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By Wendy SmithThe revitalization of Fort Kid
is sure to attract a new generation of children to the
playground that was built as part of Knoxvilles bi-centennial
celebration in 1991. But as Beth Waters organized volun-teers for
last weekends cleanup, she was reminded that Fort Kids biggest fans
are those who pitched in during the fi ve-day build.
Jim Brunton was a leader dur-ing the build, and he wore his 1991
Fort Kid T-shirt on Saturday. He had no children then, but his
three sons grew up playing on the playground. He recruited two of
them, along with several members of UTs American Society of Civil
Engineers, to help with last week-ends cleanup.
Anne Crais noted on her on-line volunteer form that shed
participated in the original build and that her daughters Girl
Scout troop donated $100 to the project. Beth appointed Anne as
leader of a team that polished brass plaques
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Fixing up the FortIgnition Church member Robert Kirby takes a
shift on the ladder during last weekends cleanup of Fort Kid. A
group from the church, which meets in the Knoxville Convention
Center, volunteered to help after noticing that the playground
needed improvements. This is our backyard, said outreach director
Amanda Davis.
Matthew, Jim and Ryan Brunton pitch in during the Fort Kid
cleanup. Jim helped build Fort Kid in 1991 and recruited two of his
sons to help this year.
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Dissection of an intersectionBy Wendy Smith
While the rest of us lie awake at night thinking about taxes, or
pancakes, Ernie Pierce loses sleep over traffi c signals. When he
gets caught in a backup, hes not frustrated by the delay. Hes
frustrated by the unsolved problem.
Your congestion is my congestion, he says.
Pierce is to traffi c sig-nals what the Colonel is to fried
chicken. The signal engineer has been tinker-ing with Knoxvilles
inter-sections since 1989. No-body could do a better job, says the
citys chief traffi c engineer, Jeff Branham.
Pierce is in his element standing at the corner of Cedar Bluff
and Peters Road. Where others see a cacophony of vehicles, he sees
a fi nely tuned orches-tration.
The signals have six phases, with two that over-lap: those
turning left from southbound Cedar Bluff onto Peters, and those
turn-ing right from westbound Peters to Cedar Bluff. The
intersection is equipped with radar detection that monitors the
percent of traffi c coming from each di-rection. The timing of each
phase changes based on the information received by the radar, he
says.
The intersections fi rst
Mayor on boardBy Ruth White
Mayor Madeline Rog-ero hopped aboard a trol-ley outside the City
County Building and rode to KATs John J. Duncan Jr. Knox-ville
Station Transit Cen-ter, where she purchased a ticket for the
Broadway 22.
Riders quickly recog-nized the mayor as she made her way down
the aisle and took a seat. Sev-eral individuals asked her and city
director of transit Dawn Distler questions re-garding specifi c
routes and expansion of routes, for which they received prompt
answers. The ride was the fi rst of
many and part of Rogeros initiative to ride the buses, talking
with drivers and passengers. The KAT sys-tem currently carries
close to 3.6 million passengers a year and is a convenient and
reliable mode of trans-portation. The mayor says the system is
underutilized and hopes that by talk-ing to everyone involved, the
public transportation system in Knoxville can become more effi
cient and possibly expand.
Knoxville signal engineer Ernie Pierce and chief traffi c
engineer Jeff Branham examine the traffi c signal controller at the
intersection of Cedar Bluff Road and Peters Road.
priority is the left turn lanes from Cedar Bluff to Peters
because those lanes could potentially back up to the lights at
I-40, which would be dangerous.
Safety is our fi rst pri-ority, not convenience, says
Branham.
Some drivers bring in-convenience on themselves by choosing
congested ar-
Mayor Madeline Rogero and city director of transit Dawn Distler
exit the Broadway 22 bus at the Hotel Avenue stop. Photo by R.
White
eas out of habit. For ex-ample, those traveling from North
Peters/Park-side Drive to I-40 could take Mabry Hood to
Pellissippi, which would be faster than using Ce-dar Bluff, Pierce
says.
Two upcoming Ten-nessee Department of
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Smith for Congress?Members of a large Fulton
High School alumni group were startled earlier this month when a
group members
rant about President Obama led to an email from former County
Commissioner R. Larry Smith hinting that that hes gear-ing up for a
run
for U.S. Congress.Smith wrote:So would this group
support R. Larry for Con-gress?????? R. Larry
Smith didnt attend Fulton but has been hanging around the group
since being invited to speak a year ago, a source said.
When asked if he is consider-ing a run against incumbent Rep.
John J. Duncan Jr., who has held the Second District seat since
1988, Smith, who was term lim-ited out of his County Commis-sion
seat Sept. 1, said that he is.
Im very dissatisfi ed with whats happening in Washing-ton, he
said. And Ive got the fi re in my heart to run.
Betty Bean
Alzheimers pansies on sale
Stanleys Greenhouses turned purple and orange Tuesday for the
kickoff of the
Alzheimers Pansy Project benefi ting the Pat Summitt Foundation.
Mayor Mad-eline Rogero, Joan Cronan and foun-
dation representatives were expected at the kickoff.
For the third year, purple and orange Panola pansies will be
sold to raise funds for the Summitt Foundation and awareness for
Alzheimers pa-tients and caregivers. Nearly everyone has someone in
their life who has been touched by this, said Monte Stanley.
Stanleys Greenhouses, 3029 Davenport Road, and Stanleys Secret
Garden, 305 S. Northshore Drive, will have fl ats of the specially
grown pansies for $17 through Oc-tober or while supplies last, said
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Fixing up the Fort From page A-1
recognizing major donors.The largest donor was
Knox County students, who sponsored the Rain-bow Twisty Slide
with $12,260.19 in pennies.
Waters marvels that 2,500 people were recruited for the 1991
build before the advent of email and cell phones.
People really knew how to jump in with volunteer work, she said.
Our generation still volunteers in churches, neighborhoods and the
com-munity, and were trying to instill that in our kids.
Organizing volunteers is her greatest talent. For last weekends
event, she recruited Webb School of Knoxville art teacher Brad
Cantrell to oversee the painting of the playground. She nabbed
Steve Coker of Lowes, who brought a truck fi lled with paint,
shovels and gloves and four employ-ee volunteers. She got Mag-pies
Bakery to donate a cake adorned with the words We held the
Fort.
Other groups, like Knox County Public Library and the citys
Parks and Rec- Angela DiLiberto, lead teacher for Bricks 4 Kids,
invites children
to build a dream playground. Photo by Wendy Smith
reation Department, were recruited to educate and entertain
youngsters during Saturdays work day.
Waters generation may be nostalgic about Fort Kid, but the
majority of the vol-unteers were under 30, says her son, Alexander
Waters. He is partnering with his mom to revitalize the play-ground
where he celebrated birthdays as a child.
Fort Kid was made for us, and 23 years later, we can weave our
own narra-tive into it, he said.
Saturdays event had two purposes sprucing up the playground with
paint, mulch and pea gravel, and getting feedback on new equipment
that will be in-stalled in April 2015. At the Bricks 4 Kids tent,
children
helped build a dream play-ground out of Legos.
Beth and Alexander at-tend Laurel Church of Christ, which
provided a slew of volunteers for the 91 build as well as the
cleanup day. Laurel member Melin-da Connell coordinated food for
the fi ve-day build and handed out refreshments during the cleanup
along with her grown daughters, Allison Clemmons, Ashley White and
Katie Wells.
Ashley, who was a young teen when the playground was built,
occasionally takes her three young chil-dren to Fort Kid.
The last time we went, I noticed it could use some work. So we
were glad to help, she said. I want my kids to be able to use
it.
John Case of Case An-tiques, located in Cherokee Mills,
discussed the rising demand for late 19th- and early 20th-century
South-ern art at Knox Heritages Lost & Found Lunch, held last
week at Historic West-wood, 3425 Kingston Pike.
John Case of Case Antiques speaks during Knox Heritages Lost
& Found Lunch. Photos by Wendy Smith
Southern art is hot
Knoxville is important because of the Nicholson Art League,
which boasted such artists as Lloyd Bran-son, Catherine Wiley and
Charles Krutch. Demand for Southern art is climbing, while interest
in Southern furniture and silver is de-
Dissection From page A-1
Transportation projectsshould help with congestionon Cedar
Bluff. Reconfi gur-ing of lanes will give a con-tinuous green light
to onelane from southbound Ce-dar Bluff to westbound I-40,and a
second turn lane fromsouthbound Cedar Bluff toNorth Peters/Parkside
willbe added.
A $7 million upgradefunded by TDOT and thecity will provide a
founda-tion that will lead to bettercommunication betweentraffi c
signals in the future.For now, Im glad engineerslike Pierce and
Branham aresolving West Knox traffi cproblems day and night.
Dogwood knitter Jacqueline Binkley shares her fi rst crocheted
shawl and her fi rst weaving project with the group.
clining, he said.Early work that features
the Smoky Mountains, or historic views, is at a pre-mium, even
if the artist is unknown.
Technology has changed
the way people buy art. Antique and art shows and shops are
going away, while auctions are growing. On-line participation in
auc-tions allows small auction houses, like Case Antiques, to
compete with larger ones. Cases July auction had 3,300 bidders from
60 countries.
The downside of auctions is that theyre not the best place to
learn, Case said. Hes concerned that valu-able art will be lost as
own-ers die and their children get rid of their things.
Im worried about the lack of education for the next generation,
he said.
Theyll try anything onceThere are many rea-
sons to admire the Dog-wood Knitters, but one of
the things I like best about them is theyll try anything.
Last week, they ex-changed their needles for crochet hooks to
make pot-holders, directed by Sue Klipsch. Klipsch, who is more
than willing to try new things, has donated over 400 hand-knit
breast forms, or knitted knockers, to lo-cal medical centers.
Janice Smith invited the group to learn how to sew a Japanese
bento bag at the November meeting of the Knoxville Sewing Arts and
Fashion Guild. Smith, a belly-dancing instructor at the Frank R.
Strang Senior Center, will perform at the October meeting.
Like I said, theyll try anything.
Dogwood Knitters meet 10 a.m. to noon on third Tuesdays at the
Bearden Branch Library. Knoxville Sewing Arts and Fashion Guild
meets at 12:30 p.m. on fi rst Wednesdays at Ten-nessee Valley
Unitarian Universalist Church.
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By Patricia WilliamsNate Allen has been
promoted from Knoxville Police De-p a r t m e n t c a p t a i n
to deputy chief, giving K n o x v i l l e its fi rst
Afri-can-Ameri-can deputy police chief. The offi cial
promotion ceremony was held at the Knoxville Civic Coliseum and
was well at-tended by members of the Knoxville community.
Allen has been with KPD for 24 years, working his way up the
ranks from offi cer.
Race had nothing to do with his promotion; he was
the best qualifi ed, said Chief David Rausch, who at one time
was supervised by, and partnered with, Al-len.
He has been a solid em-ployee, great friend and mentor, said
Rausch.
With four KPD deputy chiefs, Allen will oversee the Criminal Law
division, which is the second largest of the department.
Lt. Ronald Green, who came on board at the same time as Rausch,
has been promoted to captain, fi lling the position previously held
by Allen.
As of Oct. 1, the police academy will move to Ce-ment Plant Road
in East Knox County near the shooting range, according
to Rausch. The present lo-cation in the former Moses School
building, on Carrick Street in Mechanicsville, has been purchased
by Em-erald Youth Foundation.
Rausch commended Knoxvilles Community De-velopment Corp. for
trans-forming the Lonsdale hous-ing projects into what feels more
like home, with private yards and front porches.
This gives residents a feeling of ownership, con-trol and
responsibility and has resulted in a big de-crease in crime in that
area, said Rausch.
Most of all, the offi cers want Knoxvillians to know that they
can call on their liaisons in law enforce-ment.
Allen promoted to deputy chief
Nate Allen
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or how I can help them mas-ter those problems.
If par-ents ask me why their s t u d e n t per for med poorly on
a state test, I dont have an answer
because I am prohibited from reviewing the ques-tions after the
test. This is frustrating for teachers and parents, but the ones
who truly suffer are the stu-dents.
Brown said state funding was mentioned only once at the
four-hour summit, yet Mississippi invests more per student than
Tennes-see.
When the Legislature reconvenes, expect a battle among
Tennessees three political parties: the dwin-dling Democrats, who
gen-erally back TEA, want better funding and resist reforms; the
corporate Republicans, including Haslam and local legislators, who
want na-tional standards and teach-er accountability; and the
red-meat Republicans, who call the standards Obam-acore and want
more guns and fewer taxes.
Beth Brown
MetroPulse columnist Frank Cagle is an expert on state politics.
Last week he boldly predicted the demise of Common Core state
stan-dards when the Legislature reconvenes.
Sandra Clark
No common ground on Common Core
If you didnt see that coming, you are willfully blind, he wrote
of last years near-death. Some of us could see it coming sit-ting
on a porch in Strawber-ry Plains.
Ever the optimist, Gov. Bill Haslam convened a summit last week
to reboot his education reforms, in-cluding Common Core.
Beth Brown, vice presi-dent of the Tennessee Edu-cation
Association, said the real experts werent invited. Most there had
zero class-room experience.
Brown said testing is paramount for reformers, yet teachers
never see the results. A list of student scores does not tell me
what questions students missed
Week before last, reports trickled out that establish-ment types
(meaning the usual Chamber of Com-merce/corporate education reform
crowd) were get-ting desperate to fi nd a way to derail Mike
McMillans campaign to become chair of the Board of Education, a
powerful position that au-tomatically confers a spot on the boards
two-person executive committee (along with the superintendent) and
the ability to set the boards meeting agendas.
McMillan has been a con-sistent critic of Superinten-dent James
McIntyre since taking the Eighth District seat in 2010, and he
often fi nds himself on the short end of 8-1 votes. The
pro-McIntyre majority had little to fear from him, and a year ago,
nobody could have pre-dicted that hed emerge as the senior member
of a bur-geoning 5-4 majority.
Betty Bean
The eff ort to derail McMillan
But he may well be. When Lynne Fugate announced that she was
tired of being perceived as divisive and would not seek re-election
as chair, the McIntyre-support-ing former majority lined up behind
Third Dis trict board member Doug Harris, but he could muster only
four votes, including his own. Same went for McMillan, who got his
own vote plus votes from new members Amber Roun-tree, Terry Hill
and interim member John Fugate. When it became obvious that the two
sides would never un-tangle the deadlock, every-one agreed to come
back next month and vote again when new Seventh District board
member Patti Bounds
is present.Bounds, who was off on
a Mediterranean cruise that was planned and paid for long before
she ran for of-fi ce, has become the focus of intense
speculation.
Meanwhile, public re-lations guy Mike Cohen didnt like the way
things appeared to be headed but said he was acting on his own in
his efforts to fi nd a way to block McMillan from being named
chair. His ba-sic argument is that Knox County will be less likely
to fi nd suitable candidates for McIntyres replacement with
McMillan at the helm.
His solution for breaking the deadlock?
Terry Hill, the new Sixth District board member, who is a
retired school psy-chologist, mother of a for-mer board member
(Cindy Buttry) and wife of another (Steve Hill). She scored the
most resounding Election
Day win of any of the new-bies and was a polishedcandidate who
appeared tobe less dug into her posi-tions than many of her
col-leagues. Plus, Cohen, a for-mer KCS public informationoffi cer,
said he just likes her.
Personally Id love Terryto serve. I actually wroteher that a
couple of days af-ter the election. I knew herwhen I was the
schools PRguy. I was a fan of hers thenand I am a fan of hers
now,he said.
He also said he doesntthink the options should belimited to
Harris or McMil-lan.
But theres a glitch Hill(who had likely noticed thatseveral of
Cohens friends,including Doug Harris, gaveconsiderable sums of
mon-ey to her major opponent)doesnt want the job.
I have no interest in run-ning for chair at this time,she
said.
Why the secrecy by MPC?One would think the
Metropolitan Planning Commission would have enjoyed all the
controversy it wanted over the past few months with the strong
neighborhood criticism of Director Mark Donaldson and his
controversial hiring of Dave Hill, but on Sept. 11 MPC adopted by
stealth the $101,000 separation agree-ment for Donaldson with-out
any public discussion or reasonable notice, thereby triggering more
attention.
This comes on top of Mayors Burchett and Rog-ero seeking and
getting Donaldsons early retire-ment.
How did this happen?When MPC met for its
regular meeting, chair Re-becca Longmire quickly asked that the
consent cal-endar be amended to add the separation agreement.
Commissioner Clancy im-mediately seconded it and before anyone knew
what was afoot it was adopted. Even veteran MPC member Jack Sharp
did not know the agreement had passed when contacted by this writer
four days later.
The agreement was not on the published agenda or explained at
the public meeting. Media have failed to report this. Clearly,
Long-mire and others on the MPC executive committee did not want
the public or even fel-low commissioners to know its contents or
debate it. By hiding it, they have directed even more attention to
its contents and undermined further already weakened public confi
dence in MPC commissioners who orches-trated this charade.
Why the secrecy by MPC?
VictorAshe
The separation agree-ment was obtained through an open-records
request. Donaldsons current con-tract, going back to 2005, pays him
one-month salary (which is $9,186.58) plus accrued sick leave
(which is 772 hours or $43,641.16) plus accrued annual leave (which
is 327 hours, which equal $18,485.36) for a total of
$71,313.05.
Then MPC voluntarily added two months sal-ary for $18,373.16 and
80 percent of his health-care premiums for one year at $11,888 for
a total of $30,261.16 for a combined total of $101,574.21 in order
to keep him around until his successor is installed. This is on top
of the salary he will be paid for the time he con-tinues working.
This second part was optional and not mandated by contract.
The public still does not know what will happen to Dave Hill,
whose hiring in-stigated much of this.
In their defense, Steve Wise, MPC attorney, ex-plains that the
recommen-dations of the executive committee usually go on the
consent calendar and are not discussed at the full MPC meeting.
This practice should be dropped when it includes such a large price
tag.
What were commission-ers thinking when they failed to discuss it
in public? No one would ever ask? The
held in his honor this Fri-day, Sept. 26, at the HowardBaker
federal courthouse.
Veteran GOP activ-ist Phyllis Severance ishelping the Alexander
forU.S. Senate offi ce in KnoxCounty a substantialboost to the
Alexander ef-fort.
It is ironic that theTennessee Supreme Court,which has a female
major-ity, did not have a singlewoman apply to be the stateattorney
general. Nor wasthere a concerted effort toencourage women or
Afri-can-Americans to apply.
It would seem the threefemale members of thecourt would have
encour-aged female attorneys orjudges to apply for thateight-year
term, but appar-ently it did not happen.
Women in todays worldoften make up a signifi cantportion of
graduating class-es from law schools.
Tennessee has never hada woman or African-Amer-ican serve as
state AG. Theywill have to wait anothereight years to even be
con-sidered.
Knox County elected itsfi rst female DA (CharmeKnight Allen)
last month.Shelby County has had a fe-male DA for several
years.
Popular election produc-es faster results in this areathan
appointments madebehind closed doors.
Gov. Bill Haslamwill join New York Gov. An-drew Cuomo, Nevada
Gov.Brian Sandoval and Mis-souri Gov. Jay Nixon at a re-ception at
the U.S. Embassyin Kabul, Afghanistan, thisSunday, Sept. 28,
accordingto an invitation sent to per-sonnel at the Embassy.
media would miss it? This is public money and merits public
scrutiny. The com-missioners are not used to public review of their
ac-tions on internal issues. They would do well to con-sult with
Jack Sharp, who has forgotten more than most current younger
com-missioners know, for advice on public relations and local
politics.
There is some positive news from MPC, however. Notices of all
future meet-ings and committee meet-ings will now be posted on the
MPC website, which has not occurred for the pow-erful executive
committee meeting. This is due to the intervention of Wise, who
deserves praise for this.
GOP legislative nominee Eddie Smith, opposing incumbent Rep.
Gloria Johnson, met with Gov. Bill Haslam for over 20 minutes Sept.
17 when Haslam was in Knoxville to promote passage of Amend-ment 2
on the judicial selec-tion process. Smith wants Bill and Crissy
Haslam to campaign for him.
Apparently that may oc-cur. This is most contested race in Knox
County on Nov. 4.
Mayor Rogero will be strongly backing Johnson and Cheri Siler
for state senator, which will place her in direct opposition to the
governor on these two can-didates. Johnson is favored, but Smith is
a credible can-didate.
U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Richard Stair Jr. is retiring after
a distinguished 28-year ca-reer in the federal judiciary, and a
reception is being
TEA gets a winBy Sandra Clark
A local case with state-wide implications was over-turned by the
state Court of Appeals in late August, and the Union County Board
of Education voted Sept. 18 not to appeal that decision.
Chancellor Andrew Till-man had ruled in favor of Union County
Public Schools in a case involving a teacher who wanted his Union
County Education Association representa-tive with him when he was
questioned by a supervisor about student allegations of misconduct.
The supervisor refused.
Director of Schools Jim-my Carter later took no ac-tion on the
charges, which led Tillman to opine that the UCEAs lawsuit was
without merit since the teacher had suffered no damage. The
teachers name was redact-ed in all documents.
Chief Judge Charles Su-sano delivered the appellate courts
decision: The em-ployee had a right under the states 2011
Collaborative Conferencing Act to have an organizational
representa-tive present at an investi-gative interview where
the
employee reasonably be-lieves the investigation may result in
disciplinary action against him or her.
Also, the Association has organizational stand-ing to pursue
this action on behalf of its members, Susano wrote. The court
vacated the judgment of the trial court and remanded the case.
Costs on appeal were assessed to the Union County Board of
Education.
The board amended its agenda to add the item and passed vice
chair Brad Griffeys motion to drop the appeal without debate.
We contacted the Tennes-see Education Association on Friday, and
a representa-tive confi rmed the organiza-tion would notify its
mem-bers and put out a general press release. TEA had been awaiting
a possible appeal to the state Supreme Court.
Its a big win for the TEA since many assumed the Collaborative
Conferencing Act had negated members right to representation.
Of course, the organiza-tion should not crow too loudly.
Legislators can al-ways tighten the law in Jan-uary.
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Theres an old joke that only three things matter in politics:
Money, money and money.
Money pays for media advertising, yard signs, bill-boards and
direct mail to voters. It allows a candidate to get his or her
message out and reach folks who rarely pay attention to
politics.
Yet, money isnt usually as important in local cam-paigns because
so few peo-
Scott Frith
High-turnout elections favor big-spending candidates
ple vote. A campaign doesnt need a lot of money when you can fi
t all the districts voters into a high school gymnasium. For
exam-ple, only 3,249 votes were
cast in the Sixth Districts (Northwest Knox County) school board
primary elec-tion in May. In the Ninth District (South Knox), only
2,494 votes were cast.
Low-turnout, local elec-tions give more infl uence to members of
special-interest groups such as teachers and neighborhood
organiza-tions because these folks vote in higher numbers.
Unsurprisingly, candidates
Now theres a headline you can sink your teeth into.
LarryVan
Guilder
Great White spotted in Fort Loudoun?
The question mark is the fi rst hint its not true. The second is
sharks well-known dislike of freshwater.
Topping this weeks who knew? list is a website call-ing itself
NY Meta where items as dubious as this fi sh story are passed off
as fac-tual.
A few weeks ago NY Meta published news, accompa-nied by video,
of a terrifying incident. According to the story, a roller-coaster
car fl ew off the tracks at Coney Island injuring eight people.
It was completely fab-ricated, yet thousands of social-media
users bought into it. New Yorks Econom-ic Development Corporation
demanded the publisher take the story down, and NY Meta
complied.
The story, if true, would have made headlines in le-gitimate
newspapers and local and national news
broadcasts. That it didnt failed to deter readers who tweeted,
This is why I dont ride roller coasters and similar sentiments for
days after the article appeared.
The expansion of Internet access with its vast stores of
knowledge at the disposal of anyone with a computer and a cable
connection was sup-posed to usher in a Second Enlightenment.
Instead, life imitating art, were daily reminded that Dumb and
Dumber are just a mouse click away.
Print publications like the National Enquirer and Globe have
long made a liv-ing with Elvis sightings and encounters with
aliens. But word of mouth was about the only way to propagate their
stories.
Now, Facebook and You-Tube claim more than a bil-lion users, and
about 250 million of us gossip on Twit-ter. If only 1 percent of
Face-book users are contenders for a Darwin* award, there are
potentially 10 million people out there who believe the cream they
ordered will melt belly fat and Repub-licans have an alternative
national health insurance plan.
How gullible are we? Would Orson Welles War
of the Worlds radio play spark panic today?
If posted on YouTube and Facebook, the answer is it probably
would. For mil-lions, if its on the Internet it must be true.
The dumbing down of America seems to accelerate at a pace
consistent with the increase in bandwidth. You can get a lot of
misinforma-tion a lot faster at 12 mega-bytes per second than you
could in my misspent youth when 2400 baud was smok-ing hot.
The other day I heard a comedian tell of a 20-some-thing woman
who aspired to a career as a volunteer but she wanted to get paid
for it. The word she was look-ing for, the comic said, was
employee.
Stupid is as stupid surfs. But if you do spot a shark in Fort
Loudoun, let us be the fi rst to know.
* The mythical Darwin is awarded for cleansing the gene pool.
Recent recipients include the 43-year-old man who took a swig of
golden liquid from a salsa jar think-ing it was a cocktail. It was
gasoline, which he immedi-ately spit out. To soothe his nerves he
lit a cigarette. He died the next day at a burn center.
Bearden resident is states new AGTennessee is in great
hands with Herbert Slatery III as state a t t o r n e y g e n e
r a l , says Steve Mc S w e e n , p r e s i d e n t of Egerton,
McAfee, Ar-mistead & Davis P.C.
S l a t e r y and McSween worked to-gether for 26 years before
Slatery took up his previous post as chief legal counsel to Gov.
Bill Haslam in 2011. They were also next-door neighbors in the
Bearden area.
Slatery is fair, hard-working and a great man-
Herb Slatery
Wendy Smith
ager, McSween says, which will come in handy as he manages a
very, very large law fi rm.
While at Egerton, McAfee, Slatery specialized in fi nance,
corporate gov-ernance, capital formation, real estate, and sales
and acquisitions of businesses. He was president of the fi rm from
1998 to 2007, and chair from 2008 to 2011.
Hes a lawyers lawyer.
Other attorneys go to him for advice, says McSween.
Slatery served as chair, director and general counsel of the
Public Building Au-thority of Knox County and Knoxville, and was a
lawyer for the countys Industrial Development Board.
He grew up here and is a huge supporter of Knox-ville, McSween
says. He was very active at Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church, and
his two grown children live here.
Slatery will be just the second Republican attor-ney general in
state history. Tennessee is the only state where the Supreme Court
names the attorney general. Its an eight-year term.
favored by these groups of-ten win local elections be-cause
their voters make up a larger percentage of the electorate.
But a high-turnout elec-tion changes everything.
In a high-turnout elec-tion, teachers and neigh-borhood
organizations have less infl uence because they comprise a smaller
percentage of voters. Also, when there are more voters, money plays
an increased role because a campaign can reach out to unaffi liated
voters who may not follow local politics every day.
This brings us to the up-coming special election for school
board.
In the Second District, Indya Kincannon has re-signed, and there
are three candidates running to re-place her in November: Charlotte
Dorsey, Jamie Rowe and Tracie Sanger.
The conventional wis-dom is that Jamie Rowe is favored to win.
Rowe has a
long history of community involvement and is a model candidate
for a low-turnout, local election for school board or City
Council.
Yet, the upcoming No-vember election will feature far more
voters than a typi-cal school board race. For example, in the May
2014 election, 27,969 votes were cast countywide. In Au-gust,
60,744 votes were cast countywide. Expect more than 100,000 votes
to be c ast this November.
A higher turnout favors the candidate who spends more money.
Tracie Sanger is not only an educator, but a proven fundraiser
widely-praised for her work raising money for the Shannondale
Elementary School Founda-tion. Sanger will have little trouble
raising money and is expected to run a strong, community-based
cam-paign.
While Rowe might have had the advantage if the election were
held in an-
other election cycle, Sanger may defy expectations and win in
Novembers high-turnout special election. High-turnout elections
favor big-spending can-didates. Expect Sanger to spend a lot of
money.Scott Frith is a local attorney. You can reach him at
[email protected].
GOV NOTES 3rd/4th District Democrats
meeting, 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25, Bearden Branch Library, 100
Golf Club Road. Guest speakers: Becky Har-mon, Emily Gregg and
George Shields.
Truman Day Dinner, 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 2, The Foundry, 747
Worlds Fair Park Drive. Tickets: $60; $70 after Sept. 28.
Info/tickets:
https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/trumanday2014;
[email protected]; 540-4001.
Democratic Womens Club meeting, Tuesday, Oct. 14, Shoneys on
Western Avenue. Info: 742-8234.
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NEWS FROM WEBB SCHOOL OF KNOXVILLE
An engaging and relevant educational experience should occupy
the bulk of a young persons day. That education might come in the
form of a multitude of disciplines and activities over a multitude
of venues, but the primary business of growing up is to learn about
oneself and the world around oneself. And nowhere in the spectrum
of developmental years is a positive and inspiring moment in ones
education more critical than in kindergarten. Webb School
completely understands that and has created a full-day kindergarten
experience that meets and exceeds all of the important criteria for
an outstanding first year of school.
There are four primary core tenets that drive Webbs kindergarten
program. They include:
Teachers consider the readiness in a learner to be extremely
important in order to address each childs individual needs and
interests.
Independent, cooperative and small group learning allow children
to ques-tion, experiment, evaluate, predict, and form
hypotheses.
Kindergarten program provides rewarding fi rst-year
experience
Children come to school with their own areas of interest and
unique learning styles that should be considered as teachers
prepare activities.
Respectful listening, creative thinking, time for reflection,
and self-directed inquiry are all integrated into the
curriculum.
Two other factors play a signi cant
role in the success of Webbs
kindergarten program:
Each kindergarten classroom has 22 students and two full-time,
highly quali ed and experienced teachers. This 11:1
student-to-teacher ratio provides ample opportunity for individual
and small-group instruction within the context of a larger whole
group.
Webbs kindergarten program fosters inde-pendent, cooperative and
small group learn-ing to allow children to question, experiment,
evaluate, predict, and form hypotheses.
Each kindergarten classroom is equipped with a Smart Board and
suf -cient laptops and iPads whereby students can learn new
material and practice in highly interactive formats and at their
own rates.
To the notion both that students come to school with a wide
array of interests and that there is important learning to be done
in many disciplines, Webbs kindergarten experience is vast and
expansive. Besides traditional language arts, social studies, math,
and science classes, Webb kindergartners participate in regular and
frequent art, music, Spanish, library, technology, and physical
education classes, as well as after-school learning opportunities,
including robotics, chess, Mandarin Chinese, dance, and tennis.
Above and beyond all of the details of the program, a childs rst
year of full-day schooling ought to be joyous, and it ought to
stimulate the natural curiosities that young people innately
possess. Wanting to come to school, wanting to learn, wanting to
give ones best effort are all acquired mindsets that can and should
be nourished in a classroom environment, and Webbs kindergarten
program is designed to do just that.
(above) During Daily Rotations, parent volunteers or V.I.Ps work
with kindergarten students in collaborative, small groups. The
program allows parents to engage with students in the class,
provides parents with a fi rst-hand opportunity to observe in the
classroom, and gives them the chance to experience the program
along with their child. (left) Each kindergarten class has two
full-time faculty to ensure an 11:1 student-to-teacher ratio,
providing ample opportunity for individual and small-group
instruction. Each classroom is equipped with a Smart Board and
suffi cient laptops and iPads whereby students can learn new
material and practice in highly interactive formats and at their
own rates.
8:15 a.m. Community Meeting
8:30 a.m. Morning Activities calendar mascot report mystery box
daily message family meeting brain teasers
9:00 a.m. Literature Lunch
9:15 a.m. Daily Rotations with Parent Volunteers (V.I.P.s)
thematic focus writing model reading social studies technology
collaboration math exploration chess projects 11:00 a.m. Lunch
11:30 a.m. Math Explorations
12:30 p.m. Physical Education
1:10 p.m. Specials art music technology library Spanish (Each
Special meets twice a week.)
1:40 p.m Snack/Recess
2:10 p.m. Exploratory Centers 3:15 p.m. Dismissal
3:15-6 p.m. Aftercare and EnrichmentClubs
WEBB KINDERGARTEN DAILY SCHEDULE
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Like the partridge hatching what it did not lay, So are all who
amass wealth unjustly;In mid-life it will leave them,And at their
end they will prove to be fools.
(Jeremiah 17: 11 NRSV)
As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he
that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the
midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
(Jeremiah 17:11 KJV)
It may be the cock that crows, but it is the hen that lays the
eggs.
(Margaret Thatcher, former British prime minister)
Eggs-actly
Readers sometimes ask me where I get my ideas for columns. To be
hon-est, when I started writing this column (1,237 columns ago!), I
had an idea for the fi rst column and the second. Since then, for
the most part, it has been hand to mouth. Occasionally, I come up
with a spate of ideas and jot them down, but mostly, when Tuesday
morning rolls around, I sit down and stare at a blank screen for a
while.
This particular morning, I didnt have a clue, nor a box to put a
clue in. Lewis and I were eating breakfast (he, his usual scrambled
egg; I, my usual bagel and soy-based cream cheese), and I was
bemoaning my clueless state. Lewis sug-gested with a twinkle that I
write a column about eggs. In the moment, I couldnt think why eggs
would show up in the Bible, but at that point, desperation was
clos-
ing in, and curiosity won out.
I hauled out my Strongs Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible and
looked up eggs. Sure enough, there they were, in Jeremiah. The
context is a warning about the theft or misuse of mon-ey. (Isnt it
astonishing how much the Bible has to say about money? What should
that tell us?)
Jesus also had something to say about eggs. (I admit I should
have remembered that one without looking it up!) He pointed out
that if a child asks for an egg, the parent would not give the
child a scorpion, a compari-son to the goodness of God, who
gives His children good gifts.
So what do we do or think when God apparently gives us a
scorpion? Since time began, humans have questioned Why? when it
comes to disasters, misfor-tunes or just plain bad luck.
It rains on the just and the unjust (Matthew 5:45), which can be
a blessing or a curse, depending on ones need for water at the
mo-ment.
Long ago in a faraway land where few people have ever traveled,
I was a mem-ber of a service organization called the Quota Club
(sort of a Kiwanis for women). Each woman who belonged was a
professional, and each woman was asked, upon joining, to tell the
member-ship about her profession.
One of the women was married to an egg farmer. He did not raise
chickens to sell; he raised chickens as machines that produced
eggs. After he married my friend, he sent her out to sell one days
production of eggs. (I cant now remem-ber how many dozen he sent
with her; it was an astonish-ing number as I recall.) She came
home, exhausted but proud; she had sold every carton of eggs.
The next morning, she was astonished to fi nd that she (again!)
had the same number of eggs to sell. Which may explain how chickens
and eggs made their way into the Bible.
They are eggs-actly like Gods blessings.
By Ashley BakerWhen the crisp air starts
to weave itself through the landscape, it means it is football
time in Tennes-see. On Sept. 13, Cokesbury United Methodist
Church
took advantage of the Uni-versity of Tennessee football game as
a way to build com-munity with a tailgate party after the Saturday
evening service.
The leaves are just begin-
ning to hint that orange is the color of the season, but
Cokesbury members gave it a push with their Volunteer apparel.
Family and friends enjoyed an evening centered around football, but
full of
FAITH NOTES
Meetings Rest: A Retreat for Moth-
ers, Friday through Sunday, Oct. 17-19, Camp Wesley Woods in
Townsend. Cost: $60 per person; Saturday only, $30 per person.
Dead-line to register: Sept. 30. Info/to register: Valan Kornhaus,
[email protected], or facebook.com/restretreat.
Sequoyah Hills Presbyterian Church, 3700 Keowee Ave., will host
GriefShare, a weekly grief support group for people grieving the
death of a loved one, 6-7:30 p.m. Mondays through Oct 27. Info:
522-9804 or www.sequoyahchurch.org.
Vendors needed West Emory Baptist Church
is seeking vendors for a Benefi t Fall Craft Fair to be held
Saturday, Oct. 25, at Heiskell UMC, 9420 Heiskell Road. Tables:
$25. Info: Jaclyn McDonald, 210-3661or [email protected].
Music services First Baptist Church of Knox-
ville, 510 W. Main St., will host singer-songwriter recording
artist Kyle Matthews in concert 4-8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 12. Info:
www.fbcknox.org or 546-9661.
Second Presbyterian Church, 2829 Kingston Pike, will host a
Concert by Neigh-boring Kingston Pike Congre-gations, 3 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 28. Performed by musicians from: First UMC, Heska
Amuna, Temple Beth-El, Laurel Church of Christ, Tennessee Valley
Unitarian Universalist Church, Knoxville First Seventh-Day
Adventist, West Hills Presby-terian, Calvary Baptist and Second
Presbyterian. Recep-tion follows the concert. Free and open to the
public.
Rec programs Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753
Oak Ridge Highway, hosts Wednesday Night Dinners each week.
Dinner and dessert, 5:45 p.m.: $7 for adults and children ages 6
and up; $3 for ages 5 and under; $20 maximum for a family. Classes,
study groups and activities, 6:30. Dinner reservations and payment
deadline: noon Monday. Info/reservations: 690-1060,
www.beaverridgeumc.org.
Susan Webb holds a four-legged fan, Bonzai, as she and Glenn
Zink enjoy the tailgate party at Cokesbury United Methodist.
Cokesbury tailgate adds orange to fall landscape
The fans at Cokesbury United Methodist Church tailgate party
show off their Volunteer spirit. From left are Taylor Lunn with her
father, John; Chrissie Batts; Daniel Batts; Lesley Shock and Chloe
and Ella Shock; Hannah Claire and Taylor Batts. Photos by Ashley
Baker
lawn games, great food and fellowship, all with the Big Orange
Volunteers projected on a television.
Susan Webb said she en-joyed her evening tailgating with
friends. We want to get involved in the community and enjoy life as
God wants us to, said Webb.
Mark Wilson, Cokesbury director of communications, said the
tailgate worked well with the churchs Saturday night service. We
offer a Saturday night service for people who cant make it on
Sunday mornings. We tailgate because we want to incorporate fun and
have an event that relates to what is happening in the
commu-nity.
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Tutus from the troops Parent volunteer Susan Roberts helps Webb
Lower School Girl Scout troop members Eliza Rob-erts, Ann Baker
Tolsma and Alexis Houser create tutus for Susan G. Komen Knoxvilles
Race for the Cure. The scouts were inspired by one of their
teachers diagnosed with breast cancer this past spring. The troop
partnered with Komen Knoxvilles Do You Tutu? campaign as part of a
service project. Photo submitted
Episcopal School of Knoxville eighth grader Sarah Perez smears
cake in her face. Photos by S. Barrett
School bus safety Knox County Sheriff s Offi ce education offi
cer Sharon Tay-lor talked to kindergartners at A.L. Lotts
Elementary School last week about school bus safety. According to
Taylor, students are safer on the school bus than in their par-ents
car on the way to and from school. More kids are hurt in car
accidents on the way to school than ever have been hurt on buses,
she said.
Students get a lift at Northshore Elementary
A hot air balloon visited Northshore Elementary School last week
to promote Monroe Life Magazines second annual Cel-ebration of Hope
Balloon Festival held this past weekend at Hiwassee College.
Pictured with the balloon in the background are sisters Kathryn,
Alyssa and Kelsey Bingham, (back) teacher Holly Vanosdale and the
sisters mom, Lisa Bingham. Photo sub-mitted
Episcopal School of Knoxville students will do pretty much
anything to help their classmates, even if it means smashing
them-selves in the face with a cup-cake.
Rather, especially if thats what it means.
An entire advisory class challenged others in the school last
week with a Cake-to-the-Face Chal-lenge.
Students in Stephanie McIntoshs class rallied around a cart full
of cup-cakes, called out a challenge and each smeared cake and
icing all over their face.
Although the event was
Members of the Christian Academy of Knoxville cheer squad are
(front) Megan Stallings, Lauren Joy, Angel Lollar, CourtneyFerren,
Brooke Houser, Megan Romero, Claire Nichols; (back) McCall Current,
Megan Bevil, Megan Morgan, Meredith Sterling,Caroline Bailey, Amber
Scruggs, Jenna Johnson, Sarah Schaad, McKenzie Odum and Sarah
Parker. The squad is coached by LisaBowland (not pictured). Photo
submitted
CAK beams at UCA cheer camp competitionsChristian Academy of
Knoxville
cheerleaders won fi rst place for lead-ership at the recent UCA
cheer camp where they competed against teams
from across the state. The squad also received superior awards
in cheer, dance and game day routines.
Five team members were named All-American: Megan Bevil, McCall
Current, Megan Morgan, Megan Stall-ings and Meredith Sterling. Two
re-
ceived the Pin it Forward characteraward: Megan Bevil and
CourtneyFerren, and four were invited to tryout next spring to
become UCA staffmembers: Megan Bevil, McCall Cur-rent, Megan Morgan
and Megan Stall-ings.
Cake in the face
silly and light-hearted, its purpose is one that is dear to
their hearts.
Classmate Sarah Perez is living with a spinal cord injury and
her weekly reha-bilitation in Atlanta can be costly.
Its amazing how one little thing can change your life, said the
well-spoken eighth grader. Sarah was
paralyzed in a car crash when she was 9-years-old.
In honor of September being Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month,
Sarahs mom, Catherine, took some cake to the face after a friend
did it which led to the challenge at ESK.
Similar to the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge that ben-efi ts research
for Lou Geh-rigs Disease, the Cake-to-the-Face Challenge helps
raise awareness of spinal cord injuries and funding for
research.
At press time, more than $2,000 had been raised by McIntoshs
students to help Sarah.
Black PigeonBearden High School
sophomore Vinila Balj-epally went white water rafting in the
Pigeon River the s u m m e r before her f r e s h m a n year. I
fell
in love with the river, she said.
Research led her to learn of pollution in the river by the
Champion Paper Com-pany, residents health is-sues and even a drop
in Cocke County tourism. It was so perfect for the theme that year
for National His-tory Day.
Baljepally created the documentary Black Pi-geon: Rights and
Respon-sibilities Involved in the Pigeon River Controversy and
submitted it at the dis-trict level of the National History Day
competition. She eventually placed third
Two former Northwest Middle School students,
Lyric Ray and Hanna Hay-les, produced a documen-
Student documentary receives statewide recognition
at the state level.This was Baljepallys
second time competing in NHD. She placed third at the district
level her eighth grade year with a study on the cardiac defi
brillator. It gave me good motivation to do it again, she said with
a
smile. She plans to compete throughout high school and hopes to
create a club at BHS for others interested in competing. So far,
she is the fi rst in the schools history to do so.
I love learning about our past, and how we can learn
from our mistakes to helpour future, she said. NHDis not just a
history project.It is really, really fun. Par-ticipants dont have
to makeit academic. Their subjectcan be whatever they wantit to
be.
Info: www.nhd.org
tary last year and were recently notifi ed that the piece earned
second place at the Tennessee History Day competition.
The pair, one a ninth grader at West High and the other a ninth
grader at Karns High, made the docu-mentary titled If Not Us: The
Rights and Responsi-bilities of America during Segregation which
depict-ed the Freedom Riders of the 1960s.
The fi lm was recently screened in Knoxville and will be
screened at the Nashville Conference on African-American History
and Culture at Tennessee State University in Febru-ary 2015.
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from the Institute of Museum and Li-brary Services.
The funds will be used to develop a new Kids in Ac-tion!
healthy-living exhibit and programs to support healthy nutrition,
healthy activity, STEM education and community wellness.
The museum will partner with East Tennessee Chil-drens Hospital,
Oak Ridge Associated Universities and the University of Tennessee
Agriculture Extension to offer a human-body exhibit and Peppy
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Karons beloved Mitford novels. Theyve found a g r o w i n g a u
d i e n c e a m o n g readers who enjoy in-spirational c o n t e m
-porary ro-mance nov-els. And the seventh, Makin Miracles, is due
to be released in Jan-uary 2015.
Her latest book, Down
by the River, published by Kensington Publishing of New York,
hit No. 23 on Amazon Kindle sales in early June. Thats right
be-tween titles by big names Fern Michaels and Debbie Macomber.
The book was also fea-tured in USA Today and Southern Writers
Magazine.
Stepp also teaches psy-chology and research at the Knoxville
branch of Tuscu-lum College. But she brags of total Big Orange
blood-
lines in her academic back-ground she did undergrad and masters
work at UT and received her doctorate there.
And she met her husband there. Hes also an author.
The couple have collabo-rated on The Afternoon Hiker, a
reader-friendly guide to casual hikes in the Great Smoky Mountains.
In addition to the usual infor-mation about trail lengths and
levels of diffi culty, the book offers lots of pictures
and solid, common-sense advice. Of the Charlies Bun-
ion trail, the authors write, dont plan to hike to the Bunion,
as we did, on a very cold day af-ter snow or
rain. As we learned, water freezes readily in the eroded pockets
between the roots and rocks along this trail,
creating icy patches that make the footing hazardous and
dangerous on this nar-row, mountaintop trailway.
The Afternoon Hiker is addictive reading. Its like having a good
friend tell you everything you need to know about a trail you might
want to explore, even if you never leave the house. Lin admits that
it inspired her own literary adventure. The hiking book is what led
to the fi ction, she says.
The Stepps are currently in the middle of a very busy book tour.
Theyve trav-eled all over the Southeast, meeting readers and
sign-ing copies of their books.
Lin Stepp is also an ac-tive and highly sought-after speaker. In
April 2015 shell lead a workshop at the Ten-nessee Mountain Writers
Annual Writers Conference in Oak Ridge. Her topic is Writing and
Marketing Your Book.
And her novella, A Smoky Mountain Gift, is featured along with
works by three other authors, including Fern Michaels in the
Christmas anthol-ogy When the Snow Falls, available in October.
A complete listing of the Stepps appearances, as well as all
other information pertaining to their books, can be found online at
www.linstepp.com.
Ebullient and positive, with a strong Christian faith, Dr. Lin
Stepp thrives amid her growing popu-larity and success, saying,
Gods enlarging my tent pegs!Send story suggestions to
[email protected].
Joan Medlicott, author of the bestselling Ladies of Covington
series, says shes found a wonderful new Southern voice.
And New York Times bestselling author Deborah Smith praises the
creator of a charming portrait of the Smokies, their people and a
wonderful way of life.
Theyre talking about Dr. Lin Stepp, the West Knox-ville resident
and profes-sor of psychology who has found success as an author of
fi ction.
I was looking for con-temporary novels about the Smokies, says
Stepp, who with her husband, J.L., has lived in the same house in
West Knoxvilles Foxfi re subdivision for 38 years. I went in one
bookstore and the owner said, This is the most visited national
park in the country, and I have none.
So I wrote one! says Stepp with a bright smile.
The six books in her Smoky Mountain series are often compared to
Jan
Carols Corner
Carol Shane
Ive fi nally come across someone that believes in all the things
that I do love, family, faith, intrigue, mys-tery, loyalty, romance
and a great love for our beloved Smoky Mountains, says Dolly
Parton.
Married Knoxville authors Lin and J.L. Stepp have written many
books, together and separately. Photo by Carol Shane
Smoky Mountain romance
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By Sandra ClarkYou can hear her dad-
dy when state Sen. Becky Massey speaks. She abso-lutely blew me
away with her testimony before a con-gressional committee last
week. It was a spur-of-the-moment invitation. Massey had been
working with Halls residents to extend the TDOT greenway grant set
to expire Sept. 30. When Mayor Tim Burchett de-cided to go ahead
and break ground, I phoned Masseys offi ce with details on the
Thursday ceremony.
She cant come, said her assistant, Debbie Gazzaway. Shes
presenting to Con-gress.
Seems Sen. Lamar Al-exander had asked her to talk about barriers
faced by people with disabilities. She gave the Senate Committee on
Health, Education, La-bor and Pensions (did they mean for the
acronym to be HELP?) an earful. Her pre-sentation was so strong
that we cant do it justice here. Read the full text at
www.help.senate.gov/imo/me-dia/doc/Massey1.
A meaningful job can make a difference in the lives of people
with disabili-ties just as it does for all citi-zens. Every person,
regard-less of hardship, disability and prejudice, can excel if
given the opportunity, she said. For them a job means more than
just a paycheck. It means truly being part of the community.
The presentation was tightly organized and ended with 14 specifi
c solutions within the reach of Con-gress. Massey has worked
Tennessee state Sen. Becky Massey advocates in Wash-ington for
people with dis-abilities.
Massey urges inclusion, jobs for disabled
21 years as a disability pro-vider and is currently ex-ecutive
director of the Ser-toma Center.
Hers was not a bleeding-heart call for more welfare. Instead, it
was a thoughtful plan to get physically and mentally challenged
indi-viduals specifi c job training in high school coupled with
incentives for businesses that hire them. Massey wants to eliminate
the cul-tural mindset of low expec-tations that implies the
dis-abled are unable to work.
Wow. In a poisonous at-mosphere of political got-cha, Becky
Duncan Massey presented a plan for action based on her lifes work
in the private sector. Its not enough to be against most
everything. Citizens pay taxes and deserve a gov-ernment that
works. Last Thursdays testimony shows why we ought to send Becky
Massey to Washington more frequently and per haps full time.
By Bonny C. MillardLighthouse Knoxville,
transformed from a once-popular restaurant, offers an elegant
wedding and event venue with a coun-tryside atmosphere in the heart
of Bearden.
Events manager Jacque Bunch said the facility, available year
round, offers both outdoor and indoor staging areas for weddings.
The business has been open for three years, but Bunch, who started
working there in December, continues to make improvements to the
property, expanding the venues options.
The Hungry Fisherman, built in the 1970s as part of a chain
owned by Shoneys, showcased a lighthouse and a large pond that
remained a draw for children and adults. Those prominent features
still provide ambi-ance to the setting.
For years, the building, located at 6800 Baum Dr., was the home
to a drug and alcohol treatment facility. The property now belongs
to Knoxville pediatric urol-ogist Preston Smith, who has his
medical practice in another building in the back. His home and farm
are next door.
The venue is available not only for weddings, but for other
events such as corpo-
Jacque Bunch stands in the pond room of the Lighthouse Knoxville
event venue. The main room can be seen through the doorways.
The lighthouse, the namesake for Lighthouse Knoxville event
venue, hearkens back to the day when facility was The Hungry
Fisherman restaurant.
Lighthouse Knoxville is unique event venue
rate meetings, fundraising galas and reunions.
Bunch said during reno-vations, the interior was gutted,
removing offi ces and dropped ceilings that had been installed. The
fa-cility has its original high
beam ceilings and polished hardwood fl oors.
Smith wanted to restore the structure to its former glory as
much as possible, she said. Those who knew the family restaurant
can see many facets of the origi-
nal structure minus the nautical dcor.
The building still has the tall windows that face along the
pond, where customers used to paddleboat.
I love the big windows around the building, she said. Its
beautiful at night when you have candles in the windows.
A deck attached to the building that runs along the water is a
popular set-ting for outdoor weddings, Bunch said. The venue can be
rented for an entire day. An upstairs area provides a place for the
bridal party to get dressed and relax before the big event.
The interior is divided into different rooms such as the
schoolhouse room because its light fi xtures came from an old
school-house. Another room is the library, and it is used for
buffet tables. And the main room provides space for larger
gatherings.
Bunch, who ran her own catering business for a long time, said
the venue offers catering and has a liquor license. The facility
sits on an eight-acre site away from traffi c and the noise of the
city.
I think Knoxville needs venues like this, Bunch said. We dont
have lot.
For info: www.light-houseknoxville.com
The Salvation Army will continue accepting applica-tions for its
Angel Tree pro-gram 1-3 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, Sept. 24-26,
at the Salvation Army
offi ce, 409 N. Broadway.The Angel Tree program
is open to children 12 and under or adults 60 and over.
Info/list of required docu-mentation: 525-9401.
Salvation Army takes applications for Angel Tree
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BEARDEN Shopper news SEPTEMBER 24, 2014 A-11
By Anne HartEric Benson says busi-
ness leaders often ask him how to motivate their em-ployees, I
tell them that each of us has a limitless supply of motivation.
What we have to do is fi gure out how to tap into it.
R e volut ion i z e Your World is the name of the motiva-tional
and leadership train-ing system that Benson and business partner
Susanne Dupes have developed that shows individuals how to
self-motivate to improve business and inter-personal
relationships.
They use the system in working with employee groups in
government and private business and out-lined it for members of the
Rotary Club of West Knox-ville recently.
Motivation comes from within, Benson said. Its up to individuals
to moti-vate themselves. We cant do it for you but we can show you
how to do it for yourself.
Dupes, who has been in-volved in womens leader-ship training for
more than two decades, says individu-als must shoot for your
highest order of purpose, because people withoutpurpose
struggle. When you fi nd activities and people who support your
purpose, your motivation goes up.
Connectedness is an important part of the formula they
devel-oped, Benson said. You have to fi gure out who your true
self
is and stay connected to that. Most people are just checking the
boxes.
The second part of con-nectedness is your relation-ship with
others. People are either champs or chumps. Chumps will suck the
life out of you. You need to min-imize the time you spend with
chumps and maximize the time you spend with champs.
Benson said another key ingredient to a good life is
prioritizing. He said a positive move would be do-ing away with
commercial television. If youre watch-ing your favorite program on
commercial television, youre spending 18 min-utes of every hour
watching commercials.
Info: 896-9665, 670-1944 or www.revolutionizeyourworld.com.
As the owner of the Up the Creek Gifts & Designs shop in
Knoxville, Ce-leste Reedy was always busy creating custom baskets
and gifts for customers and running her own business. But her
active life took a sudden detour when Reedy was sidelined by a
double cancer diagnosis in April of 2013.
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Cancer patient Celeste Reedy designed an inspi-rational t-shirt
that a physicians offi ce is selling to benefi t the Knoxville
Komen Race for the Cure.
Cancer survivor uses artistictalent to benefi t others
It was the week of Palm Sunday, remembers Reedy. I couldnt
breathe, so I went to the Emergency Room. A scan showed a lymphoma
wrapped around my throat and thyroid. It was cancer.
Because the growth was cutting off Reedys airway, the mass was
removed during an emergency surgery. But, Reedys troubles werent
over.
While I was still recovering in Critical Care, the doctors
discovered a small but very aggressive spot of breast cancer.
Reedy spent the next several months undergoing chemotherapy and
radiation treatments. The chemo and radiation for lymphoma was
similar to whats used for breast cancer, so I had treatment for
both cancers at the same time, explains Reedy.
Reedy adjusted to life full of doc-tors appointments and
treatments. Ive always been so healthy and active, its mindboggling
how everything can turn around, says Reedy.
To pass time while as she waited in doctors offi ces, Reedy
began sketch-ing. Id draw fl owers and things I was familiar with.
Id get lost in drawing, it was therapeutic for me.
Reedy was surprised when nurse Mary Krogh of Premier Surgical
Asso-ciates at Parkwest, noticed her artwork and asked if Celeste
would design a t-
shirt to sell for the offi ces annual Ko-men Race for the Cure
fundraiser.
Krogh says Premier Surgical and the Parkwest offi ce have long
been in-volved in the Knoxville Komen race. The cancer fundraiser
is a way we honor our families, friends and pa-tients affected by
breast cancer, ex-plains Krogh. Its very special to have a patient
like Celeste design our shirt.
Reedy says shes honored to be a part of the offi ces effort. The
Premier Sur-gical staff and physicians have become my friends. I
actually look forward to coming to my appointments here, says
Reedy. Im excited to do something that could possibly make a
difference for other cancer patients.
Reedys t-shirt design incorporates colorful fl owers with the
words Faith, Hope, Love, and Life. Im very appreciative of life and
no longer take lot of things for granted, says Reedy.
Orders for the shirts are being ac-cepted at the Premier
Surgical offi ce at Parkwest Medical Center. Proceeds will benefi t
the Komen Knoxville Race for the Cure.
Shirt design
CHAMBER NOTES
Knoxville Premier Partner Network-
ing Event: Joe Baker, Founder of Ole Smoky Ten-nessee
MoonshineThursday, Sept. 25, 4:30 to 6 p.m.The Stables at Hunter
Valley Farm, 9111 Hunter Valley Lane
Job Fair: Hiring Our Heroes: Veterans Hiring FairWednesday, Oct.
1, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.|The Grande Event Center, 5441 Clinton
Highway
Networking: a.m. Exchange with Image MattersThursday, Oct. 2, 8
to 9 a.m.Image Matters, Inc., 3017 Sutherland Ave.
Bright Ideas: How Knoxvil-lians are Spending Their Money by Ben
McWhorter
from Journal Broadcast GroupTuesday, Oct. 14, 11:30 a.m. to 1
p.m.Cost of Admission: $35 for non-members; $25 for memberKnoxville
Chamber, 17 Market Square, Suite 201
Networking: Premier Partner Event with Coach Donnie
TyndallThursday, Oct. 16, 7:30 to 8:30 a.m.Thompson Boling Arena,
Ray Mears Room
Farragut/West Knox Networking: Tennova Tur-
key Creek Medical CenterThursday, Sept. 25, 5 to 6:30 p.m.10820
Parkside Drive
Ribbon Cutting: Posh Petal DesignsFriday, Sept. 26, 10:30 to 11
a.m.,11414 Kingston Pike
Breakfast Speaker Series: Dr. Bill BassTuesday, Sept. 30, 7:30
to 9 a.m.Fox Den Country Club, North Fox Den DriveTickets: $30
(members) $40 (non-members)Register: www.farragutcham-ber.com
Networking: The Shrimp Dock|Thursday, Oct. 2, 5 to 6 p.m.|11124
Kingston Pike
Networking: CorksThursday, Oct. 16, 5 to 6:30 p.m.11668 Parkside
Drive
Michael Holtz
Holtz joins Health Department
He and wife Sarah live in Knoxville with their rescue dog,
Mar-ley. Holtz replaces Dr. Kath-
leen Brown, who recently accepted a position with the University
of Ten-nessees Department of Public Health.
Michael Holtz has joined the Knox County Health Department as
director of community assessment and health promotion. He comes to
KCHD after 12 years with the American Cancer Society and its Cancer
Action Networks 14-state Southern region.
Holtz will oversee
adolescent pregnancy prevention, HIV/AIDS awareness, teen health
promotion, violence and unintentional injury pre-vention,
TENNderCARE, and the epidemiology program.
Holtz earned his masters in communica-tions from the University
of Tennessee in 1998, and his bachelors in mass communication from
the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, in 1992.
By Sara BarrettGolfers came out in full
swing last week for the in-augural MIG Bobby Den-ton Charity
Classic held at Cherokee Country Club. Proceeds went to St. Jude
Childrens Research Hos-pital, and the event helped celebrate
Mortgage Inves-tors Groups 25th anniver-sary.
Tournament namesake and Voice of the Vols Bobby Denton was
honored with a cigar salute that evening at the clubhouse.
Mortgage Investors Group founder, president and CEO Chrissi Rhea
said the local legend had planned to be the events spokesper-son,
and when he died his family graciously agreed to lend Dentons name
to the event.
(Denton) was a big sup-porter of St. Judes, said Rhea. He was
pretty ex-cited about the whole event.
Susanne Dupes and Eric Benson, partners in the leadership and
motivational training system, Revolutionize Your World, at a recent
meeting of the Rotary Club of West Knoxville. Photoby A. Hart
Mortgage Investors Group founder, president and CEO Chrissi Rhea
and her fi anc, Russell Beaty, enjoy lunch at the inaugural MIG
Bobby Denton Charity Classic. Photo by S. Barrett
Mortgage Investors Group starts tourney to help St. Judes
He was such a big voice across the entire state, and since MIG
has locations across the state, we wanted to do something that
would help people statewide.
Event organizers hope to keep the name for future
tournaments.
Rhea didnt play in the tournament but attended to show her
support.
Tips to motivate yourself
The offi cial grand open-ing celebration of Univer-sity Commons
is set for 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 25, in the parking garage near
the Publix entrance. The center was built on the old Fulton Bellows
site, located directly across Cumberland Avenue from the entrance
to Tyson Park.
University Commons is a retail center encompassing 12+ acres and
comprised of 210,000 square feet of retail space and parking. It is
be-ing developed by CMH LLC, whose principal partners are Budd
Cullom, Jim Har-rison and Mike McGuffi n. Info:
www.shopuniversity-commons.com
Grand opening for University Commons
Meet EverettEverett is a 2-year-old male shepherd/hound mix
available for. He has been neutered, vaccinat-ed and
microchipped.
Everett is available at Young-Williams Animal Centers 3201
Division Street location. Info: 215-6599 or
www.young-wil-liams.org.
East Tennessee kidney patients will benefi t from a $43,000
donation by KenJo Markets to the East Tennes-see Kidney Foundation.
The funds, raised through cou-pon book sales at the com-panys 35
locations, will be used to improve the lives of East Tennesseans
with, at
risk for or affected by kidney dis-ease.
K e n J o p r e s i d e n t C h a r l e s Wes Car-ruthers Jr.
presented a Carruthers
$43,000 donation to Katie Martin, executive direc-tor of the
East Tennessee Kidney Foundation, which serves some 200 low-in-come
patients per month in 15 counties.
The funds were raised through the sale of benefi t coupon books
at area KenJo Markets. Info: www.etkid-ney.org.
Kidney Foundation gets KenJo boost
By Cindy TaylorIt was National Assisted
Living Week, celebrated at Morning Pointe for the fi rst time
this year with a Fall Festiv al. But when the rain came down on
Sept. 11, fa-cility director Tyner Brooks and the staff at Morning
Pointe didnt let the bad weather dampen their fun. They just moved
everything indoors.
Brooks ended up soaked to the skin, but thanks to his sacrifi ce
everyone else enjoyed a rain-free festival.
Visitors and residents enjoyed a carnival-like at-mosphere with
cotton can-dy, hot dogs off the grill, popcorn and other goodies.
Live music by Pistol Creek resounded through the hall-ways, and
booths offered blood pressure checks, face painting and more.
Bill Cabage and Edward Harper of Pistol Creek entertain at the
Morning Pointe Fall Festival. Photos by Cindy Taylor
Residents enjoy festival at Morning Pointe
The staff plans to make the free festival an annual community
event.
Morning Pointe Assisted
Living is lo