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By Betty BeanWhy did the state buy a de-

crepit block building at the edge of nowhere – near the Strawber-ry Plains I-40 exit – for a Pellis-sippi State Community College branch campus?

How did Pellissippi State attract Knox County Schools to build a new magnet school in the base-ment of the former Philips Elec-tronics building at a time when it was closing down community vo-cational schools, like the Agricul-tural Education program at Halls?

And how did a local investors group double its money in fi ve years?

Turns out that reporter Wal-ter F. Roche Jr. of the Tennes-sean covered this part of the story nearly two years ago, with a long, detailed account of how a group of investors led by Sam Furrow bought low and sold high after enlisting the help of Gov. Bill Haslam’s chief of staff when the deal to unload the 220,000-square-foot building wasn’t moving fast enough.

Read his article and supporting documents at: http://archive.ten-nessean.com/article/20121216/NEWS0201/312160067/Tennes see-pays-millions-fi xer-upper/.

“The state bought the building by

tapping $87 million that it had pre-viously budgeted for TennCare, the state’s Medicaid program for the poor. But that money was able to be shifted for other uses when the fed-eral government boosted its share of Medicaid funding for Tennessee as part of the stimulus package. In ad-dition to $8.5 million in state funds, $1.5 million was contributed by the Pellissippi State Foundation toward the purchase,” Roche reported.

The bulk of the foundation money came from PetSafe founder and CEO Randy Boyd and his wife, Jenny, who donated $1 million to-ward the purchase of the Strawber-ry Plains campus. Last month, the

Following the money

at Macedonia

By Patricia WilliamsColorful balloons and bouncy

houses, gospel music and the aroma from the grill fi lled the air around Macedonia United Meth-odist Church at 4630 Holston Drive. It was the annual Summer

Fest being celebrated as curious passersby stopped to join the fes-tivities.

“We are an established church in a transitioning neighborhood and our doors are open to everyone,” said the Rev. Edd Templeton, pas-

tor. The church slogan is, “A church in the heart of East Knoxville – with East Knoxville in its Heart.”

Children and adults had oppor-tunities to win gifts that included two bicycles and gift cards donat-ed by area fast food restaurants

A view of the warm, welcoming pulpit and choir stand of

Macedonia, the oldest United Methodist Church in Knox-

ville, erected in 1820 on its present site. Photos by P. Williams

Mr. Zack paints the face of Marlee Major.

and grocery stores. Bryan Perkins, choir director at

Macedonia, swapped his baton for a spoon to prepare decadent treats he makes for his business “The Cookie Man Bakery.”

building was named for the Boyds, who have given large sums of mon-ey to support public education.

Roche reported that the build-ing required some $16 million in repairs.

Pellissippi started classes in Sep-tember 2012, a few months after Knox County Schools Superinten-dent James McIntyre put a career and technical school in his strategic plan. During that time, Career and Technical Education director Don Lawson said he pitched the idea to Pellissippi State President Anthony Wise one day over lunch. Wise was enthusiastic, since Pellissippi was only utilizing about 20 percent of the building. A year later, the school board voted to approve McIntyre’s plan to shift nearly $4 million in

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Lamar’s rallyU.S. Sen. Lamar Alexan-

der left no doubt that he will do whatever it takes to win re-election, even reversing his 1,000-mile walk across the state.

That would be fun to see because Alexander has aged a bit since that winning 1978 race for governor.

➤ Read Sandra Clark on page 4

Interns visit Happy Holler

A trip to Happy Holler isn’t complete without a stop at the original Freezo for soft-serve ice cream. Enjoy-ing a summertime treat are Shopper-News interns Charlie Hamilton, Julia Grant, Leila Hennon and Joshua Mode.

Read about the interns’ visit to the Time Warp Tea Room, the Mabry-Hazen House and the Old Gray Cem-etery, inside on Page 7.

Kincannon to Slovenia; shakes up school board

School board member Indya Kincannon will resign her position in August to travel with her husband, Ben Barton, to Slovenia where he will teach law at the Universi-ty of Ljubljana as a Fulbright Scholar.

Barton has taught at the University of Tennessee Col-lege of Law since 2001. He teaches torts, evidence, advo-cacy clinic, comparative law, and images of the law.

Kincannon, in her third term, has represented District 2 on the school board since 2004. She served as board chair in 2008-10.

Their two children, Dahlia and Georgia, will go along for the family adventure. Kincan-non said she expects to teach English or Spanish there.

Knox County Commission will appoint a replacement.

– S. Clark

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health & lifestyles

Fibroid tumors and fertility can coexistWhen Jamilyn Butcher of Maryville,

23, was a teenager, she worried whether she would be able to have a child in the future. “That was one of my concerns,” said Butcher. “I wanted to be able to get pregnant someday.”

Butcher had been diagnosed with a noncancerous (benign) tumor called a fi-broid, growing inside her uterus. While these types of tumors don’t usually inter-fere with fertility if they’re small, Butch-er’s had grown much larger, triggering excessive menstrual bleeding.

“The tumor didn’t hurt me, but it was the size of a soda can,” she said. “It wasn’t until after it was removed that I realized it was taking up so much space! I had a pooch all the time.”

Butcher went to see Dr. Robb McKe-own, an OB/GYN physician with Fort Sanders Women’s Specialists. He recom-mended removing the fibroid tumor in a procedure called a myomectomy, which takes out the tumor but preserves the uterus.

McKeown operated on Butcher in No-vember 2011. She stayed one night at Fort Sanders.

“It was the first surgery I’ve ever had, and I was a little nervous,” said Butch-er. “But the nurses were so comforting. Throughout the night I would get up. I was in pain and couldn’t move very well, but they were there when I needed them. It was wonderful.”

And now nearly three years later, Butcher has returned to McKeown’s practice for a more joyful reason.

“I’m pregnant!” said Butcher, who is due in October 2014.

“I will have to have a scheduled C-section because of where the tumor was,” said Butcher. “But as far as developmen-tally, the baby is perfectly normal, and I’m not even considered ‘high-risk.’ ”

Jamilyn Butcher and her husband, Lo-gan, will welcome their new son at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center in the fall.

“Of course, I wouldn’t go anywhere else,” she said. “Dr. McKeown and his staff are just wonderful. I wouldn’t drive the extra 30 minutes if it wasn’t worth it.”

For more information on fibroid tu-mors and removal options, visit www.fortsanderswomensspecialists.com or call 673-FORT.

Logan and Jamilyn Butcher

Treating fi broid tumorsUterine fi broid tumors are very com-

mon. They are typically noncancerous but can be troublesome nevertheless, causing pain and excessive or irregular menstrual bleeding.

“About 60 percent of women have fi -broids, but only about 10 percent have some type of treatment for them,” explained Dr. Robb McKeown, an obstetrician and gyne-cologist at Fort Sand-ers Regional Medical Center. “They’re very common, usually small and most can be man-aged or just watched.”

What causes fi broid tumors? “Breathing air,” McKeown joked. “Actually, just hav-ing a uterus is the main risk factor. There’s no prevention, no dietary things you can do,” he said.

Treatment for fi broid tumors depends on the needs of each patient. Most small-er tumors may not need treatment at all, while others may shrink with hormonal medications.

Surgery can remove those that don’t

respond with medication and are causing signifi cant symptoms. A hysterectomy also eliminates uterine fi broids.

“If a woman is ‘fi nished’ having children we usually just take the whole uterus out, because it’s very likely these patients will have more fi broids down the road,” said McKeown.

But if a woman still wants to have a child, then a procedure called a myomec-tomy removes the tumor but preserves fer-tility.

At Fort Sanders Regional Medical Cen-ter, a myomectomy is most often per-formed using the daVinci Robotic Surgical Suite, or “robotic” surgery.

“It’s not easier for the surgeon, but it’s easier for the patient as far as pain, a quick-er recovery, less pain medication required and fewer adhesion problems,” said McKe-own.

The robotic system has a 3D high-def-inition vision system and special wristed instruments that bend and rotate with far greater fl exibility than any human wrist. Robotic surgeries typically involve several small incisions instead of one larger one, meaning less scaring and blood loss, re-duced pain and complications, and shorter hospital stays.

Compared to traditional laparoscopic surgery, the daVinci system can remove more complicated and harder-to-reach fi -broid tumors with fewer complications af-ter surgery.

“We can certainly tackle more diffi cult cases that you couldn’t do without it,” said McKeown.

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Patricia Williams

Bryan Perkins, choir director, off ers treats he makes for “The Cookie Man Bakery.”

South Knoxville Gospel Singers perform at Macedonia United Methodist Church. Photos by Patricia Williams

Ada Underwood and Barbara Ogle at Summer Fest

Summer Fest From page 1

Vendors invited to join the festivities were Captain Z’s Funmakers with ‘Mr. Zack’ delighting the crowd with magic tricks and face painting. The South Knox-ville Gospel Singers per-formed to live music from their string instruments and keyboard. It was also a labor of love for members of Total Praise Dance Team as the heat of the day did not

deter them from their per-formance.

Established in 1809, Macedonia United Method-ist Church, will be celebrat-ing its 205th anniversary this year as the oldest con-tinuously operating United Methodist church in Knox-ville.

The fi rst structure was erected in 1820 on the cur-rent site.

Following the money From page 1

funding for renovations at Pond Gap Elementary School to the new CTE magnet.

Knox County pro-gram: Don Lawson cut his teeth on vocational education when he was a senior at Doyle High School in 1978 and took an agriculture class from then fi rst-year teacher Mike Blankenship, whose award-winning agriculture program at the North Knox Career and Technical Center in Halls was shut down last month.

Lawson has been strug-gling to preserve CTE since

becoming its supervisor.Although the state funds

CTE at a rate of nearly 250 percent of regular academic classes (due mostly to the cost of equipping classrooms with state-of-the-industry tools and machinery and keeping classes small enough for teachers to closely super-vise students), class enroll-ments are capped at 20 per CTE class, making the num-bers diffi cult for principals to work with when they are try-ing to stretch their resources to accommodate their stu-

dent populations.Lawson said his program

has been cut by nearly $2 million in salaries in re-cent years and will have fi ve fewer positions next year, although Knox County Schools reports that 9,598 students enrolled in CTE classes last year, and en-rollment is expected to hold steady.

The new career magnet academy, where Blanken-ship has been reassigned, will be enrolling 120 fresh-man students in the com-

ing year, with one grade level to be added annually until enrollment tops out at 500.

Students will choose an area of concentration from Advanced Manufacturing, Homeland Security, Sus-tainable Living or Teacher Preparation.

Net operating cost of the yet-unnamed mag-net school (the students will choose a name this school y ear) is expected to be about $1.2 million per year.

THE MONEY TRAILThe Shopper-News requested title information for the property at 7201 Strawberry Plains Pike from Register of Deeds. Here’s what we got:

3/7/79 – Carl Armstrong to Philips Electronics – $300,0005/24/79 – Hal Sherrod to Philips Electronics – $10,000

6/28/07 – Philips North America to Furrow Realty Fund – $5 million3/9/12 – Furrow Realty Fund to State of Tennessee – $10 million

John and Mary Evars-Goan threw a “Doggone Neighborhood Party” for judicial candidate Daniel Kidd who is running for Judge of Fourth Circuit Court, better known as family court. The position is held by Judge William “Bill” Swann, who will be retiring after 32 years on the bench. The Republican nominee is Greg McMillan.

Guests were encouraged to bring their dogs to min-gle with Captain Jack and Sasha, the Goans’ Austra-lian Shepherds.

With 17 years of experi-

John Goan Jr. with his mom, Ellen, who makes a tasty friendship cake; his wife, Mary Evars; judi-cial candidate Daniel Kidd; and John Goan Sr.

Deni and Daniel Kidd fellowship with Sandra Millsap, Bill and Sherry Ailor, Bobby Millsap, and Leland and Nikki Price. Sasha, a tri-colored Austrian Shepherd, gets her share of attention at the “Doggone Party.” Photos by Patricia Williams

‘Doggone’ party for Daniel Kidd

ence practicing family law in his own fi rm, Kidd knows the importance of electing someone who has been in the trenches. Kidd says he respects the far-reaching effects the court’s decisions have on many people be-yond the immediate family involved. He wants to see

changes to family court that will lessen the trauma to families that are already in distress.

Kidd is a family man with fi ve step-children with his wife, Deni. One is a handi-capped adult, which gives him insight into families with special needs. They also have three grandchildren.

Leland Price, a Knox County assistant attorney general, was there with his wife, Nikki, who is also an attorney. Price is the Demo-cratic candidate for judge of Criminal Court, opposed in August by Scott Green.

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Norman says he has a good working relationship with 3rd District school board member Doug Har-ris but doesn’t rule out the possibility of making a run for that seat.

“A couple of people have asked what I’m going to do, and what I tell them is I’m in the school business,” Nor-man said. “I’ve got the ap-propriate experience for the position, and it absolutely would be a consideration. Whatever happens, I’m go-ing to be interested in the schools. I’ll stay busy and fi nd something to do, try to see if I can fi nd a fi t some-where.”

He thinks this year’s school board primary elec-tions were “… a fairly strong statement about the discon-tent. For (Amber) Rountree to beat an incumbent in the primary, and if Marshall Walker wins in the 1st Dis-trict, I’m going to be like, Wow!”

In the meantime, former commission chair Nor-man, who voluntarily re-

linquished the gavel and declared the experience a

terrible or-deal, says he will remain i nter e s te d in school is-sues.

“They’re s p e n d i n g money on programs in ways I ques-

tion. ‘Really? You’re going to take money out of nor-mal systems that are set up and put that much into that CTE magnet school out at Pellissippi??’ There are al-ways these questions about where the money is being spent and why. I understand this pressure on these non-traditional classes. The ad-ministration sees those as sort of non-essentials.

“But these are people who are highly motivated, super intelligent in their academic area who have found a unique way to proj-ect it into the curriculum, and kids love those classes.

“Another example is the

school system spending $100,000 on dump trucks. They say it’s to spread salt when it snows. My ques-tion is why? We’ve got salt trucks running all over the county, running right by schools. And these trucks are basically all for salt – other than that, they’re just going to be sitting there. They seem to have an un-limited budget, and they spend money like crazy.”

Norman believes the teacher-evaluation system is “heavily fl awed,” and he is no fan of charter schools, which he predicts will drain money from the chil-dren who need resources the most.

He supports SPEAK (Stu-dents, Parents and Educators across Knox County), which is moderated by staunch McIntyre opponents, but he doesn’t expect them to do much in the near future.

“They’re just worn out. That’s normal in the fi rst weeks after school’s out, but these days it’s much worse. They need some rest.”


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Betty Bean

Even before this year’s school board races are fully decided, rumbles are arising about what’s going to happen in the next election cycle – specifi cally, how those elec-tions could impact Super-intendent James McIntyre, since two strong allies (Kar-en Carson and Indya Kin-cannon) are expected to exit the board in 2016.

Tony Tiger to the school board?

The most interesting rumbles are about a new candidate, one whose elec-tion would surely be the stuff of McIntyre’s nightmares.

It’s 3rd District County Commissioner Tony Nor-man, who will leave the commission in August and is looking for something new to do. Among the su-perintendent’s critics, none has been tougher than Nor-man, a retired high-school science teacher.

Good news on the green-way front. The Greenway Commission, appointed by Mayor Rogero, fi nally has a chair and vice chair after a year without either. The new chair is greenway enthusiast Brian Hann of South Knoxville.

Hann to head Greenways Commission

Hann has played a signifi cant role with Legacy Parks, Carol Evans and others in contributing time, effort, money and determi-nation to build the 16-mile greenway loop in South Knox, which had strong backing from Vice Mayor Nick Pavlis. Hann has fi lled the role that Will Skelton, two decades ago, provided in being the citizen spark-plug to build greenways. He is a bundle of energy that is sorely needed to jump-start greenway construction.

City-sponsored green-way construction has been at a snail’s pace in the past three years. Greenway advocates privately have voiced concern and sur-prise. The choice of Hann to lead this commission, accompanied by vice chair Chris Cherry, UT associate professor of civil and envi-ronmental engineering, can only be seen as positive.

Cherry was actually cho-sen in a contested election among greenway commis-sion members. It is unusual on boards of this sort that more than one person seeks the vice chair position, but it is healthy that more than one was interested.

It bodes well for an active Greenway Commis-sion that can make a mark for itself in connecting the existing greenways in Knoxville.

■ Lots of talk about Eric Cantor being ousted by voters in the Rich-mond area as a member of Congress and whether it may impact other races. It is hard for this writer to see how it applies in East Tennessee where U.S. Rep. Jimmy Duncan spends almost every day in our district when Congress is not in session.

Cantor had lost contact with his district and failed to remember all politics is local. Duncan is just the opposite. It would be hard to fi nd another member of Congress who helps out ev-ery constituent and attends every meeting he is invited to. His sister, Becky Dun-

can Massey, has continued that level of service in her state senate district.

Generally if a member of Congress loses in his own party primary, it is unique to him and issues circulat-ing in that state or district. Dan Davis, in the 1st Con-gressional District, is the last incumbent Tennessean to lose renomination (to Rep. Phil Roe in 2008). Be-fore that, one has to go back to Sen. Ross Bass losing in 1966 in the Democratic primary to Gov. Frank Clement, who then lost to Howard Baker Jr. Other Tennesseans who lost their seats lost in the November election to a member of the opposing party such as Bill Brock, Jim Sasser, Lamar Baker and Lincoln Davis.

National trends gener-ally kick in for the general-election runoff.

■ A week from this Saturday, July 5, at 11 a.m. there will be a wonderful neighborhood dedication of the Lyons View Community Pavilion in memory of Wil-liam “Sonny” Davis.

Mr. Davis was a longtime leader of this small African-American community adjacent to several affl uent neighborhoods. Spear-headed by his son, Ronald Davis, this community has worked hard to preserve its heritage. Parking for the event will be at the Church of the Ascension off Northshore Drive, where a shuttle will take people to the pavilion.

■ While attorneys’ voting in the Tennes-see Bar poll on retaining or replacing the three Supreme Court justices seeking a new term was overwhelmingly in favor of the incumbents, the equally astonishing fi gure was the overwhelming number of the 12,000 Bar members who did not vote in the poll. It exceeded 80 percent. What that means is unclear, but apathy seems to be win-ning if attorneys who are most impacted simply do not vote in their own poll.

■ Mainstream media owe it to the public to edu-cate and inform voters on whom the incumbents are and the debate arguments on retention or replace-ment.

The new court will choose the next state Attor-ney General in September for an eight-year term. No woman, African-American or Republican has ever been chosen by this system. There may ultimately be an effort to change this unusual selection process since it has politicized the ballot issue for Aug. 7.

Summer is here, the sea-son when bees buzz, chig-gers chig and politicians meet in cow pastures. Last week, Commissioner Amy Broyles and Commissioner Dave Wright announced they would be meeting at Wright’s farm so Broyles’ children could “see the calves.”

For a seasoned reporter, nothing sets off the radar like the vision of two poli-ticians picking their way through cow pies on a Sun-day afternoon.

The notice announcing this seminal event carefully reminded the public that “no county business” would be discussed. Reporters were welcome if they pro-v ided their own boots.

Cynics may crow that a cow-pie-laden pasture is a fi tting place for the en-tire County Commission to convene considering the character of debate that sometimes takes place at its meetings. I say this is a

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chance for commissioners to take the bull by the horns and brand a new image for Knox County.

You don’t need to skim much of the county’s recent history to realize some im-age enhancement is over-due: Black Wednesday, the reign of Ragsdale, embar-rassingly mishandled court records and choke-hold-happy sheriff’s deputies, to cite a few examples, have tarnished our fair county’s name.

Fortunately, Commis-sioner Wright’s farm pro-vides a golden opportunity for this paradise of milk and honey to lead the state in the arts, science and education.

First, move over Bonna-

roo because “The Knox County Moosic Festival” will soon be booking the cream of the crop in head-liner acts. Come hungry for music and hungry for victuals; our signature veal cutlets, from locally raised calves, will make Paula Deen green with envy.

A lot of you, especially Tim Burchett, tire of hear-ing that Knox County’s current mayor is the “do-nothing” chief executive. With Wright’s pasture and some cooperative cows as his backdrop, the mayor will expose that slander with his own televised weekly news program.

“The Methane Hour” will kick off by explaining the impact of our hooved friends on global warming. Early reviews of the pilot are unanimous – it’s a gas.

We need some enter-tainment along with our education, and with that in mind the mayor’s offi ce has cooked up “Rawhide: 2014.”

With Burchett reprising the role of trail boss Gil Fa-vor, Dean Rice as a hipper Rowdy Yates, and Michael Grider as Wishbone the cook, this one has Emmy written all over it. Set at Wright’s ranch, the series opener, “Watch where you step, Big Sexy,” promises to be unforgettable.

A lot of noise about the environment, recycling and “green” living comes out of Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero’s offi ce. But nothing says “I love the Earth” like roasting your wieners over a mound of dried cow chips, and the Wright farm is an environmentally friendly fuel depot. Friday night family barbecues begin soon.

Finally, in the spirit of open government, the Knox County Commission is con-sidering quarterly televised meetings at the Wright farm. What’s more open than a cow pasture?

Styled “Hoof and Mouth” by local wags, the meetings will be co-chaired by Ed Brantley and Bob Thomas. Bring your own boots.

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U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexan-der says he’ll walk the state again if that’s what it takes to win reelection. “And I can do it, too!”

Alexander was elected governor in 1978 after walk-ing 1,000 miles from Bris-tol to Memphis. His threat to reverse that walk drew laughter and applause from a crowd of partisans at Ce-dar Bluff Shopping Cen-ter on June 21 in what was billed as a Statewide Day of Action.

Homecoming for Lamar

State Sen. Randy Mc-Nally said volunteers were heading out after the speech to knock on doors. U.S. Rep. Jimmy Duncan said Alex-ander has been endorsed by all seven Republican U.S.

House members, Sen. Bob Corker, Gov. Bill Haslam and “13 former state Repub-lican Party chairs.”

Alexander is “more con-servative than he gets credit for,” Duncan said.

Alexander sounded tra-ditional Republican themes, predicting the GOP will pick up six Senate seats and “start moving the country in the right direction.”

“You can’t be pro-jobs and anti-business. We need to lift the big wet blanket

of Obama regulations off our free-enterprise system” to get the country moving again, he said.

Alexander, 74, looked and sounded 20 years younger. He found friends in Knox-ville, including those im-ported from Blount and Loudon counties.

Ominously, those not seen included: Tim Burchett, Jimmy “J.J.” Jones, Sherry Witt, Phil Ballard, Craig Leuthold, Joy McCroskey, Cathy Shanks, Bill Dunn, Harry Brooks, Ryan Haynes and most county commis-sioners (the exceptions being Briggs, Shouse and Wright).

Shopper news • JUNE 25, 2014 • 5

The race for 13th Dis-trict state representative is underway. Voters in North Knoxville, Sequoyah Hills, and South Knox County have a contested Repub-lican primary in August, with the winner facing the Democratic incumbent Rep. Gloria Johnson in the No-vember general election.

In the Republican prima-ry, there is a familiar narra-tive emerging with the “big money” candidate, Jason Emert, facing the “values voters” candidate, Eddie Smith.

A local businessperson with family connections, Jason Emert has been rais-ing (and spending) a lot of money to try to win the seat. Eddie Smith is the former events director at Sevier Heights Baptist Church and has been endorsed by Re-publican kingmaker state Rep. Bill Dunn – an impor-tant endorsement among

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Gloria Johnson is likely loser

conservatives. The winner takes on Gloria Johnson in November.

Johnson has kept a high profi le since getting elected in November 2012 and has quickly become the most outspoken, partisan Demo-crat in local elected offi ce. As a result, Johnson has become the media’s reliable quote machine, eager to criticize the state’s Repub-lican super-majority. Most notably, Johnson has led the fi ght against state education reform, gaining her fl atter-ing media coverage.

Unfortunately for John-son, it won’t be enough to

win reelection.Regardless of which

candidate emerges from the August primary, either Republican will defeat Glo-ria Johnson. Johnson will lose for two reasons. First, Democratic turnout will be lower this year than in the 2012 presidential election. Second, Johnson will not benefi t from an indepen-dent candidate splitting up the Republican vote in a Republican-drawn district as she did in 2012.

Johnson was elected two years ago by taking advan-tage of the second most Democratic electorate in re-cent memory (only Novem-ber 2008 was more favorable to Democrats). Many folks – but especially traditional Democratic constituencies – only vote in presidential elections.

As a result, expect Demo-cratic candidates to struggle with lower turnout more

Marvin West

What we have here is a dilemma.

Is June too early to worry?name, I’ll tell you that I didn’t see the answer at quarterback. There were four but no obvious No. 1.”

Without going into de-tails, the coach said it is un-likely that all are brilliant. It is more likely that all are ordinary for different rea-sons. Some can do this but can’t do that.

The dilemma has changed but continues. Now there are three quarterbacks. The one with the most potential, the best arm, went away. For some strange reason, there was not widespread weep-ing. I thought Riley Fergu-son was very promising, but it seems he was unpredict-able and an occasional irri-tant. He did not always fol-

low traditional quarterback form. He was inconsistent. I have no idea about the sig-nifi cance of those tattoos, but he has talent.

So do the remaining three – but there is no precise fi t for the Butch Jones offense.

There was no need for the visiting coach to ex-plain that the quarterback dilemma is critical. Quar-terbacks rarely win or lose games all by themselves, but there is a clear correla-tion between performance and won-lost records.

All teams with really good quarterbacks do not contend for championships, but you seldom see the ordi-nary ones in title games.

It seems to me that Coach

Jones and Mike Bajakian have a few weeks to work out a solution to this little problem. If Justin Worley is the best game manager, the coaches must somehow up-grade his arm and ability to run the zone-read – or they can concede that Joshua Dobbs is the answer.

If that doesn’t work, they can give Nathan Peterman another chance under more favorable circumstances. It might be good to prepare a prayer. By the end of Sep-tember, this dilemma, if un-solved, will be serious.

Jones has said many times that he is looking for leadership, the so-called al-pha male. It will be interest-ing to see if he fi nds one.

The best part of this team, bold improvement at wide receiver, obviously de-pends on quarterbacks for

functionality. Quarterbacks obviously depend on block-ing for survival. A better running game would reduce double-teams in the sec-ondary. Offense is all tied together, but it starts at QB.

This is an improbable time for great expectations at Tennessee, no matter who emerges. There are too many depth problems and not enough experience at the line of scrimmage.

But the Vols do need to demonstrate improvement to maintain momentum. Last winter, recruiters could sell the future. They did it with vigor. Results were su-perior.

Next winter, rivals will whisper to prospects, even commitments, that they should ask when they can expect the future to arrive. Good question.

For various reasons, the immediate past may not be a fair barometer, but it is a matter of fact that the Vols have had four consecutive losing seasons.

Additional facts: Quar-terbacks delivered more interceptions in 2013 than touchdowns. Their passer-effi ciency rating of 105.48 was slightly above awful. Ferguson didn’t do it.

Can we expect improve-ment? Of course. Coaches are paid a lot to do a lot of coaching. Considering that the legendary Jon Gruden made an appearance, quar-terbacks have undoubtedly progressed. The next ques-tion is whether it will be enough to make a noticeable difference.

Is June too early to worry?Marvin West invites reader reaction. His

address is [email protected].

Not so long ago, a former head coach of college football stopped by Tennessee to see what he could see. He was impressed by the facilities. He said he certainly enjoyed the fellowship. He appreci-ated the intensity of spring practice but went away with concerns for his friends.

“If you won’t use my

ignore that she barely got elected in 2012 and only de-feated her Republican oppo-nent by 288 votes. This isn’t an indictment of Johnson. It is impressive that she won in a Republican-drawn dis-trict at all.

However, she’s unlikely to repeat the performance in a non-presidential year. Moreover, in 2012 an inde-pendent candidate on the ballot split Republican vot-ers, allowing Johnson to prevail with only 48 percent

of the vote. This year, no in-dependent candidate will be on the ballot, further hin-dering Johnson’s chances to win reelection.

It’s always risky to pre-dict elections fi ve months away. Yet, regardless of the Republican nominee, Glo-ria Johnson will lose her bid for reelection. The 2012 Obama turnout elected Glo-ria Johnson. The shrinking 2014 Democratic turnout will likely defeat her.Scott Frith is a local attorney. You can

contact him at [email protected].

than Republican candi-dates, whose voters are gen-erally older and are histori-cally more likely to get out and vote.

In fact, Gloria Johnson would not have gotten elect-ed without the November 2012 Democratic turnout for Barack Obama.

Those picking Johnson to win reelection conveniently

Campaigning in Sequoyah HillsState Rep. Gloria Johnson sought votes Sunday afternoon at an ice cream social in Talahi Park.

Pictured are Natalie McNutt, Chris Foell, Doug Veum, Johnson, Clark Stewart and Judy Stewart.

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Place your palm over your left eye. Now make a fi st with your right hand and place it directly in front of your right eye until all but your peripheral vision is covered. This is how Age-Re-lated Macular Degeneration can affect your vision.

More than 15 million adults over age 50 have AMD, the leading cause of vision loss. It destroys sharp, cen-tral vision controlled by the macula, a spot at the back of the retina. AMD develops slowly, and often the patient will not notice until vision is very bad. AMD can interfere with everyday activities like reading, driving, watching television and even recogniz-ing faces.

There are two types of AMD: “dry” and “wet.” Dry (non-neovascular) AMD is the early state and the most common form of the condition. There is little to no vision loss with dry AMD, although there are some exceptions. Wet AMD is characterized by leakage and bleed-ing in the macula, causing central vi-sion loss with blurring and distorted vision. In untreated, wet AMD can lead to scarring with permanent and severe vision loss.

But, the specialists at Southeastern Retina Associates can provide cutting-edge treatment for this condition right here in East Tennessee. These treat-

ments vary depending on what type of AMD the patient has.

There are no FDA-approved treat-ments for dry AMD, but according to Dr. Nick Anderson, retina surgeon with Southeastern Retina Associates, many patients can benefi t from taking vitamin supplements consistent with the Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS), in which Southeastern Reti-na Associates took part.

“AREDS demonstrated that many patients with dry AMD can reduce

their risk of developing (wet) AMD by about 25 percent,” said Anderson. “Patients cannot achieve the recom-mended level of vitamins through diet alone or by taking multivitamins.”

This treatment can help patients with dry AMD from progressing to wet AMD, retaining good central vi-sion and the ability to read.

For patients with wet AMD, the care of a retina surgeon is recom-mended.

Dr. James Miller of Southeastern Retina Associates said that the prog-

nosis for people with wet AMD is im-proving. Treatments available today are more effective than those avail-able just a few years ago, but there is still no cure for AMD. New drug treat-ments, like Eylea, Lucentis and Avas-tin, are aimed at blocking growth fac-tors, while nondestructive laser-drug combinations and traditional laser photocoagulation are also available.

“These new medications have revolutionized the care of patients with wet AMD,” said Anderson. “In

the past, patients with wet AMD would almost inevita-bly go blind. Now, must pa-tients with wet AMD retain highly functional vision.”

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“In the past, patients with wet AMD would almost inevitably go blind. Now, most patients with wet AMD retain functional vision.”

By Sara BarrettTour guide Laura Still

from Knoxville Walking Tours led the group on a leisurely stroll through the Old Gray Cemetery, 13 acres of beauty and history in Old North Knoxville.

She explained that a graveyard is attached to a church, but a cemetery can be used by anyone and can serve several churches.

Gray opened in 1851, but since it was two miles from town, folks thought it was too far to go for burials. They began using the spot as a picnic area.

Most folks were buried here from 1860-1910, with some 9,000 buried there to date.

Odd monuments shaped like tree stumps are strewn throughout the cemetery. Still said they were sold to Woodmen of America’s in-surance policy holders as part of a package deal.

Still said we shouldn’t clean monuments because it destroys them. She also discouraged “rubbings” of grave stones unless it is a member of your own family.

The cemetery has been named an arboretum be-cause of its lush greenery, she said.

Still hopes more folks will visit the cemetery since so much of Knoxville’s his-tory rests here. Literally. She has a book of ghost sto-ries coming out in the fall.

The only male statue in

Old Gray Cemetery is a con-federate soldier that guards the graves of two broth-ers. While they did not die battle, both fought in the Civil War and wanted to do something upon their death to honor their service.

Notables buried at Old Gray include:

■ Thomas William Humes

■ Lillian Gaines, age 7 at death, and her monument is a likeness of her. Still said it looks so much like the girl, her family brought tokens such as small toys and bub-bles to leave at the statue. People still do this today.

■ Lizzie Cozier French, suffragist

■ Robert Love Taylor’s grave is empty because his family moved him. He ran for governor in 1886 against his brother. Taylor was a senator so popular that 40,000 people attended his funeral, which was held in Market Square.

■ Artist Anna Catherine Wiley

■ Sneed Family, owners of the Lamar House Hotel where the Bijou is now.

■ Peter Kern of Kerns Bakery is buried here. He got off the train in Knoxville the day Burnside invaded so instead of rejoining the military as he has planned (because he would have op-posed Burnside) he learned a trade and became a baker. He also opened a shop on Market Square and, accord-

Katie Sasse will be a 9th grader at the Career

M a g n e t A c a d e m y. She lives in the Straw-berry Plains area and her favor-ite place in K n o x v i l l e is the Sun-sphere. If

Katie could have lunch with one person, she would love a sit down with Abraham Lin-coln. She would love to have been present at the “I Have a Dream” speech by Dr. Mar-tin Luther King Jr. If her house were burning, Katie would grab her picture al-bum, her favorite book and her favorite stuffed animal.

Kaila Bond will be in the 9th grade at Karns High

in the fall. If she could have lunch with one c e l e b r i t y, it would be singer Ari-ana Grande, so there is no surprise that if Kaila

were stranded on a des-ert island, she would want Grande’s song “Problem” with her. If her house were on fi re, Kaila would grab her Bible, Kindle and money. If she could go back in time, Kaila would like to expe-rience the days of “Little House on the Prairie.”

Laken Scott will be a 9th grader at Hardin Valley

A c a d e m y this year. Her favorite part about Knoxville is dow ntow n and Market Square. If she could travel back in time she

would like to see the cre-ation of the bomb at Oak Ridge National Laborato-ries. If Laken’s house were on fi re, she would be sure to grab money, her passport and a laptop. If stranded on a deserted island, she would have the complete works of Sherlock Holmes and a fully stocked fridge on hand.

Abbey Underwoodwill be a 9th grader at Carter

High School in the fall. Her favor-ite place in Knoxville is the zoo and she loves p h o t o g r a -phy. If she were able to go back

in time, Abbey would like to experience the ’50s or the ’60s. If her house were burning, you can bet that she would grab her phone, her purse and her computer. Luke Hemmings would be the ideal lunch date for Ab-bey if she had the opportu-nity to meet him.

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The majority of objects inside the historic Mabry-Hazen House are original family heirlooms, including furniture, clothing, photographs and personal items. Photo by Julia Grant

Evelyn and Rush Strong Hazen are buried in the cemetery as were Evelyn’s father, Joseph Mabry III, and her grandfather, Jo-seph Mabry Jr. Photo by Charlie Hamilton

Following lunch, the interns played pinball and pool in the game room before heading out to the vintage shops in Happy Holler. Pictured inside the Tea Room are Donna Mitchell, Charlie Hamilton, Joshua Mode, Leila Hennon, Julia Grant, Laken Scott, Zoe Risley, Katie Sasse, Kaila Bond and Abbey Underwood.

Touring Old Gray Cemetery

Mabry-Hazen House:A step back in time

By Kaila BondsLast week we visited one

of Knoxville’s most histori-cal landmarks, the Mabry-Hazen House.

This home was built in the 1800s by Joe Mabry and his brother- in law. It was used for living, entertain-ment and business.

My experience was so amazing and spectacular. I

really felt like I was in the1800s. The house had all ofthe furniture and paintingsso nicely preserved that youhad to feel a special con-nection to its ties to Knox-ville. Every detail seemedso simple yet so complexand intriguing. I really rec-ommend going to see thisbeautiful home and all of itstreasures.

Do you really know Knoxville?By Donna Mitchell

If you’re anything like me, then you wish Knox-ville were more interesting. You wish there was some-thing about it worth shar-ing when you meet people from other cities and states. Look no further; this article will blow your once-narrow mind with some pretty big Knoxville history that exists in just one area!

Our fi rst visit was to the Mabry-Hazen House, which harnesses three generations of historical aspects.

In a lot of ways the his-tory is much like that of the Hatfi elds and McCoys. Jo-seph Alexander Mabry Jr. was one of Knoxville’s most infl uential people; he held a large amount of slaves. He was a trustee of the college that became the University of Tennessee and served as

president of the Kentucky and Knoxville railroad.

In 1853, he and his broth-er-in-law donated land to the public. It’s known today as Market Square. Mabry built his Italianate home af-ter marrying Laura Evelyn Hayes. His untimely death occurred when local bank-er Thomas O’Connor shot him over a land dispute in 1882. The shooting, which occurred in broad daylight, ended the lives of Mabry Jr.’s son and O’Connor. Mabry’s daughter went on to marry Rush Strong Ha-zen and together they had the last inhabitant of the house, Evelyn Hazen.

Down the street is Morn-ingside Park, home of the Alex Haley Statue, created by renowned artist Tina Allen. Alex Haley, born in 1921, was a writer best

known for his 1976 book “Roots.” Haley was an ex-ceptional student as he en-rolled at Alcorn A&M Col-lege at age 15. He left school at 17 to enlist in the Coast Guard for a 20-year career.

After success with the “Autobiography of Malcolm X,” Haley engaged in a new project tracing the history of his ancestor’s journey from Africa to America. He published his work, “Roots,” in 1976 resulting in a global interest in ge-nealogy as well as easing racial tension in America. Until then no one had given such a real view of slav-ery, the book went on to be adapted into a fi lm and win a special Pulitzer Prize.

A few miles away sits Old Gray Cemetery, open since 1851. The cemetery, originally thought to be in a

bad location, contains over 9,000 bodies, most buried between 1860 and 1910. The cemetery has a large presence of Union and Con-federate soldiers, but also has other very important people.

The bodies of the Rev. Thomas William Humes, the Hazen family, Lizzie Crozier French, Robert Love Taylor and Peter Kern were buried in Old Gray Cemetery. Next to the cem-etery is the national cem-etery for the Union soldiers, established in 1864.

After reading this, I hope your mind has been stretched to a new dimen-sion. Knoxville really does have interesting history; you just have to fi nd it! Now stop reading this and go explore this historical city! Go!

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ing to Still, “changed the face of Knoxville retail” by selling everything related to fun – fi reworks, party supplies, candy, etc. He was also the fi rst retailer in Knoxville to decorate his windows for Christmas.

■ William Brownlow, founder of The Whig news-paper, Tennessee governor (1865-69) and U.S. Senator (1869 to 1875).

■ E.C. Camp, who owned the Greystone building and is said to haunt it today

■ Artist Lloyd Branson ■ Thomas O’Connor,

who shot Joseph Mabry and his son

■ Charles McGhee Tyson has a monument in the cem-etery. A pilot, his family do-nated 60 acres in West Knox

for an airport in his memory after he was shot down and lost at sea during World War I. McGhee Tyson Airport in Blount County is named for him.

■ Novelist Virginia Ro-salee Coxe has an angel stat-ue on her grave. The angel’s right hand was stolen by vandals, which Still thinks is poignant because Coxe was right-handed. Rumor has it that Coxe walked the cemetery at night looking for her right hand.

Also in the cemetery is a stainless steel monument with one rusty panel – ru-mored to have been a drop-off for moonshine.

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By Patricia WilliamsYou don’t have to be a

farmer or a member to shop at Knox Farmers Co-opera-tive (Co-op).

“For Every Home and Ev-ery Acre – We are here for your needs” is a slogan used by Co-op members accord-ing to Lewis Jones, newly appointed general manager of the Co-op store at 6616 Asheville Highway. And I would agree.

Co-ops are owned by member farmers who of-fer their products and ex-pertise to all. The staff is knowledgeable, experi-enced and eager to help. If they don’t know the answer, they turn to their vast re-source of farmers and spe-cialists.

“We are in the business of service and educating cus-tomers,” says Jones, “and if we don’t have the answer, we will fi nd out from our net-work of Tennessee farmers.”

When I shop at Knox Farmers’ Co-op I always get more than I bargain for. Sometimes I don’t know what I need, I tell them the problem and they make a recommendation that is usually spot-on with no tri-al and error at my expense.

“We are your hometown store where all of the prof-its stay local and products are purchased from local farmers,” says Jones. “We are not going to overcharge ourselves.”

But don’t let the prices fool you. Although the prices are low, the quality is high.

The Tennessee FarmersCo-operative Tenco FeedMill in Rockford was ratedthe No. 1 feed mill in the na-tion for 2014 by the Ameri-can Feed Industry Asso-ciation, according to Jones,and that’s where his storegets its feed.

If it was on the ark, mostlikely you will fi nd what’sneeded to feed, house andcare for it at the Co-op. TheCo-op provide feeds andbedding for animals at theKnoxville Zoo from orang-utans to fl amingos. It doesthe same for horses at theUniversity of Tennessee.“They sometimes turn tous for treatments for theircare,” says Jones.

The store’s size is an as-set. It offers a variety of sup-plies to care for ponds, bees,horses, birds, dogs, cats,chicks and other two andfour-legged critters. Thereare treatments for pestssuch as ants, roaches, opos-sums, fl ies, fl eas, snails andmore.

The Co-op offers custom-made fencing and gates, andconcrete mix for installa-tion; landscape materialsand treatments; athletic fi eldproducts and line markers.

Farmers with pests bythe acres purchase bulk andcustom-mixed insecticides,fertilizers and fuel.

Equipment for rent in-cludes trailers for trans-porting horses, dogs andfarm animals; supply trail-ers and liquid sprayers forlarge applications.

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Elizabeth Cardwell, sales assistant, sets up the stock of “cow wear” for men and women.

Wesley Hawkins fi lls customers’ orders from the warehouse.

Lewis Jones, general manager of the Knox Farmers Co-op on Asheville Highway, stands by its mission statement, fi gurative-ly and literally. Photos by Patricia Williams

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Jody Helms, executive vice president/director of store operations for Food City’s retail grocery chain was named 2014 Retailer of the Year by Tenn essee Gro-cers & Convenience Store Association during its an-nual convention. Each year, TGCSA, a Nashville-based trade organization, selects one Tennessee retailer to be named Retailer of the Year.

A native of Montgomery, Alabama, Helms began his career in the grocery indus-try in 1973. He joined the Food City team in Decem-ber 1999, as executive vice president over the compa-ny’s Knoxville Division. In 2004, he was promoted to his current position.

Helms directs the opera-tion of all 94 Food City su-

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gives the patient a great experience.” Dr. Greene, along with her part-

ners Dr. David Harrell and Dr. Roland Weast, use the da Vinci robotic system to perform a variety of surgeries at Ten-nova Healthcare including procedures for acid refl ux, colon diseases, ventral hernia repair, adrenal gland removal and some pancreatic procedures. Dr. Greene is one of the few surgeons in the Knoxville area to perform robot-assisted single-site gallbladder removal.

“It’s a virtually scarless procedure that is done through the navel,” explains Dr. Greene. “Many of my female patients especially like the single-site surgery be-cause they can still wear a bikini.”

Dr. Greene believes that there will only be more and more possible applica-tions for robot-assisted surgery. “It will likely be the future of general surgery as we continue to adapt more procedures to a robotic approach. Robotic technology is great tool and another great option for surgeons and patients.”

By Bonny C. MillardRotarian scholarship

recipient Alicia Lewis said her mother pushed her to do better in high school and stressed the importance of education. Lewis, a recent graduate of Austin-East High School, was honored by the Rotary Club of Knox-ville during the presenta-tion of the 2014 Rotary Foundation of Knoxville College Scholarship. The four-year scholarship, an annual award to a selected student, is $16,000 with students receiving $4,000 each year.

Lewis, who graduated with a 3.5 GPA, held various leadership roles and took accelerated courses while she was in high school. She also worked part-time as a pharmacy technician for a discount drug store. The young woman said she grew up in a single-parent household, and her mother worked two jobs to support them. She said her mother told her if she ran with “the crowd,” that is what she would become, one of the crowd.

Jennifer Willard, left, executive director of the Community School of the Arts, and Bob and Di-ana Samples, right, award Madison Craddock with a Community School of the Arts scholarship.

Knoxville Rotary rewards outstanding youth

Congratulating the 2014 Rotary Foundation of Knoxville Col-lege Scholarship recipient Alicia Lewis, right, a graduate of Austin-East High School, is mentor Mae Moore of Crutcher Me-morial Youth Enrichment Center. Photos by Bonny C. Millard

As part of her high school coursework, Lewis was re-quired to do 35 hours of community service each se-mester, and while she volun-teered in several capacities, she said the one that meant the most to her was feeding the homeless at her church.

Lewis plans to attend the University of Tennessee and major in business adminis-tration with a concentration

in nonprofi t administration.In addition to the foun-

dation scholarship, the Bob and Diana Samples Community School of the Arts 2014 Scholarship was also presented. Bob Samples is the cur-rent Rotary president. His wife, Diana, introduced the school’s executive director, Jennifer Willard, who made

the presentation to Madi-son Craddock, a graduate of

Family Christian Acade-my of East Tennessee.

Willard said Crad-dock, who was diag-nosed with juvenile arthritis at the age

of 5, served as the Am-bassador for the Arthritis Foundation’s Jingle Bell Run and for East Tennes-see Children’s Hospital.

Craddock has been involved in many activities despite dealing with frequent pain, her mentor said.

“She’s one of the most ac-complished people I’ve ever known,” Willard said,

Craddock has taken les-sons in piano, guitar, writing, acting and art at the school, a nonprofi t visual and per-forming arts afterschool pro-gram, for eight years.

“This school means moreto me than a place just to playmusic or take art lessons,”she said. Craddock said Wil-lard has encouraged herthrough the years, and shewants to make a differencein the lives of others like Wil-lard has made in hers.

Craddock received a$2,500 scholarship andplans to attend JohnsonUniversity.

Brian Wilson

We Fix It moves South

pairs on a laptop when I ar-rived and said it was one of the more challenging ones. He had it up and running.

An East Tennessee na-tive, Wilson has lived in Knoxville for three years. He knows electronics in-

Thank goodness there are people who understand all of the electronic gadgets in today’s world. I know how to turn them on but could be dangerous trying to fi x something that doesn’t work properly.

We Fix It Electronics recently moved to its new home at 3905 Chapman Highway from its former location at Knoxville Center Mall. The owner, Brian Wil-son, has been doing elec-tronic repairs since 1996. He was just fi nishing re-

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side and out. In addition to all brands of computers, he makes repairs on game systems, mobile phones and tablets. “If we can get a part for it, we can fi x it,” Wilson says. About the only things he won’t work on are TVs.

If you are hesitant to take an item to him, don’t be. He will do a free diag-nostic test and let you know what the problem is. Then he will give you the repair cost up front. Wilson says sometimes it is less expen-sive to buy a new item than

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THROUGH FRIDAY, JUNE 27Adult Day Services Summer Day Camp, 9

a.m.-5 p.m., Adult Day Services, 1545 Maynardville Highway. Theme: “Pirates of ADS.” For disabled adults ages 18-55. Includes “Pirate Picnic Supper” at East Tennessee Technology Access Center, 116 Childress St., Knoxville, followed by accessible movie. Info/registra-tion: 745-1626, www.tnadultdayservices.com.

Acoustic Music Week, Lincoln Memorial University Cumberland Gap campus. Featuring bluegrass stars Dale Ann Bradley and Steve Gulley. Open to all ages and skill levels. Preregistration required. Info/schedule/registration: www.LMUnet.edu/artsinthegap.

THROUGH FRIDAY, JULY 11Registration open for the Crown Educa-

tion Camp for students in grades 7-12. Three tracks available: Crown Music Camp, Crown STEM Camp and Crown Vocational Skills Camp. Info/preregistra-tion: http://thecrowncollege.com/educationcamp or 1-877-MY-CROWN.

THROUGH SATURDAY, JULY 19Early registration for Upward Football/

Cheer signups, $75. Registration between July 19 and Aug. 11, $90. Info/to register and pay: 219-8673; www.corrytonchurch.com and go to the “Upward” link; on Facebook, Corryton Church Upward Sports League; Twitter, @CorrytonUpward.

THROUGH SATURDAY, AUG. 23Registration open for Lakeside of the Smok-

ies Triathlon: 1.5k open water swim on Douglas Lake, 40k bike ride on rolling rural roads and 10k run on rolling roads. Info/to register: 250-3618 or http://racedayevents.net/events/lakeside-of-the-smokies-triathlon/.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25Ronald McDonald: Readers are Leaders,

10:30 a.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Info: 525-5431.

New NIA classes, 6-7 p.m., Broadway Academy of Performing Arts 706 N. Broadway. NIA technique is a sensory based mind-body-spirit movement practice for health, wellness and fi tness. First class for new student is free. Meets every Wednesday. Info: 776-2739.

THURSDAY, JUNE 26Free talk on men’s health, 6 p.m., Charge

Fitness Program, Clinton Physical Therapy Center, 1921 N. Charles Seivers Blvd. Guest speaker: Dr. Jose Malagon. Seminar open to the community. Info: 457-8237.

Informational meeting for new women’s golf league, 10 a.m., Knoxville Municipal Golf Course, 3925 Schaad Road. Info: Liz Jett, 591-5548.

Summer Library Club presents magician Mi-chael Messing, 11 a.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Info: 525-5431.

Summer Library Club presents the Zoomo-bile, 3 p.m., Norwood Branch Library, 1110 Merchants Drive. Info: 688-2454.

Fun With Shakespeare, 4 p.m., Mascot Branch Library, 1927 Library Road. The Tennessee Stage Company will present an interactive workshop designed especially for elementary school age children, focusing on the play “Much Ado About Nothing.” Info: 933-2620.

FRIDAY, JUNE 27Farm Fresh Fridays: Union County Farmers Mar-

ket, 4-7 p.m., downtown Maynardville. Info: 992-8038.All you can eat fi sh fry, 5:30-7 p.m., Andersonville

UMC. Adults, $8; children 12 and under, $6. Includes fi sh, hushpuppies, coleslaw, fries, dessert and drinks.

Concert on the Commons, 7-9 p.m., Norris Town Commons. Featuring: Jesse Black. Bring a lawn chair, blanket and picnic basket. Info/schedule: www.facebook.com/pages/Concerts-On-The-Commons/210787865610690 or www.cityofnorris.com.

2014 White Lightening Trail Festival, 2-8 p.m., Historic Downtown Cumberland Gap. Features: music, antique cars, food and fun. Info: Carl Nichols, 423-626-4149.

Sunshine Monkey Shines, 12:15-2 p.m., Maynard-ville Public Library, 296 Main St. Info: 992-7106.

Pajama Day, 10:30 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 West Emory Road. Info: 947-6210.

Amazingly Awesome Science with Dr. Al Haz-ari, 2 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Info: 922-2552.

Sparky and Rhonda Rucker share stories and songs, 2 p.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stan-ton Road. Info: 689-2681.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, JUNE 27-29Oakes Daylily Festival, Oakes Daylilies, Luttrell

Road, Corryton. Oakes Daylily Festival. Live music, food vendors. Daylilies and other perenniels for sale. Free event. Info: http://www.oakesdaylilies.com/about.

SATURDAY, JUNE 28Open jam session bluegrass, country, gospel

music; 7 p.m.; old Rush Strong School, Leadmine Bend Road in Sharps Chapel. Free admission. Refreshments. Donations appreciated. All invited.

Old Fashioned Crocheted Button Necklace, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 An-dersonville Highway 61 in Norris. Instructor: Patti Ball. Registration deadline: June 21. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

Thunder Road Gospel Jubilee, 7 p.m., WMRD 94.5 FM, 1388 Main St., Maynardville. All pickers and singers welcome.

Thunder Road Classics Car Show to benefi t Mary Cooper Cox, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Union County Court-house parking lot. Entry fee: $25. Food, bake sale, door prizes, trophies.

VBS Fun Day and Fourth of July celebration, noon-4 p.m., Little Flat Creek Baptist Church in Corry-ton. Carnival games, infl atables, food. Info: 332-0473.

Yoga, 9-10:15 a.m., Narrow Ridge outdoor stage or Mac Smith Resource Center, 1936 Liberty Hill Road., Washburn. Bring yoga/Pilates mat, towel, water. No fee; donations accepted. Info: Mitzi Wood-Von Mizener, 497-3603 or www.narrowridge.org.

Ballroom Dance, 7-9 p.m., Halls Senior Center, 4405 Crippen Road. Admission: $5 per person. Live mu-sic provided by the Nigel Boulton band. Info: 922-0416.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Faye Wooden, 11 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Laurie Fisher, 11 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 West Emory Road. Info: 947-6210.

Can it, Pickle it, Dehydrate it and and Store It, 2-3:30 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Shirley Butter will take you through the steps of canning with a pressure cooker, pickling using a water bath and the how’s and why’s of a basic dehydrator. Info: 922-2552.

SUNDAY, JUNE 29Auditions for WordPlayers’ production of “Steel

Magnolias,” 3-5 p.m. by appointment. Seeking women ages 35+ for roles of Truvy, Clairee and Ouiser. For ap-pointment: 539-2490 or email [email protected]. Info: www.wordplayers.org.

Piano concert featuring Jim O’Connor, 2 p.m., Shannondale Presbyterian Church, 4600 Tazewell Pike.

MONDAY, JUNE 30New NIA classes, 11 a.m.-noon, Broadway Academy

of Performing Arts 706 N. Broadway. NIA technique is a

sensory based mind-body-spirit movement practice for health, wellness and fi tness. First class for new student is free. Meets every Monday. Info: 776-2739.

Summer Library Club presents the Zoomo-bile, 3 p.m., Carter Branch Library, 9036 Asheville Highway. Info: 933-5438.

Amazingly Awesome Science with Dr. Al Haz-ari, 4 p.m., North Knoxville Branch Library, 2901 Ocoee Trail. Info: 525-7036.

TUESDAY, JULY 1Neighborhood Watch meeting: Big Ridge 4th

District, 7 p.m., Big Ridge Elementary School. UT Hospice Adult Grief Support Group meet-

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

WEDNESDAY, JULY 2Annual BBQ Chicken Lunch 4H Fundraiser,

11 a.m., Extension Offi ce, 3925 Maynardville Highway in Maynardville. Cost: $8; includes half side of BBQ chicken (breast, leg, and thigh), baked beans, chips, small dessert. To preorder: 992-8038.

THURSDAY, JULY 3Pajama-rama Storytime, 6:30 p.m., Powell

Branch Library, 330 West Emory Road. Info: 947-6210.

FRIDAY, JULY 4Farm Fresh Fridays: Union County Farmers Mar-

ket, 4-7 p.m., downtown Maynardville. Info: 992-8038.Concert on the Commons, 7-9 p.m., Norris

Town Commons. Featuring: Hot Shot Freight Train. Bring a lawn chair, blanket and picnic basket. Info/schedule: www.facebook.com/pages/Concerts-On-The-Commons/210787865610690 or www.cityofnorris.com.

KSO Annual Pilot Flying J Independence Day Concert, 8 p.m., World’s Fair Park. Free and open to the public. Fireworks display begins 9:30 p.m. Blankets and lawn chairs encouraged.

Anvil Shoot/Fourth of July Celebration, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Museum of Appalachia, Info/schedule of events: 494-7680 or www.museumofappalachia.org.

SATURDAY, JULY 5Cades Cove tour with Bill Landry, 9 a.m.,

departing from the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center in Townsend. Tickets: $50 per person; includes light snacks and a cold beverage. Reservations required: 448-8838.

Fireworks, 8-9 p.m., Beach Island Resort & Marina, near Hwy 33 bridge. Event is free.

Thunder Road Gospel Jubilee, 7 p.m., WMRD 94.5 FM, 1388 Main St., Maynardville. All pickers and singers welcome.

Yoga, 9-10:15 a.m., Narrow Ridge outdoor stage or Mac Smith Resource Center, 1936 Liberty Hill Road., Washburn. Bring yoga/Pilates mat, towel, water. No fee; donations accepted. Info: Mitzi Wood-Von Mizener, 497-3603 or www.narrowridge.org.

Friends Mini Used Book Sale: Burlington, 1-4 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville High-way. Info: 525-5431.

MONDAY, JULY 7American Legion meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran

St., Maynardville. All veterans are invited. Info: 387-5522.

TUESDAY, JULY 8Summer Reading Program: Ron Lightly with

Jason and Company, 1 p.m., Luttrell Public Library. Info: 992-0208.

THURSDAY, JULY 10VFW meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St., Maynard-

ville. All veterans are invited. Info: 278-3784.

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Foster Arnett Jim BerrierScott GreenMike Padgett Leland Price Ed Shouse

By Sandra ClarkEver since Tommy Schumpert launched a successful run

for county executive from the offi ce, the county’s trustees have had visions of grandeur … or at least sugarplums.

Now Ed Shouse (R) and Jim Berrier (D) are battling for the job in the Aug. 7 election. Both spoke last week at the Halls Business and Professional Association.

Shouse has served on City Council and County Commis-sion, both part-time. He was a vice president and trust of-fi cer for First Tennessee Bank before joining Pete Claussen in the short-line railroad business. He promises honesty and stability.

Berrier is a South Knox guy with a master’s degree in business administration from UT who is running for offi ce for the fi rst time. He’s worked as a stockbroker and now is the regulatory supervisor for more than 100 fi nancial ad-visers across the United States, he said.

And he’s got a sense of humor. His grandfather lived on a big barge in the Tennessee River and paid no property taxes, Berrier said. “And now I’m running for (tax collec-tor). I’ve come full circle.”

The race for judge of Criminal Court, Division III, has Scott Green (R) and Leland Price (D) vying for the post now held by Judge Mary Beth Leibowitz, who is retiring.

Judicial candidates must make nice, and both did in Halls, but Green won the “folksy” prize.

“I may not be the smartest person to walk down the pike. And maybe I’m not the smartest person in my race,” he said, “but no one will work harder.”

Green’s declaration put Price off pace, and he never even mentioned he’s a graduate of Harvard Law School.

Price has a 17-year career as a prosecutor including handling the Channon Christian and Chris Newsom cases – twice. He lives in Halls with wife Nikki and their two daughters. He was deployed to Iraq in 2004-05 and is a past commander of American Legion Post 2. He coaches youth soccer and is active at Arlington Church of Christ.

Green is less known outside the legal community. He graduated from the UT College of Law and has practiced criminal defense law and worked as a prosecutor in Knox and Sevier counties. He and his wife have three kids and attend Cokesbury United Methodist Church.

What the judicial and trustee races lacked in drama was made up for by the virtual fi sticuffs of County Clerk Foster Arnett (R) and former Clerk Mike Padgett (D).

Arnett got it started by saying he’s reduced the bud-get in the Clerk’s offi ce from $905,000 under Padgett to $658,000. “We saved $26,000 by cutting out (a paid day off for) Christmas shopping,” Arnett said. “We took away the auto allowances, including my own.”

Arnett said when he came into offi ce he found no job descriptions, and no one balanced (their receipts).

So Arnett has created job descriptions with annualand quarterly reviews. He closed the Clerk’s offi ce at FivePoints, which accounted for only 3 percent of his busi-ness. And he saved $19,000 a year ($152,000 over aneight-year lease) by closing the Clerk’s offi ce at KnoxvilleCenter Mall and moving into a former jewelry store justwest of the mall.

“You really don’t have to leave your home to do businesswith the Clerk’s offi ce,” Arnett said, listing services avail-able online.

Padgett sprang like a tiger.Long lines are “ridiculous” in the Clerk’s offi ces, he said,

promising to keep all offi ces open until 5:30 p.m. with atleast one open until 9.

“There are limited services online. You can’t get a mar-riage license or a passport. … We need to improve ourgreatest asset, the morale of the people who work at theClerk’s offi ce.”

Padgett said when he was Clerk he handled car titles forall 95 counties, bringing revenue and jobs to Knox Countythat Arnett has lost.

“What cost is service?” he asked. “You can’t put a priceon it.” He said Arnett has had 30 percent turnover in hisfour-year term. Padgett’s pledge: reduce long lines, extendhours of service, improve employee morale, and regainstate and federal contracts to generate excess fees.

Friends and foes at Halls forum

Kuumba march down Market StreetDancers of all ages march toward Market Square during the parade for this year’s Kuumba Festival. While Friday’s events went off without a hitch, Saturday’s festival at Chilhowee Park fell victim to a fl ash fl ood. Photo by S. Clark

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