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BUZZ Helping a friend Businesses in the Colonial Village area will hold a fundraiser Saturday, May 2, to raise money to help one of their own. Jeff Allen, owner of Colonial Hardware, was recently diagnosed with cancer, and the money will help pay his medical expenses. From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., there will be kids’ activities, music, a bake sale, hot dogs, raffles and a silent auction in the parking lot in front of Colonial Hardware. Parking is at Colonial Heights United Methodist Church, 6321 Chapman Highway; a shuttle will run all day. Susan’s Cuts and More will offer $10 haircuts from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. A spaghetti supper will be held at Colonial Heights UMC 5-7 p.m. Tickets are $7 in advance at Village Bakery and Susan’s Cuts and More, $8 at the door.
What’s Shakin’, South Haven? The South Haven Neighborhood Association has scheduled its second What’s Shakin’, South Haven? Anne Wallace, program manager for the Cumberland Avenue Project and a South Knoxville resident, will be the featured speaker for the event at 5:30 p.m. Monday, May 4, at the Roundup Restaurant, 3643 Sevierville Pike.
SOUP’s on again The second Knoxville SOUP has been set for 6 p.m. Saturday, May 16, at Ijams Nature Center. Presented by the South Knoxville Alliance, the event will feature up to four presentations by groups or individuals seeking microgrants to help them fund projects that will better the community. Attendees listen to the presentations, discuss them over a simple dinner and then vote for their favorite. A $5 donation is requested at the door, with all money raised going to the winning project. Project proposals are still being sought. The process is easy and may be completed online. For info, visit southknoxvillealliance.org. Artists who wish to display works or share their talents are also being sought; find info at the same website.
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Hard work Elizabeth Lee, Ashlyn Lawson and Sydney Lee carry plants to their new home in a raised bed at South Knoxville Elementary School. Photos by Betsy Pickle
pays off with $25,000 from Comcast By Betsy Pickle Saturday did not start auspiciously at South Knoxville Elementary School. At 8 a.m., cloudy skies, a light rain and a chill in the air had organizers for Comcast Cares Day worried that volunteers who’d registered to help clean, plant and build at the school might not show up.
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But the helpers fooled them, with an even larger turnout than expected, and so did the weather. The rain abated, the clouds rolled away and the sun came out. One might say it was an omen. Comcast had promised the school a donation based on the number To page 3
School board member Amber Rountree and SKES principal Tanna Nicely pause for a moment with Comcast Cable president and CEO Neil Smit, who helped put the finishing touches on the Little Free Library behind him.
Vestival brings history into celebration By Betsy Pickle The 15th annual Vestival will be looking back, but not just at its record of bringing Vestal and the greater South Knoxville community together. This year, Vestival will celebrate the history of South Knoxville as revealed through photos, mementos and stories shared by those who remember the old days. “That’s really why Vestival started – to celebrate the history of the area and the people,” says Chelsea Voelker, one of the organizers of the event. Vestival takes place 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday, May 9, at the Can-
doro Marble Building, 4450 Candora Ave., and on the Candoro grounds. Following tradition, the day starts with a Mother’s Day brunch – this time with a twist. “We’re expanding the Mother’s Day brunch,” says Voelker. “Everyone is invited.” A donation from Three Rivers Market is making the expansion possible. “It’s a good outreach for Vestal proper and Montgomery Village and their children,” she says. The history tent will be next to the carriage house stage. There will be a nearby skill-share area that focuses on old-style activities.
Demonstrations of blacksmithing, wool spinning, pottery crafting and bread making will be included. “Some will be vending; some will be demonstrating,” says Voelker. “It will be pretty cool. Entertainment on the grassy stage will feature Dragonfly Aerial Arts, magician Nick Roberts, the Claire Metz belly dancers and the Sandsation Dancers. The Cattywampus Puppet Council will have puppets roaming the grounds. The carriage house and main stages will have music throughout the day. Acts scheduled to appear include The Blue Print, Y’uns, Matt Foster, Evan Carawan and
the Celtic Collaborators, Exit 65, Dixieghost, Jack Herranen and the Little Red Band, Quartjar, the Lonetones, Kevin Abernathy Band, Red Shoes and Rosin, and the Swill Sippers with squaredance caller Stan Sharp. Inside the Candoro building, works by featured artists Randy Arnold and T. Richard Alexander – both South Knoxvillians – will be on display. A free shuttle will pick up at several area parking lots. The list is being finalized and will appear in the Shopper next week. Info: candoromarble.org or the Vestival 2015 Facebook page.
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IN THIS ISSUE Butch-watch Butch Jones clearly has his own brand of leadership, writes Marvin West. “I continue to withhold judgment on player development and strategy. When Tennessee defeats Alabama, I’ll have more to say.”
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By Betsy Pickle To tell Tom Hood’s story, you have to go back a long way. But the latest chapter is this: A lifetime of serving his community has led to Hood being selected as a Hometown Hero by Home Federal Bank. In a presentation held last week at the South Knoxville office of Home Federal, 4444 Chapman Highway, Home Federal president and CEO Dale Keasling presented a check for $2,500 to Montgomery Village Ministry, which Hood helped form 40 years ago when he was 37. Keasling said that the Hometown Heroes program was launched to “recognize and honor individuals who provide extraordinary voluntary service in our com-
is one of several groups Hood has supported through the years – he also provided notable service to 4-H and to the CAC transportation advisory board. But the ministry has kept him busy the longest. Hood almost became a minister himself. After earning his bachelor’s in divisional social science at Michigan State University, he thought he was going to go to seminary. “In the process of applying, you Tom Hood and wife Ginger Hood, center, with his fan club: Anita Young, Er- had to write an essay on why you nestine Cody, John Reynolds and Lacresha Dye, all members of the Mont- felt a call to the ministry,” he said. “For some reason that essay just gomery Village Ministry board. never came together, so I never munity, people who make a real will be announced in May, with did finish the applications.” difference in the lives of others.” an additional $2,500 going to that Instead, he earned his master’s Hood is one of eight “heroes” person’s nonprofit of choice. To page 3 named this year. An overall hero Montgomery Village Ministry
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At 81, Knoxville woman makes most of every day At the age of 49, Polly Hood was diagnosed with a melanoma that could have ended her life. A doctor told her she only had a 25 percent chance of survival. Rather than curl up in defeat, Hood decided to find something that would be a diversion. She enrolled in classes at the University of Tennessee. Hood won a scholarship and eventually received a college degree in Home Economics Education when she was 53. She graduated at the top of her class, among students who were young enough to be her children. Hood knew about overcoming obstacles. She had defeated cancer, cheated death and with her degree had achieved a goal that many people never do. So when her husband passed away after an extended illness last July, this strong woman of faith, now 81, was pressed but not crushed. She didn’t know that a new and life-threatening challenge was just around the corner. In October, Hood was invited to participate in a special service, memorializing individuals who had recently died. She was asked to bring a picture of her husband and was invited to stand and share a few words about him. While it was certainly an emotional night, she appreciated the people who wanted to honor her husband’s memory and lingered at a reception that followed. All seemed to go well – until her chest started hurting on the way home. “I thought it was indigestion because I had eaten some snacks I was not accustomed to,” Hood says. “And it was stressful to speak about losing my husband.” Hood took antacid tablets when she got home, but the pain stayed
Polly Hood, a Knoxville native, is thankful for the lifesaving care she received at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center. After Hood arrived at the emergency room door, a team cleared the blockage in her left main coronary artery in 23 minutes, which is about 40 minutes faster than the national average.
with her throughout the night. She felt better the next day, but her problems were far from over. “It was about 4:30 in the afternoon when I had another chest pain, and it was severe,” Hood recalls. After texting her children, she called 911 and was instructed to chew four 81-milligram tablets of aspirin and drink water till emergency personnel arrived. “I got sick at my stomach, I vomited, I broke out in a cold sweat,” Hood says. She was experiencing some of the classic symptoms of a heart attack.
Hood would later learn there was a blockage in the left main coronary artery, often referred to as a “widow maker” because of the low survival rate. The left main coronary artery feeds two of the three main arteries of the heart – it is essentially a heart attack in two-thirds of the heart. When the ambulance arrived, Hood was given an EKG. “I could tell when the EMT pulled the paper out of the machine that it was a heart attack. I could tell by the expression on his face.” Hood’s suspicion was correct.
However, she remembers hearing some important words of comfort: “We will get you out of here and get help for you right away.” Emergency workers made good on that promise. Hood didn’t know it at the time, but Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center has an aggressive plan in place to provide immediate care for patients who are in
cardiac arrest. When a person experiences a heart attack, fast-paced care is critical. That’s why two doctors and other medical staff were waiting and ready to attend to Hood as soon as she arrived at the hospital’s emergency department. She was surprised. “They were waiting for me in the hallway,” Hood says. “They stopped me right there and gave me an EKG and two kinds of blood thinner.” No time was wasted taking the next step. “They ran to the catheterization lab with me,” Hood says. “They were running, and they moved fast.” Because the process of placing a stent requires a patient to be awake and alert, Hood was fully aware of conversations going on around her. As she listened, she learned one of the nurses treating her had been in the parking lot, about to leave for the night. Another was on the way home when called to turn around and come back. “They were called back to help me,” Hood says gratefully. “Everyone was very professional, very courteous and very reassuring.”
Hood offered up prayers for the people working so diligently to save her and says she felt at peace knowing if she died she would see her husband again. It took just 23 minutes to get Hood from the entrance of the emergency department to the cath lab with the stent in place. That’s about 40 minutes faster than the national average. Hood has no doubt that those minutes made a difference not only in saving her life, but in her recovery. Within days of being released from the hospital, she was enjoying a lunch date with her daughter. She was back to church soon after. “I’ve been really happy with the care I’ve gotten,” Hood says. “It couldn’t have been any better.” When Hood looks back over all the important moments in her life, most of them have a common element: her husband was there by her side. Now a widow, she is starting life over with new challenges. Cardiac rehab at Fort Sanders Regional has strengthened her heart and helped renew her spirit. While going through life without her partner of almost 55 years is difficult, she takes every step on the treadmill with purpose. After a life-threatening heart attack, the woman who once couldn’t imagine living without her husband now understands that she must. “I lived, and God’s not through with me, yet,” Hood says, wiping her eyes. “I have to realize that and make the most of every day.” Hood says her heart was broken twice. Her husband’s death broke her heart emotionally. The heart attack broke her heart physically. “But by the grace of God and medical expertise, I’m mending now, and I’m thankful to be alive.”
Local hospital leads team approach to faster care for heart attacks Collaboration improves care for STEMI patients
When a heart attack happens, time is critical – not just for the person experiencing the heart attack, but for professional caregivers as well. The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association have established recommended standards of care for heart attack patients, specifically those identified as the “ST-Segment Elevation MI” (STEMI) population. These patients have the highest mortality (risk of death) and morbidity (risk of associated complications). They can be rapidly identified with an electrocardiogram. The standards emphasize organizing regional systems of care and patient transfer procedures in order to provide faster access to advanced therapies that help facilitate rapid restoration of blood flow during a heart attack. The care team – from first responders and emergency departments to cardiologists and cath lab staff – must collaborate to provide efficient and effective care. To help meet the revised stan-
dards, Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center established a physician-led team that included a medical director, STEMI coordinator, interventional cardiologists, emergency department manager and an educator, along with other departments, hospitals and emergency transport companies working together to enhance care for STEMI patients. “From initial contact – whether by EMS in the field or a triage center in the emergency department – there are several steps to rapidly get Joshua Todd, MD patients with the highest mortality during a heart attack to the catheterization laboratory,” said Joshua Todd, MD, interventional cardiologist and project team medical director. “Our role is to evaluate the entire process and collaborate with anyone who has contact with this patient population to develop a standardized approach to
efficiently get them to a cath lab.” The team’s goals included: ■ Decrease mortality of STEMI patients through early intervention. ■ Increase the number of STEMI patients brought directly to Fort Sanders by EMS transporters, bypassing centers that are not equipped to care for STEMI patients and thus reducing the time to procedure. ■ Increase transfer efficiency of STEMI patients to Fort Sanders from smaller facilities by helping those facilities identify STEMI patients more quickly. ■ Decrease readmission rates for patients transferred to Fort Sanders with STEMI diagnosis. The team developed several new processes, including: ■ Helping train EMS providers to identify STEMI patients quickly and building relationships with emergency transporters to ensure efficient arrival at a center equipped to deal with STEMI patients. A new focus of the guidelines is to track “First Medical Contact-to-Device Activation” time, with a goal of less than 120 minutes from medical encounter by first responders to interventional treatment. “Every 30 minutes results in
nearly an 8 percent increase in risk of death, so we can improve patient outcomes by having a systems approach to identification, notification and rapid transfer,” Dr. Todd said. Clinical members of Covenant Rapid Access, Covenant Health’s patient transfer center, are available 24/7 to accept STEMI patients from outlying hospitals and immediately notify the cath lab team and interventional cardiologist. “Rapid Access is the coordinating center for Covenant facilities,” Dr. Todd noted. “They are integral to our STEMI system of care.” ■ Emergency transporters can simultaneously notify both ED and cath lab teams of potential STEMI patients and transmit an EKG when available. This allows earlier activation of the cath lab team, with personnel available immediately when the patient arrives. ■ Interventional cardiologists hold educational events to improve rapid identification for pre-hospital EKGs and EKG interpretation, and develop protocols for managing STEMI patients and notifying the hospital of a STEMI diagnosis. ■ The team reviews STEMI cases monthly to give referring hospitals
and EMS providers feedback on outcomes, and to continually improve systems and processes. A key factor for success is support from emergency physicians and interventional cardiologists, said Jennifer Debow, RN, Fort Sanders director of cardiology services. “Their willingness to work together has been the force behind the teamwork between Covenant Health facilities and EMS companies throughout the area.” As a result of these efforts, during first year implementation Fort Sanders exceeded state and national hospitals’ performance in meeting standards for “First Medical Contactto-Device” times. Mortality and readmission rates also declined. The team has expanded its efforts and now collaborates with hospitals and emergency responders in Claiborne, Sevier and Jefferson counties, and as far away as Newport and Kentucky. Debow summarized the collaborative spirit of all the health care providers: “The commitment and compassion of this initiative is making a difference, not only by saving lives, but giving patients back their quality of life as well.”
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Vice Mayor Nick Pavlis, school board member Amber Rountree (with son Teddy), principal Tanna Nicely, state Sen. Becky Massey, Comcast senior vice president Doug Guthrie; (back row) Knox County Schools Superintendent Jim McIntyre, Com-
cast Cable president and CEO Neil Smit, state Rep. Joe Armstrong and Comcast local marketing vice president Valerie Gillespie are in good humor after the presentation of a $25,000 check to South Knoxville Elementary.
More fun in May If you didn’t get out and have fun last weekend, you have no one to blame but yourself. OK, maybe you Betsy can blame your boss, but Pickle you should’ve scheduled better. Between Comcast Cares Day, Outdoor Knoxfest, the plant sales, the weekend Rossini Festival, the Orange overflowed with activities. and White Game, Dogwood But don’t think KnoxArts activities and several
ville is shutting down. May is Bike Month, and you can find out about all kinds of rides, events, classes and bikes at ibikeknx.com. May 10 is Mother’s Day, and you can treat your mom to a free lunch at Vestival on May 9, not to mention many fine restaurants in SoKno (and other parts of town) on the actual day.
UT Gardens is having its annual UT Gardens Gala at 5:30 p.m. Friday, May 1, Fourth-grader Brycen Givens and his sister, Ashlyn Whitehead, and the Blooms Days Festia sixth-grader at South-Doyle Middle, sand chairs to be refinval May 8-10. Blooms Days ished. will include music, kid and adult activities and food trucks on both Saturday ■ Proposing Giffin’s future and Sunday. On Sunday, all Monday was the deadline to turn in proposals for purmothers will receive a free chasing and repurposing Giffin School. Some interesting daylily from Oakes, while ideas have been floating around there. Keep your fingers supplies last. crossed. Rebob Nyert, known for the fanciful birdhouses he makes across the street at Borderland, helps dig up a plot that will hold a variety of plants by day’s end. Photos by Betsy Pickle
Brad Nicely, front, and Chris Pennington paint the office. Nicely is married to South Knoxville Elementary principal Tanna Nicely.
Powell Middle School students Emma Morgan and Briana Morgan, Amy Clayton of Child & Family Studies at the University of Tennessee, Powell High student Madison Morgan and Lara Winner of Comcast prepare a spot to plant a dogwood tree.
Kids Hope mentor Russ Linger, Andy Chance of Bearden High Key Club and Kids Hope mentor Carol Linger dig a hole for a sweetspire plant.
Hometown hero in sociology at Duke University and was “well along” in the doctoral program when he was recruited in 1965 to teach sociology at the University of Tennessee. He began teaching and doing research and finally finished his dissertation. He retired from teaching in 2004 but maintains an office on campus. He and wife Ginger now live in South Woodlawn but have lived in several South Knoxville
From page 1 neighborhoods. Hood recalls meeting with representatives from other churches in the basement of Immanuel Baptist Church and deciding that they needed to form a ministry to serve the people of Montgomery Village. For many years, MVM operated a food pantry in cooperation with Second Harvest. But other groups started food pantries, and the ministry looked around
to fill another need. “The mission of the ministry, we always said, is to try and understand where the people are and what the particular needs are of those people,” said Hood. When they realized that residents had little to no computer access, they set up a facility where people can come and use computers and the Internet. Hood continues to give of his time and skills. “South Knoxville has needs,” he said. “Montgomery Village has needs.”
Hard work of volunteers. The count topped 300, and when Doug Guthrie, Comcast senior vice president who runs the cable company’s Big South Region, handed principal Tanna Nicely a Comcast paint can during a presentation ceremony at lunchtime, she didn’t know what to expect. She pulled out a check. Her jaw dropped. Her eyes filled. She was so choked up that her voice cracked as she revealed the amount: $25,000. “You all being here and putting in your sweat equity was enough for me, but I’ll take this,” she quipped through her tears of gratitude. Nicely wasn’t joking about the sweat equity. Comcast employees and their families, teachers, staff and students from SKES and other schools, Boys & Girls Club of the Tennessee Valley staff and members, Great Schools Partnership staff, Kids Hope mentors and mentees, neighbors from the Old Sevier Community Group, Knoxville Area Urban League Young Professionals and more pitched in. There was even a group of Purple Heart Vietnam veterans from Blount County. “We heard about this through the veterans organization in Knoxville,” says Roger Lowe, who served in the Marine Corps. “We wanted to help out and show our support.” Comcast volunteers came in a few days in advance to measure and assess needs,
From page 1 and while they were there they fi xed the school’s PA system. Russell Byrd, senior director of external affairs for Comcast locally, had promised Nicely the moon during a meeting in March, and he delivered. The celebrity guest was Neil Smit, president and CEO of Comcast Cable and executive vice president of Comcast Corp., who flew in from a Comcast Cares event in Atlanta after leaving his home in Philadelphia early in the morning. Aside from photo ops, Smit took his time talking to people who approached him and chatted at length with the group of veterans. The Connecticut native, who
earned his bachelor’s degree from Duke University and his master’s from Tufts University’s Fletcher School, was a member of Seal Team 6 1980-85 and retired as a lieutenant commander. “It kept me off the streets,” he said to the vets. By day’s end, volunteers had built and filled raised beds for vegetables the students had been growing inside, put in butterfly-friendly plants along with shrubbery and trees, weeded the playground, mended the slide, painted the office, powerwashed the sidewalks, and just outside the cafeteria built an outdoor classroom and a Little Free Library.
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How long before Butch does something? Question: So, how long campus rock. Answer: He already has before Butch does somedone something. He has adthing? justed the football culture to mostly positive, upgraded talent and depth and set a world record for attention to Marvin details – including academWest ic achievement and unification of the old guard. In mod language, Tennessee is trending. There is Clarification: I suppose, measurable improvement. in this case, Butch is a col- His players are bigger and lective noun encompassing faster. They look stronger in Tennessee coach Lyle Allen the team photo. These preliminaries Jones Jr. , a cluster of highly regarded on-field assistants, have been expensive, a few dozens behind the scene, af- million here, a few more fluent fans who loan jets and there, raises all around, enthusiastic students, some but, fortunately, Butch has who run and jump and hit enhanced ticket sales and people and others who paint perhaps inspired an uptick recruiting names on the in giving. He is one heck of
a salesman. By my count, he is undefeated in press conferences and interviews. He says a lot – with passion. What the Volunteers did to Iowa, slow or lethargic, generated an overflow of orange optimism. Many think Tennessee will win the SEC East. No previous Butch result substantiates this. His twoyear record is 12-13. He is 5-11 in the SEC. He and his people have twice upset South Carolina. He lost to the worst Florida team in a decade. His team squeaked through at Vanderbilt to earn bowl eligibility. Lest you forget, the Commodores, 17-point underdogs, created far too much tension.
Butch said: “This game summarized our season of adversity and great resiliency.” Butch is articulate. Just as he was building, several young people who were once recruiting prizes pulled up roots and went away. OK, that could have been a left-handed blessing in disguise. Newcomers may be better than the dearly departed. For sure they will be younger and less experienced. So, when will Butch do something really exciting? Coming up usually takes more time than going down. Be reminded that major repairs were necessary. Once a program falls, rivals stomp all over it and do
their best to make bad matters worse. “Hobnail boot on the neck” is a vivid description. Consider the Bill Battle decline of the 1970s. John Majors came home to fi x it. There was no brick by brick back then but what we got was 4-7, 5-5-1, 7-5 and 5-6, generally worse than what Battle was doing. Symbolic restoration appeared in the fifth year, capped by the not so glamorous trip to the drab, cold, windy Garden State Bowl. Some of you missed New Jersey. I remember it well. I ran out of gas on a scenic drive. Erosion under Battle was pleasant compared to the Lane Kiffin-Derek Dooley
slide and crash. Butch inherited a mess. His immediate predecessor didn’t recruit offensive linemen. Butch has done well rebuilding bridges, mending fences and pointing the program in the proper direction. Practice field challenges through a public address system, the noisy stadium DJ and student appreciation day are not the Neyland way but Butch clearly has his own brand of leadership. I continue to withhold judgment on player development and strategy. When Tennessee defeats Alabama, I’ll have more to say. (Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@netzero.com)
Broyles plans campaign school for women Knox County Commissioner Amy Broyles knows − and understands − why few women run for office. They’re busier than ever, and while many are perfectly comfortable raising money for schools or churches, they’re not comfortable asking for money for themselves. Plus, they know that campaigns get ugly, and they don’t want to put their family in that position. But issues that directly affect women, like equal pay, won’t be addressed if women themselves don’t step up, she says. “We have to be the ones sitting in those chairs.” That’s why Broyles is planning a campaign school for women who are interested in running for office or becoming involved in campaigning for a female candidate. A date has yet to be set, but it will be a weekend
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in August, she says. Classes, on topics like messaging and fundraising, will be taught by female officeholders she’s met through the National Association of Counties and the National Foundation for Women Legislators. They are from different parties, and women from all parties, or none at all, are welcome to participate. She is currently seeking sponsorships so that the school will be free of charge. When women choose to run for office, it’s usually because they’re angry about
something, she says. Broyles ran for County Commission seven years ago because she was angry about term limits. Someone tried to discourage her from running because a man, who could finance his own campaign, was willing to run. She was active in the community, but didn’t know the man. She decided she was a better candidate, in spite of having a 12-weekold baby at the time. While Broyles moved forward without wondering if she was prepared, most women say they don’t know enough to serve in an elected office. “Women always seem to think there’s something more they need to do to run for office.” Men, who are used to seeing men in office, are more likely to see themselves as qualified, she says.
Women also have to endure comments about their appearance that men manage to avoid. While Knox County and the city of Knoxville have had numerous female officeholders over the past couple of decades, the trend has reversed. Broyles isn’t sure why, but she’s heard of the same thing happening in communities across the country. She is the sole woman on Knox County Commission. Brenda Palmer, who serves under the city’s first female
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Women candidates face challenges, and criticism, that men don’t face. During her first campaign, Broyles was surprised to be asked how she would manage her family responsibilities while serving on commission. Men don’t get asked such questions, she says.
mayor, is the sole woman on City Council. In spite of the challenge of getting there, Broyles has loved her time in office. She feels that she’s been able to affect positive change during her time on commission, even if it didn’t directly result in policy change. She won’t run again in 2016 because she’ll have been in office for eight years. The people who are most disappointed are her three daughters, she says. “They’re really proud of me.”
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Enrollment Projections Name of School
Current Enroll
2014 Residents
2019
2024
10 Yr.
Bearden Middle School
1178
1175
1416
1389
214.0
Carter Middle School
850
897
774.9
699.5
(197.0)
Cedar Bluff Middle School
617
612
555.4
554.4
(58.0)
Farragut Middle School *
1383
1347
1286
1309
(38.0)
Gresham Middle School
811
799
8315
806.5
8.0
Halls Middle School
1119
1110
941.3
949.8
160.0
Holston Middle School
907
897
923
785
112.0
Karns Middle School
1334
1322
1531
1434.7
113.0
Northwest Middle School
829
957
1099
1113.8
157.0
Powell Middle School
939
914
835.2
831.3
(83.0)
South Doyle Middle School
1081
1147
1232
1148.6
2.0
Vine Middle School
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The map at left shows 2014-19 projected growth for Knox County’s middle school zones. The chart above shows current and projected enrollment. Both are from a study commissioned by Knox County Schools and are available on the KCS website.
Gibbs Middle School is a ‘forever’ issue Gibbs area residents have battled for 20-plus years for a new middle school in the community. During that time a brand-new elementary school was built at Gibbs and Holston Middle School, where Gibbs-area kids are zoned, was remodeled. Gibbs residents showed up across Knox County to lobby for a middle school when Superintendent Jim McIntyre held public meetings. No other community has pushed so hard for so long. It’s safe to say, folks who don’t live in Gibbs are puzzled. What’s the problem? First, our middle schools are in the wrong places.
kids to Holston (which had been a high school). Three high schools – Holston, Rule and South – were closed at Sandra the same time. Thoughtful Clark people wanted to close both Fulton and Austin-East as well and build a comprehensive magnet high school downtown on the World’s We’ve got a line of three Fair site. from Vine to Holston to But since we tend to Carter without the popula- make school zoning decition to support them. The sions based on which comanswer: close one. munities squeal the loudBut wait, that’s what got est, A-E and Fulton were us to this point. spared. Now both are opGibbs middle school erating below capacity and kids had a wing on the high kids are beating down the school before the decision to doors to get into the L&N close it and Spring Hill Mid- STEM Academy at World’s dle School and rezone the Fair Park.
We’ve got spaces without kids on the east side and kids without spaces on the west side. Second, Gibbs advocates argue that the lack of a middle school holds back the area’s growth. Nobody’s talking about Northeast Knox Utility District’s lack of a sewer system (wastewater is treated by HPUD) stifling growth. Commissioner Dave Wright says the school system’s study was f lawed by inaccurate population figures from the Metropolitan Planning Commission. He says Hardin Valley’s numbers were just a year old, while the North-
east Sector Plan was outof-date by some 12 years. MPC is currently updating that plan. Third, and this is the 800-pound gorilla. Who’s going to pay for a new school at Gibbs? The school board chose not to fund it through its capital plan. It’s doubtful Mayor Tim Burchett will advocate borrowing money for Gibbs and two other new schools also requested. That puts it on Knox County Commission to vote to build and to fund. If that path is taken it must come with a property tax increase to retire the associated debt, which could easily sur-
pass $60 million for three schools. So the school board votes 5-3 for a new Gibbs middle, but has no way to fund it. The school system’s own study indicates there’s no current need. And the mayor is trying to pay down debt, not incur more. Dave Wright has friends on the commission, but likely not enough to pass this proposal, especially without the mayor’s recommendation. Burchett will present his budget on May 11. And the Gibbs community will fight on, win or lose, forever if it takes it to get a middle school.
Hill leaves MPC ahead of new director Dave Hill has resigned from the staff of the Metropolitan Planning Commission (MPC). Likely this was done prior to the new director coming in. Hill, a highpaid city aide not retained by Mayor Rogero, was hired at MPC by former director Mark Donaldson. Cumberland Avenue merchants who overwhelmingly opposed the current construction along Cumberland Avenue at a cost of over $20 million wonder why Mayor Rogero never comments on the troubles being created by the project. She leaves explanation to littleknown subordinates such as Anne Wallace. Bob Whetsel, who is working the project, retires from the city in October. Wallace will likely replace him. Whetsel will be missed. One would think Wallace
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would urge folks to visit the area during construction to have lunch or dinner and do business with those who have lost business due to this initiative from Rogero. Perhaps Burchett will do it if Rogero continues to stay away. He was the active one a few years ago on Chapman Highway, and Cumberland Avenue is in Knox County. It is surprising that city council has not spoken out on this economic stress for merchants. Even the two council members most likely to question a Rogero project have been quiet on this one.
Nick Della Volpe declined to sign on to the Rogero campaign as a host for her recent fundraiser. Rogero, who quietly opposed Della Volpe in 2013, is this year supporting all four council members seeking their second and final term – in return for them all backing her. All for one and one for all is the motto. ■ All three permanent city council employees are departing the city this fall. They are city recorder Cindy Mitchell, auditor Melissa Peters and secretary Susan Wilson. Mitchell leaves in September, followed by Peters in October and Wilson in November. The three represent over 100 years of service to the city. The three are close friends, and once one left, the others did not want to remain. All had in their years to secure immediate
pension benefits. Mitchell was hired by then-vice mayor Bernice O’Connor as assistant city recorder in 1979, which recommendation was approved by a council vote. She became recorder in 1981. She has served with six mayors and eight vice mayors. She served as president of the Tennessee Association of Municipal Clerks and Recorders and received in 2011 their Distinguished Service Award. She also received the Master Clerk Designation in 2009 from the International Institute of Municipal Clerks and Recorders. ■ Vice Mayor Nick Pavlis is leading the search to replace the three. The position of city recorder has been posted. Serving on the committee to interview applicants are Pavlis, finance director Jim York and civil service director Vickie Hat-
field. Hatfield is best known for having pushed Sam Anderson off the city civil service board due to residency questions. Surprising here is that this is not a council-only committee, as the position being filled is uniquely a councilmanic one. Since the post has not been filled in 35 years, no one is quite sure what the procedure is. It’s unclear if council will vote on it as a body. The named person will achieve civil service status a few months after being hired. This is similar to tenure, making it difficult for future councils to make a change if they wished to do so. ■ The city pension board deadlocked on April 10 on what cost city employees must bear to buy back prior military service. Michael Paseur, who has a good attendance re-
cord, was absent due to his daughter’s illness. The city charter provides that employees with military service can count it toward their pension. How would Paseur have voted? Will the board redo the vote if all members are present? The two Rogero appointees split on this issue, with Rogero casting an anti-veteran vote. ■ City council member Finbarr Saunders will have a fundraiser for his re-election May 6 at the architectural office of fellow council member Duane Grieve on Emory Place. Marshall Stair has sent out a letter seeking donations. All are unopposed at present. Qualifying deadline for mayor, city judge and council is noon June 18. Victor Ashe is a former mayor of Knoxville. Contact him at: 865-523-6573 or vhashe@aol.com.
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(Chris Hemsworth), Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) et al. must deal with a human-made threat this time. Ultron (voiced by James Spader) was created as an artificialintelligence program designed to keep peace in the world, but his aspirations transform him into a metal maniac with a thirst for world domination. Other villains making life interesting for the heroes include Quicksilver (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) and Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen). Also starring are Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, Don Cheadle as War Machine, Paul Bettany as Vision, Anthony Mackie as The Falcon and Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter. Joss Whedon returns as director and writer.
Hidden away – yet visible from one of Knoxville’s busiest streets – Chesapeake’s restaurant is worth the turns and fumbled directions it often takes first-timers to get there. A part of the Copper Cellar family, Chesapeake’s is a fine-dining seafood restaurant located on Henley Street – according to the post office – but accessible only from Union Avenue in downtown Knoxville. GPS users should use the 600 Union Ave. address. Leave navigation troubles at the door and embrace the nautical Eastern seashore as you enter. Chesapeake’s is an open, warm restaurant that can be cozy or rambunctious, depending on your mood and party. If you order anything other than seafood at Chesapeake’s – well, I just don’t even know what to do with you. Yes, the appetizer onion rings are good – until you compare them to the Spiced Blue Crab Fingers. After a cup of really rich crab bisque, Mys-
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The Emporium Building on Gay Street is one of 13 buildings featured on this weekend’s City People Home Tour. Photo by Carol Shane
THURSDAY-SUNDAY ■ Blue & Gray Reunion and Freedom Jubilee presented by the East Tennessee Historical Society and the Knox County Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission in conjunction with the Tennessee Civil War Sesquicentennial Signature Event. Programs and activities in various venues. Info/list of events: www.easttnhistory.org/BlueGray.
FRIDAY-SUNDAY By Carol Shane Knoxvillians have long enjoyed home tours, usually in historic neighborhoods such as Fourth and Gill and Old North Knoxville. Old-house buffs can certainly find plenty to look at – our city boasts hundreds of beautiful Victorian and Craftsman dwellings. But how about some new homes in old spaces? Spaces that weren’t originally meant to be residential? Get ready for The City People Home Tour this weekend. Subtitled “Urban Spaces in Downtown Knoxville,” the tour includes 13 homes in 11 buildings. Since its inception in 1985, the event has grown steadily. The first tour was called “Two Hundred Years of Living in the Old City” and included popular continental restaurant Annie’s (now defunct) and an artist gallery. Presented by downtown Knoxville organization City People in partnership with Knox Heritage, this year’s tour includes Gay Street, several connecting side streets and beyond to the south side’s riverfront, as well as the north side’s Old City. Developer David Dewhirst, who
owns several featured properties, says, “The City People Home Tour is the very best tool for downtown Knoxville to illustrate to a curious public the uniqueness and pleasure of urban living.” Included on the tour are: ■ The Commerce Lofts, 122 S. Gay St. Built in the 1890s to support the growing Jackson Avenue warehouse district, it now holds 24 lofts and three commercial spaces. ■ White Lily Flats, 222 N. Central St. The original section of this building dates to 1885. The home of J. Allen Smith & Co., it has come to be known as the White Lily Building, after the company’s most famous product, White Lily Flour. The brand was later bought by the J.M. Smucker Co., and the mill closed in 2008. ■ The Holston, 531 S. Gay St. Known as the Hope Brothers Building, this 1898 structure started out housing a shoe store. In 1908, Hope Brothers Jewelers took up residence, operating as “Dealers in Rare Things and Fine Jewelry.” ■ JFG Flats, 200 W. Jackson Ave.
This five-story structure was built in 1924 and has served as a JFG coffee roasting plant for most of its history. Founded in Morristown in 1882, the JFG company also offered tea, mayonnaise and peanut butter. ■ Gallery Lofts, 402 S. Gay St. Constructed after 1897’s “Million Dollar Fire,” which destroyed this entire block, the building was home to the McNulty Grocery and Dry Goods Co. Its lower floors are now the home of Mast General Store. ■ Emporium Lofts, 112 S. Gay St. Built in 1902 as the new home of Sterchi Brothers Furniture Store, it now holds residential and commercial spaces. One of the unique features of the building is that it retains access to underground Gay Street. The City People Urban Homes Tour takes place from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Friday, May 1, and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 2. Visitors will park and ride the trolley to each destination. Tickets are $15. Info: 209-1616, citypeople.knox@gmail.com, or citypeoplehometour.org.
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■ The Threepenny Opera, Clarence Brown Theatre Mainstage, 1714 Andy Holt Ave. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. Info/tickets: www. clarencebrowntheatre.com.
FRIDAY ■ Alive After Five: Robinella, 6-8:30 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Tickets: $10; $5 for members/students. Info: 934-2039. ■ Celtic Woman 10th Anniversary Celebration, 7:30 p.m., Knoxville Civic Auditorium, 500 Howard Baker Jr. Ave. Info/ tickets: Knoxville Civic Auditorium-Coliseum Box Office, 2158999; Knoxville Tickets: 656-4444, 877 995-9961, knoxtickets. com. ■ The Hot 104.5 End of Semester Bash: Kid Ink, 9 p.m., NV Nightclub, 125 E. Jackson Ave. Info/tickets: www. carleoentertainment.com. ■ Midnight Voyage Live: Crizzly, Antiserum, LAXX, 8 p.m., The International, 940 Blackstock Ave. Info/tickets: www. intlknox.com. ■ Steelism, 10 p.m., Scruff y City Hall, 32 Market Square. Info: www.scruff ycityhall.com.
SATURDAY ■ Crescent Bend: Derby Day, 1 p.m., Crescent Bend (Armstrong Lockett House) and W.P. Toms Memorial Garden, 2728 Kingston Pike. Info: 637-3163, www.crescentbend.com.
Weekend to explore Knoxville’s role in Civil War This weekend’s Blue and Gray Reunion and Freedom Jubilee will offer a host of activities for Civil War buffs as well as those who love Knoxville history. The weekend is a combined effort of the Tennessee Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission and local historical organizations. Registration is required for the state event, titled “Reconstruction in Tennessee,” at tncivilwar150.com. Local offerings include Civil War fort tours, an 1860s baseball game, museum exhibits, a Civil War Exposition and notable performers and speakers like the Fisk Jubilee Singers, actor Ben Vereen and “Gettysburg”/“Gods and Generals” director Ron Maxwell, who will speak at the Blue and Gray Reunion Dinner − the only ticketed event. The events are designed to educate the public on Knoxville’s unique role in the Civil War. Many will highlight the role that local John Hitt, portraying Captain James Rogers McCallum, and Ed African-Americans played White, portraying Colonel John Bell Brownlow, will participate in the war. A pamphlet in a living history exhibit at Old Gray Cemetery at 1 p.m. this titled “First Steps to Freedom,” which contains a hisSaturday. Photo submitted
■ National Street Rod Association, dawn to dusk, Chilhowee Park, 3301 E. Magnolia Ave.
tory of African-Americans in Knoxville, will be available at the Freedom Jubilee opening ceremony at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, May 2, at the Beck Cultural Exchange Center, 1927 Dandridge Ave. The pamphlet includes details of the 1st U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery, mustered in Knoxville in February 1864. In 1860, the city had approximately 4,000 residents, and 10 percent were slaves, says Calvin Chappelle, executive director of the Mabry-Hazen House, 1711 Dandridge Ave. The area had divided loyalties, so it was easier to muster black troops here than it would have been in the Deep South. The pamphlet also describes a city-funded project to transcribe thousands of pages of handwritten records of the regiment that are part of the National Archives in Washington, D.C. The first of three volumes of the transcription will be unveiled at the opening ceremony, and Chappelle says the searchable PDF file will provide valuable insight into the lives of the soldiers. Cemetery tours are in-
■ Studio Arts for Dancers Spring Concert, 5 p.m., Tennessee Theatre. Info/tickets: 539-2475.
SUNDAY, MAY 3 ■ The Anomaly Tour with Lecrae, featuring Andy Mineo & DJ Promote!, 7 p.m., Knoxville Civic Coliseum, 500 Howard Baker Jr. Ave. Info/tickets: Knoxville Civic Auditorium-Coliseum Box Office, 215-8999; Knoxville Tickets: 656-4444, 877 995-9961, knoxtickets.com. ■ The KSO Chamber Orchestra presents Lucas Richman’s Chamber Finale, 2:30 p.m., Bijou Theater. Info/tickets: www. knoxvillesymphony.com; www.knoxbijou.com. ■ Lewis Black, 7 p.m., Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Info/ tickets: Tennessee Theatre Box Office, 684-1200, www. tennesseetheatre.com.
cluded in the weekend’s events. Odd Fellows Cemetery will be open 1-5 p.m. on Saturday, and graves of Civil War veterans, including those from the 1st U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery, will be decorated. Visitors should park at Walter Hardy Park, 2020 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. Old Gray Cemetery, 543 N. Broadway, will have a living history exhibit at 1 p.m. on Saturday. Bearden resident Bud Albers will talk about his grandfather, Andrew Jackson Albers, who chaired Knoxville’s 1890 Civil War reunion, and is buried at Old Gray. Reenactors will portray other noteworthy veterans buried there, like Colonel John Bell Brownlow and James Rogers McCallum, a member of “The Immortal 600,” a
group of Confederate soldiers used as human shields on Morris Island in Charleston harbor. Over 240 veterans, from both sides, are interred at Old Gray, says executive director Alix Dempster. First Presbyterian, 620 State Street, is acknowledging the weekend’s events with a service titled “Remembrance, Reunion and Reconciliation in a Divided Nation.” Music will come from an 1890 hymnal, and Beck Cultural Exchange Center president Renee Kessler and state Rep. Joe Armstrong will participate. The service is intended to recognize the contributions of African American soldiers during the Civil War, says Pastor William Pender. Info: easttnhistory.org/ bluegray
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Mayor Tim Burchett shows newspaper club members his father’s name on a plaque outside of the office at Sarah Moore Greene Magnet Academy. Pictured with the mayor are Jarmarion Chambers, Judarius Jones, Madison Thomas and Wesley Mills. Photo by R. White
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First-graders CharKayla Thomas, TreMichael McKnight and Caden Conard, students in Mary Kidd’s class, look at part of an owl pellet held by “Ranger Sara” of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Photos submitted
‘Treasure in their own backyard’ Dogwood Elementary School first-graders got to play and learn in their “backyard” last week. The students went on a field trip to the Great Smoky Moun-
tains National Park. As they hiked along a trail, “Ranger Sara” taught them about animal habitats, animal groups and what makes an animal part of a specific group.
“This is a tradition for our first-graders, and they love going on this trip each year,” says principal Lana Shelton-Lowe. “It allows the students to experience first-
hand the science unit we have just completed. “This also exposes them to a national treasure in their own backyard.” – Betsy Pickle
Dogwood carnival promises fun for all By Betsy Pickle It’s time to turn the tables on the teachers. Dogwood Elementary School will hold its PTO fundraising carnival from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 1, at the school. “We are having a ‘Soak the Teacher’ event this year, so that will be fun,” says principal Lana Shelton-Lowe. “I am buying several tickets for some of my favorites.” Shelton-Lowe says there will also
be a “fabulously funny Toilet Toss.” Money raised will support the “I am sure I’ll end up on a toilet or PTO’s efforts to improve the school. getting water dumped on me or both!” she says. Caregiver support The beloved principal is no doubt being paranoid, but the carnival will group meeting be fun for all. There will be games, disThe Kay Center hosts a careco dancing and other activities. There giver support group meeting 3 also will be a raffle. p.m. each third Monday in Room Dinner will feature items that prob201-A of Church Street United ably aren’t on the food pyramid, inMethodist Church, 900 Henley cluding cookies, cotton candy, pickles, St. Info: 521-0289. popcorn and hot dogs.
MILESTONE many years in the Church Street branch office of Sanitary Laundry and Dry Cleaning. After she was injured in a robbery in that job, she became a Pink Lady volunteer at East Tennessee Baptist Hospital. She and husband Morris had three children: Lynn, retired captain in the Knoxville Fire Department; Harold, a retired columnist and copy editor with the News Sentinel; and the late Joyce Whaley. Ethel Kelly Julian celebrated her 105th year as friends and family gathered for festivities at the She has seven granddaughters, 14 great-grandchilHolston Health and Rehabilitation Center. She is the facility’s oldest resident. dren and nine great-greatgrandchildren. Though she doesn’t get there as often as she once did, Julian is the oldest member of Smithwood BapJulian was born in Se- facility three years ago after tist Church, where she is By Bill Dockery known as “Mama Ethel.” The oldest resident of vier County, but her fam- breaking a hip. “I’m still a-kicking, just Recently interviewed by Holston Health and Reha- ily moved to Knox County UT students for a film on bilitation Center celebrated when she was an infant. not too high,” Julian said. Julian took her first job the area’s centenarians, she her 105th year Sunday and She has called several Knox promptly began working on communities home, includ- at age 12 working in a shirt gave them the key to her ing New Hopewell, Kimber- factory on Gay at Central, longevity. her 106th. “I never smoked, drank Family and friends gath- lin Heights and West Haven. running a button-hole maered to honor Ethel Kelly She lived in Broadway Tow- chine. Later she moved to or sunbathed,” she said, to Julian, the oldest resident of ers for a number of years Appalachian Mills, where which one of student interthe center. Her birthdate is after her husband died at her job was folding men’s viewers responded, “Too 90 but came to the Holston underwear. She worked for late for me.” April 27.
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Tim Burchett has a knack for talking with people – especially kids. The mayor thoroughly entertained the newspaper club at Sarah Moore Greene Magnet Academy. He talked about bamboo, a current hobby. He invited them to follow him on Twitter. He showed video of his bamboo skateboards and said he still has more than 100 motorcycles, even though he sold several after he got married. He even talked about worm poop, saying, “If it wasn’t for worms, the world would be square.” Burchett showed video of the igloo he built for his stepdaughter, Isabel, and said the project almost
killed him. “That’s why I shut down the county that second (snow) day – so I could finish the igloo,” he joked. He said he enjoyed his 16 years in the state Legislature, but after his election as mayor he had an epiphany. He was “in line at Wright’s Cafeteria, right between the mystery meat and the mashed potatoes,” when another customer joked that a county employee would be paying with a P-card. “I knew it was time to put up or shut up,” Burchett said. He returned his county-owned car and instituted policies to clamp down on wasteful spending. It’s important to Burchett that no citizen thinks money is being wasted on his watch.
West View to host spring carnival West View Elementary School will host a Cinco de Mayo spring carnival 4:30-6:30 p.m. Friday, May 1. The event will raise money to send students to the Museum of Appalachia and Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies. The carnival will feature games, face painting, a dunking booth, bounce house, Safety City, visits from Shoney Bear, Wendy from Wendy’s Restaurant and the Chick-fil-A cow. Tickets will be four for $1. West View Elementary is at 1714 Mingle Ave. Info: 594-4471.
Rabies vaccination clinics set The Knox County Health Department and the Knoxville Veterinary Medical Association is offering rabies vaccinations for $10 per animal 2-4:30 p.m., Saturday, May 2 and 9, at select Knox County schools. May 2: Austin-East High, Ball Camp Elementary, Beaumont Elementary, Blue Grass Elementary, Dogwood Elementary, East Knox Elementary, Farragut High, Gresham Middle, Halls Elementary, Inskip Elementary, New Hopewell Elementary, Northwest Middle, Powell High, Rocky Hill Elementary, South-Doyle High, West High and Whittle Springs Middle. May 9: Anderson Elementary, Bearden High, Bearden Middle, Brickey-McCloud Elementary, Carter Middle, Cedar Bluff Primary, Chilhowee Elementary, Christenberry Elementary, Copper Ridge Elementary, Gibbs Elementary, Hardin Valley Elementary, Karns Elementary, Mount Olive Elementary, Norwood Elementary, Ritta Elementary, Sunnyview Elementary and Shannondale Elementary. All pets must be restrained. Dogs should be on a leash, and cats should be in carriers or pillowcases (a pillowcase is preferred because the vaccine can be administered through the cloth). Those with aggressive or uncontrollable dogs are advised to leave the pet in the car and ask for assistance at the registration desk. Info: knoxcounty.org/health/rabies.
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‘Automata’ By Anne Hart
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Fountain City opening CrossFit FC at Fountain City is opening soon, bringing a unique physical training program to area residents. The manager is Kim Rines, and the location is 2404 Dutch Valley Drive. The facility is locallyowned, CrossFit-licensed and focused on health and well-being. The grand opening will be noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 2, with live music from The Arnold Tracy Band, CrossFit demonstrations for both adults and kids. There
will be food and beverages, inflatables and activities for adults and children. CrossFit is promoted as a physical exercise philosophy and a competitive fitness sport. CrossFit workouts incorporate elements from high-intensity interval training, Olympic weightlifting, plyometrics, powerlifting, gymnastics, girevoy sport, calisthenics, strongman and other exercises. Info: crossfitfirstcreek. com or on Facebook or at 865-776-3620.
HonorAir salutes nurse Ruth Coughlin, a nurse with the U.S. Navy during World War II, and Eddie Mannis, chair of HonorAir Knoxville and president of Prestige Cleaners/Prestige Tuxedo, visit during the recent HonorAir Knoxville flight to Washington, D.C. The next HonorAir Knoxville flight is planned for Oct. 7. Photo submitted
Anyone who has ever fallen truly in love with a certain style or make of automobile has met their match in Knoxville artist and sculptor Clark Stewart. Stewart, however, has taken his love for automobiles far beyond the imagination of most of us in a series of fantasy creations of classic cars he has crafted using everything from an old birch cutting board to scrap aluminum and even velvet. Many of the cars will be on display starting Friday and continuing through the month of May at the District Gallery in Bearden. A retired University of Tennessee professor of drawing and painting, Stewart says his love affair with automobiles began when he purchased a classic MGTC as a teenager. “I took it apart to the last bolt and screw and put it all back together again. No one could believe a 19-year-old could do that.” Ah, but when we learn that the 19-year-old Stewart lived in California’s Newport Beach area, famous for its “muscle cars” of the ’60s and other classic beauties on four wheels, it all begins to make sense, for Stewart’s cars are as marvelous as those. “Automata” is what he calls his figurative collection. It is colorful and amazing in every way. There are fantasy renditions of the Porsche, Jaguar, Bugatti, MG, Alfa Romeo and others. None is true to the original. They are better. More colorful. More interesting. More beautiful in both design and
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craftsmanship. And they are flawless. For if ever a perfectionist existed, it is Clark Stewart. An art collector himself, Stewart says the collection he and his wife, Judy, have amassed from around the world “is a collection of souls. Art represents the best part of people’s souls. Whatever concrete thing you make, that’s the best part of you. And nice cars have a soul to them.” Stewart says he made the first car “imagining I was designing in the ’30s, and when I finished, I thought, ‘That was fun,’ and I just kept on, and now I have all of these and a sketchbook full of ideas.” During his 42 years at UT, Stewart created drawings and paintings that were shown in more than 200 exhibitions worldwide and are included in many private and museum collections. If you’re a lover of motorcycles, don’t despair. Stewart is also. His classic Norton will be on display at the show, alongside the bright yellow fantasy Norton he sculpted. The show opened with a reception April 25 and is open to the public. Info: 200-4452 or www. thedistrictgallery.com
Artist and sculptor Clark Stewart with two of his fantasy cars, loosely based on classics of the 1930s and titled “Automata,” on display through May at the District Gallery in Bearden. Photo by A. Hart
“Moto Mata” is what artist Clark Stewart calls his imagined art deco motorcycles.
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May 6 Knoxville 5FIVE15 Fun Run to Benefit Amputee Athletes Seventeen-yearold DJ Vander wer f loves to run. The Sweetwater teen enjoys competing in 5K road races and continuously cha llenges himself to improve his speed and race times. DJ Vanderwerf com“I’m acpetes in a 5K wearing tive and alhis prosthesis from Amways on the putee Blade Runners. go. I believe you can do anything you want if you put your mind to it,” says Vanderwerf. Running hasn’t always been a smooth road for Vanderwerf. Because of a birth defect, his left foot was amputated when he was just 9 months old. He’s been wearing a prosthesis ever since. Despite his prosthesis, Vanderwerf has excelled at many sports, earning top spots on the Sweetwater High School football, basketball and baseball teams. “I don’t see myself as different because of my prosthesis. I’m just a normal kid who loves to play sports,” says Vanderwerf. The only sport Vanderwerf has struggled to conquer is distance running. The prosthesis leg he has for daily wear and team sports isn’t suitable for comfortable distance running. Two years ago Vanderwerf and his family learned about Amputee Blade Runners (ABR), a non-profit group that provides free running prosthetics for amputee athletes. ABR’s team of prosthetists, physicians and fabricators donate their time to construct and fit athletes with a custom running leg. Because running prosthesis are not considered “medically neces-
sary”, they aren’t normally covered by insurance. Through ABR, Vanderwerf was fitted with a flexible carbon-fiber blade that has allowed him to run safely and comfortably ever since. Now, Vanderwerf hopes to raise awareness about Amputee Blade Runners and assist them in helping other amputees. He’s serving as an Ambassador for ABR’s 5FIVE15 fundraiser. It will be held Wednesday, May 6, at 5:30pm, at Bearden Runner’s Market in Knoxville.
“Donate $5 and run or walk for five minutes or five miles. We hope to raise $15,000 to buy running sports legs for five amputees,” explains Vanderwerf. The May 6th Knoxville event is part of the national 5FIVE15 Campaign. Amputee Blade Runners’ goal is to provide a running prosthesis to at least one athlete in all 50 states by 2016. Vanderwerf says it’s a goal worth striving for. “ABR helps adults and kids like me be active and normal. It’s a great organization and I hope people will come out and help us reach our goal!” To donate or participate in the fun run visit: https://www. commitchange.com/tn/nashville/ amputee-blade-runners/ campaigns/5five15
Home Federal Bank’s Debra Smith and Chris Rohwer celebrate the dedication of Anne Hilliard’s (center) new home in East Knoxville. The dedication marked Home Federal Bank’s 25th Habitat for Humanity home. Photo submitted
Home Federal dedicates 25th Habitat house Home Federal Bank employees gathered with Knoxville Habitat for Humanity representatives and new homeowner Anne Hilliard for a dedication ceremony celebrating the completion of her new home in the Silver Leaf subdivision in East Knoxville. The dedication of this home marks Home Federal Bank’s 25th consecutive year as a covenant partner with Knoxville Habitat for Humanity. Covenant partners provide half of the cash
you never know what is going to happen, and it is not a safe situation. It is a reassuring feeling knowing you have a place to lay your head. I am very grateful for the peace in my heart that I have found again.” Kelle Shultz, president and CEO of Knoxville Habitat, said, “We are grateful for Home Federal Bank’s longstanding position as a covenant partner and are fortunate to have such a generous corporate citizen in our city.”
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needed to build a house, currently $40,000, plus significant manpower to aid in construction. Home Federal Bank is Knoxville Habitat for Humanity’s longeststanding covenant partner. Hilliard is described by those who know her as adaptive and ambitious, once homeless but never hopeless. She does a good job of describing what this Habitat Home means to her. “I know what it’s like not to have a place to live. When you have to rely on others,
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“As in most facilities, the tracking of supplies was primarily a manual system often performed by clinical staff,” said Brian C. DeBusk, chief executive officer at DeRoyal Industries. The average rate of items collected for a surgical procedure that are not used has been estimated to be as high 70 percent. As a result of the collaboration the medical center has seen improvements to operating room efficiencies and patient safety.
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