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Making choicesDuring the fi nal sessions of

the SEEK program, coordina-tor Bridget Calfee brought in two speakers to share with the students the effects of drugs, alcohol and tobacco, as well as the importance of making good life choices.

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Mary Mahoney, assistant director of the University of Tennessee’s Center for Career Development and member of Bookwalter United Method-ist Church, spends her days helping students prepare for life after graduation. She’s well versed in a variety of channels such as internships and job fairs that can open up opportu-nities in the working world.

A few years ago, she saw a need that wasn’t being ad-dressed.

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BUZZ

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By Betty BeanArtist Ron Williams, whose

sweeping mountain landscapes grace the walls of fi ne homes and gal-leries across Amer-ica and abroad, died June 24 at Parkwest Medical Center of conges-tive heart failure. Two weeks later, his sister Elaine was struggling to pay for his funeral.

Part of the problem was that Wil-liams was painfully shy and strug-gled with mental illness for most of his adult life. Artist Eric Sublett, a former gallery owner, said Wil-liams, for all his talent, couldn’t deal with the business of art.

“His main style was that of the Hudson River School, but he

Ron Williams, acclaimed artist, diesFamily struggles to

pay for funeral

Ron Williams

at age 14

Ron Williams’ painting in the foyer of Mayor Tim Burchett’s home Photo by Ruth White

homed in on the Smokies and was amazingly prolifi c and technically astute and about as good as it gets in that realm,” Sublett said. “But sometimes it gets pretty desper-ate out there. The ultimate reward is to sell something and use the money to live. You’re basically

making something from nothing, and somebody’s going to make you an offer. It gets easier the more you do it, but Ron wasn’t able to deal with all that and didn’t trust anybody to do anything for him. That meant he’d get himself into positions when he needed money

so badly he’d rip himself off. He never saw much of a reward for all his work.”

For decades, Williams was in and out of Eastern State (later Lakeshore Mental Health Insti-tute), which he regarded as a ref-uge when life outside the gates became overwhelming. Elaine Williams said that some of her brother’s last outings were to Lakeshore Park, where he would reminisce about what used to be.

“He was very upset about Lake-shore’s closing and was very con-cerned about the patients. He would point to where this building and that building used to be and said people with nowhere to go were ending up in jail.”

Knox County Mayor Tim Bur-chett, who has a Williams paint-ing in the foyer of his Westmore-land home, said that Williams had asked Burchett to help make sure Lakeshore patients were taken care

By J.J. StambaughCarter Pool has been a cher-

ished place to meet, eat, camp, worship and stay cool for gen-erations of East Knox County residents. But the pool receives no public funding, and demographic changes have led to dwindling family memberships.

Despite the steep price of chem-icals and water, Carter Pool has re-mained open during the summer since 1968, and those responsible for its upkeep say they hope to keep it going into the foreseeable future.

While the pool originally was run by an eight-member board of directors, Richard and Melissa Gibson have overseen the pool’s operation on a part-time basis since 2014.

The pool is very much a labor of love for the couple, who grew up splashing in its waters and are now happy to see their daughters, 12-year-old Adeline and 13-year-old Olivia, doing the same.

“I think that kids are happiest when they are playing outside,” said Melissa, who works full-time as a nurse for Knox County Schools. “That way they’re not always inside playing with their iPads, iPods or whatever.”

“It’s good to have a safe place

By Sandra ClarkAha! Just to prove that sector

studies don’t have to be boring, get this.

An Ice Cream Social and Com-munity Engagement Session will be held 1-3 p.m. Sunday, July 17, at the Carter Senior Center, 9036 Asheville Highway.

The community plan for East Knox County has never been more important because it will deal with ramifi cations of the de-velopment of Midway Business Park off Interstate 40 at Midway Road. Launching the study with free Cruze Farm ice cream should

guarantee a big turnout.The East Tennessee Commu-

nity Design Center and the Knox-ville-Knox County Metropolitan Planning Commission will host the event to gather suggestions for the East Knox County Community Plan, being prepared by MPC.

All interested groups, includ-ing residents, landowners, com-munity representatives, business owners and county offi cials, are encouraged to attend. The infor-mation gathered will provide im-portant input for this planning process.

Attendees can review past

plans, consider areas to preserve and those for potential develop-ment; they can identify challenges today and vision for tomorrow.

MPC’s press release states: “East Knox County has wonderful assets such as historic communi-ties, longstanding farms, beautiful vistas, open space, and is fl anked by two scenic rivers.

“Growth is likely, but how fu-ture developments impact the environment and benefi t the com-munity is yet to be defi ned.

“A goal of the East Knox County Community Plan is to ensure that community members are engaged

in the process and able to make suggestions.

“The plan will be a realistic and effective community resource with a set of concise action steps for implementation.”

This will be the fi rst commu-nity plan (previously called sec-tor plan) to be launched under the leadership of Gerald Green, who started as executive director of MPC on July 1, 2015.

Since ice cream will be served, participants are requested to RSVP to leslie@communitydc.org or call 865-525-9945.

Cruze Farm ice cream to kick off sector study

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By J.J. StambaughC t P l h b h

Olivia and Adeline Gibson

leap off the diving boards at

Carter Pool after a thunder-

storm rolled through the area

last Thursday. This year marks

the pool’s 48th season.to drop your kids off for the day,” said Richard, an investigator for the Knoxville Fire Department. “We don’t allow any alcoholic bev-erages, and this is a very family-friendly place.”

Carter Pool is unique in that it is the only community-operated swimming pool in the county that isn’t a “members-only” facility and

receives no city or county funds.The pool is open to the public

during normal business hours for a gate fee of $7, which covers the cost of operating the pool and paying for its 10 employees, in-cluding two managers and eight lifeguards. Family season mem-berships that give unlimited ac-cess during business hours can be

purchased for $250.The Gibsons say keeping a large

public pool up and running costs a lot of money – up to $35,000 a year – and requires constant attention

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Upcoming at the Farmers Market

The New Harvest Park Farmers Market will host a Corn and Tomato Festival 3-6 p.m. Thursday, July 14.

Activities include: Tomato Squish for Kids, Corny Kids and Pets Parade, cooking demos and lots of contests. Info: on Facebook.

The market will host a free concert at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 21, featuring Mae Beth Harris/Shane.

The Fulton High School Alumni Association will sell drinks as a fundraiser for the organization.

Collector extraordinary

Sandra Perry, who grew up in the Fourth and Gill neighbor-hood, is a collector.

Almost every display – from old pictures of Gay Street pedestrians to Beatles fi gurines to a wall of trophies – ties in family and friends. “I try to include a little of my kids in everything.”

Perry says her garage-to-fan-tasy-basement renovation had its beginnings two years ago. “I never had a car in here,” she says. “It was just a junk hole.”

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Marvin West has a great tale about Brown Cemetery. Powell edition.

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health & lifestyles

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Shedding weight and worry“My blood sugar this morning

was 116, and it used to be 200 in the mornings,” says Jim Johnson, 67, Knoxville. “I’m on no diabetes medication whatsoever, no insulin and no pills, I’m not on any cholesterol medication, my blood pressure is 110 over 68 with a resting pulse rate of 65, and I’ve been off the CPAP for six months.”

Johnson is enthusiastic about sharing how much his life has changed since undergoing gastric bypass surgery at Fort Sanders Center for Bariatric Surgery last year. He’s happy with the results, but also amazed that he spent so many years of his life not realizing how much his extra weight was holding him back.

His only regret is that he didn’t do it sooner.

Johnson once carried 244 pounds on a body that is fi ve feet and three inches tall. That’s a lot of weight for a man of his stature, but he says he couldn’t tell the extra pounds were slowing him down, so the weight never bothered him.

“I’ve always had a high motor,” Johnson jokes. As an energetic person with a successful career, a family to care for, and many other responsibilities in his community, Johnson never felt like his life was lacking anything.

But as he began to age, the weight started to take a toll. Diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, sleep apnea, and GERD began to tip the scales toward a life that was not quite so satisfying by the time he reached his 60s.

He had managed his health with periodic exercise and diet changes over the years, but when his diabetes medication stopped working effectively, Johnson took

Jim Johnson before and after losing nearly 80

pounds thanks to gastric bypass surgery at

Fort Sanders Regional.

Maintaining weight lossBariatric patient Jim Johnson will tell you

that it’s not easy. Gastric bypass surgery is a tool to help restore health, not a magic wand.

“The reason I’m successful is because I’m a stubborn son of gun,” Johnson says. But he emphatically declares that his new life is worth every ounce of effort he’s had to put into it.

“I’m tickled to death,” Johnson says. “I’m 67 years old, and I feel more like I’m 30.”

Here are Johnson’s top tips for maintaining weight loss after surgery, with input from his surgeon, Dr. Mark Colquitt:

1. Educate yourself before the surgery. Know what to expect, and have a plan. “You have to go through a lot of things to make sure you’re ready for this surgery,” Johnson says. “It’s a commitment.”

2. Follow the doctor’s orders regarding diet. Dr. Colquitt recommends three small meals a day, with the focus on protein. Don’t consume beverages until 30 minutes after your meal.

3. Get plenty of support in groups and online. “I got on a bariatric support group on Facebook,” Johnson says. “If you have somebody who has a shared

interest, it’s easier.”4. Drink plenty of water. Need it

fl avored? Johnson recommends dropping a couple of frozen strawberries (no sugar added) into a water bottle to avoid artifi cial sweeteners.

5. Keep a journal. Dr. Colquitt encourages his patients to stay on top of the changes in their bodies, and how their bodies are being fueled. Johnson uses a phone app to keep track of everything from blood sugar levels to the food he’s eaten.

6. Exercise. Dr. Colquitt’s patients receive a free, six-month membership at Fort Sanders Health and Fitness Center. Johnson says that was critical in his success after bariatric surgery.

8. Go for it! Johnson says one of the reasons he’s been successful is that he went into this process understanding that bariatric surgery isn’t a magic spell. Maintaining the weight loss takes discipline and commitment, but it’s a life investment worth making.

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a time when he could put his hecticlife on pause, gastric bypass surgerywas performed by Mark Colquitt,MD in June of 2015 at Fort SandersRegional Medical Center.

“I’ll say this, I don’t think I’ve everbeen treated better in a hospital orby healthcare providers,” Johnsonsays of the team involved in hisweight loss surgery.

Exercising regularly and payingcareful attention to the doctor’sinstructions on diet, the scales ofhis life began to tip back in his favor.“On surgery day I weighed 218, andat my six-month checkup I wasdown to 146,” Johnson says. “I hadlost 78 pounds, and I was within sixpounds of my goal weight.”

His life has improved in wayshe never imagined. Before losingthe weight, Johnson says hecouldn’t bend over to tie his shoes,and what he thought was a highenergy level before gastric bypasssurgery is nothing compared to thepowerhouse he feels like now.

“The stamina and energy I haveis just incredible,” Johnson says. “Iwould recommend gastric bypasssurgery to anybody.”

Johnson emphasizes that weightloss surgery is not an easy way out.It takes discipline and dedication.The procedures offered by Dr.Colquitt are simply meant as a toolto help patients be proactive abouthaving a better quality of life.

“It’s like if you go to the garageto work on your car,” Johnsonexplains. “You have to have theright tool, and they gave me the toolI needed.”

Johnson advises anyone whoselife is restricted by weight to talkto Dr. Colquitt about bariatricprocedures. “I would do it again ina heartbeat,” he says.

a long, hard look at where his life was headed.

Johnson wasn’t afraid of death,

but with a wife he loved, children, and grandchildren he adored, the prospect of life ending too soon

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Ron Williams From page 1

of. When Burchett learned that Williams was a U.S. Navy veteran, he assigned his veterans’ services offi cer to the case and made some phone calls. Members of the Fulton High School Alumni Association got involved, and by the end of the day, the funeral was scheduled.

Elaine Williams, who had spent several hot sum-mer days on foot, knock-ing on doors and asking for help, was relieved when a graveside service was set for Tuesday, July 12. Those attending met at East Ten-

nessee Veterans Cemetery on John Sevier Highway for a graveside service with full military honors conducted by the East Tennessee Vet-erans Honor Guard.

She hopes people will re-member her brother for his caring heart as well as for his great talent.

“Ron had faith. He’d given his life to the Lord and even as sick as he was, he was al-ways concerned for others.”

To see a sampling of Ron Williams’ work, go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpBYF7w7oHU.

Carter Pool From page 1

to maintenance, chemicals and plumbing. The cost of the water through KUB is also a major expense, and the last few years have seen some dif-fi cult fi nancial times.

“I think one reason why the money isn’t what it used to be is that summers are a lot shorter,” said Richard. “There was a longer sum-mer, and more parents didn’t work back then. Now, with both parents working, it’s hard for them to fi nd time to come to the pool.

“We’re essentially only open in June and July, when kids are out of school, and we close toward the beginning of August. I also think that Dollywood’s Splash Country maybe hurt us some because it’s only a 15-minute drive to Pigeon Forge.”

For many decades, the pool relied on prepaid fam-ily memberships, but those numbers have dwindled while the number of people who buy tickets at the gate has risen sharply.

“We haven’t raised prices much at all since we’ve been taking care of it,” he said. “But the price of chemicals and KUB have gone up, and of course the minimum wage for lifeguards has also gone up. It’s just really hard to raise the price with families out here who just can’t afford to pay much more … but we’ve re-bounded this year a lot com-pared to years in the past.”

Richard Gibson spent

many summer days as a

youth at Carter Pool and

now helps run the facil-

ity with his wife, Melissa. Photos by J.J. Stambaugh

Melissa Gibson worked as a life-

guard at Carter Pool in her teens and

later returned to be its treasurer.

Several businesses sup-port the pool, too, including Service One, McRae Plumb-ing, Stormer’s Hardware and Rusty Wallace Honda.

Carter Pool’s status as a community meeting place hasn’t changed, with the Boys & Girls Club, Boy Scouts and various other youth groups frequently using the pool, as well as several area churches. Berean Bible Church holds services on the property at least once a year, using the sparkling blue waters as a baptismal pool.

The future may hold some real challenges for the pool, however, as rising costs and the need to per-form deferred maintenance could eventually cause a cash crisis.

“The main building needs a new roof that we can’t cover right now,” he said. “There’s a lot of things we need to do, but there’s just not enough money.”

Unexpected obstacles can also pop up from time to

time, he added. For decades, swimmers were delighted to use the pool’s high dive, but the insurance company re-cently notifi ed the Gibsons that it would no longer be covered.

Now, the rungs that once allowed swimmers to reach the high diving board have been removed, and it’s un-known whether the money will ever be available to in-stall one that the insurance company will approve.

The Gibsons have no desire to quit in the near future, however, and are optimistic about the pool’s prospects.

“We’re doing this for the community and the kids,” said Melissa.

Carter Pool is at 9218 Carter Mill Drive. Hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mon-day, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday; and 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday.

Info: 865-313-3917, or www.carterpool.org.

By Carol Z. ShanePowell resident Sandra

Perry says she started her mid-20th-century base-ment time capsule for her 10 grandkids. “They don’t just want to sit around the kitchen table, you know.” She cleaned out a corner of the garage and made a place for them to watch movies, and it grew from there. “I’m a visionary, I guess!” she chuckles.

The room now contains fi ve main areas: the “drive-in” with big-screen TV, cars painted on the wall with re-fl ective tail lights added and Astroturf underfoot; “Route 66,” which features auto-motive memorabilia and a TV “just for video games”; a comfy Victorian sitting area; a Coca-Cola bar with tabletop jukebox, Elvis, James Dean and Marilyn Monroe cookie jars, a coun-tertop salvaged from a Wen-dy’s restaurant, and plenty of references to the fi zzy drink; and the toy room, which contains a wealth of Fisher-Price and other brands of toys. Her grand-children “just go crazy when they see it,” Perry says.

Lining the upper wall in the Coca-Cola bar are high school photographs of Perry’s nearest and dearest friends. She grew up on Gratz Street in the Fourth & Gill neighbor-

COMMUNITY NOTES

■ Alice Bell Spring Hill Neigh-

borhood Association. Info:

Ronnie Collins, 637-9630.

■ Beaumont Community

Organization. Info: Natasha

Murphy, 936-0139.

■ Belle Morris Community Ac-

tion Group meets 7 p.m. each

second Monday, City View

Baptist Church, 2311 Fine Ave.

Info: bellemorris.com or Rick

Wilen, 524-5008.

■ Chilhowee Park Neighbor-

hood Association meets

6:30 p.m. each last Tuesday,

Administration Building,

Knoxville Zoo. Info: Paul Ruff ,

696-6584.

■ Edgewood Park Neighbor-

hood Association meets 7

p.m. each third Tuesday, Larry

Cox Senior Center, 3109 Ocoee

Trail. Info: edgewoodpark.us.

■ Excelsior Lodge No. 342

meets 7:30 p.m. each Thurs-

day, 10103 Thorn Grove Pike.

Info: Bill Emmert, 933-6032 or

w.emmert@att.net.

■ Family Community Educa-

tion-Carter Club meets 10

Sandra Perry’s time capsule

Free dental sealant clinics The Knox County Health Department will offer a

free dental sealant clinic each Tuesday and Thursday in July at the InterFaith Health Clinic, 315 Gill Ave. KCHD will provide the dental sealants to individuals between the ages of 6 and 21 years old. Individuals do not have to be an InterFaith patient to receive these services, nor will they become an established Inter-Faith patient after receiving sealants. Appointments are required. Info/appointments: 215-5157.

Still close to her childhood friends, Perry hosts regular get-togethers in her retro party room.

Shown are (back) John Stansberry, Sandra Perry, Geraldine Blair, Dolores Miller, Bob Lawson

and Joyce Prater Hale; (seated) Linda Scarbrough Cash, Bob Cardwell and John Prater. Perry has

known Hale and Cash “since we were 2 and a half.”

Another favorite area is her gift-wrapping station, modeled on

an old-time department store.

hood “with 21 boys and nine girls,” she says. Although a few members have passed on, the close-knit childhood gang still continues to meet regularly. Recently, Perry threw a party for John Prat-er, a former KUB employee who is moving to Arizona. “I wanted to see Johnny,” says Perry. “I knew I wouldn’t see him again.”

Almost every display – from old pictures of Gay

Street pedestrians to Beatles fi gurines to a wall of trophies – ties in family and friends. “I try to include a little of my kids in everything.”

Perry says her garage-to-fantasy-basement renova-tion had its beginnings two years ago. “I never had a car in here,” she says. “It was just a junk hole.” With the help of her son Steve, an Air Force veteran who now repairs jet engines for Standard Air, she

added sheetrock and a ceil-ing, electrical systems, deco-rative fl oor covers, counters and a freestanding fi replace for the sitting area. “My grandparents moved into Fourth & Gill in 1878,” she says. “I was trying to recreate the kind of sitting rooms we had there.”

Perry’s husband, Bill, for-merly employed by TVA and Oak Ridge’s Y12 plant, died in 1997. They were married

28 years. On the wall in the Coca-Cola bar is the metal luggage rack from the bicy-cle she was riding when she fi rst met him as a teenager.

Perry’s career has been with East Tennessee Chil-dren’s Hospital and the Knox County Health De-partment. She now works in administration for the State Fire Marshal’s Offi ce. Her fi ve sons and one daughter make their homes all over

the globe, and she’s proud to point out the Navy, Air Force and Army careers among them. Her husband was ac-tive duty National Guard at the time of his death. “We’re a military family,” she says.

As for her unusual blast-from-the-past basement, Perry swears with a smile that “I’m not a collector. I just arrange things.”Send story suggestions to news@

shoppernewsnow.com.

a.m. each second Tuesday,

Carter Senior Center, 9036

Asheville Highway. Info: Anne

Winstead, 933-5821.

■ First District Democrats meet

each fi rst Monday, Burlington

Branch Library, 4614 Asheville

Highway. Info: Harold Middle-

brook, haroldmiddlebrook@

gmail.com; Mary Wilson,

marytheprez@yahoo.com.

■ Historic Fourth & Gill

Neighborhood Organization

meets 6:30 p.m. each second

Monday, Central UMC, 201

Third Ave. Info: Liz Upchurch,

898-1809, lizupchurch1@

gmail.com.

■ Inskip Community Associa-

tion meets 6 p.m. each fourth

Tuesday, Inskip Baptist Church,

4810 Rowan Road. Info: Betty

Jo Mahan, 679-2748 or bet-

tymahan@knology.net.

■ Oakwood Lincoln Park Neigh-

borhood Association meets

6:30 p.m. each fi rst Monday,

Community Club House, 916

Shamrock Ave. Info: Bill Hut-

ton, 773-5228 or s_wlhutton@

yahoo.com.

■ Old North Knoxville meets 6:30

p.m. each second Monday, St.

James Episcopal Church Parish

Hall, 1101 N. Broadway.

■ Parkridge Community Organi-

zation meets 6:30 p.m. each

fi rst Monday except holidays,

Cansler YMCA, 616 Jessamine

St. Info: Jerry Caldwell, 329-

9943.

■ Second District Democrats

meet 6 p.m. each second

Thursday, New Hope Mis-

sionary Baptist Church, 2504

Cecil Ave. Info: Rick Staples,

385-3589 or funnyman1@

comic.com.

4 • JULY 13, 2016 • Shopper news

Marvin West

Amazing what you can learn from ESPN.

ESPN explains Tennessee schedule

One of the great net-work’s analytical geniuses, known for comprehensive research, told us the Ten-nessee football schedule is unbalanced. The descrip-tive word was “lopsided,” which is close to correct. The schedule appears more like my physique, bulging in the middle.

The Vol challenge is no-

ticeably more diffi cult in October than on either end.

This “lopsided” factoid was presented as monu-mental news, level 8, up there with the discovery of another planet or the recall of mayonnaise.

Oh my, the schedule might knock the Vols out of a national champion-ship. That part is accurate. Odds are it will. That’s what schedules do.

September is Appala-chian State on a school holiday, Virginia Tech in the spectacular-to-be Bat-tle at Bristol, Ohio U. (not to be confused with Ohio State) and the really big one against Florida.

October is when the boys

become men – at Georgia, at Texas A&M, home against Alabama. Even the open date is potentially threaten-ing. If the Vols lose again to the Tide, a hangover is almost sure to follow. If the Vols win, it might take more than a couple of weeks to re-turn to Earth. That sets up a tricky trip to South Carolina.

Strange that ESPN and the world are just now no-ticing that Tennessee No-vembers are rigged. For generations, UT teams have generally improved as they went along. November was a dependable time to enhance the season record. For coaches above the border-line, it was time to milk the cash cow, negotiate contract

extensions, gain signifi cant raises and qualify for bowl bonuses.

Indeed, there have been several Novembers to re-member. Thirty-seven times since the Southeast-ern Conference was orga-nized, Tennessee has won all its November league games. That was possible because the “Third Satur-day” was in October.

In November, in times past, there was unbeliev-able domination of Ken-tucky and Vanderbilt – 26 in a row over the Wildcats, 22 consecutive against the Commodores. If you want to dig deeper, UK defeated UT four times in 46 years. Vandy won four in 50. This

does skew late-season worksheets.

Beginning at the SEC be-ginning, in 1933, Robert R. Neyland went 31-5 against league foes in November. Bowden Wyatt was only 10-10. For that and other reasons, he was asked to go away.

Doug Dickey got off to a slow start but ended up with 12 victories in 19 SEC No-vember games. Bill Battle fi nished poorly but was 15-5 in his seven Novembers.

John Majors’ Vols went 40-12 against conference opponents in November. He had an eight-year run where he didn’t lose late. Phillip Fulmer was the best of the bunch, 41-5.

All the above lost credit for one or more victories over Vanderbilt because the games were in December.

As bad as was Derek Dooley’s coaching, his No-vember record against SEC opponents was 8-4. Butch Jones is 8-4.

The easy part of the typi-cal Tennessee schedule is not easy. The Vols are often at a psychological disadvan-tage. Going back to Ney-land, Kentucky and Vandy would hide behind their dis-appointments and wait in ambush, hoping to disrupt or spoil the Orange season.

So it remains, forever and ever, amen.Marvin West welcomes reader reaction.

His address is westwest6@netzero.com

NickDella Volpe

Northeast survey reveals desires, needsThe online survey of

business availability in Northeast Knoxville is en-tering its fi nal week.

Your voice is important and we want to hear from you. Please invest fi ve min-utes to complete the survey monkey questionnaire – there are just 9 questions – so we will have a decent database to help launch a successful Economic Sum-mit for the northeast quad-rant this fall. The Chamber and Leadership Knoxville have said they will join us in that effort. So will the four BPAs active in our area.

Sneak Preview: Here is how things are look-ing based on the fi rst 100 respondents’ opinions we have received.

Over 60 percent of you say you shop mainly at the East Towne business dis-trict and along the Broad-way corridor. Less than 35 percent identify West Town and Turkey Creek as their

main choice.That’s not surprising. We

live in the East or Northeast part of the city and would rather shop and support businesses in our own back-yard. If our survey could reach folks from the outly-ing areas in Knox County, as well as Grainger, Union, Campbell and Jefferson counties, not to mention South Knoxville, I bet that north-and-east local busi-ness numbers would be even higher. Who needs the traf-fi c and hassles of the west side if you can fi nd what you need out here?

Over 65 percent of the survey respondents thus far assert that more retail

is needed out here. Where are the developers and en-trepreneurs? Opportunities abound for restaurants and bakeries to higher quality clothing stores, especially for women – you know the majority who really control the purse strings in Ameri-ca – and other retail.

More and better restau-rants were specifi cally iden-tifi ed as a need. Personally, I end up braving west traffi c occasionally to visit a Bravo Italian or Carrabas or Hard Knox pizza, just to sample some varied fl avors.

Meanwhile, locals stand in line on the weekends to get into Aubreys, Puleo’s or a nearby steak house. The Habaneros brothers have recently added a second res-taurant just to handle the daily fl ow.

Chefs, where are you? Bistro yourself out here.

Many of the respondents identifi ed greater health care as a need they would

like to see fulfi lled. That varies from walk-in clinics and women’s-care or child-care centers to a full service hospital.

We have been short-changed ever since St. Mary’s (now Tennova) decided to chase the fat-ter insurance policies out west. Countless people have identifi ed the old (car-ing) St. Mary’s as the place where they or their chil-dren were born or a loved one had surgery and atten-tive post-op care. The days of the good Sister hauling in one of Peyton’s passes have waned.

Other respondents cite the need for greater care fa-cilities to treat Alzheimer’s or dementia-related illness-es. They say UT services in that regard are backlogged and thus hard to access.

Without attempting more than this short sur-vey glimpse right now, I will say that some respon-

dents want to see more pe-destrian-friendly roads, a cleaner and better run mall (wake up Simon and your salvage holding company W.P.Glimcher!), as well as more family-run local busi-nesses. Perhaps the Mag-nolia corridor revamp will jumpstart the effort there. The city engineers need to make upper Broadway easi-er to traverse by car and on foot, and so on.

Meantime, please log on to your computer and take the survey. You can spare fi ve minutes. The inter-net link is: surveymonkey.com/r/KCMR9X9. You can also reach it from my Face-book page.

We’ll close that survey portal next week. Act now. Don’t just sit on your hands. Let’s take charge of our fu-ture. Let the Summit begin!

Nick Della Volpe is a lawyer who rep-

resents District 4 on the Knoxville City

Council. Reach him at ndellavolpe@

gmail.com

GOSSIP AND LIES ■ Steve Hall does not have my

endorsement in District 18,

even though he apparently

sent out a mailer implying

that.

■ James Corcoran would be

my choice if I voted in District

18, which I do not.

■ And it speaks to the quality

of candidates in that race that

the only one I’ve not yet met

is James Corcoran.

■ Hey, Amy Brace! I met the

new principal at Sarah Moore

Greene Magnet Academy last

week and she got my atten-

tion. Brace looked at her com-

munity school volunteers and

said, “We don’t want anyone

to come here with pity.”

■ “Our kids are as smart as any

others, and if some started in

a hole, then we just have to

work harder to pull them up.”

■ Susan Espiritu is handing

over her staff and students

to a hard-nosed leader. And

we’re going to have some fun

this year!

– S. Clark

Shopper news • JULY 13, 2016 • 5 government

VictorAshe

Betty Bean

Sandra Clark

If the 5th District school board runoff had been held last fall, the debate would have started (and pretty much ended) with the ques-tion, “James McIntyre: for him or against him?”

The controversial former superintendent changed the conversation when he an-nounced in December that he was stepping down from his $228K (plus perks) job. But underlying issues still remain.

Both Susan Horn and Buddy Pelot have rela-tives who have served in public of-fi ce – state Rep. Jason Zachary is married to Horn’s cousin,

and former City Council member Barbara Pelot is Buddy Pelot’s mother – but

the candi-dates say that fam-ily ties have little to do with their reasons for running.

Horn fi nished fi rst in the

three-way March primary with 4,364 votes, or 44.86 percent, narrowly missing the 50 percent plus one needed to avoid a runoff. Pelot got 2,932 votes, or 30.14 percent, nosing out third-place fi nisher Lori Ann Boudreaux, who had 2,431 votes for 24.99 percent.

A longtime PTA stalwart and school volunteer, Horn is doing lots of door knock-ing and enjoys the support of PACE, the political action committee of the Knox County Education As-sociation, and SPEAK, an organized group of teachers and parents who banded together to oppose corpo-rate education reform and the high-stakes testing that accompanied it.

Susan and Brad Horn have two daughters who attended Knox County schools.

She said that working in her children’s schools got her interested in running for school board.

“I’ve worked alongside teachers on the parents’ side for a long time, and I’ve seen some of the con-sequences of state reforms – how they’ve changed the overall atmosphere and environment in our schools over the past few years. That’s what led me to want to run.”

The East Tennessee De-velopment District, along with the East Tennessee Hu-man Resource Agency, cele-brates 50 years at an awards banquet at the Museum of Appal achia in Norris on July 14. This agency has as-sisted many disadvantaged persons in the mid-east Tennessee area.

■ Former U.S. Sen. Bill Brock, who lives in Annapolis, Md., is a former Republican National Com-mittee chair, but he will not attend the Republican Na-tional Convention for the fi rst time in over three de-cades.

His son Oscar Brock was recently elected GOP Na-tional Committee member from Tennessee and is an alternate delegate. The se-nior Brock continues to be active for the GOP at other levels and is hosting a fund raiser for Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan in a few weeks.

This writer is a delegate for Marco Rubio to the GOP convention and this week is serving on the platform committee in Cleveland, Ohio.

■ In December 2017, fi ve members of City Council rotate off due to term limits. They are Nick Della Volpe, Brenda Palmer, Nick Pavlis, Duane Grieve and Daniel Brown. People are already starting to look at running for these fi ve seats.

One of the most active is Lauren Rider, who lives

Schools in District 5 ■ A.L. Lotts Elementary

■ Blue Grass Elementary

■ Farragut Primary

■ Farragut Intermediate

■ Farragut Middle

■ West Valley Middle

■ Farragut High

Horn or Pelot in

District 5?

Pelot, an attorney whose given name is Reuben Nisbet Pelot IV, is the son of longtime West Knox dentist Reuben “Nib” Pelot (and Barbara, of course). He and his wife Judith have three daughters who have or currently are attend-ing Knox County schools. Both have been actively involved in the PTA, and he decided to run after hear-ing that incumbent Karen Carson wasn’t going to seek re-election. He has gotten strong support from the city’s business elite, largely mirroring that of District 2 candidate Grant Standefer, who lost to former teacher Jennifer Owen in the pri-mary.

Pelot said the similarity between his contributor list and Standefer’s is because they share a common con-sultant, Gary Drinnen of Targeted Strategies. When asked how he will turn the March numbers around in the August election, he said his campaign will look for the most effi cient ways to get the word out. Drinnen is known for massive amounts of direct mail.

Pelot said he’s always had a deep interest in education (UT’s Bob Kronick, founder of Knox County Schools’ community schools movement, urged him to pursue a master’s in education rather than go to law school).

“I’m not getting into this because I’ve got an agenda. I’m just pursuing excel-lence in education for all our kids in Knox County,” he said, echoing a McIntyre theme. “I’m an advocate in my career, and there are no attorneys on the board, so I can add something there, rather than just being an-other voice on the board.”

Susan Horn

Buddy Pelot

Ex-senator Brock won’t attend GOP convention

in Old North Knoxville on East Scott Avenue and is eyeing the Della Volpe seat. A few weeks ago, I had lunch with her at Savelli’s on Sutherland and left im-pressed by her commitment and knowledge as well her dedication to service.

Rider, 41, is married to neurologist Dr. Steven Rid-er, and they have two boys, Hagen, 7, and Finley, 8, who will be in Beaumont Magnet school this fall. She has lived in Knoxville since 2005 and works as the librarian at the Division Street campus of Pellissippi State. She met her husband at Indiana Uni-versity Medical School, and she got her graduate degree in library science from the same university. She re-ceived her undergraduate degree in exercise science from Georgia State.

In the 11 years she has lived here, she has been very active as president of Old North Knoxville from 2010 to 2014, as co-chair of the Broadway Corridor Task Force, on the Knox-ville Neighborhoods Advi-sory Council for two terms, member of the Knox County Library Advisory Board and on the Knoxville public

property naming commit-tee.

She is a strong his-toric preservationist and received the 2011 Knox Heritage Ronald Childress Preservationist Award. Her other issues include green-ways, infrastructure im-provement and sidewalks.

■ The House race in West Knox County for the District 18 seat now held by state Rep. Martin Daniel is becoming more heated as early voting beings this Friday. A debate was held last night between Daniel, James Corcoran, Steve Hall and Bryan Dodson. Hall has sent out two attack pieces on Daniel, and Daniel has responded with mailers re-minding voters that Hall, along with then-Sen. Sta-cey Campfi eld, tried to sell Lakeshore Park.

Daniel accuses Hall of wanting to increase his cur-rent state pension by 50 percent through one more term in the House. Hall also draws a city pension from his council service.

Hall for four years was almost invisible, but he has started early in attacking Daniel. Daniel is remind-ing voters why they retired Hall two years ago. Also in the contest is Corcoran, who has impressed many observers with his calm, articulate approach. He is hindered by not having the campaign funds which the others have.

■ Ron Williams, Knox-ville landscape artist, died June 24 at 69. While his death was not widely re-ported, his works represent the Hudson River stylized artist approach. They are in many homes across Knox County as well as our con-vention center. A talented and vigorous artist, he will be deeply missed.

■ Mayor Rogero de-serves compliments for in-sisting reforms in the KPD moonlighting policy go for-ward and no retribution oc-cur against the offi cers who raised the issue.

■ Thanks to poor management decisions by UT athletic director Dave Hart and others, UT has paid out over $4 million to settle lawsuits which they said they would vigorously defend when fi rst fi led. That assertion was a myth. It seems no one is being held to account for this. Will Hart simply get another pay raise?

UT President Joe DiPi-etro will appoint a commis-sion to review Title IX com-pliance.

It is imperative this com-mission be totally objective and include persons free to ask questions. The com-mission must have staff to do the work. UT personnel must be instructed to coop-erate and provide access to all documents. The meet-ings must be open to the public.

School security offi cers honored

Honoring school security offi cers of the year are: Security Chief Gus Paidousis, school board chair Doug Harris, Offi cer Frank

Humphrey, Offi cer J. Gibson and interim superintendent Buzz Thomas.

Security Chief Gus Paid-ousis and interim Superin-tendent Buzz Thomas rec-ognized two school security offi cers for outstanding ser-vice during the Board of Ed-ucation meeting last week.

Offi cers Frank Hum-phrey and J. Gibson were selected as offi cers of the year from more than 100 of-fi cers.

Paidousis said 10 recruits are in the middle of a fi ve-week training regimen and will graduate at 6:30 p.m. Monday, July 28, at Fulton High School.

Also, Knox County Board of Education has approved:

North: Refi nishing the

gym fl oor at Powell High School for $17,196.00 using funds athletics and general school funds; plans to start a blended algebra and math I program at Gibbs, Central and Fulton high schools; Fulton High to upgrade weight room with Lift Life Foundation grant not to ex-ceed $150,000.

South: A partnership

proposal with ThinkCERCA for student licenses and a professional development package for Mooreland Heights Elementary School at a cost of $4,000;

An agreement with Knox County and the city of Knoxville for a common wall between the Sarah Simpson Professional De-velopment Center and the old South High School prop-erty, pending law director’s fi nal approval;

Reinstitution of a lease agreement with Commu-nity Action Committee for use of the old Anderson Elementary School facility for purpose of a Headstart

pre-school through June 30, 2035.

Mooreland Heights El-ementary to receive a Focus Schools grant for $59,809 to support gap closure for this Title I focus school.

East: An agreement with Pellissippi State Communi-ty College for the academic plan of the Career Magnet Academy through August 2017; also amended lease agreement for additional space for CMA;

Chilhowee Elementary to receive a Focus Schools Grant for $81,884 to sup-port gap closure for this Ti-tle I focus school for 2016-17 school year.

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SENIOR NOTES ■ Carter Senior Center

9040 Asheville Highway932-2939Monday-Friday8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Off erings include: card

games; exercise programs;

arts and crafts; movie mati-

nee Fridays; Senior Meals,

noon Wednesdays.

Register for: Clear

Captions Snack and Learn,

11:30 a.m. Wednesday, July

20. Lunch Bunch: Aubrey’s,

noon Monday, July 25; meet

at the Center.

■ Corryton Senior Center9331 Davis Drive688-5882knoxcounty.org/seniorsMonday-FridayHours vary

Off erings include: ex-

ercise classes; cross-stitch,

card games; dominoes,

crochet, quilting, billiards;

Senior Meals program, 11

a.m. each Friday.

Register for: Corryton

Community Picnic at Doug-

las Lake, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Wednesday, July 13; RSVP/

sign up for dish to share.

Main Munch potluck, 11:30

a.m. Thursday, July 21; main

dish: deli day.

■ Larry Cox Senior Center3109 Ocoee Trail546-1700Monday-FridayHours vary

Off erings include: exercise programs; bingo;

arts and crafts classes.

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

Off erings include: Card

games, billiards, senior

fi tness, computer classes,

bingo, blood pressure

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

Monday-Friday.

Register for: AARP

Driver Safety Program,

Wednesday-Thursday, July

20-21; info/registration:

Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

Facebook class, 10 a.m.-

noon Thursday, July 21;

cost: $15. Galaxy/Android

phone or tablet class,

10 a.m.-noon Tuesday-

Wednesday, July 19-20;

cost: $25.

■ Knox County Senior ServicesCity County Building400 Main St., Suite 615215-4044 Monday-Friday8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Pierce entertains at Morning Pointe

Conrad Pierce, singer, pianistand guitarist, performed forresidents at Morning Pointe ofPowell.

Pierce, a Nashville native,plays for seniors throughout thecommunity, performing mainlycountry tunes and oldies. Piercehas toured for years opening formany acts in Nashville and nowenjoys dedicating his time to se-nior centers.

The assisted-living resi-dents loved hearing some oftheir favorites including “Ten-nessee Waltz” as a tribute toPat Summitt.

For some time, the residents of Morning Pointe of Pow-ell had enjoyed gathering together to listen to Alan Jack-son and sing along.

So Lantern program coordinator Lynda Rose decided to write a letter to Jackson, explaining to him how his mu-sic has touched the lives of and blessed the residents. Last week, the center received a package from Jackson that brought tears to the eyes of Rose and many others.

Residents Betty Sibert and Margaret Herbison were happy and excited to receive the gift Alan Jackson had sent to the group: his CD “Precious Memories, Vol. II,” along with an autographed photo. They immediately gathered their fellow residents to enjoy some refreshments and hear some of Jackson’s fi nest tunes.

Betty Sibert and Margaret Herbison show the gifts sent

from country-music star Alan Jackson to the residents

of Morning Pointe of Powell Lantern. Photo submitted

Morning Pointe resident Mar-

jorie Lawson poses for a pho-

to with Nashville singer and

musician Conrad Pierce. Photo submitted

Residents at Morning Pointe of Powell: (front) Jane Hodges, Ralph Mertz, Shirley Stansberry,

Betty Siebert, Betty Mitchell; (back) Ferd Hall, Terry Kanopka, Earl Hoff meister, Margaret

Herbison, Doris McCurdy, Gene Woods and Earl Wilson celebrate the life of Pat Summitt by

wearing orange and planting an orange forget-me-not in the garden. Photo submitted

At Morning Pointe of Powell’s Lantern Al-zheimer’s Community, the residents wanted to do something very special in memory of Pat Summitt. Many residents wore or-ange, and they planted an orange forget-me-not in the memory garden.

Each resident had either met Pat, knew her person-ally or was a season-ticket holder for the Lady Vols. All were lifelong fans. Her pass-ing has touched them all.

At M i P i t

Jackson surprises Morning Pointe residents

NORTH/EAST Shopper news • JULY 13, 2016 • 7 faith

VBS NOTES ■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753

Oak Ridge Highway, July

28-31. Times: 5:30-8 p.m.

Thursday-Friday; 9-11:30

a.m. Saturday; 10 a.m. Sun-

day during the combined

church service. A covered

dish lunch will follow the

Sunday service at 11:30.

Info: 690-1060 or beaver

ridgeumc.org.

■ Bethany Baptist, 6705

Raccoon Valley Road, 7-9

p.m., July 25-29.

■ Glenwood Baptist Church of Powell, 7212 Central

Ave Pike. Ages 4 through

fi fth grade. Kickoff , 6 p.m.

Sunday, July 24; free food

and games. VBS continues

6 p.m. Monday-Wednes-

day, July 25-27. Theme:

“Castaway Island.” Info:

938-2611.

■ Mount Hermon UMC, 235

E. Copeland Road, 6-8:30

p.m. July 24-27. Ages 3

through rising sixth grad-

ers. Kick-off and family

cookout, 6 p.m. Sunday,

July 24. Theme: “Cave

Quest, Following Jesus,

The Light of the World.”

Dinner served each night.

Everyone welcome.

FAITH NOTES ■ First Comforter Church,

5516 Old Tazewell Pike,

hosts MAPS (Mothers At

Prayer Service) noon each

Friday. Info: Edna Hensley,

771-7788.

■ Wallace Memorial Baptist Church, 701 Merchant

Drive, will host Vol For Life

Inky Johnson delivering an

inspirational talk followed

by a free showing of the

movie “Woodlawn,” 6 p.m.

Sunday, July 17. Open to

the community. Info: 688-

4343.

cross currentsLynn Pittslpitts48@yahoo.com

Give her a share in the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her in the city gates.

(Proverbs 31: 31)Long years ago when I was in grammar school, I

learned that the book of Proverbs in the Old Testa-ment had 31 chapters and that the 31st chapter had 31 verses. So, the teacher explained, since 31 was also the maximum number of days in a month, every person on the planet could claim the verse from that chapter in Proverbs that corresponded with their birthday.

I went home that afternoon and looked up Proverbs 31. My birthday is the fi rst day of the month, and so my verse said, by way of introduction, “The words of King Lemuel. An oracle that his mother taught him:”

Well, that was pretty disappointing for me!Beginning with the 10th verse, however, the words

of King Lemuel are an acrostic poem about the capable wife. It is an ode, really, extolling her virtues, wisdom, industriousness, good business sense, faithfulness to her husband, generosity and happy children.

In 1984, when I moved to New Jersey, my new next-door neighbor came over to chat. As we exchanged information about ourselves, I told her that I was a musician and what denomination I belonged to, and she immediately told me the church I should visit fi rst.

So the next Sunday, we went to the church she had recommended and took our 2-year-old Jordan to the toddlers’ class, where a wise woman said, “You should meet my friend Anne.”

I followed her instructions, and the rest is history. Even though John and Anne still live in New Jersey, we are still best friends and visit each other as often as we can.

King Lemuel described my Anne to a T!

A good, true friend

By Carol Z. ShaneMary Mahoney, assis-

tant director of the Univer-sity of Tennessee’s Center for Career Development and member of Bookwalter United Methodist Church, spends her days helping students prepare for life after graduation. She’s well versed in a variety of chan-nels such as internships and job fairs that can open up opportunities in the work-ing world.

A few years ago, she saw a need that wasn’t being ad-dressed.

“We’d heard students say they needed clothing,” she says. “Suit jackets, pants, things like that.” Good-looking business clothing is indeed pricey, and college students generally aren’t known for their bulging wallets.

Thus was born Smokey’s Closet, named for the school’s mascot.

The fi rst year, says Ma-honey, “We had collected quite a good amount. The students started lining up an hour before the time frame. Literally in a couple of hours we had given away all the clothes we’d collect-ed.”

The need was even greater than she and her colleagues had anticipat-ed. And there was another problem: storage space.

University of Tennessee graduate student Bree Shepard helps collect and organize business

clothing for Smokey’s Closet, an initiative that provides UT students with quality apparel for job

interviews and other career opportunities. Photo submitted

Bookwalter UMC partners with Smokey’s Closet

“We were in an old dorm,” Mahoney says. “We had lots of extra space.” But when her offi ces were re-located, that space shrunk considerably, so Mahoney approached her church for help.

The folks at Bookwalter UMC were glad to set up a rack in the fellowship hall, and they’ll be collecting clothing through Aug. 7 or possibly later. Items needed include:

■ Full suits (coats with

matching pants or skirt) ■ Contemporary suit

jackets or blazers ■ Shirts/blouses appro-

priate to wear underneath a suit coat

■ Dress slacks ■ Skirts in darker colors

such as black, brown or dark gray

■ Ties ■ New dress socks and

nylons ■ Shoes

This time around, UT’s Student Government As-

sociation has also stepped in to help. “We want to re-vitalize the initiative,” says Mahoney. “We’re trying to be there as a resource and to help students out.”

To donate gently used, good quality, clean, ready-to-wear business clothing to Smokey’s Closet, call the UT Center for Career De-velopment at 865-974-5435 or Bookwalter UMC at 865-689-3349. Send story suggestions to news@

shoppernewsnow.com.

Knoxville Children’s Theatre will present “Le-gally Blonde: The Musical Jr.,” a version of the hit Broadway musical special-ly adapted for children and families and based on the popular MGM film.

Harvard’s beloved blonde takes the stage by glittery pink storm in “Legally Blonde: The Mu-sical Jr.,” which follows Elle Woods as she tackles stereotypes, snobbery and scandal in pursuit of her dreams. The role of Elle is played by KCT veteran Hannah Sloas, and Warner Huntington III is played by Joseph Coram.

“Legally Blonde: The Musical Jr.” will be per-formed July 15-31 at the Knoxville Children’s The-atre auditorium, 109 E. Churchwell Ave. Perfor-mance times are 7 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 1 and 5 p.m. Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays.

Tickets are $12 and may be purchased in advance at 865-208-3677 or at knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com.

The play is directed by KCT Academy director Dennis E. Perkins.

Paul Jones serves as musical director.

Knoxville Children’s Theatre to present‘Legally Blonde:

The Musical Jr.’

Emmitt (Ethan Turbyfi ll), Vivian (Isabelle Hannah), Warner (Joseph Coram) and Elle (Hannah Sloas) rehearse a scene set in a Har-

vard Law School classroom.

Paulette (Abigayle DeBusk) tries to convince Elle (Hannah

Sloas) to stay in law school in “Legally Blonde: The Musical

Jr.” at the Knoxville Children’s Theatre. Photos by Ruth White

Berean Christian School student Johanna Avalyn “Ava” Cooper is spending her summer doing some-thing many high school stu-dents only dream of: travel-ing abroad to study a foreign language.

Ava studies at Berean through the Independent Study Program. She learned of a U.S. Department of State-sponsored program called NSLI-Y (National Se-curity Language Initiative for Youth) last summer, and after a long application process she was awarded a scholarship to

study in Seoul, South Korea, this summer.

“I am thrilled about the opportunity to be able to further study the Korean language and learn about the culture fi rsthand during the six-week summer program in Seoul,” said Ava. “I feel hon-ored to have been selected and am deeply appreciative for the scholarship. I am also grateful to my South Korean host family who has opened their home to me as part of the cultural exchange.”

Ava believes that the ex-perience will aid her in com-

pleting her Girl Scout Gold Award project. Her goal is to develop a meaningful program to connect with her community and provide intercultural hospitality, ac-climation information and support for newly arrived international teens.

“Having the experience of being placed in a totally different culture will give me a greater perspective on what students from other countries face when they ar-rive here,” she said.

She is one of only approx-imately 600 competitively

selected students from across the United States to receive a scholarship to study Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Korean, Persian, Russian or Turkish overseas this year. While in South Korea, Ava will receive for-mal instruction and infor-mal language practice in an immersion environment.

Applications for 2017-18 NSLI-Y programs are expected to be available at www.nsliforyouth.org in the early fall. Exchange pro-gram info: http://exchanges .state.gov.

Berean student studies in South Korea

8 • JULY 13, 2016 • NORTH/EAST Shopper news kids

Guinness Book of Records.Nick eyed the book, feeling perturbed.

Clay hadn’t let him touch it yet. Clay even showed him the pictures too quickly, as if a look from Nick’s eyes would smudge the pages. Nick wanted to look at it on his own, take his time to see if there was any-thing besides the gross stuff Clay had been showing him. When he’d asked, Clay had said, “No way! I don’t want your nose-picking hands on my book!”

“Here!” Clay said. “Get a load of these fi ngernails!”

Pretending he didn’t care, Nick stole a glance. The man looked as if he were clutch-ing ribbons he’d ripped off some presents. “That’s not gross. That’s weird. How does he sleep?”

Clay shrugged and set the book on his thigh. “How does he scratch when he itch-es? Search me. But neat stuff, huh?”

“I don’t know.” Nick eyed the book. It wouldn’t be hard to grab. “Ever want to be in that book?” — as the world’s worst best friend? he added to himself. Or the stingiest?

“Sure. Once I did the most humongous burp in the world.”

Nick snorted. “And my belly button whistles when I cough.” He slid his hand toward Clay’s leg, pretending to scratch his own kneecap.

“No, really! And yesterday I sneezed twelve times in a row. I bet that’s a record.” Clay’s look dared Nick to disagree.

Nick couldn’t stand it any longer. He grabbed and ran.

“Hey!” Clay screamed. “Give that back!”“Who’s gonna make me?” Nick shouted.

“Your grandmother?”Nick ran around the house, aiming for

some lilac bushes where he could hide and take his sweet time looking at the book.

He didn’t count on his little sister’s red wagon blocking the way. “E-e-e-iii!” he yelled, jumping.

It all happened very fast.He shoved the wagon’s cocked handle

away as his right leg shot forward. His smile seemed to lift him higher. “Yeah!” he breathed as he started descending. Then he heard a crash.

“Ow!” Clay yelled.Nick couldn’t help looking behind him.

The book fl ew from his hand. He lunged for

it and twisted in the air. The grass reared up like a snapped blanket. Nick landed fl at

on his back, k n o c k i n g the wind from him. The book lay beyond his hand. He heard an “O-oof!” on his other side and turned to see Clay’s feet thump-ing the ground near his head.

Nick tried to sit but c o u l d n ’ t . He tried to breathe, but his throat felt like a straw

collapsed from sucking too hard.Desperate now, and gasping for breath,

Nick struggled once more to sit. Clay moaned as he pulled himself onto his hands and knees and wobbled toward the book. With a tremendous grunt, Nick reared up and threw himself toward the book, block-ing Clay.

Just as Nick was about to snag the book, Clay grabbed one of his feet. He yanked, pulling Nick backwards.

Nick tried kicking, but Clay glommed on to his other foot. Nick felt as helpless as a worm on a wet sidewalk.

Nick went limp and groaned. “All I want to do is look at it.” A wave of anger washed over him. “You’ve been a real creep about this book. And you know what? It’s not so great. It’s just about lot of losers doing lame things. And they’re mostly adults. A-num-ber-one dolts? Get it?”

“Oh yeah?” Clay said. He tightened his grip on Nick’s feet.

“Yeah. How about the man who’s tat-tooed everywhere except between his toes. Gimme a break! Or the woman who paid six million dollars for a wedding dress. Come on! We could write a more interesting book than that!”

“More interesting than the fattest model in the world?”

Nick winced, picturing her. “Defi nitely. Let go and I’ll give you back your stupid book. Cross my heart …”

Clay let go and they both sat up. Nick reached for the book and, holding it as if it were disgusting, handed it to Clay.

Clay checked it for damage. Satisfi ed, he said, “You know what? You’re right. We should write our own book.”

Nick nodded. “And make all the records in our book belong to us.”

Clay grinned. “Hey! That’s a great idea!” He stood on shaky legs. “What record should we try for fi rst?”

(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 ONE: The great idea

“a breakfast serials story”The Best in the World

“Gross!” Nick made a face. “How many worms did he eat?”

“Sixty-two,” answered his best friend Clay. “In thirty seconds. He didn’t chew. See?” Nick leaned from where he sat on the porch steps to see better. Clay pulled the

book away, not wanting Nick too close. Clay hated sharing anything but trouble.

“Where do they get that stuff!” Nick said, unable to look any longer.

Clay grinned. “If you thought that was gross ...” He fl ipped carefully through The

Written by Marc Talbert and Illustrated by Betsy James

By Ruth WhiteDuring the fi nal sessions

of the SEEK program, coordi-nator Bridget Calfee brought in two guest speakers to share with the students the effects of drugs, al-cohol and tobacco, as well as the importance of making good life choices.

The two men may be gen-erations apart, but their sto-ries are similar. Mike Miller began drinking alcohol at age 16. He had become friends with some guys in school and wanted to be like the cool kids. He wanted others to think he was ath-letic and brave, but deep down he didn’t feel like he measured up to others.

“What you think, you become,” he said. “I didn’t think I was good enough, and this is what led me to my addiction.”

By age 17 he had alcohol poisoning, and a cycle of failures began. He had been arrested several times and was kicked out of school. As Miller got older, his alcohol problems grew with him

and his circle grew smaller. He lost friends, experienced a failed marriage, was fi red from jobs, lost his home and

d e v e l o p e d health prob-lems.

A f t e r wanting to “check out of life” through suicide, he entered re-hab. He is

now married, has a home and family and has been so-ber for 33 years. He has often wondered what his life would have been like had he not become addicted to alcohol, but he doesn’t dwell. Miller uses his experience to share with teenagers and reminds them, “Don’t ever think you aren’t good enough. You are who you are and you need to accept yourself.”

Chad Gibson was saluta-torian of the class of 2006 at Halls High School. He was class president, was well liked and came from a won-derful family. When his par-ents divorced, life changed. He suffered from low self-esteem, so he threw himself into his schoolwork, always striving to prove that he was good enough. Like Miller, he

Chad Gibson shares his story of addiction and the road to re-

covery during a session of the SEEK program. Photos by Ruth White Mike Miller uses pig lungs to drive home his point on the ef-

fects of smoking.

‘Addiction didn’t take things away. I gave it all away.’ – Chad Gibson

SEEK program: making good choices

began hanging with the cool kids and took his fi rst drink of alcohol. “The feelings of insecurity melted away with the fi rst drink,” he said.

After graduation from Halls High, Gibson at-tended the University of Tennessee, and the social anxiety returned. He start-ed to smoke, drank more and eventually tried drugs for what he said was “only one time.” He was accepted into dental school in Mem-phis, but his troubles didn’t go away. Finding himself broke, sick and desperate, he went to rehab but did things “Chad’s way.”

Being kicked out by his

parents and sleeping in his car eventually led him back to rehab, where he listened better than the fi rst time and got the help he need-ed. “Addiction didn’t take things away. I gave it all away,” he told the group.

Gibson’s road to recovery

has been tough. He found someone who gave him an-other chance at employment and now inspires others to get clean. “Addicts are not necessarily bad people,” he said. “They are sick.” He of-ten wonders where he might be if he had never started

drinking and doing drugs. “I started drinking to feel better, or so I thought. It was all a lie.”

He has been sober for al-most two years and takes it one day at a time. His advice to others? “Be true to your-self.”

Free dental sealant clinics in JulyThe Knox County Health Department

will offer a free dental sealant clinic each Tuesday and Thursday in July at the In-terFaith Health Clinic, 315 Gill Ave.

KCHD will provide the dental seal-ants to individuals between the ages of 6

and 21 years old. Individuals do not have to be an InterFaith patient to receive these services, nor will they become an established InterFaith patient after re-ceiving sealants. Appointments are re-quired. Info/appointments: 215-5157.

NORTH/EAST Shopper news • JULY 13, 2016 • 9

Knoxville’s newest the-ater/venue space is com-ing to Happy Holler this fall with Modern Studio. A unique blend of retail, co-working, maker studios and live-performance venue, Modern Studio will provide a stable home for local per-forming-arts groups as well as support the local maker movement in Knoxville.

Partnering with KPAX (Knoxville Performing Arts Exchange), Modern Stu-dio will feature affordable venue space for live perfor-mances. “Our unique model allows affordability where other venues are too costly to provide a multi-week run of a play, or even a one-

night performance in some cases,” said co-founder Vic-tor Agreda Jr.

KPAX is led by local actor Carolyn Corley.

Features of Modern Stu-dio will include: built-in capacity for live-streaming events, an acoustic-friendly space, retail for local mak-ers, donation-based co-working during daytime hours, fl exible meeting and production space, and inex-pensive performance space showcasing local and re-gional talent.

Modern Studio will be housed at 109 W. Anderson Ave. in the heart of the area of North Knoxville known as Happy Holler. The space

is being renovated by Fox and Fogarty and should open in late September.

Modern Studio is cur-rently crowdfunding the interior build-out, includ-ing the stage area, studio spaces and other ameni-ties. Information about the crowdfunding can be found at indiegogo.com.

Modern Studio is the brainchild of Burke Brewer (burkebrewer.org) and Vic-tor Agreda Jr. (superpixel.us). Brewer is a University of Tennessee graduate and local entrepreneur. Agreda is also a UT graduate and worked as a journalist for AOL for nine years. Info: modernstudio.org

New theater for Happy Holler

By Sherry WittOn the heels of a very healthy spring, lo-

cal real estate and lending markets continued on an upward curve in June, pro-ducing 1,340 property sales in Knox County – 128 more transfers than in May and 167 more than last June’s number.

The total value of land sold also rose as around $304 million worth of real

estate was transferred in the county, com-pared to $268 million in May. Although there were more actual transfers this June than last, the aggregate value of those prop-erties did not reach the level of June 2015, when $345 million worth of land was sold.

Mortgage lending saw a signifi cant bump in June as nearly $460 million was loaned against real property in Knox County, well over $100 million ahead of May’s total. Like

real estate sales, however, mortgage mar-kets came up just short of the level recorded last June when local lending reached $483 million.

The largest property transfer recorded during June was the sale of multiple parcels in Shady Glen subdivision on Northshore Drive. The lots were purchased by Ball Homes for a total price of $3.834 million. The most notable mortgage transaction was a loan of $28.75 million, fi nancing property along the South Knox riverfront at the cor-ner of Henley Street and Blount Avenue.

The second quarter has come to a close, and we have now reached the halfway point of 2016. As of June 30, property transfers are running moderately ahead of the pace set in 2015, with just over 800 more sales being recorded this year than last. On the mort-gage side, lending is almost identical to 2015 levels, as $1.942 billion has been borrowed against real estate this year, compared to $1.936 billion during the fi rst half of 2015.

Real estate markets heat up

Witt

News from Offi ce of Register of Deeds

BIZ NOTES ■ Dr. Karthi Namasivayam

has joined the Helen Ross

McNabb Center as the adult

medical director. He will

oversee medical practice and

policy for all adult psychi-

atric services at the center.

Namasivayam received his

bachelor’s degree in medicine

at Karnataka Medical College

in India and completed his residency at Uni-

versity of Pennsylvania. He is board certifi ed in

psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry

and Neurology. He has lived in and served East

Tennessee for nearly 10 years.

■ Enrichment Federal Credit Union has an-

nounced these promotions:

■ Nancy Donsbach of West Knoxville is chief

operations offi cer. She was formerly the vice

president of human resources and branch

operations.

■ Jeremy Hodges of South Knoxville is chief fi -

nancial offi cer. He was formerly the Enrichment

retirement and investment services advisor.

■ John Merritt of Powell is chief information offi -

cer. He was formerly vice president of informa-

tion technology and facilities.

MerrittHodgesDonsbachNamasivayam

the Rotary guyTom King, tking535@gmail.com

Richard Bettis. Robin Easter. Ed Engel. Dan Hipsher.

All four are Rotarians who are members of four different clubs, and all four have been selected as their respective club’s Rotarian of the Year. Let’s fi nd out why they were honored.

Richard Bettis of First Citizens Bank is a past president of Bearden Ro-tary and has been in the club for nine years. The club selected him for the hon-or because of his leadership and work on its recent 2016 Game Show Night fun-draiser. The club raised approximately $20,000 for the projects it supports. Bet-tis also is part of the team that reads to students at Pond Gap Elementary School and works at Free Flu Shot Saturday.

Robin Easter is a member of the Rotary Club of Knoxville. She is the owner and creative director of Robin Easter Design.

Bearden Rotary’s annual award is given to a newer club member who, in his or her personal and professional life, exemplifi es the qualities of Rotary’s “Four Way Test” and embodies the Ro-tary motto of “Service Above Self.” This year, Easter re-designed the club logo for its Centennial Celebration and designed the Centennial banners that hung on Gay Street and the Henley Street Bridge, among other things.

Ed Engel of the Rotary Club of Tur-key Creek Sunset heads the club’s major fundraiser, is the organizer and direct link to Farragut High School students

who are selected for the club’s annual technical scholarships and is a founding member of the club. Engel was the fi rst president of the club and members call him “our Rotarian encyclopedia.” Engel is a business adviser and owns “Seniors Helping Seniors.”

Dan Hipsher of Graphic Creations Inc. is past president of the Rotary Club of Knoxville Breakfast. He was selected because “he has led, sponsored or partici-pated in virtually every club activity and project since becoming a member in 2010.”

Among Hipsher’s accomplishments are: organized and managed the Dis-trict 6780 Golf Tournament from 2014-2017 and was instrumental in the club receiving its fi rst-ever District grant for playground renovation at Blue Grass El-ementary School in 2014 and its second District grant in 2015 for media equip-ment at the same school. He is a gradu-ate of the District Leadership Academy. Hipsher also traveled to Kenya as part of a needs assessment team for life-skills training for school-age children. He is currently working on the club’s fi rst-ever global grant in partnership with the Ro-tary Club of Farragut to deliver the train-ing program in Kenya.

Rotarians of the Year

Ed EngelRobin EasterRichard Bettis Dan Hipsher

News from Fleetwood Photo

Great deals on services at Fleetwood Photo & Digital

By Carol Z. ShaneFrank Distefano, owner/

operator of Fleetwood Pho-to & Digital on Bearden Hill in Knoxville, is looking for-ward to the fourth weekend of July and the special ser-vices his business will offer to East Tennessee’s photog-raphy enthusiasts.

He and his staff will be hosting a crew from Atlanta’s Peachtree Cam-era for sensor cleaning at a cost of $40, a ser-vice which typically runs around $65.

“We’ve used them for probably 20 years,” says Distefano of the company. As another service, “Peo-ple can bring in lenses and have them calibrated to the camera for $10.” Those who are unable to make it to the event are welcome to drop off their cameras ahead of time in order to take advantage of the savings.

A buyer from Used Photo Pro will also be on hand. “Interested in sell-ing your gear?” they ask. “We can give you a com-petitive quote to make sure you get top dollar for your old camera gear. Come see us at Fleet-wood Photo.

“We will have a buyer on site to evaluate your equipment, make an of-fer and you can walk away with cash in hand!” Dis-tefano says that the com-pany is only interested in cameras and lenses, not photographic equipment and accessories.

He’s anticipating not only a commercial event, but a social one.

“What usually hap-pens is people get in here and get interested in what they’ve got and some trad-ing goes on!”

Fleetwood will also be offering one of its usual services – photo restora-tion – at a reduced rate. Such work can run to

$150 and higher, says Dis-tefano. For the two days, he’ll be providing the ser-vice for $45 plus tax. More complex restorations with multiple people will be an additional $7.50 per per-son in the picture.

As always, Distefano strives to bring the best photographic services to every interested individ-ual.

“We just try to treat everyone like they’re the only person around,” he says. “There’s nothing more important than the customer who’s standing right in front of you.”

The special runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, July 22, and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, July 23. Fleetwood Photo & Digital is located at 6504 Kingston Pike in Knox-ville. Info: 865-584-4554 or fl eetwoodphoto.com

Fleetwood Photo 6504 Kingston Pike

584-4554 www.fl eetwoodphoto.com

Representatives from Peachtree Camera in

Atlanta will be at Fleetwood Photo & Digital

to provide cleaning and calibration services.

Standard retouch and restoration workwith one person

Regularly $150+

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10 • JULY 13, 2016 • NORTH/EAST Shopper news

WEDNESDAY, JULY 13Computer Workshop: Introducing the Computer,

2-4:15 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Preregistration required. Info/registration: 525-5431.

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

Knoxville Zoomobile, 11 a.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Info: 525-5431.

THURSDAY, JULY 14“Are Your Shrubs Hiding Your House?,” 3:15-

4:30 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Presented by master gardener John Payne. Free and open to the public. Info: 329-8892.

Halls Book Club: “The House of Spirits” by Isabelle Allende, 1 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Info: 922-2552.

The Heiskell Seniors monthly luncheon, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., The Community Center, 1708 W. Emory Road. Barbecue lunch and speaker provided by Mynatt Funeral Home. Bring a dessert and a friend. Info: Janice White, 548-0326; “Community Center” on Facebook.

Knoxville Christian Women’s Connection luncheon: “Let Freedom Ring,” 10:45 a.m., Buddy’s Bearden Banquet Hall, 5806 Kingston Pike. Program: Food City’s Demonstrator, Gordon Pillsbury. Guest speaker: Linda McDaniel from Ellenboro, N.C.; topic: “Living at the Day Spa … is that Realistic?” Cost: $12. Complimentary child care by reservation only. Info/reservation: 315-8182 or knoxvillechristianwomen@gmail.com.

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

Magician Michael Messing, 3 p.m., Norwood Branch Library, 1110 Merchants Drive. Info: 688-2454.

Powell Branch Birthday Party, 2-7 p.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Drop in for cake, punch and a walk down memory lane with photos and memories of Powell Branch Library past and present. Info: 947-6210.

Wine and Design Class, 6-8 p.m., Seven Springs Winery, 1474 Highway 61, Maynardville. Learn to make a fl oral centerpiece. Ticket includes wine tasting and wine glass. Info/registration: 745-2902 or winerysevenspringsfarm.com.

FRIDAY, JULY 15Concert in the Commons: Lydia Salnikova,

7 p.m., The Norris Commons, the lawn in front of the Norris Middle School. Bring a lawn chair, blanket and picnic basket. Info: Facebook.

Diabetes Education Class, 1 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Free program presented by UT Extension. Info: 922-2552.

Museum of Education Sock Hop, 7-10 p.m., Sarah Simpson Professional Development Technology Center, 801 Tipton Ave. Features: live music, appearance by Sammy “Barney Fife” Sawyer, silent auction, “prom” photo packages and more. Tickets: $25; available at all Knoxville Teachers Federal Credit Union locations, at the museum and online at http://bit.ly/1RUAA4J. Info: knoxschools.org/museum.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, JULY 15-16Union County Rodeo, 874 Hickory Star Road,

Maynardville. Carnival and Music start at 6 p.m.; rodeo starts at 8. Info: on Facebook.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, JULY 15-17“Big River” presented by the WordPlayers, Bijou

Theatre, 803 S. Gay St. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Friday; 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday. Suggested for ages 12 and over. Tickets: wordplayers.org, knoxbijou.com and at the door. Info: 539-2490.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, JULY 15-31“Legally Blonde: The Musical, 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, zack@childrenstheatreknoxville.com.

SATURDAY, JULY 16Burlington Summer Movie Saturdays: “5th

Wave,” 1:30 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Info: 525-5431.

Giant Bubble Day, noon- 1 p.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

Golf tournament to benefi t the Base Knox Reign 12U girls softball team, Whittle Springs Golf Course. Team entry fee: $200. Format: 4-man scramble. Check-in, 7:30 a.m.; shotgun start, 8 a.m. lunch and awards, noon. Info/registration/sponsorship: Adam Brantley, 680-9343.

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: Emagene Reagen, 11 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Info: 947-6210.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Robin Bennett, 11 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

Summer blow out party, noon-6 p.m., Seven Springs Winery, 1474 Highway 61, Maynardville. Includes: wood fi red pizza from This Is It Pizza; live music by Jubel noon-3 p.m. and The Blond Bones 3-6 p.m. Info: 745-2902 or winerysevenspringsfarm.com.

Union County Farmers Market, 9 a.m.-noon, Wilson Park. Info: 992-8038.

Yard sale and bake sale, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Earth Fare parking lot, 140 N. Forest Park Blvd. All proceeds to benefi t the Tennessee Children’s Dance Ensemble. Info: http://tcdedance.org/calendar.

MONDAY, JULY 182016 Friends of the Library annual

membership meeting, 6-8 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. All members of Friends, as well as interested members of the public, are invited. Info: 215-8801.

Medic blood drive, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Union County Senior Citizens Center, 298 Main St., Maynardville. All donors will receive: free tanning session at Elite Tanning and Fitness, free T-shirt, and coupons for free Texas Roadhouse appetizer and free Chick-fi l-A sandwich.

MONDAY-FRIDAY, JULY 18-22Pottery for Teenagers, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.,

Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway. Instructor: Katie Cottrell. Ages 13-17. Info/registration: appalachianarts.net; 494-9854; in person at the Center.

TUESDAY, JULY 19Einstein Simplifi ed Comedy Improv troop, 8

p.m., Scruffy City Hall, Market Square. Free admission. “ ‘LAWN’ is a Four-Letter Word,” 11 a.m.-noon,

Cansler Family YMCA, 616 Jessamine St. Presented by master gardener Ron Pearman. Free and open to the public. Info: 637-9622.

Magician Michael Messing, 3 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Info: 922-2552.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 20Computer Workshop: Introducing the Computer,

2-4:15 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville

Highway. Preregistration required. Info/registration: 525-5431.

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

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, JULY 20-21AARP Driver Safety class, noon-4 p.m., O’Connor

Senior Center, 611 Winona St. Info/registration: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

THURSDAY, JULY 21AAA Driver Improvement Course, 5:30-9:30

p.m., AAA Offi ce100 W. Fifth Ave.. Four-hour course helps reduce points for traffi c offenders and teaches how to reduce risk while driving. Cost: $30 members/$35 nonmembers. Must preregister. Info/registration: Kate, 862-9254, or Stephanie, 862-9252.

Burlington Game Night, 5:30-8 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Light snacks provided. Info: 525-5431.

Family Pajama Storytime, 6:30 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Info: 922-2552.

Knoxville Zoomobile, 3 p.m., Norwood Branch Library, 1110 Merchants Drive. Info: 688-2454.

Magician Michael Messing, 2 p.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Info: 947-6210.

Wine and Canvas, 6-9 p.m., Seven Springs Winery, 1474 Highway 61, Maynardville. Cost: $35. Registration and advanced payment required. Info/registration: 356-9179 or winerysevenspringsfarm.com.

FRIDAY, JULY 22Concert in the Commons: Sally & George, 7

p.m., The Norris Commons, the lawn in front of the Norris Middle School. Bring a lawn chair, blanket and picnic basket. Info: Facebook.

Knoxville Zoomobile, 2 p.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

SATURDAY, JULY 23AAA 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.

Book launch and signing for “Blue Mountain Sky” by local author Cyn Taylor, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Front Porch Restaurant and Primitive Shop, 1509 W Emory Road. Book available for purchase; name drawn from sales for door prize.

Chalk on the Walk, noon, Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Help decorate the library’s patio. Info: 689-2681.

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: Brianna Hanson, 11 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Jodie Manross and Laith Keilany, 11 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Info: 947-6210.

Senior Ballroom Dance, 7-9 p.m., Halls Senior Center, 4405 Crippen Road. Admission: $5. Live music provided by the Nigel Boulton Band. Info: 922-0416.

Union County Farmers Market, 9 a.m.-noon, Wilson Park. Info: 992-8038.

MONDAY, JULY 25Evening LEGO Club, 6 p.m., Burlington Branch

Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. For kids in grades 1-5. Info: 525-5431.

Just Add Color: Adult Coloring Club, 5:30-8 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Info: 525-5431.

TUESDAY, JULY 26Einstein Simplifi ed Comedy Improv troop, 8

p.m., Scruffy City Hall, Market Square. Free admission.

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John W. Hope(1842-1914)

When Col. J.C. Woodward liq-uidated his extensive real estate development in Lexington, Ky., in 1890 and moved to Knox County, he purchased the Fountain Head Hotel and Resort. He enhanced the park adjoining the hotel and impounded the lake nearby. He also established the Fountain Head Land Co. and

John W. Hope

(1842-1914).

Civil War vet-

eran John Hope

reorganized

his father’s Gay

Street jewelry

store in 1868

in partnership

with Fred Miller. Photos courtesy of the C.M. McClung Historical Collection

John W Hope‘Dealers in rare things and fi ne jewelry’

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“States View” at Ebenezer in West Knox County (1812).

Hope also built Dr. Joseph C. Strong’s house, on the corner of State Street and Cumberland Avenue, which was later named “Maison de Sante” (1812). Some attribute the original design of the James Park House on Cum-berland Avenue to Hope, and sev-eral payments Hope received from Thomas Humes, builder of the La-mar House Hotel, indicate that he may have participated in the ho-tel’s design.

Ramsey House and States View still stand as evidence of Thomas Hope’s architectural expertise, and both are on the National Reg-ister of Historic Places. Blount Mansion still displays some of his elegant furniture.

John W. Hope’s father, David Large Hope (1799-1869), was born at the Ramsey Plantation in 1799. He married Mary E. Welsh, and they became parents of several

children, including our subject, John William Hope, on Dec. 27, 1842. After attending the common schools, John apprenticed himself to his father, a silversmith.

He traveled to Atlanta early in the Civil War (1861-1865) to en-list in the Georgia 1st Regiment of Regulars (CSA) and was stationed at Fort Pulaski until the Battle of Manassas. After that battle, he transferred to Gen. Rogers’ Virgin-ia Cavalry. He was captured at Cul-peper Courthouse and imprisoned at notorious Point Lookout, where he served 16 months.

Although he was ardent in his support of the Confederacy dur-ing the fi ghting, Hope refused to hold ill will, and after the war he turned his efforts toward rebuild-ing the South. Hope Jewelers had been founded by his father in 1846, but John Hope and Fred Miller reorganized the business in 1868, and John’s brother, David J. Hope, joined the fi rm not long after.

advertised residential lots with “easy transportation, pure water, beautiful trees and a pleasant cli-mate” in the local papers.

The post offi ce soon renamed the suburb Fountain City to avoid confusion with Fountain Head in Sumner County. Among the fi rst to purchase lots there and build sum-mer homes or to establish perma-nent residence in the suburb were Col. J.C. Williams, coal magnate; Sol H. George, department store owner; and John W. Hope, promi-nent Gay Street jeweler.

Perhaps the most interesting of these choices of a home site was that of John W. Hope since he was the grandson of famous ar-chitect Thomas Hope (1757-1820). An ability to choose building sites seems to have passed down through the generations.

Thomas Hope, an English ar-chitect and furniture builder who had trained in London, moved to Knox County in 1785. His fi rst lo-cal project was Francis Alexander Ramsey’s elegant two-story Geor-gian-style home at Swan Pond, built of locally quarried marble and completed in 1797. A decade later, Hope built “Trafalgar” for planter John Kain, overlooking the Holston River (1806), and Charles McClung’s Federal-style

The 1882 City Directory lists “Hope and Brother” at 142 Gay St. By 1930, John W. Hope’s two sons, Albert G. (1869-1955) and James D. Hope (1872-1947), had joined the fi rm. After occupying two other locations on Gay Street, the store moved to 428 S. Gay St. in 1908 and to 613 Market St. during the 1930s and was liquidated in 1959.

Hope’s storied 12-foot-tall or-namented cast-iron clock stood on the sidewalk at the Gay Street location and remained there when Kimball’s occupied the building in 1933. When Kimball’s relocated to Kingston Pike in Bearden in 2004, they moved the clock to their new location. Downtown business peo-ple missed the iconic landmark so much that several of them, includ-ing Wayne Blasius, Ann Marie Tugwell, John Worden and Chuck Morris, organized fundraising that eventually enlisted some 200 contributors, and a handsome cast-aluminum replacement was unveiled in December 2007.

But back to John W. Hope for the rest of the story: After he returned from the Civil War, he and Rachel Ebaugh (1846-1920) were married on Dec. 7, 1866, by the Rev. John F. Spence in the First Methodist Church. They became parents of three children: Albert G., James D. and Nora (Mrs. C.G.) Davis.

Early in their marriage, the Hopes lived on Fourth Avenue near Lamar Street. They probably moved to their home in Fountain City during the real estate boom

generated by Col. J.C. Woodward inthe late 1890s. They bought on fash-ionable Fountain Avenue, whichthen as now runs along the westernside of Fountain City Lake parallel-ing Broadway then curves up BlackOak Ridge. At the time, the heart-shaped lake with its white boardfence, gravel walk and gas lightswas the jewel of the neighborhood.

Each of the houses on Fountainmust have had quite large grounds,as the 1910 U.S. Census lists onlyfour families on the street: JohnM. and Lelia Tindell, John W. andRachel Hope, James B. and Mar-garet Carson and George L. andAnna B. Price.

The northern terminal for theFountain Head Railway (the Dum-my Line) was within easy walkingdistance for those families. From1890 to 1905 the unique train col-lected 10,000 fares each day and,in just 30 minutes, carried JohnHope and others to their down-town businesses. The railway wasreplaced by a trolley line that ranon those same standard- gaugetracks after 1905.

The idyllic home life of John W.and Rachel Hope ended on Sept.8, 1914, when John passed away athome after several months of fail-ing health. After services conduct-ed by the Rev. French Wamplerat the Fountain City MethodistChurch, South, he was buried inGreenwood Cemetery.Dr. Tumblin’s latest book, “Fountain City: Those

Who Made a Diff erence,” is available at the Foun-

tain City Art Center, Pratt’s Country Store and

Page’s Fountain City Pharmacy.

Hope Brothers Jewelers (c. 1930). The store and its iconic ornamental clock

were downtown landmarks for many years. CMMHC, Thompson Collection, N-3848

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