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Trainor at riskGood-bye apathy.Hello involvement.There was very little interest

in local politics last year and most city council incumbents ran unopposed. Election Day was greeted with a collective yawn.

That won’t be the case in 2014, writes Betty Bean, and South Knox school board member Pam Trainor is at risk of losing her seat.

➤ See Bean’s analysis on page 4

S-D grad travels world

Carey Hall Waldrop says she was shy and quiet as a student at South-Doyle High School. But now that she’s lived in Vancouver, B.C., China, San Francisco

and Southern California – much of the time working as an ESL teacher and opening new doors for her students – she’s anything but.

➤ Read Betsy Pickle on page 3

Tire store warsWhen is a managing real es-

tate broker responsible for the action of an affi liate broker? Pretty much always, according to the state Court of Appeals.

Read Sandra Clark’s look at a legal dispute that involves peopl you know.

➤ See story on page 4

Gibbs Hall goesDown goes Gibbs Hall, well,

soon. The old athletic dorm and Stokely Center will be mere memories as Tennessee clears the way for progress – parking garage, new dorm and three practice fi elds for football.

➤ Read Marvin West on page 5

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By Betsy PickleHiking or walking can be fun, but to get in touch with the

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neighbors,” says Debbie Sharp, recalling the group’s October 2011 genesis. “We were just talking about how South Knoxville has so many amazing little gems – like Fort Dickerson, Ijams Nature Center, I.C. King Park – that we had not explored.

“We said, let’s get a group together to start exploring these beautiful places in South Knoxville. That was when the bridge was closed, and people were really struggling. We thought this might also be another way to get people over to South Knoxville to help with businesses.”

They came up with TREK South – Traverse Ride Explore Knoxville South – and even envisioned TREKs springing up in other parts of town.

“We just haven’t expanded yet,” Sharp says.In the two-plus years the group has been going on monthly

hikes, it has visited Fort Dickerson, the William Hastie Natu-ral Area, Marie Myers Park, Ijams Nature Center and I.C. King Park, among others. “We do have fun,” says Sharp. “It’s a won-derful group.”

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By Sandra Clark Is Shopper-News at war with

Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero? Absolutely not, despite what you might read occasionally on Page 4.

Rogero has tackled tough is-sues such as the city’s under-funded pension liability. She has not called for a grape or lettuce boycott or done any other dread-ful thing her campaign opponents implied when they whispered “She scares me to death.”

And last week Rogero rolled out a draft plan to address homeless-ness. She’s posted the plan online and is calling for public input. See http://www.cityofknoxville.org/development/homelessnessp-landraft2014.pdf. Comments will

be accepted for 45 days.According to the city’s press re-

lease, the draft is the work product of a mayoral-appointed Round-table that included the executive leadership of agencies, ministries and organizations that provide services, shelter and housing for the homeless.

“Homelessness is a complicated issue, and effective responses re-quire collaboration among many different partners,” Rogero said. “This plan is not a solution to any single problem. It is a framework that we will use to coordinate ef-forts to address both short-term and long-term challenges for peo-ple experiencing homelessness or at risk of becoming homeless.”

Thankfully, Rogero is not talk-ing about a 10-year plan to end homelessness. That idea raised and then dashed hopes with un-

pleasant opposition from various neighborhoods where new hous-ing might be developed.

The best we can do is mitigate the factors such as foreclosure that push people into the streets. We should move along the able-bodied residents of public housing to open up resources for short-term housing for the newly home-less. Public housing should not be permanent and even generational.

And any plan must consider the homeowners and businesses in the areas most impacted by the homeless. It must involve groups such as Compassion Coalition, which works to connect church members with people in need.

The whole community must work short-term while looking long-term. Is Madeline Rogero our very best leader to tackle this com-plex problem? Absolutely. Can you

Rogero tackles homelessness, trees

By Betty Bean The last day of school before the

Christmas break, the big crowd in the Vine Middle School audi-

torium was get-ting rowdy while waiting for the Kwanzaa celebra-tion to begin. Cos-tumed dancers, poets and players scrambled up to the stage as the decibel level rose. The master of

ceremonies took the microphone and asked for attention. He wasn’t playing.

Remarkably, the crowd hushed.Afterward, Reggie Jenkins ex-

plained how he knew what to do:“A few people asked me to try to

help calm the crowd down, and for me, it’s just the way I was raised – kind of like when I was grow-ing up in church. Even if nobody’d been in my ear, I was going to say something because a lot of people

put their heart and soul into that program and sometimes you just have to remind folks of where they are, who they are and what they represent.”

A graduate of the University of Tennessee with degrees in math and statistics, Jenkins learned the value of hard work and respect-ing his elders from his father, who owned a barbershop.

“I watched how he ran the shop – ‘Come in, take your hat off, pull your pants up.’ He was like the community father,” said Jenkins, whose volunteer work has made him well known at Vine and other schools in the heart of the city.

His day job is in sales, but his heart is in the work he does with young people – primarily with boys – as executive director of UUNIK Academy, a mentor-ing program for young African-American males. The name is an acronym for the seven principles of Kwanzaa, which promote unity and responsibility among family,

friends and community.“I have always had a passion

for young people,” Jenkins said. “I worked in the school system for three years after I graduated, and after that at the YMCA. I always dreamed of having my own after-school program – so many youth programs are just babysitting and don’t get a lot of these young peo-ple ready for the world. I just really wanted something where children were really getting something.”

He started UUNIK Academy in September 2003. It operates 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursdays and 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays.

UUNIK Academy sponsors College Careers Week for Vine students in February, a “Calling all Males” citywide conference in the fall and a “Calling all Females” conference in the spring.

“My 5-year goal is to run Mon-day through Saturday. We work on academics, enrichment and coun-seling. We teach them how to cor-rectly act out and come up with so-

UUNIK Academy teaches respect, discipline

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email uunik.academy@gmail.com or call 865-384-4475.

lutions. We go on fi eld trips and try to fi nd out what their talents and interests are, outside of athletics. We deal with cultural enrichment, history, and build on that for self esteem and self respect. We em-phasize personal etiquette.”

Parenthetically, Jenkins helps kids whose career dreams involve professional athletics work on backup plans.

“I break that reality down,” he said. “I’m not going to deter them, but I inform them that in the past 40 years, only one person from Knoxville (Elston Turner) has made it to the NBA and only 15 to the NFL.”

Jenkins and his wife of 17 years, Kamesha, have a 7-month-old son, Jabari.

Jenkins

name one better suited?The city will conduct a public

input session 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11, at the Cansler Family YMCA, 616 Jessamine Street. A city council workshop on the pro-posed plan will be held at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27, in the main assembly room of the City County Building.

City planting 600 treesOn a more pleasant topic, Rog-

ero has separated urban forestry programs from horticulture op-erations, making each its own di-vision within the Public Service Department.

The reorganization illustrates the priority placed on fully plan-ning and developing all of the city’s green spaces, and it also comes as

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Treatment for prostate cancer leads retired professor to Thompson Cancer Survival Center

As a retired professor of indus-trial engineering, John Hunger-ford of Knoxville, 74, is used to taking a methodical, scientifi c ap-proach to solving problems. When he was diagnosed with prostate cancer in April 2006, Hungerford used the same logic to make deci-sions about his treatment.

“I used all that good training to plot my treatment plan,” said Hungerford. “But at fi rst, I had kind of a sense of panic about the whole process. You think you have to do something right away.”

But Hungerford’s cancer was in an early stage, giving him some time, and, like many prostate can-cers, was relatively slow growing. “At fi rst you think, ‘I’m going to die.’ But then you fi nd out that’s not the case if the cancer’s not aggres-sive. Yes, you’re going to die, but not necessarily from that,” he said.

Hungerford attended a prostate cancer support group at the Can-cer Support Community of Knox-ville – formerly called the Well-ness Community. “I found that group amazingly helpful because a lot of men had a good reservoir of technical knowledge,” he said.

Hungerford considered many current treatment options for prostate cancer.

“Then I heard about this alter-native at Thompson Cancer Sur-vival Center, called tomotherapy. It’s basically a very focused kind of radiation that is limited to the cancerous cells and a small area around them,” he said.

Tomotherapy delivers radiation slice-by-slice, a tiny bit at a time, as opposed to hitting the entire prostate at once.

Hungerford went to the Thomp-son Cancer Survival Center in the summer of 2006 and met Dr. Dan-iel Scaperoth, a radiation oncolo-gist.

“Right from the outset I liked Dr. Scaperoth,” said Hungerford. “He was very straight-forward with me and answered all my questions

Weighing your options for prostate cancerOf all the cancers, prostate is one of the slowest

growing. If caught early, patients typically have plen-ty of time to decide on the best treatment option for

their particular situation.“People can die of prostate

cancer, but it’s also very treat-able and, for the most part, cur-able,” said Dr. Daniel Scaperoth, a radiation oncologist at Thomp-son Cancer Survival Center.

Each of the treatments cur-rently available for prostate surgery has a similar success rate, with a variety of side ef-fects. In general, they fall into two main categories: radiation or surgery.

“Usually men will go to a urologist or radiologist and get a couple of different opinions,” said Scaperoth. “There are support groups in town, and men will share their stories about what went well and what didn’t go well.”

“And the decision depends a little bit on age,” he added. “Younger patients in their 50s and 60s will lean a little toward surgery because they can always add radiation later. People over 70 might lean more toward radiation.”

There are so many options it can be diffi cult to choose, Scaperoth said. If it’s an early stage of dis-ease, men can even choose not to do anything at all.

“Watchful waiting is also OK, with active surveil-lance of PSA levels,” Scaperoth said. PSA, prostate specifi c antigen, is a blood test that can detect the disease at an early stage. “The PSA test is what gives you lot of options,” said Scaperoth.

The American Urological Association recom-mends that men talk to their physicians about when to have a first PSA screening and how often they should be screened after that. In general, men ages 55 to 69 should be screened every two to four years.

“It’s really something you should talk to your doctor about, based on your own risk factors,” said Scaperoth.

Prostate cancer treatment choicesSurgery – Removal of the prostate either with an open incision

or with a less invasive robotic system that uses several smaller inci-sions. The risks of surgery would include infection and anesthesia problems and a slightly higher risk of incontinence afterward.

Radiation – Radiation treatment is done either from the outside, bombarding the prostate with radiation beams, or from within the prostate, by implanting radioactive seeds inside the prostate. Tomotherapy is one type of external radiation, which applies the radiation in thin, precise slices. Risks of radiation would include a higher irritation to the bowel and rectum than surgery. Seed implants can cause swelling that can cause diffi -culty urinating.

Cryosurgery – A technique for freezing and killing abnormal cells, cryosurgery is being tested for very early stage cancers. It is a one-time procedure performed under anesthesia.

Hormone therapy – Male sex hormones can cause prostate cells to grow. Drugs that suppress hormones can slow the growth of cancer, but they have some serious side effects. These drugs are only used in more advanced cancers.

to my satisfaction. I felt like he was in it for the patient’s benefi t, and he was trying to respond to what the patient needed. There was a

great deal of honesty between him and me.”

He said the Thompson Center impressed him as well.

“From the time my wife and I went to Thompson, we had a good feeling about the place,” he said. “It’s a light and airy atmosphere,

and the people were the same way.I just had a really good feelingabout it.”

Starting in mid-July, Hunger-ford had 39 tomotherapy treat-ments, one per weekday, until the end of summer.

“They do precise CT (computed tomography) scans to locate the prostate,” he said. “There’s nopain. I was just lying there maybe20 to 30 minutes each time. You don’t really feel anything, actu-ally.”

“Toward the end of the treat-ment series you feel a little bit offatigue,” said Hungerford. “The last couple of weeks I felt slug-gish and slow, like I was walkingthrough mud.”

But over the weeks, Hunger-ford’s PSA tests showed that the cancer was being destroyed. A PSAtest is a blood test that detects theprostate specifi c antigen, an indi-cator of cancer.

“I’d say the treatment was verysuccessful,” he said. “My PSAlevel started coming down to well below where it needs to be, andI’m pleased with that,” he said. “Ihaven’t had any problems since.”

Hungerford said he would rec-ommend Thompson Cancer Sur-vival Center to anyone facing pros-tate cancer treatment.

“The personnel are just great,and the technicians that workedwith me when I was going through treatment were terrifi c too. Every-one was so helpful,” he said.

Hungerford said his wife, Ruth,met friends in the waiting roomeach time they went for treatment.

“She’s outgoing and got to knowmost of the people in the waiting room, and we’ve stayed friends with a lot of those people aftertreatment. It was really kind of neat to have that social aspect, un-anticipated,” he said.

“I thought the care was out-standing, and it’s been that way ever since,” said Hungerford. “I’vebeen treated really well.”

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Carey Hall Waldrop says she was shy and quiet as a student at South-Doyle High School. But now that she’s lived in Vancouver, B.C., China, San Francisco and Southern California – much of the time working as an ESL teacher and opening new doors for her students – she’s anything but.

Betsy Pickle

Travel-loving SDHS alum home for holidays

Home for the holidays with her husband, Jeff Waldrop, Carey was spend-ing time with parents Bob and Susie Hall and broth-ers Zach and Ethan and also managed to visit with friends, including retired SDHS AP English teacher Kathy Webster. The educa-tor who was the biggest in-fl uence on her, she says, was her mother, who taught ESL at the University of Tennes-see for many years.

“I remember going to her class when I was a kid,” re-called Waldrop. “I saw what an impact she had.”

After graduating from South-Doyle in 1994, she earned her bachelor’s in human services at Carson-Newman College (now Uni-versity) in 1998. She went on to do her master’s in in-tercultural studies at Gold-en Gate Baptist Theological Seminary in San Francisco through a dual program with Union University in Jackson, Tenn.

Waldrop started working with international students while at Carson-Newman, but she began her offi cial ESL career in Vancouver, where she was a mission-

ary with a church that had a free language school for im-migrants.

“I taught for three years,” she said. “I fell in love with it and realized I had some ability.”

She went to China on her own and found a position through an old roommate from Golden Gate who was serving as a missionary. She taught English at a school in Baotou, in Inner Mongolia, and loved it.

She returned to San Francisco and met her hus-band there in 2005. They had their wedding at her parents’ home in the Bonny Kate community in 2007.

She just left an ESL job at a university in Southern Cal-ifornia to “take a break from teaching,” and with her hus-band recently receiving his Ph.D. in theology and look-ing for a position, they’re considering all their options, including moving to Knox-ville. Her East Tennessee ac-cent is nearly gone, but she hasn’t forgotten her roots.

“I’ve learned to appreci-ate where I come from.”

■ Candoro celebrates 90thThe New Year’s Eve din-

ner at Candoro Marble

brought out the glamorous spirit in attendees, with many of them playing up the evening’s 1920s theme in their glitzy attire.

Candoro supporters and other party-loving Knox-villians helped celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Candoro Marble Building, 4455 Candora Ave., through the event, which aimed to raise funds to cover the cost of restoring the building’s windows.

Holly Hambright of Hol-ly’s Eventful Dining catered the elegant dinner. Swing band Devan Jones & the Uptown Stomp provided dance music. South Knox-villian April Burt designed the décor.

■ Breakfast is servedOn Saturdays, visitors to

Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave., can for-tify themselves for walks and other activities at Peg’s Kitchen.

Ijams senior naturalist Peg Beute will serve break-fast beginning at 9:30 a.m.

Justin and Katie Martin, Ryan and Elene Cazana, and Clay and Buff y McDonald are ready for fun at Candoro.

Angelyn Campbell and Deborah Franklin get into the fl apper

spirit at Candoro’s New Year’s Eve fundraiser.

Victor and Joan Ashe, Lin Christenberry and Bob Gilbertson enjoy themselves at the Candoro

dinner. Candoro photos by Betsy Pickle

Carey Hall Waldrop at her par-

ents’ home in the Bonny Kate

community. Photo submitted

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her 1920s-style glad rags at

Candoro.

Her menu ranges from bis-cuits and gravy with sau-sage to pancakes with maple syrup, plus fresh fruit and coffee or tea, for $5. All pro-ceeds go to the Ijams educa-tion department and pro-grams that let urban kids experience nature.

Jan. 11 activities include:

at 1 p.m., hiking a three- or four-mile stretch of the Ur-ban Wilderness South Loop, fi rst in a series of monthly hikes to gradually cover the entire 12-mile loop (cost $5; free for Ijams members); 2 and 3 p.m. Ijams Creature Feature, where you meet birds and critters living at

Ijams (free); and 6 p.m. Owl Prowl, a guided nighttime hike to get to know nocturnal residents of the Ijams wood-lands, $8 ($5 members).

No advance registration required for breakfast or creature features. For paid events, pre-register at 577-4717, ext. 110.

on hiatus, and current co-leader Terrin Kanoa, for the success. They average 10-15 hikers a month but have had

as many as 25. Most hikes are on the third Sunday of the month.

The next one is 1 p.m. S u n d a y ,

Jan. 19, at Fort Dickerson, starting at the Augusta en-trance. There is no fee, and everyone is welcome.

“We usually start at 1 o’clock and try to make sure people get back by 3,” says

Debbie Sharp

‘little gems’ From page 1

Sharp. “We know people are busy.”

During the summer months, TREK South tries to schedule hikes on Satur-day mornings. “I can hike in this temperature any time, but when it gets to be 95 degrees, I get grumpy,” says Sharp. “We try to plan the hikes in the summertime to be earlier in the morn-ing, but then there’s a lot of times people don’t want to get up that early.

“When it gets too hot to do a hike sometimes, we had thought that exploring some of the neat little shops in South Knoxville would be fun – maybe do two or three and then eat at a res-taurant in South Knoxville that’s only in South Knox-

ville. We haven’t done it yet, but that’s defi nitely on the agenda.”

One of Sharp’s original goals was “to create commu-nity. I love hiking, walking in my neighborhood,” says the South Woodlawn resi-dent. “People just talk more freely when you’re walking, hiking. And you get to know your neighbors better.”

They’ve also gotten to know and appreciate mem-bers of the Appalachian Mountain Bike Club, who maintain the trails in the Urban Wilderness. “We run into so many great people out there,” says Sharp.

For more info, visit TREK South on Facebook or email Sharp at dspuravida@ya-hoo.com.

Rogero From page 1

contract crews are conduct-ing the winter plantings of 600 trees.

Kasey Krouse, urban for-ester, is overseeing a com-prehensive inventory of the city’s trees that will be used to plan which trees should best be planted where to ensure a healthy, diverse urban forest.

Neighborhoods with few-er trees, or a narrow range of species, are prioritized for new plantings.

Parkridge is getting trees between the sidewalks and roads on Washington, Jef-ferson and Fifth avenues.

Council member Fin-barr Saunders designated $2,420 from the Communi-ty Improvement (202) Fund to increase the Parkridge plantings by 20 trees.

Last spring, Vice May-or Nick Pavlis designated $361.47 from the 202 Fund to add trees along Chapman Highway.

Council members Mark Campen and Saunders to-gether designated $900 from the 202 Fund to sup-port Arbor Day educational workshops and to plant trees at Christenberry and Lonsdale elementary schools.

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Betty Bean

Sandra Clark

Several honor

Daniel Brown State Finance Com-

missioner Larry Martin attended the Dec. 21 recep-tion for council member and former Mayor Daniel Brown at Broker Hall on Martin Luther King Blvd.

The board will then go to six members if Sansom and Haskew depart but still have a quorum to transact business. A new chair would be elected, too.

The departure of Mc-Bride cannot be blamed on Republicans in the U.S. Senate but totally on the White House. The seat is vacant due to White House inaction.

The seat became open in May 2013. McBride was chair of the TVA audit committee and a member of the external affairs committee. He wanted very much to be reap-pointed.

McBride disappointed several supporters for his low key and quiet approach to several high profi le issues such as CEO Johnson’s $5.9 million salary for nine months, closed TVA committee meetings and silence on the 2-year dress code for board meetings which triggered a federal First Amendment lawsuit. The charge was he had been co-opted by Johnson and top staff.

The President has mentioned the possibil-ity of selling TVA, and the agency has declined to comment on whether it can be sold without congressional action which seems strange given TVA has a huge legal staff available to comment on hundreds of other issues.

Their spokespersons said the senators would have to answer that ques-tion.

■ Longtime UT Law professor Carl Pierce is retiring this summer. He started in 1972 at the UT College of Law. He was director of the Howard Baker Public Policy Center for several years follow-ing Alan Lowe’s departure to head up the George W. Bush Presidential Library in Dallas. He has done many interviews with for-mer Sen. and Ambassador Howard Baker.

■ There was a large crowd Dec. 29 at the service at Canaan Baptist Church at which longtime pastor Harold Middlebrook gave his fi nal sermon as the pastor. In addition to former Mayor Brown and this writer at-tending, council member George Wallace and his wife, Stephanie, attended. To their credit, both were very engaged in the service and took copious notes.

Good-bye apathy.Hello involvement.There was very little in-

terest in local politics last year and most city council incumbents ran unopposed. Election Day was greeted with a collective yawn.

But if the growing list of potential candidates for county offi ces who had picked up nominating peti-tions by Dec. 31 is any in-dication, 2014 will be very different. There are county commission seats, fee offi ces and judgeships up for grabs, as well as races for sheriff and attorney general. The deadline to return complet-ed petitions is Feb. 20.

School board races ap-pear to be generating the most interest, and the ques-tion there is whether teach-ers can sustain the passion they demonstrated in No-vember and December and translate it into political clout in the May primary. If they do, the election will become a referendum on James McIntyre and his educational philosophy.

By New Year’s Eve, 16 potential candidates had picked up petitions for fi ve school board races. Incum-

2014: Referendum on McIntyre?

Martin was Brown’s deputy when he was mayor. Also attending were Vice Mayor Nick Pavlis, council mem-bers George Wallace, Duane Grieve, Nick Della Volpe, Finbarr Saunders and Marshall Stair, along with the city’s community relations director Tank Strickland. Also attend-ing were former state Rep. and council member Bob Booker (now director of Beck Cultural Center), state Rep. Joe Armstrong and retired pastor Harold Middlebrook.

■ Randy Boyd, Knox-ville entrepreneur and un-paid higher education ad-viser to Gov. Bill Haslam for the past year, wraps up his time in Nashville in early February.

■ Mayor Tim Bur-chett is getting his fund raising for re-election started on Tuesday, Feb. 18, with a $100 a couple event at the Lighthouse on Baum Drive from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Invitations will go out two weeks before the event. Burchett does not have an opponent at this time and appears to be a sure bet for a second and fi nal term as county mayor.

■ Neil McBride lost his seat on the TVA board today when Presi-dent Obama not only failed to re-appoint him but also did not name anyone else.

The 9-member board goes to eight members which will save the pay for one – $50,000 plus travel.

If the President contin-ues to ignore expiring TVA board appointments, then two more vacancies will occur in 2014 including the chair, Bill Sansom, president of H. T. Hack-ney Co. and former state transportation commis-sioner. Barbara Haskew of Chattanooga also departs.

They will go off the board the end of this year although their terms actu-ally end in May unless re-nominated and confi rmed.

Amber Rountree

bents Lynne Fugate, Pam Trainor and Gloria Death-ridge, all of whom voted to extend McIntyre’s contract to late 2017, are drawing op-position.

Watch for new opponents to sign up to run against fi rst-term 9th District board member Trainor, who was elected with strong support from teachers.

This year will be a differ-ent story. In addition to the district’s menu of perpetual candidates, her potential opponents include at least two former educators – Jim McClain (a former principal, school board member and a former Trainor supporter) and Larry Clark (a retired teacher and county com-missioner who now works for the sheriff as a bailiff).

Trainor’s most inter-esting opponent could be fi rst-time candidate Amber Rountree, a school librar-ian and outspoken critic of McIntyre’s heavy reliance

on data-gathering and high stakes testing.

Rountree said she will fi nd new employment if she is elected.

“My understanding is that as an employee of the board, I would probably not be able to hold my teaching position,” she said. “But my degree is in library science, which is more versatile and not as tied to working in a public school environ-ment. My gut instinct is to go ahead and do it. I think we need to see some change – pro-active, not reactive change. I’m going to run a very grassroots campaign.”

She has set up a Twit-ter account (@vote4roun-tree) and chosen a slogan –“Growing Great Schools”– and a logo – a tree.

Patti Bounds, a veteran teacher at Brickey-McCloud Elementary School and longtime Powell resident, may run in school board District 7 where term-limit-ed county commissioner R. Larry Smith is a candidate. Incumbent Kim Severance, who also voted to extend McIntyre’s contract, is not seeking re-election.

Bounds plans to retire from Knox County Schools at year’s end. She teaches kindergarten.

Another teacher, Cheri Siler, will be picking up a petition next week to run in the Democratic primary for state senate for the 7th Dis-trict, the seat now held by Republican Stacey Camp-fi eld. She will be the guest of honor at a fundraiser at Central Flats and Taps 5-10 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 30. Her mother, Donna Edwards, will serve as her campaign treasurer, and contribu-tions can be mailed to Cheri Siler for State Senate, 5507 Shannondale Road, Knox-ville, TN 37918; or through her Facebook page (Cheri Kay Siler) or her campaign website, Cherisiler.com.

Mediating the tire store warsWhen is a managing real

estate broker responsible for the action of an affi li-ate broker? Pretty much al-ways, according to the state Court of Appeals.

In a decision fi led Dec. 23, the court overturned a decision by Knox County Chancellor Mike Moyers to dismiss Mary Bea Corbitt from a lawsuit involving Reid R. Crumpton and Kelly Beeler Tire Service.

Moyers had granted sum-mary judgment to Corbitt, who was managing broker for Heath Shuler Real Es-tate LLC in October 2004 when Plaintiff Crumpton entered into a contract to purchase real estate that in-cluded a house and business from Kelly and Patsy Beeler. Patricia Grissom was the af-fi liate broker for the trans-action.

Crumpton was damaged, he said, when a 5-year non-compete agreement was not included with all copies of the contract. He sued every-one in sight.

Corbitt asked to be dis-missed, saying she was not personally involved in the plaintiff’s purchase and had no knowledge of the trans-action, therefore could not

be held liable for the actions of the affi liate broker.

In an opinion written by Judge G. Michael Swiney, the court said Tennessee law created a duty on the part of the managing broker, and Corbitt failed to show that she met the standard of care suffi cient to satisfy her duty. The court reversed the summary judgment and re-manded the case for further proceedings.

Corbitt argued: “My du-ties as managing broker at Heath Shuler Real Estate did not include involvement in the day-to-day activities or review of the routine con-tracts of independent con-tractor realtors affi liated with the brokerage.”

Judge Moyers said to hold a managing broker respon-

sible for “possible misrep-resentation or negligence of her affi liate brokers” would create a strict liability for managing brokers for the negligent or intentional torts of their affi liates.

The appellate court held “by simply and purpose-fully remaining ignorant of the substance and details of an affi liate’s transactions,” a managing broker could “completely escape her stat-utory duty and any liability.”

In the Crumpton case, the court held, the manag-ing broker’s liability, if any, arises from a breach of her own statutory duty – not from the actions of the af-fi liate broker.

It’s an interesting case with several well-known participants.

GOSSIP AND LIES ■ Big stories for 2014:

■ 384 fi les are misplaced in the

Criminal Court Clerk’s offi ce

and three dozen citizens are

herded off to jail. Clerk Joy

McCroskey goes on cruise.

■ Ruthie Kulhman, Herb Mon-

cier and Brian Hornback get

stranded on a desert island.

Together. Republicans every-

where rejoice ... and lay odds

on which will survive.

■ Sheriff Jimmy “J.J.” Jones gets the endorsement of

former Sheriff Tim Hutchison.

Hundreds of theretofore-un-

decided GOP primary voters

start wearing those Bobby

Waggoner armbands that

read: “Wagg 4 (star).”

■ Competition for who can

draw the most public pen-

sions accelerates when ace

reporter Snidley Whiplash dis-

covers a former city teacher

working as a bailiff for the

Sheriff ’s Offi ce after a retire-

ment job in city government.

■ Ahh, public employment. Where some make little and

many make much.

■ Doug Harris, in voting to

extend Superintendent Jim

McIntyre’s contract until Dec. 31,

2017, mentioned that he serves

some 50,000 meals a day. Wow!

And there’s a CEO job open just

up the road at Ruby Tuesday.

■ Stacey Campfi eld is working

on gun bills, mentioning on

his blog that he’s remorse-

ful about allowing cities and

counties to opt out of state

law. “A citizen should know

what is and what isn’t a state

crime statewide,” he said.

■ Stacey also noted his resem-

blance to Jason Garrett and

said he’s

not a can-

didate for

coach of

the Dallas

Cowboys.

■ With Cheri Siler

joining Dr.

Richard

Briggs in

trying to

oust Campfi eld, one could call

it the race of the red-haireds

versus the no-haired.

■ Human capital just ain’t what

it used to be. When Superin-

tendent Jim McIntyre hired

former KPD guy Gus Paidousis

to head up school security

and boosted its ranks to 100

or so, who vetted those hired?

We had a guard arrested re-

cently for indecent exposure

at Tyson Park. Somebody get

that guy a petition to run for

county commission!

■ Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey turned

heads with his Christmas

greeting in which he cel-

ebrated that dates are being

set for executions. Finally,

it’s about time and joy to the

world, you-all.

■ Mike McMillan has as much

chance of being school super-

intendent on Dec. 31, 2017, as

does Jim McIntyre. So what

was that extension really

about? It boosted the buy-out

by $225,000.

Jason GarrettAP photo/Tim Sharp

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CrossCurrents

LynnPitts

See? This is a problem. What the author of 2 John may have said to the com-munity of faith we will never know, because it was said and not written. If it had been written, we would likely have it recorded in Scripture.

In much the same way, I have an issue with e-mails. Don’t get me wrong. I appre-ciate e-mail as much as the next person. It is quick and effi cient and quite handy.

However, there are ad-vantages to getting a letter in the mail. Let me explain.

We have, in the family archives, several letters my grandfather wrote to the young lady he would eventu-ally marry – my grandmoth-er Belle. She was well and truly named; Papa claimed forever that she was the pret-tiest girl who ever came out of Union County. His letters to her were elegant, humble, and very proper: in them, he called her “Miss Petree.” (It was a different time: as long as she lived, when she spoke of him to friends and neigh-bors, she referred to him as “Mr. Dunn.”)

I also have one letter written to Belle by one of her 10 brothers. It was a letter of admiration and ap-preciation. I have consid-ered giving it to one of his

Down goes Gibbs Hall, well, soon. The old athletic dorm and Stokely Center will be mere memories as Tennessee clears the way for progress – parking garage, new dorm and three prac-tice fi elds for football.

This dorm was built in ’64 and named in a knee-jerk reaction to the death of assistant basketball coach Bill Gibbs, 35. He was lost on the morning of Feb. 3 that year, when a commuter plane crashed on takeoff in Gainesville, Fla.

An entire generation may not have known or cared about Bill Gibbs. I did. That was one of the worst days in 60 years of newspaper life.

The basketball Vols were in Florida for a Mon-day night game. Gibbs was the advance scout who

The Written WordAlthough I have much to write to you, I would rath-

er not use paper and ink; instead I hope to come to you and talk with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete.

(2 John 12 NRSV)

direct descendants, but so far, have (selfi shly) kept it.

Mother still has all of the correspondence she ex-changed with Daddy before they were married. She was working at Miller’s Depart-ment Store and he was in school at Lincoln Memo-rial University. Those let-ters are fi led, in order, in a cedar keepsake box. I have not read them, considering them private and personal.

When my brother was born (not long before the end of World War II), Daddy sent telegrams to relatives announcing the birth. At least one of those documents was sent back to Daddy and Mother as a keepsake. It gave Warren’s name, date of birth, birth weight, then remarked, “Mother and son are fi ne; father’s condition question-able.” That telegram is still in the family archives.

When I was born three years later, Daddy made long distance phone calls. It was

Down goes Gibbs Hall

had charted the Gators on Saturday. He gave his re-port to Ray Mears and the team at the Sunday walk-through. The next day he would be moving on to see a future foe.

When I heard about the crash, I read tea leaves. Bill wasn’t at the hotel so he al-most certainly was on the fl ight. I hurried to the airport. There were no survivors. I got around enough police tape to see the wreckage from a dis-tance but couldn’t confi rm anything with authorities,

no matter how I asked the same questions.

This was another time in the news business. It was important to be fi rst but more important to be accu-rate. Of course I wrote the story but the combination of personal hurt and profes-sional frustration made for a bad-hair day.

Gibbs Hall became a fo-cal point in my many years of covering the Volunteers. Access to athletes was far more open then and I con-ducted almost daily inter-views in the dorm lobby, after practice and after din-ner, without Haywood Har-ris or Bud Ford arranging or monitoring conversations.

Steve Kiner and I once talked for two hours in his room – about life, obliga-tions, responsibilities, ex-

The paint crew that’s working upstairs doesn’t know who he is.

“He’s the nice guy who hired us to paint,” they say with grins and shrugs. They agree to Google him when they get home.

In this age of 15-minute, viral video fame, Doc Sever-insen isn’t known to every-one. His friendly demeanor and down-to-earth nature make him seem like a reg-ular guy. But anyone who grew up watching The To-night Show instantly recog-

Carol Zinavage

Carol’s Corner

The doctor is in

Cathy Leach and Doc Severin-

sen discuss renovations for their

farmhouse in Blount County.

the new technology, very up-to-date. However, I have al-ways felt a little cheated, be-cause I didn’t have a telegram I could hold in my hand. I don’t know what Daddy said in those phone calls, and I would love to know!

We also have all of the war correspondence from Daddy’s younger brother, who fought in the South Pa-cifi c, and who was in a fox-hole on Okinawa when he learned of Warren’s birth.

All of these are documents of a different time, of a differ-ent world. They are, however, historical documents, even if they are a family history and not of great importance to anyone else. They are a little chunk of our story, and that is, after all, what history is all about: story –

yours, mine, ours, our country’s, our world’s, our universe’s story.

I encourage you to fi nd out your story, your his-tory. Ask your parents and your grandparents to tell you their stories. Check out old family Bibles; look at the pages between the Old and New Testaments; frequent-ly there are pages there on which to record births, marriages, and deaths. Go to the McClung Historical Collection, 601 Gay Street. It is part of the Knox County library system, and an un-imaginable wealth of genea-logical information. Go to Ancestry.com.

Learn your stor y!

pectations. The linebacker was struggling. I was a young husband and father and Sun-day school teacher. I thought I had all the answers.

It was an unforgettable ex-perience. We remain friends.

Kiner and Gibbs Hall – he was guardian of an adopted stray dog named Rabies. I believe it slept under his bed. He and other Vols smuggled in meat scraps. Maids and janitors didn’t notice.

Kiner and Gibbs Hall – he once walloped basketball giant Rupert Breedlove over a table dispute in the dining room and had to skip a few meals as punishment.

Tim Townes, very small freshman safety, was mis-identifi ed in the dining room by assistant coach Bob Davis: “Son, this is the football section. Wrestlers sit over there.”

Gus Manning persuaded Tom T. Hall and part of his band to stop one evening as

cultural enrichment for the Volunteers. That was the fi rst time I heard “Water-melon Wine.”

Joe Louis came to see and be seen. I tried but the former heavyweight boxing champion didn’t say much.

Bernard King lives on in Gibbs memories. Greg Phil-lips was second-team foot-ball but fi rst in electrical engineering. He was study-ing late when loud music interrupted concentration. He took a walk, found the sound and asked the bas-ketball star to turn it down. King said OK.

Greg went back to books, heard more music and made another trip. Sorry about that. And there was peace and relative quiet.

Phillips seemed more de-termined on the third trip. When Bernard opened the door, Greg picked him up and dumped him onto the stereo. It broke. It is good

for all of us that King didn’t.Police, now and then,

visited Gibbs Hall. Eventu-ally doors were locked. That didn’t prevent the occasion-al girl incident.

The dorm was a focal point as recently as January 2010, after the sudden departure of a famous football coach. From a second fl oor window, somebody screamed, “Go to hell, Lane Kiffi n.”

John Ward delivered the most famous dorm mention, Vol Network, 1967, from the campus of Mississippi State. One fi ne guard hit free throws with seven seconds left in the third overtime to clinch the SEC champi-onship. The big trophy be-longed to the Volunteers.

Ward said: “Wrap it up, tie it in orange and white, and send it to Bill Justus, care of Gibbs Hall, Knox-ville, Tennessee!”(Marvin West invites reader reaction. His

address is westwest6@netzero.com)

nizes the iconic bandleader.When a 30-plus-year

friendship with fellow trumpeter Cathy Leach blossomed into romance a few years ago, Doc moved to

Maryville to be near her.The two work together

on many musical projects. They’ve appeared in Knox-ville churches in programs of “jazzed-up” gospel mu-sic. There’s always a rustle of excitement when Doc’s lanky, jean-clad fi gure strides to the front.

“People might be sur-prised to fi nd out that I don’t really dress ‘like that,’” he says, referring to his well-known habit of wearing fl amboyant clothes. He still glitzes it

At 86, he’s fi t, healthy and up to such a punishing sched-ule. “I’ve still got the mojo,” he says of his desire to per-form and delight audiences.

One current joint project isn’t at all musical. The cou-ple are restoring a rambling Blount county farmhouse built in 1840. “I am still try-ing to fi nd my way around this place!” laughs Doc.

Cathy’s looking forward to getting all the rooms squared away. The busy pro-fessor of trumpet and direc-tor of undergraduate studies at the UT School of Music sees great potential. “One room will be my ‘cave’ where I can practice and work on sewing projects. And that’s Doc’s room at the end of the hall,” she says, gesturing to-ward a room literally stacked with trumpets.

In fact, there’s at least one trumpet somewhere in every room of the house.

Both enjoy cooking in the spacious farm kitchen, look-ing at the mountain views and caring for dogs Gracie and Muneca.

On a recent weekday, they were headed for UT – Cathy to teach and Doc to practice.

He enjoys practicing in the stairwell near Cathy’s offi ce because of the resonance. Those lucky enough to be in the building enjoy hearing that big bright sound, undi-minished in over 70 years of playing.

“The trumpet is wonder-ful; it’s the king of musi-cal instruments – that’s why they put trumpets on the highest level when you see an orchestra, because they’re the majesty!

“But you can be humili-ated beyond description. Playing the trumpet will keep you humble. About the time you think you’ve got it made, it’ll reach right up and bite you in the rear!

“If you’re not having such a good day and you don’t feel like you’re playing your best, you’ve just got to keep at it. I get kicked off the horse every darn day in my own practice.

“But you’ve got to get right back on. And I do!”

Stay tuned. Next week we’ll hear about Doc’s musical upbringing and his memories of Johnny Carson and The Tonight Show.Send story suggestions to news@

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up for concert tours, but “I don’t own any suits. All I own is jeans, work shirts and cowboy boots, so if I play in church, I’m going to be wearing that.”

Both stay busy with in-dividual projects. Cathy, who was the KSO’s princi-pal trumpet for 31 years, plays with “Stiletto,” an all-female brass ensemble. The group does master classes and concerts all over the country. Their CD, featur-ing Doc as special guest, is available on Amazon.com.

Doc’s quintet, the San Miguel 5, features music with a Latin fl air, including Span-ish guitar. He also leads The Doc Severinsen Big Band, which he says is “the fi nest big band I’ve ever worked with.” And, of course, he’s of-ten featured on his own. This past weekend he appeared with the Milwaukee Sympho-ny in a series of four concerts over three days.

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By Betsy PickleStudents at Gap Creek

Elementary School had a fun time learning about fi re safety before starting their holiday break.

The Knoxville Fire De-partment’s Fire Safety House set up at Gap Creek to give kids a close-up look at potential dangers and positive solutions. Captains Jaquetta Brooks and Paul Trumpore of KPD’s Public Safety Education Depart-ment headed the presen-tation for kindergarten through third grade stu-dents.

(Fourth- and fi fth-grad-ers are generally too big to fi t in the safety house, so their sessions were held in the gym.)

After students toured the compact mobile train-ing trailer, learning how to prevent and escape fi res, they got to enact an escape by climbing down a ladder to safety. Not surprisingly, several kids wanted to re-peat the ladder procedure.

Safe escapes

Capt. Paul Trumpore of the Knoxville Fire De-

partment’s Public Safety Education Department

helps third-grader Thomas Greene descend the

escape ladder at the Kids’ Fire Safety House.

American Red Cross volunteer Alan Sheets goes over kitchen safety with Zack Ellison, Grace

Clemmer, Jude Cox and Chloe Kirk in the safety house.

Capt. Jaquetta Brooks of the Knoxville Fire Department’s Pub-

lic Safety Education Department shares safety tips with third-

graders Jameson Joyner, Zack Ellison, Chloe Kirk, Grace Clem-

mer and Jude Cox in the living room of the Kids’ Fire Safety

House. Photos by Betsy Pickle

Teacher Rebecca Williams tests her skill on the escape ladder

as Capt. Paul Trumpore of the Knoxville Fire Department’s

Public Safety Education Department oversees.

Carter High band program excelsBy Betsy Pickle

Often, you barely have to scratch the surface to learn that what makes a teacher great is the experience of having learned from a great teacher.

That’s the case with Matt McCurry, band director at Carter High School. Already musically inclined before he entered Powell High School, he joined the band and choir.

“I loved the band, but I lived in the choir room,” says McCurry, who gradu-ated from Powell in 1996. Choral director Jim Kenne-dy – who’s still at Powell – gave him opportunities that set the course for his career.

“I had a place in the back of the offi ce where he let me use a computer to write mu-sic, and I lived there.

“It started out with ar-ranging; he would give me things to arrange. And then from there, it’s fun to try your hand at some original music.”

Now that he’s the teacher, McCurry hasn’t changed his habits much.

“I feel like I live here most of the time,” he says, sitting in his offi ce in the band suite. “If I had a cot, I would probably sleep here.”

His schedule is nonstop: marching band camp the last week of July and fi rst week of August; football

and they reached it.”McCurry, whose teach-

ing career started at Holston Middle, came to Carter in 2005 as band director at the middle school and assistant at the high school. When he took over from Angie Messer as high school director, one of his goals was to expand the band’s horizons – literally.

“We try to travel every year somewhere,” he says. “It’s a pattern: We do a small trip, a larger trip, Dis-ney World and then we do a big trip.

“Our fi rst big trip was in 2009. We went to London and marched in the 2010 New Year’s Day Parade. It was just phenomenal.”

McCurry will have a hard time topping fall 2013. The band fl ew to Hawaii the day before Thanksgiving, re-turning Dec. 4.

“We went over and played at the two Pearl Harbor memorials, the U.S.S. Ari-zona and Missouri, and we marched in the Waikiki Holiday Parade, which was unreal,” says McCurry. “It was tiki torches all the way.”

Wearing swimsuits, the students and chaperones ate Thanksgiving dinner on a beach with palm trees in 82-degree weather.

“We had turkey and Ha-waiian-style dressing,” says McCurry. “All the vegetables and stuff had pineapple in it.”

During the trip, the stu-dents visited the Polynesian Cultural Center and the famed North Shore, where they saw a surfi ng competi-

tion, and they hiked to the top of Diamond Head.

They played “Winter Wonderland” and “You’re a Grand Old Flag” at the parade and “America the Beautiful” and “Grand Old Flag” at the memorials.

“One of my absolute fa-vorites was we did the Navy Hymn, ‘Eternal Father,’” says McCurry. “We played ‘Taps’ within that, and I think it got to a lot of people.”

Visiting the Arizona me-morial had a deep impact on the students.

“It was eye-opening for them, I think,” says McCur-ry. “There were a lot on Dec. 7, after we got back, that did a lot of posts about the Ari-zona and ‘Remember Pearl Harbor.’ I think it showed them something fi rsthand that they wouldn’t have got-ten out of a book.”

McCurry, who earned his bachelor’s and master’s de-grees from Carson-Newman, says arts programs give stu-dents ineffable benefi ts.

They teach “cooperation and teamwork and that hard work does pay off,” he says. “I always say we have the best kids in the school right here that are involved in the art programs because they take what they do here and they learn and they apply it.

“They get their stuff done in their other classes. They work hard for their teach-ers. They’re polite. They co-operate. And I think it just pays off in the long run. The things that they get from that you don’t put a price tag on.”

season with the band per-forming at all home and away games and at four or fi ve band competitions; in-door drumline and color guard and concert-band season hitting at the fi rst of the year; concert festival season; then spring concert and rehearsal for the band’s performance at graduation.

On Sundays and Wednes-days, McCurry plays organ at Fountain City Presbyteri-an Church. During his “va-cation,” he’s camp director at Carson-Newman Univer-sity’s summer music camp.

Fortunately, he has Cart-

er Middle band director Chuck Brock overseeing the drumline, which last sea-son won two indoor medals and traveled to the Winter Guard International world championships in Dayton, Ohio.

This school year already has been memorable, start-ing with the Tennessee State Division II Championships in Franklin on Nov. 2.

“We have been working our tail off to get in the Top 10,” says McCurry. “We have been 11th for two years in a row. This year, for the fi rst time ever, we made the Top

10 at the state marching band championship, which was the greatest thing for the kids.

“When everybody heard ‘Carter High School,’ there was this eruption on the fi eld and in the stands from our crew that had gone with us to support us. It was just unreal. We waited a long time to hear our name over those speakers.

“We came in 10th, which was awesome. I told the kids at the beginning of the year it didn’t matter what place we came in if you get that Top 10. That was our goal,

Assistant directors Angie Messer and Kristin Arp chat with Carter High band director Matt Mc-

Curry outside the band suite.

businesses in the area rep-resented. Andrea Carpen-ter, fi nancial advisor with U.S. Bancorp Investments Inc., will speak, and I’m sure Nick Della Volpe will report on road and visibility upgrades.

Rossini at Fountain CityLarry Rossini, director of

the Tennessee Small Busi-ness Development Center, will speak at the Fountain City Business and Profes-sional Association at noon Wednesday, Jan. 8, in the fellowship hall of Central Baptist Church. He will dis-cuss business check-up, new license requirements and new micro loan opportuni-ties.

Lunch is $10, fi rst come fi rst served, with introduc-tions at 11:55 a.m.

Benchmark getsnew digs

Benchmark Physical Therapy has opened a new location at 4635 Greenway Drive next to Jo-Ann Fab-rics, and has named Jack Ballard as the clinic director.

Ballard is board certifi ed in orthopedics and holds advanced certifi cations in many aspects of therapy.

Benchmark provides physical therapy for people following injury or surgery. Info: www.benchmarkpt.com or 546-0801.

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The washing machines range from the “double,” which holds 20 pounds of laundry, to a 100-pounder which holds the equivalent of 10 loads of laundry.

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Don’t like doing laun-dry? Bluewater offers that option. You can drive up and drop off your laun-dry. Attendants will wash, dry, fl uff and fold or put on hangers for you.

Special rates are offered for commercial accounts. All types of salon owners fi nd that Bluewater’s ser-vices make their life much easier.

While you are there, check out their high defi ni-tion TVs and vending ser-vices. They even have free WIFI. Hours are from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Attendants are always on duty and there is plenty of parking. Info: www.bluewaterlaundromat.com or 247-6230.

You may never do your own laundry again.

Williams getsregional honor

South Knox resident Re-becca Williams, director of sales and marketing at the Knoxville Convention Center, was recently named Supplier of the Year by the East Tennessee Meeting Professionals.

East Tennessee Meeting Professionals is a profession-al organization that brings together meeting planners and suppliers for continuing education and industry net-working. Williams has been a member of the East Ten-nessee Meeting Profession-als since the organization was formed in 2002.

A Knoxville native, Wil-liams is a UT gradu-ate with a bac he lor ’s degree in journalism and a minor in public re-lations and advertising. She and her

husband, Local 8 News an-chor Alan Williams, have fi ve grown children.

Carpenter to speakto ETA BPA

Join in the excitement as the newly formed East Towne Area Business and Professional Association grows. The monthly meet-ing will be held at 8 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 8, at Har-vest Park Community Cen-ter. Breakfast will be served at 7:30 a.m.

Kaelyn Farmer, ETA BPA president, hopes to have all

Bluewater Laundromat has

state-of-the-art equipment

and off ers self- or full-service.

Williams

Speedy Cash is being built at this site.

Demolition of the old buildings (a former post offi ce and bait shop) has begun and construction should be complete in ap-proximately 4-5 months, he said.

Speedy Cash offers cash advances and title and in-stallment loans. HL Con-struction just completed a South Knoxville Speedy Cash which is located in front of Kroger next to Bud-dy’s Bar-B-Q on Chapman Highway.

Tuggle is promotedKen Tuggle has been pro-

moted to Rural/Metro bat-talion chief in Knox County.

T u g g l e began work-ing for Ru-r a l / Me t r o Fire Depart-ment in 1998 as a reserve and was

hired as a full-time fi refi ghter in 2000. He rose through the ranks with promotions to lieutenant and then captain. He has worked at multiple stations in Knox County, most recently at Rural/Met-ro Fire Station 41 on Camp-bell Station Road.

Brian Mitchellpromoted at Messer

Messer Construction Co. has promoted Brian Mitch-

ell to project manager in the compa-ny’s Knox-ville offi ce. He was pre-viously a project engi-neer.

M i t c h -ell holds a

bachelor’s degree in con-struction management from the University of Cincinna-ti. His experience includes multiple projects for the Public Building Authority of Knox County; the Knoxville Orthopaedic Clinic operat-ing room construction and equipment; and the Or-thoTennessee MRI addition and renovation.

Ken Tuggle

Brian Mitchell

Flats and Taps is a neigh-borhood pub and eatery located at 1204 Central Avenue, on the east side of Central Avenue in the heart of Happy Holler (just north of Anderson Avenue). That commercial block hosts oth-er businesses like Friends Antiques shop, the Chop Shop hair salon, Raven’s Re-cords, the Variety Theater, the Taoist Tai Chi Society center, and the Time Warp Tea Room to name a few.

If you haven’t been the Holler lately, you’re in for a treat.

The “fl ats” refer to the fl at bread pizzas served by the kitchen, along with interest-ing sandwiches, salads and dips, and local micro- brew beers (which provide the va-riety of “taps”).

For a fl at, you can choose from the meaty Porky Pie, the herb-infused Pizza Margherita, the blue-cheesy chicken Crazy Ca-jun, a 5-cheese Formaggio, a Greek’s Greek and others. While you are warming up to lunch or dinner or just indulging in a frothy sip, try one of the interesting dips (like black bean hum-mus, sun dried tomato, or crab artichoke), or, to bol-ster your New Year’s reso-lution reach for one of the varied salads.

Flats and Taps also offers an array of Panini grilled

Neighborhood cheer at Flats and Taps

sandwiches for every taste to go along with a glass of wine, beer or other bever-age. Local craft beers are the

By Cynthia MoxleyMany East Tennesseans

are planning for the New Year, setting resolutions to

save money, lose weight, kick a bad habit or cross a few items off bucket lists.

Jan. 1 marks a time for planning in

the public relations indus-try as well. At Moxley Car-michael, we’ve been work-ing with clients for weeks to prepare for 2014. Our cli-ents have big goals and need plans to achieve them.

We recommend prepar-ing a strategic communica-tions plan for the year that outlines not only your com-pany’s objectives but also the strategies and tactics you’ll use to get your mes-sages out and enhance your reputation.

Whether we’re working with businesses in health care, professional services, education, consumer goods or nonprofi t, we start with a few key areas. Any local business can benefi t from focusing on these recom-mendations as we kick off 2014.

Branding: What is your brand? Is it consis-tent? Recognizable? Effec-tive? Consider gathering your executive team for a branding session focused on defi ning – or redefi ning – your brand. Make sure your strategy is effective in representing your organiza-tion to customers, potential customers and other stake-holders.

Digital presence: How are you using technology and digital media to pro-mote your business? Ex-amine your website, blog, email marketing and social media pages. Do they refl ect your brand and use consis-tent messaging? Companies are expanding their digital presence in 2014 with stra-tegic moves like adding a

mobile-friendly website or using Facebook advertising.

Media and presenta-tion training: When you talk to local news outlets or civic groups about your business, how effective will you be? Take time to train key staff to serve as success-ful spokespersons whose messages resonate – while also providing value so they’re invited back.

Crisis communica-tion: Update your crisis plan so your team is ready to handle emerging situ-ations. Fast, accurate and effective communication is critical in overcoming a crisis if your organization faces one in 2014.

In 2013 Applebee’s fi red an employee for posting a photo to Reddit showing the sales receipt of a pastor who refused to pay the automat-ic 18 percent gratuity the restaurant had added, and thousands fl ooded Apple-bee’s Facebook page in her support.

Applebee’s posted im-personal responses and was accused of deleting negative comments and blocking us-ers. This defensive approach angered customers and tar-nished Applebee’s reputa-tion.

In contrast, when an in-sensitive tweet about Presi-dent Obama’s grandmother was accidentally posted to the KitchenAid account in-stead of the employee’s per-sonal Twitter page, the head of the KitchenAid brand started tweeting 15 minutes later to apologize and as-sure followers that the staff-er would no longer tweet for KitchenAid.

The immediate, honest approach was well received, and damage was mini-mized.

With our top PR tips, you can enter 2014 with a pur-pose and a plan. We love doing business in East Ten-nessee, and we know those who work and own compa-nies here share that love. We wish you a happy and prosperous New Year.

News from Moxley Carmichael

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specialty. They offer brews from Saw Works, Yazoo, De-pot Street, and Blackstone, among others on tap, as well as a number of your bottled favorites. (I quit counting at 40.) Variety and emphasis on local fresh food stuffs are the watchwords. Ex-plore menu details at www.fl atsandtaps.com.

Owner Bryan Howington

has been hard at work at this site for the past two years, having replaced a start-up vegetarian restaurant oc-cupying about half of the current 3,000 square feet restaurant area. A gener-ous outdoor courtyard and service area enable them to host various entertainment and group gatherings.

Ask the neighbors in Old North Knoxville, this

is a family friendly place. Wednesday nights feature a trivia contest, Thursdays sport a neighborhood beer run and weekends often of-fer entertainment.

The building is part of an array of historic struc-tures on Central that were renovated some 5 years ago by local architect Dan-iel Schuh. The adventurous Bryan Howington and his

business partners also op-erate Cool Beans along the strip and another eatery in Johnson City. They offer a welcoming atmosphere for you and your family and friends to enjoy. Don’t be afraid to toss a few darts or shoot a game of pool while they are rustling up your grub. Bryan and his dedicated team urge you to make yourself at home.

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MONDAY, JAN. 6Job Resources Group meeting, 8:30-10:30

a.m., Concord UMC, 11020 Roane Drive.Newly Bereaved casual workshop by Amedisys

Hospice of Knoxville, 5:30 p.m., Cozy Joe’s Café, 2559 Willow Point Way. Free. To preregister: Sarah Wim-mer, 689-7123 or 1-866-462-7182.

Beginning Tai Chi class, open house, 7-8:30 p.m., Peace Lutheran Church, 621 N. Cedar Bluff Road. Classes taught by the Taoist Tai Chi Society of the USA. Info: 482-7761 or www.taoist.org.

Ossoli Circle meeting, Ossoli Clubhouse, 2511 Kingston Pike. 9:45 a.m., coffee; 10:30, program: “His-tory of Jews in America” by Mimi Pais and husband Art; 11:30, business meeting followed by lunch. Visi-tors welcome. Info: 577-4106.

TUESDAY, JAN. 7Caregiver Support Group meeting, 10 a.m.-

noon, Room E-224, Concord UMC, 11020 Roane Drive. Guest speaker: Yvonne Marsh, CPA. Refreshments provided. Info: 675-2835.

Newly Bereaved casual workshop by Amedi-sys Hospice of Knoxville, 5 p.m., Panera Bread, 4855 Kingston Pike. Free. To preregister: Sarah Wimmer, 689-7123 or 1-866-462-7182.

“Computer Workshop – Introducing the Computer,” 5:30 p.m., East Tennessee History Cen-ter. Info/register: 215-8700.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 8Regal Classic Film Series featuring “Big,” 2 and

7 p.m., Downtown West Cinema 8, 1640 Downtown West Blvd.

“Video Pioneers: A History of Early Televi-sion,” A Brown Bag Lecture by Julian Burke, noon, East Tennessee History Center, 601 South Gay St. Free. Info: 215-8824 or www.EastTNHistory.org.

Bonny Kate Chapter Daughters of the Ameri-can Revolution meeting, noon, Second Methodist Church, 1524 Western Ave. Speaker: Lisa Duncan, director of Dogwood Arts Festival.

THURSDAY, JAN. 9Knoxville Children’s Theatre auditions for

“Charlotte’s Web,” KCT, 109 E. Churchwell Ave. Audi-tions by appointment: email Dennis Perkins, dennis@childrenstheatreknoxville.com, with name, age, gender and preferred audition time

Artist in Residence Biennial opening reception 7-9 p.m., Ewing Gallery, UT Art & Architecture Building. Works by Patricia Treib, Michael Berryhill, EJ Hauser and Jaya Howey will be on display through Feb. 6.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, JAN. 9-10Call for artists for “Open Art Show 2014: Al-

chemy – the Magic of Art and Flowers,” a juried art and standard fl ower show. Applications and fees accepted: 8 a.m.-7p.m. Thursday; 8 a.m.-noon Friday. Application/info: www.townoffarragut.org/artsandculture or Far-ragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive.

THURSDAY-SUNDAY, JAN. 9-12Dare To Be Square Tennessee, old-time square-

dance calling, dance and music, 7 p.m., Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Weekend pass: $50. Evening dances open to the public: $5-$10 at the door. Calling and dancing workshops Friday and Saturday. Info/registra-tion: www.jubileecommunityarts.org/dtbstn, 522-5851, dtbstn@gmail.com.

SATURDAY, JAN. 11Auditions for “The Secret Garden” by The Word-

Players. For appointment: 539-2490. Info: www.word-players.org.

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

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

SUNDAY, JAN. 12Epworth Monthly Singing, 6:30 p.m., Laurel The-

ater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Info: Claudia Dean, 673-5822.Regal Classic Film Series featuring “The Princess

Bride,” 2 p.m., Downtown West Cinema 8, 1640 Down-town West Blvd.

MONDAY, JAN. 13Job Resources Group meeting, 8:30-10:30 a.m.,

Concord UMC, 11020 Roane Drive.Muslim Journeys: Points of View – “In the

Country of Men” fi rst of fi ve scholar-facilitated reading and discussion program debut, 6-8 p.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive.

Ossoli Circle meeting, Ossoli Clubhouse, 2511 Kingston Pike. 9:45 a.m., coffee; 10:30, program by Dr. Fred Bedelle Jr., author and former Superintendent of Knoxville City Schools; 11:30, book study by Wayne Zurl followed by lunch. Visitors welcome. Info: 577-4106.

TUESDAY, JAN. 14Harvey Broome Group of the Sierra Club, 7

p.m., Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 2931 Kingston Pike. Paul and Barbara Akers will cover Appalachian Trail Through Hiking and a Top 5 Gear “Show and Tell.”

Computer Workshops - Word 2007 II, 2 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Requires “Introducing the Computer” or equivalent skills. Info/to register: 215-8700.

TUESDAYS, JAN. 14-28Pilates class, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Farragut Town Hall,

11408 Municipal Center Drive. Instructor: Simon Brad-bury. Cost: $30. Deadline to register: Monday, Jan. 13. Info/to register: 966-7057 or Farragut Town Hall.

TUESDAYS, JAN. 14-FEB. 18Yoga class, 9-10 a.m., Farragut Town Hall, 11408

Municipal Center Drive. Instructor: Betty Kalister. Registration deadline: Friday, Jan. 10. Info/to register: 966-7057 or Farragut Town Hall.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 15Martin Luther King Jr. Week Interfaith

Prayer Service, noon, Peace and Goodwill Missionary Baptist Church, 1723 Washington Ave.

Time Well Spent: Inspiration at Lunch featur-ing photographer and mixed-media artist Kelly Hider, noon, The Emporium, 100 S. Gay St. The Arts & Culture Alliance event is free; brown-bagging is welcome.

Regal Classic Film Series featuring “The Princess Bride,” 2 and 7 p.m., Downtown West Cinema 8, 1640 Downtown West Blvd.

THURSDAY, JAN. 16Free budget classes, The Good Samaritan Cen-

ter of Loudon County, 119 “A” St., Lenoir City. Classes provided by CredAbility. Info/to register: Karen Bowdle, 986-1777, ext. 12.

Sneak preview of “Las Marthas” documentary, 7 p.m., East Tennessee PBS studio, 1611 E. Magnolia. The fi lm will make its television debut 10 p.m. Monday, Feb. 17.

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