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and frosting fi lled the Tennes-see Terrace level of Neyland Stadium as more than 150 beautifully decorated cakes, cake pops, cupcakes and non-edible diaper cakes fi lled the room.

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Blount Mansion the house with many eyes. Exec-utive director Ka-tie Stringer plans to show visitors what those eyes have seen during the homes 220-year history.

The mansion, which would be considered a small

house by todays standards in spite of several expansions, has primarily been dedicated to tell-ing the history of William Blount, governor of the Southwest Terri-tory, and his family.

But the site was home to other notables, like the McClung fam-

ily and Knoxville mayor Samuel Boyd, as well as immigrants who rented rooms in the house around the turn of the century, says Stringer. She hopes to use the mu-seum to interpret the citys entire history from native Americans to women to local industry.

Stringer, who grew up in Kings-ton, remembers visiting the Blount Mansion when she was in the fi rst grade. Her teacher, coincidentally, was Mrs. Blount. She still has the coloring book she purchased that day from the gift shop.

Several copies of the same col-oring book were recently located in the Craighead-Jackson House next door, so it is once again available for purchase in the gift shop.

Stringer has always loved his-

tory. She has a masters degree in ancient history with a certifi cate in museum management from the University of Memphis and a Ph.D. in public history from MTSU. Last summer, she published a book, Programming for People with Special Needs: A Guide for Mu-seums and Historic Sites. Blount Mansions accessibility issues for the elderly and those with special needs are always in the back of her mind, she says.

She came to Blount Mansion during summer 2013 just before the museum closed for almost a year for renovations.

The philosophy of museum house management has changed in recent years. The emphasis is now on sustainability, Stringer says. Museums cant operate on

A new vision for Blount Mansion

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Blount MansionHistory Supper

The Blount Mansion Association will present an evening of food and fun at the Grill at Highlands Row at 6 p.m. Monday, March 23. James R. Knight, author of Hoods Tennessee Campaign: The Desperate Venture of a Desperate Man, will speak about John Bell Hood and the Civil War in Tennessee. Cost is $65 per person. RSVP by March 20 at 525-2375 or info@blountmansion.org

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BUZZBZA interviews

Knox County Commissioner John Schoonmaker will hold an interview meeting 5-6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 12, at Farragut Town Hall, confer-ence room A, to interview candidates who are interested in serving on the Knox County Board of Zoning and Appeals (BZA).

Candidates must live in the 5th commission district and be willing to volunteer four hours each month. Info: 215-2534.

Fathers and daughters alike look forward to the annual Shamrock Ball at Farragut High School. Kevin Greene and his daughter Maddie, age 6, had a rollicking good time at the March 7 dance, sponsored by the town of Farragut and the Kiwanis Club of Farragut. In addition to being a fun time, the dance raises money for Kiwanis programs. For more photos, see Farragut Faces on page A-3. Photo by Nancy Anderson

Shamrock dancing

By Wendy SmithNow that cold weather is almost

over, the Farragut Economic De-velopment Committee, along with other town leaders, hopes to grow some new business.

Committee members are look-ing forward to its April 1 meeting, when local Realtors and develop-ers are invited to get up-to-date information on regulations re-garding development in the town.

Developers need to understand recent zoning changes, like the towns adoption of the area and text identifi ed as Mixed Use Town Center (MUTC) on the Future Land Use Plan, said town admin-istrator David Smoak. There are new standards on how construc-tion should look in the MUTC, but the zoning district also allows for more fl exibility, like reduced setbacks and modifi ed building height requirements.

The MUTC, located primarily along Kingston Pike between Glen

Abbey Boulevard and Concord Road, is the preferred area for a downtown.

The towns new Architectural and Design Guidelines, which were approved last month by the Farragut Board of Mayor and Al-dermen, will also be reviewed.

Lacy Beasley of Retail Strate-gies will also speak at the meet-ing about current retailing trends, like fast casual restaurants, said Smoak. The meeting, held at Far-ragut Town Hall, begins at 9 a.m.

Four town leaders will repre-sent Farragut at the International Council of Shopping Centers con-vention in Las Vegas in May. As-sistant town administrator Gary Palmer, mayor Ralph McGill, and Economic Development Commit-tee members Jim Nixon of Turkey Creek Land Partners and David Purvis of the Farragut Business Alliance plan to attend.

The convention will allow town leaders to meet retailers to discuss

available leasing opportunities in Farragut. The goal, Smoak said, is to create movement on properties that are currently vacant and fi ll undeveloped space.

He mentioned two noteworthy properties that are in the process of being developed. The request to rezone a 30-acre farm northwest of the intersection of Kingston Pike and Everett Road from residential to commercial is on the agenda for the March 19 Municipal Planning Commission meeting. The rezon-ing of a 13-acre property on Outlet Drive east of Snyder Road to ac-commodate an apartment complex has already been approved by the Knoxville-Knox County Metropoli-tan Planning Commission.

Smoak said the town is op-posed to the rezoning of the Outlet Drive parcel because it is within the towns Urban Growth Bound-ary, and apartments would be in-consistent with the towns Com-prehensive Land Use Plan, which

calls for the property to be offi ce/light industrial.

Bettye Sisco of the Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commercelamented that several ribbon-cuttings for new businesses weredelayed due to bad weather. Theywill be rescheduled. She alsocalled attention to the chambersupcoming auction, ThatsEntertainment, which is 6 p.m.Friday, April 24, at RothchildCatering and Conference Center,8807 Kingston Pike. A portionof the proceeds will benefi t EastTennessee Childrens Hospital,and tickets are available at www.farragutchamber.com.

Allison Sousa of the Farragut Business Alliance said theorganization hopes to be moreproactive in serving as a liaisonbetween the town and developers.The organizations next big eventis Art in Park for Children at 1p.m. Saturday, May 2, at FoundersPark at Campbell Station.

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The groups monthly hike will start at 1 p.m. Sunday, March 15, and last for two to three hours. Mac Post, one of the authors of Urban Hikes in Knoxville, Knox County, TN, will join the group to identify critters they might encounter.

For info and directions, visit TREK South on Facebook.

IN THIS ISSUE

Say what???A couple of West Knox leg-

islators are trying to amend the Knoxville city charter to require county-nominated representation on the KUB board of commissioners.

Victor Ashe says the usual process for amending the charter is by voter refer-endum. And besides, three county residents are already on the 7-member board.

Read his column on page A-5

Big playsMarvin West recalls big

plays from Gene McEver to Larry Seivers to Al Wilson from Vol football history.

Many big plays and a few unforgettable ones. Marvin longs for a few more.

Read his column on page A-4

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Art from the ovenDelicious creations in

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The contest attracts pro-fessionals, children, teens and home cooks and fea-tures cake and pastry sam-plings for attendees.

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Emily Mayer, with Joyce Mayer, takes a photo of some of the professional cakes at the sixth annual Great Cake Bake decorating contest to benefi t Imagination Library.

Madalyn McCoy and Taylor Yates pose near Taylors Where the Wild Things Are cake, which took second place.

Danielle Velez, program coordinator for Knox County Imagination Library, and Larry Clark of Sugarbakers, stand in front of Sugarbakers elaborate castle cake.

Professional bakers cant hold a candle to Penny Skiles, who decorates her cupcake just the way she likes it. Photos byJustin Acuff

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income from admissions and school groups. Instead, directors have to think cre-atively.

Creativity saved the day when the mansion was closed but visitors still stopped by. The homes his-toric furniture had to be stored during renovations, but the best of the collec-tion was moved into the visitors center for an exhibi-tion called Furniture on the Frontier.

Most of the furniture is still in storage. Stringer, along with her assistant, David Hearnes, and an in-terpretation committee, are deciding how to best com-municate Knoxvilles history since the days of William Blount.

Photos of the home from different periods in Knox-villes history currently adorn the walls. During a tour, Hearnes points out a doll that was discovered in the wall during the recent renovation. One of the walls

has been left open to reveal the foundation, which needs additional repairs.

Even during this period of transition, school groups regularly visit Blount Man-sion. Hearnes thinks the broad range of information at the site makes it appro-priate for the multidisci-plinary Common Core cur-riculum.

As an example, he de-scribes a science class that was recently taught in the living room. Christmas decorations were still up, and a student noticed they were infested with young praying mantises. Without missing a beat, the teacher presented a lesson about the insects.

Visitors neednt worry. The bugs quickly ate each other, Hearnes says.

The Blount Mansion is open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday. Tours are available each hour. Info: www.blountmansion.org

It might be time for a touch of nostalgia.

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The 6-year-olds who wore Cinderella dresses to the fi rst Shamrock Ball, a father-daughter dance, could have driven them-selves to this years party.

While teenagers were in short supply at the 10th an-nual dance, sponsored by the town of Farragut and Kiwanis Club of Farragut, younger girls and their fa-thers and/or grandfathers fi lled the commons at Farra-gut High School on March 7.

The dads were there for a dance with their daugh-ters. The daughters were there for the same and for the photo ops, crafts and refreshments. Music was provided by Ganns Enter-tainment.

The evening is also a fun-draiser with proceeds going to benefi t Kiwanis Fresh Air Camp, an overnight camp-ing experience for disadvan-taged youth, and the Kiwan-is International Eliminate Project, a program focused on eliminating maternal and neonatal tetanus.

Bill McDonald and his daughter Claudia, age 8, show off their version of swing dancing at the Shamrock Ball, a father-daughter dance sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Farragut and the town of Farragut. Photos by Nancy Anderson

Tory Kinson and daughter Valerie, age 10, show other dancers how to pump-it-up at the Shamrock Ball at Farragut High School.

Caroline Arthur gets a twirl from her friend Kenlee Jarrell.

dance with my daughterSharing a sweet dance are Kevin Hardman and daughter Lola, age 3.

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New offensive coordi-nator Mike DeBord has been very busy reviewing Tennessee football video of 2014, analyzing what worked and what didnt. I hope he smiled when he saw my favorite play.

It was the fake fi eld goal and touchdown pass at Mis-souri, walk-on to walk-on, fl awless execution.

Holder Patrick Ashford, once a Carson-Newman quarterback, took the snap, stood up and threw down the middle to tight end Alex Ellis. The shocker went 31 yards and gave Tennessee a brief lead. It didnt mat-ter too much in the overall scheme of things, but it sure was fun at the time.

Runner-up happened at South Carolina. There were several choices. Josh-ua Dobbs led a remarkable

Big plays, unforgettable plays

comeback that produced 14 points and a tie in 83 seconds. Aaron Medley kicked what proved to be the decisive field goal in overtime.

DeBord may not have looked at defense. The re-ally big play (or plays) in Co-lumbia came from the other unit that had been mauled and shredded and stepped on for four quarters. The so-called defense gave up 625 yards and looked awful but in one magic minute won the game.

The fi nish was spectacu-lar: Curt Maggitt and Derek Barnett sacked Gamecock quarterback Dylan Thomp-son on fi rst and second downs. A fi erce rush forced a throwaway on third. Some kid missed a world-record kick and Tennessee faithful whooped and sang and may have shed tears of joy.

I really liked Todd Kel-lys one-toe-in interception against Vanderbilt and Josh Smiths hurdle against the Arkansas State defensive back. Insignifi cant, you say, but interesting.

In my second book, Leg-ends of the Tennessee Vols, are stories about great play-ers and a bonus chapter about legendary plays. Ive been looking for something to add if I ever decide to do a second edition.

That is, I suppose, a gen-

tle way of saying not much legendary has happened in the past several years. May-be youve noticed.

That legendary chapter has plays that last forever. ...

The names of Charlie Severance, Bill Majors and Wayne Grubb are carved in marble for The Stop of LSUs Billy Cannon in 1959.

The Fumble by Arkan-sas Clint Stoerner in 1998 was caused by Billy Ratliff. Travis Henry took the win-ning opportunity to the house.

The Return of the open-ing kickoff by Gene McEver in the 1928 Alabama game was historic.

The Hit on Larry Czonka by Paul Naumoff in the 1966 Gator Bowl was textbook, about as good as it gets.

Paul stood him up and

spit and sweat came up like a water balloon, was Nick Showalters description.

Grantland Rice made Johnny Butler an All American for his back-and-forth run against Alabama in 1939. Hank Lauricella gained football immortal-ity with his smart 75-yarder against Texas in the 1951 Cotton Bowl.

Jeremy Lincoln defl ected the fi nal Notre Dame fi eld-goal attempt with his back-side to secure the 24-point comeback, the Miracle at South Bend. That was Nov. 9, 1991.

The University of Ten-nessee has not had a more important, or bigger come-back in our schools history, said coach John Majors.

I thank my mom for giv-ing me a big butt, said Lin-coln.

There were many other legendary plays: Snake Sta-bler threw incomplete to stop the clock near the end

of the 1965 Tennessee-Ala-bama tie. Unfortunately for Snake and the Tide, it was fourth down.

Condredge Holloway scrambled away from pres-sure and hurled a two-point pass to Larry Seivers to beat Clemson in 1974.

Dale Jones rushed Ala-bama QB Mike Shula, blocked a pass from a few feet away and somehow caught the ball on the way down. That saved the 1985 victory.

There was Peyton Man-nings stunning bootleg run when nobody was looking and the fi rst-play pass to Joey Kent against Alabama, 80 yards, touchdown! And what Al Wilson did to Flori-da. And what Bobby Majors did to Penn State.

There have been dozens, maybe a hundred memo-rable plays. One more would be nice.Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@netzero.com.

Sandra Clark

Community growingA fun part of my job is to

engage with various com-munities that we serve.

Right now, Im work-ing hard in Powell where a committee is applying for a $3 million grant to promote economic development.

This particular grant is designed only for commu-nities served by Frontier Communications. With some 300 groups across the country competing, Powell has a good shot at making the fi rst cut 50 communities that will each get $35,000. The next cut brings 10 fi nalists, each getting $150,000. Three winners will get $3 million, $2 million and $1 million.

Its worth working on and Im learning a lot.

Telling the storyAnother extracurricular

activity is our Wednesday afternoon newspaper club at Sarah Moore Greene Magnet Academy.

Three co-workers from Shopper-News work with two teachers and two interns to teach reporting skills.

Reporting is more than the Five Ws (which newspa-per club members will tell you are who, what, where, when and why). Reporting is storytelling, and good reporters put facts into con-text and hear what people mean to say even if their words are fuzzy.

Try explaining that to a third-, fourth- or fi fth-grader.

So last week we talked about the money quote.

We paired up, two kids per adult, and I interviewed four students, two in each

session. Wow! It was the best session yet. These kids had as much to say as any guest weve had, and the other kids seemed to relate better to their peers.

Meet the kids and learn about them from our SMG reporters:

Danea Summerford moved to Knoxville from Penn-sylvania. Destiny Woods says Danea is a writer who discovered wattpad.com, a

Safari

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Madison

Wesley

place where all you need are words. Shes had about 4,000 views for her stories, Destiny wrote. She is learn-ing three languages (online), French, Italian and Hawai-ian. She loves vampires and werewolves and the super-natural. She writes for fun and to express her feelings.

Eddys Garcia wrote: Shes getting rich in public.

Madison Thomasmoved here from South

C a r o l i n a . She talked about her grandmoth-er, Doris T h o m a s , and about how impor-tant she is to her life.

K a r i n a Cortes wrote: Madison says her granny is a good cook and she likes every-thing she makes.

Jarmarion Chambers

wrote: Madison and her grandmother go out to eat at Cracker Barrel and once to a Mexican restaurant.

Jordynn Santos wrote: Madison sings in the (church) choir with her granny.

Madison herself wrote: I love her very much. I love talking about her.

Wesley Mills is a f o u r t h -grader who does math in his head. He calls it men-tal math, w r o t e J a d a r i u s Jones. He is just nine

years old, wrote Jatoria White, after Wesley round-ed 496 up to 500 and multi-plied times three.

Safari Bahati, now in fi fth grade, left his home in Africa in time of war to

come to the United States. The family settled fi rst in Vermont but didnt like the cli-mate. Sa-faris dad is a scientist who studies after work to get a

better job.Eddys Garcia caught the

money quote from Clark: How American is that!

Destiny Woods wrote: Safari Bahati ... speaks four languages: Swahili, Kinn-bala, Burundi and English.

Tyree Gibson wrote about his friend: He got his name because he was born on a journey. His dad can speak 16 different languages.

Finally, a kid who shall remain nameless wrote in response to the why of this program: Because the other (speaker) didnt show up.

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On WBIR-TVs Inside Tennessee on March 1, three state legislators discussed this years hottest issues primarily health care and education with a panel of local experts.

Roger Kane

Knox County Juvenile Court Judge Tim Irwin talks to the Council of West Knox County Homeowners at Peace Lutheran Church. Photo by Wendy Smith

Prescription drugs keep juvenile court busy

Kane plays whack-a-mole with TV panelists

VictorAshe

Betty Bean

Wendy Smith

When Tim Irwin began his work as a Juvenile Court judge in 2005, there were 300 kids in state custody in Knox County. Now there are 749. Abuse of prescrip-tion drugs has caused the courts caseload to swell. If it werent for those cases, he could spend two days a week fi shing, he says.

They absolutely drive the train. Its criminal whats happening to fami-lies, and its criminal that you can use TennCare to get the pills.

Irwin spoke to the Coun-cil of West Knox County Homeowners last week. He loves his job, but its tough, he says. The court heard over 29,000 cases in 2014, and most were about the problems of parents rather than children. Seven judges work under him, and three are devoted to child sup-port of unmarried parents. There are six times more cases involving unmarried parents than married par-ents, he said.

Many of the parents who come to his court dont work. Its rare to have cases that involve two working par-ents, he says. The prescrip-tion drug craze has made it

easier to sell drugs than to have a job. If its a choice be-tween a job that pays $9 per hour for less than 40 hours per week with no benefi ts or receiving government as-sistance while selling drugs, theres not much incentive to work.

Addiction to painkill-ers is almost impossible to break, and a result is babies

born to addicted mothers. Every once in a while, the love for a child will pull a mother out of the haze, he says. Otherwise, children are removed from the home.

We dont want to take kids away from parents if theres any way they can make it work. It is a consti-tutional right to parent.

The pill problem requires

When the legislators were asked their position on vouch-ers, Sens. Doug Overbey and Frank Niceley, Repub-

licans who rarely agree on much, both said they oppose vouchers, but for different reasons:

Overbey said he doesnt like the idea of taking money away from public schools and pointed out that Blount County (which is in his district) is home to some of the best schools in the state.

Niceley said many Christian and private schools dont like vouch-ers because accepting them gives the govern-ment a free ticket to stick its nose in their business. He said he once support-ed them, but hes changed his mind, partially because the money might end up going to a bunch of Muslims.

Former state Rep. Glo-ria Johnson, an adamant voucher opponent, was a panelist. She said the re-search doesnt show that vouchers lead to improved student performance.

Meanwhile, Kane sat quietly until he was directly questioned about his position on vouch-ers. He mentioned three voucher bills going around.

When host John Beck-er pointed out that Kane hadnt stated his position on vouchers, Kane played coy:

You didnt ask, he said, fi nally allowing as how hed have to see the strings attached to any voucher bill before mak-ing up his mind.

The following week, the Knox County school board voted 8-1 to oppose school vouchers (Doug Harris dissented).

A few days later, Johnson signed onto KnoxViews, a popular website dealing with local issues, and noted that Kane is not only sup-porting vouchers, but is co-sponsoring a voucher bill (HB0125).

Evidently Kane doesnt care what his Board of Education thinks.

And maybe John Beck-er should call Rep. Kane and invite him to make an encore performance. Hes got some splaining to do.

work on a number of fronts. Irwin thinks better training for doctors could keep those who are already addicted from getting new prescrip-tions, and the federal gov-ernment could cap the num-ber of pills prescribed at one time.

While theres no easy fi x for prescription drug abuse, Irwin knows the formula for helping a child succeed: un-conditional love. If someone spends quality time with a child and tells them they are loved no matter what they do, the child will succeed almost every time, he says.

Whenever people ask what they can do to help, he always tells them to spend time in a childs life. Become a mentor or volunteer with kids in the community.

He tells the story of tour-ing the Vestal Boys & Girls Club. When one member of

State Sen. Becky Massey and Rep. Ryan Haynes have introduced legislation to modify the Knoxville city charter by allowing the county mayor to submit three names to the city may-or to name one to the KUB board of commissioners.

Normally changes to the city charter are done by a vote of the people and not in Nashville.

Three of the current seven members live outside the city: Nikitia Thompson, Celeste Herbert and Kathy Hamilton.

The city mayor has named each of them from a list submitted by the exist-ing KUB board. Hamilton is a former fi nance director for county government.

It seems that Knoxville developer Scott Davis is a promoter of this legislation. Davis and KUB have had their differences over the years.

He was sued in 2013 by KUB for non-payment of certain expenses KUB says are owed. Davis has attor-ney Lewis Howard defend-ing him, and the amount being contested is less than $17,000. It may go to trial next month.

Rogero has advised Bur-chetts staff she is opposed to this legislation, which adds another log to the fi re of disagreements building between the two mayors. In

Legislators seek to change city charter

this area, KUB seems to be meeting the desire for rep-resentation outside the city in Knox County. KUB also provides service in adjacent counties.

There is an argument to make that the current sev-en-year terms (allowing 14 years of service) exceed the eight years of term limits that city and county voters have imposed on many of their elected offi cials and that the KUB terms should be reduced to four years each, consistent with city and county offi cials.

Knoxville holds city elections this year for mayor, city judge and four council seats. The deadline to qual-ify with the Knox County Election Commission to be on the ballot is noon on June 18, with the city primary on Sept. 29 and the general election Nov. 3.

If a candidate for mayor or city judge receives 50 percent plus one vote in the primary he or she is deemed elected and does not go for-ward to November.

However, even if the three at-large City Coun-

cil candidates receive 50 percent plus one vote in September, each must run again on Nov. 3 when voter turnout may be even less than in September.

The four council mem-bers eligible to seek a second and fi nal term are Finbarr Saunders, George Wallace and Marshall Stair, all at-large; and Mark Campen, District 5.

Wallace and Stair, along with Vice-Mayor Nick Pav-lis, are mentioned as poten-tial mayoral candidates.

Others mentioned in-clude Alvin Nance, who is moving from KCDC to Lawler Wood housing, for-mer city deputy mayor Ed-die Mannis and current city deputy mayor Christi Branscom. Others are sure to pop up.

The MPC director search committee is near-ing a decision among three persons who are now being vetted. Mayors Burchett and Rogero will have to approve it.

The MPC board of com-missioners has no voice in the choice as the new direc-tor will not report to them but to the two mayors. This makes for an unclear and potentially unworkable line of authority caused by an act of the Legislature for which no one claims credit.

Meanwhile, with the 2016 county primary a year

away, County Commission-er Jeff Ownby is hosting a fundraiser March 26 at the home of Russell and former GOP chair Ruthie Kuhlman. Ownby was a surprise win-ner in 2010s Haslam land-slide over Democrat Finbarr Saunders, who is now seek-ing a second term on City Council.

Ownby has had a trou-bled tenure on County Com-mission and will face op-position in the Republican primary. Hugh Nystrom of ChildHelp is actively ex-ploring a run. There may be others.

While Knoxvillemay be a cakewalk for Mayor Rogeros re-election (with no one else running), Nash-ville faces a hot and heavy contest with seven credible candidates (all Democrats) as Mayor Karl Dean retires after two terms.

These candidates are well-funded (each having raised over $400,000) and, for at least one, funding is unlimited due to his wealth. No Republican is running.

Candidates include Met-ro Council member Megan Barry, attorney Charles Robert Bone, David Fox, multimillionaire Bill Free-man, Criminal Court Clerk Howard Gentry (former vice mayor), Jeremy Kane and Linda Eskind Re-brovick (daughter of Jane Eskind).

When Republican Rep. Roger Kane, the junior member of the legislative panel, was asked about bills hes carrying this session, he said hes got one to make sure indigent defendants looking for state-supported lawyers are really indigent, plus a consumer-protection bill that will ensure that product warranties are on the up-and-up.

Kane, who sits on the Education Committee and chairs a subcommit-tee there, said hes also got some education bills but generally doesnt like to sponsor them because he doesnt think its quite kosher to do so.

the group bent down to the tie the shoe of a young child, several other kids untied their shoes because they wanted the same attention.

Theres also a desperate need for foster parents in Knox County. Opportuni-ties range from the long-term care of a drug-addict-ed infant to one- or two-day stints as a Safe Place volun-teer through the Helen Ross McNabb Center.

For information on be-coming a foster parent, con-tact the Tennessee Depart-ment of Childrens Services at 1-877-DCS-KIDS.

GOSSIP AND LIES E-911 Board will meet

Friday, March 13, for a re-do requested by Mayors Tim Burchett and Madeline Rogero after an earlier meeting (which both missed) failed to get a second on a recommenda-tion by Burchetts purchasing

department to use Harris rather than Motorola for radio equipment.

Politically, its Cynthia Moxley (Harris) versus every cop in town. And the winner is?

Cops, with the committee vot-ing to rebid the contract.

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Farragut Middle School eighth graders Ericka Wang and Will Hong take a break from studying for the National Science Bowl competition. Photo by S. Barrett

Bring the heat Atomic City Aquatic Club team member Harper Houk cel-ebrates with coach Mike Bowman at this years East DistrictChampionships in Kingsport. During the event, Houk quali-fi ed for the Southeastern Championship held at UT in the 100Breast, 100 Back and 200 IM for boys a ge 13-14. Photo submitted

Breanne Davis decorates her cake for The Great Cake Bake competition. Photos submitted

Farragut Middle Schools science bowl team members are making plans to visit Washington, D.C., for the 25th annual National Sci-ence Bowl, April 30-May 4.

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Read across Knox CountyStudents throughout

Knox County Schools cel-ebrated National Education Associations Read Across America Day with lots of, well, reading.

The event is held annu-ally on March 2 to coincide with Dr. Seuss birthday, and students in several schools showed their love for the au-

thors unforgettable books by dressing as their favorite Seuss character.

Teachers and students also dressed as other popu-lar storybook characters, decorating their classrooms for the occasion, and many welcomed guest readers for the day. Info: www.seuss-ville.com.

Arielle Stewart helps her daughter, fi rst-grade student Dani-elle Hensley, pick out books during Northshore Elementary Schools book fair. Pete the Cat was a favorite.

Farragut Middle goes to D.C.

Farragut Middle School sixth grader Breanne Davis has really gotten into bak-ing, according to her mom, Mandy.

She doesnt get it from me, said Mandy. She bakes mostly for her birthday, or her dads birthday. Mandy noticed an announcement at Knox County Librarys website about The Great Cake Bake, an annual cake-decorating competition for bakers of all skill levels. I thought oh dear, shes going to want to do this.

Breanne had a cake pop maker that she planned to use to make trees for her

of losing. And they wore it out.

According to Will and his teammate Ericka Wang, the biggest challenge is buzzing

in before the other team. Their advice to newbies is to not give up and to be ag-gressive.

Prize money was award-ed at regionals, and since the trip to nationals is en-tirely paid for by Oak Ridge Associated Universities, the team plans to spend it while touring around D.C. before and after the competition. Also, workshops for stu-dents and teachers will be hosted by ORAU engineers.

The top 16 high school teams and the top eight middle school teams in the nationals will each win $1,000 for their schools sci-ence departments, but Will is just looking forward to the experience and Ericka enjoys meeting the other teams.

Breanne, the great cake bakercake, when her friend re-marked how much the trees looked like those in the book The Lorax. Thus, a decorating theme was born.

Thank goodness for snow days, because Breanne had more time to devote to decorating her cake the day before the event. She sat in the backseat with the cake while her mom drove to the competition and said every bump made her nervous. Her hard work paid off; she placed second in her age group.

You cant really mess up baking, and its fun to add your own ideas, she said. She plans to compete in future events with bigger cakes.

Team sponsor and FMS science teacher Mary Sue Pruitt said shes had this same group of students competing for the last three years, but this is the fi rst time theyve made it to na-tionals. This years regional win against Jefferson Mid-dle School in Oak Ridge was a complete surprise.

Theyre our toughest competitors, said team captain Will Hong. We re-ally took the initiative in the

fi rst half though, so they had to block us in the sec-ond half.

Pruitt said the win was such a shock, they hadnt even thought about the pos-sibility of going to nationals. We were all looking at the dates in the car on the way home, she said. This team has tried hard in the past, but this year they got tired

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becoming a real destina-tion, and not only for the nightlife in the Old City and Market Square. On a re-cent Saturday morning, the city was full of tourists and other urban adventurers exploring Gay Street and the surrounding areas. And over at First Presbyterian Church, there was a group of folks enjoying an awful lot of fun and good food.

The Saturday Morn-ing Breakfast Club, which meets the fi rst Saturday of every month, grew out

of the churchs Saturday Morning Mens Breakfast. Consisting mostly of older church members, the club experienced a decline in membership as many of the faithful moved on to the great beyond.

They were going to close it down, says Walt Mont-gomery, one of the younger clubbers, but I was having too much fun. Yknow vis-iting with people, cutting up in the kitchen. Mont-gomery has been heading the club for at least 18 years now, cooking, enlisting his friends help, lining up

A small crowd looks forward to second and third helpings. Pictured are Joseph Redding, Pat and Gary Chambers, Hilda Lipe, David Montgomery, Jennifer Jones (behind Montgomery) and her son Eli, 3, Thom Miller, David and Mary Ann Piper, and Barry Bartlett, who sits behind cooks Rob Jones and Walt Montgomery. Photos by Carol Shane

Food and fun downtown

So, this morning we are all groggier than usual. Daylight Saving Time began Sunday, and we lost an hour of sleep.

I have several questions about Daylight Saving Time. In the fi rst place, according to my mother, who remem-bered such things, America changed the clocks during World War II, moving them back an hour so that factory workers (part of the war ef-fort) could get home during daylight. Apparently that was never rescinded, so we are already an hour off of Gods time. So now, when we move the clocks back, we are another hour out of sync from the sun and Gods time and are really and truly confusing all the roosters in the land!

Some wise man (possibly Will Rogers; it sounds like him!) opined that DST was like cutting off one end of your blanket and sewing it onto the other end to make it longer!

And another thing: I take

My soul waits for the Lord more than those who watch for the morning, more than those who watch for the morning.

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it as a personal affront that it always happens on Sun-day. I suppose the govern-ment fi gures that if we over-sleep and miss church, no harm, no foul. But heaven forfend that we are late for work! As a Christian, I re-sent the assumption that church is not as important as a job. Of course, church was my job, so when I was working, I had to get up in what seemed the middle of the starry night and drive across town to warm up the choir for the early service!

Now that I am mostly retired and live a half mile from the church I attend, its not a problem. Besides, Im getting old and cant sleep late anyhow!

By Ashley BakerCamp Big Fish is ex-

panding by adding a sec-ond Knoxville campus at Farragut Presbyterian Church this summer. From May 26 to Aug. 7, camp-ers from age 5 through the eighth grade can attend camp and join in on field trips, games, excursions and arts and crafts in a Christian environment.

Big Fish, an acronym for Believers In God Faithful In Serving Him, originated in Chattanooga seven years ago, said Knoxville direc-tor Robert Butler. Founders were Jeremy and Molly De-itch. The Farragut branch is the fi fth campus for Big Fish.

Butler said the camp is more than just a fun day for the children. Our goal is to provide a safe, Christ-like environment where the kids can have fun around a great staff, go on exciting fi eld trips and build new friendships in a positive environment.

The fi rst camp here is

based at Middlebrook Unit-ed Methodist Church. The camps last 11 weeks, and parents must register their child for a minimum of seven weeks. Camp Big Fish is packed with activities, including weekly swim-ming times, Lego explosion days, mobile miniature golf, video game trucks and rock climbing walls.

Butler says the camp maintains a 1-to-10 counsel-or-to-camper ratio and that all counselors have college educations. They incorpo-rate several rotations that include a variety of sports, science clubs and daily de-votions for the kids.

Each morning starts with a time of worship and is fol-lowed by skits and songs. Butler said that camps use the childrens devotional Thoughts To Make Your Heart Sing by Sally Lloyd-Jones, author of the The Jesus Storybook Bible.

Info: Robert Butler at 865-386-0779 or robert@campbigfi sh.org.

Several years ago while I was in college, a young man in our dormitory de-cided that it would be funny to get his trumpet out and in the middle of the night blow When the Saints Go Marching In. Sure enough, at around 3 a.m., we were awakened by the sound of a trumpet playing that song.

Later that morning, a friend of mine who lived across the hall came in my room and asked me if I had heard the racket. He said that it had scared him half to death! He thought it was the return of the Lord, and so he said he grabbed his mattress and held on tight because he wasnt ready for His return!

Well, at the time, I got a good laugh out of that. Good enough for him. He needed the scare. But someday Je-sus is going to return and

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when He does, the trumpet of the archangel will sound, the dead will be raised, those who are alive will be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye. There will be no time to make amends. There will be no time for changes. And holding on to ones mattress wont keep you from this ap-pointment.

Someday, people will be sitting and reading, just as you are right now, and the sound of a trumpet will interrupt their calm. If it happened right now, would you be ready? Give it some thought.

Camp Big Fish comes to Farragut

From summer camp 2014, Lexi Ober, Emma Oliver, Shannon Hegarty and Collette Lucas clown around on a stone turtle. Photos submitted

speakers for the brief pre-sentation that follows each meal.

And its not just for First Presbyterians. Walt would like to see the membership grow to include people from all over Knox County. All thats required is a happy heart, a desire to get to know your fellow Knoxvil-lians, and whatever mon-etary donation you care to make.

Walts brother David Montgomery, a professional landscaper who owns The Garden Walk Horticulture, gave a slide presentation titled The Beauty and Hu-mor of Creation; What Was God Thinking? with com-mentary. Really funny com-mentary. Apparently Walts not the only cutup in the family.

Showing one particularly gruesome-looking speci-men, David remarked, This bloodtooth fungus looks like a scene from CSI. An-other slide showed the gi-ant weta, the worlds largest cricket. That is a CHUNK of insect, he said. I warn you, dont Google-image gi-ant weta believe me, you dont wanna see what else is on there!

Throughout the presen-tation David remarked on his views regarding nature and the divine. Many of the pictures featured plants that look like, or mimic, other things found in nature, like the ethereal egret fl ower. God made man in his own image, he said. I guess he made other things in the images of other things!

A picture of monkey or-chids followed by a picture of an actual monkey brought the comment, Sorry I put a picture of my brother on here. Walt, sitting in the back, immediately chimed in, He means our other brother.

David also teaches 13 dif-ferent classes in landscap-ing and plant science at UT. He clearly loves the natural world, and is eager to share his knowledge as a land-scape coach.

So if youre in the mood for a hearty breakfast, in-cluding Walt Montgomerys delicious fried potatoes, along with some friendly folks and an interesting talk, check out The Satur-day Morning Breakfast Club the fi rst Saturday of every month at First Presbyterian Church, 620 State St.

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The Stepmother (Cate Blanchett) keeps Ella (Lily James) in her place as a servant in Cinderella.

Brooklyn mobster and hit man Jimmy Conlon (Liam Neeson), right, tries to persuade his old friend and boss, Shawn Maguire (Ed Harris), from going after his estranged son in Run All Night.

Ella (Lily James) arrives at the ball in Cinderella.

This weeks new mov-ies go after totally different audiences, but they share a theme of familiarity.

The fairy-tale obsession thats been fi lling screens large and small in recent years continues with Cin-derella.

These days, you cant spin a wand around a room without hitting some prin-cess, particularly of the Disney ilk. The problem, er, situation, is only going to get worse, er, multiply, with the release of the new live-action version of Cinderel-la from Disney, of course.

Opulently fi lmed by di-rector Kenneth Branagh, this new Cinderella brings a message of courage and compassion. The heroine looks for good in people and has a kind heart; but of course shes not opposed to donning a magical ball gown when the occasion calls for it.

According to the press notes, screenwriter Chris Weitz (About a Boy)

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fl eshes out the characters to make them more relatable, without being revisionist. Casting Cate Blanchett as the evil Stepmother is a big step toward making that dream come true. Blanchett plays Cinderellas fathers widow as a woman whos experienced loss of her own.

Blanchett may draw an unexpected demographic to the fi lm, as may Helena Bonham-Carter, who plays the Fairy Godmother, and Lily James of Downtown Abbey fame, who plays Ella. Not sure what the casting of Richard Madden (Game of Thrones) as the Prince will do for the PG-rated movies box offi ce.

The cast also includes

Ben Chaplin and Hayley At-well as Cinderellas parents (briefl y), Derek Jacobi as the King and Stellan Skars-gard as the scheming Grand Duke.

Liam Neeson contin-ues his action-hero reign in Run All Night. The Taken star plays Jimmy Conlon, a Brooklyn mobster and hit man whos trying to drink his way to the side-lines of crime.

When his boss and long-time best friend, Shawn Maguire (Ed Harris), tries to make Jimmys estranged son, Mike (Joel Kinnamon), pay for the death of his son, Jimmy must get off the bar-stool and decide his loyal-ties.

The fi lms impressive cast also includes Vincent DOnofrio, Common (recent Oscar winner for Best Origi-nal Song, Glory, from Sel-ma), Bruce McGill, Patricia Kalember and Holt McCal-lany. Jaume Collet-Serra (Non-Stop, Unknown) directed.

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FRIDAY-SATURDAY Circus Extravaganza benefi ting at-risk youth and adults

with autism, 7 p.m. Friday, 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday, Pellissippi State Community College, Clayton Performing Arts Center, 10915 Hardin Valley Road. Tickets: $10. Info: 609-2012.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY Smoky Mountain Winterfest 2015, Thompson-Boling Are-

na. Info/registration/schedule: http://www.winterfest2015.com/midwest/smoky-mountain.

2015 Real Home Show, Knoxville Convention Center, 701 Henley St. Sponsored by the Home Builders Association of Greater Knoxville. Times: noon-6 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday; noon-6 p.m. Sunday. Featuring an updated fl oor plan with displays by professional contractors including new home builders, remodelers and home-improvement special-ists. Info: www.therealhomeshow.com.

FRIDAY The Annie Moses Band, 8 p.m., Ronald and Lynda Nutt

Theatre, Clayton Center for the Arts, 502 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville. Info/tickets: www.claytonartscenter.com, 981-8263.

Friends of Literacy Bachelor Auction, 7:30 p.m., Crowne Plaza. Info/tickets: 549-7007 or www.friendsofl iteracy.org.

John Paul Keith will perform, 10 p.m., Barleys in the Old City, 200 E. Jackson Ave. Info: 521-0092, http://barleysknoxville.com.

Midnight Voyage LIVE: Mindelixir, Fast Nasty, SpookyJones, Psychonaut, 9 p.m., The Concourse, 940 Blackstock Ave. Info: http://internationalknox.com.

Penny & Sparrow will perform, 8 p.m., The Square Room, 4 Market Square. Info: 544-4144.

Scratch River Telegraph Co. will perform, 8 p.m., Preserva-tion Pub second fl oor, 28 Market Square. Info: 524-2224.

TJ Kong & the Atomic Bomb/Ian Thomas and Band of Drifters will perform 10 p.m., Scruff y City Hall, 32 Market Square. Info: 524-2224, www.scruff ycityhall.com.

Uptown Comedy Jam II, 8 p.m., Bijou Theater, 803 S. Gay St. Info/tickets: http://www.knoxbijou.com.

Wild Things will perform, 10 p.m., Preservation Pub, 28 Market Square. Info: 524-2224.

SATURDAY America Loves Bacon Festival, 1-7 p.m., Worlds Fair Park. Info:

http://americalovesbacon.com.

Bijou Jubilee! 2015 featuring Scott Miller and The Com-monwealth, 8:30 p.m., Bijou Theatre; to benefi t preservation of the Bijou Theatre. Info/tickets: www.knoxbijou.com.

Great Barrier Reefs/Marina Orchestra will perform, 10 p.m., Scruff y City Hall, 32 Market Square. Info: 524-2224.

Imperial Blend/Davis Mitchell and DM3 will perform, 10 p.m., Preservation Pub, 28 Market Square. Info: 524-2224.

Jazz pianist Judy Carmichael in concert, 7:30 p.m., Clayton Center for the Arts, Maryville. Tickets: $25. Info/tickets: 981-8590 or claytonartscenter.com.

Knoxville Downtown Rail Jam, 6 p.m., Marc Nelson Denim, 700 E. Depot Ave. Info: Lane@lecontecompanies.com.

KSO Pops Series: The Midtown Men, 8 p.m., Knoxville Civic Auditorium. Info/tickets: www.knoxvillesymphony.com; KnoxvilleTickets.com, 656-4444 or 877-995-9961.

Mountain Soul will perform, 10 p.m., Barleys in the Old City, 200 E. Jackson Ave. Info: 521-0092, http://barleysknoxville.com.

The Rock and Roll Show: The Bad Dudes, Belfast 6 Pack, Tina Tarmac & The Burns, Mass Driver, 8 p.m., The International, 940 Blackstock Ave. Info: http://internationalknox.com.

St. Paddys Day on Market Square, 5 p.m., Market Square Stage. Performing: Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds, Cut-throat Shamrock.

SUNDAY Barleys St. Patricks Day 5K, 2 p.m., Barleys in the Old City,

200 E. Jackson Ave. All proceeds go to Emilys Power For A Cure, a foundation to raise funds and awareness for neuro-blastoma research. Info: 521-0092.

Drowning Pool: Unlucky 13 Anniversary with Adrenaline Mob, Full Devil Jacket and VanKale, 6 p.m., The International, 940 Blackstock Ave. Info: http://internationalknox.com.

The Dupont Brothers will perform, 10 p.m., Preservation Pub, 28 Market Square. Info: 524-2224.

The Paper Crowns will perform, 8 p.m., Barleys in the Old City, 200 E. Jackson Ave. Info: 521-0092, http://barleysknoxville.com.

The Grouper Po Boy at Puleos Grille is served with crispy fries. Photo by Mystery Diner

The Midtown Men will be bringing the glorious sounds of the 60s to the Knoxville Civic Auditorium this weekend. Photo sub-mitted

The Midtown Men are coming. And youre going to love hearing them.

Sometimes, its sand-wich time. Whether that is a lunch break or time for dinner, there are those days when the whole delicious menu of a restaurant just sinks into the background as the sandwich section pops to the front.

At Puleos Grille, there are some very tasty sand-wiches from which to choose, from burgers to po boys to fi sh tacos to BLTs of both the turkey and fried-green-tomato variety.

Puleos has one of those menus that keep you com-ing back because there are so many kinds of foods to try. Their mission state-ment is to be a blend of the traditional steak and seafood restaurant with Southern comfort and tra-ditional Italian offerings. The menu captures that philosophy with comfort

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foods like shrimp and grits and turkey and dressing and Italian specialties such as Nonas Lasagna, Paler-mo Chicken and Eggplant Parmesan.

On a sandwich day, how-ever, the Grouper Po Boy was just the right fi t. A nice piece of grouper was the star of the show, although the dill caper remoulade deserved some top billing. The lettuce and tomatoes were crisp and ripe.

The way to ruin a piece of grouper is to overbread and underseason it. Puleos grouper had a crunchy,

delicate seasoning, allow-ing the taste of the grouper to come through. It also meant that what, at fi rst glance, looked like too thin a fi let to carry the sandwich turned out to be right on target.

Puleos French bread roll was fresh and very lightly toasted, again, pulling the

whole sandwich together. Each bite had the right combination of bread, let-tuce, tomato, remoulade and, of course, grouper.

Puleos has four locations in East Tennessee now. One is in Alcoa, and the three Knox County locations are at Cedar Bluff, Strawberry Plains and Merchant Drive.

Oh, what a

wind, jumping up from their seats and twisting the night away. What else can you do with a live and in-person, sounding-and-looking-just-like-the-real-thing Beatles band pumping out Twist and Shout?

Earlier this season, The Sounds of Simon and Garfunkel, featuring the talented performers A.J.

Swearingen & Jonathan Beedle, had much the same effect, albeit a bit quieter one. Still to come this sea-son, concertgoers can look forward to The Music of Queen in April and A Trib-ute to Elvis Presley in May.

Despite a wealth of tal-ented present-day singers and performers, the KSO knows which generation

had the best popular music. And they know that folks never, ever get tired of hear-ing it.

The Midtown Men features Michael Longo-ria, Daniel Reichard, Tony Award nominee J. Robert Spencer and the 2006 Tony Award winner for Best Featured Actor in a Musi-cal, Christian Hoff. As the stars of Jersey Boys, the Broadway mega-hit about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, these four talented actors shared the stage for over 1,000 performances and delighted television au-diences with appearances on the Today show, The Late Show with David Let-terman and Dick Clarks Rockin New Years Eve.

The group is particularly special because they are the fi rst principal cast of a high-profi le musical that has had major success as a completely new entity.

So come out this Satur-day night and revel in those great sounds. This is not mimicry or tribute, says the Midtown Men website, its a true celebration of the music of an era.

The Midtown Men, part of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestras News Sentinel Pops Series, will be present-ed at 8 p.m. this Saturday, March 14, at Knoxvilles Civic Auditorium. For tick-ets, call 291-3310 or visit www.knoxvillesymphony.com.Send story suggestions to news@shop-pernewsnow.com.

Now on their third na-tional tour, four stars from the original cast of Jersey Boys will be sharing the stage with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra this weekend, bringing to life their favorite hits from the Beatles, the Beach Boys, Motown, the Four Seasons and more.

KSO pops concerts are always fun for everyone. The guest artists are usu-ally pleasantly surprised at the caliber of the orchestra. Maybe theyre not expect-ing much from our Scruffy Little City. After all, most of these folks come from New York and Los Angeles.

But I can tell you fi rst-hand that, though there may be only two rehears-als sometimes only one your hometown orchestra shines every time.

For me, as the pianist for the orchestra, its a pleasure to play the hits I grew up loving. The KSO has hosted Beatles tribute bands three times in my tenure, and ev-ery one of those concerts was a blast. Two of them ended with orchestra mem-bers fl inging caution to the

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By Shannon CareyWhats in a name? To the

staff and residents at Brook-dale, formerly Homewood at Deane Hill, the name means a passion for excel-lent care across the nation.

The Knoxville assisted living and memory care resi-dence changed its name with a ribbon-cutting ceremony March 3, which was moved indoors due to rain. Resi-dents, staff and administra-tive personnel came together in front of a warm fi replace to celebrate the change.

Sportscaster Steve Phil-lips was on hand for an-

nouncements.When people see the

name Brookdale, they will know that there are people inside who care and do a great job taking care of you, he said.

Executive director Pete Prins said, Thank you to the residents for bringing such joy to all of us. Our business and our passion are about those we serve.

Zurma Caldwell, who has lived at Brookdale since 2008, was asked to cut the ribbon.

Info: www.brookdale living.com.

By Anne HartAn entrepreneur has

been good-naturedly de-fi ned as Someone who jumps off a cliff and builds a plane on the way down.

More and more people who are ready to jump off that cliff, but arent quite sure how to build the aforementioned plane, are turning to Leo Knight and the orga-nization he founded for the help they need to assure a safe land-ing.

Knight described En-trepreneurs of Knoxville (EOK) to his fellow Rotar-ians at a recent meeting of his home club, the Rotary Club of Bearden. And then he asked for their help in building more of those air-planes so necessary to suc-cessful entrepreneurship.

An engineer and success-ful entrepreneur himself, Knight said the plan he and a friend envisioned over a cup of coffee in 2008 is to-

day a group of super-smart entrepreneurs who work to-gether to make others more successful. We provide tools and set up teams of professionals to help mem-bers with their startups.

He said EOK grew from eight original members to

300 in the fi rst year, 500 in year two, 750 in

year three and 1,200 in year four. That dramatic growth has continued and neces-

sitated changes in the way EOK operates.

Working with Brad Greene (Gridwell.co) and Dave Morehouse (More-house Legal Group), Knight formed a parent organiza-tion Entrepreneurial Col-lective (EC) and moved EOK as its fi rst chapter, documenting the process so others can follow it.

A partnership with the Angel Capital Group (AGC) provided still more lever-age for entrepreneurs seek-ing investors. With more

than 2,000 Angel investing groups around the globe, it will make it easy for our entrepreneurs to apply for funding.

Still, mentors with real-world experience are need-ed, Knight said, and thats where Rotarians can help.

We care about the entre-preneur, whether its their fi rst startup or their 101st startup or even if theyre failing. Were not just there for the end game of jobs being created or a new tax-paying entity being created. We are all about the success of that individual entrepre-neur, that person, that hu-man.

We need business lead-ers in the community as mentors. We want the expe-rience of a person who has walked that path before. We want trail guides with high ethics and a desire to give back. We want Rotarians.

Knight and his group have big plans for the fu-ture. We envision an EC

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Zurma Caldwell (second from left) cuts the ribbon to celebrate Homewood at Deane Hill changing its name to Brookdale. With her are sales manager Melody Matney, sportscaster Steve Phillips, executive director Pete Prins and regional business development coordinator Lorri Ryan. Photo by S. Carey

Leo Knight Photo by Charles Garvey

By Bonny C. MillardA partnership between

Title 1 school Pond Gap El-ementary and a Rotary Club of Knoxville committee will help several students take a life-changing trip to Wash-ington, D.C.

Chuck Atchley Jr., chair of the clubs Main Stream committee, introduced school principal Shelly Mc-Gill and fi fth-grade teacher Gina Alexander, who shared details of the project. The committee presented them with a $500 check.

Eighty-seven percent of Pond Gap students are eco-nomically disadvantaged, McGill said. In addition, it has a 20 percent population of English language learn-ers, representing about 25 different countries.

McGill said that she was approached by the commit-tee when the school was already planning a Wash-ington, D.C., trip for Safety Patrol members for the fi rst time in 15 years.

Ive been on that trip several times when I was a teacher, and I believe strongly in it, McGill said. I believe that it can change lives.

In addition to the schools fundraising efforts, families must pay a small amount, and only students who ex-hibit good work habits and behavior are chosen. Stu-dents are also required to help with the fundraising efforts.

We wanted them to have some ownership in this, McGill said of the 14 stu-dents who will be partici-pating.

Alexander said some of these students have never been outside of Tennessee, and this trip will help show them the possibilities.

Were building a future, and it takes more than just whats in a building to build a future, Alexander said.

The schools fundrais-ers include candy bar sales and a spaghetti dinner later this month. The school has $1,300 left to raise.

Atchley said the com-mittee helped the school organize the dinner and that several Rotarians have donated to the project. The committee hopes to raise more money than needed to seed the project for future years.

Pond Gap Elementary School teacher Gina Alexan-der and principal Shelly McGill

Downtown Rotary boosts Pond Gap project

New name, same great community

EOK off ers a bright future for entrepreneurs

chapter in every town/city/community across the globe. It will become an in-credible network for entre-preneurs seeking assistance with their next startup. The relationship between EC chapters, Rotary Clubs and Angel Capital chapters will provide all the resources necessary for an entrepre-neur to be very successful.

EOK and EC provide a huge array of resources to potential entrepreneurs. To get started: www.eokhq.com.

Shopper news MARCH 11, 2015 A-11

By Sherry WittAmid a harsh onslaught

of wintry w e a t h e r , we saw an e n c o u r a g-ing trend for local real estate and lend-ing markets during Feb-ruary. For

the month ending on Fri-day, Feb. 27, there were 585 property transfers recorded in Knox County, surpass-ing both the January total of 583 as well as last Febru-arys output of 551 sales.

The total value of prop-erty sold was $147.9 million, which also barely topped Januarys aggregate and easily bested last Februarys total of only $91 million. On the mortgage side, the Feb-ruary numbers dipped be-low Januarys lending pace as approximately $194 mil-lion was borrowed against real property, compared to $227 million during the fi rst month of the year. However,

the February activity was well ahead of last years fi g-ure of $158.5 million.

Perhaps the most re-markable statistic was that these rather robust num-bers came during a Febru-ary that was shortened to just 15 working days due to several factors includ-ing weather, Presidents Day and the short 28-day month.

Among the most note-worthy property sales of the month was the transfer of an apartment complex located at 2308 Forest Ave. in the Fort Sanders commu-nity.

The property was sold to Acc Op (University Walk TN) LLC, for a listed price of $30 million.

The largest mortgage transaction was a loan to the Industrial Development Board of the city of Knox-ville, secured by a deed of trust of $9 million.

The loan was said to be for the renovation of the Medical Arts Building at 603 Main Ave.

Despite weather, February numbers strong

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Bill Dockery

Wigs, hairpieces and tou-pees are sometimes the stuff of humor for many people, but for those with hair is-sues thin hair, a bald spot, a sudden loss of hair they are no laughing matter.

One Knoxville business-woman has made a living taking peoples hair con-cerns seriously.

Every hair is precious to me, and I know it is to most of my clients, said Angela Moore, the proprietor of We Three Wi gs in Bearden.

Her mother, Joan Moore, started the business 59 years ago when she pur-chased a wig in New York and decided there was a market for wigs and hair-pieces in Knoxville. She was right.

Angela Moore grew up in the trade. Her mother worked out of the family home in East Knoxville. At fi rst the many-wigged heads were stored in the lower level of the home, and as a child Moore found it a spooky experience to be sent down-stairs to retrieve a wig.

Later, Joan Moore opened her store on Magno-lia Avenue, choosing the We Three name to recognize herself and her two daugh-ters. The store has since moved to Bearden.

Angela Moores father, Elmer, was a commodities dealer who took his wifes designs to China to be made.

Angela Moore inspects one of the wigs she sells at We Three Wigs, 4822 Kingston Pike. The

model head she is working with was live-molded from Dolly Parton when the East Tennessee music superstar

started her own line of wigs. Parton bought her fi rst wigs at We Three Wigs at the be-

ginning of her country music career. Photo by Bill Dockery

2nd generation wigmaker supplies Knox clients

The shop takes consider-able pride in one client the only one Moore will iden-tify publicly. When she was just beginning her career in country music, superstar Dolly Parton became a cli-ent of We Three.

Dolly bought her fi rst wigs from Mom, Moore said. We cut and styled them.

The shop keeps a signed copy of a 1976 order from Parton, who spent more than $1,000 on wigs, at a time when the going price was $35. The display in the museum at Dollywood in-cludes wigs from We Three.

Other than for Parton, We Three maintains a poli-cy of strict confi dentiality to protect its clients.

Weve had a few hus-bands call wanting to know what their wives were buy-ing in our shop, Moore said. We carry jewelry in addi-tion to wigs, and we tell them they need to ask their wives.

Moore said some of her customers claim that their husbands dont know they wear a wig.

They sleep in their old wigs and when they get up,

they put on a newer one, she said. I asked one wom-an how she could sleep in the same bed and her hus-band not know, and she said his hands were always occu-pied elsewhere.

In recent decades Moore has seen major changes in wig technology. When her mother opened the busi-ness, all wigs used human hair. Now all use synthetic fi bers. Several grades of hair fi ber are available.

The rule is, the shinier, the cheaper, she said.

Technology has pro-gressed most in the caps, those scalp-fi tting nets that hold the hair.

The most expensive caps run a bit over $500 and are made of monofi lament, an extremely light netting that is almost invisible against the skin. Individual hair fi -bers are inserted in the caps and knotted by hand. Moore said her best wigs involve 180 hours of handwork.

Less expensive wigs use machine-sewn caps, which may be warmer, heavier and a little more obvious.

The reasons for choos-ing to wear a wig have also expanded. Many profes-sional women choose them for convenience, Moore said. The pieces are already styled and make it easy for people on tight schedules to get on with business without fuss-ing over hairdos.

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Opera Guild event draws colorful crowd One of the goals of the

Knoxville Opera, accord-ing to board chair Michelle Brewer, is to bring opera to everyone. A raucous party featuring belly dancers, fortune tellers and guests dressed in sparkly, span-gled attire helped further the cause last weekend.

sy-themed shows Car-men, which was performed in February, and Il Tro-vatore, which will be per-formed April 24 and 26.

The Opera Guild fund-raiser helped support the art of opera, which combines theater, music and gorgeous voices, says Brewer. The Knoxville Opera contrib-utes to the local art scene through performances and educational outreach. Even the smallest children respond to the companys mini-performances in schools, she says.

The Knoxville Opera is unique because it performs classics, like Carmen, as well as rare operas, like last years Norma. The rare shows typically draw

national per-formers who appreciate a challenge.

The Ros-sini Festival has contrib-uted to the lo-cal popularity of opera. This years event, on Saturday, April 25, will feature a street dance at Krutch Park, Brewer says.

It just keeps expanding.

Julie Seen of The Flying Jolie performs an aerial act at the Knoxville Opera Guilds

Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves.

Mike and Melissa McCoy soak up the atmosphere at Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves. Photos by Wendy Smith

Knoxville Opera Board chair Michelle Brewer sells baubles to Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves chair Judy Henry.

Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves, held at The In-dependent, celebrated the Knoxville Operas two gyp-

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ST. PATRICKS DAY IS TUESDAY, MARCH 17TH

First the hips, then the knees and now, the ankles. No, its not an-other dance step but it is a trend sweeping the Baby Boom genera-tion who grew up doing the Twist or shaking their booty at the disco.

Now in their retirement years, those gray-haired Boomers are

feeling the effects of all that twist-ing and shaking as complaints of arthritis stack up. Last year, se-niors were a large portion of the 332,000 people who got total hip replacements and the 719,000 knee

replacements. Now, its the ankles turn.

Around since the 1970s, total ankle replacement (TAR) just now seems to be gaining favor among the gray-haired set, driven largely by the de-mand of still active Boomers.

Those rst TARs failed miser-ably, but thats yesterdays news. According to Dr. Tracy Pesut, an orthopedic surgeon at Parkwest Medical Center, todays TARs are giving seniors a new lease on life.

I nd with the Baby Boom gen-

eration that these patients want to continue working, playing and enjoying life deep into their retire-ment, she said. They are a higher demand population. I see an in-crease in the need and desire for TARs in order for them to be able to continue gol ng, hiking, playing tennis and pickle ball, and walking or exercising.

The gold standard for ankle arthritis has been fusing the joint, but that increases the stress on the surrounding joints and leads to ar-thritis in those joints within about 10 years, Pesut added. Since pa-tients were unhappy with their results, research went into rede-velopment in the 1990s, and as a result, there are now ve FDA-ap-proved TAR systems (or prosthe-ses) in the United States. The ankle replacements available now have better wear properties due to the materials used. They also allow for better range of motion and func-tion. Some even utilize CT scans to develop custom cutting jigs for the components to decrease surgery times and improve alignment.

Pesut says even better designs that allow for more normal motion, and hopefully, better wear proper-ties to increase longevity, are be-

ing developed and used in Europewhere a less stringent FDA-typeapproval process enables surgeonsthere to incorporate these new de-signs more easily.

While the options are growing,ankle replacements remain amongthe most dif cult procedures anorthopedic surgeon performs. Thesmall contact area and multiple di-rections and functions of the jointmake it a task not every surgeonwants to tackle.

Most general orthopedists andeven sports specialists are uncom-fortable or do not enjoy taking careof the foot and ankle problems,said Pesut who has performed 40to 50 total ankle replacements andmore reconstructions than she cancount during her years of practice.They can be complicated and notwo patients are the same. I likethe challenge of problem solvingand guring out what is the bestsolution to their problem. I nd itchallenging and enjoy facing thechallenge and seeing patients get-ting back on their feet and return-ing to their activities.

Of course, total ankle replace-ments wont make you feel 16again, but they can help many se-niors Twist again.

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Craig pulls back a protec-tive cover to reveal cabbage in his winter garden.

Below, Craig, 83, of Knox-ville, points out the new pieces in his ankle which removed his pain without robbing him of fl exibility.

Dave Craig walks two miles before breakfast every day, no matter what the weather is like outside. He calls it part of his religion, a time of peace when he prays, recites and gets centered for the rest of the day.

There are warm weather vege-tables, and there are cool weather vegetables, explains Dave Craig, 83, Knoxville. I have four gar-dens one for spring, summer, fall and winter.

Craig, who holds a doctorate in Agriculture Education, is digging into his passion for gardening again after a total ankle arthro-plasty at Parkwest Medical Cen-ter. No matter what the weather is like outside, he loves applying his skills as a master gardener and making things grow.

He gardens for his own plea-sure, and Craig volunteers count-less hours with Habitat for Hu-manitys HUG program (Habitat Urban Gardens). Its all a lot easier now that he has a new ankle.

Craig fell over a rock embank-ment in 2008, injuring his ankle. He spent a long time hobbling without healing.

I fussed with that ankle for years, Craig says. Diagnosed as having an ankle strain, he tried all the treatments he was prescribed, including medication, wearing a brace, cortisone shots and physi-cal therapy.

Craig learned to accommodate the pain and instability in his ankle over time, but one day he nally decided hed had enough. His doctor recommended fusing the bones in the ankle to relieve the pain.

Craig didnt like that option be-cause it would greatly reduce his range of motion. He wanted ex-ibility and movement so he could remain active and keep on walk-ing, hiking, exercising and gar-dening without being held back by a stiff ankle.

Craig had been active his entire

Baby Boomers changed approach to ankle repairJust a sprain?Get it checked to be sure.

Its not always easy to tell whether an ankle is just a sprain or is broken. Most physicians follow guidelines (known as the Ottawa Ankle Rules) to help distinguish between a fracture and a sprain and determine whether X-rays are necessary. A sprain is most likely if you are able to put weight on your foot just after the injury; a frac-ture is most likely if you are unable to walk after the injury.

Even distinguishing between the types of sprain can be tricky. Ankle sprains are not only one of the most common injuries, but theyre also commonly misdiagnosed, according to the American College of Foot and Ank