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IN THIS ISSUE
Cupcake madness
Cupcake madness returns to downtown Knoxville this Saturday with the 2nd annual Cupcakes in the Park at the Krutch Park extension.
From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., visitors can get a sugar high just by walk-ing around … Proceeds support the Helen Ross McNabb Center.
➤ Read Betsy Pickle on page 7
Seeing ‘stars’Students and staff at South
Knoxville Elementary School are benefi tting from an incentive pro-gram called Star Students.
➤ Read Betsy Pickle on page 6
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By Betsy PickleWhen you’ve said Urban Wilder-
ness Arts & Trade District, you’ve said a mouthful. That’s one reason the group has voted to change its name to South Knoxville Alliance. Another is that SKA includes non-profi ts as well as businesses, all with the goal of promoting and ad-vancing South Knoxville as a his-toric and unique area.
At its monthly meeting Sept. 16 at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, the group elected new board mem-bers. They are: Rebecca Husain of Wee Care, chair; Jeff Christian of McLemore Florist & Gifts, secre-tary; Janice Tocher of Averra Me-dia, treasurer; Bobbye Edwards of Tea & Treasures; and Monte Stan-ley of Stanley’s Greenhouses, both at-large.
On Tuesday, Oct. 8, South Knoxville Alliance will host a cel-ebration for Drew McIntosh, who set a world record in mountain biking this summer at the 2,850-mile Tour Divide by fi nishing the
Newly elected board members of the South Knoxville Alliance are Monte Stanley, at-large; Janice Tocher, treasurer;
Rebecca Husain, chair; Bobbye Edwards, at-large; and Jeff Christian, secretary. Photo by Betsy Pickle
New name, same aim
race on a fi xed-gear mountain bike in 24 days, eight hours and six minutes (the previous record was 34 days).
McIntosh, a South Knoxvillian and member of the Appalachian Mountain Bike Club, will get the fi n-ish-line cheers and crowds he didn’t
have at the end of the grueling race when locals line up at the Candoro Marble Building on Maryville Pike beginning at 5:30 p.m.
By Betsy PickleOf all the promotions aimed
at keeping South Knoxville busi-nesses afl oat during the Henley Bridge closure, this may be the coolest one yet: Scott Miller will perform a set at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1, at the Disc Exchange, 2615 Chapman Highway.
Before you ask which limb store owner Allan Miller had to sacrifi ce to get the renowned Americana musician to visit, listen to this:
“We called him,” says Scott Miller. “Those people have been so good.
“How can you not help the Disc Exchange? They’re dying on the vine over there.”
The music store is certainly turning the evening into an event, offering free beer along with the free music. Miller also will sign CDs and get fans revved up for his 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4, show at the Bijou Theatre.
Miller, who established his music career in Knoxville after moving here in 1990, returned to his native Virginia a couple of years ago to help his octogenar-
Get ready for Scott’s ‘Big Big World’Next week’s visit will be like a
homecoming as he promotes his new album, “Big Big World,” with a Blue Plate Special at WDVX and makes the media rounds. He’s abandoning the cows for a month as he travels in support of “Big Big World,” which is technically a solo album but also a collaboration with Nashville producer, song-writer and musician Doug Lancio.
To create the album, Miller would take his typewriter and make a “little nest” in an offi ce at Lancio’s studio, writing lyrics to music Lancio wrote.
“The only person I’ve co-writ-ten songs with (before) was Mic Harrison from the V-Roys,” says Miller. “Maybe that’s because we were taught by Steve Earle a lot of tricks and things, or because Mic and I naturally approached songs the same way – we were simpatico there.”
He felt relaxed with Lancio be-cause the lyrics he wanted to write and the music Lancio kept supply-ing were in the same vein.
“The thing with Doug was, he didn’t really want to mess with
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Robinella will perform songs from her new album “Ode to Love” at the Disc Ex-change on Chapman Highway, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26. Quiznos will provide sand-wiches during the visit. Info: 573-5710.
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Some readers applaud, a few offer coaching tips, some just say they are out there, ready and waiting for next week. There are occasional words of praise, only slightly exagger-ated. Several readers have said thank you for information or entertainment on the cheap. They have noticed that in this economic squeeze, the Shopper and its website remain free.
Now and then, a reader does something. One sent okra. The latest shock was a handsome gift book.
➤ Read Marvin West on page 5
East Knox Mall Merchants
A business group is forming around the Knoxville Center mall area with a kickoff meet-ing from 8-9 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 3, at the Cracker Barrel Restaurant, 2920 Knoxville Center Drive.
The Knoxville Chamber will assist in the organizing, said Sharon Davis. Goals are brand-ing the area as a shopping des-tination, targeting members and naming the group. Info: Sharon Davis at [email protected] or 865 640 5700 or Kaelyn Farmer at [email protected] 296-4346.
At home in Thorn GroveBy Sandra Clark
To voluntarily settle in a place named Thorn Grove takes a spe-cial person. Bob Stultz had an excuse. After 20 years in the U.S. Navy, he moved back to his family home place. Bo Stultz came with him. After all, she’s his wife.
“We’ve had some really good years during our 62-year mar-riage,” says Bo. “Most were when he was at sea.”
We settled in for some good conversation. Bill and Janie Em-mert had rounded up a couple of neat guests. The Stultzes did not disappoint.
Bob taught electronics at Carter High School for 19 years after re-turning home. The farm on Carter School Road has been in his fam-ily since 1936. His mom was born and raised here.
The house, built in 1864, was in such disrepair that Bob and Bo fi rst wanted to tear it down. But neighbors talked to them about its historic signifi cance, and they decided to tackle the restoration. They intentionally did not seek to put the property on a historic register. They wanted to save the bones and make the place livable.
“The windows were broken out. The foundation was on the ground. Bob raised up a wall and pushed it back on the foundation,” Bo said.
Bob took up the story. While he was working, an insurance agent he had called dropped by. “You want insurance on this?” he asked. Bob was pushing the wall back on the foundation.
“We fi nally got $5,000 insur-ance,” said Bo. To page 3
the lyrics; he was all music,” says Miller. “The music part is not my strong point. Never has been. I’m always, like, three-chord guy. Doug also has pop sensibilities. He’s proven it with Patty Griffi n and these other people that he’s produced.”
The songs on “Big Big World” take Miller out of the Americana box and let him play with varying forms of rock, country and even African beats.
“This is different than any oth-er record I’ve made,” says Miller, who adds that he had to open himself up to trust Lancio’s input. “Probably my fans will hate it. But it’s what I wanted to do. And if you don’t want to do it and if you’re not happy doing it, who’s going to want to let you do it anyway?”
On his days off during the Oc-tober tour, Miller will fl y to catch up with Griffi n and open for her on her tour. It will be a grueling month, but he’s ready.
“Working on the farm now, I’m in better shape than I’ve ever been,” he says. “I feel good. Wheth-er I look good, I don’t know.”
ian father run the family farm near Staunton. He has kept close ties with Knoxville and makes it a point to schedule shows here.
“Bob can outwork any 60-year-old man,” Bill Emmert interjected.
“We worked for fi ve years on the house. I found furniture at yard sales while Bob fi xed and fi xed,” said Bo.
The house contained so many dead bugs and mice that the Stultz-es raked them up and hauled them out in a wheelbarrow. “When we
Bo and Bob Stultz share the pioneer spirit of Thorn Grove.
2 • SEPTEMBER 23, 2013 • Shopper news
health & lifestyles
After surgery for breast cancer at Fort Sanders Regional, Ronni Chandler set sail on a family reunion cruise to the
Bahamas.
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‘A change for me’ Knoxville woman’s experience highlights importance of self-exams
With a strong family history of breast cancer, Verondelia “Ronni” Chandler of Knoxville is careful about her health.
“Even if you do everything you can do, things happen, so what is in my power to do, I do,” Chandler said. “My mom was diagnosed with breast cancer at 38. She had a radical mastec-tomy, but at age 48 it returned and metastasized.”
Since her mother struggled with breast cancer, Chandler has been faithful in getting regular screenings for herself. In the spring of 2012, she was doing her monthly breast self-exam and noticed a lump.
“It was really tiny, a knot about the size of a small pea,” she said. “But because I regu-larly do my self-exams, I knew this was a change for me. In fact, when I followed up with my doc-tor, she couldn’t even find it!”
Mammography screening and a biopsy at Thompson Cancer Survival Center confirmed that Chandler had DCIS (ductal car-cinoma in sutu), which is one of the earliest stages of breast can-cer. Chandler had the lump re-moved at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center and returned to Thompson for radiation treat-ments.
She also participated in Thompson’s Healing Touch Therapy Program.
“Healing Touch is kind of like light touch massage. It’s a stress reducer, a relaxation tech-nique,” said Chandler. “I have a really busy life, and so Healing Touch was a wonderful stress management strategy.”
Steady advice about breast cancerMedia headlines are full of con-
fl icting information about when and how often women should be screened for breast cancer. Sever-al recent studies have questioned the effectiveness of annual mam-mograms and monthly breast self-exam (BSE).
But the medical community is not in agreement. The bottom line is that more research needs to be done to determine why some breast tumors are so much more aggressive than others.
In the meantime, most physi-cians say they advocate for tradi-tional screening schedules.
“We support the recommen-dation of the American Cancer Society and the American College of Radiology that a woman over the age of 40 should have annual mammograms. And, they should know how their breasts look and feel normally and report any changes,” said Fort Sanders radi-ologist Dr. Gayle Roulier.
“Breast self-exam is also an op-
tion for women starting in their 20s,” she added.
Women with a known genetic risk or strong family his-tory of the dis-ease should be screened at an earlier age. “We have two genetic counselors here that can help women deter-mine their fam-ily history and risk,” said Rou-lier.
“I personally would just encourage women to ask questions when they come. If they have questions for me, I’ll spend time talking with them. I would urge women to become proactive in their care and un-derstand what breast health is all about in their personal situation.”
Roulier said she is a fan of regular breast s e l f - e x a m s . “Finding early breast cancer is often about noticing small changes in the breast tissues, and so every woman should know what her breast tissue feels like,” she said.
“It’s not really about feeling lumps, but rather it’s
about feeling changes, noticing what’s different for you.”
To schedule a mammogram, call
the Thompson Comprehensive
Breast Center, a department of
Fort Sanders Regional Medical
Center, at 865-541-1624.
Easy breast self-examStudies have shown that anywhere from 12 to 41 percent of
breast cancer tumors are found by women themselves. That’s why it’s important to know what’s normal for your own body through regular breast self-exams (BSE).
It’s not hard to do BSE. Here’s how:
■ Do BSE once a month at a consistent time of the month, since breasts tend to change during the menstrual cycle.
■ Look in the mirror for shape, color, swelling, redness, dimpling or nipple changes, or signs of fl uid coming out of one or both nipples.
■ Raise your arms and look in the mirror for the same changes.
■ Feel your breasts while lying down, using your right hand to feel the left and the left hand to feel the right. Use a circular motion about the size of a quarter using the pads of your fi ngers. Cover the entire breast top to bottom, side to side, from your collarbone to the top of your abdomen, and armpit to cleavage. Squeeze the nipple and check for discharge.
■ Use light, medium and then fi rm pressure to make sure you’re feeling all the way through each portion of the tis-sue.
■ Do the same pattern of checking while standing and leaning over. Many women fi nd it easiest to do this step in the shower with soapy hands.
ter and I’m appreciating beinghere to enjoy her life. I’m activein ministry at First AME ZionChurch, so I have a rich wonder-ful life.”
Her experience with breastcancer has made Chandler morededicated than ever to doingbreast self-exams and gettingscreened regularly with mam-mography. She urges otherwomen to do the same. An esti-mated 12 to 41 percent of breastcancers are detected by womenwho feel a lump themselves,studies have shown.
“Start today with monthlyself-checks,” she said. “Ask yournurse or doctor or Google ‘breastself-exam’ if you’re not surehow. But do it. And if you feelsomething, don’t panic. It maybe nothing. Even if it is, earlydetection gives you great treat-ment options. And it could justsave your life.
And for anyone facing breastcancer, Chandler said Fort Sand-ers Regional Medical Center andThompson Cancer Survival Cen-ter provide excellent care.
“They were outstanding,” saidChandler. “They were very car-ing professionals. They mademe feel like they cared aboutme. With my amazing team atThompson’s, I am living beyondcancer, feeling great, and verygrateful and blessed to see eachnew day.
“I thank God for them everyday,” she said.
For more information on the
oncology services available at
Fort Sanders Regional Medical
Center, call 865-673-FORT.
When her treatments were finished – about two months in all – she took Thompson’s can-cer transition class. “It focuses on living beyond treatment, with exercise, nutrition, emotional wellness, just a lot of different factors of preventative health,”
Chandler said.Today Chandler is cancer-free
and back at work on the lead-ership team of Project Grad of Knoxville. She also volunteers with Girl Talk Inc., a nonprofit that builds confidence in teen-age girls in the area.
And, she also continues to enjoy her family and appreciate each day.
“I am married to my high school sweetheart (Timothy Chandler), and we celebrated our 35th anniversary this year,” she said. “I have a granddaugh-
Dr. Gayle Roulier, Board Certifi ed
Mammography Radiologist
Shopper news • SEPTEMBER 23, 2013 • 3
Betsy Pickle
Blue skies and smiling faces reigned at the 8th an-nual Happy Hollerpalooza. There was dancing – and
music, Tai Chi, inflatable games and face-painting – in the streets as the street fair on Central welcomed neighbors and visitors, politicians and vendors.
The Fulton High School band was the big winner of the day. Not only did the band impress the crowd
with its playing, but mem-bers did some serious fun-draising with a silent auc-tion and sales of popcorn, cotton candy, drinks and school-color Mardi Gras-type necklaces.
The turnout was steady but not overcrowded, so everyone from babies and bikers to hipsters and dogs enjoyed the stress-free scene.
Update on healthcareThe South of the River
Democrats got a briefing on the Affordable Care Act at their monthly meeting last Monday.
Becky Harmon of the Tennessee Health Care
Happy at Hollerpalooza
Members of the Taoist Tai Chi
Society demonstrate Tai Chi.
Becky Harmon goes over
health-care changes with the
South of the River Democrats.
From left, friends Calloway Ferguson and Emily Wise enjoy
tasty blue lemonade while visiting Happy Holler with Cal-
loway’s parents, Vicky and Steve Ferguson.
FHS drum major Jamyia King leads the band and the fl ag corps.
ETTAC needs toys and toy adaptersThe East Tennessee
Technology Access Center is now accepting volun-teers to adapt battery operated toys for children who cannot use their hands to play with typical toys. The fi rst trainings for new adapters will be held 6-8 p.m. Thursdays,
Sept. 26 and Oct. 3, at ETTAC, 116 Childress St.
New battery operated toys are needed immedi-ately for the volunteers to begin working on in order for the toys to be ready for its annual Toy Tech party Monday, Dec 2. These toys are given at no
charge to children with disabilities who cannot play with off-the-shelf toys in ETTAC’s 24-coun-ty region.
To become an adapter or to donate toys, batter-ies or money for supplies, call 219-0130.
Thorn Grove From page 1
Fulton High sopho-
more Courtney Hiter
takes a break from
working the band’s
cotton-candy ma-
chine. Photos by Betsy Pickle
Thank you so much for your support!I am proud to be your Sheriff and grateful that you have put your trust in me. We will continue our high standards of training and professionalism to make sure that you and your family remain safe. It is YOUR Sheriff’s Offi ce and we will always make sure that we are careful custodians of your tax dollars and provide the most effi cient law enforcement possible.
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bombed for bugs, we had to leave for two weeks,” Bo laughed.
The root cellar had fallen in and contained strange items including dead chickens.
After all of this, the Stultzes were not daunted when The Development Corporation bought ad-joining land for an indus-trial/business park. In fact, they hosted a yard party to drum up oppo-sition. All the neighbors came. And the residents of Thorn Grove prevailed. Next time maybe the big boys will pick on people less prickly – perhaps in “Happy Valley” or “Lush Meadows.” Just stay away from Thorn Grove.
HistoryThorn Grove was found-
ed by a French native, Pe-ter L. Derieux (pronounced Dairy-O). It’s a farming community then and now. In the early 1900s, Thorn Grove was self-contained with a car dealership, switchboard, doctor’s offi ce, blacksmith shop, monu-ment shot and multiple gro-cery stores and a school.
Traveling sales were im-portant to the economy as “rolling stores” carried food, matches, kerosene and candy. The Watkins, Rawley and Jewel Tea sales team sold fl avoring, cof-fee, teas and spices. An ice wagon delivered blocks of ice ranging from 25 to 100
pounds two to three times per week.
According to a history provided by Bo Stultz, when refrigerators came out folks thought they were “just a fad – nothing could ever re-place the ice man!”
However, TVA brought power to the valley in the mid-1930s. “When electric-ity came to Thorn Grove in 1939, the ice man was for-ever consigned to live only in our memory,” wrote the unsigned author.
Family names included Adcock, Smith, Loy, Cox, Davis, Underwood, Pollard, Rutherford and Derieux.
Patricia Ann Swaggerty Cox, writing in 1995, related the history of the Derieux family.
An heir to the French throne fl ed to America dur-ing the French R e v o l u t i o n and the rise of Napoleon. Here he was known as Pe-ter Derieux. He founded the Derieux Academy in R i c h m o n d , Va., and died in Jamestown Va., in 1924. His son, also named Peter, married Sara Janeway from Dandridge, Tenn., and moved to East Tennessee.
Derieux had extensive land holdings. He conveyed land for the Carter Elemen-tary School and the oldest section of the Thorn Grove Cemetery.
Henry C. Derieux, son of Peter and Sara, built the house where Bo and Bob Stultz now live. Henry was a carpenter who built the house around 1864. It is the oldest house in the area.
This property has had only three owners: Derieux,
At the top is the Stultz home in 2011. Inset is The
Stultz home, built in 1864, before renovation
Campaign shared informa-tion about the experiences
of other states that are fur-ther ahead in instituting “Obamacare” changes and pointed out that in most cases, as promised, costs have decreased.
Beginning Oct. 1, pric-ing for insurance plans will be available at www.healthcare.gov or 1-800-318-2596. Sign-ups go through Dec. 15 for plans starting Jan. 1, 2014.
Helpful info is available at marketplace.cms.gov, www.kff.org (click “sub-sidy calculator”), www.thcc2.org and www.enrol-lamerica.org.
The Dems meet the third Monday of each month at Burger King, 2800 Chap-man Highway. Jim Ses-sions and Debbie Helsley are co-ch airs.
Ogle and Stultz, said Bob Stultz. “My father bought it in 1937. I am the son of Wil-lis and Bess Adcock Stultz. My mother was originally from this area, but they
never lived on the farm. Her mother lived in the house until she died.
“I retired from the U.S. Navy a nd returned to the farm in 1972.”
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Is Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett really run-ning for U.S. Senator? This writer thinks eventually he will not do so, but Burchett continues to discuss the prospect in terms which suggest a run is possible if not probable.
This column will not deal with whether a U.S. Senate run by Burchett is wise or not. (I am a donor to Sen. Lamar Alexander’s campaign). However, talk of Burchett running has reached the point where those who might want to be county mayor should start listening and taking notes either for 2014 or 2018 when Burchett is term limited.
Burchett running for a second term as county may-or is a very winnable race for him despite opposition from many in the business community. No one has stepped up to take him on from either the Republican or Democratic side nor are they likely to do so.
However, if Burchett runs for U.S. Senate, he would have to abandon a re-election campaign for mayor as a practical matter if not a legal matter. That decision would have to be made by this February for the May county primary in 2014.
So who would run for county mayor if Burchett is no longer seeking a second term? Lots of names come to mind and my listing of them does not indicate a preference.
County Commissioner R. Larry Smith is a threat to many vacancies and county mayor would be no excep-tion.
County Commissioner Mike Hammond who has thought of such a race in the past might run this time.
Would County Commis-sioner Richard Briggs drop his race for state senator to seek the county mayor’s position? Briggs’ senate campaign has failed to pick up steam at this point. In a county mayor’s contest with 3 or 4 candidates, the winner only needs 35 percent of the vote, while in a two-way race for state
senator, the winner needs 50.1 percent of the vote. New County Commission chair Brad Anders may also be a prospect.
Craig Leuthold was thrilled to be the appointed trustee and will seek a full term for trustee. Would County Clerk Foster Arnett, who has considered such a race in the past, reconsider with Burchett out of the picture? Possible. Would new county school board chair Lynne Fugate seek the top county offi ce to promote education?
Dean Rice on Burchett’s staff might take a hard look at it if the boss is running for U.S. Senate. State Reps. Ryan Haynes and Harry Brooks are possibilities. Well-known citizens who could do the job if they held it and who might be encouraged include Republican business owner and education aide to the governor, Randy Boyd, and Legacy Parks director Carol Evans. Both could secure the funding for a county-wide campaign.
Do the Democrats have anyone who could win? Doubtful. Mayor Rogero would not abandon her city job when she seems a strong bet for a second term although it would be a $24,000 a year pay raise for her if she won it. Former county executive Tommy Schumpert has no interest. State Rep. Gloria Johnson would be a prospect, along with former State Rep. Wayne Ritchie. He would appeal to more Republicans than Johnson, but Johnson may want a second term as state rep. Ritchie seems content to practice law, but he would be a viable candi-date if he ran.
■ If Johnson wins a second term as state rep she becomes vested in the legislative retirement plan which gives her a lifetime pension at age 55 of at least $250 a month increasing annually depending on how many years she serves. As a legislator, she does not have to contribute to her legisla-tive retirement while she does have to contribute to her teacher’s retirement as well as social security.
■ State Rep. Joe Armstrong seems happy being the other Democratic state representative and does not aspire to other positions. He is the senior Knox legislator in either party in our 10-member delegation. Bill Dunn is the senior Republican.
Who follows Burchett?
POLITICAL NOTES ■ Third/4th District Democratic Club will meet 6 p.m. Tuesday,
Sept. 24, at the Bearden Branch Library, 100 Golf Club Road. Guest
speaker: state Rep. Gloria Johnson.
Reaching the young invinciblesBy Betty Bean
You’re going to be hear-ing a lot about the “young invincibles” over the next year.
So who/what are they – a rock band? A soap opera? A stuck-up street gang with literary pretentions?
Nope. This is the name that’s been bestowed on the 19 million (plus or mi-nus, estimates vary) young American adults who don’t have basic health insur-ance. Borrowed from the moniker adopted by an organization founded in 2009 to represent the in-terests of 18-34-year-olds in the healthcare debate, it has now become the semi-offi cial name of a market
segment that providers very much want to reach. Their numbers have been whittled down by some 3 million due to a provision of the Afford-able Care Act that allows them to stay on their par-ents’ insurance plans until they are 26, but they are still a crucial piece of the healthcare puzzle. Getting them to buy in to the ACA is a priority because the risk pool numbers won’t work without younger, healthier consumers in the mix.
Armored with good health and heedless youth, a few – maybe 5 percent as measured by industry poll-ing – are playing the odds and forgoing health insur-ance. Others would like to get insurance, but are so saddled with credit card and student loan debt that they believe it’s beyond their means. Still others fl at can’t afford it at pre-ACA market rates.
Whatever their motiva-
tions, when the open enroll-ment period kicks in Oct. 1, they’re all going to have de-cisions to make because the ACA is mandatory and will require all uninsured indi-viduals to choose a plan and enroll. There is a tax penalty – small at fi rst, larger later – for remaining uninsured.
Many young adults will be pleasantly surprised when they fi nally explore their options, says Ginger Pettway, director of brand strategy and new media for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee.
When the Marketplace opens, BCBST will be one of three carriers available in Knox County (and the only option available in all 95 counties). Young adults are heavy users of social media, and getting the message out to them is an important part of Pettway’s job.
She recommends they check out http://www.bcbst.com and hit the “Know
Now” button, which will take them to an informa-tional page where they can learn about the 54 BCBST plans that are available at all four “metallic” levels – bronze, silver, gold and plat-inum – and fi nd out about subsidies and tax credits that are available.
“This is an educational site that we’ve put together. I’m not selling our plan, but want people to know if cost is a barrier, through these new plans and the fi nancial assistance available under the new law, there are go-ing to be some very afford-able options, regardless of age. Young invincibles are all about shopping on the Web, and if you are a sin-gle person making under $45,000 a year, you’re go-ing to qualify for a subsidy. If you go online and do your research, you will be pleas-antly surprised.”This is part two of a multipart se ries
about the Aff ordable Care Act.
Thank a teacherAn old bumper sticker
said: “If you can read this, thank a teacher.”
That bar has been raised.Now teachers must feed
students of all aptitudes and abilities through a chute for testing. If scores are high enough, the teachers get to do it again next year. If not, there is no thanks and may-be no job.
Great Schools Partner-ship has set the second annual “Thank a Teacher Week,” Sept. 30 through Oct. 4. Amazingly, some teachers are saying “no thanks.” They are whisper-ing, though, because their tenure (can’t fi re me without cause) has vaporized.
As the Shopper-News contribution to “Thank a Teacher Week,” Jake Mabe
and I want to hear from teachers or their spouses, parents or kids. Trust us not to reveal your identity or drop us an anonymous note or email.
■ What do you think is right and what’s wrong with Knox County Schools?
■ Are we moving too fast with education reform?
■ What is best for kids?Jake and I are a gen-
eration apart, but we share a love for Knox County Schools. Both of us came from a family of educators.
We’ve demonstrated sup-port for individual teachers, principals and community schools.
We’ve both been jarred by the feedback we’re get-ting from those who will talk. Our numbers are 661-8777 or 466-6398.
ResponseSo the response already
this week has been tremen-dous. Teachers are frustrat-ed with the frenetic pace of change, the lack of respect and the complexity of evalu-ations.
One teacher said, “We’re not just a number and nei-ther are our kids.”
Another said of the fast race to reform: “The end product sounds great, but it’s how (Superintendent Jim McIntyre) is getting
there that’s a problem. He’s tearing Knox County Schools apart.”
An elementary school teacher talked of Fridays as test days. “The kids go home crying and I do too.”
Teachers are generally the smartest folks in a com-munity. They are caring and work hard. The system’s ad-ministration should support and grow its teachers; pay them well for good work and weed out the ones who are there for the wrong reasons.
It seems so simple.But everybody who went
to school has an opinion, and everyone who has clawed his way to fi nancial success seems willing to spend his wealth to “fi x” the problems.
More eyesCity Council member Nick
Pavlis shows off the new signs
on the Waste Connections
recycling trucks announc-
ing the new “Blue looking
out for you” neighborhood
watch initiative. The Knoxville
Police Department will train
some 49 Waste Management
employees to keep an eye
out for suspicious daytime
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hoods. Photo by Betty Bean
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Readers are very impor-tant. You are our reasons for writing. Response is appre-ciated.
Claim a seat at a Saturday shrine
Marvin West
Some readers applaud, a few offer coaching tips, some just say they are out there, ready and waiting for next week. There are occa-sional words of praise, only slightly exaggerated. Sev-eral readers have said thank you for information or en-tertainment on the cheap. They have noticed that in this economic squeeze, the Shopper and its website re-
main free.Now and then, a reader
does something. One sent okra. The latest shock was a handsome gift book.
It is “Saturday Shrines – College Football’s Most Hal-lowed Grounds.”
The Sporting News did the coffee-table ornament a few years ago but it is new to me. The dust cover is Shields-Watkins Field and a packed Neyland Stadium. My fi rst thought was ‘Wow!”
Later, in the fi ne print, I learned there were 16 other dust covers featuring 16 other shrines, so designed to sell more books at $24.95.
The segment about Ten-nessee, starting on page 154, is OK. It touches most of the bases – Gen. Robert R. Neyland, checkerboards, Peyton Manning, Volunteer Navy, memorable moments, winning streaks and a few
paragraphs about the un-forgettable Arkansas game of 1998.
What the book did best was remind me of what we have here and what we too often take for granted.
What we have is one of the greatest arenas in the world, almost perfectly located be-tween the Tennessee River and The Hill, historic cen-ter of campus no matter where it sprawls. There are mountains as a backdrop, a very high-tech video board, more than enough seats for the multitudes, and fancy enclosed quarters for the rich and famous.
The stadium has the best possible name, Neyland, for the godfather who trans-formed routine blocking and tackling into a great success story that became a genuine tradition.
Between 1926 and 1952,
this coach, despite repeated interruptions for military duty, produced 173 victories out of 215 games. He put Vanderbilt in its place and never lost to the legendary Paul “Bear” Bryant. He was a conservative fundamen-talist in the truest sense and also a visionary who invent-ed little things to make win-ning easier.
From a pick-up rocky beginning, the playing sur-face, through the years, has been nurtured like a golf course, then rudely covered with plastic, then wisely re-stored to natural greenness. The building has been gen-erally maintained, enlarged eight times, enhanced and redecorated. From peak capacity of 104,079, it has been shrunk in favor of more elites and fewer com-moners.
Back in the old days, exu-
berant fans several times stormed the fi eld and tore down goalposts. Last I re-call was mid-September 1998, after the dramatic overtime victory over Flori-da. Some think that was the best game ever at the great ballpark.
So, where is all this stuff going, in praise of readers and the Saturday shrine? If you have never been to Ney-land Stadium, Saturday is a good time to go. The foe is South Alabama of the Sun Belt Conference. It is not to be confused with the real Alabama of national cham-pionship fame.
South Alabama will pro-vide more than necessary competition but won’t cause over-crowded conditions. Tickets will likely be avail-able in the stadium vicin-ity, perhaps at discounted prices. Popcorn and the
UT band, the Pride of the Southland, will be just as good as at main events.
If you go, arrive early and soak up the scene. Re-call whatever you remember from reading “Legends,” the interesting book about the all-time greats. Consider these add-ons: The Volun-teers have won 79 percent of their home games. Eigh-teen old Vols are enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame. Seventy-two all-Americans have played in orange shirts, one in black, none in gray.
Epic battles have been fi ercely fought on that fi eld. Combatants have endured contusions, knee aches and severe body blows. Blood, sweat and tears have dripped and spilled. Indeed, it is hallowed ground.Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is [email protected].
CrossCurrents
LynnPitts
I’m headed somewhere else with this, but bear with me a moment while I ponder a side issue of the above-quoted Bible verse.
I have read this pas-sage many times, in many translations and many dif-ferent contexts (Bible stud-ies, private devotions, Sun-
It came to passAnd it came to pass, when men began to multiply
on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
(Genesis 6:1-2 KJV)
Nature’s fi rst green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold.Her early leaf’s a fl ower, But only so an hour.Then leaf subsides to leaf,So Eden sank to grief,So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay.
(“Nothing Gold Can Stay,” Robert Frost)
This, too, shall pass away.(Persian Sufi poets)
day school, to name a few). But until now, I had never stopped to consider one fact. The “sons of God” (read: angels) had noticed the daughters of men because they were “fair.” Presum-ably, those daughters were produced by child-bearing women, right? So why did the angels fail to notice the fair women of that earlier generation? I’m just asking.
The phrase “it came to pass” occurs in the King James Version of the Bible 428 times, by actual count (thank you, Strong’s Con-cordance). The passage quoted above is the fi rst time it appears. Frequently, when I read those words, I am reminded of the old black woman who was asked what her favorite Bible verse was.
She didn’t even have to stop and think about it. She replied, “And it came to pass.” Her questioner, puzzled by her answer, said, “And why is that?”
“Because,” she explained emphatically, “I would hate to think it had come to stay!”
The truth is, as Frost so poetically reminded us, that nothing comes to stay. (Well, maybe rent and tax-es!) Rainbows share their beauty for scant moments. Leaves turn and fall. Great castles fall into ruin. Our loved ones die. We age and realize that our future is now shorter than our past.
So the wise words “This, too, shall pass” are both threat and promise.
On Sept. 30, 1859, Abra-ham Lincoln, in an address before the Wisconsin State
Agricultural Society in Mil-waukee, made this statement:
“It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They pre-sented him the words ‘And this, too, shall pass away.’ How much it expresses! How chastening in the hour of pride! How consoling in the depths of affl iction!”
From the Sufi poets to our greatest president, the wisdom fl ows in our direc-tion:
Live. Enjoy. Pay atten-tion. Give. Forgive. Forget. Accept. Remember. Abide. Love.
“And the greatest of these is love.” (1 Corinthians 13: 13 NRSV)
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By Betsy PickleDining with the stars is something South Knoxville El-
ementary School principal Muncie Harbin does regularly.She loves it, as do her students and their parents.Each month, South Knoxville teachers nominate “Star
Students” for recognition. They are children who have shown excellent behavior and met the school’s expecta-tions – the “Bear Necessities” to be safe and responsible. (South Knoxville Elementary is the home of the Bears.)
“We’re accentuating the positive,” says Harbin. “We recognize these students and don’t let the squeaky wheels get all the attention.”
The nine classroom teachers from kin-dergarten through 5th grade nominate the students, and each one gets to bring a friend and have lunch with the principal in her offi ce.
At a recent lunch, fi rst-grader Byron Kirkland seems totally relaxed as he chats with Harbin, ignoring some vegetables still left on his tray.
“What sports do you play?” he asks her.“I bicycle and I kayak,” she replies.“What’s a kayak, Ms. Harbin?” he asks.After she explains, Byron energetically covers every-
thing he can think of about his passion, football.“I’ll never get out of it,” he says, though he admits to also
liking basketball.For all his enthusiasm, Byron is unfailingly polite. He
knows what’s expected at his school:“Follow directions and do the right thing,” he says. He
tries to share that message with his lunch buddy, Marquis Jackson, who doesn’t seem nearly as focused.
“Dude, you have got to start listening to the teachers,” he tells Marquis at one point. He’s more of a role model for Marquis than vice versa, but he appreciates his friend’s talents.
“He makes me laugh,” Byron says of Marquis.Harbin says Byron is a great representative of what it
means to be a Star Student.“He’s a very polite young man,” she says.The honor of Star Student is taken seriously by the
youngsters and their parents. Each child receives a Star Student badge, a certifi cate, a pencil and $10 in “Bear Bucks,” the currency used at the student store. He or she also has his or her photo displayed in a trophy case for the month. Parents often will come take pictures of the pic-ture, the principal says.
“He loves being a Star Student,” Harbin says of Byron. “All of the kids really do. It’s a big deal for them to get to come eat lunch.”
Students know how well they’re doing by a class-room chart on which they’re “clipped up” for good behav-ior and “clipped down” for bad behavior.
“We try to teach respon-sibility,” says Harbin. “We all make mistakes, but we can fi x them.”
“I’m ‘yellow’ today,” says Byron, acknowledging that he’s one down from the starting point of green. “I’ve got time. I can fi x that.”
Principal Muncie Harbin enjoys visiting with Star Student By-
ron Kirkland over lunch at South Knoxville Elementary School.
Seeing ‘stars’at South Knoxville
Elementary
Cheering the Falcons to victoryThe cheerleaders at Fulton High enjoy cheering their football team to victory. Pictured at a
recent game are squad members (front) Dayja Cash, Kayla Hartsell, Hannah Walker, Makenna
Black, Asia White, Jainia Fugate, Tatyanna Fletcher; (back) Victoria Harrison, Desiree Luster,
Makaley Black, Elicia Faulkner, Kelsey Pitchford and Kaleigh Jordan. The squad is coached by
Kim Pratt. Photo by Ruth White
Harbin
Posters hanging around
South Knoxville Elementary
encourage students to be on
their best behavior.
It was a nice night for a soccer match as the Austin-East team
traveled to play Carter High. It was a 6-0 win for the Hornets.
Carter’s Taylor Freeman helped put Carter on the board during
the fi rst half of the game.
Olivia Hosey and Nadra Gray battle for possession during last
week’s game. Photos by Ruth White
Austin-East goalkeeper Qkirajah Robinson blocks the ball to
keep Carter from scoring. Ahjanai Stephens throws the ball inbounds for Austin-East.
Carter and A-E battle on the soccer fi eld
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By Betsy PickleCupcake madness re-
turns to downtown Knox-ville this Saturday with the 2nd annual Cupcakes in the Park at the Krutch Park ex-tension.
From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., visitors can get a sugar high just by walking around and sniffi ng all the baked good-ies from professional and amateur adult and youth bakers – or they can pay $5 for a ticket that entitles them to fi ve bakery mini cupcakes and a vote in the People’s Choice contest. Proceeds support the Helen Ross McNabb Center.
At least 17 of East Tennes-see’s favorite bakeries will compete in the professional division for the People’s Choice and Judges’ Choice awards. Three of them are from the our new Shopper’s coverage area: Magpies
Bakery on North Central Street, MerMer’s Bakery on North Gay Street and Sugar N’ Things on Fairmont Bou-levard.
Katie Johnson, owner of Sugar N’ Things, moved to Knoxville about 18 months ago, but she has been a “le-gitimate baker” for only about a year, so she didn’t participate in the fi rst Cup-cakes in the Park.
“I grew up baking,” says Johnson, the mother of a 3-year-old and almost 1-year-old. “My aunt owns a catering business in At-lanta. I used to sit up on the counter and watch, and I wanted to be part of it. I moved here and just fell into it. People would say, ‘You ought to sell your stuff; it tastes so good.’”
While she makes cakes as well as cupcakes, she pre-fers the smaller version.
“Cupcakes are so much more fun because there are so many opportunities for different types of fl avors,” she says. “Cupcakes are per-sonal for that person you’re doing them for.”
Johnson doesn’t like to limit herself.
“I do cake balls, petit fours, fudges – pretty much anything under the sun I can make,” she says. “If I don’t know how, then I’ll learn how to do it.”
Johnson’s a little nervous about making and trans-porting 506 mini cupcakes (six for the judges and 500 for the public). The hardest part will be settling on a fl a-vor.
“I’m trying to decide between root-beer fl oat, cherry-almond-vanilla and raspberry lemonade,” she says. “The root-beer fl oat shows so beautifully be-
cause it has a little straw in it. It’s a great fl avor. The cherry-almond-vanilla is my favorite, and it also has a great fl avor.”
As a newcomer, John-son doesn’t know any of her competitors except for one.
“Scrumps is just up the street. With me making cakes, it’s hard to say this, but I do really enjoy them. I see them as stiff competi-tion.”
No matter how she fares, she’s glad to participate.
“I’m happy to do some-thing that helps the com-munity,” says Johnson.
Other activities at the event will include face painting, a bounce house and a carousel ride. There will be a milk dunking booth featuring celebrity “victims.” Donations will be accepted for the additional activities.
Cupcakes in the Park
Magpies Bakery will be competing in the professional
category at Cupcakes in the Park. At press time, the
bakery hadn’t decided on a fl avor for its mini cupcakes –
who could choose from these tasty treats?
KCDC begins Five Points master plan process
People have worked to re-store Five Points for years. The last effort was con-struction of a neat shopping center anchored by an IGA grocery store. And now a new player has emerged. We wish them luck.
Alvin Nance at KCDC says: “Knoxville’s Commu-nity Development Corpo-ration is committed to the revitalization of the Five Points neighborhood, which includes the Walter P. Taylor Homes and Dr. Lee L. Wil-liams Senior Complex pub-lic housing developments.
“On Wednesday, Sept. 25 at 5:30 p.m., KCDC is taking the next step by hosting a public workshop focused on gathering input to develop a Five Points Master Plan.
“The Five Points Master Plan team, led by Johnson Architecture, and including Atlanta-based urban design fi rm Urban Collage and fi -nancial planning company TCG International, will cre-ate a detailed action plan on the future housing and infrastructure built in the neighborhood, as well as specifi c avenues of funding.
“In preparation for the public discourse, the Master Planning team has conduct-ed surveys and compiled market research about Five Points that will be present-ed at the meeting.”
Kristin Grove, a partner at Johnson Architecture, adds: “We have conducted a detailed study of the neigh-borhood and its resources in preparation to begin the planning process, but we will never know as much about this community as the residents who live here. These public meetings are crucial for us to understand the existing fabric of the community and its hopes for the future.”
KCDC and its owner’s representative, Partners Development, have already
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completed several major construction projects in Five Points. In 2011, KCDC opened the Residences at Eastport, an 85-unit senior housing development. Se-nior housing duplexes were added in 2010, placing an additional 20 housing units in the community. Both de-velopments are fully leased.
Infi ll housing, the inser-tion of additional units into an already approved neigh-borhood, is also underway in Five Points on multiple lots. Two duplexes and a sin-gle family home have been constructed and leased; two six-plex residences will open this winter, which will be managed by KCDC. That will add a total of 17 family-style units to the neighbor-hood.
Beginning in August of 2012, 86 units of Walter P. Taylor Homes and 97 units of Dr. Lee L. Williams Se-nior Complex were demol-ished as part of a fi rst phase to replace older public hous-ing in Five Points with new units. By this winter, 122 units will have been con-structed to replace the de-molished units. Residents displaced by the demolition of Walter P. Taylor Homes have received priority place-ment in a new unit in Five Points, priority placement at another KCDC property or a Section 8 voucher.
The Five Points Master Plan development process will include three public workshops and is expected to conclude in 2014.
LIBRARY EVENTSBurlington Branch Li-
brary, 4614 Asheville High-
way, will host the following
events. Info: 525-5431.
■ Monday, Sept. 23, 5:30 p.m. –
Family Movie Night: “Diary of
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■ Thursday, Sept. 26, 5:30
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“Introducing the Computer.”
Presents the information and
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■ Monday, Sept. 30, 5:30 p.m. –
Family Movie Night: “Diary of
a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days.”
REUNION NOTES
COMMUNITY SERVICES
Fundraisers ■ New Beginnings Baptist
Church, 9315 Rutledge Pike,
will hold a fall festival 10
a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28.
Activities include: conces-
sion stand, vendors, games,
infl atables for the kids, face
painting, local rescue and fi re
department and car show.
■ House Mountain Baptist Church, 8621 Washington
Pike, will host a fall festival
4-8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5. The
event is free, including food
and drinks, infl atables, music,
face painting, train and pony
rides, magic show, sno-cones
and popcorn and games.
Special services ■ First Christian Church wor-
ship service Sunday, Sept.
29, will center around the
ministry of St. Francis, and
people are urged to bring
their animals and/or pictures
of beloved animals for a bless-
ing. The service will be held in
the courtyard at 10:30 a.m. All
are welcome.
■ Beta Sigma Phi Sorority reunion for all former and
present members will be held
2-4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29, at
the BSP Chapter House, 1411
Armstrong Ave. The sorority’s
First Ladies of Knoxville are
invited. Info: Shirley Rouse,
531-1467.
■ The Halls High School Class of 1963 will celebrate its 50-
year reunion Saturday, Oct.
12, at Bearden Banquet Hall
on Kingston Pike. If you have
not been contacted, call Carol
Rosson Herrell, 922-1424, or
Barbara Mitchell Johnson,
922-7115, for details.
■ Powell High Class of 1963
will hold its 50-year reunion
Saturday, Oct. 12, at Beaver
Brook Golf and Country
Club. The reception begins
at 5 p.m.; buff et dinner and
program at 6; D. J. and danc-
ing 7-10:30 p.m. Cost: $45
per person. All interested
graduates are invited to tour
Powell High School at 4:30
p.m. Friday, Oct. 11, followed
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Happy hollerpalooza From page 3
Robinella performs on the main stage at Central and Anderson.
City Council hopeful
Rick Staples shows
off his stylish Big
Orange spirit.
The Fulton High School band’s wind and brass
sections show their stuff .
Noah Parks, 10, son of Dawn and
Doug Parks of Andersonville,
gets fi tted for a free bike helmet
from the Epilepsy Foundation
and United Way.
Neighborhood
resident A.J.
Riley tries his
luck at state Rep.
Gloria Johnson’s
cornhole game
as Johnson looks
on.
MILESTONE
Stanford graduates from basic training
Seymour High School class of 2010 graduate Mark P. Stanford has completed basic combat training at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C.
Army Pvt. Stanford’s nine weeks of training included instruction and practice in basic combat skills, chemical warfare and fi eld tactics. He is the son of John Stanford.
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