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By Wendy SmithOffi cer Keith Lyon, a 23-year

veteran of the Knoxville Police De-partment, witnesses violence and trauma on a regular basis, like all other experienced offi cers. But he leaned most heavily on the KPD Chaplain Corps when his infant son had brain surgery in 2001.

He met Thomas Cook when the chaplain rode along with Lyon during his volunteer shift. Over the next year, Cook always rode with Lyon, and their time together became an outlet for the offi cer.

“I had to be strong at home,” ex-plains Lyon.

The primary purpose of the KPD chaplain program is to be a source of support and encourage-ment to police offi cers, says chap-lain coordinator Pam Neal. They counsel and pray with offi cers

KPD Chaplain Mike Buckley talks to Offi cer James Hunley outside the Safety

Building at 800 Howard Baker Jr. Blvd. Buckley, an associate minister at the

Laurel Church of Christ, was trained as a chaplain in 2015. Photo by Wendy Smith

KPD chaplains help offi cers stay strongwho have been involved in trag-edies, and accompany them when they make death notifi cations. The chaplains also offer support to the community during a crisis, like the December 2014 school bus crash that killed two students and a teacher’s aide. But their main task is serving offi cers.

Lyon also utilized the chaplain corps when he arrived at Inskip Elementary School after principal Elisa Luna and assistant princi-pal Amy Brace were shot. He held Luna’s hand until medical help ar-rived.

“That kind of thing, especially when it’s a young lady, makes you angry,” he says.

Retired KPD Captain Gerald King and FBI chaplain Jake Pope-

By Sandra ClarkPowell’s newest business is, in a

way, also one of its oldest. Bailey & Co. Real Estate is rooted in four generations of real estate service, including the late Allan Gill and his mom, Myrtle Hackworth Gill.

Bailey & Co. got its signs up in March. It’s a dream come true for Justin Allan Bailey, 34, who has taken a leap of faith.

“We will say yes to what we’re good at,” says Bailey.

His parents, Larry and Laura Bailey, have been in the real estate business for virtually his entire life. Laura Bailey named her com-pany Knoxville Realty, refl ecting her vision for city-wide reach. She has consistently performed at the top in sales and listings through

Justin Bailey stands in front of the new sign for Bailey & Co. Real Estate in

Powell. Photo by S. Clark

Bailey says yes‘to what we’re good at’

the Knoxville Area Association of Realtors.

And she’s got no plans to quit.“I absolutely love the challenge

of making each deal work,” she says. “I love advising property own-ers and marketing their homes or land to sell quickly at a fair price.”

Laura has closed Knoxville Re-alty to focus on clients rather than running a business. Justin Bailey, after a brief stint with Realty Ex-ecutives, is sole owner of the new company and serves as agency bro-ker. Both Laura and Larry Bailey have placed their licenses with the new fi rm and expect to list and sell for many years to come.

“This really makes sense,” says Justin. “Mom and dad have never enjoyed the brokerage side of the

‘Grease’ come to PowellThe Powell High choral department will present “Grease”

at 7 p.m. Friday, March 11, and Saturday, March 12, in the

school auditorium. The Greasers (above) include Roger

(Cameron Cagle), Danny (Grant Leonhardt), Kenickie (Tony

Beery), Doody (Brendan Holbert) and Sonny (Timothy

Fields). Reserved seat tickets are $10 and general admission

tickets are $8 for adults and $6 for students. Info: 938-2171. Photo by Ruth White

business. Mom’s passion is to list and sell. I like to list and sell as well, but I also like to teach, train and manage. I want to grow a strong business right here in Powell.”

In just one month, he’s already recruited three agents:

Brenda Holt, a 29-year real es-tate veteran, has joined Bailey & Co. “I joined as soon as I heard the news because I know he will make a phenomenal broker. Justin has a great reputation in the industry and the community. We will all build off of that.”

Stephanie Cowden brought her license out of retirement to join

By Sandra ClarkDonny Rector is the new man-

ager of the Powell Food City, re-placing Terri Gilbert. Rector’s fi rst day was March 5.

“It’s good to work in the com-munity where we live,” he said.

Donny and Alicia Rector live on Pleasant Ridge Road with daugh-ters Lily, 10, and Lexie, 12. Both girls attend school in Karns, and the family attends Grace Baptist Church.

Rector has worked for Food City for 20 years, the last as a store manager in Maryville and the pre-vious three as a store manager in

LaFollette.He expects to

get involved with the Powell com-munity now, in-cluding the PBPA.

Gilbert has joined Party City as a store man-ager.

She has served as an offi cer of the Powell Busi-ness and Professional Association and hosted the club’s board meet-ings. She opened the new Powell store and holds industry awards for performance.

Food City gets new manager

Donny Rector

the fi rm.Rob Logan is a brand new agent

right out of college.“It comes down to one’s phi-

losophy of real estate,” says Justin Bailey. “Some agents will say yes to anything and hope something hits. We will say yes to what we know and what we’re good at as opposed to running ourselves ragged in areas where we aren’t experts.

“If you stood downtown and held your arms out from Karns to Gibbs that’s the area of town we’ve

March 1 election winners, losers

Sandra Clark makes the case for winners and losers who were not on the March 1 ballot:

Winners: Tim Hutchison, Tim Burchett, Scott Moore.

Losers: Gov. Bill Haslam, Laurens Tullock.

➤ Read Clark on page A-5

Ed and Bob target Fountain City

Ed and Bob’s next Night Out will be in Fountain City.

Knox County’s at-large com-missioners Ed Brantley and Bob Thomas will be at Sam & Andy’s at 2613 West Adair Dr. just off of North Broadway from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, March 22. All residents are invited to discuss concerns.

‘Harvey’ is at the Powell Playhouse

Elwood P. Dowd has a friend, a 6-foot, 6-inch tall white rabbit that no one sees but him.

“Harvey” will be performed by the Powell Playhouse this week with shows Thursday, Friday and Saturday, March 10-12, at 7 p.m. with an ad-ditional 2 p.m. matinee on Saturday. Tickets are $10 at the door or are available online at www.powellplayhouse.com

Lunch or dinner is available from the Jubilee Banquet Fa-cility before each performance. ($15 for dinner, $10 for lunch). To reserve a meal, call the Ju-bilee Center at 865-938-2112.

Powell alumni annual banquet

The Powell High Alumni Reunion will be Saturday, April 2, at the Jubilee Banquet Facility. Registration begins at 4:45 p.m. with a buffet meal at 6 p.m. The cost is $24 per person plus alumni fees of $10. Reservations are needed by Monday, March 21.

This is Powell’s 98th anni-versary reunion – Powell High grads helping future Powell High grads.

Scholarship donations can be mailed to PHAA, P.O. Box 111, Powell TN 37849. You may donate in memory or honor of an individual or a class. Program advertising is avail-able from Vivian McFalls at 865-607-8775 or [email protected]

Reunion reservations should be made to Lynette Brown at 865-947-7371 or [email protected]

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NEWS FROM PARKWEST, WEST KNOXVILLE’S HEALTHCARE LEADER • TREATEDWELL.COM • 374-PARK

health & lifestyles

Heart-stopperClose one puts voice of the Lady Vols on the road again

Leaving the hospital with a new heart disease diagnosis calls for a new lifestyle. Often this lifestyle change begins with a cardiac rehabilitation program. At the Parkwest Cardiac Rehabilitation Outpa-tient Program (CROP) at Fort Sanders West, a combined program of education and exercise helps patients grow in physi-cal strength and knowledge, allowing them to easily manage their heart con-dition and reduce their chance of future hospital visits.

Upon arriving at CROP, patients are thoroughly evaluated based on individual knowledge, needs and preferences. An

exercise physiologist assesses each pa-tient’s abilities and creates a personal fi t-ness program to meet their cardiac goals. Thereafter, most patients follow an ap-pointment schedule of three days a week for three months.

Exercise at Cardiac Rehab involves a combined use of stationary bicycles, el-liptical machines, treadmills, weights and steps. During activity, each patient is supervised by a heart monitor. As a patient’s heart grows stronger, their ex-ercise regimen is adjusted for maximum benefi t.

While some patients are convinced that

they can achieve the same results at home or by joining a gym, the majority change their mind after a visit to cardiac rehab.

Karen Kirkland, RN CMM, works with patients at rehab and states, “We hear a lot that patients thought the exercise they were doing before a heart event was enough or the right kind of exercise, but after they attend cardiac rehab they tell us they learned that they really weren’t exer-cising the right way, or at

least not enough to improve their heart health.”

The constant monitoring and adjust-ment offered at cardiac rehab ensures that patients’ efforts in healthy living are not in vain.

Patients repeatedly state that it’s well worth the time to improve their health and change the course of their lives.

You can learn more about car-diac rehabilitation and heart health at TreatedWell.com under the Clinical Services section, or call Parkwest Cardiac Rehab at 865-531-5560.

Mickey Dearstone enjoys

interacting with the staff

at Parkwest Cardiac Rehab.

He’s pictured here with

registered nurse Amy Dale.

As the long-time voice of the Lady Vols basketball team, sports announcer Mickey Dearstone has seen his share of barnburners and heart-stoppers.

But the burning in his chest after the March 2, 2015 remote broad-cast of the Lady Vol Illustrated talk show on WNML (The Sports Animal) wasn’t “the worst case of indigestion times 100” he thought it was – it was a real heart-stopper, a heart attack that sent him to the emergency depart-ment at Parkwest Medical Center and started him on the path to a healthier lifestyle.

In fact, the 62-year-old sports-caster says the three days a week he puts into the Parkwest Cardiac Rehab program at Fort Sanders West has not only helped him shed pounds and feel better, but has lit-erally saved his life.

Known as “Phase II,” the pro-gram includes three days each week for 12 weeks. Each session is two hours with one hour of medically supervised and moni-tored exercise and an hour-long group education.

“If you have a heart attack, stent or bypass, you’re crazy if you don’t do it,” said Dearstone, whose right coronary artery was almost 90 percent blocked before being reopened with a stent placed by Parkwest cardiologist J. Michael Harper, MD. “You’ll never be as healthy as you could be if you don’t do it. I was an athlete when I was in school, and I still play golf but that was the only workout I ever did. So I wasn’t in the best of shape anyway. I’m an ex-smoker; I quit smoking back before I started gaining that weight.”

“I was 61 and I was probably the youngest person here,” said Dearstone, program director for WNML. “I’m not going to lie to you and say that there wasn’t a time or two when I thought, ‘What am I doing here?’ But then I start-ed working out, and I began feel-ing better.”

He weighed 195 when he had the heart attack, but within a few short weeks he had shed 17 pounds of body fat and had learned not only what to eat, but how and when he should eat. “The classes that were more helpful to me were the ones on nutrition,” he said.

“I had to learn not to count calo-ries, but how to stop eating when I wasn’t hungry. Once I learned to do that, or rather once I started making myself do that, I was fi ne.”

Fine, that is, until April 29. That was the day when cardiac re-hab staff noticed that Dearstone seemed to be tiring more easily than usual during his workout. “I was watching the monitor and his heart rate began to drop: 70, 60, 50 … ,” said registered nurse Karen Kirkland, who was keeping close watch on Dearstone via his heart monitor.

“About three minutes into my workout on the bike, I literally got so weak I could not pedal the bike,” said Dearstone, whose heart rate had dropped to 42. “It was almost like I was riding the bike and hit a brick wall. So I got off and went and sat down.” Within seconds, he found himself sur-rounded by Kirkland, respiratory therapist Shelli Hendee, exercise physiologist Rhonnda Cloinger and registered nurse Amy Dale.

“I told them, ‘I feel weak. I am going to pass out,’” said Dear-stone, whose heart rate had fallen to 15 beats per minute. “The next

thing I know, I went into cardiac arrest and when I woke up, I’m ly-ing on my back.”

“He slumped over and at that point, he was gone – totally un-responsive, no respiration, no pulse,” said Dale, who immedi-ately began chest compressions on him. “I only had to do the compressions for maybe 30 sec-onds, and we began to see some response.”

When he opened his eyes, Dr. Manisha Thakur, a primary care physician whose offi ces are just down the hallway, was with him, and an ambulance was on its way from Parkwest. “By the time Dr. Thakur was here she didn’t have to do anything, but she was here to provide backup if we did need her,” said Dale. “We just wanted to make sure that Mickey was stable, and then let EMS get him to the hospital.”

After another angiogram and

night in Parkwest, it was deter-mined that Dearstone’s frighten-ing episode was caused by a reac-tion to his heart medicine, which was reduced by half a dose.

“A lot of people would say, ‘They darned near killed him,’” said Dearstone with a laugh. “But no, actually, Amy saved my life. I’ll al-ways be grateful for that. If I had been someplace else, I probably would have died. What if I’d been on the golf course instead of being here on a heart monitor?”

Dearstone rebounded well enough to not only continue the program, but to complete it. Then, as an extra precaution, he chose to continue with the “Phase III” maintenance program on his own.

“When I started out doing just three minutes on each machine (stationary bicycle, elliptical, treadmill and arm ergometer), I knew I had a long way to go,” he said. “Now, I can do 50 minutes

of cardio and not even be breath-ing hard.”

He’s also lost 23 pounds to reach his college weight of 173, and vows he’ll continue with the program “until I can’t do it any-more.”

“The other day a guy asked me, ‘How much weight are you doing those curls with?’ I said, ‘Twenty pounds in each hand.’ And he goes, ‘Show off!’” Dearstone said with a laugh. “Now, if I was next door at Fort Sanders Health & Fit-ness Center, they’d laugh at me for doing just 20 pounds. But that’s

the difference: I’m not com-peting against some-

body 30 years old who has been working

out for a long time. I’m not com-peting against anybody. A lot of people my age would be intimidated to go to a regu-lar gym. But there’s no in-

timidation here because they’re

all in the same boat. I’m not trying

to look like Arnold Schwarzenegger.”

Maybe not, but many were surprised to see Dearstone behind the microphone for the SEC tournament just two days after his heart attack, and then again two weeks later in Spokane as the Lady Vols battled Gonzaga in the NCAA regional playoffs.

The Lady Vols won, 73-69, to advance to the Spokane Regional Finals, but it was a heart-stopper: the Lady Vols shot only 32 percent from the fl oor and trailed by 17 points before making 21 of 22 free throws to win.

“After the game, I was going to get something to eat, and as I was getting on the hotel elevator, I met Cierra Burdick, a senior on the team, getting off,” Dearstone recalled. “I said, ‘C.B., what the heck?! One heart attack isn’t enough for a man so you have to try and give him a second one?’ She laughed and said, ‘Sorry about that, Mickey D! At least you’d die doing something you enjoy.’”

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absence of trauma.

Researchers estimate that about 20 percent of American women over the age of 50 have osteoporosis. In addition, another 30 percent of them have osteopenia, which is abnormally low bone density that may eventually deteriorate into osteoporosis, if not treated. About half of all women over the age of 50 will suffer a fracture of the hip, wrist, or vertebra.

There are no symptoms in the early stages of osteoporosis. Symptoms oc-curring late in the disease include low back pain, neck pain, bone pain and tenderness, loss of height over time and stooped posture.

Chiropractic care works on relieving symptoms and complications associated with osteoporosis.

By Dr. Donald G. WegenerOsteoporosis is the

thinning of bone tis-sue and loss of bone density over time. Os-teoporosis is the most common type of bone disease. There are currently an estimated 10 million Americans

suffering from osteoporosis, as well as another 18 million who have low bone mass, or osteopenia.

Osteoporosis occurs when the body fails to form enough new bone, or when too much old bone is reab-sorbed by the body, or both. Calcium and phosphate are two minerals that are essential for normal bone forma-tion. Throughout youth, the body uses these minerals to produce bones. If calcium intake is not suffi cient, or if the body does not absorb enough calcium from the diet, bone produc-tion and bone tissues may suffer. As people age, calcium and phosphate may be reabsorbed back into the body from the bones, which makes the bone tissue weaker. Both situations can result in brittle, fragile bones that are subject to fractures, even in the

NEWS FROM POWELL CHIROPRACTIC

Osteoporosis

Dr. Wegener

Dr. Donald G. WegenerPowell Chiropractic Center

Powell Chiropractic Center7311 Clinton Hwy., Powell

865-938-8700 www.keepyourspineinline.com

joy were asked by Knoxville Police Chief Phil Keith to create the chaplain pro-gram in 1993, and the fi rst class completed its train-ing in 1994. Three of the 18 original chaplains still serve − King, Glenn Sullivan and Bob Cowles.

Chaplains are creden-tialed by the International Conference of Police Chap-lains. Volunteers must have a minimum of fi ve years of ministry or counseling ex-perience and complete a 60-hour training academy. The program is non-denom-inational.

Chaplains commit to be-ing on call for one 24-hour shift per month and com-pleting a four-hour ride along with a police offi cer. King likes to ride with an offi cer when he’s on call.

Before Keith started the program, the KPD had one chaplain, and his role was mostly ceremonial. King re-members making a death no-tifi cation as a young offi cer.

“There was no one to walk with you through the devastation you may have witnessed.”

Police offi cers experience trauma similar to combat

when they respond to caraccidents or violent crimes,he says. He’s glad that KPDoffi cers have support duringtraumatic situations, andhe’s happy to provide it.

“For me, it’s a very re-warding time. I love on theguys, work alongside them,let them know I care.”

Sometimes, what offi cersneed most is for chaplainsto provide spiritual supportto grieving families or vic-tims of crime.

“When you think about it,they’re not just helping fami-lies. They’re allowing offi -cers to continue to do whatthey need to do,” Neal says.

She calls the KPD Chap-lain Program one of Knox-ville’s best-kept secrets.

“It benefi ts the entirecity.”

Even police offi cers needhelp sometimes, and chap-lains make an offi cer’s jobeasier, says Lyon.

“People think we’re ro-botic − not human. We’refl esh and blood, like every-one else. We need time todecompress.”

The KPD is currentlyrecruiting new chaplains.Info: 740-7716 or [email protected]

KPD chaplains From page A-1

What’s better than a birthday celebration with cake and ice cream? Ac-cording to Ruth Lady it’s a surprise party with family and friends and being able to share that cake and ice cream with them.

Cindy Taylor

Don Lady greets his mom, Ruth Lady, at her surprise birthday

party. Photo by Cindy Taylor

Social butterflyat 92

Lady, a North Knoxville native and current Powell resident, doesn’t look her age of 92 years. The more than 60 people who attended her birthday party say she doesn’t act it either. Granddaughter Sara Fletcher organized the event. She and other family members fl ew in from Texas, Kansas, Nashville and New Mexico. Surprise guests in-cluded Lady’s son Don and grandson Brad.

“It was the fi rst time my grandmother met my 19-month-old son Will, her great-grandson” said Fletcher. “He is named af-ter my grandfather William Lady who served in WWII.”

Lady’s history of work

and service in Knox County includes 60 years as a hair-dresser. She worked at Ten-nessee Beauty School dur-ing WWII. After the war Lady continued her career at Miller’s on Henley and in West Town.

“My grandmother is an extraordinary woman who has always been a pillar of strength in our family and in her community,” said Fletcher. “She has touched a lot of lives in her 92 years.”

Fletcher holds dear mem-ories of visiting Lady every summer as a child. She says a trip to Tennessee was not complete without feeding the ducks at Fountain City Lake and a trip to the moun-tains with her grandparents.

Lady is a past manager of Inskip Pool and was a Red Cross swimming instructor. She has served as Worthy Matron (president) of East-ern Star and is a member of the Emory Road Chapter of DAR.

“Ruth has served as our librarian and is currently our corresponding secretary,” said DAR member Martha Cummings. “We regard Ruth as our 92-years-young social butterfl y. She is a jewel in our chapter and admired by all.”

Lady’s special friend Worth Campbell attended the party.

“We met and started hav-ing dinner together,” said Campbell. “She and I need each other. She is a beauti-ful lady.”

The party was held at First Baptist Powell where Lady is a long-time member. DAR member Martha Rap-er is a friend and attends church with Lady.

“She is one of the most gracious Southern Chris-tian women you will ever

meet,” said Raper. “She is gentle, caring, loving and so appreciative of anything you do for her.”

Lady has three adult chil-dren, two grandchildren and four great-grandchil-dren. She was surprised and moved by her family’s thoughtfulness and love in arranging the party.

“I was told there was going to be a party but I thought there might be 10 people there,” said Lady. “It was the surprise of my life. I just couldn’t believe it.”

Bailey says yes From page A-1

worked hard to know. That includes parts of Anderson and Union counties. My long-term plan is to recruit agents who are experts in other areas where they live. I’m all about community-centered service in business. Work where you live! That’s better for you and the client.”

As far as specialization, the fi rm will handle residen-tial, commercial and land. “We will work with people in our community, not spe-cialize in a property type. If someone sells a farm and

wants to buy a condo or a store front, we’ll be there for them. Relationships will be our focus. People come before property or profi t.” That’s how mom and dad

have always done it. That’s what I’ll continue to do.”

The offi ce is at 2322 Em-ory Road ju st west of Powell High School. Info: 865-947-9000.

POWELL NOTES ■ Broadacres Homeowners

Association. Info: Steven

Goodpaster, generalgoodpas-

[email protected].

■ Enhance Powell meets 4-5

p.m. each second Wednesday

at the Powell Branch Library.

Info: 661-8777.

■ Knox North Lions Club

meets 1 p.m. each fi rst and

third Wednesday, Puleo’s

Grille, 110 Cedar Lane. Info:

facebook.com

By Sandra ClarkKeep Knoxville Beautiful has renamed the Evergreen

Award to the Mary Lou Horner Beau-tifi cation Award, given this year to the Knoxville Museum of Art. The organiza-tion held its 34th awards dinner March 1.

The Horner award recognizes a former orchid winner whose property has been beautifully maintained for at least 10 years since its original rec-ognition. The late Mary Lou Horner, a longtime county commissioner, was a founding member of Keep Knoxville

Beautiful and its biggest champion. Other winners are:

■ New Architecture: Contemporary Women’s Health

■ Redesign/Reuse: Oakwood Senior Living Center and White Lily Flats

■ Restaurant/Cafe/Bar/Brewery: Babalu ■ Public Art Project: Bringing Tap Back Water Re-

fi ll Stations ■ Outdoor Space: Sansom Sports Complex and

Town of Farragut Outdoor Classroom ■ Environmental Stewardship: WROL Building

The East Tennessee Community Design Center served as judges for the awards. Attendees enjoyed music by the Old City Buskers. The event was spon-sored by WUOT, Pilot Flying J, Bojangles, Lamar Ad-vertising, the Knoxville Hilton and the Knoxville TVA Employees Credit Union.

Horner

Orchids honor projects

Moving Sale: Maynardville. Everything must go – furniture, household items, etc. Steven. 862-600-1133.

Seeking Vendors: Farmers Market coming soon. Mondays, May 2-Aug. 29, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the parking lot of the Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Hwy. 61, Clinton. Info: 865-494-5075 between 10 a.m. and 9 p.m.


Wendy Smith

Marvin West

I have been remiss in holding back the Jani Tru-povnieks story . Last week was a start but, borrowing from song, fi lm and politi-cians, “You ain’t seen noth-in’ yet.”

Trupovnieks: Roots, Vol memories, Rhonda

The former Tennessee tackle, largest director of the UT lettermen’s club, is in the midst of a satisfy-ing career in international sales. He has come far from Hopedale, Ohio, but that trip does not compare to his roots.

His father, Janis, was born in rural Latvia in 1919. In an upset of tradition, he was allowed to leave the family farm at age 12 for ad-vanced study and a chance at a better life. He beat long odds and was admitted for university pre-med.

When World War II broke out, Latvia was caught in the middle. Germans threat-ened but the Soviet Union occupied his country. When ordered into that army, Ja-nis fl ed, 300 miles on foot through Lithuania and Po-land, then as a stowaway on a small freighter across the Baltic Sea to Germany.

He was caught but his medical training saved his life. He was assigned to fi eld hospitals.

When Hitler’s Germany

fell, Janis became a dis-placed person. He boarded a crowded train for Göttin-gen with the idea of finally becoming a full-f ledged doctor. All along the way, thousands of other refu-gees tried to climb aboard, even when the train was moving.

Janis Trupovnieks, stand-ing in a coach doorway, held on with one hand and reached the other out to clasp the hand of a young woman. He pulled Ingeborge Matilda Altmann aboard. She was from East Germany, on her way to be a Red Cross nurse. She never made it.

Gottingen orphanages needed nurses.

Three days later, she ac-cepted Janis’ marriage pro-posal.

“I recently found the manifest showing their pas-sage into the United States, at Ellis Island,” said Jani. “My father had made ar-rangements for them to stay with a Latvian couple in Quincy, Ill.”

The young doctor did an internship in Cleveland. He heard about an opportu-nity in Hopedale. He stayed there all his working life. He became a legend of kind-ness, for giving back, for caring even for those who couldn’t pay.

Young Jani grew tall and strong. He was going to play college football at Notre Dame (father’s choice) or Pittsburgh, 45 min-utes away, mom’s prefer-ence. Alas, the Pitt coaches moved to Tennessee. Jim

Dyar turned Jani into a Vol-unteer.

“Jim Dyar was and al-ways will be the greatest in-fl uence in my life. Jim was a fantastic coach and recruit-er, but an even better man.”

Jani’s parents moved to Knoxville to see him play for the famous John Ma-jors. Phillip Fulmer was line coach. Trupovnieks was in-jured as a junior. He started as a senior. Without mean-ing to, he helped Reggie White refi ne his swim move in daily practices.

Trupovnieks, James Berry, Bill Bates and other teammates endured the opening 44-0 loss to Geor-gia and the 43-7 loss to Southern Cal but eventually made it to the Garden State Bowl.

Highlight of his time at Tennessee came before that, in the summer of ’79.

He and other Vols were on Cherokee Lake, in a friend’s boat, “admiring the shore scenery and not paying a lot of attention to what was in front of us.”

Jani heard a scream but it was too late. The boat struck a raft. Rhonda Brimer was aboard.

“Once we made sure she was OK, I got her in the boat, begging her not to sue me. After that, I never let her out of my sight.

“I really impressed her on our fi rst date. It was quarter beer night at a Knoxville baseball game.”

OK, so Jani crashing into Rhonda’s fl oat as an introduction to an eventual marriage wasn’t as good as his dad helping Ingeborge Matilda Altmann onto the train but it’s the best I can do for now.Marvin West invites reader reaction. His

address is [email protected]

Proactive planning safeguards neighborhoodsAnyone who’s ever won-

dered how an auto repair shop or an apartment com-plex could spring up next to a subdivision of single-family homes (and that’s ev-eryone who pays attention) should understand sector plans.

Sector plans are born af-ter Metropolitan Planning Commission staff collects information like current land use, population, trans-portation and utilities for a chunk of the city or county. Then, using public feedback, they come up with 15-year plan to guide growth. After it’s adopted, they use it to make decisions about what should be allowed where.

Things change, so sector plans get updated regularly. Once again, citizens are en-couraged to participate.

It’s a good process, ex-cept for the fact that every month, developers request sector plan changes that will

allow them to rezone prop-erty so they can build what they want. There are six re-quested sector plan changes on this week’s MPC agenda, and staff recommends ap-proval on all but one.

County Commissioner John Schoonmaker, a for-mer chair of the Knox Coun-ty Board of Zoning Appeals, always has eye on the MPC agenda. Each month, he makes a report to the Coun-cil of West Knox County Homeowners on agenda items that may be of inter-est.

He thinks sector plan changes are becoming more frequent because most eas-

ily developable land is gone, which encourages develop-ers to build on less appro-priate sites.

MPC Executive Director Gerald Green has an idea that could reduce the num-ber of sector plan changes. Developers could leave those oddball greenfi elds alone and use underutilized commercial land instead.

Green chatted about development while driv-ing down Broadway, where there are numerous ex-amples of under-developed commercial properties. Some are small buildings with large parking lots, oth-ers are simply unattractive.

“That’s our challenge – to use what’s not completely developed.”

Developers like to start from scratch, so they’d pre-fer to rezone empty land, if it’s easy. It takes a com-munity that stands fi rm on rezoning to get them to con-

sider existing commercial property, he says.

That shift in perspective can be slow, but Green wit-nessed such a change while serving as a city planner in Asheville in the 1990s. The city examined the require-ments for rezoning to com-mercial use, and evaluated property along major cor-ridors. They found that the land was worth more than the buildings, which en-couraged redevelopment.

To bring about a simi-lar shift in Knoxville, the community needs to attend planning meetings and talk to elected offi cials about taking a fi rm stance against rezoning to commercial. MPC staff wants to hear from the public, too.

“They’d rather talk to (residents) than see their plans overturned,” Green says.

Another idea is to use neighborhood plans rather

than sector plans to guide development. Neighborhood plans allow citizens to work together to decide how they want an area to look and put necessary development guidelines in place. The Bearden Village Opportuni-ties Plan and the Broadway-Central-Emory Place Small Area Plan are examples within the city. The county doesn’t have any existing neighborhood plans.

Guiding development is hard because it requires a proactive, rather than re-active, approach. It doesn’t work to fi ght development that’s already underway. Residents who want to limit commercial development in their backyard need to get involved today. MPC meets at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 10, in the Large As-sembly Room at the City County Building.

QUOTABLES ■ Hillary Clinton, asked if

she’s ever told a lie, said she

tries not to. “She’s no George

Washington,” said Powell guy

Bill Vaughan.

■ Sam McKenzie, nearing the

end of his term on County

Commission, voted against

everything associated with

a new Gibbs Middle School.

Most votes were 9-1.

■ Ed Brantley just didn’t want

to give a tax break to the

Tombras Group to buy the

old KUB building downtown.

His was the sole no vote,

triggering a comment from

McKenzie: “It’s a lonely feel-

ing, isn’t it, Ed?”

■ Donald Trump says his

hand size doesn’t mean he’s

lacking in other anatomical

areas. “You just can’t watch

these GOP debates with small

children,” said a blogger.

–S. Clark

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worked for Lenoir City as a certifi ed building inspector.

She will report to Peter Ahrens, director of Plans Review and Inspections.

He said one of her fi rst projects will be managing and improving the current form districts section of the zoning code.

These are land develop-ment regulations focused on physical form as com-pared to joint use. Knox-ville’s South Waterfront and Cumberland Avenue project areas are both based on form-based code.

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Jennifer Owen

Owen’s big win surprises even herselfNo one was more sur-

prised by the margin of Jennifer Owen’s victory over Grant Standefer in the District 2 school board race than Jennifer Owen.

“Going into Election Day, I was torn between ‘I might

win by a little bit, or I might lose by a little bit,’” Owen said. “When the polls closed, I had people at each loca-tion who got

the totals and were texting them to me, and I was just shocked. I won every one of them, and thought. ‘Surely that’s not right.’”

Owen went to Shannon-dale School at closing time, expecting to be wiped out, since that’s Standefer’s and incumbent Tracie Sanger’s home precinct. Sanger cam-paigned for Standefer.

“I looked at the Shan-nondale numbers and said, ‘Wow! I’m winning every precinct!’”

So how did she pull off the biggest upset of the campaign season against an opponent who probably had seven times the money plus the endorsement of the daily newspaper and the support of Knoxville’s elite? These were the same advan-tages Sanger enjoyed when she was elected two years ago over Jamie Rowe.

Owen said she believes the effects of the Sanger/Rowe race and Sanger’s performance as a board member played a role in this year’s win.

“A lot of people really thought Jamie was going to

win her race, so they didn’t work very hard for her. That mistake may have helped me more than we will ever know. People who are never involved were asking how to help. I think there was a lot of, ‘We screwed up last time and it can’t happen again.’

Owen credits Standefer for running a very civil cam-paign.

“He was supported by the same people who supported Sanger, and even though he had a very different per-sonality, I was still running against that same big mon-ey. I totally believe things would have been a whole lot meaner if I’d been run-ning against Sanger. Maybe (Standefer) made me a nicer candidate. He’s a really nice guy, even though he didn’t have a clue about the is-sues. His niceness may have helped me.”

Owen is a former teacher who has deep subject mat-ter knowledge of education

issues. She designed her own direct mail and spent around $7,000, which she believes was far too much. She also believes Stand-efer’s money wasn’t spent wisely:

“I have a post offi ce box, and I kept getting Grant’s mailers at my house and at the box. It was ‘Oh, there’s another one!’ From the fi rst day, I got two. I was won-dering ‘Can nobody sort out this database?’ They should have taken out my name and the names of people they knew were supporting me. And they should have been taking out the early voters, but they didn’t take out anybody. It was very wasteful.

“I kept thinking, ‘How is this marketing company doing all this?’ All I can assume is the more they spend, the more they get. They wasted money on me, because I wasn’t going to change my vote.”

Lord, send us a signTeam Rogero still has not

erected any signs pointing the way to the new Blount Knox greenway from Buck Karnes Bridge to Marine Park next to the naval sta-tion adjacent to Alco a High-way. City spokesperson Eric Vreeland months ago said signs would be installed, but apparently the memo directing this has not been received. There was great fanfare when this greenway was offi cially opened but not much follow up.

The Rogero Administra-tion has had a tardy record in building greenways in-cluding the one along First Creek and Broadway which was promised by the mayor in her fi rst budget message some four years ago.

One has to wonder what is really happening in the greenway program.

■ State Sen. Dolores Gresham has introduced legislation to alter the makeup of the UT Board of Trustees by reducing its size and dividing the appointments between the two speakers, currently Ron Ramsey and Beth Har-well, and the governor.

The current board and Gov. Bill Haslam oppose the legislation and it may not pass. However, its in-troduction does focus atten-tion on the current board and its role in running the university. Sen. Gresham is a retired lieutenant colonel and an active lawmaker.

Much of the criticism of the board – which include Knoxvillians Raja Jubran, Charles Anderson and Sharon Pryse – has been the board’s refusal to hear public discussion on the Lady Vols name change despite 25,000 signatures on a petition. Other points include little discussion or deliberation at the actual board meetings which are not shown on public televi-sion as the Legislature is.

Gov. Haslam chairs the board by election of the board. He is a board mem-ber by law and appoints the trustees. Haslam does not regularly attend and Jubran as vice chair then chairs the

meetings. There needs to be more actual discussion of items on the agenda at regular board meetings.

The board can change many of the points of criti-cism if it chooses to do so. Otherwise, there will be more annual attempts to alter the board’s makeup. Hopefully, board members will be more proactive than they have been in the past.

■ The Legislature has named the new high school being built at the Tennessee School for the Deaf for Alan Mealka, the recently retired superintendent.

■ State Sen. Brian Kelsey and state Rep. Mary Littleton have intro-duced legislation to have a special election to fi ll any vacancy in the U.S. Senate from Tennessee. This would not often come into play as Tennessee has only had two vacancies in the U.S. Senate since 1960. The fi rst was Estes Kefauver who died in offi ce and then Albert Gore Jr. resigned to become vice president in 1993. Kefauver was replaced by Hub Walters of Morristown and Gore was followed by Harlan Mathews.

Under this legislation, the governor will still ap-point a new senator but he/she would only serve until the special statewide elec-tion was held. Vacancies in Congress are now fi lled by special election and this bill would extend that practice to the U.S. Senate.

■ Knoxville-based Tennessee Clean Water Network headed by Renee Hoyos has criticized the state Department of Envi-ronment and Conservation for cutting the issuance of enforcement orders by 90 percent since 2007. An explanation has not been forthcoming.

Potholes!The city’s Public Service Department is heading

into “pothole season” with 129 service requests pend-ing since January.

The city’s policy is to address service requests for pothole repairs within 48 hours during the business week. This is in addition to regularly scheduled road inspections in which potholes are patched. To report a pothole, just call the 311 city information line or submit a report on 311’s web page at knoxvilletn.gov/pothole.

Last year, the city spent more than $200,000 com-pleting repairs with an estimate of 1,800 potholes patched.

The good ol’ boys are backLet’s review local winners

and losers on March 1.Winners have to in-

clude former Sheriff Tim Hutchison. He stepped out for Donald Trump when nobody else would. Trump’s Tennessee win puts Hutchi-son in the spotlight and he will make the most of it.

Tim Burchett called Bud Armstrong his friend three times in a 30-second TV spot. Bud rolled over the well-funded Nathan Rowell on his way to a second term as county law director.

Scott Moore (and his father-in-law John White-head) survived efforts by Jim Weaver to link White-head to Moore and the Black Wednesday shenanigans. Whitehead’s win, though

narrow, will clear the way for Moore to resume leadership roles in GOP politics.

A notable loser was Com-missioner Jeff Ownby who polled under 16 percent as an incumbent seeking re-elec-tion. Ownby ignored sugges-tions that he step down after his arrest for misdeeds in a public park.

Gov. Bill Haslam didn’t help Marco Rubio with his late endorsement (half of the primary voters had already

voted in early voting), leav-ing politicos wondering why Haslam didn’t just sit it out.

And how can Haslam’s own poll numbers remain so strong when he’s clearly out of step with voters on many key issues?

The biggest loser, how-ever, is Laurens Tullock. His email soliciting funds for Nathan Rowell, Grant Standefer and Buddy Pelot netted considerable cash but no winners, although Pelot will advance to an August runoff with Susan Horn.

■ Looking aheadVictor Ashe will be at-

tending the GOP conven-tion in Cleveland, putting a Shopper columnist on the convention fl oor.

Teachers and their allies are quickly taking over the Knox County Board of Edu-cation.

After September, only two of the fi ve board members who voted to extend Super-intendent Dr. Jim McIntyre’s contract and then voted to give him a quarter-million-dollar buyout will remain.

Ironically, many of the people who support an ap-pointed superintendent are appalled. But without an election for superintendent, the only way teachers or oth-ers can register an opinion is through the school board elections.

And, as non-partisan, district elections without party primaries, the path is clear for teachers to win.

This week, Knoxville is hosting a week-long nation-al conference – the Sustain-able Trails Conference – for the Professional TrailBuild-ers Association. The confer-ence offers trail profession-als the opportunity to build skills, discover the best tools and techniques avail-able in the industry and net-work with others.

“This amazing city is quickly becoming a trail mecca for hikers and moun-tain bikers alike,” said PTBA executive director Michael Passo on selecting Knoxville for the confer-ence. “The amazing public-private partnership that helped create the Urban Wilderness is unlike any we have found in other great trail cities.”

The PTBA also is an-nouncing a new partnership program called the “Lega-

cy Trail,” which will leave Knoxville with a sustain-ably and professionally built trail segment connecting South-Doyle Middle School to an adjacent neighbor-hood and the Urban Wilder-ness. The major portion of the trail building will take place Thursday, March 10, and Friday, March 11, as part of the conference.

The Legacy Trail is being built following last week’s announcement from the Legacy Parks Foundation to name and develop the 100-acre property that had been donated by the Wood family in 2013, which will now be known as Baker Creek Pre-serve.

Construction began on the property last week for the competition-style downhill mountain bike trail. It’s being funded by the $100,000 Bell Helmets

grant awarded to the Appa-lachian Mountain Bike Club last year after a nationwide competition. It adds to the seven additional trails also under construction funded by a $200,000 RTP grant to Legacy Parks from the state of Tennessee.

“It’s great to see increas-ing momentum for the Ur-ban Wilderness and our reputation as an outdoor tourism city,” said Mayor Madeline Rogero. “We’re grateful to Legacy Parks and everyone involved for their part in enhancing the Urban Wilderness.”

City hires inspectorRogero also announced

the hiring of DeAnn Bogus as deputy director for the city’s Plans Review and In-spections Department.

Since 2008, Bogus has

DeAnn Bogus

Trailbuilders in Knoxville this week


SENIOR NOTES ■ Karns Senior Center

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

Off erings include: card

games; dance classes; exer-

cise programs; mahjong; art

classes; farkle dice games;

dominoes; a computer lab;

billiards room; outdoor grill

and kitchen area. Veterans

Services, 9-10 a.m., Friday,

March 18.

■ Halls Senior Center

4405 Crippen Road922-0416knoxcounty.org/seniorsMonday-Friday

Off erings include: card

games; exercise classes;

quilting, dominoes, dance

classes; scrapbooking,

craft classes; Tai Chi; movie

matinee 2 p.m. each Tues-

day; Senior Meals program,

noon each Wednesday.

Veterans Services, 9-10 a.m.,

Wednesday, March 16.

■ Heiskell Seniors

1708 W Emory Road (new location)

The Heiskell Seniors

luncheon/meeting, 10

a.m.-2 p.m. Thursday, March

10. Program: Foster Care

and information survey

from Evoncia Watson about

new Medicare programs.

Bring a dessert and a

friend. Info: Janice White,

548-0326.

■ CAC Offi ce on Aging

2247 Western Ave.524-2786knoxooa@knoxseniors.

org

■ Knox County Senior

Services

City County Building400 Main St., Suite 615215-4044 Monday-Friday8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

■ Senior Citizens Infor-

mation and Referral

Service

2247 Western Ave.524-2786knoxseniors.org

Alzheimer’s and

Dementia Support

Group meets the

last Monday of every

month at 1 p. m. at

Morning Pointe of

Powell, 7700 Danna-

her Drive. Info: 865-

686-5771. Everyone

is welcomed to this

free group. Bring a

friend.

Chili cookoff Elmcroft employees Matthew Leonard, Holly White and April

Golden are dressed for a fun evening of chili and good country

music. Photos by Ruth White

Oline Olsen, Sara Wilson and Karen Oland enjoy the country

music of Shaun Abbott during the chili cook-off and western

night at Elmcroft.

Samantha Beals, Amanda Crawley and Rose Davis welcome

guests to Elmcroft during the western night and chili cook-off .Mary Lynn Holloway, Hazel Boatright and Jerry Holloway enjoy the photo

props at the event.

Shaun Abbott provided great

country/western tunes for the

event at Elmcroft.

Salute tohelpers

The residents of Morning

Pointe of Powell invited local

service workers to drop by

for a good hot breakfast and

big hugs, as a way of saying

thank you for all they do for

them and the surrounding

areas. Service personnel from

branches of Fire Depart-

ments, Ambulance and

Rescue Personnel… Sheriff s’

Offi cers dropped by and were

greeted by residents, as well

as resident pooch Scooter!

POWELL/NORWOOD Shopper news • MARCH 9, 2016 • A-7 faith

CrossCurrents

LynnPitts

The word remember ap-pears 115 times in the King James Version of the Bible, an indication that maybe memory is important!

I admit that until I began to consider the importance of the concept, I had failed to see the full import of the word.

If dismember means to take apart, then logically, to re-member must mean put-ting back together.

And that is exactly what we do when we remember. We re-call, re-think, re-see, re-consider, and re-under-stand a comment or a quote or even an event or a scene.

Some memories are hap-py and healing. Others are sad and depressing. But all memories are part and par-cel of who we are, who we have become over the span of years we have lived. And, it seems to me, the longer we live, the better our per-spective on those memories.

Looking back, I remem-ber things I wish I had not done. I remember words

Looking back – moving forward

Do you have eyes, and fail to see? Do you have ears, and fail to hear? And do you not remember?

(Mark 8: 18 NRSV)

Those who cannot remember the past are con-demned to repeat it.

– George Santayana

I wish I had not said. But those things are irretriev-able, irreversible. I can’t un-say, or un-do, or even un-think those things.

All I can do is learn to do better. To remember more carefully what I need to remember. To let go more quickly the things that I need to let go.

So, when Jesus said “Re-member me,” he was saying two things to his followers: Don’t forget what I have taught you, and remember what you have seen and heard.

Those words still apply to his disciples – us! Remem-ber him. Remember what you have learned. Keep him whole in your heart and mind.

FAITH NOTES

Community services ■ Cross Roads Presbyterian,

4329 E. Emory Road, hosts the

Halls Welfare Ministry food

pantry 6-8 p.m. each second

Tuesday and 9-11 a.m. each

fourth Saturday.

■ Dante Church of God, 410

Dante School Road, will dis-

tributing “Boxes of Blessings”

(food) 9-11 a.m. Saturday,

March 12, or until boxes are

gone. One box per house-

hold. Info: 689-4829.

■ Ridgeview Baptist Church,

6125 Lacy Road, off ers Chil-

dren’s Clothes Closet and Food

Pantry 11 a.m.-2 p.m. each third

Saturday. Free to those in the

37912/37849 ZIP code area.

Classes/meetings ■ First Comforter Church,

5516 Old Tazewell Pike, hosts

MAPS (Mothers At Prayer Ser-

vice) noon each Friday. Info:

‘Don’t worry. Just come.’By Cindy Taylor

First Baptist Church Powell members will cel-ebrate Easter this year with new worship pastor John Gardner. Gardner and his family joined the staff at FBCP last fall. He says it has been a blessing.

“Any transition has its challenges but we feel things have gone very smoothly,” he said. “We can feel the excitement building in an-ticipation of the great things God is doing here.”

Gardner says the church has a wonderful Easter ser-vice planned beginning at 10:30 a.m. March 27. The Rev. Phil Jones, celebrating 30 years at First Baptist this year, will bring the Easter message entitled “That we may know Him” based on Philippians 3: 10-11. The worship choir and orchestra

will lead in Easter hymns both old and new and pres-ent several selections fea-turing the worship ministry. Gardner says First Baptist takes seriously God’s com-mand to do all things with excellence. He says Easter is especially exciting for him personally this year.

“Easter is my favorite day of the year,” he said. “This year will be special for me because it is my fi rst Easter as worship pastor at First Baptist Church Powell”

Gardner says that it is an immense privilege to gather as Christians for worship each week but Easter is an

even more exceptional day.“Every Sunday is a cel-

ebration of Jesus’ victory over sin and death,” he said. “But Eater is a day set aside each year to commemorate the most pivotal event in human history; the resur-rection.”

Gardner says visitor parking is available near the building while shuttles will be on-sight for transporta-tion from more distant lots. There will be complimen-tary coffee and childcare. Greeters will be on hand at each entrance to assist visitors. Gardner invites the community to join the

church for this year’s Easter celebration.

“If you’ve been out of church for a long time, have unanswered questions about the faith, or have been hurt in the past, don’t wor-ry. Just come. We offer love and truth. Even if you’re a skeptic who doubts that the resurrection actually hap-pened we invite you to come and see why we have staked our lives on the bible’s claim that Jesus rose from the dead.”

First Baptist Church Powell is at 7706 Ewing Road in Powell. Info: 947-9074.

First Baptist Powell worship team members Jonathan Buhl, Stephanie Miles, Rebekah Ownby and John Gardner lead a recent

Sunday morning service. Photo submitted

Edna Hensley, 771-7788.

■ Powell Church, 323 W. Emory

Road, hosts Recovery at Pow-

ell at 6 p.m. Tuesdays. The

program embraces people

who struggle with addiction,

compulsive behaviors, loss

and life challenges. Info: re-

coveryatpowell.com or info@

powellchurch.com.

Youth programs ■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak

Ridge Highway, is accepting

registration for its Summer

Weekday Programs for PDO

(children 1 year old and walk-

ing) and for TNT (elementary

school-aged children). Also

accepting registration for

Fall Preschool and Fall PDO.

Forms available in the pre-

school offi ce. Info: 531-2052.

Special services ■ Fountain City Presbyterian

Church, 500 Hotel Road in

Fountain City, will hold Palm

Sunday services 8:30 and

10:30 a.m. March 20; Easter

services 8:30 and 10:30 a.m.

Sunday, March 27. The annual

Palm Sunday churchwide

Easter egg hunt will be held

4 p.m. Info: fountaincitypres.

org or 688-2163.

■ Mount Hermon UMC, 235 E.

Copeland Road, will host Eas-

ter Sunrise service 7:30 a.m.

Sunday, March 27. Following

the service, breakfast will be

served. Everyone welcome.

■ St. James Episcopal Church, 1101 N. Broadway, will host the

BucsWorth Men’s Choir from

East Tennessee University in

concert 7:30 p.m. Monday,

March 14. The ETSU Swash-

bucklers, a student-led a capella

ensemble, will also perform.

■ Nave Hill Baptist Church,

1805 Walker Ford Road,

Maynardville, will present an

Easter play 7 p.m. Saturday,

CALL FOR ARTISTS ■ The Arts & Culture Alliance

of Greater Knoxville is seek-

ing nomination for Poet Laure-

ate for the city of Knoxville.

The deadline for nominations

to be received is Friday, April

1. Info/nomination forms:

knoxalliance.com/poet.html,

or send an SASE to Liza Zenni,

Arts & Culture Alliance, PO Box

2506, Knoxville, TN 37901.

■ Knoxville Photo 2016 Exhibition: juried exhibition

of photographic works to be

held June 3-24 in the main

gallery of the Emporium Cen-

ter, 100 S. Gay St. Entries must

be original works completed

within the last two years. En-

try deadline: Sunday, April 17.

Info/application: knoxalliance.

com/photo.html.

POWELL/NORWOOD Shopper news • MARCH 9, 2016 • A-9 weekender

ThankYou

for yourSupport!

I am very honored to have the support of the voters in the recent primary election. Your support will allow me to continue to the August election and hopefully continue to work for all the people of Commission District 6.

We have accomplished much for our part of Knox County and there is much to do. I look forward to being your strong voice on Knox County Commission.

Paid for by Brad Anders for County Commission, Brad Anders Treasurer

Jennifer, Addison & Brad Anders

Brad

The Knoxville Symphony League invites you to take part in “Spring Inspirations,” a luncheon featuring food columnist and Southern hospitality expert Ginny McCormack as guest speaker. Attendees will hear mu-sic by KSO concertmaster Gabriel Lefkowitz.

“The KSO musicians and I are so, so grateful to have the wonderful ladies of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra League as some of our biggest supporters and fans!” Lefkowitz says. “Their incredible work keeps us doing what we do, bringing music to the com-munities of East Tennessee in concert halls, schools, libraries, hospitals, places of worship and more. We just couldn’t do it without them!”

Joining Lefkowitz in a sampling of music from the upcoming Merchant & Gould Concertmaster Series “Gabriel Lefkowitz & Friends,” to be presented at the Knoxville Museum of Art April 6 and 7, is pianist Kevin Class, professor of collaborative piano at the University of Tennessee. The event begins at 10:30 a.m. on March 16 at Cherokee Country Club. Tickets: 765-1660.

By Betsy PickleWhat would convince you

to hike 100 miles? Money? The allure of the outdoors? A bet? Burning calories?

How about a lapel pin or a patch?

The National Park Ser-vice turns 100 this year, and to celebrate, parks across the country are chal-lenging visitors to hike – or jog, ride (bikes or horses) or paddle – 100 miles by December. While some might consider the achieve-ment their reward, others might like picking up some physical recognition at the culminating events in early December.

Close at hand, Superin-tendent Cassius Cash of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park has issued the “Hike 100” challenge. If you log 100 miles on any of the Smokies’ maintained trails by Dec. 6, you can at-tend the Hike 100 Celebra-tion on Thursday, Dec. 8, and receive a “Smokies Cen-tennial Challenge – Hike 100” lapel pin.

Big South Fork National

By Carol Z. Shane“He fl ies through the air

with the greatest of ease – that daring young man on the fl ying trapeze!” Even if you don’t know the old song, you’ve undoubtedly seen aerial artists. These days the skill encompasses not only trapeze, but silks – long, colorful banners that hang from on high and sup-port “fl ying” acrobats in diz-zying routines.

Now’s your chance to see local artists display aerial grace when Dragonfl y Aer-

ial Arts Studio presents its fi fth annual “Circus Extrav-aganza.”

Billed on its website as “Knoxville’s Hometown Circus,” the studio annu-ally presents the big show in order to fund educational efforts throughout the year. According to instructor Jill Scheidt, audiences can expect “a two-hour circus with an intermission. Our acts include trapeze, rope, three-dimensional cube, steel circle and ground acts such as unicycle, stilt walk-

ing, ribbon dancing and partner acrobatics.

“The theme this year is a ‘Fantastical Journey.’ We will be asking our audiences to let their imaginations go crazy with our interpreta-tion of giant-sized bugs, hu-man-sized animal puppets, an enchanted tea party and more. This is a great expe-rience that everyone in the family can enjoy.”

Proceeds from the show go toward “Circus for Ev-eryone,” a scholarship pro-gram enabling at-risk youth

to participate in classes and circus camps. Dragonfl y has also worked with Boys and Girls Club, the Community Law Offi ce’s “Summer at the CLO” youth program, Pond Gap Elementary School and Breakthrough Corporation of Knoxville, which pro-vides programs for those on the autism spectrum.

Activities at such events include not only aerial arts but juggling and stilt walk-ing. “We try to provide cir-cus arts for all who want to try,” says Scheidt.

Beautiful Laurel Falls awaits visitors 1.3 miles from the trailhead. Photo by Betsy Pickle

Challenge yourself, celebrate park servicecan couch potato, I am not by nature a hiker. How-ever, I accidentally did a few hikes last year, all con-nected to writing stories, so when I read about the Smokies’ Hike 100, it struck me as doable – 10 miles per month for 10 months (Feb-ruary-November).

Coming from a highly competitive family, I enjoy a challenge. And I’m a sucker for lapel pins. So I contacted a hiker friend, Cindy Span-gler, who has hiked the entire length of the Appa-lachian Trail, and asked if she’d be interested in slow-ing her pace to go on some hikes with me.

She thought it was such a great idea that she invited a whole bunch of people from her church, so there were eight of us who set out for Laurel Falls on the chilly morning of Feb. 20.

Laurel Falls is considered one of the easiest hikes in the park. It’s paved, though the asphalt is broken and uneven in places, and it’s only 1.3 miles to the falls. By the time we reached the .2

mile marker, I was wonder-ing if it would be too humili-ating to ask for the car keys so I could go back and wait for everyone.

For those of the seden-tary persuasion, the incline is taxing. But I soldiered on, primarily because most of my comrades were sev-eral years older, and they showed no signs of strain. One woman with bad knees kindly brought up the rear with me.

I stopped a few times – to take pictures, of course – but I fi nally made it, and the falls were beautiful. A light rain discouraged us from lingering, but it’s a trip I’d like to make again on a pret-tier day.

The challenges are on an honor system. You can download mileage logs from the parks’ websites. I have only 97.4 miles to go.

Info: http://www.nps.gov/grsm/planyourvisit/gsmnp-hike-100.htm and http://www.nps.gov/biso/learn/news/big-south-fork-centennial-challenge-100-miles-for-100-years.htm.

Knoxville’s Dragonfl y Aerial Arts Studio will present its fi fth annual “Circus Extravaganza” this weekend. Shown are Jill Scheidt,

Maria McGuire, Lissa McLeod, Amber Winters, Christy Muecke and David Stewart. Photo submitted

Symphony League to host Ginny McCormack

Knoxville’s hometown circus And adults get to play, too.

“Most of what we do every day involves adult instruc-tion. We have classes six days a week. We meet you where you are in terms of strength and fi tness, and build upon that,” says Scheidt.

“Overall we try to work with groups in any way we can. We can travel to anoth-er site or a group can come to us. We provide shows or lessons and work with in-dividuals with whatever capabilities they have. If someone is interested they just need to email or give us a call, and we can work to-gether to fi nd a way to incor-porate circus arts into their group activities.”

For this weekend’s event, she says, “we offer discount-ed tickets to various non-profi t groups.”

The Dragonfl y Aerial Arts Studio presents “Cir-cus Extravaganza” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 11, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 12, and 2 p.m. Sun-day, March 13, at the Pellis-sippi State Community Col-lege location of the Clayton Performing Arts Center, 10915 Hardin Valley Road in Knoxville.

Tickets/info: dragon-fl yaerialartsstudio.com or 865-609-2012 or [email protected] story suggestions to news@

shoppernewsnow.com

River and Recreation Area on the Cumberland Plateau is sponsoring the “Centen-nial Challenge: 100 Miles for 100 Years.” Participants can hike, ride and/or pad-dle. The park has 500 miles of multisystem trails in-

cluding more than 70 miles of the Big South Fork River and its tributaries. Those who complete 100 miles by Friday, Dec. 2, are eligible to receive a specially designed patch at the grand fi nale on Saturday, Dec. 3.

January and February were a little tricky for mak-ing outdoor plans, but now that the weather is improv-ing, it should be easy to rack up miles in a Centennial Challenge.

Being a common Ameri-


Carnival time at Copper Ridge

Jackson Frye uses all his strength to pull the huge sling shot at

the Copper Ridge Elementary School carnival. Photo by Ruth White

By Ruth WhiteCopper Ridge Elemen-

tary PTO president Jennifer Oxley and a team of hard working individuals have been busy over the past few months gathering dona-tions, lining up vendors and creating fun games for the annual school carnival.

The money raised from the night of fun and games will purchase technology for the school and maintain playground equipment. Ox-ley said that one goal is to have enough computers to have a lab during testing for the students. She also said that repairing playground equipment and adding mulch to the area are an-nual expenses.

Jennifer Lawrence uses her talents to create beautiful works

of art at the face painting booth. She is showing Kendall Allen

the princess crown she created as her sister, Addison (center)

watches in anticipation for her turn.

Emma Metcalfe has a fun time on

the huge slide at the Copper Ridge

Elementary carnival. Photos by Ruth White

Copper Ridge kindergarten

teacher Natasha Patchen is

the queen of the snow cone

machine. It must be true – she

has the shirt to prove it. RuthWhite

CTE Spotlight: culinary artsSomething is always cook-

ing at Austin-East Magnet High School. Whether it’s a showcase of the West African Dancers, a drama produc-tion, an audio production or the Roadrunner Café, I can tell you it’s going to be good.

Culinary arts student in Joslyn Johnson’s class at Austin-East have fun during a break at the

Roadrunner Café.

Essence Nail helps serve lunch at the Roadrunner Cafe.

Every Thursday Joslyn Johnson and her culinary students cook up a lunch that brings staff members fl ock-ing to the culinary arts kitch-en. When Johnson invited me to stop by and try out the café one afternoon, I was excited to see what the students had cooked up. I have seen their cake creations and the many ribbons won at the fair, so I knew they could bake. After having lunch from Ameena Muhammad’s fi sh and chick-en taco bar, I knew these stu-dents could cook too.

Johnson’s students began prep for the café on Wednes-day and got busy the minute they hit the door for class on Thursday morning. The menu included baked fi sh,

grilled chicken, tortilla chips seasoned with lime and sea salt, homemade taco corn salad, salsa, balsamic slaw and guacamole. To top it off, the group made caramel brownies fi lled with choco-late chunks and oozing with caramel underneath a fl aky crust. It was big enough to share but I decided to savor it throughout the entire day.

Ameena selected the menu, and her classmates helped cut up fresh ingredi-

ents, create a dish and help serve as the school staff came down to enjoy lunch. Said assistant principal Me-lissa Glover, “Thursdays are my favorite!” She loves us-ing the hashtag “AE is the place to be”, and she means every word.

Menus for the café vary depending on the lessons learned during classroom instruction, and each stu-dent is given the opportuni-ty to create a feature menu.

The 2016 Teen Driver Awareness committee includes: (front) Sierra Wilburn, Erin Harbin, Olivia Andrews, Rachel Wilburn

of State Farm; (middle) Kelsey Anito sponsor/teacher, Samantha Hernandez, Makenzie Brooke Sergent, Holly Van de

Vate, Alexis Raby; (back) Sage Kohler of State Farm, Jeorga Bishop, Hayleigh Welch, Hannah Welch and Devin Payne of

the Metro Drug Coalition. Other members were unavailable for the picture because of other after-school commitments.

The Powell Business and Profes-sional Association is seeking spon-sors for its signature project – the Teen Driver Awareness program at Powell High School. And the dead-line is today, Wednesday, March 9.

PBPA committee chair Sage Kohler says this year’s program is unique. PBPA has in the past worked with the school’s drama club to stage a mock wreck on cam-pus, complete with Rural/Metro personnel and a Gentry-Griffey hearse. Last year students created posters, wrote essays and even de-veloped a multi-media presentation to support driver awareness.

This year students will be asked to sign commitment cards to drive safely (wear a seatbelt, no texting while driving, etc.). These stu-

dents will then be eligible for prizes through a random drawing.

Seniors only can compete for scholarships (details below).

Kohler and co-chair Rachel Wil-burn are seeking at least four gold sponsors at $500 and eight silver sponsors at $250. The program runs March 23 to April 6. Sponsors will be mentioned in donated adver-tising in Shopper News and in a let-ter that will be mailed to parents of some 1,400 Powell High students.

Current sponsors are PBPA, State Farm-Sage Kohler, Powell Chiropractic, Farm Bureau-Kelley Jarnigan and Commercial Bank.

To sign up or to learn more, con-tact Kohler or Wilburn at [email protected] or 865-938-2800.

■ Wednesday, March 23: All

PHS students will watch a 15-min-ute video in their advisory class and then given a chance to sign a com-mitment card.

■ Wednesday, March 30: Assembly for freshman and sopho-mores in which a speaker will talk about teen driving and the scary sta-tistics. Prizes will be awarded from signed commitment cards. Prizes include $50 gas cards, Dollywood tickets, movie passes, gift cards, etc.

■ Wednesday, April 6: As-sembly for juniors and seniors with same speaker and then drawing for similar prizes. Finale will be the three scholarship winners chosen by judges for best entry in the schol-arship contest.

Scholarships will be for $3,000, $2,000 and $1,000.

Sponsorships sought for

$ENIOR$ Win

$cholarship$The competition for seniors only allows

students to use their individual talents to

develop a message around “safe driving.”

Topics can include any safe driving mes-

sage.

For example: ■ don’t drive when tired ■ no texting while driving ■ no drinking and driving ■ don’t be a distraction be a safe passenger ■ or other “safe driving” topic ■ don’t speed, follow the speed limit ■ hands on the wheel, eyes on the road ■ wear your seatbelt

Seniors can compete in any number of ways: ■ write an essay or poem ■ create a multi-media message ■ do artwork (painting, poster, sculpture etc) ■ any other method to get out the message

The entries will be judged on:Professionalism

eff ectiveness of the messagecreativity and distinction

Entries must be delivered to PHS main offi ce

by Thursday, March 31, at 3 p.m.

Three scholarships available:$3,000, $2,000, $1,000

Sponsored by Powell Business & ProfessionalAssociation and individual business sponsors.

Questions: [email protected]

Teen Driverprogram

By Ruth WhitePowell High senior Ca-

leb Milligan r e c e n t l y signed to play golf at M i l l i g a n College. He s e l e c t e d M i l l i g a n because he liked the c o a c h i n g

staff and thought it would be a good fi t for him.

Caleb has played golf for Powell all four years in high school. He says that he has learned the importance of balancing studies and sports, and not to get too

angry when he isn’t playing well. Honors include attend-ing the Prep Xtra Masters Tournament and advancing to the regional tournament three of his four years.

Coach Greg Bruce said that Caleb is a hard worker and dedicated athlete. “He’s wonderful to watch on the course and I’m very proud of his accomplishments.”

Attending the signing with Caleb were his par-ents Tom Jr. and Brenda Milligan, brother Tom III, nephew Thomas IV, grand-parents Tom Sr. and Janet Milligan, an aunt, uncle, cousin, friends and team-mates.

POWELL/NORWOOD Shopper news • MARCH 9, 2016 • A-11 kids

SCHOOL NOTES

Powell High School ■ PHS dance team tryouts will be held Thursday, March 31. Manda-

tory parent meeting for interested candidates will be 6 p.m.

Monday, March 21, in the library and clinic will be held 4-6 p.m.

March 28-30. Info: 938-2171 ext. 124.

Two troops of Girl Scouts

joined Saturday to sell cook-

ies outside the Powell Food

City. At left are members

of Troop 20094 from Halls:

Reese Hodges, Sarah Murray,

Kaitlyn Murray; at right are

members of Troop 20774 of

Copper Ridge Elementary

School: Ally Parrott (back),

Rose Light and Camryn

Smith. Cookie sales end

March 20. Photo by S. Clark

Milligan

Milligan signs with Milligan College

Powell DECA students compete

at regionals

Delegates for Powell High

School’s DECA (Distributive

Education Clubs of America)

program are Lauren Dye,

Logen Borie, Caitlin Chit-

wood and Tyler Mink. DECA

sponsors at the school are

Jennifer Morgan and Susan

Martin. Anyone interested

in helping the group attend

competitions should contact

the sponsors via email at

susan.martin@knoxschools.

org. Photos by R. White

DECA students

competing at a re-

cent regional event

in Nashville include

Devon McDonie, Ju-

Jan Chaney, Austin

Capps and Garrett

Nokes.

Elijah Pinehak and Erik Conard wrote an

entrepreneur plan titled “Auto Fanatics

Garage” for the event.

Cookies galore

By Sandra ClarkKeep Knoxville Beautiful

has renamed the Evergreen Award to the Mary Lou Horner Beautifica-tion Award, given this year to the K n o x v i l l e Museum of Art. The or-ganizat ion

held its 34th awards dinner March 1.

The Horner award recog-nizes a former orchid win-ner whose property has been beautifully maintained for at least 10 years since its origi-nal recognition. The late Mary Lou Horner, a long-time county commissioner, was a founding member of Keep Knoxville Beautiful and its biggest champion.

Other winners are:

■ New Architecture:Contemporary Women’s Health

■ Redesign/Reuse: Oak-wood Senior Living Center and White Lily Flats

■ Restaurant/Cafe/Bar/Brewery: Babalu

■ Public Art Project:Bringing Tap Back Water Refi ll Stations

■ Outdoor Space: San-som Sports Complex and Town of Farragut Outdoor Classroom

■ Environmental Stew-ardship: WROL Building

The East Tennessee Community Design Cen-ter served as judges for the awards. Attendees enjoyed music by the Old City Busk-ers. The event was spon-sored by WUOT, Pilot Flying J, Bojangles, Lamar Adver-tising, the Knoxville Hilton and the Knoxville TVA Em-ployees Credit Union.

Horner

Orchids honor local projects


POWELL SERVICE GUIDE

THROUGH SUNDAY, MARCH 20“Monty Python’s Spamalot” production,

William H. Inman Humanities Theatre, Walters State Community College Morristown campus. Presented by Encore theatrical company. Performances: 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays. Info/tickets: etcplays.org or 423-318-8331.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9Computer Workshop: “Word Basics,” 2-4:15

p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville High-way. Requires “Introducing the Computer” or equiva-lent skills. Info/registration: 525-5431.

The Foothills Craft Guild JuryFest. Membership applicants must reside in Tennessee, and crafts must be of original design produced within the past two years. Info: foothillscraftguild.org; Bob Klassen, [email protected], or Ken Shipley, [email protected].

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

THURSDAY, MARCH 10CAC AmeriCorps Opportunity Fair, 1-5 p.m.,

John T. O’Connor Senior Center, 611 Winona St. For students/adults ages 18-25 interested in a year of national service. Positions include: Great Smoky Mountain National Park, Ijams Nature Center, city of Knoxville, University of Tennessee and more.

Computer Workshop: “Introducing the Com-puter,” 10:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Preregistration required. Info/registration: 922-2552.

The Heiskell Seniors Group luncheon meet-ing, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., 1708 W Emory Road (new loca-tion). Program: Foster Care and information survey from from Evoncia Watson about new Medicare Programs. Bring a dessert and a friend. Info: Janice White, 548-0326.

Living with Diabetes: Putting the Pieces Together, 2-4:30 p.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

“Ready, Set, Sow: Don’t Jump the Gun,” Hu-mana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Presented by Master Gardener Barb O’Neil. Free and open to the public. Info: 329-8892.

Spring Porch Sale at the Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. Fea-tures outdated stock, seconds, student crafts, unjuried work by members of the Craft Center and homemade baked goods. Sale runs for two weeks. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

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

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, MARCH 10-11AARP Driver Safety class, 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.,

Karns Senior Center, 8032 Oak Ridge Highway. Info/registration: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

THURSDAY-SATURDAY, MARCH 10-12

Powell Playhouse presents “Harvey,” Jubilee Banquet Facility, 6700 Jubilee Center Way. Perfor-mances: 7 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 2 p.m. matinee Saturday. Tickets: $10; $5 senior discount for matinee only. Tickets: powellplayhouse.com or at the door.

THURSDAY-SUNDAY, MARCH 10-13The Downtown Knoxville Boat Show,

Knoxville Convention Center, 701 Henley St. Doors open: 2-9 p.m. Thursday; noon-9 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday; 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday.

Admission: $9, children under 10 free. Info/schedule: downtownknoxvilleboatshow.com or on Facebook.

FRIDAY, MARCH 11Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)

Fair, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Knox County Health Department Community Room, 140 Dameron Ave. Info: Katheryne Nix, [email protected] or 215-5170.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, MARCH 11-12Powell High production of “Grease,” 7 p.m.

Powell High auditorium, 2136 W. Emory Road. Tickets: $10 reserved; general tickets: adults $10 students $6. Info: 938-2171.

SATURDAY, MARCH 12Cinderella Project of TN Glam Day, 10 a.m.-

4 p.m., St. John Nuemann School Gym, 625 St. John Court. Open to all high school girls who are in need of the perfect prom dress. All dresses fi rst come, fi rst served. No fees or soliciting. Info: Kelly DuCote, 304-1090 or [email protected]; Leea DeWitte, 941-224-5520.

Happy Travelers trip: Powell Playhouse produc-tion of “Harvey,” 2 p.m., Jubilee Banquet Hall, Callahan Road. Bus leaves North Acres Baptist Church, 12:45 p.m.; Expo Center, 1:15 p.m. Info/reservations: Derrell Frye, 938-8884 or 254-8884.

Ijams Creative Series: Making a Gourd Bird-house, 1-3 p.m., Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave. Ages 10 and up. Fee: $20; includes all materials. Info/registration: 577-4717, ext. 110.

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.

SUNDAY, MARCH 13Open Studio, 2-5 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft

Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway, Norris. Hosted by Sheri Burns. Cost: $10. All ages. Info/early registration: 494-9854 or appalachianarts.net.

MONDAY, MARCH 14Coffee, Donuts and a Movie: “Self/Less,” 10:30

a.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville High-way. Info: 525-5431.

Family Movie Night: “Hotel Transylvania 2,” 5:30 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Free event. Info: 525-5431.

Young-Williams Spay-Neuter Shuttle, 7 a.m.-4 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville High-way. Info/appointment: 525-5431.

MONDAY-TUESDAY, MARCH 14-15Auditions for production of “Follies,” 6:30 p.m.,

Walters State Community College. Hosted by Encore Theatrical Company. Roles for more than 20 women and 12 men ages late teens to late eighties. Info: etcplays.org.

TUESDAY, MARCH 15Honor Guard meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St.,

Maynardville. All veterans invited. Info: 256-5415.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16Computer Workshops: “Internet and Email Ba-

sics,” 2 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Requires “Introducing the Computer” or equivalent skills. Info/registration: 525-5431.

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

THURSDAY, MARCH 17Family Pajama Storytime, 6:30 p.m., Halls

Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Info: 922-2552. “On a Hill Far Away” presented by the Word-

Players, 11 a.m., North Acres Baptist Church sanctuary, 5803 Millertown Pike. Cost: $10, includes lunch after presentation. Reservation deadline: Monday, March 14. Info/reservations: 254-8884.

Plainview 7th District Neighborhood Watch

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

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, MARCH 18-20“Printmaking” class, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Appalachian

Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway, Norris. Instructor: John Allen. Part of the Featured Tennessee Artist Workshop Series. Registration deadline: March 10. Info/registration: 494-9854; appalachianarts.net.

SATURDAY, MARCH 19Arbor Day celebration, 1-5 p.m., Marble

Springs State Historic Site, 1220 West Governor John Sevier Highway. Free; donations appreciated. Info: marblesprings.net; 573-5508; [email protected].

Camp Sam Hike and Volunteer Day, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Norris Dam State Park, 125 Village Green Circle, Rocky Top. Meet at the Camp Sam Trailhead, located at TVA’s picnic shelter/across street from Powerhouse Road. Bring water and lunch; gloves and tools provided. Adults only. Leader: Ranger Lauren Baghetti. Info: 426-7461.

East Tennessee Kidney Foundation’s Lucky Kidney Run and Irish Festival, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Market Square. Festival features: live music, dancing, vendor booths, and kids’ infl atables and midway games. Info/Run or walk registration: etkidney.org.

Free beginning beekeeping class, 1-3 p.m., Treadway Fire Hall on Highway #131. Presented by Clinch Valley Beekeeping Association. Info/registration: Wanda Coleman, 423-944-3230.

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.

“A Night in Old Havana” ETTAC fundraiser, 6:30-10 p.m., Lighthouse Knoxville Event Center, 6800 Baum Drive. Includes: authentic Cuban food and music, a Latin dance showcase, casino game tables, a silent auction, a coffee and dessert bar, cigars bar and door and raffl e prizes. Tickets: $25. Tickets: ettac.org/nohregistration2016.html; 219-0130, ext. 221. Info: Mat Jones, 219-0130, ext. 228, or [email protected].

Spring Hike, 10 a.m.-noon, Big Ridge State Park, 1015 Big Ridge Road, Maynardville. Meet at park offi ce. Leader: Ranger Scott Ferguson; hike: 1-3 miles. Info: 992-5523.

Yard sale, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway. Spots are $10 or donate items to the youth section of the sale. Info: 690-1060.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, MARCH 19-20“The Secrets of Fine Art Photography” pre-

sented by J Way Photography, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave. Cost: $200. Info/registration: 214-6364.

MONDAY, MARCH 21“Introduction to Beekeeping” class, 6-9 p.m.,

Clinton Community Center in Clinton. Open to anyone interested in beekeeping. Sponsored by the Anderson County Beekeepers Association. Info/registration: 463-8541 or [email protected].

TUESDAY, MARCH 22“A Focus on Fashion” fashion show benefi tting the

Historic Ramsey House, noon, Cherokee Country Club. 5138 Lyons View Pike. Boutique shopping open 10:30 a.m.-noon. Reservations deadline: March 16. Info/reser-vations: 546-0745.

Auditions for “Snow White & Rose Red,” 4:30-7:30 p.m., Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Ave. By appointment only. Fourteen available roles; ages 9-18. For appointment: email Dennis Perkins, [email protected], including name, age gender and preferred time.

Homeschoolers at the Library Part. 2: Everyday Expressions, 2 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emo-ry Road. Presented by East Tennessee Historical Society. Registration required. Info/registration: 922-2552.

“Passionate for Pasta” cooking class, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Avanti Savoia, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Cost: $50. Info/registration: avantisavoia.com or 922-9916.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23International Folk Dance Class, 7:30-10 p.m.,

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

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By Betty BeanA few hours after

20-year-old Bill Pittman w a l k e d across the stage in D e c e m -ber 1984 to claim his UT diploma (Marketing, with hon-ors), he was unpack ing

his sample bag in Colum-bus, Ohio, as the new re-gional sales representative for DeRoyal.

He’d been hired four months earlier, on the day DeRoyal expanded its mar-ket access by signing its fi rst national contract with the buying group HGA. He spent one more quarter fi nishing up his degree and learning the medical supply business under the watchful eye of DeRoyal founder Pete DeBusk, to whom he says he will be forever grateful “for taking a chance on a kid from North Knoxville.”

He’s thinking a lot about those days as he prepares to retire from his position as DeRoyal president and chief operating offi cer at the end of March.

Young as he was when he started at DeRoyal, it wasn’t his fi rst job. He’d grown up helping his father (who is also named Bill Pittman) in the vending machine busi-ness he ran during his off-time as a city fi refi ghter. The younger Pittman worked his way through college at St. Mary’s Medical Center, fi rst washing dishes and chauf-feuring nuns under the watchful eye of Sister Mary Ethel O’Shaughnessy, then in materials management where he started learning about the medical device

industry from a hospital’s point of view.

“I was working night shift when the fellow I worked for said, ‘You need to meet Pete DeBusk.’ I said, ‘Sounds good,’ and then he told me he’d gotten me an interview the next morning at 8.”

Researching the com-pany on such short notice was impossible those pre-Internet days, but Pittman had a bit of an additional ‘in’ because his father had al-ready met DeBusk at a facil-ity opening in Maynardville and wrangled a promise of an interview for his son.

DeBusk fi nished up the interview with what Pittman calls “the assumptive close:”

“He said, ‘I can’t tell you where you’re going to be, but you’re not going to be in Knoxville.’”

Pittman had to remind DeBusk that he hadn’t quite fi nished school yet, so De-Busk instructed him to come out to the DeRoyal campus that afternoon to start learn-ing the business from the ground up. Pittman spent his fi rst day labeling prod-ucts, his day second loading trucks. The next week he was on a sewing machine. At the end of fall quarter, he got his degree and hit the road for DeRoyal.

“I really enjoyed Colum-bus, and learned a lot. My manager gave me real good piece of advice: ‘You see those blue signs with the white H? That’s where you pull off the road and try to sell something.’ We cap-tured all the business with burn centers in the terri-tory, and after four and a half years I was asked to move back to Knoxville to be a sales specialist in that area. Burn care became the wound care division. I saw

DeRoyal president takes early retirement to join dad in business

Bill Pittman

By Sherry WittComing on the heels of a

rather typical beginning to 2016, local real estate and lend-ing mar-kets expe-rienced an earlier than e x p e c t e d surge dur-ing the month of

February. The month pro-duced 843 property trans-fers in Knox County, easily surpassing January’s total of 661, and besting last Feb-ruary’s number by more than 250. It was the largest number of February trans-fers since 2007.

The total value of prop-erty sold during the month was just under $180 mil-lion, comparing quite fa-vorably to last February when about $148 million was transferred. It must be noted that while the num-bers are encouraging, they are still not back to Febru-ary 2007 levels when the total value of transfers in

Knox County reached near-ly $250 million.

On the lending side, therewas defi nitely good newsas about $280 million wasloaned in mortgages andrefi nancing. This fi gure wasup from $220 million inJanuary, and far outpacedlast February’s total mort-gage loan amount of $194million.

The largest propertytransfer of the month wasthe sale of a medical facil-ity located at the intersec-tion of Hall of Fame Driveand James White Parkway.The parcel was sold to MPAImaging Associates for $4.5million. The largest mort-gage recorded was a loanfor $28.6 million, fi nanc-ing a proposed develop-ment known as AventineNorthshore Apartments,located near the 9700 blockof Northshore Drive.

This new burst of activ-ity reminds us that spring isindeed just around the cor-ner, and with that in mind,I would like to wish each ofyou a very blessed Easterand Passover season.

February brings early spring to local markets

Sherry Witt

News from Offi ce of Register of Deeds

Food City gives back to Powell schoolsPowell Food City store manager Terry Gilbert (center)

presents PHS student body president Jaylen Hodges and

principal Dr. Chad Smith a check for $786 for the Food

City School Bucks program. The donation was made pos-

sible by community support and Food City shoppers who

have designated Powell High as the recipient. Gilbert also

brought a check for $1,328.94 to Powell Middle School. Photo submitted

BUSINESS NOTES ■ Fountain City Business and

Professional Association:

Meets 11:45 a.m. second

Wednesday at Central Baptist

Church fellowship hall.

President is John Fugate,

[email protected] or 865-

some terrible burns, and to this day, I always remind people to turn their pot han-dles inward on the stove.”

Pittman continued his upward progression by be-coming DeRoyal’s fi rst prod-uct manager. He enrolled in an in-house MBA program with Lincoln Memorial University DeBusk started for his employees, got his master’s and acquired seven patents along the way. He was named president and COO in 2010, and would have been happy to stay on the job for years to come, but has decided that it was time to go to work with his father at Pittman Proper-

ties, a rental business they started in North Knoxville that has grown to nearly 100 single family homes and du-plexes from Fourth & Gill to Fountain City.

He knows he’ll miss De-Royal, but he’s looking for-ward to spending time with his dad and seeing where they can take their business, which he says is in “expan-sion mode.”

“I’ll always be loyal to DeRoyal, and fi rst and fore-most to Pete, who expects a lot out of people, but more of himself,” Pittman said. “A lot of the good deeds Pete has done are common knowl-edge. Many more are not.”

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■ Halls Business and Profes-sional Association: Meets

noon third Tuesday at Beaver

Brook Country Club. Juvenile

Court Judge Tim Irwin will

speak on March 15. President

is Carl Tindell, carlt@tindells.

com or 865-922-7751

■ North Knoxville Business and Professional Asso-ciation will meet 7:45 a.m.

Friday, March 11, at Ladies of

Charity, 120 W. Baxter Avenue.

John Barrett of TDOT will

discuss the Broadway Viaduct

plan and Linda Gray will

discuss the upcoming Open

Streets Knoxville events.

Breakfast sponsor is Ladies of

Charity; business spotlight is

Wesley House.

■ Powell Business and Profes-sional Association: Meets

noon second Tuesday at Jubi-

lee Banquet Facility. President

is John Bayless, john.bayless@

ftr.com or 865-947-8224


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