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Flipping ChuckAmong the citizens who
showed up for the Powell edition of Ed and Bob Show (i.e. the traveling constituent meeting road show put on by county commissioners-at-large Ed Brantley and Bob Thomas) was Chuck Ward, the “Fix it, Flip it or Skip it” radio show guy. Brantley introduced Ward to the crowd as a “probable” county commission candidate from District 9 (South Knox) next year.
➤ Read Betty Bean on page 5
Talking fi reD. J. Corcoran’s background
as a former member of the local media, combined with his long-time experience as a fi refi ghter, gives him the perfect perspective for his cur-rent project – assembling the history of the Knoxville Fire Department (KFD).
A captain with the KFD now, Corcoran worked his way up through the ranks and now handles the media for the department, in addition to this latest project.
➤ Read Anne Hart on page 8
Digging dirtThe Knoxville Botanical
Garden and Arboretum, which was once Howell Nurseries, is the oldest continually running business in Tennessee and is now working to preserve the region’s plant life.
“In your lifetime, there will be wars fought about food and water,” Robert Hodge, the di-rector of the Center for Urban Agriculture told Shopper News interns.
➤ Read the interns’ stories on page 6
Touching STEMAttention, all young braini-
acs and your families!Now’s your chance to ex-
plore STEM (Science Technol-ogy Engineering Mathematics) in a fun, lively environment made just for you!
This weekend, The Muse Knoxville presents “Robotics Revolution” at Chilhowee Park.
➤ Read Carol Shane on page 7
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By Betsy PickleDianne Forry grows vegetables
and herbs in raised beds at her home. She’s helping to grow a child by mentoring a student at South Knoxville Elementary School.
As it happens, Forry is also the president of the Chapman High-way Garden Club. The club has adopted South Knoxville Elemen-tary to help beautify the grounds.
It was only natural that Forry would decide to do a little garden-ing during her weekly visits to the school to see her mentee. And it made sense that she would contin-ue to take care of the plants during the heat of the summer.
Since she was there, and the South Knoxville Boys & Girls Club was in full swing with summer programs, she asked if some of the kids would like to help her and learn about gardening. And that’s how the Summer Youth Garden Club came to be.
“It’s just wonderful that she
By Bill DockeryMonday marked the seventh an-
niversary of the shootings at my church, Tennessee Valley Unitar-ian Universalist on Kingston Pike.
Two persons were killed and seven more wounded at a Sunday morning children’s service. An Army veteran and longtime East Tennessean is now serving life without parole for those deaths, which he confessed were generated by his hatred of liberals and gays.
Tragedies like the one at my church have become common-place, most recently in a Charles-ton church, a Chattanooga strip mall and a Louisiana theater.
Each community that is hit ex-periences the event as a one-off tragedy – the deaths of innocent individuals, the acts of personal heroism, the gore, the physical and emotional suffering, the per-
petrator driven by derangement or ideology or whatever, the public acts of mourning and above all the horror that it could happen “here” (and not somewhere else in the big-ger America that – we assume – is more violent than our own peace-able community).
I was intimately involved with the response and recovery at TVUUC, handling media relations locally and nationally for the fi rst hours, then days, then weeks, then months following our tragedy.
Five years after the fact I was still taking media calls about simi-lar events. And as the list of trag-edies has lengthened on a weekly and daily basis, I’ve noticed some-thing. There is nothing one-off about these occurrences.
The individual stitches may vary a bit, but they fi t into an overall tapestry of violence and terror and
heroism that furnishes the back-ground before which all Americans go about our daily lives.
We’re learning how to read the mass-murder narrative, and we even relish to an extent the details – the extravagant violence, the acts of unanticipated courage, even the arguments about the roots of these kinds of events.
These shootings have become a true reality show, unscripted, with real blood and real hurt and poi-gnantly real death.
One other thing I’ve learned: After responding professionally to our tragedy and the one that fol-lowed that and the next (et cetera to the nth power), I’m beginning to experience a slo-mo case of PTSD, not from exposure to violence in my church (as a police photogra-pher I’d seen plenty of that) but from the way we bend our words
of sorrow and anger and condo-lence and gratitude around violent events that are truly “needless” and “senseless.”
Again and again we try to give redemptive meaning to that abyss so that we won’t be sucked into it, but when you’ve heard it so many times, the explanations begi n to lose their meaning.
Yet the events keep coming be-cause we do not have the political will to rein in the gun industry, or help the people with mental-health needs or those whose poverty of spirit and engage-ment leaves them with nothing to value in their lives except pain and grudges and anger they don’t know how to cope with.
I am no longer shocked or sad or angry – I’m bone weary. But I don’t see an end to it.
Mass shootings are not unique
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Kaydence Clark and Dianne Forry study the rings on the stump of a tree on Forry’s property.
Looking forward on old South HighBy Betsy Pickle
The sad saga of the old South High School is fi nally taking a hopeful turn.
Last Thursday, the city’s Com-munity Development Department held a meeting to seek public in-put on ideas for possible uses for the building at 953 E. Moody Ave., which the city bought this spring after it was certifi ed blighted last year.
The city plans to issue a request for proposals from developers soon and wanted to get an idea of what the community would like to see happen with South High, which ceased operating as a school in 1991 and has gone through a downward spiral of deterioration ever since.
Half of the 40ish attendees were South Knoxville residents. The other half were city employ-ees/offi cials (many of whom are also SoKno residents), interested third parties and the media. City Council members Marshall Stair,
Lindbergh Forest residents Ben Ream, Heather Ream, Kelley DeLuca and
Jake Hudson study the rendering that shows the old South High layout as
well as Dogwood Elementary and the Sarah Simpson center. Photo by Betsy Pickle
Suggestions included an indoor play space, artist studios, dormi-tory-style housing for lower-wage earners, and offi ces. Ernie Gam-mon of Island Home Park said the school would make a nice condo-minium complex for senior citizens.
The former Oakwood School will soon open as a senior living facility, and the same developer is transforming Historic Knox-ville High School along the same lines. The former Giffi n School is also headed in that direction with a different developer.
Kim Trent, executive director of Knox Heritage, noted that South High is eligible for the National Register of Historic Places.
Wade said the panel that will review development proposals would keep the community’s sug-gestions in mind, though they would not be binding. She also said the city hopes that the devel-oper would keep the green space along Moody intact.
George Wallace and Finbarr Saun-ders attended.
Community Development Di-rector Becky Wade (who lives near the school) was upbeat but
cautious about development pros-pects. She emphasized that the city would like to get the property into “the hands of a responsible owner” and back on the tax rolls.
Tripping along Chevy Chase and Beverly
D’Angelo reprise their iconic roles as Clark and Ellen Gris-wold, as son Rusty, now grown, takes his family on (you know it) “Vacation.”
Rusty plans to recreate the magic of his childhood with an epic road trip in a rental car with a mind of its own.
➤ Read Betsy Pickle on page 7
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Obesity has become a signi� cant nation-al health issue. Our society is over weight. The foods we eat are often poor choices and can lead to obesity.
Morbid obesity, de� ned as having a BMI over 35 and being at risk for obe sity-related health issues, is closely correlated with se-rious medical conditions including heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes.
The Fort Sanders Center for Bariatric Surgery is the answer to the prayers of many who battle obesity and its accompa-nying is sues. Bariatric surgeons Dr. Mark Colquitt and Dr. Jonathan Ray have helped more than 2,200 patients lose close to 200,000 pounds through a combination of surgical, spiritual and emotional support.
The atmosphere at the Center for Bariat-ric Surgery is one of sup port and encour-agement. Many of our staff members have undergone bariatric surgery and use their ex perience to help others be success ful on
their journey. The surgeons offer two main options
for their patients: laparo scopic gastric bypass (usually done as a robotic proce-dure), in which a smaller stomach pouch is created and a portion of the small intes-
tine is rerouted to the pouch; and sleevegastrectomy, which removes a portion ofthe stomach and cre ates a narrower diges-tive tube. “The safety of bariat ric surgeryhas improved greatly,” Dr. Colquitt said.“Today, the surgical risk of the procedureis compara ble to having a gallbladder re-moved.” He said in most instances, thepatient goes home within 24 hours aftersurgery.
“But in order for bar iatric surgery to succeed, people have to commit to makingthe lifestyle changes to support the choice,”Dr. Colquitt said. Dr. Ray added, “Our teamwill be there for the patient before and af-ter the procedure. We can get them to thedoor, but they have to walk through it.”
“Our goal is to promote health and wellness and support an obe sity-free life-style,” they say, “and to help our patientsbecome more productive – and fully en-gaged in life.”
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Moments of joy can come from the strang-est of circumstances. Lori Rogers’ laundry is a perfect example.
She was going about the mundane task of folding clothes when she stopped to look at a pair of her shorts. She held them up, and that’s when she got that little burst of happiness. “Never in my lifetime did I think I would be wearing something this small,” Rogers says. Rogers has lost about a 100 pounds since weight loss surgery performed by board cer-ti� ed surgeon Jonathan Ray, MD. Ray and Mark Colquitt, MD, perform weight loss pro-cedures at the Center for Bariatric Surgery at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center. “It’s not about the size that I’m wearing,” Rogers explains, “but it’s about realizing where I was at, how far I’ve come, and how much better I feel because I’ve lost so much weight.” Rogers has indeed come a long way in
her weight loss journey, and she came a long way to get started. Her home is in Cleveland, Tenn., but her insurance would only cover weight loss procedures per-formed by a few providers in Knoxville.Knoxville was a place where her weight had devastated her in the past. She has vivid and not-too-happy memories from the time she landed a position as an usher for the Uni-versity of Tennessee’s football program. “I’m a big UT fan, and I was really excited
about getting a chance to go up there and work,” Rogers says. “I ushered about half the season, but I had to stand for � ve hours at each game, and my feet would hurt so bad that I would be almost in tears on the drive back to Cleveland.” Rogers came to terms with the fact that it wasn’t a problem that could be solved by changing shoes. There was no denying the real source of her pain and exhaustion. “I knew it was my weight. I had to walk
up lots of steps in the stadium, and I would be out of breath,” she says. “My heart would just race rapidly as I went back and forth through the stadium. That was one of the big things that helped me decide I had to do something.”
The weight � rst began piling on, she says, with pregnancy and the birth of her children. She had always considered her-self an average-sized person, so when her weight went above average and stayed
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there it was a problem inside and out. First, it was her self-esteem that suffered, be-cause she was unhappy with the way she looked. Then the weight began to take its toll physically. Rogers’ family loves to be outdoors, and she began to notice that she couldn’t en-joy activities like hiking or even play-ing in the yard. Her blood pressure and cholesterol worsened. Then there was the back pain, and the pain in her feet. “I tried every kind of diet,” Rogers says. “I might lose a little bit of weight, but then I would gain it right back.” Weighing 223 pounds at a height of � ve feet and three inches, she took stock of her life, and where it was going. “I’ve got to do something,” she said to herself at
the time, “or I’m just going to die obese.” A good friend who was also planning to have weight loss surgery invited Rogers to go along for a visit to Dr. Ray. Rogers had a chance to see � rsthand how Dr. Ray and his staff interacted with patients, and something clicked. She knew they would give her both the expertise and the personal care she needed. “I absolutely fell in love with Dr. Ray and his staff,” Rogers says. “They were super amaz-ing.”
She knew she had made the right choice from the � rst time she met
with Dr. Ray. “He gave me all the different options, everyone was so encouraging,” Rogers says. “They are really concerned
about you as a person.” After hearing all the information,
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gastric sleeve procedure in February, 2013. “Since that day, things have gone for the better, every day,” Rogers says. “I went from a size 22 pants to a size � ve or smaller, and from a size 2XL to a size small or medium.” Rogers only mentions those sizes to mea-sure the change for people who want to know. The best part of the transforma-tion for her has been from the inside out. “I’m healthy now, I don’t take blood pressure medicine anymore, and I’m down to one pill a day on my heart medicine instead of three,” Rogers says happily. “I can go hiking, I can get outside and play with my kids, I can stand on my feet, and I feel so much better about myself.” She’s also able to take on Neyland Stadium, walking the steps from the bottom to the top, “and I still have breath in my lungs when I get to the top – I don’t feel like I’m going to pass out!” Rogers advises other who are struggling the way she was to get the facts about medical procedures that can help. She realizes that the decision to undergo weight loss surgery is a very personal one. It certainly was for her. But she came to realize that living with obesity put her at greater risk than surgery ever would. “Dr. Ray is awesome, and I would recom-mend him as one of the best in the United States!” she says. “I highly recommend weight loss surgery, and I would do it over again.”
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started out helping one child and now is helping several,” says Susan Mar-tin, site coordinator for the South Knoxville Elemen-tary Community School. “She’s a great example of our volunteers.”
Forry’s six protégés – fi ve rising second-graders and one rising fi rst-grader – help her weed and wa-ter the plants at the school. As a reward, she wanted to invite them to her home in Kimberlin Heights to have pizza. B&GC director Kim Madeiros thought that would be fi ne, even though the kids were going to have to work for it.
“I thought it would be a good experience for them to make pizzas with vegetables they picked themselves,” says Forry. “I also wanted to get them to eat things that they hadn’t tried before.”
Forry and her husband, Gary, own 13-plus acres. Much of it is hilly and wood-
ed, and the couple enjoy hiking through it for exer-cise and communing with nature. On a recent Friday afternoon, fi ve of the six young garden club members and Madeiros join them.
Forry stops occasionally to point out different species of trees and call attention to unusual fungi. The children are especially taken with red-topped mushrooms.
She teaches them how to recognize poison ivy – something everyone should know.
The trail leads to a fi eld full of high grass and wild-fl owers. On one edge, Forry has carved out a garden. The raised beds are full of vegetable plants in various stages of development. To-matoes, kale and zucchini are ready to go.
She also has herbs – chives, oregano, rosemary, basil, thyme – several of which would work well on a pizza. The youngsters re-
Jillian Ellis and Nigel Asa-
lou dress their pizza slices
with veggies and herbs they
picked fresh from the gar-
den.
Janelle Coiner, South Knoxville Boys & Girls Club director Kim
Madeiros, Kaydence Clark (red shirt), Laney Ingraham, Nigel
Asalou and Jillian Ellis (back to camera) listen as Dianne Forry
explains how she uses the herbs she grows in raised beds.
turn with baskets full of goodies, which Forry wash-es and then shows the chil-dren how to prepare. They decorate pizza-dough slices with tomato sauce, cheese and the garden bounty. It’s farm-to-table dining on a personal level.
Forry’s plan to get them to try something new has mixed results. Each of the kids balks at something, ex-cept for rising fi rst-grader Laney Ingraham:
“I’ll eat anything.”
What’s up, Doc?Sue Hamilton, director of the University of Tennessee Gardens, discusses current projects
at the gardens with members of the Chapman Highway Garden Club. The UT tour served as
the club’s July meeting and drew four new prospective members. It also brought out sev-
eral representatives from Stanley’s Greenhouses, who wanted to get the scoop on what’s
up and coming. Club members were especially interested in the hosta garden, which was
dedicated in June, has more than 600 varieties and soon will be up to around 800 varieties. Photo by Molly Gilbert
IHP’s McCloudearns double honor
Melissa Hansen and Brenda McCloud Photo by Betsy Pickle
By Betsy PickleCelebration and a mea-
sure of sadness mingled re-cently at Island Home Park Health & Rehab.
Excitement fi lled the air as Brenda McCloud, direc-tor of housekeeping and laundry, was presented with two awards. She was named Grace Healthcare’s Caregiv-er of the Year for the region, which includes 11 facilities. And she was named a Care-giver of the Year by the Ten-nessee Health Care Associa-tion, which puts her in the running for the state title.
McCloud will be attend-ing the Grace Healthcare convention Aug. 3-6 in Chattanooga and the THCA
convention Aug. 30-Sept. 2in Nashville.
McCloud’s son Keith sup-ported her as she emotion-ally expressed her thanks.
“I’ve enjoyed working here every day,” said Mc-Cloud. “This is my life, andI hope I can make everyonehappy …”
Before well-wishers dug into the celebratory cake,the health center’s FamilyCouncil presented admin-istrator Melissa Hansenwith a farewell card – it wasHansen’s last day at IslandHome Park. She has joinedGrace Healthcare’s Sevier-ville Health and Rehabilita-tion Center in Sevierville asadministrator there.
The Old Sevier Commu-nity Group kept it short and sweet at the July meeting.
COMMUNITY NOTES ■ Colonial Village Neighborhood Association. Info: Terry Caruthers,
579-5702, [email protected].
■ Knoxville Tri-County Lions Club meets 7 p.m. each second and
fourth Monday, Connie’s Kitchen, 10231 Chapman Highway, Sey-
mour. Info: www.facebook.com/TriCountyLions/info.
■ Lake Forest Neighborhood Association. Info: Molly Gilbert, 209-
1820 or [email protected].
■ Lindbergh Forest Neighborhood Association meets 6:30 p.m. each
third Wednesday, Graystone Presbyterian Church, 139 Woodlawn
Pike. Info: Kelley DeLuca, 660-4728, [email protected].
■ Old Sevier Community Group meets 7 p.m. each third Thursday,
South Knoxville Elementary School library, 801 Sevier Ave. Info:
Gary E. Deitsch, 573-7355 or [email protected].
Betsy Pickle
Off the Map at Meridian“Journey Off the Map” was the program during Vacation
Bible School at Meridian Baptist Church, 6513 Chapman
Highway. Pastor Dana Fachman led the opening service
in the sanctuary and got kids fi red up about follow-
ing the right path. He also stirred up excitement about
penny donations for missions, with girls taking the lead
on Wednesday night. After the intro, grade levels headed
downstairs for sessions including Bible study, crafts, mu-
sic and recreation. Photos by Betsy Pickle
New at Old Sevier
Discussion of the ground-breaking at Suttree Land-ing Park led to a suggestion that property owners in the area be encouraged to start their own butterfl y gardens. Old Sevier has created two already, including one at South Knoxville Elementa-ry School, where the group meets.
SKES Community School site coordinator Susan Mar-tin has found a fraternity that has volunteered to help with planting in the fall.
SKES principal Tanna Nicely reported that reno-vation of the school’s library is coming along, and it will have a “soft opening” in Au-gust. She said the Old Sevier group will be able to meet there (instead of in the gym) for its August meeting.
■ Candidate forum The next big thing for the
South Knoxville Neighbor-hood & Business Coalition is a candidate forum at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 27, at Wood-lawn Christian Church.
Candidates for City Council will speak and then do a meet and greet. SKNBC wants them to focus on mat-ters affecting South Knox-ville. The public is invited.
The coalition’s July meet-ing featured guest Lou-ise Gorenfl o of Knoxville Scores. Gorenfl o talked to the group about Knoxville’s efforts to win the George-
town University Energy Prize of $5 million by cut-ting the city’s energy usage. Private homeowners can make a big difference, she said.
Mary Thom Adams of Ijams Nature Center also visited to promote the latest and greatest at Ijams, one of which is new SKNBC Lind-bergh Forest representative Jake “River Man” Hudson (teaming with Jewell Min-nich). Hudson joined Ijams last September to collect trash on Fort Loudoun Lake as part of Ijams’ river-clean-ing contract with the city.
Adams also pro-moted the new Navi-tat Canopy Adventure (two days before an un-fortunate accident left an 18-year-old Georgia man injured and shut down Navitat tempo-rarily). Adams touted Navitat’s commitment to the environment and educa-tion.
Adams said the beach at Mead’s Quarry would be opening soon. Music programs also continue at Ijams, with jazz, blues and Americana shows on their way.
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Little people sing about the hole in the bottom of the sea.
Shrewd merchants smile and capitalize on doughnut holes.
The hole in the middle of the Tennessee defense is not a fun thing.
Tommy Thigpen, coach of Volunteer linebackers, faces a very large void with fi ve or six or seven possible fi llers but no obvious solu-tion.
Middle linebacker, quar-terback of the defense, is a critical position in this era of complex offenses doing all sorts of exciting things at warp speed. It requires comprehensive preparation, reading accuracy, ability to think and adjust on the fl y, skill and strength to ward off big, hairy blockers and a
Hole in the middle of Tennessee defense
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boldness to discourage run-ning backs and receivers who dare invade the territory.
Those old enough to re-member Jack Reynolds can grasp what one looks like. OK, the position was less demanding then. Al Wilson did it well. A.J. Johnson was doing OK until …
Those who don’t recog-nize the current defi ciency think Tennessee’s defense will be much better than last season. There is more available talent and depth
up front and more speed in the secondary. Jalen Reeves-Maybin might be an all-American at outside linebacker.
Alas, games can be won or lost in the middle.
Unless there is a radi-cal reassignment, here are Thigpen’s choices:
Kenny Bynum, 6-1 and 250, has been around four years and knows more. He is tough enough against the run but not very fast. He did not forfeit the job in spring practice.
Darrin Kirkland was re-cruited to be the middle linebacker of the future. He arrived in January to get a head start but needed medi-cal repairs and spent spring drills watching instead of doing. He is 6-2 and 235.
Jacob Johnson, 6-4 and
240, may be a slender end but played MLB against Vanderbilt last November. To put it sweetly, the Com-modores liked him a lot. Johnson is shaped like a football player, has size, strength and decent speed, hits hard and might be re-ally good someday. He grew up in Germany. He lacks football background and ex-perience.
Gavin Bryant, redshirt freshman, hurts people. He is 6-0 and 236 and a natural hitter. He is also a work in progress.
Dillon Bates, 6-3 and 225, probably should be an outside linebacker but may be a middle man out of ne-cessity. Like Kirkland, Bates lost precious development time to injury. Tennessee has not yet seen the real Dil-
Sarah Hall
The best moments of my summer were not the days spent at the beach; they were my two weeks at East Tennessee Children’s Hos-pital. I just completed my second summer as a Volun-teen and had even more fun than the summer before.
That fi rst summer I walked into the hospital nervous and unsure what to expect. I was excited to have the opportunity, but I did not know anyone. It can be super awkward and nerve-racking to sit in a room with 15 other people and not know a single name.
Then a woman named Kathi walked in and imme-diately made all of us feel at home. She had a bright smile and warm personal-ity. I didn’t know then how amazing she truly was.
The fi rst day I was as-signed to Child Life, asked to visit patients’ rooms to ask if they need anything, want to play or do crafts. A few of us went with an adult volunteer to learn the ropes.
At fi rst it was awkward. Most of these kids weren’t feeling great and were right-fully scared to be in a hospi-tal. But I soon learned that the only way to make a child feel comfortable was to re-late to them and be genu-inely interested. That day I entered a little girl’s room and asked if she would like to play a game in the play-room or maybe do a craft. She looked at me with fear in her eyes and shook her head no. I glanced around the room and noticed that she had owl balloons, an owl blanket and an owl stuffed animal. I asked if I could sit and started to talk to her about how much I loved the blanket, balloons and stuffed animal. She smiled and said, “Owls are my favorite animal. What’s yours?”
I realized I had an open-ing, so I suggested we go to the playroom and paint an owl. When she enthusiasti-cally shook her head yes I could feel tears in my eyes. In that moment I knew I had made her day better, a little brighter.
The next day I couldn’t wait to come back. I did everything in those two weeks from playing Xbox
at Children’s Hospital
for hours (and losing nineout of 10 times) with a boywho couldn’t get out of bedto trying to get a little girl tostop crying by walking heraround the hallway a billiontimes.
Not every day was I in apatient’s room. There weredays I would sit at the infor-mation desk and direct peo-ple to their appointments,cut out puppets for kids tocolor and clean DVDs forthe movie cart. Some maysay those days didn’t makean impact, but I believe theydid. If I could help a frazzledparent fi nd the ER, or makepuppets so a child waitingfor bloodwork would havesomething to do other thanworry, and even have cleanDVDs in case a child wantedto watch “Finding Nemo,”then I made an impact.
There was not a day that Ididn’t help someone.
This program not only al-lowed me to make a differ-ence in the lives of sick chil-dren, but I made so manylifelong friends. The fi rstday no one was speaking,but by the end of the fi rstweek we couldn’t be quiet! Itwas amazing to meet peoplewho had the same passionthat I did, and it made everyday so much more enjoyablewhen you got to work withamazing people.
On the last day I bawledmy eyes out. I couldn’t be-lieve it was over. I was goingto miss all my new friendsand particularly Ms. Kathi.The volunteer programwould be nothing withouther. Her constant smile andlaughter can brighten any-one’s day, and she would doanything for you.
As I excitedly came backfor my second summer Iknew that there would bemore friends to make and,most importantly, morechildren to make smile. I amso thankful for a programthat allows me to give backand all the people that mademy summer 10 times better.I love you all!
GOSSIP AND LIES ■ Tom Jones, a former chair
of the KUB board, has sur-
rendered his law license,
we hear. On Monday, his
law fi rm’s website had a
blank spot where Jones
once stood.
■ Where’s Foster? County
Clerk Foster Arnett is no
stranger to controversy
although his missteps tend
toward the absurd rather
than more traditional folly.
■ Arnett skipped town last
week rather than respond
to a KnoxViews blog post
headlined, “Hacked or
Unhinged? You Decide.”
■ Gary Wade says he will
leave the state Supreme
Court, to which he just won
re-election to an 8-year
term, and may become
dean of the John J. Duncan
Jr. School of Law.
■ This makes no sense but
gives Bill Haslam a chance
to put his friend Herb Slat-
ery on the high court.
■ Slatery has been on a
career fast track, serving
as Haslam’s legal counsel
before the Supreme Court
appointed him as attorney
general in 2014.
– S. Clark
lon Bates.Very secret weapons (no-
body has heard much about ’em) are sophomore walk-on Colton Jumper and one or more athletic freshmen.
Thigpen may have a couple of aces up his sleeve. Curt Maggitt plays more as an end because of his relent-less pursuit. But, if nobody fi lls the vacancy, if the need is deemed serious enough, he could switch. He’d do it in a minute, too. He is a team-fi rst guy. Butch Jones says so.
The big win with Reeves-Maybin as an outside backer is speed. He is a former safety who got bigger. If he
has to play in the middle, he can think bigger.
There is a glaring contra-diction between the middle linebacker dilemma and tall talk about winning the East division of the Sou th-eastern Conference. Really good teams rarely go into August with such uncer-tainties.
But, wait, there is an-other alternative. Really good coaches solve such problems before the mid-dle of September. By the middle of October, we may have forgotten all about this one.Marvin West invites reader reaction. His
address is [email protected]
was being interviewed by telephone on his way to a real estate agent’s offi ce to pick up a gift he’d been told would be waiting for him at the front desk. When he walked in, he remarked that the place seemed deserted, yoo-hooed and got a terse response from some guy in the back.
“That’s funny. They don’t have a clue who they’re talk-ing to. I could be Vice Presi-dent Gore’s son,” he said. “This font desk hasn’t been used in years …”
A few seconds later, the Realtor he was looking for materialized with the gift and Ward was back in his car on his way to deliver a refrigerator, explaining the house fl ipping business while he drove.
“I’d have been a superstar if I’d had somebody to mar-ket me fi ve years ago,” he said. “I’ve fl ipped over 800 houses in 27 years – ain’t nobody in the nation done that.”
He started small, with
a house in Colonial Village that he moved into.
“As I was working on that house, I realized that I en-joyed it and it was fun, and thought to myself I could make some mon-
ey doing this, so I bought a fl ip home to sell on Martin Mill pike, just past Bonnie Kate, and it went well – $12,000 on that fi rst fl ip. So I was kinda hooked, as my dad used to say …”
After that, he’d buy may-be two or three houses a year, sometimes in partner-ship with friends, and the number grew to 10 or 12 a year, and kept going. Over the last 10 years, he’s aver-aged between 30 and 40 a year, and for a while held down a fulltime job as stage manager at the Civic Colise-um. He left the job fi ve years ago, but still does freelance
stage managing at the coli-seum, Thompson-Boling Arena, the Tennessee The-atre and Gatlinburg venues. He’s kept some houses as rentals, but says fl ipping is his fi rst love.
“There’s nothing like tak-ing a house and transform-ing it into a desirable prop-erty,” he said.
Add that to his weekly “Fix it, Flip it or Skip it” radio hour, the script he’s preparing for a TV show, the offer he’s mulling to start fl ipping mobile homes, and it doesn’t leave much room for politics.
“I was out at Powell sup-porting Bob and Ed, and I mentioned that several peo-ple have approached me. I ran a few years ago, and got beat by 300 votes. Another time I started to run and Paul Pinkston jumped back in at the last minute, and I decided not to do it. But I’m 49, still young enough so I can say I’ll never close my doors, and I’ll always try to keep my options open.”
SOUTH KNOX Shopper news • JULY 29, 2015 • 5 government
THROUGH AUG. 9
Knoxville Watercolor Society exhibit, Oak Ridge Art Center, 201 Badger Ave., Oak Ridge. Info: 482-1441.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 29
How To Study Smart workshop: Organization and Time Management Skills, 2-3:15 p.m. or 5-6:15 p.m., Cafeteria Annex of the Goins Administration Building, Pellissippi State Community College, 10915 Hardin Valley Road. Free and open to the public; space limited. Info/RSVP: 539-7160 or [email protected].
Mindfulness and the Alexander Technique, 10:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m., 313 N. Forest Park Blvd. Cost: $35. Preregistration required. Info/registration: Lilly Sutton, 387-7600 or www.AlexanderTechniqueKnoxville.com.
Tennessee Shines: Bear Medicine and poet Joshua Lavender, 7 p.m., Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 101 S. Central St. Tickets: $10; available online or at the door. Info/tick-ets: http://jigandreel.ticketleap.com or WDVX.com.
THURSDAY, JULY 30
Deadline for early registration discount for Downtown Dragon, Drum and Paddle Dragon Boat
Race, to be held 8 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, Volunteer Landing. Registration fee before July 30: $1,000 for corporate teams and $850 for nonprofi t organization teams; $1,250 and $900 after. Proceeds go to Tennessee Clean Water Network. Info/registration: www.tcwn.org.
How To Study Smart workshop: Classroom Study Skills for Academic Success, 2-3:15 p.m. or 5-6:15 p.m., Cafeteria Annex of the Goins Administration Building, Pellissippi State Community College, 10915 Hardin Valley Road. Free and open to the public; space limited. Info/RSVP: 539-7160 or [email protected].
“Kale in December and Carrots in January … no problem!” 3:15-4:30 p.m., Humana Guidance Cen-ter, 4438 Western Ave. Presented by Extension Master Gardener Marsha Lehman. Free and open to the public. Info: 329-8892.
THURSDAY-FRIDAY, JULY 30-31
“Samsung Galaxy Phone/Tablet Basics for Se-niors” class, 10 a.m.-noon, Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Presented by Social Media 4 Seniors. Cost: $45. Info/registration: 218-3375; www.townoffarragut.org/register; in person at Town Hall.
FRIDAY, JULY 31
Chateau La Paws wine tasting/pet adoption event, 5:30-7 p.m., tasting room in Dixie Lee Wine & Liquors,
13044 Kingston Pike. Info: 966-5551.
FRIDAY-SATURDAY, JULY 31-AUG. 1
“Ladies of Broadway,” 7:30 p.m., Tellico Commu-nity Playhouse, 304 Lakeside Plaza, Loudon. Info: www.tellicocommunityplayhouse.org.
SATURDAY, AUG. 1
Ancestry in Detail, 1-3 p.m., East Tennessee His-tory Center, 601 S. Gay St. Preregistration, a valid email address and good Internet searching capabilities are required. Info/registration: 215-8809.
Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town Petsmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee. Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org.
Rugby Roots: “Edu-Tellers” Betty and Mike Rowe, 7 p.m., Rebecca Brown Theater in Historic Rugby. Admission: $10. Info: www.historicrugby.org.
SUNDAY-TUESDAY, AUG. 2-4
Auditions for “Honky Tonk Angels,” 2-4 p.m. Sunday and 6-8 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Tellico Com-munity Playhouse, 304 Lakeside Plaza, Loudon. Casting three female vocalists. Info: Joan Dorsey, 408-1071.
Harwell idea delays vote on gas tax
House Speaker Beth Harwell has urged that part or all of the $400 million in additional state tax collections should go for new roads and existing road repairs. This is new money coming into the state treasury that was not anticipated when the state budget was enacted a few months ago.
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What is significant here is that Harwell is voic-ing a game plan for the Legislature to tackle the road issue in a way that would enable it to avoid a gas tax increase vote in the 2016 session starting in five months. This would be new money one time for roads and would allow the lawmakers to skip a gas tax vote in an election year.
Harwell is considered a potential candidate for governor and has been traveling the state. She did a Rotary Club talk in Knoxville and appeared for state Rep. Roger Kane over the past few months. She is expected back in East Tennessee several times this fall.
Gov. Haslam with a new chief of staff, Jim Henry, may wish to avoid this contentious issue where success is not assured coming on top of the Insure Tennessee loss last January. Most observ-ers see increasing the gas tax as a high mountain to climb in 2016 when many lawmakers ran on a pro-gram of lower taxes.
It is hard to explain a vote for a higher tax if within the recent past you have pledged backing for lower taxes.
■ MPC has been sued in federal court over gender discrimination by its former finance direc-tor, Dee Ann Reynolds, who lives in Union County. The new director, Gerald Green, inherits this from his predecessor Mark Donaldson, who termi-nated Reynolds and was himself then pushed out the door after neighbor-hood activists across the city called for his ouster.
This will be a fascinat-ing lawsuit as it plays out or is settled, but expect it
to go on for months. The plaintiff’s attorney, David Burkhalter, is a pro in these personnel discrimi-nation lawsuits.
The new MPC director no longer works for the Metropolitan Planning Commission but for the two mayors, Burchett and Rogero.
■ David Collins, former chair of the Knox County Commission and city architect, is getting married to Kirby Bell, community volunteer. Wedding will be in June 2016.
■ Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush will hold a fundraiser Aug. 4 in Williamson County co-hosted by Gov. Haslam’s parents, Jim and Natalie Haslam. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker was in the same county 10 days ago. Williamson County is a popular fundraising spot for national GOP candi-dates.
■ Art Clancy, 85, former international president of Rotary (the first from Knoxville) and founder of Clancy Optical, is recovering well from open-heart surgery and is now at home. His wife is Sue Clancy, former direc-tor of special events for the city of Knoxville.
■ The dedication of Everly Brothers Park will be 5:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 7, at the corner of Kings-ton Pike and Forest Park Boulevard. This happened due to the work of the Bearden Council, Den-nis Owen, Terry Faulkner plus City Council member Duane Grieve. Don and Phil Everly attended West High School near this site. Public is invited to the dedication. It should be a great occasion.
■ When Jack Sharp is replaced on MPC this summer, he will complete 40 years of public service to the city of Knoxville with 28 years on City Council (14 years as vice mayor) plus 12 years on MPC. Sharp turns 81 on Aug. 10.
■ Gov. Haslam will host a luncheon for state Sen. Doug Overbey’s re-election on Thursday, July 30, at Cherokee County Club at $1,000 a person.
■ Karen Carson and Jason Zachary will debate at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 6, at Farragut Town Hall. Public is invited. They are candidates for GOP nomi-nation for state represen-tative from District 14.
Ward
Will Ward fl ip or skip commission race?Among the citizens who
showed up for the Powell edition of Ed and Bob Show (i.e. the traveling constitu-ent meeting road show put on by county commission-ers-at-large Ed Brantley and Bob Thomas) was Chuck Ward, the “Fix it, Flip it or Skip it” radio show guy. Brantley introduced Ward to the crowd as a “probable” county commission candi-date from District 9 next year.
Betty Bean
By the time the Shopper-News caught up with Ward, a busy guy who’s always on his way to somewhere else, he’d downgraded his can-didate status from prob-able to just the other side of possible. He’s just got too many irons in the fi re, he said, which was why he
Wendy Smith
Foster
Foster in line to be city’s new redevelopment director
Dawn Michelle Foster, who will soon step into
K n o x v i l l e R e d e v e l -o p m e n t D i r e c t o r Bob Whet-sel’s shoes, d o e s n ’ t mind being a woman in an industry t y p i c a l l y
dominated by men. She spent 22 years as a senior transportation planner and construction project man-ager for Wilbur Smith Asso-ciates (now CDM Smith) be-fore her career with the city.
“This will be the fi rst time I’ve ever had a woman boss,” she says, referring to Mayor Madeline Rogero.
Foster, who is also Af-rican American, will work closely with Anne Wallace, who will fi ll Foster’s previ-ous role as deputy director of redevelopment. It’s a sign of a forward-thinking city that the offi ce is so diverse, as is the sheer number of current redevelopment projects.
The south waterfront has been Foster’s primary focus since she was hired by the city three years ago, and she’s enthusiastic about the changes that are happening in that part of town. In ear-ly July, ground was broken for Suttree Landing Park − part of a 750-acre rede-velopment project across the Tennessee River from downtown and the Univer-sity of Tennessee.
Updates to Sevier Avenue are creating interest in ex-
isting structures from local developers, she says, and plans for apartments at the former Baptist Hospital site and the Island Home area are coming along. The re-alignment of the entrance of Fort Dickerson Park is fi n-ished, and further enhance-ments should be completed by the end of the year.
Such improvements, paired with the city’s Urban Wilderness, will revitalize South Knoxville.
“All that vibrancy is start-ing to take place,” she says.
Now Foster will have other major projects on her plate, like Magnolia and Cumber-land Avenues and Downtown North. She recognizes that redevelopment calls for resi-dents to be open-minded − and patient. Concept plans don’t always look like the “cake on the box,” and they require enormous amounts of time and money, she says. But the ultimate payout is blighted property that is made useful again.
Redevelopment yields other resources. There have been hundreds of millions of dollars of private invest-ment around Cumberland Avenue, and Foster expects more to come. That’s anoth-er good reason for residents to be patient until the proj-ect’s anticipated completion
date of August of 2017.“In a couple of years,
we’ll be skipping down the sidewalk with smiles on our faces because of the new streetscape.”
One of the benefi ts of Foster’s new job will be get-ting to work with other city departments, since the proj-ects require so much cross-over, she says.
She is grateful to have had the opportunity to work with Whetsel. He’s been a great mentor, and she ap-preciates the leadership style he developed during his former career as a high school football coach. She is glad to continue to work with Wallace, who is also well-respected.
“We’ll make Bob proud.”
John Fugate of Fountain City has launched his campaign for the Republican nomination for Knox County Commis-sion from District 2. The seat is currently held by Amy Bro-yles, a Democrat who has opted not to seek a third term.
Fugate served briefl y on the school board as an appoin-tee of County Commission when Indya Kincannon re-signed and before Tracie Sanger was elected.
He said some 150 people attended Saturday’s kickoff in Fountain City Park. Notables included Mayor Tim Bur-chett, Law Director Bud Armstrong, Property Assessor Phil Ballard and commissioners Dave Wright, Jeff Ownby and Bob Thomas.
Michele Carringer is also a candidate for the GOP nomi-nation. The primary is in May 2016 with the general elec-tion in August.
R.B. and Susan Schumpert stand with John Fugate (center) at
his campaign kickoff . Photo submitted
Fugate launches campaign
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The New Year will
start
out
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free
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Bearden High Sch
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students
and staff
members who
pitched in
during th
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Love on Beard
en Day.
Assista
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cipal Anna
Graham,
a self-
confessed cle
an
freak, org
anized th
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school’s
Student
Government
Associatio
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painting,
constructio
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landscapin
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projects
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more fo
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was t
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share
the love with
other
groups
and
community
members,”
she sa
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family
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who
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English at Beard
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then
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at
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founded
by
mom
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bee
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mai
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itage
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troop
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unteer
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would
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to s
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chap
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area
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sim
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mem
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out 7
0
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3
‘Inhere
nt Vic
e’
Betsy
Pic
kle re
view
s “In
her-
ent V
ice”
and “S
elm
a.”
About t
he fi rs
t she w
rites
,
“Joa
quin P
hoenix
wou
ld se
em
the p
erfe
ct ac
tor t
o pla
y a
ston
er p
rivat
e eye
in a
’70s-
set
mys
tery
, and in
man
y way
s he
is th
e rig
ht man
for t
he job
in
“Inher
ent V
ice.”
But t
he tw
ist
on fi
lm n
oir –
“Chin
atow
n”
with
hip
pies –
nev
er fe
els c
om-
fort
able
in it
s ow
n skin
.”
➤
Read B
etsy P
ickle
on pa
ge A-10
It w
as a g
ood
bowl g
ame
There a
re go
od bow
l gam
es
and b
ad b
owl g
ames
and so
me
that
are
irre
leva
nt. N
ow a
nd
then
one b
ecom
es fa
r mor
e
mea
ningf
ul than
an o
rdin
ary
bowl s
hould
be.
This w
asn’t
Tem
pe 16 ye
ars
ago.
This
was
n’t par
t of t
he new
natio
nal p
layo
ff. It
was
just
the
TaxSla
yer (
Gator
) Bow
l, but i
t
was
real
ly b
ig fo
r the V
olun-
teer
s. It
was
dou
ble o
r not
hing.
➤
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arvin
West o
n pag
e A-4
9 NO. 1
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ISSUE
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as a g
ood
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ar will
start
out
and dust-
free
at
gh School,
thanks
to
and staff
mem
ght and s
al Love
ural L
ural L
ural
ural
days
t dast
dast
daast
dst
d
hool
chool
choo
cho
chlean lean
clean
clea
clea
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staff
memb
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st dt d
ast d
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cho
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‘Sel
ma’
mov
ie, p
anel
kick
off
city
’s c
ivil
rig
hts
cele
bra
tion
By
Bill
Do
cker
y
Four
Kno
xvill
e ve
tera
ns
of t
he c
ivil
righ
ts m
ove-
men
t will
gat
her
for
a sp
e-
cial
pub
lic s
cree
ning
of t
he
new
mov
ie “
Selm
a” a
s th
e
city
of
Kno
xvill
e op
ens
its
cele
brat
ion
of th
e 50
th a
n-
nive
rsar
y of
pas
sage
of t
he
Voti
ng R
ight
s A
ct o
f 196
5.
The
cele
brat
ion
is c
alle
d
“Let
Us
Mar
ch o
n Ba
llot
Boxe
s,”
and
the
prog
ram
will
beg
in a
t 3
p.m
. Sat
ur-
day,
Jan
. 10
, at
Reg
al C
in-
emas
Pin
nacl
e Tur
key
Cree
k
with
the
fou
r ci
vil
righ
ts
lead
ers
refl e
ctin
g on
th
e
stru
ggle
for v
otin
g ri
ghts
.
“Sel
ma”
is
w
inni
ng
prai
se f
or i
ts p
ortr
ayal
of
Mar
tin L
uthe
r K
ing
Jr. a
nd
for
its a
stut
e re
-cre
atio
n of
the
polit
ics
and
pers
onal
i-
ties
of t
he c
ivil
righ
ts c
am-
paig
n.“W
e enc
oura
ge e
very
one
to b
uy t
icke
ts in
adv
ance
,”
said
Jo
shal
yn
Hun
dley
,
city
coo
rdin
ator
of t
he p
ro-
gram
. Ti
cket
s fo
r th
e PG
-
13 fi
lm a
re $
8 fo
r ad
ults
and
$7.5
0 fo
r ch
ildre
n an
d
seni
ors.
K
AT
buse
s w
ill
prov
ide
tran
spor
tatio
n
from
the
Civ
ic C
olis
eum
to
the
thea
ter
at 2
p.m
. Sa
t-
urda
y. P
eopl
e us
ing
mob
il-
ity
devi
ces
shou
ld c
onta
ct
In th
is A
P w
ire
ph
oto
from
Feb
. 15,
196
5, M
arti
n Lu
ther
Kin
g Jr
. gre
eted
two
Uni
tari
an U
nive
rsal
ist m
inis
ters
wh
en th
ey w
ere
rele
ased
from
jail
in S
elm
a, A
la. G
ord
on G
ibso
n (r
ight
) an
d Ir
a Bl
alo
ck (l
eft)
wer
e ob
serv
-
ing
civ
il ri
ght
s ac
tion
s fo
r th
eir d
enom
inat
ion
wh
en th
ey w
ere
arre
sted
on th
e st
eps
of th
e D
alla
s C
ount
y (A
la.)
cour
thou
se.
Righ
ts m
arch
chan
ged
a
natio
n – a
nd a
min
iste
r’s li
fe
Hun
dley
at
865-
215-
3867
by F
rida
y, J
an. 9
.
The
pane
lists
in
clud
e
Gor
don
Gib
son,
a r
etir
ed
Uni
tari
an
Uni
vers
alis
t
min
iste
r who
was
in S
elm
a
as
an
obse
rver
; H
arol
d
Mid
dleb
rook
, ret
ired
min
-
iste
r who
was
act
ive
in S
el-
ma;
Avo
n R
ollin
s, w
ho le
d
Kno
xvill
e ci
vil
righ
ts a
c-
tions
; and
Joh
n St
ewar
t, a
mem
ber
of V
ice
Pres
iden
t
Hub
ert
Hum
phre
y’s
staf
f
whe
n th
e C
ivil
Rig
hts
Act
was
pas
sed.
Fift
y ye
ars
ago,
Gib
son
was
sen
t by
the
Uni
tari
an
Uni
vers
alis
t A
ssoc
iati
on
to o
bser
ve c
ivil
righ
ts a
c-
tion
s in
Sel
ma
bein
g le
d
by M
arti
n Lu
ther
Kin
g Jr
.
and
the
Sout
hern
Chr
is-
tian
Le
ader
ship
C
onfe
r-
ence
. W
ith
a fr
esh
mas
-
ter’s
in d
ivin
ity
from
Tuf
ts
Uni
vers
ity
and
only
25
year
s ol
d, G
ibso
n he
aded
to S
elm
a w
itho
ut a
cle
ar
sens
e of
wha
t was
at s
take
pers
onal
ly o
r na
tion
ally
.
“Don
’t go
to
Selm
a un
-
less
it’
s m
ore
impo
rtan
t
that
you
go
than
tha
t yo
u
com
e ba
ck,”
one
deno
mi-
natio
n of
fi cia
l war
ned
him
.
That
sho
cked
Gib
son
and
his w
ife, J
udy
– al
so a
min
-
iste
r –
into
hav
ing
thei
r
will
s w
ritt
en.
“In
retr
ospe
ct,
I w
as
thin
king
onl
y a
frac
ti
all t
he is
sues
aro
und
me.
“I w
ent t
o Se
lma
wit
h an
obse
rver
men
talit
y. I
t too
k
me
a w
hile
to
over
com
e
that
men
talit
y an
d fi g
ure
out
that
the
loc
al p
eopl
e
wer
en’t
just
ob
serv
ing
they
wer
e pu
ttin
g
thin
g on
the
li
wen
t do
wn
hous
ebe
i
cost
of i
nvol
vem
ent
W
stan
ding
on
the
the
Dal
las
C
hous
ew
driv
IN T
HIS IS
SUE
PAC
E 10
resu
lts,
ben
efi t
s, ra
tes
Kno
xvill
e U
tilit
ies
Boa
rd
usto
mer
s in
200
4 to
rate
s to
trip
le o
ver
10
the
utili
ty p
icke
d
e on
sew
er s
yste
m
nts
to c
ompl
y w
ith
sent
dec
ree.
nded
, how
has
? dra C
lark p
age 3
‘Inh
eren
t Vic
e’
Bet
sy P
ickl
e re
view
s “I
nher
-
ent V
ice”
and
“Sel
ma.
”
Abo
ut th
e fi r
st s
he w
rite
s,
“Joa
quin
Pho
enix
wou
ld s
eem
the
perf
ect a
ctor
to p
lay
a
ston
er p
riva
te e
ye in
a ’7
0s-s
et
mys
tery
, and
in m
any
way
s he
is th
e ri
ght m
an fo
r the
job
in
“Inh
eren
t Vic
e.” B
ut th
e tw
ist
on fi
lm n
oir –
“Chi
nato
wn”
wit
h hi
ppie
s –
neve
r fee
ls c
om-
fort
able
in it
s ow
n sk
in.”
➤
Read
Bet
sy P
ickle
on p
age 7
way
It w
as a
go
od
bow
l gam
e
Ther
e ar
e go
od b
owl g
ames
and
bad
bow
l gam
es a
nd s
ome
that
are
irre
leva
nt. N
ow a
nd
then
one
bec
omes
far m
ore
mea
ning
ful t
han
an o
rdin
ary
bow
l sho
uld
be.
This
was
n’t T
empe
16 y
ears
ago.
Thi
s w
asn’
t par
t of t
he
new
nat
iona
l pla
yoff
. It w
as
just
the
TaxS
laye
r (G
ator
)
Bow
l, bu
t it w
as r
eally
big
for
the
Volu
ntee
rs. I
t was
dou
ble
or n
othi
ng.
➤
Read
Mar
vin W
est o
n pa
ge 4
fofof
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ickoff
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ivil
od
am
eo
good
bow
l gam
es
ame
mbo
wl g
ames
and
som
e
t are
irre
leva
nt. N
ow a
nd
then
one
bec
omes
far m
ore
mea
ning
ful t
han
an
bow
l
wwfofo
➤➤
pane
l kick
off
city
’s c
ivil
ore
gful
than
an
bow
l
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ELL/
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By
San
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rk
Kno
xvil
le U
tili
ties
Boa
rd t
old
cust
omer
s in
20
04
to e
xpec
t rat
es
to t
ripl
e ov
er 1
0 y
ears
as
the
util
-
ity
pick
ed u
p th
e pa
ce o
n se
wer
syst
em i
mpr
ovem
ents
to
com
ply
wit
h a
fede
ral
con
sent
de
cree
.
Wit
h 20
14 e
nded
, ho
w h
as t
hat
wor
ked
out?
KU
B h
as r
educ
ed s
ewer
ove
r-
fl ow
s by
75
perc
ent,
acc
ord
ing
to
Bil
l E
lmor
e, e
xecu
tive
vic
e pr
esi-
dent
and
ch
ief
oper
atin
g of
fi cer
.
And
w
hil
e ra
tes
have
so
ared
,
they
’ve
not
reac
hed
the
200
per
-
cent
inc
reas
e or
igin
ally
pro
ject
-
ed.
Elm
ore
says
K
UB
’s
typi
cal
resi
dent
ial
cust
omer
(50
0 c
ubic
feet
of
us
age
or
3,75
0
gall
ons)
pays
$50
.50
per
mon
th f
or s
ewer
.
Tha
t’s
beca
use
cust
omer
s ha
ve
redu
ced
usag
e an
d in
stal
led
mor
e
wat
er-e
ffi c
ient
fi xt
ures
.
“If
wat
er
usag
e w
as
at
the
hig
her
leve
l an
tici
pate
d in
th
e
fi ve-
year
rep
ort
(60
0 c
ubic
fee
t),
toda
y’s
bill
wou
ld b
e $
59.2
0,”
sai
d
Elm
ore.
For
that
inv
estm
ent,
KU
B h
as
com
plet
ed
134
proj
ects
to
tal-
ing
$530
mil
lion
on t
ime
and
on
repl
acem
ent
prog
ram
at
a ra
te o
f
2 pe
rcen
t pe
r ye
ar b
ut w
ill
do s
o
KUB’
s PAC
E 10
, ‘on t
ime a
nd on
budg
et’
for
a sp
ecia
l pu
blic
scr
een
ing
of
the
new
mov
ie “
Selm
a” a
s th
e ci
ty
of K
noxv
ille
ope
ns i
ts c
eleb
rati
on
of th
e 50
th a
nn
iver
sary
of p
assa
ge
of t
he V
otin
g R
ight
s A
ct o
f 196
5.
The
cel
ebra
tion
is c
alle
d “L
et U
s
Mar
ch o
n B
allo
t B
oxes
,” an
d th
e
prog
ram
will
beg
in a
t 3
p.m
. Sa
t-
urda
y, J
an.
10,
at R
egal
Cin
emas
Pin
nacl
e Tu
rkey
Cre
ek w
ith
the
four
civi
l rig
hts
lead
ers
refl e
ctin
g on
the
stru
ggle
for
voti
ng r
ight
s.
“Sel
ma”
is w
inni
ng p
rais
e fo
r it
s
port
raya
l of M
arti
n Lu
ther
Kin
g Jr
.
and
for
its
astu
te r
e-cr
eati
on o
f the
polit
ics
and
pers
onal
itie
sof
th
righ
ts c
ampa
ign.
“We
enco
uti
cket
In t
his
AP
wir
e p
ho
to
two
Un
itar
ian
Selm
a
Flap
jack
s C
abin
com
ing
to
Po
we
ll
Get
rea
dy fo
r so
me
Smok
y
Mou
ntai
n fl a
pjac
ks o
n E
mor
y
Roa
d ne
ar I
-75.
Bus
ines
s re
port
er N
ancy
Whi
ttak
er s
ays
the
spot
vac
at-
ed b
y T
hree
Am
igos
has
bee
n
leas
ed to
the
Col
lier
Gro
up o
ut
of S
evie
rvil
le a
nd is
bei
ng r
e-
mod
eled
as
Kno
x C
ount
y’s
fi rst
Fla
pjac
ks P
anca
ke r
esta
uran
t.
The
sto
res
in S
evie
r C
ount
y
are
calle
d ca
bin
s an
d th
e
web
site
talk
s ab
out a
guy
nam
ed B
rent
who
lear
ned
how
to m
ake
fl apj
acks
from
his
gran
dma
and
perf
ecte
d hi
s
tech
niq
ue o
n hu
ngry
hik
ers
and
mou
ntai
n vi
sito
rs in
the
Smok
ies.
Ope
nin
g in
20
01, F
lapj
acks
sold
its
fi rst
mil
lion
panc
akes
by 2
00
5. B
y 20
06,
it w
as a
t
two
mil
lion
and
now
is o
ver
fi ve
mil
lion.
Tha
t’s a
lot o
f
fl apj
acks
.T
he n
ew s
tore
is a
lrea
dy
post
ed o
n th
e w
ebsi
te a
t 60
3
Eas
t Em
ory
Roa
d, S
uite
101
,
but t
he to
wn
is w
rong
.
If y
our
ZIP
cod
e is
378
49
then
you
r to
wn
is P
owel
l. T
he
phon
e th
ere
is 8
65-3
62-7
575
nd, o
n th
e of
f-ch
ance
tha
t it’s
swer
ed s
omew
here
els
e, c
all
ut e
mpl
oym
ent.
ll th
em y
ou s
aw it
in t
he
er!
– S
. Cla
rk
ng
of
l fu
ne
Eas
tern
Sta
r efi
t N
ight
of
Fri
day,
Jan
. R
ite
Tem
ple,
ar
UT.
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led
to
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at
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‘onti
IN T
HIS
ISSU
E
So
uth
-Do
yle
ru
gb
y t
ea
m is
to
ps
On
Mon
day
nig
ht, t
he
Sou
th-D
oyle
ru
gby
team
gat
h-
ered
at
the
Bis
tro
at t
he
Bij
ou
for
its
annu
al a
war
ds
nig
ht.
Th
e pl
ayer
s an
d co
ach
es h
ad
muc
h t
o ce
lebr
ate,
incl
udin
g in
nin
g th
e 7
on 7
tea
m s
tate
am
pion
ship
on
Dec
. 6 in
u
rfre
esbo
ro.
Th
ey a
lso
cele
brat
ed t
he
win
g p
opu
lari
tyof
rub
you
ev
‘In
he
ren
t V
ice
’B
etsy
Pic
kle
revi
ews
“In
her
-en
t V
ice”
an
d “S
elm
a.”
Abo
ut t
he
fi rs
t sh
e w
rite
s,
“Joa
quin
Ph
oen
ix w
ould
see
m
the
per
fect
act
or t
o pl
ay a
st
oner
pri
vate
eye
in a
’70
s-se
t m
yste
ry, a
nd
in m
any
way
s h
e is
th
e ri
ght
man
for
the
job
in
“In
her
ent
Vic
e.”
But
th
e tw
ist
on fi
lm n
oir
– “
Ch
inat
own”
w
ith
hip
pies
– n
ever
feel
s co
m-
fort
able
in it
s ow
n s
kin
.”➤
Re
ad B
etsy
Pic
kle
on p
age
7
It w
as
a g
oo
d
bo
wl g
am
eT
her
e ar
e go
od b
owl g
ames
an
d ba
d bo
wl g
ames
an
d so
me
that
are
irre
leva
nt.
Now
an
d th
en o
ne
beco
mes
far
mor
e m
ean
ingf
ul t
han
an
ord
inar
y bo
wl s
hou
ld b
e.
Th
is w
asn’
t Te
mp
e 16
yea
rs
ago.
Th
is w
asn’
t pa
rt o
f th
e n
ew n
atio
nal
pla
yoff
. It
was
ju
st t
he
TaxS
laye
r (G
ator
) B
owl,
but
it w
as r
eall
y bi
g fo
r th
e V
olu
nte
ers.
It
was
dou
ble
or n
oth
ing.
➤
Read
Mar
vin
Wes
t on
page
4
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SOU
TH K
NO
X
ters
, ex
ecut
ive
dir
ecto
r of
K
eep
Kn
oxvi
lle
Bea
utif
ul,
spok
e ab
out
litt
er e
rad
ica-
tion
an
d h
ow t
o cl
ean
up
Sou
th
Kn
oxvi
lle
befo
re
Apr
il’s
Dog
woo
d A
rts
Fes-
tiva
l, w
hic
h w
ill
spot
ligh
t al
l of S
oKn
o.Te
eter
s th
anke
dth
den
clb
a cl
ean
er,
gree
ner
, m
ore
beau
tifu
l com
mu
nit
y,”
said
Te
eter
s, w
ho
live
s in
Sou
th
Kn
oxvi
lle.
Te
eter
s,
who
ha
s be
en
the
dir
ecto
r fo
r se
ven
year
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d A
riel
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llen
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di
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kin
ds
of
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Wil
son
had
sp
ent
his
su
mm
ers
on
the
farm
fr
om
the
tim
e h
e w
as a
tod
dle
r u
nti
l h
e w
as 1
5, i
n
the
mid
-19
50s,
an
d h
e vi
site
d t
he
fam
ily
ther
e fr
equ
entl
y th
rou
gh
thb
hh
sho
w a
t th
e F
arr
ag
ut
Fo
lklif
e M
use
um
. Ph
oto
s b
y B
etsy
Pic
kle
‘I’d
bet
ter
go b
ack
ther
e an
d g
et
that
qu
ilt,
’ an
d I
did
. It
was
in
p
rett
y ro
ugh
sh
ape
– d
irty
, ta
t-te
red
.“A
s I s
tep
ped
into
the
atti
c –
an
d
that
qu
ilt
out,
an
d t
her
e w
as a
n-
oth
er o
ne
and
an
oth
er o
ne
and
an
-ot
her
on
e an
d a
not
her
one.
1940
s.“T
hey
had
use
d n
ewsp
aper
s to
li
ne
the
box
esan
dth
en
ewsp
a
IN T
HIS
ISSU
E
Ne
ws
fro
m T
ell
ico
In w
hat
has
now
bec
ome
an
‘In
he
ren
t V
ice
’B
etsy
Pic
kle
rev
iew
s “I
nh
er-
ent
Vic
e” a
nd
“S
elm
a.”
Ab
out
the
fi rs
t sh
e w
rite
s,
“Joa
quin
Ph
oen
ix w
ould
see
m
the
per
fect
act
or t
o p
lay
a st
oner
pri
vate
eye
in a
’70
s-se
t m
yste
ry, a
nd
in m
any
way
s h
e is
th
e ri
ght
man
for
th
e jo
b in
“I
nh
eren
t V
ice.
” B
ut
the
twis
t on
fi lm
noi
r –
“C
hin
atow
n”
wit
h h
ippi
es –
nev
er fe
els
com
-fo
rtab
le in
its
own
sk
in.”
➤
Read
Bet
sy P
ickl
e on
pag
e A-
10
It w
as
a g
oo
d
bo
wl g
am
eT
her
e ar
e go
od b
owl g
ames
an
d b
ad b
owl g
ames
an
d s
ome
that
are
irre
leva
nt.
Now
an
d
then
on
e b
ecom
es f
ar m
ore
mea
nin
gfu
l th
an a
n o
rdin
ary
bow
l sh
ould
be.
T
his
was
n’t
Tem
pe
16 y
ears
ag
o. T
his
was
n’t
par
t of
th
e n
ew
nat
ion
al p
layo
ff. I
t w
as ju
st t
he
Tax
Slay
er (
Gat
or)
Bow
l, bu
t it
w
as r
eall
y bi
g fo
r th
e V
olu
n-
teer
s. I
t w
as d
oubl
e or
not
hin
g.
➤
Read
Mar
vin
Wes
t on
page
A-4
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N T
as
ass
as
aaw
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wl
wo
wogog
e ereraraer
e a
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l w
lwwwowo
bo
ad b
NN SS a g oo gg
Fla
pjac
ks
Pan
cake
res
tau
ran
t.T
he
stor
es in
Sev
ier
Cou
nty
ar
e ca
lled
cab
ins
and
th
e w
ebsi
te t
alk
s ab
out
a gu
y n
amed
Bre
nt
wh
o le
arn
ed h
ow
to m
ake
fl ap
jack
s fr
om h
is
gran
dm
a an
d p
erfe
cted
his
te
chn
iqu
e on
hu
ngr
y h
iker
s an
d m
oun
tain
vis
itor
s in
th
e Sm
okie
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pen
ing
in 2
00
1, F
lapj
ack
s so
ld it
s fi
rst
mil
lion
pan
cake
s by
20
05.
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200
6, i
t w
as a
t tw
o m
illi
on a
nd
now
is o
ver
fi ve
mil
lion
. Th
at’s
a lo
t of
fl
apja
cks.
Th
e n
ew s
tore
is a
lrea
dy
pos
ted
on
th
e w
ebsi
te a
t 6
03
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t E
mor
y R
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, Su
ite
101,
bu
t th
e to
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ron
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repl
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rogr
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add
ress
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fras
tru
ctu
re im
pro
ve-
men
ts f
or e
ach
of
our
fou
r u
tili
tysy
stem
s,”
said
Elm
ore.
To s
atis
fy t
he
con
sen
t d
ecre
e,
KU
B
mu
st
com
plet
e w
aste
wat
erpl
ant
up
grad
es
at
Fou
rth
C
reek
(dea
dli
ne
mid
-20
18)
and
Ku
wah
ee(m
id-2
021
). “
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ese
imp
rove
men
tsw
ill
up
grad
e th
e …
sys
tem
s to
fu
llbi
olog
ical
tre
atm
ent,
sai
d E
lmor
e.H
e es
tim
ates
th
e co
st a
t $
45
mil
lion
(tod
ay’s
dol
lars
).
Bu
t is
th
e ju
ice
wor
th
the
squ
eeze
? S
tay
tun
ed.
KUB’s
PACE
10: ‘o
n tim
e and
on bu
dget
’
Lear
n br
idge
in a
day
By
We
nd
y S
mit
hO
n a
lmos
t an
y gi
ven
day
, th
e K
nox
vill
e B
rid
ge C
ente
r, l
ocat
ed
in t
he
Dea
ne
Hil
l Rec
reat
ion
Cen
-te
r (7
400
D
ean
e H
ill
Dri
ve),
is
bu
stli
ng
wit
h p
laye
rs.
On
e of
th
e at
trac
tion
s of
con
trac
t br
idge
is
the
men
tal
rigo
r of
th
e ga
me.
Ac-
cord
ing
to p
laye
r B
ren
da
McS
pad
-d
en,
it’s
no
surp
rise
to
run
acr
oss
play
ers
of a
ll a
ges
at t
he
brid
ge
tabl
e. “It’s
th
e u
ltim
ate
min
d g
ame,
” sa
ys M
cSp
add
en.
A n
ew c
lass
can
hel
p a
nyo
ne
get
star
ted
onth
ejo
urn
eyof
lear
nin
g
Cer
tifi
ed
inst
ruct
or
Pat
ty
Tuck
er o
f A
tlan
ta i
s th
e te
ach
er.
Par
tici
pan
ts w
ill
be
intr
odu
ced
to
the
basi
cs o
f pl
ayin
g an
d s
cori
ng.
T
he
sem
inar
is
des
ign
ed f
or t
hos
e w
ho
hav
e n
ever
pla
yed
bri
dge
, bu
t pl
ayer
s w
ho
hav
e b
een
aw
ay f
rom
th
e ga
me
and
nee
d a
ref
resh
er a
re
also
wel
com
e, M
cSp
add
en s
ays.
Th
is i
s th
e fi
rst
tim
e th
e se
mi-
nar
has
bee
n o
ffer
ed i
n K
nox
vill
e.
In
add
itio
n
to
lear
nin
g br
idge
ba
sics
, p
arti
cip
ants
wil
l fi
nd
ou
t ab
out
loca
l op
por
tun
itie
s to
pla
y an
d
lear
n.
Th
e K
nox
vill
e ar
ea
acco
mm
odat
esal
lbr
idge
skil
l
Bill
Wat
ers
, M
ike
Mo
rris
, G
ayle
Co
rnw
ell
an
d H
ele
n C
orb
ett
pla
y co
ntr
act
b
rid
ge
at
the
Kn
ox
vill
e B
rid
ge
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nte
r. P
ho
to b
y W
end
y Sm
ith
ut b
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e i
e
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ent
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ston
er
mys
ter
is t
he
r“I
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ere
on fi
lmfi
wit
h h
ifo
rtab
le
➤
that
ath
en o
mea
ni
bow
l sT
hi
ago.
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atio
nT
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aw
as r
ete
ers.
➤
oss dd
ororfrffs
ws
tn
en
eererh
er
lek
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t t
fi oen
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web
site
tal
ko
lear
ned
ho
wh
o l
wt
wn
t w
ntt
nt
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ren
nam
ed B
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fl
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to m
ake
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om h
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cted
his
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danaan
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a a
ma
ma
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ah
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gram
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te o
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l d
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ctu
re im
pro
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r fo
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lity
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ore.
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ice
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eeze
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tay
tun
ed.
KUB
KUKUKKUKKKnd
on bu
dget
’
Lear
n br
idge
in a
day
By
We
nd
y S
mit
hO
n a
lmos
t an
y gi
ven
day
, th
e K
nox
vill
e B
rid
ge C
ente
r, l
ocat
ed
in t
he
Dea
ne
Hil
l Rec
reat
ion
Cen
-te
r (7
400
D
ean
e H
ill
Dri
ve),
is
bu
stli
ng
wit
h p
laye
rs.
On
e of
th
e at
trac
tion
s of
con
trac
t br
idge
is
the
men
tal
rigo
r of
th
e ga
me.
Ac-
cord
ing
to p
laye
r B
ren
da
McS
pad
-d
en,
it’s
no
surp
rise
to
run
acr
oss
play
ers
of a
ll a
ges
at t
he
brid
geta
ble. “It’s
th
e u
ltim
ate
min
d g
ame,
” sa
ys M
cSp
add
en.
A n
ew c
lass
can
hel
p a
nyo
ne
get
Cer
tifi
ed
inst
ruct
or
Pat
ty
fiTu
cker
of
Atl
anta
is
the
teac
her
. P
arti
cip
ants
wil
l b
e in
trod
uce
d t
o th
e ba
sics
of
play
ing
and
sco
rin
g.
Th
e se
min
ar i
s d
esig
ned
for
th
ose
wh
o h
ave
nev
er p
laye
d b
rid
ge, b
ut
play
ers
wh
o h
ave
bee
n a
way
fro
m
the
gam
e an
d n
eed
a r
efre
sher
are
al
so w
elco
me,
McS
pad
den
say
s.T
his
is
the
fi rs
t ti
me
the
sem
i-fi
nar
has
bee
n o
ffer
ed i
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NEIGHBORHOOD BUZZ
IN THIS ISSUEWrestling tourney
Saturday, Jan. 17, 17 teams
of wrestlers from a multi-state
area will gather at Halls High
School to participate in one of
the toughest one-day tourna-
ments in the state.
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Link your cards!
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Start Union County is par-
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January 14, 2015
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By Libby Morgan
Stewart Oakes, head of Oakes
Daylilies in Corryton, has offered
to spread the color
and blooms of his
families’ famous
hybrids to public
spaces in Union
County.“It’s something
we can do for the
community,” says
Oakes, “and we
will meet with
crews and volunteers to train
them in planting and carin
the plants.“It’s nice to se
the same vsplash
County Mayor Mike Williams
says, “This is a great way to dress
up our county. We’ll be able to
plant the daylilies in Wilson Park
this spring, and they’ll look won-
derful at our county welcome
signs.“We’ll put them everywhere we
can and use trustee labor, so w
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in June at the Oakes farm at the
southern border of Union County
in Corryton. The two-day
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Beautiful daylilies coming to a public spot near you, thanks to
a donation from Oakes farm. File photo by Cindy Taylor
Good-bye, friend
“Irene (Tolliver Hamilton)
volunteered at the Union
County Museum and for many
other community projects.
“When Irene was work-
ing at the museum, it was not
unusual for people searching
for their ancestors to mention
a name that Irene had known
personally. Not only could she
fi nd the records, she could tell
them personal stories about
their ancestors, and that made
their visit really special.”
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INTERN PROGRAM
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interns
By Emma DaleWandering through the Knoxville Bo-
tanical Garden and Arboretum feels like stepping from postcard to landscape paint-ing to a period movie based off of a Jane Austen novel.
That may be due in part to the fact that the site of the garden was once home to the lon-gest running business in Tennessee: a plant nursery started in 1776 by the How-ell family, who owned and op-erated it until it closed in 2001.
After be-ing in busi-ness for 225 years, it was forced out due to competi-tion with chain stores like Home Depot and Lowe’s. Originally, it was slated for develop-ment; an apartment building, maybe a few strip malls, pos-sibly a Walmart, but enough people were able to raise enough funds to save all 47 acres of it, and the nurs-ery became the Knoxville Botanical Gar-dens and Arboretum.
In some places, there’s still evidence that plants were meant to be sold here, not just admired. A long row of the same type of tree that’s the only remainder of an orderly forest of them that once went on for miles. A sprawling pile of rocks that Joe Howell, a stonemason, once used for materials. Said walls pop up at various points all over the
property, twisting around the house like the arms of the windmill, guarding the gar-dens from the busy street that bisects the property, slicing up the garden into neat little squares overfl owing with branches and fl owers.
The Howells apparently did so well that, even after all this time,
the walls need virtually no help from their current
caretakers, and con-tinue to stand just as
steadily as they did for decades.
The entire property reads like a physi-cal timeline. The age of the Botanical Gar-dens seems to have slipped into the time-
line with little to no disturbance,
putting benches under the Cedars
of Lebanon planted in the 1880s, al-lowing the rooms under the How-ells’ 1950s-built home to be used for their original
purpose: garden club meetings. Even the tall, dark, modern-looking welcome center set to open Aug. 14 features long windows, making the garden just outside of it the main focus.
After nearly 240 years, whether it be called a nursery or a Botanical Garden, the land still performs its original job of bring-ing nature and beauty to people’s busy ev-eryday lives.
Info: www.knoxgarden.org
Martha Ashe stands in the garden dedicated to the memory
of her grandmother, for whom she was named. Ashe is the
daughter of former Knoxville mayor Victor Ashe and works in
the Knoxville Botanical Gardens and Arboretum visitor center. Photos by S. Carey
Intern Maddie Ogle peeks through a stone
wall in the Knoxville Botanical Gardens.
Shopper-News interns get a sneak peek at
the under-construction visitor center at Knox-
ville Botanical Gardens. The center is slated to
open in August. Photo by Amanda McDonald
Beauty and sweat equityBy Shannon Carey
Shopper-News interns were slated to spend the day at the FBI’s Knoxville headquarters, but due to the tragic shootings in Chat-tanooga we had to come up with a different plan.
Thankfully, the staff and volunteers at the Knoxville Botanical Gardens and Ar-boretum welcomed interns with open arms. Interns were good sports in the heat, volunteering their ef-forts at the Center for Urban Agriculture tucked in a cor-ner of the gardens.
Then, they got a personal tour of the gardens from Martha Ashe, daughter of former Knoxville mayor Victor Ashe. Martha is working in the visitor cen-ter this summer, just yards away from a beautiful area dedicated to the memory of her grandmother, also named Martha Ashe.
“I like it,” she said. “I feel like I’m part of the place.”
Martha gave the interns a sneak peek at the Botanical Gardens’ new visitor center, scheduled to open in Au-gust.
Botanical Gardens show history, beauty
Enjoy the gardensBy Charlie Hamilton
Have you every been to the Knoxville Botanical Gardens and Arboretum? Well, it is a gorgeous place.
The gardens were origi-nally the Howell Family Nursery, which was founded in 1786 and was Tennessee’s oldest business. The nurs-eries were in business for
about 216 years. The Knoxville Botanical
Gardens span about 50 acres. Here they have almost 50 different types of dogwoods on their and focus mostly on plant native species.
On the property they have the estate that was built by the Howell family and is now the visitors center. The trails
feature old stone walls that were built by Joe Howell who was a landscaper and stone mason. They also offer a cen-ter for urban gardening and encourage people to plant and garden different heir-loom plants. This is a won-derful place to walk. Go walk the trails and enjoy some of the nature in this area.
By Annie DockeryThe Knoxville Botani-
cal Garden and Arboretum, which was once Howell Nurseries, is the oldest con-tinually running business in Tennessee and is now work-ing to preserve the region’s plant life.
“In your lifetime, there will be wars fought about food and water,” Robert Hodge, the director of the Center for Urban Agricul-ture told interns. The center is located on the grounds of the Botanical Gardens.
In the last two years, Hodge explained, there has been a 40 percent loss in the honeybee population. Hon-eybees are integral to the pollination of the world’s food supply, and their steady decline can cause substan-tial food reduction. The her-bicides and pesticides used in both large-scale farming and in the average backyard
Preventing an agriculture apocalypseare culprits in the honey-bees’ demise.
In today’s culture, where few Americans have fruit and vegetable gardens and 80 percent of America’s produce is shipped from California, native species of plants and produce are dying off. Consumers may think they are eating locally when in fact they are not.
Stores may label produce as “locally grown” as long as that produce is local in one of the store’s locations. Consequently, a national store may label tomatoes from California as “locally grown” in a Tennessee store. The primary focus of large farms is to produce food that can withstand cross-country shipment, not taste or species preservation.
Hodge said Tennessee once had more than 5,000
types of apples. Today, this is not so. In the years to come, fewer and fewer variations of apples, pota-toes, zucchini, and other fruits and vegetables will be available for consumption, because most Tennesseans have stopped growing re-gional produce.
This means that the chil-dren and grandchildren of today’s adults will never taste many of the fruits and vege-tables they loved growing up.
Hodge explained how ev-eryone has the ability to aid in current agricultural issues. With the decline in honeybee population, it is important to cease using herbicides and pesticides in the yard.
To prevent the extinc-tion of local plants, network with friends and gardeners to fi nd heirloom seeds, ask them to share, plant them,
and pass the seeds on. Web-sites like rareseeds.com and slowfoodusa.org provide an online way to obtain heir-loom and endangered seeds.
The Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum pro-vides additional resources for those who want to help.
“Families can get plots here for free,” said Hodge.
Those interested can call to reserve a free plot on which to garden. The Center for Urban Agriculture also provides classes on how to create community gardens at churches.
By eliminating the use of herbicides and pesticides and by planting an heir-loom garden, anyone can help preserve the world’s food supply.
Info: 862-8717 or fi nd Center for Urban Agricul-ture on Facebook
Shopper news • JULY 29, 2015 • 7
FRIDAY ■ Alive After Five: Jazzspirations Live with Brian Clay,
6-8:30 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park
Drive. Tickets: $10; $5 for members/students. Info: 934-2039.
FRIDAY-SUNDAY ■ Kayak, SUP & Hydro-Bike Moonlight Tour, 8:30-10:15 p.m.,
Norris Dam Marina, 1604 Norris Freeway, Andersonville. Info:
498-9951.
■ Summer Movie Magic: “Gone With the Wind,” Tennessee
Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Showings: 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday,
2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: all Ticketmaster outlets, Tennessee
Theatre box offi ce and 800-745-3000.
■ “Sealed for Freshness” by Doug Stone, Theatre Knoxville
Downtown, 319 N. Gay St. Performances: 8 p.m. Friday
and Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday. Info/tickets: http://www.
theatreknoxville.com.
SATURDAY ■ 2015 Knox Classic Bodybuilding, Figure, Bikini and
Physique, 9 a.m.-6:30 p.m., Knoxville Civic Auditorium, 500
Howard Baker Jr. Ave. Info/tickets: www.knoxvillecoliseum.
com or 215-8999; KnoxvilleTickets.com, 656-4444 or 877-
995-9961.
■ Back to School Princess & Pirate Party, 1-2:30 p.m., Grassy
Valley Baptist Church, 10637 Kingston Pike. Tickets: $10,
available at the door. For all ages; open to the public.
■ Robotics Revolution, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Jacob Building in
Chilhowee Park. Hosted by The Muse Knoxville. Features:
Lego building competitions, robotics and technology dem-
onstrations, hands-on activities with The Muse, live Skype
call with NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps and more. Info:
themuseknoxville.org.
■ Second annual corn-hole tournament to benefi t Angelic
Ministries. 12:30 p.m., under the big top at The Ministry, 1218
N. Central St. Info/registration: angelicministries.com.
■ Shakespeare on the Square: “The Taming of the Shrew,” 7
p.m., Market Square. Info: 546-4280; www.tennesseestage.
com [email protected].
SUNDAY ■ Knoxville Jazz Orchestra: Jazz Jam, 4-6 p.m., the Empo-
rium, 100 S. Gay St. Free. Open to any and all who wish to
play or listen. Info: 573-3226.
■ Native American Flute Circle, 4-5:30 p.m., Ijams Nature
Center, 2915 Island Home Ave. Info/registration: 577-4717
ext. 110.
■ Party in the Park, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., World’s Fair Park, 525 Hen-
ley St. Food, games, bounce houses, live music and more.
Free. Info: knoxpartyinthepark.com.
■ Shakespeare on the Square: “Macbeth,” 7 p.m., Market
Square. Info: 546-4280; www.tennesseestage.com,
966.6597www.sbret.com
contact: Karen 966-6597or Tyrine at 426-3955
email: [email protected]
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weekenderBy Carol Shane
Attention, all young brai-niacs and your families! Now’s your chance to ex-plore STEM (Science Tech-nology Engineering Math-ematics) in a fun, lively environment made just for you!
This weekend, The Muse Knoxville presents “Robot-ics Revolution” at Chilhow-ee Park.
Formerly known as The Discovery Center, The Muse Knoxville is “a newly re-imagined space designed for kids from 1 to 101,” ac-cording to its website. The organization’s fun, interac-tive exhibits provide oppor-tunities for kids to discover and explore the physical sci-ences. “With almost 4,000 square feet of exhibit and play space, you are sure to fi nd something that will in-spire the love of learning in you!”
At “Robotics Revolution” young techies can see, and maybe participate in, such things as the Lego Tower Challenge, where Lego cities are built by teams and then shook on an “earthquake table” to see which city sur-vives. There’s a Sumo Bot wrestling match and many other robotics and technol-ogy demonstrations.
A new and very exciting addition to the lineup is a live Skype call with NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps. El-
Young techies will enjoy “Robotics Revolution,” presented by
The Muse Knoxville at the Jacob Building in Chilhowee Park
this weekend. Photo submitted
A technology wonderlandtion is highly valued. “Are you a FIRST [”For Inspi-ration and Recognition of Science and Technology”] coach, mentor, or parent?” asks the website. “At the World FIRST Champion-ships this year in St. Louis, FIRST founder Dean Ka-men challenged everyone in attendance to ‘Grow FIRST Faster,’ to reach more kids in more communities. Help build relationships with new and emerging teams in our area as we support the growth of FIRST programs to new schools and neigh-borhoods. Volunteers will staff information tables to meet visitors who are in-terested in learning more about FIRST, and have the opportunity to create advi-sory connections with new coaches and mentors.”
“Robotics Revolution” happens from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. this Saturday, August 1 at the Jacob Building in Chilhowee Park. Admission is $6 per person, with fam-ily passes available for $24. Children ages fi ve and un-der are admitted free. Tick-ets can be purchased at the event or online in advance at www.themuseknoxville.org, or by calling 594-1494. Parents who wish to become involved as FIRST mentors are urged to visit http://goo.gl/forms/FP65W5LMd7.Send story suggestions to news@shop
pernewsnow.com.
lie Kittrell, executive direc-tor of The Muse Knoxville, says, “Dr. Epps will join our event to help further inspire children to pursue a path in STEM. Her background as an astronaut, aquanaut, CIA technical intelligence offi cer, and as a technical specialist for Ford Motor Company is a spectacular example for young children.
Her voice, particularly for young women, is one that we hope will make a lifelong impression.
“We feel very fortunate to have this opportunity to speak with her.”
There’s plenty of fun to be had at “Robotics Revolution,” but this is cutting-edge, real-world stuff, and adult participa-
By Betsy PickleOld friends return in this
week’s new movies, begin-ning with today’s opening of “Vacation.”
Not a remake of the 1983 fan favorite “National Lampoon’s Vacation” but more of a sequel, this “Va-
cation” focuses on the next generation. Griswold son Rusty (Ed Helms) is grown up and has a family of his own: wife Debbie (Christina Applegate) and sons James (Skyler Gisondo) and Kevin (Steele Stebbins).
When Rusty finally re-
alizes that his wife and sons aren’t as happy as he thought they were, he plans to recreate the magic of his childhood with an epic road trip to the ad-venture theme park Wal-ley World. Rusty’s selective memory clears the way for
disaster after disaster as the Griswolds make their way across the country in a rental car that has a mind of its own.
Time spent with sister Audrey (Leslie Mann) and her irritatingly perfect hus-band, Stone Crandall (Chris
The Griswold family – James (Skyler Gisondo), Kevin
(Steele Stebbins), Debbie (Christina Applegate) and
Rusty (Ed Helms) – gets ready for fun in “Vacation.”
‘Vacation’ rides again; plus one more impossible ‘Mission’
Hemsworth), is just part of the punishment Rusty must suffer. Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo reprise their iconic roles as Clark and Ellen Griswold.
Supporting players in-clude such familiar faces as Ron Livingston, Nor-man Reedus, Charlie Day, Keegan-Michael Key, Regi-na Hall, Michael Pena, Da-vid Clennon, Colin Hanks and Sports Illustrated swimwear model Hannah Davis. “Horrible Bosses” scribes Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley wrote the script and make their feature-directing de-but with the movie.
Opening on Friday is
“Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation.” Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) must reunite his IMF team to eradicate an international band of ter-rorists known as the Syndi-cate. Highly trained opera-tives determined to create a new world order through their terror attacks, Syndi-cate members may or may not include a skillful British agent named Ilsa Faust (Re-becca Ferguson).
The cast also includes Alec Baldwin, Jeremy Renner, Ving Rhames, Si-mon Pegg and Simon Mc-Burney. Christopher Mc-Quarrie (“Jack Reacher”) directed and wrote the screenplay.
REUNION NOTE ■ Central High School classes
of 1957-1964 will be held
6-11 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 15,
at The Grande Event Center,
5441 Clinton Highway. Info:
Benny Easterday, 207-9634.
Additional information at
ShopperNewsNow.com.
NEWS FROM PREMIER SURGICAL
It’s a common problem people sel-dom talk about, but something that affects at least half the population by age 50: hemorrhoids. And many people, like Sarah of Knoxville, live with hemorrhoids for years or even decades out of fear that the treat-ment may be a painful, uncomfort-able ordeal.
“I had hemorrhoid problems since I was 18, but they didn’t always both-er me so I never had them treated,” explains Sarah. “When I traveled or sat for long periods, sometimes they’d f lare up or bleed, but you know the joke about sitting on a donut pillow after hemorrhoid sur-gery? I figured the cure was worse than the disease.”
Sarah was surprised and relieved to learn that pain and a difficult re-covery is no longer a side effect of hemorrhoid treatment. “Relieved is the right word,” says Sarah. “It was minimally invasive with no side ef-fects – you don’t have the long recov-ery.”
Sarah’s doctor referred her to Dr. C. Stone Mitch-ell at the Pre-mier Hemorrhoid Treatment Center in Knoxville after she complained of severe pain and itching during a yearly physical
exam. “Dr. Mitchell immediately knew
what it was – I had a severe yeast in-fection that combined with the hem-orrhoids to create almost unbear-able symptoms,” says Sarah.
Dr. Mitchell addressed both is-sues by treating the infection with an antibiotic cream and alleviating the source of the hemorrhoids with a gentle laser procedure called In-frared Coagulation. Sarah had four hemorrhoid treatments over the next five months.
“The treatments took less than 15 minutes each and the staff worked with my schedule,” explains Sarah. “I liked Dr. Mitchell from the first minute. He is so considerate and cares about your comfort and mod-esty. He explained what to expect and I had confidence in him.”
Sarah was also pleased that her insurance helped cover the hemor-rhoid treatments. “They were good about working with my insurance company – that’s a big plus.”
Sarah says she’s glad she went to the Premier Hemorrhoid Treatment Center. “Don’t wait – there’s no point in suffering. You won’t find better care than I got there.”
Dr. C. Stone
Mitchell
“Don’t wait – there’s no point in suff ering. You won’t fi nd better care than I got there.” ~Sarah, Premier Hemorrhoid Treatment Center patient
Patient “relieved” to have hemorrhoids treated without surgery
To schedule an consultation with Premier Hemorrhoid Treatment Center
call 865-588-9952 or visit www.premiersurgical.com
for more information.
Food City offi cials have announced their intent to
purchase 29 BI-LO Su-permarkets (inc lud ing 21 pharma-cies) in the Chattanoo-ga market area. The l o c a t i o n s range from
25,000 to 63,000 square feet in size and include eight stores in North Georgia.
No price was given for the acquisition, which is expected to be complete by early fall. It will bring Food City to 122 stores and 15,000 employees.
In a press release, com-pany president/CEO Ste-ven Smith said Food City will invest more than $40 million in capital improve-ments to the former BI-LO stores during the fi rst year.
John Jones, executive vice president for store op-erations, said BI-LO asso-ciates will be “welcomed to our team” and allowed to retain their years of service.
Jesse Lewis, senior vice president and chief opera-tions offi cer, is familiar with the BI-LO stores that were previously Red Foods. He worked for Red Foods in Chattanooga prior to join-ing Food City.
Also, Drew Hembree
8 • JULY 29, 2015 • Shopper news
Steve Smith
business
Food City expands in Chattanooga
Voice over Internet Pro-tocol (VoIP) services mar-ket will expand nearly 10 percent each year until 2021––nearly doubling the market’s size, according to research by Transparency Market Research.
To help more organiza-tions transition to VoIP, TDS Telecom, which serves Halls and Farragut with land lines in Knox County,
is offering a price break on the VoIP phones used with the company’s managedIP solution.
The global VoIP services market was valued at $70.9 billion in 2013 and is ex-pected to grow to an esti-mated $136.76 billion by 2021, with a subscriber base of roughly 348.5 million.
To help businesses ex-pand into the VoIP market,
TDS is offering businesses who buy a Polycom VVX500 phone to use with their new managedIP hosted service, a second phone for a penny. With managedIP comes re-mote offi ce teleworker, an intuitive online web portal and simultaneous ring to help make employees more mobile, fl exible and reliable.
Info: www.tdsvoip.com or 1-866-448-0071.
TDS expands VolP services
By Anne HartAnyone within listening
distance of a radio or view-ing distance of a TV around East Tennessee knows that local on-air personality Hallerin Hilton Hill is an adept gatherer of other peo-ple’s stories.
Not many know that his own story, which he shared with members of the Rotary Club of Bearden recently, is every bit as fascinating as the tales he skillfully pulls out of others.
A former member of a Rotary club in the Virgin Islands, where he lived for a brief time, Hill said the fi rst time he spoke to a Ro-tary Club in Knoxville – the Downtown Rotary – many years ago now, he was wear-ing a $10 suit and a $1 tie, both purchased at a local Goodwill store.
Hill said that during his talk that day he kept ner-vously opening one side of the suit coat to glance in-
side it, “because some other guy’s name was in there.”
Hill’s dip down close to the poverty line had been preceded by a successful career as an up and com-ing broadcaster who made a precipitous journey to the Virgin Islands to accept a job as general manager of a religious radio station with the call letters WGOD.
Hill had been promised plenty to take the job: a
condo on the beach, student loans and other debts paid off, a new car and a great salary. He and his
young wife made the move.
A few days later, Hurri-cane Hugo struck the island and the radio station, the condo and the new vehicle were all gone. WGOD radio was off the air and Hill was out of a job.
The couple moved back to Knoxville and lived with Hill’s sister.
“The only thing I had to
Hallerin Hilton Hill
Hallerin Hill tells his own story
carry me when I got herewere the values my parentshad taught me: respect, re-sponsibility and resiliency. Ididn’t want sympathy. All Iwanted was an opportunity.
Jim Dick hired Hill atWIVK on a 90-day trial. Itwas just the opportunity heneeded. He’s been a successin the broadcast fi eld eversince and also works as amotivational speaker andtrainer.
Evans gives Legacy Parks updateBy Beverly Holland
Carol Evans is serious-ly associated with South Knoxville as an architect of the Urban Wilderness, but the Fountain City resident got her start in Halls. Rais-ing money to purchase the land at Clayton Park was the fi rst big project of Legacy Parks Foundation, now cele-brating its 10th anniversary.
Evans spoke last week to the Halls Business and Professional Association. She said the nonprofi t’s goal is to “leave East Tennessee better than we found it.”
Legacy Parks has raised more than $5 million in 10 years, Evans said. Its goals are to preserve ridges and views, connect greenways,
maintain health and access to waterways, develop rec-reational opportunities for the underserved and push Knox County to exceed the national average for green space.
Legacy Parks coordinated fundraising $625,000 to purchase 11 acres in Halls for Clayton Park. The land was deeded to Knox County af-ter conservation easements were added. A smaller but still neat project was coordi-nating funding for the skate park in Fountain City.
Across the county, Leg-acy Parks aided in adding 100 acres to Ijams Nature Center through acquisition of the Georgia Marble Quar-ry; promoting the state’s
fi rst birding park at Seven Islands; and facilitating the 22-acre Harrell Road Park on Beaver Creek off Emory Road between Powell and Karns.
Evans struck gold, though, in developing 1,000 acres of urban wilderness in South Knoxville, along with 70 acres of river bluff property and preservation of Civil War forts.
Next up for Legacy Parks Foundation is the annual fundraiser Sept. 11 at UT’s Holston River Farm. Tickets are selling out fast, Evans said, to hear speaker Cheryl Strayed, whose book “Wild” chronicled her solo hike on the Pacifi c Coast Trail. The book topped the New York
Carol Evans at Halls BPA.
Times bestseller list and the fi lm adaptation earned Academy Award nomina-tions for stars Reese With-erspoon and Laura Dern.
Info: 865-525-2585.
By Anne HartD. J. Corcoran’s back-
ground as a former member of the local media, com-bined with his long-time experience as a fi refi ghter, gives him the perfect per-spective for his current proj-ect – assembling the history of the Knoxville Fire De-partment (KFD).
A captain with the KFD now, Corcoran worked his way up through the ranks and now handles the media for the department, in addition to this latest project.
What he has turned up to date makes for a fasci-nating look back at one of Knoxville’s premiere and certainly most enduring in-stitutions.
Corcoran shared his knowledge and a captivat-ing slide presentation with Bearden Rotarians at their recent meeting at Buddy’s Banquet Hall.
D.J. Corcoran takes to the mi-
crophone at a recent meeting
of the Rotary Club of Bearden. Photo by Charles Garvey
Corcoran brings KFD history to life He traced the history of
KFD from its beginning on March 17, 1885, when it re-placed an all-volunteer or-ganization that had operat-ed for the previous 31 years.
Slides from those early days showed horse-drawn wagons loaded with fi re-fi ghting equipment, and
then later a modern steam engine that rolled along city streets carrying a
stoker whose job it was to keep the steam
coming.The fi rst fi re hall was
in the old Market House, where City Hall was located upstairs, and on the main level, the fi re department was located at one end of the building and fresh meat and produce brought in dai-ly by area farmers was sold at the other end.
In 1897 the department faced its largest challenge of that century when an entire block of Gay Street caught fi re. KFD was joined by fi re-fi ghters from around the area, including Chattanoo-ga, whose department com-mandeered a train, stopped not a single time along the
way, and made it to Knox-ville in an hour to help bat-tle the blaze which eventu-ally destroyed an estimated $1 million in property.
Corcoran also discussed the KFD’s iconic monument of a fi reman holding a child. Erected in 1904, he said it originally stood at the old Courthouse and was sur-rounded by a water trough where passersby could wa-ter their horses.
In 1916, the statue was moved to Emory Place, off Broadway, where in the late
1940s, it was struck by a drunk driver.
In 1977, the monument was again moved, this time to the fi re hall on Sum-mit Hill Drive, across from the old City Hall, where it stands today in tribute to fi refi ghters who have died in the line of duty.
Each fi re station has its own unique history, but none quite as interesting as Lonas Fire Hall on Old Kingston Pike, which was donated to the city early in this century with two stipu-lations: that a portrait of a patriarch of the Lonas fam-ily would always hang in the building and that fi refi ght-ers would always rake the leaves from the huge old oak tree on the property.
“And still today, you can drive by in the fall and see the fi remen raking those leaves,” Corcoran said.
Corcoran said ambulanc-es were added to the KFD in 1947 and the fi rst female fi refi ghters joined the de-partment in 1988.
Today, KFD has 70 pieces of fi refi ghting equipment and answers more than 30,000 calls annually.
REUNION NOTEPowell High School Class of 1985, 7-11 p.m. Saturday, Aug.
29, Southern Depot, 306 W.
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Smith cited by Food Marketing Institute
Food Marketing Institute (FMI) presented its most distinguished award in pub-lic affairs, the Glen P. Wood-ard Jr. Award, to Food City president/CEO Steven C. Smith at FMI Connect, the industry’s premier event.
Smith was recognized for his 36 years with Food City, a grocery chain started by his father, Jack Smith, and for his advocacy for the food retail industry.
“Perhaps one of Smith’s most creative and hard-fought victories was complet-ed last year – getting wine in grocery stores in Tennessee,” said FMI senior vice presi-dent Jennifer Hatcher.
“Steve won’t take ‘no’ for an answer when it comes to change that will benefi t his customers, his associates, his company or his industry.”
At the federal level, Smith was one of the fi rst FMI members to agree that the battle over swipe fees was one the food retail in-dustry had to engage, as ev-idenced by his testimony on Capitol Hill in 2007 before the House Judiciary Anti-trust Task Force, Hatcher said.
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