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BUZZ Quilting sisters “After a while, you run out of people to give them to,� says Lynn Sykes. “I mean, my daughter has 30 quilts now between the ones I’ve given her and Mom’s given her and that she’s made herself. “You can only put so many quilts on a bed or give so many away.� Learn about the quilting Sykes sisters and the upcoming Smoky Mountain Quilt Show.

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Playground at Island Home When Island Home Baptist Church asked its members for donations to build a playground, Paislee Scott, age 9, took the request to heart. She donated her Easter Egg prize money. She sent the money with a note: “If you need more, just ask me. Love, Paislee Scott.� Her reason for giving: “Because kids need to get out and play and have some fun.�

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Road closure The next phase of work on the River’s Edge 800-foot-long public riverwalk on the South Waterfront will require closure of a section of the westbound lane of Island Home Avenue, starting this week. Equipment was set up May 27. Through June, motorists will share the open eastbound lane, alternating between eastbound and westbound commuters, with portable traffic signals in place to safely direct traffic, according to a city press release. The portable signals directing one-way traffic will be similar to a system that was used on Loves Creek Road in East Knoxville during a recent bridge replacement project. The Island Home Avenue lane closure will allow Empire Construction crews to place additional footers and continue constructing a retaining wall for the public riverwalk. Once completed, the landscaped riverwalk will include walking and bicycle paths, benches and trash receptacles. The newest public riverwalk on the South Waterfront is nearing completion and will open this summer. The riverwalk and building of a new public road, Splendid View Circle, accompany the construction of the River’s Edge 134-unit apartment complex, a $14 million private investment on the South Waterfront. The public infrastructure represents a $2.5 million investment.

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SoKno natives make big moves in business By Betsy Pickle In a corner of the glass-enclosed office Jon Clay and Drew Johnson occupy on the 10th floor of the Langley Building on Summit Hill Drive is a small stack of DVDs and books one might think a decorator had planted: “The Wolf of Wall Street,â€? “Boiler Room,â€? “Rich Dad, Poor Dadâ€? and “The Art of the Dealâ€? are some of the titles that jump out. The assortment would be a clichĂŠ except that the two South Knoxville natives are big fans of all of them. They often send them home with their employees at Axle Logistics. “‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ is a very R-rated movie,â€? Johnson says apologetically. “But the business element of it – work hard, play hard – is just something that resonates within this business.â€? “We don’t condone the kind of fun they’re having,â€? adds Clay. “Growing up, everybody wants to be a pro sport athlete,â€? says Johnson. “We didn’t make it there, unfortunately, so we’re always looking for different things to make business fun and inspiring to ourselves.â€? A look around the outer office reveals several games, including basketball hoops and ping pong, convenient to the desks of the casually dressed employees. Axle is adding the floor’s remaining

Drew Johnson and Jon Clay, whose friendship began during childhood in South Knoxville, are expanding the office space and employee base of their company, Axle Logistics. Photo by Betsy Pickle 3,000-square-foot space to its existing 5,000 square feet. They’re creating a new, larger conference room, a new kitchen, desk space for an additional 40 employees and possibly more fun. “We would love to have a pool table in here,� Johnson says while touring the new area. Clay, 32, who now lives in Rocky Hill, and Johnson, 31, who lives south of West Town Mall, grew up near each other and were

friends at Mount Olive Elementary and South-Doyle Middle School. Johnson graduated from South-Doyle High, but Clay left midway through sophomore year to be home-schooled. They traveled in the same circles at the University of Tennessee and faced some of the same challenges, working part-time to put themselves through school. Clay alternated school and work and graduated in 2009 as a politi-

cal science major; logistics major Johnson was “in a hurry� and graduated in 2007. They both ended up with logistics companies. Johnson worked for J.B. Hunt in Charlotte. Clay worked for a Chattanooga-based company, first in Dandridge and then in Knoxville. Johnson came back to Knoxville and helped a friend with a start-up. Then, he and Clay got To page 3

Ken Cornett to headline John Sevier group’s meeting The Gov. John Sevier Memorial Association’s annual meeting is set for noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 25, at Marble Springs, the South Knoxville home place of Tennessee’s first governor. Historian Ken Cornett will speak about his compilation of the history of East Tennessee’s Stations at 1 p.m. Registration is not required for this portion of the meeting.

Members and non-members of the Gov. John Sevier Memorial Association are invited. A light lunch will be served to those who register. Call 865-573-5508 or email info@marblesprings.net no later than Tuesday, June 21. Marble Springs State Historic Site is the last remaining home of John Sevier. Born in Virginia in 1745, Sevier made a name for himself as a Revolutionary War hero

during the Battle of Kings Mountain (1780), as a key player and governor of the short-lived State of Franklin (1784-1788), and ultimately as the state of Tennessee’s first elected governor (1796). Marble Springs was the approximate 350-acre farm that Sevier lived on from 1801-1815, the last years of his life. He named his farm Marble Springs because of the Tennessee Rose Marble that was quar-

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Parker Hastings at the Country Music Hall of Fame earlier this year. hold a Fabulous ’40s and ’50s fashion show, featuring female professionals and officeholders of Union County modeling spring and summer attire from Shabby Chic’s clothing and accessory lines. Student Art Competition will be held in the former office of the late Dr. Carr. Kids activities include the Art on Main train, face painting, art projects and games. Seventy vendors will offer homemade and handcrafted goods, country food, concessions and live plants. Oakes Daylilies will give away daylilies while they last. There’s a farmers market at Wilson Park and a kids health day at the Maynardville Public Library.

Multi-instrumentalist Eli Fox has just signed on to the lineup for Saturday’s Art on Main in Maynardville Art on Main is produced by the Union County Arts Council, a nonprofit community organization dedicated to preserving and celebrating the rich cultural heritage of Union County, Tennessee. Info on Facebook at Art on Main 2016

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his original Americana music to the Back Porch Stage. He is a multi-instrumentalist who has appeared on the Blue Plate, Knoxville Stomp, and is scheduled to perform at the 2016 Bristol Rhythm and Roots. Fox is a rising senior at Webb School in Knoxville. Knox County Jug Stompers, The Valley Boys, Knoxville Banjo Cotillion with Greg Horne and Kyle Campbell, Swamp Ghost and Virginia Faith also will perform. Union County veterans will kick off the day with an opening ceremony at 8:45 a.m. Fine arts and craft demonstrations will be throughout the grounds, including glassblowing by Matt Salley of Marble City Glassworks, metalsmithing by Amber Crouse, apple butter making, corn shuck dolls by Anne Freels, slab woodworking by David West, and fine art painting by Brian Whitson. There will be shade tree and porch pickin’ with everyone welcome to join in. Shabby Chic 33 Boutique will

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is this weekend Union County will shut down Main Street this Saturday to celebrate all things artistic – especially music. Art on Main is set for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 4, in historic downtown Maynardville, the Cradle of Country Music. The free arts and music festival will honor Chet Atkins and celebrate the music of Union County. It is on, rain or shine. The Chet Atkins Tribute will be led by musicologist and radio host James Perry. In the flavor of Chet’s legendary thumb picking-style of guitar playing, Parker Hastings will perform. He is 15-years-old and holds the current title of national thumb picking champion – in the adult category. Tommy Emmanuel introduced Hastings to a Knoxville audience at his concert on May 21 at the Bijou when he invited Hastings to join him on stage. Parker will be performing on the noonday WDVX Blue Plate Special on Friday, June 3. Songwriter Eli Fox will bring

ried on site and the natural springs that flowed on the property. Executive Director Anna Chappelle says visitors to Marble Springs will have the opportunity to tour several historic structures that are designed to represent various aspects of John Sevier’s life and times. These include: the tavern, loom house, smoke house, spring house and the John Sevier cabin and detached kitchen.

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Feeling the ’Burn?

Man’s first case of ‘heartburn’ was actually heart attack It was that last bite of pizza. Or so Michael Smith thought. He figured his usual Friday night pizza delivery included his first-ever case of heartburn. “It was just a burning sensation right there,” he said, pointing to just below his sternum. But what the seemingly healthy 65-year-old Sevierville man didn’t know is that he wasn’t having heartburn – he was having a heart attack. “He’d never had indigestion before so he didn’t recognize it,” said Smith’s partner, Yvonne Osborn, who spent the next three hours trying to persuade him to go to the Emergency Department at LeConte Medical Center. “I asked him, ‘What does it feel like?’ He said, ‘I don’t know how to explain it, but it just hurts right here.’ And I said, ‘Mike, that sounds like your heart.’ ‘Oh no,’ he said, ‘I don’t think it would be that.’ That was at 7:30, then I looked over and he was sound asleep in the chair, and I thought, ‘Well, it can’t hurt that bad if he’s sound asleep.’ But we had worked all day, he was tired.” At 9:45 p.m., Smith awakened just in time to see the winner of the American Idol finale on television. At 10, Yvonne asked if the pain was still there. When he replied that it was, Osborn said she remained calm on the outside, but on the inside, was “screaming, ‘Let’s go!’” Finally, she told him, “This is crazy to not go because if you don’t go now, I’m going to wake up in the middle of the night and you’re clutching your chest having a heart attack, it’s going to take me some time to get my contacts in so I can drive you and that’s not going to be good because I’m going to be in a bad mood. So, maybe we should just go over there and see what they have to say. It’s not far from our house. If

Michael Smith is back to “flipping” his home thanks to the cutting edge treatment he received at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center.

they say you have indigestion, hooray! But let’s just go see. It won’t hurt.’ He finally said, ‘OK, let’s go’ but grudgingly.” They arrived at LeConte Medical Center’s Emergency Department about 10:30, walked to the counter and told the receptionist that Smith was “either having a heart attack or has indigestion.” “I don’t think it was 30 seconds before they took me to triage and

did some bloodwork and put me on an EKG and another 30 seconds or minute later, they said, ‘Get a bed! We need a room,’” said Smith. “They hooked me up with all kinds of other stuff, and said ‘You’re having a heart attack.’” “People came from everywhere,” said Osborn. “There must’ve been 15 people around. Some were putting IVs in each arm, some were putting those heart leads on, another one

was on the phone trying to get a helicopter to transport him to Fort Sanders Regional, but it was too windy – thank goodness! It was like in slow motion – I was watching all these people like they were choreographed in a play. It was incredible to me. Then the doctor (Dr. Dennis Mays, a LeConte emergency medicine doctor) came in and he was, of course, listening to the heart. Everybody was doing a different thing. “They started asking me questions about how I felt,” Smith added. “I said, ‘I feel fine. I don’t feel dizzy. I don’t feel weak. I don’t have any pains. I just have a little pain right here and it’s not bad. And she said, ‘On a scale of 1 to 10 how bad is it?’ I said, ‘Not bad, maybe a .5.’ She said, ‘Five?’ I said, ‘No, point 5.’ I could barely feel it.” By 11:30 p.m., Smith was in the back of an ambulance, chatting with the emergency medical technicians as they raced to Fort Sanders Regional’s Emergency Department. Along the way, the EMTs were feeding information to FSRMC. Upon arrival at Fort Sanders, he was wheeled directly to the cath lab where he was met by interventional cardiologist, Dr. Joshua Todd who had found Smith’s right coronary to be 100 percent blocked, requiring a stent. “He was showing me my heart Dr. Joshua Todd on the monitor and how the blockage was like a big stop sign right at the end of the vein – no blood passes through here anymore,” said Smith. “Then they put the stent in, and – Boom! – you could see the artery open up and go right down to the heart. My heart

is just down there beating away. It was just incredible! You’re awake the whole time and you don’t feel a thing. I was amazed that I didn’t feel any anxiety at all when they said, ‘You’re having a heart attack. I thought I was going to be scared or nervous.” “I think part of that was the way that everybody handled it,” said Osborn, who says Smith’s heart catheterization and stent was finished and he was in recovery when she arrived at FSRMC at 12:10 a.m. “They were so calm, so forthcoming with information. They told me everything that was going on and that really reduced my anxiety because I’ve never been through this before. They were so kind about giving me every single detail, about what was going to happen, where it was going to happen, and I think that was very important. They all deserve credit for the way they handled everything so professionally. And not just professionally, (but) the kindness they exhibited was really important.” A day and a half later, Smith was discharged from FSRMC with instructions not to lift anything heavier than a gallon of milk for seven days. After the seventh day, he didn’t rest. Instead, he returned to the task he was working on before his heart attack – building a three-bedroom, two-bath home which he and Osborn will “flip” in two years, something the couple has been doing for 17 years as they traveled throughout the United States. For now, however, Smith’s heart has found a home in Sevierville where Osborn plans to keep a close watch on his heart. “If you have a pain, don’t be embarrassed, don’t feel badly – just go!” she said. “If they tell you that you’ve got indigestion, great! But it might not be.”

Heart attacks often mistaken for indigestion Heartburn or heart attack? Michael Smith couldn’t tell the difference. Could you? Decide quickly because, depending on what type of heart attack you have, your best chance for survival is getting to the hospital within the first three hours of your symptoms. “Indigestion can be a common symptom,” said Dr. Josh Todd, the interventional cardiologist at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center who placed a stent in Smith’s right coronary artery. “Patients tend to ignore the initial symptoms of a heart attack, and may attempt other alternative strategies to help alleviate pain such as antacids or pain medications including aspirin. When the symptoms aren’t relieved - that’s when EMS is usually called.” In fact, a recent survey of 500 heart attack survivors found that eight out of ten failed to realize that they were having a heart attack. One third of those mistook their symptoms for indigestion. The study

also found that half of heart attack sufferers do not seek help for more than an hour because they think they have indigestion or other minor conditions. “It can be hard even for physicians to interpret these symptoms” said Dr. Todd. “Based on a patient’s symptoms and their risk factor profile, the chance that indigestion-like signs are indicators of a blood flow problem with the heart can range from 20 to 90 percent.” “The emergency department is the best place to determine the patient’s risk by rapidly obtaining an EKG within 10 minutes of the patient’s arrival. This test will conclude to which type of heart attack a patient is experiencing – STEMI (ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction) or Non-STEMI,” he added. The diagnosis of a STEMI heart attack is made by a combination of symptom indicators and an EKG tracing that shows elevated “ST” segments, indicating an artery is totally blocked. “There are large amounts of data show-

ing that if you have that type heart attack, sooner is better for interventional action because the artery is 100 percent blocked,” said Dr. Todd. “If the EKG does not demonstrate this finding, a medical evaluation is performed which involves obtaining laboratory testing over the next several hours to see if heart cell death has occurred. The first EKG is how we determine who is emergently transported to the Cath Lab.” The best time for treatment is within the first three hours of the onset of symptoms. After 12 hours of continued symptoms, there is little benefit to procedures offered in the Cath Lab. Individuals at risk for a heart attack should be well informed of these facts. If you can recognize the symptoms of heart attack early and get to the hospital, you can receive the most effective treatment. Outlying hospitals without the ability to perform emergent interventions like LeConte Medical Center have established “STEMI” teams that spring into action the

moment a heart patient first enters their emergency department. “If a person presents with symptoms that may by caused by a heart attack, they receive and EKG rapidly, and if the patient meets criteria, the STEMI team is activated,” said Dr. Todd. “After the STEMI team is activated, a request is sent to an EMS emergency transport provider. LeConte then notifies the Cath Lab team at Fort Sanders Regional so that the team is ready to go before the patient arrives.” Michael Smith learned that it’s not how much you hurt, but why you are hurting. “Pain intensity is not as important as the EKG findings,” said Dr. Todd. “Mistaking a heart attack for heartburn is not uncommon. Reflux disease can present the same way. For every one patient who is having a heart attack, there are probably 10 with the same symptoms who aren’t. If you are having symptoms that may represent a heart attack, prompt presentation to qualified medical personnel who can perform and interpret an ECG may be life- saving.”

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Sisters

It’s probably thanks to Lynn Sykes that the home she shares in Colonial Village with her sister, Marian Sykes, isn’t covered with patterns and fabric and all the paraphernalia that’s involved with quilt making.

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Lynn is the organized one – everything has to be put away in its proper place. Marian says her sister accuses her of being a hoarder – and she doesn’t actually deny the description. Marian followed her big sister into the world of quilting, and this year marks their sixth of participating in the Smoky Mountain Quilters’ Quilt Show. This is the 36th incarnation of the show, which will take place Friday-Saturday, June 17-18, at the Knoxville Expo Center, 5441 Clinton Highway. The siblings attended the

Sisters Marian and Lynn Sykes burrow beneath a few of the quilts they have made. Photo by Betsy

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show even before they began participating in it. “The quality of the quilts at this show is always spectacular,� says Lynn. “Much better than other places.� Marian says they usually enter quilts they have made as gifts or decoration.

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together and founded Axle in 2011. They moved into the former Kimberly-Clark space almost two years ago. They’ve grown from two employees to more than 20. And as driven as they are to keeping their team happy, they’re also determined to give back to the community. In addition to donating money to worthy causes, they’re

working with Big Brothers Big Sisters on the new Mentor 2.0 program, which pairs adult Bigs with Littles in a mentoring program that takes place online, with monthly evening events at school. BBBS is, coincidentally, launching the program at South-Doyle High. “It just worked out that South-Doyle is the place

Lynn. “We do it for the love of the craft and to make something usable. All of our quilts are usable.� The sisters may not describe their quilts as “show quality,� but they have won awards and been juried into exhibits. Their home has a variety of quilts hanging on the walls in addition to the ones spread across the backs of couches and chairs and folded on quilt racks. The sisters grew up in Nashville, and both graduated from Tennessee Tech University. Lynn moved to Knoxville when she got married; it was her husband’s hometown. When she divorced a few years later, Marian moved from Kingsport to Knoxville to help her sister raise her two young children. Both of them are on staff at the University of Tennessee, Lynn in the athletics department and Marian in administrative computing. They don’t carpool because they have different schedules. They also don’t quilt in the same room – but that goes back to their conflicting levels of neatness. They do, however, share their evening meal. They also love to go to movies together, and now that Lynn’s son and daughter are grown and living out of town, they’re de-

“But there are people who make them specifically for the show,� she says. “They’re usually the ones who win the big ribbons. “There’s a difference between an everyday quilt and a show-quality quilt. There’s much more precision piecing

and making sure your points match and your corners match. Your quilting is very precise and very detailed. “People like that make one quilt a year. But they’ll spend a year to get that show-quality quilt.� “We don’t do that,� says

where they’re starting it,� says Johnson. “We’ve got several people here that are going to be regular Bigs, and some are going to do Mentor 2.0,� says Clay. Axle is a third-party logistics company; it doesn’t own trucks, trains or warehouses, but it connects companies that need to ship goods with companies that can do the job. Johnson and Clay emphasize high-quality customer service, effi-

around a while. ciency and technology. “It’s a growing indus“Until teleportation haptry,â€? says Clay. “We need to pens.â€? evolve and transform with technology. We ‌ adapt all the time. We operate differently now than we did four years ago.â€? â– Colonial Village NeighborIn some ways, however, hood Association. Info: Terry the business stays the same. Caruthers, 579-5702, t_ “It’s always been around caruthers@hotmail.com. since the horse and wag- â– Knoxville Tri-County Lions on,â€? says Johnson. And he Club meets 7 p.m. each second thinks it will probably stick and fourth Monday, Connie’s

voted to their beagle, Salem, and their cat, Raven. Growing up, Lynn became interested in needlework and enjoyed embroidery and the like. Marian was into sports. Even now, Lynn works in a number of mediums, while Marian sticks to quilts. She probably produces more, but Lynn’s are bigger. “I probably make more wall hangings and smaller quilts than Lynn does,� says Marian. “She makes more traditional throws or bed quilts. I tend to get bored easily and want to move on.� They bought their home in South Knoxville in 1992 and have expanded it to accommodate their hobby. At some point they may have more house than they have quilts to fill it. “After a while, you run out of people to give them to,� says Lynn. “I mean, my daughter has 30 quilts now between the ones I’ve given her and Mom’s given her and that she’s made herself. “You can only put so many quilts on a bed or give so many away.� The quilt show will take place 9 a.m.-6 p.m. June 17 and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. June 18. Admission is $7 per day or $10 for a two-day pass. Info: smokymtnquilters. com Info: axlelogistics.com

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Old Vols in the NFL Beware of coffee shop debates about Tennessee football. Bruises and even lacerations are possible. Egos can be damaged. Feelings may be hurt beyond repair. I innocently walked into one the other day and was immediately challenged to settle the disturbance. “Speak up,” said one combatant. “You know it all.” “You’ve been around forever,” said another. In commemoration of this year’s empty NFL draft, at issue was which former Volunteer, born in the state of Tennessee, played the most pro football games? Under consideration were Doug Atkins, Bill Bates and Reggie White. Right here, out of courtesy, we pause for two seconds

boys, and finished as one of the all-time stars of special teams. He has coached and also distinguished himself Marvin as a father of athletes. West White, a rare gladiator who included foes in his prayers and then dented their helmets, made the trip from Chattanooga to UT to so you can vote. Philadelphia to Green Bay Pause over. and finally to Carolina. He Atkins, defensive end played in 232 NFL games from Humboldt, played in over 15 seasons. 205 pro games (mostly ChiBefore anyone could ask, cago). He struck fear into I told them Reggie interthe hearts of quarterbacks cepted three passes, scored and sometimes alarmed two touchdowns and had rival linemen assigned to 198 career sacks. That made block him. He is one of the an impression. really big names in the col“You are pretty smart,” lege and pro halls of fame. said one listener. Bates, defensive back “There are reference lifrom Farragut, played in 217 braries,” said I. games, all with the CowThe coffee caucus, three

cups in, seemed surprised to learn that homegrown Raleigh McKenzie from Austin-East played center and guard in 226 pro games, much for Washington but two years each for Philadelphia, San Diego and Green Bay. One budding genius suddenly remembered that Raleigh works for his twin brother Reggie as a scout for the Oakland Raiders. Reggie is general manager and also a very famous father. His son, Kahlil McKenzie, defensive tackle, 6-4 and 319, is a Tennessee star-tobe. Reggie is very smart but did not play nearly as many NFL games as Raleigh. The discussion got sidetracked onto how Kahlil and

McDaniel was a Lion for all seasons I can’t remember when I didn’t know Carl McDaniel. He was just always around, helping folks with vision problems or spearheading some new fundr a i s i ng scheme for Halls Carl McDaniel the Lions Club. When he died on May 24 at age 80, the community lost a fine leader. I connect Carl with George Davey; both were Lions and both lived on Cochise Drive up by Beaver Brook Country Club. George was from the north, I think, and was a more aggressive fund-raiser. When George died, Carl led a delegation of Lions into the Fountain City United Methodist Church. They were awesome in their Lion

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regalia and we appreciated their show of respect. Carl worked for KUB as a power operations supervisor for 33 years. As an adult, he earned a bachelor’s degree (1989) and a master’s degree (1993) from UT. He then took a job with the state Emergency Management Agency where he worked for eight years. Carl was a charter member of Halls Community Lions Club for over 50 years. He was also the District Governor of the Lions Club International District 12-N Tennessee from 1998-1999. I wrote a story when he got his master’s and another

when he and wife Jennie attended an international Lions convention in England or Scotland. Memory fails. With all this involvement, it’s easy to see how Carl must have known half the town. He grew up in Union County, graduating from Horace Maynard High School in 1953. His parents were Silas and Lucille McDaniel. Survivors include his wife of 49 years, Jennie Haney McDaniel; son and daughter Jim McDaniel and Kelly McDaniel; brothers, David and Eddie McDaniel; sisters, Judy McDaniel Paul and Wanda McDaniel Jackson; special brother, Donnie Boles; and a host of friends. Services were Friday at Sharon Baptist Church and the interment was Saturday morning at Sharon Baptist’s cemetery. Arrangements were by Mynatt Funeral Home of Fountain City.

the current Volunteers will do and how good an idea was moving the opener to a Thursday night and would I attend the Battle of Bristol. It took time to return to the subject, Tennessee-born Vols who survived the rigors of pro football for extended periods. If you are guessing, offensive linemen do have a better chance for longevity than backs, receivers and linebackers. Judge Tim Irwin, former Central High tackle, played in 201 games, almost all with the Minnesota Vikings. Chad Clifton, from Martin, played in 158 for the Packers. He is new to their hall of fame. Mike Stratton of Tellico Plains played 156 for Buffalo. Bruce Wilkerson, from Loudon, played in 147, mostly for the Raiders. Harry Galbreath, from Clarksville, made it through 141

with Miami, Green Bay and the New York Jets. Nashville tackle John Gordy, teammate of John Majors, did 134 games for the Detroit Lions. Defensive tackle John Henderson (Nashville) had 133. Cleveland’s Bob Johnson was Cincinnati’s center for 126 games. Linebacker Al Wilson (Jackson) lasted for 125. Linebacker Mike Cofer (Rule High, Knoxville) played 123. Don’t set this list in stone. Jason Witten (Elizabethton to UT to Dallas) is gaining on 200 games. He holds the NFL mark for consecutive starts by a tight end and is third all-time to reach 10,000 yards in receptions. One or more of the Colquitts (Knoxville) may kick forever. Marvin West invites additions and corrections from other know-it-alls. His address is westwest6@netzero.com

Appendix F — Flow Chart / Neighborhood Traffic Safety Program A

B

Neighborhood Application Neighborhood applies for Traffic Safety Study.

Kick-Off Meeting Neighbors explain traffic issues. Staff explains Traffic Safety Program.

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C

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no

Neighborhood Petition Impact area defined. Neighborhood gathers signatures.

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no

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Evaluation Meeting Neighbors detail traffic problems.

no

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Traffic Calming Feasibilty Study More in-depth study and analysis.

yes

yes

G Speed Data Status Meeting City shares data results & analysis with the neighborhood.

F Speed Data Collection & Evaluation Data from hoses, collisions, KPD.

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Project will be ranked again in next round.

Traffic calming, anyone? The city is doing wonderful things to enhance Knoxville, but the chart above is not among them. Written by planner Don Parnell, the chart is an appendix to the city’s Neighborhood Safety Program. Want to get speed bumps on your street? Well, jump right in.

Looks like you start at the arrow on the left top – apply for a traffic safety study. Then meet with neighbors and staff to determine whether further study is indicated. A half dozen additional meetings ensue. If the city decides to go forward, consultants are hired and projects ranked.

Surveys and education are woven into the model. Speeders do not participate in such complex processes. Perhaps no one does. This schematic is a planner’s dream. Check back next year to see how many traffic calming projects are completed. – S. Clark

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Burchett to Haslam: Sorry, not sorry; principal of the year award baffles Very little blowback and lots of attaboys – that’s what Mayor Tim Burchett says he’s gotten for his recent criticism of the Haslam administration’s refusal to kick in money for a facility to stabilize mentally ill and substance-addicted inmates. He made the rounds of the Sunday talk shows last month denouncing the state for reneging on a commitment to help fund a behavioral health urgent care unit (formerly known as the safety center). Burchett says he’s confident that the project will move forward, one way or another. “No hard feelings. It’s just politics. We’re going to move ahead. I understand the state didn’t want to fund any local projects, but we know it’s the right thing to do. In the end, I think everybody’s going to be at the table. Our local legislative delegation’s been very supportive, and they understand (the issue) better than most. Every day I receive correspondence from one of them, and it’s a piece of the moving parts we’re dealing with.� ■The announcement that Bearden High School principal John Bartlett is Tennessee’s High School Principal of the Year (named by the Tennessee Association of Secondary School Principals) came as a shock to many people. Wonder how Bearden High School teachers who got put through the wringer when the school’s evaluation scores plummeted from the highest possible level to

Betty Bean rock bottom lows last year are feeling? Knox County Education Association president Lauren Hopson probably spoke for a lot of them when she pointed out that teachers whose scores plunge to the lowest levels get assigned coaches and subjected to twice as many evaluations the following year, “and possibly get put on intensive assistance with the constant threat of losing their job hanging over their head... “Meanwhile, a principal who runs a school where (scores) dropped from a 5 to a 1 in one year is named principal of the year?????� And what about the Bearden parents whose daughters were members of the softball team before Bartlett summarily fired the highly successful coach Leonard Sams last year? “It makes us sick,� said Adam McKenry, Sams’ former assistant coach and booster club officer who has filed an ethics complaint against Barrett and athletic director Nathan Lynn. The complaint charges that Bartlett and Lynn failed to inform the boosters that it’s illegal for private citizens to build sports facilities on school property, and that had they known this, the parents would not have gone forward with building a new indoor batting facility on the Bearden

campus. And McKenry and another parent, Randy Susong, wouldn’t be stuck paying $700 per month on the note for the new building, which was named for Sams, who was abruptly canned after he led the team to the school’s first-ever state tournament run. The school board also approved the project. The softball boosters probably aren’t the only parents who are puzzled about Bartlett’s big honor, given the massive turnover among the Bearden coaching staff, across the board. Over the past four years, head coaches in soccer, tennis, golf, baseball, volleyball, basketball and football have departed, as well as every assistant football coach from this last season. McKenry, Sams and Susong are scheduled to appear at the school board’s Ethics Committee on June 6. ■The Bernie/Hillary battle is still raging on the national scene, but here in Knoxville, the two sides are joining to campaign for Democratic County Commission candidate Evelyn Gill, whose primary victory over Rick Staples in District 1 surprised a lot of political observers. “Bernie and Hillary supporters are canvassing the first district for Evelyn Gill. We want to show our community that while we have some disagreements, we are strongly supporting our local Democratic candidate, and we will be out in the district door knocking and getting out the vote for Ev-

elyn Gill,� said Paul Berney. Gill, a special education teacher with Knox County Schools, is a Sanders supporter who rode the Bernie wave in the UT- and downtown-dominated wards of the district, while Staples carried the pro-Clinton wards in the district’s heart. She faces a challenge from Republican Michael Covington, who is closely identified with local GOP regulars. Participants will meet at the Knox County Democratic Party headquarters for training at 10 a.m. and hit the streets at 11. ■Tennessee’s sunshine laws are among the strongest in the nation and require that almost all official communications should be open to public scrutiny. This is a frequent aggravation for local elected officials, who resent the fact that state legislators exempted themselves from the laws they passed. So they probably weren’t queuing up any sad trombones for GOP Rep. Susan Lynn, who’s been raising heck because emails discussing plans to challenge the federal government’s “bathroom guidelines� for transgender students got leaked. “Whoever did this – you know who you are – I implore you to act with more honor than that – to behave with Christian ethics,� she said in an email that also got leaked, prompting her to declare herself “shocked that the email about the leaked emails was also leaked.�

City secures grant to clean up two properties The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $350,000 in brownfield cleanup grants that will remediate contamination on two important city of Knoxville redevelopment sites: the former McClung Warehouses on Jackson Avenue and the former Sanitary Laundry site, 625 N. Broadway. EPA is funding $200,000 for the 15,000-square-foot, former dry-cleaning site in the heart of the Downtown North Redevelopment District and $150,000 for the five-acre former industrial site on Jackson Avenue. The city will be contributing a 20 percent match – a combined $70,000. The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation is partnering with the city and EPA on the cleanups, according to a city press statement. “We know that contaminants are present at the Sanitary Laundry and Mc-

McClung warehouses pre-fire. The ornate structures were a solid anchor on the north side of downtown. Clung Warehouses sites, and that’s a major roadblock in bringing these key properties back into reuse,� said Mayor Madeline Rogero. “The great news is that we’ll be developing a strategy to remediate the sites, and now we’ve got the resources to move ahead.� Anne Wallace, the city’s deputy director of redevelopment, said the two brownfield properties are highly visible and strategically located in their respective corridors, with “significant redevelopment potential.� “Without remediation,

the contaminated sites would continue to deteriorate, and that affects the value of neighboring properties,� Wallace said. Rogero said the cleanups will accelerate redevelopment throughout the Downtown North and Jackson Avenue corridors. The impact will be wider than just the redevelopment of the two specific properties, she said. “These cleanups will kick up a notch the amazing resurgence that’s already happening in these two redevelopment corridors.� Previous EPA brownfield assessment grants, totaling almost $500,000, identified specifically what and where contaminants existed in multiple sites on Jackson Avenue and in Downtown North. This follow-up round of grant funding will go toward remediation. The former Sanitary Laundry and Jackson Avenue sites have unique redevelopment histories and

are unusual in that both are city-owned. The city, motivated by blight-abatement and public safety concerns, purchased the McClung Warehouses portion of the Jackson Avenue site in 2013 from a bankruptcy trustee. The warehouses, dating back to the 1890s, were destroyed in fires set by vagrants in 2007 and 2014. The city acquired the abandoned dry-cleaning site on Broadway in 2014 in a tax foreclosure. The business had been a leading employer in the 1920s and 1930s. The details of the remediation work will be finalized by the city, TDEC and EPA. Then, later this year, an environmental consultant will be hired through a competitively-bid contract. Once rehabilitated, the city intends to sell both sites to private redevelopers. A mix of uses is envisioned for both properties.

government Savelli’s marks 23 years on Sutherland Elizabeth “Liz� Savelli is completing 23 years running a popular neighborhood restaurant, Savelli’s, in West Knoxville. She opened up on March 1, 1993, and has been at 3055 Sutherland Avenue ever since. When interviewed, she said her most famous guest was Willard Scott, whom HGTV introduced to Savelli’s. But other well-known Liz Savelli patrons have included Tommy Lasorda, former manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, and Tim Love, UT graduate and chef. Former UT football coach Phillip Fulmer and South College president Steve South are regulars. Savelli, 57, has worked the restaurant business her whole life, starting in Clearwater, Fla., working for the Sub Shop. She moved to Knoxville in 1993 and found the current site, which she leased until purchasing it a few months ago. The site was a Time Out deli with 28 seats; Savelli’s now has 49 seats. Meanwhile, she has raised four daughters: Kathleen, now 26; Rebecca, 28; Jessica, 30; and Christina, 33. She has six grandchildren, five boys and a girl. Kathleen is the only one who works in the restaurant, and she makes all the cakes. Liz Savelli says her most popular dish for lunch is the blackened grouper sub and for dinner is the grouper picante. She says her hardest job is “keeping good employees,� but “we have done well.� ■Alan Lowe, former head of the Baker Center at UT-Knoxville, has resigned from the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Archives in Dallas and accepted a position at the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum in Springfield, Ill. Lowe moved to Dallas in 2009. He was the first director of the Baker Center. ■Democrats are eager to win back control of the General Assembly. Their odds of achieving this are slim, but they are pushing it hard, including recruiting 23 women to run for the Legislature this November. The Democrats may gain seats, while failing to reach majority control in either house. Democrats claim that likely GOP nominee Donald Trump will alienate women voters from the

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GOP ticket, but that may be wishful thinking. Three women are running here in Knox County, starting with former state Rep. Gloria Johnson, seeking to recapture her old House seat against incumbent Eddie Smith. Also being opposed by Democratic women are Reps. Martin Daniel and Roger Kane in traditionally safe GOP districts. The SmithJohnson race in November will be the most seriously contested local contest. Out-of-state PAC money will be evident for both. It is a first in Tennessee political history that one party (Democratic) is fielding 23 women for state House seats including a women opposing House Speaker Beth Harwell, the first woman in Tennessee history to be house speaker. She is a credible opponent and Harwell will have to campaign actively in her own district to win another term. â– Thackston School, located on Lake Avenue adjacent to the UT campus, closed its doors after 95 years last week. No announcement was made. Parents were asked not to talk to the media about it when informed a few months ago. Deborah Wofford has headed the school for many years, and it has had a student body of 100, starting at age 3 and going through fifth grade. Hundreds of Knoxville residents have attended Thackston over the years. The land it is on is being sold as this column is written. It is the end of an era. Prominent citizens attending Thackston include longtime Knoxville attorney Arthur G. Seymour Jr. â– Veteran General Sessions Judge Geoff Emery and his wife recently returned from a twoweek trip to Europe focused on World War II history. They visited the beaches at Normandy in France, the site of the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium, and Germany. â– Vice Mayor Duane Grieve celebrated his 70th birthday on May 25. Council member Finbarr Saunders is the oldest member of Knoxville City Council at 71. Marshall Stair is the youngest member at 37.

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SENIOR NOTES ■South Knox Senior Center 6729 Martel Lane 573-5843 knoxcounty.org/seniors Monday-Friday 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Offerings include: dulcimer and guitar lessons; arts and crafts classes; dance classes; exercise programs; Tai Chi; card games; Joymakers practice; free swim 7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. Senior Meals program noon each Wednesday and Friday. Register for: Center’s “Shin-Dig,� 9 a.m.-noon Thursday, June 9; entertainment by South Knox Opry and the Mill Creek Mule Skinner Band; bring covered dish. Veterans Services office visit, 9-10 a.m. Thursday, June 16; registration: 215-5646. ■South Knox Community Center 522 Old Maryville Pike 573-3575 Monday-Friday Hours vary Offerings include a variety of senior programs. ■John T. O’Connor Senior Center 611 Winona St. 523-1135 knoxseniors.org/oconnor. html Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Offerings include: Card games, billiards, senior fitness, computer classes, bingo, blood pressure checks 10:30-11:30 a.m. Monday-Friday. Register for: Harrah’s trip, 8 a.m. Tuesday, June 7; cost: $30; info: Frankie Hicks, 525-1475. AAA Driver Safety Program, 8:30 a.m.4:30 p.m. Thursday, June 9; info/registration: Kate Fleming, 862-9254. ■CAC Office on Aging 2247 Western Ave. 524-2786 knoxooa@knoxseniors. org

By Sara Barrett This week at Sherrill Hills Retirement Resort, the Shopper News will present its first Beyond Bingo event for folks interested in life after their senior discount. Everything is free, including lunch provided by Sherrill Hills. Door prizes will be given away and there’s a pretty good chance you’ll leave with a few other freebies. Beyond Bingo will take place 11 a.m.-1 p.m. today and tomorrow (Wednesday and Thursday, June 1-2) at Sherrill Hills, 271 Moss Grove Boulevard. In addition to numerous vendors that will be on hand, a number of speakers will share advice in their areas of expertise: ■Jasen Bradley, CPT, manager and NASM certified personal trainer, Fitness Together Jasen Bradley became a trainer more than 10 years ago. “My own path to becoming a personal trainer began after my father passed due to heart disease. It gave me the motivation to not only make my health a priority, but to help others do the same,� he says. Bradley is now a trainer and manager for Fitness Together in Farragut. He plans to focus his presentation at Beyond Bingo on the success of FT clients and how many of them started their new, healthy lifestyles after the perceived “normal� age. “I want our clients to spend as much time with their children, families, and hobbies as long as they can without wasting their time on ‘fly by night’ health fads. “FT offers seniors a dedicated personalized program fit around their interests and goals,� Bradley continues. “No program is the same and the results are guaranteed. “Whether it’s improving your overall health and wellness, or seeking fitness through strength training, helping you get out of bed without pain, running faster, jumping higher, or learning about your weight management options to reach your fitness goals, we’re eager to start you on a journey that will change your

Info: LorenRiddickTeam.com ■Paul Yau, MD, Tennessee Orthopedic Clinic Dr. Paul Yau, board certified physician, received his fellowship training in joint replacement and adult reconstructive surgery from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Yau currently chairs the orthoJasen Bradley Blake McCoy Loren Riddick Dr. Paul Yau pedic department at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center and coordinates the hip fracture and joint life forever.� Info: 671-2022. reverse mortgages during his pre- replacement services there. His specialty practice keeps him ■Blake McCoy, founder sentation. and CEO, Independent Insur“Questions I am commonly current with the latest surgical ance Consultants asked by seniors are ‘Do I still get techniques and advances in orthoBlake McCoy had a close rela- to own my home?’ and ‘What hap- pedic care including hip arthrostionship to his grandparents grow- pens when I die or move out of the copy and anterior hip replacement. Yau is a member of the American ing up, and he feels that’s part of house in relation to my heirs?’� says Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, what inspired him to help seniors. Riddick. “I feel seniors don’t get treated The Loren Riddick Team has a American Association of Hip and properly,� says McCoy. “They have nearly 100 percent repeat and re- Knee Surgeons, and Arthroscopy so much knowledge, and often they ferral client base according to its Association of North America. Info: tocdocs.com are ignored.� website. McCoy would see agents only interested in helping themselves instead of doing what was best for their client’s situation. He was inspired to get his insurance license at age 19. In September, he will have had his license for 14 years. McCoy plans to discuss the four Year-in and year-out, our most parts of Medicare during his preloyal Shopper News readers are sentation at Beyond Bingo. He also our seniors. That was true when hopes to cover the difference beI began publishing the paper in Sandra tween an independent agency and 1971 and remains true today. ReClark a captive agency, and how to qualspect for place becomes stronger ify for extra help with prescription as we age, and the Shopper is all drugs. about people and place. Info: medicareknoxville.com or For instance, Shannon Carey call 691-5571. has a great tale in our new North/ readers with a party of sorts. Val ■Loren Riddick, branch East Shopper this week about and Cassie Smith at Sherrill Hills manager, People’s Home Eqhow retired Carson-Newman Retirement Resort agreed to host uity, HECM division guy Jim Coppock celebrated his the first one and it’s this week! Loren Riddick is an East TenA good turnout will guarantee 80th birthday. He asked his kids nessee native who earned an asto throw a party at Holston Hills other such events in other parts sociate’s degree from Walters State Country Club for his friends from of town. There’s no cost or obligaCommunity College. sixth grade at Chilhowee Elemen- tion. We hope you can make time Riddick has been in the mortto attend! tary School. gage arena since 1999 and currently Oh, yes, Sherrill Hills is at the Incredibly, people came from heads the Home Equity Conversion top of the hill behind Academy across the country. Mortgage (HECM) division of PeoBeyond Bingo: So our sales Sports on Kingston Pike just west ples Home Equity. He has assisted manager, Amy Lutheran, and I of Cedar Bluff. Info: 865-622clients with both forward and redecided to celebrate our senior 4059 verse mortgages, and plans to discuss and answer questions about

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faith cross currents Lynn Pitts lpitts48@yahoo.com

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The memory of the righteous is a blessing. (Proverbs 10: 7a, NRSV) Memories light the corners of my mind, misty, water-colored memories of the way we were. (“Memories” Barbra Streisand)

Pastor Tim Fleeger holds Irene Kautz’s purse and Bible as she boards the train. The passengers are Allison Keck and Sallie Hatfield.

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offers hospitality, fun By Kelly Norrell When Island Home Baptist Church asked its members for donations to build a playground two months ago, Paislee Scott, age 9, took the request to heart. She donated her Easter Egg prize money. Paislee sent the money with a note: “If you need more, just ask me. Love, Paislee Scott.” Her gift, along with donations from others, has garnered about $8,100 for the playground project, expected to have a total cost of about $11,000. Her reason for giving: “Because kids need to get out and play and have some fun.” Paislee’s logic reflects the prevailing mood of the historic church, founded in 1860. As it confronts the dilemmas facing many churches – declining numbers, aging congregations and changing neighborhoods – Island

Home Baptist has responded with community engagement, hospitality and a sense of fun. “It’s a church that has a good time. It’s always been that way,” said the Rev. Tim Fleeger. Last week, workers paved the playground area to accommodate basketball, volleyball, swings, seesaws, shuffleboard and horseshoes. The immediate goal: to have the area ready for Vacation Bible School June 5-9, 6-8:30 p.m. Nightly events include Bible study, games, recreation and dinner, and are free of charge and open to all children in the community age 3 through sixth grade. The church also offers a free hot breakfast to anyone, member or stranger, who shows up at 8 a.m. on Sundays. In a playful nod to community kids,

David Hatfield drives the train. Passengers are Riley Haas, Paislee Scott, Elia Scott and Sallie Hatfield.

Irene Kautz and Sallie Hatfield ride the Island Home Baptist Church train. Photos by Kelly Norrell

the church offers free train rides in its parking lot each Wednesday from 6-6:20 p.m., just before Wednesday evening worship activities. Built by the Baptist Men’s Group, it’s sturdy and safe, said Pastor Tim Fleeger. Member David Hatfield is train engineer. Last Wednesday, Paislee, Riley Haas, Elia Scott, Sallie Hatfield and Allison Keck enjoyed multiple rides on the train. They rode in the cool evening light for as long as Sallie’s dad would pull them. Joining them was Irene Wattenberger Kautz, the church’s oldest member at 90. “In 1938, my daddy bought this farm up here at Forks of the River, so we came to live on the farm. My brothers and sisters and I started coming here to go to Sunday school,” Kautz said. The daughter of the late Frank Wattenberger, owner of Knoxville’s Downtown Island Airport, Kautz made headlines as one of Knoxville’s early female aviators. Kautz said her fondest church memories were of her Sunday school classes. “We had wonderful adult members who taught our classes. Betty Sewell, who taught my children’s classes, is still a member.” Lynn Patrick, who married her husband, Wayne, in the church 20 years ago, said she likes the support and closeness of church relationships. “Sometimes you need a church family. When things get bad, it’s good to have,” she said, naming family deaths and illness as examples. “And those can happen so fast.” Contact: Island Home Baptist Church, 2323 Island Home Avenue. Email info@islandhomebaptist.org or call 865-573-3212.

I am still thinking about Memorial Day and memories. There are memories we cherish, hang onto, re-visit time and again. There are others, of course, that we desperately wish to forget. Then, there are the memories that are painful, but worthy of remembering, lest we repeat our follies, our mistakes, our sins. The only good that can come from the painful memories is that we heed the lessons learned. That applies to all of us: children, grown-ups, pets, communities and nations. The sweet memories, the fun memories, the glowing memories, however, can, with time, heal the raw ones, transcend the sad ones, make useful the hard ones. One of the treasures I have in my possession is a letter my maternal grandfather, Maston Dunn,

FAITH NOTES ■ Knoxville Aglow will meet 9:30-11:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 7, New Covenant Fellowship, 6828 Central Avenue Pike. Speaker: Mike Vandergriff, pastor and founder of Victory Assembly of God in New Tazewell and advisor of Appalachian Aglow Lighthouse. Refreshments and child care provided. All welcome. ■ Listening Hearts, A Gathering of Bereaved Moms, will meet 3 p.m. Saturday, June 4, Christus Victor Lutheran Church, 4110 Central Avenue Pike. All grieving moms are invited. Info: listeningheartsmoms@gmail.com; 679-1351; listeningheartsmoms.org.

■ Maryville Baptist Tabernacle, 1585 Mount Tabor Road, Maryville, will hold Homecoming 10:45 a.m. Sunday, June 5. Mike Holcomb, former bass singer with the Inspirations, will preach; Heartline will sing. Home-cooked meal after the service. Info: Rick Smelcer, 216 0487. ■ St. Mark UMC, 7001 S. Northshore Dr., is seeking a parttime Director of Children’s Ministry. Position requires 20 hours per week and personal faith in the Methodist tradition; experience working with children is preferred. For a complete job description and qualifications, send resume to office@stmarkknox.org.

REUNION NOTES ■ Bearden High School Class of ’66 reunion is Oct. 14 at Hunter Valley Farm. Info: Joe Bruner, 399-5951 or jobruner01@yahoo.com. ■ Central High School Class of 1964’s 70th birthday party, 6-10 p.m. Saturday, June 25, Grande Event Center, 5441 Clinton Highway. Cost: $30, includes full buffet. Info: David, CHS64grad@gmail.com. ■ The Knoxville Central High School Class of 1966 50th reunion, Saturday, Oct. 8, Beaver Brook Country Club. Info: Gail Norris Kitts, gnkitts@yahoo.com. ■ Fulton High School Class of 1966 50th reunion, 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6, Calhoun’s on the River, 400 Neyland Drive. Cost: $25. Reservations deadline: July 15. Reservations/payment: Fulton High School 1966 Reunion, c/o Doug Welch, 890 Hansmore Place, Knoxville TN 37919. Info: Dougwelch1948@yahoo.com.

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wrote to my grandmother, Belle, when he was courting her. His love and respect for her were clear in every line, and because of the existence of that letter, his love lives on in history as well as in my memory. On the other side of the family tree, we also have the letters that my father’s brother wrote to Daddy and Mother during World War II. They contain first person accounts of some of the deadliest battles in the Pacific (Okinawa, Saipan and The Marshalls, his family learned later), carefully redacted by the censors who were in charge of keeping troop movements secret. Those letters are living history, and provide at least some explanation of why my uncle came home a changed man, a man who refused to talk about his experiences in the war. May God bless them all, with peace at last.

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SUMMER CAMPS Additional listings and information at ShopperNewsNow.com. â– All American Camp, 9-11:30 a.m. Monday-Thursday, June 6-9, Angela Floyd Schools, 6732 Jubilee Center Way; or 9-11:30 a.m. Monday-Thursday, June 13-16, Angela Floyd Schools, 10845 Kingston Pike. Cost: $125. Ages: 6 and up. Info/registration: angelafloyd schools.com. â– Archaeokids: Exploring Ancient Art & Archaeology, 1-4 p.m. July 11-15, McClung Museum, 1327 Circle Park Drive. For ages 9-11 (rising fourth, fifth and sixth graders). Cost: $110; $99 members. Info/registration: mcclung museum.utk.edu or 974-2144. â– Awesome Oceans, 9 a.m.noon Monday-Friday, July 25-29, The Muse Knoxville, 516 N. Beaman St. For ages 9-13. Cost: $105/ $95 members. Info/ registration: themuseknox ville.org/content/summercamps-2016 or 594-1494. â– Awesome Oceans, 1-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, July 25-29, The Muse Knoxville, 516 N. Beaman St. For ages 7-8. Cost: $105/ $95 members. Info/ registration: themuseknox ville.org/content/summercamps-2016 or 594-1494. â– Boys basketball camp, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday-Thursday, June 27-30, 9 a.m.-noon Friday, July 1, Roane State

Community College– Roane County campus gym. For ages 8 through high school seniors. Cost: $115. Application: roanestate.edu/athletics. Info: 882-4583. ■Camp Invention, Monday-Friday, June 6-10, at the following times and locations: 8 a.m.2:30 p.m., A.L. Lotts Elementary, 9320 Westland Drive; Sequoyah Elementary School, 942 Southgate Road; Shannondale Elementary School, 5316 Shannondale Road; Blue Grass Elementary School, 8901 Bluegrass Road; and 8:30 a.m.3 p.m., Farragut Intermediate School, 208 West End Ave. Cost: $230. Ages: rising first through rising sixth graders. Info/registration: camp invention.org or 800-9684332. ■Camp Wallace Summer Day Camp, through Aug. 5, Wallace Memorial Baptist Church, 701 Merchant Drive. Activities and field trips for children who have completed kindergarten through seventh grade. Info/registration: Kristie Bell, 688-7270. ■Camp Webb Sports Camps, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., 9800 Webb School Lane. Camps include: lacrosse, basketball, football, tennis, soccer, cheer, gymnastics and more. Info/schedule/ registration: campwebb.com or 291-3840. ■Camp Wesley Woods summer camp, 329 Wesley Woods Road, Townsend. Programs

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â– Cartoon Camp, 9-11:30 a.m. Monday-Thursday, July 11-14, Angela Floyd Schools, 6732 Jubilee Center Way; or 9-11:30 a.m. Monday-Thursday, July 18-21, Angela Floyd Schools, 10845 Kingston Pike. Cost: $125. Ages: 2-5. Info/registration: angelafloydschools.com. â– Christian Academy of Knoxville summer camps, 529 Academy Way. Variety of camps, both athletic and academic, available throughout June and July. Info/schedule/ registration: cakwarriors.com/ community/summer-camps; athletics@cakmail.org. â– Concord Park golf camps, Concord Park, 10909 S. Northshore Drive. Two-day camps for ages 6-8, 9-11 a.m., June 7-8, July 5-6, July 26-27; cost: $50. Three-day camps for ages 9-17, 9 a.m.-noon., June 14-16, June 21-23, June 28-30, July 12-14, July 19-21, Aug. 2-4; cost: $100. Info/registration: 966-9103. â– Cooking up Science, 1-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, June 20-24, The Muse Knoxville, 516 N. Beaman St. For ages 7-8. Cost: $85/ $75 members. Info/registration: themuseknoxville.org/ content/summer-camps-2016 or 594-1494. â– Dance classes available June 6-July 23, Dancers Studio, 4216 Sutherland Ave. Morning, afternoon, evening classes available.

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■Day camps, Arnstein Jewish Community Center, 6800 Deane Hill Drive. Milton Collins Day Camp for K-sixth graders; Teen Adventures Program for seventh-ninth graders; Counselor-in-Training Program for 10th graders; Camp K’Ton Ton for ages 2-pre-K. Sessions available Monday-Friday through July 29. Info/registration: jewish knoxville.org or 690-6343. ■Dig It! Fun with Fossils, 1-4 p.m. June 20-24, McClung Museum, 1327 Circle Park Drive. For ages 9-11 (rising fourth, fifth and sixth graders). Cost: $110; $99 members. Info/registration: mcclungmuseum. utk.edu or 974-2144. ■Dino Explorers, 9-11 a.m. June 7-9, McClung Museum, 1327 Circle Park Drive. For ages 4-5. Cost: $35; $30 members. Info/registration: mcclungmuseum.utk.edu or 974-2144. ■Explorer camp at Ijams, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, June 20-24 or July 18-22, Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave. Cost: $245 members, $270 nonmembers; includes a full day off-site trip. Ages 9-14. Info/registration: Lauren, 577-4717, ext. 135.

Copeland retires from LMU

Lincoln Memorial University president B. James Daw son took time during the spring commencement exercises to celebrate the career of Dr. John Copeland, Copeland who is retiring from the University after nearly 40 years of service. Copeland, the longest tenured faculty member at LMU, served as macebearer during the commencement exercises. He joined the faculty on Sept. 1, 1976, and is now professor emeritus of biology. He has been engaged in discovery research and

conservation biology in the state of Tennessee and the adjoining regions of Southwest Virginia and Southeast Kentucky. He has conducted work with mammals, amphibians and native plants. Copeland capped his career with a grant to survey freshwater sponges in Tennessee. In that study he discovered and named a new genus. Copeland mentored many students, providing opportunities for students to join him in field work and supervising their research projects throughout his career. Moreover, he counseled them as they entered the workforce or continued their education. He was awarded LMU’s Houston Award for teaching excellence in 2005.

VBS NOTES ■Mount Olive Baptist Church, 2500 Maryville Pike, 6-8:30 p.m. July 10-14. Ages: 3 years old through fifth grade. Theme: “Submerged.� Info/ registration: mobcknox.com. ■Sevier Heights Baptist Church, 3232 Alcoa Highway, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. June 6-10. Ages: finished kindergarten

through fifth grade. Theme: “Submerged.� Info/registration: sevierheights.org. ■Seymour First Baptist Church, 8:30 a.m.-noon June 6-10. Ages: 3 years old through eighth grade. Theme: “Submerged.� Family fun night, 7-9 p.m. June 10. Info/registration: seymourfbc.org.

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For the first time, I saw Eliscue ashamed that he even knew girls. “I know,� continued Mr. Tillman, “you guys are starting to hate yourselves!� “Mr. Tillman,� I said, “what can you expect? All we get from people is, ‘Keep on trying. You can win.’ I mean, we keep disappointing them. I am beginning to hate myself.� “I love you for saying that, Ed,� cried Mr. Tillman. “The trick is, do you believe in yourselves?� “Not a bit,� said Root. “Why not? Someone want to share his feelings with me?� “Because we stink,� said Dorman. There was a general murmur and nodding of approval. “Nope,� said Mr. Tillman, “I won’t buy that. I won’t let you run yourselves down. I believe you can do it. Let me share something with you guys. To win, you must trust yourselves.� “Don’t you have to be a little . . . good?� asked Barish. Mr. Tillman shook his massive head. “Heart!� he cried, thumping that mass of body where I guess he kept his heart. His happy beads bounced and rattled. “Mr. Tillman?� asked Porter. “Yes?� “I have this reading project. It’s really important to me. May I go work on it now?� Mr. Tillman looked as if he had been insulted, or his mother and father had, or his little sister (she couldn’t have been bigger) or maybe his whole family. “Boys,� he said, “the bottom line is this, ‘Don’t avoid your responsibilities.’� That was a new one. “Learn to accept your responsibilities!� he bellowed. “Learn that, and it will be worthwhile!� There was some more. Just as loud. Mostly it added up to the same thing: we owed them. “Wish they’d just let us lose in peace,� said Radosh when we got out. “Oh, good grief,� I said. They looked where I was pointing. A big piece of brown paper had been put on the wall. In crude letters was written: Support a Team in Big Trouble! Special Seventh-Grade Soccer Team! S.O.R. vs. Pennington Prep 1:30 If we care, they will! We all had the same reaction. A quick check to see who might be looking, and rip, down it came. Plus the seven others we found around the school. When we got back to class, I asked Ms. Appleton about those posters. “A class project,� she said sweetly. “We’re going all out to support you.� “Why?� I said, feeling sick. “S.O.R. has no losers,� she said firmly. “Yeah,� I said, “I believed in Santa Claus too, once.� (To be continued.)

Text copyright Š 2012 Avi. Illustrations copyright Š 2012 Timothy Bush. Reprinted by permission of Breakfast Serials, Inc., www.breakfastserials.com. No part of this publication may be reproduced, displayed, used or distributed without the express written permission of the copyright holder.

SOUTH KNOX Shopper news • JUNE 1, 2016 • 9 McKenzie, Katie and Colin Dodson read books they checked out at the Bearden library during a visit with their grandmother, Ginger Milligan. Photos by S. Barrett

Lovin’ the library Knox County libraries Regular programs inhave something for every- clude songwriting groups, one – in addition to books. computer workshops and even discussions about local history. After the end of the school year, additional Sara activities are offered for Barrett students in grade school through high school includ-

ing musical plays, robotics workshops, tie-dye T-shirt lessons and afternoon chess club meetings. Ginger Milligan brought her grandchildren to the Bearden library last week to sign them up for the summer reading program, and they enjoyed a performance

Dollywood Penguin Players members Schade Harris and Chad Steed perform “Old Bear and His Cub� based on the book by Olivier Dunrea.

by Dollywood Penguin Players while there. “The library always has good events, and we also participate in summer reading,� says Milligan. “We

stopped in to sign up and get reading recommendations.� The Summer Library Club for kids rewards them for reading (or being read to) over summer break.

Registration for the club ends July 15. Programs for all library branches can be found at knoxlib.org

C o u n t y Schools in 2006 as a math teachJanice Cook has been served since 2008. er at Fulton appointed principal of Cook holds a bachelor’s High. She Paul Kelley degree in music from the was apVo l u n t e e r Royal Scottish Academy of pointed an A c a d e m y . Music in Scotland. She also adminisShe joined holds a certification in muKnox Coun- sic and religious education Leanne Hawn trative assistant at ty Schools from Morary House College in 1997 as of Education, also in Scot- Fulton in 2011 and became a district- land, and a master’s degree assistant principal there in wide in- in administration and su- 2013. Hawn holds a bachelor’s ter vent ion pervision from Lincoln MeJanice Cook degree in math and a masconsultant. morial University. She is currently principal at Leanne Hawn is prin- ter’s in math education from the Knoxville Adaptive Edu- cipal of the Career Magnet UT. She holds an educationcation Center where she has Academy. She joined Knox al specialist degree in in-

structional leadership from Tennessee Tech University and is a candidate for a doctorate in education leadership from East Tennessee State University.

Knox schools get new principals Last week Dr. Jim McIntyre appointed three new principals for area schools: Jason Myers has been appointed principal of K nox v ille Adaptive E d u c a tion Center (KAEC). He joined Knox C o u n t y Schools in 2008 as a teaching Jason Myers assistant

at Fulton High School. In 2009, he became a special education teacher and was named lead teacher in 2011. Myers moved to West High School as an administrative assistant in 2012, and has held his current position of assistant principal since 2013. He holds a bachelor’s degree in history and a master’s degree from the University of Tennessee where he is also a doctoral candidate in educational leadership and policy studies.

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Knox Rotary honors teachers The parallels are eerie. Heather McFall and Cara Vaughn started college wanting to be attorneys, but both decided on teaching. Both place loving relationships with their students first and foremost. And on the same McFall Vaughn day, both were honored by the Rotary Club of Knoxville as its 2016 Teachers of the Year. Heather is a kindergarten teacher at West Haven Elementary School. Cara teaches biology and chemistry (including honors classes in both) at Bearden High School. Heather has been in the classroom for 15 years, Cara for nine years. Here’s another parallel: Each received a $500 check from Knoxville Rotary and a $250 gift certificate from A&W Office Supply at the club’s May 24 meeting at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. “Our reward is our students’ success,” Heather said in her acceptance speech. “You have to be called to teaching and I can’t imagine doing anything else. Teaching for me is all about bringing love and compassion to the kids, every day.” Cara’s grandmother was a kindergarten teacher for 27 years who taught her to let her students know they are loved. “I come into every class every day to give them love. They need love and they need to be challenged,” she said. “It’s about relationships and that’s why I teach.” ■

Off to South Africa

Five members of Webb School’s Interact Club and Club Adviser Liz Gregor and Rotarian Rob Johnson of the Rotary Club of Knoxville left yesterday (May 31) for Cape Town, South Africa. “This will be the third Webb Interact trip to South Africa. We will partner with the Rotary Club of Stanford (one hour outside of Cape Town) and will volunteer in schools, an orphanage, soup kitchens, a swap shop and a baby stork project,” Gregor said. The students will visit Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela was held prisoner for 27 years. Knoxville Rotary sponsors the Webb Interact Club.

BIZ NOTES ■ Joe Jarret has been named “Author of the Year” and an article he wrote on zoning risk management was named “Article of the Year” by the Public Risk Management Association, a national organization dedicated to public sector risk and safety management. Jarret is a former law director for Knox County. He currently teaches at UT while pursuing a doctorate in political science. ■ Jason Riddle has been named a partner of LBMC Information Security, a division of LBMC. He is an information systems security expert with broad technology expertise and experience with a variety

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of industries including healthcare, financial services and retail. Riddle has over 15 years of experience in the information technology and security fields. He is a veteran of the U.S. Navy, Submarine Force. ■ TDS Telecom will host a tech-

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In 1965, 65, K Keith eiith h Miller authored a book called called, “A Taste of New Wine,” which I purchased in hardback for $3.50. I read it and was so impressed by his wisdom I loaned the book to many of my friends. The dust cover is dirty and worn.

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By 1968, the book was in its 12th printing. It was endorsed by many wellknown people of faith. Billy Graham’s comments were, “Keith Miller has written a wonderful book. In it he tells of the exhilarating and wonderful experiences of knowing Christ in depth.” In a surprisingly short period of time, there is now new wine among us. When the perils of tobacco use was finally accepted by most, we feared the economic loss by the farmers then growing tobacco. I grew up on a farm, and it was a priority to get the tobacco handed off and to market in time to get those new shoes or whatever for Christmas. I’ve carefully observed the transformation of the hillside along the Jack Woods Hollow in Union County where a legal distillery once operated. Much research and expertise has gone into the building and operation of The Winery at

The Vineyard at Seven Springs Farm. 3-D photo by Alicia Muncey

Seven Springs Farm. I’m impressed with those shiny new stainless steel containers and the education and skill of its winemaker, Nicky Riddle. The parents, James “Rick” and Donna Riddle, are striving to see that the winery and farm are successful. Rick is a veterinarian and has an agricultural and military background. It is said that “we play with the hand we are dealt.” It looks like East Tennessee and Union County in particular may have been dealt a better hand than we had thought. The market will choose the wines people drink – will it be Napa Valley of California or wines from the Great Valley Wine Trail of East Tennessee? The

Fifty-five individuals have been named seasonal interpretive recreators for summer at state parks. They will provide guided tours, hikes, slide shows, demonstrations, campfires and other activities for camp visitors. Locally, the SIRs are: ■ Seven Islands State Birding Park – Mark Armstrong ■ Norris Dam State Park – Josh Powell and Brittany Perryman ■ Big Ridge State Park – Jordan Cross nology seminar at 9 a.m. and noon Wednesday, June 15, at 10025 Investment Drive in West Knoxville. The seminar will be led by a certified VoIP specialist and is designed for small to medium size business customers interested in combining voice and data services on one platform. RSVP to 865-288-6266 or tdsvoip.com/ KnoxvilleDemo

Most of the summer staff are college students studying natural resource, recreation, history, or biologyrelated fields. Tennessee State Parks offers a oneweek intense training in interpretive techniques. Based upon Freeman Tilden’s Principles of Interpretation, participants learn to develop thematic programs on the primary and secondary park themes. SIRs also work closely with the park rangers to assure that park facilities,

■ Mayor Madeline Rogero will host a business breakfast 7:30-11:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 14, at the Civic Coliseum, 500 Howard Baker Jr. Avenue. The free breakfast is designed for business owners interested in bidding on city contracts. Boyce H. Evans, the city’s purchasing director, said Knoxville enters into $55 million in contracts annually.

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AARP Driver Safety class, noon-4 p.m., Sequoyah Hills Presbyterian Church, 3700 Keowee Ave. Info/ registration: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

Registration open for Knoxville Youth Athletics summer track and field program. Open to all girls and boys between the ages of 5 and 18. Practices: 6:308 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays through June 23. Track meets: Saturdays, June 4-25. Info/registration: knoxvilleyouthathletics.org/programs/summerdevelopmental-track-and-field or 385-6237.

THROUGH FRIDAY, SEPT. 16 Online registration open for the Marine Mud Run, to be held Saturday, Sept. 17. Individual waves, 8 a.m.; team waves, 11:30 a.m. Course: 3 miles of offroad running, which entails some obstacles, hills and mud pits. Registration deadline: Friday, Sept. 16, or until total registrants reaches 3150. Info/registration: knoxmud.org.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1 Karns Volunteer Fire Department visit, 10:30 a.m., Karns Branch Library, 7516 Oak Ridge Highway. Learn about fire safety and sit in the big fire truck. Info: 470-8663.

modern doctors when patients are having difficulties – “No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for your stomach’s sake. …” “There are now more than 25 wineries in East Tennessee, and five of those are on the Great Valley Wine Trail founded by the Riddles. These wineries are gaining momentum. When you are checking out the wines made at Seven Springs Farm, be sure to check out the art work on the labels by local artist Betty Hamilton Bullen. Then, too, when you are looking for a good read, I recommend “A Taste of New Wine” by Keith Miller and “Wine for a Breaking Heart,” poems by Hafiz, a lyric poet of Persia.

State parks add summer SIRs

Knoxville Zoomobile, 3 p.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Info: 470-7033. Movie Party: “Inside Out,” 3 p.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Info: 2158750. Storyteller: Georgi Schmitt, 2 p.m., Farragut Branch Library, 417 N. Campbell Station Road. Info: 777-1750.

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economic gain to our region and to our county will no doubt enrich the lives of our people. It may just put Union County on the “Big Map.” You will remember that before food processing and canning came along, there was no preserved grape juice, even for religious sacraments. In Jesus’ time wine was the accepted symbolic observance of the Lord’s Supper – “For this is my blood of the new covenant which is shed for many for the remission of sins.” (King James Bible) The blood of Christ is signified and represented by the wine. There are many interesting scriptures about wine, and 1 Timothy 5:23 is sometimes invoked by our

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, JUNE 1-2

THURSDAY, JUNE 2 The Authors Guild of Tennessee meeting, 11:30 a.m., Farragut Branch Library, 417 N. Campbell Station Road. Open to the public. Info: authorsguildoftn.org. Awesome Science with Dr. Al Hazari, 3 p.m., Sequoyah Branch Library, 1140 Southgate Road. Info: 525-1541. Beauford Delaney Celebration, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Beck Center Exchange Center, 1927 Dandridge Ave. Free and open to the public. Info/reservations: ddbubose@ knoxart.org or 934-2036. “Best Hiking Equipment” program with Cindy Spangler, 6:30 p.m., Farragut Branch Library, 417 N. Campbell Station Road. Info: 777-1750. Shakespeare for Kids, 11 a.m., Bearden Branch Library, 100 Golfclub Road. Presented by the Tennessee Stage Company; featuring “The Merry Wives of Windsor” and “King Lear.” Info: 588-8813. Variety Thursday: featuring Jazzspirations, 7-9 p.m., Bill Lyons Pavilion, Market Square. Free music performances each Thursday. Bring chairs or blankets to sit on. Info: Knoxvilletn.gov/concerts.

buildings, grounds and equipment are safe and secure. As most full-time state park rangers start out as SIRs, this program provides a great starting point for a state parks career. Tennessee’s 56 state parks offer diverse natural, recreational and cultural experiences for individuals, families or business and professional groups. State park features range from pristine natural areas to 18-hole championship golf courses. Info: tnstate parks.com

“We want to help match local businesses with the right project for their products and services.” Register at knoxvilletn.gov/businessbreakfast ■ Susan G. Komen Knoxville has granted $347,988 to eight programs to provide thousands of women and men with no-cost breast health screening, treatment support, and education pro-

grams throughout the next year. In 2015, these programs provided more than 4,500 women and men with access to breast cancer screenings, diagnostic services and financial assistance while in treatment. As a result, 45 patients were diagnosed with breast cancer. Early detection is the key to reducing breast cancer mortality.

FRIDAY, JUNE 3 First Friday Comedy, 7-9 p.m., Saw Works Brewing, 708 E. Depot Ave. Free stand-up comedy showcase featuring Jenn Snyder from Columbia, S.C. Opening night for “The Word” exhibit, 5-9 p.m., Broadway Studios and Gallery, 1127 N Broadway. Exhibit on display June 3-24. Info: Jessica Gregory, 556-8676, or BroadwayStudiosAndGallery.com. Opening reception for Art Market Gallery’s June featured artists: Patricia Herzog and Diana Dee Sarkar, 5:30 p.m., Art Market Gallery, 422 S. Gay St. Exhibit on display through June 26. Info: 525-5265; artmarketgallery.net; on Facebook. Public reception for four new exhibits, 5-9 p.m., Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. Opening exhibits: “Knoxville Photo,” an exhibition featuring selected works from 33 artists throughout the region; Tennessee Watercolor Society exhibit; “A Mosaic Journey” by Judy Overholt Wheeler; and Kim Emert Gale and Janet Weaver: “Through Our Eyes.” Exhibits on display June 3-24. Info: 523-7543, or knoxalliance. com. Shakespeare for Kids, 4 p.m., South Knoxville Branch Library, 4500 Chapman Highway. Presented by the Tennessee Stage Company; featuring “The Merry Wives of Windsor” and “King Lear.” Info: 5731772.

SATURDAY, JUNE 4 The 100 Black Men of Greater Knoxville Gala, 7 p.m., Holiday Inn-World’s Fair Site. Theme: “I Am My Brother’s Keeper.” Guest speaker: former UT player and current AAU basketball coach Bobby Cornell Maze. Gala dedicated to Zaevion Dobson. Tickets: $60. Info: president Eston Williams, Eston.Williams@100bmok. org. Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road.

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Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee. Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org. Land Trust Day hosted by Foothills Land Conservancy (FLC) and Mast General Store, 10 a.m.-9 p.m., 402 S. Gay St. FLC staff on hand; 20 percent of store sales will go to FLC’s conservation programs. Saturday Stories and Songs: Jodie Manross and Laith Keilany, 11 a.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Info: 470-7033. Saturday Stories and Songs: Sarah Rysewyk, 11 a.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Info: 215-8750. Statehood Day celebration, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Blount Mansion, 200 W. Hill Ave. Free admission. Info: 525-2375 or blountmansion.org. Statehood Day celebration, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., James White’s Fort, 205 E. Hill Ave. Includes John Sevier re-enactor, free admission; donations accepted. Info: 525-6514 or jameswhitefort.org. Statehood Day celebration, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Mabry-Hazen House, 1711 Dandridge Ave. Includes living historians and free admission; donations accepted. Info: 522-8661 or mabryhazen.com. Statehood Day celebration, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Historic Westwood, 425 Kingston Pike. Free tours. Info: 523-8008 or historicwestwood.org. Teen Summer Reading Kick-off Party, 2-4 p.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Info: 470-7033.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, JUNE 4-5 Arts & Crafts Festival, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Lenoir City Park beside Fort Loudoun Lake. Hosted by GFWC Suburbia Woman’s Club of Lenoir City. Crafters and food vendors are welcome. Info/vendor applications: lenoircityartsandcraftsfestival.com.

MONDAY, JUNE 6 Free beginner class: Defense for Women, 7:30 p.m., CrossFit ex libro, 5438 Hilton Industrial Way. Initial class free. Info/registration: 454-8359 or exlibroselfdefense.com. QED Experimental Comedy Lab, 7:30-9:30 p.m., The Pilot Light, 106 E. Jackson Ave. Free weekly comedy show blending stand-up, improv, sketch and other performance styles. Donations accepted.

TUESDAY, JUNE 7 Casual Comedy, 7-9pm, Casual Pint-Hardin Valley, 10677 Hardin Valley Road. Free stand-up comedy showcase featuring Pittsburgh comedians Alex Stypula and Tim Ross. Computer Workshop: Introducing the Computer,

5:30-7:45 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Preregistration required. Info/registration: 215-8700. Einstein Simplified Comedy Improv troop, 8 p.m., Scruffy City Hall, 32 Market Square. Free admission. “Jazz Tuesday,” 8-10 p.m., Bill Lyons Pavilion, Market Square. Free music performances each Tuesday. Bring chairs or blankets to sit on. Info/schedule: www. facebook.com/CityofKnoxvilleSpecialEvents. Knoxville Zoomobile, 2 p.m., Karns Branch Library, 7516 Oak Ridge Highway. Info: 470-8663. Magician Michael Messing, 11 a.m., South Knoxville Branch Library, 4500 Chapman Highway. Info: 573-1772.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8 Magician Michael Messing, 2 p.m., Farragut Branch Library, 417 N. Campbell Station Road. Info: 777-1750. Quidditch Match!, 3-4 p.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. For preschool and schoolage children. Info: 215-8750.

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, JUNE 8-9 AARP Driver Safety class, noon-4 p.m., Fort Sanders’ Senior Center of Sevier County, 1220 W. Main St., Sevierville. Info/registration: Diane Lewis, 982-1887.

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Local patient benefits from Provision CARES Foundation The Caring Plate program provided meals during her cancer battle

Until a couple of years ago, Donna Lindsey was always the one taking care of others. Her husband, who has suffered numerous heart attacks. Her mother, who recently suffered from a stroke. Then she got the diagnosis: breast cancer. And just eight months after undergoing a lumpectomy, it came back with a vengeance — invading both breasts plus her lymph nodes. “I was never sick before this,” she says. Life was complicated in other ways too. She was going through a divorce, she did not have reliable housing, and Lindsey was her mother’s only caregiver — all as she faced additional surgery, chemotherapy and radiation treatment for what was now a stage 4 disease. After failing to get any call-backs about followup testing from her current healthcare providers, she connected with Provision through a friend whose niece, Samantha Kirk, works as care coordinator at the proton therapy center. Kirk called Lindsey, helped her sort out the issues and set her up to meet with specialists at the Knoxville Comprehensive Breast Center, Tennessee Cancer Specialists and the proton center as quickly as possible. “Every day, for weeks, somebody called me from that facility,” Lindsey says. “Do you know how impressive that is? And the kindness. They were so sincere. I wasn’t even a patient there yet.” She ultimately became a Provision patient,

receiving chemotherapy and menu, they would call to take my proton therapy at the Dowell order over the phone. A couple Springs campus. of days I couldn’t get the frozen Through the process, the packs out into the cooler. They proton center staff learned of would call and say, ‘We wanted to Lindsey’s living situation — she make sure you’re OK.’” was camped out in a 24-foot One day, after learning of her motorhome without running waterless plight, a Caring Plate water. She learned about the volunteer brought several cases Caring Plate, a service of the of water. Another day, Lindsey Provision CARES Foundation, came home from an appointment through Kirk. In partnership to find a bouquet of flowers on her with the Knoxville-Knox County cooler, courtesy of Random Acts of Community Action Committee, Flowers, which also partners with the foundation provides daily, the Provision CARES Foundation. healthy meals for cancer “They were a lifesaver — I Breast cancer patient Donna patients and their families living wouldn’t have had meals if it Lindsey was a recipient of The Carin the Knoxville area. Lindsey wasn’t for them,” she says. “They ing Plate, a healthy meal program dismissed the suggestion. saw what I needed more than I designed specifically for patients “I said, ‘I don’t want to take it did. I’ve never been treated like undergoing cancer treatments. away from somebody else,’” she this in any facility I’ve ever been The program is offered by the says. “They were already helping to.” Provision CARES Foundation and me so much.” “Donna is the exact type of the Knoxville-Knox County ComEventually, she says, one of person the Caring Plate program munity Action Committee. her nurses signed Lindsey up was designed to help,” says Les without her knowledge. As it Fout, director of Provision CARES turned out, The Caring Plate Foundation. “A cancer diagnosis helped see her through some very dark days. affects every aspect of a patient’s life. We are here to “Sometimes I was just too sick, lying in my help make that journey a little easier.” camper, I couldn’t even unlatch the door to say For more information on The Caring Plate, visit thank you,” she says. “If I wasn’t able to fill out the ProvisionCares.org/TheCaringPlate

2nd annual golf tourney supports cancer patients, builds awareness The Bill Williamson Memorial Golf Tournament will kick off Father’s Day weekend in support of cancer patients and to raise awareness of prostate cancer. The tournament will be held Friday, June 17, at Avalon Golf and Country Club, in honor of devoted father and avid golfer Bill Williamson, who died of prostate cancer on Father’s Day 2014. His sons, Jack and Tim Williamson, launched the tournament one year after his death. Two four-person scrambles will start at 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. Breakfast, lunch, swag bags, complimentary range balls, drinks and snacks will be provided. “Last year’s inaugural tournament was a big success, and we have even greater expectations this year,” said Jack Williamson. “It is wonderful to honor the memory my father’s life and his long fight against cancer in a way that also recognizes his greatest passion besides his family – golf.” Last year’s event raised more than $22,000 for the Provision CARES Foundation, a not-for-profit public

The Bill Williamson Memorial Golf Tournament is a family event honoring Bill Williamson who passed away from prostate cancer on Father’s Day 2014. The whole Williamson family pitches in to celebrate the life of their Dad, husband and grandfather. They are: Tim Williamson, Amy Williamson, Carolyn Williamson, Blaine Williamson and Jack Williamson. foundation that serves and supports cancer patients in providing education and wellness, clinical and biomedical research and patient assistance. More than 50 teams and 204 individuals participated in the event. This year, the Williamsons have set a fundraising goal of $30,000. Provision CARES facilitates The Caring Plate, which assures cancer

Adrian Pearce, Jamie Stokes, Wes Cate, and Craig Jenkins teamed up to play in last year’s Bill Williamson Memorial Golf Tournament at Avalon Golf and Country Club. Spots are still available for the morning and afternoon flights at this year’s tournament Friday, June 17.

patients undergoing treatment have access to healthy, nutritious meals. More than 9,000 meals have been served through The Caring Plate since its inception in 2014. The Patient Financial Assistance program provides grants to cancer patients in East Tennessee who need assistance with housing, transportation, or other expenses during their treatment. “We are so thankful to have the support of the Williamsons and that they have turned tragedy into a cause for good,” said Les Fout, director of Provision CARES Foundation. Celebrity golfer Mark Packer of WVLT will play and emcee the event. NewsTalk 98.7’s Phil Williams will host a live remote and broadcast his morning show from the tournament. Prizes will be given throughout the day. For information or to register, go to ProvisionCares.org or call 865- 321-4589.

Prostate cancer: What you need to know Signs and symptoms ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

Problems urinating Blood in urine or semen Erectile dysfunction Pain in hips, back, chest or other areas Weakness or numbness in legs or feet Loss of bladder or bowel control

When to screen ■ If you experience any of the above symptoms ■ If you’re over 50 ■ If you’re 40 and have more than one relative younger than 65 with prostate cancer ■ If you’re 45 and at high risk — i.e. African American and/or an immediate relative under 65 has had prostate cancer

For more information visit Provision CARES online at www.ProvisionCares.org or call 1-865-321-4589

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