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$50 around at SKEEvery teacher at South

Knoxville Elementary School got a Sam’s Club gift card for $50 last week.

In a school assembly, Sam’s marketing team leader Debbie Hardin and store manager By-ron Johnson announced they were giving a $50 gift card to each teacher at the school as a reward for their hard work.

“We get to choose one school a year at our discretion,” said Hardin. “One of the things I learned during visits to South Knoxville Elementary is they don’t have a PTO to help them. Every other school I have ever visited has a PTO. That played on my heart.”

➤ Read Sara Barrett on page 8

Methodists partyColonial Heights United

Methodist Church offered chili with all the fixings, games and treats galore at this year’s Trunk or Treat held last Wednesday at the church. No kid left hungry.

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By Betty BeanLast session, the Tennessee

General Assembly came within a hair’s breadth of passing a bill that would make the undocumented children of immigrant parents eli-

gible for in-state college tuition. The Senate ap-proved the bill 21-12, and House members voted 49-47 in favor – one vote short of the 50 required for the bill to pass – which sent it

back to the Calendar and Rules Committee.

Two members thought to be sympathetic to the bill were ab-sent, so it should be an easy lift

to get over that 50-vote threshold, right?

Maybe not, says retired UT law professor Fran Ansley, one of the state’s most eloquent tu-ition equality supporters. Ansley and her allies are ready to give it another go when the Legislature reconvenes in January, but the anti-immigrant tone of much the talk generated by the Republican primary has her concerned.

“Despite how close we came last year, there’s been a lot of hateful rhetoric coming out of the prima-ry season so far and I worry about the effect it’s going to have on this issue.”

As the law stands now, students who aren’t citizens have to pay out-of-state tuition (about three times as much as in-state tuition) at Ten-

nessee’s colleges and universities, even if that student’s parents have lived and paid taxes in the state for years. High school guidance coun-selors and college administrators went to Nashville to tell legisla-tors about the stifl ing effects this has on ambitious young people who fi nd educational opportuni-ties foreclosed to them through no fault of their own.

“It’s crazy to have these young people growing up here, getting an education in Tennessee pub-lic schools and facing this insur-mountable barrier. I think there is in fact broad public support for the idea that Tennessee should be educating all its young people,” Ansley said, emphasizing that the bill does not include any kind of fi nancial aid.

Fran Ansley

Tuition equality bill heads back to LegislatureObviously, Democrats alone

cannot pass bills in a legislature where Republicans hold a su-permajority in both houses, and some of the state’s most conser-vative Republican legislators sup-ported the tuition equality bill last year. Its Senate sponsor was Todd Gardenhire of Chattanooga, and Knoxville’s Eddie Smith cited his mother’s admonition to the right thing when he signed on as a co-sponsor in the House.

Ansley, who was a law professor at UT for 20 years (and ranked fi rst in her class when she graduated in 1979), said her interest in this bill grew out of her study of the effects of plant closings in Tennessee, which led her to travel south of the

The city of Knoxville has grant-ed an extension until Friday, Nov. 13, to the contractor working on the realignment of Island Home Avenue. The road has been closed since late spring and was sched-uled to be fi nished by Oct. 31.

About half of the roadbed is at its new subgrade elevation. Un-suitable soils are being removed and replaced with appropriate fi ll material as the rest of the roadbed is being built. The contractor, Em-

pire Construction, also is install-ing underground gas, water and sewer lines, according to a city press release.

The work is associated with the building of the River’s Edge 134-unit apartment complex, a $14 million private investment on the South Waterfront, as well as an 800-foot-long public river walk and a new public road, Splendid View Circle.

Base stone has been laid for

Splendid View Circle, with curb and gutter installation to begin next.

In addition, existing overhead utility lines and poles along Island Home Avenue are being removed to make room for bike lanes and on-street parking. Knoxville Area Transit also will position two bus shelters as part of the project.

Empire Construction had been scheduled to have Island Home Avenue between Sevier Avenue and Maplewood Drive reopened

by Oct. 31.The new riverwalk will eventu-

ally be part of a three-mile-long network of connected walking, bicycling and jogging paths along the entire South Waterfront. The River’s Edge section, combined with an existing section of river-walk and new sections soon to be built at the former Baptist Hos-pital site and at Suttree Landing Park, will total more than one mile of riverwalk.

SOUP is good food, fellowship

The third Knoxville SOUP takes place Thursday, Nov. 5, at Woodlawn Christian Church, 4339 Woodlawn Pike.

Doors open at 6 p.m. At 6:30, up to four groups or individuals will present brief proposals on projects – either new or already in progress – that will make a difference in the community. Afterward, attendees will dine on soup and other goodies, dis-cuss the projects and then vote on their favorite.

Presented by the South Knoxville Alliance, Knoxville SOUP is open to projects any-where in Knox County, and at-tendees from beyond SoKno are encouraged as well. The event will end no later than 9 p.m.

A $5 donation is requested at the door, with all the dona-tions going to the winning project. There will also be a raffl e and entertainment.

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Celebrating pansies, past at Stanley’s

Island Home road work draws extension

By Betsy PickleThe only thing spooky at Stan-

ley’s Greenhouse’s Pansy Fest was how many colors of pansies called out, “Take me home!”

Oh yes, they did.No one visiting Stanley’s that

day even tried to resist, whether it was purchasing pansies or snack-ing on treats created by Mag-pies Bakery and Village Bakery. Pumpkin-fl avor lovers were in hog heaven.

It’s not clear how many calories can be burned off lifting fl ats of pansies into a shopping cart, but it’s a safe bet those who took the tour of the Stanley family cemetery high on a hill in back of the green-houses burned off many more.

Fortunately, Monte Stanley took his time leading the trek, stopping frequently to answer questions about the plants along the steep trail and talk about the buildings and land that have been in his family for generations.

The cemetery hasn’t had any ad-ditions since the early 1900s, and most of the headstones have fallen over or been vandalized. One sad sight was a once-lovely obelisk that had been broken into sections.

Stanley noted that the cemetery had been open for the community to use, and now it is becoming part of the community again. Plans are being discussed to revitalize a trail from Dogwood Elementary School to the cemetery. The trail was created years ago by Ameri-Corps volunteers.

Adam Fritts, resource coordi-nator for the Dogwood Elemen-tary Community School, wants to put the trail back into use. He talked about the plan at the Lind-bergh Forest Neighborhood Asso-

Stanley’s employee Amber Houser

and customer Steve Maddux talk

pansies. Photos by Betsy Pickle

ciation’s October meeting.“They’re trying to get kids in-

volved in healthy outdoor activi-ties, and they thought re-establish-ing that trail would be a really good idea,” said Stanley, who is OK with the plan as long as students don’t disturb the cemetery.

Back at the commercial end of the property, most shoppers stayed in the greenhouse store, even though Stanley’s offered them the chance to choose their own from pansy fi elds. Everyone seemed to be on a tight schedule on that busy Saturday, when the Vols were away in Tuscaloosa.

As he was leaving, Russ Woolard of Powell gave Stanley’s a

To page 3Greenhouse shelves are exploding with pansies.

Look out for South Carolina

South Carolina, even without the old Ball Coach, one of the best ever in college football, does not project as a pushover.

This is another must-win game for the Volunteers. All are. There are no shortcuts to saving this season.

(Although, cut them a break, Marvin. That was a great effort against Ken-tucky.)

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health & lifestyles

A screening colonoscopy is recommend-ed for anyone who is older than 50, but is especially important for those who are con-sidered to have a higher risk of developing colon cancer.

If you have a personal history of colorec-tal cancer or polyps, or chronic in� ammato-ry diseases like ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease, you’re more at risk. You’re also more at risk if a member of your family has dealt with colon cancer.

Diabetics are more at risk, and African-Americans have a greater risk of colon can-cer than any other race. If you’ve ever had radiation therapy directed at your abdomen to treat a previous cancer, you may also have an increased risk.

Additionally, in the journal BMC Medi-cine, researchers set out to test if a certain lifestyle pattern might lower a person’s risk for colorectal cancer. To do so, they � rst created a healthy lifestyle index. This index took into account � ve behaviors:

■ Staying at a healthy weight ■ Not smoking ■ Getting regular physical activity – at least 30 minutes of moderate exercise most or

all days of the week ■ Limiting alcohol – no more than two drinks for men and one for women in a day ■ Eating a healthy diet – more fruits, veg-etables, and � sh, but less red and pro-cessed meatsWith this index in hand, researchers rated

the lifestyles of more than 347,000 adults. For each healthy behavior met, study partici-pants received a point. The scale ranged from one (the least healthy lifestyle) to � ve (the most healthy). Researchers then followed the people until they developed cancer, died, or dropped out of the study. In half of the cases, that period was 12 or more years.

What did they � nd? Each healthy behav-ior that a person followed lowered his or her chance for colorectal cancer by 12 percent. Combining all � ve could amount to a 60 percent drop in risk for the disease.

Thompson Cancer Survival Cen-ter offers a variety of prevention and screening resources. For more information or a physician referral, call (865) 374-TCSC (8272), and visit thompsoncancer.com.

continues journey of cancer fi ghtBeloved local broadcaster

Dave Foulk, known by many around East Tennessee for his booming radio voice and decades of news coverage, is grateful for the treatment he received at Fort Sanders Re-gional and Thompson Cancer Survival Center when his colon cancer reoccurred in 2014.

Dave Foulk retired from broadcast radio after 45 years, but returned one day in Au-gust 2015 to Newstalk 98.7. Foulk was car-rying the same smooth, deep voice he had had for years while delivering news and traf� c and chatting with Hallerin Hilton Hill on his morning show.

“It’s the only one God gave me,” Foulk said of his voice. Now almost 64 and having battled stage four colon cancer, Foulk joked that while his voice is intact, his abdomen is a different story.

“My belly looks like a map of Jamaica! I had to decline several centerfold offers. They just can’t PhotoShop out the scars,” he said with a laugh. “But I’m here, and I’m still standing.”

Foulk was � rst diagnosed with cancer in 2012, and had a recurrence in 2014. Both times he was treated at Thompson Cancer Survival Center.

“In 2012, I was feeling really bad … draggy, didn’t feel like doing anything. My doctor took a blood count and said, ‘You’re losing blood somewhere.’ His second state-ment was, ‘You’re due for your screening for your colonoscopy, so we’ll start there.’ I was 60 and I was due.”

The colonoscopy found a mass in Foulk’s

ascending colon, and he had surgery to re-move it soon afterward. In the next year, he had routine blood tests to check for tumor

markers in his blood. “At � rst it was normal, but in 2014, it was too high,” said Foulk. “So that meant something’s up. I had a PET (pos-itron emission tomography) scan, and they found a mass in my liver.”

It was decided by Foulk and his doctors at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center and Thompson Cancer Survival Center to shrink the tumor with chemotherapy � rst, and then remove it with surgery.

So Foulk began chemotherapy for three months in the fall of 2014, and it was not an easy process. “When it came to side effects, I was an over-achiever. I had every side ef-fect you could have, including blood clots, anemia, you name it,” he said.

“Last year was quite an ordeal, up until February or March of 2015, when I started to turn the corner. I started feeling better, recovering from the side effects of the che-motherapy and surgery.”

By summer he was feeling well enough to help his wife, Denna, through knee surgery, and other chores around the house.

“I do get to get out and piddle around in the yard, and that’s been really good. I’ve come back tremendously. You still get tot-tery and tired, but you just allow for it.”

Foulk said today he is an advocate for

routine colonoscopy screening. He had anormal routine screening for colon cancer at the recommended age of 50.

“I’ve used any public recognition that I have to try to get folks to have regular colon cancer screenings,” said Foulk.

“And also, I urge family members to be there for that cancer patient. My childrenand my wife were there to support me. It was a team battle, and that meant so much.I was grateful to God I had that support be-hind me.”

Foulk said he would recommend Thomp-son Cancer Survival Center to anyone deal-ing with cancer.

“When you’re hit with a diagnosis like that, you have a thousand questions,” he said.

“The support from everybody here has been phenomenal. There’s a great attitude in this building. This is not a dreary place.The people are upbeat and energetic about treating you.

“The doctors are aggressive at it,” said Foulk. “They don’t just sit back and bewhipped, they go after the disease. I knew Thompson was good because my father wasa patient here, but now I’ve seen it from thepatient’s eyes. I can’t imagine having any better care.

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Celebrating pansies From page 1

rave review.“I would not go anywhere

else other than Stanley’s to get pansies,” he said. “In fact, most of our fl owers, pe-rennials, come from Stan-ley’s because of the high quality.”

Stanley’s employee Am-ber Houser encouraged cus-tomer Steve Maddux of Far-ragut to deadhead his new pansies. She praised his selections, which included Sorbet Baby Face Ruby and Gold and Midnight Glow.

“Their names are half the fun,” said Houser.

Maddux said he had an-other reason for choosing the fl owers he did.

“I pick ’em out because my

wife tells me what she likes,” said Houser, who has been married 53 years. “If she wasn’t under the weather, she would be here doing this.”

Not everything that looks like a pansy actually is a pansy, it seems.

“Pansies have the giant face,” said Houser. “They don’t keep going quite as long, and they don’t come out quite as early as the violas, which are the par-ent wild type. They have a smaller fl ower, but they have more blooms. And they can take more shade.

“And then panola is their child. It’s more of a medium size. Big pansies, medium panolas, small violas.”

Members of the Chapman Highway Garden Club have a vast cache of gardening knowledge. But even they get excited about having Lisa Stanley speak to them.

No surprise. Stanley is a gardening guru, and she set green thumbs to twitching as the garden club visited Stanley’s Greenhouse for the club’s October meeting.

Just sitting in the green-house and absorbing the colors, shapes and smells of the plants all around was inspiring. Lisa Stanley was the gilt on the lily.

Stanley’s focus was on tak-ing care of business, garden style, during the fall. The fi rst step was starting to change out her spring and summer fl owers to winter fl owers.

“It saddens me, and I get really low this time of year,” she said. “It’s hard for me to let a lot of things go.”

But once low tempera-tures settle into the mid-30s, gardeners have to be realistic. Now is the window they have to get seeds estab-lished for fall and winter.

“You don’t want to put

COMMUNITY NOTES ■ Colonial Village Neigh-

borhood Association. Info:

Terry Caruthers, 579-5702,

[email protected].

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

second and fourth Monday,

Connie’s Kitchen, 10231

Chapman Highway, Seymour.

Info: facebook.com/TriCoun-

tyLions/info.

■ Lake Forest Neighbor-hood Association. Info:

Molly Gilbert, 209-1820 or

[email protected].

■ Lindbergh Forest Neigh-borhood Association

meets 6:30 p.m. each third

Wednesday, Graystone

Presbyterian Church, 139

Woodlawn Pike. Info: Kelley

DeLuca, 660-4728, kelley-

[email protected].

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

third Thursday, South Knox-

ville Elementary School

library, 801 Sevier Ave. Info:

Gary E. Deitsch, 573-7355

or garyedeitsch@bellsouth.

net.

■ South Haven Neighbor-hood 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, kevin-

[email protected].

■ South of the River Democrats (9th District) meet 6:30 p.m. each third

Monday, South Knoxville

Community Center, 522

Maryville Pike. Info: Debbie

Helsley, 789-8875, or Bran-

don Hamilton, 809-3685.

■ South Woodlawn Neigh-borhood Association. Info:

Shelley Conklin, 686-6789.

■ South-Doyle Neighbor-hood Association meets

7 p.m. each fi rst Tuesday,

Stock Creek Baptist Church

fellowship hall, 8106 Martin

Mill Pike. Info: Mark Mug-

ford, 609-9226 or marksi-

[email protected].

■ Vestal Community Organization meets 6

p.m. each second Monday,

South Knoxville Community

Center, 522 Maryville Pike.

Info: Katherine Johnson,

566-1198.

Warding off chilly blueswith seasonal beauties

Lisa Stanley talks about creating diver-

sity in winter gardens.

Front: Lisa Stanley, Jeanne Ford, Ella Mae Hubbard; back: Nancy Horton, Louanne

Fletcher, Janice Sparkman, Cheryl Dykes, Carol Linger, Jo Wiegers, Susan Martin,

Mildred Ketron, Angela Jones, Dianne Forry (partially obscured), Jan Brown, Jane

Vogt, Norma Pierson, Fran Brown, Suzi Hall. Photos by Betsy Pickle

centers are croton, conifers, lemon cypress, poinsettias, euphorbias and rosemary.

A deep or medium con-tainer doesn’t have to be completely fi lled with pot-ting soil. Styrofoam pieces and packing “peanuts” are good fi llers for the bottom part of the pot.

Porches offer about fi ve degrees of “grace” from yard temperatures, and “nooks and crannies” often provide a level of protection, Stanley said.

Stanley suggested put-ting bulbs below the fall/winter features. Twice the height of the bulb is how deeply they should be plant-ed.

“You don’t want to go too deep here. They’d never fi nd their way out!”

those in Dec. 1 with it al-ready freezing.”

Stanley demonstrated how she sets up pots and containers for winter.

“I want my deck, I want my front porch, I want ev-erywhere I look to have a pretty winter look,” she said.

She starts with ever-greens for structure. “These will be pretty all winter.”

She said to pay special attention to the center of a pot.

“Remember to heave your center because in the winter your center of the pot is go-ing to be where all the water crashes, and it actually is the wettest part of the pot. Try to remember that your cen-ter wants to be on a bit of a plateau, and then the water can gush down to the sides,

and it actu-ally empties out well around the sides.”

Stanley went on at length about violas, her favorite, versus pansies in setting up a container. She said she had become more open to pan-sies than before, but she said either was fi ne. She chooses yellow or white for fall.

(She still showed her par-tiality to violas, which she calls the “mother” to pansy: “She (pansy) takes all the sunshine, and she gets all the glory, but the mama’s over there working hard.”)

Pansies, violas and their in-between – panolas – can make a dramatic main show in the pot. But Stanley advo-cates including even more along the edges.

“Angel vine’s just one idea – I love it. Of course, your common ivy and other vines can be players, too. Angel vine’s hardy in our ground as well as our pots.”

Among other ideas for

Monte Stanley and “double-rescue” Lucy spend time in the

family cemetery on the hill above the greenhouses.

border to look at the effects of international trade agree-ments on poor and work-ing people. She argues that slamming the door on edu-cational opportunities for ambitious students because of where they were born is having a detrimental effect on American democracy.

“This migration wasn’t the result of individual decisions by migrants to come here and break our law, but were decisions made on very high levels, to cut these trade agreements, causing out-migrations from

those places to begin to spill out over here,” she said.

“What happens to our own economy and our own labor standards if we allow the fact that our immigration system has gotten broken to create a new underclass of people among us? What happens to our democracy if we allow a broken system to produce a group of 11 million people who are not allowed to vote or benefi t from the sales taxes and income taxes they pay? It’s very dangerous.”

If the bill passes,

Tuition equality From page 1Tennessee will join 25 other states with tuition equality bills in place. It has been amended to cover students who have already applied for “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals” (DACA) status, which allows students a temporary but renewable status that carries a two-year deferral from the treat of deportation, a work permit and a social security number, making it one of the country’s most restrictive. It is supported by Republicans who believe it will grow the tax base, increase tuition paid to the state, supply skilled labor to business and align

with the governor’s “Drive to 55” initiative, which aspires to see 55 percent of Tennesseans equipped with college degrees or certifi cates by 2025.

AREA FARMERS MARKETS ■ Ebenezer Road Farmers

Market, Ebenezer UMC, 1001

Ebenezer Road. Hours: 3-6

p.m. Tuesdays through late

November. Info: on Facebook.

■ Knoxville Farmers Market,

Laurel Church of Christ, 3457

Kingston Pike. Hours: 3-6

p.m. Fridays through late

November.

■ Lakeshore Park Farmers Market, 6410 S. Northshore

Drive. Hours: 3-6 p.m. every

Friday through Nov. 20. Info:

on Facebook.

■ Market Square Farmers Market, 60 Market Square.

Hours: 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Wednesdays and 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Saturdays through Nov. 21.

Info: marketsquarefarmers-

market.org.

■ Maryville Farmers Market: Church Avenue. Hours:

9 a.m.-sellout, Saturdays

through Nov. 17.

■ Oak Ridge Farmers Market,

Historic Jackson Square, 281

Broadway Ave. Oak Ridge.

Hours: 3-6 p.m. Wednes-

days; 8 a.m.-noon Saturdays

through late November. Info:

on Facebook.

Additional information at

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Marvin West

You may relax and take two deep breaths. Set aside tranquilizers and Pepto-Bismol. Tennessee football is now near the safety net – well, the relative safety of November.

This is the time of year when coaches preserve jobs. Some even get raises and contract extensions in the name of progress – because teams look much better against inferior competition.

Oh no, this is no guar-antee of four consecutive victories and a holiday bowl outing for the Volun-teers but South Carolina, North Texas, Missouri and Vanderbilt do sound more favorable than Oklahoma, Florida and Alabama.

Tennessee has not always fi nished strong but there have been Novembers to re-

Vols approaching safety net

member.John Majors’ teams

sometimes ran out of fuel in his fi rst eight seasons (11 late losses) but the Sugar Vols of 1985 got it all straightened out. They went 5-0 down the stretch, on their way to a Southeastern Conference championship and a histor-ic trip to New Orleans. They walloped Rutgers, 40-0, de-feated Memphis State by 10, Ole Miss by 20, Kentucky by 42 and Vanderbilt by 30.

Once they found the for-

mula, Majors’ teams won 22 consecutive November games, lost to Notre Dame and won 11 more before the end.

Phillip Fulmer teams went 42-4 in his fi rst 12 Novembers. Losses were to Memphis State, Arkansas, Miami and Notre Dame. Alumni leaders should have known better than to pick Miami for homecoming. North Texas is a much bet-ter idea.

Fans do remember what the Vols do in November. Fifteen times Tennessee went undefeated from 1985 through 2004. Fulmer teams were 10-6 in his last four Novembers. Lane Kif-fi n was 3-1. Derek Dooley was 7-4. Butch Jones is 4-4.

Tennessee numbers have been skewed through the

years by near-total domi-nation of Kentucky and Vanderbilt. Not so much lately. Tennessee has been down near their level.

I haven’t noticed any change in pulse rate but incoming South Carolina fi gures to be a somewhat different story on Saturday. We’ll have to get by without anguished expressions, vi-sors sailing through hot air and futile sideline searches for somebody to blame, in-ept assistants or thought-less Gamecocks.

It was sad to see Steve Spurrier give up the swim in midstream – just plain quit. He coached players to per-severe but when things got tough, he took down the fl ag and surrendered. Getting his full $4 million stopped the bleeding and soothed

most of the pain. He un-doubtedly has another part-time job at ESPN or the SEC Network.

I blame Butch Jones in part for Spurrier’s decision. What Joshua Dobbs and the Tennessee defense did to South Carolina this time last season took a lot of fun out of coaching.

Professional critics didn’t help. One asked Spurrier a loaded question: If you can’t beat the Vols, who can you beat?

South Carolina, even without the old Ball Coach, one of the best ever in col-lege football, does not proj-ect as a pushover. This is another must-win game for the Volunteers. All are. There are no shortcuts to saving this season. Marvin West invites reader reaction. His

address is [email protected]

Wendy Smith

Susan Richardson Wil-liams celebrated a birthday last week. She spent the day working at home in an effort to ignore the occasion, but it turned out to be a great op-portunity to look back at her career.

She’s had a total of 16 jobs, and was recently re-appointed, by Gov. Bill Haslam, to the TVA Re-gional Energy Resource Council. In August, she was appointed to the EPRI (Electric Power Research Institute) Advisory Coun-cil, which she expects to be even more demanding. She currently serves on 10 dif-ferent boards.

When she began her ca-reer, her options were lim-ited. She dreamed of study-ing archaeology, but there wasn’t a program at UT at the time. She considered geology, but a professor told

Politics, PR: Susan Williams keeps learning

her she’d be disappointed because, as a woman, she’d likely end up as someone’s secretary.

So Williams, who gradu-ated from UT in 1967, chose to be a teacher. Her efforts to secure a teaching posi-tion at Maryville Junior High would ultimately take her career in another direc-tion. Her sister’s best friend worked for U.S. Sen. How-ard Baker, and the friend mentioned to Baker’s legis-lative assistant, Lamar Al-exander, that Williams was moving to Maryville. Alex-

ander’s father recommend-ed Williams for the post.

She joined Winfi eld Dunn’s gubernatorial cam-paign during the summer of 1970, then moved to Nash-ville to join his staff. There, she got to know Lamar Al-exander, who was Dunn’s campaign manager. After working for Sen. Bill Brock for four years, she worked for the Tennessee Republi-can Party for a year.

When Alexander was elected governor in 1978, Williams went to work for him. She held three different jobs during his fi rst term.

“It was fun. Lamar was young, and the staff was young. It was an interesting time in my career.”

In 1982, she was elected as the fi rst woman to head the state GOP. Times had changed since she chose her career as an undergraduate.

“It was a better time, by the ’80s, to be a female seek-ing a job like that. Women had come a long way since the ’60s.”

In 1985, Williams took a hiatus from politics to de-vote time to her family. She had three children with her husband, Dick, a captain of UT’s 1968 football team. In 1987, she met Joan Cronan, who invited the couple to watch a game from Neyland Stadium’s new skyboxes. During the game, Cronan asked Susan to come work for women’s athletics at UT. She refused, saying she had no in-tention of leaving Nashville.

But Cronan was relent-less, and in 1988, the family moved to Knoxville. Wil-liams was with Cronan at the SEC men’s basketball tournament in Baton Rouge in March of 1988 when Cro-nan received a call from the

state Senate E duc at ion Committee. The women were re-quested in N a s h v i l l e the next morning to explain why a partisan

Republican had been hired at the same time Lamar Al-exander was named presi-dent of UT.

Around 500 people, in-cluding several of Williams’ enemies from the Demo-cratic Party, attended the hearing. Williams recalls Cronan’s approach: “When you tell the truth, it’s easy.” Alexander was in Australia when she began recruiting Williams, Cronan said. Wil-liams told the committee she had left partisan politics.

But politics called again,

Williams

and in 1995, Williams took a year of leave to serve as Gov. Don Sundquist’s Commis-sioner of Personnel. She was appointed to the UT Board of Trustees, and chose to continue in the role when she returned to Knoxville.

After managing the Knoxville offi ce of the In-gram Group, Williams started a public affairs consulting group, SRW Associates, in 2004. She has sought new challenges throughout her career, and she’s found that she learns something new every day through running her own business.

She continues to learn at home, too. The Williamses are raising their 14-year-old grandson, and Susan says she’s fi nally a “soccer mom.”

Looking back, she can’t imagine having had a ca-reer in geology. But she still regrets missing out on ar-chaeology.

“I love history,” she says, with a sigh.

GOSSIP AND LIES ■ Greg Mackay and some

30 employees of the public

facilities department, which

he manages, are being out-

sourced by Mayor Madeline

Rogero.

■ Bill Haslam simply studies

outsourcing certain state

functions and catches heck

from Democrats, public

employees and generally

sensitive souls.

■ Rogero just announces it will

be done and pretty much

gets a pass.

■ Fred Thompson, who died

last week at age 73, was a big-

ger than life guy. He played

himself as Arthur Branch on

TV’s “Law and Order.” He

served one term in the U.S.

Senate and retired, saying

he didn’t like the pressure to

raise money.

■ Thompson voted for one

and against another article of

impeachment for Bill Clinton.

He was one of the good guys.

In 2004, Dakak volun-teered to assist her native country with its reconstruc-tion efforts. She spent six months in Iraq investigat-ing the country’s wastewa-ter collection system and helping standardize reha-bilitation methods.

“Things had changed,” she said. “Little by little, people came to feel they had no room to be free.

“The new generation of Islam was completely dif-ferent than the (Muslims) I knew growing up.”

Christians, in particular, are persecuted by the re-ligious extremists in Iraq. And here is the dilemma.

The Iraqi Christians are

being per-s e c u t e d and killed. “ISIS only knows the language of beheading.”

But those who seek asylum in the United

States are suspected of be-ing ISIS infi ltrators. And the U.S. cannot use religion as a test of immigration or citizenship, anyway.

According to the New York Times, just 30,000 Iraqis were resettled in the United States in the six years following the 2003 in-vasion. At least 1,500 more

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A few months ago, prior to the city primary election, Mayor Rogero met with area mayors both city and county at Cafe 4 on Market Square. What was interest-ing according to the media coverage was that several of the county mayors were complaining that new resi-dents in their counties are not fi tting in and not sup-porting the local govern-ment the way they should.

Translated into ordinary language, this means many of the new residents ask questions about the way local government is oper-ated and may actually vote against the incumbents. These are not willing to say yes to every tax hike proposal. They actually have prior governmental experience and use it.

This seems surprising as local offi cials are always encouraging people to move into their area and extend-ing a welcome mat. They should not be surprised when new eyes see things differently.

Tennessee benefi ts by its new residents. Change is a constant.

■ Chris Rugerg, recently announced as the city’s real estate man-ager, will earn $62,400. He seems like a good, solid hire. He will work with Judy Walton, the city’s real estate acquisition agent, who makes $53,439 a year. Both report to deputy to the mayor Christi Branscom.

■ Both mayors Burchett and Rogero, to their credit, oppose the state Legislature charging fees for citizens to inspect public records. Burchett described it as “a ridicu-lous step backward, out of the sunshine and into the shadows.”

There is a serious effort by some local govern-ment offi cials who dislike producing public records to charge a fee in order to reduce and discourage requests.

■ Marlene Davis, 63, will be the Democratic can-didate for County Commis-sion from District 4. She is a professor of architecture

New eyes see things differently

at UT. She lives on Chero-kee Blvd. in Sequoyah Hills and has been at UT for 20 years. She says she dis-agrees with UT changing the Lady Vols name.

There is vigorous cam-paign going on between three contestants for the GOP nomination to oppose Davis. Running are incum-bent Jeff Ownby, Hugh Nystrom and Janet Tester-man (daughter of former Knoxville First Lady Janet Testerman). GOP primary is March 1, along with the presidential primary. Davis will be a credible Demo-cratic candidate in the August general election.

■ In the discussion over immigrants and refugees it is important to remember there is a huge difference.

An immigrant (legal and illegal) often chooses to settle in a country for economic reasons to make a better life for him or her-self. The USA currently has about 11 million “undocu-mented” immigrants.

A refugee is fl eeing per-secution based on political or ethnic affi liation. The U.S. limits the number of refugees to 70,000 annual-ly with the largest numbers currently from Myanmar, Bhutan and Iraq.

However, you may be surprised to learn that 10 countries actually shel-ter well over half of the world’s refugees. In order of numbers they are: Turkey, Pakistan, Lebanon, Iran, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kenya, Chad, Uganda and China.

Turkey, Pakistan and Lebanon shelter 30 percent of this refugee total. Turkey has 1.2 million with mostly Syrians. Lebanon’s has 232 refugees per 1,000 citizens which makes it the highest ratio in the world. Lebanon is not considered a stable nation while Turkey is.

Republicans have held a commanding majority on Knox County Commission for decades and have ex-panded their hold in recent years, whittling the number of Democrats to two in re-cent elections. In 2016, bol-stered by the statewide “Red to the Roots” campaign, the GOP appears poised to fi n-ish the job and sweep Dem-ocrats out of county offi ce entirely.

Democrats Sam McK-enzie (District 1) and Amy Broyles (District 2) are not seeking re-election.

District 2 Republican candidates Michele Carrin-ger and John Fugate have held appointed offi ces in recent years and are well known in the community. Both have been running hard for months. Announced Democratic candidate Laura Kildare, a newcomer to poli-tics, hasn’t been visible. Sev-eral high profi le Democrats urged Cheri Siler to run.

Siler left a favorable im-pression while losing a state 2014 state Senate race no-

All in for BudAt right, as Con Hunley and his band

provide the music, Law Director Bud

Armstrong claims the fi rst dance with

his wife, Patti Jo.

Below, among the friends and sup-

porters of Knox County Law Director

Bud Armstrong who gathered at the

Crowne Plaza last week for his re-elec-

tion campaign kickoff event were: Dr.

Galen Methvin, Knox County District

Attorney Charme Allen and her hus-

band, Kevin Allen, and Bobby Wag-

goner. Photos by Anne Hart

Siler shakes up District 2 commission race

body expected her to win, but she wasn’t ready to try it again. She had gained weight and was plagued by migraines during the cam-paign. She started changing that by participating in an online challenge group with the aim of getting in better shape.

“My motivation was to feel better, so I changed the way I eat and added exercise to my daily routine. I’m down about 20 pounds and have more energy than I’ve ever had in my life. I haven’t had fi ve migraines this year. Los-ing weight was a bonus. My motivation was to feel better.”

Last Thursday, after lots of conversation with her husband, Stanley, the Central High School math teacher and mother of six climbed down off the fence and picked up a petition to

become a candidate.What made her change

her mind?“It’s been mulling around

in my brain for a while, and I decided I wanted to stay involved. (Incumbent Amy Broyles) isn’t running again, and I feel like we need good strong female leadership in our county, so here I am,” Siler said.

The daughter of Larry and Donna Edwards, own-ers of the Edwards Res-taurant in Halls and West Knoxville, she helped in the restaurants as a teenager and entered the Univer-sity of Tennessee at age 16 under an early admissions program for gifted stu-dents. She majored in busi-ness administration and graduated in 1991, return-ing years later to study for a master’s degree in math-ematics education.

She eventually took a temporary job at Central High School, working under principal Jon Miller, who offered her a permanent po-sition at the end of the year.

She stayed at Central for 10 years until she was hired as a “numera-cy” coach, w o r k i n g with teach-ers on in-structional

strategy and professional development.

This year she returned to Central, where her older four sons graduated and her daughter, Kayley, is in the ninth grade and was re-cently named the outstand-ing freshman on the varsity soccer team.

She said she’ll be appoint-ing a treasurer and gearing up a campaign soon.

“I’ve never been afraid of hard work and believe that governing has to be a business of compromise and working together. I hope County Commission, no matter who’s elected, can work for what’s best for all of our county – and not stick to an agenda.

Cheri Siler

When there’s just no good answer

Susan Dakak

Certainty is the gold stan-dard of politicians. Think Donald Trump.

Uncertainty is discon-certing. Think Jeb Bush, who said Sunday he goes back and forth on the death penalty.

Susan Dakak, a civil en-gineer, U.S. citizen and na-tive of Iraq, spoke recently to the North Knox Rotary.

Dakak presented a real-time dilemma that defi es a good answer. Take a look.

First, she showed a Pow-erPoint of her family pic-tures. They looked like most American families of that time – kids stiffl y dressed for church, parents dancing and enjoying life.

Life in Iraq in the 1970s was much like that in the U.S. “More women than men were doctors and engi-neers,” she said.

Dakak attended Catholic schools, excelled in math, and came to the U.S. to study engineering at Ten-nessee Tech.

She left before Saddam came to power. In 2003, he fell to U.S.-led forces.

have been granted asylum.But there’s a funnel effect

with millions wanting to come in and just a few thou-sand accepted each year.

There’s what Dakak calls a shadowy underground railroad, helping Iraqis es-cape, and moving them into the U.S. across our porous border.

“What do we do with these people,” she asked.

“How do we help them? I don’t know the answer. ... I’m not a Muslim-basher, but our security and future depend on letting the right ones in (and keeping the wrong ones out.)

“It makes me question what’s right or wrong.”

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SENIOR NOTES ■ South Knox Senior

Center:

6729 Martel Lane573-5843Monday-Friday7:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

Off erings include:

dulcimer and guitar lessons;

arts and crafts classes; dance

classes; exercise programs;

Tai Chi; cards; Joymakers

practice; free swim 7:30

a.m.-3:30 p.m. Monday-Fri-

day. Senior Meals program

noon each Wednesday and

Friday. The Center will be

closed Wednesday, Nov. 11.

Veterans Honor Ceremony,

11:45 a.m. Thursday, Nov.

12. The Center is collecting

“Coats for the Cold” through

Nov. 20.

Register for: Humana

program” Medicare Advan-

tage plans, 10 a.m. Monday,

Nov. 9; toenail trimming

appointments available for

Wednesday, Nov. 18.

■ South Knox Com 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.523-1135Monday-Friday8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Off erings include: Card

games, billiards, senior

fi tness, book club, blood

pressure checks, bingo,

Friday night dances.

■ Senior Citizens Infor-

mation and Referral

Service

2247 Western Ave.524-2786Provides info for those

60+ and persons with

disabilities; referrals

when needed: health,

employment, housing,

transportation, legal,

recreation, support

groups, emergency

assistance, in-home

services, minor home

repair.

CALL FOR VENDORS

Christ UMC is seeking vendors for its fall arts and crafts festival, to be held 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14. Info/application: [email protected] or Sherry, 776-1100.

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS

The Knoxville Challenger, set for Nov. 8-15 at the UT Goodfriend Indoor Tennis Center, is calling for volunteers to help with the region’s largest professional tennis event. Must be 15 or older; hours are fl exible. Event benefi ts Helen Ross McNabb. Info/registration: knoxchallenger.com.

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 4

Jazz lunch featuring “Spirko and Boyd Play the Music of the Adderley Brothers,” noon-1 p.m., Square Room, 4 Market Square. Cost: $15; includes lunch buf-fet. Info/tickets: knoxjazz.org or Café 4 prior to show.

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, NOV. 4-5

AARP Driver Safety classes, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Oak Ridge Senior Center, 728 Emory Road, Oak Ridge. Info/registration: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

THURSDAY, NOV. 5

AAA Driver Improvement Course, 5:30-9:30 p.m., AAA offi ce, 100 W. Fifth Ave. Four-hour course helps reduce points for traffi c offenders and teaches how to reduce risk while driving. Cost: $30 mem-bers/$35 nonmembers. Must preregister. Info/regis-tration: Kate, 862-9254, or Stephanie, 862-9252.

Artist lecture: John Messinger, 7:30 p.m., room 109 Art + Architecture Building on UT’s campus. Info: 974-3200 or ewing-gallery.utk.edu.

Knoxville Writers’ Guild meeting, 7 p.m., Lau-rel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Guest Speaker: Tawnysha Greene, author of “A House Made of Stars.” Open to the public. A $2 donation is requested at the door. Info: KnoxvilleWritersGuild.org.

“Planning For Medicare” program, 2:30 p.m., Farragut Branch Library, 417 N. Campbell Station Road Presented by Darrell Keathley from COFFE. Registra-tion required. Info/registration: 777-1750.

“Sara Jordan Birthday Bash,” 7 p.m., Relix Va-riety Theater, 1208 N Central St. Hosted by the Smoky Mountain Blues Society. Features eight blues bands performing. Cover charge: $5 society members/$8 non-members. Benefi ts InterFaith Clinic.

Soul of Creativity Art Show and Yoga Event, 4-8:30 p.m., Breezeway Yoga Studio, 4830 Kingston Pike in Knox Plaza. Featuring: local artists works for sale, yoga, QiGong demonstration, food, live music. Info: Cheri Pollack, 789-5180.

THURSDAY-SUNDAY, NOV. 5-8

“Quoth The Raven: Tales Of Poe,” Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Ave. Performances: 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 1 and 5 p.m. Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday. Info/tickets: 208-3677; knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com.

THURSDAY-SUNDAY, NOV. 5-15

“My Three Angels,” The Historic Southern Railway Station, 300 W. Depot Ave. Performances by Tennessee Stage Company: 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday. Benefi t production for the Tennessee Stage Company. Tickets: $15. Info/tickets: 546-4280; .tennesseestage.com.

FRIDAY, NOV. 6

Fall Mountain Home Tour presented by the Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center Guild. Buses leave Barn Event Center of the Smokies on Highway 321 for tours of three homes, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Tickets: $75. Info/reserva-tions: 448-0044 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday.

Opening reception of new exhibit of traditional woodenware from Slovenia, 5-9 p.m., Balcony gallery of the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. Exhibit presented by the Ribnica Handicraft Centre with support from the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Washington, D.C., and the Slovene Consulate in Knoxville. Exhibit on display through Nov. 25. Info: 523-7543 or theemporiumcenter.com.

Opening reception for exhibit of works by John Messinger, 5-9 p.m., UT Downtown Gallery, 106 S. Gay St. Exhibit on display through Nov. 28. Info: 974-3200 or ewing-gallery.utk.edu.

Opening reception for exhibits by Art Market Gallery November featured artist painter Nelson Ziegler and jewelers of the Art Market Gallery and new mem-bers juried in, 5:30 p.m., Art Market Gallery, 422 S. Gay St. Exhibits on display through Sunday, Nov. 29. Info: 525-5265; artmarketgallery.net; on Facebook.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, NOV. 6-7

“Tinsel & Treasure” presented by the Junior

League of Knoxville (JLK), 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, Jacob Building at Chilhowee Park. The Girls’ Night Out Preview Party is 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5. Tickets: Advance, $5; at the door, $8; preview party, $30. Info/tickets: jlknoxville.org or 584-4124.

SATURDAY, NOV. 7

AAA Driver Improvement course, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., AAA offi ce, 100 W. Fifth Ave. Eight-hour course helps reduce points for traffi c offenders and teaches how to reduce risk while driving. Cost: $40 members/$50 nonmembers. Must preregister. Info/registration: Kate, 862-9254, or Stephanie, 862-9252.

Arts & crafts fair, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Middlebrook Pike UMC, 7234 Middlebrook Pike. Featuring: breakfast and lunch, baked goods, pottery, jewelry, Christmas items, scarfs and more.

Holiday Market and Craft Fair, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Messiah Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall, 6900 Kingston Pike. Featuring: guest artisans, local crafters, baked goods, a silent auction and Fair Trade items. Info: 300-7490.

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.

Public Speaking and the Alexander Tech-nique, 11:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., 313 N. Forest Park Blvd. Cost: $80. Preregiatration with confi rmation required. Info/registration: 387-7600, AlexanderTechniqueKnoxville.com.

SUNDAY, NOV. 8

Free drop-in art activities for families, 1-4 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Docent Tours in English, 2 p.m., and in Spanish, 3 p.m. Info: knoxart.org.

Knoxville Choral Society and orchestra fall concert: “In Praise of Heroes,” 6:30 p.m., Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Pre-concert talk at 5:45 p.m. Tickets: adults $20, students $10; available at ticket-master.com or the Tennessee Theatre box offi ce. Info: knoxvillechoralsociety.org.

Sing Out Knoxville, 7-9 p.m., Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 2931 Kingston Pike. Open to everyone. Info: [email protected] or 546-5643.

Step Out: Walk To Stop Diabetes, 1-4 p.m., UT Gardens. One-day fundraising walk benefi ting the American Diabetes Association.

The Subway Race Against Cancer, World’s Fair Park. Race-day registration, 1-2:30 p.m. Online registration: raceagainstcancer.org through 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4. One-stop registration: Fleet Feet Sports in Turkey Creek and New Balance Knoxville in Suburban Plaza. Benefits outreach services of Thomp-son Cancer Survival Center. Info: raceagainstcancer.org or 541-1227.

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ShoppernewseVents

By Sandra ClarkElmcroft of Halls

hosted a smashing fam-ily night and open house last week, introducing some 11 vendors who all brought food. Folks moved from table to table for fried chicken, veggies, fruit, desserts and, of course, information.

Nobody left hungry.Over the next few

weeks, we will profi le var-ious health service pro-viders in this space; after all, we do work for food. But for now, let’s look at the funniest episode of the evening.

Charlie Harris, Elm-croft’s regional director for 11 centers in Tennes-see, said he hired Chris Tharp as director of the Halls facility because he had worked with him in Oak Ridge and knew of his dedication.

“He had no bow tie and short hair,” Harris joked. “We hit it off right away.

… It’s a blessing for Halls to have Chris here.”

Tharp then praised Harris. “He was born the day I got married. He’s the smartest young guy I know.”

Tharp said during his job interview the men didn’t discuss fi nances, they talked culture. But there was this one odd thing …

“Why does Charlie have that huge picture of Conway Twitty on his wall?” Chris asked a staff member. “Is there some-thing I should know?”

She laughed. “Conway is his grandfather.”

Sure enough, Char-lie Harris’ mother is the daughter of Conway Twitty. The well-known country music star, born Harold Lloyd Jenkins, recorded with Loretta Lynn and performed on “Hee Haw.” He died June 5, 1993, at age 59 and is buried in Gallatin, Tenn.

Conway TwittyCharlie HarrisChris Tharp

But does it talk?Martha Zeiser with Honey the horse. The Star Minis recently visited Morning Pointe of Powell.

The therapeutic horses can do tricks and one actually kicked a soccer ball while another did

math. Photo submitted

Monahan is runner-upLauren Monahan (left), director of the Frank R. Strang Senior Center in West Knoxville, was third

runner-up for the title Ms Senior America 2015. The contest was Oct. 18-23 in the Casino Resorts

Hotel in Atlantic City. The winner was Dr. Barbara Mauldin (center) from Mississippi. The pageant

will be televised on the BBC network during November. Photo submitted

New director, new programs at Elmcroft of Halls

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Shopper news • NOVEMBER 4, 2015 • 7 faith

It happened so fast that later I had trouble remembering the exact sequence of events.

Lewis and I were trav-eling on the interstate in our motor home, which is about the size of a Mack truck, that is to say, im-possible to stop on a dime. To add to the peril, it was raining.

Suddenly, in our lane, there was a car stopped, clearly the result of a wreck that had happened within the past two min-utes. Two other cars were involved, and a tractor trailer was just ahead, ap-parently unscathed and moving on.

Thanks to Lewis’ good refl exes and quick think-ing, we were able to avoid becoming part of the wreckage.

Later, he asked me what I was thinking at that moment.

When my pounding heart slowed down and I could breathe again, I told him, “I wasn’t thinking! I

…my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my strong-hold and my refuge, my savior; you save me from violence.

(2 Samuel 22: 3 NRSV)Jesus, Savior, pilot me over life’s tempestuous

sea; unknown waves before me roll, hiding rock and treacherous shoal.

(Edward Hopper, 1871)

A near miss

CrossCurrents

LynnPitts

was praying!” No kidding!We never know when

the “rock and treacher-ous shoal” will be right in front of us. We can be assured of two things: there will be danger on occasion, and always, no matter the outcome, God is with us.

Lewis and I were for-tunate: to be unhurt, and to have avoided hurting anyone else. I have to ad-mit, as well, that we were grateful that our motor home was intact.

Such an experience focuses the mind. It also reminds me that there are many across this world who live in constant dan-ger. Let’s pray for them, too.

FAITH NOTES ■ Alice Bell Baptist Church, 3403 Alice Bell Road,

will open its Clothes Closet 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Satur-

day, Nov.7. Everyone welcome. Infant through

adult clothing available.

■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7754 Oak Ridge Highway, is

seeking vendors for the annual Craft Fair to be

held 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21 in the family

life center. Spaces: $40. Bring your own table or

rent one for $10. Info/reservations: 690-1060.

■ Church Women United Knoxville-Knox County

will meet 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 6, Graystone

Presbyterian Church, 139 Woodlawn Pike. Info:

577-0287.

■ First Comforter Church, 5516 Old Tazewell

Pike, hosts MAPS (Mothers At Prayer Service)

noon each Friday. Info: Edna Hensley, 771-7788.

■ Music ministries of Community Evangelistic

Church in East Knoxville and Christ Covenant

Church in Farragut will join for three presenta-

tions of “How Great Our Joy – a Gospel Christ-

mas!” Presentations: 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday,

Dec. 11-12, Christ Covenant Church, 12915 Kings-

ton Pike; 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13, Community

Evangelistic Church, 2650 Boyds Bridge Pike.

Info: 525-1589 or cecchurch.org; 671-1885 or

offi [email protected].

■ Church Women United Knoxville-Knox County

will meet 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 6, Graystone

Presbyterian Church, 139 Woodlawn Pike. Info:

577-0287.

■ Music ministries of Community Evangelistic

Church in East Knoxville and Christ Covenant

Church in Farragut will join for three presenta-

tions of “How Great Our Joy – a Gospel Christ-

mas!” Presentations: 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday,

Dec. 11-12, Christ Covenant Church, 12915 Kings-

ton Pike; 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13, Community

Evangelistic Church, 2650 Boyds Bridge Pike.

Info: 525-1589 or cecchurch.org; 671-1885 or

offi [email protected].

Pastor Daniel Ogle sits with Ben Holley, a sixth grade student at The King’s Academy.

Colonial Heights United Methodist Church hosts a Halloween

trunk or treat. Pictured are Daniel Parris, Megan Zartman hold-

ing Graham Zartman, Tom Pierce holding Lily Pierce, Leah Hol-

ley holding Liv Zartman, and Shannan Rogan. Photos by S. Clark

Trunk or Treat!

Run, pull, prayBy Cindy Taylor

First Baptist Academy Powell is fi lled with multi-talented students. Two FBA students are competing in their chosen fi eld and win-ning big.

Powell resident and FBA fourth grade student Anna Graves, 9, woke up one day last year and decided it would be fun to run. When she placed 36th out of 406 girls on the FBA cross-country team her family realized very quickly that Anna was capable of more than just typical speed.

“After her fi rst race we decided Anna had God-given running talent,” said mom Amy. “We started looking for opportunities where she could further de-velop her gift.”

Anna attended the Knoxville Youth Athletics program (KYA) this past summer. She was invited

Anna Graves Dom Leung

to join the competitive team after her first meet. She then competed in the Southeastern AAU district meet where she placed first in the 800-meter dash, third in the 400-me-ter dash and fifth in the 200-meter dash.

Anna went on to com-pete in the Region 6 Na-tional Qualifi er meet held in Knoxville, placing fi rst in the 800 dash. This qualifi ed Anna to represent the state of Tennessee in the 2015 AAU Junior Olympic Games in Norfolk, Va., where she

placed 31st in the nation in the 800 with a personal re-cord of 2:55.3.

She ran cross-country this fall with FBA fi nishing in the top fi ve at all regular season meets. Anna placed second in the region for the state qualifi er and fi nished 17th in the state. She contin-ues to run with KYA in its postseason cross-country program with hope of mak-ing nationals.

Halls resident Dominic Leung, 15, is a sophomore at FBA. His mom was look-ing for summer activities for Dominic two years ago when they found archery. He excels at the sport and maintains a 4.0 GPA yet re-mains humble.

“There are a lot of excep-tional archers nationally” said mom Mandy. “I’m glad that Dom’s passion for ar-chery may help generate more interest in the sport.”

Dominic competed and placed fi rst in the 2015 Na-tional Field Archery As-sociation TN State Indoor

Championship and the North Carolina State Out-door Championship. He participated in the U.S. Na-tionals last July and quali-fi ed for the shoot-off rounds where he shot his personal best of more than 1,000 points. He will compete in the TN State Indoor Cham-pionship in Nashville on Nov. 7.

Dominic says he often relies on prayer when he competes. He is currently working with coach Dee Falks, a Junior Olympic

Dream Team coach. Domi-nic says he is nowv mas-tering new techniques to perfect his back tension. He is planning to become a certifi ed coach so he can begin working with other students.

“Archery is a very hum-bling sport and helps me build character, patience and perseverance,” he said. “One day you shoot great and the next day you can’t hit anything. For now I’m just shooting for fun.”

Christ United Methodist to host annual bazaarChrist United Methodist Church has been hosting the annual craft bazaar since 1991 and the

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Richardson, Lou Watson, Dory Norris; (back) Carolyn Camp, Frances Ryan, Jewell Stivers and

Mary Baker. The bazaar will feature crafts, white elephant items, baked goods, a country store

and Rida knives. The event will be held 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, at the church, 7535

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Christmas comes early for South Knoxville teachers

Kindergartners Skyler Hodge, Carly Clark and Savannah Watters sit patiently with teacher Nilda Carrasquillo before fi nding out

Carrasquillo will receive a $50 gift card. Photos by S. Barrett

Students and school fac-ulty packed the gymnasium at South Knoxville Elemen-tary last week for a surprise announcement. A table full of celebratory cake tempted passersby at the back of the room.

Teachers could be heard whispering in wonderment.

“They’re giving us cake, I guess … .”

“Did we win something? We must have won some-thing.”

Sam’s Club marketing team leader Debbie Hardin and store manager Byron Johnson announced they were giving a $50 gift card to each teacher at the school as a reward for their hard work.

“We get to choose one school a year at our discre-

tion,” said Hardin. “One of the things I learned during visits to South Knoxville El-ementary is they don’t have a PTO to help them. Every other school I have ever vis-ited has a PTO. That played on my heart.”

Students celebrated with their teachers after the an-nouncement as Hardin and Johnson served slices of cake.

First grade teacher Jill Bryson said she was already thinking about some bean bags she had wanted for her classroom but didn’t have the money to purchase.

“My fi rst concern, though, is how I’m going to teach these kids after they’ve eaten cake and icing at 1:30 in the afternoon,” she said with a laugh.

Sam’s Club donated 20 gift cards but school princi-pal Tanna Nicely said since there are only 15 teachers, she will ask for input from the students as to what should be done with the re-maining fi ve cards.

Sam’s Club marketing team leader Debbie Hardin holds up 20

gifts cards worth $50 each as SKES principal Tanna Nicely looks on.South Knoxville Elementary School librarian Viktoria Hender-

son celebrates after fi nding out she would receive a gift card.

Vestalween festivitiesThe Vestal Boys and Girls Club hosted its third an-

nual “Vestalween” for its members, their families and the surrounding community. Cuties in costume en-joyed a cookout, pumpkin decorating, palm reading, a caramel apple bar, rolling video games, face painting, balloon animals and infl atables.

Vestalween is a family aff air for Amanda Sabol, sisters

Lindsey Riley and Cristina Morgan, cousins Abby Riley-

Martinez and Silas Ruschmeier and the patriarch of the

family, Deanna Jordan.

Jamari Asia Looney and Trinity Teasley head to the pump-

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leans into view. Will’queis fell out of his chair immediately

afterward.

Best friends Kashawn Banks and Devon Perryman

compare balloon swords after Kashawn had his jersey

number, 34, painted on his face. Kashawn dressed as the

character Steve Urkel from the show ”Family Matters”

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By Carol ShaneThe Arts and Culture Al-

liance of Greater Knoxville routinely outdoes itself with exhibitions of highest-qual-ity art from our region and beyond, as well as seminars and support for local art-ists of all types. One of the organization’s most popular events is set for this week-end as the ACA partners with the East Tennessee Woodworkers Guild to pres-ent the 18th Master Wood-workers Show at the Empo-rium Center.

“We’ve got a great show for 2015,” says show direc-tor Scott DeWaard. “It only happens every other year, and it goes so fast.”

The juried show will fea-ture the works of 30 fi ne woodworkers from East Tennessee and the sur-rounding region. Many types of woodwork, includ-ing marquetry, sculpture, turning and cabinetry, will be on display. Some pieces are traditional; some are whimsical. The artists will be in attendance, so it’s an ideal environment to view the work and meet the peo-

ple who make it.Participating artists

include Ronald Young of Chattanooga; Stephen Moles of Church Hill; Matt Campbell of Dayton; Rich-ard Dwyer and Jeffrey Neil of Gray; Curtis Buchanan of Jonesboroug; Stephen Shankles of Maryville; and Harold Galbraith, Brian Horais, Al Hudson, Dan Land, Lou Mansur and Gordon Rome of Knoxville. North Carolina woodwork-ers Gary Rawlins of Mars Hill and Kirk Shufelt of Cullowhee, who runs the website “Peace, Love and Dovetails,” will also show-case their furniture and cabinetry.

DeWaard is from Blount County. On his website, he says that he has “cloistered himself in his modest shop for the last 30 years picking up the phone saying ‘Ya, I can do that.’ ” He’s also on the faculty of Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts.

“If you love fi ne hand-made furniture and want to know more about what sets it apart,” he says, “this is the show for you.”

‘Spectre’James Bond (Daniel Craig) is one cool customer in “Spec-

tre,” opening Friday. In 007’s latest outing, he has to un-

cover the truth about a sinister organization as his boss,

M (Ralph Fiennes), fi ghts to keep the British secret service

from falling victim to politics. Christoph Waltz, Naomie

Harris, Lea Seydoux, Monica Bellucci, Dave Bautista and

Ben Whishaw also star for director Sam Mendes.

By Betsy PickleThe best movies make

you feel as though you’re part of their world. “Room” does that. You’re pulled in immediately and wrapped in the same sense of con-fi nement as the characters.

And through the vis-ceral performances, you also begin to feel smoth-ered by the same emotions – fear, frustration, confu-sion, anger, hopelessness – but also uplifted by love, joy, contentment and, ulti-

Jack (Jacob Tremblay) and Ma (Brie Larson) make decorations within the confi nes of “Room,”

opening Nov. 20 at Downtown West.

wraps viewers

in its reality

Sometimes a gruff man called Old Nick (Sean Bridg-ers) comes to bring supplies and spend time with Ma, but she always hides Jack in Wardrobe so that Nick won’t see or interact with him.

Jack is getting bigger, and he’s a smart kid. Ma worries about him. She wor-ries about herself. She has reason to. And she begins to sketch out a plan that could turn Jack’s world upside down.

“Room” is pretty much perfect. It takes an event that has become uncom-fortably familiar in the real

world and imagines what happens beyond the news-print or sound bites. It gives humanity to a framework of exploitation. It offers hope for healing.

The acting is phenome-nal. Larson is heartbreaking as the young woman robbed of so much and yet so giving to her son. She makes all of Ma’s actions and reactions believable.

Young Tremblay is as-tounding both as the un-questioning inhabitant of Room and as a Valentine Michael Smith type. There is something otherworldly

in his perceptive gaze, but he makes Jack’s journey raw and powerful.

Performances by Joan Allen and William H. Macy round out an incredible de-piction of a family derailed by a horrifi c event.

Between Donoghue’s in-sightful script and director Lenny Abrahamson’s lean direction, “Room” comes to life without melodrama. And like other great fi lms, it lingers, holding you close as you continue to think about its characters and their lives.

Rated R for language.

Scott DeWaard and Stephen Shankles are two of the accomplished artists featured this weekend in the 18th Master Woodwork-

ers Show at the Emporium Center in Knoxville. Photo submitted

The 18th Master Wood-workers Show is open 4-9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7; and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8, at the Emporium Center,

100 S. Gay St. Admission is free.

A public reception will be held 5-9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, as part of First Friday ac-tivities in downtown Knox-

ville. The reception also features music and dance performances by Pasión Flamenca 6-6:30 p.m., and you can hear some of the fi nest jazz artists in town

at the Jazz Jam Session hosted by Vance Thompson and Friends 7-9 p.m. in the Black Box Theatre. Send story suggestions to news@shop-

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mately, hope.“Room,” based on the

novel by Emma Donoghue and adapted for the screen by the author, is like living at the heart of an onion. Layers gradually fall away, providing information bit by bit. Some of them aren’t hard to predict, but it’s still diffi cult to provide a story-line without unveiling a few of the mysteries.

Jack (Jacob Tremblay), about to turn 5, lives in a squalidly magical place called Room with his Ma (Brie Larson of “Short Term 12”). They do practically ev-erything together because they never leave Room. Ma has created a fantasy for Jack that has him believing there is nothing except for Room.

They have an ancient, barely watchable TV, but Ma explains that the people on it aren’t real. They can see outside through a skylight in the ceiling, but Ma has explanations for what’s visi-ble through it as well. Room is reality. Everything else is made up.

They play games, read books, exercise, bathe, eat and sleep within Room.


Dr. Bob Collier

Fall is really here. We’ve had three morning frosts. The leaves have peaked in color in the mountains, and are showing up nicely, spe-cies by species, here on the ridges and in the valleys. The air is fresh and crisp, and those wonderful fall smells are in the air – wood smoke, dry crunchy leaves underfoot, spicy goodies in the oven. The weather is great, and all those smells are great.

Well, ummm, not all of them.

Last month’s electric bill from KUB included a fl yer with a little kid holding his nose and asking the ques-tion “does your nose know the smell of natural gas?”

And of course it’s impor-tant for everybody to know that smell, just in case there is ever a leak. But does your nose know the origin of that other sulphurous night-time vapor, wafting in your bedroom window at 3 a.m.? That window that you left open to fi nally get to enjoy the cool nighttime air.

Clue: it’s coming not from the big yellow KUB

pipes, but from some-thing black and furry, with white stripes and a bad attitude. Known to my Granny as the henhouse-raiding, chicken-stealing polecat, our culprit is more properly known as the striped skunk. Skunks are on the list of creatures that we could stand a few less of, around our yards and under our houses, along with rac-coons, ’possums and mos-quitoes.

We don’t see them all that often in proportion to how often we smell them, mainly because they’re mostly out and about at night.

This time of the year, they seem prone to getting into territorial disputes over

who gets to

dig up your yard, squalling and growl-ing like cats, and often end-ing the fray by fi ring a shot of malodorous spray into the otherwise delightful night air.

Not that skunks are all bad. If captured and de-scented at a very young age, they are said to make a nice house pet, sort of like a cat. Up north, skunks are trapped and their pelts used to adorn coats and jackets.

One would presume that such an activity would in-volve a good deal of know-how to make it a tolerable

source of employment.Besides in your hen-

house, skunks do cre-ate some problems in

your yard. They will eat almost anything, includ-ing your pet’s food left outside, and the seeds on the ground under your bird feeder. They help to rid your lawn of various grubs and insect larvae, the only problem there being all those tell-tale little digging holes all across your care-fully-tended turf.

(In my yard, this doesn’t matter.)

The most serious social problem the skunk has, though, is its odor situation. Skunks have evolved a high-ly effective defense mecha-nism that makes them close to predator-proof: the abil-ity to shoot a spray of oily, sickeningly odorous liquid at any apparent threat, man or beast.

And so, they waddle across lawns and parks with an obvious attitude of be-ing absolutely untouchable. They’re pretty much right.

The combination of chemicals in skunk spray makes an immediate and lasting impression on most would-be attackers, usually breaks off any current en-counter and generally pre-vents any future thoughts of a second attempt by the same would-be predator.

Coyotes, wolves, even mountain lions are known to avoid skunks. Only cer-tain goofy, clueless breeds of dogs (we’ll not mention names – you know who they are) will not only attack a skunk, they’ll sometimes even come back again for another try.

So, what to do when old Shep indiscreetly gets a full dose of skunk spray? A soak-ing in tomato juice is the rem-edy you hear of the most. It’s a big, smelly job that uses a lot of juice, and besides that, it doesn’t work. Science to the rescue – a chemist in Il-linois named Paul Krebaum

has come up with a science-based, effective and inexpen-sive way to salvage Poochie from being banned to the far back yard forever.

It seems that Mr. Kre-baum developed, in the course of his work, an odor-ous product that his fellow workers found greatly an-noying. He set about devel-oping an effective antidote for said product, and since the product had chemicals in it similar to those in skunk spray, he fi gured out that his antidote would im-mediately neutralize skunk odor as well.

The recipe is free to the public, and described on any number of websites, along with detailed instruc-tions and some precautions. You should check one out before using the recipe. It may be one of your most im-portant holiday season reci-pes. Briefl y, here it is:

1 Qt. fresh 3% hydrogen peroxide

¼ cup baking soda 2 teaspoons liquid soap Soak dog thoroughly for

5 minutes, then bathe dog as usual. Smell should be gone.

With all of that defense, is there nothing that will help us with the abundant skunk population other than nighttime automobile traffi c? As a matter of f act, there is, and it comes from an unexpected direction – the sky. One of the profes-sors at the UT Vet School, in charge of looking after big injured birds of prey, told us at Bird Club that any time someone brings him an injured bird in a big box, and it smells like skunk, he knows what’s in there – a great horned owl.

Great horned owls ap-parently have a poor sense of smell, or a seriously big appetite, as they are known to regularly take skunks. This would be a natural and very handy meal for them, since both owl and skunk are out and about at the same time of the night. So, yummy! for the owls, and may they enjoy many more such snacks. Just not in my yard.

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With quality fi ne arts and crafts booths, arts in action, performing arts, culinary arts demonstrations and tastings, and an expanded children’s creation station, several blocks of downtown Knoxville are transformed into a lively street fair for the Dogwood Arts Festival.

The artist application is now available at dogwood-arts.com

The 56th annual celebration of Dogwood Arts will be held during the entire month of April 2016. The annual Festival will be held April 29 to May 1 in the heart of downtown Knoxville on Market Square and Krutch Park.

More than 60 juried artists are selected to exhibit and sell their original work in mixed media, clay, drawing/pastels, glass, jewelry, leather, metal, paint-ing, photography, sculpture and wood. Artists are eligible for several cash awards during the Dogwood Arts Festival including Best of Show, Artists Choice and three honorable mention awards. Awards will total $2,000.

Dogwood Arts is a 501(c)(3) nonprofi t with a mission to promote and celebrate the region’s arts, culture and natural beauty. Info: dogwoodarts.com or 865-637-4561.

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BIZ NOTES ■ Penny Cutshaw has joined

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Wallace Real-

tors, as an af-

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■ Mark Steiner will speak at

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■ Brad Peters has been hired

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The Tennessee Medical Association has a 3-point agenda when the legislative session reconvenes on Jan. 12. TMA president John W. Hale Jr. says the group wants a better, safer health care environment for both doctors and patients.

TMA will seek a health care future that is patient-centered and physician-led, make sure insurance companies are more ac-countable when changing fee schedules and pay-ment policies, and protect medical malpractice caps, among other issues, Hale said.

Dave Chaney is the lob-byist for TMA, which rep-resents some 8,000 physi-cians. The agenda is listed on the group’s website at tnmed.org

A key piece of legisla-tion will compete with the “Nurse Independent Prac-tice” bill which would give advanced practice nurses the ability to diagnose and treat patients and prescribe drugs without a physician supervisor to review charts or provide consultation.

Hale says it’s in the best interest of all Tennesseans to have physician-led health care.

TMA will also work to see the Health Care Pro-vider Stability Act passed. Sponsored by Sen. Bo Wat-son and Rep. Jon Lundberg, the bill would limit how of-ten insurance companies

can change fee schedules and payment policies and require adequate notice of those changes to make the process more transparent.

“It’s impossible for a physician to make sure the business side of a practice runs smoothly when health plans can cut reimburse-ment mid-contract with no recourse for the physician,” Dr. Hale said.

TMA will work toward a constitutional amendment clarifying that the General Assembly can set caps on noneconomic damages in cases including medical li-ability actions.

A 2011 cap on noneco-nomic damages is currently being threatened by law-suits. The proposed amend-ment must pass two sepa-rate General Assemblies before it goes on the ballot for a vote in 2018. If the amendment doesn’t pass the 2016 General Assembly, the earliest the issue could be up for a statewide vote would be 2022.

“The General Assembly needs to act now to prevent us from going backwards on the issue of a noneconomic damages cap,” Dr. Hale said. “The cap fosters growth in Tennessee’s health care in-dustry by cutting back on frivolous lawsuits and the costs that come with them. I’m confi dent Tennessee voters will support it if giv-en the chance to have their voices heard.”

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North Knoxville Rotary recently hosted Kurt-Lennart Kalmsjo, a

32-year Rotarian from Scandinavia, pictured with his daughter,

Knoxville resident Sofi e Teague. Sofi e came to East Tennessee

to attend Maryville College. She married Justin Teague.

Recent graduate Chris and his

mobility assistance service

dog “Millie.” Chris is a U.S.

Marine veteran, full-blooded

native American Indian (Chip-

pewa), born on a reservation

in Texas, and fourth genera-

tion Marine. Chris sacrifi ced

a right leg in Iraq when a mis-

sile hit his Humvee. Last name

withheld on request

News from the Rotary Guy

By Tom KingIt began in March 2015

with a pro-gram at a Friday meeting of the Knox-ville Volun-teer Rotary Club. The speaker was Mike Kitch-ens, vol-

unteer chair of the Smoky Mountain Service Dogs Inc. The organization trains and provides service dogs for veterans with physical and/or psychological dis-abilities. These dogs – usu-ally Golden Retrievers or Labrador Retrievers – are custom-trained mobility as-sistance service dogs.

His program led to the Volunteer club creating a fund-raising program by soliciting donations and pledges for its 21 members to lose weight. They have lost more than 100 pounds since July and raised $12,500 to fund a veteran placement sponsorship.

Earl Kear, the club’s im-mediate past president, came up with the idea for the sponsorship.

Kitchens will be at the club’s Nov. 20 meeting up-dating them on the dog’s training. He also said they will have a “Pass the Leash” ceremony with the Volun-teer Club in early 2016 when

Volunteer Rotarians raise $12,500 for service dog

Tom King

TMA sets legislative agenda

the dog is presented to the veteran after a three-month training program.

■ Coach Barnes donates $1,000University of Tennessee’s

new basketball coach Rick Barnes spoke to the Ro-tary Club of Knoxville on Tuesday and thanked them for all the good they do in the world. He then sur-prised the club with a $1,000 contribution to support the club’s orphan-age – the Mateszalka Chil-dren’s Home in Mateszalka, Hungary, so the children can have Christmas this

year. He challenged the club to match his $1,000 and the members had the $1,000 matched before the meeting ended.

■ Webb Madrigals to visit 2 clubsThe holiday season is

coming on fast and the tal-ented and great voices

of the Webb School Madrigal Singers will be making appear-ances at two Rotary

clubs this year. If you want to hear their holiday program then get these dates on your calendar. They will entertain the Ro-tary Club of Knoxville on

Tuesday, Dec. 1, at its noon meeting at the Marriott and on Wednesday, Dec. 9, they will be at the Rotary Club of Farragut for its noon meet-ing at Fox Den Country Club.

He says his name is Glenn, just

Glenn, and he’s watching the

dog, Man-Man, for a friend.

And yes, he used to be a biker,

but now he just dresses like

one..

By Sandra ClarkIt’s amazing what hap-

pens when the city closes a major road.

Hundreds of residents spilled into the closed Cen-tral Street from the Freezo to the Old City on an over-cast Sunday afternoon for the city’s fi rst Open Streets event. Without cars for three hours, folks took to the street on bikes, skate-boards and on foot. Yes, your humble scribe walked the full length and back.

Politicians were about, shaking hands and seeming to enjoy the street mimes, magicians, musicians and food vendors. Mayor Mad-eline Rogero circulated with-out entourage. Most mem-bers of City Council were handy, especially those with names on the Nov. 3 ballot.

You see things differently on foot. You spot the inter-esting architecture of old commercial structures. You see small business owners, stocking and selling items of interest to downtown residents. There’s a strong market in resell, especially furniture.

And one wag noticed how

both sides of Central Street rise up from Broadway. “You know that old joke about walking three miles to school, both ways uphill,” said Kathy Fitzgerald. “That school was on this street.”

Chandra Taylor brought her family to help sell cup-cakes and bakery items from the MerMer table. MerMer’s is a downtown bakery at 617 N. Gay Street, and Taylor wanted a wider audience to sample her wares. She was fl at out midway through the event.

“When I named my daughter Mercedes, my mom just called her MerM-er. That’s where we got the name,” said Taylor.

I Bike KNX, an organi-zation that promotes bi-cycle safety, pushed for the Open Streets event. Bikes and helmets were given to youngsters, while other businesses rented bikes to older visitors. Several gov-ernment agencies including the Knox County Health De-partment ran information booths. It was a great day downtown.

The event coordinator was Trey Joiner.

MerMer’s Bakery sold out of cupcakes at the street

fair. Working the booth are owner Chandra Taylor

(front), her mother, Sandra Taylor; her aunt, Sharon

Davis; and Christopher Grigsby, a shift manager at

Subway downtown who helps out. Photos by S. Clark

Taking to the streets

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