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By Betsy PickleSpring cleaning seems to be at

the top of everyone’s to-do list, and Outdoor KnoxFest is not im-mune.

In the middle of this week-end’s lineup of fun activities is the SweetWater Clean Sweep River Clean-up. Outdoor KnoxFest takes place this Friday-Sunday, April 24-26, at the Outdoor Adventure Center at Volunteer Landing and around South Knoxville’s Urban Wilderness.

SweetWater Brewing Co. and Aubrey’s restaurants are present-ing this new event for Outdoor KnoxFest.

“The SweetWater Clean Sweep is a natural addition to our week-end outdoor festival,” says Carol Evans, executive director of Leg-acy Parks Foundation. “SweetWa-ter is committed to clean-water ef-forts through multiple initiatives, so we approached them about partnering on a river cleanup.”

At 2 p.m. Saturday, people are encouraged to meet at Gov. Ned McWherter/Riverside Landing Park with their own watercraft. They will then fl oat to the Adven-ture Center. A limited number of paddleboards, canoes and kayaks will be available at the center on a fi rst-come, fi rst-served basis for those who need them.

The whole group then will pad-dle downriver and clean up along the banks from Volunteer Landing to the base of the River Bluff prop-erty to get the river ready for the summer paddling season.

Keep Knoxville Beautiful is

At Aubrey’s at Papermill, manager Stevie Ogan and bartender Taylor Armistead help promote the SweetWater Clean

Sweep River Clean-up. All Aubrey’s locations are promoting Saturday’s cleanup at Volunteer Landing with specials

on SweetWater draft beers, a chance to win a free paddleboard rental and a chance to win a paddleboard. Photo by Betsy Pickle

How ‘sweet’ clean water is

joining the effort and will bring its trailer to collect the trash.

“We know from experience that conservation and recreation go hand-in-hand,” says Evans. “When people get out and play on land or water, they truly appreci-ate the natural assets we have in this region.

“For Legacy Parks, outdoor rec-reation has been the perfect way in which to promote land con-servation and expand our parks and trails. The SweetWater Clean Sweep River Clean-up this week-end will combine good work and good fun. What could be better?!”

The cleanup will end at 4 p.m.,

and all the paddlers are invited to return to the Adventure Center to celebrate at the SweetWater After Party along with volunteers from the day’s events. SweetWater will be the featured refreshments.

Participants in Clean Sweep will be eligible to win a SweetWa-ter paddleboard at the after party.

By Betsy PickleIt’s only fi tting that Annazette

Houston was voted to chair the board of the Tennessee Human Rights Commission.

“I have a passion for allowing the voices of all individuals to be heard,” says Houston, whose day job is director of the Offi ce of Dis-ability Services at the University of Tennessee.

Houston, who lives in South Knoxville, has devoted her career to equal opportunity services. She was originally appointed to the THRC board in fall 2013 and con-tinued when it was reorganized at the end of 2014. The streamlined board has nine members – three from each Grand Division of the state.

She was excited to be elected chair of the board earlier this year.

“Anybody who serves on the commission as a board member wants to sink their teeth into the work of the commission,” she says. “I think you have to have a passion for working in this particular fi eld of social justice.”

In her time on the board, she is pleased with what the commission has been able to accomplish.

“We, over the last year, conduct-ed dialogues all across the state of Tennessee to talk with local con-stituents about human-rights is-sues,” she says, “and one was held in Knoxville. We heard from vari-ous members of the community on what the challenges were. Mayor Rogero, for example, was one of the individuals that spoke with us.

“What that helps us to do is to look at educational opportunities, to increase awareness … being able to talk to parties and educate individuals on what is and what is not discriminatory.

“I don’t know that anyone wakes up in the morning and says, ‘Oh, let me go out and mistreat some-one.’ I think that what you’ll fi nd is that an individual may feel that ‘I made this decision as a business necessity,’ not understanding that that particular decision would ex-clude certain individuals.

“So the fact that we’re able to go out and educate and medi-ate in some of those situations is something else that I’m proud of as well.”

2015 has already seen a host of incidents – from college campuses to state capitals – that suggest the

Annazette Houston Photo by Betsy Pickle

Houstonfollows ‘passion’

country is not as in tune with in-clusiveness as people would like to think. But Houston says she and her colleagues at the commission don’t burn up the phones or fl ood each other’s email inboxes with discussions about the latest out-rage.

“We address issues in the board meetings,” she says fi rmly, mean-

ing that they don’t violate Tennes-see’s sunshine laws.

Originally from Tulsa, Okla., Houston earned her bachelor’s in business administration from Langston University in Langston, Okla., and her master’s in orga-nizational communications from

Building Gibbs a middle school

Building Carter a school carried the risk that every community in the county would expect similar miracles, even though Mayor Burchett sought to tamp down expecta-tions by warning that Carter was a one-time deal because there’s nothing left to sell.

The only thing that’s sur-prising about the folks at Gibbs asking for a middle school is that it took this long.

➤ Read Betty Bean on page 5

Cheating no moreWonderful, isn’t it, that Ten-

nessee basketball will never again by plagued by cheating disorders.

No more penalties or embarrassment, so ordained, more or less, by athletic direc-tor Dave Hart, who really likes his job, especially on the second and fourth Fridays of each month.

➤ Read Marvin West on page 4

Picking up trashHow many knuckleheads

does it take to trash a river? About as many as the number of items of trash found during the 26th annual River Rescue.

Hundreds of volunteers spent the fi rst half of gorgeous April 11 picking up trash on the banks and in the waters of the Tennessee River.

➤ Read Betsy Pickle on page 3

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New moviesFour movies opening this

week seem like the calm before the storm: no superheroes, no car chases, no drug dealers. There will be violence – two of them are set during times of war – but don’t expect gangs or buckets of movie blood.

➤ Read Betsy Pickle on page 8

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After thyroid cancer scare, Englewood man keeps his voice and lifeMike Williams of Englewood,

63, uses his voice constantly in his job as director of employee com-munications and development at Heil Trailor International Co.

“Not only for that, but I’m a minister (at Liberty Hill Church of Christ) as well,” said Williams. “Pretty much my life is built around my voice.”

This fall, both Williams’ voice and health were on the line when he was diagnosed with thyroid cancer.

“I had a lump on the side of my neck that my dermatologist thought perhaps was just a fatty tumor. But I have a little history of melanoma, so to be on the safe side, he said he’d go ahead and get that out,” said Williams.

But the dermatologist quickly realized the lump was something more and referred Williams to Dr. Michael Kropilak and Dr. Troy Kimsey, who specialize in endo-crine procedures at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center.

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Thyroid cancer: What you should know

Thyroid cancer begins in your thyroid gland, which is located in your neck. The thyroid gland is found under your Adam’s apple and above your collarbone. You usually are not able to see or feel your thyroid. It faces the front, but it’s underneath your skin. It’s shaped like a butterfl y, with two lobes (a right and left lobe) con-nected by a bridge of tissue, called the isthmus.

Statistics from the American Cancer Society regarding thyroid cancer: ■ Doctors will diagnose about 56,460 new cases of thyroid cancer. ■ Thyroid cancer occurs more often in women. Three in four cases occur in

women. ■ About 43,210 cases of new thyroid cancers will be diagnosed in women. The

other 13,250 will be found in men. ■ Thyroid cancer rates have risen sharply in recent years. It is the fastest-in-

creasing cancer in both men and women. ■ Thyroid cancer has a 97 percent survival rate at the fi ve-year mark. This

means that out of every 100 people treated for thyroid cancer, 97 of them will be alive fi ve years after treatment. Survival, however, is affected by many factors, in-cluding stage at diagnosis, the subtype of cancer and patient age.

■ About 1,000 women and 780 men will die of thyroid cancer every year.

Williams was diagnosed with thy-roid cancer, which affects nearly 60,000 adults each year in the United States.

“All the bad things we thought it could be, it was not,” said Wil-liams. “It was not lymphoma, not melanoma, but it did turn

out to have some papillary cells,” which is an indication of thyroid cancer.

Thyroid cancer is one of the most treatable forms of cancer, al-though surgery on the neck can in-volve a long incision and requires an experienced surgeon.

“This kind of surgery is exten-sive,” said Kropilak. “It’s a diffi cult surgery, which is why it’s impor-tant to have surgeons working together, to provide care for these kinds of complicated cases.”

On Nov. 5, Kropilak and Kim-sey worked together to remove Williams’ thyroid gland and nearly four dozen lymph nodes. The surgery required a long inci-sion, stretching from Williams’ left shoulder blade to the center of his neck.

Williams said that despite this, he only stayed one night at Fort Sanders and was able to go home the next day.

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“My neck’s a little stiff, but I’m getting more and more movement with it,” Williams said.

“In the beginning my voice was affected; it was weak, but it’s a whole lot better now and is pretty much back to normal,” he said. “I was very relieved that even though they did all that around my neck, it

didn’t seem to have a lasting effect on my voice.”

Williams underwent one fol-low-up treatment with radioactive iodine to eliminate any remain-ing cancer cells in his body. The thyroid absorbs iodine, so any re-maining thyroid cancer cells in his body will absorb the radiation and be destroyed, without affecting the rest of his body.

“I was radioactive for Christ-mas,” said Williams, with a laugh. This treatment means he should not be around pregnant women and young children for 10 days. Williams has 21 grandchildren and one on the way.

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“I appreciate everything ev-eryone at Fort Sanders has done,” Williams said. “Every-body has been so professional, and both myself and my wife, we just felt like everyone was real supportive.

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■ Hyperthyroidism: Your thyroid gland is over-active and produces too many hormones. Common symptoms are nervousness, irritability, feeling hot, rapid heartbeat, eye problems, weight loss and hair loss.

■ Nodules: Nodules are growths of tissue in the thy-roid gland. Many times nod-ules do not cause symptoms or affect the production of thyroid hormone. Around 95 percent of the time, nod-

ules are not cancerous.

SOUTH KNOX Shopper news • APRIL 22, 2015 • 3 community

Betsy Pickle

Houston From page 1

Murray State University in Murray, Ky. She served as director of equal opportu-nity at Murray State for 15 years before coming to UT in 2008.

At UT, she is active with several offi cial groups pro-moting diversity, and in the community she sits on the boards for the Beck Cultur-

al Exchange Center and Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Tennessee.

In 2012, she and her hus-band, Charles, director of programs in the Offi ce of Alumni Affairs, received the Hardy Liston Jr. Symbol of Hope Award in the Chan-cellor’s Honors.

Houston knows that cre-

How many knuckleheads does it take to trash a river? About as many as the num-ber of items of trash found during the 26th annual Riv-er Rescue.

Hundreds of volunteers spent the fi rst half of gor-geous April 11 picking up trash on the banks and in the waters of the Tennessee River and its local tributar-ies. The volunteers ranged from preschoolers to senior citizens.

Some of them worked in their own backyards. Some came from far away. Mem-bers of the nonprofi t Living Lands & Waters traveled from Illinois with one of their barges to haul away our trash during their Ten-nessee River Tour.

South Knoxvillian Nancy Williams volunteers at Riv-er Rescue to honor Helen Reagan, who played with the Ijams children as a girl and shared stories of those days with Williams. Clean-ing up the riverbank at Scot-tish Pike Park, she found two hypodermic needles and the remains of a cow.

Just a few yards away, where Goose Creek meets the river, Paul Long of South Knoxville was excited.

Larry Setzer, Martha Culbertson, Nancy Williams, Janice Tocher, Brian Reid, Jay Armbruster,

Lauren Lovell, Paul Long and Maddy Long let off steam after a morning of picking up trash

at Scottish Pike Park and Goose Creek during the 26th annual River Rescue. Photos by Betsy Pickle

Mason Meyers and Ben Nehls of UT’s Hiking and Canoeing

Club head back onto the Tennessee River after replenishing

their plastic-bag supply at Island Home Park.

UT students Ivan Vazquez, Ben Sisco and Libby Fortunato and Paul James, executive

director of Ijams Nature Center, display part of their haul at Tyson Park.

Tennessee pride, not trash

ating a culture of respect for all will be a struggle.

“Reaching for 100 per-cent of all individuals’ hu-man rights to be intact is a goal that I think will be elu-sive,” she says. “We’ve made improvements in certain areas, but I think we’re all humans, and we fi nd ways to marginalize individuals.

“There’ve defi nitely been improvements, but we still have a long way to go.”

Volunteers load trash – including a couch – collected elsewhere onto a

boat at Gov. Ned McWherter/Riverside Landing Park to transport it to

the Living Lands & Waters barge at Volunteer Landing.

“We may have just found a hand, or three hand bones – and we think a coyote, too!” he said.

Several of the volunteers in this group were from the Taoist Tai Chi Society based in Happy Holler at 1205 N. Central. Martha Culbertson of South Knoxville teaches classes there (new classes start at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 2) and cajoled several students to come and help.

Their fl exibility came in handy picking up debris.

Youngsters from the Cre-ative Learning Academy, a home-school co-op based at Deane Hill Recreation Cen-ter, worked at Island Home Park. Mom Christina Ru-zecki said some of the little ones weren’t keen on pick-ing up trash until they saw a huge pile and shrieked, “This is the mother lode!”

Ijams executive direc-

tor Paul James was based at Tyson Park, where volunteers from Dow Chemical and University of Tennessee biosys-tems students from the American Soci-ety of Agricultural and Biological Engi-neers were cleaning up Third Creek and its environs. Sev-

eral volunteers went into the creek in waders to remove trash.

Among the odder fi nds were the side of a comput-er, a piece of rebar in con-crete, hardwood fl ooring, a 10-pound dog chain and a big oil barrel. There were plenty of polystyrene cups, plastic bottles and soda cans, of course.

Having Living Lands & Waters in Knoxville for a week raised the profi le of the annual River Rescue, James said.

“We’ve been overwhelmed by the response this week,”

he said. “With the Tennes-see River Tour and Living Lands & Waters, we’ve defi -nitely had more interest in it. We’ve had so much press; we had 60-75 people call yester-day” about volunteering.

Libby Fortunato, a UT sophomore, said the biosys-tems engineering club likes to reach out into the com-munity to do environmental projects.

When it comes to litter, she thinks “a lot of it is lazi-ness.”

COMMUNITY NOTES

■ Colonial Village Neighbor-hood Association. Info: Terry

Caruthers, 579-5702, t_ca-

ruthers@hotmail.com.

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

second and fourth Monday,

Connie’s Kitchen, 10231 Chap-

man Highway, Seymour. Info:

https://www.facebook.com/

TriCountyLions/info.

■ Lake Forest Neighborhood Association. Info: Molly

Gilbert, 209-1820 or mollygil-

bert@yahoo.com.

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

third Thursday, South

Knoxville Elementary School

library, 801 Sevier Ave. Info:

Gary E. Deitsch, 573-7355 or

garyedeitsch@bellsouth.net.

■ South of the River Demo-crats (9th District) meet

6:30 p.m. each third Monday,

South Knoxville Commu-

nity Center, 522 Maryville

Pike. Info: Jim Sessions, jim.

sessions@comcast.net or

573-0655.

■ South Haven Neighborhood Association meets 10 a.m.

each third Saturday, Hillcrest

SOUTH KNOX SENIOR CENTER

■ Wednesday, April 22: 7:30

a.m. free swim; 8:30 a.m.

guitar lessons; 9 a.m. painting;

10 a.m. quilting; 11 a.m. Water

Peeps; noon bridge.

■ Thursday, April 23: 7:30

a.m. free swim; 9 a.m. water

aerobics, South Knox Opry;

12:15 p.m. ballroom dance;

1 p.m. rook, water aerobics;

1:30 p.m. line dance; 2 p.m.

Water Pilates.

■ Friday, April 24: 7:30 a.m.

free swim; 8:45 a.m. Advanced

Senior cardio; 9 a.m. water

aerobics; 10 a.m. yoga; 11 a.m.

SAIL exercise, water peeps,

cards; noon Tai Chi practice;

1 p.m. water aerobics, begin-

ning art.

■ Monday, April 27: 7:30 a.m.

free swim; 9 a.m. water aero-

bics; 11 a.m. quilting, Water

Peeps, Audibel: Hearing Loss

program; 1 p.m. bridge, water

aerobics, gospel singing.

UMC, 1615 Price Ave. Info: Pat

Harmon, 591-3958.

■ South Woodlawn Neigh-borhood Association. Info:

Shelley Conklin, 686-6789.

■ Tuesday, April 28: 7:30 a.m.

free swim; 8:45 a.m. Senior

Cardio Fitness, dulcimer les-

sons; 9 a.m. water aerobics;

10 a.m. SAIL exercise, crafts/

beading; 11 a.m. Tai Chi I;

12:30 p.m. Tai Chi II; 1 p.m.

pinochle, water aerobics; 2

p.m. Water Pilates, yoga.

Info: 573-5843.

REUNION NOTES ■ The Central High Class of

1965 will host a 50th reunion

Friday and Saturday, June

5-6. Activities include: sock

hop and memorial service, 5

p.m. Friday, Gresham Middle

School, $20; picnic, 10:30 a.m.-

2:30 p.m. Saturday, Fountain

City Park Lions Club building,

$15; and dinner at Beaver

Brook Country Club, 5:30 p.m.,

$40. Info: Donna Keeling, 938-

6583 or lkeel@comcast.net;

Jerome Smith, 689-6018 or

nrs37912@bellsouth.net.

■ Central High School Class of 1980 35th reunion, 6-10

p.m. Saturday, June 27, The

Foundry, 747 World’s Fair Park

Drive. Info/register: “Central

High School Class of 1980” on

Facebook or Melody Majors

Johnson, 423-798-0880.

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Basketball cheating isn’t new

Marvin West

Wonderful, isn’t it, that Tennessee basketball will never again by plagued by cheating disorders.

No more penalties or em-barrassment, so ordained, more or less, by athletic di-rector Dave Hart, who really likes his job, especially on the second and fourth Fri-days of each month.

We may never know what Donnie Tyndall knew when, but it is amazing that some who judge seem to think he or his may have been fi rst to twist or stretch rules and regulations.

Alas, it has been going on since shortly after Dr. James Naismith hung the original peach baskets, appointed scorekeepers and launched the coaching industry.

Naismith did not cheat. He had a losing record.

Cheating is a major prob-lem in basketball because one great player can make a stunning difference. Two can mean a champion-ship. Since there are never enough greats or even goods to go around, slick sales reps on commission may offer more exciting entice-ments than scholarships.

Chairs of academic integ-rity (eligibility) sometimes do whatever is needed to excel or save the coach’s job.

At some places (North Car-olina and Syracuse come to mind), they do more than necessary.

I do believe college cheat-ing is pretty much a 50-50 proposition. About half the coaches do and half don’t. Some host barbecues in pursuit of small advantages. Some go for broke. Al Mc-Guire said the secret of suc-cess was to keep it simple.

“I waited until recruiters identifi ed the best player. When they lined up to de-liver their messages, I went to the front of the line and signed that player.”

Coach McGuire did not go into details.

Fans are similar. They are about 50-50. All want to win. Some don’t care how.

NCAA police appear to be 10-90 types. They lack subpoena power. They catch an occasional crook. Dumb ones are more vulnerable.

Earlier in my sporting life, I was greatly disillu-

sioned by some of the things I saw and heard. I could not believe the great Adolph Rupp had a Kentucky man-ager hiding behind the bleachers, sneaking a peek at Tennessee’s Friday prac-tice before a Saturday game in Lexington.

I got a tip that it was actually happening. Vol manager Greg Coffman and I converged from op-posite directions and caught the villain, armed with notebook and pen. “Young man, what are you doing back here?”

“Searching for lost car keys, sir.”

It really hurt to hear that John Wooden’s legacy at UCLA was inspired and funded by wealthy devel-oper Sam Gilbert. Dur-ing Wooden’s domination, Sam provided interest-free loans and helped players exchange complimentary tickets for cars and clothes. He allegedly arranged abor-tions for girlfriends. Wood-en never noticed.

For book royalties, star center Bill Walton revealed the secrets. Las Vegas coach Jerry Tarkanian put the UCLA system in perspective.

“The only team with a higher payroll was the Lak-ers.”

It was so sad when Vil-lanova, Western Kentucky, UCLA and UConn had to give back NCAA tourna-ment victories and earnings because they used ineligible players. It was shocking that it happened twice to Mem-phis.

It was unbelievable that John Calipari was com-mander-in-chief for one Memphis mess after en-during a previous refund at Massachusetts. Like Wood-en, Calipari had no idea there was a bad smell in the house.

Some of John’s current friends are unusual. Some prosper in the suspicious AAU/shoe game. True Cali-pari disciples say their hero and Rick Barnes’ friend has been clean as the proverbial hound’s tooth as Kentucky coach.

Michigan’s fi ve fabulous freshmen of 1992 turned out to be heartbreakers. They were so good – and bad. Chris Webber was the star going up and down. He eventually pled guilty to criminal contempt for lying about $280,000 accepted from a booster.

Lying is serious. Just ask Bruce.Marvin West invites reader reaction. His

address is westwest6@netzero.com.

Scott Frith

In politics, the truth rarely gets in the way of a good argument, and few issues have become more political than requiring photo identifi cation to vote. The Tennessee Voter Identi-fi cation Act, more com-monly known as the photo ID law, requires nearly all voters to provide a Ten-nessee or federal ID before they can vote. As a result, many Democrats (and a few Republicans) have alleged that the law keeps indigent or low-income folks from voting because they can’t afford the cost of a photo ID.

It would be a good argu-ment if it were true.

While most voters are required to have a photo ID to vote, the law specifi cally exempts those who cannot afford to pay for a photo ID. In other words, if you can’t afford a photo ID, and you’re willing to sign a form saying so, you’re not required to have an ID to vote. In fact, once you sign that form, the election of-fi cials will allow you to vote on the voting machine just like everyone else.

No questions asked.(Of course, if you pull

up to the polling place in a Rolls-Royce and wearing a Rolex watch, some folks might start asking ques-tions.)

Why don’t more folks understand this part of the law?

A cynic might say that Democrats don’t better publicize this indigence exemption because they’d rather attack Republicans for (allegedly) disenfran-chising voters than actu-ally get more low-income folks to the polls. Others

The politics of voting and photo ID

might say that Republicans don’t better publicize the exemption because they don’t want low-income folks to vote at all. Even worse, it’s just as likely that activists from both parties never took the time to fully understand the law and are just arguing their talking points.

Bottom line, Tennessee’s photo ID law is a common-sense safeguard on the bal-lot box. You have to show an ID to cash a check or buy a beer. It’s just as reasonable to require folks to prove their identity when they go to vote. Just remem-ber, under the law, no one is prevented from voting because they can’t afford a photo ID.

Grumbling about Gibbs. Unless you live in the Gibbs community, you may have heard grumbling last week about the school board endorsing a plan to build a new Gibbs Middle School. As a result, County Com-mission will now decide whether to fund a new school despite the superin-tendent of schools saying we don’t need it and the school’s $30 million price tag. At the same meeting, the school board also en-dorsed a new middle school in Hardin Valley.

As the joke goes in government, “Why buy one when you can get two for twice the price?”Scott Frith is a local attorney. You can

contact him at scott@pleadthefrith.com.

A city consultant’s report that suggests fi ve signifi cant steps to enhance downtown development was met with expressions of interest, sug-gestions and complaints.

Mayor Madeline Rog-ero and her staff recently presented a report by the Urban Land Institute. City offi cials Anne Wallace and Bob Whetsel presented the primary recommendations of the ULI report:

Proposals for coliseum, Henley draw mixed response

Bill Dockery

■ Acquisition and de-velopment of the State Su-preme Court property on Henley Street

■ Employment of a mas-

ter developer to work with the city on the 400 and 500 blocks of West Jackson Av-enue

■ Potential uses for World’s Fair Park, including as green space

■ The fate of the Civic Auditorium/Coliseum and surrounding 26 acres

■ Changes to Henley Street/U.S. 441 that might make it more pedestrian-friendly

Whetsel said the top priorities were engaging a master developer for Jack-son Avenue and purchasing the court building from the state before an August dead-line. A third priority was engaging the community in the remaining elements of the ULI recommendations.

Questions and comments seemed to focus primar-

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The late Kyle Testerman was the only Knoxvillian to serve two separate 4-year terms as mayor and the last member of City Council to advance to the mayor’s offi ce.

Others serving on coun-cil have run for mayor since 1971, including Jean Teague, Danny Mayfi eld, Bernice O’Connor, Casey Jones and Ivan Harmon, but voters have not chosen a council member to be mayor since Testerman defeated the late Mayor Leonard Rogers.

Testerman fought many battles – some more suc-cessfully than others – but no one doubted where he stood on an issue. He as-sembled a young team at city hall – called the Kid-die College by the Knoxville Journal – including Darrell Akins (then 23), Guy Smith IV, Jim Easton, Bill Booher, Graham Hunter and Rick Dulaney.

In some ways, he was Knoxville’s fi rst modern mayor, starting a computer system, modernizing the fi nance department and changing the ways of uni-

formed services. He backed a World’s Fair. He was also controversial, which led to Randy Tyree leading an in-surgent campaign that un-seated him.

He returned to the may-or’s offi ce eight years later, and things were much calm-er than in his fi rst term. He brought people like Wanda Moody, Wanda Teague and Bob Booker into city gov-ernment. He merged the school systems by a charter amendment to remove the city from operating a school system. It was fi tting that, two months ago, the tennis courts at Tyson Park were named in his honor and he was able to attend. He was a dedicated tennis advocate and loved sports.

■ State Rep. Ryan Haynes was narrowly

Testerman brought youth, modernization to city

elected chair of the state Republican party by a vote of 33-27 over state Rep. Mary Littleton, with a third candidate receiving three votes. The committee has 66 members.

■ Haynes was the choice of elected party leaders, and he was clearly the most able, articulate and energetic choice. He will make a dif-ference going into the 2016 presidential campaign.

Haynes is the youngest person to be state chair of the GOP (he’ll turn 30 on May 8) and is the fi rst Knox Countian to serve since Su-san Richardson Williams. Other Knoxvillians who served as GOP state chair included Erby Jenkins and Claude Robertson, both attorneys now deceased. Haynes has a law degree and is scheduled to take the bar exam this summer.

His resignation as state representative will prob-ably occur at the end of the current legislative session, which could be this week. The governor must set a date for a special primary

and general election to fi ll the seat within 120 days of the vacancy, which means voters may fi ll it by Septem-ber.

Meanwhile, Knox County Commission may name an interim replacement for a few months. Lou Moran is mentioned.

Several persons are ex-pected to seek election to Haynes’ seat, which in-cludes overwhelmingly Republican Farragut and West Knox County. Names being mentioned include Jason Zachary, who ran for Congress last year, former Farragut Mayor Eddy Ford and school board member Karen Carson. Others will emerge.

■ Mayor Rogero’s budget message will be noon Wednesday, April 29, at Lakeshore Park. Getting there at 11:30 is a smart idea for good seating. The public is invited. If your printed in-vitation didn’t arrive, don’t worry – you can attend any-way as it is a public meeting.Victor Ashe is a former mayor of Knox-

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

vhashe@aol.com.

Burchett justifi ed his audacity by citing his pre-

de c e s sor ’s e m p t y promise to the Carter community to build them a new school. He justifi ed the price tag by vowing to

get the school built with-out increasing the county’s debt. First he tried a lease/purchase option that ulti-mately fi zzled. Then he cob-bled together a cash-on-the-barrelhead plan fi nanced by selling selected county properties and adding the take to funding the school board had for remodeling the old Carter school.

On June 3, 2013, Burchett tweeted a picture of a giant check for $13,869,737.84, and Carter had a new el-ementary school.

So why did he do it – out of a deep love for Carter? A sense of justice? Not say-ing he didn’t love Carter and think they’d been wronged, but my bet is that Burchett decided to kick off his new administration by kicking McIntyre’s butt in a highly visible way. Was it worth it? Certainly the Carter folks would say yes.

But building Carter a school carried the risk that every community in the county would expect similar miracles, even though Bur-chett sought to tamp down expectations by warning that Carter was a one-time deal because there’s nothing left to sell.

The only thing that’s sur-prising about the folks at Gibbs asking for a middle school is that it took this long.

And with the political climate being what it is, a tax increase is out of the question, which means that Burchett’s getting ready to declare victory and kiss his $100 million dream good-bye.

Was the school board giv-ing Mayor Tim Burchett the fi nger when it voted to build a new Gibbs Middle School and let somebody else fi gure out how to pay for it? The is-sue appears to be riding an emotional wave, and smart money says the votes are there on County Commis-sion, which leaves Burchett squarely on the hot seat. Burchett

School board to Burchett:

Kiss that $100 million dream goodbye

Betty Bean

But no, the board wasn’t messing with Burchett by voting to build the school without having a clue how to pay for it. Most of those who voted yes support him and weren’t yet in offi ce in 2010 when he decided to step in and build a new Carter Ele-mentary School against the initial wishes of the board and Superintendent Jim McIntyre, for whom Bur-chett famously had no love (and still doesn’t).

Nevertheless, wading into something that was (1) none of his business, legally speaking (where – and whether – to build new schools is within the pur-view of the school board, not the executive or the County Commission) and (2) carried a hefty price tag was a surprising fi rst move for the penny-pinching Bur-chett, who had announced his intention to whack the county’s debt by $100 mil-lion during his fi rst fi ve years in offi ce.

He’s been making pret-ty good progress toward that goal (money guy Chris Caldwell says Burchett’s ad-ministration has reduced Knox County’s bonded in-debtedness by $70 million), but fi nancing a school of the size that the school board approved (800 students) will clearly knock a hole in Burchett’s debt-cutting as-pirations.

Wendy Smith

Those who think of Jim-my Carter as a peanut farm-er who happened to mosey into the White House might be surprised to learn that Carter, at age 90, has dedi-cated himself to fi ghting in-justice and violence against women and girls.

Wanda Sobieski, presi-dent of Sobieski, Messer & Associates law fi rm, dis-cussed Carter’s 2014 book, “A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power,” at last week’s Books Sandwiched In program at the East Tennessee History Center.

Carter writes that the single biggest barrier to world progress is the abuse of women and girls, which is largely caused by incorrect interpretation of religious texts and a growing toler-ance of violence. He goes on to say that the way to effect the most change is to change the way women are treated.

Sobieski, who consid-

Change the world by treating women better

ers herself well read, was shocked by the book’s sta-tistics. Each year, 20,000 women are victims of hon-or killings, most for being raped or breaking customs. Genital cutting, a rite of purifi cation, has been per-formed on 125 million wom-en and girls worldwide. In China in 1990, 50 million girls went missing due to in-fanticide and sex-slave traf-fi cking. The resulting short-age of brides led to the sale of still more girls.

Carter says 200 to 300 girls come to Atlanta every month as sex or domestic slaves. Forty-two percent of them stay in the city’s wealthiest areas.

Progress is often ob-structed by religious lead-ers who keep women out of leadership roles. Such be-havior wouldn’t be tolerated in secular society, Sobieski said.

The book also points out that an international treaty to end discrimination and violence against women has been ratifi ed by 188 coun-tries – but not the United States – the only industri-alized country not to ratify the treaty.

“If we don’t at least say we aspire to a goal, then we’re never going to get there,” Sobieski said.

Most of those who at-tended the program, spon-sored by Knox County Pub-lic Library, were women, and many were students. Following Sobieski’s sum-mary, Knox County Com-missioner Amy Broyles encouraged women to step into the political arena.

“We can’t sit and wait for

men who hold offi ce to make changes. We have to run

for offi ce ou r s e lve s . When wom-en are at the table, the c o n v e r s a -tion chang-es.”

W h a t ’ s the big-gest is-

sues faced by Knoxville women? Sexual assault on college campuses was Sobieski’s immediate an-swer, but she also cited re-moval of the “glass fl oor” that threatens women until they have full constitutional rights through the Equal Rights Amendment.

Carter’s book includes 23 steps toward ending dis-crimination and abuse. The fi rst is simple: encouraging women to speak out more forcefully. If we can accom-plish that, we’re well on our way to tackling the others.

Sobieski

Mixed response From page 4

ily on three areas: the pro-posed razing of the Knox-ville Auditorium/Coliseum, the nature of the master developer concept the city plans to use for redevelop-ing some sites, and changes to Henley Street that might improve or hinder traffi c fl ow.

Three African-American leaders addressed the is-sue of tearing down the

Civic Auditorium/Coli-seum, which was built in 1961 through urban renewal projects built in historically black neighborhoods along First Creek.

Robert Booker said he was passionate about the auditorium/coliseum. Booker is a civil rights ac-tivist, historian, writer and former head of the Beck Cultural Exchange Center.

“Fifty-four years ago, I called the Coliseum box of-fi ce and asked if there would be a section for Negros,” Booker said. “I was told it would open on an integrat-ed basis. When I told the people in the offi ce where I was using the phone, they literally shouted for joy.”

Booker said that for Knoxville blacks, the Coli-seum was like having a taste of New York City or Los An-geles. It quickly became a center for cultural activities for all races.

“Now we’ve come to dis-cuss whether the facility is too old and too outdated to maintain,” he said. “The Civic Coliseum is a tremen-dous asset to this part of the city. If it can be renovated, then that should be our course. Building a new one on another site is irrespon-sible and outrageous.”

Umoja Abdul-Ahad said that urban renewal in the 1960s devastated Knox-ville’s African-American community.

Margaret Gaither sug-

gested that the price might be too high to raze the au-ditorium/coliseum and take the property for other uses.

“I’ve lived in Knoxville for 60 some years and was working with KCDC when all this took place,” Gaither said.

Citizen comments on Henley Street ranged from the need for improve-ments to traffi c fl ow be-tween downtown and the University of Tennessee/Fort Sanders area to prob-lems with restricting access

along Henley into South Knoxville.

Rhonda Reeder, who lives on Jackson Avenue and works at UT, called Henley a barrier and encouraged the city to narrow the street to make it more friendly for pedestrians, bicyclists and commercial interests.

Betsy Pickle responded that Henley “is not a cor-ridor. It’s a street. It is not a barrier to connectivity.” She said changes to Henley would degrade access to South Knoxville.

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■ SKES hopes for high turnoutSouth Knoxville Elemen-

tary School staff, faculty and friends will be hard at work this Saturday, April 25, cleaning up inside and out with help from Comcast.

Each year, Comcast chooses a Boys & Girls Club venue to help on Comcast Cares Day. South Knoxville Elementary School was se-lected for the 14th annual service project.

To emphasize the compa-ny’s enthusiasm, CEO Brian Roberts is fl ying to Knox-ville to take part in the day’s activities at SKES. Com-cast trucks have been seen

throughout the neighbor-hoods around the school, making sure the cable com-pany’s services are in peak form when the boss arrives!

On Saturday, volunteers will gather at 8 a.m. at the school for registration, a Chick-fi l-A breakfast, in-structions and equipment. Work will start at 9 a.m. and continue till 2 p.m. Volun-teers can work part or all of the shift.

Comcast employees and their families will join the SKES crew to make im-provements around the school, 801 Sevier Ave.

Outdoor projects will in-clude building an outdoor classroom, planting but-terfl y-friendly fl owers for a butterfl y garden as well as other bushes and plants, pressure-washing the side-walks, and upgrading the playground.

Indoor activities will in-clude cleaning and organiz-ing. There will be jobs for people of all abilities. For every volunteer helping out on the day, Comcast will make a monetary donation to the school.

Contact principal Tanna Nicely, 579-2100, for info.

Marcus Alford

After getting help from Lowe’s and other benefactors, the rest-

rooms boast a marked improvement. Photos submitted

South-Doyle High’s

gym lobby restrooms

needed a makeover.

SDHS Carnival combines purpose, pleasureSouth-Doyle High School

means it when they call their upcoming event a “community” carnival.

All the feeder schools have been invited to par-ticipate, along with local churches and businesses. And everyone in the South Knox community is invited to attend.

But there’s more to the carnival, planned for 6-9 p.m. Friday, May 15, at the school, than just merri-ment.

“We are organizing this event to serve two purpos-es,” says Hannah Wood, SDHS social studies teacher and Student Council spon-sor. “One is to have a fund-raiser. The Student Council is responsible for planning and carrying out Spirit Week every year, but more than that we always carry out a service project for the year.

“This year the idea de-cided upon was to create a

scholarship to give to (an academically qualifi ed) stu-dent from our school who has fi nancial need. This event will provide the foun-dation for that scholarship.”

The plan is to name the scholarship after Capt. Marcus Alford Sr., a 2000 SDHS graduate and Carson-Newman College alumnus who died while serving as an Army helicopter pilot in Iraq in 2010. He was as-signed to the 1st Squadron, 230th Cavalry Regiment, Tennessee National Guard.

A portion of James White Parkway (from the South Knoxville Bridge to Moody Avenue) and a bridge on state route 840 near the

I-40 interchange east of Nashville near Lebanon also

have been named for Alford.

The other purpose of the carnival is a celebra-tion.

“We want to bring the community

together to enjoy the end of the school year and give the students a chance to re-lax before heading into the summer,” says Wood. “Com-munity is strong in South Knox, and we want to offer another chance to get to-gether.”

The Student Council will provide a hotdog supper, “Sweet Shoppe,” cakewalk, silent auction, games, live music and an infl atable ob-stacle course.

Other school organiza-tions will have booths to sell food, operate games or

showcase their activities.“One of the events that

seems to be garnering a lot of interest at our school is the opportunity to ‘pie’ a teacher in the face,” says Wood. “We have had close to 20 teachers or adminis-trators agree to participate.”

Some churches will do-nate products and join in the community celebration.

Wood says they are still seeking donations for the silent auction and monetary donations to offset costs of the carnival so that all mon-ey raised can go to serve the school and community.

“We are looking for peo-ple willing to create or pro-vide a basket for the silent auction.”

Vendors of products such as Thirty-One, Premier De-signs and Jamberry Nails and crafters can set up for a fl at fee of $10.

Info: 577-4475 or hannah .wood@knoxschools.org.

■ With a little help from friendsSouth-Doyle High School

fans support more than just sports.

Recently, the PTSA start-ed a “home improvement” project focusing on the con-cession stand and the gym lobby bathrooms.

“We began with the con-cession stand – installing new cabinets and counter-tops,” says PTSA president Angie Bush. “Lowe’s pro-vided deep discounts on the cabinets, and they also pro-vided a point-of-use water heater for the sink.”

Chris Widener, assis-tant store manager for the Lowe’s at 7520 Mountain Grove Road, hooked up the

PTSA with the Lowe’s He-roes program, which grant-ed about $2,000 for the bathroom project.

“Lowe’s provided new sinks, faucets, mirrors and manpower to install the fl oor tile,” says Bush. “Gil-lenwater Flooring donated the ceramic tile, grout, etc., for the fl oors.

“We had a parent volun-teer – Bill Majority – who is a contractor, who also pro-vided much-needed direc-tion.

“It looks great. … It gives a much better representa-tion of South Knoxville and South-Doyle High School.”

Betsy Pickle

By Sara BarrettSeveral Knox County

high school students spent April 15 in an unusual class-room setting when they went to school at the FBI Teen Academy.

Receiving special admis-sion into the FBI’s Knox-ville Division located on Middlebrook Pike, students learned about internet safe-ty, undercover operations, identity theft and a whole slew of other crime-related subjects.

Students were selected through an application process and by meeting a number of criteria including a 3.0 GPA or better, com-munity service involvement and a teacher or principal reference.

The chosen few eagerly accepted their mission when tasked with covering a sur-

veillance truck with their own fi ngerprints, and then

dusting for said prints with special agent David Bukowski.

B u -k o w s k i said crimi-nals think they’re be-ing smart

by burning off their fi nger-prints, but even burned skin is unique and will leave its own mark. A partial palm print can even help identify a guilty party, “but no one in this room will have to worry about leaving fi ngerprints at a crime scene, right?” asked Bukowski. The students quickly nodded.

Staff operations special-ist Kris Swanson taught the students how to work

in teams of two to create shoe castings from an un-

i d e nt i f i e d shoe print. The FBI has pu rcha sed t hou sa nd s of shoe prints from companies i n c l u d i n g Nike and Adidas for

its shoe library in order to help match prints left at crime scenes.

An unidentifi ed agent said it is possible that no other shoe print library ex-ists in the world similar to the collection of the FBI.

“People often ask why we’re ‘special,’ ” said spe-cial agent Bukowski. “We do special things.”

BukowskiSwanson

Knoxville Christian School students Adrienne Luu and Kaylyn

McElhenney dust a truck for their own fi ngerprints during the

FBI’s Teen Academy. Photos by S. Barrett

KCS student Kaylyn McElhen-

ney and teacher Jess Stockton

pour a mix of dental stone

and water into a shoe print to

make a shoe casting.

Students visit the FBI

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H o l l y ’ s Homberg is two restaurants in one. By day, the cozy establishment at 5032 Whit-taker Drive (behind Nama on Kingston Pike) offers a salad/soup/sandwich menu that mirrors Holly’s 135, the new Gay Street restaurant. By night, however, Hol-ly’s Homberg adds specials that excite the

palate. The menu frequently changes, but recent visits found Pork Carnitas, Seared Scallops with Asparagus and Leek Ri-sotto and Scottish Salmon with Lentil

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Russell Crowe plays a

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in “The Water Diviner.”

By Betsy PickleThe four new movies

opening this week seem like the calm before the storm: no superheroes, no car chases, no drug dealers. There will be violence – two of them are set during times of war – but don’t expect gangs or buckets of movie blood.

“Ex Machina” opens Friday at Downtown West (please see review, at right).

Opening in limited re-lease is “The Water Diviner,” directed by fi rst-timer Rus-sell Crowe. Crowe plays an Australian farmer who trav-els to Turkey after the Battle of Gallipoli, in 1915, to fi nd his three missing sons.

He also gets involved with a beautiful hotel man-ager. The movie won Best Film, Best Supporting Actor and Best Costume Design and was nominated for fi ve other awards at the 2015 Australian Film Institute Awards.

In “The Age of Adaline,” Blake Lively plays a woman born at the turn of the 20th century who stops aging at 29. After 80 years of not al-lowing herself to form close bonds with people she will outlive, she meets a hand-some philanthropist (Mich-iel Huisman of “Game of Thrones”) who changes her philosophy and makes her want to take a huge risk.

Harrison Ford, Amanda Crew, Ellen Burstyn and Kathy Baker also star in the fi lm directed by Lee Toland Krieger (“Celeste & Jesse Forever”).

In the family fi lm “Little Boy,” an 8-year-old (Jakob Salvati) desperately wishes for his father to come home from fi ghting in World War II, so he puts his faith to work.

Alejandro Monteverde (“Bella”) directed the fi lm, which stars Kevin James, Emily Watson, David Hen-rie, Ted Levine, Michael Rapaport, Eduardo Vera-stegui, Ben Chaplin, Tom Wilkinson and Cary-Hi-royuki Tagawa.

Blake Lively (with Michiel Huisman)

plays a woman who stopped aging

at 29 in “The Age of Adaline.”Jakob Salvati plays an 8-year-old who will move mountains to

bring his father home from World War II in “Little Boy.”

Crowe, Lively take risks onscreen

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Shopper news • APRIL 22, 2015 • 9 weekenderFRIDAY-SUNDAY

■ “The Tempest,” Pellissippi State Community College Clay-

ton Performing Arts Center, Hardin Valley Campus, 10915

Hardin Valley Road. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Friday and Sat-

urday; 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $12 for adults, $10 for seniors

and students. Info/tickets: www.pstcc.edu/tickets.

■ “The Threepenny Opera,” Clarence Brown Theatre

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

Friday and Saturday; 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Info/tickets: www.

clarencebrowntheatre.com.

FRIDAY ■ Alive After Five concert: Soulful Sounds Revue, 6-8:30

p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive.

Tickets: $10; $5 for members/students. Info: 934-2039.

■ Knoxville Opera presents: “Il Trovatore,” 8 p.m., Tennes-

see Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Info/tickets: www.knoxvilleopera.

com; http://www.tennesseetheatre.com.

■ Leroy Troy “The Tennessee Slicker,” 8 p.m. Laurel Theater,

1538 Laurel Ave. Tickets: $14, some discounts available. Info/

tickets: www.jubileearts.org.

SATURDAY ■ Christopher Titus: “Born With a Defect,” 8 p.m., Bijou The-

atre, 803 S. Gay St. Info/tickets: http://www.knoxbijou.com.

■ Jay Clark & Jeff Barbra will perform, 8 p.m., Laurel Theater,

1538 Laurel Ave. Tickets: $12, some discounts available. Info/

tickets: www.jubileearts.org.

■ Rossini Festival International Street Fair, Gay Street.

■ 33rd Annual Smoky Mountain Scale Model Contest &

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By Carol ShaneKnoxville blooms in the

spring, not only botanically but also musically. So far we’ve had two major festi-vals – Big Ears and Rhythm N’ Blooms, and this coming weekend’s Rossini Festival, along with its attendant performances of Verdi’s “Il Trovatore” by the Knoxville Opera Company, marks a third.

Of course, there are smaller but prestigious events taking place throughout the year. The dizzying array of musical choices in Knoxville is one of our greatest assets.

Farragut High School chorus director Kenton De-itch has undertaken an am-bitious project. On April 30, his chorus, in collaboration with members of the Knox-ville Symphony Orchestra, will perform Franz Joseph Haydn’s “Mass in Time of War” at Central Baptist Church of Bearden.

“I chose this piece be-cause I do a major work ev-ery spring, and I alternate between a classic and a con-temporary composition,” says Deitch. “Since we did a

contemporary last year, this fi t the classical side.

“The other reason is, it’s diffi cult but still accessible for high school students. It’s advanced enough that my students don’t get bored, and it’s something that we can perform well.”

Scholars and fans know that Western classical mu-sic has its roots in religious music, and the mass has been front and center as one of the most fundamental and established formats in the genre. Every great com-poser wrote at least one.

Haydn was deeply re-ligious, and he wrote 14 masses. The “Mass in Time of War,” also known as the “Paukenmesse” or “Missa in tempore belli,” is his 10th and most popular setting.

Which doesn’t mean it’s a walk in the park to learn and perform.

“There have been nu-merous challenges for us as we’ve tackled this piece,” says Deitch. “The length of the work, for one thing. It’s a lot to learn, and it’s very taxing to sing for over 45 minutes straight.” The cho-risters are no strangers to

Latin but, says Deitch, “this has a lot of Latin, and get-ting it to line up with notes and rhythms and still have feeling and emotion is quite challenging.”

A performance of this type provides enrichment that will stay with these young singers all their lives. Deitch continues: “We’ve had many memorable mo-ments during the learning process, but I’m reminded of one in particular. It was right before Easter break. We had fi nally gotten the notes and rhythms learned on a section, and we decided to try it.

“Before we started, we talked about what we were singing, and compared the crucifi xion of Christ to the end of life that the people on Flight 9525 (the German-wings airplane that crashed on March 24) experienced. We then started the section. As we kept going, the sing-ers gained confi dence from being accurate and thus started to put more emotion into what they were singing, and as the section came to an end we all sang our last note and enjoyed the silence

The Farragut High School chorus looks forward to performing Haydn with members of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra next

week. Photo by Kenton Deitch

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chorus to perform Haydn

Caleb (Domhnall

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By Betsy PickleThe lineage of “Ex Machina” goes back

to Steven Spielberg’s “A.I.,” Ridley Scott’s “Blade Runner” and even earlier fi lms about non-human machines created in hu-man form with aspirations to seem human.

But there’s nothing old school about “Ex Machina,” which garnishes its storyline with characters like an Internet gazillion-aire who lives in a remote mountain lair worthy of a Bond villain and an AI who looks like a young mash-up of Natalie Port-man and Scarlett Johansson.

Caleb (Domhnall Gleeson), a promis-ing programmer at a huge search-engine company, wins a contest that earns him a weeklong visit at the highly secure home of his boss, Nathan (Oscar Isaac). After being choppered in, Caleb fi nds Nathan burning

off calories after a late night of drinking.Nathan offers Caleb a chance to see his

latest project – if he’ll sign a nondisclosure agreement – and of course Caleb accepts. Nathan has created an artifi cial intelligence being who is clearly more machine than hu-man, but the human features – oh my.

Caleb’s assignment is to give her the Tur-ing test, to fi nd out if she can convince him that she’s an intelligent being, not just a very special computer. Naturally it’s a she, since Caleb is young and full of hormones that will complicate his powers of percep-tion.

Her name is Ava (Alicia Vikander), and she’s pretty much Caleb’s dream girl, though he tries to disguise that fact by quiz-zing her in a brusque manner. He connects with her very quickly and seems open to her

warning that Nathan is lying to him and that she needs his help to escape.

Nathan knows all – almost – thanks to cameras installed throughout the home/research facility. Convenient power outages allow Ava and Caleb to talk privately. Mean-while, Caleb is disturbed by the way Nathan treats both Ava and Kyoko (Sonoya Mizu-no), his mute housekeeper, and he’s worried about the clock that’s ticking on Ava.

“Ex Machina” is a sci-fi thriller that keeps you hooked throughout. The direct-ing debut of novelist-turned-screenwriter Alex Garland (“28 Days Later”), the movie is visually minimalist by design, counting on the human – or not – elements to create a rich emotional atmosphere.

Garland’s screenplay indulges at times in obviousness, but most of it is fresh and

intriguing, and it’s portrayed admirably by the four leads. Gleeson is perfect as the ide-alistic Caleb, but he’s understandably over-shadowed by Vikander and Isaac.

Vikander is note-perfect as the other-worldly beauty who’s either a damsel in distress or something not as sympathetic. Isaac – bulked up and hirsute – brings an unbalanced intensity to the hard-drinking mad-scientist role.

The intentionally claustrophobic setting heightens the drama, as does the Philip Glass-like score by Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury.

“Ex Machina” is the best kind of com-puter game – the kind that entertains as it makes viewers ponder the nature of hu-manity.

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that followed a job well done.”

Haydn’s “Mass in Time of War” will be presented by the Farragut High School Chorus under the direction of Kenton Deitch, accom-panied by members of the Knoxville Symphony Or-chestra, at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 30, at Central Baptist Church of Bearden, 6300 Deane Hill Drive. Admis-sion is free, and the public is invited.

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closing at month’s end. No longer will we walk into Pick ’n’ Grin and feel the warmth of decades of camaraderie and be surrounded by beau-tiful stringed works of art that, in talented hands, give us joyful sounds.

Daughter and dad own-ers Tami and Bud Brewster have been trying hard to re-sist reality, “but you know … it is what it is,” says Tami.

Maintaining a big store in a big building is expen-sive, and the low overhead in online sales just makes sense nowadays.

When suppliers who had always honored Pick ’n’ Grin’s territory as exclusive eventually caved in to the big-box store just down the road, Pick ’n’ Grin attracted customers back from that self-service atmosphere with personal service and a true love for their friends.

Bud was an original owner – along with Buddy Smothers (of Buddy’s Bar-b-q), Doug Cline (who is still a stockholder), Wayne Goforth and others – when Pick ’n’ Grin opened in 1975. Around 1980, Bud took over and along the way built the store a half-block off Kings-

ton Pike on Gore Road in Bearden.

“We had great pub-licity and got success-ful enough to get Tami to open a store in Morristown for a short while. We

brought her back. … It was better to be right here in one place,” says Bud.

Tami did little to no paid advertising. When the Metro Pulse ran its “Best of Knoxville” contests, Pick ’n’ Grin won Best Music Store year after year, and their competition, which was advertising heavily in the Pulse, complained might-ily. So the Pulse, for lack of a better idea, simply deleted the category.

The store saw some big stars: Leon Russell came in more than once. And the staff has saved some major Knoxville concerts by rush-ing an instrument or other equipment to a venue so the show could go on.

For more than 20 years, customers were greeted by co-manager and luthier Rick Wolfe, who stood at

Tami Brewster

Pick ’n’ Grin to close, move online

From Pick ’n’ Grin on Facebook:Freedom’s just another word for independence, aban-

don, ability, bent, carte blanche, discretion, elbowroom,

exemption, fl exibility, free rein, full play, full swing,

immunity, indulgence, laxity, leeway, liberty, margin,

opportunity, own accord, play, plenty of rope, power,

prerogative, privilege, profl igacy, rampancy, range, rein,

right, unrestraint and nothing left to lose.

Bud Brewster, Tami Brewster, Doug Cline and Rick Wolfe back

in the day

Social media for seniorsThe town of Farragut is hosting three technology

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iPad/iPhone Basics – 6-7:30 p.m. Monday-Wednesday, May 4-6. Cost: $45. Registration and pay-ment deadline: Monday, May 4.

How To Use Facebook for Seniors – 10-11:30 a.m. Thursday-Friday, May 7-8. Cost: $30. Registra-tion and payment deadline: Thursday, May 7.

Samsung Galaxy Phone/Tablet Basics – 1-2:30 p.m. Monday-Wednesday, May 11-13. Cost: $45. Registration and payment deadline: Monday, May 11.

Registration: www.townoffarragut.org /register, at the town hall or 218-3375.

New owners of White’s Hardware and Farm Supply, Jessica and Travis Cardwell, with offi cial

greeter Pickles Photo by Nancy Whittaker

It will take just one trip to White’s Hardware and Farm Supply for you to have a new best friend. The of-fi cial greeter is Pickles, a gorgeous yellow Lab who welcomes every customer as if he has known them for years. During my visit with owners Travis and Jessica Cardwell, it quickly became apparent their regular cus-tomers would be disap-pointed if Pickles wasn’t waiting at the door.

Not just a hardware store

Nancy Whittaker

Travis and Jessica are both South Knoxville na-tives and graduated from South-Doyle High School. Their ownership of White’s began while they were look-ing for a place to open a mower repair shop. Travis has been mowing lawns since he was 13. He and Jes-sica own a thriving lawn-care business, See Thru Lawn Quality Lawn Care. Since White’s has a huge shop area, they decided this was the perfect place.

White’s has been a fi x-ture in South Knoxville since 1977. In May 2014, the Cardwells became the new owners and have worked hard to get the store in tip-top shape. You will quickly notice the cleanliness of the store and how organized everything is. “I clean all the time. We’ve done a lot

in just a year, but it’s still not the way I want it,” says Jessica. “The shop has been completely redone.”

Small-engine repairs were rocking and rolling the day I was there. “We are looking to expand and need another small-engine me-chanic,” says Travis.

White’s sells RedMax and Jonsered commercial and residential power equip-ment and does all the war-ranty work on both brands. They also repair most other brands and have a parts de-partment for those who like to do their own repairs.

“It’s a common belief that

a small, locally owned store charges more for hardware items,” says Travis. “We are cheaper on plumbing sup-plies, and most hardware items are the same or less than the large stores.”

Jessica adds, “Plus we re-ally pride ourselves on great customer service. We load the feed and other large items in our customers’ cars. We help everyone who comes in the door.”

In addition to hardware and plumbing supplies, all types of farm and home necessities are available. Grain and feed are sold for farm animals, and food for

cats, dogs, rabbits and birds.Fencing materials, nails andscrews by the pound, grassseed, garden seeds by theounce or pound, pine straw,hay and fertilizer are just afew items available.

Make a trip to White’sHardware and Farm Supplyat 8326 Chapman Highway.You will be amazed at thevariety.

They even sell local hon-ey, apple butter, fl avoredcream honey, hummingbirdfeeders, birdhouses, wholeand cracked corn – the listgoes on and on. Check themout on Facebook or call 573-0900.

Jeff Allen, owner of Colonial

Hardware Photo submitted

Saturday, May 2, will be your opportunity to join with businesses in the Co-lonial Village area who are working to help Jeff Allen. Jeff and his wife, Sooky, are owners of Colonial Hard-ware. Jeff was recently di-agnosed with cancer, and many of his friends have planned a fundraising event to help with medical ex-penses.

This fundraiser includes both daytime and evening fun. From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., there will be kids’ activities, music, a bake sale, hot dogs, raffl e tickets and auctions in the parking lot in front of Colonial Hardware. For those of you familiar with the “front window meeting room” at Colonial Hard-ware, you will be pleased to know these guys are in charge of the bake sale.

Full disclosure: One said their wives will actually be providing the homemade treats. You can park at Co-lonial Heights United Meth-odist Church, 6321 Chap-man Highway, and a shuttle bus will be available all day.

The stylists at Susan’s Cuts and More will be cut-ting hair, with all proceeds helping Jeff. Haircuts for men, women and children will be given for only $10

■ Colonial Village rallies for Jeff Allen

each between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.

From 5-7 p.m. May 2, a spaghetti dinner will be held at Colonial Heights UMC. Tickets can be pur-chased in advance at Su-san’s Cuts and More or the Village Bakery for only $7 or at the door for $8. Kids 8 and under eat free with a paying adult. Door prizes will be given.

Anyone interested in helping or donating a door prize can call 573-9044 or 603-3534. Additional mon-etary donations are appreci-ated.

his workbench in view of the front door, re-stringing instruments, “lowering the action” or installing pickups to “electrify” acoustic in-struments.

Everyone wanted Wolfe to be the one to lay hands on their instruments, so much so that he’d have guitars “stacked up like cordwood” awaiting his expert atten-tion.

On the wall facing his workbench, Wolfe posted labels addressed to the store, precious keepsakes Tami intends to hold on to: “Pink and Green,” “Mr. Bud Green,” “Bud and Grin,” “Pick and Grind” and even “Attention: Diaper Bag Buy-er.” Wolfe took delight in

sharing each “joke du jour.”Some dark comedy at

Pick ’n’ Grin: A newspaper clipping on a back wall told of a man in Ohio who blud-geoned his wife to death with a banjo. The fi rst in-strument broke, so he picked up a second one and fi nished the job.

Humor has always pre-vailed at Pick ’n’ Grin. Once Tami entered a television producer’s contest to de-velop a sitcom based on the plethora of hilarious mate-rial that was an everyday

staple. “We came close, but they wanted me to go to New Jersey and I couldn’t go,” says Tami.

Pick ’n’ Grin has em-ployed some characters. Nathan Fox, Matt Wilker-son, Detroit Dave Meer, Joe Dunn, Laith Keilany and many more lent their musi-cal expertise, humor and friendliness to further the Pick ’n’ Grin legend. Fox and Wilkerson have popped in lately to help Tami with the crowds coming in for the closing sales.

Matt Morelock was a pasty, skinny college kid when he started working

at the store back in the late ’90s. He rose to local star-dom, opened his own mu-sic store on Gay Street and soon thereafter moved to paradise on a Hawaiian is-land.

Rick Wolfe’s gone for good, though. He’s living in another paradise, send-ing good vibes down here and surely doing one of his favorite things: telling his trademark long, drawn-out jokes.

His legend lives through the annual Wolfe Jam, put on by his friends since his death in 2007 to raise money for the Joy of Music School, where underprivi-leged kids get free music lessons.

Music teachers Larry Long, Ed Wing, Laith Keila-ny, Kyle Campbell, Chip Howard, Tim Worman, Ben Maney, Jeff Jenkins and Ed Roberson will carry on their classes upstairs after the store closes.

“Our fl yer says our last day was going to be April 25, but now we see we’ll be able to stay open until at least May 1. Hours are Thursday, Friday and Saturday 10-5 and 1-5 on Sunday. Stelling banjos, Martins, Taylors and most of the instruments are half off retail, with seri-ous discounts on everything else,” says Tami.

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14 • APRIL 22, 2015 • Shopper news

PUBLIC-LIQUIDATIONREAD THIS EVERY WORD:A SHOCKING TURN OF EVENTS

Yes folks, we have decided to quit business! We’re get-ting out, selling out, closing out of this store! Every single piece of prime furniture stock in a matter of days! Every singe item ordered sold out to the bare walls regardless of costs. Regardless of loss! Bring your trucks and trailers and have the bargain of your lifetime!

BUY FURNITURE AT SALVAGE PRICES!

EVERYTHING MUST BE SOLD! MANY ITEMS … AT … NEAR & BELOW COSTS!

ENTIRE CONTENTS OF THIS BUILDING GOES!

DILLMAN’S FURNITURE IN HALLS

GOING OUT OF BUSINESS EVERYTHING MUST BE SOLD!

NOTIFICATION!

SAVE A FORTUNE ON PRIME NAME BRAND HOME FURNISHING STOCKS: 100s OF ONE-OF-A-KIND BARGAINS TO BE SOLD ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVE BASIS! WE URGE YOUR PROMPT ATTENDANCE! OUR LOSS! YOUR GAIN!

Bargain Center

DILLMAN’S

EASY CREDIT TERMS

6805 Maynardville Hwy(Halls Crossroads)

865.922.7557First Come, First Sold!

12 MonthsSame AsCash!w.a.c.

MON-FRI 10 AM-7 PMSAT 10 AM-6 PMSUN 1 PM-5 PM

WE MUST…VACATE

THIS BUILDING!FAMOUS

NAME BRANDS ORDERED SOLD!!!

SELLING OUTSELLING OUTSHOCKING…

to the BARE

WALLS!BRING YOUR TRUCKS, TRAILERS & WAGONS! HURRY! ACT!EVERYTHING! THE ENTIRE & COMPLETE STOCK OF NATIONAL NAME

BRANDS OF TOP QUALITY FURNITURE WILL BE SOLD TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC & FURNITURE DEALERS FOR WHAT IT WILL BRING!

A WALL TO WALL SHAMEFUL SACRIFICE OF BETTER FURNITURE!

EVERYTHING TO BE SOLD … ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE, CASH OR CREDIT BASIS!

1-OF-A-KIND DOOR BUSTERS!

$299......BOOKCASES ............................................... $95$89........ARC LAMP ................................................... $5$149......SHEET SETS ALL SIZES .................................. $18$199......COFFEE OR END TABLES .......................... $68 ea$99........LAMPS .......................................................... $15$189......PILLOWS ...................................................... $20$499......TV STAND-FULLY ASSEMBLED ................. $175$599......QUEEN MATTRESS SET ............................. $150$399......LOVESEAT .................................................... $175$599......DROP LEAF TABLE & 2 CHAIRS ................ $333$899......ALL WOOD BUFFET & HUTCH ................... $395$999......WOOD ARMOIRE ........................................ $250$69........CANISTER SET ............................................ $10$399......OAK TOP DINETTE ...................................... $175$59........PICTURES-ALL SIZES ................................ $5$129......SNACK TABLES ........................................... $45$2,999...BROWN ALL LEATHER LOVESEAT ........... $650$899......BUSHLINE SOFA & CHAIR ......................... $450$149......FULL SIZE MATTRESS ................................ $75$299......RECLINERS.................................................. $188

CLOSING OUR DOORS

FOREVER!

4-DRAWERCHEST

SOFA & LOVESEAT

MATTRESS ORFOUNDATION

CORNER CHAISE

SECTIONAL

QUEEN MASTER BEDROOM

SUITE

CURIOCABINET

$65

$450

$48

$875

$450

$157

2 left

$169BUNKBEDS

END OF AN ERA! FINAL SALE!THANK YOU KNOXVILLE & HALLS!

COMPARE AT! FLOOR SAMPLE! SALE!

WHILE THEY LAST

ALL SALES FINAL

WE QUIT

NO REFUNDS

SOLD IN SETS ONLY

NO EXCHANGES

ALL 4 PIECES

CASH OR CREDIT

ALL SALES FINAL

FAMOUS BRANDS

HURRY FOR THIS

QUITTING BUSINESS

100’S UPON 100’S OF UNLISTED BARGAINS!

QUITS BUSINESS

MON-FRI 10 AM-7 PM

SAT 10 AM-6 PM

SUN 1 PM-5 PM

12 MONTHS SAME AS

CASH

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