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Safe driversEarl Atkinson and Darlene

Boling were recognized by Knox County Schools May 18 for excellence in driving. This is the second monthly award ceremony to honor the county’s school bus operators.

Atkinson has been driving a bus for 28 years and transports students from West View El-ementary School and Bearden Middle School.

Boling has been driving a bus for 22 years and trans-ports students from Sequoyah Elementary School and West High School.

KCS presented each winner a certifi cate of appreciation, and awards sponsor Ted Rus-sell Ford presented each with $100. WIVK is also a sponsor of the recognition organized by Commissioner Bob Thomas.

Earl Atkinson Darlene Boling

By Sara BarrettRetired Lt Col. Eric Oglesby’s friends and

family couldn’t be more proud of him, but they also know he wouldn’t have enjoyed a lot of fanfare.

“He has always been very humble,” says Oglesby’s longtime friend Richard Way. “If you had asked him to come to something like this, he probably would have said no.”

Way and numerous other friends and family were on hand May 16 when Oglesby was awarded the Silver Star, the third highest military decoration for valor awarded to members of the U.S. Armed Forces.

The award was about 40 years overdue, but Oglesby’s wife says his time in the service was never about recognition, but about helping others.

Now in the midst of a battle with dementia, Oglesby’s loved ones celebrated for him after

the pinning ceremony held at Raintree Terrace, a memory care community located in the Bearden area.

Oglesby was nominated for the Silver Star by his peers after he was shot down twice while fl ying helicopters in Vietnam.

His wife, Lisa Oglesby, said he asked to complete one fi nal tour in Vietnam in order to fl y an air ambulance and help evacuate the injured.

“That’s how he felt he could make the most of a bad situation – by helping others,” she said.

“He never, ever uttered a word about being

Silveron his lapel

Eric Oglesby receives overdue honor

Retired Major General Fred Womack pins

the Silver Star to Eric Oglesby’s jacket as his

children, Rachel Chiappetta and Connor

Oglesby, show their support. Former Gov. Don

Sundquist looks on from behind.

Eric Oglesby’s daughter, Rachel

Chiappetta, and his son, Connor Oglesby,

visit their dad before the ceremony.

Sutherland Avenue: Today and tomorrowBy Wendy Smith

The University of Tennessee’s RecSports Complex on Sutherland Avenue, designed by Barge, Wag-goner, Sumner and Cannon, recent-ly received an Outstanding Sports Facilities Award from the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association. The awards recognize innovative designs of new, renovat-ed or expanded recreational facili-ties at the collegiate level.

The Sutherland Avenue com-plex was completed in 2013. It is one of many changes to the Sutherland Avenue area since sev-

eral nearby neighborhoods joined to ask the Knoxville-Knox County Metropolitan Planning Commis-sion to create the Bearden Village Opportunities Plan in 2000.

The road has a rich history. During the 1920s, it was the site of Knoxville’s fi rst airport. During the 1930s and ’40s, a procession of Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus animals and equip-ment traveled down the road from the Southern Depot to a big top at the current site of the National Guard Armory.

An interracial amateur baseball

league held games at the site of the sports complex in the 1940s and ’50s, and a driving range operated there during the ’50s. Two apart-ment complexes, mostly inhabited by international students, were torn down to make room for the fi elds.

In spite of its colorful past, Sutherland Avenue was unattract-ive and inaccessible when Forest Heights resident Terry Faulkner began fi ghting to improve the area.

The area is unique because resi-dential neighborhoods are within walking distance of stores, restau-rants and public transportation.

Faulkner loved walking with her young children to Kay’s Ice Cream in the summer, and being able to walk to the grocery store on snowy days. But she recognized that a sidewalk shortage limited walk-ability on Sutherland.

“It was the perfect place to do this environmentally-sustainable thing.”

The Bearden Council formed to implement the Bearden Village plan after it was approved by MPC and City Council in 2001, and

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By Betty Bean“When is the war on the men-

tally ill going to stop?”This was Tim Burchett’s ques-

tion when he made the rounds of the Sunday talk shows to de-nounce the state’s decision not to help fund a behavioral health ur-gent care unit (formerly known as the safety center).

Normally a fi st-bumping jokester, the county mayor didn’t hide his anger over the Haslam administration’s failure to come through with the money to allow Knox County to divert mentally ill and addicted inmates from the jail population and steer them to treatment options. Burchett made multiple trips to Nashville to se-cure funding, and said he’d been led to believe the state would pony up some $2 million needed to make the center happen this year.

Knox County put $1 million aside

Burchett angry at state’s failure to help mentally ill

Tim Burchett Bill Haslam

for the facility several years ago, plus another $200,000 in this year’s budget. Mayor Madeline Rogero has set aside $200,000. That won’t be enough, but Burchett vowed to fi nd the money and dismissed the expla-nation he was given for the admin-istration’s decision.

“I was misled about that, and I’m very put ou t about it. I was told, ‘Mental health is a local issue.’ Well, dadgummit, then, why do we have a Department of Mental Health in the state of Tennessee?”

He said the largest mental health hospitals in the state are the Shelby County, Davidson County and Knox County jails, and didn’t dodge the question of whether denial of state funds amounts to a broken promise by Gov. Bill Haslam:

“Yes. I’m of the opinion it was – but regardless of the state’s part-nership, we’re going to go ahead with it…”

Burchett said about half of men-tally ill inmates are veterans and accused the governor of breaking his promise that funding would follow the patients after he shut down Lakeshore Institute in 2012.

“We closed down Lakeshore and everybody loves Lakeshore Park – but where are those people going? You drive under any major bridge in Knoxville, you’ll see the human cost.”

A couple of days after his talk

The case for ‘66Marvin West writes: “It sure

would be nice to recognize the Tennessee football team of 50 years ago, the 1966 Volunteers, before they get old and thin out.

“Anniversary celebrations are so much more fun when the celebrants can walk.”

➤ Read Marvin West on page A-4

Beauford Delaney The public is invited to

the Beck Cultural Exchange Center, 1927 Dandridge Ave-nue, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 2, for an inside look at the emerging

Beauford Delaney Project and to learn more about plans for the hometown celebration of a Knoxville cultural hero.

“Beauford Delaney is by far the most important artist Knoxville produced in the 20th Century, at least in terms of national and international rep-utation,” said Beck president Reneé Kesler. “He was friends with and beloved by the most respected cultural and intel-lectual fi gures of his age.”

This event is free and open to the public. Info or to reserve a seat: ddbubose@knoxart.org or 865-934-2036.

show appearances, Burchett still hadn’t cooled off, and said he was offended that Haslam was plead-ing budget constraints while spending $8 million subsidizing the TV show “Nashville.”

“They pulled the rug out from under us. I don’t like it when they start explaining that they didn’t get as much money as they expected, but I see all these little projects get-ting funded.

“I spent 16 years in the Legisla-ture, was on the Senate Finance Committee and chaired the Budget Subcommittee. I know the system and I don’t like hearing that crap. I know that taking care of the men-tally ill’s not sexy like that miserable TV show – which has been can-celled, thank goodness – but when they talk about return on invest-ment, I say, ‘What about investing

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NEWS FROM CONCORD CHRISTIAN SCHOOL

Concord Christian School is very proud to announce senior Jennifer Keck has signed to play volleyball at Bryan College this fall. Jennifer has received numerous athletic awards, in-cluding All-State team and All-District Tournament awards.

In addition to receiving athletic accolades, Jennifer also maintained a strong academic record and was in-volved in childcare. She was a member of National Honor Society and will graduate in as Salutatorian of her high school class.

Concord’s Salutatorian, Jennifer Keck signs to play volleyball for Bryan College

Class of 2028 celebrates the end of kindergarten Concord Christian School recently held its kindergarten graduation. Students who will someday be in the class of 2028 performed songs in both English and Spanish for their

parents as well as quoted bible verses. Teachers, Holly Lusk, Tabatha Hudson, Kari Foshie and Linda Wantland shared that they will miss this group of students who shared sweet

expressions of love and care for their teachers and friends though notes and pictures. “This year has fl own by. They seemed like babies as they started this school year. What a

privilege to send them off to fi rst grade with this special end of year program.”

Nicolas Ingle Class of 2016 Valedictorian

Concord Christian School proudly announces our valedictorian, Nicolas Ingle. Nicolas has decided to continue his education at Emory University, where he will double major in Biology and Chemistry and minor in Japanese. He plans to pursue the medical fi eld in the future.

Congratulations Nicolas!

As Curious George says, “You’re on your way…moving up and moving on …” Concord Christian Preschool’s PreK 4 and PreK 5 classes recently celebrated moving on from preschool in two sweet graduation ceremonies. The 115 students wore little caps and gowns and celebrated the end of their preschool years. Teary-eyed parents and grandparents looked on as each child received special recognition from their teachers.

Preschool Director Judy Stogner shared, “What an amazing year this has been! Our little gradu-

ates are moving on to “big school”. Each one is so special and we will truly miss them. We have prayed and know that they are prepared for this transition. We have had a year full of learning, laughter and fun. They have grown physically, socially, academically and spiritually! So many have learned to read, count to 100, skip, share with friends and memorized God’s Word. We look forward to hearing what God has planned to teach them in the years ahead!”

Grey Skidmore Molly Sloan Turner Ainge Avery Ann Weekley

Moving up to kindergarten

Graduation 2016

BEARDEN Shopper news • MAY 25, 2016 • A-3 community

D rinking tea is now con-sidered both refi ned

and healthful, but during the 1700s, it was considered a threat to morals, beauty and wellness, especially when consumed by women in public.

Wendy Smith

Valerie Armfi eld enjoys after-noon tea in a hat designed by her friend Emily Long.

Tea & Tattle at Mabry-HazenMagnolias and sunshine delight tea-drinkers at the Mabry-Hazen House.

Nina Martyris shares the his-tory of tea. Photos by Wendy Smith

and contributes regularly to National Public Radio’s Tea Tuesday column. She lives in the Fourth & Gill neighbor-hood.

During the 1600s, tea was popular in Portugal and Holland, but few drank it in England until Portuguese princess Catherine of Bra-ganza brought it with her when she married Charles II in 1662.

“Catherine did for tea what Madonna did for coco-nut water in the U.S.,” Mar-tyris says.

Men socialized in coffee houses, where women were not allowed. Tea gardens and tea shops opened to give women a place to socialize. It was the fi rst time women had a place to gather away from home, and there was a backlash from the church,

businessmen and politicians.“Tea is hateful to the

body and soul,” claimed United Methodist Church founder John Wesley in the mid-1700s. He later became a convert to tea-drinking at the advice of his doctor.

In spite of the attacks, women continued to drink tea − and gossip, says Mar-tyris. Duchess Bedford, a friend of Queen Victoria, be-gan drinking tea with bread and butter when she got a “sinking feeling” around 4 p.m., and afternoon tea be-came a much-loved ritual.

Calvin Chappelle, ex-ecutive director of Mabry-Hazen House, designed the fundraising event around Martyris after her reading her column on the NPR web-site. He’s always thinking about ways to attract new

visitors and get those who have visited before to return.

Wednesday, June 1, is the 220th anniversary of Ten-nessee’s admission as the 16th state in the union. The Historic Homes of Knox-ville are partnering to cel-ebrate statehood by offering free tours. Blount Mansion, Mabry-Hazen House and James White Fort will have free admission on Saturday, June 4, and Marble Springs, Ramsey House and Cres-cent Bend will have free ad-mission on Saturday, June 11. Info: hhknoxville.org

Freelance journalist Nina Martyris gave a history of tea-drinking during a tra-ditional tea held Sunday at the Mabry-Hazen House, 1711 Dandridge Avenue. She writes for several publica-tions, including The New Yorker, The Guardian and The Wall Street Journal,

Silver on lapel From page A-1

Sutherland Avenue From page A-1

Faulkner began her cam-paign for more sidewalks by attending every Mayor’s Night Out hosted by Mayor Victor Ashe. A $2 million grant from the state, along with funds from the city and local businesses, led to con-struction of over three miles of greenways along Suther-land in the early 2000s.

In 2012, efforts to cre-ate a “main street” atmo-sphere along Sutherland re-sulted in the city spending $400,000 on sidewalk and crosswalk improvements and UT adding two green-way connections, a pedes-trian plaza and decorative fencing while constructing the sports complex. The West High School Founda-tion raised $90,000 to build a decorative fence along the road, and the National Guard Armory replaced chain link fencing with dec-orative iron fencing.

City Council members and the Knox Greenway Coalition funded gran-ite historic markers along Sutherland, and numerous government, civic and busi-

ness entities have paid for hundreds of trees that have been planted in the area.

Faulkner is now focused on raising funds for Everly Brothers Park at the corner of Forest Park Blvd. and Kingston Pike, which is now easily accessible from Sutherland Avenue via side-walk and greenway.

The area is poised to change again if proposed mixed use zoning ordinances are approved.

Allowing mixed use de-velopment that includes resi-dential could make Suther-land more attractive for new development and redevel-opment, says MPC Director Gerald Green.

“The establishment of basic design standards, such as landscaping, pe-destrian connectivity and some building standards that promote pedestrian ac-tivity, will make Sutherland a more enjoyable area for walking and make it a des-tination for residents of the surrounding neighborhoods as well as the broader com-munity.”

Sutherland Avenue before improvements. Photo submitted

Sutherland Avenue today. Photo by Wendy Smith

State’s failure From page A-1

brave or courageous. I never knew about the medal until he got sick and I began looking through paperwork. It’s not something he advertised. And I want to have closure for him.”

Retired Major General Fred Womack pinned the star on Oglesby’s jacket, but not before saying a word

in somebody not going to jail when what they need is treat-ment?’”

Former Attorney General Randy Nichols is working as special counsel to the sheriff on issues of mental illness, domestic violence and the prescription pill epidemic. He said the new unit will be staffed by nurse practitio-ners, a psychiatric nurse, with doctors available as needed. Inmates could stay up to three days to be stabi-lized and evaluated.

“The people we’re deal-ing with now get into trou-

ble because they don’t take their prescribed meds and get into crisis. Rather than take them to jail, we can transport them to this cen-ter, get them back on their meds and keep them up to three days. From there, they can move on to another fa-cility where we could keep them up to fi ve days to get them sober and thinking clearly. The ultimate goal is to get them into perma-nent supportive housing, and our ultimate hope is to help them fi nd some kind of work so they can be produc-

tive and stay out of jail.”Burchett is still hoping

for state support. “We’ve probably got 400

people locked up right now suffering from mental ill-

ness. It’s a nightmare, and it’s costly. We’ve got to fi g-ure out a new way to do it.”

Gov. Bill Haslam’s offi ce did not respond to a request for comment.

about his friend’s courage.“The battle he is going

through now is every bit as heroic and as valorous as his time in Vietnam.”

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Scott Frith

Suggestion: Remember ‘66Never would I tell highly

educated and compensated University of Tennessee of-fi cials how to run the Uni-versity of Tennessee.

Marvin West

No, sir-eee, I wouldn’t do such a thing.

I might make an occa-sional comment about the shortage of green, green grass on Shields-Watkins Field or the goofy hall of fame or the desperate need for more and better diversity ideas. Those words were/are for Shopper readers only.

Once I spoke out about the alarming disregard for a longtime UT employee with a lengthy list of accomplish-ments. Several said amen but nothing came of that.

I could have offered sound advice on how to hire basketball coaches but what I think wouldn’t matter much to those in high places who are completely confi -dent they already know.

Never would I compli-cate such a task – or snicker about consequences.

I have an opinion about the university playing deaf and dumb and permitting certain stadium fans to stand for entire games in front of other paying cus-tomers who want to watch while sitting. I have already been told that the offi cial position is “There ain’t no

law against standing.”Now that I have estab-

lished that I do not want to run the store, please view what follows as a very gentle suggestion for possible con-sideration: It sure would be nice to recognize the Ten-nessee football team of 50 years ago, the 1966 Volun-teers, before they get old and thin out.

Anniversary celebrations are so much more fun when the celebrants can walk.

UT offi cials, if they so choose, could do it on the cheap, pick an unlikely sell-out, maybe Appalachian State or Tennessee Tech, and give those genuine Vols for life a free ticket and in-vite them to brunch or a box lunch and listen politely to tall tales grown consider-ably taller over time.

The ’66 team, third of Doug Dickey’s six, won eight and set the stage for the big year that followed. There are so many memories, good and bad.

Linebacker Tom Fisher, an all-American-to-be, died that March in an auto acci-dent, on his way back from spring break. Paul Naumoff, established at defensive end, switched positions to fi ll part of that void.

The Vols were No. 8 in the AP poll the week they lost at Georgia Tech, two to one in fi eld goals. A week later, Tennessee lost to Alabama, 11-10. A kick for a UT win, ruled wide right, changed Gary Wright’s life.

Mississippi spoiled home-coming.

The Vols defeated all oth-ers, including four-touch-

down romps over Auburn and Vanderbilt. Highlight was the triumph over Syra-cuse in the Gator Bowl. In one dramatic moment, the aforementioned Naumoff struck Larry Czonka under the chin, stood him up, de-nied a touchdown and be-came a legend.

This was an almost great football team – Bob John-son, Charles Rosenfelder, Dick Williams, Bill Young, John Boynton, Elliott Gam-mage, Bobby Morel, Derrick Weatherford, Jimmy Glov-er, on and on, tough guys, really tough.

The forward pass was in-vented previously but 1966 was when it became signifi -cant at Tennessee. Dewey Warren threw the football 229 times. School single-season record had been 75 attempts.

Before the Swamp Rat completed 136, the record was 36, set by John Majors a

decade earlier. Warren pro-duced 1,716 passing yards. The previous high was 552.

Receivers Johnny Mills, Austin Denney and Rich-mond Flowers told Dewey several times that they made him famous. Charley Fulton and Richard Pickens helped.

There was another 1966 record. A very large rock was coaxed onto campus to become a landmark. Bill Dunne, professor of Earth and planetary science, said it was ordinary dolomite, 500 million years old, more or less.

Students put away color-ing books and began paint-ing the rock. As traditions go, it is beautiful.

In my opinion, marvel-ous memories are worthy of preservation. Bringing back the ’66 Vols is only a polite suggestion.Marvin West invites reader reaction. His

address is westwest6@netzero.com

Hey candidates! Give us less baloney and more meat and potatoes.

Although the fi rst votes won’t be cast until 2018, county commissioner and radio personality Bob Thomas kicked off his cam-paign for county mayor this month with a baloney cutting at Howard Phil-lips’ real estate company in Powell. The location was no coincidence. In 2009, Tim Burchett announced his campaign for mayor there as well.

Burchett got elected in 2010, was re-elected in 2014, and is term-limited.

At the baloney cutting, Bob Thomas publicly em-braced Burchett’s legacy and thanked him for “mak-ing Knox County strong.”

Of course, it’s not sur-

Please, less baloney

prising that Thomas would say that. Burchett is popular and a political asset for a lot of reasons.

First, from a political perspective, the Burchett administration has been a success. No tax increase. County debt has decreased. Burchett fought for friends in East Knox County by funding a new Carter El-ementary School instead of renovating the old one. More recently, Burchett solved a generations-long, political problem by build-ing a Gibbs Middle School.

In fact, with the excep-tion of a few personal and political hiccups, Burchett has been drama-free and is well-positioned to move on to Washington or Nashville.

Being county mayor has been good for Tim Burchett. Yet, as the next election approaches and the candi-dates line up to replace him, it’s important to question whether Tim Burchett has been good for Knox County.

Burchett has been great on taxes and debt (both should be priorities for any ambitious Republican poli-tician), but like any family or business, there’s more to being in charge than simply balancing the checkbook.

Think about it. Knoxville is a great American commu-nity, yet has remarkable and untapped potential. Our ac-

cess to interstates, railways and the Tennessee River make us well-positioned to be a regional leader in business. Knoxville’s sce-nic beauty, proximity to the Smoky Mountains, as well as the county’s 100 miles of un-developed ridges, have the potential to make us a tour-ism mecca and an outdoor-recreation wonderland.

Yet, instead of remaining focused on these big-picture goals, too often the Burchett administration has gotten bogged down in factional politics.

For example, just as only Richard Nixon could go to China, only a former state senator from West Knox-ville (like Burchett) could get away with building two expensive and unnecessary schools (Gibbs Middle and Carter Elementary) on the opposite end of the county. Our standard for success is too low when an adminis-

tration is most-remembered for building two schools that we simply didn’t need.

I like Tim Burchett. I expect I’ll vote for him the next time he runs for offi ce. But here’s hoping the next mayor not only balances the county checkbook, but also has a grander vision

for making Knox County an even better place to work and live.

We’ve gotten enough ba-loney from candidates. In the next election, let’s de-mand some meat and pota-toes on the issues. Scott Frith is a local attorney. You can

visit his website at pleadthefrith.com.

It’s a wrap!Tennessee Highway Patrol cruisers will have the

black-and-cream color scheme applied with adhesive vinyl instead of paint, saving an estimated $1,910 on each marked vehicle.

Tennessee purchases its THP vehicles in black, and in the past has applied the cream paint to create a two-tone color scheme at a cost of $2,300 per vehicle. When a vehicle reaches the end of its service life, the THP markings are covered by painting the entire ve-hicle white, at an additional cost of $350, before the vehicle is sold as surplus property.

The cost of a vinyl wrap is $740 – a savings of $286,500 for the 150 cruisers to be purchased this year, according to a THP press release.

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VictorAshe

Betty Bean

Toward the end of what was billed as a public con-versation with S. David Freeman, a young woman in the audience invited the former TVA director to come back to Knoxville Aug. 25 and rally a citizens’ group before they converge on a TVA board meeting to demand greater attention to energy effi ciency.

GOSSIP AND LIES

President Obama will re-appoint Mike McWherter to a second term on the TVA Board of Directors this year. McWherter, son of the late Gov. Ned McWherter and Democratic nominee for governor in 2010, lives in Jackson in West Tennes-see.

No one from Knoxville or East Tennessee now serves on the TVA board for the fi rst time in several decades.

It is unclear if Senate Republicans will allow the nomination to be ap-proved or hold out for the next president, which they are doing on the Supreme Court nomination to re-place the late Justice Scalia. If not approved this year, McWherter would go off the board the end of this year.

■ With the retire-ment of Deputy Police Chief Nate Allen, the high-est-ranking African-Amer-ican in the Knoxville Police Department is becoming police chief of Decatur, Ala. Knoxville no longer has an African-American holding a top position in KPD.

Given the issues current-ly facing the city, having African-Americans holding critical positions in KPD is more important than ever and it will require a dili-gent, determined effort by the Rogero administration to make this happen.

■ Beck Cultural Center and the Knoxville Museum of Art will spon-sor a meeting on the life of Beauford Delaney, widely-known African American Knoxville artist, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 2, at the Beck Center, 1927 Dan-dridge Ave., with talks at 6 by Renee Kesler, president of Beck Center, and Stephen Wicks, KMA curator. The public is invited and it’s well worth attending. The talk will focus on Delaney’s life and art with emphasis on the signifi cance of both.

■ Our next president will be the oldest ever elected or close to it. Clin-ton will be 69, Trump will be 70 and Sanders will be 75 in November 2016.

■ UT interviewed appli-cants from North Carolina and Kentucky last week to replace Margie Nichols as vice chancellor for commu-nications. Hiring someone from the outside will pres-ent a steep learning curve to the new hire.

According to Chris Cimino, vice chancellor for fi nance and administra-tion and chair of the search committee, there were sev-en fi nalists (none from Ten-

S. David Freeman talks with environmental activist Amy Kelly. In the background are Jim Ullrich

and Robin Hill. Photo by Keith Richardson

Freeman challenges TVA to step up renewable energy game

“We would be honored if you would come speak to them, and it would draw more media attention,” said Amy Kelly of Appalachian Voices.

Freeman, who turned 90 in January and has man-ag ed more utility compa-nies than anyone else in the country, smiled.

“How could I possibly say no to you?”

Freeman pushed to dis-mantle TVA’s nuclear en-ergy program in favor of promoting renewable en-ergy when he ran the agency during the Carter admin-istration, and he found an enthusiastic audience last week when he came to town to visit old friends John and Nancy Stewart. He was also here to publicize his latest book, “All Electric America: A Climate Solution and the Happy Future,” and to is-sue a challenge to TVA to change its direction.

He also sounded a warn-ing about “two threats that could eliminate life as we know it” – nuclear energy and climate change.

He recalled the time when everybody worried about nuclear weapons. That’s not the case anymore, he said, because we “went around the world selling the idea that if you promise not to build a bomb, we’ll help you build a nuclear power plant. But after 50 years, we have learned that there’s no such thing as a peaceful atom. … Nuclear power has been the greatest failure in the energy fi eld in my life-time.”

Freeman said the only way to slow down climate change it is to reduce green-

house gases.“Nobody in their right

mind debates that anymore. The question is, what are we going to do about it? Our family doctor – the clima-tologist – says we’ve got to get down to zero by 2050, or else everybody’s going to have to go and live at the North Pole. We’ve got to re-duce greenhouse gases.”

Luckily, he said, the tech-nology exists to provide un-limited renewable energy through wind and solar en-ergy and storage facilities. But although its core mis-sion is to provide low-cost power, TVA built the world’s most expensive power plant – Watts Bar – which, along with two other nuclear pow-er plants, Brown’s Ferry and

Sequoyah, produce about 30 percent of TVA energy.

Freeman said TVA and Georgia Power are the only utilities still putting money into nukes while others are investing in renewable ener-gy production. Meanwhile, the only currently available low-cost power source, hy-droelectric, has been de-emphasized.

“Howard Baker used to refer to TVA as a living laboratory,” Freeman said. “We must go to 100 percent renewable energy, and have an all-electric America by 2050. The cost of electric-ity will be driven lower and lower. TVA has an opportu-nity to provide a green yard-stick that could improve life as we know it.”

Expect McWherter re-appointment

nessee) out of more than 100 applicants. These seven did airport interviews and two were then invited to campus. Eight persons were on the committee, includ-ing one student.

Robbin Taylor, vice president of public affairs for Western Kentucky, was quoted when asked about recent controversies at UTK as saying, “I think a lot of that is behind you.” Really? Who has she been talking to?

Does she really think the Lady Vols name-change controversy has vanished? Is she unaware of the nega-tive publicity with the ongo-ing federal lawsuit over gender discrimination? Not to mention the legal costs, which reached $1.2 mil-lion last week in a court decision. Is the Legislature now contained and retreat-ing into silence? Doubtful.

That one statement dem-onstrates how clueless she must be and how much she has to learn. Clearly, she had not done her homework for this job application.

What the chancellor needs now more than ever is a local East Tennessean who knows this region and its traditions to advise UT on a sensible, effec-tive strategy. Was no quali-fi ed person from Tennessee recruited or encouraged to apply? Does UT not seek out persons who under-stand and are part of the Tennessee fabric for such a critical public relations position?

Nichols is leaving in fi ve weeks. Provost Susan Mar-tin is returning to teach-ing classics. Chancellor Cheek is silent on his plans. Nichols has forgotten more about Tennessee customs and the Legislature than this new person from North Carolina or Kentucky will know.

■ Mayor Rogero announced her three new appointments to MPC last week, a day after this paper had carried the news. She apparently has a commu-nications offi ce that was AWOL on this issue.

■ Leaving MPC after years of good service are: Bart Carey, Jack Sharp and Michael Kane. Both Sharp and Kane are from Foun-tain City.

Dr. Buchanan

Knox County Health De-p a r t m e n t kicked off a new cam-paign to educate the community about the importance of early and a d e q u a t e p r e n a t a l

care, breastfeeding, good nutrition and other healthy behaviors that can help im-prove birth outcomes and reduce infant mortality.

According to KCHD, in 2013 only 70 percent of women in Knox County re-

ceived early, adequate pre-natal care.

“The focus is on decreas-ing babies born too early, too little” said Dr. Martha Buchanan. “It takes a com-munity to do this and we want to create a community where children are healthy.”

The project features post-ers where babies are shown stronger than average, stat-ing that stronger babies are immunized, receive an-nual check-ups, are breast-fed, are full term and have mothers who eat healthy during pregnancy.

Info: strongbabyknox.com

Project Grad executive director Ronni Chandler unveils one of

the Stronger Babies posters at the kickoff event by the Knox

County Health Department. Photo by R. White

The importance of stronger babies

■ It’s odd for a Republican

thinking about running for

Congress to boldly chal-

lenge the state’s Republican

governor, but that’s what

Tim Burchett did in criticizing

Bill Haslam for reneging on a

promise to provide support

for the mentally ill people

who were turned out when

Lakeshore closed.

■ Burchett says he was told it’s

a local problem, but he asked,

“Then why does the state

have a Department of Mental

Health?” Good point, Tim.

■ Cynics are giggling about our

friend Tim Hutchison touting

the candidacy of Donald Trump

as an outsider. The 16-year

sheriff had to be dragged out

of the courthouse when term

limits were enforced. He was

ready for his fi fth term. Now, it

seems, he might have an eye

on the U.S. marshal’s post, a

presidential appointment.

■ R. Larry Smith is roaring back

into politics. It seems he never

left. Look for him to run for an

at-large county commission

seat in 2018. Bob Thomas and

Ed Brantley are not expected

to seek re-election.

–S. Clark

A-6 • MAY 25, 2016 • BEARDEN Shopper news

SENIOR NOTES ■ All Senior Centers will

be closed Monday, May

30, for Memorial Day.

■ Beyond Bingo,

presented by Shopper

News, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Wednesday or Thursday,

June 1-2, Sherrill Hills,

271 Moss Grove Blvd.

Free lunch and speak-

ers on relevant senior

issues. Door prizes. Info:

342-6084.

■ Cumberland Estates Recreation Center4529 Silver Hill Drive588-3442

Off erings include:

Senior Walkers, 10:30 a.m.,

Monday-Friday.

■ Frank R. Strang Senior Center109 Lovell Heights Road670-6693knoxcounty.org/seniorsMonday-Friday8 a.m.-4 p.m.

Off erings include: card

games; exercise programs;

dance classes; watercolor

classes; Tai Chi; blood pres-

sure checks; Mahjong;

senior-friendly computer

classes.

Register for: AAA Safe

Driver course, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

Thursday-Friday, May 26-27;

$10 each session. Mini Expo,

11 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday,

June 15.

■ John T. O’Connor Senior Center611 Winona St.523-1135knoxseniors.org/oconnor.htmlMonday-Friday8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Off erings include: Card

games, billiards, senior

fi tness, computer classes,

bingo, blood pressure

checks 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Monday-Friday. Senior Job

Fair, 9 a.m. Wednesday, May

25; info: Kayleen Weaver,

524-2786.

Register for: Harrah’s

trip, 8 a.m. Tuesday, June

7; cost: $30; info: Frankie

Hicks, 525-1475.

Korean War veteran Harry Avon

is all smiles as he looks at an old

photo of himself and a buddy fol-

lowing boot camp. Photos by R. White

Jerry Brice chats with veteran Harry Avon at The Chow Hall. Brice’s son, David, owns the restau-

rant that honors veterans for their service.

The Pointe at Lifespring Senior Living facility is completely un-

der roof. The facility on Washington Pike in northeast Knoxville

has held two preview offi ce open houses in its reservations of-

fi ce at 3016 S. Mall Road. Hard-hat tours will begin soon.

Ready, set, jump?Pat Sisson, widely-known as

the Happy Medium, plans

to tandem parachute on her

upcoming 80th birthday. Sis-

son is pictured at last week’s

meeting of the Halls Business

and Professional Association.

Construction is on schedule for The Pointe at Lifespring Senior Living, which is scheduled to open this fall off Washington Pike in northeast Knoxville. It will serve both assisted living and memory care residents.

Executive Director Sha-na Robertson is already on staff, operating from a pre-view offi ce on Mall Road near the new Knox County Clerk’s offi ce. In addition to taking applications from po-tential residents, she is also reviewing applications for employment. An online ap-plication form is available at thepointeseniorliving.com/.

Robertson has a bach-elor’s degree in public health education from East Tennessee State Univer-sity and 15 years of experi-ence working with seniors and their families. She is knowledgeable in the areas of home care, long-term care insurance and other funding options as well as progressive memory care programming, staff train-ing and education. She and husband Brent have a son, Denver, 14.

Heather Haley also is on

New facility in northeast area

A walk down memory lane

staff, assisting with market-ing and public relations. She holds a bachelor’s degree from UT in public relations and has worked 12 years in the industry, including the past fi ve years as editor/pub-lisher of the Senior Directory of East Tennessee. She and husband Clif have a daugh-ter, Georgia Ruth, age 2.

Info: 865-687-5353.

By Ruth WhiteElmcroft Assisted Living helps its resi-

dents remember good times from the past with a program called Second Wind Dreams. Rose Davis coordinates a brief trip and lunch date for a resident, sparking memories and allowing family members to share in the event when available.

Davis recently took Korean War veteran Harry Avon out for lunch at The Chow Hall on Emory Road so he could sit and chat with (owner) David Brice’s dad, Jerry. The Chow Hall is not only known for an excel-lent hamburger, but also for honoring vet-erans for their service.

Avon said he started as an offi ce clerk in the Navy and worked his way up to helping maintain the ship. He recalled how, while working with a British fl eet, their crew was

amazed that the United States service men had ice cream on board and lots of food to eat. “We didn’t realize how good we had it in the Navy until then,” he said.

He worked at General Electric for 30 years before retiring. He and Theresa, his wife of 56 years, have four children and four grandchildren. They moved to Knox-ville to be closer to a daughter and now call Elmcroft their home. Avon’s memory is sharp, but he resides in the memory care unit at Elmcroft because he refuses to be away from his wife.

The Brice family presented Avon with a certifi cate of appreciation and thanked him for his service. Following his walk down memory lane with Brice, Davis took Avon out for his favorite fruit, freshly picked strawberries.

BEARDEN Shopper news • MAY 25, 2016 • A-7 faith

cross currentsLynn Pittslpitts48@yahoo.com

Recently, we were traveling and, is our custom, we sought a church of our denomination where we could worship on Sunday morning. We were greeted warmly by the folks around us. One woman complimented my dress, and I explained to her that I was wearing my Pentecost dress. She looked a little puzzled, and I told her that I wore it every Pentecost because it was red, with streaks of fi ery yellow and a little green, and some blue here and there, and because years ago, I served in a church where everyone wore red on Pen-tecost Sunday.

We settled in for the service, enjoying the hymn singing and the special music. Then the sermon be-gan. It was an okay sermon (somewhat longer than I am accustomed to) but the substance was fi ne, with one exception.

The pastor kept referring to the Holy Spirit as “he.” It was all I could do not to come out of my seat!

Years ago, I learned that Spirit – in both Hebrew and Greek – is a feminine noun. It pleased me no end to fi nd out that the Trinity – the Godhead – is made up of Father, Mother and Son! What a nice little family!

Spirit shows up early in the Bible: another transla-tion of the second verse of the fi rst chapter of Genesis says that “the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the deep.” Interesting, isn’t it, that wind and Spirit are synonymous?

So, with every wind that blows, we can consider it a kiss from our Mother!

The Holy SpiritIn the beginning when God created the heavens and

the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters.

(Genesis 1: 1-2 NRSV)

FAITH NOTES

Special services ■ New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, 7115 Tipton Lane, will

hold Homecoming at 11 a.m. Sunday, June 5. Featured singer:

Dave Seratt. Everyone invited.

■ Westside Unitarian Universalist Church, 616 Fretz Road, holds

meditation services 6:30 p.m. each second and fourth Wednes-

day. Includes quiet refl ection, simple music and readings. Info:

westsideuuc.org.

By Wendy SmithThe Knoshville Food

Festival was such a hit that there was nothing to knosh two hours after it began.

Early attendees were treated to traditional Jew-ish fare like bagels with lox and cream cheese, latkes and matzo ball soup while latecomers received bad news at the door. But the success of the event and beautiful weather left little room for disappointment.

Deborah Oleshansky, executive director of the Knoxville Jewish Alliance, says she’s had numerous re-quests for a Jewish food fes-tival that would be compa-rable to GreekFest, hosted by St. George Greek Ortho-dox Church.

She knew the KJA couldn’t handle such an event on its own, so she reached out to other local

Rob Blitt and son Noah Blitt, age 7, enjoy the AJCC pool during

Knoshville. The pool was open to the community during the

event. Photos by Wendy Smith

Peggy Laxton, Meir Niad and Alice Feldman of the Jewish Con-

gregation of Oak Ridge run a booth at Knoshville.

Izabelle Wakely, Jessica Sexton, Harriet Glasman, Barb Levin and Anita Miller grab some down

time after serving 400 matzo balls and several gallons of soup at Knoshville, held at the Arnstein

Jewish Community Center, 6800 Deane Hill Drive.

Inaugural Knoshville draws a crowd

Jewish organizations.“Everybody loved the

idea,” she says. It was the fi rst time the entire Jewish community has come to-gether to host an event.

Each group made and sold its own items, which simplifi ed the festival. A planning meeting for next year’s Knoshville is already on the schedule.

Knoshville offered meat-less items, but plans are in the works for a kosher deli, also hosted by the entire Jewish community, on Sun-day, Sept. 18.

By Nancy AndersonOn May 18, West Towne

Christian Church held a banquet fi lled with fun, food and fellowship in cel-ebration of its three-year partnership with Ball Camp Elementary School through Kids Hope USA.

Kids Hope is a national nonprofi t through which students in kindergarten through grade six spend time with a designated trained adult mentor from a local church for one hour every week during the school year.

West Towne Christian Church is one of approxi-mately 12 such church-school partnerships throughout Knox County.

Heather Baldy, program director at the church, said she’s amazed with the rela-tionships forged between

the nine volunteer mentors from the church and their mentees.

“If I had my way, every child in school would have a mentor.”

Info: kidshopeusa.org

West Towne Christian changing lives one hour at a time

A-8 • MAY 25, 2016 • BEARDEN Shopper news

Vacation Bible SchoolLISTINGS

VBS 2016

Bearden UMC, 4407 Sutherland

Ave., 6-8 p.m., July 18-21.

Theme: “Cave Quest.” Info/

registration: beardenumc.org.

Central Baptist Bearden, 6300

Deane Hill Drive, 9 a.m.-12:15

p.m. June 6-9. Carnival kick-

off , 5:30-7:30 p.m. June 5.

Ages: 4 by August through

rising seventh graders.

Theme: Deep Sea Discovery.”

Info/registration: cbcbearden.

org/events or 450-1000, ext.

121.

Erin Presbyterian and Messiah Lutheran Church, 6900

Kingston Pike, June 3-5.

Ages: preschool through fi fth

grade. Theme: “Deep Sea

Discovery.” Preregistration

required. Info/registration:

588-5350 or vacationbible-

school.com/erin_messiah.

First Farragut UMC, 12733 Kings-

ton Pike, 6-8:30 p.m. June

13-16. Ages: 3 through fi fth

grade. Theme: “Cave Quest.”

Info/registration: www.ff umc.

org under the events tab.

Laurel Church of Christ, 3457

Kingston Pike, June 12-15.

Begins Sunday morning

and continues 6 p.m.

Sunday-Wednesday. For

ages 3 through those who

have fi nished fi fth grade.

Theme: “Cave Quest.” Info/

registration: 524-1122 or

laureloffi ce@laurelcc.org.

Trinity Baptist Church, 7604

Blacks Ferry Road, 6-8 p.m.

June 13-17. Ages: 5 to 15.

Theme: “Deep Sea Discovery.”

Info: trinitychurchkarns.org.

BEARDEN Shopper news • MAY 25, 2016 • A-9

The Seminole, a private railroad Pullman car that once was the pride of A.K. Macomber, sits behind the historic Southern Railway Depot. Restored to the gran-deur of an era described in many popular books by Beebe and Clegg, the car is now the property of the Old Smoky Railway Museum.

Abraham Kingsley “King” Macomber was born in Hackensack, N.J., on March 7, 1875, the second of three sons of Dr. Henry Kirke Ma-comber and Amelia Collerd Macomber. When King was only 9 years old, the family moved to Pasadena, Calif., where his father established his medical practice.

At age 20, King found himself in Central Africa with adventurer Frederick Russell Burnham and seven other Americans where they spent six months surveying and mapping mineral depos-its in what is now Zimbabwe. Hostilities broke out between the group and the natives. The group escaped a mas-sacre but was under siege for two months until rescued by the British military. Ma-comber spent some time in London then returned to the U.S. late in 1896.

In 1899, Macomber met and married Myrtle

Life in railroad’s gilded ageAbraham Kingsley ‘King’ Macomber (1875-1955)

JimTumblin

HISTORY AND MYSTERIES

“It was the fl ower of the golden age of passenger equipment. ... no perquisite of wealth and importance will ever achieve the dis-tinction of the dark green private varnish car that for half a century rolled splen-didly over the nation’s rail-road system.”

– Lucius Beebe and Charles

Clegg, Hear the Train Blow: A

Pictorial Epic of America in the

Railroad Age, New York, 1958.

Harkness, the daughter of wealthy Lamon V. Hark-ness, one of the largest stockholders in Standard Oil. Myrtle had acquired a love of horses since she spent much of her youth at one of her father’s several estates, the 400-acre Wal-nut Hall Farm near Lexing-ton, Ky.

As a result of its Stan-dardbred horse breed-ing operation, one of the best known in the world, the farm grew to 2,000-acres and eventually to 5,000-acres and 1,400 horses. Although it has been sub-divided several times, Walnut Hall remains in the hands of Harkness descen-dants. Today, the popular tourist attraction, the Ken-tucky Horse Park, occupies part of the original farm.

The young couple main-tained residences on both coasts, but King’s busi-ness interests were mostly in California. He became a founding partner of the Los Angeles Trust Co. in 1902 and expanded it into a multi-bank empire and engaged in early oil explo-ration. When he bought a cattle breeding operation called Rancho Cienega in Paicines, Calif., in 1906, he invested heavily in a large new home and stables and introduced the breeding of thoroughbred horses into the operation.

His race horse business continued to grow until federal legislation in 1911 banned pari-mutuel bet-ting. Macomber and some other breeders moved their operations to England and France. The Macombers moved back to the States in 1915 as World War I esca-lated. Although the ban on gambling was lifted, racing was limited by the U.S. en-try into the war.

With the war over, King Macomber expanded his operations in both Ken-tucky and California. The racing world was shocked in September 1920 when it learned that, upon the death of William K. Vanderbilt, Macomber had purchased Vanderbilt’s complete racing stable in France for $2 mil-lion. The package included the Vanderbilt chateau 20 miles outside Paris and a stable of 38 prized brood mares, four stallions and 52 younger yearlings and foals.

His horses were running well in the States with six of them entering the Ken-tucky Derby over a period of years. Star Hawk ran sec-ond in 1916 and War Cloud placed fourth in 1918. He won a number of other im-portant American races, in-cluding the Travers Stakes, the Suburban Handicap and the Withers Stakes.

He was also winning major races in France and England. His most famous colt, Parth, won the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in 1923 and Gold Bridge won back-to-back King’s Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot in 1933 and 1934.

Although he was hailed as the undisputed dean of American society in Paris, the horse racing circuit in

the States was also impor-tant to the Macombers. For about six decades no other possession so identifi ed those both rich and famous as a private Pullman car. During that time, the Pull-man Company provided some 450 private and busi-ness cars at prices ranging from $50,000 in the 1870s to $350,000 for Barbara Hutton’s Curley Hut in 1931.

By 1915, Macomber felt he needed his own private railroad car and chose the Pullman Company to pro-vide it. The Seminole was delivered to his staff in Palm Beach, Fla. The deluxe car had three large state-rooms, a room for Myrtle’s personal maid, a kitchen, a dining area and a room for his crew.

King Macomber now needed to make an appear-ance on the correct private car tracks and at the right

season of the year. A typi-cal year would often begin in Palm Beach until Febru-ary, then to Louisville for the Derby in early May, on to Pimlico in Baltimore for the Preakness in mid-May and to New York for the Bel-mont Stakes in June. After the Travers Stakes in Sara-toga, N.Y., they proceeded to Del Monte on the Monterey Peninsula in California in autumn. No doubt, the Ma-combers and the Seminole passed through Knoxville on the Southern Railway more than once as they trav-eled their annual circuit.

By 1927, Macomber ac-quired another token of his success – a new yacht built in Southampton, England, at a cost of $400,000, called the Crusader. At 175-feet long with two 400-horse power diesel engines, the Crusader was the largest private yacht constructed in England since the war. It was designed as a fl oating home, a nest of unexpected cabins and staterooms, each one beautifully decorated with hidden features for the comfort and pleasure of the

A.K. “King” Macomber was a

prominent California business

man and important interna-

tional breeder of race horses. Courtesy of the Keeneland Library and Archives

owners and their guests.Noted sportsman and

horse breeder, A. K. Ma-comber, died in Paris on Oct. 5, 1955, leaving an estate of $16,084,597. He bequeathed more than $900,000 to relatives, friends and employees and his remaining estate to his widow, Mrs. Myrtle Hark-ness Macomber.

So ended the fi nal chap-ter in the long and happy life of Abraham Kingsley “King” Macomber.

Built by the Pullman Co. to the

Macombers’ design, the Seminole,

now owned by the Old Smoky

Railway Museum in Knoxville, car-

ried the Macombers on the annual

horseracing circuit and to society

events at Biltmore and in Palm

Beach. Photo submitted

A-10 • MAY 25, 2016 • BEARDEN Shopper news

Field Day at Northshore ElementaryBy Sara Barrett

Northshore Elementary School had an amazing turnout of parent participa-tion for its annual fi eld day activities.

Students enjoyed an endless supply of popsicles while cheering on friends and teachers in numerous competitions.

Master of ceremonies and school principal Bran-don Pratt encouraged all competitors to stick with it until the end, and parent volunteers were at the fi n-ish line to congratulate each and every student.

Ayana Reid focuses on the task at hand while competing in a

hockey race.

Northshore Elementary School teachers Jessica Worsham, Cin-

dy Smith, Kristin Cardwell and Rachel White compete in an egg

and spoon race.

Charlie Noble and Holden Davidson can hardly contain

themselves while waiting to compete.

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS ■ CAC is seeking volunteer drivers for its Volunteer Assisted Trans-

portation program. Volunteers will utilize agency-owned hybrid

sedans while accompanying seniors or persons with disabilities

to appointments, shopping and other errands. Training provided.

Info: Nancy, 673-5001 or nancy.welch@cactrans.org.

■ STAR (Shangri-La Therapeutic Academy of Riding) needs volun-

teers to assist special needs children and adults with therapeutic

horseback riding lessons. Lesson Vol Training is 1:30-5:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 28. Junior Vol Training (ages 10-12) is 5-7 p.m.

Wednesday, June 1. Horse experience not required. Info: Brittany,

988-4711 or rideatstar.org.

Story So Far: With the special soccer team so inept, advice and encouragement come from everywhere, and boys struggle on in search of a winning game.

I won’t describe that Saturday practice. Just say the fathers were serious. My idea of a good practice was that time when Mr. Les-ter told us about the Battles of Bunker Hill and Gettysburg. Our fathers practiced us as if we were going into a battle of our own.

We hated it.Anyway, that week we were going to play

Hopewell. When I woke up on the morn-ing of the game, it was raining like crazy. “Great,” I thought. “They’ll cancel.”

At breakfast my mother said, “I thought I’d get out of work early and come watch you play.”

“It’s raining,” I said.“I won’t melt.”“Don’t you think they’ll call off the

game?”“I certainly hope not,” put in my father.

“I’ll come too. What’s a little rain?”“That’s what they said when Noah began

building the ark.”I would have gotten into more trouble if I

said what else was on my mind. If I thought it might have kept me out of the game, I would have. More likely, it would have only

meant grounding, and since the ground was already under water, I kept my mouth shut.

Worse, my father was right. They didn’t call off the game. We got into uniforms and raincoats. What a combo. At the fi eld, it was cold, wet, muddy and very, very stu-pid.

Mr. Lester gave us his usual dy-namic talk. “Gen-tlemen, this will be a true test of your characters. Condi-tions are terrible. It was either play or forfeit. We voted to play.”

“I don’t remem-ber voting,” said Saltz.

“You’re not old enough,” said Hays.

Mr. Lester, like all losing generals, ig-nored advice from his ground troops. In-stead, he merely shifted his umbrella from one hand to the other. “Give it your best,” he suggested, “your true best.”

“We already did,” said Dorman. He sounded bitter.

“Make us proud,” Lester urged.And us miserable, I thought.“Remember,” said Mr. Lester as we swam

out to the fi eld, “they have it as bad as you do.”Maybe. The difference was they knew

how to play the game. Probably even want-ed to. We didn’t. Oh, we went out there. We tried to play. Honest. With a bunch of drip-ping fathers and mothers on the soggy side-lines sort of cheering, we gave it a shot. The shot carried four inches. Maybe.

I read a book about World War I. Trench warfare. It was nothing compared to our game. The whole fi eld was like a bottom-less mud pit. When we began, the muck was over my shoes. From there on, it rose higher.

When the ball came down, instead of bounding, it would hit with a humongous SPLAT! showering mud everywhere, which stuck to whatever it touched. The ball got so waterlogged it was like kicking a can-nonball.

Some lowlights. We were losing, natu-rally, by about 21 to nothing. I was already a little shell-shocked. I didn’t mind the trench warfare. It was as if they were using me for target practice. There I was, leaping this way and that, like a wet yak trying out for the lead role in a Spider-Man movie. It got so bad that after a while, when I looked up, I noticed our team had retreated into a kind of wet human wall, semicircle around our goal. As walls went, it wasn’t exactly the Great Wall of China. More like Jericho when it kept tumbling down. Shots kept coming in.

Once, I took this great leap. Somehow, I tickled the ball with my frozen fi ngers when it went into the net (making it 35 to noth-ing). I did have the satisfaction of seeing that at least the ball went in crooked. But then, when I came down in the muck, I lost my wind and all desire to get up. I just lay there in the mud and rain, relaxed and feel-ing curiously happy.

Next thing I knew Mr. Lester as well as my mother and father were squatting down over me.

“Ed! Ed! You all right?” I heard my mother cry.

I opened my eyes. For reasons I don’t un-derstand, these people were trying to keep the rain off me. What took them so long?

“Are you all right?” asked Mr. Lester in that su-per-quiet voice he reserves for true panic.

Remember: I was his best player.

“Sure,” I said, perfectly calm. “I love this.”

My father didn’t like my attitude or altitude. “Get up, Ed!”

“It’s safer here,” I said.

That was the big difference between

World War I and our game. After being shell-shocked, those guys got to go to Paris for a weekend of fun. I was told to be a tar-get again.

My favorite memory of that afternoon, however, came a little later. I saw the ball come to rest in a puddle—actually, the whole fi eld was a puddle. This one was just a mile or so deeper than everywhere else. The resting ball, however, brought Eliscue and Fenwick at a gallop, each running at the ball full-tilt, neither seeing the other.

They met the ball with a huge BONG! It must have been at the exact same moment, for the ball went up, I mean straight up, somewhere into the rain clouds.

The two guys stood there, bewildered, turning around, back to back, one against the other, trying to fi gure out where the ball had gone. Well, since the ball went up, it came down. It hit them both on their heads at the same moment. And it was a heavy, waterlogged ball. Well . . .

They were knocked out. Both of them.Once again, Mr. Lester ran out onto the

fi eld, umbrella in hand. I think Fenwick’s ma was there too. When those boys got up, they wobbled.

Somewhere around that time, everybody agreed that the U.S. Constitution forbids cruel and unusual punishment, and since we had yet to score even one goal that sea-son, there was little likelihood of our scor-ing a catch-up forty-two goals in the last fi ve minutes of play, so they called it quits.

That night both my parents came into my room.

“Ed,” said my father, lifting the hot water bottle from my face.

“What?” I didn’t even want to talk sex.“We liked what we saw.”“You didn’t see anything but mud.”“I could see improvement,” said my fa-

ther. After all, he’d helped set up the extra practice.

I snuggled down under fi ve blankets, trying to get warm.

“Believe in yourself, love,” my mother all but chanted at me. “Believe in yourself and you can do it.”

I closed my eyes and let my mind drift. Two games left. I told myself it couldn’t get worse. Which only goes to show how even I had gotten suckered into believing.

Because, actually, it got worse.(To be continued.)

Text copyright © 2012 Avi. Illustrations copyright © 2012 Timothy Bush. Reprinted by permission of Breakfast Serials, Inc., www.breakfastserials.com. No part of this publication may be

reproduced, displayed, used or distributed without the express written permission of the copyright holder.

CHAPTER EIGHT: Learning to Believe

“a breakfast serials story”S.O.R. Losers Written by Avi and Illustrated by Timothy Bush

BEARDEN Shopper news • MAY 25, 2016 • A-11 kidsFun Day at A.L. Lotts

Jihun Lee and Torian Bennett have one minute to pick up as

many toy critters and marbles with their toes as they can out of

a kiddie pool. Photos by S. Barrett

Michael Dowell and Abigail Simonis practice before competing in a fl oor hockey game.

Caleb Wild, Landon Matney, Gael Pintor-Quezada and Isis Anderson take turns riding on a boun-

cy ball between competitions.

The kiddie pools were a bit cooler than usual dur-ing A.L. Lotts Elementary School’s annual Fun Day festivities.

Students spent part of a morning outdoors com-peting in water-related activities which were prob-ably planned with warmer weather in mind. The cool breeze and overcast sky didn’t bother the kids, though – even when it was time for shaved ice.

West Hills Elementary School fi fth graders Radwan Alqaisi, Brenden Releford, Brandon

Winton, Talon Davis, Kylie Carroll, Derrick Matovu, Giovanna Ponce, Madelin Crum, E.J.

Sewell and Hussein Hussein dance around a Maypole.

By Sara BarrettWest Hills Elemen-

tary School fi fth graders danced around the gym-nasium recently, but not to Top 40 hits.

Students learned the maypole dance in music teacher Tamera Kunsel-man’s class.

Kunselman originally taught in Kingsport City Schools before moving to Knox County Schools four years ago.

“While in Kingsport I

directed many performing groups from elementary through high school,” she says.

“At the elementary lev-el, I directed an auditioned recorder ensemble, award-winning honors choirs, and a ‘traveling’ maypole dance team. Every May, my dance team performed the maypole dance for area Kingsport events.”

Kunselman says the maypole connects music, art and dance while also

allowing students to use higher-level thinking and problem solving skills.

“Students have enjoyed the experience of working together as a team to pro-duce such an intricate dis-play of art while moving to the music and weaving the colorful strings to-gether.”

This year, fi fth grad-ers used neon strings and black lights to perform the maypole in front of a stu-dent audience.

Maypole merriment at West Hills

Construction in classroom instructionBy Sara Barrett

Sacred Heart Cathedral School combined construc-tion and classroom instruc-tion this school year during the building of a new cathe-dral.

Students were gathered together during a foundation assembly last fall, where Fri-ar David Boettner and school principal Daniel Breen talked about the construction.

A cross marked the loca-tion of the new altar, and balloons fl oated 147 feet in the air to show the height of the new dome. Each student received a small piece of rock from the foundation as a keepsake.

Students in kindergarten through eighth grade consid-ered the question of how to build a cathedral while learn-ing about East Tennessee’s geology. They also learned about equipment used in the project, city planning and zoning laws, the math and science of construction with engineering and the lasting impact the cathedral will have on the community.

Each grade level created

Sacred Heart Cathedral School eighth grader Jonathan Clinton

talks to kindergartner Mayela Rodriguez about cathedral con-

struction as school principal Daniel Breen looks on. Photo submitted

a student-produced video of their fi ndings and con-clusions to share with their peers.

An all-school assembly led by eighth grade student leaders was held May 11, where representatives from each grade spoke about their research, answered ques-tions about their project, and shared their video.

Sara Barrett

A-12 • MAY 25, 2016 • BEARDEN Shopper news

By Sherri Gardner HowellTruman Capote is a hard

act to follow. That, however, didn’t deter the organizers of the 2016 Black & White Gala, a benefi t for Clarence Brown Theatre.

Any who doubted that Lyle Irish and his committee could rise to the challenge quickly became believers as a transformed Jackson Ter-minal sparkled before them in black and white with pops of “magical color.” Work-ing the magic with Irish were Bob Lederer, Brenda Madigan, Rachel Wedding McClelland, Whitney Ray-Dawson, Robin Turner, Lacy Smith Wallace, Melanie Wood and Wendy Wortham.

The evening, patterned after Capote’s famous ball, was a mix of good food, in-

teresting slide shows, heart-warming testimonials by student actors and raucous entertainment from gala honoree Paula Pell.

Pell, a UT alumna, was a writer for “Saturday Night Live” for more than 20 years, has guest-starred and writ-ten for “30 Rock,” “Parks and Recreation” and, most recently, wrote the screen-play for the movie “Sisters.” She received the CBT Artis-tic Achievement Award.

Guests left knowing where their donations went and had to feel pleased at the gratitude of the stu-dents. The CBT Artists En-dowment, which the gala benefi ted, makes it possible for University of Tennessee students to study with pro-fessional theater artists.

Black & white and fun all over

At evening’s end, Black & White Gala chair Lyle Irish is joined by CBT Producing Artistic Director

Cal MacLean, writer and honoree Paula Pell and Rebecca MacLean. Photos by Sherri Gardner Howell

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Helping UT Knoxville Chancellor Jimmy Cheek with check-in are Sharon Ward and Julie Summers.

A last-minute mask purchase was the perfect

accessory for Becky Paylor, with husband Bob.

Guests of Leading Role sponsors Tom and Mel-

anie Wood, Brandon Coleman and Carri Baker

came from Texas for the gala.

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No one leaves hungry from Sons of NorwayVikings of the Smokies

Lodge of the Sons of Nor-way held its annual Taste of Scandinavia Smorgasbord combined with the Syttende Mai Celebration on May 15 at Faith Lutheran Church in Farragut.

Nearly 100 lodge mem-bers and guests fi lled their plates with delicacies such as Swedish potato sausage, meatballs, and Scandina-vian cheeses with Wasa chrispbread while the Trollkretsen Scandinavian Dancers entertained with traditional dances.

Sons of Norway was founded in 1895 as a service organization to aid Scandi-navian immigrants during hardships. Today, the mis-sion includes preservation of Norwegian heritage and culture.

“In Norway the Syttende Mai Celebration is a big deal. It’s similar to America’s Fourth of July with big par-ties, parades, games, danc-ing, costumes, and food.

“There are actually a lot of hidden Norwegians in Tennessee. They’ve either transplanted or retired here. Oak Ridge has a lot of Norwegians who settled there after World War II.

“We’re very into geneal-ogy, and keeping the tra-ditions alive for the next generation by hosting tra-ditional events like this one.

“Our numbers are down from last year, but I think that’s because of end of the school year activities. Ac-tually our popularity is in-creasing because of the TV show ‘Vikings,’ so I’m in-

terested in seeing what next year will bring.

“But today we’re all about traditional foods like ‘lefse,’ which is similar to a tortilla fi lled with sugar and butter.

“No one goes home hun-gry, that’s for certain,” said lodge president Joleen De-wald.

Information www.tnvikings.org

Lynne Attaway and Jim Rowland of the Trollkretsen Scandinavian Dancers per-

form during Taste of Scandinavia Smorgasbord and Syttende Mai Celebration.

Members of Vikings of the Smokies Lodge of the Sons of Norway: Ev Engstrom, Dee Bumpers,

Trygve Myhre, Bonnie Pederson, and Wendell Liemohn Photos by Nancy Anderson

Hanna Allen as Queen Elsa, with her mother Jeannette Lively

who is wearing a traditional Scandinavian festival costume

known as a bunad

Emilia Mustaleski topples over

the “King” too early in an excit-

ing game of kubb, a Scandina-

vian lawn game where players

knock over wooden blocks

with batons.

AREA FARMERS MARKETS ■ Dixie Lee Farmers Market,

Renaissance|Farragut,

12740 Kingston Pike. Hours:

9 a.m.-noon Saturdays

through Nov. 5. Info: dixie

leefarmersmarket.com; on

Facebook.

■ Ebenezer Road Farmers

Market, Ebenezer UMC,

1001 Ebenezer Road.

Hours: 3-6 p.m. Tuesdays

through late November.

Info: easttnfarmmarkets.

org; on Facebook.

■ Gatlinburg Farmers Market,

849 Glades Road, 8:30 a.m.-

noon Saturdays through

Oct. 8.

■ Lakeshore Park Farmers

Market, Lakeshore Park

across from the Knox

Youth sports Building.

Hours: 3-6 p.m. Fridays

through October; 2-5 p.m.

Fridays in November. Info:

easttnfarmmarkets.org.

■ Oak Ridge Farmers Market,

Historic Jackson Square.

Hours: 3 p.m.-sellout

Wednesdays; 8 a.m.-

noon Saturdays through

late November. Info:

easttnfarmmarkets.org.

■ Market Square Farm-

ers Market, 60 Market

Square. Hours: 11 a.m.-2

p.m. Wednesdays and

9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays

through Nov. 19. Info:

marketsquarefarmers

market.org.

■ Maryville Farmers Market:

Church Avenue. Hours:

9 a.m.-noon, Saturdays

through Nov. 17.

■ Maryville Farmers Market:

First Baptist Maryville,

202 W. Lamar Alexander

Parkway. Hours: 3:30-6:30

p.m. Wednesdays through

August.

■ New Harvest Park Farmers

Market, 4700 New Harvest

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

Thursdays. Info: knox

county.org/farmersmarket;

on Facebook.

■ Seymour Farmers Market,

lower parking lot of Sey-

mour First Baptist Church,

11621 Chapman Highway.

Hours: 7-11 a.m. Saturdays.

Info: on Facebook.

■ “Shopping at the Farm”

Farmers Market, Marble

Springs, 1220 W. Gover-

nor John Sevier Highway.

Hours: 3-6 p.m. Thursdays

through Sept. 22. Info:

marblesprings.net.

■ Southern Railway Station

Farmers Market, 300

W. Depot St. Hours: 3-6

p.m. Mondays. Info:

southernstationtn.com; on

Facebook.

■ UT Farmers Market, UT

Gardens, 2518 Jacob Drive.

Hours: 4-7 p.m. Wednes-

days through Oct. 19. Info:

vegetables.tennessee.edu/

UTFM.html; on Facebook.

UT NOTES ■ Karen Sowers, dean of the

College of Social Work, was

recently named the recipient

of Mental Health America’s

2016 George Goodman and

Ruth P. Brudney Social Work

Award. The award is given to

an individual who has made

signifi cant contributions to

the care and treatment of

people with mental illnesses.

Sowers will be presented

with the award at the MHA

national conference in Alex-

andria, Va., in June.

■ The College of Nursing has

received a $25,000 gift from

the KAMA Philanthropic

Endowment Fund at the East

Tennessee Foundation to es-

tablish the Knoxville Academy

of Medicine Alliance Endowed

Nursing Scholarship.

Nancy Anderson

A-14 • MAY 25, 2016 • BEARDEN Shopper news

Collins says space available for government offi ces

By Sandra ClarkIf Knox County sells the

old Sears building on North Central, Ronnie Collins said space is available for relo-cation in the area around Knoxville Center mall.

Collins is president of the Alice Bell/Spring Hill Neighborhood Association. He contacted Shopper News in response to the May 18 story by Betty Bean, citing Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett’s willingness to sell the former Sears building for redevelopment. Burchett and

the school board already have agreed to relocate the school system’s central offi ce so the former Andrew Johnson ho-tel building can be sold.

The Sears building is currently used for county records and purchasing and as a station of the Sheriff’s Offi ce.

Collins suggested the for-mer Toys R Us or Dillard’s buildings as places giving “room to grow.” He also cit-ed ample parking and inter-state access, along with the mall’s food court and sur-

rounding restaurants.“Relocating the offi ces ...

would make some great PR for the people in East Knox-ville to show you haven’t forgotten them.

“I believe it would show the other store owners in the mall and the surrounding area that you have faith in the area. The presence of the Sheriff’s Offi ce would help with the misconceptions that people have of how un-safe Knoxville Center is.

“Please consider this op-tion.”

Summit View of Rocky Top has been awarded a Five Star Overall rating by Medi-care’s Nursing Home Compare. Medicare.gov conducts regular inspections of health care facilities and nursing homes and uses the data to rank each facility based on health inspections, quality measures and staffi ng. Each area is judged separately us-ing a one- to fi ve-star rating system with fi ve indicating the highest quality. The three areas are then combined to calculate the overall rating.

The Medicare.gov/NursingHomeCom-pare site states:

“Nursing homes vary in the quality of care and services they provide to their residents. Reviewing health inspection results, staffi ng data and quality measure data are three im-portant ways to measure nursing home qual-ity. This information gives you a ‘snap shot’ of

the care individual nursing homes give.”Nursing Home Compare allows con-

sumers to compare area nursing facilities by town or region. With 10 facilities in the Rocky Top area, Summit View of Rocky Top is one of only four facilities to receive a fi ve-star rating.

Sheila Ramsey, director of nursing at the facility, said, “It is nice to see the recogni-tion for all the hard work this team gives to our residents. We want to continue to bring positive attention to our facility and our community.”

Summit View of Rocky Top is a locally owned and operated nursing care center that offers long term and short term stay options. The center offers physical, speech, and occupational therapy to in-patients and out-patients and provides 24 hour nursing care for all residents.

Rocky Top nursing home gets fi ve-star rating

By Sandra ClarkOne of Knox County’s

oldest businesses is also one of the least-known. Deal-ers Warehouse Corporation was highlighted last week at the Halls Business and Pro-fessional Association meet-ing at Beaver Brook County Club.

CEO Les Mirts spoke at the invitation of club presi-dent F. Carl Tindell, who claims anyplace east of I-75 as a Halls business.

Dealers Warehouse took over the old Plasti-Line plant off Emory Road. The space is a perfect spot, Mirts said. “The growth in Knox County and North Knox County has been un-believable.”

Mirts discounted the myth of a building materials wholesaler has an unneeded “middleman.” History has shown, he said, that Dealers Warehouse has sustained economic growth for its re-tailers by offering more va-riety without tying up the retailers’ capital. “We allow the market to be effi cient.”

Dealers Warehouse came

to Knoxville in 1948 as a di-vision of a logging company

started by the Hass-inger fam-ily. Over time the b u s i n e s s grew from one build-ing to seven.

In 2005, after 57

years on Sixth Avenue near downtown Knoxville, Deal-ers Warehouse moved into its present location on Thun-der Lane, one quarter mile from the Emory Road inter-change with I-75 North.

The 340,000-square-foot facility is over 100,000 square feet larger than the old seven-building location, Mirts said. “Larger, more effi cient and closer to the in-terstate means better service for our 500+ customers.”

Dealers Warehouse now has 150 employees with branch offices in Nash-ville, Chattanooga and Charlotte, N.C.

In 1961, Don Mirts was named manager of Dealers

Leslie Mirts

The arrow points to young Luther C. Hassinger as a child. He

started working for his dad’s business, Pittsburgh Lumber

Company, as soon as he could work.

At the height of Appalachian industrial logging, the region

produced 40 percent of the nation’s lumber.

From logs to windows, Dealers Warehouse thrives

Warehouse, a position he held until his death in 1994. His son, Les, already had been designated his succes-sor, according to the compa-ny’s website. It was a logical choice.

Another familiar name, Bill Arnett, is associated with Dealers Warehouse. Arnett became manager in 1950 at the age of 25. The average age of his 34 em-ployees was early-30s.

Dealers Warehouse Cor-

poration was founded in 1947 by Martin and Bill Hassinger, but it was part of a larger set of companies that began as a logging operation.

Martin Luther Hassing-er founded the Pittsburgh Lumber Company in 1880 in Martins, Pa., after he was “stripped clean as a picked bird” in the Panic of 1870. He had taken a job running a small mill, cutting white oak timbers for the Penn-sylvania Railroad.

As soon as he was old enough to work, his son, Lu-ther C., became an employee of the company. Toward the end of the 1800s, vast areas of southern Appalachia re-mained relatively untouched by industrial logging.

L.C. Hassinger moved his family to Konnarock, Va., in 1906, acquiring 30,000 acres in the mountains around Damascus, Va. In 1912, L.C. bought land along Strait Branch and extended the Virginia-Carolina Rail-way into Konnarock. It cost $90,000 to build a three-mile section of railway from Konnarock to Whitetop Gap.

Lumber companies left

the area in the late 1920s. The Hassingers sold their holdings to the Forest Ser-vice when it began buy-ing cut-over land between 1926 and 1930 to establish what has become the Jef-ferson National Forest. The mill closed the day before Christmas in 1928.

Luther C. Hassinger left Virginia in 1929, when he and two sons, Bill and Mar-tin, bought Bristol Build-ers Supply, a leading retail building materials business in Bristol, Va. Although they opened during the Great Depression, the Hassingers survived, later opening four more warehouses.

BEARDEN Shopper news • MAY 25, 2016 • A-15 business

TSB to celebrate ‘Cancer Survivor Beauty and Support Day’Tennessee School of Beauty students will participate in

the 14th Cancer Survivor Beauty and Support Day (CSBSD) by offering free haircuts and/or free shampoos and styling to cancer survivors and patients. Appointments are avail-able 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. or 5:30-9 p.m. Tuesday, June 7, and may be made by calling 588-7878.

Crye-Leike growsCrye-Leike Realtors owner Harold Crye and managing broker Melonie Carideo celebrate the opening of the real estate bro-kerage fi rm’s East Tennessee regional headquarters at 9539 Kingston Pike in the Franklin Square area. The new headquar-ters and West Knox branch offi ce will house more than 40 agen ts. Info: 865-693-7341 or crye-leike.com Photo by Nancy An-derson

BIZ NOTES ■ David Harrell, MD, FACS, a general

surgeon with Premier Surgical Associates of Knoxville, has been elected for active membership in the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons. Achieving membership is an extensive, 2-year process that involves submitting a case log of endocrine cases, letters of recommendation and attendance at two annual meetings. Dr. Harrell is based at Premier Surgical’s Tennova North offi ce and performs procedures there, at Tennova Physicians Re-gional, and at Premier Surgical’s offi ce-based procedure center on Papermill Drive.

■ Gloria Garner has been named to a partial term on the board of commissioners of Knoxville’s Community Development Cor-poration through June 2017. Garner retired from the Knoxville Area Urban League in 2006 after a 38-year career. She began in 1968 as a community organizer to address social issues and provide case management in Lonsdale, Mechanicsville and East Knoxville. Garner is a longtime member of First Calvary Baptist

Church in Lonsdale. She is the mother of fi ve adult children with six grand-children and great grandchildren.

■ Sara Fulton, director of opera-tions for Summit Medical Group, has earned the professional designation of certifi ed medical practice executive (CMPE). Fulton, a member of the Medi-

cal Group Management Association, joined Summit Medical Group as director of operations in October 2015. Now a resi-dent of the Bearden community, Fulton is a graduate of Webb School of Knoxville and earned her bachelor’s degree and MBA from the University of Tennessee.

■ Shoney’s Restaurants will honor America’s fallen military members this Memorial Day by serving a free All-American Burger to all veterans and active duty military members. Service members will be treated to Shoney’s signature favorite All-American Burger cooked to order (w/cheese if requested), served with lettuce, tomatoes, red onions, pickles and mayon-naise. French Fries and a beverage are on the house as well. Certain conditions apply.

Sara FultonGloria GarnerDavid Harrell

The DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine at Lincoln Memorial Univer-sity graduated 191 new doc-tors on May 14. Members of the Class of 2016 will be in 121 residency programs in 30 states, according to the college.

In March 2016, the school was ranked No. 2 by U.S. News and World Report in medical schools that pro-duce the highest percentage of primary care residents. Approximately 82 percent of the members of the grad-uating class will enter their

fi rst year of residency train-ing in a primary care track.

Dr. Richard A. Gillespie, a member of the LMU board of trustees, received the Dis-tinguished Service Award. Dr. Gillespie received his undergraduate degree from LMU before attending med-ical school at UT-Memphis. He pursued an anesthesiol-ogy residency at Duke.

He practiced medicine at Fort Sanders Regional and Children’s Hospital and has been an “advocate, recruiter and ambassador for the medical school at LMU.”

LMU graduates new doctors

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Rotarians from around the world – including several from Knoxville – are headed for Seoul, South Korea, a city of 10 million, for the 2016 Rotary In-ternational Convention. The conven-tion begins on Saturday, May 28, and runs through June 1.

The convention’s theme is “Connect with Korea – Touch the World.” More than 50,000 Rotarians from 200 coun-tries will be attending. The 2017 international conven-tion will be closer to home – in Atlanta – June 10-14. Many Knoxville Rotarians are already making plans to attend.

Traveling the 7,000-plus miles from Knoxville to Seoul will be two members of the Rotary Club of Knox-ville – Past District Governor Frank Rothermel and Al-len Pannell, the club’s president-elect. Chris Camp, vice president of the Rotary Club of Farragut, is also making the 15-hour fl ight to the convention.

Joining them will be three other Knoxville residents – District 6780 Governor Beth Stubbs, a member of the Rotary Club of Maryville-Alcoa, and Fred Heitman, the District Governor-elect of District 6780 and a member

of the Rotary Club of Oak Ridge.Also attending is Knoxvillian Kar-

en Wentz, a past district governor of District 6780 who is a member of Rotary International’s Board of Di-

rectors. She also is a past president of the Rotary Club of Maryville-Alcoa.

■ Butch Jones is July 26Butch Jones, the coach of the Tennessee Volunteers

football team, will be speaking on Tuesday, July 26, to a joint meeting of Knoxville Rotary clubs at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. He will speak at the regular meeting of the Rotary Club of Knoxville but Rotarians and guests from other clubs are invited. The luncheon meeting will begin at noon.

Seating is limited, so you need to RSVP to the Ro-tary Club of Knoxville offi ce at kxrotary@bellsouth.net/. Guests should park at the Market Square or Locust Street Garages ($1 per hour) as parking at the Crowne Plaza is limited and should be saved for guests with mo-bility issues. The lunch is $11, payable by cash or check at the door.

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A-16 • MAY 25, 2016 • BEARDEN Shopper news

By Shannon CareyThe Muse planetarium

played host to a special show May 19, as viewers were transported to Civil War times through stars and songs.

“Decoding the Stars: Spirituals and the Under-ground Railroad” taught the audience how spirituals like “Follow the Drinking Gourd,” “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot,” “Steal Away,” and “Wade in the Water” acted as maps and coded instruc-tions for slaves escaping the South.

Originally part of an ex-hibit at South Carolina State University called “Journey from Africa to Gullah,” the show at the Muse is a re-hearsal for “Decoding the Stars” traveling overseas to the International Planetar-ium Society Conference in Warsaw, Poland.

“Decoding the Stars” showcases the combined ef-forts of Center for Creative Partnerships president El-len Zisholtz, singer and pro-fessor Dr. Cassandra Sligh Conway of South Carolina State, and astronomer and Muse volunteer Dr. Eliza-

beth Charlton.As the lights dimmed

and Conway’s strong vo-cals fi lled the room, Charl-ton used the planetarium’s software to transform the dome into the night sky over Knoxville, May 19, 1860. She demonstrated using the Big Dipper constellation, “The Drinking Gourd,” to fi nd Polaris, the North Star.

The songs contain other instructions for escaping slaves as well. For exam-ple, “Dead trees will show you the way” from “Follow the Drinking Gourd” was an instruction to look for moss on the north side of trees.

Zisholtz said the show intentionally combines sci-ence, arts and history.

“We believe very strongly in cross-disciplinary educa-tion,” she said. But the effort is also aimed at educating young people about social justice.

“There are events in his-tory that are very important in social justice,” she said. “We are teaching about working together. The Un-derground Railroad shows that if people step up they

can make a difference in the lives of other people. In history, we see that young people have changed the world.”

Charlton, who moved to Knoxville from England when her husband started working at ORNL, said she was very excited to fi nd a planetarium in Knoxville. An astronomer in Oxford University’s Department of Continuing Education, Charlton found a perfect op-portunity to volunteer at the Muse.

“We were so excited to fi nd out that (Charlton) is a real astronomy educator,” said Muse programs coor-dinator Cary Busby. “We are just excited that she pro-posed having this practice here.”

The Muse hosts up to eight planetarium programs each day, both astronomy-related movies and guided star tours. Busby said many people don’t know about the planetarium at the Muse.

“We’re introducing our facility to a whole new pop-ulation,” she said.

Info: www.themuseknoxville.com

Center for Creative Partnerships president

Ellen Zisholtz, astronomer and Muse plan-

etarium volunteer Dr. Elizabeth Charlton,

and singer and professor Dr. Cassandra Sligh

Conway of South Carolina State University,

get ready to present “Decoding the Stars,”

an interdisciplinary planetarium show on the

history of songs as code in the Underground

Railroad, at the Muse planetarium. The presen-

tation will travel to Warsaw, Poland, where it

will be shown at the International Planetarium

Society Conferen ce. Photo by S. Carey

Underground Railroad planetarium show links songs to stars

Songs and stars lead to freedom

CALL FOR ARTISTS ■ Submissions for “The

Word,” an art competi-

tion that asks artists to look

deeply into the meaning and

use of words throughout his-

tory and in our daily lives, are

being accepted by Broadway

Studios and Gallery, 1127 N.

Broadway. Entries will be ac-

cepted 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Thurs-

day-Saturday, May 26-28. Info:

Jessica Gregory, 556-8676;

BroadwayStudiosAndGallery.

com; BroadwayStudiosAnd

Gallery@gmail.com.

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HEALTH & LIFESTYLESB May 25, 2016

NEWS FROM FORT SANDERS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

A timely decisionA decision had to be made.Janet Kendrick’s husband was

having trouble walking and talk-ing. She asked him repeatedly if he was having a nightmare, if he was awake, and if he was okay.

Neil Kendrick’s words were garbled, so she couldn’t make any sense out of what he was trying to tell her. Unable to get answers from her husband, and not com-pletely understanding what was happening to him, Janet had to decide whether or not she should call for an ambulance.

She made the decision when she realized she couldn’t take care of him by herself. “He put his whole weight on me when he stood up,” she says. “I knew if he fell, I couldn’t get him back up.”

That split-second decision to call 9-1-1 turned out to be a criti-cal one. Today, the Kendricks sit calmly at the dining room table in their new home recalling the events that led to Neil’s ischemic stroke, and the treatment he re-ceived at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center.

“We tend not to dwell on things,” Janet says, “and after something happens, we move on.”

Neil doesn’t particularly like the limelight, and he’d be happy leav-ing the frightening events of that day in the past. “I’m not the kind of person who wants his story in the paper, but if it will help some-one, yes.”

When neurointerventional ra-diologist Dr. Keith Woodward

asked Neil to share their story for that very reason, Neil wasn’t about to turn him down. “And I told him, ‘You just saved my life, I’ll do what-ever you want.’”

Neil says he woke up one morning in De-

cember 2015 and noticed that he couldn’t feel his right arm. As he raised up to get out of bed, he dis-covered he had no feeling in his right leg, either.

He tried to speak to his wife, but

Just a few days after being re-

leased from Fort Sanders Regional

on Dec. 14, 2015, stroke survivor

Neil Kendrick and his wife, Janet,

were on the road to North Carolina

for their grandson’s college graduation.

Pictured are Neil Kendrick, Christa Tarver,

Hayden Tarver and Janet Kendrick.

Janet and Neil

Kendrick enjoy

their marriage, their

family and their

new home today,

because Neil was

promptly taken

to Fort Sanders

Regional Medical

Center following an

ischemic stroke.

the words he formed in his mind were coming out of his mouth as something else.

Janet awoke to fi nd him sitting on the edge of the bed, struggling to get up. Minutes later, the am-bulance arrived, and she was told that it appeared her husband was having a stroke.

“Gosh, it’s scary,” Janet says of the whole experience. “Every-thing’s scary … and you pray. You pray nonstop.” Emergency per-sonnel recommended her husband be taken to Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, and soon the am-bulance was pulling away from the house and rushing toward the hos-pital.

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center has been recognized by The Joint Commission and the Ameri-can Heart Association/American Stroke Association as a Compre-hensive Stroke Center, which means it is part of an elite group of providers focused on complex stroke care. Complex Stroke Cen-ters are recognized as industry leaders, and are responsible for setting the national agenda in highly-specialized stroke care.

Neil Kendrick had the absolute best odds for full recovery, because he was taken to Fort Sanders Re-gional in a timely manner. The for-mal diagnosis came after an MRI, and Neil found out he was a candi-

date for a tissue plasminogen acti-vator (tPA) and a thrombectomy.

Ischemic strokes happen be-cause of blockage inside a blood vessel that supplies blood to the

brain. Clot b u s t i n g medication has to be a d m i n i s -tered within a short win-dow of time in order to be effective, and Neil was in that win-dow.

A blood clot is physically removed in-travenously in a thrombectomy. This procedure also has to be per-

formed in a short window of time.

“I could feel little pin pricks here,”

Neil says as he taps his low-er forehead. “It didn’t hurt, but I could tell something

was going on in my brain.”He was re-

peatedly asked to say his name. “I

couldn’t say it, but I kept trying because I knew they were

asking me for a reason.”Then suddenly, less than 10

minutes after the procedure be-gan, this stroke victim became a stroke survivor as he blurted the answer clearly – “Neil Kendrick.” At the same time, he realized he could feel his arm and leg again.

The emotion of the moment is still with him, as he gives a know-ing look to Janet. “It was amaz-ing,” he says.

When the two were reunited, it was an emotional moment. “We both cried,” Janet says as she looks lovingly at her husband of 50 years. “We were just praising and praising!”

She describes the feeling as “pure joy,” an emotion that still

overwhelms her when she thinksabout the day her husband was re-turned to her, fully restored.

After being admitted to the hos-pital on Sunday morning, Neil wasreleased on Monday evening. Justa few days later, he was taking hiswife on a road trip out of state tosee their grandson graduate fromcollege.

A week later, they were hostingthe family Christmas gathering. Two months after that, they were packing boxes and moving into anew home.

It’s likely that none of these important life events would havebeen possible without prompt stroke treatment at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center. But forNeil Kendrick, that’s not the great-est benefi t of recovering from a stroke.

“I don’t think so much of how it would have affected me,” Neil saysas he glances toward Janet, “but Ithink a lot of how it would have af-fected her life if she’d had to take care of me.”

The Kendricks say they’ve heardthat many stroke patients wait be-fore coming to the hospital. In fact,Neil imagines that’s what he would have done if the choice had been left up to him.

“I’m pretty sure if I had been able to talk, I would have commu-nicated that I didn’t want an am-bulance,” he says. Janet responds in short order, “Well, it’s good you couldn’t talk – you would havebeen fussing at me!”

After the two share a good laugh, Neil speaks more seriously to the matter. “I kept thinking, ‘Ican fi x this,’” he says. “but I could never have fi xed it.”

Janet has advice for spouses, children and caregivers who may be present when a loved one is ex-hibiting signs of a stroke.

“Don’t hesitate,” she says fi rm-ly. Neil agrees.

“People put off going for care af-ter a stroke, and that’s what causes long term disability,” he says.

“I’m very hesitant about letting people take control of my life, but that morning, thank God, they did.”

It’s not just the studies he’s read throughout the years that convinced Dr. Arthur Moore – it was seeing the difference that the clot-busting drug tPA can make in the lives of ischemic stroke patients.

“The benefi t with tPA amounts to about a 30 percent increased chance of minimal to no defi cit and able to live on your own at three months,” says Dr. Moore, medical director of the Comprehensive Stroke Center at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center. “It’s not an overnight thing, but we’ve seen it turn patients around.”

Still, he says, the greatest obstacle to reducing death and disability due to stroke remains education of stroke’s warning signs and tPA – and not just educating the patients but their loved ones and health providers, too.

“It starts with recognition on the patient’s part,” he said. “Patients will wake up at night and not be able to move one side and go back to sleep. They’ll say, ‘Awww, it’ll be better in the morning.’ Well, by the time they wake up in the morning, I can’t do anything. That stroke is

already there. So that’s No. 1 – increased recognition. “Then, it’s increased recognition on the part of

Emergency Medical Services and people in emergency departments where they say, ‘This is a stroke’ but willing to take it one step further: ‘This is a stroke and I can treat this.’ It’s recognizing that tPA does have benefi ts. It’s saying, ‘We CAN treat this patient and they CAN get better.’ And if they can’t do it there at one hospital, it’s recognizing that they need to go to a higher level of care.”

“Once we start educating people and they’re recognizing the symptoms and getting to the hospitals, that’s great,” Dr. Moore continued. “But if you have a bottleneck in the hospital – if you sit around for an hour and a half and see if it gets better before we think about giving the medicine – that’s the wrong way to approach it. We need to approach it as the emergency that it really is.”

Yet, failure to recognize those signs and seek treatment quickly continues to contribute to take a toll on the 800,000 victims each year, causing it to be the third-

leading causes of death and No. 1 cause of disability each year in the United States.

Certainly, tPA carries risks – a 6 percent chance of bleeding with a 3 percent chance of worsening the symptoms and 1 percent risk of death. Even so, most patients elect to take tPA rather than face a life of disability in a nursing home.

Dr. Moore says FSRMC is expected to handle hundreds of stroke cases this year. Of those, he projects about a fi fth will be eligible to receive tPA. “It’s highly variable but here lately we’ve been averaging about 10 times a month,” he says. “We’re quite a bit higher than the national spectrum as far percentage of patients. We have a goal this year of greater than 20 percent of not only getting tPA to obviously eligible patients, but getting those patients here in enough time to where we can do it. We want to be aggressive because we are comfortable with the medicine. We know what we are doing and when we give it, it helps patients.”

Dr. Keith

Woodward

Education key for treating stroke

B-2 • MAY 25, 2016 • Shopper news

Transportation

Automobiles for Sale

Chev. HHR 2011, 100K mi, 2.2L, 4 cyl,28 mpg, $5,000. (865)933-1680.

CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 2012638 mi., Inferno orange, 6 spd.,Options: 2LZ preferred equip.,

memory pkg., lthr. heated seats, tilt telescopic steering, DVD nav.,

blue tooth, Z06 chrome alum. whls., $56,500. (309)781-5556.

Sports and Imports

BMW Z3 - 1998. gar. kept, mint cond., 39K mi., $15,000. 865-607-3007(865)573-3549.

HYUNDAI SONATA 2011. 31K mi., gar.kept, red w/beige lthr., Serius XM radio, mint. $12,900. (865)458-0044.

LEXUS NX300 HYBRID 2015. 33 MPG,white, Mint, only 1,909 miles,$45,000 firm. (865)201-6894.

MERCEDES CLK430 2002, Conv., AT,47K mi, garage kept, mint, $12,500.(865) 405-5491.

NISSAN MAXIMA - 2013. Premier. Glass roof, leather, 16k mi, like new. $17,900 (423)295-5393.

Pont. T/A 1988, GTA notchback hdtp, TPI V8, 5 spd, WS6, all opts, red/saddle cloth, 20K mi, $16K. 865-680-2589

Sport Utility Vehicles

GMC YUKON - 2014. GMC Yukon XL 2014, 4WD, loaded, leather, DVD, 47Kmi, exc cond, $29,900. (423)295-5393

Trucks

FORD F-350 SUPER DUTY - 2008. F350,Diesel, Auto,FX 4x4,6”Lift,20”-Wheels, 37”Nitto Tires, Twin Turbo, 246,000 mi., $21,925. (865)804-8396.

Wanted: Chev/GMC 2500 HD, 4WD, Ext Cab, long bed, ‘08-’12. 1 ownr. Non smoking. Lv Msg 865-567-7026

Vans

Chrysl. Voyager SV 2001, good cond but slight damage on door, new tires, $2,000. (865) 466-2436.

Classic Cars

AUSTIN HEALEY BUGEYE SPRITE 1960. Professionally restored, $16,500 obo. (865) 522-3319

CHEVROLET CLASSIC BROUGHAM. 1989. Runs good. $2200

.(865)824-7019.

Vehicles Wanted

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4 JUNK AUTOS

865-216-5052865-856-8106

Recreation

Boats/Motors/Marine

14’ alum flat bottom Jon Boat w/trail-er, 6 HP Merc., great cond, $2,000. (865)244-4610.

CAROLINA SKIFF, 19 1/2ft, 60HP, 4 stroke, center console, $5,000. For info. (865)250-8252.

HUMMINBIRD NO. 597C HD combo,Sonar, GPS, Switchfire, dual beam, $275. Cr. cards accept. (865)258-4511

LAKEFLITE 15 FT. tri-hull glass boat w/2 chairs, 2 live wells, Holtzclaw trailer w/2 new 12” wheels & tires, new 25 Johnson Elect. Start, depth finder, trolling motor, new battery.$4800.00. (865)475-2668.

MAXUM 25’ CRUISER 1995, 5.7L, 230 HP Merc Cruiser V8 eng. kept on Watts Bar Lake on lift in boat house. No trailer avail. Less than 150 hrs. total use. Immaculate, must see.$12,950. (865)376-5167.

SEARAY SUNDECK 24’ 1999 5.7 fuel inj., all options, exc cond.

$13,000. (865) 408-2588.

Campers & RV’s

1999 DUTCHMAN RV Class C, 1 slide,Ford E-450 Triton, gas, 10 cyl., slps 7, exc. cond. $22,900. (865)458-5766.

2013 Jayco J Flight camper, 36’, 2 slides, elec awning, all wood inside, queen bed, 2 bunk beds, exc cond,1 owner, $25,000 obo. 865-567-4402

2013 MONTANA 5TH WHL, 3 slideouts including resort lot, Gatlinburg. Reduced to $61,000 or best offer. Pristine condition.

Call (865)964-8092.

2016 JAYCO GRAYHAWK - 29 ME,Class C motorhome, MSRP $115,582, 6000 mi., Triton 6.8L EFI V-10 FordEng., Ford warranty, 15,000 BTU A/C w/heat pump, leveling jacks, tank-less water heater, 4000 watt gen.,heated holding tanks, backup andside view camera & monitor, 3 slide-outs, sleeps 6, 2 TVs, Sync, Naviga-tion & Blue Tooth plus much more!Master tow dolly also for sale. Make best offer. (423)639-2253.

DOLPHIN 36’ Class A Motor Home 2002,exc. cond. Low mi, satellite TV, newMichelin tires, Work Horse Chassis. Consider trade. (865)805-8038

Montana 2008 3075RL 5th Wheel, Reduced price.

$22,000 3 slide outs, Artic pack-age,2 recliners, central air, new tires,appls., great, microwave,

gas/electric water heater, 2 TVs, power front jacks,

new awning, no children/dogs, thermal pane windows, holding

tanks inside heated area, 34 feet, dinette chairs), king bed,

washer/dryer prep, parallel batteries, never had leaks.

Tows like dream. Call 865-661-8269

Campers & RV’s

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Newmar Mountain Aire 2000 40’ die-sel pusher, 87K mi, $50,000. Deeded lot in campground, Lords Valley in Milford, Penn., $14,000. 865-765-0700

Golf Carts

2006 ClubCar golf cart. New batteriesNov 2015. $3400 or best offer. Ph. 865-964-8092. (865)964-8092.

Motorcycles/Mopeds

2003 YAMAHA VSTAR CLASSIC - 650. Only 4800 mi. $3975.

Call (865)966-0534.

2007 KAWASAKI KX450F Dirt Bike, $3000.

1987 KAWASAKI KDX200, $1200. Call (423)506-4808

HARLEY DAVIDSON TRIKE 2014, all access., 6723 mi., 1 owner,

$29,000. (865)882-6354.

HONDA GOLDWING 2013 Audio Com-fort, less than 11K mi, ext warr & service manual incl. $18,300. (865) 771-7554.

Kawasaki Vulcan Nomad 1700 2009. Great Cond., Kept in Garage, Bikeis black & has 11,500 mi. All sched-uled services done. Incl 2 Helmets. $6500. Call 865-805-9409

VULCAN 2003 1500 CLASSIC, 38,000 miles

Very Nice Clean Bike. Garage kept. Just had brakes, oil changed, and

Carburetor Cleaned. (865)558-7730.

YAMAHA V-Star 650 2009, 2190 mi, windshield, eng guards, saddle-bags, $3950. (865)689-4592.

Off Road Vehicles

LOADED STARTING @ $9,999WORK HARD, PLAY HARDER!

Save some of your hard-earned money without sacrificing

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Jobs

Driver/Transport

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ServicesOffered

General Services

ADVANTAGEREMODELING &

HANDYMAN SERVICEJIMMY THE PROFESSIONAL

HANDYMAN!!Can fix, repair or install anything

around the house! Appliances, ceramic tile, decks,

drywall, fencing, electrical, garage doors,

hardwoods, irrigation, crawlspace moisture, mold & odor control, landscape,

masonry, painting, plumbing. Any Remodeling Needs you wish

to have done or completed!

EMERGENCY SERVICE 24/7Retired Vet. looking to keep busy.

Call (865)281-8080

Home Maint./Repair

HAROLD’S GUTTER SERVICEWill clean front & back, $20 & up. Quality work, guaranteed.

(865)288-0556

Buy & Sell fast!Wheels/Recreation

Garage Sales

West

220 PAT RD - 5/27-5/28, 9am-3pm. Misc. items, large Nascar diecast collection and related items.

Farmer’s Mkt/Trading Post

Farm Buildings

BARNS - SHEDSGARAGES - CARPORTS

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FREE ESTIMATES!

Millen Garage Builders 865-679-5330

Farm Products

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Livestock & Supplies

BLACK BULLS & BLACK HEIFERS

Call (865)856-3947

Pets

Dogs

BLOODHOUND PUPPIES, Beautiful! Track-n-trail, train by Fall. AKC reg.$500. (865)368-5941

DACHSHUND PUPS - 3 boys, (1) LH,(2) SH, 1 girl, LH, AKC, shots, 6 wks, choc. & tan. $500. (865)223-7162; 865-680-4244.

ENGLISH BULL DOG PUPPIES - AKC, 3M, 2 F, $1995. www.BetterBulls.com; 865-254-5420

GERMAN SHEPHERD PUPS AKC, WestGerman bldlns,3 M, 3 F, vet ck’d. health guar. $700. 865-322-6251.

GOLDENDOODLE - English cream F1B,no shedding, great temperaments.$750. (865)466-4380

GOLDENDOODLE puppy, male, CKC, Vet ck’d, S/W, black w/silver &white markings, $600, Call 931-528-2690 or 931-261-4123

HAVENESE PUPS AKC, home raised, health guar. 765-259-7337

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LAB PUPPIES, champ. bloodlines,black, 2 F & 3 M. Call for pricing, more info & pics (423) 462-4455

PIT BULL PUPPIES, 6 WKS, Blue females, no papers, $300. Call (423)965-4464 or 865-384-5105.

POMERANIAN PUPPIES, CKC reg., allshots & worming current, $300 F,$250 M. (423)775-3662

PUPPY NURSERY Many different breeds

Maltese, Yorkies, Malti-Poos, Poodles, Yorki-Poos, Shih-Poos,

Shih Tzu, $175/up. shots & wormed. We do layaways. Health guar.

Go to Facebook, Judys Puppy Nursery Updates.

423-566-3647

SHIH TZU puppies, AKC, beautifulcolors, Females $600; Males $500. Taking deposits. 423-775-4016

WOLF HYBRID PUPPIES - 14 wks., $250 each. 2 girls.

Call Eric 865-654-9338.

Merchandise

Antiques

Going Out of Business after 27 years.Booth 88 at Dutch Valley AntiqueMall 2401 Dutch Valley Dr. 37918.

Appliances

GOOD AS NEW

APPLIANCES 90 Day Warranty

865-851-90532001 E. Magnolia Ave.

Building Materials

5 RARE CHESTNUT LOGS - from TN logcabin 17’9”L 10”dia $875 (865)805-2026

Cemetery Lots

HIGHLAND MEMORIAL. CEMETERY - 3 plots. $3000 ea.

(865)386-5647

Collectibles

BUYING OLD US COINS90% silver, halves, quarters & dimes,

old silver dollars, proof sets, silver & gold eagles, krands & maple leafs, class rings, wedding bands, anything

10, 14, & 18k gold old currency before 1928

WEST SIDE COINS & COLLECTIBLES7004 KINGSTON PK

CALL 584-8070

Exercise Equipment

ECLIPICAL EXERCISE BIKE - eclipi-cal exercise bike made by Ket-tler. $250.00 Excellent condition (865)690-9299

Exercise Equipment

Pro Form eliptical with I-pod dock-ing station, great shape, $195 firm.(865) 291-7098

Furniture

42” OAK PUB / BAR - table w/4 swivelchairs. Great cond. Like new. $380. 865-748-8642 (865)691-1816

CALIFORNIA KING 4 POSTER BED, -exc. cond. $800, Call 865-803-3471 or text for picture.

COUCH - 84”, 3 cushions, med. blue (micro), 2 pretty pillows, off beige, blues, burg., like new. 1 yr. old, nice, clean. $275, (Pd. $600). No pets, no smkrs. Moving. (865)573-3861.

FURNITURE - ESTATE SALE. Smith-field SD. Pieces for Every Room. Like New. Call (865) 675-1959

QN. SIZE solid oak headboard w/frame, $150. Baby crib w/mattress, $60. Baby walker, $10. Table lamps w/shades $10 ea. (865)382-9617

Household Goods

QUEEN SIZE MATTRESS, gel top,$200/bo; queen box sprngs & matt. $300/b.o., futon, full sz, solid wood, $200 or b.o. (865)236-4350

Lawn & Garden

2013 SNAPPER - riding lawn mower, 28” cut, hardly used, like new, $900. Call (865) 856-8455

42” CRAFTSMAN rider LT 2000, hydro-static, $475. (865)922-6408

POULAN RIDING MOWER , 42” cut, 14.5 HP, automatic, new belt, $500. (865)680-3717

Musical

MINI YAMAHA ORGAN - mini Yama-ha organ; 2 keyboards, 8 ped-als. Excellent condition. $300.00 (865)690-9299

Restaurant Supplies

2418 - SouthBend Commerical gas 10burner and 2 oven stove. Good con-dition. Price is negotiable. 525-8122

Sporting Goods

LIKE NEW BRUNSWICK POOL TABLE &all access. 2 pool chairs. Custom made cover. Email: misc42day@gmail.com for pics & info. $1200. 865-966-9439

Wanted

MR. BASEBALL buying Sports Cards, I come to you, 203-557-0856, cell,203-767-2407.

Announcements

Community Events

OUR ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY - meet-ing at Kelly Cemeterty in Lutterall. Sat, May 28th, at 10:00am. Lunch to follow. Please bring a covered dish and lawn chairs.

Financial

Consolidation Loans

FIRST SUN FINANCEWe make loans up to $1000. We do

credit starter & rebuilder loans. Call today, 30 minute approvals.

See manager for details.865-687-3228

Real EstateSales

North

FSBO. HALLS. 5 BR, 4 1/2 BA, fin bsmt, ingrnd pool, 4500 SF, 3316 VickieKaren Dr. $364,900. 865-898-0039

South

FOR SALE BY OWNER - $164,900 – 7 year old house and 5.4 acres at 4222 Daniel Road, Knoxville. House has3 bedrooms 2 baths, total of 1,513 square feet upstairs on a full, unfin-ished basement. New roof, new interior paint, new water heater and new filter on well pump. Owner willfinance with $8,250 down. Call Bill at 877-488-5060 ext 323.

West

BRICK RANCHER. 3 BR, 2 1/2 BA, 10117 El Pinar Dr. No agents. By Owner. (865) 256-3836

Homes For Sale

HOMES WANTED FOR CASH

We arelooking to purchase homes and property in the Knoxville & Knox

County areas. We do not mind if the home is in need of cosmetic repair or needs other updates!

Kip Kirby 548-7655Realty Executives Assoc. 693-3232

Lake Property

NORRIS LAKE. 6.27 acres, 633’ water frontage, 812’ co. road frontage, near Blue Springs Marina. $350K. (865) 607-5052

Vacation Property

CABIN at Top of the World near Smokey Mtn. Park & lake. 1 BR, 1 BA. $73,000. (865) 922-1892

Farms & Acreage

FARM 10.4 acres, 3 mi. W of Oneida. 8 mi. from Big South Fork Nat’l Park. Access from Shady Lane also Coo-per Town Rd. (423)223-4124

Manufactured Homes

Amherst Ridge MHP. Like new 16x70, vinyl siding, shingle roof, 3 BR, 2 BA. Only $18,995. Chris 865-207-8825

I BUY OLDER MOBILE HOMES1990 up, any size OK

865-384-5643

For Sale By Owner

FOR SALE BY OWNER, 1700 Evening Shade Lane, 4BR, For Sale by Owner Dogwood Trails Subdivision. 4974 sqft finished with 575 unfinishedstorage. 4BR, 4Full baths, 2 half,2 car garage, 2 story with finished basement. 1700 Evening ShadeLane 37919. $595,000.

Contact 865-310-5932.

Real Estate Auction

ABSOLUTE AUCTION Sat. June 4, 10:00 am

2.44 ac Commercial TractJacksboro Pike, Lafollette

Site Prep Ready, All on Grade,Great Visibility and Traffic Count

www.ayersauctionrealty.comtal # 407, 423-562-4941

Real EstateRentals

Apartments - Furnished

WALBROOK STUDIOS 865-251-3607$145 weekly. Discount avail. Util, TV,

Ph, Refrig, Basic Cable. No Lease.

Apartments - Unfurn.

1,2,3 BR

$355 - $460/mo.

GREAT VALUE

RIVERSIDE MANORALCOA HWY 970-2267

*Pools, Laundries, Appl.*5 min. to UT & airport

www.riversidemanorapts.com

BEST DEAL OUT WEST! - 1BR from $375. 2BR $550-$695. No pets. Parking @ front door.

(865)470-8686

BROADWAY TOWERS62 AND OLDER

Or Physically Mobility Impaired1 & 2 BR, util. incl. Laundry on site.

Immediate housing if qualified.Section 8-202.

865-524-4092 for appt.TDD 1-800-927-9275

HARDIN VALLEY - 1 BR, 1 BA, Full Kitchen & Bath, Bsmt apartment. 1,250 Sq Ft..Separate Entrance. In mini-farm subd. Can have 1 horse.

Electric, Water, Cable, Internet included. 1 year lease. $950/mo.

Call Kelly 865-607-5550

MORNINGSIDE GARDENS1 BR Apt Now AvailableELDERLY OR DISABLED

COMPLEX

A/C, Heat, Water & Electric Incl,OnSite Laundry, Computer Center

& Resident ServicesGreat location! On the Bus Line!

Close to Shopping! Rent Based on Income,

Some Restrictions ApplyCall 865-523-4133. TODAY

for more information

SENIOR OR DISABLED HIGH RISE FACILITY1 BR APTS. All util paid.

Income BasedOak Ridge 865-482-6098

Homes Unfurnished

Near W Town Mall, compl remod 3 BR, 1.5BA rancher w/detach. gar., outside storage, fenced yard, $1200 mo +sec dep. No pets. 865-556-2779

Duplx/Multplx UnFurn

Island Home. 2 BR, lrg LR & kit., 1 1/2BA, stove & refrig furn. No pets.Near School for the Deaf. $650 mo+ $400 DD. 2328 Spence Place. (865) 689-4238

WEST, 2BR, 1 BA Kitchen w/refrig., stove, DW, utility rm w/W/D, car-port. No pets or smoking. $650/m0(865)591-6576

Real EstateCommercial

Commercial Property /Sale

NORTH 17,000 SF bldg on 2.25 acres,needs repair. Ideal for entertainment center, church or apts. $225,000.

865-544-1717; 865-740-0990.

Offices/Warehouses/Rent

DOWNTOWN OFFICE SUITE WITHPARKING - 119 W. Summit Hill Drive,Downtown prime 1st fl 4500 sq. ft. office space w/parking. Easy I-40access. (865)637-8400

OFFICE SPACE, very high traffic & great location, 1650 SF, 5 offices, reception area & 3 bathrms, 3200 Tazewill Pk 37918. $950 mo. (865) 281-2522 ext 105.

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THROUGH FRIDAY, SEPT. 16

Online registration open for the Marine Mud Run, to be held Saturday, Sept. 17. Individual waves, 8 a.m.; team waves, 11:30 a.m. Course: 3 miles of off-road running, which entails some obstacles, hills and mud pits. Registration deadline: Friday, Sept. 16, or until total registrants reaches 3150. Info/registration: knoxmud.org.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 25

“Old Bear and His Cub,” 11 a.m., Karns Branch Library, 7516 Oak Ridge Highway. Presented by the Dollywood Penguin Players. Info: 470-8663.

“Prayers the Devil Answers” lecture and book signing by Sharyn McCrumb, 7 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Light reception, 6:30. Program is free and open to the public. Info: 215-8824 or EastTNHistory.org.

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, MAY 25-26

AARP Driver Safety class, noon-4 p.m., O’Connor Senior Center, 611 Winona St. Info/registration: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

THURSDAY, MAY 26

“Celebrate Summer: Container Gardens for Season-Long Cheer,” 3:15-4:30 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Presented by Master Gardner Lynn Carlson. Free and open to the public. Info: 329-8892.

The Hackensaw Boys and Roman Reese & The Cardinal Sins, 9 p.m., Scruffy City Hall, 28 Market Square. Info: scruffycity.com.

Sharpie Tie-Dye workshop, 10-11:15 a.m., Sequoyah Branch Library, 1140 Southgate Road. For elementary age kids and older. Bring a light-colored T-shirt or bandanna. Info: 525-1541.

Sugar High!, 8-9:30 p.m., Sugar Mama’s, 135 S. Gay St. Free stand-up comedy showcase featuring Nashville’s Bryce Damuth.

Variety Thursday: featuring The Young Fables, 7-9 p.m., Bill Lyons Pavilion, Market Square. Free music performances each Thursday. Bring chairs or blankets to sit on. Info: Knoxvilletn.gov/concerts.

FRIDAY, MAY 27

“Old Bear and His Cub,” 10:30 a.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Presented by the Dollywood Penguin Players. Info: 470-7033.

SATURDAY, MAY 28

Family Search in Detail, 1-3 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St.. Info/registration: 215-8809.

Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee. Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org.

Knoxville Track Club EXPO 10K and 5K, 8 a.m., 100 Block of Gay Street. All pre- and post-race activities will be held in Jackson Terminal. Info/registration: ktc.org or Kristy Altman, knoxvilletrackclub@gmail.com.

Local author Dewaine Speaks will talk and sign books, 2-4 p.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Info: 947-6210.

“Rugby Roots” music and performing arts festival, noon-6 p.m., Historic Rugby Victorian village. Featuring British and Appalachian music, dancing and storytelling. Tickets: daytime performances, $12; evening concert only, $8; combined ticket, $17. Tickets available in advance or onsite. Info/tickets: historicrugby.org.

SATURDAY-MONDAY, MAY 28-30

Tennessee Medieval Faire, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., 550 Fiske Road, Harriman. Tickets: $16.96, ages 13 and up; $8.95, ages 5-12; free ages 4 and under. Info/schedule: TMFaire.com.

MONDAY, MAY 30

QED Experimental Comedy Lab, 7:30-9:30 p.m., The Pilot Light, 106 E. Jackson Ave. Free weekly comedy show blending stand-up, improv, sketch and other performance styles. Donations accepted.

TUESDAY, MAY 31

Einstein Simplifi ed Comedy Improv troop, 8 p.m., Scruffy City Hall, 32 Market Square. Free admission.

“Jazz Tuesday,” 8-10 p.m., Bill Lyons Pavilion, Market Square. Free music performances each Tuesday. Bring chairs or blankets to sit on. Info/schedule: www.facebook.com/CityofKnoxvilleSpecialEvents.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1

Karns Volunteer Fire Department visit, 10:30 a.m., Karns Branch Library, 7516 Oak Ridge Highway. Learn about fi re safety and sit in the big fi re truck. Info: 470-8663.

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, JUNE 1-2

AARP Driver Safety class, noon-4 p.m., Sequoyah Hills Presbyterian Church, 3700 Keowee Ave. Info/registration: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

THURSDAY, JUNE 2

The Authors Guild of Tennessee meeting, 11:30 a.m., Farragut Branch Library, 417 N. Campbell Station Road. Open to the public. Info: authorsguildoftn.org.

Beauford Delaney Celebration, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Beck Center Exchange Center, 1927 Dandridge Ave. Free and open to the public. Info/reservations: ddbubose@knoxart.org or 934-2036.

Variety Thursday: featuring Jazzspirations, 7-9 p.m., Bill Lyons Pavilion, Market Square. Free music performances each Thursday. Bring chairs or blankets to sit on. Info: Knoxvilletn.gov/concerts.

FRIDAY, JUNE 3

First Friday Comedy, 7-9 p.m., Saw Works Brewing, 708 E. Depot Ave. Free stand-up comedy showcase featuring Jenn Snyder from Columbia, S.C.

Opening night for “The Word” exhibit, 5-9 p.m., Broadway Studios and Gallery, 1127 N Broadway. Exhibit on display June 3-24. Info: Jessica Gregory, 556-8676, or BroadwayStudiosAndGallery.com.

Opening reception for Art Market Gallery’s June featured artists: Patricia Herzog and Diana Dee Sarkar, 5:30 p.m., Art Market Gallery, 422 S. Gay St. Exhibit on display May 31-June 26. Info: 525-5265; artmarketgallery.net; on Facebook.

Public reception for four new exhibits, 5-9 p.m., Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. Opening exhibits: “Knoxville Photo,” an exhibition featuring selected works from 33 artists throughout the region; Tennessee Watercolor Society exhibit; “A Mosaic Journey” by Judy Overholt Wheeler; and Kim Emert Gale and Janet Weaver: “Through Our Eyes.” Exhibits on display June 3-24. Info: 523-7543, or knoxalliance.com.

SATURDAY, JUNE 4

Rain barrel sale, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., UT Gardens, 2518 Jacob Drive. Hosted by the Water Quality Forum. Preorders recommended for the 50-gallon Ivy rain barrel. Cost: $70. Deadline to preorder: Sunday, May 29. Info/preorder: utgardens.tennessee.edu.

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the sun can make us feel good and, in the short term, make us look good. But the cumulative effects of sun exposure can put us at higher risk of skin damage, early wrinkling, age spots and skin cancer.

The sun produces invisible rays called ultraviolet-A (UVA) or ultraviolet-B (UVB) that can damage the skin. Too much sun can cause sunburn, rashes, skin texture changes and skin cancers. Even on cloudy days, UV radiation can cause skin damage.

Sunburn is a condition that oc-curs when the amount of exposure to the sun or another ultraviolet light source, for example a tan-ning bed, exceeds the ability of the body’s protective pigment (mela-nin) to protect the skin. Symp-toms of sunburn include painful, reddened skin; however, sunburn may not be immediately visible. By the time the skin starts to become painful and red, the damage has been done. Pain relievers (such as aspirin, acetaminophen or ibupro-fen), cold compresses, and aloe, hydrocortisone, or moisturizing creams may help reduce pain and discomfort. Severe sunburn may result in swelling and blisters. If blisters form, do not break them – they’re a source of moisture and protection. Breaking the blisters may lead to infection. Consider seeing a doctor if you have a blis-

tered sunburn. People who are severely sun-burned may also de-velop a fever, chills, and/or weakness.

Several days af-ter sunburn, people with naturally fair skin may have peel-ing in the burned ar-eas. Some itching may occur and the peeled areas are even more sensitive to sunburn for several weeks.

Susceptibility to sunburns is increased in people with:

■ Fair skin ■ Light-colored hair ■ People using cer-tain medications that increase the skin’s sensitivity to sunburn, such as NSAIDs, qui-nolones, tetracy-clines, psoralens, thiazides, furose-mide, amiodarone and the phenothiazines.Most people’s skin will burn if

there is enough exposure to ultra-violet radiation. However, some people burn particularly easily or develop exaggerated skin reac-tions to sunlight.

More than 80 percent of the signs of skin aging in adults result from their tans as teens.

Understanding heat-related illness – the basicsWhat are heat-related illnesses?

Parkwest experts state that prolonged or intense exposure to hot temperatures can cause heat-related illnesses, such as heat exhaustion, heat cramps and heat stroke. As your body works to cool itself in warmer temperatures, blood rushes to the surface of your skin. As a result, less blood reaches your brain, muscles and other organs. This can interfere with both your physical strength and your mental capacity, leading, in some cases, to serious danger.

“The keys to preventing heat illnesses are reducing prolonged exposure to high temperatures and taking preventative measures if you know you will be in a hot environment,” says Parkwest Emergency Department physician Peter Kah.

“Those who work outside or in a non-air conditioned area are at a higher risk

for heat related illnesses. It is important to properly hydrate and take breaks from heat exposure to avoid sickness and exhaustion.”

Heat illness can strike virtually anyone. But the elderly, obese persons and chronic alcoholics are at greater risk, as are individuals taking certain drugs, such as antihistamines or antipsychotic medications. High humidity also increases the risk of heat illness because it interferes with the evaporation of sweat – your body’s way of cooling itself.

Heat exhaustion, heat cramps and heat stroke all occur when your body cannot cool itself adequately. But each is slightly different.

Heat exhaustion occurs when the body loses large amounts of water and salt through excessive sweating. This loss of essential fl uids can disturb circulation and interfere with brain function. Individuals

who have heart problems or are on low-sodium diets may be particularly susceptible to heat exhaustion.

As in heat exhaustion, heat cramps can strike when the body loses excessive amounts of fl uids and salt. This defi ciency, accompanied by the loss of other essential nutrients such as potassium and magnesium, typically occurs during heavy exertion.

Heat stroke, the most serious of the heat-related illnesses, occurs when the body suffers from long, intense exposure to heat and loses its ability to cool itself. In prolonged, extreme heat, the part of the brain that normally regulates body temperature malfunctions. This decreases the body’s ability to sweat and, therefore, cool down. Those who have certain medical conditions that decrease the body’s ability to sweat may be at greater risk of developing heat stroke.

Keep water activities safeTips from Parkwest experts

With the onset of summer our thoughts turn to longer days, cook-outs and of course – water ac-tivities. Whether it’s a nearby pool or time at the lake, the water serves as both a place of enjoyment and cooling down during these hot months. In or-der to keep water time safe for you and your loved ones, Parkwest Medical Center staff recommend following the following tips:

■ Never leave a child alone in the water, even if they know how to swim. An accident can occur in seconds. If you have to leave for any reason, take your child with you.

■ Never swim alone or allow others to do so.

■ Install safety fences and self-latching gates around the pool area.

■ Don’t leave toys or other enticing items near the pool or lake to attach children.

■ When out on the lake, make sure everyone is wearing a life jacket.

■ Make sure an adult supervising the area knows CPR.

■ Keep rescue equipment nearby in case of emergencies.

With the proper safety measures taken, time spent in the water can be the most fun for you and your family.

Tanned skin may be revered as beautiful, but that golden color you see is the result of injury to the epidermis, the top layer of skin. Exposure to the sun’s ul-traviolet (UV) rays accelerates the effects of aging and increases your risk for developing skin can-cer. To prevent sun damage, use a sunscreen of SPF 15 or higher

when outdoors. If you have fair skin or burn easily, boost your SPF to 30 or higher.

The best way to prevent sun-burn, premature wrinkles, skin cancer and other damaging ef-fects from the sun is to stay out of it as much as possible, especially between 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., when the sun’s rays are

strongest. If you can’t avoidsun exposure, apply sunscreenliberally (don’t forget the lipsand ears!), wear a hat and sun-glasses and cover up with cloth-ing when outdoors. If you noticechanges to your skin such as amole changing appearance, anew growth, or a sore that won’theal, see a doctor right way.