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BUZZ Carnival returns The Knox North Lions Club will host a Back-to-School Carnival Wednesday through Saturday, Aug. 19-22, at the lot just south of the new Food City on Clinton Highway. All-day rides are $20; open Wednesday and Thursday, 5-10 p.m.; Friday, 5-11 p.m.; and Saturday, 1-11 p.m.

Rogero plans Lake update Mayor Madeline Rogero and members of City Council will meet the public at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 25, at the Lions Club Building in Fountain City Park to update citizens on the improvement project underway at Fountain City Lake. The 125-year-old lake has suffered from excess algae and poor water circulation for decades. Rogero and the council included $250,000 in this year’s city budget for improvements. Work began last fall to repair a leak in the earthen berm that surrounds the lake.

Central’s Sports Hall of Fame The first class of the Central High School Sports Hall of Fame will be inducted at 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 22, at the school. Honorees include coach Joel Helton, coach Bud Bales, coach Tommy Schumpert, Tony Cosey, and Lorie Compton Rheinecker. Tickets are $25 which includes breakfast. Info: J.D. Lambert, james. lambert@knoxschools.org.

See movies in a whole new way Nowadays, you never have to leave your house to see a movie. That’s what Paul Harrill and Darren Hughes are afraid of. More and more, film watchers are giving up on movie theaters – which don’t offer much variety anyway – and staying home to view either streaming movies or ones on DVD.

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Temple schools impact Powell By Sandra Clark

Temple Baptist Academy and The Crown College are huge economic generators in Powell, and members of the Powell Business and Professional Association came last week to hear Scott Pauley talk about the schools. “We have watched you grow, and this is a talk we’ve wanted to hear for some time,” said PBPA vice president R. Larry Smith. Pauley is superintendent of the Temple schools, ranging from preschool through high school. David Whitaker is principal and Tim Missey is vice-principal. Temple Baptist pastor Dr. Clarence Sexton wrote, “Since its beginning in 1971, Temple Baptist AcadScott Pauley at PBPA emy has consistently upheld high academic standards, providing an educational program that honors Association of Christian Schools Christ in both content and quality.” (TACS). “Temple Baptist Academy is Temple is an accredited, agency-approved member of AdvancEd not a production line. We are not (SACS CASI) and the Tennessee manufacturing cars. With God’s

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State OK’s interstate landscaping design By Sandra Clark An almost 10-year wait is near an end. Knox County Purchasing is prepared to request bids for the landscaping project at the interchange of I-75 and Emory Road. Jim Snowden, deputy director with the county’s Department of EngineerSeverance ing and Public

Works, said all state conditions have been met and the project is ready for bid. Kim Severance is chairing this project for the Powell Business and Professional Association, which will match 20 percent of the $28,000 project and pay any excess over the $28,000. The specs include two wooden signs with wooden posts and break-away board saying “Welcome to Powell,” along with several trees and shrubs. Severance said the county will

wait 21 days before closing the bid. The contract will then be recommended to TDOT for approval and most likely the contractor will start planting in late September or early October. The original grant was written by Lillian Williams with the PBPA, and she made sure adequate money was left in the club’s treasury to pay for the match. When she retired, Severance became the project chair. “We cannot make a change at this point or it all goes away,” she said.

Bid specs call for three bald cypress trees, 18 Kousa dogwood trees, 12 redbuds, 13 2-inch red maple, two river birch, one Southern magnolia, seven sweet gum, nine white pine, 14 willow oak, one yellow wood and three 2-inch American holly. Shrubs will include clethra, green velvet boxwood and crimson pygmy barberry, along with hardwood and pinestraw mulch. When complete, the project will give Powell the prettiest interchange in Knox County.

Church and state and zoning By Betty Bean Last week, the Northside Church of Christ in Heiskell, facing a Metropolitan Planning Commission staff recommendation to deny its request to rezone its property from low density residential to commercial, removed the proposition from MPC’s August agenda just hours before the meeting. In deep West Knoxville, neighbors who oppose First Baptist Concord’s request to rezone 26.4 acres at 9635 Westland Drive from public institutional/planned residential to commercial are hunkered down until October, awaiting the results of a traffic study conducted while schools are in session that will consider the effects a shopping center could have on the neighborhood. Meanwhile, North Knoxville neighborhoods are organizing to fight a chain of events triggered by Centerpointe Church’s decision

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The Crown College has put 2,700 graduates all over the world, he said, “and all the people trained by us are not on campus.” The schools take no money from the government, intentionally. The high school is adding a vocational component with training currently for auto-diesel technicians and courses coming soon for cosmetology and HVAC techs. Pauley announced a Job Fair from 10:30 a.m. until noon Thursday, Aug. 20, so area businesses can meet potential employees. In response to questions, Pauley said the Temple schools have about 225 on campus and the college has nearly 800 students. About half live on campus and the other half commute. He invited residents to “just pop in” to the schools at any time. The Crown College is at 2307 Beaver Creek Drive. Info: thecrowncollege.com

The Kiwanis Club of Norwood presents four $1,000 scholarships annually to deserving students. The scholarship fund was established in memory of Dr. Drexel Davis, a club founder. Pictured are scholarship fund chair Harold Greene; student winners Chase Morris, Erin Elizabeth Williams and Bryce Brewer; and student fund executive director Bob Dawson. Not pictured is winner Jared Johnson. Photo submitted

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help, we are assisting parents in building the lives of their children,” Pauley wrote in the school’s description. He said the schools are, No. 1, about Christ. “We’re Baptist people. We can’t coerce others; each person must make his own decision.” No. 2, the schools are about character. “You have a hard time teaching people to be good without God.” He quoted Pastor Sexton who says, “Taking the high road does not mean choosing between good and bad; it means choosing between the good and the best.” No. 3, the schools are about community. “We like being in Powell,” said Pauley, who has been here 21 years. “I met my wife here, and we’ve raised our three children here. “We want to make a difference in the world, and that starts at home.”

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to sell out to a developer who also proposes to buy the iconic Howard house next door and build a “neighborhood” Walmart on its North Broadway location. A 24hour payday loan company is already under construction on the south end of the formerly churchowned parcel and a popular independent Apple computer shop that has been there for 37 years will be displaced. Even though there is considerable commercial activity here, the developer will need to get the property rezoned to accommodate the new use. In Inskip, the new owner of a former church building long abandoned by its Presbyterian congregation and surrounded by single-family homes was successful in getting the parcel rezoned from low density residential to office over the protests of its nearest neighbors. Churches enjoy a special status under city and county zoning

ordinances. The city allows them to move into residential neighborhoods, subject to use on review requirements. County zoning regulations are similar for residential neighborhoods and allow them as a permitted use in agricultural zones (use on review is required in city Ag zones). But problems between churches and neighborhoods are becoming more common as churches decide to relocate, expand or disband and attempt to maximize their profits on the real estate market. Former City Council member Carlene Malone says it’s time to reconsider churches’ legal status. “We’re not looking at churches as perhaps they really are today. We need to realize that this is not the little neighorhood church that’s going to stick around forever. It’s a business model. Land is held like a portfolio, and when the time comes to sell, even though they bought it

at residential or agricultural prices, they want to sell it commercial – at commercial prices.” Malone said that modern mega churches are a far cry from the traditional concept of churches that are active on Sundays and Wednesday nights. “These are not small uses – not to say they are bad things – but their impact is greater than the old neighborhood churches. The other thing is, what happens when they leave? Do we continue to allow them as use on review in residential neighborhoods because we think they have low impacts, when actually they may well be seeking to expand – and if they don’t expand, they may well move? Or is it time we start looking at them as the business model they actually operate under rather than looking at them as enhancements to neighborhoods?” The First Baptist Concord reTo page A-3 2704 Mineral Springs Ave. Knoxville, TN 37917 Ph. (865) 687-4537

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Maryville man having a ball after minimally invasive back surgery Work hard, play hard. That’s the Ben Garibay way. So when the 51-year-old Alcoa plant worker was faced with back surgery, he had a question for Dr. Joel Norman, neurosurgeon at the Center for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery at Fort Sanders Regional: How soon before he could get back to playing basketball? For Garibay, Dr. Norman’s answer was a slam dunk. “Dr. Norman said it was up to me and how well I did whether I could get back to playing again,” said Garibay, who was back on the basketball court at Springbrook Recreation Center within a week after surgery. “I wasn’t running up and down the court, but I was walking and jogging up and down the court. The next week I began to pick up the pace a little bit, and every week I was going more and more. I think it was the rst of January when I played the rst league game, and I played ve minutes at a time. By the end of the season, around the last of February, I played the entire time in the last two games.” It was quite an improvement from when Dr. Norman rst diagnosed Garibay with spondylolisthesis, which is a slippage, or instability of the vertebrae. “It is most commonly seen in elderly patients as the joints between the vertebral bodies deteriorate and no longer maintain their integrity,” said Dr. Norman. “In Mr. Garibay’s case, he had a pars defect, which he probably had since he was a child, but didn’t cause him signi cant problems until he developed compression of the nerves as a result of this slippage. The instability of his lower spine led to compression of the nerves radiating down his leg and into his foot, causing a weakness of the muscles in his foot and ultimately leading to his abnormal gait.” Garibay’s back problems began three decades ago when he was working on a cabin where all the oor joists had rotted. “I was underneath the crawl space knocking out

the blocking to replace the joists,” Garibay recounted. “There was just one 2-by-2 brick left, and you wouldn’t think it would hold up anything, but when I hit it, the whole oor fell in on me and threw me to the ground. If those joists hadn’t been so rotten, it probably would’ve killed me.” It was the second time within a week Garibay had hurt his back while renovating a log cabin. Just days earlier, he slipped from a 15- to 20-foot scaffold and tumbled down several steps into the home’s basement. “That’s when I rst started having problems,” he said. The back problems lingered, but without insurance, Garibay settled for occasional chiropractic adjustments until landing a job in 2001 as a furnace tender at the Alcoa aluminum plant. He nally had health insurance, but the physical demands of the work took a toll over the next dozen years. “Somebody I worked with noticed that my foot was turned sideways and I was dragging it,” he said. “I was bumping into everything and my shins would be bleeding but I couldn’t feel it.” That’s when he turned to Dr. Norman, who rst tried controlling the pain with steroid injections. When that failed, there was only one thing left to do: fuse Garibay’s L5-S1 vertebrae. The minimally invasive surgery entailed placing screws into the L5 and S1 vertebral bodies, removing the diseased disc between them that was compressing his nerves, replacing that disc with a “spacer” or “cage” lled with material to encourage bone growth and connecting the screws to a rod to stabilize his spine. “This approach allows us to perform the same decompression and fusion as a classic ‘open’ surgery, through much smaller incisions,” Dr. Norman explained. “This generally leads to fewer intraoperative complications, and an earlier return to normal activity.” An early return is just what Garibay wanted. But his activity is anything but normal for most 51-year-olds. “Dr. Norman set the standard, and said

almost 30 years now. “I don’t drink. I don’t party. I just play basketball,” said Garibay. “That’s my one vice – playing ball.” “It hurts my feelings when they say, ‘I’ve got the old man,’” said Garibay. “But by the end of the game, they are usually trying to catch up with me. They aren’t talking about the ‘old man’ anymore. That makes me feel better.” So did the spine surgery. For the rst time in seven years, Garibay is back to sleeping in his bed rather than a recliner. “I was concerned that I wouldn’t be able to do half the stuff that I used to do,” said Garibay, adding that he had even bought a tractor lawnmower because he wouldn’t be able to lift anything anymore. “All I had heard were horror stories. Everybody kept telling me they would never have back surgery because everybody they’d ever heard of who had back surgery were never the same. But I’m running around lifting stuff like surgery never happened.” That’s what Dr. Norman likes to hear. “I think spine surgery should be performed with the ultimate goal of returning to activities patients enjoy,” he said. “Generally, the patients I see have given up on some activity or sport because of the back and leg After going through a procedure at the Center pain associated with their degenerative confor Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery at Fort dition. It’s my goal to see them return to these Sanders Regional, Ben Garibay is happy to be activities. I’m encouraged he should do well back on the basketball court and continuing a with basketball. His incentive in undergoing passion he’s had for nearly three decades. surgery was to return to the sport he was unable to play as a result of his condition. Who I wouldn’t have exibility like I had before,” am I to tell him he can’t?” said Garibay, who now works in Alcoa’s store “Mr. Garibay’s course couldn’t have room. “I’m still stiff to a certain point but I’m gone any better,” added Dr. Norman. “He’s getting back to doing what an old man should been very pleased with his outcome, and be able to do.” I believe he should be able to return to all What he’s able to do is run and gun with activity without dif culty. Cases like his men 20 to 30 years his junior, playing as remind us of why we went into medicine. many as ve games every Thursday night I appreciate the opportunity to improve until the parks & recreation league season the quality of life of my patients and it’s starts around Thanksgiving. It’s something a pleasure to see people return to the life the 6-foot-2 Garibay, who once had dreams they enjoyed prior to being encumbered of playing collegiately, has been doing for by pain.”

Meet Dr. Joel Norman local neurosurgeon and Seymour native Dr. Joel Norman is a local native who returned to East Tennessee after medical school and now cares for patients in the place he calls “home.” He recently talked about his journey from local boy to well-educated neurosurgeon, and the minimally invasive spine surgery that is changing the lives of his patients. Tell us your story – where did you go to school, and how did you decide to become a neurosurgeon? I was born in Knoxville, and raised in Seymour. After I graduated from Seymour High School, Dr. Joel I went to college at Norman MTSU in Murfreesboro, then moved to Johnson City to attend ETSU Quillen College of Medicine. I completed neurosurgery residency in Lexington, Ky, at the University of Kentucky. I’ve always had a keen interest in the sciences. I found neuroscience intriguing

and challenging. Once I found my way into the operating room, I knew I had found my calling. Combining my love of neuroscience with my love of the operating room, neurosurgery was a natural extension. What do you like about this area? In other words, why are you still here, instead of in a larger city? East Tennessee is my home. I love the scenery here, the people here, and the opportunity to give back to the community that raised me. I appreciate the hometown feel here and the value that word-of-mouth retains in this community. The greatest compliment I receive is when someone tells me they heard about me from one of my patients. What are some common problems your patients have, and how do you help them? We treat an expansive variety of problems from brain tumors to herniated discs. Many of my spine patients have seen several different medical providers and some have undergone several different treatments for their back and

leg pain before they arrive in my of ce. Most have complaints of back pain coupled with sciatica or nerve pain, typically running down the back of their legs. These patients bene t from the minimally invasive approaches to lumbar discectomies and spinal fusions. Which patients might be candidates for the surgery? The ideal candidate for minimally invasive spinal fusion is someone suffering from back and leg pain due to a spondylolisthesis, or slippage, of the lumbar vertebrae. This is a condition sometimes missed on an initial workup as it often requires specialized X-rays with the patients bending forward or backward to clearly visualize. Often, patients are pain-free while lying on their back, such as during their MRI scans, but upon standing their pain returns. Can you explain how it works? What are the bene ts of minimally invasive spine surgery? Minimally invasive spine surgery uses specialized technology within the operating room to allow for smaller in-

cisions and more precise placement of instrumentation. We are able to actually obtain a CT scan of the patient while they are asleep on the operating room table and customize our surgical approach to the individual patient, in real time. This allows for much smaller incisions and less damage to the tissues surrounding the spine. Ultimately, this approach gets people back on their feet sooner than is generally necessary for a more traditional, open approach to the spine. What makes the Center for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center the best choice for this surgery? Fort Sanders Regional has demonstrated a true commitment to excellence in spine surgery, and especially minimally invasive neurosurgery. The hospital has been instrumental in purchasing state-of-the-art intraoperative image guidance that allows minimally invasive surgery to be possible. We have a dedicated team of nurses and technicians in the operating room who are experienced and specially trained to assist in these minimally invasive pro-

cedures. Post-operatively, our nurses are also hand-picked and specially trained in the management of our patients who have undergone minimally invasive spinal procedures, and we have a dedicated oor of the hospital reserved for neuroscience, and especially spine patients. What’s it like to also practice medicine in the place where you grew up? Many of my friends and family still live nearby and it’s been great to reconnect with people I hadn’t had the opportunity to see in the years I was away for training. It’s also been an honor and a humbling experience to take care of people who watched me grow up in a small town. I’ve taken care of my school teachers, old friends, and family members of friends who knew me in high school. I have a relatively unique experience in that I graduated high school with many of the same people I started kindergarten with. I’m honored that those people who watched me grow up trust me now with their health.

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Mona Napier: Playhouse pals

COMMUNITY NOTES

When Nita Buell Black passed away last year, the Powell community lost a visionary and avid supporter. Mona Napier lost her best friend.

■ Broadacres Homeowners Association. Info: Steven Goodpaster, generalgoodpaster@gmail.com. ■ Knox North Lions Club meets 1 p.m. each first and third Wednesday, Puleo’s Grille, 110 Cedar Lane. Info: facebook.com/knoxnorthlions.

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There was little time to grieve as the Powell Playhouse was set for opening night of the play “Everybody Loves Opal” Feb. 27, the same day Buell Black passed. Napier says the show went on, but it was a very emotional night. “Nita had cast the play and then was diagnosed with lung cancer in January 2014,” said Napier. “She and I discussed letting the cast and board members decide if we should go ahead with the play.” The decision was made to

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Steven Miller and Melody McMahan talk with Mona Napier during auditions for an upcoming Powell Playhouse production. Photo by Cindy Taylor

go on with production, and Buell Black was pleased with the decision. Since then Napier and other community members have kept the Powell Playhouse dream alive just as Nita would have wanted. Napier was asked by Buell Black to be in charge of tickets and ushers for the first production in 2010. Napier has been a board

member and is current treasurer. She helps with the playbill, printing and cast party and is in charge of the Playhouse’s annual arts and crafts show. She also works closely with the director. “With the help of others I try to coordinate and help in any way I can to keep Nita’s dream going,” said Napier. “It hasn’t always been easy.”

Napier says a lot goes on behind the scenes to put on a production. With the help of volunteers and donations from local businesses, those involved in the Playhouse continue to give performances that she thinks Buell Black would be proud of. Napier says she was “drug along” everywhere Buell Black went as her sidekick

Stinnette, 688-2160, or Peggy Emmett, 687-2161. ■ Norwood Homeowners Association. Info: Lynn Redmon, 688-3136. ■ Powell Alumni Association banquet is the first Saturday in April. Info: Vivian McFalls, 607-8775. ■ 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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once they became close. But she has no regrets. “I got involved with the Playhouse through the right time, right person. God puts people in your life for a reason.” The latest production is “A Day at the Java Shop and the Greyhound Bus Depot.” The cast will include 10 men and seven women. A highlight

will most likely be the cast member who will play the young Johnny Cash. Singing included. No extra charge. Auditions were held last week, and the cast will be announced soon. The play will run Oct. 1517. The annual Arts and Crafts Show will be held Nov. 7. Info: www.powell playhouseinc.com

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Welcome Center opens at the Knoxville Botanical Gardens Untying the ribbon on the new welcome center at the Knoxville Botanical Gardens are Mayor Madeline Rogero, Gov. Bill Haslam, board of directors chair Joan Ashe and Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett. Photo by Ruth White

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■ Graham Family Reunion, Saturday, Aug. 29, Cabin/Tea Room, Big Ridge State Park. Bring a covered dish; lunch, 1 p.m. ■ Halls High classes of 19761981, 6:30 p.m.-midnight Saturday, Sept. 26, Red Gate Farm, 2353 Maynardville Highway, Maynardville. ■ Powell High Class of 1985, 7-11 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, Southern Depot, 306 W. Depot Ave. Info: Stacey Berry, 441-3539. ■ Additional information at ShopperNewsNow.com.

HEALTH NOTES ■ “Eat Well to Prevent and Manage Diabetes” workshop, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, Heart Hospital Conference Room at UT Medical Center. Hosted by the UT Medical Center’s Healthy Living Kitchen team. Cost: $30. Info/registration: 3056970; www.utmedicalcenter. org/HLK.

job and make sure things are done properly. The purpose of zoning regulations is compatibility.” Ultimately, the issue will land on City Council’s agenda. Council member Mark Campen, whose district includes the Inskip area as well as North Broadway, and who opposed the rezoning request for the former Presbyterian church, said he’ll consider the Westland issues carefully. “We need to look at when is it OK to open up residential areas to commercial uses,” he said. The owner (of the former church in Inskip) swore that the use wasn’t going to go to anything more intense, but we just can’t foretell the future. MATRIX • BACK TO BASICS • KENRA • REDKEN

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From page 1 We’ve got to be very careful about how we rezone.” No one from First Baptist Concord (which has nearly 80 employees listed in its online directory) responded to phone calls or emails, but it is represented by attorney Arthur Seymour Jr., who said he’s not sure what the flap is about. “(The Centerpointe site) is a good place for a commercial center. It’s an interstate interchange. Obviously there are some issues, and we’ll wait for the traffic study. But it’s a good project and a great location.” Seymour declined comment when asked why First Baptist owns real estate nearly six miles distant from its campus.

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Zachary overwhelms opposition Jason Zachary scored an impressive win last week taking the GOP primary for state representative over veteran Jason Zachary school board member Karen Carson. He won in all but two precincts in the West Knox County district. Carson was backed by Gov. Bill Haslam and state Sen. Richard Briggs. Insure Tennessee was made the primary issue of the campaign, and it lost. The sole public official openly backing Zachary was state Rep. Roger Kane, who offered sage advice. Carson’s campaign donor list was a significant, impressive list of state and local VIPs. Even two Knoxville City Council members, George Wallace and Finbarr Saunders, were on it. Zachary had backing from Germantown state Sen. Brian Kelsey, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, and several House legislative leaders such as Jeremy Durham and Glen Casada. However, his base donor list was not nearly as well known as Carson’s. Zachary had run a surprisingly strong race just one year ago for Congress and actually carried Farragut. He kept that support and defeated a much better financed and more experienced officeholder (11 years on school board) this time. He proved that highpowered endorsements do not equate to victory. Knox County Commission is expected to appoint Zachary as state representative since he is unopposed in the Sept. 29 general election. He may have a special swearing-in ceremony in Farragut just as Sen. Becky Duncan Massey did in Fountain City after her election. Zachary will seek a full term in August 2016, which means he will have campaigned for public office three times in three years. Zachary, like his friend Rep. Kane, came out of nowhere to prevail. He is a new name on the political scene. He will be a conservative voice in Nashville. A gas tax and Insure Tennessee will not have his vote. He supports Kane on restoring the Lady Vols name and requiring

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the UT Board of Trustees to have a public forum at its board meetings. ■ The U.S. Senate confirmed Eric Satz of Nashville to the TVA Board of Directors on Aug. 5. The board now has nine members and for the first time in recent history not one is from East Tennessee, while two are from Nashville and Memphis each. Satz is controversial in Nashville but was unknown by U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper, who is a Democrat. ■ President Obama has also nominated Richard Howorth, a former mayor of Oxford, Miss., to a second term on the TVA Board. He has the backing of the state’s two Republican senators and should be confirmed. His term expired last May, but he continues to the end of 2015. ■ Former NATO Ambassador Kurt Volker will speak at the Baker Center at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 25. The public is invited. Volker, who now leads the McCain Institute at the University of Arizona, will discuss Iran, Greece and challenges for the United States in Europe. ■ Mary Costa was honored last Friday, Aug. 14, by Gov. Bill and Crissy Haslam in a private ceremony. She was one of 10 recipients of Tennessee’s highest honor in the arts. Costa was unable to attend the March 17 ceremony in Nashville, so the governor made a private presentation of the Distinguished Artist Award while he was in Knoxville dedicating the new Welcome Center at the Knoxville Botanical Gardens in East Knoxville (formerly Howell Nursery). ■ Over 300 people attended the dedication of the Welcome Center where Gov. Haslam, Mayor Burchett and Mayor Rogero spoke. The crowd was a cross-section of Knoxville. Former county mayor Tommy Schumpert along with all five living Knoxville mayors were present. Most of City Council were present, along with Sens. Briggs and Massey as well as Reps. Armstrong, Dunn, Smith, Kane and Brooks plus GOP nominee Zachary.

Dear God (and other prayers) So if Jason Zachary beat Karen Carson because it was God’s will, then it follows that God doesn’t like Insure Te n n e s s e e and strongly supports Karen Carson s c h o o l vouchers. And it confirms some-

thing we’ve long suspected: God really does favor Baptists over Methodists. In Nashville’s Legislative Plaza, word has gone forth. Gov. Haslam is toothless, and Insure Tennessee is a pathway to defeat. Never mind the myriad of local issues and personalities that had more to do with the outcome of this race. And, dear God, why should a minuscule vote in

one of Tennessee’s most affluent districts determine the fate of health insurance for the working poor? Oh, the irony. Also, we salute the school voucher proponents who stood shoulder to shoulder with public school teachers who will be hurt most by a legislatively mandated voucher program. Way to go, teachers. Guess you showed Karen Carson!

‘We Pray for Children’ By Ina Hughes We pray for children Who put chocolate fingers everywhere, Who like to be tickled, Who stomp in puddles and ruin their new pants, Who sneak Popsicles before supper, Who erase holes in math workbooks, Who can never find their shoes.

Who hug us in a hurry and forget their lunch money, Who squeeze toothpaste all over the sink, Who slurp their soup.

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So we all move on. Let’s stop praying for politicians and start praying for kids. And let’s start with the absolutely best such prayer I’ve heard. It’s from our friend Ina Hughs, “A Prayer for Children.”

Who squirm in church and scream on the phone, Whose tears we sometimes laugh at and whose smiles can make us cry.

And we pray for those Whose nightmares come in the daytime, Who will eat anything, And we pray for those Who have never seen a dentist, Who never get dessert, Who are never spoiled by anyone, Who have no safe blanket to drag beWho go to bed hungry and cry themhind them, selves to sleep, Who can’t find any bread to steal, Who live and move, but have no beWho don’t have any rooms to clean up, And we pray for those ing. Who stare at photographers from be- Whose pictures aren’t on anybody’s dresser, hind barbed wire, We pray for children Who can’t bound down the street in Whose monsters are real. Who want to be carried new sneakers, And for those who must, We pray for children Who never “counted potatoes,” For those we never give up on Who are born in places we wouldn’t Who spend all their allowance before And for those who never get a second Tuesday, be caught dead in, chance, Who throw tantrums in the grocery Who never go to the circus, For those we smother. store and pick at their food, Who live in an X-rated world. And for those who will grab the hand Who like ghost stories, of anybody kind enough to offer it. Who shove dirty clothes under the We pray for children bed, Who bring us sticky kisses and fistWe pray for children. Who get visits from the tooth fairy, fuls of dandelions, Amen. Who sleep with the cat and bury Who don’t like to be kissed in front of We pray for Children, 1995, William Morrow publishthe car pool, ers. Used by permission of author. goldfish,

Longtime South Knox advocate to seek County Commission seat Carson Dailey has been involved in community issues for decades, and a South Knox advocate for longer than that, so it should surprise no one that he’s preparing to run for County Commission next year.

Betty Bean The timing is good since he will be stepping down from his seat on the county Board of Zoning Appeals, where he has served since 2009 when County Commission was hit with a court order that forced them to stop appointing themselves to the board, and to make it citizens-only. He was also one of the first citizens to serve on the county’s Ethics Committee, a position he says was very good preparation to run for the county’s legislative body. “I learned a lot in the past six years. Serving on

BZA is very interesting and I got a lot of training on zonings and how government works.” Dailey has served as president of his homeowners’ group – South-Doyle Neighborhood Association – founded in the late ’70s by Mike Brown, the incumbent commissioner from District 9 who will leave the seat next year. “When Mike Brown mentioned that he wasn’t going to seek re-election, we started talking around and my neighbors said, ‘You need to run.’ I said no, that I didn’t have the time. A few months ago, they asked me to run again. I said I’d do it, and so far there’s been a great response. I’ve got a lot of backing.” Dailey, a 1978 graduate of South-Young High School, said he’s running because he loves Knox County – especially South Knoxville – and wants to make sure it gets its fair share of quality growth. “South Knoxville’s still the biggest rural area we’ve got right now. We’ve lost our

Carson Dailey community schools. When they merged South and Young high schools together, the two communities went to one gigantic school, and it’s hard for a community to keep its identity when that happens.” The summer after Dailey graduated from high school, he took a job at UT working on the Neyland Stadium maintenance crew doing painting, pressure washing and general cleanup. That September, he got a job as a truck driver with Dixie Bearings (now Applied Industrial Technologies). He

moved to an inside job the following year and by 1981, he had been promoted to account manager, a position he holds today. He married Tammy Curtis, whom he calls his soulmate, 35 years ago. They have a son, Jeremy, who is a graphic designer. Dailey had a setback in March, when he was diagnosed with kidney cancer and had a kidney removed. He says the cancer was caught early on, and he feels pretty good nowadays, even though he had to give up a hardcore Mountain Dew habit. If elected, he’s planning to approach County Commission with the same determination he has brought to BZA and to his fight against cancer. “There’s not a better place to live than South Knoxville, and I want to make sure we get quality growth on the south side,” he said. “We’ve probably got 11-13 payday loan companies along Chapman Highway. I want to help get good quality businesses in here.”

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Best and worst of times This Tennessee football team has the potential to do something significant. Oh no, it does not project as a participant in the national playoffs but it could win nine games. That would be the best since 2007, next to last season for Phillip Fulmer. These Volunteers could be precursors to really good times. If Butch Jones and his staff can coach as well as they recruit, this season will be one big step toward Southeastern Conference relevance, a future top 10 in the polls, even an occasional victory over Alabama, Florida and Georgia. The brick-by-brick building job was impressive. Now comes the harder part, go-

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ing chin to chin with the big boys without backing or getting knocked down. Tennessee fans have waited impatiently for a return of the good, old days. Butch can only guess how it will be when that mission is officially accomplished. Keep in mind that I am only 81. I missed the first peak of the Neyland era and did not fully grasp Bob Suffridge’s description of 1938-40, SEC champs, 31-2 overall, 15 consecutive

games without permitting a point. This was the time of George Cafego, Bowden Wyatt and Ed Molinski, all, along with Suff, in the College Football Hall of Fame. I saw clearly 1950 and 1951, Doug Atkins, Hank Lauricella, John Michels, playing their way to the Hall, national champs, 21-2 overall. My view was unobstructed. It helped to have a cousin on the team. One year after Wyatt came as coach, the 1956 Volunteers were terrific. John Majors led the charge, perfect regular season, less perfect in the Sugar Bowl. I thought this was the launch of another dominant period. It wasn’t. The best of times turned into one of the

worst as Wyatt declined, the Vols sagged, Chattanooga staged an ungodly upset, single-wing tailbacks were hard to find and Ole Miss threw into the flat and exposed the 6-2-2-1 defense. Doug Dickey restored order. I still think Steve Kiner, Jack Reynolds and Jackie Walker were the best linebacker trio I have seen. That was 1969. Dickey went away. Bob Woodruff erred in choosing bright, young (very young) end coach Bill Battle as his replacement. Battle did fine with Dickey’s recruits. Those Vols thrashed Dickey’s first Florida team and walloped undefeated Air Force in the Sugar Bowl. Ah yes, those were good times.

government Erosion was measured by one less victory per year. Majors was Tennessee coach from 1977 through 1992. This was an up and down era. He won eight in his fifth season, nine in ’83, gave us the legendary Sugar Vols in 1985 and peaked in 1989-90. Simple summation of the Fulmer years: 100 more wins than losses, national championship, best of times. Butch Jones has heard about this. He may have seen video of Peyton Manning or Al Wilson or some of the great offensive linemen. Fulmer was a first-ballot Hall of Fame honoree. His teams beat up on Alabama. They had trouble with Florida.

Firing Fulmer without a plan led to the absolute worst of times. Lane Kiffin was a bad joke. Derek Dooley was … well, let’s just say some of the scores and stats were horrible, worst in the forever history of Tennessee football. Forget not that a really good day was spoiled by the chaotic inability to count to 11. Do remember that Kentucky won with a reserve receiver playing quarterback. From that mess, Butch Jones has rebuilt the Volunteers. You may not recognize alternate uniforms but results should appear more like the Tennessee scoreboard is supposed to look. Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@netzero.com.

Green reaches out to neighborhoods Gerald Green, the new director of the Metropolitan Planning Commission, is following through with his commitment to keep in touch with neighborhoods. Last week, he told members of the city’s Neighborhood Advisory Council that he’s aware of the “challenges” of his predecessor, Mark Donaldson, and he wants communication to flow both ways. “I have lots of years of experience, but I don’t know what Knoxville wants. You have to create the vision.” The Neighborhood Advisory Council is composed of neighborhood leaders appointed by Mayor Madeline Rogero. The group meets monthly to give feedback to the Office of Neighborhoods, bring issues to the attention of the administration and serve as a sounding board for city initiatives.

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Neighborhoods “define who you are in the community,” but they tend to break down and become less defined as areas grow, Green says. He plans to look at ways to protect neighborhoods, which are affected by development along corridors. Certain businesses, like “alternative financing” institutions, ref lect badly on nearby neighborhoods. Communities like Fourth and Gill “pay the price” for easy interstate access with high levels of traffic noise. Balancing those issues is a tough job for MPC, he says.

Corridors present a number of challenges. He plans to look at ways to encourage new development and redevelopment of property along corridors like Chapman Highway and Broadway that will benefit nearby neighborhoods. Green thinks diversity of housing is one of Knoxville’s strengths. The current trend is a preference for smaller, lower-maintenance housing with walkability. That needs to be considered when corridors are developed because they need to offer walkability while still serving those in cars. Looking at Knoxville and Knox County zoning code is like stepping into a time machine, he says. The code isn’t keeping up with current trends and needs to be re-examined, but that would stretch the MPC’s small staff. Dealing with two sets of

MPC Executive Director Gerald Green speaks with Boright area representative Lola Alapo after last week’s Neighborhood Advisory Council meeting. Photo by Wendy Smith

ordinances is a challenge. One of his goals is to make the organization of the city and county ordinances similar. During his tenure with the city of Asheville, he spent four years on a complete rewrite of the city code. Such an endeavor here would require an enormous amount of staff time, but he thinks it may be necessary for development to happen “the way it should.” He’d

recommend hiring a consultant. “You don’t make a lot of friends doing that.” He took notes as representatives shared neighborhood concerns. Lauren Rider of Old North Knoxville says that those who want to open new businesses on Central have to choose between rezoning or requesting a variance in order to redevelop. David Gillette of Mechanicsville says his

neighbors want to know about possible redevelopment on the Knoxville College campus. Travetta Johnson said Parkridge residents are concerned that the new owner of a neighborhood church building will allow it to languish. Green said he would stay in touch with neighborhood coordinator David Massey and attend, or send staff members, to future neighborhood meetings.

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SENIOR NOTES ■ Karns Senior Center:

Katherine Mazzato, Wade Clemons and Ruby Freeman are among the first elders to greet Honey. Check out those pink tennis shoes on Honey. Photos by Cindy Taylor

Wednesday, Aug. 19: 9 a.m. billiards, quilting; 10 a.m. dominoes, crochet; 11 a.m. open game; 1 p.m. Rook. Thursday, Aug. 20: 9 a.m. billiards, quilting; 11:30 a.m. Main Munch;1 p.m. pinochle; 1:30 p.m. Zumba Gold. Friday, Aug. 21: 9 a.m. SAIL exercise, billiards; 11 a.m. cross-stitch, Driver Testing, Senior Meals (must sign up); 1 p.m. movie time. Monday, Aug. 24: 9 a.m. SAIL exercise, billiards, quilting; 9:30 a.m. cloth painting; 10 a.m. Food City Tour, dominoes; 11 a.m. open game. Tuesday, Aug. 25: 9 a.m. billiards; 1 p.m. pinochle; 1:30 p.m. Zumba Gold. Info: 688-5882

Small horses bring Samantha Lyons visits with her aunt, Edna Clark, while waiting for the horses. Clark just celebrated her 94th birthday.

■ Halls Senior Center: Wednesday, Aug. 19: 9 a.m. Veterans Services; 10 a.m. bingo, hand & foot; 12:30 p.m. bridge; 1 p.m. Rook, SAIL exercise.

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Thursday, Aug. 20: 10 a.m. line dancing, quilting; 11 a.m., exercise; 1 p.m. ballroom dance class. Friday, Aug. 21: 9:30 a.m. Pilates; 10 a.m. euchre, Farkle; 11 a.m. SAIL exercise; 11:30 a.m. art class; noon Mexican Train dominoes; 2 p.m. Zumba Gold. Monday, Aug. 24: 9 a.m. scrapbooking; 10 a.m. pinochle, bridge, hand & foot; 1 p.m. Rook, SAIL Tuesday, Aug. 25: 10 a.m. canasta; 11 a.m. exercise; noon Super Seniors with Amedysis; 12:30 p.m. Mexican Train dominoes; 1:30 p.m. hand & foot; 2 p.m. movie matinee: “Survivor.” Info: 922-0416

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Flash, with Makeda Renfro-Sargent and STAR volunteer Susanna Dimmick, and Honey with STAR volunteer Donna Philips get ready to go inside. Makeda was visiting her great-grandmother, Frances Nixon.

The newest, cutest fashion statement has got to be tiny tennis shoes for miniature horses. Elders at The Courtyards Senior Living got to see them firsthand Aug. 10 when volunteers from Shangri-La Therapeutic Academy of Riding (STAR) brought a miniature horse and donkey for a visit. Thanks to the invention of mini tennis shoes from Build-a-Bear and animal diapers, Flash the donkey and Honey the horse were allowed to make their way through the facility greeting the elders. “The horses don’t seem to mind the shoes at all,” said STAR volunteer Susanna Dimmick. Many residents had donned their cowboy hats and bandannas and had been waiting patiently for the horses to arrive. Wade Clemons returned to the facility just as the horse and

donkey arrived. He was quick to buddy up to Flash. “They want me to come inside, but I don’t want to leave Flash,” he said. Kathy Broggy is the life enrichment director at The Courtyards. She knows it is important to keep seniors actively engaged with animals. “One of our elders grew up on a ranch and she really wanted to see some horses, so we took a group to the Shangri-La ranch and they had the best time,” she said. “Having (STAR) visit us means those who couldn’t make the trip to the ranch will get to enjoy time with the horse and donkey right here.” Broggy says bringing outside resources into a memory care facility is a mission of The Courtyards. Family members said they appreciated the work by employees to keep the elders in continuing contact with

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Marie Nevader wears her western hat while waiting to greet the horses. animals and children. STAR is a nonprofit that helps people with disabilities ride and care for horses. Next up: Anne Hart talks with former Knox County Law Director Charlie Maner. Got a suggestion for “On the Road”? Email News@ ShopperNewsNow.com

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The tipping point The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it. (Genesis 2: 15 NRSV) When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe. (John Muir, naturalist and conservationist) I am not an alarmist, but I am alarmed. Scientists tell us that we are using (and abusing) the resources of the earth at rates that are unsustainable. There is a limit to what we can stain, gobble up, destroy, without destroying ourselves. Even animals know not to foul their own nest! John Muir was born 177 years ago this week. He loved this earth, but more importantly, he respected it and understood its ecological balance. He saw that we did not love Mother Earth as we should, and he foresaw the coming crisis. There are those who scoff at global warming, who don’t fret about our casual use of resources, who couldn’t care less about how much oil we pump out of the ground. However, there is a point of no return, a point at which we cannot reverse the damage. Then battles will be fought over

Bishopville members Don and Pat Madgett, associate pastor the Rev. Ed Bounds, Bobbie Kennedy-Jones and Mary Herrell. Most are lifetime members. Photos by Cindy Taylor

Bishopville celebrating 145 years By Cindy Taylor When people refer to folks as “The Salt of the earth” they probably have a group in mind similar to many members of Bishopville Baptist Church. Talk to almost any member and you are likely to hear, “I’ve been here most of my life.” Bishopville members are celebrating their 145th anniversary with Homecoming August 23. While the church is currently seeking a pastor, former pastor and present associate pastor the Rev. Ed Bounds has been keeping the pulpit filled. Bounds has been attending Bishopville more than 30 years and was lead pastor for six of those. Mary Herrell has spent most of her life at BishopVBS group at Bishopville circa 1950 ville. Many early baptisms were performed in Bull Run Creek or in the creek generational with many “My mama brought me on her grandfather’s prop- families going back several here when I was just a little erty. The church is multi- generations. thing,” she said. “I came

FAITH NOTES Community services ■ 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. ■ Powell Presbyterian Church, 2910 W. Emory Road, will host a Second Harvest Mobile Food Pantry 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, with the parking lot opening 6 a.m. No prerequirements to receive food. Volunteers should arrive 7 a.m. Info: 938-8311; www. powellpcusa.org. ■ Ridgeview Baptist Church, 6125 Lacy Road, offers Children’s Clothes Closet and Food Pantry 11 a.m.-2 p.m. each third Saturday. Free to those in the 37912/37849 ZIP code area.

Classes/meetings ■ Bookwalter UMC, 4218

Central Avenue Pike, will host “Dealing with Anger and Bad Attitudes in Children and Their Parents” seminar, 6:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21. Cost: $20 each/$30 couple. Advance registration required. Info/ registration: biblicalparenting. org/register or 609-771-8002. ■ First Comforter Church, 5516 Old Tazewell Pike, hosts MAPS (Mothers At Prayer Service) noon each Friday. Info: Edna Hensley, 771-7788. ■ Powell Church, 323 W. Emory Road, hosts Recovery at Powell at 6 p.m. Tuesdays. The program embraces people who struggle with addiction, compulsive behaviors, loss and life challenges. Info: re-

coveryatpowell.com or info@ powellchurch.com.

here when it was a white siding church.” The present building sits on the original site which has housed three sanctuaries since the church was founded in 1870. The first building was a log building. A white siding building fol-

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water, food, clothing and shelter. This will not be a war, but very personal, local fights for the necessities of life. There will be extinction of entire species of animals, and that will ultimately include the human animal. There was a time we feared the destruction of the earth by nuclear holocaust, which is still a possibility, perhaps less remote now than in the last 40 years. One nuclear scientist said then that he did not know what weapons would be used in World War III, but he was certain that World War IV would be fought with sticks and stones.

Homecoming will feature lunch on the grounds following an 11 a.m. service. Gospel singing group “Inside Out” will perform. All are welcome. Bishopville Baptist Church is at 9507 Depot Street in Heiskell.

Music programs ■ Mount Harmony Baptist Church, 819 Raccoon Valley Road NE, will host a Gospel singing, 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29. Featured group: Crimson Ridge.

Special services ■ Bishopville Baptist Church, 9507 Depot St., Heiskell, will celebrate Homecoming during the 11 a.m. service Sunday, Aug. 23, with gospel singing group Inside Out. Food served after service. Everyone welcome.

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Safety is top priority Knox County Schools, the Knoxville Police DepartCutting the ribbon on the new electronic sign at Pleasant Ridge are PTO vice president Sophie Kershaw, school board member ment and the Knox County Terry Hill, secretary Stacey Trumble, treasurer Beth Kirkland and president Hannah Gump. Photo by R. White Sheriff’s Office have teamed to make sure that children in the school system are safe, whether in the classroom or on the school bus. “Every day it’s top priThanks to the hard work and feel the comfort of the ority to keep our children of Knox County Schools energy-efficient HVAC sys- safe,” said Superintendent maintenance staff, parents tem in the building. Jim McIntyre. “Additional and PTO members, Lowe’s The school also has a new strategies are being added and the Kiwanis Club, electronic sign installed at to enhance safety.” One of Pleasant Ridge Elementary the entrance to keep parents the first requirements will opened to the new school informed of meeting dates be additional training of school bus drivers, with a year with several improve- and other school activities. “This is a huge accom- focus on distracted drivments. Take notice of the new plishment after two years ing. A ride-along system is playground fence that keeps of persistent fund raising,” being developed where a children safe as they play said school board member uniformed officer will ride during recess. While walk- Terry Hill, who was thanked a school bus periodically ing to the building, note the by the staff as being a huge to double-check skills and fresh landscaping at one of part of getting the new sign. safety practices. Principal Jessica Birdsong Knox County Schools is the memorial gardens. While inside, look around called the sign a testament currently looking into fundand check out the new to how much the commu- ing for video cameras for all energy-efficient lighting nity cares about the school buses, to record the driver throughout the building, the and is thankful to everyone new wainscoting and paint who worked to have the sign in the main lobby/hallway installed.

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School board member Terry Hill flips the switch on the new sign at Pleasant Ridge and applauds as the first message flashes.

Welcoming new staff New members of the Copper Ridge family include Valerie Sharp (fourth grade), Lauren Bounds (fifth), Carrie Sullivan (resource) and Heather Rouse (school counselor) Also new to the school is Jennifer Kitts (first, inset). Photo by R. White

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and the activity on the bus. The final step in the safety plan is a third-party comprehensive and detailed review of the transportation program. The school system works with KPD and KCSO to have a uniformed officer in every school. The officers can be a police officer, sheriff’s deputy or school resource officer depending on the need at each school. School doors are locked during the day, and visitors are required to check in at the front office of every school upon entering. “We are doing everything possible to assure the safety of our children in the schools,” said KPD Chief David Rausch. Schools are in session and police officers are monitoring school zones and neighborhood bus stops ready to enforce proper and safe speed limits.

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Park. Arts and crafts demonstrations and booths, 4 p.m.-dark; music, 7 p.m.-midnight. Info: tnstateparks. com/parks/events/big-ridge. Knox County Veterans Service Office visit, 9-10 a.m., Karns Senior Center, 8042 Oak Ridge Highway. One-on-one assistance to explain VA benefits, answer questions, and assist veterans and family member with filing for their VA benefits. Union County Farmers Market, 4-7 p.m., 1009 Main St., Maynardville. Info: 992-8038.

THURSDAY, AUG. 27 “So You Want to Start Anew ... Perennial Garden,” 3:15-4:30 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Speakers: Extension Master Gardeners Carolyn Kiser and Barbara Emery. Free and open to the public. Info: 329-8892.

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SATURDAY, AUG. 22 CALL TO ARTISTS Call to local artists by Envision Art Gallery (Bearden Art District) to participate in “Art For The Holidays” show in November-December. Info: 4384154; kay@kaylistart.com.

Film night with potluck meal, 6-9 p.m., Narrow Ridge’s Mac Smith Resource Center, 936 Liberty Hill Road, Washburn. Bring covered dish to share. Info: 4973603 or community@narrowridge.org. Fish Fry Fundraiser, 4 p.m., Powell Masonic Lodge #582, 7700 Fersner Road. Live music by David

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THROUGH THURSDAY, OCT. 22 Tickets on sale for “The Music and the Memories” show featuring Pat Boone and 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. Info/tickets: KnoxvilleTickets.com or 656-4444.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 19 International Folk Dance Class, 7:30-10 p.m., Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, Clinton. Info: Paul Taylor, 898-5724; oakridgefolkdancers.org; on Facebook. Knox County Veterans Service Office visit, 9-10 a.m., Halls Senior Center, 4405 Crippen Road. One-on-one assistance to explain VA benefits, answer questions, and assist veterans and family member with filing for VA benefits.

Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Info: feralfelinefriends.org. Senior Ballroom Dance, 7-9 p.m., Halls Senior Center, 4405 Crippen Road. Admission: $5. Live music by Mood Swing. Info: 922-0416.

TUESDAY AUG.25 A “Pig” Event with Chef Jeffrey DeAlejandro of OliBea, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Avanti Savoia, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Cost: $60. Info/registration: 9229916; avantisavoia.com. BRIDGES Support Group, 6-7:30 p.m., Carter Branch Library, 9036 Asheville Highway. Info: 9335438. “Normal Aging vs. Dementia,” 11 a.m.-noon, Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Free and open to the public. Info/RSVP: 329-8892, TTY: 711.

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THURSDAY, AUG. 20 An Evening with Al Wilson and Friends, 6:30-8:30 p.m., East Tennessee Technology Access Center, 116 Childress St. Tickets: $50. Tickets not available at the door. ETTAC fundraiser. Info/tickets: 219-0130 or ettac.org. Praise Song Fest, 6:30 p.m., Christ UMC, 7535 Maynardville Highway. Featuring: Highway 33, Sarah Holloway, Katelyn Parker and Nancy Hodges. Cost: $10. Nursery provided. Info: 922-1412.

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Computer Workshops: Internet and Email Basics, 2 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Requires “Introducing the Computer” or equivalent skills. Info/registration: 5255431. International Folk Dance Class, 7:30-10 p.m., Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, Clinton. Info: Paul Taylor, 898-5724; oakridgefolkdancers.org; on Facebook. Knox County Veterans Service Office visit, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Carter Senior Center, 9040 Asheville Highway. One-on-one assistance to explain VA benefits, answer questions, and assist veterans and family member with filing for VA benefits.

AARP Driver Safety class, noon-4 p.m., Halls Senior Center, 4410 Crippen Road. Info/registration: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

THURSDAY-SATURDAY, AUG. 27-29 The Picky Chick Fall Consignment Sale, Knoxville Expo Center, 5441 Clinton Highway. Hours: 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursday-Friday; 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday (1/2 off sale). Info: thepickychick.com.

FRIDAY, AUG. 28 Union County Farmers Market, 4-7 p.m., 1009 Main St., Maynardville. Info: 992-8038.

SATURDAY, AUG. 29 Downtown Dragon, Drum and Paddle Dragon Boat Race, 8 a.m., Volunteer Landing. Proceeds go to Tennessee Clean Water Network. Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Info: feralfelinefriends.org.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 1 Horace Maynard High School Class of 1965 quarterly meeting, 1 p.m., Hardee’s in Maynardville. December’s luncheon will be planned. Info: Pearl Coffey, 256-5315.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 2 International Folk Dance Class, 7:30-10 p.m., Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, Clinton. Info: Paul Taylor, 898-5724; oakridgefolkdancers.org; on Facebook.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 4 Union County Farmers Market, 4-7 p.m., 1009 Main St., Maynardville. Info: 992-8038.

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going strong at 85 years of age. University of Tennessee jazz professor and drummer Keith R. Brown calls Golson, simply, “the best of the best.” He’s such a fan that he’ll be hosting “Benny Golson: Something About That Sax (man)” at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow, Aug. 20, at the Lawson McGhee Library meeting room. It’s a great By Carol Shane chance to learn more about Nelda Hill, central liGolson and his massive inbrary services manager for fluence on the jazz world. French pianist Manuel the Knox County library Also featured at the fesRocheman and sax master system, is glad to be back tival is French pianist ManBenny Golson headline the on board with the Knoxville uel Rocheman, a favorite of 2015 Knoxville Jazz Festival. Jazz Festival, which she coDonald Brown’s. “He blew Photos submitted founded with pianist Donme away, he was so good,” ald Brown in 2006. says the world-renowned piBecause of setbacks in anist and local treasure. “If the economy, the nonprofit you love jazz you must come festival had been on hiatus ing jazz artist to have writ- and arranged music for such You’ve heard his music to this concert and discover since 2010. But now things ten eight standards for jazz disparate artists as Count on “M*A*S*H,” “Mannix,” what Europe and the rest of are looking brighter, and repertoire, including “Killer Basie, John Coltrane, Miles “Mission: Impossible,” “The the world already know.” Hill is excited about this Joe,” covered by Manhattan Davis, Mama Cass Elliott, Mod Squad,” “The Partridge Both artists will appear year’s featured guests. Transfer and Quincy Jones, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gil- Family” and the Academy at the Bijou on Friday night, Jazz saxophone icon among many others. As Hill lespie, the Monkees, Peggy Awards. He’s also a prolific Aug. 28. Benny Golson is a veteran of says, “They’re songs that Lee, Itzhak Perlman, Oscar composer of advertising The next day, “Jazz in a the Benny Goodman, Dizzy you hear all the time that Peterson, Lou Rawls, Mick- jingles. Hot Scruffy City” begins as Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, you don’t realize you know.” ey Rooney, Diana Ross, Mel But mostly, he’s an ac- local historian and KnoxEarl Bostic and Art Blakey world-class ville Mercury writer Jack Golson’s career spans 60 Torme and Dusty Spring- knowledged bands. He’s also the only liv- years, and he’s composed field. master of jazz who is still Neely leads a “Jazz Jaunt”

through downtown Knoxville. Scruffy City Hall on Market Square will feature local jazz performers all day long as well as classic jazz films, a tribute to local jazz legend Bill Scarlett, a lecture by Bill McGowan and R.B. Morris and an all-star jazz jam. And pianist Keith L. Brown will have a CD release party at the Square Room at 8 p.m. “It’s a sweet little festival,” says Hill. The 2015 Knoxville Jazz Festival opens at 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 28, at the Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay St., in downtown Knoxville. Benny Golson performs first, followed by Manuel Rocheman. Tickets are $35. “Jazz in a Hot, Scruffy City” begins at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, and runs until 11 p.m., with general admission for the Scruffy City Hall events priced at $5. Tickets for Keith L. Brown’s CD release party are $20. Info: knoxjazzfest. org/new-events/. Send story suggestions to News@ ShopperNewsNow.com.

Giving back to the community – through film and Hughes are guaranteed to keep showing movies – usually three a month – for at least a year. Hughes sees the project as similar to First Friday, “where you walk around, you go into galleries and see what they’re painting, what they’re sculpting. Movies and the cinema have become excluded from the conversation about public art.” “The community’s not having to do anything except figure out if they’re curious and show up and enjoy themselves,” says Harrill. Info: www.publiccinema. org.

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about expanding not just your tastes and the movies you’ve seen but the people you know, enriching your life.” After a test run of a few films in the spring, The Public Cinema started its fall season last Wednesday at Scruffy City Hall with the short “Judy Judy Judy” and the feature “I Believe in Unicorns.” Next up is the French-Canadian comedydrama “Tu dors Nicole” at 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 23, at the KMA. Hughes says that once they arranged to screen at the three locations, they decided to “program for the

venue. So we’ve come up with these three different strands of programming.” The Scruffy City series is “Made in the U.S.A.” – “American independents of various sizes,” says Hughes. “Flicker and Wow” is the series at the Pilot Light. “We’re doing edgier stuff, so it’s avant garde, experimental things.” The KMA series is “International Currents,” cinema from other countries. Harrill and Hughes have been friends for more than a decade, and they’ve been kicking around ideas for a film club or film series almost as long. Harrill, the

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Opening Friday at Downtown West, “The End of the Tour” details the five-day interview of author David Foster Wallace (“Infinite Jest”) by Rolling Stone writer David Lipsky. Jason Segel gives an incredible performance as the uncomfortable, unknowable doomed author, while Jesse Eisenberg is strong as the admiring yet resentful and often unlikable interviewer. Director James Ponsoldt creates an atmospheric ride that reveals the complex structure of art as seen through the prism of fame. – Mini review by Betsy Pickle

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Nowadays, you never have to leave your house to see a movie. That’s what Paul Harrill and Darren Hughes are afraid of. More and more, film watchers are giving up on movie theaters – which don’t offer much variety anyway – and staying home to view either streaming movies or ones on DVD. They miss out on both the communal aspect of movie-going and, for the most part, the opportunity to see something different. Harrill and Hughes came up with The Public Cinema to change that. Rotating between the Knoxville Museum of Art, Scruffy City Hall and the Pilot Light, they are screening films that don’t play at Knoxville’s traditional theaters, and they’re trying to build community at the same time. “What’s really driving my interest in it is the communal aspect, the fact that however many show up … these are 20, 40, 60, 80 people that showed up because of a common interest in seeing something different,” says Harrill. “Getting all those people in the same room and getting them to meet each other and talk to each other – because they don’t know each other – is really valuable. “That’s something you don’t get from the hometheater experience; that’s something you don’t get from Netflix – or even a regular movie theater. It’s

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Downtown Rotary cited for 100th year vindran, Rotary Club of Sri Lanka. The club has several events planned at the end of this month to celebrate the 100-year anniversary, Sept. 1, 1915 – Sept. 1, 2015. Stubbs walked around the room acknowledging a number of Rotarians she has worked with in the past including Brooks Clark, Ed Anderson, Townes Osborne, Don Hasson, Sam Albritton and Frank Rothermel and commended their service to the organization. This district, 6780, is special because it’s had three members who have

By Bonny C. Millard Rotary District Gov. Beth Stubbs congratulated the Rotary Club of Knoxville on its upcoming historic anniversary and applauded the work the club does. “I have something really special to present to you. What an honor for me to be district governor in a year that is so momentous for this club,” she said. “You’re celebrating your hundredth year.” Stubbs, of the MaryvilleAlcoa Rotary Club, presented club president Sandy Martin with a certificate signed by Rotary International President Ravi Ra-

his wife, Carol, who have become major donors, level 3, for a lifetime contribution of $50,000 or more and presented them with a crystal medallion. Stubbs said Rotary has several top priorities for the coming year. These include using technology to better measure goals and com-

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Humanity in 1994 after embarking on a Habitat global village trip to Nicaragua. A Knoxville native, she serves on the Board of Visitors for the College of Arts and Sciences for the University of Tennessee. She is also a graduate of the 1999 Leadership Knoxville class and the 2002 class of University of Tennessee Associates. She has also participated in nonprofit leadership programs at Harvard Business School and UT.

Hudson is McNabb’s director of nursing The Helen Ross McNabb Center has promoted Dr. Kellye Hudson to its first director of nursing. Hud son will work to introduce an i nte g r ate d Kellye Hudson health-care approach to the center’s outpatient mental health services, as well as oversee clinical staff, research and education for future expansion. Hudson has been with the center since August 2009, and she will continue to provide direct services

to clients in addition to her new responsibilities. Hudson completed her bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate in nursing at the University of Tennessee. Tennessee legislation has made it possible for community mental health centers to hire primary-care physicians and explore integrated health-care models. This new initiative will allow individuals living with serious mental illness, who statistically face an increased risk of having chronic medical conditions, to be better served with a well-rounded team of medical specialists. Info: mcnabbcenter.org or 865-637-9711.

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The Anderson County Chamber of Commerce welcomes Robby Richart and Nick Forrester, Titan Political Strategies, who will The East Tennessee College Alliance has honored SL Tennessee for its support of higher education. Pictured are Roane State present a seminar on busipresident Dr. Chris Whaley; Yeonsoo Chung, human resources manager at SL Tennessee; Scott Laska, SL Tennessee business de- ness branding from 11:30 to velopment manager; Y.K. Woo, SL America president; Kim Harris, Roane State job placement director; and Maria Gonzales, Roane 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19, at the chamber office. State director of student enrollment and recruitment. The seminar will include a brief presentation about brand development, followed by a fun questionand-answer session. Automotive parts manufacturer SL tutions dedicated to providing edu- opment and economic growth. The Titan founding partTennessee, with a plant in Clinton, has cational opportunities for working SL Tennessee supports its employreceived an East Tennessee College adults. ees by providing internal and external ners will also answer adAlliance 2015 Corporate Award. The Corporate Award recognizes training. The company also provides ditional questions about The alliance is a collaborative as- businesses that support higher educa- internships and co-op opportunities branding, advertising or marketing attendees may sociation of higher education insti- tion’s crucial role in workforce devel- to students throughout the area. have. Robby Richart developed his skills through managing numerous political campaigns for over a decade. As a partner in Titan, he utilizes his knowledge of demographics, branding, targeted media, innovative committee. By Sandra Clark messaging and copy writing ■ Justin Bailey is about In business clubs as in political campaigns, sometimes to start pouring concrete for you can feel the momentum. the disc golf pads in Powell RSVP by Sept. 8 to talong@ That’s the case this year with Station Park. Two commuftb.com the Powell Business and Pro- nity workdays cleared most ■ Bart and Cindy Elof the underbrush. John fessional Association. kins talked about The Front PBPA president John Bayless says, “This project Porch Restaurant duris coming along and will be Bayless is ecstatic. ing the Business Spotlight Saturday’s Tennessee a great centerpiece for the Bart and Cindy Elkins of The Front Porch meeting segment. Valley Mustang Club’s car Powell community. If you “My whole life I’ve been show was awesome. Don and were unable to make it out (Story on page 1.) Just don’t p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, at Cindy Wegener were every- to either of the two work- suggest changing anything! First Tennessee Bank, 2121 looking for a place like this,” ■ Teresa Long and Amy W. Emory Road. This is a said Bart. “We’ve been very where. John and his brother, days, I’m sure Justin will be Moffitt will host a Business networking event for PBPA well received, especially by Mike Bayless, were selling scheduling more.” ■ Kim Severance re- After Hours from 5:30 to 7 members and their guests. the PBPA. hamburgers and hot dog platters for $6. Food City ported that Knox County was a wonderful host. (Pic- will let bids this week or tures and details next week.) next for the interstate interAll proceeds from the change landscaping project car show, held in memory that PBPA launched almost of Travis Wegener, will go to 10 years ago under the leadthe PBPA’s Enhance Powell ership of Lillian Williams.

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Fantastic things happening in Powell

Powell’s new Weigel’s gets first OK By Sandra Clark The Metropolitan Planning Commission approved last week a new road and a monument sign on 24 acres at the southwest intersection of Clinton Highway and West Emory Road toward Karns. The wooded land includes a utility easement and Beaver Creek floodway. Chris Ooten, representing Weigel’s, said his company will build a new store there and will create two other lots for additional commercial use, perhaps a

bank, office or retail. “We have no (specific) plans on what will happen at the corner or on the large lot adjacent to the subdivision,” said Ooten. “We will leave a 50-foot (wooded) buffer at the property line. There’s a lot of moving parts on this piece of property.” A road will be cut to enable access from Clinton Highway and Emory Road. The current Weigel’s store, on leased property at the same intersection, will be closed when the new store opens.

BIZ NOTES ■ Josh Anderson has joined the Metropolitan Planning Commission as webmaster and graphic designer. He previously worked at the Ruby Tuesday headquarters. He and his wife recently moved into a Craftsman home on

Oklahoma Avenue. ■ BNI is organizing a new chapter in West Knox, meeting from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 20, at Tennessee State Bank, 11470 Parkside Drive. Info: Christine.chenot@gmail. com or 865-323-8555.

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“The Front Porch is open now and serving some pretty incredible food.” The Elkinses moved to Powell and opened a restaurant and primitive gift shop in the old Harrell home on the corner of Emory Road and Spring Street. “The Front Porch is just the beginning of what Powell will be,” said Bart Elkins.

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