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One Faith Christian Store

New businesses have been popping up at Knoxville Center Mall. One Faith Christian Store opened in March. The former owner sold the business when he and his wife decided to return to Guatemala on a mission trip.

One Faith Christian Store was exactly the type of busi-ness Addison and Alison Gal-loway were looking for. It was much more than I expected.

➤ Read Nancy Whittaker on page 8

Just 4 PetsIn fourth grade, Dr. Jac-

queline Roberts Sherrod knew what she wanted to be: a veterinarian – taking care of animals. Her mother, Rosetta Sanders, encouraged her, tell-ing her, “You can do it.” So she did.

“If anyone had told me how hard it would be, I might have changed my mind,” says Sher-rod. By the time she realized the challenges she would face, she already had overcome them.

➤ See story on page 8

More turmoil at school board

Knox County school board drama continues with last week’s revelation that vice chair Gloria Deathridge has health issues that might make it diffi cult for her to serve a four-year term. She’s a can-didate for reelection on Aug. 7, opposed by retired social worker Marshall Walker.

➤ Read Sandra Clark on page 4

ESPN disses Vol backfi eld!

Good old ESPN, more enthused than usual about SEC football, honors us with a backfi eld ranking.

Truthfully, it doesn’t tell us much we didn’t already know. Alabama is again loaded. Geor-gia’s Todd Gurley may be the best running back in America.

➤ Read Marvin West on page 5

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By Anne HartKnoxville Mayor Madeline

Rogero says she supports the con-solidation of Knoxville and Knox County governments with one very important stipulation: The end result must be a municipal form of government.

“I wouldn’t want to live in a consolidated government that had the current form of county gov-ernment,” Rogero told members of the Rotary Club of West Knoxville in response to a question from the audience.

Rogero, who served on County Commission for eight years, said that soon after County Mayor Tim Burchett recently announced that he is going to actively push for consolidation of the two govern-ments she met with him and told him her position. “We had a good conversation about it all,” she said. “We don’t always agree on every-thing, but we do talk about things, and we get along well.”

Rogero said the city of Knox-ville and the areas of Knox County surrounding it “are becoming more and more an urban area, and having one government makes sense. But I like city government. The buck stops with me. I hire the law director, I hire the tax collec-tor, I hire the police chief, and they

Madeline Rogero

Rogero supports ‘not-metro,’ with big ‘but’

all report to me. I’m responsible for what happens.”

In addition, she said, she likes the fact that elective offi ces in the city are nonpartisan, as opposed to the county’s highly partisan structure.

Elected to the offi ce in 2011, Rogero is the city’s 68th mayor. She told Rotarians that she un-derstands that as business leaders and entrepreneurs “your job is to create jobs, and mine is to create the climate that makes that pos-sible – that ensures we have the

quality of life that people will want to live and work here.”

To do that, she says, the city has used Tax Increment Financing (TIFs) and other “strategic tools,” including public infrastructure and façade grants, to help create a vibrant downtown.

“Historically, there had been a lack of investment in downtown. We have used these tools to make things happen that otherwise would not have happened. We are now starting to see some of those TIFs roll off and tax dollars come to the city.”

Rogero cited numerous initia-tives sponsored by or encouraged by the city, including the University Commons soon to open on a former brownfi eld on Cumberland Avenue. “Six years ago, then-Mayor Haslam began working with stakeholders on that project. It represents $130 million in private investment.”

The revamping of Cumberland Avenue itself has had some sched-uling changes, as important fac-tors like University of Tennessee football traffi c have to be taken into consideration, Rogero said. One important visual blight will be eliminated: Knoxville Utilities Board has agreed to move utility lines into the back alleys that par-allel the street instead of burying

them underground, thus saving millions in taxpayer dollars.

Rogero said another signifi cant infusion of private money – some $165 million – along with a TIF that will delay payment of taxes for a certain time, is making the Tennova project south of the river on the old Baptist Hospital prop-erty a reality.

A design model has been created for the fi rst four blocks of a plan to revitalize Magnolia Avenue as the city moves to make that portion of East Knoxville more livable and attractive to visitors and residents alike, as it has done in North Knox-ville near Central Avenue, she said.

The mayor also pointed to the city’s massive Urban Wilderness project and bike trails as a success story that will bring ever-increas-ing numbers of tourists and their dollars to the area. She pointed out that outdoor recreation is a $6 billion industry in Tennessee.

And yes, she says she hears complaints about the lack of park-ing downtown and in the Cumber-land Avenue area, and that is why the city has granted TIFs for ga-rage construction in those areas. “But here’s the good news,” she said with a smile. “We need more parking because there’s more de-velopment going on.”

Meg Retinger, left, shows attendees a set of ornaments as auctioneer Tammy McCammon prepares to start the bidding at the Hallmark Volunteers orna-

ment premiere-night party at New Salem United Methodist Church. Photos by Betsy Pickle

Collectors revel as they prepare for Hallmark ornament premiereBy Betsy Pickle

It all looked so innocent: a small church dining hall with a buffet of homemade vittles down the middle of the room, red-checkered tablecloths enticing people to sit down and dig in, with a promise of bingo after the meal.

Who could know that beneath the surface was a ticking clock ready to erupt in a frenzy of passionate consumerism?

Well, anyone who knew that it was Hallmark Keepsake Ornament Premiere Night, and that the group at New Salem United Methodist Church on Twin Creek Road was the Hallmark Volunteers club, the local affi liate of the Keep-sake Ornament Club.

The ornament-bedecked Christmas tree centerpiece should have been the fi rst clue, and Hallmark products on the auction table and door-prize display should’ve been second

and third clues.Tammy McCammon, president of the Hall-

mark Volunteers, organizes the shindig at her church every year as the prelude to the orna-ment premiere event at the Linda’s Hallmark stores at the Gallery and Village Green shop-ping centers (Linda’s sponsors the club).

The 40-some club members and guests en-joy food, fun and fellowship while counting down the hours until the Hallmark stores open at 10 p.m. so collectors can fi ll their wish lists and browse until sales can begin at midnight.

It was a full house at New Salem UMC. The club meets six times a year, and the members greeted each other and fell into conversation immediately at the July 11 gathering. They fi lled their plates with ham, chicken tenders, deviled eggs, cole slaw, potato salad, sliced to-matoes, warm rolls, watermelon, pies, pound

cake and cookies and sat down to eat and talk.After dinner, McCammon started a bingo

game in which players penciled in their own numbers – all corresponding to the names of dif-ferent ornaments. The winners of the extended game (basically, everyone there) got to choose their own Hallmark item from the display.

It was easy to get into the spirit of the live auction, especially since the funds raised would be going to causes that the club supports such as women’s shelters, animal rescue groups and disease-specifi c charities. The assortment ranged from practical to collectible, with a va-riety of ornaments – Barbie, snowmen, barbe-cue, Snoopy – in sets and gift packages as well as things like a red-white-and-blue afghan and Hallmark and Olympics collector pins.

Burchett triviaThe Shopper-News interns

visited with Judge Thomas Varlan and Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett last week. Burchett amazed the kids with his eclectic interests and sent them away with Bigfoot bumper stickers. Intern Donna Mitchell compiled a quick list of “Five Things You Didn’t Knox About Mayor Burchett.”

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health & lifestyles

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center has been recognized by the Tennessee Hospital Association for reducing the number of babies born electively between 37 and 39 weeks, thereby increasing their chances for better lifelong health.

Fort Sanders Regional received the recognition from the THA’s Tennessee Center for Patient Safety, along with fellow Covenant Health facilities Parkwest Medical Center, LeConte Medical Center, Method-ist Medical Center and Morristown-Hamblen Healthcare System.

Fort Sanders Regional met the goal of decreasing the number of babies delivered electively be-tween 37 and 39 weeks gestation to 5 percent or less, and maintained the goal level for a minimum of six consecutive months. The hospi-tal was awarded a congratulatory banner to recognize their teams’ outstanding effort.

“This is vital for our patients and the quality of care we provide,” Bernie Hurst, di-rector of women’s services at Fort Sanders Regional, said. “We’ve had these standards in place at Regional for several years, so this highlights

the hard work of many.”The two-week wait dramatically

increases the chances for good

physical and developmental health of babies. It also allows for better health and safety of the mother. There is a greater risk of complica-tions associated with births prior to 39 weeks, and waiting until then allows for better growth and devel-opment of vital organs such as the brain, lungs and liver.

“Babies born too early are at risk for respiratory distress, jaun-dice, hypoglycemia and other con-ditions that require more medical care and put them at greater risk for death before their fi rst birth-day,” said Craig Becker, THA pres-ident. “That is why the work being done at these hospitals is so vitally important to all Tennesseans. Re-sults like these represent the com-bined efforts of every single pro-fessional at these hospitals, from the physicians and nursing staff to the board of trustees.”

Fort Sanders Regional is part of a statewide Healthy Tennessee Babies Are Worth the Wait initia-tive launched less than two years ago to increase awareness of the benefi ts of full-term delivery. In May 2012, nearly 16 percent of all Tennessee deliveries that oc-curred prior to 39 weeks gestation were considered elective. Today, that number has been reduced by almost 85 percent. Among other activities, the Covenant obstet-rics departments adopted a strict policy that prohibits early elective deliveries before 39 weeks unless

there is a clear medical risk to the mother or the baby.

For Fort Sanders Regional, as a high-risk pregnancy center, the recognition is further proof of the excellent care patients and new-born babies receive. At the hos-pital, mothers have the option of LDRP (labor, delivery, recovery and postpartum) rooms or a fully-staffed level II nursery for new-borns, which allows mothers to recuperate post-delivery and puts the baby in fully capable hands.

Also, with neonatologists, peri-natologists, obstetricians, a highly-certifi ed nursing staff and the abil-ity to transfer extreme cases to East Tennessee Children’s Hospital with-in minutes, Regional is able to ac-commodate any type of pregnancy.

“We have any and everything a new mother would want or need when delivering a baby,” Hurst said. “This recognition is just a small indication of the wonderful things going on here.”

“A healthy, full-term baby is al-ways worth the wait, and Covenant Health is proud to lead this effort to decrease the number of infants de-livered electively before 39 weeks,” said Jim VanderSteeg, Covenant Health executive vice president-hospital operations. “Two addition-al weeks may not seem like much time, but for an infant, it can mean the difference between complica-tions leading to lifelong health is-sues and a healthy and robust start.”

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Alex and Shana Beach welcomed their fi rst child, Gabriella Marian, on April 2 of this year at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center.

Delivering an experience a new mom expectsAs a nurse practitioner herself, Shana

Beach of Knoxville, 31, wanted state-of-the-art technology near her when she delivered her own fi rst child. She chose Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center because of its relationship to East Ten-nessee Children’s Hospital across the street.

“I had experience in a children’s hos-pital in Boston, and I wanted to be at a hospital that had easy access to a NICU (neonatal intensive care unit) just in case something went wrong,” Beach said.

But everything went smoothly on April 2, when Beach and her husband, Alex, welcomed Gabriella Marian. Af-ter about 13 hours of labor, Gabriella weighed 7 pounds, 1.8 ounces and was delivered in a normal, low-risk birth in a Fort Sanders LDRP (labor, delivery, re-covery room and postpartum).

The spacious rooms allow the mother and her family to stay in one location for the entire hospital stay.

“That was great,” Beach said. “We didn’t have to move anything and the room we were in was large. When I had a couple of visitors, there was plenty of room. My husband slept in a recliner chair and he was very comfortable.”

The fi rst six hours of labor were not pain-ful, Beach said. “I thought, ‘If this is labor I can do this,’ ” she said. “But at 8 o’clock I was starting to feel contractions in my back, and over the next two hours they got so se-vere.”

Beach had an epidural anesthetic and

Finding the right time to deliver

was able to rest for a while, and then her baby was born at 5:50 p.m. “She came out pink and screaming,” Beach said.

Throughout the birth experience, Beach said she was surrounded by many helpful hands at Fort Sanders.

“My husband was a great coach, he was

rubbing my back the whole time,” she said. “The nurse who helped deliver was incred-ible; she kind of coached me through every-thing. She knew her stuff and was very en-couraging and professional. Dr. (Caroline) Haney-Weaver is very smart and very en-couraging. I felt very comfortable with her.”

After the birth, even the housekeeping staff impressed her, Beach said. “They came in periodically to mop the fl oor,” she said. “Everything always felt clean, open and bright. Our room had a beauti-ful view of the Smoky Mountains.”

During her pregnancy, Beach took advantage of several classes at the “Ted-dy Bear University” at Fort Sanders, which offers dozens of courses to help get new parents ready for labor, delivery and newborn care.

Beach also had a lactation consultant visit her during her two days in the hos-pital.

“Twice, I had questions and they came quickly and answered them. Plus, I took a breast-feeding class and that was really helpful. My husband took it, too.”

After two nights at Fort Sanders, the new Beach family was ready to go home. “A pediatrician came and talked to us, and a discharge nurse came in to talk to us about basic baby care,” she said.

And even though she’s an experi-enced nurse herself, Beach said the in-formation was helpful.

“I know how babies happen in text-books and on paper, and I had (studied)

labor and delivery. But as a patient, it’s a whole new, scary, wonderful experience that I could not have prepared for at all.”

Beach said she would recommend Fort Sanders to anyone expecting a new baby.

“I couldn’t have asked for a better team,” she said.

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The inaugural “From Health Fair to Health Care” went beyond screenings, with medical professionals onsite providing prelimi-nary examinations and di-agnoses from test results.

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More than 200 partici-pants took advantage of this event, according to at-torney George Underwood of Underwood Law Offi ce, a key member of the planning team that united medical-service providers and local African-American medical professionals for the event.

“We are pleased with the success of this event and hope to expand this pilot program,” said Underwood, who also addressed legal concerns at the health fair. Support came from many sources including the Uni-versity of Tennessee Medi-cal Center, Boston Scientifi c Corp. of Massachusetts,

Ron Brown, a clinical psychologist, does a consultation with Betty Satterfi eld (center) and her daughter, Kim Fowler. Photos by Patricia Williams

Knoxville’s Community De-velopment Corporation, and fraternities and other com-munity organizations.

While the health fair was open to all, special attention was given to diseases preva-lent among African-Amer-icans, with sickle-cell ane-mia tests and digital rectal exams due to the high death rate from prostate cancer among African-American males.

Some of the participat-ing local African-American medical professionals were cardiologists Dr. Paul Un-derwood and Dr. Tjuan Overly of University Cardi-ology; urologist Dr. W. Bed-ford Waters of University Urology; psychologist Ron Brown, Ph.D., of Integrity Behavioral Medicine; and dentists Dr. Lendell Mas-sengale of Dental Associates of West Knoxville and Dr. Kent Melbourne of Creek-side Dental.

Rose Clark attended the health fair to avoid the time and expense of a doctor’s appointment. “I came so I wouldn’t have to go through the driving, paying to park and having to wait in my

doctor’s offi ce,” said Clark. She also took advantage of

a d d i t i o n -al health checks.

The plan-ning team went the extra mile. S h u t t l e service for p e r s o n s w i t h o u t

transportation was provid-ed from KCDC properties by Gentry Trailways Char-ter & Tours. “What good is a health fair if those who need it most can’t get to it,” asked George Underwood. Gentry is also the transportation provider for Knox County Schools.

“We are thankful to and appreciative of many peo-ple and organizations that helped make this event a success,” said Underwood, who is running for Knox County General Sessions Court Judge, Division III.

■ Walker walks for votes Marshall Walker and a

team of volunteers went walking for votes recently while fi lling requests for yard signs. Walker is run-ning for Knox County School Board District 1 representa-tive. Walker graduated from the University of Tennes-see’s School of Social Work and is a certifi ed school so-cial worker by the Tennessee Department of Education.

Walker has spent most of his career ensuring the well-

being of children. He has fi rsthand experience of how the school system works af-ter being employed by Knox County Schools for 12 years as a social worker and fi ve years as football coach at Austin-East High School.

He feels his experience and his understanding of the needs of families with

school-aged children make him a viable candidate for school board.

Walker is running for the seat on the board currently held by Gloria Deathridge, who is running for her sec-ond term.

■ Urban gardens Input from the commu-

Marshall Walker (third from left) distributes yard signs with campaign volunteers Stephen Thompson, Matthew Gayle and Ernest McDuff y.

Underwood

Cardiologist Paul Underwood advises Brian Whaley on the re-sults from a vascular sonogram done on his heart. Whaley was advised to get immediate attention, which he agreed to do.

nity is being sought before modifi cations to the zon-ing ordinance that applies to community and market gardens are made. The city of Knoxville Offi ce of Sus-tainability held a public meeting Monday, July 14, at the Cansler YMCA to give updates and solicit input on the subject.

Changes being consid-ered would restrict gardens to 10,000 square feet and would include a no-fee six-page registration. Those who plan to sell produce on-site in any quantity would be required to purchase a $100 permit each year. Currently, the permit is for six months from the time acquired; that would be extended to nine months.

About 50 people attended the meeting. Some concerns were voiced regarding aban-doned gardens becoming eyesores, and reducing the cost of the $100 sales per-mit. To share suggestions or concerns, email [email protected] by July 31. Contact Patricia Williams at [email protected].

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As McCammon described the auction items, member Meg Retinger of West Knox-ville carried them around the room for closer scrutiny, teasing her friends with “all the buzzwords – limited edition, numbered, retired.”

Bidding was friendly – for the most part – but a few desirables provoked heated action. The room exploded when one offering drew a bid of $100.

Although the recession hurt collecting in general, premiere night indicated that Hallmark collectors re-main loyal.

McCammon’s aunt, South Knoxvillian Mary Evelyn Frei, said she puts up three

full-size and eight miniature trees fi lled with ornaments each Christmas. McCam-mon and Frei checked out the Farragut store before landing at the Gallery, where cashiers rang up custom-ers till well after 1 a.m. The South Knoxville duo closed the place down.

Frei, who’s been col-lecting since 1991, says she launched McCammon on her obsession with Keep-sake Ornaments. “Her mother could probably kill me,” she said.

For info on joining the Hallmark Volunteers, call McCammon at 803-3386. The next meeting is Thurs-day, Sept. 18.

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Perry commissions Statue of Liberty replica

Texas Gov. Rick Perry said today that the state will begin construction of a bronze replica of the Statue of Liberty to be erected at a still-undetermined site near the Mexican border.

“Texas is a big state with a big heart,” Perry said. “Texans will never turn their back on children in need of shelter.”

The statue will not be an exact replica. It will rise 320 feet, 15 feet higher than the original on Liberty Island, and be topped with a Stet-son.

Ailor vs. Wimberly: Looking for signs

the dignity and integrity of the court, and in Knoxville’s legal community, there also has been a kind of unspoken “gentleman’s agreement” that judges who are doing a pretty good job won’t face opposition come reelec tion time.

Although judges are cho-sen by a partisan process, they are expected to keep politics off the bench, and that is exactly what they al-most always do.

But the Republican tide that swept Democrats out of power in Nashville in 2010 prompted an embold-ened GOP to launch an ag-gressive “Red to the Roots”

campaign designed to drive Democrats out of local offi c-es. This specifi cally includes judicial candidates.

In Knoxville, two re-spected Democrats, Chan-cellor Daryl Fansler and Circuit Court Judge Harold Wimberly, fi nd themselves facing opposition from younger, less experienced candidates. Wimberly has been on the bench for 27 years and is being chal-lenged by Republican Bill Ailor, who says the state party didn’t recruit him and isn’t involved in his cam-paign, despite Ailor being named a “Red to the Roots” featured candidate.

Contrary to common wisdom, Ailor says he chose to run against Wimberly rather than participate in the three-way primary scrum for the Circuit Court seat being vacated by the retiring Judge Dale Work-man, and he is not a part of a GOP plan to take over the state’s judiciary.

Knox County GOP chair Ruthie Kuhlman respond-ed with a big guffaw when

asked to comment on the further common wisdom that she recruited Ailor and the elusive Clarence “Eddie” Pridemore, who is running against Fansler. She says she didn’t even meet Pride-more until after the fi ling deadline, and although she knows Ailor’s family, she had nothing to do with his decision to run (something Ailor confi rms), despite the fact that her daughter-in-law McCalla Kuhlman is managing Ailor’s campaign.

For that matter, Kuhl-man says she probably knows Wimberly’s family, too, although she is ticked at him for trying to make people think he is a Repub-lican. This is an odd accu-sation since Wimberly has been repeatedly reelected on the Democratic ticket, but Kuhlman is insistent.

“He’s a Democrat who’s trying to portray himself as a Republican. He has signs with the word “Republican” and our trademark elephant on them,” she said.

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“Everything is bigger in Texas,” Perry said.

Bipartisan effort underway to trim Con-gressional pay

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Mi-nority Leader Nancy Pelosi pledged today to support legislation retroactively re-ducing congressional pay by

85 percent for the current fi scal year.

The bipartisan an-nouncement came just days after a Gallup poll found that only 15 percent of Americans approved of the job Congress is doing.

“Heck, 22 percent in that poll said we should all be fi red,” McCarthy noted. “I believe, and Rep. Pelosi agrees, that returning most of our salary is the least we can do.”

“Most of us are just your average millionaires,” Pe-losi added, “except for Dar-rell Issa. Don’t make me go there!”

The White House praised the news.

“This is change we can believe in,” President Obama said. “Following this example, I will refund 51 percent of my pay this year to the American people. Heck of a job, Gallup!”

The announcement prompted House Speaker John Boehner to cancel his regular tanning appoint-ment and call a hasty press conference.

“Who am I kidding su-ing the president? That’s like General Motors su-ing Cobalt buyers for poor car-buying judgment. The American people should bring a class-action suit against Congress!”

Sheriff calls for con-

solidationKnox County Mayor Tim

Burchett’s suggestion for consolidating some func-tions of city and county government “doesn’t go far enough,” says Sheriff Jim-my “J.J.” Jones.

“Combining tax collec-tions for the city and county is a good idea, but the real savings are in law enforce-ment. Why, I have enough deputy chiefs and assistants alone to fi eld a couple of soc-cer teams,” Jones said.

Jones also criticized the practice of electing Knox County’s chief law-enforce-ment offi cial.

“We need to get politics out of the sheriff’s offi ce,” he said. “The top police of-fi cer should be selected by

the mayor from a carefully vetted list of candidates. I think they already do that somewhere around here.”

Jimmy Haslam to take vow of poverty

Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam stunned fel-low billionaires today dur-ing an interview on ESPN.

“Money isn’t every-thing. I’ve been thinking about that $92 million fi ne I just paid and how many doughnuts or cans of dip that would have bought for needy drivers.”

Haslam said he would sell all his assets and donate the proceeds to the Salva-tion Army, where he plans to volunteer full time.

“I’ve always wanted to ring bells at Christmas.”

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publicans for Wimberly” signs that are sprouting up in prominent Republican front yards, perhaps includ-ing those belonging to Ron Isenberg, Barry Litton, Bob McGee, Tucker Montgom-ery, Rick Powers, Caesar Stair, Bill Swann, Tom Mc-Adams, Victor Ashe, E. Mi-chael Brezina, Raja Jubran, John King, Richard Krieg, Arthur Seymour and Tim Wheeler.)

The signs and the el-ephant are black and white, and do not infringe on the GOP’s trademarked pachy-derm, which is red, white and blue.

Do not look for fi reworks in this race, unless Kuhl-man goes out looking for signs.

State Rep. Steve Hall made news this weekend when he said on WBIR-TV he is supporting Stacey Campfi eld for reelection to the state Senate over Rich-ard Briggs in the Aug. 7 GOP primary. He did this in response to a question from Knoxville attorney Don Bosch. No other Knox law-maker has endorsed Camp-fi eld in the GOP primary.

It is no secret that Hall and Campfi eld are close personally and politically, but this is the fi rst time Hall has publicly endorsed Campfi eld and made it clear they are a team in Nashville.

Martin Daniel, Hall’s opponent, said he opposed

Campfi eld. Hall and Camp-fi eld sponsored legislation to sell Lakeshore Park, the most used park in the city.

The Daniel-Hall contest for state representative in West Knox County contin-ues to heat up. It is fi erce. Hall is also now under fi re for accepting donations from Tennova PAC both be-fore and after sponsoring legislation to remove the

scenic-route designation on Middlebrook Pike to al-low Tennova to move there so high buildings could be constructed against neigh-borhood wishes.

On WATE-TV, Hall said he was unaware Tennova had given him a campaign donation at that time. How-ever, his treasurer is his son, Steve Hall II, which causes one to question the accuracy of that response since one assumes father and son talk to each other often.

Hall has attacked Daniel for being in the outdoor-ad-vertising business. Daniel says he will recuse himself from voting on legislation impacting that industry. Daniel has questioned Hall mailing a legislative ques-tionnaire at public expense just weeks before the pri-mary. Legislative rules help incumbents in this area. Campfi eld has used his tax-

paid communications fund for cable TV.

Daniel, who lives off Northshore Drive in West Knox County, is self-funding most of his campaign with $80,000. Hall has a similar amount of campaign fund-ing, but it comes primarily from PACs, including ones in Washington, D.C., Texas and Pennsylvania.

This contest has gone from a sleeper with Hall far ahead to a much more com-petitive contest than anyone imagined two months ago. Stay tuned.

■ MPC: Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett has sent MPC chair Becky Longmire a letter dated July 14 asking for an explana-tion as to the openness of the hiring process at MPC used to employ Dave Hill. It will be interesting to see what Longmire writes back and whether she shares her

response with the other 14 MPC commissioners. She can be assured it will be a public record. Burchett ap-points 8 of the 15 members.

■ Gordon Ball, Demo-cratic U.S. Senate candi-date, fi led his disclosure form with the U.S. Senate Ethics Committee July 14 (60 days after the other can-didates, but with an autho-rized extension). He values his holdings at SunTrust at between $5 million and $25 million plus his personal net worth between $1 mil-lion and $5 million.

He owns a condominium in Destin, Fla., worth be-tween $1 million and $5 mil-lion, but his home at 7001 Old Kent in West Knoxville is less valuable, topping out at $500,000, accord-ing to this form. However, that is strange since the ap-praisal at the Property As-sessor offi ce on which his

property taxes are based is $805,000. Seems odd that Ball understates the value of his home by $300,000. Ball may need to amend his fi ling to correct this signifi -cant difference.

■ Terry Adams, Ball’s principal Democratic oppo-nent, has not questioned this or Ball’s delay in fi ling the forms. Adams was on time with his fi ling on May 15.

■ Tom Humphrey, highly respected and vet-eran journalist, winds down his work for the News Senti-nel in July. He will continue with his blog and occasional columns. He is also now an adviser to the weekly Ten-nessee Journal, published in Nashville. His insightful and thoughtful analysis of the news will be missed.

■ Sen. Lamar Alexan-der kicks off a reelection bus tour of the state on Fri-day, July 25, in Maryville.

Hall vs. Daniel race picks up steam

Knox County school board drama continues with last week’s revelation that vice chair Gloria Deathridge has health issues that might make it diffi cult for her to serve a four-year term. She’s a candidate for reelection on Aug. 7, opposed by re-tired social worker Marshall Walker.

Turmoil on the school board

Four of the eight mem-bers who voted to extend Superintendent James McIntyre’s contract until 2018 are already leaving the board in September. Thomas Deakins and Kim

Severance did not seek re-election. Pam Trainor was defeated in the primary. In-dya Kincannon is resigning in August to travel with her family to Slovenia.

Deathridge has been a constant vote for McIntyre.

Price is rightI don’t know Scott Green,

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Leland is smart (Harvard Law), brave (served in Iraq)and tough enough to pros-ecute criminals including those involved in the brutal slaying of Chris Newsom and Channon Christian. But is he mean enough to beat Scott Green?

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Good old ESPN, more enthused than usual about SEC football, honors us with a backfi eld ranking.

SEC backfi eld ratingsolina has a good one in Mike Davis.

Johnny Manziel is gone from Texas A&M (you knew that!), which means some-body else must run around with the Aggie football. Florida is rich in talent. Running back may be the Gators’ strongest position. Auburn has four or more to produce touchdowns and share headlines.

Arkansas is ranked No. 4 but needs offensive-line improvement. LSU has Ter-rence Magee and Leonard Fournette, the nation’s No. 1 recruit. Junior Russe ll Hansbrough is a blend of

power and speed at Mis-souri. The Mississippis are good but less than great. The future is not so far away at Kentucky.

Where all this is running is here: Everybody except Vanderbilt is rated ahead of Tennessee.

When I fi rst looked at the list, I hoped it was in alpha-betical order. It wasn’t. It just started with Alabama, as usual, and ended with Vandy, as usual.

ESPN says the Volunteers are 13th because (1) they lack a running quarterback in an offense structured around the read-option,

(2) Marlin Lane has been promising but inconsistent for three years and (3) Jalen Hurd is a rookie.

An inexperienced of-fensive line may have infl u-enced the thinking.

ESPN did not reach this bold conclusion, but if the Tennessee running game ends up No. 13 in the SEC, this will not be a bowl team.

Option 1: Coaches can sleep fast and work toward a small miracle with offensive linemen.

Even if Don Mahoney takes long naps, I refuse to believe this group will cause a sharp decline from the previous line – which wasn’t as good as it should have been. It had more fame than force.

Jacob Gilliam is my post-er person for this new front. This will be his fi fth year. It has all been uphill. He came as a walk-on. He was red-shirted because he wasn’t considered good enough to play. He invested two sea-sons with the scout squad. He appeared in one game in 2012 and two last fall.

This spring he beat out junior college all-American Dontavius Blair and fi n-ished as the starting left tackle. Blair will eventually get the idea, but Gilliam, with heart and smarts, taught everybody a lesson: All things are possible.

I predict Marcus Jack-son, Mack Crowder, Kyler Kerbyson, Coleman Thom-as, Dylan Wiesman, etc.,

will exceed expectations.Option 2: Butch Jones

can rethink his offensive concept, reclassify quarter-back keepers as occasional surprises and demand sig-nifi cant improvement in the passing game. He has the receivers to make running backs look much better.

Lane is not a loser and may even develop into a leader. Hurd looks like a tight end until he breaks free into the secondary. Derrell Scott has ability. There are other possibili-ties. I do not believe these guys will fi nish 13th in net production.

I really like it when ESPN is wrong.Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is [email protected]/.

Folks rarely say good things about politicians. However, the late Howard Baker has been widely (and deservedly) praised by mem-bers of both political parties. If Ronald Reagan was the “great communicator,” then Baker was the “great con-ciliator,” lauded for his civil-ity and willingness to reach across the aisle for the good of the country.

We all could learn a lot from Howard Baker, but Tennessee Democrats could learn even more.

In 1966, Baker became the fi rst popularly elected Re-publican senator from Ten-nessee since Reconstruction. Before Baker, a Republican had little chance of getting elected statewide. Baker’s civility served him well and helped him win over voters who didn’t agree with him on every issue.

Today, state Democrats fi nd themselves in a similar position. The opposing party dominates state government,

Scott Frith

Democrats need less Obama,more Howard Baker

so much so that the Demo-crats have retreated to urban areas and mostly non-par-tisan offi ces. It is not a good time to be a Democrat in Ten-nessee. Of course, it wasn’t a good time to be a Republican before 1966, either.

Baker’s successes show a way forward for Tennessee Democrats. Unlike the slash-and-burn strategies that are popular today, state Demo-crats should adopt a more civil, conciliatory tone. Dem-ocrats should promote issues Tennesseans favor and avoid issues Tennesseans oppose.

It’s tough to get folks to vote for you when you ac-cuse them of being racist. Too many Democrats believe that R epublicans only oppose

Barack Obama’s policies be-cause he is African-Ameri-can. (These folks convenient-ly forget that Republicans opposed Bill Clinton, too.)

This kind of rhetoric is an ugly smear. The next Demo-crat elected statewide won’t use this rhetoric but instead will be reaching across party lines when possible for the good of the state.

Democrats are not going to be a majority party in Ten-nessee anytime soon; how-ever, Baker was fi rst elected 45 years before Republicans emerged as the dominant party. Yet, Baker proved that a member of the minority party can have a profound impact. While there may nev-er be another Howard Baker, aspiring Democratic leaders in Tennessee would be wise to follow Baker’s example.

Tennessee Democrats could use a little less Barack Obama and a lot more How-ard Baker.Scott Frith is a local attorney. You can reach him at [email protected].

Truthfully, it doesn’t tell us much we didn’t already know. Alabama is again loaded. Georgia’s Todd Gur-ley may be the best running back in America. South Car-

Bee DeSelm and Liane Russell, honorees of the YWCA Tribute to Women, use an amplifi er as they chat near the food line. Photo by S. Clark

I was honored when Bee DeSelm asked me to drive her to last week’s reception at the YWCA honoring 30 women who have made a difference over the past 30 years.

There was a fi t and trim Mary Costa; pioneer radiol-ogist and entrepreneur Dr. Kamilia Kozlowski, 20-plus others and DeSelm. She and Mary Lou Horner were the fi rst women elected to the county’s legislative body, back in 1976.

Horner was also selected as one of the 30.

We once had six women on Knox County Commis-sion. Now we have Amy Broyles.

Bee DeSelm was not the most effective commission-er, but no one doubted her integrity.

Despite diminished ca-pacity, Bee still outpaces me. “A walker is useful when crossing the street,” she said when I dropped her at an in-tersection. Sure enough, she scurried across two lanes and up a fl ight of stairs be-fore I parked the car.

– S. Clark

Bee and me

Burchett plansBack to School Bash

Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett will host the an-nual Back to School Bash 3-6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 11, at the Knoxville Expo Center, 5441 Clinton Highway.

The event is an opportu-nity for students to get free school supplies and health screenings, and to enjoy activities, free food, spe-cial programs, vendors and more.

More than 4,000 people attended last year’s event. The Bash is free and open to the public.

It is sponsored by the Knoxville Expo Center, Star 102.1 and UnitedHealthcare Community Plan.

School board forumThe League of Women

Voters will host a public forum from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 24, at Law-son McGhee Library.

School board candi-dates from District 1, Gloria Deathridge and Marshall Walker, and District 6, Terry Hill and Sandra Row-cliffe, will speak.

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Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett shows the interns a video on his smart phone. Photos by R. White

The interns were honored to sit down to lunch with Judge Thomas Varlan during the visit to the federal courthouse. Pictured in the conference room are (clockwise, from left) Zoe Risley, Donna Mitchell, Laken Scott, senior court clerk Jill McCook, Varlan,Joshua Mode, Julia Craft and Charlie Hamilton.

The interns go through tight security at the federal courthouse. Joshua Mode shows his identifi cation to the guard while Zoe Risley, Laken Scott and Charlie Hamilton observe the process.

By Sara BarrettThe interns’ most recent

outing led them to Knox County Mayor Tim Bur-chett’s offi ce to learn about metal detecting, Bigfoot and being a Republican.

By Donna MitchellKnox County Mayor Tim

Burchett allowed the Shop-per-News to visit with him last Tuesday. In newspapers and on TV he appears to be like your regular straight-laced politician, but there happens to be a little more under the surface. Here are fi ve of the most interesting things about Mayor Burchett.

■ He is certifi ed to teach fi ve subjects including art. Burchett does enjoy making a good Play-Doh dinosaur by the way.

■ He is the proud mem-ber of a metal detector club; he boasts that he’s even found a Civil War bullet on Kingston Pike.

■ He has bamboo grow-ing in his backyard and is using it to make a skate-board. Let’s just say the fi rst one didn’t work out as planned.

■ He has autographs

from country music greats Reba McEntire, Martina McBride, and Montgomery Gentry to name a few.

■ He’s behind bringing popular TV show “Finding Bigfoot” to the East Tennes-see area.

Did you ever imagine any of these things by looking at the mayor?

Finding out little facts like these is a good remind-er that regardless of peo-ple’s jobs, opinions, beliefs or what have you, people are still people point blank. Every once in a while we should cast aside our judg-ments and predispositions, and allow ourselves to see the humanity that lies with-in all of us.

While you’re pondering these interesting facts, may-be join your local metal de-tector club or attend a Big-foot sighting group, they’re some good people.

The interns go to court

Five things you didn’t know about Mayor Burchett

“I had to miss my metal detecting club last night,” said Mayor Burchett, while fl exing a piece of bamboo in his hands. He pointed the stick at the interns. “Bamboo is from the grass family.”

The mayor told the group about the perks of being in his position. “There’s not a typical day … there are lots of ribbon-cuttings. I get a lot of calls from parents during the school year. I go to a lot

of funerals. I like to talk to folks, and I answer phone calls. People are surprised sometimes when I call them back … at that point I am de-mocracy to those folks.”

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Considering his upcom-ing marriage, the mayor said he doesn’t have much free time on his hands with his job duties and his im-pending stepdad status.

Before leaving, the in-terns were given notepads, pencils, commemorative pins (made in America) and a Bigfoot bumper sticker, all straight from a drawer of the mayor’s desk.

The interns seemed a bit surprised by the mayor’s … individuality, and it seemed Burchett picked up on that.

“I’m a weird Republican, but that’s cool,” he said.

After stashing their free Burchett swag, the interns headed through security at the federal courthouse. It’s a good thing they have an-gelic faces, because most of the interns are too young to have photo identifi ca-tion. This posed a problem for the gruff (but sweet) of-fi cers who greeted them at the door.

Courthouse historian

Don Ferguson went above and beyond during a tour of relics from courtrooms past, sharing courtroom trivia connected to East Tennessee history.

A small jar encased in plastic shows the now infa-mous snail darter, a species whose threat of extinction halted construction of the Tellico Dam. The little fel-low in the jar was used as evidence during the 1978 trial (TVA v. HILL, 437 U.S. 153).

Courtroom sketches by James Earl Ray’s wife, Anna Sandhu Ray, are also on display. The images were sketched long before the two married.

Ferguson led the group to the main boardroom of the courthouse where the Lunchbox had delivered sandwiches, fruit cups and cookies for everyone. Fer-guson, Chief Judge Thomas Varlan, senior law clerk Jill McCook and division man-ager Kathy Keeton joined us

for lunch before the group watched a change of plea and a sentencing take place in the courtroom.

Judge Varlan could not have been more generous with his time, or with his hospitality. Shortly be-fore going on the bench he answered any questions asked and talked about what it takes to become a lawyer and a judge, and what he liked most about his job.

“It is so varied,” said Var-lan. “There’s something dif-ferent every day.” Although the Shopper group hoped for stories similar to those seen on “Law and Order,” the judge said it’s pretty calm in his courtroom, but everyone seems to like it that way.

Next week, the interns will tour both Tennessee and Bijou theaters before having lunch from the Gon-zo Gourmet food truck and checking out “underground” Gay Street. Stay tuned!

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An editorial cartoon of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin by Knoxville News Sentinel artist Dan Proctor is one item on display in the courthouse museum. Palin was in Knoxville in March 2010 to testify in a U.S. District Court trial.

Chief U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Varlan points out a painting of the courthouses by Bobbie Crews. The Howard H. Baker Jr. Courthouse is at the top; the Custom House is the bottom left and the U.S. Post Offi ce and Courthouse is at the bottom right. In the center is a naturalization ceremony.

Don Ferguson provided an informative tour of the federal courthouse. Behind Ferguson is an old blackboard, with markings from an old court case still legible.

By Zoe RisleyPicture this: you’re

watching a church produc-tion of the musical “Annie,” it’s barely into the second scene and you hear a loud BANG. A gunman has en-tered the church. Everyone scrambles. Most people make it out, but not uns-carred. They have been changed forever.

Two are dead, six are in-jured and a young Zoe Ris-ley has been traumatized. That’s me by the way. This incident is only one of hun-dreds upon thousands of fi rearm crimes committed over the past several years.

This week we visited the Federal Courthouse and met with Chief Judge Thom-as Varlan and historian Don Ferguson. They both said that most of the cases they see these days are drug and fi rearm related.

Ferguson remembers the fi rst drug case seen in the Federal Court of Eastern Tennessee. “Someone had

(whispers) marijuana. Even as a journalist [at the time] this was surprising to me.”

That was in 1981, over 30 years ago. From then until now this has become the norm. And according to the US Department of Jus-tice’s report on fi rearm vio-lence from 1993-2011, the number of people victim to fi rearm violence (fatal and non-fatal) in 2011 alone was 478,400. That is too high.

A little while ago when certain laws were passed al-lowing people to bring fi re-arms into restaurants and businesses, I was enraged. I had seen what gun violence does to people, even myself, even if they aren’t physically harmed. If guns hurt people why do we even have them?

It would of course be ideal for there to be no such thing as fi rearm and drug cases, but that of course is irrational and improbable. What is probable is a world with a little less drug and gun crimes.

There are so many ways to prevent people from go-ing down the wrong path, but it’s not the methods of prevention that are faulty, its people like you and me who don’t know or care enough to help people about to get into drugs or commit acts of violence.

Many people will use guns to rob convenience stores, but if they have a rel-ative or friend who will let them stay with them or give them some support, it can make the difference of life or death. Show someone the love and support you would show a friend or relative.

Now, I’m not asking you to go hug a random strang-er who’s on drugs. All I want to see in this world is people helping one another with their problems and concerns. I don’t know how the gun violence and drug problem got so bad, or why, but I do know how we can end it.

See you next week!

How did it come to this?A 13-year-old’s look into gun violence and drug crimes

By Julia GrantMayor Burchett enjoys

metal detecting and is very passionate about his job.

He may be the mayor, but he is also a caring man about everyone and every-

thing. He’s always busy, but always makes time for his soon-to-be wife and her daughter.

Tim Burchett is a very down-to-earth man. He makes things out of the

bamboo that grows in hisback yard, he composts, hegardens and does every-thing he loves.

Mayor Burchett loves hisstate and all the people init.

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New businesses have been popping up at Knox-ville Center Mall. One Faith Christian Store opened in March. The former owner sold the business when he and his wife decided to re-turn to Guatemala on a mis-sion trip.

One Faith Christian Store was exactly the type of business Addison and Al-ison Galloway were looking for. It was much more than I expected.

A unique gift shop – a bookstore – a jewelry store – a candle store – the list just goes on and on. Al-low plenty of time to look around and shop.

Interesting products from Ten Thousand Villages are available. These fair-trade items are handcrafted by artisans from developing countries. Half the money goes back to help empower these communities. There is a bar code on each prod-uct that, when entered on the Ten Thousand Villages website, allows you to watch your product being made.

Many books and Bibles are available. I noticed sev-eral that would make great gifts. Looking for some-

By Patricia WilliamsIn fourth grade, Dr. Jac-

queline Roberts Sherrod knew what she wanted to be: a veterinarian – taking care of animals. Her mother, Ro-setta Sanders, encouraged her, telling her, “You can do it.” So she did.

“If anyone had told me how hard it would be, I might have changed my mind,” says Sherrod. By the time she realized the chal-lenges she would face, she already had overcome them, thanks to her mother’s en-couragement.

Sherrod graduated from Tuskegee Institute and the University of Tennessee graduate school. She earned her veterinary degree from the University of Florida. “I can remember when I started out I would have to take down my license to not offend UT Volunteer sports fans,” she recalls.

After practicing for more than 20 years – in clinics from Magnolia Avenue to Broadway to Clinton High-way and Halls – Sherrod has her own fans, pet lov-ers and their pets, at Just 4 Pets Animal Clinic at 5034 N. Broadway, Suite 255 in Fountain City. She opened just over a year ago.

More like a hospital than a clinic, Just 4 Pets em-braces new technology and equipment with digital X-rays and ultrasound to aid in proper diagnosis, treat-ment and surgery when needed. Procedures such as spaying and neutering, dental care and extractions, blood work and more are done onsite.

Nelly, an 8-year-old Ger-man shepherd adopted from Slovakia, who answers to commands in German, was brought in some years ago with some challenging symptoms. Now her condi-tion is in remission; she’s eating and has gained her

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

dren’s Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Ave. Performances: 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 1 and 5 p.m. Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday. Info/reservations: 208-3677 or www.knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com.

THROUGH MONDAY, AUG. 19Registration for Upward Football/Cheer

signups. Registration fee: $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 Smokies

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, JULY 23Computer Workshops: Word 2007 Basics, 2

p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville High-way. Requires “Introducing the Computer” or equiva-lent skills. Info/to register: 525-5431.

Beach Day Cookout, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Union County Senior Center. Music, food and fun. Bring a side dish. Info: Melanie, 992-3292.

Book-signing: Col. Calvin Lyons will be signing “If These Stones Could Talk,” his book about World War II veterans who are buried overseas, 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Panera Bread, 4893 N. Broadway.

THURSDAY, JULY 24Blount County Monthly Singing, 6:30-8 p.m.,

Chapel of the Assisted Living Building, Asbury Place, 2648 Sevierville Road. Info: [email protected].

Square Dance lessons sponsored by Volunteer Travelers will begin at Square Dance Inc., 820 Tulip St. Beginning classes: 7-8:15 p.m.; brush-up-plus classes: 8:15-9 p.m. Instructor: Bill Fox. Cost: $5. Info: Janice Fox, 689-2665.

Sparky and Rhonda Rucker share stories and songs, 4 p.m., Corryton Branch Library, 7733 Corryton Road. Info: 688-1501.

Cruise Night, 6-9 p.m., 6215 Riverview Crossing Drive in front of old Food Lion at Asheville Highway. All makes, models, years and clubs welcome. No charge. Door prizes.

Free movie and popcorn, 11:15 a.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Movie: “The Monu-ments Men.” White elephant bingo, 10 a.m. Free and open to the general public. Info/schedule of activities: 329-8892.

FRIDAY, JULY 25Farm Fresh Fridays: Union County Farmers Mar-

ket, 4-7 p.m., downtown Maynardville. Info: 992-8038.All American Square Dance sponsored by Vol-

unteer Travelers Square Dance Club, 7:30 p.m., Square Dance Center Inc., 820 Tulip St. Caller: Bill Fox. Wear red, white and blue. Finger foods and a door prize. En-try: $5. Info: Rose Anne Bell, 539 9593.

Amazingly Awesome Science with Dr. Al Haz-ari, 4 p.m., Mascot Branch Library, 1927 Library Road. Info: 933-2620.

Reception for exhibit featuring art by Fountain City Art Center members, Fountain City Art Center, 213 Hotel Ave. Info: 357-2787; [email protected]; http://fountaincityartctr.com.

Softball at Big Ridge State Park, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Big Ridge State Park, 1015 Big Ridge Park Road. Fun, family-oriented softball games. Info: 992-5523.

Do-it-yourself energy-saving tips seminar, 3:15 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. All activities are free and open to the public. Info/calendar of events: 329-8892.

SATURDAY, JULY 26City of Luttrell 50th birthday celebration, 7

p.m., Luttrell City Park. Music, fellowship, history and fi reworks.

Cades Cove tour with Bill Landry, 9 a.m., departing from the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center in Townsend. Tickets: $50; includes light snacks and a cold beverage. Reservations required: 448-8838.

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

End of Summer Water Party with Prizes, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Maynardville Public Library, 296 Main St. Info: 992-7106.

Music Jam, 7-10 p.m., Narrow Ridge Earth Literacy Center’s outdoor stage, 1936 Liberty Hill Road, Wash-

burn. Free. Everyone welcome to bring instruments and play. Bring chair or blanket. Contributions to snack table (fi nger foods only) appreciated. Info: 497-3603.

Movie on the Lawn at St. Paul UMC, 4014 Garden Drive. Popcorn and lemonade provided by the church beginning 7 p.m. Movie: “Frozen” starts at dusk. Will move inside if raining. Bring blanket or lawn chairs. Community invited.

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

Teen Summer Reading Divergent Party, 2-4 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Faction-themed crafts, food and games! Plus: special food drive for Second Harvest Food Bank. Teens are encouraged to bring a canned or nonperishable food item. Info: 525-5431.

Trip to Biblical Times Theater in Pigeon Forge with Happy Travelers of North Acres Baptist Church to see 1 p.m. matinee of “Moses Mountain of God.” Cost: $55, includes lunch. Info/to sign up: Derrell Frye, 938-8884.

Golfers competition for youth and adults, The Wee Course at Williams Creek, 2351 Dandridge Ave. The Big Break Skills Challenge for ages 8-17, 10 a.m.; Two-Person Golf Scramble, 12:30 p.m. Prizes will be awarded. Info: 546-5828.

SUNDAY, JULY 27Franklin Monthly Old Harp Singing, 3 p.m.,

Greeneville Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 210 N. Main St., Greeneville. Info: Jeff Farr, 423 639-8211.

Fashion show and tea extravaganza, 4-6 p.m., Beck Cultural Center, 1927 Dandridge Ave. Donations accepted for admission.

Choral concert presented by Senior Center Sing-ers of Sevierville, 2:30 p.m., Shannondale Presbyterian Church, 4600 Tazewell Pike. Featuring hymns, spiritu-als and patriotic melodies.

MONDAY, JULY 28Coffee, Donuts and a Movie: “The Secret Life of

Walter Mitty,” (2013, PG-13, 114 min.), 10:45 a.m., Bur-lington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Info: 525-5431.

Family Movie Night: “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days” (PG, 94 min.), 5:30 p.m., Burlington Branch Li-brary, 4614 Asheville Highway. Info: 525-5431.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 30Knox County Veterans Services Outreach,

11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Carter Senior Center, 9040 Ashe-ville Highway. One-on-one assistance to veterans and family members; explain VA benefi ts, answer questions, and assist with fi ling for VA benefi ts.

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One Faith Christian Store

thing in particular? Spe-cial orders are delivered in about one week. Browse through the journals, book-marks and inspirational gifts and greeting cards.

Kerusso products are available including T-shirts and bracelets. Also, for the kids on your gift list, NOTW (Not of This World) is a Christian-based apparel company that appeals to the younger generation. One Faith Christian Store has a variety of bold jewelry.

For all of you UT fans, there is a jewelry line, “Cra-zy About Tennessee” that will perfectly accessorize your football apparel. As I previously said, this store is much more than I expected!

Hours are 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 1-6 p.m. Sunday. Check them out on Facebook, or call 297-8677.

Dr. Jacqueline Sherrod and her staff , Kari Zelenka, receptionist, and Ali Fulton, vet assistant, who have worked with her since before she opened her pet clinic just over a year ago.

Dr. Jacqueline Sherrod exam-ines Nelly, an 8-year-old Ger-man shepherd adopted as a pup from Slovakia who re-sponds to commands in Ger-man. Photos by Patricia Williams

Just 4 Pets fulfi lls doctor’s dream

weight back, according to Sherrod.

Owner Carolyn Roberts agrees. “I’m very pleased with (Nelly’s) care,” said Roberts, “Dr. Sherrod is very caring and really cares for her pets.” Roberts has followed Sherrod from oth-er clinics.

Sherrod practices well-ness for the life of your pet with preventive mainte-nance. “Most problems are a result of poor nutrition and improper environment or living conditions,” she points out. “By identifying issues early, many illnesses can be prevented.”

That’s why Sherrod of-fers annual Canine Well-ness Plans for a monthly fee. It covers your pet’s ba-sic medical needs for a year and includes a comprehen-sive physical exam, vacci-nations, parasite tests, nail trims and more.

The Pet Portal provides

online access to your pet’s medical history, health alerts, and industry updates and developments that you can view from home. You can even create a Facebook page for your pet.

Just 4 Pets is open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. It closes at noon on Wednesdays. Call 357-1838 for an appointment, and visit the website at www.justforpetsvet.com.

Alison and Addison Galloway, owners of One Faith Chris-tian Store Photo by Nancy Whittaker

Merlin is an adorable 2-month-old male domestic shorthair mix looking for a friend. He has been neutered, vaccinated and micro-chipped. During Young-Williams Animal Center’s Kittenpalooza, Merlin’s adoption fee is $75. Info: 215-6599 or young-williams.org. Stop by the 3201 Division Street facility and meet Merlin and his friends. Info: 215-6599 or visit young-williams.org.

Meet Merlin


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Working on Issues that Matter to YouA Personal Message from Congressman Duncan

Paid for by Duncan for Congress, Jason Brown, Treasurer

Congressman John J. Duncan Jr.

Early voting: July 18-Aug. 2Primary Election Day: Aug. 7

Defending the Constitution I took an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution, and that is exactly what I work to do each day. I especially focus on protecting our Second Amendment rights and securing our borders against illegal immigration.

Balanced Budget I don’t believe in spending money we don’t have. With one of the most fiscally conservative voting records in Congress, I consistently vote to reduce government spending in order to protect Social Security and control the federal debt.

Growing our Economy I want to eliminate government over-regulation so more businesses can open and expand, creating better jobs for Americans. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce endorsed my re election, saying it will “produce sustained economic growth, help create jobs and get our country back on track.”

Repealing Obamacare I believe the biggest problem with the so-called Affordable Care Act is that it is unaffordable already. I will continue to speak out against it at every opportunity, and I believe our federal dollars are better spent on things like improving care for our nation’s veterans.

America First I oppose spending billions of dollars on people in foreign countries who hate us. We need to stop trying to take care of the whole world and start taking care of our own country and putting the American people first, once again.

The Knoxville-Knox County Metropolitan Plan-ning Commission has sched-uled a public meeting to dis-cuss proposed amendments to the Knoxville zoning ordi-nance to allow the operation in houses of small day-care services for children.

The meeting is sched-uled for 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 6, in the Small Assembly Room,City County Building.

MPC initiated this effort after a new interpretation of the zoning ordinance result-ed in the City Council deny-ing the operation of a small child day-care service in the Holston Hills neighborhood of East Knoxville. MPC staff has drafted proposed amendments that will:

■ Amend the current defi nition of private day nurseries to more closely conform to defi nitions found in state law;

■ Add a new defi nition for child day-care services for care of no more than four children; and

■ Add standards for child day-care services op-erated in a house as an ac-cessory use.

Draft regulations are posted on the MPC website. These zoning-ordinance amendments are scheduled for consideration by the planning commission at its Aug. 14 meeting. Public comment may be submitted for the record prior to the meeting at www.knoxmpc.org.

MPC to discuss small day-care services

Mannis boosts good groomingEddie Mannis of Prestige Cleaners teamed with Mooreland Heights Elementary School teacher Libby Dawson to develop a program for fi fth-grade boys to help them learn to dress professionally and like gentlemen. Prestige Cleaners donated ties for the session, and Mannis instructed on how to tie a tie. Pictured are Mannis and student Mikel Dunaway. Photo submitted

Bowlin

Tennova Healthcare has welcomed Christopher Bow-lin, DPM, to his new medi-

cal practice T e n n o v a Foot and Ankle. Dr. Bowlin is a c c e p t i n g new pa-tients at his offi ces at 129 Frank L. Diggs

Road, Clinton; and 905 E. Central Ave., LaFollette.

Bowlin earned his medi-cal degree from Ohio Col-lege of Podiatric Medicine. He completed his medical and surgical residency with certifi cation in reconstruc-tive rearfoot/ankle surgery at University of Louisville-Jewish Hospital and St. Mary’s Healthcare in Louis-ville, Kentucky.

He is specially trained in advanced surgical tech- niques including orthopedic

foot and ankle reconstruc-tion, deformity correction, and diabetic foot care with a focus on diabetic limb sal-vage. Since joining Tennova, he has performed several limb-saving surgeries as well as tendon-lengthening procedures for stroke pa-tients with spastic foot de-formities.

“I was born and raised in Chattanooga, and I am excited to return to Tennes-see,” Bowlin said. “My treat-ment philosophy is centered around comprehensive foot and ankle care with an em-phasis on complex surgical procedures. I am passionate about deformity-correction surgery, which can increase mobility and offers patients a better quality of life.”

He exclusively performs surgery at LaFollette Medi-cal Center. To schedule an appointment, call 865-647-3325 (Clinton) or 423-907-1672 (LaFollette).

Tennova hosts Foot and Ankle practice

By Sara BarrettHow many people does

it take to fi ll a school bus … with school supplies?

Each year, Knox Area Rescue Ministries enlists the help of Walmart shop-pers to fi nd out. A school bus is parked in front of a local Walmart for one day, and folks are asked to pur-chase school supplies while shopping. The bus is fi lled with the donations for chil-dren through age 17 staying at KARM.

“(Supplies) we get from the bus are more than enough to last us through the school year,” said Lib-by Merickel, events and marketing coordinator for KARM. “The remainder of what we receive at area

stores is given to children in need throughout Knox County schools.”

Merickel is referring to the additional donations dropped into shopping carts parked at other Walmart stores around town. Through Monday, July 28, donations will be accepted.

Any school supplies are appreciated, but there is always a shortage of back-packs. Merickel said this may be because folks want to feel like they’re giving more by donating a large number of small things, but it is very important for students to have something to carry the supplies in, and donors are spending the same amount of money. Info: www.karm.org/stuffthebus.

Seth Tinsley and Lindsay Phillips donate items to Knox Area Rescue Ministries’ Stuff the Bus school-supply drive at WalMart in Turkey Creek. Photo by S. Barrett

Stuff the Bus

By Libby MorganAnne Freels is keeping

the art of corn shuck dolls alive. She’s been making them since 1975 and contin-ues to do so in her studio in Clinton.

You’d be hard put to fi nd more creative corn shuck dolls anywhere. She was accepted long ago into the Southern Highland Craft Guild and shows her dolls in July and October at the guild’s shows in Asheville.

She uses naturally dried corn shucks and dyes them by hand, giving the dolls her signature colorful style.

“My dolls represent my interpretations of the natu-ral rhythms of the earth, in-cluding the changing of the seasons and other imagina-

tive fi gures depicting folk-lore, legend and myth,” she

explains.F r e e l

t e a c h e sworkshopsand classesand hasa u t h o r e dher fi rst in-structionalbook, “Mak-ing Colorful

Corn Shuck Dolls,” availableon Amazon.com. She teach-es soap-making classes aswell.

She’ll be demonstratingher corn shuck art insideUnion County Arts duringthe Union County FarmersMarket’s Corn Festival onFriday, July 25, from 4 to 7p.m.

Shucks, those dolls are cute

Anne Freels

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Jan 6 First Day for Students

Jan 19 Martin Luther King Jr. Day Holiday

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Feb 16 Presidents Day (Student Holiday)

March 12 End fi rst 9 weeks grading period

March 13 Staff Development Day (Student Holiday)

March 16 - March 20 SPRING BREAK

April 3 Good Friday – Holiday

April 23 End 4½ weeks grading period

May 12-16 High School Graduation

May 21 Last Day for Students (1/2 day)

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