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By Betty BeanFormer Brickey-McCloud Ele-

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Finally, in April 2013, she heard

Demoted Earl speaks out at school board

To page 3

By Betsy PickleAny event built around fried

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

The 2014 version was no excep-tion.

More than 40 people who lived or worked in Burlington “back in

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

Ye Olde Burlington Gang was born after the winning season of the 1927 Burlington Baptist Church baseball team. The cel-ebration dinner that year was

followed by a summer dinner the next year, and then the next and so on. It has become more of a home-coming than a neighborhood gath-ering as few of the “gang” still live in Burlington.

Attendance has decreased as old-time Burlington folks have moved or passed away, but this year’s turn-out was higher than last year’s, and president E.L. Henson encouraged attendees to get the word out even

more next year.The short business meeting saw

Henson re-elected as president with Kay Tarwater and April Mc-Swain voted secretary and trea-surer, respectively. Henson sin-gled out the maker of the banana pudding – Judy Carpenter Hillard – for special praise.

Ye Olde Burlington Gang gathers at Macedonia UMC on the fourth Thursday each June.

Clock restorer keeps history ticking

By Betsy PickleGene Amanns believes in time,

but not idle time.Since opening his Fine Primi-

tive Clock Gallery at 2903B Alcoa Highway in January, he has re-paired 85 clocks. His speed comes with experience; he has been working on clocks for 54 years.

Speed also was a factor when he was considering moving his store to Alcoa Highway, aka Alcoa Speed-way and “I’ll-Kill-Ya Highway,” after losing his lease on Broadway.

“I remember meditating so deeply,” he says. “How can I man-age this I’ll-Kill-Ya Highway?”

His solution was similar to the “See Rock City” campaign. He put up lots of signs. They aren’t as iconic as the Rock City signs, but they do the trick – especially the one he put on a classic car that sits in front of the shopping center.

“I put my signs up, and no-body’s bothered them,” he says. “Opening here was the best move I’ve ever made in my life.”

Amanns, 71, preaches the gos-pel of clocks wherever he goes. He thinks it’s sinful for people to neglect their antique clocks. “I tell people, ‘You need to have that 150-year-old clock worked on, or your kids will have nothing but a fl ower pot.’”

He fi nds that he has to explain the basics.

“I try to educate people, ad-monish them gently,” he says. “Mechanical stuff needs cleaning and oiling every two years.”

He often has customers who

At Fine Primitive Clock Gallery, Gene Amanns shows a skeleton clock he made. Photos by Betsy Pickle

Taking care of time

bring in clocks that they’ve had for decades. When he asks when a clock was last cleaned and oiled, the an-swer is almost always “never.”

His specialty is early-American clocks – clocks with wooden gears. He says he’s one of three men in the United States who can make wood-

en clock movements by hand. “It’s a dying art,” says Amanns, who even makes the tools to make the gears.

Amanns has two storefronts for his clock shop in Alcoa Way Center, and he also operates Clark Brothers Piano, where he sells various musical instruments and

parts. Music is another of his pas-sions; he plays 31 instruments. The piano is his favorite, and at times he served as a church pia-nist, but it didn’t feel right.

“I’ve got too much boogie-woo-gie in me,” he says. “The Lord and

‘Burlington Gang’ reconnects old friendsTo page 3

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

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

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

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

Payouts to paramours

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

➤ Read Victor Ashe on page 5

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McIntyre’s mojo melting away

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

But now McIntyre’s board majority is melting like the Wicked Witch of the West under a bucket of ice water, and neither his contract nor his long-range plan nor the August election will save him. He’s done.

Alice isn’t cooking here anymore.

➤ Read Betty Bean on page 4

South-Doyle grad gets scholarship

First Tee at Williams Creek has awarded a college scholar-ship to Todd McGill Jr., a 2014 graduate of South-Doyle High School. He will attend Tennessee State this fall.

The First Tee life skills summer pro-gram for children ages 6-17 is underway at seven golf courses throughout Knoxville inc lud-ing The Wee Course at Wil-liams Creek Golf Course, 2351 Dandridge Ave.

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

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

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

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

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

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work with him on stretching and getting stronger.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Taking care of time From page 1

I, we’ve come to a truce on that.”

Amanns, who has lived in Powell most of his life, teaches guitar, and he plays Friday nights at Rocky Branch Community Center in Walland.

Writing is another cre-ative expression for him. He has written and illustrated several children’s books and has even written a novel, available on Amazon, about young clockmakers in early 19th-century America, “The

Yankee Clock Peddler.”The great love of his life was

his wife, Carolyn, who died of breast cancer in 1988. Her un-cle pulled Amanns away from a double date to meet Carolyn, and it was love at fi rst sight. “I still dream about her. She was wonderful.”

They had two sons, who live in Powell, and a daugh-ter, who lives in Colorado. Amanns’ closest companion these days is Freddie, his beagle-fox terrier mix, who accompanies him to work

and greets customers at the door.

“He runs the shop,” he says.

Amanns doesn’t think about retiring.

“I love working restoring clocks because I’m a restora-tion person,” he says. “But the beauty of it is, I get to meet people. Everybody is like dif-ferent snowfl akes – there’s no two alike. I enjoy most of the biggest part of people because they’re intriguing to me. They make me tick.”

Earl speaks out From page 1

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

One leader who did not wish to be quoted by name

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

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

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

“When I was a young,

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

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

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

Betsy Pickle

South Knoxville Elemen-tary has been chosen to par-ticipate in the community schools initiative of Knox County Schools and the Great Schools Partnership, beginning in the 2014-15 academic year.

Mary Ann Watkins, holding nearly-3-year-old Davey, Calvin Robinson, Kent “Opie” Leitch of the

Knoxville Fire Department’s Engine 13 and Jesse Watkins, holding 1-year-old Milo, chat and

chow down at the South Woodlawn Neighborhood Association’s annual Picnic in the Park.

Community school at South Knox

Community schools stay open into the evening to

Music lovers enjoy a performance by the Barstool Romeos at the Meadow Lark Music Festival at

Ijams Nature Center. Photos by Betsy Pickle

Jay Nations, who’s looking to become

a South Knoxville resident, and former

South Knoxvillian Gina Holt enjoy the

brew and the bands.

Volunteer Lorena Hubbard sells beer tickets to fel-

low Island Home resident Michelle Schaur as Sophie

Schaur, who’s almost 6 months old, scopes out the

Meadow Lark scene.

allow students additional instructional time plus pro-gramming including recre-ation, arts, mental health, adult education and more.

A steering committee made up of school staff, teachers, parents, busi-nesspeople and community leaders manages each com-munity school.

The initiative is funded through public and private contributions.

South Knoxville Elemen-tary, 801 Sevier Ave., is a stone’s throw from Fort Loudoun Lake.

“The energy around theSouth Knoxville waterfrontredevelopment makes this anideal time to create a commu-nity school at South KnoxvilleElementary,” says StephanieWelch, vice president of oper-ations for community schoolsat the Great Schools Partner-ship, in a press release.

The fi rst community schoolwas at Pond Gap, implement-ed by then-principal SusanEspiritu and UT professorBob Kronick. Now there areseven such schools includingNorwood Elementary.

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■ Fun at Meadow Lark Music Festival at IjamsRain couldn’t dampen

the spirits of music lovers attending the Meadow Lark Music Festival at Ijams Na-ture Center on Saturday, June 28.

Clouds rolled by and oc-casionally watered the gen-tly sloped lawn next to the Ijams visitor center where hundreds staked out terri-tory to watch bands on the

temporary stage, but the mood was upbeat through-out the day.

Presented by Ijams and WDVX, the festival benefi t-ed both great entities.

■ South Woodlawn’s Picnic in the ParkThe South Woodlawn

Neighborhood Association loves getting together, and the annual Picnic in the Park brought out a good crowd to prove it.

Held Saturday, June 28, at Meadow Hills Park, a pri-

vate park off Taylor Road, the picnic drew both long-time residents and newcom-ers for a feast of grilled meat and covered-dish delights.

The temperature cooper-ated even if the rain didn’t. Kids had fun on the play

sets while adults sat around and caught up. Members of Engine 13 of the Knoxville Fire Department were spe-cial guests and seemed to enjoy the food and company as much as anyone else.

Talking over coff ee at the Round-Up Restaurant are at-large City Council member Finbarr Saun-

ders, Vice Mayor and 1st District Council member Nick Pavlis, West Knoxvillian Melissa Root and

South Knoxvillians Normalee and Von Neubauer.

■ In java veritas: Coff ee with Pavlis at the Round-UpVice Mayor and 1st Dis-

trict City Council member Nick Pavlis held his quar-terly coffee event June 28 at the Round-Up Restaurant.

Attendance was light – most likely because South Knoxville was popping with

activities that day – but Pavlis took the concerns of voters seriously.

With at-large City Coun-cil member Finbarr Saun-ders at his side, Pavlis and attendees primarily dis-cussed transportation is-

sues – everything from gre-enways to mass transit.

Pavlis does coffee with the council member at 9 a.m. on the last Saturday of each quarter, always at the Round-Up. Make plans to attend in September!

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An employment contract extended to 2017?

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

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

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

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

Oops.Last week, the school

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

McIntyre mojo melting away

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ly unconvincing.”Several teachers in the

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

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

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

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

Alice isn’t cooking here anymore.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Whether Campfi eld or Briggs, arguably more of the

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

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

■ Oppose all tax increas-es? Check.

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

■ Limit the role of gov-ernment? Check.

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

Siler likewise pledges

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

Most notably, healthcare.Campfi eld’s comparison

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dorothy Conley

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

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

Later, when I learned more about Tennessee poli-

Primary confusion

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

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

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

da. It makes no sense.Studies have shown that

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

is supposed to work.Unfortunately, open pri-

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Who sold that deal?” she quickly retorted.

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

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

Sigh. I’m working harder than

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

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

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

I know when we produce a well-written, relevant news-paper, folks will fi nd it. Enjoy!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cross workers.“We work cooperatively,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

There was no offi cial UT response to my idea for a standing-fan section: no seats, short people in front, tall fans behind, stand for warm-ups, National An-them, the entire game, even intermission, wave both arms nonstop and keep yell-ing, “Go Vols.”Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@netzero.com.

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

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

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

Divorce shows Ball’s lavish lifestyle

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

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

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

At the trial court, mari-tal property was valued

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

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

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

It will be up to the voters in the Democratic primary

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

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

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

three are not known as none lives there.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Downtown worker Frank Brewer gets his food to go with the

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Scholarship recipient Todd McGill Jr. is fl anked by his dad, Todd Sr., and First Tee executive direc-

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Monte Miller makes a purchase in the Pro Shop from Jamison Broyles as Jay Clark looks on.

Miller has traveled from South Knoxville for the past fi ve years to play golf at The Wee Course.

First Tee’s summer program underway

The First Tee life skills summer program for chil-dren, ages 6-17, is under-way at seven golf courses throughout Knoxville that inc ludes The Wee Course at Williams Creek Golf Course, 2351 Dandridge Av-enue in East Knoxville.

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Williams Creek was rat-ed one of the Top 10 par-3 courses in the country by Golf Range magazine, ac-cording to Diondre Jackson, executive director of the First Tee of Greater Knox-ville program. It is open to the public and is only about two miles from downtown Knoxville.

Williams Creek is also the base from which the lo-cal First Tee programs oper-ate. Children in the summer program at Williams Creek attend from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays and are served breakfast and lunch, in con-trast to the two-hour pro-gram at the other sites. First Tee of Greater Knoxville is one of 200 chapters across the country, where children participate in activities that build life skills and charac-ter through golf clinics.

“We are not trying to cre-ate another Tiger Woods,” explains Jackson. “We teach core values that go with the game of golf, that help kids transition into adulthood.” First Tee helps to provide children with tools needed to become good citizens.

The grounds also include a gym, a learning center and game rooms. Children participate in a variety of activities that are fun and challenging while build-ing healthy habits and life skills.

Jackson applauds the positive difference he and

the staff are making in the lives of the participants. “I have had the pleasure of having coffee with young men who started here when they were just little kids,” he beams.

Tutoring and academic support are central in the afterschool program dur-ing the school year. Jackson stresses that the program is very competitive and the kids are also geared to be academically strong. Upon completion, students may qualify for golf scholarships accepted at 30 colleges in the country.

Scholarship recipient Todd McGill Jr., a 2014 graduate of South-Doyle High School, will attend Tennessee State this fall. His dad, Todd McGill Sr., has had his son in the First Tee at Williams Creek pro-gram for 10 of his 12 school years.

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Like a proud father, Jack-son details academic ac-complishments of the par-ticipants. “Right now we have seven kids in colleges with two set to graduate in May 2015, and one of them is in biomedical engineer-ing,” said Jackson.

The golf course oper-ates just as any other, if not better, according to golfers Rick Southers, Greg Treece and Gary Adkins who travel from the Powell and Halls communities to play. Treece said he comes every Sun-day to play golf at The Wee Course at Williams Creek. “The course is always neat and in good shape,” said Ad-kins.

The First Tee of Great-er Knoxville at The Wee Course at Williams Creek is much more than golf. Jack-son refl ects, “It’s about be-ing around adults that care about and support them in a safe place that keeps them coming back.”

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THURSDAY, JULY 10 Summer Family Programming: Blow Gun,

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Knox County Veterans Services Outreach program, 11 a.m.-noon, Frank R. Strang Senior Cen-ter, 109 Lovell Heights Road. One-on-one assistance to veterans and family members; explain VA benefi ts, an-swer questions, and assist veterans and family member with fi ling for VA benefi ts.

FRIDAY, JULY 11Sunset Music Series presents The Uptown

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Zumba® Kids class, 10-10:45 a.m., Community Room of Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. For ages 7-11. Theme: Pirates and Princesses. Instructor: Gina Guider. Cost: $3 per class. No reg-istration required. Info: Lauren Cox, lauren.cox@townoffarragut.org or 966-7057.

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

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

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

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The Second Saturday Concerts at The Cove: Kitty Wampus, 6-8 p.m., The Cove at Concord Park, 11808 S. Northshore Drive. Free. Info: www.knoxcounty.org or https://www.facebook.com/pages/Knox-County-Parks-Rec/55197043075.

Harvey Broome Group – Take-a-Hike: Obed Wild and Scenic River Segment, Cumberland Trail. Total hiking distance is about seven miles. Rated easy to mod-erate. To preregister: Warren or Carol Devine, 483-7894 or warrendevine@comcast.net.

Hands-on spinning workshop with Fran Brown at Marble Springs State Historic Site, 1220 West Gover-nor John Sevier Highway. Learn how to wash wool, how to card wool, and how to spin wool using a drop spindle. Cost: $25 per person. Register by Friday, July 4. Info/to register: 573-5508 or email director@marblesprings.net.

“Make-It, Take-It” Rain Barrel workshop, 10 a.m.-noon, Farragut Town Hall,. Cost: $40 per barrel. Advance registration required: stormwater@knoxcoun-ty.org or 215-5861; include the location of the workshop, number of attendees, number of rain barrels, email and phone number.

Peach festival, 2-5 p.m., St. Mark UMC, 7001 S. Northshore Drive. Games, baked goods, free peach ice cream and a bluegrass band. Admission/all activities: free.

Tea & Treasures Second Saturday Market-place, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 4104 Martin Mill Pike. Vendor booths include arts & crafts, antiques, plants, books, food and music.

SUNDAY, JULY 13Little Greenbrier School Old Harp shape note

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

“Stories in Every Jar,” free storytelling by members of the Smoky Mt. Storytellers, 3-5 p.m., Back Porch, 805 Parkway, Gatlinburg. Info: 429-1783 or www.smokymountaintellers.org.

MONDAY, JULY 14Zumba® Kids class, 10-10:45 a.m., Community

Room of Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. For ages 7-11. Theme: PJ Day. Instructor: Gina Guider. Cost: $3 per class. No registration required. Info: Lauren Cox, lauren.cox@townoffarragut.org or 966-7057.

Farragut Movers and Shakers Club fi eld day, 9-10 a.m., Anchor Park, 11730 Turkey Creek Road. Cost:

$3 per child. A healthy snack and water will be provided. Register and pay by Friday, July 11. Info/to register: visit Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive; lauren.cox@townoffarragut.org; 966-7057.

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

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

MONDAY-FRIDAY, JULY 14-18Summer camp at Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 109

E. Churchwell Ave. “Beginning Acting” for ages 8-11, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; “From Page To Stage” for ages 6-7, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; “Intermediate Acting” for ages 12-16, 1-4 p.m. Info: 208-3677; knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com; info@childrenstheatreknoxville.com.

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

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

Einstein Simplifi ed Comedy Improv troop performance, 8 p.m., Scruffy City Hall on Market Square. Free admission.

PK Hope is Alive Parkinson Support Group of East Tennessee meeting, 11:30 a.m., Kern UMC Family Life Center, 451 E. Tennessee Ave., Oak Ridge. Topic: “Sleep Disorders” presented by Dr. Cherridan Rambally, sleep physician neurologist with Oak Ridge Methodist Hospital. Light lunch provided. Info: Karen Sampsell, 482-4867; pk_hopeisalive@bellsouth.net; www.pkhopeisalive.org.

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

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

WEDNESDAY, JULY 16Zumba® Kids class, 10-10:45 a.m., Community

Room of Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. For ages 7-11. Theme: Luau. Instructor: Gina Guider. Cost: $3 per class. No registration required. Info: Lauren Cox, lauren.cox@townoffarragut.org or 966-7057.

Books Sandwiched In – A Lunch & Learn Se-ries, noon, East Tennessee History Center auditorium, 601 S. Gay St. Dr. Edward Caudill will discuss “The Infl uencing Machine” by Brooke Gladstone The public is invited. Info: 215-8801.

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