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Cullom leaves Gap Creek

Kim Cullom, principal at Gap Creek Elementary School since 2012, has been named principal at Maynard Elementary, a school where her grandfather once taught.

Cullom joined Knox County Schools in Kim Cullom 1991 as a speech and language pathologist. She has worked as an assistant principal at Dogwood Elementary.

A new principal for Gap Creek will be named by Superintendent Jim McIntyre.

IN THIS ISSUE Grant for bike park The Appalachian Mountain Bike Club scores again!

President Brian Hann said the International Mountain Bicycling Association, AMBC’s parent organization, has selected the local chapter to receive $10,000 worth of planning and design work to build a new bike park within the Urban Wilderness.

The donation will be matched by $10,000 in cash from the AMBC toward construction.

The park will be designed to accommodate riders of all ages and experience levels.

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See Pickle’s report on page 3

Politics and more Shopper publisher Sandra Clark weighs in on city pensions and this newspaper’s position on them; Betty Bean talks about all the Republicans at Daryl Fansler’s fundraiser – so many she forgot to photograph Fansler; and Victor Ashe ponders whether Troy Whiteside will ever come to trial.

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Rogero channels Sonny and Cher “I Got You Babe” is what Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero wants you to know.

Accompanied by Kevin Taylor, Rogero amazed the crowd with the Sonny and Cher song in the Karaoke Review at Beck Cultural Exchange Center.

Bob Booker spins records for the Karaoke Review for Seniors, scheduled on the first Thursday each month from 2-4:30 p.m. at Beck.

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Aslan buys Candoro

A tree-lined avenue leads to the Candoro Marble Building.

Photos by Betsy Pickle

Takes on ‘heavy lifting’ of restoration while nonprofit focuses on programming

By Betsy Pickle The Candoro Marble Co. building has a familiar new owner, and the Candoro Arts & Heritage Center has a renewed sense of purpose.

The Aslan Foundation has bought out its co-owners in the Candoro building and is now the landlord to the nonprofit Candoro Arts & Heritage group, which was formed more than 14 years ago to save and restore the Candoro building at 4450 Candora Ave. The sale was transacted without hoopla a few weeks before the annual Vestival celebration, held May 10.

The property, which includes the adjacent carriage house, went for $135,615.

The Aslan Foundation, created in 1994 by attorney Lindsay Young, has been involved as a co-owner of the Candoro building for several years.

“Mr. Lindsay Young was one of the group of people who pooled their money and bought the building,” says Jeff Mansour, Aslan Foundation executive director.

(The foundation received Young’s shares upon his death in 2006.)

Taking on the property and the duties of restoration “was something that was always in the back of our minds because we were coowners, and we have a sincere, deep interest in promoting historic preservation.

“That certainly is a building with a lot of history, and it’s a beautiful building architecturally.

It’s a very unique part of Knoxville history.”

Candoro Marble Works was established in Vestal 100 years ago. The showroom building and carriage house were designed by Knoxville architect Charles Barber and completed in 1923. The marble works ceased operations in 1982.

In fall 2000, Trudy Monaco (now historian on the Candoro board) was working in the dilapidated showroom building when she came up with the idea for the original Vestival event and organized a group to restore the building, which was “falling apart,” she says.

Architect Charles Barber designed both the carriage house and the showroom at Candoro Marble.

Through grants and fundraising, including proceeds from Vestival, the group has poured thousands of dollars into restoration, but monthly bills have been a steady drain.

“They did tremendous work over the last several years, and they literally kept the lights on and kept the basement dry and all the basic things that you have to do to maintain a structure of that age,” says Mansour. “We really respect what they’ve accomplished … and all the volunteer effort and volunteer fundraising. … We’re happy to be in a situation where we can take over the heavy lifting of the restoration and they can focus on things that are more directly important and beneficial to the community.”

“Everything was a big challenge, so this is a great relief for us,” says Becky Wade, Candoro board president. The center offers art and yoga classes at the building and now will be able to consider adding other programming.

“We would like to have staff at some point,” says Wade.

The Candoro group had discussed with Aslan the possibility of applying for restoration funds, but because the nonprofit didn’t own the building, that option was “problematic,” Mansour says.

“We just decided that the best course of action would be for us to buy out the other co-owners,” he says.

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Career Magnet Academy meeting enrollment goals

By Betty Bean Knox County’s new Career Magnet Academy, on track to open in August in the former Panasonic building on Pellissippi State’s Strawberry Plains campus, also appears to be on track to meet enrollment expectaMike McMillan tions. It has also won over at least one important skeptic.

The $3.785 million academy is in school board member Mike McMillan’s 8th District, not far from Carter High School, which has a thriving vocational department of its own. McMillan had some initial reservations about the new school, primarily about how it would affect Carter, but says he’s gotten in-

formation that has persuaded him to put his misgivings aside.

“It’s still a little too early to tell, but if it does what they are promoting it as doing, it should be a very positive thing for our students. It gives them more choices.

“I had some concerns initially, about how the school would affect the traditional vocational classes, but now I’ve come to believe that it won’t hurt them because this school is trying to attract a highercaliber student.”

The Career Magnet Academy will have 13 classrooms, two science labs, a media center, a wellness center, teacher workrooms and a cafeteria. It will be housed on the ground floor of the former Panasonic building. The upper floors are utilized by some 300 college students.

CMA students will choose one

of four “learning pathways” – advanced manufacturing, sustainable living, homeland security (pre-law enforcement), or teacher preparation – but still must meet Common Core academic requirements. They won’t be expected to choose a career path until sophomore year, and dual-credit courses will be available for juniors and seniors to earn college credit while still in high school.

CMA principal John Derek Faulconer has visited every middle school in the county to talk up the Career Magnet Academy, and McMillan said he has been “pleasantly surprised” with the success of those recruiting efforts.

“So far, they’ve got 110 students enrolled, which means they’ve still got about 15 slots open. They didn’t have to hold a lottery,” McMillan said, noting that Faulcon-

er’s efforts to attract students to the school on the eastern fringe of the county were particularly successful at Holston and SouthDoyle middle schools but diminished in West Knox County.

“They say they are rebranding vocational education. It’s not going to be the vocational education that your mom and dad experienced.

And the thing about this school is kids will only be six hours short of having an associate’s degree when they graduate, so theoretically, if you are a go-getter, when you graduate, you can go to work for somebody, take three hours in the fall and three hours in the spring and have your associate’s degree.”

McMillan said.

“And here’s the thing: It’s really going to benefit the 8th District more than any other district.”

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At 18, local student gives back, while looking forward As a volunteer in the Fort Sanders Regional MRI department at Thompson Cancer Survival Center, Joey Bolden of Seymour, 18, has a unique story to share with patients.

“I am a cancer survivor. When I was 18 months old, I was diagnosed with infantile fibrosarcoma,” Joey said.

As a toddler in April 1997, Joey bumped his right foot on a chair.

But his mother, Sandy Caldwell, thought the bruise didn’t look right. It became a large lump shaped like a mushroom, puffy on the top of his foot.

Caldwell took her son to six different doctors before he was diagnosed at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center with infantile fibrosarcoma, a rare form of cancer that affects the connective tissues, most often in the arms or legs.

Joey’s cancer was so rare that it took three different pathology groups to verify it, and surgery was done in Nashville to remove the tumor and reconstruct his foot.

Afterward, he was in a cast for months and received follow-up care at Children’s Hospital of East Tennessee, with regular MRIs at Thompson Cancer Survival Center. By the time he was 13, Joey had undergone 20 of the tests.

He was declared cancer free in 2008.

So you might say Joey is something of an old pro at the MRI,

Bolden rests after a second surgery at Vanderbilt.

At 18 months, Joey Bolden returns home after the first of many surgeries for infantile fibrosarcoma.

which provides detailed images of the body, but involves lying in a tunnel-like machine. It tends to make claustrophobic patients nervous.

The soon to be graduate, Bolden will “They usually put head to Maryville College in the fall. a cloth over your eyes so you don’t see stuff that close,” said Joey. “And some- tion that calms you down.”

Joey and Caldwell said their times they can give you medica-

many experiences, even the MRIs, at Thompson and Fort Sanders were positive.

“It’s always been wonderful, their ability to help and put the best care forward for you, they take really good care of you,” said Joey.

“They were always very compassionate and caring, it seemed like they treated the whole family,” said Caldwell. “Joey was the patient, but they thought of the whole family during all his MRIs.” Today, Joey’s foot is back to normal except for some numbness on top. He graduates from high school May 27 and will head to Maryville College in the fall, where he hopes to go into oncology medicine. He has been volunteering about two months at Thompson, in the same MRI room where he visited as a child.

“I take patients’ paperwork and make sure they’ve signed everything. I get them ready for the MRI and show them where to sit and wait,” said Joey.

“I love to volunteer at Thompson Cancer Survival Center and give back some of the care and compassion to current patients that I received when I was a patient there myself as a child. I can relate to them, I’ve been through it,” he said.

“I really like helping people, especially people who are afraid of MRIs. I tell them that if I can do it, you can, too!”

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Getting together with neighbors and businesses She was to celebrate her birthday in addition to her campaign, and the chief feature was a flavor created especially for her by Elaine Evans of Elaine’s Ice Cream: Gloria’s Bacon and Berries.

Wonder how many Republicans showed up to wish her birthday greetings – and try out the odd flavor.

This column regularly includes news of South Knoxville’s many neighborhood associations, but good timing finally let me strike the mother lode: the South Knoxville Neighborhood and Business Coalition.

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An umbrella organization that is open to representatives of SoKno’s neighborhood and business groups, SKNBC shares information among the different entities and looks for ways to benefit all of the neighborhoods and cut down on redundancy.

It’s a vision that’s worthwhile in concept, and it seems to work well in execution, too.

The members – two elected from each member organization – take turns acting as moderators at the monthly meetings. Ann Strange of Lake Forest served as May moderator, with Whitney Stanley pulling duty as recording secretary.

Along with the expected reports about neighborhood festivities (picnics, plant swaps), functions (meetings, procedural changes), problems (speeding, lack of participation) and projects (neighborhood entrance signs, butterfly gardens), the representatives enthusiastically discussed big-picture items such as holding an informational meeting about the future of the former Baptist Hospital of East Tennessee site, having a possible candidate forum prior to the fall elections, improving the aesthetics of the Chapman Highway business corridor and encouraging all South Knox residents to spruce up their properties prior to the 2015 Dogwood Arts Festival, when the featured Dogwood Trail will be on this side of the river.

It was a long meeting, but civil, productive and often fun. Kudos to SKNBC on their civic involvement and their enthusiasm about

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The South Knox GOP also met recently, but their May 15 gathering at the Optimist Building at Gary Underwood Park seemed much more subdued.

Treasurer Carson Dailey helmed the meeting and mostly shared his thoughts on conservatism and the importance of electing Republican candidates. Since he was preaching to the choir Neighborhood-association representatives attending the May meeting of the South Knoxville Neighborhood and Business Coand that’s usually what hapalition are (seated) Terry Caruthers and Chip Berry of Colonial Village, (standing) Nancy Campbell of Island Home Park, Dave pens in these parts, he didn’t Gartner and Ann Strange of Lake Forest, Danny Gray of South Woodlawn, Nathan Hunter of Island Home Park and Janice Tocher have to pound the pulpit. of South Woodlawn. Not pictured: Whitney Stanley. Photos by Betsy Pickle Eddie Smith, one of the two Republicans vying to Vice Mayor Judicial challenge Gloria Johnson, Nick Pavlis candidate introduced himself and and Carol Daniel Kidd asked for support.

Evans relax and state Smith was on staff at Seafter speakRep. Gloria vier Heights Baptist Church ing to the Johnson visit for more than 13 years and May meeting now is starting a business the South of the South of the River to help churches set up meWoodlawn Democrats’ dia systems.

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$10K grant for South bike park

tiative will be matched by $10,000 in cash from the AMBC toward construction.

The bike park will be designed to accommodate riders of all ages and experience levels.

“As a chapter, we are very eager to be partnering with IMBA Trail Solutions to create a plan for the Knoxville Bike Park,” Hann said in the press release. “We look forward to our continued partnership with the Legacy Parks Foundation, and both (Knox County and the city of Knoxville) to bring the plan to reality.

“We can’t wait to see the ideas the designers have for this park.”

Speaking of civic involvement, the Appalachian Mountain Bike Club scores again! Although the AMBC’s regular fourthMonday meeting was preempted by Memorial Day, president Brian Hann sent an announcement last week about a terrific donation to add to the awesomeness of the Urban Wilderness.

The International Mountain Bicycling Association, AMBC’s parent organization, has selected the local chapter to receive $10,000 worth of planning and design work to build a new ■ Dems look ahead Two Democratic canbike park within the Urban Wilderness. The donation didates visited the South from IMBA’s Bike Park Ini- of the River Democrats’

Aslan buys Candoro “They, in their personal generosity, had been waiting many years for things to take place with the building, and they weren’t rushing the Candoro group at all. I think they were kind of glad to see that finally something was going move forward in a real, big way, not just piecemeal. They were more than happy to sell their shares.”

Mansour says the Candoro building is part of the “Battlefield Loop” within South Knoxville’s Urban Wilderness corridor.

GOP reflects

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Expected improvements to other parks and properties such as Mary Vestal Park and greenway, Fort Dickerson, River Bluff, High Ground Park and the Vestal area would make the entire area “vibrant.”

“We see this as part of an overall effort to focus on that area in partnership with others and turn that part of South Knoxville into a key destination within the Urban Wilderness corridor.”

After the building is assessed by architects and engineers, renovations will be implemented over two to three years, says Mansour.

“We want to take our time and do it right.”

Meanwhile, the Candoro group’s need for current and additional supporters will continue.

“The nonprofit’s still going to need their help,” he says. “They’re still going to be doing good work and need the community’s support to continue their work.”

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Attendees seemed enthusiastic about assisting each of the pair.

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government Whiteside case may never go to trial ■ Democratic Judge Harold Wimberly is attracting considerable Republican support for his reelection as evidenced by the presence of several widely known Republicans among Dems at his recent fundraiser, including Republican attorney Jim London, Bill Haslam’s city law director and special Supreme Court Justice Morris Kizer, former GOP state Victor Rep. Richard Krieg, Krieg’s Ashe 1968 Democratic opponent for state representative Randy Humble, and longtime Republican Arthur G. Seymour Jr. Wimberly has been busy campaigning The victim was not conacross the county. sidered one of Knoxville’s This writer and Wimbermore reputable citizens, but ly were opponents 46 years murder is still a serious ofago in 1968 when we both fense regardless of who the ran for state representative victim is. in a West Knoxville district Whiteside is certainly and I prevailed. We have entitled to the presumption since become good friends. of innocence. However, for Wimberly is considered a trial to be postponed five an able jurist with a strong (and headed for six) years intellect. He has comported without a word from the himself well as a judge, media suggests something along with Daryl Fansler, is seriously wrong in our who is the other incumbent system of justice.

Democratic judge chalMost recently this lenged by a Republican in column reported the trial Knox County this August. was scheduled for April ■ U.S. District Judge

by Judge Leibowitz, who Pamela Reeves will be retires Aug. 31, but now it publicly sworn in during has been postponed to Sept. an “investiture” at 1 p.m.

13 in Division 3 of the Knox Friday, May 30, at the Bijou County Criminal Court.

Theatre, followed by a Division 3 will have a reception in the courtyard new judge on Sept. 1 – eiof the Howard Baker U.S. ther Scott Green or Leland Courthouse. She was ofPrice. Will that new judge ficially sworn a few weeks be ready to hear this case ago. only 13 days into his term?

■ The employment of Both candidates have Dave Hill at MPC is a clasworked in the current DA’s sic example of two buddies office and may decide to taking care of each other. recuse themselves from this Hill was MPC director case causing further delays. before Mayor Haslam hired This is the trial that aphim as chief of staff. parently will not go away Mark Donaldson folbut also will not be tried. lowed him as MPC direcThe handling of this makes tor. The two play golf the judicial system seem frequently and are fast ineffective; DA Randy Nich- friends. Hill did not last ols recused himself years long as Haslam’s chief of ago and turned it over to staff, where he was widely Berkley Bell, who is the DA disliked by city employees in Greeneville. and was sidetracked to Bell is retiring Aug. waterfront development 31. His office places a low with far fewers duties but priority on a case in Knox no cut in pay at $140,000.

County as there are no Waterfront development votes here for him. The dealmost stopped while Hill fendant is happy as he does was there. not go to trial, and witnessMayor Rogero fired Hill es either die, move away or upon becoming mayor. have fading memories of Now Donaldson has hired what happened. his golfing buddy back at a This case continues to second-level MPC position. slip and slide, reflecting The good ol’ boy system is badly on our judicial system alive and well at MPC. It is with apparently no one to surprising most MPC comblame or who’s willing to missioners were not told of take the blame. Right now this hire in advance given it does not appear this will its high profile, and more go to trial until 2015 if it surprising they are not ever goes to trial. speaking out on it.

Troy Whiteside, who has been a political operative for many years, usually as a Republican, was indicted for a murder that occurred almost five years ago in 2009. Since then his trial date has been deferred time after time for a variety of reasons. It has not gone to trial.

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Who the heck is Clarence ‘Eddie’ Pridemore?

“I know a lot of you’d really like to see me get reelected,” Chancellor Daryl Fansler told the guests at his campaign reception in the upstairs room at Calhoun’s on the River. “And some of you are afraid I won’t.”

Pridemore

Betty Bean He drew raucous laughter and knowing looks from the big, bipartisan crowd.

The three last words bear repeating. Big. Bipartisan.

Crowd.

Once upon a time, Chancery Court was known as the “Keeper of the King’s Conscience,” and over the centuries it came to be known as a court of equity that existed to do justice in cases too complex or sensitive for common law to handle.

Fansler is a Democrat.

Many of his strongest supporters are not. But they are very worried about what might happen if an unqualified candidate gets elected to preside over Chancery Court – where there is no jury to sort out the facts – simply because of the R after his name.

Fansler, who practiced

Fansler

law for 15 years before he was elected to Chancery Court 16 years ago, has presided over cases dealing with hugely important issues like the Open Records law, Moody v. Hutchison and zero tolerance. He has built a reputation for fairness and diligence without respect to party affiliation.

Don’t believe me?

I’ll drop a few names of those who attended Fansler’s reception: Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett, Chancellors John Weaver and Mike Moyers (Fansler’s colleagues), Knox County Sheriff’s Office operative Lee Tramel, Knox County Register of Deeds chief deputy and GOP party activist Nick McBride, attorney Betsey Meadows, former county commissioner Larry Stephens, Chancellor Telford Forgety of Dandridge, longtime Republicans Patsy and Terry Miller, former party chair and attorney Chad Tindell, Knox County Finance

Fansler supporters include Democrat Dennis Francis and Republican Mike Moyers. Photo by Betty Bean Director Chris Caldwell.

When asked why he was there, Burchett, a deeply conservative former state legislator, said Fansler had helped him with an antipornography bill.

“Daryl’s a straight-up guy,” he said. “We better start thinking more about getting good people in office or we’re going to lose our country.”

When asked if he’d be willing to talk about this race on the record, Tindell said, “Do it!”

Then he lit into Fansler’s opponent, Clarence “Eddie” Pridemore, whose candidate profile on the Knoxville Bar Association website says he is a 1992 graduate of Harlan County High School,

a 2004 graduate of the University of Alabama (no major subject specified) and a 2010 graduate of the Nashville School of Law. His past experience listed is working as a research assistant in a Wartburg law firm 20072010 and as a solo practitioner in the Pridemore Law Offices, 2011-present.

He has never tried a case in Chancery Court, Fansler said, and is said to have primarily worked as a private investigator.

“I’ve never heard of him as an attorney, or as a Republican. I’ve just never heard of him at all, and I’m pretty active in the community,” Tindell said.

Our call to Pridemore was not returned.

Vol record is now shaping up If my understanding of new-age football is correct, the Volunteers are in the process of predetermining their 2014 record.

Whether it will be 4-8 as ESPN predicts or 8-4 as my optimistic friend Carl foresees, it is taking shape now.

Football, once upon a time, was a fall sport enhanced somewhat by spring practice. I remember when Doug Dickey initiated winter workouts, under Section X at Neyland Stadium, not a very pretty place. The space was designed to look and feel like a dungeon with sickening smells added, the better to test mental toughness.

Little by little, coaches who followed expanded football preparations as far as the law allowed – and maybe a little beyond.

Coaches would have been just as happy if I hadn’t been nosing around.

Emphasis on football has now reached almost yearround. There is a wee pause for Easter and Christmas – since Tennessee does not do bowl games. Players were advised to continue workouts on their own during spring break.

Butch Jones says this summer is critical.

“We have to get stronger, we have to get bigger, we have to get tougher, and then

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we have to understand our schemes, our techniques, being able to play fast.”

Strength and conditioning coach Dave Lawson presides over this segment of the year. He is charged with inspiring and directing physical and psychological improvement. He is a good man for the job.

“He’s probably the most important individual on the staff,” Jones has said.

“He sets the temperament for the team. We talk about mental conditioning for success. That’s all born in the weight room.”

Code words are work, work and work. There is no real “off” season for big-time college football. Tennessee, hoping to play big-time football again someday, surrenders very few days to rest and relaxation.

The cycle is relentless.

After this summer season of improvement come the finishing touches of August, the season of games, winter workouts, spring practice and another summer season of improvement.

Between now and the end of July, your Volunteers are expected to improve in every aspect. Some improvement can be measured. If a player doesn’t do what Butch said, get bigger, faster, stronger and smarter, he is falling behind friends and foes. Everybody is doing it.

Players are expected to improve in quickness and explosion. They are expected to conquer fatigue before it even happens. Since some are leaders and some are followers, those capable of being examples and setting the pace face double duty.

They must get better and help others improve.

Here’s the tricky part: No matter how much sin-

cere effort a player gives or how positive are the results, there are no guarantees of victory. Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Missouri, even Vanderbilt, may be pouring passion into their work.

This is a mind game.

Those who would be champions start early and stay late and concentrate in between.

There isn’t much time to bask at poolside or smile at girls.

Motivation? There is some. I don’t think Tennessee football has ever endured five consecutive losing seasons. I do remember last year, Oregon 59 and Auburn 55. I may never forget.

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

Where’s the outrage?

Revelations in the News Sentinel about abuses of the city’s pension program have brought outrage from many citizens.

My dad always said just because you could do something did not mean you should do it. Good advice.

The outrage at ShopperNews starts here. The people, including our freelance columnist Victor Ashe, who named their minor children as beneficiaries of their city pension were within the law,

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but they were wrong. And City Council should move quickly to eliminate this loophole.

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Restoring a church

Pastor Don Olive, organist Ellen Banks, and chair of deacons Robert Bright are happy to pose in front of Fifth Avenue Baptist Church’s restored columns.

Photo by Carol Zinavage

Dr. Don Olive considers the church he serves “the most exciting pulpit in East Tennessee.”

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Carol’s Corner He is pastor of Fifth Avenue Baptist Church in the Parkridge Community of East Knoxville. Right now the church is undergoing an extensive building renovation.

“It’s taken a great deal of energy,” says Olive. “We started the Restoration 2013 program primarily to replace the two 40- to 60-year-old columns that graced the front. They were so deteriorated that they were dangerous.

“But like most projects of this sort, the scope of the work grew. Our vision enlarged to restore the church on two levels.”

First came the physical restoration of “the oldest and most used of our facilities, the auditorium where we assemble. We are about 90 percent complete on the outside, with recarpeting and inside painting still to be done.”

The second level of renovation, says Olive, is a spiri-

tual one.

Historically one of Knoxville’s largest and most active churches, attendance has fallen. Olive would like to see the numbers rise again, but “our ultimate purpose is to make converts and minister to the poor and hurting. We are strategically located for both of these tasks in the center of poverty, gang activity, prostitution, crime and hurt.”

“What people have got to understand is that we have to help our kids,” says congregant Prince Tony. “There are a lot of them in trouble with the law. We need to

teach them how to go to jail, and how not to go to jail, and be strict and honest about it.”

Prince Tony – the living embodiment of a changed life – spent 25 years in prison, and he doesn’t care who knows it. He wants his church to help others who might be vulnerable. “We’ve got to step up,” he says.

Ernie Roberts started at Fifth Avenue Baptist as the church’s interim music director. Ten years later, he’s still there. “We have a very diverse congregation in terms of age and race which to me is at times challenging yet ex-

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citing in attempting to meet so many needs at so many levels.” He’s always on the lookout for new music that will enhance a fresh perspective while still respecting the sensibilities of the more traditional members.

Organist Ellen Banks has been serving the church for 24 years. “I used to drive by and wonder what it was like in there,” she says. “I’ll never forget when I first went in

– the people couldn’t have been any kinder.

“The people, the loving atmosphere – that’s what’s so special about Fifth Avenue Baptist.”

In addition to a regular Sunday service, the church offers 12-step meetings, a Monday afternoon Awana group for children and youth, and the church’s longest-running program of more than 40 years, the

Fifth Avenue Baptist Church Child Care program. Under the direction of Sandra Allen, it is, according to Olive, “one among a handful of child care programs that has earned and maintained the highest rating from the state.”

By far one of the church’s crown jewels is the “Building on the Rock” program, which offers information and inspiration for home ownership, rebuilding and renovating. Roberts says, “‘Building on the Rock,’ which we co-sponsor along with the Overcoming Believers church, helps members, single mothers and young families to become homeowners for the first time by educating and walking them through the process of buying a home and maintaining status as a homeowner.”

For now, all involved with the church are looking forward to having the physical renovation done by the end of this year.

“The church is a venerable old lady who has fallen on difficult times,” says Olive, “but her spirit remains alive, and I do believe better days are ahead for her!”

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Mayor sings at Beck Karaoke “I Got You Babe” is what Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero wants you to know.

Accompanied by Kevin Taylor, Rogero amazed the crowd with the Sonny & Cher song in the Karaoke Review at Beck Cultural Exchange Center.

If you long for the music of the “good ol’ days,” when it was made by musicians with instruments and you could understand the lyrics that contained a meaningful message, then you should attend the Karaoke Review for Seniors, scheduled from 2 to 4:30 p.m. on the first Thursday each month.

Bob Booker, Beck’s executive director, thought it would be nice to have a place where those who love music from the 1950s through the ’70s could come to fellowship and reminisce to the music they loved.

“Many people have talked to me about wanting to hear this kind of music, and there is nowhere for them to go,” said Booker.

So Booker invited local karaoke artists to perform at the Beck Center Karaoke Review. “This is another outlet for them to express their talents and for those who want to hear it to come,” said Booker. There was no lack of untapped talent and resources eager to oblige.

Kevin Taylor, who accompanied the mayor, got into karaoke while he was in the military. “I became a hustler at winning karaoke contests when I was stationed at Fort Hood in Texas and in Germany.” No longer competing, he still enjoys performing almost weekly at area venues.

Marie Owens of Marie’s Olde Town Tavern on Magnolia Avenue was eager to help. She supplied equipment and a satisfying lunch buffet that included fried chicken as well as lighter fare. Vickie Ward, a regular at Marie’s, was the karaoke jockey.

Ward, who is also a vocalist who prefers rock in the veins of AC/DC and Pat Benatar, sang to Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You” for an audience that was so attentive you could hear a pin drop. She is

currently building Fradenson Publishing to distribute the music of fledgling artists.

Of course, Booker could not resist taking his turn at the mic, with his sultry alto voice singing “My Girl,” a 1964 hit by The Temptations, and later singing Tony Bennett’s signature song of 1962, “I Left My Heart in San Francisco.”

Lisa Williams, whose real jobs are wife, mother and pharmacy tech, enjoyed performing in a safe, drama-free environment of sober listeners. With roots in Southern gospel, Williams also enjoys classics and performed to Etta James’ “At Last” and “Where the Boys Are,” a 1960s hit recorded

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James Swenson, who came to Knoxville from New Orleans with his wife, Alice, just before Hurricane Katrina hit, performed Nat King Cole’s “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” and the “American Trilogy” (“Dixie,” “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” “Hush, Little Baby”) embraced by Elvis Presley.

Classic country music was represented with Richard Johnson singing to “Ring Around Your Neck” and Frances Wilkerson singing to Loretta Lynn’s “Table for Two” and “Coal Miner’s Daughter.”

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News from Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation (KCDC)

Maintenance workers get special training

By Alvin Nance Mark Meade and Johnny Booker, both employees at KCDC, are now up to code – literally and figuratively.

T h e y are two of Nance 18 maintenance workers who were recently honored for completing 90 hours of specialized education. The training served as refresher courses on both repairs and relationships with customers.

Meade, the maintenance supervisor at Guy B. Love Towers, has been a KCDC employee since 2005 and has more than 19 years of experience in building maintenance. He believes the training program will pull together KCDC maintenance workers across all properties as a team and help manage costs.

“This class encourages maintenance staff to treat our residents as customers and do quality work every time,” Meade said.

“We grouped up for handson training, and the newer maintenance staff who didn’t know how to do certain tasks got extra help

KCDC maintenance staff members Mark Meade and Johnny Booker receive their certificates for apartment maintenance technicians from the National Apartment Association (NAA). from the more experienced employees who did.”

Booker has worked at KCDC for 32 years and is currently at Autumn Landing in northwest Knoxville.

“The class touches on more than just maintenance,” Booker said. “The administrative training was the most helpful for me, but it’s always good to have a refresher on maintenance because codes change.”

The 18 maintenance employees were honored for completing training to receive their National Apartment Association (NAA)

Education Institute’s certificate for apartment maintenance technicians (CAMT).

As part of our strategic plan to advance workforce development, KCDC offers many opportunities for professional development and continuing education and commends employees who take advantage of these programs.

These technicians serve an integral role at KCDC because maintenance expenses are the single-largest controllable item in the operating budget. A welltrained staff member can

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These maintenance workers are the foundation of our organization and keep everything running smoothly. I appreciate their hard work and dedication to honing their skills. I congratulate Johnny Booker, Mark Meade and the other maintenance workers who completed this class for a job well done.

Others receiving the certificate were: Roger Carrington, Keith Burnett, Jack Canada, John Flanagan, Jason Wells, Gordon Monroe, Eric Smith, Lee Cooke, Keith Crowe, Mike Givens, Kenny Manis, Wesley Griffin, Jim Estes, Mike Chandler, Bill Rector and Andy Morgan.

Alvin Nance is executive director of KCDC.

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Brothers Michael and Pierce LaMacchia are co-owners of K Brew. Photo by Nancy Whittaker

K Brew: amazing coffee, amazing owners Occasionally when I walk into a business I feel right at home. K Brew is that kind of place.

In 2008, brothers Pierce and Michael LaMacchia went on a coffee tour of the West Coast. They were introduced to different types of coffee beans and interesting brewing techniques.

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New technology improves prosthetic leg for longtime amputee At age 77, longtime track and crosscountry coach Everett Miller is learning to walk again.

“I focus on walking straight, instead of swinging my leg out,” says Miller.

“The key is to balance my muscles and how I distribute my weight.”

Miller is learning to balance and walk on a new prosthetic leg. “It’s starting over from day one. You have to learn to walk all over again every time you get a new leg,” explains Miller as he makes his way across the Gait Training Room of Premier Prosthetic Center.

It’s a learning process Miller knows well. He has learned to adapt to new prosthetic legs numerous times over the decades since his leg was amputated above the knee after a shooting accident in 1957. At the time, Miller was a track star, attending Bowling Green State University in Ohio on a sports scholarship.

After his leg was amputated, Miller was fitted with his first artificial leg.

“It was made of wood in those days,” says Miller. The heavy prosthesis was strapped to his body and wool was used to pad the wooden socket against his upper leg. “I had to make a lot of adjustments, but got used to it,” remembers Miller.

Although losing his leg ended his track career, Miller didn’t let his disability slow him down. He went on to become a teacher and a successful high school track and cross-country coach.

“I wasn’t sure at first if the team would accept me as coach,” remembers Miller. “But, the students saw that I was determined and moved all over the practice fields just like they did. They accepted me overnight.”

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THROUGH SUNDAY, JULY 27 Leonardo Silaghi: 3 Paintings exhibit, Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park. Presenting sponsor is Emerson Process Management. Info: Angela Thomas, 934-2034, or www.knoxart.org.

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Harvey Broome Group outing: Wildlife Float, Rankin Wildlife Management Area, Douglas Lake. 3-5 miles of flatwater paddling. Bring or rent boat. Preregister with Ron Shrieves: 922-3518; ronaldshrieves@ comcast.net (email preferred).

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SUNDAY, JUNE 1 Homecoming, 11 a.m., New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, 7115 Tipton Lane off East Beaver Creek Drive. Featured singers: Michael and Delilah Kitts. Everyone invited.

Knoxville Writers’ Group meeting, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Naples Italian Restaurant, 5500 Kingston Pike.

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TUESDAY, JUNE 3

WEDNESDAY, MAY 28

Karns Branch Library, 7516 Oak Ridge Highway. Info: 470-8663.

Paper Bag Puppets, 2 p.m., Farragut Branch Library, 417 N. Campbell Station Road. Info: 777-1750.

Movie Party: “Despicable Me 2” (PG, 98 min.), 3 p.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Info: 215-8750.

“Founding Spirits: George Washington and the Beginnings of the American Whiskey Industry” Brown Bag lecture by Dr. Dennis J. Pogue, noon, East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Free and open to the public. Info: 215-8824 or www.EastTNHistory.org.

UT Hospice Adult Grief Support Group meeting, 5-6:30 p.m., UT Hospice office, 2270 Sutherland Ave. A light supper is served. Info/reservation: Brenda Fletcher, 544-6277.

Summer Library Club presents magician Michael Messing, 1 p.m., South Knoxville Branch Library, 4500 Chapman Highway. Info: 573-1772.

Sparky and Rhonda Rucker share stories and songs, 2 p.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Info: 470-7033.

Fun With Shakespeare, 3 p.m., Karns Branch Library, 7516 Oak Ridge Highway. The Tennessee Stage Company will present an interactive workshop designed especially for elementary school age children, focusing on the play “Much Ado About Nothing.” Info: 470-8663.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4 Karns Volunteer Fire Department visit, 11 a.m.,

“Frankly Speaking about Lung Cancer,” noon-1:30 p.m., Tennova Health Care, North Knoxville Medical Center, Sister Elizabeth Assembly Room 1st Floor, 7565 Dannaher Drive, Powell. Speaker: Hesamm Gharavi, MD, of Tennessee Cancer Specialists. Light lunch provided. RSVP: 546-4661.

Opening Reception for new exhibition by Depot Artists Association, 5-9 p.m., the Balcony at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. Complimentary hors d’oeuvres provided by The Melting Pot and music by Pistol Creek Catch of the Day. Info: 523-7543 or www.knoxalliance. com.

Amazingly Awesome Science with Dr. Al Hazari, 10:30 a.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Info: 215-8750.

SATURDAY, JUNE 7 Cruise in for St. Jude, noon-7 p.m., Knoxville Wholesale Furniture, 7428 Kingston Pike. Cost: free to spectators, $5 donation to show vehicle. Family friendly games, food, music. Sponsored by Cindy Doyle Agency, State Farm. Info: Josh Crawford or Jessica Lively, 6906300.

Cades Cove tour with Bill Landry, 9 a.m., departing from the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center in Townsend. Tickets: $50 per person; includes light snacks and a cold beverage. Reservations required: 448-8838.

Learn to Do Magic with the Great Bevarino, 10:30 a.m., Karns Branch Library, 7516 Oak Ridge Highway. Info: 470-8663.

2908 E. Magnolia Ave. (East Knoxville)

Thursday, May 29th

5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

First 30 people will receive a $20 gift card courtesy of ORNL Federal Credit Union.

Limit one per family or couple.

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