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By Wendy SmithThe Cherokee Indians called
Blount Mansion the house with many eyes. Exec-utive director
Ka-tie Stringer plans to show visitors what those eyes have seen
during the homes 220-year history.
The mansion, which would be considered a small
house by todays standards in spite of several expansions, has
primarily been dedicated to tell-ing the history of William Blount,
governor of the Southwest Terri-tory, and his family.
But the site was home to other notables, like the McClung
fam-
ily and Knoxville mayor Samuel Boyd, as well as immigrants who
rented rooms in the house around the turn of the century, says
Stringer. She hopes to use the mu-seum to interpret the citys
entire history from native Americans to women to local
industry.
Stringer, who grew up in Kings-ton, remembers visiting the
Blount Mansion when she was in the fi rst grade. Her teacher,
coincidentally, was Mrs. Blount. She still has the coloring book
she purchased that day from the gift shop.
Several copies of the same col-oring book were recently located
in the Craighead-Jackson House next door, so it is once again
available for purchase in the gift shop.
Stringer has always loved his-
tory. She has a masters degree in ancient history with a certifi
cate in museum management from the University of Memphis and a
Ph.D. in public history from MTSU. Last summer, she published a
book, Programming for People with Special Needs: A Guide for
Mu-seums and Historic Sites. Blount Mansions accessibility issues
for the elderly and those with special needs are always in the back
of her mind, she says.
She came to Blount Mansion during summer 2013 just before the
museum closed for almost a year for renovations.
The philosophy of museum house management has changed in recent
years. The emphasis is now on sustainability, Stringer says.
Museums cant operate on
A new vision for Blount Mansion
Katie Stringer
Blount MansionHistory Supper
The Blount Mansion Association will present an evening of food
and fun at the Grill at Highlands Row at 6 p.m. Monday, March 23.
James R. Knight, author of Hoods Tennessee Campaign: The Desperate
Venture of a Desperate Man, will speak about John Bell Hood and the
Civil War in Tennessee. Cost is $65 per person. RSVP by March 20 at
525-2375 or [email protected]
To page A-3
BUZZBZA interviews
Knox County Commissioner John Schoonmaker will hold an interview
meeting 5-6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 12, at Farragut Town Hall,
confer-ence room A, to interview candidates who are interested in
serving on the Knox County Board of Zoning and Appeals (BZA).
Candidates must live in the 5th commission district and be
willing to volunteer four hours each month. Info: 215-2534.
Fathers and daughters alike look forward to the annual Shamrock
Ball at Farragut High School. Kevin Greene and his daughter Maddie,
age 6, had a rollicking good time at the March 7 dance, sponsored
by the town of Farragut and the Kiwanis Club of Farragut. In
addition to being a fun time, the dance raises money for Kiwanis
programs. For more photos, see Farragut Faces on page A-3. Photo by
Nancy Anderson
Shamrock dancing
By Wendy SmithNow that cold weather is almost
over, the Farragut Economic De-velopment Committee, along with
other town leaders, hopes to grow some new business.
Committee members are look-ing forward to its April 1 meeting,
when local Realtors and develop-ers are invited to get up-to-date
information on regulations re-garding development in the town.
Developers need to understand recent zoning changes, like the
towns adoption of the area and text identifi ed as Mixed Use Town
Center (MUTC) on the Future Land Use Plan, said town admin-istrator
David Smoak. There are new standards on how construc-tion should
look in the MUTC, but the zoning district also allows for more fl
exibility, like reduced setbacks and modifi ed building height
requirements.
The MUTC, located primarily along Kingston Pike between Glen
Abbey Boulevard and Concord Road, is the preferred area for a
downtown.
The towns new Architectural and Design Guidelines, which were
approved last month by the Farragut Board of Mayor and Al-dermen,
will also be reviewed.
Lacy Beasley of Retail Strate-gies will also speak at the
meet-ing about current retailing trends, like fast casual
restaurants, said Smoak. The meeting, held at Far-ragut Town Hall,
begins at 9 a.m.
Four town leaders will repre-sent Farragut at the International
Council of Shopping Centers con-vention in Las Vegas in May.
As-sistant town administrator Gary Palmer, mayor Ralph McGill, and
Economic Development Commit-tee members Jim Nixon of Turkey Creek
Land Partners and David Purvis of the Farragut Business Alliance
plan to attend.
The convention will allow town leaders to meet retailers to
discuss
available leasing opportunities in Farragut. The goal, Smoak
said, is to create movement on properties that are currently vacant
and fi ll undeveloped space.
He mentioned two noteworthy properties that are in the process
of being developed. The request to rezone a 30-acre farm northwest
of the intersection of Kingston Pike and Everett Road from
residential to commercial is on the agenda for the March 19
Municipal Planning Commission meeting. The rezon-ing of a 13-acre
property on Outlet Drive east of Snyder Road to ac-commodate an
apartment complex has already been approved by the Knoxville-Knox
County Metropoli-tan Planning Commission.
Smoak said the town is op-posed to the rezoning of the Outlet
Drive parcel because it is within the towns Urban Growth Bound-ary,
and apartments would be in-consistent with the towns Com-prehensive
Land Use Plan, which
calls for the property to be offi ce/light industrial.
Bettye Sisco of the Farragut West Knox Chamber of
Commercelamented that several ribbon-cuttings for new businesses
weredelayed due to bad weather. Theywill be rescheduled. She
alsocalled attention to the chambersupcoming auction,
ThatsEntertainment, which is 6 p.m.Friday, April 24, at
RothchildCatering and Conference Center,8807 Kingston Pike. A
portionof the proceeds will benefi t EastTennessee Childrens
Hospital,and tickets are available at www.farragutchamber.com.
Allison Sousa of the Farragut Business Alliance said
theorganization hopes to be moreproactive in serving as a
liaisonbetween the town and developers.The organizations next big
eventis Art in Park for Children at 1p.m. Saturday, May 2, at
FoundersPark at Campbell Station.
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In celebration of National Wildlife Week, TREK South is heading
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Islands Wildlife Refuge).
The groups monthly hike will start at 1 p.m. Sunday, March 15,
and last for two to three hours. Mac Post, one of the authors of
Urban Hikes in Knoxville, Knox County, TN, will join the group to
identify critters they might encounter.
For info and directions, visit TREK South on Facebook.
IN THIS ISSUE
Say what???A couple of West Knox leg-
islators are trying to amend the Knoxville city charter to
require county-nominated representation on the KUB board of
commissioners.
Victor Ashe says the usual process for amending the charter is
by voter refer-endum. And besides, three county residents are
already on the 7-member board.
Read his column on page A-5
Big playsMarvin West recalls big
plays from Gene McEver to Larry Seivers to Al Wilson from Vol
football history.
Many big plays and a few unforgettable ones. Marvin longs for a
few more.
Read his column on page A-4
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Art from the ovenDelicious creations in
batter and frosting fi lled the Tennessee Terrace level of
Neyland Stadium on Satur-day, Feb. 28, as more than 150 beautifully
decorated cakes, cake pops, cupcakes and non-edible diaper cakes fi
lled the room. The Great Cake Bake, now in its sixth year, is a
tasty fundraising event by the Knox County Public Library, with all
pro-ceeds going to Dolly Par-tons Imagination Library of Knox
County.
The contest attracts pro-fessionals, children, teens and home
cooks and fea-tures cake and pastry sam-plings for attendees.
Sherri Gardner Howell
Emily Mayer, with Joyce Mayer, takes a photo of some of the
professional cakes at the sixth annual Great Cake Bake decorating
contest to benefi t Imagination Library.
Madalyn McCoy and Taylor Yates pose near Taylors Where the Wild
Things Are cake, which took second place.
Danielle Velez, program coordinator for Knox County Imagination
Library, and Larry Clark of Sugarbakers, stand in front of
Sugarbakers elaborate castle cake.
Professional bakers cant hold a candle to Penny Skiles, who
decorates her cupcake just the way she likes it. Photos byJustin
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James McDaniel with the Pellissippi Culinary Institute sets out
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Amy Gamble poses with her second-place diaper cake.
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Blount Mansion From page 1
income from admissions and school groups. Instead, directors
have to think cre-atively.
Creativity saved the day when the mansion was closed but
visitors still stopped by. The homes his-toric furniture had to be
stored during renovations, but the best of the collec-tion was
moved into the visitors center for an exhibi-tion called Furniture
on the Frontier.
Most of the furniture is still in storage. Stringer, along with
her assistant, David Hearnes, and an in-terpretation committee, are
deciding how to best com-municate Knoxvilles history since the days
of William Blount.
Photos of the home from different periods in Knox-villes history
currently adorn the walls. During a tour, Hearnes points out a doll
that was discovered in the wall during the recent renovation. One
of the walls
has been left open to reveal the foundation, which needs
additional repairs.
Even during this period of transition, school groups regularly
visit Blount Man-sion. Hearnes thinks the broad range of
information at the site makes it appro-priate for the
multidisci-plinary Common Core cur-riculum.
As an example, he de-scribes a science class that was recently
taught in the living room. Christmas decorations were still up, and
a student noticed they were infested with young praying mantises.
Without missing a beat, the teacher presented a lesson about the
insects.
Visitors neednt worry. The bugs quickly ate each other, Hearnes
says.
The Blount Mansion is open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday
and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday. Tours are available each hour.
Info: www.blountmansion.org
It might be time for a touch of nostalgia.
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The 6-year-olds who wore Cinderella dresses to the fi rst
Shamrock Ball, a father-daughter dance, could have driven
them-selves to this years party.
While teenagers were in short supply at the 10th an-nual dance,
sponsored by the town of Farragut and Kiwanis Club of Farragut,
younger girls and their fa-thers and/or grandfathers fi lled the
commons at Farra-gut High School on March 7.
The dads were there for a dance with their daugh-ters. The
daughters were there for the same and for the photo ops, crafts and
refreshments. Music was provided by Ganns Enter-tainment.
The evening is also a fun-draiser with proceeds going to benefi
t Kiwanis Fresh Air Camp, an overnight camp-ing experience for
disadvan-taged youth, and the Kiwan-is International Eliminate
Project, a program focused on eliminating maternal and neonatal
tetanus.
Bill McDonald and his daughter Claudia, age 8, show off their
version of swing dancing at the Shamrock Ball, a father-daughter
dance sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Farragut and the town of
Farragut. Photos by Nancy Anderson
Tory Kinson and daughter Valerie, age 10, show other dancers how
to pump-it-up at the Shamrock Ball at Farragut High School.
Caroline Arthur gets a twirl from her friend Kenlee Jarrell.
dance with my daughterSharing a sweet dance are Kevin Hardman
and daughter Lola, age 3.
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Marvin West
New offensive coordi-nator Mike DeBord has been very busy
reviewing Tennessee football video of 2014, analyzing what worked
and what didnt. I hope he smiled when he saw my favorite play.
It was the fake fi eld goal and touchdown pass at Mis-souri,
walk-on to walk-on, fl awless execution.
Holder Patrick Ashford, once a Carson-Newman quarterback, took
the snap, stood up and threw down the middle to tight end Alex
Ellis. The shocker went 31 yards and gave Tennessee a brief lead.
It didnt mat-ter too much in the overall scheme of things, but it
sure was fun at the time.
Runner-up happened at South Carolina. There were several
choices. Josh-ua Dobbs led a remarkable
Big plays, unforgettable plays
comeback that produced 14 points and a tie in 83 seconds. Aaron
Medley kicked what proved to be the decisive field goal in
overtime.
DeBord may not have looked at defense. The re-ally big play (or
plays) in Co-lumbia came from the other unit that had been mauled
and shredded and stepped on for four quarters. The so-called
defense gave up 625 yards and looked awful but in one magic minute
won the game.
The fi nish was spectacu-lar: Curt Maggitt and Derek Barnett
sacked Gamecock quarterback Dylan Thomp-son on fi rst and second
downs. A fi erce rush forced a throwaway on third. Some kid missed
a world-record kick and Tennessee faithful whooped and sang and may
have shed tears of joy.
I really liked Todd Kel-lys one-toe-in interception against
Vanderbilt and Josh Smiths hurdle against the Arkansas State
defensive back. Insignifi cant, you say, but interesting.
In my second book, Leg-ends of the Tennessee Vols, are stories
about great play-ers and a bonus chapter about legendary plays. Ive
been looking for something to add if I ever decide to do a second
edition.
That is, I suppose, a gen-
tle way of saying not much legendary has happened in the past
several years. May-be youve noticed.
That legendary chapter has plays that last forever. ...
The names of Charlie Severance, Bill Majors and Wayne Grubb are
carved in marble for The Stop of LSUs Billy Cannon in 1959.
The Fumble by Arkan-sas Clint Stoerner in 1998 was caused by
Billy Ratliff. Travis Henry took the win-ning opportunity to the
house.
The Return of the open-ing kickoff by Gene McEver in the 1928
Alabama game was historic.
The Hit on Larry Czonka by Paul Naumoff in the 1966 Gator Bowl
was textbook, about as good as it gets.
Paul stood him up and
spit and sweat came up like a water balloon, was Nick Showalters
description.
Grantland Rice made Johnny Butler an All American for his
back-and-forth run against Alabama in 1939. Hank Lauricella gained
football immortal-ity with his smart 75-yarder against Texas in the
1951 Cotton Bowl.
Jeremy Lincoln defl ected the fi nal Notre Dame fi eld-goal
attempt with his back-side to secure the 24-point comeback, the
Miracle at South Bend. That was Nov. 9, 1991.
The University of Ten-nessee has not had a more important, or
bigger come-back in our schools history, said coach John
Majors.
I thank my mom for giv-ing me a big butt, said Lin-coln.
There were many other legendary plays: Snake Sta-bler threw
incomplete to stop the clock near the end
of the 1965 Tennessee-Ala-bama tie. Unfortunately for Snake and
the Tide, it was fourth down.
Condredge Holloway scrambled away from pres-sure and hurled a
two-point pass to Larry Seivers to beat Clemson in 1974.
Dale Jones rushed Ala-bama QB Mike Shula, blocked a pass from a
few feet away and somehow caught the ball on the way down. That
saved the 1985 victory.
There was Peyton Man-nings stunning bootleg run when nobody was
looking and the fi rst-play pass to Joey Kent against Alabama, 80
yards, touchdown! And what Al Wilson did to Flori-da. And what
Bobby Majors did to Penn State.
There have been dozens, maybe a hundred memo-rable plays. One
more would be nice.Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address
is [email protected].
Sandra Clark
Community growingA fun part of my job is to
engage with various com-munities that we serve.
Right now, Im work-ing hard in Powell where a committee is
applying for a $3 million grant to promote economic
development.
This particular grant is designed only for commu-nities served
by Frontier Communications. With some 300 groups across the country
competing, Powell has a good shot at making the fi rst cut 50
communities that will each get $35,000. The next cut brings 10 fi
nalists, each getting $150,000. Three winners will get $3 million,
$2 million and $1 million.
Its worth working on and Im learning a lot.
Telling the storyAnother extracurricular
activity is our Wednesday afternoon newspaper club at Sarah
Moore Greene Magnet Academy.
Three co-workers from Shopper-News work with two teachers and
two interns to teach reporting skills.
Reporting is more than the Five Ws (which newspa-per club
members will tell you are who, what, where, when and why).
Reporting is storytelling, and good reporters put facts into
con-text and hear what people mean to say even if their words are
fuzzy.
Try explaining that to a third-, fourth- or fi fth-grader.
So last week we talked about the money quote.
We paired up, two kids per adult, and I interviewed four
students, two in each
session. Wow! It was the best session yet. These kids had as
much to say as any guest weve had, and the other kids seemed to
relate better to their peers.
Meet the kids and learn about them from our SMG reporters:
Danea Summerford moved to Knoxville from Penn-sylvania. Destiny
Woods says Danea is a writer who discovered wattpad.com, a
Safari
Danea
Madison
Wesley
place where all you need are words. Shes had about 4,000 views
for her stories, Destiny wrote. She is learn-ing three languages
(online), French, Italian and Hawai-ian. She loves vampires and
werewolves and the super-natural. She writes for fun and to express
her feelings.
Eddys Garcia wrote: Shes getting rich in public.
Madison Thomasmoved here from South
C a r o l i n a . She talked about her grandmoth-er, Doris T h o
m a s , and about how impor-tant she is to her life.
K a r i n a Cortes wrote: Madison says her granny is a good cook
and she likes every-thing she makes.
Jarmarion Chambers
wrote: Madison and her grandmother go out to eat at Cracker
Barrel and once to a Mexican restaurant.
Jordynn Santos wrote: Madison sings in the (church) choir with
her granny.
Madison herself wrote: I love her very much. I love talking
about her.
Wesley Mills is a f o u r t h -grader who does math in his head.
He calls it men-tal math, w r o t e J a d a r i u s Jones. He is
just nine
years old, wrote Jatoria White, after Wesley round-ed 496 up to
500 and multi-plied times three.
Safari Bahati, now in fi fth grade, left his home in Africa in
time of war to
come to the United States. The family settled fi rst in Vermont
but didnt like the cli-mate. Sa-faris dad is a scientist who
studies after work to get a
better job.Eddys Garcia caught the
money quote from Clark: How American is that!
Destiny Woods wrote: Safari Bahati ... speaks four languages:
Swahili, Kinn-bala, Burundi and English.
Tyree Gibson wrote about his friend: He got his name because he
was born on a journey. His dad can speak 16 different
languages.
Finally, a kid who shall remain nameless wrote in response to
the why of this program: Because the other (speaker) didnt show
up.
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On WBIR-TVs Inside Tennessee on March 1, three state legislators
discussed this years hottest issues primarily health care and
education with a panel of local experts.
Roger Kane
Knox County Juvenile Court Judge Tim Irwin talks to the Council
of West Knox County Homeowners at Peace Lutheran Church. Photo by
Wendy Smith
Prescription drugs keep juvenile court busy
Kane plays whack-a-mole with TV panelists
VictorAshe
Betty Bean
Wendy Smith
When Tim Irwin began his work as a Juvenile Court judge in 2005,
there were 300 kids in state custody in Knox County. Now there are
749. Abuse of prescrip-tion drugs has caused the courts caseload to
swell. If it werent for those cases, he could spend two days a week
fi shing, he says.
They absolutely drive the train. Its criminal whats happening to
fami-lies, and its criminal that you can use TennCare to get the
pills.
Irwin spoke to the Coun-cil of West Knox County Homeowners last
week. He loves his job, but its tough, he says. The court heard
over 29,000 cases in 2014, and most were about the problems of
parents rather than children. Seven judges work under him, and
three are devoted to child sup-port of unmarried parents. There are
six times more cases involving unmarried parents than married
par-ents, he said.
Many of the parents who come to his court dont work. Its rare to
have cases that involve two working par-ents, he says. The
prescrip-tion drug craze has made it
easier to sell drugs than to have a job. If its a choice
be-tween a job that pays $9 per hour for less than 40 hours per
week with no benefi ts or receiving government as-sistance while
selling drugs, theres not much incentive to work.
Addiction to painkill-ers is almost impossible to break, and a
result is babies
born to addicted mothers. Every once in a while, the love for a
child will pull a mother out of the haze, he says. Otherwise,
children are removed from the home.
We dont want to take kids away from parents if theres any way
they can make it work. It is a consti-tutional right to parent.
The pill problem requires
When the legislators were asked their position on vouch-ers,
Sens. Doug Overbey and Frank Niceley, Repub-
licans who rarely agree on much, both said they oppose vouchers,
but for different reasons:
Overbey said he doesnt like the idea of taking money away from
public schools and pointed out that Blount County (which is in his
district) is home to some of the best schools in the state.
Niceley said many Christian and private schools dont like
vouch-ers because accepting them gives the govern-ment a free
ticket to stick its nose in their business. He said he once
support-ed them, but hes changed his mind, partially because the
money might end up going to a bunch of Muslims.
Former state Rep. Glo-ria Johnson, an adamant voucher opponent,
was a panelist. She said the re-search doesnt show that vouchers
lead to improved student performance.
Meanwhile, Kane sat quietly until he was directly questioned
about his position on vouch-ers. He mentioned three voucher bills
going around.
When host John Beck-er pointed out that Kane hadnt stated his
position on vouchers, Kane played coy:
You didnt ask, he said, fi nally allowing as how hed have to see
the strings attached to any voucher bill before mak-ing up his
mind.
The following week, the Knox County school board voted 8-1 to
oppose school vouchers (Doug Harris dissented).
A few days later, Johnson signed onto KnoxViews, a popular
website dealing with local issues, and noted that Kane is not only
sup-porting vouchers, but is co-sponsoring a voucher bill
(HB0125).
Evidently Kane doesnt care what his Board of Education
thinks.
And maybe John Beck-er should call Rep. Kane and invite him to
make an encore performance. Hes got some splaining to do.
work on a number of fronts. Irwin thinks better training for
doctors could keep those who are already addicted from getting new
prescrip-tions, and the federal gov-ernment could cap the num-ber
of pills prescribed at one time.
While theres no easy fi x for prescription drug abuse, Irwin
knows the formula for helping a child succeed: un-conditional love.
If someone spends quality time with a child and tells them they are
loved no matter what they do, the child will succeed almost every
time, he says.
Whenever people ask what they can do to help, he always tells
them to spend time in a childs life. Become a mentor or volunteer
with kids in the community.
He tells the story of tour-ing the Vestal Boys & Girls Club.
When one member of
State Sen. Becky Massey and Rep. Ryan Haynes have introduced
legislation to modify the Knoxville city charter by allowing the
county mayor to submit three names to the city may-or to name one
to the KUB board of commissioners.
Normally changes to the city charter are done by a vote of the
people and not in Nashville.
Three of the current seven members live outside the city:
Nikitia Thompson, Celeste Herbert and Kathy Hamilton.
The city mayor has named each of them from a list submitted by
the exist-ing KUB board. Hamilton is a former fi nance director for
county government.
It seems that Knoxville developer Scott Davis is a promoter of
this legislation. Davis and KUB have had their differences over the
years.
He was sued in 2013 by KUB for non-payment of certain expenses
KUB says are owed. Davis has attor-ney Lewis Howard defend-ing him,
and the amount being contested is less than $17,000. It may go to
trial next month.
Rogero has advised Bur-chetts staff she is opposed to this
legislation, which adds another log to the fi re of disagreements
building between the two mayors. In
Legislators seek to change city charter
this area, KUB seems to be meeting the desire for
rep-resentation outside the city in Knox County. KUB also provides
service in adjacent counties.
There is an argument to make that the current sev-en-year terms
(allowing 14 years of service) exceed the eight years of term
limits that city and county voters have imposed on many of their
elected offi cials and that the KUB terms should be reduced to four
years each, consistent with city and county offi cials.
Knoxville holds city elections this year for mayor, city judge
and four council seats. The deadline to qual-ify with the Knox
County Election Commission to be on the ballot is noon on June 18,
with the city primary on Sept. 29 and the general election Nov.
3.
If a candidate for mayor or city judge receives 50 percent plus
one vote in the primary he or she is deemed elected and does not go
for-ward to November.
However, even if the three at-large City Coun-
cil candidates receive 50 percent plus one vote in September,
each must run again on Nov. 3 when voter turnout may be even less
than in September.
The four council mem-bers eligible to seek a second and fi nal
term are Finbarr Saunders, George Wallace and Marshall Stair, all
at-large; and Mark Campen, District 5.
Wallace and Stair, along with Vice-Mayor Nick Pav-lis, are
mentioned as poten-tial mayoral candidates.
Others mentioned in-clude Alvin Nance, who is moving from KCDC
to Lawler Wood housing, for-mer city deputy mayor Ed-die Mannis and
current city deputy mayor Christi Branscom. Others are sure to pop
up.
The MPC director search committee is near-ing a decision among
three persons who are now being vetted. Mayors Burchett and Rogero
will have to approve it.
The MPC board of com-missioners has no voice in the choice as
the new direc-tor will not report to them but to the two mayors.
This makes for an unclear and potentially unworkable line of
authority caused by an act of the Legislature for which no one
claims credit.
Meanwhile, with the 2016 county primary a year
away, County Commission-er Jeff Ownby is hosting a fundraiser
March 26 at the home of Russell and former GOP chair Ruthie
Kuhlman. Ownby was a surprise win-ner in 2010s Haslam land-slide
over Democrat Finbarr Saunders, who is now seek-ing a second term
on City Council.
Ownby has had a trou-bled tenure on County Com-mission and will
face op-position in the Republican primary. Hugh Nystrom of
ChildHelp is actively ex-ploring a run. There may be others.
While Knoxvillemay be a cakewalk for Mayor Rogeros re-election
(with no one else running), Nash-ville faces a hot and heavy
contest with seven credible candidates (all Democrats) as Mayor
Karl Dean retires after two terms.
These candidates are well-funded (each having raised over
$400,000) and, for at least one, funding is unlimited due to his
wealth. No Republican is running.
Candidates include Met-ro Council member Megan Barry, attorney
Charles Robert Bone, David Fox, multimillionaire Bill Free-man,
Criminal Court Clerk Howard Gentry (former vice mayor), Jeremy Kane
and Linda Eskind Re-brovick (daughter of Jane Eskind).
When Republican Rep. Roger Kane, the junior member of the
legislative panel, was asked about bills hes carrying this session,
he said hes got one to make sure indigent defendants looking for
state-supported lawyers are really indigent, plus a
consumer-protection bill that will ensure that product warranties
are on the up-and-up.
Kane, who sits on the Education Committee and chairs a
subcommit-tee there, said hes also got some education bills but
generally doesnt like to sponsor them because he doesnt think its
quite kosher to do so.
the group bent down to the tie the shoe of a young child,
several other kids untied their shoes because they wanted the same
attention.
Theres also a desperate need for foster parents in Knox County.
Opportuni-ties range from the long-term care of a drug-addict-ed
infant to one- or two-day stints as a Safe Place volun-teer through
the Helen Ross McNabb Center.
For information on be-coming a foster parent, con-tact the
Tennessee Depart-ment of Childrens Services at 1-877-DCS-KIDS.
GOSSIP AND LIES E-911 Board will meet
Friday, March 13, for a re-do requested by Mayors Tim Burchett
and Madeline Rogero after an earlier meeting (which both missed)
failed to get a second on a recommenda-tion by Burchetts
purchasing
department to use Harris rather than Motorola for radio
equipment.
Politically, its Cynthia Moxley (Harris) versus every cop in
town. And the winner is?
Cops, with the committee vot-ing to rebid the contract.
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Farragut Middle School eighth graders Ericka Wang and Will Hong
take a break from studying for the National Science Bowl
competition. Photo by S. Barrett
Bring the heat Atomic City Aquatic Club team member Harper Houk
cel-ebrates with coach Mike Bowman at this years East
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ed for the Southeastern Championship held at UT in the 100Breast,
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Breanne Davis decorates her cake for The Great Cake Bake
competition. Photos submitted
Farragut Middle Schools science bowl team members are making
plans to visit Washington, D.C., for the 25th annual National
Sci-ence Bowl, April 30-May 4.
Sara Barrett
Read across Knox CountyStudents throughout
Knox County Schools cel-ebrated National Education Associations
Read Across America Day with lots of, well, reading.
The event is held annu-ally on March 2 to coincide with Dr.
Seuss birthday, and students in several schools showed their love
for the au-
thors unforgettable books by dressing as their favorite Seuss
character.
Teachers and students also dressed as other popu-lar storybook
characters, decorating their classrooms for the occasion, and many
welcomed guest readers for the day. Info: www.seuss-ville.com.
Arielle Stewart helps her daughter, fi rst-grade student
Dani-elle Hensley, pick out books during Northshore Elementary
Schools book fair. Pete the Cat was a favorite.
Farragut Middle goes to D.C.
Farragut Middle School sixth grader Breanne Davis has really
gotten into bak-ing, according to her mom, Mandy.
She doesnt get it from me, said Mandy. She bakes mostly for her
birthday, or her dads birthday. Mandy noticed an announcement at
Knox County Librarys website about The Great Cake Bake, an annual
cake-decorating competition for bakers of all skill levels. I
thought oh dear, shes going to want to do this.
Breanne had a cake pop maker that she planned to use to make
trees for her
of losing. And they wore it out.
According to Will and his teammate Ericka Wang, the biggest
challenge is buzzing
in before the other team. Their advice to newbies is to not give
up and to be ag-gressive.
Prize money was award-ed at regionals, and since the trip to
nationals is en-tirely paid for by Oak Ridge Associated
Universities, the team plans to spend it while touring around D.C.
before and after the competition. Also, workshops for stu-dents and
teachers will be hosted by ORAU engineers.
The top 16 high school teams and the top eight middle school
teams in the nationals will each win $1,000 for their schools
sci-ence departments, but Will is just looking forward to the
experience and Ericka enjoys meeting the other teams.
Breanne, the great cake bakercake, when her friend re-marked how
much the trees looked like those in the book The Lorax. Thus, a
decorating theme was born.
Thank goodness for snow days, because Breanne had more time to
devote to decorating her cake the day before the event. She sat in
the backseat with the cake while her mom drove to the competition
and said every bump made her nervous. Her hard work paid off; she
placed second in her age group.
You cant really mess up baking, and its fun to add your own
ideas, she said. She plans to compete in future events with bigger
cakes.
Team sponsor and FMS science teacher Mary Sue Pruitt said shes
had this same group of students competing for the last three years,
but this is the fi rst time theyve made it to na-tionals. This
years regional win against Jefferson Mid-dle School in Oak Ridge
was a complete surprise.
Theyre our toughest competitors, said team captain Will Hong. We
re-ally took the initiative in the
fi rst half though, so they had to block us in the sec-ond
half.
Pruitt said the win was such a shock, they hadnt even thought
about the pos-sibility of going to nationals. We were all looking
at the dates in the car on the way home, she said. This team has
tried hard in the past, but this year they got tired
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By Carol ShaneDowntown Knoxville is
becoming a real destina-tion, and not only for the nightlife in
the Old City and Market Square. On a re-cent Saturday morning, the
city was full of tourists and other urban adventurers exploring Gay
Street and the surrounding areas. And over at First Presbyterian
Church, there was a group of folks enjoying an awful lot of fun and
good food.
The Saturday Morn-ing Breakfast Club, which meets the fi rst
Saturday of every month, grew out
of the churchs Saturday Morning Mens Breakfast. Consisting
mostly of older church members, the club experienced a decline in
membership as many of the faithful moved on to the great
beyond.
They were going to close it down, says Walt Mont-gomery, one of
the younger clubbers, but I was having too much fun. Yknow
vis-iting with people, cutting up in the kitchen. Mont-gomery has
been heading the club for at least 18 years now, cooking, enlisting
his friends help, lining up
A small crowd looks forward to second and third helpings.
Pictured are Joseph Redding, Pat and Gary Chambers, Hilda Lipe,
David Montgomery, Jennifer Jones (behind Montgomery) and her son
Eli, 3, Thom Miller, David and Mary Ann Piper, and Barry Bartlett,
who sits behind cooks Rob Jones and Walt Montgomery. Photos by
Carol Shane
Food and fun downtown
So, this morning we are all groggier than usual. Daylight Saving
Time began Sunday, and we lost an hour of sleep.
I have several questions about Daylight Saving Time. In the fi
rst place, according to my mother, who remem-bered such things,
America changed the clocks during World War II, moving them back an
hour so that factory workers (part of the war ef-fort) could get
home during daylight. Apparently that was never rescinded, so we
are already an hour off of Gods time. So now, when we move the
clocks back, we are another hour out of sync from the sun and Gods
time and are really and truly confusing all the roosters in the
land!
Some wise man (possibly Will Rogers; it sounds like him!) opined
that DST was like cutting off one end of your blanket and sewing it
onto the other end to make it longer!
And another thing: I take
My soul waits for the Lord more than those who watch for the
morning, more than those who watch for the morning.
(Psalm 130: 6 NRSV)
Saving daylight
CrossCurrents
LynnPitts
it as a personal affront that it always happens on Sun-day. I
suppose the govern-ment fi gures that if we over-sleep and miss
church, no harm, no foul. But heaven forfend that we are late for
work! As a Christian, I re-sent the assumption that church is not
as important as a job. Of course, church was my job, so when I was
working, I had to get up in what seemed the middle of the starry
night and drive across town to warm up the choir for the early
service!
Now that I am mostly retired and live a half mile from the
church I attend, its not a problem. Besides, Im getting old and
cant sleep late anyhow!
By Ashley BakerCamp Big Fish is ex-
panding by adding a sec-ond Knoxville campus at Farragut
Presbyterian Church this summer. From May 26 to Aug. 7, camp-ers
from age 5 through the eighth grade can attend camp and join in on
field trips, games, excursions and arts and crafts in a Christian
environment.
Big Fish, an acronym for Believers In God Faithful In Serving
Him, originated in Chattanooga seven years ago, said Knoxville
direc-tor Robert Butler. Founders were Jeremy and Molly De-itch.
The Farragut branch is the fi fth campus for Big Fish.
Butler said the camp is more than just a fun day for the
children. Our goal is to provide a safe, Christ-like environment
where the kids can have fun around a great staff, go on exciting fi
eld trips and build new friendships in a positive environment.
The fi rst camp here is
based at Middlebrook Unit-ed Methodist Church. The camps last 11
weeks, and parents must register their child for a minimum of seven
weeks. Camp Big Fish is packed with activities, including weekly
swim-ming times, Lego explosion days, mobile miniature golf, video
game trucks and rock climbing walls.
Butler says the camp maintains a 1-to-10 counsel-or-to-camper
ratio and that all counselors have college educations. They
incorpo-rate several rotations that include a variety of sports,
science clubs and daily de-votions for the kids.
Each morning starts with a time of worship and is fol-lowed by
skits and songs. Butler said that camps use the childrens
devotional Thoughts To Make Your Heart Sing by Sally Lloyd-Jones,
author of the The Jesus Storybook Bible.
Info: Robert Butler at 865-386-0779 or robert@campbigfi
sh.org.
Several years ago while I was in college, a young man in our
dormitory de-cided that it would be funny to get his trumpet out
and in the middle of the night blow When the Saints Go Marching In.
Sure enough, at around 3 a.m., we were awakened by the sound of a
trumpet playing that song.
Later that morning, a friend of mine who lived across the hall
came in my room and asked me if I had heard the racket. He said
that it had scared him half to death! He thought it was the return
of the Lord, and so he said he grabbed his mattress and held on
tight because he wasnt ready for His return!
Well, at the time, I got a good laugh out of that. Good enough
for him. He needed the scare. But someday Je-sus is going to return
and
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Steve Higginbotham
Jesus is coming again
when He does, the trumpet of the archangel will sound, the dead
will be raised, those who are alive will be changed in a moment, in
the twinkling of an eye. There will be no time to make amends.
There will be no time for changes. And holding on to ones mattress
wont keep you from this ap-pointment.
Someday, people will be sitting and reading, just as you are
right now, and the sound of a trumpet will interrupt their calm. If
it happened right now, would you be ready? Give it some
thought.
Camp Big Fish comes to Farragut
From summer camp 2014, Lexi Ober, Emma Oliver, Shannon Hegarty
and Collette Lucas clown around on a stone turtle. Photos
submitted
speakers for the brief pre-sentation that follows each meal.
And its not just for First Presbyterians. Walt would like to see
the membership grow to include people from all over Knox County.
All thats required is a happy heart, a desire to get to know your
fellow Knoxvil-lians, and whatever mon-etary donation you care to
make.
Walts brother David Montgomery, a professional landscaper who
owns The Garden Walk Horticulture, gave a slide presentation titled
The Beauty and Hu-mor of Creation; What Was God Thinking? with
com-mentary. Really funny com-mentary. Apparently Walts not the
only cutup in the family.
Showing one particularly gruesome-looking speci-men, David
remarked, This bloodtooth fungus looks like a scene from CSI.
An-other slide showed the gi-ant weta, the worlds largest cricket.
That is a CHUNK of insect, he said. I warn you, dont Google-image
gi-ant weta believe me, you dont wanna see what else is on
there!
Throughout the presen-tation David remarked on his views
regarding nature and the divine. Many of the pictures featured
plants that look like, or mimic, other things found in nature, like
the ethereal egret fl ower. God made man in his own image, he said.
I guess he made other things in the images of other things!
A picture of monkey or-chids followed by a picture of an actual
monkey brought the comment, Sorry I put a picture of my brother on
here. Walt, sitting in the back, immediately chimed in, He means
our other brother.
David also teaches 13 dif-ferent classes in landscap-ing and
plant science at UT. He clearly loves the natural world, and is
eager to share his knowledge as a land-scape coach.
So if youre in the mood for a hearty breakfast, in-cluding Walt
Montgomerys delicious fried potatoes, along with some friendly
folks and an interesting talk, check out The Satur-day Morning
Breakfast Club the fi rst Saturday of every month at First
Presbyterian Church, 620 State St.
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The Stepmother (Cate Blanchett) keeps Ella (Lily James) in her
place as a servant in Cinderella.
Brooklyn mobster and hit man Jimmy Conlon (Liam Neeson), right,
tries to persuade his old friend and boss, Shawn Maguire (Ed
Harris), from going after his estranged son in Run All Night.
Ella (Lily James) arrives at the ball in Cinderella.
This weeks new mov-ies go after totally different audiences, but
they share a theme of familiarity.
The fairy-tale obsession thats been fi lling screens large and
small in recent years continues with Cin-derella.
These days, you cant spin a wand around a room without hitting
some prin-cess, particularly of the Disney ilk. The problem, er,
situation, is only going to get worse, er, multiply, with the
release of the new live-action version of Cinderel-la from Disney,
of course.
Opulently fi lmed by di-rector Kenneth Branagh, this new
Cinderella brings a message of courage and compassion. The heroine
looks for good in people and has a kind heart; but of course shes
not opposed to donning a magical ball gown when the occasion calls
for it.
According to the press notes, screenwriter Chris Weitz (About a
Boy)
Disney revisits Cinderella; Neeson tries to save another
child
Betsy Pickle
Same, but diff erent:
fl eshes out the characters to make them more relatable, without
being revisionist. Casting Cate Blanchett as the evil Stepmother is
a big step toward making that dream come true. Blanchett plays
Cinderellas fathers widow as a woman whos experienced loss of her
own.
Blanchett may draw an unexpected demographic to the fi lm, as
may Helena Bonham-Carter, who plays the Fairy Godmother, and Lily
James of Downtown Abbey fame, who plays Ella. Not sure what the
casting of Richard Madden (Game of Thrones) as the Prince will do
for the PG-rated movies box offi ce.
The cast also includes
Ben Chaplin and Hayley At-well as Cinderellas parents (briefl
y), Derek Jacobi as the King and Stellan Skars-gard as the scheming
Grand Duke.
Liam Neeson contin-ues his action-hero reign in Run All Night.
The Taken star plays Jimmy Conlon, a Brooklyn mobster and hit man
whos trying to drink his way to the side-lines of crime.
When his boss and long-time best friend, Shawn Maguire (Ed
Harris), tries to make Jimmys estranged son, Mike (Joel Kinnamon),
pay for the death of his son, Jimmy must get off the bar-stool and
decide his loyal-ties.
The fi lms impressive cast also includes Vincent DOnofrio,
Common (recent Oscar winner for Best Origi-nal Song, Glory, from
Sel-ma), Bruce McGill, Patricia Kalember and Holt McCal-lany. Jaume
Collet-Serra (Non-Stop, Unknown) directed.
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FRIDAY-SATURDAY Circus Extravaganza benefi ting at-risk youth
and adults
with autism, 7 p.m. Friday, 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday, Pellissippi
State Community College, Clayton Performing Arts Center, 10915
Hardin Valley Road. Tickets: $10. Info: 609-2012.
FRIDAY-SUNDAY Smoky Mountain Winterfest 2015, Thompson-Boling
Are-
na. Info/registration/schedule:
http://www.winterfest2015.com/midwest/smoky-mountain.
2015 Real Home Show, Knoxville Convention Center, 701 Henley St.
Sponsored by the Home Builders Association of Greater Knoxville.
Times: noon-6 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday; noon-6 p.m.
Sunday. Featuring an updated fl oor plan with displays by
professional contractors including new home builders, remodelers
and home-improvement special-ists. Info:
www.therealhomeshow.com.
FRIDAY The Annie Moses Band, 8 p.m., Ronald and Lynda Nutt
Theatre, Clayton Center for the Arts, 502 E. Lamar Alexander
Parkway, Maryville. Info/tickets: www.claytonartscenter.com,
981-8263.
Friends of Literacy Bachelor Auction, 7:30 p.m., Crowne Plaza.
Info/tickets: 549-7007 or www.friendsofl iteracy.org.
John Paul Keith will perform, 10 p.m., Barleys in the Old City,
200 E. Jackson Ave. Info: 521-0092,
http://barleysknoxville.com.
Midnight Voyage LIVE: Mindelixir, Fast Nasty, SpookyJones,
Psychonaut, 9 p.m., The Concourse, 940 Blackstock Ave. Info:
http://internationalknox.com.
Penny & Sparrow will perform, 8 p.m., The Square Room, 4
Market Square. Info: 544-4144.
Scratch River Telegraph Co. will perform, 8 p.m., Preserva-tion
Pub second fl oor, 28 Market Square. Info: 524-2224.
TJ Kong & the Atomic Bomb/Ian Thomas and Band of Drifters
will perform 10 p.m., Scruff y City Hall, 32 Market Square. Info:
524-2224, www.scruff ycityhall.com.
Uptown Comedy Jam II, 8 p.m., Bijou Theater, 803 S. Gay St.
Info/tickets: http://www.knoxbijou.com.
Wild Things will perform, 10 p.m., Preservation Pub, 28 Market
Square. Info: 524-2224.
SATURDAY America Loves Bacon Festival, 1-7 p.m., Worlds Fair
Park. Info:
http://americalovesbacon.com.
Bijou Jubilee! 2015 featuring Scott Miller and The
Com-monwealth, 8:30 p.m., Bijou Theatre; to benefi t preservation
of the Bijou Theatre. Info/tickets: www.knoxbijou.com.
Great Barrier Reefs/Marina Orchestra will perform, 10 p.m.,
Scruff y City Hall, 32 Market Square. Info: 524-2224.
Imperial Blend/Davis Mitchell and DM3 will perform, 10 p.m.,
Preservation Pub, 28 Market Square. Info: 524-2224.
Jazz pianist Judy Carmichael in concert, 7:30 p.m., Clayton
Center for the Arts, Maryville. Tickets: $25. Info/tickets:
981-8590 or claytonartscenter.com.
Knoxville Downtown Rail Jam, 6 p.m., Marc Nelson Denim, 700 E.
Depot Ave. Info: [email protected].
KSO Pops Series: The Midtown Men, 8 p.m., Knoxville Civic
Auditorium. Info/tickets: www.knoxvillesymphony.com;
KnoxvilleTickets.com, 656-4444 or 877-995-9961.
Mountain Soul will perform, 10 p.m., Barleys in the Old City,
200 E. Jackson Ave. Info: 521-0092,
http://barleysknoxville.com.
The Rock and Roll Show: The Bad Dudes, Belfast 6 Pack, Tina
Tarmac & The Burns, Mass Driver, 8 p.m., The International, 940
Blackstock Ave. Info: http://internationalknox.com.
St. Paddys Day on Market Square, 5 p.m., Market Square Stage.
Performing: Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds, Cut-throat
Shamrock.
SUNDAY Barleys St. Patricks Day 5K, 2 p.m., Barleys in the Old
City,
200 E. Jackson Ave. All proceeds go to Emilys Power For A Cure,
a foundation to raise funds and awareness for neuro-blastoma
research. Info: 521-0092.
Drowning Pool: Unlucky 13 Anniversary with Adrenaline Mob, Full
Devil Jacket and VanKale, 6 p.m., The International, 940 Blackstock
Ave. Info: http://internationalknox.com.
The Dupont Brothers will perform, 10 p.m., Preservation Pub, 28
Market Square. Info: 524-2224.
The Paper Crowns will perform, 8 p.m., Barleys in the Old City,
200 E. Jackson Ave. Info: 521-0092,
http://barleysknoxville.com.
The Grouper Po Boy at Puleos Grille is served with crispy fries.
Photo by Mystery Diner
The Midtown Men will be bringing the glorious sounds of the 60s
to the Knoxville Civic Auditorium this weekend. Photo
sub-mitted
The Midtown Men are coming. And youre going to love hearing
them.
Sometimes, its sand-wich time. Whether that is a lunch break or
time for dinner, there are those days when the whole delicious menu
of a restaurant just sinks into the background as the sandwich
section pops to the front.
At Puleos Grille, there are some very tasty sand-wiches from
which to choose, from burgers to po boys to fi sh tacos to BLTs of
both the turkey and fried-green-tomato variety.
Puleos has one of those menus that keep you com-ing back because
there are so many kinds of foods to try. Their mission state-ment
is to be a blend of the traditional steak and seafood restaurant
with Southern comfort and tra-ditional Italian offerings. The menu
captures that philosophy with comfort
Plate it
Puleos Grille
Mystery Diner
foods like shrimp and grits and turkey and dressing and Italian
specialties such as Nonas Lasagna, Paler-mo Chicken and Eggplant
Parmesan.
On a sandwich day, how-ever, the Grouper Po Boy was just the
right fi t. A nice piece of grouper was the star of the show,
although the dill caper remoulade deserved some top billing. The
lettuce and tomatoes were crisp and ripe.
The way to ruin a piece of grouper is to overbread and
underseason it. Puleos grouper had a crunchy,
delicate seasoning, allow-ing the taste of the grouper to come
through. It also meant that what, at fi rst glance, looked like too
thin a fi let to carry the sandwich turned out to be right on
target.
Puleos French bread roll was fresh and very lightly toasted,
again, pulling the
whole sandwich together. Each bite had the right combination of
bread, let-tuce, tomato, remoulade and, of course, grouper.
Puleos has four locations in East Tennessee now. One is in
Alcoa, and the three Knox County locations are at Cedar Bluff,
Strawberry Plains and Merchant Drive.
Oh, what a
wind, jumping up from their seats and twisting the night away.
What else can you do with a live and in-person,
sounding-and-looking-just-like-the-real-thing Beatles band pumping
out Twist and Shout?
Earlier this season, The Sounds of Simon and Garfunkel,
featuring the talented performers A.J.
Swearingen & Jonathan Beedle, had much the same effect,
albeit a bit quieter one. Still to come this sea-son, concertgoers
can look forward to The Music of Queen in April and A Trib-ute to
Elvis Presley in May.
Despite a wealth of tal-ented present-day singers and
performers, the KSO knows which generation
had the best popular music. And they know that folks never, ever
get tired of hear-ing it.
The Midtown Men features Michael Longo-ria, Daniel Reichard,
Tony Award nominee J. Robert Spencer and the 2006 Tony Award winner
for Best Featured Actor in a Musi-cal, Christian Hoff. As the stars
of Jersey Boys, the Broadway mega-hit about Frankie Valli and the
Four Seasons, these four talented actors shared the stage for over
1,000 performances and delighted television au-diences with
appearances on the Today show, The Late Show with David Let-terman
and Dick Clarks Rockin New Years Eve.
The group is particularly special because they are the fi rst
principal cast of a high-profi le musical that has had major
success as a completely new entity.
So come out this Satur-day night and revel in those great
sounds. This is not mimicry or tribute, says the Midtown Men
website, its a true celebration of the music of an era.
The Midtown Men, part of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestras News
Sentinel Pops Series, will be present-ed at 8 p.m. this Saturday,
March 14, at Knoxvilles Civic Auditorium. For tick-ets, call
291-3310 or visit www.knoxvillesymphony.com.Send story suggestions
to [email protected].
Now on their third na-tional tour, four stars from the original
cast of Jersey Boys will be sharing the stage with the Knoxville
Symphony Orchestra this weekend, bringing to life their favorite
hits from the Beatles, the Beach Boys, Motown, the Four Seasons and
more.
KSO pops concerts are always fun for everyone. The guest artists
are usu-ally pleasantly surprised at the caliber of the orchestra.
Maybe theyre not expect-ing much from our Scruffy Little City.
After all, most of these folks come from New York and Los
Angeles.
But I can tell you fi rst-hand that, though there may be only
two rehears-als sometimes only one your hometown orchestra shines
every time.
For me, as the pianist for the orchestra, its a pleasure to play
the hits I grew up loving. The KSO has hosted Beatles tribute bands
three times in my tenure, and ev-ery one of those concerts was a
blast. Two of them ended with orchestra mem-bers fl inging caution
to the
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By Shannon CareyWhats in a name? To the
staff and residents at Brook-dale, formerly Homewood at Deane
Hill, the name means a passion for excel-lent care across the
nation.
The Knoxville assisted living and memory care resi-dence changed
its name with a ribbon-cutting ceremony March 3, which was moved
indoors due to rain. Resi-dents, staff and administra-tive
personnel came together in front of a warm fi replace to celebrate
the change.
Sportscaster Steve Phil-lips was on hand for an-
nouncements.When people see the
name Brookdale, they will know that there are people inside who
care and do a great job taking care of you, he said.
Executive director Pete Prins said, Thank you to the residents
for bringing such joy to all of us. Our business and our passion
are about those we serve.
Zurma Caldwell, who has lived at Brookdale since 2008, was asked
to cut the ribbon.
Info: www.brookdale living.com.
By Anne HartAn entrepreneur has
been good-naturedly de-fi ned as Someone who jumps off a cliff
and builds a plane on the way down.
More and more people who are ready to jump off that cliff, but
arent quite sure how to build the aforementioned plane, are turning
to Leo Knight and the orga-nization he founded for the help they
need to assure a safe land-ing.
Knight described En-trepreneurs of Knoxville (EOK) to his fellow
Rotar-ians at a recent meeting of his home club, the Rotary Club of
Bearden. And then he asked for their help in building more of those
air-planes so necessary to suc-cessful entrepreneurship.
An engineer and success-ful entrepreneur himself, Knight said
the plan he and a friend envisioned over a cup of coffee in 2008 is
to-
day a group of super-smart entrepreneurs who work to-gether to
make others more successful. We provide tools and set up teams of
professionals to help mem-bers with their startups.
He said EOK grew from eight original members to
300 in the fi rst year, 500 in year two, 750 in
year three and 1,200 in year four. That dramatic growth has
continued and neces-
sitated changes in the way EOK operates.
Working with Brad Greene (Gridwell.co) and Dave Morehouse
(More-house Legal Group), Knight formed a parent organiza-tion
Entrepreneurial Col-lective (EC) and moved EOK as its fi rst
chapter, documenting the process so others can follow it.
A partnership with the Angel Capital Group (AGC) provided still
more lever-age for entrepreneurs seek-ing investors. With more
than 2,000 Angel investing groups around the globe, it will make
it easy for our entrepreneurs to apply for funding.
Still, mentors with real-world experience are need-ed, Knight
said, and thats where Rotarians can help.
We care about the entre-preneur, whether its their fi rst
startup or their 101st startup or even if theyre failing. Were not
just there for the end game of jobs being created or a new
tax-paying entity being created. We are all about the success of
that individual entrepre-neur, that person, that hu-man.
We need business lead-ers in the community as mentors. We want
the expe-rience of a person who has walked that path before. We
want trail guides with high ethics and a desire to give back. We
want Rotarians.
Knight and his group have big plans for the fu-ture. We envision
an EC
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Zurma Caldwell (second from left) cuts the ribbon to celebrate
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By Bonny C. MillardA partnership between
Title 1 school Pond Gap El-ementary and a Rotary Club of
Knoxville committee will help several students take a life-changing
trip to Wash-ington, D.C.
Chuck Atchley Jr., chair of the clubs Main Stream committee,
introduced school principal Shelly Mc-Gill and fi fth-grade teacher
Gina Alexander, who shared details of the project. The committee
presented them with a $500 check.
Eighty-seven percent of Pond Gap students are eco-nomically
disadvantaged, McGill said. In addition, it has a 20 percent
population of English language learn-ers, representing about 25
different countries.
McGill said that she was approached by the commit-tee when the
school was already planning a Wash-ington, D.C., trip for Safety
Patrol members for the fi rst time in 15 years.
Ive been on that trip several times when I was a teacher, and I
believe strongly in it, McGill said. I believe that it can change
lives.
In addition to the schools fundraising efforts, families must
pay a small amount, and only students who ex-hibit good work habits
and behavior are chosen. Stu-dents are also required to help with
the fundraising efforts.
We wanted them to have some ownership in this, McGill said of
the 14 stu-dents who will be partici-pating.
Alexander said some of these students have never been outside of
Tennessee, and this trip will help show them the possibilities.
Were building a future, and it takes more than just whats in a
building to build a future, Alexander said.
The schools fundrais-ers include candy bar sales and a spaghetti
dinner later this month. The school has $1,300 left to raise.
Atchley said the com-mittee helped the school organize the
dinner and that several Rotarians have donated to the project. The
committee hopes to raise more money than needed to seed the project
for future years.
Pond Gap Elementary School teacher Gina Alexan-der and principal
Shelly McGill
Downtown Rotary boosts Pond Gap project
New name, same great community
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resources necessary for an entrepre-neur to be very successful.
EOK and EC provide a huge array of resources to potential
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Shopper news MARCH 11, 2015 A-11
By Sherry WittAmid a harsh onslaught
of wintry w e a t h e r , we saw an e n c o u r a g-ing trend
for local real estate and lend-ing markets during Feb-ruary.
For
the month ending on Fri-day, Feb. 27, there were 585 property
transfers recorded in Knox County, surpass-ing both the January
total of 583 as well as last Febru-arys output of 551 sales.
The total value of prop-erty sold was $147.9 million, which also
barely topped Januarys aggregate and easily bested last Februarys
total of only $91 million. On the mortgage side, the Feb-ruary
numbers dipped be-low Januarys lending pace as approximately $194
mil-lion was borrowed against real property, compared to $227
million during the fi rst month of the year. However,
the February activity was well ahead of last years fi g-ure of
$158.5 million.
Perhaps the most re-markable statistic was that these rather
robust num-bers came during a Febru-ary that was shortened to just
15 working days due to several factors includ-ing weather,
Presidents Day and the short 28-day month.
Among the most note-worthy property sales of the month was the
transfer of an apartment complex located at 2308 Forest Ave. in the
Fort Sanders commu-nity.
The property was sold to Acc Op (University Walk TN) LLC, for a
listed price of $30 million.
The largest mortgage transaction was a loan to the Industrial
Development Board of the city of Knox-ville, secured by a deed of
trust of $9 million.
The loan was said to be for the renovation of the Medical Arts
Building at 603 Main Ave.
Despite weather, February numbers strong
Witt
News from Offi ce of Register of Deeds
Bill Dockery
Wigs, hairpieces and tou-pees are sometimes the stuff of humor
for many people, but for those with hair is-sues thin hair, a bald
spot, a sudden loss of hair they are no laughing matter.
One Knoxville business-woman has made a living taking peoples
hair con-cerns seriously.
Every hair is precious to me, and I know it is to most of my
clients, said Angela Moore, the proprietor of We Three Wi gs in
Bearden.
Her mother, Joan Moore, started the business 59 years ago when
she pur-chased a wig in New York and decided there was a market for
wigs and hair-pieces in Knoxville. She was right.
Angela Moore grew up in the trade. Her mother worked out of the
family home in East Knoxville. At fi rst the many-wigged heads were
stored in the lower level of the home, and as a child Moore found
it a spooky experience to be sent down-stairs to retrieve a
wig.
Later, Joan Moore opened her store on Magno-lia Avenue, choosing
the We Three name to recognize herself and her two daugh-ters. The
store has since moved to Bearden.
Angela Moores father, Elmer, was a commodities dealer who took
his wifes designs to China to be made.
Angela Moore inspects one of the wigs she sells at We Three
Wigs, 4822 Kingston Pike. The
model head she is working with was live-molded from Dolly Parton
when the East Tennessee music superstar
started her own line of wigs. Parton bought her fi rst wigs at
We Three Wigs at the be-
ginning of her country music career. Photo by Bill Dockery
2nd generation wigmaker supplies Knox clients
The shop takes consider-able pride in one client the only one
Moore will iden-tify publicly. When she was just beginning her
career in country music, superstar Dolly Parton became a cli-ent of
We Three.
Dolly bought her fi rst wigs from Mom, Moore said. We cut and
styled them.
The shop keeps a signed copy of a 1976 order from Parton, who
spent more than $1,000 on wigs, at a time when the going price was
$35. The display in the museum at Dollywood in-cludes wigs from We
Three.
Other than for Parton, We Three maintains a poli-cy of strict
confi dentiality to protect its clients.
Weve had a few hus-bands call wanting to know what their wives
were buy-ing in our shop, Moore said. We carry jewelry in addi-tion
to wigs, and we tell them they need to ask their wives.
Moore said some of her customers claim that their husbands dont
know they wear a wig.
They sleep in their old wigs and when they get up,
they put on a newer one, she said. I asked one wom-an how she
could sleep in the same bed and her hus-band not know, and she said
his hands were always occu-pied elsewhere.
In recent decades Moore has seen major changes in wig
technology. When her mother opened the busi-ness, all wigs used
human hair. Now all use synthetic fi bers. Several grades of hair
fi ber are available.
The rule is, the shinier, the cheaper, she said.
Technology has pro-gressed most in the caps, those scalp-fi
tting nets that hold the hair.
The most expensive caps run a bit over $500 and are made of
monofi lament, an extremely light netting that is almost invisible
against the skin. Individual hair fi -bers are inserted in the caps
and knotted by hand. Moore said her best wigs involve 180 hours of
handwork.
Less expensive wigs use machine-sewn caps, which may be warmer,
heavier and a little more obvious.
The reasons for choos-ing to wear a wig have also expanded. Many
profes-sional women choose them for convenience, Moore said. The
pieces are already styled and make it easy for people on tight
schedules to get on with business without fuss-ing over
hairdos.
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Opera Guild event draws colorful crowd One of the goals of
the
Knoxville Opera, accord-ing to board chair Michelle Brewer, is
to bring opera to everyone. A raucous party featuring belly
dancers, fortune tellers and guests dressed in sparkly, span-gled
attire helped further the cause last weekend.
sy-themed shows Car-men, which was performed in February, and Il
Tro-vatore, which will be per-formed April 24 and 26.
The Opera Guild fund-raiser helped support the art of opera,
which combines theater, music and gorgeous voices, says Brewer. The
Knoxville Opera contrib-utes to the local art scene through
performances and educational outreach. Even the smallest children
respond to the companys mini-performances in schools, she says.
The Knoxville Opera is unique because it performs classics, like
Carmen, as well as rare operas, like last years Norma. The rare
shows typically draw
national per-formers who appreciate a challenge.
The Ros-sini Festival has contrib-uted to the lo-cal popularity
of opera. This years event, on Saturday, April 25, will feature a
street dance at Krutch Park, Brewer says.
It just keeps expanding.
Julie Seen of The Flying Jolie performs an aerial act at the
Knoxville Opera Guilds
Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves.
Mike and Melissa McCoy soak up the atmosphere at Gypsies, Tramps
& Thieves. Photos by Wendy Smith
Knoxville Opera Board chair Michelle Brewer sells baubles to
Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves chair Judy Henry.
Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves, held at The In-dependent,
celebrated the Knoxville Operas two gyp-
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First the hips, then the knees and now, the ankles. No, its not
an-other dance step but it is a trend sweeping the Baby Boom
genera-tion who grew up doing the Twist or shaking their booty at
the disco.
Now in their retirement years, those gray-haired Boomers are
feeling the effects of all that twist-ing and shaking as
complaints of arthritis stack up. Last year, se-niors were a large
portion of the 332,000 people who got total hip replacements and
the 719,000 knee
replacements. Now, its the ankles turn.
Around since the 1970s, total ankle replacement (TAR) just now
seems to be gaining favor among the gray-haired set, driven largely
by the de-mand of still active Boomers.
Those rst TARs failed miser-ably, but thats yesterdays news.
According to Dr. Tracy Pesut, an orthopedic surgeon at Parkwest
Medical Center, todays TARs are giving seniors a new lease on
life.
I nd with the Baby Boom gen-
eration that these patients want to continue working, playing
and enjoying life deep into their retire-ment, she said. They are a
higher demand population. I see an in-crease in the need and desire
for TARs in order for them to be able to continue gol ng, hiking,
playing tennis and pickle ball, and walking or exercising.
The gold standard for ankle arthritis has been fusing the joint,
but that increases the stress on the surrounding joints and leads
to ar-thritis in those joints within about 10 years, Pesut added.
Since pa-tients were unhappy with their results, research went into
rede-velopment in the 1990s, and as a result, there are now ve
FDA-ap-proved TAR systems (or prosthe-ses) in the United States.
The ankle replacements available now have better wear properties
due to the materials used. They also allow for better range of
motion and func-tion. Some even utilize CT scans to develop custom
cutting jigs for the components to decrease surgery times and
improve alignment.
Pesut says even better designs that allow for more normal
motion, and hopefully, better wear proper-ties to increase
longevity, are be-
ing developed and used in Europewhere a less stringent
FDA-typeapproval process enables surgeonsthere to incorporate these
new de-signs more easily.
While the options are growing,ankle replacements remain amongthe
most dif cult procedures anorthopedic surgeon performs. Thesmall
contact area and multiple di-rections and functions of the
jointmake it a task not every surgeonwants to tackle.
Most general orthopedists andeven sports specialists are
uncom-fortable or do not enjoy taking careof the foot and ankle
problems,said Pesut who has performed 40to 50 total ankle
replacements andmore reconstructions than she cancount during her
years of practice.They can be complicated and notwo patients are
the same. I likethe challenge of problem solvingand guring out what
is the bestsolution to their problem. I nd itchallenging and enjoy
facing thechallenge and seeing patients get-ting back on their feet
and return-ing to their activities.
Of course, total ankle replace-ments wont make you feel 16again,
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Craig pulls back a protec-tive cover to reveal cabbage in his
winter garden.
Below, Craig, 83, of Knox-ville, points out the new pieces in
his ankle which removed his pain without robbing him of fl
exibility.
Dave Craig walks two miles before breakfast every day, no matter
what the weather is like outside. He calls it part of his religion,
a time of peace when he prays, recites and gets centered for the
rest of the day.
There are warm weather vege-tables, and there are cool weather
vegetables, explains Dave Craig, 83, Knoxville. I have four
gar-dens one for spring, summer, fall and winter.
Craig, who holds a doctorate in Agriculture Education, is
digging into his passion for gardening again after a total ankle
arthro-plasty at Parkwest Medical Cen-ter. No matter what the
weather is like outside, he loves applying his skills as a master
gardener and making things grow.
He gardens for his own plea-sure, and Craig volunteers
count-less hours with Habitat for Hu-manitys HUG program (Habitat
Urban Gardens). Its all a lot easier now that he has a new
ankle.
Craig fell over a rock embank-ment in 2008, injuring his ankle.
He spent a long time hobbling without healing.
I fussed with that ankle for years, Craig says. Diagnosed as
having an ankle strain, he tried all the treatments he was
prescribed, including medication, wearing a brace, cortisone shots
and physi-cal therapy.
Craig learned to accommodate the pain and instability in his
ankle over time, but one day he nally decided hed had enough. His
doctor recommended fusing the bones in the ankle to relieve the
pain.
Craig didnt like that option be-cause it would greatly reduce
his range of motion. He wanted ex-ibility and movement so he could
remain active and keep on walk-ing, hiking, exercising and
gar-dening without being held back by a stiff ankle.
Craig had been active his entire
Baby Boomers changed approach to ankle repairJust a sprain?Get
it checked to be sure.
Its not always easy to tell whether an ankle is just a sprain or
is broken. Most physicians follow guidelines (known as the Ottawa
Ankle Rules) to help distinguish between a fracture and a sprain
and determine whether X-rays are necessary. A sprain is most likely
if you are able to put weight on your foot just after the injury; a
frac-ture is most likely if you are unable to walk after the
injury.
Even distinguishing between the types of sprain can be tricky.
Ankle sprains are not only one of the most common injuries, but
theyre also commonly misdiagnosed, according to the American
College of Foot and Ank