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VOL. 6 NO. 15 A great community newspaper April 9, 2012
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By Theresa EdwardsThe 23rd annual River
Rescue organized and coordi-nated by Ijams Nature Center reached far and wide, includ-ing the Turkey Creek Stream fl owing through Campbell Sta-tion Park.
Josh Cunningham of Amer-iCorps organized the river cleanup along with tree plant-ing at Campbell Station Park as part of this joint River Rescue effort. His parents, John and Wilene Cunningham, drove at 5 a.m. from their home in Mount Holly, N.C., to spend the day with Josh for his 24th
birthday. Upon arrival, they picked up trash before going out together for dinner.
Amy Mann with Knox County Soil Conservation Dis-trict explained why it is good to plant beside the stream’s banks. “Vegetation including trees and bushes help hold the soil in place,” she said. “Veg-etation also fi lters toxins and cools down the stream, provid-ing a favorable environment for the inhabitants (animals and bugs).” The vegetation also can prevent debris from enter-ing the stream.
After planting the Shumard
Oak trees at Campbell Station Park, Cunningham gave away several trees to the community at this event. He is planning an-other huge tree planting event on May 5 in Farragut. Funding is by a Tennessee Wildlife Re-sources Agency tree grant. Far-ragut hopes to plant more than 200 trees that day on public and private property.
Campbell Station Park will be the center of this event. Teams will go throughout Far-ragut planting trees on pre-ap-proved private properties that have completed and returned the proper form to Town Hall.
Josh Cunningham of AmeriCorps and Jessica Davis plant Shumard Oak trees at Campbell Station Park.
The trees will get green by the end of the summer and produce acorns in about four years, according to
Cunningham. “So the squirrels will be happy we did this,” he said. By the end of the project, they will have
planted 400 trees, primarily in or near the park. Photos by T. Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com
Melissa McKenzie, with Jacobs Engineering,
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By Sherri Gardner
HowellAlex Tedford is a person
of few words – until he sits at his computer.
Then the author lets the creativity fl ow, creating vil-lains, heroes, palaces and cursed forests. He weaves his storyline with the en-thusiasm of a master pup-peteer, drawing his audi-ence deeper into his world with suspense and action.
Which is, of course, what an accomplished au-thor is supposed to do, so why all the fuss? The plot thickens, you see, when the readers learn that Alex is 13 years old.
The young author has just published his second book and received fi nished copies just in time to be a featured artist at the Far-ragut Book Fest for Chil-dren on Saturday, April 14.
Alex started writing his fi rst book, “Firven the Warrior,” when he was 11 and a 4th grader at Chris-
tian Academy of Knoxville. He was in the 5th grade when the book was fi n-ished and published.
“I worked on it for about a year and a half,” says Alex. “I just wrote when I felt like it and when new ideas would come to me. In the beginning, I was just writing, but about three-fourths of the way through it, I knew I wanted it to be a book.”
He created very little fanfare around his task. “I told my family and a few friends. It was no big deal. It was just something I wanted to do, so I kept on until I fi nished it.”
After the writing, Alex started researching ways for young authors to get their work published, and he found KidPub Press. “Firven the Warrior” is now also available for the Kindle tablet, as well as online through Amazon and KidPub Press.
It was about six months
Alex Tedford shows a copy
of his fi rst book, “Firven the
Warrior,” at his home in West
Knoxville. Alex, a 7th grader
at Christian Academy of
Knoxville, will be one of the
featured authors at Farragut
Book Fest for Children on
April 14.
Magic timing
from the time Alex com-pleted writing Firven to the day he held a fi nished copy in his hand. He estimates he has sold about 100 cop-ies of the 76-page book. His parents, John and Kathy Tedford, didn’t read it un-til he was fi nished, and he says he thinks his dad was the most surprised. His grandmother was the fi rst one to read the book in its
published form. As for the reaction of his brothers – Matthew, 15, and Luke, 8 – Alex just shrugs.
Alex says he knew as soon as he fi nished the fi rst book that he would write a second one. “The Wizard’s Magic” is not a sequel and is very different from Fir-ven. “It is written from my perspective,” he says. “The book is like a journal, set in medieval times.”
For example, “The Wiz-ard’s Magic” begins: “How this book came into your hands is a mystery to me. Maybe it was bad luck, maybe it was coincidence. Whatever the reason, I need to make one thing absolutely clear. This book contains very valuable, and also quite danger-ous, information. I’ll just go ahead and tell you: the secrets contained in this book are, well, unsafe, in a manner of speaking. If you read from begin-ning to end, you will know what is beyond the sight of most. I’m not saying that is a good thing, but if you really want to know the se-crets of the past, read on. And brace yourself, reader. These are powerful words.”
The main character has two brothers who read a
Alex Tedford conjures up new book to debut at Book Fest
magic book with him, and all three get transported to the past. If you expect any insight into Alex from his main character, however, don’t count on it. “I tried to make him as opposite of me as possible. It is writ-ten in fi rst person, but he is still just a character I cre-ated.”
Alex does, however, like the format, and the second book is almost 100 pages longer than the fi rst one. “I like writing where I am part of the action,” he says.
Alex hopes to write many more books because he has a wealth of ideas ready to be put to paper. He doesn’t really plan to be an author when he is an adult. “I don’t think I will be a writer, like, for my whole life,” he says. What does he want to do? “I don’t know,” he answers, weari-ly. “I’m 13.”
The best part of the whole process, he says, is the writing. “I like the cre-ative process – getting the idea, getting started and writing it all. That’s the best part.”
The worst?“Editors,” he says.Amen.
To page A-3
SHOPPER ONLINEShopperNewsNow.com
Happy 60! It wasn’t so much that John
Charles Retinger Jr., was turning 60, or that he really didn’t want a big deal made of the milestone. It was just that, through the years, it hasn’t been easy to pull one over on him.
➤ See Sherri’s story on page A-3
Coff ee Break with Cuddy
It all started with a motor-cycle.
Mike Cuddy was a 12-year-old with a dream: He wanted a motorcycle. No problem, his parents told him. Just earn the money to buy it.
The journey to earn that money and make that dream a reality nurtured an entre-preneurial spirit in the young Kingsport boy that has been the hallmark of his life and career.
➤ See Coffee Break on page A-2
All shook up!Jake Mabe extends a heart-
felt thanks (“thankyavery-much”) to those who called or wrote last week sharing memo-ries of Elvis Presley.
Powell guy David Hunter reminded Jake of a tale about Elvis and Cas Walker.
Elvis made a brief whistle stop in Knoxville, most likely when he came home from the Army in 1960. David said Cas decided, as a prominent Knox-villian, he needed to go down to say hello.
Says David: “That evening, Cas was
trampled by teenage girls. He showed up on the ‘Farm and Home Hour’ the next day, battered and angry about out-of-control youth.”
See Jake’s column and more at www.ShopperNewsNow.com/.
A-2 • APRIL 9, 2012 • FARRAGUT SHOPPER-NEWS
with Mike CuddyIt all started with a motorcycle.Mike Cuddy was a 12-year-old with a dream: He want-
ed a motorcycle. No problem, his parents told him. Just earn the money to buy it.
The journey to earn that money and make that dream a reality nurtured an entrepreneurial spirit in the young Kingsport boy that has been the hallmark of his life and career. Cuddy, who is “again” retired, never let go of that propensity for fi nding ways to encourage businesses and solve problems.
“I had two paper routes and one yard to mow,” says Cuddy, “and I worked until I had enough money to buy a motorcycle. I kept those endeavors until I was about 15, then got a job bagging groceries in a local supermarket. In the summer, I worked at Eastman. That work ethic set the pattern for the rest of my life.”
Mike found his way to Knoxville when he enrolled at the University of Tennessee, graduating in engineering and going to work as a design engineer at Y-12 in Oak Ridge. His career with DOE spanned 30 years and took him to K-25 and then Oak Ridge National Laboratory. During that time, he went back to UT and “got an MBA the hard way – nights and weekends.”
Mike’s passion for business development grew as he worked in Oak Ridge, and his responsibilities grew as well, working for Union Carbide, Martin Marietta and Lockheed Martin as the companies acquired the bids to run the DOE businesses. When he retired, he then worked 10 years as vice president of business development at SAIC in Oak Ridge, a science and technology company. In 2008, Mike retired again, but picked up the mantle of CEO and president of Tech 2020, a 501 (c) (3) company he helped shepherd 16 years before when he was one of the company’s founding committee members through the Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce.
“Tech 2020 helps support and advance entrepreneurial companies in the area,” says Mike. “That kind of support can sometimes make all the difference in business devel-opment.” As of late October 2010, more than 375 compa-nies had been mentored and enabled by Tech 2020, with an economic impact of $305 million.
“I think my passion for this goes back to my roots of always looking for something new, something better,” says Mike. “This region is blessed with so many natural assets. It is a good environment for entrepreneurs to start and grow their companies. The challenge is fi nding ways
Coffee Break
It can be your neighbor, club leader, bridge partner, boss, father, teacher – anyone
you think would be interesting to Farragut Shopper-News readers. Email sugges-
tions to Sherri Gardner Howell, [email protected]. Include contact info if you can.
to take advantage of those assets and identify the things we need to do to help more start-up companies come to this region.”
In January 2012, he retired from Tech 2020. Mike and his wife, Carolyn Babb Cuddy, plan to do some traveling and spend extra time with their two children and four grandchildren. Carolyn is executive director of the Uni-versity of Tennessee Center for Executive Education and is chief fi nancial offi cer for the center itself.
“I have several projects I am going to work on,” says Mike. “And I love cycling, so I plan to be on the bike a lot more.” Son-in-law and daughter Dr. Jamie and Candace Williams live in Knoxville where Jamie has a dental prac-tice, Turkey Creek Dental. They have four children, ages 7 to 2: Camdan, Siler, Neyland and Rigsby. Son and daugh-ter-in-law Cavan and Jessica Poppel Cuddy live in Den-ver. Cavan is lead systems engineer at Lockheed Martin, and Jessica is product manager for Spyder skiwear. “One of Cavan’s projects is the GRAIL mission, part of a NASA program that is measuring the moon’s gravitational pull in great detail,” says Mike.
Sit and have a Coffee Break as you get to know Mike Cuddy:
What is your favorite quote from a television show or movie?“From the great Clint Eastwood movie: ‘Make my day!’ ”
What are you guilty of?“Habits. We are creatures of repetition and must work
to keep the good ones yet be fl exible when situations demand change.”
What is your favorite material possession?“My bike … a Specialized Roubaix.”
What are you reading currently?“Born to Run” and “Ride to 100”
What are the top three things on your bucket list?“Ride the Alps; spend a winter anywhere on the
coast; and spend a winter in Vail, Colo., with our son,
Cavan, as my ski instructor.”
What is one word others often use to describe you and why?
“Driven. I am always looking for the next project.”
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
“Slow down and smell the roses.”
What is your passion?“I like to test my limits everyday.”
With whom, living or dead, would you most like to have a long lunch?
“One of our U.S. presidents, and I’m not sure if it mat-ters which one. I would like to get their perspective on what it is like to lead this great country.”
Other than your parents, who has had the biggest infl u-ence on your life and why?
“Clearly my wife, Carolyn. She is awesome with great character and work ethic. I would also add our children, Candace and Cavan, for allowing us to share their expe-riences and successes.”
I still can’t quite get the hang of …“Taking uncalculated risk.”
What is the best present you ever received in a box?“A receipt for a new motorcycle from my wife. It
started a new adventure for us, and not all good, to hear Carolyn tell it!”
What is the best advice your mother ever gave you?“Work, work and then work harder.”
What is your social media of choice?“I am not fond of the social media space since I grew
up with more than 100 emails a day in business. I do not look for more time consumers. I do really enjoy the Internet and access to the World Wide Web and the data it offers 24/7.”
What is the worst job you have ever had?“All jobs are what you make them. I must admit that
being on the wrong end of a jackhammer was a pain.”
What was your favorite Saturday morning cartoon and why?
“The cartoons at Horse Crickers at the Eastman theater in Kingsport. It was for the families of Eastman employees and a way to pull us all together. I remember it as an awesome experience.”
What irritates you?“Seeing a lack of discipline and effort in people who
have been blessed with so much.”
What’s one place in Farragut everyone should visit?“This is a wonderful community with such a relaxed
environment. I would recommend the Farragut bik-ing paths out toward Loudon County and Beals Chapel Road.
Carolyn and Mike Cuddy pose overlooking
Santiago, Chile, on a recent trip with the UT
Executive MBA students. Photo submitted
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Alex Tedford will be one of the featured authors at the fi fth annual Farragut Book Fest for Children on Saturday, April 14. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Camp-bell Station Park, next to the Farragut Library, 417 N. Campbell Station Road. Presented by the Farragut Arts Council and the Knox County Library Farragut Branch, the event is free and open to the public.
Sandi Schulte, who wrote “Rachel’s New House,” will also be a featured author. She and Alex will be sell-ing and signing their books. Storytellers will include Laurie Fisher, Marilyn Jones, Merry Shipley and Millie Sieber. There will be infl atables, art activities and the Ruff Reading Pro-gram, which gives kids the opportunity to read to dogs. Children are encouraged to come dressed as their favor-ite storybook character.
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It wasn’t so much that John Charles Retinger Jr., was turning 60, or that he really didn’t want a big deal made of the milestone. It was just that, through the years, it hasn’t been easy to pull one over on him.
Fun of birthday party is in the surprise
Why? “He’s nosy and sus-picious,” says his wife, Meg, who was determined that this party be a surprise.
Family and friends were called and sent Top Secret invitations to a dinner and party for March 30. John’s birthday is offi cially April 4, so one of the key compo-nents in pulling off the sur-prise was to do it early.
To keep the ruse going, Meg discussed with her
husband whether he wanted to celebrate his midweek birthday the weekend be-fore, during the week or weekend after. With Eas-ter vying for attention the weekend after, John decid-ed that all he wanted was a family dinner on April 1.
Daughter Libby Phillips, who lives in Arlington, Tenn., left the sad news that they couldn’t make the trip, so plans went forward with son and daughter-in-law J and Larryn Retinger and grand-daughter Mathis to have a birthday dinner on Sunday. To further confuse the is-sue, they hoped, Meg staged a dinner invitation with an-other couple for the night of the party at Lakeside Tavern.
Getting everything ready in secret had some tense moments. Once, Meg men-tioned to J that she would have his sister look at the new curtains when she came in town. “It wasn’t so much what I said as J’s reaction to it,” says Meg. “I thought
John might notice how he glared at me to ‘keep quiet.’ ”
Then, there was new fur-niture arriving for the bed-rooms. Meg had a sense of urgency to get everything in place before Friday, because she knew company was com-ing and they’d need places to sleep. John, not having that information, might be prone to wait until there was more time on the weekend.
Meg was also working on a photo book that chroni-cled John’s life, so there was some snooping in his offi ce and late nights at the com-puter to pull off. One out-of-town trip during the weeks of planning helped her get some of that done. “And, he’s old, so he goes to bed early,” Meg quips.
The biggest scare came when a friend left a mes-sage about the party on the home answering machine, something John almost al-ways checks before his wife. Luckily, the culprit called during the time John was
out of town, so the message was obliterated before he re-turned home.
On the night of the cel-ebration, friends and fam-ily gathered at Lakeside Tavern to wait for his ar-rival. Text messages from Meg chronicled every mile: “Leaving subdivision; turn-ing into parking lot; com-ing in door.” When the door was opened and “Surprise” yelled, the look on John’s face left no doubt that the mission was successful.
Friends from every de-cade of John’s adult life were on the guest list, and fam-ily came from West Tennes-see, Missouri and Virginia to help in the celebration. Each guest was introduced based on how long they had known the birthday honor-ee and were encouraged to tell a “John” story. In all, 33 guests enjoyed the dinner and the fun of fi nally pull-ing one over on their friend.
John’s response: “It took 60 years. …”
A surprise birthday gathering for John Retinger brought more than 30 friends and family
to a dinner at Lakeside Tavern. John and his wife, Meg, are standing in the center.
Cousins Tripp Phillips and
Mathis Retinger dance at their
grandfather’s 60th surprise
birthday party.
John Retinger walks into the
back room at Lakeside Tavern
for a quiet dinner and fi nds 33
friends waiting to wish him a
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When you read that the county’s Charter Review Committee may split charter proposals between the August and Novem-ber elections this year, you need to fasten your seat belts and be careful in reading what proposal goes where.
Running for the county line
Shelley Breeding
Instead of business as usual – you know the drill: trotting out a tired retread or some frat boy son-of-an-officeholder– Knox County Democrats have come up with a smart-as-a-whip, likeable prospect with a real job as a candi-date for the new 89th Dis-trict House legislative seat.
She’s a coal miner’s daughter (yes, really) who came down to Knoxville from the hills of southwest Virginia to attend the Uni-versity of Tennessee as a Whittle Scholar (remem-ber how hard it was to get a Whittle Scholarship?). She majored in political sci-ence, Japanese and world business, and interned at the first private medical facility in Japan.
She stayed here to go to law school and paid her
way by tutoring football and basketball players at the Thornton Athletics Student Life Center. She also found time to study international law in Cam-bridge, England; Santiago, Chile; Buenos Aires, Ar-gentina; and Cape Town, South Africa. She got her law degree and worked for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the Office for Global Health, where she dealt with international health threats like bird f lu, HIV-AIDS, typhoid and other infectious diseases.
She returned to Knox-ville to practice law in 2006 and opened her own
firm in 2008. She does a lot of business in family law – divorce, adoptions and foster care work – and says that representing children who have been abused is a big part of what makes her want to run for the Legislature.
Today, Breeding and Dothard has six lawyers, six staff members and two clerks, making the 31-year-old Shelley Suzanne Breed-ing a small business owner as well as a lawyer. She’s made a payroll and she’s created jobs.
But they may not let her run.
“They” is the office of the state coordinator of elections, where Knox County’s election coordi-nator Cliff Rodgers punted the question of her eligibil-ity after discovering that the house she and her hus-band, John Payne, built in 2009 sits right smack on the Anderson County line.
Breeding says she didn’t realize that her mortgage holder was paying her taxes to Anderson County until Rodgers called her up to tell her that she couldn’t run.
There are six criteria
used to determine residen-cy, and Breeding says fiveof them put her squarely inKnox County – she voteshere, gets her mail here,works here, is a notarypublic here and had hernew septic tank inspectedby the Knox County HealthDepartment.
Democrats suspect theR e publ ic a n - c ont r o l le delection commission ofpartisan hanky-panky,pointing to CommissionerRob McNutt, who votedseven times in a districtwhere he didn’t live (a felo-ny under election law). HisGOP colleagues dismissedthis as a mere technicality.
Rodgers says that hisstaff simply came acrossthe anomaly “while do-ing our due diligence” andchecking the addresses ofthose who signed Breed-ing’s qualifying petition.He says he is awaiting ananswer from Nashville andsuggests that she mightwant to run in AndersonCounty. Breeding saysshe’s going to sue.
And the f ledgling careerof the brightest new facein Knox County politicshangs in the balance.
Smelling a rat
Why? Because the county election on the first Thursday in August will be lucky to have 20,000 voters given the few offices to decide.
However, the Novem-ber general election will include the Obama/Rom-ney presidential contest for which voter turnout in Knox County could reach 100,000.
It is entirely possible that persons wanting a small turnout to decide the question and a desire to keep discussion to a small number of voters will opt for August. People who believe in full voter participation will want November.
When we read that some charter members worry there will be too many proposals which might confuse voters, do not be misled.
Voters are not stupid. They can smell a rat. This is an excuse, not a reason, for splitting proposals.
Shelley Breeding, an attorney who wants to be the Democratic nominee for Knox House District 89 in northwest Knox County, is hav-ing residency questions raised.
Seems the property she claims as her resi-dence is partly in Knox County and partly in Anderson County. And apparently her house is in the Anderson County portion and that’s where her mortgage company has sent the property taxes.
However, she has been a Knox County voter for several years. A lawsuit may develop which will secure her considerable publicity which her cam-paign could never afford to buy.
If Breeding is dis-qualified, Democrats can re-open qualifying or do a write-in for someone else.
Republican U.S. Rep. Steve Womack of Arkansas was in town
last week to visit Oak Ridge National Labs. He spent two full days there and had dinner with close friend Rep. Jimmy Duncan on Tuesday. Womack serves on the very important House Appropriations Commit-tee and is vice chair of the Energy subcommittee which triggered his visit to Oak Ridge. It’s unusual for a new member to take out two days for such a tour and that is good news for Knoxville and Oak Ridge.
Chick-fi l-A has an-nounced it will revise its originally 50 foot high sign at its new Bearden location on Kingston Pike. Council member Duane Grieve and Scenic Knox-ville helped persuade them to change course. If only TVA would listen to the public on their mas-sive tree cutting program which has triggered a fed-eral lawsuit and consider-able outrage.
The public hear-ing April 4 on proposed apartments near Island Home drew a capacity crowd at South Knox-ville Elementary School. More than 150 persons attended along with Vice Mayor Nick Pavlis who represents South Knox-ville on City Council and Council members Finbarr Saunders, George Wal-lace, Nick Della Volpe and Marshall Stair. Also pres-ent were high level Rogero officials Bill Lyons, Bob Whetsel and Communi-cations Director An-gela Starke. Starke is new while Lyons and Whetsel are veteran city officials.
An obvious f law was the absence of any work-ing sound system. It was virtually impossible to hear unless you were within five feet of the one speaking.
Had Special Events Director Judith Foltz been included in the planning she would have checked that box. I discussed this with Starke and she saw the urgent need for cor-rection. She is new and energetic. I suspect she will not let this happen again.
The plan itself is go-ing nowhere until it is substantially changed. Attorney Chris Field and his wife, Casey, spoke eloquently on how the plan contradicts the city water-front mission statement adopted a few years back.
Next week more on TVA and how it has lost its way with the neigh-bors. Victor Ashe is a former Knoxville
mayor and ambassador to Poland.
Reach him at [email protected].
It was almost a historic unanimous vote for a su-perintendent’s budget, but in the end Mike McMillan could not say yes.
8-1 vote sends budget to Burchett
School board chair Thomas
Deakins talks with board
member Cindy Buttry fol-
lowing last week’s meeting.
Deakins said: “I will champi-
on this budget.” Photo by S. Clark
McMillan seemed to want to vote yes. He said the budget contains many items he supports. He even said since he “just got re-elected,” he could vote yes (without political consequences). He tried to postpone the vote on per-sonal privilege, a courtesy extended to members who want a month’s delay.
Cindy Buttry quickly quieted that suggestion, observing that the county charter requires the school board to vote on a budget by April 15.
McMillan said “my dis-trict” is not willing to pay more taxes, and he’s con-cerned that the mayor would veto this budget, even if it was adopted by County Commission. So he voted no.
Support came from all others:
Buttry: “I am super ex-cited about … this budget. Some folks don’t realize how far behind we are in
technology. We were be-hind five years ago; now we are further behind. … And this budget is more than just technology. It’s academic and capital im-provement driven. Every district and every student will benefit.”
Indya Kincannon: “I’m all in. We have a spe-cific plan for how to spend the (extra requested) $35 million; not just for one year but for five.”
Pam Trainor: “I am uber-excited. This moves the community forward.”
Karen Carson: “I like the high accountability factor of this budget. If we can accelerate the funding, we can accelerate the out-come. … We need the com-munity around each of our schools (to give support).”
Lynne Fugate: “It’s the obligation of this board to do what we can to increase resources. We’re expect-ing more from students and teachers. In the private sector, where I come from, when we expect more we invest more.”
Kim Sepesi: “I ran on moving education forward. For me, the issue is the pace. Do we move forward slowly or do we accelerate the move-ment? Our children will com-pete in a global economy. I fa-vor this budget.”
Thomas Deakins: At the joint retreat of school board members and coun-
ty commissioners, we agreed that we want “the best school system in the southeast. This budget al-lows us to move to that.”
Deakins said the school system must build the in-frastructure for technol-ogy, and then equip each teacher and student with tools, whether iPads or Notebooks or something not yet invented, to teach the way today’s kids learn. “It’s time for this board to lead. Let’s invest in what matters,” he said.
Gloria Deathridge didn’t make a rousing speech; she just voted yes.
Buttry, who has opposed previous budgets, said this one got it right. “We can pay it now or pay it later because these are things we need.”
Leaving Mike McMillan, the man whose district is getting a brand new school at Carter Elementary, to cast the solitary no vote.
So it’s on to Mayor Tim Burchett and then to Coun-ty Commission. There’s a short time frame. Burchett will present his budget in early May; the commission will vote before May’s end.More details than you ever wanted are
available on the KCS website at knox-
schools.org/.
GOSSIP AND LIES ■ Greg Johnson will speak to
the West Knox Republican
Club at 7 p.m. today (April 9) at
Red Lobster on Kingston Pike.
Arrive at 6 p.m. to eat.
■ Park Overall is running for
the Democratic nomination to
oppose Sen. Bob Corker. That
could be fun.
■ Tom Kilgore, CEO at TVA who
makes about $4 million a year,
says he needs another $1.5
billion to $2 billion to complete
the Watts Bar Unit 2 nuclear
reactor. The agency under-
estimated the time and money
it would take to complete the
project, he said.
■ Really, Tom? Hey, we know a
kick-butt administrator who
would take the TVA job for
about 10 percent of Kilgore’s
annual wage. Somebody call
Gloria Ray!
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The dogwood blooms may be fading, but April is still the month for artistic expression in East Tennessee and Farra-gut is no exception.
The Farragut Business Al-liance is once again sponsor-ing Farragut Art in the Park from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, April 21-22. No matter where you live in town, there will be an artist near you painting live and in person at various locations. Artists will set up their easels at Anchor Park, Campbell Station Park, Mayor Bob Leonard Park, McFee Park, Farragut Town Hall/Memorial Plaza, historic Pleasant Forest Cemetery, Old Concord and Bridgemore Boulevard.
A gallery reception and art
Suzanne Foree Neal
Artists head outdoors for inspiration
sale is planned for 7 p.m., Fri-day, April 27, at Red Line Gal-lery in Village Green Shop-ping Center. The event is free and attendees will be able to purchase their favorite piece from the two-day painting session. A portion of the sales will go to fund a park bench specially designed to incorpo-rate the town’s logo.
This is the second two-day “paint on location” event and juried art show. This year a
musical component has been added featuring strolling mu-sicians. There will be a kids’ cookie decorating workshop offered by Southernly Sweet from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday at Campbell Station Park.
Board’s agendas in Shopper-News
I’ve been working from home, recouping from some surgery and there must have been a dose of dumb in one of the pain pills. So, let me get it right this week. The Farragut Board of Mayor and Aldermen meets the second and fourth Thursdays of the month, usu-ally at 7 p.m. unless there’s a workshop scheduled. The agendas will now appear in
By Suzanne Foree NealValerie Millsapps never
knows who’s going to be on the other end of the line when she answers the phone at Far-ragut Town Hall. The caller may just need information or an opportunity to vent. Either way, she tries to help.
She’s been working as an executive assistant to David Smoak and Gary Palmer for about two-and-a-half years. If anyone else needs help, she’ll jump in and do what-ever is needed. Previously she worked in a doctor’s offi ce so she’s used to the fast pace.
“I’m a good listener,” she says. “When people call I lis-ten to their concerns and let them know I’m here to listen, and they can vent if they have a problem. I come in a little early and I’m pretty much running around all day, talking on the phone or doing something for the town administrator, assis-tant administrator or remind-ing the mayor of his appoint-
Valerie Millsapps enjoys her job
as an executive assistant for Far-
ragut’s town administrator and
assistant administrator because
no two days are the same. Photo by Chelsey Rieman/town of Farragut
Executive assistant hears it all fi rst
the Monday edition of the Farragut Shopper-News prior to the Thursday meetings.
Museum hours cut for docent training
The Farragut Folklife Mu-seum will be closed the morn-ing of Wednesday, April 11, for a docent training session. The Museum will reopen at 1:30 p.m. Contact Museum Coor-dinator Julia Jones at [email protected] or 966-7057 with any questions.
Jewelry-making classes scheduled
Two craft classes are be-ing offered by the town of Farragut.
Registration deadline for “Beginner Jewelry Making” is today. Students will make a bracelet and earrings to take
home and also learn about selecting tools, beads and fi ndings for making jewelry. Sheila Akins is the instructor for the class, to be held 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, April 12 at Town Hall. The $35 fee includes all supplies.
The second class, also taught by Akins, is “Wire Wrap Ring” making class. Students will learn to make two wire rings. The class is 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, April 26. Cost of the class is $40 and includes all supplies. Registration deadline is Mon-day, April 23. To register for either class, call 966-7057.
Farragut Dogwood trail opens early
Farragut is joining Moth-er Nature in getting a head start on spring and opening the town’s Dogwood Arts
Festival trail. The 7.9-mile-long trail is now up andready to view through Mon-day, April 30.
Added in 2000, the trailshowcases 487 Farraguthomes throughout threesubdivisions. The trail be-gins at the entrance to FoxDen Subdivision off Kings-ton Pike, winds throughFox Den on North Fox DenDrive and Oakmont Circle,connects with Clover ForkDrive in Country ManorSubdivision and ends in Vil-lage Green through a varietyof roads. Visitors will exitthe trail on Campbell Sta-tion Road from Old ColonyRoad. Pink stripes and ar-rows painted on the asphaltwill guide visitors throughthe neighborhoods. For more Dogwood Arts Festival info, visit
www.dogwoodarts.com.
ments. It’s never the same, which I like.”
Millsapps hopes she can make a difference even if she doesn’t have the answers call-ers want to hear. She takes down the complaint and passes it along to the correct department. A lot of calls deal with drainage issues, but lately she’s getting more about
graffi ti. If a caller is irate, she just brushes it off. “They aren’t mad at me, so I don’t take it personally,” she says.
She also takes minutes for the Economic Development Committee, the Joint Educa-tion Relations Committee and the town of Farragut/Knox County Schools meetings along with processing commu-nity grants when they come in. Presently, she’s setting up a se-ries of focus group meetings for the town’s land use plan.
Millsapps says the town is “really good” to the em-ployees and says its benefi ts are the best of any she’s had. One thing she’d add to those benefi ts would be a workout room. She has an elliptical at home, lifts weights and likes to run at night when it’s cool. She thinks the town’s parks and recreation opportunities are what draw a lot of people to settle in Farragut.
When the weather is nice, Millsapps likes to slip out of the building and head for one of the town’s parks to eat her lunch and enjoy the sunshine. She, her husband, Jason, and daughters Cayleigh, 13, and Makinze, 5, live in Friends-ville. The family enjoys the
outdoors and the girls like visiting McFee Park. Cayleigh just made her school’s golf team and Makinze is starting Tee ball. They love vacation-ing at Disney World; it’s where Jason surprised Valerie when he popped the big question in front of Cinderella’s Castle.
They often spend time with Millsapps’ grandparents, who live near the Smokies. They are her inspiration. “I look up to my grandparents, who are in the 70s,” she says. “They took care of my uncle who had spina bifi da. Just watching them take care of him had an
impact on my life. They never complained or stressed out. He died nine years ago.”
Millsapps says she likes to have a positive attitude, something she learned from her grandparents, and make people laugh. “I’m not really a downer person,” she says.
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Partners in the newly expanded restaurant Kasumi & Thai
Cafe take a minute from their grand re-opening celebrations
to pose in front of the restaurant. From left are owners Hon-
gzhi Li, Xiaosong Zhang and Deny Lin.
Double the fun might well be the theme for the newly renovated Kasumi & Thai Café at 743 North Campbell Station Road. Owners Hongzhi Li, Xiaosong Zhang and Deny Lin have expanded the restaurant, doubling the seating capacity of the former Kasumi Japanese Grill and Sushi Bar. The remodeling has also opened new pos-sibilities for the partners, and the restaurant now offers a new menu and a complete Asian dining experience.
Three types of food are waiting for customers, all cus-tom-cooked with fresh ingredients. Diners can choose from traditional Japanese fare, including sushi, or the new Thai and Chinese dishes.
The three partners, who were busy during their grand reopening last week, say they are eager for the commu-nity to come in and experience all the new offerings on their menu.
Double the fun
By Dr. Jim TumblinOn April 26, 1865, an over-
loaded packet boat, the Sulta-na, left Memphis with 2,300 passengers aboard, many of them Union soldiers recently freed from Andersonville and Cahaba prisons at the end of the Civil War. Seven miles upriver and a few hours later, one of the boilers exploded and the boat burned and sank. In the largest maritime disaster in American history, about 1,700 lives were lost compared to the 1,517 who died when the Titanic sank on April 14, 1912.
Among the passengers on the Sultana were some 400 troopers of the 3rd Tennessee Cavalry (USA), many of them from Blount, Knox, McMinn and Monroe counties. Until the last one died in 1931, the local survivors of the disas-ter met annually on April 27 to commemorate the loss of their comrades.
When he realized the need to memorialize those whose lives were lost in the Sulta-na Disaster as well as those who suffered but survived, local attorney Nor-man Shaw or-ganized a mod-ern-day annual Reunion of the Descendants of the Survivors of the Sultana.
The inaugural meeting was held at Mt. Olive Bap-tist Church on Maryville Pike in April 1988, where an impressive monument was erected in 1916 to commemorate the event. Since that time the re-union has been
Sultana reunion is this month
held in Knoxville 11 more times as well as in Vicksburg (Miss.), Athens (Ala.), Mans-fi eld (Ohio) and Chattanoo-ga, Franklin and Memphis (Tenn.) – all at or near sites connected to the disaster.
The 25th annual reunion will be held April 27-28 near Cincinnati, Ohio, where the group will tour the defen-sive line built across the Ohio River on the outskirts of the city, a historic river walk on the river’s shore line, the site of the Lither-bury Shipyard where the Sultana was built and Camp Dennison, where many of the Ohio and Indiana Union soldiers who were on the boat were mustered into service and trained.
Those interested in at-tending the meeting should contact Norman Shaw at 693-2171 or email [email protected].
Editor’s Note: Dr. Jim Tumblin will have a feature story on the Sultana in next week’s Shopper-News on page A-6.
The Sultana memorial monument. Photo by
Jim Tumblin
Mammograms Food City has part-
nered with UT Medical Center to offer onsite digital screening mam-mograms utilizing UT Medical Center’s Mobile Mammogra-phy Unit from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Monday, April 16, at 9565 Mid-dlebrook Pike.
Women age 40 and older who have not received a screening in the last year and have no cur-rent breast problems or personal history of breast
cancer or implants are welcomed. Insurance will be fi led and women with-out insurance may con-tact the UT Breast Health Outreach Program for de-
tails on options.To schedule an ap-
pointment, call 305-9753. This program is made possible through
support from the Knoxville Affi liate
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Softball off ers fun for seniorsThe Knoxville Co-Ed Slow-Pitch Softball League, now
in its fi fth season, is accepting new members. This is a noncompetitive league, which means score is not kept and there are special rules to promote safety for all players. Women must be 55 years old and men must be 60 to par-ticipate. Special consideration is given for persons who are younger if that person has a diagnosed handicap and can still play slow-pitch softball.
The league consists of four teams including a “pool-players team” for players who cannot come to most of the games or who are brand new in the league. Each member of this team will play on one of the other four teams if he/she shows up on game days.
All players will participate in every game since the league is about promoting healthy exercise and fi tness, fel-lowship and fun.
The season begins at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 10, at Cas-well Park, 620 Winona St. (If it rains on the 10th, the fi rst day will be Thursday, April 12.) The only cost to players is a one-time $10 accident insurance fee required by the city.
The four teams play every Tuesday and Thursday from April through mid-October. Players are asked to arrive on time at 9:30 a.m. for warm-ups and to ensure all teams are balanced. Games begin promptly at 10 a.m. Info: email [email protected].
Darkness dinnerThe East Tennessee Technology Access Center will host
“The Sense of Darkness” dinner 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Thurs-day, May 3, at The Foundry, 747 Worlds Fair Park Drive. Anyone age 12 and older is invited to experience what it would be like to be blind and try to eat at a restaurant.
Music will be provided by Emmanuelle Lo, a 12-year-old nationally recognized singer and songwriter who is blind.
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Community Services
■ Concord United Methodist
Church’s Caregiver Support
Group, affi liated with Alzheim-
er’s Tennessee Inc., meets 10 to
11:30 a.m. each fi rst Tuesday in
Room 226 at the church, 11020
Roane Drive. Anyone in the
community who gives care to
an elderly individual is invited.
Info: 675-2835.
Fundraisers and sales
■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753
Oak Ridge Highway, will have
a rummage sale in the fam-
ily life center 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Saturday, April 28. Doors will
reopen from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
to sell everything for $5 a bag.
Items can be donated for the
sale Thursday evening, April 26,
or anytime Friday, April 27. Info:
690-1060.
Rec programs ■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak
Ridge Highway, holds a begin-
ner yoga class Mondays from
6-7 p.m. upstairs in the family
life center. Cost is $10 per class
or $40 for fi ve classes. Bring
a mat, towel and water. Info:
Dena Bower, 567-7615 or email
Special Services ■ Grace Baptist Church, 7171
Oak Ridge Highway, will
welcome evangelist Tim Lee
and Christian comedian Tim
Hawkins at 7 p.m. Friday, April
13. Tickets are $19 in advance,
$25 at the door. VIP tickets are
$49. Info: www.timhawkins.net.
■ Second Presbyterian
Church, 2829 Kingston Pike,
will present noted author and
speaker Tony Campolo at 7
p.m. Saturday, April 14, and 11
a.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday, April
15. Campolo is the founder of
the Evangelical Association
for the Promotion of Educa-
tion (EAPE). Info: 523-2189 or
www.2ndpres.org.
Women’s groups ■ Knoxville Christian Women’s
Connection will host the
“Hunting for the Good in
Everyone” luncheon Thursday,
April 12, at Buddy’s Banquet
Hall on Kingston Pike. Special
guest will be stylist, designer
and hairdresser Joey McEach-
ern, who will give updates on
the latest in hair fashions and
makeup. Inspirational speaker
will be Phyllis Page from
Alabama. Admission is $12
inclusive. Complimentary child
care by reservation only. For
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By Wendy SmithThere will be strange
things happening around Knoxville on Saturday, April 21.
Expect free car washes, neighborhood carnivals or folks passing out smoke detectors. Less obvious happenings will be quiet acts of service to our most needy neighbors.
It’s all part of Inasmuch U n i t e d K nox v i l le, the local event of the n a t i o n a l n o n p r o f i t O p er at ion Inasmuch. M e m b e r s of 32 local c h u r c h e s
will pitch in, and more than 2,000 volunteers are expected to participate, says David Crocker, ex-ecutive director of Opera-tion Inasmuch, which is based in Knoxville.
Crocker was a pastor in Fayetteville, N.C., when he worked with other church leaders to put together a one-day event designed to get church members out of the pew and into the com-munity in 1995.
When he became senior pastor at Central Baptist Church in Fountain City in 2002, he continued to have a heart for compas-sion ministry.
He stepped down in 2006 to devote himself to the nonprofit full time.
While some Christians are turned off by the idea of a one-day event, the idea is to “draw in people who sit very comfortably on the sidelines.”
Within a typical church, most of the work is done by 20 percent of the con-gregation. But Opera-tion Inasmuch events are geared toward the other 80 percent, he says.
Crocker travels across the country to train churches on how to con-duct events like Inasmuch United Knoxville.
His first task is to stimulate a vision of what could happen if the major-ity of members would par-ticipate in a day of minis-try.
Then, he helps with lo-gistics, like how to find projects, organize vol-unteers and promote the event.
In preparation for Knoxville’s event, three dozen local agencies were contacted ahead of time so projects could be planned. Some were large agencies , like Knox Area Rescue Ministry and Volunteer Ministry Center. But oth-ers were small, like Agape Outreach Homes.
“We’re trying to spread it out a bit, to get as many
people to help as possible,” he says.
Another goal is to ac-quaint church members with new service oppor-tunities. Sometimes, they get hooked. “There’s noth-ing like exposing people to real need.”
Crocker sees a nation-wide trend toward com-passion ministry over the last 15 to 20 years. Operation Inasmuch and other similar models have changed the way churches are working in the com-munity. He’s encouraged by it.
“God is doing this. And there’s no better place to be in the world than where God is working.”
He is frustrated by churches that claim their membership is too busy to participate in community service.
Some Christians say they can’t help because they’re too old. To them, he says, “Oh, yes, you can. You may not be able to get on a roof, but you can do something else.”
“We’re all called, re-gardless of our age or situ-ation, to do compassion ministry. So it behooves us to find something we can do.”
For information about participation in Inasmuch United Knoxville, call Da-vid Crocker at 951-2511.
Eric West repairs a car during the 2011 Inasmuch United Knoxville. Members of 32 local churches
will participate in this year’s event Saturday, April 21. Photo submitted
Churches to join for day of service
David Crocker
‘Greater Tuna’The Clayton Center
for the Arts in Maryville and Foothills Commu-nity Players will present “Greater Tuna” on the Haslam Family Flex-ible Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 4; 2 p.m. Sunday, May 6; 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, May 11-12; and 2 p.m. Sunday, May 13. Tickets are $15 and will go on sale Mon-day, April 9. Info: www.foothillscommunityplayers.com.
Tellico Lake Flotilla’s new offi cersThe Tellico Lake Flotilla of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary has elected new offi cers.
Pictured are commander Tom Walsh, newly elected commander Art Pelka, newly elected
vice commander Bill White and division commander Don Edwards Jr. Both newly elected
offi cers served in the Coast Guard before joining the Auxiliary. Their new duties include
representing the Coast Guard on local waterways and promoting boating safety. The Flo-
tilla meets at 6:30 p.m. each fourth Wednesday at Tanasi Restaurant in Tellico Village. Info:
458-3808. Photo submitted
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Ben Neal and Grant Bromley, Hardin Valley Academy gradu-
ates now attending Watkins College of Art, Design and Film
in Nashville, will create a feature fi lm in Knoxville this May
called “Dreams of the Wayward.” Their own dream is to re-
ceive funding to help them achieve this low-cost ($2,500)
production with plans to enter it in various fi lm festivals. “I
have been obsessed with fi lmmaking since age 10,” Bromley
said. “It is my passion.” For more information or to contrib-
ute, visit www.kickstarter.com/projects/184641394/dreams-
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By Theresa EdwardsPhilip Keller and Andrew
Messing invented an om-nidirectional track system which won them the Gary Lessman Regional and Su-perintendents awards.
This project was accom-plished by them as interns at ORNL Robotics Department as part of the STEM program at HVA. They utilized new technology of 3D printing, a process of creating parts usu-ally made of high quality ABS plastic. Keller and Messing used a polycarbonate mate-rial for their invention.
ORNL has several of these printers, including the Stratasys Fortus 900mc FDM 3D production sys-tem, which is the largest 3D printer in the world. It is capable of creating parts up to 3 feet by 3 feet by 2 feet in size. Keller and Mess-ing were enthusiastic about using this new technology, and both plan to continue their education and career in the robotics fi eld.
Their next goal in con-tinuing with this project is application for a patent. Currently they have a pro-visional patent, along with their third team member, Josh Penney who helped with the invention.
The omnidirectional track system invented by Philip Keller and Andrew Messing.Photo by Joyce York
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Congratulations to Har-din Valley Academy girls track team who won the
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pions included: Girls 4 x 100 relay – Abbi Ervin, Cassie Smith, Jayde Hodge and Emily Yarnell; Girls 100 and 200 – Emily Yarnell; Girls pole vault – Ashley Kessler; Boys 3200 – Aaron Templeton. New meet records were set by Emily Yarnell in the 100 and Ashley Kessler
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board saluted Farragut High School senior Cheran “Jen-nifer” Liu last week as the state winner of the Siemens Foundation award for 2011.
Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre said each year the Siemens Foundation rec-ognizes students for excel-lence in Advanced Place-ment math and science. The award is given to the male and female student earning the most 5s on the AP scale of 1 to 5 on Biology, Calcu-lus, Chemistry, Computer Science, Environmental Sci-ence and Physics Advanced
Placement Exams, he said. The winners are recognized nationally in USA Today.
Jennifer’s mother ac-companied her to the school board meeting and Karen Carson, who represents the Farragut area, recognized her as well.
McIntyre outlined a busy schedule for Liu. At Farra-gut, she is president of the Health Occupations Stu-dent Association (HOSA), the volunteer coordinator for the National Honor So-ciety and a member of Mu Alpha Theta, Science Club, Senior Student Government, National Junior Honor So-
School board member Karen Carson, Farragut High School student Cheran “Jennifer” Liu and
Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre celebrate Jennifer’s accomplishments. Photo by S. Clark
Award winner Liu heads to Vanderbilt
By Theresa EdwardsWestgate Christian Fel-
lowship celebrated the grand opening of its new location at 1110 Lovell Road on March 31 with a kids car-nival, teen mania, barbecue dinner and egg hunt. There was also a 10:30 a.m. church service on April 1 led by Pas-tor Mark Steinbach.
The church began in November 2006 on Sunny Lane in northwest Knox-ville. From 2007 to 2008, the congregation met at the Howard Johnson Motel. Their next meeting place was West Hills Elementary School from 2009-2011.
Last November, they moved to their newest loca-tion on Lovell Road. How-ever, it was in need of much repair. With the comple-tion of the renovation, the church was ready for their grand opening prior to Eas-ter Sunday.
Pastor Mark Steinbach and his family moved to Knoxville from Nebraska in 2005 to plant churches here. He helped start Cedar Point Church in Maryville, then Westgate Christian Fellowship in Knoxville. “I feel we can have an impact in the community here with our ministry,” he said.
Westgate’s grand opening
Pastor Mark Steinbach
preaches about victory
during Westgate Christian
Fellowship’s grand open-
ing at its new location at
1110 Lovell Road.
Youth leaders Zachary Koekenbert, Hannah Steinbach and se-
nior youth leader Doug Simmons entertain youth at the kids
carnival and teen mania on Saturday’s grand opening of West-
gate Christian Fellowship. Photos by T. Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com
Their church is affi liated with Assemblies of God.
Saturday’s participants wore T-shirts with three words on the back to sum up their motto according to Steinbach: Simple (love God, love each other), Rel-evant (ministry that mat-ters), Real (real life, real needs, real God).
In addition to regular services, the fellowship has “life groups,” small groups which meet throughout the week on different nights.
For example, on Friday evenings some families get together. “In a high-tech, low-touch society, we’re trying to encourage face-to-face interactions,” Stein-bach said.
The church has about 75 members and is growing, with an invitation to the community to visit. Info: www.westgatecf.org.
ciety, Model UN-cofounder and vice president, Science Bowl Team, Science Honors Society and French Honors Society.
McIntyre called Liu “an outstanding student and role model. She volunteers in local nonprofi ts including Buddy’s Race for the Cure and the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. She serves as a tutor for English Language Learners at Far-ragut High School. In 2011, Jennifer organized a summer camp called “Hand-in-Hand” to aid in the understanding of other cultures and assist adopted children in retaining their ethnic cultures.
She plans to major in biochemistry or biomedical engineering in college and has received a full tuition Chancellor’s scholarship to Vanderbilt University.
Fight hungerA fundraiser for Kids
Against Hunger will be held during the grand opening of Einstein Bros. Bagels Fri-day, April 13, at the corner of Campbell Station Road and Parkside Drive. Travel mugs that you can design and personalize will be sold outside for $10 each and will include a free cup of coffee with purchase. All proceeds will benefi t Kids Against Hunger.
K-Kids beach bashat Farragut Intermediate School
Alexis Parker, Ashley Blackwell, Brina Kirwan, Catherine Brown and Bridget Gibson play on the
infl atable obstacle course and slides. Photos by T. Edwards
Keely Carter plays on the infl atable
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SHOPPER-NEWS • APRIL 9, 2012 • A-11
THROUGH MONDAY, APRIL 30Arts Council featured artist
Farragut resident and Tennessee native Sandy Dean is the town of Farragut Arts Council featured artist for April.
Her exhibit of watercolor art depicting wildfl owers of the Smoky Mountains will be on display 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays through Monday, April 30, at Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive.
THROUGH MONDAY, APRIL 30Keiger paintings at Red Line
Atlanta-based artist Charles Keiger is the artist of the month at Red Line Gallery, 11519 Kingston Pike. Keiger is showing 12 new works under the exhibit title “Menag-erie.”
The paintings take an offbeat look at the wild ani-mals, acrobats and clowns brought together by a circus. Info: 288-0277 or www.redlinegallery.net.
THROUGH FRIDAY, MAY 18World’s Fair exhibit at Folklife Museum
The Farragut Folklife Museum is remembering the 1982 World’s Fair with an exhibit that runs through Fri-day, May 18. The World’s Fair exhibit features an assort-ment of artifacts from the museum’s collection as well as items on loan from museum committee members.
The museum, housed in Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive, is open 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays.
Admission is free. Info: Julia Jones, [email protected] or 966-7057.
THROUGH THURSDAY, JUNE 21Independence Day parade registration
The registration form for the town of Farragut’s 25th annual Independence Day Parade is available at the Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive, and on www.townoffarragut.org (link on the home page).
The deadline for registrations is Thursday, June 21, until the Town receives 95 entries or the lineup area is full, whichever comes fi rst.
Info: Arleen Higginbotham, 966-7057 or [email protected].
MONDAY, APRIL 9Preschool Storytime at library
Preschool Storytime for ages 3-5 will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, April 9, at the Farragut Library, 417 N. Campbell Station Road. Each child must be accompa-nied by a parent or guardian. Info: 777-1750.
TUESDAY, APRIL 10Older Preschool Storytime at library
Older Preschool Storytime for ages 4-6 will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 10, at the Farragut Library, 417 N. Campbell Station Road. Info: 777-1750.
TUESDAY-FRIDAY, APRIL 10-13Einstein Bros. Bagels plans opening
Einstein Bros. Bagels will celebrate its grand opening on Parkside Drive and Campbell Station Road with games and giveaways Tuesday through Friday, April 10-13.
Grand opening events include free meals, coffee, treats and four grand prize giveaways of Kindle Fire tab-lets. The restaurant, 11693 Parkside Drive, is open daily from 5:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Each purchase includes a chance for the giveaways. On the schedule are:
Tuesday, April 10: 10 diners will receive free coffee for a year.
Wednesday, April 11: Free breakfast for a year (one per week) will be given away to 10 winners.
Thursday, April 12: Free lunch for a year (one per week) will be given away to 10 winners.
Friday, April 13: Grand prizes of an Amazon Kindle Fire tablet will go to four winners. Winners will be drawn each day and announced on Friday.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11Baby Bookworms at library
Baby Bookworms for infants to age 2 will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 11, at the Farragut Library, 417 N. Campbell Station Road. Each child must be ac-companied by a parent or guardian. Info: 777-1750.
THURSDAY, APRIL 12Toddler Storytime at library
Toddler Storytime for ages 2-3 will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, April 12, at the Farragut Library, 417 N. Campbell Station Road. Each child must be accompa-nied by a parent or guardian. Info: 777-1750.
THURSDAY, APRIL 12K Kids Art Show reception
The town of Farragut is presenting the Farragut Intermediate School Kiwanis K Kids Arbor Day Art
Show through Friday, April 13, at the Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive.
A public reception will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 12, followed by the announcement of the Best of Show award at the 7 p.m. Board of Mayor and Alder-men meeting.
The show is on display during regular Town Hall hours, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays.
FRIDAY, APRIL 13Sketch class at Strang Center
Linda Blair’s sketch class, usually held the fi rst Friday of each month, will be held 10-11 a.m. Friday, April 13, at Frank R. Strang Senior Center, 109 Lovell Heights Road.
At this month’s session, participants will create sketches referring to printed diagrams. Newcomers are welcome. Cost is $5. To RSVP: 670-6693.
FRIDAY, APRIL 13Preschool Storytime at library
Preschool Storytime for ages 3-5 will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 13, at the Farragut Library, 417 N. Campbell Station Road. Each child must be accompa-nied by a parent or guardian. Info: 777-1750.
FRIDAY, APRIL 13Parrott/Ryalls reception at District
GalleryWorks by Knoxville native Joe Parrott and Asheville
artist Cassie Ryalls will be on exhibit through Monday, April 30, at The District Gallery, 5113 Kingston Pike.
A reception for the artists will be held 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday, April 13. Info: 200-4452 or www.TheDistrictGallery.com.
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, APRIL 13-14Tax assistance for elderly, low income
On Fridays and Saturdays through April 14, lower-income and senior taxpayers can receive help with their federal tax returns through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, sponsored by the town of Farragut and the Internal Revenue Service, at Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. At no charge, vol-unteers will complete and e-fi le tax returns for partici-pants.
Taxpayers should bring all W-2s, 1099s, receipts, a copy of last year’s tax forms along with correct birth dates and Social Security numbers for everyone listed on the return.
VITA volunteers will be available beginning at 9 a.m. both Friday and Saturday. Participants should be in line no later than 3 p.m. No appointment is necessary.
SATURDAYS THROUGH APRIL 28Knox Walks at McFee Park
The Knoxville Track Club and the town of Farragut are teaming up to bring to the Farragut community Knox Walks, a nine-week walking program to help participants make a healthy lifestyle change through regular walking.
Designed for all ages, the Knox Walks at McFee Park, 917 McFee Road, will start at 8:30 a.m. Satur-days through April 28.
Participants will meet each week at the restroom building in the lower parking lot. Knox Walks will conclude with a 5k walking event on Saturday, May 5. The registration fee is $35 per participant.
SATURDAY, APRIL 14Farragut Book Fest for Children
The fi fth annual Farragut Book Fest for Children will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 14, at Campbell Station Park, next to the Farragut Library, 417 N. Campbell Station Road.
The free festival, presented by the Farragut Arts Council and the Knox County Library Farragut Branch, is open to the public. Children are encouraged to come dressed as their favorite storybook character.
Activities will include storytelling, book signings, music and more. In case of inclement weather, call 966-2420 to check the status of the event. For schedule and map: www.townoffarragut.org. Info: Lauren Cox, 966-7057 or [email protected].
SATURDAY, APRIL 14Leanne Morgan comedy benefi t
Comedian Leanne Morgan will perform at a Par-ents Night Out benefitting diaperLove, a nonprofit that helps children in need, on Saturday, April 14, at Side Splitters Comedy Club, 9264 Parkwest Blvd. A cocktail hour begins at 5 p.m. which includes a silent auction.
The comedy show begins at 6 p.m. Tickets are $30. To purchase, visit www.sidesplitterscomedy.com or call 934-5233.
MONDAYS, APRIL 16 TO MAY 21Yoga classes at Town Hall
The town of Farragut will offer yoga classes from 9-10 a.m. Mondays, April 16 to May 21, at the Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Participants should wear
loose clothing and bring a mat or heavy quilt. Instructor is Betty Calister. Cost: $60. Payment
must be received within fi ve business days of registra-tion. Info or to register: 966-7057.
MONDAYS, APRIL 16 TO MAY 21Zumba classes at Town Hall
The town of Farragut will offer Zumba classes from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Mondays, April 16 to May 21, at the Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive.
Instructor is Karen McKinney. Cost: $45. Payment must be received within fi ve business days of registra-tion. Info or to register: 966-7057.
TUESDAYS, APRIL 17 TO MAY 22Pilates classes at Town Hall
The town of Farragut will offer Pilates classes from 6:15 to 7:15 p.m. Tuesdays, April 17 to May 22, at the Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive.
Instructor is Simon Bradbury. Cost: $60. Payment must be received within fi ve business days of registra-tion. Info or to register: 966-7057.
THURSDAY, APRIL 19Strang book club discusses ‘Unbroken’
Current members and newcomers are invited to at-tend book club at noon Thursday, April 19, at the Frank R. Strang Senior Center, 109 Lovell Heights Road. The April selection is “Unbroken” by Laura Hillenbrand.
FRIDAY - SATURDAY, APRIL 20-21Embroiderers Guild exhibit
The Knoxville Chapter of the Embroiderers Guild of America will host an exhibit from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 20-21, at the Far-ragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. The exhibit coincides with the Dogwood Arts Festival and Farragut’s Arts weekend and is co-sponsored by the town of Farragut.
The show will include more than 200 pieces including beading, canvas, counted thread, surface embroidery, hardanger, pulled thread and freestyle. The exhibit is free and open to the public.
Info: Lauren Cox, [email protected] or 966-7057.
MONDAY, APRIL 23Preschool Storytime at library
Preschool Storytime for ages 3-5 will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, April 23, at the Farragut Library, 417 N. Campbell Station Road. Each child must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Info: 777-1750.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25Aneurysm information at Strang Center
Aneurysms will be the topic at a Boxed Lunch & Learn at noon Wednesday, April 25, at Frank R. Strang Senior Center, 109 Lovell Heights Road.
Christopher Pollack, MD, of Premier Surgical Asso-ciates will speak. Attendance is $5, with complimenta-ry boxed lunches available to all attendees who RSVP by Wednesday, April 18. To RSVP: 541-4500.
SATURDAY, APRIL 28Lions’ ‘Run for Sight’ Poker Run
The Farragut Lions Club will hold the “Run for Sight” Poker Run on Saturday, April 28. Registration will be 9 to 10:30 a.m. at Farragut Wine & Spirits, 11238 Kingston Pike.
Cars and motorcycles are welcome. Preregistration is $15. Day-of-event registration is $20. All proceeds benefi t the vision-assistance projects of the Farra-gut Lions Club. Info: Gerri Crutchfi eld, 789-6392 or gcrutchfi eldfl [email protected].
SATURDAY, MAY 19Rain barrel workshop
There will be a workshop on making rain barrels from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 19, in the commu-nity room at the Farragut Town Hall.
The $55 cost includes a rain barrel, supplies for installation of the barrel, an instructional demonstra-tion and an explanation of the benefi ts of using rain barrels.
The workshop is limited to the fi rst 40 barrels reserved with payment. Send payment to the Fort Lou-doun Lake Association, 956 Volunteer Landing Drive, Knoxville, TN 37915. Info: 523-3800 or email Julie Costner, julie@fl lake.org.
SUNDAY, MAY 20Pianists Akins, Dulin to perform
Two acclaimed pianists will perform a concert of their original compositions at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 20, at the American Piano Gallery Recital Hall, 11651 Parkside Drive, Farragut.
Joseph Akins, a piano artist and Middle Tennessee State University professor, and Alabama-based pianist Michael Dulin will perform individually in the concert, which was postponed from a February date due to bad weather.
The Steinway Society concert is free and open to the public.
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A-12 • APRIL 9, 2012 • SHOPPER-NEWS
Ralph Lauren lamp
In the fall of 2009, Todd Richesin and Bobby Brown started looking for a place to expand their retail presence in the area. There was an instant attraction to the unique building at the corner of Kingston and Lyons View Pikes, the former Up N
Down Gulf gas station. With its great energy and beautiful light, this little spot would perfectly showcase their antiques and unique product lines and was transformed into UP-STAIRS at Todd Richesin Interiors.
Now celebrating its fi rst anniversary, it seems Richesin and Brown did indeed fi nd the perfect location. UPSTAIRS has received an amazing response from the community and has quickly become the go to place to fi nd unique home accessories, lamps, furniture, antiques, and gifts.
They are always on the hunt for new and different items to share with customers. Unique products coupled with an incred-ibly friendly, helpful and knowledgeable sales staff is what sets UPSTAIRS apart. One product recently added is a candle exclusive to UPSTAIRS; Thompson Ferrier has exotic scents and upscale packaging.
Also just in: a new shipment from Fortu-nata, an Italian ceramics company, who pro-
duces hand made decorative bowls and containers and a new collection of antique accessories including a beautiful selection of English wooden boxes. UPSTAIRS also carries a wide array of beautiful lamps by Lauren Lighting from Ralph Lauren.
During this special event, Nashville jewelry designer Kari Beth, will be having a trunk show of her one-of-a-kind piec-es that she creates by layering found heirlooms of bygone eras. Local artists Alex Smith and Susan Seymour will be doing in-store demonstrations and will be exhibiting new works.
Kari Beth
Ralph Lauren lamp
In the fall of 2009, Todd Richesin and Bobby Brown started looking for a place to expand their retail presence in the area. There was an instant attraction to the unique building at the corner of Kingston and Lyons View Pikes, the former Up N
Down Gulf gas station. With its great energy and beautiful light, this little spot would perfectly showcase their antiques and unique product lines and was transformed into UP-STAIRS at Todd Richesin Interiors.
Now celebrating its fi rst anniversary, it seems Richesin and Brown did indeed fi nd the perfect location. UPSTAIRS has received an amazing response from the community and has quickly become the go to place to fi nd unique home accessories, lamps, furniture, antiques, and gifts.
They are always on the hunt for new and different items to share with customers. Unique products coupled with an incred-ibly friendly, helpful and knowledgeable sales staff is what sets UPSTAIRS apart. One product recently added is a candle exclusive to UPSTAIRS; Thompson Ferrier has exotic scents and upscale packaging.
Also just in: a new shipment from Fortu-nata, an Italian ceramics company, who pro-
duces hand made decorative bowls and containers and a new collection of antique accessories including a beautiful selection of English wooden boxes. UPSTAIRS also carries a wide array of beautiful lamps by Lauren Lighting from Ralph Lauren.
During this special event, Nashville jewelry designer Kari Beth, will be having a trunk show of her one-of-a-kind piec-es that she creates by layering foundheirlooms of bygone eras. Local artists Alex Smith and Susan Seymour will be doing in-store demonstrationsand will be exhibiting new works.
Kari Beth
Special EventsFriday10:00
Floral designer, Tammy Wells12:00
Local artist, Alex Smith
Saturday12:00
Local artist, Susan Seymour
Thompson Ferrier Candles
Todd Richesin
Fortunata ceramic pieces
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Sure, washing cars is about getting them sparkling clean, but for Brian Davis of Synergy Auto Wash, it’s also about the people, both his customers and his employees.
Shannon Carey
Brian Davis, owner of Synergy
Auto Wash. Photo by S. Carey
Building business, building relationships
Davis, a Knoxville na-tive who attended Farragut High School and UT, opened Synergy after nine years in real estate, development and remodeling. He saw a need
for the kind of quality hand-wash and hand-dry that was up to his personal standards, and he wanted a business where he could see his cus-tomers more frequently.
“We’re building this busi-ness around customer ser-vice,” he said.
To that end, Davis made a commitment to hiring people who are as customer-focused as he is. Manager E.B. Hunter had no car wash experience before he joined Synergy, but he’d successfully owned and operated Hunter Brothers Deli in Halls Crossroads for decades.
“You can teach anybody to wash a car, but you can’t teach the heart and soul of
‘Eats for Easter’ provides food
YMCA president and CEO Jim Dickson and YWCA CEO Marigail
Mullin enjoy a new pair of red rockers, compliments of president
and CEO of Home Federal Bank Dale Keasling. Photo by Ruth White
Home Federal Bank has donated to the YWCA Knoxville and YMCA of East Tennessee to help families in need celebrate Easter.
Dale Keasling, bank president and CEO, autho-rized $10,000 toward the purchase of Food City gift cards for designated recip-ients. Food City discount-ed the gift cards purchased for the program to help the donation go further.
The program, “Eats for Easter,” is in its second year and is designed to support women in crisis and families in transition during a time of year that is less visible than Christ-mas or Thanksgiving.
Last year, the YMCA was able to provide gro-ceries to more than 150 families through the pro-gram, demonstrating to clients the generosity of the community.
“We’re humbled and honored to support the outreach efforts of the YWCA and the YMCA dur-ing this time when we have so much to celebrate,” said Keasling.
In addition to money, Keasling presented both organizations with a red
rocking chair, an iconic symbol of Home Federal.
customer service,” said Da-vis. “He (Hunter) treats this place as if it was his own.”
In turn, Hunter hired em-
ployees who may not have car wash experience, but who are clean-cut, personable and committed to doing a great job every time.
“What is (Hunter’s) big-gest asset to this company is the way he’s trained these guys,” said Davis.
Davis’s mother, Jolene, works behind the register.
“People love her,” he said. “People come to this car wash just to see her.”
Now, Davis says seven out of 10 customers are returns or referrals.
Even though it’s gotten him some complaints, Davis is committed to what he calls “the Chick-fi l-A concept” of closing shop on Sundays to give his employees a day to rest and spend with family.
“Would we make more money if we were open Sun-days? Yes. It’s probably an expensive investment, but ultimately it’s worth it to me to make sure my guys are taken care of,” he said.
Before opening Syner-gy, Davis spent two years researching the car wash
industry. He said Synergy has grown twice as fast as he expected.
“If someone will come here once, we will have them as a customer for life,” he said. “We have a great group of employees who re-ally, truly care. It’s hard to fi nd that.”
Synergy Auto Wash is located at 10500 Kingston Pike. Info: 297-3403 or SynergyAutoWash.com.Shannon Carey is the Shopper-News gen-
eral manager and sales manager. Contact
Shannon at shannon@shoppernewsnow.
com.
By Sherry WittThe weather isn’t the only thing that
warmed up during the month of March. Even as record-setting tem-peratures bathed East Tennessee, the local real estate market emerged from the winter season with a healthy spring surge. For the month that ended on Friday, March 30, there were
681 property transfers in Knox County. That was a jump of 167 from the month of February and 32 parcels ahead of the pace from March 2011.
March produced total land sales of $110.7 million, compared to about $89 million a month ago.
Preliminary analysis of the fi rst quar-ter data indicates that 2012 is slightly be-hind 2011 in terms of the aggregate val-ue of property sold. Since Jan. 1, about $288 million worth of property has sold
in Knox County, compared to $320 mil-lion during the fi rst quarter of 2011.
Lending markets were rather robust in March, with more than $312 mil-lion loaned against property in Knox County, making it the strongest month since December when a large amount of money was refinanced by Tennova Health Systems.
Perhaps the most notable transfer was for commercial property known as The Shops at Turkey Creek. The sale brought $4.3 million.
On the lending side, the largest re-fi nance was by Scripps Media in the amount of $22.95 million against the property located on News-Sentinel Drive. Another transaction in the amount of $18.3 million involved the Sherrill Hills Retirement Community.
I would like to say thanks to everyone who participated in the recent primary elections. By exercising your right to vote, you are helping to honor and pro-tect one of our most sacred privileges.
News from Offi ce of Register of Deeds
Real estate sales improve in March
Witt
SHOPPER-NEWS • APRIL 9, 2012 • A-13
NEWS FROM PAIDEIA ACADEMY OF KNOXVILLE
By Theresa Edwards
Paideia Academy held its annual spring banquet and auction at the Foundry with board members, teachers, parents and students at-tending.
“An event like this doesn’t take place by it-self in a vacuum,” headmaster James Cowart said. He thanked “behind-the-scenes” peo-ple and a host of volun-teers who helped make the banquet possible. He also gave special recognition and thanks to Mitzi Bodie, Kevin and Janet Bryant, and Julie Raines.
The evening started off with a reception and silent auction. Musician Prentiss Kendall Allen played the harp. Auction items included many do-nated gift baskets, gift cards and memberships from local businesses.
The dinner buffet in-cluded roast beef, salmon, new potatoes, mixed veg-
etables, spinach manera, rolls, and chocolate and red velvet cakes. Dur-
ing dinner, everyone had a chance to view the live auction items on display. There were 30 items in-
cluding 10 items hand-made by students as school projects.
A handmade quilt con-tained self-portrait
drawings of the kindergarten students. “All the parents of the kinder-
garten kids are going to want this
because they made it,” Julie Raines said.
Other student projects in the auction were: hand-made busy bee gardening pots by 1st graders, sea creatures toy box by 2nd graders, gardener’s bird bath and canvas by 3rd graders, treasure box by 4th graders, coffee table book by 5th graders, picnic basket inspired by Tennessee history by
6th graders, Nicene Hall project of two handmade picnic tables, and Apostles Hall project of a hand-made reclaimed cedar bench and a park bench.
“These items have sen-timental value,” Cowart
said before he started the auction. “Hopefully, it’ll draw some bids. It won’t be a typical auction, I can promise you that.”
All of the auction pro-ceeds fund Paideia Acad-emy’s need-based tuition assistance program.
After the auction, pre-sentations were given by Arnold Lumsdaine, Dr. Keith Gray and Sherry Al-len regarding the three distinctions of Paideia. It is a Christ-centered, classical school and covenantal.
Keynote speaker G. Tyler Fischer then gave a presentation followed by a question and answer ses-sion. He is the headmaster at Veritas Academy and the managing editor of Veritas Press Omnibus Project.
The evening ended with closing announcements and benediction.
Paideia Academy is lo-cated in West Knoxville at 10825 Yarnell Road off Lovell Road.
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family homeschool classically.
Please stop by, call or check out our websiteto see the difference.
Located in West Knoxvilleoff Lovell Road
10825 Yarnell Road,Knoxville, TN 37932
670-0400PaideiaKnoxville.org
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NEWS FROM PARKWEST, WEST KNOXVILLE’S HEALTHCARE LEADER • TREATEDWELL.COM • 374-PARK
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Parkwest Joint CenterThe Retreat
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Once candidate for amputation, Virginia woman now runs
It was early February when Linda Kidman caught the Ginger-bread Man. He’d zipped through her kitchen at breakneck speed, giggling as he taunted her with “Run, run, run as fast as you can! You can’t catch me – I’m the Gin-gerbread Man.”
But before he knew it, Kidman’s 3-year-old grandson had been scooped up into her arms, and the 52-year-old grandmother – once wheelchair-bound and told by doc-tors that she should have her leg amputated – suddenly realized that she was running.
“It hit me so hard that I just stopped and thanked God right there that I could run,” said Kid-man. “I’m running everywhere – through the living room, through the den, the kitchen, the dining room, around in circles, and I’m screaming, ‘I’m running! I’m run-ning!’ ”
For Kidman, whose knee prob-lems had once taken her to the depths of despair, chasing her grandson was nothing less than a miracle performed by God and de-livered by Parkwest Medical Center orthopedic surgeon Dr. Hal E. Cates and Charles Strader, his physician assistant at the Tennessee Orthope-dic Clinic.
“I love them both,” said Kid-man. “They’re both my heroes. They really are, and God is using them for a purpose – to give peo-ple back their lives.”
By the time Kidman met Cates, she had given up all hope for a nor-mal life. Two total knee replace-ments back home in Roanoke, Va., had left her left leg bent at an almost 45-degree angle, she could no longer stand and spent much of her time in a wheelchair. She was taking seven pills a day and was so depressed that she was putting on a lot of weight which aggravated her back problems caused by her bent gait.
When her doctor in Roanoke had recommended amputation or fusing her leg at the knee, she had sought help elsewhere. Unable to get an ap-pointment at the renowned Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, she began searching online and found hope at a prestigious university medical center in yet another state.
Taking her medical records –
1,876 pages – in a box, her hopes were quickly dashed. “The doctor didn’t even read them,” she said of the records. “He looked at me and said, ‘There’s no hope. You can nev-er have surgery on that leg again. You’ve had two total knee replace-ments, and the way that your body makes scar tissue, it will make it worse if we open it up again. Pros-thesis is the route.’ And when he brought out a piece of a prosthetic, I lost it and started to cry. All I could think about was that I could never carry my grandbaby. That killed me in my heart. I was at the end of my rope because I believed he was THE best – there was none better. At that point, I gave up.”
But Kidman’s brother, Ricky Le-gard, hadn’t given up.
Legard, who owns a fi replace supply store in Greeneville, Tenn., had met a customer in his store who had gone through a similar ordeal. That customer, Patsy Denton, was so convinced that her doctor – Dr. Hal Cates in Knoxville – could help that both she and Legard began pressing Kidman to make an ap-pointment.
After numerous calls from her brother and Denton and urging from her husband, Terry, Kidman relented and made the appoint-ment “just to pacify them” but still believing it a waste of time. She pared down her medical records to 481 pages and sent them along with a letter to Cates. “I didn’t tell him in my letter how the other doctors wanted to cut my leg off because I was afraid he would jump to that conclusion and say, ‘Well, they’re right – let’s take it off. There’s noth-ing you can do.’ ”
The 5 1/2-hour trip from her home in Virginia was fi lled with quiet despair. “I went in thinking, ‘Why am I going? I’ve already seen the best and they can’t do anything – there’s no hope. What’s this man going to do?’ ” said Kidman. “Little did I know he was going to turn my world around.
“When he walked in, he shook my hand and looked at me. I swear I looked into his eyes and I KNEW he was going to do something for me,” said Kidman. “He was different from the minute he stretched out his hand. He said, ‘I’ve got all of your notes, and I’ve read your letter and
I’ve read every page.’ And I thought, ‘Oh my God! Is he for real?! He’s read all those pages – all 481?!’ He said, ‘I’m going to have you walking in eight to 10 weeks.’ At that point, I put my trust in that man, completely. When I walked out of there, I had hope, hope that had gone out of my life.”
Upon his initial evalu-ation on April 2, 2008, Cates noted Kidman was
Linda Kidman was deeply depressed when she made
the 5 1/2-hour trip from her home in Roanoke, Va.,
to her fi rst appointment with orthopedic surgeon
Dr. Hal Cates (photo at right) at Parkwest Medical
Center. “I went in thinking, ‘Why am I going? I’ve
already seen the best and they can’t do anything –
there’s no hope. What’s this man going to do?’ Little
did I know he was going to turn my world around,”
she said.
Kidman sent 481
pages of medical
records to Cates
in advance of her
appointment –
and was shocked
when she learned
he’d read them all.
“extremely debilitated” and had suf-fered “almost every complication possible” after her fi rst total knee replacement, including a condition known as heterotopic ossifi cation – or abnormal bone growth in soft tissues – inside the knee.
“When I fi rst saw her, she had es-sentially only 30 degrees of range of motion, and a stiff and painful knee that required her to limp,” said Cates. “She used her hands getting out of a low chair. Her prior surger-ies included a fi rst time total knee replacement, followed by manipu-lation, then an arthroscopic scar re-moval and manipulation, followed by a formal revision of the knee, followed by yet another manipula-tion on two occasions – she’d had six knee operations and a complex revision knee implant when I fi rst saw her.”
Despite the higher than usual risks, he was confi dent he could improve her condition. “I have seen cases similar to this that turned out well, and I was excited about trying to help her get her life back,” he said.
Doing so, however, would require a lot of pre-operative planning, and the ossifi cation, which recurs with each surgery, must fi rst run its course over 12 to 18 months before any intervention. To minimize the risk of recurrence, Cates ordered radiation therapy on her knee.
“He had me go to the cancer
center and I thought, ‘I don’t have cancer!’ but he did radiation on my knee,” Kidman recalled. “I don’t really understand it, but he said he had a window of time. He said, ‘When the time is right, we’ll do the surgery.’ And I would come down and be tested and stuff, and then one day, he looked at my knee and said, ‘Now is the time.’ ”
On Oct. 21, 2008, Kidman was rolled into surgery. “It was com-pletely different at this hospital,” said Kidman. “They put blankets on my body to warm my blood before he opened me up. He was with me all the time, explaining and telling me everything, reassuring every-thing for me.”
The surgery was pretty much un-eventful, although scar tissue from the previous surgeries had so en-capsulated the entire knee area that the main ligaments had to be cut. “They had to come into my room to do therapy, because I couldn’t walk to them,” said Kidman. “I asked, ‘Is this going to put me behind? Am I going to walk?’ They said, ‘You’ll walk.’ ”
“The service we got at this hos-pital, the kindness that everybody showed, from the person who took my blood samples to the nurses to the doctors to the people cleaning in my room, I’ve never had such treatment,” she said. “Even the food was good! That’s saying a lot, but I
have bragged so much to everybody about Parkwest and how different itwas.”
Just as Cates had promised, Kid-man was walking within 10 weeks – not big steps, but enough to get her on the road. She returned hometo Virginia and began rehabilitation therapy, returning to Cates periodi-cally for follow-ups and to track herprogress. Whenever she returned,she would always bring another family member with her. “They all wanted to come and meet this greathealer that I was always talking about,” Kidman said.
While her revised knee has donewell, her right knee has developed arthritis, requiring Kidman to re-turn to Cates every three monthsfor a steroid shot and evaluation.The shots, he told her, should help until she has a necessary total kneereplacement in her right leg.
“If it gets to the point that it’sbothering me really bad, he said he would go in and take care of it for me,” said Kidman. “I can deal with a little clicking every once in awhile to be able to walk, but I’m not goingto have another knee replacementuntil I can’t stand it any longer.
When that time comes, I will come to Dr. Cates.”
“Now they tell me that I can’t have another kneereplacement on the left leg – three’s all you can havebut they only last 10 to 15 years,” Kidman added. “So I don’t know what the fu-ture holds, but Dr. Cates reassured me. He said, ‘Think about medical tech-nology and how far we’ve come from year to year.By the time you need that, there’ll be something else.’ And he said, ‘I’ll take care
of you.’ That was what I neededto hear. I haven’t worried about it again because I know whenever itis, he’ll take care of me. I don’t careif he was 1,000 miles away; I’d fl y to see him wherever he is.”
With that assurance and the ability to walk again, she has shed 91 pounds, dropping from a size 22dress to a size 12. The collection of knee braces, cane, walker, electric scooter and wheelchair that were all once part of her life are now inthe garage.
“Dr. Cates changed my life. He gave me my life back,” Kidman said. “He gave us all my life back. I see afuture now and I am enjoying lifelike never before. I am standing by my husband’s side, I can go shop-ping with my daughters and I can play ball, and take walks and RUNwith my grandsons and chase them.I can pick them up and carry themto bed.”
It’s been 18 months since she lastsaw Cates. But when she caught theGingerbread Man in her kitchen, she fully realized just how far the doctor had brought her. “ ‘Thank you’ is not enough,” she said. “Whenthe world – and I – was giving up onme, God picked me up and handed me to Dr. Cates.”
For more information, visit www.TreatedWell.com or call 865.374.PARK for more about Parkwest Joint Center – TheRetreat.
B-2 • APRIL 9, 2012 • SHOPPER-NEWS
Theresa Edwards
Last Wednesday at the Strang Senior Center, Knox-ville Police Department Deputy Chief Gary Price gave seniors helpful advice on staying safe. This pre-sentation sparked a lot of interaction, with the group having many questions as well as some of their own safety suggestions.
Knoxville Police Department
Deputy Chief Gary Price Photo by T. Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com
Stay safe!
Sara Barrett
Critter Tales
The warmer weather has brought our local animal-related groups out of hi-bernation. Here are some newsworthy items you should know about from our local animal community:
Sassy is a student in the spring
semester of the HALT program.
She will be looking for a forever
home after she graduates. Photo submitted
HALT, popular voteand training
The HALT program (Humans and Animals Learning Together) is about to kick off its spring train-ing session with fi ve lucky dogs from Young-Williams Animal Center.
The program – which is celebrating its 25th an-niversary – shows at-risk youth how to teach obedi-ence training to dogs while building the adolescents’ self-confi dence and social skills in the process.
The dogs will be available for adoption once they gradu-ate from the program.
“Meet and greet” events with the animals will be held Saturday, April 14, at Mast General Store on Gay Street; Saturday, April 21, at Rita’s Italian Ice on Market Square; Saturday, April 28, at PetSmart on Morrell Road by West Town Mall; and Satur-day, May 5, at Union Avenue Books on Union Avenue.
During the last 25 years, 324 dogs have found homes after graduating from HALT and 1,300 adolescents have helped teach them manners.
Info: www.vet.utk.edu/halt.Young-Williams Ani-
mal Center hopes to bein the running to receive$100,000 in the ASPCARachael Ray $100K Chal-lenge, but the organiza-tion needs to get votesfrom community members(through Monday, April 16)in order to compete. If won,all of the money will go to-ward improving spay/neu-ter, adoption and pet foodpantry programs. Info:www.votetosavelives.org.
If your pooch doesn’t un-derstand the word “no” or ifyou don’t have the courage totell him or her “no,” PetSafe Dog Park will host a series of training demonstrationsby PetSafe Village trainerMike Shafer. Dates are 2:30p.m. Saturday, April 14, atPetSafe Village Dog Park,10424 PetSafe Way; 10:30a.m. Saturday, April 21, atPetSafe Downtown Dog Park; 10:30 a.m. Saturday,April 28, at Tommy Schump-ert Dog Park; and 10:30 a.m.Saturday, May 5, at CarterDoyle Dog Park.
Price addressed safety issues including fraud, identity theft, home safety, personal safety outside the home and safety resources.
There are a lot of scams and frauds to beware of. To avoid identity theft, closely guard your personal in-formation. “Do a periodic credit check to see if there is anything suspicious, and look carefully at your bank and credit card statements,” Price said. “Use your card as a credit card rather than a debit card. It gives you more protection,” he added. He also suggested not carrying too many cards.
Regarding home safety, Price explained criminals look for the easiest targets, weighing the risks involved. He recommended alarm systems since the noise usually scares off burglars. “In my 30 years on the po-lice force, only two or three times have robbers not left when an alarm was going off.” Trim bushes around the house which could con-ceal a possible intruder.
Use lights. “A dog is always good. Get a big one that looks mean or a noisy one that will warn you if some-one is near,” he said.
When going out, there is safety in numbers. Aware-ness is also of utmost im-portance. Pay attention. “Criminals look for least re-sistance,” Price explained. “Don’t be fl ashy. Don’t wear a lot of jewelry.” Prescrip-tion pills are a major prob-lem, so be conscious of who is around and beware if someone follows you after you buy your medications.
Price also recommended various safety resources. Call 211 for social servic-es that are available. Lo-cal law enforcement and Sheriff’s offi ces are avail-able resources. To fi nd out what crimes have occurred in your community, go to www.raidsonline.org.
On Wednesday, April 11, at 1 p.m., the Strang Senior Center welcomes a travel party with Starr Travel. There will be information, prizes and goodies.
The staff at Young-Williams would like you to meet 3-year-
old male Siamese mix Ty. Siamese are known to be chatty
cats. Ty has not shared many opinions with Animal Center
staff , but we suspect he will settle into a home relatively
quickly and let his new family know what he thinks. Ty is
available for adoption at the main center at 3210 Division
St. The “new” center at Young-Williams Animal Village is
at 6400 Kingston Pike. Both facilities are open daily from
noon to 6 p.m. If you don’t have time to drop by and take
a look, visit www.young-williams.org to see photos of all
of the center’s adoptables and call 215-6599 for more in-
formation about each pet.
Talk with Ty
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these and all other AARP
driver safety classes, call Caro-
lyn Rambo, 584-9964.
■ 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, April
10, Buckingham Clubhouse,
801 Vanosdale Road.
■ 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday,
April 11, Harrogate Senior Cen-
ter, 310 Londonderry Road,
Harrogate.
■ Noon to 4 p.m. Monday and
Tuesday, April 16-17, Loudon
County Senior Center, 901
Main St., Loudon.
■ Noon to 4 p.m. Wednesday
and Thursday, April 18-19,
Cheyenne Conference Room,
964 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak
Ridge.
■ 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday
and Thursday, April 18-19,
Roane County United Way,
2735 Roane State Highway,
Harriman.
■ 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thurs-
day, April 19, New Market
Senior Center, 1611 Depot St.,
New Market.
■ 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, April 20,
West Park Baptist Church, 8833
Middlebrook Pike.
■ 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday and
Tuesday, April 23-24, Maryville
First UMC, 804 Montvale Sta-
tion Road, Maryville.
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For Sale By Owner 40aREDUCED TO SALE
$257,500! Or Rent. Tellico Village, aprx. 2700 SF, 4BR, 3 1/2BA w/bonus, 2 car gar., 4 1/2% assumable
FHA loan. 423-388-5168. ***Web ID# 960417***
North 40nGIBBS/CORRYTON
By Builder 3BR, 2BA, 2 car garage. 1330 sf, $0 Down Pmt.
Total payment $742.56. Located in
Kinleys Kanyon S/D. Call Gary 548-1010
South 40sNEW CUSTOM
HOME, 3 BR, 2 BA, cath. ceilings, frpl., W/I closets, tile &
wood flooring, 2 car gar., split BR floor
plan, brick/vnyl ext., 2012 SQ. FT. incl.
gar., & more. 5 min. to schools, Boyd's
Creek/Seymour area $169,900. 865-680-4631
West 40wTELLICO VILLAGE
Loudon, Sits on level tree shaded lot, split BR's, 2 baths, 2 car gar. rancher, Toqua Greens, $129,900. Call Hallmark Realty,
865-588-7416.
Condos- Townhouses 42
New Luxury
Condos
On Gay Street Downtown Knoxville
Private, gated parking on site.
For sale or lease. 865-218-3318
www.the300building.com
Acreage- Tracts 4622 ACRES,
5 min. from Super Wal-Mart, off Norris Fwy. w/3BR, 2BA,
2 car gar. Manufactured home (like new).
$155,000 firm. Call Scott, 865-388-9656.
9.70 ACRES, FARM house, horse barn, 2 ponds, outbuildings, near Wartburg, Morgan Co., 30 min. to Oak Ridge. $115,000. 423-346-6573
GIBBS/CORRYTON 7.75 Acres, all cleared, partial fenced, conv.
location to I-640. Asking $154,900.
Call Doyle 254-9552 or Gary 548-1010
Cemetery Lots 492 CEMETERY Plots
in Ft. Sumpter Cemetery. $600 ea. 865-363-5831
Real Estate Wanted 50
I BUY HOUSES Pay Cash, Take over payments. Repairs not a problem. Any situation. 865-712-7045
WE BUY HOUSES Any Reason, Any Condition
865-548-8267 www.ttrei.com
Commercial Prop-Sale 60
5,000 SF Flex Industrial Building Office/Warehouse,
Strawberry plains exit, By owner 704-996-0470.
Office Space - Rent 65KINGSTON PIKE
FRONTAGE
3800 SF retail space in Farragut at Patriots Corner under the big American Flag beside anchor
tenant, David's Carpets. Large open space w/ 20 ft ceilings, parking at the door, offices.
Perfect uses: retail destination, fitness/exercise classes, wholesale/retail showrm
Min. 5 yr lease. 1/2 the price of Turkey Creek retail.
Call Susan Correro 865-531-6100 ext 203
Mb 865-414-1868 The Williams Company, owner-agent.
Apts - Unfurnished 712 BR townhouse near West Town, new car-
pet, W/D conn, no pets $585/mo. 865-584-2622
THE OLD CITY - 2BR, 3BA, 2 level apt. in the heart of The Old City. Hrdwd flrs. & exposed brick & lots of light - stove, frig., W/D, French doors, you must see to appreciate. Avail. now. Sorry NO Pets. $775/mo. For more info or to see, call Ghippi Lee (524-4974) Mon-Fri 9am-5:30pm.
Apts - Furnished 72WALBROOK STUDIOS
251-3607 $140 weekly. Discount
avail. Util, TV, Ph, Stv, Refrig, Basic
Cable. No Lse.
Houses - Unfurnished 74426 E. Caldwell, 2 BR, 1
BA, C H/A, W/D conn, $600 + dep, yr lease, no pets. 865-414-2578
NEWLY Remodeled 2 BR w/bsmt. Vouch-ers accepted. 4619 Joe Lewis. $600/mo. $300 dep.865-573-9639
POWELL, NICE 2 BR 1 BA, cent. H&A, appls., comm. pool, $490/mo. 938-1653
RENT TO OWN new unfurnished
houses, only $850 mo. Call 865-256-5253.
SEYMOUR 2 BR, 1 BA, extra clean, very priv., incl. new W/D. No pets, no smkrs, $550/mo. + $550 dep 865-406-4227
SOUTH KNOX 2 BR, 2 BA, conv. to UT & downtown, $750 + dep. 865-938-3928 LM
Condo Rentals 76WEST, Williamsburg Manor, 3BR, 2 1/2 BA, 2 story brick condo.
2 car gar., hdwd flrs. down, lrg. family room
w/FP, & SS appls., Ceiling fans, alarm
sys. $1250/mo. + $1250 sec. dep. 865-661-3229.
Williamsburg Twnhs, West Hills, 2 BR, new crpt, water furn no pets. $685. 865-584-2622
Wanted To Rent 82
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house on secluded, private property with rent reduced in ex-change for security
and/or light caretaker duties. 865-323-0937
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Manf’d Homes - Sale 851996 CREIGHTON
16x76, remodeled, West Knox location. Need to sell, $8500. 423-231-2023.
I BUY OLDER MOBILE HOMES.
1990 up, any size OK. 865-384-5643
Trucking Opportunities 106
DRIVERS: $1,100.00 weekly pay guaran-teed! Growing Dedicated Acct! Must be able to unload, have CDL-A w/18 mo. exp. Riv-erside Transport: 800-397-2627
DRIVERS -$2000 sign-on bonus! Start to-day! CDL-A. Heavy Haul. 2 yrs exp with oversize/overweight freight req. O/O's: up to 78% of freight bill. 1-800-835-9471
DRIVERS CDL-A: Your current 10-20 have you down? Why not get home & get paid?! 2012 tractors/trailers to boot! 888-219-8040
General 109#1 BEAUTY CO. AVON
Reps Needed! Only $10 to start! Call Marie at 865-705-3949.
Restaurant Equipment 133CRESTAURANT EQUIPMENT
FOR SALE CALL 865-235-7622.
Dogs 141Australian Shepherd
Pups, 2F, 3M, born 2/12, $200. 865-475-3343; 607-0460
***Web ID# 959753***
BEAGLE Puppies, tri- color, 6 wks, all shots & wormed, F $125, M $100. 865-494-6186
Border Collie puppies, ABCA reg, blk & wht, $175 ea. 423-240-8178; 423-365-6076
BosYor adorable de-signer puppies (Boston Terrier & Yorkie), 2 F, 3 M, 7 wks, born 2/21. $250. 865-363-5704 ***Web ID# 962114***
English Bulldog pup-pies, champ bldlns, AKC unlimited reg. $1200. 865-250-6896
Dogs 141LAB English/American
Puppies, AKC reg, blk, yellow & choc. M&F, 6 wks old, $325-$350. 865-851-6917
***Web ID# 962088***
LAB PUPPIES, AKC, champ bldlns, block heads, parents on site, black & yellow, M&F, parents OFA hips cert. lakeshore labs.net $500. 931-968-1033
MASTIFF "English" Puppies, AKC reg., wormed, 1st shots, vet chkd, fawn $600. 423-912-1594
***Web ID# 961953***
POMERANIAN PUPPIES, 12 wks. 3 M, 1 F, 1st shots, $300. 865-454-7081
PUGGLES, $100 ea. Shots & wormed. 7
wks. old. 423-235-2106
PUPPY NURSERY Many different breeds
Maltese, Yorkies, Malti-Poos, Poodles,
Yorki-Poos, Shih-Poos, Shih Tzu, $175/up. shots
& wormed. We do layaways. Health guar. Div. of Animal Welfare
State of TN Dept. of Health.
Lic # COB0000000015. 423-566-0467
SIBERIAN Husky AKC Pups, champ lines, shots, $400-$500. 865-995-1386
***Web ID# 960831***
Free Pets 145
ADOPT!
Looking for a lost pet or a new one?
Visit Young-Williams Animal
Center, the official shelter for the City of Knoxville & Knox County: 3201 Di-
vision St. Knoxville. knoxpets.org
Farmer’s Market 1502 rare lt. red donkeys,
5 mos. old standard jacks, $250 ea., both $400 obo 865-254-1560
Round Baler 2006 New Idea, 5x4, barn kept, bought new. $7000. 423-626-3875
or 423-526-7821. U Pick Strawberries
Opening Soon Projected opening
April 14. Strawberry Knob Farms located in Madisonville, TN,
1/2 mile past The Lost Sea on new Hwy. 68.
423-836-1133 www.strawberryknobfarms.com
Building Materials 188NEW TILE, boxes on
pallet, 12" Realto Terra (Italy), 36 boxes, 432 SF, retail price $960 + tax, your price $550. 865-604-7237
Buildings for Sale 191METAL BUILDINGS
SALE - Save $1000s, factory direct, dis-count shipping. Xld order clearance bldgs: 24x20, 20x30, more! Ltd avail. Call 877-280-7456
Shop Tools-Engines 19412" RIGID MITER
SAW with stand & wheels, $475. Call 865-254-5403.
Music Instruments 198TAYLOR DN3 acous-
tic guitar w/case. 3 mo. old. $799/b.o. 865-438-5699
Misc. Items 203RING Collection, 90
pcs, triple plated gold & rhodium, $315. 865-705-7007
Sewing Machines 2113 FEATHER SINGER WEIGHTS, $350 each. Antique sewing ma-chines. 865-397-6396.
Collectibles 213100'S OF Matchbooks,
nice collection, best offer. 865-458-1934 ask for Ben
Coins 214
BUYING OLD U.S. Coins, Gold & Silver
Will Consider Collectibles, Diamonds
or Old Guns. Free Appraisals
7600 Oak Ridge Hwy. 865-599-4915
Sporting Goods 22312 GA. S&W shotgun
30" full choke $450. 308 Stelr Rifle Col-lectors $1,500. 357 Dan Wesson 2 bar-rel, 2 sets of grips $900. 865-254-5403
Boats Motors 23217' BOAT. 1999
ALUM. w/75 HP Merc. Excellent condition. 615-210-8208
6HP JOHNSON BOAT MOTOR,
$450. 865-254-5403
Campers 2352000 Forest River
camper, exc cond, FSBO. $8500. Serious buyers only 865-966-0028
SMOKEY SUNRAY Travel Trailer 2007, 30', 1 slide, bunks, qn. bed, $12,000. Call 865-789-1581.
TRAIL MANOR 2720 Queen & sofa bed,
$6200. 865-382-6694
Motorcycles 238HD Sportster 2005,
black, all chrome, custom whls, saddle bags, 3800 mi, $5,000 obo. 865-405-3588
YAMAHA V-Star 2009 650cc, custom blue, only 200 mi, extras $4,500. 865-525-0543
YAMAHA VSTAR 950 2009, 10K mi., never dropped, $4995 obo. Call 865-567-9754.
***Web ID# 961223***
Autos Wanted 253A BETTER CASH
OFFER for junk cars, trucks, vans, running
or not. 865-456-3500
I BUY junk cars and trucks. 865.456.5249
or 865.938.6915
Vans 256HONDA Odyssey
2009, EX-L, 34K mi, ext warr, loaded, gar kept, perfect cond, $25,750. 865-356-6485 or 856-9898
Trucks 257FORD F-150 LARIAT
Super Crew 4x4 2003 4 dr., new tires, red w/saddle leather, loaded + chrome, Line X, 137K mi. $7,200. 865-604-7237
FORD F150 XLT Lar-iat 1990, 76K orig. mi.,
good shape, $4,000 OBO. 865-922-6408
Antiques Classics 260LINCOLN Continental
1964. All Original, numbers match. $3,400. 865-776-6721
MUSTANG CONV., 1964 1/2, completely restored, black with
white top, 865-458-1934 ask for Ben
Plymouth Valiant 1971, 47k act. mi., 318 Fact. eng. Drive anywhere $2450. 865-274-1229.
Sport Utility 261CHEVY HHR SS 2008,
64k hwy mi, great gas mi. Beautiful car. Perf. for around town or commuting. $12,900. 865-216-4225
***Web ID# 960715***
LANDROVER DISCOVERY SII, 1999
one of a kind, full walnut trim, Adv. rack, Warn winch,
ladder, Safari bumper, rear flood,
top lights, lens guards, rock sliders,
snorkel, locking R.E.D., interior cargo
divider, underbody shields & guards,
garage kept, 88K mi. Phone pics avail.
$8,200. Serious only 865-604-7237.
LEXUS RX300 2001, 139k mi, great MPG, lthr, all pwr, 2 WD,
great cond. Gray w/tan lthr, $8995 firm. Call
865-354-4609; 423-534-4275
Imports 262BMW 330i, 2001 white,
auto., beige lthr int, snrf, all pwr, 150K mi $7500. 865-748-0194
***Web ID# 959838***
JAGUAR S-Type 2004, 6 cyl, 92,600 mi,
British racing green, $9,500 obo. 865-386-2211 ***Web ID# 959952***
TOYOTA CAMRY LS, 2004, V6, low mi., garage kept, like new cond. $12,500. 865-376-2915
Sports 264CORVETTE 1986
Pace Car conv. 48K mi., all orig., yellow
w/blk top. Documents, $11,900 obo. 865-755-4729 ***Web ID# 961483***
PONTIAC SOLSTICE 2006, great cond. 5 spd., leather, 79k mi, silver w/blk top. $9975 firm. Call 865-354-4609; 423-534-4275
Domestic 265CADILLAC DTS 2007,
nav, chrome, pwr sunrf, all opts., 71K mi.
$16,000. 423-494-4135
Domestic 265FORD FOCUS SES
2009, AT, loaded, 43K mi., $10,750. 865-591-4239; 983-5440
Ford Thunderbird 2002, soft & hard tops, exc. cond. Gar. kept. Asking $16,500. 865-670-4017
Cleanin g 318CLEANING NETWORK
Wkly/ Bi-wkly/ Mo. Good refs! Free est. 258-9199 or 257-7435.
GET YOUR SPRING CLEANING HERE! Cleaning, windows & carpet clng. Homes & offices! Lic'd ins'd & bonded. Est & refs. 363-8207 or 809-8543
Flooring 330CERAMIC TILE instal-
lation. Floors/ walls/ repairs. 32 yrs exp, exc work! John 938-3328
Furniture Refinish. 331DENNY'S FURNITURE
REPAIR. Refinish, re-glue, etc. 45 yrs exp! 922-6529 or 466-4221
Guttering 333HAROLD'S GUTTER
SERVICE. Will clean front & back $20 & up. Quality work, guaran-teed. Call 288-0556.
Lawn Care 339
^
ABC LAWN & SEALCOATING
Comml/Res mowing, mulch, hedge-trimming, tree/stump re-moval, gutters
cleaned. 377-3819
Paving 345
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Pressure Washing 350
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Roofing / Siding 352
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I. Silent Prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, Roll CallII. Approval of AgendaIII. Mayor’s Report A. Arbor Day Poster Contest AwardIV. Citizens ForumV. Approval of Minutes A. March 22, 2012VI. Ordinances A. First Reading 1. Ordinance 12-06, an amendment to the Farragut Municipal Code, Title 14 Land Use Controls, to create minimum building facade requirements 2. Ordinance 12-05, an amendment to the Farragut Municipal Code, Title 5, to add Chapter 3, Business Registration Program 3. Ordinance 12-07, Ordinance to amend Fiscal Year 2012 Budget VII. Business Items A. Report by the Farragut/Knox County Schools Education Relations Committee B.Approval of Contract 2012-11, Cap and Compaction Grouting on Ivy Lake Drive, Farm at Willow Creek C.Approval of FY2012 Mid-Year Committee Appointments to the Economic Development Committee VIII. Town Administrator’s ReportIX. Attorney’s Report
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SHOPPER-NEWS • APRIL 9, 2012 • B-3
NEWS FROM PROVISION HEALTH & WELLNESS
From the desk ofCasey Peer,
Chief Dietitian
April 2012
PROGRAMSDon’t be DENSE:
Trim Calories per Bite to Trim Pounds, April 19, noon-1 p.m.
LiveWELL Life-style Change: Starts April 9, noon to 1:30 p.m. M-W-F.
Does This Clutter Make My Butt Look Fat? Six-week book study, Every Tuesday, April 10 thru May 15, noon to 1 p.m.
Hypothyroidism & Weight Manage-ment: April 12, noon to 1 p.m.; April 18, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
The REAL Secret to Weight Loss: April 25, 5:30-6:30 p.m.; April 26, noon to 1 p.m.
Duathlon/Triath-lon Training: Eight-week training, Tues-days, April 10 thru May 29, 5:30-7 p.m. Group setting, use of Spin Bikes & Treadmills; beginner to novice du-athlete/triathlete. Focus on physical condition-ing needed to complete a Sprint to Olympic distance triathlon/du-athlon.
YIN + Flow Yoga Series: Wednesdays, April 11 thru May 16, 6-7:30 p.m. What is YIN + Flow? 1.5 hour class, appropriate for all levels, fusion of YIN (long held poses) with Flow (rhythmic fl ow of postures). YIN targets the connective tissues which involve ligaments and joints that are not normally exercised in more active styles of yoga practice. Flow is a more fl owing group of yoga poses that will build strength as well as fl exibility.
By Mike WiggerEvery day we are inundated
with the “newest and best” health information – new products and foods that guar-antee we will shed the weight and keep it off.
Recent media outlets (New York Times, Good Morning America) have made popular a study claiming weight loss surgery is more effective in reducing and reversing type II diabetes than lifestyle inter-vention. It is information like this that is devastating our society and further fueling the “quick fix” mentality.
Make no mistake, the incidence of diabetes in the United States has tripled in the last 30 years and there is no doubt this is a critical issue facing our society today.
Contradictory to the findings of the study, The NIH (National Institutes of Health), CDC (Centers for Disease Control) and NDEP (National Diabetes Education Program) concluded after 10 years of research that inten-sive lifestyle changes, i.e., losing 5 to 7 percent of weight through increased physical activity and responsible nutri-tion prevented or delayed the onset of type II diabetes by 58 percent in people at high risk for the disease.
The same researchers also showed that metformin, an oral diabetes drug, reduced the onset of type II diabetes by only 31 percent.
Unfortunately, the article from the Times only alludes
to one of many problems with weight loss surgery: a 31 per-cent success rate. This means about 2/3 of patients that un-dergo surgery do not see long term weight loss results. The article mentions, “Patients may lose 100 pounds or even more after the surgery. Most gain some weight back; some gain a lot back.”
Lifestyle intervention has been shown to be effective 58 percent of the time in reduc-ing or reversing the effects of type II diabetes for those at high risk. Compare this to the success rate of medication (31%) and surgery (31%), it is suddenly clear that lifestyle intervention is twice as effec-tive as alternate treatments for such a prevalent and seri-ous disease.
So why then is lifestyle intervention seen as the least popular of treatment for type II diabetes?
Unfortunately, recent media made it seem as though weight loss surgery is the exclu-sive fix for type II diabetes. Type II diabetes is a lifestyle related disease, meaning it is developed over time as a re-sult of physical inactivity and poor nutrition habits (genet-ics also play a role). However, your stomach is not solely responsible for the develop-ment of type II diabetes, your lifestyle is. Why then is it acceptable to “fix” the stom-ach if the stomach isn’t the problem? You wouldn’t put a cast on your ankle if you broke your arm!
Proper nutrition and regular physical activity are still necessary for successful weight management. In order to ensure long term success, we must take a comprehensive approach to our health, not simply rely on surgery as a quick fix. Weight loss surgery can be a viable and necessary treatment in some situations, especially when serious health issues have already developed because of excess weight. Whether or not weight loss surgery is used as treatment for type II diabetes, lifestyle intervention is the only way to guarantee long term success.
Lifestyle change‘Tried and true’ protection
against adult onset diabetes
Casey Peer
The LiveWELL Lifestyle Change Program goes step-by-step through the behav-ior change process in order to develop life-long healthy habits. We teach the facts about nutrition, how to use exercise as medicine and even how to do it all on a budget.
Provision Health & Well-ness wants you to become a healthier, happier person, one step at a time. Join us Thursday, April 12, at 5 p.m. or Friday, April 13, at noon for an informational session to learn more about our LiveWELL Lifestyle Change Program.Mike Wigger, MS, CSCS, is the Exercise Spe-cialist/Wellness Coordinator at Provision Health & Wellness.
NUTRITION CLASSES:The Real Secret to Weight LossDon’t Be DENSE: Trim Calories per Bite to Trim PoundsHypothyroidism and Weight ManagementDiabetes Made SimpleDoes This Clutter Make My Butt Look Fat? (book study)
For information on these and other classes, please call (865) 232-1414.
1400 Dowell Springs Blvd., Suite 100, Knoxville, TN 37909(865) 232.1414 · livewellknoxville.com
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