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Defining Powell Station

BUZZ Crime spree ends

Four juveniles were arrested Friday for theft, according to Steve Goodpaster, president of the Broadacres Homeowners Association. “One perpetrator resides in the neighborhood and the others are from elsewhere,� he said. Several items, recently stolen from vehicles, were recovered. The Sheriff’s Office had no comment.

Safe driver

Martha Cowden was one of five school bus operators recognized by Knox County Schools May 18 for excellence in driving. This is the second monthly award ceremony to honor the county’s school bus operators. Cowden, a driver for 39 years, transports students from Powell elementary, middle and high schools. KCS presented each winner a certificate of appreciation, and awards sponsor Ted Russell Ford presented each with $100. WIVK is also a sponsor of the recognition organized by Commissioner Bob Thomas.

Fountain City Day

Dr. Jim Tumblin is keynote speaker for Honor Fountain City Day, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, May 30, Memorial Day, in the Fountain City Park. This year’s theme is “Fountain City: A Community of Volunteers.� There will be free activities for kids and entertainment all day. Community awards will be presented at 3 p.m., followed by veterans memorial service at the lake. Tumblin’s new book, “Fountain City: People Who Made a Difference,� will be on sale for $25.

CHS football

This photo was shot by Josh Norman, using a drone. It shows Emory Road through downtown Powell. Note the new Powell Drive at top right and the new football field. The expanded Powell Station Park lies just west of the high school with the concrete walking trail visible at the road, two wooded areas and a cleared meadow for disc golf, extending to the creek. Justin Bailey says Enhance Powell will use the photo to market Powell Station.

Community Center officially opens Powell and Heiskell residents gathered May 21 to officially open the new Community Center at 1708 W. Emory Road (formerly Wheeler Karate). Pictured are Bobbie Kennedy Jones, Cline Jones, Rick Carnes, Jim Kirk, Donna Yardley, Janice White, Jacki Kirk, Ken Simpson, Leona Lewis, Steven Goodpaster, Tammy Mattina and Pam Householder, holding her granddaughter Adelie Murray. Photo by Clare Crawford

Burchett angry at state’s failure to help mentally ill By Betty Bean

Central High football coach Bryson Rosser is inviting all past and present team members and coaches to collect of piece of history 6-9 p.m. Thursday, May 26. Bring your shovels, gather a personal keepsake from Joel Helton Field and share a favorite story or memory as the school anticipates the beginning of a new chapter in CHS’s history of pride and tradition. Construction of the new turf field will begin on June 1. – Ruth White

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“When is the war on the mentally ill going to stop?� This was Tim Burchett’s question when he made the rounds of the Sunday talk shows to denounce the state’s decision not to help fund a behavioral health urgent care unit (formerly known as the safety center). Normally a fist-bumping jokester, the county mayor didn’t hide his anger over the Haslam administration’s failure to come through with the money to allow Knox County to divert mentally ill and addicted inmates from the jail population and steer them to treatment options. Burchett made multiple trips to Nashville to secure funding, and said he’d been led to believe the state would pony up some $2 million needed to make the center happen this year. Knox County put $1 million aside for the facility several years ago, plus another $200,000 in this year’s budget. Mayor Madeline Rogero has set aside $200,000. That won’t be enough, but Burchett vowed to find the money and dismissed the explanation he was given for the administration’s decision. “I was misled about that, and

Tim Burchett

Bill Haslam

I’m very put out about it. I was told, ‘Mental health is a local issue.’ Well, dadgummit, then, why do we have a Department of Mental Health in the state of Tennessee?â€? He said the largest mental health hospitals in the state are the Shelby County, Davidson County and Knox County jails, and didn’t dodge the question of whether denial of state funds amounts to a broken promise by Gov. Bill Haslam: “Yes. I’m of the opinion it was – but regardless of the state’s partnership, we’re going to go ahead with it‌â€? Burchett said about half of mentally ill inmates are veterans and accused the governor of breaking his promise that funding would follow the patients after he shut down Lakeshore Institute in 2012.

“We closed down Lakeshore and everybody loves Lakeshore Park – but where are those people going? You drive under any major bridge in Knoxville, you’ll see the human cost.� A couple of days after his talk show appearances, Burchett still hadn’t cooled off, and said he was offended that Haslam was pleading budget constraints while spending $8 million subsidizing the TV show “Nashville.� “They pulled the rug out from under us. I don’t like it when they start explaining that they didn’t get as much money as they expected, but I see all these little projects getting funded. “I spent 16 years in the Legislature, was on the Senate Finance Committee and chaired the Budget Subcommittee. I know the system and I don’t like hearing that crap. I know that taking care of the mentally ill’s not sexy like that miserable TV show – which has been cancelled, thank goodness – but when they talk about return on investment, I say, ‘What about investing in somebody not going to jail when what they need is treatment?’� Former Attorney General Randy Nichols is working as special coun-

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sel to the sheriff on issues of mental illness, domestic violence and the prescription pill epidemic. He said the new unit will be staffed by nurse practitioners, a psychiatric nurse, with doctors available as needed. Inmates could stay up to three days to be stabilized and evaluated. “The people we’re dealing with now get into trouble because they don’t take their prescribed meds and get into crisis. Rather than take them to jail, we can transport them to this center, get them back on their meds and keep them up to three days. From there, they can move on to another facility where we could keep them up to five days to get them sober and thinking clearly. The ultimate goal is to get them into permanent supportive housing, and our ultimate hope is to help them find some kind of work so they can be productive and stay out of jail.� Burchett is still hoping for state support. “We’ve probably got 400 people locked up right now suffering from mental illness. It’s a nightmare, and it’s costly. We’ve got to figure out a new way to do it.� Gov. Bill Haslam’s office did not respond to a request for comment.

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health & lifestyles

A decision had to be made. Janet Kendrick’s husband was having trouble walking and talking. She asked him repeatedly if he was having a nightmare, if he was awake, and if he was okay. Neil Kendrick’s words were garbled, so she couldn’t make any sense out of what he was trying to tell her. Unable to get answers from her husband, and not completely understanding what was happening to him, Janet had to decide whether or not she should call for an ambulance. She made the decision when she realized she couldn’t take care of him by herself. “He put his whole weight on me when he stood up,” she says. “I knew if he fell, I couldn’t get him back up.” That split-second decision to call 9-1-1 turned out to be a critical one. Today, the Kendricks sit calmly at the dining room table in their new home recalling the events that led to Neil’s ischemic stroke, and the treatment he received at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center. “We tend not to dwell on things,” Janet says, “and after something happens, we move on.” Neil doesn’t particularly like the limelight, and he’d be happy leaving the frightening events of that day in the past. “I’m not the kind of person who wants his story in the paper, but if it will help someone, yes.” When neurointerventional radiologist Dr. Keith Woodward asked Neil to share their story for that very reason, Neil wasn’t about to turn him down. “And I told him, ‘You just saved my life, I’ll do whatever you want.’” Neil says he Dr. Keith woke up one Woodward morning in December 2015 and noticed that he couldn’t feel his right arm. As he raised up to get out of bed, he discovered he had no feeling in his right leg, either. He tried to speak to his wife, but

A timely decision

Just a few days after being released from Fort Sanders Regional on Dec. 14, 2015, stroke survivor Neil Kendrick and his wife, Janet, were on the road to North Carolina for their grandson’s college graduation. Pictured are Neil Kendrick, Christa Tarver, Hayden Tarver and Janet Kendrick.

the words he formed in his mind were coming out of his mouth as something else. Janet awoke to find him sitting on the edge of the bed, struggling to get up. Minutes later, the ambulance arrived, and she was told that it appeared her husband was having a stroke. “Gosh, it’s scary,” Janet says of the whole experience. “Everything’s scary … and you pray. You pray nonstop.” Emergency personnel recommended her husband be taken to Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, and soon the ambulance was pulling away from the house and rushing toward the hospital.

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center has been recognized by The Joint Commission and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association as a Comprehensive Stroke Center, which means it is part of an elite group of providers focused on complex stroke care. Complex Stroke Centers are recognized as industry leaders, and are responsible for setting the national agenda in highly-specialized stroke care. Neil Kendrick had the absolute best odds for full recovery, because he was taken to Fort Sanders Regional in a timely manner. The formal diagnosis came after an MRI, and Neil found out he was a candi-

date for a tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) and a thrombectomy. Ischemic strokes happen because of blockage inside a blood vessel that supplies blood to the brain. Clot busting Janet and Neil medication Kendrick enjoy has to be their marriage, their adminisfamily and their tered within new home today, a short winbecause Neil was dow of time promptly taken in order to to Fort Sanders be effective, Regional Medical and Neil was Center following an in that winischemic stroke. dow. A blood clot is physically removed intravenously in a thrombectomy. This procedure also has to be performed in a short window of time. “I could feel little pin pricks here,” Neil says as he taps his lower forehead. “It didn’t hurt, but I could tell something was going on in my brain.” He was repeatedly asked to say his name. “I couldn’t say it, but I kept trying because I knew they were asking me for a reason.” Then suddenly, less than 10 minutes after the procedure began, this stroke victim became a stroke survivor as he blurted the answer clearly – “Neil Kendrick.” At the same time, he realized he could feel his arm and leg again. The emotion of the moment is still with him, as he gives a knowing look to Janet. “It was amazing,” he says. When the two were reunited, it was an emotional moment. “We both cried,” Janet says as she looks lovingly at her husband of 50 years. “We were just praising and praising!” She describes the feeling as “pure joy,” an emotion that still

overwhelms her when she thinks about the day her husband was returned to her, fully restored. After being admitted to the hospital on Sunday morning, Neil was released on Monday evening. Just a few days later, he was taking his wife on a road trip out of state to see their grandson graduate from college. A week later, they were hosting the family Christmas gathering. Two months after that, they were packing boxes and moving into a new home. It’s likely that none of these important life events would have been possible without prompt stroke treatment at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center. But for Neil Kendrick, that’s not the greatest benefit of recovering from a stroke. “I don’t think so much of how it would have affected me,” Neil says as he glances toward Janet, “but I think a lot of how it would have affected her life if she’d had to take care of me.” The Kendricks say they’ve heard that many stroke patients wait before coming to the hospital. In fact, Neil imagines that’s what he would have done if the choice had been left up to him. “I’m pretty sure if I had been able to talk, I would have communicated that I didn’t want an ambulance,” he says. Janet responds in short order, “Well, it’s good you couldn’t talk – you would have been fussing at me!” After the two share a good laugh, Neil speaks more seriously to the matter. “I kept thinking, ‘I can fix this,’” he says. “but I could never have fixed it.” Janet has advice for spouses, children and caregivers who may be present when a loved one is exhibiting signs of a stroke. “Don’t hesitate,” she says firmly. Neil agrees. “People put off going for care after a stroke, and that’s what causes long term disability,” he says. “I’m very hesitant about letting people take control of my life, but that morning, thank God, they did.”

Education key for treating stroke It’s not just the studies he’s read throughout the years that convinced Dr. Arthur Moore – it was seeing the difference that the clot-busting drug tPA can make in the lives of ischemic stroke patients. “The benefit with tPA amounts to about a 30 percent increased chance of minimal to no deficit and able to live on your own at three months,” says Dr. Moore, medical director of the Comprehensive Stroke Center at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center. “It’s not an overnight thing, but we’ve seen it turn patients around.” Still, he says, the greatest obstacle to reducing death and disability due to stroke remains education of stroke’s warning signs and tPA – and not just educating the patients but their loved ones and health providers, too. “It starts with recognition on the patient’s part,” he said. “Patients will wake up at night and not be able to move one side and go back to sleep. They’ll say, ‘Awww, it’ll be better in the morning.’ Well, by the time they wake up in the morning, I can’t do anything. That stroke is

already there. So that’s No. 1 – increased recognition. “Then, it’s increased recognition on the part of Emergency Medical Services and people in emergency departments where they say, ‘This is a stroke’ but willing to take it one step further: ‘This is a stroke and I can treat this.’ It’s recognizing that tPA does have benefits. It’s saying, ‘We CAN treat this patient and they CAN get better.’ And if they can’t do it there at one hospital, it’s recognizing that they need to go to a higher level of care.” “Once we start educating people and they’re recognizing the symptoms and getting to the hospitals, that’s great,” Dr. Moore continued. “But if you have a bottleneck in the hospital – if you sit around for an hour and a half and see if it gets better before we think about giving the medicine – that’s the wrong way to approach it. We need to approach it as the emergency that it really is.” Yet, failure to recognize those signs and seek treatment quickly continues to contribute to take a toll on the 800,000 victims each year, causing it to be the third-

leading causes of death and No. 1 cause of disability each year in the United States. Certainly, tPA carries risks – a 6 percent chance of bleeding with a 3 percent chance of worsening the symptoms and 1 percent risk of death. Even so, most patients elect to take tPA rather than face a life of disability in a nursing home. Dr. Moore says FSRMC is expected to handle hundreds of stroke cases this year. Of those, he projects about a fifth will be eligible to receive tPA. “It’s highly variable but here lately we’ve been averaging about 10 times a month,” he says. “We’re quite a bit higher than the national spectrum as far percentage of patients. We have a goal this year of greater than 20 percent of not only getting tPA to obviously eligible patients, but getting those patients here in enough time to where we can do it. We want to be aggressive because we are comfortable with the medicine. We know what we are doing and when we give it, it helps patients.”

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POWELL/NORWOOD Shopper news • MAY 25, 2016 • A-3

Powell High retirements Corey Hughes (center) choreographs every tiny move of the Cat dozier that is positioning the M60A3 main battle tank on the float that will carry it to a new resting place. Toby Claiborne (right), who supervised the move for Claiborne Hauling, watches. American Legion Post 2 is in the background.

Legion post takes tank as it seeks new home

With creaks and groans, the tracks begin to turn, sod and pavement get torn up and a monster is on the move again.

■ Enhance Powell meets 4-5 p.m. each second Wednesday at the Powell Branch Library. Info: 661-8777. ■ Knox North Lions Club meets 1 p.m. each first and third Wednesday, Puleo’s Grille, 110 Cedar Lane. Info: facebook. com/knoxnorthlions. ■ Northwest Democratic Club

■ Dixie Lee Farmers Market, Renaissance|Farragut, 12740 Kingston Pike. Hours: 9 a.m.-noon Saturdays through Nov. 5. Info: dixieleefarmersmarket. com; on Facebook.

■ Gatlinburg Farmers Market, 849 Glades Road, 8:30 a.m.noon Saturdays through Oct. 8.

American Legion officer Marty Everett takes photos as driver Corey Hughes guides the M60A3 main battle tank onto the float that will carry the fighting machine to a new temporary home. wanted to move to a more central location.” The engine of the tank was removed before it was put on display about nine years ago, so a Cat D6T dozier is brought in to move the 80,000-pound fighting machine. A taut steel cable lets the dozier pull the tank into position for loading on a lowboy float designed to haul extremely heavy equipment. “This is big, but it’s not the largest thing we’ve

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

AREA FARMERS MARKETS

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

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The M60A3 Main Battle Tank that has stood in front of American Legion Post 2 for almost a decade is being relocated. The property on Ruggles Ferry Pike at Asheville Highway is for sale, and the tank, which still belongs to the U.S. Army, must be trucked to another location while the Legionnaires seek a new home for it and themselves. The post has operated out of the old Sunnyview School building since 1984. The brick structure was built in 1931. “We outgrew our building,” Everett said. “The post has been doing OK, but our programs have suffered, and the current members

Connie Silvey, family and consumer science; Janice Wood, business; and librarian Bernice Connor were honored at a reception May 12 upon their retirement from the faculty at Powell High School. Photo by S. Clark

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.

moved,” said Toby Claiborne, who is overseeing the move for Claiborne Hauling. He watches as the dozier first pulls, then pushes the tank onto the float. The tracks of the tank have about four inches of clearance on either side of the steel trailer. Chartered in 1919, Post 2 is the second oldest American Legion post in Tennessee. It boasts more than 700 members and sponsors Knoxville’s Veterans Day parade, the University of Tennessee ROTC Mountain Men March and other events that honor men

and women who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces. Next November the post will stage its 90th straight Veterans Day parade. For now the post meets in the city’s American Red Cross Building while it seeks a permanent location. Until then, the battle tank is stored at Stowers Equipment on Old Rutledge Pike. Owner Wes Stowers is a member of the post. Sale of the building to local businessman John Coker is pending, awaiting rezoning of the property to a C4 designation.

■ Lakeshore Park Farmers Market, Lakeshore Park across from the Knox Youth sports Building. Hours: 3-6 p.m. Fridays through October; 2-5 p.m. Fridays in November. Info: easttnfarmmarkets.org. ■ Oak Ridge Farmers Market, Historic Jackson Square. Hours: 3 p.m.-sellout Wednesdays; 8 a.m.noon Saturdays through late November. Info: easttnfarmmarkets.org. ■ Market Square Farmers Market, 60 Market Square. Hours: 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesdays and 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays through Nov. 19. Info: marketsquarefarmers market.org.

■ Maryville Farmers Market: Church Avenue. Hours: 9 a.m.-noon, Saturdays through Nov. 17. ■ Maryville Farmers Market: First Baptist Maryville, 202 W. Lamar Alexander Parkway. Hours: 3:30-6:30 p.m. Wednesdays through August. ■ New Harvest Park Farmers Market, 4700 New Harvest Park Lane. Hours: 3-6 p.m. Thursdays. Info: knoxcounty.org/ farmersmarket; on Facebook. ■ Seymour Farmers Market, lower parking lot of Seymour First Baptist Church, 11621 Chapman Highway. Hours: 7-11 a.m. Saturdays. Info: on Facebook. ■ “Shopping at the Farm” Farmers Market, Marble Springs, 1220 W. Governor John Sevier Highway. Hours: 3-6 p.m. Thursdays through Sept. 22. Info: marblesprings.net. ■ Southern Railway Station Farmers Market, 300 W. Depot St. Hours: 3-6 p.m. Mondays. Info: southern stationtn.com; on Facebook. ■ UT Farmers Market, UT Gardens, 2518 Jacob Drive. Hours: 4-7 p.m. Wednesdays through Oct. 19. Info: vegetables.tennessee.edu/ UTFM.html; on Facebook.

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■ Norwood Homeowners Association. Info: Lynn Redmon, 688-3136. ■ Powell Lions Club meets 7 p.m. each first Thursday, Lions Club Building, 7145 Old Clinton Pike. Info: tnpowelllions@ gmail.com.

REUNION NOTES ■ Bearden High School Class of ’66 reunion is Oct. 14 at Hunter Valley Farm. Info: Joe Bruner, 399-5951 or jobruner01@yahoo.com. ■ Central High School Class of 1964’s 70th birthday party, 6-10 p.m. Saturday, June 25, Grande Event Center, 5441 Clinton Highway. Cost: $30, includes full buffet. Info: David, CHS64grad@gmail. com. ■ Fulton High School Class of 1966 50th reunion, 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6, Calhoun’s on the River, 400 Neyland Drive. Cost: $25. Reservations deadline: July 15. Reservations/payment: Fulton High School 1966 Reunion, c/o Doug Welch, 890 Hansmore Place, Knoxville TN 37919. Info: Dougwelch1948@yahoo.com. ■ The Knoxville Central High School Class of 1966 50th reunion, Saturday, Oct. 8, Beaver Brook Country Club. Info: Gail Norris Kitts, gnkitts@yahoo.com.

CALL FOR ARTISTS ■ Submissions for “The Word,” an art competition that asks artists to look deeply into the meaning and use of words throughout history and in our daily lives, are being accepted by Broadway Studios and Gallery, 1127 N. Broadway. Entries will be accepted 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, May 26-28. Info: Jessica Gregory, 5568676; BroadwayStudiosAndGallery.com; BroadwayStudios AndGallery@gmail.com. ■ The Tennessee Arts Commission is accepting application for its Arts Build Communities (ABC) grants until 4:30 p.m. (CST) Friday, July 1. The grants will be distributed throughout all arts

disciplines as recognized by the Tennessee Arts Commission, including dance, music, opera/ musical theatre, theatre, visual arts, design arts, crafts, photography, media arts, literature, interdisciplinary and folk arts. Info: Suzanne Cada, 523-7543 or sc@knoxalliance.com.

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS ■ CAC is seeking volunteer drivers for its assisted transportation program. Training provided. Info: 673-5001 or nancy.welch@cactrans.org

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Suggestion: Remember ‘66 Never would I tell highly educated and compensated University of Tennessee officials how to run the University of Tennessee.

Marvin West

No, sir-eee, I wouldn’t do such a thing. I might make an occasional comment about the shortage of green, green grass on Shields-Watkins Field or the goofy hall of fame or the desperate need for more and better diversity ideas. Those words were/are for Shopper readers only.

Once I spoke out about the alarming disregard for a longtime UT employee with a lengthy list of accomplishments. Several said amen but nothing came of that. I could have offered sound advice on how to hire basketball coaches but what I think wouldn’t matter much to those in high places who are completely confident they already know. Never would I complicate such a task – or snicker about consequences. I have an opinion about the university playing deaf and dumb and permitting certain stadium fans to stand for entire games in front of other paying customers who want to watch while sitting. I have already been told that the official position is “There ain’t no

law against standing.� Now that I have established that I do not want to run the store, please view what follows as a very gentle suggestion for possible consideration: It sure would be nice to recognize the Tennessee football team of 50 years ago, the 1966 Volunteers, before they get old and thin out. Anniversary celebrations are so much more fun when the celebrants can walk. UT officials, if they so choose, could do it on the cheap, pick an unlikely sellout, maybe Appalachian State or Tennessee Tech, and give those genuine Vols for life a free ticket and invite them to brunch or a box lunch and listen politely to tall tales grown considerably taller over time.

Please, less baloney Hey candidates! Give us less baloney and more meat and potatoes. Although the first votes won’t be cast until 2018, county commissioner and radio personality Bob Thomas kicked off his campaign for county mayor this month with a baloney cutting at Howard Phillips’ real estate company in Powell. The location was no coincidence. In 2009, Tim Burchett announced his campaign for mayor there as well. Burchett got elected in 2010, was re-elected in 2014, and is term-limited. At the baloney cutting, Bob Thomas publicly embraced Burchett’s legacy and thanked him for “making Knox County strong.� Of course, it’s not sur-

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prising that Thomas would say that. Burchett is popular and a political asset for a lot of reasons. First, from a political perspective, the Burchett administration has been a success. No tax increase. County debt has decreased. Burchett fought for friends in East Knox County by funding a new Carter Elementary School instead of renovating the old one. More recently, Burchett solved a generations-long, political problem by building a Gibbs Middle School.

In fact, with the exception of a few personal and political hiccups, Burchett has been drama-free and is well-positioned to move on to Washington or Nashville. Being county mayor has been good for Tim Burchett. Yet, as the next election approaches and the candidates line up to replace him, it’s important to question whether Tim Burchett has been good for Knox County. Burchett has been great on taxes and debt (both should be priorities for any ambitious Republican politician), but like any family or business, there’s more to being in charge than simply balancing the checkbook. Think about it. Knoxville is a great American community, yet has remarkable and untapped potential. Our ac-

The ’66 team, third of Doug Dickey’s six, won eight and set the stage for the big year that followed. There are so many memories, good and bad. Linebacker Tom Fisher, an all-American-to-be, died that March in an auto accident, on his way back from spring break. Paul Naumoff, established at defensive end, switched positions to fill part of that void. The Vols were No. 8 in the AP poll the week they lost at Georgia Tech, two to one in field goals. A week later, Tennessee lost to Alabama, 11-10. A kick for a UT win, ruled wide right, changed Gary Wright’s life. Mississippi spoiled homecoming. The Vols defeated all others, including four-touch-

cess to interstates, railways and the Tennessee River make us well-positioned to be a regional leader in business. Knoxville’s scenic beauty, proximity to the Smoky Mountains, as well as the county’s 100 miles of undeveloped ridges, have the potential to make us a tourism mecca and an outdoorrecreation wonderland. Yet, instead of remaining focused on these big-picture goals, too often the Burchett administration has gotten bogged down in factional politics. For example, just as only Richard Nixon could go to China, only a former state senator from West Knoxville (like Burchett) could get away with building two expensive and unnecessary schools (Gibbs Middle and Carter Elementary) on the opposite end of the county. Our standard for success is too low when an adminis-

down romps over Auburn and Vanderbilt. Highlight was the triumph over Syracuse in the Gator Bowl. In one dramatic moment, the aforementioned Naumoff struck Larry Czonka under the chin, stood him up, denied a touchdown and became a legend. This was an almost great football team – Bob Johnson, Charles Rosenfelder, Dick Williams, Bill Young, John Boynton, Elliott Gammage, Bobby Morel, Derrick Weatherford, Jimmy Glover, on and on, tough guys, really tough. The forward pass was invented previously but 1966 was when it became significant at Tennessee. Dewey Warren threw the football 229 times. School singleseason record had been 75 attempts. Before the Swamp Rat completed 136, the record was 36, set by John Majors a

decade earlier. Warren produced 1,716 passing yards. The previous high was 552. Receivers Johnny Mills, Austin Denney and Richmond Flowers told Dewey several times that they made him famous. Charley Fulton and Richard Pickens helped. There was another 1966 record. A very large rock was coaxed onto campus to become a landmark. Bill Dunne, professor of Earth and planetary science, said it was ordinary dolomite, 500 million years old, more or less. Students put away coloring books and began painting the rock. As traditions go, it is beautiful. In my opinion, marvelous memories are worthy of preservation. Bringing back the ’66 Vols is only a polite suggestion.

tration is most-remembered for building two schools that we simply didn’t need. I like Tim Burchett. I expect I’ll vote for him the next time he runs for office. But here’s hoping the next mayor not only balances the county checkbook, but also has a grander vision

for making Knox County an even better place to work and live. We’ve gotten enough baloney from candidates. In the next election, let’s demand some meat and potatoes on the issues.

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

Scott Frith is a local attorney. You can visit his website at pleadthefrith.com.

It’s a wrap! Tennessee Highway Patrol cruisers will have the black-and-cream color scheme applied with adhesive vinyl instead of paint, saving an estimated $1,910 on each marked vehicle. Tennessee purchases its THP vehicles in black, and in the past has applied the cream paint to create a two-tone color scheme at a cost of $2,300 per vehicle. When a vehicle reaches the end of its service life, the THP markings are covered by painting the entire vehicle white, at an additional cost of $350, before the vehicle is sold as surplus property. The cost of a vinyl wrap is $740 – a savings of $286,500 for the 150 cruisers to be purchased this year, according to a THP press release.

POWELL/NORWOOD Shopper news • MAY 25, 2016 • A-5

Freeman challenges TVA

to step up renewable energy game Toward the end of what was billed as a public conversation with S. David Freeman, a young woman in the audience invited the former TVA director to come back to Knoxville Aug. 25 and rally a citizens’ group before they converge on a TVA board meeting to demand greater attention to energy efficiency.

Betty Bean “We would be honored if you would come speak to them, and it would draw more media attention,� said Amy Kelly of Appalachian Voices. Freeman, who turned 90 in January and has managed more utility companies than anyone else in the country, smiled. “How could I possibly say no to you?� Freeman pushed to dismantle TVA’s nuclear energy program in favor of promoting renewable energy when he ran the agency during the Carter administration, and he found an enthusiastic audience last week when he came to town to visit old friends John and Nancy Stewart. He was also here to publicize his latest book, “All Electric America: A Climate Solution and the Happy Future,� and to issue a challenge to TVA to change its direction.

government Expect McWherter re-appointment

President Obama will reappoint Mike McWherter to a second term on the TVA Board of Directors this year. McWherter, son of the late Gov. Ned McWherter and Democratic nominee for governor in 2010, lives in Jackson in West Tennessee. No one from Knoxville or East Tennessee now serves on the TVA board for the first time in several decades. It is unclear if Senate Republicans will allow the nomination to be apS. David Freeman talks with environmental activist Amy Kelly. In the background are Jim Ullrich proved or hold out for the and Robin Hill. Photo by Keith Richardson next president, which they are doing on the Supreme Court nomination to reSequoyah, produce about place the late Justice Scalia. He also sounded a warn- house gases. “Nobody in their right 30 percent of TVA energy. ing about “two threats that If not approved this year, Freeman said TVA and McWherter would go off the could eliminate life as we mind debates that anymore. know itâ€? – nuclear energy The question is, what are Georgia Power are the only board the end of this year. we going to do about it? Our utilities still putting money and climate change. â– With the retireHe recalled the time family doctor – the clima- into nukes while others are ment of Deputy Police when everybody worried tologist – says we’ve got to investing in renewable ener- Chief Nate Allen, the highabout nuclear weapons. get down to zero by 2050, gy production. Meanwhile, est-ranking African-AmerThat’s not the case anymore, or else everybody’s going the only currently available ican in the Knoxville Police he said, because we “went to have to go and live at the low-cost power source, hy- Department is becoming around the world selling the North Pole. We’ve got to re- droelectric, has been de- police chief of Decatur, Ala. emphasized. idea that if you promise not duce greenhouse gases.â€? Knoxville no longer has an “Howard Baker used African-American holding Luckily, he said, the techto build a bomb, we’ll help you build a nuclear power nology exists to provide un- to refer to TVA as a living a top position in KPD. plant. But after 50 years, limited renewable energy laboratory,â€? Freeman said. Given the issues currentwe have learned that there’s through wind and solar en- “We must go to 100 percent ly facing the city, having no such thing as a peaceful ergy and storage facilities. renewable energy, and have African-Americans holding atom. ‌ Nuclear power has But although its core mis- an all-electric America by critical positions in KPD is been the greatest failure in sion is to provide low-cost 2050. The cost of electric- more important than ever the energy field in my life- power, TVA built the world’s ity will be driven lower and and it will require a dilimost expensive power plant lower. TVA has an opportu- gent, determined effort by time.â€? Freeman said the only – Watts Bar – which, along nity to provide a green yard- the Rogero administration way to slow down climate with two other nuclear pow- stick that could improve life to make this happen. change it is to reduce green- er plants, Brown’s Ferry and as we know it.â€? â– Beck Cultural Center and the Knoxville Museum of Art will sponsor a meeting on the life of Beauford Delaney, widelyknown African American ceived early, adequate preKnoxville artist, 5:30-7:30 natal care. p.m. Thursday, June 2, at “The focus is on decreasthe Beck Center, 1927 Daning babies born too early, dridge Ave., with talks at 6 too littleâ€? said Dr. Martha by Renee Kesler, president Buchanan. “It takes a comof Beck Center, and Stephen munity to do this and we Wicks, KMA curator. The want to create a community public is invited and it’s where children are healthy.â€? well worth attending. The The project features posttalk will focus on Delaney’s ers where babies are shown life and art with emphasis stronger than average, staton the significance of both. ing that stronger babies are â– Our next president immunized, receive anwill be the oldest ever nual check-ups, are breastelected or close to it. Clinfed, are full term and have ton will be 69, Trump will mothers who eat healthy be 70 and Sanders will be during pregnancy. 75 in November 2016. Info: strongbabyknox. â– UT interviewed applicom cants from North Carolina Project Grad executive director Ronni Chandler unveils one of and Kentucky last week to the Stronger Babies posters at the kickoff event by the Knox replace Margie Nichols as County Health Department. Photo by R. White vice chancellor for communications. Hiring someone Lakeshore closed. from the outside will presâ– Burchett says he was told it’s as an outsider. The 16-year â– R. Larry Smith is roaring back ent a steep learning curve a local problem, but he asked, sheriff had to be dragged out into politics. It seems he never to the new hire. “Then why does the state of the courthouse when term left. Look for him to run for an According to Chris have a Department of Mental limits were enforced. He was at-large county commission Cimino, vice chancellor for Health?â€? Good point, Tim. ready for his fifth term. Now, it seat in 2018. Bob Thomas and fi nance and administraseems, he might have an eye Ed Brantley are not expected â– Cynics are giggling about our tion and chair of the search on the U.S. marshal’s post, a to seek re-election. friend Tim Hutchison touting committee, there were sevpresidential appointment. the candidacy of Donald Trump –S. Clark en finalists (none from Ten-

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SENIOR NOTES

Korean War veteran Harry Avon is all smiles as he looks at an old photo of himself and a buddy following boot camp. Photos by R. White

■All Senior Centers will be closed Monday, May 30, for Memorial Day. ■Karns Senior Center 8042 Oak Ridge Highway 951-2653 knoxcounty.org/seniors Monday-Friday 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Offerings include: card games; dance classes; exercise programs; mahjong; art classes; farkle dice games; dominoes; a computer lab; billiards room; outdoor grill and kitchen area. Register for: “Dealing with Life Stressors,� 2 p.m. Thursday, May 26. Lunch and Learn: “Diabetic Macular Edema,� noon Thursday, June 2; RSVP by May 27. ■Halls Senior Center 4405 Crippen Road 922-0416 knoxcounty.org/seniors Monday-Friday Offerings include: card games; exercise classes; quilting, dominoes, dance classes; scrapbooking, craft classes; Tai Chi; movie matinee 2 p.m. Tuesdays; Senior Meals program, noon Wednesdays. Register for: Snack and Learn: “YMCA Exercise and Alzheimers,� 2 p.m. Thursday, May 26. Mighty Musical Monday, Tennessee Theatre, 11 a.m. Monday, June 6; box lunch, $5. ■Morning Pointe Assisted Living 7700 Dannaher Drive 686-5771 or morning pointe.com Ongoing event: Alzheimer’s and Dementia Caregivers Support Group meets 1 p.m. each last Monday. Upcoming events: “The Missing Man Table and POW/MIA Flag Dedication� ceremony 2 p.m. Friday, May 27. Conducted by Rolling Thunder Tennessee Chapter 3. Reception follows. Info: Brittany Ricker, 512-6563

The Pointe at Lifespring Senior Living facility is completely under roof. The facility on Washington Pike in northeast Knoxville has held two preview office open houses in its reservations office at 3016 S. Mall Road. Hard-hat tours will begin soon.

New facility in northeast area Construction is on schedule for The Pointe at Lifespring Senior Living, which is scheduled to open this fall off Washington Pike in northeast Knoxville. It will serve both assisted living and memory care residents. Executive Director Shana Robertson is already on staff, operating from a preview office on Mall Road near the new Knox County Clerk’s office. In addition to taking applications from potential residents, she is also reviewing applications for employment. An online application form is available at thepointeseniorliving.com/. Robertson has a bachelor’s degree in public health education from East Tennessee State University and 15 years of experience working with seniors and their families. She is knowledgeable in the areas of home care, long-term care insurance and other funding options as well as progressive memory care programming, staff training and education. She and husband Brent have a son, Denver, 14. Heather Haley also is on

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staff, assisting with marketing and public relations. She holds a bachelor’s degree from UT in public relations and has worked 12 years in the industry, including the past five years as editor/publisher of the Senior Directory of East Tennessee. She and husband Clif have a daughter, Georgia Ruth, age 2. Info: 865-687-5353. Jerry Brice chats with veteran Harry Avon at The Chow Hall. Brice’s son, David, owns the restaurant that honors veterans for their service.

A walk down memory lane By Ruth White

Ready, set, jump? Pat Sisson, widely-known as the Happy Medium, plans to tandem parachute on her upcoming 80th birthday. Sisson is pictured at last week’s meeting of the Halls Business and Professional Association.

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Elmcroft Assisted Living helps its residents remember good times from the past with a program called Second Wind Dreams. Rose Davis coordinates a brief trip and lunch date for a resident, sparking memories and allowing family members to share in the event when available. Davis recently took Korean War veteran Harry Avon out for lunch at The Chow Hall on Emory Road so he could sit and chat with (owner) David Brice’s dad, Jerry. The Chow Hall is not only known for an excellent hamburger, but also for honoring veterans for their service. Avon said he started as an office clerk in the Navy and worked his way up to helping maintain the ship. He recalled how, while working with a British fleet, their crew was

amazed that the United States service men had ice cream on board and lots of food to eat. “We didn’t realize how good we had it in the Navy until then,� he said. He worked at General Electric for 30 years before retiring. He and Theresa, his wife of 56 years, have four children and four grandchildren. They moved to Knoxville to be closer to a daughter and now call Elmcroft their home. Avon’s memory is sharp, but he resides in the memory care unit at Elmcroft because he refuses to be away from his wife. The Brice family presented Avon with a certificate of appreciation and thanked him for his service. Following his walk down memory lane with Brice, Davis took Avon out for his favorite fruit, freshly picked strawberries.

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POWELL/NORWOOD Shopper news • MAY 25, 2016 • A-7

cross currents Lynn Pitts lpitts48@yahoo.com

The Holy Spirit In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters. (Genesis 1: 1-2 NRSV)

Six members of the Powell Church Men’s Vocal Band at rehearsal: pictured are traditional worship leader Tammy Kunselman on piano, Ken Shreve, Frank Smith, Mark McCallen, Lee Lowe, Michael Dodge and Tom Gutridge. Photo by Cindy Taylor

Tailoring tradition at Powell Church By Cindy Taylor A new group, “The Powell Church Men’s Vocal Band,� will officially launch this Father’s Day. Church members are already signing up and practice has started. The singers will also perform during the 11 a.m. traditional service at various times throughout the year. Associate pastor the Rev. Martha Atkins says “traditional� however, may be a bit of a misnomer. “The fact that we are a come as you are church is true for the traditional service as well as the contemporary,� said Atkins. “We maintain a worship environment in which jeans or suits; shorts or dresses are the norm for any Sunday.� Atkins, pastor of the traditional service, says that the 11 a.m. service includes a mix of choral music, hymns and contemporary songs with piano accompaniment, elements of liturgy, prayer, scripture and sermon. “Rather than trying to compete with bright lights and big sounds, we

recognize that some personalities prefer a more reflective style of worship,� she said. “That is why we have chosen to continue traditional worship in the sanctuary with the stained glass windows.� Atkins says a group of young adults recently imparted that while they love the contemporary worship, with the bright lights and big sounds, they sometimes want something that includes a little quiet and reflective time. They say they love the old hymns but a guitar thrown in and an upbeat tempo would be good. “We are attempting to listen to our young adults and tailor traditional worship to the reflective style they are seeking,� said Atkins. One of the ways the church hopes to expand the traditional style of worship is by launching the new men’s group. Men of all ages are invited to come and enjoy the opportunity to sing together. Tammy Kunselman, the traditional worship leader at the church, will be leading the group.

“We are extending the opportunity to be a part of this new endeavor to the community,� said Kunselman. “Anyone who enjoys singing but doesn’t have a lot of time to devote to a regular rehearsal schedule is invited. This is a short-term commitment for men to come together for three to four rehearsals and then sing for a Sunday morning service on a quarterly basis.� Kunselman says the repertoire will include traditional and contemporary music combined in some form each week. “Many familiar tunes have been remixed with a contemporary flair to update songs in ways to meet the musical tastes of many generations.� Rehearsals will be held on Wednesdays from 7-7:30 p.m. June 1, 8 and 15. The band will officially launch at the 11 a.m. service on Father’s Day, Sunday, June 19. Powell Church is at 323 West Emory Road in Powell. Info: 938-2741 or email tamerakunselman@powell church.com

Recently, we were traveling and, is our custom, we sought a church of our denomination where we could worship on Sunday morning. We were greeted warmly by the folks around us. One woman complimented my dress, and I explained to her that I was wearing my Pentecost dress. She looked a little puzzled, and I told her that I wore it every Pentecost because it was red, with streaks of fiery yellow and a little green, and some blue here and there, and because years ago, I served in a church where everyone wore red on Pentecost Sunday. We settled in for the service, enjoying the hymn singing and the special music. Then the sermon began. It was an okay sermon (somewhat longer than I am accustomed to) but the substance was fine, with one exception. The pastor kept referring to the Holy Spirit as “he.� It was all I could do not to come out of my seat! Years ago, I learned that Spirit – in both Hebrew and Greek – is a feminine noun. It pleased me no end to find out that the Trinity – the Godhead – is made up of Father, Mother and Son! What a nice little family! Spirit shows up early in the Bible: another translation of the second verse of the first chapter of Genesis says that “the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the deep.� Interesting, isn’t it, that wind and Spirit are synonymous? So, with every wind that blows, we can consider it a kiss from our Mother!

Inaugural Knoshville draws a crowd By Wendy Smith

Izabelle Wakely, Jessica Sexton, Harriet Glasman, Barb Levin and Anita Miller grab some down time after serving 400 matzo balls and several gallons of soup at Knoshville, held at the Arnstein Jewish Community Center, 6800 Deane Hill Drive.

The Knoshville Food Festival was such a hit that there was nothing to knosh two hours after it began. Early attendees were treated to traditional Jewish fare like bagels with lox and cream cheese, latkes and matzo ball soup while latecomers received bad news at the door. But the success of the event and beautiful weather left little room for disappointment. Deborah Oleshansky, executive director of the Knoxville Jewish Alliance, says she’s had numerous requests for a Jewish food festival that would be comparable to GreekFest, hosted

FAITH NOTES ■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. ■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

■Fairview Baptist Church, 7424 Fairview Road, will host Men’s Night Out, 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 5. Cost: $15. Dinner, 5 p.m.; conference, 6:45 p.m. Speakers: Johnny Hunt, Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Woodstock, Ga.; and James Merritt, Senior Pastor, Crosspointe Church, Duluth, Ga. Info/registration: fairview baptist.com. ■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 each Thursday. Dinner, 6 p.m.; worship, 7; groups, 8:15. The program embraces people who struggle with addiction, compulsive behaviors, loss and life challenges. Info: recoveryatpowell.com or 938-2741.

Fundraiser

â– Christ UMC, 7535 Maynardville Highway, will hold a rummage sale 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Friday-Saturday, May 27-28. â– Union Missionary Baptist Church, Ailor Gap Road in Maynardville, will host a pancake breakfast in the fellow-

ship hall, 7-11 a.m. Saturday, May 28. Adults, $5; children 12 and under, $2.

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singer: Dave Seratt. Everyone invited.

â– New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, 7115 Tipton Lane, will hold Homecoming at 11 a.m. Sunday, June 5. Featured

â– Texas Valley Baptist Church, 7100 Texas Valley Road, will hold a ground-breaking for a new church building 10:30 a.m. Sunday, May 29. Refreshments will be served. Everyone invited.

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Each group made and sold its own items, which simplified the festival. A planning meeting for next year’s Knoshville is already on the schedule. Knoshville offered meatless items, but plans are in the works for a kosher deli, also hosted by the entire Jewish community, on Sunday, Sept. 18.

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VBS 2016 Vacation Bible School

LISTINGS Beaver Dam Baptist Church, 4328 E. Emory Road, 9 a.m.noon June 6-10. Ages: preK through fifth grade. Theme: “Submerged.� Info/registration: bdbc.org.

June 5-9. Ages: 4 through sixth grade. Theme: “Ocean Commotion.� Preregister: buffatheights.org. Info: 524-1204.

Christ UMC, 7535 Maynardville Highway, 5:30-8:30 p.m. June 13-17. Ages: preK through fifth grade. Theme: “Cave Quest.�

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Church of God of the Union Assembly, 336 Tazewell Pike, 6:30-9 p.m. June 5-10. Ages: 3 through teens. Theme: “Deep Sea Discovery.� Supper served each night. Info/registration: Linda Merritt, 992-0682.

Milan Baptist Church, 1101 Maynardville Highway in Maynardville, 6:45-9 p.m. June 5-10. Classes for all ages. Theme: “Egypt: Joseph’s Journey from Prison to Palace.� Info: 992-8128 or milanbc.org.

New Beverly Baptist Church, 3320 New Beverly Church Road, 6-9 p.m. June 13-17. Theme: “Cave Quest.� Info: 546-0001 or newbeverly.org.

Salem Baptist Church, 8201 Hill Road, 9 a.m.-noon June 6-10. Ages: 4 through kids who have finished fifth grade. Theme: “Submerged.� Info/registration: mysalembaptist.com/

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Trentville and Pleasant Hill Church, 9215 Strawberry Plains Pike, 6:30-9 p.m. May 31-June 3. Theme: “The Surf Shack.� Info: 933-5041.

Valley View Baptist Church, 3521 Old Valley View Drive, 6:308:30 p.m., June 13-17. Theme: “SonWest Roundup.� Info/ registration: vvbcknox.com or 523-0062.

Wallace Memorial Baptist Church, 701 Merchant Drive, 9 a.m.-noon June 6-10. Ages: 4 years through fifth grade. Theme: “Submerged.� Info/ registration: wmbc.net.

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POWELL/NORWOOD Shopper news • MAY 25, 2016 • A-9

the rotary guy Tom King tking535@gmail.com

Rotarians to Seoul for convention Rotarians from om around the world – including g several from Knoxville – aree ea, headed for Seoul, South Korea, a city of 10 million, for the 2016 Rotary International Convention. The convention begins on Saturday, May ay 28, and runs through June 1. me is The convention’s theme “Connect with Korea – Touch ch the World.� More than 50,000 Rotarians from 200 countries will ill be tional attending. The 2017 international convention will be closer to home – in Atlanta – June 10-14. Many Knoxville Rotarians are already making plans to attend. Traveling the 7,000-plus miles from Knoxville to Seoul will be two members of the Rotary Club of Knoxville – Past District Governor Frank Rothermel and Allen Pannell, the club’s president-elect. Chris Camp, vice president of the Rotary Club of Farragut, is also making the 15-hour flight to the convention. Joining them will be three other Knoxville residents – District 6780 Governor Beth Stubbs, a member of the Rotary Club of Maryville-Alcoa, and Fred Heitman, the District Governor-elect of District 6780 and a mem-

At the height of Appalachian industrial logging, the region produced 40 percent of the nation’s lumber.

ber be of the Rotary Club of Oak Ridge. R Also attending is Knoxvillian Karen Wentz, a past district governor of District 6780 who is a member of Rotary International’s Board Bo of Directors. She also is a p past president of the Rotary Club of Maryville-Alcoa. â–

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But Jones, the coach of the Butch Tennessee Volunteers football Tennes team, will be speaking on Tuesday, July 26, to a joint meeting of Knoxville Rotary clubs at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. He will speak at the regular meeting of the Rotary Club of Knoxville but Rotarians and guests from other clubs are invited. The luncheon meeting will begin at noon. Seating is limited, so you need to RSVP to the Rotary Club of Knoxville office at kxrotary@bellsouth. net/. Guests should park at the Market Square or Locust Street Garages ($1 per hour) as parking at the Crowne Plaza is limited and should be saved for guests with mobility issues. The lunch is $11, payable by cash or check at the door.

The arrow points to young Luther C. Hassinger as a child. He started working for his dad’s business, Pittsburgh Lumber Company, as soon as he could work.

From logs to windows, Dealers Warehouse thrives By Sandra Clark One of Knox County’s oldest businesses is also one of the least-known. Dealers Warehouse Corporation was highlighted last week at the Halls Business and Professional Association meeting at Beaver Brook County Club. CEO Les Mirts spoke at the invitation of club president F. Carl Tindell, who claims anyplace east of I-75 as a Halls business. Dealers Warehouse took over the old Plasti-Line plant off Emory Road. The space is a perfect spot, Mirts said. “The growth in Knox County and North Knox County has been unbelievable.� Mirts discounted the myth of a building materials wholesaler has an unneeded “middleman.� History has shown, he said, that Dealers Warehouse has sustained economic growth for its retailers by offering more variety without tying up the retailers’ capital. “We allow the market to be efficient.� Dealers Warehouse came to Knoxville in 1948 as a division of a logging company started by the Hassinger family. Over time the business grew from one building to seven. In 2005, after 57 years

on Sixth Avenue near downtown Knoxville, Dealers Warehouse moved into its present location on Thunder Lane, one quarter mile from the Emory Road interLeslie Mirts change with I-75 North. The 340,000-squarefoot facility is over 100,000 square feet larger than the old seven-building location, Mirts said. “Larger, more efficient and closer to the interstate means better service for our 500+ customers.� Dealers Warehouse now has 150 employees with branch offices in Nashville, Chattanooga and Charlotte, N.C. In 1961, Don Mirts was named manager of Dealers Warehouse, a position he held until his death in 1994. His son, Les, already had been designated his successor, according to the company’s website. It was a logical choice. Another familiar name, Bill Arnett, is associated with Dealers Warehouse. Arnett became manager in

1950 at the age of 25. The average age of his 34 employees was early-30s. Dealers Warehouse Corporation was founded in 1947 by Martin and Bill Hassinger, but it was part of a larger set of companies that began as a logging operation. Martin Luther Hassinger founded the Pittsburgh Lumber Company in 1880 in Martins, Pa., after he was “stripped clean as a picked bird� in the Panic of 1870. He had taken a job running a small mill, cutting white oak timbers for the Pennsylvania Railroad. As soon as he was old enough to work, his son, Luther C., became an employee of the company. Toward the end of the 1800s, vast areas of southern Appalachia remained relatively untouched by industrial logging. L.C. Hassinger moved his family to Konnarock, Va., in 1906, acquiring 30,000 acres in the mountains around Damascus, Va. In 1912, L.C. bought land along Strait Branch and extended

BIZ NOTES ■David Harrell, MD, is the mother of five FACS, a general suradult children with geon with Premier six grandchildren and Surgical Associates great grandchildren. of Knoxville, has ■Sara Fulton, been elected for director of operations active membership for Summit Medical in the American David Harrell Gloria Garner Sara Fulton Group, has earned the Association of professional designation of certified medical Endocrine Surgeons. Achieving membership practice executive (CMPE). Fulton, a member of is an extensive, 2-year process that involves the Medical Group Management Association, submitting a case log of endocrine cases, letters joined Summit Medical Group as director of of recommendation and attendance at two operations in October 2015. Now a resident of annual meetings. Dr. Harrell is based at Premier the Bearden community, Fulton is a graduate Surgical’s Tennova North office and performs of Webb School of Knoxville and earned her procedures there, at Tennova Physicians bachelor’s degree and MBA from the University Regional, and at Premier Surgical’s office-based of Tennessee. procedure center on Papermill Drive. ■Shoney’s Restaurants will honor America’s ■Gloria Garner has been named to a partial term fallen military members this Memorial Day by on the board of commissioners of Knoxville’s serving a free All-American Burger to all veterCommunity Development Corporation through ans and active duty military members. Service June 2017. Garner retired from the Knoxville members will be treated to Shoney’s signature Area Urban League in 2006 after a 38-year favorite All-American Burger cooked to order career. She began in 1968 as a community orga(w/cheese if requested), served with lettuce, nizer to address social issues and provide case tomatoes, red onions, pickles and mayonnaise. management in Lonsdale, Mechanicsville and French Fries and a beverage are on the house as East Knoxville. Garner is a longtime member well. Certain conditions apply. of First Calvary Baptist Church in Lonsdale. She

Katherine Owenby with recently-groomed Ripley.

Kat’s Dog House Grooming open in Halls By Ruth White Katherine Owenby has opened Kat’s Dog House Grooming at 4609 Mill Branch Lane. She offers a grooming experience that makes dogs feel at home because Katherine believes that “dogs are people, too.� Owenby has been grooming dogs for six years and attends seminars to stay on top of grooming techniques. She takes steps to make sure dogs are safe and treated with the utmost care, often talking to the dogs while grooming. She has always loved animals and her goal is to provide a friendly, consistent grooming salon in the Halls community. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. Info: 254-9043.

Rocky Top nursing home gets five-star rating Summit View of Rocky Top has been awarded a Five Star Overall rating by Medicare’s Nursing Home Compare. Medicare.gov conducts regular inspections of health care facilities and nursing homes and uses the data to rank each facility based on health inspections, quality measures and staffing. Each area is judged separately using a one- to five-star rating system with five indicating the highest quality. The three areas are then combined to calculate the overall rating. The Medicare.gov/NursingHomeCompare site states: “Nursing homes vary in the quality of care and services they provide to their residents. Reviewing health inspection results, staffing data and quality measure data are three important ways to measure nursing home quality. This information gives you a ‘snap shot’

of the care individual nursing homes give.� Nursing Home Compare allows consumers to compare area nursing facilities by town or region. With 10 facilities in the Rocky Top area, Summit View of Rocky Top is one of only four facilities to receive a five-star rating. Sheila Ramsey, director of nursing at the facility, said, “It is nice to see the recognition for all the hard work this team gives to our residents. We want to continue to bring positive attention to our facility and our community.� Summit View of Rocky Top is a locally owned and operated nursing care center that offers long term and short term stay options. The center offers physical, speech, and occupational therapy to in-patients and out-patients and provides 24 hour nursing care for all residents.

the Virginia-Carolina Railway into Konnarock. It cost $90,000 to build a threemile section of railway from Konnarock to Whitetop Gap. Lumber companies left the area in the late 1920s. The Hassingers sold their holdings to the Forest Service when it began buying cut-over land between 1926 and 1930 to establish what has become the Jefferson National Forest. The mill closed the day before Christmas in 1928. Luther C. Hassinger left Virginia in 1929, when he and two sons, Bill and Martin, bought Bristol Builders Supply, a leading retail building materials business in Bristol, Va. Although they opened during the Great Tennessee School of Beauty students will participate in Depression, the Hassingers survived, later opening four the 14th Cancer Survivor Beauty and Support Day (CSBSD) by offering free haircuts and/or free shampoos and styling more warehouses. to cancer survivors and patients. Appointments are available 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. or 5:30-9 p.m. Tuesday, June 7, and may be made by calling 588-7878.

TSB to celebrate ‘Cancer Survivor Beauty and Support Day’

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â– Fountain City Business and Professional Association meets 11:45 a.m. each second Wednesday, Central Baptist Church fellowship hall. President is John Fugate, jfugate43@gmail.com or 688-0062. â– Halls Business and Professional Association meets noon each third Tuesday, Beaver Brook

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SUMMER CAMPS Additional listings and information at ShopperNewsNow. com. ■ All American Camp, 9-11:30 a.m. Monday-Thursday, June 6-9, Angela Floyd Schools, 6732 Jubilee Center Way; or 9-11:30 a.m. Monday-Thursday, June 13-16, Angela Floyd Schools, 10845 Kingston Pike. Cost: $125. Ages: 6 and up. Info/registration: angelafloyd schools.com. ■ Archaeokids: Exploring Ancient Art & Archaeology, 1-4 p.m. July 11-15, McClung Museum, 1327 Circle Park Drive. For ages 9-11 (rising fourth, fifth and sixth graders). Cost: $110; $99 members. Info/registration: mcclung museum.utk.edu or 974-2144. ■ Awesome Oceans, 9 a.m.noon Monday-Friday, July 2529, The Muse Knoxville, 516 N. Beaman St. For ages 9-13. Cost: $105/ $95 members. Info/registration: themuseknoxville. org/content/summercamps-2016 or 594-1494. ■ Awesome Oceans, 1-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, July 25-29, The Muse Knoxville, 516 N. Beaman St. For ages 7-8. Cost: $105/ $95 members. Info/registration: themuseknoxville. org/content/summercamps-2016 or 594-1494. ■ Camp Invention, MondayFriday, June 6-10, at the following times and locations:

8 a.m.-2:30 p.m., A.L. Lotts Elementary, 9320 Westland Drive; Sequoyah Elementary School, 942 Southgate Road; Shannondale Elementary School, 5316 Shannondale Road; Blue Grass Elementary School, 8901 Bluegrass Road; and 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m., Farragut Intermediate School, 208 West End Ave. Cost: $230. Ages: rising first through rising sixth graders. Info/registration: campinvention.org or 800968-4332.

18-21, Angela Floyd Schools, 10845 Kingston Pike. Cost: $125. Ages: 2-5. Info/registration: angelafloydschools.com. ■ Christian Academy of Knoxville summer camps, 529 Academy Way. Variety of camps, both athletic and academic, available throughout June and July. Info/schedule/ registration: cakwarriors.com/ community/summer-camps; athletics@cakmail.org.

■ Camp Wallace Summer Day Camp, through Aug. 5, Wallace Memorial Baptist Church, 701 Merchant Drive. Activities and field trips for children who have completed kindergarten through seventh grade. Info/registration: Kristie Bell, 688-7270.

■ Concord Park golf camps, Concord Park, 10909 S. Northshore Drive. Two-day camps for ages 6-8, 9-11 a.m., June 7-8, July 5-6, July 26-27; cost: $50. Three-day camps for ages 9-17, 9 a.m.-noon., May 31-June 2, June 14-16, June 2123, June 28-30, July 12-14, July 19-21, Aug. 2-4; cost: $100. Info/registration: 966-9103.

■ Camp Webb Sports Camps, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., 9800 Webb School Lane. Camps include: lacrosse, basketball, football, tennis, soccer, cheer, gymnastics and more. Info/schedule/ registration: campwebb.com or 291-3840.

■ Cooking up Science, 1-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, June 20-24, The Muse Knoxville, 516 N. Beaman St. For ages 7-8. Cost: $85/ $75 members. Info/registration: themuseknoxville. org/content/summercamps-2016 or 594-1494.

■ Camp Wesley Woods summer camp, 329 Wesley Woods Road, Townsend. Programs for boys and girls grades K-11. Info/registration: Camp WesleyWoods.com or 4482246.

■ Day camps, Arnstein Jewish Community Center, 6800 Deane Hill Drive. Milton Collins Day Camp for K-sixth graders; Teen Adventures Program for seventh-ninth graders; Counselor-in-Training Program for 10th graders; Camp K’Ton Ton for ages 2-pre-K. Sessions available Monday-Friday through July 29. Info/registration: jewish

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■ Dino Explorers, 9-11 a.m. June 7-9, McClung Museum, 1327 Circle Park Drive. For ages 4-5. Cost: $35; $30 members. Info/registration: mcclung museum.utk.edu or 974-2144. ■ Explorer camp at Ijams, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, June 20-24 or July 18-22, Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave. Cost: $245 members, $270 nonmembers; includes a full day off-site trip. Ages 9-14. Info/registration: Lauren, 577-4717, ext. 135. ■ Explorers of the World, 9 a.m.-noon Monday-Friday, July 25-29, The Muse Knoxville, 516 N. Beaman St. For ages 7-8. Cost: $85/ $75 members. Info/ registration: themuseknoxville. org/content/summercamps-2016 or 594-1494. ■ Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont summer camps for ages 9-17. Various programs available June 13July 28. Info/schedule/registration: gsmit.org/Summer Youth.html or 448-6709. ■ Guest Artist Intensives, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Studio Arts for Dancers, 1234 Rocky Hill Road. Session 1: Monday-

Friday, June 13-17; Session 2: Monday-Friday, June 20-24 Cost: $250/session. Info/registration: StudioArtsFor Dancers.net or 539-2475. ■ Harry Potter camp at Ijams, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, June 27-July 1, Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave. Cost: $225 members, $250 nonmembers. Ages 5-8 and ages 9-14. Info/registration: Lauren, 577-4717, ext. 135. ■ Ice Princess Camp, 9-11:30 a.m. Angela Floyd Schools, 10845 Kingston Pike. For ages 2-5: Monday-Thursday, June 6-9. For ages 6 and up: Monday-Thursday, July 11-14. Cost: $125. Info/registration: angelafloydschools.com or 675-9894. ■ Ice Princess Camp, 9-11:30 a.m., Angela Floyd Schools, 6732 Jubilee Center Way. For ages 6 and up: Monday-Thursday, July 18-21. For ages 2-5: Monday-Thursday, July 25-28. Cost: $125. Info/registration: angelafloydschools.com or 947-9894. ■ Intensive for the Serious Dancer, 9-11:45 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, July 5-22, Studio Arts for Dancers, 1234 Rocky Hill Road. Cost: $200. For rising Level II-IV. Includes: ballet, modern, improvisation, jazz, stretch for dancers, musical theatre. Info/ registration: StudioArtsFor Dancers.net or 539-2475. ■ Intensive for Intermediate and Advanced dancers, 10

Written by Avi and Illustrated by Timothy Bush

CHAPTER EIGHT: Story So Far: With the special soccer team so inept, advice and encouragement come from everywhere, and boys struggle on in search of a winning game. I won’t describe that Saturday practice. Just say the fathers were serious. My idea of a good practice was that time when Mr. Lester told us about the Battles of Bunker Hill and Gettysburg. Our fathers practiced us as if we were going into a battle of our own. We hated it. Anyway, that week we were going to play Hopewell. When I woke up on the morning of the game, it was raining like crazy. “Great,” I thought. “They’ll cancel.”

knoxville.org or 690-6343. ■ Dig It! Fun with Fossils, 1-4 p.m. June 20-24, McClung Museum, 1327 Circle Park Drive. For ages 9-11 (rising fourth, fifth and sixth graders). Cost: $110; $99 members. Info/registration: mcclungmuseum. utk.edu or 974-2144.

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“a breakfast serials story”

Learning to Believe

At breakfast my mother said, “I thought I’d get out of work early and come watch you play.” “It’s raining,” I said. “I won’t melt.” “Don’t you think they’ll call off the game?” “I certainly hope not,” put in my father. “I’ll come too. What’s a little rain?” “That’s what they said when Noah began building the ark.” I would have gotten into more trouble if I said what else was on my mind. If I thought it might have kept me out of the game, I would have. More likely, it would have only

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meant grounding, and since the ground was already under water, I kept my mouth shut. Worse, my father was right. They didn’t call off the game. We got into uniforms and raincoats. What a combo. At the field, it was cold, wet, muddy and very, very stupid. Mr. Lester gave us his usual dynamic talk. “Gentlemen, this will be a true test of your characters. Conditions are terrible. It was either play or forfeit. We voted to play.” “I don’t remember voting,” said Saltz. “You’re not old enough,” said Hays. Mr. Lester, like all losing generals, ignored advice from his ground troops. Instead, he merely shifted his umbrella from one hand to the other. “Give it your best,” he suggested, “your true best.” “We already did,” said Dorman. He sounded bitter. “Make us proud,” Lester urged. And us miserable, I thought. “Remember,” said Mr. Lester as we swam out to the field, “they have it as bad as you do.” Maybe. The difference was they knew how to play the game. Probably even wanted to. We didn’t. Oh, we went out there. We tried to play. Honest. With a bunch of dripping fathers and mothers on the soggy sidelines sort of cheering, we gave it a shot. The shot carried four inches. Maybe. I read a book about World War I. Trench warfare. It was nothing compared to our game. The whole field was like a bottomless mud pit. When we began, the muck was over my shoes. From there on, it rose higher. When the ball came down, instead of bounding, it would hit with a humongous SPLAT! showering mud everywhere, which stuck to whatever it touched. The ball got so waterlogged it was like kicking a cannonball. Some lowlights. We were losing, naturally, by about 21 to nothing. I was already a little shell-shocked. I didn’t mind the trench warfare. It was as if they were using me for target practice. There I was, leaping this way and that, like a wet yak trying out for the lead role in a Spider-Man movie. It got so bad that after a while, when I looked up, I noticed our team had retreated into a kind of wet human wall, semicircle around our goal. As walls went, it wasn’t exactly the Great Wall of China. More like Jericho when it kept tumbling down. Shots kept coming in. Once, I took this great leap. Somehow, I tickled the ball with my frozen fingers when it went into the net (making it 35 to nothing). I did have the satisfaction of seeing that at least the ball went in crooked. But then, when I came down in the muck, I lost my wind and all desire to get up. I just lay there in the mud and rain, relaxed and feeling curiously happy. Next thing I knew Mr. Lester as well as my mother and father were squatting down over me.

“Ed! Ed! You all right?” I heard my mother cry. I opened my eyes. For reasons I don’t understand, these people were trying to keep the rain off me. What took them so long? “Are you all right?” asked Mr. Lester in that super-quiet voice he reserves for true panic. Remember: I was his best player. “Sure,” I said, perfectly calm. “I love this.” My father didn’t like my attitude or altitude. “Get up, Ed!” “It’s safer here,” I said. That was the big difference between World War I and our game. After being shell-shocked, those guys got to go to Paris for a weekend of fun. I was told to be a target again. My favorite memory of that afternoon, however, came a little later. I saw the ball come to rest in a puddle—actually, the whole field was a puddle. This one was just a mile or so deeper than everywhere else. The resting ball, however, brought Eliscue and Fenwick at a gallop, each running at the ball full-tilt, neither seeing the other. They met the ball with a huge BONG! It must have been at the exact same moment, for the ball went up, I mean straight up, somewhere into the rain clouds. The two guys stood there, bewildered, turning around, back to back, one against the other, trying to figure out where the ball had gone. Well, since the ball went up, it came down. It hit them both on their heads at the same moment. And it was a heavy, waterlogged ball. Well . . . They were knocked out. Both of them. Once again, Mr. Lester ran out onto the field, umbrella in hand. I think Fenwick’s ma was there too. When those boys got up, they wobbled. Somewhere around that time, everybody agreed that the U.S. Constitution forbids cruel and unusual punishment, and since we had yet to score even one goal that season, there was little likelihood of our scoring a catch-up forty-two goals in the last five minutes of play, so they called it quits. That night both my parents came into my room. “Ed,” said my father, lifting the hot water bottle from my face. “What?” I didn’t even want to talk sex. “We liked what we saw.” “You didn’t see anything but mud.” “I could see improvement,” said my father. After all, he’d helped set up the extra practice. I snuggled down under five blankets, trying to get warm. “Believe in yourself, love,” my mother all but chanted at me. “Believe in yourself and you can do it.” I closed my eyes and let my mind drift. Two games left. I told myself it couldn’t get worse. Which only goes to show how even I had gotten suckered into believing. Because, actually, it got worse. (To be continued.)

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Dunaway recognized for outstanding teaching Diana Dunaway’s mother used to tell her that she would make a great teacher. Moms usually know best, but like most children, Dunaway Dunaway didn’t listen at first. InJacob Antone represented the word cotton during the Vocab- stead, she pursued several careers, including banking ulary Parade. and fashion merchandising, before she realized that her mom was right. At the age of 43, Dunaway went back to college and earned her teaching degree. That was 10 years ago, and Dunaway hasn’t regretted the decision since. She began teaching at Powell Elementary – first grade for eight years and then moving to second grade for the past two years. She loves the independence that second graders develop and how they love to come and read to her. A student favorite is the “store� that Dunaway cre-

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ated in her classroom. Students are rewarded “money� for making good behavior choices, which they can redeem for cool stuff every other week. Dunaway’s three grown daughters attended school in Powell, and she says that they admire and appreciate the fact that she went back to school in her 40s. She calls PES staff, parents and students the best. “Everyone is so nice and helpful. They are loving and truly care about one another,� she said. She was surprised when she was named one of the school’s Teachers of the Year because she believes that all of the staff at PES do an outstanding job every day. When she isn’t in the classroom, Dunaway likes to hike, read and cook.

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The Boys and Girls Club of Halls/Powell recently selected the Students of the Month for April. Layla McBath, a firstgrade student at BrickeyMcCloud, was selected for the Early Childhood center; Hunter Nicholson, second-grade student at Powell Elementary, was se-

lected for the Youth Center and Kaiden Soppet, a seventh grader at Halls Middle, was selected for the Teen Center. Each student was recognized for possessing good character, being helpful to staff members and representing the center in a positive manner.

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Outdoor Classroom gets new walkway By Ruth White Last winter Cameron Greer, a Troop 506 Eagle Scout, built a new amphitheater for the Halls Outdoor Classroom for Halls High teachers to use to teach students in a beautiful outside setting. Unfortunately, wheelchair-bound students had no way to access this venue. To remedy the situation the HOC Steering Committee decided to build a walkway from the main campus to the amphitheater and use it as a “real world� learning experience for Jeff McMurray’s construction trades classes as a service project for the Adopt-A-Watershed program. Hallsdale Powell completed the excavation and placed stone on the site in late April. McMurray’s

classes spent the next two weeks forming the sidewalk and preparing to pour concrete. The use of pervious concrete was important for the project as it is a mix made without sand, leaving it porous so stormwater flows through it into a rock base that holds the water while it infiltrates back into the soil. The Halls community stepped up once again and provided most all of the labor and materials to make this project happen. Hallsdale Powell Utility District donated the excavation and stone base for the walkway. Tindell’s Inc. donated all the forming lumber and fasteners. Harrison Concrete Company and Ready Mix USA each provided half of the pervious concrete. Alan Sparkman, executive direc-

tor of the Tennessee Concrete Association, drove over from Nashville and provided the equipment and expertise necessary to place the concrete. As a result of these donations, the Halls Outdoor Classroom now has an ADA accessible concrete walkway connecting the Halls High main campus to Oaken Drive with a spur to the amphitheater. All materials and labor donated made this $10,000 project a reality. Many thanks to personnel from Knox County Stormwater, the Knox County Stormwater CAC AmeriCorp Water Quality Team, and the Tennessee Water Resources Research Center at UT for working alongside Halls students to complete the project on time.

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THROUGH FRIDAY, SEPT. 16 Online registration open for the Marine Mud Run, to be held Saturday, Sept. 17. Individual waves, 8 a.m.; team waves, 11:30 a.m. Course: 3 miles of offroad running, which entails some obstacles, hills and mud pits. Registration deadline: Friday, Sept. 16, or until total registrants reaches 3150. Info/registration: knoxmud.org.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 25 Bits ’N Pieces Quilt Guild meeting, 1 p.m., Community Center in Norris. Program: “Out of Patty’s Trunk” by Patty Ashworth. Guests and visitors welcome. Info: Mary Jane Berry, 494-7841. Community potluck, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Narrow Ridge, 1936 Liberty Hill Road, Washburn. Bring a dish to share. Info: 497-2753 or community@narrowridge.org. Computer Workshop: Word Basics, 2-4:15 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. Info: Paul Taylor, 898-5724; oakridgefolkdancers.org; on Facebook. “Old Bear and His Cub,” 3 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Presented by the Dollywood Penguin Players. Info: 922-2552.

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, MAY 25-26 AARP Driver Safety class, noon-4 p.m., O’Connor Senior Center, 611 Winona St. Info/ registration: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

THURSDAY, MAY 26 “Celebrate Summer: Container Gardens for Season-Long Cheer,” 3:15-4:30 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Presented by Master Gardner Lynn Carlson. Free and open to the public. Info: 329-8892. “Old Bear and His Cub,” 11 a.m., North Knoxville Branch Library, 2901 Ocoee Trail. Presented by the Dollywood Penguin Players. Info: 525-7036. “Old Bear and His Cub,” 4 p.m., Corryton Branch Library, 7733 Corryton Road. Presented by the Dollywood Penguin Players. Info: 688-1501. Shakespeare for Kids, 6:30 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Presented by the Tennessee Stage Company; featuring “The Merry Wives of Windsor” and “King Lear.” Info: 922-2552. Sugar High!, 8-9:30 p.m., Sugar Mama’s, 135 S. Gay St. Free stand-up comedy showcase featuring Nashville’s Bryce Damuth.

FRIDAY, MAY 27 “Old Bear and His Cub,” 2 p.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Presented by the Dollywood Penguin Players. Info: 689-2681.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, MAY 27-28 Rummage sale, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m., Christ UMC, 7535 Maynardville Highway.

SATURDAY, MAY 28 Community music jam, 7-10 p.m., Narrow Ridge, 1936 Liberty Hill Road, Washburn. A nonalcoholic event that is free and open to all ages. Bring blanket or lawn chair. Info: 497-2753 or

community@narrowridge.org. Fourth Saturday Jam Session, 7 p.m., Old Rush Strong School in Sharps Chapel. Bluegrass, country and gospel music performed by local musicians. Refreshments available; donations appreciated. Knoxville Track Club Expo 10K and 5K, 8 a.m., 100 Block of Gay Street. All pre- and post-race activities will be held in Jackson Terminal. Info/registration: ktc. org or Kristy Altman, knoxvilletrackclub@gmail.com. Lego Club, 3 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Info: 922-2552. Local author Dewaine Speaks will speak and sign books, 2-4 p.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Info: 947-6210. Pancake breakfast, 7-11 a.m., Union Missionary Baptist Church on Ailor Gap Road in Maynardville. Adults, $5; children 12 and under, $2. “Rugby Roots” music and performing arts festival, noon-6 p.m., Historic Rugby Victorian village. Featuring British and Appalachian music, dancing and storytelling. Tickets: daytime performances, $12; evening concert only, $8; combined ticket, $17. Tickets available in advance or onsite. Info/tickets: historicrugby.org. Silent meditation gathering, 11 a.m.-noon, Narrow Ridge, 1936 Liberty Hill Road, Washburn. Info: 497-2753 or community@narrowridge.org. Wildflower seed sowing ceremony, 6-6:30 p.m., Narrow Ridge, 1936 Liberty Hill Road, Washburn. Participants will have the opportunity to sow wildflower seeds in the Memorial Wildflower Garden in honor of deceased loved ones. Info: 497-2753 or community@ narrowridge.org. Yoga, 9:30-10:45 a.m., Narrow Ridge, 1936 Liberty Hill Road, Washburn. Bring towel and water. Info: 4972753 or community@narrowridge.org. Union County Farmers Market, 9 a.m.-noon, Wilson Park. Info: 992-8038.

MONDAY, MAY 30 Ceremony in Remembrance of our fallen veterans, 10 a.m., Union County Court House, 901 Main St., Maynardville. All veterans, families and the public invited. QED Experimental Comedy Lab, 7:30-9:30 p.m., The Pilot Light, 106 E. Jackson Ave. Free weekly comedy show blending stand-up, improv, sketch and other performance styles. Donations accepted.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1 Chalk on the Walk, 11:30 a.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Info: 922-2552. 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. Submissions deadline for Appalachian Arts and Crafts Center jurying process. Three sample of work, $25 jury fee and completed forms must be submitted by noon. Info/forms: appalachianarts.net, 494-9854, 2716 Andersonville Highway.

THURSDAY, JUNE 2 Beauford Delaney Celebration, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Beck Center Exchange Center, 1927 Dandridge Ave. Free and open to the public. Info/reservations: ddbubose@ knoxart.org or 934-2036. Big Ridge 4th District Neighborhood Watch meeting, 7 p.m., Big Ridge Elementary School library. Info: 992-5212. Coffee with the Candidates, Union County Chamber of Commerce, 1001 Main St., Maynardville. Info: 992-2811. Computer Workshop: Introducing the Computer, 10:30 a.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Info/registration: 922-2552. An Evening of “Radical Gratitude” with Will Pye, 6:30 p.m., Clinton Physical Therapy Center, 1921 N. Charles G. Seivers Blvd. Info: Kelly Lenz, 457-1649 or cptcklenz@aol.com. Storytime with the Tennessee Smokies, 10:30 a.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Info: 922-2552.

FRIDAY, JUNE 3 First Friday Comedy, 7-9 p.m., Saw Works Brewing, 708 E. Depot Ave. Free stand-up comedy

showcase featuring Jenn Snyder from Columbia, S.C. Opening night for “The Word” exhibit, 5-9 p.m., Broadway Studios and Gallery, 1127 N Broadway. Exhibit on display June 3-24. Info: Jessica Gregory, 556-8676, or BroadwayStudiosAndGallery.com. “Plan to Can and Preserve Food,” 9-10 a.m., Union Farmers Co-op, 3035 Maynardville Highway. Free pressure gauge testing; free food preservation and nutrition information. Bring the canner lid, gauge and seal. Info/appointment: Becca Hughes, 992-8038, rlhughes@utk.edu.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, JUNE 3-4 Spring rummage sale, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m., Mount Hermon UMC, 235 E. Copeland Road. Info: 938-7910.

SATURDAY, JUNE 4 Art on Main Festival, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Main Street and around Courthouse in Maynardville. Featuring: artists, crafters, food vendors, children’s activities, music concerts and music jams, train rides, student art exhibit. Supports the local arts. “Food Preservation: Step-by-Step Canning, Drying and Pickling,” 2 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Info: 922-2552. Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee. Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org. Rain barrel sale, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., UT Gardens, 2518 Jacob Drive. Hosted by the Water Quality Forum. Preorders recommended for the 50-gallon Ivy rain barrel. Cost: $70. Deadline to preorder: Sunday, May 29. Info/preorder: utgardens.tennessee.edu. Union County Farmers Market, 9 a.m.-noon, Wilson Park. Info: 992-8038.

MONDAY, JUNE 6 American Legion meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St., Maynardville. All veterans are invited. Info: 3875522. QED Experimental Comedy Lab, 7:30-9:30 p.m., The Pilot Light, 106 E. Jackson Ave. Free weekly comedy show blending stand-up, improv, sketch and other performance styles. Donations accepted.

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Life in railroad’s gilded age Abraham Kingsley ‘King’ Macomber (1875-1955)

“It was the flower of the golden age of passenger equipment. ... no perquisite of wealth and importance will ever achieve the distinction of the dark green private varnish car that for half a century rolled splendidly over the nation’s railroad system.” – Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg, Hear the Train Blow: A Pictorial Epic of America in the Railroad Age, New York, 1958.

The Seminole, a private railroad Pullman car that once was the pride of A.K. Macomber, sits behind the historic Southern Railway Depot. Restored to the grandeur of an era described in many popular books by Beebe and Clegg, the car is now the property of the Old Smoky Railway Museum. Abraham Kingsley “King” Macomber was born in Hackensack, N.J., on March 7, 1875, the second of three sons of Dr. Henry Kirke Macomber and Amelia Collerd Macomber. When King was only 9 years old, the family moved to Pasadena, Calif., where his father established his medical practice. At age 20, King found himself in Central Africa with adventurer Frederick Russell Burnham and seven other Americans where they spent six months surveying and mapping mineral deposits in what is now Zimbabwe. Hostilities broke out between the group and the natives. The group escaped a massacre but was under siege for two months until rescued by the British military. Macomber spent some time in London then returned to the U.S. late in 1896. In 1899, Macomber met and married Myrtle

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HISTORY AND MYSTERIES Harkness, the daughter of wealthy Lamon V. Harkness, one of the largest stockholders in Standard Oil. Myrtle had acquired a love of horses since she spent much of her youth at one of her father’s several estates, the 400-acre Walnut Hall Farm near Lexington, Ky. As a result of its Standardbred horse breeding operation, one of the best known in the world, the farm grew to 2,000-acres and eventually to 5,000-acres and 1,400 horses. Although it has been sub-divided several times, Walnut Hall remains in the hands of Harkness descendants. Today, the popular tourist attraction, the Kentucky Horse Park, occupies part of the original farm. The young couple maintained residences on both coasts, but King’s business interests were mostly in California. He became a founding partner of the Los Angeles Trust Co. in 1902 and expanded it into a multi-bank empire and engaged in early oil exploration. When he bought a cattle breeding operation called Rancho Cienega in Paicines, Calif., in 1906, he invested heavily in a large new home and stables and introduced the breeding of thoroughbred horses into the operation.

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His race horse business continued to grow until federal legislation in 1911 banned pari-mutuel betting. Macomber and some other breeders moved their operations to England and France. The Macombers moved back to the States in 1915 as World War I escalated. Although the ban on gambling was lifted, racing was limited by the U.S. entry into the war. With the war over, King Macomber expanded his operations in both Kentucky and California. The racing world was shocked in September 1920 when it learned that, upon the death of William K. Vanderbilt, Macomber had purchased Vanderbilt’s complete racing stable in France for $2 million. The package included the Vanderbilt chateau 20 miles outside Paris and a stable of 38 prized brood mares, four stallions and 52 younger yearlings and foals. His horses were running well in the States with six of them entering the Kentucky Derby over a period of years. Star Hawk ran second in 1916 and War Cloud placed fourth in 1918. He won a number of other important American races, including the Travers Stakes, the Suburban Handicap and the Withers Stakes. He was also winning major races in France and England. His most famous colt, Parth, won the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in 1923 and Gold Bridge won backto-back King’s Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot in 1933 and 1934. Although he was hailed as the undisputed dean of American society in Paris, the horse racing circuit in

the States was also important to the Macombers. For about six decades no other possession so identified those both rich and famous as a private Pullman car. During that time, the Pullman Company provided some 450 private and business cars at prices ranging from $50,000 in the 1870s to $350,000 for Barbara Hutton’s Curley Hut in 1931. By 1915, Macomber felt he needed his own private railroad car and chose the Pullman Company to provide it. The Seminole was delivered to his staff in Palm Beach, Fla. The deluxe car had three large staterooms, a room for Myrtle’s personal maid, a kitchen, a dining area and a room for his crew. King Macomber now needed to make an appearance on the correct private car tracks and at the right

season of the year. A typical year would often begin in Palm Beach until February, then to Louisville for the Derby in early May, on to Pimlico in Baltimore for the Preakness in mid-May and to New York for the Belmont Stakes in June. After the Travers Stakes in Saratoga, N.Y., they proceeded to Del Monte on the Monterey Peninsula in California in autumn. No doubt, the Macombers and the Seminole passed through Knoxville on the Southern Railway more than once as they traveled their annual circuit. By 1927, Macomber acquired another token of his success – a new yacht built in Southampton, England, at a cost of $400,000, called the Crusader. At 175-feet long with two 400-horse power diesel engines, the Crusader was the largest private yacht constructed in England since the war. It was designed as a floating home, a nest of unexpected cabins and staterooms, each one beautifully decorated with hidden features for the comfort and pleasure of the

A.K. “King” Macomber was a prominent California business man and important international breeder of race horses. Courtesy of the Keeneland Library and Archives

owners and their guests. Noted sportsman and horse breeder, A. K. Macomber, died in Paris on Oct. 5, 1955, leaving an estate of $16,084,597. He bequeathed more than $900,000 to relatives, friends and employees and his remaining estate to his widow, Mrs. Myrtle Harkness Macomber. So ended the final chapter in the long and happy life of Abraham Kingsley “King” Macomber.

Built by the Pullman Co. to the Macombers’ design, the Seminole, now owned by the Old Smoky Railway Museum in Knoxville, carried the Macombers on the annual horseracing circuit and to society events at Biltmore and in Palm Beach. Photo submitted

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Selected Varieties, 48 Oz.

WITHOUT VALUCARD REGULAR PRICE

• KNOXVILLE, TN - N. BROADWAY, MAYNARDVILLE HWY., HARDIN VALLEY RD., KINGSTON PIKE, MIDDLEBROOK PIKE, MORRELL RD. • POWELL, TN - 3501 EMORY RD.

SALE DATES: Wed., May 25 Tues., May 31, 2016

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