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By Suzanne Foree NealBicycling is more than just

recreation for Mark Littleton. It’s family time and has been since he and wife Karen were married.

Littleton, chair of the Farra-gut/Knox County Schools Joint Education Relations Committee, remembers his fi rst bike. “It was a little black bike with red training wheels and a headlight,” he says. As a somewhat older, cool kid in Harriman, he recalls the 5-speed banana seat bike he rode.

“I bought my fi rst good bike in 1982, a Univega, and had it at Ten-nessee Tech. I kept it and now An-drew is going to Tech, so 30 years later, it’s making a return,” Little-ton says, noting that Andrew, 18, has opted to leave his good bike at home. That Univega has seen a lot of miles. Littleton once rode it from Cookeville to Birmingham, Ala., as a fundraiser for the Bap-tist Student Union at Tech.

When he completed his mas-ter’s degree in engineering, Lit-tleton treated himself to a Giant brand bike that had caught his eye and also bought one for his wife. Andrew got his exposure to bikes as a baby. Littleton recalls biking around Cades Cove with Sarah, now 14, in a baby carrier and Andrew and Emily, now 17, in a trailer behind his bike. “As soon as they could peddle, I was over that,” he laughs.

A memorable family biking va-cation was to Colorado. “We took all the bikes. We had four hanging off the back and one tied to the top. We looked like Chevy Chase head-ing off for vacation,” he laughs, comparing them to the popular vacation movie series. While he and Andrew don’t ride as often, they cover more miles when they do. Karen and the girls tend to ride more often, but shorter trips.

Littleton keeps a map of Farra-gut’s trails in a small bag strapped

Bicycling Farragut’s trails… family aff air

Rounding a curve on the Grigsby Chapel trail behind Farragut Commons is Sarah, Mark and Andrew Littleton. Bicycling is a favorite pastime for the family and a good way to get some exercise. On this day, wife Karen and daughter Emily had other plans. Photo by S.F. Neal

By Suzanne Foree NealA passing remark by Farragut

Alderman Ron Honken has led to a new project for the Farragut/Knox County Schools Joint Education Relations Committee.

Honken has said at more than one Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting that he would like to see some recognition in the schools to the fact that the town has now upped its donation to them to $22,000 each. Mark Littleton, committee chair, listened. So have committee members.

Kim Arms, Nancy Wentz, Mi-chael Singletary and Russell Bar-ber were in sync with Littleton. Before they get into the details, Littleton would like to know ex-actly what Honken has in mind. “Honken wants each school to have a banner in some prominent loca-tion,” Littleton said. “If we push it, we’ll make sure it gets done. He wants the schools to buy the ban-ner out of the town’s grant money.”

Members and guests, including Heather Karnes, Farragut Middle School principal, and retired Far-

Julia Craze, retired Farragut Primary School principal, will be voted on at the next Farragut Board of Mayor and Aldermen to become the sixth member of the Farragut/Knox Coun-ty Schools Joint Education Relations Committee. File photo

Committee takes on alderman’s request

ragut Primary School principal Julia Craze, kicked around several suggestions for wording to give

emphasis to the fact that Farra-gut supports its schools. Wentz mentioned that students at Far-ragut High School could produce the banners as part of classwork. Barber will look around for some quotes on banners in several sizes and materials to get an idea of what it would cost each school.

Littleton would also like input from the schools as to what might work for each. Karnes said about the only place that would work in her school was in the entrance area. “The entrance area is probably best for all schools,” Wentz added.

She would prefer any banner not be displayed in an athletic complex “because most of the money goes to technology.” Craze noted that she has always used town money to buy technology for her school. “Knox County sometimes has grants if we can match the funds. I think it would be nice to have something,” Craze volunteered. “Knox County did not buy one single computer in my school. People think Knox County favors Farragut schools, but that’s not so.” She noted that

computer money comes from the hard work of parents and fundrais-ing efforts. Craze has submitted an application to become a member of the committee and it will be voted on at the Sept. 11 meeting of the board. (A quorum wasn’t possible for the usual meeting date.)

Committee members will fan out to visit their assigned schools and see what needs to be deleted or added to the “wish list.” Karnes mentioned that the middle and in-termediate schools were still work-ing on funding for a new sign at the combined entrance to the schools. “I hope I get it before I retire,” she joked. Craze fi nally saw her wish for a new sign and sidewalk at the primary school come true after she retired. The brick is up for the re-placement sign, but still no letter-ing.

New primary school principal Gina Byrd stopped by for a few minutes to thank the committee for helping get those items crossed off the wish list. “The sidewalk has cut down on car traffi c at the school,” she said.

to his handlebars for their local rides. Finding the trails was a pleasant surprise when the fam-ily moved back to East Tennessee about fi ve years ago from Central Kentucky. Karen Littleton is from Morristown.

“What I like about the Farra-gut trails is you can ride 1 mile, 10 miles or more,” Littleton says. Put-in points for bikers are easy to access and when a trail runs out, there are wide sidewalks to get you to the next link if you don’t

ride the road, he notes. While he and Andrew will ride the roads, Karen and the girls stay off them. “I don’t think the roads are a good place for families to ride,” Little-ton says.

“As I ride the town’s trails, I begin to see the thoughtfulness and planning,” Littleton says of the system, which the town hopes eventually to run through-out the town and link up when possible to Knox County trails. Littleton has ridden every trail

in Farragut at least once.Littleton knows the hard spots

– uphill grades. “The worst hill on the Grigsby Chapel greenway is just on the east side of Westchase, and the Everett Road hill as you ride back under the interstate,” he says. Then there’s the one in the Fox Run greenway just below the water tower. “Going west we usu-ally wind up walking our bikes to the top, but you get a beautiful view of the Smokies as a reward for the effort.”

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Coff ee breakVicki Gillenwater says when

she started riding horses, “I rode very badly. I was persistent, but not very good.”

She began riding at age 6, so she has had time to prac-tice. Now a world champion in three different breeds, Vicki spends the majority of her time at her horse farm, Scenic View Farms, and traveling to competitions.

Vicki says she loves the same thing about horses that she does about people. “I love their hearts and their intel-ligence.”

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It will be hard to get those she competes with to believe it, but Vicki Gillenwater says when she fi rst started riding hors-es, “I rode very badly. I was persistent, but not very good.”

She began riding at age 6, so she has had time to prac-tice. Now a world champion in three different breeds, Vicki spends the majority of her time at her horse farm, Scenic View Farms, and traveling to competitions.

Raised in Knoxville, Vicki is the daughter of the late attorney Paul T. and Dorothy Gillenwater. A graduate of Webb School of Knoxville with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in communications and public relations from the University of Tennessee, Vicki worked in communica-tions with Dr. Bill Snyder when he was chancellor at UT, then in U.S. U.S. Rep. John Duncan’s offi ces in Washing-ton and Knoxville.

When her mother began a battle with cancer, Vicki de-voted her time to taking care of her. Her mother died in No-vember 2004. “A month later, my dad was diagnosed with leukemia,” says Vicki. “He passed away in April of 2005.”

Vicki was headed back to Washington and in the pro-cess of selling her house when Scenic View’s head trainer and farm manager, Bobby Wolfenbarger, died suddenly.

“I decided to stay here and run the farm,” she says. “It was just the right thing to do.”

Vicki shows in the saddle seat division with American Saddlebred, Hackney Ponies and Friesian horses. “We have 24 horses, all show horses, on the farm. For the number of horses we have and the size of our farm, we have accomplished a lot.”

Vicki says she loves the same thing about horses that she does about people. “I love their hearts and their in-telligence. I think that is how I have been able to choose some great horses. Certain horses have great heart and great ability. And we love the underdog. So many times we have been successful with the horse no one expected to do well.”

What is your favorite quote from TV or movie?I can quote “Talladega Nights,” “Caddyshack” and

about 10 other movies. To select one would be unfair to the others.

What are you guilty of?I cannot tear myself away from reality television

marathons. (I am watching “Project Runway” now.) I am addicted to eggnog, but at least that is seasonal.

What is your favorite material possession?My father’s watch. My mother gave it to him years

ago, and I have worn it ever since he passed away.

What are you reading currently?I just fi nished “The Help,” and it was as wonderful as the

movie. I love Carl Hiaasen for his humor and read all of his books. And yes, I read “50 Shades of Grey” on my last fl ight.

What was your most embarrassing moment?There is one daily so I am almost never embarrassed.

A few examples: I fell off my horse at the World Champi-onships once. A friend and I had on the exact same very distinctive dress at an event with (television star and stylist) Carson Kressley, which prompted people to shout for a “walk off.” I also presented an award to Carson and realized as I was getting dressed that I only brought one shoe. He ran to the gift shop of the hotel and bought fl ip fl ops, which I wore under the ball gown. I never take these things too seriously.

What are the top three things on your bucket list?I have marked many things off my bucket list. I

learned to drive a boat and fl y fi sh (poorly). I met Oprah, Garth Brooks, Keith Urban and went to Dancing With the Stars. I am not sure what is next on the list, but I just returned from attending the equestrian events at the 2012 London Olympics. I treat every day like it should be on my bucket list.

What is one word others often use to describe you?

I asked some friends, because I have no idea how others perceive me. The one they suggested that I agree with is that I am passionate. Life can change in an instant, and I try to make the most of every second.

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

I would be organized. And I would pack as if I am traveling, not moving.

What is your passion? Riding, owning and competing with my horses.

With whom, living or dead, would you most like to have a long lunch?

Long lunches are fabulous when the company is good! I would enjoy one with any of my friends.

Other than your parents, who has had the biggest infl u-ence on your life and why?

My horse trainer Bobby Wolfenbarger, who passed away when he was 50. He was very much like my brother. He coached me from the time I was 11 and taught me patience, kindness, sportsmanship and appreciation for the sport I am so blessed to be a part of. His assistant, Jacques VanNiekerk, took over when Bobby died, and the two of us try to follow his lead and run Scenic View with those values.

I still can’t quite get the hang of … Skiing. What a disaster…

What is the best present you ever received in a box?My parents sent me a ring for my 21st birthday

when I was in college.

What is the best advice your mother ever gave you?When my confidence wavered or I was afraid, she

told me to act as if everything was alright, even if I was only pretending. The thought was that eventually I might convince myself and others that everything was OK. She was right.

What is your social media of choice? Facebook.

What is the worst job you have ever had?As part of an internship, I had to dress up in a cos-

tume as Tuffy the Bunny. It was 100 degrees, and the costume was so hot I thought I might pass out.

What irritates you?Laziness, arrogance, entitlement and people who are

just rude.

What’s one place in Farragut everyone should visit?The original Aubrey’s restaurant, of course!

What is your greatest fear? Missing one moment of life.

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They will warm your heart like a summer day, so the Sunshine Ambassadors Inc., are well named. The goal of the organization is “to enrich the lives of in-dividuals with disabilities through dance and to raise the public awareness of their disabilities,” says co-founder Lurley Noe, who started the group with her husband, Charles.

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Sierra and Julia, members of the Sunshine Ambassadors dance group for people with disabilities, enjoy the choreography de-signed for their class. Photos by Sherri Gardner Howell.

Sunshine Ambassadors practiced recently at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Farra-gut where they have a week-ly class.

Lurley told the story of how she and her husband began the Ambassadors in their garage, responding to a need in their own family with their daughter. They now have groups in Far-ragut, Fountain City, Pow-

Anthony gets some personal instruction from Mary Alford at Sunshine Ambassadors.

Audrey, whose parents founded the Sunshine Am-bassadors, enjoys the song “Child of God” in the group’s Tuesday night class in Farra-gut.

Sunshine Ambassadors founder Lurley Noe and teacher Emily Sacco lead the class in dance.

Sierra and Julia partner-up for “Rocky Top.”

ell, Maryville, Morristown, LaFollette, Sevierville and Dickson County. There are approximately 50 in the dance program, all with vol-unteer teachers.

Lurley says, “We have designed this program to be ‘replicatable.’ It is the type of program that can be started when you have two dedicated teachers (who don’t have to have dance ex-perience), a free space and an interest from commu-nity. It is for children and adults with disabilities.”

Through the group, Lur-ley and Charles provide training, DVDs, insurance, ideas to help with fundrais-ing and help with public performances.

“Our public performanc-es are important for the Sunshine Ambassadors,” she says. “We use them to help bring awareness to the community and to give the dancers a chance to shine.” They have performed at Fantasy of Trees, with the K-

Town Youth Empowerment Network, at the Tennessee Disabilities MegaConfer-ence in Nashville and will entertain at an upcoming state convention for Parks and Recreation groups in Knoxville.

“We want more dancers in Farragut,” says Lurley. “A donation is suggested, but the class is basically free. The dances are cho-reographed specifi cally for those with disabilities. It is a fun way to exercise, build self-esteem and develop so-cial skills.”

Dancers who benefi t include people with intel-lectual disabilities, autism, CP and other disabilities. People with mental disor-ders who are not physically challenged can help as peer tutors, as can siblings.

For information about joining the Sunshine Am-bassadors or scheduling a performance, contact the Noes at [email protected].

FARRAGUT NOTES ■ Farragut Rotary Club meets at noon each Wednesday at the Fox

Den Country Club.

■ Free budget classes are held from noon-1 p.m. each third Thursday at the Good Samaritan Center, 119 A. St. in Lenoir City. Everyone is invited. No preregistration is required. Info: [email protected].

■ Memoir Writing Group meets 7 p.m. each second Thursday at Panera Bread, 733 Louisville Road.

■ West Knox Lions Club meets 6:30 p.m. each fi rst and third Mon-day at Sullivan’s in Franklin Square, 9648 Kingston Pike.

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he was saying that Moody had been right about a lot of things. During his fi rst term, he started working on the Hillside and Slope Pro-tection Plan, which would consume three years and further alienate him from traditional Republicans, de-velopers and the Chamber.

He got into the leader-ship race late. His opponent, Brad Anders, had been cam-paigning for months.

“The only reason I got in is because I thought the commission needed an al-ternative … somebody need-ed to step up.”

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Dr. Fred Bedelle Photo by Charles Garvey

Bedelle recalls Knox desegregationAlmost immediately af-

ter the end of the Civil War, Tennessee, along with other states, declared that educa-tion for blacks and whites “must be equal.”

Just a year after that, however, the Tennes-see state constitution was amended to say that while the education provided would be equal, the two rac-es must be taught in sepa-rate schools.

It was almost a century before that all began to change as a result of the U.S. Supreme Court deci-sion in the landmark Brown v. Topeka Board of Educa-tion case.

In 1954 the high court held that “separate but equal” was inherently un-equal and ordered school systems nationwide to de-segregate “with all deliber-ate speed.”

Nothing was done right away in Knoxville to comply with the court’s decision. Quite the contrary. A vocal and majority white popula-tion bitterly opposed it, and the all-white board of edu-cation dug in its collective heels and waited.

Former Knoxville City Schools Superintendent Dr. Fred Bedelle, who is writ-ing a book about the inte-gration of the local system, told West Knox Rotarians at their meeting last week that it was still another 20 years after that 1954 ruling before the very last court case in-volving equal education in the Knoxville city schools was fi nally closed.

He said the story of school integration in Knox-ville “is a part of our history that shouldn’t be lost.”

Bedelle recalled that while the court had man-dated that the schools be desegregated “with all de-liberate speed,” in Knox-ville, blacks focused on the word “speed,” while whites latched on to the word “de-liberate,” choosing the verb form, which is defi ned as “to discuss, ponder, consider, etc.”

And deliberate they did, through the district, circuit and federal court systems on numerous aspects of de-segregation.

At the same time, scat-tered attempts were made by black parents to enroll their children in the white schools that were closer to their homes than the all-black schools their children had been attending. They were consistently turned away and told to complain to the board of education if they were unhappy. Most

parents declined that option for fear of losing their jobs or other forms of reprisal if their names were made public.

The exception was the father of Josephine Goss, who owned his own barber-shop and thus didn’t have to worry about being fi red. In 1959, he and 16 others fi led a suit titled “Josephine Goss et al v. The Board of Educa-tion of the City of Knoxville, Tennessee.”

One of the 17 was Theotis Robinson, who would later be elected to Knoxville City Council.

Bedelle worked with the city schools for 32 years, and as the school admin-istration’s liaison with the courts and attorneys, he had a front row seat for the Goss proceedings and oth-ers as they dragged through the justice system.

Bedelle recalls that in 1960, Frank Fowler was hired as legal counsel in the Goss case. Many differ-ent plans were discussed, but the one proposed that year was a “Grade a Year” desegregation plan. It was approved by federal Judge Robert Taylor and in 1960 the fi rst grade was desegre-gated in city schools.

But that was only the be-ginning.

Struggles continued over things like vocational schools, how to racially balance faculty, transfers

VictorAshe

Race close in

District 13House District 13 will

be a battleground for the next 57 days. This district stretches from northeast Knoxville to Sequoyah Hills and across the river to Mount Olive and South Knox County.

Johnson thinks it is more important to take the state sales tax off groceries than repeal the Hall income tax for seniors. She said she is opposed to the voucher program for schools and lifting the cap on class sizes. Loe favors imme-diate repeal of the Hall Income tax for persons 65 and older.

She declined to take a position on party reg-istration and a closed primary saying there are good arguments on both sides. She said she will vote her convictions regardless of how the Democratic caucus might vote.

Johnson has held nu-merous neighborhood receptions and plans more including one to be hosted by former ar-chitecture dean Marlene Davis. Loe has catching up to do in that area. Both have numerous yard signs. Johnson has secured free publicity worth thousands of dol-lars because the Repub-lican-controlled election commission closed the Belle Morris precinct.

Johnson wants a series of debates which should be interesting if they materialize and both can-didates will need to pre-pare carefully for them. They could determine the winner.

■ Ray Lee Jen-kins is term limited as Knox GOP chair. Ruthie Kuhlmann is actively seeking the position. Her front yard is well located on Kingston Pike near Western Plaza. Each election cycle it sprouts yard signs for various Republican candidates. She is intensely active in GOP internal politics and is conservative. No one else has surfaced as a candidate at this time.

■ Steve Hall could benefi t from a “sleeper” campaign by teacher and former Vol Anthony Hancock, who has not raised enough money to wage an effective media campaign. Speaker Beth Harwell will host a recep-tion for Hall at the home of former Vice Mayor Joe Bailey on Sept. 18. This is a major event for Hall who is normally a very low key candidate and offi ceholder. As an eight-year City Council member, he said the least of all nine members. He is a solid conservative vote.

from one school to another, whether to bus students, and the matter of brothers and sisters of varying ages not being able to attend the same school because not all grades had yet been deseg-regated.

The issue was further complicated in 1963, when the city annexed 56 square miles of Knox County which included 18 schools.

Somehow, by the time the Civil Rights Act of 1964 went into effect, Bedelle says all grades, programs and facili-ties of the city schools were fully integrated.

Still, those pesky court cases dragged on for anoth-er 10 years until the U.S. Su-preme Court fi nally denied the last appeal Jan. 21, 1974.

As Bedelle puts it: “Case closed.”

■ Did ‘shenanigan’ cost Anders the chair?Commissioners are ask-

ing why County Clerk Foster Arnett started nominations for chair in District 9, where Mike Brown sat ready to nominate Brad Anders.

Amy Broyles said Ar-nett’s ploy was “orchestrat-ed to give Brad the best pos-sible advantage.”

Sam McKenzie said the vote was “a close call for me, but I didn’t like the way the vote was done.” Previously undecided, he was the swing vote for Tony Norman.

Arnett is fl abbergasted at the complaints.

“I did it because Mike Brown asked me to,” he said. “He came up to me before the meeting, put his hand on my shoulder and asked me to start in the 9th District. You can be sure I won’t do it next time.”

Brown confi rms asking Arnett to change the vot-ing order. “We don’t always have to start with the 1st District,” he said.

When asked why he did it, Brown replied, “Just to be different.”

“I’m not accusing (Ar-nett) of violating commis-sion rules. The issue is that we have a right to expect consistency, especially on as important a matter as who is chair. We don’t want to go back to the old way of doing things,” said Broyles.

tion department head have against the school system?

As in most matters, all you have to do is ask him.

“I worked directly under some of the central offi ce employees at the build-ing level before they were elevated, and they were some of the worst people I ever worked for,” he said. “I am not associating these things with Dr. (Jim) Mc-Intyre, and I’m not saying any names. But if you can’t administer a building, how can you administer a sys-tem?”

The son of the late Rex Norman, an old-school po-litico who served two terms on commission, Tony was elected in 2006 after being recruited by supporters of then-Sheriff Tim Hutchison to “take out” his nemesis, 3rd District Commissioner Wanda Moody. They soon discovered Tony was not a chip off the old block.

“I told them, ‘You wanted me to knock Wanda out of that seat, and I did. I just paid you in full.’ After the primary, they dropped me like a cold biscuit.”

That’s hardly surprising. By primary night, it had become apparent that Tony actually believed all that environmentalist stuff. Be-fore the end of his fi rst year,

Before she was out of her seat, Norman put his hand on her arm, closed his eyes and prayed for healing, se-renely ignoring a snickering onlooker who was compar-ing him to televangelist Er-nest Angley.

Norman is a serious man and a walking contradic-tion – a Republican who commands respect in the “green” community, a ca-reer educator best known for his fi erce opposition to the school board budget. The notion of handing this guy a gavel gave develop-ers, public school activists and Chamber leaders equal shares of the heebie-jeebies.

So what does a retired high school science teach-er whose wife was a high school business educa-

With the exception of the Steve Hall-Anthony Hancock race, it is the only political game in town. The other Knox districts either have only one candidate or the competition is weak. Rep. Jimmy Duncan and Sen. Bob Corker will clearly carry Knox County in their races for the U.S. House and Senate.

However, Gloria John-son and Gary Loe are in a toe-to-toe battle. The Democrats are determined to hold the Harry Tindell seat and Republicans are anxious to add it to their column. Both candidates are working hard.

Johnson, 50, the Demo-crat, has a bachelor’s degree in special education from UT Knoxville. She was pre-viously married, lives on Brice Avenue and teaches in South Knoxville.

If 10,000 vote in the district (compared to just 2,800 in the August prima-ries), then 5,000 votes will elect in a three-way race. It’s hard to tell who inde-pendent Nick Cazana will take votes from.

Johnson claims support from numerous offi cials such as council member Finbarr Saunders, state Rep. Joe Armstrong, County Commissioner Amy Broyles and school board members Indya Kincannon and Pam Trainor. Mayor Madeline Rogero is a $500 donor which is $300 more than she gave Hancock. Johnson hopes to have Rog-ero host or co-host events.

She said her fi rst bill will be one to give preference to Tennessee contractors. She wants to serve on the edu-cation and transportation committees. She supports President Barack Obama, saying, “He has done a good job creating jobs (despite) a do-nothing Congress.”

Johnson criticized Gov. Bill Haslam for “signing the Gateway (sexual activity) Bill and not standing up on other bills.” She agreed with Haslam on pre-K pro-posals.

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TALES OF TENNESSEE | Marvin West

I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.

(Romans 7: 15 NRSV)

Paul is a thorn in the side of many Christians (to

use his own metaphor).He was a Pharisee of the

Pharisees – a Law-(as in Torah)-abiding citizen of the Jewish faith. He was also a bundle of contradic-tions.

He was a proud man who learned humility, but he was proud of it. On the other hand, Paul was also honest about his struggles, about his doubts and fears, about his sinfulness.

Most honest Christians admit to having a love-hate relationship with Paul, be-cause we see ourselves in his ambiguity. We know what is right and good and just and merciful. And sometimes we choose to do the exact opposite, even knowing that we will feel miserable after the fact.

I have seen dogs and small children, not to men-tion otherwise intelligent grown-ups, make a similar decision. Myself included.

I am reminded of Red Skelton’s character, the “Mean Widdle Kid” who said, “If I dood it, I get a whippin’.” Then he decides, “I dood it!”

The other day, I mused aloud to a friend that we are – every one of us – the sum of our decision-mak-ing (good and bad). Like-wise, decision-making is at the center of every con-versation I have in my day -to-day work. Folks find themselves in a bad situ-ation (sometimes, though not always, because of bad decision-making) and come to us for help (a good decision).

Not to decide is to decide

The questions we ask our neighbors (and our-selves!) are these, among others:

“Can we recognize our part in the problem this time?”

“How can we choose dif-ferently next time?”

“Will we choose differ-ently next time?”

In the course of all this consideration of decision-making, I began to wonder about the word itself. What

does it mean to decide, and where in the world did such a funny word come from?

According to Webster, it literally means to cut off, and implies the cutting off of debate, doubt, or waver-ing; arrival at a solution that ends uncertainty. It came by the same route as so many of our won-derful words: from Latin, through French, then Mid-dle English.

I was asked on one oc-

Florida is a monster foe

Since the days of coach Steve Spurrier, Florida has been a monster foe for the Vols. In this Aug. 30, 2012, fi le photo, South Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier yells to his team during the fi rst half of an NCAA college football game against Vanderbilt in Nashville. Spurrier said afterwards what matters is the Gamecocks played hard down the stretch and opened SEC play with a 17-13 road victory over the Commodores. AP Photo/John Russell, File

Once upon a time, Tennes-see versus Florida was THE

September game in the South-eastern Conference. It drifted down to become just a game, rel-evant to combatants.

Suddenly, it is again the biggest game of the year for Tennessee. Win and all things are possible. Lose and you start over with Akron.

From the perspective of UT fans, losing and losing magnifi ed the importance of this one-sided rivalry. The Gators have won sev-en in a row and 16 of 22 since they became every-year opponents. They spoiled several seasons.

If the Vols hear the Saturday crowd, they might gain an emo-tional edge. This game generates purple passion. Alabama is a re-spected foe, a historical yardstick. Georgia is sassy. Fans long ago picked Florida as a team to hate.

Sometimes Florida has had better ideas. Often it seems to have better players. Remember Danny Wuerffel and Tim Tebow

and Heisman trophies? Jabar Gaffney had magic hands. He caught a touchdown pass so fast, we couldn’t see it – even on replay.

Brandon James was a perfect punt returner. Alex Brown was master at beating the snap count.

There are so many memories, starting with espionage and the unbelievable Jack Sells fax. There was great joy in seeing a disgust-ed Steve Spurrier spike his visor. There was pain in his verbal jabs.

Urban Meyer helped put Phillip Fulmer out to pasture but failed to punch out the punk. Florida defeat-ed Tennessee in 2009 but it wasn’t by 50. CBS pointed post-game cameras at Lane Kiffi n, brash boy coach. Urban was traumatized.

My favorite games? The over-time triumph in 1998 stopped a fi ve-game fade. The Gators en-dured six turnovers. Al Wilson, linebacker on a rampage, deliv-ered devastating blows. He hit one guy so hard, I fumbled my Coke in the press box.

That was the night Deon Grant gave us a one-handed pick and Jeff Hall hit the clutch three-pointer and Florida missed and the goal posts came tumbling down.

The hurricane game, 2001, postponed from September until December, was an absolute delight. The Vols were 18-point underdogs but nobody told Travis Stephens.

I enjoyed 1990. Dale Carter re-turned the second-half kickoff for

a touchdown and that was the be-ginning of the end. The fi nal was 45-3. Oh my.

Two years later was the cloud-burst and a 31-14 rout. Florida had plane trouble on the way home. One player quipped that the Sun-day headline would say Gators Killed Twice.

Not so much fun was 1994-95-96 – lowlights included a 31-0 rout, 48 unanswered points and fi ve

Florida touchdowns in less than 20 minutes with 107,608 in the house.

The next year, 1997, wasn’t all that great. At the peak of frus-tration, a Peyton Manning pass turned into a Tony George TD.

One of the worst was 2007. The Vols rushed 22 times for 37 yards. This Saturday will be much better, maybe even good enough.Marvin West invites reader response. His address is [email protected]

casion, in front of hun-dreds of people, including three adjudicators, what was my worst fault. I was 17 – young, but not stupid – so I hesitated, unwilling

to confess my faults to the crowd before me. I finally saw an escape route.

“Indecision,” I an-swered. Decisively, I might add.

REUNIONS ■ Carter High Class of 1957, 5

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■ Gibbs High Class of 1977, Oct. 27. Info: [email protected], 688-4727 or 922-3060.

■ Gibbs High Class of 1992, Saturday Sept. 22, at The Crown and Goose. Cost is $32.50. RSVP to Stephen Kennedy, 708-372-0927 or [email protected].

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By Anne HartThe hail storms of April 2011

destroyed many roofs around town, but perhaps none with quite the history or the longev-ity of the one that topped “the castle school,” located next to Western Plaza shopping center on Kingston Pike.

The slate roof on what was built as a private residence in 1928 and is now the Knoxville Montessori School was original to the classically styled Tudor building with a central tower. Amazingly, the roof was 83 years old when the hail storm damaged it to the point of no return.

Passersby this summer have watched with interest as the old slate was pulled off and the new installed along with shiny cop-per f lashing.

The school’s operations direc-tor, Charlie Biggs, says because slate is such an unusual roofing material, it took more than a year to negotiate payment from the school’s insurance company, find a contractor to do the work (Allen’s Roofing Inc.) and ar-range a time for the work to be

done when the school was empty.“We knew we couldn’t have

workers throwing big pieces of slate onto the playground when there were children around.”

The new roof cost about $75,000, paid for almost en-tirely by insurance. Biggs says maintaining the integrity of the building’s appearance was an important factor in school offi-cials’ determining to replace the damaged roof with slate.

“It would have been much easier and less expensive to use asphalt shingles,” Biggs noted, “but our board, staff and par-ents all wanted to keep the look of the original building.”

Biggs said the roof replace-ment is part of a multiyear ef-fort by KMS to improve its facil-ities. Other projects will include upgrading classrooms, making the building more energy ef-ficient and transforming the playground into a more natural play space.

KMS is a private, nonprofit school founded in 1966 to pro-vide high-quality education to 55-60 children each year from preschool through 5th grade.

Montessori School

gets new roof

Knoxville Montessori School with its new

slate roof. Off with the old slate roof and

on with the new. Photos by Charlie Biggs

By Anne HartDon Caldwell, a long-

time advocate of the rights of homeowners and a fa-miliar fi gure at meetings of Knox County Commis-sion and MPC in years past, presented an overview of the history of the Council of West Knox County Home-owners at last week’s meet-ing of the organization.

Caldwell, who is now in his 80s, was in his 40s when the council was formed in 1972 by then UT professor Frank Leuthold,

who was later elected to the County Commission, and citizen advocate Lil-lian Mashburn.

“This organization was founded to deal with zon-ing issues during the rapid development of west Knox County,” Caldwell told the group. “At that time, there were just three men who decided zoning issues in the county.”

In 1972 Knox County operated under a form of government which con-sisted of a County Judge

(Howard Bozeman at the time) and three commis-sioners. Bill Tallent was commissioner of finance, John Beeler was commis-sioner of welfare and Jim McBee was commissioner of highways.

In 1980 the form of government changed to an elected county execu-tive (Dwight Kessel was the first) and a 19-member county commission. The county executive position has since been renamed county mayor and the

Caldwell recalls history of homeowners groupcounty commission has shrunk to 11 members – nine district members and two at-large members.

Caldwell said Leuthold was a major force in mak-ing certain that zoning rules were adhered to. “He memorized the zoning reg-ulations. There was noth-ing about them he didn’t know.”

“Over the years, subdivi-sion residents came to us for advice on how to deal with developers. Sue Mauer (head of the Crestwood Hill

homeowners group) was al-ways ready to hand them a

list of county commission-ers and MPC members and their telephone numbers so they would know who to call about their issues.”

With its approximately three dozen member sub-divisions, representing thousands of residents on the west end of town, the council has always been recognized as a fierce ad-vocate for homeowners, and that advocacy contin-ues today under the lead-ership of president Mar-got Kline.

Don Caldwell

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High school students gather each Wednesday at 7 p.m. for worship designed to appeal to them.

“The Edge” coordinators Vickie Tranum and youth pastor Wes Evans change it up from week to

week. This night at First Baptist Concord was fi lled with praise and music. Photos by S.F. Neal

Edgy service style

speaks to teenagersBy Suzanne Foree Neal“The Edge” isn’t your par-

ents’ worship service. The walls vibrate in time with the drumbeat from a rockin’ praise band while teenagers jump to their feet to raise their voices in song.

First Baptist Concord draws around 170 high school students each Wednesday. It’s a “come when you can get here” type of service with several athletes showing up after practice and fi lling seats in the back rows, says Vickie Tranum, who helps organize the programs along with youth pastor Wes Evans.

“It’s high energy with a worship band,” Tranum says. Since Then band mem-bers include guitarists Casey Roberts, student worship leader, and Doug Mentzer, an adult leader at the church; singer and student Kristina Ksarjian; and Josh Jones on drums. Programs are varied but whatever the focus, Tra-num says it’s always associat-ed with the gospel. “We pray about it but also try to think about different ways students learn,” he added.

They also go right to the source, the teens, and ask what they would like to see or hear in the way of music, skits, games, interviews and mission trip stories. While most who attend are church members, “The Edge” gives students a chance to invite their friends.

For a recent 7 p.m. Wednesday program, stu-dents put together a skit with a message. Grant Mitchell, who is part of the church’s student ministry and a col-lege student, voiced his younger self played by Con-ner Hess. Lindsay Garner and Zach Russell were fel-low students. The message they delivered through the skit was that sometimes you have to give up other things to make time to worship God.

Raising their voices in song are Heather Souders, Emily Little-

ton and Elizabeth Magee.

Youth pastor Wes Evans speaks to teens during part of the

Wednesday service geared to high school students. Persons of

any faith are welcome to join.

“We come together and study the Bible and have live music,” Evans says. “We have fun and learn about Jesus and teach the Bible.” Two large overhead screens display lyrics to the songs or Scripture readings since the auditorium uses theater-style lighting. Even a scene from the movie “Mall Cop” was used as a teaching tool.

“I’m 31, married close to 10 years with two little girls,” Evans says. “My mind doesn’t work like a 14- or 18-year-old,” he laughs.

“One of the challenges is to make sure we are staying up with student culture, what is applicable in their lives. Is this something use-ful for them? Sometimes you can lose students. It’s a challenge to make the Bible applicable so they can use it in their lives.”

Evans says they like to teach their students about the importance of not only serving at church, but also in the community, the country and even other continents. “Love others as yourself,” he stresses.

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are sold schoolwide.

Coupon kickoff at Farragut Intermediate

Farragut Intermediate School 5th graders Scott Grunau, Christopher Barnes, Robby Geron, Grant Wischmann and Bannon Evans think about being the school’s top coupon book seller and getting to throw a pie in the face of a teacher. The school’s annual fundraiser kicked off last week. Books will be available through Sept. 24 for $10, of which $7.90 will be stay at the school. Photos by S. Barrett

FIS 4th graders Bailey Keen and Belle Scott join classmates in a conga line after the coupon book kickoff. Students will be rewarded for selling the books with treats including squishy toy caterpillars, singing frogs, silly bands and Chick-fil-A gift certifi-cates.

Farragut Scout collects for Red Cross

Farragut High School student Landon Ebbert is collecting items for emer-gency care kits for the Red Cross as part of his Eagle Scout project.

Items needed include small shampoo, deodor-ant, toothpaste, comb, soap, razors and one-gallon zip lock bags. All items can be dropped in a specified box inside the entrance of Farragut High School. Eight-ounce jars of peanut butter are also being collected for Manna House.

Items will be collected through Sunday, Sept. 30. Landon will be as-sembling some of the kits for Red Cross during the Emergency Preparedness Fair from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22, at Cokesbury United Meth-odist Church.

SCHOOL NOTES

A.L. Lotts Elementary

■ PTA meeting and “American Hero Night” will be held 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13, with a celebration of local heroes after the meeting. Emergency vehicles and service animals will be on hand for the stu-dents to see and meet.

SPORTS NOTES ■ Baseball tournaments

at Halls Community Park, Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 15-16; and Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 22-23. Open

By Ruth WhiteThe Boys and Girls

Club of the Tennes-see Valley is hosting an alumni reunion Wednes-day, Sept. 26, at the Cas-well Avenue location. The event will run from 6:30-9 p.m. with a program at 7:30. The reception is open to former members, staff and participants of the athletic programs.

The goal of the event is to reconnect with people who attended the club and to give them an opportunity to refl ect on their experiences there.

“Come back to the fu-ture and enjoy old friends and memories,” said Sports Camp director Mike Capps.

Judge Tim Irwin fondly remembers “learning to swim, play-ing basketball for Elliott

Remembering, reconnectingBoys and Girls Club to host reunion

Stroupe, making gifts for my mother in the shop and never wishing I was somewhere else when I was at the club.”

The event is free for club alumni and they are encouraged to stop by and walk the halls, remi-nisce and reconnect. This is a great opportunity to meet president/CEO Lisa Hurst, who replaced John Lee when he retired with more than 40 years of service.

Dress for the evening is casual attire. Those interested in attending the event are encouraged to RSVP and to share a memory of their time at the club.

Info: 232-1073 or email [email protected]. Check out the club’s Facebook page at face-book.com/bgctnv.

to all. T-ball, 6u coach pitch and 8u-14u. Info: 992-5504 or [email protected].

■ The Dr. Tom Kim Charity Golf Tournament will be held Wednesday, Sept. 26, at Egwani Farms Golf Course in Rockford. All proceeds will benefit the Free Medical Clinic of America. Info: www/charitygolftournament.com or 777-1490.

■ Knox Youth Sports fall la-crosse registration for boys age 9-14 (no high school students). The registration fee: $175. Info: 584-6403. To register: www.KnoxYouthSports.com.

■ Knox Youth Sports bas-ketball offers two leagues for boys and girls. The recreational draft league, for ages 4-12. Recreational team leagues, coaches bring their own teams, age 7-12. KYS also organizes a Challenger League for players of all ages who are physically or mentally challenged. Chal-lenger league info: 922-1418 or 637-1403. Draft and team leagues info: www.KnoxYouthSports.com.

■ FHS Student Athlete Night will be held 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, in the main auditorium. For more infor-mation, call 671-7124.

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Sequoyah Elementary School principal Alisha Hinton is young, energetic and a prime

example of the type of leadership produced by Knox County Schools Leadership Academy.

She’s also home-grown. Dur-ing her fi rst week on the job, she received fl owers from Annie Hen-drix, her 3rd grade teacher at Pow-ell Elementary.

Hinton still lives in Powell with-in a fi ve-mile radius of both sets of grandparents. One grandmother, Ruth Mayes, was Knox County’s fi rst female school bus driver. (She also was the fi rst person to land a plane at the Powell Airport when she took a break from a fl ying les-son to milk the cows. But that’s an-other story.)

“My grandparents taught me that I could do anything,” says Hinton.

She worked at Vaughn Pharma-cy during her teens and toyed with the idea of being a pharmacist. Ul-timately, she realized she loved be-ing around kids and chose to be a teacher.

While at UT, Hinton interned at Halls Elementary School. Upon graduation, she accepted a job teaching 3rd grade at New Hopewell Elementary in South Knoxville. The small school turned out to be a perfect fi t for her.

“I knew every child in the build-ing. It was four really good years. I took on a leadership role that wouldn’t have been possible in a big school.”

Hinton completed an Education Specialist degree at Lincoln Memori-al University while teaching at New Hopewell. She then jumped into the bigger pond of Brickey-McCloud El-ementary. In spite of its large enroll-ment, Brickey-McCloud felt like a community school, she says.

By 2009, Hinton was ready to take on a new role in a new part of town. She was hired as assistant principal at A.L. Lotts Elementary. In 2010, she became part of the inaugural class of the Leadership Academy. The 12-member class included a wide range of education profession-als, like curriculum coaches, guid-ance counselors and teachers from Kindergarten through 12th grade. It created a rich place for conversa-tion, she says.

“We got to see all the working parts of a huge district.”

Leadership Academy fellows spend Monday through Thursday at their schools and Fridays in class at UT. Personnel from Knox Coun-

Leadership Academy grad is new principal at Sequoyah

Big shoes to fill

ty Schools team with UT staff to teach the classes, and those prac-ticing partners make the program unique, says Hinton.

One of her biggest career accom-plishments is the student leader-ship team she put together while at A.L. Lotts. The school doesn’t have a safety patrol or student council, and she thought it was important for stu-dents to have a voice.

She’ll face new challenges at Se-quoyah Elementary, the biggest be-ing value-added growth, given the school’s academic excellence. The task is made easier by the Sequoyah Elementary Foundation, which pro-vides funding for extra personnel, like math and literacy coaches.

“It’s nice to have parents who are backing academic progress, not just hosting parties,” Hinton says.

According to Knox County Schools, Sequoyah has the small-est percentage of economically dis-advantaged students of any school in the county. Only 11.5 percent of students qualify for free or reduced lunch. But Hinton says that all Knox County schools are rich with excellent administrators, many of whom have participated in the Leadership Academy.

“The academy provides a great bank for (Knox County Schools

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Knox County Schools Leadership Academy graduates

2010 CohortBeth BlevinsPaula BrownJonathan EastKimberle HarrisonAlisha HintonRenee KellyTiff any McLean

Terry NieporteRyan SiebeShay SilerJamie SnyderRobert Speas

2011 CohortJessica Birdsong

Joe CameronTammi CampbellKeith CottrellWendy HansardJessica HolmanNadriene JacksonMark JonesKristi Woods

Superintendent Dr. Jim) McIntyre to pull from. There’s such a wealth of leadership in this district.”

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Sequoyah Elementary School students Milana Borrelli and Leo-Theodor Lasso-Nedkov cheer for their school with fellow class-mates after it was recognized statewide for both performance and progress. Photos by Sara Barrett

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‘Big’ happy birthday to Jana

Jana gets a surprise 32nd birthday party at the Knox-ville Zoo, complete with ed-ible balloons and “cake.” Photo by T. Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com

By Theresa EdwardsKnoxville Zoo keepers

surprised 32-year-old el-ephant Jana with a special birthday party complete with two special 50-pound “cakes” for her and her friend Edie. Tonka also got his own “cake” in a sepa-rate area. Elephants do have feelings and fuss if they get left out.

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tall fi lled with treats – veg-etables, hay, biscuits, bread and a small special cake. The boxes were safe for the elephants to eat, since they were cardboard, made from trees – a favorite food.

Papier-mâché balloons decorated the area, also safe for the elephants to eat. Jana headed to the balloons fi rst, snacking on them be-fore heading to the “cake.”

Watching Jana and Edie

was amazing. They skill-fully and carefully usedtheir trunks to lift the lidsoff the boxes. They ate thegoodies inside the boxesand then the boxes, tearingthem apart into large bite-size pieces.

The “cakes” lasted about15 minutes – elephants eata lot quickly. Onlookerslined the fence watchingthis unique “big” birthdayparty.

Edie helps Jana cel-ebrate her birthday, eating “candles.”This means two things

for the dogs staying at the facility: they will need even more TLC than ini-tially expected, so those of you looking for a pet need to step it up; and there will be a larger number of animals available at the Bearden Hill location since the Division Street loca-tion has been closed.

Upper respiratory in a dog is similar to the f lu for a human with symptoms that may include lethargy, loss of appetite and/or low grade fever. Can you imag-ine feeling that crummy after becoming home-less and being brought to an unfamiliar place by

strange people? When I have the f lu, all I want is my bed. A sick shelter dog is at the mercy of the staff who must be a temporary rock to lean on.

For folks who may have second thoughts about adop-tion at a shelter after learn-ing of the illness at Young-Williams, let me remind you of the numerous illnesses dogs can come with when

purchased from a breeder. Upper respiratory is

treatable, and a facility with a strong strain of the virus can be easily sanitized. I’m sure Young-Williams will be spotless after getting a good scrub down. And that is more than I can say for some breeders’ consciences.

Info: young-williams.org.To contact Sara, call 218-9378 or email [email protected].

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Veronica spoke to the Rotary Club of Farragut on Sept. 5 at Fox Den Country Club, then entertained the group with a classical guitar number before rushing back to Webb School of Knoxville for class.

Switzerland, Veronica told the group, is about half the size of Alabama. “I was in Biel/Bienne, which has a population of approxi-

mately 51,800. The ‘slash’ in the name is there to in-dicate that it is a bilingual city, meaning both French and German are the offi -cial languages. It is a very international city with a lot of immigrants. I could walk down the street and hear four different languages,” said Veronica.

Veronica speaks English and French and learned Italian while in Switzerland. The German was a little more diffi cult. Switzerland has 26 cantons, which are member states of Switzer-land. “Each canton where German was spoken had its own dialect, which sounded like a totally different lan-guage,” related Veronica.

Veronica told the group that through the generosity of the Rotarians, she had an all-access Euro Rail pass and was able to visit many places during her year in Switzerland. “One day some

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Veronica Eres plays a classical guitar piece for the Rotary Club of

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A networking event will also be held 5-6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13, at the Cedar Bluff campus of Lincoln Memorial University. classmates and I visited

every country that borders Switzerland except Italy – in one day.” Switzerland is bordered by Austria, Liech-tenstein, France, Germany and Italy.

“My town was very in-dustrialized, which is dif-ferent for Switzerland. It is the watch-making capitol of the world and the world headquarters for Swatch,” Veronica said.

While there, Veronica, who is a classical guitarist, also studied at the conser-vatory in Biel and audi-

tioned at the conservatory in Zurich, the second largest arts university in Europe. Through her audition, she was offered a place at the conservatory to study when she graduates from Webb, something she and her fam-ily are considering.

“It was a great experi-ence,” said Veronica of her year abroad. “It may be that nothing went exactly as planned, but, in the end, that was what made it such a great experience. The out-comes turned out to be bet-ter than the plan.”

By Anne HartWest Knox Rotarians

have honored their found-ing member and first president, Clarence “Doc” Long, by presenting his daughter, Janet Long Tes-terman Crossley, a cer-tificate and pin citing the longtime pharmacist’s de-votion to Rotary.

Club member Gary Ric-ciardi, who organized the special ceremony, noted that Long had made a per-manent commitment to the future of Rotary.

“Doc Long chose to make a generous gift of lasting value – a gift to the Rotary Foundation’s Permanent Fund, and he is now among the ranks of Foundation Benefactors,” Ricciardi said.

Ricciardi explained that contributions to the Permanent Fund are not spent, only invested. The earnings from the invest-ments are used to support the foundation’s programs.

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Bob Ely, at left, joins Gary Ricciardi in presenting a special Rotary award to Janet Long Testerman Crossley in honor

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that we live in a world where millions suffer from war, disease, pover-ty, poor medical resources and inadequate educa-tional opportunities. He understood that if we are

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Ricciardi said Long’s commitment “is a legacy

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For many years Long was the pharmacist at the old Ellis and Ernest drug

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Generations of stu-dents and others benefit-ted from his friendship

and generosity over the years. Untold numbers were provided free meals and other kindnesses when they were in need. Long was also known for cashing checks for some students and advancing funds against paydays for others.

Bob Ely, who was also one of the founding mem-bers of the club back in 1959, called Long “a bo-som buddy of mine and a friend to all.”

Long later moved west and opened Long’s Drug Store on Kingston Pike in Bearden. Rotarian Art Pickle told Long’s daugh-ter: “He knew I loved Coke f loats. He’d see me come in the door and he’d hol-ler ‘Fix this man a Coke f loat.’ ”

Crossley told the group her dad “was very, very proud of being a Rotarian, and I’m certain he is smil-ing down on us right now. I thank you on his behalf. He would have loved this.”

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Friday, Aug. 31, there were 837 property sales recorded by our offi ce – that’s 56 more sales than occurred during August a year ago.

For the month, the total value of real estate trans-ferred was $142.6 million,

or about $40 million less than in July and $17 million below the total from August 2011.

Mortgage lending ac-tually rose slightly in August. About $325 mil-lion was loaned against property in Knox County, compared to $315 million during July. Last August approximately $228 mil-lion was loaned in mort-gages and refinancing. Un-precedented low interest rates are finally starting to drive the lending mar-ket again, after depressed property values had slowed it considerably.

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Grand opening at Serendipity!Shelly Murray and Neca Toler are ready for the offi cial grand opening of Serendipity! Home and Gifts in Hardin Valley. The home accents and gift boutique has relocated to West Knoxville after three years in Tellico Village. The family business is owned and operated by Shelly Murray and her mother-in-law, Pam Murray (not pictured). Serendipity! is located at 10665 Hardin Valley Road. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Info: 200-4032. Photo by D. Moss

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Celebrating safety with fun dayBy Sherri Gardner Howell

Safety Day at the U.S. Cellular Turkey Creek store brought out officials with the Knox County Sheriff’s Office and Rural/Metro Fire Department to help kids have a good time while learning tips to keep them safe. Safety Day was Aug. 18.

U.S. Cellular and local emergency of-ficials offered safety tips to children and families, distributed junior officer badges

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U.S. Cellular employees instructed parents how to put ICE (In Case of Emer-gency) in their cellphone contact list for easy access during an emergency.

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Reed Gossett enjoys the jump rope at the U.S. Cellular Fam-ily Safety Day event.

A.J. Duhaime lines up his ring toss while Sean Howard takes aim with his bean bag at Safety Day.

Knox County Sheriff ’s offi cer Karla Kelly gives a Junior Deputy badge to Ethan Dinsmore while his mother, Susan, and brother, Logan, watch.

U.S. Cellular employees Corey Good, Melanie Lawson and Amanda

Gossett pose for a photo during their Family

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University scheduling for K-3The goal of Paideia Academy is to be

a tool in the hands of parents, assist-ing them in their job of nurturing and instructing their children. The school uses a unique format that partners with committed parents while also providing expert instruction.

Kindergarten through third grade operate on a university schedule. This involves a combination of class-room and at-home instruction each week. Complete lesson plans and ma-terials are provided for these at-home days. Fourth grade and up are on a full fi ve-day schedule.

This integration of home and school in the early years increasing to greater classroom time in the upper grades, and a commitment to low student-teacher ratios throughout, provides an optimal environment for learning. The end re-sult is a quality educational experience which serves as an extension of the Christian home and teaches students to become life-long learners, no matter what vocation they pursue.

Students on the university schedule attend class at Paideia on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and complete their school work at home on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Families receive lesson plans and assignment packets for these at-home days. The packets provide all of the instructions, assignments, and de-tails for the day’s work. The fi rst couple of years, parents get to do a lot of hands-on work with their children, while par-ents of second and third graders often act as monitors for more independent study. By the end of their third grade year, students are confi dent and pre-pared to transition into the full fi ve-day program the following year.

Paideia Academy students

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gration of school and home in

their academic and character

development. Photo submitted

Paideia Academy parents enjoy the gradual transition their children make to a full-time school schedule. While this schedule does have its challenges, parents appreciate the ability to nurture their re-lationship with their child through aca-demic involvement and to grow the child’s character by imparting their own family’s faith and values. Flexibility in scheduling also allows them freedom to supplement

Paideia Academy is one of hundreds of schools across the U.S. that use this combination

of expert teachers plus parental involvement and guidance to help students develop

strong Christian character and excellent academic skills.

extracurricular activities and adapt to their child’s particular interests.

These students benefit greatly from their parents’ active supervision and

support. They also gain the opportu-nity to develop independent study and work habits that follow them on their future endeavors.

Paideia teacher blasts off !Melanie Unruh, Paid-

eia Academy’s School of Rhetoric science teacher, attended a fi ve day Space Academy for Educators at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala., this summer.

The week included a simulated shuttle mission and Mars Orion mission. The Mars Orion mission used simulator trainers of the Atlantis Shuttle and Orion shuttle mock-up. Participants where as-signed roles in the shuttle or at mission control and were given scripts and procedures to follow. In the Atlantis Shuttle mis-sion, Unruh was EVA2 - one of the astronauts as-signed to simulate repairs to external tiles on the International Space Sta-tion. On the Orion mis-sion, she was CAPCOM - communications offi cer in earth mission control. Other activities included challenge zip-line, 1/6th

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gravity chair, Manned Maneuver Unit simulator, and three degrees of free-dom ring trainer.

The academy also in-cluded many sessions fo-cusing on the history and future of space explora-tion. Speakers included astronauts and experts, like Ed Buckabee who

helped with public rela-tions on the Apollo pro-gram. Participants also took a guided tour of the Space and Rocket Center and Rocket Park.

There were workshops designed to help teach-ers take concepts back to the classroom. Most of the activities focused on designing for space living and the laws of physics, including water fi ltration devices, thermal tile chal-

lenge design, ready-made rocket assembly, water-bottle rockets, and lander/parachute design.

Unruh found her time at the Space Academy to be both enlightening and highly entertaining.

“It was a great fi ve days. I learned much about the space program and found some concepts and activi-ties to incorporate mainly into my seventh grade pre-physics class,” she said.


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HEALTH & LIFESTYLESB September 10, 2012

NEWS FROM PARKWEST, WEST KNOXVILLE’S HEALTHCARE LEADER • TREATEDWELL.COM • 374-PARK

A culture of smiles“If you have to get rushed to the hospital,

you’d better hope it’s one where everyone is smiling.”

That’s the advice Alexandra Levit of-fered on the workplace website OPEN Fo-rum last fall as she wrote about a two-year study to determine why heart attack pa-tients at some hospitals fare far better than those at others.

The study, as reported in the Annals of Internal Medicine, concluded: “High-per-forming hospitals were characterized by an organizational culture that supported efforts to improve AMI (acute myocar-dial infarction) care across the hospital. Evidence-based protocols and processes, although important, may not be suffi cient for achieving high hospital performance in care for patients with AMI.”

Or, as Levit more simply put it, patients do better in a hospital where the staff is smiling because they take pride in the care they deliver.

Welcome to Parkwest Medical Center where

smiles have been a part of the corporate culture since fi rst opening its doors in 1973, largely because

of the “country boy philosophy” of its fi rst

chief administrative offi cer.Wayne Heatherly knew before he gradu-

ated high school that he wanted to become a hospital administrator and began visiting hospitals to learn how they functioned and why some functioned better than others.

“It was then that I realized there was a difference in the personality and tem-perament of each and every hospital,” said Heatherly, who remains on Covenant Health’s board. “It was from that realiza-tion that I gave more thought and study of what environment patients do the best. This was just my own country boy phi-losophy that I thought was pretty rational – an environment that was warm and help-ful and friendly and caring and sensitive would certainly be more conducive to a pa-tient getting well and getting well faster.”

So when Heatherly became Parkwest’s CAO, he brought that philosophy with him in a big way. “As the very fi rst employee of Parkwest, I had the privilege of setting the tone,” Heatherly said. “I hired people I thought whose own philosophy, approach-es, management styles would be at least somewhat consistent with mine in creating a helpful and friendly environment.”

“We were the new hospital in Knoxville, and we were competing against very good hospitals so we had to do things a little dif-ferently, and I would even suggest, a little better,” Heatherly continued. “So, it was part of our early start-up philosophy of be-ing helpful and friendly.”

That friendliness extended right to Park-west’s front door where Heatherly stationed managers to take turns greeting visitors, giving directions, answering questions and even accompanying them to wherever they needed to go.

He carried that philosophy a step farther – actually 10 steps farther – by requiring employees and volunteers to acknowledge in a pleasant manner anyone who came within 10 feet of them.

Heatherly retired in 2005, but the “10-Foot Rule” not only became a hallmark of his administration, but lives on today as the “10-Foot Award,” one of Parkwest’s more coveted employee awards, recogniz-ing employees who strive to demonstrate one of the hospital’s Standards and Behav-iors to provide excellent service in daily

interaction with patients, visitors and em-ployees.

After Heartherly’s retirement, both of his successors – fi rst, Barbara Blevins, and now, current CAO Rick Lassiter – recog-nized the value of this approach and uti-lized the Studer Group, an outcomes-based healthcare consulting fi rm that echoed his “country boy philosophy.”

“The Studer Group supported Wayne’s work in that our fi rst, No. 1 role as an em-ployee is to always reduce the anxiety of our guests, whether they be patients, fam-ily members or visitors,” said Randall Carr, Vice President of Learning and Leadership Development. “We’re in a business where just about everybody who comes through our doors doesn’t want to be here and so they are anxious about something. The whole premise behind Studer and Wayne’s work is that our cus-tomers or visitors are anxious about something and before you do anything else, you do everything you can reduce their anxiety with a personal touch.”

Of course, the study that was in the Annals of Internal Medicine was dealing with issues of greater signifi cance than a smile.

Specifi cally, the study cited organiza-tional values and goals, senior management involvement, broad staff presence and ex-pertise, communication and coordination among groups, and problem solving and learning as factors that contribute to a team spirit that can cause patient death rates to vary as much as twofold between the high-est- and lowest-performing hospitals.

But that’s a team spirit that is nurtured daily in a variety of ways and, in turn, con-tributes to a happier, better employee which means better patient outcomes.

It starts, Carr said, with employee selec-tion. Parkwest is slower, more deliberate in selecting its employees to ensure a good “cultural fi t.” Nurses, in particular, must pass a cultural fi t assessment, a battery of 212 questions before they even get a chance to interview for an opening. The result is that it has successfully screened out 40 per-cent of all nursing applicants.

The use of personal written thank-you notes to employees in recognition of good work, strong employee communication ef-forts, employee rounding, mechanisms for sharing ideas and innovations on process improvements are all tools that build an or-ganizational culture where employees feel engaged.

“Our employees view their relationship inside the organization at a much higher

level than a typical American em-ployee,” Carr said. “The average is

2 to 1, but ours are almost fi ve times better than that.”

One reason for that is the reason cited in the study – senior management involve-ment, says Parkwest psychia-

trist Dr. Reginald Raman. “I’ve been working for Covenant

Health for the last 12 years and I’ve seen from the top to the bottom

that there is a culture of people respecting each other,” he said. “No matter what posi-tion they are in, everyone is approachable. You can talk to Tony (Spezia, Covenant CEO). You can talk to Rick (Lassiter). The people in the highest positions are very ap-proachable.”

Too, Raman said, the leadership has been one of stability. “People like stability in leadership,” he said. “Look at Covenant leadership – we have had the same leaders on the top for many many years, which ex-plains a lot. If there is high turnover, that

fl ows down. But having consistent leadershelps maintain that comfortable work envi-ronment.”

Raman is right. According to Carr, Park-west shows a voluntary turnover rate of well below 10 percent – signifi cantly betterthan the national norm in the healthcareindustry.

Even then, Carr said, there are no guar-antees.

“It’s easy for healthcare workers to getjaded,” said Carr. “It’s hard work. You’redealing with a lot of high emotions, stress-ful situations, people pulling you on allsides – family members, patients, doc-tors – healthcare reform stuff, and you’reoften dealing with life and death as well. So healthcare workers are under a lot of stress and it’s diffi cult for a lot of work-ers to maintain upbeat spirits and smile intough situations. It’s a calling as much asanything. It’s kind of like being a fi reman,a policeman – it’s stressful, it’s absolutely essential to society that we deliver but it’s not easy.”

Yet, in the days when healthcare is be-coming increasingly competitive and reim-bursements hinge on successful outcomes,those smiles are going further and further.

“Overall admission rates have been dropping for hospitals the last couple of years,” said Carr. “So how do you get pa-tients to lock into you from a loyalty stand-point and select you? So that when you are in the back of that ambulance, and you’re saying, ‘Take me to Parkwest. I don’t wantto go anywhere else. Take me to Parkwest.’ Or that patient is having elective surgery or whatever and we want them to have a goodexperience and love the care they get, that’swhen those smiles mean a lot.”

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Doris King of Parkwest Medical Center’s Environmental Services department, reacts after being named recipient of the hospital’s 10-Foot Award in 2010. The award commemorates a hallmark of former Parkwest CAO Wayne Heatherly’s administration that no employee should come within 10 feet of another employee, volunteer, patient or visitor without acknowledging them in a pleasant manner. Presenting the Award is Heatherly (center) and current CAO Rick Lassiter (right).

Parkwest patients are often greeted by these smiling faces in the Admitting/Registration Department: From left, Lauren Foster, Dedria Fritts, Tracy Williams, Raven French and Director of Patient Registration Valerie Ellis.

Study: Hospital’s culture may affect your health

B-2 • SEPTEMBER 10, 2012 • SHOPPER-NEWS

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Dor L’Dor perform at Musical Monday

Sprinkling rain didn’t dampen the spirits of the crowd at Tennessee The-atre’s James A. Dick Mighty Musical Monday program featuring performers Dor L’Dor on Labor Day.

Dor L’Dor performs Klezmer music – traditional Jewish folk and dance mu-sic played at weddings, bar mitzvahs and other fes-tive occasions. “Dor L’Dor” is Hebrew for “generation to generation,” a name de-scribing the band.

Dor L’Dor performs at Musi-cal Monday. Ken Brown plays clarinet, daughter Rachel Brown sings and Jon Walton plays trombone. Photos by T. Ed-wards of TEPHOTOS.com

Barney Fife and Gomer Pyle are played by Sammy Sawyer and son Logan Sawyer.

Ken and Susan Brown started the band in 1999 with their children – Mi-chael, Daniel and Rachel – along with Ken’s brother, Steve. Musicians Jon Wal-ton, Joe Christian, Jeff Ramey and Wes Lunsford

also joined the band.The band played “Bulgar

a la Naftule,” “Y’rushalayim Shel Zahav,” “Miserlou,” “Erev Ba” and “Lights.” Ken Brown recited lyrics in Eng-lish before his daughter, Ra-chel, sang certain selections in Hebrew.

The celebrity master of ceremonies was Dr. Joshua Williams, a clinical psy-chologist affi liated with sev-eral regional hospitals and in private practice with his psychologist wife, Dr. Laurie Williams.

Paul Swiderski was the guest organist on the mighty Wurlitzer. Organist Dr. Bill Snyder also performed tunes and a medley entitled, “It’s Football Time in Tennessee.”

Debbie and Keith Schleiff er enjoy the show.

Paul Swiderski performs as the guest organist.

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MERCEDES BENZ 560SL 1988, conv. w/ hardtop, blue. 67,500 mi. orig., cream puff. $19,900. 865-233-7110 or 901-489-9005

Subaru Impresa WRX Limited 2011, low mi, exc. cond., $29,000/ nego. 865-253-7725

TOYOTA COROLLA Sport 2009, 1 owner, 65K mi, $15,000. Call 865-312-9499

Sports 264FORD MUSTANG COBRA, 1 owner,

Call for appt. $6,000 cash. 865-922-1464.

Domestic 265CADILLAC DHS 2002

Northstar, V8 4.6, new tires, white-diamond/tan, 102k mi. Prem. Pkg. 865-388-2222.

CHRYSLER 300 Limited 2011, 17K mi, nav., white, $27,500

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Ford MUSTANG 2003, Conv., V6, 76K mi,

white & camel, exc. cond. $8,000. 865-922-2253

Domestic 265MERCURY MARQUIS

2005, Garage Kept, 124K mi, comfortable 865-803-6263

Childcare 316FOX ROAD DAYCARE

145 Fox Rd, 539-0033 "Where your child is always top fox!" Enrolling ages 3-5. A safe, secure & clean environment for your child. We offer positive ex-periences relevant to your child's needs. Stimulating, carefully planned activities will en-courage your child to learn while also having fun! A state-lic'd, 3-star facility.

Cleanin g 318CLEANING NETWORK

Wkly/ Bi-wkly/ Mo. Good refs! Free est. 258-9199 or 257-1672.

Flooring 330CERAMIC TILE in-

stallation. Floors/ walls/ repairs. 33 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.

Paving 345

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AGENDAFARRAGUT BOARD OF

MAYOR AND ALDERMENTues., Sept. 11, 2012

BEER BOARD MEETING 6:50 PMBMA MEETING 7:00 PM

I. Silent Prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, Roll CallII. Approval of AgendaIII. Mayor’s Report A. Constitution Week & DAR Day Proclamations B. Presentation of School DonationsIV. Citizens ForumV. Approval of Minutes A. August 23, 2012VI. Ordinances A. First Reading 1. Ordinance 12-13, an ordinance to amend the text of the Zoning Ordinance of the town of Farragut, Tennessee, Ordinance 86-16, as amended, by amending Chapter 3., Section xii. General Commercial District (c-1), b., to permit rental car businesses as an allowed use, as authorized pursuant to section 13-4-201, Tennessee Code Annotated. 2. Ordinance 12-14, an ordinance to amend the text of the Zoning Ordinance of the Town of Farragut, Tennessee, Ordinance 86-16, as amended, by amending Chapter 4., Section xxiii. Site plan regulations, to require fi nalized, stamped approved site plans and all associated revisions to be submitted as a pdf and to require approved as-builts to be submitted as a pdf prior to the issuance of any certifi cate of occupancy, and to clarify pre-submittal meetings requirement, as authorized pursuant to Section 13-4- 201, Tennessee Code Annotated.VII. Business Items A. Appointments to the Stormwater Advisory Committee and Farragut / Knox County Schools Education Relations Committee B. Approval of Bid for Contract 2013-09, Stabilization and Maintenance at Pryse Farm Subdivision C. Approval of Contract for 2013-10 Farragut Annual Report D. Approval of directional sign placement for the Parade of HomesVIII. Town Administrator’s ReportIX. Attorney’s Report A. Authorize the Town Attorney to initiate due diligence relating to property within the Town

PUBLIC HEARINGFARRAGUT BOARD OF

MAYOR AND ALDERMENThursday, Sept. 27, 2012, 7:00 PM

Farragut Town Hall11408 Municipal Center DriveTo hear citizen’s comments on the

following ordinance: 1. Ordinance 12-13, an ordinance to amend the text of the zoning ordinance of the town of Farragut, Tennessee, Ordinance 86-16, as amended, by amending Chapter 3., Section xii. General Commer-cial District (c-1), b., to permit rental car businesses as an allowed use, as authorized pursuant to section 13-4-201, Tennessee Code Annotated.2. Ordinance 12-14, an ordinance to amend the text of the zoning ordinance of the Town of Farragut, Tennessee, Ordinance 86-16, as amended, by amending Chapter 4., Section xxiii. Site plan regula-tions, to require fi nalized, stamped approved site plans and all associated revisions to be submitted as a pdf and to require approved as-builts to be submitted as a pdf prior to the issuance of any certifi cate of occupancy, and to clarify pre-submittal meetings requirement, as authorized pursuant to Section 13-4-201, Tennessee Code Annotated.

LEGAL NOTICE

I. Approval of Minutes A. August 23, 2012II. Special Events Permit A. Restaurant Linderhof, 12700 Kingston PikeIII. Consider Approval for an On-Premise Beer Permit for: A. Longhorn Steakhouse #5460, 11644 Parkside Drive B. Gatti’s Pizza, 11683 Parkside DriveIV. Consider Approval of an Off-Premise Beer Permit for: A. Costco Wholesale #1116, 10745 Kingston Pike

Farragut Beer BoardSeptember 11, 2012

6:50 PM

RETAIL LIQUOR LICENSE NOTICETake notice that Turkey Creek Partners, 10741 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37934, has ap-plied to the Town of Farragut for a Certifi cate of Compliance and has or will apply to the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission at Nashville for a retail liquor license for a store to be named Knoxville Wine & Spirits located at 10741 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, Knox County, TN 37934, at real property owned by Costco Wholesale Corp., 999 Lake Dr, Issaquah, WA 98027. Turkey Creek Part-ners is a general partnership to be owned by James L. Turner, Managing Partner, 10224 S. River Trail, Knoxville, TN 37922; Amelia D. Maddox, General Partner, 530 Church St., Suite 700, Nashville, TN 37219; Tommye M. Working, General Partner, 7709 Indian Springs Dr., Nashville, TN 37221; and Stanley Griffi n, General Partner, 1005 Graves Rd., Strawberry Plains, TN 37871.

All persons wishing to be heard on the certifi cate of compliance may personally or through counsel ap-pear or submit their views in writing at Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Dr., Farragut, TN 37934, on Th ursday, September 27th, 2012 at 7:00 P.M.

Th e Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission will consider the application at a later date to be set by the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission in Nashville, Tennessee. Interested persons may personally or through counsel submit their views in writing by the hearing date to be scheduled by the TABC.

Anyone with questions concerning this applica-tion or the laws relating to it may call or write the Alcoholic Beverage Commission at 226 Capitol Boulevard Bldg., Suite 300, Nashville, TN 37243, (615) 741-1602.

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SHOPPER-NEWS • SEPTEMBER 10, 2012 • B-3

Four classes in the Healthy Eating Series are set for September:

(HES) Artificial Sweeteners: Should they stay or should they go? Artificial sweeteners seem like a great alternative to sugar, but there are two sides to this story. Learn to make the best decision for you! Mon-day, Sept. 17, 5:15-6:15 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, noon to 1 p.m.

Good Food = Great Medicine: Are you looking for the fountain of youth? A well stocked pantry is a great place to start. Approaching food as medicine can help you get the most out of your golden years. Wednesday, Sept. 26, noon to 1 p.m.

10-Day Fat Blast-er Bootcamp: Your Fat Blaster adventure will consist of 10 days of cardio, strength, sprinting and more – all in just 30 minutes! You will be working at your strongest with the energy of a group. It’s easy, it’s fun and you will get the results you’ve been looking for! Starts Monday, Sept. 10, through Sept. 20. Weeknights at 6:30 p.m. and Saturday at 9 a.m.

LiveWELL Mini-Series: How to be your best SELF (surroundings, exercise, lifestyle, food). The gift of good health is not free; it is something we all have to work for every day. This series looks at how food, fit-ness, environment and lifestyle impact your health. We look at the effects – both posi-tive and negative – of each of these aspects and their relationship to your health. Also includes 2 individual coaching sessions. Wednesday afternoons (noon to 1 p.m.), Sept. 19 through Oct. 10.

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A special day for children ages 5-12 and their parents is planned for Friday, Sept. 21, from 10 a.m. until noon at Pro-vision Health & Wellness Center in Dowell Springs. This is a school holiday, and the event is free.

“Join us for a fun morning of scavenger hunts, obstacle courses and great information for families,” said managing director Lisa Wolf. “Learn how to plan and prepare healthy snacks and meals from our Registered Dietitians.”

The event is in celebration of Family Health & Fitness Day USA, part of National Childhood Obesity Awareness month.

“Family Fun Day will involve kids and their parents in sessions together and apart,” said marketing manager Juli Urevick. Exercise specialist Mike Wigger will coordinate movement and physical activities for the kids, while Regis-tered Dietitian Casey Peer will work with parents and kids together to plan and prepare healthy snacks and meals.

10-day Beginner BootcampBuilding off the success of the 10-day Fat Blaster Boot-

camp, the professionals at Provision Health & Wellness have created a similar experience for beginners.

The 10-day Beginner Bootcamp will start Monday, Sept. 10, and was designed for those wanting an intense (yet awesome) adventure in burning mega calories. Sessions will end Thursday, Sept. 20, with classes at 5:45 p.m. week-nights and 9:45 a.m. on Saturday.

The bootcamp is just 30 minutes per day with special pricing for members and nonmembers. Space is limited, so call quickly for reservations. 865/232-1414.

“The children will be well supervised by our highly cre-dentialed staff,” said Urevick. “And it is open to all children, 5-12. Just call 232-1414 to register. There is no charge.

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B-4 • SEPTEMBER 10, 2012 • SHOPPER-NEWS

FARRAGUT LIBRARY EVENTSThe Farragut Branch Library is located at 417 N. Camp-

bell Station Road. A parent or guardian must accompany each child, except for older preschool, during Storytime and events. Info: 777-1750.

■ Monday, Sept. 10, 10:30 a.m., Preschool Storytime for ages 3-5.

■ Tuesday, Sept. 11, 10:30 a.m., Older Preschool Story-time for ages 4-6.

■ Wednesday, Sept. 12, 10:30 a.m., Baby Bookworms for infants to age 2.

■ Thursday, Sept. 13, 10:30 a.m., Toddler Storytime for ages 2-3.

■ Friday, Sept. 14, 10:30 a.m., Preschool Storytime for ages 3-5.

SATURDAYS, THROUGH OCTOBERFood, crafts at Dixie Lee Market

From 9 a.m. to noon every Saturday through Oct. 29, the Dixie Lee Farmers Market is open with fresh, locally grown produce and handmade crafts. The market is at Renaissance in Farragut, 12740 Kingston Pike.

Local farmers and Tennessee artisans provide the products for the market. In season, offerings include peaches, berries, grapes, melons, apples, tomatoes, pep-pers, beans, corn, greens and a host of other fruits and vegetables, plus grass-fed meats, honey, potted plants, fresh-cut fl owers, herbs and cheeses. There are also baked goods and crafts by local artisans.

THROUGH WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 12‘Masks of Michoacan’

Pellissippi State Community College and the Ten-nessee Consortium for International Studies will host a special traveling art exhibit from Mexico, “Masks of Mi-choacan,” through Wednesday, Sept. 12, at the Bagwell Center for Media and Art gallery at Pellissippi’s Hardin Valley campus. Regular exhibit hours are 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday. The Michoacan collection includes 40 wooden masks from the Mask Museum in the Centro Cultural Antiguo Colegio Jesuita in Patcuaro, Mexico. Mesoamerican cultures used masks in rituals and indig-enous ceremonies, both secular and religious.

For more info or to schedule a group tour, contact Linnette Legg, 865-539-7064 or [email protected]. To request accommodations for a disability, contact the executive director of human resources, 865-694-6607 or [email protected].

THROUGH SUNDAY, SEPT. 16Tennessee Valley Fair

The Tennessee Valley Fair continues at Chilhowee Park on Magnolia Avenue. Rides, concerts, exhibits, contests and fi reworks will keep things hopping at the annual fair. Hours are 10 a.m.-midnight Sept. 10, 11, 15; 3 p.m.-midnight Sept. 12, 13, 14; and noon-midnight Sept. 16. Rides open one hour after gates open.

A fair admission ticket is required to attend concerts, which offer free general-admission tickets and some paid reserved tickets closer to the stage. Performers include Kip Moore at 8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 10; Josh Thompson at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11; Easton Corbin at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12; David Nail at 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13; Night Ranger at 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 14; Con Hunley at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15; and Sawyer Brown at 8 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16.

For more info, visit http://tnvalleyfair.org.

THROUGH SUNDAY, SEPT. 16‘Sweeney Todd’ at Clarence Brown

“Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” the Tony Award-winning Stephen Sondheim musical, will play on the mainstage of Clarence Brown Theatre through Sunday, Sept. 16. Remaining shows are at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11, through Friday, Sept. 14, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16. Dale Dickey, a Knoxville na-tive and University of Tennessee alum, will play Mrs. Lovett. TV/fi lm veteran Jeff Austin will play Sweeney Todd. Joining the large cast will be 38 musicians from the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra. For tickets, call 865-291-3310 or 865-974-5161 or visit www.knoxvillesym-phony.com or www.clarencebrowntheatre.com.

THROUGH FRIDAY, NOV. 16Tennessee Basketball exhibit

The Farragut Folklife Museum will host the exhibit “Pride and Traditions of Tennessee Basketball” Monday through Friday through Nov. 16, at the museum, housed in the Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. The exhibit features items from the personal col-lection of Knox County Commissioner R. Larry Smith and includes vintage uniforms and shoes, championship memorabilia, and programs, pictures and pamphlets spanning the entire history of the University of Tennes-see men’s basketball team. Smith will give a free lecture at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4, discussing the history of UT basketball and sharing player stories and interviews.

Museum hours are 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Admission is free.

MONDAY, SEPT. 10Election primer at Pellissippi

Keith Norris, associate professor of English at Pellis-sippi State Community College and a self-proclaimed

political junkie, will discuss all things electoral in a lecture from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 10, in the Goins Building Cafeteria Annex on Pellissippi’s Hardin Valley campus, 10915 Hardin Valley Road. His lecture, “The Gnosis Election Primer,” kicks off Pellissippi’s fi rst-ever Civic Engagement Week, Sept. 10-17. The free talk is sponsored by the Gnosis student organization, and the community is invited. Norris will discuss some famous past presidential elections and how they compare to this year’s race. He will also explain the Electoral College, swing states, polling data and more.

For more info, call Pellissippi at 865-694-6400 or con-tact Annie Gray, Pellissippi English professor and Civic Engagement Week coordinator, at [email protected].

MONDAY, SEPT. 10Steel Wheels, Caroline Herring on Tennessee Shines

The Steel Wheels and Caroline Herring will perform at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 10, at the WDVX studio at the Knoxville Visitor Center, 301 S. Gay St. The performance will be broadcast on the Tennessee Shines Radio Show on WDVX-FM, 89.9 Clinton, 102.9 Knoxville. Virginia-based Americana band The Steel Wheels boasts impres-sive picking and rapturous four-part harmonies. The group’s latest CD, “Lay Down, Lay Low,” was released in March. For more info, visit www.thesteelwheels.com. Herring’s songs vividly bring to life everyday charac-ters from the Southern landscape; her 2009 recording “Golden Apples of the Sun” was named one of the year’s Top 10 Folk Albums by the Boston Globe. Her latest CD is the brand-new “Camilla.” For more info, visit www.carolineherring.com.

A limited number of tickets to be in the studio audience for the live show are $10 and are available at WDVX and at www.BrownPaperTickets.com. Remaining tickets will be sold at the door, while supplies last. Doors open at 6:15 p.m. Children 14 and under accompanied by a parent are admitted free.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 11Senior Citizens Day at fair

The Tennessee Valley Fair will host its annual Senior Citizens Day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11, with free admission all day for persons 65 and up. There will be free entertainment, health checks and access to community resources including senior center activities, volunteer opportunities, home health care, senior fi tness and senior nutrition.

Activities in the Pepsi Community Tent will include: 10 a.m. – community displays and prize registration; 11:15 a.m. – Silver Sneakers senior fi tness workshop; noon – Marshall Andy; 1 p.m. – music, recognition awards and door-prize drawings; 2 p.m. – magician Dave Vaught; and 2:30 p.m. – comedic juggler Dale Jones. After the festivities, seniors are encouraged to stay for Praise 96.3 FM Gospel Night. Live gospel music will begin at 6 p.m. in the Pepsi tent with a lineup including Voices of Mercy, Justin Terry, Dave Seratt and Dallas West.

To request a Senior Day brochure, contact 865-215-1471 or [email protected].

TUESDAY, SEPT. 11Tremont opportunities at Sierra Club

The Harvey Broome Group of the Sierra Club will have its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11, at Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 2931 Kingston Pike. Tiffany Beachy, citizen science coordina-tor at the Great Smoky Mountain Institute at Tremont, will discuss citizen science projects at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and opportunities for everyday people to assist with them. For more info, contact Mac Post, [email protected].

TUESDAY, SEPT. 11Civil War Roundtable

Historian Phillip Seyfrit will speak on “The Battle of Richmond, Kentucky” at the Knoxville Civil War Roundtable at 8 p.m. at the Bearden Banquet Hall, 5806 Kingston Pike. The public is invited. Seyfrit is director of Madison County Historical Properties in Kentucky and serves on Kentucky’s Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission.

Cost for the lecture only is $5; free for students with ID. At 7 p.m., there will be a buffet dinner priced at $17 ($15 for members), including the lecture. Dinner reservations must be made to 865-671-9001 by 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 10.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 14‘Despicable Me’ on Square

Knox County Public Library’s popular Movies on Market Square will show “Despicable Me” (PG, 2010) on Friday, Sept. 14. The free event will begin with pre-show activities including pet tips and advice at 6:30 p.m. fol-lowed by the movie screening at dusk. Attendees should bring their own seating. Well-behaved dogs on leashes are welcome.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 14‘Duels & Desserts 2’

The Wild Thyme Players will present the “Duels & Desserts 2: Back for Seconds!” fundraiser at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 14, at the World’s Fair Park Amphitheater. Students from WTP’s stage combat training program,

“Shake, Rattle & Role,” will start “Duels & Desserts 2” by performing several fi ght scenes. A swashbuckling one-act play inspired by “The Three Musketeers” and written by WTP fi ght choreographer Mark McGinley starts at 8. There will be a silent auction and a bake sale. The event will benefi t the Wild Thyme Players, but a portion of the proceeds will go to TribeOne, a community leadership development organization based in East Knoxville.

Admission is free with a suggested $5 donation or bake sale purchase. For more info, visit www.wildthymeplayers.org.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 15W. Knox Lions pancake breakfast

The West Knox Lions Club will have a pancake breakfast from 8 to 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, at Applebee’s, 261 N. Peters Road. Proceeds benefi t the club’s sight-conservation programs. Tickets are $5 adults, $3 children 12 and under. They will be on sale at the door. For advance tickets, call Georgia Cancil-lerie, 865-382-1903.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 15Samuel Frazier Chapter, DAR

The Samuel Frazier Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, will meet at 11 a.m. at the Chop House, 9700 Kingston Pike, in Franklin Square. The program will be “A Visit to Greece and Turkey” by Amy Melendy. The chapter also will commemorate the 225th anniversary of the U.S. Constitution and the 11th anniversary of 9/11.

For more info, call 865-675-6420 or 865-966-4048.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, SEPT. 15-16Hair at the Fair

Hair at the Fair will take place Saturday and Sun-day, Sept. 15 and 16, at the Tennessee Valley Fair at Chilhowee Park. Great Clips Salons will provide free haircuts to fairgoers in exchange for donations to ben-efi t the East Tennessee Children’s Hospital.

The fair opens at 10 a.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 16‘Gods and Generals’ at museum

The Farragut Folklife Museum will show the 2003 fi lm “Gods and Generals” at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16, in the Farragut Town Hall Board Room as a free “Civil War Afternoon at the Movies.” Based on Jeffrey M. Shaara’s bestselling book, “Gods and Generals” follows Joshua Chamberlain (Jeff Daniels), “Stonewall” Jack-son (Stephen Lang) and Robert E. Lee (Robert Duvall) through their participation in the battles of Manassas, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. The movie is PG-13 and is three hours and 39 minutes; there will be an intermission. Free tickets will be available 8 a.m.- 5 p.m. through Wednesday, Sept. 12, at the front desk of the Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Seating for the movie will begin at 1:45 p.m., and ticket holders will be seated fi rst.

For more info on the Farragut Folklife Museum, contact Julia Jones, [email protected] or 865-966-7057.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 16Hometown Heroes Day at Fair

Hometown Heroes Day at the Fair will celebrate East Tennessee’s heroes – current and past mili-tary, police offi cers, deputy sheriffs, fi refi ghters, fi rst responders and current teachers – Sunday, Sept. 16, at the fi nal day of the Tennessee Valley Fair at Chil-howee Park on Magnolia Avenue. Fair hours will be 3 p.m.-midnight. Heroes receive $1 admission all day. A portion of the proceeds from each ticket sold to the 8 p.m. Sawyer Brown concert will benefi t HonorAir Knoxville. HonorAir Knoxville’s goal is to fl y as many East Tennessee World War II and Korean War veterans as possible to Washington, D.C., to see the memorials built in their honor.

MONDAY, SEPT. 17Blount Mansion’s Constitution Day

Blount Mansion will celebrate Constitution Day on Monday, Sept. 17, with two events. Ian Hennessey will give the lecture “From Philadelphia to Knoxville: Tennessee’s Role in the Constitutional Experiment” at noon at the J.L. Goins Administration Building at Pellissippi State Community College’s Hardin Valley campus, 10915 Hardin Valley Road.

A discussion of Catherine Drinker Bowen’s book “Miracle at Philadelphia” will be held at 5:30 p.m. at Blount Mansion, 200 W. Hill Ave. Refreshments will be provided. Email [email protected] about joining the group.

Blount Mansion was the home of William Blount, Tennessee’s only signer of the U.S. Constitution, as well as where the Tennessee State Constitution was drafted and signed. It is the oldest house museum in Knox County. For more info, call 865-525-2375.

MONDAY, SEPT. 17Free Day of Putt-Putt

The 21st annual Free Day of Putt-Putt will take place Monday, Sept. 17, at Putt-Putt Golf & Games, 164 West End Ave. Players can enjoy Putt-Putt at no charge from noon to 9 p.m. The Town of Farragut is sponsor-ing the event with Putt-Putt in order to build com-munity and provide a safe, entertaining activity for families. For more info, contact Lauren Cox, 865-966-7057 or [email protected].

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