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POWELL/NORWOODVOL. 54 NO. 35 September 2, 2015www.ShopperNewsNow.com | www.facebook.com/ShopperNewsNow
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The off ensive
artwork
By Betty BeanThe fi rst challenge to the city’s
new sign ordinance isn’t coming from a big national franchise seeking a fl ashing message center atop a tall pole along-side a busy highway.
Instead, it’s being fi led by the owner of a homegrown business who has been told that she can’t place whimsical, cartoon-style butter and egg fi gures of her own design on the roof of her building because they aren’t art.
“It came down to whether the sign was art or just advertising,” said Peter Ahrens, director of Plans Review and Inspections for the city of Knoxville.
“As we looked at their website, it almost seemed that the egg and the butter became a logo, almost like a Nike Swoosh. Where you see the butter and egg dancing, you think of Magpies, and that’s how they are trying to brand their business. That would be consid-
City sign ordinance faces butter and egg challengeThe off en
artwoy’sng e
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Peg Hambright
ered advertising.”Peggy Hambright,
owner of Magpies Bak-ery, admits that she’s
better at baking cakes than at dealing with bureaucracies.
She said she’d long planned on affi xing porcelain fi gures to the pre-existing scaffolding at either end of her roof but put it off due to its cost. And even after passage of the new ordinance, which prohib-its rooftop signs, she believed Ms. Egg and Mr. Butter could slide in under a clause exempting works of art bearing no advertising.
“I was asked to speak against
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Walta Patt sits on a horse like a pro. But don’t call her a master rider or a professional. She’ll an-swer to neither, even though she has won seven championships, many fi rst places and hundreds of other awards for barrel racing. It takes an extraordinary horse-woman with an amazing horse, Littleman, to accomplish this.
“I am so blessed,” she said. “This is what I do for fun.”
The Powell community knows Patt as a master in fl ower design and home decorating through her business, Powell Florist. The busi-ness is more than 50 years old, and Patt has owned it for half that time. That is her work, which she loves. But her farm, family, horses and barrel racing are also major parts of her life. Patt was raised around horses thanks to a mom
Offi cer Mike Dowell of the Knox
County Sheriff ’s Offi ce talks with
John Diamond, designer of the disc
golf course at Powell Station Park.
Dowell brought a 7-member crew
of inmates who worked two days to
clear trails at the park.
walking
Walta Patt’s canine friend Ben is well
known in barrel-racing circles and
has never missed an event with her.
Walta Patt takes her stallion, Littleman, through the paces on her farm in
Powell. Photos by Cindy Taylor
Walta Patt: Gerberas and grit
who loved them. “We were in diapers riding po-
nies. My mom’s love for horses came from her father, and I inher-ited that. It is a part of who I am.”
Patt raced when she was grow-ing up, but after marriage she wanted to invest time in her fam-ily and business. She says she is
This trail was created last week
in the woods at Powell Station
Park. Check it out! Photos by S. Clark
Woods
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BUZZ
TDOT updateFountain City Business
and Professional Association will host representatives from the Tennessee Department of Transportation to discuss a project underway to redesign the intersection of Broadway and I-640.
The meeting is at 11:45 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9, at Virginia College. Lunch is $10, and the public is invited. President is R. Larry Smith.
■ Fountain City Lake update and
Garry Menendez’s ideas for the
future. Halls/Fountain City Shop-
per online.
■ Parkridge residents can seek
health care in a medical clinic in
the Hope Central ministry center.
North/East Shopper online.
■ Susan Cunningham, school
volunteer extraordinaire. Bearden
Shopper online.
■ Webb School project launched at
sea. Karns/Hardin Valley Shopper.
Get ‘Wild’ and possibly win
To celebrate its 10th anni-versary, Legacy Parks Founda-tion has christened Sept. 7-11 Wild Week. The movie “Wild,” based on the memoir by Cheryl Strayed, will be shown at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 7, at Regal Riviera.
The $25 ticket makes you eligible for door prizes from REI and gives you a chance to win two tickets to the sold-out Sept. 11 Legacy Luncheon, at which Strayed will speak. Moviegoers also will receive a pass for discounts at area mer-chants. Info: legacyparks.org
LVW to host candidate debate
WBIR news anchor John Becker will moderate a forum for Knoxville City Council candidates 7-8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8, at the Clinton Chapel AME Zion Church, 546 College Street. It is sponsored by the League of Women Voters and others.
The primary election is Tuesday, Sept. 29, with early voting to start Wednesday, Sept. 9. All are invited.
Coupon booksKnox County Schools will
kick off its annual coupon books campaign at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3, at Carter Elementary School, 8455 Strawberry Plains Pike. The book is celebrating 27 years and is still just $10.
The 2015 goal is 160,000 books sold, which will net more than $1.4 million for classroom needs across the county. The campaign runs Sept. 3-21.
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stroke:LIKE IT NEVER EVEN HAPPENED.No comprehensive stroke and rehabilitation center in our region
does more to reverse stroke’s devastating eff ects than Fort
Sanders Regional Medical
Center. That’s why hospitals
across East Tennessee refer their
most complex stroke patients to
us. And only Fort Sanders Regional is home to the Patricia Neal
Rehabilitation Center, East Tennessee’s elite rehabilitation hospital
for stroke, spinal cord and brain injury patients.
Certifi ed as a Comprehensive Stroke Center by The Joint Commission and accredited by the Commission on the Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
Leading the region’s only stroke hospital network
www.covenanthealth.com/strokenetwork
Fort Sanders performs clinical trials and procedures
for stroke not available anywhere else in our region.
When it comes to stroke, time lost is brain lost, so it’s important to understand the
warning signs and how to reduce your risk.
If you or a loved one experience any of these symptoms, call 911.
WARNINGSigns of
Stroke
Sudden numbness or weakness, especially on one
side of the body
Sudden severe headache with no known cause
Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance
or coordination
Sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding
Sudden trouble seeingin one or both eyes
Missing the linksRetired trooper vows strokes won’t end his golf game
There’s a golf club in the trunk of Bryan Farmer’s car with his name on it. It’s a top-of-the-line driver, brand new and still in the box.
He bought it June 12, 2014, af-ter playing 18 holes of golf. But that night, Farmer had a stroke of an-other kind – a blood clot on the left side of his brain – that has, so far, put his golf game on hold.
But even after suffering a sec-ond stroke 10 months later, he vows he’ll be back in the swing of things this month, thanks to the care he received at Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center (PNRC) at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center and Roane Medical Center.
“It might not be pretty, but I’m going to hit that driver,” declares Farmer, whose slightly drawn right arm and weakened right leg are reminders of that June night when a 3 a.m. bathroom visit was the fi rst hint that something had gone wrong.
“When I got out of the bed, I no-ticed some extreme dizziness, to the point where I almost fell down,” said Farmer, a Harriman resident. “It was similar to a blood sugar spike. I have high blood pressure and diabetes, and I knew I got dizzy when that happened to me in the past. I didn’t think a lot about it. I went ahead, got my balance back, went down the hall to the restroom, came back to bed and went straight to sleep. No sickness, no nothing.”
The following morning, he still had some dizziness, but not enough to prevent him from driving to Fairfi eld Glade where he works in quality assurance for the vacation resort. “I sat down at my desk and the diz-ziness came back,” he said. “I got up from my desk and walked down the hallway, and my right foot dragged the ground. Just one time, but it almost tripped me up, and one of the other guys I work with saw me and said, ‘Let’s go back into your offi ce and sit down.’ ”
It was then that one of the managers with nursing experience came in. Suspicious, she checked Farmer for stroke symptoms. “I passed every one of them with fl ying col-ors,” said Farmer who, as a retired Tennes-see Highway Patrol lieutenant, was familiar with the signs of a stroke. “No numbness, no
Brian Farmer continues
to work toward return-
ing to the golf course,
after suff ering two
strokes in the last year.
Farmer was treated at
the Comprehensive
Stroke Center at Fort
Sanders Regional and
Patricia Neal Rehabili-
tation Center.tingling, no headache. None of that. Just dizziness.”
Yet, despite the successful FAST (Face, Arms, Speech, Time) campaign to raise stroke symptom aware-ness, minor strokes can and do occur with-out the person ever knowing it. Mild stroke symptoms that recover after a brief period of time may indicate a transient ischemic attack (TIA) or “mini stroke.” While seldom deadly, TIAs are often precursors to a full-blown ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke that may follow if symptoms are left untreated.
Stroke symptoms can also occur over a span of hours or days. At fi rst, the affected person may have little or no symptoms, but as time passes, the symptoms will become more apparent as an estimated 32,000 brain cells die each passing second.
Pressed to go to the emergency room, Farmer reluctantly agreed. At Parkwest Medical Center, Farmer thought perhaps he had dodged a bullet when a CT scan came back negative for stroke.
However, according to Dr. Daryl Harp, neuoradiologist, “Physicians are aware that
strokes are often not seen on CT scans within the fi rst 24 hours. For this reason, an MRI of the brain was completed, and showed that he had indeed had a stroke.”
But even then, he still appeared to be unaffected. Then at about 3 a.m., Farmer arose from his hos-pital bed to go to the restroom and discovered his right side was para-lyzed. “Paralysis had set in, and my right leg was useless,” said Farmer. “It just got worse.”
Transferred by ambulance to the Comprehensive Stroke Center at Fort Sanders, Farmer began to real-ize the seriousness of his condition. “I couldn’t move my right arm – it was drawn up and curled against my
chest,” Farmer recalled. “My right leg was pretty much pointed to the right. I couldn’t walk. I couldn’t move. I couldn’t even feed myself.”
On the fourth day of his 31 days in Fort Sanders, Farmer was moved into the PNRC wing to begin his therapy. “I’m sitting there in a wheelchair in a row of four or fi ve other people in wheelchairs, waiting
on them to get therapy too,” he said. “I look at some of these people, and the thought is going through my head, ‘You know, I could have been a whole lot worse. I’ve got to go in here and do what they tell me to do to the best of my ability.’ ”
That was made easy by the PNRC doctors, nurses and therapists, whose encourage-ment was always coupled with enthusiasm from Day One.
“I wish I could remember her name, but the girl who came to wheel me up to therapy was just bubbling with excite-ment and positivity,” he said. “From her to the doctors to the nurses to the therapists, I can’t say enough good things about those people. Of course, I had a positive attitude from my family and a special friend. Between those people, I couldn’t help but stay positive. The level of professionalism and effort they put forth was amaz-
ing. They were magnifi cent.”“We’d only do three hours of therapy a
day, but it seemed like 10,” Farmer added.“It was really grueling because I started atGround Zero. I lost every ounce of strengthI had on my right side, and my left sidetoo basically – my body was just sapped ofstrength. I remember them giving me a two-pound weight to lift – two pounds! I couldn’teven pick that up!”
Still, 31 days after the stroke, Farmer waswheeled to the door and discharged fromPNRC. He walked the last 15 to 20 feet to hisride home. “It wasn’t the prettiest or mostgraceful walk I’d ever taken,” he said, “but itwas the most gratifying.”
His rehab continued a couple of weekslater at Patricia Neal Outpatient Center atRoane Medical Center, and he heaps morepraise on the therapists there. “They werejust top-notch, positive people, which wasgood for me because I had to help myselfand I didn’t need someone who was goingto bring me down,” he said. “They werejust as determined here to make me betteras they were in Knoxville. Their attitudeswere great. They are really dedicated totheir work, and enjoyed their work – and itshowed.”
A second stroke last April, just months after fi nishing his outpatient rehab, slightlyaffected his speech and cognition but for themost part is undetectable. In the meantime,he goes to the gym three times weekly to liftweights and work on the elliptical bike.
“As far as real limitations, I have none,”said Farmer. “I can’t run. I can’t jog. I canwalk ok. It takes me awhile to get some-where but I can do it,” he says. “I’m not backto where I want to be – I want to be on thegolf course right now. That’s where I want tobe. And that’s where I will be in September.It may not be pretty, but I’m going to be onthat course.”
The Stroke Center at Fort Sanders Regional -delivering immediate and excellent care
When a stroke happens, timely treatment is critical. The Com-prehensive Stroke Center at Fort Sanders Regional is well above the
national average in delivering prompt treatment of life-saving medication.
Clot busting drugs are given to stroke patients through a vein to improve blood fl ow and mini-mize potential disabilities. The amount of time it takes for a patient to be brought in to a hospital un-til the moment medications are intravenously ad-ministered is referred to as “door to needle time.”
While the average door to needle time is a little more than an hour, the door to needle time at Fort Sanders Regional is 30 minutes. That’s half an hour faster than the national average.
It’s just one of the many advantages a patient has when treated at a comprehensive stroke center. The stroke center exists to provide the highest level of stroke care for complicated stroke cases.
“It really exists to provide that next level up from what you can get at your local community hospital,” Arthur Moore, MD says. “Strokes can often be treated at those hospitals, but fi nding out why the stroke occurred to prevent it from happening again sometimes takes someone who’s done a lot more work in treating stroke.”
Moore says fi nding out the “why” takes some digging into a pa-tient’s background, and sometimes it’s not as obvious as the main risk factors.
“Stroke centers tend to be better and faster at treating stroke just because we see it all the time,” Moore says. “We have doctors who can go up into the brain and pull a clot out, and that’s a really specialized niche. Most hospitals don’t have access to someone who can do that.”
The Comprehensive Stroke Center at Fort Sanders Regional sees patients from throughout East Tennessee, and even from Ken-tucky. To learn more, visit fsregional.com/stroke, or call (865) 541-1111.
Arthur Moore,
MD
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City sign ordinance From page 1
Pam Hambright thinks her dancing egg could brighten North
Central. This is the view from her front door.
the ordinance, but I’m not a public speaker,” Hambright said. “So I didn’t. I thought the exemption would apply.”
She said none of her neighbors objects to her plan and said she doesn’t believe that some of the pro-hibitions in the ordinance are good for the 800 block of North Central Street, which hasn’t yet seen the kind of redevelopment that’s taking place a few blocks north.
Hambright – who got her start in the business with the help of her late parents, Frank and Hazel Hambright, who sold Mag-
pies cookies and cakes at the Market Square Farm-ers Market – bought 846 N. Central St. seven years ago, spruced it up and moved the bakery there from its Old City location, where it had been for fi ve years. She rent-ed the back half of the build-ing to the Glowing Body Yoga Studio, which fronts on Irwin Street. Soon, both businesses were drawing steady customers.
After her next-door neighbor, the iconic Corner Lounge, went out of business, Hambright and her husband, Scott Carpenter, bought that
building, too, and eventu-ally chef Holly Hambright (Peggy’s sister) opened Hol-ly’s Corner there, giving the neighborhood a trio of vi-brant new businesses.
Being turned down by the city inspectors forced Hambright to spend $250 to appeal the decision to the city Board of Zoning Ap-peals, where she will plead her case in October. If she is turned down there, the next step is City Council.
She says she’s feeling frustrated.
“If a business is willing to spend $10,000 of their own money to make their neigh-borhood more appealing, why should the city be op-posed to that? It can only be a good thing for everyone,” she said. “There has to be a way to make an exception in the ordinance to accommo-date neighborhoods such as ours and the Magnolia Av-enue corridor to allow us to make our businesses stand out from the blight.”
Walta Patt From page A-1
blessed with a wonderful husband, Tim, and son, An-drew, 24.
“God brought me back to barrel racing through a unique set of events,” she said. “When I decided to start racing again, I called my friend Jackie Cooper. She took me to see Little-man, a horse she had owned when he was a colt. He was 6 years old when we went to see him and had just started on the barrels.”
Patt and Littleman had
an instant rapport. Patt brought him home, rode and trained him daily. Twenty years old now, the stallion has won races with Patt for 10 years. Patt says there are great horses out there like Littleman, but they need to be loved, nourished and trained; then the horse will want to do whatever their master asks of them.
“Littleman is considered a freak of nature. He is little and has short legs, but he’s got grit. He wins with his
Fun at the Lions Club carnival
heart and wins consistently.”Patt says she always
prays for the others who are racing and that God will put His feet in her stirrups and His hand on her reins. She takes nothing for granted.
“I am so grateful to God for the life He has allowed me to live. There are so many people He has put in my life – my husband, my son and so many friends and family – that help me and make it possible for me to live the life I love.”
Patt family members will host the Raccoon Valley Bluegrass Festival on their farm Sept. 26.
Brisa Sanches, Sarah
Sanches, Jessica Rangel and
Armando Sanches go for a
spin on the tilt-a-whirl.
Lacy and Jordyn Coff er prepare to be rammed into by Andre and Kendrick Coff er on the bumper
cars.
De’Arin Paine holds onto
Charles Paine Jr. as they go
down the super slide.
Lavese Maxwell and Sophia Demott show off
the toys they won at one of the carnival games.
Deonte McPhillips and Blake Lane get a view from above on
the Ferris wheel.
Sarah Sanches en-
joys a peaceful ride
on the carousel.
Peyton Heiser rides the carousel.
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Marvin West
Country-boy football coaches, since the days of Bowden Wyatt, have used the same expression to de-scribe this time of year.
“The hay is in the barn.”This is obviously a farm-
ing summation, the alfalfa matured, was cut, pitched or baled and put away for later use.
Applied to football, it means August anguish is fi nished, growing season has ended, the plan is in place, basic preparation is past. What remains is to run through the T, tighten up the chinstrap and play the game.
It is a very exciting time for Volunteers – with a so-bering thought lurking in the background. Did I do
Hay is in the barn
enough?All the good ones will ask
themselves: Did I put in the hours, do the work, focus sharply on details, leave little to chance? Am I really ready for the proverbial mo-ment of truth, the opening kickoff, giant games to fol-low, a season of high expec-tations?
They will check to see if they are s uffi ciently con-fi dent, totally committed,
dedicated to the cause.Is the hay safely in the
barn? Nobody knows to-day. But we’ll all fi nd out later. How the team looks is relevant – and I’m not talk-ing about Nike or alternate uniforms. Can we recog-nize improved strength and speed in action? Was coach-ing so crisp as to eliminate hesitation and confusion?
What really matters are results. Wins and losses. How and where and beating betting odds are secondary.
There was a time when excuses were justifi ed. Butch Jones inherited a depleted roster. Lane Kif-fi n committed too many recruiting blunders. Derek Dooley didn’t do much of
anything. We think Butch Jones has excelled.
Talent was below SEC standards. Too many people were too slow. Those fl aws ap-pear to have been corrected.
There was a shortage of ex-perience. Butch dared to play young guys. That those who stayed are now sophomores and juniors is his reward.
Turnovers? Stuff hap-pens. The solution is to be mentally and physically strong enough to overcome the shock.
Injuries? Inevitably, there will be some. The bur-den on coaches is to have a replacement ready. This has been a past weakness. If it happens again, don’t try to explain it away.
No matter who tells you otherwise, an improved de-fense will depend on having a capable middle linebacker. The front looks better. The secondary seems secure. Count special teams as a probable plus.
Key to Tennessee offen-sive success? The quarter-back, of course. And receiv-ers. And running backs. Big plays, sustained drives, more punch in the red zone.
The key to skill players gaining a few yards and scoring an occasional touch-down? Same as always. The offensive line determines the width of the doorway. It is the primary component of victories – and defeats.
If you are keeping score, Tennessee’s offensive line has been a little less than over-whelming in recent years.
This is where Mike DeBord comes in. For orga-
nizational purposes, a touch of glamour and pay justifi -cation, he is offensive coor-dinator. It says in the book that he, in his spare time, is also supervisor of quarter-back instruction.
DeBord is really an old line coach. He has techni-cal skills and bulldog de-termination to assist Don Mahoney in the critical pro-duction of a real, live offen-sive line.
I recall questioning, back in the winter, why Butch would hire his old (59 or 60, not 80) buddy with so much at stake. I have rethought the situation.
Wouldn’t it be some-thing if Mike DeBord turns out to be the win-ning edge, the guy with the pitchfork or high-lift that puts the hay in the barn. Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is [email protected]
Three city members of MPC had their current terms end June 30 but May-or Rogero has not acted to replace them two months later. Since all have served two terms, Rogero will not reappoint them.
They are Bart Carey, Michael Kane and Jack Sharp. When the new mem-bers are named, they will have a few months shaved off their term due to Rog-ero’s tardiness in naming replacements.
The current city mem-bers will probably continue at least until October as the mayor has not sent any pa-perwork to the state to re-place them.
■ If yard signs could vote, Finbarr Saunders and Paul Bonovich would be fairly close competitors for City Council seat C with Kelly Absher and David Williams behind in the yard sign battle. The Saunders
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New members ahead for MPC
and Bonovich signs are actually in real yards and not right of ways which is a compliment to both.
■ Mayor Rogero and City Council deserve praise for working to restore Foun-tain City Lake. The iconic landmark is part of our city’s history. It will take a long time to correct the dif-fi cult issues there but the wait is worth it if success is the result.
■ Several new person-nel moves in the city were announced last week and (as is the practice of the Rogero Administration), salaries were not included in the announcement. How-
ever, they are public record.David Brace moves to
senior director of public works, and his salary jumps from $109,870 to $135,000. He is a top-notch public ser-vant and earns every dollar he receives. He lives in Is-land Home in South Knox and start in 2002 with the city.
Chad Weth, who becomes service director, sees his salary jump from $75,742 to $95,000 plus a $5,830 an-nual car allowance. Sheryl Ely starts works at $75,742 as a deputy director, coming from Oak Ridge city government. She does not get a car allowance.
■ Dean Rice, chief of staff to Mayor Tm Burchett, married Natalie Maneava on May 6. She is from Belar-us and is seeking U.S. citi-zenship while working on her Ph.D. at the University of Tennessee.
■ David Massey, who
sends out an excellent weekly neighborhood ad-visory newsletter from the city website, last week stat-ed that Mayor Rogero (for whom he works) was unop-posed for her second term. While she will be the only name on the printed ballot Sept. 29, she does have a qualifi ed write-in opponent named Jack Knoxville.
To Massey’s credit, he sent out a correction when notifi ed of the error. While rare, it has happened that a write-in prevails. Former three-term council mem-ber Gary Underwood was fi rst elected by a write-in vote against the late Vice Mayor Hoyle McNeil in 1989. However, Jack Knox-ville will fall far short of the goal line in this writer’s opinion.
■ There really is a new greenway in Knoxville which has not been offi -cially dedicated/opened
but it is there and ready for use. It is a city secret. This one is right along the river which stretches from the Buck Karnes Bridge to Ma-rine Park on Alcoa Highway. There is not a sign to it but I can assure you it is there. Park at Marine Park and you can use it. Round trip it is almost a mile long.
Formal opening has been delayed until an entrance can be built to link it to the bridge. I had thought the opening was being delayed to coincide with the city primary election Sept. 29, which would have been a rational if political rea-son. Now the ribbon cut-ting may come after the city primary which suggests the delay is due to leader-ship failing to complete it in a timely manner.
■ State Rep. Jason Zachary turned down state health insurance for himself as he signed papers
on becoming a state repre-sentative. Zachary opposes the Insure Tennessee pro-gram.
Zachary had a full room at his swearing in at First Baptist Church of Concord Aug. 24 including Mayor Tim Burchett, Farragut Mayor Ralph McGill, state Reps. Bill Dunn, Eddie Smith, Jimmy Matlock and M artin Daniel; state Sens. Frank Niceley and Richard Briggs. House Speaker Beth Harwell, fi rst woman to hold that position, adminis-tered the oath of offi ce after County Commission elected Zachary to the position. There still is a special elec-tion in the district Sept. 29 to elect Zachary.
By winning in a special election necessitated by Ryan Haynes’s resignation, Zachary secured incredible media attention which he could never have achieved in a normal cycle.
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Legacy Parks Foundation scored a coup in landing “Wild” author/protagonist Cheryl Strayed as speaker for its Sept. 11 luncheon. The $100-a-plate event at UT’s Holston River Farm is sold out with 1,000 partici-pants.
But its real accomplish-ment as it celebrates its 10th anniversary is the ever-expanding list of parks in Knoxville and Knox County.
Executive Director Carol Evans has helped commu-nities raise money for parks across the county.
Her fi rst big project was in Halls, where the community raised almost $500,000 to purchase 11 acres at the intersection of Norris Freeway and High-way 33. The big donor was Jim Clayton ($300,000), who got naming rights.
Legacy Parks collected donations, purchased the land, put conservation re-strictions on the deed and conveyed title to Knox County.
Donors are disappointed that Clayton Park is not yet open, but the foundation is not to blame.
“We learned how to do it better (with that project),” Evans now says.
Next, Evans helped Foun-tain City Town Hall develop a skate park on city-owned land just off Broadway. Cen-tral High School students created a video to show the benefi ts of a neighborhood skate park.
Legacy Parks recently helped with the Everly Brothers Park in Bearden. Terry Faulkner, president of the Bearden Council, says the foundation’s support was invaluable.
“I’m not sure we would have gotten the project go-ing if they had not been so
Betsy Pickle
Wilma Jordan, Jim Clayton and Kay Clayton sport Halls Has It! shirts to celebrate the start
of construction on the Clayton Park.
In this 2009 photo, Carol Evans leads Lamar Alexander and Bill Haslam on a
walk at River Bluff in South Knoxville. Photos courtesy of Legacy Parks Foundation
Legacy Parks makes its mark
supportive,” she says. “Leg-acy Parks has been a god-send to us.”
The Harrell Road storm-water park in Karns is a Legacy Parks project.
Legacy was behind the scenes when Pete Claussen conveyed some 400 acres on the French Broad River to Knox County for Seven Is-lands Wildlife Refuge. And Gov. Bill Haslam showed state support at the 2013 Legacy Luncheon when he announced that Seven Is-lands would be added to the state’s park system and renamed the Seven Islands State Birding Park.
But it’s in South Knox-ville where Legacy Parks has been most active – fi rst
with the development of the 1,000-acre Urban Wilder-ness, including preserva-tion of Civil War forts and a battlefi eld, and later by facilitating the donation of 100 acres by the Pat Wood family to connect the Urban Wilderness trail system to nearby neighborhoods and South-Doyle Middle School.
The foundation was sug-gested by Doug Bataille, Knox County’s senior di-rector of Parks and Recre-ation, who heard the idea at a workshop. He and Mark Field, then president of the Knoxville Chamber and chair of the county’s parks advisory board, fi rst tested community interest.
Field and Bataille then recruited former Knox County Executive Tommy Schumpert to serve as the fi rst board chair. They took him out to lunch and told him the position would be easy and he wouldn’t “have to do anything.”
“He knew we were ly-ing, but he agreed to it any-
way. It really took off from there,” says Bataille.
Schumpert credits Evans with the foundation’s suc-cess. “With her leadership we have done some very outstanding projects for the people that will last a long time.”
Evans became executive director when Sandy Hull left after about a year and a half.
“Carol’s done a tremen-dous job of moving the foundation forward,” says Bataille, who also praises the work of the board over 10 years.
“The Urban Wilderness was a fantastic example of multiple partnerships,” he says. “You had the city, the county, the state, private landowners getting in-volved. It was a great vision created by Carol through the foundation, but a lot of people pitched in to make it happen, especially the Ap-palachian Mountain Bike Club, with a huge amount of sweat equity.”
Mayor plays ballKnoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero poses w ith local softball players as part of the U.S.
Conference of Mayor’s initiative “Play Ball.” Photo submitted
Betty Bean
Three years ago, I fi g-ured Jeff Ownby was a dead man walking.
But now, I’m not so sure. And I changed my mind even before I saw the “Thank you, Commissioner Ownby for your support” sign out front of West Hills Elementary School.
Although we’re in the throes of city elections, those races are weakly con-tested and pretty boring. As a result, county elections, which aren’t on the calen-dar until 2016, appear to be drawing as much attention as those to whom this sea-son allegedly belongs, and District 4 is one of the most interesting.
I doubt I’m the only one surprised that incumbent Ownby is not only still standing, but also chugging steadily forward.
Ownby, 48, is built like a fi replug and sports an old-fashioned crew cut. He was a loud, proud and relatively unknown Tea Party Republican when he took on incumbent Finbarr Saunders in 2010. Saunders (Webb School, Class of ’62) is a moderately conserva-tive Democrat with deep roots in the Bearden area. A retired banker, he was well funded and well established in business and in the com-munity.
Ownby won a six-year term (the terms were being realigned that year because the commission was cut from19 to 11 members) by 358 votes in what was wide-ly considered a stunning upset. And although it was a Republican “sweep” year, locally and nationally, the tally shocked the political establishment and whittled the number of County Com-mission Democrats to two. Ownby immediately locked down a reputation as one of the most conservative com-missioners.
Then, in the spring of 2013, the news that he and another man had been arrested for indecent
Jeff Ownby keeps on walking
exposure in a Sharp’s Ridge sting operation rocked the local political fi rmament. Ownby lost his day job and embarrassed his family, and common wisdom was that he was toast, politically speaking, despite his public apology.
It didn’t take long for well-known, well-funded fourth district opponents to emerge. Hugh Nystrom (Webb School, Class of ’85) made it offi cial last spring, and Janet Testerman (Webb School ’87) kicked off her campaign this sum-mer.
Despite his public hu-miliation, it became clear that Ownby wasn’t going away. I started noticing him for something other than Tea Party rhetoric. Maybe he’d been doing it all along.
When there was a cause to be championed that other elected offi cials dis-dained, there he was, call-ing out state offi cials over the closing of Lakeshore Institute (which he believes has increased the numbers of homeless), opposing the closing of the former St. Mary’s Medical Center in North Knoxville and ques-tioning the rezoning that cleared the way for Ten-nova to move the facility to Middlebrook Pike. He even wore a red shirt in solidar-ity with protesting teachers. Few other elected offi cials asked these questions.
So a year out from county elections, Ownby, who has ditched his Tea Party affi liation, is fac-ing two well-connected, well-known opponents whose fi nancial resources he cannot match. And he keeps moving forward. I’m starting to believe he has a chance.
GOSSIP AND LIES ■ Sleepy commuters awoke
with a start last week when
NPR linked a familiar name
with a familiar drug.
■ John Duncan, this one a
60-year-old hunk called “a
crusty sea-dog” by the Gold
Coast (Austraila) Bulletin,
watched police raid a nearby
boat and confi scate cocaine
worth some $17 million.
■ Duncan says he had pegged
the sailors as phony when the
bloke in charge wore a suit
jacket and dress shoes.
■ “They just didn’t look like
boaties. It was really suss,”
said Duncan.
■ Meanwhile, Knoxville’s own
John Duncan III was vacation-
ing on the beach with his
wife and two kids (photos on
Facebook).
– S. Clark
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8042 Oak Ridge High-way951-2653knoxcounty.org/seniorsMonday-Friday7:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 2: 8 a.m. Rise-N-Shine walkers; 9:30 a.m. Zumba; 10 a.m. party bridge; 11 a.m. SAIL exercises; 1 p.m. Rook.
Thursday, Sept. 3: 8 a.m. Rise-N-Shine walkers; 9 a.m. Scrabble; 9:30 a.m. Tone & Tighten; 10 a.m. genealogy; 2:30 p.m. yoga.
Friday, Sept. 4: 8 a.m. Rise-N-Shine walkers; 10 a.m. Farkle, Tai Chi; 12:30 p.m. cookout; 1 p.m. Mexi-can Train dominoes.
Monday, Sept. 7: closed for Labor Day.
Tuesday, Sept. 8: 8 a.m. Rise-N-Shine walkers; 9:30 a.m. Tone & Tighten; 10 a.m. PC tutoring; 11 a.m. SNAP education program; 12:30 p.m. pinochle; 2:30 p.m. yoga.
■ Halls Senior Center:
4405 Crippen Road922-0416knoxcounty.org/seniorsMonday-FridayHours vary
Wednesday, Sept. 2: 10 a.m. bingo, hand & foot; noon Senior Meals; 12:30 p.m. bridge; 1 p.m. Rook, SAIL exercise.
Thursday, Sept. 3: 10 a.m. pinochle, line dancing, quilting; 11 a.m., exercise; 12:30 p.m. duplicate bridge; 1 p.m. ballroom dance class; 3 p.m. Tai Chi practice.
Friday, Sept. 4: 9:30 a.m. Pilates; 10 a.m. euchre, Farkle; 11 a.m. SAIL exercise; 11:30 a.m. art class; noon Lunch Bunch, Mexican Train dominoes; 2 p.m. Zumba Gold.
Monday, Sept. 7: closed for Labor Day.
Tuesday, Sept. 8: 10 a.m. canasta; 11 a.m. exercise; noon potluck: tailgate; 1:30 p.m. hand & foot.
By Sandra ClarkAbout 25 residents of
Morning Pointe of Powell hosted state Rep. Bill Dunn in their community room last week. Dunn recapped the recent legislative ses-sion and received limited feedback. That could mean everyone agreed with him or no one did.
Dunn was warmly re-ceived. He brought a huge watermelon that he had grown in a garden he works at Brickey-McCloud School, where his daughter is a teacher.
Ironically, Earl Hoff-meister, the man Dunn de-feated in his fi rst election (1994), now lives at Morn-ing Pointe. Hoffmeister was present but merely smiled amicably. Dunn said Hoff-meister, a four-term elected school superintendent, is “smart as a fox.”
“Tennessee is one of the lowest-taxed states in the nation,” Dunn said. And Tennessee is adding jobs from other states where tax-es are higher.
Dunn said “a lot of poli-ticians would bribe people with their own money” by passing legislation to ben-efi t citizens. “At least they had to occasionally vote to increase taxes,” he said. “Now we’re seeing politi-cians, not me, making busi-nesses do things.”
These politicians will pass minimum-wage bills, etc. to benefi t people with-out a negative effect on the politician – no requirement to raise taxes. But fi nally the businesses can’t compete and just move to states like Tennessee where restric-tions are fewer.
Dunn then drifted to a discussion of tort reform,
Republican-style. “The American culture is sue-happy,” he said. Now Ten-nessee allows those who are injured to be “fully compen-sated on real costs,” but has attempted to cap payouts for “the murky area” of pain and suffering.
“A judge overruled that.”So Dunn moved into a
discussion of activist judg-es, saying he’s very con-cerned with the increasing power of judges to overturn decisions of the Legislature.
■ Leadership change aheadTyner Brooks, admin-
istrator at Morning Pointe of Powell since its opening, has transferred with the company to a facility out-side of Nashville where his wife has secured a job.
Brooks said he will miss
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Bill Dunn talks with residents Muriel and Clayton Brewer. Photos by Brittany Ricker
Dunn talks legislation at
Bill Dunn poses with Morning Pointe resident Bill Jones.
Bill Dunn greets resident John Simmons.
the residents and their fam-ilies as he leaves Powell.
Meanwhile, Brittany Ricker has joined Morning Pointe of Powell as life en-richment director. In that role, she will plan events and activities while assist-ing with marketing.
A native of Greenev-ille, Tenn., Ricker is a 2011 graduate of the University of Tennessee and a former schoolteacher. Her husband is Travis.
Ricker is assisted by Hayden Rawdon, a UT stu-
dent majoring in therapeu-tic recreation, who is doing a 120-hour practicum at Morning Pointe. She is a na-tive of Hohenwald, Tenn.
■ UpcomingErin Bates Paine, a mem-
ber of the Bates family of Rocky Top, Tenn., will visit Morning Pointe of Powell at 2 p.m. Monday, Sept. 14, to entertain on the piano. Ricker said residents are looking forward to the visit.
On Tuesday, Sept. 15, the facility will observe Nation-al Assisted Living Week, with Fall Festival activities 5-7 p.m.
There’s Balloon Magic from 5:15 to 6 p.m. and a con-cert by Charlie Katts from 6:15 to 7 p.m. Throughout the event, residents and guests will share refreshments and view classic cars while kids enjoy a bounce house.
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I was carried to church when I was two weeks old, and mostly, have been there ever since.
There are advantages and disadvantages. At a young age, we learn with our limited understand-ing. If we never re-think or re-consider our youth-ful understandings, we don’t grow in the faith.
So, I was startled on a recent Sunday morning to realize that to be “lifted up” could have various meanings.
There is the literal in-terpretation that witness-es of the crucifi xion saw in painful clarity. Jesus was lifted up on a cross, and the purpose of that elevation was torture, agony, and a slow death at the hands of the Roman soldiers, who were – to be fair – only doing their duty.
But there is another way in which Jesus can be lifted up.
The small, country church where I worship these days has a picture of the Christ above the pulpit. I was looking at
And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.
(John 12: 32 NRSV)
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that picture, considering the concept of “lifting up” when it dawned on me that our job as Christians is exactly that: to “lift up” Christ.
Not physically, but metaphorically. And not only with our mouths.
We are called to live our lives in such a way that Christ is lifted up. We are to shine (in his refl ected glory) so that all the world can look at us and see Christ. We are to be the body of Christ in the world.
My friends, we can’t do that alone. We need each other, because together, we are smarter and bet-ter and richer and holier than any one of us can be alone.
Lift Christ up by how y ou live and love and work in this world!
FAITH NOTES
Community services
■ Cross Roads Presbyte-rian, 4329 E. Emory Road,
hosts the Halls Welfare
Ministry food pantry 6-8
p.m. each second Tuesday
and 9-11 a.m. each fourth
Saturday.
■ Glenwood Baptist Church, 7212 Central
Avenue Pike, is accept-
ing appointments for the
John 5 Food Pantry. Info:
938-2611. Your call will be
returned.
■ Ridgeview Baptist Church, 6125 Lacy Road,
off ers Children’s Clothes
Closet and Food Pantry
11 a.m.-2 p.m. each third
Saturday. Free to those in
the 37912/37849 ZIP code
area.
Classes/meetings ■ Church Women United
Knoxville-Knox County
meeting, 10 a.m. Friday,
Sept. 4, Bethel A.M.E.
Church, 3811 Boyds Bridge
Pike. Bible study led by
Rela White to follow at
10:30.
■ First Comforter Church,
5516 Old Tazewell Pike,
hosts MAPS (Mothers At
Prayer Service) noon each
Friday. Info: Edna Hensley,
771-7788.
■ Powell Church, 323 W.
Emory Road, hosts Re-
covery at Powell at 6 p.m.
Tuesdays. The program
embraces people who
struggle with addiction,
compulsive behaviors, loss
and life challenges. Info:
recoveryatpowell.com or
Vendors needed ■ Dante Baptist Church,
314 Brown Drive, is seeking
vendors for its Craft Fair
Oct. 10. Info: Vivian Baker,
382-3715.
Ninfa Parsons and Aglow leader Diane Shelby Photo by Cindy Taylor
Ninfa Parsons: Ministry building faith By Cindy Taylor
Ninfa Parsons has been an instrument of God for most of her life. As a native of the Philippines she began ministering to Muslim peo-ple in that country at the age of 20. Now at 75 she is still going strong.
Parsons recently re-turned from her latest trip to the small town of Pana-can in Davao City in the southern part of the Philip-pines. She spoke to Powell Aglow members last week during a gathering at the home of her daughter Edi-lyn Hall.
“There is so much bad news, chaos, natural disas-ter and fear going on in the world today,” said Parsons. “The good news is that God is in charge.
Parsons makes at least one trip per year to continue ministering to poor Mos-lems in her home country. She has started bible schools and been instrumental in starting schools, churches
and prayer houses. She par-ticipates in senior and youth retreats and often makes sure the hungry are fed. She has seen many healed from disabilities and disease and
has shared the gospel wher-ever she travels.
“Her faith is really awe-some,” said Hall. “Her min-istry has built her faith.”
Parsons is a member at
Trinity Chapel in Knoxville. She is able to sustain her ministry to the Philippines thanks to fi nancial support from church members and private individuals with a heart to see Moslems con-verted to Christianity.
Parsons message was one of encouragement and faith.
“God is still moving by His spirit, manifesting Himself to those that seek and follow Him.”
Parsons plans to return to the Philippines in De-cember. She, her daughter and members of Aglow pre-pared traditional Philippine fare for the group meeting.
“Her life and ministry is truly inspiring,” said Aglow leader Diane Shelby.
Ministry donations may be sent to Trinity Chapel, 5830 Haynes-Sterchi Road, Knoxville TN, 37912-9991.
Aglow members meet each fourth Tuesday for fellowship, sharing and worship. Info: [email protected].
By Cindy Taylor Jimbo Watson is back
home. The Knoxville na-tive and 1999 graduate of Halls High School began his youth ministry at Smith-wood Baptist Church. He started as a youth worker then served as interim un-til accepting a position at Broadway Baptist Church.
He loved the two years he spent at Broadway, but when the administration at Smithwood called and asked if he was willing to come back as youth minis-ter, Watson and wife Me-lissa, a teacher at Powell El-ementary, decided to return to his home church.
“Smithwood is amazing because it is home,” he said. “The people here have loved on me and my family since day one.”
Watson says the con-gregation at Smithwood encouraged his desire to enter ministry and then al-lowed him to serve. He says their love and nurturing has made him the person he is today, and he will be forever grateful.
As a follower of Jesus, Watson believes in the im-portance of being mission-
Watson family members: (front) Fischer, Coleman, Makenzi;
(back) Melissa, Brooks and Jimbo. Photo submitted
Jimbo Watson is home againminded. He has served as a volunteer at Wesley House Community Center and was a member of the Montgom-ery Village Baptist Center Committee for the Knox County Association of Bap-tists for three years.
A former baseball player at Halls and then at the University of Tennessee, he has coached several local baseball teams as well as at Powell High School. His vi-sion for youth is to produce disciples who then produce disciples.
“Sharing the message of Jesus is a daily part of my life,” he said. “As a matter of fact, it is my life. This plays out in everything I do.”
Students at Smithwood attend Wednesday night ASSEMBLY, where the main focus is discipleship. Watson says the entire min-istry is based upon equip-ping students to fi nd their identity in Christ and being able to express their faith in dealing with daily problems. Students enjoy fun fellow-ship activities and partner to serve local schools and ministries such as Fountain City Ministry Center.
“Student discipleship at
Smithwood is teaching them to pray in a biblical way on their own, read scripture, encourage each other in Christian community and go forth with the message of the gospel to Fountain City.”
Watson says the church student ministry team is de-veloping a very specifi c plan for their youth to share with students in the Fountain City area the good news that Je-sus paid the price for them. He says that as part of shar-ing the Gospel the church
should serve the immedi-ate community and that the service opportunities for students at Smithwood will present new and unique ways for them to worship and experience God.
“Mentoring and shep-herding the students is very important to me. I want them to experience God to the fullest.”
Smithwood Baptist Church is at 4914 Jacksboro Pike. Info: www.smith-wood.org or 689-5448.
By Wendy SmithThe community spent
millions of dollars helping people pay utility bills last year, and a big chunk of that money came from churches, according to Knoxville Sus-tainability Director Erin Gill.
She wants churches and community organizations, like those represented at last week’s Compassion Co-alition Salt & Light Lunch, to get involved with fi nd-ing permanent solutions to high utility bills, rather than the “Band-Aid” ap-proach of handing out money.
In 2014, 14,000 Knox-ville families received $3.8 million to help pay utility bills. Older homes close to the city center, which are often owned or rented by low-income families, tend to have high bills due to lack of weatherization. Federal funding provided weath-erization for just 30 homes last year, Gill said.
In 2013, the city was awarded $400,000 worth of technical assistance from IBM to evaluate how to connect low-income populations with energy-efficient services. In re-sponse, Mayor Madeline Rogero founded the Smart-er Cities Partnership,
Louise Gorenfl o of Knoxville Scores and Knoxville Sustainabil-
ity Director Erin Gill Photo by Wendy Smith
City talks energy effi ciency at Compassion Coalition
which is making headway with education, one of IBM’s main recommenda-tions.
Literature about energy effi ciency can be over-whelming, Gill said. Terms like “kilowatt hours” don’t mean much to those who need energy education the most.
In response to this, the Smarter Cities Partnership has produced a brochure ti-tled “Savings in the House” that contains simple, easy-to-read energy-saving tips, like washing clothes in cold water and sealing air leaks around windows and doors. Gill provided copies of the brochure to church mem-
bers and nonprofi t groups to distribute to low-income friends and clients.
She gave details on how to apply for the Knoxville Extreme Energy Make-over (KEEM) program an-nounced by the city last week. TVA, KUB and the Knoxville-Knox County CAC are partnering to pro-vide free weatherization up-grades for 1,200 homes in Knoxville over the next two years.
Income-eligible home-owners and renters, with landlord permission, who live within city limits can apply for KEEM and other weatherization programs 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. through
Friday, Sept. 4, at the L.T. Ross Building, 2247 West-ern Ave.
Louise Gorenfl o of Knox-ville Scores also spoke at the luncheon. The faith commu-nity should care about the gifts of creation and want to avoid wasting what’s been given to us, she said.
Knoxville is one of 50 cities nationwide that are competing in the two-year, $50 million Georgetown University Energy Prize contest. The contest mea-sures energy savings in municipal buildings, public schools and residences, and the Knoxville Scores team encourages homeowners to weatherize homes and in-crease energy effi ciency.
One goal is to get 1,000 homeowners to get TVA eS-core energy audits by the end of the year. So far, 733 households have received audits. Knoxville is cur-rently in 13th place in the contest, Gorenfl o said.
She recommended that churches set a goal of having 10 percent of members sign up for energy audits. Weatherized homes are more comfortable, have better resale value and help the environment, and TVA offers rebates for some upgrades. Info: www.KnoxvilleScores.org.
HEALTH NOTES ■ Peninsula Lighthouse Group of Families Anonymous
meetings, 6:15-7:15 p.m. each Tuesday, 1451 Dowell Springs
Blvd. For relatives and friends of those who suff er from cur-
rent, suspected or former problems of substance abuse or
related behavioral problems. Newcomers always welcome; no
dues or fees; no formal sign-up; fi rst names only. Info: Barbara
L., 696-6606 or [email protected].
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By Sandra ClarkMargie LeCoultre, re-
tired principal, is still having lunch with her fourth-grade teacher.
But the teacher, Wanda Neal, is now 90, and the “kids” are 77.
“We have had a great time sitting at Puleo’s Restaurant and just chatting away. She is so precious!” says LeCoultre. Their next lunch date is for The Front Porch in Powell.
LeCoultre writes: “Wan-da Neal had just graduated from Maryville College in 1946, when she was as-signed a fourth-grade class of 10-year-old students at Fair Garden Elementary School in East Knoxville.
“Wanda had majored in French and defi nitely want-ed to teach that subject. The
Knoxville City Schools sys-tem was in short supply of teachers at the end of WWII and teachers were placed where the need arose.”
Wanda shares the follow-ing:
“Feeling a bit unprepared for the job at hand, since my experience with nine year olds was zero, I struggled to keep the fastest learn-ers ‘busy.’ After giving them what I considered to be enough needed work, within a few minutes little Margie Humphrey and Nancy Du Vergy would be hovering over my desk declaring, ‘We’re fi n-ished. What do you want us to do now?’
“This memory came back to me after many years of teaching.
“A young fi rst-year teacher
came into my room, after about an hour on the fi rst day of school, and asked in anguish, ‘I’ve already taught them everything I know. What am I to do now?’ I smiled at my memory and told her it would get easier and to hang in there.
“All in all, that fi rst year at Fair Garden was a very important learning year for me, and one I will always remember. At the time, I was engaged to be married the coming summer and did not return to teaching until after my three girls were all in school. I completed my teaching career in eighth grade English and American history at Sunnyview Ele-mentary School. (A better fi t than fourth grade.)
“In the seventies, two of
Teacher, students meet to talk …
69 years laterRecently at lunch are Beverly LeCoultre Wilson, Wanda Neal, Margie Humphrey LeCoultre and
Nancy Du Vergy Thomas.
By Shannon CareyRich and Pat Hunt’s herd
numbers more than 700,000 head of livestock. That sounds like nonsense until you realize they’re talking about bees.
The Fall Creek Apiary (the offi cial term for a bee farm) has 12 hives, each with around 60,000 bees. The Hunts harvest the hon-ey from spring to July and sell it at the Union County Farmers Market.
But life wasn’t always so sweet. The Hunts moved from Florida after they retired, and they brought with them a son who was dying from multiple sclerosis. Within two months, he passed away.
Their neighbors, many of them strangers, brought food for the family.
“I couldn’t believe it. Peo-ple were so wonderful,” said Pat.
Four years ago, the Hunts went to a 4-H speech contest with their granddaughter and met a family that raised bees for honey. They went to a bee club meeting in Knox-ville and won a state grant for beginning beekeepers, including a hive, a smoker and a protective suit.
“It was kind of a Godsend after our son died,” said Pat. “It gave us something to fo-cus on besides our grief.”
Now, they belong to four bee clubs, including Bee
Friends in Tazewell. This is their fi rst year selling honey at the Farmers Market, and they’re getting close to sell-ing out for the season. Their honey is 100 percent pure.
“We met so many nice people, and we have so many repeat customers,” said Pat.
Rich is willing to help new beekeepers learn the skills they will need to care for the bees. Each bee has an assigned job, he said. He stops gathering honey in July so the hives will have nourishment through the winter.
“They are the most awe-some creature on this Earth,” Rich said. “It shows
Rich and Pat Hunt of Fall Creek Apiary stand with two of the 12 honey-producing beehives on
their farm. Photo by S. Carey
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how wonderful God is to give a creature like that that we can work with.”
Pat pointed out that hon-eybees are in danger from certain chemicals, and their role as pollinators is vital to agriculture.
“They call them the van-ishing bees,” she said.
The Hunts try to shop in Union County when they can, so they buy their foun-dations and frames from the Union County Farm-ers Co-op, which recently started stocking beekeeping supplies.
Pat thanked everyone who has purchased honey
from Fall Creek Apiary, and all who will in the future.
The Union County Farm-ers Market meets 3-6 p.m. each Friday through Octo-ber, behind Union County Arts, 1009 Main Street, Maynardville.
Info: Fall Creek Apiary, 992-1240
my daughters began their teaching careers at Fair Gar-den. Things do seem to come full circle.
“I am certainly enjoying getting together with my fi rst-year students. It is pleasantly different from the lunches in the cafeteria those 60-plus years ago. We have so much more in common now, and I don’t have to think of some-thing to keep them busy.”
Wanda’s most recent lunch with fi rst-year students included Beverly LeCoul-
tre Wilson, Nancy Du Vergy Thomas and Dr. Margie Humphrey LeCoultre.
LeCoultre followed her fourth-grade teacher into the classroom as she taught fi rst, second and third grades and was principal of four elemen-tary schools in Knoxville and Knox County.
Wanda Neal welcomed any assistance she could re-ceive as she looked at her very active fourth-graders. Nancy Du Vergy’s mother, Gladys, also taught at Fair Garden
and was very supportive ofthe young new teacher.
Years later, Wanda taughther student Nancy’s daugh-ter, Laura Thomas, at Sunny-view Elementary School,which was the fi rst genera-tion (Nancy) to the second(Laura) for this family.
Wanda Neal Frye Weichelremains very active. She at-tends Eastminster Presby-terian Church, plays bridgewith two card groups andimmensely enjoys her familyand friends.
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of activity. At one moment we were talking with stu-dents in the end zone ready to get the game started, then we quickly moved to the fi eld as the band lined up for the team run-through and then to the sidelines to watch the activity off the fi eld. Add in the band play-ing the school fi ght song and the cheerleaders and dance team members performing a sideline routine, cheers from the student section and a little football and that might have been the best $8 spent in a long time.
If you haven’t been to a game in a while, grab your seat cushion, pick up a couple of shakers and head out to your favorite school’s next game. It sure beats any
Friday night television re-runs I’ve seen in a while.
Games in the area this Friday, Sept. 4 include Pow-ell at Gibbs and Grace Chris-tian hosting Oliver Springs. Kick-off is at 7:30 p.m.
Cheerleaders Avery Conner
and Sarah Grim perform “All I
Do Is Win” for the crowd.
Love those Friday nightsThere is something al-
most magical about Friday nights during football sea-son. Is it the game itself or the activities beyond the fi eld that create excitement?
RuthWhite
Fall is always an exciting time for me for several rea-sons: 1) the smell of freshly cut grass and the slight drop in temperatures; 2) the marching band, led by the sounds of the drumline; 3) the cheers from the stands
that erupt with every great play; and 4) promises of great things to happen.
At the beginning of the season, the playing fi eld is level. Everyone has the same record and the possi-bility of winning it all. Some teams will make it to the playoffs and possibly win a state championship. Others may win a couple of games, having given their all for the team they love.
The sounds from a high school stadium are always loud and proud with stu-dents exclaiming that they believe in their team. Shop-per News intern Annie Dockery attended a high school game with me during the fi rst week of play and was impressed with the amount
PHS drama student and
homecoming queen candi-
date Abby Rase in a photo
from last year’s zombie car
wash. Photo submitted
PHS drama to host zombie car wash
The Powell High School drama depart-ment will host a zombie car wash and yard sale to sponsor homecom-ing queen candidate Abby Rase.
The car wash is an an-nual event put on by the drama department, and students dress up as zom-bies who wash cars and pretend to attack civil-ians. This year, zombies will also work the yard sale, assisting custom-ers in fi nding that perfect “to die for” item. The ac-tors are interactive with guests, ensuring that ev-eryone has a great time. Parents: The zombies tone down the “zombie-ness” around small chil-dren who might scare easily.
This year’s event hopes to be the best car wash yet, with plenty of suds and screams to go around. The zombie car wash and yard sale will be held Sat-urday, Sept. 5, at Escape-works, 1904 W. Emory Road in Powell. The sale will begin at 8 a.m., and the car wash will begin at 10:30 a.m.
Pleasant Ridge fi rst-grade
student Kinsey Nguyen
demonstrates the proper
way to walk in the halls,
using “traveling arms” for
teacher Kara Israel at a re-
cent open-house event. Photos by R. White
Open house at Pleasant RidgeParents were able to stop
in at Pleasant Ridge Elemen-tary last week during open-house events, visit class-rooms and fi nd out what goes on inside the school building.
An open house is a great time for parents to meet their child’s teacher, fi nd out use-ful information, become ac-quainted with daily routines and more. During the event, a tree was set up in the gym area and fi lled with paw cut-outs. The giving tree is a way for parents, grandparents and community members to give back to the school.
Paw prints were fi lled with wish items including hand sanitizer, Legos, offi ce supply gift cards, tissues, contact paper, live plants, U.S. gold pencils, rolls of Velcro and carpet squares. If you missed the tree at open house, it is in the front lob-by and ready for friends of Pleasant Ridge to “paws for a good cause.”
Jaeda Jones and Alexis Butler “paws for a good cause” at the Pleasant Ridge Elementary giving
tree during parent night.
T-shirt orders are being taken through Friday, Sept. 18, and the cost for youth small through adult extra large is only $8. The shirts will be in a classroom spe-cifi c color and will feature a superhero theme.
Pleasant Ridge parent Brandon Lewis has started a
Go Fund Me account for the school in hopes of raising money for new playground equipment. Lewis has had several children go through Pleasant Ridge and has a special place in his heart for the hard-working staff members.
Last year, some of the
equipment was deemed too dangerous for the children and was removed. He hopes to raise money to build a fun, child-friendly playground for everyone to exercise their bodies and imaginations. To contribute, go to www.go-fundme.com/pleasantridg-eelm.
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NEWS FROM GRACE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF KNOXVILLE
The Pursuit of Excellence
Regan and Allie Dunn, Ash-
ley and Olivia Ellison, Ruth-
ie and Tinsley Knight
By Alisha HintonHead of Lower/Middle School
Excellence. The word im-mediately creates a picture in the reader’s mind -- crossing the fi nish line fi rst, receiving the high-est GPA, being named to a prestigious position, or successfully completing a project with a team. Each of these outcomes is a fi nal destination or the ending to a pathway. I would say that excellence is best described as what happens along the path, instead of the ending point.
As we enter a new school year at Grace Christian Acad-emy, we are embracing our school year theme, BE EXCEL-
LENT. As Christ-followers, we should pursue excellence in all we do, all the time. As 1 Cor-inthians 10:31 reminds us, “So whether you eat or drink, or
whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.” This pur-suit is our outward expression of love for Christ while utilizing
the gifts He’s given us as educators. Excellence is found in the small details, the behind-the-scenes moments, the preparation for the day’s lessons. At GCA, we are focusing on the details within our classroom
instruction, personal relation-ships, and professional prac-tice to ensure that our teach-ing is done in a way that brings glory to God and prepares our
students for the academic and professional challenges which lie ahead.
As a team of educators at GCA, we are committed to making each part of the edu-cational and spiritual develop-ment process the best it can be for our students. Each teacher plays an important role in developing the best learning opportunities available and fostering a Christ-centered re-lationship with each student. At the heart of GCA is our mis-sion to be excellent as we lead students to Christ, build up their knowledge in Him, and
equip students to serve Him as educated disciples.
As I enter my fi rst semes-ter as the new Head of Lower/Middle School, it is my honor to serve with a faculty and staff at GCA who truly believe in honoring God with their gifts. This year will bring with it many great outcomes, but it’s the small details, the day-to-day grind and preparation done with excellence at the core, which will bring about outstanding outcomes for our students. Excellence is in the details!
BE EXCELLENT!
Soccer trifecta!By Danielle Taylor
At GCA this fall, girls’ soccer is a family affair as not one, not two, but THREE sets of sisters can be found on the team’s ros-ter.
Holding six of the team’s spots this year are Tinsley and Ruthie Knight, Regan and Allie Dunn, and Ashley and Olivia Ellison.
Led by Coach Donnie Green, the team, currently 2-0, defi -nitely recognizes the unique circumstances it has inherited.
“I’m honored and blessed to be able to be part of something that is extremely rare, and we may be the only team in the state in any sport to say that,” Green said.
With experience beginning in youth soccer for one set of sisters and this being the fi rst year for another set, the addi-
tion of these young women to the roster brings a new level of interest for coach Green.
“Each set of sisters is dif-ferent in their own way, which makes it even more exciting for me,” Green says.
So how do these sisters’ unique relationships translate to the soccer fi eld? You might be surprised by their respons-es.
“Tinsley is always encourag-ing towards me on and off the soccer fi eld. She has taught me to always try my best and never give up even when someone gets by me,” says Ruthie.
“Ruthie has great ball skills and is super aggressive. She has taught me to fi ght for the ball,” says Tinsley.
Because of the relationship between each set of sisters, be-ing on the same team means
more than just being team-mates; there are life applica-tions as well.
“Regan has infl uenced me to be a leader, play with passion, and persevere through hard games, and even through life,” says Allie. “I have always want-ed to be like her.”
“We work really well togeth-er on the fi eld and we spend a lot of time together doing what we love. We try to be encourag-ing and keep a good attitude even during tough games,” Re-gan says.
But Grace Christian Acad-emy is more than just a private school; it’s a private Christian school. With that comes even more expectations for these athletes.
Sisters Ashley and Olivia share a common goal in regards to their representation of GCA.
“We always try and encourage others and follow Colossians 3:23, which says, ‘Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart as working for the Lord, not for men.’ Even though we are very
competitive, we always try and show love to our teammates as well as opponents.”
For GCA, the girls’ soccer team is always a great program. But with the addition of these three sets of sisters, it’s certain to make for a special season.
However, coach Green un-derstands how limited this opportunity is for him as a coach. “Since two are seniors, this dream will not be possible next year. So I know that this fall will be very special for me and a season that I will surely remember.”
To follow the progress of the GCA Rams girls’ soccer team, please visit the Grace Christian Academy website at www.gcarams.org/athletics.
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The Clarence Brown The-atre opens the season with a farce, “The 39 Steps,” Sept. 9-27 on the CBT mainstage. The popular, two-time Tony and Drama Desk Award-winner is packed with non-stop laughs, more than 100 zany characters played by a cast of four, inventive stage-craft, handcuffs, missing fi ngers and even some good old-fashioned romance! It’s fun for all ages and great for anyone who loves the magic
of theater.“This production cele-
brates the fi lm noir dramas of the 1930s and specifi cally Alfred Hitchcock’s fi lm of the same name,” said di-rector Kate Buckley. “But it also honors the complex-ity of the actor’s craft. The theatrical dance going on behind our soundstage door is zanily complex, requiring inventiveness, dexterity and precision from all.”
A “Pay What You Wish”
David Kortemeier, David Brian Alley, Katie Cunningham and
Brian Gligor are actors in Hitchcock’s farce “The 39 Steps,”
opening Sept. 9 at the Clarence Brown Theatre. Photo by Liz Aaron
Don’t trip on ‘The 39 Steps’
By Betsy PickleFrom the courts of her
high school in New York to the University of Tennessee to the WNBA, Chamique Holdsclaw built excitement about basketball.
Now she’s trying to build understanding about men-tal illness – through movie theaters.
“Mind/Game: The Un-quiet Journey of Chamique Holdsclaw” will play on two screens at 3 p.m. Satur-day, Sept. 19, at the Knox-ville Film Festival at Regal Downtown West Cinema 8. Holdsclaw plans to attend the screenings.
Holdsclaw’s stellar ca-reer under coach Pat Sum-mitt led to her pro career, beginning with the WNBA’s Washington Mystics. Her career seemed destined for brilliance, but cracks in her tough-as-nails demeanor began to break open after the death of the grandmoth-er who raised her.
Holdsclaw was diagnosed with clinical depression and later with bipolar disorder II. Although mental illness derailed her basketball ca-reer, she welcomes the path her life has taken.
“I’ve been doing mental health advocacy work since 2007,” Holdsclaw says by phone from Atlanta, where she makes her home. “I am in a position to really help people with my story.
“It’s very humbling, but also I know that it is what I am supposed to be do-ing. I could be coaching. I could be doing a number of things. But I am most pas-sionate about this because I know how it’s affected me.”
Documentary fi lmmaker Rick Goldsmith read a New York Times article about Holdsclaw and became in-trigued by her story. Coin-cidentally, he was an old friend of her manager, Lon Babby.
“He was drawn to how candid I was,” says Hold-sclaw. She still needed to be convinced that a documen-tary was a good idea. “I had to see what the direction was.”
Once she trusted Gold-smith, the project was on.
Holdsclaw saw that the fi lm could mesh with her advocacy work.
“I felt like it was one of my purposes to move forth and use my platform to draw people so they can understand what people struggling with this ill-ness go through,” she says. “The things that I was deal-ing with emotionally – the highs and the lows – it’s been an emotional roller-coaster ride. To see that on fi lm and hit these different festivals and to watch it over and over, I started to see growth; I started to see dif-ferent parts of me.
By Carol ShaneThe Arts & Culture Alli-
ance of East Tennessee ex-cels at showcasing notable artists in our region. This coming Friday will be no ex-ception when the ACA pres-ents its opening night for “Conversations: Portraits and Other Work” by Emily Taylor.
Part of Knoxville’s month-ly First Friday event, the show includes recent and former portraits and portrait-like paintings and drawings. As an artist, Taylor is intrigued by “the complex interaction and negotiation characteris-tic of both painting and hu-man interaction.” Hence the title, “Conversations.”
Taylor grew up in 1970s and ’80s New York City but eventually found her way to Knoxville “for school and life reasons,” she says. She holds an MFA in painting and an MA in art education from the University of Ten-nessee.
Some of her most popular works are her lively, colorful pet portraits. “There will be some dog portraits in the show, almost entirely all of the same dog – mine!” says Taylor. “Most of the others were commissions.” Anyone interested in commemorat-ing a pet in oil is invited to view Taylor’s work and com-mission a portrait.
The opening reception features chocolate fondue from the Melting Pot, as well as hors d’oeuvres. There will be a jazz jam session in the Black Box Theatre hosted by Vance Thompson and Friends.
And there will be a fl a-menco dance performance by Pasión Flamenco dancers from the Tennessee Conser-vatory of Fine Arts in West Knoxville. Yes, fl amenco dance is alive and well in Knoxville. It’s taught by na-tive Romanian Lucia An-dronescu, and it really de-serves its own feature story. Judging from the gorgeous women in festive costume and the guitar/cajon trio pictured on the website, it’s a spectacle not to be missed.
Beautiful art, beautiful dance, great jazz and tasty treats all make for an out-standing First Friday.
The opening reception for “Conversations: Por-traits and Other Work” by Emily Taylor is from 5-9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 4, at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. Pasión Flamenco performs at 6 p.m., and the jazz jam begins at 7 p.m. The art exhibition will be on view through Sept. 25. Info: knoxalliance.com or 523-7543.Send story suggestions to news@
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‘The Transporter Refueled’Opening in theaters Friday, “The Transporter Refueled” brings
Frank Martin back to the screen but with Ed Skrein (the original
Daario Naharis in “Game of Thrones”) in the role instead of Ja-
son Statham. The special-ops guy turned extreme limo driver
is forced into a revenge plot that has to do with a Russian crimi-
nal and human traffi cking. Ray Stevenson co-stars. The action
thriller is rated PG-13.
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“It was a real eye-opener. I watch it now, and I’m like, wow, even at my weakest I was so strong. There was a strength about me. I think it has empowered me like it has empowered some oth-ers.”
She’s grateful for two strong women she’s had in her life: her grandmother June and Summitt.
“My grandmother said, ‘I trust this woman (Sum-mitt). You’re going to play for the best, and you’re going to get your degree.’ Coach Summitt said, ‘You’re going to meet some amaz-ing people, and you’re go-ing to have a sisterhood that extends beyond the years
of you playing.’ I’ve got ev-erything that both of them promised.
“Me and Coach Summitt have always had a very close relationship. She’s always been very supportive of me, through everything. … She’s an amazing, amazing wom-an. I’m glad to have her in my life.”
She has good memories of her college years.
“Knoxville is a very fa-miliar place to me. I always feel welcome; I feel loved. It was just the right choice. I came from New York City, and I’ve got a street on the University of Tennessee campus. I never envisioned that.”
preview performance will be held Wednesday, Sept. 9; a tech talk with the designers will take place Sunday, Sept. 13, following the matinee; a talkback with the cast is Sunday, Sept. 20, following the matinee; and the open-
captioned performance is Sunday, Sept. 27, at 2 p.m.
Cast members are David Brian Alley, Katie Cunning-ham, Brian Gligor and Da-vid Kortemeier. Ticket info: 865-656-4444 or clarence browntheatre.com.
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Ah, technology. How ironic for me, someone who can remember, as a child, listening in on the neigh-bors on my grandmother’s crank, four-party-line tele-phone, to be sitting here at my computer pecking out words about technology with my two pointer fi ngers at the blistering rate of a page every 30 minutes. And then to send the words away through the ether to Shop-per headquarters in a 10th of a second. All that in three short generations of us mere mortals.
I had been thinking about technology lately because of fi rstly, the time of year it is, and secondly, because of a short article in this month’s Birdwatching magazine.
As to the fi rst, we are all
Science meets natureDr. Bob Collier
noticing that the days are getting shorter. Also, the fall equinox will be coming upon us on Sept. 21. That is the 24-hour period when the day and night will be of equal length. But the days have been getting shorter ever since the fi rst day of summer, on June 21. And sadly, they won’t bounce back at the equinox, they just trudge on, shorter and shorter, into the winter.
Well, the shorter length of days is the big notifi ca-
tion for all of nature that big change is coming. Days become shorter and cooler, leaves change color, some mammals frantically store up food supplies and oth-ers fatten up for hibernation (this is the route I prefer), and the birds – many of them migrate.
We’re getting ready to say goodbye, at least for a season, to such songbird friends as the warblers, vireos, wood thrushes and whip-poor-wills, the indigo buntings and humming-birds. But by the same to-ken, we’re all set to welcome back the more northerly nesting birds here for the winter – the white-throated sparrows and purple fi nch-es, the yellow-bellied sap-suckers and ruby-crowned
kinglets.It’s a busy time out there
– literally billions of birds are shifting from north to south, some on relatively short trips; some on re-markably long ones. People for eons have wondered where the birds went in the winter, from stories and myths about swallows bur-
rowing into the muddy bot-toms of ponds for the win-ter, to hummingbirds fl ying south on the backs of the geese. Those thousand-mile trips by tiny birds to remote places on the globe were a daunting process to study and follow.
Then – enter this tech-nology thing. Think where we’ve come from. Consider, if you will, how at one time a good stone ax was a new and marvelous piece of technol-ogy. Or a nice warm fi re to cook your food. And then, there was the need to have the means to fi nd your ani-mals. Imagine the pride and sense of accomplishment when that fi rst cowherd slipped that fi rst cowbell on his lead mama cow. Now, by golly, when the herd dis-appeared over the hill, we knew where they were!
And then, another ad-vance: from cowbells to ra-dio collars. For years now we’ve grown accustomed to seeing the elk in the Smok-ies and up at Royal Blue fi t-ted out with their radio col-lars – space-age cowbells.
I’m reminded of the story of the intrepid Campbell County hunter, proudly driv-ing through LaFollette with one such animal draped over the hood of his truck. “Big-gest deer I ever saw!” He didn’t exactly know what the radio collar was about, but at least the TWRA fellows knew where it was.
But what about the birds? A one-ounce warbler is not an elk, and you can’t slap a radio collar on a tiny bird to see where it goes. Thus my second recent reminder about technology – an ar-ticle in Birdwatching maga-zine on the miniaturiza-tion of tracking devices for birds. One big thing about technology that keeps us all amazed (and spending money) is constant and rap-id progress. In the column of March 2013, I reported on the new and promising use of geolocator devices to follow the movement of var-ious species of birds.
Geolocators contain a clock, a light sensor and a microprocessor. They are relatively small and light and, when attached to an animal, can tell roughly when and where on earth the animal has been. The name of the developer of these devices, sure to be-come a household word, was Vsevolod Afanasyev,
such an interesting name that I had to repeat it here.
The geolocators have proven very useful and have been used to study the global movements of the wandering albatross across the trackless oceans of the world. More recently and closer to home, they have followed the heretofore nearly unknown traveling habits of the eastern popu-lation of the golden eagle, a fascinating story of its own.
But now, more progress – from bird bands and geo-locators, we’re on to Global Positioning Systems. Sat-ellite-based GPS, fully op-erational since 1995, is what brings us the voice of that pushy lady in our car dash telling us we’re lost, and to make a U-turn as soon as possible, regardless of what may be coming. Helpful? You can set it to remem-ber where you parked your truck in the National Forest, and it will take you right back to it.
Among its many advan-tages, GPS is highly accu-rate. Rather than telling the biologist that his target bird is in this mountain or that valley somewhere in the world, GPS can pin-point locations down to 10 meters, or about 33 feet. And now we have a GPS unit that weighs in at about one gram, roughly half the weight of a penny, so that it can be safely attached to a bird that weighs as little as 20 grams, or 0.7 ounce, the size of a large warbler.
So, wildlife biologists can capture various small birds that couldn’t be studied be-fore and fi t them with the tiny GPS unit to pinpoint their locations at various times through the seasons. Obviously, this is a far cry from the old method by which we discovered the wintering grounds of the chimney swifts – natives in the Peruvian Andes smoked a bunch of them out of a hol-low tree to have for lunch, discovered the magicalbands on their legs and gave them to a missionary, and a couple of years later the bands found their way to Washington, D.C., and were identifi ed.
All the new knowledge that technology is bringing us will soon become com-mon knowledge, and then we’ll be off after a whole new set, with more new tools. May it always be so!
Impe-rial eagle with GPS tracking device
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■ Ebenezer Road Farmers Market, Ebenezer UMC, 1001 Ebenezer Road. Hours: 3-6 p.m. Tuesdays through late November. Info: on Facebook.
■ Knoxville Farmers Market, Laurel Church of Christ, 3457 Kingston Pike. Hours: 3-6 p.m. Fridays through late November.
■ Lakeshore Park Farmers Market, 6410 S. Northshore Drive. Hours: 3-6 p.m. every Friday through Nov. 20. Info: on Facebook.
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By Wendy SmithData gathered from Ten-
nessee Division of Forestry and city canopy as-sessments, both com-pleted last year, will be used in an u p c o m i n g report on the health of Knox-
ville’s tree canopy.The assessments were
done via aerial photos. Maps created from data gained from the photos are avail-able on the urban forestry section of the city’s website. The city canopy assessment shows percentage of tree cover by neighborhood, and the state assessment shows changes in the canopy from 1997 to 2010 by City Council district.
This year, city Urban For-ester Kasey Krouse plans to compile information from
both assessments into a report that details where Knoxville has healthy tree cover and where additional trees might be planted. The city has an annual tree-planting budget of $50,000 and has received an ad-ditional $20,000 in state funds for each of the past three years. That allows for the planting of 500-600 trees per year, Krouse says.
The assessments indicate that the total size of the cano-py stayed the same from 1997 to 2010, but that doesn’t ac-count for annexed property, which is generally forested.
A signifi cant change in land use, indicated by an increase in impervious sur-faces like roads, sidewalks and buildings, was indi-cated for the same period. Tree cover along roadways and in abandoned pastures increased, but further re-search is required to deter-mine if that’s a good thing. Some may be privet, rather
than new, healthy trees, and privet inhibits tree growth.
Such data allows Krouse to target neighborhoods that are losing tree cover-age. Different parts of town face different challenges in regard to the canopy.
One neighborhood that has had a dramatic decrease in street trees in recent years is Oakwood-Lincoln Park. Fortunately, it has a large number of sites for plantings, he says. A pilot program began this year using discretionary funds from City Council member Finbarr Saunders. Trees have been planted along two blocks, and the neighbor-hood is very excited.
The anticipated report will give Krouse the oppor-tunity to further educate the community about the value of trees. Trees add mone-tary value to homes because they cut cooling costs and increase property values, but people who have expe-
rienced property damage from trees, or just want to be able to mow quickly, may need more information.
Krouse is happy to share his expertise with neighbor-hood organizations. He’d like for the community to understand the risks of hir-ing non-professional tree workers to top trees. Trees that have been “topped,” or had large branches or trunks removed from their tops, are more likely to fail, especially during storms, he says. He recommends hir-ing professional arborists to consult on proper treatment for large trees.
There is one tree species that, in his opinion, can’t be overpruned − the Bradford pear.
“Cut it down and plant an oak.”
To learn more about the city’s tree-planting program or request a program, con-tact Krouse at 215-6113 or [email protected].
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Canopy assessments show where trees are needed
Mike Bailey introduced his longtime friend, former SEC and NFL
football offi cial, Eddie Powers, to the Rotary Club of Bearden. Photo by A. Hart
Eddie Powers, the
SEC and the NFLBy Anne Hart
Eddie Powers’ colorful memories of his long career as a fi eld offi cial with both the SEC and the NFL made for an entertaining pro-gram at the Rotary Club of Bearden.
The Clarksville native was a three-year let-terman in football at the University of Tennessee before becoming a graduate assistant coach under legendary coach John Majors.
Powers said he began his career as a fi eld offi cial with the Knoxville City Recre-ation Department working with the Knoxville Youth League, an organization he said “turns boys into men.” He coached Little League and Pee Wee football in those days.
He later worked as a fi eld offi cial with the Ohio Val-ley Conference and then spent 13 years as a fi eld of-fi cial with the Southeastern
Conference, where he was a fi eld judge.
“Getting into the SEC was tougher than getting into the NFL,” Powers said, because he couldn’t work games for a school he had attended or offi ciate games of coaches he had worked
for or with.He joined the
National Football League as a fi eld judge in 2002 and
retired in 2008 so he would watch his two sons,
Clay and Dylan, play foot-ball at the Christian Acad-emy of Knoxville.
Football has long been a family affair in the Powers family. His dad played un-der another football legend, Bear Bryant, at the Univer-sity of Kentucky, and then coached with Bryant at the University of Alabama.
Powers said his family has made Knoxville their home since 1973, adding, “Tennessee football has kept me here.”
Dr. Gilbert
Dr. Jeffrey “Jeff” Gilbert has joined Gastrointestinal Associates (GIA). He is board certifi ed by the American
Board of Internal Medicine in both inter-nal medicine and his primary specialty, gastroenterology.
Dr. Gilbert served for six years as a physician at Oak Ridge Gastroenterology Associates, where his clinical interests in-cluded gallbladder and bile duct disorders, cirrhosis and liver disorders, and colon cancer prevention.
Dr. Gilbert is active in the community and serves as a reserve elder and Sunday
school teacher at First Presbyterian Church of Knoxville. He lives in the Hardin Valley community with his wife, Amy Gilbert, and their children, Anna Grace, Lucy and James.
Gilbert joins GIA
Nathan Waddell, a longtime U.S. Cellu-lar employee, has been named director of sales for the wireless carrier’s Mid-South territory, which covers East Tennessee, Western North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland. He replaces Jack Brundige and will be based in Knoxville.
Waddell joined U.S. Cellular in 1999, most recently serving as senior director of sales for the Northwest Territory. Waddell
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By Sandra ClarkFriends and patients
packed the house for the grand opening of the Cham-pion Physical Therapy fa-cility in Strawberry Plains. Attendance was boosted by Merle the Squirrel fl agging in cars from Andrew John-son Highway and smells from the pork-cooking smoker strategically posi-tioned near the entrance.
It was free food and good times for all as Champion opened its eighth facility.
The Strawberry Plains clinic director is Kyle Mark-way, DPT. He obtained a doctorate of physical ther-apy from the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center in 2010. Prior to graduate school, Markway completed a bachelor’s de-gree in natural science from Christian Brothers Univer-sity.
Markway enjoys working with all types of orthopedic and outpatient diagnoses, with a special interest in treatment of the spine uti-lizing the McKenzie Method of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy. He assists athletes in returning to pre-injury performance.
His clinical experience includes internships at Ten-nova, Tennessee Orthopae-dic Clinics in Oak Ridge, East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, and Tennessee Orthopaedic Clinics at D1.
The company president is John Staley III, who grew up in Halls and played foot-ball for coach Larry Kerr
on Halls High School’s only state championship team, 1988. A teammate was Tim Butcher, also a physical therapist, who heads Cham-pion’s Halls offi ce at 7228 Norris Freeway.
Staley is a licensed physi-cal therapist (PT) and a certifi ed strength and con-ditioning specialist (CSCS). His primary areas of prac-tice include orthopedics and sports medicine. He also has extensive experience and interest in management, marketing and consulting. He is a credentialed clini-cal instructor through the American Physical Therapy Association.
As a 1993 graduate of the physical therapy pro-gram at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, he has remained active in the university by serving on the UTC Alumni Coun-cil, University of Tennes-see Board of Governors, and as an adjunct clinical faculty member.
Butcher is one of four vice presidents. He earned a bachelor’s degree in exercise science from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville in 1993. In 1997, he earned a bachelor’s degree in physi-cal therapy from East Ten-nessee State University.
He is a certifi ed strength and conditioning specialist. Along with his 15 years of clinical experience, Butcher has completed several con-tinuing-education courses.
Also at the open house were PTs and Champion
Celebrating the grand opening of Champion Physical Therapy in Strawberry Plains are Brett Kolnick, Kyle Markway and his son,
Kyle Jr., John Staley, Tim Butcher and Chris Robinson. Photos by S. Clark
Champion PT opens eighth offi cevice presidents J. Christo-pher Robinson and Brett Kolnick.
Robinson holds a degree in physical therapy from UT Chattanooga and is a certi-fi ed strength and condition-ing specialist. He has 15 years of experience.
Kolnick earned a master of science degree in physical therapy from Nova South-eastern University in 1998. Prior to entering the physi-cal-therapy fi eld, he earned a degree in business from Eastern Kentucky Univer-sity. He was captain and a four-year letterman for the
EKU football team. He is a certifi ed strength and con-ditioning specialist.
Champion Physical Ther-apy has offi ces in Halls, Strawberry Plains, Eliza-bethton, Bristol, Harriman, Pigeon Forge, Seymour and Alcoa.
Staley said Champion serves outpatient post-oper-ative individuals and those with work- or sports-related injuries. Most insurance is accepted, and appointments can be scheduled within 24 hours.
Info: championptllc.com or 865-377-3176.
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SEEKING VENDORSThe Union County Heritage Festival is seeking
arts-and-crafts vendors, food vendors, demonstra-tors and nonprofi t booths for the festival, to be held 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, at Wilson Park in Maynardville. The festival draws more than 4,000 people each year. Info/booth pricing: Marilyn Toppins, [email protected].
THROUGH THURSDAY, OCT. 22Tickets on sale for “The Music and the Memo-
ries” show featuring Pat Boone and Knoxville swing orchestra The Streamliners, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, Oak Ridge Performing Arts Center, Oak Ridge High School, 1450 Oak Ridge Turnpike. Info/tickets: KnoxvilleTickets.com or 656-4444.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 2International Folk Dance Class, 7:30-10
p.m., Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, Clinton. Info: Paul Taylor, 898-5724; oakridgefolkdancers.org; on Facebook.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 3Bee Friends beekeepers group meeting, 6:30 p.m.,
auditorium on Tazewell campus of Walters State. Info: 617-9013.
Goodwill Vintage Fashion Show and Sale, 6 p.m., Hilton Knoxville, 501 W. Church Ave. Tickets: $40; includes dinner, fashion show and entrance to the Vintage Boutique. Info: goodwillknoxville.org/vintage; 588-8567.
Movie and Popcorn: “Elsa and Fred,” 11:15 a.m.-1 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Free and open to the public. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 4Grand opening: Broadway Studios & Gallery, 5-9
p.m., 1127 N. Broadway. Featuring “Gaudy Gold Frame Show.” Info: BroadwayStudiosAndGallery.com.
Karaoke, 6-10 p.m., Bubba Brew’s Sports Pub & Grill, Beach Island Marina. Info: 992-3091.
Union County Farmers Market, 3-6 p.m., 1009 Main St., Maynardville. Info: 992-8038.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 5Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West
Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Info: feralfelinefriends.org.
Spaghetti supper, New Fellowship Church, 120 Pine Drive, Maynardville. Dinner, silent auction, cake-walk, gospel music. $5 donation requested; proceeds to church building fund.
The Reignsmen will perform, 6-10 p.m., Bubba Brew’s Sports Pub & Grill, Beach Island Marina. Info: 992-3091.
Zombie Car Wash and Rummage Sale, 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Frightworks parking lot next to Bojan-gles’ in Powell. Car wash: $5 suggested donation. Pro-ceeds benefi t Powell High School Theater Department.
MONDAY, SEPT. 7American Legion meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St.,
Maynardville. All veterans are invited. Info: 387-5522.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 8Happy Travelers Lunch and Gathering,
North Acres Baptist Church, 5803 Millertown Pike. Entertainment by David West & the Cider Mountain Boys and comedian Hattie. No charge; suggested contribution, $7. Info/reservations: Derrell Frye, 938-8884.
Knoxville Civil War Roundtable meeting, 7 p.m., Bearden Banquet Hall, 5806 Kingston Pike. Pro-gram at 8 p.m. Speaker: Dennis E. Frye, chief historian at Harpers Ferry National Park. Topic: “September Sus-pense, Lincoln’s most tenuous time.” Lecture only: $3; dinner and lecture: $17. RSVP deadline: noon Monday, Sept. 7, to 671-9001.
Open enrollment for beginner’s square dance class, 7 p.m., Square Dance Center, 828 Tulip St. Lessons $5; fi rst lesson free. Info: R.G. Pratt, 947-3238.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 9International Folk Dance Class, 7:30-10
p.m., Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, Clinton. Info: Paul Taylor, 898-5724; oakridgefolkdancers.org; on Facebook.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 10AAA Driver Improvement Course, 5:30-9:30
p.m., AAA offi ce, 100 W. Fifth Ave. Four-hour course helps reduce points for traffi c offenders and teaches how to reduce risk while driving. Cost: $30 members/$35 nonmembers. Must preregister. Info/registration: Kate, 862-9254; Stephanie, 862-9252.
First Lutheran 55-Alive seniors group meet-ing, noon, First Lutheran Church, 1207 N. Broadway. A hot lunch ($8), prepared by school chef Stacy Takonis, will be served at 12:30. Program at 1 p.m.: Ed and Jo Niedens speaking on Rome to Copenhagen and Cel-ebrating D-Day at Normandy. Reservations required: 524-0366.
VFW meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St., Maynard-ville. All veterans are invited. Info: 278-3784.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 11Country Dancing for Seniors, 6:30-10 p.m.,
RiverView Family Farm, 12130 Prater Lane. Lessons, 6:30-7. No alcohol, no smoking. Featuring: two step, swing, line, couples, disco, waltz, mixers and more. Info: 988-8043; 966-1120.
Karaoke, 6-10 p.m., Bubba Brew’s Sports Pub & Grill, Beach Island Marina. Info: 992-3091.
Union County Farmers Market, 3-6 p.m., 1009 Main St., Maynardville. Info: 992-8038.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 12AAA Driver Improvement Course, 8 a.m.-4:30
p.m., AAA offi ce, 100 W. 5th Ave. Eight-hour course helps reduce points for traffi c offenders and teaches how to reduce risk while driving. Cost: $40 members/$50 nonmembers. Must preregister. Info/registration: Kate, 862-9254; Stephanie, 862-9252.
Hogskin History Day, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Narrow Ridge Earth Literacy Center, 1936 Liberty Hill Road, Washburn. Admission and parking are free. Info: Mitzi, 497-3603; narrowridge.org.
Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Info: feralfelinefriends.org.
Thunder Road Author Rally, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., May-nardville Public Library, Main Street, Maynardville. Lo-cal authors attending. Meet-and-greet, book sales, book signings. Info: 992-7106.
MONDAYS, SEPT. 14, 21, 28“Handbuilding With Clay” class, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.,
Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway, Norris. Instructor: Janet McCracken. Regis-tration deadline: Sept. 7. Info/registration: 494-9854; appalachianarts.net.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 15Fall Festival, 5-7 p.m., Morning Pointe, 7700 Dan-
naher Drive. Free to the community. Food, classic car show, bounce house, balloon magic and more. Charlie Katts concert, 6:15-7 p.m. Celebrating National Assisted Living Week. Info: 686-5771.
Honor Guard meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St., Maynardville. All veterans are invited. Info: 256-5415.
Open enrollment for beginner’s square dance class, 7 p.m., Square Dance Center, 828 Tulip St. Lessons $5; fi rst lesson free. Info: R.G. Pratt, 947-3238.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 16International Folk Dance Class, 7:30-10 p.m.,
Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, Clin-ton. Info: Paul Taylor, 898-5724; oakridgefolkdancers.org; on Facebook.
Sharps Chapel Fish Fry, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Sharps Chapel Senior Center. Bring a side dish to share. Info: 992-3292.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 18Karaoke, 6-10 p.m., Bubba Brew’s Sports Pub &
Grill, Beach Island Marina. Info: 992-3091.Union County Farmers Market, 3-6 p.m., 1009
Main St., Maynardville. Info: 992-8038.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 19Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West
Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Info: feralfelinefriends.org.
Luttrell Music Festival, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Luttrell City Park. Music, vendors, activities and more. Info: lut-trellbluegrass.com.
“Salvage Jewelry” class, 1-4 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway, Norris. Instructor: Sarah Brobst. Registration deadline: Sept. 12. Info/registration: 494-9854; appalachianarts.net.
SATURDAY-SUNDAY, SEPT. 19-20Country Market, Historic Ramsey House, 2614
Thorn Grove Pike. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday; 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday. Arts, crafts, antiques, classic car cruise-in, Model T club, music and more. Admission: $5; 12 and under free. Info: ramseyhouse.org.
SUNDAY, SEPT. 20Gospel singing featuring the Sneed Family, 6 p.m.,
New Beverly Baptist Church, 3320 New Beverly Church Road. Free, but love offering will be taken. Info: 546-0001; NewBeverly.org.
MONDAY-FRIDAY, SEPT. 21-OCT. 2Submissions accepted for jurying process at
Appalachian Arts Craft Center in Norris. Must include completed forms, three samples of work and $25 jury fee. Info/forms: www.appalachianarts.net; 494-9854; 2716 Andersonville Highway in Norris.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 22Open enrollment for beginner’s square dance class,
7 p.m., Square Dance Center, 828 Tulip St. Lessons $5; fi rst lesson free. Info: R.G. Pratt, 947-3238.
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Southeastern Retina awarded for vision-saving research
Southeastern Retina Associates, with 10 locations serving the
Knoxville region, recently won the Top Site Award for clinical research from the National Eye Insti-tute’s Diabetic Retinopathy Clinical Research network. Southeastern Retina also has 8 other offi ces throughout East TN, Southwest VA and Northern GA.
This marks the third year that Southeastern Retina Associates has won this pres-tigious national award.
The award means that Southeastern Retina As-sociates has demonstrated outstanding performance out of the 115 US participating sites of the DRCR network.
The award doesn’t just mean that they’ve signed up the most patients for clini-cal trials. It means that they provide the highest level of cutting-edge care to the patients enrolled in their clinical trials.
For 20 years, Southeastern Retina Associates has been at the forefront of clinical trials to treat various eye diseases, including age-related macu-lar degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, retinal vascular disorders, and other ocular conditions.
These trials have helped bring life-changing treat-ments to those who need them most.
“By actively participating in clinical trials, Southeast-ern Retina physicians can provide their patients with access to sight-saving treat-ments not available at other practices in the region,” said Dr. Nick Anderson.
Over the years, Southeast-ern Retina Associates has become a center for chal-lenging case referrals, and their top-notch physicians and cutting-edge technology make it the ideal choice.
“I was the second person in the group,” said Dr. Joseph
Googe Jr. “I have watched the group grow. One of the great things we’ve succeeded in is recruiting really good doc-tors who trained at the top programs in the country. It has been very gratifying.”
Southeastern Retina Asso-ciates boasts an all-star staff of physicians with an impres-sive list of credentials. With medical schools and oph-thalmology residencies like Duke, Emory and Vander-bilt, and retinal fellowships at facilities like Wills Eye Hospital and the Massachu-setts Ear and Eye Infi rmary of Harvard University, the depth of knowledge is some of the best in the country.
According to Dr. Googe, advances in technology have made fundamental changes in the way Southeastern Retina Associates treats patients.
“The technology just ex-ploded and changed how we treat a lot of eye disease, es-
Southeastern Retina Associates
Tod A. McMillan, M.D.
Nicholas G. Anderson, M.D.
Joseph M. Googe, Jr., M.D.p g , ,
Stephen L. Perkins, M.D.
James H. Miller, Jr., M.D. ,
R. Keith Shuler, Jr., M.D.
Specializing in:Macular DegenerationIntravitreal Injection for Macular Degeneration and Diabetic Eye Disease
Our retina specialists utilize the most advanced therapies and surgical approaches to provide the best treatment available.
Southeastern Retina Associates also maintains active clinical trials and research programs to provide cutting-edge treatments to East Tennessee.
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“By actively participating in clinical trials, Southeastern Retina physicians can provide their patients with access to sight-saving treatments not available at other practices in the region.”
– Dr. Nick Anderson
pecially in the last 10 years,” he said.
“When I fi rst started, we didn’t have much treatment for what we diagnosed. Now, new treatments have been developed. We see a lot of patients with macular degen-eration and diabetic reti-nopathy, and now we have better treatments for those conditions.”
Much of these better treatments are due to clinical trials conducted at South-eastern Retina Associates.
Dr. Keith Shuler says, “We are always looking at potential new therapies by participating in national clinical trials, it is just part of what we do.”
SERA is currently enroll-ing patients in trials for age-related macular degenera-tion, diabetic eye disease and retinal vein occlusions.
To ask about clinical trials now enrolling, patients and referring physicians may call 1-888-KnoxRet (566-9738).
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