Front Page FolliesThe merry pranksters of

the Front Page Follies are at it again, and no one is safe.

From Gov. Bill Haslam to Sheriff Jimmy “J.J.” Jones to the Affordable Care Act – oth-erwise known as “Obamacare” – the major local, state and na-tional newsmakers of the past year are all subject to parody and good-natured ridicule.

“We are an equal-oppor-tunity offender,” says head scriptwriter David Lauver.

➤ Carol Zinavage on page A-6

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Lyons View remembers Will Davis

Kitty Garner reminisces about the impact Will Davis

Jr. had on her life as his son, Ron Davis, looks on.

By Wendy SmithA beautiful timber-frame pavil-

ion behind the Lyons View Com-munity Center, 314 Sprankle Ave., was recently dedicated to William “Sonny” Davis Jr., a lifelong resi-dent of the Lyons View commu-nity and beloved father of seven.

He worked for an affl uent Lyons View Pike family for 60 years. The pavilion is as much a testimony to the unique relationship between that family and the primarily Af-rican-American Lyons View com-munity as it is to Davis.

He was gardener and butler for Elizabeth and Hal Mebane, and after their deaths, he worked for their niece, Elizabeth Dudley Wall. The Mebanes and Elizabeth’s sister, Lil-lie Powell Lindsay, built a playground in the Lyons View community in 1959, and Mrs. Powell Smith, Elizabeth and Lillie’s mother, donated the Lyons View Community Center in the early 1970s.

Wall, along with her grown children, Jimmy Dudley and Kitty Garner, contributed to the building of the pavilion and attended a ceremony that reunited the families as they remembered Davis.

Mary Davis, widow of Will Davis Jr., and Sara Cantrell

visit following the dedication of the Will Davis Jr. Pavil-

ion. Photos by Wendy Smith

Davis’ son, Steve Davis, talked about the role his parents, and his neighborhood, played in his up-bringing.

When he moved to Chicago

from Knoxville in the 1980s, his Northern friends asked for sto-ries about growing up in the South as an A f r i c a n -A m e r i c a n . He described his old neighborhood as being a combination of “Re-member the Titans,” “The Help” and “Leave It to Beaver.”

It was like “Remem-ber the Titans” because

he grew up during the era of ath-letic integration. He expressed gratitude for good role models like Walter Keith and brothers Jimmy

and Larry Bussell, who mentored young men at the Lyons View Community Center. He also had positive experiences on integrated sports teams.

“The only thing of color that mattered was the color of your jer-sey,” he said.

It was like “The Help” because friends and neighbors from near-by Lyons View Pike spoke up for racial justice. Steve Davis read an excerpt from a letter written to the Knoxville News-Sentinel in 1963 by Lillie Powell Lindsay:

“Someone has said, ‘Justice too long delayed is a denial of justice.’

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By Betty BeanIt’s been a year or so

since Bob Thomas and Ed Brantley worked togeth-er, but the two longtime morning-drive radio stars will be colleagues again once they’re sworn in as Knox County commission-ers Sept. 2.

In the meantime, they’ve had a couple of dinners with the other two new commissioners-elect (Charles Busler and Ran-dy Smith), and they plan another in August, which they know is perfectly le-gal now, although come September, sunshine laws will come into play and put constraints on their get-togethers.

But they are adamant about one thing:

Ed Brantley and Bob Thomas Photo by Betty Bean

The Ed and Bob show comes to County Commission

“If the two of us are at the Vol Market No. 3 hav-ing a hot dog, which we do every week, and some-body calls in (to complain), or if somebody sees us at Wright’s Cafeteria, where we take my mom for lunch,

well, that’s not going to stop,” Thomas said. “That’s silly. We’re going to stop being friends? Not going to happen.”

Thomas and Brantley will represent the 10th and 11th at-large districts,

respectively (a distinc-tion without a difference, since at-large commis-sioners represent the en-tire county). Thomas ran unopposed; Brantley was victorious over a primary opponent. Neither is op-posed in the August gen-eral election.

In addition to being on-air personalities, both have run businesses, both are grandfathers and both want to attract more and better jobs to Knox County for the sake of their grand-children (Ed has fi ve; Bob has three).

“To me, the biggest pri-ority in this county other than supporting the school system is getting some jobs in here,” Brantley said. “Chattanooga is ahead of

us in manufacturing, and our surrounding counties are ahead of us, too, to some degree, in other ar-eas. When I used to go in to work in the early morn-ing, Pellissippi Parkway was a constant stream of headlights going to Oak Ridge where they have the national lab and all that high-tech industry.

“Knox County is at a disadvantage, but there are good ideas coming out of Anderson and Blount counties, and the boom-ing tourist trade in Se-vier County. Can we share some more of those things? Yes, I think we can.”

Thomas agrees.“A lot of people have

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Tim Burchett ends his talk in Foun-

tain City.

is all about the money, says BurchettBy Sandra Clark

Announcing his upcoming nuptials was not the news nug-get of Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett’s speech to a business group in Fountain City, yet that announcement got all the media play.

Much more impactful was his endorsement of unifi ed govern-ment for Knoxville and Knox County and his pledge to work for the merger during his upcoming four-year term.

“Yes, I’m serious,” he said. “We have two governments because of fi efdoms. … Just don’t call it metro.”

Burchett wants to reduce, not enlarge, the size of local govern-ment. He wants to eliminate du-plication, but he’s not about to suggest the hot-button issues that have doomed previous votes. (State law requires unifi cation to be approved by voters in both the city and the county balance.)

“We’re not taking away any-body’s right to elect offi cials. We’re

‘Not-metro’

not raising taxes.” He proposes service zones in which residents could choose (and pay for) en-

hanced services such as garbage pickup and fi re protection.

“It’s bad for business,” he said, citing awkwardness in explaining local government to companies seeking to locate here.

“And it’s bad for your tax dol-lars,” he said.

County Commissioner R. Larry Smith agreed. “If elected offi cials put their egos aside, it would hap-pen. It just makes sense.”

Knox County’s debt has been reduced by $59 million in three years, Burchett said.

As for that marriage, Burchett said he will wed Kelly Kimball on July 26 at an undisclosed loca-tion.

“We’ve both got enough stuff,” he said, requesting no gifts. “Make a contribution to HonorAir.”

IN THIS ISSUE

Briggs is betterNever say there’s not a

dime’s worth of difference between state Sen. Stacey Campfi eld and his challenger, County Commissioner Dr. Richard Briggs.

Shopper publisher Sandra Clark makes the case for Rich-ard Briggs.

➤ Read Clark’s editorial on page A-4

Title Boxing ClubIf you have fi tness goals or

pent-up anger that needs to come out, the 40 heavy bags at Title Boxing Club may be just what you need. Either way, you’ll burn 1,000 calories dur-ing a “power hour” boxing or kick-boxing class, says owner Ashley Burns.

He opened the franchise, located a few doors down from Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Store on North Peters Road, at the end of March. About 70 per-cent of his clients are women, and their goal isn’t to get into the ring, he says.

➤ Read Wendy Smith on page A-3

Shopper internsFirst Presbyterian Church

is considered “Knoxville’s fi rst church,” founded in 1792 and built in 1812 on James White’s fi eld of turnips.

Church member Pat Armstrong gave the interns a behind-the-scenes look and a peek inside the adjacent graveyard.

The building has undergone several renovations throughout the years, but there have been only 15 ministers since the church began. During the Civil War, the Union army occupied the building – letting their horses graze in the graveyard – for three years.

The interns also visited Temple Beth El and St. George Greek Orthodox Church.

Lunch speaker was Holo-caust survivor Sonja DuBois.

➤ Read the interns’ reports on A-8

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Wendy Smith

Lyons View From page A-1

And any fair-minded per-son will have to admit that justice has been too long de-layed to the Negroes.”

It was like “Leave It to Beaver” because of the af-fectionate parenting of Will and Mary Davis.

“My mother − you could not walk past her with-out her touching you. That spoke into my life.”

Steve Davis played foot-ball at the University of Ten-nessee, and his father called after every game to tell him he played well. But there was no way he could’ve seen all of the games, Steve Davis says. He quoted some of his dad’s favorite sayings, like “Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today,” and “Spend some, save some, give some away.”

A tearful Kitty Garner talked about how Will Davis infl uenced − and continues to infl uence − her life.

“I have a photo on my desk at home of Will giving me a giant hug, and there is not a day that goes by that I do not think of him and all he did, on so many levels, for

Steve Davis and his sister, Rose Davis, greet another sister, Syl-

via Murphy, and Nancy Taylor, who also grew up in the Lyons

View community. Friends and family were reunited at the dedi-

cation of a new pavilion at the Lyons View Community Center

named for Will Davis Jr.

Ed and Bob show From page 1

asked me, what do you want to accomplish? I per-sonally am not coming in with something in my back pocket I’ve got to get done. I don’t have an agenda. I want to make sure we’re tracking business and that we are fi s-cally responsible and good decision makers. Ed and I had lunch the other day, and somebody told us, ‘They ought to let you two guys go out and talk to businesses.’

“I’m not afraid to stand up to people, and I’m sick and tired of minimum-wage jobs coming to town and us think-ing that’s a big victory. I’d like to fi nd jobs that give people a career – the kind of jobs that attract 20- and 30-year-olds who want to have a family to come here and stay here.”

Brantley has promised

not to vote for any new taxes and says that he will stick by that pledge.

“I’m taking a stand on not voting for any new taxes. People are taxed to death,” he said. He sees no confl ict between this stance and his promise to push for a new Gibbs Middle School.

Thomas said he wants a strong infrastructure but at the same time intends to be fi scally responsible. He ap-proves of the way the county is being managed.

“Knox County is paying down debt, and our bond rating is going up. A lot of counties around the state would like to be in the situ-ation we’re in.”

Both are extremely in-terested in Knox County Schools but have questions

about the relationships be-tween the school board and the commission.

“Things are at a stand-still,” Brantley said. “Why can’t the chair of the school board and the chair of com-mission get together and say, ‘What can you live with?’ ”

Both Thomas and Brant-ley laugh at suggestions that they’ll vote in “two-for-one” fashion.

“Obviously, you never lis-tened to our show. We dis-agree on a lot of things, but at least we can tell each other how we feel. After spending three years together every day on the radio, there’s not been an issue comes through this town we did not discuss in depth. I don’t care about poli-tics. I just want to see some progress,” Thomas said.

“No offense to who’s sit-ting there now, but we want to take it u p a level.”

If you have fi tness goals or pent-up anger that needs to come out, the 40 heavy bags at Title Box-ing Club may be just what you need. Either way, you’ll burn 1,000 calories dur-ing a “power hour” boxing or kick-boxing class, says owner Ashley Burns.

Go ahead − let your inner boxer out

Head trainer David Peacock practices with a heavy bag at Title Boxing Club, 134 N. Peters Road. Local quilt expert and author Merikay Waldvogel will speak at

this year’s New Orleans Antiques Forum.

He opened the franchise, located a few doors down from Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Store on North Peters Road, at the end of March. About 70 percent of his cli-ents are women, and their goal isn’t to get into the ring, he says.

“Most of our clientele do not care about boxing. They’re concentrated on fi t-ness. But we use the same techniques as boxing.”

Results are guaranteed for those who come to class three days a week for 90 days. Results are measured by the goals of each client. Some want to lose weight, others hope to gain confi -dence or stamina, he says. Whatever the goal, Title Boxing Club trainers aim to know each client personally to better help them reach it.

Classes are scheduled throughout the week, from 5:45 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Burns, a former full-con-tact martial artist and Air Force captain, picked Knox-ville as the site for his new business, and home, while driving along the inter-state with his wife. They’ve been happy with the deci-sion, and he hopes to add a

our family. At times, when I fi nd myself in a vexing moral quandary, I look at this poi-gnant photo of Will and pon-der what he might do were he in my shoes.”

The pavilion is an ap-propriate way to remember the man who “pulled people in, put them at ease and allowed them to let their guard down and cast off ste-reotypical patterns of relat-ing,” she said.

“It is fi tting that, in this

neighborhood that meant so much to him, there will be a place in his honor that liter-ally brings people together to celebrate the joy of life spent in community.”

Steve’s brother, Ron Da-vis, led the effort to get the pavilion built. He thanked those who participated in the project, like Home Depot, the Community Design Center and Jimmy Dudley, who cre-ated the original design.

Grants from the U.S. Tennis Association and the city of Knoxville paid for new striping on West Knox tennis courts that mark

smaller courts for children. Photos by Wendy Smith

weight room by the end of the year.

Info: facebook.com/TI-TLEBoxingClubKnoxville

■ Waldvogel on national stageWest Knoxville’s own

quilt expert, Merikay Wald-vogel, will make us all proud when she speaks at the 2014 New Orleans Antiques Fo-rum, set for July 31-Aug. 3 in the French Quarter.

Waldvogel will discuss the little-known aspects of women’s lives as told through Civil War quilt stories. Her interest in col-lecting quilts led her to re-cord the oral histories of Southern quilters. After a statewide search, she co-authored “Quilts of Ten-nessee: Images of Domestic Life Prior to 1930” with Bets Ramsey.

A member of the Quilters Hall of Fame since 2009, Waldvogel curates quilt exhibits, lectures widely

and writes for quilting magazines. Her books in-clude “Soft Covers for Hard Times: Quiltmaking and the Great Depression” and “Southern Quilts: Surviving Relics of the Civil War.”

The theme for this year’s forum is “Southern Expres-

sion,” and it will shine a light on Southern style in decorative arts. Info: www.hnoc.org/programs/anti-quesforum.html.

■ Look for the blueThanks to grant money

from the U.S. Tennis Associa-tion and the city, West Knox-ville tennis courts are better

suited for young players.The USTA and the USTA

Southern Section offer grants to municipalities that offer youth tennis program so they can paint blue lines for small-er, kid-friendly play on adult courts. The grant provided $3,000, and the city kicked in $1,000 to cover Knoxville’s two main tennis centers −

Tyson (14 courts) and West Hills (11 courts).

Knoxville Parks and Rec-reation offers weekly tennis camps and lessons for all ages throughout the sum-mer. Info: Tyson Tennis Center at 522-3303; West Hills Tennis Center at 357-0720; or www.cityofknoxville.org/recreation.

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By Cindy TaylorFriends and family gath-

ered with the Northwest Democratic Club to honor three favorites who are moving on to a different phase of life.

Indya Kincannon, Mary Beth Leibowitz and Randy Nichols were thanked by club members for their will-ingness to speak at meet-ings and help out in other

ways whenever they were asked.

“Randy and Mary Beth have always been so gra-cious to come and speak to our club,” said treasurer Nancy Stinnette. “We want-ed to do a little something to show our appreciation.”

Nichols leaves his posi-tion as district attorney gen-eral for Knox County at the end of August. After holding

the position for 22 years, Nichols says he is retiring but not stopping.

“I haven’t looked for work in 40 years,” said Nichols. “I don’t know if I can fi nd any-body to hire me or not.”

Leibowitz was the fi rst female Democratic judge in Knox County and held the seat more than 25 years.

“No one thought I could get reelected,” said Leibow-

itz. “This club stood by meand supported me. I havelearned a lot from thesefolks. As for retirement,my plan is to do whatever Iwant.”

Leibowitz said her par-ents told her that their ob-ligation was to educate hersuffi ciently, and her job wasto make a living.

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Leaving for the next adventure

Barack Obama is the worst president in U.S. his-tory, according to a recent poll.

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We know polls don’t lie, except when taken in Eric Cantor’s congressional dis-trict, but this one seems to have drawn heavily on folks just rousing from a fi ve-year nap under a pile of rocks.

On Obama’s watch: A few days ago the Dow-

Jones Industrial Average topped 17,000. On Jan. 20, 2009, Obama’s inaugura-tion day, the Dow-Jones closed at 7,949.

In January 2009, the U.S. unemployment rate stood at 7.70 percent and would rise to 9.70 percent a year later. Last month, the U.S. De-partment of Labor reported the rate as 6.10 percent.

Nationally, 288,000 jobs were added in June, the most since May 2007.

The percentage of unin-sured adults peaked at 18 in the third quarter of last year. With the passage of

the Affordable Care Act that number has dropped to 13.4 percent and continues to de-cline.

Domestic oil production is up and imports are down.

American combat troops returned from Iraq, and Osama bin Laden met jus-tice.

Not bad for the worst president in history.

Speaking of history, the president’s critics in the poll seem to be as defi cient of knowledge in that area as they are in current events.

An aggregate of 17 polls conducted between 1948 and 2011 that included his-torians, political scientists,

Republicans, Democrats, liberals, conservatives and even celebrities in some cases awarded the “worst” distinction to President Warren G. Harding.

James Buchanan was ranked one notch above Harding, and Andrew John-son made the list as third worst.

Harding is the Homer Simpson of presidents, mi-nus the blue-haired spouse. If “Doh!” wasn’t ringing through the corridors of the White House during his ten-ure it should have been.

Until Watergate came along, the Teapot Dome affair was the scandal by which all others were mea-sured in the administrative branch of the government.

Albert Fall, Harding’s

Secretary of the Interior, accepted a bribe from oil company pals and gave them leases to drill without competitive bidding. Fall served a year in a jail after the scandal came to light in 1922.

Another Harding appoin-tee, Charles Forbes, spent two years in jail for shady deals when he headed the Veterans Bureau, forerun-ner of today’s Veterans Ad-ministration.

Harry Daugherty was Harding’s attorney general. The corruption in Daugh-erty’s Justice Department would have made Nixon’s attorney general, John Mitchell, blush.

James Buchanan’s miser-able ranking stems from his unwillingness (or inability)

to stop the march toward civil war. A death toll of 620,000 is a rough legacy to overcome.

Andrew Johnson was the fi rst president to be im-peached. The Senate acquit-ted him by a single vote.

Johnson’s ideas for re-habilitating the South after the Civil War clashed with the Radical Republicans in Congress.

His opposition to the 14th Amendment, which gave citizenship to African-Americans, helped seal his low standing in the polls.

Facts can be inconve-nient.

A poll that rates Barack Obama the worst president refl ects the political and ra-cial divide in this country at the expense of history.

Last week, John McKa-mey made a 200-mile round trip to Knoxville from his home in Piney Flats to talk to the Central City Demo-crats about why he’s run-ning for governor. He’s pret-ty much going it alone, and his short-term objective is to save the Tennessee Dem-ocratic Party from itself.

He doesn’t want another national embarrassment like the one they suffered through two years ago when part-time fl ooring installer/Tea Party supporter Mark Clayton took advantage of his superior alphabetical position on the ballot and beat opponent Park Overall to become the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, facing Republican Bob Corker. The Washington Post, among others, named

McKamey seeks to save Democrats from themselves

Clayton, whose most promi-nent supporter was Repub-lican Stacey Campfi eld, the worst Senate candidate in the country, and the Ten-nessee Democratic Party became a national laugh-ingstock.

With this in mind, McKa-mey is acutely aware of the perils of low name recogni-tion and inferior ballot posi-tion, and points out that two of his opponents have catchy names – Charlie Brown and Kennedy Johnson.

“None of the other can-didates are campaigning,

to my knowledge, but I’ve been trying to point out that alphabet issue every time I speak,” he said.

McKamey spent 23 years as a Sullivan County com-missioner and four years as county executive. He gets real serious when he talks about the issues, explain-ing that he spent 50 years in public schools as a student, teacher and coach, and he strongly disagrees with what’s happening in Ten-nessee’s public schools. He got tired of waiting for his party to produce a serious opponent to challenge Gov. Bill Haslam.

“The party did not re-cruit me. I did it on my own. I called the state chair and asked Mr. (Roy) Herron if they had anybody in mind. He said they were searching

for someone.“I started two days before

the deadline. Somebody has got to stand up for educa-tion and for women and for people who are being denied health insurance,” he said.

He’s not a supporter of the Common Core State Standards, which he labels as “test, test test.”

“Teachers want to teach the student – not to the test. They’re making robots out of teachers and robots out of students, and all they’re talking about is numbers and statistics.”

He’s not a fan of vouch-ers and charter schools and says he’d hire an experi-enced classroom teacher as commissioner of education.

He says his concern for women’s rights has been sharpened by experience.

“When I was a county commissioner, there was a lady who applied for a raise, and county commission, including me, kept turning her down. When I was coun-ty executive, she sued, and won. And she was right. I’ve been to court and I always remember the 14th Amend-ment. It means equality for everybody.”

And he has an even more personal reason:

“My wife had rheumatic fever in high school that damaged her heart severely. When we got married in 1960, her doctor told us she couldn’t stand a pregnancy. He told her, ‘If you get preg-nant, you come here and we will take it,’ so we never had children. I trusted the doctor’s and my wife’s judg-ment, and we never did have

to make that decision.”So for now, he’s criss-

crossing the state, fi rm in his belief that once he sur-vives the primary, statewide media will start paying at-tention, fi nancial help will fl ow his way and it’ll be a whole new race.

Briggs vs. Campfi eldNot a dime’s worth of diff erence?

John McKamey speaks to the

Center City Democrats.

Never say there’s not a dime’s worth of difference between state Sen. Stacey Campfi eld and his challeng-er, County Commissioner Richard Briggs.

Briggs has a medical de-gree and a real job: heart sur-geon for over 30 years. He’s been president of the Knox-ville Academy of Medicine.

Briggs is a combat vet-eran of Desert Storm, Iraq and Afghanistan, retiring as a U.S. Army colonel.

He’s served on County Commission since 2008, tackling complex issues like billboards, pension reform

and economic development.Stacey Campfi eld, on the

other hand, served in the House and Senate for al-most a decade before pass-ing a bill. He’s marginally self-employed, “rehabbing” and renting run-down real estate. His college experi-ence was online, and his ex-perience in uniform is lim-ited to Halloween.

Campfi eld, 46, is old enough to act better.

He likes to blame the “liberal media” for his bad press, but he’s been sued for defamation, booted from the Duncan Family Barbe-cue for his antics, and es-corted out of a UT football game for failing to remove a mask when asked to do so.

Let’s elect a serious sena-tor – Dr. Richard Briggs – and watch him effectively serve in Nashville. There’s a world of difference.

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A somewhat interesting couple is approaching their 60th wedding anniversary. They tell each other they are better together than they could have possibly been as individuals.

They are not at all fa-mous, but there are historic combinations that convey that same message of better together: Mantle and Maris, Sonny and Cher, Hewlett and Packard, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Huntley and Brinkley, Johnson and Johnson, Romeo and Juliet – you get the idea.

Lasting linkage extends to Tennessee sports. Ernie and Bernie come to mind fi rst.

Bernard King was Ten-nessee’s best-ever basket-ball player. Ernie Grunfeld

Better together

was very, very good. They were great together.

Both made individual impacts. King was an NBA superstar. Grunfeld contin-ues as an executive. Ber-nard is in the pro hall of fame. Ernie has an Olympic gold medal.

As Volunteers together, they were the best show of Ray Mears’ many color-ful years. You don’t hear much about it anymore, but Stu Aberdeen coaxed them from New York City to

Knoxville. It was a recruit-ing miracle, two superstars forever linked.

The best football combo is Kiner and Reynolds.

Steve Kiner and Jack Reynolds are linked line-backers from 1967 to 1969. Jack manned the middle. There never was a day when football was too tough for Hacksaw. Steve chased from sideline to sideline with in-tent to infl ict bodily harm.

They produced similar results but were very differ-ent. Kiner was a fi rst-game starter as a sophomore. Reynolds had to be con-vinced he was good enough to play.

Kiner was an extro-vert, confi dent, aggressive. He talked. Sportswriters quoted him, sometimes correctly. He was twice an all-American. He became really famous as the fi rst Volunteer linebacker in the

college hall of fame.The Dallas Cowb oys

signed Kiner in 1970 and took him to Super Bowl V. He was a Redskin for Super Bowl VII. Later, he was New England’s defensive MVP. He had a good closing run with the Oilers.

I remember the day he formally introduced me to coach Bum Phillips. He re-called some little things I had done for him. Bum’s response: “That was an im-pressive presentation.”

Kiner did not take good care of his body, but he re-bounded, enjoyed a profi t-able period as a real-estate broker, went back to school, at West Georgia and earned two degrees in psychol-ogy. Just for fun, he coached linebackers as a graduate assistant. His fi erceness and passion seemed trans-ferable. He could have been good at that.

In a strange move, this man who hurt people on football fi elds became a health-care professional. He is assessment coordina-tor for psychiatric services at Emory University Hospi-tal in Atlanta. He remains interested in old teammates and UT functions.

Reynolds was cut from different cloth. He was for-ever motivated by fear of failure. Even late in his NFL days, after many accomplish-ments, under his uniform he still wore a tattered T-shirt that said, “Too old, too short, too slow and can’t cover.”

He had heard those criti-cisms and used them as fi rewood. His persona was built on the underdog myth. He was always grumbling, about weather, the high cost of Pepsis and how much his back hurt. He worked at be-ing unhappy. Teammates called him Crazy Jack. He

wasn’t.Reynolds had a long pro

career and saved his money from 11 years with the Los Angeles Rams and four with the San Francisco 49ers. He earned two Super Bowl rings. He was a John Mad-den favorite, an example of “Boom!”

Reynolds was and is a recluse, on an island some-where in an ocean.

That vague reference is unfair. I know where he is, San Salvador in the Baha-mas – unless he is at his Mi-ami home. He chooses pri-vacy. I haven’t seen him in a decade. He has no need for applause, but he is linked with Kiner, whether he likes it or not.

Regarding the fi rst para-graph, thanks sincerely for all 60, Sarah. You are very special.Marvin West invites reader reaction. His

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With the death of former Tennessee Sens. Howard Baker and Harlan Mathews this year, there are now only fi ve living former U.S. sena-tors from Tennessee.

MPC staff morale pointing south

They are, in order of age: Bill Brock, 83; Jim Sasser, 77; Fred Thompson, 72; Al Gore, 66; and Bill Frist, 62.

Brock calls Annapolis, Md., home, but he and his wife, Sandy, spend most of the year on a yacht now, cruising from Maine to Florida according to the time of the year. Thompson lives in northern Virginia and is currently acting on

Broadway. Sasser lives in the District of Columbia, while Gore and Frist both live in Nashville.

Of the living former U.S. senators (there are 165 of them) the oldest is Edward Brooke, the fi rst African-American popularly elected to the U.S. Senate. He is 94 and was elected the same year Howard Baker was also fi rst elected to the Senate in 1966. Elected from Mas-sachusetts, he now lives in Washington, D.C.

The next oldest senators are former astronaut John Glenn of Ohio at 92; Ernest Hollings, 92, of South Caro-lina; Jocelyn Burdick, 92, of North Dakota; Paul Laxalt, 91, of Nevada (now living in Washington, D.C.); James Buckley of New York, 91 (now living in Connecticut); and Bob Dole, 90, of Kan-sas, now living in Washing-ton, D.C. Hollings is also the

second-oldest living former governor. John Patterson of Alabama is the oldest at 92. Tennessee’s own for-mer Gov. Winfi eld Dunn is 87 and in excellent health, living in Nashville with his wife, Betty.

■ Mark Donaldson, director of MPC, must be wondering if his sudden hir-ing of Dave Hill was worth the controversy it has gener-ated. The 15 MPC commis-sioners must be wondering when this will all go away. Probably not until they rein in Donaldson, who appar-ently considers fair employ-ment practices a nuisance to ignore. No one was inter-viewed for the job Hill got.

After he gave the job to his longtime friend Hill without advertising the po-sition or allowing anyone else to apply, Donaldson told this writer he consulted with deputy city mayor Bill

Lyons on the Hill hire, but it seems he only advised Ly-ons he had done it and did not seek his advice. After all, Lyons’s boss, Mayor Rogero, had fi red Hill upon becom-ing mayor. It is unlikely she would be enthused by his return to the City County Building.

Now the only woman in a management position at MPC has been fi red by Don-aldson without explanation. Do not be surprised if Dee Anne Reynolds fi les a law-suit to get her job back plus extra pay.

Taxpayers will pay for this one. A lawsuit could drag on for over a year with frequent news stories. MPC staff morale is at an all-time low.

At some point the 15 MPC commissioners will have to step in and take charge of a situation that is quickly go-ing south. Right now they

say they leave personnel issues to Donaldson. The commissioners bear ulti-mate responsibility for what he does. This may be a case where Mayors Burchett and Rogero have to tell the 15 commissioners (whom they appointed) that enough is enough. They did this a few years back when they jointly told Gloria Ray to depart the former Sports Corporation.

■ When Commis-sioner Richard Briggs and Sen. Stacey Campfi eld spoke to the Knox Coun-ty Republican Women in Bearden, few differences emerged from their re-marks.

Campfi eld spoke well and benefi ted by Briggs failing to outline differences between the two. Only soft questions were thrown from the au-dience. A guest without a background in Knox politics could be forgiven for think-ing the two opponents were ideologically identical.

■ Gordon Ball, Demo-

cratic candidate for U.S. Senate, who says his net worth is between $10 mil-lion and $20 million (but probably higher), had failed as of July 11 to fi le a person-al fi nancial statement with the U.S. Senate Ethics Com-mittee.

He asked for a 60-day ex-tension on May 15. All other serious candidates such as Terry Adams, Lamar Al-exander and Joe Carr have fi led disclosure forms. Me-dia have given Ball a pass. His principal primary op-ponent, Terry Adams, has not raised this issue either, which is amazing.

Education meetingBig happenings at 6 p.m.

Tuesday, July 22, at Central High School. Seems school board member Mike McMil-lan has arranged for state Rep. Harry Brooks and oth-ers to meet with teachers to discuss state education policy.

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Carol’s Corner

The merry pranksters of the Front Page Follies are at it again, and no one is safe.

From Gov. Bill Haslam to Sheriff Jimmy “J.J.” Jones to the Affordable Care Act – otherwise known as “Obamacare” – the major local, state and national newsmakers of the past year are all subject to parody and good-natured ridicule.

“We are an equal-oppor-tunity offender,” says head scriptwriter David Lauver.

The Front Page Follies, now its 36th year, is held annually to raise money for journalism scholarships at the University of Tennessee and Pellissippi State Com-munity College. The event also features a reception, si-lent auction, dinner and live auction.

Capping off the evening is the lively vaudeville-style show. Director Terry Sil-ver-Alford of UT’s Theatre Department leads a cast of print and broadcast jour-nalists, professors and pub-lic relations practitioners and several talented “ring-ers” from local plays and musical productions.

The show is presented by East Tennessee’s Society of Professional Journalists and Front Page Foundation.

New cast member Mar-garet Elliott says she’s hav-ing a ball. “I have made new friends, learned some crazy songs, and I get to perform for a good cause. With school tuition rising every semester, it’s great to be part of an effort to put scholarships within reach of students.”

Elliott, who works in fur-niture sales, says her favor-ite skit is one she’s not even

Director Terry Silver-Alford, who had just arrived back in the states from a choir trip to Switzerland, holds the Follies gang together.

Stacy Holley, fi nancial coun-selor at 21st Mortgage and marketing freelancer, is rarin’ to go! She’s a four-year Follies veteran.

John McNair, director of technology at the UT College of Communication and Information,hams it up in the opening number of this year’s “Front Page Follies.” Behind him are MelanieStaten and Margaret Elliott.

Cast members give a rousing ending to the open-ing number. Shown are Dennis Perkins (behind arm,) Megan Jones, John McNair, Will Hoskins, David Lauver, Melanie Staten, Tony Hernandez, Ernie Roberts and Margaret Elliott. The chairs rep-resent stage microphones. Photos by Carol Zinavage

Bringing the house down

in. “Gov-a-Chameleon,” a takeoff on Culture Club’s 1983 hit “Karma Chame-leon,” pokes fun at Gov. Haslam for trying to ap-pease both the moderate and extreme wings of his political party.

Elliott says the song’s performers “will bring the house down, guaranteed!”

Cast member Stacy Hol-ley is herself a past recipient of a Follies-funded journal-ism scholarship. “I feel that it is now my part to give back and help future gen-erations,” she says.

“This is my fourth Fol-lies,” said Holley, “and this one is as much fun as ever! Being able to dance and perform for money – I mean scholarships – is a lot of fun!”

She is partial to the Tom Petty song parody “Refu-gees,” in which Sheriff Jones, played by Dennis Perkins, clashes with an im-migrant advocate played by Ernie Roberts.

This year’s Follies hon-oree is Robin Wilhoit, for whom the current scholar-ships will be named. The popular WBIR-TV anchor will be celebrated with a rousing rendition of “Rock-in’ Robin.”

Other highlights are “So You Know … When It

Snows,” set to the megahit “Let It Go” from the movie “Frozen,” and sung by me-teorologists David Aldrich of WVLT, Todd Howell of WBIR and Ken Weathers of WATE.

The fi nale borrows the

“Happy” hit tune from Phar-rell Williams for the Knox-ville-themed “Scruffy.” John McNair leads the cast and surprise guest perform-ers. You never know who’s going to show up onstage at this “anything can happen”

show.The Front Page Follies

will be held Saturday, July 19, at the Knoxville Con-vention Center. Reception and silent auction begin at 6 p.m., followed by dinner and live auction at 7 and show

at 8. Tickets are $125, with $85 tax deductible. Today – Wednesday, July 16 – is the ticket order deadline. Please email bowles@utk.edu with FOLLIES in the subject line, or call 865-588-6793.

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at Hardin Valley Church of Christ, 11515 Hardin Valley Road, pulled together the things kids love for their Va-cation Bible School theme this year. The purpose? To get their attention so some important lessons of life would be heard.

“Soak up the SON” was the theme for the week, July 9-11, which meant a beachy setting for the kids to enjoy. “Cross Trainer,” a Superman-type superhero played by Keith Bagwell, youth minister, joined the puppets at the Surf Shack to teach the kids the meaning of Jesus’ parables.

“Kids never get to see puppets much anymore,” says VBS co-director Jes-sica Denton. “Maybe some people think they’re old-fashioned, but the kids just loved them! They were such a big hit, and I think the kids really got the importance of being a good neighbor.”

Using the story of the Good Samaritan, the pup-pets made the point that friends of God’s Son should never be too busy to be a friend, have compassion, offer a helping hand or pray for others.

Cross Trainer, sporting a Superman-themed costume with a cross instead of an “S,” was a hit every time he swooped in, says Denton.

“Cross Trainer is a pretty cool guy and most every kid relates to a super hero,” says Bagwell. “We all secretly want to be the hero who rescues others from danger, and we can do that by soak-ing up the ‘Son,’ being more like Jesus and being a good neighbor.”

For the church, VBS is a way to reach not only chil-dren in the congregation, but the community, says Bagwell. “We want to en-courage families to make this church their home.”

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL

■ Bearden UMC, 4407 Suther-land Avenue, will host “Gotta Move!” VBS July 21-24, with ages 3-5 meeting 6-8 p.m., and kindergarten through 5th grade meeting 6-8:30 p.m. Register online at www.BeardenUMC.org.

■ Ridgedale Baptist Church, 5632 Nickle Road off Western Avenue, will host a summer-long VBS themed “Fun with the Son,” 6:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesdays, July 16 and 23, for age 3 through 5th grade. Activities include classes in cooking, science, target shooting, arts and crafts, basketball and missions. Info: 588-6855.

■ St. Mark UMC, 7001 S. North-shore Drive, will host “Weird Animals: Where Jesus’ Love is One of a Kind” VBS from 6-8:30 p.m. through Friday, July 18. Classes for 4-year-olds through 5th grade. Dinner will be held at 5:15 p.m. Info: 588-0808. To register: www.groupvbspro.com/vbs/ez/stmark.

Concert at Second PresbyterianBrenda Goslee, who has been the organist at Second Presbyte-rian Church, 2829 Kingston Pike, for eight years, will be joined by eight area organists for a special Grand Trumpet Organ Re-cital at 3 p.m. Sunday, July 20, at the church. The concert is free, as is the reception immediately following. Joining Goslee are Catherine Whitten, Frederick Pogue, Michelle Walter, Bradley Patterson, Charles Walden, Dwight Stooksbury, Ericka McCarty and Deborah Cain.

Hardin Valley Church of Christ youth minister Keith Bagwell plays the role of Cross Trainer and arrives to save the day with a lesson in being a Good Samaritan. Photos by Nancy Anderson

VBS co-director Jes-sica Denton designed an elaborate beach-themed set for Hardin Valley Church of Christ Vacation Bible School.

Samuel Young, left, and Dominique Schristofek enjoy an exciting game of “Duck, Duck, Goose.”

Soaking up VBS

By Wendy SmithSherry Boles is the fi rst

f e m a l e pastor at B e a r d e n U n i t e d Me t ho d i s t Church, but she’s not c onc er ne d about being a c c e p t e d by the

congregation. After all, six women from the church have gone on to become pastors.

She knows some of those women, and they spoke “glowingly” of the congregation at 4407 Sutherland Ave. Boles began her new post the fi rst week in July, and she’s had a warm welcome, she says.

Ministry was not her fi rst career. She worked for a carpet manufacturer in her

hometown, Chattanooga, for 15 years. But she was active in her church and kept feeling pulled toward something more.

After a time of prayer and discernment, she felt called to ministry.

“I didn’t decide. God decided,” she says. “I’m very happy to be able to make a living doing what I love to do.”

Pastors in the United Methodist Church are appointed based on the needs of individual churches. Boles spent the past two years serving in Abingdon, Va., and before that, she worked for two different congregations in Chattanooga for a total of 12 years.

While she co-authored “Praise Now,” a book of contemporary worship services, she says she is

Bearden UMC welcomes fi rst female pastor

Sherry Boles

more interested in reaching out to the community than trying to determine a particular direction for Bearden UMC.

Right now, she’s listening to people − and asking questions − to see the bigger vision of what God is calling the congregation to do.

“I want to be part of God’s blessing rather than asking God to bless us.”

Her work takes up most of her day, but she enjoys crafting and traveling as well as spending time with her dog.

In the coming months, she looks forward to taking up a former hobby − cheering for the Vols. Her grandmother lived in Rockwood, and she attended games with her father and grandmother as a child.

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By Zoe RisleySonja DuBois is a Holo-

caust survivor. It may be a simple sentence, but it holds so much meaning.

DuBois showed the Shop-per interns a photo of Ney-land Stadium, which has approximately 100,000 seats. Fill the stadium up 60 times. That’s how many Jews died in the Holocaust. Six million people. To not be one of those people is amaz-ing.

When most people tell their story of the Holocaust they tell what happened during the war. She did tell us all that, but she took it further. She told us how the policies of Nazi Germany impacted her life long-term.

DuBois was born in Hol-land in 1940, just months after the war had started. When her parents regis-tered as Jews, they didn’t register her.

She was barely 2 when her parents boarded a train and left without her. They had entrusted their daugh-ter to a family friend. Both were murdered in Ausch-witz that same year. Both were just 29.

Sonja became a hidden child, putting everyone who gave her sanctuary at risk.

She lived with a childless Christian couple and moved with them whenever some-one questioned them about their daughter, the only girl in her class with dark hair. She was kept well hidden.

Since Sonja was an un-documented child, a pe-diatrician gave her secret checkups and a woman with a cow brought her cooked milk (which DuBois said she absolutely hated). She attributes her survival to the lack of communication at the time and the Lord’s value on her life.

Even though Sonja sur-vived one of the darkest times in history, she still felt she was in the dark. She didn’t know much about her birth parents and didn’t have any memories of them. She had always had a sense of emptiness about where her parents were.

When Sonja and her foster parents prepared to immigrate, they needed her to sign a passport. Her real name was Clara. She didn’t know her real name until she was 12. She saw a picture of her parents only once, when she was 6, and from then until 1999, when she contacted one of her distant relatives, she knew

little about her parents, and that haunted her for a long time. She met with her Aunt Alice who told her about her family.

Sonja DuBois doesn’t just share her story for kicks.

I asked if she thought telling her story would help prevent racial hatred and genocides in the future. She said, “If two people in a group of people I’m talking to realize when they have to make a tough decision, that what is popular is not always right.”

She wants people to be advocates for racial equal-ity. “It is your job, when you see someone being bullied or shunned, to let an adult know or to get to know the person being picked on. Most of racial hatred comes from a lack of knowledge.”

People talk about what they lose when they go through a horrible circum-stance. Sonja DuBois gained thankfulness. She says out loud every day, “Thank you Lord.” Sonja is so grateful to have her life. She is g rateful to be a survivor.

To invite DuBois to speak to your club or organization, email her at ronson@knol-ogy.net.

Do you know a middle school student who could be a Shopper-News intern next summer? If so, send their name, grade and contact information to Sara Barrett at barretts@shoppernewsnow.com/.

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The interns met Holocaust survivor Sonja DuBois and learned of her incredible life story. Pic-

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(back) Katie Sasse, Lakin Scott, Zoe Risley and Joshua Mode.

A day of faithBy Sara Barrett

First Presbyterian Church is considered “Knoxville’s fi rst church,” founded in 1792 and built in 1812 on James White’s fi eld of turnips. Church member Pat Armstrong gave the in-terns a behind-the-scenes look and a peek inside the adjacent graveyard.

The building has under-gone several renovations throughout the years, but there have been only 15 ministers since the church began. During the Civil War, the Union army occu-pied the building – letting their horses graze in the graveyard – for three years.

Armstrong likened the church’s infrastructure to that of our nation’s govern-ment. “The deacons look after operations sort of like Congress, and the elders would be the senators,” said Armstrong. The interns learned that seven U.S. presidents were Presbyte-rian, and the only minister who signed the Declaration of Independence was Pres-byterian.

In keeping with the theme of the day, Arm-

strong discussed the beliefs of the Presbyterian church and the change in atten-dance at FPC. He said he and his wife have lived in the same house since 1969, and he used to look out his window and know which church each family on his street attended. Nowadays, not so much.

“I guess it is just a cultur-al change, and there are a lot of independent churches starting up,” he said.

A walk through the graveyard shows sunken tombstones and trees so old and fragile they are held together with cables. The oldest marked grave is Wil-liam Blount’s from 1800. An inviting concrete bench is tucked in a corner where passersby may be tempted to rest a while.

“We encourage people to come in and walk around,” said Armstrong of the yard holding about 240 graves. “We’re located right on the corner of Church (Avenue) and State (Street). How ironic is that?” Info: www.fpcknox.org.Sara Barrett coordinates the intern pro-

gram for Shopper-News. Info: barretts@

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Coexisting in KnoxvilleBy Donna Mitchell

Last week I wrote about how boring I felt Knoxville was. And then I was proven wrong again by digging a little deeper into the history of the city.

The interns visited three houses of worship located within a few miles of one another. Our fi rst stop was the oldest church in Knox-ville, First Presbyterian Church. This church houses the Community School of the Arts program (though it is not a part of the church) and relics from a member’s time in Africa. It has the founder of Knoxville, James White, buried in the grave-yard.

Next, we visited the

Temple Beth El where we saw original handwritten Hebrew scrolls adorned in silver and walls lined with amazing stained glass win-dows. Our last visit was to St. George Greek Orthodox Church. The worship area is covered from wall to wall with beautiful images of Jesus, the apostles and St. George.

As Rabbi Michaels from Temple Beth El put it, “Di-versity should be celebrat-ed.” That is the real message behind any religion; we are all different but still wor-ship for the same purpose.

At lunch, Holocaust sur-vivor Sonja DuBois looked at us around the table with solemn eyes and pleaded

that we make a difference. “Hate is a lack of knowl-edge,” she said.

“You are the leaders of tomorrow; the popular way is not always the right way.”

It really is a great thing that not only Knoxville, but also the country we live in allows us to have as many places of worship as we please. Kingston Pike, commonly known as “the church street,” is home to a mosque, a Greek Ortho-dox church and a Unitarian church right next to one an-other.

The best part of it all is that they can coexist next to each other. That’s the way it should be. Embrace the di-versity.

Pat Armstrong stands in the sanctuary of First Presbyterian Church. In the background is a mo-saic of Christ.

Shopper interns Abbey Underwood, Zoe Risley, Katie Sasse, Lakin Scott and Charlie Hamilton listen as Rabbi Mathew Michaels describes how the Torah is written out by hand. Photos by R. White

■ Inspired at Temple Beth ElRabbi Mathew Michaels

met with the interns at Temple Beth El and gave us a crash course on Jewish culture and customs.

Intern Kaila Bonds asked why Jewish men wear the yarmulke, and the rabbi ex-plained it was to show hu-mility. “What does a man do with his hat when he enters a church?” asked the rabbi. The interns said men re-move their hats upon enter-ing to show reverence.

“We cover our heads for the same reason,” he said. “All these religions you’re looking at, the themes are the same. The motifs may be different, but the rea-sons are the same. Just be-cause something is differ-ent doesn’t mean it’s better or worse, right or wrong … it just means it’s not the same.”

Rabbi Michaels showed the group what a Torah

looks like and explained why the pointer tool used to follow along while reading is made of silver. Only soft metals can touch the Torah, nothing hard that could be used to make a weapon of war. He also explained that when a religious item is no longer usable it is custom-ary to bury the item as a hu-man would be buried upon death.

The rabbi invited the in-terns back for service on Friday evening, and a few of them were planning to attend. Info: www.tbeknox.org.

■ St. George Greek OrthodoxThe interns switched

gears for a look at St. George Greek Orthodox Church af-ter visiting Temple Beth El. Tour guide Katherine Ev-ans invited us to recite the Lord’s Prayer with her be-fore entering the nave, and she lit a candle in honor of

everyone’s family.Images of saints and

apostles in stained glass, paint and mosaic tile wel-comed us as we sat in the front pews.

Evans said the fi rst priests in the Greek Ortho-dox Church were touched by the hands of the apostles, and each priest after has been touched by the hands of the priests before him. This has created a concrete connection throughout time to the original founders of the church.

A different saint is commemorated each day throughout the year, and Evans explained the dif-ferent between worship-ping a saint and asking for them to intercede on one’s behalf.

“We pray for everybody,” said Evans. “Every church, every nation and for our-selves. We don’t know if we’re saved or not, but we hope we are.” Info: www.saintgeorgeknoxville.com.

Next upCheck back next week when the Shop-

per-News interns report on their visit to the City County Building (meeting with Mayor Tim Burchett) and the federal courthouse (meeting with Judge Tom

Varlan and historian Don Ferguson).The Shopper-News intern program

is free for rising ninth-graders. Space is limited, and we’re taking applications now for next summer.

Info: barretts@ShopperNewsNow.com/.

SPORTS NOTES ■ Knoxville Bulldogs 9/10U

travel baseball team needs a few players to complete its roster for the year. Info: call coach Jeff , 385-7396 or email

knoxbulldogs.jeff @gmail.com.

■ Powell Rugby Club, a 7s Rugby team needs high school aged players, no ex-perience needed. Info: coach Vincent, 789-7661 or player Tyler Weaver, 406-1453.

■ Upward Soccer evaluations will be held 11 a.m.-noon Sat-urday, July 19, at The Church at Sterchi Hills, 904 Dry Gap Pike. Register online at www.wmbc.net. Info: Jeff Stevens, Wallace Memorial Baptist Church, 688-4343.

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The Knox County Veterans Service of-fi ce conducts monthly outreach at the seven senior centers around the county. One-on-one assistance will be available for veterans and their family members to explain VA benefi ts, answer questions and help fi le for benefi ts. Info: 215-5645.

■ 9-10 a.m. Wednesday, July 16, Halls Senior Center, 4405 Crippen Road.

■ 9-10 a.m. Thursday, July 17, South Knoxville Senior Center, 6729 Martel Lane.

■ 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 30, Carter Senior Center, 9040 AshevilleHighway.

Knox County veterans’ outreach

REUNIONS ■ A 25th reunion will be held

for Standard Knitting Mill

employees and their families 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 2, at O’ Connor Senior Center. Refreshments will be served, and everyone is invited to bring something (fi nger foods only). Also bring any memo-rabilia you have to share. Info: J.T. Morgan, 523-5463.

■ A telephone operator

reunion will be held at noon Saturday, July 26, at CWA Union Hall on Elm Street. Send $15 (checks accepted) to Sharon Courtney, 1905 Woodrow Drive, Knoxville, TN 37918. Info: 688-7703.

■ Central High School’s class

of 1948 will hold its 66th re-union at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 26, at Beaver Brook Country Club. Lunch will be served at noon. Info: Mary Frances Tucker, 539-6242, or mfgt@gmail.com.

■ Central High School’s class

of 1959 will hold its 55th reunion Friday and Saturday,

Aug. 22-23, at Beaver Brook Country Club. Info: Judy Edenfi eld Hodge, 531-4837 or judychs59@mindspring.com, or Harold Knott, 947-3486 or haroldknot@frontier.com.

■ Central High School’s class

of 1967 will have its annual reunion Saturday, July 19. Info: Idonna Tillery Bryson, 688-5816, or Ann Paylor Williams, 274-1141 or visit www.chs67.org.

■ Central High School’s class

of 1979 will hold its 35th reunion 6 p.m. to midnight Saturday, Aug. 16, at Beaver Brook Country Club. Casual dress. Info: Tracey Whedbee Long, tracey3801@bellsouth.net or Linda Beeler Price, 661-9485 or llinda21@juno.com.

■ Halls High School’s class of

1964 will kick off its 50th class reunion with a cookout at Dan Bolinger’s house, Friday, Aug. 1, and dinner and danc-ing will be held Saturday, Aug. 2, at Beaver Brook Country Club. The cookout is free, but

dinner at the country club is $50 per person. Looking for lost classmates Ruby Beeler, Joyce Ellis, Carol Helton, Judy McCoy, Frances Toppins, Carol Wilson and Mary Weaver Small. Info: Dan Bolinger, 922-2116 or Charlotte Hackney Jellicorse, 688-8042.

■ Halls High School’s class

of 1965 will hold its 49th reunion 6 p.m.-midnight Sat-urday, July 26, at Beaver Brook Country Club. Cost is $35 and payment is due by July 19. Info: Pat Humphrey West, 922-8857, Jeanette McMillan Raby, 983-2861 or Roy Warwick 441-7452.

■ Halls High School’s class

of 1959 will hold its 55th reunion Friday, Aug. 29, at Beaver Brook Country Club. Info: Dickie George, 922-7145.

■ The descendants of Martin

Miller will reunite 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, July 19, at Sharps Chapel Community Center. Bring a dish to share. Info: 806-8617 or 687-8617.

Robotics RevolutionRobotics Revolution

will be held 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 2, at the Jacob Building in Chilhowee Park. Kids of all ages can learn more about coding, Lego leagues, robotics, 3D printing, drones and industrial and technological advances.

Local robotics teams, engineers and

manufacturers will be on hand to talk about educational opportunities in the area. “Robot Runway” will kick off the event and a live bomb-detecting robot will be on hand from the Knoxville Sheriff’s Offi ce. Knox Makers’ drawing robot Pablo will give demonstrations from noon to 3 p.m.

Admission is $6

(ages 5 and under free) and family passes are $24. Advanced tickets are available at www.themuseknoxville.com or at The Muse Knoxville.

The event is presented by the Tennessee Space Grant Consortium and is a project of The Muse Knoxville. It is being coordinated by NeighborMaker Events LLC.

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Members of the Tennessee Stage Company Jennifer Horn, Julianna Sanderson and Crystal Braeuner show workshop attendees how to “hide in plain sight” by using a veil during a play.

By Sherri Gardner HowellExplaining the works of

Shakespeare may sound like a complicated process. For members of the Ten-nessee Stage Company, it’s child’s play. The talented group has taken their edu-cational endeavors on the road this summer with vis-its to branches of the Knox County Public Library to teach children all about the ancient bard.

The actors recently visit-ed the Farragut branch and conducted an interactive workshop for elementary-age kids that focused on the play “Much Ado About Nothing.” They showed off bobble head dolls of Shake-speare, gave the kids time to browse through the li-brary’s children’s books about Shakespeare and then did exercises that got the at-tendees into the spirit of the play.

For example, the kids joined in demonstrations on how to react if you are in “ooey-gooey love” and how to “hide in plain sight.”

The Tennessee Stage Company will present “Much Ado About Nothing” and “Titus Andronicus” during Shakespeare on the Square July 17 through Aug. 17 at Market Square.

Fun with Shakespeare

The bard was introduced to children attending the Fun with Shakespeare workshop at the Farragut branch of the Knox County Public Library in a thoroughly modern way, including the Shakespeare bobble head Joel Martinez is enjoying. Photos by Justin Acuff

Enjoying learning about Shakespeare characters who were “ooey gooey in love” is Nikol Bukovska.

John Griffi n browses a chap-ter book on Shakespeare.

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By Nancy AndersonMichael Messing can sell

out a room. Matter of fact, he can do it twice. The pop-ular magician is a fan favor-ite at the Farragut branch of the Knox County Public Library. This year he was part of “Fizz, Boom, Read,” the library’s free county-wide reading program. When time came for him to visit Farragut, branch man-ager Marilyn Jones knew to schedule him for two ses-sions.

Messing and his son were at the Cedar Bluff branch library years ago to see a magic show when the ma-gician canceled at the last minute. Messing was asked if he could fi ll in, which he did. He has been doing his

shows now for 15 years and has been a magician for 41 years.

More than 250 kids and adults attended the Farra-gut show despite heavy rain.

“I love trying to inspire the kids to read,” said Mess-ing. “Magic books are great reading for kids, especially if they’re resistant to read-ing. Reading is critical for learning, and magic is help-ful to kids who may be a little shy.”

Assistant branch man-ager Merry Shipley said she was thrilled to see the crowd in the library. “The more kids in the library the better,” Shipley said. “Sum-mer at the library is all about children.”

With great showmanship, magician Michael Messing says, “Abracadab-ra! A rabbit from my hat!” Messing performed two shows at the Farragut branch of the Knox County Public Library. Photos by Nancy Anderson

Popular magician Michael Messing demonstrates the versatil-ity of his magic top hat by pulling out a large bouquet of fl ow-ers.

Maggie Raines tries in vain to cast a spell on Maddox Atkins using her magic wand, which keeps melting in her hands.

More than 250 children and adults are all smiles while enjoying Michael Messing’s interactivemagic show. The show is so popular in Farragut that the library schedules two sessions.

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By Bonny C. MillardSusan Maxwell has an

eye for staging a room. It is a handy talent that provides inspiration for her custom-ers at Encore Interiors Con-signment Gallery.

The gallery sells furni-ture and decorating acces-sories on consignment. The merchandise is displayed in settings of bedrooms and living and dining ar-eas. She also likes to keep a beach-themed area. Max-well knows how to combine pieces that are different but work well together.

“We like to set everything up in vignettes so people can get an idea of how it’s going to look in their hous-es,” Maxwell said. “We have stuff that comes in from all these different people, and we try to put it together. It’s kind of like putting a puzzle together. We try to make it cohesive.”

The idea of a consign-ment furniture store came to her after visiting a simi-lar business. Instead of just stacking furniture in a store space, she decided to showcase the items in a home-like setting. “I think it is doing a disservice to a beautiful piece of furniture to have stuff piled up on it,” she said.

The displays change fre-quently due to new arriv-als. She said many of her consignors redecorate their homes regularly and bring in pieces they can no lon-ger use. Maxwell not only

Party for the teacherLorena Harvey spent her recent birthday with some of her former students. At 106, the life-long teacher, now a resident at Summit View of Farragut, has quite a roster of former students who remember her. Gail Williams, left, and Gena Windle, right, certainly do. “She was my favorite teacher,” says Williams, who was in her second grade class at Farragut. “She was always such an inspiration. You know, she never drove. She rode the bus to school with all the kids all those years.” Windle, a former fi rst-grade student, is a life-long friend and has been Harvey’s caregiver for the past nine years. “Lorena is the same as she always was. She’s very kind-hearted. Shop-ping was her favorite sport; she would go as much as possible.” Photo by Nancy Anderson

UPCOMING AT THE KNOXVILLE CHAMBER ■ Networking: a.m. Exchange

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Encore Interiors Consignment Gallery owner Susan Maxwell shows a display of beach decora-tions. Photo by Bonny C. Millard

Creating a room: Consignment store owner puts pieces together

sells high-quality, well-pre-served furnishings, she also gives customers advice and ideas about decorating their own homes. “I’m all about teaching customers how to do things,” she said.

Repurposing and recon-ditioning furniture is also something she promotes, said Maxwell, pointing to a table that has been trans-formed with chalk painting. Chalk-painted furniture can be expensive, she said, but it is easy to do and gives furni-ture a great fi nish.

Maxwell is considering a sideline service to help cus-

tomers recreate their home spaces. Most people already have what they need but don’t know how to arrange their belongings for maxi-mum appeal.

“You don’t have to spend a lot of money to have a beautiful home,” she said.

The store also sells the work of local artisans in-cluding a greeting card line and the black and white photography of Nicholas Bell.

Before starting the busi-ness, Maxwell was a stay-at-home mom. She wanted to work, but remaining in-

volved in her children’s lives was very important, she said. To help merge her two desires, she created a pri-vate area in the store with a television and a kitchenette for her three children for summers and afterschool.

Maxwell opened the store with her husband, Steve, two years ago. He has his own career but helps out after work. He also builds ladders for display purposes that have become very pop-ular, she said.

Info: www.encoreinteriorsknoxville.com.

June data comparable to last year

News From The Register Of Deeds

By Sherry WittJune was a relatively

good month for real es-tate activ-ity in Knox County, as both sales and lend-ing fi gures closely re-s e m b l e d those re-

corded during June 2013. This June produced 978 property transfers while 2013 – a good year for local markets – June produced 1,039 transfers.

While the total number of parcels sold fell just short of last year’s levels, the aggre-gate value of property trans-ferred was slightly more. The total market value of property sold in June was just under $207 million, compared to $195.7 million last June.

Land sales were also up some $20 million over the May totals. So far in 2014, the total value of prop-erty sold in Knox County is running about $87 mil-lion ahead of the pace set in 2013. The fi rst half of this year has produced total land sales of just over $981 million.

Perhaps the most encour-

aging signs in June were in mortgage lending. For the month, nearly $302 million was loaned against real es-tate in Knox County, an im-provement of more than $50 million over May’s numbers. While last month’s activity did slightly underperform that of June 2013, it none-theless indicated a notable surge in mortgage markets. In the fi rst six months of 2014, mortgage lending in the county has been run-ning over half a billion dol-lars behind the pace set last year, with about $1.38 bil-lion being loaned against real property between Jan. 1 and June 30.

The largest property sale involved a single waterfront parcel on Houser Road in West Knox County which sold for $2.94 million. The most noteworthy mortgage transaction was a Deed of Trust fi nancing the Walnut Street Garage in the amount of $17,750,000.

I hope everyone had a safe and happy F ourth of July weekend, celebrating the freedoms we enjoy, and remembering how blessed we are to live in the greatest nation on earth. Please do not forget to exercise your sacred right to vote in the Aug. 7 elections.

Sherry Witt

Knox County Commis-sion, acting as the Beer Board, will meet at 1 p.m. Monday, July 21, in the main assembly room of the City County Building. The agenda includes no viola-tions. Seeking permits are:

Roger Jones, the Corn Pone Tavern, 7715 Clinton Hwy., on premises;

Shree Ramkabir Corpo-ration, Al’s Market, 6335 W.

Emory Road, off premises; Rudra Patel LLC, Ian’s

Market # 38, 7551 Oak Ridge Hwy., off premises;

The Hohaus Corporation, The Casual Pint of Hardin Valley, 10673 Hardin Valley Road, on and off premises;

Copper Cellar Catering, Knoxville Harley Davidson West LLC, 605 Lovell Road, on premises, special event.

No violations at Beer Board

National suit drive underwayVolunteer Ministry Cen-

ter and Men’s Wearhouse have launched a monthlong initiative that encourages donations of gently used suits and professional at-tire. Clothing collected from the drive will be distributed to VMC and over 180 other local nonprofi t organiza-tions that provide job-ready skills and training to unem-ployed and underemployed men in Knoxville and across the United States.

Over the past six years,

Men’s Wearhouse has col-lected more than 650,000 professional-clothing do-nations to support unem-ployed individuals seeking to reenter the workforce. Through July 31, Knox resi-dents can donate men’s and women’s suits, ties, jack-ets, shirts, pants, belts and shoes at both Knoxville lo-cations: 7818 Kingston Pike and 7600 Kingston Pike.

Info: www.vmcinc.org or www.nationalsuitdrive.com.

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Duncan for Congress

Conservative Leadership for East Tennessee

Working on Issues that Matter to YouA Personal Message from Congressman Duncan

Paid for by Duncan for Congress, Jason Brown, Treasurer

Congressman John J. Duncan Jr.

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

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

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

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

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

America First I oppose spending billions of dollars on people in foreign countries who hate us. We need to stop trying to take care of the whole world and start taking care of our own country and putting the American people first, once again.

By Bonny C. MillardPreserving the beauty

of East Tennessee through parks, greenways and sce-nic ridge views not only makes aesthetic sense, it makes business sense.

Carol Evans, executive director of Legacy Parks Foundation, said her orga-nization has been dedicated to preserving green space in the Knoxville community since its creation in 2005. During a Rotary Club of Knoxville meeting, Evans explained how protecting environmental treasures also provides economic benefi ts.

Tourism is a $15 billion industry, Evans reminded Rotary members, and ranks as Tennessee’s second larg-est industry. Recreation should be considered an industry rather than just a pastime, she said. The economy also benefi ts with more parks and gre-enways because it adds value to the quality of life and draws both job seek-ers and businesses to locate in Tennessee. The value of homes located next to green spaces is greater than other houses without the same proximity.

“Parks do make a differ-ence,” she said.

Tennessee is consid-ered the mostly biologi-cally diverse inland state but ranks 50th national in environmental spending, Evans said. The Legacy Parks Foundation has been instrumental in securing conservation easements and creating and managing parks throughout the area.

Seven Islands Wildlife Refuge, the state’s fi rst birding park, is a project

managed by the founda-tion and Knox County

Parks and Recre-ation. It includes 400 acres of forest, fi elds

and trails in eastern Knox County along

with historic structures and provides an egress to the French Broad River. On July 1, the refuge became part of the state park system.

Other projects the foun-dation has been involved with include the Georgia Marble Quarry, which add-ed 104 acres to Ijams Na-ture Center, and Knoxville’s Urban Wilderness, which includes 1,000 acres on the downtown waterfront and surrounding areas.

“We want to be the epi-center of outdoor activity in East Tennessee,” Evans said.

Info: http://www.legacyparks.org.

Carol Evans, executive direc-tor of Legacy Parks Founda-tion, talks to members of Ro-tary Club of Knoxville about preserving green spaces. Photo by Bonny C. Millard

The business side of preservation

By Anne HartAlmost $30,000 raised at the second an-

nual Rocky Top Hummin’ and Strummin’ Barbecue Cook-off sponsored by the Rotary Club of West Knoxville will be donated to numerous charities both in Knox-ville and around the world.

A total of 48 teams traveled from across the country to the campus of the Episcopal School of Knoxville last month for the two-day competi-tion, an event offi cially sanctioned by the Kansas City Barbeque Society.

Tom Daughtrey, event chairman, said that funds will be used locally to help re-build school playgrounds in needy areas of town and will also be used at Pond Gap

Elementary, the club’s adopted school, to purchase clothes for students in emergen-cy situations, books for the library and for other needs there.

Other club projects to be funded include the annual clean-up of Fourth Creek,

the Mobile Meals program and the col-lege scholarship fund for a deserving student at West High School.

Internationally, funding will be provided to support Rotary’s effort for

global eradication of polio; to partner with fellow Rotarians in Mexico City to provide clean drinking water, kidney transplants and radiant cradles for babies born prema-turely; and to sponsor a school for girls in South Sudan, Africa.

Numerous groups to benefi t from Rotary barbecue fundraiser

Michael Moore, chief cook of the Old Plantation BBQ team of Rome, Ga., accepted the grand champion award at the Rocky Top Hummin’ and Strummin’ Barbecue Cook-off sponsored by the Rotary Club of West Knoxville. At the pre-sentation ceremony, from left, are Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett, Moore, cook-off chair Tom Daughtrey and Oliver Smith, who chaired the 2013 event, the club’s fi rst. Photo by Charles Garvey

UPCOMING AT FARRAGUT WEST KNOX CHAMBER

■ Networking: US Cellular

of Turkey Creek, Thursday, July 17, 8 to 9:30 a.m., 11125 Parkside Drive, Suite D

■ Ribbon Cutting: At Home

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Tuesday, July 22, 11 a.m. to noon, 11221 Outlet Drive

■ Networking: Buttermilk Sky

Pie Shop

Thursday, July 24, 5 to 6 p.m.11525 Parkside Drive

■ Networking: Fisher Tire

Company, Thursday, July 31, 8 to 9 a.m., 10232 Kingston Pike

■ Networking: US Bank of

Hardin Valley, Thursday, Aug. 7, 8-9 a.m., 10626 Hardin Valley Road

■ Networking: Baskin Rob-

bins of Turkey Creek

Thursday, Aug. 14, 5 to 6:30 p.m.

Mynatt acquires Paramount U-Li-KaChris Mynatt (at right), owner of Halls Cleaners and Rob-bins’ Cleaners in Fountain City, has expanded the busi-ness once again with the purchase of Paramount U-Li-Ka Cleaners at 741 N. Broadway at Central Avenue. Mynatt, pictured with employee Debbie Trent, said the business name will remain the same and that the building is cur-rently under construction as part of a renovation plan in the area. Info: 523-7111.

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Comics Exchange offers comic books, collectibles, T-shirts, toys and statues for customers from 8 to 80. Prices vary greatly for the new and vintage comics.

Owner Bill Langford has lived in Knoxville 19 years. Originally from Nashville, he attended the Univer-sity of Tennessee, where he graduated from law school. His hobby became a busi-ness 15 years ago when he opened Comics Exchange.

Langford says he was re-ally lucky. He opened the store about the same time superhero movies became popular. This introduced an entire new generation to characters he learned to love as a kid. Langford says

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Super heroes rule Comics Exchange

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he has been interested in comic books since he fi rst learned to read.

Kids love the store, espe-cially the room where comic books on the fl oor sell for 25 cents and those on the table for $1.

Then there is the other end of the spectrum. Lang-ford sold one vintage comic for $4,000 and helped negotiate another sale of

If you are in the market for any type of superhero ac-tion fi gure, this is the place to shop. Langford says kids today are smarter about the value of collectibles than when he was growing up. Today’s generation will pur-chase two identical items and leave one unopened in the original packaging, which increases the value tremendously.

Comics Exchange, 3711 Chapman Highway, buys, sells and trades. It is open 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Sat-urday and 1-6 p.m. Sunday. For new inventory items, check out the store’s Face-book page. Products are also available online through the eBay store. Info: 573-2280.

$12,000. Wow! And where are those comic books I read as a kid?

■ K12 Inc. opens in Blount CountyK12 Inc., the mega edu-

cation technology company, will open today (July 16) a family support campus in Blount County at the Tyson Center Building, 110 Mc-Ghee Tyson Blvd., in Alcoa, next to McGhee Tyson Air-port.

K12 holds the contract to operate the Tennessee Vir-tual Academy, administered by Union County Public Schools. The Blount Coun-ty facility will employ 300 with a capital investment of more than $2.4 million within fi ve years, according to a press release from the Blount Partnership. These jobs are in addition to the 140 Tennessee teachers and educators that K12 current-ly employs throughout the state.

Employees at this cam-pus will provide informa-tion on K12’s academic pro-grams, answer questions, provide demonstrations, build relationships and as-sist families who choose to enroll in school programs using K12.

■ Open houseKing University will

hold an open house from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, July 17, at the Knoxville campus, 10950 Spring Bluff Way in Hardin Valley.

“Our GPS program is tai-lored to reduce the challeng-es facing the adult learner,” said Kristi Reynolds, assis-tant vice president of GPS Enrollment Management Knoxville for King Univer-sity. “By offering classes in convenient locations, one night per week, the working adult may obtain their de-gree in as little as 16 months and open the door for pro-fessional advancement.”

Info: admissions@king.edu or 800-362-0014.

■ Parker joins Moxley CarmichaelHannah Parker, a native

of Knoxville and former aide to Gov. Bill Haslam, has joined Moxley Car-michael as an account executive.

P a r k e r most re-

cently served as deputy for operations, managing in-ternal communications for the governor’s staff while providing oversight of Haslam’s schedule, travel and advance team. During Haslam’s tenure as mayor, Parker served as policy ana-lyst and downtown coordi-nator in the mayor’s offi ce of Policy and Communica-tions.

Parker earned bachelor’s degrees in political science and English from the Uni-versity of Tennessee and then went on to earn a mas-ter of arts in civic leadership from the Nelson and Sue Andrews Institute for Civic Leadership at Lipscomb University in Nashville.

■ Road forumThe city of Knoxville Re-

development and Engineer-ing departments will host a forum on I-275 business park access road improve-ments at 5:30 p.m. Wednes-day, July 16, at All Occasions Catering, 922 N. Central. St.

City offi cials will present detailed design plans for the project.

The city’s engineering design consultant, CDM Smith, will discuss rec-ommended road improve-ments to extend Blackstock Avenue from Fifth Avenue to Bernard Avenue. The project will also include im-provements along Marion Street from Bernard Avenue to Baxter Avenue.

Parker

By Alvin NanceA single request for help

sparked a decade of volun-teerism for Bill Clan-ton, who e m b o d i e s the commu-nity aspect of KCDC.

Clanton, senior asset manager for Knoxville’s

Community Development Corporation, has volun-teered at the East Tennessee Community Design Cen-ter annual Jackson Avenue Fundraiser and Tour for more than 10 years. Clanton and some 20 of his fellow KCDC employees support the event by serving food, conducting tours and giving directions.

“The ETCDC are a great

bunch of people, and I like what they’re doing with the downtown area,” Clan-ton said. “The ETCDC has enjoyed our volunteers so much that they ask for KCDC specifi cally. They ask for me by name now.”

This year’s downtown fundraiser and tour was re-located from its typical loca-tion on the 100 or 500 block of Gay Street to The Stan-dard on Jackson Avenue. The fundraiser featured hors d’oeuvres, a silent auc-tion and exclusive tours of residences and businesses on Jackson Avenue.

Clanton fi rst got involved with the Community Design Center when coworker Ash-ley Ogle approached him about working the annual fundraiser. Clanton said it was his fi rst introduc-tion to volunteerism, and

after that, he was hooked. Over the past decade, he has served on KCDC’s Com-

munity In-volvement Committee, which orga-nizes KCDC volunteers for various c h a r i t i e s throughout the com-munity. He

served as KCDC’s United Way loaned executive and on the board of the Smoky Mountain Council of the Blind.

“KCDC introduced me to the world of volunteerism where you can support a good cause and have fun all at the same time,” Clanton said. “I’ve been in the hous-ing industry for 30 years and worked for several em-

ployers. KCDC is the most giving company I’ve ever worked for.”

Our KCDC employees donate their time every year to worthy organi-zations. The CIC, whose members include Jack Canada, Beth Bacon, Eu-gene Littlejohn, Shana Love, Jennifer Bell, Lisa Weddle, Tiara Webb and Joy Russell, plan volunteer opportunities at organi-zations like the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Tennes-see Valley, the American Diabetes Association, the Epilepsy Foundation of East Tennessee and many more.

I am proud of the em-ployees who, like Bill Clan-ton, have discovered that volunteering your time for worthy causes is both ful-fi lling and fun.

KCDC employees embrace community

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News from Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation (KCDC)

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■ Back to School Kick Off , 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 8, at First Baptist Concord Worship Center

■ CCS Launch Day, Monday, Aug. 11. Elementary students visit their classrooms and meet their teachers. Welcome to 6th Grade Break-fast for students and parents. Middle and high school students may do a schedule walk-through. Welcome to CCS Luncheon for new middle and high school students.

■ First day of school, Tuesday, Aug. 12, half day.

■ First full day of school, Wednesday, Aug. 13.

BACK TO SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AT CONCORD

Volunteer Girls State is a pro-gram in government and good citizenship for young women sponsored by the Tennessee American Legion Auxiliary each summer. The program’s hands-on citizenship training provides upcoming high school seniors with the opportunity to learn about politics on lo-cal, county and state levels by creating their own cities and campaigning for elected offi ces. This year’s delegates gained new information about politics and were encouraged by the guest speakers, including Gov-ernor Bill Haslam.

Nationally recognized as one of the top Girls State programs in the nation, Volunteer Girls

State gives top Tennessee stu-dents the opportunity to form

and run a mock government by meeting, living and working

with other young female leaders from across the state.

Concord Christian School senior and SGA President, Les-lie Arnold, who was elected as state representative during the program, shares her thoughts and insights from the week-long experience that was held at Lipscomb University:

“This summer, I had the wonderful opportunity to at-tend American Legion Auxil-iary Volunteer Girls State with 575 other girls from all over the state of Tennessee. When the opportunity was fi rst presented to me, I will admit I was a bit skeptical. I even con-sidered dropping out the week

leading up to the event. Being the only one from my school, I knew I wouldn’t know anyone there. But once I got there, I realized the girls there were just like me: they were actively involved in their schools, churches and communities. We all even enjoyed the same activities and read the same books. As a result, I quickly befriended many of the girls from my beloved Taylor City (the group I was assigned to the day I arrived).

“Girls State challenged me in many areas. I gained a greater knowledge of how our government works through the countless lectures and incredible speakers. It also

gave me a greater respect for our state of Tennessee. Every-one there shared such a great sense of pride in their nation and state. I also was forced out of my comfort zone to make new friends and start more conversations with strangers. I gained people skills there I otherwise would never have received. My beliefs and ideas were constantly questioned, and I faced new worldviews that opened my eyes to the world outside my little bubble. Most importantly though, the lifelong friendships I gained through this experi-ence made the busiest week of my life worth it. I love you, my Taylor Sailors!”

Leslie Arnold attends Girls State

Leslie Arnold (right) reconnected with former CCS student Hannah Choung (left) who now lives in Chattanooga, at Girls State this summer.

Twenty-four CCS high school students and chaper-ones recently had the oppor-tunity to travel to Cleveland, Ohio, for a mission trip. The group ministered with P2 Missions through Lifeway and worked with three new church plants. Students and staff were lodged for the week with folks at Liberty Hill Baptist Church, who graciously served as hosts.

CCS students were given a variety of opportunities to serve in Cleveland, including working with Gateway Church and Village Project, a minis-try to families with cancer, cleaning their headquarters in

anticipation of an open house. Students helped with child care and cleanup for Gateway Church’s very fi rst members’ meeting. The students held a prayer walk around a neigh-borhood and assembled gift bags that were given to the wives and girlfriends of the Cleveland Indians baseball team. CCS students were able to partner with Charis Church, a ministry to college-age students for campus outreach. The CCS team was taken to Lakeland Community Col-lege where they canvassed the campus using a survey to ask pertinent questions of college students. Students were able

to help City of Hope Church in the inner city of Cleveland with a cleaning and organizing project, as well as spending time at a nursing home fellow-shipping with residents.

This mission trip had many interesting experiences for the students. Throughout the week, CCS students were bold and had many opportunities to share their faith. Team lead-er and CCS Academic Dean Linda Reedy stated, “The students did a fantastic job all week and worked very hard. I am so proud of their servants’ hearts and attitudes.”

Concord Christian School high schoolers take a mission trip to Cleveland, Ohio. They are: (front) Ashlyn Tucker, Jenna Mitchum, Leslie Arnold; (second row) Hanna Mc-Clish, Jessica Mitchum, Shana-Kay Hughey, Weston Ivey, Jonathan Beal; (third row) Cameron Kienzl, Noah Collins, Trysten Kienzl, Andrew Childs, Joshua Martin; (back) Na-than Tucker, Evan Bachman, Josh Davis, Jacob Crox, Josh Arnold and Brooke Stowell.

High schoolers head to Cleveland

As the school year came to a close, award-winning author Shelley Pearsall spoke to mid-dle school students at Concord Christian School. Pearsall has published fi ve novels, includ-ing “Trouble Don’t Last,” which won the 2003 Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction, and her most recent, “Jump Into the Sky,” which has earned numerous honors.

During her visit, Pearsall spoke about her desire to become an author from the time she was 13 years old, and even brought along a copy of the book she wrote at that time. She encouraged stu-

dents to pursue their dreams to write and emphasized the importance of research to the writing process. She brought along all of the drafts from her fi rst four books, weighing over 40 pounds of paper!

“To me, the most important thing that Ms. Pearsall told us was to never give up,” said Bryce Baxter.

Aislinne McAdams said, “I have always loved to write and she inspired me to write more and more!”

Pearsall shared why she enjoys being a writer, “It lets me continue to be a kid, at least in my imagination, and

each story takes me on a new journey.”

CCS Librarian Michele Donnelly said she had never seen students respond so positively and enthusiastically about an author visit.

“Middle School students are not easy to impress. Not only did Ms. Pearsall succeed in encouraging our students to read, many students came away wanting to write books.”

CCS 7th grade student, Kate Ash said, “I really enjoyed her presentation. I can’t wait to read more of her books! After this presentation, I feel like I should write a book.”

Author Shelley Pearsall greets CCS students Brandon Cyr and Trey Pryse.

Author Pearsall inspires

middle schoolers

Eighth grade students also had the opportunity to have lunch with Pearsall and discuss her book “All of the Above,” which tells the story of middle school students attempting to break the world record for creating the

world’s largest tetrahedron. CCS students shared their attempts at constructing a tetrahedron in anticipation of Pearsall’s visit. Pearsall com-pleted her visit by autograph-ing books for students who purchased them.

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One important component to living a long and healthy life is to get preventive health screenings for serious diseases. If your doctor fi nds a disease early, the problem is often easier to treat and may cause less damage. In addition to celebrating milestone birthdays, consider them reminders for cer-tain important health checks.

Note: Screening means test-ing for a condition before there are signs or symptoms of disease. If you already have symptoms of any of the following, be sure to see your doctor right away.

Here’s a timeline for health screenings through the decades:

Breast cancer. Mammo-grams use X-rays to look for breast cancers when they are still small. The American Cancer So-ciety (ACS) recommends annual mammograms for women starting at age 40. Talk with your doctor about frequency, as well as other possible imaging tests if you have a family history of breast cancer. Mammograms are the best way to detect early cancer, but all wom-en should also know how their breasts feel normally and report any changes to their doctor. Clini-cal breast exams should be done yearly in women after age 40.

Prostate cancer. The ACS suggests that men talk with their doctor at age 50 about whether they should be tested for prostate cancer. This screening involves a blood test measuring a substance called PSA. It may also include a rectal exam of the prostate. Afri-can-American men and men with a father or brother who had pros-tate cancer before age 65 should have this talk at age 45.

Osteoporosis. The U.S. Pre-ventive Services Task Force (USP-STF) suggests that women be

screened for osteoporosis starting at age 65. Your doctor might ad-vise you to start at a younger age if you are at high risk for bone loss or a broken bone.

Colorectal cancer. The ACS suggests that both men and women be screened for colorectal cancer start-ing at age 50. The gold s t a n d a r d d i a g n o s t i c test is the colonoscopy. If no pre-c a n c e r o u s polyps are found, you may not need to have it the test repeated more than once every 10 years. If you have a family history of colon or rectal cancer, you may need to be tested earlier. Talk with your doctor about this.

Diabetes. The National Insti-tutes of Health suggests that ev-eryone age 45 or older think about being tested for diabetes. Con-sider starting at a younger age if you’re overweight and have other factors that put you at higher risk for diabetes, such as an elevated blood glucose level, high choles-terol, high blood pressure or fam-ily history of diabetes.

Cholesterol. The USPSTF suggests that men have choles-terol screenings starting at age 35. Women should begin at 45 if they’re at high risk for heart dis-ease. Both men and women should consider getting this blood test at an earlier age if their risk for heart disease is particularly high.

Blood pressure. All adults should be screened for high blood pressure once a year. If the blood pressure is in the low normal

range, it can be extended to every two years.

Abdominal aneurysm. Men should have a one-time screening for abdominal aortic aneurysmbetween ages 65 and 75 if they have ever smoked, the USPSTF suggests. This ultrasound test

looks for a weak, bulging spot in a major blood vessel in the abdo-men. The USPSTF doesn’t recom-mend the screening in older men who haven’t smoked or in women.

Cervical cancer. Womenshould be screened at least every three years. After age 65 or aftera hysterectomy for benign dis-ease, women may stop having Pap smears as long as their previous Pap smears were normal and they are not otherwise at high risk for cervical cancer.

Screenings are just one step you can take to prevent disease later in life. Other crucial steps include:

■ Avoiding tobacco ■ Maintaining a healthy weight ■ Eating a healthy diet rich in

fruits, vegetables, whole grains and fat-free or low-fat dairy

■ Getting at least 30 minutes of moderate physical activity on most days of the week

■ Drinking alcohol only in moderation, if you drink at all

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Maintaining a relationship with your family doctorPrimary care physicians, whether they are

family practitioners or internists, are an inte-gral part of the healthcare spectrum and are playing an ever-increasing role in wellness and disease prevention. You may be think-ing to yourself, “I’m perfectly healthy; I don’t need a family doctor.” Or perhaps you are one of those who quip, “If I go to the doctor, they’ll just fi nd something wrong with me!”

But your family doctor shouldn’t be looked at as simply the repair person who comes to your house when you have a base-ment full of water; instead, your family doc-tor is here to prevent health problems and, when necessary, help you overcome them or provide a referral to a specialist.

Scheduling regular check-ups with your doctor can keep you up-to date on all pre-ventative wellness. It’s important to have an annual physical and other diagnostic testing. These can determine early signs of a possible condition, which may become more severe if left untreated.

By seeing your primary care physician on a regular basis, they will know your medical background. That means they can look at your whole health picture, rather than one instance of illness. By knowing your medical history and that of your fam-ily, your doctor will have a better under-standing of your overall health status and

Be proactive in your health – screenings can helpVaccines keep adults

in good health, tooYou’ve probably heard a lot

about vaccines for children and students, but different vaccines are required for different stages of life. Vac-cines are just as important for adults.

Protecting more than you

Vaccines help stop the spread of disease. They also help save the lives of those who can’t be vaccinated. Ex-perts call this community immunity. For instance, chil-dren younger than 2 months are too young to be vacci-nated against pertussis – a deadly childhood disease also known as whooping cough. To protect them, preg-nant mothers and other close caregivers should receive the vaccine.

Wondering what shots you may need? It depends on many factors, including your age, any medical condi-tions you may have, your oc-cupation and your lifestyle. In general, adults should re-ceive:

■ An annual f lu shot for all ages, including pregnant women

■ The Tdap (tetanus, diph-theria and pertussis) vaccine and booster every 10 years

■ Two doses of the chick-enpox vaccine

■ One or two doses of the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine

■ Three doses of the HPV vaccine for men and women ages 19 to 26

■ The shingles vaccine for those 50 and older

Some people may also benefit from vaccines for pneumonia, meningococcal disease, and hepatitis A and B. Talk with your healthcare provider to determine which vaccines are right for you.

The value of a vaccine record

At some point in your life, you may need to confirm that you’ve had a certain vaccine. For example, international travel may require protection against diseases common to your destination. Colleges or a new employer may request proof of vaccination.

It’s a good idea to keep a re-cord of your vaccines. It will help you avoid duplicate shots. If you haven’t kept track be-fore, here are tips on how to build your vaccine record:

■ Contact your previous healthcare providers, includ-ing those at local health clin-ics. Your pharmacy or health insurance company may also have information on file.

■ Dig through old family documents. Your childhood records may include forms for school or camp.

■ Reach out to colleges or other schools you have attend-ed. Previous employers may keep track of vaccines, too.

■ Check your state’s im-munization registry. It’s an electronic database that col-lects vaccine information.

Always talk with your healthcare provider to find out more information about what vaccines are appropri-ate for you and your health needs.

Primary importance:

can determine how to best care for you throughout all stages of your life.

There are several types of primary care doctors. They include internal medicine physicians, who provide non-surgical medi-cal care to adults; family medicine doctors, who provide care for adults and children; obstetricians-gynecologists, who provide

care for women of childbearing age; and pe-diatricians, who care for children.

How do I fi nd a family doctor?

If you are looking for a family doctor, try talking to your friends and family, or

review local doctors in Parkwest MedicalCenter’s Physician Directory. You can evenfi nd personal service by calling Parkwest’sPhysician Finder at 865-374-PARK. Once you have the names of a few doctors,call their offi ces to get more information.Some things that you should ask include:

■ Do they accept your insurance? ■ What are the offi ce hours? ■ What hospital does the doctor use? ■ How many doctors are in the practice?

Once you fi nd a doctor who meets yourneeds, schedule an appointment so that youcan meet and talk to them. During the ap-pointment, make sure:

■ You’re comfortable talking to the doc-tor

■ The doctor answers all your questions ■ The doctor explains things so that you

can understand ■ You had enough time to ask all your

questions

It can take time to build a relationshipwith your doctor, but it’s a relationship wellworth developing and maintaining. As youage and enter into each new life stage, anestablished family physician will be a ben-efi cial constant to monitor your health andkeep you well for years to come.

B-2 • JULY 16, 2014 • Shopper news

with Chelsey Riemann

Coffee Break

It can be your neighbor, club leader, bridge partner, boss, teacher – anyone you think would be interesting to Shopper News readers. Email suggestions to Betsy Pickle, betsypickle@yahoo.com. Include contact information if you can.

Chelsey Riemann is an anomaly.She has spent 10 years in the fi rst job she landed out

of college. And it’s in public relations, a fi eld notable for high turnover.

She’s very happy in her role as public relations coordi-nator for the town of Farragut.

“This is a wonderful community to work for,” says Rie-mann. “I’ve enjoyed my time here.”

Although there are occasional bumps, most of her job is good news. “I feel like my job is promoting the wonder-ful assets of Farragut,” she says.

The Nashville native majored in communications with an emphasis in public relations at Lipscomb University. She married husband Aaron after graduating, and she started her job on the Monday after they returned from their honeymoon on Friday.

Aaron, who studied landscape design at the Univer-sity of Tennessee, manages Out of Eden garden center in Maryville but still fi nds time to keep their yard in North Knoxville looking “beautiful,” Riemann says.

Most of their life outside of work resolves around their 4-year-old, Abigail. “We go to Dollywood,” she says. “We go to the zoo – we just live around the corner. We love going to splash pads at parks in the county. We’re always on the go, and we love being outside, especially in the summer.”

When she and Aaron can “snag” a date night, it’s usu-ally dinner and a movie. She also organizes monthly girls’ nights out with a group of friends.

She says that even though two in the group are preg-nant, “we try not to have it all mommy focused.” Their latest topic of interest is home decorating. Riemann loves to learn, off the job and on, and says working for a gov-ernment provides lots of learning opportunities, “getting to know the inner workings of a whole town.”

The most challenging departments for her to translate are engineering and development. “I ask a lot of ques-tions,” she says. “We have a great staff, and they’re pa-tient with me. My mind defi nitely does not work like an engineer or planner.”

Sit back and have a Coffee Break as you get to know Chelsey Riemann.

What is your favorite quote from TV or a movie?“You have bewitched me, body and soul, and I love,

I love, I love you.” – Mr. Darcy to Elizabeth Bennett in “Pride and Prejudice”

What are you guilty of?Loving sweets too much! I pretty much love all des-

serts and blame it on genetics.

What is your favorite material possession?My fuzzy fl ip-fl op slippers – I always wear them at

home and take them on trips. I can’t live without them.

What are you reading currently? “The Fault in Our Stars” – I love reading books that are

adapted into movies … but I have to read the book fi rst!

What was your most embarrassing moment? I was distracted leaving one of my baby showers and

accidentally sideswiped a mailbox in the really nice neighborhood where the shower was held, knocking the mailbox completely off in the street and heavily damag-ing the side of my car. And two of my good friends were driving behind me and saw it happen! My wonderful friends walked with me to the homeowners’ front door so I could fess up and exchange insurance information. It was humiliating, but thankfully I could sort of blame it on pregnancy brain!

What are the top three things on your bucket list? Mine are all travel related. I want to take a cruise of all

the Hawaiian islands, go to Paris and the top of the Eiffel Tower, and stay in an overwater bungalow in Bora Bora.

What is one word others often use to describe you and why?

Organized. I’m the planner amongst our friends and make sure girls’ nights out and family get-togethers hap-pen. My coworkers would also describe me as fancy, be-cause I typically always dress up for work. Looking nice just gives me more confi dence during my day.

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

I would be less scheduled and more spontaneous.

What is your passion? My family. My husband, Aaron, and I are celebrating

10 years this August, and we are blessed with a beautiful, charming 4-year-old, Abigail. They are my everything!

With whom, living or dead, would you most like to have a long lunch?

My deceased grandparents. My mom’s dad passed away when I was 13, and both of my dad’s parents passed away when he was young so I never met them. I would love for them to see the woman I’ve become and to fi nd out all about their lives.

Other than your parents, who has had the biggest infl u-ence on your life and why?

My husband. We’ve been together since we were teen-agers, and he is my biggest supporter and encourager. He makes me want to be a better person.

I still can’t quite get the hang of …  Twitter! I manage the Town’s social media accounts,

but I just can’t get into Twitter personally, although I do have an account.

What is the best present you ever received in a box?Defi nitely my engagement ring.

What is the best advice your mother ever gave you?In a nutshell, to trust God in all things and through

every circumstance. She is my spiritual mentor, and I am so blessed to have a mom who has prayed for me every day of my life.

What is your social media of choice? Facebook and Instagram

What is the worst job you have ever had?My fi rst job was as a hostess at O’Charley’s … and it was

not for me.

What was your favorite Saturday morning cartoon and why?

The Smurfs – the show was just so fun, and I loved it!

What irritates you?People who think they know everything and want to

give their advice or opinion no matter what the topic.

What’s one place in Farragut everyone should visit?Apple Cake Tea Room, and be sure to get the banana

bread with cream cheese. It’s positively heavenly!

What is your greatest fear? That I’m not thoroughly enjoying and appreciating every

stage of life. We’re so busy and always planning ahead that I don’t feel I always take the time to really live in the present.

If you could do one impulsive thing, what would it be? Just take off with my family and travel – leaving all

responsibility behind!

John Sevier considered his grandfather, James Scott Sr. (1760-1823),

to be his right-hand man during the Indian Wars and said he would never enter battle without him. His fa-ther, James Scott Jr. (1797- 1838), built the handsome brick mansion Cedar Grove now occupied by Stevens Mortuary, established the Scott Flour Mills on First Creek which would oper-ate for more than 100 years and sacrifi ced his life for his neighbors during the 1838 cholera epidemic.

And F.A.R. Scott himself was proprietor of another early mill on First Creek, a principal in both the Taze-well Jacksboro Turnpike Co. and the Fountain Head Railway Co. (“The Dummy Line”) and husband to Mar-garetta Frances Deaderick, descendant of two promi-nent Knoxville families, the Deadericks and the Cro-ziers.

The elder James Scott was an early settler in Blount County where he prospered and owned con-siderable property. The County Court Minutes are replete with his functions in an offi cial capacity. He was a direct representative from his home county in the Second General Assembly of the newly formed State of Tennessee, at Knoxville in 1797; in the Third Assembly in 1799; the Fifth Assembly in 1803; the Sixth Assembly in 1805; and the Seventh

Assembly in 1807.Sometime after 1815 he

moved to Knox County and bought a large tract of land on First Creek and soon built a log house on the east side of present day North Broadway near Lawson Av-enue. He later built a small brick house on the west side of the street. James Scott Sr. died on Aug. 30, 1823, and is buried in First Presbyte-rian churchyard in down-town Knoxville.

James Scott Jr. was born in Blount County on March 12, 1797, moved to Knoxville as a young man and estab-lished the Scott Flour Mills which were in operation for more than 100 years. The mill was built between north Broadway and First Creek, near Coker Avenue.

On Jan. 27, 1825, he mar-ried Eliza Jane Naomi Bane Alexander Ramsey, the daughter of Col. Francis Al-exander Ramsey and Peggy Alexander and a sister to Dr. J. G. M. Ramsey, cel-ebrated Tennessee histori-an. The couple lived fi rst in the small brick home built by his father. He prospered and in 1833 built a large brick home across Broad-way which would become Stevens Mortuary many years later.

Cedar Grove, as he named the home, became noted as one of Tennessee’s handsomest dwellings with elegant architecture and interior furnishings. Years later the imported French

HISTORY AND MYSTERIES | Dr. Jim Tumblin

Francis Alexander Ramsey Scott

(1827-1909)

Oak Hill (Circa 1888). Built on Scott Hill, which he believed to be the highest elevation in Knox-ville, the mansion was on Oak Hill Ave., later the site of St. Mary’s Hospital.

F.A.R. Scott (1827-1909). Owner of a busy grist mill on Broadway and a principal in the “Dummy Line Railway” and the Tazewell Jacksboro Turnpike Co., Scott was an infl uential business-man. Photos courtesy of the C.M. McClung His-torical Collection

wallpaper which graced one of the rooms would be painstakingly removed and applied at the Crescent Bend mansion on Kingston Pike.

During the cholera epi-demic of 1838, James Scott ministered to neighbors and friends without re-gard to his own health. He contracted the disease and died on Sept. 14, 1838, at only 41 years of age. He is buried with his parents in First Presbyterian church-yard.

Francis Alexander Ramsey Scott, the oldest son of James Scott Jr. and Eliza Ramsey Scott, was born in his father’s fi rst brick home on Oct. 12, 1827. He graduated from the East Tennessee University (now the University of Tennes-see) in 1846 and would later serve on its Board of Trust-ees for 40 years.

In 1850 he built a small linseed oil mill on Second Creek (later the site of the L&N Railroad station) and the following year he opened

a small tannery in connec-tion with it. He sold the mill and tannery in 1853; but, when Civil War began in 1861, he again joined the company, this time in part-nership with John S. Van-Gilder who made boots and shoes. The fi rm later be-came the Knoxville Leather Co. and lasted until 1890.

He married Margaretta Frances Deaderick (1833-1909), daughter of David A. Deaderick and Elizabeth J. Crozier, members of two very prominent Knoxville families, on Sept. 24, 1857 at Fruit Hill, her parents’ mansion. They were parents of 11 children, born between 1858 and 1878.

In 1888 they occupied their mansion, Oak Hill, built on Scott Hill which

was thought to be the high-est elevation in Knoxville at that time, high above his fa-ther’s Cedar Grove mansion although part of the same original plat.* The house was demolished and St. Mary’s Hospital was built on the site in 1930.

In 1867 F.A.R. Scott and J.C. Deaderick constructed a grist mill which they called the Trio Mill on First Creek (Broadway at Lawson Street) upstream from his father’s earlier mill. They made several noted brands of fl our: Magnolia, Silver Leaf, Choice, Famous and Little Valley Family. Another spe-cialty, their water-ground corn meal, was widely sold throughout East Tennes-see and surrounding states. From 1877 to 1893, when John Dempster was the miller, the mill operated as Scott-Dempster & Co., but when Dempster retired it be-came Scott Bros. and Co.

F.A.R. Scott was also president of the Central Savings Bank and an incor-porator of both the Tazewell and Jacksboro Turnpike

Co. and the Fountain Head Railway Co. (“The Dummy Line”). He was also promi-nent in civic affairs and an active lifelong member of Third (later Fifth Avenue) Presbyterian Church.

An accomplished writer as was his youngest daugh-ter, Edith Scott (1878-1971), Francis Alexander Ramsey Scott passed away on Nov. 13, 1909, and is buried in the family burial plat in Old Gray Cemetery.

Author’s Note: For the record, elevations inside the present city limits are: Sharp’s Ridge (1,391), Ft. Stanley (1,138), Ft. Dick-erson (1,115), Ft. Higley (1,095), Scott’s Hill (1,056) and Ft. Hill (1,053). The two highest elevations in Knox County outside the city are: House Mountain (2,064) and Brown Mountain (1,260). Thanks to Edith Scott, author of her fam-ily history “A Story of Two Chairs,” who donated her collection to the McClung Historical Collection and thereby provided much of this information.

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THROUGH SUNDAY, JULY 27“Thumbelina” presented by the Knoxville Chil-

dren’s Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Ave. Performances: 7 p.m. Thursdays and Friday; 1 and 5 p.m. Saturdays; 3 p.m. Sundays. Info/reservations: 208-3677 or www.knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 16Zumba® Kids class, 10-10:45 a.m., Community

Room of Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. For ages 7-11. Theme: Luau. Instructor: Gina Guider. Cost: $3 per class. No registration required. Info: Lauren Cox, lauren.cox@townoffarragut.org or 966-7057.

Books Sandwiched In – A Lunch & Learn Se-ries, noon, East Tennessee History Center auditorium, 601 S. Gay St. Dr. Edward Caudill will discuss “The Infl uencing Machine” by Brooke Gladstone The public is invited. Info: 215-8801.

Bottle of Stars Craft, 2 p.m., Farragut Branch Library, 417 N. Campbell Station Road. Info: 777-1750.

THURSDAY, JULY 17Knox County Veterans Services Outreach

program, 9-10 a.m., South Knoxville Senior Center, 6729 Martel Lane. One-on-one assistance to veterans and family members; explain VA benefi ts, answer questions, and assist veterans and family member with fi ling for VA benefi ts.

Exploring the Senses, 11 a.m., Bearden Branch Library, 100 Golf Club Road. Info: 588-8813.

FRIDAY, JULY 18Sunset Music Series presents WestWend,

7 p.m., Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center’s covered outdoor amphitheater, Townsend. Country, Americana music. Admission: $5. Info: 448-0044.

Knox Heritage’s Lost & Found lunch, 11:30 a.m., Historic Westwood, 3425 Kingston Pike. Speak-ers: Bradley Reeves and Louisa Trott presenting a fas-cinating look at historic Knoxville, via vintage fi lm and video. Free lunch buffet. Reservations required: Hollie Cook, 523-8008 or hcook@knoxheritage.org.

Canning Techniques and Home Food Pres-ervation, 3:15-4:30 p.m., Humana Guidance Cen-ter, 4438 Western Ave. Presented by UT Extension Service. Free and open to the public. Info/schedule of activities: 329-8892.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, JULY 18-20“The Secret Garden” musical presented by

The WordPlayers at the U.S. Cellular Stage at The Bijou, 803 S. Gay St. 7:30 p.m. Friday; 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday; 3 p.m.: Sunday. Tickets: 684-1200 or www.wordplayers.org.

SATURDAY, JULY 19Cades Cove tour with Bill Landry, 9 a.m.,

departing from the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center in Townsend. Tickets: $50 per person; includes light snacks and a cold beverage. Reservations required: 448-8838.

Traditional Stenciling Techniques for Interior Design workshop, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Knox Heritage, located at Historic Westwood, 3425 Kingston Pike. Speaker: Derick Tickle. Cost: $75. Advance reservations required. Info/reservations: Hollie Cook, 523-8008 or hcook@knoxheritage.org.

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

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

Bricks 4 Kidz: LEGOs fun at the Library, 1 p.m., Howard Pinkston Branch Library, 7732 Martin Mill Pike. Free library program for elementary age children from kindergarten through 5th grade. Space limited; registration required. Info: 573-0436.

Shakesology: “Much Ado About Nothing,” “Titus An-dronicus,” 2 p.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Members of the Tennessee Stage Company provide a lively discussion of the plays being performed during this summer’s Shakespeare on the Square. Info: 215-8750.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, JULY 19-20Harvey Broome Group – Backpack: Snowbird

Creek Wilderness Study Area, N.C. Hiking distance is about 10.7 miles total and is rated moderate. To prereg-ister: Will Skelton, 523-2272, 742-7327 or whshome@bellsouth.net.

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

MONDAY, JULY 21 Summer Family Programming: Load a Wagon,

10 a.m.-noon, Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center, 123 Cromwell Drive, Townsend. Info: 448-0044.

Amazingly Awesome Science with Dr. Al Hazari, 3 p.m., Bearden Branch Library, 100 Golf Club Road. Info: 588-8813.

MONDAY-FRIDAY, JULY 21-25Summer camp at Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 109

E. Churchwell Ave. “Thespians In Training” for ages 4-5; “Understanding ‘The Method’ ” for ages 12-18, 1-4 p.m. Info: 208-3677; knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com; info@childrenstheatreknoxville.com.

TUESDAY, JULY 22Einstein Simplifi ed Comedy Improv troop

performance, 8 p.m., Scruffy City Hall on Market Square. Free admission.

Summer Family Programming: Build a Cabin,

10 a.m.-noon, Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center, 123 Cromwell Drive, Townsend. Info: 448-0044.

Harvey Broome Group business meeting, 7 p.m., Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 2931 Kingston Pike.

Summer Library Club presents the Zoomo-bile, 10:30 a.m., Sequoyah Branch Library, 1140 South-gate Road. Info: 525-1541.

Summer Library Club presents the Zoomo-bile, 1 p.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Info: 470-7033.

Computer Workshops: Excel, 5:30 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Requires “Word 2007 Basics” or equivalent skills. Info/to register: 215-8700.

STFK Science Café meeting, 5:30 p.m., Knoxville Zoo. Topic: “Bog Turtle” presented by Brad Moxley, the Lead Keeper in the Department of Herpetology at the Knoxville Zoo. Kids ages 5-12 invited to the Kid’s Café during the presentation. Space limited. RSVP to rsvp@knoxsciencecafe.org. Info: http://sciencecafe.spirit-and-truth.net.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 23Knoxville Writers’ Group meeting, 11 a.m.-1

p.m., Naples Italian Restaurant, 5500 Kingston Pike. KWG members Wanda Moore, Jeanne Ridley and Mau-reen Weber will read from their recent works. All-inclu-sive lunch: $12. RSVP by Monday, July 21: 983-3740.

Sean McCullough’s Song Games, 11 a.m., Karns Branch Library, 7516 Oak Ridge Highway. Info: 470-8663.

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

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

THURSDAY, JULY 24Blount County Monthly Old Harp Singing,

6:30-8 p.m., Chapel of the Assisted Living Building, Asbury Place, 2648 Sevierville Road, Maryville. Info: Kathleen Mavournin, katmav212@gmail.com.

Square dance classes begin, 7 p.m., Square Dance Center Inc., 820 Tulip St. Caller: Bill Fox. Info: Janice Fox, 689-2665.

Summer Library Club presents the Zoomo-bile, 10:30 a.m., Sequoyah Branch Library, 1140 South-gate Road. Info: 525-1541.

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

Cruise Night, 6-9 p.m., 6215 Riverview Crossing Drive in front of old Food Lion at Asheville Highway. All makes, models, years and clubs welcome. No charge. Door prizes.

FRIDAY, JULY 25Sunset Music Series presents The Bearded, 7

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

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

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Antiques 216Koker Barber chair,

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Ice or heatHow do you choose?

Which is better on an injury, ice or heat? According to Stephen Karp, manager of the Fort Sanders Therapy Center, that depends on what you’re treating, for how long and what you hope to achieve.

Heat before exercise Heat improves blood fl ow to tissues, so it can relax tight muscles and

reduce a muscle spasm. It’s best to use heat before exercise to increase the fl exibility of stiff joints and muscles. Heat therapy can also help ease the pain of chronic arthritis, as long as the joint is not swollen.

Heat after injury Don’t apply heat directly after an injury or exercise, as that can make

swelling and pain worse. When your initial pain has subsided, apply heat for about 15 to 20 minutes at a time, but be careful to buffer your skin with clothing to prevent burns. “And don’t use a heating pad while sleeping,” adds Karp. “People have suffered serious burns to their skin from heating pads left unmonitored.”

Ice after exercise or injury Using an ice pack is best immediately after an injury or the overuse

of joints and muscles during a workout or run. Cold reduces swelling and pain by causing the blood vessels to constrict and narrow.

Apply an ice pack to an injury for about 10 minutes at a time, but let the skin warm up again before applying another ice pack. This can be repeated several times each day for three days.

“Overusing an already aggravated muscle or joint can lead to more serious damage,” adds Karp. “If you have any persistent pain in a joint or muscle for more than several days, you should see your doctor.”

Your physician may suggest that you alter your activities to provide relief to the joint or muscle affected. Or, you may be referred to a physi-cal therapist for more targeted treatment.

Physical therapist Jennifer Templeton addresses lower back pain on patient Tim French at Fort Sanders Therapy Center-Downtown.

The McKenzie Method® for back pain now available close to home

Imagine a life without crip-pling back pain. The proven success of the McKenzie Meth-od® at Covenant Therapy Cen-ters provides a non-surgical op-tion for many of the 20 percent of adults enduring chronic back pain. “It gave me back the life I thought I’d lost forever” said one recent patient.

Also known as Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (MDT), the McKenzie Method® has superior functional outcomes for back, neck and extremity problems. It emphasizes educa-tion and active patient involve-ment to decrease pain quickly,

restore normal function, pre-vent recurrence and minimize dependence on medical inter-vention.

As with most things, a suc-cessful solution depends on properly identifying the prob-lem. Pain is a symptom, not a diagnosis. The certifi ed McKen-zie therapist utilizes a compre-hensive process to fi nd the un-derlying cause. In fact, research has shown the initial McKenzie assessment to be as reliable as costly diagnostic imaging (i.e., X-rays, MRIs) to determine the problem and quickly identify responders and non-respond-

ers. “Even if you have to crawl in to see her, you can walk out be-cause she determines where the pain’s coming from and what to do about it” said a patient of certifi ed McKenzie physical therapist Mary Satterfi eld, with Fort Sanders Regional Therapy Center in Powell.

Certifi ed McKenzie thera-pists are available at four Cov-enant Therapy Center locations in three counties.

For more information about this or any of the other physical, speech & occupational therapy programs call (865) 541-1300.

Physical TherapyThe ins and outs to make it work for you

At Fort Sanders Therapy Cen-ters, educating patients about the benefi ts of treatment from a physi-cal therapist is a yearly process for the staff, with a focus on the best course of action to make sure ther-apy will accomplish realistic goals for the patient, according to physi-cal therapist Jennifer Templeton.

But for potential patients look-ing for the relief of pain, is physi-cal therapy right for you? Here’s a look at what physical therapists can do and why it might be the right fi t.

What is physical therapy?Physical therapy focuses on

rehabilitating a patient’s impair-ments or disabilities by promot-ing increased mobility, strength and function in order to improve quality of life. Physical therapy is performed by licensed Physi-cal Therapists (PTs) and Physical Therapist Assistants (PTAs).

Who are physical therapists and physical therapy assistants?

Physical therapists are trained movement specialists. They have advanced degrees and licenses cer-tifying their knowledge on how the human body works and moves. All physical therapists have earned at least a bachelor’s degree in physi-cal therapy; recent graduates have obtained clinical doctorate degrees.

Therapists’ specialized training allows them to examine, evaluate, diagnose and set a treatment plan for movement disorders. Physical therapist assistants have an associ-ate’s degree in treating movement disorders and are licensed to follow the plan of care set by the PT.

What is a movement disorder and what kinds of disorders do physical therapists treat?

Movement disorders are medi-cal issues that limit a person’s abil-

ity to get out of bed, stand, walk, reach or perform other daily tasks. Therapy focuses on four systems of the human body:

■ Musculoskeletal – the bones, joints and muscles that move your body.

■ Neurological – the brain, spinal cord and nerves that carry signals from your brain to the body to tell it what actions to perform; nerves also carry information (such as sensation or pain) from the body to the brain.

■ Cardiovascular/ Pulmo-nary – the heart, lungs and blood vessels that supply blood and oxy-gen to working muscles.

■ Integumentary – the skin and lymphatic systems that fi lter out unwanted germs and fl uid.

Where do physical therapists work?

Physical therapists work in many settings, including hospitals, reha-bilitation centers (includ-ing Fort Sanders Therapy Center’s sister clinic at Patricia Neal Rehabilita-tion Center), skilled nurs-ing facilities, outpatient centers and even a pa-tient’s home.

Is physical therapy right for you?

If you are having joint pain, lim-ited motion or strength, or diffi cul-ties when performing the activities you like to do because of pain, then physical therapy may be able to help. You will need a doctor’s order to begin physical therapy, so talk to your primary care pro-vider or specialist to see if physical therapy could help you. Physical therapy is covered by most insur-ance plans.

At Fort Sanders Therapy Cen-ters, therapists have specialized training in treating orthopedic and sports injuries, chronic headaches and neck pain, back pain, and pel-vic fl oor dysfunction.

Helping patients to reach their goals is what makes the work so rewarding, according to physical therapist Jennifer Templeton, PT, DPT, OCS.

“It’s great to watch the patient progress from being unable to do an activity to no longer needing help,” said Templeton.

“If you’re looking for a therapy center, fi nd one that encourages its therapists to pursue continuing education and learn the newest techniques,” Templeton suggests. “At Fort Sanders, we are encour-aged to attend specialty courses in advanced techniques.”

Along with one-on-one treat-ment, she says, “this emphasis oncontinuing education sets us apartby raising our quality of care andimproving patient outcomes.”

Tim French, 35, chose FortSanders Therapy Center after hav-ing back surgery in 2005. French struggled with back and leg pain,in addition to having balance is-sues due to leg weakness.

As he worked with Templeton, French experienced less pain andimproved leg strength he neverthought he would see.

“I used to struggle with signifi -cant weakness in my left calf, but now I’m doing things that I neverthought possible,” French ex-plained. “I’ve also seen my balancecome back, and slowly the pain inmy back and legs has decreased.”

At a normal therapy session,French will do numerous leg and back strengthening exercises, with Templeton supervising him.

“The therapists are really good about isolating the injury and fo-cusing on making it better,” said French. “I trust Jennifer and her colleagues so much because Iknow they have my best interests in mind and want to do what it takes to continue my improve-ment.”

For more information about physical therapy,

call 865-541-1300.