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BUZZ A passion for flight Eric Majni always had an interest in flying. He has flown in airplanes many times, but the moment he strapped a paramotor to his back – a gasolinepowered motor attached to a parachute – he knew he had found his passion.

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Hey, big spenders Sandra Clark looks at huge spending in four Nashville school board races and observes that Thursday’s outcomes could foreshadow 2018 school board races in Knox County.

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Oswald returns Meet Kip Oswald, an inquisitive seventh grader who will tackle any educational issue head on. This week Oswald asks, “What student fees are really necessary? The answer: Not as many as you might think.

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West looks at UT basketball “I will pass along this thought for consideration: Other coaches with far less impressive credentials have had significantly better results in first-year recruiting (than has Rick Barnes). There is a vivid example at Mississippi State. “Now is when good things are supposed to start happening here. Strangely enough, nobody is talking about the big upswing coming in Tennessee basketball. Top recruits aren’t even visiting.�

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Central High seeks nods for Wall of Fame CHS Foundation and CHS Alumni Association are seeking nominations for Central High School’s “Wall of Fame.� Deadline for consideration for the next award ceremony is Thursday, Aug. 4. Each year, three or four Central alumni are honored and previous nominations are kept on file for consideration in future years. Send nominations of distinguished alumni, particularly those with noteworthy community service, to courtshea@aol. com, or mail to CHS Foundation, PO Box 18445, Knoxville, TN 37928.

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Health Department aids Powell park By Sandra Clark When fundraising began to build out Powell Station Park, the Enhance Powell committee got advice from many sources. Some was free; some was costly. But the best advice by far came from Doug Bataille, senior director of Knox County Parks and Recreation. “I heard the Health Department might have some grant money,� he said. Quickly, we invited folks from the Knox County Health Department to lunch at The Front Porch. Michael Thomas ordered trout cakes. “Best I ever had,� he said. Now it’s hard to call that meeting the turning point, but we applied for a grant and received $25,000 toward construction of a nine-hole disc golf course. It was the largest single contribution. Thomas is quick to note that the money was not from taxpayers. It is part of the settlement several states made with tobacco companies. National Public Radio reported in 2013 that over $100 billion had been

Celebrating the July 1 opening of Powell Station Park’s disc golf course are representatives from the Knox County Health Department: program manager Michael Thomas, Monil Mehta, Mark Miller and Kerri Thompson. Photo by S. Clark paid to states, but little, if any, of the money was used to stop smoking or prevent youngsters from starting. In Tennessee, Bruce Behringer, deputy commissioner of health, led efforts to pump some of the funds into smoking cessation. Thomas said locally his team wanted a nontraditional approach. “We wanted to target pregnant women, eliminate exposure to second-hand smoke and prevent tobacco use to start with.� Thomas

and Kerri Thompson saw potential in the Powell project because the park is adjacent to the high school. And disc golf is a growing outdoor activity. “We jumped on board,� said Thomas. “Plus, we had a source in the community (his secretary’s daughter) who reported on how hard the community was working.� First, everyone agreed to make Powell Station Park a smoke-free zone. Next, signs were created for

each basket and tee. (See quiz on page A-3.) Thomas is pleased with the Powell project and said the Health Department’s next investment is in Karns, where the Lions Club is working to make its pool and playground accessible to all kids. “We’re not just doing benches with signs,� he said. “We’re encouraging physical activity along with stop smoking.�

Knox County to rebid interstate landscaping By Sandra Clark Knox County will rebid the interstate landscaping project at Emory Road because the first bid came in too high. “We are going to explore the sign options, which include bidding separately or constructing them ourselves,� said Jim Snowden, deputy director of Engineering and Public Works. The sole bid was approximately $80,000. The Powell Business and Professional Association is matching a state grant with 20 percent of the contract price. No county mon-

ey is involved, although Snowden has worked hard to coordinate the PBPA and the state Department of Transportation. Kim Severance, who chairs the PBPA committee, said this is it. “If we can’t get a more realistic price and get these plants in this fall, we’ll do something else.� Enhance Powell will meet from 4-5 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 10, at the Powell Branch Library. Everyone is invited. The committee has three projects underway: ■Travis Wegener Car

Show is 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13, at Powell Food City. This is the annual fundraiser for Enhance Powell with 100 percent of proceeds donated to the committee. â– Collier Preserve: Located on Emory Road just east of the Powell Branch Library, the land is being studied by the East Tennessee Community Design Center. The PBPA has allocated $1,500 toward this study from funds on hand and hopes to make a second donation after the car show. The 11 acres will be maintained

as a passive preserve with low impact development like walking trails and removal of invasive plant species. Legacy Parks Foundation and Enhance Powell are partnering on the project. â– Historic Powell Station: The Community Design Center is drawing a master plan for the business district along Emory Road. Also on Wednesday, the group will discuss the new digital sign for Powell High and possible Saturday programming at Powell Station Park. Info: 865-661-8777.

Bob Booker sings a new song By Betty Bean The new album in the jukebox at Marie’s Old Town Tavern is a little bit Tony Bennett and a whole lot Frank Sinatra, with some Eddy Arnold and Jim Reeves and Ray Charles and the Drifters around the edges. Called “Doing It My Way,� it’s a debut effort for the artist, 81-yearold teacher, civil-rights pioneer, mayoral aide, state legislator, historian, DJ, nonprofit administrator, newspaper columnist and former City Council member Bob Booker, who jokes that he’s finally “come out of the shower� with a little urging from his friends. It started when Marie Owens, owner of the tavern at 904 N. Central St., urged him to get up and sing. “She’d asked Johnny Mills to come in and play old songs, and I’m humming along. She got me up – and I haven’t sat down since.� With the help of singer Vicky Ward, Booker collected his favorites and recorded them on a CD called “Doing It My Way.� He’s not

Bob Booker has released his first album at age 81. Photo by Ruth White selling it, at this point, but he’s sending copies to friends across the country and hopes to do a benefit event for the Beck Cultural Center, which he ran for many years. A product of Knoxville’s segregated school system, Booker has fond memories of his child-

hood. He graduated from Austin High School in 1953 and spent a year washing dishes in restaurant kitchens, dreaming of a better life. He didn’t have the money for college, so he enlisted in the U.S. Army to get the benefits of the G.I. Bill. He was sent to England and

then to France, where he dined in French restaurants, saw the Folies Bergère and made good use of his high school French. He enjoyed army life but was still set on going back to school, so he went home and enrolled in Knoxville College – and found that not much had changed. “I had to deal with segregation all over again,â€? he said. “I’d been set free for three years in Europe, but here, the only decent restaurant I could go to was Sky Chef at McGhee Tyson Airport.â€? Meanwhile, the national civilrights movement was gaining momentum. College students organized sit-ins at Greensboro, N.C., lunch counters and Booker, who was student-body president at KC, decided it was time to take action. Against the advice of his elders, he led a group of students on a walkTo page A-3

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Larry and Lisa Guillain-Barre ordeal prompts couple to volunteer The Allspice CafĂŠ at Fort Sanders Regional may seem like an unusual place for a family gathering, but for Larry and Lisa Beeler, it’s a “second home.â€? It’s where they came that St. Patrick’s Day in 2010 when Larry was stricken with Miller Fisher Syndrome, a rare variant of GuillainBarre Syndrome (GBS) that left him paralyzed, on a ventilator and in an induced coma. It’s where a worried Lisa, “not knowing whether he would be the ‘Larry’ he was when he came in or if he would ever be again,â€? waited in the lounge of the Critical Care Unit for weeks on end. But it’s also where Larry and Lisa found so much hope, healing and caring that they now serve as volunteers for others who ďŹ nd themselves in similar situations. It’s also why the Beelers – complete with four children, in-laws, grandkids and parents – have returned every St. Patrick’s Day for the past ďŹ ve years to remember. “Our family meets here every year on March 17 because we’re so thankful,â€? said Lisa. “We can look back and see where we were and where we got back to. People ask, ‘Could you not ďŹ nd a better place to go celebrate?’ We ate here three times a day for three months!â€? “We’ll eat and walk around a little bit,â€? said Larry. “Sometimes, we’ll all go upstairs on the terrace because I loved to be wheeled outside. We reect on what happened and thank God that we’re not here. Sometimes, we go up to Patricia Neal (Rehabilitation Center) and a nurse will say, ‘Can I help you?’ and I’ll say, ‘No, I was a Guillain-Barre patient here ďŹ ve years ago and I was in this room, and I am just here reecting on what hap-

effect of the antibiotics he was taking for a sore throat. “Within 24 hours, he went from being as healthy as could be to being on life support,â€? Lisa recalled. “He couldn’t move his arms, his legs, he couldn’t open his eyes. He was paralyzed from head to toe.â€? Fort Sanders neurologist Darrell Thomas, MD determined that Larry had been stricken with Miller Fisher Syndrome, a variant of GBS that is characterized by abnormal muscle coordination, paralysis of the eye muscles and absence of the tendon reexes. “We didn’t know what GuillainBarre was, never heard of it,â€? said Larry. “We didn’t know if I was going to be paralyzed for the rest of my life. We didn’t know what the next step was. We didn’t know whether I would be a vegetable for the rest of my life. I could tell a little bit of what was going on around me if people talked to me. I could wiggle my toes a little bit for ‘yes’ or ‘no.’ I lost 30-something Five years later, Larry and Lisa Beeler conpounds. I was skin and bone.â€? tinue to remember. Wearing green, After being in ICU for four weeks, they returned to Patricia Neal ReLarry spent four weeks in Patricia habilitation Center on March 17, Neal where therapists and Sharon 2015 to acknowledge the fifth Glass, MD were ďŹ nally able to send anniversary of Larry’s admission him home in a wheelchair and walkto rehab and to reflect on what er. Another six or seven months of that time meant for their famoutpatient therapy followed before ily. In 2010, Larry and Lisa were Larry was able to return to his job smiling as he was discharged as a buyer at a hardware wholesaler. from Patricia Neal. Now, they “I’m living proof and a testament volunteer at PNRC and Fort to a lot of people that you CAN beat Sanders Regional to serve fellow this if you work hard at it,â€? says Larpatients and relay the experiences ry. “Because of this hospital – the they once had. doctors and the nurses and nutritionists and therapists and the spirit of God and my belief – they got me pened. They’ll ask me a lot of ques- gan March 16, 2010, on his drive to walk again, to talk again, got me tions. A lot of times, I will tell them home from work when he noticed to eat again and they helped me pull my story of what I went through.â€? his vision wasn’t quite right but through it.â€? What Larry “went throughâ€? be- brushed it off, thinking it was a side Now, Larry and Lisa are “giving

back� as Fort Sanders volunteers. Lisa serves once a week in the same ICU lounge where she spent so many weeks during Larry’s illness. “Waiting in the ICU lounge was bad – it’s not an easy seat to sit in – but the people they had working in the ICU lounge helped me get through it,� said Lisa. “That’s why I wanted to give back. I always say I come to volunteer hoping to be a blessing to somebody else, but usually I am the one who leaves with all the blessings. I always do. I love it.� While Lisa helps with all types of patients in ICU, Larry serves asneeded whenever there is a family dealing with Guillain-Barre Syndrome. “What we’re trying to do is give a little bit of hope and inspiration to people,� he said. “We just meet with families and people in the hospital and try to help them through it. We don’t diagnose them by any means or tell them what’s going to happen. We just try to give them a little bit of hope and say, ‘You are not alone.’ If I can show that I am there and I am strong and – I hate to use the words ‘beat it’ – but if we have a positive mental attitude about it then maybe I can give them some inspiration that might change the way they look at things. When we walk out of the room, we hope that we have left something with them. They are lying there in bed, they can’t walk but maybe they will say, ‘He was completely paralyzed but he was able to walk in and walk out and maybe I can do that too – if not for myself then for my family.’ � The couple received the 2015 “Volunteer of the Year� award in May at Fort Sanders Regional’s Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon.

Fort Sanders celebrates volunteer contributions The Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center 2016 Appreciation Luncheon was held at the Four Points Sheraton Cumberland House this spring in honor of all the volunteers who give a helping hand at the hospital. Over 100 volunteers attended along with many hospital staff who wished the volunteers well and praised the 70 year history of the Auxiliary and six volunteer programs: â– Heartstrings: A musical group that entertains patients and visitors each month. â– Fellowship Center: Volunteers who assist those staying in Fort Sanders’ hospitality house for the families of patients from outside the region. â– HABIT (Human Animal Bonding In Tennessee): Pet owners who share the unconditional love of a pet with patients and caregivers. â– Stephen Ministers: Lay ministers who provide spiritual support to patients and caregivers. â– Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center Peers: Former patients help current patients by reading to them, helping them write letters, and providing conversation and friendly company. â– Student Volunteers : College students (18 or older) share their special gifts and energy with hospital patients and staff CEO Keith Altshuler kicked off the program with a glowing report of volunteer hours dedicated in 2015, equaling over 46,000 hours. Chief Financial OfďŹ cer Ronnie Beeler and PNRC VP Leslie Irwin accepted the 2016 Auxiliary Check for patient services and equipment for $240,000. The proceeds are raised by the Fort Sanders Hospital Gift Shop coordinated by Joan Howard. For more information on how to become a volunteer, visit www.fsregional.com/volunteers

Joan Howard, gift shop coordinator, presents a check for patient services and equipment to Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center VP and administrator Leslie Irwin and Fort Sanders Regional VP and Chief Financial Officer Ronnie Beeler.

President and Chief Administrative Officer Keith Altshuler with the Coordinator of Volunteer Services Paula Minhinnett

2016 Volunteer of the Year: Peer Volunteer Art Jones pictured with Volunteer Staff Connie Painter and wife Robin Jones.

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Hobbyist takes flying to another level he’s never flown with someone who didn’t enjoy it. One unforgettable moment was taking along a cancer patient who only had a month to live. It was her first time ever off the ground. Majni has also been known to spend his lunch break in the air, taking 15 minutes to roll out the PPC, 30 minutes to eat while flying around and another 15 minutes to pack it back up. “I usually go up once a week, but initially I flew it every day,� says Majni. “I really, really enjoyed it. I still enjoy it, but as gas prices went up, it became expensive to haul it in a trailer. I decided to fly it in moderation, but after being stuck on the ground all your life and then you can fly up there anytime you want, you want to do it every second.� Majni has his favorite routes but says technology has allowed him to venture into new areas using GPS in lieu of physical landmarks. Of course, most of his flights include beautiful scenery. But once the view was a couple having sex in a field, and another time he saw law enforcement doing donuts in

Booker sings through at downtown lunch counters. Afterward, he got a message from Mayor John Duncan. “I drove downtown to hear what he had to say – he threatened to put us all in jail. I said, ‘That’s your prerogative.’� But it didn’t take long for Duncan to come around. “My impression was that George Dempster and Cas Walker said we didn’t need to have that stuff going on. Dempster said, ‘Coloreds and whites eat together at my plant, so let ’em eat.’� Duncan took a delegation of business leaders and KC students to New York to talk to the presidents of Woolworth and S.H. Kress. “We’d decided we could short-circuit all the turmoil by having the lunch counters open to all, but they refused to meet with us.� So the demonstrations commenced under Duncan’s watchful eye. “He deserves credit. He made sure that the right policemen were on duty on Gay Street – he didn’t want them to overreact. Duncan

From page A-1 told me himself that the governor of a state in the Deep South called him up and said, ‘Mayor, aren’t you head of a Southern city? ‌ Why are you allowing this?’ Duncan said, ‘Because I don’t want the problems in my city that you’re having in your state.’â€? Booker said many white people got involved. “In many instances, there were more white people on the picket lines than black people. They would turn on their TV sets in the evening and see folks being knocked down in Selma, but they hadn’t thought about the fact that here in Knoxville I couldn’t go to the lunch counter and eat a hamburger and drink a Coke.â€? He got his degree in 1962 and was teaching high school French in Chattanooga when Duncan offered him a job in city government. In 1966, he became the first African-American from Knox County to serve in the General Assembly in Nashville. One of six blacks there, he remembers being “constantly frustratedâ€?

Eric Majni takes the ultimate selfie while flying over Knoxville.

■Knox County Democrat Women’s Club will meet 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 9, at Austin’s Restaurant, 900 Merchants Drive. New members welcome. ■Knox North Lions Club meets 1 p.m. each first and third Wednesday, Puleo’s Grille, 110 Cedar Lane. Info: facebook.com/ knoxnorthlions.

their work vehicles. “People think they’re alone, but they’re not,� he laughs. Since more ground can be covered more quickly in the air than on foot, Majni has volunteered with his PPC to help search crews look for missing people. He has friends with PPCs in Texas who helped locate pieces of

the space shuttle Columbia that exploded in 2003. He also enjoys voluntarily kick-starting parades. When the helicopter didn’t arrive to kick off Farragut’s Fourth of July parade this year, Majni and a friend decided to do it themselves. They also made an appearance during this year’s Karns parade.

but is proud of the role he played in getting 18-yearolds the right to vote and in getting liquor by the drink in Knoxville. He became Mayor Kyle Testerman’s administrative assistant in 1972 and found that he still ran into “that race thing� occasionally – he was kicked out of a South Knoxville business he’d visited as a representative of the mayor and wasn’t allowed into an Eastern Star meeting in Karns to which he’d been invited. “That said to me, ‘Bob Booker, it doesn’t matter what your title is. You’re the same as the guy hanging out on the end of the block.’� The CD’s title is a salute to Frank Sinatra’s anthem, “My Way,� and it’s not hard to understand why. “Paul Anka may have written that song for Frank Sinatra, but he wrote it for me, too. I’ve been knocked down, faced roadblocks along the way, but I’ve succeeded in spite of that,� he said. To find out more about Booker’s CD, call him at 865-546-1576, or at the Beck Cultural Center, 865524-8461.

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■Northwest Democratic Club meets 6 p.m. each first Monday, Austin’s Steak & Homestyle Buffet, 900 Merchant Drive. Info: Nancy Stinnette, 688-2160, or Peggy Emmett, 687-2161.

Majni’s passion paid off during a national competition in 2004 when he placed first among 80 other competitors. Events included an on-ground obstacle course (with wind still in his parachute) and landing on a specific target. “I’ve flown with people ages 2 and a half to 85,� he says. “Anyone can fly.�

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

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smokers each year will ultimately die from it? Every ___ seconds, somewhere in the world, someone dies of tobaccorelated causes. Tobacco kills more Americans each year than alcohol, cocaine, crack, heroin, homicide, suicide, car accidents, fire and AIDS combined. What percent of smokers started before their 18th birthday?

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By Sara Barrett Eric Majni always had an interest in flying. He has flown in airplanes many times, but the moment he strapped a paramotor to his back – a gasoline-powered motor attached to a parachute – he knew he had found his passion. “My first flight was in 1998,â€? he says of that first solo trip aloft. “You launch those like flying a kite. They’re a lot more fun than a powered parachute because there’s nothing between you and the ground but your feet.â€? Majni sold his paramotor in 2001 and got a powered parachute, or PPC, a craft resembling a go-kart that seats two people, so he could bring his then girlfriend (now wife) Diane along for the ride. PPCs travel 30 miles per hour, and although Majni likes to stay around 500 feet, it will go as high as 12,000 feet ‌ but it gets cold up that high, he says. Since his first flight in a two-seater, Majni estimates he’s flown with more than 1,000 people, mostly friends and family or friends of family, and says

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Basketball interrupts football countdown We interrupt this mad dash to a football championship with a basketball alarm. Ding, ding, ding, ding. Whether Rick Barnes’ next Tennessee team will be good or bad is not the subject. Expectations are low. It has been said the Vols may, indeed, lose to ETSU and Chattanooga. The current concern is the year after, better identified as recruiting. A more definitive way of putting that is the shortage thereof. Here’s what I am hearing ‌ The coach has signed nine players in his first year and not one was a five-star prep prize or even a top 100 prospect. Some fans find that hard to believe.

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Great players, good players and very ordinary players cost one scholarship each. Enormous effort and a brilliant sales job are often the separators. Recruiters form long lines to compete for top prospects. Tennessee is signing futures where the lines are shorter. We’ll find out later whether three-stars, properly instructed, can beat superstars focused on the NBA. What follows are words

I keep hearing, anonymous for two reasons: I don’t know who said what and they might not have said anything if they had to be identified and knew their thoughts would be offered to the world. Career summation: Barnes won at Texas with talent. So far he hasn’t done that kind of recruiting at Tennessee. Top prep players don’t even mention us. Nobody is saying Barnes has lost his touch, but I’m worried. Sure hope the big guy who visited (Chinedu Uyaelunmo, 7-footer from Nigeria via a couple of prep schools in Miami) wasn’t just sightseeing. More caustic critics are beginning to suspect Rick

picked his first best offer, Tennessee, as a soft landing for the completion of his career. Dave Hart added a few million to the retirement fund. As for me, I would not jump to that conclusion. Barnes loves to coach. He can coach. And he works at it. Kevin Punter is an excellent example of what a smart coach can do with a good idea and commitment. There was a time somebody on Barnes’ staff at Texas could recruit. That somebody might not be at this UT. Restrictions may be tighter here. Hart was hurt by the Donnie Tyndall blunder. Or, Barnes may realize he can’t sign big names and is aiming lower.

Or, Barnes may have chosen a better way of life. Preparing teams, coaching games and even fussing about referees is fun in comparison to the drudgery of recruiting. I will pass along this thought for consideration: Other coaches with far less impressive credentials have had significantly better results in first-year recruiting. There is a vivid example at Mississippi State. Now is when good things are supposed to start happening here. Strangely enough, nobody is talking about the big upswing coming in Tennessee basketball. Top recruits aren’t even visiting. Oh, you say it takes time to erase black marks in the

background. Is it still relevant that Bruce Pearl was fired during an NCAA thunderstorm? Do high school players care that Cuonzo never felt wanted? I suppose Donnie’s NCAA sentence did rock the boat. Here’s what I see: SEC basketball was sixth in conference comparisons. Tennessee recruiting was seventh in the SEC. The big tournament is way out there somewhere. The obvious question is how do we get there from here? Second obvious question: Is it closer than it was or farther away? Third thought: It’s almost football time in Tennessee. Marvin West welcomes reader reaction. His address is westwest6@netzero.com.

Complete streets mean better communities Transportation engineer Ian Lockwood, who was in town last week to talk about how complete streets change communities, had good things to say about Knoxville’s historic buildings, public spaces and art-filled alleys. O t h e r areas, like H e n l e y Street, he called “opIan Lockwood p o r t u n i ties.� Lockwood, a transportation engineer with Toole Design Group, made presentations to local government reps, agencies and the public last week to share a vision for how complete streets − those that allow safe, comfortable travel for multiple modes of transportation − create healthier,

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more vibrant and more inclusive communities. Widening of roads in the 1990s spoiled several cities, like West Palm Beach, Fla., he says. When he moved there in 1996, numerous buildings had been torn down to build surface parking lots, and 80 percent of the shops on the city’s main thoroughfare were vacant. Drug dealing and prostitution were rampant. A new vision for the city was drawn, and as the city transportation planner, Lockwood had the task of making the streets match the vision. The first step

was creating streets that were comfortable for pedestrians, which meant wide sidewalks, trees and raised intersections that slowed down traffic, making streets easier to cross. When he wanted to narrow a five-lane arterial road, the Department of Transportation said that wouldn’t be progress. But the creation of an inclusive public realm, where kids could walk to school and neighbors could get to know each other, revitalized the area. A neighborhood watch was instituted, and crime went down. Downtown West Palm Beach is now thriving, and none of the shops are vacant. Best of all, improvements were completed with the promise that the poor wouldn’t be displaced. Forward-thinking housing policies and form-based

code allowed low-income families to buy their homes, so neighborhoods remain intact. Here’s the mind-bending part of Lockwood’s take on planning: roads shouldn’t be designed simply to move cars; they should also nurture businesses, increase social interaction and add character. His litmus test for a project is this: Does the change reward the short trip or the transit trip? Improving the short trip is always his goal. Adding lanes only benefits those who have a long way to go and want to get there fast, and it isn’t completely effective. But widening roads is very effective at making businesses less accessible and dividing communities. Back to West Palm Beach. Yes, there’s still congestion. But it’s beautiful, so nobody

minds, he says. If you need an illustration of what it looks like when people park their cars and walk, visit Market Square on a Saturday morning − or any other time. Kids and music play, neighbors visit and money flies out of wallets. About a year from now, the Cumberland Avenue project will wrap up, and

we’ll see a more complete street. Four lanes will change to three, and wide sidewalks will have shade and benches. Pedestrian and transit facilities will be improved. If it creates the kind of change Lockwood described, it could change our minds about the definition of progress.

GOSSIP AND LIES â– Political conventions: Cut them to three days; although I did watch CNN for full coverage, rather than the one-hour hits on prime time.

â– Democratic convention: Too much diversity.

■Ban children and spouses from the podium. It’s unfair to folks who simply want to live their lives ... yet only Barron Trump (either because of age or genes) showed the disgust that most kids surely felt.

â– Apologies for having been an early advocate for presidential primaries. Party bosses brought us Abe Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson.

â– GOP convention: Not enough diversity.

â– Three more months: Did we mention these campaigns are too long?

■Primaries have brought us Trump and Clinton redux. – S. Clark

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Nashville is gaining on Memphis Seven Islands Methodist Church

South meets North to bring historic marker home This story started when somebody took a walk in the woods off Murray Road and discovered a marble slab engraved with the words, “Robert Hines, Born 1783, Died 1877,� hidden in the underbrush. The six-acre parcel where it was found had just been approved as a subdivision, and the discovery of an old cemetery there would have created a costly, timeconsuming problem for the developer because state law mandates special protection for abandoned gravesites. Pat Pennybacker brought the mystery to the Norwood Homeowners Association, and solving it became a group project. Neighboring property owners confirmed that the property had been privately held farmland for as long as anyone could remember and dismissed the graveyard theory. The next most logical hypothesis

Betty Bean was that someone had stolen the stone and dumped it on the Murray Road property. Association president Lynn Redmon did a quick internet search and discovered someone with the same name and vital statistics buried in the graveyard of Seven Islands Methodist Church in South Knox County. There was even a photograph of the marker. Redmon learned that this was the first Methodist church built in Knox County, established in 1802. Both the now-abandoned church and the graveyard are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The existing church building was

built in 1864. Redmon asked MPC historic preservation planner Kaye Graybeal for help, and she steered him to Linda Claussen, who alerted her neighbor Fred Houser, the cemetery’s unpaid caretaker. He knew all about the marker because his mother, Agnes Pauline Johnson Houser, and some cousins had gotten together and pooled their money to buy the Hines marker many years ago. “Mom died six years ago. She’d say, ‘Fred, who you think stole my tombstone?’� Houser, who lives next door to the graveyard, says the church is as far south as you can get and still be in Knox County. He knows a lot about who’s buried there – his mother, as well as soldiers killed in the Revolutionary War, settlers killed by Indians and six students from Johnson Bible College

(now Johnson University). “Four or five of them drowned in the river. They used to have a dairy over there, and one of them was gored to death by a bull,� Houser said. But he doesn’t know much about Norwood, so he and Redmon agreed to meet at the only landmark with which Houser was familiar. “He met me at the Expo Center and followed me to Murray Road, and we put it in his pickup truck,� Redmon said. “He was thrilled.� Houser said Redmon’s observation is correct. “We went out there, and there it was! I told Lynn he couldn’t have made me happier if he’d given me a thousand dollars.� Houser took the marker home to the churchyard that he takes care of without benefit of any funding. “I believe she knows,� he said.

Brawls and ballots: It’s election week With the party conventions concluded, and the Clinton/Trump race underway, it’s easy to forget there’s an election on Thursday. In fact, if you had forgotten about this week’s state primary and county general election, you’re not alone. Early voting turnout was below average because there is no statewide nonjudicial office (governor or U.S. senator) on the ballot. Competitive statewide elections encourage political advertising and voter interest. There’s none of that this year. Thankfully, you still have time to vote. Visit the election commission website to find your correct polling place: http://www. knoxcounty.org/election/ ■Shenanigans in District 18. The only local race drawing significant voter interest is the Republican primary for state house District 18. In that race, incumbent Rep. Martin Daniel faces former opponent (and former state representative and City Council member) Steve Hall, James Corcoran and Bryan Dodson. The drama of the campaign has centered around Rep. Daniel (allegedly) shoving Steve Hall during a

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joint appearance on a local radio show. At first, Daniel issued a wordy, non-apology about the incident. Then, after a criminal assault charge was filed by Hall, Daniel declined to answer any questions. That was a mistake. In this age of Donald Trump, Republican voters expect bombast and hyperbole. Rep. Daniel should have held a press conference and announced, “Sure, I pushed Steve Hall. He called me a liar. Steve Hall is lucky I didn’t punch him in the mouth.� Politics is a rough-andtumble business. Sometimes it even takes a little brawling to get elected. Of course, Rep. Daniel could still win. Yet, by bumbling his way through this non-scandal, Daniel missed a great opportunity. As a result, Steve Hall may be heading back to Nashville.

■City Election Schedule. Speaking of missed opportunities, Knoxville City Council has missed a great chance to solve a chronic problem with its elections. As of this writing, the council is expected to approve moving the city primary election date to better accommodate military and overseas voters. City voters will be asked to approve this change in a referendum question this November. They should. It’s a good idea. Unfortunately, these changes do not go far enough. Oddly, city elections (mayor, city council and city court judge) are held in odd-numbered years and not the more traditional even-numbered

years like presidential and Tennessee’s gubernatorial elections. As a result, voter turnout is abysmal. Low voter turnout is bad because it gives disproportionate influence to city employees and neighborhood groups who are more motivated by self-interest to vote. Unfortunately, politicians elected by a few may cater only to the whims of the few. Here’s a suggestion. Move city elections to evennumbered years. It’s tough enough to get folks to vote. The city should not hold its elections when voting is the furthest thing from everyone’s mind. We can do better. Scott Frith is a local attorney. You can visit his website at www.pleadthefrith.com

Election is Thursday Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 4, for the county general election and state primaries. Law Director Bud Armstrong and former Property Assessor John Whitehead will be elected without opposition in the only countywide races. Several county commission seats are contested.

And in state House District 18, incumbent Rep. Martin Daniel is fighting off challenges from former Rep. Steve Hall, James Corcoran and Bryan Dodson. Many legislators are running unopposed, while in District 13 the stage is set for the county’s biggest race in November: Rep. Eddie Smith trying to fend off former Rep. Gloria Johnson.

Nashville is about to become Tennessee’s largest city, surpassing Memphis. Right now Memphis is only 1,200 residents larger than Nashville and at the current growth rates, Nashville will move ahead of Memphis within a year. ■Why is county commissioner Bob Thomas starting his campaign for county mayor two years before the primary? Mayor Burchett is not quite Bob Thomas half way through his second and final term. Seems like some campaigns are year around. Apparently, it is to let Thomas legally raise funds as one has to file a treasurer’s form before donations can be legally accepted. However, there could be a downside to this for Thomas. Now that he is openly campaigning for mayor, every vote he casts on the commission will be seen as how it impacts his mayoral aspirations. Zonings, which mayors normally avoid, cannot be avoided by mayoral candidate Thomas now that he has announced but continues on County Commission. He may please the developers or the neighborhood groups, but it’s unlikely he will please both. Citizens coming to Commission will view his votes in the prism of whether they will vote for or against him in the May 2018 primary. The decision also impacts Commissioner Ed Brantley who says he may retire after one term. But it is hardly a secret that Brantley and Thomas are a political pair. It is widely assumed that Brantley will be Thomas’ chief of staff if Thomas is elected. He will be the new Dean Rice. Again, the downside to this is that Brantley’s votes will take on an aura that they otherwise would not have. The upside for Thomas is that he can raise money and secure early commitments, making it harder for a person to enter in mid2017 for the May primary, 2018. This tactic sometimes works and sometimes does not, depending on the caliber of a later entry. Others being mentioned include County Commissioner Brad Anders, GOP county chair Buddy Burkhardt and state GOP chair Ryan Haynes, who represented west Knox

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County and Farragut in the state House. Someone else may materialize as well. The Democrats at this point do not seem to have a viable candidate. ■The death of Louise Zirkle a few days ago marks the loss of a strong Republican who, along with the late attorney Richard Stair, led the Republicans in Sequoyah Hills for 50 years. She was a dedicated believer in the GOP and long time supporter of former City Council member Jean Teague. There are few like her in today’s world. ■Knoxville Asian’s Festival will be Sunday, Aug. 28, at Market Square from 11 to 6. There will be great food. ■The only former governor to live in Tennessee who was not a governor of this state died. He was Frank Barnett, 82, a Knoxville attorney who was lieutenant governor and then governor of American Samoa when the governor was appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Interior. Today the citizens of American Samoa elect their governor. Barnett was also a top aide to former Gov. Winfield Dunn, who came from Nashville to attend the receiving. Barnett and I briefly opposed each other for a U.S. Senate run in 1984 but remained friends. ■Mayor Rogero’s strong attack in Philadelphia last week on the GOP dominated state Legislature has riled up local GOP lawmakers. Other than auditioning for a job in a Clinton Administration, there is no way her blistering attack on Nashville can help her relations with the local legislative delegation. The truth is that Rogero simply does not personally work relations one on one with the lawmakers. It is not her cup of tea. Both Council members George Wallace and Marshall Stair, who are seen as potential mayoral candidates, would do better in this area than Rogero.

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Flash and friends visit Morning Pointe When excessive heat forced Morning Pointe of Lenoir City’s residents to cancel their visit to Shangri-La Therapeutic Academy of Riding, they welcomed special guests to visit indoors. Two miniature horses and a donkey named Flash stopped by from STAR’s Minis in Motion program. Residents spent a good part of the day making the animals feel welcomed Morning Pointe resident Eloise Smith visits with Flash, a and loved. As part of its Life donkey from Shangri-La TherEnrichment Program, apeutic Academy of Riding’s Morning Pointe invites Minis in Motion program. Phofurry and four-legged to submitted friends to the community, allowing residents mals,� says Eloise Smith, to embrace the benefits of Morning Pointe resident. “Having them come inpet therapy. “We just love these ani- side to us is even better.�

County to give extra time off to military Knox County Commission has adopted a proposal by Mayor Tim Burchett to amend the Knox County personnel ordinance to increases the number of paid leave days given to Knox County government workers who are members of National Guard or the U.S. Armed Forces Reserve services. Previously, employees were paid for up to 20 working days of military leave, or four weeks. The amendment increased that benefit to 30 days of leave, or six weeks. Burchett announced the increase Friday in a press conference with Major Gen. Terry “Max� Haston at the City County Building.

Ombudsman education seminar Westmoreland Health and Rehabilitation Center, 5837 Lyons View Pike, will host a free Ombudsman Program Education Seminar 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 18, as part of its Community Education Promoting Elder Excellence Program. Attorney Lynette Edwards serves as the district long-term care ombudsman for the 16-county area surrounding Knoxville and will speak during the event. A Q&A session will follow, and light refreshments will be served. In addition to serving as the district long-term care ombudsman, Edwards is managing attorney with

the Legal Assistance for the Elderly Program. Both of these programs are divisions of the East Ten ne s see Human Resource Agency Inc. (ETHRA). Edwards Lynette strives to Edwards protect the rights of residents living in long-term care settings such as nursing homes, assistedliving facilities and residential homes for the aged by investigating complaints, advocating on behalf of the residents, advising residents

about involuntary discharge hearings and Medicaid hearings, and educating them and the public on laws affecting quality of long-term care, access to care, and public benefits such as Medicaid. Edwards also routinely provides in-service education to facility staff on issues such as residents’ rights, abuse awareness and prevention, investigating allegations of abuse, advance directives, etc. Edwards’ practice has focused on elder-law issues since 2005. She received her bachelor’s degree with honors from Harding University and her law degree from the University of Tennessee

College of Law in 2001. She is a member of the Tennessee Bar Association, the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and the Tennessee Valley Mediation Association. Edwards is also listed as a Rule 31 Civil Mediator by the Tennessee Supreme Court Alternative Dispute Resolution Commission. She has two daughters in college, lives in Maryville with her husband of 32 years and is an active member of the Maryville Church of Christ. RSVP to Kelli Canan, 584-3902 or email West morela nd.pr@ healthservices.cc

Mobile Meals gets gift from Food Lion Feeds CAC Mobile Meals has received $2,000 from the Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation just in time to help feed local residents. Mobile Meals will use the gift to provide meals for frail, homebound seniors in Knox County. “We really appreciate this gift from Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation. It will allow us to deliver hot, nutritious meals directly to the homes of almost 600 local seniors,� said Judith Pelot, Mobile Meals manager.

Mobile Meals relies on community support to deliver fresh meals to about 850 seniors every weekday of the year except for holidays. “Many people would be surprised to learn that about one-third of our support comes from the community,� Pelot said. “If you included the thousand or so volunteers who give their time to deliver meals five days a week, community support would easily add up to more than half of our annual budget.

“Support from businesses that operate within our community, like Food Lion, is a big part of that, as they give back to our community with grants like this one.� Established in 2001, the Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation provides financial support for programs and organizations dedicated to feeding the hungry in the communities it serves. Since its inception, the foundation has awarded more than $9 million in grants. Food Lion, based in

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SENIOR NOTES â– Karns Senior Center 8042 Oak Ridge Highway 951-2653 knoxcounty.org/seniors Monday-Friday 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

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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. Book Club: “The Last Lion: Visions of Glory� by William Manchester, 2 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 10. Register for: Kaleidoscope class, noon Thursday, Aug. 4. “Five Secrets to Adding Life to Your Years,� 11 a.m. Tuesday Aug. 9. CPR/AED class, 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 10; free class; two-year certification. ■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. Register for: Senior Day at the “Hatfield and McCoy� dinner show, 8:45 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 16; cost: $40; RSVP by Wednesday, Aug. 10. Senior Day at the “Hatfield and McCoy� dinner show, 8:45 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 16; cost: $40; RSVP by Wednesday, Aug. 10. ■The Heiskell Senior Center 1708 W. Emory Road. Info: Janice White, 548-0326 Upcoming: Mobile Meals served every Wednesday; $2 donation requested; RSVP by noon Tuesday. ■Morning Pointe Assisted Living 7700 Dannaher Drive 686-5771 or morningpointe.com

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9Marks program coming to First Baptist By Stacy Levy The organization 9Marks helps pastors around the world build he a lt hy, v ibrant churches that display God’s glory. They create and translate books, train pasLeeman tors, create networks of like-minded churches, and encourage elders in their calling. The organization believes that there are nine marks of a healthy church:

Discipleship, Growth (to grow in holiness), Church Membership (to attend, love and serve), Discipline, Good News (the gospel), Conversion (recognizes both what God does and what people do in salvation), Evangelism, Biblical Theology, Expositional Preaching (preaching God’s word to us, applying it for today’s time), and Biblical Church Leadership (elders). However, building a healthy church can be a challenge, so 9Marks has developed a workshop for pastors, church leaders, and

seminarians. First Baptist Church Powell will partner with 9Marks to host a 9Marks Partnership Workshop Aug. 12-13. Since 9Marks only facilitates a few workshops per year, this is a great opportunity for Powell and all of Knoxville. Jonathan Leeman, editorial director of 9Marks, will be the speaker for this event. There are six sessions (three workshops of two sessions each) that will cover 9Marks theory and practice. Part One, Foundations of a Healthy Church, will include Display God’s

Glorious Gospel and Listen to His Word; Part Two, Building a Healthy Church, will include Preaching and Biblical Theology and Conversion and Evangelism; and Part Three, Life Together in a Healthy Church, will cover Membership and Discipline and finally Leadership. Attendees will experience how to get the point across and how to get the church from here to there, all rolled into one workshop: Cost is $45 per adult, $25 for students. Info: Tim McGhee, 947-9074 or timmcghee@fbcmail.org.

‘Thrive’ group traveling to the Big Apple By Nancy Anderson The young-adult group from Beaver Ridge United Methodist Church spent last Saturday morning up to their elbows in soap suds washing cars at Advance Auto on Kingston Pike to raise money for their upcoming trip to New York City. Lisa Howard, youth director, explained that not only is this the first trip for the newly formed youngadult group called “Thrive,� but it’s also the first time visiting the Big Apple for many of the members. “We decided to call the group ‘Thrive’ because the members have aged out of the youth program but want to stay involved with Beaver Ridge UMC as a collective. It’s time to take what they’ve learned – by this point they’ve learned a lot because they’re collegeaged young adults – and either let their faith suffer because of all the new things they’re exposed to or ‘thrive’ on what they know to be true while they’re out in the world. “This will be the first time in New York for seven out of eight of us, so it’s big, scary and new.� Hosted by a New York City Methodist church, the group plans to pack as much adventure into one

Caitlyn Arsenault,19, Matthew Graham,17, and Devon Graham, 20, hail passersby on Kingston Pike, offering a car wash for donations. Photo by Nancy Anderson week as their budget allows. They’ll be visiting the 9/11 Memorial, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, taking in a show (either “The Lion King� or “Hamilton�), and simply experiencing New York culture. But it won’t be all fun and culture shock; the group plans to spread the gospel through witnessing and gifting Bibles, explained

Howard. “We’re going on a budget, but we want to see absolutely everything we can and just take in the culture. Along the way, we’ll be sharing the word of God and distributing Bibles on a ‘Go where God calls us’ basis. “We’re all going armed with Bibles and hoping to leave the word of God in the hands of those who may not

says. “Few churches h a n d l e change well — in fact, they resist it. Churches must be willing to change how Ron Stewart they do church, or they will die.� He and wife Becky have four children and nine grandchildren. During his tenure, the church added Grace Chris-

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■Ridgeview Baptist Church, 6125 Lacy Road, offers Children’s Clothes Closet and Food Pantry 11 a.m.-2 p.m. each third Saturday. Free to those in the 37912/37849 ZIP code area.

â– Cross Roads Presbyterian, 4329 E. Emory Road, hosts the Halls Welfare Ministry food pantry 6-7 p.m. each second Tuesday and 10-11 a.m. each fourth Saturday.

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Karns pastor, Ron Stewart, retires Dr. Ron Stewart, senior pastor of Grace Baptist Church, has retired after 28 years with the church. A celebration of his ministry, “The Legacy of Grace,� will be held at 10 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 7. “Pastor Ron’s willingness to embrace change, relevant teaching and sound leadership have been key factors in Grace’s growth,� according to the church’s website. “We need a theology of change in our churches to influence our world,� he

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What do parents really have to spend? I am Oswald, and school starts Aug. 8. So we’re at Keshawn’s final baseball tournament, when you would have thought the moms were mourning the end of the season with their wailing and complaining. However, if you listened closely, they were distressed over the amount of money they are spending getting their kids ready to start school. So I asked Mom if she and Aunt Betsy are upset, too. Turns out yes, they are. If your family is like mine, you have to buy school clothes for all the kids, which in our family are five right now. That’s a lot of clothes, shoes and underwear! Then Mom read each of our school’s websites to find the supply lists. Supplies for Ally and Charlie are about $20 each, which includes buying boxes of 24 crayons each. Supplies for Keshawn and Talisha are going to cost about $70 each, and mine will be about $40. So Mom will have to spend about $220 on supplies. That doesn’t include paying at least $25 each in school fees for another $125. WOW! Do the schools think our parents get a bonus in August to cover this extra expense? So what do parents really have to spend? Do parents have to buy supplies or pay fees? My sister, Kinzy, the researcher, found the state law on school fees and supplies. The law states: “Certain fees may be requested, but not required, from students regardless of financial status, including: fees for activities that occur during regular school hours; fees for activities outside regular hours if required for credit or a grade; fees for activities and supplies required to participate in all courses offered for credit or grade.� The law also states that students are only required to bring pencils and paper. So basically, the public schools funded by tax dollars should be supplying everything a student needs. Send your comments and questions to oswaldsworldtn@gmail.com App of the week: The Homework App – Your Class Assignment & Timetable Schedule Planner

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Clarinet players Malia Bowlin, Koryssa Priebe, Christopher Conway and Courtney Weaver get ready to start the show during parent night for the Powell High band. Photos by Ruth White

Powell halftime show to honor veterans

The Powell High School marching band wrapped up an intense band camp and finished with a family night show that even a downpour couldn’t dampen. The show, entitled “The Call,� is a tribute to veterans and tells the musical story

of an individual inspired to join the service following the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the attack, and the band will travel to Hawaii for the remembrance. They will hold fun-

draising events to help with the trip, so look for opportunities to help the group during the season. Drum majors this season include lead Samuel Cook, Austin Clark and Jacob Hickman. The band is directed by Richard Shaw.

â– Lonsdale Elementary School: Open house, 4-5:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 5. Info: 5941330.

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SCHOOL NOTES Elementary school â– Beaumont Magnet Academy: Meet the Teacher, 4-6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 3. Info: 594-1272. â– Brickey-McCloud Elementary School: Meet the Teacher, 4-6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 5. Info: 689-1499. â– Copper Ridge Elementary School: Sneak preview night, 5-6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 5. Info: 938-7002. â– Inskip Elementary School: Meet the Teacher, 2-4 p.m., Friday, Aug. 5. Info: 689-1450.

â– Pleasant Ridge Elementary School: Meet the Teacher, 5-6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 3. Info: 594-1354. â– Powell Elementary School: Sneak Peek, 5-7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 5. Info: 938-2048. â– Sterchi Elementary School: Meet and Greet, Wednesday, Aug. 3. Grades K-2, 4:30-5:15 p.m.; PTA meeting, 5:15-5:45; grades 3-5, 5:45-6:30. Info: 689-1470.

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CHAPTER FOUR: STORY SO FAR: Nick and his best friend, Clay, have decided how they will make enough money for a world record. Still on his back, his bloody jeans half off and binding his knees, Clay frantically pushed himself headfirst across the floor

â– All Knox County middle schools will hold sixth grade orientation 8:30 a.m.-noon Friday, Aug. 5. Buses will run. Parents are welcome. Call your school for more info.

High school â– All Knox County high schools will hold freshman orientation 8:30 a.m.-noon Friday, Aug. 5. Buses will run. Call your school for more info.

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with his feet, looking like a giant inchworm that had been attacked by a humongous bird. As the footsteps clumped closer, he hissed at Nick, “Do something! I don’t want my mother to see these jeans!� He struggled toward his closet, inch by inch.

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As Nick turned toward the door, the clumping footsteps stopped. He turned on his brightest smile, hoping that would keep Clay’s mother from suspecting anything was wrong. He slipped into the door’s opening, trying to look casual. Instead of Clay’s mother, Nick found himself smiling at Jazz, who stood just outside the bedroom, holding a filthy T-shirt, an enormous pair of gardening clogs over her own shoes. Nick’s smile vanished. “Jazz! What are you doing? You scared the pants off us!� “Yeah!� Clay said, hobbling behind Nick, pulling up his jeans. He took the shirt from Jazz and studied it. His anger disappeared. “Wow! This is disgusting! Thanks!� He popped it over his head. “Let’s get a move on.� Nick hesitated. Clay had been so scared about his mother seeing the jeans. “I don’t know about this,� he said. “About begging?� “Yeah. We aren’t poor. And you dressing up like that is, I don’t know, like cheating.� Clay frowned. “No, it isn’t. What about being a hobo for Halloween? Or a witch? Is that wrong?� “Well, no. That’s different!� “No it’s not,� Clay said. “Come on. Before my mom really gets home.� If what they were doing was all right, why was Clay so spooked? Nick wondered. They quickly finished their posterboard signs and crept downstairs. They collected the grocery bag and sneaked outside, hiding the bag by the garbage cans next to the garage. “One more thing,� Clay said. He stooped, grabbing a handful of soil. He rubbed it on his hair and face and then shook his head like a dog. “How do I look?� “Filthy,� Nick said. Jazz nodded enthusiastically. “Only shouldn’t you smell as bad as you look?� Nick reached for a garbage can lid. “What about rubbing some of this . . .� “No way!� Clay snorted. “Come on. We’re losing money just standing here flapping our lips.� As they walked toward the neighborhood mini-mall, Clay stayed behind Nick and Jazz so that he was shielded from people staring. Several people gaped anyway,

making big detours around them on the sidewalk. When they got to the m i n i - m a l l ’s parking lot, Nick turned to Clay, taking his sister’s hand. “We’ll go over there, by the ScudsySudsy Laundromat.� He pointed. Clay nodded. “I’ll stand by the front of Jerry’s Super-Duper Grocery.� Clay smiled. “Lights! Camera! Action!� N i c k watched as Clay walked through a line of parked cars. Clay’s sneakers looked too new and expensive for a homeless person. Nick wondered if it would ruin Clay’s luck and if he should tell him to go barefoot. Naw, he said to himself. He wanted to make more money than Clay, anyway. He turned to Jazz. “Ready?� She nodded. “Yep!� There was a line of benches in the front of the Laundromat, where people sat while their clothes were washing or drying. The benches were empty, so Nick walked to one in the middle. He helped Jazz stand on it and turned the sign right-side up for her to hold. Nick glanced toward Jerry’s SuperDuper. Clay was holding up his sign. From this distance, Clay looked like he could really be homeless. Several people walking into or out of the Scudsy-Sudsy glanced their way, but nobody stopped. “Let’s move closer to the door,� Nick said, helping Jazz to the next bench. A dog in a car parked in front of them began to bark. Nick turned to look. It was a mutt, small with scooped ears of different sizes. The moment it saw Nick staring, it began to snarl and lunge toward the windshield. “Nobody’s going to want to hear jokes around that!� Nick bared his teeth at the dog and shook his head. The dog paused and then shot to the side of the car. It seemed to scramble up the passenger window, hooking its paws on the top where the window was open. With a mighty growl-bark, it heaved up and squeezed over the glass. It fell in a heap on the ground and scrambled to its feet, tail straight up, mouth open and eyes squinted. With a furious bark, it came for Nick and Jazz. (To be continued)

Text copyright Š 2012 Avi. Illustrations copyright Š 2012 Timothy Bush. Reprinted by permission of Breakfast Serials, Inc., www.breakfastserials.com. No part of this publication may be reproduced, displayed, used or distributed without the express written permission of the copyright holder.

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required. Info/reservations: 448-8838. Union County Farmers Market, 9 a.m.-noon, Wilson Park. Info: 992-8038. Vintage baseball, noon and 2:30 p.m., Historic Ramsey House, 2614 Thorn Grove Pike. Games and parking free; concessions available. Bring lawn chair or blanket for seating. Info: ramseyhouse.org. Welcome home barbecue and picnic for Gulf War veterans (1990-2016) and their families, 10 a.m.2 p.m., The Cove at Concord Park, 11808 Northshore Drive. Hosted by Vietnam Veterans of America, Bill Robinson Chapter 1078. Free food and drink. Bring lawn chair or blanket. Info/registration: vva1078.org.

TUESDAY, AUG. 9

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.

THURSDAY, AUG. 4 Bee Friends beekeeping group meeting, 6:30 p.m., Tazewell Campus of Walters State Community College. Guest speaker: Aaron Burns from “The Burns and the Bees” will speak about organic beekeeping. Info: 423-648-4785.

FRIDAY, AUG. 5 Exhibit opening: “Connections” by Renee Suich, 5-9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 5, Broadway Studios And Gallery, 1127 N. Broadway. Exhibit on display through Saturday, Aug. 27. Info: 556-8676, BroadwayStudiosAndGallery@gmail.com.

SATURDAY, AUG. 6 Beekeeping workshop, 11 a.m., Marble Springs State Historic Site, 1220 W. Governor John Sevier Highway. Cost: $20. Info/registration: 573-5508 or marblesprings.net. 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. Open auditions for the Tennessee Pirate Fest, 2-5 p.m., 125 Barrie Lane, Kingston. Craft and food vendor applications deadline: Sept. 1. Vendor applications and guidelines: TNPirateFest.com under the vendor tab. Tennessee Pirate Fest will take place Oct. 8-10 in Harriman. Info: TNPirateFest.com. Tour the Great Smoky Mountains National Park with Sam Venable, 9:30 a.m., GSM Heritage Center, Townsend. Cost: $60. Advance reservations

Einstein Simplified Comedy Improv troop, 8 p.m., Scruffy City Hall, Market Square. Free admission.

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Valley Road, Maynardville. Proceeds to benefit pastor Larry Cooper, who has cancer. Spaghetti, pinto beans, hot dogs and baked goods will also be available for purchase.

SATURDAY, AUG. 13 An Evening of Hope, 7 p.m., Morristown-Hamblen High School West, One Trojan Trail, Morristown. Performers include: The Young Fables, Natalia Taylar. Proceeds will benefit Helen Ross McNabb Center’s services provided in Hamblen County and the Lakeway region. Tickets: $12. Info/tickets: mcnabbcenter.org/ AnEveningOfHope2016; Jennifer Boyle, 329-9120 or jennifer.boyle@mcnabb.org. 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.

TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY, AUG. 16-17

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.

AARP Driver Safety class, noon-4 p.m., Larry Cox Senior Center, 3109 Ocoee Trail. Info/registration: 382-5822.

THURSDAY AUG. 11

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 17

“Abundant Color” luncheon sponsored by the Knoxville Christian Women’s Connection, 10:45 a.m., Buddy’s Bearden Banquet Hall, 5806 Kingston Pike. Speaker: Susan DeVos from McCormick, S.C. Topic: “Color Me Changed.” Cost: $12 inclusive. Complimentary child care by reservation only. Info/reservation: 315-8182 or knoxvillechristianwomen@gmail. com. Greenway Corridor Project public meeting, 5:30 p.m., John T. O’Connor Senior Center, 611 Winona St. Ross/Fowler landscape architects will present its findings, and city officials will discuss the immediate opportunities in moving ahead with the comprehensive greenways build-out plan. Info: Eric Vreeland, 2153480. “Grow a Rainbow: How to Cultivate Irises in East TN,” 3:15-4:15 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Free presentation by master gardener Christine Jessel. Info: 329-8892.

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.

THURSDAY, AUG. 18 Family Pajama Storytime, 6:30 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.

FRIDAY, AUG. 19

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, AUG. 11-12

Meet the Artist: Lela E. Buis, 5:30-8 p.m., Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 1127B Broadway Ave. Buis’ exhibit, “Whimsical Creatures,” will be on display through Oct. 31. Info: 523-1401.

Rummage sale, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Rutherford Memorial UMC, 7815 Corryton Road in Corryton.

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FRIDAY-SATURDAY, AUG. 12-13

Free Family Fun Day at the KMA, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park. Includes: art-making stations, artist demonstrations, face painting, glass blowing, a magic show, gallery tours and live music. Info: 934-2034 or knoxart.org.

Church rummage sale, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Beulah Baptist Church Fellowship Building, 1138 Raccoon

2nd annual Travis Wegener Memorial Car Show

Car show proceeds support

Enhance Powell Proceeds from last year’s inaugural car show supported development of the disc golf course at Powell Sta on Park. The 9-hole course is located adjacent to Powell High School behind the splash pad on Emory Road. It’s open to all during park hours: dawn to dusk. Dr. Don Wegener said at the dedica on that just before he died, Travis asked his dad to join him for a game of disc golf. “I had not heard of it,” Don Wegener said. Since its opening in July, the course has become a popular gathering place for young adults. Disc golf is good exercise, inexpensive to play and now conveniently located in the heart of Powell. Wegener

Proceeds from this year’s show will go toward development of Collier Preserve, adjacent to the Powell Branch Library, and to the master plan for Historic Powell Sta on. If you’ve never been to a car show, come on out. Have lunch, see friends and help support the efforts of Enhance Powell to make the community a be er place to live, work and play.

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Saturday, Aug. 13, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Food City, 7350 Clinton Highway in Powell (corner of Powell Drive and Clinton Highway) Lunch will be served by Food City with all proceeds going toward the Travis Donald Wegener Fund to Enhance Powell. While you’re in Powell, stop by Powell Station Park to play the Travis Donald Wegener Memorial Disc Golf Course, paid for in part from proceeds of last year’s car show.

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Backpacks for kids This past April, David Hammontree was in Chicago at a sales meeting with the Essendant company. David is sales manager at A&W Supply, which buys its products from Essendant, its core vendor. David also is past president of the Rotary Club of Knoxville Breakfast. He overheard a conversation about a program involving backpacks filled with school supplies and the Essendant Charitable Foundation, and being a Rotarian he started connecting the dots. Hammontree That conversation he overheard has led to a partnership between A&W, the Essendant Foundation and four of our local Rotary clubs to provide 200 children at Pond Gap Elementary and Beaumont Elementary – 100 at each school – with new backpacks filled with school supplies for this new school year. The schools were selected because they meet the foundation criteria that 75 percent of the students at a school must be on the free-/reduced-lunch program. Four clubs contributed $2,500 to fund the backpacks and supplies. The Rotary Club of Farragut donated $1,000, and the Breakfast Rotary Club, the Rotary Club of Bearden and the Rotary Club of Knoxville each donated $500. Hammontree said each school will decide which students receive a backpack. A group of Rotarians, including District Gov. Fred Heitman, gathered last Friday at the A&W offices to pack the backpacks, and they will be delivered just as school begins. Bearden Rotary has a long history with Pond Gap, and the Rotary Club of Knoxville has been working with students and projects at Beaumont. “Last year Essendant did 79,000 backpacks around the country, and their goal this year is 100,000,� Hammontree said. “I hope that in years ahead we’ll have all of our seven clubs participating in this and also be able to tie it in with the Bearden club’s dictionary project of giving new dictionaries to every third-grader in Knox County schools.�

Now on Facebook The Volunteer Rotary Club, which meets at noon on Fridays at the Marriott, is now showcasing itself on a new Facebook page. You can find it by entering the URL into your browser: https://www.facebook.com/ volunteerrotary/?fref=ts

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DSAG (Down Syndrome Awareness Group) is the recipient of a $1,000 Allstate grant thanks to Bridgette Williams and her staff. Pictured are: (front) Zachary Large, Aaron Steele, Morgan Holbert, Kennedi Holbert, Makinley Holbert, Blayke Holbert, DSAG executive director Angie Holbert; (back) Miranda Lane, Christa Steele, Caleb Steele, Collin Sharp and Williams.

Allstate gives back to community The Allstate Foundation awards more than $1 million each year to nonprofits across the country in honor of dedicated agency owners

her team know how to put Knoxville in an effort to their good hands to work help make the lives of memand give back to the com- bers more secure. munity. Williams donated – Ruth White a $1,000 grant to DSAG

Nashville school board races foreshadow Knox bouts in 2018 A different set of issues has fueled school board upheavals in Knox and Davidson counties, but watch closely the outcome of four elections Thursday in Nashville. Stand for Children, a group that funds candidates who are favorable to charter schools, has dumped some $200,000 into the races of four Nashville candidates who seek to replace incumbents. Dave Boucher, reporting in the July 29, 2016, edition of the Tennessean, wrote that Stand for Children had spent more than $700,000 in Tennessee to influence the August elections, including support for Republican challengers to GOP incumbents. Shopper columnist Betty Bean wrote two years ago

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by the departing Elisa Kim in the 5th District; and Jane Grimes Meneely, running against incumbent Jill Speering in the 3rd District. Financial disclosures show $44,500 spent on fliers and another $40,000 for postage among the four Nashville races, in addition to $90,000 for polling and another $70,000 in advertising not specifically listed as going toward a particular campaign. Amazing. Similar spending in Knox County made Traci Sanger’s election in 2014 the most expensive school board race county history. Sanger is not running for re-election, and will be replaced by Jennifer Owen, a former teacher. Recent Knox County races have been driven by support for or opposition

to former Superintendent Jim McIntyre. With the exception of Sanger, antiMcIntyre candidates won every time. Interestingly, most were teachers or former teachers who strongly support public schools. These big spenders are not going away, regardless of Thursday’s outcomes in Nashville. In fact, win or lose we can expect to see them here in 2018 when Patti Bounds, Amber Rountree and Terry Hill will face the voters. Rountree has entered a doctoral program at UT and may not seek reelection, but know this. The Tennessee Education Association is based in Nashville. If it can’t stand against “Stand for Children� there, then there’s little hope the TEA can prevail in Republican East Tennessee.

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m\Âť MM Ć“ SǤȿƔɺËȿĹ?Äş vĹ?ƝƝĹ?Č› Ć“¤Ć‹Ć”ČŚ š Č› ɔȅų Ă‹ Ć‹Ă‹ČŚ Č›ǤǤÇ‹ ȿǤ źțǤɽ ć ĹŻĹ?ËȿɖțĹ?ČŚÄś IĆ”ȿĨĆ‹Ĺ?Ç• ĺęƝ ǤɺĹ?Ç• ć ǤǞĹ?Ç• ȿǤ ůËNjƔƝʊ țNjġ ǤůŰĨĹ? ǤČ› ůǤțNjËƝ ĺƔǕƔǕź ǤÇ• NjËƔǕġ ɇțĺ ȌȿǤțʊ Ä™ǤÇ•É–ČŚ Č›ǤǤÇ‹ ɽȸĹ?ĘˆČżČ›Ă‹ Ă‹ȿȿĆ”Ĩ ȌȿǤțËźĹ? ǤČ› Č›ǤǤÇ‹ ȿǤ źțǤɽČ… Ĺ?ǕȿțËƝ šĂ‹Ĩ ć ɽƔțĹ?Äş ČŚĹ?ĨɖțƔȿʊ ČŚĘŠČŚČżĹ?Ç‹ ǤɺĹ?Č›Ĺ?Äş ɽțËǞ Ă‹Č›ǤÉ–Ç•Äş ĹŻČ›ǤÇ•Čż ǞǤČ›ĨĆ‹ Ă‹Ç•Äş źțĹ?Ă‹Čż ĨǤɺĹ?Č›Ĺ?Äş ęËĨƴ ÄşĹ?Ĩƴ ǞƝÉ–Ç‹Ä™Ĺ?Äş ć ɽƔțĹ?Äş ůǤČ› Ć‹Ǥȿ ȿɖę ć ¤šČ… ʼnɔȎǛĸǛʗʗ ȀǚųųȎȡdzČ

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Âť wÂĽ Ć“ Ĺł Č› ɇȅų Ă‹ ɔƓvȿǤțʊ ęËȌĹ?Ç‹Ĺ?Ç•Čż ĹŻĹ?ËȿɖțĹ?ČŚ ČŚĹ?ǞËțËȿĹ? ƝƔɺƔǕź Č?ɖËțȿĹ?țȌ ĺǤɽÇ•Č… SËƔǕ ĆťĹ?ÉşĹ?Ćť ĹŻĹ?ËȿɖțĹ?ČŚ Ć‹Č›ĺɽ žǤǤČ›Ȍġ ÄşĹ?Ç• ɽȸźĂ‹ČŚ ůǞġ ůǤțNjËƝ ĺƔǕƔǕź țNj ć ƝƔɺƔǕź țNjȅ IĆ”ȿĨĆ‹Ĺ?Ç• ɽȸĨĆ‹Ĺ?țțʊ ĨËęƔǕĹ?ȿȌ ć źțËǕƔȿĹ? ȿǤǞȌ ɽƔȿƋ ĺęƝ ɽËƝƝ ǤɺĹ?Ç•ČŚ Ă‹Ç•Äş ČŚÇ‹ǤǤȿĆ‹ ĨǤǤƴ ȿǤǞČ… vĨČ›Ĺ?Ĺ?Ç•Ĺ?Äş ǞǤČ›ĨĆ‹ Ǥůů Ć´Ć”ȿĨĆ‹Ĺ?Ç•Č… ǤɽÇ• ĹŻĹ?ËȿɖțĹ?ČŚÄś Ć´Ć”ȿĨĆ‹Ĺ?Ç•Ĺ?ȿȿĹ? Ă‹Č›Ĺ?Ă‹ġ ǤǞĹ?Ç• Č›Ĺ?Ĩ țNj ɽƔȿƋ ɽę ůǞġ ĹŻÉ–ƝƝ Č›Ĺ?Ç‹ǤĺĹ?ĆťĹ?Äş ȿƔƝĹ? ęËȿƋ ƋËǕĺƔĨĂ‹Çž Ĺ?Č?É–Ć”ǞǞĹ?ĺġ ųȿĆ‹ Č› ɽƔȿƋ ƔǕĺǤǤČ› ĨÉ–ȌȿǤÇ‹ ęɖƔƝȿ ĨĆ‹Ć”ƝĺČ›Ĺ?Ç•Č˜ČŚ ǞƝĂ‹ĘŠ ȌǞËĨĹ? ć Ć‹Ĺ?Ă‹ČżĹ?Äş Ć“ ĨǤǤƝĹ?Äş É”ÇłĘˆÇłĘ— ɽǤțƴȌƋǤǞȸȌȿǤțËźĹ?Č… Ĺ‰É‡Ĺ´Ĺ˜ĸĘ—Ę—Ę— ȀǚȡųȎɔųČ

m\Âť MM Ć“ ǤÇ‹ǞƝĹ?ČżĹ? qĹ?Ç‹ǤĺĹ?Ɲŏ ¤Ć‹Ć”ČŚ ɇ q ɔȅų ĹŻĹ?ËȿɖțĹ?ČŚÄś [ÇžĹ?Ç• žǤǤČ› ǞƝĂ‹Ç• ɽƔȿƋ ČŚĹ?ǞËțËȿĹ? ÄşĹ?Ç•ġ Ɲțź ƝËɖǕĺțʊȸȌȿǤțËźĹ? țNjȅ LËțźĹ? ĆťĹ?ÉşĹ?Ćť ĨǤțǕĹ?Č› ƝǤȿ ǞËțȿƔËƝƝĘŠ ĹŻĹ?Ç•ĨĹ?ĺȅ ǞĺĂ‹ČżĹ?ČŚ ƔǕĨƝÉ–ÄşĹ?Äś Ç•Ĺ?É˝ Č›ǤǤůġ Č›Ĺ?ŰǕƔȌƋĹ?Äş Ć‹Ă‹Č›ĺɽǤǤĺ žǤǤČ›Ȍġ ĹŻČ›Ĺ?ČŚĆ‹ ǞËƔǕȿġ Ç•Ĺ?É˝ ĨËęƔǕĹ?ȿȌ ć ĨǤÉ–Ç•ČżĹ?Č› ȿǤǞȌġ Ç•Ĺ?É˝ ƝƔźƋȿƔǕź Ĺ°ĘˆČżÉ–Č›Ĺ?Ȍġ Ç•Ĺ?É˝ ĨËțǞĹ?ȿġ ƝËǕĺȌĨËǞƔǕź ć Ç‹ǤČ›Ĺ?Č… Ç‹É–ČŚČż ČŚĹ?Ĺ?ĹŹ SǤɺĹ? ƔǕ qĹ?Ëĺʊ Ĺ‰ÇłĹ˜Ç›ĸǛʗʗ ȀǚųȎųǚųČ

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Ŏ ĆŒĂŒÉşĹŽ Č?É–ĂŒĆźĆ•ĹąĹŽÄť ĚɖʊŎțȌ ƟǤǤƾĆ•Ç–Ĺť ŰǤČ› ĆźĂŒÇ–ÄťČ… ĂŒƟƟ É–ČŚ Ć•Ĺ° ĘŠǤÉ– ĆŒĂŒÉşĹŽ ĂŒÇ– ƕǖȿŎțŎȌȿ Ć•Ç– ČŚĹŽƟƟƕǖŝȅ

POWELL/NORWOOD Shopper news • AUGUST 3, 2016 • A-11

Phone Company was a good neighbor By Marvin West Before telephones, there was quiet conversation along the trail, occasional small talk over the picket or splitrail fence, shouting, yelling and maybe some cussing across the hollow, smoke signals, message flags, horns, drums, runners and a few carrier pigeons. A chain of signals – sight or sound strategically located – moved messages for thousands of years all over the world. There were drawbacks. Sometimes it rained. Sometimes observers, appointed to look or listen, interpret and pass it on, took a nap. The telegraph simplified long-distance communications. The telephone really helped us locals. Several enterprising thinkers claimed or were credited with the invention. Alexander Graham Bell was awarded the U.S. patent in 1876. Thomas Edison invented the carbon microphone that made voices more distinct. The telephone exchange idea came clear to Hungarian engineer Tivadar Puskås while he was working for Edison. The first commercial exchange in the world

was opened in a storefront at New Haven, Connecticut, on Jan. 29, 1878. There were 21 subscribers. Each paid $1.50 per month. By the time the first telephone directory was published, there were 50 customers. Most were business and professional people – doctors, lawyers, the police chief and postmaster. Eleven residences were listed. Four were associated with the telephone company. That’s all I’m going to tell you about that. Stop the applause. It took a little longer for the telephone to arrive in historic Powell Station. The Gill family created a system sometime before 1920. It was a mutual company. Members paid $10 to join and received a stock certificate for their investment. Each subscriber paid the

costs to run a wire from wherever they lived to the telephone office, up the hill above Groner’s store. Each was responsible for maintaining that connection. If a storm took down their line, they put it back up or paid someone to do the work. An out-of-order phone led to involvement by another prominent family, the Scarbros. A woman asked Charles if he could fi x whatever was broken. “He went to see about the problem,� said Willard “Snooks� Scarbro, last surviving son, now 89. On Jan. 1, 1927, the Scarbros moved to Powell and assumed operation of the phone company. Service was available most days from 6 a.m. until 8 p.m. Any of the 50 or 60 participants cranked a box phone in their home and dispatched an electrical signal to the switchboard. Lulu Jackson Scarbro answered and completed the connection. She knew everything – everybody’s phone number and most callers by first name. She knew who was ill and who was planning a wedding and who was going to Knoxville to buy a new

dining room table. She often asked about family, the garden and how the new quilt was coming along. Not only were the Scarbros capable and cordial business people, they were vital to the community. Case in point: On a brisk autumn evening, a couple was motoring slowly (the only way possible) along Old Clinton Pike. They noticed smoke billowing from the chimney at Beaver Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church. They noticed more smoke puffing out beside the chimney. They stopped and knocked on the church door (nobody knocks at the church). “We think your church might be on fire.� The church had no phone. Myrtle Hendrix ran a third of a mile to her house and called the phone company. Lulu said “Operator� as she would have said any time anybody called. She immediately identified the call coming from the Hendrix house. “Our church is on fire!� exclaimed Myrtle. “Please help us.� Lulu did not take time to say goodbye. She started plugging in calls to all subscribers anywhere near the church. “Hurry and bring your buckets!� Good neighbors and their bucket brigade from the nearby branch saved the building. Elders approved a motion to officially praise Myrtle Hendrix and Lulu

WHO’S CELEBRATING AT THE FRONT PORCH By Sarah Connatser Bart Elkins feeds many people at The Front Porch, and some are celebrating a special event. Here are a few from last week: Ellie Howe, of Powell, celebrated her 60th birthday on July 27. Tori Hutchison celebrated her wedding shower (wedding will be October 1). Charles Fowler, of Powell, celebrated his 83rd birthday on July 26.

Scarbro for quick minds – and quick feet and hands. At the West house, not far from the church, we appreciated the telephone company and recognized it as a solid, valuable operation. Now and then we were vexed by party line congestion. Sometimes we asked Mrs. Scarbro to persuade full-time talkers to hang up long enough for us to make a call that mattered. Even though it strained the budget, we paid extra for a private line when we first heard one was available. Through the years, the Scarbro family upgraded service, purchased a better switchboard from an army surplus sale in North Carolina (Allan Gill sent a truck), replaced the crank-generated signal with a battery system (1948) and eventually installed dial-up. Snooks remembers his

years in the family business. He was a main man while older brothers were away in the military. Snooks continued his involvement, assuming more responsibility as Powell Telephone Company grew from that small rural co-op to the corporation it would become. The Scarbros sold in 1973 to a Little Rock company. It operated in Powell for about 10 years and sold to Alltel of Ohio. Frontier Communications Corporation of Norwalk, Connecticut, now operates the system. Times have changed and changed some more. When you call to or from Powell, nobody asks about the garden or the chickens. Marvin West welcomes reader commentary. His address is westwest6@netzero.com

Snooks Scarbro inducted to Powell High Hall of Fame By Sandra Clark Back in 2011, some Powell folks founded a group called the Powell High School Dreams Foundation and inducted 20 members into the inaugural class. Willard “Snooks� Scarbro was among the honorees. In a Shopper story by Greg Householder, Scarbro was recognized like this: “Willard ‘Snooks’ Scarbro (Class of 1946) grew up in Powell and worked at his family business, the Powell Telephone Company, while his older brothers were Willard “Snooks� Scarbro away in military service. ing more responsibility as “He continued with the it grew from a small rural telephone company assum-

co-op to the corporation it would become in later years. “Scarbro also began building houses, an enterprise that he would continue most of his working life. His home construction contributed to the growth of Powell as it became an important bedroom community for Knoxville.� The remaining 19 honorees were: Laura Gill Bailey (Class of 1964) founded Knoxville Realty Inc. and other businesses. Richard Bean (Class of 1959) is the superintendent of the Richard L. Bean Juvenile Service Center that is named in his honor.

Nita Buell Black (Class of 1955) taught for 52 years. In retirement, she founded the Powell Playhouse. Tony Buhl (Class of 1959) earned a doctorate in nuclear engineering, serving in the U.S. Army’s nuclear defense. Leo Cooper is a retired teacher, coach and principal and a former Knox County commissioner and commission chair. John Cooper (Class of 1955) was 1986 National Coach of the Year while heading the football program at Ohio State. Jennie Meredith Cowart (Class of 1959) broke barriers, starting a construction career. Allan Gill (Class of 1938) was general manager of the Halls-

dale Powell Utility District. Jim Hobart (Class of 1972) chaired the Flight Safety Committee at the Air Transport Association. Tom Householder (Class of 1980) is manager of Home Depot on Schaad Road. J.D. Jett (Class of 1954) had a long career in construction and development, athletics and community service. Ray Johnson (Class of 1981) was a global provider of technology and services to the financial services industry. Sharon McIntosh (Class of 1959) taught school, concluded her career as a math consultant and wrote test items for state standards.

Mike Ogan (Class of 1970) taught for 35 years and was longtime coach of the Powell boys basketball team. Ron Rackley (Class of 1959) owns Fountainhead College of Technology. Charles Roach (Class of 1950) retired as manager of corporate affairs for BellSouth. Larry Stephens (Class of 1968) is an educator who served on County Commission. Rex Stooksbury (Class of 1967) was a high school principal and member of the Knox County school board. Marvin West (Class of 1951) was managing editor of Scripps Howard News Service, directing a staff of 90.

Visit the businesses in Historic Powell Station ■The Front Porch – 1509 W. Emory Rd. Phone – 865-859-9260

■Marathon – 2116 W. Emory Rd. Phone – 865-938-9699

■Emory Animal Hospital – 2311 W. Emory Rd. Phone – 865-947-0437

■Powell Pet – 2309 W. Emory Rd. Phone – 865-947-0185

■KJ Cookies – 1738 W. Emory Rd. Phone – 865-659-2911

■Dixie Roofing – 1703 Depot St. Phone – 865-938-9880

■First Tennessee Bank – 2121 W. Emory Rd. Phone – 865-549-1780

■The Purple Leaf – 2305 W. Emory Rd. Phone – 865-938-7883

■Summit Medical Group – 2125 W. Emory Rd. Phone – 865-938-7517

■Nature's Fountain – 1719 Depot St. Phone – 865-859-0938

■Clover Cottage – 1905 Depot St. Phone – 865-357-8953

■Vaughn Pharmacy – 2141 W. Emory Rd. Phone – 865-947-1581

■Halftime Pizza – 2509 W. Emory Rd. Phone – 865-947-4253

■Green Valley Nursery – 1716 W. Emory Rd. Phone – 865-947-5500

■Crystal's Automotive and Restoration – 1907 Depot St. Phone – 865947-8785

■Domino's – 2145 W. Emory Rd. Phone – 865-938-1717

■Bailey & Co. Real Estate – 2322 W. Emory Rd. Phone – 865-947-9000

■Community Chest of Knox County – 2107 W. Emory Rd. Phone – 865938-3517

■Affordable Car Care – 1744 W. Emory Rd. Phone – 865-859-0061

■Dr. Steven Aungst, Chiropractor – 2149 W. Emory Rd. Phone – 865-9386560

■A-1 Finchum Heating & Cooling – 2502 W. Emory Rd. Phone – 865-9633032

■Bojangles – 1920 W. Emory Rd. Phone – 865-859-9247

■Powell Pediatrics – 2157 W. Emory Rd. Phone – 865-938-8336

■Le Coop Salon – 2508 W. Emory Rd. Phone – 865-947-3222

■Knox Gold Exchange – 7537 Brickyard Rd. Phone – 865-859-9414

■Orange Pearl – 2161 W. Emory Rd. Phone – 865-947-5050

■Kennedy Dentistry – 2529 W. Emory Rd. Phone – 865-947-2220

■Second Chance of North Knoxville – 1900 W. Emory Rd. Phone – 865377-3344

■Frontier Communications – 2104 W. Emory Rd. Phone – 865-947-8211

■Cash Express – 2301 W. Emory Rd. Phone – 865-938-2274

■Appliance Repair Service – 2303 W. Emory Rd. Phone – 865-947-4100

■Karen's Grooming – 1730 W. Emory Rd. Phone – 865-947-1085

■Weigel's – 2119 W. Emory Rd. Phone – 865-938-9626

■Steamboat – 2307 W. Emory Rd. Phone – 865-938-4800

■Real Dry Cleaners – 2153 W. Emory Rd. Phone – 865-947-4907

■Emory Barber Shop – 1708 W. Emory Rd. Phone – 865-938-1888

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August 3, 2016

Kelty Oringderff is one of a kind

By Carol Z. Shane Extremely bright small fry can always surprise their parents, but Darla Oringderff was genuinely taken aback when she offered to share an episode of “Seventh Heaven” with her infant daughter Kelty. “I don’t think this is appropriate for children,” replied the two-year-old. At the age of 6 she was making movies with her Barbie dolls and a VHS camcorder. “I’ve got scripts that she would dictate to me,” says Darla. Later, when Kelty was 8 and a veteran of a string of commercials, as well as a bit part in a movie, she felt the need to clarify something for her mom. “I only act for the money. What I really want to do is direct.” These days, Darla isn’t so surprised anymore. “She was born an old soul,” she says. And Kelty does direct. She also writes movies, acts in them, plays several instruments including violin and bass ukulele, and composes and performs her own music for film and other venues, often with her young musician friends. One of her short films won the high school division of the Knoxville Film Festival in 2014. Titled “Snow Whitey,” the movie reframes the classic fairy tale as a story of teenage obsession with social media. It’s sly, affectionate and way beyond her years.

It’s not hard to spot Kelty Oringderff’s creative spark. The young musician/singer/composer/ writer/movie director/actor is always ready for a new project, and is currently looking for band members to join her. Photos by Carol Z. Shane

Especially when you consider that she only got her own cell phone – her first ever – two weeks ago. How did she manage such a gentle, knowing satire without the ubiquitous digital culprit in her own possession? “Teen culture is everywhere” she shrugs, laughing. “I’m immersed in it.” She’s a sharp observer. “Camera, camera in my hand,” her “Snow Whitey” character intones as she takes a selfie, “who’s the prettiest girl on Instagram?”

Since winning the award, the 17-yearold’s creativity has only grown. She’s arranged music from “Star Wars” for Four Strings, her quartet made up of friends from the Knoxville Symphony Youth Orchestra, in which Kelty plays violin. She’s performed her own songs at The Shed in Maryville as part of a fundraiser for her favorite charity, Harbours Gate, and she’s a Nashville veteran already, having sung at both the Bluebird Cafe and the Douglas Cafe. At the latter, she was approached by singer/songwriter Barry Morrison, who said, “You have your own voice. You’re not trying to be somebody else.” It remains her favorite compliment. And it’s worth mentioning that none of this success has gone to her head. She’s a genuinely nice person. Naturally, phone or no phone, she’s found her way on to YouTube with a song by the band Mindless Self-Indulgence that she arranged for two violins and recorded with her friend Eric Zhang. The band members spotted it. “This is outta sight – next-level amazing!” posted the lead singer. Another remarked, “So classy it needs a top hat.” Kelty now has numerous YouTube videos of her musical projects. Her dad Robb, who met her mom in art school, currently lives and works in an oil field in North Dakota. Her 14-year-old brother, Connor – also a talented musician – is there with him. The family is currently struggling with mom Darla’s difficult breast cancer diagnosis and treatment. “This was the summer we were going to do college tours,” says Darla ruefully. “That got a little thwarted.” A fierce advocate for densebreast ultrasounds, she soldiers on, and it’s easy to see where her daughter’s spirit comes from. To page 2

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