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IN THIS ISSUE More turmoil at school board Knox County school board drama continues with last week’s revelation that vice chair Gloria Deathridge has health issues that might make it difficult for her to serve a four-year term. She’s a candidate for reelection on Aug. 7, opposed by retired social worker Marshall Walker.

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ESPN disses Vol backfield!

Good old ESPN, more enthused than usual about SEC football, honors us with a backfield ranking.

Truthfully, it doesn’t tell us much we didn’t already know.

Alabama is again loaded. Georgia’s Todd Gurley may be the best running back in America.

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Read Marvin West on page 5

Burchett trivia The Shopper-News interns visited with Judge Thomas Varlan and Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett last week.

Burchett amazed the kids with his eclectic interests and sent them away with Bigfoot bumper stickers. Intern Donna Mitchell compiled a quick list of “Five Things You Didn’t Knox About Mayor Burchett.”

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KSO Q Series at Square Room A new recital series featuring members of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Woodwind Quartet and the Principal Quartet, called the KSO Q Series, begins in September at the Square Room, 4 Market Square.

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Meg Retinger, left, shows attendees a set of ornaments as auctioneer Tammy McCammon prepares to start the bidding at the Hallmark Volunteers ornament premiere-night party at New Salem United Methodist Church. Photos by Betsy Pickle

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Collectors revel as they prepare for Hallmark ornament premiere

By Betsy Pickle It all looked so innocent: a small church dining hall with a buffet of homemade vittles down the middle of the room, red-checkered tablecloths enticing people to sit down and dig in, with a promise of bingo after the meal.

Who could know that beneath the surface was a ticking clock ready to erupt in a frenzy of passionate consumerism?

Well, anyone who knew that it was Hallmark Keepsake Ornament Premiere Night, and that the group at New Salem United Methodist Church on Twin Creek Road was the Hallmark Volunteers club, the local affiliate of the Keepsake Ornament Club.

The ornament-bedecked Christmas tree centerpiece should have been the first clue, and Hallmark products on the auction table and door-prize display should’ve been second and third.

Tammy McCammon, president of the Hall-

mark Volunteers, organizes the shindig at her church every year as the prelude to the ornament premiere event at the Linda’s Hallmark stores at the Gallery and Village Green shopping centers (Linda’s sponsors the club).

The 40-some club members and guests enjoy food, fun and fellowship while counting down the hours until the Hallmark stores open at 10 p.m. so collectors can fill their wish lists and browse until sales can begin at midnight.

It was a full house at New Salem UMC. The club meets six times a year, and the members greeted each other and fell into conversation immediately at the July 11 gathering. They filled their plates with ham, chicken tenders, deviled eggs, cole slaw, potato salad, sliced tomatoes, warm rolls, watermelon, pies, pound cake and cookies and sat down to eat and talk.

After dinner, McCammon started a bingo game in which players penciled in their own numbers – all corresponding to the names of dif-

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ferent ornaments. The winners of the extended game (basically, everyone there) got to choose their own Hallmark item from the display.

It was easy to get into the spirit of the live auction, especially since the funds raised would be going to causes that the club supports such as women’s shelters, animal rescue groups and disease-specific charities. The assortment ranged from practical to collectible, with a variety of ornaments – Barbie, snowmen, barbecue, Snoopy – in sets and gift packages as well as things like a red-white-and-blue afghan and Hallmark and Olympics collector pins.

As McCammon described the auction items, member Meg Retinger of West Knoxville carried them around the room for closer scrutiny, teasing her friends with “all the buzzwords – limited edition, numbered, retired.”

Bidding was friendly – for the most part

Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero says she supports the consolidation of Knoxville and Knox County governments with one very important stipulation: The end result must be a municipal form of government.

“I wouldn’t want to live in a consolidated government that had the current form of county government,” Rogero told members of the Rotary Club of West Knoxville in response to a question from the audience.

Rogero, who served on County Commission for eight years, said that soon after County Mayor Tim Burchett recently announced that he is going to actively push for consolidation of the two governments she met with him and told him her position. “We had a good conversation about it all,” she said.

“We don’t always agree on everything, but we do talk about things, and we get along well.”

Rogero said the city of Knoxville and the areas of Knox County surrounding it “are becoming more and more an urban area, and having one government makes sense. But I like city government.

The buck stops with me. I hire the law director, I hire the tax collector, I hire the police chief, and they

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all report to me. I’m responsible for what happens.”

In addition, she said, she likes the fact that elective offices in the city are nonpartisan, as opposed to the county’s highly partisan structure.

Elected to the office in 2011, Rogero is the city’s 68th mayor.

She told Rotarians that she understands that as business leaders and entrepreneurs “your job is to create jobs, and mine is to create the climate that makes that possible – that ensures we have the

quality of life that people will want to live and work here.”

To do that, she says, the city has used Tax Increment Financing (TIFs) and other “strategic tools,” including public infrastructure and façade grants, to help create a vibrant downtown.

“Historically, there had been a lack of investment in downtown.

We have used these tools to make things happen that otherwise would not have happened. We are now starting to see some of those TIFs roll off and tax dollars come to the city.”

Rogero cited numerous initiatives sponsored by or encouraged by the city, including the University Commons soon to open on a former brownfield on Cumberland Avenue.

“Six years ago, then-Mayor Haslam began working with stakeholders on that project. It represents $130 million in private investment.”

The revamping of Cumberland Avenue itself has had some scheduling changes, as important factors like University of Tennessee football traffic have to be taken into consideration, Rogero said.

One important visual blight will be eliminated: Knoxville Utilities Board has agreed to move utility lines into the back alleys that parallel the street instead of burying

them underground, thus saving millions in taxpayer dollars.

Rogero said another significant infusion of private money – some $165 million – along with a TIF that will delay payment of taxes for a certain time, is making the Tennova project south of the river on the old Baptist Hospital property a reality.

A design model has been created for the first four blocks of a plan to revitalize Magnolia Avenue as the city moves to make that portion of East Knoxville more livable and attractive to visitors and residents alike, as it has done in North Knoxville near Central Avenue, she said.

The mayor also pointed to the city’s massive Urban Wilderness project and bike trails as a success story that will bring ever-increasing numbers of tourists and their dollars to the area. She pointed out that outdoor recreation is a $6 billion industry in Tennessee.

And yes, she says she hears complaints about the lack of parking downtown and in the Cumberland Avenue area, and that is why the city has granted TIFs for garage construction in those areas.

“But here’s the good news,” she said with a smile. “We need more parking because there’s more development going on.”

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Delivering an experience a new mom expects As a nurse practitioner herself, Shana Beach of Knoxville, 31, wanted state-ofthe-art technology near her when she delivered her own first child. She chose Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center because of its relationship to East Tennessee Children’s Hospital across the street.

“I had experience in a children’s hospital in Boston, and I wanted to be at a hospital that had easy access to a NICU (neonatal intensive care unit) just in case something went wrong,” Beach said.

But everything went smoothly on April 2, when Beach and her husband, Alex, welcomed Gabriella Marian. After about 13 hours of labor, Gabriella weighed 7 pounds, 1.8 ounces and was delivered in a normal, low-risk birth in a Fort Sanders LDRP (labor, delivery, recovery room and postpartum).

The spacious rooms allow the mother and her family to stay in one location for the entire hospital stay.

“That was great,” Beach said. “We didn’t have to move anything and the room we were in was large. When I had a couple of visitors, there was plenty of room. My husband slept in a recliner chair and he was very comfortable.”

The first six hours of labor were not painful, Beach said. “I thought, ‘If this is labor I can do this,’ ” she said. “But at 8 o’clock I was starting to feel contractions in my back, and over the next two hours they got so severe.”

Beach had an epidural anesthetic and

Alex and Shana Beach welcomed their first child, Gabriella Marian, on April 2 of this year at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center. was able to rest for a while, and then her baby was born at 5:50 p.m. “She came out pink and screaming,” Beach said.

Throughout the birth experience, Beach said she was surrounded by many helpful hands at Fort Sanders.

“My husband was a great coach, he was

rubbing my back the whole time,” she said.

“The nurse who helped deliver was incredible; she kind of coached me through everything. She knew her stuff and was very encouraging and professional. Dr. (Caroline) Haney-Weaver is very smart and very encouraging. I felt very comfortable with her.”

Finding the right time to deliver Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center has been recognized by the Tennessee Hospital Association for reducing the number of babies born electively between 37 and 39 weeks, thereby increasing their chances for better lifelong health.

Fort Sanders Regional received the recognition from the THA’s Tennessee Center for Patient Safety, along with fellow Covenant Health facilities Parkwest Medical Center, LeConte Medical Center, Methodist Medical Center and MorristownHamblen Healthcare System.

Fort Sanders Regional met the goal of decreasing the number of babies delivered electively between 37 and 39 weeks gestation to 5 percent or less, and maintained the goal level for a minimum of six consecutive months. The hospital was awarded a congratulatory banner to recognize their teams’ outstanding effort.

“This is vital for our patients and the quality of care we provide,” Bernie Hurst, director of women’s services at Fort Sanders Regional, said. “We’ve had these standards in place at Regional for several years, Bernie Hurst so this highlights the hard work of many.”

The two-week wait dramatically increases the chances for good

physical and developmental health of babies. It also allows for better health and safety of the mother.

There is a greater risk of complications associated with births prior to 39 weeks, and waiting until then allows for better growth and development of vital organs such as the brain, lungs and liver.

“Babies born too early are at risk for respiratory distress, jaundice, hypoglycemia and other conditions that require more medical care and put them at greater risk for death before their first birthday,” said Craig Becker, THA president. “That is why the work being done at these hospitals is so vitally important to all Tennesseans. Results like these represent the combined efforts of every single professional at these hospitals, from the physicians and nursing staff to the board of trustees.”

Fort Sanders Regional is part of a statewide Healthy Tennessee Babies Are Worth the Wait initiative launched less than two years ago to increase awareness of the benefits of full-term delivery. In May 2012, nearly 16 percent of all Tennessee deliveries that occurred prior to 39 weeks gestation were considered elective. Today, that number has been reduced by almost 85 percent. Among other activities, the Covenant obstetrics departments adopted a strict policy that prohibits early elective deliveries before 39 weeks unless

After the birth, even the housekeeping staff impressed her, Beach said. “They came in periodically to mop the floor,” she said. “Everything always felt clean, open and bright. Our room had a beautiful view of the Smoky Mountains.”

During her pregnancy, Beach took advantage of several classes at the “Teddy Bear University” at Fort Sanders, which offers dozens of courses to help get new parents ready for labor, delivery and newborn care.

Beach also had a lactation consultant visit her during her two days in the hospital.

“Twice, I had questions and they came quickly and answered them. Plus, I took a breast-feeding class and that was really helpful. My husband took it, too.”

After two nights at Fort Sanders, the new Beach family was ready to go home.

“A pediatrician came and talked to us, and a discharge nurse came in to talk to us about basic baby care,” she said.

And even though she’s an experienced nurse herself, Beach said the information was helpful.

“I know how babies happen in textbooks and on paper, and I had (studied) labor and delivery. But as a patient, it’s a whole new, scary, wonderful experience that I could not have prepared for at all.”

Beach said she would recommend Fort Sanders to anyone expecting a new baby.

“I couldn’t have asked for a better team,” she said.

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Also, with neonatologists, perinatologists, obstetricians, a highlycertified nursing staff and the ability to transfer extreme cases to East Tennessee Children’s Hospital within minutes, Regional is able to accommodate any type of pregnancy.

“We have any and everything a new mother would want or need when delivering a baby,” Hurst said. “This recognition is just a small indication of the wonderful things going on here.”

“A healthy, full-term baby is always worth the wait, and Covenant Health is proud to lead this effort to decrease the number of infants delivered electively before 39 weeks,” said Jim VanderSteeg, Covenant Health executive vice presidenthospital operations. “Two additional weeks may not seem like much time, but for an infant, it can mean the difference between complications leading to lifelong health issues and a healthy and robust start.”

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SOUTH KNOX Shopper news • JULY 23, 2014 • 3 Tiffany Kirkland, back left, and half-siblings Genie, Honey, Jonah, Brodie and Jazmyn head into Chick-fil-A with, back center and right, parents Susan and Terry.

Betsy Stark and daughters Madeline, Julia, Phoebe, Emma and Charlotte flank neighbors Herb and Carol Adkison at the South Knoxville Chick-fil-A. Photos by Betsy Pickle

Let’s hear it for the cows If the powers that be ever decree a new national holiday, I hope it’s Cow Appreciation Day. It’s like Halloween – with chicken.

The South Knoxville Chick-fil-A cornered the market on cuteness on the 2014 Cow Appreciation Day. Young and old, small and large, friends and family – every variety of herd started heading into the restaurant at early dinnertime, upping the attendance from lunch.

The national promotion inspired all kinds of creativity. Any amount of effort was rewarded with a free chicken sandwich.

Head-to-toe attire earned a free meal. Some worked wonders with white trash bags and construction-paper spots. Others put on a mask and called it a day. It

“With a family of seven, it costs a lot to go out to eat,” she said.

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was easy to get carried away snapping pictures, and it was a task that could’ve continued all night.

Kudos to Susan Kirkland of South Knoxville, who turned prepping for the event into a family art project. She waited until her kids went to bed the previous night before attacking their white T-shirts with a Sharpie. Their costumes came complete with cow noses and horns. She wanted those free meals!

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The Round-Up Restaurant, one of the friendliest places in South Knoxville, played host to yet another political event a few days before early voting started.

Owner Sam Tobea opened the restaurant on Sunday, July 13, for a meetand-greet with Daniel Kidd, candidate for Fourth Circuit Court judge. Kidd and wife Deni spent lunchtime with supporters and new friends on the sunny Sunday in the Round-Up’s refreshing AC. Free tea for the first 30 diners purchased by one supporter surely was an en-

Ann Graf, left, and Peggy Tubbs pause next to one of the many crepe myrtles at Woodlawn Christian Church after talking to the South Knoxville Neighborhood and Business Coalition about Chapman Highway being the 2015 featured Dogwood Trail. ville Neighborhood and Business Coalition got attendees thinking pink – and white.

South Knoxvillians Ann Graf and Peggy Tubbs from the Dogwood Arts Festival’s Dogwood Trails committee spoke to the SKNBC about a big deal for South Knoxville.

The Chapman Highway ■ Dogwood time Trail will be the featured Dogwood Trail during the in SoKno 2015 festival, and the time Special guests at the July to start getting ready is now. meeting of the South KnoxGraf said there had been ticement, but voters seemed genuinely interested in quizzing Kidd about his plans. Whether they’ll vote for him remains to be seen, but there’s no doubt they’ll be back for the restaurant’s chicken salad, which won in a landslide.

some discussion of skipping the Chapman Highway trail in the rotation to give South Knoxville more time to recover after the long-awaited reopening of the Henley Bridge, but support was on SoKno’s side.

“We need to get homeowners and garden clubs and schools thinking about showing their pride in South Knoxville,” she said. “I just want the whole town to know that South Knoxville is across the bridge, and we’re pretty.”

SKNBC is made up of representatives from neighborhood, community and business groups. Graf encouraged the members to get excited themselves and reach out to residents who live on the trail to find ways to improve their property.

Planting a dogwood tree is a solid first step, she said, and other landscaping efforts could begin now or in the fall. But this is a good time to think about tackling exterior home-improvement projects that may have been neglected for a while.

SKNBC members embraced suggestions from Graf and Tubbs and started bouncing around ideas concerning the trail before deciding to channel their enthusiasm into a committee.

Stay tuned for more on the Chapman trail and ways you can help brighten your spot in South Knoxville.

Treasurer Janice Tocher reminded members that the deadline for paying dues is July 31, and any group that hasn’t paid dues by the August meeting will not be allowed to participate in voting.

SKNBC meets at 6:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month at Woodlawn Christian Church.

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Hallmark Volunteers members and guests squeeze together for a group shot.

‘Tis the season – but a few desirables provoked heated action. The room exploded when one offering drew a bid of $100.

Although the recession hurt collecting in general, premiere night indicated that Hallmark collectors remain loyal.

McCammon’s aunt, South Knoxvillian Mary Evelyn Frei, said she puts up three full-size and eight miniature trees filled with ornaments each Christmas. McCam-

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Frei, who’s been collecting since 1991, says she launched McCammon on her obsession with Keepsake Ornaments.

“Her mother could probably kill me,” she said.

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government Turmoil on the school board Knox County school board drama continues with last week’s revelation that vice chair Gloria Deathridge has health issues that might make it difficult for her to serve a four-year term. She’s a candidate for reelection on Aug. 7, opposed by retired social worker Marshall Walker.

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Four of the eight members who voted to extend Superintendent James McIntyre’s contract until 2018 are already leaving the board in September.

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Ailor vs. Wimberly: Looking for signs Judges are different from the rest of us (apologies to F. Scott Fitzgerald). Candidates for judgeships are bound by standards of conduct designed to preserve

Severance did not seek reelection. Pam Trainor was defeated in the primary. InBetty dya Kincannon is resigning Bean in August to travel with her family to Slovenia.

Deathridge has been a constant vote for McIntyre. the dignity and integrity of the court, and in Knoxville’s legal community, there also I don’t know Scott Green, has been a kind of unspoken agreement” but I do know Leland Price. “gentleman’s I met him at Louis’ Original that judges who are doing Restaurant. He was eating a pretty good job won’t face with our movie reviewer, opposition come reelection Nikki Humphrey. They time.

Although judges are chomarried, had two kids and sen by a partisan process, live in Halls.

Leland is smart (Harvard they are expected to keep Law), brave (served in Iraq) politics off the bench, and and tough enough to pros- that is exactly what they alecute criminals including most always do.

But the Republican tide those involved in the brutal slaying of Chris Newsom that swept Democrats out and Channon Christian. But of power in Nashville in is he mean enough to beat 2010 prompted an emboldened GOP to launch an agScott Green? gressive “Red to the Roots” We’ll find out on Aug. 7.

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Hall vs. Daniel race picks up steam State Rep. Steve Hall made news this weekend when he said on WBIR-TV he is supporting Stacey Campfield for reelection to the state Senate over Richard Briggs in the Aug. 7 GOP primary. He did this in response to a question from Knoxville attorney Don Bosch. No other Knox lawmaker has endorsed Campfield in the GOP primary.

It is no secret that Hall and Campfield are close personally and politically, but this is the first time Hall has publicly endorsed Campfield and made it clear they are a team in Nashville.

Martin Daniel, Hall’s opponent, said he opposed

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Campfield. Hall and Campfield sponsored legislation to sell Lakeshore Park, the most used park in the city.

The Daniel-Hall contest for state representative in West Knox County continues to heat up. It is fierce.

Hall is also now under fire for accepting donations from Tennova PAC both before and after sponsoring legislation to remove the

scenic-route designation on Middlebrook Pike to allow Tennova to move there so high buildings could be constructed against neighborhood wishes.

On WATE-TV, Hall said he was unaware Tennova had given him a campaign donation at that time. However, his treasurer is his son, Steve Hall II, which causes one to question the accuracy of that response since one assumes father and son talk to each other often.

Hall has attacked Daniel for being in the outdoor-advertising business. Daniel says he will recuse himself from voting on legislation impacting that industry.

Daniel has questioned Hall mailing a legislative questionnaire at public expense just weeks before the primary. Legislative rules help incumbents in this area.

Campfield has used his tax-

News you’ll never read Perry commissions Statue of Liberty replica Texas Gov. Rick Perry said today that the state will begin construction of a bronze replica of the Statue of Liberty to be erected at a still-undetermined site near the Mexican border.

“Texas is a big state with a big heart,” Perry said.

“Texans will never turn their back on children in need of shelter.”

The statue will not be an exact replica. It will rise 320 feet, 15 feet higher than the original on Liberty Island, and be topped with a Stetson.

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“Everything is bigger in Texas,” Perry said.

Bipartisan effort underway to trim Congressional pay House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi pledged today to support legislation retroactively reducing congressional pay by

85 percent for the current fiscal year.

The bipartisan announcement came just days after a Gallup poll found that only 15 percent of Americans approved of the job Congress is doing.

“Heck, 22 percent in that poll said we should all be fired,” McCarthy noted.

“I believe, and Rep. Pelosi agrees, that returning most of our salary is the least we can do.”

“Most of us are just your average millionaires,” Pelosi added, “except for Darrell Issa. Don’t make me go there!”

campaign designed to drive Democrats out of local offices. This specifically includes judicial candidates.

In Knoxville, two respected Democrats, Chancellor Daryl Fansler and Circuit Court Judge Harold Wimberly, find themselves facing opposition from younger, less experienced candidates. Wimberly has been on the bench for 27 years and is being challenged by Republican Bill Ailor, who says the state party didn’t recruit him and isn’t involved in his campaign, despite Ailor being named a “Red to the Roots” featured candidate.

Contrary to common wisdom, Ailor says he chose to run against Wimberly rather than participate in the three-way primary scrum for the Circuit Court seat being vacated by the retiring Judge Dale Workman, and he is not a part of a GOP plan to take over the state’s judiciary.

Knox County GOP chair Ruthie Kuhlman responded with a big guffaw when

asked to comment on the further common wisdom that she recruited Ailor and the elusive Clarence “Eddie” Pridemore, who is running against Fansler. She says she didn’t even meet Pridemore until after the filing deadline, and although she knows Ailor’s family, she had nothing to do with his decision to run (something Ailor confirms), despite the fact that her daughter-inlaw McCalla Kuhlman is managing Ailor’s campaign.

For that matter, Kuhlman says she probably knows Wimberly’s family, too, although she is ticked at him for trying to make people think he is a Republican. This is an odd accusation since Wimberly has been repeatedly reelected on the Democratic ticket, but Kuhlman is insistent.

“He’s a Democrat who’s trying to portray himself as a Republican. He has signs with the word “Republican” and our trademark elephant on them,” she said.

(Evidently Kuhlman is aggravated about the “Re-

publicans for Wimberly” signs that are sprouting up in prominent Republican front yards, perhaps including those belonging to Ron Isenberg, Barry Litton, Bob McGee, Tucker Montgomery, Rick Powers, Caesar Stair, Bill Swann, Tom McAdams, Victor Ashe, E. Michael Brezina, Raja Jubran, John King, Richard Krieg, Arthur Seymour and Tim Wheeler.)

The signs and the elephant are black and white, and do not infringe on the GOP’s trademarked pachyderm, which is red, white and blue.

Do not look for fireworks in this race, unless Kuhlman goes out looking for signs.

paid communications fund for cable TV. Daniel, who lives off Northshore Drive in West Knox County, is self-funding most of his campaign with $80,000. Hall has a similar amount of campaign funding, but it comes primarily from PACs, including ones in Washington, D.C., Texas and Pennsylvania.

This contest has gone from a sleeper with Hall far ahead to a much more competitive contest than anyone imagined two months ago.

Stay tuned.

■ MPC: Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett has sent MPC chair Becky Longmire a letter dated July 14 asking for an explanation as to the openness of the hiring process at MPC used to employ Dave Hill.

It will be interesting to see what Longmire writes back and whether she shares her

response with the other 14 MPC commissioners. She can be assured it will be a public record. Burchett appoints 8 of the 15 members.

■ Gordon Ball, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate, filed his disclosure form with the U.S. Senate Ethics Committee July 14 (60 days after the other candidates, but with an authorized extension). He values his holdings at SunTrust at between $5 million and $25 million plus his personal net worth between $1 million and $5 million.

He owns a condominium in Destin, Fla., worth between $1 million and $5 million, but his home at 7001 Old Kent in West Knoxville is less valuable, topping out at $500,000, according to this form. However, that is strange since the appraisal at the Property Assessor office on which his

property taxes are based is $805,000. Seems odd that Ball understates the value of his home by $300,000.

Ball may need to amend his filing to correct this significant difference.

■ Terry Adams, Ball’s principal Democratic opponent, has not questioned this or Ball’s delay in filing the forms. Adams was on time with his filing on May 15.

■ Tom Humphrey, highly respected and veteran journalist, winds down his work for the News Sentinel in July. He will continue with his blog and occasional columns. He is also now an adviser to the weekly Tennessee Journal, published in Nashville. His insightful and thoughtful analysis of the news will be missed.

■ Sen. Lamar Alexander kicks off a reelection bus tour of the state on Friday, July 25, in Maryville.

The White House praised the news.

“This is change we can believe in,” President Obama said. “Following this example, I will refund 51 percent of my pay this year to the American people.

Heck of a job, Gallup!”

The announcement prompted House Speaker John Boehner to cancel his regular tanning appointment and call a hasty press conference.

“Who am I kidding suing the president? That’s like General Motors suing Cobalt buyers for poor car-buying judgment. The American people should bring a class-action suit against Congress!”

Sheriff calls for con-

solidation Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett’s suggestion for consolidating some functions of city and county government “doesn’t go far enough,” says Sheriff Jimmy “J.J.” Jones.

“Combining tax collections for the city and county is a good idea, but the real savings are in law enforcement. Why, I have enough deputy chiefs and assistants alone to field a couple of soccer teams,” Jones said.

Jones also criticized the practice of electing Knox County’s chief law-enforcement official.

“We need to get politics out of the sheriff’s office,” he said. “The top police officer should be selected by

the mayor from a carefully vetted list of candidates. I think they already do that somewhere around here.”

Jimmy Haslam to take vow of poverty Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam stunned fellow billionaires today during an interview on ESPN. “Money isn’t everything. I’ve been thinking about that $92 million fine I just paid and how many doughnuts or cans of dip that would have bought for needy drivers.”

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Shopper news • JULY 23, 2014 • 5 (2) Marlin Lane has been promising but inconsistent for three years and (3) Jalen Hurd is a rookie.

An inexperienced ofpower and speed at Missouri. The Mississippis are fensive line may have influgood but less than great. enced the thinking.

ESPN did not reach this The future is not so far away bold conclusion, but if the at Kentucky.

Where all this is running Tennessee running game is here: Everybody except ends up No. 13 in the SEC, Vanderbilt is rated ahead of this will not be a bowl team.

Tennessee.

Option 1: Coaches can When I first looked at the sleep fast and work toward a list, I hoped it was in alpha- small miracle with offensive betical order. It wasn’t. It linemen. just started with Alabama, Even if Don Mahoney as usual, and ended with takes long naps, I refuse Vandy, as usual. to believe this group will ESPN says the Volunteers cause a sharp decline from are 13th because (1) they the previous line – which lack a running quarterback wasn’t as good as it should in an offense structured have been. It had more fame around the read-option, than force.

SEC backfield ratings Good old ESPN, more olina has a good one in Mike enthused than usual about Davis.

SEC football, honors us with Johnny Manziel is gone a backfield ranking. from Texas A&M (you knew that!), which means somebody else must run around with the Aggie football.

Florida is rich in talent. back may be the Marvin Running Gators’ strongest position.

West Auburn has four or more to produce touchdowns and share headlines.

Arkansas is ranked No. Truthfully, it doesn’t tell 4 but needs offensive-line us much we didn’t already improvement. LSU has Terknow. Alabama is again rence Magee and Leonard loaded. Georgia’s Todd Gur- Fournette, the nation’s No. ley may be the best running 1 recruit. Junior Russell back in America. South Car- Hansbrough is a blend of

Democrats need less Obama, more Howard Baker Folks rarely say good things about politicians.

However, the late Howard Baker has been widely (and deservedly) praised by members of both political parties.

If Ronald Reagan was the “great communicator,” then Baker was the “great conciliator,” lauded for his civility and willingness to reach across the aisle for the good of the country.

We all could learn a lot from Howard Baker, but Tennessee Democrats could learn even more.

In 1966, Baker became the first popularly elected Republican senator from Tennessee since Reconstruction.

Before Baker, a Republican had little chance of getting elected statewide. Baker’s civility served him well and helped him win over voters who didn’t agree with him on every issue.

Today, state Democrats find themselves in a similar position. The opposing party dominates state government,

Scott Frith

so much so that the Democrats have retreated to urban areas and mostly non-partisan offices. It is not a good time to be a Democrat in Tennessee. Of course, it wasn’t a good time to be a Republican before 1966, either.

Baker’s successes show a way forward for Tennessee Democrats. Unlike the slashand-burn strategies that are popular today, state Democrats should adopt a more civil, conciliatory tone. Democrats should promote issues Tennesseans favor and avoid issues Tennesseans oppose.

It’s tough to get folks to vote for you when you accuse them of being racist.

Too many Democrats believe that Republicans only oppose

Barack Obama’s policies because he is African-American. (These folks conveniently forget that Republicans opposed Bill Clinton, too.)

This kind of rhetoric is an ugly smear. The next Democrat elected statewide won’t use this rhetoric but instead will be reaching across party lines when possible for the good of the state.

Democrats are not going to be a majority party in Tennessee anytime soon; however, Baker was first elected 45 years before Republicans emerged as the dominant party. Yet, Baker proved that a member of the minority party can have a profound impact. While there may never be another Howard Baker, aspiring Democratic leaders in Tennessee would be wise to follow Baker’s example.

Tennessee Democrats could use a little less Barack Obama and a lot more Howard Baker.

Scott Frith is a local attorney. You can reach him at scott@pleadthefrith.com.

Jacob Gilliam is my poster person for this new front.

This will be his fifth year. It has all been uphill. He came as a walk-on. He was redshirted because he wasn’t considered good enough to play. He invested two seasons with the scout squad.

He appeared in one game in 2012 and two last fall.

This spring he beat out junior college all-American Dontavius Blair and finished as the starting left tackle. Blair will eventually get the idea, but Gilliam, with heart and smarts, taught everybody a lesson: All things are possible.

I predict Marcus Jackson, Mack Crowder, Kyler Kerbyson, Coleman Thomas, Dylan Wiesman, etc.,

will exceed expectations.

Option 2: Butch Jones can rethink his offensive concept, reclassify quarterback keepers as occasional surprises and demand significant improvement in the passing game. He has the receivers to make running backs look much better.

Lane is not a loser and may even develop into a leader. Hurd looks like a tight end until he breaks free into the secondary.

Derrell Scott has ability.

There are other possibilities. I do not believe these guys will finish 13th in net production.

I really like it when ESPN is wrong.

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

Burchett plans Back to School Bash Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett will host the annual Back to School Bash 3-6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 11, at the Knoxville Expo Center, 5441 Clinton Highway.

The event is an opportunity for students to get free school supplies and health screenings, and to enjoy Bee DeSelm and Liane Russell, honorees of the YWCA Tribute activities, free food, speto Women, use an amplifier as they chat near the food line. cial programs, vendors and Photo by S. Clark more.

More than 4,000 people attended last year’s event.

The Bash is free and open to I was honored when Bee We once had six women the public.

It is sponsored by the DeSelm asked me to drive on Knox County Commisher to last week’s reception sion. Now we have Amy Knoxville Expo Center, Star 102.1 and UnitedHealthcare at the YWCA honoring 30 Broyles.

Bee DeSelm was not the Community Plan. women who have made a difference over the past 30 most effective commissionyears. er, but no one doubted her School board forum The League of Women There was a fit and trim integrity.

Mary Costa; pioneer radiolDespite diminished ca- Voters will host a public ogist and entrepreneur Dr. pacity, Bee still outpaces forum from 6 to 7:30 p.m.

Kamilia Kozlowski, 20-plus me. “A walker is useful when Thursday, July 24, at Lawothers and DeSelm. She and crossing the street,” she said son McGhee Library.

School board candiMary Lou Horner were the when I dropped her at an infirst women elected to the tersection. Sure enough, she dates from District 1, Gloria county’s legislative body, scurried across two lanes Deathridge and Marshall and up a flight of stairs be- Walker, and District 6, back in 1976.

Terry Hill and Sandra RowHorner was also selected fore I parked the car.

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Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett shows the interns a video on his smart phone. Photos by R. White

Five things you didn’t know about Mayor Burchett

By Donna Mitchell Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett allowed the Shopper-News to visit with him last Tuesday. In newspapers and on TV he appears to be like your regular straightlaced politician, but there happens to be a little more under the surface. Here are five of the most interesting things about Mayor Burchett.

■ He is certified to teach five subjects including art.

Burchett does enjoy making a good Play-Doh dinosaur by the way.

■ He is the proud member of a metal detector club; he boasts that he’s even found a Civil War bullet on Kingston Pike.

■ He has bamboo growing in his backyard and is using it to make a skateboard. Let’s just say the first one didn’t work out as planned.

■ He has autographs

from country music greats Reba McEntire, Martina McBride, and Montgomery Gentry to name a few.

■ He’s behind bringing popular TV show “Finding Bigfoot” to the East Tennessee area.

Did you ever imagine any of these things by looking at the mayor?

Finding out little facts like these is a good reminder that regardless of people’s jobs, opinions, beliefs or what have you, people are still people point blank.

Every once in a while we should cast aside our judgments and predispositions, and allow ourselves to see the humanity that lies within all of us.

While you’re pondering these interesting facts, maybe join your local metal detector club or attend a Bigfoot sighting group, they’re some good people.

The interns go through tight security at the federal courthouse. Joshua Mode shows his identification to the guard while Zoe Risley, Laken Scott and Charlie Hamilton observe the process.

The interns were honored to sit down to lunch with Judge Thomas Varlan during the visit to the federal courthouse. Pictured in the conference room are (clockwise, from left) Zoe Risley, Donna Mitchell, Laken Scott, senior court clerk Jill McCook, Varlan, Joshua Mode, Julia Craft and Charlie Hamilton.

The interns go to court

By Sara Barrett The interns’ most recent outing led them to Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett’s office to learn about metal detecting, Bigfoot and being a Republican.

“I had to miss my metal detecting club last night,” said Mayor Burchett, while flexing a piece of bamboo in his hands. He pointed the stick at the interns. “Bamboo is from the grass family.”

The mayor told the group about the perks of being in his position. “There’s not a typical day … there are lots of ribbon-cuttings. I get a lot of calls from parents during the school year. I go to a lot

of funerals. I like to talk to folks, and I answer phone calls. People are surprised sometimes when I call them back … at that point I am democracy to those folks.”

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Chief U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Varlan points out a painting of the courthouses by Bobbie Crews. The Howard H. Baker Jr. Courthouse is at the top; the Custom House is the bottom left and the U.S. Post Office and Courthouse is at the bottom right. In the center is a naturalization ceremony.

Considering his upcoming marriage, the mayor said he doesn’t have much free time on his hands with his job duties and his impending stepdad status.

Before leaving, the interns were given notepads, pencils, commemorative pins (made in America) and a Bigfoot bumper sticker, all straight from a drawer of the mayor’s desk.

The interns seemed a bit surprised by the mayor’s … individuality, and it seemed Burchett picked up on that.

“I’m a weird Republican, but that’s cool,” he said.

After stashing their free Burchett swag, the interns headed through security at the federal courthouse. It’s a good thing they have angelic faces, because most of the interns are too young to have photo identification. This posed a problem for the gruff (but sweet) officers who greeted them at the door.

Courthouse historian

Don Ferguson went above and beyond during a tour of relics from courtrooms past, sharing courtroom trivia connected to East Tennessee history.

A small jar encased in plastic shows the now infamous snail darter, a species whose threat of extinction halted construction of the Tellico Dam. The little fellow in the jar was used as evidence during the 1978 trial (TVA v. HILL, 437 U.S. 153).

Courtroom sketches

by James Earl Ray’s wife, Anna Sandhu Ray, are also on display. The images were sketched long before the two married.

Ferguson led the group to the main boardroom of the courthouse where the Lunchbox had delivered sandwiches, fruit cups and cookies for everyone. Ferguson, Chief Judge Thomas Varlan, senior law clerk Jill McCook and division manager Kathy Keeton joined us

for lunch before the group watched a change of plea and a sentencing take place in the courtroom.

Judge Varlan could not have been more generous with his time, or with his hospitality. Shortly before going on the bench he answered any questions asked and talked about what it takes to become a lawyer and a judge, and what he liked most about his job.

“It is so varied,” said Varlan. “There’s something different every day.” Although the Shopper group hoped for stories similar to those seen on “Law and Order,” the judge said it’s pretty calm in his courtroom, but everyone seems to like it that way.

Next week, the interns will tour both Tennessee and Bijou theaters before having lunch from the Gonzo Gourmet food truck and checking out “underground” Gay Street. Stay tuned!

Don Ferguson provided an informative tour of the federal courthouse. Behind Ferguson is an old blackboard, with markings from an old court case still legible.

How did it come to this?

A 13-year-old’s look into gun violence and drug crimes

By Zoe Risley Picture this: you’re watching a church production of the musical “Annie,” it’s barely into the second scene and you hear a loud BANG. A gunman has entered the church. Everyone scrambles. Most people make it out, but not unscarred. They have been changed forever.

Two are dead, six are injured and a young Zoe Risley has been traumatized.

That’s me by the way. This incident is only one of hundreds upon thousands of firearm crimes committed over the past several years.

This week we visited the Federal Courthouse and met with Chief Judge Thomas Varlan and historian Don Ferguson. They both said that most of the cases they see these days are drug and firearm related.

Ferguson remembers the first drug case seen in the Federal Court of Eastern Tennessee. “Someone had

(whispers) marijuana. Even as a journalist [at the time] this was surprising to me.”

That was in 1981, over 30 years ago. From then until now this has become the norm. And according to the US Department of Justice’s report on firearm violence from 1993-2011, the number of people victim to firearm violence (fatal and non-fatal) in 2011 alone was 478,400. That is too high.

A little while ago when certain laws were passed allowing people to bring firearms into restaurants and businesses, I was enraged. I had seen what gun violence does to people, even myself, even if they aren’t physically harmed. If guns hurt people why do we even have them?

It would of course be ideal for there to be no such thing as firearm and drug cases, but that of course is irrational and improbable.

What is probable is a world with a little less drug and gun crimes.

There are so many ways to prevent people from going down the wrong path, but it’s not the methods of prevention that are faulty, its people like you and me who don’t know or care enough to help people about to get into drugs or commit acts of violence.

Many people will use guns to rob convenience stores, but if they have a relative or friend who will let them stay with them or give them some support, it can make the difference of life or death. Show someone the love and support you would show a friend or relative.

Now, I’m not asking you to go hug a random stranger who’s on drugs. All I want to see in this world is people helping one another with their problems and concerns. I don’t know how the gun violence and drug problem got so bad, or why, but I do know how we can end it.

See you next week!

An editorial cartoon of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin by Knoxville News Sentinel artist Dan Proctor is one item on display in the courthouse museum. Palin was in Knoxville in March 2010 to testify in a U.S. District Court trial.

A down-to-earth man

By Julia Grant Mayor Burchett enjoys metal detecting and is very passionate about his job.

He may be the mayor, but he is also a caring man about everyone and every-

thing. He’s always busy, but always makes time for his soon-to-be wife and her daughter.

Tim Burchett is a very down-to-earth man. He makes things out of the

bamboo that grows in his back yard, he composts, he gardens and does everything he loves.

Mayor Burchett loves his state and all the people in it.

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Spencer Brasseaux teaches Cha Cha Rumba at Eaux Performance & Dance Company, 6305 Baum Drive.

Photo by Wendy Smith

News from Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation (KCDC)

KCDC employees embrace community

By Alvin Nance

New performing-arts studio in West Knox Before Spencer Brasseaux learned ballroom dancing, he was socially awkward. He stuttered and didn’t have the confidence to carry on a conversation.

When he took his first class at age 13, he hated it. But he took another class the following day.

Dance helped Brasseaux become what he is today − co-owner and teacher at Eaux Performance and Dance Company, 6305

ner. The studio, which manages to be both industrial and glamorous, opened for business just a few weeks Wendy ago. Students are already Smith flocking to classes like Cha Cha Rumba, Hip Hop, and Full-Figured and Fabulous, along with traditional ballroom, jazz and modern.

Baum Drive.

On the theater side, “I don’t know what I would do without it,” he Eaux! Improv is offered every Wednesday night. says.

Brasseaux hopes to creMatt Killingsworth is Brasseaux’s business part- ate an inviting environ-

ment where everyone feels welcome. There are classes for kids and adults, and scholarships are available to those who might not otherwise be able to afford performing arts. There are adults-only socials on Friday nights and special children’s events like a recent “Frozen” family movie night.

To see a class and event schedule: www.

EauxKnoxville.com.

KSO Q Series at Square Room A new recital series featuring members of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Woodwind Quartet and the Principal Quartet, called the KSO Q Series, begins in September at the Square Room, 4 Market Square.

Support from the Aslan Foundation

allowed KSO’s five principal woodwinds to become full-time members of the core orchestra last season, giving them the opportunity to participate in educational programs as well as the Q Series.

The concerts are at noon Wednesdays on Sept. 24, Oct. 22, Jan. 28,

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THROUGH SUNDAY, JULY 27 “Thumbelina” presented by the Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Ave. Performances: 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 1 and 5 p.m. Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday. Info/reservations: 208-3677 or www. knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com.

March 25 and April 29. Tickets, which include a boxed lunch, can be purchased in advance for $15, beginning Aug. 18, or for $20 at the door. Patrons can purchase a subscription to the series for $75. Info: www.knoxvillesymphony.com or 291-3310.

Square Dance lessons sponsored by Volunteer Travelers will begin at Square Dance Inc., 820 Tulip St. Beginning classes: 7-8:15 p.m.; brush-up-plus classes: 8:15-9 p.m. Instructor: Bill Fox. Cost: $5. Info: Janice Fox, 689-2665.

Summer Library Club presents the Zoomobile, 10:30 a.m., Sequoyah Branch Library, 1140 Southgate Road. Info: 525-1541.

Free movie and popcorn, 11:15 a.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Movie: “The Monuments Men.” White Elephant Bingo, 10 a.m. Free and open to the general public. Info/schedule of activities: 329-8892.

Cruise Night, 6-9 p.m., 6215 Riverview Crossing Drive in front of old Food Lion at Asheville Highway.

All makes, models, years and clubs welcome. No charge.

Door prizes.

FRIDAY, JULY 25

Seeking singers, actors, dancers, instrumentalists and handbell ringers for Knoxville Christian Arts Ministries’ 2014-15 season beginning Aug. 19. Info/ audition times: Jill Lagerberg, jilllagerberg@cspc.net or 291-5218.

Sunset Music Series presents The Bearded, 7 p.m., Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center’s covered outdoor amphitheater, Townsend. Old-time country, bluegrass music. Admission: $5. Info: 448-0044.

All American Square Dance sponsored by Volunteer Travelers Square Dance Club, 7:30 p.m., Square Dance Center Inc., 820 Tulip St. Caller: Bill Fox. Wear red, white and blue. Finger foods and a door prize. Entry: $5. Info: Rose Anne Bell, 539 9593.

THROUGH SUNDAY, AUG. 17

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, JULY 25-26

Shakespeare on the Square, presented by the Tennessee Stage Company, 7 p.m., Market Square.

“Much Ado About Nothing,” July 25, 27, 31, Aug. 2, 8, 10, 14, 16. “Titus Andronicus,” July 24, 26, Aug. 1, 3, 7, 9, 15, 17. Bring blanket or lawn chair. Free; donations encouraged.

Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Hosted by the Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee every Saturday and Sunday. Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org.

THROUGH FRIDAY, AUG. 8

WEDNESDAY, JULY 23 Sean McCullough’s Song Games, 11 a.m., Karns Branch Library, 7516 Oak Ridge Highway. Info: 4708663.

Storyteller Laurie Fisher, 2 p.m., Farragut Branch Library, 417 N. Campbell Station Road. Info: 777-1750.

Summer Library Club presents magician Michael Messing, 3 p.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Info: 215-8750.

THURSDAY, JULY 24 Blount County Monthly Old Harp Singing, 6:30-8 p.m., Chapel of the Assisted Living Building, Asbury Place, 2648 Sevierville Road, Maryville. Info: Kathleen Mavournin, katmav212@gmail.com.

SATURDAY, JULY 26 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.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Georgi Schmitt, 11 a.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Info: 470-7033.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Molly Moore, 11 a.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Info: 215-8750.

Bricks 4 Kidz: LEGOs fun at the Library, 2 p.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Free library program for elementary-age children from kindergarten through 5th grade. Space limited; registration required. Info: 215-8750.

Golfers competition for youth and adults, The Wee Course at Williams Creek, 2351 Dandridge Ave. The Big Break Skills Challenge for ages 8-17, 10 a.m.;

A single request for help sparked a decade of volunteerism for Bill Clanton, who embodies the community aspect of KCDC. Clanton, senior asset manager for Nance Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation, has volunteered at the East Tennessee Community Design Center annual Jackson Avenue Fundraiser and Tour for more than 10 years. Clanton and some 20 of his fellow KCDC employees support the event by serving food, conducting tours and giving directions.

“The ETCDC are a great bunch of people, and I like what they’re doing with the downtown area,” Clanton said. “The ETCDC has enjoyed our volunteers so much that they ask for KCDC specifically. They ask for me by name now.”

This year’s downtown fundraiser and tour was relocated from its typical location on the 100 or 500 block of Gay Street to The Standard on Jackson Avenue.

The fundraiser featured hors d’oeuvres, a silent auction and exclusive tours of residences and businesses on Jackson Avenue.

Clanton first got involved with the Community Design Center when coworker Ashley Ogle approached him about working the annual fundraiser. Clanton said it was his introduction to vol-

unteerism, and after that, he was hooked. Over the past decade, he has served on KCDC’s Community Involvement Committee, which organizes KCDC volu nte er s for various charities Bill Clanton throughout the community. He served as KCDC’s United Way loaned executive and on the board of the Smoky Mountain Council of the Blind.

“KCDC introduced me to the world of volunteerism where you can support a good cause and have fun all at the same time,” Clanton said. “I’ve been in the housing industry for 30 years and worked for several employers. KCDC is the most giving company I’ve ever worked for.”

Our KCDC employees donate their time every year to worthy organizations. The CIC, whose members include Jack Canada, Beth Bacon, Eugene Littlejohn, Shana Love, Jennifer Bell, Lisa Weddle, Tiara Webb and Joy Russell, plans volunteer opportunities at organizations such as the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley, the American Diabetes Association, the Epilepsy Foundation of East Tennessee and many more.

I am proud of the employees who, like Bill Clanton, have discovered that volunteering your time for worthy causes is both fulfilling and fun.

Two-Person Golf Scramble, 12:30 p.m. Prizes will be awarded. Info: 546-5828.

“Second Glance,” a Rich Christiano film starring David A.R. White as Daniel Burgess, 10:45 a.m., Grace Covenant Baptist Church, 9956 Dutchtown Road.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, JULY 26-27 Harvey Broome Group – Backpack: Joyce Kilmer Slickrock Wilderness, N.C. Rated moderate. To preregister: Rob Davis, 202-6661 or hikinrob@charter. net (email preferred).

SUNDAY, JULY 27 Franklin Monthly Old Harp Singing, 3 p.m., Greeneville Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 210 N. Main St., Greeneville. Info/to confirm: Jeff Farr, 423 639-8211.

“Stories in Every Jar,” free storytelling by members of the Smoky Mt. Storytellers, 3-5 p.m., Back Porch, 805 Parkway, Gatlinburg. Info: 429-1783 or www. smokymountaintellers.org.

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TUESDAY, JULY 29 Einstein Simplified Comedy Improv troop performance, 8 p.m., Scruffy City Hall on Market Square. Free admission.

Summer Family Programming: Broom Making Demonstration (tentative), 10 a.m.-noon, Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center, 123 Cromwell Drive, Townsend. Info: 448-0044.

Library Online, 5:30 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Info/to register: 215-8700.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 30 Summer Family Programming: Make a Quilt Square, 10 a.m.-noon, Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center, 123 Cromwell Drive, Townsend. Info: 448-0044.

Movie Party: “The Lego Movie” (PG, 100 min.), 3 p.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Info: 215-8750.

THURSDAY, JULY 31 Summer Family Programming: Cook like a Pioneer, 10 a.m.-noon, Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center, 123 Cromwell Drive, Townsend. Info: 448-0044.

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MPC to discuss small day-care services The Knoxville-Knox County Metropolitan Planning Commission has scheduled a public meeting to discuss proposed amendments to the Knoxville zoning ordinance to allow the operation in houses of small day-care services for children.

The meeting is scheduled for 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Aug. 6, in the Small Assembly Room, City County Building.

MPC initiated this effort after a new interpretation of the zoning ordinance resulted in the City Council denying the operation of a small child day-care service in the Holston Hills neighborhood of East Knoxville. MPC staff has drafted proposed amendments that will:

â– Amend the current definition of private day nurseries to more closely conform to definitions found in state law; â– Add a new definition for child day-care services for care of no more than four children; and â– Add standards for child day-care services operated in a house as an accessory use.

Draft regulations are posted on the MPC website.

These zoning-ordinance amendments are scheduled for consideration by the planning commission at its Aug. 14 meeting. Public comment may be submitted for the record prior to the meeting at www.knoxmpc. org.

Shucks, those dolls are cute

By Libby Morgan

Mannis boosts good grooming Eddie Mannis of Prestige Cleaners teamed with Mooreland Heights Elementary School teacher Libby Dawson to develop a program for fifth-grade boys to help them learn to dress professionally and like gentlemen. Prestige Cleaners donated ties for the session, and Mannis instructed on how to tie a tie.

Pictured are Mannis and student Mikel Dunaway. Photo submitted

Anne Freels is keeping the art of corn shuck dolls alive. She’s been making them since 1975 and continues to do so in her studio in Clinton.

You’d be hard put to find more creative corn shuck dolls anywhere. She was accepted long ago into the Southern Highland Craft Guild and shows her dolls in July and October at the guild’s shows in Asheville.

She uses naturally dried corn shucks and dyes them by hand, giving the dolls her signature colorful style. “My dolls represent my interpretations of the natural rhythms of the earth, including the changing of the seasons and other imagina-

tive figures depicting folklore, legend and myth,� she explains.

F r e e l teaches work shops and classes and has authored her first instructional book, “MakAnne Freels ing Colorful Corn Shuck Dolls,� available on Amazon.com. She teaches soap-making classes as well.

She’ll be demonstrating her corn shuck art inside Union County Arts during the Union County Farmers Market’s Corn Festival on Friday, July 25, from 4 to 7 p.m.

Tennova hosts Foot and Ankle practice Tennova Healthcare has welcomed Christopher Bowlin, DPM, to his new medical practice Te n n o v a Foot and Ankle. Dr. Bowlin is accepting new patients at his offices at 129 Frank Bowlin L. Diggs Road, Clinton; and 905 E. Central Ave., LaFollette.

Bowlin earned his medical degree from Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine.

He completed his medical and surgical residency with certification in reconstructive rearfoot/ankle surgery at University of LouisvilleJewish Hospital and St. Mary’s Healthcare in Louisville, Kentucky.

He is specially trained in advanced surgical techniques including orthopedic

foot and ankle reconstruction, deformity correction, and diabetic foot care with a focus on diabetic limb salvage. Since joining Tennova, he has performed several limb-saving surgeries as well as tendon-lengthening procedures for stroke patients with spastic foot deformities. “I was born and raised in Chattanooga, and I am excited to return to Tennessee,� Bowlin said. “My treatment philosophy is centered around comprehensive foot and ankle care with an emphasis on complex surgical procedures. I am passionate about deformity-correction surgery, which can increase mobility and offers patients a better quality of life.�

He exclusively performs surgery at LaFollette Medical Center. To schedule an appointment, call 865-6473325 (Clinton) or 423-9071672 (LaFollette).

Duncan for Congress Working on Issues that Matter to You A Personal Message from Congressman Duncan

Defending the Constitution I took an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution, and that is exactly what I work to do each day. I especially focus on protecting our Second Amendment rights and securing our borders against illegal immigration.

Balanced Budget I don’t believe in spending money we don’t have. With one of the most fiscally conservative voting records in Congress, I consistently vote to reduce government spending in order to protect Social Security and control the federal debt.

Growing our Economy I want to eliminate government over-regulation so more businesses can open and expand, creating better jobs for Americans. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce endorsed my re election, saying it will “produce sustained economic growth, help create jobs and get our country back on track.�

Repealing Obamacare Seth Tinsley and Lindsay Phillips donate items to Knox Area Rescue Ministries’ Stuff the Bus school-supply drive at WalMart in Turkey Creek. Photo by S. Barrett

Stuff the Bus

By Sara Barrett

How many people does it take to fill a school bus ‌ with school supplies?

Each year, Knox Area Rescue Ministries enlists the help of Walmart shoppers to find out. A school bus is parked in front of a local Walmart for one day, and folks are asked to purchase school supplies while shopping. The bus is filled with the donations for children through age 17 staying at KARM. “(Supplies) we get from the bus are more than enough to last us through the school year,� said Libby Merickel, events and marketing coordinator for KARM. “The remainder of what we receive at area

stores is given to children in need throughout Knox County schools.�

Merickel is referring to the additional donations dropped into shopping carts parked at other Walmart stores around town.

Through Monday, July 28, donations will be accepted.

Any school supplies are appreciated, but there is always a shortage of backpacks. Merickel said this may be because folks want to feel like they’re giving more by donating a large number of small things, but it is very important for students to have something to carry the supplies in, and donors are spending the same amount of money. Info: www.karm. org/stuffthebus.

I believe the biggest problem with the so-called Affordable Care Act is that it is unaffordable already. I will continue to speak out against it at every opportunity, and I believe our federal dollars are better spent on things like improving care for our nation’s veterans.

America First I oppose spending billions of dollars on people in foreign countries who hate us.

We need to stop trying to take care of the whole world and start taking care of our own country and putting the American people first, once again.

Early voting: July 18-Aug. 2 Primary Election Day: Aug. 7

Congressman

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