Powell/Norwood Shopper-News 052015

POWELL/NORWOODVOL. 54 NO. 20 May 20, 2015www.ShopperNewsNow.com | www.facebook.com/ShopperNewsNow

7049 Maynardville Pike 37918(865) 922-4136

NEWS

[email protected] Clark | Cindy Taylor

ADVERTISING [email protected]

Patty Fecco | Tony Cranmore

Alice Devall | Shannon Carey

• Physical Therapy• Aquatic Physical Therapy

• Functional Capacity Evaluations• Jump Start Health & Fitness Program

• Occupational & Industrial Services

• Vocational Services • Work Conditioning

www.associatedtherapeutics.com

2704 Mineral Springs Ave. Knoxville, TN 37917Ph. (865) 687-4537

Quality rehabilitation & fi tness in a friendly and non-competitive

environment

Quality personal training sessions.On sale this month only.

For more information, call 859-7900 or visit Tennova.com.

Located off Emory Road in Powell

What’s under the at Weigel’sBy Sandra Clark

“It’s better to be lucky than smart.” That’s the word from Bill Weigel, the man who cites the corn dog as his chief contribution to the business that bears his name.

Weigel amused and inspired at last week’s Powell Business and Professional Association meet-ing. And he reconnected with old friends in the community he calls home.

Weigel talked about his military service in France. He told how his dad worried about the future of farming and shipped him off to Vanderbilt University to train to be a doctor. The chemistry and bi-ology almost did him in.

Weigel’s is the story of an immi-grant family who bought “farm-land” in Wartburg, moved to Forks of the River and fi nally settled on 600 acres in Powell. The Broad-acres Farm is now the Broadacres subdivision, home to almost 900 families.

“My dad was 21 in 1931 when he bought his fi rst four cows,” Weigel said. Previously, the family had raised vegetables. The big white barn, still visible from Emory

Bill Weigel speaking to Powell Busi-

ness and Professional Association.

Road, was built in 1931 and ex-panded shortly thereafter as the herd grew to 40. Mr. Weigel ini-tially sold milk to Avondale Dairy (on Norris Freeway where the empty Walmart now stands). He soon had his own processing plant up and running. Home deliveries came next.

Weigel’s to build new store in Powell

The Weigel’s store at the corner of Emory Road and Clinton Highway will be re-built on the other side of Clin-ton Highway, the company president announced last week.

Bill Weigel said there is just no way to expand or re-model the current store, given its proximity to Beaver Creek. “We have bought land across the road.”

As to the older store on Emory Road across from Powell High School, Weigel said it needs to be updated but the company is waiting to see what impact the bypass road will have on store sales.

The Weigel’s story is one of cau-tion and observation.

“My dad and uncle went to Flor-ida” where they discovered the milk depot, he said. Women were taking jobs out of the home, and no one was around to bring in the milk. Soon the brothers built the original winged Weigel’s where customers could drive through to buy milk.

“It got tough to operate with a single product line,” he says, so the walk-in milk store was born. “Open 10-10.”

A slick sales rep talked them into installing gasoline pumps. “We hated to tear up that asphalt.”

After watching sales climb and calculating the vendor’s take, Weigel’s soon started installing its own pumps. The new logo – a white W offset on a bright red background – was created in 1995. “I didn’t like (the marketing mate-rials) at fi rst. It made us look like a gas station,” he said.

With the new century came a new logo, an emphasis on cof-fee, creation of branded products like Skim D’Lite and egg nog, and most recently the addition of

fresh bakery items.Weigel’s now operates 63 stores

in the region. And you’ve got to fi gure Billy Weigel had a bit more to do with that than just the corn dog.

By Ruth WhiteThe Powell Business and Pro-

fessional Association is hoping to make a difference in the Powell community.

Through the teen driver aware-ness program, the group is rais-ing awareness of the dangers of texting and driving, cell phone usage and passenger safety. Stu-dents had the opportunity to sub-mit posters, videos or essays with their thoughts on safe driving, with a chance to win prizes and scholarship money.

Seniors Katelyn Edlin (second place) and Megan Defenderfer (third place) submitted original artwork and earned money for college tuition. Danastalgia Mc-Dermott submitted an essay titled “R U TH3R3?” – it won fi rst prize and earned her $2,500.

Junior Sierra Wilburn earned

a Dollywood Splash Country Gold Pass for her winning submission, and Lauren Harris received a Blue-tooth speaker and gift card for her second-place submission. Sopho-more class entry winners were Madison Sellers, Kayla Palmer and Cody Wells. Ninth-grade winners were David Croes, Matthew Rivera, Claire Daniel and Summer Parker.

Sponsors for the senior scholar-ships were the PBPA, Kelly Jarni-gan with Farm Bureau, Knoxville TVA Credit Union, Rusty Wallace Honda, Sage Kohler with State Farm and Summit Medical Group.

Donating time and prizes for students were Aaron Shorey with U.S. Cellular on Cogdill Road, En-richment Federal Credit Union, Food City, 1 Source Printing in Powell, MaxAir, Powell Shopper-News and UT Federal Credit Union.

Powell High students Megan Defenderfer, Katelyn Edlin and Danastalgia

McDermott were recognized at a recent assembly for their submissions

to the Teen Driver Awareness program sponsored by the Powell Business

and Professional Association. Danastalgia’s essay “R U TH3R3?” earned her

$2,500 in scholarship money. Photo by R. White

Safe driving pays off

Memorial DayMemorial Day service will

be held 2:30 p.m. Monday, May 25, at Clapp’s Chapel UMC, 7420 Clapp’s Chapel Road, Corryton. Service includes military honors, special music and calling of names. Info: 687-4721.

At Litton’s it’s all about that burger

Litton’s Market, Restaurant and Bakery has some dedi-cated purists. Their passion is the bur ger. Add whatever sides you want, choose cheese or not, but don’t leave Litton’s without eating the burger.

➤ See Mystery Diner on page A-11

Victims speakLynn Porter doesn’t be-

lieve in sugarcoating reality, and she’s confi dent that her 16-year-old daughter, Amber, is prepared for what she’s go-ing to hear when the man who gunned down her father six years ago stands before a judge May 28 and pleads guilty to voluntary manslaughter.

Sources say he will probably serve seven years.

➤ See Betty Bean on page A-4

Fiber therapyThere is a therapy ses-

sion going on every Thursday from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Cokesbury United Methodist Church North Campus. It’s “fi ber therapy,” and the willing participants are members of the Thursday Bee.

➤ See Sherri’s story on page A-3

IN THIS ISSUE

Honor Fountain City is May 25

Memorial Day means Honor Fountain City Day at the park and lake. Festivities get under-way at 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 25, in Fountain City Park.

Formal ceremonies at the gazebo including naming the 2015 man and woman of the year and a keynote address by Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett will run from 3 to 3:30 p.m.

From 3:30 until 4 p.m. veterans will be honored at the Fountain City Lake, with remarks by John Becker and U.S. Rep. John Duncan Jr. In case of rain, the activities will be held in the Fountain City Lions Club building.

Shopper-News has published a 4-page promotion for Honor Fountain City Day inside the Halls/Fountain City Shopper. It’s available to all readers at ShopperNewsNow.com.

By Betty BeanBack in February, Gov. Bill

Haslam gave teachers a reason to hope when he included nearly $100 million in his budget to give them a 4 percent raise.

Superintendent James Mc-Intyre made it clear it was past time to do it. Sales-tax revenue numbers were holding their own, and over on the county general government side, the notoriously penurious Mayor Tim Burchett was poised to recommend a 3 per-cent employee raise.

But now, the possibility looms that teachers could be the only Knox County employees who won’t get a pay raise, and there have been fears that the annual merit pay (APEX) bonuses could be in jeopardy as well.

While Knox County Schools personnel were awaiting Mc-Intyre’s recommendation on how to deal with a budget shortfall, County Commission chair Brad Anders and school board chair

Teachers’ raise in play with reduced schools budget

Mike McMillan were working out the details to convene a joint com-mission/school board meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 21, at the East Tennessee History Center, 601 South Gay St.

Both said everything will be on the table for discussion – includ-ing raising taxes.

“I’ve not had any discussions with Dr. McIntyre regarding cut-ting the teachers’ pay raise (from the 3 percent McIntyre has rec-ommended),” McMillan said. “The question becomes how much are you going to cut?”

Though noncommittal, McMil-

lan said he expects dis-cussion of some kind of tax increase to come up at the joint meeting. Anders was blunt:

“We haven’t had a property tax increase since 1999. I know it’s not popular among Re-publicans, but I’d like to talk about it. It’s going

to get to the point that we have to,” he said.

“And it’s not just for schools for me – I don’t think the schools are as effi cient as they could be. But there are great infrastructure needs across the county.

“We’re on a 100-year rotation on paving roads, for example. We’ve got 2,000 miles of roads in the county, and we’re paving less than 20 miles a year, most years. The Rescue Squad, whom we de-pend on, is in fi nancial trouble. Do we let them fall?

“In my district, we’ve got two parks – Harrell Road and Plumb

Creek – sitting, purchased and de-signed, but not done. We’ve got a subdivision in Karns, the road is coming apart from the curb. We should be doing more sidewalks around schools.”

But for now, the county’s fi -nance director, Chris Caldwell, said the problem is simple arith-metic.

Burchett’s budget appropri-ates $14 million more than last year to Knox County Schools, based on growth in sales and property tax revenues. But the state funding formula covers only 44 percent of KCS teachers, leaving the county to make up the gap – a gap that’s exacerbat-ed by last year’s decision by the school board to spend $4 million from its fund balance.

Caldwell also said automatic step raises are not built into coun-ty general employees’ pay scales (unlike teachers), making it dif-fi cult to draw an apples-to-apples comparison.

Jim McIntyre Chris CaldwellMike McMillan

BUZZ

A-2 • MAY 20, 2015 • POWELL/NORWOOD Shopper news

NEWS FROM PARKWEST, WEST KNOXVILLE’S HEALTHCARE LEADER • TREATEDWELL.COM • 374-PARK

health & lifestyles

Nursing Excellence

www.treatedwell.com 0808

-139

1

ANOTHER REASON PEOPLE PREFER PARKWEST

Rick Lassiter, Parkwest CAO, with the 2015 Leanne Baker Pro-

fessional Nurse Award winners. Carol Burton (left) was recog-

nized for Clinical Practice, while Donna Stephens (right) ac-

cepted the award for Clinical Leadership.

Dr. Jesse Doers (far left) and Amanda Underwood, Critical

Care manager (far right), presented the Janet Heff ern Awards

to CCU nurses Sarah Rowe (left) and Geri Rader (right). Rader

was given the New Graduate award, while Rowe earned the

Clinical Coach award.

Katie Wilson was presented

with the Susan Foster Profes-

sional Development Award.

More than just a sloganNursing Excellence honored during National Nurses Week

On May 7, Parkwest held its Nurs-es Week reception to recognize nurs-es who go above and beyond in their mission to provide excellent care to each patient. This annual celebration is held in honor of National Nurses Week, an observation supported by the American Nurses Association to coincide with the birthday of Flor-ence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing. This year, National Nurses Week was May 6-12.

Donna Stephens, RN, Parkwest Comprehensive Breast Center, and Carol Burton, 4 Riverstone, were named winners of the 2015 Leanne Baker Professional Nurse Award, the most prestigious honor given to nurses of Parkwest and Peninsula Hospital. The award has two distinc-tions, one for Clinical Leadership and one for Clinical Practice.

“Leanne Baker epitomized what a professional nurse looked like,” said Lynn Cagle, Chief Nursing Offi cer at Parkwest, speaking of the award’s namesake. “Her compassion for the patient, professional demeanor and steady leadership truly set the stan-dard to which we hold all our nurses. That’s why it was such an honor to recognize these two deserving indi-viduals who embody the spirit of this award.”

Burton, who has worked at Park-west since 2008, was recognized for Clinical Practice. She was nominated by Christine Haynes, nurse manager of 4 Riverstone, who wrote, “Return-ing chemotherapy patients remem-ber Carol’s kindness and compassion and ask for her. She establishes an excellent rapport with these patients during a stressful time in their lives. Carol consistently puts the patients’ needs as a priority and not her own. She keeps everyone positive during stressful times.”

Stephens, who holds a BSN, works as a patient navigator in the Park-west Comprehensive Breast Cen-ter. She was nominated by Amanda Squires, MD, Parkwest radiologist. Dr. Squires wrote in her nomination form, “Patients recognize Donna’s sincere interest in their well being early on and greatly value her knowl-edge. Her passion for her patients comes through very clearly. It is her drive to provide the best possible treatment and patient care that eas-ily wins her the respect of peers and physicians, as well as patients and their families.”

The May 7 awards reception in Parkwest’s Boulevard Bistro not only recognized Baker Award recipients, but also excellence throughout the nursing staff of Parkwest and Pen-insula.

Dr. Jesse Doers of Stat Care Medi-cal Group joined Amanda Under-wood, Parkwest’s Critical Care nurse manager, to present the Janet Hef-

fern Critical Care Scholarships. Es-tablished in 2011 by Stat Care Medi-cal Group in honor of the long-time Parkwest Critical Care nurse who passed away with cancer, the award annually recognizes new graduates and clinical coaches.

“(Janet) had a motto: that she was a ‘life-long learner,’ ” said Under-wood. “That is so important in our Critical Care environment. You have to have someone who wants to teach and is always willing to learn.”

This year, the Janet Heffern New Graduate award was presented to Geri Rader and the Clinical Coach award went to Sarah Rowe.

The Susan Foster Professional De-velopment Award honors Sue Foster, a dedicated and respected registered nurse who served her profession in a variety of areas at Parkwest for more than 20 years. In recognition of her professionalism, clinical ability, mentoring and excellent customer service, the award is specifi cally de-

their peers to further cultivate bestpractices.

The winners of this year’s Clini-cal Excellence Awards are: MiriamSander, 5 Riverstone; Kaela Harri-son, 4 Riverstone; Ashley Hill, CTSU;Kelly Sharp, CSU; Stephanie Heben-streit, 4 Montvue; Amanda Makely,3 Montvue; Nicole Lane, 2 Mont-vue; Leigha Kirby, Childbirth Cen-ter; Nichole Walker, Critical Care;Mark Douglass, Emergency; LaurieNichols, Senior Behavioral Health;Ron Maulick, Surgery; Sally Skoda,Endoscopy; Gail Wilson, PACU;Wanda Green, ASU; Michelle Charl-ton, PreTesting; Daniel Dominique,Imaging; Tammy Knight, Cath Lab;Stephanie Moore, Float Pool; Melis-sa Theyken, Enterostomal Therapy;Michelle McLean, Case Manage-ment; and Rhonda Sutherland-Gay,Shelly Dillon, Megan Woods andEmily Ambrose from BehavioralHealth Track 1 and 2.

“I’m absolutely honored to workalongside this amazing group ofnurses every day,” said Cagle. “Ittakes dedication and a lot of patienceto do this job, yet they do it day in andday out because they believe in pro-viding the best care for our patients.We will never be able to thank ournurses enough, but we hope that thisrecognition ceremony is rewardingand lets them know that we appre-ciate all they do for our community,our hospital, our physicians and,most importantly, our patients.”

signed to honor someone in pursuit of a nursing degree.

This year’s Susan Foster Award winner was Katie Wilson of 5 River-stone.

In 2000, Parkwest’s medical staff established a Clinical Excel-lence Award Scholarship to provide fi nancial assistance for one nurse from each unit during National Nurses Week to use for educational funding. Since its inception, this award has been given to more than 300 nurses who have been able to attend national conferences in their specialty area. They then share their acquired knowledge with

Not all Clinical Excellence win-

ners were in attendance, but

those who were included, from

left to right, from front: Stepha-

nie Hebenstreit, 4M; Melissa

Theyken, Enterostomal Therapy;

Sally Skoda, Endoscopy; Laurie

Nichols, Senior Behavioral

Health; Kelly Sharp, CSU; Nichole

Walker, CCU; Amanda Makely,

3M; Gail Wilson, PACU; Michelle

McLean, Case Management;

Tammy Knight, Cath Lab; Wanda

Green, ASU; Stephanie Moore,

Float Pool; Daniel Dominique,

Imaging; Michelle Charlton,

PreTesting; and Ron Maulick,

Surgery.

Volunteer Appreciation WeekParkwest volunteers contributed more than 40,000 total hours in 2014. That translates to a

whopping $834,912 value of hours volunteered! Each year, Parkwest recognizes its volunteers’

selfl ess dedication to serving visitors and patients at the Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon. If

you or someone you know is interested in becoming a Parkwest Volunteer, contact Becky Boyd,

Volunteer Services manager, at 373-1556.

Wayne Heatherly 10-Foot AwardThis honor is given annually to one employee who daily demonstrates the Standards and Be-

haviors of Parkwest Medical Center. The award commemorates a hallmark of former Parkwest

CAO Wayne Heatherly’s administration in that no employee should be within 10 feet of another

employee, patient, visitor or volunteer without acknowledging this person in a pleasant manner.

This year, the recognition went to Joel Carbajal, a staff member in the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit.

POWELL/NORWOOD Shopper news • MAY 20, 2015 • A-3 community

7121 Afton Dr. • Knoxville, TN 37918

www.bobjohnsonins.com

922-3111922-3111

Doug JohnsonOwner

Ben JohnsonOwner

Mark DurfeeFinancial Advisor

Norm WheelerAgent

Jason SlussClient Services

Rhoda WhaleyManager

Janet HenschenReceptionist

Lee Ann HodgesClient Services

AUTOHOME

BUSINESSLIFE

HEALTHINVESTMENTS

Dave RosserAgent

Tyler LaddAgent

David JenkinsAgent

Serving You Since 1964

Bettie SweetenClient Services

A+ RATINGWITH

Over 20 years experienceFAMILY-OWNED BUSINESS

SALES • SERVICE • MAINTENANCE

OOO 22000 i

SSAALLEESS SSEERRVICCEE MMAAINNTTEENNAANNCCEE5715 Old Tazewell Pike • 687-2520

• SSSSEEEERRRRVVVVIIIICCCCEEEE •• MMMMMAAAAIIIINNNNTTTEN“Cantrell’s Cares”

LASTS AND LASTS AND LASTS.™

Heating & Air Conditioning

For Complete Indoor Comfortcallcall

We Offer:We Offer:• Complete inspections, maintenance & repairs for all air conditioning & heating equipment

• Money-saving high-effi ciency system upgrades!

• FREE ESTIMATES on new equipment

• FINANCING through TVA Energy Right program

• Maintenance plans available.

Senior nutrition pro-gram manager Judith Pelot stopped by a recent meeting of the Heiskell seniors and talked to the group about Mobile Meals and other se-nior nutrition programs and ways the Offi ce on Aging can assist them.

SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Pro-gram) helps over 4 million senior adults buy healthy food every day. The pro-gram provides assistance to families and seniors, with over 250,000 grocery stores across the country accept-ing SNAP to pay for food.

RuthWhite

Judith Pelot with Mobile Meals serves lunch at a monthly meeting at the Heiskell Senior Center.Photo by R. White

Lunch is served

Mobile Meals serves a healthy meal to homebound individuals in Knox and surrounding counties. “This is not just food,” said Pelot, “but a daily check-in to make sure these individu-als are doing OK.” Mobile Meals operates with 75-100 volunteers, making and de-

livering several thousandmeals each day.

Pelot provided a meal forall of the senior adults at theHeiskell Senior Center, giv-ing them an opportunity totaste the meals. Other foodprograms available includeCongregate Dining Program(offering meals at a centrallocation such as the seniorcenter) and a program thatprovides meals for short-term needs.

For more information onall of the senior nutritionprograms, contact Pelot atthe Offi ce on Aging, 524-2786.

By Sherri Gardner HowellThere is a therapy session

going on every Thursday from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Cokesbury United Method-ist Church North Campus. It’s “fi ber therapy,” and the willing participants are members of the Thursday Bee.

They are quilters. Each Thursday 10 to 12 women fi ll the rented room with laughter, conversation, show-and-tell, advice, shar-ing and stitching. “We all have our own style and way of doing things,” says mem-ber Patty Ashworth. “When we are together, we feed off each other’s creativity.”

The Thursday Bee wom-en are a fun group. “We don’t like rules,” says Ash-worth. “We all have differ-ent styles – hand quilting, machine, embroidery, tra-ditional, modern – you will fi nd a little bit of everything in this group.”

Some are lifelong quil-ters, master quilters and teachers. Others are newer to the art. Some sell quilts at high-end shops in places like Asheville, N.C., while others make quilts for char-ities and family members.

With the love of art and creative expression found in this group, guests should not expect to see a lot of “Sunbonnet Sue” quilts being stitched – al-though Deb DiPietro ad-mits it was that traditional design that got her into quilting. She found a Sun-bonnet Sue quilt made by a family member and was intrigued. “I knew how to sew, so I just taught myself to quilt,” says DiPietro.

Tone Haugen-Cogburn, who is originally from Nor-way, learned to quilt after she came to the U.S. and holds a master quilter cer-tifi cation. “Quilting is really a big deal in Europe right now,” says Haugen-Cog-burn.

Painting drew Sheila Rauen into quilting. “Kind of an odd route,” she says with a smile. “But I love to sew, and I do paintings on silk. This led me to look for something to do with the silk paintings. So I do a lot of appliques, mixed me-dia and embroidery on the quilts I make.”

Ashworth says she is “semiretired,” meaning she isn’t taking on as many com-missioned pieces as she has in the past. “I actually kept a record of all my quilts,” says Ashworth. “As of today, I have made 935 quilts.” She still sells at galleries, makes quilts for charity functions and participates in the events associated with the Smoky Mountain Quilters, a regional group that all the Thursday Bee quilters have

Quilters stitch with artistic fl air

Gloria Felter works on her quilt at the Thursday Bee.

Melissa Carter of the Thursday Bee quilters shows off one of

her quilts that will be in the Smoky Mountain Quilters 2015

Quilt Show this Friday-Sunday, May 22-24, at Maryville College.

Patty Ashworth shows her fellow quilters her progress on her

latest project. Photos by Sherri Gardner Howell

in common. The Thursday Bee quil-

ters are getting ready for the Smoky Mountain Quil-ters 2015 Quilt Show, which will be Friday-Sunday, May 22-24, at Maryville Col-lege. The Smoky Mountain quilt guild has more than 100 members, so the show is always a large event with

vendors, vintage quilts on display, quilts for sale and more than $6,000 in awards given out to quilters.

Admission is $5. The show is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday and Sat-urday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday at Maryville Col-lege’s Cooper Athletic Cen-ter.

COMMUNITY NOTES

■ Broadacres Homeowners Association. Info: Steven

Goodpaster, generalgoodpas-

[email protected].

■ Knox North Lions Club

meets 1 p.m. each fi rst and

third Wednesday, Puleo’s

Grille, 110 Cedar Lane. Info:

https://www.facebook.com/

knoxnorthlions/.

■ Northwest Democratic Club meets 6 p.m. each

fi rst Monday, Austin’s Steak

& Homestyle Buff et, 900

Merchant Drive. Info: Nancy

Stinnette, 688-2160, or Peggy

Emmett, 687-2161.

■ Norwood Homeowners

Association. Info: Lynn Red-

mon, 688-3136.

■ Powell Alumni Association banquet is the fi rst Saturday

in April. Info: Vivian McFalls,

607-8775.

■ Powell Lions Club meets 7

p.m. each fi rst Thursday, Lions

Club Building, 7145 Old Clin-

ton Pike. Info: tnpowelllions@

gmail.com.


Halls • Powell • Fountain City • West KnoxvilleMaynardville • Luttrell ׀ www.cbtn.com Member FDIC

Deposit checks withyour mobile phone

Lynn Porter doesn’t believe in sugarcoating reality, and she’s confi dent that her 16-year-old daughter, Amber, is prepared for what she’s going to hear when the man who gunned down her father six years ago stands before a judge May 28 and pleads guilty to volun-tary manslaughter.

Betty Bean

Amber Sudderth with her fa-

ther, Stacy Sudderth

Teresa Lynn Porter Photos sub-mitted

Victims speak as Whiteside faces judgmentOn the west side

Whiteside’s legal issues appear to have had little effect on his so-cial, professional or political life. Within a couple of weeks of the shooting, he helped stage a gala fundraiser to celebrate the open-ing of the new Duncan School of Law.

In spring 2011, he co-hosted a lavish Las Vegas bachelor party for Zane Duncan, younger son of U.S. Rep. Jimmy Duncan and younger brother of then-trustee John Duncan III. Invited guests included a gaggle of prominent Republican political aspirants.

In June, a grand jury bumped Whiteside’s charge up to fi rst-degree murder. The following January, White side set aside his partisan preferences and served as an on-the-scene reporter for a

local TV sta-tion at the 2013 inaugu-ration of Presi-dent Barack Obama.

His most recent TV ap-pearance was as a proud parent when his son, a stu-dent at Webb School and point guard of

the varsity basketball team, inked the papers for a basketball schol-arship to Cornell University.

MPi Solutions, headed by Whi-teside’s wife, Jackie, aggressively pitches its expertise on the com-pany website:

“MPi Solutions offers a variety of services aimed at businesses seeking government contracts. … The New Wall Street is the U.S. Government! Are you ready to benefi t from the change? Let us help you. Large or small, just starting out or celebrating your 100th anniversary, we may have a solution for you.”

On the east sideWhiteside had other business-

es, including a Burlington event space called the Broker, which was set ablaze in February 2004. Three days later, a fi re broke out in Sudderth’s new nightclub, Phatz Sports Grill, a few blocks away. A second blaze further damaged Phatz a few months later. Each man suspected the other of arson, witnesses say.

Sources say the judge will hear proof that Whiteside and Sud-derth were rivals in yet another business. It wasn’t a T-shirt shop they were patronizing the night of the shooting (as described in media accounts), but an adjacent gambling establishment. They had been locked in a bitter dis-pute over a small, spring-mounted plastic device called “slap dice,” much sought after by craps play-ers. Whiteside had been importing them from Asia and making a tidy profi t; Sudderth was horning into the franchise. At least one crime-scene witness reported seeing Sudderth make a sudden U-turn on Martin Luther King Boulevard when he saw Whiteside’s SUV in the parking lot that night.

There is no dispute that Sud-

derth and Whiteside had a loud confrontation inside the “T-shirt shop,” or that Sudderth was or-dered to leave, or that Whiteside went outside shortly thereafter and within seconds, shot Sud-derth with a 9 mm Glock, left his body in the parking lot, got into his car and drove a block and a half to fl ag down a police offi cer and turn himself in. Investigators confi scated Whiteside’s handgun and picked up 14 spent shells from the pavement at the crime scene. An autopsy would show that 13 shots connected, mostly to Sud-derth’s side and back.

Lynn Porter ridicules White-side’s self-defense claim, saying that Sudderth made it his busi-ness to let everyone know he was unarmed because he was a con-victed felon and subject to a fi ve-year sentence if found to be carry-ing a gun.

She was shocked when Dan Armstrong, the newly elected Third Judicial District Attorney General who inherited the case from his predecessor, informed her of the plea agreement on April 27. But after prayerful consider-ation, she says she’s going to be at peace, whatever the outcome.

Moving on“I’m asking the judge to give

him the whole 21 years (the top of the sentencing range), but I’m just going to ask God to give me his peace and comfort,” Porter said.

after her relationship ended in 2003. She says he and his family were strongly supportive when she battled cancer, and that Sudderth always supported his daughter, emotionally and fi nancially.

Isaacs has stayed busy, and last month shepherded former Knox County Trustee Mike Lowe to a sweet plea deal on charges of defrauding the county by hir-ing ghost employees to perform phantom jobs. A couple of Lowe’s “ghost” employees were outside auditors/tax collectors, a position Troy Whiteside held 2000-2004. Lowe had a dozen outside auditors. Ed Shouse, who is now the trustee, has fi ve, a number he says is suffi -cient to the needs of the offi ce.

Neither Isaacs nor Armstrong would comment for the record. Moncier confi rmed that he will take up the wrongful death suit against Whiteside when the crimi-nal case is concluded.

He and Isaacs are old comrades who teamed up to defend accused serial killer Tom “Zoo Man” Hus-key in the longest-running, most expensive murder trial in Ten-nessee history, and, despite over-whelming evidence of guilt, won something of a victory when they helped Huskey avoid the death penalty via mistrial on a quadru-ple murder charge in 1999, leaving him to serve a 66-year sentence on multiple rape charges.

As adversaries in Wilson v. Whiteside, they threatened each other with gag orders, lobbed in-sults and wooed reporters as they battled their way up to the Court of Appeals.

Moncier offered a preview of his case when he described Sud-derth as “a big, jovial fellow – very responsible, punctual and intel-ligent. A businessman. There’s an old saying about justice delayed,” he said.

“And I believe the last line of that saying is ‘justice denied.’ ”

Troy Whiteside Knox County mug shot

Sources say he will probably serve

seven years.

This is the unedited letter 16-year-old Amber Sudderth has written to the court re-garding the sentencing of Troy Whiteside for killing her fa-ther:

“Ever since August 22, 2009, my life has changed drastically. That’s the day you took my fa-ther’s life and took him away from me.

“Taking my father away from me has caused me so much heartache and pain. … He was my best friend and to lose him is like losing a part of me.

“His death caused many is-sues like heartache and fi nan-cial problems. Even though my mama and daddy were not married they had a bond like no other. Seeing her struggle then losing him is still the worst feeling ever.

“We (me and my mom) struggle every day to get by without him and his help. My daddy was also there for me whenever I needed him. Some-

times my life feels empty with-out him.

“People make my daddy out to be all these things, but I don’t care. That is still my dad-dy, regardless. Mr. Whiteside

‘My life feels empty without him’

you don’t seem to be any less scary than they say my dad was.

“Honestly, you are scary to me. I never knew how I would face you because of what you’ve done. Nobody deserves to have their life taken away like this, not even you.

“I’ll forgive you, yes I do. But I’ll never forget what you did. It will always live with me. I’ll never forget hearing the words, ‘He didn’t make it.’ That will always replay in my head. You have kids. Can you imagine if someone took you away from them and they had to suffer through this?

“I wish my daddy was still here, but since he’s not justice should be served. There is no reason for u to shoot someone that many times. It’s not self-defense. It’s murder. Straight murder. I have siblings and in know they feel the heartache. I was the closest one to my father and our bond was be-yond strong. And now I have to live with knowing someone took my best friend from me.”

–Amber Sudderth

“I’ve turned it all over to

God. It will be made right

in God’s time, and in the

meantime, I’m not going

to let anybody steal my joy.

There’s nothing I can do

about it anyway.”

Sources say he will probably serve seven years.

Porter and her daughter, like the rest of Stacy Sudderth’s friends and family, had hoped for a mur-der conviction for the politically connected Troy Donovan “Pete” Whiteside.

To them, this is just the latest in a string of disap-pointments.

Ten days af-ter the shoot-ing, Sudderth’s survivors gath-ered at the City County Building for W h i t e s i d e ’ s s c h e d u l e d Sessions Court arraignment. They were shocked to learn that he’d already been arraigned on a charge of second-degree murder in an unpublicized hearing held at the Knox County Sheriff ’s De-tention Facility the day before. His bond was reduced from $750,000 to $50,000, and they had received no notification of the hearing.

Attorney Herb Moncier, who had represented Sudderth in an earlier murder-for-hire case and won an acquittal, had been retained by Sudderth’s mother, Erma Jean Wilson, to fi le a wrong-ful death claim against Whiteside. He challenged the arraignment but was rebuffed by Judge Mary Beth Leibowitz and the Court of Appeals, which ruled that defen-dants’ rights trump those of vic-tims. The civil suit has been in legal limbo, awaiting resolution of the criminal case, although Whi-teside’s attorney, Greg Isaacs, at-tempted to have it dismissed when Mrs. Wilson died in 2010. Lynn Porter says Wilson grieved herself to death.

Sudderth’s friends and fam-ily were further surprised when District Attorney General Randy Nichols and every Criminal Court judge in Knox County except Lei-bowitz, who has since retired, bowed out of the case due to con-fl icts of interest. Whiteside has been liberal with campaign con-tributions.

Porter and Sudderth, both Al-coa natives, had broken up by the time Sudderth moved to Knox-ville. She knew little of his busi-ness dealings here, and less about the documented feud with White-side, who grew up in Lonsdale but moved to West Knox County after his business, a minority contract-ing fi rm called MPi Business Solu-tions, took off.

“I’ve turned it all over to God. It will be made right in God’s time, and in the meantime, I’m not going to let anybody steal my joy. There’s nothing I can do about it anyway.”

Amber has written a letter

to the judge (see sidebar), which she hopes to be allowed to read in court. Part of the letter is ad-dressed to Whiteside. She says she forgives him.

Porter said she has always lev-eled with Amber about the way the man who called her his “Booger-Bear” lived and died, and she’s been honest about the cascade of troubles that have plagued her since she was the victim of a bru-tal 1998 rape and home invasion that drove her to leave the com-munity where both she and Stacy grew up, and resulted in Stacy be-ing tried and acquitted of murder-for-hire in the death of one of the accused rapists.

And maybe most diffi cult of all, Porter has been honest about the two bouts of breast cancer she has survived since 2003. Amber worries about losing her mother, and has been hurt by the sear-ing headlines describing White-side (who has no prior criminal record) as a respected business leader and Sudderth as a danger-ous felon. Along with the rest of the family, she suffered through repeated postponements and de-lays while Whiteside walked free. A low point was when he showed up at Amber’s school to watch his son’s basketball team play.

Porter fought through her struggles and earned a bachelor’s degree from Tusculum College while working at Denso, and re-mained friends with Sudderth

POWELL/NORWOOD Shopper news • MAY 20, 2015 • A-5 government

Marvin West

Billy Joe O’Kain, a pitcher on the most successful Ten-nessee baseball team, didn’t make it to the big leagues. I thought he might.

Never wanted anyone to feel sorry for me

O’Kain was a star for the 1951 Vols, second in the Col-lege World Series. The team had a 20-3 season, best winning percentage in UT history.

Soon thereafter, baseball and life took bad hops.

On a surprisingly cold and wet July evening in Winner, S.D., O’Kain was

pitching for an independent team against an all-star del-egation from Cuba. Some-thing wasn’t right in his shoulder, but he kept trying. The Cubans knocked him around. Billy tried some more. That was his nature.

The next day and for a week, doctors tried to deter-mine the cause of his affl ic-tion. They failed.

At UT the following spring, O’Kain confi rmed what he already knew, that he wasn’t as effective as he had been, that his fastball had slowed, that his shoul-der might never be the same.

All was not lost. Bill mar-ried his sweetheart, Ruby McGinnis, and forfeited his UT scholarship. Robert R. Neyland, athletic director, did not fund married ath-letes. He demanded full-

time devotion.O’Kain became an elec-

trician apprentice in Oak Ridge, saved some money, returned to UT and hit an-other roadblock. He sud-denly couldn’t see properly.

Doctors discovered retinal hemorrhaging but couldn’t fi nd the cause. He made the elite hospi-tal rounds – Mayo Clinic, Johns Hopkins and Vander-bilt. No precise determina-tion, no cure.

“I drove part of the way home from Baltimore and realized I couldn’t see very well. We didn’t use the word ‘blind.’ It was a bad word. But by 1954, I was.”

A weak man would have crumbled. A fi ghter would have been discouraged. O’Kain never considered giving up. He signed up for a fi ve-month rehabilitation

program at the Arkansas Enterprises for the Blind.

He met Dick Freeling, a World War II victim who had been shot in the face and had lost senses of taste and smell – and sight.

“Bill Freeling was a won-derful man with a positive outlook on life. He was a ham radio operator and an insurance agent.”

Bill O’Kain became a ham radio operator. He opened an insurance agency in the basement of his Oak Ridge home.

Nothing to it, folks. He walked to work. Well, some-times he tumbled down the steps, but he got up and kept on keeping on in business for 40 years.

Bill is father of two. He is twice a grandfather. He has two great-grandchil-dren. Because Ruby was a

bowler, Bill bowled. He has been a deacon at Roberts-ville Baptist. He talks with radio friends “all over the world.”

Bill says Ruby has been the winning edge in his life. Before he hired a secre-tary and then two, she did the insurance paperwork at night after getting home from her day job. She was his tour guide all the years they had season tickets to Tennessee football and bas-ketball.

Do what? Go to games you can’t see?

“I can feel them,” said O’Kain. “I can be part of the excitement. I can go to a Tennessee baseball game and know the team is play-ing on the fi eld where I played.”

Because he once saw Mickey Mantle in action,

O’Kain has long been a fan of the Yankees – and the Braves and a few other teams. He buys a radio package to follow baseball closely.

“I can see the action through a play-by-play announcer. Television announcers aren’t much help. They talk about too many things unrelated to what’s happening on the field.”

Bill O’Kain, 84, will ad-dress the lunch bunch next week at Lake Forest Presby-terian Church. He will tell the audience that God has blessed his life.

“I’ve tried to do the best I can with what I have. I never wanted anyone to feel sorry for me.”Marvin West invites reader reaction. His

address is [email protected].

U.S. Rep. Jimmy Duncan and wife Lynn are selling their home on Butternut Circle in Sugarwood sub-division in Farragut. They plan to move into a smaller, one-level home in Knox County once their current home sells. They also own a lake house in Grainger County, which is part of the second congressional dis-trict.

■ Jason Zachary is defi nitely running for state representative to replace Ryan Haynes. He has pur-chased a home in the dis-trict. He won the Farragut portion of the district in his race for Congress in August 2014. Others are expected to run, too, but this time Zachary will be taken seri-

Duncans are selling Farragut homeVictorAshe

ously by all. Others may in-clude Lou Moran and Karen Carson. Former Farragut Mayor Eddy Ford has his house for sale and will not run. His wife, Linda, is re-covering from knee surgery.

■ Nashville: While Knoxville may be a cake-walk for Mayor Rogero’s re-election (with no one else running), Nashville faces a hot and heavy contest with seven credible candidates (all Democrats) as Mayor

Karl Dean retires after two terms as mayor.

These candidates are all well funded (all having raised over $500,000 each and several at $1 million). For one, at least, funding is unlimited due to his wealth. Two are women and one is African-American, Howard Gentry, who stands an ex-cellent chance of being in the runoff should no one get 50 percent of the vote plus one. No Republican is run-ning.

Candidates are Metro Council member Megan Barry, attorney Charles Robert Bone, David Fox, multimillionaire Bill Free-man, Criminal Court Clerk Howard Gentry (former vice mayor), Jeremy Kane and

Linda Eskind Rebrovick (daughter of Jane Eskind).

The upcoming city of Knoxville election is such a snoozer that less than 7 per-cent of the registered voters (or 6,500 voters) may actu-ally vote. The challengers to the incumbents to date are not seen as signifi cant.

■ Books: In modern times, only three persons have written books on the complete history of Knox-ville. They were Betsey Creekmore Sr.; Bill Ma-cArthur, along with Lu-cille Deaderick; and Bruce Wheeler, who with Mike McDonald wrote “Knox-ville: Mountain City in the New South” in 2003, pub-lished by the University of Tennessee Press.

Wheeler, 75, is the only one still living. I had lunch with him May 4 at The Orangery. He now lives in Wears Valley in Sevier County and is open to writ-ing an updated edition of his book, now 12 years old.

In fact, his 2003 book was an updated version of his earlier Knoxville his-tory. Wheeler said it would take six months to update the prior book and then the printing. In all likelihood, if he started soon, a new book could be published in early 2016. The 2003 edition sold over 1,200 copies.

A decision has not been made to do it, but much has happened since 2003 that should be recorded.

Jack Neely and Bob

Booker are also very able local historians. Neely has written several outstanding books, but his books gener-ally are targeted to a specifi c issue such as the Tennes-see Theatre. Booker has a great grasp of our African-American history. Both could write solid histories of the whole city should they decide to take on the chal-lenge.

■ On a personal note, Joan and I were in Rich-mond May 10 for our daugh-ter’s, Martha Ashe, 22, graduation from the Uni-versity of Richmond with a summa cum laude degree in business. Our son, J Victor, 25 on May 22, lives in San Jose, Calif., where he works for Cisco Systems.


CARS • BOATS • HOMES • VACATIONS SPRING into action and apply for a loan for your “Spring Thing!” Easy

to apply, contact Your Neighborhood Branch or online at tvacreditunion.com

4/29

Contact Your Neighborhood Branch 865-544-5400 • tvacreditunion.comNot a Member? You're invited to join us! Open to the community. We are eager to serve you. Discover the Credit Union difference.

Available to qualifying Members. Federally insured by NCUA.

By Wendy SmithThe Salvation Army,

which celebrated its 150th anniversary last week, has stuck with its philosophy of offering “soup, soap and salvation” to the needy, says David Harrell, Knoxville Salvation Army director of development and commu-nity relations.

Staff of the local facility, 409 N. Broadway, hosted an open house last week in conjunction with National Salvation Army Week. The most visible aspect of the organization is its Red Ket-tle drive at Christmastime, but those who drop change in local kettles might not realize that their dona-tion primarily goes toward the faith-based nonprofi t’s transitional-housing pro-gram.

The program, called Op-eration Bootstrap, differs from similar programs in the community because it is work-based.

The goal is to provide the homeless with a clear path to self-suffi ciency, Harrell says, and nine out of 10 cli-

ents are placed in jobs with-in a couple of weeks. The facility has a career center and provides help with re-sumés as well as vouchers for professional clothes from the thrift store.

The Knoxville facility has 134 beds − 118 for men and 16 for women. Clients receive three meals a day and are expected to perform chores and adhere to a cur-few. If they abuse substanc-es, they must be in treat-ment. Once employed, they are expected to pay rent.

Those who sit outside the local facility aren’t Salvation Army clients, Harrell says. Their clients are at work.

The second phase of Op-eration Bootstrap includes movement to permanent housing, and most go to non-subsidized housing. In the past six months, 140 people have graduated from the second phase of the pro-gram.

They include people like April, who shared her story at the organization’s recent City of Hope Gala. She grew up surrounded by drug us-

Quentin Brockman, Rob Link, Andrew Roberto, David Harrell and Maria Down

host an open house at the Knoxville Salvation Army. Photo by Wendy Smith

Salvation Army shows love by meeting needsers and eventually landed in jail and lost custody of her children. Upon release from prison, she was re-quired to enter a program, so she chose the Salvation Army. During her stay, she was compliant and met her goals, Harrell says. She’s now working on a college degree and comes back to speak to women in the pro-gram.

“It’s a beautiful story of moving forward and giving back.”

The Knoxville facility includes the 25-bed Joy D. Baker Center, a domestic-violence shelter. The facil-ity has on-site security and is a safe place for women to heal, learn life skills and re-ceive job training. An emer-gency assistance program provides help for the work-ing poor, and a mobile can-teen can be dispatched to

provide food in emergency situations.

All programs are an en-deavor to share the love of Christ by meeting needs without discrimination, he says. Attendance at church services is not required, but there is a church that meets at the facility.

Harrell thinks that meet-ing needs, like soup and soap, is an effective way to teach.

“Through the help, I do think they see Christ in what we do.”

The Salvation Army wel-comes donations to four area thrift stores and volun-teers. Special needs at the Knoxville facility include upgraded computers for the career center and linens.

Talking tours are offered at 11:30 a.m. on second Tuesdays. Call 525-9401 for information.

POWELL/NORWOOD Shopper news • MAY 20, 2015 • A-7 faith

Memory Care865-362-5398

7545 Thunder LanePowell, TN 37849 www.blueharborseniorliving.com

Assisted Living/Memory Care865-200-8238

555 Rain Forest RoadKnoxville, TN 37923

3rd MONTHRENT FREE OF CHARGEwith sign-up by May 31!Some restrictions apply

Gail’s Not Worried…I feel completely relaxed knowing my mother is enjoying the maintenance-free lifestyle at Blue Harbor. Her private apartment is beautiful, bright and spacious, and weekly housekeeping service means she doesn’t have to lift a fi nger to keep it looking perfect. With home-cooked meals, friends close by, daily activities and on-site medical attention, when needed, there is no need for worry.

Take it from Gail:

Life is better at Blue Harbor!

Family-Owned Since 1900

MynattPre-Arrangement • Full-Service Funerals

Cremation

Pleasant HillBaptistChurch

VBS

2329 Brushy Valley Road across from Copper Ridge School

May 31 to June 56:30pm - 9:00pm

CrossCurrents

LynnPitts

And do not keep striving for what you are to eat and what you are to drink, and do not keep worrying.

(Luke 12:29 NRSV)

Okay, so a million bucks ain’t what it used to be. (Anonymous)

Be a millionaire day

If we are honest with ourselves, we will admit that we have wondered what it would be like to be rich. Filthy rich!

Today has been declared “Be a Millionaire Day!” (I have no idea who declared it so, but there it is.)

However, I have decided to count my blessings in-stead of my money; it will take longer and be more sat-isfying!

I am blessed in so many ways. My health is good. I have a smart, wonderful, handsome husband and two smart, beaut iful, talented daughters. I have a brother who taught me how to cen-ter a football when I was still in diapers and has al-ways been my champion. I have good friends – some of long-standing and new ones as well.

I have songs to sing, po-etry stored in my brain, good eyes (with the help of glasses, these days) and good books to read. I have memories of my parents

and grandparents, aunts and uncles and cousins, and the wonderful family stories that keep them all alive in my heart.

I have the faith of my fa-thers, and my own under-standings of the Lord’s sov-ereignty over all I am and have.

I have mountains to lift my eyes toward, the moon and the stars to fi ll my heart with wonder, mountain streams, and the occasion-al critter that crosses the backyard to remind me that I share this beautiful world with all of God’s creatures.

I am rich beyond imagin-ing, wealthy in all the ways that matter, blessed by God.

Who needs to be a mil-lionaire?

Vacation Bible Schools get ready for summer fun

FAITH NOTES

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.

■ Glenwood Baptist Church,

7212 Central Ave. Pike, is

accepting appointments for

the John 5 Food Pantry. Info:

938-2611. Your call will be

returned.

■ Ridgeview Baptist Church,

6125 Lacy Road, off ers

Children’s Clothes Closet

and Food Pantry from 11

a.m.-2 p.m. each third Sat-

urday. Free to those in the

37912/37849 ZIP code area.

Classes/meetings ■ Christ UMC, 7535 Maynard-

ville Highway, will host a

Parkinson’s Disease Support

group orientation meeting

7 p.m. Saturday, May 30,

in Room 109. Reservations

appreciated. Info: the Rev.

Scobie C. Branson, 806-6907.

■ First Comforter Church,

5516 Old Tazewell Pike, hosts

MAPS (Mothers At Prayer

Service) noon each Friday.

Info: Edna Hensley, 771-7788.

■ Powell Church hosts

Recovery at Powell 6 p.m.

(meal) Tuesdays at 323 W

Emory Road. The program

embraces people who

struggle with addiction,

compulsive behaviors, loss

and life challenges. Info:

www.recoveryatpowell.com

or [email protected].

Special services ■ New Hope Missionary

Baptist Church, 7115 Tipton

Lane, will celebrate Home-

coming at 11 a.m. Sunday,

June 7, featuring singers

Heart to Heart. Everyone

invited.

Becky Calloway says 30 churches in the Midland/Northern Association of Baptists are gearing up for Vacation Bible School. Faithway Baptist in Halls recently joined the associa-tion, she said.

As VBS director, Cal-loway visits churches throughout the association.

New Hope Baptist Church and Christian School added a new twist this year, hold-ing a service to “commis-sion” the VBS workers. The Rev. Mark Large is pastor at New Hope.

Many churches are using the Lifeway program “Jour-ney Off the Map.”

There’s an awesome vid-eo online at lifeway.com

“So, toss the map, stick close to your guide and prepare to listen for God’s direction in this journey that is unknown to us, but known by Him,” according to the website.

Kids can expect excited volunteers, crafts, refresh-ments and challenging Bible study at VBS this summer.

– S. Clark


2322 W. Emory Rd. 947-9000www.knoxvillerealty.com

Realty Executives Associates Inc.

Larry & Laura Bailey

JustinBailey

908694

Offi ce isindependently

owned & operated.

POWELL – Private & gated. This 13.98 acre mini-farm features: All brick 3BR rancher w/attached 3-car along w/det 3-car w/offi ce & BA, horse barn, 4-slat board fencing & auto watering sys for live stock. $529,000 (891237)

WASHINGTON STATION – New Construc-tion Convenient location close to I-640 and shopping. All brick 2 & 3 Br one level fl oor plans and 2-car gar. Starting at $144,900 (909439)

HALLS – Peaceful retreat! Custom 4+ BR w/pond view features: 17' ceilings foyer & fam rm, mstr suite on main w/FP. Gourmet kit w/butler’s pantry. Bonus rm up w/offi ce & full BA access. Plenty of stg. 3-car attached gar w/220 wiring. $699,900 (920341)

FTN CITY – Well Kept 1-owner. Conve-nient location yet private deadend st. This all brick 3BR/2BA bsmt rancher sits on approx half acre lot. Formal LR & DR, cherry hdwd fl rs, kit open to fam rm w/FP, sun rm, bsmt rec rm & lg stg rm. Updates include: Roof, HVAC, windows, soffi t, shutters, gar DR, paint & so much more. A must see. $174,900 (908835)

POWELL – Move-in-ready. This 4BR/3BA home has eat-in kit, formal LR & DR, den w/FP, BR & full BA on main, mstr suite up. Many updates including: Roof 5 yrs, siding & guttering 2 yrs, all new fl ooring, all new windows, doors, fi xtures, range & fresh paint. $210,000 (914412)

KARNS – 3 or 4BR/2BA all brick rancher on almost an acre shaded lot. Great backyard for kids & pets. Fam rm off kit, offi ce or 4th BR w/22x8 gar stg & laundry rm. Crawl space wkshp 20.5x13 w/water & electric. Updates include: Solar water heater & roof approx 4-5 yrs. Reduced! $169,900 (902270)

INVESTORS! This 2BR/1BA duplex has off-street covered carport parking. Convenient location. Currently leased w/$1200/mo gross income. Reduced! $129,900 (906863)

HARDIN VALLEY – 5.01 acres, a rare fi nd in the Hardin Valley area. Level to rolling. $119,000 (923084)

WEST KNOX – Looking for a Deal? Priced 22k below appraised value. Lot in upscale community near Ft Loudon Lake. Features: Sidewalks, walking trails, private pond & just mins from Turkey Creek. $119,900 (910322)

POWELL – Ready to build your dream home? Approx 38.5 + or - acres in pri-vate wooded setting w/creek. Utilities on site. Septic & city water. $269,900 (914453)

< RUTLEDGE – Remodeled 5BR/3BA 1900’s farm house on 13.9 acres & features: 36x30 “Morton” metal barn w/12x60 overhang & sliding drs, 36x24 metal shed, pond, 3-car detached carport w/wkshp & offi ce/gym, house has mstr suite on main & up, 9 custom brick FPs, butler’s pantry off kit & pine ceilings. $579,900 (909367)

SALES • SERVICE • MAINTENANCEFamily Business Serving You Over 20 YearsFamily Business Serving You Over 20 Years

5715 Old Tazewell Pike • 687-2520“Cantrell’s Cares”“Cantrell’s Cares”

God Bless the USAGod Bless the USA

A+ RATINGWITH

“And I’m proud to be an American,where at least I know I’m free.And I won’t forget the men who died,who gave that right to me.”

– Lee Greenwood

Have a happy and safe Memorial Day!Monday, May 25, 2015

POWELL/NORWOOD Shopper news • MAY 20, 2015 • A-9 kids

The hemoglobin then releases the oxygen so it can enter the cells of your body where it gives energy and sus-tains life. Within every cell in your body there are organelles called mito-chondria. Mitochondria reduce oxygen by the transfer of electrons to create energy into the form of ATP, and dur-ing the production of ATP they produce a byproduct called water.

This ATP is the energy source for the cell, and the water is an important by-product which is produced 98 percent of the time. But the full complement of four electrons needed to reduce oxygen to wa-ter does not always happen as planned, and a “free radical” is often produced. It is the production of the free radicals that causes what is known as oxidative stress.

Next time: Free radicals

By Dr. Donald G. Wegener

In our day-to-day life sometimes we forget about the simple things that occur in our bod-ies that we do not con-sciously have to think about, such as the simple act of breathing.

Relax your shoulders and breathe in as deeply as you can, and then slowly release the air from your lungs. Do this several times and breathe deeply to the point that you feel your lungs filling. This is a great feeling, isn’t it?

Being a doctor, I like to imagine what is happening inside the body and at a cellular level as oxygen enters through the nose and travels into the lungs. Life is truly a miracle. The molecules of oxygen pass through the thin walls of the alveoli in the lungs into the blood that is passing by. Here, the oxygen at-taches itself to the hemoglobin in the blood and the heart pumps the newly oxygenated blood back out to the other parts of the body.

NEWS FROM POWELL CHIROPRACTIC

Oxidative stress: What is it?

Dr. Wegener

Dr. Donald G. WegenerPowell Chiropractic Center

Powell Chiropractic Center7311 Clinton Hwy., Powell

865-938-8700

www.keepyourspineinline.com

We’ve got CLASS.Free 7-day trial. This month only.

For more information, call 859-7900 or visit Tennova.com.


Field day fun at Copper Ridge

Nevaeh Hayes brought home

a second-place ribbon for the

jump-rope contest.

Jessie Jacks is a Hula Hoop pro as she spins four around her

waist, winning the contest in her grade during Copper Ridge

Elementary’s fi eld day. Photo by R. White

Aaron Foster hops to the

fi nish line during a relay

event at fi eld day.

Isaac Russell sprints to

the fi nish line during

the frog relay race.

Powell High School hosted an event to reward and encourage ninth-grade students for being on track to graduation. The goal was to have 95 percent of the class on track, and they fell just short of the goal with 89 percent eligible.

The event included activities for students who were passing seven of the eight required classes and gave students a chance to blow off steam and relax before fi nals. Activities for the day included movies in the auditorium, video games, crafts, basketball, football, Frisbee and cornhole toss. To end the day, the students challenged the faculty to a game of dodge ball.

Powell High ninth-grader Josh Dobbs eyes his target and

gets ready to fi re a dodge ball at assistant principal Phillip

Carr.

On track to graduation

One of the craft activities for the day included

decorating T-shirts with paint.

Powell juniors Lauren Harris

and Sierra Wilburn won prizes

for their entries in the teen

driver awareness contest.

Lauren won a Bluetooth

speaker and VISA gift card

for her second-place entry,

and Sierra won a Dollywood

Splash Country Gold Pass for

her fi rst-place entry. Other

prizes included spa gift

certifi cates, a Fit Bit, gas cards,

passes to MaxAir and a Best

Buy gift card. Photo by R. White

Teens share safe-driving tips

AREA FARMERS MARKETS

■ Dixie Lee Farmers Market,

Renaissance|Farragut,

12740 Kingston Pike. Hours:

9 a.m.-noon Saturdays

through Oct. 31. Locally

grown produce, free-range

eggs, grass-fed meats,

honey, potted plants,

fresh-cut fl owers and herbs,

cheese, baked goods, pot-

tery, soaps, organic skin

care, hand-bound books,

photography and other

handmade crafts. Info:

dixieleefarmersmarket.com;

on Facebook.

■ Ebenezer Road Farmers Market, Ebenezer UMC,

1001 Ebenezer Road. Hours:

3-6 p.m. Tuesdays through

late November. Grass-

fed meat, hand-picked

produce, farm fresh eggs,

artisan bread and cheese,

local honey, fl owers and

handmade crafts. Info: on

Facebook.

■ Knoxville Farmers Market,

Laurel Church of Christ,

3457 Kingston Pike. Hours:

3-6 p.m. Fridays through

late November. Grass-fed

meat, handpicked produce,

farm-fresh eggs, artisan

bread and cheese, local

honey, fl owers and hand-

made crafts.

The future is yours.Your graduation is a great achievement, but that’s nothing compared to what life has in store for you next with even bigger challenges and opportunities. Where ever life takes you, wishing all the 2015 graduates the best!

Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there.®

State Farm, Home Office, Bloomington, IL1001060.1

Sage Kohler ChFC CLU CASL, Agent10736 Hardin Valley RoadKnoxville, TN 37932Bus: 865-240-3221www.sagekohler.com

Congrats2015Graduates


By Anne Hart

Legend has it that at the end of every rainbow there’s a pot of gold, but at Mission of Hope, the rainbow that graces its logo signifi es something far more valuable than gold.

At the end of Mission of Hope’s rainbow stand dozens of young people with stars in their eyes and dreams in their hearts, each clutching a high school diploma and the promise of a college scholar-ship awarded by the organiza-tion that serves the families of poverty-stricken rural Appalachia in countless ways throughout the year.

One of those scholarship recipients is rising Middle Tennessee State University

(MTSU) junior Kellie Taylor. Mission of Hope Executive

Director Emmette Thompson describes her as “the zenith of what Mission of Hope has done so far in rural, dis-tressed communities.”

Poised, articulate, utterly delightful and well on the way to realizing her dreams, Kel-lie was a sixth grader in one of those rural schools when she fi rst encountered Mission of Hope.

“I remember when they came at Christmas and Santa pulled back those big sheets and uncovered all those toys and bikes and all kinds of wonderful things. It was one of the best days ever.”

It’s apparent, though, that

Kellie Taylor had also learned all about generosity at home. “My mom wanted me to give some of my toys to other kids,” she remembers with a smile.

That magical day in the life of a sixth grader marked the beginning of a long-term relationship between Kellie and Mission of Hope.

When she graduated from high school, Kellie says she cried when once again a sheet covering a big table was pulled back and every single student who had been award-ed a college scholarship from Mission of Hope also received a brand new laptop computer to help them in their college studies.

NEWS FROM MISSION OF HOPE

Kellie Taylor Photo by A. Hart

Thompson

What’s at the end of your rainbow?“It was very emotional for

everyone,” she recalls.Off to college with lap-

top in hand and a major in organizational communica-tions and minors in Spanish and psychology ahead of her, she landed a position as a reporter for the MTSU school newspaper her very fi rst semester.

And that was just the beginning.

Now she has won what she excitedly terms “my dream internship.”

In the fall she will head to Orlando to work at Disney World for a semester while continuing her work toward a degree at MTSU online.

“I can’t wait,” she enthuses. “I feel mature, but I’m a kid at heart. Every work uniform there is a costume. When I was a kid I used to dream of things like being a movie star, but this is a bigger dream than I ever had before.”

Kellie says one of the best things about having a Mis-sion of Hope scholarship is that “they don’t just hand you money and let you go. They stay with you. I have a mentor who sends me cards and keeps up with me and encourages me, and I feel like Emmette is my best friend.

Emmette Thompson says the schol-arship pro-gram, funded by donations, has seen great success. Thir-teen schol-arships are awarded an-

nually. To date, 73 have been granted, 17 recipients have graduated and two students

are in graduate school. “So far, of all the kids we

have helped, 87 percent are the fi rst in their family to graduate from high school, 97 percent are the fi rst to gradu-ate from college. With over-whelming percentages, they will make sure their children graduate. We are breaking the cycle of poverty one kid at a time.”

Thompson says that while Mission of Hope is known for gifts to children at Christmas and school supplies at the start of the school year, the program is ongoing through-out the year.

“We say that we bloom like a tree with roots and branches. The roots are the elementary schools and mountain ministry centers. We make the donations to them and they do the distri-bution because they know the families and where the needs are greatest.”

The branches are re-sources: back-to-school items, construction, health care, scholarship and evangelism.

A total of 27 elementary schools, which feed into 13 high schools, and 55 ministry centers are served.

Kellie Taylor doesn’t know what her career will be after graduation, but she says one of the fi rst things she will do “is give back to a child. Em-mette told me just today that someone has to pick up the baton.”

She wants to see more young people standing at the end of that rainbow.

For additional informa-tion or to make a donation to Mission of Hope: 584-7571 or www.missionofhope.org.

POWELL/NORWOOD Shopper news • MAY 20, 2015 • A-11 weekender

By Mystery DinerLitton’s Market, Res-

taurant and Bakery has some dedicated purists. Their passion is the bur-ger. Add whatever sides you want, choose cheese or not, but don’t leave Lit-ton’s without eating the burger.

They have a point. The juicy, hand-patted Lit-ton Burger on a home-made bun with lettuce, tomato and onion is the cornerstone on which the restaurant part of the business was built. When Eldridge Litton founded Litton’s Market in 1946, it sold groceries, hardware, feed and gas, but not burgers. It was 1962 when Eldridge and his son, Ed-win, added a deli counter and sold the fi rst Litton Burger for 89 cents.

Barry and Kelly, the third generation of Lit-tons, are at the helm now. Today’s Litton Burger grew from a customer request in 1981. Barry cooked a hamburger on the market’s three-legged skillet – an eight-ounce burger with bacon on a hoagie bun for $1.99.

Being a rebel, Mystery Diner pushed the limit and ordered the Litton Thunder Road Burger. Having had the home-made chicken salad – take a tub home! – the lure of homemade pi-mento cheese on top of the famous burgers was too much to resist. The sautéed onions and jala-

peno peppers as toppers complete the symphony of fl avors.

Rebelling again, I chose a baked sweet po-tato instead of fries, then stole a few fries from my friend’s plate. Both were delicious.

The Thunder Road Burger was perfectly cooked. The pimento cheese was all melty and rich with fl avor that per-fectly complemented the burger and the onions. The buns at Litton’s are fresh, beautifully toasted and delicious. Thunder Road is simply a terrifi c entrée.

But here’s the thing about Litton’s: At some point, you gotta get past the burger. The quality of the food starts with the burger, but it doesn’t stop there. The salads are fresh and huge, with a home-made blue cheese dress-ing that is good enough to dip your fries in. The chicken salad is fi rst class. The steaks are high-end restaurant quality. Don’t even get me started on the onion rings. Desserts are in a class by themselves, with the coconut cream pie and red velvet cake at the top of the list.

If you eat out regu-larly, Litton’s can offer you a variety of great food choices. Every time I go, I vow to order something different, and I am stead-fast in my resolve – right up to the moment they de-liver the burger.

FRIDAY ■ Marble City Shooters in concert, Casual Pint Fountain City,

4842 Harvest Mill Way.

■ Midnight Voyage Live: Vaski and Marley Carroll, 9 p.m.,

The International, 940 Blackstock Ave. Info/tickets: www.

intlknox.com.

■ SAFTA Stage presents “Cages,” 7 p.m., The Emporium’s

Black Box, 100 S. Gay St. Plays include: “Tortillas” by Cathy

Adams, “A Brief Play” by Alicia Cole, “Shelter” by Laryssa

Wirstiuk and “Unactualized” by Saba Waheed. Tickets:

$12 in advance or $15 at the door. Info/tickets: www.

sundresspublications.com/safta/programs.htm.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY ■ Smoky Mountain Quilters 2015 Quilt Show, Maryville Col-

lege Cooper Athletic Center. Times: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and

Saturday; 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday.

SATURDAY ■ Angela Floyd School for the Dancer Spring Dance Con-

cert, 5 p.m., Knoxville Civic Auditorium, 500 Howard Baker

Jr. Ave. Info/tickets: Knoxville Civic Auditorium-Coliseum Box

Offi ce, 215-8999; KnoxvilleTickets.com outlets.

■ ATL Takeover in concert, 9 p.m., The Concourse, 940 Black-

stock Ave. Info/tickets: www.intlknox.com.

■ Ijams Creature Feature, 10 a.m., Ijams Nature Center, 2915

Island Home Ave. For all ages. Free program, donations to

support animal care welcome.

■ Knoxville Track Club Expo 10K and 5K, 8 a.m., 100 block

of Gay Street. Race-day registration, 6:15 a.m. Info: www.ktc.

org; Justin Emert, [email protected], or Kristy Altman,

[email protected].

■ Old Time Mountain Music Jam, 1-3 p.m., Candoro Arts and

Heritage Center, 4450 Candora Ave. Info: Trudy, 384-1273, or

www.candoromarble.org.

■ Sheryl Crow in concert, 8 p.m., Tennessee Theatre, 604

S. Gay St. Info/tickets: www.tennesseetheatre.com, all

Ticketmaster outlets, the Tennessee Theatre box offi ce and

800-745-3000.

■ Social Paddle at The Cove!, 9-11 a.m., The Cove at Concord

Park, 11808 Northshore Drive. All rental locations are open.

■ Storytellers and Craft Share, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Walter P.

Hardy Park, 2020 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. Featuring: “The

Story of The Elements” and the “Dreamcatcher”; Kokopelli

story sticks craft project; songs and dances. Free event. Bring

picnic lunch.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY ■ Statehood Day celebration, Marble Springs State Historic

Site, 1220 W. Gov. John Sevier Highway. Times: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Saturday; noon-5 p.m. Sunday. Living history interpreters

depict frontier life. Free and open to the public; donations

appreciated. Info: 573-5508, www.marblesprings.net.

SUNDAY ■ SAFTA Stage presents “Cages,” 3 p.m., The Emporium’s

Black Box, 100 S. Gay St. Plays include: “Tortillas” by Cathy

Adams, “A Brief Play” by Alicia Cole, “Shelter” by Laryssa

Wirstiuk and “Unactualized” by Saba Waheed. Tickets:

$12 in advance or $15 at the door. Info/tickets: www.

sundresspublications.com/safta/programs.htm.

By Betsy PickleOscar nominee Carey

Mulligan (“An Education”) stars in a new adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s liter-ary classic “Far From the Madding Crowd,” opening Friday exclusively at Down-town West.

Mulligan plays Bathshe-ba Everdene, an unusually independent heiress who fi nds herself with three suit-ors: a sheep farmer (Matth-ias Schoenaerts), a dashing offi cer (Tom Sturridge) and a prosperous landowner (Michael Sheen). She must decide which – if any – is

right for her.Thomas Vinterberg (“The

Celebration”), co-founder (along with Lars von Trier) of the Dogme 95 movement, directed the fi lm.

Oscar winner George Clooney is back on the screen in “Tomorrowland,” a fi lm inspired by Walt Dis-ney’s Tomorrowland section of Disneyland and Epcot Center at Disney World.

Clooney plays a former boy genius who went into seclusion when his belief that a better world could ex-ist was destroyed. A science-loving, enthusiastic teen

(Britt Robertson) forces him to go on an adventure to prove that a secret world – Tomorrowland – exists.

Hugh Laurie, Tim Mc-Graw, Kathryn Hahn, Keegan-Michael Key and Judy Greer also star for two-time Oscar-winning director Brad Bird. The fi lm opens in wide release on Friday.

Also opening wide is “Poltergeist,” a remake of director Tobe Hooper’s 1982 horror classic.

Gil Kenan (“Monster House”) directed the new version, which stars Sam

Rockwell and Rosemarie DeWitt as a couple who move with their three chil-dren into a house in a sub-division that has seen better days.

Strange things imme-diately begin happening in their home, and when their younger daughter dis-appears, they realize that she has been abducted by supernatural forces. They call on a paranormal expert (Jared Harris) and a univer-sity professor (Jane Adams) for help.

Sam Raimi served as a producer on the fi lm.

By Carol ShaneReady for a fun family

outing? One with plenty of violence?

At fi rst glance those two things don’t go together. That’s why it’s important to stress that it’s theatrical violence. And not with guns – no, not by a (groan) long shot. We’re talking swords and quarterstaffs.

This weekend and the next in Harriman, Tenn., lords and ladies will be gathering for the Tennes-see Medieval Faire, and you’re invited. If you’ve ever longed to play dress-up, revel in food and drink from another era, cheer on a real, live jouster or just watch

otherwise sane grownups playing a very high-level form of make-believe, now’s your chance.

The event is produced by Lars and Barrie Paulson, Florida transplants and Ringling Medieval Faire vets who saw opportunity in East Tennessee for some “adventure tourism.” Own-ers and operators of Dark Horse Entertainment, LLC, Lars has specialized in car-pentry – he’s built sets and props for Pigeon Forge’s Titanic Museum, among others – and Barrie has her pedigree in fi ght training and performing. Though she proudly holds credentials in unarmed, single sword and

Thunder Road BurgerMatthias Schoenaerts and

Carey Mulligan get close in “Far

From the Madding Crowd.”

The Steele

Sisters, who

bill them-

selves as

“Beauties

with Blades,”

will appear at

the Tennes-

see Medieval

Faire this

weekend

and next. In

real life, their

names are

Nicole Skelly

and Saman-

tha MacDon-

ald, and they

get along just

fi ne. Photo by Photo Persuasion

for youJoust “There is something for everyone,” Barrie says. “We have live jousting, warriors’ chess, trick shows, Celtic music, belly dancing, tur-key legs.” By the way, dads, there’s plenty of ale, and those frosty tankards are brought to you by “wench-es.” Beer alternatives are also provided. Women may prefer the “quality crafts, interactive period dance, handsome knights and ro-mantic actors.” Kids will enjoy puppet shows, sto-rytellers, games, warhorse and pony rides, and toy ven-dors. There are interactive comedy shows and plenty of good food.

And you and your little ones may end up learning a bit about history in the process. “It’s a new tradi-tion – joust for you,” says the website.

The Tennessee Medieval Faire will run the next two weekends, including Memo-rial Day weekend: May 23-25 and 30-31. Hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Ticket prices are $14.95 for ages 13 and up, $7.95 for ages 5 to 12, free for ages 4 and under. Free parking is included. The fes-tival is located at 550 Fiske Road in Harriman.

More info: www.TMFaire.com or visit Facebook. Send story suggestions to news@

shoppernewsnow.com.

‘Madding Crowd,’ ‘Tomorrowland,’ ‘Poltergeist’ off er variety

quarterstaff battle – “an extremely diffi cult gold star to get” – she mostly directs performers now.

“It’s been Lars’ lifelong dream to build a Medieval/Renaissance festival ‘right’ from the ground up, in-stead of fi xing other people’s festivals and managing them,” Barrie says. The pair mounted a preview show last October and decided to go full-tilt (sorry) in May 2015 with a three-weekend grand opening.

“It takes a lot of time, money, hard work and com-munity support,” Barrie says. “Medieval/Renais-sance festivals have a re-gional draw. The closest permanent sites for Renais-sance festivals are 150-250 miles away, near Nashville, Atlanta, Charlotte and Lou-isville.” To the Paulsons, East Tennessee seemed ripe for its own permanent site, especially considering the prevalence of Scots-Irish lineage in the area. “If you go up the Appalachian fam-ily tree,” says Barrie, “you get kings and queens. So we want to honor the region’s Celtic heritage.”

And what will you fi nd at the Tennessee Medieval Faire?

George Clooney plays a disillusioned inventor in “Tomorrowland.”


Ron Appuhn

DogwoodCremation, LLC.

Direct Cremation, $1,188.24

(865)947-42423511 W. Emory Rd., Powell, TN

(Powell Place Center)

Basic Services $580 • Crematory Fee $275Transfer Of Remains $270 • County Permit $25

Alternative Container $35 • Tax On Container $3.24

Ray Varner

2026 N. Charles Seivers Blvd. • 2026 N. Charles Seivers Blvd. • Clinton, TN 37716Clinton, TN 37716457-0704 or 1-800-579-4561457-0704 or 1-800-579-4561

www.rayvarner.comwww.rayvarner.com

SPECIALS OF THE WEEK! SAVE $$$

Dan Varner

Price includes $399 dock fee. Plus tax, tag & title WAC. Dealer retains all rebates. Restrictions may apply. See dealer for details. Prices good through next week.

Travis Varner

'14 Ford Mustang Convertible Certified pre-owned, 100k mile warranty! R1725...... $24,900'13 Ford F-140 FX2 Sport, Supercab, fully loaded, nav, roof, leather, xtra clean! R1718 . $30,900'14 Toyota Camry SE, Only 11k miles, like new. SAVE$$$!!! R1735 ............................$19,995'14 Ford Fusion Titanium, Leather, roof, loaded!!! R1709 ..........................................$22,995

Prices Effective Wednesday, May 20th thru Sunday, May 24th, 2015

100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEED!

Due to our unique purchasing opportunities, quantities may be limited • So Shop Early for the Best SelectionQUANTITY RIGHTS RESERVED • Not all items available in all locations • Items are limited and vary by store and available while quantities last.

JOIN OUR EMAIL LIST

TELL YOUR NEIGHBOR HOW MUCH YOU SAVED!

SHOPPING WITH UGO IS LIKE A

TREASUREHUNT!

www.myugo.com

20 Lb. BAGGED ICE

PROPANEEXCHANGE

EXTREME VALUE PRICING!

CHICKEN LEG QUARTERS40 Lb. Box

Lb. 39¢

MEDIUM VIDALIA ONIONS

Paper Towels

69¢

Foam Plates150 Ct.

$349

Ketchup 24 Oz.

79¢

37.5 Sq. Ft.Aluminum Foil . . . . . . .

$149

$1600

BAKER POTATOES . . . $ 99

4 Pk.

PORK & BEANS15 Oz.

40¢

16 OZ.POBLANO SALSA . . . . . . . . . . . .

$139

COMPARE AT $200

$399

$149

ASSORTEDPOTATO CHIPS

10 Oz.

Chicken Taquitos56 Oz.

COMPARE AT $1193

$499

$1499$199

BIG VALUE!BONE-IN RIBEYE STEAKS

$599Lb.

Instant LightCharcoal

6-7 Lb.

250 Ct. Napkins . . . .

$11916 Ct.Plastic Cups . . . . . .

$100

Sausage Breakfast Bowl 7 Oz.

$100

10 Lb. Bag ChickenLEG QUARTERS . . . . .

$Ea.

SERVING SINCE

6818 Maynardville Highway • 922-4800 • Sun 10-6; Mon-Sat 8-9

Dennis and Kim Bridges are the new owners of Greenwood

Cemetery. Photo by S. Clark

New owners for Greenwood Cemetery

Friday, weekend tours set

By Sandra ClarkGreenwood Cemetery is

getting a facelift from its new owners, Dennis and Kim Bridges from Bridges Funeral Home.

The cemetery was opened 115 years ago by Dr. Reuben and Frances Kesterson to memorialize their son, Rob-ert Neil, who died at age 3.

Fountain City historian Dr. Jim Tumblin relates the story on his website. Robert was initially buried near Dr. Kesterson’s parents in Old Gray Cemetery. Frances and Reuben toured the country, inspecting cemeteries to build a fi tting memorial to their son. They found it at Green-Wood, a 478-acre

rural cemetery in Brooklyn, N.Y.

The Kestersons bought 175 acres on Tazewell Pike and erected a 45-foot mar-ble obelisk to memorialize their son. Tumblin said it was situated to be visible from the upstairs dormer windows of the Kesterson home.

Dr. Kesterson was the fi rst licensed dentist to prac-tice in Knoxville. He and Frances enjoyed the town’s fi rst Cadillac, a bright red coupe.

Kim Powers Bridges is a fan. She bought a bright red and white electric car to give tours of the cemetery. She’s visited with Dr. Tum-

blin and spent time at the Lawson-McGhee Library to learn the history of the Kes-tersons and their cemetery.

Most important, she and husband Dennis view them-selves as caretakers of the Kestersons’ vision.

On Friday, May 22, they will celebrate the history of Greenwood Cemetery, 3500 Tazewell Pike. Guided golf cart tours will be provided all weekend.

While much remains to be done, the Bridges family has made major improve-ments since buying the cemetery last October.

Workers have cleared the area around the Kesterson family plot. Several monu-

ments have been steam-washed. An old chain-link fence at the front of the property is gone and will be replaced by black rail fenc-ing. Seasonal fl owers have been added to the front gate, and the offi ce is being reno-vated.

Kim Bridges is especially eager to obtain pictures, family histories and memo-rabilia from the cemetery’s past.

With almost 25,000 peo-ple interred here, there has to be much history, she said. Sadly, previous owners dis-posed of much of that his-tory. “We have all records here since 1900,” she said. “We have a burial card for every person.

“We waited (from Octo-ber until May) to announce the ownership change be-cause we wanted to ‘show’ rather than ‘tell’ what we will do,” she said.

Kim, an Oklahoma na-tive, and Dennis, who grew up in Karns, met while working for a large funeral home corporation. Kim said her orange suit caught

his eye. Between them theyhave six kids, ranging in agefrom 12 to 36.

Dennis, a funeral homedirector, fulfi lled a lifelongdream when the coupleopened Bridges FuneralHome in 2004. They alsoown cemeteries in threestates, but Knoxville ishome. “When I’m in town,I’m here,” Kim said ofGreenwood.

the past seven years, Rotary Foundation Global Grants

to Mexico have pro-vided for 44 kidney transplants and built enough wa-ter tanks to provide 91,000 chil-dren clean

drinking water in their schools.

Other projects have in-cluded a computer training center in a shelter for girls, solar panels in an orphan-age, equipment for an au-tism center and cleft lip and palate surgeries.

In addition, ultrasound craniotomy equipment

has been provided to a regional trauma cen-ter that has become a training center for

other doctors.Because of his own

good works and dedication to Rotary projects, Appuhn was awarded the important Service Above Self award at the recent District 6780 Conference in Pigeon Forge.

By Anne HartRotarians are known in-

ternationally for their gen-erosity of both spirit and fi nances.

The two attributes have combined over many years to virtually eradicate po-lio globally, and to provide dictionaries for every third-grader in public schools lo-cally.

The good works done by Rotarians are innumerable, and Maryville-Alcoa Rotar-ian Ron Appuhn, who chairs the Heart2Heart program of District 6780, recently showed members of the Ro-tary Club of Bearden just how their donations grow exponentially when they are matched by grants from the Rotary Foundation.

Schools in the South Sudan that are led by honor-ary Bearden Ro-tary member Anita Henderlight are just one benefi ciary. Rotarians helped Henderlight start a school for girls and built a well that serves more than 1,000 people a day.

Appuhn said that over

Appuhn expounds on service projects

By Sandra ClarkBaldwin S. Lee, profes-

sor of art at the University of Tennes-see, brought a unique message to the North Knox Rota-ry Club last week.

An artist and photog-rapher, Lee

talked of his life as a fi rst-generation Asian-Ameri-can born in New York City in 1951. Before coming to Knoxville in 1982, he was head of the photography department and a full-time assistant professor of pho-tography at the College of Art in Boston.

Lee is a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he stud-ied with Minor White. He received a master’s degree in 1975 from Yale Univer-sity School of Art, where he studied with Walker Evans.

While he enjoyed learn-ing from Evans, he would have appreciated the oppor-tunity more had he known then the lasting impact of Evans’ photography of peo-

ple and rural communitiesduring the Great Depres-sion.

Lee mentioned Evans’Knoxville connection. Hecollaborated with JamesAgee on “Let Us Now PraiseFamous Men” in 1941. Leehimself learned about theSouth by driving some1,900 miles from Knoxvillethrough Georgia and Flori-da, over to Louisiana by wayof Alabama and Mississippi,up to Memphis and backacross Tennessee to Knox-ville. He carried his camerato capture images of South-ern life in the early 1980s.

In response to questions,Lee said the advent of digi-tal photography does notmean there are no moregood photographs. “It justmeans there are more pho-tographs and the good onesare harder to fi nd – a needlein a bigger haystack.”

What is a good photo-graph? someone asked.

“It must be convincing;it must look real. And itshould tell you somethingabout reality that you didnot know,” Lee said. “Thebest pictures make you re-consider what you thoughtyou knew.”

POWELL/NORWOOD Shopper news • MAY 20, 2015 • A-13 business

Spring Drapery Sales Event

40%

06/03/15.

By Sandra Clark Food City has always

got something going on. Last week it was a charity golf tournament and media gathering in Sevierville. Af-ter a great buffet lunch and an update by president/CEO Steven Smith, Food City sent us away with a neat gift bag of computer peripher-als and a box of fresh Scott’s strawberries.

What’s not to like?We saw John Jones, for-

mer Halls guy who moved to Abingdon, Va., when he was promoted. Emerson Breeden was there. He’s on his 61st year with the com-pany. John Edd Wampler of sausage fame gave the invocation. Drew Hembree, grandson of the founder, was introduced as interim director of marketing – a fresh, young face for Food City.

Jones presented a check for $235,000 to the Ju-venile Diabetes Research Foundation. The funds were collected from customers

Mary Moreland, executive director of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation; Kassie Per-

kins, Miss Food City 2015; and John Jones, Food City’s executive vice president/director of store

operations.

Food City grows; supports JDRF

who purchased a “sneaker” at checkout March 28 to May 3.

Smith said over the past fi ve years Food City and its customers have contributed more than $900,000 to the organization.

And Juvenile Diabetes is just one of the company’s partners. There are School Bucks, which supports lo-cal schools, and Race for Hunger, which supports

area food banks.Smith talked about the

growth of Sevier County. “We have fi ve stores here now and a sixth will start this year.” He said his dad, Jack Smith, began the gro-cery chain in 1955 with one Piggly Wiggly.

Food City has grown to annual sales of $2.3 billion, “and we’re No. 1 or No. 2 in every market where we serve,” Smith said.

Food City has introduced a new website and an en-hanced ValuCard that can upload targeted coupons to customers. Next up is curbside grocery pickup at selected stores. A new store is being built in Blaine (Grainger County), part of a $60 million capital invest-ment this year. And next year’s media lunch will bring more innovations.

I’m ready.

Baldwin S. Lee

Finding art in photography

Elks treat 104 outstanding scouts, families to dinnerShipwash named equity and compliance director

Patrick Shipwash has joined the staff of Pellissippi State Community College as the new executive director of equity

and compliance.In his role, Shipwash will serve as af-

fi rmative action offi cer, equity and compli-ance offi cer, Title IX and Title VI coordina-tor, and ADA (Americans With Disabilities Act) offi cer.

Previously, Shipwash worked for TVA’s law enforcement branch, the Tennessee Department of Human Services’ Offi ce of Inspector General, and Southern Califor-nia Edison’s equal opportunity and ethics

and compliance offi ces. He retired from Southern Califor-nia Edison in 2013.

Shipwash

The Knoxville Elks Lodge 160, held its annual scout-ing dinner May 15 in the lodge ballroom. Twelve girl scouts attaining the Gold Award and 92 boy scouts at-taining the Eagle rank, and their parents, were treated to a spaghetti dinner. All scouts received certifi cates

and American fl ags for their efforts.

A special guest was Clay Pruitt, fi eld director for the Great Smoky Moun-tain Council Boy Scouts of America.

He thanked the Elks for honoring these outstanding young women and men, the

future leaders in our com-munity. Yvonne Mullins, the lodge exalted ruler and offi -cers have held this scouting dinner for over 10 years. The master of ceremonies was Ted Hatfi eld, lodge scouting ch air who also serves on the executive committee of the local boy scout council.

Get your ride on at

• Motorcycles• RVs• Campers

• Boats• Motors, & trailers• And more!

9 Convenient Locations To Serve You Better!865-482-0045 • 800-482-0049

Or Visit Our Websiteenrichmentfcu.org

Let’s Ride.

Enrichment has recreational vehicle loans for:

By Bonny C. MillardTennessee ranks second

in the na-tion as the worst for cardiovas-cular dis-ease, said a leading car-diovascular researcher.

Dr. Mal-colm Foster

III recently offered reasons for cardiovascular disease and what people can do to improve their heart health.

Foster is the director of cardiovascular research at Turkey Creek Medical Cen-ter and is also the presi-dent of the East Tennessee Cardiovascular Research Foundation, a nonprofi t dedicated to research and education.

Dr. Foster

Battling heart diseaseHe came to Knoxville in

2001, starting the research program at former Baptist Hospital with one nurse. Now at Turkey Creek, it has fi ve research coordina-tors working with multiple clinical trials, doctors and

nurses, and more than 500 patients have participated.

Foster said the most com-mon form of heart disease is atherosclerosis or plaque buildup in the arteries.

Smoking and obesity are leading culprits. A blood

pressure cuff is a nonin-vasive way to see how the blood fl ow reacts and mea-sures how healthy the blood vessels are.


POWELL SERVICE GUIDE

Delivering more …

www.ShopperNewsNow.com 922-4136

ww.S 922

hopperNe2-4136

erNew36

wsNowNoww.com

Call your sales rep to place your ad here.Ask about frequency discounts.

To place an ad call Tony Cranmore at 865.661.6560

www.fcbtn.com

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

992-80502969 Maynardville Hwy. Maynardville, TN 37807

We are proud of you!As you embark upon the future you will

need good fi nancial guidance to rely on.

First Century Bank is here for you

with fi nancial services to assist you.

Experience courteous and professional

service by people who care about you

today … and tomorrow.

Today. Tomorrow. Together.

Congratulations Graduates

When you sell your gold.*

10% Extra Cash

*This ad must be present at time of sale. One per customer. 10% cash not included on coins or diamonds.

7537 Brickyard Rd, Powell • 865-859-9414 I-75N, Emory Rd. exit. Left on Emory, left on Brickyard at Bojangles

Hours: Mon-Fri 10am - 5pm • Sat 10am - 1pm

Need Extra Cash?

ALTERATIONS BY FAITH

For Men, Women & ChildrenCustom-tailored clothes for ladies of all sizes PLUS kids!

Call Faith Koker • 938-1041

BREEDEN’S TREE SERVICE

Over 30 yrs. experienceTrimming, removal, stump grinding, brush

chipper, aerial bucket truck.Licensed & insured • Free estimates!

219-9505

Bush & Lane Victrola – It works!! 20 Pieces of Fenton – 2 signed by 11 Fentons, Pulaski Curio, 32 Cal Vest Pocket Revolver, Mens 7 Diamond 14K Ring, Bernhardt Triple China Hutch w/Matching Table, 6 Chairs & Server, Retro Patio Set, Hardin

Brass & Glass Tables, Oak Pedestal w/4 Leather Bottom Chairs, Tobacco

Twist Server, Waterford & Lenox Lamps & Table Clocks, Conga Drum,

Pet Hotels, Pictures, Albums, a Plethora of Other Items.

For pictures of these & other items go to: WWW.AUCTIONZIP.COM & enter Auctioneer ID # 22892.

FL 5626 TAL 2386

MEMORIAL DAY AUCTION FUNMonday, May 25 • 10:00AM

CHEROKEE REALTY & AUCTION CO10015 Rutledge Pike, STE 101

Corryton, TN 37721865-465-3164

DAVID HELTON PLUMBING CO.

All Types of Residential & Commercial PlumbingMASTER PLUMBER

40 Years Experience � Licensed & Bonded

922-8728 � 257-3193

CERAMIC TILEINSTALLATIONFloors, Walls & Repairs33yrs. experience, excellent work

Call John: 938-3328

Green Feet Lawn Care

Commercial/Residential, Licensed/InsuredServing North Knoxville 20 years

938-9848 • 924-4168

FREE ESTIMATESLIFETIME

EXPERIENCE

HankinsHankinsTree Service

Owner Operator Roger Hankins

497-3797

Pruning • LoggingBush Hogging

Stump RemovalInsured

HAROLD’SGUTTER SERVICEWill clean front & back.

$20 and up. Quality work guaranteed.288-0556

GGUUUUGUUUU Stop in our offi ce to apply at 5416 S Middlebrook Pikeor spply online at: www.ResourceMFG.COM

Call 865-558-6224

Immediate Openings inImmediate Openings inKnoxville & Maryville! Knoxville & Maryville!

Great Pay!From $8 - $11/hr based on positionMachine Operators and Packers

Entry Level Assemblers Entry Level Packers

All shifts available, including weekend shifts, full and part time shifts.

CallCall

Since 1971

925-3700

SSoutheastoutheastTERMITE AND PEST CONTROL

Termites?

Rated A+

THROUGH SATURDAY, JUNE 20

Online 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, MAY 20

Dollywood Penguin Players present “Old Bear and His Cub,” 4 p.m., Carter Branch Library, 9036 Asheville Highway. Info: 933-5438.

Fish Fry, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Sharps Chapel Senior/Community Center. All seniors welcome. Bring a cov-ered dish.

International Folk Dance Class, 7:30-10 p.m., Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, Clinton. Sponsored by the Oak Ridge Folk Dancers. First visit free. No partner or dance experience required. Adults and children accompanied by an adult welcome. Info: Paul Taylor, 898-5724; www.oakridgefolkdancers.org; on Facebook.

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, MAY 20-21

AARP Safe Driving class, noon-4 p.m., O’Connor Senior Center, 611 Winona St. Info/to regis-ter: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

THURSDAY, MAY 21

Burlington Game Night, 5:30-8 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Info: 525-5431.

Dollywood Penguin Players present “Old Bear and His Cub,” 4 p.m., Norwood Branch Library, 1110 Merchants Drive. Info: 688-2454.

Family Pajama Storytime, 6:30 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Info: 922-2552.

Growing “Killer Tomatoes” class, 3:15-4:30 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Free to the public. Presented by Master Gardeners Joe Pardue and Marcia Griswold. Info: 329-8892.

Suicide Prevention Training, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Revival Vision Church, 154 Durham Drive, Maynardville. No registration fee; lunch provided. RSVP required. Con-tact hour certifi cates available. Info/RSVP: Rita Fazekas, 266-3989 or [email protected].

FRIDAY, MAY 22

Dollywood Penguin Players present “Old Bear and His Cub,” 3:30 p.m., Burlington Branch Library,

4614 Asheville Highway. Info: 525-5431.Dollywood Penguin Players present “Old Bear

and His Cub,” 10:30 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Info: 947-6210.

Gala Day, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Union County Senior Cen-ter, 298 Main St., Maynardville. All seniors welcome. Bring side item to go with barbecue. Music, food and fun; door prizes, volunteer recognition, crowning of the next king and queen. Info: 992-3292.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, MAY 22-24

Smoky Mountain Quilters 2015 Quilt Show (35th annual), Maryville College Cooper Athletic Cen-ter. Times: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday.

SATURDAY, MAY 23

Church yard sale, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Lighthouse Chris-tian Church, 8015 Facade Lane.

Memorial Wildfl ower Garden Seed Sowing, 6-6:30 p.m., Mac Smith Resource Center, Narrow Ridge, 1936 Liberty Hill Road in Washburn. Info: Mitzi, 497-3603 or [email protected].

Music Jam, 7-10 p.m., Mac Smith Resource Center, Narrow Ridge, 1936 Liberty Hill Road in Washburn. Info: Mitzi, 497-3603 or [email protected].

MONDAY, MAY 25

Memorial Day Ceremony, 11 a.m., Union County Court House, Main Street in Maynardville.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 27

Computer Workshops: Internet and Email Basics,” 2 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Ashe-ville Highway. Requires “Introducing the Computer” or equivalent skills. Info/to register: 525-5431.

International Folk Dance Class, 7:30-10 p.m., Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, Clinton. Sponsored by the Oak Ridge Folk Dancers. First visit free. No partner or dance experience required. Adults and children accompanied by an adult welcome. Info: Paul Taylor, 898-5724; www.oakridgefolkdancers.org; on Facebook.

THURSDAY, MAY 28

Glass Fusing workshop, 6-8:30 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. Instructor: Kathy King. Registration deadline: May 21. Info/to register: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, MAY 28-29

AARP Safe Driving class, noon-4 p.m., Halls Senior Center, 4410 Crippen Road. Info/to register: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

FRIDAY, MAY 29

Date night: The Perfect Pair (of pizzas, that is) cook-ing class, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Avanti Savoia, 7610 Maynard-ville Pike. Cost: $60. Info/to register: 922-9916 or www.avantisavoia.com.

Shakespeare for Kids, 2 p.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Presented by Ten-nessee Stage Company. Featuring “Macbeth” and “Tam-ing of the Shrew.” For elementary-age kids and older. Info: 689-2681.

Statehood Day Celebration, 6:30-9 p.m., Blount Mansion Gardens, 200 W. Hill Ave. Info/reservations: 525-2375; [email protected]; www.blountmansion.org; https://squareup.com/market/blount-mansion.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, MAY 29-30

Smoky Mountain Antique Engine and Tractor Festival, Anderson County Career and Tech Center, 140 Maverick Circle, Clinton. Free admission. Features: Parade of Power, tractor race, arts and crafts, music and more. Info: J.D. Wallace, 776-2888; Carl Chesney, 740-0376; Kathy Day, 323-8653.

Straw Bale Workshop, 7 p.m. Friday through 4 p.m. Sunday, Narrow Ridge Earth Literacy Center, 1936 Lib-erty Hill Road in Washburn. Hands-on instruction will be supplemented with written material. Info/schedule/fees: Mitzi, 497-3603 or [email protected].

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, MAY 29-JUNE 1

Friends of the Knox County Public Library Used Book Sale, Bearden High School, 8352 Kingston Pike. Friday, members-only preview, 2-8 p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sunday, 1-6 p.m.; Monday, $5 Bag Sale, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Info: www.knoxfriends.org.

SATURDAY, MAY 30

Healthy Kids, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Maynardville Public Library.

Saturday LEGO Club, 3 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. For grades 1-5. Info: 922-2552.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, MAY 30-31

Cold Blooded Creatures Warm Hearts at Repticon Knoxville!, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Crowne Plaza, 401 W. Summit Hill Drive. Info/advance tickets: www.repticon.com/knoxville.html.

SUNDAY, MAY 31

Community Arts Festival fundraiser, 3-6 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61. Free admission. Live music, book signing by local author Kathy Fearing, children’s crafts, art show by students from area schools, food, demonstrations, cakewalks, entertainment, silent auction. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

MONDAY, JUNE 1

Knoxville Zoomobile, 2 p.m., Carter Branch Li-brary, 9036 Asheville Highway. Info: 933-5438.

TUESDAY, JUNE 2

Advanced sushi cooking class, 6-9 p.m., Avanti Savoia, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Cost: $75. Info/to regis-ter: 922-9916 or www.avantisavoia.com.

Send items to [email protected]

ShoppernewseVents

POWELL/NORWOOD Shopper news • MAY 20, 2015 • A-15

NEWS FROM TENNOVA HEALTH & FITNESS

Jackson Yarbrough,

Lily Yarbrough and

Megan Ewart enjoy

time in the pool

at Tennova Health

and Fitness.

For additional information, call Tennova Health & Fitness Center at 859-7900

or visit Tennova.com

A s the season heats up, area pools are opening. Now is a great time to in-

troduce your child to swimming or brush up on rusty swim skills, and Tennova Health and Fitness Center is a great place to do it.

The center offers group les-sons for children and private les-sons for all ages and ability levels, from non-swimmers right up to competitive and triathlon train-ing. The professional staff and instructors can help your child reach goals safely, while having fun at the same time.

“All swim instructors are CPR certi� ed by the American Heart Association,” said programs co-ordinator Dana Henegar. “Many were competitive swimmers from a young age through the high school and college level. Our in-house training provides our instructors with standards that place water safety above all and a detailed skills check to ensure our swimmers’ knowledge of safe and effective ways to enjoy the water.”

The 65,000 square foot facility includes a 25-meter junior Olym-pic-sized, six-lane pool and a warm-water therapy pool. There is also a family changing area.

“The size of our aquatics area enables us to service members and run a full line of group and private swim lessons,” said Hen-egar.

“Our facility has everything you need to train for a triath-lon,” said group � tness and pool

coordinator Danielle Quintanar. “If you are just getting started or need work in one or two areas we have the coaching staff to help you get faster!”

While Tennova’s instructors work to keep lessons fun, swim ability can be serious business, too. From a basic health stand-point, swimming is excellent car-diovascular exercise, promoting heart and lung health, improv-ing strength, � exibility, stamina, balance and posture, and � ghting childhood obesity.

“Encouraging your child to swim can also improve his or her mental and emotional health,” said Henegar. “The natural buoy-ancy of the water is more relaxing than other types of exercise.”

Water safety is also an impor-tant reason to get swim lessons for your child. Henegar said that according to KidsHealth.org, drowning is the second leading cause of death for people ages 5 to 24.

“(With swim lessons) your child will gain valuable experi-ence in the water,” said Henegar. “The experience reduces the risk of an emergency if your child ac-cidentally falls into an unguarded pool or gets pulled into deep wa-ter by a rip current at the beach.”

“Even if your child has had swim lessons in the past, if they have not been in the water since last season it is great idea to brush up on their skills and get reacquainted with the water,” added Quintanar.

Tennova Health and Fitness offers group swim lessons for children of all ability levels. Group lessons are offered each month in sets of four weekly sessions. June group lessons begin June 6, July lessons start July 11, and August sessions start Aug. 8. Each ses-sion is limited to eight swimmers.

Water Babies (6-18 months): With their par-ents’ in-water assistance, children are introduced to the water and taught basic water safety and swimming techniques.

Little Splashers (19-36 months): With their parents’ in-water assistance, children are introduced to the water and taught basic water safety and swimming techniques.

Wave Makers I and II (3-5 years or 6-12 years): Perfect for swimmers who are just getting started and have no formal instruction. Instructors concentrate on teaching the funda-mentals of freestyle and backstroke. Class I is for beginners age 3-5, and Class II is for beginners age 6-12.

Super Splashers I and II (3-5 years or 6-12 years): Designed for swimmers who have had previous formal instruc-tion on freestyle and backstroke fundamen-tals. These strokes are re� ned and breaststroke and butter� y may be introduced. The swimmer should be able to swim the length of the lap pool without � oatation. Class I is for intermediate swim-mers age 3-5, and Class II is for intermediate swim-mers age 6-12.

Private lessons are available year-round for all ages, including adults. These lessons cater to your schedule throughout the week.

Classes � ll quickly, so call 865-859-7900 to reserve space.

Group swim lessons at Tennova

Dive into summerat Tennova Health & Fitness

Parents can take extra steps to keep kids safe around the water this summer.

“Don’t assume that a child who knows how to swim isn’t at risk for drowning,” said Henegar. “All kids need to be supervised in the water, no matter what their swimming skills.”

“Keep your eyes open, don’t assume that the personal � ota-tion device they may be wearing will keep them from drowning, and be aware of the surround-ings. Get them into swim lessons so that they learn safety skills and always be within arm’s reach

of your child. Prevention is best,” said Quintanar.

And Tennova Health and Fit-ness Center is a perfect place to start your summer swim experi-ence safely.

“What always sets us apart at Tennova is our people,” said Henegar. “From the front desk team to the swim instructor to the lifeguard in the chair during a lesson, there is no other place I would want my child to be.”

Swim lessons are available for both members and non-mem-bers.


Lily Yarbrough

uses a kick

board during

swim lessons.

Head lifeguard

Danielle Quintanar

assists Megan

Ewart with diving.

Wallace Memorial wmbc.net

June 1 – 5 9am – 12pm

Scan or go to WMBC.NET

allace Memorial wmbc.net

June 1 – 5 9am – 12pm

Wallace Memorial wmbc.net

June 1 – 5 9am – 12pm

Scan or go to WMBC.NET

Waallace Memorial wmbc.net

June 1 – 5 9am – 12pm


• Items and Prices are specifically intended to apply locally

where issue originates. No sales to dealers or competitors.

Quantity rights reserved. 2015 K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc.

Food City is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

SALE DATESWed., May 20, -

Tues., May 26, 2015

• KNOXVILLE, TN - N. BROADWAY, MAYNARDVILLE HWY., HARDIN VALLEY RD.,KINGSTON PIKE, MIDDLEBROOK PIKE, MORRELL RD. • POWELL, TN - 3501 EMORY RD.

USDA Select, In Bag

Whole RibeyePer Lb.

699

Sweet and Juicy!

Seedless Watermelon

Each

399with card with card

In the Husk

Sweet CornEach

3/$1with card

80% Lean, 20% Fat

Ground ChuckPer Lb.for 3 Lbs. or More

349with card

Selected Varieties

Bush’sBaked Beans

22-28 Oz.

BUY FOUR.SAVE MORE.

117FINAL PRICE EACH...

When you buy 4 in a single transaction using your ValuCard.Lesser quantities are 1.79 each. Customer pays sales tax.

Selected Varieties

Oscar Mayer Meat Wieners

14-16 Oz.

BUY THREE.SAVE MORE.

149with card

FINAL PRICE EACH...

When you buy 3 in a single transaction using your ValuCard.Lesser quantities are 1.99 each. Customer pays sales tax.

Selected Varieties

Bud, Miller, Coors or Yuengling

24 Pack, 12 Oz. Cans or Btls. 1999

with card

When you buy 2 in a single transaction using your ValuCard.Lesser quantities are regular price. Customer pays sales tax.

Selected Varieties,Family Size

Lay’sPotato Chips

9.5-10.5 Oz.

Selected Varieties

Sweet Baby Ray’s

BBQ Sauce18 Oz.

Selected Varieties

Mayfield SelectIce Cream48 Oz.

with card

Save at least 5.99 on two

with card


with card


Food City

Ice CreamCones

12 Pack

SelectedVarieties

Lay’s Dip15-15.75 Oz.

Selected Varieties

Coca-Cola Products

12 Pack, 12 Oz. Cans 299

with card

BUY FOUR.SAVE MORE.

FINAL PRICE EACH...

When you buy 4 in a single transaction using your ValuCard. Lesser quantities are 3.99 each. Customer pays sales tax.

BUY TWO.SAVE MORE.

FINAL PRICE EACH...

with card

Powell/Norwood Shopper-News 052015

Documents

Transcript of Powell/Norwood Shopper-News 052015