Beaumont gets co-principals

Daphne Odom and Missy Beltran will be co-principals at Beaumont Magnet Academy for the 2014-2015 school year. They will share administrative responsibilities at the school for one year, after which time Beltran will continue as the principal at Beaumont and Odom will be appointed a regional supervisor as Super-intendent James McIntyre reorganizes the structure for supporting school principals.

Odom currently serves as supervisor for magnet schools and the Gifted and Talented program. She joined Knox County Schools in 1999 as a teacher at Sarah Moore Greene Magnet

Academy, and she entered school administration in 2008 when she was appointed as-sistant principal at Beaumont. Her degrees, including a Ph.D.

in education leadership and policy, are from UT.

Beltran taught in the Baltimore County public schools for 17 years. She joined KCS in

2003 as a special-education teacher.

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mentary School assistant principal Sheila Earl was moved to tell her story at last Wednesday’s school board meeting after hearing board members at the Monday workshop talk about clamping down on teach-ers who bypass the KCS “chain of command” by going public with complaints about the administra-tion. Earl is fearful of retaliation but promised her daughter she’d be brave because many colleagues have received the same treatment she has and don’t know why.

The last year she was an assis-tant principal, she was evaluated by Knox County Schools’ elementa-ry schools director Nancy Maland, who gave her the highest possible rating – a level 5 score. This result was typical for Earl, a 23-year KCS employee, so she had reason to be excited when she got a phone call from the KCS human resources de-partment July 19, 2012.

“I naively believed that my time had fi nally come and I was going in to interview for a principalship,” she said. “After all, I had spent nine years as a successful assis-tant principal after 14 years as an award-winning teacher. I had even completed the D-21 program with excellent results as well.”

When she went to the meet-ing with Maland and HR director Kathy Simms, she was stunned to hear that Superintendent James McIntyre had decided to return her to the classroom, a change that carried a 25 percent pay reduction.

“When I asked for the reason why, I was reminded that adminis-trators serve at the pleasure of the superintendent. (Nancy) Maland acted as a scribe, but she remained silent. (Superintendent) McIntyre was conveniently out of town.”

Maland retired at year’s end.Earl, a single mother, was given

very little time to clear out her of-fi ce, prepare to teach third grade

and readjust her family budget to the pay cut. Her former principal said she had no idea why Earl was demoted. Her new principal sug-gested that perhaps this was a test to see how gracefully she handled diffi cult situations and speculated that she might get a promotion the next year.

“That, of course, did not hap-pen,” Earl said.

There was a bit of a silver lining, she thought. Under state guidelines, Earl’s evaluation score qualifi ed her for an APEX bonus, so she had rea-son to expect some fi nancial help that fall. But when she checked the APEX website in November, the words next to her name were “Em-ployee no longer in good standing.” She attempted to fi nd why she had been labeled a loser, but multiple phone calls and emails got no re-sponse until her sister (acting with-out Earl’s knowledge) contacted the county ethics board.

Finally, in April 2013, she heard

Demoted Earl speaks out at school board

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from KCS chief accountability offi -cer Nakia Towns, who informed her that being reclassifi ed as a class-room teacher after having been an administrator automatically made her ineligible for the bonus.

Earl, who said she has been shocked at the level of microman-agement that classroom teachers have to endure nowadays, was required to submit her emails to board chair Lynne Fugate in order to be allowed to speak at the meet-ing.

Many of the teachers who have been speaking out in recent months were present, although they were harder to pick out in the crowd because most were not wearing their familiar red SPEAK (Students, Parents, Educators Across Knox County) T-shirts.

Members of a newly formed group, Educators for Excellence, identifi able in bright blue T-

After a chemical treatment ap-parently damaged the greens at the city-owned Whittle Springs Golf Course, the city and its golf course management contractor will replace all 18 putting surfaces.

Work was scheduled to begin last week on converting the greens from bentgrass to Champion Ber-muda grass, which will grow faster than bentgrass and should allow

the greens to return to use within about two months. The golf course at 3113 Valley View Drive will re-main open with reduced fees and temporary greens.

“It is obviously unfortunate to have our greens out of commission at the peak of the golf season,” said Joe Walsh, the director of Parks and Recreation. “But Whittle Springs will remain open, and we

New greens for Whittle encourage all of our regular golf-ers to continue to make use of it or the Municipal Golf Course.”

Both courses are operated for the city by contractor Billy Casper Golf, which manages more than 170 properties in 28 states. Ac-cording to Walsh, Billy Casper personnel on June 23 applied a routine chemical fertilizer to the greens at Whittle Springs. Over the next week, the putting sur-faces began to decline. Samples of soil and fertilizer have been col-

lected and sent to an independent laboratory for evaluation.

The cost of replacing the greens is estimated at $87,000. The city anticipates a full recovery of any expenses and damages arising out of these events, according to a city press release.

Whittle Springs Golf Course averages 28,000 rounds of golf a year. Rates for an 18-hole game range from $7 to $29, depending on age, time of day and whether a player walks or rides a cart.

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By Betsy PickleAny event built around fried

chicken, deviled eggs and banana pudding is going to be a treat, but Ye Olde Burlington Gang manages to make its annual covered-dish dinner something special for folks from the old neighborhood.

The 2014 version was no excep-

tion.More than 40 people who lived

or worked in Burlington “back in the day” attended the dinner and meeting at Macedonia United Methodist Church. The joy was palpable as old friends greeted each other for the fi rst time in a year – or in some cases many

years.President E.L. Henson said

he was puzzled when he saw the name tag “Peggy Claiborne” until Claiborne told him her maiden name.

“I hadn’t seen Peggy Neal since I moved off Alma Avenue,” said Henson.

To make matters more confus-ing for her old neighbors, Clai-borne lived as a child with grand-parents J.O. and Wanda Bounds, “and most people thought my last name was Bounds,” she says.

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IN THIS ISSUE

Payouts to paramours

It is not often a serious candidate for the U.S. Senate has in his past a state Supreme Court decision that delves into his personal life, thereby making it public. But such is the case with Gordon Ball, a wealthy Knoxville attorney and Democratic U.S. Senate candi-date in the Aug. 7 primary.

➤ Read Victor Ashe on page 5

McIntyre’s mojo melting away

It started as Alice’s Restau-rant. Superintendent James McIntyre could get anything he wanted at any time, generally by an 8-1 vote.

But now McIntyre’s board majority is melting, and neither his contract nor his long-range plan nor the August election will save him. He’s done.

Alice isn’t cooking here anymore.

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rate, Hunter Thomas, 17, has fought scores of opponents, out-maneuvering them with his quick reflexes.

“I’ve been pretty success-ful at tournaments and won some national ones,” said Hunter, the son of Jerry and Beth Thomas of Powell. Hunter is a junior at Powell High School and works as an assistant instructor of karate at The Wheeler Academy.

Hunter has battled suc-cessfully through a number of health problems as well. Most recently in February 2013, he underwent comprehensive reconstructive surgery on his

hip at Fort S a n d e r s R e g i o n a l M e d i c a l Center.

“His hip was mis-s h a p e n , ” said Dr. Paul Yau, H u n t e r ’ s orthopedic s u r g e o n . “The ball

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Hunter had what’s called “femoroacetabular impinge-ment,” or FAI. It’s a structural disorder of the hip, in which the ball and socket of the hip don’t fit together snuggly and smoothly.

The condition began as a toddler, when Hunter was diagnosed with Legg-Calve-Perthes disease. In this condi-tion, blood supply to the bone is cut off and the bone begins to die. Hunter had surgery on his left hip to preserve the bone.

Then when he was 9 years old, Hunter had a similar but more extensive problem in his right hip. At that point, Hunter had surgery and spent five months in a waterproof body cast from his chest to his ankles.

“That was fun,” joked Hunt-er. “The only thing I could do was float in the pool and use a hair dryer to dry off.”

To get him out of the house, Hunter’s parents took him to watch his younger brother Dalton’s karate classes at The Wheeler Academy.

Then, as Hunter got out of the cast, instructors at The Wheeler Academy began to

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work with him on stretching and getting stronger.

“So that’s how Hunter started in karate,” said Beth Thomas.

“He worked his way through that and became a fighter. He won two national championships after that ma-jor surgery. The owner, Chuck Reynolds, stands behind ev-ery student like that, giving them that kind of encour-agement. He was a blessing in our life, as far as making Hunter strong.”

As Hunter grew, he ex-celled in karate and in school. He was named top Christian athlete in 2012 by his school’s Fellowship of Christian Ath-letes club and is thinking about going into the medical field someday.

But in 2013, Hunter’s leg pain kicked up again. “I began having pain from my right hip to my right knee – it would wake me up at night,” said Hunter. “And I have a pretty high pain tolerance.”

Because of Hunter’s his-tory, several doctors said they couldn’t repair his hip, and he is too young for a hip replace-ment. So Beth Thomas began looking outside of Knoxville

for a surgeon who could help.“I did some research and

found a surgeon, Dr. John Clohisy, at Washington Uni-versity in St. Louis, who spe-cialized in adolescent hips,”

said Beth Thomas. “Then,shortly after that, we found out about Dr. Paul Yau at Fort Sanders.”

Yau did his orthopedic fel-lowship training under Clo-hisy in St. Louis, and he is the only physician in the Knox-ville area fellowship trained in this kind of hip impinge-ment surgery.

“One of the things that im-pressed me is that Dr. Yau didn’t immediately say every-thing’s going to be perfect,” said Beth Thomas. “He was cautious, and put so much time and effort into making sure Hunter received the best procedure to last as long as it could.”

“A hip replacement atHunter’s age would be risky,” said Yau. “They wear out and you risk infection the longer you have it in. So I’m hopingwith this surgery to preserve his hip, he can wait another 20 to 30 years before needinga hip replacement.”

Yau reshaped the ball at thetop of Hunter’s femur, and re-paired the damaged cartilageand labrum (soft tissue lin-ing the hip socket), holding itall together with small metalplates.

After surgery, Hunterspent about a month doingphysical therapy in Yau’s of-fice, and then Hunter beganworking behind the desk atThe Wheeler Academy.

By June he was back on themats, and Yau stopped in tosee him work out before giv-ing him the OK to compete in a local tournament in Sep-tember.

“We’ve been through somuch together, I wanted tosee what he could do,” said Yau.

Hunter placed second inthat tournament and firstplace in two others since then,including the Year End Na-tionals in Atlanta. He is back to teaching karate as well.

“Dr. Yau is awesome,” saidHunter. “Some doctors didn’twant to do this surgery, buthe seemed very confident, very curious and careful witheverything. He told me whatwas going to happen and an-swered all my questions.

“As far as my everyday ac-tivity, I haven’t had any pain,” he said. “I’ve gotten full pow-er back in my leg and full flex-ibility.”

The Thomas family saidthey would recommend Dr.Yau and Fort Sanders to any-one facing hip surgery.

“It was great care, it re-ally was,” said Beth Thomas.“They were really good to him.”

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shirts emblazoned with “I (Heart) My Job,” were there as well. Several members of this group are teachers from Dogwood Elemen-tary School, and many are relatively young. Members of this group spoke at last week’s meetings, hammer-ing the point that teachers really don’t have much to complain about. It is unclear what kinds of public forum rules apply to their relent-lessly positive messages. Perhaps “chain of com-mand” restrictions apply only to those who are critical of the administration.

One leader who did not wish to be quoted by name

said several SPEAK mem-bers decided not to wear their red shirts to the meet-ing so as not to set up a “Crips versus Bloods” atmo-sphere, since most teachers want the same thing – what’s best for the students.

Meanwhile, it has not escaped Earl’s notice that experienced administrators are being moved aside to make room for graduates of the KCS Leadership Acad-emy, which cranks out a doz-en or so “fellows” annually.

Here’s what she said when asked what she’d like to say to this new generation of educators:

“When I was a young,

naive teacher, I loved my job. Now that I have gained more experience and wis-dom, I continue to love teaching children. However, I now recognize that not all decisions made on a district level are appropriate for stu-dents on the classroom level or for my own child. Speak-ing up for what we believe is in the best interest of chil-dren is affi rmation of the fact that we love teaching the students of Knox County Schools.”

She signs her emails with a signature quote from Pat Summitt:

“It is what it is, but it will become what I make of it.”

Crissy Haslam, traveling across Tennessee to read to children, stopped at The Wee Course at Williams Creek in East Knoxville to encourage summer reading.

Promoting her Read20 Family Book Club, the state’s First Lady enlisted help from her “Book Patrol,” members of the Knoxville Police Department, to dis-tribute books to kids.

The Read20 Book Club initiative encourages chil-dren and families to read 20 minutes daily, espe-cially during summer vaca-tion. Each child received a book, and after reading to the group of elementary students, Haslam encour-aged them to get additional books from the Book Patrol when they fi nish reading the books they were given.

Crissy Haslam, wife of Gov. Bill Haslam, stands with children and staff at The Wee Course at Williams Creek. Photos by Patricia Williams

Earthworms were $1/dozen from the earthworm farm at Sarah

Moore Green Magnet Academy. The students turned 20 red

wiggler worms into about 400 by adding vegetable scraps

from their lunch to a compost mixture.

Fifth-grade teacher Jacqueline Sims (in the background) with members of her fi fth-grade class:

Derian “Alex” Vejar, Stophie Bebb, Sarah Roggie and Chante’ Thomas.

Crissy Haslam reads at First TeeWalk included Megan Coo-per’s kindergarten class project: an “I Am” book that featured pictures of a landscape and self-portraits that were taken by the stu-dents at the beginning of the school year, then again near the end of the school year to note changes in the land-scape from fall to spring and in themselves over the course of the school year. C ooper’s students were very observant for kindergarten-ers. “They pointed out dif-ferences in the pictures and noticed changes I was not looking for,” said Cooper.

Joe Wright Jr. came to see the accomplishments of his son “3J,” who is in Coo-per’s kindergarten class, with his younger daughter, JoRissah, in tow.

Jacqueline Sims’ fi fth-grade class took on the am-bitious project of incubating chickens’ eggs to chicks.

The class studied the de-velopment of an embryo while keeping journals and making clay sculptures of stages of development of an embryo. The students were hoping to include baby chicks in their presentation, but on this day only one of the eggs had hatched. Sims said one of her students, Tyrique Stewart, summa-rized that “fertile eggs make baby chicks and infertile eggs make omelets!” Sims plans to give the hatchlings to the local farmers’ co-op.

■ Free health screen-ings, from doctors and specialists on-site, will be available at the Community Family Health Fair from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, July 12, at Vine Middle Magnet School, 1807 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave.

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■ Street Dreams Carand Bike Show will befrom 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sat-urday, July 26, at ClaudeWalker Field, 2945 WilsonAve. Admission is free toenjoy family fun and games.

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To participate, contactPastor Victor E. King Sr. at522-2391 or 384-3267.

■ Enjoy a fashionshow and tea extravaganzafrom 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday,July 27, at Beck CulturalExchange Center, 1927 Dan-dridge Ave. Donations ac-cepted for admission.

■ A golfers’ competi-tion for youth and adultswill be held at The WeeCourse at Williams Creek,2351 Dandridge Ave.

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Burlington Gang From page 1

born after the winning sea-son of the 1927 Burlington Baptist Church baseball team. The celebration din-ner that year was followed by a summer dinner the next year, and then the next and so on. It has become more of a homecoming than a neighborhood gathering as few of the “gang” still live in Burlington.

Attendance has decreased as old-time Burlington folks have moved or passed away, but this year’s turnout was higher than last year’s, and Henson encouraged attend-ees to get the word out even more next year.

The short business meet-ing included an offi cer election – with Henson re-elected as president and

Kay Tarwater and April Mc-Swain voted secretary and treasurer, respectively – and the distribution of door prizes.

Henson singled out the maker of the banana pud-ding – Judy Carpenter Hill-ard – for special praise.

Primarily, the evening was about reminiscing with old friends and enjoying de-licious home-cooked food. Attendees also enjoyed looking through scrapbooks and photos recognizing past gatherings and neighbors.

Wanda Cox, a native of Arkansas, says she moved to Burlington when she mar-ried a resident.

“It was a quiet, nice place for the kids to grow up in,” said Cox, who attended with

daughter Laura Cox Majors.Cox’s sister-in-law, Mary

Cox Smiddy, agreed.“It was a good family

community,” said Smiddy. “You didn’t lock your door. Everybody helped each oth-er.”

Henson recalled looking forward every year to the lighting of the Burlington Christmas tree in the park-ing lot next to the old Cox & Wright grocery store. The ceremony “was exciting,” he said.

“Burlington, that was town. I didn’t know down-town.”

Ye Olde Burlington Gang gathers at Macedonia UMC on the fourth Thursday in June each year. The 2015 meeting will be on June 25.

to add an active board with LCD projector to the schools’ computer lab.

“We are rebranding the magnet theme to focus on media and communications to better equip students for the future with writing and communications skills,” said Reggie Mosley, then-principal of Sarah Moore Greene School. (He has since been replaced by for-mer Pond Gap principal Su-san Espiritu.)

The evening included a Gallery Walk that displayed media-themed projects of classrooms; a Media Show-case, staffed by local media representatives; and a musi-cal presentation of “We Haz Jazz” by John Jacobson, performed by the school’s fi fth-graders.

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An employment contract extended to 2017?

Of course! Whiney-butt teachers can go clap eras-ers.

A fi ve-year strategic plan railroaded through by Au-gust?

Sure! Why allow four (or fi ve) new board members to come in and set policy later when a bunch of lame ducks can do it right now?

Want to overturn the recommendation of an im-partial hearing offi cer who overruled your decision to fi re a teacher?

Oops.Last week, the school

board sided with hearing offi cer H. Scott Reams, who had overruled the fi ring of Gibbs High School math-ematics teacher Richard S. Suttle. The board shocked most onlookers by voting

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7-0 to turn down McIntyre’s appeal of Reams’ ruling.

McIntyre recommend-ed Suttle for termination just before the start of last school year, citing exces-sive absenteeism, tardiness, inappropriate language, failing to properly “input” grades and wearing white after Labor Day.

Just kidding about the fashion felony, but serious-ly, he threw the kitchen sink at the guy, characterizing his offenses as ineffi ciency, unprofessional conduct, in-subordination and neglect of duty in a letter dated Aug. 27, 3013 (McIntyre prides himself on being a forward-thinking leader). The school board rubber-stamped the fi ring, and Suttle exercised his option to have a hearing before “an impartial hear-ing offi cer” whose decision

could be appealed back to the school board. At that point he was entitled to be represented by the TEA lawyer Virginia McCoy, a fi erce advocate who is worth the price of union dues.

Teachers don’t usu-ally win these hearings, but Reams came down hard against Knox County Schools, ruling that Sut-tle’s transgressions rated a suspension, but not fi ring. He noted that Suttle had a knack for teaching math to kids who don’t understand it, and that he had satisfac-torily completed an Inten-sive Assistance Program. He also questioned the mo-tives of Suttle’s supervisors:

“Why any administrator at a school with such dismal results in math would take a math teacher with an af-fi nity for low-performing students and assign him to teach PE defi es logical ex-planation.

“Mr. (Lynn) Hill’s expla-nation that he thought it would do Mr. Suttle good to get out and exercise is total-

ly unconvincing.”Several teachers in the

audience snickered when they heard that Suttle’s in-appropriate language was calling a misbehaving stu-dent “Billy Badass.”

Board member Doug Harris moved to affi rm Reams’ decision. Pam Trainor and Gloria Death-ridge agreed. Indya Kincan-non asked if they couldn’t at least revoke Suttle’s ten-ure. The answer was no, to her visible disappointment, prompting one observer to wonder aloud if she was go-ing to poke him with a stick.

(Revoking Suttle’s ten-ure would have the effect of making him a sitting duck for dismissal at the whim of the administration.)

McIntyre’s board major-ity is melting like the Wick-ed Witch of the West under a bucket of ice water, and neither his contract nor his long-range plan nor the Au-gust election will save him. He’s done.

Alice isn’t cooking here anymore.

Next month some of you will go to the polls to select a candidate for state Senate District 7 in the November general election.

It’s an important contest, not merely for the chance to send Stacey Campfi eld packing. Campfi eld faces Richard Briggs and Mike Alford in the Republican primary. Democrats offer Cheri Siler, running unop-posed.

If Alford were anony-mous, we’d call him a stalk-ing horse. Given his past association with Campfi eld, there’s little doubt he’s there to siphon off votes from Briggs.

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dream, an embarrassment to most everyone but Camp-fi eld.

As a Knox County Com-missioner, Briggs is re-membered by many for his “reasonable man” argument that let former Knox County Mayor Mike Ragsdale dodg-ing repaying thousands of dollars in undocumented travel and entertainment expenses.

There’s more to Briggs, of course. He’s a respected surgeon and a U.S. Army combat veteran with the rank of colonel.

If you were sending a surgeon or soldier to Nash-ville, Briggs would be the clear choice. If voters want a clown, it’s Campfi eld in a landslide.

With Democrats scarcer than tour groups bound for Ukraine in East Tennessee, the winner of the Republi-can primary is the presump-tive victor in November. But if you ignore Siler, what will you get for your money in November?

Whether Campfi eld or Briggs, arguably more of the

same. Bottom line, Briggs and Campfi eld are bobble-heads nodding to the same tired refrain.

■ Conservative values (whatever those are these days)? Check.

■ Oppose all tax increas-es? Check.

■ Support your Second Amendment right to be a one-person army? Check.

■ Limit the role of gov-ernment? Check.

Then there is the stan-dard boilerplate support of small business, jobs and education, although Camp-fi eld’s hypocrisy fl ares on the issue of government in the classroom.

Siler likewise pledges

support for small business and education, but what candidate doesn’t? So where do her “issues” part com-pany with the Republican contenders?

Most notably, healthcare.Campfi eld’s comparison

of individuals who signed up for health insurance under Obamacare to Nazi Holocaust victims says all you need to know about his stance on expanding healthcare.

The Briggs campaign’s website doesn’t bother with healthcare as an issue. Pan-dering to the base, a physi-cian upholds the right to bear instruments responsi-ble for thousands of deaths and injuries every year but is silent on healthcare.

That, folks, is irony, and it’s morally indefensible.

Siler’s campaign litera-ture notes that “no parent should have to choose be-tween putting food on the table and taking a child to the doctor.” That’s more than a platitude, it’s a fact of life for thousands of Ten-nessee families.

Campfi eld pulled a sur-prise last time around, and it’s not inconceivable that he could do it again. But soldier and surgeon Briggs has to be considered the favorite.

While Siler’s supporters would welcome a Campfi eld upset, Briggs is not invin-cible.

Estimates of the unin-sured in Tennessee run as high as 866,000. Isn’t it time caring for those indi-viduals became a “family value?” At least Cheri Siler thinks so.

Dorothy Conley

In 1968, I fi rst voted in Tennessee. The election was a state primary and a county general. At the sign-in table, I was surprised when the woman in front of me was asked which primary ballot she wanted.

I had lived and voted in several other states, but the notion of choosing between parties in a primary was new to me. The woman said she wanted to vote in both primaries, and despite the offi cial’s attempt to explain the rules, she was indig-nant. It was obvious that she did not understand the difference between a pri-mary and a general election.

Later, when I learned more about Tennessee poli-

Primary confusion

tics, I was surprised at the toleration of open prima-ries.

Since primaries are nom-inating contests, to me it stands to reason that only members of a political party should have a vote on who will be their standard bear-er in a general election.

Otherwise, it is the same as allowing Gator fans to help choose the Vols’ quar-terback when we play Flori-

da. It makes no sense.Studies have shown that

the best-informed voters are those who strongly iden-tify with a party, and the most ill informed are those who do not.

From time to time, dis-cussions arise about wheth-er or not a candidate is a “bona fi de” member of one of our two major parties. In Tennessee, there are no “bona fi de” members of ei-ther one. Voting patterns do not establish membership in a party; only registration can do that.

A closed primary system requires registration by party, which requires some knowledge of a party’s po-litical philosophy. When independents learn that they cannot vote in a party’s primary unless they are members of that party, it

strengthens the two-party system, which, despite re-cent rancid partisanship, has on the whole provided stability to our government.

The best description of an independent voter that I’ve ever read came from Tom Danehy, writing for the Tucson Weekly. To para-phrase him – a high school girl shows up at the softball batting practice of a school in her neighborhood. She doesn’t go to the school, doesn’t like the uniforms or the coach, and doesn’t really want to be part of a team. When she’s not allowed to have her way, she cries, “I’ve been disenfranchised!”

As far as I’m concerned, there’s nothing wrong with third parties, but I believe that in order to succeed they must be based on movements that can attract

very wide support. Other-wise, they often serve only as spoilers, as in Florida’s 2000 election, when the Green Party’s Ralph Nader received about 90,000 votes that otherwise would likely have gone to Al Gore. Just think about it.

When I went to vote in 2006 in another section of the county, I had a similar experience to the one in 1968 when I stood behind a young man who requested both party’s ballots. He ac-cepted the offi cial’s expla-nation politely but seemed confused by it. Perhaps learning some basics about politics and elections would prevent this confusion. Many complain about gov-ernment and politics; in-stead, maybe we all should pay more attention and learn about how the system

is supposed to work.Unfortunately, open pri-

maries are not the main problem with our elections. There are more serious ones: obscene amounts of money funding intermina-ble campaigns; meaningless “debates” and political ad-vertising that insults our in-telligence. (Strangely, both alcohol and tobacco ads are not allowed on television, but we see misleading polit-ical advertisements poison our TV screens as elections approach. Sad.)

Let’s hope that someday, more of us will understand that citizenship has respon-sibilities as well as benefi ts. Perhaps then we may com-plain less and learn more about our government. Af-ter all, in this country, we the people are the govern-ment, aren’t we?

Find us, we’re worth itFormer Knox County Com-

missioner Wanda Moody al-ways asks the tough question. Don’t believe me? Ask former Sheriff Tim Hutchison.

“Hi, Wanda,” I said, sitting down at her table at the BBQ lunch preceding Sen. Lamar Alexander’s recent rally at Ce-dar Bluff.

“Why did you switch (the publication date) to Wednes-days?” she asked.

“Money,” I answered, cit-ing a couple of grocery stores that now insert preprints into the Shopper-News.

“Who sold that deal?” she quickly retorted.

“Uh, Patrick Birmingham, I guess,” I mumbled.

“Do you really have much to do with the Shopper these days?” she said.

Sigh. I’m working harder than

ever before. We’ve got eight zoned editions of Shopper-News with specifi c commu-nity coverage in each. We’re serving areas that I’ve always wanted to cover. Now to make the time to do it well!

To cap it off, with our switch to Wednesdays, the Shopper is buried behind several grocery ads inside the News Sentinel’s Food section for delivery to KNS subscrib-ers.

Non-subscribers fi nd us easily as the wrapper for pre-prints. Subscribers must look inside the Wednesday food section. No-brainer.

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When I asked Tennes-see fans about Neyland Stadium experiences, Nate Harrison surprised me with specifi c comments.

In last week’s Shopper, Harrison offered what he hoped was constructive crit-icism about miscommunica-tions, fi rst-aid delays, gate rules set in concrete and two fans who blocked his view and wouldn’t sit down.

As promised, I asked Chris Fuller, UT senior asso-ciate athletics director for all external operations, includ-ing communications, sales and marketing, tickets and special events, for a response.

Chris is a busy man, but he responded, saying, fi rst of all, it was unusual to re-

UT response to stadium issues

ceive word of specifi c prob-lems described by identifi -able sources.

“Sounds like several things here, starting with the mailing address, that we could have done better.”

He spoke of good judg-ment and common sense but also praised the various support groups who are part of a home football game – including different levels of police, ushers and Red

Cross workers.“We work cooperatively,

but it’s easy to understand how not all are on the same page with all issues, espe-cially when you’re dealing with 100,000 people.”

Concerning my favorite hot-button issue, Fuller said there is no policy regarding “standing fans.”

If there was one, he said it would be very diffi cult to enforce.

Fuller invited David El-liott, assistant athletics director for event manage-ment, to chime in.

“Chris is correct. We do not have a policy on ‘stand-ing,’ and I do not know of any place in college or professional athletics that

does. We do ask our ushers to work with a customer-friendly attitude – which it seems they tried to do in talking with the patrons who were standing. We ask that fans try to respect oth-ers in their areas. But, as Chris mentioned, it would be an impossible task to try to enforce.”

Elliott said he has re-ceived very f ew complaints about fans standing in seat-ing areas. He does deal with people who become abusive. He says they are removed so others around them can en-joy the game.

Harrison wanted to es-cort his ailing mother-in-law to their car and return to the stadium. The gate at-

tendant said no way; if you go out, you are out.

Elliott says the SEC has a “no pass-out policy.”

Just guessing, but that is probably intended to elimi-nate halftime trips to cars for liquid refreshments.

Elliott said that in cir-cumstances such as Har-rison reported, gate su-pervisors are expected to intervene as best they can and make a judgment call.

“Sadly, people try to abuse this situation. How-ever there are times when common sense should dic-tate response.”

Elliott said fi rst-aid de-lays are sometimes un-avoidable.

“Our event staff does an excellent job in managing 100,000-plus crowds, but with a number like that, in-cidents happen that do not

go as well as we would like.”He said at early-season

afternoon games, emergen-cy workers have sometimes been inundated with calls due to extreme heat and hu-midity.

“We have had games where we have had 300 treatments.”

I liked Elliott’s attitude. It matched Fuller’s.

“We try to learn from those incidents and seek ways to improve.”

There was no offi cial UT response to my idea for a standing-fan section: no seats, short people in front, tall fans behind, stand for warm-ups, National An-them, the entire game, even intermission, wave both arms nonstop and keep yell-ing, “Go Vols.”Marvin West invites reader reaction. His

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It is not often a serious candidate for the U.S. Sen-ate has in his past a state Supreme Court decision that delves into his per-sonal life, thereby making it public. But such is the case with Gordon Ball, a wealthy Knoxville attorney and Democratic U.S. Sen-ate candidate in the Aug. 7 primary.

He is featured in the case of Marie Larsen-Ball v. Gor-don Ball argued in the state Supreme Court on Sept. 4, 2009, and decided on Jan. 14, 2010, in a decision writ-ten and published by then-Chief Justice Janice Holder, who is retiring in August. It can be found at 301 S.W. 3d 328.

Of the current three jus-tices seeking retention on the court in August, only Cornelia Clark participated in this case. Gary Wade, who was on the court at the time, recused himself due to

Divorce shows Ball’s lavish lifestyle

a longtime friendship with Ball. Only four justices par-ticipated.

The basic issue was whether a $17 million at-torney fee received on Aug. 31, 2006, which occurred after his spouse fi led for di-vorce but before the divorce became fi nal, is part of the marital property and sub-ject to equitable distribution in divorce. The fi nal divorce hearing was a full year later on Aug. 27 and 29, 2007.

$17 million is signifi cant and worth arguing over, es-pecially if one spouse is go-ing to get 40 percent of it.

At the trial court, mari-tal property was valued

in 2007 as $29,650,000, which included the disput-ed $17 million. The Court of Appeals, in an opinion by Frank Clement (son of the late Gov. Frank Clem-ent), held it was marital property, and the Supreme Court agreed. It had to be divided between the two spouses.

It makes fascinating read-ing as it appears in the opin-ion itself that Gordon Ball had a rich lifestyle. The opin-ion even refers to payments of $55,000 to paramours (the court’s language, not mine).

The opinion says: “Both parties enjoy a lavish life-style and spend money on a grand scale. During the marriage (Marie) Ball spent extensive sums of money … and (Gordon) Ball has not been Spartan in his life-style.”

It will be up to the voters in the Democratic primary

to determine the relevance of this in terms of who should carry the Democratic banner against Sen. Lamar Alexander in the November general election. Knoxville attorney Terry Adams is Ball’s principal opponent. Another Knox County resi-dent, John D. King, is seek-ing the GOP nomination.

Whether this part of Ball’s biography infl uences your vote (and how) is up to every Democratic vot-er. This writer thinks you ought to know about it and not learn of it after the pri-mary is over.

Supreme Court: Pre-dictions are that Gary Wade and Sharon Lee are most likely to survive the ef-forts to remove them from the Supreme Court, espe-cially here in East Tennes-see where they are known and liked. Justice Clark is unknown in East Tennes-see. In West Tennessee, the

three are not known as none lives there.

Those wanting a Repub-lican to be chosen for state Attorney General may opt to replace Clark, giving Gov. Bill Haslam an appointment to the court, presumably one who would join the two Republican justices already there in picking a Republican AG. No woman, Republican or African-American has ever been state AG while the Supreme Court has made the selection.

The court picks the At-torney General, a duty unique to Tennessee. In this writer’s opinion, it is the major reason this political fi ght has emerged as many in the GOP, led by Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey, want to win the AG offi ce, just as Demo-crats would want the offi ce were the situation reversed.

It is surprising that three incumbents have not gone out to each of the 95 coun-ties in full campaign mode introducing themselves to the media and voters. Wade has been the most active statewide, followed by Lee.

Dr. Rick Briggs seeks to unseat state Sen. Stacey Campfi eld as the GOP nom-inee to run against Demo-crat Cheri Siler in November. Briggs, 61, is a Knox County commissioner. He moved here in 1992. Recently, he was available for an interview.

He criticizes Campfi eld for “the many things he seeks to take away from lo-cal government.”

Briggs has raised some $190,000, mostly from tra-ditional GOP donors who back Gov. Haslam.

He favors the constitu-tional amendments to re-strict abortions, to prohibit a state income tax and to allow the governor to name Supreme Court justices. He says Campfi eld “at times embarrasses the county and state on a national level.”

Briggs, who prefers to be called Rick, strongly criti-cizes the Campfi eld/Steve Hall bill to sell Lakeshore Park. He does not favor an elected school superin-tendent. He says he backs Haslam on what he has done on education.

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“We take students with no experience who are pas-sionate but green and try to make them well rounded,” said program director Greg Eisele. During a 12-week program, students create food to serve at 10 events, including an Asian buffet and an appreciation lun-cheon for Red Cross volun-teers.

“It is an intense program based on life events,” said Eisele. Students are taught knife skills, butchery and how to create the perfect

Downtown worker Frank Brewer gets his food to go with the

help of UT Conference Center associate Tina Rauhuff .

Culinary students John Hampton and Chris Howard work as a team to cook and package Chick-

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Gonzo Gourmet owner Brandon Wilson serves up a delicious and healthy lunch to go.

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Gonzo Gourmet food trailer owner Brandon Wil-son is a graduate of the program’s inaugural se-mester under Eisele. Wil-son opened his business last October, serving dishes on the curbs of downtown Knoxville.

Wilson said he liked the small class size and the fact that you could pretty much hit the ground running – or cooking – after graduation.

“You can land a very de-cent cooking job straight out of the culinary program, which is great for people like me who don’t have the time or money to spend two years in college,” he said.

Wilson also appreciated the help he received in class from specialists who ex-plained the business aspect, which he says prepared him for the amount of time he spends in front of his computer instead of in the kitchen.

“Literally 80 percent of the time I’m keeping up with inspections, taxes and insurance,” said Wilson, instead of doing the part of the business he loves most, which is, of course, cooking.

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Legends at Oak Grove – like ‘coming home’

was the saltwater, resort-style swimming pool with a poolside entertainment area including a fi replace, bar and grills.

Legends at Oak Grove is very pet friendly. “Our team loves dogs,” says Chavira. Keeping the community clean and safe is a top prior-ity. Legends participates in the DNA-based Poo Prints program, which enables the staff to know which resident didn’t clean up after their dog.

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■ Sterling now heads ETABPA The East Towne Area

Business and Professional Association has a new presi-dent.

Justin Sterling, leasing agent for Knoxville Center mall, follows the founding president, Kaelyn Farmer, manager of Buckle. The an-nouncement came at the July 1 meeting at New Har-

vest Park. S t e r l i n g t h a n k e d Farmer for her service and pledged to keep the m o m e n -tum of the group going strong.

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By Patricia WilliamsThe First Tee life skills

summer program for chil-dren ages 6-17 is under-way at seven golf courses throughout Knoxville in-c luding The Wee Course at Williams Creek Golf Course, 2351 Dandridge Ave.

Tutoring and academic support are central in the afterschool program during the school year.

Children in the summer program at Williams Creek attend from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays.

Williams Creek is the base from which the local First Tee programs operate, and kids there are served breakfast and lunch, in con-trast to the two-hour pro-gram at the other sites. First Tee of Greater Knoxville is one of 200 chapters across the country, where children participate in activities that build life skills and charac-ter through golf clinics.

“We are not trying to cre-ate another Tiger Woods,” explains Diondre Jackson, executive director.

“We teach core values that go with the game of golf, that help kids transi-tion into adulthood.”

First Tee helps to provide children with tools needed to become good citizens.

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First Tee’s summer program underway

Food City has created two administrative posi-

tions and elevated two staff members to serve.

Don Mascola is the vice president for infor-mation

technology and in-store services. He has headed in-store services since 2008 and has 22 years total with Food City.

Haskel Bledsoe is now director of security/loss prevention. He previously

served as district manager for the company, respon-

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a gym, a learning center and game rooms.

Children participate in a variety of activities that are fun and challenging while building healthy habits and life skills.

Jackson stresses that the program is very competitive and the kids are also geared to be academically strong. Upon completion, students may qualify for golf schol-arships accepted at 30 col-leges in the country.

Jeremy Fultz, who gradu-ated this year from Carter High, will be attending col-lege on a First Tee scholar-ship.

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ies Triathlon: 1.5k open water swim on Douglas Lake, 40k bike ride on rolling rural roads and 10k run on rolling roads. Info/to register: 250-3618 or http://racedayevents.net/events/lakeside-of-the-smokies-triathlon/.

THURSDAY, JULY 10VFW meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St., Maynard-

ville. All veterans are invited. Info: 278-3784.Monthly Seniors Meeting, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.,

Heiskell Community Center, 9420 Heiskell Road. Speaker: Theresa Hensley with Morning Pointe. Lunch, noon; bingo, 1 p.m. Program is free, donations appreciated. Bring a dessert and a friend. Info: Janice White, 548-0326.

FRIDAY, JULY 11Farm Fresh Fridays: Union County Farmers Mar-

ket, 4-7 p.m., downtown Maynardville. Info: 992-8038.Concert on the Commons, 7-9 p.m., Norris

Town Commons. Featuring: Hippy Nuts. Bring a lawn chair, blanket and picnic basket. Info/schedule: www.facebook.com/pages/Concerts-On-The-Commons/210787865610690 or www.cityofnorris.com.

Mr. Rich’s Super Science Tennessee, 12:15-2 p.m., Maynardville Public Library, 296 Main St. Info: 992-7106.

Communitywide fi reworks show, following 7 p.m. rally, The Crown College Campus, 2307 West Bea-ver Creek Drive. Everyone invited; admission free.

Volunteer Traveler Square Dance Club dance, 7:30 p.m., Square Dance Center Inc., 820 Tulip St. Theme: Melon Fest. Caller: Bill Fox. Info: Janice Fox, 689-2665.

Free Family Movie in the Park at Luttrell City Park. Movie will start at dusk. Bring chairs or blankets. Candies, chips, soda and popcorn available for purchase. Info: 992 0678.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, JULY 11-27“Thumbelina” presented by the Knoxville Chil-

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

SATURDAY, JULY 12Cades Cove tour with Bill Landry, 9 a.m., depart-

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

Wheel Throwing: One Bag/One Day, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. Instructor: Sandra McEntire. Registration deadline: July 5. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

Thunder Road Gospel Jubilee, 7 p.m., WMRD 94.5 FM, 1388 Main St., Maynardville. All pickers and singers welcome.

Yoga, 9-10:15 a.m., Narrow Ridge outdoor stage or Mac Smith Resource Center, 1936 Liberty Hill Road., Washburn. Bring yoga/Pilates mat, towel, water. No fee; donations accepted. Info: Mitzi Wood-Von Mizener, 497-3603 or www.narrowridge.org.

Benefi t Ride for the First Baptist Mobile Ministry, First Baptist Church of Powell. Registration: 8 a.m.; ride begins 9 a.m. Lunch provided. No fee but donations accepted. All bikes and bikers welcome. Info: Don Wadley, 679-4045; Debbie Garrett, 599-9141; or email sweetnlow1298@comcast.net

Big Clinch River Cleanup, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Museum of Appalachia, 2819 Andersonville Highway, Nor-ris. Begins with breakfast and briefi ng for registered volunteers. To register: http://crctu.org and click on Big Cleanup Registration. Info: Buzz Buffi ngton, buzz.buffi ngton@gmail.com or 463-7167; or Jim Ferguson, jimferguson41@gmail.com or 494-8081.

Car Show to benefi t Josh Hensley’s family and Brit-tany Branch, 8 a.m.-8 p.m., Union County High School parking lot. Info: Aircooled Hooligans on Facebook.

Fundraiser meal: Hamburgers, hot dogs, all the fi xin’s and watermelon, 4-7 p.m., Bright Hope Lodge #557 F. &A.M., 5400 N. Broadway. Cost: Suggested donation, $5; all donations appreciated.

SUNDAY, JULY 13Little Greenbrier School Old Harp shape note

singing, 2 p.m., Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Info: Robin Goddard, 982-6148 or rlgoddard@aol.com.

MONDAY, JULY 14Registration deadline for Rhythm of the

Mountains camp – The Music, Art and Dance of the Appalachian Mountains – to be held 8:30 a.m.-noon Monday through Thursday, July 21-24, Central Baptist Church of Fountain City. For children who have completed grades 1-6. Cost: $35, includes concert shirt and daily snacks. Concert: 5:30 p.m. Thursday, July 24. Info/registration: http://www.cbcfc.org/fi ne-arts-camp-registration/ or 688-2421.

MONDAY-THURSDAY, JULY 14-17Kids Support Camp, a free four-day camp for

kids who have a loved one facing cancer, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., The Cancer Support Community East Tennessee, 2230 Sutherland Ave. Info: 546-4661.

TUESDAY, JULY 15UT Hospice Adult Grief Support Group meet-

ing, 5-6:30 p.m., UT Hospice offi ce, 2270 Sutherland Ave. A light supper is served. Info/reservation: Brenda Fletcher, 544-6277.

Summer Reading Program: Zoomobile, 1 p.m., Luttrell Public Library. Info: 992-0208.

Honor Guard meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St., Maynardville. All veterans invited. Info: 256-5415.

Old College Monthly Harp Singing, 6 p.m., St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 123 S. Jackson St., Athens, Tenn. Info: Cora Sweatt, 423 745-0248.

Sevier County Monthly Old Harp Singing, 7 p.m., Middle Creek UMC, 1828 Middle Creek Road, Pigeon Forge. Info: David Sarten, 428-0874.

Chef Arnold’s Pasta and Noodle Making Class, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Avanti Savoia, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Cost: $50. Limited space. Info/to register: 922-9916 or www.avantisavoia.com.

Knox County Veterans Services Outreach program, 10-11 a.m., Corryton Senior Center, 9331 Davis Drive. One-on-one assistance to veterans and family mem-bers; explain VA benefi ts, answer questions, and assist veterans and family member with fi ling for VA benefi ts.

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