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➤ See Betsy Pickle’s story on A-9
Busy bees When you hear the word “bees,” most of us immediately think of honey bees, those industrious, job-focused little insects that live in hives, work on clover blossoms and make us honey.
All that’s true, of course, and they’ve been doing just that for a long time. But there’s a lot more to the bee story than just honey.
➤ See Dr. Bob Collier’s story on A-5
By Betsy PickleAs the new fall term gets start-
ed, Pellissippi State Community College is focusing on reaching students where they live and tak-ing them where they want to go.
“Historically, we have viewed our site campuses as access points and as a way of bringing courses and offerings to students in partic-ular communities,” says Anthony Wise, PSCC president. “One of the things that we’re really focused on this year is making sure that we’ve got all the pieces of a program in place to help students graduate from their particular campus.
“For example, we want a stu-dent who starts at Magnolia to be able to fi nish at Magnolia, so we’re looking at … what kind of resourc-es we need to put in place, what kind of faculty we need to put in place to make sure that we’ve got complete degree offerings at each of our campuses throughout Knox and Blount counties.”
In addition to the main cam-pus at Hardin Valley, PSCC has campuses in Blount County, on Magnolia Avenue near downtown Knoxville, on Division Street and
By Sandra ClarkIt’s been 15 years since Allen
Morgan’s surprise resignation as superintendent of Knox County Schools. It was a jolt for KCS, es-pecially when his top assistant, Shirley Underwood, followed. Morgan was our last elected su-perintendent.
Morgan, now 66, then joined Jim Clayton and worked 10 years as president of CMH Parks, lead-ing a team of 300 to develop some 22,000 homes in communities across the country. He retired again, taking four years off to earn a pilot’s license and lower his golf score. Then, on March 12, 2012, he accepted a new job as athletic director at Carson-Newman Uni-versity.
The guy is full of surprises.Underwood, now 70, claims al-
Allen Morgan: the guy can’t keep a job
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called in the decorator. Their son, Chris, is senior pas-
tor to First Baptist Church of Chickamauga. He and wife Mela-nie are proud parents to a daugh-ter, Collins. That name has a story. But then everything about Allen Morgan has a story.
Playing baseballAllen arrived at C-N in the
fall of 1964. He made the base-ball team under legendary coach Frosty Holt and played sparingly that fi rst season. The team won the 1965 NAIA national champi-onship, the school’s fi rst.
Allen said his main job was to roll out the batting cage, a chore he relinquished the next year to Dale Rutherford of Halls. (Dale
Morgan-isms ■ Satellite dish – the state fl ower of West Virginia. ■ Experience – the ability to make good decisions, learned after
fi rst making bad decisions. ■ Getting hired – You be the very best at what you are and
they’ll come and fi nd you. ■ God needed a big stick in each hand to beat me out of retirement. ■ Being a grandparent is great, but the downside is I have to
live with Granny.
most retirement after a decade of education consulting. She’s given away her home offi ce desk and boxes of folders. There’s a good chance both made more money in the 10 years after retirement than in their 30 years as educators. They’re not talking.
Allen and Phyllis Morgan are rumored to have set up a fund to help kids at Carson-Newman. They’ve also bought a house in Jefferson City just four doors from the campus. Allen can walk to work, and he’s given all the play-ers his cell phone number. Phyllis
Pellissippi
Dr. Anthony Wise, president of Pellis-
sippi State Community College,
stands outside at the main campus
off Hardin Valley Road to greet stu-
dents and answer questions on the
fi rst day of the Fall 2013 semester. Photo submitted
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Thanks to what Wise describes as a “supportive” yet “rigorous” faculty, Pellissippi prepares stu-dents to continue their education at four-year schools.
“Based on conversations we have with students who gradu-ate – and we need to get more of them to graduate – but those who do graduate from Pellissippi State are very well prepared to transfer successfully either to our public partners or our private college partners like Maryville (College) or King (University) or Carson-Newman (University).”
The outlook is good for PSCC students heading straight to the workforce as well.
“Our students who are in our technical programs are doing well in terms of job placement,” says Wise. “Our placement rate for employment for the last year we have data was 96 percent. It’s gone up each of the last three years, so we’re pleased that we’re providing the kind of training and education that allows those students to com-plete an associate’s degree and move directly into the workforce.”
Much of the success is due to
working with area businesses and addressing their needs.
“We’ve always had as part of our mission to do workforce train-ing for local business and indus-try,” says Wise. “We continue to do that. In fact, we had a presenta-tion with Denso yesterday where they’re asking us to create for-credit programs, either certifi cate programs or degree programs or portion-of-degree programs to of-fer to their employees.
“Those conversations often start with business and communi-ty services, but we’re bringing our faculty into those conversations so they can help design the curricula for programs for companies like Denso and Green Mountain (Cof-fee) and Y-12. We’re working on apprenticeship programs and de-gree programs and creating cer-tifi cate programs as well. That’s something that’s really picked up in the last year, and I imagine that that will continue.”
A new opportunity awaits tech-nology-minded students this fall.
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By Sara BarrettParents and students
alike dressed in their 1980s best last week for Retro Game Night at Ball Camp Elementary School, sponsored by the school’s PTA.
Heather Murphy, the PTA fi rst vice president, said the event was a great way for families to mingle and meet each other.
“We have so many new families this year af-ter the rezoning … about 120 new students over all,” said Murphy.
The school had to add a new kindergarten class because of the increase.
In addition to playing games, families could join the PTA and learn about helping the school
raise money, with activi-ties such as collecting ce-real box tops.
Josh and Karen Arm-strong enjoyed a family game of Trouble. Karen said she is proud her chil-dren, Anna and Addison, go to Ball Camp because it is where she went to el-ementary school.
Fourth grader Dale Henley had the win of the evening when he de-feated principal Brandon Pratt in a game of Battle-ship. “Make sure you say that I won!” said Dale.
Ball Camp goes retro for game night
Megan Arndt and her son, 1st grader Christian,
play a game of Ice Cubes during Ball Camp El-
ementary School’s game night. Photos by S. Barrett
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➤ Read Ashley Baker on A-7
Improvement is coming (soon)
There are reasons to believe even the immediate future will be better than the past.
As you may have heard, Ten-nessee football is facing a trap game in Western Kentucky and things really get tough after that.
“No matter what happens at Oregon and Florida, keep believing that success is again in sight, out there on the hori-zon. If you can’t see it, get out your telescope,” Marvin West writes.
➤ See Marvin’s story on page A-6
‘Coup’ is good readBetty Bean takes a look at
“Coup,” the new book by Keel Hunt that discusses the early swearing-in of Gov. Lamar Alexander, back in 1979.
➤ Read Bean on page A-4
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A-2 • SEPTEMBER 2, 2013 • Shopper news
with Greg Norman
Coffee Break
It can be your neighbor, club leader, bridge partner, boss, father, teacher – anyone you think would be interesting to Farragut Shopper-News readers. Email sugges-tions to Sherri Gardner Howell, [email protected]. Include contact info if you can.
Greg Norman is seeing green these days, and it’s a per-manent shade of green that West Knoxville residents will soon be able to share. Greg, an engineering technician for the town of Farragut, has been spending most of his work days at Mayor Bob Leonard Park, up on the upper level where Farragut is installing an artifi cial turf fi eld. The fi eld is the fi rst of its kind in a public park setting, and Greg is watching every detail.
“Really, this is kind of a short project for us because it is only about 90 days as far as our involvement in en-gineering,” says Greg. “But it is important, and a lot of time, thought and development have gone into getting the project this far. It is going in now, and it has to be right.”
Projects, long or short, are just part of Greg’s respon-sibilities in the engineering department at the town. “We do so many things,” he says. “Even a partial list would include things like roads, drainage, inspections for pave-ment markings, guard rails, traffi c signals, looking over resurfacing contracts, site inspections and just making sure the rules and regulations of the town and contracts awarded are all being followed.”
With a laugh, Greg adds, “I’m also responsible for the school fl ashers, so if you come on one that’s not on the right cycle, that’s me.”
Construction was Greg’s fi rst foray into the working world.
“I went to work in construction right out of high school,” he says. “Oh, no, not for me. I found out quickly that I en-joyed the inspection side much more than the physical side of the work. I went to Pellissippi State and honed my natural interest and skills and was lucky enough to get a job with the town as a part-time worker in 1989. I went full time in 1992.”
Over the years, Greg has watched the town grow and change. “There is a sense of pride in watching the town grow,” he says. “I think we are headed in a good direc-tion.”
One place there hasn’t been too much change is in his department. “There isn’t much turnover in engineering, which makes it a good environment. I enjoy working with the people in our department and think Darryl Smith is a great person to report to. As the town engineer, he brings a lot of professionalism and credibility to the de-partment.”
In his personal life, Greg takes his faith very serious-ly. “I converted to Catholicism and try to make what the church teaches part of my life,” he says.
“I respect the Catholic religion.”Sit and have a Coffee Break as you get to know Greg
Norman.
What is your favorite quote from TV or a movie?I like an exchange in “The DaVinci Code” where the
priest is asking Langdon to be gentle in what he says about the church, but I can’t really quote it, so let’s just go with my second, “I’ll be back,” from “The Termina-tor.”
What are you guilty of?Not eating enough healthy foods.
What is your favorite material possession?My computer. It is such a part of our lives now that it
is hard to imagine getting things done without it.
What are you reading currently?The Bible.
What was your most embarrassing moment? I am learning to speak Spanish. Unfortunately, I often
mix up the words and come out with some embarrassing comments that weren’t meant to be that way at all!
What are the top three things on your bucket list? Visit the Vatican Visit the Wonders of the WorldVisit Jerusalem
What is one word others often use to describe you?
I think it is probably “worrisome.” I tend to worry about things I can’t change.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
I have always wished I had more formal education.
What is your passion? I am passionate about trying to do the right thing in
whatever circumstance or situation presents itself. It isn’t always easy.
With whom, living or dead, would you most like to have a long lunch?
Warren Buffett. His success is something to be ad-mired. It would be interesting to just sit and talk with him.
Other than your parents, who has had the biggest infl u-ence on your life and why?
My maternal grandmother. She always had a positive outlook on life.
I still can’t quite get the hang of … The Internet. It is so vast and complicated, seemingly
endless.
What is the best present you ever received in a box?My rosary. It was given to me by my sponsor, Eric
Redheifer, when I converted to Catholicism. It means a lot to me, as does he.
What is the best advice your mother ever gave you?Be as kind as possible to others.
What is your social media of choice? Internet. I know … I love my computer, can’t get the
hang of the Internet, and it is my social media of choice. I may not understand it all, but I do use it!
What is the worst job you have ever had?Working as a construction laborer.
What was your favorite Saturday morning cartoon and why?
“Tom and Jerry,” mainly because that is what the grandchildren now like the most.
What irritates you?Inconsiderate people.
What’s one place in Farragut everyone should visit?The Farragut Folklife Museum.
What is your greatest fear? Losing a loved one.
If you could do one impulsive thing, what would it be? Pack a bag and travel around the world.
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Allen Morgan From page A-1
Shirley Underwood and Allen
Morgan catch up, look ahead. Photo by S. Clark
went on to set records that still stand, but that’s anoth-er story.)
Holt told a colleague that “once that kid from Strawberry Plains knocks the chicken s_ _ _ off his shoes,” he can play some baseball. Allen also ran track – jumping puddles in borrowed shoes. The Carter High School grad found a home at Carson-Newman. It’s an experience he hopes to extend to a new genera-tion of young people.
Raising expectationsMorgan has launched
swimming at C-N and boosted the women’s golf program with the addition of former LPGA profes-sional Suzanne Strudwick as coach. He hired two-time Olympian Tony Par-rilla to coach cross-country and assist with track and fi eld. Perhaps his best hire is Adam Cavalier, 26, as
sports information director and Voice of the Eagles.
Adam has pumped up the website and plans free, TV-quality, web-streaming of football games this fall.
Last Monday, Mor-gan held the fi rst Torch of Knowledge ceremony. He
Pellissippi online From page A-1
Friends Sydney Gassiot, Claire Adkins
and Delaney Murphy get silly during a
game of Fish Stix.
Gwen Slater, a University of Florida graduate, is the town of Farragut’s new
AmeriCorps worker. Photo submitted
By Sherri Gardner Howell Gwen Slater, a University of Flor-
ida graduate from West Palm Beach, has joined the town of Farragut as the third member of the Ameri-Corps Water Quality Assistant pro-gram. She will serve for one year through AmeriCorps and will be in-volved in facilitating and promoting educational opportunities as they relate to water quality.
Jason Scott, Farragut Storm-water coordinator, said Slater will have the opportunity to work on programming for the new outdoor classroom. “Once she gets up and running, Gwen will be critical in facilitating volunteer service op-portunities in the space helping to
assure consistent and high qual-ity usage,” said Scott. She will also oversee the Adopt-A-Stream program, including recruiting and retaining volunteers and coordi-nating educational programs and events like Earthfest, Waterfest and River Rescue.
Slater’s degree was in anthropol-ogy with a particular interest in bio-logical anthropology, the study of human health and disease. Her de-cision to join the AmeriCorps pro-gram was largely based on the fact that people are heavily infl uenced by the environment in which they live. Farragut is in its third year as a participant in the AmeriCorps na-tional service program.
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principal, he noticed a kid in a ball cap at Monday’s event.
“Cap,” he whispered, pointing to his own head, and the kid took it off. A few minutes later the cap was back on. “Let me borrow that cap,” he said to the kid,
walking away with the of-fensive headgear.
He noticed another pair texting during the ceremo-ny. He invited them to his offi ce afterwards, “to get to know them better.” Allen says being around students “keeps me young.”
As we walked out, he said, “Now come back. Don’t be those people who run into each other at the funer-al home and say, ‘Wow, we need to get together some-time.’ Just do it.”
And that’s good advice for us all.
program with Austin Peay (State University) in the area of engineering and manufacturing technology,” says Wise. “They’re actually going to offer the third and fourth year of a bachelor’s degree on the Hardin Valley campus for students from our engineering technology program, so we’re excited about that getting started.”
For those students who really want to go places, as in overseas, Pellissippi State is a great embarka-tion point. PSCC leads two-year colleges nationally in study-abroad students, ac-cording to a report recently published by the Institute of International Education. During the 2010-11 academ-ic year, 174 PSCC students studied abroad through the Tennessee Consortium for International Studies.
Closer to home, on the Hardin Valley campus, one of last year’s big debuts, The Arts at Pellissippi State, will continue to grow this year and feature the talents of faculty, students and the community.
The fi rst play will be the Broadway bluegrass musical “The Robber Bridegroom,” Nov. 1-3 and 8-10. Paint-ings by Marcia Goldenstein on display through Sept. 18 make up the fi rst visual-arts exhibit of the semester at the Bagwell Center for Me-dia and Art.
Jake Hamric will give the fi rst faculty lecture, “The German Way of War,” at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12. The fi rst faculty recital, 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 3, will showcase talented full-time and adjunct music faculty members.
“We have a lot of exciting things planned,” says Julia Wood, director of market-ing and communications.
Ball Camp 4th grader Dale Hen-
ley beats principal Brandon
Pratt at a game of Battleship.Ball Camp goes
retro Enjoying a game of Trouble are the Armstrong
family, with dad, Josh; Anna, a second grader;
mom, Karen; and Addison, a fi rst grader.
brought in parents and ath-letes to recognize players with top grades. A uniform patch will follow. About one-third of the school’s almost 2,000 students are athletes in one way or an-other, he said.
He wants to strengthen each sport and bring diver-sity to the coaching ranks.
He faces a huge challenge when football coach Ken Sparks steps down, for how does one replace a legend?
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At noon on Jan. 17, 1979, the principal planners of the 1982 World’s Fair set up a fancy lunch at the Hyatt Ho-tel Nashville with key gov-ernment offi cials in hopes of greasing the skids for a future funding request.
Guests included House Speaker Ned Ray McWhert-er, Lt. Gov. John Wilder and Attorney General Bill Leech. Not attending was Gov.-elect Lamar Alexan-der, who had other things to do, and whose presence wasn’t required, since he was already pretty much a cinch to support the event.
Bo Roberts, who re-membered the luncheon as a high-dollar, prime rib and red wine affair, led the Knoxville group.
Then somebody got a phone call and, poof! Wild-er, McWherter and Leech were gone.
“We all knew something was going on, but we had no clue what it was – until we found out later in the day. It was on the day of the coup. The day it was happening. Of course, we had no idea,” Roberts told Keel Hunt, author of “Coup,” a deeply-researched, highly engross-ing, minute-by-minute ac-count of the day a bunch of Democrats ousted their crooked governor and in-stalled a Republican before his scheduled inauguration.
This central fact makes “Coup” more than a well-told yarn. The inescapable comparison of then and now is stark.
“Then” was an era when Democrats and Republicans
Firmness of character, also called grit, is a bet-ter predictor of life success than any other factor, in-cluding intelligence and in-come.
That’s what author Paul Tough says in his book “How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity and the Hid-den Power of Character,” and Knox County school board member Indya Kin-cannon agrees. She led the discussion at last week’s Knox County Public Li-brary’s Books Sandwiched In program.
Grit is marked by traits like perseverance, self-con-trol and conscientiousness, and it’s not the result of
genes, luck or even choice.“Character matters, it’s
malleable, and we know how,” said Kincannon.
Nurturing relationships and the minimization of stress help kids build char-acter. While stress isn’t necessarily related to in-come, low-income families are more likely to suffer stress, she says. Even if chil-dren are raised in a stress-ful environment, a caring adult, whether it’s a relative, teacher, neighbor or mem-ber of the clergy, can reduce the negative impact.
A Canadian study de-scribed in the book demon-strates the long-term impact of nurturing relationships – in rats. After baby rats were exposed to stress, some were placed with affection-ate mothers and others were placed with less attentive mothers. Those with the affectionate mothers, who licked and groomed the ba-bies, lived longer healthier lives.
‘Coup’ rec alls bipartisan eff ort to replace corrupt governor
sometimes put aside their differences to do what was right; “now” is an era when they don’t.
The felonious governor, of course, was Ray Blanton, whose major priority during his last days in offi ce was selling pardons to a scary array of Group W-level fel-ons with access to money.
The governor-elect was Lamar Alexander, who had deep misgivings about the propriety of allowing him-self to take the oath of of-fi ce early and relied heavily on the approval of the two speakers.
Other GOP players were Alexander’s Yodaesque advisor Lewis Donelson and pesky state Sen. Vic-tor Ashe, whose habit of requesting attorney gen-eral’s opinions set the stage for the coup when he asked whether a governor-elect could be sworn in before in-auguration day (the answer was yes).
And is any Tennessee po-litical tale set during the last fi ve decades complete with-out a mention of Mr. Ubiq-uitous, Tom Ingram?
Of course not. He’s all over this book like white on rice as Alexander’s chief campaign aide-de-camp. He may not, however, be thrilled with debunking the common wisdom that cred-
its Ingram with the signa-ture plaid shirt Alexander wore on the walk across the state. Hunt credits the candidate himself with sug-gesting the shirt because he thought he would look like a dope hoofi ng from Moun-tain City to Memphis in a blue suit.
Hunt also credits the candidate’s wife, Honey, with the concept of walk-ing across the state, and treats it as an original idea without mentioning Walkin’ Lawton Chiles, who hiked more than 1,000 miles from Key West to Pensacola dur-ing his successful campaign for U.S. Senate in 1970.
Johnson City native Lee Smith, creator of the Ten-nessee Journal, long a must-read for political insiders, lit the fuse for the fi re to come in September 1977 when he recognized the governor’s offi cial photographer as his homeboy Roger Hum-phreys, a well-connected double murderer from the Tri-Cities who had been sent away for life after being convicted of blowing away his ex-wife and her lover. Smith’s mention of Hum-phreys’ cushy work release assignment sparked state-wide outrage.
A couple of weeks later, tough questioning from TV reporter Carol Marin – who got her start at Channel 10 in Knoxville where she was known by her married name Carol Utley – set the stage for Blanton’s eventual demise when she frustrated him into blurting out a defi ant pledge to pardon Humphreys.
Wendy Smith
Blanton’s fate was sealed when undercover agents decided to test the lengths to which he would go by throwing out the name of the worst of the worst – James Earl Ray. The Blan-ton security operative act-ing as a go-between mulled the request before turning it down, sort of. Ray was prob-ably too hot to pardon, he said. But maybe an escape could be arranged.
Why now?The timing and distribu-
tion of the book (and prob-ably the subtext, which celebrates bipartisanship) have deeply irritated some who question the decision of Vanderbilt University Press to donate 2,000 free copies to schools and public librar-ies across the state.
Suspicions were com-pounded when the Ten-nessee State Museum an-nounced a traveling exhibit called “Come on Along: La-mar Alexander’s Journey as Governor,” a condensed ver-sion of an exhibit assembled from material the Alexan-ders donated to Vanderbilt.
The tour was put on hold until 2015 after notes sur-faced indicating that muse-um offi cials had consulted Ingram about the exhibit.
2014 is an election year.
The importance of grit
Betty Bean
Kincannon has wit-nessed how some kids thrive inexplicably while others, who have every op-portunity to succeed, don’t. Her children, now in 5th and 7th grades, have at-tended Beaumont Magnet Honors Academy. While part of Beaumont’s student body comes from housing projects that are infl uenced by crime, some of those stu-dents “hit it out of the park” academically, she says.
According to the book, developing grit can also be a problem for children of
overprotective parents who don’t let their children fail.
The community plays an important role in help-ing children succeed be-cause schools can only do so much, Kincannon said. Knox County has several ef-fective programs, but she’d like to see them scaled up.
A Birth to Kindergar-ten program offers educa-tion to new parents, but the program is understaffed, she says. She’s a big fan of AVID (Advancement via Individual Determi-nation), a program that helps underperforming middle and high school stu-dents prepare for college. Project Grad and Knox Achieves aim to help high school students with the college application process.
She’s encouraged that Knox County has again expanded its Community School program. It brings services to the schools, which is where the kids are, she says.
Indya Kincannon
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Credit the leadership of four people with the demise of the James White Parkway extension: Mayor Madeline Rogero, Vice Mayor Nick Pavlis, Legacy Parks Foundation executive director Carol Evans and Brian Hann of the Appala-chian Mountain Bike Club.
James White extension off the table
They now can celebrate following the unanimous vote Aug. 28 by the Trans-portation Planning Organi-zation (TPO) to remove this costly and foolish extension from the regional trans-portation plans. In fact, all fi scally conservative tax-payers can breathe a sigh of relief that $22 million a mile is not being spent for 5 miles of asphalt, and money can go to projects which are actually higher priority.
These four should be commended for their ef-forts to protect the urban wilderness.
Hopefully, improvements to Chapman Highway, Al-coa Highway and Oak Ridge Highway from Schaad Road to Pellissippi Parkway can move forward. TPO had actually voted eight months earlier, on Jan. 23, to do what TPO voted to do last Wednesday. Three mem-bers of TPO were absent including County Commis-sioner Amy Broyles, who represents commission chair Tony Norman; the Se-vier County representative and the Maryville mayor. Mayor Burchett’s rep at the meeting voted to kill off the project. County Commis-sioner Ed Shouse attended for the East Tennessee Development District as did the Oak Ridge mayor.
This is the second time Rogero has taken a stand against a high profi le but environmentally harmful and fi scally wasteful road program. The fi rst was in 2003 when as a candidate for mayor (unsuccessful that year) she joined me at a news conference right off the Pellissippi Parkway to oppose the construction of the orange route through Hardin Valley. While the project was approved at that time, it was later killed in the fi nal months of the Bredesen administra-tion due to its cost exceed-ing benefi ts to be achieved.
The JWP funeral also solved a growing political
problem for the Haslam Administration as the TDOT commissioner did not have to push a project which had generated such intense opposition. The governor was not forced to overrule publicly his TDOT commissioner. The death was arranged and planned by others.
■ Dave Irvin, UT vice chancellor for facilities, said in an Aug. 28 News Sen-tinel interview by Gerald Witt that the potential Clar-ence Brown Theatre, which might be constructed on the World’s Fair Park, could be 7 stories tall. This stunning news effectively means the open space on the south lawn of the park is gutted or eliminated if construc-tion occurs. This news came in an interview after the meeting of the UT City Task force.
This is the task force in which Mayor Rogero did not include Fort Sanders. Witt is the journalist who did an open records request with the city which revealed the strong possibility that the then-unannounced plan was to move the theater off the UTK campus.
These comments from a high level UTK of-fi cial smack of a ‘done deal.’ The process being employed here leaves a lot to be desired. Irvin has been in Knoxville less than two years. He comes from the University of Hous-ton. He does not know the history of the World’s Fair Park or the development of parks in Knoxville.
What was Irvin think-ing?
■ One can only imag-ine how overwhelming (and totally inappropriate) a 7-story building on the World’s Fair Park would be. It would radically change the park as we know it. Deputy Mayor Bill Lyons, in reply to a question from this writer, said the Rogero Ad-ministration did not have a position on a possible struc-ture in the South Lawn area. He did say there would be a master planning process for the whole park.
■ Early voting in the city election for September district primaries starts this Wednesday, Sept. 4, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., for the fi ve district council seats in which only Nick Della Volpe and Daniel Brown face opposition. The actual primary is Sept. 24 with the general election on Nov. 5. This primary promises to put most people to sleep. Only the Della Volpe-Sta-ples contest might generate fi reworks.
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When you hear the word “bees,” most of us immediately
think of honey bees, those industrious, job-focused lit-tle insects that live in hives, work on clover blossoms and make us honey.
All that’s true, of course, and they’ve been doing just that for a long time. But there’s a lot more to the bee story than just honey. It has to do with how many kinds of bees there actually are, and all the many things they do for us.
Honey was being pro-duced long before there were any people to enjoy it. Prehistoric cave paintings from thousands of years ago depict honey hunters risking life and limb, climbing tall, skinny, pole ladders up cliff faces to rob a cloud of angry, stinging wild bees nesting in the rocky crevices.
Honey bees were actually kept in India as far back as 4,000 years ago. About that same time, the Egyptians were keeping bees in light portable hives that they could move up and down the Nile River, according to which crops were blooming where. They had already ob-served that having the bees around at the right time made their crops bear more fruitfully and profi tably.
And that is what makes the bees so important, even
NATURE NOTES | Dr. Bob Collier
Busy bees
essential to us today – their huge job of pollinating many of the plants that produce our food and of maintaining many of the ecosystems in which we live.
The grain crops we are all familiar with – corn, wheat, rice, rye and the like – are all pollinated by the wind. Air currents waft the very light male pollen grains through the air to land randomly on female fl ower parts and, voilà! Seeds, or to us, food!
But about 80 percent of the world’s fl owering plants require direct pollination by some sort of critters, wheth-er bee, butterfl y, wasp, moth, bat or hummingbird. About one-third of all the food we eat, one bite in every three, comes from plants that must be pollinated in this way, and in this arena, the heavy hauling is done by the bees.
Imagine a diet with no cherries, apples, pears, or-anges, tomatoes, melons or berries. Or a wardrobe with no cottons or linens, or gar-dens without fl owers. None of these plants will produce without being pollinated.
But why even imagine such a scenario anyway?
Well, it turns out that all the bees aren’t doing so well. In fact, in some places they are gone. It’s sad but true that we don’t usually
get serious about a natural problem until it impacts pocketbooks, but people in the business are starting to pay attention.
People whose livelihoods depend on producing things such as fruit, vegetables and alfalfa have known the fi nancial importance of having pollinators near their crops for a long time. They spend a lot of money trucking tens of thousands of beehives full of the little guys back and forth across the country, to pollinate blueberries in Maine, or-ange groves in Florida and California, and countless jobs in between, all because it enables their crops to pro-duce signifi cantly improved yields.
Our typical, hive-dwell-ing honey bees are not na-tive to North America. They were brought over by the earliest settlers, with more varieties coming along later to improve the stock, for better handling qualities, more resistance to disease and the like. Nevertheless, problems continue, some due to various diseases, known and unknown, and others linked to pesticides, herbicides and possibly to genetically-engineered plants.
I found a lot of inter-esting information about these matters in a fact- and
photo-fi lled book called “Attracting Native Pollina-tors,” published by a group of scientists in Portland, Ore., called the Xerces So-ciety, named for an extinct western butterfl y, the Xe-rces blue. The organization is dedicated to the study and protection of our native insects and the like. As for the bees, they describe one worst-case scenario, from China.
There, in the Sichwan Province, one of the larg-est apple-growing regions in the world, you will fi nd workers in the orchards standing on ladders, pains-takingly pollinating each apple blossom by hand. Their wild bees are gone, and honey beekeepers won’t bring in their hives because the excessive insecticides poured on the orchards of the region would kill their bees, too. What would just one of those apples cost to produce in America? And what are the people eating along with those apples?
So, is there any good news in all this? There is indeed.
Rather than the cavalry
riding to the rescue, they’ve been here all the time. Fact is, there are way more pol-linators working for us out there than just honey bees. We have more than 4,000 species of native bees in North America!
These native bees range from a tiny one measuring only 1/12 of an inch long (think miniature sweat bee) to the hulking bumblebees coming in at more than an inch long. About 90 percent of our native bees, large and small, live as solitary females, laying their eggs in a nest tunnel in hollow weed stems or twigs, or in burrows in the ground. The other 10 percent are so-cial bees, living in colonies of various sizes. They are generally “out of sight, out of mind” for us, but they literally keep our fl owering world in order.
It turns out that they are often more effi cient pol-linators than honey bees, for various reasons, two of them being that they for-age more hours per day, and they tolerate working in colder and wetter weather conditions than honey bees.
In one study in northern Utah, a big fruit-growing area, a cherry orchard pro-duced double the amount of fruit when pollinated by the native blue orchard bees than by honey bees. And native bees have proven to pollinate apples, squash, watermelons, blueberries, cranberries and tomatoes more effectively than honey bees.
The facts go on and on, but what are regular citi-zens to do about it?
Well, being informed is a good place to start. We need to learn as much as we can about how to protect and encourage our populations of native bees. We can cer-tainly cut way down on the drenching of our yards and gardens with tons of insecti-cides and herbicides, which are bad for our water supply, bad for the good bugs and the birds that eat them, and for human beings.
Ask yourself just how important it really is to go to the labor and expense of having a Southern Liv-ing lawn. Dandelions can be dug by hand (good exer-cise) and bugs can be hand-picked from your vegetables (good revenge).
Think about the food you buy. Apples grown without insecticides may not look as picture-perfect as those often-sprayed beauties, but they’re likely to be a lot bet-ter for you and yours.
And while you’re at it, you might tell your elected offi cials to insist on real, meaningful safeguards as to what’s been put on all the food that’s being sold.
And next time you come across a busy bee out there, give her a nod and thank her for all the hard work.
REUNION NOTES ■ Wyrick and Pierce Family
Reunion will be held from
noon until dark Sunday, Sept.
8, at Luttrell Park behind Lut-
trell Elementary School. Bring
a covered dish, drinks, lawn
chairs and pictures.
■ Beason Reunion is 1 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 7, at Big Ridge
State Park in the tea room.
Bring a covered dish. Info:
Patsy, 771-0539.
■ The Central High School
Class of 1978 will hold its
35th reunion at Beaver Brook
Country Club from 6:30-10:30
p.m. Saturday, Sept.14. The
cost is $25 per person, which
can be paid at the door. RSVP
to Ronnie Booker, 688-8779.
■ The Halls High School Class
of 1978 will celebrate its 35th
reunion at 5 p.m. Saturday,
Sept. 28, with a bonfi re/chili
supper/Petros bar at Greg and
Pam Lester Householder’s
at 8125 Andersonville Pike.
There is no cost but attendees
are asked to bring their own
drinks. Info: 922-3027 or email
Challenge Grant applications available
The Knoxville Parks and Recreation Department is accepting applications for its 2013-14 Challenge Grant Program, which offers grants to nonprofi t proj-ects associated with public parks or recreation facili-ties within the city limits.
The grants are avail-able this year to 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), and 501(c)(6) status community groups, homeowner associations, schools, scout troops and other organizations. Recipi-ents of a Challenge grant will be reimbursed 50 per-cent of the cost of a single project, up to $2,500.
The deadline for applica-tions is Monday, Sept. 16. Applicants will be notifi ed and announced by Wednes-day, Oct. 16. All project work must be completed by Friday, May 30, 2014. Info/applica-tions: www.cityofknoxville.org/recreation/challenge-grant.pdf or 215-2017.
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There are reasons to be-lieve even the immediate fu-ture will be better than the recent past.
Improvement is coming (but not all at once)
Marvin West
As you may have heard, Tennessee football is fac-ing a trap game in Western Kentucky and things really get tough after that.
No matter what happens at Oregon and Florida, keep believing that success is again in sight, out there on the horizon. If you can’t see it, get out your telescope.
The orange (or grey) team
is about to be improved, in-crementally, a little here, a bit there, somewhat notice-able on forthcoming Satur-days, more obvious behind the scenes.
A positive attitude per-meates the premises. That helps. A great quarterback would help more.
This is not a champion-ship team. I hope it is a bowl team. That would be prog-ress, another Butch brick in the wall.
You are right, winning six will require considerable ef-fort and smarts, only avail-able substitutes for lack of depth and top talent. Right this minute, eight of the re-maining foes think they can whip the Volunteers.
We are in the “win” col-umn for the Ducks and Ga-tors, Georgia, South Caro-lina, Alabama, Missouri,
Auburn and Vanderbilt. Some marks are in pencil. At least one is wishful thinking.
Tennessee is circled in blue on the Kentucky sched-ule. It is the home fi nale that could save the Wildcats’ sea-son.
Western Kentucky is likely looking at Tennessee as a possible upset. You nev-er know. As the old saying goes, even blind squirrels fi nd an occasional acorn. You should meet some of the people who win the lottery.
Here comes the sobering part where total optimists get angry and start loading up to shoot the messenger: On most Saturdays that matter, Tennessee will be the betting underdog.
How many Vols, do you suppose, could win start-ing positions at Alabama? One offensive lineman? One
linebacker? I’m not certain the Bulldogs even recruited top Tennessee signees from Georgia.
For some strange reason, in-state schools did not put up a great fuss when UT was gathering the promising collection of young quarter-backs. OK, South Carolina could have been mistaken about Justin Worley. Per-haps nice guy Nathan Peter-man did not fi t the Florida scheme. I don’t know why Georgia allowed Joshua Dobbs to fi rst choose Ari-zona State. Too deep at that position?
Of course football vic-tories do not depend on quarterback play alone. But, unless you have Jadeveon Clowney bull-rushing off the edge, quarterback is the key. AJ McCarron and Aar-on Murray give their teams
the probability of winning on otherwise dull days.
Playmakers, runners, re-ceivers, disruptive defend-ers, are next in importance. These are not yet Tennessee strengths.
How much and how fast one or more quarterbacks and receivers improve is the probable key to achieving six wins – or more.
If Tennessee is still alive at the end of October, I ex-pect the Vols will have an advantage over several op-ponents in attention to de-tail. This is often a trade-mark of coaching staffs that must fight uphill bat-tles.
Coaches blessed with great skill players are some-times tempted to let skill prevail. Absent that, it is necessary to get the little things right. If you have
only a short stick to fi ght a bear, do point the stick in the correct direction.
I expect Tennessee will have an edge in enthusiasm some games. I think this is good. Football is an enthu-siastic game.
Alas, I am reminded of something the late, great Gen. Robert R. Neyland said about whoop-it-up en-thusiasm, that it lasts until a few seconds after the kick-off or until you get hit in the mouth.
After that, courage, prep-aration, speed, strength, weather, offi ciating and the bounce of the ball are more dominant elements.
It is Tennessee’s turn to have a favorable helping of at least fi ve of the above. That might get the team to six. Marvin West invites reader reaction. His
address is [email protected].
CrossCurrents
LynnPittsI spent a few hours on
the banks of the Nantahala River last week.
My husband, Lewis, is a devout fl y fi sherman, but he only fi shes for trout. I, being a Grade-A, world-class, de-vout worrier, went with him to watch over him. (I don’t worry about mean men with bad intentions, or even bears, but a trout stream can be fast and treacher-ous, and so I sit on the rocks beside the river and stand watch as guardian).
I have promised Lewis that someday I will learn to
fi sh as well, but for now, I enjoy watching his artistry, and the graceful ballet that he executes with rod and reel, line and hook.
My father took me fi sh-ing for bluegill when I was about fi ve, but I was not par-ticularly enthralled.
My daughter Jordan caught a couple of small fi sh in a stream by our house in New Jersey when she was about 4, and when her father asked her what she wanted to do with them, she said enthusiastically, “Let’s eat ’em!” So they cooked
The mid-day sunLight is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to see
the sun.(Ecclesiastes 11:7 NRSV)
them, and did just that.On the Nantahala, how-
ever, I found amazing things to study. There were yellow lady-slippers blooming right beside the water. I don’t know that I had ever seen lady-slippers before, and I don’t know how I knew im-mediately what it was. But I did. (Checked it later online just to be sure, and discov-ered they are part of the or-
chid family!) I found a rock that looked for all the world like a tooth. I found a stone that looks like I imagine the stones in Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness – round and smooth and fl at.
And I found a tiny, time-ly, beautiful miracle.
I had been studying the rocks across the river, won-dering if that one rock that looked as if it had a furry animal sitting on top of it really did have a furry ani-mal sitting on top of it.
And if it did, indeed, have a furry animal sitting on top of it, how friendly (and/or hungry) might that furry animal be?! Turn out it was only a rock. I think.
Behind the animal/rock, there was a tiny grotto – a cavern with a large heart-shaped rock in front of it. The rock was covered on top with thick moss, and there was a small pool of water
surrounding it. I studied it for a while then went back to exploring the rocks around me.
When I looked again, I was startled to see what appeared to be a slender, perfectly rectangular white mark on the dark wall be-hind the heart rock. “That was not there before,” I said aloud to the river. “How in the world…?”
It began to fade, fairly quickly, and was gone.
I blinked, took off my glasses, put them back on. The white rectangle was back, steady and unmoving. Then it faded again and was gone. I quit blinking.
The next time it ap-peared, I discovered that there was a precursor to the light. Each time the light ap-peared, the left wall of the cavern put on a light show of refl ections of the moving water in the pool below. I
turned to look for the sun, and sure enough, the Nan-tahala had lived up to its name. The sun was dancing between clouds, providing the light show I had been enjoying.
I have tried since to imagine the tiny slit in that huge rock that allowed the sun to penetrate the grotto. I have wondered, too, how many other people have been blessed as I was, by having discovered that tiny miracle of the mountains.
Author’s note: I met a wonderful man late last year and felt as if I had found my best friend. Lew-is Pitts and I were married in April and are having wonderful adventures (this week’s column is an ac-count of one of those). It is a miracle of grace that I give thanks for every day. As C. S. Lewis said, I am “sur-prised by joy.”
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By Ashley BakerNow that school is back
in session, some moms are able to enjoy just a bit more “me” time. But what about those mothers of preschoolers?
MOPS, Mothers of Pre-schoolers, is an interna-tional organization that promotes friendship, sharing and “me” time for mothers who have pre-school-age children. In the Knoxville area, many of the MOPS groups are en-couraged and supported in part by churches.
Two Rivers Church has an active MOPS group be-cause the philosophy of the organization fits with the church’s commitment to walk alongside young moms to encourage them as they invest in the next gen-eration. The MOPS group will begin a new session at Two Rivers, 275 Harrison Lane, Lenoir City, on Sept. 10 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. The group meets the sec-ond and fourth Tuesdays at that time at the church.
Open to church mem-
bers and non-members alike, the MOPS group at Two Rivers includes moms from all over. The program is open to mothers who are expecting through those who have children up to age 5. Meetings include speakers with relevant topics for moms and the opportunity to make new friends and share the joys and trials of parenthood.
“MOPS has changed me,” said hospitality team member Amy Muir. “I think, being a mom, you can feel secluded. I found a safe place to share life’s struggles and joys and now try to make other moms feel welcome.”
Muir said stereotypes about how women get along are seldom seen at MOPS meetings. “The women are so loving,” Muir said. “They do not judge or talk bad about each other.”
Moms are also invited to Moms’ Night Out through MOPS, which are times when outside activities are planned without the chil-dren. Small groups also join
together to organize other outings and play dates.
The first visit to MOPS is free. If a mother wants to join, there is an annual charge of $40, which cov-ers monthly meeting ex-penses, MomSense maga-zine, Mom E-mail and MyMOPS online benefits.
During the MOPS meet-ings, free childcare is pro-vided through the MOP-PETS program. Children in MOPPETS engage in age-appropriate activities such as stories, songs, snacks, videos, crafts and games.
For more information on MOPS at Two Rivers, visit the church’s website at http://tworiverschurch.org, or contact Amy Muir at 865-755-7397 or at [email protected].
Some of the other area churches that have MOPS programs are: Fountain City United Methodist Church, Erin Presbyterian Church, Central Baptist Church of Bearden, Sey-mour Heights Christian Church and First Baptist Church of Knoxville.
The Mothers of Preschoolers – MOPS – from Two Rivers Church enjoy a night out for a painting
class. Photo submitted
MOPS helps moms cope
Community Services
■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak
Ridge Highway, will host the
Second Harvest Food Drop
from 8-10 a.m. Saturday, Sept.
21. There will be volunteers to
help bag your free food and
carry it to your car if needed.
Info or to volunteer: 690-1060;
www.beaverridgeumc.com.
■ Catholic Charities off ers
counseling for those with emo-
tional issues who may not be
physically able to come to the
offi ce for therapy. All informa-
tion is completely confi dential.
Call 1-877-790-6369. Nonemer-
gency calls only. Info: www.
ccetn.org.
■ Bookwalter UMC off ers One
Harvest Food Ministries to the
community. Info and menu:
http://bookwalter-umc.org/
oneharvest/index.html or 689-
3349, 9 a.m.-noon weekdays.
Meetings and classes
■ Sequoyah Hills Presbyterian
Church, 3700 Keowee Ave., will
host GriefShare, a weekly grief
support group for people griev-
ing the death of a loved one,
6-7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 9-Oct. 2.
Info: 522-9804.
■ Moms ‘N’ More, a Christian
growth group designed to
connect mothers of infant
and preschool-aged children,
meets 9:30 a.m. Tuesdays at
Fellowship Church. Info: moms-
www.women.fellowshipknox.
org.
■ Fellowship Church, 8000
Middlebrook Pike, will host a
new class of DivorceCare from
6:30-8:30 p.m. beginning
Thursday, Sept. 5. Info: care@
fellowshipknox.org.
■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak
Ridge Highway, hosts “Wednes-
day Night Dinners and Classes.”
Dinner with drink and dessert:
$5 for adults, $3 for children,
or $16 for the family; served at
5:45 p.m. Classes and activities
available after dinner for adults,
youth and children. Nursery
available on request. Dinner
reservations/ info: 690-1060.
WORSHIP NOTES
Johneta Smith turns 100
Johneta Smith celebrated
her 100th birthday with
family and friends at her
home at Arbor Terrace.
Smith said she’s not sure
to what to attribute her
long life. “I don’t remem-
ber ever having been
sick, ever,” she said. She
received 100 roses and an
extra large birthday cake. Photo by S. Barrett
By Wendy SmithAll Souls Church, which
meets in the Square Room at 4 Market Square, is motivat-ed by Jeremiah 29:7: “Seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have car-ried you into exile. Pray to the Lord for it, because if it pros-pers, you too will prosper.”
But until the end of 2011, the church’s budget wasn’t refl ecting its mission, said All Souls member Laurens Tull-ock at last week’s Compas-sion Coalition Salt and Light lunch. Instead, it refl ected the needs of the church.
So the leadership decided to use at least 10 percent of the church’s annual budget to seek the peace of the city. The congregation upped its bud-get and began the process of choosing how to use the re-sulting $30,000. The name “10 for the city” was given to the process, which was de-signed to engage members.
The process combined in-tuitive and informed input, said Tullock, so the congre-gation met once to brain-
storm and another time to research possible areas of service. The Compassion Coalition’s “Salt and Light Guidebook” played a key role. During a third meeting, members ranked ideas.
Ultimately, All Souls chose seven different ways to use the funds, and many mem-bers became involved with the organizations supported by the funds. In addition to providing operational sup-port to the Emerald Youth Foundation, the church be-came the lead sponsor of the Emerald Youth Foundation swim team. Approximately 50 members now work with swim team members on a variety of levels, Tullock says.
While the original amount budgeted to “seek the peace of the city” was $30,000, a total of $100,000 was raised.
“Amazing, amazing things have come out of this process,” said Tullock. “It has energized the church body into making a differ-ence in the community.”
Laurens Tullock of All Souls Church speaks at last week’s Com-
passion Coalition Salt and Light lunch. Photo by Wendy Smith
All Souls gives‘10 for the city’
Trulia’s searching for true love
Trulia, a three-year-old Anatolian Pyrenees, was found
wandering the roads of Jeff erson County with one of
her eyes in poor condition from a cancerous tumor.
Now that her eye has been removed, there is only a
5 percent chance of the disease returning. Trulia is
healthy again and looking for a good family to love.
She is quite aff ectionate with humans and enjoys be-
ing around smaller dogs.
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She is available for adoption at Young-Williams Animal
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Knox County Public Li-brary and Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Knox County will host the Kids Jamboree and Strollerthon 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, at West Town Mall in front of the Disney Store. There will be celebrity story times, crafts, cake, prizes
and a live broadcast of WD-VX’s “Kids Stuff” with Sean McCollough.
The event will kick off with a two-mile fun walk around the mall at 9 a.m. Registra-tion for the walk starts at 8 a.m. Prizes will be given for Best Decorated Stroller and Best Storybook Character
Costume, and everyone who completes the walk will be eligible to win a gift card.
A $12 registration fee will cover the cost of books for one child in Knox County for a year.
Info: visit www.knoxlib.org/il or 215-8764.
Knox Library sets Jamboree and Strollerthon
HEALTH NOTES ■ UT Hospice Adult Grief Sup-
port Group meets 5-6:30 p.m.
each fi rst and third Tuesday in
the UT Hospice offi ce at 2270
Sutherland Ave. A light supper
is served. Info or reservation:
Brenda Fletcher, 544-6279.
■ UT Hospice, serving patients
and families in Knox and
15 surrounding counties,
conducts ongoing orientation
sessions for adults (18 and
older) interested in becoming
volunteers with the program.
No medical experience is
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While students and fac-ulty at A.L. Lotts Elementa-ry School are hard at work, another team works behind the scenes to fi ll in cracks in the well-oiled machine. In the process, they also help to make it shine. This year marks the PTA’s 20th anni-versary and in that time the group (and the school) has grown by leaps and bounds.
A.L. Lotts Elementary School PTA president Susannah Sayre
has two children, kindergartner Henry and 4th grader Natalie,
who go to the school. Photo by S. Barrett
A.L. Lotts PTA celebrates 20 years
Sara Barrett
Susannah Sayre, cur-rently in her second year as president of the school’s PTA, leads a group of volun-teers that work in the clinic and the library fi ve days a week. They also run an art masters’ program, in which volunteers teach students to make art in the style of a featured artist. The vol-unteers run an afterschool enrichment program with help from volunteers. On the long list of PTA run pro-grams are a reading week, special needs committee, art, poster and essay con-tests, and community fun-draisers.
“Success comes about when everyone uses their given talents with the mis-sion of making A.L. Lotts a better school for the chil-dren,” said Sayre. “When we all work together with them as the focus of our endeav-ors, then there is no end to the amount of success we
can achieve.” The group’s goal for
membership this year is to have 1,100 members, which is more than the school’s student population.
A fall festival will be held Saturday, Oct. 12, with bounce houses, games, an auction and a bake sale. Ev-eryone is invited. A science night, math night and pan-cake breakfast are also in the works.
Community members are encouraged to join the PTA even if they don’t have chil-dren who go to the school. Sayre feels this is important “because I feel our school is only as strong as the com-munity that supports it.
“Their support is also impacting the education of future generations who will one day affect positive changes as parents, employ-ees, business owners or as community volunteers.”
The original members of the A.L. Lotts PTA gave the program a great start, as parents came from Blue Grass Elementary when their children were rezoned to due overcrowding.
Original A.L. Lotts PTA member and Farragut Shopper-News editor Sherri Gardner Howell said she re-members being in the PTA at Blue Grass and pushing hard for a new school to be built. According to Howell, there were almost more stu-dents in portables at Blue Grass then there were in-side the main building. A.L. Lotts relieved a lot of that overfl ow and in the process a great parent/teacher/stu-dent community was born.
Roane State Commu-nity College-Cumberland
b u s i n e s s/f i n a n c e s t u d e n t James Da-vis has been awarded an AbbVie CF scholarship based on his a c a d e m i c a c h i e v e -
ments, extracurricular ac-tivities and his ability to serve as a positive role mod-el for the cystic fi brosis (CF) community.
AbbVie scholarships are awarded to students living with CF who are pursuing a higher education. Davis is one of 40 students to receive the $2,500 scholarship this
Davis competes for scholarship
Davis
year, but two students – one graduate and one under-graduate – will receive an additional $18,500 scholar-ship, bringing their scholar-ships to $21,000 in honor of the 21st anniversary of the AbbVie CF scholarship pro-gram.
Folks can vote for Davis to receive the scholarship through Monday, Sept. 16, online or by text. The win-ners of the 2013 Thriving Undergraduate and Gradu-ate Students will be an-nounced in October.
To view Davis’ profi le page including his scholar-ship essay, or to vote, visit www.abbviecfscholarship.com. Votes for Davis can also be submitted by texting VOTE12 to 23000.
Reading buddiesat St. John Neumann
The students in Sabrina Talley’s 4th grade class and Beth Mat-
tingly’s preschool class at St. John Neumann Catholic School
recently teamed up for a reading buddy program. The program
allows older elementary school students to practice their read-
ing fl uency and share their time and skills with others while ex-
posing younger students to new words and diff erent genres of
books. Pictured sharing a book with preschooler Cole Latham
is 4th grader Adam Osborne. Photo submitted
Challenge Grants available
The Knoxville Parks and Recreation Department is accepting applications for its 2013-14 Challenge Grant Program, which offers grants to nonprofi t projects associated with public parks or recreation facilities with-in the city limits.
The grants are available this year to 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), and 501(c)(6) status community groups, home-owner associations, schools,
scout troops and other or-ganizations. Recipients of a Challenge grant will be re-imbursed 50 percent of the cost of a single project, up to $2,500.
The deadline for applica-tions is Monday, Sept. 16. Ap-plicants will be notifi ed and announced by Wednesday, Oct. 16. All project work must be completed by Friday, May 30, 2014. Info/applications: www.cityof knoxville.org/recreation/challengegrant.pdf or 215-2017.
McIntyre visitsFarragut Middle
Dr. McIntyre helps a student
with a math problem in the
orange pod.
Fifth district school board representative Karen Carson talks to
Farragut Middle School principal Danny Trent during a visit to
the school with Jim McIntyre.
Knox County Schools superin-
tendent Dr. Jim McIntyre meets
7th grade math teacher Shelley
Beckman in the orange pod
during a visit to Farragut Middle
School last week. Photos by S. Barrett
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By Betsy PickleLeslie Howe didn’t write the book
on math, but she did write the com-puter program on it.
Make that “programs.”A math and computer science
teacher at Farragut High School since 1985, Howe has written more than 400 computer programs to help teachers help students fi nd the best path to learning.
She doesn’t know the exact num-ber she’s written.
“I stopped counting,” says Howe, who has no qualms about revealing that she turned 70 last Wednesday. “There’s time enough to count when the game is done. In the time it took to count them I could write another one.”
She couldn’t have said that in the mid-1990s when she wrote the fi rst one. It took about 40 hours. Howe was one of two teachers coordinating the computer lab, which wasn’t see-ing much traffi c at the time despite having 35 brand-new computers.
Another teacher was having trou-ble getting her students to under-stand signed numbers, so Howe said she could purchase a program to use in the lab if the teacher found the software she wanted.
“She said to me, ‘You know how to program. Why don’t you just write what we need instead of pay-ing?’ Howe recalls. “Because a site license, even on one single activity, runs around $700. I said, ‘If I write it, will you use it?’ So I wrote some things that she wanted for her low-level class.”
Writing programs that address the problems students are having falls in line with Howe’s philosophy.
“Education should come from the teacher out,” says Howe, who grew up in Youngstown, Ohio, and the Cleveland suburb of North Olmsted. “I started teaching in 1965. There’s not a thing in high school math that I haven’t taught and found out what is hard for them (students) to under-stand.”
Her process is to look at the text-book, see where students are stum-bling and then create a computer activity that will help them think their way to the answers. It’s basi-cally the opposite of how most educa-tional programs are written.
“What’s happening in education is that the (software) companies are saying, ‘Is there something we’re us-ing in business that we could tweak a little bit and foist on education?’
“And the answer is, yes, they can do multiple choice questions. You see, ‘Here’s a question; what’s the an-swer – A, B, C, D?’ is easy to program. And all you have to do is have a typist that types in the questions. And they
sell that for millions of dollars.“What drives our technology?
Should it be education as second-hand market or education as primary focus? That’s my big thing. Not that I want everybody to pay attention to me, but business has said, ‘There’s dollars in them there hills,’ and they’re after our educational dollars. And those are too scarce and pre-cious to be spent on something made by people who’ve never even taught one day in their life.”
Petite and soft-spoken, Howe is passionate about things that matter to her. She started teaching soon af-ter graduating with a bachelor’s de-gree in mathematics from Westmin-ster College in Wilmington, Pa. After a year at a Wilmington high school, she entered what is now Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.
Running out of money after a year, she moved home to Ohio and taught school in Cleveland, simultaneously working on her master’s degree in
math at Cleveland State University.
It was during grad school that she took
her fi rst computer programming class, in Fortran.
“I’m about as old a programmer as anybody.”
After earning her master’s in math, she went back and completed her master’s in theology.
“I don’t like unfi nished things.”She married and moved to Man-
chester, Mass., where she taught math and headed the fl edgling com-puter science program. She took a 10-year break from teaching after
having a daughter in 1975, and when she felt it was time to return, already settled in Tennessee, she found her home at Farragut.
Howe, whose husband, David, is pastor at Ebenezer Presbyterian Church, plans to retire at the end of the school year. It’s doubtful she’ll stop working. She avoided empty-nest syndrome because the fi rst requests for programs came after daughter Lisa had left for college.
She has never been paid for the programming she’s done for Far-ragut (it’s considered “a conf lict of interest,” she says), although she’s been able to sell her work to other school districts at confer-ences and through her website,
www.howe-two.com.It’s not about the money for
Howe. “My main focus is our needs. And
some things have been for friends.”She’s tried to make the programs
enjoyable for kids, giving activities fun titles and trying to make them creative. The programs give imme-diate feedback and make monitor-ing easier for teachers.
“It’s not a replacement for the teacher. A lot of people want to re-place teachers. They want to save our educational dollars by cutting down on staff, when I think the technology should be used to assist the teacher, because you cannot re-place a good teacher.”
Teacher shows ‘Howe Two’
Using classical Egyptian imagery instead of something contemporary helps keep the site from looking dated, Leslie Howe says.
Leslie Howe sits at a computer showing the main menu for math programs she has created. Photos by Betsy Pickle
create computer programs
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NEWS FROM PROVISION
By Shana Raley-Lusk
Provision’s commitment to innovative healthcare solutions has made it an asset to the Knoxville area. Now, as the campus continues to grow and prosper, the rich resources Provision makes available to East Tennessee area patients and physicians are more apparent than ever.
Provision Health Alliance, located at Dowell Springs just off Middlebrook Pike in Knoxville, is a comprehensive clinical outpatient healthcare center. The unique campus consists of multiple physician practice groups, a comprehensive diagnostic imaging center, and advanced chemotherapy,
radiation and proton therapy centers. Provision’s ever-evolving campus is also home to Provision Health & Wellness, Provision Physical Therapy, and a nuclear pharmacy. The Provision campus also administers clinical trials and boasts research capabilities.
O r i g i n a l l y formed by multiple providers and physician groups that share common interests in providing new healthcare solutions to the Knoxville community, Provision Health Alliance aims to ultimately create a world-class comprehensive cancer treatment campus.
Dr. Terry Douglass, President of Provision Healthcare, played an important role in the development of positron emission tomography (PET) and its development globally. As a direct result of these PET innovations, cancer can now be diagnosed and treated earlier.
The availability of this lifesaving technology has forever changed the medical arena. Douglass brings this same vision to the table at Provision, where new
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Provision’s latest addition to the campus is the Proton Therapy Center, which is currently being constructed and is expected to open early next year. It will be the � rst of its kind in Tennessee. The Proton Therapy Center will provide the most advanced cancer treatment in the world. With three treatment rooms, the center will be able to treat up to 900 cancer patients each year. This type of treatment is currently only available at 13 other facilities in the nation.
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The Provision Center for Proton Therapy will begin treating patients in early 2014. The only treatment facility of its kind in Tennessee, proton therapy is the most advanced form of cancer treatment available today.
With its many state-of-the-art projects on the horizon, it is easy to see that Provision Health Alliance is having a positive impact on the Knoxville community. But the campus already includes many partners that are making differences in the lives of patients every day.
For instance, Knoxville Comprehensive Breast Center is one integral part of the Provision team. Well-known and respected in the Knoxville area, Knoxville Comprehensive Breast Center offers the most advanced diagnostic equipment and has the best specialists and comprehensive care available, all
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Provision Center for Biomedical Research is another of the Provision entities. This is a clinical research site management organization that serves the essential role as liaison between the pharmaceutical industry and physician groups to make innovative and relevant clinical research available to patients throughout the region. The center currently has more than 70 clinical trials in progress and is one of the largest in the Southeast.
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Provision’s many varied entities make it a pioneer of sorts in the Knoxville area. With highly- specialized professionals and the diversity of medical technologies offered on campus, Provision Health Alliance is changing the face of medical care in East Tennessee.
The experienced radiation therapy clinical team at Provision: (L to R) Kathleen Steele, Patient Services Coordinator; Leanna Thurman, Medical Dosimetrist; Susan Stinnett, Director of Clinical Operations; Marcio Fagundes, MD, board-certifi ed radiation oncologist and Medical Director of Provision Center for Proton Therapy; Allen Meek, MD, board-certifi ed radiation oncologist and Medical Director of Provision Medical Group; Kerry Clowers, radiation therapist; and, Sheri Stewardson, radiation therapist.
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event. Photos by Sherri Gardner Howell
Dawn Nichol helps guests at the Chamber networking event get in the mood for the beginning of football season – Big Orange style. Nichol is with Knoxville Photo Booth. Behind her is Steve Bannach with Konica Minolta.
By Sherri Gardner HowellThe Farragut West Knox
Chamber networking head-ed to The Town Framery to celebrate local artists on Aug. 29.
The event was festive and offered the crowds who at-tended good opportunities to meet and greet.
The Town Framery own-er Debi Tuttle hosted the
networking event at her unique shop at 12814 Kings-ton Pike.
It offers works by local artists, including regional potters, unusual gifts and custom framing. Tuttle, who has had the location in Farragut since 2004, has recently renovated and in-creased her number of ven-dors from “four or fi ve to 14
Steve Jergensen with ROK Financing and Samantha Martin with First Citizen Bank catch up at The Town Framery.
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or 16,” she explained.A favorite artist was on
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Networking events are held weekly at area busi-nesses for Farragut Cham-ber members. Some are morning gatherings, and others are held in the after-noon.
On the schedule for this week is a networking event from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Thurs-day, Sept. 5, at Tennova’s Turkey Creek Medical Cen-ter, 10820 Parkside Drive.
By Betty BeanJessie Evans, owner of
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Friends, which is man-aged by Evans’ parents, Lin-da and Rick Evans, is three stories crammed with col-lectibles, antiques and curi-osities. They’ll hold a raffl e.
Ellen Lee’s brother Dan Moriarty, the unoffi cial
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Fulton High School band members will be selling tickets for merry-go-round rides and the climbing wall at fi ve tickets for $1.
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Debbie Noho with
Designs for You,
Steve Jergensen
with ROK and
Meg Haufe with
Home Instead
say hello at the
Farragut chamber’s
networking event
at Abuelos. Photos by Nancy Anderson
Farragut West Knox Chamber president Bettye Sisco, center,
gathers Lynne Overton with Holiday Inn Express, Tom Overton
with Clarity Pointe, guest Zac Mixson and Ashton Lloyd with
Holiday Inn Express, for some refreshments at Abuelos.
Held at a diff erent small business local each week, the Farragut West Knox Chamber meet and great aff ords members the
opportunity to promote business growth in Knoxville. The event at Abuelos event drew 65 to 70 guests.
News from First Tennessee
Don Sproles Dinner aheadBy Pam Fansler
The second annual Don S p r o l e s M e m o r i a l Dinner, a fundraising event for the Vo l u n t e e r M i n i s t r y Center, will take place this Thurs-day, Sept. 5,
at the Crowne Plaza Hotel downtown.
The featured speaker is New York Times best-selling author and sports columnist Sally Jenkins. Jenkins wrote “Sum It Up: 1,098 Victories, A Couple of Irrelevant Losses, and a Life in Perspective” about Pat Summitt, former coach who was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s shortly before she led the Vols to their 16th SEC champion-ship. Coach Holly Warlick is honorary dinner chair.
Sproles and his wife, Kar-en, owners of the Lunchbox restaurants, were long-time supporters of Volun-teer Ministry Center. They served meals there once a month and also hired a number of VMC clients, giv-ing them a chance at mean-ingful employment.
The fi rst Don Sproles Me-
morial Dinner took place shortly after Sproles’ death in August 2012. Sproles had been elected chair of the VMC board of directors ear-lier that year and had looked forward to the non-profi t or-ganization’s 25th year. The anniversary dinner was re-named in Sproles’ honor and will be an annual event.
VMC’s mission is to fa-cilitate permanent support-ive housing for those who are homeless and to provide services to prevent home-lessness. The organization’s “Housing First” approach uses case management to assist individuals in se-curing housing. The Bush Family Refuge serves indi-viduals in danger of losing their homes. The center also operates a free dental clinic and provides 57 housing units at Minvilla Manor.
It’s not too late to make plans to attend the 2nd an-nual Don Sproles Memo-rial Dinner. Tickets to the reception are sold out, but some tickets to the dinner remain. To purchase tickets or to learn how you can sup-port the Volunteer Ministry Center, visit vmcinc.org.Pam Fansler is president, First Tennessee
Bank’s East Tennessee region.
Fansler
The Farragut West Knox Chamber Networking went south of the border in spirit on Aug. 15 with a trip to Abuelos restaurant, 11299 Parkside Drive in Turkey Creek.
The restaurant served guests samples from its
large menu, which offers everything from Tapas and small bites to house specialties.
The jalapeño cheese fritters and spinach stuffed mushrooms were getting rave reviews from the 65 to 70 guests who attended the
networking event.Abuelos also offers lunch
specials, a children’s menu and a gluten-sensitive menu for guests who need to eat gluten-free. Host for the Chamber event from the restaurant was John Volpe.
Networking events
are held weekly at area businesses for Farragut Chamber members. Some are morning gatherings, and others are held in the afternoon. For a complete list: www.Farragutchamber.com.
Chamber members say ‘hola’ at Abuelos
By Sherri Gardner HowellThe Rev. David Bluford’s
normal duty as a member of the Rotary Club of Farra-gut is to offer the prayer of thanksgiving for the noon meal as the weekly meet-ings begin, a task befi tting his role as chaplain and di-rector of ministry at Park-west Medical Center.
On Aug. 28, Bluford came running between the tables, blowing his whistle loudly and decked out in stripes. Bluford is a high school football offi cial, and he helped kick off the fall season with a Rotary pro-gram on offi ciating.
The striped uniform that is the traditional uniform of the offi cials came about years ago after referees were confused for players during the game, Bluford
Learning from the man in stripes
said. “This is the last year for this uniform, according to our governing body, the TSSAA. We will still be in stripes next year, but they will be a little wider stripe,” he said.
In answer to why anyone would want to be a football offi cial, Bluford said his journey came “after years of yelling at offi cials.”
He said, “I have a real love of the game of football and fi nally decided that learning to be an offi cial would be a good way to re-ally learn the rules of the game and to stay involved.” Bluford works high school football games as part of a fi ve, or occasionally sev-en, person crew where he serves as a line judge. For 29 schools in the Knoxville Football Offi cials Associa-tion, the local organization that oversees and schedules referees, there are 13 crews which can be assigned to the ballgames. Supervisors evaluate the crews, grade them and report the grades to the offi cials. College ref-erees have their own associ-ation and governing bodies, Bluford explained.
Fielding the expected
eye-sight jokes as easily as the serious questions, Blu-ford told the group that be-ing an offi cial is a physically demanding job and takes more hours of work that just game time.
“Once you get to the col-lege or NFL level – and you have to be invited to even apply – there is a lot of work involved. Offi cials review the tapes of the teams, take weekly written exams on the rules and have a lot of work to do off the fi eld.
And, about that coveted “where the action is” spot on the fi eld, Bluford said, “It is worst place in world to see a ballgame! You are so focused on your zone and so close to what is happening in front of you, you don’t get the great view that you do from the stands.”
The Rev. David Bluford
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NEWS FROM GRACE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF KNOXVILLE
Grace art
to combat modern slavery By Shannon Morris
Grace Christian Academy’s logo con-tains the motto that drives all we do: Lead, Build, Equip.
To that end, we take tremendous pride in hearing examples of alumni who are using the solid foundation provided by Grace and making a difference in their communities.
One such alum is Harrison Collins (Class of 2011), a young man with a pas-sion for ending the devastation and curse of modern slavery, specifi cally relating to young ladies who are bound by painful circumstances and shame.
Harrison, along with his girlfriend Suzy Schrimsher and friend Melissa Dukes, have started a website called free-dovemarket.com, a resource that sells
donated artwork to raise funds to fi ght this terrible blight. All of the proceeds from the sale of the artwork goes di-rectly to a Christian ministry called Love UnVeiled, an organization devoted to setting women free to be all that God intended them to be.
Harrison is currently working with the art department at Grace after art teacher Shannon Johnson showed a video about this effort to her class. The students have been given the option to donate any of their artwork to the web-site throughout the year. To date, nearly 30 pieces of art have been donated, with more to come. Grace students, both past and present, are working together to bring change to a hurting world in the name of Christ.
Grace Christian Academy art teacher Shannon Johnson and alumnus Harrison Collins.
By Linda Comfort
Grace Christian Academy senior Rachel Chamberlain was re-cently awarded the Girl Scouts Gold Award.
The Gold Award represents the highest
achievement in the Girl
Scouts. As a Gold Award recipient, Rachel will be-come part of an elite group of women who have shared their passions and ideas with their communities.
To achieve her Gold Award, Rachel traveled to Lonsdale Elementary
Rachel Chamberlain earns Gold Award
Middle school volleyball serves an ace! By Shannon Morris
Volleyball fans are well aware that success begins with serv-ing well. The school year has just gotten started, but the GCA Middle school volleyball teams are already learning the impor-tance of serving well – on and off the court. Aside from striving for athletic achievements, the teams have been serving in the commu-nity as well.
Recently, the girls trekked across the street to Riverbirch, a senior citizens apartment com-plex. These industrious students hand-washed the windows in all 20 units and the clubhouse. They also cleaned the outdoor furniture, painted the concrete garden planter and pulled weeds from all of the rock beds. More importantly, the girls also got to know the residents who came outside to watch the work.
The volleyball coaches pre-pared some VIP passes and dis-tributed them to each resident. These passes will allow each
resident free admission to all of the GCA middle school home volleyball matches. Many of the residents promised the girls that they would come over to watch them play.
After the day was done, the girls came up with two ideas on their own. First, each team member “adopted” a senior citizen as their own and wrote them a personal note. The girls will continue with this commu-nication throughout the volley-ball season. Second, the teams unanimously volunteered to do another project with these spe-cial people, and came up with the idea of putting together a Sunday dinner and serving the residents, which they hope to do in the near future.
When the work day was over, the teams prayed with one of the residents who has a relative be-ing attended by hospice care. Re-gardless of how well these ath-letes perform on the volleyball court during the season, they have already served up an ace!
School every Tuesday and Thursday of the last school year and taught a healthy-eating class. Rachel was prompted to do this project when she discovered that Lonsdale Elementary has the third highest obesity rate of students in Tennessee.
Under Rachel’s tutelage, the students learned about all the different food groups, portion control and exercise. Her students
practiced a more active lifestyle by playing on the playground. The students completed worksheets in both English and Spanish in Rachel’s class and took the worksheets home to their parents so they could practice healthy eating as a family.
Rachel and other Tennes-see Gold Award recipients will accept their awards in a statewide ceremony in the spring of 2014.
Rachel Chamberlain with a
Lonsdale Elementary School
student. Photo by Adam Chamberlain
The Grace Christian Academy middle school volleyball team gathers with a Riverbirch resident (standing,
center). They are: (front) head coach Tanna Storie, Katie Storie; (back) Allie Corum, Kara Nipper, Lily Duncan,
Emory Bowman, Emily Keaton, Elizabeth Human, Aly Coff ey, Gentry McReynolds, Darby Flickinger, Keana
Way, Santana White, Makenly Smith, Michelle Lower, Dexter Reasons, Loren Rudl, Faith Hammond and
Abby Phillips.
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Surgery resolves retired principal’s painful hiatal herniaHenrietta Grant can finally
eat again without throwing up. For much of 2012, the retired Knoxville high school principal suffered severe nausea and pain after every meal.
“I was miserable. For months and months, I threw up every-thing I ate,” remembers Grant. “I couldn’t even go to Bible study without getting sick. It was em-barrassing.”
At first, the 77-year-old tried over-the-counter medicine, and then prescription anti-acids, but neither stopped the constant pain and sickness.
“It got worse and worse,” says Grant. “I told my doctor ‘I can’t live like this.’ I thank God that he introduced me to Dr. Kelly.”
After running several tests, her gastroenterologist discov-ered that Grant had a large hia-tal hernia that was causing her stomach and a section of her esophagus to slide up into her chest. Her physician referred her to Dr. Michael Kelly of Premier Surgical Associates at Parkwest Medical Center for surgery to treat the condition.
“I told my doctor ‘I can’t live like this.’ I thank God he introduced me to Dr. Kelly.” – Hiatal hernia patient Henrietta Grant
Since undergoing Anti-refl ux surgery at Parkwest Medical Center,
Henrietta Grant is able to eat again without getting sick.
“Surgery provides a durable repair of hiatal hernias and is a time-tested remedy for refl ux.” – Dr. Michael E. Kelly, Surgeon
Hiatal hernia – More than just heartburn
Some 15 percent of Americans have hiatal her-nias. If the hernia is small, in many cases there are no symptoms and the person may not even be aware of the condition. But, those with a large hiatal hernia may experience severe symptoms such as pain in the chest and abdomen, nausea, and trouble swal-lowing.
A hiatal hernia occurs at the opening in the diaphragm where the esophagus passes through to connect to the stom-ach. The most common type is a “sliding” small hernia that is mostly associated with refl ux. Progressively larger hernias can occur over time where the entire stomach or oth-er organs can become
trapped in the chest, causing pain or trouble swallowing.
“People may be candidates for sur-gery if their symptoms progress to the point where lifestyle modifi cation and medications can no longer provide relief. Surgery is also sometimes con-sidered when one cannot or does not want to take medication long term,” explains Dr. Michael E. Kelly, a Mayo Clinic minimally invasive fel-lowship- trained surgeon with Premier Surgical Associates at Park-west Medical Center.
L a p a r o s c o p i c surgery uses just a few small incisions and a special scope that a l l o w the surgeon to see inside the body. For patients, these procedures are mini-mally invasive and typically result in less pain, scarring, infection and a quicker recovery.
The laparoscopic anti-refl ux sur-gery involves reducing the stomach
back into the abdomen where it once was, repairing the diaphragm hernia and performing a fun-
doplication or “stomach wrap” that mimics the normal valve at the bottom of the
esophagus. But, Dr. Kelly advises that hiatal
hernia surgery isn’t a quick fi x and isn’t for everyone.
“The hardest part is acclimat-ing to the new anatomy in the few months after the surgery,” he ex-plains.
Patients are limited to a liq-uid or pureed diet for a couple of weeks post-surgery as their stom-ach and esophagus heal. They are
also encouraged to chew care-fully and eat smaller, more fre-quent meals.
Dr. Kelly says the main goal of surgery is to relieve symptoms
and allow people to discontinue their antacid medication perma-
nently. These goals can be achieved successfully in 85-90 percent of pa-tients.
“Surgery provides a durable re-pair of hiatal hernias and is a time-tested
remedy for refl ux,” says Dr. Kelly.
For physician referral or more information about surgical
treatments for hiatal hernia and acid re-
fl ux, visit www.TreatedWell.com or call 865-374-PARK.
How to avoid
The painful heartburn symptoms of gastroesophageal refl ux disease (GERD) and hiatal hernia can often be managed with a few simple lifestyle changes:
✱ Avoid overeating. Chew carefully and eat smaller portions and meals.
✱ Don’t lie down immediately after a meal. Wait at least three hours before going to bed.
✱ Avoid foods that trigger heartburn such as fried and fatty foods, peppermint, tomato products, chocolate, caffeine, and energy and citrus drinks.
✱ Control alcohol consumption.
✱ Lose weight, if necessary.
✱ Quit smoking.
✱ Elevate the head of your bed about six inches.
Monitor the medications you take – some may irritate the lining of your esophagus or stomach.
Grant, who was nervous about the idea of surgery, took her daughter with her to meet Dr. Kelly. “We immediately liked him. He was very soothing and c o n f i d e n t , and listened to what I had to say,” says Grant.
Grant says even before the surgery, the staff at Parkwest im-mediately put her at ease. “When I went for the pre-surgery tests, the lady was warm and caring. I was terrified about having blood work done, but they were so kind. I knew I was going to have a really fine experience at Parkwest.”
Dr. Kelly performed a laparo-scopic repair of her hiatal her-nia and an anti-reflux stomach “wrap” procedure called “Fundo-plication.” Laparoscopic surgery is minimally invasive and uses a few small incisions and a special
camera to allow the surgeon tosee inside the body. The benefitsinclude less pain, scarring and a quicker recovery.
“It was just four tiny holes andI didn’t have any pain,” Grant says of the surgery. “I can’t say enough about Dr. Kelly. He’s wonderful – I’m so glad he did my sur-gery.”
After sev-eral weeks of healing and
adhering to liquid diet, Grant was able to eat again withoutgetting sick.
“I feel really good and thank the Lord every day for Dr. Kelly.I can eat now, and eat BIG, if I want to,” says Grant. “I wish Dr. Kelly could operate on everyonewho has the same problem!”
For more information or physician referral, visit www.TreatedWell.com or call 865-374-PARK.
Dr. Michael E.
Kelly
B-2 • SEPTEMBER 2, 2013 • Shopper news
TUESDAY & SATURDAY, SEPT. 3 & 7Farmers market
The Dixie Lee Farmers Market is open 3-6 p.m. Tues-day, Sept. 3, at the Pinnacle at Turkey Creek (across from the theater). It is open 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, Sept. 7, at Renaissance | Farragut.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 4Networking group
A new Farragut chapter of Business Network Inter-national will meet from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 4, at Meksiko Cantina, 120 West End Ave.
There is no charge to attend as a visitor, and fi rst-timers will be treated to lunch.
The group’s goal is to assist professionals in growing their businesses through building relationships, word-of-mouth advertising and referral generation. Only one person per profession will be admitted into the chapter for permanent membership.
FRIDAY-SUNDAY, SEPT. 6-15Tennessee Valley Fair
The 94th annual Tennessee Valley Fair opens Friday, Sept. 6, and runs through Sunday, Sept. 15, at Chilhowee Park.
The fair includes hundreds of exhibits and contests, including LEGO and photography, plus rides on the mid-way, food and concerts. On opening day, from 3 to 4:34 p.m., admission is $1 in celebration of the 94th anniver-sary. For a full schedule, visit TNValleyFair.org.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 7Children’s book signing
Local children’s book author Jean Leigh Claudette will sign and sell copies of her latest books from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7, at Smart Toys and Books, 9700 Kingston Pike.
For each book purchased, the buyer will receive free entry 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7, to Tataru’s Gymnas-tics, 11207 Outlet Drive.
There will be live music by Harvest Home, illustra-tions by Cotton Tucker, door prizes, balloon art, face painting, storyboard/mystery hour, brainy bucks, food by Chick-Fil-A and a visit from the Chick-Fil-A cow.
Claudette’s books include “The Classifi ed Files of Sweet William Farm,” “The Classifi ed Files, JD’s Ad-venture Continues,” “Mercedes James on Birdies, Mice, Cookies & Clocks” and “Mercedes James Shrugs, Hugs and Other Valuable Things.” She won fi rst and second place in children’s literature at the 2012 Tennessee Mountain Writer’s Conference.
Info: [email protected] or visit jeanleighclaudettekidbooks.com.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 7Bird talk at library
Oliver Lang of the Knoxville Ornithological Society will present a program at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 7, at the Farragut Library on “Migratory Birds Talk and Walk.” He will discuss how and why birds migrate in the fall. After the talk, Lang will lead a walk through Campbell Station Park to look for migrating birds. Bring binoculars and walking shoes.
SUNDAY, SEPT. 8Mocs get-together
The Knoxville Region UT Chattanooga Alumni Chap-ter will meet for food, games and good times with fellow Mocs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 8, at the Cove at Concord Park, 11808 S. Northshore Drive.
Alumni are invited to bring lunch, family and friends. Info: Natalie Mohr at [email protected] or 865-470-
3790, or visit the Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/Knoxville.Mocs.
MONDAY, SEPT. 9Job Resources Group
The Job Resources Group will meet from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Monday, Sept. 9, at Concord United Meth-odist Church, 11020 Roane Drive. The group provides assistance in preparing for interviews, revising resumes and fi nding employment.
MONDAY, SEPT. 9Tai Chi classes
The Taoist Tai Chi Society of the USA will launch a beginning Tai Chi class with an open house from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 9, at Peace Lutheran Church, 621 North Cedar Bluff Road.
The society is a nonprofi t organization focused on promoting Tai Chi and its health benefi ts. Tai Chi is touted as reducing tension, improving circulation and balance, and increasing fl exibility and strength. Info: 865-482-7761, or visit www.taoist.org.
MONDAY-THURSDAY, SEPT. 9-12Appalachian dulcimer classes
Courses in how to play the Appalachian dulcimer begin Sept. 9 at Pellissippi State Community College.
At the Blount County Campus, 2731 W. Lamar Al-exander Parkway in Friendsville, a novice class starts Monday, Sept. 9, and an intermediate class on Tuesday, Sept. 10. A beginner course starts Thursday, Sept. 12, at the Hardin Valley Campus, 10915 Hardin Valley Road.
Info: Rudy Ryan, 865-966-1995. To register, call 865-539-7167.
TUESDAY & SATURDAY, SEPT. 10 & 14Farmers market
The Dixie Lee Farmers Market is open 3-6 p.m. Tues-day, Sept. 10, at the Pinnacle at Turkey Creek (across from the theater). It is open 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, Sept. 14, at Renaissance Farragut.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 13Taste of Turkey Creek
The Taste of Turkey Creek will be hosted by the Pin-nacle at Turkey Creek from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 13. The fundraiser for the Pat Summitt Foundation’s fi ght against Alzheimer’s will take place in the parking lot be-tween Bonefi sh Grill and Fleming’s.
Cuisine from 16 restaurants in Turkey Creek will be showcased. Attendees can enjoy food and drink samples, bid on dozens of items in the silent auction and see fall fashions from Pinnacle retailers while enjoying live enter-tainment by the Chillbillies.
Participating restaurants include Abuelos, Bombay Pal-ace, Bonefi sh Grill, Buffalo Wild Wings, Cru Bistro & Wine Bar, Flemings, Gigi’s Cupcakes, Great American Cookie, Irish Times, Mimi’s Café, Noodles & Co., Olive Garden, Pei Wei, Schakolad Chocolate Factory, Seasons and The Cup.
Tickets are $15 in advance at www.turkeycreek.com (click on the Pinnacle logo) or 865-675-0120. Tickets at the event will be $20.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 14Concert at the Cove
The Second Saturday Concert at the Cove will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, at The Cove in Concord Park, 11808 Northshore Drive. The free family-friendly event will feature a performance by Second Opinion. If the concert is canceled due to inclement weather, notice will be made at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Knox-County-Parks-Rec/55197043075 and www.knoxcounty.org.
SUNDAY, SEPT. 15‘Gettysburg’ screening
The Farragut Folklife Museum will host a free “Civil War Afternoon at the Movies” presentation of “Get-tysburg” at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 15, at Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive.
The 1993 fi lm, based on a novel by Michael Shaara, stars Tom Berenger, Martin Sheen and Stephen Lang. The event is part of the museum’s celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Campbell Station.
Seating will begin at 1:45 p.m. The movie is rated PG and has an approximate running time of four hours and 30 minutes. There will be a 10-minute intermis-sion and refreshments at 4:15 p.m.
MONDAY, SEPT. 16Free Day of Putt-Putt
The 22nd annual Free Day of Putt-Putt will be held noon to 9 p.m. Monday, Sept. 16, at Putt-Putt Golf & Games, 164 West End Ave.
Presented by the town of Farragut and Putt-Putt Golf & Games, the event is designed to build community and to provide a safe, entertaining activity for families. Info: Lauren Cox, [email protected] or 865-966-7057.
TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 17-18AARP driver courses
AARP Driver Safety Courses will be offered from noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18, and Wednesday, Sept. 18, at Roane County United Way, 2735 Roane State Highway, Harriman.
Anyone age 50 or over may attend. To be eligible for a discount (up to 10 percent) on auto insurance, participants must be 55 or older and complete eight hours of class time.
Taught by trained AARP volunteers, the program covers such topics as age-related physical changes and declining perceptual skills and serves as a refresher course for the rules of the road, local driving prob-lems and license-renewal requirements. Info: Carolyn Rambo, 865-584-9964.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 19Free budget classes
The Good Samaritan Center of Loudon County of-fers free budget classes on the third Thursday of each month at the center, 119 “A” St., Lenoir City.
The classes are provided by CredAbility, a nonprofi t credit counseling and education agency, and offer one-on-one help with the basics of personal fi nance. Info and registration: Paula Roach, 865-986-1777, ext. 12.
THURSDAY-SUNDAY, SEPT. 19-22Knoxville Film Festival
The Knoxville Film Festival will be held Thursday-Sun-day, Sept. 19-22, at Regal Cinemas’ Downtown West 8.
The festival will screen 75 independent fi lms, including documentary and narrative features and shorts, a Tennessee Film competition, 7-Day Shootout competition and “Battle Cry of Freedom” student fi lm competition. There will be workshops, special guests and children’s programming.
Prices range from free for the workshops to $10 for individual tickets to $100 for VIP festival passes.
A special conversation with sci-fi /SFX screenwriter Michael Miner from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21, will be $10. For info: www.knoxvillefi lmfestival.com.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 21Children’s consignment sale
Concord United Methodist Church is sponsoring a children’s consignment sale from 8 a.m. to noon at the church, 11020 Roane Drive. A half-price sale will be held from 12:30 to 2 p.m.
The sale will include quality, gently used clothing, toys, books, furniture and other items for children ages birth to teens. Info: 865-996-6728 or visit www.concordumc.com.
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Shopper news • SEPTEMBER 2, 2013 • B-3
Right off Clinton High-way in Powell, settled in among leafy trees and green lawns, there’s a group of people who love your dogs and cats almost as much as you do. They’ve been in the business of caring for ani-mals for 30 years, and this Saturday they’re throwing a big party.
Birchwood Kennels, owned and operated by champion AKC breeder/shower Rob Satoloe, styles itself as a “lodge” for pets whose owners are out of town. Approaching the rustic main office on a shady path, visitors pass a goldfish pond with a gur-gling waterfall. “Welcome Campers” says a sign.
childhood cocker spaniel. Satoloe’s father was strict about the dog’s care, and if the boy failed to groom her each and every Sunday, ex-tra lawn mowing awaited him. Those high standards stuck. The pets at Birch-wood Kennels enjoy spot-less quarters.
“A vet once said, ‘There’s cleanliness, there’s obses-sive cleanliness, and then there’s Rob,’” he recalls with a grin.
A native of Skokie, Ill., he came to East Tennessee in 1982 and stayed when he witnessed dogs living in deplorable conditions.
“My whole life changed when I saw the way ani-mals were being treated.”
He bought a 14-run kennel and began renovat-ing and expanding. Today the kennel has 50 runs.
His small, friendly staff includes kennel manager
and former narcotics K-9 police officer David Boone, groomer Linda Sheraw, and kennel techs Melissa Taylor, Tyler Dunn, and Nicole Monka. During my visit Taylor was happy to give a tour, and showed obvious pride in the way the animals are cared for. Each pet has a meticulous-ly detailed chart specifying food preferences and other individual quirks. “Likes blue blanket,” reads one.
“These are people’s ba-bies,” says Taylor. “I love working here. Even though it is a business, most of us are here because we love dogs.” Cats also enjoy spa-cious, temperature-con-trolled quarters at Birch-wood Kennels.
The big 30th anniver-sary blowout, scheduled for 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Satur-day, Sept. 7, started out as “a couple of hot dog stands for my clients, but then it snowballed,” says Satoloe. There’ll be educational tables, exhibitions and a free photographer for pet/owner portraits (reserva-tion times are suggested for this service).
And it’s a fundraiser. Sa-toloe, who had no financial assistance of his own for college, wants to help UT Veterinary Medical College students. He’s a member of the UTVMC Benefactors’ Society and has named the school in his will, but wants to do more. And the scholarship recipient will be held to a high standard.
Satoloe specifies: “I re-quire that they hold at least a 3.5 GPA, and they donate to an animal cause.”
Carol Zinavage
Carol’s Corner
“Happy campers”
Kennel tech Melissa Taylor and owner Rob Satoloe in Birch-
wood Kennels’ cozy offi ce.
The agility course at Birchwood Kennels. Owner Rob Satoloe is an AKC-certifi ed trainer. Photos by Carol Zinavage
Happy campers
There’s still time to get in on this nonprofit event, and small businesses wish-ing to set up a booth are asked to donate $35.
More information and reservations for the afore-mentioned photo sittings can be found at www.birchwoodkennels.com, or by calling 938-3201. The business is located at 2709 West Beaver Creek Drive in Powell.
Right now Satoloe is in Florida, rating a litter of puppies for AKC consider-ation. His staff is keeping a close eye on Birchwood’s lodgers and preparing the
kennel for a new paint job.When he returns, he’ll begetting ready for the partyand spending time withhis own beloved Englishspringer spaniels, whom hechose as a breed because“they can keep up withme!” He also has a muttnamed Eustace, whom hesaved from doggie deathrow.
“Fancy show dogs, mutts– they’re all equal to me,”says Satoloe. “I’ve beentaking care of Knoxvillepets since 1983, and we re-ally do bend over backwardfor them.”Send story suggestions to news@Shop-
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“Here Comes the Sun” plays over the sound sys-tem.
It’s a happy place. Satoloe confirms.
“There’s a lot of humor here,” he says. “I have cli-ents who call me just to pick their day up.”
His love of dogs began with Lysa J. Pettipaws, his
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Cemetery Lots 492 Cemetery Lots,
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2 Lots, Highland Mem. West, side-by-side. Reg $2200 ea., priv. owner. Sell $1500 ea./o.b.o. 865-688-4196
3 LOTS. Lynnhurst Cemetery.
$1200 each. 865-687-3672
8 PLOTS at Woodhaven
Memorial Gardens, Edgemoor Rd.,
Powell. Will sell in units of two. Each plot $1500 or best
offer. Call 865-659-1201.
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Apts - Unfurnished 71NEAR CHERRY ST. 2BR, 1BA, new carpet & paint, appls. + WD included. $475 mo. +
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Apts - Furnished 72WALBROOK STUDIOS
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Wanted To Rent 82Ret. Private Detective
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Cats 140HIMALAYAN KITTENS, champion bloodlines, $275 & up. 865-306-3536
or 423-295-2233.
Dogs 141CHIHUAHUAS, M&F,
AKC/CKC, 8-16 wks old, small size, $200-$350. 865-216-5770
***Web ID# 295407***
Eng. Golden Retrievers, AKC, M&F health guar., champ bldlns, $1250. 740-352-5278
***Web ID# 294937***
GERMAN SHEPHERD AKC German Champ line puppies, 6 wks.
8/18. $400. 865-376-2961 www.cherokeespringsshepherds.com
GOLDENDOODLE PUPS, F1. $700. www.kycountrydoodles.com 270-566-4167
***Web ID# 295323***
Jack Russell Terriers, M&F, reg., all shots, short hair, $250-$300. 865-216-5770
***Web ID# 295406***
Dogs 141MIN. DACHSHUND
Puppies, full blood, long hair, 10 wks old, 865-548-5550
Siberian Huskey pups, CKC, blue eyes, male/fem., blk-grey & wht. 6 wks. $300 ea. 931-510-4269
YORKIES: beautiful AKC quality Ch. li. pups. M & F. $350 & up. 865-591-7220; 865-463-0963
***Web ID# 297059***
Free Pets 145
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HOME, medium-sized female dog, about 5 yrs old. 789-4808
Farmer’s Market 150Ferguson Tractor
TO30 1948, good cond., $1800.
865-257-8672
KUBOTA TRACHOE 161-3 2006, enclosed cab, hyd. thumb, 1100 hrs. $42,000. 423-319-7251.
Lawn-Garden Equip. 190Craftsman Riding
Mower 1998, 19.5 B & S, 6 sp., 42" cut. $450. 423-562-0591 lv msg
Kubota GR2100 lawn mower, 2005 model, with 784 dealer service hours, 21 HP diesel eng. w/54" deck, glide steering ability to make 70 deg. turn, looks great, runs good, $5,250. 865-740-9300; 865-525-1864
Machinery-Equip. 193KUBOTA TRACHOE
161-3 2006, enclosed cab, hyd. thumb, 1100 hrs. $42,000. 423-319-7251.
TV/Electronics 19742" SHARP TV,
1080P HDTV, used 6 days, $350. Phone 865-919-8997
Household Furn. 204
BIG SALE!
B & C MATTRESS, Full $99, Queen, $125, King, $199. Pillow Top.
865-805-3058.
Household Appliances 204aREFRIGERATOR,
18.5 cu.ft., Ice maker. Good condition. $250. 865-924-0272
Bicycles 218CANNONDALE
MOUNTAIN BIKE, F7 model. $300. Call 865-323-1245
NEW Rhodes Car Quadracycle, dual 7 spd, fully equipped, sell $3,000, pd $4200. 865-379-6626
Medical Supplies 219Hoveround Teknique
FWD, new batteries, good cond. $700. 865-523-8874
JAZZY HANDICAP SCOOTER,
$450. Perfect cond. Call 865-556-6050
Boats Motors 232ASTRO 2000, 20 ft, fish
or ski, 200 Mercury, low hrs. Trolling mtr, 2 livewells, walk-thru windshield, Bimini top, trailer, $7500. 865-776-9788
Eagle Boat Trailer, 31', tri-axle, alloy wheels, each axle 6,000 lbs., surge brakes, great cond., $4,200. 865-318-9399
FOUR WINNS 254 Funship Deck Boat, 350 Chev., Volvo Penta outdrive w/twin props, great shape, new canvas, alum. trailer, $13,500. 865-680-2656
SEA RAY 1989 180 bowrider, V6, 175 HP,
exc. shape, $3250. Call 865-216-6154.
TERRY SUN SPORT 17', w/115 HP Johnson mtr., new Transom, floor, carpet & whls.
Nice! Reduced to $5800. Call Dan, 865-705-1336. Must sell due to illness.
Campers 2352006 5th wheel Sunny-
brook Titan, 32', BW-KSLX. 1 ownr, non smoker, exc cond. Many extras. $26K. Optional 2006 F250 Lariat Crew Cab diesel, 4WD, slider hitch, good cond, only 35K mi. Warr. to 72K mi. $27K. 865-983-4003
***Web ID# 292272***
SPRINTER 2004, 30' Bunkhouse Model, 303BH, no pets or smokers, $9,500. 865-356-6368
Motor Homes 2371999 WINNEBAGO
Adventurer model 34V, 275HP diesel Cummings engine, 7500 Onan generator, exhaust brake, self contained, washer/ dryer, gas stove +
microwave/convection oven, 2 AC's, gas/elec. refrig. & water heater. Tremendous storage, sleeps 6, 2 exit doors & 1 slide out. 73K miles. Asking $33,000. 423-639-2253 (Greeneville)
***Web ID# 297995***
2000 Winnebago Journey, 36' with slide out,
diesel, Freightliner, KVH satellite. $43,000. 865-376-3064
2007 31' Four Winds Hurricane, 2 slides, Triton V-10 gas, 14,700 mi, factory cruise, auto leveling, gen., backup camera, hitch, non smoking, no pets, very clean, much more. $39,000. Located in Sevier-ville. 574-780-1502
***Web ID# 292919***
BERKSHIRE 2008, diesel, 4 slides, 38 ft., garage kept. $98,000. 865-992-3547 or 776-1991.
***Web ID# 291478***
DOLPHIN 2002 36 ft motor home, 30k mi, Workhorse chassis, 502 GM eng., 2 slides, Michelin tires, auto. satellite, 2 TVs, 2 ACs, full bsmt storage, 6.5 gen. Asking $34,000. 865-805-8038.
Four Winds Hurricane 2006, 34 ft, Class A, V10 gas eng. 3 slide outs, air shocks, auto. leveling jacks, 1 owner, non-smoker, 9600 mi, exc. cond. $50,900. 865-804-4747
***Web ID# 296521***
Motorcycles 238BMW R60/2 1968, 600 CC Classic, 19,900 mi., exc. cond., windshld, lthr saddlebags, orig. tool kit., $9500.
931-337-9282
Motorcycles 238Harley Davidson Ultra Classic 2009 motor cycle, 1032 mi. $17,500. 865-256-4901 Maryville
HARLEY Wide Glide 2012, 2K mi,
$12,000. 423-237-2508
HONDA GOLDWING Trike 1988, only 11K mi, like new, 1st $10,000 firm. 865-397-1012; 865-397-6396
HONDA VALKYRIE 1997, standard
With 32K miles, $4300. 865-256-8099.
Repairable Wrecks 249BUICK CENTURY
2005, with 91K act. mi., $1800 obo. Call 865-690-2782
Autos Wanted 253A BETTER CASH
OFFER for junk cars, trucks, vans, running
or not. 865-456-3500
Utility Trailers 255CLOSED CARGO /
MOTORCYCLE / etc. trailer w/rear ramp door. 3 ft. Sharp V nose. Special ordered w/two 5000 lb. axle & 6 lug hubs. 30 amp hook up w/interior wall plugs & 2 ceiling lights. Spare tire. Ask-ing $4000. 865-805-8038
TRAILER 4X8, Steel bed, 15" tires, tilts, $585. Call 865-966-9580
UTILITY TRAILER, 20 FT. 50"W, dual axles, steel floor, $950. 423-562-0591
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Vans 256CHEVY ASTRO 2005 passenger van, 106K + miles, trailering
pkg., am/fm/cd/cass. sound sys., AC, recent
transm., $9,000. 865-691-4019.
HONDA ODYSSEY 2012 EXL, leather, sunroof, 25k mi, $23,900. 423-295-5393
PLYMOUTH VOYAGER '98. Auto., New batt., gd tires, runs, 2nd ownr $1700 obo. 865-774-3400
Trucks 257Dodge Ram PU, 2005,
bad mtr, 4x4, body & trans. good cond. $2500 obo. 865-475-6218
FORD F350 2008
DRW 4x4 6.4 Twin Turbo, 65K mi., New Tires. New Custom
Aluminum Bed w/80g aux. fuel tank,
gooseneck hitch, Reese receiver.
$34,000. 423-625-3866.
FORD RANGER XLT 2004, exc cond, 104K mi, $7200. Call Mike 865-200-8243
TOYOTA 1992, V6, Ext Cab, Tommy lift & orig. tailgate, $2700 obo. 865-579-3366
Antiques Classics 2601929 FORD Model A
Roadster, fully restored, exc cond.
mechanically, show quality, asking $22,500, pd $30,000. 865-379-6626
1941 Ford Custom Conv., dual carb flathead, bronze w/white top, $16,500. 865-882-5969 or 865-621-9143
1953 Cadillac Deville, 4 dr, all orig., runs very good, good tires, $17,500. 865-850-2008
Antiques Classics 2601955 CHEVY
2 DR WAGON Must sell.
Call 423-237-2508
1967 Austin Healy Sprite MK 3, rebuilt, many extra parts, only made 3 yrs, needs TLC, $13,000 obo. 865-202-1586
***Web ID# 292093***
CORVETTE 1987 Metallic gray, t-top Low mileage, $9000.
931-456-6686
DATSUN 280ZX 1980, Ltd Ed., 10th anniv. 1 of 3000. Orig. ownr. 137k. Needs TLC. B.O. 423-304-9009.
Sport Utility 261Chev Tahoe 1999
$2900 obo 865-933-3175; 388-5136
GMC YUKON 2008
black, 6.0L, V8, Interior/Exterior,
loaded, perfect cond. $27,500. 865-223-2738.
HONDA PILOT EXL, 2011, sunroof, leather, 16K mi., $21,900. 423-295-5393
KIA SPORTAGE 2009 EX, leather, AT, V6, gar. kept, 26K mi, $15,500. 865-357-3130
TOYOTA RAV 4 2003, white & gray, 24 mpg, sunrf, 150K mi, 4 new tires, $5,200. 423-307-3610
Imports 262ACURA 2000 TL 3.2 w/
Nav, Pearl White, Tan Int, New Michelin Tires, Chrome Wheels, Every Opt. One Owner, only 145K Miles. $5900 Firm. 865-221-5684
***Web ID# 292562***
ALFA ROMEO Spyder 1986, 80K mi.,
black/tan int. AC, $9500. 931-337-9282.
BMW 328i 1998, S/roof, lthr, htd seats, new belts, tires good cond. Exc. cond, $4650 obo. 865-680-3250. ***Web ID# 291781***
BMW 525i 2003, blk on blk, 118k mi, $8200. Michelin tires. Call text 865-660-6562
***Web ID# 297545***
BMW LI 2008, loaded, white ext., tan int. new Michelin tires, gar. kept, great cond. 65K mi., Halls area, $28,800. Call 865-274-9045.
TOYOTA AVALON 2002, white, good cond, 1 owner, 171K mi, $6995. 865-548-6503
TOYOTA CAMRY LE 2007, AT, sunrf, lthr, spoiler, 42K mi, $12,700. 865-556-9162
TOYOTA COROLLA S 2003, 1 Owner, Low mi, tinted windows, $7,300. 865-556-9162
TOYOTA COROLLA S 2007, 82K mi., good shape, $6500. Call 423-438-8574.
Sports 264MAZDA RX8 2006,
LAMBO DOORS, CLEAN & FAST ! $10,490. 865-567-9249
Domestic 265BUICK LESABRE 2002, blue, $3000. Below blue bk, well maint., very good cond. 423-721-8455.
BUICK Park Ave 1992, $1600 obo.
Call 865-933-3175 or 865-388-5136
Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham 1995, new vinyl roof, a beautiful & rare car, hard to find, $2,975 firm. Ken 865-599-2359
CHEVY MALIBU 2008, gold, AT, elec. seats & windows, 4 dr, exc. cond. 40,250 mi. $13,000. 865-207-0090
Domestic 265CHEVY CAMARO
2011, beautiful red with white stripes, 6 cyl. AT w/tap shift, 20" wheels, 20,600 miles, exc. cond. $24,000. 423-626-9601 or 423-489-7105.
Ford Mustang Shelby 2007, 10,100 mi, blk w/ gray lthr, 319 HP V8
5 sp, $23,900. 865-773-6514
Fencing 327
FENCE WORK Instal-lation & repair. Free est. 43 yrs exp! Call 973-2626.
Flooring 330CERAMIC TILE in-
stallation. Floors/ walls/ repairs. 33 yrs exp, exc work! John 938-3328
Guttering 333HAROLD'S GUTTER
SERVICE. Will clean front & back $20 & up. Quality work, guaran-teed. Call 288-0556.
Painting / Wallpaper 344PILGRIM PAINTING Serving Knoxville for 20 Yrs Commercial &
Residential Inte-rior/Exterior Paint-ing, Pressure Wash-
ing, Staining, Drywall & Carpentry FREE ESTIMATES
291-8434 Pilgrimpainting.net
Remodeling 351ONE CALL DOES IT
ALL! Elec, drywall, painting, roofing, press. wash houses & campers. Call Eddie at 405-2489.
Roofing / Siding 352
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ESTATE AUCTIONSat., Sept. 21st • 10 AM
345 Swan Seymour Rd., Maynardville, TN 37807
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We are proud to offer at auction the property of Jean Seymour Lake Front Home & 1.18 acres.
Home has 3 spacious bedrooms and 2 full baths, open living room/dining room & kitchen all with beautiful views. Kitchen has cabinets galore. Brick fi replace accents the kitchen as well as the living room, 10x35 wrap-around deck with gorgeous views of the main channel of beautiful Norris Lake.
One of the most inspiring points on Norris Lake.
540 feet of shoreline, main channel, 33 Bridge area.
Real Estate Terms: Successful bidder will need a deposit in amount of 10% day of auction, balance due in full within 30 days. Real estate taxes prorated day of closing. Buyer to sign lead base paint inspection waiver as part of sales contract inspection period begins September 11, 2013. Sale is exempt from TN residential property disclosure. Property sold as is subject to any easements, restrictions or other matters of record, recorded or unrecorded. 10% buyer’s premium added to fi nal bid to establish total contract sales price.
Directions: North on Hwy 33 (Maynardville Hwy) turn right on Hickory Valley (just before Bread Box) then left on Walker Ford to fi rst left on Circle Rd. to left on Swan Seymour Rd. Home on left. Just follow the auction signs!
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