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VOL. 6 NO. 13

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March 26, 2012

Almost time for the dance A rainbow of spring color marks the intersection of Cherokee Boulevard and Talahi Park on the Sequoyah Hills Dogwood Trail.

New York to Knoxville

Spring March 26, 2012

Knox Vegas to Big Apple

Read a story about a local guy who made it from local theater to the lights of Broadway, discover a quaint Italian joint on Restaurant Row and much more in the spring edition of New York to Knoxville.

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Many parts of town seem wrapped in a spring gauze of blooming color: redbuds, dogwood, magnolia, flowering crab and other early bloomers.

Photos by Anne Hart

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China painting from Brazil Porcelain artist Alfredo Toledano came from Brazil to teach a two-day china painting workshop at Ruth Widener’s studio in West Knoxville. Toledano, a professional china painter for 40 years, lives with his family in Brazil but travels six months each year teaching workshops and university classes. In May, he will go to Canada for the first time. In January, he will teach classes in Oklahoma City during the World Organization of China Painters Convention.

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By Anne Hart

Glorious spring color at the waterwheel marks the beginning of the Westmoreland dogwood trail off Westland Drive.

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NEIGHBORHOOD BUZZ

Need info on Elvis Jake Mabe is looking for anyone who might have photos or memories to share from Elvis Presley’s April 8, 1972, appearance at Stokely Athletic Center as the headliner for that year’s Dogwood Arts Festival. If you can help, call Jake at 922-4136 or emaill JakeMabe1@aol.com.

Index Theresa Edwards Community Government/Politics Marvin West Malcolm Shell Faith Schools Business Health/Lifestyles

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Ahh. Don’t we love it? It’s that time of year when Knoxville puts on its prettiest clothes and its brightest colors – all in preparation for the big dance. The countdown is on for opening day of the Dogwood Arts Festival, the annual 17-day event that put our city on the map, thanks to the efforts of Knoxville Garden Club members Betsey Creekmore, Martha Ashe and Betsy Goodson. The three had taken great umbrage at writer John Gunther’s reference to their hometown as “America’s ugliest city” and decided to do something about it. The women and lots of willing helpers started it all with the Dogwood trails in 1955, and now, all these years later, all over town right now, homeowners are out in their yards and city crews are in the streets. They’re putting the final touches on our loveliest things – almost ready for the annual open house that brings thousands to Knoxville to see just how pretty we can be. So whether you’re digging, planting, raking, pruning or just enjoying the view … let the big dance begin. Knoxville is ready!

A sea of yellow tulips drifts across the front lawn at historic Crescent Bend on Kingston Pike.

TVA wages war on trees By Betty Betty Bean The row of Leyland Cypress trees behind the homes on Cresthill Drive was planted by the developers of the Summit Medical Group at Deane Hill to screen the neighborhood from the clinic parking lot. As they grew, the trees delivered the additional bonus of muffling the sound of Kingston Pike traffic, a short block away. But last Saturday, the Summit evergreens were scheduled to be cut down and reduced to woodchips because they were more than 15 feet tall and stood within 75 feet of a TVA transmission line, as per the utility’s new transmission line easement maintenance policy. TVA power lines are strung 60 feet off the ground. “This is a good example

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happen of what’s of wha hat’ hat’ t s going goiing to h go appen all ll over town,”” said id tree advocate Larry Silverstein, who planned to protest TVA’s tree-cutting policy at today’s County Commission meeting. Commissioner R. Larry Smith requested that TVA send a representative to explain why it is cutting down vegetation that will never grow tall enough to endanger the power lines. TVA representatives have told property owners that trees standing more than 15 feet high must be removed because the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) requires it, on peril of $1 million a day fines. “TVA has lied consistently about government regulations,” Silverstein said. “Is there a federal rule that requires a utility

By today (March 26), the trees behind Larry Silverstein are no more. They were slated to be cut by TVA because they were more than 15 feet tall and planted within 75 feet of the transmission lines. Photos by Betty Bean

to cut down all the trees? No. TVA has just not been honest about this from the get-go, and to me that’s a big thing. They claim they have to do it. The FERC

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ever been fined once. “No taller than 15 feet within the easement is just not reasonable,” said To page A-2

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China painting Directly from Brazil Porcelain artist Alfredo Toledano came from Brazil to teach a two-day china painting workshop at Ruth Widener’s studio in West Knoxville.

months each year teaching workshops and university classes. In May, he will go to Canada for the first time. In January, he will teach classes in Oklahoma City during the World Organization of China Painters Convention. “I have the vocabulary Theresa needed to teach,” Toledano says. He mainly uses demEdwards onstration, showing painting techniques. He does not have problems communiToledano, a profes- cating except when quessional china painter for 40 tions are difficult to underyears, lives with his fam- stand. “It helps when they ily in Brazil but travels six talk slowly.”

Widener and her students enjoyed the workshop. “I’ve been lucky to study with a variety of good artists,” Widener said. “In August, Cindy Warren from Oklahoma will be here.” Widener enjoys teaching

This “chocolate box” is hand painted by Alfredo Toledano with a cclassic Dresden art style. It is French Limoges F China.

china painting, saying, “I have such wonderful students. They help keep me going.” She is a member of the Knoxville Porcelain Artists Club which meets at 10 a.m. each fourth Thursday at Middlebrook Pike United Methodist Church. Widener enjoys gifting her art and sharing it with others. Her class en-

Ruth Widener on her 90th birthday gets an autographed photo Mary Mulherin paints china from Dolly Parton. Widener has during Alfredo Toledano’s participated at the Dollywood workshop. Fall Craft Festival for 25 years. joys time with each other Info on Widener’s class as much as they like china or the Knoxville Porcelain painting, she said. Artists Club: 693-0865.

War on trees From page A-1

Silverstein, who compiled packets of documentation for commission members. “These are 60-foot power lines. And that FERC stuff? Completely misleading. The public has no idea of the amount of destruction to private property and harm to the environment this policy will cause in the near future. “If people want to change this policy, they’re going to have to get involved. I cannot do it by myself.” TVA spokesperson Travis Brickey cited a multistate power blackout in 2003 as the reason for the more stringent regulations and said Silverstein’s major complaint is with the way the media have reported this story. “We have been very consistent. After the 2003 blackout, FERC said, ‘TVA, you need to submit a vegetation control policy that meets the new requirements and we’re going to hold you

Chris Szluha, who has lived on Green Hills Road since 1998, said his backyard was “like a war zone” after TVA crews chopped down trees and stirred up a swarm of termites and flying ants.

to that. … Our decision was the way we’re going to comply with FERC is to cut instead of trim.” Chris Szluha has lived on Green Hills Road since 1998. A TVA transmission line borders his backyard, and in 2009, the utility notified him that it planned to remove four of his trees. After considerable wrangling, he entered into an agreement – TVA promised not to cut down the trees if

he would have a large sweet gum trimmed. It cost him more than $800, but he thought that meant his trees were safe. A few weeks ago, he heard from TVA again. The trees had to come down. Crews, accompanied by members of TVA’s internal police force, showed up on his property to start cutting. “They had said if I trimmed the tree they wouldn’t cut it ‘this year,’ ” Szluha said.

Shopper writer Anne Hart found a cutting crew in Kensington subdivision off Northshore Drive on Thursday. “The puny little pine trees are nowhere near the power lines. But cutting them down will horribly damage the value of the homes those trees are behind, and really of the entire neighborhood. The topography is so that those little pines have pretty much shielded the neighborhood from the sight of the towers. No more.”

“But in three years, it barely grew at all. It was an old, fullgrown tree. Tell me how that was a hazard.” The subcontractors also clear-cut a wooded area behind his property, hacking down everything, including low-growing sumac, and in the process disturbing swarms of termites and flying ants, which then infest-

ed his home. “My backyard was like a war zone,” he said. Brickey took issue with that characterization, saying that TVA crews left Szluha’s property the way they found it (minus the trees). Margot Kline, who lives farther west and is a member of Scenic Knoxville, challenged TVA right-of-way

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Akima sets Cabaret record Knoxville’s Akima Club, a women’s service organization celebrating 65 years of service, performed its Cabaret show fundraiser in March at the Bijou Theatre and raised more than $100,000 in sponsorships alone. The show was sold out on Saturday night and Friday’s performance was a virtual sell out with fewer than 20 tickets being unsold. This year’s performance raised more money than any other performance. The Cabaret is the club’s major fundraiser and is performed every other year. The dollars raised fund grants to more than 20 nonprofits that Akima assists, including Ronald McDonald House, Helen Ross McNabb,

Sertoma Center and Sunshine Industries. Grants are only given for specific projects and are not awarded for salaries and/or operating expenses. These grant funds can only be used to directly aid the clients served by the agencies. Founded in 1947 as the Junior Woman’s Club, the Akima Club has given nearly a million dollars to organizations in Knox and surrounding counties. Akima Club members donate 4,000 hours of volunteer work to the community annually. And it seems the members have fun, too. This year’s Cabaret theme was “I Love Akima,” based off the “I Love Lucy” show. Wendy Mañalac contributed to this report.

Ricky Martin (played by Akima member Abigail Jumper) is surrounded by go-go dancers and tappers in a scene at the “Tropicana” night club. Photos submitted

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■ West Knox Lions Club will have its awards night 7 p.m. Monday, April 2, at Bearden Banquet Hall. Tickets are $25. Info: Terry Horn, 661-1642.

■ Downtown Speakers Club meets 11:45 a.m. every Monday at TVA West Towers, 9th floor, room 225. Currently accepting new members. Info: Jerry Adams, 202-0304.

■ West Knoxville Kiwanis Club meets 5:30 p.m. every Tuesday at Shoney’s on Walker Springs Road.

■ UT Toastmasters Club meets noon every Tuesday at the Knoxville Convention Center on Henley Street in room 218. Currently accepting new members. Info: Sara Martin, 603-4756. ■ West Knox Lions Club meets 7 p.m. each first and third Monday at Shoney’s on Lovell Road.

■ A blanket drive will be held through Monday, March 26, at local Food City stores to provide blankets for local dialysis patients through the East Tennessee Kidney Foundation. New, packaged blankets can be dropped off at the Food City at 9565 Middlebrook Pike.

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Rotary speech winner Nikayla Buchanan, a student at Karns High School, is the winner of the Four Way Speech Contest sponsored by the West Knox Rotary Club. Accompanying Nikayla (center) to the meeting, where she received a check for $250, were her dad, Robert Emory, and Vicki Gibson, Karns High business teacher. Nikayla is vice president of her class and a straight-A student. Photo by A.Hart

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Rogero budget will presage greenway support Knoxville is closer to getting a greenway coordinator to fill Donna Young’s shoes. Recreation Director Joe Walsh is recommending Lori Goerlich and has sent her name to his boss, Christy Branscom, who apparently has not yet signed off on it. When I get a bio on her, I will provide more information on Goerlich assuming she is the one chosen. She will have an impor-

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tant post for those of us who care about greenways. Donna Young’s salary was $49,000 and the new person will earn somewhat

less than that, I am told. If she does what is hoped, she will earn every penny of it. The greenway coordinator will report to Walsh. Whether this person will have access to the mayor directly or will have to go through Walsh to Branscom to Bill Lyons or Eddie Mannis and then to the mayor is unclear. However, given Mayor Rogero’s strong, deeply felt commitment to a green city, the new coordinator ought to have direct access and not have their thoughts filtered through three others before they reach the mayor. Knoxville should be adding at least four miles a year of new greenways to our current system. It will not happen unless the greenway coordinator is seen as having the mayor’s personal support. I have no reason to doubt Mayor Rogero’s sup-

port of greenways, but the test will come with what is or is not in her budget to be unveiled on April 27. ■ Meanwhile, Lonsdale Recreation Center, 2705 Stonewall, will get more space with the 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 28, event at which Rogero will help knock down a wall to start a $522,000 addition to the facility. According to Kathleen Gibi, recreation spokesperson, the renovation will include new restrooms, a new office, new HVAC, computer lab space and a multipurpose room which can be used for varied community events. KCDC is fronting $150,000 of the total cost. All represents good news for Lonsdale. ■ If former Sheriff Tim Hutchinson runs for state representative in the new Knox House district

and wins, it will represent a political comeback as stunning as Richard Nixon winning the White House in 1968 after losing the California governor’s race in 1962. Remember, this is the same person who lost in a landslide to County Mayor Tim Burchett only two years ago. Hutchinson did not even reach 20 percent of the total vote. If two years later he can win a seat in the Legislature he once again is a player in Knox County politics. If he serves two terms (four years), he will immediately qualify for a state legislative pension on top of the enhanced and controversial county pension he now receives. As a state representative, he will be able to block or support local legislation which requires approval of all seven House members.

■ County Commissioner Amy Broyles raised eyebrows last week when she mentioned increasing the County Commission size back to 19 members. Not certain whether she is advocating this or simply throwing it out for discussion. Broyles is a county charter committee member who is very vocal in meetings. Generally she is viewed as opposed to the old way of doing things, so it would be a surprise if she favored returning part of county government to the old commission with increased cost to taxpayers who would have to pay eight more commissioners’ salaries and pensions. The huge 27-member charter committee is operating under the radar screen with little media attention on its work.

Not dead yet Shots fired in Battle of Midway, part 2

Can church ladies move mountains?

I wasn’t in Nashville last week, but I know enough about how things work down there to be able to describe the scenario, and I’d bet my best imitation Louis Vuitton bag that last Monday’s Chattanooga TimesFree Press editorial cartoon got emailed out, printed off, passed around and guffawed about all over the Legislative Plaza. But probably not where Rambo, the meanest hombre on Capitol Hill, could see them doing it. To be fair, Ron Ramsey’s probably no different than anybody else when it comes to being made the butt of somebody else’s joke. Nobody’d be tickled to see himself caricatured standing on top of a pile of Benjamins like he’d just summited Everest, planting a banner that says “Campaign Cash” with a cartoon balloon that says, “There is one mountain I’ll protect.” Nope, the Speaker of the Senate/Lt. Governor of Tennessee could not have been amused. The cartoon, of course, referenced Scenic Vistas Protection, a bill written by Knoxville lawyer Dawn Coppock, who has spent the last five years lobbying the General Assembly to ban mountaintop removal coal mining from Tennessee. She has given ground in the process (the bill now applies only to slopes 2,000 feet and above in altitude, for example), but she’s never given up, even after being dubbed the “Church Lady” and watching her bill killed off in obscure subcommittees year after year. She is one of the founders of LEAF, an environmental organization originally composed of

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Betty Bean members of the Church of the Good Shepherd, which is dedicated to a philosophy called Creation Care, the heart of which is that God frowns on stuff like blowing the tops off mountains. And what the cartoon means is that people across the state are paying attention. The bill that started out as a minor annoyance to Ramsey, who has been the recipient of hundreds of thousands of dollars from the coal industry over the years, has grown into a major aggravation. After LEAF supporters kicked off this year’s session with a highly publicized 40 days of prayer for the mountains, culminating with a grand finale in a Nashville church in January, Ramsey had had enough, and decided to gut Coppock’s bill. Nearly a month ago, the Senate’s Republican majority came up with a version of the Scenic Vistas bill that purports to ban mountaintop removal, but in reality only bans dumping the rubble formerly known as mountains into surrounding valleys. Blowing the tops off is OK, as long as the remains are piled back up into mountainesque rock piles. Ramsey issued a press release declaring the mountains saved. His enthusiasm will be tested April 2, when the decoy bill is scheduled to go to the Senate floor, marking the first time a mountaintop removal ban has gotten to the floor of any state legislative body. The sponsor, Eric Stewart, will likely move to restore the original bill, and regardless of what the majority does, the world will be watching.

Second District County Commissioner Amy Broyles voted no on the Midway Business Park in 2010, in part because of community opposition and in part because she doesn’t support “greenfield” development, which she believes leads to sprawl. Today, she is undecided about The Development Corporation’s proposition to sell KaTom Restaurant Supply 22 acres of land at the Midway Road site and give them a substantial tax break to relocate from Hamblen County. “There are a lot of reasons for me to like this company,” Broyles said at her monthly constituent meeting last week. “I want them in my district, where people could walk to work. This is exactly the kind of business the 2nd District wants. This is a community that would welcome them with open arms.” KaTom was founded by Patricia Bible and her husband, Tommy, who died some years ago, leaving his widow with children to raise and 17 employees to keep working. Today, the business is bursting at the seams and has 62 employees, most of whom will follow the company to Knox County. TDC vice president Todd Napier said KaTom will hire 15 additional employees once the move is complete, and that the work force should number 135 after five years. Napier said the problem with Broyles’ observation is that KaTom, which started in Bible’s garage, isn’t willing to look at other county property. Bible likes the Midway location because of its proximity to Hamblen and Jefferson counties, where she and most of her employees live, its interstate exposure and its location near the larger population center of Knoxville.

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GOSSIP AND LIES ■ The Affordable Health Care Act (“Obamacare”) will be the topic for the Third and Fourth District Democrats. Todd Shelton and Rick Roach will speak at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 27, at the Bearden Branch LIbrary, 100 Golf Club Road. Info: Lorraine Hart, 8506858 or 637-3293. ■ Knox County Republican Party will host its Lincoln Day Dinner at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, March 31, at Rothchild, 8807 Kingston Pike. Tickets are $30. per person. Info: 689-4671.

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Starting over So, Tennessee football is starting over. Spring drills begin. Bright new faces. Exciting time. In a previous beginning, we heard that newness is a problem for coaches, that it takes time to establish recruiting relationships. Some were obviously formed but seven-tenths went away in the mass exodus. In the beginning, players and position coaches had to get to know each other. Today, no Volunteer has the same position coach he had last year. This is different, a world turnover record with the head coach still in place. We can only guess at why and how this happened. It wasn’t money. For the convenience of Lane Kiffin, Tennessee doubled the budget for assistant coaches.

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When it was Derek Dooley’s turn to spread the wealth, he hired medium-large names from different places and varied backgrounds. Defensive coordinator Justin Wilcox was the star. Expectations and potential were high. Nobody could have foreseen that almost everybody would so soon be gone. This is Tennessee. Great place to live. Rich tradition. Big ballpark. Enthusiastic fans. How much better does it get?

Bennie Wylie, strength and conditioning coach, started it. He worked out with the team – with his suitcase packed. The Chuck Smith story was strange. This personable former Volunteer was Dooley’s high school buddy. He would coach defensive linemen. That renewed partnership lasted one whole season. Personality conflict? Different view of work hours? Smith and Dooley reached a “mutual decision� to part. Smith conducted a rambling press conference that did not explain anything. No problem. The solution was in-house. Peter Sirmon, former standout with the Tennessee Titans and former Oregon roommate with Wilcox, was a graduate assistant. Lance Thompson became defensive line coach. Sirmon, with name recognition

Eric Russell, tight ends and special teams, departed for Washington State. He later admitted he was seeking job security. Eric thinks the Vols are under pressure to win now. Dooley showed no panic. “Sometimes you hate losing them. Sometimes it’s good because sometimes turnover is a healthy thing. Either way, it’s a great chance to say, ‘Hey, where can we get better through this?’ That’s what we’re going to do.� Additional opportunities followed. At a serious time in recruiting, Wilcox moved to Washington. Sirmon took the same flight. We don’t know if Dooley could have stopped them with raises. Could be Wilcox concluded the SEC is just too tough. Dooley made positive adjustments – offensive coordinator Jim Chaney to QB coach, Darin Hinshaw, bless him, to receivers. Ex-Vol Jay

and personality, became a hot recruiter and very good coach of linebackers. If there ever was staff stability, last season broke it up. The 5-7 record with that messy finale at Kentucky created nervous tension. There were whispers that Dooley discipline was adjustable. Critics, just waiting for proof of problems, said the coach might not make it. Rival recruiters told anybody who would listen. Turnover, Phase II, started with Charlie Baggett, long history of success, 11 years in the NFL. The press release said he retired at 58. A freedom of information peek showed Charlie was paid $425,000 to go away. Harry Hiestand, supposedly a good offensive line coach when hired, got saddled with his fair share of a failed running attack. He was suddenly considering other opportunities. He resurfaced at Notre Dame.

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Possum Valley traces roots to Civil War MALCOLM’S CORNER | Malcolm Shell

I was talking to a couple of my Farragut High School classmates a few days ago – Lafayette Williams and Earl Hall – and during our conversation we discussed the area where they grew up, just a few miles southwest of Concord Village. Today, that gently rolling pastoral area is the home of the new YMCA and subdivisions with homes in the million dollarplus price range – Montgomery Cove, Mallard Bay, Jefferson Park, Cabot Ridge and numerous others – and commercial development has also started to take hold. But 60 years ago the whole area was known to locals as “Possum Valley” and the westernmost end of Northshore Drive was called “Possum Valley Road.” I wonder how many of the area’s new residents are aware that they live in Possum Valley. No one is quite sure how the area acquired its name, but the most plausible explanation seems to be attributed to Gen. Ambrose Burnside’s Union forces that wintered there in 1863. In some of the soldiers’ diaries they noted that, “If it had not been for the possums, we would have starved to death.” One of the notorious residents of the area was Charley Smith, also known as Lying Charley Smith and Possum Valley Charley Smith. Charley was one of those characters who delighted in amusing his friends with his tall tales. And people were always glad to see him coming

because they knew they were in for a big laugh. Charley also told stories about himself and the Possum Valley area. I remember him saying once that “if a rabbit ran across the road in front of you, you had better slam on the brakes because there would be a man right behind it.” Now, Burnside’s soldiers and Charley’s tales suggest that the area was a very poor place where possums were the main food source and men literally tried to run down rabbits for food. But neither of these depictions is accurate. In fact, the area was selfcontained in that it had its own churches with adjacent cemeteries, a school where several classes were taught in the same room by a single teacher and a country store that was a favorite gathering place. Most of the area’s residents made their living by farming. And like their Scots-Irish ancestors, they were extremely independent people who grew their own vegetables, raised their cattle and poultry to provide meat for their families, and depended on the sale of their cash crops for income. And families were very supportive of each other. Indeed, it was a place where farmers would readily lend their farm machinery and labor to a neighbor who might be temporarily in need. And it was a place where people put in 12-hour workdays six days each week and emphasized the value of such traits as honesty, hard work and virtue in their

parenting. And their early training must have had an influence on them because most of the “possum valley boys” excelled in both sports and academics in high school.

Most Possum Valley residents lived in traditional, two-story, clapboard farmhouses at the end of dirt roads. In fact, all of the roads in Possum Valley were dirt, and alternating periods of drought or rain each presented their own problems. During dry periods, you could see vehicles coming far in the distance by the dust cloud, so not many people were inclined to wash their cars or pickup trucks. Today, the influx of new residents and modern subdivisions has completely changed the area landscape. Single mailboxes and dirt roads leading to farmhouses have been replaced with beautiful subdivision entrances that lead to paved streets with exciting street names. And if you ask one of these newcomers where they live, they will proudly say Mallard Bay, Montgomery Cove or Jefferson Park. But if you can find one of the locals –their numbers are declining rapidly – and ask where they live, they are apt to say, “Oh, down in Possum Valley.”

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ply for various assistance programs such as food stamps. Overnight stays are available at a circuit of churches. A shuttle provides children transportation to and from school and adults to work or back to the day house. Denessee McBayne is a graduate of the Family Promise program and will soon become a board mem-

WORSHIP NOTES Community Services ■Concord United Methodist Church’s Caregiver Support Group, affiliated with Alzheimer’s Tennessee Inc., meets 10 to 11:30 a.m. each first Tuesday in Room 226 at the church, 11020 Roane Drive. Anyone in the community who gives care to an elderly individual is invited. Refreshments. Info: 675-2835.

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of Gratitude� 7 p.m. Sunday, April 1. Everyone is invited. School will host the 14th annual Kids Helping Kids Fun Walk Sunday, April 1, in the school’s stadium. Activities will include a one-mile fun walk, inflatables, games, a children’s art show, refreshments and more. Regisration begins at 2 p.m. The walk begins at 3 p.m. All proceeds will benefit Columbus Home Children’s Services.

Gabriella Miller and mom Denessee McBayne benefited from Family Promise’s program. McBayne now works at Fountain City Presbyterian Church. Photos by T. Edwards

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Jim (Caleb Leach) talks to Tom (Michael Avery) on the fire escape during a rehearsal. Bearden High School’s advanced acting class will stage “Midsummer Night’s Dream� in April.

‘Glass Menagerie’ comes to Bearden

Ryan Rotella plays Tom and Laura Dupper plays Laura in Bearden High School’s production of “The Glass Menagerie� by Tennessee Williams. The play, which is a study in disfunction, is the only Williams work appropriate for high school students, says advanced acting teacher Glen Ellington. Laura, played by Rachel Brown, is comforted by Jim, played by Caleb Leach, in Bearden High The play is double-cast, and performances are at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 29, and Friday, March 30, and at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 31. Tickets are $8. Photos by Wendy Smith School’s production of “The Glass Menagerie.�

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Ethan Booker’s drawing of an architectural firm hangs in the hallway of “Endless Possibilities.” Photo by S. Barrett

‘Endless Possibilities’ at Bearden Elementary Bearden Elementary School 4th and 5th grade students lined the school hallway recently with their photos and artwork as part of the school project “End-

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Skylar McKellar, Bearden Elementary School student and future cupcake shop owner shows marketing prowess with the motto “A Piece of Heaven, Right Here on Earth.” Photo by S. Barrett

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Jaquez Dean up. Students worked on the wants to be a project in Guidance, Art scientist when he grows up. and Music class and perPhoto submitted formed a musical as a finale to the project.

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‘Kids Helping Kids’ Rocky Hill Elementary School interim principal Crystal Marcum photographed boxes that were shipped from the school to children in Afghanistan, thanks to pocket change collected by students during “Pennies for a Purpose.” “We called it ‘Kids Helping Kids Around the World,’ ” said Marcum. The boxes were filled with books, crayons and small trinkets for the village children. The remaining funds went to Rocky Hill Elementary School families with deployed service members to give them a weekend of fun with dinner and a movie. Photo submitted

Crush Football Club Arsenal 99 Coach Fields Brown (top, left) Eli Holbert, Baylor Sanders, Nickolas Golden, Andrew Favaro, Jacob Sabota, Gabe Martin, James Fetzer, Noah Carrrigan, Coach Robert Schoenfeld; (front) Nick Tilley, Lucas Lavender, Ben Petre, James Strickland, Christopher Galaviz and Diego Carrasco celebrate their results in the RYSA tournament held in Conyers, Ga. The team advanced through the tournament to the final game, losing to Chattanooga United 3-2 in overtime. Coach Brown said, “I’m very proud of our boys with their effort, defensive focus, and ability to play complete games. We faced some good competition, and were able to raise our level of play to meet our opponents.” Photo submitted

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Careers in emergency services By Rob Webb While the overall job market may be tough right now, job prospects are good for those pursuing careers in emergency services. According to Webb the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment is expected to grow in all emergency sectors. Aging baby boomers will contribute to an increased demand for first responders, EMTs and paramedics. Emergency room overcrowding and hospital specialization can also create longer patient transport times making additional emergency service providers necessary. Rural/Metro is one of the largest employers of emer-

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out our latest technology, including our state-of-the-art ambulance, fire truck and the Segways used to help us respond in densely populated venues such as sporting events and festivals. We are also reaching out to future emergency service providers through a new pilot program for firefighter training with seniors at SouthDoyle High School. The Fire Cadet Academy is a two-part training program in conjunction with our state-accredited Fire Academy to offer interested students the first phase of firefighter instruction during the school year. Upon successful completion of the course and graduation from school, qualifying cadets will be able to complete their training and actual live-fire experience as reserve firefighters. When the 240-hour training pro-

Rural/Metro firefighters Brandon Gross and Tim Hancock speak with Abby Herrell and father Rick Herrell at the Knox County Schools Career Fair. Rural/Metro team members discussed career opportunities in both fire and emergency medical services with the nearly 3,000 8th graders and high school students attending the event at the Knoxville Expo Center. Photos submitted gram is complete, students are qualified to test for certification as a Level 1 Firefighter, the minimum level required by most fire departments.

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‘East Coast preppy meets West Coast cool’ By Anne Hart John O’Donnell is one cool guy – the very type you would expect to create the coolest of cool lines in men’s fashions. He’s a walking advertisement for his product. And sure enough, since its launch just eight years ago, the Johnnie-O apparel line for men, women and children has achieved meteoric popularity nationwide. M.S. McClellan & Co. in Bearden carries it Trae Golden drives toward the basket. He scored 14 points as UT lost to MTSU 71-64 last Monday in exclusively in this area. the NIT tournament. Photo by Doug Johnson O’Donnell, who lives in Los Angeles, and his senior vice president of sales, Quinn Veysey, based in Greenwich, Conn., have been in Knoxville for McClellan’s trunk show of the Johnnie-O spring and summer styles, including polo shirts for both men and women, belts, beach towels, jackets, visors, hats, f leece vests, and men’s and boys’ ties, all in bright colors. O’Donnell defines his apparel as “East Coast preppy meets West Coast cool.� It’s a perfect description, and it all started when O’Donnell – just for fun – cobbled together The Knoxville Tenant Council held a breakfast to honor its community partners who donate some polo-style shirts for their time and resources to the 11 KCDC properties represented by the council. The president his golfing buddies. Inand vice president of the Love Towers Resident Association, Mickey Norris and Gail Kersey, prestead of an alligator or sented a certificate of appreciation to Elaine Streno and Gail Root of Second Harvest Food Bank some other familiar logo for the weekly truckload of food it provides to the elderly and disabled at the Love Towers. on the front of the shirts, Pictured are Mickey Norris, Elaine Streno, Gail Kersey and Gail Root. Photo submitted O’Donnell applied a surfer guy and a surf board in a contrasting color to that Advertise your unwanted items in our Action Ads and make some money! Ad of the shirt. The shirts were a hit, 4 lines for only $3.00 and other people startCall 218-WEST (9378) ing wanting them. Before long, O’Donnell had his

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own line of clothing. The shirts are now seen on stars in movies and on TV and on sports figures all over the world. Not surprising, because Johnnie-O polos aren’t like others in the market today. The front placket is longer – four buttons instead of three – like the style had when it originally debuted decades ago. The collar is pointed again, and the fabric is

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Preparing Students for Tomorrow’s World By Scott Hutchinson, Webb School President

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or well over 50 years now, Webb School of Knoxville has provided area students, ages 5-18, with an academically rigorous, broadbased liberal arts, college preparatory experience. Among the strengths of the school over time has been the vast array of interesting and relevant curricular offerings. In the 480-student Hutchinson high school alone there are courses that range from Shakespeare to Chaos and Fractals, from Forensic Science to Mandarin Chinese. Additionally, Webb’s Upper School offers 25 Advanced Placement classes and more than 30 arts-related courses. Students who come up through the Lower and Middle schools are likewise exposed to a strong core curriculum of English, mathematics, science, social studies, and a second language, as well as a varied and vibrant pool of electives.

In 2012-2013, Webb will expand its offerings on two fronts – engineering and computer programming. On the engineering front, Webb will offer an after-school, LEGO-based engineering club for grades three through five; a required seven-week course in engineering in the sixth grade; a semester-long engineering elective in both the seventh and eighth grades; and three elective engineering courses in the high school. The three Upper School courses include an introductory semester course, a full-year course with an interscholastic robotics competition piece included, and an advanced semester course. On the computer science front, Webb’s high school will offer three courses as well – an introductory programming course, a fullyear AP computer science course, and an advanced computer-programming course for iPad development. The goal of a successful K-12 education is largely threefold. ■ First, it is to engender a love of learning and to awaken in young people the notion that lifelong learning is critical to one’s more complete development and to a more fulfilling and productive adult life.

Webb’s Team #1466 was among the 50-plus teams, representing schools from as far away as Ontario, Canada to across the Southeast, to compete at the 2012 FIRST (“For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology”) Smoky Mountain Regional robotics competition, March 1-3, in Knoxville. Team #1466 is gearing up for its next competition – the Queen City Regional in Cincinnati, OH, April 5-7. ■ Second, it is to equip young people with a wide array of literacies so that they can function as knowledgeable and enlightened citizens within their communities. ■ And third, it is to equip young people with the salient thinking skills,

knowledge base, and work habits to provide them with the requisite foundation to help secure quality jobs in an increasingly competitive world. By adding these new course offerings to our curriculum, Webb School continues to better address all three objectives.

Webb Robotics Mentor Recognized for Inspiring Team, Advancing FIRST At this year’s FIRST Smoky and it was only later that I learned that Mountain Regional robotics he had never worked in that program competition in Knoxville, one of the before, and was studying tutorials each city’s own, Sam Bacon – a Webb School night to keep ahead of me,” she noted. Class of 2008 graduate and former Keenum also wrote about Bacon’s robotics team member; now a senior at greater vision for FIRST in Knoxville, University of Tennessee and a mentor describing how he recruited his UT for Webb’s robotics team #1466 – was classmates to regularly help students named the Regional Woodie Flowers at the area’s Girls and Boys clubs to Award (WFA) winner. further their STEM education. Bacon This prestigious FIRST Robotics worked closely with the clubs to Competition award recognizes robotics develop effective ways to teach STEM, team mentors who lead, teach, inspire, including the purchase of LEGO and empower students to reach their MINDSTORMS NXT robotics kits to goals. FIRST names one adult team help tackle problem solving. He’s also mentor a Regional WFA recipient been a member of the Smoky Mountain at each of the some 70 regional Regional planning committee for the competitions, worldwide. past two years, and has offered his Students on each robotics team pick Webb alumnus and former robotics team member Sam Bacon has mentored Webb’s robotics expertise to other robotics teams, candidates for the award. They must team for the past three years. This year, he won FIRST’s prestigious Woodie Flowers Award for especially local rookie squads. then submit an essay describing the Sam Bacon “motivates us,” concludes the Smoky Mountain Regional. (above) Sam Bacon (third from right) and Webb Team #1466 qualities of their nominee and why he Keenum. “He inspires our team by members consult with a FIRST official at the 2010 National Championship in Atlanta, Ga. or she deserves the honor. More than showing us what we can achieve after 50 teams representing schools from as far away as high school. Sam dedicates himself to making us advancing FIRST Robotics and to developing Ontario, Canada, Indiana and Ohio to squads from better-informed and effective as a team, and because leaders within Webb’s team. “Sam cares more about across the Southeast, including Webb School, of him, we are successful.” building a competent, problem-solving team than competed at this year’s Smoky Mountain Regional. winning,” writes Keenum. “He cares only that the As a 2012 Regional WFA winner, Sam Bacon Of those mentors nominated for the Knoxville team is united and knows that if not all members is automatically eligible to win the national competition, Bacon was declared the Regional understand the robot, we will have failed.” 2012 Championship Woodie Flowers Award. WFA winner. Currently, he’s helping Team #1466 prepare for As team coach/mentor, Bacon constantly takes In her nominating essay to FIRST, Webb senior its next competition – the Queen City Regional in it upon himself to encourage learning, according Ishi Keenum described Bacon’s commitment to Cincinnati, OH, April 5-7. to Keenum. “Sam personally taught me LabVIEW,

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Stop snoring NOW with the Fort Sanders Sleep Center! There’s never been a better time to get a good night’s rest, according to Scott Vogt, director of the Sleep Disorders Center at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center. With the latest in sleep disorder treatments, your sleep problems – especially loud snoring – can be cured, says Vogt. “Snoring is not normal,” he explains. “Snoring happens because there’s something obstructing your airway at night.” Loud snoring is often caused by a common condition called obstructive sleep apnea. This is when a person’s airway relaxes during sleep and narrows. As the person tries to breathe, the air must squeeze through the narrow opening, causing the snoring rattle. If the airway closes completely, the patient will stop breathing for a second and gasp for air. This can happen hundreds of times each night, preventing the person from getting into a deep state of sleep. In the morning, the sleep apnea sufferer is likely to have headaches, mental distraction and fatigue. He or she is also at a higher risk for hypertension, heart attack, stroke and even diabetes, Vogt says. “In the deeper stages of sleep, the brain releases chemicals to heal the body,” explains Vogt. “So when you’re constantly having sleep apnea events, the body doesn’t heal itself.” Fortunately, the treatment for sleep apnea is a simple one, and recent advances have made it easier than ever.

The main treatment for sleep apnea is to sleep with a Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) machine, a bedside pump that delivers forced air through a mask and down the nose and mouth to keep the airway open and eliminate snoring. “The CPAP has been around a long time, but the machines have gotten a lot better in the last few years,” says Vogt. “They’re smaller, and they look like bedside clock radios. We have patients who have hiked the Appalachian Trail with their CPAPs. They just take a little battery pack with them.” CPAP masks have also improved over the years. “They’ve made the masks smaller and lighter, with new materials,” says Vogt. “They come in all kinds of colors and styles, too. There are pink or camouflage colored headbands and lighter tubing to reduce the pull of the tube on your face. “It’s easier than ever to find one that’s comfortable for you, and that makes you want to use it more. If a patient won’t use the CPAP, it’s not doing them any good,” states Vogt. “It’s like having a bottle of pills and not taking them.” Some patients need to try several masks before they find the one that works for them, Vogt says. “It might take a few days to get the right one. We’ll get those patients who say, ‘There’s no way I can wear this.’ And then once they feel the benefits, it’s almost instantaneous,” he smiles. Eliminating the snoring is likely

Many smaller, lighter CPAP machines are now available for people suffering from sleep apnea. the apnea is keeping the spouse awake.” The Sleep Disorders Center at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center is fully accredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Its tests and treatments are covered by most insurance plans. For more information about the Sleep Disorders Center, to benefit other family members as es,” Vogt says with a laugh. “Most call 865-541-1375 or go to well, Vogt says. of the time, the CPAP will treat two “Our best referrals are spous- patients at once. Whoever’s having www.fsregional.com/fssleepcenter.

“Snoring is not normal. It happens because something is obstructing your airway at night.” – Scott Vogt, Fort Sanders Sleep Disorders Center Director

Fatigued? Sleep better with the Fort Sanders Sleep Disorders Center Tired all the time? If you’re still sleepy after eight hours of rest, there might be an underlying medical cause to your fatigue. Typical signs of a sleep disorder include difficulty falling asleep at night, waking many times during the night, pauses in breathing while asleep and exhaustion during the day. The best way to pinpoint and solve a sleep problem is to be evaluated by a nationally accredited facility such as the Sleep Disorders Center at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center. The six-bed sleep laboratory is a longtime member of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. The Center is staffed by two physicians and seven licensed sleep technologists. They can determine the root of your sleep problems. “There are many sleep disorders,” explains neurologist Dr. Thomas Higgins, a Sleep Medicine physician and director of the Fort Sanders Sleep Disorders Center. “Medical conditions, neurological problems, poor sleep habits, stress, anxiety and depression

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HEALTH NOTES ■ Kid Support, an eight-week peer support group for kids ages 6-12 with loved ones living with cancer will be held 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday evenings from March 27 through May 15 at the Cancer Support Community, 2230 Sutherland Ave. Dinner will be served from 5:30 to 6 p.m., and the program will run from 6 to 7:30 p.m. There will be stories, art, games and more to help kids express their feelings and share experiences. Info and registration: Call Kathleen Williams or Debra Sullivan at 546-4661 or visit www. cancersupportet.org. ■ Cancer survivor support groups, Monday evenings, Tuesday mornings and Tuesday

evenings, at the Cancer Support Community of East Tennessee (formerly the Wellness Community), 2230 Sutherland Ave. Support groups for cancer caregivers, Monday evenings. Cancer family bereavement group, Thursday evenings. Info: 546-4661 or www.cancersupportet.org. ■ Covenant Health’s Bodyworks offers community exercise for all ages at $3 per class. Classes include Easy Cardio Max, Mind and Body, and Senior Cardio. Visit www. covenanthealth.com/bodyworks or call 541-4500 to find a location near you. ■ Lung cancer support group meets 6 p.m. the third Monday of every month at Baptist West Cancer Center, 10820 Parkside Drive. No charge, light refreshments served. Info: Trish or Amanda, 218-7081.

Get ‘Lucky’ at Young-Williams Meet Lucky, 2, a tabby and white male cat. He is gentle and loving, but he is missing something. He is missing a home. Help improve his luck by adopting him today. Lucky is available at the center at 3210 Division St. Hours there and at the main center at YoungWilliams Animal Village, 6400 Kingston Pike, are noon to 6 p.m. daily. Visit www.young-williams. org to see photos of all of the center’s adoptables or call 215-6599 for more information. Photo submitted

Dee Searcy, Sonja Berger, Kendra Self, “Queen” Peggy Maxwell, Janet Murray and Elsie Baxendale celebrate spring at the Red Hat Society luncheon at the Strang Senior Center.

Red Hats at Strang The Red Hat Society enjoys having fun. The Society is a national women’s organization with local chapters, including the Strang Senior Center group.

together, we might as well join red-gloved hands and go for the gusto together,” explains national leader Sue Ellen Cooper, “Queen Mother.” Red Hats will celebrate their 14th birthday April 25. The Strang group is led by “Queen” Peggy Max“The Red Hat Society Theresa well. started here eight years Edwards ago,” said Maxwell. “I came mainly because my mother wanted to come to it. By the third meeting, I “We believe silliness is was put on the board. Now the comedy relief of life, I’m Queen and am not sure and since we are all in it how I ended up in that po-

sition. I fuss and grumble when people don’t show up. But I’ll tell you what … I love it.” “We often go out to eat,” said Elsie Baxendale. “We like to get together and have a good time.” She explained they all wear red hats and purple outfits, except for when they celebrate a birthday and wear purple hats with red outfits. The Red Hat Society meets at 1:30 p.m. every third Tuesday at the Strang Senior Center or various restaurants.

Janet Murray brings a hopping bunny to the Red Hat Society “spring fling.” The bunny sings, “Everybody’s doing it, hop, hop, hop.” Photos by T. Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com

The smallest member of the team (Is not the least important) Darla Dunn is participating in the Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon Biggest Winner Weight Loss Challenge with a group of others who lean on one another for inspiration and support. In addition to her human teammates, Dunn has another special training partner who gives her endless support and an unconditional shoulder to lean on. Well, he doesn’t really

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Gammon/Heatherly Series strives to care for caregivers Speakers from The Davidson Centre for the Professions will be featured during the 2012 Gammon/Heatherly Series, an annual series of lectures targeted at chaplains, pastors, physicians, nurses, social workers and other caregivers. Set for 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, March 29, at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center and 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Parkwest Medical Center, this year’s lectures are geared toward providing those caregivers the resources needed to prevent burnout. Participants are invited to attend three of four seminars (two in the morning session, one in the afternoon) focusing on “Mind,” “Body,” “Spirit” and “Praxis (or active process).” Titled “Sustaining Resilient Leaders: Tools to Build Personal and Professional Resilience,” the sessions will feature Dr. George W. Jacobs, president of the Davidson Centre for the Professions, and Davidson staffers Dr. Cynthia Ackrill, Leesa Sluder and Rabbi Barbara Thiede. Jacobs, who co-founded the The Davidson Centre for the Professions in Davidson, N.C., in 2003 as a program for wellness, revitalization and reminder of purpose for clergy and church professionals, will launch the Gammon/ Heatherly Series at a Physician Breakfast with his talk on “Caregivers as Unique Professionals.” He will later be joined by Ackrill, Sluder and Thiede at the 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. plenary session, “Resilience of Mind, Body, Spirit and Praxis,” in the Thompson Cancer Survival Center auditorium. The first breakout group session is 10:45 to 11:45 a.m. and the second session 1-2 p.m. Lunch will be provided 11:50 a.m. to 12:50 p.m. at the Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center cafeteria. In the seminar dealing with the “Mind,” Jacobs looks at information Ackrill, a primary care physician for overload or how, in an age where we the least ability to focus and listen. He have access to more information than also looks at relearning the languages of 15 years, addresses issues of the “Body” anytime in human history, we may have life, death and being human. in her seminar which looks at how stress

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Bikers revving up for ‘We Care Ride’ Bikers are invited to get their motor running 9 a.m. Saturday, April 21, as the 2012 “We Care Ride” makes its annual 90-mile trek to benefit the Fort Sanders Foundation and Parkwest Medical Center Chaplain Fund. The ride will begin with late registration 8:30-9 a.m. in the physician parking lot at Parkwest Medical Center, 9352 Park West Blvd., Knoxville. Bikers will ride to Fort Loudoun Medical Center and Methodist Medical Center in Oak Ridge before returning to Parkwest. The $25 per rider (and $10 per passenger) registration fee includes snacks during the ride and a light lunch at the end of the ride. The fee helps support the We Care Campaign, a fundraising effort that enhances patient care and support programs at facilities within Covenant Health. It also benefits the Parkwest Chaplain Fund which provides services for patients, visitors and employees in need. For more information about the “We Care Ride,” call Chaplain David Bluford at 865-373-1630.

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has become so pervasive caregivers often discount its impact and rationalize denial. Ackrill also looks at how we can manage our energy level and make significant improvements in our health, focus and happiness. Thiede, who serves as rabbi for Temple Or Olam and as a Mashpiah (a spiritual director in the Jewish tradition), is the featured speaker for the “Spirit” seminar. She will look at nurturing an “awareness and exploration of the sacred” in life as well as finding meaning and connection in everyday life. Sluder, who combines a 25-year finance career with a psychology background and executive coaching experience, will examine “Praxis,” a Greek term for the process by which a theory, lesson or skill is practiced or enacted. In this seminar, Sluder will look at how coaching supports transition, how to overcome obstacles, and develop a vision and set goals for a healthy professional and personal life. The seminar series, established in 1983, is named after the late Rev. Joseph Gammon, a former chaplain at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, and this year marks the first joint effort with the inaugural event at Parkwest Medical Center in honor of former CAO Wayne Heatherly. Registration fee is $20 (make checks payable to Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, Pastoral Care), include $10 for Continuing Education Unit credit or $50 for theological and medical professionals. Approval is pending for Continuing Medical Education credit, which will require a $25 fee. For more information about the lecture series, call the Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Pastoral Care office at 865-541-1235. For more about Davidson Centre for the Professions, visit davcp.com.

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