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VOL. 6 NO. 27

July 2, 2012

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West High’s Lou Gallo carries Olympic torch in Scotland Free concert Celebrate July Fourth with a free concert by the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra.

The event at World’s Fair Park starts at 8 p.m. and is sponsored by Pilot Flying J. The concert culminates with fireworks. The concert and fireworks will be broadcast live on WBIR-TV.

Baseball honoree Bearden High baseball coach Jack Tate and Commissioner Ed Shouse watch as Tate and his team are honored by Knox County Commission for a school record run to the championship game of the state tournament. Tate was later named “coach of the year” by PrepXtra. Bearden won eight elimination games in postseason play. Photo by S. Clark

KARM needs bottled water Due to extreme temperatures, Knox Area Rescue Ministries has issued a request to the community for donations of bottled water. Donations can be brought to the parking lot of KARM at 418 N. Broadway.

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Index Business A2,11 Wendy Smith A3 Government/Politics A4 Marvin West/Jake Mabe A5 Dr. Bob Collier A6 Faith A7 Anne Hart A8 Interns A10 Health/Lifestyles Sect B

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By Betty Bean It’s not unusual for Lou Gallo to use his summer vacation as an opportunity to travel. Over the course of two decades, the West High School history and government teacher has visited five continents, both with and without students, and he’s seen more things than he can remember.

But a short, mid-June run through a small town in Scotland is something he’ll never forget.

“It was really special,” he said of his experience as an Olympic torchbearer. “Because it was meant to symbolize peace – peace between people, peace between nations. A blind man from Scotland ‘kissed’ my torch, and I kissed the torch of an 18-year-old girl from Russia.”

The “kiss” is the term for the moment when the torchbearer lights the next runner’s torch with the Olympic flame, as it makes its way closer to the site of the games. This year it’s going to London, and Gallo was one of those selected when Olympic sponsor Samsung held a contest to choose five outstanding American teachers to participate in the “Torch for Education” project.

Lou and his wife, Cathy, spent five days in Edinburgh for the Olympic run in the nearby small city of Musselburgh. The Gallos topped the trip off with a weekend in Paris to celebrate their anniversary.

Two of Gallo’s students, Liz Kemp and Lexie Barton, made the trip possible by writing short essays recommending him for this honor. Kemp described Gallo as a tough teacher who pushes his students to do things they never dreamed they could do: “He helps us learn in a way that no other teacher does, and it shines through his high AP scores

every year.” Liz said.

Lexie described Gallo as “Not only a teacher, but he is also a mentor. I have learned so much as one of his students that I feel prepared to take on the challenges in front of me, because he delivers the perfect mixture of tough love and TLC when it comes to your school work and your work ethic, and inevitably this has carried into how I work as a student and a person.”

Gallo was named West High Teacher of the Year in 2003 and East Tennessee and Knox County Teacher of the Year in 2008. He won a Milken National Educator Award in 2004 and was also invited to attend the Panasonic Cultural

Exchange Program to chaperone four students for 10 days in Japan.

He learned that he’d been preselected for the Olympic run last October, but had to keep it quiet until security clearances were finalized in late March.

Five teachers were among the 25-person traveling group. Award winning singer-songwriter John Legend, whose favorite cause is education, was part of the group.

Gallo said he enjoyed his star turn, but is glad to be home.

“I don’t think I could ever be a celebrity, but I enjoyed my 15 minutes of fame. I had my picture taken with people, held babies, had people cheering for me. It was

such a rush of adrenaline.”

Gallo, a New Jersey native, came to Knoxville in 1991 to attend graduate school at the University of Tennessee. He worked as a food server and substitute teacher while looking for a job and will begin his 19th year at West High School in August. He is modest about his accomplishments and says his students make him look good.

“I’ve been very lucky. I’ve always been able to be in the right place at the right time. I think my students make me look good. And I’m lucky that I love history. Generally, the kids who like history probably like me more.”

Opposition to Weigel’s design mounts

By Betty Bean Neighborhood opposition to the design of the Weigel’s Farm Store planned for the corner of Ebenezer Road and Westland Drive appears to be growing.

Forty people showed up at Ebenezer United Methodist Church for the June 21 meeting that Council of West Knox County Homeowners president Margot Kline scheduled to talk about the Weigel’s store. Ninety-four people braved a 100-degree heat wave to turn out for the June 28 meeting.

The Metropolitan Planning Commission will hear the issue Thursday, July 12. It was delayed from the June meeting to let neighbors talk with store officials.

“We’re not saying we don’t want your store,” Kline told Weigel’s Chief Operating Officer Chris Ooten, who fi lled in for CEO Bill Weigel, who was recuperating from surgery. “We just want it to look kind of like the one at Choto.”

A member of the audience told Ooten that Weigel’s prototypical big sign isn’t necessary.

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“We have mostly neighborhood traffic here, even though it looks like a highway, and our inclination is to keep it neighborly,” she said.

“There’s way more than neighborhood traffic,” Ooten said, rankling several in the audience.

“We don’t want another Kingston Pike. We don’t want another Merchants Drive. We don’t want another Baker Peters House,” one man said.

A Farrington homeowner said that Ooten sounded like he’d made up his mind.

“It seems to me what you have decided is you’re going to do what’s legally correct. In some of our minds that would be the minimum. I would ask you to ask ( Bill Weigel) to do what’s right.

There’s a difference between following the rules and having integrity.”

“If this were Farragut, we wouldn’t be here tonight,” a woman said. “They’ve got monument signs in Farragut, and they’re all doing well.”

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“We bought into it and had to do what restrictions demanded,” Ooten said, indicating that his boss has very firm ideas about how his store should look and how tall and bright his sign should be.

Ooten said the new Weigel’s will be aesthetically pleasing – brick and stucco and with a 25foot pole sign (as recommended

by MPC staff) rather than the 34foot sign originally requested. He said Weigel is willing to conform to “Farragut” lighting standards, which are more stringent than those required by the county.

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New tenants at Northshore Town Center Northshore Town Center developers announced last week that anchor stores Target and Publix will be joined by five additional businesses. Developers will continue to announce new tenants in coming months.

New tenants announced June 20 include Barre3, an exercise studio specializing in ballet barre, yoga and Pilates; Fusion Tanning Studios, offering a wide array of tanning services; Froyoz frozen yogurt; the Nail Spa, with a full range of nail services and more; and Great Clips hair salon.

Northshore Town Center is a 134-acre site located at Pellissippi Parkway and Northshore Drive. Both Target and Publix are near completion and are set to open in late July. The center is being developed by NMI LLC, a Knoxville-based development team. Members include Budd Cullom, Jim Harrison and Mike McGuffin.

The Dixie Lee Fireworks family members are: Stephanie Sharp with little Jackson Ray Sharp, Dottie Sharp, Gordon Sharp, Deanna Sharp and Bill Sharp. The business, originally on Broadway, was started by Deanna’s parents, Bennie and Dot Goodman. Photo by A. Hart

Fireworks and a history lesson

By Anne Hart John Adams almost had it right.

In a letter sent to his wife, Abigail, and dated July 3, 1776, the future president of the United States predicted that “from this time forward and forever more,” Americans would celebrate “with pomp and parades, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires and illuminations (fireworks) from one end of this continent to the other” – on July 2 of every year.

That slight discrepancy Battlefield Knoxville employee/referee Mahgen Henson calls in dates occurred because the experience at the facility an “adrenaline rush” and “laser while the Continental Contag on steroids.” Battlefield Knoxville offers a realistic video gress voted to declare its game experience for the game enthusiasts and novice gamers, independence from Great ages 10 and up. The facility offers parties and a game lounge Britain on July 2, 1776, it did for competitive play. It is open 3-10 p.m. Monday through not finally approve the docuThursday, 3 p.m. to midnight Friday, 1 p.m. to midnight ment known as The DeclaraSaturday and 2-9 p.m. on Sunday. Battlefield Knoxville is tion of Independence until located at 9329 Kingston Pike in Market Place (across Kingston two days later – July 4.

Still, Adams’ prediction Pike from Academy Sports). Info: 200-5762. Photo by Ruth White of future celebrations – especially those “illuminations” – could hardly have been more prescient, for celebrate we do.

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The history of Dixie Lee Fireworks isn’t quite as lengthy as this country’s July Fourth celebrations, but the business is now in its 64th year of operation and is the destination place for the enormous variety of fireworks that highlight the Fourth of July and other special events.

Three generations of the same family have operated the business, and the fourth generation is waiting in the wings. He is Jackson Ray Sharp, 4, who sits on the floor of the store and calmly works an iPad puzzle as his family members greet customers.

Dixie Lee Fireworks was started in 1948 on Broadway in North Knoxville by Bennie Goodman, a grocery store jobber, and his wife, Dot. The two soon moved the operation to a trailer on a lot at Dixie Lee Junction, just over the Knox County line into Loudon County. In the mid 1960s they built the current building on the same spot.

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marks the intersection of Dixie Highway and Lee Highway (U.S. 11 and U.S. 70), the main north-south route through this end of the state before interstates were built.

As Deanna Sharp, Bennie’s daughter, puts it, “If you wanted to go to Florida or Atlanta, you had to go right by here.”

All of that changed with the opening of the interstate. The tourists who had been the store’s lifeblood no longer passed through Dixie Lee Junction. It was time for a new business plan.

Deanna says her Dad started out selling souvenir items that appealed to tourists of the day – such things as chenille bedspreads with the word “Tennessee” woven into the design, chalk lawn ornaments and plastic bears stamped with the words “Great Smoky Mountains.”

The new business plan was fireworks – and only fireworks. The customer base had changed virtually overnight.

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“Dad knew local people didn’t want souvenirs,” Deanna explains, “but they did want fireworks,” and while fireworks are illegal in Knoxville and Knox County, Dixie Lee Fireworks is in Loudon County. It was a stroke of luck.

Deanna and her husband, Gordon Sharp, run the business now, with the help of their daughter, Dottie, and son, Bill. Jackson is the son of Bill and his wife, Stephanie. Dottie is a school teacher in Loudon County, Stephanie works in the organ donor program and Bill is studying to be a teacher.

Dottie says her mother “is the heart of this business,” and she’s definitely a worker bee, shuffling large boxes and waiting on customers left and right. Deanna says a lot of those customers are repeats year after year.

“Many of them we know by name and know what they want as soon as they come through the door.”

Deanna says that in addition to new and different kinds of fireworks, the occasions on which they are used are also changing. “We get a lot of calls for fireworks for weddings – mostly sparklers – and also for subdivisions, boat docks and others who have their own events.”

And fireworks aren’t confined to only July 4. Dixie Lee sells almost as many for New Year’s Eve and sales are increasing for Memorial Day, Labor Day and other holidays.

Hours are sometimes a little erratic, especially during the very busy holiday seasons. Deanna says during those times, “We open up when we get here, and when I’m so tired I can’t hold my eyes open we go home.”

But don’t despair. If you’re ever in need of fireworks and no one is at the store, check their website at www.dixieleefireworks.com for a telephone number.

They’ll meet you at the store at your convenience.

And a final note about this holiday that is so important in the history of our country. Often, truth really is stranger than fiction: John Adams died on July 4, 1826.

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‘Dropping the ball’ in the fight against Alzheimer’s Let’s face it – it’s tough to make a hole-in-one from a helicopter, even if you’re playing with 3,000 golf balls. But Cecilia Lowe of Knoxville probably doesn’t care that her ball landed on

Wendy Smith the edge of the hole, rather than in it. She won the $2,500 prize at Alzheimer’s Tennessee Helicopter Golf Ball Drop held at Gettysvue Bearden High School cheerleaders Chelsey Burnette, Samantha Stripling, Brittany Reeves, Country Club last week.

The golf ball drop was the Talor Hampton, Madeline McReynolds and Mindy Harold teach the youngest girls attending finale of the eighth annual Bearden’s cheer camp. The annual camp, held last week, is a fundraiser for the high school MemoryLinks Golf Clas- cheer squad. Photos by Wendy Smith sic tournament. Twenty-six teams competed in the fundraiser for Alzheimer’s Tennessee.

The community has come together to show support for former UT women’s basketball coach Pat Summitt, says Alzheimer’s Tennessee Executive Director JaniceWade Whitehead, and that has increased awareness of the disease.

Covenant Health nurse Stan Boling, who provides community outreach to families of seniors and consults with long-term care facilities, is on the Alzheimer’s Tennessee board of directors. He sees how Summitt’s battle has impacted the community. People Sydney Gabrielson, Savannah McDonald, Taylor Boyer, Natalie Wood, and Allison Campbell aren’t afraid to ask for help prepare to depart with Girl Scout Troop 20961 for the Girl Scout National Camporee held in anymore, he says.

Savannah, Ga. Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year.

Increased participation in the Alzheimer’s Walk in April and the annual of Girl Scout Troop 20961 the Smiles for Soldiers pro- week. A bit of hot weather Alzheimer’s Disease Re- cashed in their cookies to at- gram, says troop secretary didn’t keep the girls from practicing right where search Symposium, held at tend the National Camporee Nancy Reddy.

Maryville College in June, last week in Savannah, Ga., Sydney Gabrielson was they’d like to land someday are further signs that things to celebrate the 100th anni- enthusiastic about the trip – in front of the bleachers at are changing, he says. in spite of the troop’s early- Bearden’s football stadium. versary of Girl Scouting.

The camp was run by the Research on an AlzheimThe girls, ages 11 to 14, morning departure. er’s vaccine was presented joined 900 or so other “We’re going to get to do school’s football cheerleadat the symposium. Wade- Scouts in the birthplace things we don’t usually get ers, who are also members of the competition squad. Fun Whitehead says she hopes of Girl Scout founder Ju- to do.” was the primary goal, but by to be one of the first to try liette Gordon Low. Planned the drug. events included throwback ■ Teaching the next the end of the three-day session, the girls had learned a “I’m in line right behind activities like knot-tying, generation of few new cheers and a dance. the mice.” fishing and archery. cheerleaders The troop sold 4,700 ■ Cookies pay for boxes of cookies this year The Bearden High School Girl Scout trip to help pay for the trip, and cheerleaders hosted a cheer After raising money for 700 of those were sent to camp for grades kindergaralmost a year, 19 members soldiers overseas as part of ten through 8th grade last

A helicopter from Scenic Helicopter Tours drops 3,000 golf balls at Gettysvue Country Club last week as part of Alzheimer Tennessee’s annual MemoryLinks Golf Classic tournament.

Participants in the golf ball drop paid $10 for the chance to win $2,500 if their ball landed closest to the hole.

Candy and Blake McCoy of Independent Insurance Consultants drove the “party cart” at Alzheimer Tennessee’s MemoryLinks Golf Classic. The insurance company was an event sponsor.

Cheer coach Maggie Berner graduated from Bearden herself in 2006 and has coached the high school squad for five years.

She says the annual camp is one of the cheerleaders’ favorite fundraisers.

“It gives them the chance to be in charge.”

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‘You’ve got to be there’ Tyree marks World’s Fair 30th anniversary

Betty Bean

The 1982 World’s Fair demonstrated the way politics ought greatest triumph of Tyree’s to be, says time as mayor.

R a n d y And he was nowhere to Tyree, the be seen. mayor who “I’m right behind that p r e s i d e d post,” Tyree told a group Republican Party leaders Phyllis Severance, Joe Bailey and Jaover the fair of Karns Democratic Club net Testerman Crossley gathered recently to endorse state Sen. and most of members last week. “What Becky Duncan Massey’s re-election campaign. Photo by A. Hart its planning. happened was, President T y r e e Reagan had some really Randy Tyree looks back partisan remarks to make – on the whole thing with a chastised former president mixture of pride and humor. Carter for wanting to save He has a picture taken on energy by lowering thermoopening day with Howard stats and wearing sweaters.

Baker, Lamar Alexander, No Democrat was introduced Jim Sasser, Jake Butcher and by President Reagan. The President Ronald Reagan ar- News Sentinel did an editoJoe Bailey has had a rayed across the dais on the rial about it. They were a little front row seat in Repuboccasion that marked the bit hacked, particularly after lican politics both locally and nationally for decades Anne – a fact that hasn’t escaped Hart the notice of Mitt Romney’s campaign leaders.

They have tapped Bailey to be the East Tennessee Hey, sports fans. Let’s do chair of the Romney camment when talking about a pop-quiz to see if you’ve paign for the White House. Romney. been paying attention.

Some of Bailey’s considAnd it isn’t only Romney.

Commissioner Jeff erable political skills may What gets him equally exOwnby said he’s meetSandra be genetic. His popular cited is the idea of involving ing with commissioners Clark dad, the late Ed Bailey, was young people in politics, one-on-one to discuss a legendary major league some of them for the first a possible sales tax inbaseball player who went time. crease. The commison to serve on City Coun“I want to try to bring sioners should: cil for 12 years and also young men and women into A. Take a chaperone. worked as an aide to U.S. these national campaigns.

B. Ensure that none of the increase goes toward towing Rep. John J. Duncan Sr. It’s a great experience fees for Comcast vehicles.

Joe Bailey has made his and they learn a lot and it C. Make sure the meeting is not at Sharp’s Ridge. own way in politics, serving brings in the next generaD. Bring along a letter of resignation for Ownby to sign. on City Council from 2003 tion. I like to go out there That’s his only honorable action after his recent arrest. to 2011 and working in naand actively recruit these tional campaigns. And yes, young people to take over like his dad, he has a wealth the leadership. I set up the of hilarious stories derived framework and then let from those races and has them do it. They learn the accumulated countless issues – nationally and infriends along the way. ternationally. They interact Over the next two weeks I He has held leadership with the media and with am participating in an elecposts in the campaigns of the public and do public tion monitoring team in one Victor Ronald Reagan, George W. speaking.” of the world’s newest nations, Ashe Bush and Bob Dole, and has Bailey says he “was lucky Timor-Leste. Our 10-memalso done advance work for enough” early in his career ber team is sponsored by the Dan Quayle, for members of to work with and become International Republican InCongress and for campaign friends with the late, legstitute (IRI) which is a counsurrogates. In addition, he endary Lee Atwater, who terpart to the National Demhas worked in management at that time was political ocratic Institute and funded positions at four Republidirector for Reagan’s presi- by the National Endowment The other half of Timor is can National Conventions. dential campaign and later part of Indonesia. It is north for Democracy.

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there’d been such bipartisan cooperation (during the runup to the fair, which spanned three presidential administrations – those of Ford, Carter and Reagan).”

Tyree was wearing a “Scruffy Little City” lapel button and said he will always be grateful for the insult – delivered by a Wall Street Journal reporter – that galvanized the town.

“In the dog days of the planning, we had all these questions – ‘Are you really going to be able to get the money?’ ‘Are you REALLY going to be able to succeed?’

“Cas Walker said it wasn’t gonna work. There was a movement afoot to get a referendum, and we knew what would happen if that went through. Then came that article and it brought this community together in a way we had not been able to before.”

He showed a slide of dignitaries donning commemorative T-shirts while Tyree was fumbling with his.

“What you see on the far right is the hand of (County Executive) Dwight Kessel. He had stapled my T-

shirt together,” Tyree said.

Another picture showed Tyree and his wife, Mary Pat, having a friendly conversation with the glamorous Imelda Marcos, here to preside over the opening of the Philippine Pavilion.

“The rumor was she had 3,000 pairs of shoes. Mary Pat and I asked her about that and she denied that she had 3,000 – she owned up to having 1,060.”

On the 30th anniversary of the event, he says the benefits of the bipartisan effort are plain to see: “We cleared that hobo jungle (now the World’s Fair Park). We brought about the demise of Malfunction Junction. We had one downtown hotel and wound up with four new ones. We got more than $300 million in interstate improvements that would normally have taken years.

We rehabbed the Candy Factory and on opening day, we had 97,000 people – 365,000 for opening week. The city retired its debt seven years ago and realized a (wonderful) return on its investment.”

A letter to the editor in Friday’s News Sentinel calls the “Halls Shopper” a part of the media elite.

You know it’s true because: A. Jake Mabe always writes about Elvis or Nixon.

B. Carol Springer has a passport – and has used it.

C. Sandra Clark listens to NPR weekly (“A Prairie Home Companion”).

D. Shannon Carey drinks iced chai latte (when she can afford the 5 bucks).

The News Sentinel published checks and information that only Allison or Tim Burchett could have accessed, attributing them to an anonymous source. Who was it?

A. Tim, because things had slowed down after the budget vote and he needed more excitement.

B. Allison, because she thinks she’ll get a bigger divorce settlement if Tim is thrown out of office.

C. R. Larry Smith, because he wanted to insert himself into this like he does everything else. (Pass the feathers.)

D. Jeff Ownby, because he wanted to change the subject.

and documenting the general atmosphere and voting procedures at several polling stations as well as the opening and closing of election centers, scheduled for July 7.

We will identify irregularities or logistical problems.

The U.S. Embassy in Dili (the capitol of Timor-Leste) fully supports our mission.

Ambassador Judith Fergin will host us at her July Fourth celebration. Our delegation will be led by former U.S. Ambassador to Egypt and India Frank G. Wisner.

It will be a fascinating trip to a distant part of the planet. It is not easy to get there.

In fact, I fly from Knoxville to Chicago, then nonstop to Tokyo, then direct to Singapore and then to Dili. After crossing the international date line, it is Day Three before I arrive in Timor-Leste and it is 25 hours on four different aircrafts.

MPC could have four new members, depending

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on mayors Tim Burchett and Madeline Rogero. Terms of four expire this month: Art Clancy III and Ursula Bailey (city) and Mose Lobetti and Stan Johnson (county).

Each can be replaced or reappointed.

Speculation is building on when Burchett will fill the county finance position and who it will be. It has been vacant for several months.

Gloria Ray, former Tourism and Sports Corp head, has sold her home near the Holston Hills golf course and moved to the gulf coast of Florida. Margaret Cox, who shared the house with Ray, resigned from Sports Corp on June 22 and her position has been dissolved, according to interim KTSC head Kim Bumpas. Her duties were assigned to other personnel and she did not receive a severance package.

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Donna Wright heads west

By Jake Mabe She has The “Wright” Stuff. And she will be missed.

Knox County Schools assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction Dr. Donna Wright has accepted a position with Williamson (Tenn.)

C o u n t y Schools as assistant superintendent of middle and high schools. She Donna Wright begins work July 16.

She is apprehensive. Knox County Schools has been her home for 30 years. She calls it a life-changing moment, says she isn’t selling her home here and will be back on weekends, but is excited about moving to the highest-performing school district in the state.

“They’re not satisfied.

They’re hungry. That’s intriguing.”

Wright will take her infectious enthusiasm along.

Spend 20 minutes with her and you’re ready to bust a brick wall.

And she will carry with her, too, lessons learned from mentors. She didn’t want to talk about herself. She wanted to talk about them.

The late Vicki Dunaway, a friend since childhood, who asked her to substitute teach at Powell High after Wright’s youngest child was born. She liked teenagers, had a captive audience and could wax poetic about her passion for history. “I was hooked.”

Shirley Underwood, the greatest influence of Wright’s professional life, the voice that sits on her shoulder to this day, the person who “knew what I needed to do long before I did.”

The late Jerry Sharp,

Gibbs High principal and her favorite curmudgeon, who took a risk on a young teacher. “If they’d kept me (at Gibbs), I’d still be there. It was Camelot.”

Allen Morgan, Powell High principal, who pushed her into areas she didn’t think she could fit. “I had no aspirations to be an administrator. That was my biggest growth period.”

Earl Hoffmeister, the former superintendent, who convinced West High principal Jim McClain that Wright would be McClain’s assistant, even if it meant she had to drop out of a 30-foot tree during a Ropes Course.

The late Jim Pryor, with whom she played good cop/bad cop at West High.

“I called him my work husband. When I became principal, I worried how he would respond. He said, ‘We worked together before, we’ll work together now.’”

Bud Fields collection? No comment It was a simple question: Is the Bud Fields scrapbook collection on display and is it available for research?

The University of Tennessee sports information department did not respond to the e-mail or phone message. No comment.

It could be the department is very busy. After all, this is July. Or maybe the question was too simple and mistaken for a tease.

It could be those who make major decisions don’t think the Shopper is worth the bother. Our circulation is just 93,880.

(Wow, that’s pretty good – and the website lights up like a pinball machine.)

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bility: sports information people are still looking for the big books.

I do hope they are not lost. They are treasures of historical significance.

There’s that magic word again, history. Tennessee has some, much of it at a higher level than whatever it is we have now.

The Bud Fields collection, 11 books big enough to

display wallpaper samples, includes photographs of all who played football at Tennessee. There is other valuable information, even old newspaper clippings.

Big games. Good stuff. OK, I have a vested interest. I wrote a few stories.

Gathering and preserving was a dogged labor of love for Bud. It goes back to 1941. There were two launch pads. He attended his first UT game. He found, in his great aunt’s basement, an old box of very old newspaper clippings.

Saving history, day by day, bit by bit. Brilliant!

Bud clipped Volunteer stories and pictures from the News Sentinel and Journal

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Wright helped stop what she calls the “blight flight” from West High to Webb School that began in the 1970s. West became one of the top-performing schools in the district. She takes little credit, saying “I’m a shared leadership kind of gal and we made decisions together (as a faculty). Perception changes reality.” Wright says the school exploited its rich history of graduates and created professional learning communities before anyone had coined the term. Oh, and at the time she was one of only 12 female high school principals in the state.

Dr. J.W. “Bill” Phifer, the gentle giant, former director of high schools, who groomed her for her first central office job. (“We used to argue over split infinitives.”)

Roy Mullins, “a gentle soul, a deep thinker wrapped in a compassionate heart,” who taught her to use common sense, but to always err on the side of the student.

The late Sarah Simpson, “a formidable woman,”

who taught her to never ask anybody to do anything you yourself wouldn’t do. Wright met Mrs. Simpson, and it was always “Mrs. Simpson,” at Powell High, when she helped get classrooms set up in the then-new building.

Asked about it years later, Mrs. Simpson didn’t even remember it.

“That’s because she just did the work. She was brilliant. She taught me to always do my homework and said, ‘Don’t open your mouth until you know what you’re talking about.’”

She taught Wright something else, too.

“Honey, don’t ever believe your own press.”

Wright says Simpson’s presence still lingers.

“I said going in that I would never replace her. Nobody could. I hope I’ve made her proud.”

She will miss the people with whom she’s worked, particularly the up-andcomers.

“This district’s in good hands. That’s the whole idea.

Make sure you have good

people in the pipeline and set them up for success. I hope I’ve done that. Somebody always did it for me.

People don’t always realize their own potential. I didn’t.”

She isn’t leaving on a bad note, says Knox County Schools will always be her home and that superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre doesn’t want her to go. She’s had opportunities to leave since she applied for the superintendent’s job in 2008. She’s been a finalist for a few positions elsewhere and turned several others down flat.

But she will be closer to her two adult children and to her best friend, Lana Seivers, dean of education at MTSU. She likes the challenge waiting in Williamson County.

“I’ve always been a ‘what if” kind of gal. I feel good about it. That’s how you make it work. If you don’t have joy in your work you need to find something else.

I have joy.”

She also has The Wright Stuff. And she will be missed.

and pasted them onto his bedroom walls – until he ran out of walls. He filled a cardboard box. And another.

Bud got smart. He went to the source. He gathered photos from Saturday night waste baskets at the newspapers.

“Sometimes you guys would tell me to scram.”

Bud did not clip and collect full time. He became a very good student at Knox High and an excellent volleyball player at the YMCA, good enough to get college scholarship offers. He chose to attend UT. He started a volleyball team. He coached volleyball. (He is in volleyball and other halls of fame. He is an honorary UT letterman).

When Bud went into the Air Force, his mother want-

ed to throw out the collection. He saved it – under his bed. He asked relatives and friends to help maintain his project while he was away.

After that, he got serious.

He begged and bought 8x10 pictures from the legendary Thompson studio. He got a few from the old, old Knafel studio. People gave him football pictures of fathers and grandfathers. He had some copied from early UT annuals.

When the Journal went away, Bud got what would have been football discards from the library. He paid the UT photo lab for hundreds of pictures. He worked an exchange program with the Harris and Ford version of UT sports information. He gave up some game program covers and received

some spare photos.

Somewhere along the way, he started snapping his own. He got improved access when John Majors was coach.

The collection cost a small fortune and represents dedication and determination that lasted most of a lifetime. Just before age 80, Bud was finally ready to let go. Of course private collectors wanted the books. A former Tennessee football player, a Vol for life before that term became popular, paid $10,000 to keep it in the family.

The Bud Fields collection was quietly donated to the University of Tennessee. It is probably somewhere in the sports information department. Sorry I can’t be more specific.

A-6 • JULY 2, 2012 • BEARDEN SHOPPER-NEWS

For birds, water is a serious matter NATURE NOTES | Dr. Bob Collier Over the past few weeks we’ve had weather approaching tropical conditions: daily highs in the 90s, intense sun, no rain for days.

The heat out in the direct sun is oppressive, even dangerous. The robot announcer on the NOAA Weather Radio from Morristown warns us of the dangers of the very high heat indices, especially to the very young and the elderly, reminding us to get plenty of rest, stay in the shade and drink lots of nonalcoholic beverages.

But what if you’re a songbird, a daytime creature that has to get lots of exercise, often in the sun, just to get your daily requirement of food? And what if, instead of a nice steady internal body temperature of 98.6 degrees, you normally run along at a temp varying from 104 to 108 degrees?

If you’re a bird, then, having a place to find some daily water becomes a serious matter. In fact, at this time of the year providing water for the birds is much more important than providing food. And yet, it is a task that is often forgotten, or written off as not all that necessary. A recent survey of Cornell FeederWatch participants, a zealous group of bird feeders who average seven bird feeders per yard, discovered that only a small percentage of them specifically provided a regular source of water in their yards for their feathered friends.

With nearly 10,000 species of birds in the world, you might expect a wide variation in needs of various birds for water and that is indeed the case.

Many species of birds that live in desert or near-desert conditions have developed complex adaptations to extract water from their food sources, especially insect-eating birds. Dried seeds may contain only 10 percent water, but insects are juicy. Ants, for example, are 65 percent water. Some desert birds are so well-adapted that they never have to drink a drop of free water.

At the other end of the spectrum, sea birds live their whole lives surrounded by water. But it’s sea water, a 3 percent solution of salt that would prove fatal to a shipwrecked human being. But such birds as the gulls and the albatrosses, many of whom drink only sea water, have developed a set of salt glands located in their skull above their eyes, which quickly and efficiently remove the excess salt from their bloodstream.

Most of our familiar southeastern songbirds have not developed such chemistry, presumably because water is normally available to them somewhere. Streams, water holes, dew, raindrops supply their needs in ordinary times.

These sources become fewer and farther between when daytime temps soar into the 90s and it doesn’t rain for days and days.

And water isn’t important to the birds just for drinking.

Just watch a bird having a good thorough bath in a puddle or a birdbath. They get in there, fluff up all their feathers and have water flying everywhere! They are washing off their feathers, which get dusty, infested with mites, and affected by wear and tear. It goes without saying that keeping their feathers in top condition is a critical part of every bird’s daily routine.

So what is a conscientious bird-provider to do? If there is a problem, it is that of having too many choices.

A person can provide

water for the birds with anything from a lawn sprinkler, a shallow kitchen pan on the ground, a classic birdbath on a pedestal in the garden, on up to an elaborate water garden with fountain, spray or waterfall, complete with water plants and landscaping.

Local garden and hardware stores, bird specialty stores and online sources are loaded with a variety of gear and devices to water the birds, and there are books galore on the subject.

One author I read recently writes what many of us have observed: “Moving water is a bird magnet.”

Just put out a simple spraytype yard sprinkler on one of these hot afternoons and you’ll see what I mean.

Robins, towhees, cardinals, titmice and chickadees appear as if from nowhere and flock in like the little kids at the Powell splash pad, and seem to enjoy it just as much.

An inexpensive and effective way to bring the birds in is with some sort of a dripping setup. It doesn’t take much. Just a slow drip into a pan or a birdbath will do the trick. Try hanging a plastic milk jug full of water over your still water pool with a tiny hole punched in the bottom of the jug.

A word of caution: I made my first couple of attempts with holes too big.

And you can’t make the holes get smaller. “Tiny” is the key word here.

There are a variety of commercial models of drippers that attach to the edge of your birdbath. They run off your garden hose and so need a lot less attention than water jugs. You can also set up devices that spray or mist. Some recycle the water so that little goes to waste.

You can never tell who will show up in your yard for a chance at some cool water. Last week, Spouse

and I were out at my partner Ed and his wife’s place, admiring their lovely water element. It has a waterfall, a little rocky stream and a pool surrounded by lush vegetation, looking as if it were plucked from some cool, shady cove in the Smokies. And Lo! There was a beautiful tropicalblue Indigo Bunting, standing on the rocks in the stream, splashing away for all to see. His plain, dark brown mate stood on the bank, watching him splash; she was apparently too modest to bathe in public.

How exciting to be that close to a small, showy bird that you usually expect to see in your binoculars, singing in a distant treetop!

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How to be unforgettable As [Jesus] walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea – for they were fi shermen. And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fi sh for people.” Immediately they left their nets and followed him.

(Matthew 4: 18-20 NRSV)

Golf winners Michael Fuller, Mike Fuller, Greg Williams and Travis Fuller (not pictured), the winning team for the third annual Common Good Golf Classic, receive their first-place trophies from the Rev. Ragan Schriver (right), executive director of Catholic Charities of East Tennessee, at Cherokee Country Club. The event raised $55,000 for Catholic Charities’ service programs.

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UT NOTES ■ UT’s Center for Sport, Peace and Society, part of the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences, has been awarded a $1.2 million cooperative agreement to implement the Empowering Women and Girls through Sports Initiative. The initiative, a key diplomatic effort by the State Department, aims to engage young girls and women on how success in athletics can develop important life skills and improve academic achievement. Sarah Hillyer is the Center’s director and codirector is Ashleigh Huffman.

■ Beginning this week, UT will host more than 90 students from developing countries for the College of Engineering’s Lean Enterprise Summer Program. The program allows students from different cultures to work together to gain the technical knowledge of Lean — the practice of creating more value for consumers while using fewer resources and eliminating waste.

■ The College of Nursing has received a $50,000 grant from the Robert Wood John-

I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

(Maya Angelou)

I remember the first time I met him. I was a newly-minted young professional, just out of college, and he was director of an on-campus student service. The gap between us – age as well as station – looked huge from my perspective, but he made me feel as if I were the one person in the world he wanted to meet that day.

As I watched him greet others, I realized that he made everyone feel just as special.

“What a gift,” I mused, standing to one side and watching him. I tried to analyze the transactions that were taking place: the conversations, the handshakes, the gentle hand on U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton greets Sarah a shoulder of a gentleman, Hillyer (center) and Ashleigh Huffman (right) of the UT Center the smile and slight inclifor Sport, Peace and Society on June 21. Photo courtesy of U.S. De- nation of the head to a lady.

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■ In July, about 40 members of UT’s Chamber Singers choral

ensemble will serenade concert-goers in some of Ireland’s famous cathedrals during a 10-day concert tour with stops in Dublin and Belfast. Two members of UT’s Video and Photography Center will travel with the choral group to collect film to produce a documentary.

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL ■ St. Mark UMC, 7001 Northshore Drive, will host “SonRise National Park” 5:15 to 8:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, July 16-20. Children age 4 through rising 6th graders are invited. Adults are invited to nightly fellowship and Bible study. A donation will be requested for dinner. Info and registration: 588-0808 or www.stmarkumcknox.org/sonrisenationalparkvbs.

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CROSS CURRENTS It was courtly, yet perfectly natural.

It was real.

I would see him occasionally at university events over the next two years, and it was always the same: just the right touch, just the right words, just the perfect feeling that I was somehow special.

Charisma is the word for that kind of charm, I suppose, but somehow that fails to capture it for me. Charisma tends to make the world see how special the gifted

one is (charisma is from the Greek for gift), when what was actually happening was that this person was making me feel charming.

Jesus walks right up to the edge of the water of the Sea of Galilee, and with no preamble whatsoever says, “Follow me,” to Peter and Andrew. And these two brothers beach their boat, throw their nets aside and scramble out of the boat to become disciples of an itinerant preacher.

He must have made them feel as if they were the very people he was hoping to see that day.

My day to day work involves talking to people who are in need of help of some kind. Sometimes we are able to offer the help they need; sometimes not. Sometimes we say the right thing; sometimes we don’t get it right.

Sometimes we hear the deeper cry; sometimes we miss it. But most often, or so it feels to me, if we can listen carefully and attentively, and really try to understand the need, even if we can’t meet it, we can make a connection.

And people will leave feeling – no, knowing – that they matter.

Of course, there is a sad downside to Maya Angelou’s truism. Make someone feel judged or misunderstood or shamed, and they will never forget that either.

The lesson is this: Be aware of your power!

WORSHIP NOTES Community Services ■ Concord UMC’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. The group will not meet in July. The next meeting will be Aug. 7. 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.

Rec programs ■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, holds a beginner yoga class 6-7

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Lavender receives Eagle Scout rank Bearden High School sophomore Austin Lavender has attained the rank of Eagle Scout.

He is the son of Roger and Marina Lavender and a member of Troop 141. For his service project, Austin constructed a sign for the Knoxville Crush at the Knoxville Crush Soccer Complex; he built four 12-foot long benches for the teams and treated an already-existing bridge over the creek with a special non-mildew, nonskid material. Pictured here with Austin is assistant scoutmaster Tom Watkins. Photo submitted

Gary Johnson, center, has been named the Barney Thompson Rotarian of the Year by West Knox Rotary. Making the presentation, from left, are Rotarians Bob Booth, Phil Parkey, Lucy Gibson and Larry Sheumaker, all former recipients of the award. Photos by A. Hart

Wentz visits Malawi Rotarians practice their “service above self” motto at home daily, but when they take their good works beyond U.S. shores, the impact on quality of life issues for those being served is always dramatic.

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At a recent meeting of West Knox Rotary, Nancy Wentz, a member of the Maryville-Alcoa Rotary club, described her trip to Malawi, a country located between Zambia and Tanzania in southeast Africa.

Residents of the former British colony have a per capita annual income of about $280 and an average life-expectancy of only about 53 years.

Malawi has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the world, and a large incidence of malaria, malnutrition and HIV/AIDS among its population of about 15 million. Wentz said Malawi “is a

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Outside of the cities there is very little safe drinking water, a situation that prompted Wentz to join a group of Rotarians traveling from Illinois to do what they could to help provide potable water to outlying areas of the country.

Wentz said only 50 percent of the rural population has access to safe water and only 30 percent have access to a latrine.

“Water is life,” Wentz said, “and there is very little safe water in the villages unless there is a well. And where there is no well, you will see people in the dry river beds digging down to

try to reach water.”

When an organization such as Rotary provides a well in the rural areas, “the whole village gathers to watch it being dug. It is an extraordinary experience to see even little children so excited to know they will finally have safe water to drink and water to grow crops.”

Wentz said the cost of digging a deep bore well in Malawi is about $8,000, while a shallow water well costs about $500.

“These wells raise the quality of life for whole villages, and the people are very, very grateful,” Wentz told the group. Donations to the project can be made by contacting a Rotarian.

Also at the meeting, club president Lucy Gibson and the club’s Mobile Meals coordinator, Janis Lightfoot, presented a donation of $1,500 to Alison Taylor, the Knoxville-Knox County Community Action Committee’s Mobile Meals manager. Club members regularly deliver meals through the program.

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SPORTS NOTES ■ Baseball tryouts for West High School’s 2013 spring season will be held at noon Monday and Tuesday, July 1617. Participants need to bring a completed, current physical form that can be found on Knox County Schools’ website.

Info: 766-7818.

■ Baseball tournament, open to all T-ball and 6U coach pitch, Friday through Sunday, July 6-8. Info: call 9925504 or email hcpsports@ msn.com.

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‘Forensics at Fort’ is gruesome fun Bass talked about what it was like to live in the area around the time when Knoxville was founded. Because of the threat of Indians, fortified homes, or stations, were established to protect those who lived on Knoxville’s outskirts. Some of their names – like Campbell Station, Cavett’s Station and Singleton Station – are still familiar.

Cavett’s Station was the site of a tragedy when it was surrounded by a renegade group of Cherokee Indians in 1793. White settlers were told they would be released if they surrendered their arms, but were executed instead. The victims are buried in the vicinity of Broome Road in West Hills, but the exact site of Cavett’s Station has never been located, Bass said.

He used a collection of skulls to teach a lesson in osteology, or the study of bones. One was the skull of an Indian that was flat on the back. That was a characteristic of the tribe because mothers carried babies on their backs on cradle boards.

Other skulls bore evidence of the murder of their owners. One was killed by a gunshot and another by blunt-force trauma. One sported a square fracture

By Wendy Smith

Forensic anthropologist Dr. Bill Bass demonstrates his skills with skulls at “Forensics at the Fort,” a fundraiser for James White’s Fort, 205 E. Hill Ave. Photo by Wendy Smith

As an expert on skeletal remains, Dr. Bill Bass has spent much of his career looking back in time. So the University of Tennessee Body Farm founder and novelist agreed to benefit James White’s Fort with some entertaining, but gruesome, tales of the past.

Bass was the main attraction at “Forensics at the Fort,” a fundraiser held last week at Knoxville’s first home, which dates back to 1786. His talk was a combination of history, osteology and forensics, as well as a teaser for his latest book, “The Inquisitor’s Key,” co-written with Jefferson Davis.

Katrina Vargas, president of James White’s Fort’s board of directors, knows that the survival of the historic site depends on people visiting and caring about it, and she was happy to use Bass as a carrot.

“Dr. Bass is the kind of person who can draw people in,” she said.

Many people tell her they frequently drive by the fort, located at 205 E. Hill Ave., but have never visited. She hopes to plan other special events that will give the site more exposure.

“We need to make money, but we want people to visit, too.”

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LIBRARY EVENTS

■ Saturday, July 7, 2 p.m., Chess for Kids: enjoy a game or learn how to play. Children of all ages and skill levels are welcome.

Bearden Branch Library is located at 100 Golf Club Road.

Info: 588-8813.

■ Tuesday, July 3, 10:15 a.m., Storytime for ages 2 to 3, must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

■ Wednesday, July 4, Closed for Independence Day.

Sequoyah Branch Library is located at 1140 Southgate Road. Info: 525-1541.

■ Friday, July 6, 10:30 a.m., Baby Bookworms for infants to age

■ Tuesday, July 3, 10:30 a.m., Preschool Storytime for ages 3 to 5, must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

caused by a golf putter.

“Beware of who you go golfing with,” warned Bass.

James White’s log home has generous proportions, but it likely housed several families. The site also has a guesthouse and other outbuildings.

“I call it Knoxville’s first hotel,” says executive director Sam Maynard.

Gov. William Blount asked James White to donate land for the new town in 1791, and he agreed. A grid was created and 64 half-acre lots were sold for $8 each and distributed by lottery.

Robert McGinnis, curator of James White’s Fort and a descendant of James White, says that construction had begun on William Blount’s riverside home prior to the lottery. When the lot was drawn by someone else, Blount had to purchase it – for three times the price.

Like other nonprofits, the fort has suffered due to the slow economy and needs repairs. Memberships begin at $25 per year, and members are admitted for free. For information: www. jameswhitefort.org.

Historic preservation requires community support, says Vargas.

“If we don’t have history, we don’t have anything.”

Caregiver seminar A caregiver seminar will be held 10 a.m.

Thursday, July 5, at Strang Senior Center, 109 Lovell Heights Road. Caregiver facilitator Robert Coyne will discuss how to cope with the physical, emotional and psychological pressures of caregiving for a loved one. Info or to register: 690-6693.

Rachel Mitchell, Katie Fowlkes, Chloe Givens, Marilyn Sease, Brenna Featherston, and Michael Stokes participate in a master class taught by Valery Lantratov, founder of the Russian Ballet Foundation, at Studio Arts for Dancers in Rocky Hill. Photo submitted

Learning from a master

By Wendy Smith Dancers are trained to be quick on their feet. But during Valery Lantratov’s master class last week at Studio Arts for Dancers, their minds had to be even quicker.

Lantratov, founder of the Russian National Ballet Foundation, is conducting classes all over the eastern U.S. this summer.

The goal of the tour, says manager Laura Lee, is to spread appreciation for Russian arts and culture.

Studio Arts owner Lisa McKee has another objective. She wants to expose her students to as many different teachers as possible.

“The more they’re exposed to, the better they’re able to adapt to high stress situations like auditions, or even job interviews,” she says. Two four-day intensive guest artist workshops held at the studio in June had already given students the opportunity to learn from seasoned professionals.

The fast pace of Lantratov’s classes, which were offered to both lower and upper level students, challenged all of them.

“They learn to be quick studies. He says it once, and you do it.”

Because the language of ballet is French, the dancers were able to understand Lantratov, who has limited English. Understanding French spoken with a Russian accent was a challenge, says McKee.

But the opportunity to be taught by Lantratov was “truly a gift.”

Like many other Russian dancers, he is an adherent of the Vaganova technique, which emphasizes dancing with the entire body. It is the oldest, purest form of ballet, she says, while American instruction tends to be a mixture of techniques.

Lantratov’s distinguished career includes experience with several prominent companies, including the Kremlin Ballet and the Moscow Stanislavski Ballet. He has toured internationally with Rudolph Nureyev and recently danced the role of Czar Nicholas II in an international production of a new ballet, “Rasputin.”

In 1997, Russian president Boris Yeltsin named Lantratov “People’s Artist of Russia,” the Russian Federation’s highest artistic honor.

Julie Cox, who teaches at Studio Arts, attended the class for advanced students. She has taken Royal Academy of Dance classes and says Russian ballet is more delicate, with lower arms. She sees value in being exposed to multiple techniques.

“As a dancer, you have to learn to adapt. That’s what makes dance you – the adaptation.”

Members of Go! Contemporary Dance Works also participated in the class. McKee is the founder

and artistic director of the nonprofit company, which she created to give local dancers more opportunities to perform.

When the classes at Studio Arts were over, Lantratov said the students were very good and a credit to their teachers. He’d like to see improvement on their arm placement, though.

McKee was open to his suggestions. Her teachers also attended the classes, and she will encourage them to follow through with his advice.

“It takes more than one class to learn,” she says.

BEARDEN NOTES ■ Downtown Speakers Club meets 11:45 a.m. every Monday at TVA West Towers, ninth floor, room 225. Currently accepting new members.

Info: Jerry Adams, 2020304.

■ UT Toastmasters Club meets at 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.

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Water, the world’s most important commodity

By Caroline Longmire Last week the Shopper interns took a tour of the Hallsdale Powell Utility District. Our tour guides, Todd Dykes and Clint Stowers, took us through both of the company’s plants where we saw the old and new water treatment systems.

After the tour, we ate lunch and heard from Roy Arthur and Nick Jackson.

Arthur, the coordinator of Beaver Creek Watershed, and Jackson, the manager of Operations and Plants for HPUD, are both passionate about their jobs, which made

their speeches intriguing.

Arthur spoke about how the Beaver Creek Water she d is “a living experiment” to show the relation of clean water to the number of bugs in the Jackson area. “Water is the most important commodity in the world,” said Arthur. Watersheds are like a huge bathtub where all water drains to the lowest point.

Jackson discussed the “latest and greatest technology” at Hallsdale Powell.

That new technology will be helping to get Beaver Creek off the Impaired Creek list and turning it into a clean and healthy creek. The criteria are “swimability” and “fishability,” Arthur said.

Few, if any, creeks come off the impaired list.

Hallsdale Powell is doing a fantastic job in keeping citizens’ water clean, having no violations in more than five years. The interns were given a “celebrating five years” T-shirt and water bottle.

HPUD’s laboratory and process and control system supervisor Todd Dykes shows off the laboratory and discusses how waste water is filtererd.

Photo by Ethan Sanders

Clint Stowers takes interns through the path of the water as it travels through the treatment plant at the Hallsdale Powell Utility plant. Photo by Ruth White

Behind the water pipes at HPUD

By Sarah Dixon Is the expensive utility bill worth it? What actually happens in those pipes?

Hallsdale Powell definitely has a story to be told.

Hallsdale Powell Utility District was built at a low point, topographically speaking, in 1954. It provides public water and public sewage services for parts of North Knox County, Anderson County and Union County. However, it didn’t build a big enough facility for the ever-growing area. With its newly added plant, the entire team at HPUD has a goal to improve the water for us each and every day.

Todd Dykes, the Laboratory and Process Control System supervisor, says with a smile that HPUD turns bad water into good, clean water, meeting comprehensive regulations with hard work every day.

Microbiologists are constantly testing to make sure the water is pure.

Violations must be reported to the state. Even right now, HPUD has a project with the University of Tennessee’s Barry Bruce to find the right kind of algae to improve the cleanliness of the water and provide lower prices for the customers.

Nick Jackson, an engineer, said HPUD

is working with UT to develop a bio-mass suitable to operate vehicles (as a substitute for gasoline).

The process of cleaning the water is complex.

Employees at HPUD test the water for solids, ammonia, pH, BOD (biochemical oxygen demand), E. coli, chlorine and oxygen levels.

They test the water at the beginning and the end, assuring that the water is as clean from impurities as possible.

HPUD definitely has a good system of fantastic employees and a smart goal to keep improving and experimenting to give the best services possible.

Beaver Creek Watershed coordinator Roy Arthur discusses the importance of the watershed, a living experiment in the area.

Photo by Ruth White

UT engineering building features latest in technology

By Madeline Lonas This week the interns visited the Min H. Kao Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building at UT. While most of us think sports when we think of UT, which came first – the science or the game of basketball? Just as there is science behind that flat screen you’re watching and the remote control running it, there is science behind the throwing, dunking, bouncing or shooting of a basketball game. Without science there would be no sports. Pat Summitt understood that momentum equals mass times velocity (P=MV), and that is how she taught her team how to dunk a basketball.

Jenny Woodbery, a communications specialist and our tour guide, led us through the new building that houses the EECS. She showed us the building’s cool features. The walls are painted with stripes of either green, blue or a salmon

color – green meaning elevators, blue meaning bathrooms and salmon meaning offices. With the color coding, individuals can find their way around the building easier. The classrooms have motion-activated lights and glass boards which are said to be even better than white boards.

As a student who will be attending the L&N STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Academy this fall, touring this building at UT was a real treat. Engineering is a big focus with teens. It not only sounds fun, but a career in engineering is one of the most promising when it comes to potential for high earnings, projected job growth and job security.

The starting salaries for engineers are some of the highest of all college graduates, according to the U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics, while those who choose other professions must work for many years to attain their desired income level. Even

A classroom inside the new engineering building features seating for 150 students, and each row of tables features electircal outlets to allow for charging of laptops and other devices used for taking notes. Photo by Madeline Lonas

though males show more interest in engineering, we saw a lot more women at the college than expected.

Engineering requires discipline, skill and knowledge in order to design and build structures, buildings, devices, machines and systems.

And most importantly, you have to be creative and have an imagination.

Most engineers have an artistic talent, and that helps with the designing.

Visiting the EECS opened my eyes to more options for when I graduate, and gave me a wider choice of possibilities and information that I will share with my friends who hope to become engineers when they grow up.

The next time you’re sitting at the ThompsonBoling Arena or at home watching a UT basketball game, remember that there is science behind the heart Knoxville has a “big town” look from the sixth floor balcony of of an athlete.

UT’s newest academic building. “This (balcony) was built for parties,” joked Jenny Woodbery, communications specialist who led Shopper interns on a tour of the building. Photo by Melinda Taylor

‘Wow’ factor for UT’s newest building

By Melinda Taylor On March 14, the grand opening of the University of Tennessee’s new Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer A plaque inside the new engineering building at the University Science allowed a glimpse of Tennessee honors Min Kao, major donor to the project. into the long-awaited home Kao attended UT more than 40 years ago before co-founding for the largest academic Garmin International in 1989. His hope is that students will department at UT. remember their experience in this building as fondly as he A donation of $17.5 remembers his experiences at Ferris Hall. Photo by Jacob Messing million from Min H. Kao helped to construct this technological wonder. Kao, originally from Taiwan, earned both a master’s degree and Ph.D. from UT and is co-founder and CEO of Garmin International Inc., a GPS technology company.

The six-story, 150,000 square foot building houses three departments: electrical engineering, computer engineering and computer science. Each program gives degrees at On display inside the University of Tennessee’s new engineering the bachelor’s, master’s building is a drum from the first computer used at the school. and doctoral levels.

Photo by Ethan Sanders

UT orange is going green with the eco-friendly touches the building has to offer. Designers used natural lighting as much as possible, making this one of the greenest buildings on campus.

When visitors enter the building, they see smooth marble floors and colorcoded walls to help them find their way. The helpful and knowledgeable staff assists with any questions.

Classrooms serve from 50 to 150 students, and each has tiered seating with electrical hookups at each desk.

Min and Fan Kao’s gift was the largest in the history of UT, with $12.5 million dedicated to construction and a $5 million endowment for Kao Scholars and a professorship.

The state matched the Kao gift two to one, adding $25 million to the project.

BEARDEN SHOPPER-NEWS • JULY 2, 2012 • A-11

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Catalysts for success Leadership Knoxville has broad impact

By Pam Fansler First Tennessee Bank was proud to sponsor the graduation of Leadership Knoxville’s Class of 2012 last month. As a member of the class of 1994, I know well the impact the Fansler program has had on the community.

Since its beginning in 1985, more than 1,200 leaders from all segments of the

community have graduated from the 10-month program, which provides a comprehensive learning experience through a combination of monthly sessions, experiential learning opportunities and team projects.

In addition to numerous business leaders, classes have included 150 educators, nearly 50 physicians, more than 100 government officials, close to 50 religious leaders, 100 nonprofit heads, 40 arts representatives and nearly 75 of the community’s most active volunteers.

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Earlier this spring, the Mayors’ Leadership Luncheon, hosted by Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero and Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett, drew 750 community members to hear keynote speaker Gov. Bill Haslam. The governor noted that he and Rogero were both members of the Leadership Knoxville Class of 1992. At the luncheon, the 2012 Leadership Knoxville Distinguished Alumni Award was presented to

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Leadership Knoxville’s reach extends beyond its graduates. It also sponsors communitywide workshops on topics of interest and provides specially-trained facilitators to assist community groups in reaching their optimum performing level. Leadership Knoxville facilitators have worked with more than 400 entities, including nonprofit boards, civic committees and commissions, governmental bodies, religious groups and administrative staffs in the greater Knoxville area.

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Pilot boosts diabetes research Pilot customers donated $11,465 to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation through Pilot’s “sneaker sales� program. The JDRF is the leader in research leading to a cure for Type 1 diabetes. At the Northshore Pilot are sisters Emmy and Clara Castleberry (Clara has Type 1 diabetes) and (back) Keith Maner, Pilot facility revenue/marketing manager; Teresa Johnson, manager of Pilot at 7686 Northshore; Danny Fleming, Pilot regional manager; and Margaret Cooper, Pilot representative for JDRF. Photo submitted

Connecting with people Scott Sepulveda loves to fi x cars, but he also loves connecting with people.

That’s why he brought his family to East Tennessee.

Shannon Carey “I find all the people really nice,� he said. “We were looking for a better place to raise a family.�

Sepulveda grew up in Long Island, N.Y. At age 15, he bought his first car, a fixer-upper that he tinkered with all summer. Then, he got a job pumping gas. That job became an auto-repair job at the same gas station.

Along the way, he’s been a wheel alignment technician,

Scott Sepulveda, owner of ProCare Automotive. Photo by S. Carey

a mechanic, managed a tire store, then opened a tire and auto repair shop in Florida.

Five years ago, the Sepulvedas came to Tennessee.

Scott ran an auto repair shop in Oak Ridge, then sold the store and took six months off. He found a shop space

available in Halls and opened there earlier this year.

All in all, Sepulveda enjoys owning his own business. He calls it “putting down roots� and says he never has a problem building and keeping his customer base. He likes people, and he loves cars. “I feel a sense of worth when I fix somebody’s car,� he said.

For those getting started in their own businesses, Sepulveda recommends keeping an eye on the expense line. “Figure it out before you buy something,� he said. “That’s huge. You can buy, buy buy, and then you have to pay for it.�

Love Kitchen co-founders, twins Ellen Turner and Helen Ashe (front), accept a donation of Info: 377-4069. more than 1,000 pounds of food from Gerdau Knoxville Construction Products employees Lisa Shannon Carey is the Shopper-News Bryson, Larry Snyder, Paul Roach and Emily Moore. The donation, a result of a Gerdau employee general manager and sales manager.

Contact Shannon at shannon@ food drive, will help the Love Kitchen provide meals and emergency food for the homebound, homeless and unemployed in East Knoxville. Photo submitted shoppernewsnow.com.

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A-12 • JULY 2, 2012 • BEARDEN SHOPPER-NEWS

Mead’s Quarry Lake is part of Ijams Nature Center where trails were cleaned up.

About 70 volunteers from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints remove invasive vines from the Amber trail at Mead’s Quarry, part of Ijams Nature Center.

In the front are Julie Graves and Ellie Giacalone. Photos

by T. Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com

Local Mormons clean trails

By Theresa Edwards About 200 volunteers from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints cleaned trails at Ijams Nature Center and Forks of the River as part of their Day of Service initiative on June 23. The Day of Service encourages members to engage with others in the community to render meaningful service. Members participated from various wards all over the Knoxville area.

Assistance was also provided by Knox County Parks and Recreation, city of Knoxville Parks, Ijams Nature Center and Appalachian Mountain Bike Club.

REUNIONS ■ The children of Jane Finchum-Dougherty will host a party in honor of their mother’s 80th birthday 3-5 p.m. Sunday, July 8, at the Gibbs Ruritan Club, 7827 Tazewell Pike. All family, friends, classmates, acquaintances and coworkers of Jane’s are invited for light refreshments.

■ Central High School Class of 1948 will hold its 64th reunion Saturday, July 28, at All Occasion Catering, 922 N. Central Ave. Fellowship starts at 11 a.m. with lunch at noon.

Ben Nanny, assistant park manager at Ijams, helped bring necessary items back on the trail with a four-wheel vehicle. He works to maintain trails, parks and gardens. There are only two full-time staff members to manage 275 acres, four buildings, gardens and lawns.

“A group of this size can make a huge difference,” said Nanny. “We couldn’t manage our invasive plants without help.”

The plant species being removed were Chinese privet and Japanese bush honeysuckle. “You can’t see the trees with the invasive

Info: Mary Frances Tucker, 539-6242 or email mfgvt@ gmail.com.

■ Central High School Class of 1962 will hold its 50-year reunion July 6-7. Info: Bob Davis, 689-4302, or Diane Turner Sebby, 521-6652.

■ Central High School Class of 1967 will hold its 45th reunion Friday through Sunday, July 22-24. Info: Idonna Tillery Bryson, 688-5816, or Ann Paylor Williams, 687-7759.

■ Fulton High School Class of 1972 is planning its 40th reunion celebration 6 p.m.

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forest,” said Nanny. “The invasive plants are extremely aggressive, dominating.”

“The volunteers have thoroughly enjoyed the cleanup because they can see the impact they have made today,” said Jennifer Hughes, director of public affairs and communication.

Dave Jackson, a lay leader in the Farragut Ward, enjoyed having the chance to spend father-son time, working with his 9-year-old son, Nathan. “He got up at 6:15 a.m. and hasn’t complained a bit,” said Jackson.

“It’s a good opportunity for families to strengthen their relationships.”

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

■ Halls High School Class of 1965 will hold a reunion July 28 at Beaver Brook Country Club. Any class is welcome.

Terry Williams helps Tyler Swanson, Maddy Durfey and Jessica Williams prepare seed packets to be used in Ijams educational children’s programs. “We wanted to make sure every age group had something to do,” said Edie Clemons. “The youth will wash and clean the shuttles for the city of Knoxville Parks and Recreation, which is providing transportation today for the volunteers to and from Maynard Glenn Ball Park.”

Info/reservations: George VanDeGriff, 922-8345 or 2786724.

■ Halls High School Class of 1992 will hold its 20-year reunion Saturday, Sept. 1, at Beaver Brook Country Club.

Info: Jennifer Corum, 654-1317 or email jennifercorum@ yahoo.com.

■ 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.

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL ■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, will have “Bible Boot Camp” VBS Friday through Sunday, July 27-29, for grades K-5. Participants will get to ride on a float in the Karns community parade. Volunteers are also needed. Info: Kristin Stanley, 247-7424 or 690-1060, or www.beaverridgeumc.com.

■ Bethany Baptist Church, 6705 Raccoon Valley Road, “Amazing Wonders Aviation,” 7-9 p.m. July 16-20. Classes for ages 3 to adult.

Pastor is Donnie McGinnis. Info: Jean, 922-2818.

■ Cross Point Church, 2000 Loves Creek Road, will host “Amazing Wonders Aviation” 6-8 p.m. Monday through Friday, July 16-20.

■ Trinity Baptist Church, 7604 Blacks Ferry Road, will have “Adventures on Promise Island” VBS 6:30 to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday, July 23-27, for ages 4 through 18. Info: 859-0523.

COMMUNITY CLUBS ■ Knoxville Writers’ Guild will host its annual open mic night 7 p.m. Thursday, July 5, at the Laurel Theater on the corner of Laurel Avenue and 16th Street. Only guild members can read, but signups will be taken at the door.

Admission is $2. Additional parking will be available at Redeemer Church, 1642 Highland Ave. Info: www. knoxvillewritersguild.org.

■ The Harvey Broom Group / Sierra Club will meet 7 p.m.

Tuesday, July 10, at Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church on Kingston Pike.

Several members will discuss their recent hike on the Florida National Scenic Trail.

Everyone is invited.

■ Memoir Writers meet 7 p.m. each second Thursday at Panera Bread, 733 Louisville Road in Alcoa.

Rural/Metro adds technology Rural/Metro has introduced intubation technology into its ambulances, making it easier to open and maintain a patient’s airway in an emergency. The King Vision video laryngoscope was introduced in a trial number of Rural/ Metro ambulances last week, but will soon roll out to Knox County’s entire 49-ambulance fleet.

The laryngoscope uses LED digital display technology to magnify the airway and project it on a screen at the paramedic’s eye level for better visualization.

The blade portion of the device, which is inserted into the airway to introduce the tube for breathing, has a camera lens attached. The image is then relayed to a screen on the handle of the device.

This allows for faster, more accurate placement of breathing tubes to maintain an open airway.

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NEWS FROM GRACE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF KNOXVILLE

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A world at your fingertips

By Shannon B Sh Morris M i Technology is impacting every area Student Michael Johnson of life, seemingly faster than we can uses an iPad. Photo by Shankeep up with it. Schools must keep non Johnson their students as up-to-date as possible in order to prepare them for the future.

One of the most exciting technological advances in recent years is the iPad, a device that provides an amazing link to resources as well as access to current information technology.

The iPad is similar to a small laptop computer, but with amazing size, speed and portability, providing easy access to the Internet and to thousands of educational apps.

With that in mind, Grace Christian Academy is excited to announce a brand new technology initiative that will give all students access to this resource.

The goal is that each student will become familiar with the iPad technology as a resource in the learning environment. Randy Down, high school principal says, “This technology gives our teachers a chance to teach across curricula, making lessons applicable from one class to another through several apps available through Apple. Teachers will be able to track and monitor a student’s progress more rapidly, identifying areas where additional instruction is necessary.”

Beginning in spring 2013, students in grades 9 and 10 will be required to have an iPad II or III for use in class each day. Phase Two of the iPad implementation will continue in the fall of 2013, when all students in grades 8-12 and high school student will be using will be included. When these two phas- iPads in the classroom, for research es are complete, every middle school and for homework assignments.

Safety first!

By Shannon Morris Safety is a top priority at Grace Christian Academy.

Feeling secure in the classroom is certainly important; however, Grace ensures students are safe long before the school bell rings.

It is essential to our parents, school faculty and staff that our students are protected from potential traffic hazards on the way to and from school. That is why Grace’s Safety Patrol team, made up of 5th grade students, takes their job seriously as leaders on campus. The job requires a strong commitment, as these students arrive to school earlier than others and stay later than most.

AAA of East Tennessee recognizes the qualities these students must demonstrate in order to be chosen for the Safety Patrol. They say maturity, reliability and the ability to follow rules while respecting others is of utmost importance. In recognition of a year full of dedication and hard work from the safety patrol teams across the state, AAA of East Tennessee sponsors a safety patrol trip to Washington D.C. Grace students, along with 1,500 other students from East Tennessee made their way to the nation’s capital June 1.

Grace’s 2011-2012 Safety Patrol team visited the Udvar-Hazy Space Museum, the National Zoo of Washington,

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al method, students will have more opportunities to develop a working knowledge of e-books, research, publishing and communication systems that are available.

Melissa McCallen, Grace’s Technology Integration Specialist, says, “Teachers will teach their content area objectives through new and engaging activities with a focus on student-driven learning using technology to communicate and convey ideas in meaningful ways.”

By using iPads, Grace students will literally have a world of information at their fingertips. This exciting development demonstrates the effort of Grace Christian Academy to continually add innovative methods and the newest technology to further enhance the learning environment.

Students will also be prepared and equipped in the ethical and moral use of technology. We are all aware of the fact that new technologies bring incredible benefits, but they can also open the door for misuse and abuse. At Grace, we plan on teaching about the responsible use of this hands-on technology so that students will be fully informed about the incredible benefits as well as any potential dangers.

Armed with this latest educational advancement, future Grace graduates will be better prepared in the rapidly expanding realm of technology, gaining an understanding of its benefits and uses, as well as how it can be incorporated into college work and in the job market. As a result, Grace stuUse of iPads in the classroom will dents will be better equipped to make specifically target English, science a difference in their world, a world and math. With this new education- that is always growing and changing.

Fifth grade Safety Patrol trip to Washington, D.C. Photo by Julie Bass

D.C., the Smithsonian Institute, and Mount Vernon.

The U.S. Capitol visit was also a highlight when they met with U.S. Rep. John Duncan, Jr. and sat in the House of Representa-

tives. Students also visited the White House, Lincoln Memorial, Jefferson Memorial and the Vietnam Memorial, as well as the newest World War II Memorial which stands in front of the

Washington Monument. The 56th Annual AAA Safety Patrol trip was a huge success for our 5th graders at Grace. What a thrilling reward these students received for a year of service!

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

A pioneer’s heart

Knoxville man makes history as Parkwest’s first TAVR patient At 88, Roy Ogle became a “This served several purpioneer. poses,” said Stouffer. “First, Of course, he didn’t the Edwards proctors had the Edwards SAPIEN have a lot of choices. With chance to review all of the inTranscatheter Heart Valve the aortic valve of his formation on our proposed paOnce delivered to the heart closing in, Ogle was tients and assess our capabilsite of the patients running out of breath, out diseased native valve, ity to evaluate patients as posthe Edwards SAPIEN of options and out of time. sible candidates for the TAVR. Valve is expanded with a balloon and Once accustomed to It also allowed us to learn begins to work walking three miles a day, immediately from physicians who have perhe soon found himself formed hundreds of TAVRs as gasping for air after taking part of the trial leading to its only a few steps from his approval by the FDA. The proDiseased (calcified) front door in Farragut cess by which every patient native aortic valve Commons. should be navigated through Imaging guidance is used to help with visualization “I couldn’t walk to the during the procedure to ensure optimal delivery via the initial evaluation, surgery, the femoral artery, as well as placement of the valve. street without getting out discharge and follow-up was of breath,” said Ogle. “I During the procedure, the valve is crimped down to the specifically emphasized. Fiapproximate diameter of a pencil and then delivered into didn’t really feel bad – I nally, we had the opportunity the body via the RetroFlex 3 delivery system, a catheter that is inserted into the femoral artery in the upper thigh. just couldn’t do anything. for ‘hands-on’ placement of My breath was just getting these valves in a very highshorter and shorter.” tech simulator.”

Retroflex 3 valve delivery system Even worse, Ogle’s Meanwhile, back in Knox(expanded on balloon, left, aortic valve had become so crimped, right) ville, Roy Ogle sat in his rehardened that he was not cliner, working his puzzle books a candidate for the usual and waiting to hear if he would fi x – open heart surgery. be approved for the surgery.

In short, his condition was “He wasn’t nervous at all. “inoperable.”

He was perfectly calm, and I So when surgeons at Parkwest was too,” said Katy Ogle. “The Medical Center offered him hope toughest part was waiting for it through a procedure known to happen.” as transcatheter aortic valve Roy Ogle, recalling the replacement (or TAVR for short), intense pain his wife had Ogle was ready – even if Parkwest’s following her open heart surgery new $2.2 million TAVR operating in 1995, said his surgery was room wasn’t. virtually painless, except for a “The day we heard about this, large intravenous tube placed you could hear them hammering in his jugular vein. “That’s down the hall,” said Ogle’s wife, the only pain I had,” he said Katy. “They were still building the incredulously. “I didn’t have any operating room for it.” pain from the operation at all.

“The toughest part was the Nurses offered me pain pills, waiting,” said Ogle, who spent the but I really didn’t need any. I interim pretty much confined to wasn’t hurting.” his recliner and working his way “Dr. Stouffer came into Roy’s through four find-a-word puzzle room in CCU that afternoon books. with his nurse and was taking But on June 6 – five days after pictures of Roy, Roy and me, his 88th birthday and one month him and Roy, Roy and his shy of the Ogles’ 66th wedding nurse,” said Katy Ogle. “He was anniversary – Roy Ogle made like a kid at a party. He was just history, becoming Parkwest’s firstso excited.” ever TAVR patient in a four-hour Stouffer admits that surgery so successful that he was Ogle’s surgery was reason for out of the hospital within four days celebration. Not only did it give and driving two days after that. the Ogles more – and better – Although performed in Europe time together, but it also signals for a decade, TAVR is still so that there is now an alternative rare in the United States (less available to others like Roy Ogle than 10 percent of aortic valve Roy and Katy Ogle will mark their 66th anniversary July 6. Roy, who worked his way through four puzzle books who are running out of breath replacements) it’s available at only before the surgery, says the waiting was the hardest part.

Illustration courtesy of Edwards Lifesciences and options. about 150 hospitals nationwide.

Since Ogle’s surgery, Parkwest is the only Knoxville hospital to “Certainly the pain is more significant deploy the valve once it’s positioned Parkwest has successfully completed offer it. and activities more limited after an open- correctly. The third and fourth physicians three more TAVR operations, but Stouffer The procedure, most often reserved heart operation, but TAVR is still a big help with each of these steps as well as emphasizes any hope of TAVR routinely for elderly patients like Ogle, involves operation, just with a little incision,” said with the interpretation of the X-ray and replacing open heart surgery is “not in the replacing the diseased aortic valve with Stouffer, adding that it should not be angiographic images,” Stouffer explained. foreseeable future.” a collapsible prosthetic fashioned from viewed as merely an alternative to open “As our experience grows, we will be able to “This technology is still in its infancy the valve of a cow. The valve, designed by heart surgery. perform the TAVR with one cardiothoracic and long-term data are not yet available,” California-based Edwards Lifesciences Patients must meet strict criteria before surgeon and one cardiologist for each case. he said. “I do feel that as experience and approved by the Food and Drug being deemed suitable for TAVR by both The unique and exciting thing about this grows and the technology improves, more Administration just last year, can collapse people with valve disease will be treated to the diameter of a pencil. It is guided to the doctors and Edwards Lifesciences. operation is that it allows the cardiologist with this less invasive, transcatheter the heart through a catheter inserted into Furthermore, the procedure – performed and the cardiothoracic surgeon to work approach.” the femoral artery through a small incision in a modern, hybrid operating room side by side for the benefit of the patient.

Because there is no long-term data with sophisticated imaging equipment For the first time, the skill sets of each of in the groin. available, it’s not known how long Ogle’s In comparison to the rigors of open – requires a multidisciplinary team of these specialties are overlapping.” new prosthetic valve will last. For now, Before performing Ogle’s surgery, however, it’s given Roy and Katy Ogle heart surgery, TAVR may seem mild. Dr. doctors (two cardiothoracic surgeons, Chadwick Stouffer, the cardiothoracic two interventional cardiologists and a Stouffer and the rest of the TAVR team – the comfort of knowing they’ll be able to surgeon who led the team of physicians cardiac anesthesiologist) who must work Dr. Lee Collins, Dr. Nicholaos Xenopoulos, celebrate their 66th wedding anniversary Dr. Mike Ayres and Dr. Thomas Pollard July 6. during Ogle’s surgery, agrees the recovery as “interchangeable parts.”

“For each of the cases, there is a – flew to California with Ogle’s records time can be briefer but emphasizes TAVR “The doctors told Roy he was a pioneer,” is still serious surgery performed while the primary operator whose job is to position for patient evaluation and fundamentals beamed Katy Ogle. “I’m just glad to have heart continues to beat. the valve. The secondary operator helps training by Edwards’ proctors. him a few more years.”

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

Covenant Health is East Tennessee’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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B-2 • JULY 2, 2012 • SHOPPER-NEWS

Coal: a diamond in the rough The HALT program (Humans and Animals Learning Together) usually has great success finding forever homes for its canine graduates.

A recent graduate of HALT, Coal is estimated to be less than 2 years old. His favorite past time is playing outdoors. Although he does have basic manners, he will need additional crate training.

He does not like to be left alone and will need a lot of family interaction. He’s a Sara pretty special little guy.

Barrett According to HALT publicity coordinator Penny Williams, Coal “is an expert escape artist and does need Coal, a graduate of the HALT to be monitored.” During program, is ready to practice his time with HALT, he has his newly-learned manners. discovered how much fun it Each dog is hand-picked Photo submitted is to play with other dogs, from Young-Williams Animal Shelter and paired on a leash and say “please” so an additional dog would be a plus. with an at-risk teen who and “thank you.” Sort of.

But Coal is an exception.

If you or someone you will teach it basic manners.

By the time a dog gradu- He is very polite but is still know may want to give Coal ates from the program, it searching for that perfect a chance, give Robin a call will be able to walk politely family to call his own. at 679-9933 or 693-5540.

Critter Tales

Nan Crowder, Jean Mitchell and Nancy Stephens

Strang grubbers at Parkside Grill Strang Senior Center’s grub club met at Parkside Grill on June 26 to enjoy each other’s company and try out this month’s restaurant. They meet 12:45 p.m. every fourth Tuesday at a different restaurant.

Theresa Edwards

“Anybody who wants to come is welcome,” said head grubber JoAnn Matthews. She explained it Emily Loper and husband Marion Loper are new visitors to the is best to call the Strang grub club.

Center to verify the name of the restaurant and to RSVP so they know how many seats to reserve.

“We usually have more than 10 people come,” said Matthews. But there have been as few as two in bad weather and sometimes 21 to 26 people. The grub club is a good way to meet new people and try out different restaurants, according to member Betty Williams.

The grub club plans to meet 12:45 p.m. Tuesday, July 24, at Abuelo’s in Turkey Creek. RSVP to 670Betty Williams sits by head grubber JoAnn Matthews who 6693 if you plan to attend. leads the group.

‘Fur’ a good cause

Groomers from all over the eastern part of the country got together recently in Knoxville for this year’s Pet Stylists Super Show. The dogs entered the show looking normal and left looking like a page from a fairy tale. Specifically, look at Cindy Oliver’s dog, Paisley, whose fur was trimmed and dyed to look like images of Pinocchio and Jiminy Cricket. Oliver won first place in the Creative Grooming Competition. All proceeds from the event went to Young-Williams Animal Center. Info: www.petstylistsoftennessee.com. Photo submitted

HEALTH NOTES ■ 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

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■ Covenant Health’s Bodyworks offers community exercise for all ages at $3 per class. Classes include Easy Cardio Max, Mind and Body, and Senior Cardio. Visit www.covenanthealth.com/ bodyworks or call 541-4500

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■ 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.

■ Stop Smoking: 1-800-7848669 (1-800-QUITNOW)

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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

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SHOPPER-NEWS • JULY 2, 2012 • B-3

NEWS FROM PROVISION HEALTH & WELLNESS

Hands-on approach earns patient raves Mike Wigger

Physical Therapist Wes Franks surveys the facilities at Provision Physical Therapy

Getting back and better than ever So, you are finished with physical therapy, time to get back to the regular old fitness routine, right?

Not so fast…

Whatever the cause of your initial treatment from a physical therapist, having the right plan in place when your treatment is over is essential to ensure you don’t end up back in the therapist’s office.

As an exercise specialist at Provision Health and Wellness, I have the advantage of working personally with your therapist to design a post treatment exercise program unique to your treatment.

Whether your treatment was for a chronic issue or an acute injury, I work with Wes and Dean to develop a program that helps you get back and better than before – not just back to square one.

With a team of physical therapists and exercise specialists working together to develop an exercise program that fits your individual challenges and abilities, you will be on the right track to getting back and better than ever.

“Provision is staffed with knowledgeable and experienced therapists that know how to work with any type of surgical recovery or injuries from accidents and get every patient back to their quality of life quickly and efficiently.”

– A. Sherlin

Physical Therapist Dean Douglass often “writes on the wall” of his treatment room to illustrate a patient’s problem. (And yes, mom, it rubs right off.)

By Sandra Clark A recent patient survey showed enthusiastic support for the staff and program at Provision Physical Therapy.

“We were just blown away by the response,” said Wes Franks. He and Dean Douglass are physical therapists at the Provision center on the campus at Dowell Springs, located off Middlebrook Pike near Weisgarber.

“I know what physical therapy is now,” said one patient. Another said she was restored to a good quality of life “quickly and efficiently.”

A sampling of eight former patients showed universal endorsement of the treatment program and facility, ranking Provision “very good” on categories of privacy, response to concerns, cleanliness of facility and likelihood of recommending Provision Physical Therapy to others.

Dean Douglass believes the high rate of satisfaction is the result of Provision’s interest in education. “We don’t just treat, but we explain both the injury and the method of treatment,” he said.

While the location is handy to all West Knox residents, Franks said the continuum of

Feeling overwhelmed by all the mixed messages out there about food?

Frustrated and just wanting to figure out what works for you? Every person’s body is unique. Each of us have a different biochemistry that determines how our bodies use food and what food we like and don’t like. Ultimately, our bodies are communicating with us all the time, and our job is to listen, identify what they’re asking for, and respond appropriately. We work with people who are sick and tired of feeling sick and tired - be that chronic headaches, digestive upset, low energy levels, extra weight, or generally not feeling good. Together, we’ll unravel the complexity around food, listen to your body’s signals, and give it what it needs to heal itself, shed pounds, and truly thrive!

care at Provision is unique.

With the Provision Health & Wellness Center located in the same building, patients can be transitioned to exercise therapy following completion of their physical therapy.

The patients can continue to strengthen muscles under the direction of Mike Wigger and the exercise specialists next door. And Wes and Dean are literally just steps away if a patient has questions or concerns.

“Patients don’t feel alone after their discharge,” said Franks.

Meet the team

Manual therapy is a key strategy of the Provision physical therapists.

Provision Physical Therapy Phone: 865.232.1415 Fax: 865.232.1416 E-mail: info@ provisiontherapy.com

Wes Franks and Dean Douglass are certified Manual Therapists, providing a specialized, hands-on form of practice that directly targets injured tissue and surrounding muscles and joints. They also provide advanced orthopedic physical therapy.

Douglass attended Samford University, where he received a bachelor’s degree in exercise science. He continued his education in Northern Ireland, earning a BSc with honours in physiotherapy from the University of Ulster at Jordanstown. After returning to the United States, he pursued a degree with the Ola Grimsby Institute, focusing on orthopedic manual therapy. His

Web: provisiontherapy.com Mailing Address: 1400 Dowell Springs Blvd Suite 120

special interests include the treatment of spinal dysfunctions, orthopedic ailments and general conditioning.

Franks graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree in biology and a master’s in biomechanics and sports medicine. He developed an interest in human movement, culminating in a master’s of physical therapy degree from the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences. While there, he studied under Stanley Paris and became certified in manual physical therapy in 2000. His interests include sports biomechanics, arthritis and upper extremity neurovascular disorders.

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B-4 • JULY 2, 2012 • BEARDEN SHOPPER-NEWS

health & lifestyles

Spotlight on summer food safety Picnics, barbecues and poolside parties are part of summer holiday fun.

While warmer weather is ideal for outdoor gatherings, it also offers the perfect environment for bacteria to multiply in food – especially when you’re cooking and eating away from the kitchen.

Every year about 76 million Americans get sick from eating contaminated food.

Although the usual result is a few hours or days of tummy troubles, infections can be serious. Five thousand people in the United States die each year from foodborne illness. Harmful bacteria are the most common cause.

Keep cool with Kamut salad Kamut (K-Moot) is a mild-tasting, chewy grain that tastes both nutty and buttery. A relative of wheat and spelt, Kamut is a complete protein containing proteins similar to those in animal foods. Because Kamut is larger than rice or wheat, it takes longer to cook. Cooked Kamut can be frozen for future use. Here’s a tasty summer salad featuring Kamut and some favorite veggies and berries.

5,000 Americans die each year from foodborne illness.

Good practices pay off Much of the time, such food-related infections can be prevented by following a few food safety precautions. Uncooked meat, poultry and seafood are often loaded with bacteria.

“Avoiding cross-contamination is the biggest thing,” advises Beth Booker, Fort Sanders Regional Clinical Dietitian.

“Keep uncooked meats refrigerated and securely wrapped in plastic bags and away from other foods. Thaw or marinate them in the refrigerator, not on the counter.”

■ Use a separate cutting board for raw foods.

■ Check that they’re cooked to a safe temperature with a food thermometer.

■ Don’t put cooked food back on the same plate that held raw food unless you’ve washed it first.

■ Wash hands with warm, soapy water for 20 seconds before and after handling these raw foods.

■ Use clean cutting boards, utensils, dishes and countertops, and wash after each food-prep task.

Keep bacteria in check Buy unblemished fruits and vegetables, and refrigerate perishable produce. To reduce bacteria, rinse under running water and cut away any areas that are

Ingredients 1 cup Kamut grains 4 cups water 1 cup edamame, steamed per package instructions 1/4 cup dried cranberries or raisins 1/2 cup diced sweet red peppers 1/4 cup reduced-fat feta crumbles 1/2 cup diced cucumber Kosher salt and fresh black pepper to taste 1/2 to 3/4 cup vinaigrette salad dressing of choice Salad greens (optional)

damaged or bruised. Dry with a paper towel or clean cloth.

“Keep cold food cold and hot food hot,” explains Booker. To prevent bacteria from growing in food, refrigerate or use ice or gel packs in coolers to keep cold foods 40 degrees or below. Keep hot foods at least 140 degrees or warmer. Don’t let food sit

out for more than two hours – cut that time in half if the air temperature is more than 90 degrees.

“Don’t let your normal kitchen safety rules lapse just because you’re cooking or serving outdoors,” warns Booker. “With a few precautions, you can avoid having food poisoning ruin your picnic.”

Directions Cook the Kamut as you would rice, lengthening the cooking time to about 1 1/2 hours (or 20 minutes in a pressure cooker). Check the grains frequently until it tastes chewy, but is cooked all the way through. Pour off any liquid and cool the grains to slightly warm temperature.

Toss the grains with the remaining ingredients. Serve plain or on a bed of mixed greens. Serves 6-8 as a main dish salad.

Don’t blow your holiday with a firework injury!

Thousands of Americans are injured each year in incidents associated with fireworks, according to the National Council of Fireworks Safety. Most of these injuries occur during the Fourth of July holiday and include serious burns, loss of fingers and blindness. Though the most disabling injuries occur with illegal firecrackers, such as M-80s, the majority of injuries are caused by bottle rockets, sparklers and Roman candles.

Staying safe Viewing public displays handled by professionals is the safest way to enjoy fireworks on the Fourth of July or any other day. Even then, keep a safe distance away.

If you plan to celebrate the holiday with your own fireworks, these tips can help prevent injuries: ■ Don’t let children play with the fireworks.

■ Never place any part of your body over a fireworks device.

■ Wear safety goggles to protect the eyes from flying sparks or debris when handling fireworks.

■ Don’t use bottle rockets. Their flight paths are erratic and rocket launchers sometimes explode.

■ Don’t consume alcohol when using fireworks.

■ Don’t re-light fireworks that don’t work properly.

■ Keep a bucket of water or a garden hose handy in case of malfunction or fire.

■ Be sure other people are out of range before lighting fireworks.

■ Follow label directions.

■ Ignite fireworks outdoors.

■ Light only one at a time.

U.S. hospital emergency departments treated an estimated 8,600 people ■ Buy from reliable fireworks sellers. for fireworks-related injuries in 2010. Seventy-three percent of these injuries ■ Never carry fireworks in your pocket. happened between June 18 and July 18.

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