Brown CemeteryEver wondered about the

small, wooded cemetery on the hillside visible from the new Powell Drive?

Marvin West went exploring for this week’s Historic Powell Station feature, and he found a marvelous tale that involves a former U.S. senator and more.

There was, however, no mention of angora frogs.

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By Betty BeanArtist Ron Williams, whose

sweeping mountain landscapes grace the walls of fi ne homes and gal-leries across Amer-ica and abroad, died June 24 at Parkwest Medical Center of conges-tive heart failure. Two weeks later, his sister Elaine was struggling to pay for his funeral.

Part of the problem was that Wil-liams was painfully shy and strug-gled with mental illness for most of his adult life. Artist Eric Sublett, a former gallery owner, said Wil-liams, for all his talent, couldn’t deal with the business of art.

“His main style was that of the Hudson River School, but he

Ron Williams, acclaimed artist, diesFamily struggles to

pay for funeral

Ron Williams

at age 14

Ron Williams’ painting in the foyer of Mayor Tim Burchett’s home Photo by Ruth White

homed in on the Smokies and was amazingly prolifi c and technically astute and about as good as it gets in that realm,” Sublett said. “But sometimes it gets pretty desper-ate out there. The ultimate reward is to sell something and use the money to live. You’re basically

making something from nothing, and somebody’s going to make you an offer. It gets easier the more you do it, but Ron wasn’t able to deal with all that and didn’t trust anybody to do anything for him. That meant he’d get himself into positions when he needed money

so badly he’d rip himself off. He never saw much of a reward for all his work.”

For decades, Williams was in and out of Eastern State (later Lakeshore Mental Health Insti-tute), which he regarded as a ref-uge when life outside the gates became overwhelming. Elaine Williams said that some of her brother’s last outings were to Lakeshore Park, where he would reminisce about what used to be.

“He was very upset about Lake-shore’s closing and was very con-cerned about the patients. He would point to where this building and that building used to be and said people with nowhere to go were ending up in jail.”

Knox County Mayor Tim Bur-chett, who has a Williams paint-ing in the foyer of his Westmo-reland home, said that Williams had asked Burchett to help make sure Lakeshore patients were tak-

By Sandra ClarkThere’s a party coming to His-

toric Powell Station where Justin Bailey has purchased and is re-habbing the former J.E. Groner building on Depot Drive.

“It’s wild how excited people are about this,” said Bailey. “People stop nearly every time I’m there and ask to look around. They have such fond memories of Groner’s store. Really cool.”

He will display pictures of the store from 1920, 1930 and 1950 in the upstairs hallway.

Nature’s Fountain and Clo-ver Cottage are pioneers on the street, with Nature’s Fountain the only tenant at the Groner building when Bailey bought it.

New neighbors are Reap the Sew, relocating from an outgrown house on Emory Road, and Sarah McAffry, photographer, moving from Callahan Road.

“The fi rst thing I did was strip it

By Sarah ConnatserThe Powell Branch Library has

been a well-loved fi xture of the Powell community for many years – in fact, this year makes a decade. The library will celebrate its 10th anniversary 2-7 p.m. Thursday, July 14, with birthday cake, punch and a gallery of photos, looking back down memory lane.

The current library build-ing was opened July 6, 2006, on land from the Collier farm. It re-ceived the Knoxville Beautifi ca-tion Award in 2009. The parking lot sports many trees and gardens and includes a permeable sur-face to reduce runoff into Beaver Creek. The backyard is fi lled with natural greenery, a section of Bea-ver Creek and plenty of wildlife including birds, rabbits and tur-keys that often come right up to the library windows to take a peek inside.

Powell Branch Library marks 10 years

Getting ready for Thursday’s block party are Justin Bailey, Marta Kennedy,

Andrea Vaughn, Alex Wrinkle and Sarah McAff ry.

Block party to launch Depot Drive revival

all down to see how she looked un-derneath. It was better than I could have imagined. I had a vision of what I thought the building wanted to be and to watch that come to life with these new tenants has been magical ,” said Bailey.

“When purchased, the inte-rior had 108-year-old hardwood

covered with carpet. These were lightly sanded and sealed to bring back the original color. In Reap the Sew’s new space, the brick walls were covered with sheetrock and hand-hewn rafters were hung with drop ceiling.”

Bart and Cindy Elkins, own-ers of The Front Porch, will cater

the event, set for 5 p.m. Thursday, July 14, on Depot Drive. Look for a bounce house for kids.

Marta Kennedy and Michelle Kennedy Davis are offering free chair massages at Nature’s Foun-tain.

The Powell Business and Pro-fessional Association had sched-uled a “meet and greet” for mem-bers at McAffry’s studio, so this will boost attendance. McAffry’s open house will continue until 9 p.m. with tours of her studio.

Bailey has begun restoration of the outside of the Groner building, stripping off the façade to restore the original brick. The interior has a decidedly contemporary look, though.

The folks on Depot Drive are pioneers – young, computer-sav-vy and the fi rst in bringing back a vibrant retail atmosphere to His-toric Powell Station.

Come on out and say hi.

Melissa Ferguson is library

manager at Powell Branch Li-

brary. Photos by Sarah Connatser

Day campDay campers at HGTV UT

Gardens made new friends this summer – some with two legs, some with more and some that slither on the ground.

“Your Wild Front Yard” was one theme for the week as 4- and 5-year-olds played nature-related games and explored the gardens at UT’s Institute of Agriculture.

➤ Read Sara Barrett on page A-8

UT teams with UMC for clothing

Mary Mahoney, assistant director of the University of Tennessee’s Center for Career Development and member of Bookwalter United Methodist Church, spends her days help-ing students prepare for life after graduation.

A few years ago, she saw a need that wasn’t being ad-dressed.

➤ Read Carol Shane on page A-7

Collector extraordinary

Powell resident Sandra Perry is a collector.

Almost every display – from old pictures of Gay Street pe-destrians to Beatles fi gurines to a wall of trophies – ties in fam-ily and friends. “I try to include a little of my kids in every-thing.” Perry says her garage-to-fantasy-basement renovation began two years ago. “I never had a car in here,” she says.

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On her kneesPreacher’s wife fi ghts back from heart attack

Heart attack? No way. Elfredia Williams couldn’t believe that little pain high up in her shoulders was caused by anything more than the way she’d slept.

“I just couldn’t believe it because I’d heard stories about how people hurt when they had a heart attack and all that pain,” she said. “My knees hurt me more every day than the heart attack hurt me. That was nothing.”

With her main coronary artery 99 percent blocked, the 69-year-old retired social work-er and preacher’s wife was a heartbeat away from heaven until Parkwest Medical Center cardiologist Dr. Stephen Marietta intervened with a stent that got her blood fl owing again.

The pain, however, was not over. Despite a total knee replacement three years ago on her right knee and her left knee now bone-on-bone, Williams soon began a 12-week program of exercise in the cardiac rehab program at Parkwest Therapy Center at Fort Sanders West.

Three times a week for 12 weeks, she pushed through the two-hour sessions with such severe knee pain that she was some-times in tears. “I’ve come in here when both knees were hurting so bad it was all I could do,” she said. “But my heart health is really important. That’s the priority! And I’ve al-ways prioritized things in my life, and this is the priority right now. So the knees have to take a back seat.”

She pushed through the pain to not only complete the rehab, but did so with amaz-ing results. The 5-foot-2 Williams lost 31.3 pounds of fat and built 10.5 pounds of lean muscle weight.

“I knew I was doing well,” Williams said. “You know everybody goes by the weight, but I didn’t realize that they do the BMI (body mass index) and the muscle gain and that’s just as important as losing the weight. I was happy with the weight loss, but they say the way I lost it is really good because I gained the muscle mass and got stronger.”

“She was strong and persevered through a tough time,” said Amy Dale, cardiac rehab registered nurse and case manager. “Even though it wasn’t easy she always had a sweet spirit and was encouraged by her increased ability to move with more ease and do the things she enjoys like going to church.”

“Elfredia is an amazing lady and I am proud to have the opportunity to work with her,” said exercise physiologist Chris Spruiell. “She not only successfully improved her lipids, blood pressure, body fat, lean muscle and exercise tolerance, she did so with excruciating pain in her hips and legs. Of course, we made sure that she was

as comfortable as possible by assigning her to the most appropriate exercise equipment

for her condition, but it was still diffi cult for her. How-ever, that didn’t stop her tremendous motivation. She pushed through the pain and, sometimes, tears to make unbelievable fi tness gains and has been an inspi-ration to all of us!”

Williams recalls one day in particular when pain was getting the best of her.

“I went to get on one of the exercise machines and my eyes just start-ed watering. I was crying, didn’t know I was crying but I was hurting,” she said. “Chris (Spruiell), the exercise physiologist, asked me if I wanted to just not do this one, but I said, ‘No, I’m getting on here.’ I got on and I was able to complete it, but that was really one day when it took all I had. Both my knees were hurting – one was burning, and the other one was stinging. At that point, I was praying, ‘Lord, get me through this. I have got to stay on my feet. I can’t fall. I’ve got to stay on my feet. If I stay on my feet, everything else will come and fall in place.’”

She’s so convinced of the program’s value that after fi nishing the 12-week course, she decided to continue in the maintenance pro-gram. Since doing so, she’s already lost an-other fi ve pounds.

“I could go with my husband to a health club for $10, but $45 a month is a small price to pay for the security and safety that you have here,” she said. “If something happens, the nurses are here. They have access to a physician. They give you individual atten-tion. They can judge how much time I need to spend on different machines, my blood pressure is taken every time I am here, and they check my weight and pulse each time. There’s just a safety issue here that’s really worth it.”

She appreciates, too, the concern shown by the staff on her tougher days. “They’ll ask me, ‘Do you want to stop?’ And I’ll say, ‘No, no. I’ve got to stay on my feet.’ Do you want to quit? Nooooo! Do you want to cut back? Nooooo.’ I’ve got to do this. I’ve got to stay on my feet because I know I need to strengthen my heart and I’m trying to lose weight. I’ve done well with that. I’m feeling good.”

“They are very encouraging too,” Williams added. “They told me that one of the ladies on the staff said she wasn’t going to complain about something hurting on her if I was able to do my exercises with my knees like this. I said, ‘That’s alright. You just put it out there and just keep on going.’ I’ll tell you in a min-ute that I’m hurting but I’m going to keep go-ing. I try not to complain because even with

Despite her aches and pains,

Elfreida Williams faithfully attends

Parkwest Cardiac Rehab and is

thrilled with her results.

Parkwest Cardiac Rehab helps patients develop healthier habitsLeaving the hospital with a new heart disease diagnosis

calls for a new lifestyle. Often this lifestyle change begins with a cardiac rehabilitation program. At the Parkwest Cardiac Rehabilitation Outpatient Program (CROP) at Fort Sanders West, a combined program of education and exer-cise helps patients grow in physical strength and knowl-edge, allowing them to easily manage their heart condition and reduce their chance of future hospital visits.

Upon arriving at CROP, patients are thoroughly evalu-ated based on individual knowledge, needs and prefer-ences. An exercise physiologist assesses each patient’s abilities and creates a personal fi tness program to meet their cardiac goals. Thereafter, most patients follow an appointment schedule of three days a week for three months.

Exercise at Cardiac Rehab involves a combined use of stationary bicycles, elliptical machines, treadmills,

weights and steps. During activity, each patient is supervised by a heart monitor. As a patient’s heart grows stronger, their exercise regimen is adjusted for maximum benefi t.

While some patients are con-vinced that they can achieve the same results at home or by joining a gym, the majority change their mind after a visit to cardiac rehab. Karen Kirkland, RN CMM, works with patients at rehab and states, “We hear a lot that patients thought

the exercise they were doing before a heart event was enough or the right kind of exercise, but after they at-tend cardiac rehab they tell us they learned that they really weren’t exercising the right way or at least not enough to improve their heart health.”

The constant monitoring and adjustment offered at cardiac rehab ensures that patient’s efforts in healthy liv-ing are not in vain. Patients repeatedly state that it’s well worth the time to improve their health and change the course of their lives.

You can learn more about cardiac rehabilita-tion and hearth health at TreatedWell.com under the Clinical Services section, or call Parkwest Medical Center Cardiac Rehab at Fort Sanders West at 865-531-5560.

my knees hurting, I feel good. I actually feel good. They are used to it now when I say, ‘I feel good and I’m about to fall out.’”

This October she’ll be evaluated to deter-mine if she is ready for another knee replace-ment surgery. Even if she gets the green light, she’s not sure she will do it. But she is sure of one thing – she won’t be quitting her cardiac rehab maintenance.

“I’m a Christian,” she says without hesita-tion. “I don’t have any problem telling you I’m a Christian, I don’t apologize for it. That’s who I am. That’s what I am. I know who I am and

I know who I belong to. But you know, Godnever told me I had to be perfect, but he toldme I had to be obedient and had to be faithful.So I’m going to be faithful to what I do. Andthat’s my driving force. I’m faithful to Him,I’m going to be faithful to His word, and thishas happened to me so I’m going to be faith-ful in dealing with it. That’s Elfredia! You justdon’t quit. You just don’t.”

For more information about Park-west Cardiac Rehab, visit www.TreatedWell.com/CardiacRehab, or call (865) 531-5560.

Karen Kirkland, RN

Amy Dale, RN

Chris Spruiell,

Exercise

Physiologist

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Ron Williams From page A-1

en care of. When Burchett learned that Williams was a U.S. Navy veteran, he as-signed his veterans’ services offi cer to the case and made some phone calls. Members of the Fulton High School Alumni Association got in-volved, and by the end of the day, the funeral was sched-uled.

Elaine Williams, who had spent several hot sum-mer days on foot, knock-ing on doors and asking for help, was relieved when a graveside service was set for Tuesday, July 12. Those attending met at East Ten-

nessee Veterans Cemetery on John Sevier Highway for a graveside service with full military honors conducted by the East Tennessee Vet-erans Honor Guard.

She hopes people will re-member her brother for his caring heart as well as for his great talent.

“Ron had faith. He’d giv-en his life to the Lord and even as sick as he was, he was always concerned for others.”

To see a sampling of Ron Williams’ work, go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpBYF7w7oHU.

Powell Branch From page A-1

Melissa Ferguson has been the library manager at Powell for fi ve years, having worked there since 1999, when the library was housed on Emory Road near Powell High School. Previously, she worked with the McClung Collection and the University of Tennessee library.

Ferguson recalls being nervous about moving the library to a new location, but she said the community response to the new build-ing was “overwhelming.”

“I love the people, and I love the community,” Fer-guson says of her tenure at Powell. “We have the best patrons in Knox County.”

Despite the world mov-

ing into a digital age, the li-brary has increased circula-tion every year and remains well-loved in the commu-nity, visited by people of all ages every day. Ferguson says libraries won’t be “put out of business” by the rapid increase in popularity of eB-ooks and other digital read-ing sources; the library will face changes, big and small, that refl ect the growing tech-nological state of our culture.

“Libraries will serve the public with their changing needs,” Ferguson assures. She says the digital books feature, a fairly new compo-nent of the library, has been well received. The Powell library is still a respite for those who simply want to

By Carol Z. ShanePowell resident Sandra

Perry says she started her mid-20th-century base-ment time capsule for her 10 grandkids. “They don’t just want to sit around the kitchen table, you know.” She cleaned out a corner of the garage and made a place for them to watch movies, and it grew from there. “I’m a visionary, I guess!” she chuckles.

The room now contains fi ve main areas: the “drive-in” with big-screen TV, cars painted on the wall with re-fl ective tail lights added and Astroturf underfoot; “Route 66,” which features auto-motive memorabilia and a TV “just for video games”; a comfy Victorian sitting area; a Coca-Cola bar with tabletop jukebox, Elvis, James Dean and Marilyn Monroe cookie jars, a coun-tertop salvaged from a Wen-dy’s restaurant, and plenty of references to the fi zzy drink; and the toy room, which contains a wealth of Fisher-Price and other brands of toys. Her grand-children “just go crazy when they see it,” Perry says.

Lining the upper wall in the Coca-Cola bar are high school photographs of Perry’s nearest and dearest friends. She grew up on Gratz Street in the Fourth & Gill neighbor-

Sandra Perry’s time capsule

Still close to her childhood friends, Perry hosts regular get-togethers in her retro party room.

Shown are, back, John Stansberry, Sandra Perry, Geraldine Blair, Dolores Miller, Bob Lawson

and Joyce Prater Hale; seated, Linda Scarbrough Cash, Bob Cardwell and John Prater. Perry has

known Hale and Cash “since we were 2 and a half.”

Another favorite area is her gift-wrapping station, modeled on

an old-time department store.

hood “with 21 boys and nine girls,” she says. Although a few members have passed on, the close-knit childhood gang still continues to meet regularly. Recently, Perry threw a party for John Prat-er, a former KUB employee who is moving to Arizona. “I wanted to see Johnny,” says Perry. “I knew I wouldn’t see him again.”

Almost every display – from old pictures of Gay

Street pedestrians to Beatles fi gurines to a wall of trophies – ties in family and friends. “I try to include a little of my kids in everything.”

Perry says her garage-to-fantasy-basement renova-tion had its beginnings two years ago. “I never had a car in here,” she says. “It was just a junk hole.” With the help of her son Steve, an Air Force veteran who now repairs jet engines for Standard Air, she

added sheetrock and a ceil-ing, electrical systems, deco-rative fl oor covers, counters and a freestanding fi replace for the sitting area. “My grandparents moved into Fourth & Gill in 1878,” she says. “I was trying to recreate the kind of sitting rooms we had there.”

Perry’s husband Bill, for-merly employed by TVA and Oak Ridge’s Y12 plant, died in 1997. They were married

28 years. On the wall in the Coca-Cola bar is the metal luggage rack from the bicy-cle she was riding when she fi rst met him as a teenager.

Perry’s career has been with East Tennessee Chil-dren’s Hospital and the Knox County Health De-partment. She now works in administration for the State Fire Marshal’s Offi ce. Her fi ve sons and one daughter make their homes all over

the globe, and she’s proud to point out the Navy, Air Force and Army careers among them. Her husband was ac-tive duty National Guard at the time of his death. “We’re a military family,” she says.

As for her unusual blast-from-the-past basement, Perry swears with a smile that “I’m not a collector. I just arrange things.”Send story suggestions to news@

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COMMUNITY NOTES

■ Broadacres Homeowners Association. Info: Steven

Goodpaster, generalgood

paster@gmail.com.

■ Enhance Powell meets 4-5

p.m. each second Wednesday

at the Powell Branch Library.

Info: 661-8777.

■ Knox North Lions Club meets

1 p.m. each fi rst and third

Wednesday, Puleo’s Grille, 110

Cedar Lane. Info: 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.

The Stooksbury brothers of Powell celebrated with their former basketball coach at a recent lunch.

Jim Prince was the head coach at Pow-ell High School for nine years, 1959-68, compiling a 178-90 record.

Stooksbury brothers Rex, George, Larry and Joe played varsity ball for him.

“In spite of lack of facilities, budget

issues and instability in the program, Coach Prince, through his dedication, was instrumental in beginning a winning tradition for the Powell Panther basket-ball program,” said Larry Stooksbury.

Prince went on to become a principal in Knox County Schools and is now retired. He was principal at both Halls Elementary and Adrian Burnett Elementary schools.

Rex Stooksbury, George Stooksbury, Jim Prince, Larry Stooksbury and Joe Stooksbury.

Thanking a coach

escape the real world and dive into a book. According to Ferguson, there is often a small crowd of people lined up at the library’s entrance in the early morning, wait-ing for the doors to open.

The library has been es-pecially attractive to kids and parents, who regularly attend the many events that Powell Branch Library hosts year-round. On Wednesday and Friday mornings, the library welcomes infants and toddlers for group read-ing sessions; on the fi rst Thursday of each month, families are encouraged to join Family Pajama Story Time. Powell Branch also hosts a summer reading program for kids and teens, in which participants are given objectives to complete each week through reading.

These programs, says Fer-guson, are what keep kids engaged.

Ferguson is hopeful about the next 10 years. “I’m so lucky to work here. I couldn’t be happier.” The coming years are looking good for Powell Branch Li-brary, a place that is sure to continue being a proud establishment of the Powell community.

CALL FOR ARTISTS■ Arts in the Park, “Art in the Heart of

Hamblen County,” a one-day celebration of visual and performing arts scheduled for Sept. 17 at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park, 350 W. Ninth North St., Morristown, will accept artists’ applications through July 15. Arts in the Park is a juried event. All work must be original to and created by the exhibitor. Info/application: morristownart.org

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Marvin West

Amazing what you can learn from ESPN.

ESPN explains Tennessee schedule

One of the great net-work’s analytical geniuses, known for comprehensive research, told us the Ten-nessee football schedule is unbalanced. The descrip-tive word was “lopsided,” which is close to correct. The schedule appears more like my physique, bulging in the middle.

The Vol challenge is no-

ticeably more diffi cult in October than on either end.

This “lopsided” factoid was presented as monu-mental news, level 8, up there with the discovery of another planet or the recall of mayonnaise.

Oh my, the schedule might knock the Vols out of a national champion-ship. That part is accurate. Odds are it will. That’s what schedules do.

September is Appala-chian State on a school holiday, Virginia Tech in the spectacular-to-be Bat-tle at Bristol, Ohio U. (not to be confused with Ohio State) and the really big one against Florida.

October is when the boys

become men – at Georgia, at Texas A&M, home against Alabama. Even the open date is potentially threaten-ing. If the Vols lose again to the Tide, a hangover is almost sure to follow. If the Vols win, it might take more than a couple of weeks to re-turn to Earth. That sets up a tricky trip to South Carolina.

Strange that ESPN and the world are just now no-ticing that Tennessee No-vembers are rigged. For generations, UT teams have generally improved as they went along. November was a dependable time to enhance the season record. For coaches above the border-line, it was time to milk the cash cow, negotiate contract

extensions, gain signifi cant raises and qualify for bowl bonuses.

Indeed, there have been several Novembers to re-member. Thirty-seven times since the Southeast-ern Conference was orga-nized, Tennessee has won all its November league games. That was possible because the “Third Satur-day” was in October.

In November, in times past, there was unbeliev-able domination of Ken-tucky and Vanderbilt – 26 in a row over the Wildcats, 22 consecutive against the Commodores. If you want to dig deeper, UK defeated UT four times in 46 years. Vandy won four in 50. This

does skew late-season worksheets.

Beginning at the SEC be-ginning, in 1933, Robert R. Neyland went 31-5 against league foes in November. Bowden Wyatt was only 10-10. For that and other reasons, he was asked to go away.

Doug Dickey got off to a slow start but ended up with 12 victories in 19 SEC No-vember games. Bill Battle fi nished poorly but was 15-5 in his seven Novembers.

John Majors’ Vols went 40-12 against conference opponents in November. He had an eight-year run where he didn’t lose late. Phillip Fulmer was the best of the bunch, 41-5.

All the above lost credit for one or more victories over Vanderbilt because the games were in December.

As bad as was Derek Dooley’s coaching, his No-vember record against SEC opponents was 8-4. Butch Jones is 8-4.

The easy part of the typi-cal Tennessee schedule is not easy. The Vols are often at a psychological disadvan-tage. Going back to Ney-land, Kentucky and Vandy would hide behind their dis-appointments and wait in ambush, hoping to disrupt or spoil the Orange season.

So it remains, forever and ever, amen.Marvin West welcomes reader reaction.

His address is westwest6@netzero.com

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Northeast survey reveals desires, needsThe online survey of

business availability in Northeast Knoxville is en-tering its fi nal week.

Your voice is important and we want to hear from you. Please invest fi ve min-utes to complete the survey monkey questionnaire – there are just 9 questions – so we will have a decent database to help launch a successful Economic Sum-mit for the northeast quad-rant this fall. The Chamber and Leadership Knoxville have said they will join us in that effort. So will the four BPAs active in our area.

Sneak Preview: Here is how things are look-ing based on the fi rst 100 respondents’ opinions we have received.

Over 60 percent of you say you shop mainly at the East Towne business dis-trict and along the Broad-way corridor. Less than 35 percent identify West Town and Turkey Creek as their

main choice.That’s not surprising. We

live in the East or Northeast part of the city and would rather shop and support businesses in our own back-yard. If our survey could reach folks from the outly-ing areas in Knox County, as well as Grainger, Union, Campbell and Jefferson counties, not to mention South Knoxville, I bet that north-and-east local busi-ness numbers would be even higher. Who needs the traf-fi c and hassles of the west side if you can fi nd what you need out here?

Over 65 percent of the survey respondents thus far assert that more retail

is needed out here. Where are the developers and en-trepreneurs? Opportunities abound for restaurants and bakeries to higher quality clothing stores, especially for women – you know the majority who really control the purse strings in Ameri-ca – and other retail.

More and better restau-rants were specifi cally iden-tifi ed as a need. Personally, I end up braving west traffi c occasionally to visit a Bravo Italian or Carrabas or Hard Knox pizza, just to sample some varied fl avors.

Meanwhile, locals stand in line on the weekends to get into Aubreys, Puleo’s or a nearby steak house. The Habaneros brothers have recently added a second res-taurant just to handle the daily fl ow.

Chefs, where are you? Bistro yourself out here.

Many of the respondents identifi ed greater health care as a need they would

like to see fulfi lled. That varies from walk-in clinics and women’s-care or child-care centers to a full service hospital.

We have been short-changed ever since St. Mary’s (now Tennova) decided to chase the fat-ter insurance policies out west. Countless people have identifi ed the old (car-ing) St. Mary’s as the place where they or their chil-dren were born or a loved one had surgery and atten-tive post-op care. The days of the good Sister hauling in one of Peyton’s passes have waned.

Other respondents cite the need for greater care fa-cilities to treat Alzheimer’s or dementia-related illness-es. They say UT services in that regard are backlogged and thus hard to access.

Without attempting more than this short sur-vey glimpse right now, I will say that some respon-

dents want to see more pe-destrian-friendly roads, a cleaner and better run mall (wake up Simon and your salvage holding company W.P.Glimcher!), as well as more family-run local busi-nesses. Perhaps the Mag-nolia corridor revamp will jumpstart the effort there. The city engineers need to make upper Broadway easi-er to traverse by car and on foot, and so on.

Meantime, please log on to your computer and take the survey. You can spare fi ve minutes. The inter-net link is: surveymonkey.com/r/KCMR9X9. You can also reach it from my Face-book page.

We’ll close that survey portal next week. Act now. Don’t just sit on your hands. Let’s take charge of our fu-ture. Let the Summit begin!

Nick Della Volpe is a lawyer who rep-

resents District 4 on the Knoxville City

Council. Reach him at ndellavolpe@

gmail.com

GOSSIP AND LIES ■ Steve Hall does not have my

endorsement in District 18,

even though he apparently

sent out a mailer implying

that.

■ James Corcoran would be

my choice if I voted in District

18, which I do not.

■ And it speaks to the quality

of candidates in that race that

the only one I’ve not yet met

is James Corcoran.

■ Hey, Amy Brace! I met the

new principal at Sarah Moore

Greene Magnet Academy last

week and she got my atten-

tion. Brace looked at her com-

munity school volunteers and

said, “We don’t want anyone

to come here with pity.”

■ “Our kids are as smart as any

others, and if some started in

a hole, then we just have to

work harder to pull them up.”

■ Susan Espiritu is handing

over her staff and students

to a hard-nosed leader. And

we’re going to have some fun

this year!

– S. Clark

POWELL/NORWOOD Shopper news • JULY 13, 2016 • A-5 government

VictorAshe

Betty Bean

Sandra Clark

If the 5th District school board runoff had been held last fall, the debate would have started (and pretty much ended) with the ques-tion, “James McIntyre: for him or against him?”

The controversial former superintendent changed the conversation when he an-nounced in December that he was stepping down from his $228K (plus perks) job. But underlying issues still remain.

Both Susan Horn and Buddy Pelot have rela-tives who have served in public of-fi ce – state Rep. Jason Zachary is married to Horn’s cousin,

and former City Council member Barbara Pelot is Buddy Pelot’s mother – but

the candi-dates say that fam-ily ties have little to do with their reasons for running.

Horn fi nished fi rst in the

three-way March primary with 4,364 votes, or 44.86 percent, narrowly missing the 50 percent plus one needed to avoid a runoff. Pelot got 2,932 votes, or 30.14 percent, nosing out third-place fi nisher Lori Ann Boudreaux, who had 2,431 votes for 24.99 percent.

A longtime PTA stalwart and school volunteer, Horn is doing lots of door knock-ing and enjoys the support of PACE, the political action committee of the Knox County Education As-sociation, and SPEAK, an organized group of teachers and parents who banded together to oppose corpo-rate education reform and the high-stakes testing that accompanied it.

Susan and Brad Horn have two daughters who attended Knox County schools.

She said that working in her children’s schools got her interested in running for school board.

“I’ve worked alongside teachers on the parents’ side for a long time, and I’ve seen some of the con-sequences of state reforms – how they’ve changed the overall atmosphere and environment in our schools over the past few years. That’s what led me to want to run.”

The East Tennessee De-velopment District, along with the East Tennessee Hu-man Resource Agency, cele-brates 50 years at an awards banquet at the Museum of Appal achia in Norris on July 14. This agency has as-sisted many disadvantaged persons in the mid-east Tennessee area.

■ Former U.S. Sen. Bill Brock, who lives in Annapolis, Md., is a former Republican National Com-mittee chair, but he will not attend the Republican Na-tional Convention for the fi rst time in over three de-cades.

His son Oscar Brock was recently elected GOP Na-tional Committee member from Tennessee and is an alternate delegate. The se-nior Brock continues to be active for the GOP at other levels and is hosting a fund raiser for Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan in a few weeks.

This writer is a delegate for Marco Rubio to the GOP convention and this week is serving on the platform committee in Cleveland, Ohio.

■ In December 2017, fi ve members of City Council rotate off due to term limits. They are Nick Della Volpe, Brenda Palmer, Nick Pavlis, Duane Grieve and Daniel Brown. People are already starting to look at running for these fi ve seats.

One of the most active is Lauren Rider, who lives

Schools in District 5 ■ A.L. Lotts Elementary

■ Blue Grass Elementary

■ Farragut Primary

■ Farragut Intermediate

■ Farragut Middle

■ West Valley Middle

■ Farragut High

Horn or Pelot in

District 5?

Pelot, an attorney whose given name is Reuben Nisbet Pelot IV, is the son of longtime West Knox dentist Reuben “Nib” Pelot (and Barbara, of course). He and his wife Judith have three daughters who have or currently are attend-ing Knox County schools. Both have been actively involved in the PTA, and he decided to run after hear-ing that incumbent Karen Carson wasn’t going to seek re-election. He has gotten strong support from the city’s business elite, largely mirroring that of District 2 candidate Grant Standefer, who lost to former teacher Jennifer Owen in the pri-mary.

Pelot said the similarity between his contributor list and Standefer’s is because they share a common con-sultant, Gary Drinnen of Targeted Strategies. When asked how he will turn the March numbers around in the August election, he said his campaign will look for the most effi cient ways to get the word out. Drinnen is known for massive amounts of direct mail.

Pelot said he’s always had a deep interest in education (UT’s Bob Kronick, founder of Knox County Schools’ community schools movement, urged him to pursue a master’s in education rather than go to law school).

“I’m not getting into this because I’ve got an agenda. I’m just pursuing excel-lence in education for all our kids in Knox County,” he said, echoing a McIntyre theme. “I’m an advocate in my career, and there are no attorneys on the board, so I can add something there, rather than just being an-other voice on the board.”

Susan Horn

Buddy Pelot

Ex-senator Brock won’t attend GOP convention

in Old North Knoxville on East Scott Avenue and is eyeing the Della Volpe seat. A few weeks ago, I had lunch with her at Savelli’s on Sutherland and left im-pressed by her commitment and knowledge as well her dedication to service.

Rider, 41, is married to neurologist Dr. Steven Rid-er, and they have two boys, Hagen, 7, and Finley, 8, who will be in Beaumont Magnet school this fall. She has lived in Knoxville since 2005 and works as the librarian at the Division Street campus of Pellissippi State. She met her husband at Indiana Uni-versity Medical School, and she got her graduate degree in library science from the same university. She re-ceived her undergraduate degree in exercise science from Georgia State.

In the 11 years she has lived here, she has been very active as president of Old North Knoxville from 2010 to 2014, as co-chair of the Broadway Corridor Task Force, on the Knox-ville Neighborhoods Advi-sory Council for two terms, member of the Knox County Library Advisory Board and on the Knoxville public

property naming commit-tee.

She is a strong his-toric preservationist and received the 2011 Knox Heritage Ronald Childress Preservationist Award. Her other issues include green-ways, infrastructure im-provement and sidewalks.

■ The House race in West Knox County for the District 18 seat now held by state Rep. Martin Daniel is becoming more heated as early voting beings this Friday. A debate was held last night between Daniel, James Corcoran, Steve Hall and Bryan Dodson. Hall has sent out two attack pieces on Daniel, and Daniel has responded with mailers re-minding voters that Hall, along with then-Sen. Sta-cey Campfi eld, tried to sell Lakeshore Park.

Daniel accuses Hall of wanting to increase his cur-rent state pension by 50 percent through one more term in the House. Hall also draws a city pension from his council service.

Hall for four years was almost invisible, but he has started early in attacking Daniel. Daniel is remind-ing voters why they retired Hall two years ago. Also in the contest is Corcoran, who has impressed many observers with his calm, articulate approach. He is hindered by not having the campaign funds which the others have.

■ Ron Williams, Knox-ville landscape artist, died June 24 at 69. While his death was not widely re-ported, his works represent the Hudson River stylized artist approach. They are in many homes across Knox County as well as our con-vention center. A talented and vigorous artist, he will be deeply missed.

■ Mayor Rogero de-serves compliments for in-sisting reforms in the KPD moonlighting policy go for-ward and no retribution oc-cur against the offi cers who raised the issue.

■ Thanks to poor management decisions by UT athletic director Dave Hart and others, UT has paid out over $4 million to settle lawsuits which they said they would vigorously defend when fi rst fi led. That assertion was a myth. It seems no one is being held to account for this. Will Hart simply get another pay raise?

UT President Joe DiPi-etro will appoint a commis-sion to review Title IX com-pliance.

It is imperative this com-mission be totally objective and include persons free to ask questions. The com-mission must have staff to do the work. UT personnel must be instructed to coop-erate and provide access to all documents. The meet-ings must be open to the public.

School security offi cers honored

Honoring school security offi cers of the year are: Security Chief Gus Paidousis, school board chair Doug Harris, Offi cer Frank

Humphrey, Offi cer J. Gibson and interim superintendent Buzz Thomas.

Security Chief Gus Paid-ousis and interim Superin-tendent Buzz Thomas rec-ognized two school security offi cers for outstanding ser-vice during the Board of Ed-ucation meeting last week.

Offi cers Frank Hum-phrey and J. Gibson were selected as offi cers of the year from more than 100 of-fi cers.

Paidousis said 10 recruits are in the middle of a fi ve-week training regimen and will graduate at 6:30 p.m. Monday, July 28, at Fulton High School.

Also, Knox County Board of Education has approved:

North: Refi nishing the

gym fl oor at Powell High School for $17,196.00 using funds athletics and general school funds; plans to start a blended algebra and math I program at Gibbs, Central and Fulton high schools; Fulton High to upgrade weight room with Lift Life Foundation grant not to ex-ceed $150,000.

South: A partnership

proposal with ThinkCERCA for student licenses and a professional development package for Mooreland Heights Elementary School at a cost of $4,000;

An agreement with Knox County and the city of Knoxville for a common wall between the Sarah Simpson Professional De-velopment Center and the old South High School prop-erty, pending law director’s fi nal approval;

Reinstitution of a lease agreement with Commu-nity Action Committee for use of the old Anderson Elementary School facility for purpose of a Headstart

pre-school through June 30, 2035.

Mooreland Heights El-ementary to receive a Focus Schools grant for $59,809 to support gap closure for this Title I focus school.

East: An agreement with Pellissippi State Communi-ty College for the academic plan of the Career Magnet Academy through August 2017; also amended lease agreement for additional space for CMA;

Chilhowee Elementary to receive a Focus Schools Grant for $81,884 to sup-port gap closure for this Ti-tle I focus school for 2016-17 school year.

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SENIOR NOTES ■ The Heiskell Senior

Center1708 W. Emory Road. Info: Janice White, 548-0326

Upcoming: Monthly

luncheon, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Thursday, July 14; barbecue

lunch and speaker provided

by Mynatt Funeral Home.

Mobile Meals served every

Wednesday; $2 donation

requested; RSVP by noon

Tuesday.

■ Karns Senior Center8042 Oak Ridge Highway951-2653knoxcounty.org/seniorsMonday-Friday7:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

Off erings include:card

games; dance classes; exer-

cise programs; mahjong; art

classes; farkle dice games;

dominoes; a computer lab;

billiards room; outdoor grill

and kitchen area.

Register for: Senior

Safety presentation by

Aubrey Maples from the

Knoxville Police Depart-

ment, 11 a.m. Thursday,

July 14. Veterans Services, 9

a.m. Friday, July 15; RSVP to

215-5645.

■ Halls Senior Center4405 Crippen Road922-0416knoxcounty.org/seniorsMonday-FridayHours vary

Off erings include: card

games; exercise classes;

quilting, dominoes, dance

classes; scrapbooking,

craft classes; Tai Chi; movie

matinee 2 p.m. Tuesdays.

Senior Ballroom Dance,

7-9 p.m. Saturday, July 23;

admission: $5; live music:

the Nigel Boulton Band.

Register for: Veterans

Services, 9 a.m. Wednesday,

July 20; RSVP to 215-5645.

■ Morning Pointe Assisted Living7700 Dannaher Drive686-5771 or morningpointe.com

Ongoing event: Alzheimer’s and Dementia

Caregivers Support Group

meets 1 p.m. each last

Monday.

Upcoming events: Xxxx

■ Knox County Senior ServicesCity County Building400 Main St., Suite 615215-4044 Monday-Friday8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

■ Senior Citizens Information and Referral Service2247 Western Ave.524-2786knoxseniors.org

Pierce entertains at Morning Pointe

Conrad Pierce, singer, pianistand guitarist, performed forresidents at Morning Pointe ofPowell.

Pierce, a Nashville native,plays for seniors throughout thecommunity, performing mainlycountry tunes and oldies. Piercehas toured for years opening formany acts in Nashville and nowenjoys dedicating his time to se-nior centers.

The assisted-living resi-dents loved hearing some oftheir favorites including “Ten-nessee Waltz” as a tribute toPat Summitt.

For some time, the residents of Morning Pointe of Pow-ell had enjoyed gathering together to listen to Alan Jack-son and sing along.

So Lantern program coordinator Lynda Rose decided to write a letter to Jackson, explaining to him how his mu-sic has touched the lives of and blessed the residents. Last week, the center received a package from Jackson that brought tears to the eyes of Rose and many others.

Residents Betty Sibert and Margaret Herbison were happy and excited to receive the gift Alan Jackson had sent to the group: his CD “Precious Memories, Vol. II,” along with an autographed photo. They immediately gathered their fellow residents to enjoy some refreshments and hear some of Jackson’s fi nest tunes.

Betty Sibert and Margaret Herbison show the gifts sent

from country-music star Alan Jackson to the residents

of Morning Pointe of Powell Lantern. Photo submitted

Morning Pointe resident Mar-

jorie Lawson poses for a pho-

to with Nashville singer and

musician Conrad Pierce. Photo submitted

Residents at Morning Pointe of Powell: (front) Jane Hodges, Ralph Mertz, Shirley Stansberry,

Betty Siebert, Betty Mitchell; (back) Ferd Hall, Terry Kanopka, Earl Hoff meister, Margaret

Herbison, Doris McCurdy, Gene Woods and Earl Wilson celebrate the life of Pat Summitt by

wearing orange and planting an orange forget-me-not in the garden. Photo submitted

At Morning Pointe of Powell’s Lantern Al-zheimer’s Community, the residents wanted to do something very special in memory of Pat Summitt. Many residents wore or-ange, and they planted an orange forget-me-not in the memory garden.

Each resident had either met Pat, knew her person-ally or was a season-ticket holder for the Lady Vols. All were lifelong fans. Her pass-ing has touched them all.

At M i P i t

Jackson surprises Morning Pointe residents

POWELL/NORWOOD Shopper news • JULY 13, 2016 • A-7 faith

VBS NOTES ■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak

Ridge Highway, July 28-31.

Times: 5:30-8 p.m. Thursday-

Friday; 9-11:30 a.m. Saturday;

10 a.m. Sunday during the

combined church service. A

covered dish lunch will follow

the Sunday service at 11:30.

Info: 690-1060 or beaver-

ridgeumc.org.

■ Bethany Baptist, 6705 Rac-

coon Valley Road, 7-9 p.m.,

July 25-29.

■ Glenwood Baptist Church of Powell, 7212 Central Ave Pike.

Ages 4 through fi fth grade.

Kickoff , 6 p.m. Sunday, July

24; free food and games. VBS

continues 6 p.m. Monday-

Wednesday, July 25-27.

Theme: “Castaway Island.”

Info: 938-2611.

■ Mount Hermon UMC, 235 E.

Copeland Road, 6-8:30 p.m.

July 24-27. Ages 3 through

rising sixth graders. Kick-off

and family cookout, 6 p.m.

Sunday, July 24. Theme: “Cave

Quest, Following Jesus, The

Light of the World.” Dinner

served each night. Everyone

welcome.

Community services

■ Cross Roads Presbyterian,

4329 E. Emory Road, hosts the

Halls Welfare Ministry food

pantry 6-7 p.m. each second

Tuesday and 10-11 a.m. each

fourth Saturday.

■ Ridgeview Baptist Church,

6125 Lacy Road, off ers

Children’s Clothes Closet and

Food Pantry 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

each third Saturday. Free to

those in the 37912/37849 ZIP

code area.

Classes/meetings ■ Beaver Dam Baptist Church

Women’s Ministry (WOW

– Women of Worth), 4328 E.

Emory Road, is holding the

Beth Moore Simulcast, “A Day

with Beth,” on Saturday, Sept.

17. Salem Baptist Church and

Fairview Baptist Church are

partnering and other commu-

nity churches are invited to

join. Cost: $10; includes boxed

lunch. Info: 922-2322.

■ Fairview Baptist Church,

7424 Fairview Road, will

host Men’s Night Out, 5 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 5. Cost: $15.

Dinner, 5 p.m.; conference,

6:45 p.m. Speakers: Johnny

Hunt, Senior Pastor, First

Baptist Church, Woodstock,

Ga.; and James Merritt, Senior

Pastor, Crosspointe Church,

Duluth, Ga. Info/registration:

fairviewbaptist.com.

■ First Comforter Church,

5516 Old Tazewell Pike, hosts

MAPS (Mothers At Prayer Ser-

vice) noon each Friday. Info:

Edna Hensley, 771-7788.

■ Powell Church, 323 W. Emory

Road, hosts Recovery at Pow-

ell each Thursday. Dinner,

6 p.m.; worship, 7; groups,

8:15. The program embraces

people who struggle with

addiction, compulsive behav-

iors, loss and life challenges.

Info: recoveryatpowell.com or

938-2741.

■ Wallace Memorial Bap-tist Church, 701 Merchant

Drive, will host Vol For Life

Inky Johnson delivering an

inspirational talk followed by

a free showing of the movie

“Woodlawn” 6 p.m. Sunday,

July 17. Open to the entire

community. Info: 688-4343.

Music/singings ■ Ailor Dale Baptist Church,

Beard Valley Road in May-

nardville, will hold its quar-

terly singing 7 p.m. Saturday,

July 23. Everyone welcome.

■ Mount Harmony Baptist Church, 819 Raccoon Valley

Road NE, will host a benefi t

singing 7 p.m. Saturday, July

30, for Rick Alan King and

Lana. The benefi t is to help

with Lana’s medical expenses.

A love off ering will be taken.

Singers include: Messiah’s

Call, Heart to Heart and the

Gloryway Believers. Everyone

welcome.

Special services■ Pleasant Gap Baptist

Church, 4311 Pleasant Gap

Dr., will hold Homecoming

Service beginning 10:30 a.m.

Sunday, July 17. No Sunday

school or evening service. The

Rev. Bill Smith will bring the

message. Everyone welcome.

Youth programs ■ Beaver Ridge UMC Young

Adults, 7753 Oak Ridge High-

way, will hold a car wash 11

a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, July 30,

Advance Auto Parts located

at Kingston Pike and Lovell

Road. Proceeds go to help

cover the cost of their trip to

New York in August. Info: 690-

1060 or beaverridgeumc.org.

cross currentsLynn Pittslpitts48@yahoo.com

Give her a share in the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her in the city gates.

(Proverbs 31: 31)Long years ago when I was in grammar school, I

learned that the book of Proverbs in the Old Testa-ment had 31 chapters and that the 31st chapter had 31 verses. So, the teacher explained, since 31 was also the maximum number of days in a month, every person on the planet could claim the verse from that chapter in Proverbs that corresponded with their birthday.

I went home that afternoon and looked up Proverbs 31. My birthday is the fi rst day of the month, and so my verse said, by way of introduction, “The words of King Lemuel. An oracle that his mother taught him:”

Well, that was pretty disappointing for me!Beginning with the 10th verse, however, the words

of King Lemuel are an acrostic poem about the capable wife. It is an ode, really, extolling her virtues, wisdom, industriousness, good business sense, faithfulness to her husband, generosity and happy children.

In 1984, when I moved to New Jersey, my new next-door neighbor came over to chat. As we exchanged information about ourselves, I told her that I was a musician and what denomination I belonged to, and she immediately told me the church I should visit fi rst.

So the next Sunday, we went to the church she had recommended and took our 2-year-old Jordan to the toddlers’ class, where a wise woman said, “You should meet my friend Anne.”

I followed her instructions, and the rest is history. Even though John and Anne still live in New Jersey, we are still best friends and visit each other as often as we can.

King Lemuel described my Anne to a T!

A good, true friend

FAITH NOTES

By Carol Z. ShaneMary Mahoney, assis-

tant director of the Univer-sity of Tennessee’s Center for Career Development and member of Bookwalter United Methodist Church, spends her days helping students prepare for life after graduation. She’s well versed in a variety of chan-nels such as internships and job fairs that can open up opportunities in the work-ing world.

A few years ago, she saw a need that wasn’t being ad-dressed.

“We’d heard students say they needed clothing,” she says. “Suit jackets, pants, things like that.” Good-looking business clothing is indeed pricey, and college students generally aren’t known for their bulging wallets.

Thus was born Smokey’s Closet, named for the school’s mascot.

The fi rst year, says Ma-honey, “We had collected quite a good amount. The students started lining up an hour before the time frame. Literally in a couple of hours we had given away all the clothes we’d col-lected.” The need was even greater than she and her colleagues had anticipat-ed. And there was another problem: storage space.

University of Tennessee graduate student Bree Shepard helps collect and organize business

clothing for Smokey’s Closet, an initiative that provides UT students with quality apparel for job

interviews and other career opportunities. Photo submitted

Bookwalter UMC partners with Smokey’s Closet

“We were in an old dorm,” Mahoney says. “We had lots of extra space.” But when her offi ces were re-located, that space shrunk considerably, so Mahoney approached her church for help.

The folks at Bookwalter UMC were glad to set up a rack in the fellowship hall, and they’ll be collecting clothing through Aug. 7 or possibly later. Items needed include:

■ Full suits (coats with

matching pants or skirt) ■ Contemporary suit

jackets or blazers ■ Shirts/blouses appro-

priate to wear underneath a suit coat

■ Dress slacks ■ Skirts in darker colors

such as black, brown or dark gray

■ Ties ■ New dress socks and

nylons ■ Shoes

This time around, UT’s Student Government As-

sociation has also stepped in to help. “We want to re-vitalize the initiative,” says Mahoney. “We’re trying to be there as a resource and to help students out.”

To donate gently used, good quality, clean, ready-to-wear business clothing to Smokey’s Closet, call the UT Center for Career De-velopment at 865-974-5435 or Bookwalter UMC at 865-689-3349. Send story suggestions to news@

shoppernewsnow.com.

Eight-year-old Luke Smith has a hair-rais-

ing experience at the American Museum

of Science and Energy in Oak Ridge dur-

ing a T-N-T children’s event sponsored by

Beaver Ridge United Methodist Church. Photo submitted

Making the most of summer with Beaver Ridge UMCBy Nancy Anderson

Beaver Ridge United Methodist Church’s T-N-T program offers kindergarten through fi fth-grade kids eight weeks of quality, Christ-centered summer activities fi lled with games, special programs and fi eld trips.

Started more than 20 years ago as a Tues-day and Thursday extension of the church’s Mother’s Day Out program, the series now hosts around 25 kids and includes Wednes-days.

Children bring a sack lunch and head out in the church van at 9 a.m. for four hours of

fun at local attractions such as Strike and Spare bowling alley, McFee Park Splash Pad, Laser Quest, JumpJam Trampoline Park and the American Museum of Science and En-ergy.

“I think T-N-T is a summer experience the kids will remember for years,” said children’s program director Vicki Davenport. “They made new friends, did exciting things, had brand-new experiences and just generally had fun together making the most of sum-mer.

“I love to see them growing up, getting a little older, a little wiser, and still wanting to

come back to us to have fun in the summer year after year. To me, that’s a successful pro-gram.

“The kids are learning how to share, how to take turns, how to compete gracefully, how to make lifelong friends and how to include everyone. No one is left out. They all grow together and learn that everyone is someone special … and that makes my heart happy.”

The T-N-T program welcomed 10 new kin-dergartners this year. Davenport said she wouldn’t be surprised if there were a wait list next summer.

Info: preschool@Beaver RidgeUMC

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Guinness Book of Records.Nick eyed the book, feeling perturbed.

Clay hadn’t let him touch it yet. Clay even showed him the pictures too quickly, as if a look from Nick’s eyes would smudge the pages. Nick wanted to look at it on his own, take his time to see if there was any-thing besides the gross stuff Clay had been showing him. When he’d asked, Clay had said, “No way! I don’t want your nose-picking hands on my book!”

“Here!” Clay said. “Get a load of these fi ngernails!”

Pretending he didn’t care, Nick stole a glance. The man looked as if he were clutch-ing ribbons he’d ripped off some presents. “That’s not gross. That’s weird. How does he sleep?”

Clay shrugged and set the book on his thigh. “How does he scratch when he itch-es? Search me. But neat stuff, huh?”

“I don’t know.” Nick eyed the book. It wouldn’t be hard to grab. “Ever want to be in that book?” — as the world’s worst best friend? he added to himself. Or the stingiest?

“Sure. Once I did the most humongous burp in the world.”

Nick snorted. “And my belly button whistles when I cough.” He slid his hand toward Clay’s leg, pretending to scratch his own kneecap.

“No, really! And yesterday I sneezed twelve times in a row. I bet that’s a record.” Clay’s look dared Nick to disagree.

Nick couldn’t stand it any longer. He grabbed and ran.

“Hey!” Clay screamed. “Give that back!”“Who’s gonna make me?” Nick shouted.

“Your grandmother?”Nick ran around the house, aiming for

some lilac bushes where he could hide and take his sweet time looking at the book.

He didn’t count on his little sister’s red wagon blocking the way. “E-e-e-iii!” he yelled, jumping.

It all happened very fast.He shoved the wagon’s cocked handle

away as his right leg shot forward. His smile seemed to lift him higher. “Yeah!” he breathed as he started descending. Then he heard a crash.

“Ow!” Clay yelled.Nick couldn’t help looking behind him.

The book fl ew from his hand. He lunged for

it and twisted in the air. The grass reared up like a snapped blanket. Nick landed fl at

on his back, k n o c k i n g the wind from him. The book lay beyond his hand. He heard an “O-oof!” on his other side and turned to see Clay’s feet thump-ing the ground near his head.

Nick tried to sit but c o u l d n ’ t . He tried to breathe, but his throat felt like a straw

collapsed from sucking too hard.Desperate now, and gasping for breath,

Nick struggled once more to sit. Clay moaned as he pulled himself onto his hands and knees and wobbled toward the book. With a tremendous grunt, Nick reared up and threw himself toward the book, block-ing Clay.

Just as Nick was about to snag the book, Clay grabbed one of his feet. He yanked, pulling Nick backwards.

Nick tried kicking, but Clay glommed on to his other foot. Nick felt as helpless as a worm on a wet sidewalk.

Nick went limp and groaned. “All I want to do is look at it.” A wave of anger washed over him. “You’ve been a real creep about this book. And you know what? It’s not so great. It’s just about lot of losers doing lame things. And they’re mostly adults. A-num-ber-one dolts? Get it?”

“Oh yeah?” Clay said. He tightened his grip on Nick’s feet.

“Yeah. How about the man who’s tat-tooed everywhere except between his toes. Gimme a break! Or the woman who paid six million dollars for a wedding dress. Come on! We could write a more interesting book than that!”

“More interesting than the fattest model in the world?”

Nick winced, picturing her. “Defi nitely. Let go and I’ll give you back your stupid book. Cross my heart …”

Clay let go and they both sat up. Nick reached for the book and, holding it as if it were disgusting, handed it to Clay.

Clay checked it for damage. Satisfi ed, he said, “You know what? You’re right. We should write our own book.”

Nick nodded. “And make all the records in our book belong to us.”

Clay grinned. “Hey! That’s a great idea!” He stood on shaky legs. “What record should we try for fi rst?”

(To be continued.)

Text copyright © 2012 Avi. Illustrations copyright © 2012 Timothy Bush. Reprinted by permission of Breakfast Serials, Inc., www.breakfastserials.com. No part of this publication may be reproduced, displayed, used or distributed without the express written permission of the copyright holder.

CHAPTER ONE: The great idea

“a breakfast serials story”The Best in the World

“Gross!” Nick made a face. “How many worms did he eat?”

“Sixty-two,” answered his best friend Clay. “In thirty seconds. He didn’t chew. See?” Nick leaned from where he sat on the porch steps to see better. Clay pulled the

book away, not wanting Nick too close. Clay hated sharing anything but trouble.

“Where do they get that stuff!” Nick said, unable to look any longer.

Clay grinned. “If you thought that was gross ...” He fl ipped carefully through The

Written by Marc Talbert and Illustrated by Betsy James

Knoxville Children’s Theatre

to present‘Legally Blonde: The Musical Jr.’

Knoxville Children’s Theatre will present “Le-gally Blonde: The Musical Jr.,” a version of the hit Broadway musical specially adapted for children and families and based on the popular MGM fi lm.

Harvard’s beloved blonde takes the stage by glittery pink storm in “Le-gally Blonde: The Musi-cal Jr.,” which follows Elle Woods as she tackles ste-reotypes, snobbery and scandal in pursuit of her dreams. The role of Elle is played by KCT veteran Hannah Sloas, and Warner Huntington III is played by Joseph Coram.

“Legally Blonde: The Musical Jr.” will be per-formed July 15-31 at the Knoxville Children’s The-atre auditorium, 109 E. Churchwell Ave.

Performance times are 7 p.m. Thursdays and Fri-days, 1 and 5 p.m. Satur-days and 3 p.m. Sundays.

Tickets are $12 and may be purchased in advance at 865-208-3677 or at knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com.

The play is directed by KCT Academy director Dennis E. Perkins

Paul Jones serves as mu-sical director.

Paulette (Abigayle DeBusk) tries to convince Elle (Hannah Slo-

as) to stay in law school in “Legally Blonde: The Musical Jr.” at

the Knoxville Children’s Theatre. Photos by Ruth White

Camping in the UT Gardens

By Sara BarrettDay campers at HGTV

UT Gardens made new friends this summer – some with two legs, some with more and some that slither on the ground.

“Your Wild Front Yard” was one theme for the week as 4- and 5-year-olds played nature-related games and explored the gardens at UT’s Institute of Agricul-ture.

A highlight of the camp, according to HGTV UT Gardens’ education direc-tor Derrick Stowell, was a corn snake the students ob-served eating its lunch.

“Research shows get-ting children outside re-duces their stress levels and makes them more en-vironmentally conscious,” says Stowell. “It is good for them to explore the garden on their own, with some su-pervision.”

Volunteer Elaine Jol-lay, who usually helps with maintenance and pulling weeds in the fl ower beds, has spent some time helping with camp this summer and agrees with Stowell.

“I think children need to see things and notice things without just walking by,” says Jollay.

Camp buddies Davis Berry, Flossie Burnett and Trip Anderson

thoughtfully observe a bee resting on a fl ower.

Students were encour-aged to watch insects and count blossoms and veg-etables on the plants. Jollay led the campers in nature-themed songs during indoor breaks.

UT Gardens offers many different camps for sum-mer and for all age groups. Themes focus on fossils, worms, fruits and veggies and even chemistry in the garden. Info: https://tiny.utk.edu/gogardencamp.

UT Gardens volunteer Elaine

Jollay leads campers in a

song while they cool off in-

doors.

POWELL/NORWOOD Shopper news • JULY 13, 2016 • A-9 kids

Free dental sealant clinics in JulyThe Knox County Health Department will offer a

free dental sealant clinic each Tuesday and Thursday in July at the InterFaith Health Clinic, 315 Gill Ave. KCHD will provide the dental sealants to individuals between the ages of 6 and 21 years old. Individuals do not have to be an InterFaith patient to receive these services, nor will they become an established Inter-Faith patient after receiving sealants. Appointments are required. Info/appointments: 215-5157.

Owens signs with Fisk UniversityPowell resident Mia Owens recently signed to play volleyball

at Fisk University in Nashville. Mia is the daughter of Missey

Owens and is a 2016 graduate of Bearden High School. She let-

tered all four years at Bearden and graduated in May with a 3.0

GPA. Attending the signing with Mia were her sister Morgan

Zacheretti, brother-in-law Nick Zacheretti and nephew Ro-

man. Photo submitted

Wonderful world of animalsLouise Hargis of Zoo

Knoxville traveled to the Powell Branch Library last week and brought a few ani-mals, skins, furs and bones with her to show the young guests.

Before the animals were brought out from their housing, Hargis discussed how to interact with them and act around them. “Sometimes the animals get scared with loud noise in unfamiliar places, so try not to startle them,” she said. “When they get scared they do one of three things: run and hide, bite and then hide,

RuthWhite

or mess on you and hide.”The large crowd featured

children of all ages, ready to explore and learn about Biff the Everglades rat snake, Hugo Girl the rab-bit and Madeline the skink. The group had the opportu-nity to touch a turtle shell, a snake skin, a skunk pelt and the most fun – Madeline.

Anna Kosten shows the crowd a tiger jaw with help from Zoo

Knoxville school partnership coordinator Louise Hargis at the

Powell Branch Library.

Lincoln Harned pets Madeline, a skink, at the Powell Branch

Library. Photos by Ruth White

SUMMER CAMPSAdditional listings and informa-

tion at ShopperNewsNow.com.

Week of July 17 ■ Explorer camp at Ijams, 10 a.m.-4

p.m. Monday-Friday, July 18-22, Ijams

Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave.

Ages 9-14. Cost: $245 members/$270

nonmembers; includes a full-day off -site

trip. Info/registration: Lauren, 577-4717,

ext. 135.

■ Concord Park golf camp, 9 a.m.-noon,

Tuesday-Thursday, July 19-21, Concord

Park, 10909 S. Northshore Drive. Ages 9-17.

Cost: $100. Info/registration: 966-9103.

■ Cartoon Camp, 9-11:30 a.m. Monday-

Thursday, July 18-21, Angela Floyd

Schools, 10845 Kingston Pike. Ages 2-5.

Cost: $125. Info/registration: angela-

fl oydschools.com.

■ Ice Princess Camp, 9-11:30 a.m. Mon-

day-Thursday, July 18-21, Angela Floyd

Schools, 6732 Jubilee Center Way. Ages

6 and up. Cost: $125. Info/registration:

angelafl oydschools.com or 947-9894.

■ Joy in Motion: session 3, 9-10:30 a.m.

ages 4-5 and 10:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. ages

6-8, Tuesday and Thursday, July 19 and

21, Studio Arts for Dancers, 1234 Rocky

Hill Road. Cost: $35. Info/registration:

StudioArtsForDancers.net or 539-2475.

■ Minecraft camp at Ijams, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Monday-Friday, July 18-22, Ijams Nature

Center, 2915 Island Home Ave. Ages 5-8.

Cost: $245 members/$270 nonmembers;

includes trip to Bricks 4 Kidz. Info/regis-

tration: Lauren, 577-4717, ext. 135.

■ STEAM Sprouts Stories, 9 a.m.-noon or

1-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, July 18-22, The

Muse Knoxville, 516 N. Beaman St. Ages

5-6. Cost: $85/$75 members. Info/regis-

tration: themuseknoxville.org/content/

summer-camps-2016 or 594-1494.

Week of July 24 ■ Awesome Oceans, 9 a.m.-noon

Monday-Friday, July 25-29, The Muse

Knoxville, 516 N. Beaman St. Ages 9-13.

Cost: $105/$95 members. Info/registra-

tion: themuseknoxville.org/content/

summer-camps-2016 or 594-1494.

■ Awesome Oceans, 1-4 p.m. Monday-

Friday, July 25-29, The Muse Knoxville,

516 N. Beaman St. Ages 7-8. Cost:

$105/$95 members. Info/registration:

themuseknoxville.org/content/summer-

camps-2016 or 594-1494.

■ Children’s Music Camp, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Monday-Thursday, July 25-28 and 10

a.m.-noon Friday, July 29, Faith UMC,

1120 Dry Gap Pike. Ages 7-13. Teaching:

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Joseph and

the Amazing Technicolor® Dreamcoat”

(original version). Drop-in registration:

2-4 p.m. Sunday, July 24. Info/reserva-

tion: 688-1000 or info@faithseekers.org.

■ Concord Park golf camp, 9-11 a.m.

Tuesday-Wednesday, July 26-27, Con-

cord Park, 10909 S. Northshore Drive.

Ages 6-8. Cost: $50. Info/registration:

966-9103.

■ Explorers of the World, 9 a.m.-noon

Monday-Friday, July 25-29, The Muse

Knoxville, 516 N. Beaman St. Ages 7-8.

Cost: $85/$75 members. Info/registra-

tion: themuseknoxville.org/content/

summer-camps-2016 or 594-1494.

A-10 • JULY 13, 2016 • POWELL/NORWOOD Shopper news

News from Fleetwood Photo

Great deals on services at Fleetwood Photo & Digital

By Carol Z. ShaneFrank Distefano, owner/

operator of Fleetwood Pho-to & Digital on Bearden Hill in Knoxville, is looking for-ward to the fourth weekend of July and the special ser-vices his business will offer to East Tennessee’s photog-raphy enthusiasts.

He and his staff will be hosting a crew from Atlanta’s Peachtree Cam-era for sensor cleaning at a cost of $40, a ser-vice which typically runs around $65.

“We’ve used them for probably 20 years,” says Distefano of the company. As another service, “Peo-ple can bring in lenses and have them calibrated to the camera for $10.” Those who are unable to make it to the event are welcome to drop off their cameras ahead of time in order to take advantage of the savings.

A buyer from Used Photo Pro will also be on hand. “Interested in sell-ing your gear?” they ask. “We can give you a com-petitive quote to make sure you get top dollar for your old camera gear. Come see us at Fleet-wood Photo.

“We will have a buyer on site to evaluate your equipment, make an of-fer and you can walk away with cash in hand!” Dis-tefano says that the com-pany is only interested in cameras and lenses, not photographic equipment and accessories.

He’s anticipating not only a commercial event, but a social one.

“What usually hap-pens is people get in here and get interested in what they’ve got and some trad-ing goes on!”

Fleetwood will also be offering one of its usual services – photo restora-tion – at a reduced rate. Such work can run to

$150 and higher, says Dis-tefano. For the two days, he’ll be providing the ser-vice for $45 plus tax. More complex restorations with multiple people will be an additional $7.50 per per-son in the picture.

As always, Distefano strives to bring the best photographic services to every interested individ-ual.

“We just try to treat everyone like they’re the only person around,” he says. “There’s nothing more important than the customer who’s standing right in front of you.”

The special runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, July 22, and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, July 23. Fleetwood Photo & Digital is located at 6504 Kingston Pike in Knox-ville. Info: 865-584-4554 or fl eetwoodphoto.com

Fleetwood Photo 6504 Kingston Pike

584-4554 www.fl eetwoodphoto.com

Representatives from Peachtree Camera in

Atlanta will be at Fleetwood Photo & Digital

to provide cleaning and calibration services.

Standard retouch and restoration workwith one person

Regularly $150+

10am-6pm • Friday, July 22

10am-2 pm • Saturday, July 23

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SPECIAL $45 plus tax

the Rotary guyTom King, tking535@gmail.com

Richard Bettis. Robin Easter. Ed Engel. Dan Hipsher.

All four are Rotarians who are members of four different clubs, and all four have been selected as their respective club’s Rotarian of the Year. Let’s fi nd out why they were honored.

Richard Bettis of First Citizens Bank is a past president of Bearden Ro-tary and has been in the club for nine years. The club selected him for the hon-or because of his leadership and work on its recent 2016 Game Show Night fun-draiser. The club raised approximately $20,000 for the projects it supports. Bet-tis also is part of the team that reads to students at Pond Gap Elementary School and works at Free Flu Shot Saturday.

Robin Easter is a member of the Rotary Club of Knoxville. She is the owner and creative director of Robin Easter Design.

Bearden Rotary’s annual award is given to a newer club member who, in his or her personal and professional life, exemplifi es the qualities of Rotary’s “Four Way Test” and embodies the Ro-tary motto of “Service Above Self.” This year, Easter re-designed the club logo for its Centennial Celebration and designed the Centennial banners that hung on Gay Street and the Henley Street Bridge, among other things.

Ed Engel of the Rotary Club of Tur-key Creek Sunset heads the club’s major fundraiser, is the organizer and direct link to Farragut High School students

who are selected for the club’s annual technical scholarships and is a founding member of the club. Engel was the fi rst president of the club and members call him “our Rotarian encyclopedia.” Engel is a business adviser and owns “Seniors Helping Seniors.”

Dan Hipsher of Graphic Creations Inc. is past president of the Rotary Club of Knoxville Breakfast. He was selected because “he has led, sponsored or partici-pated in virtually every club activity and project since becoming a member in 2010.”

Among Hipsher’s accomplishments are: organized and managed the Dis-trict 6780 Golf Tournament from 2014-2017 and was instrumental in the club receiving its fi rst-ever District grant for playground renovation at Blue Grass El-ementary School in 2014 and its second District grant in 2015 for media equip-ment at the same school. He is a gradu-ate of the District Leadership Academy. Hipsher also traveled to Kenya as part of a needs assessment team for life-skills training for school-age children. He is currently working on the club’s fi rst-ever global grant in partnership with the Ro-tary Club of Farragut to deliver the train-ing program in Kenya.

Rotarians of the Year

Ed EngelRobin EasterRichard Bettis Dan Hipsher

BIZ NOTES ■ Administrative/clerical

hiring event will be held

10 a.m.-noon Thursday, July

21, at Knoxville Area Urban

League, 1514 E. Fifth Ave.

Randstad Staffi ng will take

applications and conduct

interviews for administrative

clerical positions. Info/

registration: Bill or Jackie, 524-

5511; thekaul.org.

■ East Tennessee Purchasing Association’s Business

Matching Tradeshow event,

8:15 a.m.-3 p.m. Thursday,

July 21, Rothchild Conference

and Catering Center,

8807 Kingston Pike. Free

registration. Info/registration:

etpanews.org.

■ Fountain City Business and Professional Association

will meet 11:45 a.m.

Wednesday, July 13, Central

Baptist Church fellowship

hall. Speaker: Grant Standefer.

Topic: “How To Do Well for

Yourself and Do Good for

Your Community.” Lunch:

$10. President is John Fugate,

jfugate43@gmail.com or

688-0062.

POWELL/NORWOOD Shopper news • JULY 13, 2016 • A-11 business

By Sherry WittOn the heels of a very healthy

spring, local real es-tate and lending mar-kets continued on an upward curve in June, producing 1,340 property sales in Knox County – 128 more transfers than in May and 167 more than last June’s number.

The total value of land sold also rose as around $304 million worth of real estate was trans-ferred in the county, compared to $268 million in May. Although there were more actual transfers this June

than last, the aggregate value of those properties did not reach the level of June 2015, when $345 million worth of land was sold.

Mortgage lending saw a signifi cant bump in June as nearly $460 million was loaned against real property in Knox County, well over $100 million ahead of May’s total. Like real estate sales, however, mortgage markets came up just short of the level re-corded last June when local lending reached $483 million.

The largest property transfer re-corded during June was the sale of multiple parcels in Shady Glen subdi-vision on Northshore Drive. The lots were purchased by Ball Homes for a

total price of $3.834 million. The most notable mortgage transaction was a loan of $28.75 million, fi nancing prop-erty along the South Knox riverfront at the corner of Henley Street and Blount Avenue.

The second quarter has come to a close, and we have now reached the halfway point of 2016. As of June 30, property transfers are running moder-ately ahead of the pace set in 2015, with just over 800 more sales being record-ed this year than last. On the mortgage side, lending is almost identical to 2015 levels, as $1.942 billion has been bor-rowed against real estate this year, compared to $1.936 billion during the fi rst half of 2015.

Real estate markets heat up

Witt

News from Offi ce of Register of Deeds

BIZ NOTES■ Dr. Karthi Namasivayam has joined the

Helen Ross McNabb Center as the adult

medical director. He will oversee medical

practice and policy for all adult psychiatric

services at the center. Namasivayam

received his bachelor’s degree in

medicine at Karnataka Medical College

in India and completed his residency at

University of Pennsylvania. He is board

certifi ed in psychiatry by the American

Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He

has lived in and served East Tennessee for

nearly 10 years.

■ Enrichment Federal Credit Union has

announced these promotions:

■ Nancy Donsbach of West Knoxville is

chief operations offi cer. She was formerly

the vice president of human resources

and branch operations.

■ Jeremy Hodges of South Knoxville is

chief fi nancial offi cer. He was formerly the

Enrichment retirement and investment

services advisor.

■ John Merritt of Powell is chief

information offi cer. He was formerly vice

president of information technology and

facilities.

■ Laurie Craig of Karns is assistant vice

president of human resources.

■ Other promotions: Beth Chancey,

Clinton, is vice president of accounting;

Mark Hembree, Clinton, is assistant vice

president of member business loans; and

Felicia Langley, Wartburg, is assistant vice

president of consumer/indirect lending.

MerrittHodgesDonsbachNamasivayam Craig

By Sandra ClarkOne of Knox County’s

fastest-growing businesses has relocated to Powell, re-habbing an old auto parts place that started as a lum-ber yard at 6226 Clinton Highway.

Master Service Company owner Josh Smith has a unique g r o w t h strategy – move into an over-sized space and then grow the business to

fi ll it. Almost sounds like government!

Smith spoke in June to the Powell Business and Professional Association.

His is a great story. From his start in 2003, as Ken-tucky Crawl Space, Smith has grown the business to 100 employees and expects to reach sales of $13-15 mil-lion this year.

“People think we’re a franchise,” he says, but he’s not.

Along the way, the busi-ness named changed to Master Dry and now is Master Service to encom-pass the array of home and commercial repair services offered. The business base is foundation and crawl space work and waterproof-ing, or as Smith puts it, “We specialize in professional services that improve the health and functionality of your below-grade space.” The company will do what-ever it takes to make a base-ment, crawl space and foun-dation safe and usable.

Josh Smith is a Certifi ed Indoor Environmentalist (CIE) and has extensive ex-perience in environmental and building science.

He attributes the busi-ness growth to his core phi-losophy: “Treat people right and do things right … and see what happens.”

Smith does not have a college degree and he got a GED from high school, but he is well-read and learns “by studying other people.”

He said the coolest thing about his company is how it operates. “As we grew, we started to lose our culture. I empower the people we hire and we hire good people. But we broke down. I put in writing our mission, our values, our ‘why.’ Now I do the fi nal interview for every full-time employee.”

Smith’s values include be-ing “relentless in our pursuit of constant improvement.”

He wants to provide a

“wow” service to every cus-tomer every time.

Master Service Company won the Knoxville Cham-ber’s Pinnacle Award for small businesses a couple of years ago and it won the Pinnacle Award for mid-sized businesses in 2016. You can guess where it is headed.

One more story: Josh started with four kids and bills to pay. Working at home, he had no rent. From his fi rst big job, he spent $1,800 of a $2,300 pay-ment to buy a trailer to haul his equipment. That’s when his wife almost left him, he jokes.

From there, he moved into rent-free commercial space, sharing a room in a friend’s offi ce. Then he moved to a space where rent was $400 per month. Scary.

When he came to Knox-ville, he found space on Cen-ter Pa rk Drive for $2,000 a month. It was like an echo chamber, he said, but the company quickly outgrew the space. Then he bought an old building, 14,000 square feet on Solway Road. Two years later he bought the space on Clinton High-way.

This time, he hired Merit Construction to rehab the space, some 53,000 square feet of offi ce and training space with a massive load-ing dock for supplies and equipment.

Smith has a fi ve-member ma rket i ng department and a per-son called “communi-ty ambassa-dor.” That’s K a t h r y n Ann Holt who says she loves

her job.Holt calls working at

Master Service “awesome.” She coordinates volunteer projects in which team members donate one day per quarter. That’s roughly 400 days per year of volun-teers who know how to build things and fi x basements.

“It’s about giving back to the communities where we serve,” she says. “Team members are not required to join in, but most do be-cause they enjoy working here and have pride of own-ership.

“You walk in this place and you feel a difference. Our culture of doing the right thing is not just writ-ing on the wall.

“Our goal is to be the city’s No. 1 employer.”

This huge warehouse off ers room to grow.

This mural, a composite of photos from community projects, fi lls one wall at Master Service.

Holt

Josh Smith

Master Service shows dramatic growthRelocates to Clinton Highway

Master Service’s training room is sometimes available for

use by community groups.

A-12 • JULY 13, 2016 • POWELL/NORWOOD Shopper news

WEDNESDAY, JULY 13Computer Workshop: Introducing the Computer,

2-4:15 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Preregistration required. Info/registration: 525-5431.

International Folk Dance Class, 7:30-10 p.m., Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, Clinton. Info: Paul Taylor, 898-5724; oakridgefolk-dancers.org; on Facebook.

Knoxville Zoomobile, 11 a.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Info: 525-5431.

THURSDAY, JULY 14“Are Your Shrubs Hiding Your House?,” 3:15-

4:30 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Presented by master gardener John Payne. Free and open to the public. Info: 329-8892.

Halls Book Club: “The House of Spirits” by Isabelle Allende, 1 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Info: 922-2552.

The Heiskell Seniors monthly luncheon, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., The Community Center, 1708 W. Emory Road. Barbecue lunch and speaker provided by Mynatt Funeral Home. Bring a dessert and a friend. Info: Janice White, 548-0326; “Community Center” on Facebook.

Knoxville Christian Women’s Connection luncheon: “Let Freedom Ring,” 10:45 a.m., Buddy’s Bearden Banquet Hall, 5806 Kingston Pike. Program: Food City’s Demonstrator, Gordon Pillsbury. Guest speaker: Linda McDaniel from Ellenboro, N.C.; topic: “Living at the Day Spa … is that Realistic?” Cost: $12. Complimentary child care by reservation only. Info/reservation: 315-8182 or knoxvillechristianwomen@gmail.com.

Living with Diabetes: Putting the Pieces To-gether, 2-4:30 p.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

Magician Michael Messing, 3 p.m., Norwood Branch Library, 1110 Merchants Drive. Info: 688-2454.

Powell Branch Birthday Party, 2-7 p.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Drop in for cake, punch and a walk down memory lane with photos and memories of Powell Branch Library past and present. Info: 947-6210.

Wine and Design Class, 6-8 p.m., Seven Springs Winery, 1474 Highway 61, Maynardville.

Learn to make a fl oral centerpiece. Ticket includes wine tasting and wine glass. Info/registration: 745-2902 or winerysevenspringsfarm.com.

FRIDAY, JULY 15Concert in the Commons: Lydia Salnikova, 7

p.m., The Norris Commons, the lawn in front of the Nor-ris Middle School. Bring a lawn chair, blanket and picnic basket. Info: Facebook.

Diabetes Education Class, 1 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Free program presented by UT Extension. Info: 922-2552.

Museum of Education Sock Hop, 7-10 p.m., Sarah Simpson Professional Development Technology Center, 801 Tipton Ave. Features: live music, appearance by Sammy “Barney Fife” Sawyer, silent auction, “prom” photo packages and more. Tickets: $25; available at all Knoxville Teachers Federal Credit Union locations, at the museum and online at http://bit.ly/1RUAA4J. Info: knoxschools.org/museum.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, JULY 15-16Union County Rodeo, 874 Hickory Star Road,

Maynardville. Carnival and Music start at 6 p.m.; rodeo starts at 8. Info: on Facebook.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, JULY 15-17“Big River” presented by the WordPlayers, Bijou

Theatre, 803 S. Gay St. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Friday; 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday. Suggested for ages 12 and over. Tickets: wordplayers.org, knoxbijou.com and at the door. Info: 539-2490.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, JULY 15-31“Legally Blonde: The Musical, Jr.,” Knoxville

Children’s Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Ave. Performanc-es: 7 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 1 and 5 p.m. Satur-days, 3 p.m. Sundays. Info: 208-3677, knoxvillechild-renstheatre.com, zack@childrenstheatreknoxville.com.

SATURDAY, JULY 16Burlington Summer Movie Saturdays: “5th

Wave,” 1:30 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Ashe-ville Highway. Info: 525-5431.

Giant Bubble Day, noon- 1 p.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

Golf tournament to benefi t the Base Knox Reign 12U girls softball team, Whittle Springs Golf Course. Team entry fee: $200. Format: 4-man scramble. Check-in, 7:30 a.m.; shotgun start, 8 a.m. lunch and awards, noon. Info/registration/sponsorship: Adam Brantley, 680-9343.

Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West

Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee. Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org.

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

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

Summer blow out party, noon-6 p.m., Seven Springs Winery, 1474 Highway 61, Maynardville. In-cludes: wood fi red pizza from This Is It Pizza; live music by Jubel noon-3 p.m. and The Blond Bones 3-6 p.m. Info: 745-2902 or winerysevenspringsfarm.com.

Union County Farmers Market, 9 a.m.-noon, Wilson Park. Info: 992-8038.

Yard sale and bake sale, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Earth Fare parking lot, 140 N. Forest Park Blvd. All proceeds to benefi t the Tennessee Children’s Dance Ensemble. Info: http://tcdedance.org/calendar.

MONDAY, JULY 182016 Friends of the Library annual mem-

bership meeting, 6-8 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. All members of Friends, as well as interested members of the public, are invited. Info: 215-8801.

Medic blood drive, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Union County Senior Citizens Center, 298 Main St., Maynardville. All donors will receive: free tanning session at Elite Tanning and Fitness, free T-shirt, and coupons for free Texas Roadhouse appetizer and free Chick-fi l-A sandwich.

MONDAY-FRIDAY, JULY 18-22Pottery for Teenagers, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Appala-

chian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway. Instructor: Katie Cottrell. Ages 13-17. Info/registration: appalachianarts.net; 494-9854; in person at the Center.

TUESDAY, JULY 19Einstein Simplifi ed Comedy Improv troop, 8

p.m., Scruffy City Hall, Market Square. Free admission. “ ‘LAWN’ is a Four-Letter Word,” 11 a.m.-noon,

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By Marvin WestDenver attorney Hank

Brown, former U.S. sena-tor, former president of the University of Colorado, good man with a bright mind, heard his family line ran through historic Powell Sta-tion, on the way out west.

How about that, said Hank. Ten-nessee, that’s where they play football.

P o w -ell Station sounded very i n t e r e s t i n g . He called the Knoxville library. He called Beaver Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Faye Reeves an-swered. Hank could hear her smile when she said the Brown question was above her pay grade but “Ethel knows; she is our historian.”

Ethel Hendrix Monday, 85, seldom says no can do. If she doesn’t know, she knows whom to ask or where to look. Hmmm, Brown is a familiar name. She thought of Arvin.

Thus began the serious search for and discovery of Brown Cemetery, atop a little hill overlooking the

relatively new Powell Drive, not far from the intersection with Brickyard Road.

Hank Brown came to see what had been found. The cemetery, surrounded by a Bill Solomon farm, looked as if it had been lost a long

time. It was overgrown. Some tombstones

tilted. Trees were down. Fallen limbs littered the ground.

Well now, said the sena-tor, we’ll have

to do some-thing about this.

Let us form a com-mittee.

Sounds as if Mac Roddye might have been the chair. Charles Cate got involved. Hilton Bolton built and in-stalled an entrance gate. Up above is the word BROWN. Of course it is painted in brown.

All restoration projects must have funding. Rumor has it Hank Brown provided $11,000 with an amend-ment, more if needed, pen-ciled in small letters.

Arvin Brown contributed toward cleanup costs. Pro-fessional tree people and landscapers were properly

employed. Solomon provid-ed three meditation bench-es or rest stops. The net re-sult was excellent, walkable but still rustic, ivy ground cover, mayapple plants, oth-er little green ones that may grow up to be lilies.

Rehabilitation of Brown Cemetery came in under budget. Surplus has been designated for mainte-nance. In Washington, Hank Brown was a respon-sible Republican. Among his several educational ac-complishments is an ac-counting degree.

Here’s where it gets inter-esting.

On or about Nov. 29, 1798, Thomas Brown purchased 100 acres, more or less, on the Tennessee frontier for his son, Maxwell Brown.

Maxwell married Isbella Gaston. They cleared and farmed the land and donat-ed a plot for the fi rst school in their part of East Ten-nessee. They were very in-terested in education. They had eight children.

Quite logically, the one-room log building, 14 by 18 feet, one window with a wooden shutter, fl oor boards, split-log benches, large stone chimney at one

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■ Crystal's Automotive and Restora-tion – 1907 Depot St. Phone – 865-

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■ Aff ordable Car Care – 1744 W.

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■ Bojangles – 1920 W. Emory Rd.

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■ Knox Gold Exchange – 7537 Brick-

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■ Frontier Communications – 2104 W.

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■ Weigel's – 2119 W. Emory Rd. Phone

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■ Marathon – 2116 W. Emory Rd.

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■ First Tennessee Bank – 2121 W.

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■ Vaughn Pharmacy – 2141 W. Emory

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■ Domino's – 2145 W. Emory Rd.

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■ Dr. Steven Aungst, Chiropractor –

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6560

■ Powell Pediatrics – 2157 W. Emory

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■ Orange Pearl – 2161 W. Emory Rd.

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■ Cash Express – 2301 W. Emory Rd.

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■ Steamboat – 2307 W. Emory Rd.

Phone – 865-938-4800

■ Emory Animal Hospital – 2311 W.

Emory Rd. Phone – 865-947-0437

■ The Purple Leaf – 2305 W. Emory Rd.

Phone – 865-938-7883

■ Halftime Pizza – 2509 W. Emory Rd.

Phone – 865-947-4253

■ Bailey & Co. Real Estate – 2322 W.

Emory Rd. Phone – 865-947-9000

■ A-1 Finchum Heating & Cooling –

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■ Le Coop Salon – 2508 W. Emory Rd.

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■ Kennedy Dentistry – 2529 W. Emory

Rd. Phone – 865-947-2220

■ Appliance Repair Service – 2303 W.

Emory Rd. Phone – 865-947-4100

■ Real Dry Cleaners – 2153 W. Emory

Rd. Phone – 865-947-4907

■ Powell Pet – 2309 W. Emory Rd.

Phone – 865-947-0185

■ Summit Medical Group – 2125 W.

Emory Rd. Phone – 865-938-7517

■ Community Chest of Knox County

– 2107 W. Emory Rd. Phone – 865-

938-3517

■ Senior Marketing Group – 2100 W.

Emory Rd. Phone – 865-947-7177

■ Aff ordable and Unique Home Accents – 1904 W. Emory Rd. Phone

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■ Karen's Grooming – 1730 W. Emory

Rd. Phone – 865-947-1085

■ Emory Barber Shop – 1708 W.

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■ KJ Cookies – 1738 W. Emory Rd.

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■ Nature's Fountain – 1719 Depot St.

Phone – 865-859-0938

■ Green Valley Nursery – 1716 W.

Emory Rd. Phone – 865-947-5500

■ All-N-1 Construction – 1715 Depot

St. Phone – 865-978-7714

■ Effi cient Energy of Tennessee –

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By Sarah ConnatserBart Elkins feeds many people at The Front Porch,

and some are celebrating a special event. Here are a few from last week:

■ Terri Neely Thrower of Powell, celebrating her 60th birthday on July 5

■ Janelle Smiddy of Fountain City, celebrating her birthday on July 6

■ Dana Schaffer, Brittany Bryant, Amanda Cox, Rebekka Whaley, Kristi McCaleb, Lindsay Kemp, Liz Haynes and Adrienne Reagan celebrating Girls Night Out

■ Janie Nolan of Powell, celebrating her birthday on July 7

■ Kevin and Kesha Graves of Corryton, celebrating their ninth anniversary on July 7

■ Monika Rash of the Northwest community, celebrating her 70th birthday on July 8

■ Heather Morrison-Monger of Knoxville, celebrating her 40th birthday on July 8

■ Carl and Sue Sweat of Gibbs, celebrating their 49th anniversary on July 8

■ Chelsea Corbett of Powell, celebrating her 27th birthday on July 8

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Tombstones show the age of the Brown Cemetery. The Brown Cemetery is on the new Powell Drive.

Historic Powell Station cemetery rediscovered

Hank Brown

end, wide fi replace, was named Brown School.

Before classes, children gathered at the fi replace end. Boys told tall tales. Girls laughed on cue and sometimes oohed if there was talk about an occasion-al Indian.

Not incidentally, the school was burned in the aftermath of the Civil War. Confederate sympathizers supposedly did it. The evil deed caused so much out-rage, they or others burned Brown’s barn two weeks later.

Generally speaking, Max-well was respected and ap-preciated. He was one of the founders of Beaver Creek church. His son, John Max-

well Brown, served as pastor from April 1867 until Decem-ber 1878. How about that for historical facts?

Isbella and Maxwell are buried in Brown Cemetery. So are the Rev. John and his wife, Emeline, and their sons, Arthur and Thomas. Another son, Henry, was the great-grandfather of Sen. Brown.

There are 53 or more graves, many with engraved markers. Some have only fi eld stones, head and foot, with no identity. The oldest headstone I saw was 1832, M. Gentry, wife of Aaron Gentry.

John and Luvania Dug-

ger are buried there. A hand-me-down story says they were killed by Civil War renegades in June 1885. Ev-ery dish in their home was broken as an additional we-don’t-like-you message.

Other family names in the cemetery: Mays, Trout, Sweet and Presnell. Some married Browns.

There is an engraved stone marker near the gate that confi rms some of what you have read. It says the cemetery was rededicated in 2015 by Arvin and Hank Brown.

Thanks, friends.Marvin West invites reader reaction. His

address is westwest6@netzero.com

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MyVote

George W. BushAl Gore Jr.Lyndon JohnsonJohn KennedyRichard Nixon,

To page 2

By Jake Mabe

“My vote doesn’t count.”You hear it often. Maybe

you’ve even said it.And you’d be dead wrong.Ignoring any star-spangled

platitudes about the importance of participating in a democrati-cally elected form of govern-ment, here are a few examples in which American history would’ve changed forever had just a few folks either voted or voted differently.

Most everyone reading this will remember the evening of Nov. 7, 2000. That’s the night the United States seemingly was on a path to “elect” two different presidents – then, for 36 days,

found out it had elected no one.Early in the evening, the net-

work newscasts called the state of Florida and its 25 electoral votes for the Democratic candi-date: vice president Al Gore. A bit of a surprise, the tally even that early on election night seemed to give Gore a clear path to the White House. But, a cou-ple of hours later, exit polling – questions asked of voters as they leave their local precincts – appeared to have been wrong. Texas Gov. George W. Bush was leading Gore in Florida by sev-eral hundred thousand votes. The networks deemed the state “too close to call.”

At 2:30 a.m. (EST), Bush,

leading Gore in Florida by about 100,000 with 85 percent of the vote tallied, was declared the winner. Cameras waited for Go-re’s concession speech in Nash-ville. It never came.

Bush’s razor-thin “victory” in Florida, which had dwindled to less than 300 votes by morning, triggered an automatic recount that in itself triggered a series of lawsuits. Finally, on Dec. 7, the U.S. Supreme Court, in two decisions, declared a statewide recount unconstitutional and that recounts couldn’t be com-pleted by a “safe harbor” dead-line. Bush offi cially won Florida, and thus the presidency, by 537 votes. He was awarded 271

electoral votes (270 are needed to win), and Gore won 266. However, Gore won the popu-lar vote, 50,999,897 to Bush’s 50,456,002.

Some analysts say that the 2.7 percent of the vote captured by Green Party candidate Ralph Nader hurt Gore’s candidacy by drawing away traditional Demo-cratic voters. Also, had Gore won his home state of Tennessee or the state of West Virginia, which until the turn of the century was a reliably Democratic state, the outcome in Florida ultimately would not have mattered.

In 12 states – Florida, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico,

Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Wisconsin – the margin of victory was less than 5 percent. In 10 more states – Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Vermont, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia – the margin of victory was greater than 5 per-cent but less than 10 percent.

The 1960 presidential race between Democrat John F. Ken-nedy and Republican Richard M. Nixon was a close election of a different sort. Kennedy won 303 electoral votes to Nixon’s 219; however, Kennedy carried Illinois by less than 9,000 of

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Why August elections matterYour vote From page 1

4.75 million cast. Kennedy also car-ried Texas by 46,000 votes. Switch 55,000 votes in two states, and Nix-on would’ve been elected with 270 electoral votes. In the popular vote, Kennedy won 34,220,984 to Nixon’s 34,108,157.

Widespread voter fraud was claimed in both Illinois and in Texas.

In Fannin County, Texas, for ex-ample, 6,138 votes were cast in a county that had only 4,895 regis-tered voters, according to a Wash-ington Post investigation in 2000.

Nixon refused to demand a re-count, believing he would have no political future if he did so. Nixon later defeated Hubert Humphrey in another close election in 1968. Yet again, the votes in Illinois proved to be decisive, but this time in Nixon’s favor.

These are but two examples in which, as it turned out, every vote counted indeed. Such close contests – and, potentially, such shenanigans – are not limited to presidential con-tests, though.

One of the most infamous in-volved future president Lyndon

Johnson’s 1948 election to the U.S. Senate. Johnson won a runoff Dem-ocratic p rimary contest by 87 votes out of 988,295 cast for him and popular former Texas Gov. Coke Ste-venson. In one precinct in Jim Wells County, 202 votes for Johnson were curiously listed in alphabetical order in the same handwriting, according to Johnson biographer Robert A. Caro. Several people on the list later claimed not to have voted at all.

LBJ’s 87-vote margin of victory led to a nickname that both he and his critics used: Landslide Lyndon.

And a super story, no doubt apoc-ryphal, also came out of that elec-tion.

A few days after the vote, John-son encountered a little boy who was sobbing great tears of grief.

“Son, what’s wrong?” a concerned Johnson asked.

“Well, sir,” the boy said, “I just don’t understand it. My daddy voted for Lyndon Johnson.”

“Well, what’s wrong with that?”“Well, sir, he’s been dead for fi ve

years, and he didn’t even come by here to say hello.”

By Sandra Clark

How will the political land-scape change as a result of the Thursday, Aug. 4, elections?

Probably not much.Knox County: Law Direc-

tor Richard “Bud” Armstrong was effectively elected when he beat Nathan Rowell in the May Republican Primary. Former Property Assessor John White-head was too, when he beat Jim Weaver, chief deputy for Asses-sor Phil Ballard.

County Commission: We will say farewell to Commis-sioners Sam McKenzie, Amy Broyles, Jeff Ownby and Mike Brown. Expect the commis-sion, now 9-2 Republican, to tilt 10-1 or even 11-0 Republi-can.

In District 2, Michele Car-ringer (R) is favored over Laura Kildare (D) because heavily-Republican Fountain City joined District 2 in the last redistricting. District 1 could

incumbent Dave Wright in District 8 (East Knox County) and Carson Dailey in District 9 (South Knox).

Four incumbents are mid-way through a 4-year term: Charles Busler in District 7 (Halls and Powell); Randy Smith, District 3 (Cedar Bluff); Bob Thomas and Ed Brantley, both at-large.

Voters happy with the slow-as-you-go style of Mayor Tim Burchett will vote Republican; those who prefer a bit more zip should vote Democratic.

To paraphrase Donna Lucas: “The commission is male, pale and stale.”

School board: Farragut area voters in District 5 have the only race remaining: Susan Horn v. Reuben “Buddy” Pelot. School board races are nonpar-tisan. For a closer look at this race, read Betty Bean’s column in this week’s Shopper.

be closer than usual as Evelyn Gill (D) is challenged by hard-working Michael Covington (R).

Two Democratic women are challenging incumbents: Donna Lucas v. Brad Anders in District 6 (Karns and Hardin Valley) and Sheri Ridgeway v. John Schoonmaker in District 5 (Concord and Farragut). In District 4 (Bearden), candi-dates are Marleen Davis (D) and Hugh Nystrom (R). Both are newcomers.

In the “Don’t bet the house against them” category are To page 3

Alderman – District 1Richard A. Cataldi

Louise Povlin

Alderman – District 2 Ron Williams

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District 1Michael Covington (R)

Evelyn Gill (D)Tyrone LaMar Fine (I)

District 2Michele Carringer (R)Laura K. Kildare (D)

District 4Hugh Nystrom (R)

Marleen Kay Davis (D)

District 5John Schoonmaker (R)

Sheri Ridgeway (D)

District 6Brad Anders (R)

Donna G. Lucas (D)

District 8Dave Wright (R)

Donald M. Wiser (I)

District 9Carson Dailey (R)

James “Brandon” Hamilton (D)Tom Pierce (I)

Federal and State Primary, Knox County General, and Town of Farragut Municipal Elections

Early Voting ScheduleFriday, July 15, to Saturday, July 30Monday to Friday: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Saturdays: 11 a.m.- 5 p.m.Closed Sundays

Early Voting LocationsCity-County Building1

400 Main St., 3 7902OPENS AT NOON ON WEEKDAYS

Carter Library9036 Asheville Highway, 37924

Love Kitchen 2418 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., 37915

Farragut Town Hall11408 Municipal Center Drive, 37934

Downtown West 1543 Downtown West Blvd., 37919

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Merchants Dr./North4952 Clinton Highway, 37912

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New Harvest Park4775 New Harvest Lane, 37918

Halls Recreation Center6933 Recreation Lane, 37918

South- NEW LOCATION4536 Chapman Highway, 37920

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Karns Senior Center8042 Oak Ridge Highway, 37931

1 The City-County Building location will be open Noon-5 p.m, Monday-Friday during the early voting period except for Friday, July 15, when the hours will be Noon- 7 p.m. The Saturday hours will be: July 16 and 23: 4 p.m.-7 p.m.; July 30: 8 a.m.- 5 p.m.

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Offi ce (865) 215-2480 • Fax (865) 215-4239 • T.D.D. (865) 215-2954 • www.knoxcounty.org/election

LWV to sponsor candidate forum

The League of Women Voters will sponsor a forum for Knox County Commission candidates from Districts 4, 5 and 6 at 7 p.m. Monday, July 18, at the Emporium, 100 S. Gay Street. Liza Zenni, the executive director of Arts & Culture Alliance, will moderate.

Confi rmed candi-dates attending: Hugh Nystrom , Marleen Kay Davis, John Schoon-maker, Sheri Ridgeway, Brad Anders and Donna Lucas.

The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan political organization, encourages informed and active participation in government, works to in-crease understanding of major public policy issues and infl uences public policy through education and advocacy. The presi-dent is Rynn Dupes.

Elections matter From page 2

The school board loses Doug Harris, Kar-en Carson and Traci Sanger. Two years ago the board lost Pam Trainor, Kim Severance and Indya Kincannon. These members, plus Lynne Fugate and Gloria Deatheridge, formed a voting bloc for Superintendent Jim McIntyre.

The lonely outlier was Mike McMillan, who will suddenly fi nd himself in a 7-2 ma-jority after the August election. And that’s why we’ve got a new superintendent.

State primaries: The only real race is a great one. That’s in House District 18 where one-term incumbent Rep. Martin Daniel is challenged in the Republican Pri-mary by former Rep. Steve Hall, attorney James Corcoran and former Stacey Camp-fi eld campaign aide Bryan Dodson. This race is too close to call.

You are in House District 18 if you vote at:

■ 42 Ward – Pleasant Ridge School

■ 44 Ward – Ridgedale School

■ 45 Ward – Bearden Middle School

■ 46 Ward – Knoxville 1st Church of Nazarene

■ 47 Ward – Bearden High School

■ 51 Ward – Deane Hill Recreation Center

■ Cedar Bluff – N, S, E – Cedar Bluff Middle School

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Sandra Clark

Winning the close elections“Did you have a data-

base?” then-state Sen. Ja-mie Woodson on ce asked me.

“Yes,” I answered. My voters were on 3x5 index cards, colored coded pink (Democrats), blue (Repub-licans) and white (Indepen-dents or unknowns).

OK. So the early 1970s were a long time ago.

But lest ye think I am old – I’m younger today than ei-ther Hillary Clinton or Don-ald Trump.

Inspired by the disas-trous defeat of Barry Gold-water in 1964, I set out to learn everything about win-

ning political contests. And you’ve got to call me genius. After all, who else could manage multiple winning campaigns for a 20-some-thing female who really didn’t get out much and pre-ferred dogs to people?

My fi rst race was non-partisan – delegate to the constitutional convention

of 1971. The election was in August 1970. Five can-didates ran from District 16 and I won by 16 votes. I was alphabetically blessed with a name starting with “C.” (Stacey Campfi eld later used this advantage … and Victor Ashe, well let’s just say there’s a reason he’s in Cleveland this week as a delegate to the GOP con-vention.)

Next up was the GOP primary in August 1972. I won again over four or fi ve guys, riding that letter C (and its fi rst line on the bal-lot.) My claim to fame that fi rst year was arriving a day

late (because nothing hap-pens on the fi rst day and I had a Shopper to get out) and requiring the state’s chief justice to come swear me in solo.

Running for re-elec-tion in 1974 was a snap, I thought, but a gentleman got the Democratic nomi-nation who put up bill-boards reading, “A man earns respect” and “A fami-ly man speaks for families.”

I squeaked by with a 52-vote win and decided to move on to consulting.

Working for Republi-cans statewide in 1976 was an eye-opener. Running in

the wake of Richard Nix-on’s resignation, the state GOP lost a bunch of races as Jimmy Carter swept the South including Florida and Texas. I moved on to printing.

After winning that sec-ond term by 52 votes, I was depressed for weeks. Lord knows how a candidate copes with defeat. Luckily, I never found out … because I left offi ce a winner, thanks to a genius campaign man-ager, the lucky letter C and a fantastic database.Sandra Clark represented District 16 in the Tennessee General Assembly, 1972-76.

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While you’re in Powell, stop by Powell Station Park to play the Travis Donald Wegener Memorial Disc Golf Course, paid for in part from proceeds of last year’s car show.

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