, including 36 hours with a trainer and four nutritional classes. ■ High calorie-burning weights and cardio workouts to build lean muscle mass and help improve metabolism, cardiovascular health and strength. Workouts are tailored to an individual’s needs. ■ Small group training offers a great discount while accounting for personal needs. ■ The camaraderie of the group setting allows increased motivation and incentive.

Results from previous participants* include: ■ Ten to 20 pounds of weight loss. ■ Ten to 30 inches lost. ■ Fifty to 80 percent increase in muscle strength.

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By Shannon Carey

ennova Health and Fitness Center trainer Lori Meighan says she can’t take the credit for a client who recently lost 30 pounds in 12 weeks. “It’s the group,” she said, meaning a small cohort of fitness-seekers in her Training for Life training group. Training Lori Meighan for Life brings groups of three to five people together for a 12week program, including three sessions per week with a personal trainer. Four nutrition classes are also included and led by a Registered Dietitian. All of these sessions are at a significantly lower rate than individual personal training. And on top of all that, you get the accountability of a group and friendships that last a lifetime. “Most of the time they stay friends after this,” said Meighan. “They’re going through the same issues.” Tennova even adds an element of friendly competition. The Training for Life group that loses the highest weight percentage wins a prize, and the individual who loses the highest percentage wins a three-month membership.

Trainer Lori Meighan coaches Brenda Glasgow, Vicky Myers and Wendy Metz through some weight training. It was the competition aspect and group accountability that pushed the client who lost 30 pounds to win the individual prize. She had been fit before, but a busy lifestyle took her offtrack. “She came in determined to

■ Fifty to 80 percent improved cardio endurance. ■ Increased energy and improved metabolism. Any individual who completes the 12-week program will receive a Training for Life T-shirt, and those attending 36 sessions will receive a gym bag. The team with the best results at the end of 12 weeks will each win a relaxation massage. The individual with the greatest improvements at the end of 12 weeks will receive free membership for three months.

make a change,” said Meighan. “She was really down about where she let herself get to.” That client is now teaching group classes as a member of the Tennova Health & Fitness Center team. And the team-building that Training for Life clients experience spans generations. “I’ve had groups with four to five totally different people,” said Meighan. “I’ve had a group with an 80-year-old in with 30- 40-year-olds. The trainer

tailors the program to each person. It’s a challenge, but it’s doable.” Meighan has seen great results, including people who were able to come off blood pressure medication because of Training for Life. “It’s a lifestyle change. You’re going to be changing your future health. Your future self is going to thank you,” she said. A new Training for Life session will begin in August. Info: 865-859-7909.

Teammates Brenda Glasgow, Vicky Myers and Wendy Metz work out with medicine balls at Tennova Health & Fitness.

Info: 865-859-7909 *Member results may vary.

From left to right are: Lori Meighan, Brenda Glasgow, Vicky Meyers, Amy Brown, and Wendy Metz.

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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