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West High fights to keep ROTC By Betty Bean

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When West High School junior Macie Gardner heard that the U.S. Navy wants to shut down her school’s Junior ROTC program, she was stunned. She has taken ROTC since she was a freshman and plans to join the Navy when she finishes college. Gardner ROTC is an important piece of her high school life and her future plans. “I was shocked. I actually almost cried,” she said. “If I don’t have it my senior year, I don’t know what I’m going to do.” The problem, says Senior Naval Science instructor Kevin Smathers, a retired Navy commander who is in his first year at West, is that ROTC enrollment dropped to 63 students last year, far below the required 100-student minimum. He says that happened because of a glitch in the system that was exposed when West dropped block scheduling last fall. “A list came out the first of July that slated 29 units across the U.S. to be closed for low enrollment. This was one of the 29, and we are still on the list,” Smathers said.

Freshman cadet Brandon Grimes and Senior Naval Science instructor Kevin Smathers with the 3-ton boat anchor outside the West High School ROTC building. Photos by Betty Bean

Meanwhile, Macie started a petition drive to keep ROTC at West. This helped spark a schoolwide campaign, and on Oct. 1, the 100th student cadet signed up. “We were so happy,” Macie said. “Everybody started cheering. Since then people will come up to me and say ‘I know you have your numbers, but I still want to join.’ ” “It was a herculean effort on the part of the cadets, guidance counsel-

ors and the administration,” Smathers said. “It really was a schoolwide effort and everybody pitched in. There was a great deal of pride when we got that hundredth cadet. I call him Number One Hundred.” Smathers said that West High School has a 41-year tradition and the best facilities of any ROTC program in the area. “It’s important that people know that we’re not a recruiting program

He knew he had chosen the right career when a professor invited him to tag along as he identified the remains of a woman killed in a fiery truck crash. That was Bass’ “Aha!” moment, and the only case that has ever made him sick. He taught at the University of Kansas for more than

10 years before UT hired him in 1971. Anthropology offices were located in former student dorms under Neyland Stadium, and shortly after Bass arrived, a body was sent to him by the state medical examiner. Lacking an appropriate space for storing the body, he put it in a shower stall in the men’s room that served as the janitor’s closet. “The best chewing out I ever had came from that janitor,” he recalls. Not long after that, Bass approached UT Dean Alvin Nielsen to ask for some property for storing bodies. He was given space at a sow barn at UT’s Holston Farm, a 45-minute drive from campus. He was later given three acres behind UT Medical Center. “That’s when we really began to do research on dead bodies,” he said. His notion of a facility dedicated to studying decomposition began when he was

asked to help ranchers who were losing cattle in the late 1960s. Thieves would butcher cattle in the fields and leave the carcasses behind. The ranchers thought the culprits might be tracked through the sale of the meat if Bass could determine how long the cows had been dead. Bass said he could if he had four dead cows to track the rate of decomposition in each of the four seasons. The ranchers didn’t comply. The Body Farm was unprecedented, aside from research done in 13th century China, Bass says. In the past five years, several similar sites have been established in the U.S. He knows his 40 years of work in East Tennessee have paid off when he gets a call from a law enforcement officer who was able to determine the race and sex of a body because of the training received from Bass. “It makes you feel good, really,” he says.

co.” The “Padgett Plan,” a 28-page document released by his campaign the day after the primary, includes a flowchart illustrating the workings of TNIvestco. However, only in the broadest sense does Padgett’s plan resemble TNInvestco, which provides tax credits to venture capitalists who then sell the tax credits to insurance companies and use the proceeds to invest in businesses. Ideally, these businesses produce new tax revenue which is cycled back into the state’s tax credit fund, resulting in something like a perpetual

fur farm with dollars rather than skins. Padgett’s concept for Knoxville is simpler. The city puts up $1 for every $3 from a private investor. Padgett says the “angel investors” will be selected through competitive bidding and only businesses in the city of Knoxville would be eligible for a capital infusion. There’s another significant difference in the state’s plan and what Padgett envisions for Knoxville. The state allocated $200 million in tax credits as seed money for TNInvestco. Padgett won’t say how much the city

will set aside until he determines what can be trimmed from the budget. He believes at least 10 percent (about $17 million) of the city’s roughly $170 million general fund budget could be pared off. Padgett concedes that’s a sizeable cut but bases his optimism on his experience working with former Gov. Phil Bredesen. Nominally a Democrat in a nonpartisan race, Padgett’s major themes would be at home in any Republican’s campaign literature: cut bureaucratic red tape; remove

Body of work We’re for the women! The Democratic Women of Knox County voted with their dollars last week. See Betty Bean’s column on page A-4

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Bass says teaching is highlight By Wendy Smith Dr. Bill Bass has several claims to fame. As head of UT’s anthropology department, he founded the Body Farm, the nation’s first research facility dedicated to studying how the human body decays. He has helped identify remains in over 700 cases in Tennessee and has co-written seven books, including six fictional works about Dr. Bill Brockton, a character based on Bass. But his foremost contribution has been as a teacher, he says. Bass treats each case he investigates as an opportunity to educate both students and law

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enforcement officers. Education is in his blood. His grandfather and mother were teachers, and his father was chair of the Stephens City, Va., school board for 35 years. When the William M. Bass Forensic Anthropology Building at UT was dedicated recently, he became the third member of his family to have an educational facility named after him. Bass stumbled upon the field that would become his passion almost by accident. As an undergraduate at the University of Virginia, he took an anthropology class. He’s not sure he even knew what anthropology was at the time. He first planned to get a master’s degree in counseling at the University of Kentucky but quickly changed his major to anthropology.

for the military. What our students are getting is citizenship and selfdiscipline. We really focus on graduation. One hundred percent of our cadets graduated last year and most students won’t join the military. And that’s perfectly fine with us.” Brandon Grimes is a freshman who is interested in attending the Air Force Academy. He says losing ROTC will put a serious crimp in his plans. “It’s a really good program. It teaches you a lot of self-discipline, attention to detail. Where else is a kid going to get this experience?” Smathers sets the odds of having ROTC at West next year at 50/50. “I’ve been told that the decision won’t change, but we’re asking for a reconsideration. … It’s in the hands of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and we hope that he will look at the length of time we’ve been here and the fact that this was just one time that we missed our enrollment and give us a reversal on that decision.” Brandon agrees: “If I had a chance to talk to the Undersecretary of the Navy, I would have to tell him that he shouldn’t take ROTC out, and that I don’t believe I know anyone who would prefer for him to take it out. I’ve been looking forward to this since I was in middle school.”

Bill Bass enjoys a break from book signings with his pooch, Trey, at his West Knoxville home. Photo by Wendy Smith

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A-2 • OCTOBER 10, 2011 • BEARDEN SHOPPER-NEWS positive conversations in Turkey, which have helped the country become more democratic, Kisacikoglu said. “I think we are on the right track.” The center is offering Turkish cooking and language classes. The second of ■ Friendship five cooking classes is Oct. 16, and language classes begin Force gets Oct. 14. For more informaTurkey tutorial tion: www.knoxvilleturkish. The Friendship Force of org. Knoxville had an introducFriendship Force is an intion to Turkish culture that ternational network of clubs will help members prepare that promotes global underfor a trip to Izmir, Turkey, standing through personal next fall. relationships formed during The Knoxville Turkish exchanges between clubs. Cultural Center hosted the The Knoxville club will host group’s monthly meeting 17 medical professionals last week. Mithat Kisaciko- from Russia for a week at the glu, a doctoral student at UT, end of October. gave attendees an overview of his home country, which ■ Veteran of three is roughly the size of Texas wars takes and home to 72 million. The HonorAir trip Turkish economy is the second fastest-growing in the The only time Echo Ridge world and has been largely resident William Lane had unaffected by the current ever visited Washington, economic crisis. D.C., was during a three-hour The country is 95 percent layover during his flight home Muslim, but women have from serving in World War II. the same educational op- Getting to see the city was a portunities as men, he said. highlight of his HonorAir trip West Knoxville residents William Lane (front), Kenneth Tidwell Tansu Çiller became the last week, in spite of the and Richard Springer were passengers on the Oct. 5 HonorAir country’s first female prime traffic. flight to Washington, D.C. Photo submitted minister in 1993. “I don’t want to live there. The Arab Spring has led to It’s crowded,” he reports. In addition to serving in never been so honored in my Europe during World War II, life. I’ve been honored sevLane also fought in Korea and eral times, and this outdid Vietnam. He spent 30 years them all.” in the service. There was a Getting to see the World total of 130 veterans on the War II Memorial really 11th HonorAir flight, and they brought back some memomanaged to visit the World ries, he says. War II, Korean War, Vietnam “It’s the most important War, and Marine and Air thing you could do for us Force memorials in spite of vets.” the fact that their departing HonorAir Knoxville is a flight was two hours late. program founded by Eddie Lane, who moved to Knox- Mannis, president of Prestige ville eight months ago from Cleaners, to honor veterans. Friendship Force of Knoxville member Ruthie McIntyre learns Texas, was thrilled with Covenant Health has been a major sponsor of each of the more about the food on her plate from Suveyda Karakaya of the experience. the Knoxville Turkish Cultural Center. Photo by Wendy Smith “It was fantastic. I’ve flights taken to date.

One family’s shame I’ll admit up front that I’m not sure I’m ready to joke about this yet. The wounds are too fresh. But since I suspect there are others out there who have fought or will soon fight this battle, I’ll share my pain.

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My family is still recovering from a war against the most loathsome of creatures – the louse. But let’s be clear. It was only a singular louse for about a millisecond, and then suddenly, it was lice – lots and lots of lice. We were never aware of the suckers until, while I was out of town on an annual girls’ weekend, my 8-year-old told my husband she thought she had bugs on her head. That turned out to be the understatement of the year. The one louse had moved in, started a family, which became a small village, then morphed into a major metropolis. I was fortunate to miss the adventure of treating and combing out her small head. But I had my own problems,

because, guess what – she’d been using my hairbrush. As soon as I heard the news, I knew why my own scalp was crawling. Fortunately, I had roommates who were willing to treat and comb out my hair right there in our Charlotte, N.C., hotel room. And they were lucky enough to have husbands who were waiting for them, comb in hand, when they got home. The thing you need to know, should you encounter this scourge, is that the battle will be long. You will try things that don’t work. You will consider drastic measures, like shaving every head in the household. And your washing machine will run continuously as you sterilize every towel, blanket, pillow and item of clothing multiple times. When you think the end of the war is near, you will do things like sleep with mayonnaise on your head to make sure you’ve smothered every last despicable louse. You will do this because, even though we’ve discovered ice volcanoes on one of Saturn’s moons, the great minds of the planet have yet to discover a surefire way to murder this pesky critter. Maybe a few scientists would like to borrow my hairbrush.

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BEARDEN SHOPPER-NEWS • OCTOBER 10, 2011 • A-3 The high rankings are especially remarkable given the high caliber of West Valley students. There are 375 8th graders, and 149 of them qualified for the Duke Talent Identification Program, which offers educational opportunities to gifted students. Qualification requires a TCAP score at or above the 95th percentile. It should be harder, rather than easier, for students to achieve academic progress if they are already advanced, Nealy says. He also believes that professional learning communities (PLCs) have helped students succeed by Steven York teaches an honors science class at West Valley allowing teachers see where Middle School. The school’s science department was recently improvements need to be ranked first in the state based on progress made by students. made. Those who teach the Photo by Wendy Smith same subject at the same also a testament to the hard a priority also have a posi- grade level get together to work of the entire school tive influence on students. share data at West Valley. Data is education-speak staff, including janitors, “It takes everybody. My teachers and administra- job is to help focus students for test results. While many tors. Parents who are in- and to get out of the way,” parents are concerned volved and make education he says. about the amount of test-

West Valley students climb the mountain; get top scores By Wendy Smith West Valley Middle School principal Jack Nealy is so pleased with the school’s recent growth index rankings that he wants to “shout it from the mountaintop.” Knox County Schools recently provided him with the rankings, which are based upon the progress of the school as a whole, he says. Out of 475 public middle schools in Tennessee, West Valley ranked 19th in language arts and reading, 13th in math, second in social studies and first in science. Nealy credits excellent feeder schools, which send West Valley a “fantastic product.” The rankings are

Knox gets first crematory By Sandra Clark Construction is underway to build a crematory at GentryGriffey Funeral Home in Fountain City. Eric Botts, managing partner, expects Eric Botts the facility to be open by year’s end. A licensed funeral director, Botts, 31, has been in the industry since age 14. His family is involved with the Ralph Bunch Funeral Home and Crematory in Cleveland, Tenn. Jerry Griffey, longtime owner, continues to work at Gentry-Griffey and is “available when families ask for him and sometimes when they don’t,” said Botts, with a nod toward the irrepressible Fountain City fi xture. New owners bought the funeral business and the

property some three years ago. Griffey and his wife, Joan, retain an ownership interest. The house was built 139 years ago and sits on a hill overlooking Fountain City Lake. The landscaping is outstanding and the site is used often for special occasion family photos. Botts studied at UT-Chattanooga, majoring in business. As a funeral director, he’s open to new ideas. “Any way a family wants to proceed, I will cater to and accommodate,” he says. The chapel has been refurbished, and Botts realizes “we’ll never get away from traditional services.” But as new families move here and younger people lean toward the concept of cremation, Botts believes it’s a logical extension of the business to add the crematory – the first in Knox County. The escalating expense of funeral services also is a factor with the average fu-

neral costing $8,000 plus a grave site and marker while the average cremation costs $2,000. The Fountain City facility is properly zoned, according to city officials, and a building permit was obtained. The contractor is Phil Buckles with Capital Construction. Cremation is a heavily regulated industry. It is a two-step process with only heat released into the atmosphere, Botts said. Gentry-Griffey will maintain an open door policy. Anyone can visit during office hours and tour the crematory. A viewing room will allow families to witness cremations if they desire. Botts says cremation is another option for families, and he’s glad to offer this service to the Knoxville community. Gentry-Griffey has created a website with frequently asked questions. Info: www. knoxcremations.com/.

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BEARDEN NOTES ■ A pancake breakfast to benefit Outward Bound for Veterans will be held 9-11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 22, at Echo Ridge retirement community, 8458 Gleason Drive. Everyone is invited. Admission is $5. Info: 769-0111 or visit www. holidaytouch.com/outwardbound. ■ West Knox Lions Club meets 7 p.m. the first and third Monday of each month at Shoney’s on Lovell Road. ■ West Knoxville Kiwanis Club meets 5:30 p.m. every Tuesday at Shoney’s on Walker Springs Road.

ing currently required of students, data compiled by testing provides an accurate snapshot of how well students grasp the material, says science teacher Steven York. Sharing that data within PLCs helps teachers decide what needs to be covered more thoroughly. York has seen a rise in teacher collaboration over the past five years, and he thinks it makes a difference. Having high expectations for students also pro-

duces results. “We know our population is high-achieving, so we try to push them further,” he says. Administrators also collaborate in order to prepare students for the next level. Nealy says he works closely with the principals of West Valley feeder schools as well as John Bartlett, principal of Bearden High School. “We’re not just looking at getting them ready for high school, but for college, too.”

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“hindrances” to starting a business; eliminate government “waste”; and take a firm stand against government overreaching. Padgett considers the Hillside and Ridgetop Protection Plan an example of the last. “It’s too aggressive,’ he says. “I’m just against government ramming something down people’s throats.” Calling his opponent,

Madeline Rogero, a “20-year bureaucrat,” Padgett says he wants to draw a clear distinction in their approaches to government. “My opponent says you fix one bad layer of government by adding another layer,” he says. “Only a government bureaucrat would make that suggestion.” Bolstering his conservative bona fides, and driving

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Life as a professional endorser My regular shtick is county government, so I hope I’ll be excused if I stray across the county line briefly for a look at what’s going on in the city. It’s not much of a stretch, anyway. Most of the subjects of today’s lesson in how to get along after your campaign hopes have gone the way of all flesh at some time held or hoped to hold elected office in the county, and I have it on good authority that all live in Knox County or at least in the state of Tennessee. I’m referring to The Endorsers (which, by the way, would be a snazzy name for a Washington, D.C.-based jazz band), the notable collection of folks who showed up on the courthouse steps to say “Amen!” to Mark Padgett’s mayoral candidacy last week. Let’s give The Endorsers the benefit of a doubt and accept that they weren’t angling for jobs in the Padgett cabinet. So, if there’s no personal profit to be had for becoming cannon fodder for feckless columnists, what do The Endorsers have to gain, assuming none of them can play the trumpet like Wynton Marsalis? A professional endorsing career, of course. Scoff if you will, but before you do, stop to consider that every political campaign has winners and losers. (I could prove this to you geometrically, but I misplaced my protractor.) Then consider that every primary election winner has to go through the whole thing again just to earn the privilege of having people like me tell the public why we don’t like the cut of their jib. Yes, it’s a dreary fate, but having a professional endorser on your side can make all the difference. Endorsers, for fair compensation, can take the heat when the candidate gets caught in a, um, misstatement. “I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant,” is a quote perhaps mistakenly attributed to President Richard Nixon. No matter. With a little twist, it’s pure gold in the hands of a professional endorser: “I know you believe you understand what you think (insert candidate’s name here) said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what (insert candidate’s name here again) meant.” By the time the endorser’s audience figures out what that means, the candidate will have (in politics-speak) “moved the discussion” to something less treacherous. If I’m any judge, a statement like that should be worth a few grand to a professional endorser. And why stop with a local mayoral election? There’s a presidential campaign coming up, and candidates will be begging for endorsements. So don’t ridicule The Endorsers just because you don’t like the cut of their jib. These guys are on to something. Contact Larry Van Guilder at lvgknox@mindspring.com.

GOSSIP AND LIES ■ Mark Padgett says he and Madeline Rogero are from different wings of the Democratic Party. Last week Rogero scooped up endorsements from the Democratic Women and the Fraternal Order of Police leaving folks to wonder just what wings are for Mark. Buffalo wings? ■ Does Sheriff Jimmy Jones want Police Chief David Rausch’s job in a Padgett Administration? That rumor was flying at the FOP meeting. “Those endorsements backfired bigtime,” a source said. “We got a good chief.” ■ Gov. Bill Haslam will be in Knoxville on Friday, making the keynote speech at the annual Legacy Parks Foundation lunch. Here’s guessing we won’t be seeing County Mayor Tim Burchett there. He completely eliminated the county’s $50,000 contribution to Legacy Parks in the current year’s budget.

D’s endorse women The Democratic Women of Knox County voted unanimously last week to endorse Madeline Rogero and Gloria Johnson.

Betty Bean During the business portion of their October “tailgate” meeting, the club appropriated $1,000 to be donated equally to mayoral candidate Rogero and state Senate District 6 candidate Johnson, both of whom are club members and face wellfunded opposition in the November general election. County Commissioner Amy Broyles, who recently had surgery to remove a benign tumor from her parathyroid gland, was asked to give a report on her health and to discuss commission business. She pointed out a thin, horizontal scar on her neck that appears to be healing nicely: “I have endured many

E.B. Love votes twice to en- Amy Broyles jokes about cutdorse women candidates. throat politics. Photos by B. Bean jokes about cutthroat politics,” she said. Broyles, who pushed to give county employees a pay raise during budget discussions this summer, only to see her idea shot down, talked about Mayor Tim Burchett’s new proposal to raise county workers’ pay by 3 percent. Said she’s finally figured out how things work on the commission, where she is the only woman: “I come up with a really great idea and the mayor and his buddies kill it, and a couple months later it comes back as his idea. I’m fine with that. I’m going to keep coming up with good ideas and he’ll keep

quashing them and then come back with them later and we’ll get a lot of good stuff done.” The club also heard from an array of at-large candidates for City Council – Bill Owen and Marshall Stair, who will be facing off in a contest for Seat B; Finbarr Saunders, who wants Seat C and George (“Not THAT George Wallace”) Wallace, who is running for Seat A. Stair had the best laugh line when he told the group about his experiences going door-to-door. He said a man opened the door and said, “I know who you are. Many years ago your father represented my ex-wife in

Candidates must get specific The mayoral campaign is heating up. Mark Padgett has a 28-point program. Check out his website to see it at www.votepadgett.com. Lots of fluff, few specifics. He won the endorsements of all his losing opponents plus Sheriff Jimmy Jones. Madeline Rogero says there is not much to it. She calls it plagiarism or stuff already being done, but fails to be precise. Neither is very specific. Voters would be hard pressed to identify Rogero’s top three goals beyond the general platitudes of making Knoxville even more wonderful than we are. Padgett is equally vague. He attacks waste in the city but does not mention a single example. Few voters know what is in Padgett’s program and probably do not care since 84 percent of voters avoided the election. If Padgett wants traction he must outline with clarity three things he will do if elected instead of labeling Rogero as the politics of old which she is not. He has

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to challenge her on specific issues to advance. One of Padgett’s points is transparency in city government. However, Padgett, who touts his business experience as a reason to elect him mayor, becomes secretive when asked about the payroll of his business. He cannot expect to use his business as a reason to elect him if he is not prepared to be totally open about all its details. He cannot have it both ways. Rogero must be precise about which of Padgett’s points are plagiarized if she is going to make that charge. She needs to tell voters what the top three items are she plans to implement if elected. What will her first week in office look like? More of the same, or something new? If

new, what is it? What does she mean by a “green” city? Labels alone are not programs. Right now she is responding to Padgett and letting him set the campaign agenda. She needs to be proactive if she plans on being the lead candidate. If she continues on her current course she may let a 20-point lead dwindle to 5 or 6 points which guarantees Padgett is her opponent in 2015. Padgett’s 28-point plan does not mention paving city streets, the upside down pay scales for some city employees like David Hill who is paid $145,000 a year ($35,000 a year more than our fire or police chiefs who have real jobs), hiring minorities in city government or mitigating homelessness. Neither he nor Rogero have discussed the city issues which Becky Massey used successfully in her significant win over Marilyn Roddy such as red light cameras, high city property taxes and homeless housing

our divorce.” “Before I could tell him what a complete maniac my dad is, he said ‘I probably paid for your college education. I might as well vote for you.’ ” Stair also related a cautionary tale about turnout that he said he heard from an elderly, toothless man who said he never votes: “He told me about a druid farmer who needed a rope. He went to his neighbor to borrow one, and the neighbor said, ‘I need my rope to tie up my milk.’ ” Stair allowed as how that didn’t make much sense, and the old man said, “When you really don’t want to do something, what difference does the excuse make?” “I don’t know if that story really means anything,” Stair said. Stair’s opponent Bill Owen reminded his audience that he had been instrumental in getting the LMU law school downtown and said that even though he finished second in the primary, “This is a winnable race. When working people get out and vote, working people win.”

in South Knoxville (Roddy had supported all three and Massey opposed them). Both Rogero and Padgett pledge laser-like attention to job creation, but both bypassed Knoxville media firms to place thousands of dollars of advertising with Colorado and Washington, D.C., firms. Padgett is using Media Strategies out of Denver, while Rogero is using Revolution Political Media (which employs her cousin Colin Rogero) along with Team Blue which is a prominent Democratic firm in Washington. However, Rogero T-shirts were printed in Knoxville by Tribe One. Either Padgett or Rogero will be our next mayor. Neither seems willing to challenge the other in a constructive way. Padgett has to shake it up if he expects to reach a majority. Rogero’s play it safe approach will need fine tuning if she wants a comfortable win versus a narrow win or even a narrow loss. Also, another 5,000 voters will vote Nov. 8 who did not vote Sept. 27. Which way will they go?

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The Whitehead dilemma John Whitehead is a career professional, victimized by term limits and politics.

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John Whitehead is a career politician, father-inlaw to former County Commissioner (and chair) Scott Moore, the poster child for Black Wednesday. Take your pick, because the 2012 election for property assessor will turn on your choice (and that of a few thousand of your fellow citizens). Hint: heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s both. John was in Karns last week, speaking to the Republican club. Property Assessor Phil Ballard was also there, along with his wife, his chief deputy and a few more staffers. The meeting resembled an orange and white Ballard rally. One donated the door prize (a Ballard for Assessor cooler) and another won it. Why even elect a property assessor, you say? While the school board debates outsourcing custodians, a much stronger case could be made for outsourcing the quadrennial, state-mandated property reappraisals. With satellite technology, how hard could it be? Property assessing is big business in Knox County ($2.8 million budget for FY 2012 with most going for staff). Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a formidable re-election machine that

John Whitehead speaks at Karns. Photo by S. Clark made the job a lifetime occupation until term limits. Now thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a deep rift in the operation; one that will play out as Whitehead takes on Ballard. Hearken back to 2008 when Ballard, a county commissioner with no experience or certifications in property appraisal, ran in the GOP primary against term-limited Trustee Mike Lowe, also with no experience or certifications. Ballard won with 51 percent of the vote: 22,411 to Loweâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 21,280. He was supported by longtime assessor Parkey Strader. Whitehead was hired in the assessorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office when he returned from Vietnam. â&#x20AC;&#x153;(Then Assessor) Ed Hill made me cut my hair,â&#x20AC;? he recalls. He worked there for 35 years, gaining certifications and experience galore. Strader retired and supported Whitehead who was easily elected in 2000 and 2004, but was termlimited and could not run in 2008. Whitehead worked for Ballard for a while, as did Strader. But Phil is a headstrong fellow who has pret-

ty much cleaned house. He brought in Jim Weaver, a retired state appraiser, and things have settled down. Whitehead zinged Ballard at Karns, saying heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;spent thousands of dollars to get an appraisal certification, and I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know if he has it yet.â&#x20AC;? Whitehead also scored with this: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The system is built to keep property values where they are, but the assessorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t worry about where the county gets its (property tax) money. They should be worried about getting the values right.â&#x20AC;? And therein lies the rub. New construction is almost nonexistent. Foreclosures drive down home values. Buyers are not moving up. If the property assessor puts todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s values on real estate, it could trigger a massive tax increase just to keep the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s income level. The next reappraisal is set for 2012, same year as the election. So Ballard must weave and wind his way through this mess to keep his job. And Whitehead stands watchfully outside the gate, waiting to reclaim his kingdom. Yep, this race could get really interesting.

Notes: â&#x2013; The North Knoxville Republican Clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chili Supper and Cake Auction will be 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11, in the Oakwood Lincoln Park Community Clubhouse. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased at the door. All are invited.

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Mark Padgett reaches toward Joe Hultquist on the Courthouse steps. The youthful candidate was also endorsed by Sheriff Jimmy Jones, Bo Bennett and Ivan Harmon. Photo by Ruth White

Padgett and Rogero: dueling optics Betty Bean Used to be, optics was a scientific term referring to the study of the physics of light. Today it has entered the political realm, where candidates stage manage their campaign events, paying as much attention to the look of things â&#x20AC;&#x201C; backgrounds, foregrounds and everything in between â&#x20AC;&#x201C; as to what is said. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s optics, but sometimes things donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go as planned. Last Wednesday was the day the 2011 mayoral campaign kicked into overdrive. Optics were central to the messages conveyed. Mark Padgett went first with a press conference announcing endorsements from the three also-rans in the mayoral primary â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Bo Bennett, Joe Hultquist and Ivan Harmon â&#x20AC;&#x201C; plus Knox County Sheriff Jimmy â&#x20AC;&#x153;J.J.â&#x20AC;? Jones. The four endorsers stood on the steps of the historic old Knox County courthouse behind Padgett, who wore a dark suit and a red tie. Everybody spoke â&#x20AC;&#x201C; briefly, except for Hultquist, who was evidently still campaigning for himself. The optics were perfect â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the beautiful old courthouse and the confident young candidate who at 33 would be the

youngest mayor ever elected. But this vision of youth was diluted a bit by supporters like Mose Lobetti, whose career as a patronage broker dates back to the 1950s; Oak Ridge lawyer/lobbyist and Al Gore operative Warren Gooch; and the candidateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father, former County Clerk Mike Padgett. Former County Commissioner Lumpy Lambert made a cameo appearance. The endorsers were planted on the courthouse steps like sentries guarding against Visigoths bent on plunder. When asked if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wise to invoke images that conjure recollections of County Commissionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s infamous Black Wednesday rebellion against term limits, Padgett looked astonished. Two hours later, Madeline Rogero held a hastilycalled presser in the newlyrelocated and expanded Three Rivers Market, which has become an anchor of the Central Avenue Corridor, a priority project of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Community Development Department which she headed for four years. Her crowd was mostly handlers and reporters, plus a few women and children in maroon T-shirts and some curious random shoppers. The optics were folksy.

Rogeroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lectern was draped in red and white gingham, facing the sun, which was problematic, since the day had gotten hotter since the Padgett event. The candidate, dressed in a black pantsuit, looked hot, which she evidently was, because she tore into Padgett for branding her a career bureaucrat with little to show for her time as community development director: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Effective economic development with a solid return on investment has been happening here and will keep happening here. It takes a mayor with experience to make it work, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been working on it for over 25 years. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been reading about it for maybe nine months. Business-government cooperation is not something Knoxville needs to be schooled on by Mark Padgett. â&#x20AC;&#x153; After the speech, school board member Indya Kincannonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s daughter Georgia, whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d been knitting something long and purple, approached the candidate and handed her a scarf that matched her purple blouse. The candidate looped it around her neck and walked out to her car.

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Albers hosts Civil War reunion HISTORY AND MYSTERIES | Dr. Jim Tumblin (Note: this is the second installment of Dr. J.C. Tumblinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tale of A.J. Albers. A segment of his work, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fountain City: Facts, Myths and Mysteriesâ&#x20AC;?)

hen he came to Knoxville in 1865, Andrew Jackson â&#x20AC;&#x153;A.J.â&#x20AC;? Albers had already experienced enough excitement for a lifetime, although he was only 21. He had graduated from the Cincinnati College of Pharmacy before enlisting in the Union Navy in August 1861, at only 17. His Mississippi River gunboat, the USS Indianola, was rammed seven times and beached on Hurricane Island near Vicksburg during the pitch dark night of Feb. 24, 1863. Albers and the crew of 100 surrendered to the Confederate gunboats. He was sent to the notorious Libby Prison in Richmond ďŹ rst and then to several other Confederate prisons before being exchanged in the fall of 1863. He returned to Cincinnati and resumed his career in pharmacy. Two years later, Edward J. Sanford (1831-1902) offered him a position with his wholesale drug ďŹ rm in Knoxville. By 1866, Albers had assumed the interests of a former stockholder, T.I. VanGilder. In 1897, when W.P. Chamberlain joined the ďŹ rm, it became Sanford, Chamberlain and Albers Co. with Sanford as president, Albers as vice president and Chamberlain as secretarytreasurer. The wholesale drug company already had an annual gross of $200,000 to $300,000. Albersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ascent in the local business world was just as impressive. In 1871 and again in 1876, he was treasurer of the Board of Trade. He became a member of the board of directors of the Mechanics National Bank (1882), president of the

Chamber of Commerce (1895-96), treasurer of the Lawson McGhee Library board, a member of the committee to return John Sevierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s body to Knoxville and to erect a suitable monument for him on the courthouse lawn (1889), a charter trustee of the Albers Mansion. Albers hosted Gen. James Longstreet at his home at 603 W. Main Ave. (pres(Old) Gray Cement location of the Medical Arts Building) for the Ocrober 1890 Reunion of the Blue and Gray etery Board and Veterans of the Civil War. Photos courtesy of C.M. McClung Historical Collection a principal in the Lonsdale double during lengthy parade and numerous The frightened Eleanor jumped and Land Co. He the event. small group meetings of various suffered a badly sprained ankle was also active When the ďŹ - veteransâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; organizations preceded and bruises. Albers lost his balance in Second Presnance committee the ďŹ nal gathering for the keynote and fell out of the carriage. He was byterian Church. received pledges speeches of Longstreet and Gibson unconscious for some time but his On Aug. 22, for $9,600, the which was held on Oct. 9 under the alert daughter managed to summon 1889, many promihousing commit- â&#x20AC;&#x153;Big Tent.â&#x20AC;? The climax was a huge help from a nearby store. His businent Knoxvillians were on the maiden A.J. Albers (1844-1910). Dur- tee was authorized ďŹ reworks display, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Finest Ever ness associate W.P. Chamberlain excursion of a Knox- ing the Civil War Pharmacist to purchase a tent Seen in the South.â&#x20AC;? The newspapers and his wife hurried to the scene in that would accom- estimated that it was viewed by a cab. By 1 p.m. he was at his home ville, Cumberland Mate A.J. Albers served on Main Street where the bones Gap and Louisville aboard the Mississippi River modate the indoor 35,000 spectators. were set and the wounds dressed. reunion activities. The letter Edward Albers, A.J.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Railway passenger gunboat, the Indianola. They found one, 8-year-old son, wrote his grandAs his health declined, Andrew train when a culoriginally made for mother summed up the evening Jackson Albers spent his last years vert collapsed about two miles west of Corryton on Flat the Barnum Circus, which measured beautifully. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You ought of been here in a hospital in Asheville, N.C., Creek. Col. Isham Young, who 212 by 262 feet, weighed 8 tons and during the Reunion day if you had where he passed away on Nov. 9, chaired the Knoxville board of pub- required two railroad cars to trans- you would of seen something pretty. 1910. His wife, Ella S. King Albers lic works; F. Hockenjos, alderman; port. It was erected on the site of Fort The ďŹ reworks were beautiful,â&#x20AC;? he (1851-1888), had predeceased him. He was survived by their three chilS.T. Powers; Alexander Reeder; and Sanders where many of the Union said. and Confederate veterans had fought Judge George Andrews were killed. Ironically, in 1903, Albers right dren: Eleanor Albers Phillips, Haron Nov. 29, 1863. Albersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; right thigh was fractured. leg was broken again near his hip, ry K. Albers and Edward S. Albers. The Veterans Reunion at Knox- his right arm was fractured and Under the leadership of Edward A.J.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s injuries did not ground him for long for 1890 would prove to be ville (Oct. 7-9, 1890) reunited the he received a concussion in a car- S. Albers Sr. and then Edward S. eventful. In March, he was chosen to Blue and the Gray to celebrate rec- riage wreck. His daughter Eleanor â&#x20AC;&#x153;Budâ&#x20AC;? Albers Jr., Albers Drug Co. chair the Committee on Committees onciliation. Gen. Robert E. Leeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (1885-1925) accompanied him on would continue to grow to some 200 for what would prove to be the largest â&#x20AC;&#x153;Old War Horse,â&#x20AC;? Gen. James Long- a business trip to suburban Grove employees servicing 1,300 stores reunion of Civil War veterans ever street (1821-1904), who was A.J. City about 11 a.m. on July 20. With and was sold to the Walker Drug Co. held in the South. His committees Albersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; house guest, was chosen to Eleanor, 17, holding the reins, the of Birmingham in 1994. were responsible for the advertising, represent the Confederate veterans. sporty two-wheeled horse-drawn (Authorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s note: Thanks to E.S. Former treasurer of the state carriage began to gain speed down â&#x20AC;&#x153;Budâ&#x20AC;? Albers Jr., Douglas Davrailroad transportation, invitations, ďŹ nance, site, meeting space, enter- of Ohio Gen. William H. Gibson a steep hill. enport, Joyce A. Kyker and Alix tainment and housing that would be (1822-1894), a famous orator who Fearing a runaway, Albers took F. Dempster for their assistance required for the 15,000 to 20,000 had spoken to hundreds of Grand the reins and placed his foot on the with the research for this article. veterans that were expected. The Army of the Republic campďŹ res, dash board to attempt to stop the Additional information and phocityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1890 estimated population represented the Union veterans. galloping horse. The dash board tographs may be found on www. was 22,000, so its size would almost Visits to the battleground, a gave way and fell against the horse. fountaincitytnhistory.info/).

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Balancing the books â&#x20AC;&#x153;And this is the writing that was inscribed; MENE, MENE, TEKEL and PARSIN. This is the interpretation of the matter: MENE, God has numbered the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end; TEKEL, you have been weighed on the scales and found wanting; PERES, your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.â&#x20AC;? (Daniel 5: 25-28 NRSV)

I enjoy balancing my checkbook. I realize that admission â&#x20AC;&#x201C; to several of my friends (and not a few of my relatives) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; is prima facie evidence that I am: A.) suffering from obsessive-

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WORSHIP NOTES Community Services â&#x2013; Sequoyah Hills Presbyterian Church, 3700 Keowee Ave., will host â&#x20AC;&#x153;The New Healthcare Bill and Youâ&#x20AC;? 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, with guest panelists Margaret Knight, associate professor at the UT Department of Public Health, and David Holden, director of the Affordable Medication Options for Seniors at the Office on Aging. Info: 522-9804.

REUNIONS â&#x2013; The family of Bill and Peonie Rouse reunion will be 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, at the Sharps Chapel Community Center. All are welcome. Info: 947-2596. â&#x2013; Michael Ault II descendants will meet Sunday, Oct. 16, at Macedonia UMC, 4630 Holston Drive, after morning services. Potluck lunch at 1 p.m. Info: 689-3111.

Fundraisers and sales â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cherish the Child, Change the Worldâ&#x20AC;? will take place 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28, at the Knoxville Convention Center. There will be celebrity appearances including Glenn Beck from Fox News and athletes from the University of Tennessee. Tickets are $75 ($35 for children under 13). All proceeds benefit the Smoky

â&#x2013; Howardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Quarter School (Red Hill School) of Claiborne County will hold its annual reunion 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 30, at the fire department building. Lunch served at 1:30 p.m. Bring a covered dish to share, drinks for your family, lawn chairs, and photos and memorabilia to

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compulsive disorder, B.) given to self-f lagellation or C.) an outright lunatic. There is, however, something quite satisfying about putting a checkmark beside each entry that has cleared the bank, tracking down the ones that have not, and wrestling with all the figures until the checkbook balance and the statement balance agree. One of my daughters concurs with me on this and claims that she and I are the only two humans remaining on Earth who actually do this quaint exercise. Hint: it is not the daughter who last spring was promoted by her bank president to a regional job! It is not that I like math. Mountain Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Home. Info: 247-0314 or visit www. knoxvilleevents.org.

Math makes my stomach hurt. It is not (nowadays, anyhow) that I have to know where every penny has gone and exactly how many are left in the till. It is not necessarily that I like order (Exhibit A: my house!). There is, however, some small pleasure in knowing that it is right. I will confess: I do enjoy being right. I think that part of it is accountability. It is one of the ways I can study and analyze where my money goes. It tells me what is important to me. Who was the wise man who said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Show me a manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s checkbook, and

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â&#x2013; 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 690-8641 or John Voss, 384-3204.

Music services â&#x2013; Grace Covenant Baptist Church, 9956 Dutchtown Road, will host its â&#x20AC;&#x153;Top Ten Listâ&#x20AC;? musical program 11 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 16. Each song will be a top 10 favorite of the congregation. Everyone is invited.

Revivals â&#x2013; The Central Church of God, 4721 Papermill Drive, will have revival services led by the Rev. James E. Dunn through Sunday, Oct. 16. Sunday services will be held 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m. and weekday services will be held at 7 p.m. Info: 584-6388.

â&#x2013; First Lutheran Church, 1207 N. Broadway, 55 Alive group will meet at noon Thursday, Oct. 13, in the meeting room. Lunch will be served. Admission is $6. Reservations are required and everyone is invited. Guest speaker will be licensed social worker Beth Trumbull, who served in southeast Asia during the tsunami in 2004. Info: Call 524-0366 before noon Monday through Thursday.

Special Services â&#x2013; Fellowship Church, 8000 Middlebrook Pike, will host DivorceCare Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. Registration: Laura, 470-9800.

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I will tell you what his priorities areâ&#x20AC;?? I was pondering these things as I was wrapping up the balancing exercise recently. At the same time, at least part of my mind was searching for my next column idea. And then it hit me: God is into balancing books, too. There will be an accounting, and we will be â&#x20AC;&#x153;weighed on the scales and found wanting.â&#x20AC;? Standing before the Holy One will be the moment of truth. The good news, however,

is that what we lack, Christ has supplied. What we have squandered, he has restored. What we have committed, Christ has taken the blame for. What we owe, he has paid. When we stand to give account for ourselves, Christ will be there to lay an arm across our shoulders and say to the Judge, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s alright. I died for her. She is one of mine.â&#x20AC;? And the scales will shift into balance, and everything will be healed and whole and at peace.

COMMUNITY CLUBS â&#x2013; The Patriots of East Tennessee will meet 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, at Cedar Springs Christian Bookstore on North Peters Road. Guest speaker Glenn â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cainâ&#x20AC;? Jacobs will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;Freedom and Liberty of Mankind.â&#x20AC;? Info: 414-6060. â&#x2013; The Samuel Frazier Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution will meet 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, at the Chop House in Franklin Square. Margot Kline will discuss the latest research at the Adm. David Farragut birthplace. Info: 675-6420. â&#x2013; Longstreet-Zollicoffer Camp 87, Sons of Confederate Veterans will meet 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, at the Ramsey House Plantation for a business meeting. Club member Sam Forrester will discuss the Battle of The Chattahoochee River prior to the meeting. Everyone is invited. Free admission. â&#x2013; Swap 2 Save Coupon Club meets the first Thursday of the month 5:30 to 8 p.m. at Wallace Memorial Baptist Church. Coupons for everything from baby items to groceries, restaurants to retail shops are exchanged. Wallace Memorial is located at 701 Merchant Drive. Info: Email Lisa at taylor7123@bellsouth.net. â&#x2013; The Poetry Quintessence Society meets 6:30 p.m. the last Monday of each month at CafĂŠ 4â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s library, third floor. Everyone 16 and older is invited. Info: Tonya, 357-6134.

â&#x2013; Knoxville Christian Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Connection will host a fall festival and luncheon beginning at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, at Buddyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bearden Banquet Hall. There will be crafts and baked goods for sale, cakewalks, a silent and live auction, and lunch will be served at 10:45 a.m. Guest speaker Tanya Villani will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;Under the Covers: Where Do You Hide Your Fears?â&#x20AC;? Admission is $10. Reservations are required, call 693-5298 or email dick3234@bellsouth.net.

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Bearden High seniors named National Merit semifinalists By Natalie Lester

Orange and White Night Sequoyah Elementary School will host Orange and White Night at 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 10. New Sequoyah parent and University of Tennessee basketball coach Cuonzo Martin will be the keynote speaker, discussing the power of respect and how to cope with lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unexpected events. Also participating will be former UT football players Andre Lott and Inky Johnson and UTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s head swimming coach for the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team Matt Kredich. Everyone is invited, and ice cream will be served during the program.

Greenway School sets open house Greenway School invites interested families to tour the school and meet the faculty at a Visitorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Open House from 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13. Greenway, 544 Canton Hollow Road, is now enrolling grades 6-8 for fall 2012. Info: www.greenwayschool.edu/.

CAK seeks coaches Christian Academy of Knoxville has openings for high school coaches: JV girls basketball, swimming assistant, softball assistant, wrestling assistant. Applicants should be highly qualified and committed to Christian leadership and excellence in sport. Applications are available at www.CAKwarriors.com/. Info: 690-4721., ext. 142.

SPORTS NOTES â&#x2013; Cheer camp, open to anyone in grades K-5, is 4 to 6:30 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, Oct. 10-12, at Bearden Middle School. All participants will be invited back to perform a routine Friday, Nov. 28. Cost is $35. Info: Call Tammy, 363-4774.

Six Bearden High School seniors were recently named as semifinalists for the National Merit Scholars based on their PSAT scores, but they arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t going to celebrate just yet. Over the last few weeks, they have been working on their applications and will wait anxiously for mid-February when they will find out who made the final cut. Rob Jones, Jacob Steimer, Madison Stott, Ashley Campbell and Nicholas Davies were not surprised by the semifinalist status, because they were confident in their scores. However, the honor did catch Martin Lu off guard. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was surprised, because I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really study for the test,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I thought it was a long shot, so to be named one of the six semifinalists from Bearden is staggering.â&#x20AC;? The applications for the final decision are due on Wednesday, which is also the same day freshman, sophomore and junior students will be taking the PSAT. Only

Late look at â&#x20AC;&#x2122;51 Vols Now is the time for grandfathers to retrieve a few big bills from First Tennessee, official bank of the Volunteers, and invite a grandson to Neyland Stadium. If the young ones can survive an interlude without video games, they will see Derek Dooleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s orangemen against maybe mighty LSU. If they look in the correct direction at the proper time, they will get a glimpse of genuine legends. Proud remnants of the 1951 national championship Tennessee team will make what some fear will

ful, depending on health issues. Alas and alas, Andy Kozar, Ted Daffer, Pug Pearman, Bob Davis and too many other greats are already gone. Linebacker Gordon Marvin Polofsky, blocking back West Jimmy Hahn, wingback Bob Neyland Jr. and tailback Herky Payne will be at the reunion. There may be their final public appear- be 20 others. Tailback Pat ance. All-American tailback Shires made arrangements. Hank Lauricella and All- Tackle Jim Haslam will be American guard John Mi- host for the Friday dinner. chels are coming to town for Old Vols will take home this 60th reunion. Both are some treats. With the apin the College Football Hall proval of two or more athof Fame. letic directors and the asMost famous end Doug sistance of Bud Ford and Atkins is a maybe or doubt- Barry Rice, each former

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Bearden High School seniors Rob Jones, Jacob Steimer, Martin Lu, Madison Stott, Ashley Campbell and Nicholas Davies were recently named semifinalists in the National Merit Scholars competition based on their PSAT scores. Photo by N. Lester the junior students will be able to qualify for next yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s National Merit competition, but the freshman and sophomore studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; practice will hopefully pay off in the years to come. The current semifinalists hope the honor will allow them to attend colleges and universities outside of Tennessee. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With this kind of honor, it is easier to get out of state,â&#x20AC;? Steimer said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would just really like the opportunity to go somewhere besides UT,â&#x20AC;? Campbell said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not that it is a bad school or I have anything

against it, I just have been in Knoxville my whole life and want to go somewhere else.â&#x20AC;? The students said they wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have any problem being happy if their peers were chosen as a scholar and they werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These guys are way smarter than me,â&#x20AC;? Steimer said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It will be easy to be happy for everyone.â&#x20AC;? Regardless, the six donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really have any big celebrations planned if they reach their goal. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There will probably just be a lot of high fives and fist bumps,â&#x20AC;? Jones said. Guidance counselor

Amanda Martin said the staff could not be more proud of the students. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait to see where their futures take them and what kind of scholarships they receive,â&#x20AC;? she said. On Wednesday, 520 students will be taking the PSAT exam, which is 150 more students taking the test this year than took it last year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hopefully, we will see the number of semifinalists and scholars at Bearden grow as a result from that increase,â&#x20AC;? Martin said. Bearden High School usually has between six and eight semifinalists each year.

player will receive a souvenir preview brochure of the â&#x20AC;&#x2122;51 season (Atkins was suspended at the time of publication and is not in the book) and DVDs of victories against Ole Miss and Washington and Lee. Whipping the Rebels was a big deal in the 10-0 campaign. The W&L game was chosen because everybody played. Tennessee won at Oxford 46-21. Two touchdowns in the first quarter set the tone. Three TDs in the fourth made it convincing. The reinstated Atkins was dominant. The W&L game was a 60-14 romp that set some records. The Vols gained 513 yards rushing and av-

eraged 10.7 per run. They scored six touchdowns on the ground. Herky ran for 151 and four scores. Hank gained 114 and scored twice. Cousin Ray Byrd, third-team fullback, gained 84 yards. A good time was had by all. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t laugh at the losers. Washington and Lee made it to the Gator Bowl. Tennessee football 1951 was a different world. The team lived in dorm rooms under the east side of the stadium. The team dining room was on the ground floor. Hahn was the undisputed leader in entertaining antics. Polofsky remembers: â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were a family. We lived in the stadium together. We

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Tennova steps on stage By Sandra Clark It was a time of sadness and celebration as officials from Tennova hosted ice cream socials at all former Mercy Health Partners facilities. At the newest facility, North Knoxville Medical Center off Emory Road near I-75, physicians and nurses met the new CEO, Rob Followell. The historic transfer of Mercy Health Partners to the Florida-based Health Management Associates was recorded last week. Register of Deeds Sherry Witt said it is the most valuable transfer of real property in the history of Knox County. Myron Ely of East Tennessee Title handled the closing, which totaled more

than $200 million. The 19 parcels that make up the Oak Hill campus sold for $82.6 million; the adjoining Oak Hill Child Care Center sold for $1.36 million; the Baptist West complex sold for $39.25 million; while the nine parcels at Mercy Lance Jones, chief executive officer of Turkey Creek Medical North sold for $65.6 mil- Center West (formerly Mercy West) talks with internal medicine lion. The old Baptist Hos- physician I.C. Hewgley. Photos by N. Lester pital on Blount Avenue sold for $12.35 million, and the St. Mary’s Residential Hospice in Halls sold for $2.23 million. Jeff Ashin remains the CEO of Physicians Regional Medical Center; Rob Followell is CEO at North Knoxville; and Lance Jones is CEO at Turkey Creek Medical Center (formerly Mercy West).

At right, Nurse Mary Sallee and certified technician Ginger Johnson enjoy their sundaes during the ice cream social.

Lead sleep center technologist Adam Clark admires the mountain of whipped cream on his ice cream during the Turkey Creek Medical Center’s ice cream celebration. The ice cream social marked Tennova Healthcare’s acquisition of all of the Mercy hospitals in the East Tennessee health system.

Gatehouse Antiques has new owners Gatehouse Antique Market on Campbell Station Road, always a fun place for a treasure hunt, has new owners after 15 years at the easy-to-find location between Apple Cake Tea Room and the Cracker Barrel. The new owners are Susan and Wayne Flynn, who live in Farragut and are well-known dealers who have been in the business for about a dozen years – selling first at booths in various malls around the area, and since 2004, as the owners of Past Times Antiques in Clinton. They have closed their

Anne Hart Clinton shop and moved all of their inventory to Gatehouse – a lot closer to home. Susan, who retired four years ago from her job as a 2nd grade teacher at Farragut Primary School, says she has dramatically cut her travel time. The shop in Clinton was about 25 miles from home; the new store is about

a mile and a half away. Susan works full time in the store now. Wayne helps out when he’s not at his day job as a systems administrator at the CVS distribution center on Parkside Drive. Susan says the 5,000square-foot store now has 22 vendors, and part of the vendors’ agreement with Gatehouse is that each vendor will work a certain number of days each month in the store. There are always at least two of them on duty, so customers don’t have to wait for service. The vendors are selling everything from Civil War

Wayne and Susan Flynn are the new owners of Gatehouse Antique Market. Photo by N. Lester artifacts and patriotic memorabilia to pottery crocks, silver, china and collectible glassware. Furniture offered for sale ranges in age from the 1700s and up, and from the primitive to the more formal. There are many unique items, including linens and

quilts, rugs and even jewelry, and there are also a few new items, including a nice assortment of greeting cards. Quickly settling into the Farragut business community, the Flynns have two up-coming events planned to welcome the public to

their store. First is the big fall sale, Oct. 28-30, with items throughout the store and even on the sidewalk outside offered at special sale prices. A Christmas open house, complete with refreshments, is scheduled for 5:30 to 8 p.m. on Dec. 1. Again, there will be special sale prices Dec. 1-4. It will be a great opportunity to get your holiday shopping out of the way. Hours at Gatehouse, 620 North Campbell Station Road, are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 1-5 p.m. on Sunday. Info: www.gatehouse antiquemarket.com or 6751033. Contact: annehartsn@aol.com.

Professional service close to home Weavers offer aid for hearing loss By Sandra Clark In their practice at Weaver Hearing Aid Center, Gary and Belinda Weaver have heard it all. They’ve heard every reason imaginable for delaying or avoiding altogether the need for hearing assistance. From cost to bulky equipment to difficulty of maintenance, the patients just “get along” as their hearing fades. For some, it’s as simple as not knowing where to start. (Free advice: the best starting point is probably not a screaming ad from someone passing through.) Here’s Gary’s advice: “I tell them to find somebody you trust, somebody you know. Find a professional who is knowledgeable about what they do.”

Gary and Belinda work with individuals having hearing issues in a positive and encouraging way. They believe if the proper testing is done and the appropriate solution is applied, good results will follow. “We’re a personal service organization,” said Gary. “We will be upfront and explain what to expect from our testing.” Gary is a licensed hearing instrument specialist; Belinda is a nurse. “As lifelong Knoxvillians, we know the people who live here and we organize our services to help them. There is no high pressure and we like to follow up over the years.” Gary is part of the family that owned and operated Weaver Funeral Home. He and Belinda have owned Weaver Hearing Aid Center for 12 years. Each new patient interview is conducted without charge.

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Heel injury halts active man in his tracks Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010, started out like many other weekend mornings. John Stockton, 46, of Jamestown had agreed to help his brother-in-law (and employer) put a roof on his nieceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new home. He did not know that a freak accident would soon change his life.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Imagine a hardboiled egg that has been crushed with a hammer. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what my heel bone looked like.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; John Stockton

An X-ray of his foot shows the complex surgical repair which left Stockton with a plate and 13 screws in his right heel bone.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was about 6:30 in the morning and we were working on a singlestory home,â&#x20AC;? Stockton said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dew had made the roof a little slick, so I put my helper on the joint of the roof because we hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t worked together before. Even though it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a steep pitch, I knew with one foot on either side of the joint, his footing would be more stable.â&#x20AC;? They were working without conventional fall protection such as guardrails, harnesses and safety lines. Still, it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t long before the helperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s traction gave way and he came tumbling down the slope toward Stockton. For a moment, they both stopped, but momentum pushed Stockton off the roof. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At the highest point, it was no more than a 12-foot drop; Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve

John and Karolyn Stockton have had to modify their lifestyle since Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heel bone was injured in a fall more than a year ago. Complications from a fracture such as the one John sustained can include chronic foot pain and arthritis. jumped off higher places,â&#x20AC;? Stockton said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This time I landed upright on my feet.â&#x20AC;? Stockton was feeling pretty lucky. But then, the other worker suddenly rocketed off the roof, down on to Stocktonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s head and shoulders, pile-driving Stocktonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s feet into the damp earth. The man who fell on him had some bruising but otherwise walked away uninjured. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think I was hurt much either â&#x20AC;&#x201C; at ďŹ rst,â&#x20AC;? Stockton said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I

hopped on one foot to the truck and went for an X-ray.â&#x20AC;? The X-ray revealed signiďŹ cant damage which would require surgical repair. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Imagine a hard-boiled egg that has been crushed with a hammer. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what my heel bone looked like,â&#x20AC;? Stockton said. Stockton and his wife, Karolyn, began searching for an orthopedic surgeon who specialized in foot surgery.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;My brother in Lenoir City had a surgery at Tennessee Orthopedic Clinic, so he recommended that we start there,â&#x20AC;? Stockton said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I went to their website and found Dr. Tracy (Pesut). As soon as I saw her video, I liked her and knew she was the one I wanted to do my surgery.â&#x20AC;? Ten days after the injury, Dr. Pesut operated on Stocktonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s foot. The surgery took several hours to complete. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was supposed to be an outpatient surgery, but it was so complex, they decided to keep me overnight at Parkwest,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was in an incredible amount of pain, and everyone did all they could to keep me comfortable.â&#x20AC;? The surgery had required a plate and 13 screws to repair his right heel. It also required Stockton to spend the next three months on a knee scooter because he could not bear any weight on the heal-

Doctor is treating high number of injured ankles and fractured feet A Knoxville doctor is seeing a surge of foot and ankle injuries this year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Because of the frequency of storms and the resulting damage that has come our way over the past several months, far more people than usual are coming to me for foot and ankle fractures,â&#x20AC;? said Tracy Pesut, M.D., an orthopedic surgeon at Parkwest Medical Center. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Almost all of the injuries are a result of falls from a height like a ladder or a roof,â&#x20AC;? she explained. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As you might expect, the predominance of patients are men age 30 and up who are trying to clean their gutters or inspect their roofs and who lose their balance and fall.â&#x20AC;? Of particular concern is what Pesut calls a â&#x20AC;&#x153;high energyâ&#x20AC;? fracture, meaning simply that the height of the fall increased the amount of pressure. She said that she sees calcaneus (heel bone) fractures bearing the brunt of the weight. Most calcaneus fractures are closed injuries, meaning the skin is intact. When the skin around the calcaneus fracture is broken, this

Parkwest orthopedic surgeon Tracy Pesut shows the calcaneus (heel bone) where fractures resulting from falls commonly occur. Calcaneus fractures are generally quite severe injuries and often lead to longstanding problems of the foot and ankle. may represent an open, also called a compound, fracture. An open fracture of the calcaneus is a surgical emergency. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You might not think an injury of this type is serious, but the truth is, it can be complicated because it

takes longer to heal,â&#x20AC;? Pesut said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Because there is very little fatty tissue over that area, surgery may be delayed for up to 10 days to allow the tissue sufďŹ cient time to heal. The patient may also experience higher infection rates with a foot wound. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dirtier there.â&#x20AC;? Calcaneus fractures cause signiďŹ cant swelling and pain of the back of the foot. Symptoms of a calcaneus fracture include: N Inability to walk N Swelling of the foot N Bruising of the foot N Severe heel pain Patients with a calcaneus fracture must also be examined for other highenergy injuries. Often, patients who have a calcaneus fracture will also have injuries to the head, neck and other extremities. The risk of developing arthritis as a result of the calcaneus fracture is generally related to the severity of the fracture. Patients may have problems with chronic foot pain, difficulty with certain types of footwear, and pain associated with walking, running and prolonged standing.

Pesut said that she fears the steady stream of foot and ankle injuries will continue into fall as people winterize their homes and decorate for the holidays. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I cannot urge strongly enough that if you must get on a roof or use a ladder, take the necessary precautions so that you do not fall.â&#x20AC;? Dr. Tracy Pesut is a board certified physician whose undergraduate work began at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. While obtaining her medical degree at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Dr. Pesut was recognized as the Cannon Scholar during her final year. Her extensive training continued through an internship and residency at The University of Mississippi Medical Center. Dr. Pesut participated in a Trauma fellowship in Interlaken, Switzerland, as well as Johnson City, Tenn., and later a Fellowship in Foot and Ankle Surgery at the American Sports Medicine Institute in Birmingham, Ala. Professional organizations and affiliations of Dr. Pesut include the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and The American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society.

ing heel bone. He then â&#x20AC;&#x153;graduatedâ&#x20AC;? to a boot for three additional months and continued outpatient therapy. After the boot, a shoe with special orthotics was needed. Even with regular steroid injections, Stockton said pain is nearly always present and varies from 2 to 8 on a scale of 1 to 10. The range of motion in his ankle joint has been permanently altered, too. For such an active man, the down time from his injury has taken some getting used to. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think I would have made it without Karolyn,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And Dr. Tracy (Pesut) has been awesome. Also, my workersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; compensation case manager, Lee Ann Howard, has been incredible. My boss has also been very supportive.â&#x20AC;? The other saving grace during Stocktonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recuperation was the birth of Eli, his ďŹ rst grandchild. Young Eli continues to provide a happy distraction. And although the injury forced Stockton to give up playing community league softball, one of his favorite pastimes, he is coaching local Little League teams. At the recommendation of Dr. Pesut, Stockton is considering another surgical procedure in the near future which will fuse the bones and hopefully alleviate the pain. Stockton has returned to work on construction sites again after an eight-month leave, but he says â&#x20AC;&#x153;no more roofs and no more ladders.â&#x20AC;?

Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t set yourself up for a fall Follow these ladder safety tips: N Select the properr ladder for the job. N Style, size, duty rating and material are all important factors. N Always check overerhead clearance before using any ladder. N Make sure all locks are engaged and the ladder is supported securely at all contact points. N Wear non-slip shoes. Keep your body centered. Move materials with extreme caution. N Do not stand above the highest Safe Standing Level of a ladder. These levels are: The second rung from the top of a stepladder, The fourth rung from the top of an extension ladder. N Examine your ladder before every use and especially any moving parts. They can be damaged in transit or storage. Do not use a damaged ladder. Never paint a wooden ladder, paint may hide a structural flaw. N Overreaching and leaning are falls waiting to happen. Keep your body centered, never let your belt buckle pass beyond the ladder rail. Always keep one hand on the ladder. N Always use fiberglass ladders when working with or near electricity. Safety standards are established by OSHA, the Occupational Health and Safety Act, and ANSI, the American National Standards Institute. Source: Lowes.com

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HEALTH NOTES ■ 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. ■ 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. ■ October screening mam-

mogram specials will be held Wednesday, Oct. 26, at Tennova-North Knoxville Medical Center, 7551 Dannaher Drive. Chocolate-covered strawberries, massages, gifts and more. To schedule, call 545-7771. ■ 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. ■ Support group meeting for family members 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 Ave. Info: Rebecca Gill, 602-7807, or www.namiknox.org. ■ Swimming lessons for all ages will start Monday, Oct. 17, at the Downtown YWCA, 420 W. Clinch Ave. Prereg-

istration is necessary. Info: 523-6126. ■ “Trigger Points and Wellness” hands-on class is 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, at Cedar Bluff library. Free admission. Sponsored by The Foundation for Wellness Professionals. To register, call 659-2733. ■ UT Hospice conducts ongoing orientation sessions for adults (18 and older) interested in becoming volunteers with its program. No medical experience is required. Training is provided. Info: 544-6279. ■ UT Hospice Adult Grief Support, for any adult who is suffering loss, meets 6 to 7:30 p.m. the first and third Tuesday of every month in the UT Hospice office, 2270 Sutherland Ave. A light supper is served. Info or to reserve a spot: 544-6277.

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STRANG SENIOR CENTER Activities for the week of Oct. 10: ■ Monday, Oct. 10: 8:45 a.m., Advanced Cardio; 9:30 a.m., Watercolor; 10 a.m., Bridge; 10 a.m., Cardio; 12:30 p.m., Sit N Be Fit; 1:30 p.m., Belly Dancing. ■ Tuesday, Oct. 11: 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/PIN; 12:30 p.m., Yoga; 2 p.m., Line dancing. ■ Wednesday, Oct. 12: noon, Snack Series: “Fun and Fitness after 50”. Cost is $3. ■ Thursday, Oct. 13: 8:45 a.m., Tai Chi 1; 10 a.m., Tai Chi 2; 10 a.m., Paint group; 10 a.m. Advanced Windows; 11:15 a.m., Cardio M&B; 12:30 p.m., Sit N Be Fit class; 1:45 p.m., Chorus. ■ Friday, Oct. 14: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Senior Education Expo at Farragut Town Hall. Event will feature food and 15 tables of fun and education. No reservation necessary. ■ Don’t forget the Bingo and Halloween Costume Contest, 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19. Info or to register for classes: 670-6693. Complete calendar listings available at www.knox county.org/seniors.

Classes at the Art Center The Appalachian Arts Craft Center is located at 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 near Norris. Info: www.appalachianarts.net or 494-9854. ■ Hand-Sewing Day with the Quilting Department, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesdays. Bring your hand-sewing project or help out with the group quilting project with a group of ladies which meets each Wednesday to quilt, laugh and enjoy lunch together. No need to call ahead; just bring your lunch. No cost. All levels. ■ Braided Rug Class with Dot Fraser 6-9 p.m. the second Monday of each month. Learn to make a beautiful, colorful rug from your scrap material. Ideas for a kitchen, bathroom or hallway. This class meets during regular “Ruggers” monthly sessions. $40 members, $50 nonmembers, no charge for repeating the class. Beginning.

Evelyn Hazen’s birthday The Mabry-Hazen House Museum, 1711 Dandridge Ave., will host a birthday celebration in honor of Evelyn Hazen from 2-5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16. Author Doug McDaniel will discuss Hazen’s ancestry. Birthday

The only thing to fear in this photo is that Cream will be adopted before you can get to the Animal Center. Cream is a 1-year-old female Fancy Rat. She and her pal Peaches are wonderful girls. They love to cuddle with each other, and they appreciate when their fans give them treats like fresh fruit. Also, rats will often use a litter box. Despite what you may think, rats are fastidious. They groom constantly and prefer a fresh and clean environment. They need plenty of room to climb and roam, and you might make up for a smaller cage by giving them lots of time on your shoulder or in your pocket. Cream and all of the other small mammals are adoptable at the main center at 3210 Division St. Visitors are welcome 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 1-6 p.m. Sunday. The “new” center at Young-Williams Animal Village, 6400 Kingston Pike, is open daily from noon to 6 p.m. Visit www.young-williams. org to see photos of all of the center’s adoptables. Info: Call 215-6599.

SENIOR NOTES AARP driver safety class For registration info about these and all other AARP driver safety classes, call Barbara Manis, 922-5648. ■ Noon to 4 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Oct. 13-14, Halls Senior Center, 4410 Crippen Road. ■ 12:30 to 4:30 p.m.

cake will be served, and a guided tour of the museum will be given. Admission is $10 (members are free). RSVP by Monday, Oct. 10. Info: www.mabryhazen. com or call 522-8661.

Entries needed for juried exhibition The Arts and Culture Alliance will accept entries for its National Juried Exhibition through Saturday, Oct. 29. The exhibit will be shown at the Emporium Center downtown from Dec. 12 through Jan. 27. A submission fee of $40 is required for up to three works. Applications can be found online at www. knoxalliance.com or send a S.A.S.E. to Suzanne Cada, Arts and Culture Alliance, P.O. Box 2506, Knoxville, TN 37901. Cash prizes will be awarded. Info: 5237543.

Brown bag lecture Robert Glenn Slater will discuss “Black Leaders of Blount County During Reconstruction” at noon Wednesday, Oct. 12, at the East Tennessee History Center on Gay Street. Admission is free and folks are encouraged to bring their lunch. Info: www. easttnhistory.org.

Wednesday, Oct. 19, and Friday, Oct. 21, Morristown Senior Center, 841 Lincoln Ave., Morristown. ■ 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 24-25, Chota Recreation Center, 145 Awohli Drive, Loudon. ■ Noon to 4 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 26-27, Cheyenne Conference Room, 944 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge.

Knoxville square dance The Jubilee Community Arts will present traditional Appalachian dance with Allison Williams at 7:30 p.m. each second Thursday at the Laurel Theater. Tickets are $7 ($5 for students and JCA members). Info: 5237521.

‘A Day in the Life’ An exhibit of works by artists Roy McCullough and Kate McCullough will be on display through Nov. 4 at Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 2931 Kingston Pike.

‘Immersed in Color’ “Immersed in Color: Sanford Wurmfeld’s Cyclorama” will be on display through Thursday, Oct. 27, at the Ewing Gallery on the UT campus. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 1-4 p.m. Sunday. Info: Call 974-3200 or visit www. ewing-gallery.utk.edu.

Pottery DVD The Appalachian Arts Craft Center in Norris has DVDs for sale featuring a pottery demonstration by internationally known potter Charles Counts. Cost is $10. Info: 494-9854.

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Fort Sanders heart team saves Knox man from deadly ‘widow-maker’ heart attack For most of his 73 years, Dave Matthews has been very healthy and active. The West Knoxville man walks several miles every day, has never smoked and never experienced any heart problems. That’s why Matthews was surprised when he suddenly began having severe chest pains, trouble breathing and heavy sweating while running errands one day this summer.

“I’m a blessed man. If I had gotten to the hospital 15 or 20 minutes later, I wouldn’t be here today.”

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center has received the American College of Cardiology Foundation’s NCDR ACTION Registry-GWTG Gold Performance Achievement Award for 2011.

Fort Sanders Regional consistently followed the treatment guidelines in ACTION Registry® -GWTG™ for eight consecutive quarters and met a performance standard of 85% for specific performance measures to receive this 2011 award.

– Fort Sanders heart attack survivor Dave Matthews “It felt like an elephant sitting on my chest,” remembers Matthews. “It hurt so bad and wouldn’t let up. I realized I must be having a heart attack.” Matthews called his wife who called 911. An ambulance met Matthews at a parking lot in Bearden and quickly took him to the hospital. “I told them to take me to Fort Sanders,” says Matthews. “The emergency doctor and nurses there worked really fast to do an EKG and draw blood. The doc said I was having a heart attack right then!” Within minutes of arriving at Fort Sanders, Matthews was whisked to the Cardiac Catherization Laboratory where the Heart Team discovered his left anterior descending (LAD) heart artery was blocked completely, and his left side was damaged. “I’ve never seen people moving so fast,” recalls Matthews. “The doctors and nurses were running over themselves getting everything set up to work on me.”

Fort Sanders receives GWTG Gold Performance Achievement Award

David Matthews (left) says he’s blessed to have been given more time to spend with his family after narrowly surviving a dangerous heart attack. Pictured from left to right are wife Phyllis, son Tony, daughter Michelle and son Rick. and restored blood ﬂow with a stent. “Dr. Adams told me I had a “widow-maker” heart attack,” says Matthews. “I’m a blessed man. If I had gotten to the hospital 15 or 20 minutes later, I wouldn’t be here today.” Matthews says he’ll always remember the great teamwork displayed by the ambulance crew, the Fort Sanders Emergency and Heart Department nurses, and the Fort Sanders physicians. “Everyone was so professional and knew exactly what they needed to do.” Matthews says he feels blessed to have been treated Fort Sanders Interventional Cardiologist by Dr. Adams that day. “He’s a wonderDr. Brian Adams quickly used a device to ful young man and just a precious person. suck the blood clot out of the blocked artery, God’s hand was on him and me. I feel so then opened Matthew’s blocked LAD artery blessed to be alive!” The American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association’s recommended goal “Door to Balloon” time for hospitals nationwide is under 90 minutes. “Door to Balloon” is the amount of time from when a heart patient arrives at the ER to the opening of the blocked heart artery. The average Door to Balloon time in 2010 for Fort Sanders Regional was 54.6 minutes. Time IS heart muscle!

The award recognizes FSRMC’s success in implementing a higher standard of care for heart attack patients. It also signifies that Fort Sanders has reached an aggressive goal of treating these patients with standards of care outlined by the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association clinical guidelines and recommendations. To receive the ACTION RegistryGWTG Performance Achievement Award, Fort Sanders consistently followed the treatment guidelines in ACTION Registry-GWTG for eight consecutive quarters and met a performance standard of 85 percent for specific performance measures. Fort Sanders is one of only 167 hospitals in the U.S. to receive the 2011 GWTG Gold Performance Achievement Award.

of symptoms – particularly women and diabetics,” says Dr. Adams. Those symptoms might include the traditional pain or pressure in the chest, sometimes radiating down the left arm. But it can also include cold sweats, nausea or pain between shoulder blades. Every 34 seconds, someone in wait after heart attack symptoms Risk factors like family history, the United States has a heart at- begin before seeking treatment, smoking, high blood pressure and tack. Accord- the more heart muscle damage high blood cholesterol levels can ing to the Cen- there will be,” explains Dr. Brian all increase the risk of STEMI and ters for Disease Adams, an Interventional Cardiother heart diseases. Control and ologist at Fort Sanders Regional P r e v e n t i o n , Medical Center. “The important thing is, if you that’s a total have any symptoms, call 911 imThere are different types of of about 1.2 heart attacks, but a STEMI occurs mediately and don’t wait to come million Ameri- when a coronary artery is suddenly in,” stresses Dr. Adams. About 47 cans having completely blocked by a clot, stoppercent of sudden cardiac deaths heart attacks ping blood flow (and oxygen dein 1999 occurred outside a hospiDr. Brian Adams, each year. livery) to the heart muscle. If the tal, according to the CDC, suggestFort Sanders One-third of vessel is not opened quickly, there ing that many people don’t act on Interventional all heart at- will be irreversible damage to the early symptoms. Cardiologist tacks occur heart muscle. That’s why immedi- Dr. Adams shows the tiny clot of “They should definitely not to blood he removed from Mr. try to drive themselves to the hossuddenly, with no significant pre- ate treatment is essential. vious symptoms. About half of all “There are three major coronary Matthews’ artery during his heart pital,” Dr. Adams adds. “That’s heart attacks are fatal. putting not only you at risk, but arteries,” says Dr. Adams. “While attack. The most dangerous type of STEMI heart attacks of any coroother people on the road. In an heart attack is called STEMI (ST- nary artery can be fatal, the LAD maker” because it causes a mas- ambulance, emergency personnel segment elevation myocardial (Left Anterior Descending) artery sive heart attack and can lead to can administer aspirin and other infarction). And, in this type of supplies blood to 50 percent of the sudden death.” medications, do an EKG and, if a Symptoms of STEMI can vary STEMI is identified, take you dicardiac event, quick treatment is a heart muscle. A complete blockage matter of life or death. of this artery can be catastrophic. and not everyone realizes they’re rectly to a hospital that can per“In cardiology, we say that Occlusion of the initial part of this having a heart attack. “The hard form life-saving angioplasty. Those ‘time is muscle.’ The longer you artery is often called “the widow- part is, patients have different kinds EKG readings are also transmit-

Are YOU at risk of a “widow-maker” heart attack?

ted to the emergency department at Fort Sanders Regional, where physicians activate the 24/7 Angioplasty Team to get your artery open as soon as possible.” Suspected heart attack patients are taken straight to the cardiac catheterization laboratory to evaluate the type of heart attack and amount of heart damage. The standard treatment for STEMI is angioplasty, which uses a balloon-like catheter threaded through the patient’s groin or wrist and into the heart artery to open a blockage. Tracking a hospital’s door-toballoon time is a measure of quality cardiac care. Fort Sanders’ average time is under 60 minutes, according to Adams, well under the 90-minute guideline recommended by the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association. It is much faster than the national average time of 142 minutes. For more information about the Heart Center at Fort Sanders Regional, call (865) 673-FORT (3678) or go to fsregional.com.

Quality. Compassion. Confidence. Three words that describe the physicians and staff at Knoxville Heart Group. With more than 150 years of combined experience, the physicians at KHG offer the full range of cardiac services. Call today for an appointment. Accepting new patients at each of our ﬁve locations: • Fort Sanders • Harrogate • Jefferson City • Sweetwater • Northshore • Seymour

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Pat Stogner used her ‘ three f’s’ to battle breast cancer Faith, Family, Friends By Anne Hart

at Stogner will readily tell you that in addition to a team of mighty good doctors, nurses and their respective support staff, there have been three powerful forces at work to make her a breast cancer survivor of 10 years: faith, family and friends. Those who know her well would add a fourth: a strong sense of humor that never really left her, no matter how bad things got. Stogner had always been faithful about getting mammograms, but it was a breast self-examination not too long after one of those mammograms that indicated certain changes which sent her immedi-

ately to her doctor. After a biopsy, she says, “Dr. Hugh Hyatt told my husband the cancer was invasive and we were in trouble. It really frightened us.” But there was some positive news, too. “Dr. Allan Grossman, my oncologist, had just been to a seminar in New York where they had talked about invasive cancers, and he was excited about all he had learned. He held my hand every step of the way. I have really been blessed.” But there was to be a long, long road ahead. First, there were three months of chemotherapy, and she lost all of her hair. “But it was OK. Everybody brought me baseball caps to wear.” The chemo was followed by a mastectomy. Even then, Stogner’s faith was keeping her strong. “When the anesthesiologist was strapping me down before the surgery, I told him I didn’t want him to strap

Pat and Bob Stogner outside their West Knoxville home. Photo by N. Lester

down my right hand. I could feel the Lord holding it. And I really could.” During the surgery, 17 lymph nodes were also removed. Stogner fought on. About the time her hair started growing back,

the doctors recommended three more months of chemotherapy and then 37 radiation treatments. The hair fell out again. It grew back again. She can laugh about it all now, saying that for her,

now, “there is no such thing as a bad hair day.” Stogner says she could not have made it without the strong support of her husband, Bob, a retired banker. “He was so supportive and so loving and wouldn’t let me do a thing. And my friends and my church gathered around me like crazy, even my old friends from Columbia, N.C., where I grew up. The people in those churches prayed for me every Sunday, and they took turns calling every Sunday night to check up on me.” The Stogners are members of West Hills Presbyterian Church, where Pat Stogner sings in the choir and is active in the Women of the Church. She says Scott Horne, the minister, was particularly supportive, as were many other members. She says her experience with cancer has given her “a much deeper rela-

tionship with the Lord. I study the Bible a lot more now, and first thing every morning I thank Him for this day.” And she has found a unique way to give back to others traveling that road she took so many years ago. She works one day a week at Steinmart, and says, “I can almost tell the women who have had a cancer experience when I see them, and sometimes I can give them a hug and tell them they’re going to be OK. You know, the Lord sometimes allows you to be in certain situations where you can share His love.” Things have calmed down now in the Stogner household. The couple enjoy visits with their two sons, Bobby and Stuart and their wives, and with their five grandchildren. “Life is good,” Pat Stogner says, “and it’s really all because of faith, family and friends.” Contact: annehartsn@aol.com.

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Sale ends Nov. 19

Fine Jewelry

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