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Learning the language of bridge

People are afraid of the dentist because they’re afraid of the unknown, says Dr. Stephen Malone. That’s why he visits with patients in an office, with a desk, before they ever see a dental chair.

Meet Dr. Malone over this week’s Coffee Break.

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Put moms in charge!

Last year was supposed to be a historic year for women, partly because more were elected to public office than ever before.

Twenty of 100 U.S. Senators are women, as are 78 of 435 members of the U.S. House, which is a low percentage, but an improvement, Wendy Smith says.

“I don’t know how many of those are mothers, but here’s what I do know: if moms were running Congress right now, we would not have spent New Year’s Eve doing a Hang 10 off the fiscal cliff.”

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See Wendy’s story on page A-3

We are fam-i-lee In March 1980, spring baseball training at Bradenton, Fla., Phil Garner and Dave Parker were doing their salt-and-pepper act.

Trash talk was clubhouse raw. Marvin West thought they might come to blows.

“And I thought ex-Vol Garner, even though he was called Scrap Iron, would be a decided underdog.”

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See Marvin’s story on page A-6

This is the year A new year starts with a clean, fresh calendar, and 365 days available to each of us (at least so far as we know).

Filled with promise and possibility, we use this time to try to live up to the resolutions we so bravely made, just last week.

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See Lynn Hutton’s story on A-6

By Wendy Smith When Patti Ricker retired, she needed a new hobby. Even though she wasn’t a card player, she decided to give bridge a try. She talked her husband, Jim, into taking EasyBridge lessons with her at the Knoxville Bridge Center, which is part of the Deane Hill Recreation Center at 7400 Deane Hill Drive.

That was two years ago. The Rickers now enjoy the game so much that they are helping teach a new session of EasyBridge that begins at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 20.

“If I can learn to play bridge, anyone can learn to play,” says Patti.

Jim compares learning bridge to learning a foreign language – you begin by counting to ten, and add words as you progress. Unlike Patti, he enjoyed playing card games like Hearts before he learned bridge, and says that if you understand the

When Harry House started keeping chickens, he had no idea what he was getting into.

Oh, he knew all about the day-to-day aspects of raising poultry. What he didn’t know was how sociable the hens can be. “Our chickens,” says Harry, “have no boundaries.”

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principle of a trump, bridge is easy.

Patti plays five times a week, and Jim, who still works, plays three times a week. The center offers games six days a week at a variety of times to accommodate all schedules.

EasyBridge teacher David Williams makes it fun to learn, Patti says. David has been playing for more than 20 years, and is a 5thgrade teacher, so he’s good at breaking bridge down to the basics. It’s a game of experience, he says, so the more you play, the better you become.

“You have to be patient with yourself,” he says. “If you are having fun, you’ll make progress.”

The first six lessons are free, and there are no further commitments.

Subsequent lessons are five dollars each. On Sunday afternoons, the large room at the Bridge Center is divided, with the class on one side and

Jo Anne Newby, who recruits new players at the Knoxville Bridge Center, prepares for a new session of EasyBridge with teacher David Williams.

New players Jim and Patti Ricker will help with the class, which begins on Jan. 20. Photos by Wendy Smith a game for new players on the other.

Most of the class will be ready to join the new players by July, David says.

Last year, 88 students came to the first EasyBridge lesson. He would like to have 100 this year.

Participants don’t need to bring a partner. Students are matched with partners as they learn.

Meeting new people is one of the perks of learning to play bridge.

Patti says her bridge friends are like family.

Alda Hamrick and Brenda Mc-

Spadden agree. They learned to play when they took EasyBridge three years ago. Both say they’re still learning, but that EasyBridge was a great way to get started.

“It’s like having your hand held all the way,” says Alda.

Bridge is fun for all ages, says Jo Anne Newby, who recruits new players and offers resources to experienced players at the Bridge Center.

“We laugh a lot,” she says. Info: Jo Anne, KnoxvilleEasybridge@ gmail.com or 539-4150.

Legacy Parks Nick Chase turns 100 Foundation lists goals

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Wallace Mayo, Madhavan Menon, Hope Cohn and Ittop Maliyekkel play bridge at the Knoxville Bridge Center at 7400 Deane Hill Drive.

If Carol Evans and the Legacy Parks Foundation have half the year that they posted in 2012, watch out.

When asked her top three goals for 2013, Evans had a dozen: ■ Continue to develop our natuCarol Evans ral assets – parks, trails, natural areas, recreational opportunities – that help define Knox County as an outdoor recreation destination for both residents and visitors.

■ Begin development of a multi-use trail system in East Knox County, starting with eight miles of trail in East Bridge Business Park. The trails will be designed for hikers, bikers and equestrian use. A 15-mile trail can link East Bridge to House Mountain Natural Area, and Legacy Parks Foundation will seek con-

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■ Complete our three signature projects – creation of Knox County’s first stormwater park at Harrell Road; create a master park plan for the River Bluff property on Knoxville’s south waterfront and convey the property to the city to create a spectacular park; and fully-identify the connections for Knoxville’s Urban Wilderness from the Forks of the River to Alcoa Highway.

In 2012, Legacy Parks Foundation hosted Eric Weihenmayer at a fundraising lunch for 600. It opened the Outdoor Knoxville Adventure Center and cut the ribbon for the Knoxville Urban Wilderness.

Evans spoke at the International Mountain Bike Conference and received an award. And she cheered when Barge Wagoner Sumner & Cannon decided to celebrate its 40th anniversary by developing and donating a master plan for River Bluff.

At 99 and 11/12ths, Nick Chase can still swing a golf club.

He proved that last week when his family and friends threw him a golfthemed early birthday celebration at Calhoun’s on the River, the flagship establishment of the restaurant chain founded by his son Mike in 1973. Nick turns 100 on Jan. 9.

Nick Chase, who came to know nine presidents during a long career as one of the most prominent lawyers in Washington, D.C., has lived in Knoxville since 1994 when Mike bought him and his wife, Louise, a house on Deane Hill Drive.

They split their time between Knoxville and their summer home at Rehoboth Beach, Del., until Louise was diagnosed with dementia and suffered a string of illnesses in the winter of 2003 that left her needing full-time care.

Nick and Louise moved into Elmcroft of Knoxville, where Louise was cared for in the Alzheimer’s unit and Nick had a suite upstairs.

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“He plays by ear,” Mike said.

“My dad was born with an exceptional brain, but now his ability to take in new information has been compromised, so he does this other stuff to keep his mind busy, working and moving,” Mike Chase said.

Exceptional accomplishments are the standard for Nick Chase, who was born Nicholas J. Chiascione, son of Italian immigrants who settled in Connecticut.

He graduated from high school and was awarded a college scholarship when he was 14, but his mother believed he was too young, and made him wait until he was 16 to enroll in Catholic University of America in Washington (CU) in 1929. He was the editor of the school newspaper, president of his class and was named Phi Beta Kappa when he graduated at the top of his class before he was 19.

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A-2 • JANUARY 7, 2013 • BEARDEN SHOPPER-NEWS

Coffee Break with

What is your passion?

My family, my dental practice and my mission trips to Suriname (South America).

With whom, living or dead, would you most like to have a long lunch?

Jesus. I really am looking forward to seeing him face-to-face someday.

Other than your parents, who has had the biggest influence on your life?

Irwin Becker, former director of education at The Pankey Institute. This is a teaching institution for dentists. I call Dr. Becker my “Dental Dad.”

Stephen Malone

I still can’t quite get the hang of …

Golf! Need I say more?

People are afraid of the dentist because they’re afraid of the unknown, says Dr. Stephen Malone. That’s why he visits with patients in an office, with a desk, before they ever see a dental chair.

Malone loves being a dentist like he loves his adopted hometown. He and his wife, Lisa, moved to Knoxville because it was a pleasant stop on their way to his home in Murray, Ky., while he was a Navy dentist at Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, N.C. He bought the dental practice of Dr. Paul Robinson in 1997, and now has a new office at 264 South Peters Road.

The Malones appreciated the small-town feel of Knoxville, and thought it would be a good place to raise a family. They have two sons: Davis, who attends Bearden High School, and Grant, who attends West Valley Middle School.

Malone loves to spend time with his sons, especially now that they’ve taken up his old hobby – golf. He gave up the sport when they were young because it was too timeconsuming, but now he’s back on the course in a different role.

“I just watch. I still don’t get to play.”

But he has another hobby that’s all his own. He’s building a custom Harley-Davidson Softail from the ground up. His boys won’t be allowed, he says, but Lisa is welcome to ride – as a passenger.

What is your favorite quote from TV or a movie?

“May the Force be with you,” from Star Wars.

What are you guilty of?

My wife Lisa and my boys say that I snore. I don’t know if I believe it because I have never heard myself snore.

What is your favorite material possession?

I don’t consider myself very materialistic but I guess it would be photo albums of my family as my kids have grown. You can’t buy that again.

What are you reading currently?

“Business By The Book” by Chuck Bentley (Crown Ministries).

What was your most embarrassing moment?

I was driving down the road, listening to music and

What is the best present you ever received in a box?

My wife gave me a very nice wristwatch that I still wear.

What is the best advice your mother ever gave you?

“You need to be careful whom you choose as your friends.”

What is your social media of choice?

I still prefer good old face-to-face conversation.

What is the worst job you have ever had?

I worked in tobacco fields when I was in high school.

What was your favorite Saturday morning cartoon?

“Looney Tunes” (Foghorn Leghorn). I can’t explain this one but I still like it.

What irritates you?

Greed and selfishness. I can’t stand it.

What’s one place in Bearden/downtown that everyone should visit?

eating a cheeseburger. I looked in the rearview mirror and saw blue lights flashing from a state trooper’s car. I pulled over and when the officer came to my window, I said “I’m sorry that I was speeding. I just wasn’t paying attention because I was eating a burger.” He said, “I know, because I have been following you for four miles.”

We both started laughing.

The downtown riverfront on UT game day. The Vol Navy and tailgating is something that everyone should see.

What are the top three things on your bucket list?

That my kids will not have the same opportunities in this country that I’ve had.

1) African Safari. 2) Alaskan fly fishing trip. 3) A round of golf at Augusta National.

If you could do one impulsive thing, what would it be?

What is one word others often use to describe you?

I hope it is “generous” because I like to help people when I am able.

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

I would not take myself so seriously. I expect too much from myself and it is not always the best way to be.

What is your greatest fear?

Drop everything and take my wife on a surprise vacation. We would have to buy everything we need when we get there because we would leave so fast that we would not even have packed.

– Wendy Smith It can be your neighbor, club leader, bridge partner, boss, father, teacher – anyone you think would be interesting to Bearden Shopper-News readers. Email suggestions to Wendy Smith, shopperwendy@comcast.net. Include contact info if you can.

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Let’s put moms in charge Last year was supposed to be a historic year for women, partly because more were elected to public office than ever before. Twenty of 100 U.S. Senators are women, as are 78 of 435 members of the U.S. House, which is a low percentage, but an improvement.

Wendy Smith I don’t know how many of those are mothers, but here’s what I do know: if moms were running Congress right now, we would not have spent New Year’s Eve doing a Hang 10 off the fiscal cliff. Instead, there would be well-constructed fences to keep everyone a good, safe distance

from any type of cliff, figurative or literal.

Here are a few rules that moms would enforce if we were running the show: Don’t just sit there.

Do something productive. Usually, we’re talking to children who have played too many video games or spent too much time texting.

Maybe that’s what’s going on in Washington, too. After all, the 112th Congress was the least productive since we began tracking passed bills in the 1940s. Don’t make us take those cell phones away!

Don’t wait until the last minute to finish an assignment. We all remember that research paper we didn’t start until 6 p.m. the night before it was due. The sad outcome was a lost night of sleep, a C+ and a very angry mother. Last week, Congress barely met

its deadline, partially by putting off tedious little details like that pesky debt ceiling.

Didn’t they learn anything in senior English?

Take turns. Anyone who had a mother learned this lesson when they were a toddler. Sure, it would be great if you could get your way all the time, but if you’re going to live with other people, this just isn’t possible. A grownup word for taking turns is “compromise.” It sounds like this: “If you’ll accept a few spending cuts, I’ll agree to a small tax hike.” Was that really so hard?

Be nice to everybody, not just your best friends. In middle school, everyone wants to be friends with the rich, popular kids.

But mothers teach us to treat everybody well. After all, that kid with the acne problem and the World of Warcraft

addiction could become your best friend. He could also find the cure for cancer. The 113th Congress would do well to remember that they represent all of us – not just the top two percent.

Take responsibility for your mistakes. There once was a broken vase, and two siblings who each said it was the other’s fault. It’s a classic tale that ends with both kids being punished and losing their allowance for a month. No one wins when both parties point fingers, and it would be refreshing if Congress could remember this in the coming months.

Moms across the country would say: “Give each other a big hug and move on.”

former president an honorary doctorate from CU. There are also photos from that period of Chase with Bishop Fulton J. Sheen and J. Edgar Hoover.

Despite a long and storied career teaching and practicing law, it is clear what means to most to Nick Chase, who is called “PopPop” by his grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

He and Louise had five children, eight grandchildren (seven of whom are living) and nine great-grandchildren. Grandson Nicholas J. Chase II is a Knoxville

attorney. Great-grandson Joey Gaston, a freshman football player at the Naval Academy, made a special effort to get to Knoxville last Sunday after suiting up for a bowl game in San Francisco Saturday night.

Dapper, as always, in a custom-made suit from John H. Daniel, Nick gave

Sequoyah Elementary School students Caroline Powell, Brady Kuester, Graham Kuester and Parker Knott play Santa for the Humane Society of the Tennessee Valley. Caroline, Brady and Parker, all 4th-graders, came up with idea to make 20 fleece blankets for the animals. Graham, a 2nd-grader, supplied the doggie treats. Photo submitted

WDVX and the Knoxville Americana Music Foundation are launching a new ■ Get your ’grass on quarterly concert series We enjoy our bluegrass called WDVX World Class music in Knoxville, and we Bluegrass Show this month.

Balsam Range, Brand always welcome more of it.

New Strings and the Dismembered Tennesseans will perform at the inaugural show at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26, at the Bijou Theatre.

Tickets are available at www. knoxbijou.com.

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He went on to earn a master’s degree in philosophy there before going to work at the Brookings Institution for a couple of years before deciding to go to law school.

He finished first in his class at Georgetown University in 1934 and later spent almost 20 years as a professor there, teaching trial practice. He still found time for his own law practice, and in 1947 became the senior partner in Chase & Williams with junior partner Edward Bennett Williams, a flamboyant attorney who would much later represent Bill Clinton during his impeachment ordeal.

Chase & Williams proved to be a short-lived partnership due to the sketchy nature of some of Williams’ associates; the last straw being his determination to represent deported mobster Lucky Luciano. Chase objected, and was quoted in multiple accounts as saying that he couldn’t go home and

Mike Chase and his father, Nicholas J. Chase look his children in the eye if he represented “skunks” like Luciano. Among clients he did not cull was labor leader John L. Lewis.

In 1961, Attorney General Robert Kennedy offered him an appointment as U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, a position that Chase, who says the Kennedy brothers “were all-right fellows,” turned down because he didn’t want to be a government lawyer.

Dwight D. Eisenhower was his favorite of all the presidents he has known, and a scrapbook on display at his party showed photographs of Ike with Chase at the ceremony awarding the

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Nicholas Chase with his family: Stephen Chase, Lauren Gaston, Katie Barnett, Jackie Barnett; Bill Gaston, Kelsey Chase, Tyler Gaston, Nicholas J. Chase, Laurie Barnett, Mary Alice Rooks, Jordan Rooks; Michael Gaston, Joey Gaston, Nicholas Gaston, Kara Chase, Nick Chase II, Sydney Rooks. Photos by Betty Bean a brief speech that brought the crowd to tears when he thanked them for coming and told them always to remember that they are parts

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government Don’t limit legislative bills Tennessee House Speaker Beth Harwell will push to limit state lawmakers to 10 bills per person for a total of 990 bills for 99 members when the Legislature convenes tomorrow, Jan. 8. This would be half of the 2,000 bills normally introduced each year.

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If successful, this will be a sea change in the way the Legislature operates and it effectively reduces the number of bills in the state Senate if there is not a House sponsor.

Other changes she proposes such as eliminating “ghost voting” where another member votes for one not at his or her desk when the vote occurs are no-brainers and are clearly needed. It is proxy voting without an authorized proxy.

However, limiting the number of bills an elected lawmaker can sponsor while allowing the Administration an unlimited number of bills will change the course of business.

With the Administration being Republican as well as the Legislature that may not bother anyone except Democrats whose numbers have been sharply reduced to less than one-third.

Democrats would see their ability to offer alternative legislation limited as they only have 29 members in the House and 7 in the Senate.

It is certainly valid to ask if members duly elected to enact laws by the voters should have their rights curtailed by imposing a limit.

Sometimes issues arise in districts where voters demand legislative action.

What happens if that member has already introduced his limit? Why should the executive branch of state government be able to introduce through its floor leaders any number of bills while the actual members who serve in the legislative branch would be limited to 10 each?

Should the limit be 10 or 15 or no limit?

Will reducing the number of bills actually

shorten the session and make it more efficient?

Special interest groups must be deeply concerned about this rule change as it will reduce their ability to have bills introduced. It does not speak to the state treasurer, comptroller and secretary of state who sometimes have their own legislation as well as the University of Tennessee and other higher education institutions.

Will they fall under these limits too?

Oftentimes bills are introduced to stimulate debate on an issue knowing actual passage is remote.

Wine in grocery stores has been around for 40 years. The death penalty is debated on both sides.

Other issues such as the selection process for the state attorney general or the lieutenant governor are topical and merit discussion.

Will lawmakers drop these bills now in order to deal with local issues? Bill limits would impact the independence of the Legislature and make life easier for whatever Administration is in office as the executive branch would have fewer bills to follow.

Certainly, the concept behind limiting bills is laudatory as it is aimed at more discussion on more quality legislation and less on headline bills with zero change of passage. Some lawmakers, like Steve Hall from Knoxville, sponsor very few bills while others sponsor 30 or 40 bills each year. If any limit is imposed it will be a significant change in how business is done.

■ This Wednesday, Jan. 9, marks the 100th anniversary of Richard Nixon’s birthday in 1913, and Nixon alumni as well as his two daughters, Julie Eisenhower and Tricia Cox, will gather at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington to celebrate the occasion.

Henry Kissinger, secretary of state under Nixon, chairs the dinner.

Expected to attend are former Vice President Dick Cheney and former Defense Secretary Don Rumsfeld plus many surviving members of the Nixon Administration.

Sandy Quinn leads the Nixon Foundation. Some in Knoxville may remember his role in planning Knoxville’s 1982 World’s Fair along with Bo Roberts at the time.

A-4 • JANUARY 7, 2013 • BEARDEN SHOPPER-NEWS

Legislators dump fee on teachers State Rep. Gloria Johnson hasn’t been sworn into office yet, but she’s already hit the ground running.

Betty Bean Not surprisingly, the 25year veteran special education teacher is hoping to be assigned to the Education Committee. She has zeroed in on education issues, particularly school vouchers and the exams required for teacher licensure.

Individual teachers must foot the bill for the Praxis Series Exams, and Johnson, who will be on legislative leave from her job at the Richard Yoakley Alternative School this semester, says the requirement is particularly burdensome for special education teachers, who teach a variety of subjects and must pass an exam in each one – and pay for it themselves.

“This will require me to take five tests, which are about $250 apiece,” said Johnson, who teaches biology, algebra, geometry and English 1-4. She and Rep. Joe Armstrong spoke at a meeting of the directors of Democratic Television (DTV) last week.

“Lots of special educa-

tion teachers are teaching in subjects they’re not qualified in, so this will be incredibly difficult and might require taking the test more than once. It’s going to cost me over $1,000 to get the tests I need. The math test includes calculus and trigonometry, which I’m never going to teach.”

She said she has spoken with her predecessor, Harry Tindell, about the new requirement, and he told her that legislators who voted for it didn’t realize that it would go into effect Jan. 1 when they passed it last session.

Johnson believes that a move to postpone implementation until next year would have bipartisan support because it is proving to be disruptive to school systems.

“Three months is not a reasonable amount of time to prepare. People are asking, ‘Where did this bill come from?’

“Harry called to let me know that this is causing a problem in Maryville’s alternative school, and special ed supervisors in Knox County say they don’t want to exempt anybody, but they just want to allow more time. It’s not easy to find folks to fill in at alternative schools.”

Johnson, who opposes school vouchers, said she recently attended an orga-

State Reps. Joe Armstrong and Gloria Johnson Photo by Betty Bean nizational meeting sponsored by Students First; a pro-voucher lobbying organization founded by Michelle Rhee, the controversial former Washington, D.C., schools superintendent. She wasn’t impressed by the substance of what she heard, but says she was concerned by the meeting facilitator’s zeal.

“We need to get the word out; the other side is starting to organize,” she said.

“What Students First is doing is talking about school choice. She (the organizer, who is an employee of the organization) said they want to hold county schools accountable.

“When I asked a question about funding, she said that’s anonymous. I said, ‘You’re expecting the county system to be transparent, but you’re not transparent in your own organization?’

“She said, ‘By law, we don’t have to tell you.’

“The students I’ve taught for 25 years will never be accepted by a charter school,” Johnson said.

Armstrong’s focus is on healthcare, and he is critical of his colleagues for ignor-

ing the issue of complying with the Affordable Care Act in budget hearings for two years while they waited for the courts to strike it down.

“The whole time we were supposed to be setting up an exchange,” Armstrong said. “And I was a little disappointed that this attitude persisted until the governor’s conference call when Herb Slatery (Haslam’s general counsel) spent 43 minutes of a 45-minute call trying to explain that we couldn’t pre-empt federal law.

“Haslam gave up and threw his hands into the air.”

Armstrong is also worried about Medicaid expansion, over which the Supreme Court has given states broad discretion.

“We’re leaving (federal) money on the table,” he said.

Amrstrong predicted that moves to limit the number of bills legislators can file will be burdensome to publicity-seekers.

“You’ve got a guy like (state Sen. Stacey) Campfield that’ll throw 100 bills in just for the publicity.”

Changes ahead for Shopper Mary Lou Horner had more energy than six regular people. So maybe six of us will step up and try to support her favorite projects this year and in years to come.

Mary Lou led efforts to plant trees in Fountain City Park, usually in memory of someone and often in the shade of a bigger tree.

Usually, I went along to take pictures, kidding Mary Lou about maybe taking sand to the beach next.

But look around. Many of the older trees have lost limbs or even died. The most robust trees in the park today are those planted over the last 20 years by Mary Lou and her friends at Keep Knoxville Beautiful.

So the gang at ShopperNews will plant a tree in memory of Mary Lou at Fountain City Park.

We’ll invite everyone when we set the date. Hopefully, no one in the crowd will foot-drag and make jokes about planting trees in a forest (or a park).

New office in Halls Sandra Clark

LeAnn Horner and Kim Isenberg stopped by to review our photo file on Mary Lou. It’s huge!

Mary Lou with kids, Mary Lou with multiple former county commissioners and school board members, Mary Lou with business leaders, and Mary Lou with her grandkids: Josh, Jason and Kristen.

She loved those kids, even selling her condo when they came along to move into the house with Bobby and LeAnn to be nearby.

When Kristen was born, I thought, “Aha! If they name her Mary Lou, we’ll have another Mary Lou Horner.”

But they were smart. Kristen is unique and will make her mark. And there will never be another Mary Lou.

Debbie Moss.

Now if I could just quit calling him Cranberry!

Sometime over the next two months, the ShopperNews team will leave our 10-year home on Doris Circle and move across the highway to a new home adjacent to our prior location.

■ Recycle computers and accesWe will be located near sories at Chilhowee Park from Toby Strickland’s Edward 9 to 3 Saturday, Jan. 12, in a Jones office and Mike drive-thru event co-sponPadgett’s antique shop. sored by the city of Knoxville, In fact, we’re meeting the Optimist Club of West Knoxville, the Volunteer Restoday (Jan. 7) to look at cue Squad and Knox County upgrades and technology Solid Waste. Volunteers hookups at the office. will accept old computers, We’ll let you know when laptops, cell phones, small apit’s official. pliances and other electronic Brandi Davis returns items. Info: plugintoyourcomto work today, having been munity@yahoo.com/. gone on maternity leave ■ School board will meet 5 p.m. with baby Brinkley.

Tuesday, Jan. 8, at Andrew Davis is a wonderful adJohnson boardroom with a dition to our team, and workshop at 5 p.m. Monday, we’re all glad she is back to Jan. 7, at the same site. work.

■ Citizens Academy, sponsored Rachel Dove, who filled by the League of Women in for Brandi, has found a Voters to help folks learn job in the office at Salsariabout Knox County governta’s. Good luck to Rachel in ment, will be held on three Saturdays, Feb. 16 and 23 her new career. and March 9. Applications are Tony Cranmore is comdue on Jan. 25. Info: www. ing along as our newest lwvknoxville.org/. sales rep after replacing

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Old Ironsides

Undefeated NATURE NOTES | Dr. Bob Collier “Undefeated� is the title of a book I recently bought in a small museum at Boston Harbor.

It was written by a distinguished Navy officer and historian, Commander Tyrone G. Martin, and unfolds the amazing history of our most famous warship. The USS Constitution, nicknamed “Old Ironsides� when a British cannonball was seen to bounce off her side into the sea early in the War of 1812, is still moored at her berth there in Boston, fully maintained, fully rigged and seaworthy nearly 200 years after the end of her remarkable career.

Grandma and I were in Boston at Thanksgiving to gather up No. 2 Grandson from college and see the sights. One sight I really wanted to see, besides all the beautifully-preserved historic buildings and the wonderful Museum of Science, was Old Ironsides. The great ship is kept in the harbor where she was built in the years 1794-97, launched in October of 1797 and put to sea in July of 1798.

Her glorious fighting days long over, she is still a fullycommissioned ship of the U.S. Navy under the constant watchful care of an attentive crew of active-duty personnel.

I have always been fascinated by the Constitution, not only by her amazing career on the high seas, but by how she was built. Back then, there were no big machines or any power tools, and ships were built essentially of wood-tons (tons of it) and pieced together by hand and ingenuity. Being a tree and wood person, I find the story remarkable of how all that wood, of several important varieties and from many different parts of this new country and elsewhere, got assembled into the best fighting ship on the seas.

A bit of historical background is necessary here to explain why the Constitution and her two sister ships, plus three smaller warships, were needed and came to be built.

After winning independence from the British in 1781 (more officially with the Treaty of Paris in 1783), the United States of America, tired of war, penniless and just trying to figure out what they really were, apparently breathed a sigh of relief and did away with their navy. The last units of the Continental Navy were sold off in August of 1785.

Within a week of the end of the Continental Navy, writes Commander Martin, the notorious Barbary pirates of North Africa had seized two American ships and held their crews for ransom. Previously under the protection of the powerful Royal Navy, the now-vulnerable, unarmed American merchant vessels could be picked off by the pirates at will.

And so it continued. The last three months of 1793 saw 11 American merchant ships taken by the pirates and more than 100 crew members held for ransom, a situation that finally roused Congress into action to create a new navy.

A Select Committee was appointed and recommended construction of four 44-gun warships and two 20-gun ships. But then, as now, politics dominated the scene.

Arguments went back and forth, some politicians even suggesting that a strong navy could lead to the overthrow of the government. There was a lot of parsimonious wrangling and name-calling.

But at last, reason prevailed and appropriations were agreed upon. Designs for the big warships were drawn up, engineering ahead of anything then on the seas. Preparations were begun to build one of the three big ships at

USS Constitution captain’s wheel

a shipyard in Boston Harbor and work began in 1794.

Now, it takes a lot of stuff to build a big warship. Fiftyfour cast iron cannons, 32 of them weighing in at 5,600 pounds each, were forged in foundries in Maryland, New Jersey and Rhode Island. The three anchors weighed more than 5,000 pounds apiece.

Paul Revere’s foundries supplied 4,200 feet of 1 1/8 to 1 1/2 inch copper bolts to hold the parts together. More than 4,000 sheets of copper, ironically from British mills, were tacked over the bottom, with 40 copper tacks per sheet.

And finally, the acres and acres of sail were provided by more than 10,000 yards of 20-inch-wide flaxen canvas.

Now let’s talk about all that wood. More than 1,500 huge oak trees, weighing more than 1,200 tons in all, were harvested from at least six states: white oak planking

from New Jersey and live oak for the massive structural pieces from the islands and swamps of Georgia. Towering white pines for masts, cut in Maine, were floated to Boston by sea. There were cedar logs for interior frames and planks, yellow heart pine for flooring. More than 50,000 “tree-nails,� 18-30 inches long, of black locust, were used to nail the pieces of the frame together; these again came from England, almost all produced in the small village of Owlesbury.

The structural strength of the great ship came from the oak. Oak is quite strong and quite heavy, and the framing pieces for the ship were massive. A cube of white oak only 12 inches on a side weighs 42 pounds! The largest piece for the keel was 80 feet long and 18 x 24 inches across. That adds up to 4 1/2 tons, and it had to be accurately shaped

Old Ironsides’ cannons by hand and laid in place with no power equipment.

The huge oak ribs, in some places 12 x 21 inches across, were laid less than two inches apart. Covered with oak planking, some of it 40 feet long and seven inches thick, Old Ironsides’ wooden sides were an incredible 21 inches thick!

The USS Constitution had

already distinguished herself against the varying enemies of the time, whether British, French or the Barbary pirates, when the United States again declared war on the British on June 18, 1812. At that time, America had the second-largest fleet of merchant vessels in the world, but the smallest navy of any major power. The entire navy

totaled 17 ships; the British Royal Navy boasted about 900.

During the War of 1812, with unsurpassed design, construction and seamanship, the Constitution pulled off three narrow escapes from vastly superior British naval forces, and decisively won three major engagements, the last against two Royal Navy warships at the same time.

Commander Martin concludes his book by writing that in helping to win the Second War for Independence, the Constitution and her sister ships uplifted American morale at the time spectacularly, ended the myth that the Royal Navy was invincible and proved that Americans were equal to any other nation in the world.

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A-6 â&#x20AC;˘ JANUARY 7, 2013 â&#x20AC;˘ BEARDEN SHOPPER-NEWS eration later, and football coach Butch Jones is using the same concept, talking family to Tennessee.

His hot line to recruitIn March 1980, spring ing commitments is â&#x20AC;&#x153;Welbaseball training at Bracome to the family!â&#x20AC;? denton, Fla., Phil Garner Great idea. Big Orange and Dave Parker were doMarvin Country really needs the ing their salt-and-pepper West glue and all the clichĂŠs that act. This was before â&#x20AC;&#x153;racgo with family â&#x20AC;&#x201C; we are one, ismâ&#x20AC;? precluded such antics. all join hands, close ranks, Trash talk was clubget on the same page and house raw. I thought they might come to blows. And They had borrowed the start the climb up the hill.

I get the feeling Jones I thought ex-Vol Garner, song from the disco group even though he was called Sister Sledge and made it might make it happen.

Scrap Iron, would be a de- their theme for the 1979 sea- Mothers of prospects uncided underdog. son that ended with a World doubtedly appreciate the When my eyes were as Series championship. The thought of family looking wide as they would go, Pirates really were a togeth- after their boys.

Butch talked family Parker and Garner stopped er group. Their closeness the show, laughed, hugged was part of what made them with his team at the first and sat down to tell me the famous. Willie Stargell was meeting, about signing their names to be part of story of the Pittsburgh Pi- another part. rates and â&#x20AC;&#x153;We Are Family.â&#x20AC;?

Here we are, a gen- the program.

We are fam-i-lee

This is the year Pay attention! Are you deaf?

Open your eyes! Are you blind?

Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re my servant, and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not looking!

Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re my messenger, and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not listening!

The very people I depended upon, servants of God, Blind as a bat â&#x20AC;&#x201C; willfully blind!

Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen a lot, but looked at nothing.

Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve heard everything, but listened to nothing.

(Isaiah 42: 18-20 The Message) Thank you, God, for this good life, and forgive us if we do not love it enough.

(Garrison Keillor) A new year starts with a clean, fresh calendar, and 365 days available to each

of us (at least so far as we know). Filled with promise and possibility, we use this

Cross Currents

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time to try to live up to the resolutions we so bravely made, just last week.

We are going to lose weight, exercise, clean out the broom closet, throw away all the stacks of papers (theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been there since before Christmas; they could not possibly have been there since Thanksgiving!) Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to be kinder to our

He took a great second step, inviting former Volunteers to dinner, for a tour of the world-class facilities and a little family chat. The meeting was just about getting acquainted, feeling welcome, connecting names and faces, asking and answering questions and wishing everybody well. Nobody took up a collection.

It was a brilliant move.

If he and we are going to talk Tennessee family, old Vols are the very foundation. Those guys made Tennessee football what is was â&#x20AC;&#x201C; big time, spectacular, giant stadium, full house.

Butch has the precisely correct perspective. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the new guy in town and reaching his goal may take

a few minutes. He needs all the friends he can find, positive support, maybe even a few prayers.

Mike Stratton, 1959-61 Volunteer and later a Buffalo Bill, came away with an optimistic first impression â&#x20AC;&#x201C; football name, football haircut, knows what he is talking about when he discusses the game and is hopefully the answer this time.

Jack Kile, 1959 guard, 1962-69 assistant coach, past-president of the T Club, faithful supporter of all things orange, reports as follows: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Coach Jones said he thinks we will be proud of the team that takes the field this fall. Coach said there will be discipline, hard work, much effort by

all, no slackers.â&#x20AC;?

Kile liked the part about doors open to former lettermen, welcome at practices and inside the big building. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I personally told him that I was glad he was here because he wanted to be here.â&#x20AC;?

Kile told athletic director Dave Hart that he thought Jones scored more points with lettermen in one day than Derek Dooley had in three years.

Jack Kile does not wear orange blinders. He is a realist. He knows what really matters are results.

For now, Butch Jones is in the front row of the family photo. Looks good with the power T on his lapel.

neighbors, more patient with our kids, more careful with our checkbook, more generous with our church, more consistent with our daily devotions, or attendance at worship.

And then stuff happens.

The kids get sick; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s raining when we are supposed to go running; we see a paper we wanted to re-read in the stacks for recycling and put it back on the coffee table; we find a really good deal on the one thing we wanted (but didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t receive) for Christmas. We decide to skip church this week because it is raining (or sunny, Commitment Sunday or the first day of

the golf tournament).

It is easy to see why the Lord gets exasperated with us â&#x20AC;&#x201C; just as God did with the people of Judah.

We make promises to ourselves, to others, to God, and then fail to keep them. We swear off bad habits, then let them creep back in. We lay a few more miles of well-intended paving stones on that famous road to perdition.

In the passage from Isaiah 42 (quoted above), God rants at Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own chosen people, calling them to account. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I chose you,â&#x20AC;? (to paraphrase a thundering God), â&#x20AC;&#x153;to be my servants, to do my

will, to be a light to the nations! And you have done nothing â&#x20AC;&#x201C; nothing! â&#x20AC;&#x201C; for me.â&#x20AC;?

However, the God of Second Chances is alive and well, and still in business.

God calls us to all manner of tasks in Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name, asks us to stand up again when we fall, to try again when we fail, to start all over again when the whole thing just doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work.

And here is the really Good News: God walks with us every step of the way, leads us through the difficult passes, reproves us when we fail, rejoices with us when we succeed, and loves us.

Always.

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â&#x2013; 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 10: Food City/Halls, 7202 Maynardville Highway, Bloodmobile.

â&#x2013; 8 a.m.-3 p.m., Monday, Jan. 7: Knox County Health Department, 140 Dameron Ave., inside community room.

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Remembering Mary Lou Mary Lou Horner passes away Mary Lou Vittetoe Horner, 88, passed away on New Year’s Day (Jan. 1, 2013) at home. fe; She leaves a son, Bobby, and his wife; daughter-in-law LeAnn Horner; grandchildren Josh, Jason and Kristen Horner; stepdaughter and son-in-law Victoria and Jeff McKee; and a host of friends.

Mary Lou was a proud member of Central Baptist Church of Fountain City where her memorial service was held on Jan. 6, with the Rev. Ron Mouser officiating.

She served on the Knox County Commission and its predecessor the County Quarterly Court from 1976 until 2006 when the state Supreme Court upheld dterm limits. The Halls Senior Center building bears her name. ive volA two-time cancer survivor, she was an active unteer with the American Cancer Society, the YWCA where

Four pioneering women on County Commission – Mary Lou, Bee DeSelm, Wanda Moody and Madeline Rogero. File photos

‘Rest in Peace, Mary Lou’ There are few things in life that are certain. There is, of course, the old saw about death and taxes. I’d add a third: If you ever met Mary Lou Horner, you never forgot her.

Anne Hart

The first week after I moved to Knoxville as a News Sentinel reporter in the late 1960s, I was sent to cover a meeting of the old Knoxville Transit Authority at the County Courthouse.

The only thing I recall about that meeting so long ago was the lady at the podium with the bright red hair teased so high and thin you could probably have read a book through it. That hairstyle never changed one whit for the next 40 years, and over time, it became effectively the trademark of a distinctly and wonderfully unique individual.

After the meeting ended that day, the red-haired lady came over and introduced herself to this newcomer to town. It was the beginning of a long friendship. But then, I fully realize that just about everyone who ever met Mary Lou Horner considered her a friend. She made sure of it.

You couldn’t miss her in a crowd – ever. First, there

was, yes, that red hair. And then that great big grin that caused her whole face to crinkle up and her blue eyes to sparkle. Add to that a laugh that was unparalleled and could be heard way across a crowded room, and you have the person who really didn’t need a last name: “Mary Lou” said it all.

She was truly one-of-akind, and it was all good.

She was way before her time in so many ways, but she never wanted to be put in a category. She would scoff at some of the women’s rights tactics of the ’60s and ’70s – like bra burning in the streets. After all, she had earned her considerable stripes through sheer hard work and was darn proud of it – and still had all her bras.

And yet she made certain to not only open doors for other women, but to stand to one side and usher – drag, if necessary – them through, doling out sage advice all along the way. Mary Lou did more to promote women in the workplace than anyone around, but she did it without fanfare, as she did a lot of

truly important things that improved the quality of life in this community.

Yes, she was amazingly gregarious; always the life of the party and the center of attention at any gathering, but that was the public persona. The private one – the one that did so much good for so many people –was always churning just as vigorously, albeit out of sight and usually unheralded.

In whatever she was doing, Mary Lou was smart to know it didn’t matter who got the credit as long as the goal was reached. That’s one of the ways she was able to accomplish so much for so many charitable organizations. She was always quick to hand off the credit to others.

And politics? She loved it absolutely and unequivocally. And no one – positively no one – was better at it.

During her three decades of elective office – first on the

she zealously sold tickets for the Tribute to Women fundrais fundraiser, and Keep Knoxville Beautiful.

Pro Professionally, she was the spirit of the Hal Halls and Fountain City Shopper newspaper for 30 years. She promoted developpe m ment and supported local businesses.

S She was named the first Fountain City W Woman of the Year.

Her involvement with PTA when Bobby was in elementary school led to her decision to seek public office.

She also supported Stan Brock and R Remote Area Medical. In a Nov. 19, 19 1991 letter, Brock called her “a mover and shaker.” an G Gentry Griffey Funeral Chapel and Crem Crematory handled her arrangements.

Mem Memorials may be made to the American Cancer So Society or to Central Baptist Church, 5364 N. Broadway 37918.

A younger U.S. Rep. Jimmy Duncan shares a laugh with Mary Lou Horner.

Mary Lou waves during a Halls Christmas Parade.

old Knox County Quarterly Court and then on County Commission – she fought fiercely for her constituents.

Those blue eyes could turn to stone and that usually cheery voice to ice if she thought someone was being mistreated. She could level you with

(This is the place where it is appropriate to say “Rest in Peace, Mary Lou.” But those of us who knew and loved Mary Lou cannot conceive of her resting. It’s easier to think of her sitting on a cloud regaling the angels with funny stories, eyes twinkling and face all crinkly with that great big grin.)

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Mary Lou was forced out of office by term limits, and it soon became abundantly clear that while someone else could take her seat, no one could ever take her place. She had no match.

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Rocky Hill Elementary School 4th graders and friends Henry Schaefer and Maggie Tipton sit with the family of African art dolls they created. Photo by S. Barrett

A family made from tradition and imagination African tribal chief Aba proudly stands with his daughter, Adaeze, and his two grandchildren, Amaka and Alala.

Sara Barrett “His face is made of modeling clay,” said Rocky Hill Elementary School 4th grader Henry Schaefer.

Henry and his friend and classmate Maggie Tipton created the family of African art dolls in art teacher Karen Bertollini’s class during the afterschool enrichment program The Rock. They are made from items including recycled water bottles, clay, pieces of jewelry and fabric.

The students researched African legends and incorporated some of the history into the creation of each doll.

Several other students participated in the six-week

art class, but Henry and Maggie took it to another level.

“Their favorite food is gazelle,” said Maggie. “Adaeze doesn’t like meat, but she makes an exception for it.”

The two budding artists created an entire personality for each doll. Bertollini asked each student in the class to make a birth certificate for their doll, and Maggie and Henry added information including their favorite season, what their names mean and what they like to eat.

The dolls have been displayed in a case at the school’s front entrance, but the students will take them home over the holiday break.

Maggie is making a house for her doll using recycled candy wrappers for the walls.

After explaining the lifestyle and personality of each doll, Maggie laughs.

“It takes almost as long to explain it as it did to make it.”

Maggie and Henry both plan to continue studying art after graduating from high school.

Webb School senior Bethany Miniard’s “Untitled” won Best Print at the 2012-2013 East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition.

Webb School senior Walker Kennedy’s “Untitled” won Best Computer Graphics at the 2012-2013 East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition.

SCHOOL NOTES Greenway School ■ A visitors’ open house will be held 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 13, for interested families to tour the facility and meet the faculty.

Sequoyah Elementary ■ A PIT student support meeting will be held 1-2 p.m.

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Webb School senior Lindsey Orrin’s print “Untitled” won Best of Show at the 2012-2013 East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition. It now appears on a billboard for the Knoxville Museum of Art. Orrin and 24 other Webb students will have their work showcased with 325 other middle and high school students from East Tennessee through Saturday, Jan. 13, at KMA. Photos submitted

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Bearden High School senior Jessica Dawn Goodson has signed to play softball for Milligan College. She has been playing softball since age 7.

Jessica was all-district this past year and finished with an 11-0 record.

Snowflakes for Sandy Hook When school resumes for Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., it will be in a different building. Parent volunteers would like to welcome the students with a “Winter Wonderland” with the entire building decorated with as many unique snowflakes as possible.

Send snowflakes by Saturday, Jan. 12, to the Connecticut PTSA, 60 Connolly Parkway, Building 12, Suite 103, Hamden, Conn., 06514.

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Willis to play for Tennessee Tech Bearden High School senior Danielle Willis has committed to play softball with Tennessee Tech University.

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Shopper-News Presents Miracle Makers

Teaching the little ones

By Sandra Clark Dani Rose loves her job.

The Nashville native is a graduate of UT’s early childhood program with both bachelor’s and master’s degrees. She was then selected to teach the kindergarten class at the lab school, so her connection to the college remains strong.

Summer camp Summer camp at the lab school runs almost 10 weeks, June through three days in August, with an “on the move” motif, says Jennifer Reece.

She’s the assistant teacher at the Jennifer Reece kindergarten and camp director.

The camp is open to the community and will accommodate 20 to 24 kids with a weekly tuition of $185 plus lunch and snacks.

“We visit downtown, ride the trolleys, learn to read maps and GPS,” she says. “There’s an animal week and a couple of weeks for drama.”

Reece is flexible on the age limits.

She said former campers often ask to come back and she’s designated some as junior counselors. Details and registration info are available online at elc.utk.edu/.

Will she go for her doctorate? She’s unsure, but after four years of the physically strenuous work with fiveyear-olds, she pretty certain her body won’t hold out for a 30-year career.

The UT Early Learning Center (ELC) enrolls kids from babies through kindergarten. UT professors work with the teachers to share current research.

In turn, the teachers such as Dani Rose model best practices to the student teachers who pass through their classrooms.

“It’s a teaching partnership (with the UT students),” Rose says. Last semester she had just one student teacher, along with assistant teacher Jennifer Reece.

The classroom has sometimes had four student teachers.

While teachers don’t let kids set the curriculum, Rose says, “We put emphasis on empowering children to learn what they don’t know.”

That seems logical, but Rose says the “lines are a bit more gray” than at public schools where teachers are expected to follow a more rigid program. The lab school kindergarten is for families

Teacher Dani Rose observes a kindergarten student at the UT lab school.

who “are looking for something more – more attention in a smaller classroom.”

Children learn from play, Rose says, and the UT lab school features a playground with natural elements.

More academic topics are tackled through a “project-based approach to learning.”

This year, the class began a writer’s workshop that “has transformed how children have embraced writing.

“First, we ask them to tell us who you are. We want a narrative, only truth.

Next, we move into story-telling and then to scientific writing. The more factual writing leads to research. The children are so much more passionate about (writing) now.”

What do they know, and when should they know it?

What are your expectations of children entering kindergarten and what are your goals for them when they finish?

UT lab school teacher Dani Rose says kids entering Dani Rose kindergarten should know how to write their name and have a general sense of the alphabet and numbers. They should do self-care tasks independently and know how to use classroom tools.

“We don’t expect them to have

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mastery of these skills, just some experience,” she says.

And what are the expectations at completion?

Rose says kids should have mastered recognition of all letters of the alphabet and should write phonetically. There should be “an emerging ability to read,” with children able to “navigate simple math equations and words in print.

“They should leave us with the ability to work with other children and understand simple math concepts, such as telling time and counting money.”

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NEWS FROM MODEL CONSTRUCTION

Model Construction celebrates 60 years

By Shana Raley-Lusk Kent Settlemyer knew from an early age that his family’s company, Model Construction, would be an important part of his future.

“I started working in the business by about the age of 15 in the summers while out of school for summer break. Then I began making deliveries when I got my driver’s license,” Kent says. “After working at the 1982 World’s Fair with my fiancé and getting married, I started working full time in the business.”

The business was founded in 1953 by Kent’s grandfather,

Nelson Settlemyer. Model Construction offers a wide array of services and specializes in roofing, insurance loss repairs, kitchen and bath remodels, room additions, screen porches and sun rooms.

“My father, Von, followed my grandfather, and now my father and I are working together in the company,” Kent says.

Now the president of the business, Kent is also a Certified Graduate Builder in Tennessee.

A full-service construction and remodeling company, Model is state licensed, bonded and insured. Their work is al-

ways backed by a 12-month written guarantee, providing peace of mind for their many loyal customers. HVAC services, electrical and plumbing services and framing are also offered by the company.

Over the years, the Settlemyer family has helped many East Tennessee residents and businesses with building and remodeling projects. This has helped create their solid reputation as one of the area’s most trusted sources for quality craftsmanship. From their highly skilled workers to the use of the best quality materials, the first pri-

A beautiful example of Model Construction’s craftmanship. ority of the Settlemyer family is customer satisfaction.

The knowledge and capability that the Settlemyer family has gained during their 60 years in business sets Model Construction apart from the competition.

It is also a source of pride for the Settlemyer family.

“We are a third generation

family-owned business celebrating our 60th year in 2013. I believe this possibly makes us the oldest family-owned remodeling company in Knoxville,” Kent says.

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Gearing up for 2013 They don’t do anything Parkside Drive and will open half way at Harper Auto sometime in March.

Square.

Just in time for the Fiat grand-opening celebration, Harper says a new guy has been hired to manage the numerous events and community activities being Anne planned for 2013.

Hart Mike Weber is a graduate of Powell High School and UT. He Since Tom Harper says his job opened the business in 1981 will entail with Porsche, Audi and Jag“putting on uar dealerships, the familyevents like owned operation has congame-day tinued to expand, and will tailgates soon add another franchise and cookto the six it now has. outs at our Shannon Harper, vice Weber dealerships. president of the Harper We also dealerships, says the com- help in the community with pany “is looking forward local fundraisers and charto a successful launch of ity events. Instead of just our first Italian franchise – donating money to variFiat.” ous local events to get our With Acura, Audi, In- name on a flier or banner, finiti, Jaguar, Porsche and we are hoping to actually Volkswagen already occupy- have a presence at events ing a big chunk of real estate to promote our brands.” on Kingston Pike, the new With that in mind, WeFiat showroom will be close ber says Harper is in the by, but not right next door. process of converting a It will be located at 10045 1971 Airstream camper

trailer into a car hauler/ event trailer. “The back will be converted to haul classic VW, Jaguar, Porsche and Fiats, while the front will have TVs and music to help promote our brands as a mobile showroom.”

And the company’s financial goal for 2013? It’s a sunny one. Harper says he hopes the dealerships can increase business by 20 percent in the New Year.

Architect’s rendering of the new Harper Fiat dealership scheduled to open in March on Parkside Drive adjacent to the Pellissippi Parkway overpass.

■ Liquor retailers stores.

“We want to trim the ■ The District ready for battle things that aren’t doing “We are going to protect Thad Cox Jr., owner of Gallery ‘better well and replace them with all of our small business Ashe’s Wine & Spirits in things that will do well,” than expected’ owners across the state Bearden, knows he has Jeff said. “It doesn’t take and fight against this push East Tennessee nahis work cut out for him in for wine in grocery stores,” tives Denise and Jeff Hood long to figure all of that out the New Year as it relates with a new business.”

Cox said last week. opened The District Gallery to the future of his own He says the Gallery will He sounds confident of and Framery in Bearden business and many others expand its popular jewelry statewide. He’ll likely be the outcome. Most observ- just over a year ago, and Jeff lines and will concentrate spending a lot of time in ers believe the liquor lobby says the business so far “has on bringing in corporate and “is strong as dirt,” as we done better than we expectNashville. interior design clients for the Cox sits on the board of like to say around here. But ed. We had a really good framery side of the shop. the Tennessee Wine and then the grocers have their holiday season.”

More to come later on With the year winding the numerous charitable Spirits Retailers Associa- own lobbyists…

Legislative action on the down, last week the Hoods and schools-related events tion, a group ready to go to battle to fight action in measure could come this held meetings with their the Hoods are planning for the Legislature to allow week as the session convenes staff to lay plans and set the new year. the sale of wine in grocery on Tuesday. Stay tuned.

Contact:annehartsn@aol.com goals for 2013.

Dick Hinton, at left, and Sam Balloff, right, with Todd Kelly, speaker at West Knox Rotary. Photo by A. Hart

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■ L – Learn from your mistakes.

■ I – Be intelligent. Use Godly wisdom, not street wisdom, to make choices.

■ F – Seek forgiveness in your relationships with others.

■ E – Be an example to others.

The former All American defensive end at UT, who was recruited by and played under coach John Majors, went on to play professional ball for San Francisco, Cincinnati and Atlanta, but despite being raised by strict parents who gave him a strong foundation on which to build his life, Kelly found himself living a party lifestyle that destroyed his chances at a long career in football.

Fortunately, Kelly was able to turn his life around. He returned to Knoxville and now sells medical products and is a motivational speaker.

In 2012 he was inducted into the Greater Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame. He is married to Renee Davis Kelly, principal at West Valley Middle School. The couple’s son, Todd Kelly Jr., is a senior defensive back at Webb School who has received scholarship offers from 28 Division I colleges.

Kelly said he is “highly, highly impressed” by new UT football coach Butch Jones. “I believe Butch Jones will bring us back to where we ought to be in UT football.”

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NEWS FROM GRACE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF KNOXVILLE

Grace introduces junior kindergarten

By Shannon Morris Is my child ready for kindergarten?

That is a question many parents ask as their children grow and develop. There are many factors to consider when facing this question, including academic readiness, social skills and maturity level.

It is important to consider a child’s level of independence and ability to focus on an activity for an extended period of time. When contemplating these issues, parents may feel that their child is not quite ready for kindergarten, yet the parents is looking for a structured program. With the changes to the age requirement for kindergarten, junior kindergarten may be just the answer parents are looking for.

To enroll your student in kindergarten, the state now requires they must be 5 years old by Aug. 30. With this

change, junior kindergarten at Grace Christian Academy will provide another option for parents seeking a challenging enriching program for their children.

Students who are not quite ready for the rigors of kindergarten, or who do not meet the new state guidelines, now have a valuable option for

this transitional year. Parents who prefer an extra year for growth for their children will find that our junior kindergarten program has a stronger academic program that goes beyond preschool.

Each junior kindergarten class will be taught by an ACSI certified teacher, and will offer a low teacher-student ratio.

Some of the curriculum components include letters and sounds, math, Bible, handwriting and various learning centers. Students will also take part in special areas like gym, library, Spanish and art.

A daily rest period will also be provided for each child.

The curriculum will provide a seamless transition into

the kindergarten program at Grace.

Children who will be 5 by Nov. 30 are eligible for this program. Junior kindergarten allows 4- and 5-year-olds skill development at a pace that will be successful for a positive start to their educational experience.

This program will complement the objectives of kindergarten and will build a strong foundation. Join us at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 8, for a kindergarten open house, which includes information about our junior kindergarten, or 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10, for a schoolwide open house.

You can visit classrooms and meet the teachers and administrators who will be working with each child. For more information on our new junior kindergarten class beginning in the fall of 2013, visit www. gracechristianrams.org or call Teri Rash at 691-3427.

Learning outside the classroom

By Shannon Morris While most students will return to their traditional classroom environments after Christmas break, Grace Christian Academy high school students will start a new year and a new semester in a different way. For the next two weeks, students at Grace will experience what is known as Winterim.

This is a unique opportunity for students to be challenged with hands-on learning experiences that are not part of the typical classroom curriculum.

Many local professionals in the business, legal, medical and technology sectors open their doors to our students each year, giving them an opportunity to explore possible careers.

During this two-week period, students serve as interns and volunteers for six hours a day, participating in the daily activities of the business.

Our list of professionals continues to expand year after year. Some Grace students will experience the daily operations at our local TV stations. Others will assist a production crew on the filming of a TV show for Jupiter Entertainment. Alstom Power, Kimberly Clark, Tennova Medical Center, Tennessee School of Beauty and Oak Ridge Associated Universities in Marketing have all been added to the already abundant

Grace Christian Academy student Kaycie McCreight (right) chats with a patient at Children’s Hospital. Photo by R. Down

list of participating businesses.

Other courses are offered during Winterim that involve activities both on and off campus. Options to learn

a new craft or trade are available.

Students can participate in a variety of courses such as gourmet cooking, light construction, landscape design

and jewelry making. Other courses allow a hands-on approach to exercise, nutrition and the connection between the body and mind in overall wellness.

All of these courses are taught by GCA faculty and staff, and serve to challenge students physically, mentally and spiritually.

Winterim does not just take place in Knoxville. Grace has students traveling the country and the world absorbing all they can about life and culture outside of our city. This year, we have groups traveling to Italy and Peru.

Other groups have chosen to travel a little closer to home with a trip to Washington, D.C. Students visit various historical sites, attend a session of Congress and Supreme Court hearings, visit the White House and visit as many museums as time allows.

The Winterim experience expands the boundaries of learning for each high school student at Grace. Some students will be out in the community learning about life in the work force, and others will be traveling to different countries and exploring new cultures, while still others will stay close to home serving in a variety of ways.

Winterim is what makes Grace Christian Academy a place that equips the whole student, for life!

Junior Kindergarten & Kindergarten Admissions Open House Tuesday, January 8, 2013 • 6:30 p.m.

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Call for more information or to RSVP 865.691.3427, ext. 3940 5914 Beaver Ridge Road Knoxville, Tennessee 37931 www.gracechristianrams.org

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HEALTH & LIFESTYLES NEWS FROM FORT SANDERS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

Good news for women Advances in minimally invasive gynecologic surgery The word “surgery” often conjures up thoughts of severe pain and a lengthy recovery that can disrupt your life and day-to-day activities for weeks or months. For women, traditional surgery that requires large abdominal incisions was once the only option for most gynecologic procedures. Now, with advances in technology and surgical instruments, many procedures for women can be performed minimally invasively, with just a few tiny incisions.

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center is in the forefront of offering a minimally invasive approach – including robotic-assisted laparoscopy surgery – for most noncancerous gynecologic conditions. The benefits for women are undeniable.

“There’s less blood loss, less pain, less scarring and a more rapid recovery,” explains Dr. Curtis Elam, an OB/GYN with Fort Sanders Women’s Specialists. “Most patients can go home within 24 hours of surgery versus staying in the hospital three or four days and having weeks of Dr. Curtis Elam healing for open surgery.”

Hysterectomy, the removal of the uterus, is one of the most commonly performed gynecologic surgeries. Nearly 1/3 of women will undergo this procedure during their lifetime. At Fort Sanders, a majority of hysterectomies are performed using minimally invasive sur-

“Most patients can go home within 24 hours of surgery versus staying in the hospital three or four days.”

– Dr. Curtis Elam on the benefits of minimally invasive surgery.

gery via laparoscopy or the da Vinci surgical robot.

“The robot system gives you great dexterity in your hand movements during the surgery,” says Dr. Elam. “There’s less trauma to the tissue and with the robot’s 3-D view, you can see and seal the blood vessels more rapidly.”

Physicians at Fort Sanders also offer minimally invasive surgical options for women

Robotic hysterectomy results in quick recovery for Seymour woman Tonia Daniels of Seymour decided she had suffered long enough.

“I had a lot of abdominal pain,” says the 40-year-old Daniels, who was diagnosed with two fibroid tumors in her uterus in mid-July.

Fibroid tumors are growths originating in the uterus. Although they are typically not cancerous, they can be. And they can cause a great deal of pain and excessive bleeding.

Daniels consulted with Dr. Frank McKeown, a gynecologist with Fort Sanders Women’s Specialists at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center.

Through a CT scan, he confirmed the presence of the tumors, one of them 9 centimeters across.

“It was like I was four to five months pregnant with these fibroids,” explains Daniels.

“Dr. McKeown was so nice and explained all the options,” she remembers. Fibroids can be removed while leaving the uterus intact, but unfortunately they often return. The only way to cure them for good is to remove the uterus, which is called hysterectomy.

“Dr. McKeown was sure to ask whether my husband and I still wanted any kids. I said, ‘No, we’re just happy having our cat, Matilda,’ ” she says with a laugh. “I was just happy to have the tumors removed.”

Still, Daniels was apprehensive.

“This was the first surgery I’d ever had and the first time I’d ever been in a hospital for something of that

Robotic surgery was a good, minimally-invasive option for Tonia Daniel, who was nervous about having her first surgery. type. I’m used to being in the waiting room, not being the one on the table,” she says.

“Dr. McKeown was wonderful at answering our questions and describing exactly what the procedure would be like.”

Dr. McKeown recommended using Fort Sanders’ state-of-the-art daVinci Surgical Suite, commonly known as “robotic surgery,” for the procedure. Robotic surgery is minimally invasive with just a few small incisions in the patient’s abdomen, instead of a large cut to open the body.

Most hysterectomies performed at Fort Sanders are done minimally invasively, either with robotic or lap-

suffering from conditions such as uterine fibroids, endometriosis and prolapse.

Women suffering from prolapse, a condition in which the structures of the vagina, uterus or bladder fall out of their normal positions, especially benefit from the new surgical technology.

“Using the minimally invasive robot system to repair prolapse is the most rewarding for me,” explains Fort Sanders OB/ GYN Dr. Erin Saunders.

“Prolapse is a painful, debilitating condition but this procedure fixes it and paDr. Erin tients feel immediate relief.”

Saunders Patients also leave the hospital more quickly and are back on their feet in a shorter amount of time.

Depending on their health and specific condition, not all patients may be candidates, but Dr. Saunders says the trend towards minimally invasive gynecological surgeries is good news for women in general.

“Most women’s lifestyles don’t give them a lot of time to recover from a sickness or surgery. We’re busy taking care of everyone else. Anything that helps us recover and bounce back faster is welcome.”

For more details about gynecological surgery options available at Fort Sanders Regional, call 865-673-FORT (3678) or visit fsregional.com/gyn.

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aroscopic surgery. The hospital is one of just 30 nationwide to be named a Center of Excellence for Minimally Invasive Women’s Surgery by the American Institute of Minimally Invasive Surgery (AIMIS).

Daniels is glad Dr. McKeown used a minimally invasive technique for her hysterectomy.

“The surgery went excellent; it couldn’t have gone any better,” she says. “The whole experience was easy, compared to what I was expecting.”

Daniels recommends Fort Sanders, the robotic system and Dr. McKeown to anyone needing a hysterectomy.

“Dr. McKeown is an excellent doctor, and the nursing staff was fantastic,” she says. “I stayed there overnight and got to go home the next evening.”

Shortly after the surgery, Daniels met with Dr. McKeown to confirm that everything was fine and that the fibroids were not cancerous.

“I wouldn’t wish surgery on anybody, but if you have to, that’s the way to do it,” she says. “It’s 100 percent worth it, and Fort Sanders is the place to do it, because the care was great.”

For more information about minimally invasive gynecological procedures performed at Fort Sanders Regional, call 865-673-FORT or visit fsregional.com/gyn.

Center of Excellence for Minimally Invasive Women’s Surgery: First in Tennessee Fort Sanders Regional is one of only 30 medical centers in the United States to earn the American Institute of Minimally Invasive Surgery (AIMIS) Gynecological Surgery Center of Excellence designation. Fort Sanders offers laparoscopic and minimally invasive gynecologic surgery, particularly laparoscopic hysterectomy, that has produced excellent patient outcomes and meets the highest standards of quality and safety set by the American Institute of Minimally Invasive Surgery.

The Gynecological Center of Excellence designation is important to Knoxville because it gives patients added assurance that Fort Sanders has not only passed and exceeded existing norms for minimally invasive surgery quality and delivery, but also has physicians on staff who have achieved designations as accredited AIMIS physicians as well.

The American Institute of Minimally Invasive Surgery is the nation’s pre-eminent educator of minimally invasive surgical techniques. The organization teaches minimally invasive methods and also supports graduates and members with opportunities where they can find marketing support, consulting services and strategies to help them grow and strengthen their practices.

For those surgeons and hospitals that already meet AIMIS’ strict criteria for minimally invasive outcomes, AIMIS accredits surgeons and designates hospital Centers of Excellence so that patients can find the best standard in minimally invasive care.

AIMIS provides resources for patients, corporate partners, and physician members and affiliates to help foster progress throughout the medical profession.

For more information, visit aimis.org.

ROBOTICS SURGERY: hands on meets high tech • • •

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Fort Sanders Regional, the first East Tennessee hospital to offer robotic surgery, now offers the newest generation of the da Vinci Surgical System, with enhanced 3D vision and increased movement.

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Fort Sanders’ surgeons specialize in robotic surgery to treat prostate, kidney and bladder cancers, as well as gynecological procedures.

For more information, please call (865) 673-FORT (3678).

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Fowl Play When Harry House started keeping chickens, he had no idea what he was getting into.

Carol Zinavage

Carol’s Critter Corner Oh, he knew all about the day-to-day aspects of raising poultry. He had, after all, been a 4H kid. What he didn’t know was how soThis barn is part of the Messer Farmstead, located in the Greenbrier area of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Also ciable the hens can be. “Our nearby is the former Smoky Mountain Hiking Club cabin. The barn was built in 1875 by John Whaley. The site is located about chickens,” says Harry, “have two miles along the Porter’s Creek Trail, along which you can also see remains of stone walls and an old cemetery. Photo by S. Carey no boundaries.”

Witness the carpenter who, having been asked by the Houses to knock out some projects at their Strawberry Plains residence, found that his temporary workshop The overhangs on either had been overrun. side could be used as storage “They were sitting on his for farm equipment or even saw,” says Harry. “They’re an area for livestock. They not shy.” would protect the cribs from Harry’s hens run, flapping the rain and allow plenty of and clucking, to greet every air circulation. visitor, and take every opporThese barns are rarely tunity to invade space. Harry found anywhere outside of and his wife, Sharon, got a Tennessee. surprise on New Year’s Eve. According to the TennesKathryn Woycik Dressed for a neighbor’s see Encyclopedia of History party, the couple were getI often pass by an unusual and Culture, in the 1980s, ting into their car when they barn at the Museum of Ap- fieldwork by Marian Moffett remembered something in palachia and wonder about and Lawrence Wodehouse its style. Well, thanks to one indicated that six cantilever Two cantilever barns can be seen at the Museum of Appalachia the house. When they returned, Little Black Sharon, of our readers, I now know. It barns could be found in Vir- in Norris. Photo by K. Woycik one of their more pampered ginia and another three in is a cantilever barn. hens, had made herself comCantilever has a style North Carolina. fortable on the passengerThere are 316 located in which is similar to European barn designs. This barn has East Tennessee, with 183 in two more can be seen in the sponse from readers who side floor mat. a large upper story which Sevier County, 106 in Blount Great Smoky Mountains suggested some of their own rests over two log cribs with County, and the remaining National Park. barn histories. We will try to an open driveway in the 27 can be found from JohnThe Tipton Place barn is in feature these in the upcommiddle. Hay was usually son to Bradley counties. Cades Cove. The John Mess- ing weeks. Anyone wanting stored in this large loft area. Most seem to have been built er Barn is off the Porter’s to share the age, history, or Wagons could be driven from 1870 to about 1915.

Creek Trail in the Greenbrier story of their barn, please In addition to the barn at area near Gatlinburg. in the covered drive and then contact me at woycikK@ easily loaded from above. the Museum of Appalachia, Thank you for the re- ShopperNewsNow.com.

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Harry House and Bob

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Sharon House

She seemed content. Putting her back where she belonged would involve donning boots and walking through mud. “Let her stay there,” said Harry. “She’ll be fine for the evening.”

So the Houses set out for the party, which was (drumroll, please) across the road.

Yes, the chicken crossed the road. In temperature-controlled comfort.

When Harry and Sharon had finished toasting the New Year, they returned to their car to find that Little Black Sharon had laid an egg.

“They’re usually done by 3 in the afternoon,” Harry says.

“They don’t usually lay eggs at night.”

And usually not in a Ford Focus.

The Houses started with 40 hens and now have more than 100. They started selling eggs two years ago, and now have a Facebook page (“Harry’s Hens.”) Feel free to “like” them.

But keep your car doors closed.

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Meet Prancer!

An adorable 1-year-old hound mix.

Meet Nick!

He is a fun-loving, domestic short-hair mix, white and orange cat looking for his forever home.

Zoo offers trade for phone books The Knoxville Zoo is currently hosting Penguin Discount Days in which regular admission is half price.

Throughout January, folks can bring their outdated phone books to recycle and receive two half-price admission tickets in exchange for one phone book.

January at the Knoxville Zoo is one of the area’s best kept secrets since many of the animals enjoy the cooler weather and are more active. These include the red pandas, otters and big cats. There are also plenty of indoor viewing areas to get out of the cold, and children can enjoy the indoor fun of the Wee Play Zoo. The phone book recycling promotion is not valid with any other coupon, discount or offer. It ends Thursday, Jan. 31. Info: 637-5331 or www.knoxvillezoo.org.

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…and still a work in progress!

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AARP driver safety classes For registration info about these and all other AARP driver safety classes, call Carolyn Rambo, 584-9964.

■ 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. 16-17, Cheyenne conference room, 964 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge.

■ 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Jan. 17-18, Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Drive.

■ 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 17, O’Connor Senior Center, 611 Winona Drive.

■ 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Jan. 24-25, First Baptist Church of Seymour, 11621 Chapman Highway.

■ 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26, American Red Cross, 6921 Middlebrook Pike.

■ 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday, Jan. 28, Trinity Methodist Church, 5613 Western Ave.

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■ PK hope Is Alive Parkinson Support Group of East Tennessee will meet 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 15, Kern United Methodist Church in Oak Ridge. Speaker will be Debbie Ashton; topic: “What is this Methodology of Body Movement called Feldenkrais?” East Tennessee Personal Care Services will provide a light lunch.

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MONDAY, JAN. 7 GFWC Ossoli Circle will meet at the Ossoli Clubhouse, 2511 Kingston Pike, with 9:45 a.m. fellowship and coffee; 10:30 a.m. “Union County, Tenn.

History” by author and Union County historian Bonnie Peters; and 11:30 a.m. business meeting.

Tennessee Shines will feature the Derek Hoke Band with cowboy poet David Nelson at 7 p.m. at the WDVX studio at the Knoxville Visitor Center, 301 S. Gay St.; broadcast on WDVX-FM, 89.9 Clinton, 102.9 Knoxville. Tickets are $10 and are available at WDVX and www.BrownPaperTickets.com. Remaining tickets will be sold at the door, while supplies last. Doors open at 6:15 p.m. Children 14 and under accompanied by a parent are admitted free.

Taoist Tai Chi Society of the USA will start a three-month beginning class in Tai Chi with an open house 7-8:30 p.m. at Peace Lutheran Church, 621 N. Cedar Bluff Road. Info: 482-7761 or www.taoist.org.

MONDAY-SUNDAY, JAN. 7-13 The Museum of East Tennessee History, 601 S. Gay St., is hosting the Tennessee Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission’s official traveling exhibition “Common People in Uncommon Times” along with the tie-in exhibit “In Death Not Divided: Civil War Tombstones and the Stories They Tell,” organized by the East Tennessee Historical Society.

Museum hours: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays; and 1-5 p.m. Sundays. Info: 215-8830, eths@eastTNhistory.org or www.easttnhistory.org.

MONDAY-THURSDAY, JAN. 7-17 Registration for the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Parade is being accepted through Jan. 17. Forms and info are available online at http:// mlkknoxville.org. The parade will be held Monday, Jan. 21, with lineup 8:30-9:30 a.m. at Phyllis Wheatley YWCA, 124 S. Cruze St., and step-off at Tabernacle Baptist Church, 2137 MLK Jr. Blvd. The parade starts at 10 a.m. More info: Mabrey R. Duff, tuxman1@ bellsouth.net.

MONDAY-FRIDAY, JAN. 7-25 The Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Gallery is planning exhibitions for September 2013

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through August 2014. Artists living within 250 miles of Knoxville are encouraged to submit proposals, postmarked by Jan. 25. Nonrefundable entry fee: $30.

Info: www.tvuuc.org.

TUESDAY, JAN. 8 The Knoxville Chapter Embroiderers Guild of America will meet at 6:30 p.m. at Messiah Lutheran Church, 6900 Kingston Pike, for a presentation by international quilting teacher Tone Haugen-Cogburn.

Info: 777-9535.

The Harvey Broome Group of the Sierra Club will host the program “From Sea to Icy Sea: Biking Across America’s Last Frontier for Record and 101 More Amazing Things To Do on a Bike” at 7 p.m. at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 2931 Kingston Pike. GerFalcon Racing’s Gerry Eddlemon, an aquatic ecologist retired from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, will present the program.

The Knoxville Civil War Roundtable will feature Jim Lewis, park historian of the Stones River National Military Park, as its speaker at 8 p.m. at Bearden Banquet Hall, 5806 Kingston Pike. Admission: $5 (free for students with ID). To attend the 7 p.m. dinner buffet for $17 ($15 members), make reservations by 11 a.m. Jan. 7 to 671-9001.

Wallace Coleman, blues harmonica player and East Tennessee native, will perform at 8 p.m. at the Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Tickets: $14; www. knoxtix.com, 523-7521 and at the door.

TUESDAY-FRIDAY, JAN. 8-25 The Seventh Annual East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition features 1,500 juried pieces of artwork created by middle- and high-school students from 32 counties across East Tennessee at the Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Museum hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m.

Sunday. Admission and parking are free.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 9 American Red Cross, 6921 Middlebrook Pike, offers weekly information sessions on nurse assistant, EKG and phlebotomy training 10-11 a.m. Info: 8623508.

WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY, JAN. 9-18 UT Downtown Gallery, 106 S. Gay St., presents “Revealed,” featuring paintings by Pat Badt and ceramic sculpture by Paul Briggs. Gallery hours: 11 a.m.-6 p.m.

Wednesday-Friday; 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday. Info: http://web.utk.edu/~downtown.

THURSDAY, JAN. 10 The Knoxville Christian Women’s Connection will hold a “New Beginnings Luncheon” at 10:45 a.m. at Bearden Banquet Hall, 5806 Kingston Pike.

Inspirational speaker Elizabeth Woodson of Seymour

VI. Business Items A. Approval of Resolution R-2013-01, Appointment of Town of Farragut Municipal Judge B. Approval of Contract for Information Technology Services VII. Ordinances A. Public Hearing & Second Reading 1. Ordinance 12-18, ordinance establishing a Community Health Council B. First Reading 1. Ordinance 12-19, ordinance on 1st reading to amend the Farragut Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 4. General Provisions and Exceptions, by adding Section XXIX. Grand Opening Special Events Permit 2. Ordinance 12-20, ordinance on 1st reading to amend the Farragut Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 4. General Provisions and Exceptions, Section XIII. Outdoor Site Lighting, to establish wall mounted light heights and required glare shields 3. Ordinance 12-21, ordinance on 1st reading to amend the Farragut Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 4. General Provisions and Exceptions, Section I. Accessory structures, to require HVAC screening to be architecturally compatible and to rename section to Accessory Structures and Uses 4. Ordinance 12-22, ordinance on 1st reading to amend the Farragut Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 3. Specific District Regulations, Section XVI. Reserved for Future Use, to create a new commercial zoning district entitled Business District, Four Story (BD-4) 5. Ordinance 12-23, ordinance on 1st reading to rezone Parcel 63, Tax Map 151, located on the southwest corner of Kingston Pike and Way Station Trail, part of the Renaissance development, approximately 2.5 Acre, from C-1 General Commercial District to BD-4 Business District, Four-Story (Myers Bros. Holding, Applicant) VIII. Town Administrator’s Report IX. Attorney’s Report

Connect: Fellowship for Women! will kick off its winter session 9:30-11:30 a.m. at Epworth Hall at Cokesbury UMC, 9915 Kingston Pike. Warm brunch will be served, and an overview of upcoming small-group topics will be presented. Free childcare.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, JAN. 11-12 Monster Jam featuring USHRA Monster Truck Racking will begin at 7:30 p.m. at Thompson-Boling Arena. Saturday Party in the Pits is 5-6:30 p.m. (ticket and pit pass required). Advance tickets are $20-$40 adult; $7-$40 child; available at the arena box office, www.knoxvilletickets.com, 656-4444, and 877-9959961 (toll-free); $2 more day of show. Select adult tickets are $5 off through Jan. 6.

SATURDAY, JAN. 12 A “Plug Into Your Community” eCycling event will be held 9 a.m.-3 p.m. in the Midway Parking Lot at Chilhowee Park on North Beaman Street. Residents may recycle old computers, laptops, cell phones, small appliances and other electronic items free, without even getting out of their cars.

Participants will be eligible to win a wide-screen TV from Best Buy. Any monetary donations will benefit the Optimist Club of West Knoxville and the Volunteer Rescue Squad. Info: plugintoyourcommunity@yahoo. com.

One World Circus will entertain families at 10:30 a.m. as part of Saturday Stories and Songs in the Children’s Room at Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Georgi Schmitt, storyteller and musician, will entertain families at 10:30 a.m. as part of Saturday Stories and Songs at Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive.

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will share “When Life Doesn’t Add Up,” and Ragg Carriers owner Beverly Watson will be the special feature. Cost: $12 inclusive. Reservations: Marie, 3821155 or marie.rose139@hotmail.com. Complimentary childcare by reservation.

55 Alive, First Lutheran Church’s senior group, will meet and have lunch at noon in the meeting room of the church, 1207 N. Broadway. Guest speaker Terrie Yeatts, a graduate of UT’s School of Fine Arts, will display some of her paintings and discuss art shows in which she has participated. Lunch: $6.50. Reservations/info before noon: 524-0366.

Knoxville Square Dance will feature traditional Southern squares, circles, waltzes and two-steps, with lessons for beginners at 7:30 p.m. and the dance program beginning at 8 p.m. at the Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. The Hellgrammites will provide live old-time music, and all dances will be taught and called

by Bobby Fulcher. Admission is $7. Follow Knoxville Square Dance in Facebook.

Yonder Mountain String Band will perform at 8 p.m. at the Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Tickets: $25 at Knoxville Tickets locations, the theater box office, 865-684-1200 and www.tennesseetheatre.com.

TOWN OF FARRAGUT 191846MASTER PUBLIC HEARING Ad Size 2 x 5.5 W FARRAGUT BOARD OF <ec> MAYOR AND ALDERMEN Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, 7:00 PM Farragut Town Hall 11408 Municipal Center Drive To hear citizens’ comments on the following ordinances: 1. Ordinance 12-19, ordinance on 2nd reading to amend the Farragut Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 4. General Provisions and Exceptions, by adding Section XXIX. Grand Opening Special Events Permit 2. Ordinance 12-20, ordinance on 2nd reading to amend the Farragut Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 4. General Provisions and Exceptions, Section XIII. Outdoor Site Lighting, to establish wall mounted light heights and required glare shields 3. Ordinance 12-21, ordinance on 2nd reading to amend the Farragut Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 4. General Provisions and Exceptions, Section I. Accessory structures, to require HVAC screening to be architecturally compatible and to rename section to Accessory Structures and Uses 4. Ordinance 12-22, ordinance on 2nd reading to amend the Farragut Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 3. Specific District Regulations, Section XVI. Reserved for Future Use, to create a new commercial zoning district entitled Business District, Four Story (BD-4) 5. Ordinance 12-23, ordinance on 2nd reading to rezone Parcel 63, Tax Map 151, located on the southwest corner of Kingston Pike and Way Station Trail, part of the Renaissance development, approximately 2.5 Acre, from C-1 General Commercial District to BD-4 Business District, Four-Story (Myers Bros.

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Corner of Millertown Pk. & Rosewood Rd. Call 865-679-8105.

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‘100 to 0’

Stroke turned life upside down for young father Except for the sinus headache that wouldn’t go away, Nov. 17, 2011, began like most days for Scott Ritchie. But it would not end that way.

Before heading to his job in the engineering department at Parkwest Medical Center, Ritchie stopped in to see his doctor who ordered a CT scan for the headache that had been bothering Ritchie for days. “It was on the right side, like an ear infection, and it was constant for about four or five days,” he said. “I had had bronchitis before that and was coughing a lot still.

So I thought that whatever it was might have moved up to my sinus cavities.”

But what Scott Ritchie was having wasn’t just a headache – the 44-year-old father of four was having a stroke, a stroke he would later describe as “going from 100 to zero.”

While awaiting the CT scan results, he had gone into work when, around 2 p.m., he reached to take yet another dose of ibuprofen. Almost immediately, his whole left side went numb and Ritchie collapsed on the floor. A co-worker quickly called for help and Ritchie was wheeled into the Emergency Department.

“I was in shock,” said Julie Ritchie, Scott’s wife who works in Parkwest’s business office as a patient account representative. “I didn’t know what to think. I talked to him just an hour earlier and he said he had not yet gotten the results of his CT scan but was going to call later in the afternoon. The next thing I knew, Joanie (Butler, an assistant in the department where Scott worked) was calling and saying that he had collapsed and was being taken to the Emergency Department.”

In the Emergency Department, Scott was not only found to be experiencing partial paralysis on the left side, but also slurring his speech and having a seizure – all classic signs of a stroke.

A CT angiogram showed a clot in the artery to the right side of his brain. He was transferred to Interventional Radiology where Dr. Jeff Roesch discovered the artery had

The stroke short-circuited Ritchie’s short-term memory for awhile.

spontaneously dissected – or split – likely because of a rare disease called segmental arterial mediolysis. Although the cause of SMA is unknown, it causes the muscle layers to become sponge-like and split apart.

“The pain he was having was probably from that dissection occurring, and it had probably been going on a few days.

That’s where his headaches were coming from,” said Roesch.

“When Dr. Jeff Roesch you get dissectional flaps, they sometimes block the blood flow.

They act like one-way valves and when the flow slows down, it clots.

So it slowed down and made the clot form there.”

Unfortunately, Roesch said, part of the clot had broken off and traveled to Ritchie’s middle cerebral artery, injuring a “relay station” in the brain as well as smaller portions of his right frontal parietal and temporal lobes and causing the stroke.

To remove the clot, Roesch used a Penumbra, a tube-like catheter with a tiny sphere on the end that acts as a suction device. “The name

‘penumbra’ comes from the tissue that is kind of stunned in the brain but is still viable enough that, if we open up the blood flow, we can save it,” said Roesch. “That’s what we’re trying to save.”

Directing the penumbra through Ritchie’s carotid artery to his middle cerebral artery, Roesch injected the clot-busting drug t-PA (Tissue Plasminogen Activator) directly into the clot and used the penumbra to “chip away” at the clot and remove it.

For the next three or four days, Ritchie was in a medicated coma and on a ventilator in the Critical Care Unit.

On Thanksgiving Day, seven days after his stroke, he was moved into a patient room on Parkwest’s second floor, but it was a holiday Julie Ritchie remembers as being “filled with mixed emotions of fear, anxiety and stress and thankfulness and happiness” as Scott awakened from his medicated coma.

“He still had a lot of trouble talking, but he wanted to know what they were saying happened to him,” said Julie. “When I told him that he had a stroke, he was pretty upset.

He started saying, ‘I tried to keep healthy so stuff like this wouldn’t happen.’ He was thinking it was

Stroke: Numbers behind the faces

The American Stroke Association (ASA), a division of the American Heart Association, reports the following statistics regarding strokes: ■ Stroke is the fourth-leading cause of death, ranking behind disease of the heart, all forms of cancer and lower respiratory disease.

■ Almost every 40 seconds in the United States, a person experiences a stroke.

■ More than 4 million U.S. adults live today with the effects of a stroke.

■ ASA estimates strokes cost the U.S. $73.7 billion in 2010.

■ Women account for about six in 10 stroke deaths.

■ Black males have almost twice the risk of a firstever stroke compared with white males.

■ Hispanics have an increased risk of stroke compared with non-Hispanic whites.

■ Each year about 795,000 people suffer a new or recurrent stroke in the U.S. ■ Stroke accounts for about one out of every 18 deaths in the U.S.

Warning signs of a stroke Anyone having a stroke should seek medical attention immediately. These are the warnings signs: ■ Sudden weakness or numbness of the face, arm or leg on one side of the body ■ Sudden dimness or loss of vision, particularly in only one eye ■ Loss of speech or trouble talking or understanding speech ■ Sudden, severe headaches with no known cause

Ritchie underwent occupational therapy to regain the coordination needed to use the tools of his trade.

something that he didn’t do right, but then, he wasn’t fully awake and comprehending things.”

What’s more, the stroke had damaged a part of Scott’s brain that stored short-term memory.

So, every question he asked was answered – but quickly forgotten – only to be asked again.

After his discharge from Parkwest, Ritchie discovered that he had a new “job” awaiting him – eight hours a day of therapy at Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center for two weeks.

“Therapy lasted pretty much all day long,” he said. “You started in the morning and went pretty much for eight straight hours: physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy. The physical ther-

apy seemed to come easy for me because I worked out and was quite active before this, lifting weights and working out on the exercise bike, and a little bit of recreational stuff. But the hardest part for me was the mental part of it all – getting my memory, my focus and attention span back.”

Traffic lights posed such a problem for him that he retook his driver’s test. “I also had some seizures after the stroke so I had to be put on seizure medication and retake my driver’s license test – the written test, the road test and the vision test because it affected my vision on my right side a little bit. But I passed it all. It was OK. The biggest thing was not getting distracted as I went through red lights. I really had to watch those.”

After about 10 weeks of therapy, Scott continued to push himself into recovery. As far as I’m concerned, I pretty much consider myself as having a full recovery,” Scott said almost a year after the stroke. “I’m still not fully coordinated on my left side, and I still have a little vision problem but it’s nothing to complain about – I was going to have to wear glasses anyway. But other than that, I’m pretty much where I was before. I truly believe God is the reason I have recovered so well and am doing so well. I have a strong Christian faith which has helped my outlook.”

Now when he looks back on that day, he realizes how far he’s come.

“It was like going from 100 to zero in a day,” he said. “One minute I was 100 percent healthy, and the next I was at zero. It wasn’t a long, slow deterioration – it was immediate.”

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Reduce your stroke risks Strokes can happen to anyone. You may prevent a stroke by taking the following actions: ■ Control your blood pressure. High blood pressure (over 140/90) is the biggest risk factor for stroke.

■ Don’t smoke. Chemicals in tobacco raise your blood pressure, reduce the amount of oxygen your blood carries to your brain, make blood thicker and stickier, and promote clotting.

■ Control your cholesterol. High LDL (“bad”) cholesterol levels damage your arteries and promote the formation of plaque.

■ Maintain a healthy weight. Being overweight increases your risk for high blood pressure.

■ Be physically active. Getting regular aerobic exercise helps overall cardiovascular health.

■ Eat a balanced diet, including plenty of fruits and vegetables. Some fad diets may be unhealthy if they promote too much fat or salt.

■ Control diabetes. People with the disease are more likely to have strokes.

■ Take little strokes seriously. A small clot will sometimes clog an artery briefly, causing temporary weakness, dizziness or other symptoms. These transient ischemic attacks often precede a major stroke.

■ Follow your healthcare provider’s advice for treatment of heart disease, including coronary artery blockage and abnormal rhythms like atrial fibrillation.

■ Find out from your healthcare provider if you need to have your carotid arteries – the arteries in the neck that supply blood to the brain – checked for blockage.

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■ Unexplained dizziness, unsteadiness or sudden falls, especially combined with any other symptom