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When the Knoxville Symphony League opens its 2012 Symphony Showcase House to the public starting Friday and running through May 13, it will be celebrating the event’s 25th anniversary. Scott Bishop, local designer and owner of Westwood Antiques in Bearden, has been a participant for most of those years, and says it’s a project he finds exciting and always looks forward to. See page A-2

Mayor surprises West Knox Rotary It’s a big deal for any organization when the city’s mayor comes to speak, and that was doubly true for West Knoxville Rotarians when Mayor Madeline Rogero spoke at their recent luncheon meeting. The mayor was accompanied by her executive assistant and scheduler, Terry Alexander, whose Dad, Haynes Smith, is a popular longtime member of the club. In addition to enjoying the opportunity to lunch with his daughter, Smith had brought along his wife, Fran, and announced the couple were celebrating their 61st wedding anniversary.

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Better at giving than driving ... Wendy Smith says if you were to judge the fine folks of West Knoxville by the way they drive, most wouldn’t come off well. “The good news is that driving behavior isn’t necessarily indicative of character,” she says. “Almost every day, I get to interact with truly selfless West Knoxvillians. Just this week, I met an architect who didn’t just help a needy family, but did it with child-like glee.”

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A lofty gift By Wendy Smith It won’t make up for what they’ve lost, but a new treehouse will give a West Knox family a special place to be together and a clear view of how much their church, and their community, cares about them. Reid Faulkenberry, a 40-year-old father of five, passed away last summer after a heart attack. Gregor Smee was on vacation with his family when he heard the news from his daughter, Savannah, who was a friend of 15-year-old Sydney Faulkenberry. Gregor, president of Smee+Busby Architecture, had never met Reid, but the girls had been in a Fellowship Church small group together since the 7th grade. A few months later, Savannah and Sydney were playing on a tree swing at the Smee’s home. Sydney commented that she would like to have such a swing, and Gregor was happy to help. When he saw how excited all five children were for a simple

swing, he wanted to do something else for the family. He asked their mother, Jana Faulkenberry, if she thought the kids, who are now 16, 14, 11, 11 and 9, were too big for a fort. “I said, ‘Are you ever too big for a fort?’ ” says Jana. But when she told him that Reid had wanted to build a treehouse with the kids, Gregor’s eyes lit up. “He turned into a 12-year-old boy,” she says. He took the idea back to Smee+Busby, and the firm ran with it. “Who, besides architects, would be more excited about a treehouse?” he says. The idea was to build a treehouse with five platforms – one for each child – but that wouldn’t fit in one tree, says Gregor. The current plan, created by Design Manager Christopher King, calls for two platforms in one tree and three in another, with the two trees connected by a suspension bridge. A rendering for the Faulkenberry “tree lofts”

Gregor Smee, Savannah Smee, Sydney Faulkenberry and Jana Faulkenberry show off Sydney’s tree swing, which will soon have a closeup view of the family’s new tree “lofts.” Photo by W. Smith was revealed to the family at Fellowship Church on Easter Sunday. “It is amazing,” says Jana. “What kid wouldn’t want to hang out there? I may want to hang out there!” Smee+Busby is accepting donations for materials for the treehouse, which will be installed by employees and volunteers in May. The Home Depot on Schaad Road has agreed to give a discount on materials. If he can collect enough money, Gregor would like to add

Christopher King, design manager at Smee+Busby Architecture, designed the Faulkenberry tree lofts. Photo submitted roofs to the lofts. There’s no way to candy-coat what has been a tough year, says Jana, but the family has been blessed by amazing support from both the church and the community. “I’ve tried to keep things as normal as possible. It’s neat to see something the kids wanted to

do with their dad come to fruition. That’s awesome.” The project is a reminder that people care, says Sydney, and she’s looking forward to the day when she can hang out in her own “loft.” “It will be good to get away sometimes.” To donate: www. smeebusby.com/.

Bearden rebuffed on sidewalks By Sandra Clark Knox County Commissioner Jeff Ownby is nothing like former Commissioner Bee DeSelm, you might say. But you would be wrong. Last week Ownby was smacked down by his colleagues in a manner reminiscent of DeSelm’s 20year tenure representing District 4. Ownby had requested a discussion at the commission’s April 16 workshop regarding a cooperative project with the city to install and upgrade sidewalks around schools. The idea was developed by the Bearden Council, Ownby said afterwards. But the commission’s reaction was so negative that he probably won’t pursue it. Commissioner R. Larry Smith, whose district lies outside the city limits, even tried to offer “a friendly amendment” to study all school zones “to fix the worst problems first.” Somebody told Smith you can’t put an amendment on a discussion item. Dwight Van de Vate, senior director of the county’s Department of Engineering and Public Works, was brutal: “We do not look at streets (and sidewalks) around city schools. We do ours and they do theirs.” “City taxpayers pay

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county taxes, too,” Ownby said afterwards, restating DeSelm’s signature issue. Even Sam McKenzie, who represents an all-city district, was negative: “Traditionally, this is a pond we’ve not played in.” And Richard Briggs agreed: “The policy for the county has been, we don’t do sidewalks.”

The Mainstreet Project As presented by Ownby, the sidewalk project would require $400,000 from Knox County to be matched by the city of Knoxville and a contribution to install crosswalks by UT. The university already is building a plaza on Sutherland Avenue along the Third Creek Greenway in front of the new athletic fields. “A safe sidewalk connecting businesses on the north side of Sutherland between

Hollywood and Jade streets would help to finish shaping the physical and social character of this community and continuing the ‘greening’ of this area,” according to the Mainstreet Project report. Ownby told commissioners the parental responsibility zone for Pond Gap Elementary School extends to apartments on Sutherland across from West High School. And sidewalks from Cagle Terrace to the new strip mall would help senior residents of Cagle Terrace where recently a resident nicknamed “Speedy” was killed in a collision with a vehicle. McKenzie argued that “there are available sidewalks in that area,” but Ownby said where sidewalks exist they are too narrow or broken and uneven. Later, Ownby observed that the county includes sidewalks in new school construction, such as Hardin Valley elementary and high schools and new elementary schools at Carter and Northshore Center. “I thought it was a good plan for the county and city to work together. “It’s about making it safer. And city people pay county taxes, too.” Somewhere Bee DeSelm was nodding yes.

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The sitting room at one end of the upstairs gallery opens onto a Juliet balcony at left. Designer Scott Bishop has filled the room with warm reds, including a Queen Anne sofa with down cushThe breakfast room Scott Bishop designed features a contemporary table to which he applied a ions upholstered in a matelassé fabric and complemented by warm colors in paintings and accustom finish, four mahogany Chippendale chairs and an English Hepplewhite serpentine style cessories and an Oriental rug. The room also opens to another gallery area where Bishop has sideboard. On the sideboard is a blue glass Tommie Rush bowl from Bishop’s personal collec- placed a pair of comfortable silk plaid chairs in front of a window with a lovely view – the perfect tion. The table is set with china painted with dogwood blossoms. Photos by Anne Hart setting for a morning cup of coffee.

Behind the scenes at the Symphony Showcase House By Anne Hart When the Knoxville Symphony League opens its 2012 Symphony Showcase House to the public starting Friday and running through May 13, it will be celebrating the event’s 25th anniversary. Scott Bishop, local designer and owner of Westwood Antiques in Bearden, has been a participant for most of those years, and says it’s a project he finds exciting and always looks forward to. In fact, over the years Bishop has decorated every type of room in a showcase house except a bathroom. For this year’s showcase house he decorated the kitchen, the separate breakfast area and an upstairs gallery with two

ers. Each designer brings a design board showing their ideas for the space they have agreed to decorate. But Bishop doesn’t do a design board “because I never know what I’m going to do for sure. I’m always open to last minute alterations.” Bishop says he first takes measurements of his area, “and then I sit around for a while and do the ‘what ifs?’ What if I put this piece here Scott Bishop and that one over there – or maybe it would work better distinct spaces – a sitting over here. Usually you start room and a small reading with your larger pieces, and then you decide what story area. One of the first things you are telling. Are you tellthat happens with plan- ing a color story or a texture ning a showcase house is story or both? There are a luncheon attended by many stories you can tell, Symphony Showcase vol- but you have to decide what unteers and the design- your principal story is.”

Bishop says he designs his showcase house rooms “to look as if the owners have just stepped out for a moment and have let you come inside to wait for them. I always want my rooms to look comfortable and lived-in and inviting.” He says his designs for private clients, “should always reflect the people who live there. They are about the design and not about the designer.” He loves using antiques “because they already have a personality. They have patina and personality built up over time that you just aren’t going to find in new furniture, even though it may be beautiful.” Being in the antiques business offers Bishop many options. He is an

avid art collector, and that opens other doors. In addition, he collects railroad silver and hotel silver which often factor into his room designs. In the showcase house, he uses pieces from his personal silver collection, including an ice bucket and silver pitchers, in the kitchen and bar area. In the breakfast room there is a Tommie Rush glass piece from his own collection sitting atop one of his silver trays. An original painting by local artist Margaret Scanlon, part of Bishop’s personal collection, hangs in the upstairs gallery sitting room he designed, along with one by another local artist, John Stockdale. “I use only original art,” Bish-

op says, “and I try to use local artists.” Also in that sitting area is what Bishop describes as “a Sheraton fancy chair” that he bought at an auction and refinished only to discover a beautiful hand-painted design underneath many layers of shellac. Antiques “are classic recycling,” he adds. “They’re a great ‘green’ way to decorate.” This year’s showcase house is at 1952 Oakleigh Way in West Knoxville. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is $15 at the door. A season pass is $25. The Symphony Shop is open daily and the tea room is open Monday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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It’s a big deal for any organization when the city’s mayor comes to speak, and that was doubly true for West Knoxville Rotarians when Mayor Madeline Rogero spoke at their recent luncheon meeting. The mayor was accompanied by her executive assistant and scheduler, Terry Alexander, whose Dad, Haynes Smith, is a popular longtime member of the club. In addition to enjoying the opportunity to lunch with his daughter, Smith had brought along his wife, Fran, and announced the couple were celebrating their 61st wedding anniversary. In introducing the mayor, who has been in office for only four months, Dick Hinton reminded the crowd that while Rogero is the city’s 68th mayor, she is the first woman to hold that office, and Rogero jokingly added that while being mayor is stressful, “it’s not as bad as

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campaigning.” In discussing her staffing decisions, Rogero said she “wanted a blend of old and new,” and had hired new staffers “with strong business principles. While you don’t run a government like a business, there are some of the same principles for both.” As an example, she cited Eddie Mannis, deputy to the mayor and chief operating officer. Mannis owns Prestige Cleaners, a successful business Rogero said “has a focus on customer service and good management – principles that we need in government, too.” Christi Branscom, the city’s new public works director, has a law degree, is

president and founder of Grace Construction Company and worked for many years as chief administrative officer, general counsel and managing broker with Partners Development. Patricia Robledo, who now heads a new Office of Business Support, “will make the city easier for businesses to navigate.” Rogero said Knoxville has “a strong economy and we want to maximize private investment.” She cited the proposed $62 million development for the old Fulton Bellows site as an example of a good public/ private partnership and said she supports tax increment financing for the project. “Economic development and environmental stewardship of the land go hand in hand,” Rogero said, citing efforts to preserve the environment and promote bike trails and other outdoor infrastructure.

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City of Knoxville Neighborhood Coordinator David Massey, back, visits with fellow city employ- Paul Scoonover brokers a deal by phone with raffle winner Nadim Jubran while Jacene England ees Bill Lyons, Bob Whetsel and Becky Wade before his Brown Bag Green Book discussion at the looks on. Scoonover and England are on the board of the East Tennessee Community Design Center. East Tennessee History Center. Photos by Wendy Smith

Better at giving than driving If you were to judge the fine folks of West Knoxville by the way they drive, most of us wouldn’t come off well.

Wendy Smith Some would seem downright despicable, like the driver I saw recently who pulled into the left turn lane so he could cut in front of a long line of cars waiting for the light at Gallaher View and Gleason to change. (Yep, I’m talking about you, Jaguar driver.) Then there was the SUV driver who was stuck to my back bumper until a fire truck, headed to our giant mulch-fire wiener roast, managed to squeeze between us. It worked out well for him, though, because he hitched a ride behind the fire truck and got ahead of all of us who pulled to the side. Is it just me or is that plain rude? The good news is that driving behavior isn’t necessarily indicative of character. Almost every day, I get to interact with truly selfless West Knoxvillians. Just this week, I met an architect who didn’t just help a needy family, but did it with child-like glee. I spoke to a Holocaust survivor who volunteers to relive painful memories so children can

Knoxville Breakfast Rotary Club members Buddy Brown, Dan Hipsher, John Powell, Pat Martin, Roger Kiefer, Terry Adams, Greg Maciolek and Doug Lesher help out at the club’s annual plant sale. understand the destructive nature of hate. And I witnessed two raffle winners who each gave away $1,000 of the $5,000 they had won five minutes earlier. (I would have had to sleep on that one, I think.) Stories like these make me proud to be part of this community. And being able to tell them makes me happy to be part of the ShopperNews team. ■

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BEARDEN NOTES ■ Boys’ Night Out will perform a mix of soul, blues and Carolina beach music 6:30 to 10 p.m. Friday, May 11, at Bearden Banquet Hall on Kingston Pike. All proceeds will go toward the Emory Valley Center Capital Campaign. Dinner from Buddy’s Bar-BQ will be served. Tickets are $15 ($20 at the door) and can be purchased at www.emoryvalleycenter.com or at any Tennessee Bank location. Info: Call 483-3659. ■ 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. ■ 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. ■ West Knoxville Kiwanis Club meets 5:30 p.m. every Tuesday at Shoney’s on Walker Springs Road.

AARP driver safety class An AARP driver safety class will be held 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, April 23-24, at Maryville First UMC, 804 Montvale Station Rd in Maryville. For registration info about this and all other AARP driver safety classes, call Carolyn Rambo, 584-9964.

sion of providing architectural and engineering and design services for nonprofit groups. Two hundred tickets were sold for the reverse raffle, and the grand prize was $10,000, so enthusiasm was high as the last few names were drawn. The final two tickets belonged to Nadim Jubran and Jack Tallent, who were not present, but representatives of the men brokered a deal that netted each of them $5,000. Both winners were generous enough to chip in $1,000 of their share to the design center.

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Raided by ‘a bunch of thugs’ Retired KPD detective Don Wiser is a veteran of the local political wars. Sometimes he’s up – like the summer of 2010 when he campaigned nonstop for his longtime friend Tim Burchett – and sometimes he’s down, as was mostly the case when he was still a cop and Phil Keith was police chief. But he’s never been quite as down as he’s been since 12:20 p.m. Saturday, April 14, when a bunch of deputies burst Don Wiser through the door of his Halls office and disrupted a DUI/ driver’s safety class he was conducting. They proceeded to confiscate his receipt book, files, composition book, laptop, notebooks, fax machine, folders and a wad of cash and checks while detaining him for an indeterminate period of time. “They came in waving guns and flashing badges hollering ‘Get out! Get out!’ ” Wiser said. “When I started to leave, one of them hollered, ‘Where are you going?’ Then they sat me down in a chair and wouldn’t let me get up. They acted like I was John Dillinger.” Wiser said he started telling people he plans to run for sheriff a few weeks before the raid. Sheriff Jimmy “J.J.” Jones’ spokesperson Martha Dooley said there is no incident report on the raid (which could account for no story by any other media). When asked for a response from Jones, she said, “I can neither confirm nor deny that this is under investigation.” Wiser rents space from Commissioner R. Larry Smith in the Birch Tree Plaza. Smith confirmed the raid and said he was contacted by other tenants including the beauty shop next door. “Looks like I’ve lost a tenant,” he said. The warrant indicates that Wiser is accused of giving clients credit for completing more hours of his class than they actually sat through. Wiser says he suspects it has more to do with him spreading the word that he plans to run for sheriff. The warrant alleges he has violated TCA 39-14-

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Wayne Blasius and Rick Dover want a county investment of $712,100 toward rehabbing the old Oakwood School. Photos by S. Clark

136 (falsifying educational and academic records), a Class A misdemeanor. Nearly two weeks later he hasn’t been charged. His attorney, Bob Jolley, a former lead prosecutor with the district attorney general’s office who before that worked for the state attorney general, says a full-scale raid over a misdemeanor charge is unusual. He smells politics. “I’m not sure this statute is something they can charge him on. What you are talking about is a major police raid on a legitimate business in Knox County where a large amount of money was expended. They closed down a business because of what was seized. Eighteen to 20 officers, some of them narcotics people, plus an assistant district attorney conducting a raid over a misdemeanor?” In recent years, Wiser, who has a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and a master’s in health and safety education from UT, plus a couple of years at the Nashville night law school and has taught criminal justice at Walters State, has been the sole proprietor of Concepts in Safety. Its website describes its business thusly: “Our sole mission is to provide a much needed service following state law guidelines which states in TCA 55-10-301, C(4), “Each county clerk shall provide a list of approved entities in the county to any person ordered to attend a driver education or improvement course.” Wiser concedes that that he’s not perfect. “Being an ex-policeman, I love policemen. Real policemen. If I’m wrong, I need to answer to the proper authorities, not to a bunch of thugs.”

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Budd Cullom wants a $10 million reduction in property taxes for 25 years to develop the old Fulton Bellows site near UT.

Amy Broyles is not sure how she will vote on Cullom’s proposal, saying, “I love brownfield development but hate Walmart.”

Today’s meeting of the Knox County Commission will be about money, and Mayor Tim Burchett hasn’t even presented his budget yet. Expect discussion on the school board’s budget, starting with public forum at 1:45 p.m. and continued discussion (from last week’s workshop) of proposals by two developers to get tax relief in exchange for tackling tough “brownfield” developments inside the city. My prediction is that most public comment will support the school board budget (including remarks by this writer) and both redevelopment requests will pass, although the $10 million TIF for University Commons is a huge frog to swallow. First, you’ve gotta believe that a Walmart will stay in one spot for 25 years (or its empty nest will be taken up by other worthy sales tax generators). Then you’ve got to move county-based commissioners toward supporting a project in the university area. And finally, you’ve got to motivate city-based commissioners such as Amy Broyles to look past the anchor tenants to the overall community benefit. Budd Cullom, developer of University Commons, said neither Publix nor Walmart will get a property

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tax break. “They will pay property taxes from Day One, but the money will go toward paying back the $10 million TIF. “This site is a tremendous eyesore,” said Commissioner Tony Norman. And Commissioner Dave Wright asked if Cullom plans to “keep the smokestack.” He said yes. Burchett endorsed both projects, a huge boost to obtaining the commission’s OK. Burchett said he and Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero are working together on the University Commons project, estimated to generate 600 construction jobs and 1,100 permanent jobs in retail. Cullom said the project is impossible without the TIF, which will be used to redo two intersections (Kingston Pike and Joe Johnson Blvd.) encapsulate the ground, and build elevated, open air parking to prevent damage from vapors. Cullom said the project would cost his group $25 million less if developed in a greenfield.

The Oakwood School project may pass unanimously. Developers Wayne Blasius and Rick Dover are asking for $712,100 to “get the property back to zero,” as Blasius explained to the commission. He was met with universal praise last week including Burchett’s endorsement. Family Pride Corporation, which operates a similar assisted living project in a former school in Lenoir City, would create 58 assisted living units in the old school to serve the aging community nearby. “It will be cheaper for Knox County to save this building than to tear it down,” Burchett said. Developers will make a $4.5 million investment, Blasius said, creating 35 permanent jobs and a $750,000 annual payroll. “It will be good for the community and good for the taxpayers.” Commissioner Broyles, who represents the district, said she and her husband had discussed moving there later. “They’re taking deposits now,” Burchett joked. Upcoming: The 4th District Democratic Club will host Dr. Joanne Logan, an applied climatologist at UT, at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 24, at the Bearden Branch Library. Info: Lorraine Hart, 637 3293 or 850-6858.

Budget address, y’all come! This Friday, April 27, will mark the 24th annual mayor’s budget message when Mayor Madeline Rogero delivers her first budget address. The first was in 1988. Prior to that, Knoxville mayors simply handed off their budget to a city council workshop. It was a limited audience with minimum notice. When I became mayor in January 1988 I changed that outdated system and converted the budget announcement (which the charter requires the mayor to present to council by May 1) to an address and a State of the City speech. Subsequent mayors have maintained this tradition and the county mayors have now copied it but hold a breakfast meeting. My first budget address was in the Community Room of the Candy Factory at the World’s Fair Park to a much smaller audience than we have today. In fact, the then City Council did not know quite what to make of it as it had never happened before. More than 3,000 invitations to Rogero’s budget address went out. If you are not on the list and want to go, just call the mayor’s of-

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fice at 215-2040 as you will be more than welcome. It is, after all, a public event. Eighty tables have been ordered for the event to be held at Victor Ashe Park. There will likely be more than 800 persons in attendance, fewer than the Rogero inaugural but more than the normal budget message. Plan on early arrival by 11:30 for parking and visiting with others. It will be a place to see and be seen. Communications Director Angela Starke tells me that Vice Mayor Nick Pavlis will be the MC and Rabbi Beth Schwartz, the retiring rabbi of Temple Beth El, will give the invocation. Fire Department Captain Scott Warwick will sing the National Anthem, which he did at the American Embassy in Warsaw for two July 4 celebrations when I was Ambassador to Poland. The Knoxville Community Band will perform and the Police De-

partment will provide the honor guard for the flag presentation with Northwest Middle students leading the pledge of allegiance. Each council member will host a table. So if you want to sit with a particular council member look for their table and lock down a seat. If you want a seat close to the podium you need to get there early, too. Judith Foltz, city special events chief, has planned a red, white and blue color theme in gingham. During a 4 year mayoral term, there are really only five speeches a mayor gives which are guaranteed to attract citywide attention. These are the inaugural address and the four budget messages. Rogero gave a well-received inaugural address and now it is time for her first budget given in a very scenic and well -used park. Hopefully, her address will contain substantially more money for trees which have been destroyed on city property as well as greenway expansion as an integral part of a green city. If you have time after the event, you will en-

joy walking the greenway which goes to Northwest Middle School or checking out the lake or frisbee golf course. Both County Commissioner Ed Shouse and County Court Clerk Foster Arnett are out of the hospital and recovering. Best wishes to both for speedy return to duty. North Carolina Republican gubernatorial candidate Pat McCrory was hosted at a fund raiser last week in Nashville which raised more than $50,000 for his campaign. It was attended by House Speaker Beth Harwell; Gov. Bill Haslam; his father, Jim Haslam; and Sen. Bob Corker. North Carolina will be a battleground in November as President Obama carried the state in 2008. Shelley Breeding is getting lots of publicity for her State House run in northwest Knox County due to questions on her residency. Four Republicans are also seeking the seat including former Sheriff Tim Hutchinson who was overwhelmingly defeated by County Mayor Tim Burchett in the 2010 Republican primary.

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In and out of order Some wide receivers are sane Shelley Breeding eligibility case goes to court By Betty Bean The most dramatic moment at Thursday’s Election Commission meeting wasn’t when the Republican-dominated board, on a straight party line vote, moved to ask a judge to determine Democrat Shelley Breeding’s right to run for office in Knox County because her property is bisected by the Knox-Anderson county line and Anderson County collects her property taxes. It came later, during public forum, when former County Commissioner Mark Harmon, a Democrat, asked the commissioners to reopen the vote and do it again without Commissioner Rob McNutt, who has admitted voting illegally on seven occasions. “Your failure to do that harkens back to those horrific days (during County Commission’s notorious ‘Black Wednesday’ era) and stains this county and stains this board,� Harmon said. Board chair Chris Heagerty, an attorney, took offense. “You are completely out of order,� Heagerty said. “(As a citizen speaking to a public body), my comments by definition cannot be out of order,� Harmon snapped back. Commissioner Dennis Francis, a Democrat, echoed Harmon’s request, but Commissioner Bob Bowman, a Republican, said someone on the prevailing side would have to make the motion to recon-

Shelley Breeding is flanked by her attorneys, Jon Cope (left) and Billy Stokes. Photo by Betty Bean sider – “And I’m certainly not going to do that.� “Do I hear a motion from Mr. McNutt?� Harmon asked. “No,� McNutt said. “Then you’ve validated my point,� Harmon said. Election Administrator Cliff Rodgers started the meeting with an explanation of how Breeding’s eligibility came to be questioned. He said that an employee noticed an irregularity in Breeding’s husband’s address when she was verifying the signatures on Breeding’s qualifying petition. He said he “began to gather facts,� and used the KGIS mapping system to determine that Breeding’s house is across the Anderson County line, but said he never told Breeding that she is ineligible to run in Knox County (although he did say he wanted to conclude the matter so she could run in Anderson County, if she wanted to). He recommended that the commission follow state Election Coordinator Mark Goins’ advice and ask for a declaratory judgment to decide the issue, since it is likely to end up in court whatever is decided.

Breeding’s attorney Billy J. Stokes said he believes his client will win in court and cited a 1994 Tennessee annexation case – Committee to Oppose the Annexation of Topside and Louisville Road v. City of Alcoa – which held that “curtilage� (the immediate, enclosed area surrounding a house or dwelling) is the primary factor to be considered in determining jurisdiction. This, he said, is the prevailing law on this issue (Goins relied on a 1931 case). Stokes pointed out that Chief Deputy Law Director David Buuck was the prevailing attorney in this case, and he read from a disclaimer atop the KGIS website warning users not to rely on it for accuracy in determining property boundaries “or placement or location of any map features thereon.� Commissioner Dennis Francis, a Democrat, urged his colleagues to vote on Breeding’s eligibility: “I don’t know why everybody’s passing the buck. Mark Goins didn’t do his job. Let’s vote on it. Why do we have this commission if we’re not going to make any decisions?�

A particular coffee club, fortified by senior discounts, learned to endure mornings without Da’Rick drama. It was a test of patience. One vocal member, fighting off frustration, took remedial action. He broadened the Tennessee discussion considerably by declaring all wide receivers are quirky, spoiled or just plain nuts. He didn’t blame God. He said fans cause it with wild applause. He gave some credit to linebackers and other headhunters who pretend to be nice, little cornerbacks. A good target runs a crisp route, looks back for the ball and somebody drills him in the ribs and tries to break him in half. Or, even worse, he leaps and stretches for an overthrow and comes down with feet up and head stuck in the turf. The hits and threats and celebrations are enough to confuse basic values. The speaker’s point of reference was Terrell Owens. Oh no, said I, please, not T.O. or Randy Moss. There is no Volunteer connection. Going back to when ends were not even split, I said receivers don’t have to be goofy or selfish or even egotistical. Take Lester McClain for example, model citizen, a naturally quiet man who just ran down the field, caught the ball and ran some more. And Larry Seivers, best hands of my lifetime,

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catch it if he could touch it, and present it to the nearest official in the end zone. If Larry had been a flamboyant self-promoter, he would be in the Hall of Fame. Johnny Mills was a wee bit different. He thought he was always open and told Dewey Warren as much. He was really open one Saturday against Auburn. Caught 11. Burned Kentucky for 225 yards. Sent a letter to Bill Battle reminding the coach to never take receivers for granted. “We are the ones who made you rich and famous.� Willie Gault was always on the edge of show biz. Stanley Morgan could fly. Donte’ Stallworth averaged 17.6 yards per catch which was borderline spectacular. Kelley Washington developed a cocky reputation. He was older and confident and dubbed himself “The Future� and irritated some teammates by working harder. His numbers were hot, one great season, 64 receptions, 1,010 yards, 256 against LSU. Kippy Brown joined Johnny Majors’s staff in

’83 and helped Tennessee become “Wide Receiver U.� Tim McGee, Alvin Harper and Carl Pickens helped, too. Pickens was different. He had big-game flair – as in 13 catches against Notre Dame. Dearly beloved Peyton Manning and not-tooshabby Tee Martin had a little something to do with creating fortunate wide receivers. Joey Kent: very productive, career 183 receptions for 2,814 yards and 25 touchdowns. Peerless Price: great name, 147 receptions, 2,298 yards, 19 touchdowns, MVP in the national championship game. Marcus Nash: 177 receptions, 2,447 yards, 20 touchdowns. Defining moment was short catch and long run against Auburn for ’97 SEC title. The list of winners is long. Robert Meachem? Two splendid seasons. Cedrick Wilson? Twenty-four touchdowns. Jeremaine Copeland? Everything except blazing speed. I don’t remember any of them being much of a distraction or parlaying a suspension into missed winter workouts as did Da’Rick Rogers. Terrible punishment, something like throwing a bad-boy rabbit into a briar patch. Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@netzero.com.

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The grave of the state of Tennessee’s second governor, Archibald Roane, at Pleasant Forest Cemetery. Photo by Jake Mabe

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suppose most elementary school students like to take “field trips� as part of their educational experience. Certainly that was the case at Farragut Elementary. After all, being out in the sunshine in late fall or early spring certainly beat sitting in a classroom looking out the window. We didn’t take many field trips, but one in particular became more of a pilgrimage than a field trip. It was our visit to Pleasant Forest Cemetery where most of the early settlers to the area lived. I don’t remember exactly how many times we visited, but it seems like almost every year during my elementary school years. Since the cemetery was only about a quarter of a mile from the school on Concord Road, and since traffic was always very sparse at that time, we usually walked the short distance strung out in a single line like ducklings with the teacher leading and an adult in the rear. Most of my interest in history developed later in my life, and I never paid much attention to the teacher explaining the significance of the cemetery. But this historic cemetery is worth a visit for both adults and school kids with an interest in the area’s history. It is the second oldest cemetery in the county – second only to First Presbyterian Church cemetery on State Street behind the Tennessee Theatre, where many of the early Knoxvillians are laid to rest.

Pleasant Forest Cemetery is the resting place of our second governor of Tennessee, Archibald Roane (1801-1803), and several Revolutionary War soldiers, including Thomas Boyd and “Elder� David Campbell, co-founder of Campbell’s Station which is now the town of Farragut. Roane County is named for the governor who passed away in 1819 and whose grave went unmarked for almost a century until the state erected a monument in his honor near the end of World War I in 1918. Other field trips included visits to working farms in the area, particularly dairy farms. My family was not involved in farming, but the work I did to maintain our vegetable garden was enough to convince me that there must be an easier way to make a living. But as part of a school project one year, I did raise rabbits and learned that rabbits can quickly become a growing business. School field trips have been reduced in Knox County during the past few years because austere school budgets have limited funds available to transport students to the sites. But some local public and private schools still manage to offer these educational experiences. In my area, the Farragut Folklife Museum is a favorite field trip destination, particularly for 1st and 2nd graders. And as a docent and tour guide, it is easy to relive my early field trip experiences and appreci-

ate the challenges these trips place on teachers. And while it is hard to maintain the attention of these young kids for more than about 30 seconds, they often notice things that I overlook in my presentation. In one particular visit, I was explaining the art of scrimshaw and how the sailors scratched nautical images on sperm whales’s teeth. During my presentation I noticed two little boys playing a great deal of attention to a particular tooth. When I asked if there was something I could explain, one said, “That whale had a cavity in his tooth.� I assumed that these two must have had a recent trip to the dentist, and the fact that the whale had a cavity was more interesting than the art of the scrimshaw. But since that time, I have included their observation as part of my presentation.

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Always remember long as it doesn’t affect us, or those we love. It can be easy to turn our heads from the violence we see in the world around us every day and ignore the problems evil creates. It is not ‘my’ problem, we rationalize. It is not ‘my’ concern.” Members of the Sound Company Children’s Choir of Oak Ridge performed songs from “Brundibar,” a children’s opera that was performed by Jewish children interned at Terezin, a Nazicontrolled transit camp in Czechoslovakia. The original audience was primarily Jews who were being sent to Auschwitz, and most of the performers were executed after Hitler used a film of the opera as propaganda. After the yellow candles were lit, Rogero ceremonially lit a candle in honor of Europeans who took it upon themselves to save Jewish neighbors and friends. Andy Loebl sounded the shofar, or ram’s horn. Pais, who was born in Manny Herz, a Holocaust survivor who escaped Nazi Germany with his family in 1939, lights a memorial candle during the Yom Lithuania, was sent with his HaShoah ceremony at Temple Beth El while Mimi Pais looks on. Photo submitted family to a ghetto at the age of 14. At 16, he was sent to “He puts a face on his- “don’t forget.” He never re“Kids are usually very Dachau concentration camp Dachau until he was 18. His wife, Mimi, accom- tory,” she says. fuses to tell his story, and rowdy, but you can hear a with his father and brother. His primary message, when he does, it captures pin drop when I talk. So I He never saw his mother panied him when he spoke again. He was interned at to 40 groups last year. know they listen.” especially to students, is his audience.

By Wendy Smith Arthur Pais was one of three Holocaust survivors who lit a yellow candle during Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Rememberance Day, held last Wednesday at Temple Beth El. While the memories are painful, he frequently tells his story to church and school groups. “People have to know,” he says. That’s the reason for the annual observance, which is open to the public. Community leaders like Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero and attorney Sheryl Rollins, wife of Beck Cultural Exchange Executive Director Avon Rollins, participated in the service, as did religious leaders from several organizations. Participants read from texts, selected by Knoxville Jewish Alliance Executive Director Jeff Gubitz, that emphasized the importance of remembering the 6 million lives lost and being vigilant so that such atrocities are not repeated. The Rev. Susan Sgarlat read a quote from Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and author of “Night”: “Each of us has a tendency to ignore abuses, so

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■ 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. Info: 675-2835. ■ Sequoyah Hills Presbyterian Church, 3700 Keowee Ave., will host Griefshare 6 to 7:30 p.m. beginning Monday, April 30. The program is a weekly grief support group for people grieving the death of a loved one. Info: 522-9804 or www. sequoyahchurch.org.

Locked doors A week later his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were shut, Jesus came and stood among them, and said, “Peace be with you.” (John 20: 26 NRSV) Listen! I am standing at the door, knocking; if you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to you and eat with you, and you with me. (Revelation 3: 20 NRSV)

Special Services ■ Sequoyah Hills Presbyterian Church, 3700 Keowee Ave., will host local musician and Grammy and Dove award winner Ashley Cleveland at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 25. Everyone is invited. Free admission. Info: 522-9804 or www.sequoyahchurch.org.

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■ Beaver Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 7225 Old Clinton Pike in Powell will host “Pack a Pew” 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sunday, April 29. Everyone is invited. Mavis Hughes will perform and lunch will be provided at 11 a.m. and noon. Info: 938-725 or www.bccpc. org.

■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, will have a rummage sale in the family life center 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 28. Doors will reopen from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. to sell everything for $5 a bag. Items can be donated for the sale Thursday evening, April 26, or anytime Friday, April 27. Info: 690-1060.

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I try really hard to listen to the sermon, for several reasons. First, my pastor’s sermons are worthy: well-prepared, honest, with memorable illustrations. They make me think; they challenge me; they call me out of myself. Second, I sit up front, facing the congregation. If I am not attentive, it is quite evident and sets a bad example. But sometimes, something that is said in a sermon triggers an idea, and my mind is off and running, putting two and two together and coming up with 150! Last Sunday’s sermon (about Jesus’ post-resur-

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who was dead by then, and Thomas who was absent) on Easter evening. In that instance, John says that “… the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews.” Yet, “Jesus came and stood among them and said, ‘Peace be with you.’ ” (John 20:19-21) He did the same thing again a week later, with Thomas present this time. “Although the doors were shut, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” Luke’s account (in Chapter 24) of the encounter on the road to Emmaus ends with the two who had shared a meal with Jesus running back to Jerusalem to share the good news. Even while they were recounting their amazing experience, Luke says, “Jesus himself stood among them. …” Jesus, who apparently just appeared in the room, later asked, “ ‘Have you anything here to eat?’ They gave him a piece of broiled fish, and he took it and ate in their presence.” (vss. 41b-42) This man, whose death the women and John, at

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Farragut High School students Danielle Leonard and Michelle Cosse add to the fun, dressed as ladybugs.

Laura Owens applies face paint to Carsyn Arden outside the Princesses and Pirates store in Franklin Square. Looking on are Marlee Arden and Sophia Owens.

Ken Oakes and his dad, Stewart Oakes, owner of Oakes Daylilies of Corryton, enjoy the Festival. The honey bee, at right, came along with the plants and roused awake during our picture taking. Hope the little guy stayed close because it’s a long flight home to the hive.

The Holloway family from Lenoir City prepare to entertain at Sullivan’s. Pictured are bass player and mom, Nancy Holloway; fiddler Sondra Holloway; guitarist and lead singer Michelle Holloway; and banjo player and dad, David Holloway.

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Oops! Is the Hungry Catepillar about to devour Daniella, age 4? She stopped to speak to the creature at Smart Toys and Books, but talking was all she could do. It’s hard to shake hands with somebody with pegs! Daniella’s little brother didn’t even try.

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‘Nothing but success’ West High band wraps up year

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By Betty Bean As he wraps up his first year as West High School band director, Jeremy Lumpkin can’t help but grin. “We’ve had nothing but success. We went to a concert festival in March and received nothing but Superior ratings,â€? he said. “We’re also incorporating a middle school tour where we take the entire group – band and color guard – to recruit at Bearden Middle School. “We’re expecting 25 percent growth next year, and hopefully that percentage will go up and we will retain more students in the years to come. Hopefully, with the International Baccalaureate program, we’ll be going over to West Valley and trying to persuade some of those students to come to West.â€? He’s excited about the performance of the Winter guard, which, under the direction of Mollie Weaver, has made amazing progress. “They’ve been spectacular. When we went to shows, people were coming up to us amazed and couldn’t believe what we have done with so little experience. ‌ One judge almost broke into tears and said, ‘This is why I do what I do.’ â€? The public can hear for themselves at the Spring Concert at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 8, in the West High School auditorium. There will be no admission charge for an eclectic mix of music. Refreshments will be served. Rebuilding the band’s brand was Job One for the energetic and highly cre-

spotlight Bearden Elementary School students (front) Claire Wilson, Emmaline May; (back) Sofia Hamby and Perian Reese can hardly contain their excitement while preparing for a performance at the Tennessee Music Education Association’s professional development conference in Chattanooga. Photo by S. Barrett

West High School band director Jeremy Lumpkin stands behind two of his stalwarts, NaNeeishia Barnes and Ernest Atkins. Photo by Betty Bean

dentialed Lumpkin when he got the job at the beginning of the year. He has an undergraduate degree in music from the University of Tennessee and a master’s from the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music where he played jazz, recorded gospel CDs and was principal alto saxophonist in the Wind Symphony. At present, he has 41 concert band members and a 54-member marching band. “It’s been a very, very hardworking year,� he said. “One of the things we’re trying to do here is rebuild the name. As other programs in the county get stronger, so will we. We will keep going to festivals, keep getting Superior ratings and continue to build our numbers. I’m here at 7:30 in the morning until 6:30 at night, and I’m never here by myself.� Junior NaNeeishia Barnes is Lumpkin’s right hand. She is an International Baccalaureate student who has played in bands

since she was a 6th grader (she plays bass clarinet) and says this has been her best year yet. “Mr. Lumpkin’s really increased our musicality and taught us how to be better at playing an instrument, from tuning to notation,� she said. She’s been getting her IB service hours in band, making posters and organizing the music library. She plans to minor in music and major in computer design in college. Her parents are Dmitri Barnes and Jrumeaia Riddle. Another junior, saxophonist Ernest Atkins, says Lumpkin makes class much more challenging than it used to be. “Mr. Lumpkin has brought a lot of new energy into the band, and I actually like it a lot more. I feel like I’m actively improving how I play.� Son of David Atkins and Mary O’Neill, Ernest says music is just one of his interests, and he’s thinking about a career as a chef.

SPORTS NOTES â– The ninth annual Fighting Irish Spring Classic will be begin at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 28, at Smokies Park. All proceeds benefit the adoption and pregnancy services of Catholic Charities of East Tennessee. There will be a home run hitting contest, guest speaker Michael Rivera and games between Grace Christian Academy and Jefferson County High School and Knoxville Catholic High School and Webb School of Knoxville. Hosted by the Bearden Council for the Knights of Columbus. For more information, call Skip Williams at 335-8740.

Blast off for space Second grade students at Sequoyah Elementary School recently performed a musical study of the planets for parents and guests. The event was an informative program to show what students have learned about the planets and the solar system. In addition to singing, students told jokes and provided facts about the moon and planets. Pictured are second graders Eliza Thackston, Presley Ford and Cooper Shymlock performing “The Milky Way Rap.� Music teacher is Doris Moreland. Photo by R. White

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â– The 10th annual Bulldog Classic Golf Tournament will be held Thursday, May 10, at Willow Creek Golf Course. Bearden alumni Bert Bertelkamp will serve as honorary host. The tournament will be a four person scramble with a 1 p.m. shotgun start. Catered lunch will be served at noon and lots of prizes will be awarded. Proceeds will go

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Reading, recorders and arithmetic Bearden Elementary School 5th grade musicians Parker Fox, Sandra Guiterrez and Ashton Alloway prepare for a performance to be held 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 8, at the school’s outdoor dance festival. All 4th and 5th graders at BES play the recorder not only for the benefit of learning an instrument, but also because – according to BES music teacher Leeann Parker – it helps their development in other areas of education, including reading and math. Photo by S. Barrett

to the school and contributions outside of player fees are tax deductible. For more information and registration call Robin Gold at 254-3762 or email rgold@knology.net. â– Baseball tournament, Friday through Sunday, April 27-29, rec teams only, Halls Community Park. Tee ball and 6U coach pitch, 14U. Info: 992-5504 or email hcpsports@msn.com.

SCHOOL NOTES Bearden Middle ■Girls’ soccer team tryouts will be held 6-8 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, May 14-15, for all female students and upcoming 6th graders at Deane Hill Recreation Center, 7400 Deane Hill Drive. Players need to attend

■Box Tops for Education from General Mills’ products and Labels for Education from Campbell’s products are being collected to purchase supplies for the school. Labels can be dropped off in the silver collection box at the front of the school or can be mailed to: West Hills Elementary School, 409 Vanosdale Drive, Knoxville, TN 37909. Info: email Jill Schmudde at jschmudde@gmail.com.

West View Elementary ■The annual “Cinco de Mayo� spring carnival will be 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Friday, May 4, at the school, 1714 Mingle Ave. The event will include games, food, face painting, informational booths and a silent auction. Tickets are 25 cents. The event is a fundraiser for the school, where 95 percent of students are on free or reduced lunch. Info or to help: Michael Wueller at 594-3944.

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REUNIONS

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■ Doyle High School’s “Reunion of 10 Years of Graduates” will be held 6-11 p.m. Saturday, May 5, at Rothchild, 8807 Kingston Pike. Tickets are $37.50 ($70 for couples). Checks should be made payable to Gwen Cameron, P.O. Box 9401, Knoxville, TN 37920.

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■ Fulton High School Alumni Association will host the fourth annual Wall of Fame banquet and induction ceremony Saturday, June 2, at Rothchild Catering and Banquet Hall on Kingston Pike. Meet-and-greet starts at 4 p.m.; banquet begins at 6:30. An open house will be held at Fulton High 2-6 p.m. Sunday, June 3. Cost is $50 for the banquet and $5 for the open house. Any class choosing to host a gathering at the open house must notify the FHS Alumni Association to reserve a room. Each class is responsible for their expense of the hosting of the room. Info: fhsalumni@ hughes.net. Refreshments will be available.

Christopher Goodman (front center) signs a national letter of intent to swim for Western Kentucky University. He is joined by his parents, Becky and Richard Goodman, and coaches Jimmy Dabney, Stephen “Boogie” Langdon and Jim Rambaugh. Christopher began swimming competitively at age 4 for the Gulfwood Gators and began swimming for Pilot Aquatic Club at age 7. ■ Halls High School Class He is captain of the Bearden swim and dive team, and won the team’s Character award. of 1952 will hold its 60th

reunion in conjunction with the yearly alumni banquet Saturday, April 28, at the Halls High School cafeteria. Info: Judson Palmer, 9227651 or 712-3099.

Bearden High students Annie Pickle and Anna Cate Hale sell jewelry during lunch break. They are raising money for an orphanage in South Africa as a leadership class project. Photo by W. Smith

By Wendy Smith It’s just a school assignment, but Bearden High School students Annie Pickle and Anna Cate Hale are working on a leadership class project as if lives depended on it. The girls are raising money for an orphanage in Johannesburg, South Africa. They visited Door of Hope last summer when they went on an International World Changers mission trip with other members of First Baptist Church of Knoxville. Door of Hope was established by the pastor of a small mission church who realized that dozens of desperate mothers were abandoning infants every month in Johannesburg. A bin with a sensor was installed at the church so mothers could leave their babies in a safe place. Most mothers who abandon their babies in South Africa are very young, says Anna Cate, and many are starving. Many The Walker family came out to enjoy some fine dining at Texas Roadhouse on Morrell Road last of the parents and the babies also have HIV, says Annie. Both girls are enrolled in the leadership class taught by week during “Dine Out for Education.” A portion of all sales at participating restaurants will Rachel Harmon. Each student in the class is required to help purchase much-needed items for Knox County schools. Pictured are Rocky Hill Elementary conduct a fundraiser, and the girls chose to work together School student Joshua, 16-year-old homeschooled student Amana and 16-year-old West High School student Zaria with their parents, LaKeisha and Mikel Walker. Photos by S. Barrett to sell jewelry to raise money for Door of Hope. Annie recruited her sister-in-law to make hair flowers and personalized necklaces, and the girls made parachute bracelets to sell. They sold the jewelry at school during lunch and hope to sell more at church. The project keeps their memories of South Africa fresh. Annie hasn’t forgotten her visit to what was a typical home in the area they visited. The tiny house had no door or glass in the windows and was heated only by a small stove. “We got to see what they live in compared to how materialistic we are,” she says. Anna Cate, who will study education at UT next year, visited a high school and talked to the students about leadership and abstinence. Even though she’s just a teenager herself, she felt she made an impact. “They were so interested in what we had to say because we were Americans.” The teens and children alike were intrigued by Annie’s fair skin and red hair and Anna Cate’s long, blonde hair. People constantly wanted to braid their hair and have their pictures taken with them, they said. Students have to apply to participate in the popular leadership class, and most who participate already have a heart for service. In addition to raising funds for organizations like Second Harvest Food Bank and the Make-A-Wish Foundation, the class rides a bus to Christenberry Elementary School each Wednesday to read with students. The fall semester class has a Christmas party for the youngsters, and the spring semester class hosts a field day. To donate to Annie’s and Anna Cate’s fundraiser, send checks to Bearden High School, 8352 Kingston Pike, Knox- Beth Cooper brought her two little ones, 5-year-old Evy and Rocky Hill Elementary School 2nd grader Will. ville, TN 37919, with “Door of Hope” on the memo line.

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■ Halls High School Class of 1962 will hold its 50th reunion 6 p.m. Friday, April 27, at Beaver Brook Country Club. Another opportunity to reunite with classmates will be at the annual alumni banquet 6 p.m. Saturday, April 28, at Halls High School. Those who have not received notification by mail or phone may need to update contact information. A list of classmates that have not been located can be found at www.hallshigh62. com. Info/reservations: Mabel Sumter Holsenback, 922-2206. ■ Hillcrest Employees Reunion for past and present employees is 3 p.m. until close Saturday, May 5, at QQ Pizza in Halls. Everyone will purchase their own meal. Info: Sue Chesney, 6894158; Mildred Thompson, 688-0700; Gaye Vandergriff, 456-0531; or Vivian Bailey, 689-3451. ■ The 15th Old Farragut School reunion will be held Saturday, May 5. Info: 688-6777. ■ Powell High Class of 1962 will hold its 50th reunion April 27-28. On Friday, there’s a tour of Powell High School at 2 p.m. followed by Malcolm’s Dairyland hamburgers at Dante Baptist Church, 314 Brown Road. On Saturday, social hour and class photo at 6 p.m. at Jubilee Banquet Facility with dinner and program to follow. Info or to register: Joe Prueitt, 922-9865; Meryl Ann Linkous Houston, 2783326; or Joan Frazier Barker, 938-1269. ■ Powell High Class of 1972 will hold its 40th class reunion Saturday, June 23. Deadline to register is Tuesday, May 15. Info: Lynette Brown, lbrown8042@aol. com or 548-2890.

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By Sandra Clark Tina Buckles is a veteran of the real estate and construction industries since coming to Knoxville 27 years ago to obtain a doctorate from UT. What started as a parttime job grew into her life’s work. “Real estate has been good to me,” she says, and that’s why it was a difficult decision to leave new home sales to become marketing and sales director for Saddlebrook Remodeling. “I thought about it over the weekend and decided to do it,” she says. “It was a good decision.

Tina Buckles will bird and cleanup. And now she’s “We’re batting a thousand on customer satisfac- dog each job from the initial got a list of happy customers quote through completion to use as references. tion.” Buckles has worked with Saddlebrook for 12 years, first with Saddlebrook Homes, and then with Saddlebrook Properties. “Saddlebrook is known for its new construction,” she says. “Our challenge is to get folks to think of us first in home remodeling.” The remodeling division is not a handyman service. As a general contractor, Saddlebrook can handle a complete job, from plumbing to electrical, from decks and porches to complete additions. John Ritchie is the fulltime project manager. An 8-year veteran of the remodeling business, Saddlebrook waited on him to wrap up existing jobs before bringing him on board. Saddlebrook can run as many as 23 to 24 jobs at a time, depending on the complexity. “For really big jobs, we will work on 4 or 5 at once,” Buckles said. Replacing roofs damaged by storms was a big item last year. This year Saddlebrook is relying on customer recommendations to gather business.

A partner you can trust Roger Kiger knows a lot about partnerships. Right out of college, he and his twin brother, David, went into business toge t her, forming a partnership that has passed the Roger Kiger test of time. They bought a South Knoxville marina formerly owned by the artist Jim Gray. The pair invested a lot of sweat equity into the property, doing construction, pouring concrete and more. They were successful and went on to purchase or start more businesses. Among other establishments, they own the marina at Volunteer Landing, David owns the Orangery and Roger owns Visionary Horizons Wealth Management. At Visionary Horizons, Roger and his staff pour that partnership expertise into their clients, partnering with

Shannon Carey them to grow their assets and achieve their dreams. The firm, which Roger describes as small and independent, manages $75 million in assets for about 60 families. “They are the driving force behind everything we do,” he said. Roger and David are also involved in Angel Capitol Association, a group that provides seed money for entrepreneurs looking to start their own businesses. Starting a business is tougher now than it was when the Kigers were getting started. Roger said that they wouldn’t be able to do what they did in today’s lending environment. He said it’s vital to start with a strong, practically ironclad business plan.

“I think the business environment by itself is so competitive now that you really have to have all your ducks in a row,” he said. But persistence pays off and so does having a trustworthy partner at your side. “(David and I) had every reason to go under multiple times,” Roger said. “I’m a true believer that successes are built on failures.” Roger said that in the face of failure, he and David would put their heads together and work out a plan. Often, the diverse nature of their various businesses was what kept them afloat. It is this diverse expertise that Roger hopes Visionary Horizons can pass along to its customers. “Between the five advisors here, there’s not much that comes up that we haven’t seen in the past,” he said. “But I think our clients rely on us for that.” Info: 675-8496 or http://VisionaryHorizons. com. Shannon Carey is the Shopper-News general manager and sales manager. Contact Shannon at shannon@shoppernewsnow. com.

Knox County Schools to hold recruitment fair Knox County Schools will hold a Recruitment Fair 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 28, at Central High School, offering early contracts and signing bonuses for certified critical needs areas: minorities, special education and high school-level math, chemistry and physics. Info: www.knoxschools.org.

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Ribbon cutting at West Hills Dr. Jeffrey Hecht, Rosemary Coffey, guest speaker John Rice Irwin of the Museum of Appalachia, and administrator Shelly Morgan cut the ribbon to formally change the name of HIllcrest West to West Hills Health and Rehabilitation April 19. The facility is located at 6801 Middlebrook Pike. Info: 588-7661. Photo by D. Hacker

BUSINESS NOTES ■ Visionary Horizons Wealth Management will offer “Planning for your Pet’s Care in your Estate,” a workshop with Anne McKinney, 10:30 a.m. to noon Tuesday, May 8, at Panera Bread in Bearden. The workshop is free and open to the public. Seating is limited, so RSVP to info@visionaryhorizons. com or 675-8496. ■ Lambert’s Health Care will offer free vascular leg screenings as part of their Healthy Legs event Monday, April 23, at their Parkside Drive location and Friday, April 27, at their Fountain

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NEWS FROM WEBB SCHOOL OF KNOXVILLE

Preparing for Life Beyond Webb By Scott Hutchinson, Webb School President

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ebb School of Knoxville is, deep within its core mission, first and foremost a college preparatory school. We provide an age-appropriate, sequential learning environment that prepares our graduates to be both productive and fulfilled in their college experiences. To do that well, Webb School must Hutchinson first identify and understand the salient skills and attitudes that are essential to achieving that goal of success in college and then create pathways that encourage our students to acquire those skills and attitudes. Those pathways primarily include building and sustaining healthy relationships among students and faculty, offering interesting and relevant courses, applying effective pedagogies and current data to support maximum student achievement, and creating collaborative learning environments that teach and support positive social skills. The end result of Webb’s good intentions and planning are most visibly and meaningfully showcased

in its graduates every year. Like most other industries or services, the success of the business is in part reflected in the quality of the end product. This article features snapshots of eight graduates in the Class of 2012. The two most striking commonalities within this group of students are the level and variety of experiences in which these students chose to participate during their time in Webb’s Upper School and their own observations about the discipline cultivated in their time here at Webb. We think that students learn more about themselves and develop more fully when they engage in a variety of actitives and healthy experiences; and we think that learning to manage all that one has to do in a day, a week, or a month is a critical skill to accomplishing goals and feeling good about oneself. One ďŹ nal common link is that these eight students all are active to some degree in athletics at Webb. Some are highly proďŹ cient at a sport or two, some are participating to be part of a team, some simply want to try something new, and others seek the physical activity to add balance to their day. Webb School offers more than 60 interscholastic sports teams; over 70 percent of the students in Webb’s high school play on at least one sports team each year.

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College Choice: University of Georgia Sports at Webb: Basketball, Track & Field School-Related Activities: Honor Committee, Math Club, Fellowship of Christian Marjorie Butler Athletes, Peer Tutor High School Highlights/ Accomplishments: Cum Laude Society, AP Scholar with Distinction, track and field All-American, Elite Basketball Academy (EBA) All-American, member of the Lady Spartan Division II-A state basketball championship teams in 2009 and 2012, tied state record for most state track and field titles (10), 2011 Division II-A Miss Basketball, three-time recipient of Webb’s William R. Webb Citizenship Award If you could name only one thing about your Webb School experience that has helped you prepare for college, what would it be? My experience at Webb School has taught me how to form relationships with a variety of people and how to manage my time so that I am able to balance school, sports, and family.

College Choice: Belmont University Sports at Webb: Basketball, Football, Soccer, Wrestling, Track & Field School-Related Activities: Chorus, Strings Ensemble Neil Butler High School Highlights/ Accomplishments: National Achievement Scholarship Finalist, member of the Spartan Division II-A state football championship teams in 2009 and 2010 and member of Webb’s state dual wrestling championship team, Tri-M Music Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta Honor Society If you could name only one thing about your Webb School experience that has helped you prepare for college, what would it be? Webb has taught me to use my free time effectively and to improve my time management skills. Without that opportunity we’d never be in a position to make mistakes, and thus learn from them. With that, I’ll be better prepared in using my free time in college.

College Choice: University of Virginia Sports at Webb: Football, Lacrosse School-Related Activities: Student Ambassador, Peer Counselor, Spanish Club High School Highlights/ Brewer Congleton Accomplishments: Cum Laude Society, Mu Alpha Theta Honor Society, member of the Spartan Division II-A state football championship teams in 2009 and 2010, 2011 Mr. Football Award winner for Division II-A If you could name only one thing about your Webb School experience that has helped you prepare for college, what would it be? My Webb School experience has taught me to effectively manage my time and to successfully balance many activities at the same time.

College Choice: University of Virginia Sports at Webb: Football, Lacrosse School-Related Activities: Student Government Association, Student Ambassador, Peer Counselor, Yates Congleton Honor Committee High School Highlights/ Accomplishments: Cum Laude Society, AllRegion lacrosse, recipient of Webb’s William R. Webb Citizenship Award, Mu Alpha Theta Honor Society If you could name only one thing about your Webb School experience that has helped you prepare for college, what would it be? Through my Webb School experience, I’ve developed the time management skills and strong work ethic that are necessary to be successful in any aspect of life. In addition, having to do Chapel Talks my sophomore and senior years, I’ve become more comfortable in a public speaking setting.

College Choice: Harvard University Sports at Webb: Tennis, Field Hockey, Track & Field School-Related Activities: Science Bowl, Scholars Bowl, Interact Club, Peer Jenni Haydek Counselor, Student Ambassador High School Highlights/ Accomplishments: Member of the Lady Spartan Division II-A state tennis championship teams in 2010 and 2011, two-time state doubles champion, Cum Laude Society, recipient of Webb’s Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award, National Merit Finalist, Mu Alpha Theta Honor Society, two-time recipient of Webb’s William R. Webb Citizenship Award, earned a top composite score of 36 on the ACT test as a junior, Presidential Scholars SemiFinalist If you could name only one thing about your Webb School experience that has helped you prepare for college, what would it be? My Webb School experience has provided me with the freedom to make and learn from my own choices.

College Choice: Vanderbilt University Sports at Webb: Volleyball School-Related Activities: Student Government Association President, Chamber Singers/ Mackenzie Pearson Madrigals, Journalism Staff High School Highlights/ Accomplishments: Cum Laude Society If you could name only one thing about your Webb School experience that has helped you prepare for college, what would it be? The workload we’ve been given since freshman year has really helped me develop excellent time management skills and the self-discipline I need to do well in school. Being surrounded by other self-motivated students who genuinely want to do well in school inspires me to work hard as well.

College Choice: Duke University Sports at Webb: CrossCountry, Track & Field School-Related Activities: Chamber Singers/Madrigals High School Highlights/ Natalie Ritchie Accomplishments: National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, member of Webb’s Division II-A state cross-country championship teams in 2009 and 2010, individual state cross-country title in 2011, Cum Laude Society, recipient of Webb’s Ginna Mathews Mashburn Award for Writing about Literature and John W. Green Award for Scholarship If you could name only one thing about your Webb School experience that has helped you prepare for college, what would it be? Through my experience at Webb, I’ve improved my writing – Webb’s English department is exceptionally strong – as well as my critical thinking skills in general.

College Choice: Virginia Tech Sports at Webb: Soccer, Wrestling School-Related Activities: Debate Club, Writing Center Tutor, Student Ambassador, Peer Matt Slutzker Counselor, Senior Class President High School Highlights/ Accomplishments: Medaled at this year’s Division II state wrestling tournament despite a hamstring injury and competing in a higher weight class. If you could name only one thing about your Webb School experience that has helped you prepare for college, what would it be? Easily the best way Webb has prepared me for college is that it has taught me how to effectively handle homework. Of course being a kid, homework isn’t my favorite thing in the world, but I’ve learned to develop a schedule and keep on track and on top of my academics and extracurriculars.

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The dream of driving comes true thanks to Comprehensive Driving Program at Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center We started slowly, driving in parking lots.� Since Jessica’s leg muscles aren’t strong enough to operate the foot pedals in a car, instructor Jenny Pugh taught Jessica to drive using hand controls. “Jenny knew exactly what I needed,� smiles Jessica. “She wrote a driving ‘prescription,’ if you will, of the kind of hand controls that are right for me. So, now I’m driving.� Working with Phoenix Conversion in Knoxville, Jessica’s van was adapted with hand controls. After completing the driving program, Jessica now has a learner’s permit and is looking forward to getting her driver’s license. “I didn’t even know if I would Jessica Szczygiel is looking forward to getting her driver’s license after be able to drive. Oh, my gosh, learning to drive at the Comprehensive Driving Program at Patricia Neal it was exciting to get out on the Rehabilitation Center.

Comprehensive Driving Program at Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center: Gain independence in driving Driving is a joy to millions of Americans. But if a person’s physical or mental skills have declined with age, illness or disability, driving may not be safe. Before you assume that Mom or Dad needs to hang up the keys, an evaluation at the Comprehensive Driving Program at the Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center can help determine whether they should be behind the wheel. The center’s director, Jenny Pugh, is the only Adaptive Driving Rehabilitation Specialist in the Knoxville area and one of just 600 nationwide. Pugh works with about 200 people every year at the Patricia Neal Center. They include those who have had strokes or injuries, seniors whose families are concerned about their driving skills and people with physical or mental disabilities. She begins by evaluating the individual’s vision, hearing, physical strength and range of motion. “We’re mainly looking at response time visually, physically and cognitively,â€? explains Pugh. She evaluates clients on the road and is honest with them about her ďŹ ndings. “It is sometimes difďŹ cult to tell people they can’t drive,â€? says Pugh. “But on the other hand, if there isn’t a deďŹ cit, we can show the family they’re ďŹ ne. Just because someone’s getting older doesn’t mean they can’t

road! It’s great!â€? exclaims Jessica. Jessica recommends the Comprehensive Driving Program at Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center for anyone who is disabled and wants to learn to drive or someone who has had an accident and stopped driving. “Jenny is such a patient, understanding driving instructor,â€? says Jessica. “She helps you reach your full potential.â€? Jessica loves the independence that driving gives her. “I’m deďŹ nitely comfortable driving now, thanks to Jenny,â€? says Jessica. “Once you learn, you don’t forget it!â€? For more information about the Comprehensive Driving Program at Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center, call 865-541-2493 or visit www.patneal.org.

When is it time to stop driving? As coordination, eyesight and other skills decline in old age, there may be a time for an elderly person to quit driving. The National Highway TrafďŹ c Safety Administration mentions these warning signs that seniors may no longer be able to drive safely: â– Becoming lost when taking a familiar route. â– Appearance of new scratches and dents on the car. â– Getting ticketed for a driving violation. â– Getting into a car accident or having a near-miss. â– Driving too fast or too slowly for no apparent reason. â– Finding that signs and road markings are suddenly overwhelming. â– Having health problems or taking medications that affect driving. â– Receiving a recommendation from a doctor to stop or reduce driving.

drive. I’ve had 93-year-olds pass the tests.� After an initial evaluation with the Comprehensive Driving Program, if additional driving rehabilitation therapy is needed to learn to use special equipment, clients pay an hourly rate for individual instruction. There are many types of adaptive driving equipment available to people with physical disabilities, says Pugh. A left foot accelerator, for example, can help a person who can’t use his or her right foot. Hand controls, spinner knobs for one-handed steering, blinker crossovers, mobility ramps, electrical swivel seats and wheelchair mounting systems are

all available to drivers with various disabilities. Pugh can demonstrate the equipment in the Center’s sedan and wheelchair-equipped van. She works with clients to determine which equipment is best for each person. “Most equipment is interchangeable in most vehicles,� says Pugh. “We want people to get the right equipment that is best for their budget and will last. Our clients are excited to get back on the road.� For more information about the Comprehensive Driving Program at Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center, call 865-541-2493 or visit www.patneal.org.

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“I deďŹ nitely want my independence, and learning to drive has been a dream of mine,â€? says Jessica Szczygiel of Kingston. Born with spina biďŹ da and bound to a wheelchair, the 25-yearold college student has longed to learn to drive on her own. “I researched how to get a license and was excited to ďŹ nd information online about the Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center driving program,â€? explains Jessica. At the Comprehensive Driving Program at Patricia Neal, Jessica was given an evaluation that included cognitive, visual and physical assessments, as well as an onthe-road test. “They tested my vision and knowledge of road signs,â€? remembers Jessica. “When I took my ďŹ rst lesson, I was extremely nervous.

B-2 • APRIL 23, 2012 • SHOPPER-NEWS

Avoiding scams Jeffrey Beavers, Senior Services Director of Home Helpers, presented useful tips on avoiding scams at the Strang Senior Center.

Theresa Edwards “Demi” was rescued from a shelter in Jackson after her owners surrendered her and the nine puppies she had just given birth to. The family is now in the care of Break the Chain pit bull rescue group. Photo submitted

‘Bully Bash 2012’ The pit bull breed has developed quite a bad reputation over the years, but it’s not for reasons you would probably assume. Many of their owners should really be the ones with the bad reputation.

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Critter Tales “Pit bulls are not born with a bad demeanor,” said Leslie Woody, founder and president of Break the Chain pit bull rescue group. “They are taught to be that way.” To help educate the community, Break the Chain and Fighting for the Bullys pit bull rescue groups will host “Bully Bash 2012” 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 28, at Lenoir City Park. Woody also hopes to bring awareness to April being Animal Cruelty Awareness Month

in America. “We want to show people what kind of dogs (pit bulls) can be,” said Woody. In addition to adoptable dogs being available for meet and greet, there will be lots of activities for the whole family, including face painting and a sack race for the kids, a corn hole tournament for the adults, and a costume contest and parade of rescued “pitties” for the dogs. Food will also be available for purchase and other rescue groups will be there as well. Monroe County Animal Hospital will be on hand for microchipping and vaccinations, and Blount County Humane Society and Loudon County Humane Society will have booths there. If you’re interested in learning more about a specific breed or ways to prevent animal cruelty, visit the Bully Bash and meet some new friends that will steal your heart with their puppy dog eyes. Info: www. btcpitbullrescue.org.

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Avoid telemarketers by putting your number on the For registration info about “do not call” list by calling this and all other AARP 1-888-382-1222 or registerdriver safety classes, call ing your number online at Carolyn Rambo, 584-9964. www.donotcall.gov. ■ 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday Do not purchase preand Tuesday, April 23-24, scription medications onMaryville First UMC, 804 line. You may receive counMontvale Station Road, Maryville. terfeit pills which can be detrimental to your health as well as your pocketbook. One of the biggest scams is a caller who says your grandchild is in trouble, and ■ “Alzheimer’s Disease: The Legal Guide” will be money needs to be wired to presented by the Elder help. The caller will also ask Law Practice of Monica it to be kept a secret because Franklin from 9 a.m. to noon he/she is in big trouble. Ask Saturday, May 5, at Parkwest the caller for their number, Hospital. Information call your grandchild to check provided is intended to on him/her and, finally, call give families and health the police to report the scam. care professionals the legal knowledge and tools for the Every spring brings with it best care and quality of life bad weather and storm damduring the early, middle and age. Beware of roofers and late stages of the illness. A contractors who come from tax deductable donation of all over. Make sure you hire $25 ($40 for couples) for Alsomeone who is licensed, zheimer’s Tennessee is the bonded and insured. Do not cost of admission. Contact give money up front for suphours available for social plies. Rather, ask for a list of workers. For reservations: the supplies needed and pay 588-3700. the store for the items to be ■ The Juvenile Diabetes delivered. Otherwise, a conResearch Foundation’s tractor could disappear with 22nd annual Walk to Cure your money meant for mateDiabetes will be held 10 rials and never return. a.m. to noon Saturday, April For additional informa28, at the World’s Fair Park. Registration begins at 8:30 tion, go online to www.nia. a.m. There will be food from nih.gov/ for “AgePage” pubSubway for all participants lications including “Crime and inflatables for the kids. and Older People,” “Beware Info: www.jdrf.org or 544of Health Scams” and “Elder 0768. Abuse.”

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“It’s running rampant out there,” Beavers said. “There are so many scams out there it would take two weeks to cover it, and then there are new ones out there.” He covered the major scams described below and provided additional informational brochures. One scam involves receiving a large unexpected check. The sender requests your Social Security number for tax purposes. They may also request you send them a check for taxes owed on it. Their check can even be deposited in the bank, but the bank withdraws the money back out when the check bounces. Meanwhile, the sender has your money plus your Social Security number to commit identity theft. Beaver warns, “If it’s too good to be true, it probably is. Always keep your personal information private, including with people you know.”

Senior Services Director Jeffrey Beavers of Home Helpers presents information to seniors at the Strang Center on how to avoid scams. Photo by T. Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com

A good preventive measure is to check your credit report annually, going through it line by line. To request your credit report, call 1-877-322-8228 or download the form online at www. annualcreditreport.com. Another caution is to avoid answering the door to salespeople. That is for safety reasons as well as avoiding scams by high-pressure salespeople who get your money, and you never see them again. Free trial subscriptions usually end up costing. If you do not cancel them, you are automatically locked in with a billable year’s subscription.

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■ Kid Support, a peer support group for kids ages 6-12 with loved ones living with cancer, will be held 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays 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: Kathleen Williams or Debra Sullivan, 546-4661, or www. cancersupportet.org.

■ Cancer survivor support groups, Monday evenings and Tuesday mornings and Tuesday evenings, at the Cancer Support Community of East Tennessee, 2230 Sutherland Ave. Support groups for cancer caregivers, Monday evenings. Cancer family bereavement group, Thursday evenings. Info: 546-4661 or www. cancersupportet.org.

Eddie Mannis, chair of HonorAir Knoxville and Knoxville’s deputy mayor, talks with Irene Ladish, a World War II Navy veteran, prior to last week’s HonorAir flight to Washington, D.C. HonorAir has taken 1,300 East Tennessee World War II and Korean veterans to Washington to see the memorials that honor their sacrifices. Covenant Health has been a major sponsor. The ■ Covenant Health’s Bodyworks offers community Powell High School marching band welcomed 138 veterans exercise for all ages at $3 and their escorts. The next flight will be Oct. 3. Flights are free per class. Classes include to veterans, but each costs about $60,000, said Mannis. PresEasy Cardio Max, Mind and tige Cleaners covers administrative overhead. Donations may Body, and Senior Cardio. be made to HonorAir Knoxville at 7536 Taggart Lane, Knoxville, Visit www.covenanthealth. TN 37938. Photo submitted com/bodyworks or call 541-4500 to find a location near you. ■ Lung cancer support group meets 6 p.m. each third Monday at Baptist West Cancer Center, 10820 Parkside Drive. No charge, light refreshments served. Info: Trish or Amanda, 2187081.

■ Stop Smoking: 1-800-7848669 (1-800-QUITNOW) is a program of the Knox County Health Department. The hotline is answered 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. ■ Support group meeting for family members or caregivers of an adult with a mental illness is 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. each third Tuesday at Cherokee Health Systems, 2018 Western Ave. Info: Rebecca Gill, 602-7807 or www.namiknox.org.

…and hurry on over to the Humane Society of East Tennessee! Awesome Cats & Dogs Available for Adoption! Adoption fee includes health check up, spay or neuter, vaccinations, testing, micro-chip and free lifetime micro-chip registration! Call us for details @ 865-221-0510 or see us on the web at www.humanesocietyetn.org for hours of operation. Located at 548 S. Union Grove, Friendsville, TN 37737 (½ block from Hwy 321) We always need monetary donations & are a 501(c)3 organization. Donations are tax deductible. Ad space donated by

‘Baby Boy’ The staff at Young-Williams would like you to meet 5-year-old male cat Baby Boy. He is sleek and stunning but he is missing a home. His adoption fee has been prepaid by his special Furry Friend Joe V. Baby Boy is available at the main center at 3210 Division St. Hours there and at Young-Williams Animal Village, 6400 Kingston Pike, are noon to 6 p.m. daily. Info: www.young-williams. org or 215-6599.

■ UT Hospice conducts ongoing orientation sessions for adults (18 and older) interested in becoming volunteers with its program. No medical experience is required. Training is provided. Info: Penny Sparks, 544-6279. ■ UT Hospice Adult Grief Support, for any adult who is suffering loss, meets 5 to 6:30 p.m. each first and third Tuesday in the UT Hospice office, 2270 Sutherland Ave. A light supper is served. Info or to reserve a spot: Brenda Fletcher, 544-6277.

SHOPPER-NEWS • APRIL 23, 2012 • B-3

News from Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation (KCDC)

Seniors show green thumbs By Alvin Nance The seniors at Love To w e r s have already broken out their gard e n i n g tools, just in time for Earth Day on April Nance 22. Through a partnership with the Knoxville-Knox County Community Action Committee (CAC) Green Thumb program, many KCDC residents are being provided with their own garden plot, free seeds and fertilizer – a gift that can reap an estimated $350 to $650 worth of produce. Jim Cunningham, CAC community gardens manager, oversees 23 such gardens located throughout Knoxville, more than a dozen of them at KCDC housing sites. Cunningham has been supporting community gardens for

more than 20 years. He says the Love Towers residents always do a good job of growing and maintaining their garden. Resident Lenoir Davis said last year she harvested green beans, okra, squash and butter beans, a nutritious supplement to her diet. She’s already harvested some onions this year. The seniors at Love Towers have staked out their plots and prepped the soil for the garden. Now they eagerly await Jim Cunningham’s delivery of tomato and pepper plants for each community gardener. The tomato plants are a favorite with all the residents. Last year, Brenda Wolfe made fried green tomatoes from her harvest and shared with the other residents and friends at a picnic in the Love Towers courtyard. The community gardens are a beautiful addition to our properties and

provide a healthy social outlet for our residents. I am grateful to Jim Cunningham and CAC for this partnership that helps our residents put nutritious food on the table and enjoy healthy outside activity. Since tomato plants always produce more fruit than the planter expects, I look forward to a lot of free tomatoes this year. Alvin Nance is executive director of KCDC.

Resident gardener Chloie Airoldi-Watters stands with Jim Cunningham, community gardens manager of the CAC Green Thumb program, in her garden plot at Guy B. Love Towers. Photo submitted

G&G boosts STAR

Wheel of Fortune visits Public Market Game show announcer Marty Lublin interviews contestant-hopeful Nancy Morris during her audition to qualify to be on “Wheel of Fortune.” Rural/Metro, Turkey Creek Public Market and WBIR sponsored the Wheelmobile event on April 14 and 15 that gave a few area residents the chance to qualify to be on American’s No. 1 syndicated game show. Photo submitted

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

Counting blessings by degrees Parkwest nurse beat odds to put nine through college

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t’s been 35 years since 7-year-old Edna Alvarez Thompson declared war on her own poverty, but it seems like a lifetime ago. That was when she lived in the poor mountaintop village of Siquijor Island in the Philippines … when she lived in a home without electricity or running water … when she might go an entire day with nothing but a banana to eat. “When I hear some people complain about being poor, I think, ‘You don’t know what poor is,’ ” says Thompson, now a nursing supervisor at Parkwest Medical Center. “When I say we were poor, I mean we were poor!” Today, however, Thompson is counting her blessings by degrees. College degrees, that is – and not just her own, but also those of the nine nieces and nephews she has put through college to repay the kindness shown to her by an uncle she had never met. As America prepares to observe National Nurses Week on May 6-12, Thompson’s story is one of beating overwhelming odds through a culture of caring for one another. Now 42, Thompson not only holds a bachelor’s degree in nursing, but has also received a master’s in health administration from the University of St. Francis where she also received the Golden Key Award. She will graduate this August from Middle Tennessee State University with a family nurse practitioner degree where she has maintained a 4.0 grade point average while working full time at Parkwest and helping nursing students at Pellissippi State with their clinical experience. She was also recently inducted into the Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society. Of course, it wasn’t easy. Nothing was ever “easy” for Edna. Hard times began the day she was born when she survived a birth her twin brother did not. Delivered at home by an untrained midwife because the family could not afford a doctor, she was the youngest of eight children raised in a remote mountaintop village in the Philippine Islands. The daughter of a soldier who was seldom around, the family scratched out a living most any way they could but mostly by farming the rough mountainous landscape. They threshed rice by torchlight and sold it to buy seed for the more expensive corn. As the youngest, it was Edna’s duty to cook for the family every time they came in from the field. Yet food was hard to come by. Meat was considered a luxury, and some days there was little more than a banana to eat. She fetched water from a creek a half mile away. “It was tough,” she says. “My mom had a hard life. My brothers and sisters would walk to school six miles away, come back to have lunch, and then go back to school around 1:30 or 2 to school until 5 o’clock, and then we’d go back to the field again. Go home at 8 o’clock and then start all over again.” But it was the toils of raising corn in the

Edna Thompson grew up in a poor mountain village in the Philippine Islands -- no electricity, no running water and at times, no food. She is the baby sitting on her mother’s lap in the top left photo. Today, the Parkwest Medical Center nursing supervisor has put nine nieces and nephews through college to repay a kindness shown to her by an uncle she’d never met. At right, Thompson is shown with her Uncle Vivencio at their first meeting in 1998. 120-degree tropical heat that gave Edna, at age 7, the push she needed to take a different path than her brothers and sisters. It happened one summer afternoon with the sun beating down on her, and worms – which seemed more plentiful than the kernels on an ear of corn – dropping from the corn stalks onto her. “The worms would crawl over you,” she recounts. “They would be on your back, in your hair. They were everywhere. And it was just so hot!” So when her mother asked her to miss another day of school to clear the weeds from the corn, Edna went dutifully – but reluctantly – into the field. “When I came home, I vividly remember telling Mom, ‘Mom, if I ever have a kid I would never ask her to take off from school to do this,’ ” she recounted. “She said, ‘Well, you better do good in school and do not marry somebody from here because if you do, you’ll end up where I am.’ And I told her, ‘Don’t worry! I’ll do that!’ So that’s what prompted me to better my life.” From that day forward, she focused her attention on education, reading everything she could get her hands on and scoring high marks in school. But at 10 1/2-years-old her education took a detour when she went to

work as a nanny, watching over her younger cousins for an aunt who was a nurse. “I really wanted to go to school, and I knew Mom still had a lot of kids at home that were still in school so I was pretty sure I would be stuck on the farm,” she said. “I knew I had to do something.” The $3 a month she earned for her family helped make up for her absence from the farm, but it also meant she would have to attend school from 6:45 to 10 p.m. each evening. That didn’t deter her either. Four years later, she was able to use $2 of her monthly salary to pay for tuition at a Catholic high school. After graduating from high school, she wrote a letter to her father’s brother who lived in California. “I really wanted to go to nursing school, and I asked him if he could please help because Mom could not afford to send me and there’s no such thing as a student loan in the Philippines.” She had never met her uncle, Vivencio Kalingo, but after three letters, he wrote back. “He said, ‘You sound like a smart kid. Maybe I’ll send you to school.’ Never seen me in his whole life. That man was wonderful!” But Kalingo did place some conditions on the arrangement. “He had three things

he wanted me to do,” said Thompson. “One, I could not have a boyfriend until my fourth year in college. Two, I would have to keep at least an average of 85. And the other thing was that I must send him my grades before he’d send me the next semester’s tuition. But I had to do it. That was my dream to be a nurse.” Working two jobs while going to school and sending money back home to her mother, she finally graduated from the University of Bohol with a bachelor’s in nursing only to find a shortage of available nursing jobs. After working in a department store and McDonald’s for two years, her chance came when she stumbled upon a help wanted ad in an old newspaper wrapped around the vegetables her mother had bought at a fresh market. The ad was four months old, but she applied anyway. As it turned out, the job – one of four private duty nurses to the children of a wealthy family in Manila – was still open. Despite being the 181st applicant, she was hired. It was through that family that Thompson eventually made her way to the United States in 1998 and met her husband, Rick. Settling down to a new life in Knoxville, she worked at a nursing home before passing a new rigorous set of boards to practice nursing here. After a short stint in home health and working at another hospital, she found her way to Parkwest. “I continue to be amazed at Edna’s achievements despite all the obstacles she has overcome,” said Glada Alexander, Parkwest administrative nursing supervisor. “She has excellent nursing skills, is a great mentor for the young nursing students and is considered a great resource by her peers.” Soon after arriving in the United States, Thompson and her husband went to meet her Uncle Vivencio for the first time. That’s when she learned the benefactor she’d never known had been bedridden for a decade and had put her through nursing school on a $600 monthly Social Security check. “I asked him, ‘How can I repay you?’ and he said, ‘Just send your nieces and your nephews to school.’ And I’m like, ‘Aiiiieee! There are 32 of them, and only one of me! He said, ‘No, that’s not what I mean. Just send those who are willing.’ ” It was a request that Thompson has honored, first sending the eldest to school with the same requirements that they send others. Thus far, eight have graduated from colleges in the Philippines, and a ninth will finish in October. One of those, Marietta Roberts, earned a degree in computer programming but now works as a nursing assistant at Parkwest. Another, Jerliz Nikki Meadows, earned a management degree and worked at Parkwest as a health unit secretary. “I beat the odds because God blessed me with a good mind, not smart but enough for me,” she says humbly. “It says in the Bible that if you have a blessing, you don’t close your hand, you open it wide. That way, it sifts through and others will be blessed as well. I want my family to have the chance I had because my uncle never asked for anything in return. He just wanted me to have good grades, and that’s what I’m doing now with my nieces and nephews. If your average is 85 or above, we’re talking.”

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