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By Betsy PickleSaturday did not start auspi-

ciously at South Knoxville Ele-mentary School.

At 8 a.m., cloudy skies, a light rain and a chill in the air had orga-nizers for Comcast Cares Day wor-ried that volunteers who’d regis-tered to help clean, plant and build at the school might not show up.

Elizabeth Lee, Ashlyn Lawson

and Sydney Lee carry plants to

their new home in a raised bed

at South Knoxville Elementary

School. Photos by Betsy Pickle

School board member Amber Rountree and SKES principal Tanna Nicely

pause for a moment with Comcast Cable president and CEO Neil Smit, who

helped put the fi nishing touches on the Little Free Library behind him.

pays off with $25,000

from Comcast

Hard work

But the helpers fooled them, with an even larger turnout than expected, and so did the weather. The rain abated, the clouds rolled away and the sun came out.

One might say it was an omen. Comcast had promised the school a donation based on the number

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Helping a friendBusinesses in the Colonial

Village area will hold a fund-raiser Saturday, May 2, to raise money to help one of their own.

Jeff Allen, owner of Colo-nial Hardware, was recently diagnosed with cancer, and the money will help pay his medi-cal expenses.

From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., there will be kids’ activities, music, a bake sale, hot dogs, raffl es and a silent auction in the parking lot in front of Colonial Hard-ware. Parking is at Colonial Heights United Methodist Church, 6321 Chapman High-way; a shuttle will run all day.

Susan’s Cuts and More will offer $10 haircuts from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. A spaghetti supper will be held at Colonial Heights UMC 5-7 p.m.

Tickets are $7 in advance at Village Bakery and Susan’s Cuts and More, $8 at the door.

By Betsy PickleThe 15th annual Vestival will

be looking back, but not just at its record of bringing Vestal and the greater South Knoxville commu-nity together.

This year, Vestival will cel-ebrate the history of South Knox-ville as revealed through photos, mementos and stories shared by those who remember the old days.

“That’s really why Vestival started – to celebrate the history of the area and the people,” says Chelsea Voelker, one of the orga-nizers of the event.

Vestival takes place 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday, May 9, at the Can-

doro Marble Building, 4450 Can-dora Ave., and on the Candoro grounds. Following tradition, the day starts with a Mother’s Day brunch – this time with a twist.

“We’re expanding the Mother’s Day brunch,” says Voelker. “Every-one is invited.”

A donation from Three Rivers Market is making the expansion possible.

“It’s a good outreach for Vestal proper and Montgomery Village and their children,” she says.

The history tent will be next to the carriage house stage. There will be a nearby skill-share area that focuses on old-style activities.

Demonstrations of blacksmithing, wool spinning, pottery crafting and bread making will be included.

“Some will be vending; some will be demonstrating,” says Voelker. “It will be pretty cool.

Entertainment on the grassy stage will feature Dragonfl y Aerial Arts, magician Nick Roberts, the Claire Metz belly dancers and the Sandsation Dancers. The Catty-wampus Puppet Council will have puppets roaming the grounds.

The carriage house and main stages will have music throughout the day. Acts scheduled to appear include The Blue Print, Y’uns, Matt Foster, Evan Carawan and

the Celtic Collaborators, Exit 65, Dixieghost, Jack Herranen and the Little Red Band, Quartjar, the Lonetones, Kevin Abernathy Band, Red Shoes and Rosin, and the Swill Sippers with square-dance caller Stan Sharp.

Inside the Candoro building, works by featured artists Randy Arnold and T. Richard Alexander – both South Knoxvillians – will be on display.

A free shuttle will pick up at several area parking lots. The list is being fi nalized and will appear in the Shopper next week.

Info: candoromarble.org or the Vestival 2015 Facebook page.

Vestival brings history into celebration

Hometown hero believes in serviceBy Betsy Pickle

To tell Tom Hood’s story, you have to go back a long way. But the latest chapter is this: A lifetime of serving his community has led to Hood being selected as a Home-town Hero by Home Federal Bank.

In a presentation held last week at the South Knoxville offi ce of Home Federal, 4444 Chapman Highway, Home Federal president and CEO Dale Keasling presented a check for $2,500 to Montgom-ery Village Ministry, which Hood helped form 40 years ago when he was 37.

Keasling said that the Home-town Heroes program was launched to “recognize and honor individuals who provide extraordi-nary voluntary service in our com-

Tom Hood and wife Ginger Hood, center, with his fan club: Anita Young, Er-

nestine Cody, John Reynolds and Lacresha Dye, all members of the Mont-

gomery Village Ministry board.

munity, people who make a real difference in the lives of others.”

Hood is one of eight “heroes” named this year. An overall hero

will be announced in May, with an additional $2,500 going to that person’s nonprofi t of choice.

Montgomery Village Ministry

is one of several groups Hood has supported through the years – he also provided notable service to 4-H and to the CAC transportation advisory board. But the ministry has kept him busy the longest.

Hood almost became a min-ister himself. After earning his bachelor’s in divisional social sci-ence at Michigan State University, he thought he was going to go to seminary.

“In the process of applying, you had to write an essay on why you felt a call to the ministry,” he said. “For some reason that essay just never came together, so I never did fi nish the applications.”

Instead, he earned his master’s

IN THIS ISSUEButch-watch

Butch Jones clearly has his own brand of leadership, writes Marvin West. “I con-tinue to withhold judgment on player development and strat-egy. When Tennessee defeats Alabama, I’ll have more to say.”

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What’s Shakin’, South Haven?

The South Haven Neighbor-hood Association has sched-uled its second What’s Shakin’, South Haven?

Anne Wallace, program manager for the Cumberland Avenue Project and a South Knoxville resident, will be the featured speaker for the event at 5:30 p.m. Monday, May 4, at the Roundup Restaurant, 3643 Sevierville Pike.

SOUP’s on againThe second Knoxville SOUP

has been set for 6 p.m. Satur-day, May 16, at Ijams Nature Center. Presented by the South Knoxville Alliance, the event will feature up to four presen-tations by groups or individu-als seeking microgrants to help them fund projects that will better the community.

Attendees listen to the pre-sentations, discuss them over a simple dinner and then vote for their favorite. A $5 donation is requested at the door, with all money raised going to the win-ning project.

Project proposals are still being sought. The process is easy and may be completed online. For info, visit south-knoxvillealliance.org. Artists who wish to display works or share their talents are also being sought; fi nd info at the same website.

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At 81, Knoxville woman makes most of every day

Local hospital leads team approach to faster care for heart attacksCollaboration

improves care for STEMI patients

When a heart attack happens, time is critical – not just for the per-son experiencing the heart attack, but for professional caregivers as well.

The American College of Cardiol-ogy and the American Heart Associa-tion have established recommended standards of care for heart attack pa-tients, specifi cally those identifi ed as the “ST-Segment Elevation MI” (STE-MI) population. These patients have the highest mortality (risk of death) and morbidity (risk of associated com-plications). They can be rapidly identi-fi ed with an electrocardiogram.

The standards emphasize orga-nizing regional systems of care and patient transfer procedures in order to provide faster access to advanced therapies that help facilitate rapid restoration of blood fl ow during a heart attack. The care team – from fi rst responders and emergency de-partments to cardiologists and cath lab staff – must collaborate to pro-vide effi cient and effective care.

To help meet the revised stan-

dards, Fort Sanders Regional Medi-cal Center established a physician-led team that included a medical director, STEMI coordinator, interventional cardiologists, emergency department manager and an educator, along with other departments, hospitals and emergency transport companies working together to enhance care

for STEMI pa-tients.

“From ini-tial contact – whether by EMS in the fi eld or a tri-age center in the emergency department – there are several steps to rapidly get patients with

the highest mortality during a heart attack to the catheterization labora-tory,” said Joshua Todd, MD, inter-ventional cardiologist and project team medical director. “Our role is to evaluate the entire process and col-laborate with anyone who has con-tact with this patient population to develop a standardized approach to

effi ciently get them to a cath lab.”The team’s goals included:

■ Decrease mortality of STEMI patients through early intervention.

■ Increase the number of STEMI patients brought directly to Fort Sanders by EMS transporters, by-passing centers that are not equipped to care for STEMI patients and thus reducing the time to procedure.

■ Increase transfer effi ciency of STEMI patients to Fort Sanders from smaller facilities by helping those fa-cilities identify STEMI patients more quickly.

■ Decrease readmission rates for patients transferred to Fort Sanders with STEMI diagnosis.

The team developed several new processes, including:

■ Helping train EMS providers to identify STEMI patients quickly and building relationships with emergen-cy transporters to ensure effi cient ar-rival at a center equipped to deal with STEMI patients. A new focus of the guidelines is to track “First Medical Contact-to-Device Activation” time, with a goal of less than 120 minutes from medical encounter by fi rst re-sponders to interventional treatment.

“Every 30 minutes results in

nearly an 8 percent increase in risk of death, so we can improve patient outcomes by having a systems ap-proach to identifi cation, notifi cation and rapid transfer,” Dr. Todd said.

Clinical members of Covenant Rapid Access, Covenant Health’s pa-tient transfer center, are available 24/7 to accept STEMI patients from outlying hospitals and immediately notify the cath lab team and interven-tional cardiologist. “Rapid Access is the coordinating center for Covenant facilities,” Dr. Todd noted. “They are integral to our STEMI system of care.”

■ Emergency transporters can simultaneously notify both ED and cath lab teams of potential STEMI patients and transmit an EKG when available. This allows earlier activa-tion of the cath lab team, with per-sonnel available immediately when the patient arrives.

■ Interventional cardiologists hold educational events to improve rapid identifi cation for pre-hospital EKGs and EKG interpretation, and develop protocols for managing STE-MI patients and notifying the hospi-tal of a STEMI diagnosis.

■ The team reviews STEMI cases monthly to give referring hospitals

and EMS providers feedback on out-comes, and to continually improvesystems and processes.

A key factor for success is supportfrom emergency physicians and in-terventional cardiologists, said Jenni-fer Debow, RN, Fort Sanders directorof cardiology services. “Their willing-ness to work together has been theforce behind the teamwork betweenCovenant Health facilities and EMScompanies throughout the area.”

As a result of these efforts, dur-ing fi rst year implementation FortSanders exceeded state and nationalhospitals’ performance in meetingstandards for “First Medical Contact-to-Device” times. Mortality and read-mission rates also declined.

The team has expanded its effortsand now collaborates with hospitalsand emergency responders in Clai-borne, Sevier and Jefferson counties,and as far away as Newport and Ken-tucky.

Debow summarized the collabora-tive spirit of all the health care pro-viders: “The commitment and com-passion of this initiative is making adifference, not only by saving lives,but giving patients back their qualityof life as well.”

At the age of 49, Polly Hood was diagnosed with a melanoma that could have ended her life. A doctor told her she only had a 25 percent chance of survival. Rather than curl up in defeat, Hood decided to fi nd something that would be a diversion. She enrolled in classes at the Univer-sity of Tennessee.

Hood won a scholarship and even-tually received a college degree in Home Economics Education when she was 53. She graduated at the top of her class, among students who were young enough to be her chil-dren.

Hood knew about overcoming obstacles. She had defeated cancer, cheated death and with her degree had achieved a goal that many people never do.

So when her husband passed away after an extended illness last July, this strong woman of faith, now 81, was pressed but not crushed. She didn’t know that a new and life-threatening challenge was just around the corner.

In October, Hood was invited to participate in a special service, me-morializing individuals who had re-cently died. She was asked to bring a picture of her husband and was in-vited to stand and share a few words about him.

While it was certainly an emotion-al night, she appreciated the people who wanted to honor her husband’s memory and lingered at a reception that followed. All seemed to go well – until her chest started hurting on the way home.

“I thought it was indigestion be-cause I had eaten some snacks I was not accustomed to,” Hood says. “And it was stressful to speak about losing my husband.”

Hood took antacid tablets when she got home, but the pain stayed

with her throughout the night. She felt better the next day, but her prob-lems were far from over.

“It was about 4:30 in the afternoon when I had another chest pain, and it was severe,” Hood recalls. After tex-ting her children, she called 911 and was instructed to chew four 81-milli-gram tablets of aspirin and drink wa-ter till emergency personnel arrived.

“I got sick at my stomach, I vomit-ed, I broke out in a cold sweat,” Hood says. She was experiencing some of the classic symptoms of a heart at-tack.

Hood would later learn there was a blockage in the left main coronary artery, often referred to as a “widow maker” because of the low survival rate. The left main coronary artery feeds two of the three main arteries of the heart – it is essentially a heart at-tack in two-thirds of the heart.

When the ambulance arrived, Hood was given an EKG. “I could tell when the EMT pulled the paper out of the machine that it was a heart at-tack. I could tell by the expression on his face.”

Hood’s suspicion was correct.

However, she remem-bers hearing some important words of comfort: “We will get you out of here and get help for you right away.”

Emergency work-ers made good on that promise. Hood didn’t know it at the time, but Fort Sanders Re-gional Medical Center has an aggressive plan in place to provide immediate care for patients who are in

cardiac arrest.When a person experiences a

heart attack, fast-paced care is criti-cal. That’s why two doctors and other medical staff were waiting and ready to attend to Hood as soon as she ar-rived at the hospital’s emergency de-partment. She was surprised.

“They were waiting for me in the hallway,” Hood says. “They stopped me right there and gave me an EKG and two kinds of blood thinner.”

No time was wasted taking the next step. “They ran to the cath-eterization lab with me,” Hood says. “They were running, and they moved fast.”

Because the process of placing a stent requires a patient to be awake and alert, Hood was fully aware of conversations going on around her. As she listened, she learned one of the nurses treating her had been in the parking lot, about to leave for the night. Another was on the way home when called to turn around and come back.

“They were called back to help me,” Hood says gratefully. “Everyone was very professional, very courteous and very reassuring.”

Hood offered up prayers for thepeople working so diligently to saveher and says she felt at peace knowingif she died she would see her husbandagain.

It took just 23 minutes to getHood from the entrance of the emer-gency department to the cath labwith the stent in place. That’s about40 minutes faster than the nationalaverage.

Hood has no doubt that thoseminutes made a difference not onlyin saving her life, but in her recovery.Within days of being released fromthe hospital, she was enjoying a lunchdate with her daughter. She was backto church soon after.

“I’ve been really happy with thecare I’ve gotten,” Hood says. “Itcouldn’t have been any better.”

When Hood looks back over all theimportant moments in her life, mostof them have a common element: herhusband was there by her side.

Now a widow, she is starting lifeover with new challenges. Cardiacrehab at Fort Sanders Regional hasstrengthened her heart and helpedrenew her spirit. While going throughlife without her partner of almost 55years is diffi cult, she takes every stepon the treadmill with purpose. Aftera life-threatening heart attack, thewoman who once couldn’t imagineliving without her husband now un-derstands that she must.

“I lived, and God’s not throughwith me, yet,” Hood says, wiping hereyes. “I have to realize that and makethe most of every day.”

Hood says her heart was brokentwice. Her husband’s death broke herheart emotionally. The heart attackbroke her heart physically.

“But by the grace of God and med-ical expertise, I’m mending now, andI’m thankful to be alive.”

Joshua Todd, MD

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Betsy Pickle

Rebob Nyert, known for

the fanciful birdhouses he

makes across the street at

Borderland, helps dig up a

plot that will hold a variety

of plants by day’s end. Photos by Betsy Pickle

More fun in MayIf you didn’t get out and

have fun last weekend, you have no one to blame but yourself. OK, maybe you can blame your boss, but you should’ve scheduled better.

Between Comcast Cares Day, Outdoor Knoxfest, the Rossini Festival, the Orange and White Game, Dogwood Arts activities and several

ville is shutting down. May is Bike Month, and you can fi nd out about all kinds of rides, events, classes and bikes at ibikeknx.com.

May 10 is Mother’s Day, and you can treat your mom to a free lunch at Vestival on May 9, not to mention many fi ne restaurants in SoKno (and other parts of town) on the actual day.

Powell Middle School students Emma Morgan and Briana Morgan, Amy Clayton of Child & Fam-

ily Studies at the University of Tennessee, Powell High student Madison Morgan and Lara Win-

ner of Comcast prepare a spot to plant a dogwood tree.

Vice Mayor Nick Pavlis, school board member Amber Roun-

tree (with son Teddy), principal Tanna Nicely, state Sen. Becky

Massey, Comcast senior vice president Doug Guthrie; (back

row) Knox County Schools Superintendent Jim McIntyre, Com-

cast Cable president and CEO Neil Smit, state Rep. Joe Arm-

strong and Comcast local marketing vice president Valerie Gil-

lespie are in good humor after the presentation of a $25,000

check to South Knoxville Elementary.

Kids Hope mentor Russ Linger, Andy Chance of Bearden High Key Club and Kids Hope mentor

Carol Linger dig a hole for a sweetspire plant.

Brad Nicely, front, and

Chris Pennington paint

the offi ce. Nicely is mar-

ried to South Knoxville

Elementary principal

Tanna Nicely.

Fourth-grader Brycen Givens and his sister, Ashlyn Whitehead,

a sixth-grader at South-Doyle Middle, sand chairs to be refi n-

ished.

Hard work From page 1

of volunteers. The count topped 300, and when Doug Guthrie, Comcast senior vice president who runs the cable company’s Big South Region, handed principal Tanna Nicely a Comcast paint can during a presen-tation ceremony at lunch-time, she didn’t know what to expect.

She pulled out a check. Her jaw dropped. Her eyes fi lled. She was so choked up that her voice cracked as she revealed the amount: $25,000.

“You all being here and putting in your sweat eq-uity was enough for me, but I’ll take this,” she quipped through her tears of grati-tude.

Nicely wasn’t joking about the sweat equity. Com-cast employees and their families, teachers, staff and students from SKES and other schools, Boys & Girls Club of the Tennessee Valley staff and members, Great Schools Partnership staff, Kids Hope mentors and mentees, neighbors from the Old Sevier Community Group, Knoxville Area Ur-ban League Young Profes-sionals and more pitched in. There was even a group of Purple Heart Vietnam vet-erans from Blount County.

“We heard about this through the veterans orga-nization in Knoxville,” says Roger Lowe, who served in the Marine Corps. “We wanted to help out and show our support.”

Comcast volunteers came in a few days in advance to measure and assess needs,

and while they were there they fi xed the school’s PA system. Russell Byrd, senior director of external affairs for Comcast locally, had promised Nicely the moon during a meeting in March, and he delivered.

The celebrity guest was Neil Smit, president and CEO of Comcast Cable and executive vice president of Comcast Corp., who fl ew in from a Comcast Cares event in Atlanta after leaving his home in Philadelphia early in the morning.

Aside from photo ops, Smit took his time talking to people who approached him and chatted at length with the group of veterans. The Connecticut native, who

earned his bachelor’s degreefrom Duke University andhis master’s from Tufts Uni-versity’s Fletcher School,was a member of Seal Team6 1980-85 and retired as alieutenant commander.

“It kept me off thestreets,” he said to the vets.

By day’s end, volunteershad built and fi lled raisedbeds for vegetables the stu-dents had been growing in-side, put in butterfl y-friendlyplants along with shrubberyand trees, weeded the play-ground, mended the slide,painted the offi ce, power-washed the sidewalks, andjust outside the cafeteriabuilt an outdoor classroomand a Little Free Library.

plant sales, the weekend overfl owed with activities.

But don’t think Knox-

UT Gardens is having its annual UT Gardens Gala at 5:30 p.m. Friday, May 1, and the Blooms Days Festi-val May 8-10. Blooms Days will include music, kid and adult activities and food trucks on both Saturday and Sunday. On Sunday, all mothers will receive a free daylily from Oakes, while supplies last.

■ Proposing Giffi n’s futureMonday was the deadline to turn in proposals for pur-

chasing and repurposing Giffi n School. Some interesting ideas have been fl oating around there. Keep your fi ngers crossed.

Hometown hero From page 1

in sociology at Duke Univer-sity and was “well along” in the doctoral program when he was recruited in 1965 to teach sociology at the Uni-versity of Tennessee.

He began teaching and doing research and fi nally fi nished his dissertation. He retired from teaching in 2004 but maintains an of-fi ce on campus. He and wife Ginger now live in South Woodlawn but have lived in several South Knoxville

neighborhoods.Hood recalls meeting

with representatives from other churches in the base-ment of Immanuel Baptist Church and deciding that they needed to form a min-istry to serve the people of Montgomery Village.

For many years, MVM operated a food pantry in cooperation with Second Harvest. But other groups started food pantries, and the ministry looked around

to fi ll another need.“The mission of the min-

istry, we always said, is to try and understand where the people are and what the particular needs are of those people,” said Hood. When they realized that residents had little to no computer access, they set up a facility where people can come and use comput-ers and the Internet.

Hood continues to give of his time and skills.

“South Knoxville has needs,” he said. “Montgom-ery Village has needs.”

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Knox County Commis-sioner Amy Broyles knows − and understands − why few women run for offi ce. They’re busier than ever, and while many are perfect-ly comfortable raising mon-ey for schools or churches, they’re not comfortable asking for money for them-selves. Plus, they know that campaigns get ugly, and they don’t want to put their family in that position.

But issues that directly affect women, like equal pay, won’t be addressed if women themselves don’t step up, she says.

“We have to be the ones sitting in those chairs.”

That’s why Broyles is planning a campaign school for women who are interest-ed in running for offi ce or becoming involved in cam-paigning for a female can-didate. A date has yet to be set, but it will be a weekend

Amy Broyles

Broyles plans campaign school for women

in August, she says.Classes, on topics like

messaging and fundrais-ing, will be taught by fe-male offi ceholders she’s met through the National As-sociation of Counties and the National Foundation for Women Legislators. They are from different parties, and women from all parties, or none at all, are welcome to participate.

She is currently seeking sponsorships so that the school will be free of charge.

When women choose to run for offi ce, it’s usually because they’re angry about

Women candidates face challenges, and criticism, that men don’t face. During her fi rst campaign, Broyles was surprised to be asked how she would manage her family responsibilities while serving on commis-sion. Men don’t get asked such questions, she says.

something, she says. Broyles ran for County Commission seven years ago because she was angry about term lim-its. Someone tried to dis-courage her from running because a man, who could fi nance his own campaign, was willing to run.

She was active in the community, but didn’t know the man. She decided she was a better candidate, in spite of having a 12-week-old baby at the time.

While Broyles moved forward without wondering if she was prepared, most women say they don’t know enough to serve in an elect-ed offi ce.

“Women always seem to think there’s something more they need to do to run for offi ce.”

Men, who are used to see-ing men in offi ce, are more likely to see themselves as qualifi ed, she says.

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Question: So, how long before Butch does some-thing?

How long before Butch does something?campus rock.

Answer: He already has done something. He has ad-justed the football culture to mostly positive, upgraded talent and depth and set a world record for attention to details – including academ-ic achievement and unifi ca-tion of the old guard.

In mod language, Ten-nessee is trending. There is measurable improvement. His players are bigger and faster. They look stronger in the team photo.

These preliminaries have been expensive, a few million here, a few more there, raises all around, but, fortunately, Butch has enhanced ticket sales and perhaps inspired an uptick in giving. He is one heck of

a salesman. By my count, he is undefeated in press con-ferences and interviews. He says a lot – with passion.

What the Volunteers did to Iowa, slow or lethargic, generated an overfl ow of or-ange optimism. Many think Tennessee will win the SEC East.

No previous Butch result substantiates this. His two-year record is 12-13. He is 5-11 in the SEC. He and his people have twice upset South Carolina. He lost to the worst Florida team in a decade. His team squeaked through at Vanderbilt to earn bowl eligibility. Lest you forget, the Commo-dores, 17-point underdogs, created far too much ten-sion.

Butch said: “This game summarized our season of adversity and great resil-iency.”

Butch is articulate.Just as he was building,

several young people who were once recruiting prizes pulled up roots and went away. OK, that could have been a left-handed bless-ing in disguise. Newcom-ers may be better than the dearly departed. For sure they will be younger and less experienced.

So, when will Butch do something really exciting?

Coming up usually takes more time than going down. Be reminded that major repairs were necessary. Once a program falls, ri-vals stomp all over it and do

their best to make bad mat-ters worse.

“Hobnail boot on the neck” is a vivid description.

Consider the Bill Battle decline of the 1970s. John Majors came home to fi x it. There was no brick by brick back then but what we got was 4-7, 5-5-1, 7-5 and 5-6, generally worse than what Battle was doing.

Symbolic restoration appeared in the fi fth year, capped by the not so glam-orous trip to the drab, cold, windy Garden State Bowl. Some of you missed New Jersey. I remember it well. I ran out of gas on a scenic drive.

Erosion under Battle was pleasant compared to the Lane Kiffi n-Derek Dooley

slide and crash. Butch in-herited a mess. His imme-diate predecessor didn’t re-cruit offensive linemen.

Butch has done well re-building bridges, mending fences and pointing the pro-gram in the proper direc-tion. Practice fi eld challeng-es through a public address system, the noisy stadium DJ and student apprecia-tion day are not the Neyland way but Butch clearly has his own brand of leadership.

I continue to withhold judgment on player devel-opment and strategy. When Tennessee defeats Alabama, I’ll have more to say.(Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@netzero.com)

Women also have to en-dure comments about their appearance that men man-age to avoid.

While Knox County and the city of Knoxville have had numerous female of-fi ceholders over the past couple of decades, the trend has reversed. Broyles isn’t sure why, but she’s heard of the same thing happening in communities across the country.

She is the sole woman on Knox County Commission. Brenda Palmer, who serves under the city’s fi rst female

mayor, is the sole woman on City Council.

In spite of the challenge of getting there, Broyles has loved her time in offi ce. She feels that she’s been able to affect positive change dur-ing her time on commission, even if it didn’t directly re-sult in policy change.

She won’t run again in 2016 because she’ll have been in offi ce for eight years. The people who are most disappointed are her three daughters, she says.

“They’re really proud of me.”

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Dave Hill has resigned from the staff of the Metro-politan Planning Commis-sion (MPC). Likely this was done prior to the new direc-tor coming in. Hill, a high-paid city aide not retained by Mayor Rogero, was hired at MPC by former director Mark Donaldson.

Cumberland Avenue merchants who overwhelm-ingly opposed the current construction along Cumber-land Avenue at a cost of over $20 million wonder why Mayor Rogero never com-ments on the troubles being created by the project. She leaves explanation to little-known subordinates such as Anne Wallace.

Bob Whetsel, who is working the project, re-tires from the city in Octo-ber. Wallace will likely re-place him. Whetsel will be missed.

One would think Wallace

Hill leaves MPC ahead of new director

VictorAshe

would urge folks to visit the area during construction to have lunch or dinner and do business with those who have lost business due to this initiative from Rogero. Perhaps Burchett will do it if Rogero continues to stay away. He was the active one a few years ago on Chapman Highway, and Cumberland Avenue is in Knox County.

It is surprising that city council has not spoken out on this economic stress for merchants. Even the two council members most likely to question a Rogero project have been quiet on this one.

Sandra Clark

Nick Della Volpe declined to sign on to the Rogero campaign as a host for her recent fundraiser. Rogero, who quietly opposed Della Volpe in 2013, is this year supporting all four coun-cil members seeking their second and fi nal term – in return for them all backing her. All for one and one for all is the motto.

■ All three perma-nent city council employees are departing the city this fall. They are city recorder Cindy Mitchell, auditor Melissa Peters and secre-tary Susan Wilson. Mitchell leaves in September, fol-lowed by Peters in October and Wilson in November.

The three represent over 100 years of service to the city. The three are close friends, and once one left, the others did not want to remain. All had in their years to secure immediate

pension benefi ts.Mitchell was hired by

then-vice mayor Bernice O’Connor as assistant city recorder in 1979, which rec-ommendation was approved by a council vote. She be-came recorder in 1981. She has served with six mayors and eight vice mayors. She served as president of the Tennessee Association of Municipal Clerks and Re-corders and received in 2011 their Distinguished Service Award. She also received the Master Clerk Designa-tion in 2009 from the Inter-national Institute of Munic-ipal Clerks and Recorders.

■ Vice Mayor Nick Pavlis is leading the search to replace the three. The po-sition of city recorder has been posted. Serving on the committee to interview ap-plicants are Pavlis, fi nance director Jim York and civil service director Vickie Hat-

fi eld. Hatfi eld is best known for having pushed Sam An-derson off the city civil ser-vice board due to residency questions.

Surprising here is that this is not a council-only committee, as the position being fi lled is uniquely a councilmanic one. Since the post has not been fi lled in 35 years, no one is quite sure what the procedure is. It’s unclear if council will vote on it as a body. The named person will achieve civil service status a few months after being hired. This is similar to tenure, making it diffi cult for future coun-cils to make a change if they wished to do so.

■ The city pension board deadlocked on April 10 on what cost city em-ployees must bear to buy back prior military ser-vice. Michael Paseur, who has a good attendance re-

cord, was absent due to his daughter’s illness.

The city charter pro-vides that employees with military service can count it toward their pension. How would Paseur have voted? Will the board redo the vote if all members are present? The two Rogero appointees split on this issue, with Rog-ero casting an anti-veteran vote.

■ City council mem-ber Finbarr Saunderswill have a fundraiser for his re-election May 6 at the architectural offi ce of fel-low council member Duane Grieve on Emory Place. Marshall Stair has sent out a letter seeking donations.

All are unopposed at present. Qualifying dead-line for mayor, city judge and council is noon June 18.Victor Ashe is a former mayor of Knox-

ville. Contact him at: 865-523-6573 or

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Gibbs area residents have battled for 20-plus years for a new middle school in the community. During that time a brand-new elementa-ry school was built at Gibbs and Holston Middle School, where Gibbs-area kids are zoned, was remodeled.

Gibbs residents showed up across Knox County to lobby for a middle school when Superintendent Jim McIntyre held public meet-ings. No other community has pushed so hard for so long. It’s safe to say, folks who don’t live in Gibbs are puzzled.

What’s the problem?First, our middle schools

are in the wrong places.

Gibbs Middle School is a ‘forever’ issue

We’ve got a line of three from Vine to Holston to Carter without the popula-tion to support them. The answer: close one.

But wait, that’s what got us to this point.

Gibbs middle school kids had a wing on the high school before the decision to close it and Spring Hill Mid-dle School and rezone the

kids to Holston (which had been a high school). Three high schools – Holston, Rule and South – were closed at the same time. Thoughtful people wanted to close both Fulton and Austin-East as well and build a compre-hensive magnet high school downtown on the World’s Fair site.

But since we tend to make school zoning deci-sions based on which com-munities squeal the loud-est, A-E and Fulton were spared. Now both are op-erating below capacity and kids are beating down the doors to get into the L&N STEM Academy at World’s Fair Park.

We’ve got spaces without kids on the east side and kids without spaces on the west side.

Second, Gibbs advocates argue that the lack of a mid-dle school holds back the ar-ea’s growth. Nobody’s talk-ing about Northeast Knox Utility District’s lack of a sewer system (wastewater is treated by HPUD) stifl ing growth.

Commissioner Dave Wright says the school system’s study was f lawed by inaccurate population figures from the Metro-politan Planning Commis-sion. He says Hardin Val-ley’s numbers were just a year old, while the North-

east Sector Plan was out-of-date by some 12 years. MPC is currently updating that plan.

Third, and this is the 800-pound gorilla. Who’s going to pay for a new school at Gibbs? The school board chose not to fund it through its capital plan. It’s doubtful Mayor Tim Bur-chett will advocate borrow-ing money for Gibbs and two other new schools also requested.

That puts it on Knox County Commission to vote to build and to fund. If that path is taken it must come with a property tax increase to retire the associated debt, which could easily sur-

pass $60 million for three schools.

So the school board votes 5-3 for a new Gibbs middle, but has no way to fund it. The school sys-tem’s own study indicates there’s no current need. And the mayor is trying to pay down debt, not incur more.

Dave Wright has friends on the commission, but like-ly not enough to pass this proposal, especially without the mayor’s recommenda-tion. Burchett will present his budget on May 11. And the Gibbs community will fi ght on, win or lose, forever if it takes it to get a middle school.

Enrollment Projections

Name of School Current Enroll 2014 Residents 2019 2024 10 Yr.

Bearden Middle School 1178 1175 1416 1389 214.0

Carter Middle School 850 897 774.9 699.5 (197.0)

Cedar Bluff Middle School 617 612 555.4 554.4 (58.0)

Farragut Middle School * 1383 1347 1286 1309 (38.0)

Gresham Middle School 811 799 8315 806.5 8.0

Halls Middle School 1119 1110 941.3 949.8 160.0

Holston Middle School 907 897 923 785 112.0

Karns Middle School 1334 1322 1531 1434.7 113.0

Northwest Middle School 829 957 1099 1113.8 157.0

Powell Middle School 939 914 835.2 831.3 (83.0)

South Doyle Middle School 1081 1147 1232 1148.6 2.0

Vine Middle School 336 267 342.6 340.5 74.0

West Valley MiddleSchool * 1224 1188 1164 1267 79.0

Whittle Middle School 536 559 516.2 477.7 (81.0)

Total Middle School Students 13144 13191 13448 13107 462.0

The map at left shows 2014-19 projected growth for Knox County’s middle school

zones. The chart above shows current and projected enrollment. Both are from a

study commissioned by Knox County Schools and are available on the KCS website.

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By Betsy PickleWith “Avengers: Age of Ultron”

scaring off all the competi-tion at the box offi ce this weekend, the summer games begin with its Thursday-night debut.

The com-petition for s u m m e r -movie dol-lars is al-ways fi erce, but “Age of Ultron” has an edge. It’s the follow-up to “The Avengers,” the third-highest-grossing movie of all time (after “Avatar” and “Ti-tanic”). And with positive reviews trumpeting its way, it sounds as though this assemblage of Marvel heroes will be drawing crowds for weeks, if not months.

After saving the world from intergalactic villainy in 2012’s “The Avengers,” comic-book superheroes Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Captain America (Chris Evans), Thor

(Chris Hemsworth), Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson),

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Joss Whedon returns as director and writer.

Captain America (Chris Evans) and Thor (Chris Hemsworth) wrap up a mission in Eastern Europe.

By Mystery DinerHidden away – yet vis-

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A part of the Copper Cellar family, Chesa-peake’s is a fi ne-dining seafood restaurant lo-cated on Henley Street – according to the post offi ce – but accessible only from Union Avenue in downtown Knoxville. GPS users should use the 600 Union Ave. address.

Leave navigation trou-bles at the door and em-brace the nautical East-ern seashore as you enter. Chesapeake’s is an open, warm restaurant that can be cozy or rambunctious, depending on your mood and party.

If you order anything other than seafood at Chesapeake’s – well, I just don’t even know what to do with you. Yes, the appetizer onion rings are good – until you compare them to the Spiced Blue Crab Fingers.

After a cup of really rich crab bisque, Mys-

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■ Blue & Gray Reunion and Freedom Jubilee presented by

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Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission in conjunction with

the Tennessee Civil War Sesquicentennial Signature Event.

Programs and activities in various venues. Info/list of events:

www.easttnhistory.org/BlueGray.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY ■ National Street Rod Association, dawn to dusk, Chilhowee

Park, 3301 E. Magnolia Ave.

■ The Threepenny Opera, Clarence Brown Theatre

Mainstage, 1714 Andy Holt Ave. Performances: 7:30 p.m.

Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. Info/tickets: www.

clarencebrowntheatre.com.

FRIDAY ■ Alive After Five: Robinella, 6-8:30 p.m., Knoxville Museum

of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Tickets: $10; $5 for mem-

bers/students. Info: 934-2039.

■ Celtic Woman 10th Anniversary Celebration, 7:30 p.m.,

Knoxville Civic Auditorium, 500 Howard Baker Jr. Ave. Info/

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■ Midnight Voyage Live: Crizzly, Antiserum, LAXX, 8 p.m.,

The International, 940 Blackstock Ave. Info/tickets: www.

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strong Lockett House) and W.P. Toms Memorial Garden, 2728

Kingston Pike. Info: 637-3163, www.crescentbend.com.

■ Studio Arts for Dancers Spring Concert, 5 p.m., Tennessee

Theatre. Info/tickets: 539-2475.

SUNDAY, MAY 3 ■ The Anomaly Tour with Lecrae, featuring Andy Mineo &

DJ Promote!, 7 p.m., Knoxville Civic Coliseum, 500 Howard

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seum Box Offi ce, 215-8999; Knoxville Tickets: 656-4444, 877

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■ The KSO Chamber Orchestra presents Lucas Richman’s

Chamber Finale, 2:30 p.m., Bijou Theater. Info/tickets: www.

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■ Lewis Black, 7 p.m., Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Info/

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By Carol ShaneKnoxvillians have long enjoyed

home tours, usually in historic neigh-borhoods such as Fourth and Gill and Old North Knoxville. Old-house buffs can certainly fi nd plenty to look at – our city boasts hundreds of beautiful Victorian and Craftsman dwellings.

But how about some new homes in old spaces? Spaces that weren’t origi-nally meant to be residential?

Get ready for The City People Home Tour this weekend. Subtitled “Urban Spaces in Downtown Knoxville,” the tour includes 13 homes in 11 buildings.

Since its inception in 1985, the event has grown steadily. The fi rst tour was called “Two Hundred Years of Living in the Old City” and included popular continental restaurant Annie’s (now defunct) and an artist gallery.

Presented by downtown Knoxville organization City People in partner-ship with Knox Heritage, this year’s tour includes Gay Street, several con-necting side streets and beyond to the south side’s riverfront, as well as the north side’s Old City.

Developer David Dewhirst, who

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Included on the tour are: ■ The Commerce Lofts, 122 S.

Gay St. Built in the 1890s to support the growing Jackson Avenue ware-house district, it now holds 24 lofts and three commercial spaces.

■ White Lily Flats, 222 N. Cen-tral St. The original section of this building dates to 1885. The home of J. Allen Smith & Co., it has come to be known as the White Lily Building, af-ter the company’s most famous prod-uct, White Lily Flour. The brand was later bought by the J.M. Smucker Co., and the mill closed in 2008.

■ The Holston, 531 S. Gay St. Known as the Hope Brothers Build-ing, this 1898 structure started out housing a shoe store. In 1908, Hope Brothers Jewelers took up residence, operating as “Dealers in Rare Things and Fine Jewelry.”

■ JFG Flats, 200 W. Jackson Ave.

This fi ve-story structure was built in 1924 and has served as a JFG coffee roasting plant for most of its history. Founded in Morristown in 1882, the JFG company also offered tea, mayon-naise and peanut butter.

■ Gallery Lofts, 402 S. Gay St. Constructed after 1897’s “Million Dol-lar Fire,” which destroyed this entire block, the building was home to the McNulty Grocery and Dry Goods Co. Its lower fl oors are now the home of Mast General Store.

■ Emporium Lofts, 112 S. Gay St. Built in 1902 as the new home of Sterchi Brothers Furniture Store, it now holds residential and commercial spaces. One of the unique features of the building is that it retains access to underground Gay Street.

The City People Urban Homes Tour takes place from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Friday, May 1, and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sat-urday, May 2. Visitors will park and ride the trolley to each destination. Tickets are $15. Info: 209-1616, city-people.knox@gmail.com, or citypeo-plehometour.org.

By Wendy SmithThis weekend’s Blue and

Gray Reunion and Freedom Jubilee will offer a host of activities for Civil War buffs as well as those who love Knoxville history.

The weekend is a com-bined effort of the Tennes-see Civil War Sesquicenten-nial Commission and local historical organizations. Registration is required for the state event, titled “Re-construction in Tennessee,” at tncivilwar150.com.

Local offerings include Civil War fort tours, an 1860s baseball game, museum ex-hibits, a Civil War Exposition and notable performers and speakers like the Fisk Jubi-lee Singers, actor Ben Vereen and “Gettysburg”/“Gods and Generals” director Ron Max-well, who will speak at the Blue and Gray Reunion Din-ner − the only ticketed event.

The events are designed to educate the public on Knoxville’s unique role in the Civil War. Many will highlight the role that local African-Americans played in the war. A pamphlet titled “First Steps to Free-dom,” which contains a his-

tory of African-Americans in Knoxville, will be avail-able at the Freedom Jubilee opening ceremony at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, May 2, at the Beck Cultural Exchange Center, 1927 Dandridge Ave.

The pamphlet includes details of the 1st U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery, mustered in Knoxville in February 1864. In 1860, the city had approx-imately 4,000 residents, and 10 percent were slaves, says Calvin Chappelle, executive director of the Mabry-Hazen House, 1711 Dandridge Ave. The area had divided loyal-ties, so it was easier to mus-ter black troops here than it would have been in the Deep South.

The pamphlet also de-scribes a city-funded proj-ect to transcribe thousands of pages of handwritten re-cords of the regiment that are part of the National Ar-chives in Washington, D.C. The fi rst of three volumes of the transcription will be unveiled at the opening cer-emony, and Chappelle says the searchable PDF fi le will provide valuable insight into the lives of the soldiers.

Cemetery tours are in-

John Hitt, portraying Captain James Rogers McCallum, and Ed

White, portraying Colonel John Bell Brownlow, will participate

in a living history exhibit at Old Gray Cemetery at 1 p.m. this

Saturday. Photo submitted

Weekend to explore Knoxville’s role in Civil War

cluded in the weekend’s events. Odd Fellows Cem-etery will be open 1-5 p.m. on Saturday, and graves of Civil War veterans, includ-ing those from the 1st U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery, will be decorated. Visitors should park at Walter Hardy Park, 2020 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave.

Old Gray Cemetery, 543 N. Broadway, will have a liv-ing history exhibit at 1 p.m. on Saturday. Bearden resi-dent Bud Albers will talk about his grandfather, An-drew Jackson Albers, who chaired Knoxville’s 1890 Civil War reunion, and is buried at Old Gray. Reen-actors will portray other noteworthy veterans buried there, like Colonel John Bell Brownlow and James Rog-ers McCallum, a member of “The Immortal 600,” a

group of Confederate sol-diers used as human shields on Morris Island in Charles-ton harbor.

Over 240 veterans, from both sides, are interred at Old Gray, says executive di-rector Alix Dempster.

First Presbyterian, 620 State Street, is acknowledg-ing the weekend’s events with a service titled “Re-membrance, Reunion and Reconciliation in a Divided Nation.” Music will come from an 1890 hymnal, and Beck Cultural Exchange Center president Renee Kessler and state Rep. Joe Armstrong will participate.

The service is intended to recognize the contributions of African American sol-diers during the Civil War, says Pastor William Pender.

Info: easttnhistory.org/bluegray

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By Betsy PickleIt’s time to turn the tables on the

teachers.Dogwood Elementary School will

hold its PTO fundraising carnival from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 1, at the school.

“We are having a ‘Soak the Teacher’ event this year, so that will be fun,” says principal Lana Shelton-Lowe. “I am buying several tickets for some of my favorites.”

Shelton-Lowe says there will also

be a “fabulously funny Toilet Toss.”“I am sure I’ll end up on a toilet or

getting water dumped on me or both!” she says.

The beloved principal is no doubt being paranoid, but the carnival will be fun for all. There will be games, dis-co dancing and other activities. There also will be a raffl e.

Dinner will feature items that prob-ably aren’t on the food pyramid, in-cluding cookies, cotton candy, pickles, popcorn and hot dogs.

Money raised will support the PTO’s efforts to improve the school.

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West View to host spring carnivalWest View Elementary School will host a Cinco de

Mayo spring carnival 4:30-6:30 p.m. Friday, May 1. The event will raise money to send students to the

Museum of Appalachia and Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies.

The carnival will feature games, face painting, a dunking booth, bounce house, Safety City, visits from Shoney Bear, Wendy from Wendy’s Restaurant and the Chick-fi l-A cow. Tickets will be four for $1.

West View Elementary is at 1714 Mingle Ave. Info: 594-4471.

Dogwood Elementary School fi rst-graders got to play and learn in their “backyard” last week.

The students went on a fi eld trip to the Great Smoky Moun-

tains National Park. As they hiked along a trail, “Ranger Sara” taught them about ani-mal habitats, animal groups and what makes an animal part of a specifi c group.

“This is a tradition for our fi rst-graders, and they love going on this trip each year,” says principal Lana Shelton-Lowe. “It allows the students to experience fi rst-

hand the science unit we have just completed.

“This also exposes them to a national treasure in their own backyard.”

– Betsy Pickle

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By Bill DockeryThe oldest resident of

Holston Health and Reha-bilitation Center celebrated her 105th year Sunday and promptly began working on her 106th.

Family and friends gath-ered to honor Ethel Kelly Julian, the oldest resident of the center. Her birthdate is April 27.

Julian was born in Se-vier County, but her fam-ily moved to Knox County when she was an infant. She has called several Knox communities home, includ-ing New Hopewell, Kimber-lin Heights and West Haven. She lived in Broadway Tow-ers for a number of years after her husband died at 90 but came to the Holston

facility three years ago after breaking a hip.

“I’m still a-kicking, just not too high,” Julian said.

Julian took her fi rst job at age 12 working in a shirt factory on Gay at Central, running a button-hole ma-chine. Later she moved to Appalachian Mills, where her job was folding men’s underwear. She worked for

Ethel Kelly Julian celebrated her 105th year as friends and family gathered for festivities at the

Holston Health and Rehabilitation Center. She is the facility’s oldest resident.

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many years in the Church Street branch offi ce of Sanitary Laundry and Dry Cleaning. After she was in-jured in a robbery in that job, she became a Pink Lady volunteer at East Tennessee Baptist Hospital.

She and husband Mor-ris had three children: Lynn, retired captain in the Knoxville Fire Depart-ment; Harold, a retired columnist and copy editor with the News Sentinel; and the late Joyce Whaley. She has seven granddaugh-ters, 14 great-grandchil-dren and nine great-great-grandchildren.

Though she doesn’t get there as often as she once did, Julian is the oldest member of Smithwood Bap-tist Church, where she is known as “Mama Ethel.”

Recently interviewed by UT students for a fi lm on the area’s centenarians, she gave them the key to her longevity.

“I never smoked, drank or sunbathed,” she said, to which one of student inter-viewers responded, “Too late for me.”

Dogwood Elementary students and parents enjoy lunch

during their Smokies outing.

‘Treasure in their own backyard’

Mayor Tim Burchett shows newspaper club members his fa-

ther’s name on a plaque outside of the offi ce at Sarah Moore

Greene Magnet Academy. Pictured with the mayor are Jarmar-

ion Chambers, Judarius Jones, Madison Thomas and Wesley

Mills. Photo by R. White

By Sandra ClarkTim Burchett has a knack

for talking with people – es-pecially kids. The mayor thoroughly entertained the newspaper club at Sarah Moore Greene Magnet Academy.

He talked about bam-boo, a current hobby. He invited them to follow him on Twitter. He showed video of his bamboo skateboards and said he still has more than 100 motorcycles, even though he sold several af-ter he got married. He even talked about worm poop, saying, “If it wasn’t for worms, the world would be square.”

Burchett showed video of the igloo he built for his stepdaughter, Isabel, and said the project almost

killed him.“That’s why I shut down

the county that second (snow) day – so I could fi n-ish the igloo,” he joked.

He said he enjoyed his 16 years in the state Leg-islature, but after his elec-tion as mayor he had an epiphany. He was “in line at Wright’s Cafeteria, right be-tween the mystery meat and the mashed potatoes,” when another customer joked that a county employee would be paying with a P-card.

“I knew it was time to put up or shut up,” Burchett said. He returned his coun-ty-owned car and instituted policies to clamp down on wasteful spending. It’s im-portant to Burchett that no citizen thinks money is be-ing wasted on his watch.

Mayor talks straight to kids

Caregiver supportgroup meeting

The Kay Center hosts a care-giver support group meeting 3 p.m. each third Monday in Room 201-A of Church Street United Methodist Church, 900 Henley St. Info: 521-0289.

First-graders CharKayla Thomas, TreMichael McKnight

and Caden Conard, students in Mary Kidd’s class, look

at part of an owl pellet held by “Ranger Sara” of the

Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Photos submitted

Rabies vaccination clinics setThe Knox County Health Department and the Knox-

ville Veterinary Medical Association is offering rabies vac-cinations for $10 per animal 2-4:30 p.m., Saturday, May 2 and 9, at select Knox County schools.

May 2: Austin-East High, Ball Camp Elementary, Beau-mont Elementary, Blue Grass Elementary, Dogwood El-ementary, East Knox Elementary, Farragut High, Gresh-am Middle, Halls Elementary, Inskip Elementary, New Hopewell Elementary, Northwest Middle, Powell High, Rocky Hill Elementary, South-Doyle High, West High and Whittle Springs Middle.

May 9: Anderson Elementary, Bearden High, Bearden Middle, Brickey-McCloud Elementary, Carter Middle, Ce-dar Bluff Primary, Chilhowee Elementary, Christenberry Elementary, Copper Ridge Elementary, Gibbs Elementary, Hardin Valley Elementary, Karns Elementary, Mount Ol-ive Elementary, Norwood Elementary, Ritta Elementary, Sunnyview Elementary and Shannondale Elementary.

All pets must be restrained. Dogs should be on a leash, and cats should be in carriers or pillowcases (a pillowcase is preferred because the vaccine can be administered through the cloth). Those with aggressive or uncontrollable dogs are advised to leave the pet in the car and ask for assistance at the registration desk. Info: knoxcounty.org/health/rabies.

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HonorAir salutes nurseRuth Coughlin, a nurse with the U.S. Navy during World

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CrossFit FC at Fountain City is opening soon, bring-ing a unique physical train-ing program to area resi-dents. The manager is Kim Rines, and the location is 2404 Dutch Valley Drive.

The facility is locally-owned, CrossFit-licensed and focused on health and well-being.

The grand opening will be noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 2, with live music from The Arnold Tracy Band, CrossFit demonstrations for both adults and kids. There

will be food and beverages, infl atables and activities for adults and children.

CrossFit is promoted as a physical exercise philoso-phy and a competitive fi t-ness sport. CrossFit work-outs incorporate elements from high-intensity interval training, Olympic weight-lifting, plyometrics, power-lifting, gymnastics, girevoy sport, calisthenics, strong-man and other exercises.

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UT Medical Center uses DeRoyal tracking system

Home Federal Bank’s Debra Smith and Chris Rohwer celebrate the dedication of Anne Hilliard’s

(center) new home in East Knoxville. The dedication marked Home Federal Bank’s 25th Habitat

for Humanity home. Photo submitted

Home Federal Bank employees gathered with Knoxville Habitat for Hu-manity representatives and new homeowner Anne Hill-iard for a dedication cer-emony celebrating the com-pletion of her new home in the Silver Leaf subdivision in East Knoxville.

The dedication of this home marks Home Federal Bank’s 25th consecutive year as a covenant partner with Knoxville Habitat for Humanity. Covenant part-ners provide half of the cash

needed to build a h ouse, currently $40,000, plus sig-nifi cant manpower to aid in construction. Home Federal Bank is Knoxville Habitat for Humanity’s longest-standing covenant partner.

Hilliard is described by those who know her as adaptive and ambitious, once homeless but never hopeless. She does a good job of describing what this Habitat Home means to her.

“I know what it’s like not to have a place to live. When you have to rely on others,

you never know what is go-ing to happen, and it is not a safe situation. It is a re-assuring feeling knowing you have a place to lay your head. I am very grateful for the peace in my heart that I have found again.”

Kelle Shultz, president and CEO of Knoxville Habi-tat, said, “We are grateful for Home Federal Bank’s longstanding position as a covenant partner and are fortunate to have such a generous corporate citizen in our city.”

Home Federal dedicates 25th Habitat house

DeRoyal Industries are partnering on a supplies tracking system with the potential to revolutionize effi ciency and patient safety in the operating room. The system, Continuum OR, cre-ated by DeRoyal and tested and refi ned at the medical center, uses radio frequency identifi cation technology to develop surgery procedure supply lists specifi c to each surgeon and improve inven-tory management and sup-ply tracking.

“As in most facilities, the tracking of supplies was primarily a manual system often performed by clinical staff,” said Brian C. DeBusk, chief executive offi cer at De-Royal Industries.

The average rate of items collected for a surgical pro-cedure that are not used has been estimated to be as high 70 percent. As a result of the collaboration the medi-cal center has seen improve-ments to operating room ef-fi ciencies and patient safety.

By Anne Hart Anyone who has ever

fallen truly in love with a certain style or make of automobile has met their match in Knoxville artist and sculptor Clark Stewart.

Stewart, however, has taken his love for automobiles far beyond the imagination of most of us in a series of fantasy creations of classic cars he has crafted using everything from an old birch cutting board to scrap aluminum and even velvet.

Many of the cars will be on display starting Friday and continuing through the month of May at the District Gallery in Bearden.

A retired University of Tennessee professor of drawing and painting, Stewart says his love affair with automobiles began when he purchased a classic MGTC as a teenager.

“I took it apart to the last bolt and screw and put it all back together again. No one could believe a 19-year-old could do that.”

Ah, but when we learn that the 19-year-old Stewart lived in California’s Newport Beach area, famous for its “muscle cars” of the ’60s and other classic beauties on four wheels, it all begins to make sense, for Stewart’s cars are as marvelous as those.

“Automata” is what he calls his fi gurative collection. It is colorful and amazing in every way. There are fantasy renditions of the Porsche, Jaguar, Bugatti, MG, Alfa Romeo and others.

None is true to the original. They are better. More colorful. More interesting. More beautiful in both design and

Artist and sculp-

tor Clark Stewart

with two of his

fantasy cars,

loosely based

on classics of

the 1930s and

titled “Autom-

ata,” on display

through May at

the District Gal-

lery in Bearden. Photo by A. Hart

“Moto Mata” is what artist

Clark Stewart calls his imag-

ined art deco motorcycles.

a thrill for car lovers‘Automata’craftsmanship. And they are fl awless. For if ever a perfectionist existed, it is Clark Stewart.

An art collector himself, Stewart says the collection he and his wife, Judy, have amassed from around the world “is a collection of souls. Art represents the best part of people’s souls. Whatever concrete thing you make, that’s the best part of you. And nice cars have a soul to them.”

Stewart says he made the fi rst car “imagining I was designing in the ’30s, and when I fi nished, I thought, ‘That was fun,’ and I just kept on, and now I have all of these and a sketchbook full of ideas.”

During his 42 years at UT, Stewart created drawings and paintings that were shown in more than 200 exhibitions worldwide and are included in many private and museum collections.

If you’re a lover of motorcycles, don’t despair. Stewart is also. His classic Norton will be on display at the show, alongside the bright yellow fantasy Norton he sculpted.

The show opened with a reception April 25 and is open to the public.

Info: 200-4452 or www.thedistrictgallery.com

NEWS FROM PREMIER SURGICAL

May 6 Knoxville 5FIVE15 Fun Run to Benefi t Amputee Athletes

S e v e n -t e e n - y e a r -old DJ Vanderwerf loves to run. The Sweet-water teen enjoys com-peting in 5K road races and con-t i n u o u s l y c h a l le n ge s himself to improve his speed and race times.

“I’m ac-tive and al-ways on the go. I believe you can do

anything you want if you put your mind to it,” says Vanderwerf.

Running hasn’t always been a smooth road for Vanderwerf. Because of a birth defect, his left foot was am-putated when he was just 9 months old. He’s been wearing a prosthesis ever since.

Despite his prosthesis, Vanderw-erf has excelled at many sports, earn-ing top spots on the Sweetwater High School football, basketball and base-ball teams.

“I don’t see myself as different because of my prosthesis. I’m just a normal kid who loves to play sports,” says Vanderwerf.

The only sport Vanderwerf has struggled to conquer is distance run-ning. The prosthesis leg he has for dai-ly wear and team sports isn’t suitable for comfortable distance running.

Two years ago Vanderwerf and his family learned about Amputee Blade Runners (ABR), a non-profi t group that provides free running prosthet-ics for amputee athletes. ABR’s team of prosthetists, physicians and fabri-cators donate their time to construct and fi t athletes with a custom run-ning leg. Because running prosthesis are not considered “medically neces-

sary”, they aren’t normally covered by insurance. Through ABR, Vanderwerf was fi tted with a fl exible carbon-fi ber blade that has allowed him to run safely and comfortably ever since.

Now, Vanderwerf hopes to raise awareness about Amputee Blade Run-ners and assist them in helping other amputees. He’s serving as an Ambas-sador for ABR’s 5FIVE15 fundraiser. It will be held Wednesday, May 6, at 5:30pm, at Bearden Run-ner’s Market in Knoxville.

“Donate $5 and run or walk for fi ve minutes or fi ve miles. We hope to raise $15,000 to buy running sports legs for fi ve amputees,” explains Vanderwerf.

The May 6th Knoxville event is part of the national 5FIVE15 Cam-paign. Amputee Blade Runners’ goal is to provide a running prosthesis to at least one athlete in all 50 states by 2016. Vanderwerf says it’s a goal worth striving for.

“ABR helps adults and kids like me b e active and normal. It’s a great organization and I hope people will come out and help us reach our goal!”

DJ Vanderwerf com-

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his prosthesis from Am-

putee Blade Runners.

To donate or participate in the fun run visit: https://www.

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www.premierprosthetic.com Premier Surgical Prosthetic Center is a proud sponsor of the Amputee Blade

Runners Knoxville 5FIVE15 fundraiser.

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