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By Wendy SmithOffi cer Keith Lyon, a 23-year

veteran of the Knoxville Police De-partment, witnesses violence and trauma on a regular basis, like all other experienced offi cers. But he leaned most heavily on the KPD Chaplain Corps when his infant son had brain surgery in 2001.

He met Thomas Cook when the chaplain rode along with Lyon during his volunteer shift. Over the next year, Cook always rode with Lyon, and their time together became an outlet for the offi cer.

I had to be strong at home, ex-plains Lyon.

The primary purpose of the KPD chaplain program is to be a source of support and encourage-ment to police offi cers, says chap-

KPD Chaplain Mike Buckley talks to Offi cer James Hunley outside the Safety Building at 800 Howard Baker Jr. Blvd. Buckley, an associate minister at the Laurel Church of Christ, was trained as a chaplain in 2015. Photo by Wendy Smith

KPD chaplains help offi cers stay stronglain coordinator Pam Neal. They counsel and pray with offi cers who have been involved in trag-edies, and accompany them when they make death notifi cations. The chaplains also offer support to the community during a crisis, like the December 2014 school bus crash that killed two students and a teachers aide. But their main task is serving offi cers.

Lyon also utilized the chaplain corps when he arrived at Inskip Elementary School after principal Elisa Luna and assistant princi-pal Amy Brace were shot. He held Lunas hand until medical help ar-rived.

Stuff -a-Bag aheadThe Halls Crossroads

Womens League will hold its semi-annual Stuff-A-Bag Sale 9 a.m. to 1 p.m Saturday, March 12, at the Closet. Brown bags are purchased for $5 each and can be fi lled or stuffed with as much clothing as will fi t in the bag.

A shoppers dream, it provides families with good, gently used clothing at the lowest bargain prices. The Closet is located at the corner of Maynardville Highway and Cunningham Road in Halls.

Y open houseThe Bob Temple North Side

Y will hold open house from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 12. There will be food, an Eas-ter egg hunt and infl atables for the kids. Tour the facility and join a free group fi tness class. There is no joining fee dur-ing the open house. The Y is located at 7609 Maynardville Pike. Info: 922-9622.

Car, truck and motorcy-cles owners can support the band program at Halls High School by taking part in the 15th annual Halls Cross-roads Car Show on Satur-day, March 26.

The show will take place in the parking lot at the Food City in Halls, located at 7202 Maynardville Pike. Open registration will take place from 9 a.m. until noon and judging from noon to 4 p.m.

The event is open to all vehicles, including sports, exotics, antiques, hot rods, customs, trucks and motor-cycles. Registration is $20 through March 16 and $25 from March 17 to event day.

Every paid registration includes a goody bag, event T-shirt and fi ve tickets for the door-prize drawings held throughout the day. Door prizes include a wide range of items donated by

local businesses and band boosters. Door prize tick-ets are a dollar each. Funds raised from the car show will support Halls Highs band program.

Every year, the band must acquire and replace instruments and uniforms, and there are a number of operating expenses neces-sary to meet the needs of our growing program, says Valerie Bronson, who, along with her husband, Jeff, is one of the organizers of the event. Their daughter, Julie, performs with the band.

The car show is a huge undertaking, but has become very popular. The funds raised at the show will help the band program reach the next level of excellence and national competitiveness.

Info: hallsband.org/carshow or vtbronson@comcast.net

Car show ahead,Halls band benefi ts

Carnival time

Jackson Frye uses all his strength to pull the huge sling shot at the Copper Ridge Elementary School carnival. See story and more pictures on A3 . Photo by Ruth White

Rural/Metro has added a new fi retruck to its inventory. The Pierce Quantum Rescue Pumper is based at Station No. 30 in Halls.

We are so happy to have this new truck to serve the Halls community, as it continues Rural/Metros investment into the Knox County communities we serve, said company spokesperson Larry Wilder. In the past year, we have also built a new fi re station in the Choto area and added a new fi retruck in Cedar Bluff.

Wilder said the Halls truck is not

By Sandra ClarkKeep Knoxville Beautiful has renamed the Ev-

ergreen Award to the Mary Lou Horner Beautifi cation Award, giv-en this year to the Knoxville Mu-seum of Art. The organization held its 34th awards dinner March 1.

The Horner award recognizes a former orchid winner whose prop-erty has been beautifully main-tained for at least 10 years since its original recognition. The late Mary Lou Horner, a longtime county

commissioner, was a founding member of Keep Knoxville Beautiful and its biggest champion.

Other winners are: New Architecture: Contemporary Womens

Health Redesign/Reuse: Oakwood Senior Living

Center and White Lily Flats Restaurant/Cafe/Bar/Brewery: Babalu Public Art Project: Bringing Tap Back Water

Refi ll Stations Outdoor Space: Sansom Sports Complex and

Town of Farragut Outdoor Classroom Environmental Stewardship: WROL Building

The East Tennessee Community Design Cen-ter served as judges for the awards. Attendees enjoyed music by the Old City Buskers. The event was sponsored by WUOT, Pilot Flying J, Bojan-gles, Lamar Advertising, the Knoxville Hilton and the Knoxville TVA Employees Credit Union.

Horner

Orchids honor local projects

at Copper Ridge

Rural/Metro has added a new fi retruck, Engine No. 230, serving the Halls commu-nity. Station No. 30 on Lena Lane in Halls is one of the busiest in the state, said R/M spokesperson Larry Wilder. The inset shows the inscription on the fi retruck.

New fi retruck for Hallsbrand new.

We do buy some brand newtrucks, but if we are able to fi nd somein exceptional condition, we will gothat route. This one is immaculate!The only thing it needed was our sig-nature lime green paint color.

He said the truck would have cost$400,000 to $500,000 if new.

Wilder likes this truck: Pierce hasbeen manufacturing high-end fi re-fi ghting equipment since 1913, and isrecognized for forward thinking de-

Fort Sumter cemetery news

The annual meeting of the Fort Sumter Community Cemetery and the community will be 7 p.m. Thursday, March 17, at the cemetery offi ce, 4828 Salem Church Road. The an-nual report will be provided and discussed. The community is encouraged to attend. The cemetery is accepting bids for seasonal mowing until 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 15. Info/bid forms: 660-6949.

HHS Wall of FameJudson Palmer is seeking

nominations for the Halls High School Wall of Fame. Winners will be named at the Halls Alumni Associations annual banquet in April. Get an ap-plication by writing to P.O. Box 70654, Knoxville TN 37938 or calling 865-712-3099.

Harvey is at the Powell Playhouse

Elwood P. Dowd has a friend, a 6-foot, 6-inch tall white rabbit that no one sees but him.

Harvey will be performed by the Powell Playhouse this week with shows Thursday, Friday and Saturday, March 10-12, at 7 p.m. with an ad-ditional 2 p.m. matinee on Saturday. Tickets are $10 at the door or are available online at www.powellplayhouse.com

Lunch or dinner is available from the Jubilee Banquet Fa-cility before each performance. ($15 for dinner, $10 for lunch). To reserve a meal, call the Ju-bilee Center at 865-938-2112.

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I have been remiss in holding back the Jani Tru-povnieks story . Last week was a start but, borrowing from song, fi lm and politi-cians, You aint seen noth-in yet.

Trupovnieks: Roots, Vol memories, Rhonda

The former Tennessee tackle, largest director of the UT lettermens club, is in the midst of a satisfy-ing career in international sales. He has come far from Hopedale, Ohio, but that trip does not compare to his roots.

His father, Janis, was born in rural Latvia in 1919. In an upset of tradition, he was allowed to leave the family farm at age 12 for ad-vanced study and a chance at a better life. He beat long odds and was admitted for university pre-med.

When World War II broke out, Latvia was caught in the middle. Germans threat-ened but the Soviet Union occupied his country. When ordered into that army, Ja-nis fl ed, 300 miles on foot through Lithuania and Po-land, then as a stowaway on a small freighter across the Baltic Sea to Germany.

He was caught but his medical training saved his life. He was assigned to fi eld hospitals.

When Hitlers Germany

fell, Janis became a dis-placed person. He boarded a crowded train for Gttin-gen with the idea of finally becoming a full-f ledged doctor. All along the way, thousands of other refu-gees tried to climb aboard, even when the train was moving.

Janis Trupovnieks, stand-ing in a coach doorway, held on with one hand and reached the other out to clasp the hand of a young woman. He pulled Ingeborge Matilda Altmann aboard. She was from East Germany, on her way to be a Red Cross nurse. She never made it.

Gottingen orphanages needed nurses.

Three days later, she ac-cepted Janis marriage pro-posal.

I recently found the manifest showing their pas-sage into the United States, at Ellis Island, said Jani. My father had made ar-rangements for them to stay with a Latvian couple in Quincy, Ill.

The young doctor did an internship in Cleveland. He heard about an opportu-nity in Hopedale. He stayed there all his working life. He became a legend of kind-ness, for giving back, for caring even for those who couldnt pay.

Young Jani grew tall and strong. He was going to play college football at Notre Dame (fathers choice) or Pittsburgh, 45 min-utes away, moms prefer-ence. Alas, the Pitt coaches moved to Tennessee. Jim

Dyar turned Jani into a Vol-unteer.

Jim Dyar was and al-ways will be the greatest in-fl uence in my life. Jim was a fantastic coach and recruit-er, but an even better man.

Janis parents moved to Knoxville to see him play for the famous John Ma-jors. Phillip Fulmer was line coach. Trupovnieks was in-jured as a junior. He started as a senior. Without mean-ing to, he helped Reggie White refi ne his swim move in daily practices.

Trupovnieks, James Berry, Bill Bates and other teammates endured the opening 44-0 loss to Geor-gia and the 43-7 loss to Southern Cal but eventually made it to the Garden State Bowl.

Highlight of his time at Tennessee came before that, in the summer of 79.

He and other Vols were on Cherokee Lake, in a friends boat, admiring the shore scenery and not paying a lot of attention to what was in front of us.

Jani heard a scream but it was too late. The boat struck a raft. Rhonda Brimer was aboard.

Once we made sure she was OK, I got her in the boat, begging her not to sue me. After that, I never let her out of my sight.

I really impressed her on our fi rst date. It was quarter beer night at a Knoxville baseball game.

OK, so Jani crashing into Rhondas fl oat as an introduction to an eventual marriage wasnt as good as his dad helping Ingeborge Matilda Altmann onto the train but its the best I can do for now.Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@netzero.com

Proactive planning safeguards neighborhoodsAnyone whos ever won-

dered how an auto repair shop or an apartment com-plex could spring up next to a subdivision of single-family homes (and thats ev-eryone who pays attention) should understand sector plans.

Sector plans are born af-ter Metropolitan Planning Commission staff collects information like current land use, population, trans-portation and utilities for a chunk of the city or county. Then, using public feedback, they come up with 15-year plan to guide growth. After its adopted, they use it to make decisions about what should be allowed where.

Things change, so sector plans get updated regularly. Once again, citizens are en-couraged to participate.

Its a good process, ex-cept for the fact that every month, developers request sector plan changes that will

allow them to rezone prop-erty so they can build what they want. There are six re-quested sector plan changes on this weeks MPC agenda, and staff recommends ap-proval on all but one.

County Commissioner John Schoonmaker, a for-mer chair of the Knox Coun-ty Board of Zoning Appeals, always has eye on the MPC agenda. Each month, he makes a report to the Coun-cil of West Knox County Homeowners on agenda items that may be of inter-est.

He thinks sector plan changes are becoming more frequent because most eas-

ily developable land is gone, which encourages develop-ers to build on less appro-priate sites.

MPC Executive Director Gerald Green has an idea that could reduce the num-ber of sector plan changes. Developers could leave those oddball greenfi elds alone and use underutilized commercial land instead.

Green chatted about development while driv-ing down Broadway, where there are numerous ex-amples of under-developed commercial properties. Some are small buildings with large parking lots, oth-ers are simply unattractive.

Thats our challenge to use whats not completely developed.

Developers like to start from scratch, so theyd pre-fer to rezone empty land, if its easy. It takes a com-munity that stands fi rm on rezoning to get them to con-

sider existing commercial property, he says.

That shift in perspective can be slow, but Green wit-nessed such a change while serving as a city planner in Asheville in the 1990s. The city examined the require-ments for rezoning to com-mercial use, and evaluated property along major cor-ridors. They found that the land was worth more than the buildings, which en-couraged redevelopment.

To bring about a simi-lar shift in Knoxville, the community needs to attend planning meetings and talk to elected offi cials about taking a fi rm stance against rezoning to commercial. MPC staff wants to hear from the public, too.

Theyd rather talk to (residents) than see their plans overturned, Green says.

Another idea is to use neighborhood plans rather

than sector plans to guide development. Neighborhood plans allow citizens to work together to decide how they want an area to look and put necessary development guidelines in place. The Bearden Village Opportuni-ties Plan and the Broadway-Central-Emory Place Small Area Plan are examples within the city. The county doesnt have any existing neighborhood plans.

Guiding development is hard because it requires a proactive, rather than re-active, approach. It doesnt work to fi ght development thats already underway. Residents who want to limit commercial development in their backyard need to get involved today. MPC meets at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 10, in the Large As-sembly Room at the City County Building.

QUOTABLES Hillary Clinton, asked if

shes ever told a lie, said she tries not to. Shes no George Washington, said Powell guy Bill Vaughan.

Sam McKenzie, nearing the end of his term on County Commission, voted against everything associated with a new Gibbs Middle School. Most votes were 9-1.

Ed Brantley just didnt want to give a tax break to the

Tombras Group to buy the old KUB building downtown. His was the sole no vote, triggering a comment from McKenzie: Its a lonely feel-ing, isnt it, Ed?

Donald Trump says his hand size doesnt mean hes lacking in other anatomical areas. You just cant watch these GOP debates with small children, said a blogger.

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She will report to Peter Ahrens, director of Plans Review and Inspections.

He said one of her fi rst projects will be managing and improving the current form districts section of the zoning code.

These are land develop-ment regulations focused on physical form as com-pared to joint use. Knox-villes South Waterfront and Cumberland Avenue project areas are both based on form-based code.

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Jennifer Owen

Owens big win surprises even herselfNo one was more sur-

prised by the margin of Jennifer Owens victory over Grant Standefer in the District 2 school board race than Jennifer Owen.

Going into Election Day, I was torn between I might

win by a little bit, or I might lose by a little bit, Owen said. When the polls closed, I had people at each loca-tion who got

the totals and were texting them to me, and I was just shocked. I won every one of them, and thought. Surely thats not right.

Owen went to Shannon-dale School at closing time, expecting to be wiped out, since thats Standefers and incumbent Tracie Sangers home precinct. Sanger cam-paigned for Standefer.

I looked at the Shan-nondale numbers and said, Wow! Im winning every precinct!

So how did she pull off the biggest upset of the campaign season against an opponent who probably had seven times the money plus the endorsement of the daily newspaper and the support of Knoxvilles elite? These were the same advan-tages Sanger enjoyed when she was elected two years ago over Jamie Rowe.

Owen said she believes the effects of the Sanger/Rowe race and Sangers performance as a board member played a role in this years win.

A lot of people really thought Jamie was going to

win her race, so they didnt work very hard for her. That mistake may have helped me more than we will ever know. People who are never involved were asking how to help. I think there was a lot of, We screwed up last time and it cant happen again.

Owen credits Standefer for running a very civil cam-paign.

He was supported by the same people who supported Sanger, and even though he had a very different per-sonality, I was still running against that same big mon-ey. I totally believe things would have been a whole lot meaner if Id been run-ning against Sanger. Maybe (Standefer) made me a nicer candidate. Hes a really nice guy, even though he didnt have a clue about the is-sues. His niceness may have helped me.

Owen is a former teacher who has deep subject mat-ter knowledge of education

issues. She designed her own direct mail and spent around $7,000, which she believes was far too much. She also believes Stand-efers money wasnt spent wisely:

I have a post offi ce box, and I kept getting Grants mailers at my house and at the box. It was Oh, theres another one! From the fi rst day, I got two. I was won-dering Can nobody sort out this database? They should have taken out my name and the names of people they knew were supporting me. And they should have been taking out the early voters, but they didnt take out anybody. It was very wasteful.

I kept thinking, How is this marketing company doing all this? All I can assume is the more they spend, the more they get. They wasted money on me, because I wasnt going to change my vote.

Lord, send us a signTeam Rogero still has not

erected any signs pointing the way to the new Blount Knox greenway from Buck Karnes Bridge to Marine Park next to the naval sta-tion adjacent to Alco a High-way. City spokesperson Eric Vreeland months ago said signs would be installed, but apparently the memo directing this has not been received. There was great fanfare when this greenway was offi cially opened but not much follow up.

The Rogero Administra-tion has had a tardy record in building greenways in-cluding the one along First Creek and Broadway which was promised by the mayor in her fi rst budget message some four years ago.

One has to wonder what is really happening in the greenway program.

State Sen. Dolores Gresham has introduced legislation to alter the makeup of the UT Board of Trustees by reducing its size and dividing the appointments between the two speakers, currently Ron Ramsey and Beth Har-well, and the governor.

The current board and Gov. Bill Haslam oppose the legislation and it may not pass. However, its in-troduction does focus atten-tion on the current board and its role in running the university. Sen. Gresham is a retired lieutenant colonel and an active lawmaker.

Much of the criticism of the board which include Knoxvillians Raja Jubran, Charles Anderson and Sharon Pryse has been the boards refusal to hear public discussion on the Lady Vols name change despite 25,000 signatures on a petition. Other points include little discussion or deliberation at the actual board meetings which are not shown on public televi-sion as the Legislature is.

Gov. Haslam chairs the board by election of the board. He is a board mem-ber by law and appoints the trustees. Haslam does not regularly attend and Jubran as vice chair then chairs the

meetings. There needs to be more actual discussion of items on the agenda at regular board meetings.

The board can change many of the points of criti-cism if it chooses to do so. Otherwise, there will be more annual attempts to alter the boards makeup. Hopefully, board members will be more proactive than they have been in the past.

The Legislature has named the new high school being built at the Tennessee School for the Deaf for Alan Mealka, the recently retired superintendent.

State Sen. Brian Kelsey and state Rep. Mary Littleton have intro-duced legislation to have a special election to fi ll any vacancy in the U.S. Senate from Tennessee. This would not often come into play as Tennessee has only had two vacancies in the U.S. Senate since 1960. The fi rst was Estes Kefauver who died in offi ce and then Albert Gore Jr. resigned to become vice president in 1993. Kefauver was replaced by Hub Walters of Morristown and Gore was followed by Harlan Mathews.

Under this legislation, the governor will still ap-point a new senator but he/she would only serve until the special statewide elec-tion was held. Vacancies in Congress are now fi lled by special election and this bill would extend that practice to the U.S. Senate.

Knoxville-based Tennessee Clean Water Network headed by Renee Hoyos has criticized the state Department of Envi-ronment and Conservation for cutting the issuance of enforcement orders by 90 percent since 2007. An explanation has not been forthcoming.

Potholes!The citys Public Service Department is heading

into pothole season with 129 service requests pend-ing since January.

The citys policy is to address service requests for pothole repairs within 48 hours during the business week. This is in addition to regularly scheduled road inspections in which potholes are patched. To report a pothole, just call the 311 city information line or submit a report on 311s web page at knoxvilletn.gov/pothole.

Last year, the city spent more than $200,000 com-pleting repairs with an estimate of 1,800 potholes patched.

The good ol boys are backLets review local winners

and losers on March 1.Winners have to in-

clude former Sheriff Tim Hutchison. He stepped out for Donald Trump when nobody else would. Trumps Tennessee win puts Hutchi-son in the spotlight and he will make the most of it.

Tim Burchett called Bud Armstrong his friend three times in a 30-second TV spot. Bud rolled over the well-funded Nathan Rowell on his way to a second term as county law director.

Scott Moore (and his father-in-law John White-head) survived efforts by Jim Weaver to link White-head to Moore and the Black Wednesday shenanigans. Whiteheads win, though

narrow, will clear the way for Moore to resume leadership roles in GOP politics.

A notable loser was Com-missioner Jeff Ownby who polled under 16 percent as an incumbent seeking re-elec-tion. Ownby ignored sugges-tions that he step down after his arrest for misdeeds in a public park.

Gov. Bill Haslam didnt help Marco Rubio with his late endorsement (half of the primary voters had already

voted in early voting), leav-ing politicos wondering why Haslam didnt just sit it out.

And how can Haslams own poll numbers remain so strong when hes clearly out of step with voters on many key issues?

The biggest loser, how-ever, is Laurens Tullock. His email soliciting funds for Nathan Rowell, Grant Standefer and Buddy Pelot netted considerable cash but no winners, although Pelot will advance to an August runoff with Susan Horn.

Looking aheadVictor Ashe will be at-

tending the GOP conven-tion in Cleveland, putting a Shopper columnist on the convention fl oor.

Teachers and their allies are quickly taking over the Knox County Board of Edu-cation.

After September, only two of the fi ve board members who voted to extend Super-intendent Dr. Jim McIntyres contract and then voted to give him a quarter-million-dollar buyout will remain.

Ironically, many of the people who support an ap-pointed superintendent are appalled. But without an election for superintendent, the only way teachers or oth-ers can register an opinion is through the school board elections.

And, as non-partisan, district elections without party primaries, the path is clear for teachers to win.

This week, Knoxville is hosting a week-long nation-al conference the Sustain-able Trails Conference for the Professional TrailBuild-ers Association. The confer-ence offers trail profession-als the opportunity to build skills, discover the best tools and techniques avail-able in the industry and net-work with others.

This amazing city is quickly becoming a trail mecca for hikers and moun-tain bikers alike, said PTBA executive director Michael Passo on selecting Knoxville for the confer-ence. The amazing public-private partnership that helped create the Urban Wilderness is unlike any we have found in other great trail cities.

The PTBA also is an-nouncing a new partnership program called the Lega-

cy Trail, which will leave Knoxville with a sustain-ably and professionally built trail segment connecting South-Doyle Middle School to an adjacent neighbor-hood and the Urban Wilder-ness. The major portion of the trail building will take place Thursday, March 10, and Friday, March 11, as part of the conference.

The Legacy Trail is being built following last weeks announcement from the Legacy Parks Foundation to name and develop the 100-acre property that had been donated by the Wood family in 2013, which will now be known as Baker Creek Pre-serve.

Construction began on the property last week for the competition-style downhill mountain bike trail. Its being funded by the $100,000 Bell Helmets

grant awarded to the Appa-lachian Mountain Bike Club last year after a nationwide competition. It adds to the seven additional trails also under construction funded by a $200,000 RTP grant to Legacy Parks from the state of Tennessee.

Its great to see increas-ing momentum for the Ur-ban Wilderness and our reputation as an outdoor tourism city, said Mayor Madeline Rogero. Were grateful to Legacy Parks and everyone involved for their part in enhancing the Urban Wilderness.

City hires inspectorRogero also announced

the hiring of DeAnn Bogus as deputy director for the citys Plans Review and In-spections Department.

Since 2008, Bogus has

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SENIOR NOTES Corryton Senior Center

9331 Davis Drive688-5882knoxcounty.org/seniorsMonday-Friday

Off erings include: ex-ercise classes; cross-stitch, card games; dominoes, crochet, quilting, billiards; Senior Meals program, 11 a.m. each Friday. Main Munch: St. Patricks Day Pot-luck, 11:30 a.m., Thursday, March 17.

Register for: Field trip to Rel Maples Culinary Institute brunch, 10:15 a.m. Tuesday, March 15; cost: $20 includes transportation and meal. Rope Easter Egg craft, 1 p.m. Monday, March 21.

Halls Senior Center4405 Crippen Road922-0416knoxcounty.org/seniorsMonday-Friday

Off erings include: card games; exercise classes; quilting, dominoes, dance classes; scrapbooking, craft classes; Tai Chi; movie matinee 2 p.m. each Tues-day; Senior Meals program, noon each Wednesday. Veterans Services, 9-10 a.m., Wednesday, March 16.

Heiskell Seniors1708 W Emory Road (new

location)

The Heiskell Seniors luncheon/meeting, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursday, March 10. Program: Foster Care and information survey from Evoncia Watson about new Medicare programs. Bring a dessert and a friend. Info: Janice White, 548-0326.

CAC Offi ce on Aging2247 Western Ave.524-2786knoxooa@knoxseniors.

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Knox County Senior Services

City County Building400 Main St., Suite 615215-4044 Monday-Friday8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

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The word remember ap-pears 115 times in the King James Version of the Bible, an indication that maybe memory is important!

I admit that until I began to consider the importance of the concept, I had failed to see the full import of the word.

If dismember means to take apart, then logically, to re-member must mean put-ting back together.

And that is exactly what we do when we remember. We re-call, re-think, re-see, re-consider, and re-under-stand a comment or a quote or even an event or a scene.

Some memories are hap-py and healing. Others are sad and depressing. But all memories are part and par-cel of who we are, who we have become over the span of years we have lived. And, it seems to me, the longer we live, the better our per-spective on those memories.

Looking back, I remem-ber things I wish I had not done. I remember words

Looking back moving forward

Do you have eyes, and fail to see? Do you have ears, and fail to hear? And do you not remember?

(Mark 8: 18 NRSV)

Those who cannot remember the past are con-demned to repeat it.

George Santayana

I wish I had not said. But those things are irretriev-able, irreversible. I cant un-say, or un-do, or even un-think those things.

All I can do is learn to do better. To remember more carefully what I need to remember. To let go more quickly the things that I need to let go.

So, when Jesus said Re-member me, he was saying two things to his followers: Dont forget what I have taught you, and remember what you have seen and heard.

Those words still apply to his disciples us! Remem-ber him. Remember what you have learned. Keep him whole in your heart and mind.

FAITH NOTES

Community services Cross Roads Presbyterian,

4329 E. Emory Road, hosts the Halls Welfare Ministry food pantry 6-8 p.m. each second Tuesday and 9-11 a.m. each fourth Saturday.

Dante Church of God, 410 Dante School Road, will dis-tributing Boxes of Blessings (food) 9-11 a.m. Saturday, March 12, or until boxes are gone. One box per house-hold. Info: 689-4829.

Ridgeview Baptist Church, 6125 Lacy Road, off ers Chil-drens Clothes Closet and Food Pantry 11 a.m.-2 p.m. each third Saturday. Free to those in the 37912/37849 ZIP code area.

Youth programs Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak

Ridge Highway, is accepting registration for its Summer Weekday Programs for PDO (children 1 year old and walk-ing) and for TNT (elementary school-aged children). Also accepting registration for Fall Preschool and Fall PDO. Forms available in the pre-school offi ce. Info: 531-2052.

Special services Fountain City Presbyterian

Church, 500 Hotel Road in Fountain City, will hold Palm Sunday services 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. March 20; Easter services 8:30 and 10:30 a.m.

Sunday, March 27. The annual Palm Sunday churchwide Easter egg hunt will be held 4 p.m. Info: fountaincitypres.org or 688-2163.

Mount Hermon UMC, 235 E. Copeland Road, will host Eas-ter Sunrise service 7:30 a.m. Sunday, March 27. Following the service, breakfast will be served. Everyone welcome.

St. James Episcopal Church, 1101 N. Broadway, will host the BucsWorth Mens Choir from East Tennessee Uni-versity in concert 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 14. The ETSU Swashbucklers, a student-led a capella ensemble, will also perform.

Nave Hill Baptist Church, 1805 Walker Ford Road, Maynardville, will present an Easter play 7 p.m. Saturday, March 19.

Classes/meetings First Comforter Church,

5516 Old Tazewell Pike, hosts MAPS (Mothers At Prayer Ser-vice) noon each Friday. Info: Edna Hensley, 771-7788.

Powell Church, 323 W. Emory Road, hosts Recovery at Pow-ell at 6 p.m. Tuesdays. The program embraces people who struggle with addiction, compulsive behaviors, loss and life challenges. Info: re-coveryatpowell.com or info@powellchurch.com.

Dont worry. Just come.By Cindy Taylor

First Baptist Church Powell members will cel-ebrate Easter this year with new worship pastor John Gardner. Gardner and his family joined the staff at FBCP last fall. He says it has been a blessing.

Any transition has its challenges but we feel things have gone very smoothly, he said. We can feel the excitement building in an-ticipation of the great things God is doing here.

Gardner says the church has a wonderful Easter ser-vice planned beginning at 10:30 a.m. March 27. The Rev. Phil Jones, celebrating 30 years at First Baptist this year, will bring the Easter message entitled That we may know Him based on Philippians 3: 10-11. The worship choir and orchestra will lead in Easter hymns both old and new and pres-ent several selections fea-turing the worship ministry. Gardner says First Baptist takes seriously Gods com-mand to do all things with excellence. He says Easter is especially exciting for him personally this year.

Easter is my favorite day of the year, he said. This year will be special for me because it is my fi rst Easter as worship pastor at First Baptist Church Powell

Gardner says that it is an immense privilege to gather as Christians for worship each week but Easter is an even more exceptional day.

Every Sunday is a cele-bration of Jesus victory over

sin and death, he said. But Eater is a day set aside each year to commemorate the most pivotal event in human history; the resurrection.

Gardner says visitor parking is available near the building while shuttles will be on-sight for transporta-tion from more distant lots. There will be complimen-tary coffee and childcare. Greeters will be on hand at each entrance to assist visitors. Gardner invites the community to join the church for this years Easter celebration.

If youve been out of church for a long time, have unanswered questions about

First Baptist Powell worship team members Jonathan Buhl, Stephanie Miles, Rebekah Ownby and John Gardner lead a recent Sunday morning service. Photo submitted

The worship team at Salem Baptist Church, a diverse age group, leads the choir during a recent morning service. On front stage are Tanya Godsey, Tim McCarty, Richard Gibson, EA Durfee, Mark Durfee, Stephanie Cole, Grant Goins and Bill Hunter. Photo submitted

Remembrance and refl ectionBy Cindy Taylor

Salem Baptist Church is getting ready for Easter with music and thanksgiv-ing. Tim McCarty joined the Salem staff as creative worship arts teacher last fall and led his fi rst worship service in the new position Jan. 3. McCarty says multi-generational worship is a personal goal that he sees being fulfi lled at Salem. Lifetime member Deanna Carpenter agrees.

Whether weve followed Jesus for many years or are just getting acquainted with Him we can all learn from each other. Thats what I see happening in the Sa-lem family, she said. Its exciting to come together with friends of all ages and stages of life to worship the

Lord. We are seeing people fi nd encouragement, new friendships and opportuni-ties to grow and serve. God is doing amazing things here.

Eddie Stooksbury has been a member of Salem for 45 years.

I am excited and thank-ful to see an increase of multiple age groups becom-ing involved in our wor-ship/music ministry, said Stooksbury. But more im-portant is to see a desire of people who simply want to worship God.

McCarty has started a worship leadership team to assist him in analyzing every area of the ministry to seek Gods direction in moving forward. He says the overall goal is striving to

honor and glorify God while engaging others of all ages in the ongoing journey of worshipping Him. He says there is a 60 year range of age between youngest and oldest choir members.

Salem is blessed by be-ing a multi-generational church and we are excited to be able to join together with all ages to worship the Lord, he said. That is the heartbeat of our worship ministry right now.

In preparation for Easter, Salem leadership teams will be hosting a Broken For You service at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 24. Mc-Carty says the service will be a powerful night of re-membrance and refl ection focused on the sacrifi ce Je-sus gave on the cross. A time

of celebration will follow on Easter Sunday morning with two identical worship services at 8:30 and 10:15 a.m. McCarty says that hav-ing two services on Easter Sunday opens up more seat-ing to allow the community to join the church in wor-ship.

It is truly overwhelming to stop and think about the incredible love that our God has for us, said McCarty. Easter is a wonderful time to remember His sacrifi ce and celebrate His resurrec-tion.

McCarty hopes the com-munity will feel welcome to attend either or both ser-vices.

Salem Baptist Church is at 8201 Hill Road. Info: 922-3490.

the faith, or have been hurt in the past, dont worry. Just come. We offer love and truth. Even if youre a skep-tic who doubts that the res-urrection actually happened we invite you to come and

see why we have staked our lives on the bibles claim that Jesus rose from the dead.

First Baptist Church Powell is at 7706 Ewing Road in Powell. Info: 947-9074.

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Cookies galoreTwo troops of Girl Scouts joined Sat-urday to sell cookies outside the Pow-ell Food City. At left are members of Troop 20094 from Halls: Reese Hodg-es, Sarah Murray, Kaitlyn Murray; at right are members of Troop 20774 of Copper Ridge Elementary School: Ally Parrott (back), Rose Light and Camryn Smith. Cookie sales end March 20.Photo by S. Clark

Shannondale robotics goes fast and furious

Shannondale Elementa-rys fi rst robotics team has a lot to celebrate. In their fi rst competition, the Wonder League Robotics Competi-tion, the fourth graders came in fi rst in the state and placed in the top 50 of 1100 entries.

The teams mission was called Fast and Furious, and team members were required to program a ro-bot to go to specifi c loca-tions on a grid. One mission took three days to program, and the robot was required to collect plastic cups and move them to the base zone.

The missions were re-corded and uploaded to

YouTube where they were judged.

April Lamb, team coach, was thrilled with the success of the fi rst mission because the group received the robots only a couple of weeks before the mission deadline, and the students were required to use math skills that they had not yet learned in class.

The team members say they learned a lot about team-work and were challenged by the experience. They look forward to their next mis-sion, using the knowledge they gained in the fi rst and working together again.

Robotics team members at Shannondale Elementary includeJacklyn Mills, Christian Smith and Olivia Mauldin. Not picturedare team members Braeden Kercher, Jackson Love, DanteStrickland and coach April Lamb. Photo by R. White

SCHOOL NOTES

Halls High School Halls High School cheer-

leading tryout clinic will be held Saturday, April 2, and Sunday April 3, with tryouts on Monday, April 4. There is a mandatory parent/candi-date meeting 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 29, in the high school commons. Individuals must have a current physical and at least a 2.25 GPA from the fall and current semester. If

you are interested in signing up, email cheri.duncan@knoxschools.org.

Central High School

Mandatory meeting for all girls interested in trying out for the cheer squad will be held 6 p.m. Monday, March 21, in the auditorium. Student and parent must attend.

Welcome to Bookstock 2016

GES art teacher Karen DiBiase shows a sculpture created by fi fth grade students using water bottles. The project was student-driven, and they painted hundreds of bottles, cut them, guided DiBiase through assembly and assessed the fi nal project.

Lisa Thomas poses for a selfi e with Cliff ord the Big Red Dog at the Gibbs Elementary book fair. Thomas said that she always wanted to be Cliff ord when she was a little girl, so meeting him was a lot of fun. Photos by R. White

Allie Savage makes a selection during the book fair at Gibbs. School librarian Debby Jo Buschermohle loves when the book fair comes around because she gets to see the smiles and enthusi-asm on kids faces. Each student received a free book at the event. Buschermohle wanted to give a big shout-out to her three special friends who decorated the library and made it look totally groovy.

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Finalists in the Student Space Flight Experiment program from Halls Middle School include Rathaeh Sutton, Summer Keck, Rea-gan Frye, Alyssa Morgan and Riley Turpin. They are pictured at a recent school board meeting with superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre, teacher Jennifer Kidwell and school board member Patti Bounds. Photo submitted

HMS has fi nalists instudent space experiment

By Ruth WhiteFive Halls Middle School

students were recently rec-ognized as fi nalists in the Student Space Flight Exper-iment program.

The students micro-gravity experiment pro-posals were selected from nearly 12,000 the top 2.5 percent of the nation. They represented Halls Middle, Knox County and Tennessee at the Smithso-nian for an opportunity to have their experiments fl y aboard the International

Space Station.Experiments submitted

included Sea Monkey to the Rescue by Rethaeh Sut-ton, Summer Keck and Rea-gan Frye and The Effects of Microgravity on the Germi-nation of Squash Seeds by Alyssa Morgan and Riley Turpin.

Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre called them some of our truly remark-able students when he and the school board rec-ognized them on March 3. Becky Ashe, supervisor

of STEM for Knox County Schools and principal of the L&N STEM Academy, introduced the students and their teachers. This is our third time to send experiments to the Interna-tional Space Station, she said, although the previous two tries were not actually launched. Ashe said more than 150 Knox County stu-dents in grades fi ve-12 com-peted. She brought in local scientists who use a NASA scoring rubric to select the top three.

These students advanced to the fi nal round at the Smithsonian in early De-cember. Of 300 entries, 23 were selected for the launch, said Ashe. Were hoping the third time is the charm.

Students from Bearden Middle School will travel to Cape Canaveral, Fla., in August to watch the launch of the Endeavor spacecraft toward the International Space Station. Two teams from Halls Middle School are serving as backups.

Central looks to build hitting facility

By Ruth White Central Highs baseball

and softball programs have always been limited when it comes to on-campus facili-ties for teams to train. Near-ly 70 percent of the AAA schools that Central com-petes against have indoor facilities in which players can hit and pitch. Several alumni decided that it was time for CHS to have their own facility and went to ad-ministrators with a game plan to make it happen.

Andy Bolton, a 1990 graduate of CHS, met with principal Mike Reynolds and athletic director J.D. Lambert. Several months of planning followed, with both Reynolds and Lam-bert being very supportive of the project. Former Cen-tral graduates Aaron Miller (1992) and Jeff Mize (1991) have worked closely with Bolton to research and de-termine what would be the most effective use of the site options and building plans.

The plan is to build a 4,800 square foot building (80 ft. x 60 ft) which will have four batting cages, along with four pitchers mounds. The nets will be retractable, so infi eld drills, catchers drills and agilities can be practiced on the pad-ded artifi cial turf surface. The building will also have four pitching machines (two

for baseball and two for softball).

A Knoxville Central High School Athletics Founda-tion has been established and has received tax exempt status from the IRS, so all donations to this facility are tax deductible. The founda-tion was necessary for this project as well as future projects currently being discussed in the athletic de-partment.

The hitting facility will be named after Tommy Schumpert and Bud Bales. Both of these former coach-es are in Centrals Athletics Hall of Fame, and both are truly loved and respected by the community. Schump-ert coached the 1973 State Championship baseball team at Central, while Bales

led the undefeated State Championship baseball team in 1990. The goal is to build a fi rst-class facility named in honor of two of the fi nest CHS coaches.

The fundraising process for this project includes three kickoff presentations, beginning last week with families of current players. The parents of the baseball and softball teams at Cen-tral and Gresham Middle School are going to donate and raise funds for the fa-cility, but the help of Cen-tral High alumni and com-

munity friends of CHS will be crucial as well. Once the goal of $175,000 is reached, it will take about three months to complete con-struction.

Anyone interested in do-nating to this project can contact J.D. Lambert at Central High School, 689-1400 or james.lambert@knoxschools.org.

A sketch of the proposed Tommy Schumpert/Bud Bales hitting facility.

Corryton crownsspelling bee winner

Winner of the Corryton Elementary School spelling bee is Kaitlyn Clowers, and the runner-up is Kenyon Baker. Kait-lyn will represent the school at the countywide spelling bee this month. Photo submitted

By Ruth WhiteGibbs High senior Abby

Hicks recently signed to play soft-ball at the Universit y of the Cum-b e r l a n d s . The Eagles p i t c h e r has been a member of the team for four years

and looks forward to play-ing at the collegiate level next year.

She plans to study biol-ogy and chose the school because of its gorgeous campus, new softball fi eld and, well, it just felt like a good fi t. While playing for the Eagles, Abby says shes learned that a positive atti-tude is important and that

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hard work pays off. She has been named All-District (2014, 2015), All Prep Xtra (2014, 2015), All-State (2014) and to the All-Aca-demic team.

Coach Carol Mitchell said that Abby has a great presence on the mound and looks for her to step up and be a big leader this season.

Attending the signing were her parents Rick and Libby Hicks, brothers Drew and John Hicks, grandpar-ents Mary Ella and Leon Ridenour, friends and teammates.

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BUSINESS NOTES Fountain City Business and Professional Association: Meets

11:45 a.m. second Wednesday at Central Baptist Church fellow-ship hall. President is John Fugate, jfugate43@gmail.com or 865-688-0062

Halls Business and Professional Association: Meets noon third Tuesday at Beaver Brook Country Club. Juvenile Court Judge Tim Irwin will speak on March 15. President is Carl Tin-dell, carlt@tindells.com or 865-922-7751

By Betty BeanA few hours after 20-year-

old Bill Pittman walked across the stage in D e c e m -ber 1984 to claim his UT diploma (Marketing, with hon-ors), he was unpack ing his sample

bag in Columbus, Ohio, as the new regional sales repre-sentative for DeRoyal.

Hed been hired four months earlier, on the day DeRoyal expanded its mar-ket access by signing its fi rst national contract with the buying group HGA. He spent one more quarter fi nishing up his degree and learning the medical supply business under the watchful eye of DeRoyal founder Pete DeBusk, to whom he says he will be forever grateful for taking a chance on a kid from North Knoxville.

Hes thinking a lot about those days as he prepares to retire from his position as DeRoyal president and chief operating offi cer at the end of March.

Young as he was when he started at DeRoyal, it wasnt his fi rst job. Hed grown up helping his father (who is also named Bill Pittman) in the vending machine business he ran during his off-time as a city fi refi ghter. The young-er Pittman worked his way through college at St. Marys Medical Center, fi rst wash-ing dishes and chauffeur-ing nuns under the watch-ful eye of Sister Mary Ethel OShaughnessy, then in ma-terials management where he started learning about the medical device industry from a hospitals point of view.

I was working night shift when the fellow I worked for said, You need to meet Pete DeBusk. I said, Sounds good, and then he told me hed gotten me an interview the next morning at 8.

Researching the com-pany on such short notice was impossible those pre-Internet days, but Pittman had a bit of an additional in because his father had al-ready met DeBusk at a facil-ity opening in Maynardville and wrangled a promise of an interview for his son.

DeBusk fi nished up the interview with what Pittman

calls the assumptive close:He said, I cant tell you

where youre going to be, but youre not going to be in Knoxville.

Pittman had to remind DeBusk that he hadnt quite fi nished school yet, so De-Busk instructed him to come out to the DeRoyal campus that afternoon to start learn-ing the business from the ground up. Pittman spent his fi rst day labeling prod-ucts, his day second loading trucks. The next week he was on a sewing machine. At the end of fall quarter, he got his degree and hit the road for DeRoyal.

I really enjoyed Colum-bus, and learned a lot. My manager gave me real good piece of advice: You see those blue signs with the white H? Thats where you pull off the road and try to sell some-thing. We captured all the business with burn centers in the territory, and after four and a half years I was asked to move back to Knoxville to be a sales specialist in that area. Burn care became the wound care division. I saw some ter-rible burns, and to this day, I always remind people to turn their pot handles inward on

the stove.Pittman continued his up-

ward progression by becom-ing DeRoyals fi rst product manager. He enrolled in an in-house MBA program with Lincoln Memorial Univer-sity DeBusk started for his employees, got his masters and acquired seven patents along the way. He was named president and COO in 2010, and would have been happy to stay on the job for years to come, but has decided that it was time to go to work with his father at Pittman Prop-erties, a rental business they started in North Knoxville that has grown to nearly 100 single family homes and du-plexes from Fourth & Gill to Fountain City.

He knows hell miss De-Royal, but hes looking for-ward to spending time with his dad and seeing where they can take their business, which he says is in expan-sion mode.

Ill always be loyal to DeRoyal, and fi rst and fore-most to Pete, who expects a lot out of people, but more of himself, Pittman said. A lot of the good deeds Pete has done are common knowl-edge. Many more are not.

DeRoyal president takes early retirement to join dad in business

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By Sherry WittComing on the heels of a

rather typical beginning to 2016, local real estate and lend-ing mar-kets expe-rienced an earlier than e x p e c t e d surge dur-ing the month of

February. The month pro-duced 843 property trans-fers in Knox County, easily surpassing Januarys total of 661, and besting last Feb-ruarys number by more than 250. It was the largest number of February trans-fers since 2007.

The total value of prop-erty sold during the month was just under $180 mil-lion, comparing quite fa-vorably to last February when about $148 million was transferred. It must be noted that while the num-bers are encouraging, they are still not back to Febru-ary 2007 levels when the total value of transfers in

Knox County reached near-ly $250 million.

On the lending side, there was defi nitely good news as about $280 million was loaned in mortgages and refi nancing. This fi gure was up from $220 million in January, and far outpaced last Februarys total mort-gage loan amount of $194 million.

The largest property transfer of the month was the sale of a medical facil-ity located at the intersec-tion of Hall of Fame Drive and James White Parkway. The parcel was sold to MPA Imaging Associates for $4.5 million. The largest mort-gage recorded was a loan for $28.6 million, fi nanc-ing a proposed develop-ment known as Aventine Northshore Apartments, located near the 9700 block of Northshore Drive.

This new burst of activ-ity reminds us that spring is indeed just around the cor-ner, and with that in mind, I would like to wish each of you a very blessed Easter and Passover season.

February brings early spring to local markets

Sherry Witt

News from Offi ce of Register of Deeds

By Sandra ClarkPowells newest business

is, in a way, also one of its oldest. Bailey & Co. Real Es-tate is rooted in four genera-tions of real estate service, including the late Allan Gill and his mom, Myrtle Hack-worth Gill.

Bailey & Co. got its signs up in March. Its a dream come true for Justin Allan Bailey, 34, who has taken a leap of faith.

We will say yes to what were good at, says Bailey.

His parents, Larry and Laura Bailey, have been in the real estate business for virtually his entire life. Laura Bailey named her company Knoxville Realty, refl ecting her vision for city-wide reach. She has consis-tently performed at the top in sales and listings through

the Knox-ville Area Association of Realtors.

And shes got no plans to quit.

I abso-lutely love the chal-lenge of

making each deal work, she says. I love advising prop-erty owners and marketing their homes or land to sell quickly at a fair price.

Laura has closed Knox-ville Realty to focus on cli-ents rather than running a business. Justin Bailey, after a brief stint with Realty Ex-ecutives, is sole owner of the new company and serves as agency broker. Both Laura and Larry Bailey have placed their licenses with the new

Bailey says yes to what were good atfi rm and expect to list and sell for many years to come.

This really makes sense, says Justin. Mom and dad have never enjoyed the bro-kerage side of the business. Moms passion is to list and sell. I like to list and sell as well, but I also like to teach, train and manage.

In just one month, hes al-ready recruited three agents:

Brenda Holt, a 29-year real estate veteran, has joined Bailey & Co. I joined as soon as I heard the news because I know he will make a phenomenal broker. Justin has a great reputation in the industry and the community. We will all build off of that.

Stephanie Cowden brought her license out of retirement to join the fi rm.

Rob Logan is a brand new

agent right out of college.It comes down to ones

philosophy, says Justin. Some agents will say yes to anything and hope some-thing hits. We will say yes to what we know and what were good at.

If you stood downtown and held your arms out from Karns to Gibbs thats the area weve worked hard to know. That includes parts of Anderson and Union coun-ties. Long-term Ill recruit agents who are experts in other areas where they live.

Bailey & Co. will handle residential, commercial and land, working with people, rather than a property type.

If someone sells a farm and wants to buy a condo, well be there for them. Thats how mom and dad have always done it.

Thats what Ill continue to do.

The offi ce is at 2322 Em-ory Road ju st west of Powell High School. Info: 865-947-9000.

Justin Bailey

Food City gives back to Halls schoolsHalls Food City store manager Travis Woody said area

schools benefi ted from this years Food City School Bucks program. Awards were made possible by customers who designated a specifi c school on their ValuCard.

Checks were presented to: Adrian Bur-nett, $431.41; Brickey McCloud, $510.29; Corryton Elementary, $328.21; Gibbs El-ementary, $743.33; Gibbs High, $533.83; Halls Elementary, $739.97; Halls High, $541.33; Halls Middle, $702.72; and New Hope Christian, $225.53.

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The Knoxville Symphony League invites you to take part in Spring Inspirations, a luncheon featuring food columnist and Southern hospitality expert Ginny McCormack as guest speaker. Attendees will hear mu-sic by KSO concertmaster Gabriel Lefkowitz.

The KSO musicians and I are so, so grateful to have the wonderful ladies of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra League as some of our biggest supporters and fans! Lefkowitz says. Their incredible work keeps us doing what we do, bringing music to the com-munities of East Tennessee in concert halls, schools, libraries, hospitals, places of worship and more. We just couldnt do it without them!

Joining Lefkowitz in a sampling of music from the upcoming Merchant & Gould Concertmaster Series Gabriel Lefkowitz & Friends, to be presented at the Knoxville Museum of Art April 6 and 7, is pianist Kevin Class, professor of collaborative piano at the University of Tennessee. The event begins at 10:30 a.m. on March 16 at Cherokee Country Club. Tickets: 765-1660.

By Betsy PickleWhat would convince you

to hike 100 miles? Money? The allure of the outdoors? A bet? Burning calories?

How about a lapel pin or a patch?

The National Park Ser-vice turns 100 this year, and to celebrate, parks across the country are chal-lenging visitors to hike or jog, ride (bikes or horses) or paddle 100 miles by December. While some might consider the achieve-ment their reward, others might like picking up some physical recognition at the culminating events in early December.

Close at hand, Superin-tendent Cassius Cash of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park has issued the Hike 100 challenge. If you log 100 miles on any of the Smokies maintained trails by Dec. 6, you can at-tend the Hike 100 Celebra-tion on Thursday, Dec. 8, and receive a Smokies Cen-tennial Challenge Hike 100 lapel pin.

Big South Fork National

By Carol Z. ShaneHe fl ies through the air

with the greatest of ease that daring young man on the fl ying trapeze! Even if you dont know the old song, youve undoubtedly seen aerial artists. These days the skill encompasses not only trapeze, but silks long, colorful banners that hang from on high and sup-port fl ying acrobats in diz-zying routines.

Nows your chance to see local artists display aerial grace when Dragonfl y Aer-

ial Arts Studio presents its fi fth annual Circus Extrav-aganza.

Billed on its website as Knoxvilles Hometown Circus, the studio annu-ally presents the big show in order to fund educational efforts throughout the year. According to instructor Jill Scheidt, audiences can expect a two-hour circus with an intermission. Our acts include trapeze, rope, three-dimensional cube, steel circle and ground acts such as unicycle, stilt walk-

ing, ribbon dancing and partner acrobatics.

The theme this year is a Fantastical Journey. We will be asking our audiences to let their imaginations go crazy with our interpreta-tion of giant-sized bugs, hu-man-sized animal puppets, an enchanted tea party and more. This is a great expe-rience that everyone in the family can enjoy.

Proceeds from the show go toward Circus for Ev-eryone, a scholarship pro-gram enabling at-risk youth

to participate in classes and circus camps. Dragonfl y has also worked with Boys and Girls Club, the Community Law Offi ces Summer at the CLO youth program, Pond Gap Elementary School and Breakthrough Corporation of Knoxville, which pro-vides programs for those on the autism spectrum.

Activities at such events include not only aerial arts but juggling and stilt walk-ing. We try to provide cir-cus arts for all who want to try, says Scheidt.

Beautiful Laurel Falls awaits visitors 1.3 miles from the trailhead. Photo by Betsy Pickle

Challenge yourself, celebrate park servicecan couch potato, I am not by nature a hiker. How-ever, I accidentally did a few hikes last year, all con-nected to writing stories, so when I read about the Smokies Hike 100, it struck me as doable 10 miles per month for 10 months (Feb-ruary-November).

Coming from a highly competitive family, I enjoy a challenge. And Im a sucker for lapel pins. So I contacted a hiker friend, Cindy Span-gler, who has hiked the entire length of the Appa-lachian Trail, and asked if shed be interested in slow-ing her pace to go on some hikes with me.

She thought it was such a great idea that she invited a whole bunch of people from her church, so there were eight of us who set out for Laurel Falls on the chilly morning of Feb. 20.

Laurel Falls is considered one of the easiest hikes in the park. Its paved, though the asphalt is broken and uneven in places, and its only 1.3 miles to the falls. By the time we reached the .2

mile marker, I was wonder-ing if it would be too humili-ating to ask for the car keys so I could go back and wait for everyone.

For those of the seden-tary persuasion, the incline is taxing. But I soldiered on, primarily because most of my comrades were sev-eral years older, and they showed no signs of strain. One woman with bad knees kindly brought up the rear with me.

I stopped a few times to take pictures, of course but I fi nally made it, and the falls were beautiful. A light rain discouraged us from lingering, but its a trip Id like to make again on a pret-tier day.

The challenges are on an honor system. You can download mileage logs from the parks websites. I have only 97.4 miles to go.

Info: http://www.nps.gov/grsm/planyourvisit/gsmnp-hike-100.htm and http://www.nps.gov/biso/learn/news/big-south-fork-centennial-challenge-100-miles-for-100-years.htm.

Knoxvilles Dragonfl y Aerial Arts Studio will present its fi fth annual Circus Extravaganza this weekend. Shown are Jill Scheidt, Maria McGuire, Lissa McLeod, Amber Winters, Christy Muecke and David Stewart. Photo submitted

Symphony League to host Ginny McCormack

Knoxvilles hometown circus And adults get to play, too.

Most of what we do every day involves adult instruc-tion. We have classes six days a week. We meet you where you are in terms of strength and fi tness, and build upon that, says Scheidt.

Overall we try to work with groups in any way we can. We can travel to anoth-er site or a group can come to us. We provide shows or lessons and work with in-dividuals with whatever capabilities they have. If someone is interested they just need to email or give us a call, and we can work to-gether to fi nd a way to incor-porate circus arts into their group activities.

For this weekends event, she says, we offer discount-ed tickets to various non-profi t groups.

The Dragonfl y Aerial Arts Studio presents Cir-cus Extravaganza at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 11, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 12, and 2 p.m. Sun-day, March 13, at the Pellis-sippi State Community Col-lege location of the Clayton Performing Arts Center, 10915 Hardin Valley Road in Knoxville.

Tickets/info: dragon-fl yaerialartsstudio.com or 865-609-2012 or dfaas11@gmail.comSend story suggestions to news@shoppernewsnow.com

River and Recreation Area on the Cumberland Plateau is sponsoring the Centen-nial Challenge: 100 Miles for 100 Years. Participants can hike, ride and/or pad-dle. The park has 500 miles of multisystem trails in-

cluding more than 70 miles of the Big South Fork River and its tributaries. Those who complete 100 miles by Friday, Dec. 2, are eligible to receive a specially designed patch at the grand fi nale on Saturday, Dec. 3.

January and February were a little tricky for mak-ing outdoor plans, but now that the weather is improv-ing, it should be easy to rack up miles in a Centennial Challenge.

Being a common Ameri-

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ALLERGIES!SPRING

Do some old-fashioned spring cleaning. The lack of fresh air during the winter allows dust to collect in corners and closets.

Make your bed an allergy-free zone. Use the hot cycle to wash your bedding and, if you are severely allergic, buy special allergen-proof pillows, mattresses and box springs that have tight fabric weaves to keep out dust mites.

Wash towels and linens in hot water.

Use the air conditioner when youre in a car. Riding with the windows down lets allergens blow into the vehicle.

Dont smoke, and insist that smokers in your household smoke outside the house and car. If you or someone you know wants to quit smoking, visit covenanthealth.com/stopsmoking

Consider designating certain rooms in your house as pet-free areas where you can breathe easily.

Buy throw rugs even if you have carpeted rooms. Throw rugs will help the carpet stay allergen free.

Minimize clutter in order to minimize the dust in your house.

Buy a dehumidi er. Dust mites dont do well in humidity below 45 percent.

Install new air lters or invest in an air puri er.

10 Tips to Help You CombatSnif es this Season

Preparing for

Fort Sanders Regional ear, nose and throat physicians Dr. Mark Gurley, Dr. William Merwin, Dr. Clyde Mathison and Dr. Leon-ard Brown work to manage patients allergies on a case by case basis to discover eff ective treatments for each individual.

While the sunshine is refreshing, one thing that the spring season brings is not welcomed allergies. Allergies are perhaps one of the most under diagnosed problems in America today, and in East Tennessee in particular. When looking at the yearly pub-lished lists of the worst allergy cities in the United States, invariably, many of the top cities will be in East Tennessee.

While allergies in our area are common, appropriate diagnosis and treatment of them is no easy task. It is important to iden-tify what is causing an allergic reaction to develop effective allergy management and in many cases, patients are not receiving the best treatment.

There are many people who have been tested and treated with shot therapy for 10 to 15 years who are still suffering from symptoms, states Fort Sanders Regional ear, nose and throat physician Mark Gurley.

Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon races set for April 2-3

Mark your calendars for the 2016 Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon events and lace up your running shoes! The races are set for Saturday, April 2 (5K race and the popular Covenant Kids Run) and Sunday, April 3 (half-marathon, 2- and 4-per-son relays, and full marathon).

The Covenant Health Knox-ville Marathon has grown to become the larg-est competitive road race in East Tennessee. As in previous years, all races will have an exciting nish on the 50-yard line inside Neyland Stadium. For many, it is the thrill of seeing themselves on the JumboTron as they cross the nish line that inspires them to participate in the events.

But the best reward may be what runners gain by the entire experience, according to Tony Spezia, president and CEO of Covenant Health.

We can point with pride to many people who have been mo-tivated by the marathon to start exercising and to improve their health, Spezia said. The event raises public awareness of the importance of physical fitness and supports our organizations

mission to im-prove the health and quality of life in our commu-nity.

Proceeds from the mara-thon benefit the Knoxville Track

Clubs youth athletic program as well as Covenants Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center Innovative Recreation Cooperative (IRC), which encourages people with disabilities to pursue leisure an d sports activities.

To learn more or to register, go to www.knoxvillemarathon.com. Covenant Health employees may get 50 percent off the registration fee by using the entry code COVENANT2016.

Surviving spring allergies

RAST test. Intra-Dermal is a less common

form of allergy testing where a small amount of the suspected allergen is placed just beneath the patients skin. The skin is then examined for any reactions. This test is more sensitive than either RAST or multi-test.

IDT (intra-dermal titration) is where an actual level of response to an al-lergen is obtained, similar to RAST, but the patient is directly tested with a suspected allergen as described in the intra-dermal method. This is arguably the most accurate method of diagnosing inhaled allergies, the kind most commonly associated with upper respiratory symptoms.

Allergy treatments Avoidance: In some instances avoid-

ance of the offending allergen may be all that is needed. In all allergy cases, avoid-ance is recommended.

Allergy Desensitization: Shots, sub-lingual drops or other methods of grad-ual exposure of the patient to the allergens to which they react. This allows the body to

eventually recognize the offending allergen as a normal part of the environment, ratherthan as an attacking entity.

Antihistamines: Histamines are justone of many substances released during anallergic reaction. They are usually associat-ed with swelling, redness and itching. Anti-histamines prevent or counter the release and effects of histamines.

Steroids: Steroids are administeredin many different forms. Topical steroidsare creams used on the skin to reduce itch-ing, redness and rashes. Nasal steroids areadministered in a nose spray and are used todecrease irritation and reaction in the noseand ears. Inhaled steroids are administeredthrough an inhaler or nebulizer to reduce in- ammation and reactions in the lungs. Sys-temic steroids are given by injection, mouthor intravenously and are usually reserved forrecalcitrant or severe allergic reactions.

If you are suffering from allergies andneed treatment from an ear, nose and throatphysician, visit your primary care doctor andask for a referral. For more informationabout ENT physicians at Fort SandersRegional visit www.fsregional.com

He assures that using dif-ferent types of testing re-sults in forming the best treatment plan for allergy sufferers.

Allergy symptoms

Fatigue - Although most people do not re-alize it, fatigue is one of the most common symp-toms of allergies and of-ten results in diminished academic or work perfor-mance.

Itching or Rash Runny Nose Clear nasal drainage is a

common report with allergies. Restless sleep patterns Dust or feath-

er allergies can are up due to the exposure to an allergen in your bed.

Itchy, watery eyes Gastrointestinal dis-

tress Allergies can cause nausea, irritable bowel symp-toms or diarrhea.

Types of testing RAST is a safe, simple

blood test with no risk of al-lergen exposure to the pa-tient. All testing is done in a laboratory where the pa-tients blood is exposed to different allergens.

Multi-test is a com-mon test performed by plac-ing drops of allergen serum on the patients skin and exposing the patient with a small skin prick. This test is equal in sensitivity to the

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