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Building Gibbs a middle school

Building Carter a school carried the risk that every community in the county would expect similar miracles, even though Mayor Burchett sought to tamp down expecta-tions by warning that Carter was a one-time deal because there’s nothing left to sell.

The only thing that’s sur-prising about the folks at Gibbs asking for a middle school is that it took this long.

➤ Read Betty Bean on page 5

Cheating no moreWonderful, isn’t it, that Ten-

nessee basketball will never again by plagued by cheating disorders.

No more penalties or embarrassment, so ordained, more or less, by athletic direc-tor Dave Hart, who really likes his job, especially on the second and fourth Fridays of each month.

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It can get a little raucous on Saturday mornings around My Place.

That’s when about two dozen musicians pull out their scores and start practicing for the community band at My Place, a performance and art space on Hall of Fame Drive.

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By Betty BeanConcerns about who will re-

place Austin-East High School principal Benny Perry when he re-tires at the end of the year emerged as the top issue at the East Knox-ville community meeting called by County Commissioner Sam McKenzie, City Council member Daniel Brown and school board member Gloria Deathridge at the Beck Cultural Exchange Center last Thursday.

For example: One of the written questions from the audience, ad-dressed to Deathridge and Clifford Davis, former Knox County Schools executive director of secondary education, who will become Super-intendent James McIntyre’s chief of staff later this spring, asked:

County Commissioner Sam McKenzie, City Council member Daniel Brown and school board representative Gloria

Deathridge at a citizens’ meeting moderated by Juanita Cannon Photo by Betty Bean

A-E principal selection top concern

By Cindy TaylorWhen Jim Klonaris fi rst spot-

ted his home in the historic Fourth and Gill neighborhood, it was love at fi rst sight. For wife Lori it was sight unseen. Klonaris made an offer and put everything in place to purchase the house before he told Lori, who was on a weeklong mission trip at the time.

“Fortunately, my wife has com-plete trust in me,” said Klonaris. “All she requested was that I create for her a sanctuary in the backyard.”

But the couple did so much more than that during renova-tions, which they are close to com-pleting three-and-a-half years since the purchase. They have done most of the work themselves with the help of friends, calling in experts only when needed.

The couple tried West Knox liv-ing but never really felt at home there, and it was far from their

“How important is it that A-E has a principal from our community?” The questioner went on to observe that all the other schools in the dis-trict have Caucasian principals.

“I would like to see someone of color,” Deathridge said, adding that the applicant must also be

qualifi ed and experienced.“This is not a position of train-

ing. We need someone who can re-late to the community.”

Another commenter said the principal’s selection needs to send a message:

“To let everyone know that we To page 3

are just as professional and intel-ligent as anyone else.”

The speakers praised Perry, who was named principal in April 2008, when the school was under threat of state takeover under No

Fourth and Gill sanctuary

Jim Klonaris in his backyard sanctuary with Historic Fourth and Gill Home

Tour co-chairs Jenny Wright and Sean Martin Photos by Cindy Taylor

business. As owners of Café 4 on Market Square, they became en-amored with downtown Knox-ville. They looked at condo and loft living in the area but really wanted outdoor space.

“We fell in love with the unique-ness of downtown, which was for-eign to us but very endearing,” said Klonaris. “It continued to pull on our heartstrings. My son had bought a house in the Fourth and Gill area, and I found a fi xer-upper close to his and planned to fl ip it.”

Jim put an offer on the house, but during a drive through the neighborhood he saw a house with a “for sale” sign in the yard. He was invited inside, and even though the colors of the house were not appealing, Klonaris recognized great bones. He withdrew the oth-er offer and purchased what would

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By Bill DockeryMuch like this spring’s weather,

the climate for human rights in Tennessee is cloudy with occa-sional rain and thunder.

So said the executive director of the state’s Human Rights Com-mission after a meeting Thurs-day during which she reviewed a recently completed status report on human rights in the state and sought further comments from members of the public.

“We have laws on the books that we are charged with enforcing, but we also have attempts to repeal laws that affect access to employment and housing and public accom-modations,” said Beverly Watts, executive director of the Tennessee Human Rights Commission, speak-ing at the Beck Cultural Exchange Center. “That’s the thunder we hear from time to time.”

The report, released in Novem-ber 2014, is the result of hearings in Memphis, Chattanooga, Knox-ville and Nashville. At more than 200 pages, it contains 57 testimo-nies about rights issues as voiced by 47 individuals.

The commission had asked citi-zens to identify the human rights

Current human rights forecast is cloudy

The Housing Offi ce of the Tennessee Human Rights Commission gathers for a photo after an update on the com-

mission s rights report released in November 2014: Cynthia Bates, Sheena Foster, Saadia Williams, housing offi ce

manager Richard Gadzekpo, Laura Burch, state commission chair Annazette Houston and executive director Beverly

Watts. Photo by Bill Dockery

issues facing their communities, recommend possible solutions and the barriers to them, and pro-vide examples of any effective pro-grams that could serve as a model for other communities.

Watts said the report was not about individual complaints but rather a global perspective on the state’s human rights issues.

“We passed along actual com-plaints to the appropriate agen-cies, but we wanted people to ad-dress the overall issues,” she said.

“We came to follow up on the report we compiled last year, and we want your input on any issues that have surfaced since the report was published,” said Watts.

“We know of one issue that has come up since then: a justice-law enforcement issue. The death of black men at the hands of law en-forcement is a tip-of-the-iceberg issue.”

Watts said that commercial and social media had raised justice is-sues after shootings of black men

in Florida, Missouri, New York and South Carolina.

She also noted that other issues were surfacing, including violence against women, discrimination against pregnant women, Internet and technology access in class-rooms and neighborhoods, and gender issues, as well as immigrant status.

“The legislature is trying to de-cide where to put a monument to

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Thyroid cancer: What you should know

Thyroid cancer begins in your thyroid gland, which is located in your neck. The thyroid gland is found under your Adam’s apple and above your collarbone. You usually are not able to see or feel your thyroid. It faces the front, but it’s underneath your skin. It’s shaped like a butterfl y, with two lobes (a right and left lobe) con-nected by a bridge of tissue, called the isthmus.

Statistics from the American Cancer Society regarding thyroid cancer: ■ Doctors will diagnose about 56,460 new cases of thyroid cancer. ■ Thyroid cancer occurs more often in women. Three in four cases occur in

women. ■ About 43,210 cases of new thyroid cancers will be diagnosed in women. The

other 13,250 will be found in men. ■ Thyroid cancer rates have risen sharply in recent years. It is the fastest-in-

creasing cancer in both men and women. ■ Thyroid cancer has a 97 percent survival rate at the fi ve-year mark. This

means that out of every 100 people treated for thyroid cancer, 97 of them will be alive fi ve years after treatment. Survival, however, is affected by many factors, in-cluding stage at diagnosis, the subtype of cancer and patient age.

■ About 1,000 women and 780 men will die of thyroid cancer every year.

Williams was diagnosed with thy-roid cancer, which affects nearly 60,000 adults each year in the United States.

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On Nov. 5, Kropilak and Kim-sey worked together to remove Williams’ thyroid gland and nearly four dozen lymph nodes. The surgery required a long inci-sion, stretching from Williams’ left shoulder blade to the center of his neck.

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Bill Dockery

A-E principal selection From page 1

Child Left Behind. Perry re-built a demoralized faculty and boosted the morale of the student body.

“It’s good to have a prin-cipal retire from Austin-East,” McKenzie said.

“What has happened at Austin-East is exemplary,” Davis said. “Mr. Perry is a relationship kind of person

who has pulled the staff to-gether.”

Davis announced that there would be a commu-nity focus group meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 23, at A-E to discuss Perry’s replacement. A faculty-on-ly focus group meeting is scheduled for 4 p.m.

Human rights From page 1

women’s suffrage on the War Memorial Plaza in front of the Capitol – at the same time that it is sunsetting the Eco-nomic Council for Women,” she said.

The commission has rec-ommended fi nding ways to make the public more aware of the report and identifying possible legislative initia-tives the commission could promote.

Asked what fi ve facts she would want Knoxvillians to understand about human rights, Watts made these points:

■ There are civil rights laws on the books that com-bat discrimination in em-ployment, housing and pub-lic accommodation.

■ There are more civil

rights issues that need to beaddressed than are current-ly being addressed by stateand federal laws.

■ Despite existing laws,persons continue to be de-nied various services basedon age and race.

■ Homelessness and ac-cessible housing continue togive rise to civil rights issues.

■ The state justice andeducational systems contin-ue to be intertwined in waysthat provoke civil rightsproblems in both arenas.

Civil rights laws arewhat the commission has toenforce, she said. We areindependent fact-fi ndersand advocates for the law.Sometimes, when necessary,we advocate for expandingthe law.

The papers and broad-cast media have been full of stories celebrating the events that led to passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 half a century ago.

For old East High, 1965 is a year to celebrate

The Bloody Sunday walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma has been re-created. The famous march to Montgomery has been celebrated. And the courage of civil rights activ-ists has been honored.

After 50 years, it’s easy to forget that those world-changing, headline-making events were not just mo-ments for the nation s histo-ry books. They also echoed through local communities, creating tension and un-certainty, opportunity and

promise among neighbors and classmates. Knoxville s 1964-65 academic year was the fi rst that integrated whites and blacks in the same schools.

The class of 1965 was the fi rst integrated class to graduate from East High School, said Jim Adcock, retired insurance executive and East alumnus. Seven or eight African-Americans transferred in from Austin for their senior year.

Austin High School was the city s black high school and drew not only from Knoxville but also from sur-rounding counties.

There were no overt racial problems any of us remem-bers. After graduation, we all went our separate ways. Now we can t fi nd everyone.

Adcock and other alumni are seeking to locate the African-Americans in that historic class and welcome them to a 50th anniversary celebration.

We think it s incumbent

on us to at least let all of our alums know it is the 50th anniversary and that they are invited to the reunion,Adcock said. We re looking for all the 65 grads, black and white, and want to hear from anyone who knows where they are.

Born out of the post-World War II residen-tial developments of East Knoxville, East was one of four city high schools cre-ated to replace Knoxville High School. The fi rst class dubbed itself the Mountain-eers and graduated in 1951 from a new building on what was then McCalla Avenue, drawing from the Park City, Burlington and Holston Hills neighborhoods.

East would continue to exist as a separate school only three more years after integration. It was merged with Austin in 1968, and Austin-East High School now occupies the former East campus. Vine Middle School is in the former Aus-

tin facilities.Mr. (Benny) Perry, the

current principal of A-E, wants people to come back and see the school building,Adcock said. There have been additions on either side, but the main building is basically the same as it was when it was built. The lockers are a different color.

The Class of 65 will gath-er from 6 to 10 p.m. Satur-day, Aug. 15, at the Jubilee Banquet Facility, 6700 Ju-bilee Way off Callahan Road in Knoxville. The event will feature dinner, a cash bar and music by a DJ. Cost is $50 per person and dress is casual. Reservation dead-line is June 15. Contact Jim Adcock, 865-809-3958 or [email protected], or Brenda Thrasher Mitch-ell, 865-254-0436 or [email protected], for more information. The organizing committee includes Adcock, Mitchell, Vickie Brooks Hill-ard, Linda Ely Smith, Jim Poston and Sandra Riley.

The Fabulous Red Hat Society celebrated its 10th anniversary with a luncheon April 16 at the

Beck Cultural Exchange Center on Dandridge Avenue. The local chapter of the national group

was founded on Feb. 24, 2005, by 22 women meeting at Masonic Hall, 2834 Selma Ave. The

group meets monthly to have fun. Among the attendees, here showing off their purple hats

for the occasion, are (standing) Brenda Anderson; Della Oliver, queen mother; Lenora Andrews,

leader; Annetta James; and (seated) Wilma Steele, vice leader. Photo by Bill Dockery

The Fabulous Red Hat Society

By Bill DockeryIt can get a little rau-

cous on Saturday mornings around My Place.

That’s when about two dozen musicians pull out their scores and start prac-ticing for the community band at My Place, a perfor-mance and art space on Hall of Fame Drive.

Paul Daniels, longtime Knoxville musician and band director, opened My Place in 2014 to furnish a space where young people interested in music, art, theater and dance could meet, learn and perform.

“We are working to en-sure that every child in our community has an oppor-tunity to participate in the arts,” Daniels writes in a brochure for My Space. The mission of the organiza-tion is “to help communi-ties share ideas and values among cultures and genera-tions through the arts.”

A 1967 alumnus of East High School, Daniels gradu-ated from the music program at East Tennessee State Uni-versity with an emphasis in French horn. He earned a master’s degree in educa-tion administration at the University of the District of Columbia, where he taught music in inner-city public high schools for a decade.

When he returned to Knoxville, he took a position as head of the music educa-tion department at Knoxville College and fi elded the insti-tution’s largest-ever march-ing band. He has since taught at Holston Middle, Vine Mag-net and Austin-East High.

“We try to teach them to read music and play together so that they can go back to their school or place of wor-ship and participate,” he said. “We like to get them in music during middle school, when they are at a vulnerable age.”

Daniels offers or arrang-

es for private lessons on mu-sical instruments through My Place and also displays and sells original artwork. Whenever possible, he for-wards donated instruments to music students for free.

Music benefi ts society because the students who become involved have a low-er dropout rate, improved test scores and attendance records, and a higher grad-uation rate, he said. He em-phasizes the “unity” that is part of the community band experience.

“Our rapid growth in technology must be bal-anced with our creative in-terpersonal spiritual selves,” he writes.

My Place is at 734 Hall of Fame Drive, and Daniels can be reached at 865-898-4604 or [email protected]. The My Place facility is also available for rent for community and civ-ic activities and events.

Saturday morning is time to toot your horn in the community band practice that Paul Daniels leads for musicians of all levels. Photo by Bill Dockery

Band worksto put unity in community

Fourth and Gill From page 1

become their current home.The couple kept the beau-

tiful stained-glass windows and hardwood fl oors and renovated using period-style wood, stone and brick. As empty nesters, they are perfectly suited by the two-bedroom house.

“We have lived here dur-ing the renovation and love it here,” he said. “We fi nd it impossible to be in our house and not be in a good mood. We plan for this to be

our last home.”The Klonaris’ home is

on the Historic Fourth and Gill 25th Anniversary Tour of Homes, a featured event of the Dogwood Arts Festi-val that coincides with open gardens and walking trails. Jim and Lori’s gardens are currently open for view-ing. The tour will be 1-6 p.m. Sunday, April 26. Info: www.fourthandgill.org. Contact Cindy Taylor at ctaylorsn@gmail.

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Basketball cheating isn’t new

Marvin West

Wonderful, isn’t it, that Tennessee basketball will never again by plagued by cheating disorders.

No more penalties or em-barrassment, so ordained, more or less, by athletic di-rector Dave Hart, who really likes his job, especially on the second and fourth Fri-days of each month.

We may never know what Donnie Tyndall knew when, but it is amazing that some who judge seem to think he or his may have been fi rst to twist or stretch rules and regulations.

Alas, it has been going on since shortly after Dr. James Naismith hung the original peach baskets, appointed scorekeepers and launched the coaching industry.

Naismith did not cheat. He had a losing record.

Cheating is a major prob-lem in basketball because one great player can make a stunning difference. Two can mean a champion-ship. Since there are never enough greats or even goods to go around, slick sales reps on commission may offer more exciting entice-ments than scholarships.

Chairs of academic integ-rity (eligibility) sometimes do whatever is needed to excel or save the coach’s job.

At some places (North Car-olina and Syracuse come to mind), they do more than necessary.

I do believe college cheat-ing is pretty much a 50-50 proposition. About half the coaches do and half don’t. Some host barbecues in pursuit of small advantages. Some go for broke. Al Mc-Guire said the secret of suc-cess was to keep it simple.

“I waited until recruiters identifi ed the best player. When they lined up to de-liver their messages, I went to the front of the line and signed that player.”

Coach McGuire did not go into details.

Fans are similar. They are about 50-50. All want to win. Some don’t care how.

NCAA police appear to be 10-90 types. They lack subpoena power. They catch an occasional crook. Dumb ones are more vulnerable.

Earlier in my sporting life, I was greatly disillu-

sioned by some of the things I saw and heard. I could not believe the great Adolph Rupp had a Kentucky man-ager hiding behind the bleachers, sneaking a peek at Tennessee’s Friday prac-tice before a Saturday game in Lexington.

I got a tip that it was actually happening. Vol manager Greg Coffman and I converged from op-posite directions and caught the villain, armed with notebook and pen. “Young man, what are you doing back here?”

“Searching for lost car keys, sir.”

It really hurt to hear that John Wooden’s legacy at UCLA was inspired and funded by wealthy devel-oper Sam Gilbert. Dur-ing Wooden’s domination, Sam provided interest-free loans and helped players exchange complimentary tickets for cars and clothes. He allegedly arranged abor-tions for girlfriends. Wood-en never noticed.

For book royalties, star center Bill Walton revealed the secrets. Las Vegas coach Jerry Tarkanian put the UCLA system in perspective.

“The only team with a higher payroll was the Lak-ers.”

It was so sad when Vil-lanova, Western Kentucky, UCLA and UConn had to give back NCAA tourna-ment victories and earnings because they used ineligible players. It was shocking that it happened twice to Mem-phis.

It was unbelievable that John Calipari was com-mander-in-chief for one Memphis mess after en-during a previous refund at Massachusetts. Like Wood-en, Calipari had no idea there was a bad smell in the house.

Some of John’s current friends are unusual. Some prosper in the suspicious AAU/shoe game. True Cali-pari disciples say their hero and Rick Barnes’ friend has been clean as the proverbial hound’s tooth as Kentucky coach.

Michigan’s fi ve fabulous freshmen of 1992 turned out to be heartbreakers. They were so good – and bad. Chris Webber was the star going up and down. He eventually pled guilty to criminal contempt for lying about $280,000 accepted from a booster.

Lying is serious. Just ask Bruce.Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is [email protected].

Scott Frith

In politics, the truth rarely gets in the way of a good argument, and few issues have become more political than requiring photo identifi cation to vote. The Tennessee Voter Identi-fi cation Act, more com-monly known as the photo ID law, requires nearly all voters to provide a Ten-nessee or federal ID before they can vote. As a result, many Democrats (and a few Republicans) have alleged that the law keeps indigent or low-income folks from voting because they can’t afford the cost of a photo ID.

It would be a good argu-ment if it were true.

While most voters are required to have a photo ID to vote, the law specifi cally exempts those who cannot afford to pay for a photo ID. In other words, if you can’t afford a photo ID, and you’re willing to sign a form saying so, you’re not required to have an ID to vote. In fact, once you sign that form, the election of-fi cials will allow you to vote on the voting machine just like everyone else.

No questions asked.(Of course, if you pull

up to the polling place in a Rolls-Royce and wearing a Rolex watch, some folks might start asking ques-tions.)

Why don’t more folks understand this part of the law?

A cynic might say that Democrats don’t better publicize this indigence exemption because they’d rather attack Republicans for (allegedly) disenfran-chising voters than actu-ally get more low-income folks to the polls. Others

The politics of voting and photo ID

might say that Republicans don’t better publicize the exemption because they don’t want low-income folks to vote at all. Even worse, it’s just as likely that activists from both parties never took the time to fully understand the law and are just arguing their talking points.

Bottom line, Tennessee’s photo ID law is a common-sense safeguard on the bal-lot box. You have to show an ID to cash a check or buy a beer. It’s just as reasonable to require folks to prove their identity when they go to vote. Just remem-ber, under the law, no one is prevented from voting because they can’t afford a photo ID.

Grumbling about Gibbs. Unless you live in the Gibbs community, you may have heard grumbling last week about the school board endorsing a plan to build a new Gibbs Middle School. As a result, County Com-mission will now decide whether to fund a new school despite the superin-tendent of schools saying we don’t need it and the school’s $30 million price tag. At the same meeting, the school board also en-dorsed a new middle school in Hardin Valley.

As the joke goes in government, “Why buy one when you can get two for twice the price?”Scott Frith is a local attorney. You can contact him at [email protected].

A city consultant’s report that suggests fi ve signifi cant steps to enhance downtown development was met with expressions of interest, sug-gestions and complaints.

Mayor Madeline Rog-ero and her staff recently presented a report by the Urban Land Institute. City offi cials Anne Wallace and Bob Whetsel presented the primary recommendations of the ULI report:

Proposals for coliseum, Henley draw mixed response

Bill Dockery

■ Acquisition and de-velopment of the State Su-preme Court property on Henley Street

■ Employment of a mas-

ter developer to work with the city on the 400 and 500 blocks of West Jackson Av-enue

■ Potential uses for World’s Fair Park, including as green space

■ The fate of the Civic Auditorium/Coliseum and surrounding 26 acres

■ Changes to Henley Street/U.S. 441 that might make it more pedestrian-friendly

Whetsel said the top priorities were engaging a master developer for Jack-son Avenue and purchasing the court building from the state before an August dead-line. A third priority was engaging the community in the remaining elements of the ULI recommendations.

Questions and comments seemed to focus primar-

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The late Kyle Testerman was the only Knoxvillian to serve two separate 4-year terms as mayor and the last member of City Council to advance to the mayor’s offi ce.

Others serving on coun-cil have run for mayor since 1971, including Jean Teague, Danny Mayfi eld, Bernice O’Connor, Casey Jones and Ivan Harmon, but voters have not chosen a council member to be mayor since Testerman defeated the late Mayor Leonard Rogers.

Testerman fought many battles – some more suc-cessfully than others – but no one doubted where he stood on an issue. He as-sembled a young team at city hall – called the Kid-die College by the Knoxville Journal – including Darrell Akins (then 23), Guy Smith IV, Jim Easton, Bill Booher, Graham Hunter and Rick Dulaney.

In some ways, he was Knoxville’s fi rst modern mayor, starting a computer system, modernizing the fi nance department and changing the ways of uni-

formed services. He backed a World’s Fair. He was also controversial, which led to Randy Tyree leading an in-surgent campaign that un-seated him.

He returned to the may-or’s offi ce eight years later, and things were much calm-er than in his fi rst term. He brought people like Wanda Moody, Wanda Teague and Bob Booker into city gov-ernment. He merged the school systems by a charter amendment to remove the city from operating a school system. It was fi tting that, two months ago, the tennis courts at Tyson Park were named in his honor and he was able to attend. He was a dedicated tennis advocate and loved sports.

■ State Rep. Ryan Haynes was narrowly

Testerman brought youth, modernization to city

elected chair of the state Republican party by a vote of 33-27 over state Rep. Mary Littleton, with a third candidate receiving three votes. The committee has 66 members.

■ Haynes was the choice of elected party leaders, and he was clearly the most able, articulate and energetic choice. He will make a dif-ference going into the 2016 presidential campaign.

Haynes is the youngest person to be state chair of the GOP (he’ll turn 30 on May 8) and is the fi rst Knox Countian to serve since Su-san Richardson Williams. Other Knoxvillians who served as GOP state chair included Erby Jenkins and Claude Robertson, both attorneys now deceased. Haynes has a law degree and is scheduled to take the bar exam this summer.

His resignation as state representative will prob-ably occur at the end of the current legislative session, which could be this week. The governor must set a date for a special primary

and general election to fi ll the seat within 120 days of the vacancy, which means voters may fi ll it by Septem-ber.

Meanwhile, Knox County Commission may name an interim replacement for a few months. Lou Moran is mentioned.

Several persons are ex-pected to seek election to Haynes’ seat, which in-cludes overwhelmingly Republican Farragut and West Knox County. Names being mentioned include Jason Zachary, who ran for Congress last year, former Farragut Mayor Eddy Ford and school board member Karen Carson. Others will emerge.

■ Mayor Rogero’s budget message will be noon Wednesday, April 29, at Lakeshore Park. Getting there at 11:30 is a smart idea for good seating. The public is invited. If your printed in-vitation didn’t arrive, don’t worry – you can attend any-way as it is a public meeting.Victor Ashe is a former mayor of Knox-ville. Contact him at: 865-523-6573 or [email protected].

Burchett justifi ed his audacity by citing his pre-

de c e s sor ’s e m p t y promise to the Carter community to build them a new school. He justifi ed the price tag by vowing to

get the school built with-out increasing the county’s debt. First he tried a lease/purchase option that ulti-mately fi zzled. Then he cob-bled together a cash-on-the-barrelhead plan fi nanced by selling selected county properties and adding the take to funding the school board had for remodeling the old Carter school.

On June 3, 2013, Burchett tweeted a picture of a giant check for $13,869,737.84, and Carter had a new el-ementary school.

So why did he do it – out of a deep love for Carter? A sense of justice? Not say-ing he didn’t love Carter and think they’d been wronged, but my bet is that Burchett decided to kick off his new administration by kicking McIntyre’s butt in a highly visible way. Was it worth it? Certainly the Carter folks would say yes.

But building Carter a school carried the risk that every community in the county would expect similar miracles, even though Bur-chett sought to tamp down expectations by warning that Carter was a one-time deal because there’s nothing left to sell.

The only thing that’s sur-prising about the folks at Gibbs asking for a middle school is that it took this long.

And with the political climate being what it is, a tax increase is out of the question, which means that Burchett’s getting ready to declare victory and kiss his $100 million dream good-bye.

Was the school board giv-ing Mayor Tim Burchett the fi nger when it voted to build a new Gibbs Middle School and let somebody else fi gure out how to pay for it? The is-sue appears to be riding an emotional wave, and smart money says the votes are there on County Commis-sion, which leaves Burchett squarely on the hot seat. Burchett

School board to Burchett:

Kiss that $100 million dream goodbye

Betty Bean

But no, the board wasn’t messing with Burchett by voting to build the school without having a clue how to pay for it. Most of those who voted yes support him and weren’t yet in offi ce in 2010 when he decided to step in and build a new Carter Ele-mentary School against the initial wishes of the board and Superintendent Jim McIntyre, for whom Bur-chett famously had no love (and still doesn’t).

Nevertheless, wading into something that was (1) none of his business, legally speaking (where – and whether – to build new schools is within the pur-view of the school board, not the executive or the County Commission) and (2) carried a hefty price tag was a surprising fi rst move for the penny-pinching Bur-chett, who had announced his intention to whack the county’s debt by $100 mil-lion during his fi rst fi ve years in offi ce.

He’s been making pret-ty good progress toward that goal (money guy Chris Caldwell says Burchett’s ad-ministration has reduced Knox County’s bonded in-debtedness by $70 million), but fi nancing a school of the size that the school board approved (800 students) will clearly knock a hole in Burchett’s debt-cutting as-pirations.

Wendy Smith

Those who think of Jim-my Carter as a peanut farm-er who happened to mosey into the White House might be surprised to learn that Carter, at age 90, has dedi-cated himself to fi ghting in-justice and violence against women and girls.

Wanda Sobieski, presi-dent of Sobieski, Messer & Associates law fi rm, dis-cussed Carter’s 2014 book, “A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power,” at last week’s Books Sandwiched In program at the East Tennessee History Center.

Carter writes that the single biggest barrier to world progress is the abuse of women and girls, which is largely caused by incorrect interpretation of religious texts and a growing toler-ance of violence. He goes on to say that the way to effect the most change is to change the way women are treated.

Sobieski, who consid-

Change the world by treating women better

ers herself well read, was shocked by the book’s sta-tistics. Each year, 20,000 women are victims of hon-or killings, most for being raped or breaking customs. Genital cutting, a rite of purifi cation, has been per-formed on 125 million wom-en and girls worldwide. In China in 1990, 50 million girls went missing due to in-fanticide and sex-slave traf-fi cking. The resulting short-age of brides led to the sale of still more girls.

Carter says 200 to 300 girls come to Atlanta every month as sex or domestic slaves. Forty-two percent of them stay in the city’s wealthiest areas.

Progress is often ob-structed by religious lead-ers who keep women out of leadership roles. Such be-havior wouldn’t be tolerated in secular society, Sobieski said.

The book also points out that an international treaty to end discrimination and violence against women has been ratifi ed by 188 coun-tries – but not the United States – the only industri-alized country not to ratify the treaty.

“If we don’t at least say we aspire to a goal, then we’re never going to get there,” Sobieski said.

Most of those who at-tended the program, spon-sored by Knox County Pub-lic Library, were women, and many were students. Following Sobieski’s sum-mary, Knox County Com-missioner Amy Broyles encouraged women to step into the political arena.

“We can’t sit and wait for

men who hold offi ce to make changes. We have to run

for offi ce ou r s e lve s . When wom-en are at the table, the c o n v e r s a -tion chang-es.”

W h a t ’ s the big-gest is-

sues faced by Knoxville women? Sexual assault on college campuses was Sobieski’s immediate an-swer, but she also cited re-moval of the “glass fl oor” that threatens women until they have full constitutional rights through the Equal Rights Amendment.

Carter’s book includes 23 steps toward ending dis-crimination and abuse. The fi rst is simple: encouraging women to speak out more forcefully. If we can accom-plish that, we’re well on our way to tackling the others.

Sobieski

Mixed response From page 4

ily on three areas: the pro-posed razing of the Knox-ville Auditorium/Coliseum, the nature of the master developer concept the city plans to use for redevelop-ing some sites, and changes to Henley Street that might improve or hinder traffi c fl ow.

Three African-American leaders addressed the is-sue of tearing down the

Civic Auditorium/Coli-seum, which was built in 1961 through urban renewal projects built in historically black neighborhoods along First Creek.

Robert Booker said he was passionate about the auditorium/coliseum. Booker is a civil rights ac-tivist, historian, writer and former head of the Beck Cultural Exchange Center.

“Fifty-four years ago, I called the Coliseum box of-fi ce and asked if there would be a section for Negros,” Booker said. “I was told it would open on an integrat-ed basis. When I told the people in the offi ce where I was using the phone, they literally shouted for joy.”

Booker said that for Knoxville blacks, the Coli-seum was like having a taste of New York City or Los An-geles. It quickly became a center for cultural activities for all races.

“Now we’ve come to dis-cuss whether the facility is too old and too outdated to maintain,” he said. “The Civic Coliseum is a tremen-dous asset to this part of the city. If it can be renovated, then that should be our course. Building a new one on another site is irrespon-sible and outrageous.”

Umoja Abdul-Ahad said that urban renewal in the 1960s devastated Knox-ville’s African-American community.

Margaret Gaither sug-

gested that the price might be too high to raze the au-ditorium/coliseum and take the property for other uses.

“I’ve lived in Knoxville for 60 some years and was working with KCDC when all this took place,” Gaither said.

Citizen comments on Henley Street ranged from the need for improve-ments to traffi c fl ow be-tween downtown and the University of Tennessee/Fort Sanders area to prob-lems with restricting access

along Henley into South Knoxville.

Rhonda Reeder, who lives on Jackson Avenue and works at UT, called Henley a barrier and encouraged the city to narrow the street to make it more friendly for pedestrians, bicyclists and commercial interests.

Betsy Pickle responded that Henley “is not a cor-ridor. It’s a street. It is not a barrier to connectivity.” She said changes to Henley would degrade access to South Knoxville.

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■ Cable signs with Carson-NewmanCarter High senior Gar-

rett Cable signed to play baseball at Carson-Newman University next year.

The Hornets’ left-hand-ed pitcher has played for Carter all four years in high school, was named 2A dis-trict freshman of the year and was named to the 2012 2A All-District team. Cable was also named 2013 All-District pitcher and named to the 2013 All-District

Tournament team and to the 2014 All-District Tour-

n a m e n t team.

G a r r e t t s e l e c t e d CNU be-cause it’s close to home and after much prayer, he felt that

God was leading him to the

school. While at Carson-Newman he will study ex-ercise science and minor in nutrition. He hopes one day to help athletes excel at the major-league level.

Attending the signing were Garrett’s parents, Jeffrey and Pennie Cable, grandparents Bob and June Bates, very special people Cris Blazer, Ridge Palmer and Kendal Houser and friends and teammates.

Garrett Cable

Threds, Inc. sales rep Andy

Fendley and Green Magnet

Academy student Rolondo

Phillips show the T-shirt print-

ed for GMA third-graders. Photos by R. White

Threds, Inc. employee Ashley Weaver demonstrates to GMA

student Miracle Biggerstaff how items are embroidered during

a recent fi eld trip.

Mason Wooden and Mason Buchman “fi sh” for letters during

an activity at Beaumont.

Jamie Parkey and his

daughter Avery read

together inside a tent

during Camp Beau-

mont.

Fun at the career fairVine Middle students Destini Moody, Krislyn Williams and Alexus Rice put on glasses at the Knox

County career fair, learning about taking photographs and gathering information at the Shop-

per-News booth. Photo by R. White

Parents and students en-joyed an evening making s’mores, playing games and listening to fi reside stories at Beaumont Magnet Acad-emy’s camping night.

Participants received a T-shirt and tote bag at the event, ate dinner, received free books and enjoyed math and literacy activities, thanks to a Title 1 grant and

Fun at Camp Beaumont

RuthWhite

the hard work of Early Liter-acy coach Sarah Buchman.

Blaise Neff and Emmett

Lawrence enjoy a “ride”

in a kayak at Beaumont

Magnet Academy’s

family camping night. Photos by R. White

■ Learning the ropes at Threds Inc. Green Magnet Academy

third-graders received a special treat as they toured the West Knoxville facility ofThreds, Inc.

Threds provided a fun and informational tour

for their guests. Students learned how the graphics department operates, how shirts are screen-printed and how machines create the embroidery.

At the end of the tour,

sales representative Andy Fendley showed the win-ning design created by stu-dents at the school and sent the group back to GMA with a boxful of freshly printed T-shirts.

■ Cleanup at Fulton scheduled for Saturday In an effort to enhance

the beauty of our schools and communities, Knox County Education Asso-ciation and Keep Knoxville Beautiful will hold a com-munity cleanup on Satur-day, April 25, at Fulton High School, 2509 N. Broadway.

The event will kick off at 10 a.m. Volunteers will meet in the front parking lot (on the Broadway side).

Volunteers will be scour-ing the Fulton campus and surrounding areas, picking up litter and debris from the landscape. All materials

will be provided. The clean-up will end around noon, and a light lunch for the vol-unteers will be provided.

Sign up at www.Volun-teerKnoxville.org, keyword Fulton.


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H o l l y ’ s Homberg is two restaurants in one. By day, the cozy establishment at 5032 Whit-taker Drive (behind Nama on Kingston Pike) offers a salad/soup/sandwich menu that mirrors Holly’s 135, the new Gay Street restaurant. By night, however, Hol-ly’s Homberg adds specials that excite the

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Russell Crowe plays a

man desperate to fi nd

out the fate of his sons

in “The Water Diviner.”

By Betsy PickleThe four new movies

opening this week seem like the calm before the storm: no superheroes, no car chases, no drug dealers. There will be violence – two of them are set during times of war – but don’t expect gangs or buckets of movie blood.

“Ex Machina” opens Friday at Downtown West (please see review, at right).

Opening in limited re-lease is “The Water Diviner,” directed by fi rst-timer Rus-sell Crowe. Crowe plays an Australian farmer who trav-els to Turkey after the Battle of Gallipoli, in 1915, to fi nd his three missing sons.

He also gets involved with a beautiful hotel man-ager. The movie won Best Film, Best Supporting Actor and Best Costume Design and was nominated for fi ve other awards at the 2015 Australian Film Institute Awards.

In “The Age of Adaline,” Blake Lively plays a woman born at the turn of the 20th century who stops aging at 29. After 80 years of not al-lowing herself to form close bonds with people she will outlive, she meets a hand-some philanthropist (Mich-iel Huisman of “Game of Thrones”) who changes her philosophy and makes her want to take a huge risk.

Harrison Ford, Amanda Crew, Ellen Burstyn and Kathy Baker also star in the fi lm directed by Lee Toland Krieger (“Celeste & Jesse Forever”).

In the family fi lm “Little Boy,” an 8-year-old (Jakob Salvati) desperately wishes for his father to come home from fi ghting in World War II, so he puts his faith to work.

Alejandro Monteverde (“Bella”) directed the fi lm, which stars Kevin James, Emily Watson, David Hen-rie, Ted Levine, Michael Rapaport, Eduardo Vera-stegui, Ben Chaplin, Tom Wilkinson and Cary-Hi-royuki Tagawa.

Blake Lively (with Michiel Huisman)

plays a woman who stopped aging

at 29 in “The Age of Adaline.”Jakob Salvati plays an 8-year-old who will move mountains to

bring his father home from World War II in “Little Boy.”

Crowe, Lively take risks onscreen

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Shopper news • APRIL 22, 2015 • 9 weekenderFRIDAY-SUNDAY

■ “The Tempest,” Pellissippi State Community College Clay-

ton Performing Arts Center, Hardin Valley Campus, 10915

Hardin Valley Road. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Friday and Sat-

urday; 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $12 for adults, $10 for seniors

and students. Info/tickets: www.pstcc.edu/tickets.

■ “The Threepenny Opera,” Clarence Brown Theatre

Mainstage, 1714 Andy Holt Ave. Performances: 7:30 p.m.

Friday and Saturday; 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Info/tickets: www.

clarencebrowntheatre.com.

FRIDAY ■ Alive After Five concert: Soulful Sounds Revue, 6-8:30

p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive.

Tickets: $10; $5 for members/students. Info: 934-2039.

■ Knoxville Opera presents: “Il Trovatore,” 8 p.m., Tennes-

see Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Info/tickets: www.knoxvilleopera.

com; http://www.tennesseetheatre.com.

■ Leroy Troy “The Tennessee Slicker,” 8 p.m. Laurel Theater,

1538 Laurel Ave. Tickets: $14, some discounts available. Info/

tickets: www.jubileearts.org.

SATURDAY ■ Christopher Titus: “Born With a Defect,” 8 p.m., Bijou The-

atre, 803 S. Gay St. Info/tickets: http://www.knoxbijou.com.

■ Jay Clark & Jeff Barbra will perform, 8 p.m., Laurel Theater,

1538 Laurel Ave. Tickets: $12, some discounts available. Info/

tickets: www.jubileearts.org.

■ Rossini Festival International Street Fair, Gay Street.

■ 33rd Annual Smoky Mountain Scale Model Contest &

Show, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Jacob Building in Chilhowee Park Expo

Center. Model aircraft, military vehicles, automobiles, ships,

dioramas and more on display. Contest open to everyone.

On-site model vendors and food concession. Info: http://

knoxvillemodelclub.webs.com.

SUNDAY ■ Knoxville Opera presents: “Il Trovatore,” 2:30 p.m., Tennes-

see Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Info/tickets: www.knoxvilleopera.

com; http: //www.tennesseetheatre.com.

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By Carol ShaneKnoxville blooms in the

spring, not only botanically but also musically. So far we’ve had two major festi-vals – Big Ears and Rhythm N’ Blooms, and this coming weekend’s Rossini Festival, along with its attendant performances of Verdi’s “Il Trovatore” by the Knoxville Opera Company, marks a third.

Of course, there are smaller but prestigious events taking place throughout the year. The dizzying array of musical choices in Knoxville is one of our greatest assets.

Farragut High School chorus director Kenton De-itch has undertaken an am-bitious project. On April 30, his chorus, in collaboration with members of the Knox-ville Symphony Orchestra, will perform Franz Joseph Haydn’s “Mass in Time of War” at Central Baptist Church of Bearden.

“I chose this piece be-cause I do a major work ev-ery spring, and I alternate between a classic and a con-temporary composition,” says Deitch. “Since we did a

contemporary last year, this fi t the classical side.

“The other reason is, it’s diffi cult but still accessible for high school students. It’s advanced enough that my students don’t get bored, and it’s something that we can perform well.”

Scholars and fans know that Western classical mu-sic has its roots in religious music, and the mass has been front and center as one of the most fundamental and established formats in the genre. Every great com-poser wrote at least one.

Haydn was deeply re-ligious, and he wrote 14 masses. The “Mass in Time of War,” also known as the “Paukenmesse” or “Missa in tempore belli,” is his 10th and most popular setting.

Which doesn’t mean it’s a walk in the park to learn and perform.

“There have been nu-merous challenges for us as we’ve tackled this piece,” says Deitch. “The length of the work, for one thing. It’s a lot to learn, and it’s very taxing to sing for over 45 minutes straight.” The cho-risters are no strangers to

Latin but, says Deitch, “this has a lot of Latin, and get-ting it to line up with notes and rhythms and still have feeling and emotion is quite challenging.”

A performance of this type provides enrichment that will stay with these young singers all their lives. Deitch continues: “We’ve had many memorable mo-ments during the learning process, but I’m reminded of one in particular. It was right before Easter break. We had fi nally gotten the notes and rhythms learned on a section, and we decided to try it.

“Before we started, we talked about what we were singing, and compared the crucifi xion of Christ to the end of life that the people on Flight 9525 (the German-wings airplane that crashed on March 24) experienced. We then started the section. As we kept going, the sing-ers gained confi dence from being accurate and thus started to put more emotion into what they were singing, and as the section came to an end we all sang our last note and enjoyed the silence

The Farragut High School chorus looks forward to performing Haydn with members of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra next

week. Photo by Kenton Deitch

Farragut High School

chorus to perform Haydn

Caleb (Domhnall

Gleeson) studies

earlier facades of

artifi cial intelligence

in “Ex Machina.”

By Betsy PickleThe lineage of “Ex Machina” goes back

to Steven Spielberg’s “A.I.,” Ridley Scott’s “Blade Runner” and even earlier fi lms about non-human machines created in hu-man form with aspirations to seem human.

But there’s nothing old school about “Ex Machina,” which garnishes its storyline with characters like an Internet gazillion-aire who lives in a remote mountain lair worthy of a Bond villain and an AI who looks like a young mash-up of Natalie Port-man and Scarlett Johansson.

Caleb (Domhnall Gleeson), a promis-ing programmer at a huge search-engine company, wins a contest that earns him a weeklong visit at the highly secure home of his boss, Nathan (Oscar Isaac). After being choppered in, Caleb fi nds Nathan burning

off calories after a late night of drinking.Nathan offers Caleb a chance to see his

latest project – if he’ll sign a nondisclosure agreement – and of course Caleb accepts. Nathan has created an artifi cial intelligence being who is clearly more machine than hu-man, but the human features – oh my.

Caleb’s assignment is to give her the Tur-ing test, to fi nd out if she can convince him that she’s an intelligent being, not just a very special computer. Naturally it’s a she, since Caleb is young and full of hormones that will complicate his powers of percep-tion.

Her name is Ava (Alicia Vikander), and she’s pretty much Caleb’s dream girl, though he tries to disguise that fact by quiz-zing her in a brusque manner. He connects with her very quickly and seems open to her

warning that Nathan is lying to him and that she needs his help to escape.

Nathan knows all – almost – thanks to cameras installed throughout the home/research facility. Convenient power outages allow Ava and Caleb to talk privately. Mean-while, Caleb is disturbed by the way Nathan treats both Ava and Kyoko (Sonoya Mizu-no), his mute housekeeper, and he’s worried about the clock that’s ticking on Ava.

“Ex Machina” is a sci-fi thriller that keeps you hooked throughout. The direct-ing debut of novelist-turned-screenwriter Alex Garland (“28 Days Later”), the movie is visually minimalist by design, counting on the human – or not – elements to create a rich emotional atmosphere.

Garland’s screenplay indulges at times in obviousness, but most of it is fresh and

intriguing, and it’s portrayed admirably by the four leads. Gleeson is perfect as the ide-alistic Caleb, but he’s understandably over-shadowed by Vikander and Isaac.

Vikander is note-perfect as the other-worldly beauty who’s either a damsel in distress or something not as sympathetic. Isaac – bulked up and hirsute – brings an unbalanced intensity to the hard-drinking mad-scientist role.

The intentionally claustrophobic setting heightens the drama, as does the Philip Glass-like score by Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury.

“Ex Machina” is the best kind of com-puter game – the kind that entertains as it makes viewers ponder the nature of hu-manity.

Rated R for graphic nudity, language, sexual refer-

ences and some violence.

that followed a job well done.”

Haydn’s “Mass in Time of War” will be presented by the Farragut High School Chorus under the direction of Kenton Deitch, accom-panied by members of the Knoxville Symphony Or-chestra, at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 30, at Central Baptist Church of Bearden, 6300 Deane Hill Drive. Admis-sion is free, and the public is invited.

“I want to make sure peo-ple know,” says Deitch, “be-cause it will be fabulous.”Send story suggestions to news@shop-

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■ Great Smoky Mountains Trout Adven-ture Camp, June 15-20, Great Smoky Mountains

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J e n n S i m m o n s and Stepha-nie Zurcher have been named sales managers at the North

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serve as store manager. Moore will also be the store

m a n a g e r of the Pow-ell location at 2736 S c h a a d Road.

H o p e Gutt and Chad Press-ley have been pro-

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is closing at month’s end. No longer will we walk into Pick ’n’ Grin and feel the warmth of decades of camaraderie and be sur-rounded by

beautiful stringed works of art that, in talented hands, give us joyful sounds.

Daughter and dad own-ers Tami and Bud Brewster have been trying hard to re-sist reality, “but you know … it is what it is,” says Tami.

Maintaining a big store in a big building is expen-sive, and the low overhead in online sales just makes sense nowadays.

When suppliers who had always honored Pick ’n’ Grin’s territory as exclusive eventually caved in to the big-box store just down the road, Pick ’n’ Grin attracted customers back from that self-service atmosphere with personal service and a true love for their friends.

Bud was an original owner – along with Buddy Smothers (of Buddy’s Bar-b-q), Doug Cline (who is still a stockholder), Wayne Goforth and others – when Pick ’n’ Grin opened in 1975. Around 1980, Bud took over and along the way built the store a half-block off Kings-ton Pike on Gore Road in Bearden.

“We had great publicity and got successful enough to get Tami to open a store in Morristown for a short while. We brought her back. … It was better to be right here in one place,” says Bud.

Tami did little to no paid advertising. When the Metro Pulse ran its “Best of Knoxville” contests, Pick ’n’ Grin won Best Music Store year after year, and their

Tami Brewster

Pick ’n’ Grin to close, move onlineFrom Pick ’n’ Grin on Facebook:Freedom’s just another

word for independence,

abandon, ability, bent,

carte blanche, discretion,

elbowroom, exemp-

tion, fl exibility, free

rein, full play, full swing,

immunity, indulgence,

laxity, leeway, liberty,

margin, opportunity,

own accord, play, plenty

of rope, power, preroga-

tive, privilege, profl igacy,

rampancy, range, rein,

right, unrestraint and

nothing left to lose.

Bud Brewster, Tami Brewster, Doug Cline and Rick Wolfe back

in the day.

competition, which was advertising heavily in the Pulse, complained might-ily. So the Pulse, for lack of a better idea, simply deleted the category.

The store saw some big stars: Leon Russell came in more than once. And the staff has saved some major Knoxville concerts by rush-ing an instrument or other equipment to a venue so the show could go on.

For more than 20 years, customers were greeted by co-manager and luthier Rick Wolfe, who stood at his workbench in view of the front door, re-stringing instruments, “lowering the action” or installing pickups to “electrify” acoustic in-struments.

Everyone wanted Wolfe to be the one to lay hands on their instruments, so much so that he’d have guitars “stacked up like cordwood” awaiting his expert atten-tion.

On the wall facing his workbench, Wolfe posted labels addressed to the store, precious keepsakes Tami intends to hold on to: “Pink and Green,” “Mr. Bud Green,” “Bud and Grin,” “Pick and Grind” and even “Attention: Diaper Bag Buy-er.” Wolfe took delight in sharing each “joke du jour.”

Some dark comedy at Pick ’n’ Grin: A newspaper

clipping on a back wall told of a man in Ohio who blud-geoned his wife to death with a banjo. The fi rst in-strument broke, so he picked up a second one and fi nished the job.

Humor has always pre-vailed at Pick ’n’ Grin. Once Tami entered a television producer’s contest to de-velop a sitcom based on the plethora of hilarious mate-rial that was an everyday staple.

“We came close, but they wanted me to go to New Jer-sey and I couldn’t go,” says Tami.

Pick ’n’ Grin has em-ployed some characters. Nathan Fox, Matt Wilker-son, Detroit Dave Meer, Joe Dunn, Laith Keilany and many more lent their musi-cal expertise, humor and friendliness to further the Pick ’n’ Grin legend. Fox and Wilkerson have popped in lately to help Tami with the crowds coming in for the closing sales.

Matt Morelock was a pasty, skinny college kid when he started working at the store back in the late ’90s. He rose to local star-dom, opened his own mu-sic store on Gay Street and soon thereafter moved to paradise on a Hawaiian is-land.

Rick Wolfe’s gone for good, though. He’s living

in another paradise, send-ing good vibes down hereand surely doing one of hisfavorite things: telling histrademark long, drawn-outjokes.

His legend lives throughthe annual Wolfe Jam,put on by his friends sincehis death in 2007 to raisemoney for the Joy of MusicSchool, where underprivi-leged kids get free musiclessons.

Music teachers LarryLong, Ed Wing, Laith Keila-ny, Kyle Campbell, ChipHoward, Tim Worman, BenManey, Jeff Jenkins and EdRoberson will carry on theirclasses upstairs after thestore closes.

“Our fl yer says our lastday was going to be April 25,but now we see we’ll be ableto stay open until at leastMay 1. Hours are Thursday,Friday and Saturday 10-5and 1-5 on Sunday. Stellingbanjos, Martins, Taylorsand most of the instrumentsare half off retail, with seri-ous discounts on everythingelse,” says Tami.

Get ’em while you can,in person real soon, or visitPickngrin.com.

By Bonny C. MillardSunny skies brought

business owner and entre-preneur Dale Read to the South, and he’s learned over the years to weather the gray skies of economic downturns.

That ability has allowed his company, Read Window Products Inc., to prosper. Earlier this year, the com-pany moved to its largest fa-cility yet: a 39,000-square-foot building on Weisbrook Lane that houses offi ces and a production area. That’s a long way from his humble beginnings in a “fi sh shack” that served as his fi rst ware-house.

Read’s commercial drap-ery business makes custom drapes and window cover-ings such as blinds and va-

lances for the hospitality industry and for commer-

cial markets i n c l u d i n g banks, hos-pitals and offi ce build-ings. The c o m p a n y has custom-ers nation-wide and in the Carib-

bean Islands.Read, a soft-spoken

man from rural Michigan, moved to Knoxville in 1977 as a sales rep for Kirsch, a drapery hardware manu-facturer. After graduating from Michigan State Uni-versity, he considered his career options, but he knew he wanted to get away from the overcast skies of his na-

tive home.“Actually, I came to At-

lanta,” he said. “I didn’t mind the cold, and I didn’t mind the snow. But I hated the o v e r c a s t skies.”

He worked for Kirsch in At-lanta and Miami but de-cided to keep his roots in East Tennessee when the company wanted to relocate him again. Kirsch agreed to make Read a distributor, and Read opened his offi ce in his Seymour home in 1981.

“My employees really like this story. I had a fi sh shack in the backyard that became my warehouse. It

Dale Read

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Read sells products nationwide

By Bonny C. MillardRotarians across the

globe have spent $1.3 billion to eradicate worldwide po-lio, a disease that the United States has eliminated, but the work is not done, Rotary International’s president-elect said.

John Germ, who is a member of the Rotary Club of Chat-tanooga and is slated to become Rotary In-ternational president in 2016-2017, recently spoke to the Rotary Club of Knoxville and congratulated members for all the work they do.

Germ said the recent outbreak in California of measles, a disease that had been eradicated in the U.S. in 2000, shows that those fi ghting against polio must be vigilant.

“Another disease we did not have in the United States. It (the measles) came just like that. Polio is a plane ride away,” Germ said. “You know what I’m talking about when I tell you it is easy to transport that disease, that virus. You can’t check for it at security.

… We have to fi nish our job.”Rotary started with

$765,000 in 1979 to buy the polio vaccine and immunize children in the Philippines after a member read in Time magazine that small-pox had been eradicated.

From those early days, when 1,000 cases of polio were reported daily in 125 countries, the disease has been

limited to three coun-tries reporting fewer than

25 cases among them, said Germ, who chairs the Inter-national PolioPlus Commit-tee.

“We are, in fact, this close to eradicating polio thanks to each and every one of you,” Germ said, holding his thumb and index fi nger close together.

Rotary “is an organiza-tion that has dedicated its talents, its money and its efforts to provide a service to humanity,” he said. “I believe that Rotary is not a service club. It’s not a civic club. It’s an organization that’s involved with people. To me, Rotary is in the peo-ple business.”

Rotary International president-elect John Germ and Rotary

Club of Knoxville president Roy King Photo by Bonny C. Millard

Polio still a threat

U.S. Cellular names new store leaders

Social media for seniors

The town of Far-ragut is hosting three technology classes for seniors offered by So-cial Media 4 Seniors (www.socialmedia4se-niors.net) in May at the Farragut Town Hall. Participants must be 55 years or older:

iPad/iPhone Ba-sics – 6-7:30 p.m. Monday-Wednesday, May 4-6. Cost: $45. Registration and pay-ment deadline: Mon-day, May 4.

was probably 10 by 10,” he said. “I made one of the bedrooms an offi ce, but I

didn’t have a phone in the fi sh shack. So

if I was work-ing in the fi sh shack and the phone rang, I’d run across

the yard and answer the phone. I did that

for about six months and then opened an offi ce on Baum Drive.”

Since that time, the busi-ness has expanded and

evolved. It’s had several lo-cations including two build-ings on Cogdill Road. He now has about 25 employ-ees, plus several installers, and plans to add fi ve to 10 more people for production.

During a walkthrough of the production area, Read and workroom manager Ryan Toby explained the process of how drapes and other products are made.

In the early days, the World’s Fair helped get Read’s business off the ground, and then the com-pany started doing work for Fairfi eld Communities.

“To this day, they’re still one of our best customers. It’s now owned by Wynd-ham (Hotels and Resorts), but we still do all their prop-erties.”

Read Window hit rough patches when Fairfi eld fi led for Chapter 11, and again when the economy took a downturn in 2008. But through it all, Read kept the business steady until the sun came back out.

“We had continual growth until 2008, and we had several years of rever-sal, I guess you could call it that, but our last three years, we’ve been in a nice growth pattern again,” he said. “And we see that con-tinuing.”

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COMPARE AT! FLOOR SAMPLE! SALE!

WHILE THEY LAST

ALL SALES FINAL

WE QUIT

NO REFUNDS

SOLD IN SETS ONLY

NO EXCHANGES

ALL 4 PIECES

CASH OR CREDIT

ALL SALES FINAL

FAMOUS BRANDS

HURRY FOR THIS

QUITTING BUSINESS

100’S UPON 100’S OF UNLISTED BARGAINS!

QUITS BUSINESS

MON-FRI 10 AM-7 PM

SAT 10 AM-6 PM

SUN 1 PM-5 PM

12 MONTHS SAME AS

CASH

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