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Homecoming honors

Alexis Jones, representing the softball team, was crowned homecoming queen at Powell High School Oct. 2 prior to the Panthers’ game with Heritage.

By Sandra ClarkThe 15th annual Raccoon Valley Fall Festival is

history, and Walta Patt called the music “outstand-ing.”

Patt’s husband, Tim, organizes the annual event at his family farm, just across the Anderson County line on Patt Lane off Raccoon Valley Road. The venue is perfect for a fall festival with rolling hillsides offer-ing natural elevation for the audience. Those tents were helpful as well, keeping the sun away.

The Patts got lucky this year, moving the festival up a week from the usual fi rst weekend in October. While it rained a bit on Sept. 26, the rains were torrential on Oct. 3. Walta Patt said attendance was down from a high of 1,500 on a previous year. She estimated 400 there at the peak time, although visitors came and went throughout the day.

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Raccoon ValleyWhitewater: Randy Terry, Danny Freels and Gary Inman;

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Rural/Metro Fire Chief Jerry Harnish, fl anked by Mayor

Tim Burchett and developer John Huber, speaks at a

ribbon-cutting for a new fi re station in the Choto com-

munity. Photo by Wendy Smith

By Wendy SmithKnox County has a relatively high level

of service at a low cost per capita as com-pared to the rest of the state in regard to fi re protection, says Rural/Metro Fire Chief Jerry Harnish. But the current fund-ing system is fl awed because single-family homeowners foot more of the bill than businesses do.

Harnish is generally pleased with the number of fi re stations in the county, now that a new station in Southwest Knox County is up and running. The need for a station in the Choto area has been a topic of conversation since Mike Ragsdale was mayor and fi nally came to fruition when former Knox County Commissioners Ed Shouse and Richard Briggs took the issue to Mayor Tim Burchett. Other key factors included the offer of a site from developer John Huber and the commission’s approv-

al of payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) for the property.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held in September for the new station, which has one engine and a full-time crew of six

But too many business owners opt to “roll the dice” rather than pay the Rural/Metro subscription that would cover the cost of a fi re. The cost of fi ghting a fi re for two hours can be $30,000, and that’s a risk most homeowners aren’t willing to take. But the owner of a West Knox warehouse recently told Harnish that it doesn’t make fi nancial sense for him to pay the lowest subscription rate for coverage, which is ap-proximately $35,000 per year.

If a business is large, the decision sim-ply comes down to numbers, Harnish says.

That becomes a problem as areas

To page A-3

By Sandra ClarkKnoxville City Council has

voted 7-1-1 to overturn the Metro-politan Planning Commission’s rec-ommendation for rezoning to allow for a cell tower be-tween Ridgecrest and Martha Berry in Fountain City.

Nick Della Vol-pe, an attorney who represents

the area, led the fi ght against the rezoning. He said afterwards he

thinks the MPC got bad advice from its consultant.

“He admitted he had not looked at other sites,” Della Volpe said Monday. “He just looked at this site to make sure it met technical requirements.”

Suzanne Matheny, a neighbor-hood activist, said Della Volpe’s arguments were persuasive. “He rocked in the current vernacular,” she said.

Brenda Palmer voted no, while Marshall Stair recused himself as John King, a member of his law fi rm, represented the opponents.

Della Volpe said Mayor Mad-eline Rogero told him afterwards that she would have voted with the neighborhood had the council been split 4-4. Her vote was not necessary.

The council vote “was a strong defi ance of the erroneous advice our city leaders are being given by MPC’s ‘independent’ consultant that their hands are tied in deci-sions regarding the placement and manner of telecommunications fa-cilities,” Matheny said.

She said opponents were grate-ful for help from area neighbor-

hood groups and will reciprocateif necessary.

Della Volpe said the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996does not eliminate local oversight and zoning regulations. It just re-quires that local government notunfairly discriminate against onecarrier. The act was created tobenefi t consumers by encouragingcompetition, he said.

Branch Towers, represented by attorney Mary Miller, couldchoose to appeal the council’s de-cision. Miller was not available forcomment at press time.

Della Volpe

City Council says ‘no’ to FC cell tower

C.F. Bailey and Shadow Ridge warm up in

the parking lot: C.F. Bailey, Daniel Oxen-

dine, Jonathon O’neal and Johnny Siler.

It hurts where?It’s not like the free medi-

cal clinic at Magnolia Avenue Methodist Church is operating in secret – every Monday at noon dozens of patients line up to sign up to see the doctor and have a hot lunch courtesy of the church – but Russ John-ston, who chairs its board and was the driving force behind the clinic’s creation, is working hard to spread the word that no one will be turned away.

➤ Read Betty Bean on page A-5

Cycling race for kids in SoKno

The Tennessee High School Cycling League will hold a bike race 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 11, at 1548 Taylor Road (aka the Wood Property) in the Urban Wilderness.

The race course is 2.5 miles, with one sustained climb of 250-feet elevation gain. The sixth-grade boys and all middle-school girls will use the lower portion of the course, which omits the climb and descent and is 1.24 miles.

Info: tennesseemtb.org

Service adequate, funding flawed says fire chief

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Strength for the journeyCancer patient ‘survives and thrives’ with positive outlook and support from others

A time for war and a time for peace

Most every woman has a cal-endar packed with appointments and events that she has painstak-ingly scheduled for days, weeks and months in advance. Susan Brown, 57, of Knoxville, was no exception.

When her medical oncolo-gist suggested that she cancel everything for one solid year to focus on � ghting breast cancer, she was overwhelmed. How could she possibly give up that much of her time?

Then again, how could she not?Knowing the doctor was right,

Brown decided everything else could wait. Fighting cancer became her fulltime job. It was a � ght she fully intended to win.

On the morning of April 5, 2012, Brown went to the Parkwest Comprehensive Breast Center for a routine mammogram. That af-ternoon she received a call to come back to the of� ce, because a small spot had been discovered in one of her breasts.

A follow-up mammogram and biopsy revealed Brown had in� l-trating ductal carcinoma, the most common form of breast cancer, in a tumor that � rst appeared to be about a centimeter in size. An MRI later displayed the tumor at its full size of 7.4 centimeters.

The cancer care team at Parkwest and Thompson Cancer Survival Center, both members of Covenant Health, sprang into action.

After a PET scan, there was an appointment with her medical oncologist at Thompson Cancer Survival Center’s west campus, who explained that the cancer was aggressive. He helped her map out a treatment plan that included che-motherapy, surgery and eventually radiation.

“He was great,” Brown says. “He laid it all out on paper for me, so I knew exactly what to expect.”

Brown had a different per-spective than most breast cancer patients, because her husband is Dr. Lytle Brown, a surgeon who frequently performs surgical procedures on cancer patients. His insight was both a blessing and a curse. His response to her diagno-sis was a surprise.

“I saw him crumble,” Brown says. “He fell apart, and he didn’t go to work for two days.”

Her husband seemed to be hav-ing a more dif� cult time dealing with the diagnosis than she was. Thinking he must be withholding some sort of terrifying information, Brown asked him, point blank, if she was dying.

Her breast cancer wasn’t a death sentence, but Dr. Brown knew � rsthand that � ghting cancer is war. Having witnessed that war from the front lines, he hated the thought of now seeing his own wife go into battle.

“He had the knowledge I didn’t

Making the most of

every moment Brown’s last treatment was on

December 12, 2012. “I’ll never forget it because it was 12-12-12,” Brown quips.

It has now been more than three years since Brown’s breast cancer diagnosis, and she will tell you it has changed her. “For the better,” Brown insists. “I am so much more focused on my family.”

She says she’s also more focused on enjoying life, and less stressed about things that no longer matter to her, like rushing through traf-� c to get where she’s going more quickly. Each day ends with a hot bath and some quiet time in her room.

There are 10 pills to take every day, and she attends an exercise class three times a week. Surviv-

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have,” Brown says. “He knew what I was going to have to go through.”

A port was soon implanted, and Brown began chemotherapy at Thompson Cancer Survival Center West. After six treatments, she underwent a bilateral mastectomy at Parkwest on Sept. 7, 2012.

“Parkwest was absolutely fabu-lous,” Brown says. “I couldn’t have asked for better care in any area, from the lab to the MRI machines to the surgery care.”

As general surgeon Heath Many, MD, performed the mastectomy, plastic surgeon Stephen Becker, MD, was standing by to insert expanders, preparing the breasts for reconstruction.

After successful surgery, Brown went home to recover. Her mother and her husband cared for her, and friends offered support.

One of her friends made a set of special aprons to help keep Brown’s drainage tubes in place more com-fortably. The aprons worked so well that her husband asked for more to share with his patients.

With her friends and family supporting her and her faith fully intact, it seemed like everything was going well. Brown was fully focused on recovery at home, and asked her husband to pick up her pathology report. When they dis-cussed it later, she learned that the tumor removed during surgery was the same size it had been before she began chemo. Chemotherapy had failed to reduce its size.

“I had all that chemo for nothing!” she’d thought. But her husband, a surgeon with years of experience treating cancer patients, explained the truth of the matter.

“He said it wasn’t for nothing, because we have to hope that the chemo caught anything that might have gotten away from the tumor,” Brown says, “and the tumor hadn’t grown.”

Still, the results meant Brown would need to begin intensive treatments with radiation oncolo-gist Joseph Meyer, MD, at Thomp-son Cancer Survival Center as soon as possible. The staff at Thompson made it easier. Brown says they made her feel comfortable, and offered encouragement every step of the way.

ing cancer with a good quality of life can require a lot of effort, but Brown has found it’s worth the trouble.

“I want to be around to see my grandchildren get married,” Brown says. “I’ve learned how to manage it – it’s a manageable disease.”

Brown has put her thoughts and memories of the cancer experi-ence into a book, “My Journey with Cancer,” to share with her family and friends. Today she encourages other cancer patients and their families to remain strong.

“Hang in there,” Brown says, “there is light at the end of the tunnel.”

The importance of

mammogramsSusan Brown’s cancer was

detected during a routine mam-mogram. She’d had no signs and no symptoms prior to her diagnosis.

Mammograms are still the � rst line of defense in early detection, and annual screening mammo-grams are recommended for every woman age 40 or older. To learn more about mammograms and other effective screening options, call Parkwest Comprehensive Breast Center at 865-373-7010.

Susan Brown’s friend,

Shari Lyons, and Brown’s

husband, Dr. Lytle Brown,

pose with Susan and the

aprons that Shari made

during Susan’s treatment.

Parkwest Comprehensive Breast CenterThe Parkwest Comprehensive Breast Center

is recognized as a Breast Center of Excel-lence by the American College of Radiol-ogy (ACR). The Center is proud to offer a multidisciplinary program, includ ing screenings, breast cancer diagnoses, treatment and counseling. This com-prehensive approach and use of the most advanced technology has helped save the lives of countless women in our area. The ACS reports that death rates for breast cancer have steadily decreased in women since 1989 as a result of progress in earlier detection and improved treatment.

The Comprehensive Breast Center proudly pro-vides services such as:

■ Digital mammography – X-ray images of the breast to spot possible problems

■ Tomosynthesis – 3-D digital mammog-raphy that produces several 3-D images of the breast from different angles, especially recom mended for women with dense breast tissue or high cancer risk

■ Breast ultrasound – uses sound waves to detect any inconsis tencies

■ Stereotactic biopsy – a minimally-inva-sive procedure that serves as an alternative to open surgery biopsy

■ Multidisciplinary Breast Conference to expedite treatment and plan of care

■ Breast Health Navigator – an RN who spe cializes in helping breast patients through treatment to recovery

Although breast cancer can’t be prevented at the

present time, early detection of problems pro-vides the greatest possibility of successful

treatment. That’s why it’s so important to follow this three-step plan for preventive care.

1.) Breast Self Exams (BSE)2.) Clinical Breast Exams (CBE), and3.) Mammography

Mammography can often detect breast cancer at an early stage, when treatment is

more effective and a cure is more likely. Although it is a very accurate screening tool for women at both average and in creased risk, mammography will not detect all breast cancers in women without symp-toms. The sen sitivity of the test is lower for women with dense breasts. However, newer tech nologies have shown promising developments for women with dense breast tissue. Tomogra phy, or 3-D digital mammog raphy, has signi� cantly im proved cancer de-tection for women with dense breasts.

Regardless of the detection method, once breast cancer is diagnosed, a Parkwest Breast Health Co-ordinator can help patients formulate the best treat-ment plan for each unique situation.

According to the ACS, the � ve-year relative sur-vival rate for female invasive breast cancer patients has improved from 75 percent in the mid-1970s to 89 percent today.* The Parkwest Comprehensive Breast Center is proud to have con tributed to that increase in survival over time due to its advanced screen-ing, diagnosis and treatment procedures. Why wait? Schedule your screening at Parkwest by calling 865-373-7010.*American Cancer Society’s Breast Cancer Facts & Figures 2015

“I enjoy all aspects of breast imag ing and truly love

what I do. I pride myself not only on doing high

quality work, but also on my inter personal skills

which I hope provide comfort to patients in need.”

Dr. Amanda Squires attended medical school at

Tulane Univer sity, residency at Medical College of

Georgia and completed a fel lowship in women’s

imaging at Vanderbilt University.

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within the county grow. The 2000 census showed 700 residents in the Choto area, while the 2010 cen-sus showed 5,200. Growth in population requires a growth in service.

“There’s a limit to how much funding can come in when residential properties are bearing the bulk of the cost. At some point, we have to get commercial proper-ties to bear more of the ex-pense.”

He sees two possible so-lutions. The county could tax businesses to pay for service, or pass an ordi-nance to make it easier for Rural/Metro to charge non-subscribers for service. If rates for businesses were signifi cantly higher, the math would change, he says.

Harnish estimates that

50 percent to 60 percent of county properties are cov-ered through subscriptions. There are now 16 Rural/Metro fi re stations in Knox County outside the city and 19 city-operated fi re halls, and combining the two would be costly. He can’t see the city taking on such a huge fi nancial challenge. The county could raise the property tax to cover fi re service, but it would be an enormous hike.

The next new fi re station is likely to be in the Forks of the River area in East Knox County. While stations are generally well distributed, specifi c locations are not always ideal. The current station is located in the in-dustrial park, and it needs to be closer to residences, Harnish says.

Service adequate From page A-1

Hicks

Powell Playhouse gears up for comedy

Newcomers to the Powell Playhouse stage David Stair, Debra Pope and Brian Cooney rehearse

the upcoming play. Pope will play dual roles in the performance. Photos by Cindy Taylor

“The Day at the Java Shop and Greyhound Bus Depot” is coming to Powell Pl ay hou s e at Jubilee Banquet Fa-cility Thurs-day through S a t u r d a y,

Oct. 15, 16 and 17, for four performances.

Directed by Gina Jones, the show features 16 ac-tors including newcomers: Brandon Lloyd Hicks, David Stair, Debra Pope and Brian Cooney.

It opens the fi fth season of the playhouse, founded by the late Nita Buell Black, longtime drama teacher at Powell High School.

Hicks is a native of Mount Airy, N.C., who now lives in West Knoxville. At Powell, he plays a young Johnny

Cash, complete with sing-ing. He recently played Elvis in “All Shook up” at the Oak Ridge Playhouse.

The shows will be at Ju-bilee Banquet Facility on

Callahan Road with evening performances at 7 p.m. and the Saturday matinee at 2 p.m. Tickets are available prior to each performance.

Meals are also available

at $15 for dinner and $10 for lunch prior to the matinee. Just make reservations with Jubilee by calling 865-938-2112.

Tennessee Brushfi re: Perry Cooper, Bill Bunt, Linda Bunt, Roger Lay and Doug Roberts

While the festival is chiefl y bluegrass, there was enough gospel and country in the mix to keep music lov-ers engaged. “They are coun-try to the bone,” Walta Patt

Bluegrass From page A-1

COMMUNITY NOTES ■ Broadacres Homeowners Association. Info:

Steven Goodpaster, generalgoodpaster@

gmail.com.

■ Knox North Lions Club meets 1 p.m.

each fi rst and third Wednesday, Puleo’s

Grille, 110 Cedar Lane. Info: facebook.com/

knoxnorthlions.

■ Northwest Democratic Club meets 6 p.m.

each fi rst Monday, Austin’s Steak & Home-

style 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 Clin-

ton Pike. Info: [email protected].

said of the band Whitewater. All pickers and jam-

mers were welcomed with plenty of shade-tree pick-in’ underway. Food ran the gamut from healthy to such Southern delicacies as deep-fried Twinkies and even moon pies.

Tennessee Brushfi re, led by Roger Lay of Powell, stirred everybody’s blood up, especially when he fea-tured his sister, Linda Bunt, on the bass.

“She’s one of fi ve sisters,” Lay said, “and her husband, Bill Bunt, also plays. Most of us are family.”

Just as a woman saun-tered by with a stack of fun-nel cakes, Lay launched into “Going Back to Birming-ham.”

Central High School is launching a blended learn-ing academy as part of a two-year pilot funded by the Great Schools Partnership, according to a press release sent Monday by the GSP.

The academy will target students who need recovery credits and those wishing to surge ahead with Advanced Placement and “dual enroll-ment” courses for both high-school and college credit.

C t l Hi h S h l i TThh d ilili lll tt t

Central High to pilot online program Central High School is the fi rst Knox County school to create such an academy.

Blended courses offer a combination of online and face-to-face instruc-tion. The academy will of-

fer courses produced and fi lmed by Central’s own

faculty as well as courses offered by outside academic institutions such as Pellis-sippi State Community Col-lege. Central’s goal is to dou-

ble the number of st udents taking college-level courses and increase its graduation rate to 90 percent during the two-year pilot.


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Watch closely, my friends. This could be the crossroads of Butch Jones’ coaching career.

Observe the details this Saturday and make note of which way the Volunteers go. If this team recovers from the latest disappoint-ment, smacks Georgia in the mouth and carries the fi ght to the Bulldogs for all four quarters, the season can be saved.

Georgia, treated rudely by Alabama, will be trying to bounce back at Tennes-see’s expense. If that hap-pens, forget all the tall talk of summer and lofty orange expectations. The Vols will be stuck at 2-4. There will be no SEC East title. There may not be six victories for bowl eligibility. There is but one North Texas, one South Carolina and one Vanderbilt on the remaining schedule.

Jones’ immediate solu-tion to this dilemma was not very reassuring.

This could be the crossroads

“You keep working and you win one of these games eventually.”

Hmmmm. My reaction? What Tennessee needs are more Bowling Greens and Western Carolinas. Some SEC bullies are just too tough. Some are too smart. This is the big league.

Oklahoma and Florida caused considerable grief. Arkansas let more air out of the Tennessee balloon. It defeated the Vols physically, much worse than the fi nal score. The psychological setback may have been even more decisive.

Arkansas is old-fash-ioned dull in comparison to Tennessee. It does not do

much strobe-light stuff. It does not get highlight time on ESPN shows. It does not even bother with the hip-hop hurry-up offense.

The Razorbacks do not have an aerospace engineer at quarterback. Their guy does not study differential equations or do internships on next-generation Pratt & Whitney F135 engines.

Arkansas has noth-ing close to the Tennessee theme song, Rocky Top. The school did establish trade-mark rights to “Woooooooo Pig Sooie!”

The coaches are the real difference in Tennessee and Arkansas. Butch is a free-fl owing orator, a polished motivational speaker, a nat-ural salesman. His brick-by-brick building plan has been copied by construction companies worldwide.

Bret Bielema is not nearly as photogenic or articulate. If Butch comes across as a slick marketing manager,

Bret appears to be more the bib overalls type.

Their coaching back-grounds are a study in con-trasts. Butch built his fame at Central Michigan and Cincinnati. Bielema went 68-24 at Wisconsin. Three of his teams played in Rose Bowls.

This is the third year in rebuilding projects for both coaches. Jones has clearly excelled in recruiting. At Neyland Stadium, Bret’s team performed as if it had superior talent.

The Razorbacks did fun-damentals. The Vols missed opportunities and far too many tackles. The sec-ondary lost receivers and couldn’t fi nd them. A fa-mous cornerback dropped on the draft board.

We all know Joshua Dobbs does not throw well downfi eld. But at least he was inconsistent. A few passes were perfect. More were off-target. Tennes-

see offensive and defensive fronts got thumped. Jalen Hurd gained one yard in the second half. Other Vols, even Dobbs, did not run well. This was not a strategy fl aw. Arkansas had the ball.

Georgia is a better team than Arkansas. It may not be as tough.

What the Bulldogs do on their comeback should be interesting. What the Vols do is critical. Nothing like this ever happened dur-ing the previous adminis-tration. We never mistook Derek Dooley teams for good. This one faked us out. It would be nice to get sur-prised again.

More on Georgia This is for the children

who came in late.There is more to Tennes-

see-Georgia football than Herschel Walker bumping into Bill Bates.

As rivalries go, this is a strange one. The schools played long, long ago, be-came charter members of the Southeastern Confer-ence but didn’t play for 31

years. Some wonder why.Historic occasions? In

1973, Tennessee was leading 31-28 with 2:27 remaining, fourth and two, wrong end of the fi eld. Bill Battle called for a fake punt, spotted a problem, tried to change the play, but couldn’t get the message to all concerned.

Fullback Steve Chanc-ey took the snap and was swarmed. Georgia cashed in. Battle carries the scar.

In 1980, young Herschel made his debut, stormed up the middle, ran over Bates, scored a touchdown and triggered this exclamation from Georgia announcer Larry Munson: “My God, a freshman!”

Tennessee won nine in a row in the next decade. In 1992, Heath Shuler told interim coach Phillip Ful-mer not to worry, he’d take care of the little problem. The quarterback patted the coach on his broad bottom and completed the famous fourth-and-14 pass to Ron-ald Davis.

Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is [email protected]

Wendy Smith

Bonovich

Saunders

Few city residents braved the rainy weather last week to vote in the primary for three contested City Coun-cil seats. But they’ll get a second chance to choose from exactly the same can-didates, minus two at-large Seat C contenders, during the Nov. 3 general election.

Bonovich comes out punchinglenger Paul Bonovich, a

small busi-ness owner. S a u n d e r s raked in 64 percent of votes, while B o n o v i c h r e c e i v e d 13 percent

− just 45 votes more than third-place fi nisher David Williams, who had 12 per-cent. Kelly Absher fi nished fourth with 11 percent.

Bonovich says he’s thrilled to be participat-ing in the general election. After a day of recovery fol-lowing the election, he was ready to get back to com-municating with voters. His

platform has become more clearly defi ned, as have his issues with Saunders.

He now has three key is-sues. The fi rst is the city’s “unsustainable” pension fund. The unfunded liabil-ity grew from $18 million to $170 million over the past seven years, and given the shape of the market, he wouldn’t be surprised if it increased to $200 million this year.

The second fl ows from the fi rst. Bonovich is con-cerned that city liabilities will result in a tax increase, and he wants to look at al-ternatives to raising taxes.

His third key issue is protecting the integrity of

neighborhoods. Saunders has not been a champion of neighborhoods, he says.

“He took a hospital from a neighborhood that wanted it and put it in a neighbor-hood that didn’t.”

Saunders also has a plan − to keep doing what he’s been doing for four years. He’ll continue attending meetings and talking with neighborhood representa-tives and business owners “to understand what’s go-ing on.” He lists such neigh-borhood organizations as Bearden Council, Town Hall East and Fountain City Town Hall as being good sources of information.

He thinks last week’s

election refl ected support for the current council.

“We don’t always agree, but we’ll always fi nd a solu-tion.”

Ironically, he points to the city pension as an ex-

ample of a time when the council worked well t o g e t h e r . While coun-cil can’t change the p e n s i o n s t r uc t u r e , m e m b e r s

can make suggestions about what goes on the ballot for voters to decide. The cur-rent council was new when it spent six months working through issues related to the pension.

Both candidates ex-

pressed concern about the low voter turnout for the primary. Saunders says he doesn’t want interest to drop off before the general elec-tion.

The District 5 race be-tween incumbent Mark Campen and Jennifer Mirtes will be citywide dur-ing the general election. But voting for at-large seats is citywide during both the primary and the general election.

It’s a redundancy that needs to be addressed, pos-sibly after the current elec-tion cycle.

Seat A incumbent George Wallace had no op-position. Incumbent Mar-shall Stair will once again face Pete Drew for Seat B. Here’s hoping for sunny weather.

The Seat C fi eld has been reduced to incumbent Fin-barr Saunders and chal-

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Last week Knoxville’s Habitat for Humanity an-nounced its 500th house built here since the group’s founding in 1976.

Also last week, the city renamed a road (Town View Drive to Lula Powell Drive) as LHP Capital LLC affi rmed a previously an-nounced $21.6 million ren-ovation of Townview Tow-ers and the adjacent Arbor Place. Combined, these of-fer 500 apartments.

Irony abounds.A quick check shows

some 3,700 units of KCDC-owned and managed apart-ments and another 4,000 KCDC-issued housing vouchers.

That means Knox County has added almost 9,000 units of subsidized housing in the last 40 years, and yet chronic homelessness re-mains a problem.

There’s a huge difference, though, between the good work of Habitat versus the re-cycling efforts – both build-ings and tenants – of the gov-ernment rental business.

Carr Hagan, president of LHP Capital, talked with me last week about his com-pany’s business.

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It’s Saunders vs. Bonovich for Seat C

The recent city elections produced no surprises other than the three opponents to Finbarr Saunders ran almost evenly among them while Saunders took the lion’s share of the vote.

Paul Bonovich, who faces Saunders in the runoff, edged his closest rival, David Williams, by 45 votes for Seat C. Expect Bonovich to wage an active campaign as will Saunders.

Voter turnout hit the lowest mark in history. Such low totals deprive the winning candidates of any meaningful mandate for much of anything as 96 percent of the voters stayed home.

Interestingly, 568 more voters voted in the Seat C contest than voted in the mayor’s race. Some 3,757 voted for mayor while 4,325 voted among the four rivals for Seat C. Rogero got only 70 more votes than city Judge John Rosson with her 3,711 votes; Rosson got 3,641.

Saunders won with 64 percent of the total vote. However, on absentee voters, Saunders fell below 50 percent of the total. His election-day vote was three percentage points less than his early voting totals, while Bonovich slightly increased his percentage by election day.

■ Marshall Stair, who lives in North Knoxville, actually got more votes in George Wallace’s home precinct of Deane Hill Rec Center than Wallace, who was unopposed. Will be interesting to see if that repeats itself in November. Both Stair and Wallace are seen as possible mayoral candidates in 2019.

■ Expect a robust debate over the next four weeks between Saunders and Bonovich on issues such as the 34-cent property tax hike, Cumberland Avenue’s $18 million construction project and neighborhood support. Saunders is the clear favorite.

■ Knoxville civic leader Jim Haslam II is being honored in Nashville on Oct. 20 by the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee with its Joe Kraft Humanitarian Award. This is given to those who have made life better for others through hard work, bold dedication to service and strong faith in the human spirit.

Other recipients include former Govs. Winfi eld

Dunn, Phil Bredesen and Ned McWherter, along with Martha Ingram, former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean and the late John Seigenthaler. Congratulations and well deserved.

■ Knoxville’s Bicentennial was observed 24 years ago with a year-long occasion in which neighborhoods across the city undertook improvement plans. It was led ably by Sue Clancy, Roseanne Wolf, Carolyn Jensen, Bobbye Dyslin and Emily Mackebee. Mackebee died Sept. 18, but her legacy of hard work and enthusiasm lives on and should be remembered for helping stage a spectacular year for the city.

Next year marks the 225th anniversary of the city on Oct. 3, 2016. The celebration has been outsourced by the Rogero Administration to Visit Knoxville, which has created a website on it. Talking to the women who pulled off the 1991 celebration would be a good place for Kim Bumpas and her group to start.

■ The unpublicized greenway that goes from Buck Karnes Bridge along the Tennessee River to Marine Park may open someday. It has been there for four months without a city news release.

Parking is at the Marine Park off Alcoa Highway. Tax dollars paid for it and taxpayers ought to know of its existence. The city had said the connection to Buck Karnes Bridge would be completed this summer but now they say it will be this fall. Some construction is underway under the bridge, but at a slow pace.

■ Sen. Bob Corker, chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was a guest at the White House state dinner Sept. 25 for the president of China.

■ Jeb Bush visits Knoxville this week for a fundraiser for his presidential campaign with an event at the home of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Randy and Jenny Boyd.

‘Where does it hurt?’East Knoxville church operates free medical clinic

It’s not like the free medi-cal clinic at Magnolia Av-enue Methodist Church is operating in secret – every Monday at noon dozens of patients line up to sign up to see the doctor and have a hot lunch courtesy of the church – but Russ John-ston, who chairs its board and was the driving force behind the clinic’s creation, is working hard to spread the word that there’s free medical care available in East Knoxville and that no one will be turned away.

“The only question we ask is where does it hurt,” he said.

Johnston, a 1960 Uni-versity of Tennessee com-puter science graduate who earned advanced degrees in organizational design from MIT and Harvard, was a founding faculty member of Wake Forest’s Babcock Graduate School of Business and a professor at Boston University’s graduate school of business before he retired in 1999 and moved back to Knoxville with his wife, Florence.

“I hate to dispute Thomas Wolfe, but you can go home again,” he said.

The Johnstons started attending Magnolia Avenue United Methodist Church because, he said, “The peo-ple here were so nice. Over the next couple of years, I kept thinking, ‘The Lord wants me to go over there to that church,’ and I’d say, ‘Nah, that’s just my imagi-nation.’

“Finally, the Lord said, ‘I want you to go there and when you get there, I’ll show you what to do.’ So I came over here and they had a new minister – Van Sanks – and he wanted it to become a missionary church that re-lated to its neighborhood.”

The idea for the clinic grew from there.

“People kept telling me, ‘I go over to St. Mary’s for medical care.’ I’d ask how they got there, and they’d say, ‘I walk.’

“God told me, ‘You need to do something,’ and I lis-tened,” Johnston said. The congregation started feed-ing people on Mondays and opened a clothing closet. Members of Ebenezer Unit-ed Methodist opened up a

food pantry. The clinic opened af-ter Dr. Ja-net Purkey, an internist and associ-ate profes-sor at the Universit y of Tennes-

see Medical Center, got in-volved. (Johnston says the fi rst 23 doctors he asked turned him down). She’s on duty from noon until 3 p.m. when she is relieved by Dr. John Bashore.

Purkey got involved in planning the clinic through her church, Central Baptist of Bearden, and is assisted by a core of dedicated volun-teer social workers, nurses and community members who take histories and keep the place running. Once a month, Wayne Smith, also

a volunteer, does HIV and Hepatitis C testing. Last week Purkey was excited to welcome a medical student sent by Dr. Ron Lands, a colleague at UT Medical Center, and she says they could use more help.

“I don’t want to be a di-rector. I want to be a worker bee. Find me a director!”

She said working at the clinic is “eye-opening and rewarding. A lot of things still need to be tweaked, but people know that we are do-ing our best for them.”

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Social worker Aman-da Mills and founder Russ Johnston

Aff ordable housing is big b usiness

Since the mid-1970s, the federal government has en-couraged privately owned and developed residen-tial rental units for public housing, but those funding programs ended in the mid-1980s, he said.

Phillip Lawson, now board chair of LHP Capital, began studying a new fi -nancial model, Hagan said. From the late 1990s into the next decade, low income housing was funded with tax credits. In 2005, a hous-ing division was created within Lawler-Wood, and that housing division re-mains today, renamed LHP Capital LLC.

“Lawler-Wood is a 40-year brand, but we’ve re-branded,” said Hagan, who has worked with Phil Law-son for 13 years.

And LHP is also rebrand-ing its properties.

Townview Towers (300

units), one of three public housing entities atop the hill overlooking downtown Knoxville and the Civic Coliseum, is becoming 1100 Studio Apartments. The adjacent Arbor Place (200 units) is becoming Pinnacle Park. And the KCDC-owned property that’s most vis-ible to motorists is now The Vista at Summit Hill, ad-vertised as 175 cable-ready apartments with great views of Knoxville’s skyline and the mountains.

Hagan said his apart-ments have strong occupan-cy, vacant only for normal transitions. The federal sub-sidy is tied to the unit rather than the individual. Ten-ants pay 30 percent of their monthly income and the government makes up the difference based on market rental rates, he said.

You know what’s happen-ing to downtown residential rental rates.

Hagan said the $21.6 mil-lion that his company is in-vesting in rehabilitation is “lots more than appliances,” although new appliances, fl oor covering and upgrad-ed cabinets are included. There will also be new roofs,

HVAC, electrical upgrades and security cameras, he said.

“ T h e s e are 45-year-old build-ings with many main-t e n a n c e needs.”

The new names and new signage will be installed by year’s end. The 18-month construction schedule is ahead on Pinnacle Park where, given the com-plexity of the retrofi ts, the tenants are moved 24-units at a time to on-site hotel units while work is underway.

“We’re putting almost $25 million of capital in-vestment in affordable homes,” said Hagan.

Leaving this writer to conclude: the smartest peo-ple in town do not work for the government.

Note: When Mayor Mad-eline Rogero suggested a battle of the bands between the police and fi re depart-ments, council member Nick Della Volpe shot back: “Let’s call it Guns and Hoses.”

“I’ve got no impulse con-trol,” he said later.


SENIOR NOTES ■ Karns Senior Center

8042 Oak Ridge Highway951-2653knoxcounty.org/seniorsMonday-Friday7:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

Off erings include: fl u

shots, noon Wednesday,

Oct. 14; card games; dance

classes; exercise programs;

mahjong; dominoes; Farkle

Tournament, 10 a.m. Friday,

Oct. 16. The Knox County

Veterans Services offi ce

will provide one-on-one

assistance to veterans and

family members 9-10 a.m.

Friday, Oct. 16.

Register for: AARP Safe

Driver Class, 11:30 a.m.-3:30

p.m. Thursday-Friday, Oct.

8-9 (951-2653); “Stepping on

Falls Prevention program,

11 a.m.-1 p.m. beginning

Tuesday, Oct. 13 (951-2653);

S’moresfest, 1 p.m. Friday,

Oct. 16, deadline to RSVP is

Oct. 13.

■ Halls Senior Center:4405 Crippen Road922-0416knoxcounty.org/seniorsMonday-FridayHours vary

Off erings include: fl u

shots, 9-11 a.m. Wednesday,

Oct. 7; card games; exercise

classes; dance classes; craft

classes; Tai Chi; movie mati-

nee each Tuesday; Senior

Meals program, noon each

Wednesday.

Register for: “Snack

& Learn: Cruise Planners,”

Friday, Oct. 9; “Paint it Pink”

painting class, Friday, Oct. 9;

fi eld trip to Mighty Musical

Monday at the Tennessee

Theatre, Monday, Oct. 12;

“Potluck: BBQ & Bluegrass,”

Tuesday, Oct. 13; Three Riv-

ers Rambler Train ride Oct.

23, limited seating.

■ Heiskell Community Center9420 Heiskell Road

Seniors Luncheon meeting, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 8. Bring

dessert and a friend. Info:

Janice White, 548-0326.

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Mayor Madeline Rogero arrives in style for the picnic. Photos byCindy Taylor

STAR volunteer Cathy Dolson steps into the rain

with Donkey Hodie, Jumpin’ Jack Flash and Honey.

Gretchen Harvey came from Carter Senior Center for the May-

or’s picnic.

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Buckets full of funBy Cindy Taylor

Rain fell by the buckets. The temp was a chilly 60 degrees. The wind easily turned umbrellas wrong side up. Who would want to pic-nic in that? Apparently more than 700 senior citizens.

The turnout for Knox County Mayor Tim Bur-chett’s senior apprecia-tion picnic was surpris-ingly large considering the weather was uncooperative

for the second year in a row. Seniors arrived at John

Tarleton Park by the van-load and stayed through the constant drizzle alternating with down-pours of rain to enjoy music, food and fun. Vendors from various ser-vice providers were on-site with freebies and informa-tion benefi tting seniors. This is the 9th year Knox County has hosted the se-nior picnic, launched by

Mayor Mike Ragsdale and his director of senior ser-vices, Cynthia Finch.

“Mayor Burchett has con-tinued the picnic as a way to show our seniors that we appreciate their service and commitment to our coun-try and community,” said county communications director Michael Grider. “It was a great turnout despite the rain.”

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The second branch of the autonomic nervous system is the parasympathetic sys-tem, which works to conserve energy and rebuild tissue. This is also the branch

that helps slow your heart rate down and get your body back to a normal resting state after you get out of the emergency situation that I described earlier in the sympathetic nervous system. So you can see one branch of the system speeds you up while the other branch slows you down. This is how your body achieves homeo-stasis. It does this by lowering blood pressure and putting the digestive process to work. Because of the envi-ronment we live in today, this branch of your nervous system is usually under-stimulated, and most people do not eliminate their waste properly because this branch does not func-tion the way it should.

Now that you understand the two branches of the autonomic nervous

system, you can see that our body and digestive system were designed to get the most nutrients we could from our food and get rid of the rest. By the time your food reaches the large intestine, the good nutrients that our body needs have usually been absorbed, and the body needs to excrete the remaining waste. How-ever what happens if we are overly sympathetic, dehydrated and our digestive system is not working cor-rectly? The waste product sits in our colon longer than it’s supposed to which can allow some toxins to be re-absorbed back into our system, mak-ing the job even harder on our liver. This can also affect the good and bad bacteria that are in your colon. Your body will be more concerned with getting rid of the toxins than it would dropping a few extra pounds of fat.

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Like many of you, I missed the blood moon and eclipse. I was in the mountains, where the clouds completely cov-ered the event. To say I was disappointed is an understatement.

I love the moon and the stars and frequently step outside at night to check in with them. I sup-pose it fulfi lls some need for wonder, mystery and vastness. I am fairly cer-tain that it is also a secu-rity thing: I am reassured that God’s in His heaven; all’s right with the world!

I like to think that God spangled the heavens for us, as a lover showers the beloved with gifts. In-stead of placing His jew-els in our hands, however, God fl ung them across the skies for our amazement and pleasure, for all of us to share.

I pity people who live in large cities, where lights completely obliter-ate the heavens. Surely, they haven’t a clue what they are missing, or they would do something about it!

The earth quakes before them, the heavens tremble. The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.

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I am grateful I have had the opportunity to witness the stars in the deserts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. Away from towns, away from neon, away from noise, the stillness is fi lled with wonder and overlaid with grace.

As I have pondered all of this, I also worry about our little planet. Will smog and dust re-place clean air and laugh-ing streams? Will green plants live only in green-houses? Will there be a day when we have fouled the nest to the point of unsustainability?

I pray that we will re-consider our habits, our pleasures, our faults, our foolishness, our stub-bornness, and love this lovely blue orb that is our home.

Lee Hickman travels to teachBy Cindy Taylor

Traveling preachers are reminders of the past. Dr.

Lee Hick-man, Th. D., is re-viving the t r a d i t i o n . He doesn’t journey on hor s e b ac k or stay in one place for a month

or more at one time, but he loves visiting different churches in the area.

Hickman, a Clinton resi-dent, has been making the rounds of pulpits in the Halls and Gibbs area. He of-ten speaks at Clear Springs Baptist Church.

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He started preaching at 13 and has held pastor-ates since 17. He recently earned a doctorate in the-ology. He says preaching is definitely a calling but it is one that wasn’t always clear to him.

“Even though I began preaching when I was 13 I had wrestled with it for several months,” he said. “I wondered if anyone would want to listen to a 13 year old preach.”

With little life experience at that early age, Hickman didn’t think he would bring credibility to the pulpit. He says God sent assurances in answered prayers that as long as he preached the Word of God he would have

all the credibility he needed. Hickman says he surren-dered to the call of ministry in August 1999.

“Since that day I have not slowed down from traveling to tell people about Jesus.”

Hickman says he has been blessed since the be-ginning of his ministry to always have appointments to preach somewhere. His first pastorate was at Beals Baptist Church in Lenoir City. He has pastored three other churches since then. He says all the churches have been greatly blessed by God and grew tremen-dously in His glory. Hick-man currently serves at Batley Baptist Church in Clinton as associate pas-

tor but travels to speak at other churches for special meetings, revivals and conferences.

He began pursuing his doctorate two years ago at the encouragement of friends and family and wrote “The Door of Wis-dom,” a devotional on the book of Proverbs.

“I was blessed with over-whelming support from my wife, children and friends while going through my studies,” he said. “My plan now is to use my education to advance the precious gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.”

Hickman can be reached at batleychurch.org or [email protected].

FAITH NOTES

Community services

■ Cross Roads Presbyterian,

4329 E. Emory Road, hosts the

Halls Welfare Ministry food

pantry 6-8 p.m. each second

Tuesday and 9-11 a.m. each

fourth Saturday.

■ Dante Church of God, 410

Dante School Road, will

distribute Boxes of Blessings

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

are gone, Saturday, Oct. 10.

One box per household. Info:

689-4829.

■ Faith UMC, 1120 Dry Gap

Pike, will host Kids Kloset, 9

a.m.-noon Saturday, Oct. 17.

In addition to clothing, coats,

hats, scarves and gloves are

available. Faith is accepting

donations of coats, hats,

scarves and gloves 6-7:30 p.m.

Wednesdays. Info: 688-1000.

■ Glenwood Baptist Church,

7212 Central Avenue Pike, is

accepting appointments for

the John 5 Food Pantry. Info:

938-2611. Your call will be

returned.

■ Powell Presbyterian Church,

2910 W. Emory Road, will host

a Second Harvest Mobile

Food Pantry on Saturday,

Oct. 10. The parking lot

will open 6 a.m., and food

will be distributed 7:30. No

prerequirements to receive

food. Volunteers needed

7-9:30 a.m. Info: 938-8311 or

powellpcusa.org.

■ 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 ■ First Comforter Church, 5516

Old Tazewell Pike, hosts MAPS

(Mothers At Prayer Service)

noon each Friday. Info: Edna

Hensley, 771-7788.

■ 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:

recoveryatpowell.com or

[email protected].

Fundraisers ■ Christ UMC, 7535 May-

nardville Pike, will host Lulu

Roman in concert 7 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 17, in the sanc-

tuary. Tickets: $10 advanced;

$12 at the door. Funds raised

go to Christ Church choir.

Info/tickets: 922-1412 or choir

members.

■ Faith UMC, 1120 Dry Gap

Pike, will host a “CHRISTmas

Ride,” 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 17. Motorcycle

ride from church to LMU to

support Angel Tree. Cost: $15

or $10 and new toy.

Music programs ■ Mount Harmony Baptist

Church, 819 Raccoon Valley

Road NE, Heiskell, will host an

outdoor gospel singing 6 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 27, at the church.

Everyone 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

for $10. Info/reservations:

690-1060.

■ Dante Baptist Church, 314

Brown Drive, is seeking ven-

dors for its Craft Fair Oct. 10.

Info: Vivian Baker, 382-3715.

Youth programs ■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak

Ridge Highway, hosts Morn-

ing Breakfast and Afternoon

Hang Out for youth each

Tuesday. Breakfast and Bible

study, 7:20 a.m.; Hang Out

Time, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Info: 690-

1060 or beaverridgeumc.org.

New Knoxville Day Aglow co-chair/president Judy Burgess and

Aglow speaker Clara Bell Photo by Cindy Taylor

By Cindy Taylor Changes are in the air

for Knoxville Day Aglow. For the first time a hus-band/wife team will be co-chair/president. Judy and Gary Burgess will share the title.

“It is amazing how God put this together,” said Judy. “One of the Aglow mandates is reconciliation and walk-ing together between men and women. My husband and I both feel this is some-thing that will enhance that mandate for Knoxville Day Aglow.”

The couple live in An-derson County and attend church in Clinton. Now the two will add a trip to Powell at least monthly to attend Aglow Connection

Co-chairs and changes for Aglow

meetings at New Covenant Church. Judy says she and Gary have a tremendous vi-sion for expansion.

“We think small groups are where God wants us to go,” said Judy. “It is a more intimate setting.”

Aglow members agree that a husband/wife team as leaders will be a great blessing and will encourage other men to attend meet-ings as well.

Clara Bell spoke to the Aglow Connection meeting Sept. 29. Her subject was “Cleave to your Source.”

“The focus of the mes-sage is how Ruth cleaves to Naomi and how God is our Source,” said Bell.

Knoxville Day Aglow meets each month at New Covenant Church on Cen-tral Avenue Pike.

HEALTH NOTES ■ PK Hope Is Alive Parkinson

Support Group of East TN meeting, 11:30 a.m. Tuesday,

Oct. 20, Kern UMC, 451 E.

Tennessee Ave., Oak Ridge.

Speaker: Debbie Price. Topic:

“Healthy Mind Counsel-

ing.” Info: Karen Sampsell,

482-4867; pk_hopeisalive@

bellsouth.net; pkhopeisalive.

org.

■ Peninsula Lighthouse Group of Families Anony-mous meetings, 6:15-7:15

p.m. each Tuesday, 1451 Dow-

ell Springs Blvd. Newcomers

welcome; no dues/fees; no

sign-up; fi rst names only.

Info: Barbara L., 696-6606 or

[email protected].

■ UT Hospice Adult Grief Sup-port Group meeting, 5-6:30

p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20, UT Hos-

pice offi ce, 2270 Sutherland

Ave. A light supper is served.

Info/reservation: Brenda

Fletcher, 544-6277.


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Powell Elementary PTA is hosting “Internet Safety Night for Parents” at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8. Lt. Aaron Yarnell of the Knox County Sheriff ’s Of-fice Cyber Squad will discuss what goes on with kids on the web. The program

is not designed for elementary-age stu-dents, but childcare will be provided forstudents in kindergarten through fifthgrade. Older children may attend with aparent, but discretion is advised. Info:938-2048.

Knox County Schools Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre surprises Copper Ridge Elementary fi fth-

grade teacher David Leonard with a supply basket during Thank a Teacher week. Leonard was

selected for his historically high performance for all students. In layman’s terms, he’s a great

teacher and cares about his students. “Leonard represents what’s best about Knox County

Schools,” said McIntyre. Photo by R. White

Leonard honored at Copper Ridge

Students in Joy Harris’s class second-grade class at Powell Elementary draw pictures of how to

be safe on the Internet in preparation for Internet Safety Night for parents on Thursday, Oct. 8. Photo submitted

The Jacob Building at Chilhowee Park was packed with college representatives, military recruiters and rep-resentatives for HOPE schol-ars and Tennessee Achieves. The event was the annual Knox County Schools col-lege/career fair, which pro-vided juniors and seniors with tons of information to help students plan for life af-ter high school.

Students interested in at-tending Maryville College will have an opportunity to preview the campus at the Meet Maryville event. Stu-

dents and their families are invited to experience how students learn, live and play at MC. The event will be held Saturday, Nov. 14. Informa-tion is available online at maryvillecollege.edu/meet-maryville.

The University of Chat-tanooga is hosting a Power Tour, Monday, Oct. 26, at Calhoun’s in Turkey Creek. The event is designed to help students register for col-lege on the spot, “in a Moc minute.” Representatives from admissions, scholar-ships, fi nancial aid, housing

and Student Success will be on hand to answer ques-tions. To get admitted that day, students need to fi ll out an application at the event and bring with them a high school transcript (in a sealed envelope from a guidance counselor) and ACT or SAT composite score. Admission requirements to be accepted during the event include 2.85 GPA and 18 ACT/870 SAT or 2.5 GPA and 21 ACT/990 SAT. Application fee is $30 and will be waived for the fi rst 30 students who apply. Info: [email protected].

PES to host Internet safety night

Grandparents are the greatest!Jewell Anderson and

granddaughter Kendall

Marshall spend an after-

noon together at Cop-

per Ridge Elementary.

Ted Williams enjoys

lunch with grandson

Luke Wilkerson during

Grandparents Day for

fi rst-grade students at

Copper Ridge Elemen-

tary. Photos by R. White

Planning for the future

Powell High students Allison Hejna and Emily Carr stop by the University of Tennessee Health

Sciences table at the college/career fair. Photo by R. White

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To be in the program, students must be recom-mended by a teacher, have good test scores and grades and exhibit good behavior. Students not only work on strengthening their own skills but also work with other students, providing encouragement and demon-strating positive behaviors.

“AVID helps put me on a college mindset,” said Eti-enne Anariva. “It is help-ing prepare me for life after school.” Etienne also feels that being part of the pro-gram has helped him in the real world. “We learn about working as teams and work-ing with others that we may not get along with.”

The students agreed that by the time they reach eighth grade, they realize that some choices they have made in middle school af-fect their lives and grades. “The class helps us fi nd what we want in our fu-ture and guides us through steps to help us get what we want,” said Etienne.

This year’s motto for AVID, “You’ve Got to Be-lieve to Achieve,” helps stu-dents focus on their future path and encourages them to succeed. “This is more than just a class, it’s kind of like my second family,” said Aaliyah Riddle.

Participants have taken a couple of fi eld trips to col-leges and were able to tour

the campuses and ask ques-tions.

“It’s one thing to hear about a college, but seeing it is even better,” said Aaliyah. Etienne added that visiting a college classroom helped him recognize the things on which he needs to focus.

In an effort to help sup-port good work through AVID, teachers decorated their classroom doors to represent their favorite college and to encourage students to begin thinking about what they want to do after high school. Teach-ers also included what they might be if they hadn’t be-come a teacher. Several al-ternative careers mentioned were tattoo artist, surgeon, fl ight attendant, photojour-nalist and interior designer.

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KIDS NOTES ■ PHS to host alumni

basketball game

Powell High will host an

alumni basketball game,

6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct.

8, in the Jeff Hunter

gym. Admission is $5 per

person and will benefi t

the boys basketball pro-

gram. Come out and see

the legends of Powell

basketball. Info: gary.

barnes@knoxschools.

org.

■ Pleasant Ridge night at Salsarita’s is Oct. 15 Stop by Salsarita’s

on Clinton Highway on

Thursday, Oct. 15, and

help support Pleas-

ant Ridge Elementary.

Mention the school at

checkout, and the store

will donate a portion of

sales back to the school.

■ North Side Y to off er swim lessons The Bob

Temple North Side

YMCA received a grant

from Y-USA to provide

100 free swim lessons

for at-risk children in the

community. The Y teach-

es children of all ages

and backgrounds that

the water should be fun,

not feared. Info: Amanda

Roland, 922-9622 or

aroland@ymcaknoxville.

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The dictionary defi nes avid as “showing great en-thusiasm or interest in.” Northwest Middle School students in the AVID (Ad-vancement via Individual Determination) program are showing great interest in learning more about col-lege careers and preparing for the future.

Northwest Middle studentsgrow through AVID program

Aaliyah Riddle describes be-

ing part of the AVID program

at Northwest Middle School.

Kimberly Meljareo was once

very shy and didn’t like speak-

ing in front of others. Being

part of the AVID program has

given her confi dence to over-

come her fear.

Monet Davis and Etienne Anariva use an iPad to work on a class

project. Photos by R. White

Joyous Singletary shows one of

the classroom doors that were

decorated in a college theme.

Hammond honored asB97.5 Teacher of Month

Pleasant Ridge kindergarten

teacher Vanessa Hammond

was recently surprised by

the staff of B97.5 and named

Teacher of the Month. She

was nominated by a parent

who said Hammond was a

“welcoming, adaptive kinder-

garten teacher who helped

my child begin kindergarten

with no worries.” Ham-

mond was surprised at the

honor and is thankful for the

recognition and the basket of

goodies she received. Photo submitted

Teachers and college professors designed the program to help students become better prepared for a four-year university. It is designed for students who have a GPA of 2.0-3.5. The idea behind the program is to teach more study skills and strategies to help stu-dents excel in their academ-ic course.

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By Carol ShaneThe Rev. Valentin Usa-

tyy of the Russian Baptist Church Light of the World says he came to this coun-try in 2014 because “things were not so good in Russia for me and my family.”

Now, he says he’s happy to be in a country where the majority of believers are Christian. And he’s full of energy and good ideas.

Central Baptist Church of Fountain City hosts the

RBC congregation. The two groups have a history that “probably goes back 15 years,” says retired minister Ron Mouser.

“It’s all began when we sponsored a family – the Tanasovs,” says Mouser. They were interested in hav-ing a regular church service for Knoxville’s Russian com-munity; Central Baptist of-fered space, and the layper-son-led church began.

Additional family mem-

bers arrived, including a brother, Nikolai Tanasov, who was an ordained Bap-tist minister. The congrega-tion grew.

The Rev. Usatyy has now taken the reins. He received his theological degree from Saint Petersburg Christian University and also studied with the Institute of Emerg-ing Itinerant Evangelists, an organization sponsored by East-West Ministries in Russia and Asia in coopera-

tion with the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.

“It’s an interesting group of people in a community sense,” says Mouser. “They will never say anything neg-ative about each other, and we could all learn from that. There’s a lot of supportive networking. They’re really hard working. They’ve re-ally done well.”

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The Rev. Valentin Usatyy and his wife, Kristina, arrived in this country in November 2014. Photo submitted

By Sandra ClarkVolunteers piled con-

struction debris into a d u m p s t e r after a m o r n i n g ’s cleanup ef-fort on Nor-ris Lake.

“ W e found a grill and make-shift toilet on one of

the islands,” said volunteer Kimberly Richnafsky. “We found a whole houseboat that appears to have been aban-doned.”

Nothing found, however, compares with the fl oat-ing carcass of a cow found one year by former resident Shirlee Grabko. (Miss you, Shirlee and Bill Manning.)

Richnafsky has lived in the Hickory Star area for 15 years after her fam-ily relocated from Ohio. She’s sponsored her sons in scouting, and she’s brought them with her for numerous lake cleanups.

“It’s about heritage,” she said. “We want to leave it better than we found it. … And that starts with our youth.

Richnafsky

Construction debris was plentiful in the rubble collected by volunteers on Norris Lake during the fall cleanup.

Norris Lake cleanup yields odd trash“We must take care of our

lake.”She said after clean-

ing the same areas for fi ve years, it’s diffi cult to as-sess the improvement. You would like to clean it up and have it stay pristine, but that’s not likely to happen, she said. Especially with the limited enforcement of lit-ter regulations on the TVA-owned lake.

Big Ridge Park Ranger Sarah Nicley, wearing a life jacket, was piloting a boat which brought volunteers to the islands and lake shore line. “We’re here to offer lo-gistics support,” she said.

Volunteers climbing off her boat were in good spir-its, heading to a picnic table where still more volunteers were serving lunch.

Cub Scout Pack 500 from Corryton was involved with the cleanup, along with the Union County High School Beta Club and Boy Scout Troop 506 from Halls and Troop 129.

“Are we improving or just maintaining?” asked Rich-nafsky. “It’s hard to know, but I tell my boys the lake is like your bedroom. If you don’t pick up stuff, it just gets messier.”

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About 275 fi lms (more than double 2014’s total) were submitted, and 41 were screened at the 2015 KFF. The 19 narrative shorts, 10 narrative features, four documentary features and eight documentary shorts came from 11 states and four countries. The winners are:

■ Narrative Feature: “Wildlike”

directed by Frank Hall Green

■ Narrative Short: “One Night

in Aberdeen” by Brett Ferster

■ Documentary Feature: “Mind/Game: The Unquiet

Journey of Chamique Hold-

sclaw” by Rick Goldsmith

■ Documentary Short: “Spear-

hunter” by Adam Roff man &

Luke Poling

■ Tennessee Film: “dop-pel-

gang-er” by Graham Uhelski &

Daniel Ray Hamby

7-Day Shootout Film Competition

■ $20,000 Grand Prize: “Space

By Betsy PickleNew Dogwood Arts exec-

utive director Tom Cervone had a baptism by fi re, but he discovered that he loved the heat.

Cervone’s predecessor, Lisa Duncan, stayed on

t h r o u g h Sept. 30 to help Cer-vone get t h r o u g h one of Dog-wood Arts’ biggest fall events, the K n o x v i l l e Film Fes-

tival, held at Regal Down-town West Cinema 8. The four-day festival marked its third year under the Dog-wood Arts umbrella.

“It was exhausting,” says Cervone. “We were there dawn to dusk and then some, but that’s what we do.”

Cervone praised the hard work and expertise of festi-val executive director Keith McDaniel and the support of the Dogwood team. He was also wowed by the fi lm-makers, especially those involved with the 7-Day Shootout. This year, the Visit Knoxville Film Offi ce and the Knoxville Film Festival combined to offer a $20,000 grand prize to the top fi lm with the commitment to turn the short into a feature fi lm that will be screened at

Poster for “Space

Cadet,” winner of

the 7-Day Shootout

$20,000 grand prize

Director Chad Cunningham and audio engineer/production assistant Shane Smith work on

“Space Cadet.” Photos submitted

Director Brian Deedrick and star Donovan Singletary discuss the Knoxville Opera Company’s

upcoming production of Boito’s “Mefi stofele.” Photo by Carol Shane

Tom Cervone

New Dogwood director looks back on

Hot start to job

next year’s festival.“As long as I’ve been in

this community, and par-ticularly having known a lot of actors and directors and designers, I had no idea that the fi lm community was as strong and cooperative and supportive of one another,” says Cervone, who once taught acting at the Univer-sity of Tennessee. “You tend to think that when artists get together they’re think-ing about themselves … but these folks were very, very generous with their time and talent and in some cases even their treasure to sup-port one another, particu-larly in the 7-Day Shootout.”

Cervone watched all of the 28 seven-minute fi lms submitted for the shootout and “was impressed.”

“This is not for the faint of heart,” he says. “When you take on a project like this and in seven days try to produce something respect-able and competitive and creative, you really have to go at it 110 percent, which is what these folks did.”

For Cervone, one fi lm stood out above the rest, and it turned out to be the winning shootout fi lm, “Space Cadet,” directed by Chad Cunningham.

“When I watched ‘Space Cadet,’ it just took me to an-

other level,” he says. “I loved it. It was very well crafted. This guy, Chad Cunning-ham, won last year the emerging fi lm artist (prize, for “Daisy”), and isn’t it in-teresting that this year his short was the best fi lm.

“There were three or four or fi ve really good fi lms … but it really was the best of the lot. He took an interest-ing subject and made it feel very genuine and authentic.”

Cervone looks forward to helping the KFF continue to grow.

“I was, in a word, im-pressed, from all perspec-tives – not just from the quality of the fi lms but the

Jazz, jazz, jazzBe sure to catch the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra’s

“Crescent City Celebration with Delfeayo Marsalis and Herlin Riley” Tuesday, Oct. 13. One of the most sought-after jazz trombonists in the world, Marsalis joins his famous family as a recipient of the 2011 Na-tional Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Award. Riley is one of the most acclaimed drummers of his generation. The KJO is a 17-member big band and one of East Tennessee’s premier performing groups. “Cres-cent City Celebration with Delfeayo Marsalis and Her-lin Riley” happens at 8 p.m. Oct. 13 at the Bijou The-atre. Info: knoxjazz.org or 865-684-1200.

Speak of the devilBy Carol Shane

The Knoxville Opera Company continues its sea-son this weekend with a spectacular production of Arrigo Boito’s 1868 master-piece, “Mefi stofele,” based on Johann von Goethe’s tale of Faust and his deal with the devil.

Boito is known primar-ily as a word man, having provided librettos for Ver-di’s “Otello” and “Falstaff.” “Mefi stofele” is his only completed opera. “Boito said he wanted to ‘shake up the opera world,’ ” says director Brian Deedrick. It’s a theatrical gem, begin-ning with a prologue fea-turing an angel choir, run-ning through four acts and ending with an epilogue in which one character is wel-comed into heaven and one descends into hell.

And descend he will. Maestro Brian Salesky plans to make use of every theatrical device available to him, including the Ten-nessee Theatre’s hydraulic orchestra pit.

There are 200 perform-ers, including three brass

choirs arranged through-out the theater, all the bet-ter to proclaim the opera’s resounding opening mea-sures, repeated through-out the story. “I can’t wait to see the audience’s heads swivel around when those brass choirs come in!” says Deedrick.

Donovan Singletary, the young bass-baritone who plays the title role, says, “I think the show’s going to be a lot of fun. It’s a very physical role. I’ve been do-ing extra cardio.” Singletary says his character is “agile and bouncy and full of en-ergy – but he’s evil! I’m glad I’m given the freedom to be physical.”

“Poor old basses,” says Deedrick. “They usually end up as a statue or some-body’s father.” All the more reason for Singletary to rel-ish playing the plum role. “He’s a living, breathing being,” says Deedrick. “And it’s a battle between two very strong personalities.”

Both Deedrick and Sin-gletary reject the idea of the “park and bark” – or static and formal – approach to

opera. As a young theater actor, Deedrick, who is Ca-nadian, once watched an op-era rehearsal. “The soprano arrived in a very proper suit with pearls. I think that in years past (opera) was looked upon as very formal, very dignifi ed.

“Now it’s, ‘OK, get your kneepads!’ ” he says with a laugh.

Singletary agrees. “When I’m doing opera, I try to think about ‘opera’ as little as possible.”

“After all,” continues Deedrick, “we’re telling a story. If the only thing the audience has to say is, ‘Well, they sang really well,’ we haven’t done our job.”

Deedrick says that oper-atic situations often mirror and magnify real-life situ-ations, and “Mefi stofele” is no exception. “I think we are caught between ‘the devil and the deep blue sea’ over and over again, on a daily basis,” he says.

In this case, though Lu-cifer loses, he doesn’t go gently. But you’ll have to attend the performance in order to witness all the

startling special effects in store when Satan loses his bet.

The Knoxville Opera Company’s production of Boito’s “Mefi stofele” will be presented at 8 p.m. Fri-day, Oct. 9, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 11, at the Ten-nessee Theatre. An opera preview hosted by Salesky begins 45 minutes prior to each performance. Info: knoxvilleopera.com or 865-524-0795.

Cadet” by Chad Cunningham

(also receives one year of

online distribution services

courtesy of Distribber)

■ Best Film: “Space Cadet” by

Chad Cunningham

■ Best Director: Edy Recendez,

“Sigma”

■ Best Male Actor in a Lead-ing Role: Brandon Bell,

“Tribulations of the Reverend

Harland Atwell”

■ Best Female Actor in a Lead-ing Role: Izzy Fenech, “Space

Cadet”

■ Best Male Actor in a Sup-porting Role: Brent Holder,

“The Pact”

■ Best Female Actor in a Sup-porting Role: Lauren Lazarus,

“Crystal Ball”

■ Best Writing: Jamison Stals-

worth, “Seven and Six”

■ Best Cinematography: Joe

Atkins, “Space Cadet”

■ Best Editing: Luke Dye,

“Crystal Ball”

■ Best Use of Music: Travis Pat-

ton, “Space Cadet”

■ Best Poster: “Just Like

Candy,” Jeff Delaney

■ ORNL Federal Credit Union Emerging Filmmaker Award: Edy Recendez

■ Sugarlands ’Shine Best Storytelling Award: “Devil’s

Breath,” Mitch Moore/Jacob

Boyd

■ Audience Favorite: “Space

Cadet”


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Hooray for sunfl ower seeds!

Thoughts of seeds re-turned the next morning as I enjoyed my walk around

the back fi eld. My walk was enhanced by a mug of cof-fee and half a chocolate-chip cookie, my reward for making it through the fi rst four hours of the day. Stroll-ing along amidst all those fruits and berries, and then musing about nibbling food made of wheat seeds and cacao beans and drinking a beverage brewed from ground-up coffee beans, I was taken back to an inter-esting book that had been one of my beach readings last summer.

A couple of years ago I had read one by the same entertaining author called “Feathers”; this one is titled “The Triumph of Seeds.” Both are by an enthusiastic young Ph.D. biologist named Thor Hanson, who lives on an island in Washington State with his wife and his able research assistant, his 4-year-old son, Noah.

Both books give you more information about their sub-jects than you could imag-ine. However, I found that being a serious birder, on a day-to-day basis I observed, and certainly ate, way more seeds than feathers, and so tend to recall more use-ful data from “Seeds” in my times outdoors. Some facts and observations from Hanson will be men-tioned.

At fi rst t a k e , o n e m i g h t think that M a y would b e a more l i k e l y time to be considering seeds, when all those seed catalogs arrive, seed packets are on display in the stores, and everyone gets those strong notions to go out and grow something.

But actually now, in Oc-tober, is really seed season, when all those spring and summer sprouts are “going to seed,” as we say. Harvests to seed are often 10 to 1, or 1,000 to 1, and the birds and other critters are having a time of feasting before the rigors of winter set in.

Seeds – from all around the world they come in ev-ery shape and size imagin-able. Just think of the huge variety of seeds we’re see-ing just where we live now. We are having big green walnuts crashing down through the leaves to thud on the ground around us, threatening life and limb. And nearby, the light fl uffy seeds from the dandelions, milkweeds and thistles go fl oating off into the wind to set up housekeeping may-be a mile away from their mother plant.

The grass seeds especially are vital. All our food grains were originally developed from species of grass. Most of the world’s people de-pend upon the seeds of one or another species of grass for their lives. According to author Hanson, wheat, corn, rice, barley, rye, millet, sor-ghum – all grains – provide half of all the calories that

the people of the world eat, and take up more than 70 percent of the world’s land under cultivation. He states our situation clearly: “Grass seeds feed the world.”

But as for the seeds them-selves: Each and every one contains a tiny plant em-bryo, tucked into a protec-tive package along with some amount of food; Hanson de-scribes it as the mother plant packing the embryo a lunch.

It is that food that pro-vides the embryo with the energy it needs to sprout and get established. It is that food that we harvest for our food. And what the mother plant packs for lunch makes a difference. Legumes like peas and beans, for in-stance, have lots of protein, but our food grains have mainly starch, which our systems can change into sugar- energy food. Ground up into fl our, stored, baked, you name it – for eons the grass seeds have been our staff of life.

The birds had all this fi g-ured out long before we did. Like people, the birds have a tendency to divide them-selves into vegetarians and meat-eaters (meat in this case being insects, worms and the like), but although they have preferences, the

majority of song-birds will take advantage of

whatever is readily available.

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sparrows, towhees and

cardinals, re-ally do enjoy their

seeds. So do the chickadees and titmice, but they active-ly search their surroundings for whatever bugs might be around.

As the season progresses, though, and the insect pop-ulation fades, all those mil-lions of grass seeds become more and more important to them. The birds tend to go to less and less nutritious foods as scarcity sets in, eating dried-up privet and sumac berries, for example. A weedy fi eld, which in a good year can hold an un-believable number of seeds, can become a goldmine for survival in a harsh winter.

Fortunately for the birds, they have a lot of friends with the right connections. We can go to the seed store and get a big bag of high-energy sunfl ower seed (har-vested from fl owers) or mil-let seed (from a grass-type grain) and put out a suet cake for the more picky eat-ers like the woodpeckers, and make the difference between a decent winter or maybe a disastrous one. The robins will still insist on worms, and the phoebes are really particular about their fl ying insects, but all but the most fi nicky eaters will ap-preciate your spread.

You get to know them, and watch them come and go just outside your window. And maybe you’ll see some grosbeaks! May your feeder be crowded.

High Season for seeds, and a very important time of the year, espe-cially if you happen to be a bird.

October seems to be making normal progress here in the Powell commu-nity.

That fi rst wave of fallen leaves is on the ground, and leaves on the sumacs and dogwoods and the Virginia creeper and poison ivy vines are showing a lot of red. You can hardly walk for the wal-nuts all over the paths, with many more yet to fall. There are lots of red berries on the dogwoods, poke weeds, wild roses and bush honey-

Big Stone GapIn “Big Stone Gap,” opening Friday, a pharmacist (Ashley

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Wilson) go to the next level. But when an old family secret

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By Cindy TaylorIs your yard looking a bit

tired and sad now that sum-mer is over and fl owers are fading? Ever wished you had a little something more than balloons on your mailbox to announce special events and occasions? Curbside Expres-sions can help with these is-

sues and more.You can glitz up your

yard with letters and art while drawing attention to your happenings or just ex-press yourself in other ways.

Powell residents Crys-tal and Blake Dougan take yard art to a whole new level with their signs proclaiming

birthdays, births, special events and much more. You can even celebrate football time in Tennessee with yard décor.

“I moved here from a town in Kentucky where yard art was very popular,” said Crys-tal. “I couldn’t believe no one was doing it here.”

Now someone is. The Dougans started their sign rental business last year. They make custom signs for personal needs or custom-ers can choose from a va-riety of art that is ready to go. Crystal says business is growing, but slowly.

“We started our business

Crystal Dougan with one of the many yard signs designed by Curbside Expressions. Photo by Cindy Taylor

Curbside Expressions puts glitz in your yard

Knox County expects to save some serious money with the installation of 14

solar arrays on schools and public buildings. Ameresco Inc. was selected to install

Powell Middle School is one of 11 in solar energy program

solar systems at 11 schools plus the Central (former Sears) Building.

The $12.45 million proj-ect is scheduled to be com-pleted in early 2016, and is expected to provide more than $29 million in energy savings to the county, as well as generating approxi-mately $14 million in posi-tive cash fl ow for the county over the next 30 years.

Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett said, “This solar project will pay for it-self and reduce utility costs, which means it’s good for our taxpayers and the envi-ronment. It’s a win-win no matter how we look at it.”

Superintendent Jim Mc-Intyre was happy to share the platform with Burchett. He said the project will pro-vide “a tremendously valu-able educational tool” to teach children about renew-able energy technologies.

A sample installation at the L&N STEM Academy will be monitored and dis-played on a kiosk for inter-active learning opportuni-

almost a year ago and have had responses but we are hoping we can continue to grow even more,” said Crys-tal. “This was a booming business where we moved from.”

The signs can range from a single posting to large enough to reach across a small lawn. They are weath-er friendly and placed in the ground with a wire stake. The company will position your signs in your yard and pick them up; both at no charge. Most are single day/overnight rentals. The cou-ple will work with people who want to order and own permanent signs as well. Turn-around time is usually less than two weeks.

The Dougans are expect-ing baby No. 2 and hope the side business will help with expenses. Both are teach-ers. Crystal teaches technol-

ogy at Ball Camp Elementa-ry School and Blake teaches 4th grade at Brickey-Mc-Cloud Elementary School.

Crystal says she and her husband work very well to-gether in the business. She is the main designer for the signs and Blake has awe-some ideas to promote the business.

“PTAs and schools have been really great in using our signs,” said Crystal. “Our signs make wonderful motivational tools and we keep them family friendly.”

Crystal says Curbside Expressions is a great way to announce births or even make surprise wedding pro-posals. Costs are reason-able. There is also a referral program and repeat cus-tomers can get even better deals.

Info: 362-9774 and on Facebook

Company and government leaders commemorate the com-

pletion of the fi rst of 14 solar arrays being installed at several

county schools and facilities. Pictured are Superintendent of

Schools Jim McIntyre; and Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett.

Powell High’s homecoming

drew families including Anne

Smith, wife of PHS principal Dr.

Chad Smith, with their daugh-

ter, Charlee. Photo by S. Clark

ties with students.The solar systems

will be installed at A.L. Lotts Elementary School, Amherst Elemen-tary School, Bearden Mid-dle School, Central High School, Hardin Valley Acad-emy, Karns High School, L&N STEM Academy, Pow-

ell Middle School, South-Doyle Middle School, West High School, West Valley Middle School, the Deten-tion Center, Juvenile Justice Facility, and the Knox Cen-tral Building.

Construction started in August and is estimated to be completed in early 2016.

The project is expected to produce environmental benefi ts by reducing green-house gas emissions (GHG) by over 5,000 metric tons of CO2 annually. This is equiv-alent to the annual GHG emissions from approxi-mately 1,057 passenger ve-hicles.


CALL TO ARTISTSThe Knoxville Watercolor Society is currently

accepting membership applications for artists who work in watercolor and other water mediums. Applications for jurying process are due Oct. 27. Info/applications for jurying process: knxvillewatercolorsociety.com.

SEEKING VENDORSPowell Lions Club and Halls Lions Club are

seeking vendors for their Fall Gift and Craft Fair, to be held 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, Powell Auto Auction, 6729 Pleasant Ridge Road. Info/registration form: E-clubhouse.org/sites/powelltn.

THROUGH THURSDAY, OCT. 22Tickets on sale for “The Music and the Memories”

show featuring Pat Boone and Knoxville swing orchestra The Streamliners, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, Oak Ridge Performing Arts Center, Oak Ridge High School, 1450 Oak Ridge Turnpike. Info/tickets: KnoxvilleTickets.com or 656-4444.

THROUGH SATURDAY, OCT. 24Tickets on sale for the Hoot ’N Holler Autumn Ex-

press train excursions. Schedule: 10 a.m., 1 p.m., 4 p.m. Saturdays, Oct. 24 and 31; 1 and 4 p.m. Sundays, Oct. 25 and Nov. 1. Info/tickets: threeriversrambler.com.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 7International Folk Dance Class, 7:30-10

p.m., Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, Clinton. Info: Paul Taylor, 898-5724; oakridgefolkdancers.org; on Facebook.

THURSDAY, OCT. 8Appalachian Arts Craft Center Fall Porch

Sale begins, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. Runs about two weeks. Featuring outdated stock, seconds, student crafts, unjuried work by members of the craft center and baked goods. Info: 494-9854; appalachianarts.net.

Auction hosted by the Executive Women Interna-tional (EWI) Knoxville Chapter, 5:30 p.m., Knoxville Hilton, 501 W. Church Ave. Tickets: $30; includes din-ner. Info: Denise Smith, 632-6946.

Movie & Popcorn: “Unbroken,” 11:15 a.m.-1 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Free and open to the public. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.

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

FRIDAY, OCT. 9Karaoke, 6-10 p.m., Bubba Brew’s Sports Pub &

Grill, Beach Island Marina. Info: 992-3091.Kick-off event for the new Thunder Road Wine

Trail, 5:30-9 p.m., Blue Slip Winery, 300 W. Depot Ave. Featuring ribbon cutting, music by Blonde Bones, train-car tour, free wine tasting. Info: ThunderRoadWineTrail.com.

Movies on Market Square: “Hotel Transylvania” (PG, 2012); 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.

SATURDAY, OCT. 10Craft fair, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Dante Baptist Church,

314 Brown Drive. Info: Vivian Baker, 382-3715.Fall festival, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., New Life UMC, 7921

Millertown Pike. Food, rummage sale, pumpkins, hot tamales, vendors. Info: NewLifeUMCKnoxville.com.

Fall festival, 3 p.m., Fellowship Christian Church, 746 Tazewell Pike, Luttrell. Featuring gospel singing, food, games, tractors, antique cars, crafts. All wel-come. Info: fccltn.org.

“Fire & Fright,” 7:30-9:30 p.m., Historic Ramsey House, 2614 Thorngrove Pike. Featuring: hot dogs, beverages, s’mores and spooky ghost stories around a bonfi re. Admission: $10; kids 6 and under free. Info: ramseyhouse.org or 546-0745.

“Papier Maché : An Art Medium for Adults!,” 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 An-dersonville Highway, Norris. Instructor: Sharon Webb. Registration deadline: Oct. 3. Info/registration: 494-9854; appalachianarts.net.

Wine and cheese open house, 3-6 p.m., Artists & Writers Creativity Center, 1400 N. Sixth Ave. NE, Suite 2C.

SUNDAY, OCT. 11Chili supper, 5-8 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft

Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway, Norris. Cost: $10. Includes chili, cornbread, dessert, drink, music and silent auction. Info: 494-9854; appalachianarts.net.

Free drop-in art activities for families, 1-4 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Docent Tours in English, 2 p.m., and in Spanish, 3 p.m. Info: knoxart.org.

Tennessee High School Cycling League Moun-tain Bike Race, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Knoxville Urban Wilderness. Info/registration: tennesseemtb.org.

MONDAY, OCT. 12Happy Travelers trip to Cades Cove departs North

Acres Baptist Church, 5803 Millertown Pike, 9:15 a.m. Cost: $10. Info/registration: Derrell Frye, 938-8884.

TUESDAY, OCT. 13“Glass Fusing Workshop,” 6-8:30 p.m., Appala-

chian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway, Norris. Instructor: Kathy King. Registration deadline: Oct. 8. Info/registration: 494-9854; appalachianarts.net.

Knoxville Civil War Roundtable meeting, 8 p.m., Bearden Banquet Hall, 5806 Kingston Pike. Speaker: Terry Winschel. Topic: “Vicksburg: Crucial to the Outcome of the Civil War.” Cost: $5 lecture only; $17 lecture and dinner. Dinner starts at 7 p.m. RSVP by noon Monday, Oct. 12. Info/RSVP: 671-9001.

Paulette 6th District Neighborhood Watch meeting, 7 p.m., Paulette Elementary School cafeteria. Info: 992-5212.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 14Computer Workshop: Word Basics, 2 p.m.,

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

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

THURSDAY, OCT. 15Plainview 7th District Neighborhood Watch

meeting, 7 p.m., Plainview Community Center. Info: 992-5212.

“Salvage Jewelry,” 6-9 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway, Norris. Instructor: Sarah Brobst. Registration deadline: Oct. 8. Info/registration: 494-9854; appalachianarts.net.


Grill, Beach Island Marina. Info: 992-3091.Movies on Market Square: “A League of Their

Own” (PG, 1992); movie begins at dusk. Hosted by the Knox County Public Library. Bring a lawn chair or blan-ket 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, OCT. 16-17Friends Mini Used-Book Sale, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.,

Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Info: knoxfriends.org.

SATURDAY, OCT. 17Benefi t supper and silent auction, 5-7 p.m., City

View Baptist Church, 2311 Fine Ave. Proceeds will assist Vickie Peoples with medical and related expenses.

Fall Apple Festival, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Washington Presbyterian Church, 7405 Washington Pike, Corry-ton. All things apple and delicious, plus kids’ activities, music, more.

FARE Walk for Food Allergy, 8:30 a.m., Festival

Lawn of World’s Fair Park. Proceeds go to Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE). Activities include a costume contest, trick-or-treating (nonfood items) and teal pumpkin painting. Info/registration/volunteer: foodallergywalk.org/Knoxville2015.

Knox County Fall Fire Prevention Festival, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Turkey Creek Medical Center parking lot, 10820 Parkside Drive. Featuring specialized emergency vehicles from many agencies, games, children’s activi-ties, food concessions. Info: Colin, [email protected] or 215-4660; on Facebook.

Knoxville Asian Festival, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Krutch Park, downtown Knoxville. Martial arts, music, danc-ing, authentic food, fashion, crafts, kids’ activities and more. Free admission. Info: knoxasianfestival.com.

Phil Campbell and Lulu Roman will entertain, 7 p.m. Christ UMC, 7535 Maynardville Pike. Proceeds go to the church choir. Info/tickets: christumcknox.com or 922-2890.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, OCT. 17-18Murder Mystery Dinner Theater, 6:30 p.m. Sat-

urday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Beaver Ridge UMC, 7754 Oak Ridge Highway. “A Rhyme Must Come to an End” performed by the Beaver Ridge Mission-Aires. Proceeds go to Hands-On Missions. Info/tickets: 690-1060 or 680-7032.

SUNDAY, OCT. 18 Gospel singing, 6 p.m., New Beverly Baptist

Church, 3320 New Beverly Church Road. Featuring: the Washams. Free; love offering will be taken. Info: 546-0001 or NewBeverly.org.

“Let’s Create Pumpkins and Witches With Wool!,” 1-5 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway, Norris. Instructors: Nancy Shedden and Karen Bills. Registration deadline: Oct. 11. Info/registration: 494-9854; appalachianarts.net.

MONDAY, OCT. 19Happy Travelers trip to Carver’s Orchard and

Applehouse Restaurant departs 9:15 a.m., North Acres Baptist Church, 5803 Millertown Pike. Cost: $30. Dead-line to register: Oct. 15. Info/registration: Derrell Frye, 938-8884.

TUESDAY, OCT. 20Healthy Cooking Demo specifi cally designed for

women’s health followed by a presentation on Women’s Nutrition, 11 a.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Free and open to the public. Info/RSVP: 329-8892, TTY: 711.

Honor Guard meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St., Maynardville. All veterans are invited. Info: 256-5415.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21Healthy U: Women’s Health, 2 p.m., Humana

Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Free and open to the public. Info/RSVP: 329-8892, TTY: 711.

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

THURSDAY, OCT. 22“Getting Your House in Order,” 10-11 a.m., Ten-

nova Health & Fitness Center, 7540 Dannaher Drive. Free end-of-life planning seminar. Limited space; reg-istration required. Info/registration: 1-855-TENNOVA (836-6682) or Tennova.com.


Grill, Beach Island Marina. Info: 992-3091.Union County Farmers Market, 3-6 p.m., 1009

Main St., Maynardville. Info: 992-8038.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, OCT. 23-24Craft fair, 4-8 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat-

urday, Alice Bell Baptist Church, 3305 Alice Bell Road. Info: alicebellbaptistchurch.org.

Friends Mini Used-Book Sale, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Info: knoxfriends.org.

SATURDAY, OCT. 24Craft fair, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Fountain City Lions Club

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NEWS FROM GRACE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF KNOXVILLE

By Andrew Gouge

Fans attending Grace Christian Academy’s home-coming game on Friday, Sep-tember 18, certainly got their money’s worth: a tightly-con-tested football game with the Rams prevailing in overtime against Rockwood and the crowning of this year’s queen from one of the most talented homecoming courts the school has ever fielded.

With alumni in attendance, students still decked out in spirit week attire, and a slight chill in the air, there was no doubt that homecoming was going to be a night to remem-ber for GCA fans. The weather was perfect, the scenery was vibrant, and the competition was electric!

As a football fan, you couldn’t have asked for a bet-ter game. From the opening kickoff to the halftime whis-tle, both the Rams and the Ti-gers put on a great tug-of-war match for the spectators, with both defenses showing up when it mattered most. Points were at a premium, and at halftime the Rams and Tigers were deadlocked 13-13.

The second half was a dif-ferent story.

Rockwood was able to move the ball with great success and punched in two touchdowns against the Rams, giving the

T i g e r s a 27-13 lead in the f o u r t h q u a r t e r. But in the words of the late Yogi Bera, “It ain’t over till it’s over.”

It was homecoming, and the GCA faithful weren’t about to give up on the Rams. The of-fense was able to put together a successful touchdown drive and trailed 27-20 with less than five minutes to play. But the Rams weren’t finished.

After a blocked punt on the next Rockwood possession, the Rams were in business deep in Tiger territory. With the offense’s passing game clicking, senior Austin Kirby found Zach Headrick for a touchdown as time expired, sending the game to overtime.

It only took one play for the Rams to put the ball in the end zone. Jonathan Bouvier caught a 10-yard touchdown pass to give the Rams a 34-27 lead and sealed the victory with an interception on the Rockwood possession.

But the football game was not the only excitement on this night. GCA also had a homecoming queen to crown.

This year’s homecoming

A homecoming night to remember

court representatives were freshman Abbigayle Gracie White, sophomore Hannah Alice Hatmaker, junior Bailey Elizabeth Akers, and seniors Sarah Elizabeth Duncan, Sa-vannah Joy McNelly and Lau-ren Marie Quirk.

Each of these young women met academic and character standards and were deter-mined by their peers to dem-onstrate a godly character and represent the virtues of a Grace

Christian Academy student.After all the votes were

counted, Ms. Savannah Joy McNelly was announced as the homecoming queen for 2015.

Savannah is a lifelong stu-dent at GCA. She enjoys draw-ing and won Best Mixed Media in a Knoxville Museum of Art competition. She also teaches an after-school art class at Lonsdale Elementary.

Savannah finds great en-

couragement in 1 John 3:18 which reads, “Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.”

This homecoming celebra-tion was definitely one to re-member for all GCA fans, with alumni reunions, family fun and games, a nail-biting over-time win for the football team, and the crowning of an out-standing homecoming queen.

What more could you ask?

The RAMS ready for action!

GCA’s 2015 Homecoming Court: (L to R) Abbi White, Hannah Hatmaker,

Savannah McNelly, Bailey Akers, Lauren Quirk, SaraBeth Duncan

Jon Bouvier & Nathan

Pettit breaking up a

pass from the Tigers.

Austin Kirby assisting

Landon Hensley for

the extra point.

GCA’s 2015

Homecom-

ing Queen:

Savannah

Joy McNelly


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More than they bargained forBy Carol Shane

R achel and Sam Mashburn of Fountain City are like many other homeowners who want to save money on their fi xer-upper. But

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It’s that kind of ingenuity – with heaps of patience and willingness – that’s rebuilding, detailing and furnishing their Fountain City Craftsman home, built in 1920.

They bought the 3700-square-foot house around Halloween of 2014. After spending nine months addressing structural, plumbing and HVAC is-sues, they and their pets – dogs Cleo and Dobie, and cat Mr. Monk – moved in last July.

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Pointing out a magnifi cent set of wood-framed glass doors, Sam says, “these

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They access their washer and dryer through a frosted glass door with “Laundry” etched on it. It was bought from a local vendor who didn’t need it anymore. “We’ve worked

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new,” says Sam, “but we found our tile guy on Craigslist!” Another secondhand-but-unused fi nd is the large soaking tub with an infi nity rim, sitting in the middle of the fl oor, yet to be installed.

Most of their fi nds have been local, and they haven’t had to go too far to retrieve the others. “We went down to Chattanooga, but that’s about it,” says Sam.

“Sometimes I bring my sewing in here,” Rachel

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to be Sam’s offi ce when we’re done.”

“This,” says Sam, “is the house that Craigslist built.”

They’ve found other treasures within the house itself. “We saved and restored all the door hardware,” Rachel says, pointing out the beautiful Craftsman-era knobs, “and there are some things here that are older than the house, like that doorbell. It was brought from somewhere else.”

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Like the shoebox full of pa-pers, postcards, bank deposit receipts, ledgers and historical documents that fell out of the ceiling.

And early-20th-century whis-key bottles found “all over the place” in the house’s nether regions.

And a secret room on the second fl oor.

All of which brought the Mashburns to a startling conclusion. “This house,” says Rachel, “was built on bootleg money.”

After all, “Thunder Road” – the leg-endary nighttime route for moonshin-ers – was said to run from Harlan, Ky., to Knoxville.

“I swear,” says Rachel. “I mean, look at this receipt for a bank deposit! It’s for $350! In 1907! And they were very well-traveled. They went everywhere – but it was all big liquor towns like Chicago and San Francisco.”

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Rachel Mashburn fi nally worked up the courage to check out a “secret room” in

her house. Here’s, she’s relieved to have gotten out of the crawl space.

wasn’t always so.“We found the outline of a door in

the back of a closet. I mean, why would you put a door in the back of a closet?”

Both Mashburns are convinced their historic house had shady beginnings. “I just connected the dots,” Rachel says, grinning.

They still have a long way to go with the rehab, but they’re looking forward to Halloween. It will be the fi rst anniversary of their purchase, and they plan to celebrate it by welcoming all the young goblins and ghosts afoot in the neighborhood. “I’m going to put spider webs and skeletons all over,” Sam says. “It’ll be great!”

Do they have any advice for anyone who’s thinking of rehabbing a house? Sam says, “The best thing is to build a network of people who’ve done this kind of thing before.” Though the two of them are at the heart of the project, putting in many hours every day, they’re grateful for all the guidance and assistance they’ve gotten. And they’ve enjoyed watching their circle of friends widen as they’ve worked on the house.

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In the real estate world, the saying to avoid judging a book by its cover does not apply. The exterior of your home sends an important mes-sage about its character, and even its value, mak-ing people eager to see what is inside. This fi rst

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For many of us, one of the most daunting challenges

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