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lizabethton, TN fiancée, Jack] are on the — Corner Nest lookout for cool and Antique Mall unique items to Chosen Best vendors Lori Gray present at Corner Antique Store by and Bill and RonNest Antique Mall, Out ‘N About nie Rogers are in located in the heart the Spotlight this of Elizabethton. Magazine readers! month during our “We enjoy going monthly visit. They to estates sales, yard really have some cresales and other places,” ative and interestshe adds. “It’s a fun ing things for sale hobby and it’s neat in their booths so that the entire family don’t miss out on a is involved. We also trip to one of the most popuprice our items realar destinations here. sonably because we don’t want Lori explains that she became them to [just] sit there. That’s why interested in the antique business of our booth is forever changing!” buying and selling during yard sale Bill Rogers’ sister had an antrips with her dad years ago. “My tiques store in Johnson City and experience with my dad resonated that’s how he got interested in the into a passion for antiques,” she business. “It was very successful says. “Now my daughters and hus- for years then she had some health band are involved so it’s fun and problems and was forced to sell it,” it has turned into a family affair he said matter-of-factly. “My other where we all pitch in and are always sister and brother-in-law are inchanging our booth display.” volved with Ronnie [his wife] and Last September, Lori and her me. I guess it’s an excuse for us family opened their booth at Cor- to hang out together and run the ner Nest Antique Mall. “I’m really roads,” he says with a chuckle. interested in Primitive items but we Bill says the key to success in also blend in Modern items because the antique business is to not over of demand. I try to offer things that pay for an item that you intend I like and see if they sale and they to offer for re-sale. “We all know have ... business has been good.” the economy is not in the greatest Nowadays, the Gray family shape,” he said. “Like everyone else [Lori, husband Roger and daugh- we like to save money so we visit esters Mattie and Callie plus Callie’s tate sales, auctions, etc. looking for
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good deals to pass along to our customers. We are constantly on the go and traveling in search for good deals not only in our area but in North Carolina and Virginia. I’m not interested in overpaying; I’m interested in putting items in our booth that can be used and save people some money.” Keep in mind that Corner Nest Antique Mall
100 West Elk Avenue Elizabethton, TN 423-547-9111
is a massive 30,000 square-foot building on two floors. Lori’s booth is downstairs while the Rogers’ booth is located on the 2nd. floor.
And, when visiting Corner Nest Antique Mall, keep in mind there are 90 booths and browsing is encouraged!
Hours: Monday-Thursday 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday & Saturday 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Sunday 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
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uck Landing Antique Mall, formerly known as Antiques at Duck Crossing. Owners Dwayne Ward and Daryl Hinkle Welcome you to the Duck Landing Antique Mall. Enjoy three floors of East Tennessee’s finest antiques, collectibles and gifts where numerous dealers display treasures from days gone by. Also available are new gifts & home accessories. Enjoy some old fashion horehound candy, some specialty foods or stock your cupboards with our wonderful frontier soup line. Feast your eyes on the beautiful surrounding Appalachian Mountains and return to history dating back to 1770. Stroll over and feed the Ducks at Tennessee’s oldest covered Bridge. That’s how the store got its original name as the Ducks waddle their way from the River up the street, they crossed in front of the store. Thus Antiques at Duck Crossing.
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Columnist reports on beginning of mission trip “I apologize folks for the inconvenient taking a sharp hairpin turn southward to delay, but upon my inspection of the airour final destination, Liberia, Costa Rica. craft this morning, I discovered that our Needless to say, I was unable to talk my technicians somehow forgot to charge the parents into allowing my companion and plane.” Not the words you want to hear me a nice day trip to the Big Apple. So affrom your pilot right before you board ter speaking with the airline attendant, we what is essentially a horizontal building were given revised tickets to leave the next being thrown from one place to another. morning, which meant driving an hour Carrie Of course, this minor altercation was after and a half home, missing a day of our trip, Williams having woken up at 3:30 a.m., driven an and having to get up early again the next hour and a half to the airport, and waited morning and try again. Of course, I suptwo hours at the gate without an explanation for the pose this was a better route than ending up like Tom delay. I thought I could at least give them the benefit Hanks in Castaway, especially considering I had left of the doubt and wait a little longer before approach- my volleyball at home. ing the already swamped help desk attendant — up What was worse though, was that because all of until the moment when the pilot returned to inform this had happened so early in the morning, I still had us that maintenance personal had “located the plane a full day remaining, which of course meant a full, charger.” At that point my travel partner and I made unplanned day of work. That’s what you get when the executive decision to not get on an aircraft whose your mom is your boss! Nonetheless, it was nice to charger can be misplaced. A wise decision, if I may have another day with family, and the next day was say so myself. By this time we had waited for over two better because — thank the Lord — they rememhours and consequently missed our connected flight bered to in fact charge the plane. We made it to Costa in Atlanta. So, being the — *ahem* — experienced Rica, and after three days and a sixteen hour drive, travelers that we are, we proceeded to whip out our we are now in Comayagua, Honduras, just outside of smartphones and check our airline apps for an itiner- Tegucigalpa! Of course the interesting occurrences ary update. Well, if you know me you also know that didn’t stop there, but I’ll have to share that with you interesting circumstances follow me in swarms. Sure next month when I’m back in the states. Your prayers enough, our itinerary had changed, and the new route are greatly appreciated and as always, thanks for took all the way from Atlanta to New York City, before reading!
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WRITE-IN - CHRIS MATHES SHERIFF Great Citizens of Carter County: It has truly been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your Sheriff for the past 8 years. I hope you are equally as proud as I am of the proessionalism and well-trained men and women that now make up the Carter County Sheriff ’s Office. My goal as Sheriff has always been to provide all of Carter County with the very best in professional law enforcement services. I sincerely appreciate your support. Thank you and may God continue to Bless Carter County.
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Thinking about and working on your swing When golfers think about the golf swing, they tend to think of only three swings: a “normal” swing, a chipping swing and a putting stroke. Some players only have a ‘normal’ swing and a putting stroke. What is a ‘normal’ swing? It is the swing that many golfers spend lots of money on clinics and lessons trying to become perfect in hitting. They then use that swing on every shot from tee to the green and get frustrated they can’t “hit it correctly.” Hitting a ‘normal’ shot is much more complicated that everyone is led to believe. To execute a golf shot, the player must take into account a variety of factors: 1. Lie — Is the ball sitting up so that the club may pass under it? Is it down in heavy grass that the club will have to go through to get to the ball?
2. Stance — Is the stance of the two feet going to be at a downward or upward angle to the target? Is the ball located above or below the feet of the player? 3. Target — What is around your target area? Can you run the ball up to your target? Must you carry your shot over obstacles to the target? 4. Environmental — Is the wind blowing against or with the shot? Is the ground wet? On a typical course that is not excessively flat or excessively hilly, there will be enough variables in each of the shots you hit, that you may have to have as many as 10 or 12 different ‘normal’ swings. Obviously, tee shots are the simplest shot to hit with the least amount of variables. An experienced golfer will be able to decipher the variables and decide on how to effectively hit the shot to the required distance.
This is the primary difference between the better players and the player who struggles to improve his/ her score. There are many times in a round that a player will have two or three ways in which to play the shot based on the variables that are presented. A ‘normal’ shot is one in which all variables favor the golfer. The lie is perfect. The stance is level and even. There is an easy target with lots of forgiveness. The wind is non-existent. Unfortunately, as we all know, there are very
few ‘normal’ shots during a round of golf. The key to becoming a better golfer has On the two parts: 1) course Understandwith Scott ing the variHandback able and how best to adapt your swing to the situation and 2) Executing the chosen swing based on the variables present. Any swing that does not result in success must be evaluated by both parts of the process to decide which part of the process was responsible for the bad swing. It is much easier said than done, which is why we aren’t playing on television on Sunday
afternoons. This monthly article will focus on various topics in the coming year related to the rules of the game and tips to help you play better. Questions about the game and rules can be emailed to gm@ tricitiesgc.com to be addressed in future columns. ---------Scott Handback is the General Manager at Tri Cities Golf Club in Bristol. He has spent much of his career in private clubs and has managed all functions related to private clubs. Scott is in the PGA program to become a certified golf professional and has been a certified tennis professional for most of his career. He played on the Tear Drop and Powerbilt Golf Professional Mini-Tours and has coached over 200 NCAA Division I Collegiate Athletes in his career.
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Concert Schedule Thompson Boling Arena in Knoxville: Sept.12 Jason Aldean Oct. 30 Eric Church Tennessee Theatre in Knoxville: Aug. 1 1964 The Tribute Aug. 20 &21 NeedToBreathe Bijou Theatre in Knoxville: Oct. 23 David Sedaris Nov. 9 Dave Mason’s Traffic Jam Bridgestone Arena in Nashville: July 16 Kiss and Def Leppard Aug. 7 Miley Cyrus Sept. 23 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers/Steve Winwood Oct. 10 Casting Crowns Oct. 15 Motley Crue & Alice Cooper Ryman Auditorium in Nashville: Aug. 1 & 2 Steely Dan Aug. 18 Tori Amos Biltmore in Asheville, N.C.: Aug. 15 Three Dog Night and 38 Special Aug. 21 Steven Curtis Chapman and Third Day
Aug. 23 Boston Aug. 28 Lyle Lovett and his Large Band and Emmylou Harris Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, N.C.: Aug. 6 Miley Cyrus The Fillmore in Charlotte: Aug. 19 3 Doors Down (acoustic) PNC Music Pavilion in Charlotte: July 28 Vans Warped Tour Aug. 3 James Taylor Aug. 7 Nine Inch Nails and Soundgarden Aug. 12 Linkin Park Aug. 14 OneRepublic and The Script Aug. 19 Motley Crue and Alice Cooper Aug. 22 Keith Urban Aug. 29 Blake Shelton, The Band Perry, Neal McCoy, Dan + Shay Harrah’s in Cherokee, N.C.: Aug. 2. Jennifer Nettles Aug. 31 Tim McGraw Sept. 27 Jake Owen Walnut Creek Amphitheatre in Raleigh, N.C.:
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Friday, August 1st 8 p.m. The Symphony Rags Saturday, August 2nd 8 p.m. Reagan Boggs Saturday, August 9th 8 p.m. Dennis Cove Band Wednesday, August 13th 8 p.m. Only Solution-Local Thursday, August 14th 8 p.m. Whipstitch Sallies Friday, August 15th 8 p.m. Great Smoky Mt Bluegrass Band Saturday, August 16th 8 p.m.
Aug. 2 James Taylor Aug. 8 Keith Urban Aug.13 OneRepublic Aug. 21 Miranda Lambert, Justin Moore, & Thomas Rhett Aug. 23 Chicago & Reo Speedwagon House of Blues in Myrtle Beach, S.C.: Aug. 11 Ted Nugent Verizon Wireless Amphitheater at Encore Park in Alpharetta, Ga: Aug. 3 Phish Aug. 5 James Taylor Aug. 16 Motley Crue and Alice Cooper Aug. 22 Old Crow Medicine Show Aug. 24 Keith Urban Philips Arena in Atlanta: Aug. 28 Aerosmith and Slash Aaron’s Amphitheatre in Atlanta: Aug. 5 Mayhem Festival with Avenged Sevenfold, Korn, and many more Aug. 8 Nine Inch Nails and Soundgarden Aug. 14 Brad Paisley Aug. 19 OneRepublic
Concert Schedule Josh Oliver Wednesday, August 20th 8 p.m. The Mudbugs- Local Thursday, August 21st 8 p.m. Dale Ann Bradley and Steve Gulley Friday, August 22nd 8 p.m. Option 22 Wednesday, August 27th 8 p.m. Honey Rooster-Local Friday, August 29th 8 p.m. This Mountain Saturday, August 30th 8 p.m. SONIA
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Art Studio Schedule SUN-sational Art!: People have been celebrating the sun throughout history. Take a look at the many representations of the sun from other cultures and then create your own! POP Art: Learn about POP art and Andy Warhol! Some of Warhol’s most famous works of art were of ordinary objects such as soup cans and soda bottles. Try your hand at turning ordinary objects into art in the style of Andy Warhol. Special Events All Month Long - Two Feature Exhibits Now Open! Two new feature exhibits are open at Hands On! now through August 31st: Spin - an exciting exhibit that explores the fun and science of objects that rotate. Includes 15 unique exhibit areas like The Human Centrifuge, Let it Roll, and Speed Limit. Imagine, Design, Play - Promoting imagination and critical thinking, visitors can design and create almost anything using blocks, tubes, and connectors. Friday, August 1st, 7:00-9:00 pm - Discovery After Dark - “Fire & Ice” This Discovery After Dark, get fired up and join us for a series of fire and ice demonstrations and experiments. Adult beverages and snacks will be provided during this cool, adults only event. Friday, August 1st - Sunday,
August 3rd - Space Rangers To Hands On! and beyond! Learn all about Earth, our moon, Mars and more in recognition of the anniversary of the 1st man landing on the moon and Space Week. Just like a Mars Rover, take your own core sample of a candy bar, record your results, and eat your delicious data! Then, test out your engineering skills in our Gravity Challenge Chamber and get a grip on gravity when you test out our moon shoes! The Eastman Discovery Lab will be open by announcement periodically throughout each day. (****Allergy Information: this program contains nuts, soy, and chocolate.) Friday, August 1st, 9:30 am 12:30 pm - Hula Hoop Hullabaloo Workshop Join us for a workshop full of dizzying fun in honor of our feature exhibit, Spin! Design and build your very own hula hoop that is specially fitted to you. Discover the science of
rotation, kinetics, and physics, learn the importance of exercise and muscle development, gain some fantastic hula hooping moves, and more! A healthy snack is included. Ages 5-12. Cost $12 for members, $15 for non-members. Payment is required with registration by Wednesday, July 23rd. To register, please call (423) 434-4263. Monday, August 4th - Sunday, August 17th - You Spin Me Right Round! Go on, give it a whirl, and join us as we discover the dizzying science of rotation in honor of our feature exhibit Spin! Explore the science behind spinning toys, sports, transportation, space travel, entertainment - and even the Universe itself. Give science a spin with the water whirl, penny on a hanger, spinning disk illusion, spinning color wheel, and a screaming balloon experiments. The Eastman Discovery Lab will be open by announcement periodically throughout each day. Mon, August 18th - Sun, August 31st - Can You Dig It? Unearth the mysteries of the past in honor of Archaeology Day! Use your treasure hunting skills to dig for “artifacts” and clues in our shoe box archaeology activity. Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to put together the puzzle pieces of the past. Can you dig it? The Eastman Discovery Lab will be open by announcement periodically throughout each day.
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Bring Your Family! Das Kidzone Returns! Kingsport Oktoberfest is designed to be a family event. The FREE Das Kidzone offers bounce houses, games, arts and crafts and more for children and their parents to enjoy the day. In Das Kidzone families can listen to music and participate in totally FREE festivities in a designated NO ALCOHOL zone. “Many of us who plan this festival have kids, and we take great pride in the fact that our kids can be out there with other kids their age and soaking up the life that this festival brings to downtown,” said logistics director Robert Brents.
Prost! 4th Annual Kingsport Oktoberfest Set for Saturday, September 13th! Whether you’re German or not – you will be on Saturday, September 13th. Tennessee’s Largest Oktoberfest will once again take over the streets of downtown Kingsport for what has become a flagship event for the Tricities. The 2014 Kingsport Oktoberfest is sponsored by Yuengling and Advanced Disposal. “We are incredibly excited about this year’s Oktoberfest! Several crowd favorites are returning – the Craft Bier Garden, the Weiner Dog Brat Trot, the Cornhole Tournament – but we also have some new events this year we think people will really enjoy,” said event director Stephanie Carson. The College Football & Beer Haus is returning, sponsored this year by 2 Ton Gallery. Several big screen TV’s will be set up under the tent so you can catch your favorite team play college ball.
The Cornhole Tournament is back and is ACO certified, offering amazing prize money and good times. Tickets are $35 per team, and free pint glasses to early registrants. Top-notch food vendors will be set up this year, along with some of the region’s best crafters at the Artisan Craft Market. New this year - a Thursday night Oktoberfest Beer Dinner where people can enjoy a five-course meal paired with delicious and obscure craft beer. Stir Fry Café is hosting the limited seating event, featuring beers from Tricities own Holston River Brewing Co. and Sleepy Owl Brewing Co. Tickets are $60 a person and include your beers and food. They’re available at www.kingsportoktoberfest.com
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Craft Bier Garden is Bigger Than Ever
Dancing in the Streets LIVE Music All Day!
What’s Oktoberfest without the Craft Bier Garden – and this one has quite the reputation for the originality of the brews offered.
The Mountain Top Polka Bank is back again with their toe-tapping tunes that will turn downtown Kingsport into a little Bavaria.
Ticket holders can expect more than 100 unique craft beers to sample including Founders and Sleepy Owl Brewery. In addition Beer University is open again and ticket holders will be able to take classes from brewers, hops farmers and more.
This year the gypsy folks funk punk band – Sirius.B – is making the trip across the mountain from Asheville to introduce their unique sound to the Tricities. The band – voted several years as number one by Mountain Xpress in Asheville – is sure to wow with their eclectic mix of vocal harmonies and instruments including cello, accordion, violin, percussion and much more.
Craft Bier Garden tickets start at $35 for general admission sampling and $45 for early bird tickets which give participants an hour of early sampling avoiding lines and sampling special craft brews.
To top off the day local favorite – Spank – will roll out their 80’s playlist we all know and love. Whether you lived through the decade or not, it’s music that’s likely the soundtrack for some time in your life.
Make a Run for it! Kick off the 4th Annual Kingsport Oktoberfest with the Running of the Beers Run sponsored by Yuengling at 9:00 am. The Running of the Beers is the official race of the Kingsport Oktoberfest. The race starts on the main stage of the festival and runs through Kingsport. Great music from the main stage will get everyone ready along with a Zumba warm up session. Finishers will be greeted by a post-race celebration at the end of the race with great music, fun and Yuengling. Main Stage music by DJ Kutzu. All participants who register before 9.1.2014 receive the commemorative Running of the Beers 5k shirt. Prizes are given to the top 3 males and females along with 21-29, 30-39, 4049, 50-59, 60-69, 70-79, 80+ categories. Register at www.kingsportoktoberfest.com
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By: Toby Laek, Producer, Daytime Tri-Cities In 1927, German filmmaker Fritz Lang gave the world its first truly epic science fiction film, Metropolis. It was, at the time, a special effects extravaganza and a tale that gave the world a glimpse of a dystopian future where a wealthy corporate government controls the underground dwelling powerless citizens from urban high rise towers. Almost a century later, many of those same themes are explored in today’s sci-fi films. The genre can run from the highly cerebral (like the low budget, mind bending essay on time travel, Primer) to the…how should I say…not so cerebral (the moronically plotted alien-meetsclassic board-game flop, Battleship) and everything in between. If you’re new to the genre (or have been intimidated to jump in due to the stigma that comes with the term “Sci Fi”), here are a few to get you started.
Back To The Future – If you enjoy film but haven’t seen Back to the Future, you’re not doing it right. In what is surely one of the most entertaining films ever made, Back to the Future stars Michael J Fox as a high school kid that travels into the past when his parents were in high school and realizes that his intrusion into that time period threatens his (and his siblings’) existence. It’s well acted, well directed, and unlike many films from the 80’s,
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still holds up perfectly today. It’s followed up by a complex-but-fun sequel. The Matrix – Among the seemingly thousands of films that Keanu Reeves has starred in over the past 20 years, I can count the good ones on one hand – and the best of those is The Matrix. Reeves plays a software programmer by day and computer hacker by night who is awakened to the fact the humanity is being enslaved by Back To The Future a race of machines. That’s all I’ll say about the plot – it’s draped in different world philosophies and wears its influences on its sleeve in the best possible way. Please ignore the two unnecessary sequels that somehow find a way to be simultaneously overly
complex and really stupid. 12 Monkeys – A criminally underrated Terry Gilliam film, 12 Monkeys stars Bruce Willis as a time traveler who has been tasked with going to the past to find out how a lethal virus was unleashed onto humanity. Brad Pitt co-stars and gives the first really good (and extremely unhinged) performance of his career. With its a-list pedigree (Bruce Willis in his prime, a just-gettingfamous Pitt, a visionary director…) and the quality of the final product, I’m not sure how 12 Monkeys fared as poorly as it did, but it’s well worth the investment. Alien – The first film in the now lucrative (and creatively uneven) Alien franchise is the perfect blend of science fiction and horror. It completely lived up to its premise as a “haunted house movie in space”. Where a lot of space-based sci-fi films (especially those made 30
years ago) are constrained by bad effects and cheaply made sets that pull the viewer out of the experience, Alien features some of the best set design ever put to film. Much like Steven Spielberg with his giant shark in Jaws, director Ridley Scott realized that the less you see
Alien of the alien, the scarier it would be, so there are rarely any unobstructed shots of the creature, which forces your mind to fill in the blanks...with much scarier results than you’d get with a man in an alien suit. Also check for the other classic film in the Ridley Scott canon, Blade Runner.
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A government of laws and not of men Last month, Speaker Boehner announced an upcoming vote on a measure that authorizes the House to sue the president for not enforcing the law. President Obama has repeatedly bypassed Congress and makes no secret about his “pen and phone” plan to accomplish through executive orders—or selective enforcement of laws—what he cannot push through the Congress. This should be alarming for both Republicans and Democrats, as it sets a dangerous precedent for future governance. The truth is that this is not about Republican versus Democrats— this is about protecting the Constitution and ensuring that future presidents don’t treat our nation’s most sacred document with the clear disregard President Obama has shown No president can get away with making his or her own laws, regardless of their political party affiliation. Instead of attempting to work with Congress on issues where we can find common ground, President Obama would rather ignore checks and balances and carry on with his partisan agenda. This is unacceptable, and goes against everything we stand
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Congressman Phil Roe for as a country. It is unfortunate we’re in this position, but something must be done to preserve our system of governing. There are many instances where the president has unilaterally changed, chosen to ignore or loosely interpreted the law, but none more disturbing than the actions he’s taken to rewrite his own signature health law, particularly the employer mandate provision. This is among the strongest arguments the House has in court, as the president changed the employer mandate twice— while opposing legislative efforts to repeal the mandate— without any authority to do so. Recent Supreme Court decisions in both the NLRB case and the Hobby Lobby case are clear cut examples of the Administration acting in violation of our laws.
Whether or not President Obama wants to admit it, the Constitution makes it very clear that his duty is to faithfully execute the law. There’s no clause in the Constitution about ignoring laws you don’t like or changing laws you championed because they don’t work. The three branches of government exist for a reason, and it’s the responsibility of Congress— not the president—to write and change law. It’s a shame that it’s come to this, but it’s painfully clear this president—a former lecturer in Constitutional law—plans to play by a different set of rules than any other president in American history. I take my duty of upholding the Constitution very seriously, and I believe that allowing this to continue would be a disgrace to everything we stand for as a country. Please rest assured I will continue to uphold our Constitution and hold the president and his administration accountable for their attempts to ignore our laws. Feel free to contact my office if we can be of assistance to you or your family. Our contact information can be found on our website, www.roe.house.gov.
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Dragon Boat Festival Sept. 6 to benefit new services at Niswonger Children’s Hospital Johnson City, TN. — The ninth annual Mountain States Foundation Dragon Boat Festival is coming up Saturday, Sept. 6, on Boone Lake at Winged Deer Park, and now’s the time to create or join a paddle team. Always one of the biggest community events of the year, this festival includes something for everybody in the family, and proceeds from the paddle teams go for a great cause – helping the Niswonger Children’s Hospital develop new epilepsy treatment services for kids. For more information on the festival or to sign up for a team, visit www.mshafoundation.org. Last year’s Dragon Boat Festival attracted about 8,500 people, including 40 teams competing for the top prize, and raised about $100,000 that benefited Mountain States Foundation’s radiation
oncology campaign and helped purchase a linear accelerator to treat patients at Johnson City Medical Center. This year the proceeds will fund development of epilepsy services for kids through a new area in the pediatric intensive care unit that’s dedicated to monitoring epilepsy patients. It will include things like an electroencephalogram (or EEG, which measures the electrical activity of the brain) and video monitoring 24 hours a day to help the pediatric subspecialists at Niswonger determine the best course of treatment. It’s the first step in the development of a new neurosciences program at Niswonger Children’s Hospital.
dren’s Hospital. “Having these services means fewer kids need to leave the area for treatment, and it means families won’t have to be separated as often due to the travel. It’s very important to keep families together as they go through treatment. “Paddling at the Dragon Boat Festival is a great way to have some fun and at the same time make a big difference in the lives of kids and families in our region.” Paddle teams consist of 20 paddlers plus a drummer to set the pace for the paddlers. Each paddler is challenged to raise $250 in donations, so each team has a goal of $5,250. Awards are given to the top finishers as “There’s a real need for this in our region,” said Steven Godbold, well as the top fundraising teams. VP and CEO of Niswonger Chil- Every paddler who reaches the
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Finishing well in the Dog Days of summer
Pictured left-to-right Proud Dad, Jeff Quillen, Scholarship Winner, Laura Quillen and NFS President Joel W. Duling.
B&W Awards Scholarships to local students; Laura Quillen Selected from Nuclear Fuel Services Erwin, TN — The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) (NYSE:BWC) announced last month that eight area high school students who have a parent working for B&W were selected to receive college scholarships. Each student will receive $1,500 per year of college-level study, up to $6,000 over four years. Recipients were selected based on a combination of factors, including academic excellence and financial need. The awardees are children of employees who work for B&W, Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. (B&W NOG), or Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc. (B&W PGG). This includes Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc. (NFS), a subsidiary of B&W NOG. The recipient from NFS is Laura Quillen, daughter of Jeffrey Quillen. Mr. Quillen is a process engineering section manager at NFS. Laura plans to attend Duke University in the fall to study chemistry. B&W awarded a total of 12 scholarships to students whose parents work for the Company or one of its subsidiaries, including sites in Ohio, Virginia, Tennessee and Ontario, Canada. B&W and its management applaud these outstanding students and wish them great success in their academic careers. About B&W Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., The Babcock & Wilcox Company is a leader in clean energy technology and services, primarily for the nuclear, fossil and renewable power markets, as well as a premier advanced technology and mission critical defense contractor. B&W has locations worldwide and employs approximately 11,600 people, in addition to joint venture employees located at projects around the country. Learn more at www.babcock.com.
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Have you asked yourself lately, “Where am I going?” Are you moving forward or looking back? Are you setting goals, or relying on past accomplishments? Only you know the answers to these questions. Hopefully your answers are well thought out with health and fitness goals added in. I just finished the 2014 Crazy 8’s race and while I have had faster runs in the past, that is not what I choose to focus on. I choose to focus and relish on the experience of a hot July night with thousands of runners and support-
again to show myself I can move forward. 30+ years of running doesn’t make me faster, it makes me treasure every mile, every finish line, every medal, every race course, and every experience. I knew thirty years ago, I would never be the fastest; I could never shave enough Suzy Collins minutes and seconds off my ers cheering me on and know- time to finish first. I also ing I was moving forward. knew that if I kept running I’ve done that race so many hundreds of races and logtimes and could have easily ging thousands of miles, I said, “been there, done that,” would always be searching but instead I keep choosing to for another and another, berun it again, and again, and cause moving forward is what
helps us over come fear, that we might finish last or regret, that we might not finish at all. What about being timid and scared of those who will always be faster and quicker? I’ve learned that what matters most about running is that you run your own race, set your own goals, and finish what you start. Even if the race is in the middle of the Dog Days of summer on the hot pavement of the city, learn to enjoy every aspect of running and you too will find that you won’t just finish, you will finish well.
Seven ideas to help Rotary, your business with facebook One of the best things I have done since going into business five years ago was to join Rotary International. Specifically, I joined the Johnson City Morning Rotary at the invitation of my strategic planning consultant, Rebecca Henderson. While I have been a part of other civic clubs in the past, with its motto of “service above self” Rotary stands alone as a top-notch service organization. Just last week we presented our club’s quarterly donation to the Johnson City Salvation Army, one of many fine charities that benefit from the hard work and fundraising abilities of our members. When my friend Vivian Crymble heard that I was now a Rotarian she and Dick Ray asked me to provide some Facebook communications tips for the club at the district level. Vivian is the district governor for Rotary 7570 (She’s over 85 Clubs from Roanoke, Virginia through Northeast Tennessee.) Both she and associate district governor Dick Ray have found
Members of the Johnson City Morning Rotary presented a check to the Salvation Army July 24th.
these tips useful and I hope you will too! 1. Each of the 61 admins of the unit pages needs to go out and “like” the district 7570 page. 2. The district page needs to “like” all the other unit pages and interact with the. Example: I posted a photo of Vivian on the Johnson City Morning Rotary page. It would be great if the district page could comment on that. 3. Keep up to date cover shots; comment on other page’s cover shots.
4. Be sure to TAG people (the more people you tag, the more exposure the photo gets) 5. Play off a theme. Example: This year’s Rotary conference theme at the Homestead in Hot Springs, Virginia is “The Faces of Rotary.” Start X number of days before the annual conference and feature a “face” on a weekly basis. Event-related posts gets people excited for the upcoming event and will get them “talking” online. 6. Sharing posts from The District page as well as the District sharing posts from the unit
pages will connect the two and should result in new “likes” for both parties. 7. The more interaction the page has, the more exposure the page gets. Get more interaction by posting photos, questions, event details, etc.) I hope you find these tips helpful. Do you have others to add? What’s worked in terms of social media for your favorite club or organization, particularly when planning an event? Mary Ellen Miller is Founder and CEO of MarketingMel, an award winning marketing, public relations and social media strategies firm. Visit her blog and sign up for Mel’s free quarterly enewsletter of marketing/PR tips, at www.marketingmel. com.
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ultures coalesce, visual arts blend activity and history and music, dance, theater and storytelling comingle this fall for a tapestry of more than a dozen events from the Mary B. Martin School of the Arts. The School of the Arts’ fall season will start very visually in September with a public art project by Dennis McNett and the opening of an exhibition on DeVault Tavern – built in the early 1800s in Leesburg, about five miles from Jonesborough – which focuses on images and historical details gathered by photographer Paul Kennedy. Both Kennedy and McNett call New York home, although Kennedy’s roots and parents are in the state’s oldest town. McNett, known for his bold woodcut prints from folk tales and Nordic lore, will work with students to create a piece of art inspired by the hanging of Big Mary the elephant in Erwin. The DeVault Tavern Exhibition will overlap the residency, from Sept. 11-Dec. 11 at ETSU’s Reece Museum and include a reception and talk with curator Kennedy Sept. 11 from 5-7 p.m. On Monday, Sept. 22, the School of the Arts kicks off its returning South Arts Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmaker series with My Toxic Backyard about the residual effects of the CTS Superfund site in south Asheville, N.C. Each film is free and followed by a talkback and reception with the filmmaker, all at ETSU’s Martha Street Culp Auditorium starting at 7 p.m. Valentine Road, a look back at a teen’s murder by a classmate and its repercussions, is set for Monday, Oct. 20; and Good Ol’ Freda, the story of The Beatles’ loyal secretary’s decade with the legendary band, will screen Monday, Nov. 10. Freda Kelly will attend and participate in the Q&A afterward with producer Kathy McCabe. On Thursday, Oct. 30, at 7:30 p.m., Sweet Honey in the Rock will bring its unique mixture of a cappella five-part harmony, AfricanAmerican cultural roots and American Sign Language interpretation to Culp Auditorium. November will intertwine more arts and cultural explorations. Monks of the Mystical Arts of Tibet will begin a visit to ETSU on Monday, Nov. 10, at noon, initiating a four-day painstaking sand painting project in Reece Museum, open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day through Thursday, Nov.
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13, 5 p.m., when the closing ceremony – also open to the public – takes place. On Friday, Nov. 14, at 7:30 p.m., the monks will combine music, dance and bold, traditional costuming for Sacred Music/Sacred Dance. Arianna Ross’ Story Tapestries on Sunday, Nov. 16, at 3 p.m. will also blend arts and cultures. Concluding Mary B. Martin School of the Arts’ fall season will be Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!, melding the talents of the Department of Music and Division of Theatre & Dance, Wednesday-Saturday, Nov. 19-22, at 7:30 nightly and Sunday, Nov. 23, at 2 p.m.
Clockwise from below, a Dennis McNett work; Sweet Honey in the Rock; and a Tibetan mandala sand painting.
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She looked up into the darkening church,” and then she died. sky; her once bright, blue eyes now fadThis is true story that took place ing. There was nothing he could do in Johnson City, TN I know because now except try to keep her moving. The I was a part of the life of this woman. ground she now lay on was soiled from I was involved in a small ministry the rain from the night before. The there with a friend and my father evrailroad tracks where the only thing diery Saturday we would take out food viding her from her little shack, which and blankets to these humble people, she referred to as “the hooch”. It was yes some wanted to be there but othmade of scrap wood and plastic but she ers faced circumstances beyond their called it home. It sat back in the woods, control and wound up on the streets, much too far for her companion of but they all have names they all have several years to carry her to. They were families, and they all deep down have both moving up in years. His hair, ala desire to survive, so the next time you TIM SIMPSON most all gray, was pulled back in a big see a homeless man or woman be kind ponytail. Her hair was still black but now it was covered because most Americans are one pay check away from in the mud that she lay in. joining them. Weeks before she was baptized in our little church, Tim Simpson is the author of “A life worth living/ she cried over past sins. She became a regular fixture. a true journey of faith, a true story of the life of Tim People came to care about her, which was not what Simpson and his journey, from his roots in Johnson she had been used to. She made an impact. Now it was city, TN to Michigan and back including all of the ending. The years of alcohol had started claiming her struggles of life from drinking alcohol to thoughts of body. Her liver was gone, kidneys shot, and right here suicide to redemption and salvation, to preaching the and now, her heart was giving out. She peered into the word all over Michigan. Now Tim has written and publife that lay ahead of her, her trusted dog by her side, in lished several novels including (Sons of Thunder and M, and one children book, The Adventures of Yancy her companion’s arms. There would be no big funeral, no mention on tele- and Trixter,). All are available from Tim Simpson at vision. She would become just a rumor among people the Boone Store located on hwy 75 or online from Tim who are better off than she was. Tonight, she lay with Simpson direct at: http://authortimsimpson.weebly. all her worldly possessions with her: a flannel shirt, com or amazon.com [Editor’s Note: Local author Tim Simpson is a jeans, and a backpack. She was just another unknown face in the dark. Her final words were, “I want to go to new columnist for Out ‘N About Magazine.]
Pandemic training helps Mountain States team prepare — just in case Anniston, ALA. — are real threats, and prepaPlanning for how to react ration is the key. to a pandemic seems like That’s why Mountain States sent its Infection Prethe stuff of Hollywood. Think “Contagion” or vention Department team “The Stand” for good for high-level training at movie examples. But the Center for Domestic Prewidespread, contagious paredness in Anniston, Ala., diseases are real, so local which is operated by the U.S. healthcare organizations Department of Homeland have to be prepared – just Security’s Federal Emerin case. gency Management Agency. “We live in a time Five members of Mounwhen there’s more worldtain States’ Infection Prewide travel than ever, with L-R: Shannon Tipton, Tracey Rhodes, vention team have already people going to remote ar- Jamie Swift, Eryn Carothers, and Patty received intensive training: eas of the world, and they Ryder. Swift, Tracey Rhodes, Patty another pandemic. So we want to be can be exposed to things Rider and Shannon Tipton people never used be exposed to,” sure whenever something comes up, from Johnson City Medical Center, and Eryn Carothers from Sycamore said Jamie Swift, corporate director we’re ready.” Diseases like MERS (Middle East Shoals Hospital in Elizabethton. The for Infection Prevention at Mountain States Health Alliance. “It would Respiratory Syndrome), novel influ- rest of the team is scheduled to attend be foolish to think we’ll never have enzas and other emerging diseases soon.
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Candidates absent from Carter County debate
Elizabethton, TN. — Nearly fivehundred voters waited in vain for Mayoral candidate Leon Humphries, who is seeking re-election, Sheriff candidate Dexter Lunsford and State Rep. District 4 candidate John Holtsclaw Jr. at a debate last month at Elizabethton High School. Earlier in the day however, they did attend a meet-and-greet at a building behind Sycamore Shoals Hospital. Their opponents took advantage of their absences in their speeches and afterwards telling voters they deserved better. “I wish he [Humphries] would have showed up,” said Mayoral candidate and State Rep. Kent Williams. “They are a lot of differences between him and me. I will work with the County Commission and officials from Elizabethton and the state
in moving Carter County forward.” Sheriff Chris Mathis, who is mounting a right-in campaign after being narrowly defeated in the primary, was equally agitated at his opponent’s absence. “It is the responsibly of anyone who places his or her name on the ballot to be accessible to the voters. I will
continue to work hard for the people of Carter County. There is no comparison between me and Mr. Lunsford when it comes to experience.” Judy Veeneman, Republican candidate for State Representative, District 4, pointed to her vast business and political experience as to why voters should chose
her. “And I’m here tonight because I am ready to go to work for the citizens of Carter and Unicoi Counties. Thanks for taking the time to come out tonight even though my opponent didn’t think this event was very important.” Veeneman has been endorsed by the Tennessee Education Association, the
Tennessee State Employees Association and Tennessee Firefighters. A business owner, she is past Chairwoman of the Carter County Republican Women and past member of the Carter County Planning Commission. She currently is a member of the Carter County Industrial Board.
BY ROBERT KOSTREVA Once upon a time the Jazz Saxophonist Oliver Nelson wrote a tune that to this day remains his signature composition, “Stolen Moments.” It would serve well as a soundtrack to this summer’s World Cup in Brazil. Prelude to a penalty, “Fred,” the actor and Brazilian forward, wastes no time in the host country’s opener against Croatia. Seeking a soccer Oscar, “Fred” fools no one except the Japanese referee. “Naymar” converts but the actual game winner comes off the right foot of the real “Oscar,” a 2nd half beauty that enables Brasil to “Steal One” as they say in the sport’s world. Day two finds defending champ Spain against the Netherlands. Strangely uniformed in solid blue at the request of FIFA president Sepp Blatter, the “Oranje” dismiss his over activity and avenge their defeat in the 2010 final. Remarkable goals by Robin Van Persie and the other Robben (Arjen) sabotage the Spaniard’s pelota possession strategy. Buy the DVD. This 5-1 Hollandia is the best highlight of group play. Soon enough Costa Rica stuns the Dallas Cowboys of Uruguay. America finally beats Ghana. Clint Dempsey, on loan from the Seattle Sounders, quickens a goal before you can
say Detroit Recovery. But the Ghanians, they of calm ability, outplay the Patriots for over an hour then equalize late on a Guyan to Ayew concoction. Time for our Mr. Brooks , the young defender sub, to brilliantly bounce a header into the “Black Stars” onion bag. Can you hear USA, USA, USA from the Tipton Street Pub Club? I did. Meanwhile, the French are smooth, the Swiss swift, and the Greeks cagey. Belgium does the world a favor and beats the Russians. Italy’s early exit has their meditative goalkeeper Gigi Buffon sighing, “How can you win if you do not score?” Argentina and Germany are safely through as group winners. Los Rellenos (Chile) and Mexico advance as dark horse operatives. Round 2 pressure cooks Brasil but a very thankful “Naymar” penality shoots Chile. Columbian goals send the “Biter” Suarez and friends back to Montevideo. The green clad Nigerians gather no moss losing to Le Bleus (France). Leo Messi is still Messi creative vs a neither hot nor cold Switzerland. Mexico beats the Netherlands 1-nil ... until ... Dutchman Wesley S. volleys a very late perfecto. “Robben” the robber steals a penalty from El Tri’s Papa (Marquez) before one’s breath is
caught. No mas Mexico, however their goalie “Ochoa” has achieved heroic notoriety. Likewise Tim Howard against Belgium enabling America to gain overtime access. But Les Waffles are the better unit, a 2-1 quarterfinalist of youthful talent and vigor. One note samba, por favor. Where would we be without the Brazilian narrative? Bossa (costly) nova stadiums illuminate social issue poverty. A “Carnival” atmosphere deflects as FIFA scores a 2 billion profit. Plus Brazilian futbol is no longer “jogo bonito”(the beautiful game). The host squad rough and tumbles the quarterfinalist Columbia with 31 first half fouls. Something has to give. It does. “Naymar’s 3rd vertebrae cracks and top defender T. Silva receives a yellow card suspension. Still, Brasil survives, but the nation is nervous ... astute to questionable talent ever lifting the trophy of all trophies. Holland quarterfinals the “Ticos” of Costaland as Dutch master Van Gael coach decisions a brazen replacement goalie for the shootout. He’s the mad stopper as Netherland strikers success their penalty kicks. As for Argentina, glory is growing on Brazilian turf. A Messi to Di Maria left foot one goals Belgium. It
is Enuf. Sprouts back to Brussels, the Blue and white into the final four. Hummels most excellent header propels Germany past France. Then the semifinal shocker. Germany’s slaughterhouse 5-0 opening half disheartens Brasil beyond belief. The 7-1 trouncing includes Pole-Germand Miroslav Klose becoming the all-time leading scorer in the World Cup, breaking a tie with retired “Ronaldo” of Amazonian fame. Plainly put, no resistance, no result. A high credit line to Joachim Low (German manager) for dispelling futbol supremecy(Brasil) as myth to victorious methodology. Netherlands against Argentina is conservative think tank on the pitch. Eventually, tango goalie Julio Romero tells the Dutch to go play for 3rd place as Leo (Messi) begins the shootout beguine and Sergio (not Mendes) Aquero clinches. So it goes. Time for a German-Argentine classico. The final is missed oppor-
tunities greeting overtime. However, just this side of penalty kicks, a German sub christened Mario Goetze finds a seam in the tango box. Cuban Jazz master Pacquito D’rivera’s compliment of clarinetist Eddie Daniels resonates “Talent plus Perseverance is lethal.” Super Mario deadly delivers the Cup winner, chest to amazing volley past the resilient Romero. The final is kaput ... done ... won by the Germans fair and square. “Stolen Moments” (the song) has a refrain that ends in mysterioso. So it appears for Brazil, so sad now, but already graced to rebound for next year’s Copa America and their hosting the Summer Olympics in 2016. Jesus of Rio and beyond, arms outstretched beckons, “Come unto me all ye who are heavy laden and I will give you rest”...There’s the hope... for there is no “Steal away from Jesus,” just grace upon amazing grace. The Cup Runneth Over. Praise God from whom all blessings flow.
The candidates wait for the moderator to call their name to speak.
“The Cup Runneth Over”
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