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By Bill DockeryMonday marked the seventh

anniversary of the shootings at my church, Tennessee Valley Uni-tarian Universalist on Kingston Pike. Two persons were killed and seven more wounded at a Sunday morning children’s service. An Army veteran and longtime East Tennessean is now serving life without parole for those deaths, which he confessed were generated by his hatred of liberals and gays.

Tragedies like the one at my church have become common-place, most recently in a Charles-ton church, a Chattanooga strip mall and a Louisiana theater. Each

community that is hit experiences the event as a one-off tragedy – the deaths of innocent individuals, the acts of personal heroism, the gore, the physical and emotional suffer-ing, the perpetrator driven by de-rangement or ideology or whatever, the public acts of mourning and above all the horror that it could happen “here” (and not somewhere else in the bigger America that – we assume – is more violent than our own peaceable community).

I was intimately involved with the response and recovery at TVUUC, handling media relations locally and nationally for the fi rst hours, then days, then weeks, then

months following our tragedy. Five years after the fact I was still taking media calls about similar events. And as the list of tragedies has lengthened on a weekly and daily basis, I’ve noticed some-thing. There is nothing one-off about these occurrences.

The individual stitches may vary a bit, but they fi t into an overall tap-estry of violence and terror and her-oism that furnishes the background before which all Americans go about our daily lives. We’re learn-ing how to read the mass-murder narrative, and we even relish to an extent the details – the extravagant violence, the acts of unanticipated

Mass shootings are not unique

The Powell Panthers were in Emory Road on Saturday, painting bright orange paw prints leading to the football

stadium. Laura Bailey, pictured in back, said players and cheerleaders used three 24-can cases of orange spray paint

when their borrowed heavy duty sprayer clogged up. Deputies from the Sheriff ’s Offi ce kept traffi c to one lane dur-

ing the project. Photos by S. Clark

By Sandra ClarkDr. Chad Smith, son of

Broadacres residents Ed and Vicki Smith, has come home.

“I went through all three Powell schools, and I have the Ph.D. – Powell High Diploma.

The new principal of Powell

High School has a doctorate in educational leadership, from Trevecca University in Nash-ville, and was most recently principal of Carter Middle School. He joined Knox County Schools in 2001 as a teacher at South-Doyle.

BUZZ

Seniors seek school supplies

Residents of Morning Pointe of Powell are collecting school supplies for students at Powell Elementary School.

Morning Pointe residents are working with the school through Partners in Education. They would appreciate dona-tions of backpacks, pencils, art supplies, folders, notebook paper, etc. Once school has started, residents will deliver the donations to the school.

Morning Pointe of Powell is located at 7700 Dannaher Dr. Info: 865-686-5771.

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Orange paws signal

football ahead

Tyshon Lawrence carries the paw

pattern.

Chad Smith comes home

Weeds gain ground on new Powell DriveBy Sandra Clark

State Rep. Bill Dunn was key to completion of Emory Road from Halls to Clinton Highway, and now he’s been asked for one more thing – to rid us of weeds spring-ing up on the new sidewalk.

On Monday, Dunn said Kristin Qualls from TDOT has promised to mow and spray along Powell Drive, hopefully this week. “This will give us time to fi gure out how to maintain the beauty long term,” he wrote to Justin Bailey.

This is the short answer to a week-long back-and-forth be-tween Dunn and Bailey regarding the road.

It started when Bailey sent a picture to Dunn asking whose re-sponsibility is sidewalk mainte-nance.

Steve Borden, regional man-ager of TDOT, wrote that it’s cur-rently the responsibility of the contractor, Potter South East, “as there are issues that require atten-tion for completion.”

Borden went on to write, “TDOT maintenance recently reviewed the entire Emory Road Corridor from Norris Free to Clinton Highway. The corridor really needs mowing, trimming, debris clean-up and her-bicide spray.

“Crews have this section iden-tifi ed and will perform necessary maintenance as they prioritize their workloads.”

TDOT purchased minimal right of way along the Emory Road cor-ridor, Borden wrote. Sections out-

side of the state right of way will fall to the property owner to main-tain.

“Since Knoxville includes fi ve mowing cycles, residents typically choose to mow to the curb line or edge of roadway in order to keep the grass in front of their home well-manicured.”

Powell Drive has been designat-ed as a scenic highway by the Leg-islature. This designation guides development including building height and billboard setbacks.

courage, even the arguments about the roots of these kinds of events. These shootings have become a true reality show, unscripted, with real blood and real hurt and poignantly real death.

One other thing I’ve learned: After responding professionally to our tragedy and the one that fol-lowed that and the next (et cetera to the nth power), I’m beginning to experience a slo-mo case of PTSD, not from exposure to violence in my church (as a police photogra-pher I’d seen plenty of that) but from the way we bend our words of

To page A-3

Watching birdsAbout three weeks ago,

a birding friend and I spent a remarkably good birding morning at our newest state park, the Seven Islands State Birding Park, out past Straw-berry Plains along the French Broad River.

It has a beautiful bunch of habitats – hilly woods, river-sides and big fi elds planted with an abundance of bird-food vegetation. The birds thought that it was still spring.

➤ Read Bob Collier on page A-12

Digging dirtThe Knoxville Botanical

Garden and Arboretum, which was once Howell Nurseries, is the oldest continually running business in Tennessee and is now working to preserve the region’s plant life.

“In your lifetime, there will be wars fought about food and water,” Robert Hodge, the di-rector of the Center for Urban Agriculture told Shopper News interns

➤ Read the interns’ stories on A-8

Tripping along Chevy Chase and Beverly

D’Angelo reprise their iconic roles as Clark and Ellen Gris-wold, as son Rusty, now grown, takes his family on (you know it) “Vacation.”

Rusty plans to recreate the magic of his childhood with an epic road trip in a rental car with a mind of its own.

➤ Read Betsy Pickle on page A-9

KidsMy

It’s back-to-school for Knox County youngsters, and we’ve got tips galore inside “My Kids.”

➤ See the special section inside

Smith has met with every Pow-ell High School teacher since his appointment by Superintendent Jim McIntyre, and he has as-sembled an administrative team. Madeline Ferguson remains as an assistant principal. New as-sistants are Jan Deaderick, a for-mer assistant principal at Central High; Amos Whitehead, a former

assistant principal at West High; and another Chad Smith, former-ly a special education teacher at Powell Middle School.

Smith said seven faculty mem-bers were on staff when he was a student at Powell High.

He’s excited to be home and is looking forward to the upcoming year.

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“This method is ap-plied to different pa-tients based on their pain and situation,” Parkwest Therapy Cen-ter manager and McK-enzie Method certified therapist Mark Conley

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� ve to seven years to live. She was diagnosed with cortical basal ganglionic degeneration, then Parkinson plus syndrome and eventually multiple sclerosis.

“I was in so much pain,” Miles said. “I was told so many things. No one knew exactly what was go-ing on and no amount of therapy or medication helped in the long term.”

At 54, the Maryville native’s posture had become severely hunched, and she could only walk short distances with a cane. “When I stood up, I had terrible pain in my left leg,” she said. “But when I sat down, my back hurt. It was very frustrating.”

After a visit to Parkwest to be treated for pneumonia, a staff member noticed her hunched back and referred her to Bruce LeForce, MD, Covenant Health neurologist. LeForce suggested she see P. Merrill White, III, MD, Parkwest orthopedic surgeon, who specializes in spine surgery.

“Dr. White was my last hope,” Miles said.

Because of Miles’ anxiety about being in small spaces, White ordered an MRI with seda-tion for her. “I think my results had always been unclear before because I was scared and would move around while getting an MRI,” she explained. “He was able to tell me exactly what was happening after that test.”

Miles was diagnosed with spi-nal stenosis in the neck and lower back, in which the backbone is compressed and puts pressure on the spinal cord and nerves.

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The impact on the nerve root in her lower back was sending se-vere pain down her left leg, which caused her immobility. The com-pression of the spinal cord in her neck eventually led to dif� culty controlling her arms and legs.

“Brenda had been treated non-operatively with therapies and in-jections for her pain, but she had a substantial deformity,” White

said. “She was focused on getting back her function and being able to walk again, not just on reduc-ing pain. Because of this focus on functionality and being active, she was better suited to be treat-ed with surgery.”

“After I heard that he could operate, that’s all I heard,” Miles said with a laugh. “My husband took care of all the details. I just

heard that he could � x it, and he did.”

White performed a lumbar decompression fusion in 2009, which straightened the curves in her spine and relieved the com-pression on her nerves. About a year later, he completed a cervi-cal decompression to open up the spinal canal in her neck. “Her procedures were extensive,”

White said. “She’s a � ghter.”In between her surgeries,

Miles had to wear a body castaround her torso. It was attachedto a brace around her left leg,which made it dif� cult to move.Despite the inconvenience, shetaught herself and her family toadapt. “My granddaughter wastwo at the time, so I had to teachher how to get up on my lap gen-tly,” she said. “I was able to dolaundry and � gured out how todrive. When I was done with thatcast, I was so happy. I took it outto the road and left it so the citycould take it away.”

After her second surgery,Miles completed physical therapyto strengthen the core musclesaround her spine. “The goal is tomake the spine last as long as shecan,” White said.

Now, � ve years after her necksurgery, Miles is pain free – andactive. “I can do everything Iwant to do. I can swim, I can takelong walks, I can enjoy family va-cations to Florida,” she said. “Atone point, my family physiciantook an X-ray and asked me if Ihad seen what’s in my back. I justtold him that Dr. White glued meback together.

“It’s unreal what he has donefor me. I was in a state of shockthat I was going to have to livelike that for the rest of my life. Hewas so good to me, and � xed me.For anyone in the same situation,thinking they have to live withthe pain, I would tell them not togive up. Keep looking for the rightphysician, because there is helpout there. I can prove that.”

Even if you’ve had trouble, you can have a strong spine. If you take care of your back, it’s more likely to carry you through the day with few complaints. Here are some guidelines for strengthening this important part of your body:

■ Maintain good pos-ture.

■ Sit in a chair that sup-ports your lower back. If you don’t have a supportive chair, place a small pillow or rolled-up towel against the curve in your lower back.

■ Exercise. Strong back muscles can reduce your risk for injury. Strong arms, legs and stomach muscles can reduce the work your back has to do. Aerobic exercise, like walking or biking, increases the � ow of blood and oxygen to your back muscles. Choose your exercises carefully. For example, run-ning may not be good for a weak back. Swimming and water aer-obics support your back while you exercise. Walking is also a good choice. If you’ve had a serious back injury, you should talk with your health care pro-vider before you start exercising regularly.

■ Maintain a healthy weight. This will lessen the strain on your back. Your fam-

ily physician can tell you if you need to lose weight.

■ Learn how to lift prop-erly. When you bend to pick something up — even a child — bend at your knees and keep your back straight. You may have to squat or kneel. This puts the stress on your legs. They are stronger than your back. When you pick up an object and carry it, hold it close to your body. The farther it is from the middle of your body, the more it strains your back. Pay attention to pain or twinges. If you feel back pain during an activity, stop and rest. Your body may be trying to prevent you from harming your back.

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said. “For people who havenot had surgery like Brenda,McKenzie is used to find amovement in a certain di-rection that reduces or abol-ishes back pain, then theyperform that movement on aregular basis.”

The program focuses on the patient so that he or she may continue to do the ex-ercises learned in therapy at home, as well as learn how to manage spine health over the long term.

For more information about spine rehabilitation, contact Parkwest Therapy Center at (865) 531-5710 or visit www.CovenantHealth.com/TherapyCenters.

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There must have been a hundred people enjoying Powell Station Park late Sat-urday. In addition to the doz-en kids jumping on the splash pad there were two large groups of picnickers and even a couple of guys throwing discs in the meadow.

Powell High football player Meishawn Fain and Lee Rob-bins pull weeds from the rain garden site at Powell Station Park. Photo by S. Clark

Building a park

“Hey, guys!” I said. “Can’t wait until the baskets are in?”

“We heard they’re build-ing a disc golf course here,” one said. “We play at Tom-my Schumpert and Victor Ashe and Morningside. We came to check it out.”

Yes, “they” are getting it done.

After two Saturday work-days, the park is taking shape. Last Saturday, Laura Bailey brought her Bobcat for quick work on under-brush. Rob Followell, ad-ministrator from Tennova’s North Knoxville Medical Center, and former commis-sioner R. Larry Smith were working, along with Dr. Donald Wegener.

John Bayless was back for a second week, on his way to

Grainger County to help with the tomato festival. Frontier Communications provides service in Powell and Rut-ledge. And John is president of the Powell Business and Professional Association.

Justin Bailey again or-ganized the workday, and now the park is cleared all the way to the creek. (Com-pare Powell Station Park to Fountain City Park for a minute: FC is about fi ve acres, Powell Station is 12; FC has a gazebo and sev-eral picnic shelters, Powell Station will soon have two; FC has a spring and stream, Powell Station has Beaver Creek … and a splash pad.)

This week we’ll rent a Bobcat attachment that grinds up stubble and run it across the fi eld. Knox Coun-ty will bring its wood chip-per to grind up the brush and small trees that were brought down during two Saturday workdays.

Lee Robbins, a longtime community volunteer, ob-served that it’s easy to see how the pyramids were built. Just put enough peo-ple on a job and you’ll even-tually get it done.

After packing up, Justin and Laura met the Panther football team for pizza and a couple of accommodat-ing county deputies who stopped traffi c on Emory

Road long enough to get those bright orange panther paws repainted. Coach Rod-ney Ellison has his guys fi red up. And the deputies made sure nobody got run over.

A Powell Park fund-raiser is slated to start this week with a goal of $40,000 to build a disc golf course, parking for a kayak takeout and other improvements. Justin Bailey and this writ-er will head that effort (so duck if you see us coming).

Last week Justin, John Bayless and I had lunch with leaders from the county’s health department, Doug Bataille from Parks and Rec, and incoming Powell High School principal Dr. Chad Smith.

Afterwards, Justin wrote to us:

“I didn’t realize until to-day the magnitude of how great this project is. I’m all about different parts of the community working to-gether. This is certainly that – Health Department and County Parks working with community stakeholders and high school.

“Are you kidding me!? It’s pretty awesome! It’s the way everything should work. Peo-ple working together to pull off a common goal. Love it.”

Yup. And the lunch at The Front Porch was pretty awe-some, too.

Sandra Clark

Water winners

“With my age and physi-cal limitations there are many things I can’t do,” said Mast. “Fortunately swim-ming isn’t one of them.”

A few years ago Mast began swim training in earnest and has competed in local and state Senior Olympic events. She has won gold medals in the 50- and 100-yard freestyle, 50-yard breaststroke, 50-yard backstroke and 100-yard freestyle, backstroke and breaststroke. She soon qualifi ed for Nationals.

“I love the camaraderie of the Senior Olympics,” she said. “Everyone wants to win, but we support each other through the competi-tion. It was a great comfort to make new friends when I was so far from home.”

Mast recently returned from the 2015 National Se-nior Olympics held July 3-16 in Minneapolis. More than 400 senior adults from Tennessee competed in sports from archery to judo, swimming to volleyball. Mast was the sole female in her age group represent-ing her district of 15 Ten-

nessee counties. She swam (sprinted) six events during a three-day period compet-ing against top swimmers from 50 states and Canada.

“I didn’t win one of the coveted top three medals in any of my events but I did swim my personal best by signifi cant margins in four of the six events.”

Mast fi nished in the top 20 in all events, placing 9th in one. Mast hopes her story

will inspire other seniors to get active and consider com-petitive senior events.

“My passion for swim-ming began as childhood fun but now helps sustain my physical and mental well-being.”

The next National Senior Olympics will be held in Bir-mingham Alabama in 2017. Mast plans to compete if she qualifi es at the local and state levels.

Mast in the dry during the Senior Olympics in the aquatic center at the University of Minnesota

Candace Mast competes in the breaststroke event at the 2015 National Senior Olympics. Photos submitted

Mass shootings From page A-1

sorrow and anger and condo-lence and gratitude around violent events that are truly “needless” and “senseless.” Again and again we try to give redemptive meaning to that abyss so that we won’t be sucked into it, but when you’ve heard it so many times, the explanations be-gi n to lose their meaning.

Yet the events keep com-ing because we do not have

the political will to rein in the gun industry, or help the peo-ple with mental-health needs or those whose poverty of spirit and engagement leaves them with nothing to value in their lives except pain and grudges and anger they don’t know how to cope with.

I am no longer shocked or sad or angry – I’m bone weary. But I don’t see an end to it.

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Little people sing about the hole in the bottom of the sea.

Shrewd merchants smile and capitalize on doughnut holes.

The hole in the middle of the Tennessee defense is not a fun thing.

Tommy Thigpen, coach of Volunteer linebackers, faces a very large void with fi ve or six or seven possible fi llers but no obvious solu-tion.

Middle linebacker, quar-terback of the defense, is a critical position in this era of complex offenses doing all sorts of exciting things at warp speed. It requires comprehensive preparation, reading accuracy, ability to think and adjust on the fl y,

Hole in the middle of Tennessee defenseMarvin

West

skill and strength to ward off big, hairy blockers and a boldness to discourage run-ning backs and receivers who dare invade the territory.

Those old enough to re-member Jack Reynolds can grasp what one looks like. OK, the position was less demanding then. Al Wilson did it well. A.J. Johnson was doing OK until …

Those who don’t recog-nize the current defi ciency think Tennessee’s defense

will be much better than last season. There is more available talent and depth up front and more speed in the secondary. Jalen Reeves-Maybin might be an all-American at outside linebacker.

Alas, games can be won or lost in the middle.

Unless there is a radi-cal reassignment, here are Thigpen’s choices:

Kenny Bynum, 6-1 and 250, has been around four years and knows more. He is tough enough against the run but not very fast. He did not forfeit the job in spring practice.

Darrin Kirkland was re-cruited to be the middle linebacker of the future. He arrived in January to get a

head start but needed medi-cal repairs and spent spring drills watching instead of doing. He is 6-2 and 235.

Jacob Johnson, 6-4 and 240, may be a slender end but played MLB against Vanderbilt last November. To put it sweetly, the Com-modores liked him a lot. Johnson is shaped like a football player, has size, strength and decent speed, hits hard and might be re-ally good someday. He grew up in Germany. He lacks football background and ex-perience.

Gavin Bryant, redshirt freshman, hurts people. He is 6-0 and 236 and a natural hitter. He is also a work in progress.

Dillon Bates, 6-3 and

225, probably should be an outside linebacker but may be a middle man out of ne-cessity. Like Kirkland, Bates lost precious development time to injury. Tennessee has not yet seen the real Dil-lon Bates.

Very secret weapons (no-body has heard much about ’em) are sophomore walk-on Colton Jumper and one or more athletic freshmen.

Thigpen may have a couple of aces up his sleeve. Curt Maggitt plays more as an end because of his relent-less pursuit. But, if nobody fi lls the vacancy, if the need is deemed serious enough, he could switch. He’d do it in a minute, too. He is a team-fi rst guy. Butch Jones says so.

The big win with Reeves-Maybin as an outside backer is speed. He is a former safety who got bigger. If he has to play in the middle, he can think bigger.

There is a glaring contra-diction between the middle linebacker dilemma and tall talk about winning the East division of the Sou th-eastern Conference. Really good teams rarely go into August with such uncer-tainties.

But, wait, there is an-other alternative. Really good coaches solve such problems before the mid-dle of September. By the middle of October, we may have forgotten all about this one.Marvin West invites reader reaction. His

address is westwest6@netzero.com

Sarah Hall

The best moments of my summer were not the days spent at the beach; they were my two weeks at East Tennessee Children’s Hos-pital. I just completed my second summer as a Volun-teen and had even more fun than the summer before.

That fi rst summer I walked into the hospital nervous and unsure what to expect. I was excited to have the opportunity, but I did not know anyone. It can be super awkward and nerve-racking to sit in a room with 15 other people and not know a single name.

Then a woman named Kathi walked in and imme-diately made all of us feel at home. She had a bright smile and warm personal-ity. I didn’t know then how amazing she truly was.

The fi rst day I was as-signed to Child Life, asked to visit patients’ rooms to ask if they need anything,

at Children’s Hospital

want to play or do crafts. A few of us went with an adult volunteer to learn the ropes.

At fi rst it was awkward. Most of these kids weren’t feeling great and were right-fully scared to be in a hospi-tal. But I soon learned that the only way to make a child feel comfortable was to relate to them and be genuinely in-terested. That day I entered a little girl’s room and asked if she would like to play a game in the playroom or maybe do a craft. She looked at me with fear in her eyes and shook her head no. I glanced around the room and noticed that she had owl balloons, an owl blanket and an owl stuffed animal. I asked if I could

sit and started to talk to her about how much I loved the blanket, balloons and stuffed animal. She smiled and said, “Owls are my favorite ani-mal. What’s yours?”

I realized I had an open-ing, so I suggested we go to the playroom and paint an owl. When she enthusiasti-cally shook her head yes I could feel tears in my eyes. In that moment I knew I had made her day better, a little brighter.

The next day I couldn’t wait to come back. I did everything in those two weeks from playing Xbox for hours (and losing nine out of 10 times) with a boy who couldn’t get out of bed to try-ing to get a little girl to stop crying by walking her around the hallway a billion times.

Not every day was I in a patient’s room. There were days I would sit at the infor-mation desk and direct peo-ple to their appointments,

cut out puppets for kids to color and clean DVDs for the movie cart. Some may say those days didn’t make an impact, but I believe they did. If I could help a frazzled parent fi nd the ER, or make puppets so a child waiting for bloodwork would have something to do other than worry, and even have clean DVDs in case a child wanted to watch “Finding Nemo,” then I made an impact.

There was not a day that I didn’t help someone.

This program not only al-lowed me to make a differ-ence in the lives of sick chil-dren, but I made so many lifelong friends. The fi rst day no one was speaking, but by the end of the fi rst week we couldn’t be quiet! It was amazing to meet people who had the same passion that I did, and it made every day so much more enjoyable when you got to work with amazing people.

On the last day I bawled my eyes out. I couldn’t be-lieve it was over. I was going to miss all my new friends and particularly Ms. Kathi. The program would be nothing without her. Her constant smile and laughter can brighten a day, and she would do anything for you.

As I returned for my sec-ond summer I knew there would be more friends to make and, most important-ly, more children to make smile. I am so thankful for a program that allows me to give back and all the people that made my summer 10 times better. I love you all!

GOSSIP AND LIES ■ Tom Jones, a former chair of

the KUB board, has surren-

dered his law license, we hear.

On Monday, his law fi rm’s

website had a blank spot

where Jones once stood.

■ Where’s Foster? County

Clerk Foster Arnett is no

stranger to controversy

although his missteps tend

toward the absurd rather than

more traditional folly.

■ Arnett skipped town last

week rather than respond to

a KnoxViews blog post head-

lined, “Hacked or Unhinged?

You Decide.”

■ Gary Wade says he will leave

the state Supreme Court, to

which he just won re-election

to an 8-year term, and may

become dean of the John J.

Duncan Jr. School of Law.

■ This makes no sense but

gives Bill Haslam a chance to

put his friend Herb Slatery on

the high court.

■ Slatery has been on a career

fast track, serving as Haslam’s

legal counsel before the Su-

preme Court appointed him

as attorney general in 2014.

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was being interviewed by telephone on his way to a real estate agent’s offi ce to pick up a gift he’d been told would be waiting for him at the front desk. When he walked in, he remarked that the place seemed deserted, yoo-hooed and got a terse response from some guy in the back.

“That’s funny. They don’t have a clue who they’re talk-ing to. I could be Vice Presi-dent Gore’s son,” he said. “This font desk hasn’t been used in years …”

A few seconds later, the Realtor he was looking for materialized with the gift and Ward was back in his car on his way to deliver a refrigerator, explaining the house fl ipping business while he drove.

“I’d have been a superstar if I’d had somebody to mar-ket me fi ve years ago,” he said. “I’ve fl ipped over 800 houses in 27 years – ain’t nobody in the nation done that.”

He started small, with

a house in Colonial Village that he moved into.

“As I was working on that house, I realized that I en-joyed it and it was fun, and thought to myself I could make some mon-

ey doing this, so I bought a fl ip home to sell on Martin Mill pike, just past Bonnie Kate, and it went well – $12,000 on that fi rst fl ip. So I was kinda hooked, as my dad used to say …”

After that, he’d buy may-be two or three houses a year, sometimes in partner-ship with friends, and the number grew to 10 or 12 a year, and kept going. Over the last 10 years, he’s aver-aged between 30 and 40 a year, and for a while held down a fulltime job as stage manager at the Civic Colise-um. He left the job fi ve years ago, but still does freelance

stage managing at the coli-seum, Thompson-Boling Arena, the Tennessee The-atre and Gatlinburg venues. He’s kept some houses as rentals, but says fl ipping is his fi rst love.

“There’s nothing like tak-ing a house and transform-ing it into a desirable prop-erty,” he said.

Add that to his weekly “Fix it, Flip it or Skip it” radio hour, the script he’s preparing for a TV show, the offer he’s mulling to start fl ipping mobile homes, and it doesn’t leave much room for politics.

“I was out at Powell sup-porting Bob and Ed, and I mentioned that several peo-ple have approached me. I ran a few years ago, and got beat by 300 votes. Another time I started to run and Paul Pinkston jumped back in at the last minute, and I decided not to do it. But I’m 49, still young enough so I can say I’ll never close my doors, and I’ll always try to keep my options open.”

Harwell idea delays vote on gas tax

House Speaker Beth Harwell has urged that part or all of the $400 million in additional state tax collections should go for new roads and existing road repairs. This is new money coming into the state treasury that was not anticipated when the state budget was enacted a few months ago.

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What is significant here is that Harwell is voic-ing a game plan for the Legislature to tackle the road issue in a way that would enable it to avoid a gas tax increase vote in the 2016 session starting in five months. This would be new money one time for roads and would allow the lawmakers to skip a gas tax vote in an election year.

Harwell is considered a potential candidate for governor and has been traveling the state. She did a Rotary Club talk in Knoxville and appeared for state Rep. Roger Kane over the past few months. She is expected back in East Tennessee several times this fall.

Gov. Haslam with a new chief of staff, Jim Henry, may wish to avoid this contentious issue where success is not assured coming on top of the Insure Tennessee loss last January. Most observ-ers see increasing the gas tax as a high mountain to climb in 2016 when many lawmakers ran on a pro-gram of lower taxes.

It is hard to explain a vote for a higher tax if within the recent past you have pledged backing for lower taxes.

■ MPC has been sued in federal court over gender discrimination by its former finance direc-tor, Dee Ann Reynolds, who lives in Union County. The new director, Gerald Green, inherits this from his predecessor Mark Donaldson, who termi-nated Reynolds and was himself then pushed out the door after neighbor-hood activists across the city called for his ouster.

This will be a fascinat-ing lawsuit as it plays out or is settled, but expect it

to go on for months. The plaintiff’s attorney, David Burkhalter, is a pro in these personnel discrimi-nation lawsuits.

The new MPC director no longer works for the Metropolitan Planning Commission but for the two mayors, Burchett and Rogero.

■ David Collins, former chair of the Knox County Commission and city architect, is getting married to Kirby Bell, community volunteer. Wedding will be in June 2016.

■ Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush will hold a fundraiser Aug. 4 in Williamson County co-hosted by Gov. Haslam’s parents, Jim and Natalie Haslam. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker was in the same county 10 days ago. Williamson County is a popular fundraising spot for national GOP candi-dates.

■ Art Clancy, 85, former international president of Rotary (the first from Knoxville) and founder of Clancy Optical, is recovering well from open-heart surgery and is now at home. His wife is Sue Clancy, former direc-tor of special events for the city of Knoxville.

■ The dedication of Everly Brothers Park will be 5:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 7, at the corner of Kings-ton Pike and Forest Park Boulevard. This happened due to the work of the Bearden Council, Den-nis Owen, Terry Faulkner plus City Council member Duane Grieve. Don and Phil Everly attended West High School near this site. Public is invited to the dedication. It should be a great occasion.

■ When Jack Sharp is replaced on MPC this summer, he will complete 40 years of public service to the city of Knoxville with 28 years on City Council (14 years as vice mayor) plus 12 years on MPC. Sharp turns 81 on Aug. 10.

■ Gov. Haslam will host a luncheon for state Sen. Doug Overbey’s re-election on Thursday, July 30, at Cherokee County Club at $1,000 a person.

■ Karen Carson and Jason Zachary will debate at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 6, at Farragut Town Hall. Public is invited. They are candidates for GOP nomi-nation for state represen-tative from District 14.

Ward

Will Ward fl ip or skip commission race?Among the citizens who

showed up for the Powell edition of Ed and Bob Show (i.e. the traveling constitu-ent meeting road show put on by county commission-ers-at-large Ed Brantley and Bob Thomas) was Chuck Ward, the “Fix it, Flip it or Skip it” radio show guy. Brantley introduced Ward to the crowd as a “probable” county commission candi-date from District 9 next year.

Betty Bean

By the time the Shopper-News caught up with Ward, a busy guy who’s always on his way to somewhere else, he’d downgraded his can-didate status from prob-able to just the other side of possible. He’s just got too many irons in the fi re, he said, which was why he

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Foster

Foster in line to be city’s new redevelopment director

Dawn Michelle Foster, who will soon step into Knoxville Redevelopment Director Bob Whetsel’s shoes, doesn’t mind being

a woman in an industry t y p i c a l l y dominated by men. She spent 22 years as a senior transporta-tion planner and con-

struction project manager for Wilbur Smith Associates (now CDM Smith) before her career with the city.

“This will be the fi rst time I’ve ever had a woman boss,” she says, referring to Mayor Madeline Rogero.

Foster, who is also Af-rican American, will work closely with Anne Wallace, who will fi ll Foster’s previ-ous role as deputy director of redevelopment. It’s a sign of a forward-thinking city that the offi ce is so diverse, as is the sheer number of current redevelopment projects.

The south waterfront has been Foster’s primary focus since she was hired by the city three years ago, and she’s enthusiastic about the changes that are happening in that part of town. In early July, ground was broken for Suttree Landing Park − part of a 750-acre redevelopment project across the Tennessee River from downtown and the University of Tennessee.

Updates to Sevier Avenue are creating interest in ex-

isting structures from local developers, she says, and plans for apartments at the former Baptist Hospital site and the Island Home area are coming along. The re-alignment of the entrance of Fort Dickerson Park is fi n-ished, and further enhance-ments should be completed by the end of the year.

Such improvements, paired with the city’s Urban Wilderness, will revitalize South Knoxville.

“All that vibrancy is start-ing to take place,” she says.

Now Foster will have other major projects on her plate, like Magnolia and Cumberland Avenues and Downtown North. She rec-ognizes that redevelopment calls for residents to be open-minded − and patient. Concept plans don’t always look like the “cake on the box,” and they require enor-mous amounts of time and money, she says. But the ultimate payout is blighted property that is made useful again.

Redevelopment yields other resources. There have been hundreds of millions of dollars of private invest-ment around Cumberland Avenue, and Foster expects more to come. That’s anoth-er good reason for residents

to be patient until the proj-ect’s anticipated completion date of August of 2017.

“In a couple of years, we’ll be skipping down the sidewalk with smiles on our faces because of the new streetscape.”

One of the benefi ts of Foster’s new job will be get-ting to work with other city departments, since the proj-ects require so much cross-

over, she says.She is grateful to have

had the opportunity to work with Whetsel. He’s been a great mentor, and she ap-preciates the leadership style he developed during his former career as a high school football coach. She is glad to continue to work with Wallace, who is also well-respected.

“We’ll make Bob proud.”

John Fugate of Fountain City has launched his campaign for the Republican nomination for Knox County Commis-sion from District 2. The seat is currently held by Amy Bro-yles, a Democrat who has opted not to seek a third term.

Fugate served briefl y on the school board as an appoin-tee of County Commission when Indya Kincannon re-signed and before Tracie Sanger was elected.

He said some 150 people attended Saturday’s kickoff in Fountain City Park. Notables included Mayor Tim Bur-chett, Law Director Bud Armstrong, Property Assessor Phil Ballard and commissioners Dave Wright, Jeff Ownby and Bob Thomas.

Michele Carringer is also a candidate for the GOP nomi-nation. The primary is in May 2016 with the general elec-tion in August.

R.B. and Susan Schumpert stand with John Fugate (center) at

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Arbor TerraceBy Betty Bean

They laugh a lot at Ar-bor Terrace, an assisted living facility just off Ce-dar Bluff Road. One of the funniest lines delivered at last week’s Shopper-News get-together with Arbor Terrace residents came from Olean Robinson, who got to know Peyton Man-ning while working in the bookstore at the Univer-sity Center when he was a student. She particularly remembers the time when he came in to pick out some birthday cards even though he was about to be late to class.

“He asked me to tell any-body who came looking for him, ‘Well, I haven’t seen him.’ And when he fi nished paying for his cards, he took off running as fast as he could go,” she said.

Betty M. Wilson, a re-tired nurse, has a Manning memory of her own. She said she met him when at UT when she was taking speech therapy after her stroke. She remembers him as very nice.

Another chuckle came

when Norma Holmes, a for-mer St. Petersburg school teacher, said her late hus-band was a great salesman.

“Al was selling frozen or-ange juice in Florida when I met him,” she said, pausing to let the punchline sink in. She told of a time when she and Al sat next to Sen. How-ard Baker at a Sertoma Club event.

Baker got positive com-ments from the gathering.

The group was a mix-ture of lifelong Knoxville residents like Robinson and Knoxvillians by choice, like Holmes.

Minnie Chilton, who lived in Kentucky, was head cashier at United Citizens Bank in Campbellsburg, and recalled the time her bank got robbed by a hap-less wannabe crook.

“The man come in and he demanded money – but turned out we knew him. Then when he went out, somebody recognized him. He liked to have scared the teller to death.”

Chilton, Corinne Arn-wine (a retired computer journal editor and world

traveler) and Beulah Al-ice Bittner, also a retired nurse and another native Kentuckian (who most re-cently lived in Indiana) had grandfathers who fought in the Civil War. They shared some fam-ily memories: Chilton’s grandfather, a Confeder-ate Army soldier, was cap-tured and spent the war locked up and starving. He never spoke of those times. Arnwine’s family was split down the middle. Bittner’s Confederate-sympathizing family hid hams and other food supplies in a cave that was discovered and raided by Union soldiers.

Robinson and her sister, LaMuriel Smothers, both live in Arbor Terrace, and their parents lived there, too, some years ago. Both sisters were involved in the restaurant business, and if Smothers’ first name looks familiar, it’s probably be-cause it’s on the menu at Buddy’s Bar-B-Q – LaMu-riel’s Lemon Ice Box Pie, $1.99 per slice. LaMuriel and her late husband, Bud-dy Smothers, started the

business in 1972. Robinson and her husband owned Robby’s Bar-B-Q on Chap-man Highway.

Arbor Terrace residents have a communal garden that’s provided the residents with fried green tomatoes, summer squash and ripe tomatoes that have gone on top of pizzas made in cook-ing class.

Arbor Terrace opened in August 1997, and has about 88 residents at present. Joy Hall has been the executive director since the opening; Erin Parten is engagement director and arranged our visit.

“We play all day,” says Erin.

“She plans a year ahead,” adds resident Betty Lever-ette, a retired teacher and principal from Virginia.

“Got to to get the music and speakers we want,” says Erin.

Corinne Arnwine has been there about two weeks, making her the newbie. She says moving there has been a good decision.

“Everyone’s so nice here. I’m really glad I came.”

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It is obvious to me that the Bible really does address all aspects of our lives. Especially the Psalms; that is where the human condition is most evident.

The truth is, the older I get, the more forgetful I become.

Sometimes that is a blessing; there are things I need to, want to, should forget. Wrongs done to me, hurtful words said to me, mistakes I made that I cannot undo. Those are things that are best for-gotten. As one sage said, “Give it up, let it go and set it free!”

When I forget where I put my glasses, or what time I have an appoint-ment in town? Well, that is embarrassing! But when I forget to write a column (something I have been doing every week for 25 years this August), it is horrifying!

I could defend myself by telling everyone about the crises (major and mi-nor) that have been swirl-

Are your wonders known in the darkness, or your saving help in the land of forgetfulness?

(Psalm 88: 12-13 NRSV)

The land of forgetfulness

CrossCurrents

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ing. I could plead the ex-citement of the upcoming wedding of my fi rstborn. I could even quote the dear elderly lady I knew in my childhood who frequently defended herself by say-ing (with a sigh), “Well, I’m just an old woman.”

But I am stubbornly unwilling to cop to that. I don’t feel old! I don’t think old! I don’t act old!

At least, I don’t think I do.

And, I suppose, that is true of all of us. We think of ourselves as we were in our prime. We feel, oh, maybe 39. Jack Benny was forever 39. If he can get away with it, why can’t I?

Methuselah lived 969 years.

I would bet he forget a few things, too!

Beaver Ridge United Methodist Church will start Vacation Bible School Thursday, July 30, with a pool party at Karns Pool. Church members and the community are welcome. The men’s group will host

a hot dog cook-out for VBS children on Friday, July 31.

Wednesday night din-ners and classes will resume Aug. 12.

Info: beaverridgeumc.org or 690-1060.

VBS at Beaver Ridge

Feeding the fl ockHunger Ministries goes garden to table at First Farragut UMC

By Carolyn EvansThe sun was bearing

down hard at 11 a.m., and the air was muggy, but that didn’t slow Laura Derr. She was standing in a row of green beans that stretched over her head, picking as fast as she could. The gar-den at First Farragut United Methodist Church is a big deal to those who are mis-sion-minded at the church. The tomatoes, okra, kale, lettuce, radishes and pep-pers growing in the garden next to the church help sup-port the church’s program known as the Hunger Min-istries.

Derr, a member of the church’s service team, co-ordinates the garden, the FISH ministry and the mo-bile pantry. She grew up in rural Kentucky and can remember working in the family garden with three siblings.

“I picked green beans a lot, and I snapped them on the front porch,” she said. “I remember working in the garden wasn’t as much fun then as it is now.”

This is the fourth summer the vegetables have made a big impact on the church’s food ministry through the mobile pantry and the FISH ministry. The bounty from the garden is also available on the Hunger Table on Sun-day mornings, where parish-ioners can purchase the veg-etables with the donations going into the Hunger Min-istries budget.

While Derr was outside in the garden, a team of FISH volunteers was inside with a big map, pushpins, note-books and phones. The goal of FISH is to deliver grocer-ies to those without trans-portation. Like a trained military unit, they were ex-ecuting their mission: taking calls, plotting locations on the map and handing off ad-dresses to the driving team.

“We can’t do this by our-selves,” Derr said. “We part-ner with Faith Fellowship Cumberland Presbyterian Church just down the road and St. Elizabeth’s Epis-copal Church right across Kingston Pike.”

First Farragut UMC is

Laura Derr picks

green beans at

First Farragut

United Methodist

Church. Vegetables

from the garden

help supply the

Hunger Ministries

of the church. Pho-tos by Carolyn Evans

part of the West Knoxville FISH Hospitality Pantry, an organization of 18 churches. The amount of food deliv-ered varies depending on household size but supplies each family with three days of food. In addition to the monthly FISH distribution, one month each year the three churches are respon-sible for stocking the FISH panty at a cost of about $4,000.

“One of the reasons it has been a successful minis-try is that we’re partnering with other churches,” Derr said. “It’s one of the great blessings of this ministry that it has survived for 20 years as strictly a volunteer ministry.”

At the phone table, Doro-thy Morton took a call from someone raising two grand-children. “They need a little bit of everything,” she said. “We have a lot of grandpar-ents who call.”

Drivers use their own vehicles to go to the church where the food is stored, gather the necessary bags of groceries and deliver them to the door of fi ve to eight residences. By afternoon, the team had made 49 deliv-eries all over Knox County. Derr’s green beans were in the mix for 15 households.

Jim Stinnett, a mem-ber of Faith Fellowship Cumberland Presbyterian Church, has been a driver for about 12 years. “It’s part of our church’s mission,” he said. “We strongly believe we need to go to the urban areas. The biggest fulfi ll-ment I personally get out of it is the children, espe-cially in the summertime when they’re out of school and don’t have access to the meals at school. Typically

when we pull up, children are the fi rst ones out of the house to the car.”

What prompted Derr to get involved?

“I would like to tell you there was a bolt of light-ning,” she said, “but I just like doing the Hunger Min-istries. There’s a satisfaction to knowing people are being fed. We have a very giving church. They’re very sup-portive fi nancially and with their volunteer presence.”

Arts and crafts are a big part

of learning during VBS. Colby

Huttleston creates a card for

a church member as teachers

use the activity to emphasize

caring for others.

Beaverdale takes incredible VBS journeyBy Ruth White

Beaverdale Baptist Church hosted a Vacation Bible School that took stu-dents on a journey off the map.

During the week, through games, crafts, snack time and Bible study, the children learned of God’s love and the importance of following his word. Also emphasized during the week was know-ing that even when God takes a person’s journey off the map, He helps us stay on track through studying the Bible and prayer.

Beaverdale Baptist is at 1701 Cunningham Road.

Jesse Messer Jr. shows a toy bug

found during snack time at Sur-

vival Springs. Jesse attended

Journey Off the Map VBS at Bea-

verdale Baptist Church.

Mylee Bowlin signs a get-well card

for the pastor’s wife, Rhonda Turn-

mire, during Vacation Bible School. Photos by R. White

A-8 • JULY 29, 2015 • POWELL/NORWOOD Shopper news interns

Martha Ashe stands in the garden dedicated to the memory of her grandmother, for whom she was named. Ashe is the daughter of former Knoxville mayor Victor Ashe and works in the Knoxville Botanical Gardens and Arboretum visitor center. Photos by S. Carey

Shopper-News interns get a sneak peek at the under-construction visitor center at Knox-ville Botanical Gardens. The center is slated to open in August. Photo by Amanda McDonald

Beauty and sweat equityBy Shannon Carey

Shopper-News interns were slated to spend the day at the FBI’s Knoxville headquarters, but due to the tragic shootings in Chat-tanooga we had to come up with a different plan.

Thankfully, the staff and volunteers at the Knoxville Botanical Gardens and Ar-boretum welcomed interns with open arms. Interns were good sports in the heat, volunteering their ef-forts at the Center for Urban Agriculture tucked in a cor-ner of the gardens.

Then, they got a personal tour of the gardens from Martha Ashe, daughter of former Knoxville mayor Victor Ashe. Martha is working in the visitor cen-ter this summer, just yards away from a beautiful area dedicated to the memory of her grandmother, also named Martha Ashe.

“I like it,” she said. “I feel like I’m part of the place.”

Martha gave the interns a sneak peek at the Botanical Gardens’ new visitor center, scheduled to open in Au-gust.

By Annie DockeryThe Knoxville Botani-

cal Garden and Arboretum, which was once Howell Nurseries, is the oldest con-tinually running business in Tennessee and is now work-ing to preserve the region’s plant life.

“In your lifetime, there will be wars fought about food and water,” Robert Hodge, the director of the Center for Urban Agricul-ture told interns. The center is located on the grounds of the Botanical Gardens.

In the last two years, Hodge explained, there has been a 40 percent loss in the honeybee population. Hon-eybees are integral to the pollination of the world’s food supply, and their steady decline can cause substan-tial food reduction. The her-bicides and pesticides used in both large-scale farming

Preventing an agriculture apocalypseand in the average backyard are culprits in the honey-bees’ demise.

In today’s culture, where few Americans have fruit and vegetable gardens and 80 percent of America’s produce is shipped from California, native species of plants and produce are dying off. Consumers may think they are eating locally when in fact they are not.

Stores may label produce as “locally grown” as long as that produce is local in one of the store’s locations. Consequently, a national store may label tomatoes from California as “locally grown” in a Tennessee store. The primary focus of large farms is to produce food that can withstand cross-country shipment, not taste or species preservation.

Hodge said Tennessee

once had more than 5,000 types of apples. Today, this is not so. In the years to come, fewer and fewer variations of apples, pota-toes, zucchini, and other fruits and vegetables will be available for consumption, because most Tennesseans have stopped growing re-gional produce.

This means that the chil-dren and grandchildren of today’s adults will never taste many of the fruits and vege-tables they loved growing up.

Hodge explained how ev-eryone has the ability to aid in current agricultural issues. With the decline in honeybee population, it is important to cease using herbicides and pesticides in the yard.

To prevent the extinction of local plants, network with friends and garden-ers to fi nd heirloom seeds, ask them to share, plant

them, and pass the seeds on. Websites like rareseeds.com and slowfoodusa.org provide an online way to obtain heirloom and en-dangered seeds.

The Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum pro-vides additional resources for those who want to help.

“Families can get plots here for free,” said Hodge.

Those interested can call to reserve a free plot on which to garden. The Center for Urban Agriculture also provides classes on how to create community gardens at churches.

By eliminating the use of herbicides and pesticides and by planting an heir-loom garden, anyone can help preserve the world’s food supply.

Info: 862-8717 or fi nd Center for Urban Agricul-ture on Facebook

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■ Summer Movie Magic: “Gone With the Wind,” Tennessee

Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Showings: 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday,

2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: all Ticketmaster outlets, Tennessee

Theatre box offi ce and 800-745-3000.

■ “Sealed for Freshness” by Doug Stone, Theatre Knoxville

Downtown, 319 N. Gay St. Performances: 8 p.m. Friday

and Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday. Info/tickets: http://www.

theatreknoxville.com.

SATURDAY ■ 2015 Knox Classic Bodybuilding, Figure, Bikini and

Physique, 9 a.m.-6:30 p.m., Knoxville Civic Auditorium, 500

Howard Baker Jr. Ave. Info/tickets: www.knoxvillecoliseum.

com or 215-8999; KnoxvilleTickets.com, 656-4444 or 877-

995-9961.

■ Back to School Princess & Pirate Party, 1-2:30 p.m., Grassy

Valley Baptist Church, 10637 Kingston Pike. Tickets: $10,

available at the door. For all ages; open to the public.

■ Robotics Revolution, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Jacob Building in

Chilhowee Park. Hosted by The Muse Knoxville. Features:

Lego building competitions, robotics and technology dem-

onstrations, hands-on activities with The Muse, live Skype

call with NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps and more. Info:

themuseknoxville.org.

■ Second annual corn-hole tournament to benefi t Angelic

Ministries. 12:30 p.m., under the big top at The Ministry, 1218

N. Central St. Info/registration: angelicministries.com.

■ Shakespeare on the Square: “The Taming of the Shrew,” 7

p.m., Market Square. Info: 546-4280; www.tennesseestage.

com tennesseestage@comcast.net.

SUNDAY ■ Knoxville Jazz Orchestra: Jazz Jam, 4-6 p.m., the Empo-

rium, 100 S. Gay St. Free. Open to any and all who wish to

play or listen. Info: 573-3226.

■ Native American Flute Circle, 4-5:30 p.m., Ijams Nature

Center, 2915 Island Home Ave. Info/registration: 577-4717

ext. 110.

■ Party in the Park, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., World’s Fair Park, 525 Hen-

ley St. Food, games, bounce houses, live music and more.

Free. Info: knoxpartyinthepark.com.

■ Shakespeare on the Square: “Macbeth,” 7 p.m., Market

Square. Info: 546-4280; www.tennesseestage.com,

tennesseestage@comcast.net.

By Carol ShaneAttention, all young brai-

niacs and your families! Now’s your chance to ex-plore STEM (Science Tech-nology Engineering Math-ematics) in a fun, lively environment made just for you!

This weekend, The Muse Knoxville presents “Robot-ics Revolution” at Chilhow-ee Park.

Formerly known as The Discovery Center, The Muse Knoxville is “a newly re-imagined space designed for kids from 1 to 101,” ac-cording to its website. The organization’s fun, interac-tive exhibits provide oppor-tunities for kids to discover and explore the physical sci-ences. “With almost 4,000 square feet of exhibit and play space, you are sure to fi nd something that will in-spire the love of learning in you!”

At “Robotics Revolution” young techies can see, and maybe participate in, such things as the Lego Tower Challenge, where Lego cities are built by teams and then shook on an “earthquake table” to see which city sur-vives. There’s a Sumo Bot wrestling match and many other robotics and technol-ogy demonstrations.

A new and very exciting addition to the lineup is a live Skype call with NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps. El-

Young techies will enjoy “Robotics Revolution,” presented by

The Muse Knoxville at the Jacob Building in Chilhowee Park

this weekend. Photo submitted

A technology wonderlandtion is highly valued. “Are you a FIRST [”For Inspi-ration and Recognition of Science and Technology”] coach, mentor, or parent?” asks the website. “At the World FIRST Champion-ships this year in St. Louis, FIRST founder Dean Ka-men challenged everyone in attendance to ‘Grow FIRST Faster,’ to reach more kids in more communities. Help build relationships with new and emerging teams in our area as we support the growth of FIRST programs to new schools and neigh-borhoods. Volunteers will staff information tables to meet visitors who are in-terested in learning more about FIRST, and have the opportunity to create advi-sory connections with new coaches and mentors.”

“Robotics Revolution” happens from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. this Saturday, August 1 at the Jacob Building in Chilhowee Park. Admission is $6 per person, with fam-ily passes available for $24. Children ages fi ve and un-der are admitted free. Tick-ets can be purchased at the event or online in advance at www.themuseknoxville.org, or by calling 594-1494. Parents who wish to become involved as FIRST mentors are urged to visit http://goo.gl/forms/FP65W5LMd7.Send story suggestions to news@shop

pernewsnow.com.

lie Kittrell, executive direc-tor of The Muse Knoxville, says, “Dr. Epps will join our event to help further inspire children to pursue a path in STEM. Her background as an astronaut, aquanaut, CIA technical intelligence offi cer, and as a technical specialist for Ford Motor Company is a spectacular example for young children.

Her voice, particularly for young women, is one that we hope will make a lifelong impression.

“We feel very fortunate to have this opportunity to speak with her.”

There’s plenty of fun to be had at “Robotics Revolution,” but this is cutting-edge, real-world stuff, and adult participa-

By Betsy PickleOld friends return in this

week’s new movies, begin-ning with today’s opening of “Vacation.”

Not a remake of the 1983 fan favorite “National Lampoon’s Vacation” but more of a sequel, this “Va-

cation” focuses on the next generation. Griswold son Rusty (Ed Helms) is grown up and has a family of his own: wife Debbie (Christina Applegate) and sons James (Skyler Gisondo) and Kevin (Steele Stebbins).

When Rusty finally re-

alizes that his wife and sons aren’t as happy as he thought they were, he plans to recreate the magic of his childhood with an epic road trip to the ad-venture theme park Wal-ley World. Rusty’s selective memory clears the way for

disaster after disaster as the Griswolds make their way across the country in a rental car that has a mind of its own.

Time spent with sister Audrey (Leslie Mann) and her irritatingly perfect hus-band, Stone Crandall (Chris

The Griswold family – James (Skyler Gisondo), Kevin

(Steele Stebbins), Debbie (Christina Applegate) and

Rusty (Ed Helms) – gets ready for fun in “Vacation.”

‘Vacation’ rides again; plus one more impossible ‘Mission’

Hemsworth), is just part of the punishment Rusty must suffer. Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo reprise their iconic roles as Clark and Ellen Griswold.

Supporting players in-clude such familiar faces as Ron Livingston, Nor-man Reedus, Charlie Day, Keegan-Michael Key, Regi-na Hall, Michael Pena, Da-vid Clennon, Colin Hanks and Sports Illustrated swimwear model Hannah Davis. “Horrible Bosses” scribes Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley wrote the script and make their feature-directing de-but with the movie.

Opening on Friday is

“Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation.” Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) must reunite his IMF team to eradicate an international band of ter-rorists known as the Syndi-cate. Highly trained opera-tives determined to create a new world order through their terror attacks, Syndi-cate members may or may not include a skillful British agent named Ilsa Faust (Re-becca Ferguson).

The cast also includes Alec Baldwin, Jeremy Renner, Ving Rhames, Si-mon Pegg and Simon Mc-Burney. Christopher Mc-Quarrie (“Jack Reacher”) directed and wrote the screenplay.

REUNION NOTE ■ Central High School classes

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6-11 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 15,

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5441 Clinton Highway. Info:

Benny Easterday, 207-9634.

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THROUGH THURSDAY, OCT. 22Tickets on sale for “The Music and the Memo-

ries” show featuring Pat Boone backed by Knoxville swing orchestra The Streamliners, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, Oak Ridge Performing Arts Center, Oak Ridge High School, 1450 Oak Ridge Turnpike. Proceeds go to the Oak Ridge High School music department. Info/tickets: www.KnoxvilleTickets.com or 656-4444.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 29How To Study Smart workshop: Organization

and Time Management Skills, 2-3:15 p.m. or 5-6:15 p.m., Cafeteria Annex of the Goins Administration Building, Pellissippi State Community College, 10915 Hardin Valley Road. Free and open to the public; space limited. Info/RSVP: 539-7160 or gwood@pstcc.edu.

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

THURSDAY, JULY 30Deadline for early registration discount for

Downtown Dragon, Drum and Paddle Dragon Boat Race, to be held 8 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, Volunteer Landing. Registration fee before July 30: $1,000 for corporate teams and $850 for nonprofi t organization teams; $1,250 and $900 after. Proceeds go to Ten-nessee Clean Water Network. Info/registration: www.tcwn.org.

How To Study Smart workshop: Classroom Study Skills for Academic Success, 2-3:15 p.m. or 5-6:15 p.m., Cafeteria Annex of the Goins Administra-tion Building, Pellissippi State Community College, 10915 Hardin Valley Road. Free and open to the public; space limited. Info/RSVP: 539-7160 or gwood@pstcc.edu.

“Kale in December and Carrots in January

… no problem!” 3:15-4:30 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Presented by Extension Master Gardener Marsha Lehman. Free and open to the public. Info: 329-8892.

FRIDAY, JULY 31Union County Farmers Market, 4-7 p.m., 1009

Main St., Maynardville. Fresh produce, meat, plants, cut fl owers, artists and craftsmen. New vendors welcome. Info: 992-8038.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, JULY 31-AUG. 2“Cabaret, The Musical” presented by Encore

Theatrical Company, Walters State Community Col-lege, Morristown. Performances: 8 p.m. Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $20 adults, $17 seniors, $12 students. Info/tickets: etcplays.org or 423-318-8331.

SATURDAY, AUG. 1Church rummage sale, 8 a.m., Emory Valley Bap-

tist Church, 6124 E. Emory Road. Clothes for all ages; household and holiday items. Proceeds go to youth fund.

Churchwide bazaar, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Dutch Valley New Life Church of God, 1416 Breda Drive. Food will be available for purchase also. Info: 688-8711.

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.

Yoga instruction from Angela Quillen, 9-10:15 a.m., Narrow Ridge Mac Smith Resource Center, 1936 Liberty Hill Road in Washburn. Info: Mitzi Wood-Von Mizener, 497-3603 or www.narrowridge.org.

SUNDAY, AUG. 2Silent Meditation Gathering, 11 a.m.-noon, Nar-

row Ridge Mac Smith Resource Center, 1936 Liberty Hill Road, Washburn. Info: Mitzi Wood-Von Mizener, 497-3603 or www.narrowridge.org.

MONDAY, AUG. 3American Legion meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran

St., Maynardville. All veterans are invited. Info: 387-5522.

How To Study Smart workshop: Effective Note-Taking Skills, 2-3:15 p.m. or 5-6:15 p.m., Cafeteria Annex of the Goins Administration Building, Pellissippi State Community College, 10915 Hardin Valley Road. Free and open to the public; space limited. Info/RSVP: 539-7160 or gwood@pstcc.edu.

TUESDAY, AUG. 4Auditions for Powell Playhouse production of “A

Day at the Java Shop and Greyhound Bus Depot,” 5:30-7:45 p.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Play dates: Oct. 15-17. Info/list of characters: www.powellplayhouseinc.com.

Lego Build with Robin Marsh of the Tennes-see Valley Fair, 3-4 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Info: 922-2552.

Noweta Garden Club meeting, 9:30 a.m., Powell UMC, 323 W. Emory Road. Club will carpool to Racheff House and Gardens, 1943 Tennessee Ave. Speaker: Cindy Hintz, president-elect of Tennessee Federation of Garden Clubs. Bring sack lunch.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 5Computer Workshop: Introducing the Com-

puter, 2 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Ashe-ville Highway. Info/registration: 525-5431.

How To Study Smart workshop: Organization and Time Management Skills, 2-3:15 p.m., Cafeteria Annex of the Goins Administration Building, Pellissippi State Community College, 10915 Hardin Valley Road. Free and open to the public; space limited. Info/RSVP: 539-7160 or gwood@pstcc.edu.

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

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, AUG. 5-6AARP Driver Safety class, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.,

Oak Ridge Senior Center, 728 Emory Road, Oak Ridge. Info/registration: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

THURSDAY, AUG. 6AARP Driver Safety class, 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m., New

Tazewell Methodist Church, 965 Old Knoxville Highway, New Tazewell. Info/registration: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

Bee Friends beekeepers group meeting, 6:30 p.m., auditorium on Tazewell campus of Walters State. Speaker: State Apiarist Mike Studer. Info: A.C. Mann, 356-6033.

End of Summer Library Club Dance Party, 3-4 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Celebrat-ing the conclusion of Summer Library Club. Info: 922-2552.

How To Study Smart workshop: Classroom Study Skills for Academic Success, 2-3:15 p.m., Cafeteria Annex of the Goins Administration Building, Pellissippi State Community College, 10915 Hardin Valley Road. Free and open to the public; space limited. Info/RSVP: 539-7160 or gwood@pstcc.edu.

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Voice over Internet Pro-tocol (VoIP) services mar-ket will expand nearly 10 percent each year until 2021––nearly doubling the market’s size, according to research by Transparency Market Research.

To help more organiza-tions transition to VoIP, TDS Telecom, which serves Halls and Farragut with land lines in Knox County, is offering a price break on the VoIP phones used with the com-pany’s managedIP solution.

The global VoIP services market was valued at $70.9 billion in 2013 and is ex-

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By Beverly HollandCarol Evans is serious-

ly associated with South Knoxville as an architect of the Urban Wilderness, but the Fountain City resident got her start in Halls. Rais-ing money to purchase the land at Clayton Park was the fi rst big project of Legacy Parks Foundation, now cele-brating its 10th anniversary.

Evans spoke last week to the Halls Business and Professional Association. She said the nonprofi t’s goal is to “leave East Tennessee better than we found it.”

Legacy Parks has raised more than $5 million in 10 years, Evans said. Its goals are to preserve ridges and views, connect greenways,

maintain health and access to waterways, develop rec-reational opportunities for the underserved and push Knox County to exceed the national average for green space.

Legacy Parks coordinated fundraising $625,000 to purchase 11 acres in Halls for Clayton Park. The land was deeded to Knox County af-ter conservation easements were added. A smaller but still neat project was coordi-nating funding for the skate park in Fountain City.

Across the county, Leg-acy Parks aided in adding 100 acres to Ijams Nature Center through acquisition of the Georgia Marble Quar-ry; promoting the state’s

fi rst birding park at Seven Islands; and facilitating the 22-acre Harrell Road Park on Beaver Creek off Emory Road between Powell and Karns.

Evans struck gold, though, in developing 1,000 acres of urban wilderness in South Knoxville, along with 70 acres of river bluff property and preservation of Civil War forts.

Next up for Legacy Parks Foundation is the annual fundraiser Sept. 11 at UT’s Holston River Farm. Tickets are selling out fast, Evans said, to hear speaker Cheryl Strayed, whose book “Wild” chronicled her solo hike on the Pacifi c Coast Trail. The book topped the New York

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Info: 865-525-2585.

Food City offi cials have announced their intent to purchase 29 BI-LO Super-

m a r k e t s (inc lud ing 21 pharma-cies) in the Chattanoo-ga market area. The l o c a t i o n s range from 25,000 to 6 3 , 0 0 0

square feet in size and in-clude eight stores in North Georgia.

No price was given for the acquisition, which is expected to be complete by early fall. It will bring Food City to 122 stores and 15,000 employees.

In a press release, com-pany president/CEO Ste-ven Smith said Food City will invest more than $40 million in capital improve-ments to the former BI-LO stores during the fi rst year.

John Jones, executive vice president for store op-erations, said BI-LO asso-ciates will be “welcomed to our team” and allowed to retain their years of service.

Jesse Lewis, senior vice president and chief opera-tions offi cer, is familiar with the BI-LO stores that were previously Red Foods. He worked for Red Foods in Chattanooga prior to join-ing Food City.

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Also, Drew Hembree was listed as advertising director. He had previously served as interim director.

Smith cited by Food Marketing Institute

Food Marketing Institute (FMI) presented its most distinguished award in pub-lic affairs, the Glen P. Wood-ard Jr. Award, to Food City president/CEO Steven C. Smith at FMI Connect, the industry’s premier event.

Smith was recognized for his 36 years with Food City, a grocery chain started by his father, Jack Smith, and for his advocacy for the food retail industry.

“Perhaps one of Smith’s most creative and hard-fought victories was complet-ed last year – getting wine in grocery stores in Tennessee,” said FMI senior vice presi-dent Jennifer Hatcher.

“Steve won’t take ‘no’ for an answer when it comes to change that will benefi t his customers, his associates, his company or his industry.”

At the federal level, Smith was one of the fi rst FMI members to agree that the battle over swipe fees was one the food retail industry had to engage, as evidenced by his testimony on Capi-tol Hill in 2007 before the House Judiciary Antitrust Task Force, Hatcher said.

By Anne HartAnyone within listening

distance of a radio or view-ing distance of a TV around East Tennessee knows that local on-air personality Hallerin Hilton Hill is an adept gatherer of other peo-ple’s stories.

Not many know that his own story, which he shared with members of the Rotary Club of Bearden recently, is every bit as fascinating as the tales he skillfully pulls out of others.

A former member of a Rotary club in the Virgin Islands, where he lived for a brief time, Hill said the fi rst time he spoke to a Ro-tary Club in Knoxville – the Downtown Rotary – many years ago now, he was wear-ing a $10 suit and a $1 tie, both purchased at a local Goodwill store.

Hill said that during his talk that day he kept ner-vously opening one side of the suit coat to glance inside it, “because some other guy’s name was in

Hallerin Hill tells his own story

there.”Hill’s dip down close to

the poverty line had been preceded by a successful career as an up and com-ing broadcaster who made a precipitous journey to the Virgin Islands to accept a job as general manager of a religious radio station with the call letters WGOD.

Hill had been promised plenty to take the job: a condo on the beach, student loans and other debts paid off, a new car and a great salary. He and his young wife made the move.

A few days later, Hurri-cane Hugo struck the island and the radio station, the condo and the new vehicle were all gone. WGOD radio was off the air and Hill was out of a job.

The couple moved back to Knoxville and lived with Hill’s sister.

“The only thing I had to

carry me when I got here were the values my parents had taught me: respect, re-sponsibility and resiliency. I didn’t want sympathy. All I wanted was an opportunity.

Jim Dick hired Hill at

WIVK on a 90-day trial. It was just the opportunity he needed. He’s been a success in the broadcast fi eld ever since and also works as a motivational speaker and trainer.

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It’s a common problem people sel-dom talk about, but something that affects at least half the population by age 50: hemorrhoids. And many people, like Sarah of Knoxville, live with hemorrhoids for years or even decades out of fear that the treat-ment may be a painful, uncomfort-able ordeal.

“I had hemorrhoid problems since I was 18, but they didn’t always both-er me so I never had them treated,” explains Sarah. “When I traveled or sat for long periods, sometimes they’d f lare up or bleed, but you know the joke about sitting on a donut pillow after hemorrhoid sur-gery? I figured the cure was worse than the disease.”

Sarah was surprised and relieved to learn that pain and a difficult re-covery is no longer a side effect of hemorrhoid treatment. “Relieved is the right word,” says Sarah. “It was minimally invasive with no side ef-fects – you don’t have the long recov-ery.”

Sarah’s doctor referred her to Dr. C. Stone Mitch-ell at the Pre-mier Hemorrhoid Treatment Center in Knoxville after she complained of severe pain and itching during a yearly physical

exam. “Dr. Mitchell immediately knew

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Dr. Mitchell addressed both is-sues by treating the infection with an antibiotic cream and alleviating the source of the hemorrhoids with a gentle laser procedure called In-frared Coagulation. Sarah had four hemorrhoid treatments over the next five months.

“The treatments took less than 15 minutes each and the staff worked with my schedule,” explains Sarah. “I liked Dr. Mitchell from the first minute. He is so considerate and cares about your comfort and mod-esty. He explained what to expect and I had confidence in him.”

Sarah was also pleased that her insurance helped cover the hemor-rhoid treatments. “They were good about working with my insurance company – that’s a big plus.”

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About three weeks ago, a birding friend and I spent a remarkably good birding morning at our newest state park, the Seven Islands State Birding Park, out past Strawberry Plains along the French Broad River.

It has a beautiful bunch of habitats – hilly woods, riversides and big fi elds planted with an abundance of bird-food vegetation. The birds evidently thought that it was still spring. They were all singing and hopping around on the treetops, in-cluding a number of them that you ordinarily hear but seldom see.

Amongst all the songs we were hearing was that of the elusive yellow-billed cuck-oo, the old rain crow. Its sharply declining numbers

Some birds are hard to seeDr. Bob Collier

make its song an even more welcome sound these days. But my friend wanted to not only hear, but also see, the cuckoo, so we made a stab at it, with my offhand warn-ing, “They’re hard to see.”

All of which got me thinking later about how hard some of our common birds are to actually see. Those folks familiar with lots of bird songs can just listen and know which of our feathered friends are

around and be happy with that. But if you’re faced with trying to show someone a particular bird, maybe a newer birder or a person who hasn’t seen that partic-ular species before, you’re quickly reminded that some of those birds can be frus-tratingly, maddeningly, im-possibly, diffi cult to see!

Lots of birds are easy – think robins, bluebirds, mockingbirds, humming-birds –

they all go about their business as if they have things to do and need to be getting on with it, and we’re just part of the surround-ings. Pigeons, doves, crows, starlings are not particular-ly warm and friendly but as much a part of the scenery as cars and buildings.

Then there are those that are only easy to see in the spring when the hormones kick in, with territory, mate and nest as high priorities, and personal safety not so much. Indigo buntings, for example. In May, when you hear Mr. Indigo singing, you automatically scan each nearby treetop – he’ll for sure be up on one of them.

Ditto for the brown thrasher, invisible for most of the year, but singing atop his favorite tree for hours in the spring. All this partly, at least, explains why you see your birding friends also behaving in peculiar ways in the spring – up before daylight, choosing binocu-lars and fi eld guides over food and drink, leaving chores undone, etc.

But for now I’m thinking about those species, mostly common ones, not rare at all but rarely seen, that intrigue and frustrate all those who would like to see them, vet-erans and novices alike.

The late Roger Tory Pe-terson, artist and fi eld-guide author and dean of the whole present-day bird-ing scene, was famous for, among other things, his suc-cinct, one-line or even one-word summation of a given bird species’ appearance or personality. “A cigar with wings,” “a pale owl of open country,” “a brown ground bird” – such phrases stick in your mind better than any photographs or long written descriptions.

And so it is also with his descriptions for where our sneaky and diffi cult birds hang out. If you read such telling words as “brush,” “weeds,” “thickets,” “under-growth” or “dense cover,” you can assume there will be some diffi cult bird-see-ing ahead.

A good example is the word Peterson uses to de-scribe the aforementioned yellow-billed cuckoo: “se-cretive.” Absolutely true. You may occasionally be lucky enough to see one fl y from tree to tree, but once there the bird slinks and slithers through the leaves and branches as skillfully as a snake. If you can ever spot one and follow it along, you’ll fi nd that about all you’ll ever see of it at one time is a single beady eye, peering warily out from the leaves at you. We never saw the one calling at Seven Is-lands that day.

Peterson uses “secre-tive” for the little grasshop-per sparrow also – correct again. Occasionally you’ll be lucky enough to catch one up on a stem of grass, giving its quiet, insect-like song, but then it drops onto the ground and disappears forever. The sparrows in general are a diffi cult lot, and many in that family fall into the “hard to see” cat-egory. Peterson uses one of his more graphic phrases for the Lincoln’s sparrow, one that we see here only

in migration. He describesit as “a skulker, afraid of itsshadow.” Good luck on see-ing that one.

But there are others totorment us. Try to show agroup of hopeful birders asinging white-eyed vireo,a common bird here. Pe-terson’s description of itsfavorite habitat: “brush,brambles, dense under-growth.” Or the spectacu-larly yellow yellow-breastedchat? A common bird here(we actually saw some atSeven Islands the otherday), but Peterson says tolook for it in “brushy tanglesand briars.” Both of thosetwo birds can sing happilyfor hours in a 4-foot brushytangle 10 feet in front of you,but you might as well take asnack break or go scan thesky for hawks; you’ll notlikely be actually seeing ei-ther one unless you’re thereat spring hormone time, andonly maybe then.

But after all, considerthis – if they were all aseasy to see as robins, bird-ing wouldn’t be half the fun,or half the challenge. Thehard-to-see guys make uslearn the songs and calls.They throw down the chal-lenge to learn more, workharder and be better bird-ers. And, once in a while,they pop out from their cov-er and give us one of thosewonderful “Oh, WOW, lookat that!” moments that weall get up early and stomparound for countless hoursin the wet grass for. Mostbirders can remember theexact place and the day,hour and minute they fi -nally got a really good lookat each of those hard-to-seethicket-singers. It gives onea great sense of lots of effortpaying off, and also makesfor some great winter con-versations around the fi re-place.

So, don’t let a few bri-ary tangles discourage you.Learn who that is, singingin there, and sooner or lateryou will see the varmint.After all, anybody can see arobin. Well now, let’s see – Iwonder what’s going on inthe brushy tangles along theback fence row this morn-ing.

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KidsMaking a differencedifference

By Carol Shane

As distressing as the national and world news often is, one fact still remains: you don’t have to look far to fi nd good-

ness and kindness. When a group of young folks from Church

Street United Methodist Church met up for some serious hang time with the kids from Wesley House, for instance, everyone in-volved had good times and made wonderful memories.

“‘Making a Difference (MAD) in the City’ is a local mission project where the youth of Church Street UMC partner with the students at the Wesley House Community Center,” says Caroline Lamar, Church Street communications director. “We start the week with a youth fellowship day on Sun-day complete with cookout and evening training session. Monday through Wednes-day, we spend the day at Wesley House. In the evenings, our youth return to church for dinner, worship and to spend the night.”

Wesley House serves the people of inner-city Knoxville in a Christian environment, according to its website. Executive director Tim Adams writes, “From the early days as a daycare to the days as a food and cloth-ing pantry to our current efforts to provide wellness and fellowship for senior citizens and tutoring and educational enrichment for our students, Wesley House has always sought to meet the changing needs of the community we serve.”

In many cases, the center provides the only stability in the lives of its kids and se-

Kaitlyn Rotton, Meggi Weeks, Molly Tutor, Lucy Poore and Chloe Armstrong serve lunches to an enthusiastic crowd at Wesley House: Travis Binson, Jarius Brown, Alex-ander O’Neal, Jason Cozart, and (next to wall) Jamari Cozart and Haven Cox.

Erin Johnson bonds with 10-year-old Jamiyah Rucker during “water park day.” At the right are Lucy Poore and Kloi Blue.

niors. And once a year for the past 17 years, the Church Street UMC kids have teamed up and paid a visit.

They provide tutoring in academic subjects in the morning, and lunches

in the afternoon. And every day they have a fi eld trip.

Activities this year included bowl-ing and a movie (“Minions”) and – best of all – an on-site water park day.

Erin Johnson, a rising junior at Powell High School, is in her 5th year of participating in “MAD in the City.”

“One of my favorite things is to be able to sim-ply watch the kids grow, even though I only see many of them once a year,” she says. “Although it could be a bit hectic sometimes, seeing the pres-ence of God through the children and staff at the Wesley House is so utterly, completely worth it.”

One of Johnson’s favorite memories from this year involves a boom box and some surprise

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talent. “During a break be-tween reading time, a radio was brought into the middle school boys’ classroom. Im-mediately the volume was cranked up and the boys be-gan to dance.

“Now I’d love to think I’m a good dancer, but I was nothing compared to these boys. I remember watch-ing them and attempting to dance along with the guys.”

Johnson, good-spirited and genial, remembers the group dissolving into laughter together, “prob-ably over how silly I looked while dancing,” she says. “I wouldn’t trade that memory for anything.”

The Church Street kids enjoy every minute of time with their younger charges, but they also help out in other areas.

“They organized the snack room. They organized

our biggest closet the best it’s ever been. They weeded the fl ower beds,” says Ad-ams.

“These kids’ll do any-thing you ask them to and they’ll do it with a smile and a positive attitude. They’ve been doing this for years, and they impact our kids in such a tremendous way.”

Sometimes, however, says Adams, it’s the church kids who are affected the most. He tells the story of one Church Street girl who sat down to have lunch with one of the Wesley House kids. A boxed lunch from Jason’s Deli was on the table, but the smaller child didn’t seem too interested.

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With the summer wind-ing down and her junior year approaching, Erin Johnson is refl ective. “Even though many of the kids will grow up and maybe never remember me, I do believe that they will remember ‘MAD’ and the experiences they had with it.

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■ Begin shopping as early as possible. Hunt bargains before the traditional back-to-school season to get the best deals. Not only will you save some cash, shopping before the rush will give you a wider se-lection to choose from, so you’re sure to fi nd the items you need in the styles you (and your kids) want. Spreading the shop-ping over several weeks or months also al-lows you to distribute the expense across several pay periods, helping lessen the chance that you blow your monthly bud-get with one mega shopping excursion.

■ Be a savvy online shopper. Check out your favorite brands and retailers online, and sign up for their email alerts, so you’ll be in the know when the best deals hit. Many retailers now offer online-only spe-cials, so watch ads closely to know when you’re better served making purchases in-store or online. Also keep an eye out for free or reduced shipping for extra savings

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that make it even cheaper than buying in person when you factor in the cost of gas. Remember that you can also rely on so-cial media to follow back-to-school offers and hashtags.

■ Create a back-up bin at home. You may find that your kids con-sistently run out of certain items midyear. Devote a special area of your home to keep extras in stock, and take advantage of sales during back-to-school season or buy in bulk to get a better price.

■ Put quality ahead of price. While it’s tempting to go for cheap when your list is long, remember that sometimes qual-ity buys actually save more in the long run. You can buy a ton of cheap pens that skip, or simply stop working. Or you can look at alterna-tives, such as Zebra’s Z-Grip brand, which are affordable, quality pens that allow children to focus on writing, not on the pen. Known for delivering a smooth-fl owing writing experience at a great val-ue, a Z-Grip pen truly delivers for young learners.

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supplies, shoes and more. Use the oppor-tunity to talk about how shopping smart for the necessities can leave room for some fun buys, too.

■ Reduce and reuse. Save plastic and money by encouraging kids to embrace reusable items, such as lunch bags in place of paper sacks and plastic contain-ers instead of sandwich bags. If water bottles are allowed at school, look for a durable refi llable option that can be used

again and again. ■ Make the old new again. Turn

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stickers. Not only is this a fun activity that can help get the kids excited about and en-gaged in planning for the year ahead, it’s easy on the budget and eco-friendly. Keep leftover supplies on hand to revive the enthusi-asm with fresh designs at the

end of the quarter or semes-ter.

■ Swap with other moms. Make back-to-school time more

fun by hosting a swap event with other moms for clothing, backpacks,

shoes, etc. It seems that kids are forever trading with their friends, so embrace that mindset and see what exciting new treasures you can fi nd for your kids to call their own.

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Though back-to-school shopping can be fun, it can also be overwhelm-ing. These tricks may help you add some Zen to the experience, or at least cut some of the chaos.

Know yourself: Are you better at do-ing all of your shopping all at once, or would you rather make separate trips throughout a couple of weeks to ease the stress? There is no one “right” way to tackle back-to-school shopping; just go with what works best for you.

Create a democratic shopping ex-perience: Instead of taking it upon yourself to get the supplies you think your kids need, turn it into a fun expe-rience for every-one to enjoy. Ask what your kids want and what colors they like. Encourage them to stimulate cre-ativity with whimsical supplies, such as the fun and funky patterns of Ca-doozles mechanical pencils.

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