SOUP winnerPassion and ambition were

rewarded at the latest Knox-ville SOUP.

The community micro-funding event raised $660 for the winning project, Psalm 91 Inc., which plans to provide a local safehouse for women who’ve been subjected to hu-man trafficking. The group is in the process of gaining 501(c)3 status.

The fifth SOUP event was held at Dara’s Garden on Maryville Pike. The Rothchild property donated the space, food and servers for the night, which drew the largest crowd SOUP has seen so far, with 113 attendees.

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SOUTH KNOX

BUZZ

By Betty BeanWith major problems at three

South Knoxville schools, board member Amber Rountree wants answers. She also wants equity.

Rountree has asked Superinten-dent James McIntyre for a side-by-

side comparison of class offerings at South-Doyle Middle School and Bearden Middle School.

“Our kids in South Knoxville deserve equal cur-riculum opportu-nities,” she said.

A brave sixth-grader spoke on behalf of students and teachers at last week’s school board meeting in response to proposed class cuts at South-Doyle Middle School for

the upcoming school year“All these classes that have

been cut are classes that children look forward to during the school day,” she said.

“What does this mean for the teachers who taught these classes? These beloved teachers have lost their job. Why? Because of the budget, or test scores? Have other middle schools lost their Spanish, keyboarding, music, PE, AVID, fo-cus block, jazz band and singing groups?”

She said that students “were crying or screaming from anger and surprise” when they heard the news.

Meanwhile, at Mt. Olive El-ementary School, parents are repeating last year’s complaints about principal Paula Brown. This year, 113 parents and relatives

have signed a petition demand-ing Brown’s removal. The petition says that the school has lost “a number of great teachers” because of Brown’s actions, and that par-ents are tired of having their com-plaints ignored.

“How many great teachers do we have to lose before someone steps up and makes a leadership change?

“Our parents are unhappy, and our children are suffering while our teachers are being bullied. We stand together as parents and as a com-munity in asking for the immediate removal of the principal at Mount Olive Elementary School.”

South-Doyle High School has been under interim leadership since principal Tim Berry and assistant principal/head football coach/athletic director Clark Dun-can were placed on administrative

Rountree

South schools: Turmoil spreads as Rountree seeks answersleave Feb. 8. They are suspended with pay pending an investigation by the Knox County District Attor-ney General.

Rountree says these high-pro-fi le problems are overshadow-ing the good things happening in South Knox schools. She can’t comment on the high school situ-ation, and expressed sympathy for the Mt. Olive parents “who are frustrated by a lack of communica-tion” with the principal and Knox County Schools administration.

“These parents came to a board meeting this time last year (with the same complaints).

“As a board member, I don’t make staffi ng decisions, but I do pass on what folks share with me.”

Rountree has had plenty to say

S.O.R. LosersCatch week two of our

14-week serial story, “S.O.R. Losers,” the story of a misfi t sports team written by New-bery Award Winner Avi and illustrated by Timothy Bush.

Sit with your child as he or she reads about the antics of Ed and Saltz. Or read the story to them, so you all can enjoy it!

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By Betsy PickleOne of the South Waterfront’s

most intensely questioned and closely watched new residential projects is nearly complete, and the reality sets a high standard for future development along the south side of the Tennessee River.

River’s Edge Apartments, 1701 Island Home Ave., is sprinting to-ward its fi nish after several years of neighborhood concerns and many months of construction and road closures.

There will be an open house 12-7 p.m. Friday, April 29, and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, April 30, with a move-in date of May 31.

“People can come by, look at units, have a beer with us and hang out,” says Mark Taylor, presi-

River’s Edge

Everyone is invited to j oin stu-dents from the Career Magnet Academy from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, April 14, at the Pellissippi State Community College Strawberry Plains campus to celebrate unique learning through pathway-specif-ic Project Based Learning (PBL) experiences.

■ Homeland Security schol-ars designed and will demonstrate an emergency response plan for a terrorist attack.

■ Advanced Manufactur-ing scholars modifi ed sports equipment for children with handicaps. They also earned their OSHA 10 certifi cations and made safety videos showcasing the knowledge they gleaned from that process.

■ Teaching as a Profession scholars visited Nature’s Way Montessori School, Paideia Acad-emy and The Emerald School. Using some of the things they ex-

perienced at each school, as well as knowledge they gained from guest speakers, they created their own schools and classrooms com-plete with mission statements and teaching philosophies.

■ Sustainable Living schol-ars designed plans for install-ing raised garden beds at CMA@PSTCC. They also earned OSHA 10 certifi cations.

The Knox County Schools Ca-reer Magnet Academy is a true

magnet. No students are zoned there. The academy offers stu-dents a chance to graduate with “hard-skills,” “soft-skills” and an associate’s degree from Pellissippi State Community College.

Students choose one of four career paths – Advanced Manu-facturing, Homeland Security, Sustainable Living or Teacher Preparation. The school is at 7171 Strawberry Plains Pike. Info: 865-622-3800

close to launch

Mark Taylor, president of Domin-

ion Development Group, stands

in front of the fi tness center at

River’s Edge. Photo by Betsy Pickle

Career Magnet showcases programs

dent of Dominion Development Group, which constructed and is managing the property. The beer will come from Alliance Brewing Co. on nearby Sevier Avenue.

River’s Edge is offering a couple of promotions for early birds. The fi rst 50 people to move in “get a pretty signifi cant discount” off the fi rst month’s rent, Taylor says. The fi rst 100 people to move in will re-ceive a Legacy Parks membership for a year.

“We’re excited about getting

this place full and vibrant quick-ly,” he says.

Several apartments have al-ready been reserved. The leasing offi ce will be open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and 10 a.m.-12 Sat-urdays beginning Monday, May 2.

The fi rst of the 134 units should be ready by late April or early May, and the rest should be done by the middle of June.

During a tour for the Shopper last Friday, Taylor explained how DDG built up the land for the riv-

erwalk across the street, which will be completed after the fi ve apartment buildings are fi nished. The concrete-decked walk will be up to 60 feet wide in some places, with plenty of room for pedestri-ans and bicyclists.

There will be benches and seat-ing areas and some river access. The developers are building the riverwalk to the city’s specifi ca-tions.

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Urban Wilderness celebration

Find out how the Urban Wilderness is helping SoKno and how it can help you at “Cel-ebrate the Urban Wilderness” Tuesday, April 19, at Ijams Nature Center. Refreshments will be served at 6 p.m., and at 6:30 Dr. Charles Sims of the Howard Baker Jr. Center will recap his research of the fi nan-cial impact of the UW.

He will also join a panel in-cluding Matthew Kellogg of the AMBC, Carol Evans of Legacy Parks, Debbie Sharp of TREK South, Molly Gilbert of Molly Gilbert Marketing and Paul James of Ijams to discuss and answer questions on the UW. Sponsors are the South Knox-ville Neighborhood & Business Coalition and South Knoxville Alliance.

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health & lifestyles

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center is a regional referral hospital where other facilities

REGIONAL EXCELLENCE.

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Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center’s new “hybrid” operating room, a space that combines a traditional surgical suite with real-time CT and

X-ray imaging equipment to bring a state-of-the-art experience to surgery patients.

Vascular surgery helps Knoxville resident step out with confi dence

She had always enjoyed walking, but last summer Mary Hurt had to slow her pace considerably. The Knoxville resident had begun having extreme pain in her calves.

“I had problems walking any distance, and I thought I was out of shape – so I tried to walk more,” the Knoxville resident said. “But my calves would cramp after two blocks, and then one block.”

A physician friend of hers noted that her problem might be intermittent claudica-tion, Hurt said. “And he said I should see a doctor about it.”

Intermittent (meaning the pain comes and goes), and claudication (from the Latin “claudicare,” meaning “to limp”) is a condi-tion in which pain and cramping in the leg is induced by exercise. It is typically caused by obstruction of the arteries.

Like the arteries of the heart, small ar-teries in the legs can develop clots that block the fl ow of blood. This robs the mus-cles of oxygen and the result is tired, pain-ful legs. The condition typically gets worse with exercise and better with rest.

The reduction in blood fl ow may be caused by a temporary spasm of the artery or by a permanent artery narrowing due to a build-up of fatty deposits in the blood. The condition is quite common, affecting about one to two percent of the population under age 60 and fi ve percent of people over 65.

Hurt went to a vascular surgeon who performed angioplasty in her right leg. An angioplasty is a procedure in which an in-fl atable balloon is inserted in the artery to improve blood fl ow. But, within months of the procedure, the pain in Hurt’s legs re-turned.

“I missed going on a trip because I couldn’t feel my toes; they were getting numb every time I walked. I wasn’t getting

Q & A with Deanna L. Nelson, MDQ – Tell us a little bit about yourself.

What brought you to Knoxville?

A – I am originally from Asheville, N. C., but I went to undergraduate school in Vermont, and medical school and residency at the University of Vermont Medical Cen-ter. I did a fellowship in vascular surgery at the Cleveland Clinic. My husband’s family is still outside Asheville. So we wanted to come to Knoxville to get out of the snow! Actually, I really enjoyed our one snow this year.

Q – What’s your clinical expertise?

A – I am board certifi ed in general surgery, with expertise in endovascular surgery, vascular surgery, vascular access and varicose veins.

Q – Why did you want to bring the Ar-tis zeego system to Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center?

A – I had used the Artis zeego system at Cleveland Clinic, and in my opinion it’s the best system. It’s top of the line, and was installed last fall. It’s fairly complicated to use, but the imaging is wonderful, it allows

blood circulating to my lower extremities. I could not walk to my mailbox without being in so much pain, remembers Hurt.

Hurt sought another surgeon and re-ceived a recommendation for Deanna Nel-son, MD, a vascular surgeon on staff at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center. “I went to see her almost immediately,” Hurt said.

Dr. Nelson scheduled Hurt to be the fi rst patient at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center’s new “hybrid” operating room, a space that combines a traditional surgical suite with real-time CT and X-ray imaging equipment to bring a state-of-the-art ex-perience to surgery patients. Among other things, it features the Artis zeego multi-axis imaging system, which delivers high-defi nition 3D images for the surgeon.

Before her procedure began, Hurt said she was able to look around the new room. “The hybrid operating room is really some-

thing else to see. It’s incredible,” she said. “My father was chief of staff at Fort Sanders Presbyterian Hospital in the 1970s and it was so wonderful to see this new technol-ogy.”

Hurt’s procedure lasted more than four hours, with Dr. Nelson placing a total of fi ve stents, tiny tubes to prop the artery open, in her legs.

“She was just so determined to really fi x the problem,” said Hurt. “When I woke up I had stents in both my legs, and she had opened up my arteries in my calf area with angioplasty.”

Hurt stayed just 12 hours in the hospital and was home that evening.

“I was so much better just one week later. I’m like a new person,” Hurt said. “It’s huge – it’s absolutely miraculous! I think very highly of Dr. Nelson; she is something won-derful. Her excellence level is amazingly

high.”Hurt said she would recommend Fort

Sanders Regional Medical Center to anyonefacing vascular surgery. “The nurses andstaff were extremely caring, careful, con-scientious and very professional. And I’mnot saying that for any other reason thanit’s true,” said Hurt.

“I’m walking way more than before, andI had not been able to walk any distance atall for four months. It had gotten very lim-iting, but I’m doing everything normallynow,” she said.

“My father always said to get a secondopinion. I’m glad I did. Dr. Nelson has cour-age. Her spirit and attitude were so ‘can-do,’ – and I love that!”

For more information about vascu-lar surgery at Fort Sanders Regional,please call 673-FORT.

us to do a lot of special things and yet ex-poses patients and staff to much less radia-tion. The hybrid operating room allows us to be faster, more precise and less invasive, which is better for patients.

Who is at risk for claudication?Risk factors for claudication include:

◊ Smoking◊ Diabetes◊ Overweight◊ Sedentary lifestyle◊ High cholesterol

◊ High blood pressure◊ Family history of atherosclerosis

or claudication◊ Older age (55 for men, 60 for

women)

Knowing your risk factors to any disease can help to guide you into the appro-priate actions, including changing behaviors and seeing your doctor.

What are the symptoms related to claudication?Claudication itself is a symptom of a narrowing or blockage of an artery.Typical characteristics of claudication include:

◊ Pain, a burning feeling, or a tired sensation in the legs and buttocks while walking

◊ Shiny, hairless, blotchy foot skin that may get sores

◊ Paleness in the limb when el-evated and reddened when lowered

◊ Cold feet◊ Impotence in men◊ Leg pain that occurs at night

when in bed◊ Pain that occurs at rest may be a

sign of increasing severity of arterial disease in the leg(s)

The symptoms related to claudication may look like other medical conditions or problems. Always consult your doctor for a diagno sis.

Deanna L. Nelson, MD

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Betsy Pickle

South schools From page 1

about the impending chang-es at the middle school, though, and in an email she sent to McIntyre the day af-ter the board meeting, she makes it clear that she is not happy with SDMS principal Taiwo Sutton’s decisions nor with how he is communicat-ing with parents.

In an April 6 email to par-ents, Sutton downplayed the changes, which he described as adjustments in class sizes and “minor staffi ng and pro-grammatic changes” that won’t impact student sched-ules or related arts classes.

Rountree told McIntyre she is “appalled at the ad-ministration willfully paint-ing an inaccurate and incom-plete picture of the ‘minor staffi ng and programmatic changes’ at SDMS to stu-dents and parents. Fur-

thermore, I fi nd these curriculum changes unac-ceptable. These changes will not benefi t the students.

“As you heard yester-day, students are passion-ate about these classes and without them many of them will lose interest in school. With a school that is already struggling with behavior is-sues, how do you think these curriculum changes will positively impact behavior?”

In a Shopper News in-terview, Rountree said the changes Sutton proposes will disrupt innovative in-struction taking place in SDMS feeder schools like the Arts 360 program, which integrates arts and academics. She said the changes are designed to de-vote more time preparing students to take tests.

“They’ve decided to cut related arts programs at a school that is desperately in need of continued positive things,” she said. “Parents were given misinformation about what the cuts are slat-ed to be. This has nothing to do with the budget, or the school board. They’re real-locating positions to core subjects. That most recent email from the principal didn’t give all the informa-tion, and it’s important for parents and kids that we are all on the same page.”

Rountree requested a side-by-side comparison of class offerings at South-Doyle Middle School and Bearden Middle School, saying kids in South Knox-ville “deserve equal curricu-lum opportunities.”

Requests for responses from the principals were declined.

River’s Edge From page 1

Just across the street along the Tennessee River, the develop-

ers of River’s Edge Apartments on Island Home Avenue will

construct a wide, public riverwalk.

In keeping with South Waterfront code, all the utilities are underground.

With downtown and the heart of the University of Tennessee campus just a 10-minute bike ride away, Taylor believes that the complex will appeal to those who like the downtown vibe but at a lower price.

“With where rents are go-ing downtown and close to downtown, we saw this as … an area that will draw a more diverse crowd who still likes an urban lifestyle and wants to be connected to downtown and also with what’s going on in the Urban Wilderness. You get the best of both worlds.”

Around 80 of the units are two bedroom, with an-other 45 or so one bedroom and the rest three bedroom. They range from about 900

to about 1,300 square feet. Rent averages $1.05 per square foot.

First-level units have pa-tios, second-level units have balconies and third-level apartments have sunrooms (they also have vaulted ceil-ings). All the apartments have generous closet and storage space. The kitchens feature granite countertops and solid wood cabinetry. Bathrooms have subway tile. More than half the units have river views.

Cats and dogs up to 75 pounds are allowed. The complex also has a swim-ming pool, fi tness center and grilling area. The G&O Rail with Trail, expected to open in 2017, is at the back of the property.

Floor plans and more info: riversedgeknox.com.

Passion and ambition were rewarded at the latest Knoxville SOUP.

The community micro-funding event raised $660 for the winning project, Psalm 91 Inc., which plans to provide a local safehouse for women who’ve been sub-jected to human traffi cking. The group is in the process of gaining 501(c)3 status.

The fi fth SOUP event was held at Dara’s Garden on Maryville Pike. The Roth-child property donated the space, food and servers for the night, which drew the largest crowd SOUP has seen so far, with 113 attendees.

South Knoxvillian Alan Williams of WVLT-TV re-turned as master of cer-emonies and also got lucky – his wife won a wine fridge in the raffl e. He also joked about leaving soon on vaca-tion, but there were plenty of witnesses who saw Valer-ie Boyd, representing Psalm 91, receive an envelope fi lled with the cash donations from the evening.

In SOUP tradition, four people made presentations about community-minded projects for which they need funding. Each presenta-tion was met with solid ap-plause, and many attendees were overheard debating about which project was most deserving.

In addition to Psalm 91,

COMMUNITY NOTES

■ Colonial Village Neighborhood Association.

Info: Terry Caruthers, 579-

5702, t_caruthers@hotmail.

com.

■ Knoxville Chapter of the Tennessee Firearms Association meets 6 p.m.

each fi rst Tuesday, Gondolier

Italian Restaurant, Chapman

Highway, 7644 Mountain

Grove Drive. The public is

invited. Info: Liston Matthews,

316-6486.

■ Knoxville Tri-County Lions Club meets 7 p.m.

each second and fourth

Monday, Connie’s Kitchen,

10231 Chapman Highway,

Seymour. Info: facebook.com/

TriCountyLions/info.

■ Lake Forest Neighborhood Association. Info: Molly

Gilbert, 209-1820 or mollygil-

bert@yahoo.com.

■ Lindbergh Forest Neighbor-hood Association meets 6:30

p.m. each third Wednesday,

Graystone Presbyterian

Church, 139 Woodlawn Pike.

Info: Kelley DeLuca, 660-4728,

kelleydeluca@gmail.com.

■ Old Sevier Community Group meets 7 p.m. each

third Thursday, South

Knoxville Elementary School

library, 801 Sevier Ave. Info:

Gary E. Deitsch, 573-7355 or

garyedeitsch@bellsouth.net.

■ South Haven Neighborhood Association meets 10 a.m.

each third Saturday, Hillcrest

UMC, 1615 Price Ave. Info: Pat

Harmon, 591-3958.

■ South Knox Republican Club meets 7 p.m. each

third Thursday, South

Knox Optimist Club, 6135

Moore Road. Kevin Teeters,

kevinteeters018@gmail.com.

■ South of the River Demo-crats (9th District) meet

6:30 p.m. each third Monday,

South Knoxville Community

Center, 522 Maryville Pike.

Info: Debbie Helsley, 789-

8875, or Brandon Hamilton,

809-3685.

■ South Woodlawn Neigh-borhood Association. Info:

Shelley Conklin, 686-6789.

Valerie Boyd, third from left, shows off the cash she and partners Cathy Keeton, Ellen Kimball

and Jamie Heath won for their project at Knoxville SOUP. Photo by Betsy Pickle

SOUP winner aims to help human traffi cking victims

the projects included the Pets Without Parents Shel-ter, a no-kill animal shelter, presented by Lory Souders; the Vestal Gateway Project, a makeover at the corner of Martin Mill Pike and Ogle Street, presented by Gene Burr for the Vestal Com-munity Organization; and a marketing project for Marble Springs Farmers Market, aiming to increase visibility for the May-Sep-tember market, presented by Marble Springs State Historic Site executive di-rector Anna Chappelle.

After the speakers pitched their projects and answered questions, attend-ees dined on loaded potato, chicken tortilla and vegan tomato soups, bread, salad and cookies. Dinnertime also afforded an opportuni-ty to visit with old and new friends and discuss the four projects before voting.

Throughout the evening, musician Gwynn Evans – Just South of Crazy enter-tained by singing and play-ing guitar and autoharp.

Boyd, who lives in Sweet-water, was accompanied by her partners in the project: Jamie Heath of East Knox-ville, Cathy Keeton of Sey-mour and Ellen Kimball of South Knoxville. The four were friends and co-workers at a halfway house for women before the facil-ity changed direction and closed earlier this year.

Boyd pointed out, ironi-cally, that the facility was just across the street from Dara’s Garden.

“We ran a transition house for women coming out of incarceration with substance-abuse issues,” said Boyd. “We helped them to become productive mem-bers of society through a six-month program. Our goal now is to assist women, again, who are victims of human traffi cking.”

Boyd said that having the intersection of Inter-states 40 and 75 here makes Knoxville a hub. She cited National Human Traffi ck-ing Resource Center statis-tics that put the number of human traffi cking victims at over 60,000 in the United States and between 21 mil-lion and 30 million world-wide.

Psalm 91 plans to start with a safehouse for imme-diate rescue and later open a transition house for long-term programming.

■ South-Doyle Neighborhood Association meets 7 p.m.

each fi rst Tuesday, Stock Creek

Baptist Church fellowship hall,

8106 Martin Mill Pike. Info:

Mark Mugford, 609-9226 or

marksidea@aol.com.

■ Vestal Community Orga-nization meets 6 p.m. each

second Monday, South Knox-

ville Community Center, 522

Maryville Pike. Info: Katherine

Johnson, 566-1198.

Call for artists ■ 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.

■ Request for Proposals:

permanent work of art to be

located on the west wall of

the underground section of

The Emporium Center. Open

to all artists. Deadline for

applications: 5 p.m. Monday,

May 2. Application: knox

alliance.com/underground.

html. Info: 523-7543 or lz@

knoxalliance.com.

■ The Tennessee Arts Commission is accepting

application for its Arts Build

Communities (ABC) grants

until 4:30 p.m. (CST) Friday,

July 1. The grants will be

distributed throughout all

arts disciplines as recognized

by the Tennessee Arts

Commission, including dance,

music, opera/musical theatre,

theatre, visual arts, design

arts, crafts, photography,

media arts, literature,

interdisciplinary and folk arts.

Info: Suzanne Cada, 523-7543

or sc@knoxalliance.com.

REUNION NOTES ■ Halls High classes of 2005

and 2006 combined reunion,

7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 30,

Knoxville Hilton. Tickets:

Eventbrite.com.

■ Historic Knoxville High School all classes reunion,

11:30 a.m. Saturday, April 30,

at Buddy’s Bearden Banquet

Hall, 5806 Kingston Pike.

Guest speaker: Rick Dover of

Dover Development Com-

pany, current renovator of

the Farragut Hotel, will speak

on the development of the

Historic Knoxville High School

building into Senior Living

Units. Info: Wayne Smith,

696-9858.

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Wendy Smith

Bruce Foster Jr. came by the legal profession natu-rally. His grandfather, E.G. Foster, and his father were both attorneys. But the younger Foster didn’t know anything about represent-ing airports before he was hired as attorney for the Metropolitan Knoxville Air-port Authority in 1987. He learned on the job, he says.

Bruce Foster Sr. settled in Knoxville after law school, and Bruce Foster Jr. was a member of the second class to graduate from West High School. He went on to UT for his bachelor’s and law degrees.

He hoped to learn to fl y during his Army service, but never had the opportu-nity. Signing on as airport authority attorney didn’t increase his time in the air. One of the fi rst things he wanted to know after taking the position was if he’d get

This is the story of the other guard, Ed Molinski, Tennessee 1938-40, two-time All-American, College Football Hall of Fame.

Robert Lee Suffridge was a bit more famous, a three-time All-American, recipient of the 1940 Knute Rockne Award as the most valuable lineman in the country.

Later, Suffridge was a fi rst-11 honoree after the fi rst hundred years of foot-ball, selected from an esti-mated 2.5 million former players. He had credibility. Robert R. Neyland said Suff was the best he ever saw. Mo was close.

The two guards played in a golden era for the Volunteers, 17 consecutive games with-out permitting a point. Their

The other guard

teams won 31 and lost two.They will be recognized

again on Saturday at the Or-ange and White game when the school presents an inau-gural version of its athletic hall of fame. Cheers.

Suffridge and Molinski meshed fl awlessly in Ney-land’s single wing and the 6-2-2-1. They were devas-tating blockers and devil-ish defenders. They were opposites as people. What’s more, they didn’t like each other.

We are told that Molinski thought the happy-go-lucky Suffridge was irrespon-sible or worse. We know what Suff thought of laws, rules and regulations. You may have read in one of my books about the ol’ Vol vis-iting the newspaper on a very cold night and walking away with a sportswriter’s overcoat.

Neither man came from upper-crust. Bob was born in Union County, moved to Fountain City, played bril-liantly at Central High.

Ed, born in Scranton, Pa., of Polish immigrants, spent time in an orphan-age because his mother died young. He grew up in Mas-sillon, Ohio.

The father wanted the son to become heavyweight boxing champion of the world. The legendary Paul Brown wanted him to play football. Then high school

coach and father compro-mised. Ed was a great guard and boxing champ of Ohio.

He was an excellent stu-dent at UT. He earned his master’s while still playing. He became an assistant coach at Memphis State and a pro-fessor in history and geogra-phy. He joined the Marines during World War II and be-came a second lieutenant.

Ed returned to coach-ing and teaching, this time at Mississippi State, and decided he wanted to be a doctor. He needed a specifi c chemistry credit to get into med school. It wasn’t of-fered in Starkville.

To keep him on the foot-ball staff, the athletic direc-tor persuaded the president to create the course. This was a life-changing mo-ment.

Molinski later enrolled at UT med school, assist-ed various Memphis high

school football programs and worked as a security guard at the veterans hospi-tal to pay the bills.

When he started his medical practice, he be-came team doctor for Mem-phis State and several high schools. In his spare time, he was the professional box-ing doctor in town.

“He truly loved the medi-cal profession,” said son Chuck Molinski. “He worked at it until his death in 1986.”

He was 68.There are dozens of Mo-

linski tales and tidbits. He barely survived a cop-perhead bite at age 5. As a redshirt sophomore with the Vols, he was a volunteer policeman in Ohio – during the infamous 1937 steel mill strikes. Three people died. Hundreds were injured. His father was a striker.

There was a Molinski-Suffridge fi ght that never

happened. Neyland vetoed it. Ed was captain of the UT boxing team.

There was a late evening when Molinski and Suf-fridge reconnected for a minute, long distance, in an identity crisis. Chuck Mo-linski remembers it well.

“The sheriff’s offi ce in an East Tennessee county called our home and Mom answered. The caller said Ed Molinski was in jail for hit-ting a restaurant waitress.

“Mother looked over at Dad and said ‘My husband is right here next to me. There must be some mistake.’”

Upon further investiga-tion, it was found that Suff had told the police he was that famous Tennessee guard, Ed Molinski.

If there was a book about the other guard, would you read it?Marvin West invites reader response. His address is westwest6@netzero.com

Marvin West

Airport attorney Foster keeps his feet on the tarmac

Bruce Foster Jr. with his grandfather’s law books at Bass, Berry and Sims Photo by Wendy Smith

to fl y for free. The answer was no.

Changes at McGhee Ty-son Airport during Foster’s 29-year tenure have im-pacted the entire region. Renovations to the termi-nal, completed in 2000 at a cost of $78 million, were complicated because the airport had to operate while the new terminal was being built on the same footprint.

But construction wasn’t complicated from a legal standpoint, he says, and he’s pleased with the fi nal prod-uct. The airport’s fountains, crab orchard stone and

glass etched with tulip poplar leaves echo the area’s natural charms.

“It’s a tribute to the board at the time. They were determined that the airport should re-fl ect the local culture and be a gateway to East Tennessee.”

Aircraft maintenance hangars, built for Conti-nental Airlines in 2000 and Northwest Airlines in 2002, were more dif-fi cult. Multiple state and federal regulations, along with local building and electric codes, made it a challenge to meet the needs of the airlines.

“We wanted for them to have what they wanted, within reason.”

Foster prepares contracts for airlines when they begin offering service from Mc-Ghee Tyson. At one time, the companies changed so

frequently that there was a running joke about the air-line “du jour.” That’s settled down some, he says.

Changes continue at McGhee Tyson, and Foster is involved with exciting future events. He has two grandsons that are “wild-

eyed” about the upcoming Smoky Mountain Air Show on April 16 and 17. They likely don’t understand their grandfather’s role in preparing contracts for the many performers, vendors and staff required for the event.

He’s also worked on the $110 million airport modernization pro-gram, which includes several renovations to the airport’s runways and taxiways. Construc-tion began in 2014 and is expected to be com-pleted in 2020.

Foster will retire from his airport author-ity post in October, but will continue to practice with Bass, Berry and Sims. He hopes to have more time to fi sh, and if he can get his wife, Bet-sy, to retire from M.S. McClellan, he’d like to

travel.He also plans to visit old

friends at the airport.“It’s been a privilege to

work with some of the best, most professional and most accomplished people I can imagine being gathered into one organization.”

Shopper news • APRIL 13, 2016 • 5 government

Mae Beavers

Knoxville resident Susan Richardson Williams, a Jeb Bush candidate for delegate on March 1, was appointed as an alternate for Donald Trump by the GOP state committee at its April 2 meeting. Williams has served on the UT Board of Trustees, TVA Board of Directors and as commis-sioner of personnel under Gov. Lamar Alexander. She will serve along with former state Sen. Stacey Campfi eld as an alternate for Trump.

Other Knoxville resi-dents going to the GOP national convention as delegates and alternates include former Sheriff Tim Hutchinson for Trump, Sam Maynard for Trump, Ken Gross for Trump, Karen Brown alternate for Cruz, this writer for Rubio, Michael Hensley for Rubio, Party chair Ryan Haynes for Rubio, Ted Hatfi eld alternate for Trump, Mike Arms alternate for Rubio and Gov. Bill Haslam for Rubio. Former Knoxville resident and UT student body president Steve Gill is a Cruz delegate.

The convention opens on July 18 in Cleveland.

State Sen. Mae Beavers, from Sum-ner County (Middle Tennessee) or state Sen. Bill Ketron are being widely discussed as the

possible chairs of the Tennessee delegation. Beavers is a Trump delegate who won the most votes statewide. She would be the fi rst woman to chair a Ten-nessee Republican delega-tion at a national conven-tion. The chair is elected by the full delegation and a majority are delegates pledged to Trump. Ketron is also a Trump delegate.

■ Meanwhile on the Democratic side, Mayor Madeline Rogero, after staying silent for months on her preference between Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, has now come out in favor of Clinton by seeking to be a del-egate for her. Knox County Democrats in the March 1 primary split almost evenly between Clinton and Sand-ers with Clinton carrying Knox County by only 900 votes.

If Clinton is elected President, Rogero is expected to take a position in her Ad-

VictorAshe

Sandra Clark

Beavers may chair GOP delegation

ministration in 2017 or 2018. Her term as mayor expires in December 2019, and she is ineligible to seek a third term. Being a delegate for Clinton would be a political boost for her to win a job with Clinton.

■ Some Knox County Democrats are disap-pointed and unhappy over Rogero forcing Tank Strick-land to resign his position with the city after working for four mayors. Strick-land has been an active Democrat over the years, the fi rst African-American to chair the Knox County Commission and a Demo-crat elected by a bipartisan coalition. He also had a kidney transplant and is in his 60s. Rogero had never voiced any dissatisfaction with Strickland’s job per-formance during her fi rst term but apparently had not forgiven Strickland for supporting Haslam over her for mayor in 2003.

■ Hugh Nystrom, GOP County Commission nominee, had a backyard barbecue at his Westmore-land home a few days ago to thank supporters for his substantial primary victory and to encourage them to continue the effort to the Aug. 4 general election against Democrat Marleen Davis. Over 100 persons attended including county Trustee Ed Shouse and Ann Bailey, sister of Gov. Bill Haslam.

■ One really has to ad-mire Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey’s willingness to depart on his own from the second high-est offi ce in Tennessee state government after 24 years of service. John Wilder never did it. Many public offi cials overstay their time. Ramsey leaves on a high note and the voters had not discharged him from fur-ther service. Ramsey made a difference in government and has been a very effec-tive leader of the Senate.

Sen. Randy McNally, who represents part of Knox Coun-ty, is mentioned as the likely next Speaker of the Senate. He would be the fi rst Ander-son Countian to be lieutenant governor and a heartbeat away from the governor’s offi ce.

■ The Legislature is expected to adjourn for the 2016 session by the end of next week at the latest.

Vietnam veteran Mike Pettit gets ready to take fl ight

in a LifeStar helicopter over Knoxville. Photos by R. White

A view of Neyland Stadium from high above Knoxville.

Veterans

The 20th HonorAir fl ight was scheduled to depart Knoxville this morning (April 13) carrying a plane fi lled with veterans and volunteers on their way to Washington, D.C.

Mike Pettit is one of the veterans on board and is thankful for the opportunity to make the trip. He was at a recent presentation when LifeStar donated a Zoll E Series cardiac monitor to Eddie Mannis of HonorAir for the trips. HonorAir takes veterans, free of charge, to the nation’s capital to see the memorials built to recognize the sacrifi ces they made for their country.

The equipment will al-low the paramedics, nurs-es and physicians who fl y with Honor Air to quickly diagnose and treat cardiac emergencies before the ar-rival of an ambulance.

LifeStar personnel ac-

company the group on each trip. Since HonorAir began in 2007, more than 2,500 WWII, Korea and Vietnam veterans have taken the free, one-day trip. Medics Matt Owens, Rocky Walker and Kay Kirkland repre-sented LifeStar at the event.

Following the presenta-tion, I had the opportunity to chat with Pettit briefl y. When asked what he want-ed to see the most while in Washington, Pettit got choked up and said that see-ing the memorials means a lot to him. He talked a little bit about his service in Viet-nam. I learned that he was a graduate of West High

School and the University of Tennessee who learned to fl y planes in Knoxville be-fore joining the Air Force, in which he served fi ve years.

In Vietnam, Pettit fl ew a C7A Caribou and remem-bers fl ying in dangerous zones, often right at the tops of the tree line. He said Vietnam was a beautiful place but not an ideal place to be in war time. Pettit was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his service.

Pettit left home when his youngest was just nine months old. His wife would send tapes of the baby and the family talking for him to listen to while overseas. When he fi nally returned, an older child mentioned dad being home, and that once-young-baby went and

grabbed the tape player – her only knowledge of her dad. And that’s when I choked up.

At the end of the dona-tion event, LifeStar gave veterans an opportunity to ride in the helicopter over Knoxville. Pettit jumped at the chance to ride in the cockpit, having fl own an aircraft during his military service. I jumped at the chance to ride along and capture pictures of him and of Knoxville so he could re-member the day for a long time.

When we landed back at the hanger, Pettit and I said our goodbyes and shared a hug. It was truly an honor to have met Mike Pettit and to say thank you for his service to this country.

RuthWhite

Studying war and other talesGOSSIP AND LIES ■ Beth Harwell will be in

Maynardville

on Saturday,

speaking to

the Union

County Lin-

coln/Reagan

Day Dinner at

6 p.m. at the

high school.

■ It’s not often that

the third most

powerful person in the state

visits Union County.

■ Wonder if she will mention

state Rep. Jeremy Durham?

He’s being investigated by

a House committee and the

state attorney general for

inappropriate contact with

women – staff , interns, lobby-

ists, etc.

■ Harwell’s response to AG

Herb Slatery saying Durham

may pose a continuing risk to

unsuspecting women was to

move his offi ce out of the War

Memorial Building to a space

across the street.

■ Durham, meanwhile, has

fi led for re-election. I guess

U. S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais has

benchmarked a new low for

personal accountability. Don’t

resign and load up opponents

to win a primary plurality.

– S. Clark

Cynthia Tinker

Beth Harwell

Scholars at the University of Tennes-see are pre-serving war stories from veterans of A m e r i c a ’s c o n f l i c t s , not from the “top down,” but from the “bottom

up,” making UT a national center for the military re-cords of people who actually participated in America’s battles.

The Center for the Study of War and Society is col-lecting letters, diaries, pho-tos, memoirs and small unit histories.

Interviewer Cynthia Tin-ker says it’s a labor-inten-sive project with World War II research available online at dlxs.lib.utk.edu/f/fa_spc

She spoke recently to the North Knoxville Rotary Club at Litton’s.

The offi ce is headed by Vejas G. Liulevicius, history professor who also attended.

But Tinker, the program coordinator, got both laughs

and maybe a few tears as she read transcripts of the interviews with veterans.

She told of one “Forrest Gump” interview – a UT grad in geology who hap-pened along at juncture-points in history.

He was working in Iran and got out just one week before the hostage takeover. He was helped by the Cana-dians.

On his travels he met Queen Frederica, Orson Welles and the Beatles. He ended most statements with, “But I didn’t know who (they) were.”

Since the project began in 1984, the UT scholars have received thousands of contributions. “We are al-ways looking for more dona-tions,” said Tinker.

To preserve items in UT’s collection, phone 865-974-0128 or email csws@utk.edu/

The Center is based in room 220 Hoskins Library.

Donors are always wel-comed. A special fund me-morializing Hop Bailey Jr. has been established.

Most recently, the Cen-ter launched a digital vet-erans oral history project. Audiotapes of 25 years of interviews were digitized and mounted online for the broadest possible dissemi-nation by UT Libraries.

The data are available to all, from professional mili-tary history authors to high school kids working on a class project.

Information can be searched by interviewee, subject, geographic region or other keywords.

The Center’s staff have recorded more than 300 hours of veterans’ inter-views.

It’s history that’s get-ting away as veterans die. There’s a sense of urgency on the part of the scholars to talk with as many veterans as possible.

6 • APRIL 13, 2016 • SOUTH KNOX Shopper news

SENIOR NOTES ■ South Knox Senior

Center

6729 Martel Lane573-5843knoxcounty.org/seniorsMonday-Friday7:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

Off erings include:

dulcimer and guitar lessons;

arts and crafts classes;

dance classes; exercise

programs; Tai Chi; card

games; Joymakers practice;

free swim 7:30 a.m.-3:30

p.m. Monday-Friday. Senior

Meals program noon each

Wednesday and Friday.

Register for: Dog-

wood Trail fi eld trip, 9:30

a.m. Monday, April 18.

Senior Day at the Smokies,

Wednesday, April 20; CAC

bus leaving center at 9:15

a.m.; registration deadline:

April 18. Dogwood Arts Fes-

tival, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday,

April 26; CAC bus will leave

the center 11 a.m.

■ South Knox

Community Center

522 Old Maryville Pike573-3575Monday-FridayHours vary

Off erings include a vari-

ety of senior programs.

■ John T. O’Connor

Senior Center

611 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. Free tax

preparation available 9

a.m. through Wednesday,

April 13. Flower Lovers Club

meeting, 2 p.m. Thursday,

April 7.

Register for: Smokies

Baseball Game and Brunch,

Wednesday, April 20;

register before Wednesday,

April 13.

Lewis Frelan Goddard, was born on May 9, 1924, in Proctor, Vermont. His par-ents were Carlyle J., then employed in the Vermont marble industry, and Elva Emmons Goddard.

The Goddards moved to Knox County in April 1927 and Carlyle Goddard was employed as a draftsman and later as an engineer for a series of marble and con-struction companies.

Frelan fi rst attended grade school at Park City Lowry but completed eighth grade at Smithwood Grammar School. He be-came active in Harry Met-calf’s Boy Scout Troop 25 when he became 12 years old.

An early interest in bird study soon made him an expert in identifi cation of many species and he even developed an ability to nurse sick and injured birds back to health.

He matriculated at Cen-tral High School in 1939 and continued his interest in the outdoors by his member-ship in the Hiking Club each of the four years, serving as its president for two years.

With World War II cap-turing the attention of high school seniors in 1942-1943, he joined the enlisted re-serves in the Army Signal Corps. In January 1943, he was sent to the Lafayette Trade School in Lexington, Ky. Upon completion of the course in July, he was as-signed to Camp Crowder, Mo.

In their long-range plan-ning for the largest sea-borne invasion in history, cross-channel invasion of Europe which would occur on D-Day, Tuesday, June 6, 1944, the Allied command-ers realized the French Resistance movement, the

JimTumblin

HISTORY AND MYSTERIES

Lewis Frelan Goddard

Maquis, could greatly as-sist just before and just after the landings. They could stymie the German defenses by destroying the highways, bridges and railroads needed to rapidly move reinforcements to the front.

One of the fi rst clandes-tine branches of the infant OSS (Offi ce of Strategic Services), the predecessor of the CIA (Central Intelli-gence Agency), was an op-eration code-named Opera-tion Jedburgh. Some of the “Jeds” later became CIA di-rectors, including William “Wild Bill” Donovan and William Colby.

Recruiters were sent out far and wide to ask for vol-unteers.

Eventually the elite group would number 92 teams with 276 men, 83 of them Americans.

Each three-man team was made up of an Ameri-can or British offi cer, a French offi cer and an en-listed radio operator to maintain communications and to coordinate with the central command back in Britain. The teams would parachute into German-oc-cupied France and rendez-vous with the Maquis and re-supply them with arms, ammunition, food and other supplies.

Although they were told they were to be a top-secret group assigned to extremely dangerous missions, they

recruited their quota of volunteers, Tec 3 L. Frelan Goddard among them. God-dard and his compatriots reported for very rigorous paramilitary training out-side Washington, D.C., at what was once the pictur-esque Congressional Coun-try Club.

The training included a crash-course in conver-sational French to enable them to communicate read-ily with the Resistance and to “pass” for a French native if confronted by the Ger-mans.

After a rough trans-At-lantic crossing on the Queen Mary, the offi cers were sent to Scotland for further training and the enlisted ra-dio operators went to Hen-ley on the Thames for ad-vanced radio training with their British counterparts.

They then were sent to parachute school near Man-chester where they were required to jump fi rst from a balloon gondola and then make two jumps from an airplane, moving in a “stick” of fi ve or six men to the door from which they jumped.

Each Jed carried an M-1 Carbine across his chest, a .45 pistol in his belt with extra clips of ammunition, a bag full of emergency ra-tions, a fi rst aid kit, a com-mando knife and his bin-oculars.

The teams jumped from low-fl ying planes at night to avoid detection and assem-bled at a pre-arranged area under the observation of the Maquis. Just before the men jumped, large metal con-tainers of grenades, plas-tic explosives, submachine guns, radios and boots – the paraphernalia of guerilla warfare – were pushed out of the plane ahead of them.

In June and July, fol-

lowing the June 6 invasion, the Jedburghs were active as the Allied armies estab-lished a foothold and then moved through the almost impenetrable hedgerows of France to annihilate the German defend ers.

Team Ivor, a three-man team of British Capt. J.H. Cox, French Lt. R. Colin and Sgt. L.F. Goddard, was the fi rst of three teams assigned to central France to orga-nize the French resistance there and to screen the right or southern fl ank of Gen. George S. Patton’s Third Army as it raced across France.

They boarded their plane in England, fl ew over the Channel and over Norman-dy and approached the drop zone at low level.

The plane slowed, banked in a wide circle and the jumpmaster shoved out the weapon and equipment containers.

Unknown to the Jeds or the jumpmaster the chute and static line of one of the containers did not de-tach and the heavy canister whipped back and forth on the side of the plane.

The jumpmaster shouted “Action stations!” and God-

dard prepared to jump. When ordered “Go!” he

jumped at the very moment that the canister detached and fl ew across the back of the plane entangling it-self in Goddard’s parachute lines.

Sgt. L. Frelan Goddard fell to his death on Aug. 7, 1944, at only 20 years of age.

French villagers hid his body from the German oc-cupation forces until they could bury him with a prop-er service by their Maquis chaplain.

Because the mission of the Jedburghs was top se-cret, the Goddard family received a notice from his Adjutant General on Aug. 21, reading “Sgt. Goddard was performing duties that make it imperative that no publicity be given to his death. It is therefore re-quested that this informa-tion be divulged to no one outside of your immediate family.”

It was months until the Goddards received a com-munication from his com-rade Capt. Cox and learned the details of his death. Lat-er, his body was exhumed and re-interred in the U.S. Military Cemetery at Dra-guignan, near Cannes, France, with about 800 oth-ers killed in action. He was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously.

Gen. Dwight D. Eisen-hower would later observe that, by arming more than 100,000 young resistance fi ghters, the Jedburghs had played a major role in de-feating the Nazis, assem-bling a force equivalent to 10 Infantry Divisions.

Note: Sgt. Frelan God-dard was one of three con-temporaries of Dr. Tumblin who died in World War II.

SOUTH KNOX Shopper news • APRIL 13, 2016 • 7 faith

FAITH NOTES ■ Sevier Heights Church, 3232 Alcoa Highway,

will host a free lunch-and-learn event about

arthritis 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, April 23.

Speaker: Dr. Paul Yau of Tennessee Orthopaedic

Clinics. RSVP by April 16 to PYau@tocdocs.com

or 633-0220.

■ Seymour First Baptist Church, 11621 Chapman

Highway, will host a spring rummage sale, 8 a.m.

Saturday, April 16. Donations may be brought

by the church 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Wednesday and

Thursday or 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday. For large item

pickup: Jeff Sovastion, 719-4145, or Frank Enter,

474-0199. Proceeds go to support the church’s

missions ministries. Info: 577-1954.

T. S. Eliot was right. April will break your heart.

There are, so I’m told, people who are sad in the autumn. Death, they claim: the dying year. The leaves turn gold and rus-set and scarlet, and then fall to the earth. Winter will be next, they say.

I am a child of the au-tumn, so it is life to me: sparkling skies and rus-tling leaves and cool eve-nings and a fi re in the fi replace.

April, on the other hand, always makes me sad. I have no idea why that is. There have been many happy occasions in April throughout my life – my brother Warren’s April birthday, the birth of my daughter Eden, my marriage to my wonder-ful Lewis and his own April birthday – but there is an ache around the heart that I can’t defi ne.

Maybe it is the beauty of the reborn world, the

The Lord will guide you continually, and satisfy your needs in parched places, … and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters never fail.

(Isaiah 58:11 NRSV)April is the cruelest month, breedingLilacs out of the dead land, mixingMemory and desire, stirringDull roots with spring rain.

(“The Waste Land,” T. S. Eliot)

Spring heartbreak

CrossCurrents

LynnPitts

freshness and the prom-ise, the fl owers and the budding trees. I love the dogwoods, with their nail-scarred petals, and the redbuds which fl ow-er into the purple of the mocked King’s robe.

Maybe part of my ache is our own American his-tory: the Civil War be-gan in April, and ended four years later in April. I spent two years of my life just outside Gettys-burg, steeped in the real-ity of those haunted bat-tlegrounds. My father’s younger brother learned of my brother’s April birth while in a foxhole on Okinawa.

Eliot was right!

By Wendy SmithA musical that draws par-

allels between being a slave in Egypt and being a slave to addiction will be staged at 8 p.m. on Thursday, April 14, at Heska Amuna Syna-gogue, 3811 Kingston Pike.

“Freedom Song” was written in 2005 as part of a Music in Recovery program at Beit T’Shuvah, a nonprofi t addiction treatment center in Los Angeles. It tells the story of a Jewish family’s struggle with an addicted daughter during Passover, as well as the story of a group of Jewish addicts who are each on a personal exodus from the slavery of addiction.

The performers are part of a revolving cast of re-covering addicts. After the show, performers share their stories and facilita-

The cast of “Freedom Song” is composed of recovering addicts. Photo submitted

Freedom Song uses Passover story to address addiction

tors engage the audience in a discussion.

Heska Amuna Rabbi Alon Ferency saw the pro-duction several years ago and is thrilled that it’s com-ing to Knoxville.

“I love the music. It’s a

beautiful production, and you walk away singing it.”

He thinks the message of the story is important for everyone in the community.

A promotional video for “Freedom Song” points out that Jews are rarely asso-

ciated with addiction. The message of the musical is that any family can struggle with addiction, no matter what faith they practice or how normal they seem.

A $5 donation is sug-gested.

By Carolyn EvansMom-of-three Laura

Shockley just went on her fi rst international mission trip. It was so meaningful that she now has a new pic-ture on her iPhone: Coco di Mama beach where she sat at the end of a workday.

Thirty people from Con-cord United Methodist Church spent spring break in the Bahamas. The multi-generational group included mission-minded work-ers from age 12 to 77. They roofed houses and mudded sheetrock and sat on a dif-ferent beach each after-noon.

“In the beauty of the place, you can’t help but feel God’s presence,” Shockley says.

“After work every after-noon we tried a different beach, some on the Carib-bean side and some on the Atlantic side,” says Jane Currin, missions director at the church. “We called it the pre-rinse before your show-er. It was a good way to start getting the paint or tar off.”

This was CUMC’s fourth trip to the non-commer-cialized Bahamian island of Eleuthera. The group worked in a small settle-ment called Gregory Town and stayed at Camp Sy-monette, the missions head-quarters of the Bahamas Methodist Habitat. They split into four work crews to repair roofs, build a gate and remodel two houses.

Shockley had company on the trip: Her husband and two of their daughters. Shockley, who is afraid of heights, got some on-the-job training in roofi ng.

“It’s roofi ng with a view,” laughs Currin. “All the houses are single-story,

“Miss Frances” visits with Lau-

ra Shockley and her daugh-

ters, Anna and Kelsey, at one

of the local stores in Gregory

Town.

Roofi ng with a view is perk of mission trip

but since the 110-mile long island is only about a mile wide, from up on the roof we could usually see one ocean or the other.”

Shockley and daughter Anna sealed metal sheet-ing that connected two roof sections with tar. It was one of the lowest-to-the-ground jobs, says Shockley.

“It’s hard every day be-cause of the environment,” Shockley says. “It’s hot and humid, but everybody loved doing the work. All the youth I’ve talked to here have loved it. That’s one thing I loved about this trip, that it was multi-genera-tional.”

Jesse Rodriguez, now 14, was one of two young people who celebrated birthdays on the trip. The mission work was not only really fun, but eye-opening, he says. “Be-ing able to spend my birth-day helping a community in need not only gave me a new outlook on life, but a new perspective on the way of life for those less fortunate people.”

The group became

friends with their Baha-mian construction leader, Luke. On the last day Luke took them to his own road-side food stand where he served them conch salad. At another stop, the group stood on the Glass Window Bridge where the dark blue water of the Atlantic splash-es into the light blue of the Caribbean.

Currin is pleased with the work they did on the is-land.

“The older folks on the trip have told me over and over how much they enjoyed getting to know our youth. These will be people these kids will invite to their wed-dings one day. Through missions, the families are connected in ways they would never be just going to church together.”

Jane Currin, missions

director at Concord

United Methodist

Church, stops for a

picture on the island of

Eleuthera. Photos submitted

8 • APRIL 13, 2016 • SOUTH KNOX Shopper news

Farm Bureau’s Knox County women’s group members Mildred Thomp-son, Kim Holden, Vella Underwood, Pam Stoutt and Kerri Thompson serve breakfast to students at Career Magnet Academy.

Talking sustainable living at Career Magnet

Career Magnet Acad-emy’s sustainable living pathway students had breakfast and chatted with community members to learn more about the im-portance of their fi eld in the real world.

Farm Bureau’s Knox County women’s group brought breakfast for the students and staff mem-bers. The group’s goal is to work to bring agricultural awareness and interest to the classroom and commu-nity with hopes of inspiring a new generation of future farmers.

Neal Denton, Knox County extension agent with UT Extension, spoke about county careers and changes in agriculture, sharing areas of growth including farmer’s markets

Knox County extension agent Neal Denton talks with students in Career Magnet Academy’s sus-

tainable living pathway during a recent breakfast meeting. Photos by R. White

RuthWhite

and home gardening.Zach Johnson with

Knox County solid waste and Becca Bratcher with AmeriCorp also spoke to the class about water qual-ity.

CMA principal John Faulconer spoke briefl y about the school and the pathways offered to stu-dents.

For more information on the school and its pathways of learning, contact Faul-coner at john.faulconer@knoxschools.org or 622-3800.

Story So Far: South Orange River Mid-dle School has created a special seventh-grade soccer team for a bunch of guys who have no interest in sports. Ed Sitrow, un-willingly designated goaltender, tells what happens.

The ride to Buckingham Junior High’s soccer fi eld the next day was strange. We were not the only team going. Two other soc-cer teams, our regular eighth-grade team as well as the sixth-grade team, were on the bus. Everyone sat with their own group. The other kids were all moody, worried, like they were playing the game in their heads. As for us, we were relaxed, looking out win-dows, telling jokes, talking about this and

that. I mean nobody wanted to even think about what was going to happen.

Then, when we arrived, the other kids jumped to their feet all excited, with lots of laughing, shouting, pounding each other on backs, like they wanted to get out. Now it was our turn to sit moody and glum.

The bus driver turned around and looked at us. We were the only ones left. “Hey, guys, this is it.”

“Can’t we go to the next stop?” asked Porter.

The bus driver thought the remark was a joke. We didn’t.

So it was that on a chilly, gray Septem-ber afternoon we stepped from the bus and

slouched toward the Buckingham fi eld. The leaves were just beginning to turn. Our stomachs already had. Right then and there, I knew why I was opposed to capital punishment. I not only wanted to live, I fi rmly believed I was innocent.

We all were. Our only crime was that we didn’t like sports much. Worse, we actu-ally preferred other things. Not every-thing. Some things. For example, Saltz was keen on his writing, and only okay in biology. Lif-som was gung-ho about art, but his grades were gener-ally just so-so.

Fairly normal. Or so we thought. Watch-ing football, rooting for teams, stuff like that, just wasn’t important to us. True, Fen-wick was a whiz at poker, and claimed that was a sport, but he didn’t get much support. You’d think not being into sports was anti-human, or worse, un-American.

How? By the notion that playing sports isn’t fun.

Fun. It reminded me of a class trip to the A.S.P.C.A. Someone asked a woman there if they ever had to kill an animal. “Oh, no,” she said with a big smile, “we just put them into a long, long sleep.”

After two practices, we could tell that we were heading into a long, long sleep.

When we got to the fi eld, the Bucking-ham team was already lying in wait. Mr. Lester went to speak to the other coach. Maybe to warn him. As he left, he said, “Get yourselves ready.”

Get ready? Get lost is what we wanted to do.

Out in the middle of the fi eld, the referee was showing off, kicking the soccer ball up in the air with alternate feet and never once letting it touch the ground.

We watched.“Think he’s open to a bribe?” wondered

Hays.“Why not just get him for our team?”

Saltz said.“Do an exchange,” offered Radosh. “We’ll

ref. He’ll play.”“Sure,” said Porter, “but then we’d have

to know the rules.”Porter had a point.Then we watched the Buckingham team.

They were kicking the ball to each other as if it were on a guide wire.

“I think they know how to play,” said Root, clearly upset by the possibility.

“Maybe we should ask for lessons, in-stead of a game,” put in Dorman.

With that, we all started to laugh. And couldn’t stop.

Mr. Lester hurried back. When he saw us in the midst of our fi t, he got worried. “Is something the matter?” he asked.

“Root here,” said Hays, “had this idea that we were going to play those guys. It broke us up.”

“Why, yes,” said Mr. Lester, perfectly se-rious. “They are the opposing team.”

“What are they, all-stars?” asked Eliscue.“Oh, no,” said Mr. Lester, alarmed. “It’s

their third-string seventh-grade team. Per-haps, gentlemen, you should warm up.”

“When you’re cold, you’re cold,” said Barish. It was such a bad joke we stopped laughing.

“Does everybody know what position he is playing?” asked Mr. Lester.

We did, sort of. During the sec-ond practice, book in hand, he had placed us around, but I wasn’t sure of the position names, except goaltender.

“Now,” said Mr. Lester, “remem-ber the important thing is to . . .” Then, so help me, he forgot what he was going to say. But Mr. Lester was, if nothing else, pre-

pared. Right off, he went to his pocket and pulled out some papers. Notes. “Ah, yes,” he said, and began to read. “It’s important to concentrate. Learn to meet the ball. And, gentlemen, the most important thing of all is—”

We never did learn the most important thing of all. The referee blew his whistle.

The Buckingham team gathered, their blue jerseys merging into a storm cloud. Out came a thunderous cheer.

If that cheer was meant to show us that, although a third-string team, they were real and strong and feeling victorious, that we had every reason to expect defeat, it worked.

“How about us doing a cheer?” suggested Mr. Lester.

“Shazam,” said Lifsom. Not only was he the only one who said anything, it didn’t work. We were still us.

We sort of backed onto the fi eld. Lifsom, who was playing up front in the middle, shook hands with the opposite Bucking-ham players. Maybe they decided to be nice to us. Anyway, it was our ball for starters.

As for myself, I was strolling around in the goal area trying to remember every-thing I knew about the rules, which wasn’t much. How far could I go? I felt certain I could kick the ball, but on second thought, as well as third through seventh, I wasn’t sure. Was I allowed to touch the ball with my hands or just my elbows? Did knees count? Things like that.

In fact, I was pacing along the newly chalked goal lines, with my back to the fi eld, when the whistle blew. I looked up, wondering what had gone wrong. What had gone wrong was, the game had begun.

Now, the way it works, I think, or is sup-posed to work, is that Lifsom, being up front and middle, sort of kicks the ball back toward our side — at the moment it was Barish who was behind him — and away we would go.

But to give you a full sense of how the game went, all I can say is that some-where, somehow, between the time the ball touched Lifsom’s foot — I think it was his foot, because, as I said, I hadn’t been watching — and the time it was supposed to reach Barish, Buckingham had already stolen the ball.

They didn’t just steal it. They kept it. For-ever. When I looked up, I saw this wall of storm-blue shirts rolling down the fi eld, in my direction!

(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 TWO: The games begin!“a breakfast serials story”S.O.R. Losers Written by Avi and Illustrated by Timothy Bush

L&N Stem Academy’s STEMpunks robotics team members Alex Walker, Ella Marston, team mentor Randy Brown and team members Ben Klein, John Codevilla and Christian Stanley break from celebrating Ella’s record speed at changing a faulty part between matches during the Smoky Mountains Regional championship held at Thompson-Boling Arena. Photo by S. Barrett

SOUTH KNOX Shopper news • APRIL 13, 2016 • 9 kids

Princesses have their night

Cheryl Martin and Jessica Williamson provide manicures for Grace Washam and Natalie Washam. Photos by Betsy Pickle

By Betsy PickleWhen the girls at South

Knoxville Elementary School asked for a fun night out, the administration and faculty pulled out all the stops for a Pamper Me Pretty party.

About 30 third- through fi fth-graders – plus big sis-ters, little sisters, moms and

even brothers – turned out to dress up, have manicures and generally sparkle like princesses. They even got an etiquette lesson along with their dinner.

Word is, the boys will get their turn before school’s out, but no tiaras will be on display.

Rory Dalton and Hannah Newland pose before entering thePamper Me Pretty party.

Teacher Jennifer Ramsey is afan of Kaliyah Cox.

Brianne Green wears her heart on her eyes.

Elia Scott takes being a princess seriously.

STEMpunks celebrate

REUNION NOTES ■ Halls High classes of 2005

and 2006 combined re-union, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 30, Knoxville Hilton. Tickets: Eventbrite.com.

■ Historic Knoxville High School all classes reunion, 11:30 a.m. Sat-urday, April 30, at Buddy’s Bearden Banquet Hall, 5806 Kingston Pike. Guest speaker: Rick Dover of Dover Development Com-pany, current renovator of the Farragut Hotel, will speak on the development of the Historic Knoxville High School building into Senior Living Units. Info:

Wayne Smith, 696-9858.

■ Powell High Class of 1962, 2-6 p.m. Saturday, April 16, Beaver Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 7225 Old Clinton Pike.

■ Sultana Descendants Reunion, 7-9 p.m. Friday, April 22, Mount Olive Bap-tist Church, 2500 Maryville Pike. Includes speakers and music. Public welcome. Saturday, April 23 events: Celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Sultana monument, 3 p.m., at the monument; banquet, 7 p.m., Bearden Banquet Hall, 5806 Kingston Pike. Cost: $22. Info: Norman, shawclan4@bellsouth.net.

By Sherri Gardner HowellThere was a defi nite chill

in the air for the Knoxville Alzheimer’s Tennessee Walk on Saturday. The set-ting, however, screamed “Spring,” so participants had little trouble warm-ing up to the cause. Held at the University of Tennessee Gardens off Neyland Drive, the Alzheimer’s Tennessee Walk drew close to 1,000 walkers and several celeb-rities, including Alzheim-er’s Tennessee champions, Coach Phillip and Vicky Fulmer and their family and Karns High School’s rising star, Emily Ann Roberts.

The Fulmer family threw their support behind the fi ght against Alzheimer’s more than 10 years ago, and the coach recently shared that the cause is now per-sonal for them as his moth-

Emily Ann Roberts sings for walkers supporting Alzheimer’s Tennessee at the UT Gardens. Photos by Jonny Mocan

With grandmother on her mind

er battles the disease.Karns High School stu-

dent and runner-up in NBC’s “The Voice,” Emily Ann can take a page from the coach’s playbook. She

signed on as a Champion of the Cause in honor of her grandmother, who suffers from Alzheimer’s. Emily Ann performed just before the walk began.

10 • APRIL 13, 2016 • SOUTH KNOX Shopper news

Artist Sarah Moore discusses the colors in her work. Photos by S. Barrett

By Sara BarrettGeorgia native Sarah

Moore has always been i ntere ste d in art, but she didn’t realize she wanted to be a full time art-ist until she was

half way through graduate school.

When working on archi-tectural drawings, Moore says she would fi nd herself thinking about her passion for painting and drawing.

“There’s never a moment

when I’m painting that I’d rather be drawing a build-ing,” she says with a laugh. She decided to switch her focus and she hasn’t looked back. She now works for a nonprofi t in South Carolina while nurturing her career as an artist.

Envision Gallery in Bearden at 4050 Sutherland Avenue will host Moore’s solo exhibition “Find Our-selves” April 22 through May 20. An opening reception will be held 5-8 p.m. Friday, April 22. Refreshments and wine will be served, and a violinist will perform.

Moore’s paintings are done in acrylics and feature

nature, people and travel.“I learned to paint in

oil like most artists, but it didn’t dry quickly enough for me,” she says.

Moore also creates draw-ings from India ink and fi ne art markers. They will be included in the show as well.

It isn’t a coincidence the show’s opening falls on Earth Day. “Find Ourselves’ reminds us that the root of our existence is the natural environment, and the cel-ebration of that existence is the tie we spend with those we love,” says a press release about the exhibition.

Info: envisiongallery.com and smoorestudio.com

Sarah Moore

Envision Gallery hosts artist Sarah Moore

The wringer washer, primitive though it now seems, was a vast improve-ment over my maternal grandmother’s washboard with the ribbed glass sur-face for manually scrubbing clothes. I never met Marga-ret Raby “Tiny” Sampson, but I still have her wash-board passed down to me by her daughter, my mother Mary Elizabeth “Lizzie” Sampson Mincey.

I can imagine Mamaw and Mother with the wash-board and a washtub of hot water (heated on the wood cookstove), using laundry soap to scrub dirt from soiled clothes. Those clothes were wrung by hand like dishrags, then shaken for hanging on the clothesline.

Imagine the resulting wrinkles in those days be-fore wrinkle-free fabric!

The next logical step was ironing, most likely with a non-electric device made of solid cast iron heated ei-ther in the fi replace or on the wood cookstove. Lots of industrious women in those days demonstrated true pride and work ethic by even ironing bedsheets.

The earliest wringer washers were manually op-erated. My mother’s, more modern, was a white, por-

Run through the wringers

celain-coated electric May-tag (“May”) with teal green release levers for her yellow wringers. May had rollers on each of her four legs to allow her to be pulled along-side the kitchen sink for use; otherwise she occupied a place of honored rest in the kitchen corner.

May had a teal green pull knob right in her front center that activated the agitator (also teal green). It was easy for a young child to imagine that knob as the “belly button” of a very short, stout sumo wres-tler! The lid to the clothes tub had a (you guessed it) matching green teal handle in its center.

First, the tub was fi lled with water from the kitchen sink tap via part of a green garden hose. As we had no hot water heater, initially water was boiled on the stove in a two-bushel gal-vanized tub, then poured into the clothes tub. Later Mother heated water with a portable, electric heater

dropped directly into the clothes tub.

Next, clothes were sorted into three piles by color. Each pile comprised one load, washed in order from light to dark. A load was placed in the clothes tub and the agitator activated.

After about 30 min-utes of wash, clothes were rinsed. In a straight-back chair behind the machine Mother placed a No. 2 gal-vanized washtub fi lled with cold water. As clothes were removed from the washer, they were “run through” the wringers (operated by a foot pedal) to remove water. The process was reversed by a white lever on top of the ma-chine to remove rinse water before hanging clothes on the line to dry.

After this bi-weekly, half-day chore, the wash water was drained from the ma-chine by a 50 foot garden hose. In summer the warm water roused earthworms which my dad collected for fi shing.

The Maytag repairman of commercial lore might have been bored, but no one who washed many clothes on his “wringers” could have said the same.

Next week I’ll share a little word play.

Ronnie Mincey

Gary Sharp with friends Pat and Darwin Yung during the Norris Lake clean-up Photos submitted

Gary Sharp grew up in Fountain City but he al-ways loved spending time on Norris Lake when he was a child. These days Sharp owns property on the lake and spends much of his free time trying to keep the lake he loves as beautiful as he remembers.

“My grandfather was born in Loyston which is now under the lake,” said Sharp. “I bought property on Norris Lake in Sharps Chapel 10 years ago and got involved with the lake clean up soon after.”

More than 120 concerned volunteers from TVA and the fi ve counties that touch the lake showed up for the Norris Lake Project Cleanup April 2. They picked up and hauled off 13.2 tons of garbage from on and around Norris Lake. Bags for the cleanup were provided by TVA.

Sharp and his group

Keeping it clean

Cindy Taylor

worked on the TVA wild area called Stiners Woods close to Helms ferry and the Union County boat dock. He says he hopes to increase the number of volunteers next year as that area is in great need of cleaning up.

Sharp has spent time in cleanup both on the land surrounding the lake and on the water by boat. He says he has found everything from Styrofoam to dead animals and even a kitchen sink. What stands out in his mind are the little plastic carnival ducks.

“Doing cleanup by boat is by far my favorite. I have a

passion for all types of wa-tercraft. And I have quite the collection of plastic car-nival ducks now.”

Sharp works as a Bulk batch processor. “Ironi-cally we make cleaning products.”

As part of his goal to keep Norris Lake clean Sharp always tries to participate in both the spring and fall cleanups. In addition he is always collecting and dis-posing of fl oating trash on his own lake property. He says there never seems to be a shortage of plastic bottles and empty chewing tobacco tins.

“Our area lakes are a tre-mendous treasure and add so much to our quality of life here in East Tennessee. Norris is a wonderful ame-nity and is reported to be the cleanest lake in the TVA system. I think we should do all that we can to pro-tect and preserve that. If we don’t who will?” Contact Cindy Taylor at ctaylorsn@gmail.com

BIZ NOTES ■ Katherine Clark, PA-C, has joined Rheumatology Associates

of East Tennessee, a Summit Medical Group

practice, as a physician assistant. She previ-

ously worked with Summit Concord Medical

Center. Clark earned a bachelor’s degree in

psychology from UT in 2010 and a master’s

degree in health science from the South

College physician assistant studies program

in 2014. She is the daughter of Dr. Charles and

Jane Clark of Farragut. Her father is a physi-

cian with Summit Concord Medical Center.

Info: 865-691-4100.

■ Braden’s Lifestyles Furniture is now off ering home-stag-

ing. The service helps homeowners sell their property faster,

said owner Nick Braden. Some people struggle with space

planning and conceptualization, he said. They fi nd it diffi cult

when looking at an empty house to visualize the space in

use. The service is available to homeowners and Realtors

alike. Info: 865-777-4059.

Shopper news • APRIL 13, 2016 • 11 businessDr. Allen Edwards and

Dr. Anthony Wise have a few things in common. Ed-wards is president emeritus of Pellissippi State Com-munity College. Wise is the college’s current president. Both are members of the Rotary Club of Knoxville. Both accompanied the col-lege’s choir, Variations, on an eight-day trip to Lima, Peru, and helped raise mon-ey for a project for the Lima Sunrise Rotary Club.

Rotary is about mak-ing connec tions at home and abroad and this was a 3,345-mile connection be-tween Knoxville and Lima Rotarians. It was the ninth trip for the 34-voice college choir, there from March 4-12.

One of the choir’s seven performances was a benefi t concert for the Lima Sun-rise club. The club is help-ing establish a rural cen-ter outside of Lima to help young boys with behavioral

By Sherry WittHistorically, March has

been the month when real estate and lend-ing activity picks up af-ter slumber-ing through the cold win-ter. While the surge

this year was not quite as pronounced as the one from 2015, it nonetheless provided evidence that local markets are continuing to move for-ward. The month ending on March 31 produced 991 prop-erty transfers in Knox Coun-ty, which was well ahead of February’s pace of 843, but just short of March 2015 levels when 1,025 parcels changed hands.

The aggregate value of property sold in March was also slightly under last year’s total, but did sur-pass the February fi gures by about $18 million. In March, about $198 million worth of real estate was transferred in Knox County, compared to $221 million in March of last year.

Mortgage lending in-

creased from last month, but only by about $11 mil-lion. Approximately $291 million was loaned against real estate during March. Last March saw just over $342 million in mortgage loans and refi nancing.

There were two commer-cial property sales of note. One involved the transfer of a residential complex known as The Elements at Cedar Bluff, which sold for just under $6.8 million. The other was the sale of the Sunfl ower Apartments lo-cated off Middlebrook Pike for $7.1 million. The larg-est mortgage recorded in March was $10.8 million, fi nancing units in The Ten-nessean Condominium near the World’s Fair Park.

Overall analysis of the fi rst quarter’s activity looks similar – but better – than that of last year. January through March has pro-duced 2,495 property trans-fers this year, compared to 2,193 during the fi rst three months of 2015. This quar-ter has seen about $531 mil-lion worth of land sold in Knox County, some $16 mil-lion ahead of the 2015 fi rst quarter levels.

Real estate sales continue steady climb

Witt

News from Offi ce of Register of DeedsTom King

Rotarians team with PSCC choir

problems. The Lima club has only 25 members and the benefi t raised $1,000, a huge sum for such a small club, Edwards said.

The Lima Sunrise Rotary is an English-speaking club.

The choir also did a ben-efi t concert for the Union Church of Lima for its organ fund. The choir is directed by Meagan Langford, inter-im choral director.

“The students had won-derful experiences. They learned a lot about Rotary and about service projects,” Edwards said.

The choir’s repertoire consists of classical re-ligious music, American

folk music, popular mu-sic, and African American spiritual music. They have performed at some famous locations in their nine years of travel – at The Ca-thedral of Notre Dame in Paris, The Basílica of La sagrada Familia in Barce-lona and the Berlinerdom in Berlín. They have been to Portgual, China, Spain, Poland, Hungary, Germa-ny, France twice and now Peru.

Both Edwards and Wise were overwhelmed by the hospitality of fellow Rotar-ians, including Lima club president Dario Gastelo.

“The entire tour was a great success with large au-diences of school children and adults throughout the week. One of the highlights was the trip to Machu Pic-chu, an ancient Incan cer-emonial site which has been named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO,” Edwards said.

■ ‘Pint Night’If you’d like to have a lot

of fun and support The Love Kitchen at the same time, come to the Knoxville Com-munity Rotaract Club’s Pint Night at Bearden Beer Mar-ket on Thursday, April 21. A portion of all sales between 5:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. will be donated to The Love Kitchen. This event is free to attend and open to one and all. Raffl e tickets are $1 each.

■ ‘South Pacifi c’The Rotary Club of Knox-

ville’s Arts Committee is gearing up for the club’s co-sponsorship of “South Pacifi c” at the Clarence Brown Theater. The club is hosting 75 students and family members from the Community School of Arts at the Sunday, May 1, 2 p.m. performance. Tom King is a retired newspaper editor, a

Rotarian for 28 years and past president

of the Rotary Club of Farragut. He can be

reached at tking535@gmail.com

Strange happenings in our neighboring county to the north.

What’s next for the Union County Chamber?

Sandra Clark

The Union County Chamber of Commerce lob-bied for a hotel/motel tax to promote tourism. Now there are neither hotels nor motels in Union County. But there are marinas and one of them even serves hard liquor (thanks to a friendly legislator and an absent press).

Once the hotel/motel tax revenue started coming in, the mayor and commission eyed it with desire and thus withheld reimbursement to the Chamber for advertising already placed.

At last week’s Budget

Committee meeting, the Chamber’s interim presi-dent, Mayme Taylor, asked for reimbursement of $15,000, of which $11,000 is already obligated. Her request died for lack of a motion.

Now the committee had four choices: a motion to recommend to the full com-mission; a motion to send to the full commission without recommendation; a motion to recommend a portion of the request; or no motion at all.

By making no motion, there was no discussion and the request did not move to the full commission.

And that got me to think-ing about the 2015 appeal from Knox County Chan-cery Court in a case involv-ing destruction of the Pryor Brown Garage. As is often the case, attorney Arthur Seymour Jr. (and his college Taylor D. Forrester) repre-sented the appellant, Royal Properties Inc. And Sey-

mour won.In an opinion written by

Judge John W. McClarty, the local decision was re-versed and the case re-manded for further action.

Essentially, the Court of Appeals held that Knoxville City Council had to vote one way or the other on the petition to tear down the garage to build a surface parking lot. The trial court held that the council’s fail-ure to vote was a “de facto denial.”

Now there’s no guaran-tee that a formal vote by the Union County Commission would result in a different outcome. Probably it would not. But the Chamber de-serves a discussion by the full commission. And it looks like there’s a legal ba-sis to demand it, thanks to that great public servant Ar-thur Seymour Jr.

Roads: State Rep. Har-ry Brooks said Knox Coun-ty was projected to receive $546,000 from the state for road projects in this fi scal year; “however, due to the governor’s initiative the new budget plan proposed

that Knox County will re-ceive $1.637 million for road projects.”

And that’s some initia-tive.

Scholarships: Our friend Emmette Thomp-son, executive director of Mission of Hope, is raising money for scholarships for high school graduates in the counties served by his agency.

“Last year we assisted a total of 43 scholars with awesome scholarships,” he wrote. He’s shooting for 15 new scholarships this year, each for $2,500, while con-tinuing to support previous scholarship classes “who keep pressing forward.”

This is a contribution worth making. Info: mis-sionofhope.org or 865 -584-7571. Or just do it the old-fashioned way. Mail a donation to Mission of Hope, P.O. Box 51824, Knoxville TN 37950.

Business: Got a busi-ness idea to feature in an upcoming issue of Shopper News? Give me a call at 865-661-8777 or email News@ShopperNewsNow.com

Cruze Farm products available at Pratt’s Country Store

Pratt’s Country Store in Fountain City is pleased to off er

locally-owned Cruze Farm dairy products to the com-

munity. Pratt’s employee Angie Grant shows three of the

products available, including buttermilk, chai milk and

coff ee milk. Also available is chocolate milk and whole or

lite white milk. Cruze Farm milk is pasteurized but not ho-

mogenized. Pratt’s is located at 3100 Tazewell Pike. Info:

688-7093. Photo by Ruth White

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THROUGH FRIDAY, APRIL 15Selected works by artist Kay List on exhibit,

Envision Art Gallery, 4050 Sutherland Ave. Hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday. Info: kaylistart.com; envisionartgallery.com; 438-4154.

THROUGH SUNDAY, APRIL 17“Annie, Jr.,” Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 109

E. Churchwell Ave. Performances: 7 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 1 and 5 p.m. Saturdays, 3 p.m. Sundays. Info: 208-3677; knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com; info@childrenstheatreknoxville.com.

MONDAYS THROUGH APRIL 25QED Experimental Comedy Lab, 7:30-9:30

p.m., The Pilot Light, 106 E. Jackson Ave. Free comedy show blending stand-up, improv, sketch and other performance styles. Donations accepted.

THROUGH FRIDAY, SEPT. 16Online 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, APRIL 13“DIY: Learn how to make eco-friendly home

cleaners,” 2-3:30 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Free and open to the public. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.

Knoville’s WNOX-Radio: The Cradle of Country Music, a Brown Bag Lecture with Bradley Reeves, noon-1 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Info: 215-8824.

THURSDAY, APRIL 14Appalachian family square dance, 8 p.m.,

Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Sponsored by Knoxville Square Dance. Music by The Hellgramites. Callers: Leo Collins, Stan Sharp and Ruth Simmons. No experience necessary. Admission: $7, $5 students and JCA members. Info: jubileearts.org.

“Freedom Song,” a transformative musical that interweaves a Passover Seder with personal stories of addiction, 8 p.m., Heska Amuna Synagogue, 3811 Kingston Pike. Instead of actors, the cast is made up of actual addicts that have broken off the shackles of drugs, alcohol, gambling, and other destructive behaviors. Suggested donation: $5.

“Ginseng: Gold in the Smoky Mountains,” 3:15-4:30 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Presented by Master Gardener Janie Bitner. Free and open to the public. Info: 329-8892.

Knoxville Christian Women’s Connection luncheon: “Celebrate Your Birthday in Fashion,” 10:30 a.m., Buddy’s Bearden Banquet Hall, 5806 Kingston Pike. Featuring a spring fashion show from the Silk Purse Studio. Speaker: Rhonda Weaver will present “A Lawyer’s Search for Truth.” Cost: $12 inclusive. Complimentary child care by reservation only. Info/reservations: 315-8182 or knoxvillechristianwomen@gmail.com.

“Landscaping with Native Plants,” 6:30 p.m., UT Arboretum, 901 S. Illinois Ave. Presented by horticulturalist Hank Bruno. Free event; donations are welcome to help support the UT Arboretum Society and its programs. Info: 483-3571.

Pizza Ha’s, 8-9:30 p.m., Pizza Hoss, 7215 Clinton Highway. Free monthly stand-up comedy showcase featuring local and regional comedians on the second Thursday of each month.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, APRIL 14-15AARP Driver Safety class, 1-5 p.m., Asbury Place,

2648 Sevierville Road, Maryville. Registration: Diane Lewis, 982-1887. Info: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

FRIDAY, APRIL 15Alive After Five: Kukuly & The Gypsy Fuego,

6-8:30 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Admission: general, $10; museum members and students, $5. Info: knoxart.org.

Introduction of Sundress Academy for the Arts exhibit: “Scruffy ’Scrapes and Sonnets,” 6-8 p.m., Preservation Pub’s second fl oor Speakeasy. Exhibit on display through May 5.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, APRIL 15-16Children’s consignment sale, 9 a.m.-7 p.m.

Friday and 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Central Baptist Church Bearden, 6300 Deane Hill Drive. Proceeds go to West Hills Elementary School Back Pack Program. Info: cbbclothingsale@gmail.com or 588-0586.

Friends Mini Used Book Sale, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Info: knoxfriends.org.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, APRIL 15-17Smoky Mountain Fiber Arts Festival, 9

a.m.-5 p.m. Friday-Saturday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center in Townsend. Featuring: vendors, family activities, live animal displays, fi ber arts demonstrations and classes. Info/class registration/schedule: smokymountainfi berartsfestival.org.

SATURDAY, APRIL 16Arty Party, a fi ne arts and crafts show, 10 a.m.-6

p.m., Design Studio & Woodstream Hardwoods, 3636 Division St. Live music, food, door prizes. Info: 524-0001.

“Beethoven 9!,” 7:30 p.m., Oak Ridge High School Performing Arts Center. Featuring: Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra and Oak Ridge Chorus, led by Maestro Dan Allcott, along with Pellissippi State Chorus, South Doyle High School Choir, Sound Company and international guests, the Swiss Youth Choir Stimmwerkbande. Info/tickets: ORCMA.org or 483-5569.

Cyndis Genealogical Source List, 1-3 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Instructor: Eric Head, BA, Knox Co. Archives and/or Dr. George K. Schweitzer, PhD, ScD. Info/registration: 215-8809.

EarthFest, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., World’s Fair Park. Free, “zero-waste” event. Featuring food, fun and entertainment for family and pets. Info: knox-earthfest.org.

Emi Sunshine performing, noon, Disc Exchange, 2615 Chapman Highway. Celebration of Record Store Day. Info: 573-5710.

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.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Robin Bennett, 11 a.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Info: 470-7033.

Spring Plant Sale, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., UT Arboretum, 901 S. Illinois Ave., Oak Ridge. “Members Only” sale, 5-7 p.m., Friday, April 15. Memberships available Friday for early-bird shopping opportunity. Info: utarboretumsociety.org.

Spring rummage sale, 7:30 a.m.-1 p.m. and 1:30-3 p.m., Bearden UMC, 4407 Sutherland Ave. Hosted by the United Methodist Women of Bearden UMC. Bag Sale begins 1:30 p.m.: receive a brown grocery bag and whatever fi ts in the bag is $5.

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Young-Williams offers low-cost spay/neuter surgeries at $70 for dogs and $45 for cats.

Surgeries can be scheduled at the 6400 Kingston Pike location

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3201 Division Street Just off Sutherland Avenue

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Churro Adopted by the Sisson family