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By Anne HartWhen this year’s fi rst gradu-

ating class at Knoxville’s L&N STEM Academy decided to leave behind something memorable to inspire future generations, the seniors asked the experts at Liz-Beth & Co. fi ne art gallery for ad-vice on who could best carry out their legacy project.

As a result, they commissioned local stone artist Bill Cook Jr., who is now busy sculpting what by graduation time will be a stunning limestone replica of a Griffi n, the mythological creature that is half eagle and half lion and whose pur-pose is to guard priceless treasure.

When Cook completes his sculpture, the Griffi n will perch atop a stone book bearing the title “Carpe Scientiam,” which trans-lates to “seize the knowledge.” The Griffi n and the pedestal on which it stands will be placed in the triangular-shaped garden at the school’s front door as a gift from the senior class.

This sculpture isn’t taking quite as long as Cook’s fi rst effort. That one took fi ve years from start to fi nish.

When Cook and his wife, Kel-

Budget forum Knox Schools Superinten-

dent Jim McIntyre will host a community forum regarding the fi scal year 2015-16 budget process at 6 p.m. Monday, April 6, at Amherst Elemen-tary School, 5101 Schaad Road.

The meeting will be streamed live at knoxschools.org/kcstv and broadcast live on Comcast Channel 10 and AT&T U-verse Channel 99.

Easter egg hunts ■ Big Ridge State Park annual

Easter Egg Hunt, Saturday, April

4. Includes 12,000 eggs with

candy or prize tickets and four

separate hunts: 10 a.m., 2 years

and under; 10:30 a.m., 3-4 years;

1 p.m., 5-7 years; 1:30 p.m., 8-10

years. Info: 992-5523.

■ Fountain City Park, bounce

house, magic shows, Easter Bunny.

Hunts for ages 6-8, 9:30 a.m.; ages

3-5, 10:15 a.m.; walking to two

years (no parents allowed), 11 a.m.;

ages 9-12, 11:45 a.m. Saturday,

March 28, Hotel Avenue. Admis-

sion is free. Bring a basket. Info:

www.fountaincitybusiness.com

■ Pancake Breakfast and Easter Egg Hunt, Saturday, March 28,

Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak

Ridge Highway. Breakfast begins

9 a.m.; egg hunt begins 10 a.m.

Info: 690-1060 or www.beaver

ridgeumc.org

Bill Cook sculpts for the future

Bill Cook Jr.’s colorful Möbius-design

heart, a wedding gift for friends,

made out of Tennessee Light Rose

Marble found in Friendsville Photos

by A. Hart

By Bill DockeryConsultants brought to Knoxville

to study downtown redevelopment have produced fi ve recommenda-tions. One would slow traffi c on Henley Street into South Knoxville.

The report brands Henley Street as a barrier between UT and downtown. It proposes elimi-nating two lanes of traffi c (one north, one south) and allowing on-street parking. The report predicts small retail would then develop on Henley with pedestrian-friendly access, possibly eliminating the need for overhead walkways.

Mayor Madeline Rogero will lead a discussion of the report from the Urban Land Institute

that focuses on fi ve sites in Knox-ville’s downtown, including the Civic Auditorium and Coliseum, the former state Supreme Court building, the Henley Street cor-ridor, West Jackson Avenue and World’s Fair Park.

The meeting will take place in the East Tennessee History Center at 5:30 p.m. Monday, March 30.

The proposal suggests: ■ Razing the auditorium/coli-

seum and relocating other civic structures around it while devel-oping the site as mixed-use resi-dential neighborhoods

**Use of the vacant Supreme Court building for commercial and performance space and up-

per-level residence. ■ Restricting traffi c fl ow on

Henley Street so tha t it can ac-commodate shops and pedestrian use while connecting the down-town to the university area

■ Redevelopment of the ware-house sites on West Jackson Av-enue by a master developer

■ Development of World’s Fair Park open space as a recreational space for downtown dwellers.

The report suggests that the Clarence Brown Theatre might be relocated to the former Knox-ville Convention and Exhibition Center and that Muse Knoxville – the children’s museum formerly known as the Discovery Center –

be relocated from Chilhowee Park in East Knoxville to a vacant space in World’s Fair Park.

The advisory panel from the Ur-ban Land Institute visited Knoxville in early October 2014 and talked to various stakeholders about the fu-ture of the downtown. The insti-tute, which takes as its mission the responsible use of land and the cre-ation of thriving communities, has served as an adviser to the city on development issues in the past. The institute is international, with head-quarters in Washington, D.C.

The report is posted online at cityofknoxville.org/urbanlandinstitute/KnoxvilleTN_PanelReport_FINAL.pdf

By Betsy PickleCarol Evans is trying to get

everyone outside, and she thinks

she’s found the way to do it.“It’s risk-free, and it’s cost-free,”

she says of Outdoor KnoxFest, set

for Friday-Sunday, April 24-26, at the Outdoor Adventure Center, South Knoxville’s Urban Wilder-

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Artist Bill Cook Jr. uses an air hammer to chisel a piece of limestone in the

shape of the half eagle, half lion mythological fi gure, the Griffi n, to grace the

front entrance to the L&N STEM Academy, a legacy gift from this year’s fi rst

senior class at the school.

ley, lived in south Florida in the 1990s, an ad in the local paper got his attention.

“It said something like ‘learn how to carve stone.’ I thought that sounded like fun. It was a commu-nity class at a school on Saturdays. I was in my 30s, and about 40

Henley Street targeted by land report

Hikers rest after reaching the

overlook at Fort Dickerson.

ness and a few other locations near downtown.

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Easter EGGstravaganza

Easter EGGstravaganza and barbecue lunch, 12:30 p.m. Sunday, March 29, First Baptist Church, 510 W. Main St. Open to community; $5 for barbecue, chips and drink; egg hunt free. Bring blanket or lawn chairs.

River Rescue needs a hand

Volunteers are needed for Ijams Nature Center’s 26th annu-al River Rescue of the Tennessee River on Saturday, April 11. The cleanup covers 30 sites along the river and creek tributaries. Last year, an estimated seven tons of trash was removed.

The River Rescue will be aug-mented by the Tennessee River Tour, led by 2013 CNN Hero of the Year Chad Pregracke and his organization, Living Lands and Waters. The Living Lands and Waters barge will be docked at Volunteer Landing April 9-15 and will display all the trash removed from Knoxville’s waterways, along with hosting “fl oating classrooms.”

Bags and gloves are provided to volunteers. All participants receive a River Rescue T-shirt.

River Sports Outfi tters will host a “Pint Nite” 6-8 p.m. April 11, at Ijams. Volunteers from the rescue will receive their fi rst drink free. There will be live music, and proceeds will ben-efi t River Rangers at Ijams.

Info: 577-4717, ext. 124, or www.ijams.org

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Still losing weight – ‘and that’s cool!’It’s been more than three years since Pat Benn of

Knoxville, 49, underwent weight loss surgery with Dr. Jonathan Ray, a bariatric surgeon now practicing at the Fort Sanders Center for Bariatric Surgery.

In May 2011 Benn had gastric bypass surgery, a procedure in which the stomach is made smaller, causing food to bypass part of the small intes-tine. This enables her to feel full quickly and eat far less. “The moment I start to feel full, I stop eating. I never overeat, and I think that’s a tool they gave me,” she said.

Benn eats several small, high-protein meals each day. At fi rst, the weight came off quickly – 100 pounds in the fi rst three months. “But then it slows,” Benn said. “Surgery helps with 70 percent of what you need to lose, but what people don’t realize is you have to put effort into it. Weight loss surgery does not change you, you have to change you! It takes work and dedication to stay changed. Actually, I’m still losing weight, which is a really cool thing.”

A big part of that is her dedication to an active lifestyle. “I try to get more exercise. I drink more water than I used to and I don’t drink soda at all. I also like to walk, swim and dance. I like moving, period.”

Benn has lost more than 230 pounds off her high-est weight of 392 and has reduced her risk for ma-jor health problems. “I’m a nurse, and I come from a family with a history of diabetes, heart disease and high blood pressure. I knew it was only a matter of time before that was present in my life. I didn’t want to go down that road,” Benn said.

Benn chose Dr. Ray based on a recommendation from a friend. “I just fell in love with him and the whole staff. Walking into the offi ce is like walking into a family home. They’re so loving and welcoming.”

“Pat has done excellently with her sur-gery. She is full of life and can do more than she used to do. Her outlook on life is greatly improved,” said Dr. Ray. “It’s a privilege for us to see people’s lives change for the better.”

Tips for social eating success

For everyone trying to lose weight, attending a social event can often cause anxiety. Whether it is dinner with friends or a girls/guys night out, remember, being social and overeating don’t have to go hand-in-hand. Here are some tips to consider:

Never arrive hungry. Eat ev-ery three to four hours, and al-ways have a healthy snack with you such as a protein bar or raw almonds, so you don’t arrive feel-ing famished.

Eat protein fi rst. Protein helps with metabolism, keeps you full longer and may help you cut down on those carbs that are so tempt-ing.

Drink water or other non-caloric beverages. Coffee and tea, which are very low in calories, are staples. Avoid alcohol and sug-ary drinks. Alcohol can lower your

inhibitions, making “bad choices” hard to resist.

Chew gum. Chewing sugar-free gum can satisfy your oral fi xa-tion and curb your appetite.

Chew slowly. Eating a meal quickly inhibits the release of hor-mones in the stomach that induce feelings of being full, resulting in overeating.

Put your food on a plate. Picking foods from one plate to the next can add up quickly. Seeing how much you eat will allow you better control your caloric intake.

Remember, socializing is about family and friends instead of eat-ing. If you end up overindulging, give yourself a break. Get right back on track the next meal – not the next week – by recommitting to healthy eating and regular exer-cise.

Learn the facts about bariatric surgery

Informational seminars will be held in Classroom 1 on the Lobby level at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, 1901 Clinch Ave., in Knoxville. Dates and times are as follows:

Thursday, March 26, 7 p.m.

Thursday, April 9, 6 p.m.

Thursday, April 23, 7 p.m.

Thursday, May 14, 6 p.m.

Thursday, May 28, 7 p.m.

Thursday, June 11, 6 p.m.

Thursday, June 25, 7 p.m.

A Life Changing DecisionFor many patients, making the

decision to undergo a bariatric procedure is a process. Some are driven by health concerns while others are seeking changes that will enhance their life expe riences – playing with their chil dren, traveling comfortably or en joying the great outdoors. Patients must weigh the benefi ts of the sur gery with the lifetime changes they will need to make in order to be suc-cessful.

Anyone who under goes weight loss sur gery will tell you –the ac-tual surgical proce dure is only a small part of the puzzle to re-gaining a life of health and hap piness. A lot of the hard work actually comes into play prior to and after surgery.

Each potential patient begins by attending a free educational semi-nar to learn about surgi cal weight

loss options. Upcoming seminar dates, times and locations are listed above, and on our website www.fs-regional.com/bariatrics.

If, after attending a seminar, you decide to begin your bariatric jour-ney you will have appoint ments with your surgeon, a fi nancial coun selor and patient advocate. Please note that every insur ance company is different in their cov-erage of bariatric procedures. Meeting with a fi nancial counselor on the front end of the procedure h e l p s

you understand your fi nan cial re-sponsibilities.

The actual surgical procedure is fairly quick and, with no com-plications, patients will be in the hospital one night for a sleeve gas-trectomy and two nights for a gas-tric bypass procedure.

Follow-up care for bariatric patients will continue for several months. Our certifi ed bariatric nurses will lead support groups and coordinate nutritional coun-seling to help you navigate your continuing journey. We also of-fer a free, six-month fi tness center membership to help jump-start

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years younger than anyone else there. But I thought, ‘That’s good because they’ll know what they’re doing.’

“I bought a piece of white alabaster, which is softer than marble, and started work on a female torso. Then I learned I was going to be a dad, and I decided to make the torso a pregnant woman and give it to Kelley on Mother’s Day.”

That fi rst piece took a little longer than Cook had anticipated.

“Jump ahead fi ve years. We had twins due in a month, Lauren was 5 years old, and that piece of ala-baster was kicking around somewhere in the garage. I picked it up again, got back to work on it and fi nished it in time for Mother’s Day. After fi ve years, you would think it would be as large as Michelangelo’s David, but it’s just a small piece and we still have it.”

Jump ahead a few more years. Lauren is 15 now, and twins Connor and Sophie are 10. The family lives in West

Knoxville, and Bill Cook has a studio about 10 minutes away from home in rented space on Westland Drive close to Pellissippi Parkway.

The studio is going to once again be on the Dog-wood Arts Studio DeTour of artists’ studios April 11 and 12. The event allows the public to visit artists where they work to meet and talk with them and even pur-chase some of the art. Cook says it’s an event he always looks forward to.

A visit to his studio is both educational and enjoy-able as he points out differ-ent pieces of stone, most of it reclaimed, and tells the story of each. He has beau-tiful works in various stages of completion and a shelf of not-yet-fi nished carvings he calls “my shelf of lost toys.” That group includes a like-ness of Winston Churchill.

A native of Hancock County, Cook says he start-ed whittling on soft cedar wood as a child, often join-ing his grandfather on the front porch of the small

family farm. “I carved a pair of cowboy boots once to see if I could do it, and I remember carving a set of golf clubs about as big as toothpicks.

He went on to earn a degree in art and architec-ture from the University of Tennessee. Today he has a fulltime job in architectural sales and says sculpting is “a hobby that has become more of an obsession.”

Cook’s work has ap-peared in juried exhibi-tions, and he has numerous awards to his credit.

Dorothy Parker, the clev-er writer, poet and humor-ist of New York’s literary Algonquin Round Table, famously decreed that her tombstone should bear the words “Excuse My Dust.”

Those visiting Cook’s stu-dio will see a good amount of dust from all that chisel-ing and sculpting, but there are no tombstones, and no excusing is necessary. It’s all a part of his art. And Bill Cook Jr.’s art is truly re-markable.

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Outdoor KnoxFest From page 1

The festival offers out-door fun for all. Activities are symbol-coded to show if they’re appropriate for be-ginner, intermediate and/or advanced.

“They can look on the schedule, and if they see the easy symbol, we will guarantee them that we are expecting people who’ve never done it before,” says Evans, executive director of Legacy Parks Foundation, which produces Outdoor KnoxFest. “We want to be your introduction to some-thing you’ve not tried.”

And if by chance you try it and don’t like it, no wor-ries.

“If you get out there on a paddleboard and … you don’t like it, then you haven’t lost a thing – maybe fi ve minutes of your time,” says Evans.

There’s no danger factor to the fest.

“Nobody’s going to be left behind on any hike,” she says. “The guys (volunteer staff) all know this is a fi rst-time expe-rience for a lot of people.”

Mountain biking? Not so tough.

“The beauty of the begin-ner trail is it’s a little one-mile loop,” she says. “We’re not going to get you lost.

“For us, that’s most im-portant because we think a great fi rst experience is going to keep you coming back. We really want people

to use our outdoors. That’s our mission. We want you out there using it because the more you use it, the more of it you’ll want.”

Evans says Outdoor KnoxFest started as an ad-venture race but evolved into a more inclusive event. The fourth annual Outdoor KnoxFest will have canoe-ing, kayaking and paddle-boarding at the Outdoor Adventure Center at Vol-unteer Landing. Several clinics – fl y-fi shing, bike maintenance, using a GoPro camera – and Get Fit class-es will be held there, and it will be the starting point for the Bikes ’n Blooms Rides.

There will be hikes (some specialized, with a focus on history or wildfl owers) at Fort Dickerson, Hastie Natu-ral Area, Ijams Nature Center and Mead’s Quarry. Moun-tain biking will take place in the Urban Wilderness.

The fest shows off Knox-ville’s variety of outdoor ac-tivities.

“The advantage of what we have here is that you can be very adventuresome, but you’re still close to ameni-ties,” says Evans. “It’s not like the commitment of go-ing into the Smokies or going into a national park where you have to be incredibly prepared. You’re truly still in the heart of Knoxville when you’re doing all of this.”

New events include Fri-

day’s Bike Scavenger Hunt, held in conjunction with the Tennessee Bike Summit and based at The Public House, 212 W. Magnolia Ave. Open to the public, the hunt be-gins with registration at 5:30 p.m. The evening ends with awards and a celebration.

Also new are morning Hike With Your Hound walks at Fort Dickerson both Sat-urday and Sunday, and the SweetWater Clean Sweep River Cleanup (and after-party) Saturday afternoon, cleaning the water and banks around Volunteer Landing.

Three events on Sunday do require a nominal reg-istration fee. They include the Trail Run at the Urban Wilderness and the Moun-tain Bike Checkpoint Race at Mead’s Quarry (both in-termediate to advanced) and the new Tour de Knox, starting at Neyland Stadi-um Plaza (rated beginner).

“UT business school stu-dents are putting on the Tour de Knox,” says Evans. “It’s a scavenger hunt on bike to show you how to ride in and around town. They’ll have multiple checkpoints, and you’ll get tickets, and you can win prizes.

“It’s a little more com-petitive event that will also teach you how to ride routes in and around Knoxville.”

For a full Outdoor KnoxFest schedule, visit www.legacyparks.org.

Island Home Avenue will be closed beginning Mon-day, March 30, to begin util-ity work and road widening in preparation for a new greenway along the Ten-nessee River and a 134-unit apartment complex being built on the street.

And on April 6, the city will hold a public meeting to get feedback on the “upcom-ing” closure.

Ahem, at this point, the meeting will be to “inform the public about the work being (performed) on the River’s Edge development,” Dawn Michelle Foster, the city’s deputy director of re-development, wrote in an email to an Island Home Park resident. “Traffi c En-gineering will be on hand to discuss the approved traffi c detour route.”

OK, Island Home and South Haven residents, you have less than two weeks to create your own “unap-proved” detours. Have fun on Hillwood!

Foster said the delay in scheduling the meeting was caused by several factors, including coordinating with KUB and the contractors, coming up with a suitable detour, winter weather and

So much for community input

spring break. Ebola might also have played a role.

The Winter 2015 South Waterfront Quarterly News, produced by Foster’s offi ce, said that once the traffi c plan was approved, “a public meeting will be scheduled to explain the assigned route and when and where Island Home Avenue will be closed during construction of the apartments and road re-alignment. At the meeting, the construction timeline will be discussed, and stake-holders can ask questions.”

Foster’s email stated that Empire Construction, one part of the construc-tion team, “has a permit to request the road closure on Monday, March 30th, after the Knoxville Marathon.”

How do residents get a permit to “request” a public meeting – before a project begins – on a project that will inconvenience them for many months?

■ Knox Heritage buying Giffi n School after allOn Monday, Knox Coun-

ty Commission was to con-sider a resolution on an agreement of sale with Knox Heritage, the nonprofi t his-toric preservation group.

The property? The for-mer Giffi n Elementary School, 1834 Beech St.

The amount? $1,000.Board member Barry

Neal shared news of the ten-tative sale at the South Ha-ven Neighborhood Associa-tion meeting on Saturday. He said the commission was expected to approve the sale, and Knox Heritage was working to get an historic overlay on the 1920-built school so that future own-ers would have to abide by the overlay when doing any renovations.

The Shopper wrote about Giffi n School in February, at which time Knox Heri-tage executive director Kim Trent said, “No, no, no, no, no” to the rumor that KH was going to buy the proper-ty. She also said, “We need somebody to get in there and save it, especially since

Bring signs and make some noise! Make the runners feel welcome in SoKno!

Consider points in Island Home Park, along Island Home Avenue and along Se-vier Avenue. Remember to

park legally and obey course offi cials and law enforce-ment. At press time, the Sunday forecast was sunny, with temperatures in the mid-40s to upper 50s dur-ing race hours.

City Council members Finbarr Saunders and Duane Grieve (back), Knoxville Mayor Madeline

Rogero, Vice-Mayor Nick Pavlis, owner Dave Baumgartner, Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett,

South Knoxville Elementary School principal Tanna Nicely and South Knoxville Community

School site coordinator Susan Martin await the ribbon-cutting for the new South Knoxville

Dunkin’ Donuts. The event last Thursday was rescheduled from Feb. 24.

Roll out the donuts

Knoxville Fire Department Assistant Chief Jack Banks and, from

Colonial Village Station 19, Master Firefi ghter Jeff McNutt, Se-

nior Firefi ghter Shawn Eldridge and Capt. Shane Berrier join

the fun at the Dunkin’ Donuts ribbon-cutting. Photos by Betsy Pickle

it’s in good condition now.”Guess Knox Heritage is

the designated white knight in this case.

■ Support marathon – and SoKnoThe Knoxville Marathon

will be coming over the South Knoxville Bridge and winding through the north-ern parts of South Knoxville starting at about 8:30 a.m. next Sunday, March 29.

The Appalachian Moun-tain Bike Club will have a water station under the South Knoxville Bridge on Island Home Avenue, and the Island Home Park Neighborhood Association will have a water station and two fruit stations. Runners have voted Island Home Park “Best Neighborhood” several times, and IHP would like that honor again.

You can help by getting out to cheer along the route.

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Marvin West

I’m not as good as I used to be at determining which college stars will make a liv-ing in the NBA.

I was certain Bernard King would cash in big if he avoided trouble. I would have bet the house on Dale Ellis. I thought Ernie Grun-feld would be an extra coach on the fl oor. If they didn’t hide the goal, Allan Hous-ton was going to hit it.

Tom Boerwinkle sur-prised me. He got more rebounds than points in a 10-year career and rattled dentures with giant-oak picks. Chicago loved Mi-chael Jordan but realized Boerwinkle was a very valu-able Bull.

I guessed right on Scotty

Josh Richardson is a winner

Hopson. He was marginal but may yet … .

When Chris Lofton didn’t make it, I started losing confi dence. He had the shooter’s touch and was great from long range. May-be he wasn’t strong enough or fast enough. Something blocked the NBA path.

Now is the time to say yes or no on Josh Richardson, 6-6 guard who can run and jump. He is a terrifi c athlete

with a burning desire to excel. Coaches say he is the type who can and will do whatever you need. One said he is the best all-around Tennessee basketball player in years and years.

Much was made over Josh having to play the point as a senior Volunteer. That was no big deal. He was a point guard in high school.

Asked as a Tennessee freshman what he thought his greatest strength was, he said handling the ball.

Hard-nosed defense be-ing the cornerstone of Cu-onzo Martin’s philosophy, the coach turned Richard-son into a defensive stopper and role-player on offense. Josh was fourth scoring op-

tion behind Jordan McRae, Jarnell Stokes and Jerome Maymon.

Josh broke out of that shell in tournament play last year. This year, he was heart and soul for Donnie Tyndall’s ragtag team.

Josh is good, better than two or three people on Ten-nessee’s all-century team. You don’t hear much about it, but he may be a better man than basketball player.

Shawn Schenk, coach at Santa Fe High in Edmond, Okla., said something like that four years ago.

He talked about Josh be-ing a bright student with great understanding of the game, about versatility, that he could play anywhere on

the fl oor, that he was an unselfi sh star and would contribute in all aspects – score, rebound, lead the of-fense, block shots, steal the ball, stop the best opponent.

I remember thinking that scouting report was 100 percent pure coach talk, smoother than moun-tain honey on fresh-baked bread. If he was that good, where were Kentucky and Kansas?

Schenk had it right. Rich-ardson did all that and more as a senior at Tennessee.

The high school coach of-fered one other assessment for my believe-it-or-not notebook. He said some-thing else separates Josh from the crowd, that as great a player as he is, “He may be an even better kid. He lives right. He’s not out

at night partying and drink-ing. I can say beyond a shad-ow of a doubt that he’s living a clean and moral life.”

The coach left out some things. He didn’t mention that Josh could make lasa-gna, play the piano and was a daredevil on a skateboard. He didn’t say anything about Alice Richardson, re-tired Air Force colonel and Baptist minister who knows exactly how long Josh’s hair should be.

Coach Schenk didn’t say Michael Richardson, re-tired fi refi ghter who owns a remodeling business, might not miss even one of his son’s games.

I do believe Josh can play pro ball. If that doesn’t hap-pen, he’ll succeed at some-thing else. He’s a winner.Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@netzero.com.

Betsy Pickle

Note: The city’s recent Neighborhood Conference drew more than 700 citi-zens to the Knoxville Con-vention Center to gather information on how to im-prove their communities. With 30-odd breakout ses-sions in three time slots, no one could possibly absorb everything, but the Shopper will be offering a look into three workshops that of-fered some of the basic and most popular subjects.

Concern about crime unites neighborhoods in every geographic and eco-nomic area of Knoxville and

Neighborhood Conference: Crime and safety

On this month’s County Commission agenda, com-missioner Jeff Ownby has a proposal to modify the local animal welfare ordinance. In media coverage, Ownby claims the proposal will help authorities better pro-tect pets in extreme weather conditions.

Of course, pets already have legal protections. State law prohibits a person from failing to reasonably “provide necessary food, water, care, or shelter for an animal.” If you fail to do so, the police can issue you a citation and seize the animals until the matter can be addressed in court. Even further, Knox County has an ordinance making it unlawful for a person to fail to provide an animal “suf-fi cient shelter and protec-tion from the elements” and medical attention “when it is sick, diseased or injured.”

A cynic might say that the commission’s current pro-

Pet ordinance refl ects misplaced priorities

Scott Frith

posal is more about politics than pets. Helping abused and neglected animals is politically popular, and politicians (especially those with an election next year) rarely miss the opportunity for some good publicity.

Unfortunately, too many local leaders seem more interested in vulnerable animals than vulnerable people.

In recent years, county offi cials have continually stalled the development of a proposed safety center for low-risk criminal offend-ers and inmates who suffer from mental illness. Keep-ing the mentally ill in jail is expensive, and law enforce-

ment offi cials and mental-health advocates believe a safety center can not only save money in the long run, but can also result in better outcomes for the most vul-nerable folks in our commu-nity. County commissioners could have already passed a budget to build and operate a safety center.

They haven’t.Remember the proposed

Ten Year Plan to End Chron-ic Homelessness? The joint city-county proposal, pub-lished (ironically) 10 years ago this October, outlined recommendations to local offi cials to address the com-munity’s homeless prob-lem. As the proposal itself explains, “many homeless individuals and families go largely unseen … there are others who are very visible, sleeping on streets and suf-fering from sickness and mental illness.”

A key part of the Ten Year Plan was housing. “If

a chronically homeless in-dividual is able to quickly obtain stable, appropri-ate, permanent housing,” the plan argued, “then the issues of mental illness, chemical addictions, edu-cation and employment become eminently more manageable.” County com-missioners could have al-ready implemented those recommendations.

They haven’t.(By the way, in case you

were wondering, Knox County has an operating budget of more than $700 million. Don’t be misled into believing it’s just about the money. It’s also about priorities.)

Now don’t get the wrong idea. I have nothing against helping animals. In fact, we adopted our dog Ollie from Young-Williams Ani-mal Center last year. Ollie is part of the family, goes hiking with us, and we love her. But when politicians

jump at any opportunity to help pets but shy away from helping the most vulnerable people in our community, enough is enough.

It’s time for County Com-mission to do more to help people and not just pets.Scott Frith is a local attorney. You can contact him at scott@pleadthefrith.com.

Knox County. The work-shop “Getting Organized To Fight Crime” brought together city and county law-enforcement offi cials and neighborhood leaders to talk about problems, suc-cesses and strategies.

One good fi rst step can

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Shopper news • MARCH 25, 2015 • 5 government

The man who brought Jaguar and Kraken to East Tennessee is coming back to Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Lots of folks are wonder-ing how former Knox Coun-ty Trustee Mike Lowe got such a light sentence after pleading guilty to theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars from county taxpay-ers.

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Allen sets lo w bar for ‘tough on crime’

While he got 10 years, he serves only one year, which will be reduced to seven months assuming good behavior. He was as-sessed a $200,000 fi ne, but no schedule was announced for paying it over the next 10 years. What happens if he fails to pay in a timely man-ner or at all?

Frankly, I do not have a credible explanation for why District Attorney Gen-eral Charme Allen, in her fi rst major policy decision, proudly proclaimed her pride in the Lowe settle-ment at a news conference.

Lowe did not just steal. He also hired ghost employ-ees including Delbert Mor-gan, who was convicted by a jury but will serve only one month for his crime. Misde-

meanors get tougher penal-ties than this.

Lowe showed no remorse when the media found him, and he described it all as “unfortunate.”

Not once did he apologize to the people who elected him. What Lowe regrets is that he got caught. Enter-ing the City County Build-ing with a smile on his face makes a mockery of his re-gret.

Allen, the new DA, is unknown to most Knox County citizens as she was unopposed and waltzed into the offi ce via an unopposed election last August. Her offi cial website says she is “tough on crime and strong on prevention.”

If the best she can se-cure for an admitted thief is seven months, then that is a new defi nition for “tough on crime” and sends a sig-nal, along with the Morgan one-month sentence, that the penalty for public cor-ruption in Knox County is pretty low.

She owes the public an explanation as to why this matter did not go to trial. This plea bargain was a bar-gain only for the guilty in this case.

Lowe was smart to have Greg Isaacs as his attor-ney. Isaacs got the trial postponed several times over three years just as he

‘Monster computers’ scientist returns

Bill Dockery

ORNL has an nounced that Thomas Zacharia will return to the lab as deputy director for science and technology, a post he left in 2012 to become execu-tive vice president of Qatar Foundation.

Zacharia was deputy di-rector for science and tech-nology when ORNL became a world power in high-per-formance computing in the fi rst decade of this century. On his fi rst watch, the U.S. Department of Energy funded the installation of Jaguar, a machine that was for a time the world’s fast-est supercomputer. It has since been upgraded and renamed Titan.

In the meantime, the Oak Ridge area has become home to other supercom-puters, including facilities for the National Security Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Zacharia was also the rainmaker when the University of Tennessee won $65 million from the National Science Founda-tion in 2008 to build and operate Kraken, which was billed as the fastest academic supercomputer in the world when it was com-pleted in 2009. The NSF award was also the largest grant the university had received to that time.

Kraken employed tech-nology developed by super-computer maker Cray Inc., and at its peak was ranked third fastest among the world’s high-performance computers. By 2010 it had fallen to eighth as newer, faster machines were devel-oped worldwide.

Improvements in tech-

nology ultimately doomed Kraken. More modern processors used just a fraction of the electrical power needed by Kraken (its electric bill was roughly $300,000 a month), and in April 2014 it was offi cially taken offl ine. Cray Inc. re-cently agreed to haul away the scrapped components of the machine.

It remains to be seen whether Zacharia will be af-fi liated with UT again. When the university was preparing its Kraken proposal for the NSF, one of the require-ments was that its principal investigator – Zacharia – be tenured at UT.

In a rather parochial move the university’s department of electrical engineering and computer science refused to grant him the necessary status because – even though he was busy architecting one of the most powerful computing complexes in the world – his Ph.D. is in materials science.

To forestall the loss of the $65 million award, the UT System stepped in to create a systemwide tenure for Zacharia and a couple of other key personnel that let the university meet the NSF requirements.

In recent years, UT’s links to high-performance computing have weakened. Because of the budget sequestration and other congressional dithering over the past two or three years, the NSF has had to narrow the scope of its large grants for supercom-puting, and the few that have been made have been won by powerhouses like the University of Illinois and the University of Texas.

And Zacharia may not have time for a university connection. ORNL insiders speculate that he is a likely prospect for lab director when and if current direc-tor Thom Mason moves on. After all, lab watchers note that though he moved halfway around the world to take a new job, he never sold his house in East Ten-nessee.

has done with Troy White-side, whose trial has been delayed almost six years now. Was the DA fearful she would be outgunned by Isaacs in the courtroom? Surely not. She states pub-licly it was the “most sig-nifi cant public corruption case in Knox County his-tory.”

What does this say for other public corruption cases if seven months in the local jail is the result? Does she honestly think the time that her news release says went into investigating this case has been justifi ed with this sort of wrist slapping?

With only six months in offi ce, General Allen has been a major disappoint-ment on this case.

■ Mark Brown: Fri-day night, March 20, was a bittersweet moment at the Beck Cultural Center as many friends and admir-ers of Knoxville’s former vice mayor, Mark Brown, and his wife, Chenile, gath-ered to wish them well as he moves to Nashville to be closer to his new wife and to go to work for TennCare. Brown has been an im-portant fi gure in the com-munity for years and made positive contributions going back to serving on the Bern-stein Commission, which recommended the police civilian review board be es-

tablished. He was chosen twice by

the GOP-dominated County Commission to be a magis-trate while he is Democrat. His ability was more impor-tant than partisanship. He will be missed.

■ House Speaker Beth Harwell acted quickly and wisely to halt the ill-advised practice of holding unannounced leg-islative meetings prior to the offi cial meetings to dis-cuss legislation. The prac-tice never should have hap-pened, and Harwell stepped up quickly to end it. This shows leadership that will help her in a potential 2018 race for governor.

■ MPC: Three fi nalists for MPC director are being interviewed through April 1. They are Alan Travis from Atlanta, who once worked for MPC; Steve Park from Skokie, Ill.; and Gerald Green from the Asheville area.

Green and Travis went to the University of Tennes-see. Park met with mayors Rogero and Burchett. MPC pays their travel costs, but the choice is made by the two mayors. The process is being conducted in secret at the direction of Rogero aide Bill Lyons. A decision is ex-pected in mid-April. There has been little transparency in this matter.

be a Neighborhood Watch. The panelists recommend-ed getting the pulse of the neighborhood to see if there is interest in such a group. Captains responsible for 10 to 18 houses should be recruited. Food is a good enticement to get people to come to meetings.

Katy Davis, education co-ordinator/crime prevention for the Knox County Sher-

iff’s Offi ce, said there are 300 neighborhood watches in the county, and they are the eyes and ears of the community. They are the ones who see what’s going on and can communicate with their neighbors and with offi cers.

Davis suggested creating a neighborhood directory, but many people don’t feel they know their neighbors

and might be hesitant to cast a wide net. She pointed out that people establish-ing a Neighborhood Watch aren’t obligated to invite ev-eryone to join.

Most neighborhood crimes are crimes of op-portunity, she said. Gen-erally, criminals are not professionals and are look-ing for a quick in and out to steal items such as pre-

scription drugs, guns and electronics while people are at work.

Davis said residents should acknowledge any knock at the door, even if they don’t open the door, so that would-be intruders will know someone is at home. Deterrents such as light-ing, landscaping, not letting mail or newspapers pile up, keeping garage doors shut

and locking vehicles are also good strategies.

Susan Stewart of Riv-erbend Peninsula Home-owners Association said raidsonline.com is a good resource for fi nding out what crimes are taking place in your neighborhood.

Neighbors can help law enforcement by writing down or taking photos of the license plates and mark-

ings of strange vehicles. An email or Internet group can help not only with theft, but also with missing pets.

Whether it’s a Neighbor-hood Watch, a community organization or a home-owners’ association, neigh-borhood groups are a way to let criminals know that residents care about their community and are on the lookout for them.

Crime and safety From previous page

Sandra Clark

The hard-working Jim McIntyreJim McIntyre is the hard-

est-working guy in Knox County. Check.

He needs to be because he has so many personal traits that keep him from connecting. Check.

“So, do you always work during spring break?” I asked when he fi nished speaking to a Halls business club last week.

“Just three days (of fi ve),” he answered, looking puz-zled at the question.

McIntyre was in Halls to sell his proposed budget, which the school board will vote on in April and Mayor Tim Burchett will tear apart in May.

The superintendent of schools made a rare admis-sion in response to a ques-tion from Carl Tindell.

“We could have done

some things better,” he said.After years of turmoil

fueled by Race to the Top federal funds (for which Mc-Intyre wrote the grant for former Gov. Phil Bredesen), the money is gone.

Also gone are most of the TAP schools, where teach-ers were eligible for extra compensation; McIntyre is pulling back from strate-gic compensation, another name for merit pay based on dubious evaluation tools; and he’s asking for a 4 per-cent across-the-board raise for teachers.

Problem is, the raise will cost about $10 million with just $4.4 million coming from the state.

So the school board will ask the mayor for a 3.7 per-cent increase in a $444 mil-lion budget.

Now, fl ash forward. Tim Burchett is not the

hardest-working guy in Knox County. Check.

He doesn’t need to be because his personal traits keep him connected with the people he serves. Check.

Burchett doesn’t have to dig into McIntyre’s budget, and he won’t. He just needs a couple of hot-button top-ics to rail against to keep from funding the requested increase. It will play out like this:

“Shucks, they’ve got the money right now to give this

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raise if they would just man-age their resources better. …

“Why just last month Dr. McIntyre layered another top administrator onto a bloated bureaucracy. …

“Why do they need a chief of staff (Clifford Da-vis), a chief operating offi cer (Russ Oaks) and an assis-tant superintendent for ad-ministrative services (Bob Thomas)?”

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By Betsy PickleFiguring out where you belong is a per-

vasive theme in this week’s new movies.Will Ferrell starts with how to belong

as he joins forces with Kevin Hart for “Get Hard,” a comedy about going to prison.

To be precise, the R-rated comedy is about preparing to go to prison. Ferrell plays James, a millionaire hedge-fund manager who is liv-ing the good life and then some. When he’s caught with his hand in the cookie jar and con-victed of fraud, James is frantic.

He has 30 days to put his affairs in order, but his biggest con-cern is fi nding out how to survive a stint in San Quentin. He assumes that Darnell (Hart), a car detailer who works in his offi ce building’s garage, is familiar with the penal system because he has an apparently lousy job and, well, he’s black.

Darnell is incensed by James’s racist as-sumptions, but he fi gures getting paid is the best revenge, so he cooks up an incarcera-tion-readiness program for James. It turns out that some of his assumptions are also erroneous.

Craig T. Nelson, Alison Brie, Tip “T.I.” Harris, Paul Ben-Victor and Greg Germann

also star for fi rst-time director Etan Cohen,best known for co-writing “Tropic Thun-der.”

The weirdest pairing of the week has tobelong to Jim Parsons (TV’s “The Big BangTheory”) and singer Rihanna in “Home.”With animation, anything is possible.

Parsons provides the voice of Oh, analien who’s being hunted by his own kind.

Rihanna voices Tip, anadventurous Earthling.They end up chang-ing each other’s worldsand realizing the truemeaning of home.

The vocal cast alsoincludes Steve Mar-

tin, Jennifer Lopez and Matt Jones (TV’s“Mom”). The director is Tim Johnson, whoco-directed “Over the Hedge” and “Antz.”

Knoxville-based fi lmmaker Paul Har-rill’s acclaimed feature-fi lm debut, “Some-thing, Anything,” was released on Netfl ixlast Friday. It is also available on iTunes,Vimeo and Googleplay.

“Something, Anything,” which debutedlast fall at the Knoxville Film Festival, isabout a young woman (Ashley Shelton)whose life takes a sharp turn after a trag-edy. The fi lm was shot primarily in theKnoxville area and also stars Bryce John-son and Linds Edwards.

Convicted of fraud, hedge-fund manager James (Will Ferrell) works out to prepare for his up-

coming jail term, with clueless Darnell (Kevin Hart) as his adviser, in “Get Hard.”

Tip and Oh embark on a global adventure in “Home.”

Misfi ts abound on the big screen

They end up changing each

other’s worlds and realizing

the true meaning of home.

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Shopper news • MARCH 25, 2015 • 7 weekenderFRIDAY-SUNDAY

■ Big Ears Festival, featuring contemporary classical music,

indie rock bands, leading jazz greats, visionary folk artists,

and more. Info/tickets and weekend passes: bigearsfestival.

com; all Ticketmaster locations.

■ Funny Ears Fringe Festival, featuring local rock ’n’ roll

bands and performers. Info: 524-2224; scruff ycityhall.com;

Funny Ears Fringe Festival on Facebook.com.

FRIDAY ■ Big Ears Festival Kick Off , 5:30 p.m., Knoxville Museum of

Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Info/tickets: bigearsfestival.

com; all Ticketmaster locations.

■ Bijou Theatre Big Ears Festival performances, 803 S. Gay

St.: The Bad Plus, 7 and 8:45 p.m.; Demdike Stare, 11:30 p.m.

■ Knoxville Museum of Art Big Ears Festival performances,

1050 World’s Fair Park Drive: Hildur Guðnadóttir, 10:30 p.m.;

Tyondai Braxton, midnight.

■ Tennessee Theatre Big Ears Festival performances, 604

S. Gay St.: Harold Budd & Keith Lowe, 7:30 p.m.; Kronos Quartet, 9 p.m.

■ The Square Room Big Ears Festival performances, 4 Mar-

ket Square: Ryley Walker, 8 p.m.; SQÜRL, 9:15 p.m.; Steve Gunn, 10:45 p.m.

■ The Standard Big Ears Festival performances, 416 W.

Jackson Ave.: Rival Consoles, 7:30 p.m.; Nosaj Thing, 8:30

p.m.; Clark, 10:15 p.m.; Jamie xx, midnight.

■ Preservation Pub Funny Ears Fringe Festival performances,

28 Market Square: Maps Need Reading, Stryplepop, Three Star

Revival, Grandpa’s Stash. Doors open 4 p.m.; music, 5 p.m.

■ Scruff y City Hall Funny Ears Fringe Festival performances,

32 Market Square: Wesley, Sang Sarah, DAMS, Red Is Blood,

Far Far Away, The Tom Pappas Collection, Skytown Riot,

Senryu, Magma Blood. Doors open 4 p.m.; music, 5 p.m.

SATURDAY ■ Bijou Theatre Big Ears Festival performances, 803 S. Gay

St.: SQÜRL, 1 p.m.; Tanya Tagaq, 4:15 p.m.; Max Richter,

8:30 p.m.; Sam Amidon, 10:45 p.m.; Ben Frost, 12:30 a.m.

■ Knoxville Museum of Art Big Ears Festival performances,

1050 World’s Fair Park Drive: Loscil, 1 p.m.; Coupler, 3 p.m.;

Jozef Van Wissem, 5 p.m.; Tyondai Braxton, 9 p.m.; Bing & Ruth, 10:30 p.m.; Harold Budd & Keith Lowe, midnight.

■ Tennessee Theatre Big Ears Festival performances, 604

S. Gay St.: Kronos Quartet: Folk Songs with Rhiannon Gid-

dens & Sam Amidon, 1:30 p.m.; Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet, 7 p.m.; tUnE-yArDs, 10 p.m.

■ The Square Room Big Ears Festival performances, 4

Market Square: Wu Man, 12:30 p.m.; Nels Cline & Nor-ton Wisdom, 3:30 p.m.; William Tyler, 7:45 p.m.; Hildur Guðnadóttir, 9:30 p.m.; Grouper, 11 p.m.

■ The Standard Big Ears Festival performances, 416 W.

Jackson Ave.: A Winged Victory For The Sullen, 4 p.m.;

Holly Herndon, 5:30 p.m.; Amen Dunes, 9:15 p.m.; Omar Souleyman, 11:45 p.m.; Tyondai Braxton, 1 a.m.

■ Preservation Pub Funny Ears Fringe Festival performances, 28

Market Square: Corn Bred, Sidecar Symposium, Zach and Kota’s

Sweet Life, R.A.L.F., Dank. Doors open 4 p.m.; music, 5 p.m.

■ Scruff y City Hall Funny Ears Fringe Festival performances,

32 Market Square: Ghost Cab, mare vita, BOXSET, O Youth,

The New Romantics, Yung Life, Faux Ferocious, EX GOLD.

Doors open 4 p.m.; music, 5 p.m.

SUNDAY ■ Bijou Theatre Big Ears Festival performances, 803 S. Gay

St.: Rhiannon Giddens, 2 p.m.; Bill Frisell & Bill Morrison,

5:30 p.m.; Little Annie and Swans, 8 p.m.

■ Knoxville Museum of Art Big Ears Festival performances,

1050 World’s Fair Park Drive: Tyondai Braxton, 2:30 p.m.;

Terry Riley with Gyan Riley & Tracy Silverman, 4 p.m.

■ Tennessee Theatre Big Ears Festival performances, 604

S. Gay St.: Perfume Genius, 6:30 p.m.; Max Richter with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra & the American Contem-porary Music Ensemble, 8 p.m.

■ The Standard Big Ears Festival performances, 416 W.

Jackson Ave.: Kronos Quartet, 3 p.m.; Zs, 5:15 p.m.; Silver Apples, 7 p.m.; Kronos Quartet with Nels Cline, 10 p.m.

■ Preservation Pub Funny Ears Fringe Festival performanc-

es, 28 Market Square: Hans Stein Und Zee Yodelers, Kukuly

and the Romani Fuego, Bliss on Tap, King Super and The

Excellents. Doors open 4 p.m.; music, 5 p.m.

■ Scruff y City Hall Funny Ears Fringe Festival performances,

32 Market Square: Glazzwvrks, Keep Quiet, Demon Waffl e,

The Royal Buzz, Ulaanbastards, Yak Strangler, Ebony Eyes,

Fire at the Marquee. Doors open 4 p.m.; music, 5 p.m.

By Mystery DinerNovices want to pick up a bar-

becued rib and have the meat fall off the bone. True connoisseurs will tell you that “falling off the bone” is a sign of an overcooked rib.

Melt-in-your-mouth goodness, however, is a sign that all is right in heaven.

Calhoun’s is famous across the country for barbecue, and the pin-nacle of barbecue is ribs. A plate of ribs – whether half-slab or full – at the restaurant leaves no doubt that the reputation is well-deserved.

There are now eight Calhoun’s in East Tennessee: the original at Kingston Pike and Pellissippi Parkway, Bearden Hill, Turkey Creek, On the River (down from Thompson-Boling Arena), Fort Loudoun (Lenoir City), Pigeon Forge, Gatlinburg and Maryville. The restaurant began in Octo-

ber 1983 as Calhoun’s Rib Barn. Shortly after opening, the barbe-cue team traveled to Cleveland, Ohio, and brought home the title of Best Ribs in America at the 1984 National Rib Cookoff.

The restaurants are part of the Copper Cellar Family of Restau-rants, which now includes the eight Calhoun’s, two Copper Cel-lars, Chesapeake’s, Cherokee Grill, four Smoky Mountain Brewery establishments and a Calhoun’s Banquet/Copper Cellar Catering facility. Several of the Calhoun’s now include microbreweries in the restaurants.

Choosing between ribs and pork barbecue was diffi cult, but the opportunity to check out whether accolades from barbecue contests would translate into on-the-plate greatness was just too tempting. My companion chose the sampler platter that included

chicken strips, ribs and smoked sausage and declared each dish to be “delicious.”

My half-slab of baby-back ribs was tender and meaty. The sauce was smoky, with just the right combination of spice and sweet-ness. The ribs passed the gnaw-the-bone test, and the sauce passed the lick-your-fi ngers test. (I guess watching Mystery Diner eat ribs might not be a pleasant endeavor.)

Side dishes are a pleasure at Calhoun’s, for the choices are plentiful and all very good. Slaw is a must to accompany ribs, so that left one choice from the dozen offered. Tennessee Corn Puddin’ was the perfect selection, although something green would have been prudent. Starches aside, the corn pudding was lip-smacking good.

Gosh. I guess I’d better work on my table manners.

By Carol ShaneClarence Brown Theatre

productions are always top-notch, but right now the venerable organization is experiencing a phenom-enon.

The CBT lab theatre’s current production of “A Shayna Maidel,” by Barbara LeBow, has generated so much buzz that all perfor-mances – including some extra ones that were added – are sold out.

However, there may still be hope for those who don’t yet have tickets.

According to the CBT website, the drama is “a powerful and deeply af-fecting portrait of a fam-ily in the aftermath of the Holocaust: Two sisters, one a survivor of Nazi concen-tration camps, the other brought up as an American, meet in 1946 after a separa-tion of almost 20 years.”

The play opened in 1985 and quickly became a na-tionwide hit. A 1992 televi-sion adaptation, “Miss Rose White,” featured Kyra Sedg-wick, Maureen Stapleton and Maximilian Schell.

Referring to a 1992 pro-duction by Massachusetts’ New Repertory Theatre, critic William Chuang wrote, “The ability to appre-ciate this powerful drama is not limited to the Jewish community, as some may believe. This play will ap-peal to people of all ages and religions.”

The CBT production is directed by Terry Silver-

Rachel Finney and Sophia Shefner play sisters united by blood but

separated by life experience in Clarence Brown Theatre’s produc-

tion of “A Shayna Maidel.” Photo submitted

Alford, who can usually be found on the podium in the orchestra pit. The multi-talented Silver-Alford is in his 10th year as CBT’s music director.

“A Shayna Maidel” will play in the Clarence Brown Theatre’s lab theatre March 26 to April 12. A wait list

will be in effect for all of the sold-out performances, as tickets are often turned back in and may be available for those shows. An open captioned performance will take place at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 29. A talkback with the cast is scheduled for Sunday, April 5, immedi-

ately following the matinee.Free and convenient

parking is available in the McClung Tower garage on Volunteer Boulevard. The production is sponsored by WUTK and WUOT.

Info: clarencebrowntheatre.com or 974-5161.Send story suggestions to news@shoppernewsnow.com.

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South-Doyle Middle School Science Olympiad students triumphed at the 2015 Science Olympiad Re-gional Tournament held at Pellissippi State Community College earlier this month.

Competing in Division B (grades six-nine), South-Doyle Team A took fi rst place, and Team B earned third place. Team C fi nished in a tie for fi fth with Ocoee.

It was South-Doyle’s fi rst regional Olympiad victory. The team advances to the state tournament for the fourth year in a row.

South-Doyle earned a to-tal of 34 medals (nine gold, 13 silver, 12 bronze), with Team A winning medals in 19 of 23 events.

First-place winners were Adam McDaniel and Devon McGinley in Anatomy; Con-nor McGinley and Jessica Burks in Bridge Building; Adam McDaniel and Eric Fitzpatrick in Disease De-tectives; Connor McGin-

ley and Andrew Graves in Dynamic Planet; Connor McGinley and Marley Har-riman in Elastic Launched Glider; Monet Harriman, Marley Harriman and Connor McGinley in Ex-perimental Design; Hooper Jerrolds, Nolan Askew and Casey Handlos in Picture This; Elijah Styles in Robo-Cross; and Derek McCar-ley and Eric Fitzpatrick in Wheeled Vehicle.

Bryan Schultz and Jayne Schultz are head coaches for the team. Supporting them as educator coaches are: Terri LeSueur, Dave Gorman, Grace Reed, Mar-ion Plemons and James Sternberg. Parent coaches are John Wesner, Jannelle Justice, Betsy Hull, Andy Garrison, Elizabeth Holt, Ginger and Mark Harri-man, Margaret Wood, Tra-cie Hellwinckel, Jim and Lana McDaniel, Billie Jo and Danny McCarley and Tommy Clark.

Artist-in-residence Sean McCollough (right) leads an enthusi-

astic group of kindergartners through the roots of rock ’n’ roll. Photos by Betsy Pickle

South-Doyle swept two categories, including Elastic Launched

Glider, which earned fi rst for Marley Harriman and Connor Mc-

Ginley, second for Andrew Wesner and third for Evelynn Jack-

son. WATE meteorologist Matt Hinkin presented their awards.

Camryn Malone mimics the magnifi cent Tina Turner.

SDMS dominates at Regional

Science Olympiad

Recently we had to rescue 136 dogs from a hoarder here in Union County.

This has taxed our resources and we are in need of donations, cleaning

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Featured singers Kennedy Looney, left, and Jenny Ribble, right,

pose with principal Paula Brown at Mount Olive’s version of the

Rock at the University of Tennessee.

Jackie Sharp shows off the pet

rock he made in the Make It/

Take It art room.

By Betsy PickleIt’s going to be hard to top

this year’s version of Mount Olive Night of the Arts.

With the history of rock ’n’ roll told through singing, a sock hop and living wax museums; pet rocks and Andy Warhol-infl uenced art; and energetic storytelling, this was an explosion of arts, not some staid school per-formance.

Artist-in-residence Sean McCollough, who teaches

Rock ’n’ roll at Mount Olive

musicology at the Univer-sity of Tennessee and hosts “Kidstuff” on WDVX in ad-dition to performing widely throughout the area, had schooled the kids in the roots of rock. His enthu-siastic infl uence was felt throughout the night.

McCollough also per-suaded a group of friends – noted local musicians Kevin Abernathy, Maria Williams and Martin Hodge – to be his “house band,” backing the young singers and per-forming as the kids transi-tioned on and off the stage.

Amy Renee Wilson, as-sociate artistic director of the Tennessee Children’s Dance Ensemble, led the third- through fi fth-graders through an exuberant sock hop.

Storyteller Sherry Nor-folk kicked off the evening with a sassy story, with help from students Ella Farmer, Kelsi Culver and Delaney McCarley.

South-Doyle Middle School’s winning Science Olympiad team Photo submitted

el each. Dime and quarter candy are also available for a fun mix-and-match expe-rience.

Rental space for birthday parties for up to 16 kids is available with many dif-ferent options. Tables and chairs are provided; option-al goodie bags, cupcakes and drinks can be provided, or bring your own. What a treat to be able to skip cleaning up after a party!

Melissa has just started experimenting with gluten-free treats. Chocolate and peanut butter cookies are two recipes she has already perfected. Since many cus-tomers have asked for more gluten-free offerings, Me-lissa plans to keep expand-ing those to build up a good selection.

Shipping is available for gift items. Simply call and let Melissa or Jeff know what you want or the amount you want to spend; a gift basket or tin will be created and

shipped directly to the lucky recipient.

Seymour Sweets N Treats is at 101 Husky Valley Road, just around the corner from Chapman Highway, next door to Treasures of the Heart. Check them out on Facebook or call 850-4063.

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tendent Jim McIntyre will speak. Everyone is invited. Come a few minutes ear-ly and join the group for breakfast.

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Home Federal seeks hometown heroes

The deadline is 5 p.m. Friday, March 27, to nomi-nate someone as a home-town hero in the fi fth annu-al Home Federal promotion.

Potential honorees in-clude those who mentor kids, support seniors, advo-cate for the most vulnerable, care for animals, expand the region’s cultural oppor-tunities, and serve in other ways to make East Tennes-see a great place to live.

Eight honorees will be recognized for their volun-teer work in the community. Each will select a local non-profi t for a $2,500 donation in their name. From these fi nalists, an overall hon-oree will have an additional $2,500 donation given to his or her chosen nonprofi t.

Anyone may nominate a hometown hero. Details and a nomination form are at www.homefederalbanktn.com or can be picked up at any of the bank’s 23 offi ces.

UT Law off ering free tax help

As part of the IRS Volun-teer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, UT Law students will offer free tax preparation help and elec-tronic fi ling to qualifying members of the community. The program is available to those who generally make $53,000 or less, persons with disabilities, the elderly and limited-English-speak-ing taxpayers who need as-sistance in preparing their own tax returns.

The services are available 5-7:30 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays through April 15 in Suite 157 of the College of Law, 1505 W. Cumberland Ave. Appoint-ments not required. Visit www.tiny.utk.edu/vita to learn what documents are needed. Info: Morgan, 974-2492 or rmorgan2@utk.edu.

Jeff and Melissa Roberts started in the candy busi-ness about eight years ago with homemade cinnamon glazed pecans, almonds and cashews at arts and crafts shows. Through customers they met at the shows, they started providing tins and baskets to corporate offi ces for attorneys, insurance agents and others to give as gifts year-round.

Jeff says he always dreamed of having a candy store. He didn’t think it was feasible until he was shown a location just off Chapman Highway in Seymour. Be-fore long, he and his wife, Melissa, were remodeling the space, transforming it into the candy wonderland that is Seymour Sweets N Treats.

Open since July 2014, Seymour Sweets N Treats greets customers with a beautiful mural. Created by Melanie Fetterolf, it features a bright, color-

UT president Joe DiPi-etro was joined by fi nancial adviser Dave Ramsey and members of the board of trustees at UT Day on the Hill in Nashville. DiPietro’s message:

The University of Ten-nessee is heading into un-charted territory, seeking to cut costs while maintain-ing excellence in the face of projected funding gaps, and successful naviga-tion can secure the state’s future.

At a breakfast gathering, DiPietro told legislators that an analysis based on UT’s current funding struc-ture projects a funding gap of $377 million developing over the next 10 years.

Ramsey, DiPietro push for UT budget

UT graduate Dave Ramsey and UT president Joe DiPietro at UT

Day on the Hill in Nashville Photo provided by UT

Jeff Roberts with daughter McKenzie and wife Melissa at Sey-

mour Sweets N Treats Photo by Nancy Whittaker

One word for candy store: Yum!

also high on customers’ pri-ority list.

Jeff says their peanut butter buckeyes and peanut butter cookies are two of their top sellers.

White or milk chocolate-covered strawberries are sold year-round. Jeff says they have a great produce supplier, but whenever pos-

sible he loves to pick fresh strawberries himself. Me-lissa was dipping strawber-ries while I was there, and as soon as she fi nished, a customer was walking out the door with them.

Seymour Sweets N Treats also has lots of baskets and barrels for the kids. Basket candies start at just a nick-

Nancy Whittaker

ful background and small surprises hidden through-out. On the right side of the mural, Fetterolf painted a complete family tree for the Robertses that includes their eight grandchildren (soon to be 10 with the addi-tion of twins). While there, check out Fetterolf’s framed artwork, too.

Chocolate is defi nitely a main food group at Sey-mour Sweets N Treats. The display cases show a vari-ety of chocolate-covered goodies. Caramels, pecans, cashews, malted milk balls – all in either milk choco-late or dark chocolate – will defi nitely make your mouth water. But peanut butter is

“We don’t want to rely on tuition increases to close the gap, so we’ll fi nd ways to cut costs and increase revenue, but as we go through this process, we will need your support,” DiPietro said. “That’s be-cause this is about securing Tennessee’s future. The University of Tennessee is critical to our state’s future and economic success.”

Ramsey, who earned a bachelor’s degree in fi nance in 1982, noted that about 50 percent of UT students graduate without student debt, and those who gradu-ate with debt have levels of debt below the national average.

Ramsey, wife Sharon and their three children are UT grads, as are several nieces and nephews. Ramsey said he and his family are proud of their UT legacy and he supports DiPietro’s efforts to lead change needed to resolve funding shortfalls.

“Leading is willingness to fi ght for what’s right,” Ramsey said, challenging elected offi cials to fi ght for education.

While DiPietro praised Gov. Bill Haslam’s proposed budget for the upcom-ing fi scal year and said he hopes to see it approved by the legislature, a long-term approach to achieve sus-tainable funding remains

critical.“We’re very grateful

for the budget Governor Haslam has proposed,” DiPietro said.

“This would be a good budget year, and if it is, it will make this the second good year I’ve seen in almost a decade. “The prob-lem is, we can’t continue to pass on tuition increases to cover funding gaps that accumulate in all the years that aren’t good budget years.

“We have to solve this problem. Doing so is critical to the future of Tennessee because I believe a better UT leads to a better life for all Tennesseans.”

NEWS FROM PREMIER SURGICAL

By Kimberly O’Neal WilsonFor years, every

bite or sip Steve Ab-bott took was a strug-gle. Food and liquids wouldn’t go down his esophagus, instead they would back up into his throat, caus-ing pain and nausea.

“It felt like every-thing I ate was stuck in the top of my neck in my throat,” says the North Knoxville man. “Even when I drank

tea or water, it would fi ll up in my throat and I would have to wait for it to eventually go down. It was very uncomfortable.”

After multiple diagnostic tests, Abbott’s Gastroenterologist, Dr. Jeffrey Brown, diagnosed the 57-year old with a rare disorder called achalasia. It is a condition in which the valve at the bottom of the esophagus, the lower esophageal sphincter, doesn’t completely re-lax and food can’t easily move into the stomach. The normal propul-sion of food down from the mouth through the esophagus to the stom-ach is also reduced with the disease. Achalasia does get progressively worse and affects an estimated fi ve out of every 100,000 Ameri-can adults.

Over time Abbott tried medication and underwent three balloon dilation proce-dures to stretch his esophageal sphincter, but the treatment only gave him temporary relief.

“I was losing weight and swallowing was painful, so Dr. Brown suggested I talk with a surgeon at Premier Surgical about sur-gery,” explains Abbott. “I was relieved that I could have the surgery here in Knoxville, because my other choice was to go to the Cleveland Clinic.”

Abbott met with Dr. Joel “Trey” Bradley, III, of Premier Surgical Associates, who

Surgery Relieves Rare Swallowing Disorder

For more information about this and other procedures

performed by Premier Surgical physicians please visit www.

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Joel F. “Trey” Bradley, III, MD, Surgeon

Steve Abbott says his surgery to treat a rare swallowing disorder was a lifesaver.

“I was losing weight and swallowing was painful, so my doctor suggested I talk with a surgeon at Premier Surgical about surgery” ~ Swallowing disorder patient Steve Abbott

has extensive fellow-ship training in lapa-roscopic surgery. He performed a laparo-scopic Heller myotomy on Abbott in January at Fort Sanders Re-gional. The procedure involves releasing a layer of muscle from the lower esophagus and upper stomach that causes it to be too

tight. This is all done with minimally inva-sive techniques using only a few small in-cisions. This allows the patient to recover faster with less pain and discomfort.

“It’s essentially the opposite of what we do with laparoscopic acid refl ux surgery

where we make the sphincter tighter,” explains Dr. Bradley.

“With achalasia the sphincter is too tight, so you have to loosen it

and allow it to relax.”Now, food is able to pass from Abbott’s esophagus

to his stomach without getting stuck.

For Abbott, it’s made all the difference. “The

surgery has been a life-saver. Dr. Bradley was great and explained ev-

erything to me before and after,” says Abbott. “I’m not having the swallowing problems I did before – I’m doing fi ne now.”

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