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VOL. 6 NO. 25 NEIGHBORHOOD BUZZ IN THIS ISSUE

June 18, 2012

Celebrating conservation By Wendy Smith

Lavender man

Betty Bean writes about Bearden guy Joe Hollar, who turned a codes violation into a seasonal sources of income by planting lavender in his detention basin. Beans calls him “Lavender man.”

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Meet the interns

It’s summer (almost), which means the Shopper interns are back. Meet this year’s group and see photos from their tour last Tuesday of the News Sentinel plant.

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Those who attended the Foothills Land Conservancy’s (FLC) Summer Celebration only had to take a look around to understand the organization’s mission. For the third year, the annual party and fundraiser was held at Penrose Farm on Nubbin Ridge Road. Christine “Teenie” Hayworth worked with Maryville-based FLC to put a conservation easement on the 130-acre horse farm in 2007, and, as a result, her property will never be developed. “I’ve lived here about 60 years, and I just did not want to see 800 houses on this property,” she said. Conservation easements allow owners to retain their property, pass it to family members or even sell it with permanent restrictions placed on its development. Easements coordinated through FLC are monitored at least once a year to make sure that the landowner’s wishes are being honored. When Hayworth looks out her window, she might see the Maryville College equestrian team practicing, since she allows the school to use her property. But no one will ever see a housing development on the rolling hills of Penrose Farm. It was an appropriate place to announce the creation of the Jim and Gail Harris and Christine Hayworth Financial Assistance Fund. There is considerable expense involved in creating a conservation easement, like the costs of an appraisal and long-term oversight of the property. But easements can help families who might otherwise lose their land due to inheritance taxes, and the

Angie Arnett, Steve Arnett, Mary Jendrek and Mark Jendrek enjoy the scenery during the Foothills Land Conservancy’s Summer Celebration, held at Christine Hayworth’s Penrose Farm in West Knoxville. fund will benefit those families. “Some people simply can’t afford it, and that’s a fact,” said Hayworth. The organization also announced the creation of a new endowment fund that will cover operational costs for FLC when fully funded. Billy Minser was named the 2012 Conservationist of the Year for his efforts with FLC, including serving as Land Protection Committee chair. Bob Van Hook was recognized for his contributions during his fiveyear tenure as president of FLC’s board of directors. More than 50 easements were placed and a stewardship fund and legal defense fund were established under Van Hook’s

Refugee family reunites in Knoxville

Bud battles back Halls guy Bud Ford, longtime sports information director at UT, is being honored with a lifetime achievement award from America’s sports information directors.

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Reuniting at the Leadbetter home last week are: (front) Titilayo and Tolani Alaka; (middle row) Amon and Linah Chauke; (back) Rulani Chauke, Theresa and Ron Leadbetter and Miyatani Chauke. Photo by Wendy Smith

By Wendy Smith West Knoxville resident Ron Leadbetter collects friends like some people collect coupons, and he gathers them from all over the globe. Some relationships, like the one he shares with the Chauke family, have lasted for years. Last week, the Leadbetters hosted a reunion that brought the family together

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from three different countries. The relationship began in 1988 when Ron sat next to Chauke’s oldest daughter, Rulani, on an airplane. Rulani’s father, Amon, was Inspector of Math in Western Zimbabwe, a prestigious position. In 1991, Amon and Rulani passed through Knoxville during a trip to the U.S. Since Rulani was the same

age as the Leadbetters’ daughter, Cara, she attended class with her at CAK for a week. Ron helped Amon buy a computer because that was one of many things he couldn’t purchase in his home country. Over the next decade, living conditions in Zimbabwe became more challenging. “Life was so difficult. You couldn’t buy anything, even if you had the money. The security situation also deteriorated,” Amon says. The story of the Chauke family is full of remarkable accomplishments and extreme injustice. Their middle daughter, Miyatani, was awarded a full scholarship to attend the College of Saint Elizabeth in New Jersey, but it was difficult to raise the $50 registration fee. Two years later, the family faced another fee of $500. That’s when Amon realized he would have to find work outside of Zimbabwe. He got a job teaching math at a high school in England in 2003. But after a year, he was told that he needed further credentials to teach there, and his visa wouldn’t allow him to take the qualifying exams. Fortunately, his wife, Linah, had no shortage of work. She held down several jobs at once so that Rulani could attend school in Canada. Linah went to school, too. She got a degree in business management and a master’s degree in international policy and diplomacy. She will soon graduate with a degree in nursing, which she hopes to use in a business environment. The Chauke’s give credit to God

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leadership, said FLC executive director Bill Clabough. Clabough instituted a new tradition when he presented Van Hook with LeAnn Mynatt receives a wooden eagle from a large wooden eagle for Bob Van Hook as she takes his place as FLC his work. The inspiration board of directors president. Photos by Wendy Smith came from the 14 bald eagles that have nested on Bob and Nancy Van Hook’s new board president. She is an atKingston lake property over the torney who specializes in environpast nine years. Their property is, of mental, safety and health issues. course, preserved by a conservation Since it began in 1985, FLC has easement. preserved more than 30,000 acres Attorney LeAnn Mynatt received in 18 counties, including 4,400 a smaller wooden eagle from Van acres that were added in 2011 Hook for agreeing to serve as the through conservation easements.

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for the many difficult situations they have endured. Amon’s passport was confiscated after he lost his teaching job in England, and he lived in constant fear of being forced to leave the country. But in 2007, he officially became an enemy of Zimbabwe because of his former teaching career. That allowed him to claim asylum as a refugee. “God intervened,” he says. The family faced another ordeal in 2007 when their youngest daughter, Xaniso, was working on a degree that required a one-year internship. Before she started the job, she was told that she would have to return to Zimbabwe to get a student visa. Linah was terrified that she wouldn’t be able to return. Xaniso was in Zimbabwe for five months before the wife of Amon’s cousin in New Zealand offered to serve as her sponsor so she could get the visa. The biggest challenge of all was the family’s long separation. After Rulani moved to Canada, her parents weren’t able to see her for 11 years. They were finally united with her, as well as her two children, Titilayo and Tolani, last year. The family spent a couple of days exploring East Tennessee before heading to the West Coast to watch Miyatani graduate from the University of California with a doctorate in neuroscience. Xaniso, who now has a master’s degree, couldn’t take time off from work. “They’ve done well, even with obstacles that would have made most people give up,” observes Ron.

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Blame the ‘no’ word for Cronan’s success Who knew that it would be hearing the “no” word when she was 12 years old and wanted very much to hear the “yes” word, that would provide the motivation and determination to later propel Joan Cronan to the lofty position of UT Director of Women’s Athletics?

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“I got into this business because at the age of 12 they wouldn’t let me play Little League baseball,” she told West Knox Rotarians at their recent meeting. The Little League’s rejection happened before the enactment 40 years ago of Title IX, the law barring gender discrimination in education, including athletics, in this country. Cronan said Title IX has been a success. “When Moms and Dads want the same opportunity for their daughters as for their sons, it’s working.” A native of Louisiana, Cronan said she was “a Rotarian before it was cool for

women to be Rotarians. I was the student representative to Rotary because my Dad was the president,” she said with a grin. An LSU graduate, Cronan was basketball coach at UT before Pat Summit was named coach. At the College of Charleston in 1980, she led the No. 1 women’s athletic program in the country. Now, she said, she is “proud to be a Cajun with orange blood.” Cronan said Summitt, recently named UT’s women’s basketball coach emeritus, has handled her diagnosis of dementia “with courage, class, dignity and laughter” and that she is doing well. “She might forget where her keys are, but I’ve known her for 29 years, and she has never known where her keys are.” Summitt’s successor, Holly Warlick, “Is going to be great. I’m impressed with her spunk, her staff and her courage. I’m really excited about the future.” The women athletes didn’t get all the credit, though. Cronan said of football coach Derek Dooley, “I don’t know a brighter coach anywhere,” and of men’s basketball coach Cuonzo

‘Lavender Man’ at least for two weeks a year By Betty Bean

Joan Cronan Martin, “He’s a great coach.” She is also highly complimentary of Dave Hart, now director of all athletics at UT after the combining of the men’s and women’s programs. “I have known Dave Hart for 30 years,” she commented. “He doesn’t need training wheels. He understands the business of athletics.” So what’s next for Cronan, set to retire in July? The powers that be at UT know a good thing when they see it. They aren’t going to let her leave the university. She will be moving to a new role as an advisor and consultant to UT Chancellor Jimmy Cheek.

It’s not exactly a hobby, and it’s certainly not a fulltime job, except for two weeks in the late spring. But during those two weeks, Joe Hollar is Knoxville’s Lavender Man. For Hollar, lavender season ended recently with the Lavender Festival in Oak Ridge, but he’s already making plans to improve and expand next year’s crop and to move into related products like distilled lavender essence. Last week, he was getting $4 a bundle for fragrant bunches of lavender at the Market Square Farmers Market. Customers were snapping the bundles up as fast as he could tie them together with string. “No water” was his only instruction. Loose buds and snippets would go into tiny linen bags for sachets. There’s very little waste. Hollar, who owns Leisure Time Vending Corp., says he fell into the lavender business pretty much by accident after the city forced him to put in a detention basin at a commercial building he owns in Bearden. “It had to be professionally landscaped, and we were looking for something that would thrive in the poor soil

Joe Hollar arranges lavender bundles at Market Square Farmers Market. Photo by Betty Bean and sloping hills around the detention pond,” he said. The idea for planting lavender there came from his wife, Marilyne, who is French (they met when she was a high school exchange student in Charlotte, N.C.). Today, he has approximately a half acre planted in two varieties – Provence and Grosso. Recently, Joe and Marilyne used proceeds from

Carter named recipient of Rotary scholarship Golf ball drop for charity is June 25

Alexa Carter has received this year’s $2,500 Bob and Diana Samples/Community School of the Arts/ Rotary Scholarship. Carter is a junior at the University of Tennessee, majoring in chemistry with a minor in environmental studies. She has received numerous scholarships including the Tennessee Volunteer Academic Scholarship and the Herbert S. Walters Science Scholarship. Carter serves as the vice president of the Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society-UT, vice president of the Circle K International-UTK Chapter and is an active member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars, the Golden Key International Honour Society and Students Promoting Environmental Action in Knoxville. Carter is the daughter of Marie Carter.

Alzheimer’s Tennessee Inc. will host its annual Helicopter Golf Ball Drop on Monday, June 25, at Gettysvue Polo, Golf and Country Club. A helicopter will drop 3,000 golf balls onto a green around 5 p.m. Balls are being sold for $10, and each ball dropped will have the chance for a hole-inone and $2,500. Three balls from those sold will also be chosen in a random drawing prior to the drop. If one of those three balls goes in the hole, the winner will receive $10,000. Participants must be 18 or older but do not need to be present to win. All proceeds will go toward the fight against Alzheimer’s disease and to support Tennesseans living with the disease. Info: www. alztennessee.org/golf.

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their lavender business to take a trip to France to visit her parents. They made a point of going to Provence, where Joe met a lavender farmer who gave him some ideas for the future. He is enthusiastic about his involvement with the product that he stumbled into while attempting to comply with city building codes. “My product sells itself,” he said. “How fortunate.”

COMMUNITY CLUBS ■ Captain W.Y.C. Hannum Chapter #1881, United Daughters of the Confederacy, will have its final meeting of the year 6 p.m. Saturday, June 23, at Green Meadow Country Club in Alcoa. Newly elected officers will be announced for the 2012-2014 term. Special guest Brenda Hall McDonald of the Remembrance of 150 Year Committee will bring the Division Sesquicentennial Quilt to display. Everyone is invited. Dinner is $20. Info: Elaine Clonts Russell, 980-6346, or Debra Wilson, 856-9300.

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Smokin’ summertime fun The Knoxville Dance Project will host the best kind of fundraiser – the barbecue kind – from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 30, at Sequoyah Park. It’s called “Q for the Cause,” and it’s a Q-cooking contest as well as a silent auction, so light up that smoker.

Wendy Smith West Knoxville residents Ron and Sonja Dubois recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with this cake and a family trip to Florida. Photo submitted Jesie Browning is the founder of the nonprofit Dance Project, which began in September of last year. She’d always wanted to teach dance classes and chose to make them affordable for everyone. Her ballet classes for preschoolers through middle-schoolers have a suggested monthly tuition of $35, but each family pays what they can. “I felt like God put it in my heart to never turn away a child,” she says. The classes have been such a hit that she’s expanding from one day a week to three this fall. Classes will be held at the Cumberland Estates Recreation Center. Proceeds from the barbecue cookoff will help Browning provide leotards and shoes for students who can’t afford them, as well as recital costumes. Dance is valuable because it allows for artistic expression and improves academic performance, she says. “Discipline with dance brings discipline in life.” For more information: www.danceatanycost.org or 978-7669. ■

Learning with Legos

Kids have always been crazy about Legos. But it turns out that those tiny plastic blocks that are ohso-painful if you step on them after they get lost in the carpet are also educational. Robin Marsh began teaching Lego Science classes at a home-school cooperative a decade ago. The classes were so popular that she ended up teaching at four co-ops. She added summer classes to her schedule so kids enrolled in Knox County schools could catch Lego fever, too.

Morgan Crockett and Elizabeth Everling perform in the Knoxville Dance Project’s first recital, “Dreams.” A barbecue fundraiser for the nonprofit dance studio will be held 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 30, at Sequoyah Park. Photo submitted “A lot of people don’t understand what it is. But once they get in their first class, they take off,” she says. She is currently teaching classes at First Cumberland Presbyterian Church at 6900 Nubbin Ridge Road and at the Burlington Branch Library. The focus of last week’s class was gears, so younger participants built merrygo-rounds while older ones built battery-powered cars. Typically, when I show up with my camera and start taking pictures of kids, they forget all about what they are doing and focus on making faces for the camera. But when I began firing off my flash in Robin’s class, these children didn’t even notice. They were completely engrossed in building their Lego cars, and when they finished, all they could think about was racing. There may be a few spots available in the solar car class on Tuesday, June 19, at First Cumberland Presbyterian, but most classes are full. Robin is also helping with the Lego Extravaganza at the Tennessee Valley Fair in September. Last year was the first for the fair to offer the competition, and it was very popular, she says. There are both individual and team competitions. For information about Lego Science classes, call

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Hops for Homes

Local Salsarita’s owner H.B. Patel likes the fact that the national chain has adopted the issue of homelessness, and he wants his local Brixx Pizza restaurants to make a difference in the community, too. So he asked his friend ad man Chuck Morris for a worthy cause to support. Morris, who is on the board of the Volunteer Ministry Center, was quick to suggest the VMC. The end result was the fundraiser Hops for Homes, held last week at the Kingston Pike pizzeria. The mission of the VMC is two-fold, says CEO Ginny Weatherstone. The organization strives to prevent homelessness for those who are at risk and end homelessness for those who want to get into housing. She approved of both the party and the huge turnout. “There are six different beers and an incredible buffet. What’s not to like?”

Brixx Pizza owner H. B. Patel, Volunteer Ministry Center CEO Ginny Weatherstone and Morris Creative Group founder Chuck Morris enjoy the success of Hops for Homes, a VMC fundraiser held last week at the Kingston Pike Brixx location. Photo by Wendy Smith

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government Mannis report due in June The long awaited city mulch fire report will be released by the end of June if not earlier, according to Jesse Mayshark, who told this writer in front of Deputy Mayor Bill Lyons on June 12. Lyons speaks for Mayor Madeline Rogero on many matters and is considered one of four persons working at the city who is closest to her. Originally, it had been announced that June 5 would be the release, but that was missed. This was the fire which shut down several streets and created major smoke clouds for days earlier this spring. The other deputy mayor, Eddie Mannis, is supervising the mulch fire report. This will be the highest public profile event he has supervised since becoming deputy mayor in December 2011. How it is handled will reflect on his record and be carefully watched given his political aspirations. Citizens are expecting real answers to how it all happened and who is at fault plus any penalties for those who failed to meet the test of responsibility at critical stages. This is an opportunity for the city to show its resolve, transparency and competence in meeting the disclosure aspect of an unfortunate event. What changes are needed in current city codes, regulations and education of personnel to prevent this from occurring again? Portraits unveiled: On Thursday, June 21, Mayor Rogero will unveil the mayoral portraits of Bill Haslam and Daniel Brown. The Haslam portrait was done by Knoxville and New York painter John Woodrow Kelley who lives here on Lyons Bend Road. He did it from photos he took of Gov. Haslam in the fall of 2011 at Haslamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sherwood Drive home. Haslam is reported to be very pleased with the result which is a head and shoulders portrait without hands. Kelley has been commissioned to do Haslamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gubernatorial portrait for the State Capitol. Kelley, 58, is a wellrespected painter who has done portraits of the late federal Judge Robert L. Taylor, former Gov. Lamar Alexander as well as this writer. He reduced his normal rate for the city. The unveiling will be on the 5th floor of the atrium of the City County Building

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at 2:30 p.m. Arrive early for security checks and to get a good spot at the ceremony. Reception will follow. Janet Testerman Crossley, former first lady, was first to assemble the portraits of Knoxvilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 68 mayors (63 at the time). She deserves credit for this endeavor. Greenways: This past week, I interviewed Lori Goerlich, the new city parks and greenways coordinator. Accompanying her was Jesse Mayshark, current Rogero spokesperson who used to interview me when he was the investigative reporter for Metro Pulse. An interesting reversal of roles. Next week I will have details of the interview. Conference: Mayor Rogero spent two days in Orlando at the annual meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. She has not yet determined on which committees she will serve. The USCM meeting lasted four days and represents an opportunity from my own experience to network with other mayors and high level administration officials such as Vice President Biden and cabinet officials. This trip is one worth the cost to taxpayers. Most times the mayor will learn ideas worth implementing in Knoxville. Williams Creek: Five council members plus state Sen. Becky Massey were at the news conference celebrating the purchase of properties by Tennessee Clean Water Network along Williams Creek in East Knoxville. They were led by Daniel Brown, who lives nearby, and included Finbarr Saunders, Marshall Stair, Mark Campen and Duane Grieve. This may lead to another greenway in a beautiful part of the city near the Knoxville Botanical Gardens. Hopefully, work on this will start this calendar year. Brown, who represents the area on council, will be monitoring it. There is a nearby dump on Daily Street which is an eyesore and health hazard. Hopefully, the city will move to remove it.

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Burchettâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s victory lap County Mayor Tim Burchett came to the Fountain City Business and Professional Club ready to defend his budget, but he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get a lot of pushback over his battle with the school system, which wanted a $35 million annual increase for new programs, technology enhancements and an extensive building/ renovation program. County Commission pretty much went Burchettâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s way, but came up with an additional $4 million for education, over the mayorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s objections. The sharpest exchange of the day actually came when County Commissioner R. Larry Smith attacked school board member Indya Kincannon for the deteriorating condition of vacant school buildings. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Closing down Rule

Betty Bean High School was the worst thing the schools ever did,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And the day we (County Commission) got Oakwood (Elementary School), the roof caved in.â&#x20AC;? Kincannon reminded Smith that County Commission nixed a deal to hand over the old South Elementary School to a developer and said that maintaining vacant buildings is difficult financially, because the school systemâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first obligation is to spend money where the students are. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We often canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afford to maintain these old buildings or restore them to their previous glory,â&#x20AC;? Kincannon said.

Burchett told the group that the $677,717,291 budget (for fiscal year starting July 1) has approximately $13 million in new funding for school operations, which constitutes a greater increase than the last three years combined, he said. (These numbers do not include a $3 million appropriation for an intensive kindergarten through 3rd grade reading program.) Earlier this year, county employees got a raise totalling $3 million annually, yet general government spending decreased by $331,000. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Why? â&#x20AC;&#x153; Burchett asked. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Because thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what I had control over.â&#x20AC;? He said that department heads have trimmed costs by measures such as replacing retirees by increasing the duties and the pay of existing employees rather

Tim Burchett than making new hires. Funding the Uniformed Officers Pension Plan will cost more than $5 million, not including the bond payment, Burchett said. The countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s debt load sits at more than $1 billion. Burchett said his administration has trimmed that by $20 million this year and is on pace to carve out another $110 million over the next 5 years, in part by not borrowing more than is paid down each year.

Massey sets re-election kickoff By Anne Hart If you didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know any better, you might have thought you were at a family reunion at West Knox Republican Club meeting last week. With just a few exceptions, most of this crowd that gathers once a month for supper and politicking has been doing so for many years now. Some of them actually are family, like the speaker for the evening, state Sen. Becky Duncan Massey, and her nephew, John Duncan III, who is Knox County trustee. Also at the meeting, was political newcomer Nick Ciparro, who is running for Congress in the Aug. 2 primary against Beckyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brother and Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dad, U.S. Rep. John J. Duncan Jr.

Massey told the group that in her first year she was the only newcomer out of 132 people. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thank goodness I had a lot of friends there.â&#x20AC;? Over the years she had made many trips to Nashville to work on issues involving the nonprofit Sertoma Center, which she serves as executive director. One of the most significant pieces of legislation passed this year helps curb prescription drug abuse Becky Massey through a statewide database. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is another step in Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s OK. Everyone was fighting the drug problem, nice and polite and there and I believe it will make a were no fisticuffs, just the huge difference, especially usual bunch of politicians in doctor shopping.â&#x20AC;? Massey will formally ancircling the room to shake the same hands they have nounce her campaign for rebeen shaking at these meet- election at the Foundry at ings for who knows how Worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fair Park from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, June 19. long.

Club president Gary Loe, himself a candidate for the state House in District 13, made certain all officeholders and candidates were introduced. Also introduced was Alexander Waters, Knox County campaign manager for Mitt Romney for President. He told the group, â&#x20AC;&#x153;If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re tired of out-ofcontrol budgets and tired of deficits, Romney is your man.â&#x20AC;? He was preaching to the choir. Mary Ann Thompson who works with Sheriff Jimmy â&#x20AC;&#x153;J.J.â&#x20AC;? Jones, said next monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s club meeting will be at the Rothchild facility on Kingston Pike. As always, the highlight will be the auction of cakes and other pastries donated by elected officials.

whose company renovated the Southeastern Glass building on the corner of Jackson and Broadway, expressed his frustration about the crumbling structure down the street from his building. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When we did Southeastern Glass, we were out on the edge. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard out there â&#x20AC;&#x201C; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard on the edge. We need the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commitment to follow through. And McClung is a huge stumbling block. Sometimes the private sector gets in the way. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important that government does what it alone can do,â&#x20AC;? he said. He cited Market Square â&#x20AC;&#x201C; â&#x20AC;&#x153;the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s living roomâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; as the best example of his theory. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Only the city and KCDC could have developed the public spaces on Market Square.â&#x20AC;? Downtown developer John Craig, who has restored the S&W, Haroldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Deli and

Emory Place, agreed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of the things the city has done well has been judicious use of strategic investment.â&#x20AC;? He approves of tax incentives like PILOTs (payments in lieu of taxes) and TIFs (tax increment financing) to move projects along. Most of Budd Cullomâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work has been in suburban areas, but now he and his partner Jim Harrison are working on University Commons, which will bring a Walmart and a Publix to the old Fulton Bellows plant on the edge of the UT campus. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cullomâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first foray close to the heart of Knoxville, and he said he wishes people understood that tax increment financing isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a handout. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are people in financial circles and in government who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t understand how it works. A TIF is not a direct subsidy. These are loans that are paid back.â&#x20AC;?

Blight fight Developing success in the city By Betty Bean A nationally known consultant who came to Knoxville to advise city officials about dealing with blighted property saw striking differences between downtown and the surrounding neighborhoods. Alan Mallach of the Center for Community Progress was enthusiastic about Market Square. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was struck by how drastically the character of the area changes when you leave downtown,â&#x20AC;? Mallach said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is the sort of place that people from other places go to France or Italy and come back raving about. But neighborhoods are critical. â&#x20AC;Śâ&#x20AC;?

Mallach said the issue of property rights frequently becomes a stumbling block to combating blight. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Property rights cut in a lot of different directions. Anybody sitting on a piece of property and allowing it to blight is interfering with their neighbors just as surely as if heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going around and dumping garbage on their properties.â&#x20AC;? The massive, deteriorating hulk of the McClung Warehouses on Jackson Avenue, where a suspicious 2007 fire threatened to burn out the north end of downtown, was the most frequently-mentioned example of Malachâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s property rights versus the neighbors theory. Conversion Properties representative Joe Petrie,

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Pieces of history fit for a king

them co-founded TAMIS, a nonprofit that preserves local and regional film, music, TV shows and other slices of

East Tennessee history. The collection includes everything from “Mid-Day Merry Go Round” recordings to early film shot in Knoxville to an old WTVK Channel 26 camera. But Elvis is there, too, and why not? The King was the flashpoint for the whole darn thing. Plus, Presley considered himself a Tennessean and made three or four legendary stops in Knoxville. One of Reeves’ best “finds” is a long-thought-lost audio recording from Elvis’ matinee performance at Stokely Athletic Center on April 8, 1972. His latest pieces of Presley were donated by Carolyn Turner, an Elvis collector from Fountain City who originally lived in Mississippi and belonged to that state’s first Elvis fan club. “She loved Elvis Presley and wanted this stuff to go to somebody who cared about it and would not sell it.” Her collection includes pristine vinyl records from Elvis’ career – including rare

soundtrack albums – that look like they just rolled off the assembly line. She also donated never-before-seen photographs, including shots from Elvis’ December 1975 engagement at the Las Vegas Hilton. But the rarest item is the original “Mid-South” edition of the Memphis Press-Scimitar newspaper from Wednesday, Aug. 17, 1977, with its headline: “A lonely life ends on Elvis Presley Boulevard.” Yellowing copies of a special edition can be found in attics and antique stores everywhere. But the edition that rolled off the presses the day after Elvis died is ultra rare. Take a look at your copy if

Fame. Former Volunteers elected him an honorary letterman. SID peers gave him plaques and trophies and eventually voted him into their hall of fame. This final award is the best they can do. A few thousand Tennessee fans, through the years, heard Bud’s civic club previews of Volunteer football but most of what he did was behind the scenes. He managed the flow of news, Neyland Stadium press box, basketball adventures and responded to a multitude of special requests from sportswriters and broadcasters. “Ford always let it be known that he stood for integrity, passion and tradition when it came to his beloved University of Tennessee,” said John Painter,

another former member of the revised UT department. Painter said it was the same for everybody, boss, student intern, eager fan. Doug Dickey said: “Bud Ford was typical of the heart and soul of Tennessee athletics. He bled orange, wore orange and probably sang ‘Rocky Top’ in the shower. His work ethic for UT was amazing.” John Majors said Bud was one of the most valuable to an athletics department he has ever known. “I’ve worked with some mighty good people, and Bud Ford is as good as they come. He is honest and loyal to the highest degree and has great integrity. He is extremely efficient and knowledgeable about his profession.”

Phillip Fulmer said: “Bud Ford loves Tennessee with a passion that showed in the way he did his job. … Whatever the situation, you could be sure he always was protective of the integrity, tradition and image that make Tennessee football special.” Here’s what I say: Amen. He was that and more. Alas, there may not be another forever Volunteer. He was a boyhood fan. He earned a UT degree and never wanted to be anywhere else. Gus Manning did it that way. Haywood Harris almost did. He worked in the real world for a little while. Bud was truly dedicated. I doubt he ever made a decision not based on what was best for Tennessee. Incidentally, when you called 974-

Did you know that Elvis Presley is indirectly responsible for the founding of the Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound at the East Tennessee History Center?

Jake Mabe Pull up a chair and let me tell you about it. Film archivist, Bearden native and uber Elvis fan Bradley Reeves attended an Orphans Film Symposium in Columbia, S.C., a few years ago. He took with him a Super 8mm version of Elvis’ 1968 NBC-TV “comeback” special. Librarians do not normally get all shook up over Elvis. But when he screened part of the special, he noticed one woman who was “really diggin’ it, man.” That turned out to be

Bradley Reeves holds the original edition of the Memphis Press-Scimitar from Aug. 17, 1977, announcing Elvis Presley’s death. The newspaper and other Elvis items were donated to the Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound by Barbara Turner. Photos by Jake Mabe Louisa Trott of London, England. Long story made short, Louisa moved to Knoxville, married Brad and the two of

Ford 1, UT 0 Shhh, don’t tell anybody. Bud Ford is back near the news. Try to keep it quiet. The former UT associate athletic director for media relations, arm-wrestling the university over a post-retirement service contract rejected by Dave Hart, is going to St. Louis next week. Bud will pay his own way, take one more bow and receive a lifetime achievement award from America’s sports information directors. This is big stuff, top of the mountain among those who still serve what remains of the media. In his 45 and a half years

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working on behalf of the Volunteers, Bud collected an assortment of awards, including 37 “best in the nation” ribbons and bows for functional brochures. Excellence was recognized. He is a member of the Tennessee Sports Writers’ Hall of Fame and the Greater Knoxville Sports Halls of

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Elvis on stage at the Las Vegas Hilton in December 1975. Photo courtesy TAMIS/Carolyn Turner Collection

you’ve got one. If yours has a blue box on the front talking about reprinting the edition to meet demand and a box on the masthead that says “special edition,” you’ve got the mass-produced one. Reeves has been defending Elvis to critics that for some insane reason turned their nose up to The King and missed his magic. I guess Elvis didn’t seem hip to a generation turned on to Bob Dylan and The Beatles, but if all you know of him is either “Elvis the Pelvis” or the sweaty, bloated Southern Gothic caricature, you’ve missed Elvis Presley. And you’ve missed the point. “Listen to the voice. Listen to the feeling he puts into each song, even on the worst movie soundtrack. He’s giving it everything he has. “He did such a wide range of great music and did it well. Nobody else can say that.” Plus, Presley helped put into motion events that would lead to the preservation of East Tennessee’s rich film, TV and music history. They didn’t call him The King for nothin.’ Visit Jake Mabe online at jakemabe. blogspot.com.

1212, somebody answered the phone. When asked to retire, it was correct for him to step aside. He is 67. I thought the university should have honored the historian contract without discussion. The previous athletic director made the agreement. The chancellor knew about it. A deal, signed and dated, is a deal. Eliminate the job? Clear the decks, make way for the new guys? Save $40,000? In a many-million-dollar department, this would have been a token investment for institutional memory. Dave Hart, clearly in charge of all athletics, should have said OK and spent an additional $300 – for a gold watch. Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@netzero.com.

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‘A true American hero’ decorated hero of the First World War. A Medal of Honor winner, York and seven others took 132 German soldiers prisoner along the Decauville rail line north of PALL M ALL , TENN. – The Chatel-Chéhéry, France, on tall, graying, distinguishedOct. 8, 1918. York did most looking man was sitting just of the dirty work singleto the right of the entrance handedly. to the home of America’s York’s heroics remained most famous soldier from largely unknown in the World War I. United States until his tale I did a double take. He was told in a 1919 edition of looked familiar, a bit like The Saturday Evening Post. Gary Cooper. He then became a living legend. He and his longtime sweetheart, Gracie Williams, were married by no less than Tennessee Gov. Albert Roberts in York’s native Pall Mall, an unincorporated area near Jamestown, after the war. York refused to cash in on his fame, opting instead to live in Pall Mall (where he was not universally liked) to establish The Alvin C. York Foundation to boost educational opportunities in the rural area. York said, “The only way to break the vicious cycle of poverty that grips this region is through education.” He turned down offers to film his story until 1940, when he negotiated the film contract himself. The result was the Howard Hawks classic “Sgt. York” (1941), which stars Gary Cooper. Cooper won an Oscar for Best Actor and “Sgt. York” Ted Griffith and Doug Harned stand beside the Alvin C. York was the highest grossing burial plot at Pall Mall, Tenn. The lifelong friends had talked film of 1941. Andrew Jackabout visiting York’s grave for years and finally did so over Me- son York says the movie is morial Day weekend. Griffith is a former sportswriter for the dai- “about 90 percent true.” One part that isn’t factual ly Knoxville Journal and Harned is a former biologist with TVA.

Fans pay tribute to Sgt. York for Memorial Day

His name is Andrew Jackson York. He is the son of the legendary Sgt. Alvin C. York, a true Tennessee legend. Andrew York, 81, works for the state park service. Appropriately enough, he is stationed at the house in which he was born. He is unassuming, humble and perfectly polite. Chances are you know his father’s story. Alvin C. York was a wild child turned pacifist Christian turned

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Andrew Jackson York sits just outside the bedroom in which he was born, which belonged to his famous father, Sgt. Alvin C. York, and his mother, Gracie. Andrew now works for the state park service at the York home in Pall Mall, Tenn. Photos by Jake Mabe is the film’s finale, in which Gracie leads Alvin down a road to a house that “had been paid for by the people of Tennessee.” Well, not quite. The Nashville Rotary gave York 400 acres of land and a heavily-mortgaged home. York had to borrow money to stock the farm. The Rotary, which was paying for the land in installments, was unable to meet its commitments. An appeal to Rotary Clubs nationwide helped get York out of a jam. Andrew Jackson York told me that the only Tennessee governor to ever visit the home was Ned Ray McWherter. That is pathetic. I was asked to tag along on this Memorial Day weekend pilgrimage to Pall Mall with former TVA biologist Doug Harned and Ted Griffith, a former sportswriter for the daily Knoxville Journal. They have been best friends since childhood and have wanted to pay their respects to York for years. Harned’s

Alvin C. York’s grave at Wolf River Cemetery in Pall Mall, Tenn. son, Dean, a social studies teacher at Gibbs High School, also came along for the ride. We also visited York’s grave at Wolf River Cemetery and the mill he ran for years. The mill’s sorter was made in Knoxville. The cemetery is located in the Valley of the Three Forks, a serene spot that looks a lot

like sections of Cades Cove. As we were leaving the York home, Doug Harned turned to Andrew York and said, “Your father is a true American hero.” The tall, distinguishedlooking man grinned ever-so-slightly and said in his Southern drawl, “We think so.”

BEARDEN SHOPPER-NEWS • JUNE 18, 2012 • A-7

Grace Baptist 5K By Theresa Edwards Grace Baptist Church held its first 5K race June 9, coordinated by the women’s ministry. “Our women’s ministry is newly revived. This is our kick-off year. We wanted to provide a community activity for families to have fun and make memories together. Hopefully this will become an annual event,” said coordinator Pat Wade. The race course went down the parking lot, to Karns Fire Station and back, around the parking lot and building, and ending across the football field next door. There was musical entertainment along with free food and coupons provided by Campbell’s Pool and Spa, Scoles Chiropractic, Bojangles, Ingles and Hardees. Grace Baptist Church also thanked financial sponsors Vaughn Pharmacy, Downtown Dental, Axiom Machining, Ritchie Tractor and Charis In Action Ministry Center.

Becky Stewart, wife of the Rev. Ron Stewart, gets ready to run in the 5K race. She enjoys running in a lot of races around town.

Pat Wade, women’s ministry coordinator, says Pam Coleman is her “right arm.”

Without a bat! When Jesus heard what had happened [to John the Baptist], he withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. Hearing of this, the crowds followed him on foot from the towns. (Matthew 14:13) Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd. After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. (Matthew 14: 22-23 NIV)

Between the two passages quoted above, Jesus fed the 5,000. I can relate. It was what I call “a day in the Refuge.” It was the normal (mostly pleasant) confusion of lots of folks, lots of needs, enough volunteers (thank God), and one person’s enthusiastic conversation on the phone, which happens to be situated just outside my office door, for semi-strict monitoring purposes. I had survived a truly awful day earlier in the week, and was still trying to put my reports (and my nervous system) back together. Additionally, I was up against some deadlines, which always raises the adrenaline level. One of our neighbors stuck his head in to say “Hello,” and ask how I was doing.

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CROSS CURRENTS “I have too many plates I am trying to keep in the air,” I replied. He grinned at me and said, “What you need is a baseball bat!” I laughed and kept typing. Then I stopped. I realized the import of what he had said. I went out to the lobby area where he was talking to the person behind the desk. I put my hand on his shoulder and said, “You know, you are a wise man.

Grace Baptist Church has its first 5K race, inviting the community to participate. Enjoying the race are Karla Hopkins and Sara Cox. Photos by T. Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com

REUNIONS You are absolutely right. I ■ A Carr Family Reunion for need to take a good swing descendents of John Carr at some of those things and and Mary Etta Whitson just get rid of them! Get will be held noon to 6 p.m. ’em outta here!” Saturday, June 23, at Gibbs Ruritan Club on Tazewell He grinned at me, and Pike. Bring a dish to share asked, “Will you do it?” for lunch at 2 p.m. Info: April “I already am doing it,” I Gosnell-Parker, 312-5086 or told him. aparker180@att.net. It is true. I am in the ■ The Russell, Duncan, process of giving up some Jones, Tinnell Reunion things I love because there for the friends and families were just too many plates of Lee and Leona Duncan to juggle. And because life Russell and Walter and Ann is about more than work, Jones will be held 5 p.m. even work I enjoy. Saturday, June 23, at Hill Top I need time. Like Jesus, Baptist Church on Walker I need time to be still, to Road. Bring a covered dish pray, to go off into the wilto share. Ice and paper derness (or to the creek) goods furnished. Bring pictures to display. Info: and think for a while. I 250-8252. need to refill the wells. I have to say, though, ■ Central High School Class of 1962 will hold its 50-year that writing for this space reunion July 6-7. Info: Bob is not one of the things I am willing to give up. This is one of the ways I work things out, how I consider meaning, how I deal with life, how I wrestle with Scripture, how I praise my Maker. I am so grateful for the Call ways in which Jesus’ example gives me permission to be who I am, and to be true TERMITE AND PEST CONTROL to myself. Honest, Reliable Service Since 1971 And when the needs of the people I serve are really great, he will give me the strength and patience to help them. Even without a baseball bat.

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37938. Info: Debbie Helton Keebler, 922-0049.

■ Central High School Class of 1967 will hold its 45th reunion Friday through Sunday, July 22-24. Info: Idonna Tillery Bryson, 6885816, or Ann Paylor Williams, 687-7759.

■ Halls High School Class of 1965 will hold a reunion July 28 at Beaver Brook Country Club. Any class is welcome. Info/reservations: George VanDeGriff, 922-8345 or 278-6724.

■ Fulton High School Class of 1972 is planning its 40th reunion celebration 6 p.m. Saturday, July 14, at The Foundry, 747 World’s Fair Park Drive, and will include a catered dinner buffet, photos by a professional photographer that will be available online, Jake the DJ from Ogle Entertainment and more. The cost is $55 until July 13 and $75 at the door. Dress is business casual. Mail registration to: FHS Class Reunion, 4224 Williamson Drive, Knoxville, TN

■ Standard Knitting Mills reunion is 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 4 at the John T. O’Connor Senior Center. Any employee or relative is welcome. Food donations are accepted; limited to finger foods. Info: 523-5463.

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■ Grace Baptist Church, 7171 Oak Ridge Highway, will host its annual “Grace American Cookout” at 6 p.m. Sunday, July 1, with fireworks to follow. Guest speaker and nationally recognized war hero Clebe McClary will speak at the church that morning at 8:45 and 10:30. Everyone is invited. Info: www.gracebc. org.

■ Farragut Presbyterian Church, 209 Jamestowne Blvd., will host a farewell concert by the UT Chamber Singers as they prepare to leave for a 10day choral residency in Belfast and Dublin. The concert, “To the Emerald Isle,” will be held 8 p.m. Thursday, June 28, and will include a variety of music the group plans to perform during the trip. Everyone is invited.

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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. Refreshments will be served. Info: 675-2835.

Festivals ■ St. Mark UMC, 7001 S. Northshore Drive, will have a peach festival 2-5 p.m. Saturday, July 14. There will be games, baked goods, peach ice cream and a live bluegrass band. All activities are free, and everyone is invited. Info: 588-0808.

■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, holds a beginner yoga class 6-7 p.m. Mondays upstairs in the family life center. Cost is $10 per class or $40 for five classes. Bring a mat, towel and water. Info: Dena Bower, 567-7615 or denabower@comcast.net. ■ Beaver Ridge UMC will hold Open Gym Night each Wednesday during summer from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Everyone is invited. Elementary-age children must have a guardian accompany them. Info: randycreswell@ yahoo.com or 690-1060. ■ Concord UMC, 11020 Roane Drive, has started Young Adult Professionals for anyone age 22-35 who wants to network with other young business professionals in the West Knoxville area. Seasoned professionals

will discuss their experiences and how to live out your faith while growing into your profession. Info: Glenna Manning, gmanning@concordumc.com, or Kelsey Feldman, kelsing01@ comcast.net.

Youth ■ Farragut Presbyterian Church Mother’s Day Out program and preschool registration is open for the 2012-2013 school year. Info: Beth Hallman, 671-4616 or bhallman@tds.net.

Pellissippi State Move through the program as a group. Get a degree in as little as 16 months.

‘Train Your Trainer’ Fitness Together locations will host “Train Your Trainer” 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 23. All funds raised will help the Open House for the Alzheimer’s Association of East Tennessee. FT clients and friends are invited to take their trainer of choice through the workout of their choice in exchange for a donation. There will be complementary appetizers, drinks and chair massages, and a silent auction will be held as well. Everyone is invited. Info: 357-8863.

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Touring the big press By Elizabeth Longmire During our first day as Shopper-News interns, we took a tour of the Knoxville News Sentinel and experienced what it is like to work at a daily newspaper. Our tour guide, commercial print coordinator Karen Schmidt, first took us in the office area where you could find people hard at work on the next day’s paper. After checking out what it was like to see what This year’s Shopper-News interns are Mitchell Kolinsky, Madison Noe, Caroline Longmire, Eliza- was actually going into the beth Longmire, Sarah Dixon, Mitchell “Chill” Zavadil and Ethan Sanders. Not pictured are Jacob paper, we got to see the printing process in action. Messing and Melinda Taylor. Photo by R. White Schmidt took us to the room where pictures are developed onto the plates, a process that involves la-

The interns have arrived! By Ruth White

It is summertime and that can only mean one thing – the Shopper interns have arrived and are ready to venture out and get to know Knoxville up close and personal. Sarah Dixon is a rising 9th grade student at Halls High. She is most interested in politics and government (you may have found your successor, Sandra) and music. Through the intern program Dixon hopes to better her people and writing skills. Caroline Longmire will be a sophomore at Gibbs High next school year. She is a second-year intern who hopes to meet influential people at the places she visits this summer. Described as smart, responsible and caring, Longmire enjoys English and science courses at school. Elizabeth Longmire is also a rising sophomore at Gibbs High and back for a second round of interning this summer. This independent, driven leader plans on a future in broadcast journalism and hopes to gain more knowledge on the subject through the program. Madison Noe returns for a second year of the Shopper intern program and will be a sophomore at Halls High in

the fall. Noe likes science and music classes and hopes to gain more knowledge about different places in Knoxville. Asked if she would rather walk by a stream or climb a mountain, Noe responded, “Climb the mountain!” So, it is not surprising that her favorite song is “Don’t Stop Believing” by Journey. Jacob Messing will attend Karns High in the fall as a 9th grade student. He enjoys science and technology and watching the New York Ya n ke e s. Described as curious, i ntel l igent and hopeful, Messing would prefer to climb a mountain over walking Messing by a stream. Mitchell Kolinsky is a rising sophomore at CAK and loves being in the outdoors, whether it be playing football or enjoying the scenery. If he had to choose between walking by a stream or climbing a tall mountain, Kolinsky is ready to conquer the mountain. During the internship he hopes to fine-tune his people skills and experience new things. Ethan Sanders will be a 7th grade student at Halls Middle

School in the fall. Sanders is interested in technology and music, and enjoys cheering for the Tennessee Vols. If he had to walk by a stream or climb a tall mountain, Sanders would conquer the mountain. Melinda Taylor is a rising 9th grade student at Catholic High. She enjoys music and English and watching the U.S. Olympic swim team. T a y l o r admires writers and hopes to improve her writing skills and Taylor experience life as a journalist through the internship. Mitchell “Chill” Zavadil is a rising 9th grade student and is deciding between attending Farragut High and Catholic for school in the fall. Zavadil is a musician and likes any song written by the Beatles. He is also interested in technology and enjoys capturing life on video. He would rather walk by a stream as opposed to climbing a mountain. Through the intern program Zavadil hopes to gain a better understanding of how businesses work.

Commerical print coordinator Karen Schmidt shows the interns the distribution area from the balcony above the floor. Photo by Mitchell Kolinsky

Papers are delivered to the distribution area on a belt from the print room. Photo by Ethan Sanders sers and very detailed work to make sure none of the ink is smudged or blurred. We were then taken to the place where the magic happens. Before us was a $20 million, 12-tower printing press that came all the way from Germany. Completely computer operated, the press can print a maximum of 70,000 papers in an hour. The News Sentinel, The

Oak Ridger and the UT Daily Beacon are printed on that press. Right behind the press is its control room. It is sectioned off according to which area of the press it operates. A few stories under the press, we entered the paper loading dock. This area is filled with huge rolls of paper that are picked up and inserted into the press by robots. Five large ink

storage units are located in the back corner and include yellow, blue, red and black, all painted their certain color, except a second black tank that is painted UT orange! After seeing the behindthe-scenes action, we finally got to see where the finished newspaper would come out. Though the press wasn’t running while we were there, there were still rolls and rolls of next week’s comics ready to be inserted into the paper. A process that one would think would take hours only takes one and a half! It was a wonderful and interesting experience to see how a newspaper is made and printed.

“This is where the magic happens” – Karen Schmidt

Interns learn the ropes By Sara Barrett Last week’s game plan was a crash course in photography and reporting by the staff at the Shopper, followed by lunch at Cancun Mexican restaurant and a tour of the Knoxville News Sentinel’s press room. Sandra Clark took a stroll down memory lane, while Jake Mabe described being the only print journalist who got past the gatekeepers at C.H. Butcher’s funeral. On Tuesday, we’ll explore the Knox County Health Department and Knox Area Rescue Ministries with lunch at WDVX and the Blue Plate Special.

Soles4Souls Webb Middle School students collected 756 pairs of new and gently used shoes to benefit Soles4Souls, a Nashville-based charity that collects shoes for victims of natural disasters and poverty. The service project was spearheaded by Webb 8th graders Madison Read and Jade Morgan, seen here with Jessica Cole (center), school participation coordinator for Soles4Souls. Photo submitted

SCHOOL NOTES

Jake Mabe and Sandra Clark welcome the new interns to the program, show the first paper printed (June 1, 1971) after Clark bought the Shopper and talk about the days of printing without computers. Photo by Ruth White

West Hills Elementary

The interns will spend people who help make this the summer exploring city a great place to live, Knoxville and meeting work and visit.

■ 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: Jill Schmudde, jschmudde@gmail.com.

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Junior dance camp Bearden High Dance Team’s Junior Dance Camp will be held in the BHS gym 6 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, June 28-29, for grades kindergarten through 5th. All campers will perform Friday night and awards will be given. The cost is $50. Those who register by June 22 will receive a free T-shirt. Info: email bhsdancecamp@ aol.com.

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NEWS FROM WEAVER HEARING AID CENTER

Hear better for the best of your life at Weaver Hearing Aid Center By Sandra Clark Gary Weaver has seen big changes in hearing aid technology over the last six months. As an independent, locally owned and operated hearing aid specialist, Weaver can use any manufactur-er that meets his expectations. “We spend a lot of time testing technology, and I’m especially intrigued by the new ‘smart’ hearing aids,” he said. So Weaver has selected brands which he labels, “good, better and best.” He based his choices on these criteria: Good – simple to use and affordably priced; ideal for those living at their own pacee who do not need the bells and whistles on a more complex model. These hearing aids are easy to use, Gary said, and offer multiple features but most features are automatic. They are comfort-

able to wear and easier to keep clean. Better – moderately sophisticated, these hearing aids are for people who are getting along in life with more free time; people who are not concerned with the latest gadgetrry. “This aid has the features that these folks need, including easy telephone usage and removal of background noise. It is tried and true, reliable with quality you can count on.” Best – This model is ultrasophisticated with Bluetooth compatibility. “This model works well in all environments, bar none,” said Gary. It is ideal for the on-the-go person who is juggling work, family and w volunteer responsibilities. Why three categories? Gary said it’s simple. He’s got patients in all three groups. Most of the new aids have connectiv-

ity, meaning you can wirelessly link your hearA hearing aid smaller ing aid to than a dime your cell phone, sometimes even to your land line and/or your television. Each aid comes with a remote device, similar to a television’s remote control. You can adjust the volume in one ear or both, again wirelessly. Gary and Belinda Weaver are celebrating their 14th year in business. With a convenient ofﬁce in Franklin Square, the Weavers are available during business hours to consult with clients or counsel them on speciﬁc problems. Gary will program every device that he sells and will stand behind it – very important for such a major investment. The Weavers look for good quality hearing aids, made by a world class Gary and Belinda Weaver at Weaver Hearing manufacturer. “We want reliable prod- Aid Center. Photos by S. Clark ucts that are simple and easy to use. Service is our first priority,” said Gary. “Whether you purchase a good, better or best grade hearing aid, the service 9648 Kingston Pike, Suite 2 (Franklin Square) doesn’t change.” 357-2650

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Making a connection By Alvin Nance

The team at Rose Mortuary includes (front) Adam Starkey, Whitney Marcum Hunthrop, Andrew Marcum; (back) Robert Starkey, Brian Starkey, A.H. Pickle and Kent Marcum. Photo submitted

An occupation and a ministry Being a funeral director is a tough job. Bob Starkey, who co-owns Rose Mortuary, says it’s one of the few professions that deals with families at their roughest moments.

Shannon Carey “It’s an occupation,” he said. “But it’s a ministry, too.” Rose Mortuary, with it’s Broadway and Mann Heritage Chapel locations, is Knoxville’s third oldest business. Bob Starkey and Kent Marcum purchased Rose Mortuary from Fred Rose in 1984. In 1996, Rose purchased Mann Heritage Chapel from Art Pickle, who remains as the Patriarch and still actively serves families. Starkey has been a funeral director for 50 years. Now, his sons Brian and Adam have joined him in the family business. Tradition is important at

Rose Mortuary. Both locations have a staff member on-site around the clock, a practice many funeral homes have discontinued. No matter what time of the day or night, a Rose Mortuary staff member will answer families’ calls. Respect for families’ needs is paramount. While Rose offers pre-need planning and a full range of services, there is no pressure to buy more than one can afford. “We don’t sell here. We do not pressure families,” said Brian. “Every funeral director in this place puts families’ needs first.” In fact, everyone at Rose Mortuary, from the office staff to the owners, regularly attend grief counseling training to help them be sensitive to the families they serve. “Those extra steps matter in what we’re doing and helping people through this grief process,” said Brian. “I feel like that’s why we’re growing right now.” Even while traditions of caring and respect drive

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the business, the world has changed. Bob has been a funeral director for 50 years, and in that time he has seen societal changes reﬂected in the funeral business. Cremations have become more accepted. Family units are more spread out, so time has become more of an issue. “The challenges are always there,” Bob said. “They just change.” “Life is so fast-paced now,” said Brian. “The onus is really on the funeral director to work with families to show them the reason why this time is so important. This experience matters.” In the end, operating a successful funeral business is about nurturing trust in the families you serve. “I believe in the value of everything we do,” said Brian. “The reward comes from helping families. Everybody wants to matter. Here, you can personally matter to people.” Info: www.rosemortuary. com. Shannon Carey is the Shopper-News general manager and sales manager. Contact Shannon at shannon@shoppernewsnow. com.

Each KCDC property benefits from the m a n y wonderful par tnerships we have with local social service orgaNance nizations. I cannot fully express my gratitude for these agencies that provide extra support for our residents, especially those with special needs. KCDC recently began a new partnership with Compassion Coalition, a nonprofit that connects faith-based organizations with service opportunities, and I have been astounded at the positive response we have received from this group. In April, the Compassion Coalition invited our KCDC staff to present to representatives of around 90 faith-based organizations who attended the organization’s Salt and Light Luncheon. Our staff presented the speciﬁc needs of the senior residents at the Manor at Northgate Terrace, an independent living facility in North Knoxville for those experiencing problems with the aging process. The Manor provides a great service to our area’s seniors, including supportive services like two meals daily delivered to each room, laundry service, daily safety checks and housekeeping ser-

KCDC executive director and CEO Alvin Nance shakes the hand of Manor at Northgate Terrace resident Ruth Norman during a recent visit to the independent living facility. Norman has been a resident of the Manor at Northgate Terrace for two years, receiving supportive services. Photo submitted vices for a fixed monthly rate of $495. The Manor serves 41 total seniors, and 15 of our residents are over the age of 80. We have four residents over the age of 90! Since that meeting, we have received an outpouring of monetary and in-kind donations to help residents of the Manor. Volunteers have been lining up to come in and help out as needed. One organization connected through the Compassion Coalition volunteered to repot all of the plants in the Manor’s sitting areas. Another organization donated a year’s supply of laundry detergent to reduce the seniors’ monthly costs. All monetary donations have

gone toward scholarships to cover rent for low-income seniors to ease their ﬁnancial burden. The Compassion Coalition has connected us with their network of nearly 200 faith-based organizations. Their support is an added value to our residents and helps us create a better program and a better life at the Manor at Northgate Terrace. I am so thankful to executive director Grant Standifer and the rest of the Compassion Coalition for their support of the Manor and for seeing the importance of serving the elderly here in our community. Alvin Nance is executive director of KCDC.

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COVENANT HEALTH: ALL HEART Innovative valve centers offer specialty cardiovascular care locally care here,â&#x20AC;? said Jim VanderSteeg, executive vice president of hospital operations for Covenant Health. Valve centers will be staffed by experienced cardiovascular surgeons, cardiologists, nurses and other professional medical staff who are educated in the latest protocols expertly trained in the latest procedures.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you have a heart problem, we

Even the most complex cardiovascular problems can now be treated in Knoxville. Covenant Health is debuting â&#x20AC;&#x153;valve centersâ&#x20AC;? at Parkwest Medical Center, Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center and Methodist Medical Center. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The opening of the valve centers mean that a certain population of patients who used to be referred to places such as Vanderbilt or the Cleveland Clinic can receive their specialty

Breakthrough TAVR Procedure now available â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Chest-crackingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; not needed for certain heart patients What if a heart valve could be replaced without surgically opening the chest cavity? That â&#x20AC;&#x153;what ifâ&#x20AC;? is now a reality for some patients. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For certain patients, a heart valve will be able to be replaced endovascularly using a wire,â&#x20AC;? said Dr. Chadwick Stouffer, a cardiothoracic surgeon. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Traditional surgery would require a large incision and dividing the breastbone. The risks and recovery time associated with TAVR are much less in comparison.â&#x20AC;? To be eligible for the TAVR, patients must have severe aortic stenosis and be deemed not a candidate for traditional surgery. Covenant Health has been selected as the only entity in Knoxville to have surgeons trained in the TAVR procedure by Edwards Lifesciences. TAVR is short for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. TAVR is a percutaneous procedure recently proven to be an appropriate alternative to standard medical care (a combination of careful ob-

servation, medications and balloon aortic valvuloplasty.) TAVR is appropriate for select patients with severe aortic stenosis (narrowing of the aortic valve opening) who are not candidates for surgery and those who are at very high risk. In the United States, TAVR continues to be studied as part of the PARTNER (Placement of Aortic Transcatheter Valves) trial which studied inoperable patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis. Compared to standard medical care, among the inoperable patients who had TAVR, the procedure reduced their absolute risk of dying by 20 percent. The risk of mortality decreased from 50 percent to 30 percent. Dr. Mike Ayres, Dr. Thomas Pollard, Dr. Chadwick Stouffer, and Dr. Nicholoas Xenopoulos are &RYHQDQW +HDOWKÂśV ÂżUVW physicians to be trained in TAVR. 7R ÂżQG RXW PRUH DERXW whether TAVR is right for you, call 541-4500 or visit www.covenanthealth.com/ heartcare.

FDA-approved in November 2011, the Edwards SAPIEN Transcatheter Heart Valve is the first biologic transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) therapy approved for use in the U.S. Select hospitals are now performing the procedure on qualified patients. This transcatheter procedure enables the placement of a collapsible aortic heart valve into the body via a catheterbased delivery system, which allows the valve to be inserted via the femoral artery in the thigh. The valve is designed to replace a patientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s diseased native aortic valve without traditional openheart surgery and while the heart continues to beat â&#x20AC;&#x201C; eliminating the need for cardiopulmonary bypass.

can treat it,â&#x20AC;? said Dr. Mike Ayres, cardiologist. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When it comes to cardiac care, Covenant Health is â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;all heart.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; What patients want is better outcomes, fewer complications and higher survival rates, and the comprehensive coordination of care made possible by the valve centers help us deliver.â&#x20AC;? A new $2.6 million hybrid operating room which opened this spring at Parkwest is part of the plan. It is used primarily for cardiac and vascular

procedures performed by members of multiple Covenant Health medical staffs. Parkwest is one of only 140 sites in the nation to offer Trans Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), an innovative procedure to replace diseased aortic valves. It is the first Knoxville hospital to have this capability. For more information about the valve centers of Covenant Health, visit w w w. c o v e n a n t h e a l t h . com/heartcare or call 541-4500.

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The leaflets of a calcified aortic valve are unable to open wide, obstructing blood flow from the left ventricle into the aorta. The narrowed valve allows less blood to flow through and as a result, less oxygen-rich blood is pumped out to the body, which may cause symptoms like severe shortness of breath. With the TAVR procedure, an artificial device (see SAPIEN valve, pictured at left) opens the aortic heart valve wide to allow oxygen-rich blood to flow unobstructed in one direction. The blood flows through the valve into the aorta where it then flows out to the rest of the body. Illustration courtesy of Edwards Lifesciences.

Hybrid operating room enables novel and less invasive treatment options In much the same way as Ă&#x20AC;RZHU RU IUXLW YDULHWLHV DUH developed to maximize the desirable traits of the plants, a â&#x20AC;&#x153;hybrid operating roomâ&#x20AC;? combines the best of a traditional surgical suite with large imaging equipment such as real time x-ray and CT in a sterile setting. Such an operating room is now open at Parkwest. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hybrid operating rooms allow surgeons and their colleagues to perform combined open, minimally invasive, image-guided and/or catheter-based procedures in the same OR in the same operative setting,â&#x20AC;? explained cardiothoracic surgeon Chadwick W. Stouffer, M.D., who was involved in the design of the hybrid OR for Parkwest along with colleagues Thomas R. Pollard, M.D.,

A team of physicians was instrumental in the design of a â&#x20AC;&#x153;hybrid operating roomâ&#x20AC;? (seen in background) which combines the best of a traditional surgical suite with large, real-time imaging equipment in a sterile setting. Pictured are some of the physicians who will be involved the breakthrough TAVR procedure for patients who are medically unable to have open-heart surgery. L to R, Chadwick Stouffer M.D., Lee Collins M.D., Nicholoas Xenopoulos M.D., Mike Ayres M.D. and Thomas Pollard M.D. Willard B. Campbell, M.D., C. Scott Callicutt, and Christopher W. Pollock, M.D.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you are facing aortic aneurysm surgery or aortic valve replacement, you

may have a less invasive option and a quicker recovery,â&#x20AC;? Stouffer said.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The hybrid OR concept is gaining popularity around the nation, although just a few years ago, only large teaching hospitals had them,â&#x20AC;? said Parkwest CAO Rick Lassiter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The hybrid OR allows less invasive, endovascular treatment of aortic aneurysms in the chest and abdomen via catheters placed in the arteries in the groin.â&#x20AC;? Âł:H ZHUH QRW WKH ÂżUVW LQ the area to have a hybrid OR, but we do have the newest equipment with more â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;bells and whistlesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; than anywhere else,â&#x20AC;? said C. Scott Callicutt, M.D., a general/vascular surgeon. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This OR has amenities comparable with Vanderbilt and our physicians have access to technology that will allow them to access sophisticated stents and other procedures which have been

primarily isolated to the Cleveland Clinic.â&#x20AC;? Approximately $2.6 million has been invested in the creation of a 1,100-squarefoot hybrid operating room which will contain a state of the art Toshiba imaging system, as well as the full complement of standard operating room equipment. Cardiothoracic Surgeon Thomas R. Pollard, M.D. said that the hybrid OR is about twice the size of a normal operating room and has a separate control room for the state of the art imaging equipment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This will allow us to expand on the surgical procedures provided previously,â&#x20AC;? stated Pollard. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We will be able to care for patients who were previously too highrisk for a standard open operation.â&#x20AC;?

All Heart. All Here. No longer does getting treatment for the most complex heart problems mean going somewhere else.

Covenant Health is East Tennesseeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first and only health system to offer the innovative TAVR procedure for replacing heart valves in patients who cannot have open-heart surgery. Procedures will be performed at Parkwest Medical Center in a new $2.6 million surgical suite designed specifically for minimally invasive cardiac procedures.

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Fort Loudoun Medical Center Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center LeConte Medical Center Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge

Morristown-Hamblen Healthcare System Parkwest Medical Center Roane Medical Center

www.covenanthealth.com/heartcare

B-2 • JUNE 18, 2012 • SHOPPER-NEWS

Max Smith, Albert Hank, Maggie Greff and Louise Piske play bridge. “Last night there were 55 Texas Hold ‘em card players at Baileys, and I came in second,” said Greff. She does not argue about being a card shark. “It’s being lucky more than anything, unless you’re a good bluffer,” said Hank.

Playing cards at Strang The Strang Senior Center offers a variety of card-playing opportunities to have fun and meet a friendly group. They were talking and laughing as they played contract bridge at 10 a.m. Monday.

Theresa Edwards

Other card games at Strang include bridge at 9:30 a.m. Tuesdays, ca-

nasta and pinochle at 12:30 p.m. Tuesdays, social bridge at 10 a.m. Wednesdays, duplicate bridge at 10 a.m. Thursdays, canasta club at 9:30 a.m. Fridays and social bridge at 10 a.m. Fridays. If you like other games, Scrabble players meet at 12:30 p.m. most Thursdays and Rummikub players meet at 1 p.m. most Fridays. Calendars of upcoming events are available at the Strang Senior Center at 109 Lovell Heights Road. Info: 670-6693.

Before taking your pet to work, be sure he or she is dressed for success. Photo courtesy of www.iseeahappyface.com.

Bring a friend to the office But don’t forget the Scooby snacks If you have found yourself staring at your coworkers and wondering why they can’t be as much fun as your dog or cat, then this is the week you’ve been waiting for.

Marge McLaughlin and Bonnie Baba play bridge. McLaughlin explains they play four hands total, with the two winners moving on to play the winners at other tables. The final winners’ tallies are posted on the board in the game room.

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Critter Tales Sara Costigan, Muriel Maxwell and Nancy Haun play bridge at the Strang Senior Center. Photos by T. Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com

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AARP driver safety class For registration info about this and all other AARP driver safety classes, call Carolyn Rambo, 584-9964. ■ 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, June 27-28, Second Presbyterian Church, 2829 Kingston Pike.

PetSitters International is encouraging everyone to celebrate “Take Your Pet to Work Week” Monday through Friday, June 1822, with “Take Your Dog to Work Day” as the grand finale on Friday. The purpose of the fur-friendly week is to celebrate the bond between pets and their owners and to raise awareness about animal adoption. Before packing the poop scoop and heading for the office, though, there are a few things to keep in mind when taking your pet to work. First and foremost, make sure all furry, temporary employees are approved by upper management. If your office is already a zoo, making your pet put up with a bunch of

monkeys all day would not allow you – or anyone else – to work efficiently. Make sure your work area is clear of any clutter that your pet may find inviting. Move any important papers out of reach of your pet’s lounge area or litter box. The last thing you want is to have your first “Take Your Pet to Work Week” be your last. Possibly the most important item to remember is to contact a local shelter and invite them to take part in some way. A speaker from an organization could discuss adoption options with your company’s staff, or an adoptable animal could stop by your office for a quick meet and greet. Other possibilities include having pet costume contests or talent shows with all participants making a donation to the local shelter. Bringing pets to work has become so popular in America, parties will be held in central locations around the country for pet owners to celebrate the cause. San Diego, New York City and Miami will all host a pet bash on Friday in honor of our fourlegged friends. Info: www. takeyourdog.com. To contact Sara, email her at barretts@ shoppernewsnow.com or call her at 218-9378.

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Whatever you call it, it’s happening right now at the Humane Society of East Tennessee!

Dozens of kittens and cats

... and a few puppies and dogs all ready and waiting for a home to call their own!

■ 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: www.cancersupportet. org or 546-4661. ■ Covenant Health’s Bodyworks offers community exercise for all ages at $3 per class. Classes include Easy Cardio Max, Mind and Body, and Senior Cardio. Info: 541-4500 or www.covenanthealth.com/ bodyworks. ■ The Healthy Living Kitchen Team at the University of Tennessee Medical Center has published a cookbook called “A Recipe for Life.” It is available for $35 at the gift shop or online at www.utmedicalcenter. org. Info: 305-6877. ■ 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, 218-7081.

Adoption fees start at $75.00 and include spay or neuter, testing, vaccinations, de-worm, microchip and free lifetime microchip registration. Call 865-309-HSET (4738) • www.humanesocietyetn.org

■ 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.

We always need monetary donations & are a 501(c)3 organization. Donations are tax deductible. Ad space donated by

■ 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,

Meet Twiggie Twiggie is a 7-year-old Jack Russell mix who is already spayed and is available for adoption at Young-Williams Animal Center. She is ready to go home with her family today! Her adoption fee is $50. If you would like more information on Twiggie, visit between the hours of noon and 6 p.m. at 3201 Division St. or call 215-6599.

2018 Western Ave. Info: Rebecca Gill, 602-7807, or www.namiknox.org. ■ 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 pro-

vided. 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 RSVP: Brenda Fletcher, 544-6277.

BEARDEN SHOPPER-NEWS • JUNE 18, 2012 • B-3

‘Zapped’ at First Baptist Knoxville

Above, sisters Emma Madison and Caroline Clauss visit for a minute before Emma Madison heads to camp. The girls’ mom, Christy, grew up attending FBC Knoxville and still brings the family to services there on a regular basis even Ben Collins and Parker Shiell attempt to knock Mac Chandler’s pillow off-balance as he carries it on his head. Ben and Mac were though they now live in Friendsville. both invited to attend camp by Parker, who attends FBC Knoxville. All three boys will start middle school this fall.

Camp counselor Phillip Prevost takes a break from loading luggage onto the back of the bus. This is his first year as a counselor, but he’s been attending camp through the church for years.

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11408 Municipal Center Drive To hear citizen’s comments on the following ordinance: 1. Ordinance 12-06, an amendment to the Farragut Municipal Code, Title 14 Land Use Controls, to create minimum building facade requirements. 2. Ordinance 12-08, an amendment to the Farragut Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 4. Section XXVIII. Outdoor Sales Permit, to modify potential users and the parameters of such permits.

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Campers Dasha Witt and Alex Stankovich look over the balcony rail to watch kids heading toward the bus. FBC Knoxville will also host Vacation Bible School on Monday through Friday, June 2529, for any child as young as 3 and as old as having completed 5th grade. Info: 546-9661 or statum@fbcknox.org.

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First Baptist Church Knoxville member and camp counselor Amy Evans (center) visits with campers Jaquilla Cooper and Mikayla Dison during registration in the fellowship hall. Any child in grades 3-5 can participate in the four-day camp, which takes place at Camp BaYoCa in Sevierville. This year’s theme is “Zapped”: feeling the power of God’s love. Photos by S. Barrett

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MERCEDES SLK 300 PUPPIES ***Web ID# 995087*** 2010, hdtop conv., 6200 AKC/FDSB reg., HUNTING LEASE mi, loaded, exc cond, $300. 865-465-8027 available, 450 acres $43,200. 865-806-6026 238 in Russell Co., Ky. Motorcycles Labradoodle Pups, no 859-396-6524 allergies or shedding, 318 HARLEY DAVIDSON Cleaning vet chkd w/shots, $450. 1996 585-750-9055 cell Boats Motors 232 Sportster, Custom, must sell CLEANING NETWORK ***Web ID# 997269*** $3800. 865-755-5104 Wkly/ Bi-wkly/ Mo. Good refs! Free est. 1996 SUPRA MALTESE $400 & MaltiHD Road King Custom 258-9199 or 257-1672. SUNSPORT Poos $250 CKC, S/W 2005, black pearl, $11,500 obo. paper trained, health 14K mi, Vance & Hines Call 865-310-1154 guar. 423-248-8516 $12,500. 865-804-0570 FISH &/or PLAY POMERANIAN Pups, VSTAR AKC, teddy bear 1994 19'6" Seanymph YAMAHA Classic Motorcycle deep V alum. 1996 115 face! $300. Older like new, 7k mi, puppy $150. Call 865- Johnson. 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B-4 • JUNE 18, 2012 • BEARDEN SHOPPER-NEWS

All Heart. All Here.

The Valve Centers of Covenant Health No longer does getting treatment for the most complex heart problems mean going somewhere else. Today Covenant Health brings the most advanced cardiac care and surgery to our region with opening of the Valve Centers of Covenant Health at Fort Sanders Regional, Methodist and Parkwest Medical Centers. And, with the introduction of the new TAVR procedure.

Breakthrough TAVR procedure now available Covenant Health is the first and only health system in East Tennessee to offer this innovative procedure for replacing heart valves. Covenant cardiologists trained in TAVR will perform the procedure at Parkwest Medical Center in a new $2.6 million surgical suite designed specifically for minimally invasive cardiac procedures. To be eligible for TAVR, patients must be deemed not a candidate for traditional surgery. When it comes to your heart, you deserve to be treated by our winning team. The physicians, hospitals and specialized health care facilities of Covenant Health provide the most advanced cardiac services in the region. Together, we’re all heart. And all here.

Cardiology Associates of East Tennessee (865) 691-4850 John D. Arnett, MD Robert Blacky, MD Alan N. DeCarlo, MD Emily A. Diltz, MD Robert E. Gentry, MD J. Rod Gimbel, MD J. Michael Harper, MD Stephen L. Marietta, MD Robert P. Martyn, MD Nicholas Xenopoulos, MD East Tennessee Cardiovascular Surgery Group (865) 632-5900 Richard M. Briggs, MD William C. Hall, MD Lacy E. Harville, MD Michael L. Maggart, MD Thomas R. Pollard, MD Chadwick W. Stouffer, MD

Gabriel A. Ojeda, MD (865) 531-4658 Gregory V. Brewer, MD (865) 691-8011

LeConte Cardiology (865) 446-9575 Stephen H. Dill, MD William D. Patterson, MD Roger A. Riedel, MD

Parkwest Heart and Lung Surgeons (865) 373-0820 Brent Grishkin, MD Robert A. Helsel, MD

Heart and Rhythm Specialists of East Tennessee (865) 694-2775 Robert M. Belt, MD

Morristown Heart Consultants (423) 585-5567 Pragnesh Patel, MD Sunil Ramaprasad, MD

Sevier Heart Center (865) 428-4042 Norman E. Liddell, MD

Knoxville Heart Center (865) 986-8121 Naresh Mistry, MD Knoxville Heart Group (865) 546-5111 Brian Adams, MD Thomas M. Ayres, MD Jeffrey M. Baerman, MD Lee R. Dilworth, MD George M. Krisle, MD Daniel M. Slutzker, MD Joseph S. Smith, MD Joshua Todd, MD David E. Wood, MD

Parkway Cardiology Associates (865) 482-4078 Margaret Happel, MD L. Todd Justice, MD M. Wendell Lawson, MD Amyn Malik, MD Victor McLaughlin, MD Gregory D. Olsovsky, MD Mukesh Sharma, MD Milan Sheth, DO Rakesh Vohra, MD

West Knoxville Heart (865) 690-9475 Farrell D. Pierson, MD Michael Underwood, MD Mitchell H. Weiss, MD

To find out more about whether TAVR is right for you, call 541-4500.

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