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Churches challenged Declining revenue forces review, innovation

Mighty (Mad) Scientist Bearden senior gains lab experience through UT medical research study See page A-9

By Sandra Clark Recently, The Tennessean profiled Nashville area churches that have closed or modified their outreach since the onset of the economic downturn in 2008. We tasked Shopper reporters to talk with church leaders to discover the impact of the economy on their congregations. While each Shopper-News paper has interviews from its community, readers can find all

interviews on our website at www.ShopperNewsNow. com/. What did we learn? Smaller churches are hurting worse than larger ones, which seem better able to absorb flat or declining revenue. Some churches are growing, such as Concord United Methodist which just hosted a three-day celebration of its new contemporary worship center. Others have been challenged to become “better stewards” of the Lord’s money. According to the Tennessean, most of the state’s residents belong to congre-

gations with fewer than 100 people, and many of those actually number fewer than 50. A 2010 survey on church giving showed small churches endured a heavy 40 percent drop in donations during the economic crisis. With far less money for building maintenance and fewer people volunteering, more congregations are considering closing down. An example is Nashville’s LaVergne Presbyterian Church. With a congregation of seven, it will no longer collect canned goods for the food pantry or recite the Apostles’ Creed. It

voted to disband after 124 years of service. Knoxville native the Rev. Dale Peterson writes in his book, “Leave a Well in the Valley,” of a similar situation. The congregation of the oldest Baptist church in Michigan dwindled to fewer than 200 members and risked what Peterson called “death by default.” Instead, it voted to merge with another congregation, giving away approximately $11 million in assets and ending its historic mission. The Tennessean story concludes: “Four Methodist congregations in Tennessee

Gary Schmieder, church administrator at Central Baptist Bearden

Dennis Davidson, senior pas- George Clark, senior pastor at tor at First Baptist Church of West Towne Christian Church Bluegrass

breviated service, members built frames for three church buildings. The frames will be delivered to Haiti in packing crates, and the finished buildings will serve as community centers during the week. “While budgets are tight, I think people enjoy being able to show the love of God to others,” Clark says. Central Baptist Bearden has been able to weather

the economic storm better than some congregations because of the wisdom of its leadership, says church administrator Gary Schmieder. They saw the recession coming and made sure the church had cash reserves. The task was made easier because the 3,000-member congregation has no debt and was without a senior pastor for most of last year.

have closed this year, and 16 Tennessee Baptist Convention churches closed last year. All were small with well under 100 members. It has been extremely hard for church leaders to close down their congregations. … Not only is it hard for church leaders and attendees, but also for the communities that these church closings are occurring in. Many compare their church closings to the death of a friend. Many have hopes that the tenacious and steadfast faith of church members won’t be forgotten.”

West Knoxville churches: doing more with less By Wendy Smith

Grand openings A look back at Vols’ season openers See Marvin’s story on page A-7

FEATURED COLUMNIST BETTY BEAN

Godspeed, Superman Betty Bean says goodbye to longtime friend James Anderson See page A-4

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West Knoxville churches are feeling the economic squeeze, but Dennis Davidson, pastor of First Baptist Church of Bluegrass, sees two sides to the situation. While members have lost jobs and the church has struggled to pay bills, the congregation has stepped up and helped sacrificially, he says. “This gives us a chance to be faithful.” First Baptist has between 100 and 125 active members. Deciding which ministries to keep has been challenging, and the church has had to turn away some who have sought help. Nowadays, Davidson finds himself ministering with words rather that providing material assistance. It’s frustrating, he says. The church is putting more emphasis on service

evangelism and less on hosting big events. Members have had to get creative, he says, which has resulted in projects like the youth group’s recent trip to deliver cookies to hospital intensive care units. “We may not be vibrant, but we’re still viable.” West Towne Christian Church, which has about 400 members, has been tightening its belt since 2008, says Senior Pastor George Clark. He hasn’t had a pay raise in three years, but he’s not discouraged. “I’m not necessarily optimistic about the economy, but I’m optimistic that God will be there for us, no matter what the economy does.” That optimism was reflected in West Towne’s “Church Build Worship” on Aug. 21. After an ab-

Carter proposal: What might have been By Larry Van Guilder The Devon Group’s announcement that it was withdrawing its proposal to build a new elementary school in Carter shook Knox County

Analysis Mayor Tim Burchett’s office and left most observers scratching their heads. Now a review of the scores awarded to the project finalists by the county’s evaluation committee reveals how close the competition was and how the rankings of one evaluator changed the outcome for the runner-up, Partners Development, and may have sealed the fate of the project. The six-member evaluation committee was chaired by Mitch Steenrod, a senior executive with Pilot Travel Centers. Developer Buzz Goss, Mathew Myers from county purchasing, Doug Dillingham with the school

system, local executive Kevin Wilson and UT architecture professor Tricia Stuth rounded out the committee. The finalists were the Devon Group, Hewlett Spencer LLC, Municipal Capital Markets Inc. and Partners Development. The proposals were rated in five categories: cost, adherence to program standards, time to complete, innovation and “identification and complete understanding” of any proposed financing arrangement. Cost, which considered the long-term operating costs of the facility in addition to the contract amount, was worth 35 points. Program standards was assigned 30 points and time to complete 15. Innovation and understanding proposed financing were worth 10 points each. Thus a perfect score was 100, and a proposal could receive a maximum score of 600 when the individual evaluations were totaled.

Hewlett Spencer and Municipal Capital Markets finished with scores of 541.63 and 539. 2 respectively. Both lagged the leaders by a fair margin. The Devon Group edged Partners Development 558.22 to 552.5. In order, these were the individual scores for the Devon Group and Partners Development: ■ Goss – 98, 97 ■ Dillingham – 96.8, 97.5 ■ Steenrod – 94, 97 ■ Stuth – 94, 78 ■ Wilson – 93.12, 96 ■ Myers – 82.3, 87 A glance at the list reveals that Myers was not as impressed with the proposals as his fellow committee members. His rankings for all the finalists ranged from 82.3 to 87.1. But Stuth’s score of 78 for Partners Development leaps off the page. Statistically, it’s an “outlier,” although not a “significant” outlier.

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The Shopper-News asked purchasing director Hugh Holt if he considered dropping Stuth’s score from the ranking because it differed so markedly from the others. “We looked at that,” Holt said. “We’re numbers people.” In the end, he said, “everybody on the committee” felt Stuth had performed conscientiously, that her ranking was not “arbitrary or capricious.” A closer look at the evaluation shows most of the difference in Stuth’s scores for Devon and Partners derives from two areas, cost and innovation. Innovation encompasses nearly any aspect of the design that could reduce costs, increase efficiency or “greatly enhance the educational experience.” Stuth awarded the Devon Group 32 points for cost and 8 for innovation. Partners Development earned 27 points for cost and none for innovation, a 13-point swing that

clinched the top ranking for Devon. Although Partners’ proposed cost was roughly $1 million below the $13.8 million price tag negotiated with Devon, Devon’s proposal included innovations in energy efficiency. Municipal Capital Markets also rated a zero in innovation on Stuth’s scorecard. It was a judgment call to retain Stuth’s ratings. While her integrity and good faith efforts are not in question, the unintended consequence of retaining the outlier ranking may be to quash the effort to build rather than renovate in Carter. The school board reluctantly came to the table the first time. The second time around may prove a harder sell for the mayor. The Shopper-News attempted to contact Stuth about her rankings. She did not respond to our questions.

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A-2 • AUGUST 29, 2011 • BEARDEN SHOPPER-NEWS The West Hills 5K was a family affair for Kensley Henry, Erynn Love, Aaron Love, Amani Brice, Kasella Henry, Ayonna Brice, Tommy Henry and King Russell. All completed the run or onemile walk, even 5-year-old Kasella.

Standing up for healthy families Tennessee has the eighth highest divorce rate in the country, and Knoxville has the second highest rate in the state. But the HomeFront Alliance aims to reverse the trend with the help of churches, businesses and families.

Wendy Smith

Members of the alliance’s leadership team spoke at the Compassion Coalition’s Salt and Light lunch last week. They would like for Knoxville to follow in the footsteps of Chattanooga, which has seen a 30 percent drop in divorce and out-of-wedlock pregnancy since the nonprofit First Things First began its work there. But the city doesn’t need another nonprofit, says Jeff McElroy of Forever Families. It needs for churches to come together to tackle the problem. Ideas for how to address the divorce rate include asking churches to sign a community marriage policy that mandates premarital counseling before a wedding takes place and offering citywide marriage and parenting mentoring. The HomeFront Alliance will host a vision dinner at

6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 20, at Washington Pike United Methodist Church. Anyone interested in the alliance’s mission is invited to the free event. RSVP to rebecca@ compassioncoalition.org. ■

The race goes on

The History Hounds competition featured costumed canines depicting various aspects of our region’s past. There was Bailey, a Yorkie dressed as a railroad conductor serving East Tennessee’s coal mines. There was Sawyer, a miniature dachshund that made a great Abe Lincoln – when his hat stayed on. And there was Nash, a Great Pyrenees that competed as a “snow monster,” wearing nothing but his birthday suit. City Council member Duane Grieve was master of ceremonies, and Allison West of WIVK and UT history professor Daniel Feller were judges. Austin, a golden retriever dressed as a Confederate general, won Best Historical Costume, and Hunter, a beagle dressed as Davy Crockett’s dog, won the East Tennessee Spirit prize. Hunter sported overalls and a bandana, and carried a ’coon tail and dai■ History Hounds sies in his back pocket. He strut their stuff was taking the tail home A new contest at the to his owner for a new hat, East Tennessee History explained owner Laura Fair demonstrated that Smith, and the daisies rephistory can be fun – and resented the flowers that grew on UT’s famous Hill. even cute. The gazebo was paid off a long time ago, but the West Hills 5K run and fun walk will live on as long as there are projects to tackle in West Hills Park. This year’s event, held on Aug. 20, was the 17th annual race. It began as an effort to raise money for the park’s gazebo, but proceeds from recent years have gone toward improvements to the park’s tennis courts. This year’s proceeds aren’t yet earmarked for a particular project. “We try to buy what the community wants,” says Susan Lembersky, race chair. Eddie Raymond, owner of the Health Shoppe in Suburban Plaza, helps out with the event. He likes that the race is a community affair. “We do everything we can to improve the condition of the park.”

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Hunter, Laura Smith’s very compliant beagle, won the East Tennessee Spirit prize for his depiction of Davy Crockett’s dog at the inaugural History Hounds contest. Photos by Wendy Smith

are incapable of bonding with humans, according to Laufer. Souza cited examples from the news of exotic animal attacks, such as the 2009 attack of a Connecticut woman by her friend’s chimpanzee. Large exotic animals require permits and registration, but education is the key, she said. She also pointed out that 4.7 million dog bites are reported annually in the U.S., and all pets require responsible supervision. Frank Sewell of the Knoxville Recycling Coalition stopped by to make a plug for the nonprofit’s new Styrofoam recycling program. For more information: 525-9694.

Dressing up your dog is one thing, but what’s going on in the mind of someone who has a pet tiger? That’s the question behind Peter Laufer’s book “Forbidden Creatures: Inside the World of Animal Smuggling and Exotic Pets,” which was the topic of last week’s Knox County Public Library’s

Brown Bag - Green Book discussion. Marcy Souza, an assistant professor in the UT College of Veterinary Medicine, led the talk. Laufer questions why anyone would want to have a potentially dangerous pet, like a chimpanzee, a Burmese python or a big cat. The trade of such pets harms the environment and exposes owners to disease, and many exotic animals

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On Sunday, Sept. 4, the silent movie “The General” will air at the Tennessee Theatre at 3 p.m. The movie, starring Buster Keaton and Marion Mack, was filmed in 1927. Organist Ron Carter will accompany “The General.” Admission is $8 for adults and $6 for children. Tickets are on sale at the Clinch Avenue Ticket office and may be ordered by phone at 684-1200.

The Knoxville Museum of Art will present ‘KwangYoung Chun: Aggregations, New Work’ through Sunday, Sept. 4. Chun is known internationally for the sculptural forms featured in this exhibit. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sundays. Admission and parking are free. Info: Angela Thomas, 934-2034 or visit www.knoxart.org.

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At-large council candidates mix it up at Demsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; forum By Betty Bean The two major Seat C candidates for City Council donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t agree about very much at all. They were the headline act at the joint 3rd and 4th District Democratsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; meeting last week, to which all the at-large candidates were invited. City elections are nonpartisan, although some candidates do identify with one of the major parties. Eyebrows went skyward all over the room when anti-Ten Year Plan to end Chronic Homelessness activist Ron Peabody (who has endorsed mayoral candidate Ivan Harmon, a Republican) made an early declaration: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am not going to vote my conscience. I will vote the will of the people.â&#x20AC;? He exhibited no fear of being labeled a Johnnycome-lately or a one-issue candidate and brought up his TYP resistance in his introduction. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I got involved because of the Ten Year Plan,â&#x20AC;? he said, mentioning TYPChoice, the anti-TYP organization he helped found. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That led to

the two mayors (Dan Brown and Tim Burchett) pausing the Ten Year Plan.â&#x20AC;? He said his major TYP complaint was that decisions were being made by â&#x20AC;&#x153;a very small group of people. Knoxville needs to be run by the people and their representatives, not by a small group.â&#x20AC;? His major opponent, Finbarr Saunders, who served as 4th District County Commissioner until his defeat last summer, didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go on the attack, but he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hesitate to draw distinctions between his resume and Peabodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, citing his own work as a founder of the Bearden Council. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That is an example of how I operate in the community â&#x20AC;&#x201C; get people together, get them talking and then represent those interests. For 40 years Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been going to meetings similar to this, and I did none of this community work thinking I would run for political office,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Having said that, I think this prepares me well for service to the community.â&#x20AC;? Saunders pronounced

Knoxville â&#x20AC;&#x153;â&#x20AC;Ś in an incredibly good situation. We have incredible resources, including a wealth of connectivity with greenways and parks and county schools that are getting better all the time. We have a whole host of events downtown, and downtown Knoxville has become the sparkplug of this whole region.â&#x20AC;? There are three major Seat A candidates: well-funded Realtor George Wallace, Parkridge neighborhood activist John Stancil and green-minded architectural consultant Paul Berney. Wallace, who has a degree in landscape design, runs the family real estate firm. He chairs the Knoxville Housing Partnership and has served on numerous advisory boards including KCDC and Downtown North/275. His most eyebrow-raising moment came when he was asked if he had been involved in arranging for busloads of local Realtors to go to the City-County Building the day that County Commission was voting on the

Hillside and Ridgetop Protection Plan. Wallace said he supports ridgetop protection but opposes much of the rest of the plan, and serves on the board of the Knoxville Association of Realtors which also opposes the plan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was asked and have supported voting that down,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need more people to be involved.â&#x20AC;? A member of the audience observed that the Realtors didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t participate during the three years the task force was meeting, and Wallace said he regrets that: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve learned: they need to be more involved.â&#x20AC;? Stancil, who moved here six years ago from Memphis, said he wants to be a voice for fragile inner city neighborhoods and promised to push for consistent codes enforcement. He doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like giving the Chamber Partnership public dollars, is not a fan of the Ten Year Plan and is critical of former Mayor Bill Haslam in his second term:

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bill Haslam ran Knoxville well in his first term, and the second time he was elected, we elected a mayor and we got a candidate.â&#x20AC;? He declared that serving on City Council will be â&#x20AC;&#x153;the beginning and the end of my political career.â&#x20AC;? Berney emphasized his local roots and volunteer work he has done at innercity schools and with organizations like Friends of Literacy and Meals on Wheels. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve looked back on my life and thought about when I was happiest and most satisfied, it was when I was doing work for the community,â&#x20AC;? he said. He cited his 7-year-old daughter as his inspiration for seeking public office. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you borrow something you should return it in better condition than when you borrowed it. I want to make this a better place for my daughter and for your kids, too.â&#x20AC;? Scheduling problems limited the debate between the two major Seat B candidates, and we will catch up with them at a later date.

â&#x2013; The Council of West Knox County Homeowners will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6, at Peace Lutheran Church, 621 N. Cedar Bluff Road. Johnathan Griswold, community outreach manager for Knox County, will discuss neighborhood outreach and there will be updates from county commissioners and the Sheriff â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office. Info: www.cwkch.com.

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At Superman’s funeral The Rev. Tiki Dixon gave the eulogy at James Anderson’s funeral. He told the family to look around and see who was there.

Betty Bean That was important, he said, because one of the markers of a life well lived is when the people at your funeral don’t all look like you. If the Andersons followed his instruction, they saw a sanctuary packed with all kinds of people – young, old and in-between; black, white and in-between; rich, poor and inbetween. Although we’d welcome some cooler temperatures, we That’s when I swear aren’t jumping the gun on Christmas. Still, some cooling I heard James’ voice: off might be in order on County Commission. “There’s nobody here as Recently Commissioner Jeff Ownby made a plea for good-looking as me.” civility. He didn’t cite specifics but did allude to indisHe would have loved criminately reading blogs as one way in which public the crowd and he would figures may get their feelings hurt. Ownby also asked have loved the big red fire commissioners to show greater respect for one another truck waiting out front to during their deliberations. take him home. Same with There are a couple of ways to consider Ownby’s position. It was obvious to this writer that someone had taken a shot (or shots) at him in the blogosphere. Regrettable as that is, especially to the commissioner, it happens every day to public figures. Short of libel, this perk comes with the job – get used to it. That said, there is something commendable about Ownby’s longing for more civil discourse. The comments sections of most daily newspapers are a sewer. A recent front page phoDrop in a story promising the least hint of controversy to showed Chris Irwin, who and watch the anonymous commenters gnaw at one anwas wearing red paint faother as they scramble to claim the title of King Rat. It’s cial makeup, being denied past time for publishers and editors to practice a little entry to a public meeting extermination. of the TVA board. I do not Ownby’s political leanings are no secret, so it’s ironic know Chris Irwin. I had that some of the vilest political commentary over the air never heard of him before and on the Internet comes from the far right. Not that seeing this picture. I do left-leaning pundits are angels, but most can’t hold a not agree with his position candle to the likes of Michael Savage, Bill O’Reilly, Mark against nuclear energy. Levin and a host of lesser lights. However, we should Any public figure prone to wearing his heart on his ask why TVA is imposing sleeve should reflect on the difference between satiria dress code on ratepaycal banter and downright cussedness. If I call you a lilyers and citizens who wish livered son of a rattlesnake, you might be tempted to pull to attend a board meetout your six-shooter and let me have it. If I say it with a ing. Does not Chris Irwin grin, you’d probably laugh along with me. have a right to paint his Ownby tapped another vein with regard to the man- face, look foolish and still ner in which commissioners interact with one another. attend a public hearing of There’s historic city-county tension on the body, run- a government agency? Cerning in tandem with the Republican-Democrat split. tainly, he would not have Over the years, about as many Democrats as there are been turned away from palm trees in Greenland have served on commission, so meetings of City Council, it’s not difficult to see how the Dems may have developed County Commission or not only an inferiority complex, but a respectable load of even a KUB board meetfeistiness. ing for wearing red paint Commissioner Amy Broyles exemplifies the latter, makeup. and it’s not uncommon for her tenacity to irritate her Why is TVA worrying colleagues. Commissioner Mike Brown, who became about how people dress as visibly annoyed with Broyles at last week’s commission long as they are in fact not meeting, would probably call it stubbornness. There is a indecent? tendency for the outnumbered city slickers to filibuster Here is TVA’s response: an issue, but if you know you’re going down in the up“TVA asked that people coming vote you may as well get your money’s worth. attending the board meet“To build or not to build” Carter Elementary has ing dress without costume raised some hackles on commission lately. Dave Wright or make-up so each individand Richard Briggs aren’t exchanging love notes, and ual could be identified pribefore the issue is laid to rest the rhetoric may heat up a or to entering the meeting. few more degrees. We asked that no costumes So, Ownby’s plea for manners and restraint is not be worn to reduce any dismisplaced. But when the slings and arrows of outra- turbance at the meeting. geous columnists come your way, Jeff, don’t take it so We knew this would be an hard. Fame comes with a price. overflow crowd and the

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the fire department honor guard. He would have loved his wife, Kristi, taking her place in the church choir and, of course, his beautiful children and new grandchild. He would also have loved the solo his nephew Anthony sang: “You saw the best in me.” I couldn’t help thinking about how James won’t get to see Anthony running kickoff returns for the Vols this fall. The minister, of course, was right. The crowd at Greater Warner Tabernacle AME Zion Church was a reflection of a life that touched hundreds, maybe thousands, of others in everyday ways. Exuberant, boisterous and generous in the extreme, James was hilariously braggadocios and, before his health betrayed him, gifted with physical strength and athletic ability. When his big heart started to give out, he came to know the misery of failing health. But he was always willing to share what he had with whomever he

This picture of James Anderson and his grandson, Cayden, was taken the day before James died. Photo by David Bean thought might need some tomatoes from his garden or their yard mowed or someone to sit and visit a spell. Nobody could feel bad when James came calling. He wouldn’t allow it. In his youth, when he was a gifted athlete (an Anderson family trait), he took up power lifting, and muscles bulged on his fireplug frame. At one get-together, I was trying to light some charcoal and asked if

he had a match. “Not since Superman died,” he said, grinning that face-splitting grin. When he joined the Knoxville Fire Department, he found the perfect job. He could help people when they needed it, crack jokes with his buddies when it was slow and make time for his lawn care business. He made a smoker/ grill out of an old water heater and proclaimed his barbecue the best in town and probably the world. But he was plagued by heart trouble, and a couple of years ago, a lung full of toxic fumes he sucked down at a house fire ended his career prematurely, and probably helped cut short his life. One of the speakers at his funeral was a friend of his daughter Jessica’s whom he had coached in soccer. She called him Superman. How, she asked between wracking sobs, could Superman die? I haven’t figured that one out either.

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would allow the board to continue the listening session without interruption. We do not have a written policy, but nevertheless, we believe it was the prudent way to handle a formal business meeting to ensure the safety of the public and TVA staff.” This is from Barbara Martocci, a senior manager of public relations. My reaction is this: “Make up the rules as you go. Hide behind security (need to identify persons, hence no masks, paint, etc.) and phony decorum (no disturbances) and publish nothing. The people learn the rules when they get there. We are the federal government and can’t be questioned. If you think we are wrong, take us to court and maybe you will get an answer in eight to 10 months.” What is the TVA dress code? There is no written policy. Who, then, decides what is acceptable or not? Is this not a limit of free speech least amount of distraction guaranteed under our U.S.

Constitution? What if Lawson had worn orange paint to highlight his support of the Vols? Would a woman who wore a veil over her face due to religious reasons be barred from a TVA meeting? Would a person who wore a turban for cultural or religious reasons be barred? Who devised these unstated standards? No one is talking. Did the board in open session vote to impose a dress code? No. What public process occurred to arrive at this questionable decision? None. Is the TVA board seriously worried about how citizens dress at their board meetings when they have more important issues? I guess so. It is naive to think wearing makeup impacts the safety of the public and TVA staff. It may look silly and foolish but it has no impact on safety. By barring Chris Irwin, TVA gave him a front page photo in the New Sentinel. TVA made his day. And for what purpose? Seems to me he would have an excellent federal lawsuit against TVA for denying him his First Amendment rights. Will he will pursue this? Even if TVA could legally impose these standards, why bother? Who cares if someone looks foolish?

For 16 years as mayor of Knoxville, I presided over public forums at City Council where citizens came in all forms of dress and costumes. Gary Hiscock came dressed as an American Indian. One person used her time to sing a song instead of making remarks. Other brought props. One asked for silence. The audience often held signs and posters reflecting their views. It never once occurred to me or to any member of council to prohibit these citizens (some of whom did not even live in the city) from appearing, dressed as they wished and saying what they wished. Has TVA become so high and mighty that they feel they are immune from comment reflected in how someone dresses? Of course, the same TVA tried to deny release of their top salaries until the News Sentinel threatened legal action. TVA needs to reach out to citizens and listen instead of figuring out ways to limit participation. Right now TVA is arrogantly tramping on guaranteed constitutional rights. If they can do it to Chris Irwin, it could be you next. Smokey, our UT mascot, 0had better avoid TVA public hearings. He will be barred. He might impact public safety.

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Sandra Clark one wonder how K-12 public education would look today had Lamar’s ideas for master teachers and merit pay been enacted in the 1980s. A case can be made that the master teacher and incentive pay components of Alexander’s Better Schools program set his career back 20 years and killed off his chances to be U.S. president. And all Tennesseans got for it was a lame, watered-down Career Ladder program that made no one happy. We can only hope that’s not the case with APEX. “APEX?” you say. “Advance. Perform. Excel,” says Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre. “APE?” said school board member Karen Carson. Ah, confusion from Day One. So McIntyre, the good soldier, scheduled three public meeting to discuss APEX (formerly known as strategic compensation). The next two are: 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30, at Bearden High, and 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8, at South-Doyle Middle School.

Indya Kincannon addresses teachers at Central High School’s forum on strategic compensation. “APEX is local. Bring your ideas to your administrator. Hopefully, morale will improve.” Photo by S. Clark Last week’s was at Central High, and teachers had several questions. APEX rates teachers on four criteria: student success (test scores, 35%), effective instruction (classroom observation, 35%), teacher leadership (measured by quality and impact, 20%), and high-needs schools (based on number of students on free/reduced lunch and longevity at that school, 10%). Teachers can earn an extra $1,500 or $2,000 per year, and there are schoolwide and administrator awards as well. The plan is extremely detailed, and already teachers are poking at holes. “Morale is low,” said one. “It’s defeating to be told that most of us will be a ‘three.’ ”

Farragut dreamin’ Former Knox County chief of staff Mike Arms drops by the Farragut Branch Library wearing a Bart Gordon T-shirt while County Mayor Tim Burchett conducts a constituent meeting inside. “I’m just looking for a computer,” said Arms. “Wow, that used to be Dean Rice,” said a bystander. Photo by S. Clark

“Is there a quota on the 4s and 5s?” “What are the criteria for physical education teachers?” “Yeah, what about art and career technical education?” “Can music teachers be evaluated by a music supervisor, someone who knows our subject?” “What if I take maternity leave?” “What happens when the money runs out? Will this program stay?” Good grief! You’d think McIntyre was sticking his hands into the teachers’ pockets to take away money they’ve already got. APEX is funded with outside money, not the general schools budget. And, yes, it might go away. But anyone who improves to earn the incentives will be left with better skills. McIntyre said the program is not about getting rid of bad teachers, but is “trying to help teachers get better every year … better every day.” He said changes in state law will make tenure difficult to obtain and “rare,” but Knox County Schools will work with teachers who try to improve. “Teach the children with passion. Keep learning, and you’ll be OK.”

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A-6 • AUGUST 29, 2011 • BEARDEN SHOPPER-NEWS archives from 1956 to 1990 (which includes episodes of Cas Walker’s “Farm and Home Hour”), much of which was recorded on either 16mm film or 2-inch quad tapes. A volunteer from Johnson City who knows how to work the machine required for playback has helped digitize the 2-inch quad recordings. “It’s not just putting the film on and hitting play. You had to be an PULL UP A CHAIR … | Jake Mabe engineer back then,” Reeves says. Other interesting items in the collection include surviving tapes of Jim Clayton’s “Star Time” TV show, episodes from teenage star Jimmy Hartsook’s early TV program, recordings by Happy Holler’s favorite country couple, Carl and Pearl Butler, and receipts and handwritten lyrics of songs written by Arthur Q. Smith that he would sell for beer money – no joke – to pay off his tab at the Three Feathers Bar. One such song, “Missing in Action,” became a hit for the country singer Ernest Tubb. Other 78s include snippets of a live recording of “The Mid-Day Merry-Go-Round” featuring Knoxville radio legend Lowell Blanchard. The Presley recording from April 8, 1972, turned up a few weeks ago. Turns out a fan from Corryton brought a then-new Sony cassette Bradley Reeves works on a 16 mm print of “Dempster Dinosaur,” the only known surviving copy of a recorder into the concert with him 1959 film that was produced by the Knoxville advertising company Lavidge and Associates for Dempster and recorded it while sitting on the Brothers Co. The movie includes scenes filmed around Knoxville shot in Kodachrome color with sound. back row in Stokely Athletic Center. Reeves and his wife, Louisa Trott, restore and preserve film and audio with Knoxville and East Tennessee Prior to this, no known recording connections as part of the Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound, a nonprofit organization was thought to exist. Film foothoused in the basement at the East Tennessee History Center. Photo by Jake Mabe age of Elvis arriving at Stokely can briefly be seen in the 1972 MGM estled in the basement of nessee Archive of Moving Image and flea markets looking for stuff. It’s documentary “Elvis on Tour,” but the East Tennessee His- Sound (TAMIS), about five years now a race against time because no official video or audio recording tory Center is a treasure ago. They work closely with the Mc- the generations that made these re- was made of the concert. An audiClung Historical Collection and the cordings and kept them are dying ence recording from Elvis’ March trove of memories. Recorded on 16 mm and 35 mm East Tennessee Historical Society, out. And a lot of it is being thrown 15, 1974, Knoxville appearance has film, on cassette types, vinyl re- and their office and archives are out because people haven’t had a also turned up and the TAMIS colcords, acetates, 8-tracks, cylinders, housed in the basement of the East projector or turntable for years.” lection boasts Super 8 film footage The earliest film in the collec- of Elvis performing at Johnson reel-to-reel, videotape and magnet- Tennessee History Center. “It’s the history of our town come tion dates back to 1915 and was shot City’s Freedom Hall in 1976-77 and ic wire recordings are old Knoxville by local photography legend Jim a brief clip of The King singing “See television programs, music from to life,” Reeves says. the popular WNOX “Mid-Day MerThe couple started the nonprofit Thompson, who shot footage with See Rider” during his May 20, 1977, ry-Go-Round,” raw footage from out of their Bearden apartment five a 35mm camera for Pathe/Univer- appearance at Stokely. the popular “Heartland Series” and years ago when they received their sal newsreels. The collection also A few cuts from the 1972 concert even an audience recording of Elvis first film collection of home movies boasts some of the earliest known were premiered Aug. 15 on a broadPresley’s April 8, 1972, afternoon shot in Knoxville in the 1920s. They recorded images of the Great Smoky cast dedicated to Presley’s music on concert at Stokely Athletic Center, started reaching out to the commu- Mountains from 1918. the WDVX-FM radio show “The Vithe headliner concert of the ’72 nity, tracking down leads, seeking Reeves says he’s gotten footage nyl Frontier.” It proved to be so popDogwood Arts Festival. people who might have classic film from Phil Campbell, son of the late ular that Reeves and Trott are goKnoxville native Bradley Reeves and audio with Knoxville and East entertainer and “Hee Haw” star Ar- ing to host another Presley-themed chie Campbell, who was a one-time show next year around the date of and his wife, Louisa Trott, who are Tennessee connections. both trained film archivists, found“On the weekends, my wife and regular on the “Mid-Day Merry-Go- Elvis’s death (Aug. 16). “The Vinyl ed a nonprofit organization, the Ten- I go to estate sells, garage sales and Round.” WBIR-TV also donated its Frontier” airs 9-11 p.m. Mondays on

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WDVX. Reeves and Trott host it every other week. Other rare items in the TAMIS collection include sound recordings from WNOX-AM’s rock and roll era that came from popular disc jockey Johnny Pirkle’s collection, including master tapes of local bands. Other rarities include an early pop recording called “It’s Sure Going to Hurt” that Dolly Parton made for Mercury Records, early 45 rpm singles from Con Hunley (on the Prairie Dust label), home movies shot at the original location of McGhee Tyson Airport on Sutherland Avenue (near present-day West High School) and even a print of the Ingrid Bergman film “A Walk in the Spring Rain,” which was shot on the UT campus and in Gatlinburg and made its debut in Knoxville in 1970. One of Reeves’ current projects is digitizing the raw footage of WBIR’s popular “Heartland Series” from 1984-90. “Every community needs to get out and find this stuff and contact their TV stations to see what they have. A lot of what used to be here went to the dump. And it’s like that nationwide.” (NBC-TV notoriously taped over almost every episode of the daytime version of the original “Hollywood Squares” TV show and tapes of virtually everything aired on the DuMont TV network are long gone.) The TAMIS collection also includes virtually every kind of obsolete equipment needed for playback. “We think this is going to be the wave of the future for educational research,” Reeves says. “There are numerous stories out there and folks are filling in the gaps. It’s a great resource if you want to do research on local history. We’ve begged for and gotten stuff donated. We have no money but we love what we do. We think it will pay off in the end.” For more information about TAMIS or to donate film or audio items with connections to local history, call Bradley Reeves at 215-8856 or visit http://www. tamisarchive.org/TAMIS_Web/ TAMIS_home.html. Jake Mabe is a huge film buff and Elvis fan who was “All Shook Up” when he heard clips of the long-missing April 8, 1972, Presley concert at Stokely Athletic Center. You can reach Jake at 9224136 or email JakeMabe1@aol.com.

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istory has taught us that anything can happen – and that possibility adds excitement to the opening of any Tennessee football season. Indeed, there have been startling upsets in both directions, dramatic finishes and the introduction of superstars. For some strange reason, I do not expect Montana to make the prime list of unforgettable openers. UT Martin, Western Kentucky, Alabama-Birmingham and UNLV did not. Neither did Southwestern Louisiana, East Carolina or Fresno State. My favorite season openers? I have a few. In late 1955, Bowden Wyatt declined an invitation to the Gator Bowl because the foe was going to be Auburn. Those same Tigers just happened to be first on the 1956 Tennessee schedule. The coach did not want them scheming against his single wing for eight consecutive months. The 1956 opener at Birmingham’s Legion Field ended at Tennessee 35, Auburn 7. It was a knockout that launched a championship season and a host of honors for Johnny Majors. The 3M company created the backdrop for the wonderful 1968 opener between Tennessee and Georgia. For the discount price of $230,000, athletic director Bob Woodruff and young coach Doug Dickey purchased a magic carpet to cover Shields-Watkins Field. Diggers dug up sacred sod and hauled away tons and tons of historic dirt. Down went a layer of crushed stone with asphalt topping, a sponge pad and a plastic cover, supposedly similar to real grass. Well, it was green. Georgia, being far, far away, didn’t hear about this shocking development in a timely fashion. Bulldog athletic director Joel Eaves, an Auburn man and a bit oldfashioned, went ballistic. Livid is another descriptive word. He lashed out at Tennessee for making this radical

change without discussing it. He said Georgia might find cause to void the contract and stay home. Georgia came to the game. Tennessee took a 7-0 lead. Georgia caught up and went ahead. Georgia went up by eight with an 80-yard breakaway in the fourth quarter. Game over. The end. Facing sure defeat, Bubba Wyche generated a little late entertainment for Vol faithful. Surprisingly, the fun lasted the length of the field, 16 plays, including a fourth-down completion and finally, a touchdown pass to Gary Kreis. Time expired with the ball in the air. In a miracle among miracles, Bubba followed with a two-point conversion strike to tight end Ken DeLong. Eight points after the game was over, 17-17 tie, terrific opener, best show ever on Doug’s rug. Great opener in ’98, Tennessee at Syracuse, new Tee Martin against Donovan McNabb, seesaw struggle with five lead changes. The gutty Vols, two points behind, launched a lastditch drive but it died on a fourth-down incompletion. But wait, behold the yellow swath of cloth on the green turf, penalty against the home team for pass interference. Amazing. New life for the visitors. Terrific response. Jeff Hall field goal on the final play, Vols win 34-33, first step toward the national championship. Unbelievable first game in 2006, a joyous 35-18 rout of California. Domination of a ranked foe was complete rejuvenation from the previous season which was not very good. Erik Ainge was again confident. Robert Meachem was outstanding. Jerod Mayo was so good, Rico McCoy couldn’t get on the field. Tennessee did not win or tie all memorable opening games. The Vols approached 1980 with optimism and such stars as Reggie White and Willie Gault. Alas, Georgia brought freshman Herschel Walker. His introduction to Bill Bates

CROSS CURRENTS | Lynn Hutton was unbelievably rude. The Bulldogs won 16-15. The Vols opened 1967 against UCLA at the Coliseum in Los Angeles and lost a heartbreaker 20-16. Gary Beban did it with a figure-S fourth-quarter run, a play that eventually led to the Heisman Trophy. That was one of the bestever Tennessee teams – Steve Kiner, Bob Johnson, Charles Rosenfelder, Dick Williams, Richmond Flowers, Jimmy Weatherford, Dewey Warren, Walter Chadwick, John Boynton, Herman Weaver, etc. Jack Reynolds joined the lineup a few days later. Tennessee and UCLA had other good opening games. There was an unforgettable one in 1974. High drama, the Condredge Holloway show, 17-17 conclusion. Peaks and valleys: Holloway and Stanley Morgan linked up for a 76-yard touchdown. Holloway suffered a shoulder injury and was hauled to the hospital. The Bruins surged ahead. Holloway recovered just enough to rejoin the fray. The crowd went wild. Holloway, a modest man, didn’t realize the cheers were for him but he responded with the stuff of champions, a fourth-quarter drive and dive for a touchdown. Ricky Townsend kicked the tying extra point. Some season openers are better than others. Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@netzero.com.

For all our days pass away under your wrath; our years come to an end like a sigh. The days of our life are 70 years, or perhaps 80 if we are strong; even then their span is only toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away. (Psalm 90: 9-10 NRSV) 1. There will be enough. 2. There won’t be any extra. 3. It may not be exactly what you would choose. 4. It won’t come until you absolutely have to have it. 5. When in doubt, see Rule Number One. (The Rules of Manna from “Bread of Heaven,” Cross Currents, Feb. 2, 2009)

s it plagiarism if you quote yourself? Two and a half years ago, at a moment when I was between jobs and wondering “What’s next?” I wrote in this space the words quoted above about God’s rules concerning the gift of manna to the Children of Israel in the wilderness. I have quoted myself many times since then: to myself when the budget gets a little tight, to those I encounter in my work who are struggling and to friends who are uneasy about the economy. At the time, I was speaking about money. This week, however, I have begun to think of the days of

our lives as manna as well. Like manna, they are doled out day by day, and nothing we can do – nothing! – can speed them up or slow them down. Our days are given to us one at a time, and each one is precious and unique. We can use them or squander them, enjoy them or endure them. Last week, my mother was in the hospital for a few days after a fall. Her health has been failing for some time, but this moved us into a new world of decision-making. Then, the news that coach Pat Summitt has early onset dementia stunned everyone who loves and respects and

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admires her. For this woman of such intelligence, such vitality, such discipline, such intensity, such power to be stricken at her age with a disease that is usually associated with old age is unthinkable. She pledges to fight it with everything she has, and I have no doubt she will. Still, it gives one pause. We have no guarantees. A 90-something preacher I once knew always answered the routine greeting “How are you?” in the same way. His emphatic answer was always, “Oh, it’s a good day.” One morning my curiosity got the better of me, and I asked him, “Henry, why do you tell me it’s a good day when I haven’t asked about the day? I asked about you!” He grinned at me and replied, “At my age, any day I wake up is a good day!” It behooves us all to remember that. We should savor our days and use them well. As one of the children in Family Circus says: “Every day is a gift; that’s why we call it the present.”

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offices. Some people may not be affected by ending Saturday delivery, but many others benefit from the medicine, letters, cards, checks, matter for the blind, newspapers, packages and/or magazines they mail or receive on Saturdays. Many small businesses rely on timely, 6-day mail delivery. Three separate government agency audits of the Postal Civil Service Retirement System found a minimum of $50 billion in overpayments. Legislation is pending in Congress that would provide relief from the devastating and unjustifiable legislation enacted in 2006. HR 1351 is crucial to solving the USPS financial crisis and maintaining the best and least expensive mail delivery in the world.

LABOR DAY PICNIC Monday, September 5 World’s Fair Park 11 am to 5 pm

Celebrity judges for the Pasta Cook-off: Jane Maddox, 2010 winner of judges’ choice award; Chef Walter Lambert, WVLT-TV; Ginny Weatherstone, CEO Volunteer Ministry Center; Apryl Corbett, community volunteer; and Allison Burchett, Clayton Foundation.

CONDOLENCES ■ Click Funeral Home (675-8765): Timothy Lynn Packett Catherine Peterson ■ Stevens Mortuary (524-0331): ■ Richard Eugene Easterly

WORSHIP NOTES Fundraisers and sales ■ Bookwalter UMC , 4218 Central Ave. Pike, is looking for vendors for its fall festival to be held Oct. 1. Space outside is still available for $40. Info: 773-3380. ■ Dante Church of God, 410 Dante School Road, is accepting crafters for its fall festival to be held Saturday, Sept. 17. Space rental is $25. Info: Lena Coker, 693-2688 or email lenacoker@yahoo.com. ■ Middlebrook Pike UMC, 7234 Middlebrook Pike, will host its sixth Habitat for Humanity fundraiser golf tournament Friday, Oct. 21, at Avalon Golf Course with an 8 a.m. shotgun start. Four person scramble format, $100 entry fee includes greens fees, cart, breakfast, lunch and prizes. All proceeds will go toward Habitat for Humanity. Sponsorships are available for non-golfers. Info: Call 6908641 or John Voss, 384-3204.

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■ First Lutheran Church, 1207 N. Broadway, The 55 Alive group will meet at noon Thursday, Sept. 8, with guest speaker Vallie Collins, survivor of the Hudson River plane crash. Lunch is $6. Reservations are requested. Info: 524-0366.

Special Services ■ St. James Episcopal Church, 1101 N. Broadway, will host its annual Rally Day and Ministry Fair 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 11, introducing Christian Formation programs and celebrating ministry opportunities church-wide. Info: 523-5687. ■ Fellowship Church, 8000 Middlebrook Pike, will host GriefShare Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. Get support from the group while recovering from a loss and rebuilding your life. Registration: Laura, 470-9800. ■ Sequoyah Hills Presbyterian Church, 3700 Keowee Ave., will host GriefShare, a grief support group 7 p.m. Mondays through Oct. 10. There will be information to help you cope with the loss of someone close. Info: 522-9804 or visit

St. John Neumann priest named monsignor By Natalie Lester Bishop Richard F. Stika of the Diocese of Knoxville recently named St. John Neumann’s the Rev. Pat Garrity a monsignor. The honor recognizes Garrity’s 35 years of service to the church and his commitment to his faith. Garrity was surprised with the title. “I am honored and humbled,” he said. “I appreciate the bishop and what he has done. It kind of leaves me speechless.” Bishop Stika told Garrity he wanted to discuss an important matter over dinner in his home. However, when he arrived, Stika told Garrity about his new title. “That was the last thing on my mind,” Garrity said. Garrity has been at St. John Neumann for only 19 months, but it has been a busy year and a half. “There has been so much to do,” he said. “We have built a new rectory and maintenance building. Our office building is almost complete. Then we will break ground on a pavilion outside. This is a good, vibrant community and there is always something going on. I never have to ask ‘Did anything happen today,’ it is always ‘what happened today?’ ” Bishop Stika knew Garrity deserved the recognition he has received. “Last year when I polled the priests of the diocese about who should be the vicar for priests, it was almost a unanimous choice (for Garrity), so he is well respected,” Bishop Stika said. “He’s president of the priests’

www.sequoyahchurch.org. ■ Concord Adult Day Enrichment Services (CADES) has its caregiver support group meeting 10 to 11:30 a.m. the first Tuesday of every month in room 226 of Concord UMC, 11020 Roane Drive. Refreshments will be served. Info: 675-2835.

Women’s groups ■ Knoxville Christian Women’s Connection will host an “Extend a Hand Around the

St. John Neumann Catholic Church’s the Rev. Pat Garrity recently received the papal honor of monsignor from Knoxville Bishop Richard F. Stika. Photo by N. Lester council, he’s a new dean and so I wanted to recognize his service to the church.” Stika named Garrity a Chaplain to His Holiness, which allows him to wear a black cassock with red buttons. Monsignor Garrity is a native of Wichita, Kan. He has served diocesan high schools, leading Knoxville Catholic High School as principal from 1985 to 1997. Then he went on to serve more than 12 years as pastor of St. Patrick in Morristown before coming to St. John Neumann in 2010, the same year he was named vicar for priests. Stika also honored Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul in Chattanooga the Rev. George Schmidt and Good Shepherd Parish the Rev. Bob Hofstetter in Newport with the monsignor title. Bishop Stika called the monsignor honors “just one simple way in which I can say thank you to these three men of faith.”

World” luncheon 10:45 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 8, at Bearden Banquet Hall. There will be a fashion show by Janice Ann’s Fashions and Meryl Bishop will talk about stepping outside her comfort zone. Complimentary child care by reservation only. Cost is $10. RSVP by calling Connie at 693-298 or email dick3234@ bellsouth.net.

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Bearden senior continues UT medical research study By Natalie Lester

West High School cheerleaders are: (front) Maggie Wahl, Canon Woodward, Alli Jeffries; (middle row) Shea Troutman, Olivia Maness, Anna Moon, Ansley Maness; (back) Tyler Lis, Kaylah Whaley, Shelby Johnson, Landon Holt and Samantha McIntyre. Photo by Betty Bean

Emphasis on â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;newâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; for West cheerleaders By Betty Bean This year, the emphasis is on â&#x20AC;&#x153;newâ&#x20AC;? for the West High School cheerleaders. New school year, seven new freshmen, nine new cheerleaders and, coming soon, a brand-new baby for the coach. The 13-member squad saw its first action at the football teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s season opener at Austin-East, a game that ended â&#x20AC;&#x201C; finally â&#x20AC;&#x201C; with West on top 21-8, but which featured a two-hour rain delay. Coach Claire Zachary, who is expecting a baby girl in December, said she was happy with her squadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performance. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Surprisingly, it went really well. This was their first game, half the team was new and they were just excited to be there. Their attitudes were great.â&#x20AC;? Senior captain Kaylah Whaley said the rain delay didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hurt the cheerleadersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; performance. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was fun, actually. It gave us a lot of bonding time and we started playing around in the locker room â&#x20AC;&#x201C; dancing,â&#x20AC;? she said. Whaley started cheering when she joined the Premier Sharks when she was 6 years old. She is a tumbling specialist who has participated in â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and wonâ&#x20AC;&#x201C; international competitions. A member of Premier Athletics, she placed third

in a world competition in France and first in a Canadian event. Co-captain is Shelby Johnson, a junior who has cheered all three years in high school and wants to take it to the next level in college. Sophomore Tyler Lis is one of the few male high school cheerleaders in the level, and he too says heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to continue to cheer in college. He is a tumbling specialist who ranks his skills â&#x20AC;&#x153;Better than Shelby, almost as good as Kaylah.â&#x20AC;? Freshman Anna Moon says sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a little different than most of her classmates, since all of them were on the cheerleading squad at Bearden Middle School last year and she was at West Valley. They all tried out last April, performing a chant, a dance and a cheer before a panel of judges. Fellow freshman Olivia Maness said they have already bonded into a tight unit. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We get really crazy and into it at the games, even though weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve only had one game, and we all love goofing off and having a good time together.â&#x20AC;? Zachary, who teaches social studies â&#x20AC;&#x201C; World Geography and World History â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and is in her second year of coaching the cheerleaders, says the squad has practiced hard.

As he begins his senior year at Bearden High School, Madison Stott also begins his semi-independent research phase of the polyMER mentor, education and research program at the UT Medical Center. The polyMER program allows selected high school students and incoming UT freshman to participate in research endeavors at UTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Graduate School of Medicine and College of Engineering. Stott began the program at the beginning of his junior year. It includes three phases, beginning with a month and a half of classes that include instruction in organic chemistry, biology, biochemistry, physics, technical writing and others. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The classes covered vast amounts of topics, all of which were related to the medical field,â&#x20AC;? Stott said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;From the beginning, I knew it was about research with the end goal to conduct research on my own,â&#x20AC;? Stott said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I love the amount of knowledge I have gained up to this point. It really adds perspective to how much I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know, but that only makes me push myself harder.â&#x20AC;? From the education stage, students progress to an apprenticeship where they

Bearden High School senior Madison Stott has participated in the polyMER mentoring, education and research program at the University of Tennessee for more than a year. Photo by N. Lester

gain lab experience under the supervision of graduate research assistants. The apprenticeship requires nine hours of lab work a week, and Stott completed this stage over the summer. At the end of his apprenticeship, he met with his primary advisor Dr. Chris Stephens and a mentor graduate student to develop a research proposal, which was presented to the weekly group meeting. Because his proposal was accepted, Stott will go to the next level. The program began with 30 students, but has dwindled to Stott and

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m very excited about this group, not that the last group wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t great, but having half the team new, we get to pass down a bunch of traditions. We practice twice a week for about an hour and a half, working on stunting and tumbling routines. This is such a young group that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not going to enter competitions this year. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just going to work on skills and have a lot more fun.â&#x20AC;? Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have someone fill in for her when the baby Auditions for â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The Ghastly Gala â&#x20AC;Śâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; comes but plans to be back The Wild Thyme Players will have soon. open auditions for its upcoming Hallowâ&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d think they would een production â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Ghastly Gala of the let me quit,â&#x20AC;? she joked. Grand Guignolâ&#x20AC;? 3-5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 3, and 5-7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 4, at Trin-

Central High School student Corey Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neal. Although he cannot discuss the specifics of the research, he explains that the group is looking at using a biomaterial as a vascular graft in the body. Stott already has a crammed academic schedule this semester with honors physics, advanced placement English and AP calculus, but he is also still spending several hours a week in the lab. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a lot of work and it is a little exhausting, but it is so worth it,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We may not be curing cancer or AIDS, but our research is still necessary and it will heal a group of people.â&#x20AC;? After he graduates in May, Stott hopes to attend Virginia Tech or Georgia Tech to major in chemical engineering. He said his participation in the polyMER program has solidified his career choice. In his application process, Stott hopes to add the distinction of being published to his resume. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ideally, by the end of the year, we would like to be published with the research weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That would be a big deal and it would be nice to know I have had a part in researching the current knowledge of medicine.â&#x20AC;?

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Life after addiction Claiborne woman is grateful for lessons learned â&#x20AC;&#x153;The last time I had my picture in the paper, it was a mug shot,â&#x20AC;? said Megan Hinkle, 25. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So I really want to tell the more positive story about what my life is now.â&#x20AC;? For years, Megan was the consummate â&#x20AC;&#x153;itâ&#x20AC;? girl in her town. A pretty, popular, vivacious honors student, she was involved in an abundance of school and community activities. Megan had an active social life with lots of friends and was always on the go. Her family was well known and respected, and they encouraged Meganâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s every dream from cheerleading and modeling to giving her the BMW automobile that she wanted on her 15th birthday. Meganâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mom, in particular, doted on Megan and supported everything in which Megan expressed an interest, urging her to not only participate, but to excel. Academic achievement was of ultimate importance because it would put her on the path to â&#x20AC;&#x153;a perfect life.â&#x20AC;? Megan said she felt a lot of pressure to be perfect and to maintain a certain image, but that was â&#x20AC;&#x153;normalâ&#x20AC;? for her family who believed in â&#x20AC;&#x153;working from daylight until dark.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I worked hard and I had a pretty impressive resume by the time I applied for college,â&#x20AC;? Megan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I served in every school club possible, I had academic awards and pageant wins, and I was selected to go to Boston for a National Youth Leadership Forum.â&#x20AC;? She also made time for community service work, volunteering her time for projects such as Operation Christmas Child. Immersion in so many activities was what led Megan to self-medicate. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The ďŹ rst time I ever took a pill was when I was on a photo shoot when I was 12,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when I learned that meds will ďŹ x anything. Just pop a pill and it will be better.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was doing so much in high school and I was on the go all the time, so I started using more opiates,â&#x20AC;? Megan said. It gave me energy and helped my performance, and it worked for several years.â&#x20AC;? She admits to partying with teenage friends, including drinking alcohol and occasionally using marijuana. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would stay later at parties than most of my girlfriends and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d party harder,â&#x20AC;? Megan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I thought it was really cool when others would tell me that I could â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;party like a guy.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;? No matter what time she got in, Megan always had her face washed and contacts out before climbing into bed. In the morning while her peers were still sleeping, Megan would be up early, managing her responsibilities. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think anyone would have believed I was addicted at that point in time,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My drug use was a dirty little secret.â&#x20AC;? With her academic path still on the upswing, Megan graduated from high school in 2004. A recipient of the Bonner Scholarship, a community-service based scholarship, Megan entered Carson-Newman College and would spend the next three years as a biology/pre-med major. The use of opiates continued, and by this time, Megan was physically dependent on the drugs. It was during the college years Megan became involved with a man who was also a drug user.

Megan Hinkle of New Tazewell holds modeling shots taken when she was age 12. While competing in beauty pageants, Megan was introduced to Xanax on a photo shoot to relieve anxiety, a seemingly benign action that eventually led Megan to addiction. Today, she is in recovery. Everyone supported their relationship at ďŹ rst. Megan was successful in school and owned her own home, and her boyfriend was working and thriving. He treated her like a queen in the beginning, and from casual observances, things looked promising. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I thought this would be my fairy tale,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But as time went on, we tried everything from opiates to coke and even meth,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But something happened and he began isolating me from other people and became controlling. He was verbally and physically abusive.â&#x20AC;? Still, Megan did not exit the relationship, despite her familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wishes. She dropped out of Carson-Newman during her senior year and relocated with the boyfriend to New Tazewell. The couple would make road trips to Florida to pain clinics, sometimes called â&#x20AC;&#x153;pill mills,â&#x20AC;? where they would receive â&#x20AC;&#x153;enormousâ&#x20AC;? amounts of pain medication for bogus diagnoses. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My using was totally out of control,â&#x20AC;? Hinkle said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some days, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d take 240 mg of Oxycontin â&#x20AC;&#x201C; about three, 80-mg pills, just to function. Occasionally I would have a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;funâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; night which would often be in excess of 500 mg.â&#x20AC;? For comparison, a doctor might initially prescribe one, 5-mg tablet orally every six hours as needed for pain. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really the bizarre thing â&#x20AC;&#x201C; my family had absolutely no idea about my addiction until the day I told them I was going into treatment,â&#x20AC;? Megan said. The using situation got worse and the couple needed money to support their habit. Megan took a job at the Claiborne County Clerkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ofďŹ ce. She wound up embezzling a large amount of money to pay for drugs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I felt responsible for coming up with money for drugs to keep my boyfriend happy so that he wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be sick. He never asked me to do anything illegal, and I never told him I was doing it. I would have done anything to make him happy â&#x20AC;&#x201C; he had just as much control over me as the drugs,â&#x20AC;? she explained. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ironic that anything Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever judged anyone else for, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve found myself in that situation. I believed thieves were the lowest of the low, that murder would have been more acceptable.â&#x20AC;? When an investigation was launched in the Fall, Megan knew it would point to her, so she hatched a suicide plan. Fortunately, a visit from

her mother interrupted her during the afternoon when she was ready to put a gun to her forehead. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was crazy â&#x20AC;&#x201C; I must have been â&#x20AC;&#x201C; I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even know what I was thinking,â&#x20AC;? Megan confessed about the suicide attempt. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When my Mom came to see me, she knew something was horribly wrong, but she did not know I had a gun. â&#x20AC;Ś I debated whether to say goodbye and die or come off the porch.â&#x20AC;? She did come off the porch that day and was indicted for the crime in February. Any activity surrounding her court date was front page news, which was hard on Megan and her family. The following months would be spent detoxing in an inpatient facility and trying to extract herself from an on-again, off-again relationship with her boyfriend. For her beneďŹ t, Meganâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family tried to cut contact with the boyfriend by withholding mail and restricting phone calls, but she said this made her zeal for the relationship even more intense. Eventually, Megan moved in with a trusted male friend whom she had known since childhood. The friend was â&#x20AC;&#x153;never violent, but he did use drugs.â&#x20AC;? Their relationship moved from platonic to something more, and Megan began using drugs again, despite being on Suboxone, a drug that occupies opiate nerve receptors. Neither the relationship nor the Suboxone was a permanent solution. Both ended, but not before Megan wound up in the Emergency Department of an area hospital because she used drugs while taking naltrexone injections (a detoxiďŹ cation medication), causing a violent withdrawal reaction. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I literally had to be carried into the hospital,â&#x20AC;? she admits. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I thought I was dying.â&#x20AC;? After leaving the ER, Megan was bedridden for several weeks. When she was well enough, Megan found Peninsulaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Intensive Outpatient Program and the Women in Treatment (WIT) Program, in which she has been involved daily since Dec. 29, 2010. WIT is a program funded by a grant from the state of Tennessee. Megan participates in therapy ďŹ ve days a week and has medication supervised by professionals. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was put on Vivitrol shots that cap opiate receptors, so if I use or drink, I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel the effects,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have tried many methods to get sober, but this was the ďŹ rst one to really work.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I ďŹ rst came to WIT, I was convinced I was worthless, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve learned that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s never about shame here,â&#x20AC;? Megan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel so supported by my group (generally ďŹ ve to 10 people). I can go in with a problem and come out with a solution.â&#x20AC;? Megan said that she feels a great freedom in not being tied to expectations and holding herself to her own expectations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am grateful for my accomplishments . . . and my struggles. I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t trade the wisdom I have now for anything, but once was enough,â&#x20AC;? Megan said, referring to struggles in general. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I was using, I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see the other side. I thought if I got clean, I would have this mediocre life, and I focused on all the things that I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have,â&#x20AC;? she concluded. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The revelation has been that a better life (without drugs) is possible. I am the happiest Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever been.â&#x20AC;? Editorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s note: Megan graduated from Women in Treatment in August 2011. She is working full-time and remains sober.

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After marijuana, prescription and over-the-counter medications account for most of the top drugs abused by 12th graders in the past year, according to a 2010 report from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). The World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated that close to 3 million people in Europe and the U.S. are addicted to some type of opiate.

Physical need for drug drives use No shame in seeking help Patients who are prescribed opioids for a period of time may develop a physical dependence on them, which is not the same as addiction,â&#x20AC;? said Jessica Cox, MA, Licensed Clinical Social Jessica Cox, MA Worker, who moderates PenWomen In Treatinsulaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Women ment Program in Treatment Therapist (WIT) group. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Physical dependence goes beyond a desire to feel high; it is when the body requires a certain amount of a drug to feel normal.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The body adapts to repeated exposure to opioids so that more of the drug is needed to achieve the desired effect. Ceasing to use the drug abruptly can cause intense withdrawal symptoms which may include restlessness, muscle and bone pain, insomnia, diarrhea, vomiting, cold ďŹ&#x201A;ashes with goose bumps and involuntary leg movements.â&#x20AC;? The stories Cox hears in WIT conďŹ rm that young adults typically access opiate drugs for the ďŹ rst time through family members or friends, either directly or indirectly. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a vicious cycle because usersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; bodies become dependent on the drug, so they will do whatever is necessary to get it just to keep from feeling sick.â&#x20AC;?

Dozens of opiates and related drugs have been extracted from the seeds of the opium poppy or synthesized in laboratories. The poppy seed contains mor-phine and codeine, e, among other drugs. s. Synthetic derivatives ves include hydrocodone one (Vicodin), oxycodone ne (Percodan, OxyContin), ntin), hydromorphone (Dilaudid) Dilaudid) and heroin (diacetylmorphine).) Some synthetic opi opiates or opioids with a different chemical structure but similar effects on the body and brain are propoxyphene (Darvon), meperidine (Demerol), and methadone. Physicians use many of these drugs to treat pain. Opiates suppress pain, reduce anxiety and, at sufficiently high doses, produce euphoria. Most can be taken by mouth, smoked or snorted, although addicts often prefer intravenous injection, which gives the strongest, quickest pleasure. The use of intravenous needles can lead to infectious disease, and an overdose, especially taken intravenously, often causes respiratory arrest and death. Addicts take more than they intend,

Opiates start with a poppy seed

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also an expensive habit. For example, Oxycontin has a street value of about $1 per milligram,â&#x20AC;? Cox said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The need drives people to lie, steal and manipulate to satisfy their bodiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; need for the drug.â&#x20AC;? Cox said that persons who are prescribed opiates should use them only under appropriate medical supervision, and they should also be medically supervised when stopping use in order to reduce or avoid withdrawal symptoms. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of the most important things I can stress is that if you are a woman suffering from an addictive issue, you are not alone,â&#x20AC;? Cox said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In fact, the number of women who die from addiction-related illnesses is more than four times the number of women who die from breast cancer.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Getting treatment can mean the difference between life and death,â&#x20AC;? Cox said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no shame in getting help that can save your life.â&#x20AC;? Women in Treatment is appropriate for women ages 18-64 who are in addiction. Priority placement is given to pregnant injecting drug abusers, pregnant substance abusers and injecting drug users. The women must be uninsured or have exhausted available insurance beneďŹ ts. Sessions are conducted by a masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s level clinician Monday through Friday at the Peninsula Lighthouse campus, 1451 Dowell Springs Blvd, in West Knoxville. WIT is grant-funded, so there is no cost to qualiďŹ ed participants. For details, call Women in Treatment at 865-374-7262.

repeatedly re try to cut down or stop, spend much time obtaining the drug and recovering from its effects, give up other pursuits for the sake of the drug, and continue to use it despite serious physical or psychological harm. Some cannot hold jobs and turn to crime to pay for illegal drugs. Heroin has long been the favorite of street addicts because it is several times more potent than morphine and reaches the brain especially fast, producing a euphoric rush when injected intravenously. But prescription opiate analgesics, especially oxycodone and hydrocodone, have also become a problem. In anyone who takes opiates regularly for a long time, nerve receptors are likely to adapt and begin to resist the drug, causing the need for higher doses. The other side of this tolerance is a physical withdrawal reaction that occurs when the drug leaves the body and receptors must readapt to its absence. This physical dependence is not equivalent to addiction. Many patients who take an opiate for pain are physically dependent but not addicted: The drug is not harming them, and they do not crave it or go out of their way to obtain it. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; From the Harvard Medical School Family Guide

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Things that make you go â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;ewwâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Young-Williams Animal Center team member Beth enjoys a few moments with Mittens, a 3-year-old female tuxedo cat. This kitty is always dressed for a night on the town, but she would prefer quiet evenings in a forever home. She is available for adoption at the main center at 3201 Division St. Hours there are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Or stop by Young-Williams Animal Village at 6400 Kingston Pike. Hours there are noon to 6 p.m. daily. Info: www. knoxpets.org.

I firmly believe in caring for all of Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s creatures, but I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think there is a word in the English language that would sum up the fear I have of spiders.

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Critter Tales Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m afraid they will bite me, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just afraid they will get on me. When I see one walk, I can almost feel it moving on me even if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only in a movie Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m watching. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve heard people say in order to overcome a fear of something, you must face that which causes the fear. I really have no other

choice where I live because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heavily wooded. Where the blacktop ends is literally where my driveway begins. The spiders you will find outside my door arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the small, gnat-eating spiders; these suckers could probably take down hummingbirds if given the chance. In the past, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve sprayed one or two with a coat of bug spray so thick only a big pile of marshmallow-like goo remains afterward. The most common ones Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen are known as wolf spiders. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something about the spindly legs, the furry bodies and the â&#x20AC;&#x153;I could pounce on you at any momentâ&#x20AC;? appearance of a spider that makes me wonder why they were even necessary when God created the universe. Maybe He wanted to keep city folk out of the country. The only solace I get from

HEALTH NOTES â&#x2013; Cancer survivor support groups, Monday evenings and Tuesday mornings and Tuesday evenings, at the Cancer Support Community of East Tennessee (formerly the Wellness Community), 2230 Sutherland Ave. Support groups for cancer caregivers, Monday evenings. Cancer family bereavement group, Thursday evenings. Info: 546-4661 or www.cancersupportet.org. â&#x2013; Lung cancer support group meets 6 p.m. the third Monday every month at Baptist West Cancer Center, 10820 Parkside Drive. No charge, light refreshments served. Info: Trish or Amanda, 218-7081. â&#x2013; Stop Smoking: 215-QUIT (7848) is a program of the Knox County Health Department. The hotline is answered 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

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STRANG SENIOR CENTER Events for the week of August 29: â&#x2013; Monday, Aug. 29: 9:30 a.m., Watercolor; 10 a.m., Cardio; 10 a.m., Bridge; 12:30 p.m., Sit N Be Fit. â&#x2013; Tuesday, Aug. 30: 8:45 a.m., Tai Chi 1; 9:30 a.m., BB Bridge; 10 a.m., Oil painting; 11:15 a.m., Pilates; 12:30 p.m., Canasta; 12:30 p.m., Yoga; 2 p.m., Line dancing. â&#x2013; Wednesday, Aug. 31: 8:45 a.m., Advanced Cardio; 9:30 a.m., Watercolor; 10 a.m., Cardio; 10 a.m., Social Bridge; 1 p.m., Spanish Club. â&#x2013; Thursday, Sept. 1: 8:45 a.m., Tai Chi 1; 10 a.m., Tai Chi 2; 10 a.m., Paint group; 12:30 p.m., Sit N Be Fit class; 1:45 p.m., Chorus. â&#x2013; Friday, Sept. 2: 8:45 a.m., Advanced Cardio; 9:30 a.m., Canasta; 10 a.m., Cardio; 12:30 p.m., Yoga; 1 p.m., Rummikub; 2 p.m. Ballroom. â&#x2013; Info or to register for classes: 670-6693.

The Strang Senior Center is in need of a Spanish class instructor. The center currently has an advanced group of students who meet weekly. Instructors may contract with the center or volunteer their time. The center is also looking for groups that entertain, provide music or perform at parties. If anyone is interested in either of these opportunities, contact Lauren Monahan, 670-6693.

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knowing they exist on the same planet I live on is that they are beneficial to humans in a number of ways. According to www. aboutbugsbugsbugs.com, spiders eat disease-carrying insects and their venom might possibly prevent brain damage in stroke victims someday. The silk they produce is also used in laboratory instruments. But if they step on my welcome mat, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re toast. Info: www. phobias.about.com.

or caregivers of an adult with a mental illness is 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month at Cherokee Health Systems, 2018 Western Avenue. Info: Rebecca Gill, 602-7807 or www.namiknox.org.

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The Lionel Band will perform during â&#x20AC;&#x153;Odd Thursday Bluezzâ&#x20AC;? 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 1, at Latitude 35 on Market Square. Admission is $10 at the door.

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Opera in Maryville Blount County libraryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hot Summer Nights concert series will conclude 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 1, with a preview of the Knoxville Opera Companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s upcoming season. The performance will be held in the library, 508 N. Cusick St. in Maryville. Admission is free. Info: www. blountlibrary.org.

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Frutos Latinos IIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; The Arts and Culture Alliance will host HoLa Hora Latinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Frutos Latinos IIâ&#x20AC;? beginning with a reception 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 2. Regular gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Info: 5237543 or www.knoxalliance. com.

Donate blood, save lives Those donating blood through Medic receive Medicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;blood coverageâ&#x20AC;? which exempts donors and their IRS dependents from paying blood collection and processing fees if a transfusion is needed. It takes only one donation per year to become a Medic member. Donors also receive a free, non-fasting cholesterol evaluation and blood typing. Donors can stop by one of two donor centers: 1601 Ailor Ave. or 11000 Kingston Pike in Farragut. Other sites: â&#x2013; 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 29, Dollar General in Fountain City, 401 N. Broadway, bloodmobile. â&#x2013; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Aug. 29, Flying J Travel Plaza, 800 Watt Road, bloodmobile. â&#x2013; 2-8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 31, Clear Springs Baptist Church, 8518 Thompson School Road, bloodmobile. Donors must be at least 17 years old (16 years old weighing 120 pounds with parental consent), weigh at least 110 pounds and have positive identification. Info: 524-3074 or visit www.medicblood.org.

September at Art Market Gallery The Art Market Galleryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s featured artists for September are Gordon Fowler and Pat Delashmit. A reception will be held in their honor Friday, Sept. 2. Fowler creates heirloom-quality items using a woodturning lathe and Delashmit is a fiber artist who creates woven tapestries, soft sculpture and mixed media pieces.

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Bearden High opens Bertelkamp Center for Academic Excellence By Natalie Lester Senior linebacker Will Burns knows the Bertelkamp Center for Academic Excellence will make a difference at Bearden High School. “It means the world to have a center like this available to us,” he said. “I know it will only make us better.” Junior quarterback and catcher on the baseball field Nicky Frizen is bracing himself for the early morning ACT prep the center will offer. “It is just so early, but it will definitely be worth it when it improves our scores,” Frizen said. County officials and Bearden High School staff were on hand last week to officially open the new center, along with Voice of the Vols and the center’s namesake Bert Bertkelcamp and his sister, Lori. The Center will cater to student-athletes who strug-

High School Foundation. “This is a great opportunity for Bearden. It is all about the students. That is why we’re here.” Athletic director Scott Witt feels confident the new center will provide academic help for the students when they need it most. “We want to provide as many opportunities as possible for our student-athletes,” Witt said. “We’re excited about this center and hope if students are serious about playing at the next level, their academics will be ready for them to do that.” “We will monitor grades and hold our students accountable,” principal John Bartlett said. Bearden High School student-athletes Neil Gore, Nicky Frizen and Will Burns enjoy the opening Bert Bertelkamp apof the Bertelkamp Center for Academic Excellence. Photo by N. Lester proached the subject with humor. gle in their classes. At the grades. Those receiving a through Thursday. “My name has never been end of each grading period, D or F in a core subject will “Bert Bertelkamp is our associated with academics,” the guidance office will be required to attend tutor- hero,” said Buddy Heins, he joked. “I’m proud of my run a report of all athletes’ ing from 7-8 a.m. Monday president of the Bearden association with Bearden.

Bert Bertelkamp, Voice of the Vols, Bearden High School alumnus and namesake of the Bertelkamp Center for Academic Excellence, attends the center’s opening. The center will offer tutoring for studentathletes who make a D or F in a core subject and ACT prep for all juniors.

Sometimes all students need is a little help, and hopefully this center will provide that.”

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Adaptive driving program keeps mom behind the wheel While driving her son to school and soccer practice, 47-year old RenĂŠ Morgan of South Knoxville was used to improvising. Morgan has multiple sclerosis, a condition of the nervous system that impairs movement in her legs. As the disease progressed, she began having trouble moving her right leg quickly enough to push the gas and brake pedals. So she would put her hand under her knee to lift it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;No, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never had a wreck, because I stay back from other cars and am very careful. But I was told that I shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be driving,â&#x20AC;? Morgan says. Finally in late June and early July, Morgan attended the Adaptive Driving Program at the Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center. Adaptive Driving Specialist Jenny Pugh worked with Morgan for more than six hours, testing her eye sight and reflex time, prescribing the controls that would work best for her Chrysler Town & Country van, and then training her in how to use them.

used to have on his truck. He drove 18-wheelers,â&#x20AC;? Morgan says. For her left hand, Morgan has a mechanical hand control for the gas and brake. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lever attached to a long metal rod that reaches the pedals. She pushes one way for the gas, and another for the brake. The rod attachment is one of the most common hand controls used in cars and can be bypassed when someone else wants to drive the van with foot pedals. For her blinker, Morgan has an attachment that allows her to flip it with her right finger. Pugh rode with Morgan at first as she practiced driving with her new hand controls in quiet parking lots, then in low-traffic neighborhoods. As she got more confident, they drove onto KingsDriving is more comfortable for Rene Morgan after hand controls were inton Pike and Interstate 40. stalled in her van. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That was OK,â&#x20AC;? Morgan says Morgan took her van to SuperiToday, she has a large spin- with a laugh. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think I was more or Van & Mobility on Lovell Road ner knob on the upper right edge worried about it than I needed to to have hand controls installed, of her steering wheel so that she be. It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t that hard. Jenny was allowing her to drive without the can steer with just her right hand. so nice, she kept me talking. We â&#x20AC;&#x153;It reminds me of a knob my dad had a conversation while I was foot pedals at all.

doing all this so I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a lot of time to think about it, so I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t that nervous.â&#x20AC;? Combined with the automatic door and mobility scooter ramp on the van, Morganâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hand controls allow her to keep driving her son to school and soccer practice, safely. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think it relieves the stress of me having to worry about having a wreck,â&#x20AC;? she explains. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I still got around the same that I do now, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just easier on me.â&#x20AC;? Outfitting a van with hand controls and receiving training for it can cost more than $2,000, and fees are typically not covered by medical insurance. There are payment plans through many car outfitters, however, and there are grants available through some disability organizations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s for my peace of mind,â&#x20AC;? says Morgan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deďŹ nitely worth it.â&#x20AC;? For more information about the Adaptive Driving Program at Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center, call (865) 541-2493.

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Helping people maintain their independence After an initial evaluation at the Adaptive Driving Center, if additional driving rehabilitation therapy is needed to learn to use special equipment, clients pay an hourly rate for individual instruction. There are many types of adaptive driving equipment available to people with physical disabilities, says Pugh. A left foot accelerator, for example, can help a person who canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t use his or her right foot. Hand controls, spinner knobs for one-handed steering, blinker crossovers, mobility ramps, electrical swivel seats and wheelchair mounting systems are all available to drivers with various disabilities. Pugh can demonstrate all of them in the centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sedan and wheelchair-equipped van. She works with clients to determine which equipment is best for each person. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Most equipment is interchangeable in most vehicles,â&#x20AC;? says Pugh. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Jenny Pugh, Driving patients to get the wrong equipment, and Rehabilitation Specialist we want them to get the right equipment that is best for their budget and will last.â&#x20AC;? Pugh says after outďŹ tting a car with adapPugh works with about 200 patients evtive driving equipment, a patient must reery year at the Patricia Neal Center. They take the Tennessee state driving test. She include those who have had strokes or insends a written report to the Department of juries, seniors whose families are concerned Motor Vehicles as well. about their driving skills,and younger peo- â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is sometimes difďŹ cult to tell them they â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a process, but it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take as long ple with physical or mental disabilities. canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t drive. as people think,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People should She begins each session with a series â&#x20AC;&#x153;But on the other hand, if there isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a know this is available.â&#x20AC;? of evaluations of vision, hearing, physical deďŹ cit, we can show the family theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re ďŹ ne. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Adaptive Driving Program provides strength and range of motion. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re main- Just because someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s getting older doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a lot of information for the family and the ly looking at response time visually, physi- mean they canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t drive. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had 93-year-olds patient to be safe. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s equipment availcal and cognitively,â&#x20AC;? explains Pugh. pass the tests.â&#x20AC;? able, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not that difďŹ cult to learn.â&#x20AC;? She evaluates clients on the road and is Insurance companies rarely cover the For more information about the honest with them about her ďŹ ndings. cost of driving evaluations or therapy, says Adaptive Driving Program at Patricia â&#x20AC;&#x153;I tell them if I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s safe, but Pugh. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Driving is considered a privilege, not Neal Rehabilitation Center, call (865) the physician has the ďŹ nal say,â&#x20AC;? says Pugh. a necessity,â&#x20AC;? she explains. 541-2493. Driving is a joy to millions of Americans. But if a personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s physical or mental skills have declined with age or illness, driving may not be safe. Before you assume that Mom or Dad needs to hang up the keys, it can be helpful to get a thorough evaluation at the Adaptive Driving Program at the Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center. The centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s director, Jenny Pugh, is the only Adaptive Driving Rehabilitation Specialist in the Knoxville area and one of just 600 nationwide.

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

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many things have changed. It’s been a real growing experience for us and Farragut.” Underwood, who owns the Farragut store with her husband, Al Underwood, also owns the Hallmark store in the Gallery Shopping Center in West Knoxville. While businesses are flocking to the Turkey Creek business district, Underwood sees Village Green as a great location. “There’s the convenience of this location, the Kingston Pike address and a shopping center anchored by Fresh Market and Steinmart,” she says. “Charlotte had a terrific business going, and I hope to continue her success.” Underwood says she is the only independent Hallmark store owner in Knoxville. The others are corporate-owned. She brought six employees from the Cedar Bluff location with her and has retained three of Lissa’s employees, including store manager April Moss. “I had a lot of loyal and dedicated employees, and I appreciate them so much,” Dickerson says. While it will still be a Hallmark store, Underwood says customers will see some differences. She places more emphasis on party and gift inventory and fashion accessories. Only 50 percent of her merchandise is the Hallmark brand. She will also offer a line of UT merchandise for Big Orange fans. Moving a whole store full of merchandise in less than a week has been tiring, she says. “There are a million details and thousands of pieces and items to be packed and unpacked,” she says. “My staff is so good. They make it happen.” Opening day was Thursday, Aug. 25. Store hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. The telephone number brings a smile to Underwood’s face. “It’s 966-GIFT.” Underwood has found only one problem with her new location. “It’s dangerous to be this close to Fresh Market,” she says, eyeing a box of cookies on a table.

Home work made easy Lots of folks are running small businesses from their homes today, thanks to computer systems, fax machines, scanners and all the other gizmos that make it possible. But before you go calling the zoning police, consider the case of Bryan Johns, a young entrepreneur who lives in a condominium complex in West Knoxville with his wife and two young sons. Bryan has done nothing in violation of the zoning ordinances. He has simply turned one of the bedrooms into an office where he runs his computer business, Geeks for Less. He does the actual work where his clients and their computers are – their homes or offices or home offices. I first met Bryan when I moved awhile back and couldn’t get my computer system up and running again, no matter what I tried. I found Geeks for Less in the Yellow

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commodate four-hour windows while we sit and wait for something to happen. Bryan says about 50 percent of his customers are home-based businesses, or people who do at least some of their work from home. He says during the average week he spends “about half my time in homes and about half in offices.” Bryan grew up in West Knoxville, graduated from Farragut High School and got a degree in computer science and information technology online from Kaplan University while working nights as a bartender. He started Geeks for Less in 2002 and says the night job gave him the perfect opportunity to market his new business during the day, visiting offices and handing out flyers during normal business hours. “My dilemma was taking a professional job and still being able to market and

Bryan and Michelle Johns in their home office build the business.” He tried that but it didn’t work, so he stuck with the bartending until Geeks for Less took off. And that it has. In addition to Knoxville, he does work in Chattanooga, Nashville and Memphis for Knoxvillebased clients who also have offices there. His staff is relatively small, and one of the anchors is his

wife, Michelle, who does the bookkeeping and makes the appointments for the tech support folks. “I couldn’t do it on my own,” Bryan says. “Over time, she started wearing more and more of the hats I had been wearing.” Serendipity all around. Info: www.geeksforless. com or 805-3051. Contact: annehartsn@aol.com.

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rectly. In the case of a car accident, this can result in injury or death. These injuries can be prevented by following these simple guidelines: ■ Make sure car seat and harness fit snugly. If the car seat or harness is too loose, it can cause whiplash or bruising. ■ Don’t transition to a forward-facing car seat too soon. Children should ride in a rear-facing car seat until they are two years of age or until they reach the highest weight or height allowed by their car safety seat’s manufacturer. ■ Check that your rearfacing car seat is at a 45-degree angle. ■ Use the retainer clip correctly. The clip should be positioned at the level of the child’s armpits.

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■ Place the harness straps through the correct slots. ■ Use a booster seat. Children require a booster seat until they reach the height of 4 foot 9 inches. ■ Check that your seat that is not outdated or has not been recalled. ■ Don’t allow children under age 13 to ride in the front seat. ■ Position belts correctly. Remember “belts over bones.” Shoulder straps should be positioned over shoulder bones. Lap belt should be positioned across the hip bones. As we enter Child Passenger Safety month in September, we at Rural/ Metro want to be sure every parent or expectant parent has the car seat safety information they need to keep their family safe.

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hristian Academy of Knoxville tennis coach Betsy Sparks has hung up her racquet, but she keeps on achieving off the court. Sparks coached the high school boys tennis team to a state tournament win last season. The doubles team of her son, Will, and Cameron Dickerson won at state, too. Sparks, who teaches math and computer classes at CAKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s high school, decided to make that high note her ďŹ nal coaching season. However, she plans to teach at CAK until she retires. She said she feels called to take a larger role in CAKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s technology program. On top of that, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s taking classes toward a Ph.D. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I really love the kids, but I feel like God is leading me towards letting someone step (into coaching tennis) who has more energy,â&#x20AC;? she said. Sparks coached CAKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tennis team for ďŹ ve years. Her coaching adventures started 10 years ago in Chattanooga. Her daughter, Lauren, started playing tennis, and the family couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afford private lessons. Sparks, who had played recreationally, started working with her. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It just snowballed,â&#x20AC;? Sparks said. At age 7, Will was playing tennis, too, and Sparks was coaching both kids. When the kids attended Vander Meers Tennis Academy, Sparks went along to a coaching clinic. Sparks loves tennis because of the strategy of the game. She likes that a student can learn tennis and play for the rest of his or her life. Sparks coached at Farragut High School for four years before coming to CAK. And sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s glad she made the move, both for her teaching career and her childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s education. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have really good students,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a pleasure to teach. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a caring, Christian environment, and the administration is the best Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever worked for. After my son having gone through here, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m convinced thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a better place to raise a family. Good academics combined with a Christian environment is hard to ďŹ nd.â&#x20AC;?

Website gets redesign Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t forget to check out CAKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s redesigned website at www.cak warriors.com. There, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll ďŹ nd all kinds of information for current and prospective students and parents.

CAKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s former tennis coach Betsy Sparks led the boys team to the state tournament last season. Now, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s taking a break from coaching but not from teaching. Photo by N. Lester

We have really good students. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a pleasure to teach. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a caring, Christian environment, and the administration is the best Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever worked for. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Betsy Sparks Seeing Will and the rest of the team succeed at the state level was the icing on the cake. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That was such an incredible experience,â&#x20AC;? Sparks said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was for all the guys on the team. All three seniors (Will, Cameron and Jared McPherson), I felt so close to those guys.â&#x20AC;?

Due to injuries on the team, some of the teammates playing at State were inexperienced. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was incredible to watch the kids and watch the leadership of the three seniors,â&#x20AC;? she said. They even came up behind her and dumped a cooler of ice water over her head while she gave a TV interview. That, said Sparks, just shows the close relationship she had with her team. Sparks plans to keep teaching at CAK until retirement. She enjoys her subjects of math, computer science and physics, and she enjoys teaching high schoolers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an age when they can talk and reason like young adults, and most have really great attitudes here,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fun to ďŹ gure out ways to make it more fun for them.â&#x20AC;?

CAK vs. Grace in the Battle of the Bottles The Battle of the Bottles is about to commence! Each year, CAK and Grace Christian Academy join in some friendly competition to beneďŹ t Hope Resource Center. Each student will receive a bottle, and the goal is to ďŹ ll each bottle with coins by Sept. 14. The school that collects the most money wins! Last year, the Battle of the Bottles raised $12,223.80 for Hope Resource Center. Support Hope and your school by ďŹ lling a bottle with your spare change.

CAK laptops: come as you are By Shannon Carey Christian Academy of Knoxvilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s high school is rolling out a new technology program this year. No, it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t require parents to shell out for the preferred brand of laptop. At CAK, just about every laptop on the market is OK to use at school, whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a Macbook Pro, a $250 netbook, or anything in between. According to CAK technology director Adam Hotchkiss, freshmen and sophomores are required to have laptops at school this year, but they can bring whatever laptop they choose with some minimal system requirements. Before adopting a technology program, the school conducted a survey and found that half of all CAK high schoolers already had laptops at home. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We decided, letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s let the parents decide what to do for their students, like buying a car,â&#x20AC;? said Hotchkiss. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We wanted to be sensitive in this economy to different familiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ďŹ nancial situations. We wanted to make sure we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t create a hardship for a family who really needed to be here.â&#x20AC;?

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The school hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t gone paperless yet, but the laptop program is part of a 2-3 year transition. With Moodle, a new coursework management system, students can upload their homework and take tests and quizzes online. Teachers have also been transitioned to

wireless tablet PCs and wireless projectors. Since theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re no longer tied to the front of the room, the teacher can move among the students, giving help where itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s needed. Hotchkiss said CAKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s transition is keeping up with the big shift to wireless technology.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The world is moving away from a desktop model and towards portability and availability of the Internet,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This program allows access to the Internet within the classroom because there are so many tools available online. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So far, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a real blessing.â&#x20AC;?

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Brian Rhoades loves The Wellness Center after just three months as a member. He works with personal trainer Mike Wigger three times a week and says: “Mike designs each Brian Rhoades with exercise workout with extreme specialist Mike Wigger. care and focus on what I’m trying to accomplish. He makes each session fun, but at the same time pushes me to do my very best. And even though a session is over, Mike remains available. He is always happy to help design workouts for other days of the week.” Brian is a manufacturing executive, married to Pam for 23 years. Their son attends Catholic High School and their daughter is at Sacred Heart. Brian has struggled with “the yo-yo effect” on his weight, but now believes he’s found the place to help him “lose the weight and keep it off forever!”

Long bouts of high intensity exercise can do more harm than good if your body isn’t prepared for such a stimulus. Unnecessary injuries can be the result of working muscles that aren’t used to the stress of a regular exercise regimen. exercise can do more harm than good if your body isn’t prepared for such a stimulus. Unnecessary injuries can be the result of working muscles that aren’t used to the stress of a regular exercise regimen. Thus, sticking to a regular exercise plan is the most effective way to reach your fitness goals. Research shows that consistency is the key for both cardio and strength training programs. By adhering to regular exercise your body is able to steadily progress, allowing you to see positive changes and improvements in your fitness. Leaving too much time in between your workouts forces your body to start over at square one for each workout. In order to prevent unnecessary injuries and make steady improvements in your fitness program, you must commit to a regular exercise routine. Do your best to make your workout a non-negotiable part of your day and you will reap the benefits of being physically fit!

JUDY CONSTANTIN Judy Constantin is a happy person who loves puzzles and games. She joined The Wellness Center is January and enjoys all the yoga classes. She works with trainer Kathleen Bullock. “I started because my sister talked me into one class,” she says. “Now six months later, I am stronger, my balance has greatly improved and I have much more range of motion. “Also, my blood pressure has dropped into the normal range.”

DARA WORRELL Dara Worrell, a member since October 2010, calls The Wellness Center “a great location with clean, new equipment and a friendly staff.” She says spin class has “added fun cardio to my workouts.” Dara is starting her 16th year in the UT Athletic Department. She drives a Mini Cooper and is mom to a 4-legged black lab named Riley. She says: “All instructors are great to give options and modiﬁcations as you learn and advance. Dara loves yoga instructor Pam’s advice, ‘Take your yoga mat into the world!’”

LIVEWELL LIFESTYLE CHANGE PROGRAM ARE YOU READY? To reclaim your body For a better life To get moving To be healthy The choice is yours to be happy and healthy…YOU make the choice today and we will help you reach your potential. The Wellness Center at Dowell Springs offers a beginner friendly, unique, comprehensive program combining nutrition and fitness to influence positive and healthy lifestyle changes. This multidisciplinary approach also helps you learn how to manage the stressers in your life to improve your ability to focus on achieving a more balanced and healthy lifestyle.

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JOSH DEMARCUS Josh Demarcus has worked out at The Wellness Center since its opening. He enjoys both free weights and the AMT. “Throughout the year I have been here, I have been able to both lose weight and gain muscle,” he says. “With the help of Casey Peer, I have been able to really focus on what I put in my body and the consequences – either good or bad. “For the last couple of months, my body has begun to change and I must say that all of the hard work that goes into changing your lifestyle is completely worth it.” Josh’s motto: “No pain, no gain.”

MINDY SCHULTZ-FEE Mindy Schultz-Fee, 37, joined The Wellness Center one year ago to lose weight. She says: “I did not realize then what taking that ﬁrst step was going to do.” Mindy is a mammography/MRI technologist who enjoys the Center’s “Power Hour” and “Power Burn.” She says staff members are absolutely fabulous. “Through their constant motivation and encouragement, I have not only lost weight, but have made a lifestyle change for the better. “I am healthier and stronger than I have ever been. I now love how I look and feel.”

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‘Some like it hot’ Stretch it out with hot yoga By Shannon Carey

f you think yoga can’t give you a powerful cardio workout, think again. Yoga is best known for its gentle stretches, but there’s a vast variety of yoga styles. One of these, hot yoga, turns the yoga studio’s temperature up to 90 degrees, making the stretches deeper and the heart rate pump. Philip Clift, an instructor at Knoxville’s Glowing Body yoga studio, teaches the Hot Power Yoga class, which not only turns up the heat, but it turns up the intensity. It’s a vigorous exercise with powerful movements, meant to appeal to runners and weight lifters. But, Clift says, the class is approachable. Any skill level can take part. Clift got started in yoga after a year and a half as a massage therapist, which he still practices. A combination of old sports injuries and new vocational back pain made him look for a therapeutic exercise. “I figured yoga was probably the best thing I could do,” he said. After exploring the different yoga styles, Clift found Ashtanga yoga, a vigorous, strong workout and a variation on the Vinyasa style.

“By its very a nature, it creates a lot of heat in the body,” said Clift. Clift has been teaching Power Yoga since 1995. A couple of years ago, he decided to turn up the heat. “When you’re sweating, your body is more pliable,” he said. “You probably have more resistance to hurting yourself, your circulation is strong. It’s a very practical, beneficial style, especially for those who like intense workouts.” Also, sweating is believed by some to cleanse the body of harmful toxins. “Personally, I think there’s a lot to that,” Clift said. Over the years of doing Hot Power Yoga, Clift has noticed that his sweat is cleaner. “A lot of people claim that they feel better, more fit, more flexible, less prone to injuries,” he said. “You really do just feel a sense of well-being from practicing yoga.” Who shouldn’t do hot yoga? Clift said anyone advised not to exercise in heat should choose another style, as should those with heart problems or high blood pressure. Women who are recently pregnant and new to the practice should not do hot yoga. Just like any style of yoga, newcomers can build up to the full practice of Hot Power Yoga at their own pace. Clift said those who “are comfortable with their bodies and fitness-oriented in general” can probably jump right in. “If not, start with a general Hatha yoga class to learn the poses and get more comfortable with your body,” he said. Finally, Clift said people are sometimes intimidated by the spiritual aspect of yoga. While you can combine a physical and spiritual practice, Clift said you can use yoga just as exercise, too. The Glowing Body in North Knoxville offers a variety of classes for any skill level. Info: www.theglowingbody.net.

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our local grocery store has an organic alternative for just about every food, usually at a higher price. If you’re interested in going organic but don’t want to blow your household food budget, all those choices can be confusing. Beth Booker, clinical dietician with Fort Sanders Regional, says there is merit to the organic eating movement, and there is hope for the frugal organic eater. According to Booker, organic fruits and vegetables

have been shown to have higher levels of disease-fighting antioxidant behavior than their conventionally grown counterparts. Organic dairy products have lower bovine growth hormone and chemical residue levels than other diary, and organic meats are worth the investment, too. However, when it comes to organic packaged foods like cookies, “A cookie is a cookie, even if it’s organic,” said Booker. “For your dollar, it’s better to buy organic dairy and fruits and vegetables and let the packaged stuff be packaged stuff.” For produce, Booker recommends going to the Environmental Work Group’s website, www.ewg.org, and checking out the Dirty Dozen and Clean 15 lists. The Dirty Dozen are the 12 fruits and

vegetables most likely to contain high levels of pesticide residue. Some examples are apples, celery and strawberries. The Clean 15 have the lowest pesticide levels and include onions, corn and pineapple. These lists are good places to start, said Booker. Select a few from the Dirty Dozen and try buying those organic for a while. Also, try shopping at the local farmers market. “Certified organic means a farmer has jumped through a lot of hoops to be documented and inspected, and that’s an expensive process,” Booker said. “So, some smaller operations, like at the farmers market, are growing organic but aren’t certified. Talk to the farmer and go with your gut feeling.” Continued on next page

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