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By Sherri Gardner HowellI have bad news for greeting

card companies, restaurants and fl orists. When it comes to fi lling hearts with love on Valentine’s Day, you have some heavy compe-tition that you will never beat.

Elementary schools.My sweet husband, who groans

like all men when February rolls around, has presented me with some very lovely cards, beauti-ful fl owers and delicious dinners for Valentine’s Days through the years. Nothing can compare, how-ever, to the Popsicle sticks picture frame with crayon red hearts on all sides and a second-grade photo of our younger son grinning from ear to ear. The scrawled “I love you Mommy” on the back completes the heart-tug.

And then there is the plaster of Paris handprint from our fi rstborn

when he was 5 with a teacher-as-sisted poem on the back: “Here’s my hand on Valentine’s Day; Hold me close as I grow and play.” Even now, in the midst of trying to de-clutter, I can’t part with the school-made Valentine’s Day cards.

I have been away from elemen-tary schools so long that I don’t even know what’s “allowed” any-more as far as giving Valentines to classmates. I remember my own Valentine’s Days at school, how-ever. Who knew so much could be read into the size and sentiment on silly “tear on the dotted line” Valentines? Yes, class lists were sent home with proper admonish-ments for every child to provide a card for every other child and that no additional “gifts” could be brought to school, unless there was one for everyone.

And, yes, we followed all the

rules in my small town in the 1960s. But that doesn’t mean each chipper “Barbie says: You’re the grooviest” or Yogi Bear’s “I can’t BEAR to be without you” we re-ceived wasn’t analyzed, dissected and conclusions drawn.

I knew Greg Hart loved me after Valentine’s Day in fourth grade. Greg and I both bought The Bea-tles Valentine’s pack to pass out in our classroom that year. We both gave each other the same card: the largest one in the pack with all FOUR Beatles on it and the senti-ment: “Love, Love Me Do. Happy Valentine’s Day.”

I knew it was true love. I, per-sonally, had spent almost an hour deciding between that card and the “All You Need Is Love” smaller card for Greg. It was destiny.

(Destiny took an ugly turn the next year when Greg threw me

Love, love me doLove, love me doover after I won Miss Lexington Junior First Princess. He imme-diately declared his love for Teresa Smith, who won queen. He moved out of town shortly thereafter, but I had nothing to do with that.)

Unfortunately for adult men and women today, all this com-petition from elementary school crushes and children’s handprints doesn’t take the pressure off for Valentine’s Day. We all love to be loved, and we love to be reminded that we are loved. The point, of course, is to look inside the heart of whoever it is you love. You’ll fi nd the right “gift” in whatever brings that smile to his or her face.

And if you just can’t fi gure it out, call an elementary school teacher.

By Cindy Taylor Just when you thought holiday

eating had passed and it was safe to go back on a diet, along came Chocolatefest 2015. But no one attending seemed to care. Vendors and shoppers looking to perk up a dreary time of year while supporting a good cause focused on delicious desserts instead of calories.

The second annual event to benefi t Ronald McDonald House was again held at the Knoxville Expo Center. Due to last year’s enormous turnout, 2015 vendors

and entertainers switched from the banquet facility area to the exhibit hall, where they had twice as much space.

The hall was fi lled with beautiful sights and delicious smells. Vendors stood ready to distribute more than 1,500 samples to a sold-out show attended by more than 2,000, many of whom had bought tickets just to get samples. Others came to shop the confection-fi lled booths and variety of exhibitors in the Main Street Shopping Area and to enjoy the entertainment. One highlight of the stage show

was Paula Deen impersonator Nice Schultz.

“This is my very fi rst appearance,” she said. “I was so nervous.”

She hid her jitters well. Schultz wowed the audience with her Deen-like drawl and friendly, comedic demeanor, along with her cooking demonstration, while husband Drew played her straight man. If you missed Schultz’s performance you can follow her at www.ilooklikepaula.com.

Many Knoxville business owners attended in support of

Drew Schultz with wife Nice (pronounced Neecee), who

entertains as a Paula Deen impersonator at Chocolatefest

It’s ‘All that!’ Chocolatefest 2015

Siblings Rachel and Sam Cox perform at Chocolatefest.

Chocolatefest. Sharon Morton, Jubilee Banquet Facility owner, waited in the long line for an opportunity to encourage friends who were baking and selling at the festival.

“We’re friends with everyone here,” she said. “We do a lot with Visit Knoxville and other groups, so we are happy to come out and support the event.”

Jennifer Johnsey, owner of Imagination Forest in Powell, co-sponsored the event with

Fort Sumter Cemetery notes

Fort Sumter Community Cemetery is accepting bids for the 2015 mowing season. Forms may be picked up at the cemetery offi ce, 4828 Salem Church Road, after Feb. 20. Bids must be turned in to the cemetery offi ce by March 6. Info: 660-6949.

■ The community is invited to the Fort Sumter Community Cemetery annual meeting 7 p.m. Thursday, March 12, at the cemetery offi ce building, 4828 Salem Church Road. An update on cemetery develop-ments and improvements will be provided. Volunteers are needed to help with the future of the cemetery. Info: 660-6949.

Level playing fi eld for students?

Unexpected barriers await-ed the Austin-East Robotics Team when they applied to participate in the FIRST Ro-botics Competition, an interna-tional program that challenges talented high schoolers to solve high-tech science and engi-neering problems.

➤ See Bill Dockery on page A-4

Meet the toreadorBass-baritone Ryan Kuster

thinks that most people can relate to George Bizet’s opera “Carmen,” which is being per-formed by the Knoxville Opera Company this weekend.

“For one thing, people will recognize the music. Most people know a lot more of ‘Car-men’ than they think they do. And the story is compelling. There’s no real hero. It’s very human – there’s not a clear moment where you say, ‘Oh, this is the person that I root for.’”

➤ See Carol Shane on page A-11

250 apartments proposed for Emory RoadBy Sandra Clark

Metropolitan Planning Com-mission will consider rezoning land on Emory Road near Central Avenue Pike for 250 apartments. MPC meets at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12, and its staff is recom-mending approval.

The 14.6-acre tract is currently zoned for planned commercial and mixed use. It contains a house and vacant land which extends to Beaver Creek.

The applicant is TDK Construc-tion Company, represented by at-

torney Arthur Seymour Jr.Knox County Commissioner

Charles Busler said the applicant is willing to grant an easement to allow construction of a greenway along the creek and has promised to build a ramp for canoe access.

The site is less than one mile from the I-75 interchange at Em-ory Road and is 2/10 of a mile from the Powell Branch Library. MPC staff is recommending up to 19 dwelling units per acre for the buildable portion of the property, resulting in 250 units.

“Planned residential is a pref-erable zone for this site because it allows clustering of units in the less-constrained portions of the site and requires development plan approval by MPC prior to construction,” the recommenda-tion reads.

Planners estimated 66 public and private school kids, ages 5-18, and 2,175 average daily vehicle trips. At press time, no objections had been recorded at the MPC.

Information is available on the MPC website at www.knoxmpc.

org, and viewers may watchThursday’s meeting on ComcastCable Channel 12.

Busler said the plans call for “high-end apartments.”

Construction of Tennova’s hos-pital near I-75 has driven develop-ment in the area.

Powell property owner Dr. Bob Collier said he counted 22 eatingestablishments around the inter-change.

Where’s Jim?Looking for Dr. Jim Tumb-

lin’s history feature? Find him inside this week’s

Shopper-News. He delves into the story of former Knoxville Mayor Martin J. Condon, who presided over the construc-tion of the old Market Square City Hall and some of Knox-ville’s first sewers.

After serving his first term, he chose not to seek re-elec-tion. He moved out of town and later went bankrupt.

➤ See his story on page A-16

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Debunking common heart disease myths in womenThink you’re immune to heart disease? This might change

your mind.

✱ Myth: It’s a guy thing.There’s a common misconception that heart attacks are pre-

dominantly a threat to men. In reality, heart disease strikes more women than men. A woman dies from heart disease about every minute.

✱ Myth: It’s for older people.Heart disease impacts women and

men of every age. In women, the use of birth control pills and smoking in-creases heart disease risk by 20 per-cent. Habits like overeating and living a sedentary lifestyle can make you more likely to suffer heart dis-ease later in life.

✱ Myth: I exercise, so I don’t have to worry.Staying active defi nitely helps

reduce your chances of developing heart disease. However, no amount of exercise can completely eliminate the risk. In addi-tion, habits like smoking and unhealthy eating can counterbal-ance that exercise. You can also have high cholesterol (a key risk factor) even when you’re not overweight. The American Heart

Association recommends you start getting your cholesterol checked at age 20.

✱ Myth: I don’t have symptoms, so I’m OK.Believe it or not, 64 percent of women who have

died suddenly from coronary heart disease had no previous symptoms. It’s also

possible to have symptoms without realizing it. Contrary to popu-lar belief, severe chest pain isn’t the most common symptom of a heart attack for women. Wom-

en are more likely to experience shortness of breath, nausea, vomit-

ing and pain in the back or jaw. Dizziness, lightheadedness, fainting, pain in the lower chest or upper abdomen and extreme fatigue are other signs to watch for.

✱ Myth: Heart disease runs in family, so I can’t fi ght it.

Yes, you’re at a higher risk if there’s a history of heart disease in your family. There’s still a lot you can do to dramatically reduce your risk. It’s estimated that healthy choic-es and awareness of symptoms have saved more than 627,000 women from the effects of heart disease.

What to expect during an echocardiogram

An echocardiogram (echo) is a common test using sound waves to map out the shape and size of your heart. This al-lows your doctor to see how well your heart pumps blood and look for abnormalities in the heart valves and cham-bers. There are a few different kinds of echocardiograms.

■ Transthoracic: Your sonographer will put a cool gel on your

chest then will move a transducer fi rmly through the gel, sending

painless sound waves to your heart. The sound waves bounce off

your heart and echo back to the transducer. The sound waves are

converted to moving images of your heart muscles, chambers and

valves on a video screen.

■ Doppler: Doppler records echoes from blood cells. The speed and

direction of the blood fl ow indicates how well blood gets around

inside your heart.

■ Stress: A stress echo evaluates images of the heart before and after

exercise, or following medication that simulates exercise on the

heart. Comparing your echo results before and after activity pro-

vides your doctor with information about certain heart problems

that may only occur with exertion.

■ Transesophageal: This type of echocardiogram sends sound

waves through a transducer passed gently down your throat while

you are under sedation. This test provides a closer, more detailed

evaluation of your heart.

The heart holidayIn addition to romance and roses this

Valentine’s Day, give someone you adore the gift of better heart health without ignoring the traditions of the day. Here are some ways to keep you and your Valentine heart healthy during American Heart Month:

1) Eat rich chocolate. Instead of binging on convenience store sweets this Valentine’s Day, splurge on more expensive chocolate in a lesser quantity. Small serv-ings of rich chocolate tend to be more sat-isfying than calorie and fat packed candy. Plus, fl avonoids in dark chocolate may pro-tect against free radicals in the arteries and improve the health of lining in the veins. Lastly, antioxidants in dark chocolate can lower the level of bad cholesterol and in-crease good cholesterol. Indulge, but don’t overdo it.

2) Raise your glass. Moderate consumption of red wine has the same anti-oxidant affect chocolate does and may pre-vent blood clotting in your vessels. While excessive drinking is not encouraged, one or two glasses of red wine per day for men and one glass for women is recommended for those who choose to drink alcohol.

3) Give the gift of health. Get your sweetie’s heart pumping this holiday by giving a heart healthy gift that encourag-es exercise and improved nutrition. Take a walk together with a new pedometer, share a fruit basket with your loved one or give a funny book that’ll get both of you laugh-ing. Exercise, good nutrition and humor all have positive effects on the heart and body. Just don’t fret – stress is not good for your heart.

The risk of heart attack and stroke in-creases with age, especially after meno-pause. It is important to note, however, that atherosclerosis – the plaque buildup in the arteries which can lead to heart attacks and strokes – is a progressive disease that can begin as early as your teens and 20s. That’s why it’s important to start protecting your-self from heart disease early.

First, get your blood cholesterol and blood pressure checked. The higher they are, the greater your risk for heart dis-ease or heart attack. A cholesterol (lipo-protein) profi le, a blood test done after a 9- to 12-hour fast, will measure the fats in your blood to indicate your levels of total cholesterol, LDL (“bad”) cholesterol, HDL (“good”) cholesterol and triglycerides, an-other form of fat in the blood.

In general, you’re at low risk if your total cholesterol is less than 200 mg/dL; LDL, less than 100 mg/dL; HDL, greater than 40 mg/dL (but preferably greater than 60); and triglycerides, less than 150 mg/dL.

Your cholesterol (lipoprotein) profi le tells only part of the story. Your doctor will

use your profi le in combination with otherdata, such as your medical history and fam-ily history of heart disease, to assess yourrisk and determine whether to recommendcholesterol-lowering medication. Your doc-tor may advise you to make diet and lifestylechanges before prescribing medication.

Normal blood pressure is 119/79 or low-er. Pre-hypertension, which means thathigh blood pressure is likely to develop inthe future, is 120 to 139 for the top numberand 80 to 89 for the lower number. Highblood pressure, or hypertension, is 140/90or higher.

For some women, heart disease is pre-ventable by making lifestyle changes thatcan reduce their risk.

You can learn more about women andheart disease by clicking the Health Infor-mation Library link at www.TreatedWell.com. If you need help fi nding a physicianto care for your heart, click the PhysicianReferral link. For more details about car-diac services at Parkwest Medical Center,visit www.TreatedWell.com/heart or call865-374-PARK.

The symptoms of a heart attack can dif-fer by gender. While some warning signs are common to both men and women, some are more prevalent in one versus the other.

Common symptoms of a heart attack include:

■ Chest discomfort:May have uncomfortable pressure, squeezing, full-ness or pain in the center of the chest that lasts more than a few minutes or goes away and comes back

■ Discomfort in other areas of the upper body: May be felt in one or both arms, the back, neck, jaw or stomach

■ Shortness of breath: May often oc-cur with or before chest discomfort

■ Other signs: May include breaking out in a cold sweat, nausea or light-headed-ness and dizziness

In men, the more stereotypical signs – chest pain, pain in the left shoulder and arm – are the hallmarks of heart problems. Women tend to describe more shortness of

breath, nausea, indigestion, diz-ziness and fatigue.

Regardless of your symp-toms, if you suspect you or someone you know is suffer-ing from a cardiac problem,

it is imperative to get help. Do not feel embarrassed to call 911.

Minutes can make the difference in heart care.

“It is important to not panic when you or your loved one is experiencing a heart-related event,” states Darrell Brackett, Parkwest director of Cardiovascular and Emergency Services. “Acting quickly to get medical care is critical.”

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Elliott. Photos by Cindy Taylo

Chocolatefest From page A-1

Sugarbakers, WBIR-TV and B97.5.Awards were given to Kim’s Kandies for most creative

confection, Rosa’s Catering for best-tasting sample, Sugarbakers for best taste and appearance as well as for judges’ favorite, The Chocolate Ladies for friendliest booth and for best overall, and to The Grande Event Center for most delicious display. Volunteers from Visit Knoxville helped out at booths and served in the VIP area.

“We appreciate East Tennessee’s support of Chocolatefest,” said Johnsey. “We learn more each year about how to better serve the community and the charitable organization we have selected. We had an amazing turnout again this year with wonderful vendors and shoppers. We will be able to make a nice donation to Ronald McDonald House, and we can’t wait until Chocolatefest 2016!”

Sharon Morton, owner of Jubilee Banquet Facility, supports

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The Noweta Garden Club always chooses won-derful, educational ex-cursions during the cold-er months, when getting outdoors is diffi cult. For the February meeting, members traveled to the McClung Museum of Nat-ural History & Culture.

Barbara Forman, graduate assistant to the education director, took the group on a tour of the museum and spoke on collection and exhibit highlights. Forman is a graduate student in an-thropology and plans to fi nish her master’s this semester. The club was specifi cally interested in how plants were used by early Tennesseans.

“We started out dis-cussing how arche-ologists know what we know,” said Forman. “For instance, the ‘Drawn from the McClung Mu-seum’ exhibit includes a scanning electron micro-scope image of a cross-section of giant river cane found in a dry cave,

Barbara Forman stands next to the 200-year-old canoe

found fl oating near what is now downtown Knoxville.

Forman led a tour of McClung Museum for Noweta

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where it had been left after being used as a torch.”

The “Native Peoples” ex-hibit includes a woven bag and a bottle gourd, also found in caves. Forman said impressions have been found of botanical materials left in wet clay.

“Materials that have been burned become charcoal, which doesn’t decay,” she said. “Samples of these in-clude segments of baskets, seeds, nutshells and corn-cobs.”

Forman discussed do-mesticated plants such as sunfl owers and goosefoot (lambsquarter) that garden-ers now think of as weeds. One of the more interesting exhibits was a 32-foot-long, 200-year-old dugout canoe made from a poplar tree.

At the next Noweta meet-

ing, the group will elect of-fi cers for the coming year. The meeting will be held at

10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 3, at Lakeside Grill in Oak Ridge.

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Researchers estimate that about 20 percent of American women over the age of 50 have osteoporosis. In addition, another 30 percent of them have osteopenia, which is abnormally low bone density that may eventually deteriorate into osteoporosis, if not treated. About half of all women over the age of 50 will suffer a fracture of the hip, wrist, or vertebra.

There are no symptoms in the early stages of osteoporosis. Symptoms oc-curring late in the disease include low back pain, neck pain, bone pain and tenderness, loss of height over time and stooped posture.

Chiropractic care works on relieving symptoms and complications associated with osteoporosis.

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Osteoporosis is the thinning of bone tis-sue and loss of bone density over time. Os-teoporosis is the most common type of bone disease. There are currently an estimated 10 million Americans

suffering from osteoporosis, as well as another 18 million who have low bone mass, or osteopenia.

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It’s offi cial: God hates in-surance, especially health insurance for poor people.

We have the “Reverend” June Griffi n to thank for revealing His Truth. Her prayer to open the special session of the state Senate scratched seven Republican committee members right where they itch, and Gov. Haslam’s Insure Tennessee proposal went down 7-4.

Here are seven names to remember next election (or when your medical bills force you into bankruptcy): Frank Niceley, Mike Bell, Janice Bowling, Rusty Crowe, Todd Gardenhire, Brian Kelsey and Kerry Roberts.

Newly-elected Sen. Rich-ard Briggs, Sen. Becky Massey and Sen. Ed Jack-

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son were the Republicans who backed the governor. Democratic Sen. Jeff Yarbro also voted for the proposal.

There may be people walking around more de-mented than June Griffi n, but the vast majority of them are medicated. That doesn’t bother Sen. Niceley, who invited Griffi n to pray.

Griffi n is a “watchdog of democracy,” Niceley said. “There are things that hap-pen in this country that scare everybody.”

There certainly are, like Republican supermajori-ties and June Griffi n. In her prayer, Griffi n let God know that the same health insur-ance he provided Moses and the 12 tribes of Israel – none – was good enough for poor folks in Tennessee.

On the brighter side, the Knox County Health De-partment is warning of the dangers of chikungunya:

“With many residents making plans for spring and summer vacations and mis-sion trips to the Caribbean, ... be aware of chikungu-nya.”

Chikungunya is a viral infection transmitted by mosquitos. It causes fever, joint pain, headaches, rash-es and assorted miseries and lasts about a week.

Why have you never heard of chikungunya? First, you probably can’t afford a Caribbean vaca-tion. Second, there’s a much more dangerous viral infec-tion making the rounds in the states: measles.

Unlike chikungunya, measles is transmitted by an infected person, and the number of infected is grow-ing thanks to the unforgiv-able lunacy of the anti-vac-cination crowd.

Unvaccinated children in Disneyland in Decem-ber were exposed to a much greater health threat.

If I were sending bul-letins, I’d make sure I im-pressed parents with the absolute necessity of hav-ing children vaccinated on schedule.

Marvin West

To the new guys who signed up to be Volunteers: Welcome and be advised that Tennessee football is forever – unless you fail miserably, embarrass us something awful or just plain quit.

Tennessee fans never forget. Your obituary will mention that you are an old Vol and whether you made all-SEC.

Proof positive: The recent Shopper column about what happens when the cheering stops just missed matching the record for the most e-mail comments in one week.

Readers generally ap-proved but seven told me, with different tones, that I had overlooked Jim Haslam and his many gas stations. Not so. Too obvious. Big Jim is the ultimate success story and a very, very generous supporter of the university.

Five wondered why at-torney Tim Priest wasn’t mentioned. Similar logic. He is in the spotlight at least 12 Saturdays a year as Vol Network analyst. Good match. Honest without be-

Tennessee fame is forever

ing harsh. I’m a fan.One reader caused this

follow-up column. She thought I should have told you about Alan Cockrell, former quarterback, base-ball all-American and new assistant hitting coach for the New York Yankees. She and I agree the Yankees are/were big time. Trying to instruct Alex Rodriguez is certain to make news.

Cockrell is a baseball lifer but he had his football mo-ments. He was the fi rst Vol freshman to start a game at quarterback, Colorado State, 1981. Two weeks later, he suffered a bad knee inju-ry. It was thought he might be fi nished.

He made it back and threw two touchdown

passes in the dramatic 1982 upset of Alabama (Mike Terry interception game). I remember a 40-something-yard scoring run against LSU in ’83. Alan was a co-star in the Citrus Bowl win over Maryland and Boomer Esiason.

Ah yes, now you remem-ber. That was Cockrell’s last football game. Thereafter, he concentrated on base-ball, won distinction as a slugging outfi elder, was MVP in the SEC tourna-ment and fi rst-round draft choice of the San Francisco Giants, one pick ahead of Mark McGuire.

The theme of his pro ca-reer was never give up. He played and played in nine minor league seasons be-fore the Colorado Rockies fi nally provided the prover-bial September cup of coffee in 1996. He was 33.

Alan appeared in nine games, one as an outfi elder, eight as pinch hitter. He had a double off Tom Glavine and one other hit, two runs batted in, four strikeouts.

That was that.

Technically, Cockrell was near fl awless with the bat. He had leadership skills. He had the patience to teach. He stayed in baseball as a scout, coach and manager in the Rockies’ farm system. He helped the big club for a few minutes in 2002 and came back as hitting coach in 2007, the World Series season. Ask Todd Helton how much Cockrell did. Colorado led the National League in batting, on-base percentage and total hits.

Too soon the Rockies re-gressed and Alan was un-employed – for a few days. Seattle wanted him. After that, he worked for the Ari-zona Diamondbacks as mi-nor league hitting coordina-tor.

His period of obscurity is fi nished. Fifty-two New York reporters, bloggers and sports-talk types will ask about growing up in Jo-plin, Mo., about fi ve seasons with the Colorado Springs Sky Sox and about being on the Vols’ all-century base-ball team.

Tennessee quarterback? Really? Do you know Pey-ton Manning?Marvin West invites reader reaction. His

address is [email protected].

The controversy over radio purchases for E-911 continues, and much of the political fallout for Mayor Rogero was self-infl icted. She was the person who decided not to attend E-911 board meetings and not to instruct her proxy on how to vote. No one made her do it.

In fact, Bill Haslam, as mayor, attended several E-911 board meetings.

The need for a special board meeting would not exist had Rogero been pres-ent and prepared to vote on Jan. 21. It could not come at a worse time for her as she is seeking her second and fi nal mayoral term in September. Skipping every E-911 meeting does not look good.

Her mea culpa excuse for not attending was that the meetings were techni-cal and logistical. Does that mean she might not understand the discus-sion or be bored? Wow! Is she really serious? She could easily take qualifi ed staff with her to assist, as she does at biweekly City Council meetings where she presides.

She says her police and fi re chiefs did nothing wrong, but it is their silence on the radio bids, along with everyone else’s, that has triggered the mayoral demand for a special meet-ing. One assumes they will vote with her when the next meeting is held.

She criticizes the inad-equate website for the 911 board (www.knox911.org) and the absence of bylaws as if this is a new discov-ery. Had she paid atten-tion to 911 over the past three years she would have already known about it and could have solved the mat-ter long before now.

Rogero would be much better off acknowledging error on never attending 911 and pledging to do bet-ter. Voters accept apologies. 911 employees would also welcome a visit from her.

Don Howell, the 911 attorney for 20 years, says the chair can call a special meeting. He is one of the few attorneys who has not

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raised his rate for services for a public body, being paid $2,000 a month in 1995 and the same in 2015.

■ KAT: Mayor Rog-ero is apparently irked that Mayor Tim Burchett endorsed Hubert Smith (a Rogero appointee to the Knox Area Transit) to be chair of KAT in a recent vote. Jim Richards, man-ager of Mast General Store, was actually elected.

Rogero apparently called Burchett to berate him for sending a letter supporting the Smith candidacy, which had the backing of former Mayor Dan Brown who also serves on the board. She also criticized County Clerk Foster Arnett for endorsing Smith.

Interesting that Rogero has time to call Burchett and Arnett over a minor endorsement letter but has not had time to attend other meetings. County Com-missioner Amy Broyles, a Democrat, also wrote KAT backing Smith, along with city council member Mark Campen.

Normally KAT board meetings are quick and quiet. A contested vote for chair is most unusual, es-pecially with endorsement letters from public offi cials.

■ MPC: The special MPC director search com-mittee is nearing a deci-sion. The committee meets behind closed doors at the direction of Bill Lyons, deputy mayor to Rogero. But the decision is down to three persons who are now being vetted.

A recommendation is a few weeks off. Burchett and Rogero will have to approve it for it to become effective. The MPC board has no voice in the choice as the new director will not report to them but to the two mayors, which makes for an unclear and poten-tially unworkable line of author ity.

The playing fi eld still is not level.

The gates to the stadium have been opened to every-one, but the fi eld is tilted, uneven. Home-fi eld advan-tage is more than a myth. Some teams always have to kick into the wind.

Recently the Shopper-News reported on Robotics Team 5744, the fi rst group of Austin-East students to compete in the FIRST Ro-botics Competition, an in-ternational program that challenges talented high schoolers to solve high-tech science and engineering problems.

The A-E team came to the fi rst stage of the contest both scared and eager. Un-der the leadership of their

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Project GRAD director, Tanisha Fitzgerald-Baker, they came to the University of Tennessee College of En-gineering, where they got a crash course in putting to-gether a fundamental robot from a kit. In a grueling 11-hour day, they worked out how to assemble and wire it, and one young man sat down with the program-ming manual and learned to make it obey. Other high school teams with more

experience were generous consultants. Sometime in February, Team 5744 faces its next step – making their robot do the chores the contest requires. They are working on it.

But there’s always a back story, the part that doesn’t make the paper. In this case it was the bureaucracy needed to get the A-E team into the contest.

When Fitzgerald-Baker began to put together the A-E application, she was welcomed by the state FIRST coordinator and ad-ministrators in the College of Engineering. But the ap-plication process had unex-pected barriers: Parents of participating students were required to go online. Only

one family of the half-dozen involved A-E students had ready access to the Internet.

“I had to print out all the forms, send them home for the parents to sign, and take them with me the morn-ing of the competition,” she said. “Then I had to explain why I was bringing paper forms instead of completing the process online.”

The groundskeepers – the people who created the game and drew up the rules – threw up unnecessary barriers for some would-be players because of the as-sumptions they made about the lives and resources of the people they expected to go out for the team.

Expectation is also a ma-jor factor in warping the playing fi eld. When the UT philosophy department cre-ated its Ethics Bowl compe-

tition in 2009, David Goff, the librarian who sponsors the A-E team, quietly ad-mits that there was a lack of respect for the team from the East Knoxville school.

“When we won third place in 2011, everyone was shocked,” he said. Not so much now, for the team went on to win fi rst place in the 2012 and 2013 bowls and came in second in 2014. In fact, for the fi rst time since they began to partici-pate, the A-E team failed to place in the top three fi nish-

ers in the 2015 competition recently.

“Our team knew they did well. We were shocked not to place,” Goff said. “The students deserve the credit. They worked hard and ex-pected to win.”

Downpage in the same issue of the Shopper-News was another story about an uneven playing fi eld – the contest to keep all students in school and out of the ju-venile justice system.

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On the Knoxville leg of her statewide listening

tour, Mary Mancini ar-rived early, stayed late, a n s w e r e d q u e s t i o n s and refused to be de-terred from her mission as the new

chair of Tennessee’s Demo-cratic Party:

Elect Democrats. Strengthen the Democratic Party brand. Damage the Republican brand, some-thing she said the opposi-tion is making it easy to do.

“Chip, chip, chip, chip, chip away,” she said, rais-

The Knox County Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) has come a long way since private citizens took it over from Knox County Commis-sioners.

The BZA is the last place to appeal a zoning before going to court. Until 2009, county commissioners ap-pointed themselves to the nine-member board.

A 2008 state law barring commissioners from serving on boards or commissions appointed by commission-ers forced all but two board members, Scott Moore and William Daniels, to step down. Daniels had fi nished his term as an interim com-missioner and Moore had been ousted from commis-sion for perjury.

Some were concerned that the commission would appoint developers and real estate agents to the board, says former BZA chair John Schoonmaker, who was re-cently appointed Fifth Dis-

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ing the issue of Chattanooga state Sen. Todd Garden-hire’s getting caught telling a whopper when he claimed he doesn’t get state-subsi-dized medical insurance (Gardenhire was one of fi ve Republican members of the state Senate’s Health Com-mittee who voted to kill Gov. Bill Haslam’s Insure Tennessee proposal.)

Mancini is a known quantity in Nashville, where she owned a Nash-ville rec ord store and punk

rock venue, had a radio talk show, spent 10 years as an Internet provider and was executive director of Ten-nessee Citizen Action, but not so much across the state, so last week, she hit the road for a statewide tour that, if her Knoxville stop is typical of the others, is as much “get to know me” as “listening.”

“Mary’s kind of data-driven and goal-oriented,” said former state Rep. Glo-ria Johnson, who lost her seat by 183 votes and was also a candidate for state chair until she withdrew to clear the way for Mancini, about whom she is enthusi-astic. “She’s really current on all that stuff and will

utilize those tools to make good things happen.”

Randy Neal, Knoxville’s most prominent progres-sive blogger, describes her as smart, high energy and charismatic.

“Mary did outstanding work as executive director at Tennessee Citizen Action, where she was the go-to person on voting rights and campaign fi nance. … Her challenge now will be fund-raising and recruiting. I don’t know how wired in she is with the old-school Dem-ocrats and money people in Nashville, but maybe a fresh new approach is what the party needs.

“I hope she can get Ten-nessee Democrats back on

the right path and lead us out of the wilderness. She seems up to the task.”

Organizers tagged the headcount at 125. Mancini pronounced it her biggest crowd of the tour. Repre-sentatives of the civil rights community, labor groups, Young Democrats, College Democrats and party lead-ers from surrounding coun-ties were present.

The Rev. Harold Mid-dlebrook offered the ob-servation that “We have a Democratic pulpit and a Re-publican pew.” Tax reform activists John and Nancy Stewart acknowledged that amending the state consti-tution to outlaw an income tax last year has driven a

stake through the heart of their efforts.

“That’s 38 years of work down the tubes,” John Stewart said, lamenting the diffi culty of communicating the advantages of a system that is not dependent on sales-tax revenue “We need to simplify what we say.”

When a labor union rep-resentative pushed her to take a stand against the Trans Pacifi c Partnership (called “NAFTA on Ste-roids” by opponents), Man-cini didn’t let him down easy:

“I’ll be blunt: I don’t think there’s anything I can do to stop it. My priority is the state. My job is to elect Democrats in Tennessee.”

The new BZA – no politics allowed

trict county commissioner.But that didn’t happen.

Schoonmaker, who was president of the Council of West Knox County Home-owners at the time, was encouraged to apply for the post by then-Commissioner Craig Leuthold. He thought Schoonmaker’s expertise would benefi t the BZA.

Schoonmaker was ap-pointed, along with other community leaders and professional experts from each district: Daniel Brown, Markus Chady, Jean Teague, Larry York, Les Spitzer and Carson Dailey. Daniels be-came the chair.

Politics plays no role in the decisions of the citizen

board, Schoonmaker says. Their decisions are based solely on county ordinances.

There is no time limit on cases. One case lasted four hours, Schoonmaker said.

BZA board members recognized that developers and builders had a tendency to overlook rules, like set-back requirements, and ask for forgiveness later. They changed the fee structure: $200 if construction had not begun; $400 if it had.

In one case, a builder who ignored a setback require-ment had to move a house that was already undeway.

While experts, like archi-tects, are helpful, common sense is the most valuable attribute for board mem-bers, Schoonmaker says. Petitioners seek variances for things they can’t control, like property lines that were established before survey-ing was an exact science. Other times, they create their own hardships, and

it’s important to be able to tell the difference.

Schoonmaker says he’s proud that board mem-bers don’t make deci-sions be-fore they’ve heard a case. Some-times, a case seems simple on

paper, but when it’s present-ed, it calls for a different outcome.

His biggest disappoint-ment is the Metropolitan Planning Commission’s lack of action on the discrepancy between the city’s and the county’s minimum size for parking spaces. The coun-ty’s minimum size is 200 square feet, and the city’s is 162 square feet. Business owners in the county regu-larly appear before the BZA, and pay a $200 fee, to re-ceive a variance that allows

them to have the same size parking spaces as business-es in the city.

BZA asked County Com-mission to request that MPC change the county code in January 2012, and there has been no action, he says.

But his time spent with the BZA was overwhelm-ingly positive, he says.

“It was an absolute privilege to serve on BZA. I looked forward to every meeting because it was al-ways a challenge.”

In a recent workshop by the NAACP and the Chil-dren’s Defense Fund, pre-senters used federal fi gures from Knox County Schools to show that African-Amer-ican students are suspended from school almost three times more often than their white fellow students. If dis-ability is factored in, about one in 10 white students will be suspended, while around one in four black students will be sent home.

Students who are sus-pended are much more likely to leave school and fall under the jurisdiction of the crimi-

nal justice system.The assumptions our in-

stitutions make about the lives and resources of our students are the factors that warp the playing surface, that skew even those hon-est attempts to level the fi eld so that everyone gets a fair chance to succeed.

The groundskeepers – schools and courts, govern-ments and charities – must make sure that their own expectations do not tilt the fi eld so that people of color and people with disabilities have no possibility of suc-ceeding.

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By Cindy Taylor Churches often fl uctuate between

times of growth and decline. For years, pastors have pondered the phe-nomenon of congregation members coming and going with no conclusive answer other than God’s timing. It ap-pears God’s perfect timing is in play for The Church at Sterchi Hills.

The church built the current facility on Dry Gap Pike 12 years ago. Perched on a hilltop in North Knoxville, it is the second campus of Second Baptist Church Clinton. The Rev. Joel Dew says these days it is easy to see God’s hand at work.

“In 2014 this campus contacted Second Baptist requesting assistance,” said Dew. “We proposed a common idea called Revitalization.”

The term most generally refers to the transfer of assets, leadership and pastoral care to the healthier church.

The Church at Sterchi Hills voted to be a part of such a revitalization program

in 2014. In turn, Sec-ond Baptist invested thousands of dollars in renovation and up-grades to ready Ster-chi Hills for an August 2014 re-launch.

The revitaliza-tion worked in God’s perfect timing. The Church at Sterchi Hills

went from an average attendance of 70 to the current average attendance of more than 200 in just fi ve months.

“God has provided amazing growth over the last several months,” said Dew. “Last Sunday we celebrated eight baptisms with 266 in attendance.”

Dew says the church is seeing a tremendous infl ux of young families and has a phenomenal group of col-

lege students and young professionals. Worship leader John Kimbrough is in the process of completing his master’s, and Dew is working to complete his doctorate.

The church partners with Sterchi Elementary School and has mem-bers who travel on missions to Mex-ico, Brazil, Dominican Republic and Alaska.

“The church launch has been and continues to be an amazing journey of faith and blessing,” said Dew. “As a church our hope is to keep our eyes on the greater works of the gospel of Christ and to avoid focusing on lesser things. We expect nothing less than miracles and count it a privilege to be a part of God’s Kingdom agenda.”

The Church at Sterchi Hills is at 904 Dry Gap Pike. Sunday service is 10:30 a.m. Info: www.secondbaptistchurch.org.

We had reached the por-tion of our worship service when prayer concerns are offered for those who are sick or troubled, for those who are traveling, for those who are searching, seeking.

And then, one woman offered a two-word prayer request that electrifi ed me: She said, quietly, “Big peace.”

I confess that I didn’t hear anything else for quite a while.

“Big peace.” I kept turn-ing that over in my mind. The questions began to tumble: What did big peace mean to her? What might it mean to us, our communi-ty, our country, our world? What would “big peace” look like?

Is big peace possible? What would it take? Are we capable of it? How do we start? What can I do to cre-ate “big peace?”

Then it occurred to me that we have started. This

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Look! On the mountains the feet of one who brings good tidings, who proclaims peace!

(Nahum 1: 15 NRSV)Deep peace of the running wave to you.Deep peace of the fl owing air to you.Deep peace of the quiet earth to you.Deep peace of the shining stars to you.Deep peace of the gentle night to you …Deep peace of Christ to you.

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woman – this visionarywoman – knows that ourprayers are too small. Shehas skipped all the specifi c,immediate needs that wefrequently pray for; she hasgone cosmic. She is prayingfor big peace and asking usto join her in that supplica-tion.

Then the scarier ques-tions reared their uglyheads: What will deep peacemean to me? What will Ihave to change? What willthat deep peace require ofme? Wow!

Blessings on a womanwho prays for big peace,who thinks in global, uni-versal, cosmic terms.

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The Church at Sterchi Hills Photo by Cindy Taylor

A blessed journey for The Church at Sterchi Hills

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Cub Scouts Wyatt

Emery and Gage Mc-

Ghee congratulate

honoree Tom Becker.

Tom Becker, seated,

is joined by three

leaders of the scout-

ing community who

earned the Cross

and Flame Award,

presented at a

special reception

given for Becker on

Feb. 8. From left are

Tim Brown, Brian

Damiano with son

Anthony and Larry

Rose. Photos by Nancy Anderson

By Nancy AndersonThe evening was to be

all about Tom Becker. Still, it came as no surprise that Becker had some other thoughts on where the spot-light should go.

Becker was to be honored on Sunday, Feb. 8, at Bea-ver Ridge United Methodist Church for his dedication to

Beaver Ridge United Meth-

odist Church Pastor Darryll

Rasnake takes a moment to

speak with Tom Becker during

a reception on Feb. 8 to honor

Becker for his 50 years of ser-

vice to the Boy Scouts.

Saying thanks for scouting leadership

the Boy Scouts of America. Scouting Sunday is an an-nual event at Beaver Ridge that is designed to recog-nize boys and leaders from Cub Scouts to Eagle Scouts for the time and efforts they give to scouting. This year’s celebration was intended to honor Becker, who has more than 50 years of scouting leadership and service un-der his belt.

Becker did the paper-work necessary for three of his fellow leaders – Tim Brown, Brian Damiano and Larry Rose – to receive the Cross and Flame Award and insisted they receive the medallions and recognition during the morning service of Scout Sunday. The Cross and Flame Award is pre-sented by the United Meth-odist Church to adult lead-ers in scouting who have given exceptional service in youth programing and de-velopment.

“You can talk for an hour and still barely touch on all the things Tom Becker has done for us,” says Damiano. “He’s an amazing man who has made a huge impact on all of us. We intended for today to be about Tom. He’s been involved in this church on all levels for many years.

He’s chairman of the trust-ees, sings in the choir, is on pretty much every commit-tee and has been on every mission trip that I know of. Basically, if anything needs done, he’s there to help.”

Becker was appreciative, says pastor Darryll Ras-nake, but wanted to recog-nize the other scout leaders for their service by giving them the Cross and Flame Award on his special day.

“Tom is the one who said we needed to do this for these three men. He said it was impor-tant and had already done all the work and gotten the m e d a l l i o n s . These guys are good men, an asset to the church and solid leaders,” says Rasnake.

“They’re the next genera-tion.”

B e a v e r Ridge UMC has nearly 70 boys involved in scouting.

FAITH NOTES

It’s a dangerous world out there. We read of one epidemic after another, from AIDS to SARS, from tuberculosis to the fl u. To say the least, we need to take precautions. However, let me warn you of one more epidemic whose beginning literally dates back to the beginning.

This malady has plagued Christians for generations. It is a condition that seems to render one’s hand immo-bile when reaching for one’s wallet or purse while the collection plate is passed. Interestingly enough, this

m o o oo o rr, e e

Steve Higginbotham

Cirrhosis of the giver“But this I say: He who

sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.” (2 Corinthi-ans 9:6-7).

Maynardville Pike, is holding

a spaghetti supper/cake walk

fundraiser 6:30 p.m. Friday,

Feb. 13. Supper: $5.

■ Son-Light Baptist Church,

6494 Son-Light Way, will be

selling milk chocolate and

white chocolate covered

strawberries 1-5 p.m. Friday,

Feb. 13, at the church to

raise funds for the kitchen.

Cost is $15 a dozen. To order:

922-0550.

Community services

■ Cross Roads Presbyterian,

4329 E. Emory Road, hosts the

Halls Welfare Ministry food

pantry 6-8 p.m. each second

Tuesday and 9-11 a.m. each

fourth Saturday.

■ Dante Church of God, 410

Dante School Road, will

distribute Boxes of Blessings

(food) 9-11 a.m. or until boxes

are gone, Saturday, Feb. 14.

One box per household. Info:

689-4829.

■ Glenwood Baptist Church,

7212 Central Avenue Pike, is

accepting appointments for

the John 5 Food Pantry. Info:

938-2611. Your call will be

returned.

Classes/meetings ■ First Comforter Church,

5516 Old Tazewell Pike, hosts

MAPS (Mothers At Prayer Ser-

vice) noon each Friday. Info:

Edna Hensley, 771-7788.

■ Knoxville Day Aglow Light-house weekly Bible study,

9:30-11:30 a.m. beginning

Thursday, Feb. 12, New Cove-

nant Fellowship Church, 6828

Central Avenue Pike. Topic:

“Game Changers” by Graham

Cooke; instructor: Jeannine

Courtney. Info: Diane Shelby,

687-3687.

■ Powell Church hosts Recov-

ery at Powell 6 p.m. (meal)

Tuesdays at 323 W Emory

Road. The program embraces

people who struggle with

addiction, compulsive behav-

iors, loss and life challenges.

Info: www.recoveryatpowell.

com or info@powellchurch.

com.

Fundraisers ■ Black Oak Ridge Baptist

Church WMU, 6404 Old

strange affl iction does not immobilize people when reaching for their wallet or purse at the shopping mall or sporting event.

I don’t know if this ill-ness has an offi cial name yet, but some are calling it “cirrhosis of the giver.” Be careful you don’t catch it!


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By Betsy PickleA mind is a terrible thing to lose. What’s

worse is realizing that it is slipping away as you are still trying to live your life.

This is true at any age, but “Still Alice” focuses on the horror and tragedy of early-onset Al-zheimer’s disease. Julianne Moore b r i l l i a n t l y captures the struggles of a woman who real-izes perhaps more than most people all that is she is losing as the process marches on.

Alice Howland is a highly regarded linguistics professor at Columbia Univer-sity in New York. She has a strong marriage with John (Alec Baldwin) and has reared three children who are now out on their own: Anna (Kate Bosworth), Lydia (Kristen Stewart) and Tom (Hunter Parrish).

Winding up her regular jog one day, Al-ice is disconcerted when she realizes she doesn’t know where she is. Little details begin to elude her, and she talks to her doc-tor about the problem. When she fi nds out she may have early-onset Alzheimer’s, John promises to see her through the travails.

Alice’s deterioration is pretty fast, and

though she tries to hold on to her life, the disease is stronger than she is.

Other movies have shown how Al-zheimer’s tests a family. This one comes

from the patient’s perspective. Moore digs deep into the

frustration and fear of the experience, us-

ing her eyes, her face and her

body language to express what Al-ice is going through.

This isn’t e s c a p i s t e n t e r t a i n -ment, but

it’s a form of relief for those

who’ve been touched by the

disease – a story that’s relatable, a per-formance that is true to life.

The fi lm shows how her family reacts to the crisis; some behav-ior is sadly predictable and some sweetly surprising.

The writing-directing team of Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland, who adapted the novel by Lisa Genova, steers clear of manipulation, letting the natural-ism of the situation hit poignant notes.

And, always, there’s Moore, creating a ball of confusion so believable, so powerful that “Still Alice” will stick with you long af-ter you leave the theater.

Romance – or something – is in the air

Has the controversy fi zzled out, or will “Fifty Shades of Grey” reignite the blaze it set off when it de-buted in book form? We’ll know more this weekend, when the R-rated sex fan-tasy arrives in theaters.

It’s interesting that “Fifty Shades” is being marketed as a Valentine’s Day movie but actually debuts on Fri-day the 13th. The fi lm stars Dakota Johnson – daugh-ter of actors Don Johnson and Melanie Griffi th – as literature student Anasta-sia Steele, who goes to in-terview wealthy, handsome Christian Grey (Jamie Dor-nan) and winds up falling for him.

The attraction is mutual, but naïve Anastasia may not be able to keep up with Christian’s nontraditional proclivities or his control-ling nature.

Neither of the stars has an extensive list of credits, so they don’t carry much baggage with them onto the screen (so much for hiding their nakedness!). Johnson appeared in “The Social Network” and “21 Jump Street.” Dornan was in “Ma-rie Antoinette” but probably was seen by more people during his stint as the sher-iff on ABC’s “Once Upon a Time.”

The cast includes Luke Grimes, Jennifer Ehle, Mar-cia Gay Harden and Callum Keith Rennie. Sam Taylor-Johnson directed.

On the surface, “Kings-man: The Secret Service” doesn’t seem to be targeting the libido like “Grey,” but it does star Colin Firth as an extremely well-dressed spy. (And isn’t it odd that he and his “Pride and Prejudice” leading lady, Jennifer Ehle, both have new fi lms out this week?)

Harry Hart (Firth) works for an independent spy agency and has just taken a rough but promising street kid (Taron Egerton) under his wing when an evil genius starts making some scary moves. The Force is strong with this fi lm: “Star Wars” alums Samuel L. Jackson and Mark Hamill both co-star. Michael Caine, Mark Strong and Jack Davenport are also in the fi lm directed by Matthew Vaughn (“X-Men: First Class”).

“Still Alice,” which stars Julianne Moore in an

Oscar-nominated perfor-mance, looks at early-onsetAlzheimer’s from the suf-ferer’s perspective.

Moore plays a linguisticsprofessor who feels the painof the dread disease prob-ably more than most. AlecBaldwin, Kristen Stewartand Kate Bosworth co-stars.

Also scheduled to open locally this week are “Mom-my” and “Mr. Turner.”

Canadian fi lm “Mommy” is about a widowed mother who struggles to keep life on an even keel when her teen-age son – who’s prone to violent outbursts – returns to live with her after being institutionalized.

The fi lm has won and been nominated for several festival and critics’ prizes. Anne Dorval, Antoine-Oliv-ier Pilon and Suzanne Clem-ent star for director Xavier Dolan.

“Mr. Turner” won two awards at the Cannes Film Festival last year and is up for four Oscars: cinematog-raphy, production design, costume design and original score. Timothy Spall plays eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner, whose odd lifestyle makes it hard for the public and royalty to ac-cept him.

Mike Leigh (“Secrets & Lies”) directed the fi lm.

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Harry (Colin Firth) shows

Eggsy (Taron Egerton) how to

dress for the spy biz.

Alice (Julianne Moore) grapples with

losing her memories in “Still Alice.”

Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan)

and Anastasia Steele (Dakota

Johnson) don’t always see eye

to eye in “Fifty Shades of Grey.”

Moore fi nds truth in Alzheimer’s drama

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FRIDAY ■ “Carmen” presented by the Knoxville Opera, 8 p.m., Ten-

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656-4444; Knoxville Opera Box Offi ce, 524-0795. Info: www.

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■ Mandy Barnett in concert, 8 p.m., Ronald and Lynda Nutt

Theatre, Clayton Center for the Arts, 502 E. Lamar Alexander

Parkway, Maryville. Tickets: KnoxvilleTickets.com, 656-4444.

■ Winter Jam 2015 Tour Spectacular, 7:30 p.m., Thompson-

Boling Arena, 1600 Phillip Fulmer Way. Tickets: $10 at the

door. Info: http://2015.jamtour.com/shows/knoxville-tn.

SATURDAY ■ Disney Junior Live On Tour: Pirate & Princess Adventure, 2

and 5 p.m., Knoxville Civic Auditorium, 500 Howard Baker Jr.

Ave. Tickets: Coliseum Box Offi ce, 215-8999; KnoxvilleTickets.

com, 656-4444.

■ Pack of Wolves in concert with special guest Drew Sterchi

& Blues Tribe, 8 p.m., Open Chord Brewhouse & Stage, 8502

Kingston Pike. Cost: $10. Benefi ts The Love Kitchen. Info:

www.openchordmusic.com.

SUNDAY ■ “Carmen” presented by the Knoxville Opera, 2:30 p.m., Ten-

nessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Tickets: KnoxvilleTickets.com,

656-4444; Knoxville Opera Box Offi ce, 524-0795. Info: www.

knoxvilleopera.com.

■ Jacob Whitesides in concert, 7:30 p.m., Bijou Theatre, 803

S. Gay St. Tickets: $22 advance, $25 day of show, $126.50 VIP.

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Bass-baritone Ryan Kuster thinks that most people can relate to George Bizet’s opera “Carmen,” which is being performed by the Knoxville Opera Com-pany this weekend.

There’s just something about a man in a cape. Audrey Babcock in the title role and Ryan Kuster

as Escamillo the bullfi ghter strike a fi ery pose in Knoxville Opera’s production of Bizet’s “Car-

men.” Photo by Megan Clute Photography

Bass-baritone Ryan Kuster

enjoys a break in “Carmen” re-

hearsals at the Knoxville Opera

Company. Photo by Carol Shane

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“For one thing, people will recognize the music. Most people know a lot more of ‘Carmen’ than they think they do. And the story is compelling. There’s no real hero. It’s very human – there’s not a clear moment where you say, ‘Oh, this is the person that I root for.’”

Kuster is intrigued by the shades of gray in the char-acters he plays and prefers to paint even the bad boys as fl awed humans rather than villainous archetypes. “There’s a little bit of bad in the best of us,” he says, “and a little bit of good in the worst of us. It’s not black and white.”

His favorite role so far is Don Giovanni, the title character in Mozart’s op-era based on the legend-ary fi ctional character Don Juan, who just can’t keep away from the women. The notorious libertine eventu-ally has to pay the piper; he’s dragged down to hell by the ghost of the man he murdered. “Why does he do the things he does?” Kuster muses. “What is he trying to silence or compensate for?”

The handsome singer – he’s been featured on http://barihunks.blogspot.com, a website dedicated to

operatic beefcake – is look-ing forward to performing the part of bullfi ghter Esca-millo this weekend. It’s his fourth time as the dashing matador. He enjoys singing the role and is having fun in rehearsals, though “having to dredge up all that energy time after time is exhaust-ing!”

Understandably so. Kuster belts out what is ar-guably the most famous aria in “Carmen” and one of the most famous in all opera: “Votre Toast,” also known as “The Toreador Song.”

You know the tune. Ev-

eryone does. The same was true in Bizet’s time, appar-ently to his immense frus-tration.

“Bizet wrote ‘Votre Toast’ as a joke,” says Kuster. “He was upset when it became the crowd favorite.”

Indeed, according to the website www.classical-notes.com, the composer wrote the aria “to stroke his star’s ego.” He considered the last-minute composition very much beneath him, re-ferring to it as “fi lth.”

Yet it’s guaranteed to set toes tapping, and strains of the chorus will undoubtedly

linger in memory long after the audience leaves the the-ater: “Toreador, en garde! Toreador! Toreador!”

Kuster’s background in-cludes a prestigious Adler Fellowship with the San Francisco Opera. He’s much in demand these days, having most recently performed as a soloist in Handel’s “Messiah” with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. Other fall 2014 appearances included “Don Giovanni” at Memphis Op-era and “Carmen” at Opera Grand Rapids in Michigan. Next up is the role of An-

gelotti in Puccini’s “Tosca” with the Orlando Philhar-monic in Florida.

Originally from Illinois, Kuster now says, “I live out of my suitcases. I’ve done that since 2013.”

The singer thinks that there are signifi cant simi-larities between his bull-fi ghter and Carmen, the free-living temptress.

“In terms of the way they live their lives, they’re well-matched. It’s one day at a time for each of them.”

But if you know the sto-ry, you know that Carmen and the matador are mere-ly “ships that pass in the night,” whereas her main squeeze, tenor Don José, is

so obsessed with Carmen that – well, no spoilers here. You’ll just have to go, see and hear how it all turns out.

The Knoxville Opera Company will present George Bizet’s “Carmen,” sung in French with Eng-lish supertitles, at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 15, at the Tennessee Theatre. Each performance will be pre-ceded by an opera preview hosted by KOC Maestro Brian Salesky. For tickets and info, call 524-0795 or visit www.knoxvilleopera.com.Send story suggestions to news@shop-

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I have been told by those who know and cook great food not to mess with a good chef’s creation. Don’t ask to substitute the collard greens for a baked potato. Don’t switch up the salad dressings. Chefs don’t just throw this stuff together, they correctly say. There is a symphony of fl avors that should be experienced all together.

I get that. And 99 per-cent of the time, I follow

The bouillabaisse at Northshore Brasserie is a mix of seafood,

sweet potatoes and risotto. Photo by Mystery Diner

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the rules. So please forgive my 1 percent this week as I confess: I wanted to try the bouillabaisse at Northshore Brasserie, but I cannot, will

not, eat mussels. I asked for them to be omitted.

Northshore Brasserie, 9430 S. Northshore Drive, serves French cuisine the way the French do it. The food is upscale, imaginative and creatively put together (again, sorry about the mus-sels), but the atmosphere is relaxed. If you mistak-enly think of French food as “frou-frou,” leave that

attitude at the door. Bras-serie serves hearty dishes, and you won’t be looking under a lettuce leaf for your entrée.

Brasserie owners encour-age the neighborhood ap-peal of the restaurant, and the bar is a lively place after working hours. It’s a gather-ing place – for lunch, dinner and in the bar.

In spite of my tinker-

ing with the bouillabaisse, it was delicious. The dish includes pan-seared cod, shrimp, mussels, sweet po-tatoes and risotto in a rich, savory saffron broth. Crusty French bread is served with

it and is the perfect accom-paniment to the dish. This is a fork dish with just enough broth to make each mouth-ful perfect. The bread is bet-ter than a spoon for getting that last bit of broth anyway.


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Shooting for a cureMembers of the Boys and Girls Club basketball teams took to the court to raise awareness and money for Mission:

Mammography through the Kim Rowden Memorial. Rowden was 25 years old when she learned she had breast cancer.

Her spirit and kindness live on in the memories of family and friends.

Pictured at the annual shootout are: (front) co-ed league individual champion Drew Bolton, training league individual

champion Ryan Bolton, co-ed league runner-up Easton Kitts; (middle) co-ed league family runner-up Tate Woodruff ,

co-ed family winner Landon Wells, training league family winner Josh Turbeyville and training league family runner-

up/training league individual runner-up Ethan Coppinger; (back) BGC coach Mary Mac Alexander, Boys and Girls Club

president and CEO Lisa Hurst, Brad Rose, Chris Wells, Josh Turbeyville Sr., Mike Coppinger, Kim Rowden’s mom Marilyn

and Boys and Girls Club coach Mike Capps. Photo by R. White

By Ruth WhiteA dad is the fi rst man to

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Dads, your job is a serious one. You are your daughter’s fi rst love, her fi rst Valentine.

The Boys and Girls Club of Halls/Powell hosted its fi fth annual Father/Daugh-ter Dance, a night for young girls to dress up and be dad-dy’s little girl.

The gym was trans-formed with a beautiful bal-loon arch and balloon “light posts” around the room. A portrait area was set up to

Dad, a girl’s fi rst Valentine

Carson Cross and her dad,

Creighton, pose for portraits

at the dance.

Milan Cook dances with her

father, Jeremy, at the Father/

Daughter Dance at the Boys

and Girls Club of Halls/Powell. Photos by R. White

provide keepsakes of the event, and refreshments were served. It was an eve-ning to remember, not only for the girls, but for the dads who spent the time twirling their daughters around the dance fl oor.

The highlight of the eve-ning is the musical chairs game played by the dads: very competitive at times, but always fun to watch.

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By Ruth WhiteOver 500,000 students across the coun-

try recently took part in the Great Kindness Challenge, devoting a week to perform-ing as many acts of kindness as possible. Brickey-McCloud accepted the challenge to prove that bullying is weak and kindness is strong.

The purpose of the event was to give schools the power to increase empathy, tolerance and compassion for all students from kindergarten through high school. Brickey-McCloud students celebrated kind-

ness with special dress-up days all week, including pajama day (dreaming of kindness), sports day (kindness is strength), and crazy hair day (crazy for kindness).

More than 1,000 Brick-ey students also traced their hands to participate with Kids of Peace to break the Guinness World Book of Records for the most “kind-hearted” hands collection.

Kindness never gets old

■ Powell athletes sign college lettersFour Powell High athletes signed letters of intent to play

sports at the collegiate level on National Signing Day.Brad Holloway, defensive line, will play football at Cum-

berland University; Cody Reed, defensive end, signed to play football at Carson-Newman University; sisters Averi and Bailey Williams will play soccer next year at Carson-Newman.

WilliamsWilliamsReedHolloway

Girls basketball seniors Tori

Richards and Jill Gorman cel-

ebrate their fi nal home game

as Powell Panthers.

The senior cheerleaders at Powell High are recognized for their dedication and school spirit dur-

ing the fi nal home game of the regular season. Pictured are Mary Alex Bevins, Katie Clevenger,

Brenna Howlett, Allyson Sweat, Courtney Turner, Maija Nylander, pep squad member Mark Un-

derwood and Mackenzey Atkins. Photos by R. White

Powell High seniors bid

farewell

Reading in PJs Powell Elementary students

recently received a free book,

courtesy of the PES Library,

Powell PTA and Target. The stu-

dents were excited because it

was also pajama day, a favorite

of kids everywhere. Everyone

was allowed to stay in their

pajamas the entire day and

chill out with their teacher and

classmates. Here, Kden Sproles,

fi rst grade teacher Cathy Sharp,

Landon Collette and Abby

Nolan get ready to curl up with

a good book. Photo submitted

Basketball seniors Ryan

Barnes and Peyton Smiley

were recognized during Pow-

ell’s fi nal home game.


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By Sherry WittThe local real estate

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every category. On the heels of a strong December, prop-erty sales experienced their usual decline in January; however, the total number of transfers recorded bested last January’s number by 39.

For the month that ended on Friday, Jan. 30, there were 583 property sales in

Knox County, compared to 544 during the fi rst month of 2014.

The aggregate value of property transferred also came in some $4 million ahead of last January’s pace. About $146 million worth of real estate was bought and sold in Knox County. Mortgage lend-ing refl ected a similar im-provement over last year’s fi gures, as approximately $227 million was loaned against property. That was a modest increase from January 2014, when just under $203 million was loaned in mortgages and refi nancing.

The most notable prop-erty sale of the month was the Brakebill Nursing Home

facility at 5837 Lyons View Pike, which was purchased for $10.75 million. On the lending side, the largest mortgage recorded during January was a construction Deed of Trust in the amount of $14.4 million secured by a 20-acre tract on Chero-kee Trail. Close behind was a loan for $13.9 million fi -nancing property known as Parkside Plaza at 11400 Parkside Drive.

While it may not yet be said that real estate mar-kets have made a full re-covery, it is significant to note that last month pro-duced the largest January totals for property sales in Knox County since 2007. That is hopeful news in-deed.

Sherry Witt

Elmcroft hosts Halls B&P breakfast Flapjacks district manager Wendell Cox chats with Marcy Mc-

Millan from Elmcroft during the Halls Business and Professional

Association breakfast. The group meets each fi rst Thursday at

various businesses for a light breakfast and networking. Cox

said Flapjack’s on Emory Road will open in February. The March

meeting will be hosted by Tennova Health and Fitness from

7:30-9 a.m. Community members are welcome to attend and

to meet area business owners. Photo by R. White

Corbin brings Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu to Halls

Rob Corbin, a certifi ed brown belt and representing Victor

Huber Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, has begun teaching classes inside

Fit-N-Fast workout facility in Halls. Corbin has eight years’ ex-

perience and off ers gi and no gi training in a family-friendly

environment. Classes are currently off ered 12-1 p.m. and 7-8

p.m. Monday through Friday with plans to expand class times.

Fit-N-Fast is located at 6974 Maynardville Highway near Ace

Hardware. Info: 919-7105.

Mark Field of the Knoxville Chamber and Justin Sterling, presi-

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Mark Field was the guest speaker at the Feb. 4 meet-ing of the East Towne Busi-ness Alliance (ETBA). Field is senior vice president of membership for the Knox-ville Chamber.

Field encouraged mem-bers of the ETBA to become involved with networking opportunities. Several were discussed, including the Chamber’s Schmoozapaloo-za which will be in March at the Knoxville Expo Center. Members were also encour-aged to meet with Field or other members of the Knox-ville Chamber to discuss any ideas and concerns.

“Knoxville is the regional fi nancial hub of this entire area,” says Field. Economic development of the East Towne area and improve-ment of business opportu-nities were discussed.

Nick Della Volpe present-ed an update on signs along

I-640. The ETBA has active-ly pursued the addition of signs which are scheduled to be installed sometime af-ter July 1.

Jerry Dalton, owner of Dalton Collision, was the breakfast sponsor and gave a brief description of ser-vices his company offers. Located in Blaine, they are certifi ed to repair collisions and handle mostly insur-ance claims.

Justin Sterling, ETBA president, said he is ex-cited about the future of Knoxville Center mall. Sterling is actively pursu-ing new businesses and is encouraged about prospec-tive tenants.

The next meeting will be 8 a.m. Wednesday, March 4, at New Harvest Park Community Center. Come a few minutes early to net-work and join the group for breakfast.

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By Sandra ClarkWendy’s on Clinton

Highway has reopened the dining area after extensive remodeling.

Store manager Will Cha-naberry said the dining area is “more inviting” and the restaurant offers free Wi-Fi.

One corner even has four

w o r k s t a -tions where diners can plug in their computers while eating and work-ing. Anoth-er corner is designed for those

watching the big game or the morning news with a wall-mounted television and a cozy electric fi re-place.

A futuristic soft drink machine has three times the choices at most restaurants with one downspout and se-lections made by touching a computer screen.

“Each fl avor has its own tube,” said Chanaberry, but the tubes are clustered in-side the machine, making for a cleaner look.

Chanaberry said the store employs about 40 peo-ple. Hours are 10 a.m. to 1 a.m. seven days a week. The restaurant is at 6650 Clin-ton Highway.

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By Sandra ClarkPinnacle Financial Ser-

vices has opened its newest branch on Emory Road near Brickey-McCloud School to serve the Halls and Powell communities. Jeremy Cook is the branch manager.

CEO Terry Turner and bank offi cers Robert Mc-Cabe Jr., Mike DiStefano and Missy Wallen also at-tended last week’s opening celebration.

Cook said his is Pinna-cle’s fi fth offi ce in Knoxville. Founded in 2000 in Nash-ville, Pinnacle entered the Knoxville market in 2007 and already is ranked in the top fi ve banks locally. Both Turner and McCabe worked in Knoxville banking before moving to Nashville.

McCabe joked that a branch located near Dry Gap Pike is in “the DMZ between Powell and Halls.”

Turner said Pinnacle’s growth is driven by its

b u s i n e s s model – to hire top lo-cal bank-ers when entering a market. An example is the recent addition of Missy Wal-

len, formerly the local head of BB&T.

Local vendors including Rosa’s Catering and Pow-ell Florist were used at the event. And although park-ing is limited, courtesy vans transported guests from Brickey-McCloud’s parking lot.

“You could have been anywhere in the world to-night,” Cook said, “and you chose to be here with us. Thank you.”

Cookies with the Pinnacle logo were a hit at the opening. Photosby S. Clark

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By Bonny C. MillardBob Sexton, executive di-

rector of the Cerebral Palsy Center, has seen many posi-tive changes in services for people with disabilities dur-ing his 39 years, including increased opportunities for employment.

Sexton, who started as executive director when he was 26 years old, spoke to the Rotary Club of Knox-ville recently about the cen-ter and what he’s learned over the years.

“(The participants) were thought of as individuals who did not have ability and did not have a way to make their own way,” he said. “I’m

talking about people with signifi cant disabilities, but

what I’ve l e a r n e d over a pe-riod of time is that we all vastly underest i-mated peo-ple with dis-abilities.”

In the 1960s and ’70s, services in-volved caretaking because people didn’t think that in-dividuals with disabilities could take care of them-selves.

“They have slowly evolved into services that

help people to help them-selves and to make their own way,” he said. “I just think that’s a tremendous, positive change in the way things happen today for people with disabilities.”

Sexton learned early in his career to listen to the people he served rather than assuming what they needed or wanted. He discovered that people with disabilities are like everybody else in that they want to have value and make a difference.

Sexton and his staff started meeting with em-ployers in the 1980s about providing work opportuni-ties. The center now has in-

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Sexton touts CP Centerdividuals working with 48 different companies.

“Each of them has a job that fi ts them in a company in our community,” he said.

The center also helps in-dividuals fi nd places to live that they are comfortable in as well as providing oppor-tunities to develop relation-ships with others, which en-rich their lives.

Info: www.cpcenter.orgNote: Rotarians from

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Martin J. Condon was born on Oct. 29, 1858, near Rogersville in Hawkins County, where his father was building a section of the Rogersville and Jefferson Railway. Martin was the youngest of the seven sons of John and Bridget Gray Condon, natives of County Clare, Ireland. John Condon was a Civil War veteran and successful contractor who had the distinction of erect-ing the large stone piers for the old Gay Street Bridge. Two of Martin’s brothers in the politically active family, Michael J. (1846-1900) and Stephen P. Condon (1855-1926), were city aldermen in the 1880s.

Martin Condon attended local schools and the Uni-versity of Tennessee but graduated from George-town College in Washing-ton. He soon returned to Knoxville to become a clerk at Condon Brothers Whole-sale Grocers on Gay Street, a business owned by his two older brothers.

On Jan. 22, 1882, Martin J. Condon married Mar-garet McMillan, daughter of prominent businessman Alexander McMillan and Margaret Alexander McMil-lan, who was the daughter of Judge and Mrs. Ebenezer Alexander and a lineal de-scendant of James White,

Knoxville’s founder.After he served on the

City Charter Committee, the school board and sev-eral other boards, Condon earned the moniker “ I r i s h -A me r ic a n statesman.” He was eventually chosen as the D emo c r at ic c a n d i d a t e for the of-fi ce of mayor in a heated closed-door meeting and defeated Re-p u b l i c a n c a n d i d a t e W y m a n Clark in a sur pr ising l a nd s l ide: 2,229 to 1,304.

At barely 30 years of age, Martin Condon had won in ev-ery ward of the city to become the fi rst Democrat and the youngest ever to win the offi ce, serv-ing from 1888 to 1890. Dur-ing this boom time he was able to oversee several civic improvements, including the Market Street City Hall and some of the city’s fi rst sewers. After his term was complete, Mayor Condon

chose not to seek re-elec-tion but to pursue his busi-ness interests elsewhere.

He moved to Nashville and became a co-founder

of the Bruton-Condon Snuff Co. The com-

pany proved suc-cessful and was

soon sold to the Atlantic Snuff Co., with Condon remaining in Nashville as district man-ager. Later

the ASC was sold to the A m e r i c a n Snuff Co.

His next big step came in 1902 when he was of-fered the p r e s i d e n -cy of the A m e r i c a n Tobacco Co. He accept-

ed and moved to New York City. It was there that Con-don came to know intimate-ly the group of fi nanciers generally credited with de-veloping the large tobacco dynasties. He survived the Dukes, the Cobbs, the Hills and the Ryans to become the last of the old-school to-bacco millionaires.

Martin J. Condon (1858-

1940). Elected Knoxville

mayor in a landslide,

Condon presided over

the construction of the

old Market Square City

Hall and some of the city’s

fi rst sewers. Courtesy of the University of Tennessee Special

Collections

The Pelham Manor estate. Located only 10 miles from Manhat-

tan, this Spanish Renaissance mansion befi t Martin J. Condon’s

status as one of America’s last tobacco barons. Photograph courtesy of Blake Bell, Esq. of the Westchester County Historical Society

HISTORY AND MYSTERIES | Dr. Jim Tumblin

Martin J. Condon(1858-1940)

the Carnegie Trust Co. and the Tate Springs Hotel and Resort. Although he trav-eled extensively, often to Cuba, his preferred vaca-tion destination for over 50 years was his Tate Springs resort in East Tennessee, where he enjoyed the “Ep-son waters” and the golf.

He actually created two vast fortunes because, after creating his fi rst fortune, he was adjudged bankrupt in August 1912. As a direc-tor of the Carnegie Trust Co. he made the mistake of endorsing notes held by a bank that failed, plunging him into bankruptcy. At the time, he owned the Pelham Manor mansion in which his equity was $220,000, another home in Nashville with $15,000 equity, an automobile and a $91,000 brokerage account due him from Moore & Schley Hold-ing Co.

In August 1912, the U.S. District Court in New York approved the bankruptcy with debts of approxi-mately $5,000,000, less his acknowledged assets. He boldly predicted that

he would make a fi nancialcomeback. His predictionwas confi rmed in the April1934 report of the Securitiesand Exchange Commissionshowing Mr. Condon’s earn-ings for the previous year tobe $65,000, one of the high-est salaries in this countryjust as it was emerging fromthe Great Depression.

Having been a memberof the Knoxville Reds base-ball team as a young man,he had always loved sports.His less intense businesslife in Memphis enabledhim to return to duck hunt-ing and play more golf, andhe became “the Dean ofTennessee Golf,” winningnumerous trophies andmedals.

Martin J. Condon diedof pneumonia in Memphison Feb. 24, 1940, at the ageof 82. Services were held inthe Church of the Immacu-late Conception there, andhe was interred in CalvaryCemetery in Memphis. Hiswife of 52 years had pre-ceded him on Jun. 23, 1933.They were survived by theirtwo children, Martin Jr. andMary.

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The Condons’ Spanish Renaissance-style residence in New York was situated on fi ve and one-half acres in Pelham Manor in upscale Westchester County.

The mansion featured fi rst and second fl oors with numerous bedrooms, baths, and closets. There were also eight servants’ rooms with two baths on a separate wing.

The third fl oor contained a spacious private chapel in which Mass was held for the family and staff on a regular basis. There were numerous porches and terraces. The grounds contained a stable with four stalls, space for six automobiles and some harness rooms.

In 1910, President Theo-dore Roosevelt’s “Trust Busting” campaign targeted big oil, banks and railroads. The American Tobacco Co. was charged with Sherman Anti-Trust violations also, and by 1912, the Supreme Court ruled that ATC’s mo-nopoly must be divided into three private companies.

Condon chose the Ameri-can Snuff Co. and moved to Memphis, the location of most of its production and warehouses, with a factory branch in Clarksville. He would remain with the com-pany for 38 years. His other business interests included

HEALTH NOTES ■ The Alexander Technique, An

Introduction, 1-2 p.m. Thursday,

Feb. 19, Knoxville Healing Center,

313 N. Forest Park Blvd. Cost: free.

But preregistration requested. Info/

to register: Lilly Sutton, 387-7600, or

www.AlexanderTechniqueKnoxville.

com.

■ “Back Pain: A Diff erent Approach to

Prevention and Recovery Based on

the Alexander Technique,” noon-2

p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 18, Knoxville

Healing Center, 313 N. Forest Park

Blvd. Led by Lilly Sutton. Cost: $30.

Preregistration required. Info/to

register: 387-7600.

■ “Diagnostic Scanning: What, When,

Why?” noon-1:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb.

12, Cancer Support Community, 2230

Sutherland Ave. Speaker: Scott War-

wick, dosimetrist, Provision Radiation

Therapy. Light meal provided. Info/

RSVP: 546-4661.

■ Emotional Health and Well-Being During and After Cancer, 6-7:30

p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17, Cancer Sup-

port Community, 2230 Sutherland

Ave. Speaker: Debra Sullivan, PhD,

CSC program director. Light meal

provided. Info/RSVP: 546-4661.

■ Exploring Music for Health, 1-2:30

p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11, Cancer

Support Community, 2230 Suther-

land Ave. Instructor: Sara Matayoshi,

Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Vio-

linist. No experience needed. Info/to

register: 546-4661.

■ Healing Through Art: Tis the

Season of Love, 1-3 p.m. Friday, Feb.

13, Cancer Support Community, 2230

Sutherland Ave. Instructor: Cheri Pol-

lack. Info/RSVP: 546-4661.

■ HeartWise, 7:30 a.m.-noon Saturday,

Feb. 21, UT Medical Center’s Heart

Lung Vascular Institute, 1924

Alcoa Highway .Features health

screenings and health education

talks related to heart, lung and

vascular disease. Healthy breakfast

cooking demonstration 9-10 a.m.

requires preregistration. To schedule

a screening or register for cooking

demonstration: 305-6970. Info: www.

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■ Knit Your Way to Wellness, 1-3 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 19, Cancer Support

Community, 2230 Sutherland Ave.

Instructors: Shelley Hecht, Loopville,

and Beth Hamil, CSC. Beginners

welcome. Info: 546-4661.

■ “Living with Diabetes: Putting the Pieces Together,” 2-4:30 p.m. Thurs-

day, Feb. 12, Fountain City Branch

Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Topics in-

clude treatment options, blood sugar

monitoring, stress management and

more. Info: 689-2681.

■ Tai Chi for Health is off ered at

Tennova Health & Fitness Center,

3-4 p.m. or 5-6 p.m. Tuesdays and

Thursdays, Feb. 17-March 26. Class

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THROUGH SATURDAY, FEB. 28“Buy One, Get One Free” admission tickets

available for Knoxville Zoo. Tickets can be purchased at the zoo ticket window during regular zoo hours. Info: 637-5331, ext. 300 or knoxvillezoo.org.

THROUGH FRIDAY, MARCH 27Call for local authors of children’s books for

“Farragut Book Fest for Children” to be held 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, April 11, at Founders Park at Campbell Station. $25 fee includes tent, table, two chairs and lunch at the event; authors will supply their books, decorations and signage. No fee: bring own set-up materials, which must include a tent fi tting a 10’x10’ space. Info/to register: www.townoffarragut.org/register and click the Programs tab; Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive; 966-7057.

THROUGH FRIDAY, APRIL 10Tickets available for Rhythm N’ Blooms music

festival, on stages set exclusively along downtown Knoxville’s historic Jackson Avenue. Features fi rst-timers, chart-climbers and highly lauded acts from varied musical backgrounds. Info/tickets: www.rhythmnbloomsfest.com.

THROUGH SATURDAY, JUNE 20Online registration open for Race to benefi t

the Corryton Community Food Pantry, to be held Saturday, June 20. Event is part of “The Run and See Tennessee Grand Prix Series.” To register: https://runnerreg.us/corryton8mile. Info: [email protected]; [email protected]; or Joyce Harrell, 705-7684.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 11Burlington LEGO Club, 2 p.m., Burlington

Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. For grades 1-5. Info: 525-5431.

THURSDAY, FEB. 12AAA Safe Driving for Mature Operators, 8:30

a.m.-4:30 p.m., John T. O’Connor Senior Center, 611 Winona St. Cost: $10. Info/to register: Kate, 862-9254, or Don, 862-9250.

55 Alive Seniors meeting, noon, First Lutheran Church meeting room, 1207 N. Broadway. Cost of hot luncheon: $8. Speaker: Chris Pluger, a Lutheran Bible Translator and Missionary. Topic: His life in Petauker, Zambia. Public invited; reservations required. Info/

reservations: 524-0366.The Heiskell Community Seniors program, 10

a.m.-2 p.m., Heiskell Community Center, 9420 Heiskell Road. Speaker: R. Larry Smith. Topic: History of UT men’s basketball. “Chocolatefest” entries must be at the center by 10:30 a.m. Bring a dessert and a friend. Info: Janice White, 548-0326.

Read About It, Talk About It: “Dog on It: A Chet and Bernie Mystery,” 1 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Info: 922-2552.

Say It Loud! documentary,, 6:30 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Info: 525-5431.

VFW meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St., Maynard-ville. All veterans are invited. Info: 278-3784.

FRIDAY, FEB. 13Valentine dinner fundraiser, 6 p.m., the Old

Southern Terminal, 306 W. Depot St. Hosted by the Grace Christian Academy baseball team. Music: The Lore Family. Speaker: Tim Lovelace. Dinner served by The Foundry. Tickets: $125. Info/tickets: coach Mitchell Turner, [email protected]; Dave Dunaway, [email protected]; staff of Legal Properties Inc., 524-3670; Grace Christian Academy baseball team, 5914 Beaver Ridge Road, Knoxville TN, 37939; 691-3427.

SATURDAY, FEB. 14Saturday Stories and Songs: Miss Lynn, 11

a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Info: 947-6210.

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

SUNDAY, FEB. 15“Remembering Red,” A Tribute to Red Skel-

ton featuring Brian Hoffman, 4 p.m., Historic Grove Theater, 123 Randolph Road, Oak Ridge. Tickets: www.KnoxvilleTickets.com, 656-4444, 877-995-9961 or at the door. Special Group rates: 288-0672.

MONDAY, FEB. 16Crochet Class, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Hobby Lobby,

6580 Clinton Highway. Cost: $24. Info: Monica Schmidt, 406-3971, [email protected], myquiltplace.com/profi le/monicaschmidt.

Luttrell Seniors luncheon, 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at the community center off Tazewell Pike. Everyone wel-come. Box lunches will be provided.

Open house for prospective families, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Freedom Christian Academy, 4615 Asheville Highway.

TUESDAY, FEB. 17Crochet Mania, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m., Burlington

Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Info: Candee Fultz, [email protected].

Honor Guard meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St., Maynardville. All veterans invited. Info: 256-5415.

Mardi Gras cooking class, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Avanti Savoia, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Cost: $50. Info/to regis-ter: 922-9916 or www.avantisavoia.com.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 18Computer Workshop: Word Basics, 2 p.m.,

Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Re-quires “Introducing the Computer” or equivalent skills. Info/to register: 525-5431.

THURSDAY, FEB. 19Burlington Game Night, 5:30-8 p.m., Burlington

Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Info: 525-5431.

FRIDAY, FEB. 20Chili Fundraiser hosted by the Union County Little

League, 5:30-8 p.m., Maynardville Elementary School. Cost: $5 for bowl of chili, drink and cookie. Silent auc-tion. Info: Union County Little League Facebook page.

SATURDAY, FEB. 21Ranch Rodeo, 7 p.m., the Great Smoky Mountains

Expo Center, 1615 Pavilion Drive, White Pine. Spon-sored by the Walters State Ag Club. Proceeds go to scholarships for the Walters State Agriculture Depart-ment. Admission: $10 for adults; $5 for students ages 7-17; 6 and under free. Tickets available at the door. Info: ws.edu.

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

Saturday Stories and Songs: Emagene Rea-gan, 11 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Info: 947-6210.

Tennessee Stage Company New Play Festival Readings: “The Third Proposal,” 2:30 p.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, FEB. 21-22Sets class, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft

Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. In-structor: Anderson Bailey. Registration deadline: Feb. 14. Part of the Featured Tennessee Artist Workshop series. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

MONDAY, FEB. 23Tennessee Stage Company New Play Festival

Readings: “American Farce,” 6 p.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

TUESDAY, FEB. 24Log Cabin Quilt Block Class, 9:30 a.m.-12:30

p.m., Hobby Lobby at Turkey Creek. Cost: $24. Info: Monica Schmidt, 406-3971, [email protected], myquiltplace.com/profi le/monicaschmidt.

Quebecois Vive Le Quebec!! cooking class, , 6:30-8:30 p.m., Avanti Savoia, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Cost: $50. Info/to register: 922-9916 or www.avantisavoia.com.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 25Computer Workshops: Internet and Email Basics,

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

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