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IN THIS ISSUE Sharing the light One of the tenets of theChristian faith is “love thy neighbor.” For the Laurel Church of Christ that means allowing Knox Heritage to build a driveway across church property.

Historic Westwood, the future home of Knox Heritage, is on the church’s east side.

The home’s graceful entrance through a serpentine brick wall served the Lutz family well when it was built in 1890 but doesn’t meet the current needs of the nonprofit.

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Read Wendy Smith on page A-7

More on Mike Mike Stratton came uninvited from Tellico Plains to the University of Tennessee and stayed to become a first-team end in a two-way era, offense and defense. He learned a lot.

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Where the Jobs Are The IBEW union is actively recruiting women and minorities as a new training facility has opened on Central Avenue Pike off I-75.

This week Shopper-News launches a new feature: Where the Jobs Are.

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When the Knoxville Zoo makes a visit, “Be prepared” is a good motto to getting a close look at a savannah monitor while Spencer Vance, Garrett know. Cub Scout Troop 251 members weren’t disappointed when a recent Hawkins and Gavin Salvilla wait their turn. The troop meets at Rocky Hill meeting combined learning with a hands-on experience with zoo animals, Elementary School. including friends from the reptile house. William Mangum takes his turn For more photos by Justin Acuff, see page A-8

Read Betty Bean on page A-10

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Stokes: From ‘pops’ to judge His grandchildren may call him Pops, but Billy Stokes hopes you’ll soon call him Judge.

Stokes is running for the Division I Circuit Court judge seat being vacated by Dale Workman.

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By Wendy Smith

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NEIGHBORHOOD BUZZ

Work is expected to begin this week to a sinkhole that has closed a portion of Kendall Road.

Due to underlying, persistent sinkhole activity, the city of Knoxville closed the road between Gleason Drive and Twining Drive on Dec. 20. A geotechnical engineer was hired to probe the sinkhole depth and make repair recommendations.

The city has secured a contractor on an emergency basis to make the necessary repairs quickly. The work is expected to take six to eight weeks to complete, at which time the road will be reopened.

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Improvement sought for crash-prone intersection

By Jake Mabe Knox County Commission will vote this month on whether to approve a professional design and s e r v i c e s proposal from G r e s h a m , Smith and Jim Snowden Partners in an amount not to exceed $109,110 for the design of intersection improvements at Ebenezer Road and Gleason Drive.

“It’s been a crash problem for a lot of years,” says Engineering and Public Works deputy director Jim Snowden. “What we’re going to do there is flatten

the steep grade by pushing the intersection over into the field to the west and realign Ebenezer to include turn lanes and install a traffic signal.”

Snowden says high traffic volume and geometrics make the problem worse.

“We are hoping (the design) will improve the situation there.”

The intersection is near a former Weigel’s that has been sold and is being converted to another gas station.

County Commission will hold its work session 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21. The regular meeting is 1:45 p.m. Monday, Jan. 27.

Both will be held in the Main Assembly Room at the City County Building.

turbulent years.

Davis says the neighborhood was established in the late 1800s for the African-Americans who worked in the large homes along the Tennessee River. It included a church, a school and a cemetery.

Davis’ roots are deep in Lyons View. His grandfather and father grew up in the neighborhood before him, and his son lives there now. His grandson lives there part-time.

His father, William E. Davis Jr., was butler and gardener for the Hal Mebane family on Lyons View Pike. He took extra jobs at Cherokee Country Club to support his seven children.

“We were poor, but we didn’t know it, so we didn’t care. We were happy,” Davis says.

When he was 11, Davis began working alongside his father, pulling weeds and mowing grass during school vacations. William Davis frequently told his children that he didn’t want them to make a living the way he did. He encouraged them to get an education.

Davis learned that lesson. He also learned to love the natural environment that surrounded him.

He attended Lyons View School until 7th grade, when he was bused to Vine Middle School. Knoxville schools were integrated in 1965, the year he went to high school.

He was one of 15 or 20 black students who attended Bearden High School with more than 500 white students.

His experience with the Mebane family, his white neighbors and family friends showed him that blacks and whites could get along.

“We were not color blind, but we were close.”

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Today, as MLK’s birthday is observed, the struggle for racial equality will be remembered in stories tinged with violence and hatred. But in one West Knox neighborhood, personal memories of those turbulent 1950s and 1960s are different.

Ron Davis, who grew up in the Lyons View community that sprawls across the hills behind East Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery on Lyons View Pike, says black and white children played together, even though they didn’t attend school together. And they thrived, even during those

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After his senior year, Davis worked a summer job through TVA’s Youth Opportunity Center.

That fall, TVA paid for him to earn an associate’s degree in forestry from Haywood Technical Institute, now Haywood Community College, in Clyde, N.C. He was one of the first African-Americans in the United States to earn a degree in forestry.

Davis says his eyes were opened to racism during his first job after graduation in 1971. While travelling in Alabama and East Tennessee as a TVA forestry technician, he was told to remain on public land for his own safety. He faced discrimination at restaurants and hotels.

It had an impact on him. But when he remembered his upbringing in Knoxville, it tempered his attitude, he says.

Davis went on to have a 38-year TVA career, during which he completed an undergraduate degree and coursework for a master’s degree. Five of his siblings also graduated from college.

His father’s emphasis on education continues to have an impact on West Knoxville. Davis’ daughter, Renee Kelly, is principal at West Valley Middle School.

Davis now lives in Blount County, but he continues to be active in the Lyons View community. He credits much of his family’s success to the neighborhood.

“It was like being raised by a village. Everybody knew everybody, white or black.”

The encouragement of parents and other adults enabled many of the children who grew up with him to be successful in school and life, he says.

“It just propelled us.”

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A privy full of history Talk about a strange cause and effect. Because a new parking garage is going up between Locust and Walnut streets, we have learned that Knoxville’s urban dwellers ate lots of blackberries and peaches – probably in the form of preserves – in the late 1800s.

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That’s just one tidbit revealed by Tennessee Valley Archaeological Research group last week during a Brown Bag lecture at the East Tennessee History Center. The group was hired by TVA because its employees will park in the future garage. The National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 requires federal agencies to evaluate the impact of federally funded projects on historic properties. The research was conducted last summer.

So how do we know about the fruit? Seeds were found in a privy near a mission house where as many as 200 women, some of ill repute, resided during the last decade of the 1800s.

The privy also provided a treasure trove of not-sonatural items, like dishes, buttons, beads and toys.

The treasures included

two matching chamber pots. Perhaps they were dumped when public utilities, like sewer service, became available.

Not all research came from underground. Historic preservation planner Ted Karpynec shared early maps, like one drawn by a Civil War soldier that showed a paymaster located at the site. He also shared newspaper articles and photos from the late 1800s.

The Knoxville Chronicle reported that post-Civil War Knoxville was “one vast hog pasture.�

The reformed prostitutes shared the block with one of the city’s most respected citizens, Peter Kern. His home, located a short distance from his famous bakery on Market Square, was built in the 1870s. He became mayor in 1890.

Just goes to show that every inch of Knoxville is interesting – even our parking lots. â–

A new look at James Agee

Paul Ashdown, University of Tennessee professor emeritus of journalism and electronic media, has spent so much time looking at the work of James Agee that he can barely see straight.

He is the editor of “Complete Journalism: Articles, Book Reviews, and Manuscripts (Works of James Agee),� recently published

by UT Press. To research the book, Ashdown ana-

Barbara Reeve and Paul Akers, aka Stitch and Yak, discuss their 2011 thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail at last week’s Sierra Club Harvey Broome Group meeting. Photos by Wendy Smith

lyzed numerous notes and fragments written by Agee, whose longhand is “almost incomprehensible.� “Any scholar is most likely legally blind,� Ashdown says. He was able to transcribe the notes only by enlarging them several times.

The 600-page collection is the second in a planned series of 10 books focused on the work of Agee, a Knoxville native. Ashdown became aware of the author after the 1957 publication of “A Death in the Family.�

In 1970, he thought “Let Us Now Praise Famous Men� was the best thing he had ever read.

When Ashdown moved to Knoxville to teach in 1977, he enjoyed exploring Fort Sanders, Agee’s childhood neighborhood.

The compilation includes Agee’s writings for the Harvard student newspaper and his unsigned work for Fortune and Time magazines.

Those stories, along with

Archaeological assistant Travis Rael displays artifacts found during an excavation of a future parking lot between Locust and Walnut streets. Employees of Tennessee Valley Archaeological Research discussed their findings last week at the East Tennessee History Center. “He was particularly good at short articles. He tinkered with them to get the words in the right order,� says Ashdown. ■UT professor emeritus Paul Ashdown is the editor of a compilation of James Agee’s work titled “Complete Journalism: Articles, Book Reviews, and Manuscripts (Works of James Agee).�

the author’s book reviews, provide a valuable window into the 1920s and 1930s, says Ashdown.

It also demonstrates a well-developed intellect working in mass media.

Tales from the trail

Their legal names are Barbara Reeve and Paul Akers. But on the Appalachian Trail, they are Stitch and Yak. The Oak Ridgers shared a slide show of their 2011 “thru-hike� of the AT at last week’s Sierra Club Harvey Broome Group meeting.

For those who don’t know, the AT is 2,185 miles of ups, downs, oohs, aahs and “Gee, I wish my feet were dry.�

Stitch and Yak began their journey on Springer Mountain, Ga., on March 6, and ended on Katahdin

Mountain, Maine, on Sept.

19. In addition to stunning views, the couple encountered thunder snows, floods, bugs, poisonous snakes, a moose and a grouchy mother bear.

They made many new friends on the trail, but most were young. The vast majority of AT thru-hikers are under 25 or over 60, Yak says.

They prepared for the journey by walking and hiking regularly for a year, with a more rigorous schedule during the last month. Hiking at Frozen Head State Park is good preparation, Yak reports.

Knoxvillian Barbara Allen, the oldest woman to thru-hike the AT, attended the presentation. She completed the trail in 2012 at age 71.

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Annabella Burton, 5, assisted mom and KMQG VP Jennifer Grace during the meeting.

Quilt Guild yard sale It was yard-sale time at the January meeting of the Knoxville Modern Quilt Guild at the Powell Branch Library. Members brought stashes of fabric and books they were willing to part with, and bargains could be had.

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Show and tell included everything from iPad carriers and purses to wall hangings and quilts.

Vice president Jennifer Grace asked members to write down their top five 2014 quilting resolutions.

Grace will hold those until the December meeting and pass them back to members so they can see how they did.

The KMQG meets monthly at various locations.

The Feb. 1 meeting will be at the Bearden Branch Library and will include a Small Scrappy Swap, LRC Dice Game and a Sew-In. Info: www.modknox.ning. com. â–

Life in miniature

The dead of winter enlivens members of the Noweta Garden Club, who used petite design to bring life into the gloom at the Jan. 14 meeting.

The meeting featured

miniature designs brought in by members in preparation for a future show. “We are practicing petite design in preparation for the Knox County Council of Garden Clubs’ September show,� said Carole Whited.

Laura Ziock showed her Modern UT quilt.

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government Opening TVA’s closed doors While TVA seldom reports or even hints at what is happening at closed board committee meetings, there has been lots of speculation since Mike McWherter broke tradition and voted no on the extension of Bill Sansom’s term as chair. It sent shock waves throughout the organization. This kind of public dissent just does not happen. Here is what I have learned from several sources.

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The recommendation to extend Sansom came from the compensation committee chaired by Barbara Haskew, 73, whose term expires in May. However, the committee had also received a request that director Joe Ritch, 63, be named chair. Ritch is from Huntsville, Ala. Since Sansom wanted to continue as chair until his term expires in May, Ritch opted not to challenge him. However, Ritch will likely be the next chair.

While the board has had a vice chair in the past (last held by Sansom in 2011) it has not been filled for two years. No reason was given for leaving it vacant.

Recently, the board determined the chair of the audit committee would be chair if the real chair could not attend the meeting, but no discussion occurred on what happens to the empty vice chair position.

It’s a safe bet Sansom will not name Mike McWherter. And it’s a safe bet that Sansom and Haskew will not be reappointed by President Obama. ■Another question being discussed privately by board members is whether all board members can attend any committee meeting including those they are not members of.

Legal counsel Ralph Rodgers has opined that if five board members attend a committee meeting it could become a board meeting.

The finance committee (the most important committee) has four members and does not allow other board members to attend. Rodgers even discourages five directors being on a TVA plane at the same time as it might suggest a meeting.

This means the nonmembers never hear what

was discussed or what was rejected. They are kept in the dark. This is one of many reasons the committees should meet in public and let ratepayers know what is happening. It’s surprising that environmental groups like Sierra Club have not taken on the issue of closed committee meetings. ■Ralph Rodgers was paid $1.9 million a year as chief general counsel for TVA in 2013. However, this is a reduction in income for Rodgers as he made $2.5 million in 2012, according to the statement TVA filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. If you think this is fiction, check out the SEC filing for TVA. Only seven years ago, in 2007, Rodgers was making just $180,000 a year, so his increase is 10 times in seven years. Then-TVA general counsel Maureen Dunn (now married to former TVA director Neil McBride) made $330,000 in 2007 ... much less than $1.9 million.

Not many attorneys in Tennessee make that much in a single year. TVA could easily find well-qualified attorneys to accept Rodgers’ position for less than half that amount if he refused to pare back his excessive salary from ratepayers.

Now that this is becoming public, one wonders how long the board will remain silent. It is stunning that a quasi-governmental lawyer at TVA makes 10 times what a federal district judge makes and that this quantum leap occurred in seven years. TVA is also notorious for sending convoys of attorneys to legal proceedings.

U.S. Rep. Jimmy Duncan, when asked, said these salaries were “ridiculously excessive.� Duncan is the only member of the Tennessee congressional delegation who has spoken out for years against excessive TVA salaries. ■Gary Sousa made $140,200 a year as UT band director. He continues to make this amount, although his band duties were suspended and he has no duties at present. The investigation is still ongoing.

However, if the outcome of the inquiry results in Sousa being moved back to the faculty, his salary will be $105,050.

The 25 percent reduction is standard UT practice for persons moved from administrative to faculty positions, according to Margie Nichols of the UT chancellor’s staff. The head of the music school would assign him new duties.

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Paul Kelley’s influence continues talk all this over with him.�

Kelley was a career educator, longtime president of the Oakwood-Lincoln Park Neighborhood Association, multi-term school-board member and lifelong chamIt’s times like these when pion of inner-city children.

Steve Diggs misses Paul In 2010, the Dr. Paul L. KelKelley. ley Volunteer Academy, a nontraditional high school in the Knoxville Center mall, was named for him.

Kelley and his wife, NorBetty Bean ma, were members of Emerald Avenue United Methodist Church when Diggs, fresh out of Maryville ColNot that he doesn’t feel lege, was hired as a youth the loss of his longtime minister back in 1988. Diggs mentor almost every day took to the job with vigor since Kelley died a year ago and vision, and Kelley’s en– but now Diggs, as execu- couragement and advice betive director of the Emerald came invaluable as the EYF Youth Foundation, has gone became an inner-city-wide public with a plan to plunge youth ministry, eventually into the charter-school serving 1,400 children. business, and he wishes he Today, Diggs and his could have the benefit of family live two doors down Kelley’s sage advice. from the Kelleys’ family “He was my second fa- home, and he still sees Norther, and I wish I could sit ma frequently. He believes down in his living room and Paul Kelley would approve

Says charter school founder Diggs

of Emerald Charter Schools and the plan to enter the contentious and highly political field of education.

The first thing Diggs wants to make clear is that he is a public-school guy.

His children attend Christenberry Elementary School and Fulton High School, and Diggs is active on both campuses.

He is distressed by the low scores that Knoxville’s urban students have been getting in math and language arts and says he wants to do something to help children become college-ready by the time they finish high school. “I am a public-school advocate. In fact, we are going to increase our offerings to public schools, and we think the public charter-school option will be another strategy to accelerate the path to achievement.�

The second thing he would like to make clear is that the first Emerald Charter School will not involve a

takeover of any existing Knox County school, although he will consider any space that might be offered.

The first Steve Diggs Emerald Charter School will serve kindergarteners and firstgraders only, and the student body will consist of 75 to 100 inner-city first and second-graders.

Diggs says he has not chosen a location but anticipates that it will be near Fulton High School, perhaps on property soon to be abandoned by Physicians Regional Medical Center (the hospital that Diggs’ neighbors still call St. Mary’s). “We think we’re going to need about 20,000 square feet,� he said. “We’ll see what’s going to be available.�

He believes Paul Kelley would approve.

‘Pops’ hopes to be called ‘Judge’ His grandchildren may call him Pops, but Billy Stokes hopes you’ll soon call him Judge.

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captain in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps.

He is a founding partner of Stokes & Fansler, worked for Gov. Don Sundquist and boasts a bunch of other stuff you can read at his website. “I’ve been doing this for a long time,� Billy said, “but the most important thing is that I practice law, step in and resolve conflicts. I’ve tried cases for a long time, both for plaintiffs and defendants, and I’ve won some and I’ve lost some.�

He says he has the experience, education and temperament to do the job well. “Just keep the talk on the street and we’ll move forward and win this thing on May 6,� he said to his supporters.

Granddaughter Bailey, 3, either liked what she heard or wanted to talk to Bay and Pops ’cause she got to them before supporters could.

Surrounded by friends and family, Billy Stokes looked comfortable. He felt like a winner. Billy’s is the familiar face in the race, but sometimes voters like fresh faces.

I don’t know what’s going to happen on Election Day, but I do know this. Familiar doesn’t need a road map or a question mark.

Stokes is running for the Division I Circuit Court judge seat being vacated by Dale Workman. His opponents to date are lawyers Bill Ailor, Kristi Davis and Ray Hal Jenkins.

Like Jenkins, Stokes is a former Knox County Republican Party chair. He’s safe, familiar.

His mentor, Richard Bean, stood quietly in the corner as everybody stopped by to say hello at his campaign kickoff at Calhoun’s on the River. Duane Grieve and Gail Jarvis were chatting in another corner.

Bailey Hickerson, 3, runs up to chat with Bay and Billy “Pops�

Knoxville Mayor Madeline Stokes after Billy addresses the crowd at his campaign kickoff Rogero dropped by, as did at Calhoun’s on the River. Photo by Jake Mabe former county GOP chair Chad Tindell. visor at the East Tennessee Stokes’ wife, Bay, a for- Bruce Blakely.

Raised in Lonsdale, Regional Juvenile Center, mer educator, was saying howdy to everybody. It felt Stokes attended Maryville now named for Bean. After College to play football. receiving his J.D., he joined “Pull Up A Chair� with Jake Mabe at jakehomey, familiar.

Billy is a Knoxville na- A shoulder injury ended the U.S. Army, serving as a mabe.blogspot.com tive. At least two of his dreams of gridiron glory, classmates from Beaumont so he transferred to UT. He Elementary School and earned a bachelor’s degree Waggoner fundraiser set for Jan. 31 Rule High showed up to sup- in psychology and was hired Wright’s Cafeteria, 5403 N. Middlebrook Pike, port him. Billy remembered as juvenile counselor for the will be the setting for a Friday, Jan. 31, fundraiser for playing football against the Knoxville Police DepartBobby Waggoner, candidate for Knox County sheriff Dink Adams-coached Halls ment. in the May 6 Republican Primary. The spaghetti supWhen that job was elimiHigh football team and per will be 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 each and says he figured out a way to nated, Stokes attended UT will be available at the door or by calling 978-1042. deal with Dink’s offensive Law School and worked full-time as a shift supertandem of Elmo Brock and

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More Mike Stratton Mike Stratton came uninvited from Tellico Plains to the University of Tennessee and stayed to become a first-team end in a two-way era, offense and defense. He learned a lot. “I learned to be friends with the tailbacks. We didn’t throw many forward passes, but when we did, it was the tailback doing the throwing.�

That strategy led to nine receptions as a senior in 1961 and Mike’s lone experience with a professional scout.

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“Gil Brandt (Dallas Cowboys) came to see Glenn Glass, and I got to meet him.

Glenn asked about me as a prospect, and Mr. Brandt said oh yes, he would check on me.�

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Concord’s African-American community I was talking to my friend Loretta Bradley a few days ago and she said, “Have you ever written a column on Concord’s black community?�

Although I have mentioned the African-American community in many of my columns, I realized that I had never written a specific article on the community. And what better time to do so than the year we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Dr. King’s famous “I Have a Dream� speech at the Lincoln Memorial.

From a teenager’s perspective growing up in the 1950s, I can only recall some of the people I knew – the Rev. Roy Stone, Lyman “Deck� Bacon, Mildred Miller and many others that are too numerous to enumerate.

But I cannot recall any discrimination or bigotry toward the black community from my friends. Perhaps we had not been “carefully trained.�

I shot basketball with the black kids in the Methodist church parking lot, and when it snowed, we sledded down Olive Road hill together.

Some years later, I got to know the Rev. Stone when he came by the small convenience store where I worked to buy gas. We talked about many subjects including his church and his church members.

The Rev. Stone was a caring person and I always had the feeling that he was really interested in my thoughts.

He also owned a commercial and residential painting company that did excellent work, and his company was recognized in the area as one of several premiered painting contractors.

In reflecting back on my observations now, in some ways, the African American community experienced integration at a level that would not become commonplace in the South until the decade of the 1960s.

For example, W.M. Fox, who operated the local bus service to Knoxville, insisted that his black customers occupy any seat on the bus.

In fact, one woman, Mildred Miller, always sat in the seat directly behind the driver and carried on a conversation with him during the entire trip.

Other customers recognized that the front seat behind the driver was Mildred’s seat and left it vacant.

Mrs. Miller was a colorful person who often wore brightly flowered clothes, used lots of cosmetic makeup, and she always carried a shopping bag filled with her most prized possessions.

Mildred attended my church – Concord United Methodist – for a while and made many friends there.

When it was announced

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that she was ill, we cut some wood from a vacant lake lot that one of the members owned. We hauled the wood to her home where we split it and stacked it on her porch. Mildred and her daughter were very appreciative, but Mildred never got to use much of the wood.

She passed away two weeks later.

Another memorable person was Lymon Bacon, known to his friends at “Deck.� Deck owned the school bus franchise for the area and always kept several school buses on his property. He was a short, muscular man who looked like he would have made an excellent athlete in any sport.

Deck also looked after the African-American portion of Pleasant Forest Cemetery where he spent many hours improving the property.

John Campbell, a longtime president of Pleasant Forest Cemetery who passed away recently, once kidded Deck of promoting segregation by keeping the wrought iron fence intact that separated the AfricanAmerican section from the main cemetery area.

On several occasions John suggested that he consider removing the fence, but Deck wanted to maintain the separate identity.

His son, Lymon Jr., passed away recently, but we used to run into each other occasionally and always enjoyed talking about “the good old days.�

Perhaps my most vivid memory of the black community was their church, A.M.E. Zion, located on Loop Road. During the summer months, I often rode my bike over and sat on the front steps listening to their music.

Other white folks often drove over and listened from their car. I am not sure the congregation even knew we were outside, but one evening, one of the church members came in late and invited us to come inside.

We chose to sit on the back row of the sanctuary.

And as I think about it now, it’s ironic that in many areas African-Americans were still required to sit in the back of theaters and buses, but here we were sitting in the back of their church.

The difference was that we chose to sit in the rear, but in many public places they never had that choice.

talent searches, didn’t know there was a Mike Stratton.

Buster Ramsey was the first coach of the Buffalo Bills. He had Maryville roots and had played at Knoxville High School. One of his East Tennessee connections told him that Stratton had good hands, good speed, good size and genuine potential on defense. He was added to the draft list – in pencil.

Ramsey got fired while trying to make something out of nothing, and Lou Saban became the new coach in Buffalo. “The American Football League drafted early, and it wasn’t a very big deal,� recalled Stratton. “I stopped at Sam and Andy’s on the Strip one evening, and somebody told me I had been drafted.�

The next morning, the pay phone on the second floor in the stadium dormitory was ringing its bell off.

As usually happened, the nearest Volunteer woke up enough to answer. “Hey Stratton, this one’s for you.�

It was Lou Saban. “He said I had been drafted by the Bills in the 13th round. He asked if I could come out to the airport for a meeting. I was on crutches from an ankle injury in the Vanderbilt game, but I borrowed John Bill Hudson’s car and drove out to the airport. “Coach Saban was pleasant but businesslike. He offered me $9,000 for the 1962 season and $1,000 bonus if I would sign right then. “Glenn Glass had given me some tips about negotiations. I decided to try one. If the Bills would raise

the offer to $10,000 and give me the other $1,000 as a cash advance, I said I would sign. Without a moment’s hesitation, Coach Saban said OK.�

Stratton wondered if he had sold himself short.

A little later, back on campus, there were Lou Saban and Glenn Glass on a joy ride, seeing the sights from a big convertible, talking about real money.

Stratton had hobbled to the airport to meet the coach. The coach had come to the school to pick up the tailback.

Stratton played 12 seasons of professional football, 156 games as an outside linebacker. He intercepted 21 passes. Six times he was in the Pro Bowl. He has an honored place on the Bills’ wall of fame. He was elected to the Buffalo all-time team, chosen after 50 years. He

is a legend in western New York.

Stratton had one of the historic hits in all of football. In the 1964 AFL championship game against San Diego, the great Keith Lincoln was about to catch a pass. Mike, a full-grown 6-3 and 240, and the ball arrived in about the same instant. Fans said “ooooh.�

Lincoln did not get up.

He had a rib problem.

The “Hit heard around the world� took on a life of its own. Almost everybody said it decided the championship game. Some said it became the cornerstone of Buffalo’s development as a franchise. “I never wanted to be known as a one-hit wonder,� said Stratton. “But when people asked about that tackle, I always accepted responsibility and smiled.�

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Bass Harold Bassett has unusual memories of the civil-rights Audrey Wrushen leads the choir while her husband, Xzavian, plays the piano. era.

Dr. Aaron Staple rehearses a piece.

Passion, promise and praise The atmosphere at Baptist Tabernacle Church in Knoxville was noisy and convivial on a recent Monday night as the MLK Celebration Choir rehearsed for its Jan. 19 concert at the Bijou Theatre commemorating Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Convivial, but marked with great seriousness and focused intent.

“We’ve got a lot of stuff to get through tonight,” said Dr. Aaron Staple, Knoxville College’s director of choral music and leader/pianist for the MLK choir, “so let’s get started with ‘Praise.’ ” He asked his son-in-law, Xzavian Wrushen, to lead the group in the spirited anthem. Wrushen conducted the group from his toes up,

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Carol’s Corner giving strong cues and commanding the singers with passion and precision.

Later, speaking of the great civil-rights leader, Wrushen said, “Dr. King understood the concept of perfect love. Love transcends race. It transcends gender, sexual orientation, religion – love doesn’t fit in a box.”

Several choir members concurred with softly spoken “amens.”

“Martin Luther King was the voice of peace for the 20th century,” said Staple.

“Standing strong for what he believed against all odds, and using nonviolent measures, has been his greatest impact on my life.” Staple attended the funeral of the slain leader in Atlanta in 1968 and took note of the music played there. It’s influenced his musical decisions ever since. “I try to choose songs that carry his philosophy and the message he proclaimed, and songs I recall him hearing and liking.”

In addition to his Knoxville College post, Staple has been directing choirs at Baptist Tabernacle since 1963 and is retired from the Knox County school system, where he was an elementa-

Xzavian Wrushen leads the women in a spirited anthem: Diane Johnson, Sylvia Brown, Eloise Webb, Wilma Brabson, Dorothy Parks, Staffene Ocan, Vivian Dial, Krishana Forbes and Dawn Davis. ry-school teacher.

Folks who are lucky enough to attend one of his events know how much heart he throws into every performance. He specializes in collaborating with his soloists to showcase

their individual talents.

With Staple providing the piano accompaniment, singers can express their feelings of the moment.

He’s always with them, giving them room to soar.

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Wrushen, is following in his footsteps. She led the choir in a rousing new anthem, “We Sing the Praises to Our King.”

“To me, Dr. King was an example of how to be a soldier for Christ,” she said.

“He was no respecter of persons; he saw everyone the same, which is the way God sees us.

He always walked in X. Wrushen his purpose.”

Yolanda Flowers, who was reared in Birmingham, Ala., agreed.

“A l t h o u g h I did not know Dr. King, to me he meant freedom and civil rights.”

Webb B a s s Harold Bassett chimed in from across the room. “I have a somewhat different perspective,” he said. “I was raised in the county. I didn’t know I was ‘integrated’ until I heard of Dr. King’s A. Wrushen assassination. I didn’t know anything about black history, about what our people had been through. I didn’t know about freedom until I learned about Dr. King.”

S opr a no Earnestine BranBranner ner quickly agreed. “Dr. King raised my awareness of civil rights.

The greatest gifts he gave us are peace, perseverance and faith.”

“To me, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. epitomizes our past, our present and our future,” said Benn Dr. Eloise Webb. “We’re still clinging to his words and hoping we’ll have a better tomorrow.”

Lawrence Washington, a bass who’s been with the choir for many years, nodded. “He’s one of my heroes,” he said quietly.

Pat Benn wrapped it all up succinctly. “Passion, promise and praise. That’s it. That’s what Dr. King represented.”

faith

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The language of the soul But I trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation. I will sing to the Lord, because he has dealt bountifully with me.

(Psalm 13: 5-6 NRSV) Anything worth thinking about is worth singing about.

(Bob Dylan) Which is why we have songs of praise, songs of love, songs of sorrow. (“And Bob Dylan Too,” Mary Oliver) I was never particularly a Bob Dylan fan. He wrote some great music, but as a Cross singer, in my opinion, he Currents left much to be desired.

A new sidewalk and driveway on the property of the Laurel Church of Christ will allow Historic Westwood visitors to take ad- However, Dylan was abLynn vantage of ample parking and the traffic light at Cherokee Boulevard and Kingston Pike. Westwood is the future home of Knox solutely on target when Pitts Heritage. Photo by Wendy Smith he said, “Anything worth thinking about is worth singing about.”

Take, for example, the children’s song “Ring lots of lullabies.

Around the Rosy,” which Most of the Scripture and is actually a song about poetry I have memorized is The initial agreement was for the lems,” Trent says. “The church has

By Wendy Smith the Black Death. Or those in my head because I sang been amazing to work with.” church to allow a sidewalk to be built One of the tenets of the Christian Buckley says improvements at Kilkenny Cats, who fought it. I can sing the lyrics of faith is “love thy neighbor.” For the that would provide access to Westuntil “instead of two cats, many songs I learned in the Laurel Church of Christ at 3457 Kings- wood via the church’s parking lot. But Westwood benefit the church, too. “It’s there wasn’t any.” ’60s (who can explain that, ton Pike, that means allowing Knox the MPC and fire department required good for us because it’s an enhanceOn the far other end of except to say that a younger Heritage to build a driveway across a second entrance to the property for ment to the Sequoyah Hills area, and emergency vehicles due to heavy traf- Knox Heritage will be a good neighbor the spectrum is my all-time brain is a more trustworthy church property. favorite, hands-down win- repository than an older Historic Westwood, the future fic on Kingston Pike, says Knox Heri- to us.” ner as the best single piece one?).

He expects that new lighting and tage executive eirector Kim Trent. home of Knox Heritage, is next door I turn to music when Laurel Involvement Minister Mike landscaping, provided by Knox Heri- of music ever written, J.S. on the church’s east side. The home’s Bach’s “Jesu, Joy of Man’s I am sad. The day my fagraceful entrance through a serpen- Buckley knows how dangerous that tage, will improve church grounds, Desiring.” ther died, when I was 10, I particular stretch of Kingston Pike too. tine brick wall served the Lutz famI have made music as sat down at the piano and The church strives to be neighborly. ily well when it was built in 1890 but can be. He has seen numerous accilong as I can remember. played my sorrow. Somedoesn’t meet the current needs of the dents from his office window. Church Recent community outreach includes One of my earliest memoone suggested to Mother nonprofit. Westwood will serve as a offices are located in a house between hosting the weekly Farmer’s Market on Fridays during warm weather, pro- ries is sitting at the piano that maybe that was not regional center for preservation edu- the church building and Westwood.

The new driveway, which is for viding parking for GreekFest at St. playing the keys with no par- appropriate – music in a cation as well as headquarters for the emergency and service vehicles only, George Greek Orthodox Church and ticular song in mind, which house of bereavement – but historic-preservation group. was not, please note, making she had the wisdom, even The cooperation between Knox is being built behind the Laurel of- hosting the Knoxville Alzheimer’s music. But I was fascinated in the midst of her own Heritage and the church was initiated fices. Those who use the driveway and Tennessee Walk.

Trent expects the driveway and with the sounds, and I want- shock, to say, “No. Let her

by Dan Brewer and Anthony Fuller of the sidewalk, which will be in front of play; that’s how she is exthe offi ces, will benefi t from the trafsidewalk to be completed by Knox ed to make music.

Brewer Ingram Fuller, the architecturI was amazed, one day in pressing her grief.” al firm hired to renovate and design an fic light at Cherokee Boulevard and Heritage’s April 1 move-in date, I was pleased beyond which is also the nonprofit’s 40th an- the first grade, when a soaddition for Westwood. The men are Kingston Pike. phisticated second-grader all reason when I learned “The drive solves so many prob- niversary. also elders at the Laurel church. came to my classroom to that the universe sings as inform my teacher that I well. There are, I am told was to go to another room by Those Who Know, vifor my piano lesson. Piano brations humming out lesson?!? I knew nothing there, echoes of the Big about a piano lesson! He Bang (which I understand led me to the correct room, as God’s voice saying, where I had a lesson, re- “Let there be light!”). That ceived my first music book, sound created the universe and was, quite simply, a and began the “music of the goner. spheres,” as the poets call I was never a great pia- it.

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By Ruth White nist, just a competent one.

One of my music profesIf you are looking for a featured the documentary I was a good singer, never sors made a statement that way to eat healthier or re- “Forks Over Knives” and a great one. I have made I shall never forget: “Music duce/prevent/reverse heart discussed the need to adopt my living mostly through is the only art form that is disease or diabetes, check a whole-foods/plant-based church music, entertained ephemeral. It is here and out the cooking classes at diet for healthier living.

Ed Reid discusses the reasons Kathy Reid co-hosts the my mind with folk music gone; performed and dies On Feb. 11, the class will for eating a vegetarian/vegan healthy living cooking classes and ballads, fed my soul away; exists only in its mothe North Knoxville Seventh-day Adventist Church. feature making healthy diet. Photo by Ruth White at North Knoxville Seventh- through singing with the ment and ceases to be.”

Kathy Reid and Pat soups, salads and sandwich Knoxville Choral Society, day Adventist Church.

Except in the human Kaufmann have coordinat- fillings. Participants will and kept babies happy with heart. ed a series of classes that learn to make these items will show individuals how and will sample the deli- and can be done by calling Info/register: 314-8204 or 314-8204 or visiting www. www.KnoxvilleInstep.com. to cook healthier while not cious results.

Also available at the The March 11 class will KnoxvilleInstep.com. sacrificing taste. Kaufmann The church will begin church are free blood-presis certified in teaching cook- feature chef/author Melody ing classes, and each month Prettyman, and on April a Breathe Free program sure checks 6:30 p.m. to 7 a variety of samples will be 8 Reid and Kaufmann will Tuesday, Jan. 21, that p.m. on Wednesdays. No made and tasted. Asked why create desserts that are will help individuals stop appointment is necessary. they were sponsoring the healthy and tasty. Each smoking. “We are here to North Knoxville Seventhclasses, Reid replied, “We class begins at 6 p.m. and help, not criticize,” said Ed day Adventist Church is at Send news to news@ShopperNewsNow.com wsNo ow.com com m want a healthier, more vi- is free. Preregistration Reid, who holds a master’s 6530 Fountain City Road. is required for planning degree in public health. brant North Knoxville.”

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Louise Hargis from the Knoxville Zoo holds a Polish chicken named Phyllis. Photos by J. Acuff

Tiger Cub Nate Lawhorn gets ready to pet a savannah monitor.

Scouts meet critters at Rocky Hill West Hills Elementary School teacher Cathy Upton poses for a photo after receiving a Christmas ornament from Mattie, Emily and Ryan Miller on behalf of the prayer walk group at the school. Photo submitted

More than academics In August 2011, Anita Miller went to the altar of her church to pray. At that time, her pastor’s message was regarding a series called “Courageous.” Miller remembered him saying sometimes you have to be willing to step out and take a risk for the glory of Christ.

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“I wanted to be that courageous person,” said Miller.

After praying at the altar, she felt as if God was telling her to start a prayer walk at West Hills Elementary where her son was a student.

Until this point, each morning when she took her son to school, the parking lot was entirely full so Miller couldn’t even park and walk him to class. But one morning after her experience at the altar, the school parking lot had one space available.

After walking her son to class, Miller was about to leave when she started feeling something similar to what she calls an anxiety attack. Her heart was pounding, and she began to sweat.

Miller said she felt again that she was supposed to ask the school administrators about starting the prayer walk, so she accepted the challenge and was met with an enthusiastic “yes” from Suzanne Oliver, the school principal at that time.

When Miller asked Oliver why she responded so quickly, Oliver replied with something similar to Miller’s pastor.

“Sometimes you have to be courageous and be willing to take a risk,” said Oliver.

At that point, Miller knew she had done the right thing.

Now in its third year, Miller said in one way or another the prayer walk at West Hills Elementary has helped dozens of students, teachers and families that are connected to the school. Prayers are Luke Egan mimics a Savannah monitor.

Tiger Cub Sam Hatcher pets the savannah monitor. said during the walk based on requests received from parents and faculty. Requests range from helping or methamphetamine abuse students deal with abusive happening out there. You see parents to making sure a lot of kids that come into they feel loved and cared foster care who maybe have for at school. been in a home that’s had Donations received on drug abuse taking place. behalf of the prayer walk “All of the nightmares that have helped clothe stupeople hear or imagine that dents in need, pay light could happen to children … bills for families at West happen here in East TennesHills Elementary and even see, and those can result in buy diapers for younger a child being removed from siblings of students. Small their home and being placed tokens are also given to in a safe foster home.” teachers at the school with Whether children are bioscripture printed on them logical offspring or fosters, for inspiration and encourthe basic tools of parenting agement. apply.

Food for Kids, a food “Foster kids bring with pantry program at WHES, them the fun of just being a also began as an idea from parent,” Nystrom says. “But a walk participant. It now they usually come with some feeds 60 students in need history and some experiencand their families outside es that some of us have been of school. so lucky not to experience.

Miller has had several There are some different beparticipants at the monthhaviors that you have to manly prayer walks, but she The Holmes family adopted four older siblings recently through the Childhelp Foster Family age or just be understanding Agency.

Photo submitted has also spent the hour of. The numbers show that walking by her self on ocwe’ve had a lot of success in casion. Other schools have helping our foster parents be also approached her about successful. Our case managstarting a prayer walk. ers try their best to be proac“I could have just walked tive, to help our foster parout of that building,” she ents be ready for anything.” said, referring to the day There aren’t hordes of peoshe dropped her son off ple coming forward, offering and asked to start the get adopted, much less to find “Nearly 90 percent of the to foster and adopt children.

By Betsy Pickle prayer walk. “But I would “We work our tails off to 19 families adopting sibling children placed in our care in Childhelp Foster Care have missed what God fi nd good, safe, loving foshas done through teach- Agency has been so busy groups of three or more kids. the last five years have found ter homes and folks who “It’s just a remarkable ac- forever homes either through ers, ministers and parents beating the odds that staff we feel are doing it because around this school,” she members didn’t even notice complishment that snuck up adoption or reunification their heart is in it,” says with (non-offending) family on us.

We didn’t realize we that they’ve arranged adopsaid.

Nystrom. “When you see “West Hills Elemen- tions for a record number of had done it till we had done members,” says Nystrom.

The foster agency is sepa- the outcomes that we’ve it. It’s been a really cool run.” tary School is my mission multiple-sibling groups. rate from Childhelp’s Child gotten with all these kids The Childhelp Foster “Nineteen foster families field,” said Miller, “if I have adopted, that comes from a to walk by myself or with have adopted sibling groups Family Agency, based in Advocacy Center, which lot of work on the front end of three or more children Seymour, has been serv- serves youngsters involved 100 other people.” of finding the right folks to in child-abuse cases being ining children in the state The next prayer walk for within the past four or five work with us to be foster West Hills Elementary will years,” says Childhelp direc- of Tennessee since 2004. vestigated.

However, “all of these kids parents.” be at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. tor Hugh Nystrom, noting It has been recognized for Childhelp is hosting a fos6. To make a donation of that at least two families have having one of the highest have come to us because of ter parenting/adoptive class abuse, neglect or endanadoption rates of any fosadopted fi ve children each. money, new Bibles or your this month. To learn more, time, contact Anita Miller “That’s a big deal. It’s hard ter-care provider in Ten- germent,” says Nystrom.

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Davis signs with King University Webb School of Knoxville senior Madison Davis has signed to play basketball at King University in Bristol next year.

She was a four-year starter for Madison Davis the Spartans and helped lead her team to its

third state championship in 2012, picking up All-District and All-Region Tournament team and All-Region Tournament MVP honors along the way.

Last season she was the team’s third highest scorer with 273 points.

Present at the signing were her parents, Jason Davis and Jill Davis, brother Bryson and grandparents Gary and Joyce Davis.

SCHOOL NOTES A.L. Lotts Elementary ■ Prepaid group pictures will be taken Friday, Jan. 24, in the music room. Paws classes kick off after school Monday, Jan. 27.

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Mike Marlowe stands in the electrical closet of the new IBEW training center. Photo by Ruth White

Apprentice electricians earn while they learn

By Betty Bean There’s a door immediately to the right of the entrance of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers’ shiny new $2.5 million training facility (excluding land cost) at 6107 Central Avenue Pike. The room on the other side of the door makes a statement.

The first door to the right in the IBEW Local 760 Training Center leads to the building’s electrical service and telecommunications hub, housed in a spacious room with stainless steel panel covers, fully-finished walls and floor-to-ceiling windows that fill the space with natural sunlight.

“We are making a statement because we do excellent work,” said Michael Marlowe, an IBEW business development and community relations specialist who also serves as a fifth year instructor in the apprenticeship program housed in the IBEW 760 Training Center.

“Normally, when you get

to an electrical closet, they don’t even paint the walls.

This is our dream of an electrical closet,” Marlowe said.

Straight ahead is program administrator Cindy Sanderfur’s desk. Around the corner in the administrative suite is the office of training director A.J. Pearson, who has come home to East Tennessee after retiring from the National Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee (NJATC).

He served as director of the NJATC for 18 years.

Down a shiny hallway are five separate classrooms and a computer lab where 85 apprentices take evening classes.

Annual tuition of $600, which covers books, lab fees and materials, covers only a fraction of the cost. The IBEW kicks in the rest – around $2,500 per year.

Apprentices become union members and pay dues of $37.50 per month.

The IBEW places them in day jobs where they receive on-the-job training and earn half the starting wage of a journeyman electrician

business Despite the limiting lan– about $11.50 per hour.

They also receive health in- guage in job descriptions, surance and are enrolled in there are two women enthree retirement plans – two rolled in Marlowe’s fifth year traditional pension plans class, and several more in plus a defined contribution the apprenticeship program. plan– the costs of which are The union is actively recruitnot deducted from their pay. ing more, Marlowe said.

“Women and minorities They finish the program as journeyman are traditionally unwiremen with WHERE derrepresented in a minimum the constructhe tion indusof 900 hours try, but we of classroom are working inst r uc t ion and 8,000 to change hours of onthat.”

Graduates of the the-job assignprogram will have ments.

“Every one of our ben- earned 45 hours of credit efits is in addition to the on- with Pellissippi State Comthe-check wage. And once munity College, which takes they enter the program, we them most of the way tofind them jobs through our ward an associate’s degree. hiring hall service and our If graduates choose to conelectrical contractor part- tinue their education, an afnerships,” Marlowe said. filiated Electrical Construc“It’s our solution to the tion Management program problem of how do you get is available at Middle Tena good job with no experi- nessee State University.

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News from Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation (KCDC)

The case for case managers

By Alvin Nance With financial support from the city of Knoxville and Covenant Health, we recently renewed a w onde r f u l partnership with the Community Action Nance Committee (CAC) to provide full-time case managers at each of our four high-rise buildings: Isabella Towers, Cagle Terrace, Northgate Terrace and Guy B. Love Towers.

We began this partnership in 2008 to prevent homelessness and help residents succeed in their housing, and because of the program’s proven success, I am excited to be able to continue and expand this program.

Since 2008, nearly 459 residents have received case management services.

None of our residents participating in case management have been evicted to the streets, but instead have maintained stable housing at KCDC or been assisted by the case workers in finding alternate housing situations.

“The program’s benefit is

Community Action Committee case managers Eric Johnson of Guy B. Love Towers, Rene Eastern of Northgate Terrace, Yolanda Grant of Isabella Towers and Scott Bennett of Cagle Terrace. seen in the lives of the residents who now have knowledgeable and caring case managers to help them live independently and avoid the

pitfalls of life that can lead to homelessness,” said CAC executive director Barbara Kelly.

“Prevention is the best

homeless program because it is compassionate, cheaper than other approaches and more likely to be successful than any other intervention.”

The case managers assist residents with budget training, housekeeping, transportation, physical and mental health ailments and mediation issues with neighbors.

They will even assist with finding housing with other programs better equipped to serve their particular needs.

KCDC high-rises serve primarily an elderly and disabled population, so access to these services is crucial to our residents being able to enjoy a full, healthy life.

The ultimate goal is to find the best place for the

resident to thrive. And according to our property managers, case managers make this happen!

“Having case managers is a dealmaker,” said Steve Ellis, senior asset manager for Love Towers. “The CAC case managers allow us to be proactive in addressing needs as they arise before they become major problems. They help us develop our community to its potential.”

Thanks to KCDC, the CAC, the city of Knoxville and Covenant Health, our residents will continue to able to receive the individualized attention they need to succeed at our properties.

Alvin Nance is executive director of KCDC.

Pinnell joins KUB board

Sara Hedstrom Pinnell, president of Hedstrom Design, a local landscape architecture firm, is the newest member of the KUB board of commissioners. She succeeded Pace Robinson of Modern Supply, whose term expired in December 2013.

Pinnell received her bachelor’s degree from Temple University in 1996 and was part of the Introduction Knoxville Class of 2009. She formerly Pinnell served on the Knoxville Tree Board and KUB Tree Trim Policy Review Panel.

Pinnell joins fellow KUB commissioners Bruce Anderson (chair), Celeste Herbert (vice chair), Joe Connell, Kathy Hamilton, Nikitia Thompson and Eston Williams.

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NEWS FROM BRIGHTSTAR

Have you gotten your daily dose of sunshine?

The holidays are over, and like it or not, the cold winter months are upon us.

If you have started experiencing muscle weakness or bone pain this winter, you might be dealing with a Vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D deficiencies are most common in winter months, and some studies suggest an association between low Vitamin D levels and certain mood disorders including Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), which can cause mood changes and unhappiness due to the lack of sunlight.

In order to combat discomfort associated with seasonal change, Sharon Roth Maguire, a geriatric nurse practitioner for BrightStar, recommends integrating the following into your daily routine: 1. Get outside: Yes, it is cold out, but even a walk around the block on a sunny day will help keep your muscles, bones, and joints strong and flexible.

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Linda Bonds at her new business, The Rock Shop and More on Bearden Hill. Photo by A. Hart

Hearts and more for your Valentine

By Anne Hart If you’re in pursuit of the perfect gift for Valentine’s Day, you may want to consider beautiful heartshaped treasures straight from Mother Earth.

And the best thing about it? You don’t have to do the digging. Someone else has already done that, along with the hand-carving and polishing to a state of perfection.

At The Rock Shop and More, located at 6712 Kingston Pike on Bearden Hill, you will find heart-shaped rocks in every size and color imaginable – small enough to be a charm on a bracelet or large enough to use as a paperweight or place in a special garden spot – and

each is hand-carved. Some are a solid color; others are rainbow hued.

A retired Knox County teacher and former real estate agent who also dipped a toe in the political waters a time or two, store owner Linda Bonds has created a gift shop for collectors of rocks for sure, but also for admirers of art, pottery and jewelry, especially the work of local artists and artisans.

And while everything in the shop is for sale, from the huge rocks filled with brilliant amethyst formations to the tiny, elegant birds and other creatures handcarved from colorful stones, there is so much to admire that the space also func-

tions as a gallery.

Bonds says she was first attracted to colorful rocks as a child, and that she knew the time had come to find homes for her treasures when there was no room left in her closets for her clothes. “Rocks were everywhere. There was just no space left. It was time to start sharing them,” she says with a laugh.

Store hours are noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Friday and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday. This committed collector spends a lot of time out doing what she does: collecting, so it’s always a good idea to call first to make certain the shop is open. Bonds can be reached at 414-8958.

Holiday celebration – after the fact The month of December is never long enough to squeeze in all the fun you want to have.

Members of the Rotary Club of Farragut have never let that stand in the way of good, old-fashioned fellowship, however. They just move their holiday party to January.

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The “Christmas” party for 2013 was held on Jan. 11, 2014, at the home of Noah and Allison Myers.

Club business was put on the back burner as members, spouses and guests brought the spirit of the season into the new year.

The group enjoyed tables laden with food and goodies.

A special treat of the evening was a golf-cart ride up the hill with Luke Myers, age 10, and a “Welcome” at the door by Kate Myers, 8.

Stephanie and Knick Myers kick back like family should at the Rotary Christmas party at the home of Noah and Allison Myers. Noah and Knick are brothers.

Ben Harkins and Tom Marsh enjoy the festive evening.

Carole and Tom Pattison catch up with Becky Duncan at the party.

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NEWS FROM CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF KNOXVILLE

Student finds a place in

Subtle Clutch “Now we’ve come so far, knowing nothing of who we are.”

These lyrics from “Railroad,” one of the original songs from local folk/Americana band Subtle Clutch, are fitting considering the group is made up of four high school boys.

CAK freshman Jonathan Bailey plays the guitar, bass and mandolin for Subtle Clutch.

“This last year, I’ve probably played more music than ever,” Bailey said. “July was when the stuff with Subtle Clutch started happening, and since then we’ve just been playing gigs and doing our thing. It has been really fun.”

The other three members, Briston Maroney (guitar/vocals), Devin Badgett (guitar/

ukulele/vocals) and Eli Fox (banjo/dobro/harmonica), attended middle school together at Episcopal School of Knoxville. They first performed together in April when Eli organized a fundraiser for WDVX as part of a school project.

In June, while Maroney was out of town, Bailey joined Fox and Badgett for a street performance on Market Square.

“I remember being scared to death because I had never really done anything like that before,” Bailey said. “Even though I was scared at first, it was super fun.”

The boys made such an impression that they were asked to take the stage at the Knoxville Kuumba Festival. Bailey has been part of the group

Athletic Director Denny resigns CAK Athletic Director Steve Denny is turning the page to a new chapter.

While the future is still a bit uncertain, Steve and his wife, Rebecca (1st grade teacher at CAK) say they have sensed the Lord leading them on a new journey. Denny will finish his sixth year as AD and conclude his fifth season as the varsity girls basketball coach. Rebecca Denny will stay at CAK for the remainder of the 2013-14 school year.

“I’ve enjoyed working with Steve these past seven months,” said Head of School Bob Neu. “Steve is one of the hardest working and most organized individuals I know. I appreciate all he brings to the job, but I appreciate his commitment to the Lord the most.

Much has been accomplished at CAK under his watch. His mark will definitely be left on our campus.”

Since Denny arrived at CAK in 2008, the Warriors have boosted their athletic prowess with an all-star roster of coaches, improved facilities and a number of championships. The Warriors have accumulated 37 district, 32 regional and 14 state championships (nine state finalists) over the last five years. Most

Members of Subtle Clutch are CAK student Jonathan Bailey, and friends Devin Badgett, Eli Fox and Briston Maroney. ever since.

Their repertoire includes a few originals and some covers of radio favorites like “Radioactive” by Imagine Dragons and “Gone, Gone, Gone” by Phillip Phillips.

Jonathan has played the guitar for four years and the mandolin for two.

“I would say once I got

guitar down everything else started coming fairly easily,” Bailey said. “Although I’ve only been playing mandolin for two years, it has only been in the past four months or so that I’ve really started progressing and getting into it.”

And what about that name?

“The name was suggested

by Devin’s older brother while

they were at Taco Bell,” Bailey said. “None of us are 100 percent sure of what it means, but we liked the way it sounded so we went with it.”

Just as the song states: “... knowing nothing of who we are.”

Info: youtube.com/user/ subtleclutch or facebook. com/subtleclutch

Hammaker named to All-Tournament Team The CAK girls basketball team traveled to Naples during Christmas break to participate in the 15th Annual Naples Holiday Shootout. The tournament featured some of the nation’s top teams and top talent.

The Warriors finished sixth in the National Division, including a big win over Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.). Anna Hammaker, CAK’s junior point guard, was named to the All-Tournament Team for leading her team throughout the three-day event.

Steve Denny

notably, under Denny’s watch CAK won first-ever State Championship in football and cross-country, and there was a 12-month period in which every girls team made it to state.

“These years at CAK have been challenging but rewarding,” Denny said. “I believe God has honored our commitment to maintaining integrity and focusing on the process rather than the results. We will miss CAK and all of the great relationships, but we are excited about the future.”

According to Neu, the school will begin a search for a new AD immediately.

Anna Hammaker

Spelling bee winners CAK’s annual spelling bee was held in the library Tuesday, and the winners advance to the Regional Bee at North Asheville Christian School on March 7. The 5th graders have a chance to make it to the Atlanta bee if they place in the top four of the 5th grade bee and then in the top four of the 5th-8th Grade Spell Off. CAK’s winners (in order of placement) were: 1st grade, Paxton McPherson, Seth Stalcup, Leslie Teaster, Trent Valeriano; 2nd grade, Aleyah Troutt, Aiden Troutt, William Blevins, Yates Foster; 3rd grade Emma Brown, Noah McPherson, Anya Cotton, Emma Grady; 4th grade, Ellie Nath, Anna Claire Roddy, Luke Tedford, Hawkins Dunn; 5th grade, Rachel Shamblin, Alexander Nazerias, Tabb Layton, Griffin Parker.

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Nightmare reality Morristown teacher awakens to rare kind of stroke It was between 1 and 2 a.m. on July 18 – when Amy Guinn of Morristown awakened to a nightmarish reality.

Thrashing about in the bed so wildly that it awakened her husband, Terry, the 42-year-old mother of two was in the grips of a stroke caused by the inexplicable tearing of her carotid artery.

There had been no warning, no symptoms, nothing to point to a stroke that would rob her of her speech and paralyze her left side. An ambulance rushed Guinn to Lakeway Hospital, where she underwent several tests. She was diagnosed with spontaneous carotid artery dissection, a rare condition that normally affects women 30 to 40 years of age. Aside from her gender and age, she had none of the other risk factors.

It didn’t take long for medical professionals at the hospital to know they needed to send Guinn to the Comprehensive Stroke Center at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center for specialized care. Recognized by The Joint Commission and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association for its ability to care for stroke patients, Fort Sanders is a referral center for complex stroke cases. It is also home to the Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center, which is nationally known as one of the top rehabilitation facilities in the nation.

The Fort Sanders staff immediately began evaluating the extent of Guinn’s stroke,

asking such questions as “Where are you?” and “How many kids do you have?”

“I held up three fingers, but I meant that I only had two,” Guinn said. “I knew what my mind was saying, but I couldn’t get it to go along with my mouth.”

That’s no surprise to Dr. Keith Woodward, the neuro-interventional radiologist who examined Guinn at Fort Sanders Regional that morning. “She’s lucky to be alive,” Woodward said as he pointed to a monitor where a black-and-white image showed a tangle of arteries resembling a road map. “The carotid artery had a tear of about 10 centimeters (roughly 6 inches), and had caused a clot that was preventing blood from getting to this whole side of her brain.”

According to Woodward, the clot-busting drug tPA (tissue plasmogenic activator) could not be administered in her case.

Based upon the external exam, she was sent straight to the neuro-interventional lab for removal of the clots.

“I distinctly remember Dr. Woodward saying we can do three things: One, you can get worse. Two, you could have surgery and have a chance to get better or three, we can Amy Guinn of Morristown said she felt blessed that there was a stroke center so close to home.

NOT do the surgery and this is what you have,” said Guinn. “So, I said, ‘No! no! Do the surgery!’ ” The surgery, Woodward said, involved using a tube-like catheter that acts as a suction device. While the surgery successfully removed all the clots, the road to recovery remained.

Looking forward to starting a new job as a teacher’s assistant just two weeks before the stroke, Guinn suddenly found that she couldn’t do simple math or read, and writing was next to impossible as her writing hand – the now paralyzed left hand – remained fixed in a half clench.

After six days in the ICU, she was able to raise her foot half an inch. After two days in a step-down unit, she was sent to Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center.

“I was up and walking in no time,” Guinn said. “I was really happy with the care … I felt blessed that we had a stroke center so close.”

Today, almost four months after her stroke, Guinn has made remarkable strides.

The biggest obstacle facing her is writing.

After 42 years of being a lefty, she’s now learning to write with her right hand.

Guinn, however, remains optimistic.

“I believe in positive thinking.” she says.

“I have many people praying for me. We live in a small community, and the show of love that’s been made is just awesome.”

Recognize the signs of a stroke FAST! The early symptoms of stroke are often overlooked or ignored. If you suspect that you or a loved one is having a stroke, think FAST:

Fort Sanders Regional is ‘Stroke Ready’ When you have a stroke, the care you receive immediately after it happens is critical. Fort Sanders Regional, along with its sister facilities within Covenant Health, have been deemed “Stroke Ready” by the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program. This means these hospitals are qualified to give patients the best initial care at the onset of a stroke. The hospitals of Covenant Health are working together to provide state-of-theart emergency treatments and the most advanced stroke care in the region.

Also, Fort Sanders Regional is a comprehensive Stroke Center, and for patients recovering from the effects of stroke, the nationally renowned Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center offers a full spectrum of rehabilitation services.

To learn more about stroke prevention, risks and treatment through Fort Sanders Regional, visit fsregional.com, or call 865-673-FORT.

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Stroke Belt keeps Fort Sanders Regional doctor busy Ask Dr. Keith Woodward what life is like in the Stroke Belt, and he’ll give you a one-word answer: “Busy!”

It’s no wonder – in 2012, Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center’s Comprehensive Stroke Center treated 455 patients for stroke. In 2013, it averaged 35 to 40 strokes per month.

Woodward’s department treats about 100 of those patients per year.

“Those are very high numbers,” Woodward said. “We are in the buckle of the Stroke Belt, and stroke volumes are high here. Of course, this is much higher than all other facilities due to Fort Sanders’ comprehensive stroke center certification and the Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center being here.”

Too, the risk factors for stroke – high blood pressure, smoking, sedentary lifestyle and the Southern diet of “fried everything” – are all higher here.

When Woodward came to Knoxville, no one could perform procedures inside the arteries of the brain.

He was particularly concerned when a local high school football player collapsed with a stroke and had to be sent to Asheville, N.C., because that was where the closest doctor was that could treat those disorders.

“I decided to go back and complete additional training to perform these procedures in the brain,” Woodward said. When he returned in 2005, patients no longer needed to travel to get the best stroke care.

Now at Fort Sanders Regional for a decade, he is currently chair of its Acute Stroke Team and Medical Director of the Neurovascular Research Center of East Tennessee. Woodward is board-certified by the American Board of Radiology and has the Certificate of Added Qualification in Interventional Radiology.

Strokes are now the fourth-leading cause of death in the United States.

Strokes occur when blood flow to the brain is disrupted. Disruption in blood flow is caused when either a blood clot blocks one of the vital blood vessels in the brain (ischemic stroke) or when a blood vessel in the brain bursts, spilling blood into surrounding tissues (hemorrhagic stroke). Ischemic strokes account for 87 percent of all strokes.

In many cases, Woodward treats those patients with a procedure known as mechanical embolectomy.

“We place a needle in the artery in the groin and advance a catheter, using X-rays as a guide, until the cath-

Dr. Keith Woodward says advances in stroke treatment have drastically reduced the time it takes to remove clots, often minimizing damage to the brain. eter reaches the neck,” Woodward says. “Then, we advance a smaller catheter into the brain to the clot. A pump is then attached, and the clot is sucked out of the artery.”

The procedure has come a long way over the years.

“The tools are so much better – six-hour procedures to remove clots have been reduced to now commonly less than 30 minutes,” Woodward says, adding speed is vitally important when treating strokes. That is because the longer the clot remains, the longer the brain is without blood and oxygen.

As a result, the cells in the affected area begin to die, affecting whatever functions that area controlled.

“More often than not, stroke damage is permanent,” says Woodward.

“However, it almost always improves over the first six months after a stroke.

Rehab is the key during that period to help the brain recover.”

Busy though they may be, Woodward says his days are not without their rewards. One of those, he said, is when “I can see a person unable to walk or talk, and 24 hours later, they can go home from the hospital.”

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Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett isn’t happy about the size of the fish he caught. All kidding aside, Burchett participated in a family education day last year. He put on waders and jumped into Beaver Creek with kids of all ages.

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mentors (if they’ll claim me): Steve Ash (his wife, Jean, was Old Man Schultz’s dance partner in the good ol’ WIVK days with Claude Tomlinson) and Dr. Paul J. Jake Mabe cracks a bad joke while guitarist Ross Southerland Pinckney of Sequoyah Hills. watches in either amusement or pity. Jake, Ross and others I graduated summa cum performed charity Elvis Presley concerts in Halls 1992-96. They laude from UT but really were reunited on the WDVX-FM “East Tennessee Quiver� this wanted to write. I kept beg- month. Southerland, a former member of the rock group Outging Sandra for a job until ta Line, also performed at Memories Theatre in Pigeon Forge she gave up and said yes. To for 13 years. make sure I stayed, I parked my car in the office – literones, about your friends County. Not so fast. ally. (Don’t ask.)

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MLK Week: annual parade, lineup 8:30 a.m., step-off 10 a.m. from YWCA Phyllis Wheatley Center, 124 S. Cruze St. Info: www.mlkknoxville.com.

MLK Week: Memorial Tribute Service, 11:45 a.m., Greater Warner Tabernacle AME Zion Church, 3800 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. Info/parade registration: www.mlkknoxville.com.

Tennessee Shines featuring Josh Oliver and poet Susan Underwood, 7 p.m., WDVX studio, Knoxville Visitor Center, 301 S. Gay St. Hosts: Bob Deck and Paige Travis. Broadcast on WDVX-FM, 89.9 Clinton, 102.9 Knoxville. Tickets: $10, at WDVX and www.BrownPaperTickets.com. Info: www.WDVX. com.

TUESDAY, JAN. 21 PK Hope Is Alive Parkinson Support Group of East TN meeting, 11:30 a.m., Kern UMC family life center, 451 E. Tennessee Ave. in Oak Ridge.

Program: “Circle of Care. Help is Around the Corner at Home and away from Home.” Light lunch provided

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WEDNESDAY, JAN. 22 Knoxville Writers’ Group meeting, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Naples Italian Restaurant, 5500 Kingston Pike.

Speaker: Knoxville New Sentinel columnist Leslie Snow – “The Writing Life.” All-inclusive lunch, $12.

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Regal Classic Film Series featuring “Fast Times at Ridgemont High, 2 and 7 p.m.,” Downtown West Cinema 8, 1640 Downtown West Blvd.

Health care enrollment, 3-7 p.m., South Knoxville Community Center, 522-Maryville Pike.

THURSDAY, JAN. 23 Concerts at the Library: Jack Renfro and The Apocalypso Quartet, 6:30 p.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Info: 215-8750.

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Home Builders Association of Greater Knoxville Home Show, Knoxville Convention Center.

Hours: noon-8 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday; noon-6 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: adults, $10; children free.

Discounted tickets: www.hbaknoxville.com or www. therealhomeshow.com.

SATURDAY, JAN. 25 Chris Jones and the Night Drivers in concert, 8 p.m., The Laurel Theater, corner of 16th and Laurel Ave. Tickets: http://www.knoxtix.com; 523-7521; at the door.

Info: 522-5851 or email concerts@jubileearts.org.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Baby guru Charlene Ellis, 11 a.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Info: 215-8750.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Miss Lynn, 11 a.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Info: 470-7033.

Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson Dinner, hosted by The Longstreet-Zollicoffer Camp 87, Sons of Confederate Veterans, The Foundry on the World’s Fair site. Doors open 6 p.m.; dinner 7 p.m. Cost: $30 per person; $15 for children 12 and under. Reservations/ payment deadline: Wednesday, Jan. 22. Send payments to: Lee/Jackson Dinner, SCV Camp #87, P.O. Box 943, Knoxville, TN 37901. Info: Scott Hall, 428-9900; Brian Fox, 986-5259; John Hitt, 689-4592; Ron Jones, 9473394; or Earl Smith, 687-2732.

Turkish cooking demonstration, 2-4 p.m., The Atlantic Institute-Knoxville, 7035 Middlebrook Pike.

Fee: $ 20 per person. Info/register: knoxville@theatlanticinstitute.org.

Book signing and reading with Craig Dilworth author of “Too Smart for Our Own Good: The Ecological predicament of Humankind,” 2 p.m., Union Avenue Books. 517 Union Ave. Info: 951-2180.

Muslim Journeys: Points of View – “Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood,” second of five scholarfacilitated reading and discussion program, 6-8 p.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive.

Tennessee Shines featuring Danny Schmidt and Carrie Elkin; poet RB Morris, 7 p.m., WDVX studio, Knoxville Visitor Center, 301 S. Gay St. Hosts: Bob Deck and Paige Travis. Broadcast on WDVX-FM, 89.9 Clinton, 102.9 Knoxville. Tickets: $10, at WDVX and www.

BrownPaperTickets.com. Info: www.WDVX.com.

“Adventures in Self-Publishing” with Jody Dyer, 6 p.m., Sequoyah Branch Library, 1140 Southgate Road. Dyer will discuss her experience self-publishing “The Eye of Adoption: The True Story of My Turbulent Wait for a Baby,” a memoir of the adoption of her second son. Light refreshments will be served. All ages are welcome.

TUESDAY, JAN. 28 Sports Illustrated Sportswriter and Commentator Frank Deford lecture, 630 p.m., King University’s Maclellan Hall dining room, in Bristol. Tickets: $30 per person or $200 per table of eight; available through Jan. 24. Proceeds to benefit Scholarships and Programs fund for King students. Info/tickets: 423-6524864 or email jibrown@king.edu.

Computer Workshops: Excel 2007, 5:30 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Requires “Word 2007 Basics” or equivalent skills. To register: 215- 8700.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 29 Regal Classic Film Series featuring “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” 2 and 7 p.m., Downtown West Cinema 8, 1640 Downtown West Blvd.

THURSDAY, JAN. 30 GriefShare group meeting, 7-8:30 p.m., Fellowship Church, 8000 Middlebrook Pike. Continues meeting every Thursday. Info: care@fellowshipknox.org.

Concerts at the Library: Nancy Brennan Strange, 6:30 p.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Info: 215-8750.

SUNDAY, JAN. 26

THURSDAY-SATURDAY, JAN. 30-FEB. 1

Regal Classic Film Series featuring “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” 2 p.m., Downtown West Cinema 8, 1640 Downtown West Blvd.

Evelyn Miller Young Pianist Series Concert, featuring award-winning, internationally acclaimed pianist Tanya Gabrielian, 2:30 p.m., Clayton Center for the Arts, Lambert Recital Hall, 502 E. Lamar Alexander Pkwy, Maryville. Tickets at the door: $5 students, $15 adults. Free parking. Info: 408-8083 or www. youngpianistseries.com.

Abner Baker Chapter 1404 Daughters of the Confederacy meeting, 2:30 p.m., the East Tennessee History Center. Program: “Barnacle Bryan the Sailor” presented by Bryan Green. Info: 274-9842.

Fundraising dinner to benefit Post 2 building fund, Echo Bistro and Wine Bar, 5803 Kingston Pike.

Three seatings: 3 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 7 p.m. Tickets: $75 per person, includes tax and tip. Info/ tickets: Bill Tuggle, 680-0525.

Waynestock 4, 7 p.m., Relix Variety Theatre, 1208 N. Central St. Featuring performances by local musicians, as well as a songwriter symposium. Admission: $5 nightly. Proceeds go to the E.M. Jellinek Center.

25 1-3 60 7 $140 weekly. Discount avail. Util, TV, Ph, Stv, Refrig, Basic Cable. No Lse.

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Mandolin workshop, 7-9p.m. Friday and 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Saturday, MainStay Suites, 361 Fountain View Circle, Alcoa. Presented by guitarist Steve Kaufman. Fee: $90 per person. Preregistration required.

Info/registration: 982-3808 or email steve@flatpik.com.

FRIDAY, JAN. 31 Fifth Friday Community Dance, 8-10:30 p.m., Concord UMC gym, 11020 Roane Drive. Hosted by the Farragut Lions Club. Doors open 7:15 p.m.; line dance lesson 7:30. Admission: $5. Info: dancingfriendstn@ yahoo.com.

SATURDAY, FEB. 1 Saturday Stories and Songs: Emagene Reagen, 11 a.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave.

40w Real Estate Wanted 50 Apts - Furnished 72 Houses - Unfurnished 74 Dogs 141 Household Furn. 204 ATV’s WE BUY HOUSES 3BR/2BA- 1 LEVEL. MOVING SALE. 2008 YZ WALBROOK STUDIOS PUPPY NURSERY Any Reason, Any Condition Fully Remodeled.

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Sunday Screenings presents “Woman in Hiding,” 3 p.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave.

MONDAY, JAN. 27

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, JAN. 24-25

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, JAN. 24-26

MONDAY, JAN. 20

Tickets

Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Tickets: $12 (discount for JCA members, students and seniors); at www. knoxtix.com, 523-7521 and the door.

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at its meeting on Thursday, January 9, 2014 adopted the following ordinances on second and final reading: Ordinance 13-25, ordinance to amend the text of the Farragut Municipal Code, Title 4, Chapter 3. Personnel Committee, to delete Section 4-308 in its entirety.

TOWN OF FARRAGUT 358139MASTER LEGAL NOTICE Ad Size 2 x 2.5 bwFARRAGUT W BEER BOARD <ec> JANUARY 23, 2014 6:00 PM I. Approval of Minutes A. November 19, 2013 II. Approval for an On-Premise Beer Permit for: A. Taco Boy, 747 N. Campbell Station Road B. China Pearl, 115 Brooklawn Street III. Hearing to address Dixie Lee Shell beer permit violation(s) of Town of Farragut Code of Ordinances § 8-201 et seq IV. Hearing to address Farragut Market beer permit violation(s) of Town of Farragut Code of Ordinances § 8-201 et seq

Apts - Unfurnished 71 1 BR, $425, less than 5 min. to Interstate / Broadway. 1 yr. lease.

No pets. 865-604-7537

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SOUTH, 3BR, 1BA w/ C-H&A, deck, bsmnt., laun., $550 mo. + 1 BR Ftn City, 1/2 rent. dep. 865-963-8645.

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priv., big deck, stove/ref., W/D conn. $100 DD. $425 mo. 384-1099; 938-6424

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KARNS AREA, 1 or 2 & 3 BR Houses with 2BR, stove, refrig., appls. for rent in DW, garb. disp., 2 Knoxville starting at 1/2 BA, no pets. $625 mo. Pets ok. $600-$925.

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Thursday, January 23, 2014 Beer Board Meeting • 6:00 PM BMA MEETING • 7:00 PM I. II. III. IV. V.

Silent Prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, Roll Call Approval of Agenda Mayor’s Report Citizens Forum Approval of Minutes A. January 9, 2014 VI. Business Items A. Approval of Resolution R-2014-02, Declaring Certain Town Property to be Surplus Property B. Approval of Resolution R-2014-03,

Renaming of Campbell Station Park C. Approval of Contract for Retail Strategies VII. Town Administrator's Report VIII. Attorney’s Report It is the policy of the Town of Farragut not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex, or disability pursuant to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Public Law 93-112 and 101-336 in its hiring, employment practices and programs. To request accommodations due to disabilities, please call 865-966-7057 in advance of the meeting.

Sterchi Hills Subd., 2 Car Garg., Modern Updates, Large Kitchen, Tons Of Closets, Level Backyard. New: Carpet, Vinyl, Light Fixtures, Paint, Gas FP, and much more! No furry friends. $1050 per mo.

Call 924-2536.

Many different breeds Maltese, Yorkies, Malti-Poos, Poodles, Yorki-Poos, Shih-Poos, Shih Tzu, $175/up. shots & wormed. We do layaways. Health guar.

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Exercise Equipment 208 VPX 2000 Great cond.

Selling $700 865-312-4071

Halls. Solomon Place, brick, 3 Br, 2 Ba, very SHELTIE 210 PUPPIES, Tanning Beds nice, $865 mo + DD & purebred, exc. quality, cr ck. 865-661-7576 full white collars, Wolff Sun Vision Pro, $300 cash. 865-376-4233 28 bulb, exc cond., $2,000. 48 bulb stand Condo Rentals 76 YORKIE PUPS up $3500. 423-721-4205 Black & tan, adorable, tiny, AKC, shots & wrmd, North, 2 BR, 2 full BA $500. 865-740-6322 Sporting Goods 223 1 car garage. Quiet!

YORKIES, 10 wks old, 865-712-8326. family raised, shots, POOL TABLE, brand new, fully assembled, dewormed, vet ckd, quality, F $500, 7 1/2 ft. All access.

Trucking Opportunities 106 AKC $350 firm. 901-626-3376 M $400. 931-337-9349 ***Web ID# 355764*** DRIVERS: CDL-A. Dedicated Routes Campers 235 Solo & Team. Great Free Pets 145 Pay/Benefits & BoCOACHMAN nuses! Home Weekly, FREEDOM EXPRESS ADOPT! No Slip Seat, Toy Hauler, 2010, 19' Looking for an addiNo Touch, Pd. $17,000 asking tion to the family?

Newer Equipment. $10,900. 865-856-0098 Visit Young-Williams (855) 219-4838 Animal Center, the official shelter for DRIVERS: Make Travel Trailer 2014 Knoxville & $63,000.00/year or 32', sleeps 8, master Knox County. more, $2,500 driver bedroom in front, referral bonus & Call 215-6599 bunk beds in rear, $1,200 orientation 1 elec. side out, fully or visit completion bonus! self contained. 1/2 ton CDL-A OTR Exp. knoxpets.org towable. Lots of trunk Req. Call Now: space, must sell by 1-877-725-8241 Cost $25,000 Farmer’s Market 150 1/23/2014. new, asking $19,700 obo. Sevierville TN, Dogs 141 ORCHARD GRASS 865-202-1821.

TIMOTHY HAY Australian Shepherd Puppies, 4 Male, 1 50+ lb bales No rain. $4/bale. Halls area.

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865-922-9426 $300. 865-789-4965 ***Web ID# 355992*** RED 6 WEEK OLD YOUNG HENS, $12 JAYCO 1991 pop up DACHSHUNDS, Mini, camper, clean, good each. Phone 865-208M&F, reg., Eng. cream, cond., $925 obo. 8656286 choc., choc dapples, 922-9419 $450-$750. 865-216-5770 ***Web ID# 355655*** Shop Tools-Engines 194

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GOLDEN DOODLE Puppies, vet ck, home raised, S & W, 3 left. 423-733-9252 Golden Retriever puppy, 7 wk old M, AKC, all shots & wormed, $200. 423-585-7837 ***Web ID# 356990*** Labradoodle Puppies!

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Call 865-566-4636 A BETTER CASH INFINITI G37 2009.

OFFER for junk cars, 4 dr. Loaded. trucks, vans, running 62K mi. $15,900 or not. 865-456-3500 423-295-5393

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DODGE INTREPID 2002, appx. 145k mi, new radials, looks good, need to sell. $1000. 865-384-9925 GMC 2500 1997, 350 eng., AT, long bed, MERC. Grand Marquis 1 owner, good truck 2004, exc shape, $4200. 865-300-6840 47,412 mi, $6500. 865588-3724 JEEP WRANGLER 1995, new top, new tires, $4900 obo. 865- Cleaning 318 933-3175 or 388-5136.

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Proud heart

Parkwest’s new chief of cardiology beams over staff Like a young boy proudly flipping through his collection of baseball cards, Dr. Gregory Brewer is beside himself.

“It sounds like hero worship, but I’ve got their picture right here,” he says as he scrolls through his cell phone’s camera library. “Ah! Here it is! Here are those guys.”

But “those guys” aren’t baseball players – they’re doctors, doctors whose superior cardiology skills have not only helped make history as Covenant Health’s first Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) team, but have made Brewer’s own heart proud.

Brewer smiles broadly as he scans the group photo of Drs. Chadwick Stouffer, Lee Collins, Nicholaos Xenopoulos, Mike Ayres and Thomas Pollard wearing their scrubs inside the hospital’s $2.6 million hybrid operating room.

“I gravitate toward people I admire, and I admire my colleagues,” says Brewer, as he sat outside the operating room minutes before a New Year’s Day heart catheterization.

It was on this day, the start of a new year and his first day as the hospital’s chief of cardiology, that the 6-foot-7 native Texan took a moment to look back on Parkwest’s many accomplishments in cardiac care and ahead to its future.

At the forefront of those accomplishments, of course, was the TAVR team which closed 2013 with its 91st transcatheter aortic valve replacement, a relatively rare procedure that has extended the lives of those deemed unsuitable for open heart surgery.

Parkwest was the first and, for a while, the only area hospital to offer the life-saving operation. Yet, it’s not the only “first” for Parkwest …

■ The first MRI-safe pacemaker

Dr. Greg Brewer is so confident in the expertise of his Parkwest colleagues that he brings his immediate family members all the way from Texas to be Treated Well. Well Treated.® in the United States was implanted in 2011 at Parkwest by cardiologist Dr. J. Rod Gimbel who was instrumental in the device’s development.

■ Parkwest was also the first hospital in the Southeast to offer the Cutting Balloon™ heart catheter tool which enabled doctors to open blockages with less damage to the innermost lining of the coronary artery wall while reducing the percentage of re-narrowing that can occur in the artery.

■ It was the first area hospital to offer beating-heart bypass, and the first to offer a drug-eluting stent and other cardiac stent technologies for keeping clogged arteries open.

In fact, it was Brewer, an interventional cardiologist who im-

planted Parkwest’s first heart stent.

Today, he performs roughly 300 heart catheters a year, about a third of which require intervention. “My part is very simple,” he says modestly. “I hate to say that but it’s run of the mill. I cath people. I do intervention.”

That’s not to say, however, that Brewer has become bored. Far from it.

“It’s still interesting. I still have a wonder about it,” he says. “I like that we as cardiologists, or as doctors, are able to go to a family and say, ‘Whew!

Bad prognosis, but it worked out great!’ and they’re able to go home.”

With cardiac disease being the nation’s No. 1 killer and growing each year, Brewer has developed

more than a passing interest in diet’s role in cardiac disease. Two years ago, his reading and research led the barbecued brisket-eating Texan to become a vegetarian, a healthy eating lifestyle that he urges his patients to follow. He zealously promotes the CNN documentary “The Last Heart Attack,” hosted by Dr. Sanjay Gupta, to his patients. “I tell them, ‘Do what the experts do,’ ” he says with a smile. “I really promote it, but I try to tone it down a bit because I want the patient to educate themselves.”

Brewer came to Parkwest in 1993 from a residency in Loma Linda, Calif., but crossed paths with three colleagues – Pollard, Dr. Lacy Harville and Dr. Bill Hall – while in medical school at the University of Texas at San Antonio. “We’re the San Antonio connection,” he says. “So here we all are in Tennessee!”

While his roots are in Texas, he says Knoxville is home, the place he loves sharing with his wife, psychiatrist Dr. Kathleen Goyne; his 15-year-old twin son and daughter; and soon-to-be 17-year-old son.

“When I first looked at coming here, the recruiter said there was this cardiology group that was run by a teddy bear. In those days, it was Dr. Rob Gentry. And I interviewed here twice and I really liked these guys.”

He says it is that collegiality among colleagues that makes practicing here such a pleasure. “I can go to any one of my colleagues from the last 20 years and say, ‘Could you look at this case with me? What do you think?’ ” he says. “That is such a healthy environment for patient care.”

“Dr. Stephen Marietta is largely responsible for cultivating this collegial environment,” Brewer continued. “He is the former chair of cardiology and a personal mentor of mine.

For some 25 years, Dr. Marietta has been a ‘thought leader’ at Parkwest.

He is the ‘go to’ guy when you need to bounce an idea or get advice. Some of our newer cardiologists even call him ‘Uncle Steve,’ ” he said.

“The cardiologists here are so friendly!” he added. “Dr. Pollard is a friendly guy. He’s a smart guy. Super smart guy. He’s nationally known for a different kind of vascular switch procedure. His patients love him.”

“And Stouffer? Stouffer is so enthusiastic about everything he does.

Then you’ve got the senior guy on staff, Dr. Mike Maggart. He’s like Cool Hand Luke – he sizes up the situation and does what it takes. Dr. Gimbel is nationally known for the MRI-safe pacemaker, and Dr. Xenopolous was the top interventionalist in Louisville, Ky., before he came here. I have a lady I discharged last night that Dr. William Hall rescued for me seven years ago, and here she was celebrating her 81st birthday and there was Dr. Hall who saved her life. I was there to see that. These guys take on some tough cases.

They’ve been known for that for years. They are a very approachable group of people and they are technically superior. They have pulled some rabbits out of the hat.”

Perhaps the greatest praise, however, came a few years ago when matters of the heart brought his own family to Parkwest.

“I don’t mind telling you that I brought my Dad from Texas to Parkwest for his defibrillator and brought him two other times after his bypass surgery for heart caths,” he said.

“My grandmother got her pacemaker here, too. My Dad passed in 2011 from a massive stroke, but I felt confident that I could trust my colleagues with my family’s care. That’s a big deal. That says something.”

Complex heart surgery marks Parkwest’s expertise Dr. Greg Brewer says it was one of those cases that makes you wonder how things ever got that bad. But it was also one that underscored just how good Parkwest Medical Center is at providing quality cardiac care.

The elderly patient had shown very little signs of heart trouble but had apparently suffered a “silent heart attack” (medically referred to as silent ischemia or lack of oxygen to the heart muscle).

Referred to Brewer, an interventional cardiologist, for a heart catheterization, the patient was found to be in much worse condition than first thought.

“Every artery in the heart was (blocked) 90 percent plus!” an incredulous Brewer exclaimed. “You could see some kind of aortic enlargement on the X-rays, but when I angiogrammed it, the thing was huge! It was a huge aortic aneurysm, blowing out like a blister on a tire. How is it that people can have such severe coronary disease and this is the first time we see them?”

More importantly, could they help a patient with so much heart disease?

Brewer didn’t know, but he knew who to ask – Dr. Chadwick Stouffer, a leader on the hospital’s esteemed TAVR (transcatheter aortic valve replacement) team. “Of all our doc-

tors here, Chad is specifically an aortic guy,” said Brewer, Parkwest’s chief of cardiology. “He was the man who could help this patient.”

Brewer, however, did not know how that help would come. In fact, he had never heard of brachiocephalic debranching, the complex procedure Stouffer would utilize to save the patient’s life.

“The patient not only had bad blockages in the coronary arteries, but also had a fairly sizable ascending aortic aneurysm in danger of rupture or dissection,” Stouffer explained. “In order to repair all these things, based on what the aneurysm looked like, we not only had to bypass the arteries to the heart, but also repair the aneurysm. The size of the aneurysm, the shape of the aneurysm, made the operation fairly challenging and technically demanding. It’s one of those surgeries that only gets done a handful of times a year in a city this size. A lot of them get done at bigger institutions like Stanford or Houston but they don’t have to be – we have the capabilities to do those operations right here, and with the training, staff and facilities we have, we can do them with just as much success as those places can.”

In a prolonged, seven- to eighthour surgery, Stouffer used grafts to

bypass the coronary artery blockages, replaced the patient’s aorta with a surgical cloth tube of Dacron and “debranched,” or bypassed the arteries to the arms and brain.

“In essence, it’s a way to repair the ascending aorta and the part of the aorta where the blood vessels to the brain and arms originate,” said Stouffer. “It’s a way to repair all of that and restore blood flow to the arteries to the head and arms with separate grafts.”

Brewer simply shakes his head in wonder, amazed by Stouffer’s surgical skill. “I can’t emphasize enough the complexity of putting in a cloth graft and to sewing it into the heart! The design of the product is that you can sew vein to it to create the bypasses to the heart. That’s an extensive amount of surgery for one surgeon to do. And it’s no slam dunk – you’ve got to get it right the first time.”

Stouffer did just that and the patient, says Brewer, is happy to be “back in the bosom of a very large and loving family.”

Stouffer says coronary artery bypasses are the majority of Parkwest’s cardiac cases “just because it’s the most prevalent disease process.”

However, he says, the hospital is seeing a growth in the surgical

Dr. Chad Stouffer performed a rare, complex procedure called brachiocephalic debranching to save the life of a patient with severe coronary disease. treatment of valvular heart disease.

“Short of a heart transplant or having a ventricular assist device put in, there’s really nothing in the realm of cardiac surgery that we can’t do at Parkwest,” Stouffer said.

“We are able to perform and have the staff, technology and capability to perform very cutting edge and advanced procedures, both in

the interventional realm in the cath lab and also in the operating room.

From a cardiac surgery standpoint, we can really provide all of the services that can be provided at major institutions like the Cleveland Clinic or Vanderbilt.”

A big reason for Parkwest’s success, Stouffer says, is the teamwork he finds.

“From the second the patient walks in the door to the second they leave the hospital, we have an excellent team of staff to help care for these patients,” he said.

“Nursing staff on the floor and in the ICU; the staff in the operating room; the physical, occupational and speech therapists; the respiratory therapists; the ICU doctors; all of our consultants – it’s a very collegial environment, it’s very friendly. The patients are always raving about their nursing care, and I think it’s the people that make this such a great place. As we do more and more complex operations, I think patients are starting to realize that they can get the same quality care and operative care here in Knoxville without having to drive hours away and be away from family and friends, and I think that really does help in their recovery, not only in the hospital but once they leave.”

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