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Proposals sought for Knox SOUP Proposals are being sought to compete for funding for the next SOUP dinner, to be held 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 7, at the South Knoxville Communi- ty Center, 522 Maryville Pike. Knoxville SOUP is a din- ner and micro-funding event designed to raise money for creative projects that are pro- posed, voted on and enacted by members of the community. Application deadline to sub- mit a project proposal or be a featured artist is June 29. Info/ application: KnoxvilleSOUP. org. (865) 922-4136 NEWS (865) 661-8777 [email protected] Sandra Clark | Betsy Pickle ADVERTISING SALES (865) 342-6084 [email protected] Amy Lutheran Patty Fecco | Beverly Holland CIRCULATION (865) 342-6200 [email protected] VOL. 4 NO. 25 June 22, 2016 www.ShopperNewsNow.com | www.facebook.com/ShopperNewsNow SOUTH KNOX BUZZ SEEK for jobs A summer program to help youngsters who probably will go straight from high school to a job in underway. Photojournalist Ruth White is shadowing teacher Bridget Calfee to explore the training. The first installment of her story appears today. ➤ Read Ruth White on page 8 By Betty Bean While contenders are lining up to succeed him as Knox County mayor, Tim Burchett is lacing up his traveling shoes. On Memorial Day, Burchett, whose final term will end in September 2018, had a speak- ing engagement in Sevier County. That’s hard- ly unusual – in recent months, he’s pressed the flesh at Lincoln Day and Reagan Day banquets, Republican Clubs, veterans’ and various civic organizations in Blount County, Roane County, Campbell County, Scott County, Union Coun- ty, Loudon County, Oak Ridge and Clinton. Requests from Middle and West Tennessee are pending while Burchett works them into a schedule packed full of local appearances. He’ll turn 52 in August and has served in political office since 1994, when he was elected to the state House, where he served four years before moving on to the state Senate in 1998. He was elected Knox County mayor in 2010, re- elected in 2014 and turned down requests from Tea Party representatives to run against Sen. Lamar Alexander. Speculation about his next move has become a popular pastime in local po- litical circles, and nobody expects him to retire. He says he’s uncertain about his future. “What am I going to do? I don’t know. I pray about it all the time – and even then, just because God tells me to do it doesn’t mean I’m going to win,” he said. “People ask me about it every day, and I mean that literally. At Wright’s (Cafeteria), in the courthouse, in the grocery store, in the parking lot at church, whenev- er I’m around a reporter – I tell them I’ll let them know when I decide.” So why all the speeches? “Well, I’m really not much of a public speak- er, but people are interested in my views on limited government, reducing debt and my general view of government. It’s tough to get speakers, and I probably get asked a lot be- cause I do it for free.” Clay Crownover, a political strategist who labels himself a Biden Democrat and repre- sents both Republicans and Democrats as clients, says he believes Burchett has a bright political future if he runs for the right offices. “If he wanted to challenge Jimmy Duncan to run for Congress, he would probably be suc- cessful at that, but I don’t see him as a viable candidate for U.S. Senate. His style is suited to being able to talk to every single voter. He can talk to anybody and they feel he understands them. That’s something you can’t teach candi- dates – even me, as a liberal Democrat, I love him. In a statewide race, he can’t do that be- cause he cannot speak to everybody.” Republican political strategist Tom Ingram labels himself a Burchett fan. He says he ad- mires his political acumen, skills, work ethic and ability to channel what people are thinking. “I think he has the potential to do whatever it is he wants to do. He’s as qualified, or more so, than many who are looking at the gover- nor’s race. Burchett laughed off one last try for an ex- planation of his peripatetic speaking schedule: “I happen to like chicken dinners,” he said, “But I feel like I’m cheating on the Colonel. I’m boycotting KFC anyway because they shorted me a piece of chicken and that’s unacceptable. They didn’t respond to my email, so I’ve trans- ferred my allegiance to Bojangles.” By Betsy Pickle South Knoxville Elementary School hosted a slightly older than usual student population last week. About 70 teachers from throughout Knox County and East Tennessee attended a work- shop organized by the Tennessee Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom, a nonprofit sponsored by the Tennessee Farm Bureau. It was the third year the workshop had been held at the school, but it was the first time the school’s gar- dening initiatives had really had a chance to shine. Principal Tanna Nicely led the session for teachers and teaching assistants in grades three through five. “It’s a free day of learning for teachers in pre-K through 12th grade,” said Nicely, during a break. “We bring in groups of teachers and talk to them about how to in- corporate agriculture into their classroom, mainly using garden- ing as a tool.” During the morning session, Nicely talked to teachers about concepts they could introduce to students for discussion and re- search. She gave as examples leg- islation that prevents horses from being slaughtered for food, and heirloom vegetables vs. produce found in grocery stores. “Everybody eats … You all have clothes on. So everybody has ex- perience with agriculture,” she said to the teachers, encourag- ing them to get students to think beyond the idea that “their milk is from Kroger and their shirt is from Old Navy.” “It all stems from agriculture – even brushing your teeth in the morning. It’s a great way to engage your kids in education and even polite debate.” Nicely has been involved with Farm Bureau for 25 years, starting when she was a teacher at Sunny- view Elementary. She now helps with workshops and also serves as a free consultant for teachers ap- plying for gardening grants. Nicely urged teachers to take advantage of the many agricul- ture-related grants available through corporations. Workshop organizer Chris Fleming noted that Farm Bureau provides money year-round in more of “an ask and a give” than an actual grant. Teachers went outside to ex- plore the school’s gardens. Dianne Forry of the Chapman Highway Garden Club was there with mem- bers of the school’s gardening club, which during summer is made up of students participating in the Boys and Girls Club. “We’re trying to show the chil- dren a variety of ways to grow things, so we have raised beds, we have straw bales, and back behind the shed … we have gut- ter gardens,” Forry said. The shed was built by an Eagle Scout and holds gardening implements and the school’s bicycles. Other volun- teers with the gardening program include parents, neighbors, Amer- iCorps volunteers and Forry’s col- leagues in the garden club. Other young gardeners were in- side washing the vegetables they had picked to prepare a salad, while those with Forry were writ- ing in their garden journals. They had pulled weeds, mixed soil, wa- tered and picked vegetables such as peppers, beans and carrots. Gardening is educational, Nice- ly said, but it’s also helpful for stu- dents with behavioral problems or special needs. “Those kinds of hands-on ex- periences, they’re great for your gen-ed kids, but they are magnifi- cent for your kids that have special needs.” Tim Burchett Lisa Clevenger of Amherst Elementary, Angie Whittaker of Shannondale, Shannon Sumner of Amherst, Brendan Hanover of Pond Gap and Anne Hankins of Shannondale check out the herbs growing in the gutter garden at South Knoxville Elementary. Photo by Betsy Pickle give teachers a lesson What’s next for Tim Burchett? MPC updates historic inventory The MPC is undertaking a study of buildings constructed between 1935 and 1966 (mid- century modern) through grant funding from the Ten- nessee Historical Commission. According to a press release, Knoxville’s original historic inventory was completed in 1986, but only buildings con- structed in 1935 or prior were surveyed. The inventory documenta- tion will include a photograph taken from the public right- of-way, as well as mapping and notes on architectural descriptions. It is directed by MPC historic preservation planner Kaye Graybeal and conducted by Phil Thomason and Associates with an end date of August. Info: kaye. [email protected] or 865- 215-3795. Now to find that tree-lined street where Wally and Beaver Cleaver lived. Reminds me of the time I asked a friend to help assem- ble one of those pressboard bookcases in a box. “Just think,” she said. “Someday this will be an antique.” – S. Clark

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Proposals sought for Knox SOUP

Proposals are being sought to compete for funding for the next SOUP dinner, to be held 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 7, at the South Knoxville Communi-ty Center, 522 Maryville Pike.

Knoxville SOUP is a din-ner and micro-funding event designed to raise money for creative projects that are pro-posed, voted on and enacted by members of the community.

Application deadline to sub-mit a project proposal or be a featured artist is June 29. Info/application: KnoxvilleSOUP.org.

(865) 922-4136

NEWS (865) 661-8777

[email protected] Clark | Betsy Pickle

ADVERTISING SALES(865) 342-6084

[email protected]

Amy Lutheran

Patty Fecco | Beverly Holland

CIRCULATION(865) 342-6200

[email protected]

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SOUTH KNOX

BUZZ

SEEK for jobsA summer program to help

youngsters who probably will go straight from high school to a job in underway.

Photojournalist Ruth White is shadowing teacher Bridget Calfee to explore the training. The first installment of her story appears today.

➤ Read Ruth White on page 8

By Betty Bean While contenders are lining up to succeed

him as Knox County mayor, Tim Burchett is lacing up his traveling shoes.

On Memorial Day, Burchett, whose fi nal term will end in September 2018, had a speak-ing engagement in Sevier County. That’s hard-ly unusual – in recent months, he’s pressed the fl esh at Lincoln Day and Reagan Day banquets, Republican Clubs, veterans’ and various civic organizations in Blount County, Roane County, Campbell County, Scott County, Union Coun-ty, Loudon County, Oak Ridge and Clinton. Requests from Middle and West Tennessee are pending while Burchett works them into a schedule packed full of local appearances.

He’ll turn 52 in August and has served in political offi ce since 1994, when he was elected to the state House, where he served four years before moving on to the state Senate in 1998. He was elected Knox County mayor in 2010, re-elected in 2014 and turned down requests from Tea Party representatives to run against Sen. Lamar Alexander. Speculation about his next move has become a popular pastime in local po-litical circles, and nobody expects him to retire.

He says he’s uncertain about his future.“What am I going to do? I don’t know. I pray

about it all the time – and even then, just because God tells me to do it doesn’t mean I’m going to win,” he said. “People ask me about it every day, and I mean that literally. At Wright’s (Cafeteria), in the courthouse, in the grocery store, in the parking lot at church, whenev-er I’m around a reporter – I tell them I’ll let them know when I

decide.”So why all the speeches?“Well, I’m really not much of a public speak-

er, but people are interested in my views on limited government, reducing debt and my general view of government. It’s tough to get speakers, and I probably get asked a lot be-cause I do it for free.”

Clay Crownover, a political strategist who labels himself a Biden Democrat and repre-sents both Republicans and Democrats as clients, says he believes Burchett has a bright political future if he runs for the right offi ces.

“If he wanted to challenge Jimmy Duncan to run for Congress, he would probably be suc-cessful at that, but I don’t see him as a viable candidate for U.S. Senate. His style is suited to being able to talk to every single voter. He can talk to anybody and they feel he understands them. That’s something you can’t teach candi-dates – even me, as a liberal Democrat, I love him. In a statewide race, he can’t do that be-cause he cannot speak to everybody.”

Republican political strategist Tom Ingram labels himself a Burchett fan. He says he ad-mires his political acumen, skills, work ethic and ability to channel what people are thinking.

“I think he has the potential to do whatever it is he wants to do. He’s as qualifi ed, or more so, than many who are looking at the gover-nor’s race.

Burchett laughed off one last try for an ex-planation of his peripatetic speaking schedule:

“I happen to like chicken dinners,” he said, “But I feel like I’m cheating on the Colonel. I’m boycotting KFC anyway because they shorted me a piece of chicken and that’s unacceptable. They didn’t respond to my email, so I’ve trans-ferred my allegiance to Bojangles.”

By Betsy PickleSouth Knoxville Elementary

School hosted a slightly older than usual student population last week.

About 70 teachers from throughout Knox County and East Tennessee attended a work-shop organized by the Tennessee Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom, a nonprofi t sponsored by the Tennessee Farm Bureau. It was the third year the workshop had been held at the school, but it was the fi rst time the school’s gar-dening initiatives had really had a chance to shine.

Principal Tanna Nicely led the session for teachers and teaching assistants in grades three through fi ve.

“It’s a free day of learning for teachers in pre-K through 12th grade,” said Nicely, during a break. “We bring in groups of teachers and talk to them about how to in-

corporate agriculture into their classroom, mainly using garden-ing as a tool.”

During the morning session, Nicely talked to teachers about concepts they could introduce to students for discussion and re-search. She gave as examples leg-islation that prevents horses from being slaughtered for food, and heirloom vegetables vs. produce found in grocery stores.

“Everybody eats … You all have clothes on. So everybody has ex-perience with agriculture,” she said to the teachers, encourag-ing them to get students to think beyond the idea that “their milk is from Kroger and their shirt is from Old Navy.”

“It all stems from agriculture – even brushing your teeth in the morning. It’s a great way to engage your kids in education and even polite debate.”

Nicely has been involved with

Farm Bureau for 25 years, starting when she was a teacher at Sunny-view Elementary. She now helps with workshops and also serves as a free consultant for teachers ap-plying for gardening grants.

Nicely urged teachers to take advantage of the many agricul-ture-related grants available through corporations. Workshop organizer Chris Fleming noted that Farm Bureau provides money year-round in more of “an ask and a give” than an actual grant.

Teachers went outside to ex-plore the school’s gardens. Dianne Forry of the Chapman Highway Garden Club was there with mem-bers of the school’s gardening club, which during summer is made up of students participating in the Boys and Girls Club.

“We’re trying to show the chil-dren a variety of ways to grow things, so we have raised beds, we have straw bales, and back

behind the shed … we have gut-ter gardens,” Forry said. The shed was built by an Eagle Scout and holds gardening implements and the school’s bicycles. Other volun-teers with the gardening program include parents, neighbors, Amer-iCorps volunteers and Forry’s col-leagues in the garden club.

Other young gardeners were in-side washing the vegetables they had picked to prepare a salad, while those with Forry were writ-ing in their garden journals. They had pulled weeds, mixed soil, wa-tered and picked vegetables such as peppers, beans and carrots.

Gardening is educational, Nice-ly said, but it’s also helpful for stu-dents with behavioral problems or special needs.

“Those kinds of hands-on ex-periences, they’re great for your gen-ed kids, but they are magnifi -cent for your kids that have special needs.”

Tim Burchett

Lisa Clevenger of Amherst Elementary, Angie

Whittaker of Shannondale, Shannon Sumner

of Amherst, Brendan Hanover of Pond Gap

and Anne Hankins of Shannondale check out

the herbs growing in the gutter garden at

South Knoxville Elementary. Photo by Betsy Pickle

give teachers a lesson

What’s next for Tim Burchett?

MPC updates historic inventory

The MPC is undertaking a study of buildings constructed between 1935 and 1966 (mid-century modern) through grant funding from the Ten-nessee Historical Commission. According to a press release, Knoxville’s original historic inventory was completed in 1986, but only buildings con-structed in 1935 or prior were surveyed.

The inventory documenta-tion will include a photograph taken from the public right-of-way, as well as mapping and notes on architectural descriptions. It is directed by MPC historic preservation planner Kaye Graybeal and conducted by Phil Thomason and Associates with an end date of August. Info: [email protected] or 865-215-3795.

Now to fi nd that tree-lined street wher e Wally and Beaver Cleaver lived.

Reminds me of the time I asked a friend to help assem-ble one of those pressboard bookcases in a box. “Just think,” she said. “Someday this will be an antique.”

– S. Clark

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health & lifestyles

Fort Sanders Regional SALUTES the more than

1800 HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS who deliver EXCELLENT CARE

to our patients every day.

That’s REGIONAL EXCELLENCE.

1901 Clinch Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37916(865) 673-FORT fsregional.com

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Clinical staff recognitiontouches each corner of local hospital

Nurses garner top honorsOn an annual basis, two

awards are given to honor nurs-es at Fort Sanders Regional for their excellence in clinical care.

The Peggy Mayer Gilbertson award provides funds for con-tinuing education and has been given since 1989 in memory of the wife of Dr. Bob Gilbert-son, a former chief of staff at the hospital. Candidates for

the Gilbertson Fellowship are nominated by their fellow nurs-ing peers, and the recipient is chosen by the hospital’s nursing leadership staff. This year, Criti-cal Care nurse Kelly Franks was elected as the recipient.

In addition, the Fort Sanders Regional Medical Staff physi-cians named Labor and Delivery nurse, Kimberly Poe the 2016

recipient of the Elizabeth Killef-fer Award. Elizabeth Killeffer was the director of nursing from 1922 to 1960 at what was then called Fort Sanders Presbyte-rian Hospital. Since 1992, the Killeffer Award has been given to an outstanding employee who is nominated by peers and chosen by vote of the hospital physicians.

Kelly Franks, RN, Critical Care Kimberly Poe, RN, Labor and Delivery

Elizabeth Acuff , RN

Special Procedures

Tara Harvey, RN

Oncology

Kelly Smith, RN

Pulmonary

Natalie Civinelli, RN

Critical Care

Jennifer Lamb, RN

Heart/Lung/Vascular

Karen Simcox, RN, Patricia

Neal Rehabilitation Center

Laurie Somers, RN

Nephrology

Kari Derreberry, RN

Neuroscience

Patricia Mays, RN

GI Lab

Angela Turner, RN

Critical Care

Heather England, RN

Nurse Educator

Pam Wayman, RN

Orthopaedics

Amy Seal, RN

Critical Care

Laura Furnari, RN

Emergency

Cathy Daniels, RN

Pre Admission Testing

Mary Cook, RN

Cardiology

Stephanie Lee, RN

Surgery

Janice Godwin, RN

Case Management

Patricia Denny, RN

Emergency

Natalie Coward, RN

Labor and Delivery

Susan Austin, RN

Emergency

Jessica Jenkins, RN

Critical Care

Bruce Huff stetler, RN

Case Management

Kimberly Bradley, RN

Transitional Care

Tashauna Graves, RN

Float Pool

Denise Price, RN

Labor and Delivery

Fort Sanders Regional recently announced the 2016 winners of the hospital’s annual Clinical Excellence in Nursing Awards. Thirty staff members throughout the facility were recognized during a special National Nurses Week ceremony.

The awards signify the exceptional care and compassion each honored individual regularly gives to his or her patients. The Fort Sanders Nursing Excellence Awards are especially meaningful because the employees are nominated by those who provide care beside them, their nursing co-workers. The fi nal winners are then selected by a panel of hospital leaders that includes past honorees.

This year’s Excellence Awards registered nurse winners are: Jessica Jenkins, RN, Critical Care; Heather England, RN, Nurse Educator; Bruce Huffstetler, RN, Case Management; Denise Price, RN, Labor and Delivery; Kara McCrea, RN, Transitional Care; Amy Seal, RN, Critical Care; Natalie Coward, RN, Labor and Delivery; Elizabeth Acuff, RN, Special Procedures; Susan Austin, RN, Emergency; Angela Turner, RN, Critical Care; Mary Cook, RN, Cardiology; Stephanie Lee, RN, Surgery; Karen Simcox, RN, Patricia Neal; Laurie Somers, RN, Nephrology; Cathy Daniels, RN, Patient Services; Kari Derreberry, RN, Neuroscience; Tara Harvey, RN, Oncology; Laura Furnari, RN, Emergency; Janice Godwin, RN, Case Management; Jennifer Lamb, RN, Heart/Lung/Vascular; Natalie Civinelli, RN, Critical Care; Elaine Law, RN, Nephrology; Kelly Smith, RN, Pulmonary; Tashauna Graves, RN, Float Pool; Pam Wayman, RN, Orthopaedics; Patricia Denny, RN, Emergency; Kimberly Bradley, RN, Surgery or Transitional Care; Patricia Mays, RN, GI Lab.

In addition to the Nursing Ex-cellence Awards, the Fort Sanders nursing staff selected Critical Care

nurse, Kelly Franks as the recipi-ent of the 2016 Peggy Mayer Gil-bertson Outstanding Nurse of the Year Award. The hospital’s physi-cians honored Labor and Delivery nurse Kimberly Poe with the 2016 Elizabeth Killeffer Award.

Several other employees at Fort Sanders were recognized as Clinical Excellence Award winners for their outstanding achievements and ex-cellent care they provide to our pa-tients. Please join us in celebrating: Rhonda Minor, Transitional Care

Unit; Patty Furst, Ultrasound; Ju-lie Whalen, Occupational Therapy; Paula Tipton, Imaging; Niki Day, Social Services; Becky Buckner, Transitional Care Unit; Kelly John-son, Respiratory Therapy; Lisa Johnson, Labor & Delivery; Janna

Allison, Emergency Room; HeatherMoore, PNRC – Physical Therapy;Ginger Johnson, Surgery; JasonAnderson, GI Lab; Brock Bomar,PNRC; Ben Redmon, MRI; BethFields, Social Services; and KathyAllee, Pharmacy.

Elaine Law, RN

Nephrology

Kara McCrea, RN

Transitional Care

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SOUTH KNOX Shopper news • JUNE 22, 2016 • 3 community

COMMUNITY NOTES ■ Colonial Village Neighborhood Association.

Info: Terry Caruthers, 579-5702, t_caruthers@

hotmail.com.

■ Knoxville Chapter of the Tennessee Firearms Association meets 6 p.m. each fi rst Tuesday,

Gondolier Italian Restaurant, Chapman

Highway, 7644 Mountain Grove Drive. The

public is invited. Info: Liston Matthews, 316-

6486.

■ Knoxville Tri-County Lions Club meets 7

p.m. each second and fourth Monday, Connie’s

Kitchen, 10231 Chapman Highway, Seymour.

Info: facebook.com/TriCountyLions/info.

■ Lake Forest Neighborhood Association. Info:

Molly Gilbert, 209-1820 or mollygilbert@yahoo.

com.

■ Lindbergh Forest Neighborhood Association

meets 6:30 p.m. each third Wednesday,

Graystone Presbyterian Church, 139

Woodlawn Pike. Info: Kelley DeLuca, 660-4728,

[email protected].

■ Old Sevier Community Group meets 7

p.m. each third Thursday, South Knoxville

Elementary School library, 801 Sevier Ave. Info:

Gary E. Deitsch, 573-7355 or garyedeitsch@

bellsouth.net.

■ South Haven Neighborhood Association

meets 10 a.m. each third Saturday, Hillcrest

UMC, 1615 Price Ave. Info: Pat Harmon, 591-

3958.

■ South Knox Republican Club meets 7 p.m.

each third Thursday, South Knox Optimist

Club, 6135 Moore Road. Kevin Teeters,

[email protected].

■ South of the River Democrats (9th District) meet 6:30 p.m. each third Monday, South

Knoxville Community Center, 522 Maryville

Pike. Info: Debbie Helsley, 789-8875, or Brandon

Hamilton, 809-3685.

■ South Woodlawn Neighborhood Association. Info: Shelley Conklin, 686-6789.

■ South-Doyle Neighborhood Association

meets 7 p.m. each fi rst Tuesday, Stock Creek

Baptist Church fellowship hall, 8106 Martin

Mill Pike. Info: Mark Mugford, 609-9226 or

[email protected].

■ Vestal Community Organization meets 6

p.m. each second Monday, South Knoxville

Community Center, 522 Maryville Pike. Info:

Katherine Johnson, 566-1198.

By Cindy TaylorThe Knox County Council of Garden

Clubs went to Chilhowee Park for the an-nual Picnic and Planting in the Park and a celebration of National Garden Week.

Representatives from 12 Knox area clubs were on hand to plant perennials around the bandstand. The group had collected iris rhizomes to donate to the park. Those will be planted by the park grounds crew.

Greg Mackay, the manager of Chilhowee Park, spoke to the garden club members.

“I am surprised at the number of people here,” said Mackay. “We appreciate the iris plants this group has donated. Our bin is already full. In the future it is our hope to have hundreds, maybe even thousands of irises here in the park.”

Connie Barker, county council president, said, “We had a great turn out for our an-nual meeting. I don’t think (Greg) Mackay was expecting such a successful round up

of iris plants. First Baptist Academy 8th grader Eric

Armstrong, 13, read his poem “Jumping Frogs” during the meeting. Eric won sec-ond place in the Junior Gardeners poetry contest. The poem was short and sweet:

Frogs jumping in the waterRibbit, ribbittOver lily pads, logs and fallen treesGliding over the waterSplashing in the thin layer of water near

the banksOwen Peterson won fi rst place but was

unable to attend.Racheff House and Gardens is often the

location for local garden club meetings. Summer Splash, the annual game party and luncheon, will be held at Racheff Aug. 19.

District 4 Garden Clubs will host the Tennessee Federation of Garden Clubs an-nual show in Knoxville in 2017.

Fran Brown’s program covered a variety of herbs.

Martha Washington Garden Club members

Jane Veintema and Wilma Wilson

Fran Brown, right, points out some of the herbs grown at

Marble Springs State Historic Site to Chapman Highway Gar-

den Club members and guests: Molly Gilbert, Susan Martin,

Symone Mell, Mildred Catron, Max and Sydney Jones with

mom Angela Jones, and Janice Sparkman. Photos by Betsy Pickle

Ijams Nature Center board member Molly Gil-

bert of the Chapman Highway Garden Club

Betsy Pickle

By Betsy PickleIn John Sevier’s day,

herbal remedies weren’t considered a new age fad. They were modern medi-cine. And the herbs made for some great tea.

Fran Brown, a volunteer who oversees the herb gar-den at Marble Springs State Historic Site, home of Ten-nessee’s fi rst governor for the last decade of his life, gave members and guests of the Chapman Highway Gar-

Marble Springs history includes herbs

den Club a fast education on Colonial-and early-state-hood-era herbs. Meeting in the site’s tavern – a building that was not original to the Sevier property – the group

also heard about some of the practical applications herbs might have had in a structure of that type.

For instance, travelers who stayed overnight might have paid nine cents for a spot in a bed – basically a straw mattress on a frame. To keep the straw free of in-sects, the proprietors might have added dried pennyroy-al to the mattress.

“The fragrance of this re-pels bugs in your mattress-

es,” Brown said.She passed around exam-

ples of various herbs during her talk. Brown said she learned about herbs when she and her husband vol-unteered at Conner Prairie in Indiana. The interactive museum lets visitors learn about the state’s pioneer and agricultural history.

She told her listeners that bee balm, also known as bergamot, has many differ-ent colors of blossoms. But one color with which it is of-ten associated is “grey.”

“If you look at the ingre-dients of Earl Grey tea – and a lot of other teas, too – you’ll fi nd bergamot,” she said.

The herb’s value grew after the Boston Tea Party, when Native Americans taught the colonists about it.

It was growing in their cow pastures.

“You just dry it, and you can crush it up and use it just as though it were regu-lar tea or add it to your black tea for a little bit of different fl avor,” she said. “The bees and the butterfl ies absolute-ly love this stuff.”

Brown explained that crushed feverfew leaves were used topically for headaches. Chamomile tea was good for stomachaches – just as told in “The Tale of Peter Rabbit” – as well as nervousness and insomnia.

Calendula could be used to make an effective hand salve. Horehound could be turned into sore-throat loz-enges – or just cooked in a pan and cracked like peanut brittle.

Sage is used for season-

ing today, but in Colonial times it was used for chest congestion. Crushed tansy helped to repel bugs, espe-cially fl ies in the kitchen. Yarrow could be used to co-agulate blood.

The Marble Springs gar-den also has catnip, spear-mint, thyme and (until it died) peppermint. Plantain herb, which grows right out-side the door of the tavern, could be used in a poultice to help heal wounds and in-sect bites.

Lemon balm “makes a wonderful tea,” Brown said. “I think it’s very, very soothing. A couple of years ago I read something about lemon balm, and I thought, ‘Well, no wonder I think it’s so soothing. It has some of the properties of Valium in it.’”

Picnic and planting in the park

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Wendy Smith

Marvin West

Some of my favorite bas-ketball memories got a few drips on them from the death of Jimmy England.

He was one of Tennes-see’s all-time greats and the main man in one of the best games I ever saw. Pull up a chair. Allow me to tell you about it.

Ray Mears’ Volunteers were the token opposition for the South Carolina sea-son opener of 1969. Colum-bia was decked out in color-ful fl ags and crepe-paper streamers. All seats had been sold far in advance. The Gamecocks were the No. 1 team in America. The betting line was 24 points.

New York godfather Frank McGuire had assem-bled great talent. A trio of big men patrolled the paint. Great guard John Roche was the reigning Atlantic

Memories of England

Coast Conference player of the year. This was a mis-match. No one gave the Vols a chance.

Mears loved the setting. He had prepared. During the long pre-season, his team had refined a match-up zone. It was designed to dictate tempo and keep the crowd quiet. The home team wasn’t quite ready for what happened.

Here is an indelible snap-shot: South Carolina called an early timeout to discuss the Tennessee defense that was confusing Gamecock

guards. Players stood off to the side as McGuire and two assistants discussed the di-lemma. They couldn’t agree whether they were seeing man-to-man with zone ten-dencies or a partial zone that turned man at certain places or under certain

circumstances. They won-dered what were the keys.

The timeout ended with-out the coaches reaching a conclusion. They shared no wisdom with the players. The staff was still talking, trying to fi gure it out, when the buzzer sounded and the teams returned to the fl oor.

The game was tense throughout. Of course pres-sure peaked in the fi nal minute. England hit two free throws when they really mattered. South Carolina got one last shot. Roche missed an off-balance jumper. Ten-nessee won, 55-54.

England had led the way to this shocking upset, scor-ing 20, handling the ball ef-fi ciently and hitting six foul shots down the stretch.

Through the years, Mears often said such a clutch per-formance was exactly what he expected of England. The coach said he had never given any player as much responsibility as he loaded

onto Jimmy’s shoulders that season.

“I called on him to run the team at the point. He was our best shooter, so we had to get his 20 points. And when we ran up against a man like Pete Maravich, we handed him the defensive assignment of handling the other team’s best man.”

England, 6-1 and 170, was drafted by the Chicago Bulls. He was plenty smart enough for the NBA but he wasn’t big enough, strong enough or fast enough. He was a UT student assistant coach for a season, a school teacher for a little while and then went into business, up through the ranks, spectac-ular advances through three companies, to president and chief operating offi cer of Suzanne Somers’ marketing conglomerate.

The bright lights of Los Angeles were all around but he was so busy, he hardly noticed.

Life was going great untilJuly 2007.

“Multiple myeloma,” saidEngland. “Compressionfractures of the spine. Mylife changed forever.”

Of course he fought. Hewas a warrior. There weretimes he appeared to havewon. Alas, it or some othercancer came back.

So many memories be-fore and after the Game-cocks: He almost won a statechampionship for HolstonHigh. There was a UT sea-son when he led the SEC infree-throw accuracy and as-sists. He once outscored bigDan Issel of Kentucky.

Jimmy was a remarkableplayer, smooth, confi dentunder duress, an athleticartist but never fl amboyant.Strange that a panel of ex-pert selectors somehow lefthim off the Tennessee all-century team. They mustnot have seen him play.Marvin West invites reader reaction. His

address is [email protected]

Dodson HallDanielCorcoran

Which GOP House candidate is ‘just right’?A forum for Republican

candidates for Tennessee’s 18th-district House seat came across a little like the story of Goldilocks − con-servative, more conserva-tive, most conservative and an outsider.

The candidates − incum-bent Martin Daniel, his pre-decessor Steve Hall, former Stacey Campfi eld aide Bryan Dodson and attorney James Corcoran − spoke at last week’s West Knox Republican Club meeting. The 18th dis-trict is roughly constrained by Pleasant Ridge Road, North-shore Drive, Gleason Drive and Lovell Road.

Daniel would be diffi cult to knock from the top of the conservative heap. He’s unapologetic about being business-friendly, and says

he’ll resist any unnecessary business regulation. He touted successful passage of a bill that enables the Legis-lature to review occupation-al licensing regulations, and claimed that he was the fi rst to notice excessive spending by UT’s diversity offi ce.

He voted for elimination of the Hall Tax, and says he’ll oppose any attempt to reinstate it.

Hall, who served on City Council for eight years be-fore serving two terms in

the House, said he’s a con-servative and he’s never voted for a tax increase. His claim to fame is helping constituents navigate gov-ernment bureaucracy.

Daniel, who spoke after Hall, said he’d simply elimi-nate bureaucracy.

Dodson introduced him-self as a constitutional con-servative, an evangelical Christian and a recovering alcoholic. The state needs more faith-based leaders, he said.

He’s in favor of a true voucher system that would al-low parents to send their kids to private school or home-school without paying twice, and he’d like to see corporate taxes reduced to keep busi-nesses from moving overseas.

Corcoran, a juvenile

court attorney, says the is-sue of neonatal abstinence syndrome is at the heart of his campaign. The inci-dence of babies being born addicted to opiates is 45 times higher today than in 1999, and it’s a pro-life issue that needs to be addressed constitutionally, he said.

He’d like to see legisla-tion that would allow family members to fi le a petition to require drug-addicted

moms to be treated. His work has given him a unique perspective, he said.

Daniel was asked to ex-plain his opposition to the Hall Tax, given that those who pay it have substantial investment income. The tax has a disproportional im-pact on seniors, he said.

When asked to comment on Insure Tennessee, Corco-ran said he was in favor of it because of the number of

Tennesseans who don’t havehealth insurance. Hall saidhe’s opposed to an expansionof Medicaid, but knows “weneed to do something.” Dod-son said he’s against it, butthat a viable conservative op-tion should be sought. Danielsaid Insure Tennessee is “allbut dead,” but he’s in favor offi nding a conservative way toprovide insurance for thosewho can’t afford it.

Daniel was asked why thestate found it necessary toget involved with the opera-tion of UT.

The university was giventhe opportunity to respondto concerns, but when itdidn’t, the Legislature hadto step in, he said.

“I love UT as much asanyone in here. I want tosave it from its mistakes.”

Jimmy England

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VictorAshe

Betty Bean

Corcoran

We haven’t heard the last of the Old Coon Hunter.

The University of Ten-nessee History Department is working on the Cas Walk-er Stories Project, headed by department head Ernest Freeberg and third-year doctoral research assistant Joshua Hodge.

The idea for the project, which will eventually pro-duce archival material, a book and a digital humani-ties (online) component, came about in an unortho-dox fashion, and has every-thing to do with Freeberg’s North Knoxville address.

He lives on Gaston Av-enue, in the longtime home of Cas Walker, who lived there for decades and died in a hospital bed set up in what is now Freeberg’s liv-ing room.

Being an out-of-towner, Freeberg, whose vitae in-cludes acclaimed biogra-

Cas Walker revisited:UT historians collecting memories

Cas Walker

phies of Eugene Debs and Thomas Edison, had no idea what he was getting into when he took possession of the home of a (formerly) liv-ing legend, but soon discov-ered that the long shadow of Cas Walker had survived his death in 1998. Freeberg had no choice but to get in-terested.

Hodge, a native Alabam-ian whose dissertation topic is something that is not Cas Walker, is spending his sum-mer collecting recollections of Walker and is working from a list of Walker friends, acquaintances, allies and maybe even an enemy or two. He started in May, and hopes to fi nish the inter-

views this summer.

“ W h a t we plan to do over the next three or four months is collect as many of these inter-views as we can,” Hodge said. “Even-tually, we’ll organize it into archival materials for the East Ten-nessee Historical Society. We’ll also take these inter-views and try to splice differ-ent versions of the same sto-ries together – like Coca Cola having 20 different people singing different versions of the same song during the Su-per Bowl.”

For example, he’s heard a bunch of versions of the time Walker caused traffi c jams

on Chapman H i g h w a y by burying alive a man named Dig-ger O’Dell in his South K n o x v i l l e store’s park-ing lot.

The digi-tal humani-ties piece will become an ongoing website. The

book, which will be pub-lished by the University of Tennessee Press, will take longer. Hodge and Freeberg hope to fi nish in a year.

Hodge is willing to talk to people who didn’t know Walker, too, if they have a good story to share. Anyone with anecdotes that need telling can reach him at [email protected] or at 865-974-5421.

The hottest contested legislative contest in 42 days is for the West Knox-ville district where incum-bent state Rep. Martin Dan-iel faces three opponents including former state Rep. Steve Hall whom he defeat-ed two years ago in the GOP primary. The winner prob-ably wins with a plurality (not a majority) of the total vote which is likely to be less than 5,500. In other words, 2,000 votes may win it for someone.

The youngest candidate is James Corcoran, 36, an

a t t o r n e y who lives at 5675 Eagle Crest Drive in north-west Knox C o u n t y . He is mar-ried and the father of twins,

James IV and Elsa, 20 months old. He and his family are members of St. George Greek Orthodox Church. He is a graduate of the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree in English as well as the UT College of Law.

His wife, Anya, is also an attorney who practices law with him. He was motivated to run to assist “pregnant women who have active drug issues that need assis-tance for them and their yet unborn child which they are not getting.”

Corcoran says he voted for Daniel last time due to Steve Hall’s backing of Ten-nova going on Middlebrook Pike which Hall failed to consult the neighborhood on. Corcoran is a marathon

West Knox district has best race

runner. Corcoran is critical of Hall’s legislation to sell Lakeshore Park. He says he supports the Park there and other parks as well. He also called Daniel’s comments on Muhammad Ali “unfor-tunate.”

He supports the repeal of the Hall income tax and prefers the election of judg-es and the district attorneys general be nonpartisan. He says he would vote for In-sure Tennessee as pushed by Gov. Bill Haslam. He has the backing of many teach-ers thru their association.

“I appreciate the gre-enway system we have in Knoxville. I have run three marathons and like biking as well.

His campaign has raised $6,000 but we have to raise a lot more,” he says. He sup-ported John Kasich in the recent GOP presidential primary but will support the Republican presidential nominee in November.

Besides Daniel, Hall and Corcoran there is also Bry-an Dodson, a former aide to former state Sen. Sta-cey Campfi eld. Hall, too, is close to Campfi eld and ac-tively backed him in 2014. Of the four, the contest may well end up between Daniel and Corcoran if Corcoran can raise suffi cient funds to advertise. Hall has $40,000 unspent from his failed 2014 campaign.

Recently, Hall sent out a mailer accusing Daniel of wanting ISIS to recruit on the UT campus, despite Daniel denouncing ISIS. The Hall piece is only the start of a negative cam-paign. The attack pieces are only likely to get harsh-er and more frequent. Vot-ers may turn to Corcoran if they get to know him and if he can raise funds. Corco-ran has been more civil in his statements. This contest is interesting.

■ Last week there was an interesting front page story on the lack of African Americans serving in Congress from Tennessee and representation in other areas.

On the same day, Mayor Rogero and Police Chief Rausch announced Ken-ny Miller as the new deputy police chief to replace Nate Allen, an African American who has become police chief in Decatur, Ala.

While there is no doubt in my mind that Miller is qualifi ed and will do an excellent job, what went unmentioned was that Knoxville no longer has an African American deputy police chief or in other high level command positions in the Police Department.

I know this is not by design and Chief Rausch would prefer it be differ-ent. He is committed to hir-ing minorities. However, it remains a troubling issue and concern which Mayor Rogero must address by speaking out on it and lead-ing an effort herself to re-cruit minorities.

Just as Chief Allen was recruited to Decatur where

he is now making $99,444 plus receiving his Knoxville city pension, Knoxville will need to recruit at the high-er levels for KPD persons of color if this problem at the deputy chief level is to be solved soon. Knoxville cannot just talk the talk, it must walk the walk when it comes to African Ameri-can recruitment in our uni-formed services. When the Miller appointment was announced, it would have been a positive sign had the mayor also recognized publicly the absence of Af-rican Americans in the KPD leadership and renewed her commitment to solving that issue. Instead there was si-lence.

■ Knoxville now has a Center of Polish Culture located at 7417 Kingston Pike formally opened on June 21. The Ambassador of Poland to the U.S., Ryszard Schnepf, participated in the opening.

■ Longtime airport attorney Bruce Fost er Jr. has retired after 29 years and the airport au-thority, after a search, has hired well-liked and inde-fatigable attorney Mark Ma-mantov, 56, to replace him. Mamantov is not likely to stay 29 years as the airport attorney, but he will do well for the time he is there.

Mamantov has chaired the board of the Knoxville Symphony and is legal counsel for KCDC. He is Latvian American. He takes his civic duties seriously.

■ First Watch, a new restaurant on Bearden Hill owned and operated by Nadine Jubran, son of UT vice chair Raja Jubran, had

a soft opening the weekend of June 11-12 with diners donating $10 each for Lake-shore Park in lieu of paying for their meal. Lakeshore Park earned over $10,000

which shows the strong sup-port Lakeshore Park has in the community. First Watch is open for breakfast and lunch only, seven days a week.

GOSSIP AND LIES

■ TV pundits on WBIR were

quick to give the lead in

District 18’s Republican

Primary to incumbent

Martin Daniel.

■ Daniel may win, but he

also might run fourth.

After comments about ISIS,

Muhammad Ali and the

social studies curriculum at

Sequoyah School, he surely

does not deserve a win. His

persistent criticism of UT is

unwarranted.

■ Were this a one-on-one

race between Daniel and

Steve Hall, Hall would win.

He lost by only 160 or so

votes to Daniel in 2014, and

that was before anyone

knew Daniel.

■ Bryan Dodson’s votes will

come off Hall. And how

Hall fi nished a losing race

with a $40,000 surplus is

beyond dumb. Interesting,

indeed.

– S. Clark

Covington

By Michael CovingtonThe June 15, 2016,

Shopper News featured an article written by Ms. Betty

Bean. I have a measure of respect for Ms. Bean but her article includes references to me with regard to the Voting

Rights Act that are false in every way. When confront-ed by a campaign volunteer, Ms. Bean could offer no more than the suggestion that she’d “heard this ru-mor since last summer.”

This entire Voting Rights Act storyline was created by a former TN state repre-sentative on Aug. 17, 2015, and then spread as a rumor on social media the very next day. I saw the former representative’s Facebook posting on Aug. 18, 2016, with reference to the story that she’d created – and I responded in anger. My response was well beneath me as a person and should have stopped with ‘I sup-port the Voting Rights Act.’ The article published by Ms. Bean makes a false reference.

Fortunately, I had the occasion to spend time over the weekend with two of my dearest friends and most trusted advisors: the Rev. Harold Middlebrook and Vivian Underwood Shipe. They both spent time encouraging me to continue working for the community and not worry at all about inaccurate, politically-

motivated news stories as they’re rarely relied on by voters. Both friends also both vowed to keep praying for me.

So with this wise counsel as my guide and the con-tinued prayers of two dear friends and others, I will refrain the harsh rebuttal that was being formulated following the printing of Ms. Bean’s article suggest-ing that I don’t support Vot-ing Rights Act. Instead, I’m simply going to implore vot-ers in the upcoming County Commission General Elec-tion to ignore lies being told door-to-door about Michael Covington and vote for a person they actually see working to encourage the community to vote.

Personally, it is im-portant that there be no doubt in anyone’s mind. I staunchly support the Vot-ing Rights Act and those who would say otherwise are spreading untruths. I further assert – and have been telling voters for months now – a vote for me on Election Day will empower voters in District 1 like they’ve never been empowered before.

The proof I offered was that Democrats and Repub-licans alike would knock on their doors and it’s already happening.

Lastly, please go to the polls and vote on Aug. 4 and tell your friends and neighbors to do so as well. Voting will strengthen our community and lead to a brighter future for our chil-dren and their children.Michael Covington is a candidate for

Knox County Commission in District 1.

Info: 865-314-0441

Covington ‘sets the record straight’ regarding the

Voting Rights Act

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SENIOR NOTES ■ All senior centers will

be closed Monday,

July 4.

■ South Knox Senior

Center

6729 Martel Lane573-5843knoxcounty.org/seniorsMonday-Friday7:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

Off erings include:

dulcimer and guitar lessons;

arts and crafts classes;

dance classes; exercise

programs; Tai Chi; card

games; Joymakers practice;

free swim 7:30 a.m.-3:30

p.m. Monday-Friday. Senior

Meals program noon each

Wednesday and Friday. The

pool will be closed July 11-

15 for cleaning.

Register for: iPhone/

iPad class, 1-3 p.m. Thurs-

day-Friday, July 14-15.

■ South Knox

Community Center

522 Old Maryville Pike573-3575Monday-FridayHours vary

Off erings include a vari-

ety of senior programs.

■ John T. O’Connor

Senior Center

611 Winona St.523-1135knoxseniors.org/oconnor.htmlMonday-Friday8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Off erings include: Card

games, billiards, senior

fi tness, computer classes,

bingo, blood pressure

checks 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Monday-Friday.

Register for: Pinterest/

Twitter/Instagram class, 10

a.m.-noon Tuesday, June

28; cost: $15. Fourth of

July celebration, 11:30 a.m.

Thursday, June 30; cost, $1

for barbecue lunch; reserva-

tions required.

■ Knox County Senior

Services

City County Building400 Main St., Suite 615215-4044 Monday-Friday

THROUGH SUNDAY, JUNE 26“Charlie & the Chocolate Factory,”

Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Ave. Performances: 7 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 1 and 5 p.m. Saturdays, 3 p.m. Sundays. Info/tickets: 208-3677; knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com; [email protected].

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22Books Sandwiched In: “Being Mortal” by Atul

Gawande, noon, East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Info: 215-8801.

Dance Party, 3 p.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Info: 215-8750.

Knoxville Zoomobile, 2 p.m., Farragut Branch Library, 417 N. Campbell Station Road. Info: 777-1750.

Magician Michael Messing, 11 a.m., Murphy Branch Library, 2247 Western Ave., LT Ross Bldg. Info: 521-7812.

Wheels on the Bus Storytime, 11 a.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Info: 215-8750.

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, JUNE 22-23“Samsung Galaxy Phone/Tablet Basics for

Seniors” class, 10 a.m.-noon, Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Presented by Social Media 4 Seniors. Cost: $45. Registration/payment deadline: June 22. Info/registration: townoffarragut.org/register; in person at the Town Hall; 218-3375.

THURSDAY, JUNE 23Awesome Science with Dr. Al Hazari, 2 p.m.,

Bearden Branch Library, 100 Golfclub Road. Info: 588-8813.

Book signing and reading with Julia Franks: “Over the Plain Houses,” 6 p.m., Union Avenue Books, 517 Union Ave. Info: unionavebooks.com.

Excel 2013 certifi cate class, 8:30 a.m.-noon, Knoxville Area Urban League, 1514 E. Fifth Ave. Free class taught by Pellissippi State instructors. Learn new or upgrade old skills. Space limited; registration required. Info: Bill or Jackie, 524-5511.

Hospitality Job Fair, 1-4 p.m., Knoxville Area Urban League, 1514 E. Fifth Ave. On-site interviews and applications with local employers in the hotel, convention and hospitality industries. Info: Bill or Jackie, 524-5511.

“If You Build it, They Will Come,” 3:15-4:30 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Presented by Master Gardener Amy Haun. Info: 329-8892.

Variety Thursday: featuring Ensemble Swing Time, 7-9 p.m., Bill Lyons Pavilion, Market Square. Free music performances each Thursday. Bring chairs or blankets to sit on. Info: Knoxvilletn.gov/concerts.

FRIDAY, JUNE 24Awesome Science with Dr. Al Hazari, 11 a.m.,

Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Info: 215-8750.

“Way Late Play Date,” 6:30 p.m., The Muse Knoxville, 516 N. Beaman St. For adults over 21. Includes: live music, science with Dr. Al Hazari, life-sized foosball, an adult coloring table and an ice cream truck. Tickets: eventbrite.com/e/the-way-late-play-date-tickets-24328047846.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, JUNE 24-25Big BBQ Bash, all day both days, Founder’s Square

on Broadway, Maryville. a Kansas City Barbecue Society (KCBS) sanctioned competition and fundraiser for the Helen Ross McNabb Center. To register barbecue team/sponsorship info: blountbbqbash.com. Info: mcnabbcenter.org.

Daylily Bloom Festival, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Oakes Daylilies, 8153 Monday Road, Corryton. Info: oakesdaylilies.com.

SATURDAY, JUNE 25Breaking fast of Ramadan (Iftar) dinner, 8

p.m., Atlantic Institute 7035 Middlebrook Pike. Dinner is free; guests of any faith are welcome. RSVP required. RSVP: eventbrite.com/e/ramadan-iftar-dinner-on-june-25-2016-tickets-25995895423. Info: [email protected].

“Honeybees and Getting Started in Beekeeping,” 2 p.m., Farragut Branch Library, 417 N. Campbell Station Road. Presented by Lynda Rizzardi, president of the Knox County Beekeepers Association. Info: 777-1750.

“If You Build it, They Will Come,” 10:30 a.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Presented by Master Gardener Amy Haun. Info: 470-7033.

Meadow Lark Music Festival, noon-11 p.m., Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave. Headliners: Dale Watson and His Lone Stars and Southern Culture on the Skids. Tickets: $25 through June 24; available at WDVX radio, Ijams Nature Center and brownpapertickets.com.

Info: meadowlarkmusicfest.com. Saturday Stories and Songs: Brianna Hanson,

11 a.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Info: 470-7033.

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

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, JUNE 25-26Farragut Lions Club Hole-in-One Shoot Out

qualifi cations, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m.-6 p.m. Sunday, 11863 Kingston Pike. Daily prizes awarded. Grand Prize 2016 Smart Car. 3 balls for $5. Proceeds to support Lions Club vision-related and other programs.

SUNDAY, JUNE 26Book signing with Keith Stewart: “Bernadette

Peters Hates Me: True Tales of a Delusional Man,” 2 p.m., Union Avenue Books, 517 Union Ave. Info: unionavebooks.com.

The Stella-Vees Blues Band will perform during the 4 p.m. Blues Cruise aboard The Star of Knoxville, Tennessee Riverboat Company, 300 Neyland Drive. Blues Cruise is presented by the Smoky Mountain Blues Society. Tickets: tnriverboat.com/blues-cruises-2 or 525-7827. Info: smokymountainblues.org.

MONDAY, JUNE 27Magician Michael Messing, 10:30 a.m., Cedar

Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Info: 470-7033.

Magician Michael Messing, 3 p.m., Howard Pinkston Branch Library, 7732 Martin Mill Pike. Info: 573-0436.

“Moving Among Dinosaurs” Stroller Tour and activity, 10-11 a.m., McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 1327 Circle Park Drive. Free and open to the public, but reservations required. Info/reservations: tiny.utk.edu/strollertour or 974-2144.

West Knox Book Club: “Half of a Yellow Sun” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 10 a.m., Bearden Branch Library, 100 Golfclub Road. Info: 588-8813.

TUESDAY, JUNE 28Brown Bag Lecture: “The Midwives’ Quilt: A Tale

of Confl ict and Intrigue in the Smoky Mountains” with Dr. Gail Palmer, noon-1 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Info: 215-8824.

Chuck and Terri’s Musical Extravaganza!, 4 p.m., Karns Branch Library, 7516 Oak Ridge Highway. Info: 470-8663.

Computer Workshops: Excel, 5:30-7:45 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Requires “Word Basics” or equivalent skills. Registration required. Info/registration: 215- 8700.

Send items to [email protected]

ShoppernewseVents

By Sara BarrettIf you are age 50 or older

and you weren’t at Strang Senior Center on June 15, you were in the wrong place.

Dozens of vendors were on hand for Strang’s Mini Expo, a gathering of area agencies and service pro-viders dedicated to helping community members over age 50.

Financial advisors, medi-cal professionals and even

pharmacy representatives answered questions and handed out cases of freebies for everyone in attendance.

Karen Russell, marketing specialist for East Tennes-see Personal Care Service, is a return vendor to the expo and feels many people aren’t proactive about planning until the last minute.

ETPCS provides services including personal care needs, meal preparation

and family care respite and too often people don’t have a sense of urgency to create a plan until it’s too late.

“They walk by and say ‘I don’t need it,’” says Russell. “I tell them to hang on to the information, because they just might need it later on.”

Bridgewater Balance and Hearing audiologist Tabitha Rossini answered questions about signs of hearing loss.

“We recommend anyone

John May chooses a cupcake from the table of East Tennessee

Personal Care Service.

Bobbye Bernard and her daughter-in-law, Mardelle Bernard,

enjoy refreshments during a break at the Strand Senior Center

Mini Expo. Photos by S. Barrett

Bridgewater Balance and Hearing audiologist Tabitha Rossini explains signs of hearing loss to

Christa Sexton while Bridgewater representative Alex Card hands out literature next to them.

Mini Expo draws a crowd at Strang

55 and older get their hear-ing checked yearly to bi-yearly,” says Rossini. If you experience ringing in your ears, it might be a warning sign of hearing loss.

After making the rounds for information and free-bies, refreshments were available including Chick-fi l-a and cupcakes. Info: knoxcounty.org/seniors

Knox County Mayor Tim Bur-chett announced on Flag Day, June 14, that all Knox County senior cen-ters will serve as collection locations for to-be-retired American fl ags.

Flags that have reached the end of their useable life can be dropped off at any Knox County senior cen-

ter and the staff will ensure they are disposed of properly and in part-nership with several community or-ganizations including American Le-gion Post 2, Woodmen of the World, Boy Scouts and others.

Community organizations inter-ested in becoming a program part-

ner should contact Knox County Vet-erans and Senior Services director Robert “Buzz” Buswell, 604-444.

Flags can be dropped off at Cart-er Senior Center, 9040 Asheville Highway, 932-2939; Corryton Senior Center, 9331 Davis Drive, 688-5882; Frank R. Strang Se-

nior Center, 109 Lovell Heights Road, 670-6693; Halls Senior Center, 4405 Crippen Road, 922-0416; Karns Senior Center, 8042 Oak Ridge Highway, 951-2653and South Knox Senior Center, 6729 Martel Lane, 573-5843. Info:www.knoxcounty.org/seniors.

Senior centers to collect old fl ags

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VBS NOTES ■ Mount Olive Baptist

Church, 2500 Maryville

Pike, 6-8:30 p.m. July

10-14. Ages: 3 years old

through fi fth grade.

Theme: “Submerged.”

Info/registration:

mobcknox.com.

cross currentsLynn [email protected]

And going a little farther, he threw himself on the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. He said, “Abba, Father, for you all things are possible; remove this cup from me; yet, not what I want but what you want.”

(Mark 14: 35-36 NRSV.)

Jesus, in his hour of dread and loneliness in the Garden, cried out to God, “Abba, Father.”

All my life, I have thought that those words were interchangeable.

Until I saw a rerun of an NCIS episode. In it, Ziva David, the beautiful Israeli who worked

in the NCIS offi ce, found her father dead. She ran to him, crying out “Abba! Abba!”

It was then I realized that Abba is Aramaic, the fa-miliar, intimate title for father, the equivalent of our Daddy.

It made Jesus’ cry in the Garden of Gethsemane a thousand times more poignant. Jesus was calling God – his Father – “Daddy.” In his darkest hour, while he sweated blood , he called out for “Daddy.”

It breaks my heart.Father’s Day is always sad for me. My brother and

I lost our daddy so young. He lost the chance to see us grow up, to know his grandchildren, to spend years and years with our mother, who loved him steadfastly as long as she lived – 38 years as a widow.

In the midst of these memories, I heard the horrifi c news of a mass shooting in Orlando. God only knows why a man would shoot all the people he could fi nd, shattering lives, families, communities, goals and dreams.

So now, there are more victims, more mourning relatives, more individuals – a whole city –that will never be the same again.

What can we do? Pray? Certainly. Forgive? I hope we will all try. Move on? Do we have a choice?

Abba, Daddy

Woods celebrates 50 years in priesthood

By Nancy AndersonFather Michael Woods,

beloved priest at All Saints Catholic Church, is known for his deep commitment and keen sense of humor. He has touched the lives of thousands. Woods was hon-ored last Sunday for his 50 years of tireless service in the priesthood at a spectac-ular celebration held at the church June 12.

Thousands of parishio-ners and guests gathered at the golden jubilee celebra-tion to pay tribute to Woods with hugs, handshakes, cake, balloons, dancing, singing … and a gift of $59,500!

Several parishioners were overhead speculating that, given his generous na-ture, he would more than likely donate much of the money back to the church. But they hoped he would at least buy himself a much-needed new car.

Woods was ordained in his hometown of Carling-ford, Ireland, in 1966. Hav-ing grown up in a large, loving and devoutly Catho-lic family in a small town, Woods uses his experiences to infuse others with a sense of connection to the parish, to family and to God.

Although he lost his own sense of connection to God for a time, he found his way back to the priesthood through receiving the Eu-charist and attending Mass.

Fr. Michael said, “It was from attending Mass that I found the courage to return 22 years ago.

“I came back to the priesthood because I had been given a gift of new life through the Eucha-rist, through the Church, through Jesus, whom I had come to recognize and meet there.

“It was a gift for me to

Father Michael Woods’ Or-

dination Day in Carlingford,

Ireland, June 19, 1966 Photos submitted

All Saints Catholic Church

music ministry director An-

drew Ballew and Fr. Michael

Woods sing “Danny Boy”

share rather than keep to myself out of fear.

“Finally, the church of Knoxville, whom I love dearly, received me back as an active priest – bishops, priests and lay people alike. All are one. It is my joy to serve them in the name of Jesus and to witness God’s merciful love to me, and therefore to everyone, as a priest.

“It is my way of saying thank you for being brought back to life in Christ.”

Info: Allsaintsknoxville.org

A rose window is round with stained-glass traceries radiating

in a form that suggests a rose, such as this one from St. Patrick’s

Cathedral in New York City. Photos submitted

Cathedral window frame ready

By Sherri Gardner HowellWhat a frame! The

80,000-pounds-plus con-crete structure that will hold a massive stained-glass win-dow at the front of the new Sacred Heart Cathedral was “tilted up” and hoisted into place Friday.

It took a 300-ton crane to get it done. Amid the earth-movers and heavy equip-ment were some heavenly sounds as bells from the cur-rent church played “Faith of Our Fathers,” and Bishop Richard Stika and members of the Sacred Heart build-ing committee offered silent prayers as the concrete win-dow slowly rose to its place of honor.

The window will be a “rose” window, which is a characteristic feature of churches in the Gothic ar-chitectural style. “The east rose design facing North-shore Drive will represent the themes of the Sacred

Heart of Jesus in stained glass,” said Father David Boettner, rector of Sacred Heart Cathedral.

Pam Rhoades, commu-nications director for the cathedral and school, said the building committee is working with McCrery Ar-chitects to come up with the design for the cathedral win-dow. Once that is decided, the design will be submitted to artists for their bids and interpretations and a fi nal decision made on who will make the stained-glass for the window.

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Story So Far: The S.O.R. special soccer team has yet to win a game. As the fi nal game draws closer, with the last chance to win one game, desperation sets in.

At family dinner, Ma said to me, “In two days you’ll have your last game.” It was fake cheerful, as if I had a terminal illness and she wanted to pretend it was a head cold.

“Yeah,” I said.“You’re going to win,” my father an-

nounced.“How do you know?” I snapped.“I sense it.”“Didn’t know you could tell the future.”“Don’t be so smart,” he returned. “I’m

trying to be supportive.”“I’m sick of support!” I yelled, and left

the room.Twenty minutes later, I got a call. Saltz.“Two things. My father offered me a

bribe.”

“To lose the last game?”“No, to win it. A new bike.”“Wow! What did you say?”“I told him I was too honest to win a

game.”“What was the second thing?”“At lunch tomorrow they’re going to have

that pep rally. And worse.”“What’s worse than pep?”“They’re going to call up the whole team.”I sighed. “Why?”“That way everybody will know us,” said

Saltz. “If we lose, we’ll be rounded up and left back to repeat the year.”

I was in my room doing homework when my father came in. “Come on, Ed,” he said. “I was just trying to be your friend.”

“Why can’t people let us lose in peace?”“People think you feel bad.”“We feel fi ne!”“We won’t talk about it anymore. Why

don’t you come sit with us and fi nish your dinner.”

Next day, when I walked into the school cafeteria, there was the usual madhouse. There was also a big banner across the front part of the room:

Make the Los-ers Winners

Keep Up the Good Name of

S.O.R.I wanted to

start a food fi ght.H a l f w a y

through the lunch period, the president of the School Council, a kid named Clarissa, microphone in hand, called for attention. “We just want to say to the Special Seventh-Grade Soccer Team that we’re behind you.”

“It’s in front of us where we need people,” whispered Saltz. “Blocking.”

The president went on. “Would you come up and take a bow.” One by one, she called our names. Each time one of us went up, acting like cringing worms, there was general craziness, hooting, foot stomping, plus an occasional milk carton shooting through the air.

The president said, “I’d like the team captain, Ed Sitrow, to say a few words.”

What could I do? Trapped, I cleared my throat. Four times. “Uh, well . . . we . . . uh . . . sure . . . hope to get there . . . and . . . you know . . . I suppose . . . play and . . . you know!”

Everybody stood and cheered. They even began the school chant. “Give me an S! Give me an O . . .”

I went back to my seat. As I sat there, maybe two hundred and fi fty kids fi led by, thumping me on the back, shoulder, neck and head. “Good luck! Good luck!” They were beating me.

“Saltz,” I said when they were gone and I was numb, “I’m calling an emergency meet-ing of the team.”

We met behind the school. Everybody was feeling rotten.

“I’m sick and tired of people telling me we have to win,” I said.

“I think my family is going to disown me,” said Hays.

“Why can’t they just let us lose?” asked Fenwick.

“Yeah,” said Barish, “because we’re not going to win.”

“I’d just like to do my math,” said Fen-wick. “I like that.”

Something clicked. “Hays,” I said, “you’re good at music, right?”

“Yeah, well, sure — hard rock.”“Okay. And Fenwick, what’s the lowest

score you’ve pulled in math so far?”“A-plus.”“Last year?”“Same.”“Lifsom,” I went on, getting excited,

“how’s your painting coming?”“I just fi nished something cool and —”“That’s it,” I cut in, because Lifsom could

go on forever about his painting. “Every one of us is good at something. Right? Maybe more than one thing. The point is other things.”

“Sure,” said Barish.“Except,” put in Saltz, “sports.”I said, “That’s their problem. I mean, we

are good, good at lots of things. Why can’t we just plain stink in some places? That’s

got to be normal.”“Let’s hear it for normal,” cried Dorman.

“Doesn’t both-er me to lose at sports,” I said. “Least, it didn’t bother me until I let other people make me both-ered.”

“What about the school re-cord?” asked Por-ter. “You know, no team ever los-ing for a whole season. Want to be famous for that?”

I said, “Did we want to be on this team?”

“No!” they all shouted.

“I can see some of it,” I said. “You know, doing something different. But I don’t like sports. I’m not good at it. I don’t enjoy it. So I say, so what? If Saltz here writes a stinko poem, he does a lot, do they yell at him? When was the last time Mr. Tillman came around and said, ‘Saltz, I believe in your be-ing a poet!’”

“Never,” said Saltz.“Yeah,” said Radosh. “How come sports

are so important?”“You know,” said Dorman, “maybe a los-

er makes people think of things they lost. Like Mr. Tillman not getting into pro foot-ball. Us losing makes him remember that.”

“Us winning, he forgets,” cut in Eliscue.“Right,” I agreed. “He needs us to win

for him, not for us. Maybe it’s the same for others.”

“Yeah, but how are you going to convince people of that?” said Barish.

“By not caring if we lose,” I said.“Only thing,” put in Saltz. “They say

Parkville is pretty bad. What happens if, you know, by mistake, we win?”

“I think,” suggested Hays, “if we just go on out there, relax, and do our best, we’ll lose.”

There was agreement on that point.“Do you know what I heard?” said Eliscue.“What?”“I didn’t want to say it before, but since

the game’s a home game, they’re talking about letting the whole school out to cheer us on to win.”

“You’re kidding.”He shook his head. There was a long,

deep silence.“Probably hope we’d be ashamed to lose

in front of everybody,” said Saltz.I took a quick count. “Anyone ashamed

of losing?” I asked.No one. A complete vote of no confi -

dence. I was encouraged.“Well,” I said, “I don’t care if we lose.”“Right,” said Radosh. “It’s not like we’re

committing treason or something. People have a right to be losers.”

We considered that for a moment. It was then I had my most brilliant idea. “Who has money?”

“What for?”“I’m your tall captain, right? Trust me.

Bring your soccer T-shirts to me in the morning.”

I collected some money, and we split. I held Saltz back.

“What’s the money all about?” he wanted to know. “And the T-shirts.”

“Come on,” I told him. “I think we can show them we really mean it.”

(To be continued.)

Text copyright © 2012 Avi. Illustrations copyright © 2012 Timothy Bush. Reprinted by permission of Breakfast Serials, Inc., www.breakfastserials.com. No part of this publication may be

reproduced, displayed, used or distributed without the express written permission of the copyright holder.

CHAPTER TWELVE: A school rally for us!

“a breakfast serials story”S.O.R. Losers Written by Avi and Illustrated by Timothy Bush

Brenda Sweet discusses the importance of

tracking fi nances and bank account balances

during a session of SEEK (Successful Employ-

ment Empowerment Kickoff ). Photos by R. White

Bridget Calfee works with student Nicholas

Collins on balancing a deposit account.

Although school is out for the summer, some stu-dents are back in the class-room through a program that teaches skills that will benefi t them for years to come.

The program is SEEK (Successful Employment Empowerment Kickoff) and is led by Union Coun-ty’s school-to-work transi-tion coach Bridget Calfee, assisted by Leanne Friebel.

“Some kids are just not going to college,” Calfee told the school board. She obtained a grant to fund the 6-day intensive pro-gram which is voluntary to students.

Instructors identifi ed personal skills to aid in seeking and holding a job. They sought speakers on these topics and arranged fi eld trips to businesses where their students might expect to secure that im-portant fi rst job.

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Friebel fi rst identifi ed four popular jobs – day-care, retail/sales, landscap-ing and inventory stockers.

She described each job, the skills needed, educa-tion required, job require-ments and wages earned.

She also asked the stu-dents questions to help them decide the type of work they would like to do.

“When applying for a job, consider whether you like to work alone or with others. Do you like to work outside?

“Are you a morning or night person? Do you prefer a fast-paced or a self-paced environment?”

Brenda Sweet of Com-mercial Bank spoke about fi nances, saving and keep-ing records of expenses. She led a practice session for writing checks and bal-ancing a ledger.

Although a majority of individuals use debit cards at stores, Sweet walked through the check-writing process as many students have no idea of the proper way to write checks. She also had them record sev-eral “deposits” on a ledger and then work through the transactions of withdraw-als and payroll deposits.

Sweet touched briefl y on the many different ser-vices offered at Commer-cial Bank and provided students with some basic banking skills that are im-portant in everyday life.

(Ruth White has shad-owed most sessions of this program and will offer ad-ditional reports.)

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Brady Moldrup portrays Huck Finn and Dominic Gillette portrays

Jim in the WordPlayers’ production of “Big River.” Photo submitted

The WordPlayers will present “Big River” July 15-17 at the Bijou Theatre.

The Tony award-winning Broadway musical is based on Mark Twain’s classic novel of the same name.

In the timeless tale, Huck Finn discovers that Jim, a runaway slave, is a true friend. Huck has a pure heart, but because of his culture where slavery is the norm, he has an ill-trained conscience.

In the struggle between heart and conscience, Huck’s heart prevails.

Propelled by an award-winning score from Roger

Miller, “Big River” carries a strong message which is an-ti-slavery and anti-racism. The performance is sug-gested for ages 12 and up.

Performances will be held 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 15; 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 16, and 3 p.m. Sunday, July 17. Admission is $21.50 ($17.50 seniors and students). Group discounts are avail-able. Tickets are available in advance and at the door.

The WordPlayers is a nonprofi t company of Chris-tian theatre artists based in Knoxville. Info: wordplay ers.org, knoxbijou.com or 539-2490.

‘Big River’coming to the Bijou

Early bird sale for Fair ticketsConcert and discount-

ed admission tickets for the 97th annual Tennes-see Valley Fair are on sale for a limited time. Guests can save an average of 20 percent by purchasing tickets early.

Specials include: Adult admission, $8 (regularly $10); child admission, $6 (regularly $7); family fun pack, $28 (regularly $39), includes two adult admissions, two child admissions and a parking pass; fair fun pack, $32 (regularly $47), includes four adult

admissions and a park-ing pass.

Other specials include: a 3-day pass, $20 (regu-larly $30); all-you-can-ride wristbands, $14 (reg-ularly $22), for opening day, Sept. 9, only; wrist-bands, $16 (regularly $20), Monday-Thursday; or $21 (regularly $25), weekend special.

Buy a reserved seat to any headline concert at Homer Hamilton Theatre before Sept. 8 and receive a fair admission for $5. Info: tnvalleyfair.org or 215-1482.

CALL FOR ARTISTS ■ The Tennessee Arts Commission is accepting application for its

Arts Build Communities (ABC) grants until 4:30 p.m. (CST) Friday,

July 1. The grants will be distributed throughout all arts disciplines

as recognized by the Tennessee Arts Commission, including dance,

music, opera/musical theatre, theatre, visual arts, design arts, crafts,

photography, media arts, literature, interdisciplinary and folk arts.

Info: Suzanne Cada, 523-7543 or [email protected].

Gioioso graduates from Boston College

Rebecca Gioioso of Sey-mour received a bachelor’s degree from Robert J. Mor-rissey College of Arts and Sciences at Boston College May 23 with a major in psy-chology.

Around 4,000 under-graduate and graduate de-gree recipients were on hand

during the commencement ceremony at Alumni Stadi-um on the university’s cam-pus in Chestnut Hill, Mass.

Commencement speaker U.S. Secretary of Energy Er-nest J. Moniz, a Boston Col-lege alumnus, received an honorary Doctor of Science degree at the ceremony.

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Kids watch safely as K-9s show their stuff By Betsy Pickle

Boys & Girls Club mem-bers at South Knoxville Elementary School had an action-packed doggie day last week.

They were still loving on several visiting HABIT therapy dogs in the cafeteria when Offi cer John Martin of the Knoxville Police De-partment arrived for a K-9 offi cer demonstration. Mar-tin’s dog, a German shep-herd named Beny, waited in the car as Martin prepared the kids to meet him.

His focus was on safety.“If you’re sitting still,

you’re being good, he’s not going to bother you,” said Martin. “Even if he came up and sniffed you, if you just sit there, just kind of cross your arms in your lap, he’ll be fi ne. You don’t have to be scared of him, you just have to be safe.”

It didn’t take long for Martin to get the correct an-swer when he asked the kids what they thought Beny’s most important job was.

“His main job, his No. 1 priority is to protect me,” the offi cer said, echoing one boy. “That’s what he’s trained on more than any-thing.”

Martin explained that when he’s at work and has on his duty belt, it has a box with a button he can push to open Beny’s door of the cruiser.

“So if anybody tries to hurt me, all I have to do is push that button and Beny’s coming,” he said. “He’s gon-na help me out.”

Martin said that while humans have about 25 mil-lion scent receptors, a dog like Beny has about 250 mil-lion. Beny is trained to sniff out narcotics, and when he fi nds some, he sits down so Martin will know where they are. When Beny locates a bad guy who is hiding, he barks to signal Martin.

But if Beny catches a sus-pect, watch out:

“His main purpose in life

is to fi nd somebody and bite ’em,” said Martin, who has had Beny for about three years. “He’s a friendly dog; he’s a social dog. But when it’s game time he knows it. He knows if he’s searching for somebody.”

After prepping the kids and answering their ques-tions, Martin took them to the playground. Offi cer Todd Childress brought his dog, Kaos, a Belgian Ma-linois-German shepherd mix, out fi rst. Martin put on a long, tough glove and let Kaos grapple with him.

After Kaos showed his stuff, Beny came out and tussled with Childress. He also demonstrated his speed.

“He can run the speed limit on this road out here (Sevier Avenue),” Martin said. He also said that once a year, receivers from the University of Tennessee football team race the KPD’s K-9s.

“By the end, they’re beg-ging to stop,” he said.

Offi cer Todd Childress watches his police dog, Kaos, go after Offi cer John Martin as students in

the Boys & Girls Club at South Knoxville Elementary School observe. Photos by Betsy Pickle

Offi cer Todd Childress demonstrates how Offi cer John Martin’s

canine partner, Beny, detains a criminal.

REUNION NOTES ■ Central High School Class of

1964’s 70th birthday party,

6-10 p.m. Saturday, June 25,

Grande Event Center, 5441

Clinton Highway. Cost: $30, in-

cludes full buff et. Info: David,

[email protected].

■ Fulton High School Class of

1966 50th reunion, 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 6, Calhoun’s on

the River, 400 Neyland Drive.

Cost: $25. Reservations dead-

line: July 15. Reservations/pay-

ment: Fulton High School 1966

Reunion, c/o Doug Welch, 890

Hansmore Place, Knoxville TN

37919. Info: Dougwelch1948@

yahoo.com.

■ The Knoxville Central High School Class of 1966 50th

reunion, Saturday, Oct. 8,

Beaver Brook Country Club.

Info: Gail Norris Kitts, gnkitts@

yahoo.com.

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By Sandra ClarkThe stars came out to

honor Eleanor Yoakum in ceremonies June 11 at Lin-coln Memorial University’s Lincoln Museum. For-mer Gov. Don Sundquist was reunited with several former cabinet members including Yoakum, who served both as his com-missioner of personnel and later as his chief adminis-trative officer (now called deputy governor).

Former TDOT commis-sioner Bruce Saltsman drew the biggest laugh when he said, “She had a list, but Don wouldn’t let me spend the whole budget in Clai-borne County.”

“Eleanor made this road her mission” while in Nashville, said Saltsman, “and she made this com-missioner miserable.” The improvements were made to U.S. Highway 25E. The resolution to name the road was sponsored by state Sen. Frank Niceley

and state Rep. Jerry Sex-ton, who now represent the area. Both spoke at the dedication.

U.S. Rep. Jimmy Duncan was eloquent in his praise: “We’re honoring a fi ne young woman here tonight. She has touched the lives of thousands of people. My dad said everything looks easier from a distance. Eleanor didn’t leave the county, and she’s made this county, this state and this country a bet-ter place.”

House Speaker Beth Harwell said she’s held El-eanor on a pedestal. “She has so much poise and has done so much good.”

Justin Wilson, comptrol-ler of the treasury and a former Sundquist commis-sioner, said fl atly, “This road would not have happened had it not been for Eleanor. Highways don’t just hap-pen.”

Finally, it was the hon-oree’s turn. “I will take this honor on behalf of the Yoa-

kum family,” she said.She mentioned her par-

ents, Glenn and Leo Walker Yoakum. She talked about her sisters, Glenna Ad-ams, who died from mul-tiple sclerosis, and Martha Yoakum, “the only one of us brave enough to put her name on a ballot.” Martha Yoakum, a retired attorney, served three terms as the area’s public defender.

“And the service contin-ues,” she said, praising her daughter, Stephanie, who chairs the Tennessee Arts Commission, and her son, Rob Barger, a third-genera-tion banker who now heads First Century Bank and chairs the Claiborne Coun-ty Economic Development Board. And out in the audi-ence sat her nephew, attor-ney Oliver Adams with his kids, and her own wonder-ful grandchildren: Walker, Elizabeth and Virginia Con-ner, and Mayson and Ella Jane Barger.

“The service continues.”

Eleanor Yoakum is fl anked by her children, Stephanie Barger Conner and Rob Barger, at the

dedication ceremony for the Eleanor Yoakum Highway in Claiborne County. Yoakum chairs the

board of First Century Bank.

High honor for local leader

Kirsten Mahan, Amy Perkins and Monica Lauber welcome customers to The Village Mercantile

surplus-and-salvage grocery store. Photo by Carol Z. Shane

By Carol Z. Shane“Hey, my friend!”“Where’ve you been?”“Didn’t I see you in here

in yesterday?” The Village Mercantile,

located on Walker Boule-vard behind Buddy’s Bar-B-Q on North Broadway, is hopping. Neighbors chat while they explore the shelves. Kids work on a project in the community room. A smiling employee stocks shelves and helps customers.

Owner/operator Monica Lauber knows them all.

As former proprietor of Fountain City secondhand store Furniture Traders, Lauber says she came to realize “people were strug-gling. I thought, ‘how can I help and still keep my busi-ness?’”

The answer was in food surplus-and-salvage. “Ev-erything in here started out somewhere else,” says Lauber. From unsuccessful seasonal or limited-edition items to those with dam-aged or redesigned packag-ing, Lauber’s store holds a wealth of quality non-per-ishable foodstuffs that, for whatever reason, has been rejected by those at the top of the retail chain. And her

customers, many of whom walk to her store from the Northgate Towers apart-ments on Whittle Springs Road, literally eat it up.

“The people who come in are just so doggone happy,” she says. “They’re shocked that they can get this kind of food for the money.”

It’s the same principle held by stores such as Big Lots and Grocery Outlet, says Lauber. “There’s just so much food waste – a ri-diculous amount.” Lauber displays USDA regulations and other food safety docu-ments to reassure her cus-tomers about the quality of her merchandise.

But the Village Mercan-tile is more than just a des-tination for good food. It’s become a true community center.

“I’m tellin’ you, this is like the Whistlestop Café!” says Amy Perkins, direc-tor of volunteer services for UT Medical Center and Lauber’s partner. Perkins has helped from the begin-ning and contributed many ideas. Along the way, Kirst-en Mahan, former operator of Sassy Ann’s in the Fourth & Gill neighborhood, got on board. Mahan likes the fact that the store has become

a gathering place. “The people you might meet, the resources you fi nd, the good food – they all positively impact the community.”

James Henry, a regular who lives nearby, says, “I’ll be 56 next month. These are the best people I’ve met in 40 years.” Henry recalls that in exchange for his help at the store, Lauber pro-vided him with a motorized scooter for his teenaged son who needed it to get to work. “Made daddy cry,” says Henry. “She’ll do anything for anybody. Her heart’s bigger than this store.”

Lauber and crew are looking forward to imple-menting other ideas, includ-ing a farm stand. At the time of this writing, she had just heard from her fi rst par-ticipating farmer and was excited about his “cabbage, cukes, green beans, green onions, potatoes!”

The Village Mercantile will undoubtedly continue to grow in the community. “I loved selling antiques,” says Lauber, “but it never fed anybody.”

The Village Mercantile is located at 4503 Walker Bou-levard in Knoxville. Info: facebook.com/thevillage-mercantile, 865-805-3511.

The Village Mercantile: More than a grocery store

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Shopper news • JUNE 22, 2016 • 11 businessThe Rotary Guy

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It’s Smokies baseball time for Rotarians from Knoxville’s seven clubs when they will “Pack the Park for Polio” at the Thursday, July 12, Tennessee Smokies game against the Chattanooga Lookouts. This will be the fi fth annual Pack the Park night at Smokies Park. The fi rst pitch at 7:05 p.m. will be thrown out by Dis-trict Gov.-Elect Fred Heitman.

Tickets are $12 and $5.50 of every $12 voucher sold goes to Rotary International’s End Polio Now Campaign. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation matches all contributions 2-1, so that $5.50 turns into a $16.50 donation to End Polio Now!

“Play ball!!!!”

■ CSA grad honoredSarah Emory, a 2016 Fulton High graduate, was

honored with the Diana and Bob Samples Community School of the Arts (CSA) $2,500 scholarship at a re-cent meeting of the Rotary Club of Knoxville. Bob is a club member.

Sarah is an outstanding student and long-time par-ticipant in CSA (since 2007). She will begin college at the University of Tennessee in the fall, pursuing a degree in Graphics and Fine Arts. For the past fi ve years she has worked under artist Robin Surber through CSA’s Side/By/Side Visual Arts Apprentice Program.

■ Butch Jones to speakHere’s a reminder about the Rotary Club of Knox-

ville’s July 26 meeting featuring UT football coach Butch Jones for the noon luncheon meeting at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. RCK is inviting members of other Rotary Clubs and their guests to hear Coach Jones talk about the 2016 season. The Crowne Plaza ballroom seats 300, so RSVP to [email protected].

■ Turkey Creek Club honors fi ve Five graduating seniors from Farragut High School

were each presented with a $500 scholarship from the Rotary Club of Turkey Creek to attend technical schools. The students honored were Will Sherrill, Tu Hyunh, Alecia Reynolds, Emma Clancy and Logan Mitchell.

■ $10K to go Chris Rohwer of the North Knoxville Rotary Club

is chairing a project to raise $13,000 to rebuild the kitchen at the club-sponsored Cerebral Palsy group home in Fountain City. Following his announcement, he quickly picked up $500 from the speaker, at-large county commissioner Bob Thomas, who said he would kick in $500 to clear his commission fund for com-munity grants. With a $2,500 donation from the club, Rohwer has “only” $10,000 to go.

‘Pack the Park’By Kelly Norrell

Bill Regas, owner of Knoxville’s iconic Regas Restaurant until it closed in 2010, heard a great story recently.

David Gilbert, a former Regas baker, found a wal-let in his house with a tag attached. It said, “Merry Christmas from the Re-gas Family.” It still had $5 tucked inside.

Gilbert’s pleasure and subsequent call to Regas somehow capture the driv-ing force behind what was one of Tennessee’s longest running and most award-winning restaurants – a caring spirit welded to a tough work ethic.

“We’ve always worked hard to keep the team to-gether,” said Regas.

Cherokee Country Club executive chef David Pinck-ney, who worked for years as an across-town colleague but not an employee of Re-gas, put it another way.

“When I was at the Or-angery (as executive chef), Regas was the benchmark restaurant in Knoxville, and Bill Regas was a sort of mentor to me. Now I see him two or three times a week at Cherokee, where he is a member, and he speaks every single time. He is a

true gentleman.”On June 10, Cherokee

Country Club hosted a sold-out dinner attended by 101 saluting Regas Restaurant and Bill Regas. It was mod-eled on similar events hon-oring famous restaurants, Pinckney said. The white-tablecloth institution that hosted thousands of special occasion dinners and deal-making lunches closed Dec. 31, 2010, after 91 years.

Regas Restaurant set records for launching suc-cessful careers. Mike Con-nor of Connor Concepts; Randy Burleson, owner of Aubrey’s Family of Restau-rants; Rick Federico, who oversees PF Chang and oth-er restaurants for Brinker International; and Steve Puleo, owner of Puleo’s Res-taurants, are only a few Re-gas Restaurant alumni who soared.

The Regas Restaurant story began in 1919, when Greek immigrant broth-ers George and Frank Re-gas (later joined by brother Harry) opened a 24-hour, 7 day a week diner on Gay Street near Magnolia. Capi-talizing on the crush of trav-elers from the nearby train depot, they began as Re-gas Brothers Café with an 18-stool counter, six booths

and six tables seating four.Regas said family help

and a powerful work ethic were key. The brothers worked rotating shifts, one taking nights and the other serving breakfast, lunch and dinner during the day.

They learned from suc-cessful people. “My Dad always stayed active in the National Restaurant Asso-ciation, traveling to meet-ings and learning about new dishes, methods and technology. He always had the National Restau-rant Association Sign in the window.” The found-ing brothers had about 8th grade educations.

As the business grew, family and employees learned at what they called the Regas School of Res-taurateuring. Grady Regas (for whom the Grady’s Res-taurants were named), his cousin Chris Paris, and his aunt Kiki Liakonis all have memories of hard work and long hours, beginning with dish washing.

The business evolved under the second and third generation Regas family members. Employees like Hazel Schmid, who greeted customers for 54 years, were an institution. “We had a lot of regulars come in every

Kelly Hewett

The Regas legacyExacting standards, kind ways mark the Regas style

Bill Regas

As fi restorms erupt daily in the Twittersphere with

complaints about com-p a n i e s , most orga-n i z a t i o n s are told not to “feed the trolls.” But a new study, “ B r a n d Buzz in

the Echoverse,” suggests that ignoring mean tweets usually results in a negative feedback loop among the media, which in turn affects branding and profi ts.

“Bank of America, the fi rm in the study that sub-dued these fi restorms best, used Twitter more for cus-tomer service than adver-tising,” said Kelly Hewett,

co-author of the study and associate professor of mar-keting in UT-Knoxville’s Haslam College of Business.

“More consistent moder-ately-toned tweets led Bank of America to be much more effective than a fi rm that sent out one-fi fth the tweets with a much more positive tone, such as those with promotional messages.”

Hewett and her co-au-thors at the University of Maryland and Massey Uni-versity examined how the interdependence of fi rms’ communications in both traditional and social media affects brands. They found online word of mouth to be the greatest infl uencer in what they call the “echo-verse.”

The authors analyzed the

volume and tone of mes-sages in one of the most comprehensive data sets in brand communications lit-erature within the fi nancial industry – including more than 60,000 news articles, 18 million tweets and 5,000 press releases – from 2007 to 2013 – and measured their effect on consumer sentiment and business out-comes.

“Modern media are in-tensely interconnected,” said Hewett. “The only cor-porate communications tool that operated outside the echoverse in our study was advertising.”

While advertising in-creased banks’ levels of consumer deposits, it had no signifi cant effect on tra-ditional media coverage, so-

AREA FARMERS MARKETS ■ Dixie Lee Farmers Market,

Renaissance|Farragut, 12740 Kingston Pike.

Hours: 9 a.m.-noon Saturdays through Nov. 5.

Info: dixieleefarmersmarket.com; on Facebook.

■ Ebenezer Road Farmers Market, Ebenezer

UMC, 1001 Ebenezer Road. Hours: 3-6 p.m. Tues-

days through late November. Info: easttnfarm-

markets.org; on Facebook.

■ Garden Market, New Life UMC, 7921 Miller-

town Pike. Hours: 4-7 p.m. Second and fourth

Mondays through September. Box dinners to go

available. Info/vendor applications: 546-5153.

■ Gatlinburg Farmers Market, 849 Glades Road,

8:30 a.m.-noon Saturdays through Oct. 8.

■ Lakeshore Park Farmers Market, Lakeshore

Park across from the Knox Youth sports Building.

Hours: 3-6 p.m. Fridays through October; 2-5 p.m.

Fridays in November. Info: easttnfarmmarkets.org.

■ Oak Ridge Farmers Market, Historic Jackson

Square. Hours: 3 p.m.-sellout Wednesdays; 8

a.m.-noon Saturdays through late November.

Info: easttnfarmmarkets.org.

■ Market Square Farmers Market, 60 Market

Square. Hours: 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesdays and

9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays through Nov. 19. Info:

marketsquarefarmersmarket.org.

■ Maryville Farmers Market: Church Avenue.

Hours: 9 a.m.-noon, Saturdays through Nov. 17.

■ Maryville Farmers Market: First Baptist Maryville, 202 W. Lamar Alexander Parkway.

Hours: 3:30-6:30 p.m. Wednesdays through

August.

day. I knew where they liked to sit and who they liked to sit with,” she said.

Customers like Will Pugh loved it all – prime rib, lob-ster tails and red velvet cake as well as specialties like blueberry muffi ns and ice cream sundaes. “I’ve eaten at the restaurant so many times. Everything was great,” he said.

Regas said he thinks there will always be a place for “special” restaurants – for birthdays, anniversa-ries, weddings, graduations, visits from out of town guests. But he thinks the number will get smaller.

“The restaurant business is tough unless you have a lot of depth. A chef is just one person, and he’s trying to prepare the meal,” said Regas. “You can be a good cook, a good front man with a great personality. But if you don’t have a good team, you’ll wear yourself out.”

Don’t ignore mean tweetscial media tone or volume, or brand perception; how-ever, press releases were surprisingly effective. Posi-tive press releases softened customer tweets and in-creased business outcomes.

The discovery that me-dia negativity feeds on it-self confi rms leading view-points in the fi eld, but the authors also demonstrate that these negative spirals led to fewer deposits at the banks, their proxy for busi-ness outcomes.

While Twitter predict-ably had a strong effect on how consumers felt about brands, consumer senti-ment and business out-comes had little infl uence on the Twitter conversation.

Researchers found that in the early days of Twit-ter, positive messages had a more virulent tendency than negative ones and im-

pacted consumer sentiment more strongly.

“The media has not al-ways been stuck in a nega-tivity loop,” said Hewett. “In 2010, negativity started to take precedence, and cor-respondingly the volume of company tweets began to be more important.”

By Ruth WhiteDr. Allen Hunley will cel-

ebrate his 40th anniversary practicing dentistry next month. He graduated from the University of Tennessee at Memphis dental school in June 1976 and began prac-ticing in Knoxville on July 1 that year.

Hunley spent fi ve months in his fi rst location on Pow-ers Road before moving to the Fountain City area. He has been at his current lo-cation at 2939 Essary Road since 1997.

His son, Tucker, is a 2011 graduate of Halls High and a 2015 graduate of UT. He is following in his father’s footsteps and is currently attending UT Memphis, where he is getting ready to begin his second year of dental school.

Hunley celebrates 40 years in dentistry

Dr. Allen Hunley

with his son, Tucker

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