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By Betty BeanKnox County school board

members were faced with a stark choice last week: Approve a mem-orandum of understanding be-tween Mayor Tim Burchett and Superintendent James McIntyre that leaves teachers with half the pay raise they’d been led to ex-pect, or be stuck with Burchett’s original budget offer, which would leave the school system with a $6.5 million shortfall and mean no raise at all.

Analysis

The day after: What did teachers gain?

It really wasn’t a nail biter.The political reality is there

was little chance that the MOU would fail, given that board mem-ber Doug Harris, a member of the pro-McIntyre faction, had initi-ated the negotiating process and was locked into a yes vote, as were

the four anti-McIntyre faction members – two of whom, Terry Hill of District 6 and Mike Mc-Millan of District 8, are being re-warded with constituent-pleasing new middle schools.

When District 5 board member Karen Carson signaled her inten-tion to vote yes by proposing an amendment making sure that Burchett didn’t hog the credit for the pay raise, any suspense sur-rounding the vote was removed.

Under the terms of the compro-mise, McIntyre agreed to trim $1 million from his original budget request and apply it to teacher raises. Burchett agreed to make a onetime payment to Knox Coun-ty Schools of $3 million to fund APEX (strategic compensation) bonuses promised to teachers who earned them. This leaves open the question of how such bonuses will be funded in the future.

The agreement to sell the An-

drew Johnson Building was ac-cepted with no comment, and little reference was made to a paragraph in the agreement that bars ad-ditional new school construction until 2021, except for a couple of board members who are hoping for new schools in their districts noting that the agreement is “non-binding.”

Board members Tracie Sanger, Lynne Fugate and Gloria Death-ridge made strong cases for turn-ing down the deal, and Sanger was eloquent when she spoke of “have-not” schools – like Inskip Elemen-tary School – whose actual needs “will be superseded by projected needs. We need to address current needs before we address projected needs,” she said.

Several dozen red-shirted teachers who had rallied in sup-port of nonrenewed colleagues before the board meeting stuck around to watch the vote. Most

had little to say about the MOU.When asked how teachers felt

about getting only half of the 4 percent raise that McIntyre – and Gov. Bill Haslam – semi-promised them this year, one teacher activ-ist said teachers are accustomed to getting shafted.

“Once again we’re feeling like an afterthought, but we’re thinking, ‘Something’s better than nothing.’ You can say raises are a priority, and we’ve got to take care of them, but meanwhile teachers are being chased out; veteran teachers are being replaced by young teachers. It’s cheaper that way. And McIntyre keeps creating administrative po-sitions for people like Clifford Da-vis and Russ Oaks. And the $65 million for new schools? Teachers don’t think much about that.”

The teacher tapped Burchett as the big winner in the compromise.

“He’s got McIntyre on a short leash.”

By Sandra ClarkRain threatened but never fell

as the Powell Lions Club Fourth of July Parade marched down Emory Road on Saturday. Turnout was great along the route, and the candy was welcomed.

Two helicopters from the Knox County Sheriff’s Offi ce buzzed the parade route, and reserve offi cers maintained traffi c and crowd con-trol.

The grand marshal was Morn-ing Pointe resident Fred Pardue, a B-17 tail gunner during World War II. He fl ew operations over Europe and provided air support over the Battle of the Bulge.

Willard “Snooks” Scarbro with his wife, Cleo, drives a red truck in the Powell Lions Club’s 4th of July Parade. The truck

bed is fi lled with fl ag-waving family and friends. More photos on page A3.

Celebrate America

Two churches were prominent – one of the oldest and one of the newest. Bells Campground Bap-tist Church promoted its upcom-ing Vacation Bible School, set for

6 to 8:30 p.m. July 12-17, at 7816 Bells Campground Road. One Life Church invited residents to Sun-day services at 9:30 and 11:15 a.m. at 3503 W. Emory Road in the old

Food City store.Several businesses had fl oats,

with Rick Carnes bringing his en-tire fl eet from Clinton Highway Wrecker Service.

Ed and Bob coming to Carter

Knox County at-large commissioners Ed Brantley and Bob Thomas will host a community meeting 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, July 21, at Cardin’s Drive-In, 8529 Asheville Highway.

All residents are invited to attend to discuss county issues. Other commissioners may at-tend as well.

Work days for Powell Station Park

Mark your calendar for two Saturday workdays to clear un-derbrush for the new disc golf course at Powell Station Park.

Justin Bailey and Connor Sepesi will lead the team from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturdays, July 18 and 25, with plenty of cold liquids and a free lunch at noon for volunteers.

Work will happen rain or shine, unless there is lightning.

All are welcomed. Bring clippers and hand tools if you’ve got them. Wear gloves to drag brush to the chippers if you lack tools.

Those using chain saws should be certifi ed, said Doug Bataille, senior director of Parks and Recreation for Knox County.

The project to build out the park is sponsored by the Pow-ell Business and Professional Association.

Info: justin@knoxvillerealty.com

IN THIS ISSUE

Student on boardBetty Bean talks with

Bearden High School senior Sydney Gabrielson after her fi rst school board meeting as the student representative.

➤ Read Betty Bean on page A-5

Red Gate RodeoThe annual Red Gate Fes-

tival and Rodeo will be held Friday and Saturday, July 17-18, at Red Gate Farm in Maynardville.

Carnival starts at 5 p.m. Friday and 4 p.m. Saturday. Rodeo starts at 8 p.m. each day. Admission is $15 for adults, $8 for kids 4-10 years old, and free for kids age 3 and under.

Info: www.redgaterodeo.com or 992-3303.

Green is hereWendy Smith snagged an

interview with Gerald Green, new director of the Metro-politan Planning Commission, during his fi rst week in town.

➤ Read Wendy Smith on page A-4

By Betty Bean“Coach Helton, you’ve sure got a big

heart – for a white man.” D.J. Bowman, Central High School Class of 2000

The worst-kept secret in Fountain City was that there was something Joel Helton loved more than winning:

H elping the kids who needed him most.

Helton, the 27-year Central High School head football coach, had a heart as big as “Ghostbusters’” Stay Puft Marshmallow Man.

Rides to and from school for kids with no transportation? Sure.

Lunch money for hungry kids with empty pockets? Check.

Finding scholarships for deserving players with no other way to go to col-lege? Yes.

Breakfast and a fi eldhouse shower for a homeless kid who’d spent the night in his mother’s car? Every day.

And Helton came to work at 6 a.m.It wasn’t that he didn’t love to win; he just

had a different agenda – to do his best for Longtime Central High School football coach Joel Helton

and his daughter, Alison File photo

Coaching legend Joel Helton dead at 66all his kids, particularly those who neededhim most. And he didn’t stop caring evenafter he was summarily dismissed from thejob he loved on charges that proved to beunfounded.

Despite his compassion, Helton wasa taskmaster. A generation of Americangovernment students who were requiredto memorize the Preamble to the U.S.Constitution will be struck by the factthat he died on the Fourth of July.

Powell resident Helton, a proud RuleHigh School Golden Bear and Cumber-land College graduate, leaves his wife,Chris, his children, Alison and Zach, andgrandchildren Jake Covington, AndersonHelton and soon-to-be-born Everly JoelHelton.

He is also survived by his mother, Doro-thy Helton, siblings Ronnie, Debbie, Tim,Jamie and Tonya, and 21 nieces and neph-ews. He was preceded in death by his father,James “Bull” Helton, and his brother Jerry.

He also leaves a generation of studentswho know the Preamble to the Constitu-tion.

A-2 • JULY 8, 2015 • POWELL/NORWOOD Shopper news

health & lifestyles

Patrick Bolt,

Orthopedic

Spine Surgeon

Scrums, rucks and mauls. Butch Robert-son knows ’em all.

But this is no unsavory cast of characters – they are terms used in rugby, a sport Rob-ertson knows plenty about. After all, he not only played it at North Carolina State, but also racked up more than 750 victories for the University of Tennessee during his 34 years as the Vols’ head coach.

He offi cially left the game in May 2011, but the game never left him, thanks to an injury received during a match about 40 years ago. And thanks to Dr. Patrick Bolt, an orthopedic spine surgeon at Fort Sanders Regional Med-ical Center, Robertson is now back helping his successor, Marty Bradley, keep the Vols winning.

“I was going into a maul (the term used when a player carrying the ball is held by one or more opponents and one or more of his teammates also latch onto the ball-carrier to move toward the goal) and so was my team-mate, who unfortunately either didn’t see me or decided to keep on coming and hit me in the back,” Robertson said, recalling a Satur-day afternoon match when he was playing with the Atlanta Rugby Club.

“It was a case of where the role of a coach is to ensure that players understand the rules and the techniques of the game, but also how to play it safely. The Atlanta team was basi-cally a self-coached team. As such, we just didn’t play it as safely as we could. Since we didn’t have that direction from the sideline, we kind of learned it the hard way and some-times did things we shouldn’t have done.”

That blow to the back resulted in an injury requiring a partial discectomy. The injury was compounded years later by degenerative disc disease and spinal stenosis.

“Mr. Robertson had pretty classic spinal stenosis where he had a great deal of diffi culty walking any distance without sitting down,” said Dr. Bolt. “He felt like he had to hold onto a cart at the store which leaned him forward, taking pressure off his back. It was a pretty classic case, and we tried everything we could to avoid surgery.”

For six years Dr. Bolt managed Robert-son’s pain with steroid injections and physi-cal therapy, knowing the day would come when major spinal surgery was needed.

That day came in May 2014 when Robert-son and his family went on vacation to the Spoleto Festival in Charleston, S.C. “I could hardly walk,” he said. “I just had to push my-self through the pain. I clearly needed sur-gery.”

And Dr. Bolt was just the man to do it. Robertson had been referred to Dr. Bolt

by Michael Casey, MD, Dr. Bolt’s colleague at Fort Sanders Regional, and a rugby fan, friend and team doctor. Dr. Casey once worked with the perennial world-champion All Blacks in New Zealand on a sports medi-cine fellowship.

“The thing I enjoyed about working with them was they had the same set of priorities: they recognized the competitive nature of the

sport and the desire to keep our kids healthy. These guys had established credibility in my mind by the way they approached their ath-letic injury issues,” Robertson said. “Seeing how they responded to on-the-fi eld situations and how they helped kids, it made me realize, ‘You’re not going to get any better than this. These guys know what they’re doing.’ So why, after seeing them in action, would I go to any-one else to get this work done on me?”

The only question in Robertson’s mind was WHEN to do the surgery. With a pro-jected 12-week recovery period and a slew of engagements ahead, he delayed the surgery until Feb. 10 of this year. On that day, he en-tered Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, where Dr. Bolt removed bone with laminecto-

mies at L3-4-5 and fused the L3-4 vertebrateswhich were unstable due to spondylolisthesis(also known as a “slipped disc” or “slidingvertebrate”). He utilized computer navigationto surgically place the pedicle screws to holddiscs in place.

“Because of his previous surgery and theamount of arthritis, his L3 vertebrate had slidin front of the L4 which aggravates the painof spinal stenosis and caused back pain withstanding and walking which was relieved bysitting,” said Dr. Bolt. “A lot of people havespinal stenosis, a lot of people have spondylo-listhesis but only about 1 out of 10 people withthose conditions will need surgery; most ofthe rest can be treated with physical therapyand anti-infl ammatories and injections. Butwhen we do need to do surgery, the most im-portant part of the surgery is getting the pres-sure off the nerves and stabilizing the loosevertebrate.”

Robertson was in the hospital fi ve days, an experience he says was made easier becauseof the staff which he said was “absolutely top-drawer, nice and concerned from beginningto end.”

“Everybody I met on the various nursingfl oors I was on – top to bottom – was cour-teous and concerned,” he said. “My wife,Rebekah, stayed with me three or four of thenights while I was in the hospital and theywere very helpful and courteous to her. Theyreally made a difference in that period thatwas really challenging.”

And once home, Rebekah made the dif-ference. “She was my nurse, my chauffeur,my chef, my ear, my counselor. She just sup-ported me immensely throughout this wholething,” he said of his wife of 38 years.

Today, Robertson says, “I feel great and Iam doing things I hadn’t been able to do ina year.”

One of those things is rugby, helping coachMarty Bradley with the Vols team. Of course,you won’t be seeing him in a “scrum” anytime soon. “Did I tell you how old I would beon my next birthday?” he says with a laugh. “Ididn’t say this wasn’t a fun sport, but I did sayit is a fun sport for young men.”

For more information about spinal proce-dures at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Cen-ter, call 865-673-FORT (3678).

The blow to Butch Robertson’s back all those years ago while playing with the Atlanta Rugby Club may have stuck in his memory, but whether it was directly responsible for his pain some four decades later is diffi cult to say.

“It was probably an indirect result,” said Dr. Patrick Bolt, an orthopedic spine surgeon at

Fort Sanders Regional Medi-cal Center. “Mr. Robertson had a lot of arthritis through-out his back, so there’s re-ally no telling which was at-tributable to an injury some time ago and which was not. I don’t know that distant in-juries always cause future problems, but I would say, in his case, having a prior surgery may have caused it. Sometimes, surgery in the

past can also need surgery in the future.”It’s important to remember, said Dr. Bolt,

degenerative disc disease is “not actually a dis-

ease.”“It’s wear and tear on the spine,” he said.

“The more wear and tear you place on your spine, the worse your degenerative disc disease will be. The spine has only so much capacity to heal and injuries will accumulate over time. I like to use the analogy of a set of tires on a car: You don’t get to change your tire … so the faster your drive and the more you do in the car, the faster the tires wear out.”

Spinal injuries are eventually accompanied by stenosis, a narrowing of the nerve canal due to boney overgrowth caused by wear and tear and arthritis. “Just like you notice arthritic joints in your hands get knobby and swollen, the knuckle joints in your back and neck get knobby and swollen,” said Dr. Bolt.

For temporary relief, Dr. Bolt says heat and ice remain good solutions. “Heat tends to increase blood fl ow to the area and relax muscles. So, if you are trying to induce healing and relax spasming muscles, heat can be help-ful,” he said. “Ice reduces infl ammation. So if

you feel like your back is infl amed or had a re-cent injury, ice can slow down blood fl ow and reduce infl ammation. Unfortunately, neither heat nor ice changes the temperature of the discs – it’s mainly affecting the muscles.”

Maintaining good spine health, however, is one way to help reduce your risk of injury and degenerative disc disease. Dr. Bolt says the keys to good spine health include:

STOP SMOKING – “Smokers have high-er rates of spine pain and degenerative disc disease,” said Dr. Bolt. “It’s not entirely un-derstood why but it’s thought to be a nicotine effect. Nicotine constricts the small blood ves-sels, and the discs rely on small blood vessels to retain their nutrition. So if you’ve got nicotine in your system, pretty much 24/7, your verte-bral discs are starved of nutrients.”

KEEP YOUR WEIGHT DOWN – Being heavy is associated with spine pain and degen-erative disc disease.

KEEP YOUR CORE STRONG – Sit-ups and walking help strengthen your back and

abdominal muscles, thereby lessening the bur-den on your spine. Find a good exercise pro-gram to help align your pelvis and lower back.

KEEP CORRECT POSTURE – Sit up straight; stand straight. Slouching aggravates back pain. So, if you’ve had poor posture for years, you’ll need to work at it by “practicing” good posture.

AVOID PROLONGED SITTING – “Don’t sit longer than 30 or 40 minutes with-out getting up to take a break,” said Dr. Bolt. “Again, I believe it comes down to interverte-bral disc nutrition. When you have a sustained sitting posture, the intervertebral discs are under pressure and movement is where it ob-tains its nutrition. So, if you’re not moving, it’s starving.”

“A lot of it has to do with genetics, and you can’t help which genes have been passed on to you,” said Dr. Bolt. “The other factors are con-trollable; so we try to focus on the things we can control. There’s no turning back the clock once the damage is done.”

Mauled no moreVols’ retired rugby coach back in the game

Butch Robertson, retired rugby coach at the University of Tennessee, is grateful to Dr. Patrick Bolt

and Fort Sanders Regional for spine surgery that has allowed him to continue helping with the

team and sport he loves so much.

Best spine care? Prevention

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center is a regional referral hospital where other facilities

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Street Hope Summer Prayer Gathering

Tuesday, July 21stAt the Watt Rd. Travel America Truck

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6 pm - Food & Music (bring a lawn chair)

7 - 8 pm - Prayer, Testimony, and Hope for Fighting Sex Trafficking in TN

Our kids are being trafficked in Tennessee. Keep your eyes wide open.

New MPC director wants to talkGerald Green doesn’t

have many positive memo-ries of downtown Knoxville from his graduate school days in the early 1980s. He interned in a leased offi ce with no windows, and he re-calls a restaurant on Market Square but can’t remember the name. Beyond Miller’s Department Store and Big Don the Costumier, nothing else stands out.

Wendy Smith

Gerald Green takes a break to chat about the challenges of

growth. Photo by Wendy Smith

Now, he thinks the city is great. Downtown, the river, the university, neigh-borhoods, greenways and people provide a great foun-dation, and Knoxville is building on it, he says.

Green is the new ex-ecutive director of the Knoxville-Knox County Metropolitan Planning Commission, and he’s get-ting his feet wet by reading and by meeting with people. His defi nition of planning is 70 percent education, 20 percent counseling and 10 percent planning.

He was a planner in Ashe-ville, N.C., as it was grow-ing up. During the month he moved there in 1989, the fourth downtown res-

taurant opened. The city’s successful growth led to a lack of affordable housing − something he hopes Knox-ville can avoid. The city also lost its friendliness, he says, which contributed to his decision to accept a job as planning director for Jack-son County, N.C.

The county seat of Jack-son County is Sylva − pop-ulation 2,603. But a rapid population increase was un-derway when Green arrived in 2010. The change allowed him to do different things, like environmental plan-ning, protecting natural re-sources and working with small communities.

Working with small com-munities is the same as working with larger ones, just more personal, he says. He left that post to return to Knoxville.

His experiences have led him to value good commu-nication. In Asheville, he had good relationships with neighborhoods and devel-opers alike because he com-municated with them.

“Nobody likes to be told no without an explanation.”

He hopes to get off on the right foot here by meeting with neighborhood groups. The city needs to have a bal-ance of single-family and multi-family housing, and he plans to talk to residents about where high-density housing would work best.

Building high-density housing in the right place enhances commercial de-velopment and discourages developers from putting it in the wrong place, he says.

The biggest challenges he will face in Knoxville, aside from communica-tion, are getting buy-in for the city’s vision of growth from the center and identi-fying where county growth should happen. He’s heard that some want to preserve areas in the southern part of the county, and some want to preserve farmland in the east, and he aims to fi nd out if those are shared goals.

When asked for his opin-ion on historic preserva-

tion, he chooses his words carefully. There’s real value in historic properties, but the economics have to work. There has to be a way to re-use them, he says.

While he’s glad to return to Knoxville, he doesn’t an-ticipate being able to relax anytime soon. He plans to spend his evenings meet-ing with the community. His wife, Ashlea Green, still teaches part-time at West-ern Carolina University and plans to commute between Knoxville and Cullowhee, N.C.

Those who wonder which part of town the Greens will call home will have to wait. They are still house shopping.

Recently, comments were attributed to Gov. Bill Haslam regarding the proposed gas tax hike that seemed out of character for him. He was quoted from Shelbyville telling gas tax

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opponents to “bring it on” if they wanted to fi ght a gas tax increase.

As many readers of this column know, Bill Haslam is one of the nicest persons you will ever meet. He is never derogatory about opposing points of view and prefers resolving issues to confrontations. So when he urges opponents to go to war with him, that is not the Bill Haslam we know.

Without commenting on the merit of an increase in the gas tax at this time, all should be able to agree it is a complicated issue with many ramifi cations.

First, Gov. Haslam has not yet made a specifi c pro-posal although it appears he will support an increase. We just do not know if it will be 10 cents or 20 cents or somewhere in between.

We do not know if it will be for bridge replacements, new roads, repairing old roads, urban or rural, or all of the above. In short, there is nothing to support or oppose until the governor puts it on the table.

Second, he will need to lay the groundwork for legislative buy-in. He will need to meet personally with dozens of lawmakers, not in group settings.

He will need to fi nd out what their concerns are and how to meet them. Other-wise, he faces the prospect of another loss along the lines of Insure Tennessee. Many legislators cam-paigned on lower taxes. It may be impossible for them to vote for a tax increase during the 2016 session with that pledge in their platform.

Third, he cannot keep on saying the budget is in great shape as he has for four years and not mention road funding as an issue. Everything cannot be fi ne

one day and then in crisis the next day when it comes to roads.

His new chief of staff, Jim Henry, has a strong legislative background. Henry, 70, is highly re-spected.

The governor will need to listen to his experience and build on it. He has his work cut out for him.

Henry needs to get the Lady Vols fi asco off the front page as the governor, who chairs the University of Tennessee Board of Trust-ees, is getting tarnished by it. One would think the UT leadership, starting with President Joe DiPietro, would realize they have a serious problem that has not been resolved.

Terry Faulkner: The talk at the recent Marshall Stair for Council kick-off reception was about Terry Faulkner, longtime Bearden neighborhood activist, running in 2017 to replace Duane Grieve on City Council. Grieve is term-limited. The current council members, with the exception of Mark Campen, appear strong contenders for re-election, so attention is already turning to who will replace the fi ve district council members who are term-limited in 2017.

Faulkner is a go-to per-son in Bearden and among neighborhood groups citywide. She has spear-headed the new Everly Park idea. She was instrumental in getting Charlie Thomas appointed to City Council to replace then-Vice Mayor Bob Becker, who had moved to Richmond, Va. It took several ballots for Thomas to prevail.

She is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of UT and the mother of two adult daugh-ters. Council will lose its only woman in 2017 when Brenda Palmer retires unless a woman wins this year.

■ Three members will likely leave MPC in a few months as they are city appointments who have served two terms. Mayor Rogero has a rigid policy of not naming people to a third term. The three are former Vice Mayor Jack Sharp, Bart Carey and Michael Kane. However, it is possible one of them could receive a county ap-pointment as Arthur Clancy did and continue on MPC. Carey is vice chair.

■ Dean Rice, Mayor Burchett’s chief of staff, has been ill at home for the past three weeks. He is recover-ing well from a virus picked up while in Jordan on a private trip. It caused acute pericarditis. The good news is he expects to be back to work soon.

Widening Washington PikeAt left, Jeff Mize, project manager and an engineer with CDM

Smith, shows residents the route of the widened Washington

Pike. Above, residents James McMillan and Kevin Murphy talk

following the public meeting. Photos by S. Clark

Sandra Clark

‘Why are we building this road?’Road projects often gen-

erate their own momentum, especially when an engi-neering fi rm gets involved.

Take Washington Pike, east of Target and New Har-vest Park. You’ll soon reach Murphy Road and a traf-fi c light at Tazewell Pike. It could be a quick route to, well, Gibbs.

If you want to go from New Harvest Park to Gibbs.

Otherwise, why in the world would the city pay $15 million and change to im-

prove a 1.84-mile stretch?“Why are we (city resi-

dents) building this road?” asked Ronnie Collins, presi-dent of the Alice Bell Spring Hill Neighborhood Associa-tion. “And who are we build-ing it for?”

He was echoed by Justin Sterling, East Towne Busi-ness Alliance president.

“The business alliance is not opposed to this, but we’d rather see limited resources used to install a second-chance exit ramp from I-640 and clear out some of the brush (that limits vis-ibility).”

“We’re building it be-cause it’s a city street and it needs improvement,” said city Engineering Director Jim Hagerman, who seemed

annoyed by the question.Project manager Jeff

Mize said after last week’spublic hearing that the en-gineering and right-of-wayacquisition are funded.

The city has diverted some$10 million from this projectto Cumberland Avenue im-provements. Mize said fund-ing is federal, routed throughTDOT and the city.

Why build it? When?And who benefi ts? We needanswers before additionalmoney is invested.

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but Gabrielson is glad she spoke up. At the Wednesday night meeting, she strug-gled with her emotions as she weighed in on the com-munity controversy caused by the abrupt dismissal of Bearden’s highly regarded softball coach, who took his team to the state tour-nament only to be told that his services were no longer required.

“I just had some ques-tions I wanted to get an-swered,” she said. “I wanted to come in with a bang and hit the ground running. Adam has prepared me well.”

Gabrielson’s predecessor, Adam Hasan, was also from Bearden High, something she feared would hurt her chances.

“I was pleasantly sur-prised,” she said. “And ob-viously, since student rep is the name of this position, I want to represent as many students as possible, and students need to feel free

to contact me, no matter what.”

When school starts, she plans to stay involved in activities like the student government, Key Club and Math Club. She plays piano and cello and is a member of the school orchestra and the Knoxville Symphony Youth Orchestra.

The daughter of Jay and Elsie Gabrielson, she has two brothers – Keith, a Bearden High School ju-nior and dual varsity ath-lete (football, baseball), and Reese, who is in the seventh grade.

“I’ve gone through pub-lic school my 12 years of schooling,” she said. “I feel like this is not only a way I can give back, but I can rep-resent a diverse culture of students that really need to be heard by the board.”

Gabrielson said she wants to hear from other students. She can be reached via sydney.gabrielson@gmail.com or through Twitter and Facebook.

Bearden High School senior Sydney Gabriel-

son’s fi rst day on the job as stu-dent school board rep-resentative began with a 7 a.m. drive to the Uni-versity of Ten ne s s e e

Medical Center. She’s par-ticipating in the Medical Ex-plorations Program, which allows rising seniors and recent high school graduates to shadow doctors and resi-dents as part of a six-week summer internship.

She was in surgery until 4:15 p.m., then drove down-town to be in her seat in the Andrew Johnson Build-ing in time for the school board’s July workshop meeting at 5 p.m. She didn’t get home until after 10:30.

And she wasn’t shy about jumping right into the ac-tion, zeroing in on the ad-ministration’s request to

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raise the prices of tickets to athletic events, passing along questions she’d gotten from students and parents.

“I’d just like to urge the board not to pass this,” she said, citing the fi nancial burden on families who at-tend games.

“I think you will lose stu-dent morale if you increase these ticket prices. Bearden (football) was one and nine last year, and I don’t think students from our school want to go and support a losing team when they have to pay $2 extra.”

Ultimately, the board ap-proved a maximum ticket price increase of $2 per ticket. Football tickets will be up to $8 at the gate, $6 advance student price, with lesser increases for other sporting events.

Effective Aug. 1, a charging fee of 4 cents per minute for Blink members and 6 cents per minute for Blink guests will be applied to stations at two city garages.

The city of Knoxville has reached an agree-ment with Car Charging Group Inc., the largest owner, operator and pro-vider of electric vehicle (EV) charging services, for the continued opera-tion and maintenance of the 10 Blink EV charging stations located at the

Market Square and Civic Coliseum parking garag-es.

These stations, along with two solar arrays and battery storage, were originally installed by Oak Ridge National Labo-ratory as part of a state-wide Department of En-ergy research project.

The Blink Level 2 EV charging stations quickly recharge an electric ve-hicle’s battery. EV drivers can become a Blink mem-ber at no cost. Info: www.BlinkNetwork.com.

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Football is not foreverThere must be a message

in the sad story of Antonio “Tiny” Richardson.

The very large former Volunteer looked like an NFL tackle in high school. All he had to do was learn the nuances and push past lazy periods.

As a Tennessee fresh-man, he was 6-6 and 330 and good enough to play with fi eld-goal units. He got additional experience at garbage time, when the Vols were safely ahead or out of contention.

He played one snap in the victory over Vanderbilt. He lined up at fullback and cleared a path for a Tauren Poole touchdown. Team-

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mates said, “Wow!”Richardson was the start-

ing left tackle as a sopho-more, blindside protector for Tyler Bray. Tiny’s big body, perfectly sculpted, fi t per-fectly in Derek Dooley jokes.

The coach said he always looked carefully to gauge Tiny’s mood before taking the risk of yelling at him in practice. The coach said he gained confi dence just

standing beside Tiny, that when you have a man like that on your side, you know you have a chance to win.

On trips, the coach wanted Tiny to be fi rst off the bus. He was imposing enough to calm heckling crowds and create inferior-ity complexes.

Richardson played so well in 2012, it was easy to overlook false starts, mis-alignments, holding and other little infractions. In a clash of titans, he defeated South Carolina’s famous Jadeveon Clowney.

The Vols ran 71 plays against that really good Gamecock defense, and Richardson graded high or

at least acceptable on 70. On that other play, Clowney gave him an inside fake, went outside, hit Bray’s passing arm and forced a fumble that essentially won the game.

“To watch how he com-peted the whole game,’’ Dooley said, “it just breaks your heart that Clowney made an incredible play that last play, and it happens to be the one they are going to show on ESPN.”

That play and that loss probably factored in Dool-ey’s departure.

Before the 2013 season, there was talk that Tiny might go early to the NFL.

“The way I see it, I’m the best left tackle in the country.”

Those in the know said fi rst round, maybe top eight.

“That’s motivation, the

thought of seeing your name on draft boards. I see myself as a top-fi ve pick when the time comes, but that’s not my focus right now.”

First, he was going to take care of business.

Richardson didn’t play as well as a junior. He had a gimpy knee or knees. He was a central fi gure in an offensive line that looked great in warmups but un-derachieved. NFL scouts noticed.

Tiny realized football was not forever, that his playing time was limited, that he had better get some while he could. He committed to the draft. He was not spec-tacular at the combine. To his amazement, he endured three days of draft excite-ment without getting a call.

Minnesota signed him

as a free agent. There wasno bonus, none of the pre-dicted millions. He was paid$303,000. His agent andtaxes got their shares.

Tiny was injured in anexhibition game. He neededrepairs. He spent last sea-son on the “unable to per-form” list. He announc edhis retirement from footballa few weeks ago.

First thought was theRobert Burns line, “Thebest-laid plans o’ mice an’men …”

I do believe AntonioRichardson is a good man.He’ll survive. He may excel.I sure hope so.

There must be a messagein his story, a little some-thing about what mighthave been. Marvin West invites reader reaction. Hisaddress is westwest6@netzero.com.

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Additionally, Cook served in the Army as a military police investigator and hand-to-hand combat instructor, leaving in 2008 as, he says, the last Vietnam veteran from Knoxville, where he moved more than 10 years ago, to retire from military service.

While James Cook is famous in fi ghting circles, Jimmy Logston made his reputation as a musician. Cook,

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One of the most fun sum-mer activities in town is the fi ne arts camp hosted by Central Baptist Church of Fountain City. The week-long camp is offered for chil-dren who have fi nished fi rst through eighth grades and allows students to explore areas of fi ne arts including music, dance and art.

The week wraps up with a concert for parents and the community and allows the participants to show the things they have created and learned during camp.

Students performed songs from other countries that expressed love for God and his creation. The tradi-tional Israeli blessing song performed was “Hevenu Shalom Aleichem,” which translates to “May Peace Be Upon You.”

The fi rst- through third-grade percussion and boom-wacker groups provided sound effects for “Giraffes Can’t Dance” with the giraffe portrayed by Katelyn Dunn and the cricket played by Chandler Lakin. Following the performance, the hand-

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during “What a Wonderful World.”

Katelyn Dunn performs an Irish dance for the participants at the fi ne arts camp.

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an adaptation of her painting. Photos by R. White

Unique dolls were created

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fi ne arts camp at Central

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bell and hand-chime groups presented the Chinese song “Wind Song,” which com-pares the spirit of God to the wind song of the trees.

The older percussion class performed a tradition Shona song titled “Butsu Mutandari” in a drum-style circle. The song translates to “long, oversized shoe.”

Wrapping up the evening, the mass choir sang “This Pretty Planet” about the vast beauty of the Earth and ended with “What a Won-derful World” featuring the choir and ribbon dancers.

The theme for the camp was “All Around God’s World” and was based on the scripture John 3:16.

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About a month ago, for fun and profi t, I slammed a car door on my little fi nger nail. My nail black-ened and for days after-wards, I could count my pulse by the throbbing.

At annual conference, I sat next to a dear friend (whom I now see only at annual conference), and who always has perfectly manicured, lovely nails. I had tried to cover up the mess that was my pinky with red nail pol-ish (which I never wear!), but I’m not sure whether it camoufl aged the black-ness or called attention to it.

It was a little thing, but it was enough to make me think about all the disas-ters that lurk around us.

We drive down a high-way, sometimes a matter of inches from other cars and huge trucks, trusting that everyone all around us is sober and attentive. We board airplanes, as-suming that the pilot is awake and alert and – we hope and pray – a good guy who is not going to fl y

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us into the side of a moun-tain. We go to church, as-suming that everyone in the room is there to wor-ship God and fellowship with the other worship-pers.

All of these examples are matters of faith.

In my opinion, it is the only way to live. The alternatives are fearful-ness, paranoia, and isola-tion – all prices I am un-willing to pay.

So I drive, board air-planes, and go to church, without packing heat.

I want to live. I want to live a long, long time, and my genes come from long-lived people, so odds are that I may do that.

More importantly, however, while I am liv-ing, I want to make a real difference!

Bishop reaffi rms opposition to death penaltyBishop Richard F. Stika,

bishop of the Diocese of Knoxville, released a state-ment in response to a U.S. Supreme C ourt ruling:

“With much sadness, I again express tremendous disappointment on yet an-other decision of the U.S. Supreme Court, this time regarding the continued use of lethal injection as a form of capital punishment.

“I write as one whose very own family was touched by a horrifi c crime, who un-derstands the agony that is particularly a victim’s fam-ily in losing a loved one to

a senseless and cruel act of violence.

“Thirty-seven years ago, two of my aged uncles who owned a small store were murdered by a 16-year-old youth who eventually took his own life. To kill another does not bring back a loved one; it only furthers the pain.

“To preach the Gospel, as I must, means I must also preach the mercy of God and the need for all of us, for our society, to imitate God’s mercy if we are to fi nd true healing from sin in all its forms.”

Community services

■ Cross Roads Presbyterian,

4329 E. Emory Road, hosts the

Halls Welfare Ministry food

pantry 6-8 p.m. each second

Tuesday and 9-11 a.m. each

fourth Saturday.

■ Dante Church of God will be

distributing boxes of bless-

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

boxes are gone) Saturday, July

11. Anyone is invited; one box

per household; you must be

present to receive a box of

food. Info: 865-689-4829.

■ Glenwood Baptist Church,

7212 Central Avenue Pike, is

accepting appointments for

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938-2611. Your call will be

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■ Ridgeview Baptist Church,

6125 Lacy Road, off ers

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Classes/meetings ■ First Comforter Church,

5516 Old Tazewell Pike, hosts

MAPS (Mothers At Prayer Ser-

vice) noon each Friday. Info:

Edna Hensley, 771-7788.

■ Powell Church hosts Recov-

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Tuesdays at 323 W. Emory

Road. The program embraces

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Special services ■ Blessed Theresa of Calcutta

Catholic Church, 4365 May-

nardville Highway, Maynard-

ville, will host missionary

Carol McBrady at 9 a.m. Sun-

day, July 19, to speak about

her missionary activity in

Zambia, Africa, including the

Action for Children Zambia

program, which houses and

schools homeless children.

■ New Beverly Baptist Church,

3320 New Beverly Church

Road, will host Michael and

Delilah Kitts and Lauren Kitts

in concert 6 p.m. Sunday,

July 19. A love off ering will be

taken. Info: 546-0001 or www.

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interns

Lissa McLeod guides intern Betty Mengesha on the fabric ropes.

By Shannon CareyYou could make the case

that our visit to Dragonfl y Aerial Arts Studio is the most fun our interns have had so far.

Teacher Lissa McLeod greeted the group and spoke about the studio and its mission. Then, she invited the interns to take a turn on trapeze and fabrics. There were smiles all around, and this old reporter even got in on the fun.

Dragonfl y offers a full range of classes for aerial arts and circus skills, includ-ing juggling, unicycle riding, tightrope, clowning, trapeze,

and of course those iconic fabrics. McLeod got into aerial arts during her activi-ties as a political organizer. She used the arts to convey messages, moving from huge puppets to stilt-walking.

“When I found aeri-als I was like, this is it,” she said. “There are a lot of things you can learn by getting off the ground and looking at things from a different perspective.”

The studio, located off Central Avenue Pike near Merchants, holds “try-me” classes every Monday night.

“All kinds of people can do it,” said McLeod.

Interns in the air

By Shannon CareyInterns passed a fun

afternoon on Market Square in downtown Knoxville, starting with a visit to the Knoxville Chamber. Communi-cations and Marketing Manager Jenny Wood-bery gave the interns a tour of the facility and a summary of what the Chamber does.

Of the Chamber’s more than 2,000 member busi-nesses, 80 percent are small, local enterprises. The Chamber helps ad-vise start-ups and advo-

cates for businesses in public policy.

Woodbery holds a journalism degree, so the interns’ visit was fun for her, as is her job writing for the Chamber.

“The variety of every-thing we do, it’s fun for me as a writer,” she said. “I get to write about everything.”

Interns visited the shops on Market Square, including getting Italian ice at Rita’s. Then, they walked through the alley on the east side of Mar-ket Square to admire the graffi ti art there.

Touring Market Square

By Annie Dockery Knoxville is the fi rst city

in Tennessee to adopt the Young Entrepreneurs Acad-emy (YEA), a program de-signed to give young people real-world business experi-ence. For three hours a week for 30 weeks, students from grades six through 12 have the opportunity to create their own real business or social movement.

Lori Fuller of the Knox-ville Chamber of Commerce explained that students will spend the fi rst few weeks brainstorming and develop-ing ideas. Additionally, stu-

dents will learn about pat-ents and business taxes from lawyers, while also learning market analysis. Students will implement knowledge to initiate their own real busi-nesses and work with poten-tial investors. The program will lead to regional and national competitions; the national winner will partici-pate in ABC’S “Shark Tank.”

The program has a lim-ited amount of space and little time left to apply; how-ever, spots are still avail-able. Info or to apply: www.knoxvillechamberberber.com/yea

Yea for YEA!

By Shannon CareySomewhere near the intersection of healthy

and delicious is where you’ll fi nd Matt Mill-er, owner and operator of Good Golly Tamale. Good Golly is a true mobile business, with Miller pedaling to different venues on his food trike.

Miller welcomed Shopper-News interns into the kitchen he uses in Knoxville’s Old City, where he and his help-ers make up to 1,000 tamales every week. Then he served us lunch, and it was fabulous.

But these aren’t the tama-les you get at the local diner. These are traditional Cen-tral American tamales, corn masa with natural fi llings wrapped in real corn husks.

“It’s a lot more nutritious than just cornmeal,” Miller said of the organic, non-GMO masa he orders in bulk from San Diego.

Good Golly got its start when a friend of Miller’s came back from a trip to Central America and wanted to make a burrito cart business. Miller, who had worked in food ser-vice for some time, wanted to be self-employed and got on board. The plan changed from burritos to tamales since burritos get soggy over time, but the corn husks keep ta-males hot and fresh with just a little steam. Then the friend moved to California, and Miller forged ahead.

“Pieces of it just started coming together,” Miller said. A neighbor gave Miller the trike, then a friend built the

warming box on back. He started making ta-males during the day at the Public House.

“We actually paid rent with tama-les,” he said. Good Golly is now us-

ing the kitchen in the former Aisle 9 grocery in the Old City.

And those delicious recipes? They come from the Lawson-McGhee Library and Miller’s head.

“I’m a pretty intuitive cook,” he said. “I read through a bunch of different recipes, and then I

just made stuff up and continue to make things up. We don’t really

have strict recipes.”Miller and his helpers

are committed to the busi-ness. Miller said he has put in 90 hours per week for the past month. Sometimes he

gets catering orders which require even more time.“If you’re thinking that you might want to start a food

cart, think long and hard, because it’s a lot of work,” he told the interns. “But I like it. I like doing it. Whatever you want to do, just do it with all your heart and soul. It feels good to be able to own the work and care for it.”

Good Golly Tamale visits the Market Square Farmers Market every Wednesday and Saturday, and visits other venues throughout the week. Find them on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for more info.

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Intern Maggie Williams helps serve bean soup to the group at the Good Golly Tamale kitchen in the Old City.

By Zoe Brookshire-RisleyLast week we visited

many spots on Market Square.

When people think of Market Square they may think of the great shopping, delicious food, or the ever present street performers.

Few people think of the Tennessee women’s suffrage memorial, although it’s pretty hard to miss.

The memorial is the large metal statue of three wom-en, fi ghting for their right to vote.

The women are (from

By Zoe Brookshire-RisleyI have always loved

heights. I sit up on the high-est branches of trees. When I rock climb I go all the way to the top. I am looking for new high places everywhere I go. Whether it’s simply sit-ting on the kitchen counter or hiking up a mountain and dangling my legs off the edge of a cliff, I love having my feet off the ground.

Naturally, I was psyched when I heard we would be going to Dragonfl y Aerial Arts Studio. Dragonfl y is a

nonprofi t that helps bring aerial arts to everyone. They work with people with dis-abilities, children from low-er-income neighborhoods, as well as people who simply didn’t think they could.

Lissa McLeod, a teacher at Dragonfl y, said Dragonfl y is about “getting everyone in the air” and helping people “learn they have strengths they didn’t know they had.”

At Dragonfl y, they teach many different aerial arts, in-cluding trapeze, lyra (a large hoop that gets suspended

from the ceiling), and my personal favorite, silks.

Not only are silks beau-tiful, they make you feel beautiful. While I was sus-pended in the air, hanging upside down with my limbs stretched out and my toes pointed, I felt like I could touch the corners of the world. I’ve always wanted to be a ballerina. I admire their grace and dedication to their craft. I’ve also al-ways wanted to fl y. Aerial arts combines the beauty and grace of dance and the

feeling of being free that be-ing up in the air gives you. I really hope I will get the chance to take classes at Dragonfl y and make aerial arts a part of my life.

Dragonfl y offers classes and camps to everyone over the age of 6. They also have scholarship and work/study programs for folks who need fi nancial aid. To fi nd out more, they have an open house coming up 7-10 p.m. Saturday, July 18. Info: www.dragonfl yaerial artsstudio.com.

Taking fl ight with Dragonfl y

Feminism then and now left) Elizabeth Avery Meri-wether from Memphis, Lizzie Crozier French from Knoxville, and Anne Dallas Dudley from Nashville.

Lizzie Crozier French was, among many other things, a feminist.

There are many facets to the modern feminist move-ment, and some of them are similar to the issues fought for in the time of Lizzie Crozier French. Back in the 1920s, women wanted to be paid the same as men for the same labor.

Today, although paying someone less because of their gender, race or religion is illegal, it still happens.

In the 1920s, women wanted the right to vote and have a voice in politics. To-day, less than 20 percent of U.S. Congress members are women, and we still haven’t had a female president.

And those are only the in-stitutional issues. There are a whole host of social con-structs that prevent women from having the same op-portunities and privileges

as men.Oppression of women ex-

ists, and we need feminismto help change that.

Unfortunately these daysyou hear the word feminismwith a negative subtext.With the “#FeministsAr-eUgly” trend on Twitter andthe term “feminazi” beingused to describe just aboutany woman who stands upfor her rights, being a femi-nist is diffi cult.

Too often, women whostand up for themselvesand their rights are metwith death threats andthreats of sexual assault.

No one should ever bethreatened for wanting equality. Being a feminist ishard these days, and manywomen don’t call them-selves feminists because ofthe stigma surrounding themovement.

The dictionary defi ni-tion of a feminist is “a per-son who believes in the so-cial, political and economicequality of the sexes.”

Now what’s so bad aboutthat?

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Midnight Voyage LIVE: Snails, 9 p.m., The International, 940 Blackstock Ave. Info/tickets: www.intlknox.com.

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current top 40, spirituals and the most challenging, ‘Bohemian Rhapsody,’” he says. “This cast is up to the music, choreography and teamwork needed to bring a great night of entertain-ment and laughter for the audience.”

Roberts is well-known for his past portrayals of former embattled state Sen. Stacey Campfi eld, whose antics have provided years of fodder for the Follies. Campfi eld will be “honored” with a retrospective featur-ing parodies of the songs “Thanks for the Memories” and “My Way.”

Also honored – for real – will be senior Knoxville News Sentinel sports colum-nist John Adams. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Adams has been named to the Tennessee Sports Writers Association Hall of Fame and the East Tennessee Writers Hall of Fame.

Other parodies include “It’s All About That Bass,” referencing bestselling au-thor Dr. Bill Bass of UT’s Body Farm; “Vote Mad-eline,” a tribute to Mayor Rogero sung to “I Walk the Line”; “Ghostworkers,” sung to the tune of “Ghost-busters,” about the Knox County Trustee scandal; and a brilliant “Republican Rhapsody,” which skew-ers not only Republicans but, well, pretty much ev-erybody. “We’re an equal-opportunity offender,” says Lauver.

Directed by the Clarence Brown Theatre’s musical di-rector, Terry Silver-Alford, the show brings down the house every year, and this year will be no exception.

Masters of ceremo-nies will be Lori Tucker of WATE-TV, John Becker of WBIR-TV and Alan Wil-liams of WVLT-TV. The show will also feature mete-

orologists from local TV sta-tions singing “Let It Snow! Let It Rain! Let It Blow!”

And it’s all for a good cause. Follies proceeds fund journalism and elec-tronic media scholarships at the University of Tennessee and Pellissippi State Com-munity College, as well as educational programs of the Front Page Foundation.

The 37th annual Front Page Follies starts at 6 p.m. Saturday, July 18, with a cash bar/reception followed by dinner, live auction and the stage show.

Individual tickets are $125, and a portion of each purchase is tax deductible.

To join in the fun with friends or colleagues and get priority seating, people may purchase tables of 10 for $1,250.

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By Betsy PickleThe clash between art

and the machinery of celeb-rity has rarely had as tragic a trajectory as it did with Amy Winehouse.

That’s the takeaway from “Amy,” the poignant new documentary directed by Asif Kapadia.

“Amy” fi nds the everyday voice behind the amazing performing voice of the su-perstar who died less than two months before her 28th birthday in 2011. As a docu-mentary, it’s a remarkable accomplishment – a fi lm created primarily from ex-isting material, much of it from low-tech cell-phone footage, without the talking heads of a traditional doc.

Kapadia has the experts – family, friends and asso-ciates who knew Winehouse best – but he uses voiceovers instead of on-camera inter-views so that he can keep the focus on the singer and show her three-dimension-ality. He also illustrates her story with performances

that chart her deserved rise and disastrous fall.

Those who watched from a distance might have been aware of Winehouse’s blue-sy, non-prefab voice but dismissed her as a musical force because of her highly publicized problems with drugs and alcohol. Fans took her more seriously, but even they wouldn’t have been privy to the insights provided in “Amy.”

Many of those come from Winehouse’s oldest friends, Juliette Ashby and Lauren Gilbert, and her fi rst man-ager and friend Nick Shy-mansky. There are also rev-elations from more famous folk, such as her friend Ya-siin Bey (aka Mos Def) and collaborator Tony Bennett.

The story that emerges is of a precocious yet sensi-tive girl from North London whose parents’ divorce cre-ates a chasm in her own life. That event echoes through her adolescence on into her teens, when rebellion and self-destructive habits form

Also opening …In addition to “Amy,”

three other fi lms make their Knoxville bow this week:

“Self/less” – Ryan Reyn-olds, Natalie Martinez, Mat-thew Goode and Ben Kings-ley. A wealthy man dying of cancer has his consciousness transferred into the body of a healthy young man.

“Minions” – Voicesof Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm, Michael Keaton. Minions Stuart, Kevin and Bob are recruited by a woman with world-domi-nation aspirations.

“The Gallows” – Re-ese Mishler, Pfeifer Brown, Ryan Shoos. Teens attempt to honor the anniversary of a school tragedy and instead unleash evil.

The 2015 Front Page Follies cast promises a night of music and laughter. Front: Marga-ret Elliott, Melanie Staten, Stacy Holley. Back: Kristine Kinsey, David Lauver, Mike How-ard, Ernie Roberts, Elizabeth Elliott, John McNair, Megan Jones, Tyrone Beach, Frank Murphy, Vince Staten, JereBeth Doherty, Terry Silver-Alford. Photo by Kristi Nelson Bumpus

Fun with the

Winehouse doc focuses on talent, loss

Friends Juliette Ashby and Amy Winehouse explore music to-gether as teens in “Amy.”

a dangerous but creative al-liance with her poetry/lyr-ics and songwriting.

While the demons are there, the young Amy is fun and, in a way, normal. She uses songwriting as a sort of therapy, but her talent gets her noticed, and she starts down the road to a music career.

As Kapadia highlights Winehouse’s lyrics on the screen, using them as the

narrative, she makes her rise from obscurity. A play-ful relationship with drugs grows serious. Boyfriends become another form of de-pendency.

She welcomes success but worries about it. Some of her comments are eerie foreshadowing of the turns her life will take.

“Amy” could have been the ultimate cautionary tale, but it isn’t. It’s viscer-

By Carol ShaneThe wiseguys of local me-

dia are at it again.Writers David Lauver,

Mark Harmon, Megan Jones, Frank Murphy, Er-nie Roberts, Melanie Staten and Vince Staten will be part of a big cast that’s go-ing to bring their irrever-ent script to life at the 37th annual Front Page Follies, happening Saturday night, July 18. You’d think the show would, in theater lin-go, be “frozen” by now, but head writer Lauver is still penning parodies. That’s the nature of news satire – you’ve got to keep up with incoming stories.

“We still have at least one more song to complete,” says Lauver. “For the Lady Vols’ ‘Leggo Our Logo’ skit, we’re writing ‘Stand By Our Brand.’” Skits are often tabled when a more up-to-date, gotta-be-covered news event happens.

Sponsored by the East Tennessee Society of Pro-fessional Journalists, the evening begins with a cash bar/reception and includes a silent auction, good food and a live auction. The eve-ning’s main event is the vaudeville-style, multime-dia musical show, similar to those put on by political satirists The Capitol Steps, but on a local level.

Cast member Ernie Rob-erts is jazzed about this year’s show.

“The music is more di-verse than ever before with movie and show tunes, country music, yodeling,

ally personal and uniquely loyal to its subject. Even with potentially stereotypi-cal villains on board – a self-serving father, a loser beau, various music-biz movers and shakers – and Winehouse’s own blatantly bad choices, this is not a template for a reap-what-you-sow parable.

“Amy” is a portrait of an artist who was pushed into a role she wasn’t prepared to play. It’s also an indictment of the circus that comes with fame, but it doesn’t feel a part of that hypocrisy.

A tribute to the talent of Winehouse, “Amy” re-veals the person behind the hype and the loss the world should feel over her untime-ly death.

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By Sherry WittThe summer of 2015 is

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Tuesday, June 30, brought 1,173 property transfers to Knox County – nearly 200 more than June 2014. The data continued to show an upward trend in real estate activity that began in early spring.

The total value of land transferred was a whopping $345 million, easily sur-passing May’s healthy ag-gregate of $218 million, and making June the largest month for transfers since October 2011 when the St. Mary’s medical facili-ties were sold to Tennova. Last June about $207 mil-lion worth of property was transferred in Knox County.

The spring surge in mort-

gage lending translated to a summer spike in June, as $483 million was borrowed against real estate – a 57 percent increase over last June’s fi gure.

The largest real estate transfer recorded was the sale of property owned by University Residences-Knox-ville LLC, located at the in-tersection of Cherokee Trail and Edington Road. The resi-dential complex sold for $42 million to Quarry Trail LLC. That particular transaction also produced the largest mortgage loan of the month, a Deed of Trust in the amount of $31.5 million.

At the year’s midway point, the data are indicat-ing a clear improvement over 2014 in both real estate sales and mortgage lend-ing. As of June 30, approxi-mately $1.26 billion worth of property has sold in Knox County, compared to about $981 million a year ago. Mortgages and refi nancing have produced total lend-ing of more than $1.9 billion in 2015, compared to $1.38 billion at the six- month mark of 2014.

Sherry Witt

News from Offi ce of Register of Deeds

June brings bumper crop

A KCDC resident is the fi rst in East Tennessee

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Dewey Snapp, 65, is a veteran of the Vietnam War and eight years ago was homeless in Knoxville, liv-ing under a bridge.

Thanks to help from Veterans Affairs and Knox-ville’s Community Develop-ment Corp., Snapp received the keys to his new home. Celebrating with him were KCDC Section 8 occupancy coordinator Kim Trame and KCDC training specialist Jennifer Bell.

“If I hadn’t had this help, I wouldn’t even be alive to-day,” Snapp said. “I’m tick-led to have my own house and have my freedom. My story proves that if you watch your p’s and q’s and you apply yourself a little bit, you can make some-thing out of nothing.”

Snapp is originally from

Sevier County and servedin the U.S. Marine Corpsfrom 1965 to 1971, includinga tour in Vietnam. After heleft the military, Snapp be-came a master electricianand worked in constructionacross the country.

About eight years ago, helost everything. While recu-perating from cancer treat-ment, Snapp ended up on thestreet. He found a temporaryplacement for six monthsat Samaritan Place, a shel-ter for homeless seniors runthrough Catholic Charitiesof East Tennessee. At a Vet-erans Affairs meeting, Snappheard about VASH, a subsi-dized rental assistance pro-gram that provides Section 8Housing Choice vouchers tohomeless veterans.

He was the fourth personto sign up for a VASH vouch-er in Knoxville. Since 2010,veteran homelessness hasbeen reduced by 24 percent.More than 69,000 vouch-ers have been awarded na-tionwide, including 140 inKnoxville.

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News from Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation (KCDC)

Justin Sterling, for-merly leas-ing agent for Simon Malls in K nox v i l le , has joined Conversion Proper t ies Inc. as a commercial real estate

broker.Sterling will continue as

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“At Simon PropertyGroup, I grew tremendouslyfrom the countless positiveexperiences, relationshipsand career opportunities,”he said. “They were thebuilding blocks that haveallowed me to take anotherstep forward.”

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By Sandra ClarkUnited Grocery Outlet

has opened a new, larger store at 4225 Chapman Highway, in a building that began life as a Red Foods.

Store manager Matt Storm says business has tri-pled in the fi rst three weeks. Yes, he’s a happy guy.

He brought the staff with him from the smaller store and added 20 more. His big-gest problem? Getting a day off.

UGO has operated a store in Halls for several years. United Grocery Outlet op-erates off the grid with bar-

gains throughout the store.Gary Buchanan, director

of purchasing, explains:“We don’t try to saturate

the market (in cities where stores are located). Our ob-jective is to provide extreme value to our customers.”

Buchanan, who was re-cently named grocer of the year by the Tennessee Gro-cers Association, says about 80 percent of a store’s mer-chandise is manufacturer’s closeouts.

“We don’t ask (vendors) ‘what do you want to sell?’ We ask them ‘what do you need to sell?’”

And the other 20 per-cent? That’s fresh meat, fresh produce and dairy products – items stocked for customer convenience.

In a recent interview in Athens, Tenn., where the company is based, Buchan-an said UGO’s old store on Chapman Hwy. was No. 4.

“Bargain Barn had six stores, two warehouse em-ployees and one truck” when he joined in 1990, he said. Now the company has stores in fi ve states with more than 700 associates.

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Millennials may ask, ‘what do I do with a chuck roast?’ They know what to do with a bag of chips.

“So we’re packaging pre-seasoned meats in a foil tray for quick-and-easy food preparation. Some want it, some don’t. We have two customer bases. …

“But with some merchan-dise we’re pretty trendy. We stock organic and natural fresh foods. …

“We buy seasonal items or food with a pink ribbon after the promotion ends. …

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and whistles. We sell it rightbecause we buy it right.”

Buchanan stops to takea call from “my watermelonguy.”

He laughs a lot and pass-es out water with his pictureon the label – a gift for beingthe state’s grocer of the year.

“I just love this busi-ness,” he says. “We’re notfor everybody, but we giveconsumers real service andextreme value.

“And it feels really goodwhen someone says, ‘Yousaved our family.’”

Storm

cer is Michael Tullock, who founded Bargain Barn in 1974 with his parents, Doug and Carol, and a $1,000 in-vestment to stock discount-ed canned vegetables in the family’s antique store in Etowah. Soon the groceries chased out the antiques.

The name and corporate charter for Bargain Barn have remained, even as the company has rebranded it-self as United Grocery Out-let. The company offers “no gimmicks, no cards, no cou-pons.” It doesn’t even prom-ise a full range of inventory.

The grocery items sold are name-brand close-outs, purchased and sold for ex-treme value. Robby Green is the district manager.

Buchanan, who has been in the grocery business since age 15, says technol-ogy is changing the game for every business.

“The Baby Boomers still buy groceries and cook. The

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Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. For kids in fi rst through fi fth grades. Info: 525-5431.

Computer Workshop: Introducing the Computer, 2 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Info/registration: 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.

Summer Fun Picnic and Line Dance Party, noon-2 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Free and open to the public. Info/RSVP: 329-8892, TTY: 711.

THURSDAY, JULY 9Halls Book Club: “Dead Wake: The Last Crossing

of the Lusitania” by Erik Larson, 1 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Info: 922-2552.

Living with Diabetes: Putting the Pieces To-gether, 2-4 p.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

Magician Michael Messing, 4 p.m., Mascot Branch Library, 1927 Library Road. Info: 933-2620.

Needle Tatting Class-Medallion, 2:30-5:30 p.m., Hobby Lobby at Turkey Creek. Cost: $25. Info: Monica Schmidt, 406-3971, monicaschmidt.tn@gmail.com, myquiltplace.com/profi le/monicaschmidt.

Seniors meeting, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., the Heiskell

Community Center, 9420 Heiskell Road in Heiskell. Activities include Summer BBQ Party with fun, food and games. Lunch at noon, bingo at 1. Bring a dessert and a friend. Info: Janice White, 548-0326.

Teen Write-In and Launch Party, 6-7:30 p.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

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

FRIDAY, JULY 10Deadline to register for the hands-on spinning

workshop to be held Saturday, July 18, at Marble Springs State Historic Site, 1220 W. Gov. John Sevier Highway. Cost: $25. Learn how to wash wool, card wool and spin wool using a drop spindle. Info/registration: 573-5508 or email info@marblesprings.net.

Free Movie in the Park at Luttrell City Park. Movie: “Freaky Friday” starts at dusk. Bring blanket or chairs. Sponsored by Luttrell Seniors. Info: 992-0678.

Magician Michael Messing, 2 p.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

Needle Tatting/Crochet/Quilting classes, 4:30-7:30 p.m., Hobby Lobby, 6580 Clinton Highway. Cost: $25. Info: Monica Schmidt, 406-3971, monicaschmidt.tn@gmail.com, myquiltplace.com/profi le/monicaschmidt.

The Union County Farmers Market, 4-7 p.m., 1009 Main St., Maynardville. Fresh produce, meat, plants, cut fl owers, artists and craftsmen. New vendors welcome. Info: 992-8038.

SATURDAY, JULY 11East Tennessee Creative Writers Alliance, 10

a.m.-12:30 p.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

Happy Travelers trip: “Southern Fried Nuptials” at the Barter Theatre. Cost: $55, includes transportation and ticket. Info/registration: Derrell Frye, 938-8884.

Needle Tatting/Crochet/Quilting classes, 4:30-7:30 p.m., Hobby Lobby at Turkey Creek. Cost: $25. Info: Monica Schmidt, 865-406-3971, monicaschmidt.tn@gmail.com, myquiltplace.com/profi le/monicaschmidt.

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

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

SUNDAY, JULY 12Sing Out Knoxville meeting, a folk-singing circle

open to everyone, 7-9 p.m., Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 2931 Kingston Pike. Song book provided. Info: bobgrimac@gmail.com or 546-5643.

MONDAY, JULY 13Coffee, Donuts and a Movie: “Fury,” 10:30 a.m.,

Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Rated R; 134 minutes. Info: 525-5431.

Needle Tatting/Crochet/Quilting classes, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Hobby Lobby, 6580 Clinton Highway. Cost: $25. Info: Monica Schmidt, 406-3971, monicaschmidt.tn@gmail.com, myquiltplace.com/profi le/monicaschmidt.

MONDAY-FRIDAY, JULY 13-17Etiquette classes, 4-5:15 p.m., Imagination Forest,

7613 Blueberry Road. Hosted by the Cardinal School of Etiquette for ages 12-17. Cost: $125. Info/registration: 312-2371 or alwhite07@comcast.net.

MONDAY-SATURDAY, JULY 13-18Anderson County Fair, 5 p.m., Anderson

County Fair Grounds, 218 Nave St., Clinton. Admission: $5; kids 6 and under free. Info: www.andersoncountyfairtn.com.

TUESDAY, JULY 14Diabetes Support Group, 10-11 a.m., Humana

Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.

Healthy U: Smoking Cessation, 11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 West-ern Ave. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.

Needle Tatting/Crochet/Quilting classes, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Hobby Lobby at Turkey Creek. Cost: $25. Info: Monica Schmidt, 406-3971, monicaschmidt.tn@gmail.com, myquiltplace.com/profi le/monicaschmidt.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 15International 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, JULY 16“Attracting the Good Guys with Herbs,” 3:15-

4:30 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Presented by an Extension Master Gardener. Free and open to the public. Info: 329-8892.

Needle Tatting/Crochet/Quilting classes, 4:30-7:30 p.m., Hobby Lobby at Turkey Creek. Cost: $25.

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