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Haloween events South Knoxville Baptist Church, 522 Sevier Ave., will have Trunk or Treat in its lower parking lot 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28. South Knoxville Church of God, 5623 Magazine Road, will host its fall festival 3-5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31. Hayrides, inflatables, candy, food, drawing for two bikes. Free admission. Everyone welcome. Halloween shows by Smoky Mountain Storytellers, 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, Sweet Fanny Adams Theater, (Light #3) 461 Parkway, Gatlinburg. Suggested donations: $7 at door, $5 for seniors, students and groups. Info: Gatlinburg.com; smokymountaintellers.com; 429-1783 or 984-0246. Trick or Treat in the Cave, 5-8:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 29-31, Historic Cherokee Caverns, 8524 Oak Ridge Highway. Admission: $8, Children 2 and under are free. Info: cherokeecaverns.com
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Satisfying SoKno’s sweet tooth for
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By Betsy Pickle Most people claim a hometown. Tina Shelton claims a home bakery. “I grew up at the Federal Bake Shop in Oak Ridge,” says Shelton. “They put me on the payroll when I was 13. “I waited on customers in the front at Federal, and I took up cookies and doughnuts. Then I learned how to decorate cakes, and then they taught me how to bake cakes.” Shelton started working at the Village Bakery in Colonial Village in 1983 and bought it in 1989. Founded by Theodore McMahan and Edna Tate in 1980, it went through a few hands before Shelton and a partner took over in 1988, with Shelton soon buying out her partner. Nov. 1 is the 35th anniversary of the business’s opening, and what kind of bakery would it be if it didn’t
Tina Shelton and son, James Shelton, are celebrating the 35th anniversary of Village Bakery in Colonial Village. Photo
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Kentucky is ‘mustwin’ game for Vols If Kentucky foils tradition and spoils the second half of the Tennessee season, there will be another vivid illustration of the wonderful, terrible difference in happiness and heartbreak, a joyous celebration on one side and much gnashing of teeth on the other. If Tennessee wins the mustwin game, another must-win game will follow. And then another.
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‘Quoth the Raven’ Knoxville Children’s Theatre (KCT) continues to produce high quality plays with outstanding actors. Just in time for Halloween “Quoth the Raven: Tales of Poe” should be counted as one of the best.
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Donut Munchkins at VMC’s Run and Eat 5K By Sandra Clark Zan Schriver promises this donut run will be the highlight of the fundraising social season. Schriver is fairly new to the Volunteer Ministry Center and he’s staking his reputation on this one. If you don’t want to run, just come and eat donuts. Here’s the deal: The race will start promptly at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, at Dunkin’ Donuts on Hardin Valley Road. Awards will be given in the “family fun activities” area in front of Hardin Valley Elementary School following the race. Patricipants can pick up packets on Thursday and Friday, Oct. 2930, at the VMC office, 511 N. Broadway; and on Saturday, Oct. 31, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the Dunkin’
Donuts on Hardin Valley Road. Registration fee is $25 for each of five levels ($30 Oct. 29 through race day): 5K Competitor: Starting at Hardin Valley Elementary School, the route will take you down Hardin Valley Road before you turn left onto the campus of Pellissippi State Community College where you will follow course monitors and signage to the half-way mark. You turn back to Hardin Valley Elementary and cross the finish line to complete the 5K. These runners will be timed in age groups and eligible for awards. They will neither receive nor eat donuts.
5K Participant: These folks can run or walk and will be timed, but not eligible for Munchkins. Donut Competitor: This runner will stop and eat 24 Dunkin’ Donuts Glazed Munchkins at the halfway point in front of judges; and then will continue back to Hardin Valley Elementary School to cross the finish line. Only those who compete in “run and eat,” eating all 24 Munchkins at the eating location can qualify for the first place prize of $250. Donut Participant: These runners will simply enjoy a run or walk, pick up their Munchkins, and can eat them along the way to
the finish line or tote them home. All runners will receive a longsleeved T-shirt featuring a Charlie Daniel design created for VMC’s 2015 race. Confused yet? You cannot register as a donut competitor on race day. (They’ve gotta have time to fry those Munchkins.) Couch Supporter: Registration fee is the same, but this participant will neither run nor eat Munchkins. This donation will support Volunteer Ministry Center’s mission to end and prevent homelessness and will be counted toward the “team challenge” competition. In case we have misspoken, check out the real rules at vmcinc. org See you Sunday!
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Powell: Community theater is alive at the Powell Playhouse which recently attracted Canadian playwright Roger Cosgrove to the local performance. Ball Camp: Residents are furious about Knox County’s plans to swap eight acres including one of two youth soccer fields near Ball Camp Elementary to a Walmart grocery developer, GUSTO LLC, in exchange for 100 acres of undeveloped land in Hardin Valley.
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Local leaders ‘sell’ Tennessee in Israel Boyd
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By Wendy Smith Gov. Bill Haslam, Economic and Community Development Commissioner Randy Boyd and 18 business leaders from Tennessee, including three from Knoxville, recently returned from a trip to Israel to “sell” Tennessee as a site for new business. The biggest challenge, Boyd says, is that the only thing most Israelis know about the state is that it’s the home of Jack Daniel’s and Elvis Presley. New York, California and even New Jersey are on the international radar. But Tennessee re-
quires a sales pitch, and Haslam and Boyd did a great job, says Stephen Rosen, managing director of the institutional bonds division at Raymond James. Rosen, one of several Jewish community leaders who traveled with the group to give cultural guidance, says the sales pitch would’ve worked on him. “I’m ready to move to Tennessee,” he laughs. It was Rosen’s fourth trip to Israel. All members of the state delegation paid their own way. Israel is known for its large number of start-up companies, which Boyd partially attributes to an atmosphere of uncertainty created by political turmoil. “To start a business is not a big deal in that culture. Risk-taking is natural.” Hard work and innovation also influence the business culture. STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math education) is part of elementary school curriculum, and the military is heavily
involved in research. But Israel would rather be a growth nation than a start-up nation, he says. The goal of the trip was to encourage business owners to grow their U.S. market from Tennessee. The state is welcoming, supportive, situated well logistically and economical to live in. But the biggest advantage may be Tennessee Promise. Two years of tuitionfree community college or technical school for the state’s high school graduates, which guarantees a future workforce, differentiates Tennessee, Boyd says. The trip was a success on a number of levels. Boyd is confident that numerous meetings with potential business partners will eventually pay off with new jobs in Tennessee. It was also inspiring, he says. Best practices were shared, and the group learned about Israel’s success in technology transfer. They were also impressed with Israel’s technical college system,
ORT, and hope for future partnerships between ORT and the state’s Colleges of Applied Technology. He also values the relationships that developed among the Tennessee delegation. Rosen was thrilled to have the opportunity to participate in the trip. The group visited a kibbutz north of Tel Aviv where Clintonbased auto-parts manufacturer MAG was founded. It’s an example of how East Tennessee can successfully grow new business. “We’re part of the story, too. We’re part of the Welcome Wagon.” The delegation got the royal treatment, he says. Haslam met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Israeli President Shimon Peres, and he rang the opening bell at the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. One sight Rosen especially enjoyed was quiet streets with few soldiers. During the weeks that have passed since the trip, that’s changed, he says.
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hen Adron Wilson’s coveralls caught on a metal plate bolted to the ceiling of a Kentucky coal mine, it jerked him out of a fastmoving mantrip and through a tiny hole that left him breathless and bruised but nothing broken. “It jerked me so hard that I had lost my breath,� he said, recalling the 1990 accident when he was safety director of the Four Aces Mine in Arjay, Ky. “I couldn’t move my neck at all, not to the left and not to the right or up and down. It had pulled my neck so hard that it had bunched my breast muscles up and bruised them so bad they turned black. That’s the only time that I knew that I ever really, really, really hurt my neck.� But whether that incident was what led Wilson years later to the of ces of Dr. Barrett Brown, a neurosurgeon at the Center for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery at Dr. Barrett Fort Sanders ReBrown gional Medical Center, is anybody’s guess. “Nobody really knows why our bodies get hit with bulging discs, degeneration and osteophytes (bone spurs),� said Dr. Brown. “Part of it is normal aging. Everybody has at least some degree of it, and some of us have more than others. Since it wasn’t a real obvious cause-effect relationship, I can’t say that it caused the condition, but it could certainly contribute to it. Any type of wear, tear or trauma above the normal would contribute more to it. I would think Mr. Wilson’s job is more physical than a lot, and crawling around in coal mines probably causes more wear
Dr. Barrett Brown performs a procedure at the Center for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery at Fort Sanders Regional. Adron Wilson found relief from years of pain thanks to Dr. Brown. “I feel like I am 35,� Wilson said. and tear on his joints than most of the general population.� The only thing for certain is that the neck pain that had plagued Wilson for the past ve years had grown worse. “It got to the point where it wasn’t just my neck that was hurting,� said Wilson, who now represents mine safety inspectors in conference litigation. “When I would lift my chin up to shave, it would cause my left arm to start tingling. It got to the point where I couldn’t crawl in a mine and I couldn’t extend my arms out and ride my motorcycle. I just couldn’t extend my arms and raise my head at the same time because my left arm would start tingling really hard. It was like a thousand electrical bees going down my arm and attacking my index nger and
my thumb. I knew then that I had to have it checked out.� Referred by his primary care provider’s Pineville, Ky. of ce to Dr. Brown, Wilson took his Xrays to the young doctor. “He totally impressed me as soon as he walked in,� said Wilson. “I knew that this guy knew what he was talking about. He was con dent.� After an MRI con rmed Dr. Brown’s diagnosis of cervical radiculopathy, Wilson was told he needed an anterior cervical discectomy and fusion of the C5 and C6 vertebrae. Dr. Brown explains, “What that involves is making an incision in one of the skin folds in the front of the neck off to the side a little bit, and using the body’s natural planes to separate the tissues, we work our
way back to the front of the spine and clean out the disc material to open up the passageways where the nerves run. That’s the anterior decompression part. Then, to stabilize it, we’ll put in a piece of cadaver bone. That gives it a little scaffolding for the body to lay down new bone and develop a fusion between the two vertebral bodies, and while that’s healing we use a plate that is held in place with two screws above and below – two screws are placed
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Center in Harriman, Tenn. That clinic will be open on the rst and third Thursdays of every month. Likewise, Dr. Norman, has an additional of ce in Suite 208 of the Robert F. Thomas Building at 744 Middle Creek Road in Sevierville where he works twice monthly. They alternate of ce times at their Maryville/Alcoa clinic at 205 Corporate Place in Alcoa. “So we have clinics in these other locations twice a month, kind of broken up in the month so that if something develops, people have a couple of options to get in to see us,� said Dr. Brown. “We can always get them in at one of the other clinics if it is an immediate need.� For more information about the Center for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery at Fort Sanders Regional, call 865-541-2835 or go to fsregional.com/ minimallyinvasive
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It’s as much a mystery as what caused Adron Wilson’s neck pain: How did his primary care provider in Pineville, Ky., know about Knoxville neurosurgeon Dr. Barrett Brown? “I don’t have a clue,� said Wilson, who was referred to Dr. Brown at the Minimally Invasive Spine Center at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center in Knoxville for treatment of his cervical radiculopathy. Dr. Brown said he was unfamiliar with the referring physician but was glad that the doctor and Wilson were able to nd him. “I’ve had a couple of patients from Kentucky, and it may be word of mouth,� Dr. Brown speculated. Such “word of mouth� referrals are common in medicine, but perhaps less noticeable are the efforts specialists like Dr. Brown make to bring care to underserved areas. “We do that a couple of ways.
in C5 and two screws are placed in C6 in this case to stabilize everything while the fusion takes place.� “When I woke up, my tingling was gone!� exclaimed Wilson. “It went very well. Fort Sanders Regional was just fabulous. All the nurses, the cleaning staff, everybody was so nice. But to be honest, since I was released, I did hard, hard manual labor that if I’d told Dr. Brown what I’d been doing, he probably would have slapped my head off. But I felt so much better doing things. I went right back to working on the deck, I went right back to work on this big wall fence that I was putting up made with crossties, I went right back on my backhoe. Not only did it not slow me down, it greatly enhanced everything I could do for the summer.� And despite having hours of accrued sick leave, Wilson was back on the job in no time at all. Since his surgery, he has already made visits to six coal mines in his district. “Today I feel like I am 35,� the 59-year-old Wilson said. “I just want everybody to know that I’m not saying good things about this guy because I can. Dr. Brown did a dandy, dandy thing for me and if I need to do something medically, Fort Sanders is where I am going to go to, and Dr. Brown is who I’m going to recommend. In fact, I have recommended Dr. Brown to two or three other guys here at work, and I do it because it’s true, it’s honest. He did what doctors are supposed to do: he took care of me. Dr. Brown has actually given my life back.�
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Gap Creek Elementary School had a little more excitement than expected for its Fall Festival and 150th anniversary celebration, thanks to a traffic accident that created a hitch in entering and exiting the school grounds. (Thankfully, there were no injuries.)
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or two. Guests are asked to bring a covered dish to share. Both Candoro parties are free, but donations are gladly accepted to defray expenses. ■
First-grader Liam Milbourn shows off his prize from a cakewalk during Gap Creek’s fall celebration.
Otherwise, beautiful weather and happy kids were the highlights of the event on Oct. 17. Most of the action was outside, with carnival games and inflatables drawing a crowd. Several renditions of the ever-popular cakewalk lured students and adults alike. While waiting for the winners of the silent auction to be announced, attendees shopped the booths of a variety of vendors and toured the school building at 1920 Kimberlin Heights Road. Though the premises are not 150 years old, display cabinets showed off some neat history. Even better, the handprints of every entering stu-
Village Bakery celebrate with cake? Since Nov. 1 is a Sunday, the party will be on Monday, Nov. 2. Cake and punch will be available during business hours, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. In addition, the bakery’s famous thumbprint cookies will be $3 a dozen. “We sell a ton of thumbprint cookies,” says Shelton. “If we quit making thumbprints and petit fours, we’d have to close.” The “we” these days refers to Shelton and her son, James, who has been on the payroll since he was about 9 – he folded boxes and helped clean. His son, Ethan, 5, is frequently at the shop, and James let him do the thumb part of the thumbprint cookies they made for Teacher Appreciation Week recently at Ethan’s school, Bonny Kate Elementary. (James’ wife, Rachel, a pediatric nurse, “used to love baking at home; now I just bring it home really,” he says.) The Sheltons are gener-
Sam and Carson Dailey check out school memorabilia at Gap Creek Elementary. Photos
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the storytelling, be sure to check out Saturday’s Monster Mash Halloween Bash at the Candoro Crypt (Candoro Marble, 4450 Candora Ave.). Kids are invited Laura Still Jackie Myers displays a booklet recounting the history of to trick or treat and see a Gap Creek put together by parents of students. show outside at the Carriage House 3-5 p.m. A potluck and party for dent are displayed colorful- ebrating Halloween one costume or Halloweenly on the walls of the lobby, night early this year. Laura motif clothing/accessories adults (rated PG-13) starts making Gap Creek parents Still, author of “A Haunted will receive a 15 percent at 7 p.m. Costumes are enand alumni very proud. History of Knoxville,” will discount on any purchase couraged, and there will tell spooky stories and sign during the event. Just don’t be a DJ for dancing along ■ Feeling the with a mood-setting movie copies of her book 7-9 p.m. wear a mask, please. Once you’re primed by Friday at the shop, 4104 W. spirits? Martin Mill Pike. A haunting we will go … Attendees who wear a ■ Lindbergh Forest NeighborTea & Treasures is cel-
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From page 1 ous about donating goodies to schools and community groups. “The Lord’s been good to us,” Tina says. She and James are at the shop six days a week (7 a.m.2 p.m. Saturdays), but on Sundays they’re at church. While James insists on taking a vacation every year, Tina hasn’t had one in a decade. “I went to New Orleans before Katrina hit, that year,” she says. She doesn’t even think about retirement. “No, feet first out the door,” she says. “I have no desire to retire.” If grandson Ethan follows through on his ambition to be a baker, he will be the fourth generation. Shelton’s mother worked at Federal and then at the University of Tennessee Bakery. When her co-worker and friend McMahan launched Village Bakery, she came on as a part-time decorator. Tina didn’t intend for
hood Association meets 6:30 p.m. each third Wednesday, Graystone Presbyterian Church, 139 Woodlawn Pike. Info: Kelley DeLuca, 660-4728, kelleydeluca@gmail.com.
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The Montgomery Village Residents Association is holding a trunk-or-treat event for the 400 children who live in the KCDC housing development, and they could use some help. Anyone who’d like to donate candy or come to the event with a decorated trunk full of goodies is welcome. The trunk-or-treat will take place 6-8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, at the residents association office, 4600 Joe Lewis Road, Unit 175. The association is putting on the event with the help of the UT College of Social Work. MVRA is also seeking donations from other neighborhood associations. For more info, contact MVRA president Ronnie Thompson, 604-6492 or 583-9221. Story suggestions are welcome. Please send to Betsy Pickle, betsypickle@yahoo. com.
Harmon, 591-3958. ■ South Woodlawn Neighborhood Association. Info: Shelley Conklin, 686-6789.
■ South-Doyle NeighborJames to follow in her foot- ■ Colonial Village Neighborhood Association meets hood Association. Info: Terry steps. 7 p.m. each first Tuesday, Caruthers, 579-5702, t_ca“I paid for five years at ■ Old Sevier Community Stock Creek Baptist Church ruthers@hotmail.com. UT, and he decides that he Group meets 7 p.m. each fellowship hall, 8106 Martin ■ Knoxville Tri-County Lions wants to work in the bakthird Thursday, South Mill Pike. Info: Mark Mugford, Club meets 7 p.m. each second ery,” she says in mock exasKnoxville Elementary School 609-9226 or marksidea@aol. and fourth Monday, Connie’s peration. library, 801 Sevier Ave. Info: com. Kitchen, 10231 Chapman HighBut his studies – first in Gary E. Deitsch, 573-7355 or way, Seymour. Info: facebook. ■ Vestal Community Orgaaccounting, then in comgaryedeitsch@bellsouth.net. com/TriCountyLions/info. nization meets 6 p.m. each munications/advertising, ■ South Haven Neighborhood second Monday, South Knox■ Lake Forest Neighborhood with minors in business and Association meets 10 a.m. ville Community Center, 522 Association. Info: Molly psychology – have come in each third Saturday, Hillcrest Maryville Pike. Info: Katherine Gilbert, 209-1820 or handy with the business. Johnson, 566-1198. mollygilbert@yahoo.com. UMC, 1615 Price Ave. Info: Pat Even when the economy was rocky, the bakery did well. And when audiences fell in love with cake-decorating shows, things picked up even more – and reenergized James’ creative juices. “I went from doing the for Birthdays, Graduations, same cake over and over Special Events and over … and started doing stadiums, 3-D cakes,” he says. 4100 Crippen Rd • Halls His decorations draw 377-3675 • Fax 377-3805 customers. But the main 4409 Chapman Hwy Hours: M-Th 11am - 10 pm thing that keeps the bakery 577-8881 • Fax 577-8966 F & Sat 1 11am - 11pm thriving in the face of stiff competition from nearby mexicanrestaurantknox.com me grocery bakery departments is Village Bakery’s cake-baking credo: “We make ’em every day, and we make ’em from scratch,” says Tina.
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Kentucky is a must-win game Close against Alabama was a treat, but now the scene shifts. Kentucky is another must-win football game for Tennessee. There are no ifs, ands or buts. The Vols always beat the Wildcats. That is simply how it is. A loss would be unacceptable. No matter how well it might be explained away – injuries, youth, inexperience, one misstep or just a matter of inches – it would cause thousands of fans, holding onto the bandwagon with one hand, to disengage and declare the season a disappointment or even a disaster. In addition to the trou-
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bling issue of what the Vols can and can’t do, there is a complex other side to this conflict. I am told Kentucky has identified Tennessee as a team it can whip. The Wildcats are counting on toughness, old-fashioned blocking and tackling. Oh my. For generations, Kentucky has used its underdog status as motivation.
The Wildcats have lost 29 of the past 30 games against Tennessee. You and I know some were too close for comfort. We are convinced that the old rivals are much closer than the series record implies. Things are changing. There is a new outlook in Lexington. The stadium looks great after a manymillion-dollar renovation. Coach Mark Stoops has refined the focus and generated energy. Stoops’ family ties in Ohio are paying off in recruiting. UK has 21 players that Ohio State didn’t want. There was a misstatement above, in the second
paragraph. The Vols do not always beat the Wildcats. Kentucky won in 1984. Ronald Reagan had just been re-elected president (he carried 49 states). The Russians boycotted the Los Angeles Olympics. The French identified the AIDS virus. John Majors was coach of the Volunteers. The UK score was 17-12. That was too long ago for me to remember how Kentucky did it. I do recall that Tennessee had very good players – Tony Robinson, Johnnie Jones, strong offensive linemen, big names on defense (Dale Jones) and excellent kickers, Jimmy Colquitt and Fuad Reveiz.
Butter and egg bureaucracy Red tape hinders local business In case you missed it, Peg Hambright owns Magpies Bakery on Central Street near the old Sears building. It’s a great business that’s thriving in a long-neglected area of Knoxville. Hambright has been trying to install dancing butter and egg cartoon characters (affectionately known as Mr. Butter and Ms. Egg) on the rooftop of Magpies. No problem, right? Wrong. City officials, and most recently the Board of Zoning Appeals, have prevented Hambright from installing the butter and egg characters because it (allegedly) conflicts with Knoxville’s sign ordinance. Why do we have a sign ordinance? One reason is that Knox County has about
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100 miles of forested, undeveloped ridges. These scenic views are Knoxville’s greatest natural resource and add tremendous value. It’s tough to enjoy the views when there’s a billboard in the way. City Council was correct to try to protect these viewscapes. Of course, successful businesses like Magpies add value, too. It’s easy to support restrictions that keep the big Pilot or Weigel’s signs off local streets. But it’s more difficult to support a bureaucracy that prohibits Peg Hambright from having dancing butter and egg
characters on top of Magpies Bakery. Here’s hoping Hambright appeals the BZA decision to City Council and that council allows the signage. If not, council should amend the sign ordinance to allow rooftop signage and encourage Hambright and others to continue investing in the Central Street corridor. Five voters? Early voting in the city of Knoxville regular election wraps up this week. Only 57 folks turned out to vote on the first day of early voting. In fact, on that first day of voting, only five votes were cast at the South Knox location. Five voters. All day. The simplest solution would be to align city elections with the county election cycle. This would put the city primary election on the same ballot as the presidential preference pri-
mary election every four years. In nonpresidential, even-numbered years, the city primary election would appear on the same ballot as the May county primary election. The city general election would be held in August every even-numbered year with the county general election ballot. Moving city elections would dramatically increase voter turnout. Also, avoiding stand-alone elections would save city taxpayers nearly $500,000 every four-year cycle. Trump mania: I recently saw an early20-something-year-old guy at a rock concert wearing one of Donald Trump’s red, throwback, “Make America Great Again” hats. I didn’t have a chance to ask him whether he was wearing the hat in support or irony, but he kept getting high-fives
I suppose Kentucky had some good players, but none are in the Hall of Fame. After 26 consecutive victories, Tennessee lost to Kentucky in 2011. Oh boy, do I remember that. The end of the streak was the beginning of the end of the Derek Dooley era. The Wildcats won without a quarterback. Amazing accomplishment. Certain Volunteers did not appear particularly interested in the outcome. So much has changed since then for Tennessee. Maybe it has really changed up north. Or maybe not. My two best friends in Kentucky say the Big Blue never did like the pumpkin orange
and still doesn’t. They said unkind things about Phillip Fulmer’s physique and still chuckle. They didn’t like Bruce Pearl much at all. They still don’t sing “Rocky Top.” If Kentucky foils tradition and spoils the second half of the Tennessee season, there will be another vivid illustration of the wonderful, terrible difference in happiness and heartbreak, a joyous celebration on one side and much gnashing of teeth on the other. If Tennessee wins the must-win game, another must-win game will follow. And then another.
and laughs in the crowd. Successful political campaigns transcend politics to become cultural phenomena. Regardless of how you feel about Trump’s politics, the guy has synthesized celebrity and conservative populism in a way that
resonates with a lot of folks disenchanted with Washington. It’s going to be an interesting 2016 campaign. Make no mistake, Donald Trump could be the next president of the United States.
Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@netzero.com.
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Happy Birthday to Wanda U.S. Rep. Jimmy Duncan and his wife, Lynn, at right, were among a group of friends who gathered to surprise longtime educator and former Knox County Commissioner Wanda Moody, second from left, with a birthday party. Former Knox County Republican Party chair Mike Prince presented the birthday cake. Photo by Anne Hart
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“Quoth The Raven: Tales Of Poe,” Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Ave. Performances: 7 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays; 1 and 5 p.m. Saturdays; 3 p.m. Sundays; 1 p.m. show only on Halloween. Info/tickets: 208-3677; knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com.
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Harvest festival, 1-5 p.m., CAC Beardsley Community Farm, 1741 Reynolds St. Free food, children’s activities, live music, garden classes and tours of the farm and Habitat Urban Garden nurseries. Halloween costumes welcome. Info: beardsleyfarm.org; 546-8446; beardsleyfarm@gmail.com. “Sugar Skull Halloween” workshop, 10 a.m., Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave. Cost: $12. Info: 577-4717. Young People’s Concerts: “Picture This!,” 9:30 a.m., Civic Auditorium, 500 Howard Baker Jr. Ave. Designed specifically for students in third, fourth and fifth grades. Info: knoxvillesymphony.com.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 28 Books Sandwiched In: Mark Stephens to discuss “Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption,” noon, East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Info: 2158801. Knoxville Writers’ Group meeting, 11 .m.-1 p.m., Naples Italian Restaurant, 5500 Kingston Pike. Speaker: Newberry Award winner author Vince Vawter will discuss his book “Paperboy.” Lunch: $12. Reservations by Oct. 26: Mary McKinnon, 983-3740. “Salvage Jewelry Creations” workshop, 6-8:30 p.m., Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave. Cost: $20. Info: 577-4717.
Marble City Opera presents “Ghosts of Crosstown” by librettist Jerre Dye, 7:30 p.m., Scruffy City Hall, 32 Market Square. Tickets: $20, students $10; available at the door. “Winter is Coming ... what’s a gardener to do?,” 315-415 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Speakers: Extension Master Gardeners Don Cathey and Brian Townsend. Free and open to all. Info: 329-8892.
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“Knoxville: Summer of 2015” concert, 7:30 p.m., Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Concert is a collaboration of the UT School of Music and the Department of Theatre. Tickets: Tennessee Theatre box office or tennesseetheatre.com. Opening reception: “Fountain City Art Guild Annual Holiday Show and Sale,” 6:30-8 p.m., Fountain City Art Center, 213 Hotel Ave. Also on exhibit: “Oil Young People’s Concerts: “Picture This!,” 9:30 paintings by the Students of Aurora H. Bull.” Artwork and 10:45 a.m., Civic Auditorium, 500 Howard Baker Jr. on display through Nov. 30. Info: 357-2787.
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New DA tries new anti-truancy approach Tears, excuses and a dose of public humiliation were the main features of the periodic parent roundups that used to be a staple of local TV news. The district attorney general would send out threatening letters to parents – typically single mothers – of chronically truant kids and require them to come in and explain why their children were missing so much school. Today, there’s a new DA in town, and she’s trying a new approach. T h e shiny green bicycle sitting in the front lobby Charme Allen of Maynard Elementary School is tangible proof of Charme Allen’s change in direction. The sign on the handlebars – “Perfect Attendance = Free Bike” – is enticing, and Maynard principal Kim Wilburn-Cullom says that 66 of her students are on target to win one of these if they get through the fall semester without missing a day of school. “We’re encouraging kids to have perfect attendance, and they look at that bike every morning when they’re coming in,” said WilburnCullom, who wants it known that attendance is already pretty good at her school (from 94.2 percent three years ago, to 92.4 the following year to 95.4 per-
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cent last year). Nonetheless, she appreciates Allen’s efforts. “Students need to be in school, and at this age, attendance is a parental issue, not a student issue, and there’s a domino effect – if you don’t go to school, you’re probably not going to be a productive citizen – and I admire anyone who’s trying to break that cycle.” Allen and Wilburn-Cullom both serve on a Knox County Schools-sponsored committee that is studying disparities in educational outcomes. The committee Maynard Elementary School is also studying a number of shows off a prize bicycle. issues, including why more minority students are suspended for disciplinary isare made by juvenile court. sues. The Tennessee Depart“We’re looking for solutions to a bigger problem. ment of Education considParents need to have de- ers students truant when cent-paying jobs, get up in they have five or more unthe morning and get their excused absences. Knox kids off to school, and kids County Schools allows parneed to be here every single ents and guardians 10 writday,” Wilburn-Cullom said. ten excuses for illness each Knox County no longer year, and Allen’s office conhas a stand-alone “truancy ducts meetings for parents center” like the grant-fund- of students whose absences ed facility run by Allen’s exceed that number. Final note: Videotapes predecessor, Randy Nichols, although there is a Sat- of City Council, County urday School for students Commission, school board with attendance problems and both city and county at the Boys and Girls Club. zoning boards have long Assignments to this school been available to the pub-
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lic, either through Community TV or the agency itself (Knox County Schools maintains school board videos). Metropolitan Planning Commission has been the only holdout. Citizens or journalists who wanted to review past meetings were required to order specific tapes and pick them up at the MPC office. Soon after MPC’s new executive director took over in July, he announced that the archaic policy will change, and now the videotapes are available online. Way to go, Gerald Green!
Young Life offers teens support, joy The banquet sponsors were a who’s who of Knoxville. The table hosts looked like a Finbarr Saunders endorsement ad (not the same names, necessarily, but a huge bunch of them). More than a thousand folks gathered at the Knoxville Convention Center for roast beef and potatoes at the 2015 banquet for Knoxville Young Life. If you’ve not heard of this group, you’re obviously not in high school. I learned about it through my friend Justin Bailey. He’s a volunteer leader and his wife, Kristin, is on the 12-member staff. Amazingly, the annual budget is more than $1 million and the group raised over $700,000 of it at the October banquet. Gov. Bill Haslam speaking did not hurt. Bill and Crissy Haslam were Young Life kids in high school and remain adult leaders, I learned, and Bill has served on the national board. He said Young Life was there for him as a 16-yearold student at Webb School
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whose mother died unexpectedly. He came to appreciate the group even more as a parent. “Forty-one years ago I began an adventure,” said Haslam. In a pointedly nonpolitical speech, he told the assembled adults what he’s learned: ■ The power of a volunteer. “We’ve got 200 volunteers in Knoxville and you could have found them last Friday night standing in the rain at a football game.” God teaches us in uncomfortable situations, he said. “Crissy and I have had a front row seat to Young Life.” ■ People giving back. “This is a different town because of Young Life.” And the ministry continues to grow, now reaching from Moscow to Madrid. He recalled a teen telling
a volunteer, “Every time it mattered, you showed up.” ■ Outreach. Knoxville Young Life has the largest ministry to pregnant teens; it has an outreach to students at Tennessee School for the Deaf. ■ Government can fix potholes, but not hearts. “Forty-one years ago I never knew I’d have a government job,” Haslam joked. Mindy Meyer followed the governor, putting a gentle squeeze on attendees to open their checkbooks. “You help decide whether we grow, maintain or decline,” she said. Checkbooks flew out. The governor, TV guy Russell Biven and some other Young Life leaders did an impromptu dance on stage to conclude the show. Sadly, I didn’t get a picture. Bart Elkins later said he was surprised at the lack of politics in Haslam’s talk and at his willingness to share personal details. The Young Life members have a secret handshake, it seems. With shared history and a shared vision, they simply stand and give their
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Knoxville has had only one citizen be a member of the U.S. Supreme Court – Edward Terry Sanford. If you would like to learn more about him, you should attend the symposium at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, at the East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. John Scheb, former dean of the UT Political Science Department and current professor of political science, will speak. Meeting is open to the public and sponsored by the U.S. District Court Historical Society and the East Tennessee Historical Society. Sanford was born in Knoxville in 1865 at the end of the Civil War. He graduated from the University of Tennessee and Harvard Sanford Law School. Justice Sanford served on the court from Jan. 29, 1923, appointed by President Warren Harding on the recommendation of then-Chief Justice William Howard Taft. Both Taft and Harding were from Ohio, and Taft was the only president to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. Unlike today’s lengthy Senate confirmation process, Sanford was nominated on Jan. 23, 1923, and confirmed six days later on Jan. 29. Previously, he had been a district federal judge for both the eastern and middle districts of Tennessee, having been nominated by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1908. In that case he was nominated on May 14, 1908, and confirmed four days later on May 18. Such swift confirmations simply could not happen in today’s world. He died unexpectedly from uremic poisoning from a tooth extraction on March 8, 1930, the same day that Chief Justice Taft died. He is buried in Knoxville’s Greenwood Cemetery.
story. No need for introductions. Will Acker, who seemed to be in charge, said the tradition of Knoxville Young Life is to tell teens they are loved just as they are by the God of the universe. Young Life also has a tradition of adventure and laughter, he said. “High school kids live in a dark place. We take the light into dark places. “Each high school has its own club. “We go where high school students are – ballgames, practices, recitals, rehearsals, work, wherever kids are – all in an effort to get to know students. “These relationships are the foundation of Young Life.” With 18 clubs, the nonde■ Politicians were out Sunday, nominational group plans shaking hands and enjoying to expand to Union County the day as the city closed this year. Central Street from the Happy How can you not pitch in? Holler Freezo to the Old City. I wrote a check, prob- ■ Finbarr Saunders was camably the smallest one there. paigning hard, standing with That mildly warm roast neighborhood guy Ronnie beef dinner cost more than Collins in the middle of the the prime rib at O’Charley’s, street. but I came away humming a ■ Saunders lost his county happy tune. commission seat to Jeff
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■ Oftentimes, it is the men and women who labor their whole adult careers for government who make it work and are the holders of institutional knowledge. Such is the case at the Knox County Election Commission, where top staff can change due to the political winds, but there are three employees who have a combined 84 years of service. They are Lorrhonda Myers with 30 years in January, plus Linda Colquitt and Ingrida Campbell, who have served 27 years each. They are there day in and day out. They will make sure the Nov. 3 election goes smoothly. ■ Phil Keith, Knoxville’s longest-serving police chief in the past 70 years, was recently awarded the John and Reve Walsh Award in Tallahassee, Fla., at the Missing Children Day ceremony. Gov. Rick Scott was present. Keith is the former director of the Amber Alert Training and Technical Assistance Program of the U.S. Department of Justice. Amber Alerts directly aided in the rescue of 61 children in 2014. ■ The recent city primary had candidates in all three at-large City Council contests winning over 50 percent of the vote. So why does the city force these people to run a second time five weeks later when fewer people may vote? It is possible, if not probable, that the second-place person on Sept. 29 becomes first place on Nov. 3 with less total voting. Well, the simple answer is that it is required by the city charter. The writers apparently never thought about it. It is time for a charter amendment to change this.
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Ownby and he’s not taking Paul Bonovich for granted. ■ Bonovich might have been there, but wasn’t visible to this writer. ■ Bob Thomas and wife Kim were strolling hand-in-hand. The at-large county commissioner is a possible candidate to replace term-limited Mayor Tim Burchett. That election is in 2018.
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A cappella mastery
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By Carol Shane This Friday, Knoxville’s Episcopal Church of the Ascension will present the renowned Skylark Vocal Ensemble, a 15-member a cappella singing group. The ensemble has been called “a gem” by ArtsATL, the Atlanta website devoted to art and music news and reviews – “soloists who come together to create a dynamic and inspiring whole.” The group will perform in the soaring stone nave of the church, locally famous for its resonance and beautiful acoustics. Fans of such elite vocal ensembles as the King’s Singers, Tenebrae and Musica Sacra are sure to enjoy this concert. James Garvey, Ascension’s director of music ministries, is looking forward to hearing those perfectly tuned voices ring out. He notes that the singers are from different parts of the country, but they convene in Atlanta two or three times per year to rehearse and tour. “The program, titled ‘Lieder and Lovesongs,’ jux-
Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you. (Genesis 26:3, RSV) This may sound like a book report, and in a way, it is. I found The Sojourner on my mother’s bookshelf and decided it was time to read it. I knew nothing about it, except that it was written by Marjorie K. Rawlings, author of The Yearling. The story is of two brothers, one who stays on the family farm, even though he longs to travel and see more of America. The other goes west, and makes a fortune prospecting for gold. The story is told from the homebody brother’s perspective. Given the title of the book, however, I kept expecting the traveling brother to come home, to take up his share of the responsibility on the family farm. He did come home, but only for a visit, and only to urge his brother to join him in his search for riches. The brother declined, choosing to stay on the farm. He loved the land, and he loved the life he
Knoxville’s Episcopal Church of the Ascension will host the Skylark Vocal Ensemble this weekend. Photo submitted taposes a cappella classical works with pieces from the American Songbook,” says Garvey. “So, alongside works of Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Debussy and Saint-Saens there will be ‘Stardust’ by Hoagy Carmichael, ‘Try to Remember’ by Harvey Schmidt, pieces by Cole Porter and so on. “One of my own favorite pieces is scheduled – Pearsall’s ‘Lay a Garland,’ a beautiful lament which
is like a study in suspensions.” Garvey is referring to a popular and often poignant harmonic device that carries over a note from a previous chord, resolving it into the new chord with a delayed effect. Anyone who enjoys having their “musical heartstrings” tugged will savor this piece. It’s worth remembering that the entire history of Western classical music had its beginnings in unaccompanied vocal music. The
audience at this concert will enjoy not only a trip back through time, but also a fitting beginning to the coming holiday season. The Skylark Vocal Ensemble, directed by Matthew Guard, performs at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30, at the Episcopal Church of the Ascension, 800 S. Northshore Drive in Knoxville. The concert is free and open to the public. Send story suggestions to news@shopper newsnow.com.
AREA FARMERS MARKETS ■ Dixie Lee Farmers Market, Renaissance|Farragut, 12740 Kingston Pike. Hours: 9 a.m.noon Saturday, Oct. 31. Info: dixieleefarmersmarket.com; on Facebook. ■ Ebenezer Road Farmers Market, Ebenezer UMC, 1001 Ebenezer Road. Hours: 3-6 p.m. Tuesdays through late November. Info: on Facebook. ■ Knoxville Farmers Market, Laurel Church of Christ, 3457 Kingston Pike. Hours: 3-6
SENIOR NOTES ■ South Knox Senior Center: 6729 Martel Lane 573-5843 Monday-Friday 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
p.m. Fridays through late November. ■ Lakeshore Park Farmers Market, 6410 S. Northshore Drive. Hours: 3-6 p.m. every Friday through Nov. 20. Info: on Facebook. ■ 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. 21. Info: marketsquarefarmers market.org.
■ Maryville Farmers Market: Church Avenue. Hours: 9 a.m.-sellout, Saturdays; Holly Day Market, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. final day, Nov. 14. ■ Oak Ridge Farmers Market, Historic Jackson Square, 281 Broadway Ave. Oak Ridge. Hours: 3-6 p.m. Wednesdays; 8 a.m.-noon Saturdays through late November. Info: on Facebook. Additional information at ShopperNewsNow.com.
■ South Knoxville Community Center 522 Old Maryville Pike 573-3575 Monday-Friday Hours vary Offerings include a variety of senior programs.
■ Music ministries of Community Evangelistic Church in East Knoxville and Christ Covenant Church in Farragut will join for three presentations of “How Great Our Joy – a Gospel Christmas!” Presentations: 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Dec. 11-12, Christ Covenant Church, 12915 Kingston Pike, and 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13, Community Evangelistic Church, 2650 Boyds Bridge Pike. Info: 525-1589 or cecchurch.org; 671-1885
Oakwood Senior Living residents give high fives to kids from the neighborhood who visited to sing and brought baked goods.
■ John T. O’Connor Senior Center: 611 Winona St. 523-1135 Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Offerings include: Card games, billiards, senior fitness, book club, blood pressure checks, bingo, Friday night dances. ■ Senior Citizens Information and Referral Service 2247 Western Ave. 524-2786 knoxseniors.org
Residents settle in at By Sandra Clark
Oakwood
Oakwood Senior Living has opened with 22 residents and 63 rooms, said executive director Amy Wise. Staff are quickly forming partnerships with community groups who are reaching out to support the facility. The former Oakwood Elementary School has returned to its glory as the focal point of the Christenberry community. Emerald Youth Foundation is one such partner.
““We We have havee ccreated reatted d iintergenntergenerational activities and a lot of summer programs,” said Wise. Oakwood Baptist Church brings Sunday services to the facility and leads Bingo on Fridays. The UT College of Social Work has an internship program at Oakwood, sending college students to work with the senior residents. Programming includes Zumba and tai chi instruction and art.
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and his wife had built together. There was sadness, to be sure. More than one baby was born to them and died within hours. There were other losses, other disappointments. But there was a son who lived, and who went off to get an education. Again the farmer saw his own dreams lived out by a relative, someone who was not tied to the land. It was only at the end of the book, that I realized who the sojourner was. The one character who had grown, had moved beyond himself, had come so far as to be a totally different person, was the farmer, the one who had sacrificed and loved and given. It’s a lesson well worth the learning.
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Offerings include: dulcimer and guitar lessons; arts and crafts classes; dance classes; exercise programs; Tai Chi; card games; Joymakers practice; free swim 7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. Senior Meals program noon each Wednesday and Friday. Register for: South Knox Opry Halloween Party, 9 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 29.
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or office@christcov.org. ■ South Knoxville Baptist Church, 522 Sevier Ave., will have Trunk or Treat in its lower parking lot 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28. ■ South Knoxville Church of God, 5623 Magazine Road, will host its fall festival 3-5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31. Hayrides, inflatables, candy, food, drawing for two bikes. Free admission. Everyone welcome.
Carolyn Cottrell, a local pianist, performed for residents of Morning Pointe of Powell. She performs throughout the community, but mainly for churches and East Tennessee Children’s Hospital. Cottrell, pictured here with resident Harry “Doc” Ogden, played show tunes and hymns. She also brought some CDs for the assisted living residents.
Emerald Avenue United Eme Methodist Church brings weekly Bible study. On Friday, Oct. 30, residents are set to hand out trick or treat candy to costumed visitors from Christenberry Elementary School and Emerald Youth Foundation. “Come on over,” says Wise. It’s from 6:30-7:30 p.m. “That’s an activity both the kids and the residents ■ Morning Pointe offers trick or treating will enjoy.” Kids are invited to Morning Pointe of Powell, 7700 DanInfo: Amy Wise at 540- naher Drive, for safe trick or treating 6-8 p.m. Thursday, 6243. Oct. 29. Info: 865-686-5771. ■
Provides information about services for older persons (age 60+) and referrals to the following services when needed: health services, employment services, housing, transportation, legal services, recreation, support groups, emergency assistance, in-home services and minor home repair. ■ City of Knoxville Senior Citizen Programs 215-4311 knoxvilletn.gov
Residents of Oakwood Senior Living play Bingo, hosted by volunteers at Oakwood Baptist Church. Photos by Melissa Hensley
Family Night at Elmcroft of Halls
All are invited 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, to Elmcroft of Halls, 7521 Andersonville Pike, for an open house and family night. Meet the new executive director, Chris L. Tharp, and medical director Dr. Jeffrey Summers. Learn about the new on-site house physical, speech and occupational therapy, available for residents and the community too. Health care providers and Elderlaw professionals will be available to answer questions and provide information for families exploring senior care. Info: 865-925-2668. ■ Super Senior Bingo is played at 2 Chris Tharp p.m. each third Thursday at no cost to attendees. RSVP to 865-925-2668. ■ Alzheimer’s Support Group meets 6-7 p.m. each third Thursday. RSVP to Rose Davis, 865-925-2668.
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Good books for a great cause
Little Easton Bradley sits with his mom, Dogwood Elementary School fifth-grade teacher Maria Bradley, at the fifth annual Dogwood Elementary School book fair fundraiser held in October at Barnes & Noble Booksellers.
Dogwood Elementary School held its fifth annual book fair fundraiser this month at Barnes & Noble Booksellers on Kingston Pike. “As a librarian I hang out there in my free time, and a friend of mine there told me about the possibility,” says DES librarian Heather P a l m e r about how Palmer the event got started with the national bookseller. In addition to finding a good spot for a fundraiser, Palmer said she also wanted to work with Barnes & Noble so people in other parts of town could learn more about
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Dogwood Elementary. In addition to face painting and crafts, the book fair also included an information booth specifically to tell people more about the school. “I want to make people aware of who we are. My son went to Karns schools, and I wasn’t familiar with Dogwood Elementary School, either.” DES holds a second book fair each spring that is used to purchase mostly nonfiction books. Proceeds from the Barnes & Noble book fair are used for fiction books
Dogwood Elementary School fourth grader Ethan Crossley creates a Lego man at the craft table. Photos submitted and small-reading-group material. “We consider money raised from this book fair
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Festival prize makes director’s goal ‘easier’ By Betsy Pickle In between directing grisly true-crime TV shows and shooting wedding videos, Chad Cunningham is thinking about his latest and most ambitious project. He has approximately 10 months to make his first feature film. Cunningham won the grand prize at the 7-Day Shootout at September’s Knoxville Film Festival with his film “Space Cadet.” The festival and the Visit Knoxville Film Office came up with $20,000 to help the winner turn his or her short into a feature. Participants in the shootout were allowed a month for preproduction, and the traditional requirement to work within a specific genre was removed. When Cunningham won, many weren’t surprised because
he had received the Emerging Filmmaker Award at the 2014 festival for the short “Daisy.” But considering Cunningham first picked up a camera just a couple of years ago, the feat is pretty amazing. Cunningham moved to Knoxville four years ago not as a film-school graduate but as “a regular college dropout.” The Charleston, S.C., native had attended Charleston Southern University for three years and still was undecided on a major. “Didn’t know what I wanted to do, what I was passionate about, so I stopped going into debt for school,” he says. “A couple of years ago I picked up a camera for the first time and figured out that was what I loved.” Cunningham, who
works at Central Baptist Church of Fountain City as a Family Life Center assistant, was going on a church mission trip to Romania, and he was given an old camera to document the group’s activities. Once he came back and edited the highlights, he started notching new jobs on his resume, including wedding videography for JoPhoto and freelance directing for Jupiter Entertainment (the grisly TV shows). He also formed his own company, Wild Heart Studios, to produce music videos and his own films, including “The Son,” which won third place for narrative short in the main section of last month’s festival. He was hesitant about entering the 7-Day Shootout this year until the $20,000 prize was announced. He
Our Brand Is Crisis In “Our Brand Is Crisis,” opening Friday, broken-down political strategist Jane (Sandra Bullock), with campaign manager Nell (Ann Dowd), will sell her soul to beat her archrival as she tries to help a presidential candidate lagging in the polls in a war-torn South American country. Billy Bob Thornton, Antony Mackie and Joaquim de Almeida co-star for director David Gordon Green.
had already set a goal for himself of shooting a feature film in 2016. “This kind of made that goal a little easier and put it on a timeline,” he says. So far, Cunningham has created an outline and a framework for his script. He hopes to get the OK on them and finish the script by the end of the year so he can start preproduction in January. In the short, young Anna (Izzy Fenech) is obsessed with space and with seeing her astronaut father again. Cunningham’s idea for the feature is to take Anna about 20 years into the future, when she is a 30-year-old with her own daughter, struggling with her dreams of adventure and her responsibility to her family. The short will be “an important piece of history to my main character,” says Cunningham, who hopes to recast Fenech – who won an acting award at the shootout – as adult Anna’s daughter. He’s grateful to have Curt Willis of the Visit Knoxville Film Office and Keith McDaniel, executive director of the KFF, as his executive producers. “They’ve both produced numerous feature-length films, and … it’s great to have such experienced guys to lean on and ask questions and be a sounding board,” he says. “Right now they’re just giving me my freedom to write and be creative and come up with the best story I can.” Cunningham hopes this feature is just a start. “My goal is to get to the place where all I’m doing is directing movies. That’s my end-all, be-all goal.”
Director Chad Cunningham with star Izzy Fenech on the set of the award-winning short film “Space Cadet.” Photo submitted
And while he doesn’t mind relocating, he thinks it’s possible to carve out his career in Knoxville. “I think it’s becoming easier and easier to be a filmmaker where you are or travel where you need to be,” he says. “I’d love to be part of Knoxville becoming
a film hub and really growing this area. “I’m gonna try my best to do the best I can with my film because I want the opportunity to be there for another filmmaker next year and hopefully get some more money, make a bigger film.”
Two musical Knoxville summers By Carol Shane
One of the best Halloween costume parties in town happens at the Knoxville Museum of Art this Friday when the popular “Alive After Five” series hosts “Boys’ Night Out.” The 11-member band, still going strong after 30 years together, plays brassy arrangements of good-time dance music. There will also be food available from Gus’s Grill, so put on your best creepy couture and come on down to the KMA. The show starts at 6 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 30. Tickets/info: 865934-2039, or mgill@knoxart.org. This weekend the University of Tennessee School of Music and Department of Theatre will present a landmark program that has nothing to do with Halloween and everything to do
with Knoxville. “Knoxville: Summers of 1915 and 2015,” an evening of music, poetic readings and historical reflections, has been months in the making. Among its highlights is the performance of Ellen Reid and Royce Vavrek’s “Knoxville: Summer of 2015.” Both Reid, an internationally known composer and sound artist originally from Oak Ridge, and Canadian-born Vavrek, highly regarded as an operatic librettist, playwright and filmmaker, visited Knoxville “a year ago,” according to James Fellenbaum, UT’s director of orchestras. Vavrek wrote a libretto and delivered it to Reid, who composed the music during the actual summer of 2015. The piece, of course, has its inspiration in American
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composer Samuel Barber’s wistful, evocative “Knoxville: Summer of 1915,” with text by James Agee, which will also be performed. Though plans are not yet finalized, the Reid/Vavrek work is intended to be premiered by a major U.S. orchestra during 2016. But it’s been developed at UT and will receive its academic premiere there. Fellenbaum has enjoyed the process of working directly with the composer, helping to bring the composition into its final form. “Since August we’ve read drafts of the piece, made revisions, added, subtracted,” he says. “It’s been a great environment.” Fellenbaum will conduct the UT Symphony Orchestra and singers in both “Knoxville” pieces, as well as music from Aaron Co-
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The UT theatre and music departments will collaborate this weekend in a historic “Knoxvillecentric” event. Photo submitted pland’s opera “The Tender Land.” Katy Wolfe, best known to Clarence Brown Theatre audiences as an actress and singer, is producer for the event as well as soloist on the 2015 piece. Other performers include actress Carol Mayo Jenkins and UT professor emeritus of his-
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“Knoxville: Summers of 1915 and 2015” will be presented at 7:30 p.m. this Friday, Oct. 30, at the Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St., in downtown Knoxville. Tickets and info: http:// w w w.music.utk.edu/summer2015 or call 865-6841200, ext. 2. Send story suggestions to news@shoppernewsnow.com.
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Wine tasting draws 150 By Tom King
Comcast to expand workforce Comcast will double its customer care staff in Knoxville, adding 250 jobs over two years. To accommodate the expansion, Comcast is making significant renovations to its Knoxville facility, located at 5720 Asheville Highway. At last week’s announcement are Mayor Madeline Rogero, Comcast VP Russell Byrd, Vice Mayor Nick Pavlis, Knoxville Chamber VP Rhonda Rice and County Commissioner Jeff Ownby.
Gerdau celebrates longtime employees Representatives of steel recycler Gerdau’s Knoxville mill recently gathered on the Star of Knoxville to celebrate six e mplo y e e s who have been with the company 40 years Steve Nash or longer. Recognized were: Charlie Bryant of Powell, caster, 41 years; Scott Dietz of Louisville, caster maintenance, 41 years; Paul Hannah of Maryville, melt shop, 40 years; Dana Hooks of Clinton, furnace maintenance, 42 years; Wayne Lowe of Maryville, furnace facilitator, 42 years; and Steve Nash of West Knoxville, rolling mill, 40 years. “As the workforce landscape in America becomes increasingly transient, it is an honor for us to celebrate these six longtime employ-
ees,” said Johnny Miller, vice president and general manager of Gerdau’s Knoxville steel mill. “These men have seen a tremendous amount of change in our plant, as our steel manufacturing process has moved from a manual operation to a very technical, highly automated process, and as our industry has moved from heavily supervised work crews to self-managed work teams,” Miller said. “They have not only successfully made these transitions, but also have trained and developed hundreds of new employees in our processes and new technologies.” Gerdau employs more than 240 people at its mill in Knoxville’s Lonsdale neighborhood. The company currently is seeking applicants for electrical and maintenance positions. To learn more, visit gerdaucareers. com
Farragut Rotary Club’s 15th a n n u a l Wine Tasting & Silent Auction last Thursday evening at SouthEast Bank attracted Tom King more than 150 people who enjoyed tasting wines from Dixie Lee Wine & Liquors. The club raised approximately $14,000 to be split between Rotary International’s End Polio Now campaign and local projects. Farragut Rotarian Sam Taylor donated all of the wine from his Dixie Lee store and Rotarian Sam Mishu covered the food costs – so 100 percent of the money raised will go toward the projects the club supports. Dr. Stephanie Myers again coordinated the event for the club, the 12th one she has directed.
or sticker in each book. If you’d like to volunteer for the book fair or workday, email Elaine McCulloch at the RCK office at kxrotary@ bellsouth.net
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RCK Helps Beaumont’s library
The Rotary Club of Knoxville (RCK) is working with the staff at Beaumont Magnet Academy to help the school’s library. On Tuesday the RCK presented the school with $10,000 to buy 600 new books. The club’s Community Service Committee
volunteers are working with book clubs at the school – Grades K-1 and Grades 2-3. The Beaumont Book Fair is Nov. 11-13, and they need lots of volunteers to help staff the book fair! The club is also volunteering for a workday in the library on Saturday, Nov. 21. Club members will be unloading, sorting books and putting a Rotary stamp
Turkey Creek plays fantasy football
The Rotary Club of Turkey Creek Sunset is having fun this fall with its novel fundraising vehicle – Fantasy Football. Using the NFL.com system, the club has 20 members playing in two leagues. Members pay $50 to join a league, and club president Paul West said that they recently presented 160 new Tshirts to Vine Middle School students. He said they want to export this to the other local clubs next year for a big Rotary league competition as fundraisers for all clubs. The Turkey Creek Club meets each Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. at Faith Lutheran Church in Farragut.
Arby’s boosts Alzheimer’s Tennessee The family that owns 18 area Arby’s restaurants presents Alzheimer’s Tennessee with a check for $186,179 from their annual fundraiser, which will begin again on Monday, Nov. 2. Pictured are: Becky Dodson, Alzheimer’s Tennessee board president; John Johnson, Arby’s owner/operator; Carrie Johnson Gandy, Arby’s chief financial officer; Janice Wade-Whitehead, Alzheimer’s Tennessee executive director; Tom Johnson III, Arby’s president; and Ben Johnson, Arby’s chief operations officer.
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General surgery is a family affair for two Knox brothers Growing up, brothBaltimore. Rob joined ers Dr. K. Robert WilPremier Surgical Asliams and Dr. Krissociates in Knoxville topher B. Williams in 2006. In 2014, of Knoxville never as Kris was finishimagined they would ing his fellowship in one day both be phyminimally invasive sicians, must less that surgery at Carolina they would be general Medical Center, a Presurgeons working in mier Surgical surgeon the same practice – left the practice to beand occasionally in come a missionary in the same operating Kenya. room. “It was a unique Brothers Dr. Kristopher B. Williams and “When we were Dr. K. Robert Williams are both general opportunity that a little kids, I was going surgeons at Premier Surgical Associ- slot opened in our to be a football player ates in Knoxville. practice at the right and Kris was going to time,” says Rob. “I be a diesel mechanic,” laughs Rob. was impressed with the high quality of the The brothers, who are three years apart, Premier Surgical surgeons and knew Kris were raised in Knoxville and Virginia, al- would fit in well here.” ternating summer vacations and the school Kris joined Premier Surgical in August year in both states after their parents di- of 2014. “This was an ideal situation for vorced. It wasn’t until they both attended our families,” says Kris. The brothers, their college at the University of Virginia, Char- wives and children now live within five lottesville, that they lived in the same town. miles of each other and their mother, in “I was a senior when he was a freshman, Knoxville. “It’s great. Mom loves to cook, so and we were in the same fraternity. We got we try to get together every Sunday for a big to spend more time together in college and family dinner,” smiles Kris. medical school than we did as kids in grade And, the brothers are spending time toschool,” explains Rob. gether in the operating room, assisting each Kris agrees and says watching first-hand other on cases. “It’s neat to be able to conwhat Rob experienced during medical sult with each other on complicated cases,” school at the University of Virginia influ- says Rob. “Kris specializes in complex herenced his own decision to pursue a medical nias, and I specialize in bariatrics, so we can bounce ideas off each other,” says Rob. career. “I’m very glad to be here with Rob. I “I think sometimes people idealize what medical school is going to be like, but see- hope we’re working together for our whole ing the hard training Rob went through – careers,” smiles Kris. like being so sleep-deprived he’d fall asleep during family dinners – gave me a realistic view of what I wanted to do,” says Kris. Rob says it’s not surprising that they chose the same career. “We’re a lot alike and both like working with our hands. With surgery, you’re able to help someone immediately.” Rob earned a medical degree from the To schedule an appointment with Dr. University of Virginia, and a few years Robert Williams, call New Life Center for later Kris graduated from the East TenBariatric Surgery at 865- 694-9676. To nessee State University Quillen College of schedule an appointment with Dr. Kris Medicine. Both completed general surgery Williams call Premier Surgical Parkwest at 865-690-5263. residencies at Union Memorial Hospital in
Local restaurants raise money for cancer research Calhoun’s and the Copper Cellar Family of Restaurants are raising money for the American Cancer Society and to fund breast cancer research. “Making Strides For More Birthdays” will have raised nearly $100,000 when this year’s promotions end since its launch in 2011. Bart Fricks, chief operating officer, said the 1,100 East Tennessee employees of Calhoun’s and the Copper Cellar group are invested in various components of the promotion.
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