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Congratulations to Katie Huneycutt and Emily Kersey! The eighth-graders at South-Doyle Middle School won the documentary category in the Tennessee History Day competition in Nashville this past weekend. They will represent the state at the National History Day competition in June in Washington, D.C.
Comcast Cares … about SKES Comcast has chosen South Knoxville Elementary School for its 14th annual Comcast Cares Day service project. From 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 25, Comcast employees and their families, plus supporters of South Knoxville Elementary, will join for improvements around the school, 801 Sevier Ave. Projects will including building an outdoor classroom; planting butterfly-friendly flowers, plants and bushes; pressure-washing the sidewalks and upgrading the playground. For every volunteer helping out on the day, Comcast will make a monetary donation to the school. Info: principal Tanna Nicely, 579-2100.
All are happy after Lloyd King, Overall Trails chair (center, light jacket), cuts McGill, Bob Thomas, Daniel Brown, Colin Anderson, Madeline Rogero, Janet the ribbon to kick off the Dogwood Arts Festival at the Dogwood Luncheon Testerman, King, Chapman Highway Trail co-chairs Peggy Tubbs and Molly at Ijams Nature Center. From left are Charles Henry, Erin Donovan, Ralph Gilbert, Mark Jones, Nancy Campbell and Sue Calloway. Photos by Betsy Pickle
By Betsy Pickle Despite roller-coaster-like weather forecasts, the Dogwood Luncheon – kickoff to the 55th annual Dogwood Arts Festival – met with gorgeous skies and spring-kissed weather at Ijams Nature Center. Janet Testerman, president
of the Dogwood Arts board of directors, welcomed the guests and made a point of giving South Knoxville props for its resurgence in the wake of the Henley Bridge renovations. Having the luncheon at Ijams, with its 300 acres of urban green space, was part of the plan to feature all of South Knox-
ville – not just the Chapman Highway Dogwood Trail, whose turn it was in the featured-trail rotation. Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero, a South Knoxvillian herself, headed the list of elected officials present and recognized the others, including Farragut Mayor Ralph McGill, City Council members Dan
Brown, George Wallace and Finbarr Saunders, County Commissioner Bob Thomas and former commissioners Tony Norman and Larry Smith, and Trustee Ed Shouse. Rogero noted that Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett, who was To page 3
Helping farmers accept EBT cards The Knox County Health Department and Nourish Knoxville are partnering to help farmers and farmers market managers accept Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards (commonly referred to as food stamps). A free sign-up will be 9 a.m. until noon Monday, April 20, in the KCHD auditorium, 140 Dameron Ave. Info: Katheryne.nix@ knoxcounty.org or 865-2155170.
Luncheon speaker Tammy Becker of Living Lands & Waters and Kathleen Gibi of the city’s Parks and Recreation Department reflect spring at Ijams.
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Farragut items The town of Farragut has bought an old house and two acres and now must decide what’s next. Sandra Clark was at the initial planning session for reuse of the Campbell Station Inn, located at the intersection of Kingston Pike and Campbell Station Road. Malcolm Shell celebrates the 150th anniversary of Concord United Methodist Church. Click “Farragut” on our website.
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Ann Graf (Open Garden in Lakemoor Hills), Dogwood Arts executive director Lisa Duncan and Antoinette Fritz of the South Knoxville Alliance depart with table decorations supplied by Stanley’s Greenhouse.
By Betsy Pickle Outdoor KnoxFest focuses on easygoing, fun activities. But two cycling events bookending the weekend will get the competitive juices going. Outdoor KnoxFest kicks off Friday, April 24, with Take Only Pictures, an urban scavenger hunt that also marks the end of the Tennessee Bike Summit. The Knoxville Mountain Bike Checkpoint Race, one of the final events on Sunday, April 26, also involves photos but focuses more on the city’s trails. The Appalachian Mountain Bike Club is organizing Take Only Pictures, a first-time entry in Outdoor KnoxFest. The free ride, open to all, is “AMBC wishing farewell to the folks that came in for the Tennessee Bike Summit,” says Matthew Kellogg, the club’s president. Take Only Pictures starts and ends at The Public House, 212 W. Magnolia Ave. Teams of two or more gather on the back deck by 5:45 p.m., with the race starting at 6 p.m. They will be given a list of
Cyclists gather at Mead’s Quarry for the 2014 checkpoint race. Photo by Geezers Brewery
tasks that will take them around Knoxville, and they must take pictures as proof and upload them to an assigned phone number. Kellogg is mum about the destinations.
“You’ve got to play to whatever’s There’ll be one with your team and happening in town at the time,” bikes in an elevator.” he says. “Of course, there’ll be the The scavenger hunt will take standards, like a picture in front place on city streets, so bikes should of the Sunsphere. There’ll be some To page 3 that involve random strangers.
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‘Still cancer-free’
Cancer survivor paid heavy price for ignoring heartburn Ron Houser was a busy man with places to go, things to do. Meetings, airports, meals on the run. Too busy for this; too busy for that. “I was very career-minded, and my career took me all over the country – I was everywhere,â€? said Houser, whose job as a human resources/labor relations executive for a large global health care corporation kept him away from home ďŹ ve days a week for years. “I loved my work. Loved it! I wanted to make that certain level within the corporation, which I did by working hard. But I gave up things to do that, and one of the things I gave up was me.â€? More precisely, the Knoxville retiree gave up his esophagus and a portion of his stomach to esophageal cancer, largely because he didn’t follow his doctor’s orders to keep his heartburn under control. “I can’t blame my cancer and my situation on anybody except Ron Houser because Ron Houser didn’t do what the doctors told him to do,â€? says the 72-year-old Houser. “I didn’t monitor my health the way that I should.â€? Fortunately for Houser, however, his cancer was caught early, and following a complex surgery by Drs. Lacy Harville and Gregory Midis at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center to remove his esophagus and a portion of his stomach, he remains cancer-free 2 1/2 years since his surgery – a major achievement since most patients at his stage live only two years. What’s more, he required no chemotherapy or radiation treatments afterward. “When I ďŹ nished with Dr. Midis at my last appointment, he reached
Ron Houser remains cancer-free after major surgery at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center in 2012.
out both hands in front of me, and as I took his hands he said, ‘Ron, I am glad to tell you that after all the tests you have gone through, you are still cancer-free.’ And he said, ‘I want you to know that that is HUGE!’ â€? “There is generally a high risk of recurrence,â€? said Dr. Midis. “So when you reach a milestone or anniversary, that’s an extremely exciting important moment.â€? “I owe all that to the Good Lord, Dr. Midis, Dr. Harville and to the ďŹ ne treatment that I got at Fort Sanders,â€? said Houser. “I can’t complain a bit about what they did. They were on top of it.â€? Certainly, they took Houser’s
heartburn seriously even if he had not. He’d had heartburn since his 20s, treating it off and on with over-the-counter antacids. By the 1980s, he was diagnosed with gastroesophageal reux disease (GERD or simply “reuxâ€?) and prescribed a daily dose of omeprazole to control the acid. “I didn’t always have time to take my medicine,â€? he said. “I thought, ‘It’s just heartburn.’ But when it would get bad, I would take my medicine. When it got better, I’d stop taking it.â€? By 2000, his symptoms worsened. An endoscopy revealed he not only had a hiatal hernia
but also Barrett’s Esophagus, a precancerous condition caused by chronic, long-term reflux of stomach acid into the lower esophagus. After the hernia repair, the doctors stressed the importance of regularly taking his reux medicine and monitoring his Barrett’s. “If I didn’t, they said I would have cancer in 10 to 12 years,â€? Houser said. “But if I didn’t hurt or wasn’t having a problem, I wouldn’t take it. I just said ‘There’s no need of taking it – I’m OK.’ But then when I hurt or would have reux come back up, I would get back on it for four, ďŹ ve or six days and it would level out, and I would quit taking
it. So, I was actually doing myself harm.â€? A dozen years later, in August 2012, he sat in the ofďŹ ce of the late Dr. David Lee, tears welling in his eyes as the gastroenterologist told Houser his Barrett’s had developed into esophageal cancer, the fastest-growing form of cancer in the United States today. “I couldn’t believe it,â€? he said. An attempted endoscopic mucosal resection could not be completed because one of Houser’s three tumors was too deep. That left one option: Trans-Hiatal Esophagetomy (THE), a major surgery in which the patient’s esophagus is removed and replaced by a portion of their stomach which is used to process food. It’s such a complex operation that it requires the kind of surgical skill that comes only through repetition. Houser was referred to Drs. Midis and Harville, who perform between 20 to 30 of those surgeries a year – enough to be designated a Center of Excellence due to its high volume and successful outcomes. “Thank the Good Lord and thank these doctors’ skills,â€? said Houser. “They were able to go in and take all that out. People need to be aware of esophageal cancer, and they need to know some of the causes. Don’t be like me: ‘Well, I’ve got heartburn ‌ I’ve got a little reux. ‌ It’ll be OK. I’ll take a Tums or I’ll take whatever and it’ll be OK,’ not realizing that the longer it lasts, the bigger and stronger it becomes, and you are really risking that chance of cancer developing within the esophagus and that part of the stomach.â€?
Complex T.H.E. surgery requires skill, practice Cut down here and up there, remove this pipe down to there, pull up this drain and hook ’em together up here. It sounds simple enough, but a trans-hiatal esophagectomy (THE) is a lot more complicated than reworking the kitchen plumbing. As with many complex surgical procedures, data show the best results for esophagectomy (or removal of all or part of the esophagus) come from surgeons whose expertise and skills have sharpened through practice at high-volume medical centers. In fact, most surgeons and published literature says a surgeon needs to perform a minimum of 12 to 25 esophagectomies per year to maintain proďŹ ciency needed. At Fort Sanders Regional, which has been designated as a Center of Excellence, surgeons perform 20 to 30 per year. Cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Lacy Harville has been doing esophagectomies like Ron Houser’s for 23 years, often teaming over the last eight years with Fort Sanders
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surgical oncologists Drs. Paul Dudrick or Gregory Midis. “I used to do them all myself or with my partners, but having Dr. Midis and Dr. Dudrick makes it easier because it’s a two-surgeon thing,� said Harville. “These are six- to eight-hour operations, but our average time is somewhere between two and three hours, and our average length of hospital stay is down to about eight to 10 days.�
“The bottom line is: We’ve found there are better outcomes when thoracic surgeons and surgical oncologists adopt a team approach for esophageal cancer,� said Dr. Midis. “It’s a logical way to treat patients. With our high volumes, Dr. Harville and I feel comfortable that we have the same outcomes and complication rates as the national standards.� In Houser’s THE, one incision was made from the bottom of the sternum to the belly button and another was made in the left side of his neck near the carotid artery. The surgeons then could work simultaneously removing the cancerous esophagus and an upper portion of the stomach to reduce the possibility of recurrence. Then, pulling up the stomach to serve as a replacement esophagus, the surgeons reconnect the stomach and remaining esophagus via the neck. Midis also placed a feeding tube in Houser’s small intestine to provide nourishment until he was well enough to eat and drink again.
The surgery does require some lifestyle changes. “These are complex and difďŹ cult operations to have, and the patients must live with alterations to their diets afterwards,â€? said Dr. Midis. In addition, Harville said, patients can no longer lie on their back after a meal because “we take away all the protective mechanisms for things to reux back. Gravity is their friend once they’ve had a meal.â€? Still, Harville said, most patients are able to get back to doing the things they want to do after surgery. “Now, their diet is a little different,â€? he cautioned. “But I would say 85 percent of people will get back to almost their normal diet. It’s just because now their stomach, instead of being a big weigh station for food to drop into, it’s now a tube, and they can’t hold as much food, so their meals have to be smaller. But they also need to be careful because normally your stomach functions to neutralize everything.â€?
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SOUTH KNOX Shopper news • APRIL 15, 2015 • 3 Chapman Highway Garden Club elected new officers on March 19 but sadly has lost one already. Chaplain Pat Brown, far right, passed away on March 20. From left are Jan Brown, vice president; Doris French standing in for Dianne Forry, president; Janice Sparkman, treasurer; (kneeling) Molly Gilbert, recording secretary; Jane Vogt standing in for Carol Cook, corresponding secretary; Jo Weigers, parliamentarian; and Brown.
Good and faithful servants The South Knoxville community has lost a number of standout citizens in the past few weeks, so let us pay tribute.
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The Chapman Highway Garden Club has been especially hard hit. The day after the club’s March 19 meeting, new chaplain Pat Brown passed away at her home while gardening. Dr. Brown – sister of County Commissioner Mike Brown and sister-inlaw of garden club vice president Jan Brown – received her Doctor of Education in Administration and Supervision degree from the University of Tennessee. She was supervisor of music for Knox County Schools for 10 years and an educator
and supervisor with the system for 34 years. Dr. Brown was a special consultant for several music textbook companies. She also served in local churches in various music roles, most recently at Lake Forest Presbyterian, where she was also an elder. She was 72. Just days before, on March 16, Ruth Liggett DeFriese passed away at 103. Inspired by Alice Ijams, Mrs. DeFriese founded the Chapman Highway Garden Club in 1940 and was a mentor to generations of members. She was the first home demonstration agent in Washington County, a dietitian at the University of Tennessee’s Strong Hall cafeteria and a home economics teacher at Young High School. Many of her Young High students left heartfelt tributes on her legacy.com guestbook, several mentioning that they still use her cookbook. She was also a former First Lady of Knoxville and was a lifetime member
of the Southern Highland Craft Guild. Last September, the garden club lost another early member, Eleanor Stanberry, at age 95. She graduated from Knoxville High School in 1936 and UT in 1940 and was a Volette with the Pride of the Southland Marching Band all four years at UT. Mrs. Stanberry was a lifelong member of South Knoxville Baptist Church and a staunch supporter of the Joy of Music School. The Vestal Community Organization lost its president, Newman Seay, on March 31. Mr. Seay, 73, had been battling cancer but continued to lead the VCO even as his health deteriorated. An Army veteran and owner and operator of Knox Electric Service since 1967, Mr. Seay campaigned for the good of Vestal for many years. Among the comments on my Facebook posting of his obituary: “We lost a pillar in the community!” “He was the
Dogwood Arts Festival unable to attend, “supports and loves the Dogwood Arts Festival as well” and sent Mark Jones, senior director of Human Resources & Risk Management, in his stead. McGill, a North Carolina native who moved to Farragut in 1978, said he’d been overseas between 60 and 70 times, but at this time of year, there was “not a more beautiful place than this.” After an invocation by Dana Fachman, pastor of Meridian Baptist Church, attendees dined on a delicious mixture of chicken and shrimp atop noodles, greens and edamame, finishing with a caramel-chocolate cheesecake. 2015 Dogwood Arts chairs Erin Donovan and Bob Thomas said a few words before Paul James, Ijams’ executive director, introduced the featured speaker, Tammy Becker, programs manager of Living Lands & Waters. Her husband, Chad Pregracke, founded the organization in 1998. Living Lands & Waters has cleared 8.5 million tons
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■ Knoxville Tri-County Lions Club meets 7 p.m. each second and fourth Monday, Connie’s Kitchen, 10231 Chapman Highway, Seymour. Info: https://www.facebook.com/ TriCountyLions/info. ■ Lake Forest Neighborhood Association. Info: Molly Gilbert, 209-1820 or mollygilbert@yahoo.com. ■ Old Sevier Community Group meets 7 p.m. each third Thursday, South Knoxville Elementary School library, 801 Sevier Ave. Info: Gary E. Deitsch, 573-7355 or garyedeitsch@bellsouth.net. ■ South of the River Democrats (9th District) meet 6:30 p.m. each third Monday, South Knoxville Community Center, 522 Maryville Pike. Info: Jim Sessions, jim.sessions@comcast.net or 573-0655. ■ South Haven Neighborhood
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Cyclists have taillights. Cyclists will need a smartphone. “As soon as pictures start coming in, we are going to display them on the screen at The Public House,” says Kellogg. Images must be uploaded by 8 p.m. The awards ceremony will be at 8:30. “There will be trophies,” says Kellogg. “Used, more than likely.” This is the third year for the Checkpoint Race at Outdoor KnoxFest. It costs $40 if preregistering at active. com and $50 day of race, with all proceeds going to Legacy Parks Foundation. Categories for participants are open, women, single speed and teams with a combined age over 90. Cyclists meet at 10 a.m. at Mead’s Quarry for instructions and a map; start time is 11 a.m. Checkpoints remain secret until then. Scott Smith of Tennessee Valley Bikes, which sponsors the event along with AMBC, designs the course and has broadened the boundaries this year. Though the course has expanded, Smith says it
From page 1 hasn’t gotten harder. “It’ll be about the same,” he says. The race covers around 40 miles, and cyclists must be back at Mead’s Quarry by 4 p.m. “The fastest time last year was two hours and 52 minutes, getting all 10 checkpoints,” says Smith. That time belonged to Kellogg and his teammate, Matt Morris. Not everyone is bent on winning. “Some people take it very seriously and go for every checkpoint,” says Kellogg. “Many people will do the checkpoints in South Knoxville close to Ijams and head back to the parking lot because there’s going to be a food truck and beer in the parking lot.” Also on April 26 is the Tour de Knox, a familyfriendly bike event to promote transportation and safety in downtown and on the University of Tennessee campus starting at 2 p.m. at Neyland Stadium Plaza. Cost is $15 adults, $10 students and free for children 12. Register online at www. tourdeknox.com.
Timely after all
The public meeting that was supposed to inform SoKno residents about the closing of Island Home Avenue managed to take place before the closing after all. The meeting had been rescheduled to last Monday, April 6. Construction was due to start March 30, but hey – it got delayed. The meeting was well attended but didn’t elicit any drama. One audience member who didn’t want to be identified described it as “very managed.” Bottom line is, city Engi-
had a lot of verbiage about making the roads safer for bicyclists. You can see the plan at cityofknoxville.org/ bicycleplan/feb2015_fi nalreport.pdf. The highlight, at least for certain people, was that of the 120 projects ranked in importance – meaning they’ll theoretically be done soonest, Chapman Highway ■ We’re No. 1 is No. 1. Let’s hear it: We are In other public-meeting No. 1! We are No. 1! Probably best not to ofnews, the one for the Bicycle Facilities Plan held fer much detail when people last Wednesday at the East ask you why you’re chantTennessee History Center ing.
neering wants us to follow the detour signs to get to Island Home Avenue for the foreseeable future. There were lots of maps showing the utilities that would be installed and upgraded during the project. Info: cityofknoxville.org/ southwaterfront/040615_ islandhome_prez.pdf.
Senior naturalist Peg Beute and deputy director Mary Thom Adams of Ijams Nature Center get to relax for a minute. of garbage from 23 rivers in 20 states. Today, the group ends a week in Knoxville during its Tennessee River Tour, which included this past weekend’s River Rescue organized by Ijams. Becker said the rivers “are like national parks.” She said LLW starts by beautifying them and then restoring
COMMUNITY NOTES ■ Colonial Village Neighborhood Association. Info: Terry Caruthers, 579-5702, t_caruthers@hotmail.com.
smartest guy at the community meeting. No replacement for him. He just tried to make the neighborhood a better place for all.” “Will miss Newman’s tenacity and his love of all things South Knoxville!” “Champion of the people.” At press time, there was news of another beloved South Knoxville figure’s passing. Mary Kathryn Stanley, matriarch of the Stanley’s Greenhouse family, died on April 9. Condolences to the Stanleys and to all the other families of those mentioned above.
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Association meets 10 a.m. each third Saturday, Hillcrest UMC, 1615 Price Ave. Info: Pat Harmon, 591-3958. ■ South Woodlawn Neighborhood Association. Info: Shelley Conklin, 686-6789.
them. In 2003 they launched the MillionTrees Project. “Next year we hope to have planted our millionth tree,” she said. “We might have to rename the program.” The group was to plant 2,500 trees during its stay in Knoxville.
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4 • APRIL 15, 2015 • Shopper news helping hand that makes the DeBord arrangement logical. DeBord determines quarterback philosophy and $369,750 raise plus camp strategy. Sheridan implesupplement and bonus pro- ments details. What Sherivisions. Sheridan, 26, son dan contributes creates of an NFL coach, once a time and space for DeBord walk-on quarterback with to roam the practice field the Wolverines, is obscurity and coordinate the offense. personified, a graduate asAmazing what goes on sistant at Tennessee after a behind the screen. I and othbrief rocket ride flamed out. ers who wondered what in Nick was the official the world Jones was thinkquarterback coach at West- ing didn’t attach proper sigern Kentucky and South nificance to Sheridan. He is Florida ahead of his time, a/the quarterback coach. It relatively soon after he was so happens he and DeBord old enough to vote. speak the same language. OK, so he got fired. That Nick was a reserve QB Willie Taggart’s team went at Michigan when DeBord 2-10 certainly wasn’t Nick’s was a coordinator there. fault. Taggart, the head DeBord and Bill Sheridan, coach, called plays. Nick’s dad, were together on UT connections (Mike the staff at Ann Arbor. They Vollmer was a former ad- have known each other at ministrator at Michigan; least forever, maybe longer. Zach Azzanni was offenButch Jones, being from sive coordinator at Western Michigan, knew all about all Kentucky when Sheridan those connections. He knew got his first best job) redi- the association would funcrected Nick to Knoxville last tion smoothly before the year. He performed well. rest of us (I in particular) He wasn’t able to save Jusfigured it out. tin Worley’s season, but he Alas, now we all know helped Dobbs do what he why Butch gets paid more. did. Marvin West invites reader reaction. His Sheridan is now the address is westwest6@netzero.com.
DeBord now de ’man I have sort of switched sides. I was once a doubter, never a certified critic, but I am now a Mike DeBord advocate. In the beginning, I was surprised that Butch Jones would try to pass off his old friend, a line coach, as a quarterback guru. Solicitation of supporting quotes from famous names was phony as a $20 Rolex. Remarks were obviously scripted. That magical transformation still generates skepticism, but it no longer matters. DeBord is going to be a better offensive coordinator than was the previous good guy, Mike Bajakian. I don’t know why Mike II wasn’t here earlier. He was available. DeBord can help Don Mahoney identify and instruct offensive tackles – which improves the chances of gaining a yard when a yard is critical. DeBord can assist Robert Gillespie as needed with running backs – which im-
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proves the odds on gaining tough yards. DeBord can help all concerned, starting with Jones, remember and embrace the proven concept of getting the football to playmakers. DeBord can help win games. After all that is said and some of it becomes reality, Nick Sheridan can help DeBord in the refinement and polishing of Joshua Dobbs and basic instruction of young quarterbacks. Presto, all will soon be right in Tennessee’s football world. The Vols may not lose another game. It is just a matter of two more Michigan men working closely together. DeBord, 60, got the billboard treatment and the
Cumberland complaints
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If the first week of construction on the Cumberland Avenue Corridor Project is a sign of what’s to come, business owners and their employees, workers at two nearby hospitals, plus West Knox and Alcoa Highway motorists getting into and out of downtown better hunker down for a long, bumpy ride. The project has begun with utility work in the
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westbound lanes of Cumberland and on side streets between Volunteer Boulevard and 22nd Street, where the road has been narrowed to two lanes.
“I really felt sorry for the guy at the Exxon station,” said Joe Kirk, landlord of the Cumberland Avenue Starbucks. “He was barricaded in. Nobody wanted to let the cars coming down 22nd Street out, and customers couldn’t get in.” “It’s going to be like a two-and-a-half year blizzard,” said Copper Cellar Corp. CEO Mike Chase, who opened The Original Cop-
per Cellar on Cumberland Avenue in 1975. “Nobody comes out during a blizzard. On Wednesday night, our business was off 30 percent.” That, coincidentally, is the amount of traffic planners aim to take off the stretch of road known as The Strip – permanently – to make the area pedestriTo page 9
Lowe fallout ripples across state Former Knox County Trustee Mike Lowe entered the K n o x County Detention Center April 11 to begin a one -yea r term he Mike Lowe plea-bargained for stealing at least $200,000 while in office. Now auditors are tightening up personnel practices statewide in the wake of Lowe’s plea and a jury conviction of his employee Delbert Morgan, who was paid for time not worked. This case has dramatized the random personnel practices of elected officials across the state. Indulge me a moment … in 1998 this reporter broke a big political story by examining the paper timecards of employees of then-Circuit Court Clerk Lillian Bean. We published photos showing days marked “V” for vacation, “S” for sick, and “LB” for comp days given to those who worked a political day for Bean, such as selling soup beans during the Museum of Appalachia’s annual homecoming. Bean was subsequently defeated by Cathy Quist Shanks. Obamacare also puts pressure on counties to maintain accurate personnel records, according to Union County Mayor Mike Williams. Employers now must provide IRS
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form 1094-C, showing an offer of employer-provided health insurance based on hours worked. Williams said he understands why elected officials might not want to come under a county personnel policy, and they are not required to. “But if they want their own (policy), it must be in writing and consistent.” If Union County can adopt a unified personnel policy, why can’t Knox County? Showing up should be the baseline. No more ghosts. No more “work from homes.” No more comp time for electioneering. No more “comp time” at all. And consistent vacation/sick leave. It’s not fair to the employees who show up and work hard to carry these freeloaders on the public payroll. And while we welcome state auditors to the game, it should not fall to underfunded auditors or the random reporter to ferret out abuse. Private businesses monitor work time and pay for production. Government must do no less. Sandra Clark has published The Shopper since 1971 and hopes someday to get it right. Contact: 865-661-8777 or sandra.clark@ShopperNewsNow.com.
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Making Knoxville bike-friendly Austin McLaughlin recently moved here from Denver. While he thinks Knoxville folk are friendly in general, he doesn’t see that in the way we drive. His 1.5-mile bicycle commute to the University of Tennessee can be harrowing, depending on how he hits the lights.
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Jon Livengood, alternative transportation coordinator for the city, discusses the Bicycle Facilities Plan with Brian Blackmon, project manager of the city’s office of sustainability. Photo by Wendy Smith
“It never feels safe,” he admits. Austin was one of approximately 100 who attended the presentation of the final draft of Knoxville’s Bike Facilities Plan, which ranks 120 proposed projects within the city limits. The purpose of the plan is to “advance Knoxville as a city where biking is safe, convenient and a desirable mode of transportation for residents and visitors.” The plan, prepared by Kimley-Horn and Associates and Toole Design Group, identifies bike routes that could be enhanced by new bike lanes, greenways and road markings. The estimated cost of all 120 projects is $38 million, but Ernie Boughman of Toole
Design Group emphasized that the document is for planning purposes only. None of the projects will happen without community buy-in. Why should we buy in? Unlike Austin, most of us would be too frightened to commute via bicycle. That’s the problem. Knoxville isn’t a bicycling community because it isn’t safe to cycle here. And we will likely be slow to finance expensive facilities, like bike lanes, because we’re not a bicycling community. It’s a classic circular argument. Austin describes Denver as progressive and outdoors-oriented. Motorists respect cyclists there because they’re used to seeing
them on the road, he says. He thinks motorists are unfriendly to cyclists here because driving is a necessity in Knoxville. That’s currently true. Knoxville is a sprawling, suburban city. It’s also true that more cars are being added to our roads every day. Even those of us who will never pedal to work can see the benefit of some of those cars being parked while their owners ride to work. The perks of being a bike-centric community go beyond safe bicycle commutes. Knoxville would be fitter, rather than fatter, and our reputation for being outdoorsy, like Denver, would be enhanced. Visitors would come. They
would spend money. The city’s Bicycle Facilities Plan is a blueprint for how to interrupt the circular argument for why we aren’t bike-friendly. Boughman told those at the meeting that other cities have successfully implemented bike plans by creating momentum. People need to talk about, and champion, the proposed bike facilities. Momentum is also created by getting facilities “on the ground,” he said. The first project on the list is new bike lanes on Chapman Highway. The estimated bill for the project is $666,500, but state and federal funding could cover up to 80 percent of the cost of new bike facilities. The plan recommends three phases, each more expensive than the last, over a 10-year period. That model works because communities tend to get on board after they see the positive impact of increased cycling, he said. As Boughman says, we don’t have to eat the whole elephant at once. We just need to take the first bite. Let’s encourage our elected officials to move our city toward being a bike-friendly community. Review the Bicycle Facilities Plan at www. cityof knoxville.org/ bicycleplan.
Patrol car/taxi educates about DUI You’re driving down a city street when you see one of Knoxville’s finest coming toward you in a classic blueon-white squad car. Instinctively, you let up on the gas, grip the steering wheel a little harder and glance at the speedometer to see how far above the limit you were.
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By the time you look up, the cruiser has passed, so you glance in the rearview mirror to see if it’s turning around and – it’s gone! The only thing visible in the mirror is a yellow taxi, headed in the other direction. You’ve just had a sighting of the Knoxville Police Department’s latest educational tool: a patrol car with the traditional police livery on the front half, but painted like a yellow cab on the back half. It’s specifically designed to persuade you that it’s much cheaper to call a cab than to be caught driving while intoxicated. “We’re trying to let
Captain Bob Wooldridge shows off the patrol car/taxi used by KPD to educate the public about the costs of driving while intoxicated. Photo by Bill Dockery
people see that they have a choice,” said Capt. Bob Wooldridge, who works in safety education for the department. “We recommend that if someone has an adult beverage, they should never drive – they should call a cab.” Slogans decorate the taxi end of the vehicle – “Call a Cab” and “Booze It & Lose It” – as well as a calculation of what a cab ride will cost you: “$2 to get in, $2 per mile.” The numbers spelled out on the hood of the patrol car let you know how much your ride will cost if you are busted for DUI. Including fines, loss of license, DUI school, bail, insurance, law-
yer fees, etc., the total for a first offense quickly grows to almost $19,000. “It’s a wonderful educational resource,” Wooldridge said. “This car has gone viral.” KPD officers take the half-and-half car to carnivals, safety fairs, schools, the Knoxville Zoo and neighborhood watch meetings. It draws a crowd anywhere it shows up, giving officers a chance to talk about crime prevention, especially those crime and safety issues associated with driving under the influence. “We had it out on the Cumberland Avenue Strip for all of UT’s home football games. It was very popu-
lar,” he said. “I drove it to a Chick-fil-A and people filed out of the restaurant to look at it. “We’ve had people pull up beside us at stoplights and snap pictures.” Wooldridge, who joined the department in time for the 1982 World’s Fair, said that the cruiser-taxi is the most popular resource he has seen in his 33 years with KPD. “This is our way of being proactive,” he said. “It’s part of our mission to make stronger, safer neighborhoods in the city of Knoxville.” Patrol officer Travis Shuler brought the concept to the department, and the Governor’s Highway Safety Office quickly bought in. The department took delivery in October 2014. An Internet search showed that several cities across the country are using a similar vehicle. It’s usually parked at the KPD offices at 2422 Mineral Springs Ave. in North Knoxville, but Wooldridge said the department is happy to bring it to community meetings and other special events. The safety education unit can be reached at 2151510.
Greenways lacking under Rogero The 150th anniversary of the assassination of President Lincoln was yesterday (April 14), and the 150th anniversary of his actual death is today. One can only speculate how American history might have been different had he completed his second term instead of his vice president, Andrew
Victor Ashe
Johnson, a former mayor of Greeneville, Tenn. ■ Greenway advocates are perplexed at the limited progress in the construction of greenways in Knoxville under Team Rogero. She has personally been missing in action on this issue as she was with the 911 Board for the first three years of her term. She does not meet with the Greenways Commission or the greenway coordinator on any regular basis. Consequently, the only significant city-built greenway in her first 3.5 years as mayor is the one on Cherokee Farms called the Knox Blount Greenway, going from Buck Karnes Bridge to Marine Park at 2201 Alcoa Highway. As of this writing there has not been an official opening or announcement, but the greenway is built. There is no entry at the Buck Karnes Bridge; however, there is parking at Marine Park, which is a county park, and one could easily walk on the greenway from there. The road at the bridge is about 25 feet above the greenway with no means of walking down to it. There is no signage at Marine Park, and a yellow ribbon is in front of part of the entrance. However, one could easily bike or walk on this fully completed greenway
despite no announcement. It dead-ends at the bridge where one would have to turn around and return to Marine Park. The Greenways Commission is chaired by the very able Brian Hann, who is the new Will Skelton when it comes to greenways. Several commission members are frustrated with the snail’s pace at which things are moving. The Urban Wilderness in South Knoxville was built by private efforts. Remember the First Creek greenway that Mayor Rogero proudly announced in her first budget message in 2012? It is now almost four years later, and it is not completed or open. Clearly Team Rogero talks the talk but fails to walk the walk when it comes to greenways. Major big-time excuses and no action. Until the mayor shows personal interest, greenway construction will move at a glacial pace. Even with the infusion of $1 million from last year’s major property tax hike for greenways, little has happened that is visible. ■ Governing Magazine honored Mayor Rogero in its March issue with a photo and mention as a Democratic candidate for governor in 2018. Rogero is term-limited if re-elected mayor this September. ■ Meanwhile, businesses on Cumberland Avenue are losing customers due to the construction underway. It almost amounts to a city-sponsored “taking” without compensation. One wonders when the city and council will address this issue of getting folks to Cumberland Avenue. How much inconvenience must occur before someone speaks up? ■ The two mayors will soon announce their choice for MPC director. The committee has made its recommendation. Victor Ashe is a former mayor of Knoxville and U.S. ambassador to Poland. Contact him at: 865-523-6573 or news@ ShopperNewsNow.com.
GOSSIP AND LIES ■ Gov. Bill Haslam was grand marshal for the Mule Day Parade in Columbia. Actually, this is good news. At least he didn’t march behind the mules. ■ Sen. Bob Corker actually cut to a commercial while being interviewed on WBIR’s “Inside Tennessee.” Corker does a smoother transition than sometime-host Mike Donila. He’s had more experience on TV. ■ State Rep. Ryan Haynes will do a good job as state GOP chair. But why in the world does he want the job? Legislators wield power and earn less than $30K. State GOP chairs raise money and earn $100,000+.
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A troop of macaques scrambles for survival in “Monkey Kingdom.”
Kevin James can’t escape his true calling in “Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2.”
Monkeys, murders and mall cops vie for audiences By Betsy Pickle This week’s movie lineup spans four very different worlds. Disneynature brings us “Monkey Kingdom,” an intimate look at toque macaques on the island of Sri Lanka. Filmmakers follow a low-ranked macaque dubbed Maya as she scrambles to survive – and to make a better life for her child. Timed to honor Earth Day, “Monkey Kingdom” is narrated by Tina Fey. For every ticket sold during opening week (April 17-23), Disneynature will make a donation to Conservation International to help protect monkeys and other endangered species in their natural habitats. Opening exclusively at Downtown West, “True
Story” is based on a true story (duh). Jonah Hill plays a disgraced journalist who forms an uneasy alliance with an accused killer, played by James Franco, who claims to have been living as the reporter. Trying to get at the truth, the journalist puts his marriage – and possibly more – at risk. The cast also includes Felicity Jones, Gretchen Mol and Robert John Burke. In “Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2,” the title character finally takes a well-earned vacation, heading for Las Vegas with his teenage daughter before she goes off to college. But he’s not the kind of guy to take a holiday when trouble arises, which it does. Kevin James returns as Paul Blart from the original 2009 comedy. The cast
includes Raini Rodriguez, Daniella Alonso, Neil McDonough, D.B. Woodside, Nicholas Turturro, Ana Gasteyer, Bob Clendenin and Shirley Knight. A dead girl reaches out to her former classmates in “Unfriended,” a new twist on horror. While six friends are video chatting one night, they receive a Skype message from beyond the grave, and they soon believe they are dealing with a supernatural power. Hoping to do for online chat what “The Blair Witch Project” did for video recorders, “Unfriended” goes into R-rated territory to scare viewers. The cast includes Heather Sossaman, Matthew Bohrer, Courtney Halverson, Shelley Hennig and Moses Jacob Storm.
Video-chatting proves dangerous for a group of high-schoolers in “Unfriended.”
Jonah Hill tries to dig the truth out of James Franco in “True Story.”
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Mackie’s back in town By Carol Shane
“The Threepenny Opera,” opening tomorrow night (April 16) at the Clarence Brown Theatre, is not exactly the feel-good family fun event of the year. But it’s hugely popular for a reason. Newsweek magazine has even called it “the greatest musical of all time.” At the center of it all is Macheath, one of the most famous antiheroes in the world of stage musicals. He’s the one Bobby Darin, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong sang about in “Mack the Knife.” The lyrics have been called “violent and seedy” by NPR’s Murray Horowitz, and it’s fair to say the rest of the show can be described the same way. It is, after all, about a class struggle between the haves and the have-nots. Adapted by dramatist Bertolt Brecht and composer Kurt Weill from “The Beggar’s Opera,” written by John Gay in the 18th century, the musical debuted in Berlin in 1928 and was instantly popular. By the time Brecht and Weill fled Hitler’s takeover of Germany in 1933, it had been translated into 18 different languages, with thousands of performances to its credit. Central to the play is Weill’s score, infused with the spiky, swinging rhythms of jazz and blues. And this time, instead of hunkering down in the orchestra pit, the band will play onstage. “It’s definitely exciting to have the costume and makeup experience!” says Melony Dodson, who covers a variety of instruments on the synthesizer for the production. Dodson, known to
Brian Herriott as Macheath and Lise Bruneau as Jenny Diver in Clarence Brown Theatre’s current production of “The Threepenny Opera”
weekender FRIDAY-SATURDAY ■ The 5th Woman 2015, 8-10 p.m., Ula Love Doughty Carousel Theatre, 1704 Andy Holt Ave. Info/tickets: www.eventbee. com/event?eid=168526933.
FRIDAY-SUNDAY ■ The Threepenny Opera, Clarence Brown Theatre Mainstage, 1714 Andy Holt Ave. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Info/tickets: www. clarencebrowntheatre.com.
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SATURDAY-SUNDAY ■ Orchid show and sale, Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave. Hosted by the Smoky Mountain Orchid Society. Admission free. Info: smos@frontier.com or www. smokymtnorchidsociety.com.
FRIDAY many as the host of WUOT’s Morning Concert, says her last experience playing onstage was in “Tommy” in 2009. In the current production, she says, “The band is like the house band in an old, beaten-down theater. It’s dark, falling apart and perhaps a little shady. We’ve all, including most of the actors, seen better days.” Dodson is intrigued by the orchestral scoring. In the original productions, seven players covered a total of 23 parts, including some unlikely instruments. “So,” says Dodson, “someone is supposed to know how to play guitar, bandoneon, cello and banjo.” CBT music director Terry Silver-Alford will share duties this time with visiting music director Michael Elliott, musical theater coordinator at Ball State University in Muncie, Ind. Silver-Alford will play key-
board and conduct. “The orchestration is haunting and dissonant – a German music-hall sound with an edge,” he says. “The musical numbers don’t function the same way as in a traditional musical. They are often very presentational and serve as commentary in the ideas or themes in the story. Brecht often used music as a ‘distancing effect’ to keep the audience reminded that they are in a theater watching a show.” He’s enjoying what he calls a “mélange of styles,” ranging from Gilbert and Sullivan to tango to jazz. CBT’s artistic director, Calvin MacLean, directs the show. Anyone in his position has his hands full, but in this case, along with the usual formidable responsibilities, he had to choose – from a long list – an English translation from the original German. “We chose
Robert David MacDonald’s translation with lyrics by Jeremy Sams because of its clarity and wit,” says MacLean. He especially likes the song translations because they have “Brecht’s biting irony and humor. The play text makes the action clear, and the dialogue has Brecht’s insightful commentary but with a contemporary edge.” As Macheath sings near the end, “What’s picking a lock compared to buying shares? What’s breaking into a bank compared to founding one? What’s murdering a man compared to employing one?” “The Threepenny Opera” runs through May 3 and is recommended for mature audiences. For more information, visit clarencebrowntheatre.com or call 974-5161. Send story suggestions to news@shoppernewsnow.com.
Blue Cheese and Walnut Pizza By Mystery Diner
Market Square and one at the Gallery Shopping Center. Tomato Head began almost 25 years ago as a lunch-only spot in a struggling Market Square. Called the Flying Tomato, the restaurant was open Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. only. Owner Mahasti Vafaie didn’t really want pizza on the menu. The space she was renting, however, had a pizza oven that the landowner didn’t want to move, so a tradition was born. Vafaie made fresh bread and desserts each morning and jumped in as a supporter of the arts and neighborhood. Her business and influence on Market Square grew as the
■ Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony, “Pastorale,” 7:30 p.m., Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Part of the KSO Moxley Carmichael Masterworks Series. Tickets: 291-3310; www. tennesseetheatre.com; at the door. ■ Dancing for the Horses, 6 p.m., Grande Event Center, 5441 Clinton Highway. Local stars paired with professional dancers compete before a panel of celebrity judges. Fundraising event for Horse Haven of Tennessee. Info/tickets: www. horsehaventn.org/dancing. ■ Knoxville Skies Star Show, 4:30-5 p.m., The Muse planetarium, 12804 Pecos Road. Tickets: $2. Can purchase without museum admission. Info: www.themuseknoxville.org. ■ Midnight Voyage Live: TAUK, 9 p.m., The International, 940 Blackstock Ave. Info/tickets: www.intlknox.com. ■ The Black Cadillacs, with Sol Cat, Johnny Astro & The Big Bang, 8 p.m., Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay St. Info/tickets: knoxbijou.com.
SATURDAY ■ Breaking Beats with Themed DJ Set by Breaking Bad’s RJ Mitte, 9 p.m., The International, 940 Blackstock Ave. Info/ tickets: www.intlknox.com. ■ EarthFest 2015, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., World’s Fair Park. Activities include scavenger hunt, live music, activities and crafts for kids, Mercury thermometer exchange, exhibits and more. Free event. Info: www.knox-earthfest.org. ■ Kukuly and the Gypsy Fuego perform, 8 p.m., Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Vintage jazz. Tickets: $12, some discounts available. Info/tickets: www.jubileearts.org. ■ River & Rail Theatre Inaugural Fundraiser and Preview, 7:30 p.m., Emporium Center for Arts and Culture, 100 S. Gay St. Free admission. Heavy hors d’oeuvres and drinks provided. RSVP requested. Info: 407-0727; info@ riverandrailtheatre.com.
Tomato Head Should there be a test before you are allowed to get married that the two of you have to be able to share a pizza with only minor substitutions? That’s probably not a good idea. I have heard some happy-looking couples order “half and half” pizzas that shouldn’t be allowed in the same room, much less on the same crust. “Ummm, we’ll have the large Hawaiian. Hold the pineapple on her half and the ham on mine. Add pepperoni on one half and figs on the other …” If you want a pizza with flavors you never thought you would like but are absolutely delicious, go to Tomato Head. There is one at
■ Alive After Five concert: Leftfoot Dave & The Magic Hats, 6-8:30 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Tickets: $10; $5 for members/students. Info: 934-2039.
■ Tennessee Valley Doll & Toy Show, 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m., Holiday Inn West, 9134 Executive Park Drive. Antique to modern. Tickets: adults $6; ages 1-12 free. Info: www.knightshows. com. ■ Three Rivers Rambler Springtime Express Steam Train Rides, 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., Three Rivers Rambler, Volunteer Landing. Info/reservations: www.ThreeRiversRambler.com.
At Tomato Head, this pizza features a white sauce with blue cheese, walnuts, Roma tomatoes and ricotta cheese. Photo by Mystery Diner
downtown area did. There is a lot more than pizza on the menu. The sandwiches offer flavor combinations that make you scratch your head before you order, then pat your stomach afterward. The homemade soup choices are often a happy surprise, and the vegetarian offerings aren’t just for vegans.
The Blue Cheese and Walnut Pizza is one of the restaurant’s white pizzas. The white sauce is a perfect backdrop for the blue cheese, Roma tomatoes and ricotta cheese to shine. The walnuts add not only flavor but a good crunch. The pizza is delicious. Share it with someone you love – no substitutions!
SUNDAY ■ Bill Burr: The Billy Bible Belt Tour, 8 p.m., Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Tickets: all Ticketmaster locations, www. tennesseetheatre.com. ■ Brahms Requiem, 6 p.m., Ronald and Lynda Nutt Theatre, Clayton Center for the Arts, 502 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville. Presented by the Knoxville Choral Society and the Carson-Newman A Cappella Choir. Tickets: adults $20, students $10; available at the door. Info: 981-8263, www. claytonartscenter.com.
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Pop star Conrad Birdie (Zac Morgan) thrills his fans during a rehearsal for “Bye Bye Birdie” at South-Doyle High School. Photos
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Kim (Zoee Lyle) and Hugo (Austin Monday) sing of faithfulness as their classmates swoon.
Cast says hello to ‘Bye Bye Birdie’ By Betsy Pickle Choosing “Bye Bye Birdie” as this year’s musical was a no-brainer for the South-Doyle High School choral department. “I met up with my seniors, and they came up with a few to choose from,” says choral director Seth Maples. “ ‘Bye Bye Birdie’ won by a landslide.” Maples’ father, John Maples, who retired last year after 30 years of teaching music, started at Doyle High just after the school had performed “Bye Bye Birdie,” and it never made the rotation while he was at Doyle/SouthDoyle. Seth Maples says he doesn’t think his father had anything against “Birdie” – in fact, he encouraged his students last
year to check out Seymour High School’s production of it. “You pick these shows based on the cast that you’ve got and the kids that would fit a role really well,” says Seth Maples. Senior Zoee Lyle, who plays Kim, was one of the students who went to see the Seymour production. “I love this show so much,” says Zoee, who has been accepted to the University of Tennessee’s College of Music as a vocal performance major. “As soon as I saw them put it on, I knew that I wanted to be a part of it.” “That’s the reason a lot of people here wanted to do it, because they (Seymour) were so fantastic,” says Joseph Tibbetts (Albert).
“Hopefully, we do just as good if not better.” SDHS will present “Bye Bye Birdie” at 7 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, April 16-18, and 2:30 p.m. Saturday, April 18. It is double-cast, so one set of leads will perform Thursday and Saturday night, and another will perform Friday night and Saturday afternoon. Advance tickets are available at cmajor.net, with general admission $10 for adults and $8 for students. Tickets also will be available at the door. The show was inspired by Elvis Presley’s drafting into the Army. In the musical, pop star Conrad Birdie is drafted, but as a publicity stunt before he goes overseas he will sing a new song on the “Ed Sullivan Show”
and kiss one lucky girl from his fan club. Songwriter Albert is being pressured by girlfriend Rosie to give up entertainment and get a real job, so they can be married. Meanwhile, high-schooler Kim assures her steady, Hugo, that she prefers him to Conrad, but he has a hard time believing her. Charity Beam has a special connection to the show: Her father, Paul Beam, played the mayor in Doyle’s 1984 production. She is one of four freshmen girls in the cast and has a small solo in “The Telephone Hour.” “He told me he wanted to be Conrad, but he was just too scared to even audition for it,” says Charity of her father.
He did offer one piece of advice. “He said, ‘Stay out of the drama that’s not stage drama,’ ” says Charity. Senior Zac Morgan, who plays Conrad, is appearing in a South-Doyle musical for the first time after focusing on band all his life. “The musical rolled around, and I wanted to sing and perform, so I went for Conrad, and here I am,” says Zac, who auditioned and made it into the S-D Singers this year. He has “fallen in love with musicals and theater” and plans to double-major in musical performance and musical theater at UT. Zac thinks audiences will enjoy this production. “As an audience member
the past several years, I’ve always looked forward to South-Doyle’s musical because it’s always quality because John Maples directed it, and Seth follows in his footsteps really well and keeps the bar set high,” he says. Like Charity, Zoee loves the time period of the show, the late 1950s, and the wardrobe and sets. But she says there’s a message in there. “Always be true to your heart and don’t be as stubborn as a mule,” she notes as one. There’s also a parallel between the power of celebrity worship then and now. “It really rings true to us being the crazed teenage girls we really are,” she says.
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Knoxville Symphony Orchestra violinists Rachel Loseke and Ikuko Koizumi, cellist Ted Kartal and violist Bill Pierce visit Rebekah Wilson’s pre-K class at Bonny Kate Elementary School. Photos submitted
Cellist Ted Kartal shows Caleb Gardner how to hold the bow.
Musical date at Bonny Kate
By Betsy Pickle
Bonny Kate Elementary School pre-K students got some important lessons recently. The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s violinist Rachel Loseke, violinist Ikuko Koizumi, cellist Ted Kartal, violist Bill Pierce and Jennifer Harrell, director of Education & Community Partnerships, visited with Rebekah Wilson’s class and shared the wonderful world of string music with them through their program “Storytime: Fizz, Boom, Read!” The musicians performed stories set to music and then let the students handle the instruments. Several of the students said they wanted to play when they “grew up.” The quote of the day belonged to Chase Collins, who said, From left, Bella Payne, Chase Collins, Ethan Williams, Aly Ailor “I liked hearing the others and Bill Pierce watch as Rachel Loseke gives Chilton St. James play. I’m not good on the tips on playing violin. violin.”
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Volunteers at FISH Pantries Many people know FISH Hospitality Pantries as a nonprofit organization providing free food for Knoxville families in need. A job may have been lost, a family member may be sick and medical bills piling up, grandparents may have the unexpected responsibility of caring for grandchildren – there are any number of reasons a family may need help. However, feeding the hungry is not the only service provided at FISH. “You teach me/I teach you” is a program that enables new immigrants and native English speakers to learn from each other. For immigrants, learning English is of utmost importance for them to survive in their new country. English-speaking
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participants learn Spanish or other languages, fostering a feeling of acceptance for everyone. Volunteer Emma Ellis-Cosigua facilitates the program. At age 13, Ellis-Cosigua didn’t speak English and was forced to move to Brooklyn, N.Y., from Guatemala in 1976 after an earthquake destroyed her community. She remembers how badly she wanted to go back home. Determined to learn English, she now
FISH volunteers Emma Ellis-Cosigua and Lissy Myers
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feels she is drawn to FISH because of her childhood experiences. She knows the importance of being able to
communicate. “New people can share their struggles in a safe place where people can help each other,” says
Ellis-Cosigua. She has been a volunteer for two years. Lissy Myers has been a volunteer at FISH for almost seven years. Of German descent, Myers was in a Communist concentration camp in Yugoslavia and knows what it’s like to be a child and to be hungry. “Since I experienced hunger myself, I knew I wanted to help other people,” says Myers. “The first day I was a volunteer at FISH, I went home on a high.” Convincing her husband, Joe, to volunteer “just one time” was not easy. Recently retired, he did not want to give up his golf days. He reluctantly went with Myers on her second day and has been a volunteer ever since. Lissy works primarily with Boost Bags, a program
that started four years ago. Only natural or organic nutritional foods are included in the bags, which are given to children under 18. The Community Chest section of FISH provides clothing and shoes for $1 each. Household items are also priced way below market value. Chris Berney has been a volunteer as manager of the Community Chest at 122 W. Scott Ave. for four years. His mother, Barbara Berney, manages the main location at 1508 N. Central St.. Donations help cover expenses such as utilities and can be dropped off at either location. For information on how you can become a volunteer or make a donation, go to www.fishpantry.org or call 523-7900.
Plant guy talks design By Sandra Clark Jack McCoy has a big smile and a heart for kids. He’s going to make somebody a great employee someday. Heck, he’ll probably start his own business. Jack is a student of landscape design at UT, a member of the class of Dr. Garry Menendez that’s looking over plans for expanding the Powell Station Park. And in his spare time, Jack works at Stanley’s Greenhouses and Plant Farm. While he may shovel errrr … mulch at work, he was a hero to the dozen kids in the newspaper club at Sarah Moore Greene Magnet Academy. Jack talked about his college major, showed sketches of his landscape designs
named Jack McCoy had a fun contest about who could draw the best tree. We left the teachers in to vote while we planted flowers. But when we got back, we asked who won and he said, ‘Everyone. You all won.’ “In about a week our little trophies will sprout out of the ground. “Next week you will hear about our journey to WBIRTV, Channel 10, to meet (teacher April’s husband) Mr. Lamb.” Hmmm. Was wondering why two kids started their paragraph with “Hey” but then remembered – when I teach people to write a lead, I say, “Pretend you’re leaning over the back fence to tell your neighbor what we did.” And I always start that sentence with “Hey.” Oops!
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Cumberland complaints an- and bicycle-friendly. To that end, sidewalks will be widened and the four-lane Strip – perhaps the most heavily traveled street in the city – will be narrowed to two traffic lanes separated by a median, with spaces for left turns at selected intersections. The plan began with the Knox Regional Transportation Planning Organization, was adopted by the Metropolitan Planning Commission and City Council in 2007 and was enthusiastically championed by then-council member Joe Hultquist, who called it his “legacy project” when he ran unsuccessfully for mayor in 2011. Its estimated completion date is August 2017. Its cost doubled after Mayor Madeline Rogero snatched away $10 million earmarked for widening Washington Pike near Murphy Road and redirected it to Cumberland Avenue in hopes of attracting a bidder after nobody responded to the first request for proposals. Ronnie Collins, president of the Alice Bell Spring Hill Neighborhood Association, has mixed feelings about the money swap. On one hand, he says it’s just another example of empty promises to help the East side; but on the other hand, he thinks it may be a blessing because, “It may kill a project (Washington Pike) we are not sure is good for the community. We’re not sure because we can’t get any information about ideas and plans for the project.”
our plants again.” Jatoria White wrote about hearing Wesley Mills’ (who lives across the street) dog bark. His dogs are named Sophie and Nakita. Wesley wrote about “kicking holes in the dirt,” referring to our lack of a spade. We kicked holes and dug them out with plastic spoons. This won’t make our greatest-hits slide show. Eddys Garcia is working on irony: “Hey, Jack made a fun contest out of drawing a tree and then we planted seeds for colorful flowers … and the most hilarious thing was we digged with tiny spoons. “He landscaped our minds and our garden!” Destiny Woods always sums up a program well: “Hey, a landscape artist
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Jim Bletner, a longtime Sequoyah Hills area neighborhood leader who has lived or worked near Cumberland Avenue since 1958, said he’s highly dubious about the project because so many things have changed since the original study: UT-ordered street closings, new housing creating demands for more parking space. “I think it may go down in history as one of the biggest boondoggles in this community.” Chase, who has had to fight off city, state and even the federal government to protect his businesses over the past 40 years, said he’s frustrated to hear city officials complain that business owners didn’t speak out soon enough. “I’m just getting too old to fight,” he said. “But they’re pushing me that way.” Chase has a suggestion. He says it’s not too late to allow three lanes of traffic – an eastbound lane, a westbound lane and a turn lane that would serve as an additional rush hour traffic lane eastbound in the morning, westbound in the afternoon. Bob Monday, who owns property leased to FedEx Office and Walgreens, said he expects this construction project to have the same effect on Cumberland Avenue businesses as Henley Bridge construction had on Chapman Highway, only worse. “Business on Chapman Highway is beginning to come back. On Cumberland, it won’t.”
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and led a planting expedition outside to put bulbs in the courtyard. Keeping in mind that we’re working with our five senses, listen to some quotes: “The bulb was crunche (sic),” wrote Malaya Thomas. “Jack is a landscape artist who is AWESOME,” wrote Safari Bahati. “We planted seeds and talked about it. Jack goes to college, and he demonstrated planting techniques. And we dug a little hole to plant (our bulb),” said Mirna Cardenas. “I saw a different type of seed,” wrote Jada Byas. Madison Thomas noted, “I felt soft dirt and smelled leaves. It was hot – very hot.” Another kid said, “It was so much fun, I hope we see
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THROUGH TUESDAY, APRIL 21 Online registration open for the Wildflower Pilgrimage, to be held Tuesday-Saturday, April 21-25, at Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Registration fees: $75 for two or more days, or $50 for a single day; students, $15 with valid student ID. Info/to register: http://www.springwildflowerpilgrimage.org or 4367318, ext. 222.
THROUGH MAY 20 Applications accepted for the Great Smoky Mountains Trout Adventure Camp for middle school girls and boys, sponsored by the Tennessee Council of Trout Unlimited to be held June 15-20 at Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont (GSMIT) in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Info/applications: http://www.tntroutadventure.org.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15 “Packing and Shipping Artwork” with Mike C. Berry, 6 p.m., Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. Info: 523-7543 or www.knoxalliance.com/development. html. Sandwiched In lunch and learn program: Wanda Sobieski to discuss “A Call to Action” by President Jimmy Carter, noon, East Tennessee History Center auditorium, 601 S. Gay St. Info: Emily Ellis, 215-8767 or eellis@knoxlib.org.
THURSDAY, APRIL 16 “Death and Taxes: An Advance Planning for Medical Care workshop,” 5 p.m., Wood Auditorium, UT Medical Center. Open to the community. Parking is free. Free Family Literacy Night for families of preschoolers, 6-8 p.m., Pellissippi State Community College. Info: www.pstcc.edu or 694-6400. “Plan Before You Plant: Maximizing the Output of Your Raised Beds,” 3:15-4:30 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Presented by Knox
County Master Gardeners. Free and open to the public. Info: 329-8892. “Spring Fling at Cranberry Hollow” free spring decorating class, 6-8 p.m., Cranberry Hollow, 12556 Kingston Pike. Hosted by Farragut Beautification Committee. Attendees are encouraged to bring in baskets, containers and silk floral arrangements to be refreshed and upscaled with new ideas. No registration required. Info: 966-7057.
THURSDAY-SATURDAY, APRIL 16-18 “The Night of January 16th” presented by the Powell Playhouse at Jubilee Banquet Center, 6700 Jubilee Center Way. Thursday-Saturday evening: dinner, 5:30 and play, 7; Saturday matinee: lunch, 12:30 p.m. and play, 2 p.m. Tickets: $10 at the door; Saturday matinee only, seniors, $5. Dinner and lunch reservations required: 938-2112. Ticket info: Mona, 256-7428.
FRIDAY, APRIL 17 Celebration of the Young Child, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge, 461 West Outer Drive, Oak Ridge. Admission: $6. Info: Carroll Welch, 482-1074, ext. 105; www.childrensmuseumofoakridge. org. Faculty Poetry Reading, 1 p.m. Pellissippi State Community College Goins Building Auditorium, Hardin Valley Campus, 10915 Hardin Valley Road. Free and open to the community. Info: 694-6638. Healthy U: Headaches Decoded, 10-11 a.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Free and open to the public. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711. Lakeshore Park Farmers Market Opening Day, 3-6 p.m., 6410 S. Northshore Drive. Locally produced grass-fed beef, fresh eggs, artisan bread and cheese, local honey, fresh flowers and vegetables in season.
FRIDAY-SATURDAY, APRIL 17-18 The 5th Woman Troupe Theatre Show, 8 p.m., UT campus. A portion of proceeds will support the Joshua Resource Center for Women. Info: 214-7907 or the5thwoman@gmail.com.
FRIDAY-SUNDAY, APRIL 17-19 Smoky Mountain Fiber Arts Festival; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday; Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center, 123 Cromwell Drive, Townsend. Info: www.smokymountainfiberartsfestival. org or 448-0859. “The Tempest,” Pellissippi State Community College Clayton Performing Arts Center, Hardin Valley Campus, 10915 Hardin Valley Road. Performances: 7:30
p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and students. Info/tickets: www.pstcc.edu/tickets.
SATURDAY, APRIL 18 Churchwide Missions Day event. 7:30 a.m.1 p.m. Ebenezer UMC, 1001 Ebenezer Road. Groups include: Ebenezer United Methodist Women (rummage sale); Ebenezer Men’s Club (Pit-smoked Barbecue); Ebenezer Roots Youth Ministry (Bake Sale). Info: 6918330. Country Breakfast, Bake Sale and White Elephant Sale, 7-10 a.m., Mascot UMC, 9426 Mascot Road. Breakfast is donations only. Sponsored by Mascot United Methodist Women. Info: 933-1236. Family Fun Day: Drawn from the McClung Museum, 1 p.m., McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 1327 Circle Park Drive. Featuring activities, crafts, tours, and more while exploring the new temporary exhibit, “Drawn from the McClung Museum.” Free and open to the public. Flea Market, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Loveland Baptist Church, 1320 Spring Hill Road. Rain or Shine. Table rental: $20. Proceeds go to Nicaragua Missionaries. “International Flavors,” 7:30 p.m., Oak Ridge High School Performing Arts Center. Presented by the Oak Ridge Symphony. Tickets: $25, adults; $10 ages 1929; 18 and younger, free. Final concert this year. Knoxville Alzheimer’s Tennessee WALK, 9 a.m., UT Gardens, 2518 Jacob Drive. To register/donate: www.alztennessee.org/KnoxWalk2015. Info: 544-6288. New Life UMC Spring Flea Market, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., 7921 Millertown Pike. Hot tamales, breakfast, lunch and more. Open house for adult learners, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Pellissippi State Community College Hardin Valley Campus, 10915 Hardin Valley Road. Adult students (those age 24 or older) are invited. Bring copies of transcripts for informal evaluation of potential college credit. Info/ to RSVP: www.pstcc.edu/adult. Pancake Jamboree and Bake Sale, 8 a.m.noon, St. John’s Lutheran Church, Broadway at Emory Place. Hosted by Northside Kiwanis Club. Tickets: $4; $10 for families up to 4. Proceeds to benefit Aktion Club of Northside, Knoxville at the Cerebral Palsy Center and Key Clubs at Central, Fulton and Halls high schools. Shakin’ Not Stirred Parkinson’s KiMe Event, Fox Den Country Club. Tickets: $100. Dinner, dancing, live and silent auctions and casino open to the public. KiMe is a nonprofit organization focused on finding a cure for Parkinson’s disease. Info/tickets: www. kimecnd.org. Spring Luncheon & Fashion Show, the St. John Neumann School gym, 625 St. John Neumann Court. Sponsored by the Women’s Club of St. John Neumann Catholic Church, with fashions presented by Veronica G Boutique. Tickets: $15. Info/tickets: sjnccwc@gmail. com.
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