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Friends since middle school to take fi nal curtain

Alyse McCamish and Anna Smith will soon leave Knox-ville to pursue their acting dreams, but they’ll take one last curtain call together this weekend in the Oak Ridge Playhouse production of “Uri-netown.”

McCamish graduated from Bearden High School last year, and Smith will graduate from Bearden this month. They fi rst acted together in a West Val-ley Middle School production of “Annie.” At Bearden, they performed together in “Thor-oughly Modern Millie” and “Footloose.”

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A giant painted locker created by Carlie Tenney and Stephanie

Warman holds notes left on Latham’s locker. Photo by Wendy Smith

JaJuan Latham’s locker is covered by notes and

posters from Bearden Middle School students fol-

lowing his April 16 shooting death. Photo submitted

By Wendy SmithIt takes a big locker to hold the

love of Bearden Middle School students.

The school has a tradition of celebrating happy occasions by decorating the lockers of students who are celebrating birthdays or preparing for big games. But af-ter Bearden Middle School sixth grader JaJuan Latham was killed in a drive-by shooting on April 16, students channeled their grief by placing notes and posters on his locker, number 1206.

Latham’s best friend was sev-enth grader Shay Tate. When she noticed the notes on his locker, she added her own, and soon it was covered. She asked students who had lockers nearby if notes could be placed on their lockers, and those, plus the wall above them, were also fi lled with notes.

The two had been friends since elementary school. He called her his “sister,” she says.

School administrators initially tried to halt the makeshift shrine,

BMS shares locker love with

family

JaJuan’s

Shay Tate

Sidewalk study shows needs in school zonesBy Sandra Clark

Mayor Madeline Rogero called for $2.7 million for sidewalks and crosswalks across the city, when she presented her budget last week, including $750,000 for sidewalks within school Parental Responsibility Zones and another $750,000 for new sidewalk con-struction.

Knox County Mayor Tim Bur-chett will present his budget Mon-day, May 9. We’ll see then what he proposes.

Regardless, sidewalks present a dilemma – residents at planning meetings consistently request them; some like those in West Hills even rally at 7 a.m. to dem-onstrate the need for sidewalks.

Yet sidewalks are a low budget priority for decision-makers, al-

most at the bottom of the wants and needs list.

A January 2014 study prepared for the Knox County Department of Engineering and Public Works by Transportation Consultants Inc. identifi ed locations within the county having the greatest poten-tial and actual usage of walk-to-school trips.

The study showed 22,322 of Knox County’s 59,276 students live within the Parental Responsi-bility Zones where bus transporta-tion is not provided.

Using a complex formula, plan-ners determined the top schools for walkers if sidewalks were in-stalled.

These are, in order: Cedar Bluff Elementary, Londsdale Elemen-tary, Blue Grass Elementary, Belle

Morris Elementary, Norwood Elementary, Powell Elementary, Powell High School and Brickey-McCloud Elementary.

“Using this knowledge about where the greatest pedestrian demand and/or potential exists should provide a focused starting point for pedestrian project plan-ning,” the report concluded.

Seems sensible, yet Knox Coun-ty has built sidewalks over the past 3-4 years at Halls Elementary and from Karns Elementary to Karns Middle – both areas where political pressure was intense and neither was on the priority list.

Just a thought, but why not drop by to chat with Burchett at one of his nine meetings over two days following his budget presen-tation. And we dare you to walk:

Monday, May 9: ■ Budget presentation, 9 a.m.,

City County Building ■ South Knoxville Senior Cen-

ter, 11:30 a.m., 6729 Martel Lane ■ Strang Senior Center, 1:30

p.m., 109 Lovell Road ■ Halls Senior Center, 2:45

p.m., 4405 Crippen Road ■ Carter Senior Center, 4 p.m.,

9040 Asheville Highway ■ Burlington Branch Library,

5:30 p.m., 4614 Asheville HighwayTuesday, May 10:

■ Karns Senior Center, 1 p.m.,8042 Oak Ridge Highway

■ Cedar Bluff Library, 2 p.m.,9045 Cross Park Drive

■ Bearden Library, 3 p.m., 100Golfclub Road

■ Fountain City Library, 4p.m., 5300 Stanton Road

but realized it was a way for stu-dents to heal and share emotions.

Principal Sonya Winstead wanted Latham’s fam-ily to experience the love that was being expressed on the lockers, so she asked art teacher Michael Weininger if stu-dents could recre-

ate a locker that could be shared. He immediately saw eighth grader Carlie Tenney and knew she’d be perfect for the job.

She recruited her best friend, eighth grader Stephanie Warman, to help her paint a giant locker on pebble board that could hold the notes and posters, which were taken down last week. Both girls knew Latham because they waited for after-school pick-up together. Warman says he always asked her for candy.

Vestival (festival) is Sweet 16

Vestival is turning Sweet 16 this year, and it will be the hot-test destination in SoKno this Saturday, May 7.

However, on Friday, May 6, an even older event will be celebrated at the Vestival kick-off reception at Candoro Arts & Heritage Center: the 225th anniversary of Knoxville.

“We’ll have a toast to the 225th anniversary of Knoxville and a toast to the 16th annual Vestival, says Sharon Davis, Candoro board president and chair of Vestival. Davis has ordered a birthday cake from Village Bakery for the recep-tion, and the bakery is donat-ing 1,000 cupcakes to be given away at the Candoro booth on Saturday.

➤ Details online in South Shopper

Thomas kickoff Knox County Commissioner

Bob Thomas will kick off his campaign for county mayor at the same place Tim Burchett announced his candidacy seven or so years ago.

All are invited to a free baloney lunch with R.C. Colas and Moon Pies from 11:30 to 1 p.m. Wednes-day, May 11, at Powell Auction and Realty, 6729 Pleasant Ridge Road behind the Clinton Highway Walmart.

Commissioner Ed Brantley will serve as master of ceremo-nies for his friend and col-league Thomas. Entertainment will be provided by the Chill-billies, and Sammy “Barney” Sawyer will make the rounds.

A-2 • MAY 4, 2016 • BEARDEN Shopper news

McCamish and

Smith as Little

Sally and Hope

Cladwell in

“Urinetown” Photos submitted

Alyse McCamish

and Anna Smith in

Chicago last year

Wendy Smith

Alyse McCamish and Anna Smith will soon leave Knoxville to pursue their acting dreams, but they’ll take one last curtain call to-gether this weekend in the Oak Ridge Playhouse pro-duction of “Urinetown.”

McCamish graduated from Bearden High School last year, and Smith will graduate from Bearden this month. They fi rst acted together in a West Valley Middle School production of “Annie.” At Bearden, they performed together in “Thoroughly Modern Mil-lie” and “Footloose.”

McCamish studied the-ater and video production at Pellissippi State Com-munity College this year, but like Smith, she’s spent the past two years audi-tioning and visiting theater programs. Last year, they traveled together to Chica-go for the National Unifi ed Auditions, a program that allows students to audition for multiple college theater

BHS drama alums to perform last show together

programs. This year, they attended the Unifi ed Audi-tions in New York – during a blizzard.

The auditions were stressful, but they’re paying off. Smith recently accepted an offer from Pace Universi-ty in New York City. She was one of 700 students chosen to audition for 25 spots in the school’s musical theater program.

McCamish has her heart set on Royal Welsh Col-lege of Music and Drama in Wales. She won’t fi nd out if she’s accepted until summer, so she may com-mit to her second choice – Shenandoah University in Virginia – while she waits.

For now, they’re enjoy-

ing their last time to share the stage. “Urinetown” is a political farce set in a time when a drought leads to a government-enforced ban on private toilets, and public toilets are regulated by a ma-levolent company. The theme is surprisingly timely, given current issues with public toilets, says McCamish. It’s also slightly irreverent.

“It’s defi nitely ahead of its time for Oak Ridge.”

Both girls were impacted by Bearden High’s theater department and the direc-tion of Leann Dickson. The shows are so good that it’s like working in a profes-sional setting, says Smith.

Performing in Bearden’s musicals inspired her ul-timate goal: to perform on Broadway. If it doesn’t happen, she still hopes to inspire people through her performances.

She’s also interested in directing, especially after co-directing “Thoroughly Modern Millie” at South-

Doyle High School this spring.

McCamish just hopes to be part of something new, to “build something from the ground up.” Handling ev-erything from building the set to renting the venue for a production of “The Last Five Years” with two friends was the most wonderful ex-perience of her life, she says.

Whatever comes next, the girls agree that it’s nice to have a friend in the “biz.”

“Sometimes you feel alone, so it’s nice to have somebody that knows what you’re going through,” says Smith.

One of the best things about the theater is the trust that’s built between actors, McCamish says.

“That’s what’s so great. We’ve worked together so long, we trust each other.”

“Urinetown” is Friday, May 6, and Saturday, May 7, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, May 8, at 2 p.m. at Oak Ridge Playhouse.

REUNION NOTES ■ The Halls High class of 1971 reunion, 6 p.m. Saturday, May

14, Li’l Jo’s in Maynardville. Cost: $20 at the door. BYO spirits

or beer can be purchased at the restaurant. RSVP: 963-5087,

922-8070 or [email protected].

■ Annual Reynolds Family Reunion, 11 a.m. Sunday, May 15,

at Big Ridge State Park, Tea Room. Bring a covered dish, fi sh-

ing poles, games to play, cameras. Lunch, 1 p.m.

■ Central High School Class of 1964’s 70th birthday party,

6-10 p.m. Saturday, June 25, Grande Event Center, 5441

Clinton Highway. Cost: $30, includes full buff et. Info: David,

[email protected].

■ Fulton High School Class of 1966 50th reunion, 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 6, Calhoun’s on the River, 400 Neyland Drive.

Cost: $25. Reservations deadline: July 15. Reservations/

payment: Fulton High School 1966 Reunion, c/o Doug

Welch, 890 Hansmore Place, Knoxville TN 37919. Info:

[email protected].

■ The Knoxville Central High School Class of 1966 50th

reunion, Saturday, Oct. 8, Beaver Brook Country Club. Info:

Gail Norris Kitts, [email protected].

locker love From page A-1

Tenney says the loss of Latham impacted the entire school. Students expressed their thoughts on social me-dia as well as the locker.

“I honestly think it brought the school together.”

Several of Latham’s cous-ins attend Bearden Middle. If students didn’t know him, then they knew one of his cousins, so everybody felt something, says Warman. It changed the environment of the school.

“Everybody was just car-ing for each other that fi rst day we came back. There were no arguments.”

The Monday after the shooting was especially

hard, says Winstead. The funeral, which many stu-dents attended, was also diffi cult.

The school is reaching out to the family in other ways. A combined Hat Day and Jersey Day raised $5,700

for funeral expenses, and last week, plans were in the works for teachers to deliver food.

There’s no Band-Aid so-lution to the sadness, and possibly fear, that students may be feeling. All staff can

do is tell them that they’re safe at school and be avail-able if students need to talk, she says.

“We can’t make sense of something that’s really not logical. This should’ve never happened.”

HEALTH NOTES ■ Asa’s EB awareness 5K walk/run, 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, Aug. 13, Victor Ashe Park, 4901 Bradshaw

Road. All proceeds go to Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa Research Association (Debra) of America,

the only national nonprofi t organization that funds research and helps EB families. Registration: debra.

convio.net/site/TR?fr_id=1140&pg=entry.

■ Peninsula Lighthouse Group of Families Anonymous meetings, 6:15-7:15 p.m. each Tuesday, 1451

Dowell Springs Blvd. Newcomers welcome; no dues/fees; no sign-up; fi rst names only. Info: Barbara L.,

696-6606 or [email protected].

Catch up with all your favorite columnists every Wednesday at www.ShopperNewsNow.com

BEARDEN Shopper news • MAY 4, 2016 • A-3 communityMatt Salley of

Marble City Glass

demonstrates glass

blowing at the Art in

Action tent. Photos by Wendy Smith

Merik Vacca takes a break from walking as his dad, Michael Vacca, gets a look at a tool used by

Bill Cook Jr. to sculpt a slab of Italian blue ice alabaster.

COMMUNITY NOTES ■ Council of West Knox County

Homeowners meets 7:15 p.m. each

fi rst Tuesday, Peace Lutheran Church,

621 N. Cedar Bluff Road. Info: cwkch.

com.

■ Family Community Education-Bearden Club meets 10 a.m. each

third Tuesday, Central Baptist-

Bearden, 6300 Deane Hill Drive. Info:

Shannon Remington, 927-3316.

■ Family Community Education-Crestwood Club meets 10 a.m. each

fourth Thursday, Grace Lutheran

Church, 9076 Middlebrook Pike. Info:

Ruby Freels, 690-8164.

■ Fourth District Democrats meet 6

p.m. each fourth Tuesday, Bearden

Library, 100 Golfclub Road. Info: Chris

Foell, 691-8933 or [email protected];

Rosina Guerra, [email protected]

or 588-5250.

■ Historic Sutherland Heights Neighborhood Association.

Info: Marlene Taylor, 951-3773,

[email protected].

■ Lyons View Community Club

meets 6 p.m. each second Monday,

Lyons View Community Center, 114

Sprankle Ave. Info: Mary Brewster,

454-2390.

■ Third District Democrats meet 6

p.m. each third Thursday, Cedar Bluff

Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Info:

Liz Key, 201-5310 or lizkey1@gmail.

com; Isaac Johnson, 310-7745 or

[email protected].

■ Toastmasters Club 802 meets 6:30

p.m. each Tuesday, Central Baptist

Annex, 6310 Deane Hill Drive. Info:

802.toastmastersclubs.org.

■ West Hills Community Association.

Info: Ashley Williams, 313-0282.

■ West Knox Lions Club meets 7 p.m.

each fi rst and third Monday, 8529

Kingston Pike. Info: knoxvillewest

knoxlionsclub.org.

■ West Knox Republican Club meets

7 p.m. each second Monday at Red

Lobster on Kingston Pike.

By Wendy SmithWest Knoxville sculptor

Bill Cook Jr. isn’t sure how he learned to shape rough stone into graceful works of art. He took a couple of classes in Florida, and watched a lot of internet videos. But mostly it was practice, he says.

“The best way to learn is to break a few.”

Now that he’s learned, it’s a joy to watch him coax curving shapes from the stone. That’s the point of Art in Action, an annual Dogwood Arts event that originated at Liz-Beth & Co.

Dogwood Arts off ers Art in Actionwhen the gallery was locat-ed on Park West Blvd.

The event, which gives the public the opportunity to watch artists as well as cre-ate their own art, became so big that it was added to the Dogwood Arts lineup, says Liz-Beth administrative di-rector Gregg Phenicie.

In addition to Cook, this year’s Art in Action artists were glass blower Dan Mill-er, painter Cynthia Markert, painter Jillie Eves, photogra-pher Ann Allison-Cote’ and quilt artist Louise Ragle. Miller, of Ohio City Glass, shared work space with Matt Salley of Marble City Glass.

Watching artists work al-lows viewers the opportuni-ty to appreciate their skills and creativity in a new way. Phenicie, who is always sur-rounded by art, still loves to watch how Markert in-corporates the grain of the wood on which she paints into her subjects.

The best part of the event is watching the children. He observed wonder in a little girl’s eyes when Eves showed her how to mix paint colors.

“They get inspired.”Liz-Beth & Co. is located

in The Gallery Shopping Cen-ter at 7240 Kingston Pike.


Sandra Clark

Making them cry, leaving them laughingWhat do we do and why

do we do it?Betty Bean spoke last

week to Dr. Mark Harmon’s UT journalism class. She brought the fi nal copy of the old Knoxville Journal. There’s a staff picture on the front page. Bean stands alone, far in the back, not quite part of the gang but still there as the proud old daily coughed and folded.

“Tell those kids to study for a job with a future,” I ad-vised; but I know she didn’t.

Bean is a true believer.Also last week, a reader

from Halls wrote in part ...“Please forward – as I

type this through the tears still on my cheeks – my thanks and appreciation to Betty Bean for her article, ‘A Killing at Danny Mayfi eld Park.’

“Not being a Knoxville native, I found it to be not only an outstanding piece of history but an opportu-nity for my own heart’s re-fl ection on faith, gratitude, compassion and caring.”

I forwarded the email to Bean with a note: “You’ve made another one cry.”

Bean later said she had expected readers to cry: “I was crying when I wrote it.”

So for every person who calls to complain about our delivery system, another calls to request delivery or extra copies. Very few write to thank us, and that’s OK.

We’re already out chasing the next story.

What we doThe Shopper News team

publishes eight unique newspapers weekly. Rough-ly half of the content is consistent, while the rest is unique to each zone.

I’m the overall editor and “last eyes” on each page be-fore it’s printed.

Also, I coordinate gov-ernment and business cov-erage, manage the colum-nists and go boldly where most reporters fear to tread: MPC sector meetings.

North: Shannon Carey coordinates local content for Halls/Fountain City (our oldest paper), Powell, Union County and North/East (our newest zone).

Ruth White, a Shopper veteran, covers our North kids beat, takes most cover photos and generally gets around the area, assisted by Cindy Taylor.

West: Sherri Gardner Howell coordinates local content for Bearden, Far-ragut, Karns/Hardin Valley and South Knox.

Sara Barrett covers the West kids beat, takes pho-tos and fi lls in when Sherri travels. Betsy Pickle covers South, while Wendy Smith covers Bearden. Newer writers are Carolyn Evans, Farragut, and Nancy Ander-son, Karns/Hardin Valley.

Graphics: Carol Spring-er, Kathryn Woycik and Jodi Littleton put the pages together. In addition, Jodi manages our website.

Ad sales: Coordinated by the News Sentinel team headed by Steve Bowman, the Shopper sales manager is Amy Lutheran, assisted by Patty Fecco, Tony Cran-more and Beverly Holland.

Circulation: Shop-pers are distributed inside the News Sentinel for Knox County subscribers each Wednesday (actually buried

deep in the food section).Additionally, the Shopper

wraps the TMC –Total Mar-ket Coverage – delivery of various pre-prints and gro-cery circulars in Knox and Union counties.

What’s next? As the former Scripps pa-

pers are assimilated into the USA Today network, we will change.

S h o p p e r pages will be produced by pag inat ion s o f t w a r e . The classi-fi ed pages already are.

The web site will be more robust with easy-t o - s e a r c h digital ar-chives.

We will always be cha l lenged to do more with less.

L u c k i l y, the Shopper does that well – hav-ing started with a pencil and a drop box.

So what? You keep

reading and we’ll keep w r i t i n g . That’s our bargain.

Shopper News is leading eff orts to develop

Powell Station Park. At top, seniors enjoy a

school-sponsored cookout at the park.

Home Depot guys donate picnic tables.

Halls High prin-

cipal Mark Duff

captures the

pride of all par-

ents at gradua-

tion as he hugs

his daughter,

Morgan.

Betty Bean features Brian Mc-

Daniel, who crafted the Knoxville

montage above; and yes, that’s

the MPC northwest county sector

plan meeting at right.Kindness awards

at Dogwood

Elementary School

A sample of this week’s work:

North, South, East, West

BEARDEN Shopper news • MAY 4, 2016 • A-5 government

Marvin West

No doubt you have been worrying for weeks about the upcoming Battle at Bris-tol. What if the Hokies upset the Volunteers and derail the exciting run toward the national championship be-fore it really begins?

Oh, you say the big game hasn’t even entered your mind? You have been won-dering if somebody can catch the ball if Joshua Dobbs throws down the fi eld? And you are some-what interested in how bad is Jalen Reeves-Maybin’s bum shoulder and wheth-er Tennessee can win the fourth quarter against Flor-ida and Alabama?

OK, be that way.Virginia Tech people are

probably losing sleep over the big BB (that’s short for Bristol Battle).

“We are aware of the big game on our schedule,” said Chester R. Henderlight, my favorite Hokie. “We’ve never played Notre Dame before. Does it snow before Thanks-giving in South Bend?”

Well, imagine that.With the countdown to

the really big September kickoff in days-hours-min-utes-and-seconds mode, in

Worrying about Battle at Bristol

fl ashing lights no less, are we to believe the Pilot Fly-ing J Battle at Bristol is an incidental novelty, a gim-mick game, largest crowd in the history of football, great video hub named Colossus, a massive show that few will see up close and in person – without a telescope?

This can’t be.Bristol Motor Speedway

is expecting 150,000 paying customers. Think about that – parking, gate receipts, concessions, souvenirs, ex-tra for seat backs.

Curiosity about football in the middle of a race track guarantees ESPN/ABC a worldwide TV audience. Performance Racing Net-work will scatter the radio broadcast to all four turns and far beyond. Multitudes will undoubtedly be up on the edge of their beds or recliners, depending on the hour of the day or night (to

be determined).There will be a variety of

promotional links – NAS-CAR drivers talking about end sweeps, lavish charity dinner, Phillip Fulmer and ex-Vols in a golf tourna-ment, large displays in 650 fuel stops, a really big deal.

Big Jim Haslam, chief Pi-lot, will no doubt discuss his connections if asked, tackle times as a Volunteer and how his fi rst gas station just happened to be in Gate City, Va., not far from Bristol.

I’m telling you, this is a major event. Combatants are expecting to race home with more than $4 million per school (to apply toward campus safety and women’s sports).

Tennessee fans have ev-ery reason to be excited about the upcoming sea-son. It projects as the best in a decade, top 10 rank-ing, SEC East plaque all but inscribed. Butch Jones has brilliant playmakers, experience at most every position and fi nally decent depth. He has supposedly strengthened his staff. No excuses, this is it.

Optimism abounds at Virginia Tech for other rea-

sons. The Hokies traded in old-time coach Frank Beamer for bright, younger Justin Fuente, the man who made Memphis the talk of his town.

For years, Tech people had wanted an innovative offense. Fuente brings it. Enthusiastic followers say the Hokies will no longer be boring, predictable and re-luctant to adjust.

I had no idea Virginia Tech was that bad. I had not followed closely. I was aware that the Hokies won the Independence Bowl in overtime.

It seems to me the Battle at Bristol demands sharp er focus. It will be a once-in-a-lifetime presentation. To the best of my knowledge, in the history of college foot-ball, there has never been a big game in the middle of a steep-banked, concrete race track. Could be nothing like this will ever happen again.

Do what? You say East Tennessee State and West-ern Carolina are going to play on the same fi eld a week later?

Oh my.Marvin West invites reader reaction. His

address is [email protected]

VictorAshe

Betty Bean

The school year is limp-ing toward the fi nish line with much unresolved.

Has Mayor Rogero forgotten the Metropolitan Planning Commission? Or does she care?

It is now 10 months since three city vacancies occurred on MPC (starting July 1, 2015). Those are the city seats held by former Knoxville Vice Mayor Jack Sharp, Michael Kane and MPC vice chair Bart Carey.

These three continue as holdovers with no knowl-edge of Rogero’s plans. She can reappoint, replace or do nothing as she is doing now, which continues them month to month. While fi lling MPC seats may not be Rogero’s most important duty, it directly impacts neighborhoods. Why has she not acted?

It is expected she will replace as all three have served two or more terms. Rogero is committed to term limits, but by allow-ing them to continue for 10 months she is effec-tively giving them a par-tial third term. If a replace-ment is ever named on the Rogero watch then he/she will have a shorter term than the normal four years. All three are men and Rogero is expected to add at least one or two women as replacements. But when, if ever, will these replace-ments occur? Rogero owes the public a reason for her almost year-long delay.

What is also surprising is that one of the public reasons for hiring Indya Kincannon was to assist the mayor in making appoint-ments. Obviously with MPC, Rogero has been slow to act on whatever Kincan-non suggested.

■ Wayne Christensen has retired as head of Knox

Youth Sports after 20 busy and produc-tive years. He and his wife, Sara, moved to Knoxville for Chris-tensen to

work for Whittle Communi-cations in 1983. They came from Minneapolis.

By 1996 when he started with KYS, Whittle had folded in Knoxville and he had worked on a Baseball Parent newsletter. But the KYS executive commit-tee that year, consisting in part of Charlie Anderson, Caesar Stair III and Jimmy Haslam, hired Christensen as executive director.

During those two de-cades, he grew the program including adding 3- and 4-year-olds, middle school

Bearden controversy highlights KCS malaiseRogero lags

on MPC choices

Christensen

student who is a former team member has been harassed by a teacher as a result.

The com-plaints came in the wake of the abrupt and un-explained forced resignation of coach Leon-ard Sams, two weeks after he led his team to Bearden’s fi rst-ever state tour-nament run.

Filed by Randy Susong and Adam McKenry, the fi rst complaint says the boosters would never have agreed to take on the task of building a new batting facility if Bartlett had informed them it was not legal for them to do so. They say the problem was aggravated when the popular Sams, for whom the facility was named, was booted from his job, crippling their fundraising ability and leaving the two of them on the hook for a $700 monthly payment. The school board signed off on the plan.

A state audit, released in early April, found several irregularities in the bid and building process, and said the booster club should not have been allowed to take on the construction project:

“The defi ciencies noted above may have been avoid-ed if the Board of Educa-

tion had not allowed other entities to construct facili-ties on school property, but accepted donations from these entities to go toward board-constructed facilities through the board’s normal purchasing and construc-tion process.”

Sams was hired as an as-sistant coach in 2007 and became head coach in 2011. He has been appointed to coach USA Softball’s 18-un-der team in Spain this sum-mer, and several student-athletes transferred into Bearden to play for him.

The Bearden and KCS administrations at fi rst at-tempted to pass his depar-ture off as a mutual deci-sion, but it quickly became evident that Sams did not leave willingly. And when it became clear that the deci-sion was fi nal, only two of 15 returning players stayed with the team.

At the end of last week, Bearden’s record (exclud-ing practice games) was 1-15. Meanwhile, many former players with hopes of playing in college have joined the Tennessee White Lightning, a travel team that plays against high-level competition in North Geor-gia and is coached by Sams. Their record stands at 15-7-1.

In addition to Bartlett, the fi rst ethics complaint names Superintendent James McIntyre, Bearden athletic director and assis-tant principal Nathan Lynn and KCS director of facili-ties management Doug Dill-ingham.

Speaking through KCS’s offi ce of public affairs, Bartlett said he sent the email to his staff “to ad-dress concerns brought to him and the administration by parents and players.”

baseball and lacrosse. KYS reached 2,000 youth a year in the program. KYS also in-cludes baseball, softball, fl ag football and basketball. The KYS budget has been from $500,000 to $750,000 a year. KYS helped rebuild the soccer fi elds at Lakeshore Park and Ruggles Field was added. He says it was “the best job of my life.”

Christensen says “retire-ment” is not part of his future. He is simply moving from one phase of his life to the next. He wants to be involved in something that impacts Knoxville.

KYS has been a major player in youth activities in Knoxville and Christensen was a pivotal part of mak-ing that happen.

■ Mike Chase, founder and owner of Calhoun’s, Copper Cellar and Chesa-peake’s, says that the city revamping of Cumberland Avenue, which will last another year and a half, is costing his Copper Cellar restaurant on Cumberland over $1 million in sales. This does not include the lost city, county and state sales tax that could have been generated by customers.

■ Rickey Hall, UT vice chancellor for diversity, is searching for a new job anywhere. He has been a fi nalist at three places. Clearly his UT days are numbered. With Chancellor Cheek expected to retire this year as he reaches 70, Susan Martin is retiring as provost Aug. 1, and Margie Nichols is leaving the chancellor’s offi ce. In a month it will be a new operation by the start of 2017. Can Athletic Director Dave Hart, who instigated the Lady Vols name change, be far behind? Phil Fulmer is speculated as a new UT athletic director.

■ State personnel held an explanatory meeting on the new $160 million state museum in Nashville here in Knoxville at Pellissippi State on April 12. It was poorly attended with only 18 citizens showing up who were not state employees or consultants. Notice of the meeting was spotty. People were surprised to learn that the new museum has 11,000 less square footage in exhib-it space than the current one being replaced. Advocates of the new museum say it will be much better confi gured.

The last-minute ditching of the year-end tests, ironi-cally known as TNReady (and before that, TCAP), has angered and confused parents from Memphis to Mountain City, and here at home, the impending su-perintendent swap of James McIntyre for interim Buzz Thomas will happen against a backdrop of long-running turmoil at schools like Bearden High as contro-versy over the once-stellar girls softball program en-ters year two.

A formal ethics hearing is scheduled for June 6 to deal with a complaint fi led by two former Bearden soft-ball booster club parents who have gotten stuck with the cost of a new indoor bat-ting facility, and the Shop-per News has learned that a second complaint, trig-gered by an email principal John Bartlett sent to faculty members accusing former softball team members of ridiculing and booing the coach and team at scrim-mage games, is being pre-pared by another parent. This complaint will allege that Bartlett’s accusation is false and that at least one

The practice facility for the

Bearden High School softball team


SENIOR NOTES ■ Beyond Bingo, present-

ed by Shopper News, 11

a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday

and Thursday, June 1-2,

at Sherrill Hills, 271 Moss

Grove Blvd. Free lunch

and speakers on rel-

evant senior issues. Door

prizes. Info: 342-6084.

■ Cumberland Estates

Recreation Center

4529 Silver Hill Drive588-3442

Off erings include:

Senior Walkers, 10:30 a.m.,

Monday-Friday.

■ Frank R. Strang Senior

Center

109 Lovell Heights Road670-6693knoxcounty.org/seniorsMonday-Friday8 a.m.-4 p.m.

Off erings include: card

games; exercise programs;

dance classes; watercolor

classes; Tai Chi; blood pres-

sure checks; Mahjong;

senior-friendly computer

classes. Private one-on-one

computer classes available;

cost: $10.

Register for: Mayor’s

Budget meeting, 1:30 p.m.

Monday, May 9. Veterans

Services visit, 11 a.m.

Thursday, May 12; RSVP:

215-5645.

■ John T. O’Connor

Senior Center

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

Off erings include: Card

games, billiards, senior

fi tness, computer classes,

bingo, blood pressure

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

Monday-Friday. This and

That Market Group sale,

9 a.m.-3 p.m. Wednesday,

May 4.

Register for: Veterans

Services visit, 10 a.m. Mon-

day, May 9: RSVP: 215-5645.

Lunch & Learn: “Stroke

Awareness,” noon Monday,

May 9; RSVP by May 5.

The former Braden’s showroom on Western Avenue was a huge, state-of-the-art facility when

built in 1972-73.

Gary Braden with his dad, McKinley Braden, founder

of Braden’s Furniture

The current Braden’s Lifestyle Furniture in Turkey Creek was

built in 2003.

Braden’s marks 60 years in businessBy Carrie Grey

The Braden’s furniture companies have been a part of Knoxville’s history for 60 years. The fam-ily celebrated the company’s founding on May 1.

The original Braden’s started downtown on Jackson Avenue in a two-story, deep, narrow building in the Old City area. In the early 1960s, Braden’s Wholesale Furniture Company Inc. was relocated to Dale Avenue in a 50,000 square feet showroom warehouse. Today’s Rohm and Hass chemical factory occupies this spot.

Braden’s initially operated as a wholesale furniture distributor, selling to retail furniture dealers in fi ve surrounding states. The local showroom always featured high quality lines, catering to Knoxville’s interior designers and lo-cal customers in addition to serving as a show-room for out-of-state clients, sent in by their dealer network.

Braden’s big move came in 1972-73 when McKinley Braden, the founder of the family busi-ness, purchased and consolidated several small parcels off of Western Avenue and built his fl agship store – a 100,000 square feet facility. His son, Gary Braden, joined the family business in 1977.

Braden’s continued to operate as a wholesale distributor, expanding into seven states over the next 20 years. In the mid-1980s, Gary opened an import and manufacturing business called AFI (Association of Furniture Importers), traveling to Asia to pursue furniture imports for the Knoxville area under the AFI brand for the Braden’s whole-sale division. In fact, the Bradens set up a light manufacturing business behind their Western Avenue location, producing dining room tables, chairs and china cabinets from imported parts.

Later the family opened Braden’s Bedding Manufacturing Company. It was through this company that they manufactured mattresses and box springs and sold to their dealers for 10 years (1982-1992). That business was located on Papermill Road under the brand America’s Best.

In the meantime, the Braden’s showroom be-came Knoxville’s fi nest furniture company as the fi rst gallery-concepts store in the United States. Iconic brands like Stickley, Henredon, Century, Drexel-Heritage, Hickory Chair, Theodore Alex-ander and others, as well as patio and rug gal-leries, were showcased, each with a 5,000-7,000 square feet gallery.

In 1982, the Braden family purchased the Fowler Bros. Company of Knoxville and began revitalizing that great company brand, cul-minating with the construction of a 100,000 square feet building on North Peters Road in 1989. In 1993, Fowlers was sold to Rhodes Com-pany of Atlanta, which eventually sold again to Don Fowler from Georgia.

In 2003, Braden’s purchased its current fa-cility in Turkey Creek – an up and coming area in Knoxville/Farragut. In November 2004, Braden’s Lifestyles was born, and was originally set up as a contemporary style shop, fl ourishing from 2004-2009 under the management of third

generation Nick Braden.Not everything was always rosy, however. In

2007 Braden’s opened a 50,000 square feet store in Sevierville and bought a new warehouse in Maryville. This was the setting for the perfect storm, according to Gary Braden. Three major events happened at once.

In 2007, Interstate 40 was closed for two years at the downtown Knoxville location. Gary says, “I love the orange and white, but I hate or-ange and white barrels!!”

The road work, compounded by the country’s recession, destroyed the business.

Meanwhile, Winfi eld Dunn Parkway was un-der construction for four years, creating a mas-sive traffi c jam to the Braden’s Sevierville loca-tion. Plus the cabin market, a large part of the Sevierville business, fell victim to the “housing bubble” meltdown. Both stores were closed and sold in 2009 and 2012 respectively.

After closing the downtown store in 2009, the Braden family combined the formats of the downtown and Turkey Creek shops, and the rest is history. Braden’s has again been blessed with incredible growth, more than doubling in sales in six years, still featuring high-quality galleries, such as Stickley and Stressless, as well as a large patio department and rug gallery. Nick and Gary Braden have a love for the business and the com-munity and plan to keep things in the family for another 60 years.

Braden’s Lifestyles Furniture has always of-fered fi ne home furnishings and outdoor décor. As a full-scale design shop, they now offer vari-ous design services and everything needed to complete a space from fl oor to ceiling. Bra den’s recently launched a home-staging service, prov-en to help individuals and families sell their real estate properties faster. Inquiries related to fur-niture, outdoor décor, interior design or home-staging should be sent to [email protected] Grey is director of social marketing for Braden’s Lifestyles Furniture.

BEARDEN Shopper news • MAY 4, 2016 • A-7 faith

Just to be clear, the psalmist and Wordsworth were talking about two different worlds.

The psalmist was talking about the earth, the whole of the known creation. Wordsworth was referring to civilization: the affairs of men, the powers that rule, the day to day business of life.

Lewis and I had a chance recently to get away from business to enjoy the beauty of the earth. After tax season was offi cially over (well, except for the exten-sions – all those folks who somehow needed more time to render unto Caesar), we went to our favorite camp-ground in the mountains.

We left the world of business behind in order to soak up the beauty and quiet and peace of God’s world. We had time to listen to the laughing creek, to watch the mallards sail across the lake, to marvel at the moon rising over the mountains.

It soothes and heals the soul, I assure you.But, as always, we return to the routine. The trick,

however, is this: we – all of us – need to learn to pay attention to this dear little planet, to love it, treasure it, protect it, enjoy it, honor it, preserve it for genera-tions yet unborn.

In so doing, we honor and revere the Creator who thought it all up, and gave it to us to be our home.

Let us do the job God gave us.

Let all the earth fear the Lord; let all the inhabit-ants of the world stand in awe of him.

(Psalm 33:8 NRSV)The world is too much with us; late and soon,Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;Little we see in Nature that is ours.We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon.

(“The World Is Too Much with Us,” William Wordsworth)

cross currentsLynn [email protected]

The world with us

By Kelly NorrellJohnson University has

announced a new venture called ExtendEd, to be of-fered in Knoxville and at sites in three other states, to grant accredited degrees in church leadership programs with study based in adult evening classes.

In Knoxville, ExtendEd will offer classes begin-ning in August at the Regas Building, 318 Gay Street. Partnering locally is the Knoxville Interdenomina-tional Bible Institute (KIBI), a predominantly African-American pastoral and church leadership training school founded in 2001 by Joe Maddox, pastor of New Hope Missionary Baptist Church.

ExtendEd students can complete a bachelor’s de-

Joe Maddox, founder of the Knoxville Interdenominational

Bible Institute, and Dr. Gary Weedman, president of Johnson

Bible College, at a recent launch of ExtendEd. Photos submitted

‘ExtendEd’ off ers new degree optionin Regas Building classrooms

By Carol Z. ShaneMessiah Lutheran Church

on Kingston Pike was the setting for a recent Salt and Light Luncheon. Presented by the Compassion Coali-tion, the midday events oc-cur four times a year and feature guests speaking on a variety of topics.

The Compassion Coali-tion is a faith-based nonprof-it which seeks to unite local churches and people of faith in common efforts.

Grant Standefer, the co-alition’s executive director for the last 10 years, chose to focus this luncheon on the Take One Initiative, a vol-untary mentoring program linked with the Tennessee Department of Corrections for eligible inmates who are scheduled to be released in the next 12-18 months.

Speakers included Rick Staples, vice president of 100 Black Men of Greater Knoxville, Chief David Rausch of the Knoxville Police Department, Steve Humphreys and Phil Fair-child of the Faith Alliance mentoring program, Dea-con Lee Ragsdale and the Rev. John Mark Wiggers, both of St. James Episcopal Church, and former inmate William Morris.

All spoke of the impor-

tance of giving support to inmates who have served their time and are re-enter-ing society – an estimated 93 percent of the total state prison population.

Chief Rausch gave an impassioned talk about the consequences of failing to reach out. “You can’t put a person back in the same exact situation they came from and expect them to be different. We’ve got to help them be successful.”

The Take One Initiative is simple: a church that wants to become involved is asked to simply “take one” inmate in order to help the person become acclimated to liv-ing back in society. A team of two mentors reaches out while the person is still in prison, and then offers help after release.

“They’ve got to have a job,” said Rausch. “They’ve got to have people to care about them; they’ve got to have a place to stay.” Phil Fairchild said, “People com-ing out of prison need a second chance. They need a relationship established be-fore they get out.”

City government also plays a part in some cases. Rausch had praise for May-or Madeline Rogero who, he says, “is walking the walk”

The Rev. John Mark Wiggers (right) of St. James Episcopal

Church shares a laugh with former prison inmate and mentee

William Morris at a recent Salt and Light Luncheon presented

by the Compassion Coalition. Photo by Carol Z. Shane

‘Take one’

by hiring former felons through a city program set up for that purpose.

The most moving speech of the afternoon came from former inmate William Mor-ris, who has been mentored by St. James Episcopal mem-bers.

“I’ve been doing time since I was 12 years old,” Morris said. “I didn’t have family support. I didn’t know how to be responsible.” Morris said that his life changed “mental-ly and spiritually” in prison on Nov. 16, 2013, when he be-came a Christian, but he still felt the need for physical con-nections with those on the outside. When he saw a fl yer for the Take One Initiative, he says, “I was the fi rst one to sign up.”

He’s been mentored by the

Rev. Wiggers, his wife, Liz, and others at St. James ever since.

“I believe I know what life is about today,” said Morris. “It’s totally different than what I thought it was about.”

Addressing the crowd di-rectly, he continued, “Your time is the most valuable commodity you have. You never know, but that 30 minutes a day might change someone’s life.”

Now building success and happiness for himself and his loved ones, he said, “It’s just great to be a part of something.”

Info: 251-1591 or c o m p a s s i o n c o a l i t i o n .org, or email [email protected].

FAITH NOTES

Meetings/classes ■ Sequoyah Hills Presbyterian

Church, 3700 Keowee Ave.,

will host Grief Care, a weekly

grief support group for people

grieving the death of a loved

one, 6-7:30 p.m. Mondays

through May 16. Info: 522-

9804 or sequoyahchurch.org.

■ InterFaith Legal Advice Clinic will be held 9:15 a.m.-

12:30 p.m. Saturday, May

7, at First Baptist Church of

Knoxville, Trentham Hall,

510 W. Main St. Parking will

be available in the Trentham

Hall Parking lot between Hill,

Walnut and Locust streets.

The free legal advice clinic is

off ered in conjunction with

Legal Aid of East Tennessee’s

monthly Saturday Bar advice

clinic and is hosted by the

church to give people a less

intimidating environment to

talk to a lawyer. Participants

in the Faith & Justice Alliance

can invite congregants from

their churches, synagogues

and mosques to bring their

legal questions as well.

Info: Terry Woods, 384-2175

or [email protected]; Bill

Coley, 292-2307 or bcoley@

hdclaw.com; Ian Hennessey,

637-0203 or ihennessey@

londonamburn.com.

Special services ■ Westside Unitarian Univer-

salist Church, 616 Fretz Road,

holds meditation services

6:30 p.m. each second and

fourth Wednesday. Includes

quiet refl ection, simple music

and readings. Info: westside

uuc.org.

gree in either ministry lead-ership or pastoral care and counseling. The degrees will better equip vocational church pastors and staff and anyone in faith leader-

ship, said Daniel Overdorf, dean of the School of Con-gregational Ministries at Johnson University.

Two recent events cel-ebrated the launching – an

offi cial announcement and reception April 21 at the Re-gas Building for community leaders, partners, and JU and KIBI students and fac-ulty, and an informational meeting a few days later for prospective students. Johnson University has an-nounced establishment of a Joe B. Maddox Scholarship Fund for ExtendEd students.

Overdorf expects 10-15 students in the fi rst class which will meet on Tuesday evenings at the Regas Build-ing.

They will have additional online coursework during the week with hands-on experience in churches. He said anyone interested in more information on Ex-tendEd should contact him at [email protected]


Story So Far: The special soccer team of non-athletic boys, practice for their next game by fi nding a way not to practice. But the second game looms.

Our second game was at Shoreham. If South Orange River had a reputation for being great in sports, so did Shoreham. In fact, the schools were rivals. I always won-dered who makes up rivalries. Principals probably cook it up. Maybe they hated each other. Or maybe the school board—any-

thing to avoid talking about budgets—got it going. I didn’t even know anyone from Shoreham. Didn’t even care.

We did get in another practice after the practice when we did not practice. Wasn’t bad. That is, I think we kicked the ball around a bit. The next day we went to a big museum and saw a neat fi lm.

In fact, on the bus to Shoreham, Saltz, Radosh and I got into this long discussion about some of the dinosaurs we saw in the

museum. A guide told us no one knows exactly why they died off. We were trying to fi gure out why. Saltz had the best idea. “Probably got into sports,” he suggested.

“Right,” I said, “The Mastodon Mothers versus the Tyran-nosaurus Tiddly-winkers.”

In other words, by the time we got out of the bus at Shoreham, we were in a good mood. Being in the bus alone helped. That happened be-cause after the fi rst game, they gave us -- and us alone — a small bus to use when we needed one. For the whole season. I think they thought that the way we played might be catching.

As for my being captain, that hadn’t amounted to much, except a little kidding. But as we got near the fi eld, Saltz slipped up to me and said, “Remember, the captain always goes down with his ship.”

Actually, it was another beautiful day, one of those early fall days that make you remember summer and wish it were back. Mr. Lester was all smiles. The team was loose. Positively jangling. As we closed in on the fi eld, we could see the Shoreham players working out.

We got ourselves ready. Mr. Lester beck-oned me over. “When the referee calls, you’re supposed to go out and meet the op-posing captain.”

“What for?”He looked blankly at me, blushing slight-

ly. “I can’t say I read that,” he admitted.After a bit, the referee did call. I went out

to the middle. The Shoreham captain was a big guy for a seventh grader, at least twice as wide as me. He held out his hand and we shook. He nearly busted my fi ngers. It’s a wonder he didn’t stomp my foot.

“How’s it going?” he said, dancing up and down as if his shorts were itchy.

“Okay,” I said, putting my hand in my armpit to get back some feeling. “You got a nice fi eld.”

“Little chewed up from our last game.”“Oh? Who with?”“Buckingham.”“Really,” I said, pretending that was the

least interesting thing in the world. “How’d you guys do?”

“We beat them six–zip.”“No kidding,” I said, sorry I asked. In

fact, I decided that my fi rst offi cial duty as team captain was not to tell my teammates that we were about to play the team that had beaten, by 6–0, the team that beat us 32–0.

Meanwhile, the ref was telling us he wanted a good, hard game, but no rough stuff. I felt like saying, “Don’t worry, we do best at bad, soft and easy.” But I didn’t.

“Good luck,” the Shoreham captain said to me.

“Thanks,” I replied, “we’ll need it.”He looked at me a little funny. Probably

thought I was kidding. I wasn’t.I can’t tell you about the whole game.

Just the highlights. Or rather, the lowlights. It wasn’t all that different from the Buck-ingham game.

I do remember being impressed because they didn’t score right away. Not in the fi rst ten seconds, anyway. In fact, I think we had the ball on their side of the fi eld briefl y. What is worth telling about is our fi rst goal.

It came about this way.

They were on the attack. Actu-ally, they were al-ways on the attack.

Just as we were always on the defense. But in this case, they had brought the ball nice-ly down the left line, passed it to the middle guys, pretty much in front of me — that is, in front of the goal.

Meanwhile, my trusty buddy Saltz, as well as Root and Hays, were right in there, fl ailing away, hacking with their feet, rear ends, heads, whatever they found useful and close to the ball. It didn’t work. The ball kept getting closer. To me. I crouched, ready to miss.

The ball squirted loose. Hays was right there and gave it a kick with the swift in-stinct of a true player. Right into our goal.

Point for them.The best part was when the ball went

in and the Shoreham team all lifted their arms. That’s a soccer tradition, airing your armpits after all that footwork. Anyway, I saw Hays lift his arms too, with this great idiot’s grin of success on his face.

Eliscue tipped him off, delicately. “Wrong side, Bozo,” he said.

Hays’s grin dropped like lead weights. He stood there, truly shaken.

At another furious part of the game, I re-member looking across the fi eld and notic-ing that their goaltender was lying fl at on his back, hands beneath his head, taking a sunbath. That really made me mad. I was still glaring at him as their twenty-second goal went whizzing past my eyes.

Final score: 47–0.Guess who won?I wondered, did that make them better

than Buckingham, or us worse?“Well,” said Dorman, as we dragged into

our bus for the ride home, “they said we couldn’t get worse, but we showed them. Lot of points.”

“Yeah, but I scored one of them,” Hays reminded us.

We applauded with slow, regular beats, “Yeah! Hurray!”

Mr. Lester, sitting up front with the driv-er, was doing his best to pretend he didn’t know us by reading one of his books, How to Be a Successful, Winning Coach.

He never did tell me what a captain was supposed to do.

(To be continued.)

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

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

CHAPTER FIVE: Second Game: New Heights, New Lows

“a breakfast serials story”Written by Avi and Illustrated by Timothy Bush

Ellie Raulston celebrates her academic achievements with a

friend. Photo submitted

West Valley Middle School seventh grader Ellie Raulston enjoys ice skating and art, but says she’s al-ways felt more at home with academics than with any other activity.

That special interest may have helped her earn a high-er-than-average score on the ACT. Ellie received a 25 overall with a 28 in science.

Ellie was invited to take the ACT by Duke Talent Identifi cation Program or Duke TIP, which according to its website is “a global leader in identifying aca-demically gifted students and providing them with

opportunities to support their development.”

“I took (the ACT) just to see what the format was like, so I could prepare to take it for college,” says El-lie. She scored well enough to be invited to the TIP Grand Recognition Cer-emony, held this year at Bel-mont University. While in Nashville, she also hopes to visit Vanderbilt’s campus to better decide which colleges to apply to later.

Although she still has time to consider her career choic-es, Ellie has been looking for-ward to becoming a doctor since she was a little girl.

Seventh grader excels on college prep test

Webb School senior delegates Jaye Ren, Kathryn Lee

and Sarah Ali won an award for Outstanding Bill at this

year’s Tennessee Youth in Government conference at the

State Capitol in Nashville. The three student legislators

researched the issue of reducing food waste in Tennessee,

put it in bill form, defended it in committee (and again

in both houses of the Legislature), lobbied other student

legislators for their vote and got the student-Governor to

sign it. Photo submitted

Webb students win Outstanding Bill

“Tennessee Trilogy: The Tennessee Recording Ses-sions,1927-1930,” a brown bag panel discussion Featur-ing Dr. Ted Olson, Tony Rus-sell and Richard Weize of Bear Family Records is noon to 2 p.m. Friday, May 6, at the East Tennessee History Cen-ter, 601 S. Gay Street.

Admission is free and at-tendees are encouraged to bring a brown bag lunch. Soft drinks are available for pur-chase.

The Knoxville Stomp Fes-tival of Lost Music, in Knox-ville May 5-8, celebrates the release of the Bear Family Records boxed set The Knox-ville Sessions, 1929-1930:

Knox County Stomp. The brown bag lunch opens the festival.

From 1927 to 1930, sev-eral record companies sent representatives into East Tennessee in search of local talent. The panel will discuss the sessions in Bristol, John-son City and Knoxville which produced notable recordings of the Carter Family, the “yo-deling cowboy” Jimmie Rod-gers, jazz musician Howard “Louie Bluie” Armstrong and others.

Bradley Reeves, director of the Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound, will also share video from the Heartland Series, in-

cluding rare footage of Wil-lie Sievers of the Tennessee Ramblers.

The speaker panel in-cludes Richard Weize, who founded Bear Family Re-cords in 1975. Dr. Ted Olson is a multi-award winning and Grammy-nominated music scholar who teaches in the Department of Ap-palachian Studies and the Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Country Music Studies Pro-gram at East Tennessee State University.

Olson, along with fel-low speaker Tony Russell, a leading historian of old-time music from London, Eng-land, co-produced and co-

authored album books for three boxed sets from Bear Family Records: The Bris-tol Sessions, 1927-1928: The Big Bang of Country Music (2011); The Johnson City Ses-sions, 1928-1929: Can You Sing or Play Old-Time Music? (2013); and The Knoxville Sessions, 1929-1930: Knox County Stomp (2016).

The Knoxville Stomp Festival will celebrate Knox-ville’s diverse music history through performances, fi lms, lectures, walking tours and the new feature exhibition on display now at the Museum of East Tennessee History.

Info: 865-215-8824 or EastTNHistory.org

S.O.R. Losers

Music pioneers gather for ‘Knoxville Stomp’

BEARDEN Shopper news • MAY 4, 2016 • A-9 kids

SCHOOL NOTES ■ Webb School of Knoxville will hold Discovery Day for grades

K-12 from 9-10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 5. Discovery Day allows

parents to learn about the school and what Webb has to off er

students. Info/registration: webbschool.org/discoverydays or

[email protected].

■ West View Elementary School will host a Cinco de Mayo Carnival

4:30-7 p.m. Friday, May 6. Lots of games, a dunking booth and

traditional foods made by many of the school’s Hispanic families.

Proceeds will go to school fi eld trips and other school initiatives.

■ West Hills Elementary participates in the following programs to

help raise money for the school: General Mills “BoxTops for Educa-

tion,” Campbell’s “Labels for Education,” and linking Food City

ValuCards, Kroger Plus Cards and Target Red Cards to the school

for points. Info: 539-7850.

Rocky Hill honor rollRocky Hill Elementary

School has announced its Honor Roll for the third nine weeks of the school year.

Third graders who made the list are Luke Ander-son, Easton Atkins, Ava Azzani, Orly Berry, Rilke Bienko, Christopher Bobo, Bella Boleber, Chase Brody, Maddy Brooks, Greer But-ler, Christopher Carter, Evy Cooper, Evan Cope, Liberty Doleans, Lilly Dun-can, Sydney English, Allie Faulkner, Jack Forester, Parker Fortune, Ren Fulton, Deacon Hanks, Bethany Harrell, Addison Hatcher, Sam Hatcher, Sadie Hayes, Jordan Hosack, Marinn Hubbard, Megan Johnson, Lucianna Jones, Addison Kammann, Jack Keith, Re-ese King, Lauren Lanning, Nate Lawhorn, Joy Li, Grace Liebenow, Emma Liles, Josh Lopez, Gabi Maestrotroani, William Mangum, Devyn Martin, Isabella Mason, Kain McDonald, Caitlin McVeigh, Carson McVeigh, Morgan Miller, Graham Moffett, Porter Moffi tt, Maggie Murray, Will Pend-ergrass, Eric Quinley, María Ramírez, Joey Rebholz, Harper Robinson, Kylie Schmied, Emma Schultz, Margaret Spencer, Charlie Stanton, Amelie Stohler, Anna Strange, Cole Stopka, Reeves Underwood, Spen-cer Vance, Rosalina Vega-Soto, Grayson Walters, Saw-yer Warren, Lillie Watts, Kristina Weaver, Shelby Weedon, Tanner White and Blake Wilson.

Fourth-grade Honor Roll students are Carlo Adams, Nathan Allan, Brody Arm-strong, Meg Atkins, Abigail Bailey, Janie Brice, Dane Britton, Lewis Brooke, Con-ner Coleman, Mary Beth Coleman, Fiona Collins, Ryan Collins, Lydia Cruze, Joshua Dickerson, Miles Dixon, Lisa Forester, Nyle Fulton, Savannah Goan, Ol-ivia Gray, Jordan Hamilton, Claire Holladay, Baylor Hol-lingsworth, Benson Hop-kins, Jaliyn Huff, Charlie Jackson, Blythe Jacobs, Ben Jaekel, Annabel Jumper, Shomoy Kamal, Jackson Kohl, Jackson Lange, Kath-

ryn Lentz, Jack Lavelle, Taylor Lewis, Gray Loftin, Ian Lusby, Cesar Magaña, Nicholas McIntyre, Norah McLoughlin, Mateo Me-jia, Yvangeline Mills, Zack Mitchell, Maliyah Mixon, Santana Nance, Naomi O’Meara, Luke Parker, Sarah Grace Pashke, Payal Patel, Frieda Pellathy, Ken-leigh Pennington, Spencer Perry, Riley Phillips, Carson Pickett, Stephanie Riggs, Rylee Sieber, Alisa Sieger, Anderson Smith, Eli Smith, Mary Davis Spencer, An-nalee Sword, Meghan Tay-lor, Asia Thigpen, Emma Valentin, Lauren Wade, Elizabeth Walker, Keller Ware, Hayden Watts, Ame-lia Webb, Jep Wells, John Whitesell, Mae Willard and Owen Winters.

Fifth-grade honor roll students are Emily Adams, Emma Atkins, Harper Bien-ko, Bizzie Bowers, Saman-tha Brody, Nathan Brus-seau, Sara Logan Cada, Blue Cain, Luke Cheadle, Jones Conner, Kieran Darko, Ja-cob Davis, Leif Duncan-Mo-rin, Kathryn Faulkner, Lily Fawaz, Eli Felker, Jackson Fisher, Tate Gerrish, Evan Goins, John Phillip Har-ris, John Kirby Hamilton, Trinity Hardiman, Morgan Hellman, Julie Horn, Rob-ert Hovan, McKenna Hub-bard, Cline Johannson, Ava Jones, Devin Kasey, Corbin Kelly, Ranya Joshi, Joshua Layton, Andrew Ley, Justin Li, Eric Lindley, Ava Long, Jackson Lowe, Eric Lyt-tle, Izabella Maestroiani, Margaret Manolache, Max Manolache, Lily Mason, Aaron Matheny, Zack McAl-lister, Drake McDonald, Wells Moffi tt, Max Moore, Dylan Murray, Ella Outland, Anh Pham, Anderson Puck-ett, Gavon Reeves, Averi Richardson, Ava Salvilla, Madeline Saunders, Ben Schaeffer, Will Siegling, Makenzie Stalker, Ame-lia Stopka, Hayden Vance, Morgan Vittetoe, Brook-lyn Walker, Finley Warren, Franklyn Whaley, Sunshine Whitaker, Katie Wilhoit, Garrett Willard, Finn Win-ters, Sydney Woodall and Ella Wright.

Bearden Middle School eighth graders Lydia Messer, Kelly Moscato, Jade Aleman and Presley

Keith talk about the poster they created for “A Very Special Arts Festival.” Photo by S. Barrett

Festival honors unique artistsWhen Bearden Middle

School participated in this year’s “A Very Special Arts Festival” held at West High School, they put the spot-light on the superpowers of students with autism.

Sara Barrett

BMS art teacher Mike Weininger approached a handful of students about creating a poster to cele-brate autistic students. The poster would be displayed during the event at WHS.

Eighth-grade students Jade Aleman, Presley Keith, Lydia Messer and Kelly Moscato created a poster with a superhero in the mid-dle, wearing a cape bearing the word “cape-able.”

The girls asked their classmates to leave their handprint in ink on the poster and write one word about themselves on the handprints. The words show that everyone has something that makes them special, like a superpower.

“People who don’t have autism still have things that make them different from everyone else,” says Kelly. “No two people are the same, and no two people with autism are the same. Each one reacts differently to the world, just like we do.”

Facts about autism were also included on the poster. All four students agreed the project was a learning expe-rience.

“Autism is not something to make fun of,” says Pres-ley. “We need to take time to recognize our differences and embrace them.”

“A Very Special Arts Fes-tival” gives students with disabilities an opportunity to showcase their artistic talents including dance, music, drama and visual arts. It is held each year at WHS with surrounding schools and organizations participating.

By Sara BarrettAmy Crawford was sur-

prised to be named Ten-n e s s e e PTA’s mid-dle school teacher of the year, but there w e r e n ’ t many oth-er people s u r p r i s e d by the an-

nouncement.Crawford teaches sev-

enth-grade language arts at West Valley Middle School. She affectionately refers to her classroom at The Lock-er Room, her students call her Coach Crawford, and she refers to her students as her champions.

“I want my students to remember that no mat-ter where they go in life, they’ll always belong to our locker room team and their

‘coach,’” says Crawford. “I will be on the sidelines cheering them on and pray-ing for them as they move on to bigger and better things than our seventh-grade locker room.”

Crawford has 21 years’ teaching experience, and she is the founder of the nonprofi t Reach Them to Teach Them, which aims to inspire educators and help them stay motivated.

“I want every student to remember that he or she is fearfully and wonderfully made and that his or her life has purpose and meaning. I want each of them to al-ways take responsibility for the choices they make and accept the consequences of those choices. Champions don’t make excuses! And when they see a need in the world, and they have the ability to meet that need, I want them to look fear in

the face and take action!”One of Crawford’s fa-

vorite experiences to share with her students is “Mis-sion Unstoppable,” wherein students earn money by completing odd jobs for family and neighbors to purchase toys for kids in need. Participants assem-ble the toys in Crawford’s room, and Mission of Hope delivers them at Christ-mastime.

“She wants kids to real-ize no matter who they are, they can make a difference in people’s lives,” says Tara Martz, whose son Parker was in Crawford’s class last year. Now, as an eighth grader, Parker is complet-ing an Eagle Scout project to benefi t Mission of Hope because he was inspired by “Mission Unstoppable.”

“She’s so genuine,” con-tinues Martz. “When some-one puts that much of what

they are into something without expecting some-thing in return, you know they’re where they’re sup-posed to be.”

Crawford hopes her champions gain more from her class than academics.

“I want them to ‘see’ people who are overlooked by the world, and I want them to be kind. Most of all, I want every single one of them to know that he or she matters to me.”

Regarding the Tennes-see PTA and its members, Crawford says “Your work matters, and although you serve unselfi shly behind the scenes, you are part of building magnifi cent (hu-man) cathedrals that will stand for centuries. You will never know how far or how long your impact reaches.”

Perhaps the same could be said for Crawford.

Crawford is PTA statewide teacher of the year

Crawford

West High School senior

Aubrey Davis signed

with Sewanee Univer-

sity with his parents,

Joan and Jim Davis, on

hand to help celebrate.

Aubrey will play on the

university’s tennis team.

His current coach, Rob

Cameron of Tennessee

Tennis Club and Acad-

emy, was also present to

show his support. Photo submitted

Davis to play at Sewanee

Cinco de Mayo Carnival at West ViewWest View Elementary

School will host its an-nual Cinco de Mayo Car-nival 4:30-7 p.m. Friday, May 6.

Families are invited to enjoy games, a dunk-ing booth, face painting, bounce house, yard sale and more. There will even be an applesauce eating

contest and traditional food prepared by many of West View’s Hispanic families.

West View’s entire stu-dent body receives free breakfast and lunch, and the carnival will help raise money for fi eld trips and other school activi-ties.

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Nathan Smith

Christmas in April Knoxville Orthopedic Clinic staff ers Teresa Copeland and Con-

nie Lucas are all smiles at the OrthoTennessee Rummage Sale

for Charity, held at Fort Sanders West on April 30. Lucas said,

“from pink Christmas trees to antique furniture – there was

something for everyone,” and 100 percent of the proceeds

went to Lost Sheep Ministries. While sales fi gures were not

readily available, business was brisk during the entire four-

hour event. Photo by Nancy Anderson

BIZ NOTES

BIZ NOTES

Dr. Epps

The Rotary guyTom King, [email protected]

It’s a lot like that peanut butter and jelly thing, this literacy relationship about books and reading between the Bearden Rotary Club and Pond Gap Elementary School. It’s been going on for 10-plus years with no signs of slowing.

On Friday, April 15, a group of Bearden Rotarians delivered a backlog of books to the Pond Gap library. “About fi ve years ago we started asking their librar-ian for a list of books for their library,” said Rotarian Dick Hinton. “Our club buys the books and we have our weekly speakers sign the in-side cover and then donate them to their library.”

Bearden Rotarians who helped deliver the books were Hinton, Gary Ric-ciardi, John Heins and club president Tom Daughtrey.

“Pond Gap School is high poverty and it happens to be in the Bearden area. The ‘Rotary Reader’ program was one of our fi rst regu-lar activities, but over the years we’ve done a range of things,” says Hinton, who heads up the reading pro-gram. “Every Friday there will be four slots open for club Rotarians to fi ll, to

Partners in books and reading

Rotarians and school personnel are pictured with students from Ms. Harrison’s third grade

classroom: (front) Alijah Davidson, Tyrese Mack, Rylee Greaney, Miracle Jackson, Jillian Mc-

Guire; (middle) Nevaeh Strickland, Sirvontez Jones, Saif Abdulameer, Joshua Ogle, Adonta

Jones; (back) assistant principal Arrin Alaniz, Gary Ricciardi, Dick Hinton, librarian Michelle

Broyles, John Heins and Bearden club president Tom Daughtrey.

spend 20 minutes or so reading books to the stu-dents.”

Hinton adds that school administrators have asked then to recruit men to read since it’s rare for the stu-dents to see a man in that role.

The Rotary Club of Far-ragut has the same books-

for-the library program with Ball Camp Elemen-tary School as does the Rotary Club of Knoxville with Sarah Moore Greene Elementary.

■ Elkmont projectWe recently reported

that the Rotary Club of

Knoxville will help restore the amphitheater at the Elkmont Campground in the Great Smoky Moun-tains National Park. The club’s fi rst Work Day at Elkmont will be on Satur-day, June 4, at 9 a.m. The work will be followed by a picnic lunch at Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area.

■ Clarence L. Vaughn III is

the new executive director

of the Police Advisory and

Review Committee, which

reviews citizen complaints

and internal aff airs reports

involving the Knoxville Police

Department. Vaughn holds an

MBA from Syracuse University

and a bachelor’s in business

administration from Florida

A&M.

■ Andrew Clark is a new vice

president at Barge Waggoner

Sumner and Cannon Inc.,

appointed during the annual

stockholders’ meeting April

23. Clark leads the water

services team in the Knoxville

offi ce. Clark earned his bach-

elor’s degree in civil engineer-

ing from UT.

■ Jerry Epps M.D. has been

named senior vice president

and chief medi-

cal offi cer of

the UT Medical

Center. Epps,

who has more

than three

decades of

experience as

an anesthesi-

ologist and in

physician lead-

ership, most recently served

as chair of the Department

of Anesthesiology with the

medical center and UT Gradu-

ate School of Medicine. Epps

replaces Dr. Jack Lacey, who

retired after four decades

with the medical center. A

native of Benton, Ky., Epps

lives in Knoxville with his wife

of 40 years, Eleesa. Their adult

daughter, Courtney Epps

Read, also lives in Knoxville.

■ Nathan Smith has been hired by

Rather & Kittrell as an associ-

ate advisor. Smith received his

undergraduate degree from

the Purdue University where he

majored in business mathemat-

ics and industrial management.

Chris Kittrell, co-founder and

partner of Rather & Kittrell, said,

“We are excited about Nathan

and the industry knowledge he

brings to the firm. Nathan is an

intelligent young man who will

help improve our client service

with his expertise.”

■ Steve Cruze has been named

chief operating officer of Premier

Surgical Associates. He previ-

ously worked as practice man-

ager for Premier’s Fort Sanders

Regional office. He is a retired

U.S. Army master sergeant,

serving for 21 years as a health

care specialist. Cruze served in

Afghanistan during Operation

Enduring Freedom with the 10th

Mountain Division.


Blueberry takes a walk.

Knoxville history in the making: the photography of Brian McDaniel

By Betty BeanBrian McDaniel remem-

bers the day he bought his fi rst camera –July 5, 1978. He’d had a conversation with a friend about where his life was going.

“Photography came up and I opted to go with that,” he said.

Nearly 38 years later, he has honed his photography skills and turned a hobby into an avocation that gives him great satisfaction – and turns a profi t. Assisted by his wife, Carol, he is record-ing familiar local scenes and producing stunning images in the form of photo-graphs, notecards and even coffee mugs.

“It’s cool to think that I have a hobby that actually

pays for itself – a self-sup-porting hobby,” he said “I’ve been able to buy a couple of cameras I wouldn’t have been able to afford, and to travel on photography trips. Bliss Home (a Market Square shop that sells his photographs) has been very kind to me.”

McDaniel, whose full-time work is at McKay’s Used Books, started his photographic career work-ing at newspapers around East Tennessee, and in 2007 was employed at Thomp-son Photo Products when a customer, Jane Sampson, told him she was opening a downtown gallery called “Through the Lens,” and asked if he knew any pho-tographers who might be

interested. McDaniel, who had long admired the Jim Thompson historic photos on the walls at work, decid-ed to give it a try. His fi rst sale was a shot of the JFG sign that overlooked the Gay St. Bridge.

When Sampson closed her gallery, she introduced him to Bliss Home owner Scott Schimmel. That part-nership has thrived, and the shop features a wall of framed McDaniel pho-tos, many of them of iconic Knoxville images. The best seller these days is a shot of McDaniels’ bluetick hound Blueberry (a rescue from a shelter in North Carolina) strolling across an orange and white crosswalk with Neyland Stadium in the

Brian R. McDaniel at work.

Gay Street image of the Tennessee Theatre

“Knoxville Montage” contains 37 images of familiar local

scenes.

background. Additionally, a selection of McDaniel’s no-tecards is available at the Knoxville Visitors Center.

“I look on this as a his-tory project – my way of contributing to the histori-cal record of Knoxville,” he said.

‘Off the record’For the third year, Hal and Phil are jumping off

the airways and onto stage where they are going Off the Record for an evening of comedy and music at the historic Bijou Theatre on Tuesday, May 3, at 7:30 p.m.

NewsTalk 98.7’s show hosts Hallerin Hilton Hill and Phil Williams will present a full evening with comedy, an award presentation, music and special guests planned. A portion of the proceeds will benefi t Second Harvest Food Bank.

Tickets are $25 and available by calling 865-684-1200 o r online at www.newstalk987.com

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NEWS FROM FORT SANDERS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

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stroke:LIKE IT NEVER EVEN HAPPENED.No comprehensive stroke and rehabilitation center in our region

does more to reverse stroke’s devastating eff ects than Fort

Sanders Regional Medical

Center. That’s why hospitals

across East Tennessee refer their

most complex stroke patients to

us. And only Fort Sanders Regional is home to the Patricia Neal

Rehabilitation Center, East Tennessee’s elite rehabilitation hospital

for stroke, spinal cord and brain injury patients.

Certifi ed as a Comprehensive Stroke Center by The Joint Commission and accredited by the Commission on the Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities

Leading the region’s only stroke hospital network

www.covenanthealth.com/strokenetwork

Fort Sanders performs clinical trials and procedures

for stroke not available anywhere else in our region.

Perry Morin is grateful for the treatment he received at the Compre-

hensive Stroke Center at Fort Sanders Regional. It’s that treatment

that allows him to continue enjoying afternoons with his wife, An-

gie, and daughter, Lydia.

Delivering immediate and excellent care

Sign of a strokeBillboard leads Johnson University EMT to choose Fort Sanders

If it had been anyone else, Perry Morin would’ve been among the fi rst to help. Only this time, he was the one who needed help.

A 52-year-old emergency medical tech-nician who lives on the Johnson University campus where he is safety manager, Morin suddenly found himself on the receiving end of emergency care late one night last August when an ischemic stroke left him in a heap on his bathroom fl oor.

His entire right side was powerless to move and his speech slurred as his wife, An-gie, asked where he wanted the ambulance to take him.

“That billboard popped into my head,” said Perry, referring to the large billboard he had seen on Chapman Highway count-less times last summer. “I don’t remember the exact wording, but it was a Covenant Health and Fort Sanders billboard that said something like, ‘The Region’s No. 1 Stroke Care Facility.’ I don’t know why, but it just popped into my head. So that’s why I chose Fort Sanders.”

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center was the fi rst in the area to earn an Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Center Certifi cation by The Joint Commission, a nonprofi t or-ganization that accredits and certifi es more than 20,500 health care programs in the United States. This “gold-seal” advanced certifi cation means that Fort Sanders is rec-ognized as having the most advanced and effective stroke treatments available.

Today, he’ll tell you that choosing Fort Sanders was one the best decisions of his life. A quick and accurate diagnosis and treatment with the clot-busting drug tPA (tissue Plasminogen Activator) resulted in Perry’s discharge two days later without any impairments.

“They were terrifi c. They were more than professional,” Perry said of the nursing staff and emergency department physician, Dr. David Bishop. “They recognized what was going on. They assessed me quickly and took care of it. They put me in a CT and fi gured out that I’d had an ischemic stroke which is treatable with tPA.”

It all began around 11:15 p.m. on Aug. 4, 2015, when Perry was brushing his teeth before bed. “Suddenly, I realized I couldn’t hold my toothbrush very well – it seemed heavy to me,” Perry recounted. “I thought, ‘what is this?! This is really strange.’ I think I may have recognized it was a stroke. That’s when I fell down and slammed into the bathroom door.”

The racket sent the rest of the Morin family scrambling – Angie from the living room, 17-year-old Benjamin from his man cave and 13-year-old Lydia from her bed-room. “I heard a big thud so I walked in and saw Mom had already dialed 911,” said Ben-jamin. “My sister was upset so I went and tried to calm her down.”

“So I’m just lying on the fl oor thinking ‘This is weird’ because I was recognizing what was going on,” said Morin. “I was cog-nizant, I was alert, and I was awake. It didn’t hurt -- nothing hurt. I was just lying there and I couldn’t move my right side at all.”

“He was very lucid with me,” said Angie. “I don’t think he said ‘stroke.’ I don’t think I said stroke. I don’t think either of us wanted to say that word. We just waited and prayed because we don’t live very close to the hos-pital way out here. The ambulance service got here very quickly.”

When a stroke happens, timely treat-ment is critical. The Comprehensive Stroke Center at Fort Sanders Regional is well above the national average in deliver-ing prompt treatment of life-saving medi-cation.

Clot-busting drugs are given to stroke patients through a vein to improve blood fl ow and minimize potential disabilities. The amount of time it takes for a patient to be brought into a hospital until the mo-ment medications are intravenously ad-ministered is referred to as “door to needle time.”

While the average door to needle time is a little more than an hour, the door to needle time at Fort Sanders Regional is 30 minutes. That’s half an hour faster than the national average.

It’s just one of the many advantages a

patient has when treated at a com-prehensive stroke center. The stroke center exists to provide the high-est level of stroke care for compli-cated stroke cases.

“It really exists to provide that next level up from what you can get at your local commu-nity hospital,” Moore says. “Strokes can be treated successfully at those hospitals, but fi nding out why the stroke occurred to prevent it from happen-ing again can be tricky”

Moore says digging into a patient’s background is a key step in determin-ing the cause, and sometimes it’s not as obvious as the main risk factors.

“Stroke centers tend to be better and faster at treating stroke just because we see it all the time,” Moore says. “We have doctors who can go up into the brain and pull a clot out, and that’s a really specialized niche. Most hospitals

don’t have access to someone who can do that.”

The Comprehensive Stroke Center at Fort Sanders Regional sees patients from through-

out East Tennessee, and even from Ken-tucky. To learn more, visit fsregional.com/stroke, or call (865) 541-1111.

The Seymour Volunteer Fire Depart-ment arrived fi rst, followed closely by Rural Metro, one of Perry’s former employers and staffed by a former co-worker. While talking with his former colleague, he overheard an-other paramedic say that his blood pressure was more than 200 over 100. “I had been

taking blood pressure medicine for several years,” he said. “I thought it was under con-trol. Obviously, it wasn’t. At least that day it wasn’t.”

As the EMTs placed him on a stretcher and maneuvered him out of the house into the waiting ambulance, Morin saw other mem-

bers of Johnson University’s fi rst responderteam were also helping. “I would’ve normallyresponded to myself,” he said with a laugh.“But since I couldn’t, others in our group re-sponded and helped the ambulance crew.”

It was almost midnight when Morin was wheeled into the emergency department atFort Sanders and taken directly to imag-ing where a CT scan confi rmed Dr. Bishop’ssuspicion of a stroke, likely caused by hy-pertension.

He was given medication to lower hisblood pressure, and after receiving Perry’sleft-handed authorization, the tPA was ad-ministered around 1:30 a.m. Within 20minutes, Angie could see her husband’s eyes brighten. Within 30 to 45 minutes, Perrywas himself again. Two days later, he was discharged after passing all the physical,neurological and speech assessments. Twoweeks later, he was back at Johnson Univer-sity working full-time.

Perry now realizes taking his blood pres-sure medicine alone isn’t enough – he must also check his blood pressure regularly. “Ididn’t pay any attention to it all summer,”he said. “I take my blood pressure more of-ten now and more routinely than I used to. I check it several times a week to see if it’strending up or down or stable. I’m walkingalmost every day now. I feel pretty good.”

That makes Lydia feel better, too. “I amglad that Dad is not sick and that he takesmedicine. He’s getting stronger every day –and every night too,” she said with a laugh.

Since that night, Morin has brushed up on signs of a stroke and urges others to dothe same. Likewise, he hopes others will fol-low that other sign’s advice and choose FortSanders Stroke Care Center should they need it.

“The neurohospitalist, Dr. Arthur Moore,was really nice. I liked him,” said Perry. “Iwish I could keep him, but I don’t want to go through that again to see him. And allthe nurses were great. I had the same four nurses for two days. The nurse at discharge said we were very blessed. We agree and we praise God and thank Him.”

The Stroke Center at Fort Sanders Regional

Dr. Arthur Moore is the medical di-

rector of the Comprehensive Stroke

Center at Fort Sanders Regional.

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Recreation

Boats/Motors/Marine

1979 SOMERSET ALUMINUM HOUSE-BOAT - For sale by owner. 14’ x 58’ Sleeps 8, Master BR, 2 bunk beds,MerCrusier V8 engine, generator, A/C, full galley, bath w/ walk-in shower. New roof, new counter-tops, many updates. Great cond! $57,500 For appt contact (865)414-3439 or (865) 922-8141

1994 RANGER 230C, Super Fisherman,twin 200 HP w/new alum trailer, $15,000. Dandridge (865) 333-0615

Boats/Motors/Marine

A NEW STINGRAY, I/O W/trailer, cost $24,000; offering same design for $9500. Very little use, stored in gar. since bought new in 2000. Call 865-376-3334 to see & verify exc. cond.

COBALT 220 1997, boat & trailer, exc.cond. Shown by appt. $16,900 or will consider an offer. (423)745-3013.

HURRICANE 2009 DECK BOAT, 115 Yamaha outboard motor, alum. trlr, complete fishing pkg., $20,900.

Email: [email protected] or call (865)243-7323.

SEARAY SUNDECK 24’ 1999 5.7 fuel inj., all options, exc cond.

$13,000. (865) 408-2588.

SEARAY SUNDECK 24’ 1999 5.7 fuel inj., all options,

Excellent condition!$13,000. (865)408-2588.

VOL NAVY TIME APPROACHING! Go in style with 29 ft. Crownline

Cruiser, two Volvo Penta V8’s 250 HP ea. I/O, galley, head, swim platform, cabins for 4 plus kids quarters, many

extras. Lake Loudon, covered slip. $16,900 obo. Due to health.

(423)639-3095 or 423-620-1850.

WAR EAGLE BOAT, 16’ 35 HP Johnson, foot cont., trol mtr, swivel sts, great shape. $3200. For pix (865)740-7146.

Campers & RV’s

2002 DOLPHIN 36’ CLASS A - Motor Home, exc. cond. Satelite TV, newMichelin tires, low mileage. Will sell or trade for Class C motorhome or toy hauler. 865-805-8038.

2003 WINNEBAGO JOURNEY DL 34’ Diesel Pusher, 69,000 miles,

Freightliner chassis, air ride sus-pension, Allison transmission, 330

Caterpillar engine, 7500 Onan gener-ator, trailer hitch, backup camera, 2 slides, many extras. Asking $41,000.

email: [email protected]: (865)556-5972 (865)556-5972.

2012 26’ OUTBACK CAMPER - 2SLIDES. Exc. cond. Priced to sell.

(865)244-4610.

2012 THOR ACE 29.1; 30’ CLASS A MOTORHOME;

Ford V12; Full body paint; ; 1 slideout; sleeps 5; queen bed w/ memoryfoam; couch; U-shaped dining; 2 TV’s;DVD players; Fridge; gas stove; micro-wave; 26,000 miles; many extras. $61,900. email: [email protected]; Call (865)210-4386.

2013 Jayco J Flight camper, 36’, 2 slides, elec awning, all wood inside, queen bed, 2 bunk beds, exc cond, 1 owner, $25,000 obo. 865-567-4402

2013 MONTANA 5TH WHL, 3 slideouts including resort lot, Gatlinburg. Reduced to $61,000 or best offer. Pristine condition.

Call (865)964-8092.

2015 FOUR WINDS Class C-31 ft.Sleeps 7. low miles Lrg Slide Out.Lots of Extras. Beautiful $74,900 call 865-850-4379

BLUE OX TOW BAR; $350Roadster Brake Pro; $350Contact: [email protected] (865)210-4386.

FLEETWOOD SUN VALLEY 2007 POPUP, Sleeps 9, AC, awning, furnace,sofa, no slide out or bthrm. (423)869-4529

Montana 2008 3075RL 5th Wheel, $24,000

3 slide outs, Artic package,2 recliners, central air, new tires,

appls., great, microwave, gas/electric water heater, 2 TVs, power front jacks,

new awning, no children/dogs, thermal pane windows, holding

tanks inside heated area, 34 feet, dinette chairs), king bed,

washer/dryer prep, parallel batteries, never had leaks.

Tows like dream. Call 865-661-8269

NEW & PRE-OWNED

CLEARANCE SALE

ALL 2015 MODELS MUST GO!!!!

Check Us Out AtNorthgaterv.com

or call 865-681-3030

SPRINTER KEYSTONE 303 BHS NorrisLake large deck with cover $16500 call-text (423)523-4339.

Motorcycles/Mopeds

2009 H-D SPORTSTER 1200 Black/Chrome Leather bags 3600 Miles never dropped garaged $4500 865-977-2956 (865)977-2956.

2009 KAWASAKI VULCAN NOMAD 1700, Great Cond., Kept in Garage, Bike has 11500 miles. Had all sched-ule services done. 2 Helmets gowith it. $6800. Call (865)805-9409.

HARLEY DAVIDSON 2009 - Ultra Classic, 1 owner, mint cond., garage kept, $15,600. Fully accessorized,103 ci, black pearl, clear title,10,500 mi. Just serviced. Interested inquiries only. Call 865-274-0007 or can text for pictures.

HARLEY DAVIDSON 2015 Tri-Glide,older owner, 4K mi, many extras, like new, $30K. Knoxville 540-538-4858

HARLEY DAVIDSON TRIKE 2014, all access., 6723 mi., 1 owner,

$29,500. (865)882-6354.

HD Road King Classic 2007, Suedeblue pearl, 1 owner, 14K mi., VHpipes, KN filter, Cobra tuning mod-ule, 103 motor, swing arm stabilizer, 3 seats, 2 windshields, many other items. 865-766-9452. $17,000.

HONDA 1994 TRIKE & MATCHING TRAILER, - many extras, gar. kept, exc. cond. 120K. Call after 6pm, 865-774-8801, asking $10,500 obo.

Off Road Vehicles

LOADED STARTING @ $9,999WORK HARD, PLAY HARDER!

Save some of your hard-earned money without sacrificing

speed or quality.GOAD MOTORSPORTSEast Tennessee’s largest

CFMOTODEALER

Mechanic On DutyFull Service Center

Parts & AccessoriesI-75, EXIT 134

Just Behind Shoney’s

Call 423-449-8433www.goadmotorsports.com

Jobs

Driver/Transport

DRIVERS: CDL-A - 1 yr. exp., Earn $1,250 + per week, Great Week-end Hometime, Excellent Benefits& Bonuses, 100% No Touch/70% D& H 888-406-9046 CDL-A, 1yr exp.866-937-0622 x474

ServicesOffered

Home Maint./Repair

HAROLD’S GUTTER SERVICEWill clean front & back, $20 & up. Quality work, guaranteed.

(865)288-0556

Miscellaneous

IF YOU USED THE BLOOD THINNER

XARELTO and suffered internal bleeding,

hemorrhaging, required hospital-ization or a loved one died while

taking Xarelto between 2011 and the present time, you may be

entitled to compensation. Call Attorney Charles H. Johnson

1-800-535-5727

Garage Sales

North

KESTERBROOKE NEIGHBORHOODGARAGE SALE. At Tazewell Pk. & Murphy Rd. Sat. April 30,8am-3pm.

This one you do not want to miss!

West

NEIGHBORHOOD SALE - Edgewater Condos off Canton Hollow nearWoody. Sat. May 7th. 8am-1pm.

Farmer’s Mkt/Trading Post

Farm Equipment

2012 JD 458 BAILER 4X5 BALE. 10wheel Durabilt rake, JD 7’ discmower, 16’ gooseneck trlr. 865-809-2620 (865)856-3875

8N Ford tractor, good paint, like new rear tires & wheels, lots of new parts, starts & runs good, $2600. (865) 938-8722

JOHN DEERE 2155 - 3300 hrs, new tires & all around great tractor(865)806-1783

TRACTOR International 464, 650 hrs., diesel. $5500.

(865)947-6595.

Farm Products

AT YOUR SITE LOGS TO LUMBER

USING A WOOD MIZER PORTABLE SAW MILL

865-986-4264

Logs2Lumber.com

FANNON FENCING

We build all types of Farm Fencing and Pole Barn.

*WOOD & VINYL PLANK*BARBED WIRE*HI-TENSILE ELECTRIC*WOVEN WIRE,*PRIVACY FENCING, ETC.

(423)200-6600

FREEZER BEEFcorn fed

(865)441-5093

Wanted to Buy

WANT TO BUY STANDING TIMBER, Hardwood & Pine & Land Clearing.

865-982-2606 & 865-382-7529.

Pets

Dogs

Chia Poo puppies, adorable, tailsdocked & dew claws removed, willbe small. F $150. 423-271-5129

GERMAN SHEPHERD PUPS AKC, WestGerman bldlns,3 M, 3 F, vet ck’d. health guar. $700. 865-322-6251.

GOLDENDOODLE - English cream F1B,no shedding, great temperaments.$1250. (865)466-4380

HAVENESE PUPS AKC, home raised, health guar. 262-993-0460.

noahslittleark.com

PUPPY NURSERY Many different breeds

Maltese, Yorkies, Malti-Poos, Poodles, Yorki-Poos, Shih-Poos,

Shih Tzu, $175/up. shots & wormed. We do layaways. Health guar.

Go to Facebook, Judys Puppy Nursery Updates.

423-566-3647

SHIH TZU puppies, AKC, beautifulcolors, Females $600; Males $500. Taking deposits. 423-775-4016

WOLF HYBRID PUPPIES - 11 wks., $400 each. 2 girls, 1 boy,

Call Eric 865-654-9338.

Merchandise

Antiques

WANTED - Military antiques and collectibles

865-368-0682

Building Materials

BLACK SHINGLES - Top grade classic, 24 bundles $10 ea. 10 bundles, plain, $5 ea. (865) 693-5493

Cemetery Lots

1 CEM LOT, - Seymour Memori-al Gardens, beautiful spot. $900. Call Gary, 865-255-1973 or Betty.(865)938-4012.

CEMETERY LOTS - Spaces 1, 2, 3 and4 of Lot 29 Section C Family Buri-al Estate in the Garden of Moses, Eastview Memorial Gardens 1320 Andrew Johnson Hwy, Strawberry Plains, TN 37871 $4,400 or $1,100 per space. (720)272-1399

Highland Memorial Veterans Garden, 2 lots w/crypts & 1 opening & closing. Value $7800. Taking offers. 637-3629

Collectibles

BUYING OLD US COINS90% silver, halves, quarters & dimes,

old silver dollars, proof sets, silver & gold eagles, krands & maple leafs, class rings, wedding bands, anything

10, 14, & 18k gold old currency before 1928

WEST SIDE COINS & COLLECTIBLES7004 KINGSTON PK

CALL 584-8070

COIN COLLECTION - DOMESTIC - FOR-EIGN COINS & CURRENCY COLLEC-TION Lifetime Collection......Silver Proof Sets, Mint Proof Sets, Grad-ed, Mint, Proof, Uncirculated Silver Coins and Currency, Foreign Coins and Currency. Fair Market Value $8100.00 Asking $5800.00 o.b.o. (865)982-6848

Exercise Equipment

NORDIC TRACK E5.5 ELLIPTICAL, MODEL NPEL -06011.2. Retail $799,used 2 1/2 yrs. exc. cond. $275. 865-765-0201.

Furniture

ELECTRIC LIFT CHAIR - tan, exc. cond. Used little. $500. Bought at Knox. Wholesale. 865-898-6927922-8879

Full size solid walnut high poster bed, family heirloom, seller moving, will sell $750. Will text pictures to seri-ous inquiries. (865) 742-8087

FURNITURE - ESTATE SALE Pieces for Every Room. Like New. Call (865) 675-1959

KINGSIZE BED, like new - incl. mat-tress & box sprngs. pd $3900; sell $2000/b.o. Gatlinburg (865)436-7519

MOVING SALE - oak roll top desk,$400; matching filing cab. $50; oak table w/4 chrs & leaf, match. bak-er’s rack, $600; oak hall rack, $100. Beautiful dishes by Laurie Gates. (865)748-7120

OFFICE WORK STATION - Steel Case, 3 pc., U-shape, exc. cond. $275. Desk 6’x3’, middle pc 4’x2’. 3rd pc 6’x2’. Incl. two 3 drawer file cab. & key-board tray. (865)257-7010

Hobbies

BONSAI EXPO - UT Gardens Bloom’s Day, May 7th-8th. Trees, demos, silent auction! (919)880-8029

Household Goods

Canadel sold ash dinette table, 4 chairs, 2 bar stools, $400; Whirlpool 25.4 cu.ft. refrig, white, $500; power tools, garden tools, John Deere plug aerator, John Deere dethatcher rake attachment. (865) 922-2393

QUEEN SIZE MATTRESS, - gel top,$300; queen box sprngs & matt.$400, futon, full sz, solid wood,$300. (865)236-4350

Hunt/Fish Supplies

DIAMOND STUD COMPOUND BOW - with case. Ready to hunt. $400. (865)603-5709

Lawn & Garden

42” cut John Deere rider, hydrostatic, needs hood, $500. (865)922-6408

5’ wide finish mower, like new, 3 pt hitch, $800 obo. (865) 312-2770

72” BOBCAT PREDATOR MOWER 2013,710 hrs. $6500. 31 HP. Exc. cond.(865)455-5373

BONSAI EXPO - UT Gardens Bloom’s Day, May 7th-8th. Trees, demos, silent auction! (919)880-8029

JOHN DEERE X475 - 192 hrs, 48” deck, like new. $5295 obo (865)599-0516

Med Equip & Supplies

LIKE NEW MEDICAL EQUIP.

Elec. Power Golden chair, collapses 4 sec. retails $1400, $750; Leisure

Pacesaver Scout M1, List $3200; sell $1000, HD, Power elec. hosp.bed,

inflat.matt., retails $4000; $750 both. Same as new. (865)671-0041

Merchandise - Misc.

KILL BED BUGS & THEIR EGGS! - Buy Harris Bed Bug Killers/KIT Complete Treatment System Hardware Stores, The Home Depot, homedepot.com (618)351-7570

SUN VISION PRO TANNING - bed,Wolfe syst., facial tanner, used lit-tle. $1000. (865)922-8879; 898-6927

UTILITY TRAILERSALL SIZES AVAILABLE

[email protected]

Plants & Trees

IRIS FOR SALE - $4 per rhizome.6005 Green Valley Dr. Knox. Open 9am-7:30pm Mon-Sun.

Tickets/Events

UTFB PARKING PASS - Get ready for VOLS football! Options are G10T, 9, G5/30. Will know definite soon. Call or text # below if interest!(704)575-6516

Wanted

ACCORDION WANTED - Older model OK, I will pay fair price, also looking for old amp. (865)237-1562

WANTED VINTAGE STEREO ELEC-TRONICS - I buy Large groups of vacuum tubes, testers amps speak-ers etc. 1960s and older (865)237-1562

Announcements

Adoptions

ADOPT: Happily married and family oriented couple, seeks bundle of joy to love unconditionally, cherish forever and completer our family. Expenses paid. Please call Jeff and Jenn 877-440-5111.

Financial

Consolidation Loans

FIRST SUN FINANCEWe make loans up to $1000. We do

credit starter & rebuilder loans. Call today, 30 minute approvals.

See manager for details.865-687-3228

Real EstateSales

North

DRASTICALLY REDUCED. Beautiful 4BR in Teaques Grove, close to I-75& Emory Rd. Nearly 1/2 acre, subd. pool, too many features to list. Pow-ell A+ schools. byowner.com MLS957738. Call Danielle 954-547-2747. $267,500. OPEN SUNDAY APRIL 24,1-3PM. 1417 Wineberry Rd., Powell, TN 37849

West

Open House Sun. 5/1, 2-5PM344 Forest Oak Dr., lots of privacey

near West Town Mall, 4 BR, 2 1/2 BA, approx 3600 SF, $297,500.

FSBO (865) 207-8196

SEQ. HILLS 3BR, 2 1/2BA + guestcottage, 2 car gar., + 2 car crprt., 1928 Charmer, $499K. (865)637-8534

Townhouse/Villas-Unfurn

DRASTICALLY REDUCED. 2 BR, 2 BA + sunroom, 2 car gar., all appls incl W&D, close to I-75 & Emory Rd. $124,900. 7120 Allison Way, Knox-ville, TN 37918. Call 954-547-2747, ask for Kevin

Lake Property

Lake Norris View Lot at Hickory Pointe, cleared, ready to build,drilled well. boat dock avail. to members. Clubhouse w/pool, only $79,500. Sandra (828) 627-3388

Manufactured Homes

I BUY OLDER MOBILE HOMES1990 up, any size OK

865-384-5643

Out of Town

PREMIER GEORGIA MOUNTAINTOP ESTATE - 1 Mountaintop Dr, 0BR, PREMIER MOUNTAIN TOP ESTATEPRICE REDUCED TO SELL! Private 4.8+/- acres adjoining the nationalforest. Steps to mountain stream and waterfall. Enjoy breathtaking long range mountain views andhigh elevation! Originally $100,000. MUST GO NOW ONLY $14,000. Call770-362-1092 (770)362-1092

Real EstateRentals

Apartments - Furnished

WALBROOK STUDIOS 865-251-3607$145 weekly. Discount avail. Util, TV,

Ph, Refrig, Basic Cable. No Lease.

Apartments - Unfurn.

1 BR APARTMENT TALIWA GARDEN

South (off Chapman Hwy)Ground level, new carpet

$495 577-1687

BEST DEAL OUT WEST! - 1BR from $375. 2BR $550-$695. No pets. Parking @ front door.

(865)470-8686

MORNINGSIDE GARDENS1 BR Apt Now AvailableELDERLY OR DISABLED

COMPLEX

A/C, Heat, Water & Electric Incl,OnSite Laundry, Computer Center

& Resident ServicesGreat location! On the Bus Line!

Close to Shopping! Rent Based on Income,

Some Restrictions ApplyCall 865-523-4133. TODAY

for more information

Homes Unfurnished

2000 SQ FT ALL BRICK RANCHER 1821 Falling Waters Road, WEST

KNOX LAKEVIEW 3BR 2BA SUN-ROOM SCREEN IN PORCH. NOSMOKING. $1800/MO 865-385-7600

HALLS/POWELL Off Emory Rd, betw I-75 & Halls, 2612 SF, clean 2 story,brick, wrap around porch, 4 BR, 21/2 BA, huge eat-in kitchen, fam.rm. w/FP, laundry rm, conv. locatedin serene neighborhood, $1500 mo.Call 865-680-8066 anytime

Condos Unfurnished

HARDIN VALLEY CONDO - 10001Juneberry Way, 3BR, HARDIN VAL-LEY-$1200/mo,$500DD,3BR/2BA,2 car garage,fenced, pool. Avail. June1st. (865)363-3529 or (865)363-3529.

West. Palisades. 3 BR, 2.5 BA, 1750 SF,no pets, 1 yr lease. $900 mo + sec dep & 1st mo rent. (865)539-1589

Duplx/Multplx UnFurn

WEST - family neighborhood, w/d connection, 4 bdrm, 2 bath,

$850.00 monthly 1 year lease 865-216-5736

Townhouse/Villas Unfurn

2BR, 1 1/2BA, carport, all appls, W/Dconn, new paint & deck, Pretty areanear OR. $675 mo.+ dep. 865-457-1913.

Rooms Furn/Unfurn

WANTED IN WEST KNOXNear bus line, studio /effic sm 1 BR apt. for 1 person. Util. incl. Month to month or 3-4 mo. lease. Furnished or unfurnished (520)907-4787

Real EstateCommercial

Commercial Property /Sale

NORTH 17,000 SF bldg on 2.25 acres, needs repair. Ideal for entertain-ment center or church. $225,000. 865-544-1717; 865-740-0990

Commercial RE Lease

672 SF, remodeled, office space or small retail. Off Broadway near I-640. Special incentive for long term lease. $550 mo. (865)696-9555

NEW BUILDING FOR LEASE, Zone - Light industrial office, conf. rooms,open space, 8000 SF, Bethel ValleyIndustrial Park, at the end of Pell. Pkwy, Oak Ridge, close to ORNL Lab. & Y12 plant. Call 865-806-2640.

WAREHOUSE OFFICE - 5450 Hwy 321,Lenoir City. 2 units: 3300 SF ($1450)5500 SF ($2400) Could be one unit.865-777-2500

Offices/Warehouses/Rent

20,000 SQ. FT. WAREHOUSE, 18’eaves equip. with fire sprinklersyst., 4 truck docks, 1 drive thru door. $5000/mo. 8422 AshevilleHwy. (865)567-4640

4000 SF Office/Warehouse

with dock & drive in, prime location Middlebrook Pk. $3,000 mo.

865-544-1717; 865-740-0990

DOWNTOWN OFFICE SUITE WITHPARKING - 119 W. Summit Hill Drive,Downtown prime 1st fl 4500 sq. ft. office space w/parking. Easy I-40access. (865)637-8400

ACTION ADS 922-4136 or 218-WEST(9378)

Shopper news • MAY 4, 2016 • B-3

THROUGH FRIDAY, SEPT. 16

Online registration open for the Marine Mud Run, to be held Saturday, Sept. 17. Individual waves, 8 a.m.; team waves, 11:30 a.m. Course: 3 miles of off-road running, which entails some obstacles, hills and mud pits. Registration deadline: Friday, Sept. 16, or until total registrants reaches 3150. Info/registration: knoxmud.org.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 4

Books Sandwiched In: “Between the World and Me” by Ta-Nehisi Coates, noon, East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Discussion led by the Rev. Christopher R. Battles Sr., Tabernacle Baptist Church, and Chris Woodhull, former Knoxville City Council member. Sponsored by Friends of the Library. Info: 215-8801.

“How to Use Facebook for Seniors,” 1-3 p.m., Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Presented by Social Media 4 Seniors. Cost: $30. Registration and payment deadline: Wednesday, May 4. Info/registration: townoffarragut.org/register, in person at the Town Hall, 218-3375.

Star Wars Day at the Library, 4-5 p.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Info: 470-7033.

THURSDAY, MAY 5

AARP Driver Safety class, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Buckingham Retirement Center, 7303 Manderly Way. Registration: Paul Johnson, 675-0694. Info: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

Appalachian family square dance, 8 p.m., Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Sponsored by Knoxville Square Dance. Music by The Hellgramites. Callers: Leo Collins, Stan Sharp and Ruth Simmons. No experience necessary. Admission: $7, $5 students and JCA members. Info: jubileearts.org.

Exhibition preview reception, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park. Exhibitions “Full Stop” by Tom Burckhardt and “Contemporary Focus 2016” by John Douglas Powers will be on display May 6 through Aug. 7. Info: Angela Thomas, 934-2034 or knoxart.org.

“Symphony on the Square,” 7:30 p.m., Market Square. Presented by Home Federal Bank; featuring the Knoxville Symphony Chamber Orchestra. Free admission. Bring blankets or chairs. Rain location: Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay St. Info: knoxvillesymphony.com.

THURSDAY-SUNDAY, MAY 5-8

Knoxville Stomp festival. Venues include: Market Square, the Bijou Theatre, the East Tennessee History Center, Boyd’s Jig and Reel and more. Featuring: live performances, panel discussions, fi lm screenings, a 78 rpm record collector show and more. Info/schedule: knoxstomp.com.

FRIDAY, MAY 6

Cinco de Mayo Carnival, 4:30-7 p.m., West View Elementary School, 1714 Mingle Ave. Includes: games, prizes, face painting, food, dunking booth, Safety City, Wendy from Wendy’s Restaurant, Bo from Bojangles and more. Tickets: 4 for $1. All proceeds go to the school for school supplies and fi eld trips for the students.

John McCutcheon performing, 8 p.m., Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Tickets: $20, some discounts available. Info/tickets: www.jubileearts.org.

Opening reception for Art Market Gallery’s May featured artists, 5:30 p.m., Art Market Gallery, 422 S. Gay St. Artists include Tennessee Watercolor Society members from the Art Market Gallery: Lil Clinard, Genie Evan, Harriet Howell, Kate McCullough and Brenda Mills. Exhibit on display through May 28. Info: 525-5265; artmarketgallery.net; on Facebook.

Opening reception for “Body of Art” exhibition by Annamaria Gundlach, 5-9 p.m., Broadway Studios and Gallery, 1127 N. Broadway. Exhibit on display through May 31. Info: BroadwayStudiosAndGallery.com or Jessica Gregory, 556-8676.

Public reception for new exhibits at the Emporium Center, 5-9 p.m., 100 S. Gay St. New exhibits include: “International Latino Art Exhibition” in the main gallery; “Small Plates: A Response to Hunger” (on display Friday, May 6 only) in the Balcony; Photography by Rachael Quammie in the display case; and “Recessive” by Abigail Malone in the Atrium. Info: knoxalliance.com or 523-7543.

Tennessee Trio: The Tennessee Recording Sessions, 1927-1930 | Brown Bag Panel, noon- 2 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Info: 215-8824.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, MAY 6-7

Garage sale, New Hope Baptist Church 7115 Tipton Lane off of East Beaver Creek. Follow signs.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, MAY 6-22

“Snow White and Rose Red,” Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Ave.

Performances: 7 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays; 1 and 5 p.m. Saturdays; 3 p.m. Sundays. Info/tickets: knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com; [email protected]; 208-3677.

SATURDAY, MAY 7

Family Fun Day, 1-4 p.m., McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 1327 Circle Park Drive. Free and open to the public. Info: mcclungmuseum.utk.edu or 974-2144.

Grand opening of Knox County Sheriff’s Offi ce Farragut Precinct, 10 a.m.-noon, 11429 Parkside Drive in Turkey Creek next door to Hibbett Sports. Activities include: KCSO S.W.A.T. Team, Bomb Squad, Motors Unit and K9 Unit. DNA and fi ngerprint kits for children available. Info: Capt. Robbie Lawson, [email protected] or 675-3210.

Introductory Internet Genealogy, 1-3 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Preregistration, a valid email address, good internet searching capabilities are required. Info/registration: 215-8809.

North Hills Garden Club Private Garden Tour, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., North Hills neighborhood. Featuring seven private residential gardens located along the neighborhood’s boulevards. Rain date: May 14. Also includes silent auction. Proceeds go to beautifi cation of the neighborhood’s boulevards and park. Info: facebook.com/NorthHillsGardenClub.

Saxophonist Kenny G performing with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, 8 p.m., Civic Auditorium, 500 Howard Baker Jr. Ave. Info/tickets: knoxvillesymphony.com.

Tie Dye Dash 4k, 8:30 a.m., West Side Y lower parking lot. Packet pick-up and race day registration, 7:30 a.m. Info/registration: ymcaknoxville.org.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, MAY 7-8

Blooms Days Festival and Marketplace, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., UT Gardens, 2518 Jacob Drive. Cost: $8, one day; $12, both days. Featuring: specialty plants, unique garden goods, live music, garden workshops, children’s activities and more. Info/schedule of workshops: utgardens.tennessee.edu.

SUNDAY, MAY 8

Sing Out Knoxville meeting, 7-9 p.m., Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 2931 Kingston Pike. Folk singing circle open to everyone. Info: [email protected], or 546-5643.

Spring Turkish Food Festival, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tennessee Istanbul Cultural Center, 7035 Middlebrook Pike. Featuring: Turkish food delicacies, baked-goods, crafts and more. Info: knoxvilleturkishfestival.org.

MONDAY, MAY 9

All Over the Page: “Tenth of December,” 6:30 p.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Info: 215-8750.

“Find your park: Great Smoky Mountains National Park” 1-2 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Presented by Dana Soehn, GSNP spokesperson. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.

Transit of Mercury Stargazing Workshop, 7 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Marble Springs State Historic Site, 1220 W. Governor John Sevier Highway. Event is free, but donations appreciated. Bring lunch and proper eye protection. Info: 573-5508; [email protected]; marblesprings.net.

MONDAY-TUESDAY, MAY 9-10

“Advanced iPad/iPhone Basics for Seniors,” 1-3 p.m., Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Presented by Social Media 4 Seniors. Cost: $45. Registration and payment deadline: Monday, May 9. Info/registration: townoffarragut.org/register, in person at the Town Hall, 218-3375.

TUESDAY, MAY 10

Einstein Simplifi ed Comedy Improv troop, 8 p.m., Scruffy City Hall, 32 Market Square. Free admission.

THURSDAY, MAY 12

“Getting Your House in Order” seminar, 2-3 p.m.., Physicians Regional Medical Center, 900 East Oak Hill Ave., Emerald Room. Free; registration required. Info/registration: 1-855-TENNOVA (836-6682) or Tennova.com.

“Grow Veggies Anywhere,” 3:15-4:30 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Presented by Master Gardener Amy Haun. Free and open to the public. Info: 329-8892.

THURSDAY-SATURDAY, MAY 12-14

International Biscuit Festival, downtown Knoxville. Info: BiscuitFest.com.

FRIDAY, MAY 13

Alive After Five: Stacy Mitchhart Band, 6-8:30 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Admission: general, $15; museum members and students, $10. Info: knoxart.org.

SATURDAY, MAY 14

Bob Watt Youth Fishing Rodeo, 9 a.m., Anchor Park, 11730 Turkey Creek Road. Open to ages 13 and under. Participants are encouraged to bring their own poles; limited number of fi shing poles available for use fi rst come, fi rst serve. Bait provided. Free and open to the public. Info: townoffarragut.org; Lauren Cox, lcox@

townoffarragut.org or 966-7057.Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil

War, Lucinda Heatherly Tent 3, meeting, 1 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Speaker: Cherel Henderson, Director of the East Tennessee Historical Society. Info: 573-1116.

Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver and Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time, 7 p.m., Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay St. Info/tickets: 684-1200, 522-0832 or 800-653-8000; Tennessee Theatre box offi ce; all Ticketmaster outlets; KnoxBijou.com.

“Grow Veggies Anywhere,” 1:30-2:30 p.m., Bearden Branch Library, 100 Golfclub Road. Presented by Master Gardener Amy Haun. Free and open to the public. Info: 588-8813 or knoxlib.org.

Tire Rack Street Survival® Teen Driving School, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Pellissippi State Community College, 10915 Hardin Valley Road. Short classroom session; hands-on experience to learn how to manage everyday driving hazards, obstacles and challenges. Open to licensed and permitted drivers ages 15-21. Cost: $75. Info/forms/schedules: streetsurvival.org. The cost is $75 per student and some insurance companies offer premium discounts to graduates.

SUNDAY, MAY 15

Open Streets Knoxville, 1-6 p.m., Central Street, from Willow to Scott, Old City to Happy Holler. Features: free games, activities, classes and more. Info: openstreetsknoxville.com.

“Sweets by Kate,” a two-act opera presented by Marble City Opera, 3 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Tickets: $20/students, $10. Info/tickets: marblecityopera.com.

Vikings of the Smokies Lodge of the Sons of Norway’s Taste of Scandinavia Smorgasbord and the Syttende Mai Celebration, 4-6 p.m., Faith Lutheran Church, 225 Jamestowne Blvd. Special performance by the Trollkretsen Scandinavian Dancers. Tickets: $15; children under 12 eat free. Reservations by Tuesday, May 10, to: Bonnie Pederson, 748-8044 or [email protected]; or [email protected].

MONDAY, MAY 16

Computer Workshop: Introducing the Computer, 5:30-7:45 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Preregistration required. Info/registration: 215-8700.

“Grow Veggies Anywhere,” 1-2 p.m., Davis Family YMCA, 12133 S. Northshore Drive. Presented by Master Gardener Amy Haun. Free and open to the public. Info: 777-9622.

“Sweets by Kate,” a two-act opera presented by Marble City Opera, 8 p.m., Sugar Mama’s Bakery, 135 S. Gay St. Tickets: $40. Info/tickets: marblecityopera.com.

MONDAY-TUESDAY, MAY 16-17

“Samsung Galaxy Phone/Tablet Basics for Seniors,” 1-3 p.m., Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Presented by Social Media 4 Seniors. Cost: $45. Registration and payment deadline: Monday, May 16. Info/registration: townoffarragut.org/register, in person at the Town Hall, 218-3375.

MONDAYS, MAY 16-JUNE 27

Zumba classes, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Cost: $45. Registration/payment deadline: Friday, May 13. Info/registration: townoffarragut.org/register; in person at the Town Hall; 218-3375.

TUESDAY, MAY 17

“Carbs: the good, the bad and the ugly,” 10 a.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Followed by a healthy cooking demo at 11. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.

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

Einstein Simplifi ed Comedy Improv troop, 8 p.m., Scruffy City Hall, 32 Market Square. Free admission.

Free grant workshop for Arts Build Communities (ABC) grants applicants, 3:30-5 p.m., Emporium Center. Grant info: Suzanne Cada, 523-7543 or [email protected]. Workshop info/registration: allianceabcfy17.eventbrite.com or 523-7543.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 18

Books Sandwiched In: “Sisters in law: how Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg went to the Supreme Court and changed the world,” noon, East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Info: 215-8801.

“Pinterest/Instagram/Twitter for Seniors,” 1-3 p.m., Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Presented by Social Media 4 Seniors. Cost: $30. Registration and payment deadline: Wednesday, May 18. Info/registration: townoffarragut.org/register, in person at the Town Hall, 218-3375.

THURSDAY, MAY 19

Shakespeare for Kids, 3 p.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Presented by the Tennessee Stage Company; featuring “The Merry Wives of Windsor” and “King Lear.” Info: 470-7033.

FRIDAY, MAY 20

Alive After Five: Soulfi nger, 6-8:30 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Admission: general, $10; museum members and students, $5. Info: knoxart.org.

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and was 7 pounds, 8 ounces and 19.5 inches long.

Alex was welcomed to the world by his family which in-cluded a very proud big sister. To prepare for Alex’s arrival, Abi-gail had attended the Teddy Bear University sibling class. Targeted for siblings ages 4-10, this class is designed to include brothers and sisters in the excitement sur-rounding the birth of a sibling. Family bonding is promoted to reduce jealous feelings. In each class, siblings are given a life-like baby doll, gender-specific to their forthcoming sibling, along with a diaper, clothing, a blanket and a bottle. Hands-on demon-strations teach hand sanitation and the proper way to safely hold a baby, as well as dia-pering, dressing, feed-ing and knowing when to call an adult for as-sistance. The class is concluded with a tour of the facility and a sweet treat.

“Abigail loved the sibling class, especially getting to take care of the ‘baby.’ She loved get-ting a tour of the facility and of course the pop-sicle each future sibling

received at the end of the tour. Shewas so excited to become a big sis-ter and loves playing and interact-ing with her baby brother even sixmonths later!” stated Chelsey.

Since Alex’s arrival, the Rei-manns are happily adjustingto being a family of four. In anew home, with a new babyand a new big sister, one thinghasn’t changed – Parkwest is theReimanns’ hospital of choice.Chelsey explained, “We had a lotof life changes in the year preced-ing Alex’s arrival, so it was so niceto look forward to the familiarityof a stay at Parkwest.”

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The only choiceThe Riemann family faced sev-

eral changes in 2015 - two moves, keeping up with a fi ve year old, and a baby on the way all created plenty of stress, but when it came to choosing a place to deliver their second child, there was no worry involved. Parkwest was their only preference.

Five years ago, fi rst-time par-ents, Chelsey and Aaron, care-fully considered every detail in preparation for their baby girl. Chelsey chose Parkwest not only because her physician’s offi ce was across from the hospital, but also because she watched many of her friends have their babies there, all saying they’d had excellent experi-ences.

When she learned that she was pregnant for a second time, she had no hesitation in choosing Parkwest again. “Our fi rst expe-rience having a child at Parkwest was a wonderful one. We were very well-cared for during our stay, in-cluding assistance and encourage-ment from the lactation consul-tants on staff as I worked to learn how to nurse a baby for the fi rst time. Aaron and I were thrilled to be delivering again at Parkwest. Our daughter, Abigail Jane, was delivered there on Jan. 25, 2010, by Dr. Kori Cottam. She has been my physician since I moved to Knoxville in August 2004, and I couldn’t imagine any other doctor or hospital taking care of us dur-ing such an important time in our lives,” stated Riemann.

Her fi rst delivery presented some complications, so the Rie-manns knew what to expect the second time around.

Chelsey said, “Going into our

Big sister Abigail was

ready for Alex’s arrival

thanks to Parkwest’s

sibling class.

The Riemann family with their newest member, who was also featured in

Parkwest’s carseat safety education piece below.

Mom and Alex meet for

the fi rst time.

The Childbirth Center:

What to expectAt the Parkwest Childbirth Center, expect-

ant mothers and family members are welcomed within 30 days of the day of delivery to pre-register and discuss what to expect. Mothers must be at least 36 weeks into pregnancy to preregister. Patients are encouraged to share their wishes for the day of birth, including what medication they may or may not want during labor. Because of this pre-registration, patients do not have to fi ll out paperwork or provide medical history on the day of delivery.

“They get a tour of our department and get to meet everyone so there’s less ambiguity about what will happen when they’re in labor,” Teresa Paris, RN, MSHS, BSN, RNC-OB, NEA-BC, Childbirth Center manager, said. “The service we provide allows women and their families to focus on delivery when they come back to have their baby,”

During delivery, patients are accompanied by a nurse clinician from East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, who monitors each delivery and can step in if neonatal issues arise. Infants who need additional care can also be quickly transferred to Children’s Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Following delivery, a lactation consultant visits each mother and answers questions about and assists in teaching techniques for breastfeeding. “Babies are not born knowing how to breastfeed, so we try to be hands on and support each mother,” Paris said. “We under-stand that it’s a personal choice and will help no matter what the patient decides. Formula is available, and we abide by parent preference.”

For more information about the Parkwest Childbirth Center, visit www.TreatedWell.com/Childbirth or call (865) 374-PARK.

to greet me and welcome our baby into the world. Thankfully the baby had the same plan and stayed put until that day! Dr. Cot-tam scheduled us to be the fi rst delivery of the day, and we were so impressed that the medical team got me prepped and wheeled back even before the clock struck 8 a.m. as planned!”

“I was the most nervous about experiencing a different type of an-esthesia with the spinal, however, the anesthesiologist and nursing staff were so kind, and it turned out to be a complete breeze.”

Just as planned, Alexander Kenneth Riemann was born Fri-day, Oct. 2, 2015, at 7:54 a.m.,

second childbirth experience, I felt much more at ease and pre-pared. After an attempted labor that did not progress with Abigail, and resulted in a C-section, we planned for a C-section this time.”

“It was wonderful knowing I would go in that Friday morn-ing and Dr. Cottam and the oth-er medical staff would be ready

Head is at least 1 inch below top

of seat.

Rear facing straps are AT or BELOW

shoulders.

Harness is snug and not twisted with no excess room in straps.

Chest Clip is at armpit level.

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KidsBy Carol Z. Shane

K athy Hart, manager of the Knoxville Symphony Youth Orchestra Associa-tion, had no idea what she was starting

when she gathered 15 young string players in her basement in 1994. In the ensuing 22 years, under the guidance and care of the violin teacher and dedicated educator, the program has grown to include hundreds of kids from all over the region, rehearsing and performing in fi ve different ensembles, each with its own conductor.

“This is my passion,” says Hart.This summer, many of those young play-

ers are headed to string camp. “The KSYO summer string camp is one

of the favorite weeks for the staff, alumni and current students to work together, make great music and have fun,” says Hart. “A theme is picked each year and music is selected based on that theme. Classes are organized to work with the theme as well. The 2016 theme is ‘That’s Entertainment’ – music from movie, musical and TV show themes. During the week, KSO musicians and local teachers coach and assist the par-ticipants.”

The camp happens this year from June 20-24 and is open to any and all string stu-dents at various levels of ability, not just current KSYO members. Originally sched-uled to take place at Bearden High School, the camp may instead move to Hardin Val-ley Academy, due to renovations at BHS. But

By Carol Z. Shane

Young musicians at camp

These young string players work hard and have fun. Shown rehearsing are Anna Anderson, 11, Michelle Waters, 18, Kelsie Edie, 14, and Pedro

Lima, 17. In the background are Katherine Spann, 13, and Caroline Farmer, a UT junior who coaches the young players. Photo by Carol Z. ShaneTo page 2

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the high level of education, music-making and fun will be the same no matter the location.

“Great traditions have carried on for more than a decade now,” says Hart. “Two of my favorites are wacky-tacky dress day and the fi nal piece on the concert where all students, staff and instructors perform together on an arrangement of Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, fi rst movement. At the 2015 camp, we had 215 playing the fi nale! It’s been ex-citing to see this camp grow, and it’s so rewarding to see the new faces at auditions for Youth Orchestra the follow-ing fall still excited from their camp experience!”

And how do the kids feel about it? “There are so many cool people there!” says Matthew

Keever, a cellist. “And lots of fun activities,” adds violinist Hannah Shipstad.

For more information about the KSYO’s 22nd annual summer string camp, including requirements for eligibility, visit knoxvillesymphony.com or email [email protected]

These young musicians are looking forward to summer string

camp. Shown (back) are Lindsey Hedrick, 14, Matthew Keever,14,

Gregory Croisdale, 16, Elliott Mills, 16, Candace Pang, 16, and

Katelyn Hedrick, 13. In the front are Abby Arsenault, 12, Kristina

McCune, 14, and Hannah Shipstad, 13. Photo by Carol Z. Shane

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By Betty Bean

T he folks at Emerald Youth Foun-dation are looking forward to another summer full of kids.

In addition to emerald Youth Sports comprehensive year-round program of leagues, teams and clinics for baseball, basketball, soccer, swimming, track and volleyball, Emerald Youth Foundation serves more than 300 young people in summer programs.

Just Lead, EYF’s after school minis-try, will continue its programs through-out the summer at Mt. Zion Baptist, Emerald Avenue United Methodist, Vir-ginia Avenue Ministry, Laurel Church of Christ, Hope Central, Second United

Methodist Church and Western Heights Baptist Center, the seven city churches who partner with EYF to provide after-school programs during the school year.

Activity groups are broken down by age. Elementary school kids, for ex-ample, will take fi eld trips to places like Pigeon Forge and area swimming pools.

“We really enjoy taking our kids to Ijams Park, and we’ll probably have some kids over at Beardsley Farm too,” said John Crooks, EYF’s marketing and communications director.

The biggest event of the summer is Just Lead Camp Week, June 13-17, where kids involved in summer pro-grams will get a chance to pick unique

camps they’d like to be involved with.There will be an outdoors camp

where 20 to 30 kids will go fi shing and kayaking. For kids who love acting, there’s theater camp, where they will perform a play at the end of the week. For future business leaders, here’s Junior Achievement BizTown in Clinton, equipped with a radio station, a Pilot Food Mart and other establishments where kids can learn what it’s like to run a business. There’s a sports camp with opportunities for focus on several dif-ferent sports.

The camp, Crooks said, is one of the most popular events Emerald Youth Foundation offers during the year.

Emerald Youth kids learn

during the summer through

experiences such as Junior

Achievement BizTown in Clinton.

Emerald Youth Foundation

Abner, an Emerald Youth

participant at Laurel Church of

Christ, shows off his catch to Gary

Milton of Youth Spiritual Outdoor

Adventures, host of the camp.

Children who want to go to camp will be asked to list their top three choices, and the EYF staff will make assign-ment based on several factors, including available space and prior camp experi-ence.

“We try to give the kids a broad range of experiences,” Crooks said. “Variety of Eastern Tennessee generously sponsors camp week, and it takes a lot of effort to pull it off.”

Info: emeraldyouth.org/contact-us or 865-637-3227

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OBy Carol Z. Shane

I f you’re looking for a cool new way for kids to have fun this summer, look no further than Knoxville’s ice rinks.

Both Cool Sports in Farragut and the Ice Chalet in Bearden offer summer skating camps and ice hockey lessons.

Adults can get in on the fun, too. “Ice skating promotes healthy living and fun for ALL ages” says Cool Sports’ website.

Nikki Copeland-Ronayne, director of fi gure skating for Cool Sports, has been skating since she was 5 years old and competing since she was 6. After at-tending the University of Tennessee, she auditioned for Holiday on Ice and toured Europe with the show. “I spent almost four years of my life traveling to new cities and arenas and have performed in front of thousands of skating enthusi-asts,” she says. “My life has been nothing short of exciting!”

Copeland-Ronayne has spent the last 13 years developing a skating program at Cool Sports utilizing the US Figure Skat-ing curriculum. She says her program is dedicated to “building skaters who not only skate for recreational enjoyment, but also compete amongst other elite level skaters throughout the Southeast.

“I often think of all of the lessons that I have learned from being a fi gure skater,” she says. “Get up when you fall down. Smile even when we feel like cry-ing. Learn from your mistakes and bask in the glory of your successes. Cherish those around you that encourage you to be better than you already are.

“Whenever I’m with a student I try to always nurture their strengths, and point out areas that need a little attention. I’m defi nitely a big ‘cookie’ coach – good stuff fi rst, then stuff to work on, followed by good stuff.”

Over at the Ice Chalet, the ice rink fl oor is currently being rebuilt. Accord-ing to Julia Hardin, director of the Ice

The cool place to be

Ice skating is a great way for kids to cool off this summer. Shown at the Ice Chalet are Aaron

Blake, Sara Beth Bogartz, Heather Helton and Ellie Tidwell.

Cool Sports off ers many choices in ice sports for youngsters. Shown from left are Corinne Oliphant, Alia Smith, Micah Foster, Morgan

Newman, KyLee Toole, Charlotte Rogers, Catherine Rivers, Jenna Schoonheim, Aimee Wagner, Molly Haymore, Bonnie Dudley, Alisha

Sarley, Eunyoung Hong, Skyler Shipstad, Skye Armstrong and Chloe Wagner. Photos submitted

Chalet’s skating school, it’s the fi rst major renovation since the business opened in 1962. “We usually close in April and May” for maintenance, she says, but this renovation will allow the rink to stay open year-round. Their “Swizzle and Siz-zle” summer skating camp for beginner and intermediate skaters begins June 27.

Hardin says, “I grew up at the Ice Chalet.” A graphic designer, she previ-ously worked for Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C., where she also taught skating. When she returned to Knoxville in the late ’90s, “I decided I’d like to teach skating in my home rink.”

Beginning skaters are taught every-thing they need to know in order to become accomplished, but “we do it with an emphasis on fun,” she says. “It’s the cool place to be in the middle of a very hot time of year!”

Cool Sports is located at 110 South Watt Road. Info: coolsportstn.com or 218-4500. The Ice Chalet is located at 100 Lebanon Street in the Bearden area. Info: chaleticerinks.com or 588-1858.

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