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VOL. 52 NO. 8 A great community newspaper February 25, 2013

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By Cindy TaylorThe Powell Middle

School Drama Club will present “Annie Jr.” at 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Feb. 28 and March 1, in the school gym. The play is part of The Broadway Junior Collection with music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin and book by Thomas Meehan.

Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for students/chil-dren; available for pre-sale or at the door. Concessions will also be available for purchase. In-school perfor-mances will be 11:45 Thurs-day, Feb. 28, and 9:45 a.m. and 2 p.m. Friday, March 1.

In keeping with the theme of Annie, this play will benefi t more than just the school.

Primary players in “Annie Jr.” Savannah Walker (Miss Hanni-

gan), T.J. Beery (Oliver Warbucks), and Jordan Williams (An-

nie) practice with props circa 1930. Photo by Cindy Taylor

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Hello, Annie“As we have been put-

ting this show together I am constantly reminded that there are children who actually have to grow up not knowing who their parents are,” said chorus and drama teacher Alison Bradley. “Asking our audi-ence to help some of these children by making dona-tions seemed appropriate.”

Attendees are asked to bring money or supplies for Holston United Methodist Home for Children. Items needed are wide ruled spi-ral notebooks, construc-tion paper, markers, dry erase markers, Wite-out tape, glue sticks, Walmart gift cards, Germ X, Clorox wipes and hygiene items. One highly requested item is a Tl 30X Calculator for

Paddling for kidsWith Jake Mabe off (ton-

sils, folks), Betty Bean did double duty including a heart-warming story about Wes Breitenbach, a Fountain City guy who is fundraising for Big Brothers/Big Sisters.

➤ See Bean’s story on page A-3

NEIGHBORHOOD BUZZ

Lee to speak at Christ UMC

On Feb. 27 at 6:30 p.m. at Christ United Methodist

Church, Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Sharon Lee will present the compelling stories of American soldiers captured and

held as prisoners of war by the Germans in World War II. Although they were of different backgrounds and faiths and had different prison experiences, the young men shared some common qualities and traits that enabled them to endure and survive the diffi cult conditions of their incarcerations. Justice Lee will also share insights about serving as a Supreme Court Justice. A meal at the cost of $6 will be served before the program. Reservations: 922-1412 or email [email protected].

Find out where the wild things are and much more in this month’s “My Outdoors.”

➤ See the special section inside

Outdoor Living Special Section

Outdoors

Sign goneSomeone has taken the sign

that marks the entrance to Lazy Acres subdivision, and the neighbors want it back. Richard Jett says the sign is about fi ve feet by three feet, and residents will “ask no questions” when it’s returned. Contact Jett at 679-1261.

Kroger guyAnd Libby Morgan came

through with a tribute to staff and customers at the Fountain City Kroger who are supporting Barry Hughes.

➤ See Lib’s story on page A-2

By Sandra ClarkKnoxville City Council has re-

zoned land so the Kroger Co. can build on a portion of the old Pow-ell Airport site on Emory Road at I-75. The action came Tuesday after Kroger officials met Mon-day with neighbors at Tennova North.

Mark Senn, president of the commercial development com-pany that worked for Kroger, fa-cilitated the meeting, which was arranged by City Council mem-ber Mark Campen. Paul Xhajan-ka from Kroger also was in town and spoke before City Council.

Debbie Sauls, at the Council meeting, said she appreciates Kroger “ stepping up and meet-ing with the community.” But while Senn “offered solutions, all we have are promises,” she said.

Gary Nelson, who lives on Overton Lane, said neighbors are not against the new store. “We merely ask that Kroger help maintain the beauty of Beaver Creek.”

Nelson said Senn had clear-ly said how the property will change. “We want updated re-ports (as the development pro-gresses) and also want a 50-foot conservation easement along Beaver Creek.” And he asked City Council to hold future develop-

Mark Senn is president of Blanchard & Calhoun Commercial, the fi rm that

represented Kroger in rezoning land on Emory Road. Photo by S. Clark

Kroger gainsCity Council approval

ment to the “same high standard that Kroger has agreed to.”

Campen said later that he feels comfortable that the devel-

opment will be an asset and the nearby residents won’t get more fl ood water as a result, “as long as (Kroger) retains its runoff on its own land.” He trusts city enforce-ment to ensure that happens.

Renee Hoyos, executive direc-tor of the Tennessee Clean Water League, was not so agreeable. “Kroger plans to fill a wetland,” she said, asking for mitigation similar to that at Turkey Creek.

Campen, whose district in-cludes the finger-annexation of commercial property near the interstate, asked city engineer-ing chief Jim Hagerman if the city can guarantee that residents won’t be harmed. “We don’t regulate wetlands,” Hagerman responded. “That’s up to the (Army) Corps (of Engineers) and the state (Department of Envi-ronment and Conservation).”

Campen made the motion for rezoning, which passed without objection. “This is the first step. Kroger still must get local and state permitting and (obtain) plan approval,” he said

Xhajanka, Kroger real estate manager based in Atlanta, said Kroger is developing 18.75 acres of an 84-acre tract. He promised to “work for” a walkway along the creek as part of Kroger’s de-velopment plan.

ACT or GED tests. Contact the school for a complete list.

For an entertaining night out and an oppor-tunity to help children in

need, Powell Middle School is the place to be this week.Reach Cindy Taylor at News@Shopper-

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At Powell Middle School this week

A new sister city?

Olga Meshcheryakova

By Wendy SmiithThe parks, river and

university in Penza, Rus-sia, make it a good choice as a sister city to Knoxville, said Olga Meshcheryako-va, guest speaker at last week’s West Knox Sertoma Club.

The director of the In-stitute for International Cooperation at Penza State

University, she met East Tennesseans Ron Leadbet-ter, Steve Hillis and Joe Fornes in 2004 when the travelers took a break in Penza.

She came to Knoxville a few years ago to investigate a UT/Penza State alliance, but discussions stalled. After numerous meetings last week, she hopes the

plan can move forward.“This time, I’m hoping

to establish a link between UT and the university at Penza, as well as Knoxville and Penza,” she said.

She’d like for Knoxville students to have the op-portunity to visit Penza, and for Penza students to visit here. Such exchanges would result in friendships and new initiatives.

“It would add to their understanding of the world.”

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Former KPD Chief Ster-ling Owen led a discus-sion at the library’s “Books Sandwiched In” series.

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Barry Hughes, holding Pretzel, with his mom, Barbara Tapp,

and brother, Dave Hughes.

Our favorite Kroger guy

‘He made Kroger feel likea Mom and Pop store’

By Libby MorganA guy who made more

friends than you could count and inspired love and affection daily for more than two decades did this while checking out grocer-ies at Fountain City Kroger.

Everyone who has shopped at the Fountain City Kroger since 1990 has surely been served by the good-natured, dependable Barry Hughes. His walking dif-fi culties and speech belied his cleverness. His joking demeanor and skill at the till made standing in his line a quick and painless, no, make

that a quick and pleasant, fi nish to grocery shopping.

He’s been missing from his post for months now, and won’t be making it back to work, according to his doctors’ prognosis. Hughes has been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer and is not expected to hold on to life much longer.

He is at his mother’s home in Norris, resting most of the time.

“This has been a very diffi cult but very reward-ing time for all of us. We are absolutely overwhelmed by the outpouring of love for

A letter from Barry’s FamilyThe caring and compassionate friends from Foun-

tain City and Fountain City Kroger have sustained us with their outpouring of love, respect, and apprecia-tion for our son and brother, Barry Hughes; for this we are very thankful.

Barry was a fi xture in Fountain City for more than 20 years. Customers who liked and disliked grocery shopping looked forward to a friendly smile, recogni-tion and a warm tease from Barry. He remembered customers’ knee replacements, fl owers, grandchil-dren, and things that were personal to each. Barry was a moment of kindness to each customer with whom he came in contact. He embraced them with a feeling of worth, and they returned this feeling.

Mark Cavalaris and his staff at the Fountain City Kroger have treated Barry as family – ‘we care, we want the best for you, we are with you on this jour-ney.’ Employees are wearing badges with Barry’s pic-ture, the store has held fundraisers, and cards have been made available for customers to communicate with Barry. He has received over 400 cards.

Thank you Fountain City!Through the cards received, we have been hum-

bled by the love for him, the discovery of how beloved he is and what a difference he has made in our world.

Gratefully, The Family of Barry Hughes

The latest batch of well-wish-

es for Barry are piling up, as

happens frequently ever since

the display went up last fall. Kroger customer Howard Si-

monin writes a message for

Barry. Photos by Libby Morgan

Raneẽ Webb, Kroger co-manager, with the Barry Hughes dis-

play at the front of the store.

Barry. We really didn’t real-ize just how loved he is until this happened,” says Barba-ra Tapp, Barry’s mother.

Mark Cavalaris, store manager, has set up a dis-play near the checkout with photos of Barry, informa-tion about his condition, and cards for his hundreds of friends to write messag-es to him. More than 400 cards have been delivered to Hughes, with more piling up, waiting to be taken.

“Barry’s stepfather reads every card to him,” Barbara says of her husband, Bobby Tapp. “The cards have been so very comforting to all of us. One of our favorites said ‘Barry; You make Kroger feel like a Mom and Pop store.’”

Ranee Webb, co-manag-er, who worked with him for the past four years, explains Hughes’ legacy at Kroger simply and succinctly: “Bar-ry always had a smile for ev-eryone.”

It’s offi cial!Fountain City is getting

a Chick-fi l-A

The deal is done for the new Fountain City Chick-fi l-A. Ty Powell, project manager, and Chuck King,

superintendent from RTC General Contractors, can be seen on the parking lot of the now leveled

Fountain Village. Photo by Libby Morgan

A new chain-link barrier went up around the north section of Fountain Village, and the buildings have been razed to make way for a new Chick-fi l-A. It will join two other major fast food chains, Sonic and McDonalds, at the corner of Broadway, Rennoc and Knox.

Rumors about the fast food chicken restaurant that never opens on Sunday were verifi ed when Ty Powell, project manager for Richardson Turn-er Construction, last week hung the sign with the Chick-fi l-A logo.

“We are on a 21-week schedule to fi nish the proj-ect,” said Powell, which puts the completion date in July.

RTC general contractors has built hundreds of restaurants, and several Chick-fi l-A buildings, in-cluding the one on Emory Road between Halls and Powell.

Fontinalis members learn geography

Fontinalis Club members participated and learned geography in a clever way through music at their last meeting. Kaye Williams, a retired 3rd grade teacher, provided each member with a United States map. With her cassette player, she taught about the Earth by singing the tune “My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean.” The fi rst verse says: “The Earth is the name of our planet. It’s shaped like a ball or a sphere. It’s covered with land and water. A globe can help make this quite clear.” The following verses teach about the seven continents and fi ve oceans, ending with naming the continents and oceans in tune with the song. Kaye also dem-onstrated her teaching of “Fifty States in Rhyme” to the tune of “Turkey in the Straw.” Fontinalis members enjoyed their new learning experience.

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Last Sunday, Wes Breit-enbach posted this message on Facebook:

“So far I have paddled 120.83 miles and burned 10,356 calories training for the race. I am rowing 80 miles to raise money (shooting for $800) for Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Tennessee! I would appre-ciate any support you can give me. Just click on the link and then on my name to donate what you can or private message me for info. Thanks!!!”

He puts his kayak in at Ned McWherter Park every Wednesday and Sunday be-fore daylight in every kind of weather except thunder-storms. He’s buoyed by the knowledge that he’s train-ing for a good cause.

“A lot of mornings, I’ll go to Ned McWherter Park and paddle past the air-port, up the Holston River. I try to get in seven or eight miles a day, and the only time I get off the water is if there’s lightning,” he said.

“I’ve practiced in 20-de-gree weather and had the whole front of the boat cov-ered in ice. As long as the river doesn’t freeze up, I’m out there practicing. I usu-ally stay out for a couple of hours – then I have to get back home and get work done.”

The Volunteer 80 Race to the Smokies, is an 80-mile, fl at water course from Knoxville to Chilhowee Dam. The race is organized by Lower Appalachia Kay-ak, Canoe and SUP Tours,

Wes Breitenbach at work. Photo by Betty Bean

Assisting the Village

By Cindy TaylorKnoxville Modern Quilt Guild

members showcased their favorite quilts, fabrics, books and patterns during the Feb. 16 “Meet and greet” at the Powell Branch Library. Guest speaker Daniel Watson talked about Restoration House of East Tennessee, the adopted charity of KMQG.

“In 2005 my wife, Mandy, and I were fairly comfortable in life,” said Watson. “And then everything changed.”

Watson said that during a church meeting he and Mandy were asked, “If you could do anything in life what would you do?” Mandy responded that she would buy a large piece of property, adopt a lot of children and start a min-istry of her own for single moms. Wat-son said he was shocked as he was unaware that Mandy had ever had that thought. Two months later the couple left their jobs, bought property and started Restoration House.

Restoration House gained national at-tention when the Watsons were featured on “Extreme Makeover Home Edition” last year. Watson and his family received a new home and their nonprofi t received a duplex from EMHE.

“Our purpose since 2007 has been to restore single mothers and their children back to God’s good intent for their lives,” said Watson. “That means a whole lot to us. The decisions and actions we take in this world not only affect us, but everything and everyone around us.”

Restoration House started with a duplex

and the ability to help fi ve families at one time. The organization will break ground next month for a 24-unit community, The Village, to house low income single moms and their families.

The quilt guild provides quilts for fami-lies living at Restoration House. Members of KMQG serve the local community by supporting numerous needs and charities.

“The goal of a modern quilt guild is to reinterpret traditional quilting while al-lowing creativity to fl ourish,” said guild president Emily Doane. “If we can help oth-ers while enjoying our craft that is a great bonus.”

Sometimes it does take “The Village” to raise a child and KMQG is happy to lend a hand. Reach Cindy Taylor at [email protected]

Modern quilt designs by Robin Smith are displayed

at the KMQG February meeting.

Emily Doane, president of KMQG, pres-

ents a handmade wall hanging to Daniel

Watson, founder of Restoration House

and The Village. Photos by Cindy Taylor

owned by Charles Good-son, who is donating money from the proceeds to the Wounded Warriors Project. Wes is personally raising money for Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Tennessee.

He and his wife, Jesica, live in Fountain City and operate what he calls “a mom and pop” upholstery shop. They’ve been here for fi ve years after a string of moves that took them from Maryland to Arizona to Minnesota and back to Arizona before they de-cided to come to Knoxville, where Jesica has family. Their son, Drew, is 16 and a student at Central High School.

Wes is paying the $110 registration fee out of his own pocket so that all the money he collects will go to BBBS. He has linked his Facebook page to a website that accepts donations.

But it’s not strictly fun-draising for Wes, who’ll be

in a 17-foot touring boat that he stores in his back-yard garage. He’s a com-petitive guy and he’s in it to win it, or at least to fi nish as strong as he can. Jesica will be his “ground crew,” and will be at the stops along the way in case he needs supplies. He’s hoping to complete the race in 22 hours.

“One of the big chal-lenges I’ll have is some guys coming in from Canada who’ll have some very high-end racing kayaks. I’m going to give it everything I’ve got, but I’m going to be racing a Cadillac with a lot of Porsches.”

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As County Commission prepares for a crucial sec-ond vote on banning digital billboards, opponents of the blinky signs are watching to see what Commissioner Jeff Ownby does.

He’s never voted their way on these is-sues, so it’s not like there’s any s u s p e n s e there. What aggravates them is that he votes at all.

Although no one will go on the record with their complaints, it’s Ownby’s re-lationship with Lamar Out-door Advertising attorney Greg Isaacs that has the an-ti-billboard folks grinding their teeth. Isaacs is a zeal-ous defender of Lamar’s free speech and property rights and appears before County Commission to plead his cli-ent’s case.

He also represents Own-by in an indecent exposure case that came about af-

Sandra Clark

GOSSIP AND LIES ■ Knox County taxpayers invested $5 million (thank you, Mayor

Ragsdale) in a new business park in Blount County and last week

it fi nally snagged its fi rst corporate customer: ProNova, a Knox

County fi rm that plans creation of 500 jobs, all in Blount County.

■ Trustee John Duncan has unveiled “an app,”

just three days before the deadline to pay

property taxes on time. Yes, if you’ve waited

this long to pay your taxes, race right over to

Duncan’s website and grab that app. Then pay

by cellphone. Of course, you can also drive to

the courthouse or a satellite offi ce in Farragut,

Halls, Cedar Bluff , or east or south Knoxville;

mail a check (postmarked by Feb. 28); or drop

by one of the banks that accept tax payments:

American Trust Bank of East Tennessee, BB&T,

First Tennessee, Home Federal and U.S. Bank.

■ Ruthie Kuhlman has scored her fi rst coup as

GOP county chair, by snagging former U.S. Rep.

and presidential candidate Ron Paul to speak at

the upcoming Lincoln Day Dinner on April 12.

Details such as place, time and price are pend-

ing, and some Republicans are grumbling about

Paul’s libertarianism, but what’s new? Just don’t

get him mixed up with Rand Paul or Paul Ryan.

■ Mike Hammond says he’s a creative person

who has ideas from time to time and wonders

how to present them to the school board with-

out appearing to “take over,” and he also wonders how to fi nd out

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Hard to imagine why state Rep. Steve Hall who represents the neighbor-hoods surrounding Lake-shore Park off Lyons View Pike (such as Westmore-land, Riverbend and Rocky Hill) would sponsor a Sta-cey Campfi eld bill to sell the property owned by the state adjacent to the park to the highest bidder and thereby prevent this property from being added to the existing city park.

It seems sure to alienate many of his constituents.

While Campfi eld gets most of the media atten-tion for this, the proposal would already be dead from a legislative standpoint had Hall never introduced it. Bills must be introduced in both houses of the General Assembly to become law. It is also Hall’s district which is closest to Lakeshore. Sen. Becky Massey actu-ally represents most of the immediate neighbors to Lakeshore Park.

I called Steve Hall, whom I have known since he followed Ivan Harmon on Knoxville City Council, to talk about it.

Hall has tradition-ally been a low key law-maker who seldom speaks publicly on issues. He is also close personally to Campfi eld, but avoids the publicity his controver-sial friend generates. It is hard to think of any issue Hall champions beyond opposition to tax hikes of any kind. While he hosts a cable TV talk show, he is not a regular in media columns or interviews.

Hall told me several things about this bill. He said it was Campfi eld’s bill and not really his.

When I pointed out that he took ownership of it when he introduced it, he then assured me it was un-likely to pass and he would not move it until Campfi eld passed it in the Senate.

When I then asked why he would introduce a bill which he was so lukewarm on and did not feel would pass, he said he had lots of questions about the trans-fer of state land to the city.

I pointed out that selling the property does not secure answers to his questions and, if sold, guarantees the state has no interest in the property once it is in private hands. He acknowledged that would be true.

I also asked why he had not contacted the appropri-ate state offi cials like Larry Martin if he had questions about the property trans-fer. He seemed not to have

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Hard to fi gure Steve Hall’s Lakeshore bill

realized that Martin was a key player in the talks about this, and it has been covered in the Knoxville media.

After the conversation concluded, I wondered how closely this legislator thinks through proposals he is sponsoring.

Does he realize how up-setting this is to thousands of Knox Countians who use Lakeshore (many of whom are his constituents)?

The good news is that the proposal really is going nowhere.

Gov. Bill Haslam is op-posed.

Sen. Massey, a widely respected senator, opposes the legislation and favors an enhanced Lakeshore Park. She points out the large number of citizens who use the park regularly and how many more will use it when the park is enlarged.

It is unfortunate that legislation like this would be introduced without citizens who live in the area being consulted. The mayor was ignored. City Coun-cil was ignored. Adjacent neighborhoods were ignored. Knox Youth Sports was ignored. The Governor (whose Knox-ville home is less than one mile away) was ignored. While the attention may continue to focus on Camp-fi eld, Hall merits attention too as he wades into water which may be over his head.

■ Former U.S. Am-bassador to Egypt Mar-garet Scobey has moved to Loudon County and is building a home in Farragut to which she hopes to move this summer. Scobey is a graduate of the University of Tennessee and was also ambassador to Syria.

■ Patrons of the John T O’Connor pancake break-fast last Tuesday morning saw Mayor Burchett and Mayor Rogero dancing briefl y to the music of the occasion. It showed a new development in city-county relations.

■ A city-sponsored meeting to discuss how to assist South Knoxville mer-chants will be held at 9:30 p.m. Monday, March 4, at Ijams Nature Center. Vice Mayor Pavlis is pulling it to-gether. Public is invited.

Betty Bean

Jeff Ownby

Billboard vote tests Ownby

Knox County Ethics Code, Section 2:“Disclosure of personal interest in voting matters.

An elected offi cial or employee of Knox County with

responsibility to vote on a measure shall disclose during

the meeting at which the vote takes place, before any

discussion or vote on the measure and so it appears in

the Minutes, any personal interest that aff ects or that

would lead a reasonable person to infer that it aff ects the

offi cial’s vote on the measure.

“In addition, said elected offi cial or employee shall

recuse him/herself from the discussion and/or vote on

the matter.

“This provision shall not be applicable to voting

on measures for reapportionment of districts or other

measures that aff ect all members of the Knox County

Commission. ‘Personal Interest’ means, for the purpose

of disclosure of personal interest in accordance with this

policy, a fi nancial interest of the offi cial or employee, or

a fi nancial interest of the offi cial’s or employee’s spouse

or child living in the same household, in the matter to be

voted upon, regulated, supervised, or otherwise acted

upon in an offi ci al capacity.”

ter the 4th District com-missioner was arrested on Sharp’s Ridge last May. The case is still pending, and those on the other side of the billboard issue wonder how Ownby, who lost his job after the arrest, can afford to hire one of Knoxville’s highest profi le attorneys to represent him.

Chief Deputy Law Di-rector David Buuck says Ownby could likely cure any potential problem by disclosing his relationship with Isaacs prior to any vote (Buuck is speaking hypo-thetically, and not opining on whether Ownby in fact has a problem).

“If anyone has a problem with this, the proper proce-dure is to send it to the eth-ics committee with a signed, sworn ethics complaint,” Buuck said.

Isaacs said he can’t com-

ment on the Ownby case be-cause it’s still pending, but he doesn’t mind comment-ing on the question, which he called nonsensical and vitriolic.

“The fact that I repre-sent Commissioner Ownby

has been on the front page of newspapers and televi-sion media and had nothing to do with that, or matters pending before commis-sion. Unfortunately these people continue to attack commissioners with whom they disagree. It wouldn’t surprise me if they wanted to investigate my dogs.”

John Duncan

Late start makes (less

than) happy campers

School board members Karen Carson and Gloria Deathridge

look over a report while waiting for county commissioners. Photo by S. Clark

Karen Carson is practical.When county commis-

sioners were late for a joint meeting set for 4 p.m. I asked Carson, who chairs the school board, how long she would wait.

“If they had asked for the meeting, 10 minutes,” she said. “Since I’ve been begging for this meeting for months, probably a long time.”

At 4:49 the commission-ers drifted in. The full com-mission had been debating billboards (for what seems like the 100th time) in a non-voting workshop. Now three members, all male, walked into the small as-sembly room.

Was it coincidence that the three school board members were all women?

Carson, Gloria Death-ridge and Lynne Fugate rep-resented the schools, while Dave Wright, Mike Ham-mond and Sam McKenzie represented the commis-sion. Commissioner Amy Broyles was absent, as was school board member Doug Harris.

“We want to get to know each other and develop some ground rules for com-municating,” said Carson.

“I’d like to spend this time answering your ques-tions rather than have our conversations in the paper,” chimed in Fugate.

Mike Hammond, as com-mission chair, had reached out to the school board. That’s not so much the case with the current chair, Tony Norman, a former teacher.

Hammond said a joint re-treat was helpful, but “we’ve taken a few steps back.”

Wright said, “The things that elude us revolve around dollars.” He proceeded to say the Sheriff’s Offi ce and Health Department could be “jealous” if the school board and commission es-tablish close interaction.

“We’ve got Budget 101,” said Carson. “We know oth-ers want (budget) dollars.”

Wright soldiered on: “Dr. McIntyre doesn’t have to sell me anything. It’s the community buy-in that makes the big things hap-pen (in funding).”

Meanwhile, out in the audience, a young KNS re-porter was drifting about, looking for quotes about a Chamber poll that showed just that - community buy-in for increased funding for education.

Last year, the school board proposed a budget that found no one on com-mission willing to make a motion for. But the schools got $7 million in new money and Carson calls that “posi-tive.”

Meanwhile, Tim Bur-chett has a fi nger poised on his Robo-call machine.


Tom Dillard fl ashes a slightly embarrassed grin upon hearing that a lot of his peers con-sider him the gold stan-dard by which other lawyers are measured.

“I hope that doesn’t mean that gold is los-ing its value,” he said. “At a certain age, if you don’t get disbarred or prosecuted, people do give you some respect. But I sure appreciate that, and I’ve been very fortunate.”

A picture of Bob Ritchie, his late part-ner (and another gold standard attorney), sits on the sideboard next to Dillard’s desk along with pictures of Dillard’s wife and late parents. Ritchie was a couple of years ahead of him at the University of Tennessee College of Law, and as young lawyers they worked for law fi rms housed in the Hamilton Bank build-ing.

When Dillard became an assistant U.S. Attorney, he found himself on the opposite side of cases from Ritchie, whom he describes as “a superb lawyer; always a gentleman and prepared to the nth degree.”

But that’s getting ahead of the story, which begins in Alabama, where he was born to Gladys and Bill Dil-lard nine days before Pearl Harbor. He was the fi rst of three children, and the family bounced around the country – primarily in the Southeastern United States – during the war years after his father joined the Navy.

The Dillards moved to Fountain City in 1950, and Bill went into the produce brokerage business. Tom attended Smithwood Ele-mentary School and Central High and grew to be 6-3, which meant he was one of the two tallest players on the Bobcat basketball team. He went on to UT for col-lege and law school, and has a picture of himself and his sister, Susan, when he got his undergraduate degree.

“I was 21, in my cap and gown, and she was fi ve,” he said. “She graduated from kindergarten when I gradu-ated from college.”

Today, little sister is Su-san Espiritu, the much-hon-ored principal of Pond Gap Elementary School whose most recent honor is a Na-tional Association of El-ementary School Principal’s award. Dillard is very proud of her accomplishments.

“She does an incredible job,” he said. “Very dedi-cated and does great work. I’ve got two Susans I’m very proud of.”

Just the facts ■ Graduated from the UT

College of Law, 1964.

■ Served 9 years as assistant

U.S. Attorney for the

Eastern District of Tennes-

see, and from 1976-78 was

the district’s fi rst full-time

federal magistrate.

■ Appointed U.S. Attorney

for the Northern District of

Florida by President Ronald

Reagan, 1983.

■ Returned to Knoxville In

1987 to join the fi rm of

Ritchie, Fels & Dillard, today

called Ritchie, Dillard,

Davies & Johnson.

■ Certifi ed as a criminal trial

specialist by the National

Board of Trial Advocacy

and the Tennessee Com-

mission on Continuing

Legal Education

■ Named a Fellow of the

American College of Trial

Lawyers and the Tennes-

see Bar Foundation and

is a Master of the Bench

of the Hamilton Burnett

American Inn of Court.

■ Has served on the board

of directors of the Helen

Ross McNabb Center, the

Tennessee Association

of Criminal Defense

Lawyers, the Knoxville Bar

Association, the Knoxville

Bar Foundation, and the

Federal Defender Services

of Eastern Tennessee.

■ Is the founding president

of the Knoxville Defense

Lawyers Association.

■ Was appointed to the

Mayor’s Commission on

Police, the Tennessee Bar

Association’s Committee

on Professional Standards

and the Advisory Commis-

sion to the Supreme Court

on Rules of Practice and

Procedure.

■ Elected to the Leadership

Knoxville Class of 1998.

■ Awarded, in 2002, the

Knoxville Bar Associa-

tion’s highest honor – the

Governor’s Award – for

professional achievement

and community involve-

ment.

■ Received the Knoxville Bar

Association’s Law Through

Liberty Award in 2008.

■ Received the 2012 Joseph

B. Jones award for lifetime

achievement from the

Tennessee Association of

Criminal Defense Lawyers.

■ Has instructed at the

National Institute for Trial

Advocacy, was an adjunct

professor of trial practice at

the University of Tennes-

see College of Law and

has lectured at seminars

for various national, state,

and local bar associations

and other professional

organizations.

■ Achieved the highest rating

awarded by the Martindale

Hubbell Law Directory (AV)

and is listed in Best Lawyers

in America, The National Di-

rectory of Criminal Lawyers,

and Who’s Who in American

Law.

LAW DOGS | Betty Bean

The gold standard:

Tom Dillard

His wife of 38 years is also named Susan, and has a doctorate in retail mer-chandising from Florida State University.

His younger brother John, a United States Ma-rine whose career as a San Diego police offi cer was cut short by a disabling neuro-logical disorder that con-fi ned him to a wheelchair, died two years ago when his apartment building caught fi re and he was unable to escape.

Early years Dillard worked in the U.S.

Attorney’s offi ce in Knox-ville for a total of 14 years with 2 years off to serve as a magistrate. In 1983, Presi-dent Ronald Reagan ap-pointed him U.S. Attorney in the Northern District of Florida, an odd occurrence since he (1) didn’t live there, and (2) is a Democrat.

He had participated in a program that assigned fed-eral prosecutors to inspect other U.S. Attorney’s of-fi ces, and was assigned fi ve offi ces in Alabama, Georgia and Florida. He was warned that the Florida offi ce had problems.

“And sure enough, they had internal problems and it was kind of a mess, so I went down and did inspec-tions for about a week in the Tallahassee and Pensacola offi ces,” he said.

It was there that he met newly-elected U.S. Sen. Paula Hawkins, an Orlando Republican.

“She found out one of her duties would be to recom-mend U.S. Attorneys, and she got the idea that she didn’t want them to be from the area where they’d been practicing, which was kind of novel, to say the least,” Dillard said.

One evening at a social event, Hawkins asked Dil-lard for his observations about the U.S. Attorney’s offi ces, and some weeks

later, he got a call from her offi ce asking if he would consent to be considered for the ap-pointment.

“This was a new concept to me, and I said ‘Sure!’ And lo and behold, I get a call a month or so later that she’d done the vetting of all the people con-sidered and she offered me the job. I had been to Tallahassee one time. … But it was a terrifi c experience and I really enjoyed it.”

He warned Hawkins that, despite having been a precinct chair for Barry Goldwater

shortly after law school, he was a Democrat.

“She just said, ‘Don’t em-barrass me.’”

Dillard held the offi ce from mid-February, 1983 until the last day of 1986.

Why did he leave?“Bob Ritchie,” he said.

Back home“You know going in that

it’s not a permanent job, and here I am an East Tennes-sean down there in Florida, and at some point I know I’m going to have to go back. Bob had come down twice, and the reason he gave me was he had a client in the federal institution in Talla-hassee …

“The next time he came down, he told me, ‘We need some help in my offi ce, and you need to come back and work with Charles (Fels) and me.’ I thought about it a very short period of time, and said ‘Yeah, you bet.’” (Charles Fels has since left the fi rm to become an Epis-copal priest, now at the Church of the Good Shep-herd.)

Ritchie, Fels & Dillard came together Jan. 1, 1987, and soon became the pre-mier criminal defense fi rm in Knoxville. Ritchie bought and remodeled a building on Main St. and moved the offi ce there in 1988. Dillard specializes in white-collar crime, but has handled a wide range of cases, includ-ing capital murder trials.

He has been a member of the Tennessee Bar Asso-ciation’s Professional Stan-dards Committee since 1995 and says the Rules of Pro-fessional Conduct bar him from saying much about past clients, but he was will-ing to talk about one of his most diffi cult cases – that of George Thomas, one of the defendants in the Chris-tian-Newsom murder trial.

Tough caseWhy did he get involved

in a case whose details are

so unimaginably gruesome that the defense attorneys became targets of public outrage?

“I’ve asked myself that,” he said, only half-joking.

“The rules of professional conduct don’t address this per se, but part of the re-sponsibility of being a law-yer is promoting and pre-serving the right to counsel, the right to due process and other related rights that we all have.

“If you’re a civil lawyer you can do pro bono work and get all kinds of acco-lades, but if you’re a crimi-nal lawyer, it’s part of your responsibility, profession-ally and morally, to not turn your back on people because of public sentiment.”

The pool of local lawyers qualifi ed to represent cli-ents facing the death pen-alty is very small, so when four people were charged with carjacking and mur-dering Channon Christian and Chris Newsom, Dillard wasn’t surprised when his phone rang.

“None of us was look-ing for that appointment,” he said. “I remember get-ting the call I was hoping I wouldn’t get from Judge (Richard) Baumgartner’s offi ce, and both profes-sionally and morally, there wasn’t any way of saying ‘No, I can’t do it, Judge.’”

Death penalty defen-dants get two attorneys, so he enlisted one of his part-ners, Stephen Johnson, as co-counsel because they’d tried a previous death pen-alty case together.

The Thomas case has been dragging on for years, and may be retried this spring.

Payment rates for ap-pointed work have not changed since 1994 – the lead counsel in death pen-alty cases gets $100 an hour for in-court appearances and $75 for out-of-court work; co-counsel gets $80 and $60 – a fraction of the fees normally commanded by elite law fi rms (and not

nearly enough to compen-sate for at least 800 attor-ney and staff hours.)

“At one point, I thought about fi guring that up, but then thought, ‘No thanks; I’ll be in a blue funk for years to come,’” he said.

He tries not to think about the vilifi cation of the defense attorneys in this case, but it clearly troubles him, particularly “the nameless, faceless and sometimes completely cra-zy” critics on Internet blogs and message boards.

He says he and Johnson haven’t had as much of that

as attorneys David Eldridge and Doug Trant, who repre-sent the alleged ringleader of the murder plot.

“Believe me, they did not pick their client,” he said. “But I admire them.

“Both the federal consti-tution and the state consti-tution specifi cally state than an individual has the right to effective counsel. We’re just doing our job.”

Meanwhile, Dillard says his wife has begun to ask him about retirement, and he thinks about it some. But mostly, he stays busy – just doing his job.

On his offi ce wall, the young Tom Dillard with his friend, former U.S. Sen. Paula Hawkins.

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It’s still early, but how would you like to be an NFL scout assigned to evaluate Tyler Bray?

Premature speculation from self-appointed ex-perts has him going every-where in the April 25 draft, late first round, mid-sec-ond, fifth — Jon Gruden will know.

Indeed, several pros are asking questions and taking notes: Great arm. Bold, gun-slinger mentality. Immature behavior at times. Potential exceeds production.

High-octane emotions with tendency to go up or down with the team.

Expectations? He was on the Heisman checklist and a Maxwell Award possibility.

Sorry about that.Immaturity? Don’t let

the f lamboyant tattoo, beer-bottle barrage and jet ski incident trouble you too much. Yelling back at

Tyler Bray may confuse NFL

coaches bothered me.Among the positives,

please print ARM in large letters. Such a tool is rare.

Twenty-four career starts, 59 percent comple-tions, 7,444 yards with favorable touchdown-to-interception ratio, 69 to 28. OK, the weak sisters of the poor puffed up those stats. Memphis, Montana, Buffa-lo, Georgia State, Akron and Troy contributed 25 TDs.

The pros will study hours of Tyler tape and wonder how he could rif le a 30-yard strike between a trailing corner and con-

verging safety, hitting Jus-tin Hunter in full stride —and then bounce a pass to the left f lat.

They will notice his 13-11 won-lost record and the ugly 5-9 against South-eastern Conference foes and conclude that he never won a truly meaningful game. Surely they won’t blame Bray for all that mess. Derek Dooley hired Sal Sunseri.

Best games? Cincin-nati 2011, four touchdown passes, 405 yards, winning pitcher in a 22-point romp. South Carolina 2012, four scores, 368 yards but not enough to win.

Worst performances? Five-of-30 fl op in that windy Orange and White game and the miserable 2011 fi nale at Kentucky. No way to tell if he really cared.

The scouting report will list Bray’s trim 6-6 phy-

Something singsCross

Currents

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Then he took a loaf of bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” And he did the same with the cup after supper, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.”

(Luke 22: 19-20 NRSV)

You ask of us fair linen, and that our hands would tremble just a little as we setthe table for the Holy Mysteries. …So in the silence of the love that springsWhere least expected but where most desired,We touch with trembling hands the holy things;And all of life is grace, and something sings.

(“Means of Grace,” by Jennifer L. Woodruff)

I grew up in a tradition that passed the communion plates through the pews. The wafers were tiny pillows

of tasteless crunch, and the grape juice came in minia-ture glass cups. It was years before I learned about fair

News from SOSsique and limited mobility and wonder about survival and longevity. Will wicked blitzers slam him in the mid-dle and break him in half? Didn’t happen in the SEC.

The report might say Bray didn’t take many big hits. There were reasons. He was coached to stay well and avoid sacks. Of-fensive linemen dedicated life and limb to protecting the quarterback.

The pros have heard that Bray senses pressure before there is any. He gen-erally unloaded at the first hint of danger.

Long, long ago, Dewey Warren won some Tennessee games and a lot of respect by hanging tough in the pocket. The Swamp Rat would defy the rush, keep looking for re-ceivers and fi nally fi re a fast-ball just as a helmet struck him under the chin.

Bray? Not so much.Two NFL observers dis-

cussing Bray last Novem-ber supposedly started with throwing velocity, then “heavy feet” that were

slow to reset when he had to move. They said accu-racy was better than judg-ment. One had seen Tyler as a freshman and was not particularly kind to offensive coordinator Jim Chancy on the subject of fundamental development.

Still locks onto receiv-ers too often. Lead shoul-der still f lies open when he gets in a hurry. Drops his eyes quickly when try-ing to elude pressure. Poor handler of the football.

They had heard of Dool-ey’s threat to bench Bray if he didn’t take better care of the ball.

I concede Tyler Bray is not Andrew Luck or Rob-ert Griffin III. He is a more typical QB prospect with f laws. But to me, just an old sportswriter, most shortcomings appear cor-rectible. NFL coaches, with time and patience, can do that.

Only God can make a man 6-6 and bless him with a cannon. Marvin West invites reader reaction.

His address is [email protected]

linen and a loaf and chalice.I have received the sac-

raments in various places: around a campfi re, in a cathe-dral, in a hospital room, in a church fellowship hall. I have had the privilege of assisting at the table, and of helping to serve the congregation.

I have been served chal-lah and wine, dinner rolls and Welch’s grape juice, and sandwich bread and Coke.

But no matter the setting, no matter the elements, no matter which side of the com-

munion rail I am on, I am always moved and touched by the mystery I hold in my hands.

In the understanding of my head and heart, the ele-ments themselves are not the point. The point is that these elements we can see and touch and smell and taste show us a great unfathom-able mystery: that God loves us, draws near to us, feeds us, and communes with us. God, in the person of Jesus, gave his body and blood for us; in the moment of receiving the elements of communion, God once again gives us the body and the blood of Christ, to our salvation.

No matter what your un-derstanding of the sacrament may be, it is God’s gift to us, God’s feeding us like a baby,

God’s nurturing us in love.Wars have been fought

over these understandings. Churches and families and nations have been torn asun-der because they could not agree on what the sacrament is or what it means. Kings have been deposed, dynas-ties have fallen, countless books have been written, denominations have come into being because folks dis-agreed on these matters.

Like any parent who wants peace at the table, God grieves when we fi ght over the feast. But when we turn our atten-tion to Christ and his love for us, poured out in these ele-ments, then we are family—God’s family. We are fed, we are blessed, we are loved.

“And all of life is grace, and something sings.”

This afternoon (Feb. 25) at

2 p.m., County Commission

will consider a resolution that

supports the election of school

superintendents. Please attend

that meeting if you can, and by

all means, let them know you

oppose such a move. Commis-

sioners can be contacted by

email at commission@knox-

county.org. Citizen input is cru-

cial at this time.

LET’S KEEP AN APPOINTED SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT

For two decades, local

school boards across Tennes-

see have appointed school su-

perintendents. The Tennessee

Improvement Act of 1992 stat-

ed that local school superinten-

dents “should be accountable

to a local board of education

which is elected by the public,”

and hired based upon “profes-

sional qualifi cations and skills,

not on political savvy.” Hiring

superintendents allows for “a

larger pool of qualifi ed appli-

cants” and better ensures that

a local school board can hold a

superintendent “accountable”

for his/her actions.

The law off ers other reasons

to appoint the most important

leader in our schools:

* Continuity of leadership

versus the potential for change

every four years;

* Incentives for the local

school chief and elected Board

of Education to cooperate;

* Strong enforcement of

goals and standards;

* Avoidance of political pa-

tronage, or its appearance, in

the school system.

Some commissioners have

spoken in support of Tennes-

see SB 916 and HB 741 which

would permit a local option

for electing school superinten-

dents “upon two-thirds vote of

county or city governing body

and approval in an election on

the question by the voters.”

Support Our Schools strong-

ly urges commissioners to op-

pose this legislation which, in

the past, was associated with

political cronyism and patron-

age.

The concern about school

security provides a good exam-

ple of the effi cient and eff ective

way an appointed superinten-

dent works in tandem with

elected offi cials, the School

Board and County Commission.


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Food banks ■ Graveston Baptist Church,

8319 Clapps Chapel Road, is giving away a half-trailer

load of free food to families

in need, first come, first

served, 8 a.m. to noon

Saturday, March 2. Info:

686-0186.

■ Cross Roads Presbyterian

hosts the Halls Welfare

Ministry food pantry 6-8

p.m. each second Tuesday

and 9-11 a.m. each fourth

Saturday. Info: 922-9412.

■ Knoxville Free Food Market, 4625 Mill Branch

Lane, distributes free food

10 a.m.-1 p.m. each third

Saturday. Info: 566-1265.

■ New Hope Baptist Church Food Pantry distributes

food boxes 5-6:30 p.m.

each third Thursday. Info:

688-5330.

■ Bookwalter UMC offers

One Harvest Food Ministries

to the community. Info and

menu: http://bookwalter-

umc.org/oneharvest/index.

html or 689-3349, 9 a.m.-

noon. weekdays.

■ Glenwood Baptist Church of Powell, 7212 Central Ave.

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teacher Jennie Messer and Noah Fletcher. Photo by Cindy Taylor

By Cindy TaylorA new division is up and

running at Beaver Dam Child Care Center. Two-year-olds have been accept-ed into the program, and the new class members were all smiles when we visited.

Michelle Johnson, who came highly recommend and is trained in profes-sional child care, took over the director’s position at the center in 2010 when 40-year veteran director Ruby Floyd retired.

“We have been getting calls requesting two-year-old care since I started here,” said Johnson. “Once you turn them away, they get established in other day cares and we lose them.”

All three of Johnson’s children have been in the center, so she understood

parents’ desire to have all their children in one place. Johnson said with after-school care, the facil-ity was pretty much out of space. She began tracking the number of calls coming in requesting two-year-old care just to see how much the class was needed. When the economy forced some families to take students out of the afterschool program, space to form a new class became available.

“We had the space and we had the need,” said Johnson. “Now we support a lot of families who have siblings that need care and want them in the same location.”

The new class started with three students and grew quickly to 12. John-son says they will hold at that number for a while due

‘Two’ cute to space constraints and to keep the teachers from get-ting overwhelmed. The state requires two teachers for every seven children, and Johnson said she was very particular in staffi ng the class.

“Through lots of prayer and fellowship around the community our two teach-ers practically fell into my lap.”

Two-year-old class teach-ers Tina Holloway and Jen-nie Messer have 60 years of combined experience in working with toddlers. Twelve students are prob-ably more than enough for now since there is a 10-step diapering process the teach-ers must go through each time the need arises.

There is already a wait-ing list for the two-year-old class. Johnson says many of those enrolled will be promoted this fall and that should open the class for newcomers.

Since 1969, Beaver Dam Child Care Center has en-riched the lives of thou-sands of children. On Val-

entine’s Day the center had a record number of 74 just in the toddler classes. There are currently more than 140

children enrolled with 22 tea chers.Reach Cindy Taylor at News@

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WORSHIP NOTESPike, is opening the John 5

Food Pantry some Fridays

in February from 9:30-11:15

a.m. For appointment: 938-

2611; leave a message and

your call will be returned.

■ Ridgeview Baptist Church

offers a Clothes Closet free

of cost for women, men and

children in the Red Brick

Building, 6125 Lacy Road.

Open to the public 10:30

a.m.-1 p.m. every second

Saturday.

Vendors needed ■ Crafters and vendors are

needed for an upcoming

show at Norwood Baptist

Church,1725 Wilson Road.

Fee is $30 per table Info:

Brenda, 945-1490.

Meetings, classes ■ Knoxville Fellowship

Luncheon meets at noon

each Tuesday at Golden

Corral. Info: www.kfl-

luncheon.com.

■ Glenwood Baptist Church of Powell, 7212 Central

Ave. Pike, hosts “Fit for the

Father,” a program that

promotes body and soul

fitness while serving the

Lord, at 6 p.m. every second

and fourth Thursday. A fee

of $20 covers the class and

the book. Info: 938-2611.

■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753

Oak Ridge Highway, hosts

Wednesday Night Supper at

5:45, followed by a choice

of Adult Bible Study, Prayer

Group or Chancel Choir.

Child care is provided during

class/activity time. For

reservations: 690-1060. Info:

www.beaverridgeumc.org.

■ Gospel singing 3:30-5:30

p.m. every Saturday at the

Bargain Shopper Mini-Mall,

5713 Clinton Highway.

Local groups featured; free

admission. Info: Warren

Biddle, 945-3757, or D.C.

Hale, 688-7399.

Special services ■ St. James Episcopal

Church, 1101 N. Broadway,

Knoxville, offers Morning

Prayer at 8 a.m. Monday

through Friday, through

March 29. Evening Prayer

is offered at 5:30 p.m.

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday

and Friday, through March

29. Info: 523-5687 or www.

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Sweethearts of the LionsBy Cindy Taylor

The Fountain City Li-ons Club members invited their sweethearts to the annual Valentine’s Night last Monday. Some 15 cou-ples enjoyed dinner and a show at the Lions building in Fountain City Park.

Lon and Shirley McNeil, married for 69 years, at-tended the event. Lon Mc-Neil has a fascinating his-tory both with the Lions and at Oak Ridge National Lab. He started the first eye bank in East Tennes-see for the Lions Club and ran the vision program for 52 years until he gave it up last year at the age of 95. McNeil has been a Lion for 57 years.

An engineer by trade, McNeil is retired from ORNL and was involved in projects there such as the Hubble Telescope.

Singer Lynn Bennett brought the entertainment with renditions of Broad-way show tunes, classic and big band music and music of faith. Bennett was accompanied by Paul Ca-ton on the piano. Reach Cindy Taylor at News@

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Lynn Bennett sang the classics accompanied by Paul Caton on

keys. Photos by Cindy Taylor

Sweethearts for 69 years Shirley and Lon McNeilHEALTH NOTES ■ Registration is open for the

“Lucky Kidney” 6K Run/2K

Walk presented by Dialysis

Clinic Inc. to benefi t the East

Tennessee Kidney Founda-

tion. The event will begin 9

a.m. Saturday, March 23, at

Krutch Park Extension. Ad-

vance run/walk registration

is $26. Advance registrations

must be received online at

http://www.etkidney.org or

via postal mail by Monday,

March 17. On-site registration

is $30 and begins at 7 a.m. In-

dividuals or groups interested

in volunteering may contact

ETKF executive director

Katie Caldwell at 288-7351 or

[email protected].

■ UT Hospice Adult Grief Sup-port Group meets 5-6:30 p.m.

each fi rst and third Tuesday in

the UT Hospice offi ce at 2270

Sutherland Ave. A light supper

is served. Info or reservation:

Brenda Fletcher, 544-6279.

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Reflecting artBy Cindy Taylor

The Fountain City Art Center boasted their larg-est showing of creative art for 2013 at the “Refl ection” show Feb. 15.

More than 50 artists en-tered 79 works in both 2-D and 3-D media. The entries demonstrated each artist’s personal interpretation of the theme. Independent judges were Rikki Taylor and Judy Jorden.

“Open shows such as this one gather works at all lev-els without initial judgment or rejection,” said Taylor.

“Inclusion here provides perspective and continued growth for the artist.”

“Both of our judges thought this show was fi lled with energy and creativity,” said center director Sylvia Williams.

Outstanding student ex-hibits from the Powell area were on display in the youth section but were not a part of the “Refl ection” show.

“Refl ection” pieces and student art will remain on display at the center through March 28.Reach Cindy Taylor at News@Shopper-

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Gary Dagnan’s 2nd-place work “Fishing from the Rocks”

Jann Bohnenberger won

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color “Nandinas Among

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Holland Rowe won an honorable mention for his photography

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Connie Cliff won an honorable mention for her watercolor

“Airplane Gas Station.”

Honorable mentions,

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Copper Ridge Elementary student Michael Cantrell and other

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Adrian Burnett ■ Hoopalooza will be held 7 p.m.

Friday, March 1, in the gym at

Halls High School. Adrian Burnett

teachers against WBIR Channel

10 Heartbreakers. Admission is

$3 ($2 children). All concessions

including pizza, nachos, chips

and drinks will be $1.

First Lutheran School

■ A booth will be set up at the

Women Today Expo noon-5

p.m. Sunday, March 3, for

interested parties to learn about

the school’s summer camp

“God’s Enchanting Kingdom”

to be held May 28. Info: www.

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Caden Williams and his grandmother Teri Williams pick out

books to purchase during the book fair.

Great day to be a grandparent

Three generations

enjoyed lunch together

at Brickey-McCloud last

week. Anne and Mark

Atchley are the great-

grandparents to Landon

Cox, and Charlotte Cox is

his grandmother.

Following lunch, grandparents were invited to tour the school

book fair in the library. Keighton May enjoys listening to a story

read by her grandmother Gina Axley.

Prechia Wayland, Kade Wayland and Bonnie Mitchell enjoy lunch and also celebrate Kade’s birthday.

Larene Warwick visits

with her granddaughter

Lillian Smith.

Brickey-McCloud Elementary hosted Grandparents Day last

week and grandparents packed the cafeteria to show love

and support to some special students. Kindergarten stu-

dent Summer Jones enjoys lunch with Jimmie Mathews, also

known as Mamaw to Kara Israel’s class. Mathews, who is Is-

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Halls Middle School science teacher Andrea Souza critiques a project for Olivia Bell prior to the school science fair. Photo by Ruth White

By Jake MabeAndrea Souza calls herself an

“accidental” science teacher. She earned a bachelor’s degree

from UT in language arts and even-tually taught the subject for three years at Bearden Middle School.

Just before becoming pregnant with her first child, she’d almost completed a degree in geology. She and her husband, Peter, raised four boys. After the youngest entered pre-K, Andrea decided to return to UT to earn a master’s degree in K-8 education.

She started teaching sci-ence after coming to Halls Middle from Bearden a little more than two years ago.

“And I love it,” she says. Souza is one of 18 Tennessee

science teachers selected for the National Science Teachers Associ-ation’s New Science Teacher Acad-emy fellowship program, designed for educators who have been teach-ing science for three years or less.

According to a press release, the year-long professional develop-ment program is designed “to help promote science teaching, enhance teacher confidence and classroom excellence, and improve teacher content knowledge.”

Several companies co-sponsor the fellowship. Souza is sponsored by Dow Chemical.

“For almost the entire school year, mentors work with mentees to do two or three explorations and

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progress indi-cator. Seasoned teachers help us

beef up our lesson plans and help us dig deeper. We can do a

webcam observation if we choose to and attend the national confer-ence in San Antonio in April, at which you get to take certain class-es and have opportunities for a few other ancillary events.”

Souza says making the transi-tion from language arts to science wasn’t too difficult, but required

intense preparation. “It was a little uncomfortable at

first just because I had to relearn everything. I spent the whole sum-mer studying the curriculum.”

Souza, who teaches honors sci-ence at Halls Middle, also spon-sors Odyssey of the Mind, a prob-lem-solving club that meets after school.

“It applies music, writing and engineering to the scientific meth-od,” Souza says, in an effort to help students improve analytical and critical thinking skills.

Right now, the group meets on Thursday afternoons and is work-ing to solve two problems involving robotics and engineering.

“They are fun problems, not the typical ‘read a problem in a book and answer it.’ It’s more ‘color out-side the lines,’ and that’s the type of thinking where we make our gains.”

She says one challenge about teaching science is not having enough resources, such as ade-quate lab space and equipment.

“But there’s also confusion

about what exactly science literacy is,” she says. “Some hear ‘literacy’ and think that just means to be able to read and comprehend, but there’s also a scientific cultural literacy. So the struggle between reading and application is the big-gest challenge.”

When interviewed for this story, Souza was busy preparing for her first science fair at the school.

“It was stressful getting it or-ganized, but what the kids get out of it is priceless. Teaching honors kids, I was asked to increase the rigor and challenge them more, and I thought holding a science fair was one way to do more of that.”

Souza says providence played a role in her path toward education. Both her paternal grandparents were teachers, and her grandmoth-er told Andrea when she was 14 that she was going to be a teacher.

“And I said, ‘But I don’t even like kids!’ And, no matter how often I turned my head away from it, it was kind of like being at a cross-roads, and the obvious choice was the one that led to education.”

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Pictured are Shriners Ferman Bumgarner and Wayne Bell; Knox County fi re prevention special-

ist Colin Cumesty; Shriner Don Nicholson; Karns Volunteer Fire Department chief Ken Marston;

Shriner Charlie Claussen; Rural/Metro fi re chief Jerry Harnish; Mayor Tim Burchett; Kerbela Shri-

ners Potentate Bill Gentry, and Seymour Volunteer Fire Department chief Jim Reagan.

Rural/Metro is providing parents and children with the information to avoid these injuries.

■ Supervise your child at all

times. Most scalds occur from

daily activities, such as cooking

and bathing.

■ When cooking on a stovetop,

keep handles of pots and pans

pointed inward to make it

harder for little ones to grasp.

Make sure the stove burners

are turned off immediately

when not in use.

■ Follow instructions on how

to heat your meal properly,

especially when cooking it

in the microwave. Check the

temperature of your child’s

food fi rst and allow additional

time to cool if necessary.

■ When bathing your son or

daughter, pay attention to the

temperature of the bath water

and place the child in the tub

facing away from the faucet

as far back as possible. 100 de-

grees Fahrenheit is considered

safe. At 130 degrees Fahren-

heit, a child under 5 can receive

third-degree burns in about 15

seconds. A basic rule of thumb

is: if it feels hot to you, it’s too

hot for them.

■ To prevent scalds from running

water, adjust the temperature

of your water heater to around

120 degrees Fahrenheit.

Burns most often oc-cur in the kitchen, but you should also be aware of other potential hazards around the house, such as gasoline stored in the garage. Gas, along with other dangerous and fl ammable materials, should be stored out of reach and out of sight of children.

In the unfortunate event that a serious burn or scald occurs, seek immediate med-ical attention. You can learn more about preventing and treating scalds and burns at www.burnawareness.org/.

By Ruth WhiteCan you imagine going

through part of your life not being able to walk steadily, see fully or hear properly?

I recently participated in a virtual Alzheimer’s tour at the Halls Senior Center, and for a control freak like my-self, I felt like a complete fail-ure when the experiment was complete.

Participants had their hearing, vision and hands al-tered to mimic those patients with Alzheimer’s and then were asked to perform tasks within a certain amount of time. I believe that I correctly performed one task and it wasn’t because I remem-bered what I was told but because I guessed. When the tour was fi nished I was more than frustrated because I am task-oriented.

I gained some insight as to what Alzheimer’s patients ex-perience daily, and the tour

Billie Ross gets ready to take the virtual Alzheimer’s tour

with assistance from Alzheimer’s TN employee Bobby

Fields. Photo by Ruth White

By Cindy TaylorLong before the show Duck

Dynasty had the country’s at-tention, a young man in Union County knew the value of a well-made predator call.

Josh Jones made his fi rst owl hooter at age 13 using a gourd and a piece of a cane pole.

“I always thought that if you needed something you could make it,” said Jones. “When I was a boy I fi gured out that when an owl hoots a turkey gobbles, so I decided to make my own hooter.”

Jones has turkey calls made from slate, glass or acrylic and other calls handcrafted from a variety of wood. He uses a lathe to turn the pieces, and then sometimes laminates on thin strips of color to make the call unique. Years of woodworking and tons of research enabled Jones to become an expert at his

craft. Each call is one-of-a-kind in color and design. But it isn’t just about the art.

Every call has a defi nitive scrape, grunt or scream and none is exactly music to hu-man ears.

“People love to come in here and make noise with the calls,” said Union County Arts Center direc-tor Susan Boone. The center carries a large inventory of Jones’ items. “Some days it can get to be a little much.”

One predator call sounds like a dying rabbit. The deer call sounds like a frog, and listening to the turkey call for very long would surely render a human tone-deaf. But Jones has found hi s market among hunters.

“Turkey hunting is just around the corner, so turkey calls are my biggest seller right now,” said Jones.

Jones has been into wood-working since he was a teen

Josh Jones holds two

of his handmade calls.Just a few of Jones’ calls, including a pink one made for his

wife. Photos by Cindy Taylor

Predatory percussion

By Ruth White

Dealing with dementia

was extremely helpful for individuals who care for pa-tients with dementia.

One participant went through the tour because she cares for her husband, while another cares for his mother. Both felt that know-ing more of what their loved ones experience would help

them provide better care and support.

Alzheimer’s Tennessee of-fers many workshops to help caregivers and family mem-bers. The next workshop will be Tuesday, March 12, a t Concord United Methodist Church. Info: 544-6288 or www.alztennessee.org.

and decided last Christ-mas that he wanted to give members of his fam-ily handmade items. He found a place to buy the guts for the calls, made the pieces, gave them as gifts and suddenly couldn’t keep them on hand.

Jones uses all local wood to fi nish his pieces. Most are functional, but he makes some beauti-ful calls that he says are mostly for looks. He even made a pink deer grunt for his wife for Valentine’s Day.

Deer, turkey, predator, raccoon, duck, squirrel, crow and owl – the list of animals that respond to Jones’ calls goes on and on. But that’s not all. Jones can also turn beautiful, functional and unique wooden bowls on his lathe.

Duck Dynasty, eat your heart out.Reach Cindy Taylor at News@Shopper

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By Paul S. Dudrick, MD, FACS,

Premier Surgical Associates

Melanoma, the most deadly form of skin cancer, has increased in frequency at epidemic rates in the past 20 years. We now know that avoiding sunlight and tan-ning beds is an important step in preventing the disease, but for many baby boomers the damage was done long ago.

That’s where early detection comes in. If detected at Stage I, its earliest stage, the fi ve-year sur-vival rate for melanoma is 97 percent. If the dis-ease progresses to its most advanced stage, Stage IV, the fi ve-year survival rate drops to 15-20 percent. So, what’s the best way to fi nd mela-noma at its earliest stage, when the

prognosis is most favorable?A recent study found that

physician-based screening leads to higher rates of physi-cian-detected melanoma and detection of thinner melano-ma. The Memorial Sloan-Ket-tering Cancer Center, where I completed my fellowship in surgical oncology, conducted a 10-year study of 394 patients diagnosed with 527 cutane-ous (skin) melanomas and cat-egorized the patients as either

new or established.Over the course

of the study, phy-sicians detected 63 percent of melanomas in

new patients and 82 patients of melanomas in established patients, while patients self-

Increase Your Odds of Surviving Melanoma with Physician ScreeningsNEWS FROM PREMIER SURGICAL

“Patients and physicians need to work together so that melanomas can be detected and treated as early as possible.” –Dr. Paul Dudrick, Surgical Oncologist

detected only 18 percent of all melanomas. The study authors concluded that a combined strategy of physician detection and patient participation must continue to be used to ensure early melanoma diagnosis.

The article is in line with pri-or recommendations and what I’m seeing in my Premier Sur-gical Associates practice. My recommendation to patients is: stay informed, continue month-ly self exams and bring to your physician’s attention any suspi-cious moles. If your doctor tells you it’s nothing but you still fi ll uneasy about it, seek a second opinion. I often see patients who say, “The doctor didn’t think it would be anything, but it turned out to be a melanoma.”

To physicians, I say: Know the

risk factors and include a skin cancer screening as part of an annual visit. Pay particular at-tention to patients with fair skin, red hair and freckles because they are most likely to have mela-nomas, but all patients need to be screened. For any skin type, a lesion needs to be looked at if it has been present for any period of time and then changes.

Patients diagnosed with mela-noma should ask two important questions:

Do I need to see a melanoma surgeon?

Is a lymph node biopsy nec-essary?

The bottom line is that patients and physicians need to work to-gether so that melanomas can be detected and treated as early as possible. We can’t prevent cancer, but with proper screenings and early diagnoses we can greatly in-crease the odds of survival.

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By Cindy TaylorBradley Reeves of Tennes-

see Archive of Moving Image and Sound (TA-MIS) ap-pealed to Halls Busi-ness and Professional Association last week for

help in fi nding local fi lm re-cordings from years past.

TAMIS is a nonprofi t or-ganization dedicated to col-lecting, preserving and pro-viding access to the moving image and recorded sound heritage of the region.

Reeves gave a digitized presentation of easily rec-ognizable clips preserved by TAMIS from live television and home movies recorded as far back as the early- to

mid- 1900s. But the com-pany is looking for more.

“We are in danger of los-ing the moving images from our past,” said Reeves. “They are fascinating pieces of our history. Our mission is to fi nd them and preserve them.”

Black and white images of the Blue Circle, Lay’s Packing Company and Cas Walker danced across the screen during Reeves’ presentation, keeping the crowd in stitches.

Reeves said much of the early recordings are already gone, but he hopes to get the word out to anyone who may still have these to call his company at 254-5372.

The Halls BPA meets at noon each third Tuesday at Beaver Brook Country Club. Lunch is $10.Reach Cindy Taylor at news@Shopper-

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Digitizing the past

Knoxville insurance agency

grows with acquisitionThe Insurance Group

LLC, an indepen-dent in-s u r a n c e a g e n c y based in K n o x -ville, will grow by 25 per-cent after

purchasing Associated Insurors Inc.

“We are tremendously excited about this acquisi-tion,” said Josh Witt, chief operating offi cer for The In-surance Group. “It provides the clients of Associated Insurors with access to in-surance markets that previ-ously weren’t available and allows our agency to grow.”

The Insurance Group has made numerous other

acquisitions over the years, including a purchase of First Century Insurance in July 2011 that grew the company by 20 percent. Other past acquisitions include The Copeland Agency, The Wood Agen-cy, Kotsianas Insurance, Lebo-Truesdel Insurance and numerous others.

“It’s very exciting to be in a growth mode dur-ing a time when all we hear about is a struggling economy,” Witt said. “We hope we can continue to grow and provide jobs in Knoxville and surround-ing areas.”

Associated Insurors was owned by Bill Wallace. Bill, his son, Alan, and another employee, Beth Bolden, will remain with the Insurance Group.

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By Theresa EdwardsSaving the lives of young

drivers is what StreetSafe is all about, and it is coming to Hardin Valley Academy Sat-urday, March 9, with ses-sions 9 a.m -1:30 p.m. and 2-6 p.m.

“We recommend online registration at www.StreetSafeUs.com,” said Susan Perry of the PTSA. Registra-tion will be available on-site a half hour prior to the ses-sion, subject to space avail-ability.

Perry has two teenage sons. “I think this is a very worthwhile program to put my children through be-cause they need to learn not only how to operate the car safely, but also how to drive defensively,” she said.

“This program makes a difference in saving teens’ lives and the lives of other people they encounter on the roads,” said sponsor Mike Lewis. “State Farm has been behind this pro-gram in North Carolina, and this is the second time

Brothers Christopher and Jonathan Perry learn driving safety. Photos by T. Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com

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it has come to Tennessee.StreetSafe uses hands-

on exercises that are realis-tic, practical presentations offered by law enforcement and fi re personnel.

“They learn skills – that is what saves lives,” Lewis

said. “So the next time someone pulls into their lane, or their car loses trac-tion, maybe they turn the right way instead of the wrong way and avoid a bad accident.” Info” www.StreetSafeUs.com/.

Auction could determine Bernhurst future

By Libby MorganA good-sized chunk

of property right in the middle of the working class neighborhood of Bernhurst Road in Foun-tain City is up for auction on March 2. Its future use could bring the neighbor-hood down, or it could be a key in revitalization.

The area of Bernhurst has historically been a neighborhood of affordable single-family homes with ample yards and lots of chil-dren. It has had a bad repu-

tation with some, but others see it fondly as a close-knit, low-traffi c place where ev-eryone can keep an eye out for the kids.

A single mother resid-ing on the street says there are some “nefarious” char-acters just down the way, though.

In the past decade, many of the houses have been renovated and have become sweet little homes for very little money. Bernhurst is, after all, a place where many Fountain City residents

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Will the property con-tinue to be a derelict center-piece of the neighborhood? Or will it become an asset?


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TUESDAY, FEB. 26E-book Help Session – Tablets and

Smartphones, 6 p.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Info: Reference Department, 215-8700.

Salt(s) of the Earth and Sea cooking class, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Avanti Savoia’s La Cucina, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Space is limited. Info/reservations: www.avantisavoia.com or 922-9916.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 27Bits ‘n Pieces Quilt Guild meeting, Norris

Community Center. Social time, 1 p.m.; meeting, 1:30. Guests and new members welcome. Info: Cyndi Herrmann, 278-7796, or email [email protected].

Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Sharon Lee will speak, 6:30 p.m., Christ United Methodist Church. Meal served prior to program: $6. Info/reservations: 922-1412 or email [email protected].

THURSDAY, FEB. 28The ICARe-Union County meeting, 11:30

a.m., Revival Vision Church, 154 Durham Drive. All are welcome. RSVP for lunch: 406-6930.

Open Door Book Review, 10 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Charles Maynard, former president of the Friends of the Smokies, will discuss his book, “Blue Ridge, Ancient and Majestic: A Celebration of the World’s Oldest Mountains,” co-authored by Jerry Greer.

THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, FEB. 28 AND MARCH 1

Powell Middle School will present “Annie, Jr.,” 7 p.m. Cost: $5 for adults; $3 for students/children. Concessions will be available for purchase. Donations of toiletry items and money will be accepted to benefit Holston United Methodist Home for Children.

FRIDAY, MARCH 1Church Women United will celebrate World

Day of Prayer at Mount Olive Baptist Church, 1601 Dandridge Ave. Coffee, 10 a.m.; program at 10:30. Speaker: the Rev. Melissa Smith from Fountain City UMC. All women welcome.

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, MARCH 1-2Rummage sale, Pleasant Hill Baptist Church,

Pleasant Hill Road off Loyston Road; 10a.m.-4 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday. Info: 687-8751.

Bake Sale and Rummage Sale, Hines Creek Church, 1378 Hines Creek Road off Highway 61 West; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday.

FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, MARCH 1-3Baseball tournament, open to all – Tball and

6U coach pitch, 8U-14U, and middle school varsity and JV – Halls Community Park. Info: 992-5504 or [email protected].

SATURDAY, MARCH 2Free women’s self-defense class, noon,

Overdrive Krav Maga & Fitness, 7631 Clinton Highway. Info: www.overdrivema.com or 362-5562.

The Art of Handmade Books, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., with Bob Meadows, Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 near Norris. Registration deadline Feb. 25. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

Dulcimer lessons from National Mountain Dulcimer champion and folk musician Sarah Morgan, 1-4 p.m., Union County Arts Co-Op, 1009 Main St., Maynardville. Info: 992-9161.

AARP Driver Safety Class, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., American Red Cross, 6921 Middlebrook Pike. Info/ registration: Carolyn Rambo, 584-9964.

Willow Creek Youth Park softball sign-ups for girls ages 3-17, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., 7500 Quarry Road. Info: Alishia Liston, 742-9205, or Dedra Johnson, 323-4421.

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, MARCH 2-3Underglazes and Wax resist for bright

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KnoxPex 2013 annual stamp show, “The 150th anniversary of the Civil War Siege of Knoxville,” 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday at Holiday Inn West, 304 N. Cedar Bluff Road. Admission is free. Info: www.stampclubs.com/knoxville/index.html.

SUNDAY, MARCH 3Gospel Singing with Jeff Treece and the

Sunday Drive Band, 6 p.m., New Beverly Baptist Church. Info: www.newbeverly.org or 546-0001.

MONDAY, MARCH 4Boot Camp for farmers: Learn marketing

and business management to successfully sell your products at farmers markets. UT-sponsored workshop, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Register at least five days ahead with Nancy Austin, 974-7717 or [email protected].

Tennova Health & Fitness Center open house, 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Free Guest Day all day. Free classes, free enrollment, free chair massage, door prizes and more! All guests must have a photo ID. Located at 7540 Dannaher Drive. Info: 859-7900.

TUESDAY, MARCH 5The Young at Heart meeting, 10 a.m., Faith UMC,

1120 Dry Gap Pike. Guest speaker: meteorologist Julya Johnson. Potluck lunch follows the meeting. Info: 688-1000 or email [email protected].

THURSDAY, MARCH 7Tatewood Neighborhood Watch, 7 p.m.,

Fountain City Lions Club building. KPD officer Keith Lyon will speak. All are welcome to attend to learn about the program. Info: [email protected]/.

Introduction to the Alexander Technique, 10:30 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Free, but preregistration is required. Info/preregister: Lilly Sutton, 387-7600 or www.LillySutton.com.

THURSDAY AND SATURDAY, MARCH 7 AND 9

Free Rain Garden Workshops, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Claxton Elementary School in Powell. Lunch provided. Sponsored by the Lower Clinch Watershed Council (LCWC) in partnership with Tennessee Yards & Neighborhoods (TYN). Info/register: 974-9124.

FRIDAY, MARCH 8The World’s Finest Balsamic Vinegars and

Extra Virgin Olive Oils guide tasting, seatings at 6:30 and 7:45 p.m., Avanti Savoia’s La Cucina, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Space is limited. Info/reservations: www.avantisavoia.com or 922-9916.

Youth Prayer Rally, 5 p.m., Union County High School commons, hosted by ICARe – Union County Drug & Alcohol Coalition and Stand in the Gap. Many prizes, dinner, music, skits testimonies and more. All teens invited.

Workhop on communication for people with autism, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m., East Tennessee Technology Access Center, 116 Childress St. John Halloran will present “Putting LAMP to Work: AAC Strategies to Promote Communication.” Open to parents, teachers and Speech Language Pathologists, as well as other therapists and professionals. Preregistration required. To preregister: www.aacandautism.com/trng or 1-866-998-1726. Info/directions: www.ettac.org or 219-0130.

FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, MARCH 8-10Baseball tournament, open to all – Tball and 6U

coach pitch, 8U-14U, and middle school varsity and JV – Halls Community Park. Info: 992-5504 or [email protected].

SATURDAY, MARCH 9Diabetes NOW conference, 8 a.m.-3 p.m.,

Holiday Inn at Worlds Fair Park, hosted by the East Tennessee office of the American Diabetes Association. Tickets are limited, but are free to those who RSVP by March 1 while supplies last. Tickets: 524-7868, ext. 3341.

Union County Historical Society and Museum open house, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Find out who your ancestors are and receive a printout of your family tree.

SUNDAY, MARCH 10The 2013 Annual Used Book Sale, organized

by the Friends of the Knox County Public Library, begins at the Knoxville Convention and Exhibition Center under the Holiday Inn World’s Fair Park. Hours: 1-6 p.m. Sunday, March 10; 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, March 14-16; 1-6 p.m. Sunday, March 17. Info: 215-8775 or www.knoxfriends.org.

Southern Gospel group Parable in concert, 6 p.m., Highland Baptist Church, 6014 Babelay Road. A love offering will be taken. Info: www.hbcknox.org or call Byron, 680-8823.

Epworth Annual Singing and Potluck, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Old Harp Shape Note tune books provided. All invited; bring a dish to share. Info: Tina, 982-7777. Website: www.oldharp.org.

MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11 AND 13

Beaver Dam Parents Day Out enrollment for 2013-2014 school year, 9 a.m.-noon. Info: 922-7529.

TUESDAY, MARCH 12 The Fondant Intensive cooking class, 6:30-8:30

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By Libby MorganOne thousand feet above the Tennessee

Valley f loor, a few blocks from Broadway, strong mountain bikers are blazing a trail on the south f lank of Sharp’s Ridge.

Brian Hann, president of Appalachian Mountain Bike Club, says the group is di-recting its on-going efforts toward trail building and ma intena nce in several ar-eas this year.

For the past few years, they have focused on Knoxville’s Urban Wilder-ness South Loop in and around Ijam’s Nature Center, and are now turning their attention to Sharp’s Ridge, Concord Park and Haw Ridge in Oak Ridge.

“The plan on Sharp’s Ridge creates a loop by digging a trail below and parallel to the old hiking trail.

“Hikers and mountain bikers will be able to travel for over two miles without having to backtrack. We will also be help-ing to install signage designating the trail entrances,” said Hann.

Legacy Parks director Carol Evans de-scribes her involvement as following a neighborhood’s wishes for green space, and helping to make connections.

“Legacy Parks is really the dot connec-tor. We are able to bring together individ-

uals, funds, city govern-ment and groups such as the Knoxville Track Club, m o u n t a i n bikers, bird-watchers and other outdoor e n t h u s i a s t s to help create these incred-ible outdoor r e c r e at ion a l o p p o r t u n i -ties that are close to home.

The new Sharp’s Ridge trail being cre-ated by the Appalachian Mountain Bike Club is the perfect example of adding more places to play in all corners of our community. It truly will enhance the use of this park,” Evans said.

Newspaper accounts of Sharp’s Ridge Me-morial Park topics tell a 60-year-old story of ebb and f low of scrutiny and neglect,

A Shopper-News Special Section Monday, February 25, 2013

OutdoorsBy Libby Morgan Legacy Parks director Carol Evans de-

Blazing a trail along Sharp’s Ridge

From atop Sharps Ridge is Knoxville’s best vista.

Carol Evans, executive director of the

Legacy Parks Foundation, works closely

with the bike club and this day brought

her dogs to help oversee the trail work.

Brian Hann and his buddy, seven-year-

old Landon, get ready to put their hazel

hoes to good use. Photos by Libby Morgan

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public outrage and optimistic plans. In 1964, Mayor John Duncan and city

recreation director Maynard Glenn pro-posed a 28-foot observation tower, simi-lar to the Clingman’s Dome structure in the Smokies. Lack of funding kept the plan from becoming a reality.

In the late 80s, problems with van-dalism and other unsavory behavior prompted city officials to propose devel-oping the park for housing. Veterans and birdwatchers raised vehement opposi-tion, and the plan was dropped.

In 1990, the city asked Knoxville land-scape architect David Kendall to draw up plans for improvements to the park. Kendall’s designs included several picnic areas, an interpretative center, veterans’ memorials and overlooks. A covered pic-nic area and an overlook deck were built.

Through it all, the birdwatchers have taken advantage of the ridgetop summit, a place where the late newspaper col-umnist J. B. Owen, a name synonymous with Knoxville birdwatching and who wrote about watching birds all over the world, declared Sharp’s Ridge his favor-ite spot to watch birds.

Owen also wrote, “Maynard Glenn told of his counterpart from Memphis exclaiming ‘If Memphis had something like Sharp’s Ridge we would make it the

crown jewel of the city.’”

The overlook is named, appropriately, for Owen.

Knoxville Police Officer Jeff Pappas is credited with restoring a family atmo-sphere to Sharp’s Ridge. He was honored in 2001 with Officer of the Year for his efforts there. He was quoted as saying that he often drove his police unit slowly to the end, and all the shady characters would be gone on his trip back down.

Pappas’ attention to the ongoing prob-lems with negative use spurred the city to install an entrance gate and signage addressing rules and hours.

Hann said, “Positive use of the park is already crowding out the negative use. We’d like to see the trails up there get used by everyone who wants to enjoy get-ting outside.”

Evans and Hann hope to see the trails in Sharp’s Ridge Memorial Park extend-ed to loop around the north slope of the ridge. The property there is owned by several different broadcasting compa-nies, where they maintain their ridgetop antennas.

To find the entrance to the park, begin on Broadway a few blocks south of I-640 and head for those antennas. You can’t miss ’em.

Randy Conner, wielding a chainsaw at the forefront of recent trail work on Sharp’s Ridge,

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enjoy mountain bike trails all over the country. Photo by Libby Morgan

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“I did an Internet search for lo-cal dog play dates and found this dog meet-up group. In July, we started attending,” said Lin.

The purpose of the group, cre-ated by Diana Horenzy, is to help dog owners connect through or-ganized outdoor activities, par-ticularly scenic hikes.

“One of the outings that we re-cently participated in was at Nor-ris Dam. There are a lot of really great trails there,” said Jade.

The group has met for dog-friend-ly hikes at Seven Islands Wildlife Refuge, Forks of the River Wildlife Management Area and Ijams Nature Center to name just a few.

The group is growing in popu-larity and offers a fun way to get some moderate exercise while enjoying some of East Tennes-

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“Some of the easier hikes last about an hour. The harder ones could be up to a three or four hour walk,” said Lin. “I enjoy the exercise for both myself and the dogs.”

Aside from its fitness benefits, the group offers participants an opportunity for socializing and making new friends, both hu-man and canine.

“This is a very friendly group. I have gotten to know the people and all of the dogs really well,” said Lin.

Some of the group’s members will also be participating to-gether in the Mardi Growl event, which benefits Young-Williams Animal Center in Knoxville. Their next outdoor event will be held at Melton Hill Park, where the dogs and their owners can enjoy a walk by the water.

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By Cindy TaylorMichael and Robin Nyderek left their

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When the two met in 2002, each was ready to seek life outside of Chicago. A need for quiet and open spaces drove them towards a calmer environment where they could roam in natural areas and in a yard larger than their home. After considering many other locations, Tennessee is where they decided to hang their hats. Literally.

During a weekend trip from Chicago to view properties in Knoxville, Robin hung her hat on the coat rack in a house and forgot it. Turned out that was the home they purchased, and her hat was still there waiting for her when she moved in.

Trekking the trails of Tennessee “Knoxville was a place I was familiar

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“One visit for me and I was hooked, too,” said Robin. “We are both fall fowl, the opposite of spring chickens, so we ran for the hills.”

In 2004, the couple purchased two acres in Halls, proclaimed their vows and began an exploration of the area. On a clear day they can see Mount LeConte from their deck. In the winter, the view often affords snow-capped peaks. Mi-chael is retired, and the couple takes in as much nature as they possibly can on Robin’s days off.

“At least once a week we hike either in the Smokies, Cumberland Gap, House Mountain and Big Ridge or Norris Dam State Park,” said Robin. “We make a game of it by choosing trails recommended from a newspaper, neighbor or books.”

Seeking new trails sometimes takes them toward Chattanooga and Nashville.

The pair consider themselves boring peo-ple who are fortunate to live in paradise. Though never stationary for long, one of their favorite pastimes is to relax in a pri-vate oasis they created on their deck to take in the immediate surroundings.

“We never heard mockingbirds in Chi-cago and are quite smitten with them,” said Robin. “There are cows grazing in pastures as far as the eye can see near our house.

They are sharing life with their neigh-bors, another thing that was rare in the big city.

“We have great neighbors and have learned to make eye contact with people,” said Robin. “In the city where everyone moves quickly and with purpose, there wasn’t much of that. We thought you would have to be a millionaire to afford this kind of solitude and beauty. We are grateful every single day to live here. We sail, canoe, walk, hike, climb, hobble, groan and do it again.”

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