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By Sandra ClarkSheriff Jimmy “J.J.” Jones de-

ferred to his chief administrative offi cer, Lee Tramel, when Sher-iff’s Offi ce personnel visited the Powell Business and Professional Association last week. “We can’t do our job without the help of the community,” said Tramel, and Taser body cameras are just the latest initiative.

“We’ve had in-car cameras since 1994, and now we have body cams. … This is a game-changer for the way we process informa-tion.”

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Law enforcement goes high tech

the devices can be worn on an of-fi cer’s lapel, glasses or hat. And

although he concedes there may be privacy issues, Tramel wants to make the tapes available to the public.

He and Jones favor technology, and many of their innovations have been adopted by adjoining jurisdictions. An example is the crime map, available online. The site provides data on crime calls and offi cer responses by area, street or household.

And there’s even a phone app for crime reports. Just go to knox-sheriff.org and click on the app store. Knox County now stores evidence in the cloud at evidence.

com, Tramel said.“Our detectives use analytics to

scope out (crime) patterns. We can get more done by working smarter than by working harder.”

The biggest challenge to law en-forcement?

“Opiates,” said Tramel. “These drugs are mind-altering. They take over your body.” He said 99 percent of local crime is driven by drugs.

Of the Sheriff’s $74 million budget, $39 million is spent in corrections, where, Tramel says, “We don’t get any bang for our buck.”

Keilan Russell cleans the sign prior to launching the go-cart service at Powell Food City. Photo by S. Clark

By Sandra ClarkPowell’s Food City store has

been chosen to launch a new pro-gram for curbside grocery pick up called “go-cart” by Food City. More locations will be added soon said Powell resident and profes-sional shopper Keilan Russell.

Russell, a student at Pellissippi State Community College, will be assisted by three other shoppers – Mona Napier, Ashlyn Hurst and Libby Harrison.

Basically, customers will order groceries online and give shop-pers a pick up time. “You can place orders days in advance,” said Rus-sell. Earliest pick up is 11 a.m. and the latest pick up is 9 p.m.

The only food items excluded are hot meals from the deli, she said.

All frozen foods, produce, bak-ery items, meats and groceries are included. The cost is $4.99, but during an introductory period that fee will be waived.

The chief benefi t is obvious. Working parents who pick up

their kids at daycare don’t have to remove them from the car seat and take them inside to shop for dinner. Just go online, place the order and slide by the “go-cart” area to pick up your groceries with a smile.

Pilot program launched in Powellby Food City

The idea makes so much sense you wonder why nobody’s thought of it before.

Russell said Food City has such service at a store in Bristol and Johnson City, but Powell is the fi rst for Knox County. She hopes to be a

training location for professional shoppers from other area stores.

Powell manager Terri Gilbert is a leader for Food City. She’s re-cently been in Chattanooga help-ing the company prepare to re-open a dozen former Bi-Lo stores

recently acquired by Food City. And she’s mentored Keilan Rus-

sell, who started work two years ago as a cashier and then became

‘go-cart’

Midway Road revs up; residents fear done dealBy Betty Bean

Last fall, the Development Cor-poration of Knox County put a bunch of county commissioners on a bus and took them to four of the county’s eight industrial/business parks – WestBridge, Hardin, Eastbridge and the Pellis-sippi Corporate Center – but one place they didn’t visit, or even talk about, was Midway Road, the site of an almost 20-year battle be-tween Knox County government and East Knox residents bent on preserving the rural character of their community.

So far, the citizens have staved off the business park, but District 8 County Commissioner Dave Wright, who represents the Mid-way Road area, made a prediction:

“Nothing (is happening now) – but it’s going to be something someday, and we’ve got kids grad-uating every year from Carter and the Career Magnet Academy who’ll be looking for a job. I’d rath-

er see them on the Midway Road exit as opposed to Hardin Valley.”

Mayor Tim Burchett, who says the county needs to make good on its $10 million investment (now written down to $6.4 million af-ter TVA took a chunk for a trans-fer station) or divest itself of the property, is making a new push to get community acceptance in the form of a bus tour and a cookout.

Two more public meetings orga-nized by the Development Corpo-ration indicate that “someday” has arrived. The meetings are Thurs-days, Sept. 17 and Oct. 8, both from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the Carter Elementary School cafeteria.

Asked on “Tennessee This Week” what’s changed, Burchett said residents of East Knox Coun-ty trust him after he’s kept his promises on schools and taxes.

Elaine Davis, president of the French Broad Preservation Asso-ciation, said she and other com-munity leaders had been assured

that they would be included on the ground fl oor of any new plan-ning process, but she was con-cerned when she learned that plans for Midway got underway four months ago. She said she fi rst learned about it from a media re-port late last month.

“Evidently we are part of some new process, but East Knox Coun-ty constituents have not been there in the beginning,” she said. “We want to be a part of the pro-cess. We are asking for transpar-ency, a seat at the table and to have input on what’s being put into our community.”

Wright said he warned his fel-low board members to get the neighborhood involved. (He sits on the governing board of the De-velopment Corporation because he was vice chair and now chair of Knox County Commission.)

“I was asked at a board meeting why I opposed Midway, and I said, ‘Because I represent those people.’

I told them, ‘If you’re going to do something out there, and do what you did in the past, you’ll come out with the same result.’”

Burchett said a KUB proposal to handle wastewater will have safeguards against other develop-ments tying in, and opens up the way to lay a sewer line to Loves Creek or Eastbridge. He said he will work to get community buy-in.

“We need to grow the tax base. That’s the way you grow an econo-my – not by taxing people more.”

Bill Emmert, whose home is bordered by the proposed busi-ness park, worries that it will cut off access to Thorn Grove Cem-etery, run cooperatively by three neighborhood churches.

“The county’s been doing a lot of quiet work on this thing, but we’re still against it. And we won-der if they’ve told Tim (Burchett) the whole truth, because he’s been with us in the past.”

BUZZ

Kidney transplant Gretchen Hollifi eld reported

Monday that her husband, Junior Hollifi eld, was recover-ing after a kidney transplant. We reported last week about Allison King, Gretchen’s fi tness coach, donating a kidney to Hollifi eld.

“Both patients are doing well, but are in pain,” Gretchen Hollifi eld wrote. Both have been discharged from the hospital.

Update on I-75 ramp landscaping

A couple of glitches have delayed the bid process for the landscaping and signage project on I-75 at Emory Road. Ten years in the making, the project has endured because of the tenacity of Kim Severance, committee chair. She inherited the project from Lillian Wil-liams, who wrote the original grant.

Two “Welcome to Powell” signs will be installed and 100-plus trees and shrubs will be planted on the interstate right-of-way. Severance said a check last week with Jim Snowden, deputy director for Knox County Engineering and Public Works, turned up the need for letters from KUB and the city, along with a resolution from Knox County Commission.

The KUB letter is in hand and the city is drafting theirs, he said. The commission will vote on the resolution in Sep-tember, and then bids can be sought.

Snowden said the worst case is a winter planting.

The landscaping is a project of the Powell Business and Pro-fessional Association which is funding a 20 percent match.

Vols fall shortAfter Saturday’s loss to

Oklahoma, Marvin West says Vols not ready for prime time.

➤ Read Marvin West on page A-5

Thanks, coachSandra Clark recalls Tommy

Schumpert’s contributions to Knox County’s parks.

➤ Read Sandra Clark on page A-4

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Surgical oncologist Troy Kimsey, MD, of Fort Sanders Regional, has a special understanding of Sarah Nichols’ case. That’s because, like Nichols, Kimsey is a thyroid cancer survivor. “I underwent a total thyroidectomy in December, 2012,” Kimsey says.

“The overall prognosis for differenti-ated thyroid cancer is excellent,” Kimsey says, “so my challenge has been not to take the diagnosis too lightly, but also to be grateful it was not a diagnosis with a much worse prognosis.”

Kimsey has been undergoing periodic follow-up ultrasounds and labs with no evidence of cancer.

“I take too much for granted,” Kimsey

says. “It helps me make the most of today when I realize how easily it can be taken away.”

If it seems like more people are having thyroid surgery these days, it’s not your imagination. “Thy-roid cancer occurs about three times more often in women than men,” Kimsey says. More than 47,000

cases of thyroid cancer are expected to be diagnosed in women this year and more than 15,000 cases in men. “The incidence of thyroid cancer has increased in recent years due to the increased detection of

nodules with more utilized and higher quality thyroid ultrasounds,” Kimsey explains. “However, the death rate from thyroid cancer has remained relatively stable over many years.”

“Most thyroid cancers develop in pa-tients with no known risk factors. Never-theless, some people are at a greater risk than others. Anyone exposed to ionizing radiation, especially in childhood, is at risk of developing thyroid cancer. In ad-dition, anyone who develops a thyroid nodule before the age of 20 has a higher risk of having thyroid cancer. There are also genetic syndromes that lead to an in-creased incidence of thyroid cancers, so family history plays a signifi cant role.

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Medical school, fi nal exams, wedding plans and cancer. This is one year Sarah Nichols will remember for a long time.

“I was under a lot of stress, and I let it overwhelm me more times than I care to ad-mit,” Nichols says, “but even in those times, I knew I had to keep going.”

Aside from a small scar on her neck, Nichols, 23, bears no obvious signs of thy-roid cancer after her successful surgery at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center. She bears no signs of the stress she’s survived in recent months, either. She only radiates hap-piness, like a new bride should.

The whirlwind had its beginning years ago when Nichols was in high school. Fam-ily members noticed what appeared to be a swelling of Nichols’ thyroid. There had been a history of thyroid problems in her family.

“So it was always on the radar,” Nichols explains. In 2012, her endocrinologist or-dered an ultrasound and a biopsy which confi rmed the thyroid was swollen, but there was no cancer present. It was recommended she come back in a year for a checkup.

Nodules developed, and the thyroid kept growing. About a year ago, her doctor ex-plained that it may be time to come to terms with what was happening.

“He was concerned that it was going to be-come a perpetual process of checking it, re-doing biopsies, and then being worried that it’s going to get to a point where it’s causing issues because of its size,” Nichols says. “He said I could keep doing this every year, for who knows how long, potentially forever, or I could have my thyroid taken out.”

Nichols made the decision to see a sur-geon. After the holidays, she made an ap-pointment with Troy Kimsey, MD, who specializes in cancer surgery, and surgeries involving the thyroid. Kimsey is also a thy-roid cancer survivor.

“There will be about 62,500 new cases of thyroid cancer diagnosed this year,” Kimsey says, “and it occurs about three times more often in women than men.”

Kimsey says the overall incidence of a thyroid nodule being cancerous is relatively low. “However, the risk is much higher in young patients with a thyroid nodule,” he says, “especially patients younger than 20 years of age.”

Kimsey explained the risks and benefi ts of removing the thyroid. He also let Nichols know she didn’t have to rush into a decision, since the most recent biopsy hadn’t shown cancer, and she wasn’t suffering or in imme-

Medical student ‘shocked’ by thyroid cancer diagnosis

Sarah Nichols is a medical student at Lincoln Memorial University who faced thyroid

cancer while she was taking exams and planning her wedding. “I knew I had to keep

going,” Nichols says.

diate danger.“I wasn’t having any pain or hoarseness

or trouble swallowing,” Nichols says. “My di-agnosis of a goiter didn’t mean it was huge to the point where we were concerned about it compressing my airway.”

Nichols thought about the end of the school year coming up, and the wedding she was looking forward to in June. Scheduling the surgery for March would give her time to fully recover and be ready for the exciting days ahead.

Kimsey skillfully and successfully per-formed the procedure at Fort Sanders Re-

gional Medical Center, and a follow-up visit was scheduled for seven days later to make sure she was healing properly, and to go over the pathology report.

Nichols remembers sitting in Kimsey’s offi ce early in the morning, waiting for what she presumed would be a clean bill of health. Instead, he came into the room, sat down, and gently explained that she had cancer.

“I had no thought going into this doctor’s appointment that it was going to be any-thing other than negative – not even a little bit – almost literally not even a one percent thought that it was going to be anything, and

he tells me it turns out the nodule we wereconcerned about was fully termed cancer,”Nichols recalls. “I was in shock.”

Nichols remembers that the only thing she could say at fi rst was, “Oh.”

“That was my little response,” she laughs.“It was almost more funny to me than it wasscary, because I was so shocked, and I justcouldn’t believe what he was saying.”

When it began to sink in, she was grateful she had a surgeon who didn’t send her awayto fi nd all the answers on her own. Being acancer survivor himself, Kimsey was able totalk to Nichols as only a fellow survivor can.

Nichols’ fi nal exams were looming by this time, and wedding plans were kicking intohigh gear. It was not a convenient time tohave cancer, even if it was a cancer with ahigh survival rate. But cancer is no respecterof life, and Nichols knew she had to makesome critical decisions.

She opted for radioactive ablation, remov-ing all remaining traces of the thyroid, andthereby greatly reducing the risk of anotherround of cancer. She scheduled it to be per-formed after fi nals and before the wedding.

A follow-up body scan revealed no evi-dence of cancer, and she is now free andclear to enjoy life as a newlywed. She willcontinue to closely monitor her health withthe help of her endocrinologist, and her ex-perience has added a new dimension to hercalling as a physician.

As a medical student, Nichols had an op-portunity to “job shadow” Kimsey duringthis past summer. She already appreciatedhis skill and compassion as her surgeon.Seeing him with other patients and medicalstaff in day-to-day work life made her appre-ciate him even more.

“He reaches out to people, and touches people, and meets them where they are,”Nichols says. “I’m not just saying he was anexceptional doctor to me. I can say that afterobserving how he treats other patients.”

Now that Nichols has her own story of survival, she will follow that example as sheenters the medical profession in the not-too-distant future.

“I didn’t wish for the things that have hap-pened, but I think your personal experiencesprovide you with insight, and I think that in-sight can allow you to be a more sympatheticdoctor,” Nichols says. “Dr. Kimsey was ableto provide that sympathy, understanding,and guidance for me. That’s the kind of doc-tor I want to be one day.”

Surgeon and survivor understanding thyroid cancers

Troy Kimsey,

MD

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Cindy Taylor

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‘go-cart’ From page A-1

a front end manager.Russell’s enthusiasm

shows. She’s got a special telephone (865-281-1602) with comments coming straight to her. Those com-ments might be an online customer saying make her bananas ripe, not green, or thump that cantaloupe twice.

Russell said frozen items will be kept on dry ice and dairy items will be refriger-ated in the go-cart area.

Customers don’t need a ValuCard to order, but hav-

ing one will entitle custom-ers to store discounts. A ValuCard can be ordered online and picked up with groceries at the go-cart area.

The professional shop-pers will take cash or debit/credit card for payment at the curb. Russell said online payment may come later. Frequent users will get a “quick cart” online that shows often ordered items.

The new Powell store is located at 7350 Clinton Highway. Info: foodcity.com

COMMUNITY NOTES ■ Broadacres Homeowners Association. Info: Steven Goodpaster,

generalgoodpaster@gmail.com.

■ Knox North Lions Club meets 1 p.m. each fi rst and third Wednes-

day, Puleo’s Grille, 110 Cedar Lane. Info: facebook.com/knoxnorth-

lions.

■ Northwest Democratic Club meets 6 p.m. each fi rst Monday,

Austin’s Steak & Homestyle Buff et, 900 Merchant Drive. Info:

Nancy Stinnette, 688-2160, or Peggy Emmett, 687-2161.

■ Norwood Homeowners Association. Info: Lynn Redmon, 688-

3136.

■ Powell Alumni Association banquet is the fi rst Saturday in April.

Info: Vivian McFalls, 607-8775.

■ Powell Lions Club meets 7 p.m. each fi rst Thursday, Lions Club

Building, 7145 Old Clinton Pike. Info: tnpowelllions@gmail.com.

Parents often look for al-ternatives to public school when seeking a Christian learning environment for their children. One such op-tion is available in Powell at Little Miracles Learning Center and Daycare and Crossroads Academy.

Kindergarten students Jailah Fritts, teacher Salem Daniel, Gracie Hart and Milan Mattie work on

greeting cards to take to NHC during the holidays. Photos by Cindy Taylor

Both are located within Crossroads Christ Fellow-ship Church on Clinton Highway. Sabrena Cox is director of schools at Cross-roads Academy. She and husband Greg, a pastor at Crossroads Christ Fellow-ship, helped start Cross-roads Church at the current location. Once the church was well established the couple moved to Virginia to help grow a church there. They felt called to return to Powell and opening the school wasn’t far behind.

“My husband grew up at Crossroads in the original lo-cation which was called Rid-geview Community Church. There was always a vision to open a school someday,” said Cox. “We built the church on the Clinton Highway site in 2000. We came back to Knoxville in 2012 and the school opened in 2014.”

When asked, Cox, who has a degree in education, was happy to take on the administrative position at Crossroads Academy. The school opened with four kindergarten students.

Crossroads Academy is a member of the Tennessee Association of Non-Public Academic Schools. All teach-ers have teaching degrees.

Families can expect a se-cure, nurturing environment where their child can learn and grow. The Academy uses the Abeka curriculum and provides online access for parents to communicate with teachers, monitor their child’s progress and pay fees. Lunch is available for pur-chase and the school holds chapel weekly.

The pre-school accepts ages 1-4 and the elementary school goes to second grade. As each grade graduates the school will open the next grade. Classes cap out at 14 students.

“We have committed to add a grade as the students progress up,” said Cox. “We currently we have 81 stu-dents.”

Crossroads Academy fos-ters a biblical world view where students are instruct-ed to respect authority while growing in a relationship with Jesus Christ. Cox stress-es that the academy is not there to compete with public schools and is not a reform school. Cox says the school is there to support the beliefs families already hold. “It is

Educational alternativeAdministrator Sabrena Cox stands in front of a hand-painted mural in the hallway of Crossroads Academy. The halls are fi lled with

murals painted by a church member who has since passed away. The faces are of actual children in the church.

our desire to see a generation of young leaders equipped with truth and knowledge for the days ahead.”

Crossroads Academy is at 105 Fellowship Lane in Powell. Info: www.ccfnow.org or 945-2830.Contact Cindy Taylor at ctaylorsn@gmail.

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The Fountain City Art Center will feature the ninth annual members show featuring a wide va-

riety of 2-D and 3-D art-work.

The show will open with a reception, 6:30 to

8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18, and will remain on exhibit until Oct. 23. Everyone is welcome to attend the opening reception.

Art center hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday and Friday; and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. It is at 213 Hotel Ave.

A handmade book by Bob

Meadows is one sampling

of the artwork created by

Fountain City Art Center

members. Photos submitted

Lee Edge’s watercolor is just one

type of 2-D artwork to see at the

opening reception for the members

show.

A beautiful necklace by Leslie Feulner is an

example of 3-D artwork by center members.

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‘FLU SHOT SATURDAY’ LOCATIONSFree Flu Shot Saturday will be held 8 a.m.-noon Saturday, Sept. 26,

at these schools:

■ Austin-East Magnet High School, 2800 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave.

■ Carter High School, 210 N. Carter School Road, Strawberry Plains

■ Farragut High School, 11237 Kingston Pike

■ Halls High School, 4321 E. Emory Road

■ South-Doyle Middle School, 3900 Decatur Road

■ West High School, 3300 Sutherland Ave.

No-cost infl uenza vaccinations will be given to ages 4 and older

while supplies last. Donations accepted. Proceeds to benefi t the

Empty Stocking Fund. Info: 342-6871.

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When she accepted, she b e c a m e the fourth A m e r i c a n woman to hold such a position and the y o u n g e s t dean at UT. She has an undergrad-

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Last week, this column dis-cussed whom Gov. Haslam might name to replace Justice Gary Wade on the state Supreme Court. Space did not permit a full discussion. In fact this column mentioned only two well-known names, state Attorney General Herb Slatery and U.S. Rep. John Duncan.

Duncan actually has more experience in public offi ce than Slatery, having served as a Crim-inal Court judge for seven years, plus his 27 years in Congress. He is a few years older than Slatery. Slatery gets good reviews on his fi rst year as state AG, and he has more experience practicing law. Both could easily be confi rmed by the Legislature.

Slatery’s appointment would trigger a new attorney general being named by the state Su-preme Court for the remaining seven years of the term. Dun-can’s appointment would trigger a special election to fi ll the con-gressional seat he now holds for the remaining eight months of his term, plus the regular 2016 election in November after the August GOP primary.

However, let’s assume Slatery and Duncan do not seek the seat on the state high court. Then where does Haslam go next? He can take the appellate route and pick from existing judges like Kenny Armstrong on the appel-late court from West Tennessee, which would place an African-American on the top court.

Tommy Schumpert’s gift of parks

Tommy Schumpert, whose vision

created Legacy Parks Foundation,

with niece Kim Schumpert (at left)

and wife Charlotte. Photo by Betsy Pickle

Sandra Clark

More names surface for Supreme Court

Tommy Schumpert looks mighty good in the rearview mirror.

As county executive (be-fore his successor lobbied a name change to “mayor”)Schumpert advocated for

parks and recreation. That’s his legacy.

Victor Ashe correctly gets credit for parks and greenways during his 16 years as Knoxville mayor, but Schumpert in his eight years moved Knox County forward with the creation of the park on Fountain City Road which bears his name.

He converted unused, county-owned land on Tazewell Pike to the Beverly Park with a clubhouse – a place for kids to learn the

game and life skills of golf.He brought community

ball parks under the county’s wing, freeing parents to watch the games instead of hustling hot dogs to pay the light bill.

There are more – look at Seven Islands, fi shing piers in Concord, House Moun-tain, etc.

But Schumpert’s best move came after he left of-fi ce. Ten years ago he helped establish the Legacy Parks Foundation. He served as its fi rst board chair and worked

hard to help Halls residents raise the money to purchase 11 acres for Clayton Park.

Last week, the founda-tion sold out its 1,000-seat luncheon at $100 per plate.

Executive Director Carol Evans is clearly the town’s best promoter.

Awesome event. Great cause. Good folks. Over $4 million raised for parks and outdoor space. And 400 acres of parkland in Knox County.

Thanks, coach!

from Cornell, a master’s from Harvard and a daunt-ing string of awards, honors and accomplishments.

She was dean of the school of architecture for nine years and has been a full-time faculty member in the years since. In 2006, she was recognized as a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. In 2013, she was named Association of Collegiate Schools of Archi-

tecture Distinguished Pro-fessor.

But it’s not as though Davis has led a “town and gown,” ivory-tower exis-tence. Her resume includes a hefty list of community volunteer work, including co-chairing Nine Coun-ties, One Vision’s Down-town Taskforce Downtown Design Review Board and serving on the boards of the East Tennessee Community Design Center and the Ten-nessee Theatre Foundation.

And now, Davis, a Demo-crat, mother of two grown sons and longtime resident of Sequoyah Hills, has de-cided to run for the Fourth

District County Commis-sion seat next year. Lots of people are going to ask her why.

Here’s what she’ll say:“As a career educator

and as an architect, I un-derstand the importance of our neighborhood, schools, commercial districts and parks in creating a great quality of life, which also improves the economic well-being of the county.” That’s her formal answer.

She also believes that Democrats need to contend for local races.

“I come from a large fam-ily that is split Democrat/Republican. I see myself

By Betsy PickleThe 10th annual Legacy Lun-

cheon for the Parks celebrated gifts.Carol Evans, executive direc-

tor of Legacy Parks Foundation, saved the most intriguing gift for last.

“Working with Gulf & Ohio Railroad, we are going to cre-ate the G&O Trail, a three-mile, multi-use trail stretching from Chapman Highway from the Kerns Building, all the way into the heart of the Urban Wilder-ness at Mead’s Quarry at Ijams Nature Center,” she said. The new trail will connect the mer-chants and businesses of the Chapman area with South Knox-ville’s nearby neighborhoods and parks and with the ameni-ties of downtown.”

“Just like New York’s High Line or Atlanta’s BeltLine, it can be

iconic for our city,” said Evans. “It will be a commuter route; it will be a recreational route and pro-vide a key link to our Urban Wil-derness.”

Evans thanked Pete Claussen, founder and CEO of Gulf & West-ern, and his wife, Linda, for their generosity. The Claussens previ-ously donated land for Seven Is-lands Wildlife Refuge, now Seven Islands State Birding Park.

She also thanked the crowd for celebrating the foundation’s 10th birthday with her and her staff.

“Over the past 10 years, we’ve raised a little over $4 million for parks and outdoor space,” she said. “We’ve added about 400 acres of parkland in Knox Coun-ty and have helped protect over 1,000 acres of land in East Ten-nessee. We think that’s a great start.”

Keynote speaker

Cheryl Strayed

and Legacy

Parks Founda-

tion executive

director Carol

Evans say fare-

well after the

Friday lun-

cheon. Strayed

attended an

informal recep-

tion Thursday

night that also

raised money

for Legacy Parks. Photo by Betsy Pickle

G&O Trail to connect Kerns Building with Mead’s Quarry

as a moderate, and I will be looking for common ground. That’s the basis of our government. Too many people believe that compro-mise is a dirty word – that goes for being red or being blue, being left or right.”

Republicans in the race include incumbent Jeff Ownby, Janet Testerman and Hugh Nystrom.

Recognizing that one of County Commission’s most contentious duties is presid-ing over land use and zoning disputes between neighbor-hoods and developers, she says she believes that her consensus-seeking philoso-phy will serve her well in these matters.

“Developers like plan-ning. With a plan that is fl exible and not rigid, we

have a clear path forward for economic growth. And with a clear plan, you can attract business. A clear di-rection is very important for the private sector,” she said.

As an architect, Davis describes herself as a “21st century person” and cites the McGhee Tyson Airport as one of her favorite local buildings because of its use of local materials and rep-resentation of its surround-ings.

“It’s beautiful, and it’s functional.”

She also likes the City County Building, with its low-lying Main Street fa-çade and its multi-story Hill Avenue annex.

And she’s hoping to spend a lot more time there in the future.

Haslam might want to be the fi rst Republican governor since Lamar Alexander to appoint an African-American to the high court.

He might go to Thomas “Skip” Frierson, also on the appellate court but from East Tennes-see. Federal magistrate Bruce Guyton from Knoxville is a pos-sibility. Current legal counsel to the governor Dwight Tar-water is being discussed. For-mer Haslam city law director Morris Kizer is another name. He served on a special Supreme Court recently. Members of the Legislature are barred from ap-pointment for the term they are currently serving.

The state judiciary would pre-fer a current judge from the state system. However, there is an ar-gument to be made that a court is better rounded when its occu-pants have a diversity of experi-ence and not be channeled from the appellate courts only.

It is all up to Haslam. My intu-ition suggests Slatery has the in-side track if he wants it. But does he want it? If that happens, it will be interesting to see if the legisla-

tive confi rmation process is pro forma or a real inquiry into the background and qualifi cations of the nominee.

Who would replace him as at-torney general? Tarwater? Kizer? Someone else? Slatery will get to vote on his successor.

■ Dale Smith is leaving as head of the troubled Public Building Authority in three and a half months. He is the highest-paid person working today in the City County Building at the $190,000 range. His reported successor is Jayne Burritt, who is on staff and was endorsed by Mayors Rogero and Burchett without a search process.

She currently has a salary in the $130,000 range but is ex-pected to be bumped up to the $160,000 range when she takes over. The talk is also her position will not be fi lled, saving more money. Again, the PBA members apparently will accept these rec-ommendations.

Actually it is the Public Build-ing Authority that hires and sets salaries, but the members are clearly following the instructions of the two mayors, even though they are supposed to be an inde-pendent board. Though appoint-ed by the mayors, they cannot be removed by them during their term.

It is surprising that Rogero has abandoned a search process as she is normally all about a transparent process in hiring, but not this time.

POWELL/NORWOOD Shopper news • SEPTEMBER 16, 2015 • A-5 government

Marvin West

Random football thoughts, looking back, looking ahead:

The disappointment of blowing a 17-point lead should be viewed in the con-text of the Miracle at South Bend. Games are only half over at halftime.

Incidentally, Baker May-fi eld was the best quarter-back on the fi eld Saturday evening.

September games against good opponents are valid measuring sticks to see how the Volunteers compare with the rest of the football world.

Two years ago Oregon de-molished Tennessee, 59-14.

Last year Oklahoma romped, 34-10.

I suppose losing in two overtimes is the third-year

Vols not quite ready for prime time

progress you’ve heard about.If we didn’t already know,

one suspicion has been vali-dated. There is a signifi cant difference in talking about the big time and performing in the hot spotlight. There is an evidentiary trend. Since Phillip Fulmer, Tennessee is 1 and 29 against nationally ranked foes.

UT fans did all they could to defeat Oklahoma. They deserved a victory. So did

Jalen Reeves-Maybin. And Derek Barnett. And Jalen Hurd.

Post-game scene to re-member: Sooner linebacker Eric Striker mocking the crowd and taunting Tennes-see recruits.

The primary problem of the Butch Jones era, the of-fensive line, remains a prob-lem. Strange as it sounds, Dontavius Blair is symbolic of this dilemma. The junior college all-American, 6-8 and 300, was recruited as an absolute certain tackle solu-tion. He is not even in the mix.

After two and a half al-most-great recruiting class-es, the Vols have some of the fi nest talent in the country.

Much of it is still relatively young.

Intensive off-season training means the players are bigger, faster and stron-ger. No excuse there.

The culture has changed to complete dedication, uni-fi cation, One Tennessee, ev-erybody pushing and pulling in the same direction.

Coaches are paid signifi -cant salaries (plus bonuses) to enhance skills, devise winning strategy and inspire great effort. Surely that is not the problem. Butch once said he would assemble the fi nest coaching staff in the business. This must be it.

Maybe next year the Vol-unteers will be ready for prime time. Of course, it

could happen sooner. Begin-ning with Florida, the Vols will tell us who they really are. If they win three of the fi rst four conference games, the dream of an SEC East title lives on. If they lose two or more, forget Atlanta.

Now is a good time to keep the faith. Good times are out there. They just aren’t here yet.

Even in this modern era, dare I say we are headed back to where we used to be, to the time when Tennessee football was really some-thing, when fans couldn’t wait for the next game, when opponents dreaded to get off the bus at the south end of Neyland Stadium.

What we have endured is not forever. The proverbial worm is actually turning. It now seems safe to forget what Mike Hamilton did or

didn’t do. Pretend Lane Kif-fi n and Derek Dooley never happened.

Well, almost. UT pays Dooley $102,040 per month through December 2016.

Oklahoma got a taste of what Tennessee football used to be. Saturdays in Knoxville were mountaintop experiences. People came from far and wide in a swirl of excitement. Most felt sure the Vols would win. Those less confi dent had on their game face, ready, eager to do their part.

These Vols, despite injuries and hurt feelings, will be ex-pected to bounce back against Western Carolina. It will be interesting to see how cus-tomers recover. Empty seats will provide that answer.Marvin West invites reader comment s.

His address is westwest6@netzero.com.

Last week’s City Council candidate forum, hosted by the League of Women Vot-ers at Clinton Chapel AME Zion Church, was the best attended of this year’s crop of forums, suggesting that voters might actually be interested in the three con-tested City Council seats.

The contest for at-large Seat C, now held by Finbarr Saunders, is the most inter-esting. Two of the four can-didates will move forward to the Nov. 3 general election following the Sept. 29 pri-mary, and two will go home. Early voting for the primary runs through Sept. 24.

Saunders’ opponents are event planner and market-er Kelly Absher, Sequoyah Hills resident and small-business owner Paul Bo-novich, and math tutor and Pond Gap Neighborhood Association president David Williams.

Incumbents have the ad-vantage in a forum setting. They’ve spent hours mull-

City Council candidates George Wallace, Kelly Absher,

Paul Bonovich, Mark Campen, Finbarr Saunders, Mar-

shall Stair, David Williams and Pete Drew at the LWV

forum. Those standing are vying for at-large Seat C. Photo by Wendy Smith

Wendy Smith

Seat C candidates reveal diff erences at forum

ing over complex topics and are practiced public speak-ers. Saunders clearly came across as the most knowl-edgeable of the bunch.

Absher, who described himself as a strong supporter of entrepreneurship and a “voice for everyone,” lacked depth. He called citywide In-ternet a necessary part of the city’s infrastructure, and sug-gested it again when asked if the economic needs of those in poverty are getting enough attention from city govern-ment.

Asked how to quicken the pace of development along the Magnolia Avenue cor-ridor, Absher said empty buildings should be given to entrepreneurs, and other

businesses would follow.His wrapup was two

words: Vote Absher.Bonovich showed more

depth but exhibited a ten-dency to ramble. When he answered the question about development along Magnolia, he asked why there is no Walmart in the area, and quickly followed by saying that local business is good business.

Like the other non-in-cumbents, he found himself in the woods when asked how a proposed safety cen-ter might be supported. In-stead of addressing fund-ing, Bonovich pondered how intoxicated and men-tally ill offenders would be transported. The police de-partment isn’t equipped to deal with such inmates and would “handle them with more force than is neces-sary,” he said.

During his response, Saunders said that police offi cers are trained in crisis intervention.

But Bonovich’s answers revealed a spark of politi-cal energy. He expressed dismay over last year’s 34-cent property tax increase, which he claims stifl es business. He also alluded to frustration over the near rezoning of the Kingston Pike Christenberry prop-erty for a condominium de-velopment last year and said elected offi cials didn’t listen

to Sequoyah Hills residents.Saunders supported the

rezoning.Williams said that if he

can help a child learn alge-bra, he can help neighbor-hoods solve their problems. I doubt that message will resonate with voters.

Bonovich’s performance didn’t necessarily present him as a strong candidate. But, like many local offi ce-

holders, his strong opin-ions compelled him to getinvolved. His interestingresume includes work forthe Tennessee Departmentof Economic Developmentand an appointment to theTennessee District ExportCouncil by the U.S. Secre-tary of Commerce last year.

Odds are he’ll face Saun-ders in the general election(which, unlike the primary,is citywide). Since Saundersis well known and generallyliked, he’ll be tough to beat.

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SENIOR NOTES ■ Knox County Mayor

Tim Burchett’s Senior Appreciation Picnic

will be 11:30 a.m.-1:30

p.m. Friday, Sept. 25,

at John Tarleton Park,

3201 Division St. This is

a free event for all Knox

County seniors. Register

at any senior center or

by calling 215-4007 by

Friday, Sept. 18.

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

Wednesday, Sept. 16: 8

a.m. Rise-N-Shine walkers;

9:30 a.m. Zumba; 10 a.m.

party bridge; 11 a.m. SAIL

exercises; noon fl u clinic;

1 p.m. Rook, birding and

photography.

Thursday, Sept. 17: 8

a.m. Rise-N-Shine walkers;

9 a.m. Scrabble; 9:30 a.m.

Tone & Tighten; 10 a.m.

genealogy; 2:30 p.m. yoga.

Friday, Sept. 18: 8 a.m.

Rise-N-Shine walkers; 9 a.m.

Veteran Services; 10 a.m.

Farkle, Tai Chi; noon SAIL

exercise; 1 p.m. Mexican

Train dominoes, basic

carving.

Monday, Sept. 21: 8

a.m. Rise-N-Shine walk-

ers; 8:30 a.m. cardio; 10

a.m. “Basic Sketching and

Drawing” class; 11 a.m. SAIL

exercises; 1 p.m. Paint with

Kim; 1:30 p.m. line dance.

Tuesday, Sept. 22: 8

a.m. Rise-N-Shine walkers;

9:30 a.m. Tone & Tighten; 10

a.m. PC tutoring; 10:30 a.m.

Falls Prevention program;

12:30 p.m. pinochle; 1 p.m.

mahjong; 2:30 p.m. yoga.

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

Flu shots will be given

at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept.

16.

Brenda Maupin, Snoopy and

Woodstock welcome all to Mau-

pin’s home in East Knoxville.Photos by Carol Shane

By Carol ShaneBrenda Maupin’s unusual

style has its beginnings in kindness and compassion.

In the 1970s, working in the lab at ET Children’s Hos-pital, she and her colleagues had to do “hurtful things,” as she says, to children. The procedures needed to obtain blood cultures and bone marrow understand-ably caused fear and distress among the young patients.

“All personnel wore white,” Maupin remembers. “One night, I took my young son’s ‘Peanuts’ coloring book and traced Snoopy with a marker on my lab coat. The children decided that some-one with a lovable dog refer-ence couldn’t be all bad.

“In those years, there were ‘Peanuts’ stores and many items in gift shops and department stores, and I bought collector plates, toys, games and party sup-plies, which were all popular at the time. My house soon fi lled with Snoopy things.”

Such easy availability of “Peanuts” products created a monster. Brenda, with her characteristic deadpan deliv-ery, says, “The illness set in.”

Since then, she’s nev-er left her house without Snoopy. Printed on her clothes, dangling from her ears, grinning on her watch – you can always fi nd the beloved beagle when Bren-da Maupin’s around.

Her grandchildren aren’t the only ones who call her “Snoopy lady.”

Traveling to out-of-town UT games and New York City in the ’80s, she ran across the designs of Bill Ditfort and Marisa Christina, both of whom have at one time or another featured the four-

A talented handcrafter, Maupin made

this vest out of Snoopy ties. She’s

next to a collection of Snoopy plates.

footed car toon character. “I discovered licensed sweat-ers, sequined tops, and too many tees and sweat shirts to wear casually. Scrub tops became available. I wore them in the lab until I re-tired.”

She bought hats too, with the advisory: “They have to be subtle if you’re going to wear them to church – the kids are all over them.”

She soon lent her own hand to her own creations.

“Material became available so I made

clothes. I recently made a vest of Snoopy sports ties. Licens-ing restrictions prevented the sale of embroidery designs, so I bought a machine and em-broidered my clothes, towels, placemats and handbags.” Jewelry was easy to fi nd and Maupin loved collecting it, but she got creative with that, too. “I have made earrings from silly bands, paper clips, candy and phone charms.”

As for higher-end col-lectibles, she says, “I haven’t

been able to indulge in many of the fi ner items, but I have some crystal and sil-ver, and one gold item with a too-small-to see diamond.” Though she didn’t buy any, she pined for Cartier jew-elry designs. She strung Waterford ornaments on a ribbon. And “I always wear one of many watches.”

Though her main ob-session is the beagle with the big imagination, she also admits a fondness for Snoopy’s friend Woodstock and brother Spike.

What about serious col-lecting? Maupin says, “My

collection is small comparedto others. Only a few thou-sand things, compared tothose who have 20K-plus.”

No, she’s not in denial.In fact, she’s downsizing.Looking to move into asmaller residence one day,she’s in the midst of orga-nizing and photographingmany of her treasures foreventual sale on eBay. Herson Bo, a graphic designerin Columbus, Ohio, eagerlysupports her in fi nding newhomes for the items. “Hethinks I’m crazy,” she says.

And it all started be-cause of loving kindness.

warm puppy

Real dog Lily joins Brenda

and her king-sized Snoopy,

guardian of the living room.

Brenda Maupin is a big fan of the

Vols as well as Snoopy. Here, in one

of “three and a half closets of this

stuff ,” she combines the two.

pp

Happiness is a

In Loving Memory Of

Courtney Nicole Courtney Nicole HouseHouse

November 22, 1987 ~ September 15, 2009

Court – We still miss you every day! We wish you were here to celebrate with us as we grow older and enter new stages of life

each year. Can’t believe we will celebrate our 10 year high school reunion this year!We celebrate your life by keep-

ing your memory alive. We fi nd comfort daily knowing you’re cheer-ing us on from Heaven. Love and miss you tons!With love,

Kara and Kayla

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It is comforting to know that even the writ-ers of the New Testa-ments books had trouble remembering where they had read a certain quote.

How often have I (and probably you) said, “Well, it says somewhere in the Bible that ….”

When the authorship of a particular quote is in question, Paul usually gets mentioned, probably because he wrote so pro-lifi cally, and his writings survived.

Hebrews, however, is an anonymous document. We don’t know who wrote it. So, when the author (whoever he was) says that “someone has testi-fi ed somewhere,” we can relate to his predicament.

The problem with our vagueness (and for some folks, with their lack of fa-miliarity with Scripture) is that we can’t quote ac-curately or appropriately.

We take things out of context, we misquote, we misinterpret, and, if we are not very careful, we misuse Scripture for our

Now God did not subject the coming world…to angels. But someone has testifi ed somewhere, “What are human beings that you are mindful of them, or mortals that you care for them?

(Hebrews 2: 5-6 NRSV)

Someone, somewhere

CrossCurrents

LynnPitts

own purposes.Which is why I bought a

great tome called Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. It has every word of the Biblical texts in alphabetical order, as well as dictionaries of the Hebrew and Greek words. It even includes a special section listing every use of a, an, and, and the. It is, needless to say, quite a large and heavy book (roughly 9 inches by 11 inches, containing1,808 pages), which has led some wags to opine that is why it is called Exhaus-tive.

I bought my copy 25 years ago, when I began writing this column. It is worn now, and older (so am I, come to think of it), but I count it among my best friends!

Community services

■ Glenwood Baptist Church,

7212 Central Avenue Pike, is

accepting appointments for

the John 5 Food Pantry. Info:

938-2611. Your call will be

returned.

■ Ridgeview Baptist Church,

6125 Lacy Road, off ers

Children’s Clothes Closet and

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

each third Saturday. Free to

those in the 37912/37849 ZIP

code area.

Classes/meetings ■ Norwood Church of Christ,

6001 Central Avenue Pike, will

host Dr. Dale W. Manor, profes-

sor and archaeologist from

Harding University, presenting

three lectures on archaeology

Sunday, Oct. 4. Bible class, 9:45

a.m.: “It Is Written: Inscriptions

from the Ancient World”; wor-

ship service, 10:45 a.m.: “Vying

for Canaan: Egypt, Philistines

and Israel”; lecture, 1 p.m.: “Ar-

chaeology and David.” Potluck

lunch will follow the worship

service. Info: norwood

churchofchrist.org; 687-5383.

■ Powell Church, 323 W. Emory

Road, hosts Recovery at Pow-

ell at 6 p.m. Tuesdays. The

program embraces people

who struggle with addiction,

compulsive behaviors, loss

and life challenges. Info: re-

coveryatpowell.com or info@

powellchurch.com.

Special services ■ Bethany Baptist Church,

6705 Raccoon Valley Road,

will celebrate its 100th Home-

coming at 11 a.m. Sunday,

Sept. 20. Donnie McGinnis

will lead the service. Barbecue

lunch will follow.

■ City View Baptist Church, 2311 Fine Ave. will celebrate “Homecoming: A Family

Reunion,” 10:45 a.m. Sunday,

Sept. 27. Service will be fol-

lowed by covered-dish lunch

and afternoon sing. Info:

522-2364.

■ Glenwood Baptist Church,

7212 Central Avenue Pike, is

celebrating its 125-year an-

niversary with Homecoming

service, 10:45 a.m. Sunday,

Sept. 20. Service will include

Dr. Tom Lee, Ron Shipe and

Emily Harbin. Info: 938-2611.

■ Mount Hermon UMC, 232 E.

Copeland Road, will celebrate

Homecoming Service, 10:30

a.m. Sunday, Sept. 20. Featur-

ing special gospel music

and the message by the Rev.

Gregg Bostick. Lunch served

following the service. Every-

one welcome.

Vendors needed ■ Alice Bell Baptist Church,

3305 Alice Bell Road, is ac-

cepting vendor applications

for a craft fair to be held

Friday-Saturday, Oct. 23-24.

Registration fee: $25. Fees go

to church building fund. Info/

registration: alicebellbaptist-

church.org, click on Activities

& Events, then Craft Fair.

■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7754 Oak

Ridge Highway, is seeking

vendors for the annual craft

fair to be held 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 21 in the family

life center. Spaces: $40. Bring

your own table or rent one

FAITH NOTES

By Cindy Taylor Folks in Powell have

grown accustomed to seeing the Second Harvest Food truck pull in at Powell Pres-byterian Church frequently throughout the year. The food pantry, a ministry that Powell Presbyterian pastor the Rev. Jonathan Warren thought might come to an end for lack of volunteers, is fl ourishing once again.

On Aug. 29 Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and community members turned out in great number to volunteer with food distribution at Powell Presbyterian Church. The church purchased the food and folks in the community joined in to help with set up and distribution. Powell Food City provided shop-ping carts.

Warren says there is not much that separates those who give food from those who receive it; those who provide shelter from those who need it. The mission of the church is simple. “Go.”

“If we get to the heart of

Girl Scout McKinzie Davis from Cadette Troop 21087, Pam

Brooks, the Rev. Jonathan Warren and Mark Colberg set up for

the food pantry held at Powell Presbyterian Church Aug. 29. Photo submitted

Filling the needs of the needy

it we are all in need in some way or another,” he said. “”We need to help each other because some day it might be us facing hardships.”

Church members are also active in serving with the Empty Stocking Fund, Habitat for Humanity, Re-mote Area Medical, Li-

ons Club, Key Club and many other ministries. The church started the food bank because members saw a need in the commu-nity and sought to fi ll that need. Warren says it doesn’t take much to end up on the receiving end of life. An ill-ness, loss of a job or a ma-jor emergency can change things in an instant.

“I’m not that different from anyone else in the food line,” he said. “I get up early for the mobile food pantry because there might be a day when I need it.”

On Aug. 29, 208 grocery carts fi lled with food were distributed. The next food distribution day is Satur-day, Oct. 10. Line forms at 7:30 a.m. There are no pre-requirements and distribu-tion is on a fi rst come, fi rst served basis.

Powell Presbyterian Church is at 2910 W. Emory Road. To volunteer for the next distribution or for info go to www.powellpcusa.org or call 938-8311.

for $10. Info/reservations:

690-1060.

■ Christ Fellowship Church,

105 Fellowship Lane, is

seeking vendors/consignors

for its Crossroads Academy

Consignment and Craft Sale,

to be held 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Fri-

day, Oct. 2, and 8 a.m.-2 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 3. Craft booths:

$25; consignors keep 70

percent of sales. Proceeds go

to purchase rubber mulch for

church/school playground.

Info: Jaime Christopher,

caconsignsale@gmail.com.

■ Dante Baptist Church, 314

Brown Drive, is seeking ven-

dors for its craft fair Oct. 10.

Info: Vivian Baker, 382-3715.

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Park manager Keith Mont-gomery called the Union County park a “diamond in the rough” during a recep-tion with Brock Hill, deputy commissioner of Parks and Conservation for the Ten-nessee Department of Envi-ronment and Conservation.

Hill visited the park Sept. 4 to introduce Montgomery to the community. He over-sees 56 state parks and 85 state natural areas. He said that every dollar the state spends on state parks brings $17 of direct impact to the local economy.

“It creates jobs inside and outside the parks,” he said.

Montgomery, who spent 20 years at the Knoxville Zoo and had a direct hand

TDEC Deputy Commissioner of Parks and Conservation Brock

Hill and new Big Ridge State Park manager Keith Montgomery

recognize park staff at a Sept. 4 reception. Photos by S. Carey

Big Ridge is ‘diamond in the rough’

in much of the zoo’s rede-sign, said he is honored to be chosen to manage Big Ridge. He started the job this spring.

“This park has a very great history,” he said. “It’s hard to fi nd someone who doesn’t have some attach-ment up here.”

His fi rst order of business is to improve the park’s aes-thetics, pulling out weeds and invasive plants to open up scenic vistas and hid-den Civilian Conservation Corps rockwork. He’s pay-ing attention to park visi-tors’ comment cards, too.

“We’re trying to turn those around, put in a little elbow grease and put a little shine on things,” Montgom-ery said.

Next year, Montgomery hopes to open Big Ridge’s private lake area to non-motorized boats like canoes and kayaks. He also hopes to have stand-up paddle-boards available for rent. As a wake-free area, the waters around Big Ridge are excellent for non-motorized boats.

By Bill DockeryTwo men and a truck

fi lled with fi sh visited the landing under the South Knoxville Bridge last week, but only the men and the truck went home.

The men, biologists from the Private John Allen Na-tional Fish Hatchery in Tu-pelo, Miss., released more than 2,300 lake sturgeon fi ngerlings into the Tennes-see River as part of a U.S. Fish & Wildlife restoration project.

It was the second time they had stocked lake stur-geon in the Tennessee this summer, and when they make their third visit in the next few weeks, they will have released almost 10,000 fi sh.

“The sturgeon used to be common, but with pol-lution and dams, it has dis-appeared from Southern waterways,” said Matt Peay, biological science techni-cian with the Tupelo hatch-ery. Using fi sh larvae that start out in Great Lakes hatcheries, the Fish & Wild-life Service is seeking to re-introduce the species into its former range.

“We had a very good year for sturgeon, with a 90 (per-cent) to 95 percent survival

rate at the hatchery.”Sturgeons feed in the

mud at the bottom of lakes and streams, shoveling up the silt with their long snouts and feeding on insect larvae and other inverte-brate creatures. In the Great Lakes, the fi sh can grow to more than seven feet in length and weigh more than 240 pounds. They can live more than 50 years. Peay said fi sh reintroduced in the South may grow faster but reach only fi ve or six feet long and 150 pounds.

Peay and fi sheries bi-ologist Daniel Schwarz carefully measured water temperatures and mixed river water with water in the tanks so that the fi ngerlings would not die of shock when released.

For Peay, the visit was bit-tersweet. The Nashville na-tive graduated from the Uni-versity of Tennessee’s wildlife and fi sheries program a cou-ple of years ago and enjoyed his time in Knoxville.

“This really hurts,” he said. “I see the places I used to hang out, but we’re here 20 minutes and then we drive back to Mississippi.”

A video of the release shot by Matt Peay is on our web-site: ShopperNewsNow.com.

Biologists loose sturgeonat East Knox landing

Daniel Schwarz and Matt Peay drove from Tupelo, Miss., to re-

lease more than 2,300 lake sturgeon into the Tennessee River

in Knoxville. Both work for the Private John Allen National Fish

Hatchery in Tupelo. Photo by Bill Dockery

This lake sturgeon fi ngerling released into the Tennessee River

last week can grow up to seven feet long and weigh more than

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Alumni basketball ■ Powell High School will host

an alumni basketball game

6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8,

in Jeff Hunter Gymnasium.

Interested players need to

contact coach Gary Barnes as

soon as possible at 765-4660

or via email at gary.barnes@

knoxschools.org. Admission

to the game is $5, and all pro-

ceeds help support the boys

basketball program at PHS.

Basketball camp ■ Powell High and Powell Youth

Basketball will host a funda-

mentals camp, Saturday and

Sunday, Oct. 15 and 16, in the

complex and main gyms. Ses-

sions for boys in kindergarten

through fi fth grades will run

9 a.m.-noon Saturday and 2-4

p.m. Sunday. Players in sixth

through eighth grade will have

sessions 1-4 p.m. Saturday and

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Cost for the camp is $35/both

days and $20/one day. Info or to

register: Kevin Sparks, 607-0431

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Building healthy communities

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Northwest Middle School’s community school site coordinator Liz Thacker and intern Becca

Everette show off some of the artwork by students at Northwest Middle School. Photo by R. White

If you don’t know much about community schools, at least remember this fact: Their mission is to build healthy communities with schools at the hub.

Liz Thacker is the site co-ordinator for the new com-munity school at Northwest Middle School, and she is excited to be busy work-ing with students and staff members at the school.

“There’s a lot going on here at Northwest – a com-munity band meets here, the greenway is used for walking and sports teams practice on the campus,” she said. “This is the perfect place to join with the community and build healthy families.”

Northwest is a commu-nity school 24/7, according to Thacker. She is on hand to help address student needs outside the classroom. After the school bell rings in the afternoon, students who are

part of the program are able to receive homework help and are fed supper before a bus transports those need-ing a ride home. As the year progresses, additional ser-vices, such as tutoring, will be implemented. Thacker hopes to create a gardening component in the future, featuring raised-bed boxes for students to grow plants.

Families are able to receive health services through the program, help-

ing to eliminate days out from school and boost self-esteem. By building stron-ger individuals and families, communities grow stronger.

Fellowship North takes the fi fth Sunday of a month to work in the community. They recently worked at North-west, sprucing up landscape and cleaning up the grounds. The program also partners with the University of Ten-nessee social work depart-ment and Pellissippi State

Community College. Other partners include

the Great Schools Partner-ship, the Boys and Girls Club, Helen Ross McNabb, Good-will, Knox County Schools, the Joy of Music School, the Knoxville Police Depart-ment, Junior Achievement, Children’s Hospital, 21st Mortgage Group, Girls Inc., Metropolitan Drug Commis-sion, Knoxville Internation-als Network, Girl Talk and HABIT.

New PTA board members at Norwood Elementary include vice

president Robin Burchfi eld, secretary Amanda Johnson and

president Charity Elliott. Not pictured is treasurer ReBecca Mc-

Corum. Photo by R. White

Norwood PTA kicks off new yearStudents have been in

school for a month now, and you’ve probably received in-formation regarding joining your child’s PTA (PTO, etc.). If you haven’t fi lled out the form and sent in dues, take a moment to do so and make a difference for your children and their school.

“The PTA supports the school and provides things that the school can’t,” said Norwood Elementary prin-cipal Robyn Ellis. She at-tended the fi rst PTA meet-ing of the year and was

thrilled with the turnout of parents. “This is the biggest crowd we’ve had in a long time,” she said with a smile. Having a PTA is important to Ellis as the school prin-cipal because it involves parents and staff members working together for the same goal.

President Charity Elliott is ready to get to work and make sure this year is a good one for Norwood’s students and staff members. Sev-eral projects that are in the works for the year include

the school yearbook, collect-ing Box Tops for Education to help raise extra funds and the big event, Santa’s Shop, where students are able to purchase inexpensive items for family during the holiday season.

As a parent, you can help by fi rst purchasing a mem-bership to the PTA for $5 and help the board with simple tasks such as mak-ing phone calls, setting up tables for events or helping with teacher appreciation day. The goal for the school is

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■ Dixie Lee Farmers Market,

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noon Saturdays through Oct.

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■ Ebenezer Road Farmers Market, Ebenezer UMC, 1001

Ebenezer Road. Hours: 3-6

p.m. Tuesdays through late

November. Info: on Facebook.

■ Knoxville Farmers Market,

Laurel Church of Christ, 3457

Kingston Pike. Hours: 3-6

p.m. Fridays through late

November.

■ Lakeshore Park Farmers Market, 6410 S. Northshore

Drive. Hours: 3-6 p.m. every

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■ Market Square Farmers Market, 60 Market Square.

Hours: 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

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■ New Harvest Park Farmers Market, 4700 New Harvest

Park Lane. Hours: 3-6 p.m.

Thursdays. Info: on Facebook.

■ Oak Ridge Farmers Market,

Historic Jackson Square, 281

Broadway Ave. Oak Ridge.

Hours: 3-6 p.m. Wednes-

days; 8 a.m.-noon Saturdays

through late November. Info:

on Facebook.

■ Seymour Farmers Market,

lower parking lot of Seymour

First Baptist Church, 11621

Chapman Highway. Hours:

8 a.m.-noon Saturdays

through Oct. 10. Info:

seymourfarmersmarket.org;

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■ Knoxville Division of the FBIwill present educational pro-

grams 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 15, at Parkwest

Church, 7635 Middlebrook

Pike. Admission is free, but

seating is limited. Topics

will include cybercrimes,

white collar crime, and bank

extortion and kidnappings.

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■ King University will host

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networking event for alumni

and current students of both

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King’s Hardin Valley campus,

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or 865.539.7275. Space is

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■ Knoxville Area Urban League off ers education and

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ers each fi rst Saturday. The

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Saturday, Oct. 3, at the KAUL

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Farmers and chefs now have the opportunity to meet, connect for business and ultimately create an offi cial statewide alliance. The Tennessee Farm and Restaurant Alliance will serve as a hub for farm-to-foodservice relationships and for information about issues related to farm and food business.

To become an alliance member, a farmer or food service professional must attend one of four free workshops to be held across Tennessee and apply to par-ticipate in the Tennessee Department of Agriculture’s

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Once the new Tennessee Farm and Restaurant Alli-ance is formed, Pick Ten-nessee Products will add a new consumer service to its website and mobile app: a listing with GPS mapping to restaurants committed to using local and farm-direct products whenever possible.

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BIZ NOTES

Doug Loveday, president of the Tennessee Valley Mustang

Club, presents a check for $3,800 to PBPA president John Bay-

less from the Travis Wegener memorial car show. At right is Dr.

Donald Wegener, Travis’ father.

Sheriff Jimmy “J.J.” Jones is introduced by PBPA vice president

R. Larry Smith.

PBPA surges with projects, programsBy Sandra Clark

First Tennessee Bank in Powell hosted a “meet and

greet” for new members last week. Teresa Long, branch manager, is the club’s mem-bership chair.

Teresa Underwood chairs the special events commit-tee which is already plan-ning for this year’s Christ-mas banquet – to be held at Tennova North with former Vol Inky Johnson as guest

speaker.Underwood is looking for

auction items. “This is the club’s only fundraiser,” she said.

R. Larry Smith as vice president has brought strong programs to PBPA. Last week Sheriff Jimmy “J.J.” Jones and several of his staff visited with the club.

Justin Bailey, chair of Enhance Powell, thanked Sheriff Jones for the as-sistance of inmate crews to clear the land at Powell Sta-tion Park.

Dr. Don Wegener re-ported on the car show in memory of his son, Travis. The event raised more than $3,000 for Enhance Powell.

School board sets fall workshop/retreatThe Knox County Board

of Education will conduct a work session/retreat from 2-6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18, with dinner immediately following at the Knoxville Botanical Gardens Wel-come Center located at 2817 Boyds Bridge Pike.

Doug Harris is the new school board chair; Tracie Sanger is vice chair.

School Coupon Books are for sale for $10 through Sept. 21.

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New faces,New faces,new soundsnew sounds

Young American pianist Sean Chen

will dazzle audiences this weekend

when he performs with the Knoxville

Symphony Orchestra. Photo submitted

By Carol ShaneKnoxville Symphony Or-

chestra musicians and staff are gearing up for an ex-citing year – a year of new faces, new music and new experiences.

As most KSO fans know by now, six young conduc-tors from all over the world will be fl exing their batons on the Tennessee Theatre stage, vying for the position of the orchestra’s new music director and conductor. And the musicians are excited.

“I am looking forward to ‘trying on’ different conduc-tors to see how they handle such a diverse group of peo-ple,” says fl utist Jill Bartine. “Ditto!” says cellist Stacy Nickell Miller. “And playing good programs!”

The season is indeed loaded with spectacular rep-ertoire, and the fi rst concert this week is no exception. Vi-olinist Elizabeth Farr points out that, “It’s all American! Audiences really, really love Gershwin, and the Bernstein ‘Symphonic Dances from West Side Story’ are familiar yet exciting to most people.”

Indeed, there are few pieces in which you’re going

to hear members of a symphony or-chestra snap their fi ngers and yell, but the vigorous, exciting suite of Bernstein dances demands both.

Young, charis-matic American pianist Sean Chen will lend his mus-cular technique to George Gershwin’s “Piano Concerto in F.” It’s less familiar than “Rhapsody in Blue,” but it’s still got all that good Gershwin stuff – blues, jazz, piano pyrotech-nics. A 2013 Van Cliburn International Piano Compe-tition award winner, Chen promises to deliver an excit-ing performance.

For this fi rst pair of con-certs, there will be a fa-miliar face on the podium. Maestro James Fellenbaum, the KSO’s resident conduc-tor, has been an energetic and creative presence for nine years, leading Master-works and Chamber Clas-sics concerts as well as out-reach, pops and educational

concerts. He’s particularly known for his imaginative Young People’s Concerts, which are attended by thou-sands of school children each year.

The program will also in-clude “Jubilee” from “Sym-phonic Sketches” by George Whitefi eld Chadwick, and the elegiac “Adagio for Strings” by Samuel Barber.

Ticket holders can at-tend pre-concert chats at 6:30 p.m. in the concert hall before each performance. Guest performers will offer

their personal perspective and audience members will have a chance for Q&A with the artists.

If you’re already a KSO fan, welcome back for anoth-er exciting season. If you’re new to the KSO or to classi-cal music, you couldn’t fi nd a better concert to jump-start your knowledge and interest.

The Moxley-Carmichael Masterworks Series presents the Knoxville Symphony Or-chestra’s “American Masters” at 7:30 p.m. this Thursday, Sept. 17, and Friday, Sept. 18,

Sibling frictionIn the crime bio “Black Mass,” opening wide on Fri-

day, Benedict Cumberbatch plays Massachusetts state Sen. Bill Bulger, and Johnny Depp plays his brother, organized-crime boss, FBI informant and for many years the No. 2 man on America’s Most Wanted list (behind Osama Bin Laden), Whitey Bulger. Also open-ing this week are “Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials” and “Captive.”

By Betsy PickleFrom Thursday through

Sunday, the Knoxville Film Festival will showcase fi lms from all over the country and around the world at Regal Cinemas Downtown West.

But in the three years Keith McDaniel has headed the KFF – and the many years organizing its prede-cessor, Secret City Film Fes-tival, and other fests – some of the biggest draws are fi lms made by local fi lmmakers.

This year is no exception. Films in the festival’s regular schedule are creating buzz, and the timed competition – the 7-Day Shootout (screen-ing 7-10 p.m. Friday) – has led to a near frenzy with its grand prize of $20,000 to-ward turning a short into a feature-length fi lm.

Kelly Burke is a regular at local “shootouts.” Since

moving to Knoxville from Bristol more than a decade ago, he’s made 22 short fi lms, most of them for timed contests and several of them award-winners.

They’re “a good way to push me to do something,” says fi lm-school dropout Burke, who describes him-self as “extremely com-petitive.” “Left to myself, I might never do anything.”

Burke, whose day job is at Jewelry Television, wasn’t able to do a fi lm for the 2014 KFF, so this year, he decided to enter the 7-Day Shootout and submit a feature fi lm for festival consideration. Each had its problems.

He started writing “Ter-minal” (Film Block 10, 1-3 p.m. Saturday) in January. It didn’t come together on paper as quickly as it should have, and he ended up abbre-

viating it to a 24-minute fi lm – still the longest piece he’s made. He had about a week to shoot it in order to make the submission deadline.

For his 7-Day, he gath-ered his cast and crew to start shooting on the Sat-urday before the 8 p.m. Wednesday deadline. Six hours in, he pulled the plug, unhappy with the feel of the fi lm. He switched to anoth-er idea, wrote another script and resumed shooting at 10 p.m. Monday.

“My goal was to get something turned in that I wasn’t embarrassed by,” he says. “I think we at least ac-complished that.”

Amy Hubbard has been a force on the Knoxville arts scene for more than

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Amy Hubbard on set

two decades. She was the star of Paul Harrill’s Sun-dance Film Festival award-winning short “Gina, An Actress, Age 29” – and has directed and acted in count-less theater productions.

During a stint at East Ten-nessee PBS, Hubbard direct-ed a documentary as a local companion to PBS’s “Mak-ers” series. That, along with her experience on stage and screen, led executive pro-ducers Dee Bagwell Haslam, Ross K. Bagwell Sr. and Rick Zivi to select her to direct the feature now titled “Prison Break-in” (Film Block 16, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Saturday).

“I don’t know how many other people they had talk-

ed to,” says Hubbard. She says Bagwell told her they “had a feeling about you.”

“It was very fl attering.”Hubbard shot the fi lm in

summer 2014 – mostly at her house – and hoped to fi nish by the end of the year, but as with many features it took longer than expected.

“I basically went to fi lm school making this movie,” she says. “I made a feature fi lm. There are plenty of people who go into business to be a fi lmmaker who don’t have that accomplishment.

“So I’m extremely grate-ful to Ross and Dee and Rick. They were super sup-portive and respectful.”

The cliché in Hollywood

for thehome team

is, “But what I really wantto do is direct.” It’s true inKnoxville, too.

“This has been in mymind for a long time assomething I’d like to at-tempt,” says Hubbard, whoworks as a freelancer (cast-ing, wardrobe, location)for Jupiter Entertainment.“Now I’m addicted to it.

“What I bring to the tableis story and working withactors and making sureI’m pulling out that perfor-mance.”

Hubbard and Burke sayit’s great to have the Knox-ville Film Festival presentthe work of local fi lmmak-ers. And they both plan tokeep shooting – to maketheir feature-length dreamscome true.

“Prison Break-In” willplay Sept. 25-Oct. 1 atDowntown West.

Whether he wins theshootout or not, Burke, whohas written seven featurescripts, will keep writing tillhe gets “the one.”

“I haven’t really foundthe one yet that I want todedicate a year of my life to,”he says.

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NEWS FROM PROVISION CENTER FOR PROTON THERAPY

K evin Kirkland was a high school senior on the football practice

fi eld when he learned his father, Eddie, had been diagnosed with late-stage prostate cancer. Four years later, his dad died from the disease.

Kirkland doesn’t want anyone else to go through that experience.

Eddie Kirkland’s diagnosis was particularly diffi cult for Kevin because his mother had died a year before from breast cancer. Breast cancer was just gaining the public’s attention, while prostate cancer lurked in the shadows.

“Back in 1972, you didn’t hear people talk about prostate health, you didn’t hear people talk about PSA tests because there were no PSA tests,” he says. “I always said one day I wanted to do something that impacted men’s health like breast cancer awareness has impacted women’s health.”

More than 30 years later, Eddie Check was born. The program pairs free PSA tests for men with a Medic blood drive. The fi rst event in 2004 had one Medic bus and did 50 PSA tests and collected 50 units of blood. At its beginnings, the initiative was called the Eddie Kirkland Memorial Blood Drive and Free PSA Testing Event Radio talk show host Phil Williams said ‘come get your Eddie Check’ on the air one year and the name stuck. The event is coordinated by Nisus Corp., where Kirkland now serves as president and CEO.

A year later, there was a second event, expanded to a

second location. This year, there will be Eddie Check drives in 10 locations throughout eight East Tennessee counties. The initiative involves live radio shows on location with partners including News Talk 98.7, WIVK and WNML and an annual blood drive contest with football fans at the University of Florida. Last year, the program collected 1,200 units of blood with more than 1,000 PSA tests conducted.

“All of a sudden it really started gaining its own strength and its own personality,” Kirkland says. “We’ve had tremendous support from the hospital community over the years. And then when Provision Center for Proton Therapy opened, they became our medical sponsor, and they’ve been an absolutely wonderful advocate and partner. And the Provision CARES Foundation now pays for all of the PSA tests.”

The event allows men, many of whom are hesitant to set up an annual physical exam, to get the PSA test for free while also performing a community service.

“Men don’t really like to go to the doctor, let’s just face it, they don’t,” Kirkland says. “With Eddie Check they can just stop by and get a free PSA test.”

For Kevin Wathen of Maryville, getting a PSA test through Eddie Check revealed what a recent trip to his doctor had not: an elevated PSA level. A follow-up biopsy with a urologist revealed that nine of the 12 samples tested positive for cancer.

Eddie Check aims to honor a dad and save livesFree prostate cancer screenings can

detect cancer early

Eddie Kirkland circa 1943. Kirkland, a Staff Sergeant in the Marines and

WWII veteran, passed away from prostate cancer in 1976. The Kirkland

family started Eddie Check to honor him and to spread awareness and

encourage men to get regular preventive prostate cancer checks.

Eddie Check will be held at six locations on Thursday and seven on Friday (10 different locations) in eight East Tennessee counties including Knox, Anderson, Scott, Hamblen, Cocke, Blount, Roane and McMinn. Blood samples for PSA screenings will be taken at every location during all hours, even if you don’t donate blood. The free PSA screenings are available for men 40 years of age or older, or in the event of family history at an age 10 years younger than the affected relative's age at his cancer onset.

“Early detection is always the best protection against prostate cancer,” said Marcio Fagundes, MD, medical director of the Provision Center for Proton Therapy. “The prostate specifi c antigen (PSA) test is one tool that men have available to detect the presence of prostate cancer. While an elevated PSA does not always mean cancer is present, it is an important benchmark for men to monitor and share with their family physician.”

Thursday, September 17 ■ MEDIC Donor Center, 1601 Ailor Ave., Knoxville,

8:00 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Sports Radio WNML

remote, 3:00-7:00 p.m.

■ MEDIC Donor Center-Farragut, 11000 Kingston

Pike (behind Pittsburgh Paints), Farragut, 9

a.m.-7:00 p.m.; Gunner WIVK FM remote,

11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

■ Provision Center for Proton Therapy, 6450

Provision Cares Way, Knoxville (Bloodmobile),

10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.; Hallerin Hill News/Talk

98.7 FM remote, 6:00-10:00 a.m.; Phil Williams

News/Talk 98.7 FM remote, 3:00-6:00 p.m.

■ Books-A-Million, 310 S. Illinois Ave., Oak Ridge

(Bloodmobile),

10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.

■ Walmart-Morristown, 475 S. Davy Crockett

Pkwy., Morristown (Bloodmobile), 10:00 a.m.-

6:00 p.m.

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Friday, September 18 ■ MEDIC Donor Center, Headquarters, 1601

Ailor Ave., Knoxville, 8:00 a.m.-6:30 p.m.; Phil

Williams News/Talk 98.7 FM remote, 3:00-6:00

p.m.

■ MEDIC Donor Center-Farragut, 11000 Kingston

Pike (behind Pittsburgh Paints), Farragut, 6:30

a.m.-5:00 p.m.

■ Provision Center for Proton Therapy, 6450

Provision Cares Way, Knoxville (Bloodmobile),

10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.; Gunner WIVK FM remote,

10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

■ Walmart-Newport, 1075 Cosby Hwy., Newport

(Bloodmobile),

10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.

■ New Midland Plaza, 232 S. Calderwood St.,

Alcoa (Bloodmobile), 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.

■ Lowe’s-Athens, 1751 South Congress Pkwy.,

Athens (Bloodmobile),

10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.

■ Kingston Church of Christ, Kingston, 120

Spring Street, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.,

Family Center Room

Get checked!

Kevin Kirkland (left) and prostate

cancer survivor Jim Gorman

(right) of Eddie Check. This is Ed-

die Check’s eleventh year of off er-

ing PSA tests to East Tennessee.

Proton Therapy Facts:

■ Proton therapy is NOT experi-mental

■ Proton therapy was approved by the FDA in 1988

■ Medicare/CMS have reim-bursed proton therapy since 2000

■ More than 100,000 patients have been treated with pro-ton therapy worldwide

■ The cost of proton therapy for prostate cancer is now the same or lower than conven-tional treatments, without the damaging side eff ects

■ A fi ve-year, peer-reviewed study released by the Univer-sity of Florida Proton Therapy Institute found that 99% of prostate cancer patients remain cancer-free

■ There are 1.6 million new cases of cancer diagnosed each year

■ Tennessee ranks fi fth in the nation for deaths from cancer

Visit www.provisionproton.com/eddiecheck for more information.

“There were no symptoms to tell me there was a problem,” Wathen says. “If I hadn’t had the test done I wouldn’t have given it any thought.”

As a result of Eddie Check, Wathen learned of his diagnosis and became an early patient at Provision Center for Proton Therapy. There, his prostate cancer was treated with protons, a type of radiation that pinpoints a tumor and spares

much of the healthy tissue around it. This reduces side effects such as incontinence and impotency as well as discomfort during the time of treatment. Wathen was one of the fi rst to receive hypofractionated proton therapy treatments at the center, a shortened, more intense course that allows therapy duration to be cut in half.

“It still doesn’t feel like I ever

had cancer,” he says.Wathen says he would

recommend men of all ages taking advantage of the free annual PSA test, at least to establish a baseline for further testing.

“Especially with Eddie Check being available at no charge,” Wathen says. “I’d do it every year.”

As Eddie Check has grown and expanded, Kirkland says more men locally are becoming familiar with the risk of prostate cancer and how to keep tabs on their health. After 11 years of the Eddie Check program, men often approach him to discuss early detection.

“I think the education and the promotion we put out for prostate health have really resonated,” he says, adding that other programs coordinated by local hospitals and advocacy organizations have provided a boost to the most common of men’s cancers. “I think all of that has really improved education on prostate health. It has made us proud to be a small part of that.”

TUESDAY, SEPT. 22“Basic Wire Wrapped Rings” class, 6-7:30 p.m.,

Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway, Norris. Instructor: Kathy King. Info/registra-tion: 494-9854; appalachianarts.net.

Open enrollment for beginner’s square dance class, 7 p.m., Square Dance Center, 828 Tulip St. Les-sons $5; fi rst lesson free. Info: R.G. Pratt, 947-3238.

“Positive Thinking: Turning Lemons into Lem-onade” with Deborah Caulder, LMSW, 11 a.m.-noon, Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Free and open to the public. Info/RSVP: 329-8892, TTY: 711.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 23Computer Workshop: Word Basics, 2 p.m.,

Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Requires “Introducing the Computer” or equivalent skills. Info/registration: 525-5431.

The Joe Pope Tams Motown/R&B band in concert, 7:30 p.m., Knoxville Moose Lodge, 6903 Ward Road. Tickets: $25. In the lobby prior to the show, canned goods, nonperishable items and cash donations will be accepted for the Blount County Veterans Offi ce Food

Pantry. Info/tickets: Bill, 573-2501; John, 688-8103.

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, SEPT. 23-24AARP Driver Safety class, noon-4 p.m., John T.

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THURSDAY, SEPT. 24Discover and Make, 6-7:30 p.m., Burlington

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seum” (PG, 2006); movie begins at dusk. Hosted by the Knox County Public Library. Bring a lawn chair or blanket to sit on; well-behaved dogs welcome. Info: 215-8767 or knoxlib.org/movies.

Union County Farmers Market, 3-6 p.m., 1009 Main St., Maynardville. Info: 992-8038.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, SEPT. 25-26Friends Mini Used Book Sale, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.,

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zheimer’s®, 8 a.m., UT campus. Includes: two-mile walk, vendor booths, door prizes and a special tribute to those who have experienced or are experiencing Alzheimer’s. To start/join a team: alz.org/walk

Beverly Park Place Fall Festival, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m., 5321 Beverly Park Circle. Features kids station, bounce house, face painting, games, crafts and vendors, live music, and food. Craftspeople/vendors wanting to rent a $20 spot to set up sales: 687-1321, ext. 2053.

Chili Cook-Off, Colwyn Street in Cumberland Gap. Hosted by Claiborne County Chamber of Commerce. Admission free. Includes arts, crafts, antiques booths. Vendor/cook-off entry/sponsorship info: 423-626-4149; chamber@claibornecounty.com; claibornecounty.com.

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Shopper news • SEPTEMBER 16, 2015 • MY-3

It is diffi cult to look your best when you’re bundled up to protect yourself against cold

winter weather. After all, fashion tends to fall by the wayside when the focus is on keeping warm. However, there are ways to put a fash-ionable foot forward, even if that well-clad foot is stepping in a puddle of slush.

ScarvesScarves serve a practical purpose, help-

ing to keep your body warm, and they’re also a fashionable staple of winter wardrobes. Scarves can be used to dress up an ordinary ensemble, providing a chic or bohemian look as you navigate city streets. Crocheting or knitting scarves is still popular, but you don’t have to be a seasoned craftsman to in-

clude scarves in your wardrobe. Scarves come in a variety of styles, sizes and materials, and there are many ways to knot a scarf, so you can create a different look each day.

Bold colorsDon’t get trapped in a pattern of dressing

drab just because it’s gray outside. Embrace some bold splashes of color and they can brighten your day. Patterned dresses in bright hues were seen on the runways at Givenchy, Burberry and Prada shows this fall. Pair such

s, any rf, so different

attire with a long, fl owing wool

coat with a cinched belted waist and you will look on point for winter.

Convertible mittensFingerless gloves that have a mitten fl ap

that can cover chilly fi ngers are a prime ac-cessory for cold days. They allow easy access

when the weather is cold

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Whether you’ve just moved into a home or you’ve lived there for years, it might be time for a design

tune-up. While many may think tackling their home décor takes a bundle of time, money and expertise, it doesn’t have to be so frightening. You don’t need to spend a fortune or go to design school to breathe a little life into your home.

“It’s all about simplicity,” says Susan Yod-er, interior design expert for Clayton Homes. “A little goes a long way when it comes to home décor and living spaces. Only a few simple changes can make a big difference and allow you to create a room you’ll be itch-ing to show off to friends and family.”

Yoder offers a few of her design tips that will help any homeowner revamp their space:

Pops of color. “Nothing livens up a room like a bright pop of color,” Yoder says. If you have neutral-toned furniture, try sprucing up the room with lamps, curtains and acces-sories in bold hues. If you’re up for a paint-ing challenge, an accent wall is a great way to incorporate color into a space. Choose your favorite color from a throw pillow or wall-art piece in the room to pull the look together.

5 simple design tricks to revamp your home

Varying textures. A room tends to get boring when it focuses on only one texture, so it’s important to create a sense of balance. Try varying the fabric types on your sofa and curtains. Add in some metal or wooden ac-cents to draw the eye around the room. You

can even play with lighting to refl ect off cer-tain objects and create visual interest.

Antique feature. Choose an antique or unique piece of decor to be the inspi-ration for the room. This could be a rug, lamp, chair or even a chandelier – any-

thing that gets you energized and moti-vated. Get creative and run with the theme it creates. Or if your style is more on the modern side, an antique object will stand out among your contemporary décor.

Symmetrical yet functional. Thefurniture collection in a room should form a restful, symmetrical layout. It’s all about balance. There should be between three and 10 feet between each seat. Additionally, instead of pushing each piece up against the wall to create more space, give your fur-niture a bit of breathing room a few inches from the wall. This makes the room appear open and airy.

Clutter-free organization. Gettingrid of clutter is a grand challenge for most homeowners. When you decide to take on the mess, drawers and cabinets are your best friends. Take some time to go through your belongings and decide what to keep, donate or throw away. Store any leftover items that can cause clutter in an orga-nized, out-of-sight area.

Use these tips to revitalize your space and you’ll be ready to confi dently host gath-erings and enjoy your home instead of shy-ing away from your living space.

Nashville Jewelry designer

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UPSTAIRS at Todd Richesin Interiors is

featuring a jewelry trunk show by Mary James Jewelry Designs on Th ursday, September 24th from 3 to 7 and Friday, September 25th from 10 to 5.

Mary James Jewelry is designed by Mary Wallace from Nashville, Tennessee. Wallace was inspired by the contents of an old war trunk found in her father’s home, and the jewelry line was named for her and her father James. Inside the trunk was an array of antique war medals and old watch fobs that sparked her creativity to launch a jewelry line like no other.

Inspired by a love of European architecture and all things Parisian, as well as her father’s stories of travel during World War II, Mary creates unique pieces that refl ect a classic, timeless, fashion-forward style that resonates with women of all ages. Some pieces are one -of-a-kind, some are one-of-a-few, and each is rare.

Although suitable for everyday wear, each antique medal Mary uses is spun into a work of art that becomes an heirloom to be passed down for generations. Th emes for the pieces range from victory medals featuring beautiful angels, to agricultural awards which feature horses, rabbits, and other animals. All medals are mixed with precious and semi-precious stones, freshwater pearls, opals, turquoise, lapis, or carnelian. All are set in either sterling silver or gold fi ll.

Mary recommends layering the pieces, and building a collection of diff erent styles that can be worn together. Th e pieces can go from daytime to evening, and are equally at home with jeans and a t-shirt, a cocktail dress, or business attire. Versatility is key to her designs.

Please join us at UPSTAIRS for this 2-day jewelry trunk show event and enjoy a wine and tasting menu by Knoxville celebrity chef Holly Hambright.

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By Carol Shane

Like any true devotee of vintage fashion, Amanda Dalton has a favorite piece with a story attached to it.

“My leather Oshwahkon vest with wood-en buttons is a custom handmade product, solely sold at a store on Broadway in the 1970s,” she says.

Dalton didn’t know that until after she had bought it. Intrigued by the hand-sewn label complete with address, she did some research. Oshwahkon was a high-end leath-er boutique located in New York City’s Soho neighborhood, well-known as an edgy fash-ion district. According to a blog post by Ar-thur Cohen, one of the company’s two found-ers, “We sold to every major rock and movie star in the ’70s.”

That’s the great thing about vintage clothing – purchasers not only get great looks for less, they often get a bit of history in the bargain.

Dalton, who lives in Bearden, has been hooked on hand-me-downs since she bought her fi rst pair of secondhand polyester pink-ish-purple slacks as a teenager. A Fulton High School graduate, she earned a bach-elor’s degree in psychology from UT and worked for over six years with children in the state’s custody. She later managed well-known local vintage clothing store Planet XChange. She admits to being “somewhat of a gypsy,” having previously lived in Austin, Texas and Nashville, among other places. She’s currently employed as a nanny.

And “I fi x things,” she says, under the moniker “Handy Manda.” Finding inspira-tion in Natural Building, a practice based on a centuries-old Celtic tradition in which structures are made with natural and sus-tainable materials, she bought a Chevy Sil-verado 4x4 truck for hauling materials. “It’s not very environmentally friendly,” she ad-mits, “but I use it to build environmentally friendly things.” Right now she’s designing and installing an outdoor labyrinth for a homeowner in West Knoxville.

Most vintage clothing collectors have a particular “holy grail” that they look for each and every time they enter a store, and Dalton is no exception. She’s partial to “belt buckles, jackets, vests and slacks,” but she’s always on the lookout for a specifi c item: a pair of John Lobb brogues – comfortable shoes worn by the fi ercely independent Katharine Hepburn, who famously brushed off criticism of her “masculine” attire, in-cluding her footwear.

In fact, Hepburn is Dalton’s style icon. “We share the same birthday,” she says,

“and I claim that!” The cost for a pair of new John Lobb shoes these days can run to fi ve fi gures, so Dalton is smart to look for a previously-loved pair.

And what about that Oshwahkon vest? She’s tried to fi nd it online. “I’m pretty good at Googling,” she says, “but I cannot fi nd this exact vest. Every one I fi nd has something different about it – the same cut but the wrong buttons. The same cut and buttons but the wrong color.” Which could make hers a one-of-a-kind item made for who knows which hair-fl inging ’70s rock star.

Dalton speaks of her Natural Building projects as “yet another way for me to revi-talize and integrate beautiful pieces of his-tory into the present and hopefully into art in the process.”

The same is true of her unique wardrobe. Hurrah for vintage style!

Amanda Dalton shows off her favorite vintage

purchase of all time: a handmade leather vest.

Super secondhand style

to smartphone screens, while also keeping your hands cozy when the wind kicks up.

HatsThe prospect of fl attened, lifeless locks

compels many men and women to forgo hats on cold days. But a few tricks can give you the best of both worlds: a warm head and nice hair. Begin by going for regular trims that will keep dried-out or split ends from becoming problematic. After washing your hair in the morning, apply a conditioning

treatment to prevent fl y-aways. Be sure your hair is completely dry before donning a hat, otherwise hair can become matted and look fl at all day. Loose-fi tting cotton or fl eece hats may be less likely to fl atten hair than a wool hat, and you can keep the hat slightly off the crown of your head to prevent your hair from fl attening. When all else fails, women can pull their hair back into pony-tails before putting on a hat, which can help keep a style in place better.

The arrival of winter does not mean you have to sacrifi ce your fashion sense. There are plenty of ways to look your best even when the temperature has plummeted.

MY-4 • SEPTEMBER 16, 2015 • Shopper news

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Studio Arts for Dancers is cel-ebrating its 25th season of dance instruction in the Knoxville com-munity.

Founded in 1990 by Lisa Hall McKee, STUDIO ARTS’ artistic director and staff have infl uenced thousands of children with their commitment to develop both art-istry and technical excellence in their students.

“Dance is for everybody,” McK-ee says. Our philosophy is to teach it correctly and motivate our stu-dents to love dance and the work that it entails. Each individual is different and we encourage our dancers to celebrate that, fi nd out what their body is capable of and achieve it without worrying about where their peers are. Dance is an

Under the direction of Lisa Hall McKee, Go! Contemporary Dance Works will begin its 13th season at the Clarence Brown Theatre on Sat., October 17 and Sun., October 18 with PUSH, a diverse and electric performance that will enthrall audiences of all ages.

“This performance is the epitome of GO! and is in partner-ship with the Penny for the Arts program. Seven choreographers will present 12 pieces, bring-ing Knoxville an exuberant

and innovative repertoire. A storm of movement, music and choreogra-phy, it is a visually and emotionally charged performance with some-thing for everyone,” artistic director McKee says.

Among the works to be presented in PUSH is “Frequency” by guest choreographer Marlayna Lock-lear, who is currently performing with Dayton Contemporary Dance Company. “Frequency” is a powerful display of athletic choreography that is both detailed and explo-sive and depicts electri-cal currents

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work with us.”

McKee will premiere a large, unprecedented work entitled “The Manifest” which explores the sup-pression of artistic individuality and free thinking by a single-minded order.

A large collaborative effort, McK-ee commissioned both Andre Hayter to compose the music score and the Bearden High School Art Honors Society to create artwork. “The Manifest” is a visual exploration of the effect of communism on both artists and society, layering dance, music and art to make a statement. “We have had great conversations in rehearsals, and the choreographic process has been very rich for all of us. This piece is full of both beauty and ugliness and is saturated with thought. “The Manifest” is what our audiences expect from us!”

Other works presented will dis-play GO!’s extreme diversity from “A Different Time,” an exploration into the Appalachian coal mining com-munity to “Convergent Boundaries,” a study of plate tectonics. GO! will also perform three separate ballets: “Opus 6,” “City Suites” and “Sixes” which have strong classical ballet elements with a twist of contem-porary movement. “Skin of The

Earth,” a work commissioned from UK choreographer Rebecca Evans in 2012, will also be performed.

In February GO! will surpass all expectations from its audience by presenting “The Shadows of Pine Mountain,” an exploration of the Scots-Irish exodus from Ulster to the Appalachian mountains. “GO! is always searching for historical subject matter. We love to incor-porate different dance genres into our choreography. Highland and Irish dance are so athletic and have such history. Crossing elements of those historical dance forms with our contemporary choreography will give depth and brilliance while demonstrating cultural truth. We are going to dig deep with this one. We want our audience to see the origins, struggles and victories of the Appalachian people. This is part of our culture today and is so close to home. It will have great meaning to our community.”

GO! is also excited about its col-laboration with the Knoxville Sym-phony Orchestra’s Clayton Holiday Concerts, Young People’s Concerts, and Very Young People’s Concerts. GO! will also perform at the Rossini Festival in April.

A local nonprofi t dance company, GO! is known for daring, innovative and adventurous choreography that merges and defi es the boundaries of classical ballet, contemporary and aerial dance. GO! consists of 45 dancers, ages 12 through profes-sional, with both guest and local core choreographers, representing a superlative ensemble of choreo-graphic virtuosity and versatility.

GO! will host an evening of support, Dancetasia, Fri., Sept. 18, at the Foundry. Tickets are $80 and include a fabulous dinner, silent and live auction, and performance, includ-ing excerpts of GO!’s newest works.

GO! is a 501c(3) nonprofi t organization whose mission is to elevate enthusiasm in the East Ten-nessee area while providing youth the opportunity to express artistry through dance. GO! is sponsored in part by Tennessee Arts Commission, Pilot Corp, Cathey and Co., WUOT 91.9fm and Sheri Good, Gables and Gates Realtors.

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GO! electrifi es Knoxville audiences with plans for a full season

Studio Arts For Dancers celebrates its 25th anniversary serving the Knoxville communityindividual sport taught in a group en-vironment.”

STUDIO ARTS for Dancers offers classes in pre-ballet, ballet, pointe, repertoire, modern, contempo-rary, Horton, jazz and tap. Classes are offered for pre-school age three through pre-professional and have added to their curriculum an adult program including yoga, ballet fi tness and Zumba. “Our adult classes are taught by our teaching staff. There are so many advantages to taking adult classes from dancers: better ex-planation, a deeper understanding of body mechanics and encouragement by dancers who understand strengths and weaknesses in the body.”

Following a specifi c syllabus, McKee ensures all students learn ballet history, anatomy and termi-nology. “It doesn’t matter to me that they take dance as a recreation. I still want them to learn dance correctly and love it. It is a discipline that is a life skill. I love it when students come

back as adults (sometimes with their own children) and tell me how impor-tant the work ethic and respect they learned at the studio has been to their lives. It makes what we do here have meaning.”

With a current enrollment of 350 students and a 5000 square foot high-tech facility with video observation in all three studios, STUDIO ARTS currently has 10 teachers on staff and continues to host prestigious teachers and choreographers from all over the US to work with its students.

Many of McKee’s students have been accepted to prestigious summer dance programs including Tennessee Governor’s School of the Arts, Joffrey Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Ja-cobs Pillow and others. Others have been awarded acceptance to presti-gious collegiate dance programs and many STUDIO ARTS dancers have continued on to professional perfor-mance careers.

“What is great and unique about

our program is that we have a highly qualifi ed and diverse staff which en-sures correct, safe and creative teach-ing methods no matter what the level or aspirations of each student. We are dance educators.”

“So many dancers have entered

our doors over the last 25 years, and I am thankful for each one of them. It is an honor and a blessing to contrib-ute to the development of our youth. Although our lobby is busier and our classes are larger and there are much more of them, we invest our all in ev-ery dancer, every class. It is a beauti-ful thing.”

STUDIO ARTS for Dancers per-forms annually at the historic Ten-nessee Theatre and is the home of GO! Contemporary Dance Works, a nonprofi t youth dance company which blends contemporary ballet, modern, aerial arts and culturally in-fl uenced dance forms.

It’s not too late to register for classes. Classes that began in August will culminate with the spring con-cert at the Tennessee Theatre in May.

www.studioartsfordancers.netoffi ce@studioartsfordancers.net

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