-
10512 Lexington Dr., Ste. 500 37932 (865) 218-WEST (9378)
NEWS
[email protected] Gardner Howell
ADVERTISING [email protected]
Patty Fecco | Tony CranmoreAlice Devall | Shannon Carey
VOL. 9 NO. 14 April 8, 2015www.ShopperNewsNow.com |
www.facebook.com/ShopperNewsNow
To page A-3
Cantrells Cares
SALES SERVICE MAINTENANCE
Family Business Serving You for Over 20 Years 5715 Old Tazewell
Pike 687-2520
*Restrictions May Apply
Financing available through TVA E-Score program*
By Betty BeanMayor Madeline Rogero is
moving forward with a plan to drastically alter Cumberland
Av-enue, even as the project doubled in price and property owners
raised objections.
With a compliant City Council, Rogero fl ipped $10 million from
a project to widen a portion of Washington Pike to the Cumber-land
Avenue project after nobody bid initially and the second bid came
in at $25 million.
The idea is to make The Strip more bike and pedestrian friend-ly
by restricting curb cuts and cutting traffi c from four lanes to
two with a grassy median. How do the folks who earn a living on The
Strip feel about this?
Joe Burger and his fam-ily moved to Knoxville after he bought fi
ve McDonalds restau-rants from the Litton Cochran family in 2007,
the same year that
McDonalds owner Joe Burger and Cumberland Avenue Project
man-ager Anne Wallace at a meeting of the Cumberland Avenue
Merchants Association Photo by Betty Bean
Cumberland Avenue Project worries property ownerslion tearing
down and replacing the old McDonalds at 1720 Cum-berland Ave. after
consulting with city offi cials.
He was told that Cumberland would end up with three lanes one
eastbound, one westbound plus a turn lane.
He fi gured he could survive.But after he reopened in Oc-
tober 2011, he learned that the projects design had changed yet
again. The turn lane would be a median, allowing left turns only at
selected intersections.
Project manager Anne Wallace said the fi rst plan called for no
curb cuts at all.
This was not well received and was very expensive, since wed be
literally buying businesses, so we stepped back and decided on a
median rather than a center turn lane.
If hed known how the plan would end up, Burger said he
doubts he would have gone for-ward with building a new
build-ing.
They changed the game on us. Seventy percent of our business is
drive-thru and we get 400 (west-bound) cars a day turning left, he
said.
The plan evolved after the con-versation with Burger, said city
re-development director Bob Whetsel, insisting that Cumberland will
still be a three-lane street and that cars can turn left just east
of McDon-alds and access it from 18th Street.
Burger countered that a grassy median is not a lane and said
that his property is designed to al-low cars to enter from
Cumberland Avenue and stack up without ob-structing parking or
backing up onto the street.
Convenience is a big deal. At least 50 percent of our business
is from impulse customers, and
To page 3
the Cumberland Avenue redevel-opment project hit the drawing
board.
In 2011, Burger spent $1.5 mil-
By Wendy SmithThe town is looking for a vol-
unteer with a passion for health to represent Far-ragut on the
Com-munity Health Council (CHC).
The purpose of the CHC, which has elected and ap-pointed
members, is to facilitate a community w ide approach to im-
proving health in Knoxville, Knox County and Farragut. The
leader-ship of the 2010 Together! Healthy Knox initiative became
the Com-munity Health Council in 2013.
Debbie Pinchok, who worked as an emergency room nurse for almost
40 years, represents the town on the council, along with Dr. Mark
Ray. Pinchok has anoth-er year left on the council while Ray is
rotating off.
Its important for Farragut to be represented because the town
should have a voice, Pinchok says.
She applied for the post in 2013 because shed observed daily
what happens when people lack access to health care or make poor
choic-es regarding health care, and she wanted to work on
identifying is-sues that negatively impact health in the
community.
The CHC studies the data col-lected by Knox County Health
Department epidemiologists, and a new public health assessment is
expected to be released in June. When the assessment is received,
the council will take an in-depth look at some of the communitys
top health issues.
Diabetes is likely to be near the top of the list, so the
council might look at underlying issues, like obe-sity or lack of
education, that con-tribute to the disease.
Pinchok has learned about her
community through working on the council. Health is often
related to zip code, she says, because its related to level of
education, in-come, access to healthcare and ac-cess to safe places
to walk or play.
While Farragut might not have the access problems found in the
inner city, the town has children with inadequate nutrition and
se-niors with chronic health issues, she says.
No community is immune to health issues. It just might be
dif-ferent from one neighborhood to the next.
The CHC hopes to achieve mea-sureable results with its work, and
is already making inroads, Pinchok says. Ellen Zavisca of the
Knoxville Regional Transporta-tion Planning Organization is on the
council, and the organization has been successful in getting
sidewalks built that allow people to walk safely.
Her work with CHC reminds her of a mission trip she took
toBiloxi, Miss., after Hurricane Ka-trina. She felt overwhelmed
bythe number of people who neededhelp, she says.
We didnt get to everybody, but we helped people one at a time.
Ifwe can help one family or neigh-borhood at a time, thats a
smallstep. Small steps really do reaplarge rewards.
She emphasizes that the council is looking for representatives
witha variety of backgrounds not justmedical experience. The new
rep-resentative will serve a three-yearterm and be expected to
attendmonthly meetings as well as sub-committee meetings.
The application for the CHC is available at
www.townoffarragut.org/formcenter or at FarragutTown Hall.
Applications are dueby 5 p.m. Friday, April 17.
Info:healthyknox.org.
Pinchok
Farragut rep needed for Community Health Council
By Betsy PickleChess champions abound at Farragut
schools!The teams from Farragut Middle and
Farragut High dominated the Tennessee State Scholastic Team
Chess Tournament at Tennessee Technological University in
Cookeville recently.
Farragut Middle shut out the competi-tion and won the Junior
High School Sec-tion championship for the second year in a row.
Farragut High won the Senior High section, triumphing in an
extremely com-petitive fi eld, according to Dean Lee, Ten-nessee
Chess Region I coordinator.
Both teams scored a perfect 4.0.Nobody (expected) us to win it
all be-
cause there were fi ve other teams better than us, said Kunlun
Hong, FHS coach. We had two members of the team win ev-ery game,
and all members won or drew key games that allowed us to beat other
teams with much higher-rated players.
The team consists of senior Jason Fu (USCF rating 1880), junior
Kevin Hong (USCF rating 1652), sophomore Abraham Joo (USCF rating
1466) and senior Shreyas Muralidharan (USCF 934).
Farragut Middle School players, right, face the Campbell Home
School team at the start of the fi nal round. From left are Forest
Chen, Kevin Wang, Kevin Chen and Will Hong. Photo submitted
Farragut chess players dominate at state
SHOPPER ONLINEShopperNewsNow.com
Bubbas BarrelsMost of Bubbas Barrels
customers are out of state, or international, even. But the
destination of the shiny steel barrel sitting in Bubbas front
parking lot last Tuesday was a store opening this spring three
miles south of Bubbas in Emory Place.
The transaction is an ex-ample of the community that Carl
Clements wanted to join when he settled on Knoxville as his adopted
hometown six years ago.
Pictures and story on page A-10
The isolation of Alzheimers
When entertainer Phil Campbells mom, Mary, widow of co-median
Archie Campbell, was diagnosed with Alzheimers disease over 10
years ago, Campbell had
no misgivings about the role he should play. It was a new
chal-lenge, but he felt qualifi ed at the time.
Phil opens up to reporter Cindy Taylor about the isolation he
felt. Story on page A-3 in Powell edition.
Someones right, someones wrong
Texas paid $1.75 million to get rid of basketball coach Rick
Barnes. Tennessee snapped him up before the ink on the check was
dry.
Well fi nd out later to what degree Barnes is re-energized. That
will eventually determine which athletic director was correct ...
Steve Patterson or Dave Hart.
Read Marvin West on page A-4
A dark side to Knoxville biking
As a community, we spend a lot of time talking about the benefi
ts of bicycling. Its good for the environment. Its good for our
bodies. Its pure joy for those of us who love cycling.
But theres a dark side to bicycling in Knoxville.
Read Wendy Smith on page A-5
StyleMy
See the special section inside
Trends and fashion
INSIDE
686-5756Audio & Video Conversionwww.DigitizeItNow.com12752
Kingston Pike, Ste 103, Knoxville (Renaissance Farragut
Complex)
Bring your VHS, slides, lm and more intothe digital age.
Coupon must be presented at time order is dropped off. Discount
willCoupon must be presented at time order is dropped off. Discount
will not be applied to previous orders or orders that are being
processed.not be applied to previous orders or orders that are
being processed.
$10 $10
SNSN040815040815Expires 4/21/15Expires 4/21/15
LIKE US ON FACEBOOK!Preserve those old
reels, slides &vhs tapes today!
Like us on Facebook Like us on Facebook & receive &
receive VHS to DVDVHS to DVD
transfers*transfers**Includes VHS, VHS-C, Hi8 & Mini-DV
tapes.
5 tape minimum.
-
A-2 APRIL 8, 2015 Shopper news
www.weightogoweightloss.com
Quality Services Include: Nutritional Counseling Super B-12
Injections Weight Loss Injections Myo-Lipo Injections Rx
Medication: Adipex-P & Phentermine 37.5 mg
WEIGH TO GOGain con dence with every inch youlose
WEIGH TO GOWeight Loss Centers 865-219-8650
Call our of ces for more information about our Weight Loss
Programs!No Appointment Necessary!
Knoxville6714 Central Ave. Pike, I-75 Callahan Exit #110
Tues. 10-6:30 Thurs. 11-6:30Friday 9-4:30 865-219-8650
Sevierville141 Forks of the River Pkwy
Wednesday 10-6865-453-8247
WITH COUPON receive a FREE Myo-Lipo Booster. For new
patients.
Offer expires 4-30-15
Let us show you how.
WITH COUPON receive $10 off your of ce visit.
Offer expires 4-30-15
By Betsy PickleOutdoor KnoxFest is
drawing a crowd before it even starts.
The fest takes place Fri-day-Sunday, April 24-26. But dont be
surprised if you see groups of bicyclists gath-ering in downtown
Knox-ville as early as Wednesday, April 22. Thats when the
Tennessee Bike Summit, hosted by Bike Walk Knox-ville, begins.
We picked the dates of the summit so that we could carry over to
the festival, says Caroline Cooley, presi-dent of Bike Walk
Knoxville.
The summit gets roll-ing with a 5:30-7 p.m. ride around
Knoxville, starting at the Sunsphere and spon-sored by Smoky
Mountain Wheelmen. A welcome party follows at Scruffy City
Hall.
The business end starts at 7:30 a.m. Thursday, April 23, at the
Knoxville Conven-tion Center, with sessions on infrastructure and
policy, advocacy and education, and recreation and development.
Local, national and inter-national panelists will lead the
sessions. The summit is geared toward cycling and
sustainable-transportation
advocates, traffi c engineers, planners, public health of-fi
cials, landscape architects, researchers, cycling retail-ers and
elected offi cials, ac-cording to www.tnbikesum-mit.org.
Cooley is happy to have the heavy hitters, but she says the
summit will benefi t anyone who feels a passion for making streets
safer for bicyclists and pedestrians.
Advocates are just or-dinary people, she says. Were all
volunteers. Were all just interested citizens. The summit would be
an excellent place to start for
someone whos interested in how to get involved.
Cooley is a lifelong cy-clist and an advocate since 2001, when
she helped form the Bicycle Advisory Com-mittee, which advises the
Transportation Planning Organization. Bike Walk Knoxville was
created in 2012 as the local chapter of Bike Walk Tennessee, which
started in 2009. Previous summits have been held in Chattanooga,
Memphis and Nashville.
Also a member of the Ap-palachian Mountain Bike Club, Cooley
says mountain
Bike summit puts safety in spotlight
By Wendy SmithTheres no doubt that
Bearden Middle School students need help cross-ing four-lane
Middlebrook Pike. The question is wheth-er they would be best
served by a bridge or a HAWK.
Knox County commis-sioner Jeff Ownby is in favor of the HAWK
(High-intensi-ty Activated crossWalK). A HAWK is a standalone
sys-tem that stops traffi c when activated by a pedestrian. Red and
yellow lights, at-tached to a mast arm over the road, are dark
until trig-gered by a push button. The button prompts a fl ashing
yellow light, followed by a solid yellow, followed by a solid red,
during which pe-destrians cross. After an in-terval, the red light
begins to fl ash, and drivers can proceed with caution.
The majority of Bearden Middle School students who currently
cross Middle-brook come from the east
Commissioners seek solutionto dangerous crosswalk
Middebrook was just two lanes when the school was built, Ownby
said. The crosswalk was just added a year and a half ago.
A security offi cer assists students as they cross the road for
20 minutes each morning and afternoon. But that doesnt help kids
who stay late for school activi-ties, he pointed out.
Ellen Zavisca, senior transportation planner with the Knoxville
Regional Transportation Planning Organization (TPO), joined Ownby
and commissioner Randy Smith as they dis-cussed possible solutions.
The average daily traffi c count for Middlebrook Pike is
approximately 21,000 ve-hicles, she said.
Funding for an improved crosswalk could come from the federal
Transporta-tion Alternatives Program, which provides grants for
pedestrian and bicycle proj-ects. The Tennessee De-partment of
Transportation (TDOT) Multimodal Access Grant, a new state-funded
program that supports proj-ects that help transit users,
pedestrians and bicyclists along state routes, is anoth-er
possibility, she said.
Additional funds could come from both the county and the city,
since the school, which belongs to the county, is within city
limits.
A pedestrian bridge has been discussed, but it would be a costly
solution. The Alcoa Greenway Pedestrian Bridge over Alcoa Highway
cost $1.5 million when it was completed in 2010. For the cost of a
pedestrian bridge, 10 HAWK systems could be purchased, Ownby said.
South-Doyle High, Cedar Bluff Elementary and Middle and Fulton High
top the list of other schools that need safer crosswalks, he
said.
Ownbys next step is to consult with TDOT on making a change,
since Middlebrook is a state road. He emphasized that his work is
citizen-driven. Its important for residents to bring problems to
the attention of county commissioners, he said.
Our job is to listen and fi nd solutions.
bikers want good mountain bike trails, but we also want good
on-the-road facilities as well as greenways.
Knoxville is gaining a rep-utation as a bicycle-friendly town,
especially since City Council passed a Complete Streets ordinance
last Octo-ber. The summit will offer examples of what other cities
are doing as well as new de-signs in bicycle facilities.
Surveys and various studies have shown that there are a lot of
people who would like to bike more, but theyre concerned about
their safety, says Cooley. We wont get bicycling more mainstream if
we dont improve the actual in-frastructure that makes it safe for
people to bike.
The summits keynote speakers are Gil Penalosa, founder of 8-80
Cities and an international consultant on creating vibrant and
healthy communities for all; and Martha Roskowski, director of the
Green Lane Project and vice president of local innovation at
Peo-pleForBikes.
The summit will end Friday afternoon in time for attendees to
join the AMBC-organized, open-to-the-public Bike Scavenger Hunt
Ride and Social, 5:30-9 p.m., starting and ending at the Public
House, 212 W. Magnolia Ave.
Registration is still open at www.tnbikesummit.org. Cost is $85
for both days of sessions and $45 for one day.
side of West Hills, so they use a crosswalk at Middle-brook and
West Hills Road, rather than Middlebrook and Vanosdale Road, which
has a signal, Ownby said last week at a public meet-ing to discuss
the problem. Commissioner Randy Smith
also attended.Ownby was alerted to the
unsafe crossing by members of the West Hills Community
Association. A child was al-most hit by a car at the cross-walk
earlier this year, he was told. Neighbors are con-cerned that
crossing Mid-
debrook will be even more diffi cult after a new Tennova
hospital is built just west of the school. Increased traf-fi c from
a new manufactur-ing facility, Hicks Plastics, which will be
located east of the school on Midpark Road, is also a concern.
10922 Spring Bluff Way Knoxville, TN 37932(Next to Mikata
Japanese & King College)
Monday - Friday 8:30am - 5:00pm
Proud StatewideSponsor
Agency Manager: DANA PUMARIEGA
(865) 247-6517
For all yourFor all yourinsurance needs!insurance needs!
Hardin Valley Farm Bureau
www.dreamconnection.org
MAY 8, 2015Golf FORE Dreams
Tournament at Egwani Farms
Sponsored by the National Association of Insurance and Financial
Advisors Knoxville Chapter
Please join us for lunch, a fun 4-person scramble and the
opportunity to support
The Dream Connection of Knoxville, TN.
Go to www.dreamconnection.org for registration forms and return,
along with check made
payable to: NAIFA/Knoxville,
P.O. Box 30646, Knoxville, TN 37930
LUNCH & REGISTRATION 11:30am-12:45pmShotgun Start 1:00pm
Team Registration: $500
Individual: $125
Ad space donated by
-
FARRAGUT Shopper news APRIL 8, 2015 A-3
Sherri Gardner Howell
FARRAGUT FACES
community
Carpenter & Lewis pllcATT ORNEYS & COUNSELORS AT LAW
Addressing your needs and achieving results in a prompt,
cost-eff ective
manner.
Let us help you.
Wills, Trusts and Estate Planning
Probate and Sett ling Estates
Business Law and Contracts
Corporations and LLCs
Addressing your needs Wills Trusts and Estate
Estate Planning & Business Law
www.carpenterlewis.com10413 Kingston Pike Suite 200
Knoxville, Tennessee 37922
690-4997
The Town Of FarragutNeeds YOU!
The Town of Farragut is now accepting applications from citizens
who wish to serve on one of our
volunteer advisory committees, councils or boards.
Application deadline: Friday, May 15
Complete information at townoffarragut.org/committees.Complete
the application at
townoffarragut.org/formcenter.
Questions? 966-7057
MAKING DREAM HOME DREAMS COME TRUE.
MEMBERH O M EF E D E R A LB A N KT N. C O M 8 6 5 . 4 5 3 . 5 5
1 5
Whether it means buying a new home, or making the one you live
in now a little dreamier, we can help. Lets talk about your options
NZWUUWZ\OIOM[_Q\P`MLWZILR][\IJTMZI\M[\WZM[QLMV\QITKWV[\Z]K\QWVTWIV[WZI0-47+NWZaW]ZVM`\
home improvement project. Call or visit today to learn more.
Cumberland Avenue From page A-1if they come in from 18th Street,
theyll have to turn left, come down to our drive-way, go around the
building to get in line. Its going to be a mess.
They said it would be three lanes the entire way. One lane each
way and a continuous turn lane. We all expressed our opinion, and
they said this is the way this is going forward. They said TDOT did
a study and thats the safest way to do it, Burger said.
Mike Chase opened the Copper Cellar on Cumber-land 40 years ago,
and it be-came the fi rst in what is now a 17-restaurant chain. He
is worried about the two-and-a-half-year construction pe-riod and
predicts that many businesses wont survive. He agrees with Burgers
criti-cism of restricting left turns and is critical of the citys
lack of action on a long-promised parking garage.
Chase also doesnt like the form-based code that has produced the
Evolve Apart-ments, a mixed-use devel-opment combining student
housing and storefront com-mercial units in the 2000 block that jut
out to the side-walk and appear to be va-cant. The city gave Evolve
a $200,000 tax break.
Bob Monday, property owner leasing to Walgreens
and FedEx Kinkos, agrees with Chase and Burger. All three are
concerned that left-turning traffi c will over-whelm the short turn
lanes at the side streets and create bottlenecks.
The stack-up lanes ac-commodate three-fi ve car lengths, but if
you have a big beer truck making a deliv-ery, it would block the
lane until it moves. It will be a nightmare in terms of traf-fi c,
Monday said
Joe Kirk, owner of Star-bucks, said the citys plan will damage
taxpaying busi-nesses.
I think its a sham, he said. Whoever came up with the idea
doesnt have any common sense and has never been in business. Its
the busiest street in Knox-ville, so were going to re-duce the
traffi c? Its an in-sult to our intelligence.
City Council member Nick Pavlis, who represents the Cumberland
Avenue Strip, said he understands the property owners con-cerns but
says they should have spoken out earlier and louder. He said the
aim of the plan is to make Cumber-land Avenue an extension of
downtown. People will be coming there for a purpo se, and at the
end of the day, it will improve their business model, not be a
burden.
Farragut chess players From page A-1Each FHS player was
awarded a four-year Aca-demic Service Scholarship of $4,000 per
year by Ten-nessee Tech.
Farragut Middle was undefeated throughout the tournament for the
second year in a row. Its the fi rst team to win the junior high
state title two years in a row since 2010.
In the 2014 tournament, FMS scored 3.5 points with three wins,
one draw and zero losses.
We had to knock out a
tough team from University School of Nashville to win the
championship last year, said Feng Chen, FMS team coordinator. So we
were both surprised and satisfi ed to see a perfect 4.0
perfor-mance in 2015.
The FMS team is seventh-grader Forest Chen (USCF rating 1918),
seventh-grader Kevin Wang (USCF rating 1733), eighth-grader Kevin
Chen (USCF rating 1673) and eighth-grader Will Hong (USCF rating
1192). The same four, plus Abhi-
nav Perumalla, were on last years team.
Kevin Wang said he was delighted about our vic-tory and noted
that many of the opposing teams were tough challenges.
While he and his team-mates all pour countless hours into
practicing and studying chess, he said, It doesnt matter how many
hours you play chess each day; Its about how enthu-siastically you
play it that counts.
Also participating in the tournament were Farragut Primary
(Yunpeng Tan, Matthew Wang, Alex Yan,
Eric Zhang), which scored a perfect 4.0, and Farragut
Intermediate (Jason Lee, Boyu Tan, Nolan Du, Nick Yan), which
placed fourth in the elementary school sec-tion.
Dean Lee, who coaches the primary and intermedi-ate school
teams, said the Tennessee State Scholastic Team Chess Tournament,
which started in 1992, is one of the most competi-tive scholastic
team chess matches in the Southeast.
For more info on chess in Farragut, visit
www.farra-gutchessclub.org.
Young artists on parade at Town HallBudding artists and
those who simply love to draw, color and paint were celebrated
at Farragut Town Hall on March 30 at the Far-ragut Intermediate
Schools Art Show Reception. The works were on display through April
3.
Included in the show this year were student artists from
Farragut Intermediate School, Concord Christian School, Farragut
Primary School, Knoxville Christian School and St. John Neu-mann
Catholic School.
The reception brought out proud family members, town offi cials
and the proud artists.
Gwen and Gus Beaver, stu-dents at Knoxville Christian School,
stand with their art-work at the Farragut Town Hall.
This one is mine! says a proud Claire Shields, a
second-grader at Farragut Primary School. Photos by Justin
Acuff
Noah Root, a second-grader at Farragut Primary School, stands in
front of his drawing, A Study of a Dragonfl y.
Gonzalo and Alonso Vela from St. John Neumann Catholic School
with Alonsos artwork
-
A-4 APRIL 8, 2015 Shopper news
PLAQUEPSORIASIS?
* Male or female (not pregnant or breast feeding)* 18 years of
age and up* Moderate to severe stable plaque psoriasis
Quali ed participants may receive:* Study-related skin
examinations by a Board Certi ed Physician* All study visits and
study drugs
If you are interested, please call 865-524-2547 ext. 1136
Compensation for time and travel may be provided.
JOIN A RESEARCH STUDYDermatology Associates of Knoxville, PC
is
conducting a medical research study evaluating an
investigational drug for patients with moderate
to severe plaque psoriasis.
Dermatology Associates of Knoxville, PC939 E. Emerald Avenue,
Suite 705
Knoxville, TN 37917865-524-2547 ext. 1136www.dermaknox.com
We are looking for participants who are:
Marvin West
By now, youve heard it all great record, class act, good
recruiter, better per-son, home-run hire!
Texas paid $1.75 mil-lion to get rid of basketball coach Rick
Barnes. Tennes-see snapped him up before the ink on the check was
dry.
Well fi nd out later to what degree Barnes is re-energized. That
will even-tually determine which athletic director was cor-rect,
crusty and disgruntled Steve Patterson or alert, determined and
sometimes crusty Dave Hart.
Patterson, second year in his job, reviewed the past seven
seasons and de-cided Barnes, age 60, had declined and no longer met
Texas needs. Players were better than results. The team received
NCAA tour-nament bids but didnt stay
Somebody is right, somebody is wrong
long enough.The Longhorns were hurt
by hype, ranked higher in November than March. Barnes fi nished
in the AP top 25 once in those seven years. His Big 12 record in
the other six seasons was 53-51.
What happened in Austin was a classic case of what have you done
for us lately. Best times were way back then. Now was perceived as
stale. The fan base was tak-ing a nap, but some cowboy conducted a
poll. Many par-ticipants, still yawning, said ho-hum, nothing will
ever
happen, but 75 percent did agree that Texas needed a new
coach.
The old one was not prop-erly inspiring big donors to donate.
Heaven help us, he may even have lost touch with some high school
coaches.
A mean-spirited in-sider leaked to the media a hypocritical
ultimatum from Patterson: Dump as-sistants, make changes, maybe you
could survive. Big news! All assistants of-fered to resign. Barnes
said no thanks. Patterson said see ya later.
Texas thus dismissed an honorable man believed to have faded.
Does this sound football familiar?
You may know that UT is planning a new arena and supposedly
needs bubbling enthusiasm to raise $450 million.
Hart, a tanned 66 or 67 without one gray hair, un-derstands 60.
He is not spooked. Older coaches seldom dash out front with new
ideas or make as many all-night recruiting trips, but with
strategic help, they can become secondary CEOs and famous fronts
for their sport, wear nice suits, speak crisply in TV com-mentary
and shoot straight to the Hall of Fame.
Hart responded imme-diately to the fi rst hint of availability,
as if Barnes were a gift directly from God. Here was a big-time
winning coach with a clean reputation who would sure-ly cover and
maybe erase Daves most recent prob-lems, the unfortunate selec-tion
and dismissal of Don-nie Tyndall.
Based on his own expe-rience, Hart thinks Barnes
will be rejuvenated. Being wanted is inspirational. Six-year
contract guaran-tees continuity. This is it for Rick, last stop.
Hart be-lieves he can do better than he has been doing.
Paying Barnes $2.25 mil-lion plus incentives is OK. Spending
$51,000 from Tennessees depleted trea-sury for the search group
didnt do much. Out-and-in timing was so snug, some believe Rick was
hired be-fore he was fi red.
Here are tidbits to help you decide what the Volun-teers
purchased:
Barnes received the John R. Wooden Legends of Coaching honor in
2009. The award recognizes life-time achievement by those who
exemplify Wooden standards.
Barnes received the U.S. Basketball Writers Good Guy Award in
2011.
Defense has been Barnes coaching priority. Rebound-ing is
usually strong.
Assistants have been highly regarded recruiters. There are 10
times more prized prospects in Texas than Tennessee.
Texas once reached No. 1, with a 17-0 record in the middle of
2009-10. The season crumbled. Long-horns went 7-10 in the sec-ond
half.
Barnes only losing rec-ord, 16-18 in 2012-13, was punctuated by
the post-sea-son loss of fi ve players with remaining eligibility.
A year later, Rick was Big 12 coach of the year.
Everybody who scored in 2013-14 returned for this season, and a
fi ve-star sev-en-footer was added. Hope went high. The Longhorns
shot poorly. They were 169th in NCAA fi eld-goal accuracy. Their
record was 20-14. The conference rec-ord was 8-10. Rick Barnes
couldnt explain it.
No need to now.Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address
is [email protected].
Sandra Clark
Derrick Furlow wore No. 6 when he played football at UT. He
played safety be-cause on defense you can hit people.
The Atlanta native was planning to attend the Uni-versity of
Georgia and had not thought about UT, but circumstances changed and
he actually walked on at UT, asking for a chance to prove
himself.
When I didnt feel like it, I worked harder, he told the
newspaper club at Sarah Moore Greene. When prac-tice was over, I
did extra. In his sophomore year, Furlow got his scholarship.
Furlow captivated the kids because he spoke from
The Sarah Moore Greene newspaper club heard an inspirational
talk by former UT football player Derrick Furlow. Pictured are
Destiny Woods, Mirna Cardenas, Safari Bahati, Malaya Thomas,
Furlow,
Madison Thomas, Jada Byas, Stanley Greene, Eddys Garcia-Arias
and Shantasha Glenn. Photo by Ruth White
The things you can control
the heart. Hes a guy who didnt like tests, who didnt really like
school. So he told his adviser to design a plan to get him out
quickly. He didnt take a single course that was not targeted to his
graduation.
Furlow graduated in three years with two years of football
eligibility re-maining. So he went for a
masters degree. He got it in two years, majoring in sport
psychology.
You guys are here for a purpose, he said. You can always control
your at-titude; you can control your actions; you can control your
approach to situations.
You never know whos watching.
His mom always said, Birds of a feather fl ock to-gether, and I
never knew what that meant, he said. Then at UT his coach told him,
Starters hang out with starters.
That sounded a lot like what my mom had said,
Furlow said. Now in busi-ness, he said you can pre-dict a
persons income by averaging the income of his fi ve best
friends.
Stanley Greene asked why he chose safety over running back
(which he played in high school). De-fensive players have more
control, Furlow said. They
are the hunters, not thehunted.
Safari Bahati asked whathe does now. Furlow said hetalks for a
living and in hisspare time he reads, watch-es sports and travels.
Doyou get paid for that? askedSafari.
Yes, I do. Never say talkis cheap, quipped Furlow.
-
Shopper news APRIL 8, 2015 A-5
Catch up with all your favorite columnists every Wednesday
at
www.ShopperNewsNow.com
966-5551dixieleewines.com
13044 Kingston Pike
WINES SPIRITS
Wines & LiquorsDIXIE LEE
Farraguts First and Largest
Apothic Red & White 750 $ 9.99 Woodbridge 1.5 $ 9.99
Yellowtail 1.5 $ 9.99 Seagrams 7 1.75 $18.79 Jack Daniels 1.75
$41.99 Barefoot 1.5 $ 9.99 Canadian Mist 1.75 $17.99 Menage A Trois
750 $ 8.33
EVERYDAY IN-STORE SPECIALS
Prices goodNow thru 4-14-15Located at the southeast corner of
Watt Rd. and Kingston Pk. Open 6 days a week, Mon-Sat 8am-10pm
Not all sale items are discountable.
We have your favorite beers at great prices! Pick
them up in the beer cave.
11111
s 7
Jack Daniels Black 1.75 $38.22Smirnoff Vodka 1.75 $16.99George
Dickel 12 1.75 $29.33Captain Morgan Spiced Rum 1.75 $21.77Seagrams
Gin 1.75 $15.55Oskar Blues Old Chub 6-pk $ 8.88
Franzia Chillable Red 5L $14.44Carlo Rossi Sangria 4L
$14.99Sutter Home White Zin 1.5 $ 7.99Rosenblum Contra Costa Zin
750 $13.99Kendall Jackson Chard 750 $11.22Yvon Mau Merlot 750 $
7.77St Francis Cab Sauv 750 $20.99Chateau La Paws 750 $ 8.88Layer
Cake Cab Sauv 750 $12.99Kim Crawford Sauv Blanc 750 $11.33
E
FrFrFrFrFrFrFrFrFrFrFrFrFrFFrFFFFrananananananaananaanaananananaCaCaCaCaCaCaCaCaCaCaCaCaCaCCCCaCaCaaaarlrlrlrlrllrlrlrllrlrlrrlrlrlrrrloooooooooooooooSuSuSuSuSuSuSuSuuSuSuuuSuSSutttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttteeeeee
99999999999222222222777777777777779999999999988888888888889999999999999999333333333333333333333333333
JJJJJJJJJJJ
$ 8.33
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
government
Its budget time again, and its been three years since James
McIntyre in-troduced his bold plan to improve Knox County Schools,
which he proposed to fi nance with 35 million new dollars that
would re-quire a 35-cent property tax increase.
His announcement was accompanied by consider-able fanfare and
happy talk from the usual sources (the Chamber of Commerce,
nu-merous progressive-mind-ed community leaders, most media
outlets), which was amplifi ed by a bunch of TV commercials in
heavy rota-tion.
It all came to naught when a groundswell of pro-tests from
constituents opposing the tax increase drove county commission-ers
in the other direction. In the end, the commission coughed up an
additional $7 million for the schools, which would have been
con-sidered generous in another year but seemed quite ane-mic in
comparison to the
Lance Campbell, who has been the citys real es-tate manager for
less than two years, is leaving the city within the week. Not clear
why he is leaving so soon. But it is clear he has been in business
with Doug Gordon, who is the citys delinquent tax attorney in the
city law department and is responsible for identify-ing
tax-delinquent proper-ties.
Gordon and Campbell are the two members of Box Turtle
Properties, which is a corporation formed Sept. 11, 2014.
This corporation ap-parently buys and sells properties including
one off Hiawassee Avenue sold on Jan. 6, 2015, to former state Sen.
Stacey Camp-fi eld. It was valued at $100 but sold at $17,500. If
they got $17,500 in the sale, the declared value of $100 seems in
error or simply false. Perhaps it is missing two zeroes.
Campbell will soon be free to devote full time to this
corporation while Gordon must continue to juggle his city duties
with his private interest. While the information being used is
public record and available to all, it does raise eyebrows that
people who work on these issues for the city are at the same time
running a private operation to do similar work.
The deeds were recorded during normal business hours with the
Register of Deeds.
The good news here is that Judy Walton, for-mer state
transportation right-of-way acquisition manager, now works for the
city and is well qualifi ed to replace Campbell. City Hall has been
mum on the replacement and also did not announce the resigna-tion
as of the writing of this column.
Preservation: Over a decade ago, voters amended the city charter
to require an annual report on the sta-tus of historic
preservation. The actual work on this is done by Kaye Graybeal of
MPC. She followed Ann Bennett, who had worked on historic
preservation zoning issues for years prior to her retirement.
Graybeal is an able, knowledgeable staffer on MPC. She will
present the 2014 report to MPC on
As a community, we spend a lot of time talk-ing about the benefi
ts of bicycling. Its good for the environment. Its good for our
bodies. Its pure joy for those of us who love cycling.
A group ride departs from Cedar Bluff Cycles two days after one
of the stores owners was seriously injured when a car turned in
front of him during a ride. Photo by Wendy Smith
VictorAshe
Betty Bean
Wendy Smith
City staff ers form private business
April 16, and in turn it will go to City Council in one of the
May meetings.
Recent mayors have failed to take advantage of this requirement
to highlight historic preserva-tion. In fact, Mayor Rogero, while
creating a fund for historic preservation proj-ects, for which her
admin-istration can determine the winners, cut funding for Knox
Heritage in last years city budget.
While Becky Wade, who is a friend of preservation and able,
heads the dis-tribution of the $500,000 historic preservation fund,
it is unclear how transpar-ent the process of picking the winners
will be. Rog-eros communications offi ce failed to disclose as of
this writing who by name serves on the evaluation commit-tee with
Wade to rank the applicants. It is not clear if the actual rankings
will be disclosed. There should be full transparency here since
public money is involved.
MPC: Meanwhile, the search committee of six persons for the MPC
direc-tor may have its fi nal meet-ing this afternoon (behind
closed doors) to make a recommendation to Mayors Burchett and
Rogero.
The two mayors must decide who it is and again it is unclear
what happens if they cannot agree. It is down to three persons with
two being University of Tennessee graduates.
Lowe: Former Knox County trustee Mike Lowe reports this
Saturday, April 11, to the county jail to serve his one-year
sentence for stealing over $300,000 from county taxpayers. He will
likely serve only seven months. Most observers expect him to become
a trusty in a matter of weeks, if not days, which will give him
special privileges.
The county jail is oper-ated by Sheriff Jimmy J.J. Jones and he
determines what happens there. He has hired several politi-cal
friends such as former county commissioners.
Cyclists deserve same rights as drivers
But theres a dark side to bicycling in Knoxville. Cyclists on
the road are constantly threatened by distracted or resentful
driv-ers, and they cant always count on law enforcement to protect
their rights. If you doubt it, ask Tim Rogers.
Hes one of four owners of Cedar Bluff Cycles. Dur-ing a group
ride last week, a driver turned left in front of him into her
Everett Road driveway. He was travel-ing over 30 miles per hour
when he hit her hood, broke her windshield and landed in the grass
on the opposite side of the car.
Tim is lucky. He was wearing a helmet. He didnt hit a nearby
telephone pole. But he went home from the emergency room with a
fractured vertebra, major contusions and glass cuts.
Even though the accident happened in clear weather on a
straight, fl at stretch of road, the driver wasnt cited by the Knox
County Sher-iffs Offi ce deputy.
Cedar Bluff Cycles co-
owner Gerry Harms took Tim home from the hospi-tal. He was glad
Tim didnt re-injure a hip he fractured during another bike wreck
eight weeks ago.
He had nine lives, but he has one less now, Gerry says.
Another co-owner, Bill Turner, came upon the ac-cident seconds
after it happened. Bill had been dropped by the group, and Tim left
the other riders to wait for his friend at the top of a hill. Bill
told Tim to return to the group, and he was making his way back
when the accident hap-pened.
Bill estimates the visibil-ity at the bottom of the hill was
half a mile. The driver said she saw the group but didnt see Tim.
After check-
ing on Tim, Bill asked the offi cer if the driver had been
cited, and he said no. When Bill asked why, the offi cer said it
was at his discretion, and he thought it was an honest mistake.
According to Tennes-see Code Title 55, a bicycle is defi ned as
a vehicle, and bicyclists are subject to the same rights and
responsi-bilities as other drivers. Le-gally, this accident should
have been handled as if one car pulled out in front of
an-other.
Two members of my fam-ily made honest mistakes while driving
last year. One rear-ended another vehicle, and one turned left in
front of another vehicle. Neither accident resulted in injury, and
both of my family mem-bers were cited as they
shouldve been.The Knox County Sher-
iffs Offi ce shared the ac-cident report but wouldnt allow an
interview with the offi cer who wrote it.
Bill says he is totally baffl ed that the driver wasnt
cited.
This has torn me up, he says. We have rights just as automobiles
do.
Progressive cities wel-come and protect those who use bicycles
for trans-portation and recreation. Offi cers who dont give
cy-clists the same rights as mo-torists reinforce the back-woods
notion that bicycles belong only on greenways.
Were making strides in creating a better infrastruc-ture for
bicycles in East Tennessee. Changing minds may be a bigger
challenge.
What about the teachers?
original request.One set of voices was
curiously silent on the tax increase, which gave com-missioners
additional cover for voting against it. Where, they asked, were the
teach-ers?
McIntyre took teacher support for granted since there was money
in it for them, too. This was a seri-ous miscalculation, and one he
has reprised every bud-get cycle since.
When she was elected president of the Knox Coun-ty Education
Association, Sherry Morgan expected to be treated as every other
KCEA president had been for the previous 28 years, i.e., be given
unpaid leave by Knox County Schools so she could work full-time for
the teachers association, which would pay her salary.
McIntyre refused to do that, and for months, Mor-gan continued
teaching full-time while fulfi lling her du-ties as KCEA president.
She was working 60-plus hours a week. She was so tired that she was
falling asleep driving home, and her hus-band started driving her.
McIntyre refused to meet with her.
Morgan fi nally got her leave time approved after the
Legislature mandated collaborative conferencing in 2011 and the
teachers voted to be represented by KCEA. The following year, the
Legislature wrote man-datory leave time for educa-tion association
presidents into something that was dubbed Sherrys Law.
McIntyres big budget request came the following budget cycle.
KCEA offi cers were summoned to his of-fi ce about two hours before
he presented his proposal at the State of the Schools ad-dress but
had no input into the process KCEA sub-sequently voted to
remain
neutral, and few teachers were among the yellow-shirted
supporters who turned out to public meet-ings during the big push
for the McIntyre plan.
Last week at the April school board meeting, KCEA
president-elect Lau-ren Hopson provided a dj vu moment when she
criti-cized McIntyres handling of this years budget prob-lems
particularly the no-tion that theres not enough money to pay
teachers the promised APEX bonuses while making good on the
long-stated goal of giving across-the-board raises.
We were in this posi-tion last year and it was the hope that
rather than cutting anything already in place, teachers would
de-mand money from county commission, Hopson said. That didnt
happen may-be because Im not the only teacher who resents being
used as a pawn between the school board and county c ommission.
-
A-6 APRIL 8, 2015 FARRAGUT Shopper news kids
BIKE HIKE CLIMB RUN PADDLE PLAYFREE FUN FOR EVERYONE!
Knoxvilles Outdoor Adventure FestivalPresented By
OutdoorKnoxville.com
April 24-26, 2015
Clean Sweep River Clean-up by
Produc
ed by & B
enefiting
Designed by PalinDesign
Sara Barrett
Farragut High School students Michael Mooneyham, Madison Haynes,
Lauren Cook, Kassidy Heard, Jackson Hahn, Riley McFall and Abby Rae
rehearse as the usual suspects in Clue.
Find Clue at Farragut High SchoolFans of the board game Clue
will be pleased to know that Colonel Mustard, Ms. Scarlet,
Professor Plum and the gang will be well-represented dur-ing
Farragut High Schools production of the same name.
For our readers who are movie buffs, the role of Wadsworth from
the 1985 fi lm version will also be rep-resented. Sophomore
Kas-sidy Heard disguises herself as the butler complete with a
British-style derby hat.
Fine arts teacher Lea Mc-Mahan said shes had this
Weapons (rope, wrench, etc.) will be painted silver, too, to
resemble the game pieces. Folks who come to the shows are
encouraged to dress up as their favorite character from the
story.
At a rehearsal, it was clear to see why she chose this group of
students for the production. The whole cast shines, although
McMahan hands out critiques for each performer afterward.
This is such a great group, and these students are so cute and
so sweet, she
said of the group of about 15, a mix of all grade levels.
Cast member Paige Mi-chael, who plays the motorist, said the
production is defi -nitely not what you would ex-pect. Youll want
to watch the whole thing to see what hap-pens. Weve added our own
little spin on the original.
Farragut High School will present Clue at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday
and Sat-urday, April 16 and 18, and 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 19, in
the Ferguson Theatre. Admission is $7.
Farragut High School business education teacher Judy Siebert fl
ips through one of the books shes raising money to purchase.
Books to boost technologyFarragut High Schools business
education teacher Judy
Siebert has really done her homework.Siebert started an online
fundraising campaign to
raise money for textbooks to help her students learn web design.
She is struggling to fi nd funding since everything is going
wireless and paperless. With so much technology in todays
classrooms, it appears folks have forgotten that with all those new
computers and apps, it is important to read the directions. In a
book.
My two daughters are now in college, and they both said the
biggest adjustment for them their freshman year was the amount of
reading they were assigned, said Siebert of the fact that many
school administrators feel textbooks should become obsolete. She
has a copy of the books she needs in her classroom, and she could
copy the pages and hand those out to students, but that would teach
them how to break copyright law, which isnt really on the
syllabus.
Siebert also said teachers have been given licenses to teach
Offi ce 2013, but their textbooks are for Offi ce 2010. Next year,
well have to modify our instruction (to use the old books), she
said.
DonorsChoose.org, the website Siebert is using to fundraise,
will purchase the books for her, so she never has to deal with
actual money. A donation of $20 will pay for one book, said
Siebert. Her goal is to get a set of 20 books.
Info: www.donorschoose.org and search for Farragut High
School.
SCHOOL NOTES
Heska Amuna Religious School
Open house will be held 9:30-11:45 a.m. Sunday, April 12. Meet
the staff and tour the school. Registration for fall is open to
children in grades PreK through 12th
grade. RSVP to Betty Golub, [email protected].
Webb School of Knoxville
Admissions open house will be held 9 a.m. Thursday, April 9, in
Webbs Haslam Center on the Webb School campus. For parents of
students interested
in applying to kindergarten through 12th grade for the 2015-2016
school year. Info/RSVP: Christy Widener, 291-3830; or
webbschool.org/aprilopenhouse.
West Hills Elementary
Link your Food City ValuCard, Kroger Plus Card and Target
Red Card to West Hills Elemen-tary and help raise money for the
school. The school also participates in the General Mills BoxTops
for Education program and the Campbells Labels for Education
pro-gram. Clip out the Box Tops and Labels for Education and drop
them off at the school or mail to: West Hills Elementary, 409
Vanosdale Road, Knox-ville, TN 37909.
production in the back of her mind for a while (with a certain
top-secret twist on the original story), and the stage fl oor has
been turned into parts of the game board. Ive spent $120 on duct
tape so far, said Mc-Mahan of the fl oor design.
All proceeds benet the Autism Society East Tennessee, a nonprot
that provides support, services, advocacy, education, and public
awareness for all individuals with Autism
Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and their families as well as educators
and other professionals throughout 36 East Tennessee counties.
EBENEZERCOUNSELINGSERVICES
6:30 to 10:00 p.m.
5210 Kingston Pike
presented by Regal Entertainment Group,a fun event to benet the
Autism Society of East Tennessee
For tickets, visit www.shrimpboilforautism.com
Tickets are $50 and include:Live Entertainment by Tall Paul
Cajun Shrimp Boil by The Shrimp DockComplimentary wine, beer,
and non-alcoholic beverages
Side dishes and dessertAdmission to the silent auction
-
Family-Owned Since 1900
MynattPre-Arrangement Full-Service Funerals
Cremation
Shopper news APRIL 8, 2015 A-7 faith
Currently accepting rental applications
3405 Harrow Gate Ln.Powell, TN 37849
A senior 62 years and older and Mobility Community.
Powell, TN 37849Phone: 865-938-3394A Volunteers of America
CommunityEqual Housing
Opportunity
CandleridgePlaza
Apartments
F riends of the G arden Club
FF riends of the G arden Club
Siler/Rhea Group
Keep Calm and Garden On
Talahi Plant Sale
Saturday, April 11th9 a.m. 2 p.m.Lakeshore Park
The Corner of Northshore Drive and Lyons View Pike
FREE ADMISSION Rain or ShineCash, Checks and Credit Cards
Presented byThe Knoxville Garden Club
& Garden Study Club
Interested candidates please ll out an application at
www.ResourceMFG.com & call us at 865-558-6224.
We look forward to hearing from you!
POSITIONS:Machine OperatorsOperator AssistantsPackagersMaterial
Handlers
ResourceMFG is recruiting for ResourceMFG is recruiting for
Newell Rubbermaid in Maryville, TN. Newell Rubbermaid in Maryville,
TN.
Many exciting opportunities for both entry level & skilled
candidates. A variety of rotating shifts & hours available.
Pay rates are based on the positions available & your skill
set!
2824 Merchants Drive Knoxville, TN 37912(865) 523-1141
knoxvillefootdoctor.com
Diabetic Foot Care
Heel Pain
Ingrown Nails
Custom Orthotics & Surgery
All insurances accepted
Advanced Foot Care CenterDr. David Velarde
N
I-75
CLINTON HWY
MER
CHAN
TS R
D
PLEASANT RIDGE RD
Some folks put away the Easter fi nery and toss the lilies the
day after Easter.
The Church disagrees.Easter is far too big an
event world-changing, mind-boggling, soul-lift-ing news to be
confi ned to one day.
The Church declares that Easter is a week of weeks: seven
Sundays are required to adequately celebrate such an event. And so
Eastertide lasts for seven Sundays, and then the Church cel-ebrates
another astound-ing event: Pentecost.
I grew up in a small, country church that tended to give Easter
one Sunday and Christmas one Sunday. I was thrilled when I ventured
into the wider world (and another denomination) where both holy
days were given the attention they de-served.
I discovered Advent, Christmastide, Lent and Pentecost, and
also
That same hour they got up and returned to Jerusalem; and they
found the eleven and their companions gathered together. They were
saying, The Lord has risen indeed, and he has appeared to Simon!
Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he had been
known to them in the breaking of the bread.
(Luke 24:33-35 NRSV)
Easter isnt over
CrossCurrents
LynnPitts
learned that there is such a thing as Ordinary Time.
So I began to pay atten-tion to those post-Easter appearances of
Jesus. They must have been startling, to say the least, if not
downright discon-certing.
Peter was not having any of it. He didnt believe the women (who
would believe a woman s story in those days, anyway?), and so he
had to go to the tomb to see for himself!
What he discovered there was a rolled-away stone and an empty
tomb, where the grave clothes were folded neatly (Mary did a fi ne
job raising that boy Jesus!), and there was no sign of a dead
body.
Jesus was alive!
By Wendy SmithFamily No. 20, like any
family living in poverty, faces enormous challenges every day.
Marcus has a job but doesnt have a high school diploma, and he is
secretly illiterate. His wife, Margo, also has a minimum-wage job
but only works 30 hours per week. The couple have an 8-year-old
daughter who is doing well in school in spite of the fact that shes
partially blind.
This is the profi le of a real family, and three local women had
the opportu-nity to wrestle with their problems at the Cost of
Pov-erty Experience (COPE), presented by Restoration House and
Compassion Co-alition. The quarterly event gives those who have
never struggled with poverty the chance to walk in the shoes of
those who do.
Almost 50 participated in last weeks COPE, held at Fellowship
Church. Most were affi liated with social service organizations or
churches. One in six Knox County residents lives in poverty, said
Jessica Bocan-gel of Compassion Coalition, and she asked
participants to suspend their own reality while imagining
themselves as one of those.
Each attendee was as-signed to a family, and each family profi
le contained a set of challenges. Some were illegal aliens, single
parents or seniors. Most had diffi culties like addic-tions,
medical problems or criminal backgrounds. Each family was given the
assign-ment of living through four weeks, each week being
rep-resented by 15 minutes. The goal was for each family to be
safe, and in a better fi -nancial position, at the end of the
month.
On the surface, the as-signment seemed compli-cated, but doable.
Each family had access to 16 re-sources, like a minimum-wage
employer, a school, a megamart and a health clinic. But once the
whistle sounded the beginning of the week, participants had to
hustle to get children to school or day care before lining up to
apply for a job or social services.
Transportation proved to be a major obstacle, which refl ects a
reality for those in poverty. Carolyn Hanson of Compassion
Coalition played the role of the hard-
Ben Johnson of Halls watches a timer that represents the time it
would take to walk to work during the Cost of Poverty Expe-rience.
Central Baptist Church of Bearden minister of missions and pastoral
care Mark Moreland looks on. Photos by Wendy Smith
Cynthia Russell of Knox Area Rescue Ministries, pretending to be
an unemployed college stu-dent, bargains with Compassion Coalition
executive director Grant Standefer, who played the role of a
pawn-shop owner during the Cost of Poverty Experience.
COPE off ers insight into poverty
nosed employer, and each employee had to show proof of car
ownership, a bus pass or a walking pass earned by waiting until a
timer ran out in order to clock in. Those with no transporta-tion
had their pay docked or were fi red.
Distracted by the task of getting to work, or the doc-tor, some
participants for-got to buy food or pay rent. One forgot a baby at
the day-care center. One week, fami-lies had to contend with
thereal-life challenge of chil-dren home for spring break.
Ben Johnson, a Com-passion Coalition board member, landed in
mock jail when a stolen car stereo was found at his apartment. The
event gave him a taste of the routine of those who are struggling
fi nancially, he said.
Its a feeling of helpless-ness, of trying to put your best foot
forward and slid-ing in the mud.
Nancy Keeton was as-signed the role of the child in family No.
20. She is training to volunteer as an ally at Restoration House,
and she thinks the event will help her understand the
diffi culties faced by single mothers.
It will help to be able to think like they do, to realize how
hard it is to survive.
The next COPE is sched-
uled for July 30. The event can also be conducted for individual
churches, non-profi ts and other organi-zations. Info:
therestora-tionhouse.net or 200-5406.
-
A-8 APRIL 8, 2015 Shopper news
2015
By Anne HartAs fantastical as it may sound, if Alice
fell down the rabbit hole in North Knox-ville, she likely
wouldnt be surprised if she found herself at Fountain City Stained
Glass when she landed.
For there, much to her delight, she would discover a delightful
rabbit war-ren of sorts, nestled at the bottom of a huge
three-story building, and fi lled with a wonderland of glass of
every imaginable shape, size, color and pattern, much of it defying
description but all of it fi lled with light and enchantment suffi
cient to fi re the imagination of Lewis Carrolls fi ctional
traveler.
Theres probably even material for Al-ices magical looking glass
gently tucked away somewhere in a cubby hole at the shop.
The place is a vir-tual and literal labo-ratory, glass museum
and design studio where partners Gracie Jones and Katie Jones
practice their art and teach it to oth-ers in a series of
classes.
The two learned how to create stained glass and mosaic art from
the late Vicki Jarmon, who opened the business more than 10 years
ago.
Jarmon made the gorgeous Tiffany-style lamp proudly displayed on
a high shelf at the shop, safely out of the reach of any boisterous
children who might pass through when guided tours of the Foun-tain
City Stained Glass studios are offered to the public as part of
Dogwood Arts De-Tour from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. this Friday and
Saturday.
Right now, Gracie and Katie who say they arent related (Jones is
the married name of each) but laughingly fi nish each others
sentences are hard at work on a series of large leaded glass
windows that will grace the new Kappa Delta Sorority chapter house
at the University of Tennes-see.
Nearing completion, the windows are laid out on large tables in
the studios
workroom, each piece of etched glass numbered and carefully
positioned in its own spot on a paper pattern before being soldered
permanently in place.
The custom windows are just one of a number of projects underway
at the stu-dio.
An impressive piece just fi nished is a large, colorful stained
glass rendering of a drawing of a guitar whimsically decorated with
hearts and other images, the work of a very creative third-grader
whose par-ents decided to memorialize their talented childs artwork
for posterity.
Fountain City Stained Glass also has mosaic art and has on
display an assort-ment of colorful vases made of tiny pieces
of colorful glass in varying patterns.
In one room, bro-ken stained glass lamp shades and other stained
glass items in various stages of re-pair or restoration are
being readied for clients.In another is a retail area where
the
hobbyist or serious artist will fi nd every-thing they need to
create stained glass or mosaic art. Equipment, tools and count-less
types of glass are available.
Those items are always in high demand as a result of the classes
in stained glass and mosaics that are taught from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Tuesdays and Thursdays and 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. and noon to 2 p.m. on
Saturdays.
The retail aspect of Fountain City Glass is always especially
busy around holidays as shoppers drop in to buy the ever-popu-lar
sun catchers and brightly colored win-dow panels.
Fountain City Stained Glass is at 1328 Buchanan Ave., just off
Broadway a couple of blocks toward downtown from I-640.
Go there prepared to stay a while. Theres a lot to see and
learn. And of course, there are always those classes to further
tempt you.
Info: 688-3333.
Gracie Jones with some of the art that hangs in the front window
of Fountain City Stained Glass Photo by Anne Hart
Tour a wonderland of stained glass at Fountain City studios
By Betsy PickleEastwood. Huston.
Chaplin.Three of the four young
actors starring in Fridays only wide release come with decades
of fi lm histo-ry on their shoulders. The fourth, Robertson well,
she was great as Angie in the fi rst season of CBSs Under the
Dome.
The Longest Ride, based on a novel by Nicho-las Sparks, shifts
between two love stories, both set
in North Carolina. One is in the present and has Britt Robertson
as a young woman about to leave col-lege and go to New York to work
in an art gallery when she meets a handsome bull rider (Scott
Eastwood, son of Clint) whos trying to make a comeback after a
life-threatening injury.
The other takes place during the World War II era and features a
young Jewish couple (Jack Hus-ton, grandson of director
John, nephew of Anjelica and Danny; and Oona Chaplin,
granddaughter of Charlie, daughter of Geral-dine) and their
struggles.
Tying them together is Alan Alda, who plays the 91-year-old
version of Hustons character. He gives the modern-day couple
insight into what it means to be in a relation-ship.
George Tillman Jr. (Soul Food) directed.
Whats in a name?
-
Shopper news APRIL 8, 2015 A-9 weekender
Purchase tickets online:www.southerntequilafest.com
Ad space donated by
Join us to taste hand-crafted tequilas, margaritas, cocktails
and beer! Listen to some great music and delight in an array of
East Tennessees best tacos and more!
Parking area between Cru and Belk
Proceeds go to RAM. Our vision is to be the besty at providing
free clinic events without discrimination, which enhance quality of
life through the delivery of compoetent and compassionate
healthcare to those who are impoverished, isolated &
underserved.
21 and older to attendApril 25
5pm 8pmPinnacle at Turkey Creek
KnoxvilleKnoxvilles First Annuals First Annual
h ti k t li
Come enjoy MUSICAL GUEST
Shawn Lacy!
FRIDAY-SATURDAY The Magic Flute presented by the UT Opera
Theatre at
the Bijou Theatre. Performances: 8 p.m. Friday; 2:30 and 8 p.m.
Saturday. Tickets: www.ticketmaster.com, www.knoxbijou.com.
Vintage Baseball at Historic Ramsey House, 2614 Thorn Grove
Pike. Celebration of Vintage Baseball reception, 7-9 p.m. Friday.
Doubleheader begins noon Saturday. No charge for the games;
hotdogs, popcorn, beverages and more avail-able for purchase.
FRIDAY-SUNDAY Rhythm N Blooms music festival, on stages set
exclusively
along downtown Knoxvilles historic Jackson Avenue. Fea-tures fi
rst-timers, chart-climbers and highly lauded acts from varied
musical backgrounds. Tickets available now. Info/tickets:
www.rhythmnbloomsfest.com.
Spring Home Design and Remodeling Show, Knoxville Convention
Center, 701 Henley St.
SHREK: The Musical, Jr, Knoxville Childrens Theatre, 109 E.
Churchwell Ave. Performances: 7 p.m. Friday; 1 and 5 p.m. Saturday;
3 p.m. Sunday. Info/tickets: knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com;
208-3677.
FRIDAY Alive After Five concert: The Streamliners Swing
Orchestra,
6-8:30 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 Worlds Fair Park
Drive. Tickets: $15; $10 for members/students. Info: 934-2039.
Exmag and M!NT will perform, 9 p.m., The Concourse, 940
Blackstock Ave. Presented by Midnight Voyage Productions and WUTK
90.3 The Rock. Tickets: $10 advance; $15 day of show. Info:
internationalknox.com.
Haywood County Ramblers concert, Hollys Corner, 842 N. Central
St. Doors open 6:30 p.m. Tickets: $10. Info/tickets:
m.bpt.me/event/1409964.
Hot Club of San Francisco: Cinema Vivant, 8 p.m., Ronald and
Lynda Nutt Theatre, Clayton Center for the Arts, 502 E. Lamar
Alexander Parkway, Maryville. Info/tickets:
www.knoxvilletickets.com, www.claytonartscenter.com, 981-8591.
Kukuly and the Gypsy Fuegos perform, Fountain City Casual Pint,
4842 Harvest Mill Way. Swing jazz trio.
Stars on Stage Dinner Concert fundraising event, 8 p.m.,
Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Tickets: $400. Info/tickets:
Tennessee Theatre box offi ce: 684-1200.
SATURDAY Bracket Challenge and Hip-Hop for Hunger 2015, 7:30
p.m., The Concourse, 940 Blackstock Ave. Featuring
Plun-derphonics, Good Guy Collective, The Exception, The Young Gunz
and Bobby Fuego. Tickets: $5 requested donation at the door.
Cashore Marionettes, Harold and Jean Lambert Recital Hall,
Clayton Center for the Arts, 502 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway,
Maryville. Simple Gifts, 2 p.m.; Life in Motion, 8 p.m.
Info/tickets: www.knoxvilletickets.com, www.claytonartscenter.com,
981-8591.
Color Me Rad 5K, 9 a.m., Knoxville Civic Auditorium and
Coliseum. Participants of all ages are welcome to run or walk. A
portion of the proceeds will benefi t East Tennessee Childrens
Hospital. Info/to register: colormerad.com.
Esaus Vendor Market, Jacob Building, Chilhowee Park, 3301 E.
Magnolia Ave. Local antiques/crafts show.
Jazzspirations LIVE: Knoxvilles Smooth Jazz Concert Series, 7-9
p.m., Holiday Inn Worlds Fair Park, 525 Henley St. Info/tickets:
jazzspirationslive.com.
Magical Make Believe, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Knoxville Zoo, 3500
Knoxville Zoo Drive. Centered on popular storybook characters Peter
Cottontail and Cliff ord. Storytime, a bubble artist, magician and
make-believe games. Children 12 and younger who come dressed as
their favorite make-believe or storybook character will receive
free admission. Info: knoxville-zoo.org.
Marble Springs Storytelling, 2-4 p.m., Marble Springs State
Historic Site, 1220 W. Gov. John Sevier Highway. Fundraiser for
Smoky Mountain Storytellers Association. Bring chairs. Under the
pavilion. Info: 573-5508; [email protected];
www.marblesprings.net.
Music of Queen performed by the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra
featuring guest conductor Brent Havens and vocalist Brody Dolyniuk,
8 p.m., Civic Auditorium, 500 Howard Baker Jr. Ave. Info/tickets:
Box Offi ce, 215-8999; KnoxvilleTickets.com, 656-4444,
877-995-9961.
Valor Fights 22 Pro/Am MMA, 6 p.m., The International, 940
Blackstock Ave. Tickets: $35 general admission. Info:
internationalknox.com.
By Carol ShaneThe Rhythm N Blooms
Music Festival, slated for this weekend in downtown Knoxville,
grows more aus-picious every year.
Coming as it does on the heels of the Big Ears Festival a
nationally recognized event Rhythm N Blooms seems like a warmer,
fuzzi-er, down-home counterpart to the gathering of the big
guns.
But this years festival is more varied and prestigious than you
might expect.
Now in its fi fth year, the Rhythm N Blooms Festival boasts an
eclectic lineup. Theres everything from high-energy gypsy punk
grass (Strung Like a Horse) to The Appalachian Hippie Poet (his
words are born from mountain, bottle and heart) to one of Esquire
magazines 2014 15 Bands to Watch, Daniel Ellsworth & the Great
Lakes.
Popular Knoxville main-stays Drive-By Truckers and the Dirty
Guvnahs will appear, along with many, many other unique and worthy
acts.
Sarah Pirkle and Jeff Barbra have been involved with Rhythm N
Blooms for several years and fondly re-member its early days.
Im really looking for-ward to playing a set with the Naughty
Knots at Boyds Jig & Reel on Friday night, says local
singer/songwrit-er/fi ddler and radio host Pirkle. She and
husband
Knoxville favorites Jeff Barbra and Sarah Pirkle will be heading
up the Rhythm N Blooms Festi-vals Gospel Hour on Sunday, April 12.
Photos submitted
Popular local roots musician Sarah Pirkle cant wait for the
Rhythm N Blooms Festival.
Barbra will be hosting the festivals Gospel Hour on Sunday,
which she says will be a treat for me. Then Im hanging out the rest
of the day en-j o y i n g the mu-sic. Im r e a l l y s t o k e d to
see JD McPherson!
Now lets talk about the headliners.
The Decemberists fi rst album, Castaways and Cut-outs, was
released in 2002. In the realm of indie folk rock, these guys stood
alone right out of the gate.
For one thing, theyre absolutely incredible mu-sicians, every
last one of them, but that virtuosity is used in service of the
whole. The Decemberists musical
visions are large and sweep-ing, but theres not a grand-stander
among them.
Singer-songwriter Colin Meloys distinctive, reso-
n a n t v o i c e l e n d s i t s e l f perfect-ly to his m e l
o -
dies. Like James Mercer of the Shins, Meloy has a huge talent
for songwriting, and one cant imagine anyone else singing his
composi-tions. Hes backed by acous-tic instruments such as bass
viol, guitar and violin, but extra special to the mix is Jenny
Conlee, whose un-derstated skill on the organ, piano and accordion
adds much to the carefully con-sidered musical arrange-ments.
They played to a packed Tennessee Theatre in April 2007, and now
theyre back in Knoxville, appearing on Sunday, April 12, as part of
a national tour promot-ing their new album, What a Terrible World,
What a Beautiful World.
Everything about the Decemberists, from their songwriting and
perform-ing down to their album art and accompanying mer-chandise,
seems beauti-fully handmade. Dont miss them.
So if youre in the mood to mingle with a lot of happy music
lovers, check out the website at rhythmnblooms-fest.com where youll
fi nd a full lineup and other details. You can even earn free
tick-ets and other rewards. See you there!Send story suggestions to
[email protected].
By Carol Shahaneha
The best fest yet
By Betsy PickleYouve seen the grass is always greener movies,
but
youve never seen one like While Were Young.A comedy with a
kitchen sink that includes a couples
midlife crisis, shades of Single White Female and Six Degrees of
Separation and the buzzword of the decade, connectivity While Were
Young beats any semblance of preciousness out of writer-director
Noah Baumbachs inside-New York mannerisms.
Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts play Josh and Cornelia, a Manhattan
couple living in a Grand Canyon of a rut. Josh is a documentary fi
lmmaker who has been working on his latest fi lm for eight years;
he also lectures about doc-umentary fi lmmaking in an
extended-learning program. Cornelia works as a producer for her
father, Leslie Breitbart (Charles Grodin), a highly esteemed
documentarian.
Josh keeps looking for the truth in his ever-lengthening fi lm,
which is about war, er, poverty, er, America. Cornelia feels guilty
about living in her fathers shadow. They both wonder if they should
have tried harder to have a child.
Their stale, tech-device-dominated lives are disrupted when they
meet Jamie (Adam Driver) and Darby (Amanda Seyfried), a young
couple whose existence is everything Josh and Cornelias is not.
Jamie, an aspiring documentarian himself, goes gaga over Josh,
spreading lavish praise on his acclaimed fi rst documentary, which
was barely seen. Darby makes artisan ice cream in unusual fl
avors.
Jamie and Darby roller-blade through the streets, es-chew modern
technology in favor of VHS tapes and vinyl
records, and generally seem spontaneous in every way. Josh falls
hard for them, especially with Jamie constantly seeking his advice
and help. Cornelia is a bit more skepti-cal, but she gets pulled
into the energy of the couple as well.
Jamies charisma is undeniable, but theres something off about
it. Josh, who has embraced Jamies free
spirit, begins to suspect that hes made a mis-take in his new
friend.
The midlife crisis depicted in While Were Young captures a slice
of reality in a way few fi lms have done before. Its funny, yet
introspective and sympa-thetic. It reveals the amazing concept that
there is middle ground between feeling dead inside and trying to
be-come someone youre not.
As for the more external, structured plot its a comedic
quicksand that feels
like Hitchcock Light. Stiller is perfect as things go south in a
major way, and Driver is astonishing as his Phillip Vandamm (think
North by North-west).
Baumbachs hilarious observations give more screen time to the
male leads, but Watts and Seyfried balance
them with honest performances that have a real weight. Grodin is
a delight, playing off his crotchety persona with an extra serving
of likability.
The cast includes two legendary music fi gures in unex-pected
roles. Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul & Mary fame plays the expert
in Joshs fi lm, and Adam Horovitz of the Beastie Boys plays Joshs
erstwhile best friend, a new father.
While Were Young shows Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale) at his
sharpest. Its a message fi lm that hides behind a nearly solid wall
of comedy.
Rated R for language.
Midlife-crisis comedy with a twist
Josh (Ben Stiller) and Cornelia (Naomi Watts) review some of
their life choices in While Were Young.
-
A-10 APRIL 8, 2015 Shopper news
Halls Powell Fountain City West KnoxvilleMaynardville Luttrell
www.cbtn.com Member FDIC
Deposit checks withyour mobile phone
FARRAGUT 11185 Kingston Pike 966-9414
HARDIN VALLEY11509 Hardin Valley Rd 690-1777
WALGREENS PLAZA120 S. Peters Rd 531-8702
LENOIR CITY1001 Hwy 321 988-4050
NORTH CEDAR BLUFF PLAZA430 N. Cedar Bluff Rd
693-1693
Farragut CleanersCleanersLocally Owned & Operated
Same Day Service!
*We will storeseasonal garments
for free when we clean them!
Dry Cleaning/ Laundry Service Dress Shirts Drapery Cleaning
Bridal Gown Preservation FREE Garment Storage*
5 ConvenientLocations!
We nowaccept
20% OFFANY DRY
CLEANING ORD
ER
CLEANED & PRE
SSED
Not valid on form
als, laundry, alter
ation,
press only or stor
age. Coupon mus
t
accompany incom
ing order. Not val
id with
any other coupon
or special offer.
FARRAGUT CLEANE
RS
Expires
4-14-15
business
By Bonny C. MillardA recent grant award by
the Rotary Club of Knoxville will help Beaumont Magnet Academy
purchase almost 700 new books, school li-brarian Molly Moore
said.
Moore, whos been at the school for about three years, recently
spoke to the club and said this gift will help update the schools
library. In addition to this, Beau-mont is already this years
weekly recipient of a donat-ed book signed by meeting speakers.
This is going to get kids excited about reading, Moore said of
the addition of new books. Currently, many of the school librarys
books are out-of-date, par-ticularly in areas such as scientifi c
information.
Our library books are old, she said. Their aver-age shelf age is
20 years. There are lots of books that are older than me on my
shelves. I try to pull them as I fi nd them.
Moore said she has an annual budget of $3,200 to purchase new
books.
The Rotary grant in-cludes $5,000 from the lo-cal club and
$5,000 in dis-trict matching funds.
Beaumont is a unique school in that it offers fi ne arts and
honors programs and is a museum school as well, she said. The
school is a Title 1 school, with 75 percent of its students
eco-
Molly Moore, Beaumont Magnet Acad-emy librarian
Rotary gifts books to Beaumont
nomically disadvantaged.Even though it offers
specialized program-ming, the school is in a literacy crisis
with many of the students
below reading level. Moore said 85 percent
of fi fth-graders are below profi ciency levels.
We know were in a cri-sis at Beaumont, she said. Were doing
everything that we can. Our adminis-trators this year have to-tally
changed everything around. Every teacher in the building has a
small reading group . Were do-ing radical things at Beau-mont to
try to get our kids up to level.
By Betty BeanMost of Bubbas Barrels
customers are out of state, or international, even. But the
destination of the shiny steel barrel sitting in Bub-bas front
parking lot last Tuesday was Crafty Bas-tard Brewery, opening this
spring three miles south of Bubbas in Emory Place. The transaction
is an example of the community that Carl Clements wanted to join
when he settled on Knox-ville as his adopted home-town six years
ago.
Weve gotten an amaz-ing amount of support from local business
owners, said Clements, a burly, bearded, overall-wearing guy whose
business has gone from zero to more than $1 million in annual
revenue in four years. (Well resist the urge to say hes
barrel-chested because its too easy.)
The 46-year-old Texan traveled the world after graduating from
Texas A&M: two years in Africa with the Peace Corps, most of
another year traveling around the continent, mul-tiple road trips
across the U.S. and considerable busi-ness traveling on his
previ-ous job selling durable med-ical equipment.
I made the good money, had the good life selling the parts that
make cell phones work. I still do that so I wont have to draw a
sal-ary out of this business, he said.
So how did he decide on Knoxville?
I went to North Carolina a lot and had a good Peace Corps friend
in Knoxville. One day I looked at my phone and saw more 865
numbers than anywhere else. Knoxvilles a good place to live, a
scallywag town. Most of the people who lived here sided with the
North in the Civil War.
I dont want to live in Dallas-Fort Worth, but I love living in
the South without having to live in Birmingham to do it.
Were geographically in the South, and its a middle-class town
with lots more amenities than we deserve for our size. I really
like Knoxville, except for his-toric districts that think we need
to be wealthy to live in them.
So he found a house in North Hills and made quick connections in
the music scene. Two years later, he started the barrel business in
his basement.
I bought some used bar-rels. Then I bought three more. Then I
bought 40 more, he said. Then some-body calls and asks, Can you put
a drain in that?
Sure, I say. But I had no idea
He remembers sitting on his back porch drinking beer with his
friend Dan Lipe, who subsequently de-signed the Bubbas Barrels
website.
I told him if I could sell $40,000 a year, gross, thatd be
great. That would mean Id make about $10,000. Weve doubled in size
every year since then. Last year, we did $1 million. This year, I
expect to do $1.4 million. When I became a viable business, I
started paying him. Thats how it works.
After a while, he rented a space on Pembroke in the shadow of
Sharps Ridge.
Bubba makes scallywag business
Carl Clements Photo by Ruth White
When business picked up, he built an outbuilding in the
backyard. Grinding barrels is a noisy undertak-ing, and its good to
be in an out-of-the-way spot thats conveniently close to
Broad-way.
In a few weeks, he and his four full-time employees, plus his
feisty Jack Russell terrier Brandy, will move a couple of blocks
north to a 13,000-square-foot ware-house on Buchanan Street
(compared to 3,000 square
feet of covered space in their present location), where they
will stock an inventory of accessory parts and turn out even more
stainless-steel drums, barrels, brew kettles, smokers, boilers and
conical fermenters.
Clements, who says hes known as an employer of wayward musicians
around town, is fl exible about em-ployees schedules.
As an employer, Ive re-ally tried to make this a place that
doesnt suck.
-
Shopper news APRIL 8, 2015 A-11
CALL TODAY FOR INFO ON OUR MEMORY
CARE ALL INCLUSIVE RATE PLANS!
Memory Care7545 Thunder LanePowell, TN 37849865-229-6044
Assisted Living/Memory Care
555 Rain Forest RoadKnoxville, TN 37923
865-229-6157
ExceptionalService.
www.blueharborseniorliving.com
3rd MONTH
RENT FREE
OF CHARGE
with sign-up by
April 15!Some restric
tions
apply
PRAYER GATHERINGTuesday, April 21
7 pm - 8 pmat Charis in Action
7212 Oak Ridge Highway
Street Hope and streethopetn.orgCreating awareness of traf cking
of children in TN
and across the nation
CALL TODAY FOR INFO ON OUR MEMORY
CARE ALL INCLUSIVE RATE PLANS!
Memory Care7545 Thunder LanePowell, TN 37849865-229-6044
Assisted Living/Memory Care
555 Rain Forest RoadKnoxville, TN 37923
865-229-6157
ExceptionalService.
www.blueharborseniorliving.com
3rd MONTH
RENT FREE
OF CHARGE
with sign-up by
April 15!Some restric
tions
apply
By Anne HartKay Watson Helton, di-
rector of development for Alzheimers Tennessee, says theres a
good reason we have all heard the old saw that tying a string
around our fi nger will keep us from forgetting something
im-portant. Its no old wives tale. Its actually based in scientifi
c fact.
Helton told members of the Rotary Club of Bearden that a nerve
in the index fi nger aggravates the hip-pocampus, the part of the
brain linked to memory. That string, or ribbon, around the fi nger
actually works.
The purple ribbons they tie around their fi ngers and the color
purple itself are particularly signifi cant to supporters of
Alzheimers Tennessee. In fact, the color purple has become so
iconic to the organization that even its headquarters build-ing on
Kingston Pike across from Buddys Bearden Ban-quet Hall is
purple.
The ribbons are worn as
reminders of the Alzheim-ers 25th annual WALK to raise awareness
of the disease. That event will be Saturday, April 18, and will
involve literally thousands of walkers and volunteers who have been
working on this years project since last years ended.
The event will be at UT Gardens starting with reg-istration at 9
a.m. There will be music, games, food and entertainment for
chil-dren and their pets. Open-ing ceremonies will be at 10 a.m.
and will feature door prizes, races and contests. The ribbon
cutting for the WALK will be at 11 a.m. In the event of rain, party
and pets will move indoors.
Helton said that when her organization was formed in 1983, not
many people knew about Alzheimers, but they do now. An estimated
120,000 Tennesseans are affl icted with the disease. Each
individual is attended to by about four people who are also deeply
affected by the disease. The local offi ce
Purple ribbons a reminder of
receives about 300 calls a day from those seeking help for
Alzheimers and other forms of dementia.
Helton said that of the many programs and wide range of support
offered by her organization, among the most critical is educating
law enforcement and fi rst responders about the dis-ease so that
they are aware a person who appears drunk, drugged or disoriented
may actually be suffering from dementia.
Info: 544-6288 or alz-Tennessee.org.
Andy McCall, Haynes Smith, Fran Smith, Kay Watson Helton, James
Sutton and Larry Sheumaker proudly show the purple ribbons they
tied around their fi ngers as remind-ers of the Knoxville WALK for
Alzheimers coming up on April 18. Photo by Charles Garvey
FARRAGUT CHAMBER EVENTS Thursday, April 9, 5-6:30
p.m., networking, Michael Brady Inc., 299 S. Weisgarber
Road.
Thursday, April 15, 8-9:30 a.m., networking, Michael Broyles
Photography, 12748 Kingston Pike, Suite 106.
Friday, April 17, 4-5 p.m., ribbon-cutting, Edward Jones -
George Lucke, 2046 Castaic Lane, Suite A.
Monday, April 20, 11 a.m.-noon, ribbon-cutting, K Town
Specialty, 620 N Campbell Station Rd, Ste 4.
Bo is a 6-year-old female hound mix, and Sophia is a 2-year-old
female domestic shorthair mix. Both animals are available at
Young-Williams Animal Centers 3201 Division St. location, and each
one has been spayed or neutered, microchipped and vaccinated. Info:
215-6599 or visit www.young-williams.org.
Bo and Sophia
Karns Elementary kids enjoy A Night of the Arts
At left, Olivia Olmstead, 9, takes the lead role in a student
produc-tion based on The Elephants Child by Rudyard Kipling.
Art teachers Michele Gray and Laura Lee Thompson (not pic-tured)
organized the event, including student art scrapbooks made from
up-cycled used books.
At left, Karns Elemen-tary School students Yessell Araujo, 10,
and Marleen Rodriguez, 10, wow the crowd with a two in one jump
rope routine during A Night of the Arts held at the school April
2.
Elementary school students, kindergarten through fth grade,
cre-ated more than 1,000 paintings lining every wall of the
building.
Photos by Nancy Anderson
-
A-12 APRIL 8, 2015 Shopper news
Items and Prices are specifically intended to apply locally
where issue originates. No sales to dealers or competitors.
Quantity rights reserved. 2015 K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc. Food
City is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
SALE DATESWed., April 8, -
Tues., April 14, 2015
KNOXVILLE, TN - N. BROADWAY, MAYNARDVILLE HWY., HARDIN VALLEY
RD.,KINGSTON PIKE, MIDDLEBROOK PIKE, MORRELL RD. POWELL, TN - 3501
EMORY RD.
Selected Varieties
Mayfield SelectIce Cream
48 Oz.
Food City Fresh
BonelessPork SirloinChopsPer Lb.
With Card
299Sweet
Red SeedlessGrapesPer Lb.
With Card
169
Holly Farms, Family Pack
Chicken Drumsticksor ThighsPer Lb. 99
Sweet
Jumbo CantaloupeEach
With Card
2/400
Selected Varieties
McCaf CoffeePods or Bags
12 Ct. or 12 Oz.
599With Card
Individually Wrapped
Food ClubAmerican Singles
24 Slices, 16 Oz.
Selected Varieties
PoweradeSports Drink
8 Pk., 20 Oz.
399With Card
Selected Varieties
Frito LayDoritos10-11.5 Oz.
With Card
2/500
Selected Varieties
DannonGreek Yogurt
5.3 Oz.
10/10With Card
Selected Varieties
Food ClubCereal
11.25-18.7 Oz.
With Card
Must purchase 5 in the same transaction. Lesser quantities are
3.49 each.
Customer pays sales tax.
Selected Varieties
Pepsi Products6 Pk., 16-16.9 Oz. Btls.
BUY 5 ANDSAVE MORE.
EachEEaacchh
5/1000
SAVE AT LEAST 4.19 ON TWO
With Card
SAVE AT LEAST 5.99 ON TWO
With Card
SAVE AT LEAST 3.19 ON TWO
With Card
Selected Varieties
Terrys ClassicPotato Chips
8 Oz.
SAVE AT LEAST 3.99 ON TWO
With Card
Selected Varieties
Bud, Milleror Coors
24 Pk., 12 Oz. CansMust purchase 2 in the same transaction to
receive discount.
Lesser quantities are regular price.Customer pays sales tax.
EACH
BUY 2SAVE MORELimit 1 transaction per customer,
per day.
EACH1999
7 Piece, With Cushions
Bay Breeze Wicker SetEach
Valupoints
1000BONUSPOINTS
299.99 with ValuCard
BUY
1GET...
99 X 99, With Fabric/Net Sides
Poly CabanaEach
Valupoints
500BONUSPOINTS
129.99 with ValuCard
BUY
1GET...
Assorted Colors
9 Ft. Market Umbre