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Christi Shields jokes that one reason she chose to become a kindergarten teacher was because she’d never have to grow up. Knox County Schools extended kindergarten to a full day this year. Previously, kindergarten students went home at 1 p.m.

Shields says the move has gone well.

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‘Welcome to Hackberry’ Circuit Court Judge Harold Wimberly Jr. loves to travel and loves to take pictures.

Asking which he loves more creates a chicken-or-the-egg conundrum for him, but here’s his final ruling: “If you don’t take a picture, then you haven’t been there.”

“Welcome to Hackberry,” a collection of Wimberly’s photos, opens at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 25, at the District Gallery.

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All about Jones Because some still insist Jon Gruden was available for the right price, the new-coach impact is not yet 100 percent absolutely positive but Butch Jones sure has generated exciting commentary.

Marvin West surfs through cyberspace to get the latest buzz on Butch. A sample: “I am almost as excited about the hiring of Butch Jones as I was the firing of Phillip Fulmer.”

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Two women at the well Wells were important meeting places in the Bible. They were necessary in that arid land for the life-giving water they stored, and they functioned much as town squares do today. Someone from every household in the village went to the well at least once a day.

Lynn Hutton recounts two biblical encounters at the very same well, roughly 1,300 years apart.

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January 21, 2013

The MUSE Knoxville Growing a museum from the ground up go to a museum or teach a

By Wendy Smith science class,” she says.

One West Knoxville In December of 2011, mom’s endeavor to provide Klappholz and Kittrell, an indoor play space for her with help from Lindsay, kids may ultimately result presented their business in a regional children’s sciplan to several foundations, ence museum that appeals and received initial funding to children and adults alike. from the Haslam FoundaEfforts to establish the tion, the Clayton FamMUSE (Museum of Underily Foundation and Clayton standing Science and ExHomes. ploration of the arts) KnoxSince then, the women ville began in 2010, and have been talking to parafter hundreds of hours of ents, educators, business research and community leaders and potential partoutreach, the vision for the ners about what the mufacility continues to evolve. seum should look like and Ashley Klappholz moved what sort of learning will from Clinton, Tenn., to Daltake place there. las while she was in high The feedback has been school. When she returned surprisingly consistent, to East Tennessee as a says Kittrell. There’s a deyoung mom, she missed the sire for a facility that serves numerous museums that After spending much of 2012 soliciting community input, Ellie Kittrell and Ashley Klappholz as a town hall, where parcatered to kids in Texas. So continue their efforts to bring a children’s science museum, MUSE Knoxville, to life. Their ents and educators can she, along with a partner, plans for the next few months include participation in STEM education events and the comlearn what’s going on in the developed Sprout Studio, pletion of an architectural plan for the museum. Photo by Wendy Smith community. Input also recwhich opened in Downommends open-ended learning extown West in 2008. periences and exhibits that emphaThe MUSE Knoxville, along with other science educators, will The 5,000-square-foot facilsize creative thinking and problem ity contained exhibits designed by host parent orientation meetings at the 2013 Science Expo, solving.

MindSplash, an Illinois company set for Saturday, Jan. 26, at the L&N STEM Academy.

The current concept will be fothat specializes in educational play cused on STEAM (Science, Techspaces. It was open for over a year, and during an 11-month period, aged her to consider creating a non- as a project manager before she had nology, Engineering, Arts and Sprout Studio had 70,000 visi- profit museum. MindSplash cre- children made her professionally Math) learning. Klappholz hopes tors. But the space was too small, ative director Becky Lindsay also suited for the role as community to take advantage of local expertise and since the economy had slowed, encouraged Klappholz, who began outreach director for the MUSE. by providing a “makerspace” where Klappholz couldn’t get a loan to visiting other children’s museums The volunteer effort also suited her adults come together to create and test ideas that utilize technology. expand. Sprout Studio closed, and with friend and fellow mom Chelly personally.

The concept is becoming more “We’re both passionate, not just the exhibits were sold to a Chicago Clayton.

In 2011, after a pool-side conver- about our children, but about chil- concrete. Doug McCarty of McCarty museum.

She took a break for a time, but a sation with Klappholz, Ellie Kittrell dren who are under-served. Not girlfriend who wrote grants encour- joined the project. Kittrell’s career every family has the opportunity to To page A-3

Rothermel wraps up year of service

By Anne Hart While the affable and energetic Frank Rothermel has served on many boards around town and supported numerous charitable organizations in a variety of ways, it is perhaps his passion for all things Rotary for which he is best known.

His enthusiasm for the worldwide service organization is contagious, and a characteristic that served him well during his recent term as governor of Rotary’s District 6780.

Although Rothermel is always quick to hand off credit to others, his ideas for growing and enhancing Rotary and for finding creative ways to help its individual clubs serve not only the communities in which they operate but also the important projects of Rotary International worldwide, will benefit the

are a good match for her husband’s – and to numerous meetings, seminars and conferences.

Rothermel says one of his goals when taking the year-long job was to increase membership. The organization, like many others, had been steadily losing members. At the end of his term, there were 100 new members, two new clubs – “sunset” (evening) clubs in Turkey Creek and in Crossville – and a new concept: a club in Sewanee that is a “satellite club” to the Rotary Club in Judy and Frank Rothermel Monteagle.

He applied for and received two grants from Rotary International. organization for years to come.

Over the last year, his prestigious One was distributed to district clubs role as district governor sent him to for use on community projects, and each of the 65 clubs in the district, the other for use in marketing Rowhich covers all of East Tennessee tary and its efforts in general.

Rothermel also brought the area – often with his wife, Judy, whose energy and enthusiasm for Rotary organization a little further into the

information age. “I’m a big fan of social media,” he says, “and I wanted to find more ways for us to use it.”

He initiated a regular three-minute video message from the district governor to Rotarians. “I think it’s much easier for our members than reading all of that information in a newsletter.”

Rothermel is president of Denark Construction and a partner in Fielden and Rothermel Properties, where he oversees the management and maintenance of more than 350 apartments and several commercial properties. That background has served him well with Rotary.

“Being in business, I am a fan of long-range strategic planning, and I wanted to make sure that our clubs had the opportunity to realize the To page A-3

Republicans movin’ and shakin’

By Anne Hart Knox County Republicans will elect a new party chair at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 2, at Central High School. Candidates John Gabriel, Ruthie Kuhlman and Buddy Burkhardt spoke Monday at the West Knox Republican Club.

The three have distinctly different backgrounds and styles, and

each champions party the formal growth and better comannouncemunication. ment yet, The party’s offices are but she is relocating to 318 Nancy running Lynn Lane, Suite 25, off for the Baum Drive in Bearden.

DA’s job Office manager Suzanne when RanDewar says the number, dy Nich689-4671, won’t change. ols’ term Knight Charme Knight, an atexpires in torney in the district at- 2014. He has said he won’t Buddy Burkhardt, Ruthie Kuhlman and John Gabriel are vying torney’s office, hasn’t made run for re-election. to be Knox County Republican party chair. Photo by A. Hart

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The wonder of Hackberry Circuit Court Judge Harold Wimberly Jr. loves to travel and loves to take pictures. Asking which he loves more creates a chicken-or-the-egg conundrum for him, but here’s his final ruling: “If you don’t take a picture, then you haven’t been there.”

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“Welcome to Hackberry,” a collection of Wimberly’s photos, opens at 6:30 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 25, at the District Gallery. The opening is one hour later than usual so that the photos will be lit entirely by spotlight. That will show off the shimmering quality of the pictures, which are printed via LightJet printer on metallic paper. The prints are made from scans of largeformat film, and the result is an image so crisp and colorful that it appears backlit.

Wimberly says the primary reason for the exhibit is to show off the work of Thompson Photo Products. But it’s his eye for design and sense of humor that really make the photos pop.

One is of a kazoo-playing street band in New Orleans.

The eye is immediately drawn to the member whose main function is to show off her legs, but it’s the passerby with a cane that makes the scene comical.

One of Wimberly’s favorites is of a petticoat-wearing girl playing “mondo” croquet with a sledgehammer and bowling balls. He doesn’t en-

gineer the shots, he says, but just happens upon them.

The show continues through Feb. 16 at the District Gallery at 5113 Kingston Pike.

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Judge Harold Wimberly Jr. poses with his photos as they are prepared for an upcoming exhibit at the District Gallery. “Welcome to Hackberry” opens Friday. Photos by Wendy Smith

BHS bass trio goes All-State

While she won’t go so far as to say it’s never happened before, Bearden High School orchestra teacher Katie Middleton says it’s been a very long time since three students from one school took the top three Senior Clinic spots on the same instrument.

Bass players Jeff Gantt, Kaleb Keller and Joey Kukura, all sophomores, took seats one, two and three at a recent audition. As the top three chairs, they were named to the All-State Ensemble.

The boys met in 6th grade when they played in the West Valley Middle School orchestra. Jeff and Kaleb say they chose the bass after West Valley orchestra teacher Dan Thompson performed at their elementary schools. Jeff remembers that Thompson played a bluegrass tune.

The three are members of the Knoxville Symphony Youth Orchestra (KSYO), and all take lessons from Thompson. Middleton says the boys challenge each other, and they agree.

Jeff came out on top at Senior Clinic, but Kaleb has the top spot at KSYO. They tend to go back-and-forth, Jeff says.

Joey took a break from the bass during middle school while he was home-schooled.

The lessons with Thompson have helped him catch up.

“I don’t think I could’ve done it without him,” Joey

Tim Burchett speaks at Ossoli Circle.

Joey Kukura, Kaleb Keller and Jeff Gantt practice with the Bearden High School orchestra. All three were named to the All-State Ensemble after taking the top three chairs at Senior Clinic.

They also perform together in the Knoxville Symphony Youth Orchestra. last week. Burchett’s mother, Joyce, was a lifelong member, and several members have known Burchett since childhood. Retired Bearden High School teacher Polly Anna Harris introduced the mayor, recalling that he was a student leader during his Bearden days.

Burchett spent most of his ■ Burchett at Ossoli time pitching the sale of the Knox County Mayor Tim Hillcrest nursing home faBurchett visited Ossoli Circle cilities. Proceeds would pay says. “He’s a great musician, a great teacher and a great person.”

Violinist Bennie Hunt will participate in All-State for a second year. Abigail Thomas, violin, and Erin Murphy, cello, will also participate.

The ensemble will perform in Chattanooga in April.

The MUSE Knoxville Holsaple McCarty Architects and Brandon Pace of Sanders Pace Architecture have donated time to the museum’s architectural design. The desired location is the Knoxville Convention and Exhibition Center on World’s Fair Park. The design won’t be unveiled until the master plan is presented to the donors in late spring, Kittrell says.

This year, the women plan to build community support for the project by participating in STEM education projects. The MUSE Knoxville, along with other science educators, will host parent orientation meetings at the 2013 Science Expo, held on Jan. 26 at the L&N STEM Academy. During the summer, Klappholz and Kit-

From page A-1 trell plan to offer a series of “art and science in the park” events.

Getting a museum off the ground takes several years, but both say they’re in it for the long haul. They want it, and they’re convinced Knoxville wants it, too.

“I feel like I need to be the one that helps make this happen,” says Klappholz.

down debt and remove a liability from the county, he said.

He acknowledged that most Hillcrest residents are on TennCare, but insists that they will continue to be served by the current operator.

“Dadgummit, we’re going to provide for them.”

He listed his accomplishments in 2012, including the county’s debt reduction and the closing of the uniformed

Year of service benefits of that sort of operation. It’s tough with new officers coming and going every year to plan far ahead, but it’s important to have plans that stay in place from year to year, no matter who the president is.

Rothermel asked Dick Hinton of West Knox Rotary to chair a committee to train facilitators to go back

officers’ pension plan. He also brought up the success of cash mobs, which draw shoppers to locally-owned businesses. The program has received national media attention.

“It scares me to think that one day we’re gonna turn around and all we’ll have are big box stores,” he said.

Burchett said he doesn’t like the fact that national chains receive government breaks, like tax increment financing, while “mom and pop” stores don’t.

From page A-1 to their home clubs and assist members in developing those long-range plans. The project is succeeding. “It’s been great,” Rothermel says.

“It really energizes a club to think in this way, to look far into the future, rather than to just keep doing what they have always done.”

Rothermel is a member of Knoxville’s Downtown

Rotary Club. He has been a Rotarian since 1996, and says his year as district governor “has been most rewarding. After all, you’re working with the best people in the world who are all trying to make the world a better place.

“I like to say it’s a pretty high-toned job,” he adds with that infectious laugh of his.

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Lyons deciphers ‘The Signal and the Noise’

Gilbert out at Pension Board The city Pension Board at its Jan. 10 meeting added council member Finbarr Saunders to the search committee to find a successor to retiring executive director Mike Cherry (who stays to the end of 2013).

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Saunders represents city council on the Pension Board. The committee also chose Greg Coker as its chair. It is now a 4-member committee. It will advertise for applicants and all meetings will operate under the open meetings law.

■ Bill Mason, attorney for the Kennerly Montgomery law firm, which has represented the city Pension Board for 40 years (starting in 1972) advised Mayor Rogero (who is chair) that Bud Gilbert, former state senator, who had represented the Pension Board for 22 years, would no longer be in that capacity as he was no longer with the firm.

Mason, who has handled many pension issues over the course of his law practice, has replaced Gilbert for Kennerly Montgomery and attended the recent board meeting. Interestingly, it was not Gilbert who advised the board of his departure. Gilbert is not currently practicing law.

■ There is discussion among Pension Board members as to whether the position of legal counsel will be put out for an RFQ so all attorneys who wish to be considered can apply, or whether Kennerly Montgomery will continue as counsel. The last time the Pension Board solicited qualifications was 10 years ago. Gilbert and his former law firm retained the business after the process was concluded.

Mason, who has an excellent legal reputation, would likely seek to continue representing the Pension Board. However, the Board will discuss the matter at its February meeting as the city Law Department sent the Board a plan to start an RFQ. However, the city Pension Board is independent from the executive branch of

city government and is not obligated to accept the Law Department’s recommendations, even on an RFQ. Rogero and Saunders are known to favor a RFQ. Some local public bodies routinely put out a request for qualifications for professional services such as auditors or attorneys, and others do not. It is considered a best practice to do this on a 3- to 5-year basis. There is little consistency among public boards in this practice.

■ Greg Mackay, the new head of the Public Assemblies, which includes Chilhowee Park and the Civic Auditorium and Colesium, will make $98,000 a year as a starting salary.

His predecessor, Bob Polk, who had been there 17 years, made $115,000 a year when he retired. It is normal for a new person to start at a lesser salary than the person he replaced. Mackay reports to the mayor whereas Polk reported to the former Auditorium Board.

■ Mayor Rogero has joined Mayor Dean of Nashville and Mayor Wharton of Memphis to endorse Democratic Party treasurer Dave Garrison to become state party chair as state Democrats pick a new chair at their Jan. 26 meeting in Nashville.

Democrats in Tennessee today have lower numbers than the Republicans had in the depth of Watergate or after the Goldwater 1964 electoral loss.

What is unusual here is the level of partisan activity that these three nonpartisan mayors, who all happen to be Democrats, are displaying.

They certainly have every right to endorse anyone for any office, but why get involved in an internal Democratic Party fight (4 persons are seeking the position)?

It does indicate all three are playing an active role in rebuilding the state Democratic Party.

Given the current state of the Tennessee Democratic Party, whoever becomes state chair has an uphill struggle to put Democrats back into state offices.

Bill Haslam is a clear favorite to win a second term in 2014, as is Lamar Alexander to win a third U.S. Senate term, also in 2014.

Democrats’ best shot is to win some state House or Senate seats and start their slow rebuilding process there.

In 2008, political junkies all over the country (and perhaps the world) bookmarked Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight blog to get his running predictions on the presidential race as well as other important national and state contests. His blog was named for the total number of votes in the Electoral College.

Betty Bean His uncanny accuracy made him legendary.

Named one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in 2009, Silver, 34, began his professional life as a sabermetrician (an analyst of baseball statistics).

By 2012, the New York Times had given him a home on its web page, where once again, his following ballooned during the presidential race. And once again, he

a healthy crowd at the inaugural session of “Books Sandwiched In,” Knox County Public Library’s new monthBill Lyons ly lunchtime book discussion at the East Tennessee History Center.

Lyons gave the book two thumbs-up, and said Silver, who analyzes and aggregates data but doesn’t do polls himself, did a masterful job of explaining how he used Bayesian statistics to synthesize past results and current sample data and come up with predictions.

“The signal is the truth and the noise distracts us from the truth,” Lyons said.

“Romney and his folks really believed they were going to win. Apparently they believed that from the evidence they chose to utilize, including things like ‘vibes’ (that they perceived from

drawing large crowds).

There was quite a bit of looking for Nate Silver to get his comeuppance.”

Silver used hedgehog and fox analogies to explain two classes of predictors: hedgehogs are ideology-driven and choose statistics that fit their views; foxes are nonideological and avoid bias.

Silver, of course, is a fox.

Several of Romney’s favorite pollsters, unfortunately for the candidate, were hedgehogs.

“We all make decisions based on variables choosing probable outcomes … But we’re always operating in uncertainty,” Lyons said, ticking off subject areas that illustrate his point: “Baseball, politics, weather, economic trends: Why did nobody predict the economic downturn? The weather – that usually works pretty well.

“Do we really have a good model that we understand, or do we just paddle around in a sea of data that we really don’t understand?”

Law proposes to consolidate accounting

By Betty Bean The state comptroller’s office is pushing a bill called the County Financial Management System Act of 2013 that will move school and general government finance departments into the office of the county mayor.

It is a local option bill, which means counties can opt in by a 2/3 vote of county commission. It is not drafted to include Knox or other counties with a charter, and it has not yet been filed.

Rep. Ryan Haynes, who chairs the new State Government Committee, says this bill is news to him: “I haven’t had an opportunity to discuss this bill with the comptroller’s office, but I’ve got great concerns, so much so that I think others will as well.”

Jason Mumpower, chief of staff for Comptroller Justin Wilson, said the bill “is not in any shape, form or fashion mandatory.”

Currently, counties are operating under the Financial Management Act of 1981.

Before that, the most recent overhaul of the Financial Management Act was in 1957.

“Those two (dates) alone might tell you it’s time to adopt an updated act,” Mumpower said. “It is not mandatory – we’re just providing another tool.”

Mayor Tim Burchett likes the idea and wishes the bill included Knox County.

“I’d like to have more control,” he said. “Currently (the school system) has control of 62 percent of the budget, but unfortunately, this bill won’t apply to us unless the sponsor of the bill added us to it. And

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was astoundingly accurate.

While public pollsters’ prognostications fluctuated wildly between the two candidates, finally settling on an expectation of a photo-finish that could yield an electoral vote win and a popular vote loss, Silver, who steadfastly forecast the probability of a clean Obama victory, gained millions of fans and not a few detractors (mostly among disgruntled losers).

His book, “The Signal and the Noise: Why Most Predictions Fail, but Some Don’t,” became an instant best-seller, even though it was completed long before Election Day and didn’t deal with the Romney/Obama race.

City Policy Director Bill Lyons, who devoted a considerable chunk of his career as a political science professor, statistician and pollster, might be the bestqualified guy in Knoxville to review Silver’s book, and despite bad weather, he drew

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even if it did pass, I don’t see county commission having the will to take on the sheriff and the school board, even though we have one of the finest finance departments in the School board member Marty Gibbs talks with Bryan Burklin, an country. auditor with the state comptroller’s office, at the January meet“We’re in very good finaning of Union County Commission. The commission has adoptcial shape, comparatively ed centralized accounting under the 1981 act. Photo by S. Clark speaking, and we’re paying down our debt, something I about what’s in the bill because to a state-of-the-art computintend to continue.” there were early drafts floating er. And two-thirds of county Mumpower said the cenaround, and as we heard from commission is a high bar.” tralized finance offices will Mumpower said the bill’s concerned county officials, “take the burden off individand we made changes based prime sponsors are well acual offices.” on their suggestions. We have quainted with the needs of He said no one should be not even filed the bill yet, and county government. Senate worried because this measure I think their concerns will be sponsor Ken Yager served will not result in a loss of au24 years as Roane County soothed by the new draft. tonomy for school systems or “We would view this as way mayor/county executive and other departments. to move this great state for- House sponsor Bob Ramsey “There are several counties ward. It will be like moving previously chaired the Blount in the state that have centralfrom an old adding machine County Commission. ized financial offices,” he said.

“It doesn’t run roughshod over anybody – it’s simply a new structure.”

Union County Commisten “Recollections of the

By Theresa Edwards sion recently set up cenAs we observe Martin March on Washington,” tralized accounting under Luther King Jr. Day, at least online at www.crmvet.org/ the 1981 Act and the school one Knox- info/mowrolin.htm/. board is not happy.

Rollins possesses not villian can “I don’t think (we) want say he was only knowledge, but a love to work with centralized acthere for the for people and a passion for counting,” board member memorable everyone’s rights. He graMarty Gibbs told the commarch on ciously welcomed me last mission last week. “School W a s h i n g - month and described the finances are very complex ton, D.C., unique Christmas tree on with (reporting requireon Aug. 28, display at Beck. ments associated with) fedThe ornaments included 1963. eral funds and numerous Avon Rollins Avon W. photographs of Africangrants.”

Rollins Sr., CEO and ex- Americans of the Knoxville Union County Mayor ecutive director of the Beck area who had passed away. (and former state senator) Cultural Exchange Center, The tree was in memory of Mike Williams said, “How was on the platform looking them, and Rollins could tell could anyone not be on out at the crowd of 250,000 about each one, including board? I still think (central- as Dr. King presented the “I his own dear mother. ized accounting is) the right have a dream” speech.

The Beck Cultural Exthing for our county.”

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Descendant of Campbell Station’s founder dies On Nov. 20, the last remaining Campbell in the Concord-Farragut area passed into history and the town lost its only remaining First Family member.

John Steele Campbell was the great grandson of “elder�

David Campbell, who along with Col. David Campbell, Andrew Campbell and James Campbell founded Campbell’s Station, which is now the town of Farragut.

The Campbell cousins, emigrants from Ulster, Scotland, migrated here from Augusta County, Va., and arrived on March 7, 1787 – two years before George Washington was elected president in 1789.

They followed Indian and wild game trails along the crests of ridges through primeval forests until they discovered a large spring where the Farra-

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gut baseball diamond is now located.

They built their cabins a few hundred yards west of the spring in what is now the Campbell Station Road and Kingston Pike intersection.

At that time Campbell’s Station was the westernmost settlement on the frontier. It later became the staging area for settlers moving west to the Cumberland Settlements and on to Nashborough (now Nashville).

These early pioneers struggled against formidable

Heartwarming crafts and food

By Cindy Taylor Fifty-six years seems like a long time to most people.

According to Joan and Floyd Rutherford, it goes by in a flash. The two have accumulated 112 years of creativity during their 56-year marriage.

Floyd retired 30 years ago when his company closed down. Since that time he has farmed and raised cattle. Five years ago, at age 76, he discovered a new talent.

From gun cabinets to shoeshine boxes to toys, Rutherford has designed and built items out of wood harvested from his property. He takes the wood to a nearby sawmill for cutting and then places it under a shed in his backyard until it is cured, a 6-month process, and ready for his nimble fingers to form it into a beautiful work of art. “I just wanted something

else to do,� said Rutherford. “I didn’t grow up doing this and never really thought about it before five years ago.�

Rutherford takes the wood from a rough piece to a sleek finished product. After completing his first piece, he realized he had both talent and a love for woodworking. He inscribes the date on each finished piece. His favorite wood is walnut or cedar, and his shop is his haven. “Sometimes I can’t sleep and I’ll be in my shop as early as 5 a.m.�

He has built many items that are scattered through-

odds to establish homes in an area where the native inhabitants were less than enthusiastic about their new neighbors. These were hardy men who had gained a reputation for bravery during the Revolutionary War at the Battle of King’s Mountain, and the experience would serve them well during the early years at the Station.

Although John had been my acquaintance for many years, I got to know him well when he invited me to become the treasurer of historic Pleasant Forest Cemetery, which was established by his cousin, Col. David Campbell, in 1800. John was president of the Pleasant Forest Cemetery Commission for 44 years until his death and took great pride in relating its history to school kids who visited on

field trips. And I am sure that no one who purchased a lot there left the premises without knowing a lot about the cemetery’s history.

Over the past 17 years, John related many stories to me about his ancestors and the challenges they faced during the first nine years at the Station. Nine years after they arrived they felt safe enough to leave the fort and establish farms in the area. John lived on the farm his great-grandfather established in 1796. “Elder� David Campbell built a log block house on the exact spot where the white clapboard two-story home exists today.

He once related that his great uncle James Campbell, who was known at “Big Jimmy,� was huge, standing seven feet tall and weighing more

out his home; bookshelves, the kitchen table, side tables, benches and one of his favorites, his wife’s recipe box. “I love to eat as much as I love to work with wood,� said Rutherford. “I made her a recipe box and shelves to hold her cookbooks so I get lots of cakes and pies.�

While Floyd is in his workshop outside, Joan is in the kitchen whipping up goodies.

She is well-known in Union County for her cooking. Her kitchen wall is filled with certificates she has been awarded for her food creations. Joan is always happy to share her recipes with others. “I have a friend who asked me for some of my recipes,� said Joan. “I don’t have a typewriter or computer so I hand wrote a bunch of my recipes and put them in a

book for her.�

Rutherford is often asked to bring her homemade fried apple pies or chocolate pie, Floyd’s favorite, to family and community events. A shelf made by Floyd holds dozens of her favorite cookbooks.

Union County is full of unique folks, and Floyd and Joan Rutherford are two very special, talented people. Joan has shared her recipe for date nut rolls with Shopper readers.

Cook until well blended: 1 Cup brown sugar, 1 stick margarine, 2 eggs and 1 box chopped dates. While mixture is hot, add 1 cup coconut, 2 cups Rice Krispies and 1 cup finely chopped nuts.

Blend well. Shape into balls when cool and roll in powdered sugar.

Reach Cindy Taylor at brentcindyt@gmail. com

than 400 pounds. When they realized that they were being watched by the native people, they would send Big Jimmy out to walk around the fort.

Apparently the natives were so awed by his size, they decided if they are all big as him, maybe the Campbells should be left alone.

John spent most of his life farming the land left to him by his grandfather, and although he was involved for a while at a farm machinery company, his real love was farming. And he always put out a garden even when he was in his 80s. I could always count on John ringing our doorbell in early summer with fresh corn, tomatoes and other produce.

I also had the opportunity to serve with John on the Farragut Folklife Museum Guid-

ance Committee. Along with the town of Farragut’s first mayor, Bob Leonard, John was a valuable resource on the early history of our area.

Like so many persons who pass away in their elder years, he had survived many of his friends. His passing and burial services were mostly a family affair. But that is the way John would have wanted it. He accomplished things in a low-key manner and he passed away in the manner in which he had lived: quietly and without much fanfare.

For those who knew him, John Steele Campbell will always be remembered when driving past Pleasant Forest Cemetery or through the intersection of Kingston Pike and Campbell Station Road, where his great grandfather built his cabin 226 years ago.

Floyd and Joan Rutherford sit at the walnut table he handcrafted. Notice the bark edge. Photo by Cindy Taylor

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A-6 â&#x20AC;˘ JANUARY 21, 2013 â&#x20AC;˘ BEARDEN SHOPPER-NEWS suggests he is capable.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Butch is very encouraging. Do you think it is too early to rename a street?â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;As Jack Kile said, it is good to have somebody who really wants to be here.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jones earned this job. It Marvin is OK that part of his dream West was getting paid millions for doing something he enjoys.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;He sure has come a long way from Ferris State Colâ&#x20AC;&#x153;That letter to parents was lege, wherever that is.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Coach Jones faces a sealmost brilliant. It appears none of those support people rious challenge. He has to consistently recruit betare editors.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am almost as excited ter than Alabama, LSU, about the hiring of Butch Florida, Georgia, South Jones as I was the firing of Carolina, Vanderbilt, the Mississippis and several Phillip Fulmer.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Unlike his predecessors, others or coach better than Jones has a background that Saban, Miles, Muschamp,

All about Jones

Because some still insist Jon Gruden was available for the right price, the newcoach impact is not yet 100 percent absolutely positive but Butch Jones sure has generated exciting commentary.

None of what follows is necessarily the official position of the Shopper-News.

I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even do this. It is a mix of heard and read, third-cup-of-coffee philosophy, e-mail exclamations, anonymous radio call-in spillage and distilled wisdom from fan forums: â&#x20AC;&#x153;This guy gets it.â&#x20AC;?

Two women at the well While Jacob was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sheep; for she kept them. Now when Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brother Laban, and the sheep of his motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brother Laban, Jacob went up and rolled the stone from the wellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mouth, and watered the flock of his motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brother Laban.

(Genesis 29: 9-10 NRSV)

Cross Currents

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A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Give me a drink.â&#x20AC;? (His disciples had gone to the city to buy food). The Samaritan woman said to him, â&#x20AC;&#x153;How is it that you, a Jew, ask a drink of me, a woman of Samaria?

(John 4: 7-9a NRSV)

squares do today. Someone from every household in the village went to the well at least once a day.

The custom, scholars tell us (and it makes perfect sense), was to go early in the mornWells were important arid land for the life-giving ing to draw the water for the meeting places in the Bible. water they stored, and they dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cooking and the needs of They were necessary in that functioned much as town the household. It was a chore

UT NOTES

Spurrier, Richt, etc. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Catching up is hard to do.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;It seems this guy gets the most out of players. He couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have had the best talent where he came from.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Butch Jones said no oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s expectations will surpass his.

I like that.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t tell if a coach will be successful until he is or isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Butch Jones has a plan.

His system has produced results. The previous coaches tried to hide their won-lost records.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a great time for football. Coach Jones is undefeated in press conferences, interviews and hospitality meetings with former Vols.

Reality will start to show up on national signing day.

Spring practice will provide some information. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll all know more in late October.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Butch Jones is the real deal! This guy lives and breathes football! If it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t for reading his background, you might think he has been Tennessee since birth. His attitude is contagious!â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was a little skeptical at first, but the more I see, the better I feel.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;He said his program is â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;infallibleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and that is either complete confidence or pure smoke.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I like Butch. Wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t it be wonderful if he can coach?â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Butch Jones sounds a lot like Bruce Pearl. I do hope

Butch follows the letter of the law.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Do not jump to conclusions. Butch has been working in another world.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;This man has been here six whole weeks and nobody has said anything bad about him.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Butch Jones must be very smart. For some strange reason, he believed he was going to be the Tennessee coach long before Tennessee figured it out. Look how many jobs he turned down waiting for us to find him.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tennessee will win a national championship with Butch Jones as coach â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but not this year.â&#x20AC;?

usually done by the women, and thus the visit to the well became a social occasion too.

The women visited, caught up on village news, gossiped, joked, teased, empathized and encouraged each other, much like women of today.

The snippets of Scripture quoted above, however, recount two encounters at the very same well, roughly 1,300 years apart.

These stories are strange to us, and at the same time, they are very familiar.

Jacob looked at Rachel, saw a beautiful young woman and fell in love. Jesus, on the other hand, saw the Samaritan woman, looked deep into her soul, and told her the truth about herself.

Important things happened at that well. Jacob found the love of his life. The Samaritan woman found truth, meaning, freedom and a Savior.

Where are the places and the moments in our own lives when love and truth intersect?

It is vital for each of us to have someone in our lives who loves us enough to tell us the truth. That person can be a parent, sibling, child, spouse, friend, pastor or colleague.

And we, for our part, have to be willing to hear that truth.

Like Joseph, we may come to the well seeking only water and find that we have discovered love.

Like the Samaritan woman, we may come to the well

seeking only water, and find â&#x20AC;&#x201C; to our surprise â&#x20AC;&#x201C; that we have discovered truth, direction, meaning, liberation, salvation.

Both Joseph and the woman were surprised. That is how God works.

Sometimes, God sneaks up on us and pours out blessings, drenching us with love, laughter, joy, freedom, contentment. Other times, we have to make the trek to the well, and we have to carry that heavy container to hold the water.

Then, and only then, will we receive what God has stored up for us.

My prayer for you is that God will bless you today and every day in all the ways that lead you to drink deeply of His goodness, mercy and love.

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Lunch Bunch gets bookish

By Wendy Smith In spite of rumors that we will soon become a paperless society, Knox County Public Library marketing and community relations director Mary Pom Claiborne isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t worried. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Libraries are more relevant than ever,â&#x20AC;? she told the Episcopal Church of the Ascension Lunch Bunch last week. The community is invited to the monthly program, which is held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on third Tuesdays in the churchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Parish Hall at 800 Northshore Drive.

Claiborne wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just

another guest speaker. She attended while growing up, and still considers it her home church.

She gave a brief history of the library and predicted its future. Knoxvilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first libraries were subscription reading rooms, and the last of those merged with the Lawson McGhee Library, which was founded in 1886. The Knox County Public Library is the oldest continuously open public library in the state.

Claiborne is particularly proud that the Knox County Public Library was desegregated in 1951, three years before the historic

Brown vs. Board of Education ruling disallowed â&#x20AC;&#x153;separate but equalâ&#x20AC;? public schools.

The library system also set itself apart by becoming one of the first in the state to offer digital audiobooks. It has since broken ground with its e-book collection, which now includes 11,000 titles.

One of the most important services offered by the library is Internet access, Claiborne said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Internet, these days, is as essential as electricity.â&#x20AC;?

While the digital world is having an impact on the library, printed books

are still in high demand.

While e-books are grabbing headlines, Claiborne says theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just another format, like audio books or large print books, and she doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see any format going away any time soon. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The digital world is here to stay, and we are keeping pace with it,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Claiborne encouraged the Lunch Bunch to attend â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Presidential Conversation with Jon Meachamâ&#x20AC;? at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 18, at the Bijou Theatre. Meacham is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author of four books, including

Mary Pom Claiborne is flanked by her mom, Bebes Claiborne (at right) and Episcopal Church of the Ascension Lunch Bunch committee member Carol Schmid (at left). Mary Pom, who is with the Knox County Public Library, spoke to the Lunch Bunch last week. Carol and Bebes have been friends since their college days. Photo by Wendy Smith â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power.â&#x20AC;? The Presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day event is hosted by the East Tennessee His-

John Avant is new leader at First Baptist Concord

By Suzanne Foree Neal Dr. John Avant wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t looking for a job, but one found him, bringing him back to the Smoky Mountain region of his childhood.

Avant is the new pastor at First Baptist Concord in Farragut, replacing Dr. Doug Sager, who is retiring after 20 years with the church. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a surprise journey for us,â&#x20AC;? Avant said in a telephone interview. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even have a resumĂŠ.

The search committee felt led to me.â&#x20AC;?

A Hendersonville, N.C., native, Avant is currently senior pastor at First Baptist Church of West Monroe in Louisiana. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The more we looked and the more we prayed, the more drawn we felt to the (Farragut) community,â&#x20AC;? he said, adding that an extra benefit will be getting closer to his family in South Carolina. He has a brother in the Spa r t a nbu r g- Greenv i l le area, and his sister and parents are in Florence.

While heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be closer to those relatives, he and wife Donna leave behind three adult children in Monroe.

Daughter Christi Watson is a theater actor and her husband, Matt Watson, an IT director. Daughter Amy Daniel is a neo-natal nurse and her husband, Joseph Daniel, is in business. Son Trey is a senior at Louisiana Tech and will marry his fiancĂŠe, Brooke Procell, in April. The two hope to head off to school in the fall at a college or university with both a great law school for Trey and a physical therapy program for Brooke.

Avant says he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t plan any major changes until he gets to know his new congregation. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll report to the church next month but wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t preach his first sermon until March 10. He wants to spend time meeting and getting to know people. With a membership of 8,000 and an average attendance

of more than 2,000, the church poses a challenge that Avant says he will tackle by meeting with small groups. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I love to see movements of God rather than just church programs,â&#x20AC;? he says of his style of church ministry. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want to see God move in ways that donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just give us a nice church to go to on Sunday, but change the culture around us. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the passion of my ministry.â&#x20AC;?

Avant first visited First Baptist Concord about 15 years ago as a guest pastor.

He is also an author.

In his latest book, â&#x20AC;&#x153;If God Were Real: A Journey Into Faith That Matters,â&#x20AC;? he examines how we would live if we really lived out our life, work, family and friendships as we say we believe God wants us to.

Church and the Sunday sermon are not the essence of church he wants to lead. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I use the example: You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t park your car at the

Dr. John Avant is the new pastor at First Baptist Concord replacing the retiring Dr. Doug Sager. Photo submitted gas station, you have to have the gas. Church will be the fuel, and when we go out those doors on Sunday, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when we start doing what we can to help others.

We need to show the love of Jesus and not just talk about it. That is the essence of the church.â&#x20AC;?

The new pastor believes

social media is a way to connect with parishioners and utilizes Facebook, Twitter, email, texting and a colorful website. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not like the old days when you might only make that connection on Sunday morning. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re foolish today if weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not tied into the latest technology. God

torical Society and Friends of the Knox County Public Library. Tickets are $30 and $20.

has given us a tool, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an opportunity to keep connected to people I shepherd.â&#x20AC;?

Donna, his wife of 32 years, plans on taking an active role in the new church.

In Louisiana, she is active with court-appointed special advocates and has an interest in helping at-risk children. Also an author, she has just written a guide for women on how to develop through leadership.

Outside of church, John Avant has served as chaplain for law enforcement, high school football and the University of Louisiana Monroe football team. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are extremely excited,â&#x20AC;? he says of the move to First Baptist Concord. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no way we would leave our church here if we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think we would be going to such a wonderful church and region.â&#x20AC;?

Sager, who says he plans to remain a member and part of First Baptist Concord in retirement, will copastor with Avant initially to ensure a smooth transition. The church membership in attendance (2,673) on Sunday, Jan. 13, voted 99.2 percent to approve Avant as pastor.

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By Jake Mabe Christi Shields jokes that one reason she chose to become a kindergarten teacher was because she’d never have to grow up.

The 15-year educator, who has taught at Brickey-McCloud Elementary for the last six years, says while growing up she loved babysitting and working with kids in youth groups and teaching Sunday school at her church. At UT, she began studying psychology, particularly human learning and behavior, but soon decided teaching was her calling. She also holds a master’s degree from Carson-Newman.

Knox County Schools extended kindergarten to a full day this year.

Previously, kindergarten students went home at 1 p.m. Shields says the move has gone well.

“I wasn’t sure how (the students) were going to handle it. They were used to naps. Some were tired at the beginning of the year, but we’ve worked their endurance up by holding shorter activities and having more movement from activity to activity until they could handle longer periods of sitting, writing and reading.”

Shields says the longer day “has been awesome for all types of kids,” giving teachers more time to work with struggling students in small groups, for example, or giving students “in the middle” more time for enrichment.

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She says the extended day has also allowed teachers to integrate more science and social studies into the students’ writing.

“Before, we had a hard time getting done by 1 o’clock. Now, we have a lot of time to do writing. It’s been wonderful.”

Shields says the students perform “a variety of different things all day long,” including working in small groups, independent reading, and moving to various work stations around the classroom, “mostly literacy related.” Some activities are performed on computers and iPads.

“All the activities are things developmentally appropriate for a kindergarten child to do. Sometimes they think they are playing when they are actually learning.”

Students are often paired with a partner. Shields selects the pairings, which are switched every nine weeks.

“They love it (working with a partner). It’s their absolute favorite part of the day. It also helps them continue to develop socialization skills.”

Shields says when students enter kindergarten, the teachers hope they know how to write their names and

Christi Shields at work.

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are familiar with some letters and sounds. She says “it’s helpful” if the students can count to 10 and rhyme words.

She says the students practice learning one letter of the alphabet per day for the first few weeks and then a letter a week, “like the old kindergarten (curriculum).” The first half of the year is dedicated to letters, sounds and phonics, while the second half focuses on writing and reading more difficult text.

When they leave kindergarten, students are expected to be able to read simple text and write three to five connecting sentences on a topic.

Shields says increased expectations for kindergartners is the biggest change she’s seen in her career.

The kindergarten curriculum now is more like the old 1st grade curriculum, she says.

“When I first came into teaching, I was basically doing what would now be considered preschool.

The expectations have jumped a whole year. Students are expected to read and write by the end of the year when some don’t know their letters at the beginning of the year. It’s a long haul for some of these kids.”

Shields left Knox County to teach for five years in Rutherford County after beginning her career at West Haven Elementary. When she returned eight years ago to teach at

Norwood Elementary and saw the increased curriculum for kindergartners, she says, “I didn’t know if they could do this. But it’s amazing the progress you see. They pick it up.”

She says the kindergarten teachers at Brickey-McCloud work as a team and that their collaboration is invaluable.

“We work in planning sessions on Tuesdays and PLCs (Professional Learning Communities) on Thursdays. When we work in planning sessions, for example, we discuss ideas to get kids from one reading level to another. We all have different talents that everyone brings to the table.

Somebody might be strong in phonics or math and we help each other out.”

She says the collaboration time has “caused us to be focused.” Each teacher is asked to look for teaching strategies in three areas. Following each PLC meeting, they’re asked to practice them in the classroom, bring

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work samples back to the following week’s session and see how well it worked and whether the other teachers can adopt the strategies.

If she could wave a magic wand and receive anything she doesn’t currently have, Shields says it would be more planning time. In addition to the planning and PLC sessions, kindergarten teachers get 45 minutes (extended by 15 minutes this year when kindergarten was expanded to a full day) of designated planning time in their classrooms three days a week.

“The rest is after school. It’s really hard to get everything planned. We spend a lot of time here after school to get everything done.”

During the course of her career, Shields spent one year teaching 4th grade and one year teaching 1st grade. But kindergarten is where her heart lies.

“I love it!” she says with a grin.

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A reason to stay Glenda Tipton marks 15 years with Construction Plus

By Sandra Clark Today (Jan. 21) is Glenda Tipton’s 15th anniversary as director of accounting and purchasing at Construction Plus. She’s worked for bigger companies but never felt the respect and appreciation that she’s earned from owner Sandy Loy.

Glenda Tipton and Sandy Loy at Construction Plus. Photo by S. Clark

Worst things first Glenda Tipton has learned a lot from Sandy Loy. Here are two tips: If you’ve got something hard or unpleasant to do, do it first. Then the rest of your day will go much better.

If a competent staff member makes a mistake, acknowledge how she handled getting to a solution. And looks for ways to “have her back” going forward.

“There’s a reason you stay – because it’s a good place to work,” she says.

Glenda had read the books about interviewing and negotiating for a job. When she moved here from Chicago, she knew what she didn’t want.

Her previous jobs had been with a huge hospital and an international software reseller. She was over, done, finished with corporate America.

So she interviewed with Sandy Loy at Construction Plus, expecting a builder to be rough and gruff. Instead she found a visionary who combines attention to detail with hard work to make his clients lifelong friends. During the interview, Sandy asked Glenda for a 3-year commitment and said he would give her the same. It costs money to train someone new.

And then he phoned her on his way out of town to offer the job. “There was no time to ‘think it over’ or negotiate.

There was no contract, and he wanted me to start on Monday. I said yes.”

Over time, Glenda has taken on more responsibility. Sometimes she can anticipate what fi le or manual Sandy needs even before he asks for it.

“My job is more than a checklist of tasks,” she says.

“I handle the day-in, day-out stuff so Sandy is free to take care of clients and grow the business.”

Tasks abound “My last job was for a company with 150 employees at our location and offices in several cities and abroad. The corporate culture was of intimidation and stress. I really like the atmosphere of a smaller company where you get to know the boss and the clients.

“I understand Sandy’s vision, and construction is surprisingly fun. Each project is unique, and we all get to know each client. After each job is finished, I’ll drive by and see it.

“For example, we built the Icearium Cool Sports in Farragut. Every time I see it on TV I think, ‘Wow! That’s so cool. We built that.’”

Glenda says a project start-up is hectic as subcontractors are hired and contracts drafted. “We might have 20 subs on a project, and on the big jobs we might get bids from all over the country.”

Things are calmer during construction, and then speed up again near completion when Glenda assembles large binders with manuals for everything in the building.

“Even the faucets have paperwork,” she says. The binders are handed over to the owner upon completion of a job. Each contains information about the fire and security system and HVAC, etc.

“This is Sandy’s lifework and he takes a lot pride in each job.

That feeling trickles down to me and the subcontractors. Our highest praise is a call-back or referral from a happy client.”

25th anniversary Construction Plus Inc. is celebrating its 25th year in 2013.

During the next few months, we’ll talk about former clients and projects over the company’s history.

strip it down to the frame inside and out. It’s great to turn something old into something useful, new and modern.”

The company got a callback from a neighbor in the business park. Seems the owner is renting to a new tenant and needs several upgrades. It’s a smaller project, but will draw everyone’s full attention.

“Before I started here, I would have thought construction was boring or bland. A lot is the same, Construction Plus is currently but there’s always something that working for Cherokee Health makes it unique. On one project, Systems on projects in Morris- we found a sinkhole. That was a town and 5th Avenue in Knox- big surprise for everybody since ville. The local project is a com- we’d had core drillings. Sandy inplete renovation which Glenda corporated the sinkhole into the calls a “fun project where we will landscaping.

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“Their hopes, dreams and money – they entrust to us. We take that seriously. We want clients to feel that they got value, maybe even more than they paid for. That’s always fun and exciting.”

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SCHOOL NOTES A.L. Lotts Elementary ■ A tour for students enrolling because of rezoning will be held 9-10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22.

■ Group pictures will be taken Thursday, Jan. 24.

■ The spelling bee will be held Friday, Jan. 25.

■ BMI will be checked for grades K-4 Tuesday, Jan. 29.

■ The spring semester of

Bearden High School landscaping students Alex McMahan, Rachel Adams and Jay Bryce are a PAWS classes start Monday, Feb. 4. few who will benefit from a $5,000 grant the class received from Prestige Cleaners last week.

Teacher Laurie Price, left, says the grant will purchase equipment that can be used for several ■ The wax museum will be semesters. held Friday, Feb. 22.

Bearden High gets Prestige award

By Wendy Smith Bearden High School has received a $5,000 grant from Prestige Cleaners to fund equipment and supplies for a landscaping and grounds class that will help special education students develop job skills.

The announcement came last week from Prestige

Cleaners president Eddie Mannis, who also announced grants of $4,000 to Whittle Springs Middle School to purchase microscopes; $1,000 to the Dr. Paul L. Kelley Volunteer Academy to purchase bus passes for students; and $5,000 to two schools in Blount County.

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The $15,000 came from Prestige’s philanthropy Proj- ■ Group pictures will be taken Wednesday, Jan. 23. ect Classroom. Launched in 2007, Project Classroom has ■ The PTSO will host a soup and salad luncheon for the put more than $100,000 into staff Thursday, Jan. 24. area classrooms to benefit students. Grant applications ■ Character Counts assemblies will be held Wednesfor 2014 will be distributed day, Jan. 30. to public schools in August.

Info: Donna Haynes, 859Bearden Middle 9283.

Geography Bee at Bearden Fifth grader Emma King won Bearden Elementary School’s Geography Bee last week, edging out 4th grader Jake Cain by correctly answering a question about volcanic islands. Both students received a gift card to Barnes and Noble, and Emma’s name will be added to a plaque in the school’s hallway. Emma said she enjoys social studies and hopes to become a veterinarian. She also hopes to visit Africa someday. Photo by S. Barrett

■ The BMS clinic needs snack bags or sandwich size plastic bags. Donations can be dropped off in the main office.

■ The next 4H meeting will be held 3:30-4:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24. Members’ various collections will be shown and discussed.

■ Tryouts for Lip Sync will be held 3:45-5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 6. Sign ups will be held during lunch Monday through Wednesday, Jan. 28-30.

Sequoyah Elementary ■ PTA meets 10:45-11:45 a.m. each second Wednesday in the library. All parents are encouraged to attend.

Food for Second Harvest

Parents, students and staff at the Knoxville Montessori School collected 435 pounds of food West Hills in December for the Second Harvest Food Bank. Fifth graders Helen Garner, at left, and Erin Elementary Conley, at right, help deliver the food to the Second Harvest warehouse in Maryville while KMS ■ Box Tops for Education parent Tonya DeGuira, in the back with her clipboard, keeps track of it all. “The food drive was from General Mills’ products a tangible way for KMS to support people in need, and we were all happy to be able to help in and Labels for Education this way,” said Charlie Biggs, the school’s operations director. Photo submitted from Campbell’s products are being collected to purchase supplies for the school. Labels can be dropped off in the silver collection box at the front of the school or can be mailed to: West Hills Elementary School, 409 Vanosdale Drive, Knoxville, TN 37909. Info: email Jill Schmudde at jschmudde@gmail.com.

Webb’s Butler returns to Knoxville Former Webb School of Knoxville basketball player Marjorie Butler returned to Knoxville recently, this time dressed in a Georgia uniform. Butler made an appearance on the hardwood and played for 5 minutes of regulation time. During her on-court time, she pulled down one rebound for the Dawgs. Photo by Doug Johnson

Technology in the classroom Episcopal School of Knoxville 6th grader Lauren Lorenze uses an iPad to complete her assignment. The school recently launched its FLEx 1:1 technology program, which allows students to bring iPads and laptops to class. In order to participate, students must attend the school’s FLEx Academy which helps teach study and organization skills and online safety awareness.

CAK cheerleaders to compete at nationals The varsity cheerleading squad at Christian Academy of Knoxville took first place in the UCA Smoky Mountain Southeast Regional Cheer competition. They have been invited to compete in the UCA High School National Cheer Competition at Disney World. Pictured are (front) Megan Stallings, squad captain Tori Goff, Courtney Ferren, Caroline Statum, Lauren Estes, Katherine Wilson, Ashley Bloom, squad captain Peyton Maddux, Andersen Estes, Meredith Sterling; (back) UCA coach Jake Gieske, Megan Morgan, McCall Current, Megan Bevil, Katie Duncan, Lauren Joy, Jaclynn Estes, Leslie Sizemore and head coach Lisa Bowland. Photo submitted

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And if you’re thinking Tootsie Rolls or any variation thereof, you’re on the wrong track. Think instead: beef bourguignon with creamy mashed potatoes, shrimp gumbo and rice, French onion soup, fresh veggie plate, shrimp and grits, fabulous sweet treats and flavorful iced and hot drinks. And that’s just touching the surface.

The brainchild of husband/wife team Daniel and Rebecca Saldovar, owners of Savor Catering, the Tootsie Truck is regularly seen at Bennett and also at the Bearden Beer Market, in addition to numerous other private businesses and at charitable events around town.

The Saldovars have a combined 20 years experience in the food business, and were among the many entrepreneurs who worked so hard to make the Turkey Creek Market a success. That didn’t work, but the enterprising duo has had nothing but success stories since.

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Scouting more important than ever More than half of the members raised their hands when Anthony Ingram, speaker at West Knox Rotary, asked how many had been Boy Scouts in their youth.

Ingram is senior district executive for the Chehote District of the Boy Scouts of America, which serves inner-city Knoxville. It is part of the Great Smoky Mountain Council, which serves 21 counties in East Tennessee.

Ingram said there are 12,000 Scouts in the council and more than 4,000 volunteers who believe in the Boy Scout program and who are critical to its success.

He said the Boy Scouts are looking for young people who want to make

a commitment, not just participate, adding that young people who stay in Boy Scouts for five years or more will do better in all aspects of their lives. They are more likely to assume leadership roles, have higher self-confidence, resist negative peer pressure, graduate from college and have a higher annual income than youngsters without the Scouting experience.

Ingram pointed out that the Boy Scouts get no national or state funding.

Instead, they rely on private donations and the United Way. However, United Way support has gone down in the past few years, so contributions are always welcome.

Fifty to 70 percent of Boy Scouts are on scholarship. It

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costs $16 a year to register, but no one is ever told he can’t register because of lack of money. Registration is the ticket to the game, and the adults in Scouting believe that raising funding to help support their activities teaches important

lessons to young people in Scouting.

Ingram said he often tells parents they shouldn’t buy a uniform for their new Scout. If young people earn the money themselves, they’re more likely to stay in Scouting.

He pointed out that many children these days have “nature deficit disorder” because they never get to play outside or go camping or do any of the outdoor activities that used to be part of growing up.

The Boy Scouts get young people outside. They also do a lot more. Presently, the Great Smoky Mountain Council is writing a science, technology, engineering and math curriculum for the whole country.

Info: www.bsa-gsmc.org.

News from Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation (KCDC)

Active seniors gain national attention

By Alvin Nance Recently, some active seniors at Guy B. Love To w e r s made the national spotlight.

The Love Morning Exercise group is Nance featured on the website of the National Institute on Aging to highlight its senior health and fitness initiative, Go4Life.

Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning the Love Morning Exercise group meets in the social hall to exercise together.

While listening and moving to the oldies, they build endurance, strength, balance and flexibility with exercises geared towards seniors over the age of 50.

About a year ago, Rita Schwartz, 61, came to Steve Ellis, KCDC’s Love Towers senior asset manager, and asked to start an exercise program. She had been diagnosed with cancer, and wanted to build her strength to fight the disease.

She thought other residents may enjoy the exercise too.

She started with a few

rials encouraging seniors to get active, eat right and socialize to be healthy in mind, body and spirit.

Several in the group have already seen significant health benefits, and their success stories are featured on the National Institute on Aging’s website. Jo Ann Leach has reduced her back pain to the point she no longer needs her walker. Fred Page, who has had several heart surgeries, has seen significant improvement in his blood pressure and heart rate since he began exercising.

As for Rita, her cancer is now in remission.

With less than 25 percent of seniors age 65-74 Love Morning Exercise group leader Rita Schwartz (center) engaging in physical activleads the senior exercise class in a lunge to increase flexibility. ity, this group is certainly The group meets Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings in showing some great reathe Love Towers social hall. Pictured are (front) Valerie Cody, Lenora Davis; (middle) Buck Cochran, Jo Ann Leach; and (back) sons for making exercise a habit.

Fasia Massaquoi. Photo submitted But perhaps the best part is that our “celebriweights and resistance that caused national at- ties” are having so much bands and a program adapt- tention. When Rita came fun! They get to the social ed from a course designed across a bookmark adver- hall early for class. They for arthritis sufferers. Four tising free exercise books listen to music, dance, and people came the first week, and videos through the Na- socialize; they have a little and now the group has 13 tional Institute on Aging, party each morning. I apregular members coming she sent in a request and plaud this group and enquickly received a Go4Life courage all seniors to get three days a week.

But it was a bookmark packet. It included mate- up and get moving.

ORNL Federal Credit Union offers UT scholarship ORNL Federal Credit Union (ORNL FCU) is now accepting applications for the B.A. Candler/ ORNL FCU scholarship to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, for the 2013-2014 school year.

The scholarship, established in 1993 to honor Bob A. Candler who retired after 31 years of ser-

vice as president of ORNL FCU, provides $1,000 to a deserving student/ member with excellence in education and social merit. Members of ORNL FCU or members of their families who are enrolled or plan to enroll in UT are eligible to compete for this scholarship.

Applications are

available at any of the ORNL FCU branch locations and on the website, www.ornlfcu. com, under the “Borrow” tab. Applications must be returned by March 1 to ORNL Federal Credit Union (ATTN: Scholarship Committee Chair) at PO Box 365, Oak Ridge, TN 37831.

Gentry promoted at South College The South College School of Pharmacy and Dean Walter Fitzgerald have announced the promotion of Bill Gentry, Pharm.D., to the position of assistant dean of admissions and student programs.

Dr. Gentry joined the School of Pharmacy in December 2012. A native of McMinn County, Gentry is a graduate of Campbell University College of Pharmacy. Prior to joining South College, he served as vice president of medical affairs at KOS Gentry Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Abbott Laboratories.

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Bearden Antique Mall Bearden Antique Mall features a wide variety of beautiful antique furniture, mirrors, rugs, chandeliers, paintings and decorative accessories.

If you are looking for a unique accent or conversational piece, stop by the shop at 310 Mohican Dr. They are open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Info: 584-1521.

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BEARDEN NOTES ■ Downtown Speakers Club meets 11:45 a.m. every Monday at TVA West Towers, ninth floor, room 225. Currently accepting new members. Info: Jerry Adams, 202-0304.

■ UT Toastmasters Club meets at noon every Tuesday at the Knoxville Convention Center on Henley Street in room 218. Currently accepting new members. Info: Sara Martin, 603-4756.

■ West Knox Lions Club meets 6:30 p.m. each first and third Monday at Sullivan’s in Franklin Square, 9648 Kingston Pike.

■ West Knoxville Kiwanis Club meets 5:30 p.m. every Tuesday at Shoney’s on Walker Springs Road.

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NEWS FROM CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF KNOXVILLE

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Save the Date ■ Feb. 22, The Beautiful Exchange: His Marriage for Yours. CAK’s Renewal Committee invites CAK parents to set aside an evening to invest in their marriages. Info: cakwarriors.com/renewal ■ Feb. 23, CAK Community Art Show.

■ April 6, Legacy Dinner. CAK will celebrate 35 years with a Legacy Dinner at the Foundry. More details to come!

■ April 25-27, CAK’s high school Musical Theatre Department will present “The Wizard of Oz.”

CAK's Spirit of Praise singers visit Disney World. They are (front) Emily Blanchard, Holly Nehls, Hannah Brown, Cassidy Belk, Jacquie Downey, Sarah Kate Shore, Nolan Howell, Matthew Starnes, Jared Blake ; (back) Mitchell Kolinsky, Bennett Miller, Michael Jarvis, Clay McCammon, Aaron Waldrupe, Minta Ray, Anna Catherine Fox, Sarah Doyle. Photo submitted The 17 members of the Christian Academy of Knoxville high school “Spirit of Praise” vocal ensemble traveled to Orlando, Fla. last month to participate in Disney’s Candlelight Processional program at Epcot Center in Walt Disney World. The students sang in a beautiful service of religious Christmas music as part of a 200-voice choir composed of high school and college students.

The choir, named “Voices of Liberty” by Disney, was featured in the program narrated by actor Andy Garcia and accompanied by a live orchestra. The choir prepared 14 songs for the program, which lasted about 50 minutes. They

Get Pink’d Christian Academy of Knoxville will sponsor the fourth “Get Pink’d” event Friday, Jan. 25, when the Warriors basketball team takes on Oliver Springs High School.

“Play 4Kay,” formerly known as the “Pink Zone,” is a national campaign put forth by the Kay Yow Cancer Fund to raise awareness

of breast cancer through basketball on the court, across campuses, in communities and beyond. Kay Yow, a legend in women’s basketball (former North Carolina State coach), lost her battle with breast cancer in 2009.

CAK takes that initiative one step further by celebrating cancer survivors

performed the program twice on Dec. 2.

During the visit, the students met for a private vocal workshop with Disney professionals. The students learned about different vocal styles, performance and choreography tips, and “voiceover” techniques in recording. They learned two arrangements of songs from Disney’s “The Lion King,” which they recorded along with voiceovers for a special DVD. “It was a rewarding weekend at Disney,” said Peggy Filyaw, CAK choir director. “The students learned a lot and also enjoyed some free time in the parks.”

and raising money for all types of cancer research, while supporting the “Play 4Kay” campaign.

CAK will donate half of the cost of admission to local cancer organizations and the Kay Yow Cancer Fund.

Come out and support

this great event at the Campus Center Gym (varsity girls play at 6 p.m., and the varsity boys play at 7:30 p.m.), and don’t forget to wear pink!

Sponsorships are available.

A ll donations and sponsorships are tax deductible and will go straight toward cancer research.

■ CAK will host a college signing ceremony at 10 a.m.

Feb. 6, in the high school commons for Ryan Creel (boys soccer, University of Kentucky), Allison DeBusk (softball, Berry College), Laura Foster (girls soccer, Vanderbilt), Ben Holt (boys soccer, Marshall), Brett Kendrick (football, University of Tennessee), Corey Rathbone (football, Centre College) and Josh Smith (football, University of Tennessee).

■ CAK’s strength and conditioning program has a new webpage. Check it out at cakwarriors.com/ strength. The page includes up-to-date weight room schedules, details about CAK strength coach Nate Hoffmeister, and much more.

Prospective Family Open House Sunday, January 27, 2013 2:30 - 4:00 p.m.

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HEALTH & LIFESTYLES NEWS FROM FORT SANDERS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

Recovering from stroke: One woman’s journey Memorial Day, May 28, 2012, is a day Tracy Proctor will never forget. It marks the day that life as she knew it was suddenly turned upside down. The 40-year-old Rockwood woman and her two children were celebrating the holiday weekend with a visit to her parents’ home in Cleveland, Tenn. Tracy, who had been complaining of a headache all day, was in the bathroom with her young daughter when she felt an intense pain in her head.

“Suddenly, I felt I couldn’t talk or communicate,” remembers Tracy. “I made it to the couch in the living room, but couldn’t feel anything.”

Tracy’s father, Eddie Cox, immediately saw something was very wrong with his daughter.

“It happened so quickly. She couldn’t speak or move her arm.”

Emergency personnel responded and realized Tracy was having a stroke. She was flown by helicopter to nearby Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, an accredited Primary Stroke Center hospital. Tracy was given medicine to treat the stroke but suffered a brain bleed that incapacitated her.

“She was paralyzed and couldn’t eat or swallow. We

Stroke survivor Tracy Proctor enjoys a laugh with Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center recreation therapist Ashley Pinkerton and therapy student Erin Hall. thought we’d lost our daughter,” says her father. “It was touch and go for a long time.”

Tracy spent four weeks at Erlanger Medical Center and then was transferred to the Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center in

Knoxville. The staff at Patricia Neal immediately began to help Tracy recover.

“They started doing therapy, first in my room,” she remembers. “Then, I began going to the fifth floor for physical, occupa-

tional and speech therapy.”

Tracy slowly began to get her functions back.

“I went from not being able to talk or move a muscle to getting back to how I used to be,” says Tracy.

At the Center, Tracy was inspired by former stroke patients who volunteer as peer counselors to new stroke patients.

“It helped me to see people further along in the process,” she says. “I still have a long way to go, but I know I can get better.”

Tracy continues her recovery with regular outpatient speech and physical therapy sessions at Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center. Her family is grateful to see how she’s progressed.

“She’s made tremendous progress,” says her dad, Eddie.

He was thrilled to see her walking at Thanksgiving. “The wheel chair stayed in the car the whole weekend,” he smiles.

Tracy is eager to completely recover and hopes to one day volunteer as a stroke peer counselor. She wants to encourage others who have suffered a stroke.

“People should know that it’s bad when it happens, but it’s not the end of the world,” says Tracy. “You can get better, you can recover. It’s just a long process.”

For more information about the Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center, visit www.patneal.org or call 865-541-1446.

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:

F – FACE: Look at your face. Is one side sagging?

A – ARMS: Hold out your arms. Is one arm lower than the other or harder to hold in place?

S – SPEECH: Is your speech slurred or garbled?

T – TIME: Time is critical when trying to minimize the effects of stroke.

Call 911 and get to a hospital as quickly as possible. And be sure your hospital is a stroke-ready, Primary Stroke Center, like Fort Sanders Regional.

Rebuilding lives at Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center An estimated 6 million people live with some form of paralysis, most often caused by stroke or spinal cord injury.

Since 1978, the Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center has offered advanced treatment for stroke, spinal cord injuries and other life-altering events that impair mobility and brain function.

“Patricia Neal is an acute inpatient rehabilitation facility,” explains Mary Dillon, M.D., medical director of the Center.

“It is a hospital level of care, so the rehabilitation is occurring almost immediately after the acute event. It’s the most intense, comprehensive, specialized care you can find.”

With 73 inpatient beds, the Patricia Neal Center is nationally known for its rehabilitation of spinal cord patients. But many don’t realize it’s also accredited for for stroke patients as well.

“Our patients work very hard, but it isn’t boot camp,” says Dillon. “We have taken care of all ages, even including someone who was over 100!”

The Patricia Neal Center is also the only four-time winner of the Crystal Award, the top award given for patient satisfaction

by Professional Research Consultants, a nationally known health care research company. The designation is given to a health care facility or inpatient specialty unit that scores at or above the 100th Patricia Neal offers state-of- percentile for being the-art equipment that many rated “excellent” by other rehab centers don’t have. patients in overall The center features training quality of care. kitchens, bathrooms and even And perhaps an apartment where patients most importantly, practice everyday tasks. the Patricia Neal Rehabilitation The center holds 15 accredi- Center has a staff of doctors, tations by the Commission on nurses, physical and occupationAccreditation of Rehabilitation al therapists, speech language Facilities and each physician is experts, behavioral medicine board-certified in physical med- specialists, RT case managers, icine and rehabilitation, a spe- dietitians and numerous others cialty not often found in other working together as an interdiscare settings. ciplinary team to develop an in-

“Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center is the most intense, comprehensive, specialized care you can find.”

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dividual treatment plan specifically for each patient’s needs.

“When people ask why Patricia Neal is the place to go, I tell them that we are a comprehensive rehabilitation center,” explains Dr. Dillon. “Our staff supports you in each stage of your recovery. Ultimately, our goal

is to help each patient become as independent as possible. We strive to restore abilities and rebuild lives.”

For more information about the Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center, visit www.patneal.org or call 865-541-1446.

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‘Inspire your Heart with Art’ Hop to it!

Strang Senior Center oil painting students will display their artwork for a show entitled “Inspire Theresa Your Heart with Art” 2-4 Edwards p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31, at NHC Assisted Living Center, located at 122 Cavette Hill Lane in Farragut just off Kingston Pike.

“This show coincides with national art appreciation day,” said art instructor Alexander Dumas.

There will be about nine students participating, with each bringing two of their favorite paintings. Talking with the artists will convince you art does begin with inspiration.

Gary Dunham paints Japanese buildings. “I was stationed in Barbara Finch is painting a fall scene as a gift for a Japan 40 years ago during the Vietnam conflict,” he said. friend.

Gary Dunham remembers his service in the U.S. Air Force as he paints a Japanese scene.

Dodie Kischbaugh loves painting flowers, enjoying the beauties in life.

The public is invited to the art show.

Dodie Kischbaugh enjoys painting flowers.

Barbara Finch paints a fall scene.

HEALTH NOTES ■ The mobile mammography unit from Thompson Cancer Survival Center will be in the upper fitness building behind Clinton Physical Therapy Center, 1921 N. Charles G Seivers Blvd., on Thursday, Jan. 29, starting at 9 a.m. Most insurance carriers are accepted and persons who are uninsured or meet financial criteria will be eligible for a free mammogram. To schedule an appointment: 541-1312 or 1-800-442-8372.

Alexander Dumas helps an art student paint the cat’s nose.

Photos by T. Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com

You have a chance to become a scientist, work with the Knoxville Zoo, and have your findings recorded in a national database.

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Carol’s Critter Corner Steve McGaffin, assistant curator of The Knoxville Zoo’s Education Department, is calling for volunteers over the age of 13 to help with the zoo’s annual FrogWatch program. Looking for a way to get your kid away from the video games and out into the yard? This is it.

FrogWatch volunteers are asked to monitor a site two times a week at least 30 minutes after dark from February through August.

It’s especially ideal for folks who have a pond or stream in their backyard, or who live near a wetland.

Frogs need water to breed, and when they breed, they call. “And if they’re not calling,” says McGaffin, “we can’t find them.”

These critters are sensitive little guys, and right now they’re having a hard time because of pollution and loss of habitat, among other things. It’s to our advantage to keep them healthy, because they are important indicators of problems that may affect humans. They are, quite literally, small sentinels – monitors of the planet.

Add to all that their ability to control pests, and it’s

American bullfrog hard to think of an animal that’s a better friend to us. With the information FrogWatch USA provides, scientists can identify and address concerns about threats posed to frogs.

McGaffin and his staff will train volunteers to distinguish among 14 types of frog calls. “That’s the hardest part,” he says. “Most of them are fairly easy to hear, but there are one or two that are kind of similar – it takes a little practice.” You and/ or your child will also learn about the natural history of local frogs and how to collect and submit data.

If you have a budding scientist in your house, this is a wonderful opportunity.

McGaffin says the information collected will be compiled by staff at the zoo and sent to the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. It will then be added to a national database to be used by scientists worldwide.

“This is data they can’t get any other way,” says McGaffin. “The work that these volunteers do is extremely important.”

One day of training is all it takes. This year for the first time there are two sessions of training, to be held on Saturday, Feb. 2, and Sunday, Feb. 3, from 10 a.m.

– 3 p.m. Info: Steve McGaffin at smcgaffin@knoxvillezoo.org or 637-5331.

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AnimalWorks Providing Solutions to Pet Overpopulation

The barn located on Cold Stream Farm Road in Madisonville. A metal detector was used on the property and, among other things, bullets from the Civil War were discovered. Photos by K. Woycik

Finding a classic on Cold Stream Farm Aaron Frank of Powell asked if we could feature his grandfather’s barn. He knew the barn was quite old and had a story to tell.

* Call to make a spay or neuter appointment or a vaccination appointment.

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Inside the hand-dug well believed to have been built just after the Civil War.

Barnyard Tales Kathryn Woycik Intrigued by his email, I took a drive to Monroe County, to the town of Madisonville. I met Aaron and his grandfather Charles Frank, a retiree from Alcoa.

The barn was purchased from its original owners by Ranie Frank, Charles Frank’s great-uncle. As to its age, Frank’s granddad thought the barn may have been built before the turn of the last century. Charles said, “It may even be the oldest barn in Monroe

County, I’m not sure.”

The barn was used for tobacco farming during Charles’ childhood. Times were different. Work on the farm made for long, hard days. Moonshine stills, a crooked legal system and bootlegging existed.

“Mom and dad raised us right, to know what work was.

More people should be raised that way,” Charles says.

The barn hasn’t changed much over the years. In 1955, the wooden boards were removed from the roof and metal was added. In addition to age, termites have added to the barn’s deterioration.

Noticing the metal roofing coming off at the pitch of the barn, Charles said, “I need to get up there to fix it. I hate to see it go downhill.”

I also saw a hand-dug 28foot well, which is older than the barn. It has never gone dry. People used to drive their horses and wagons from miles around to get water.

Rainey’s son “Little Charlie” signed his name into a concrete slab when it was added around the well in 1926. The well is believed to have been built just after the Civil War. Years ago, Ranie Frank worked at a store across the street called Short Bark.

Aaron is a student at Pellissippi State. He plans to continue the barn’s legacy after it passes from his grandfather to his father to him. Aaron currently hunts on the property and says he does well with deer and wild turkey.

Anyone wanting to share the age, history, or story of their barn, please contact me at woycikK@ ShopperNewsNow.com.

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THROUGH FRIDAY, JAN. 25 The Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Gallery is planning exhibitions for September 2013 through August 2014. Artists living within 250 miles of Knoxville are encouraged to submit proposals, postmarked by Jan. 25. Nonrefundable entry fee: $30.

Info: www.tvuuc.org.

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

Tuesday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Admission and parking are free.

The 2013 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Celebration will culminate throughout downtown and adjoining communities. The MLK Memorial Parade will start at 10 a.m. at Tabernacle Baptist Church, 2137 MLK Jr. Blvd.; a Tribute Service will be held at 11:45 a.m. at Greater Warner Tabernacle AME Zion Church, 3800 MLK Jr. Blvd.; and a free Celebration Concert given by the Knoxville Symphony Chamber Orchestra will be held at 6 p.m. at the Tennessee Theater, 604 S. Gay St. Info: http:// MLKKnoxville.org.

Tennessee Shines will feature Irish duo Bohola (accordion master Jimmy Keane and bouzar player/ vocalist Pat Broaders) at 7 p.m. at the WDVX studio at the Knoxville Visitor Center, 301 S. Gay St.; broadcast on WDVX-FM, 89.9 Clinton, 102.9 Knoxville. Tickets are $10 and are available at WDVX and www.

BrownPaperTickets.com. Remaining tickets will be sold at the door, while supplies last. Doors open at 6:15 p.m.

Children 14 and under accompanied by a parent are admitted free.

MONDAYS, JAN. 21-28 The Orangery, 5412 Kingston Pike, is donating $5 to Young-Williams Animal Center for every $10 American Kobe Burger purchased on Monday nights in January. (Dinner is served 5:30-10 p.m.) Reservations: 588-2964. Info: www.OrangeryKnoxville.com.

THROUGH SUNDAY, MAY 12

TUESDAY, JAN. 22

“Splendid Treasures of the Turkomen Tribes from Central Asia,” an exhibit of more than 50 handcrafted items of elaborate silver, gilt jewelry, carpets and textiles from the semi-nomadic Turkomen tribes of Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan, will be on display at the Frank H. McClung Museum, 1327 Circle Park Drive, on the UT campus. A free program for families will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23.

Museum hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Info: http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu.

The K-Town Sound Show Chorus, a member of Sweet Adelines International, will hold a Global Open House at 6:30 p.m. at Fountain City Presbyterian Church, 500 Hotel Road. Info: www. ktownsound.org.

Michelle Alexander, a best-selling author, civilrights advocate and associate professor of law at Ohio State University, will speak on topics addressed in her book “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness” at 7:30 p.m. in the Cox Auditorium in the UT Alumni Memorial Building.

MONDAY, JAN. 21 GFWC Ossoli Circle will meet at the Ossoli Clubhouse, 2511 Kingston Pike, for 9:45 a.m. coffee, 10:30 a.m. talk “It Was a Dark and Stormy Night” by Sherri Gardner Howell; and 11:40 a.m. “South Sudan Report” by Anita Henderlight, executive director of Africa Education & Leadership Initiative.

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General Provisions and Exceptions, Section XIII. Outdoor Site Lighting, to establish wall mounted light heights and required glare shields 3. Ordinance 12-21, ordinance to amend the Farragut Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 4.

General Provisions and Exceptions, Section I. Accessory structures, to require HVAC screening to be architecturally compatible and to rename section to Accessory Structures and Uses 4. Ordinance 12-22, ordinance to amend the Farragut Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 3.

Specific District Regulations, Section XVI. Reserved for Future Use, to create a new commercial zoning district entitled Business District, Four Story (BD-4) 5. Ordinance 12-23, ordinance to rezone Parcel 63, Tax Map 151, located on the southwest corner of Kingston Pike and Way Station Trail, part of the Renaissance development, approximately 2.5 Acre, from C-1 General Commercial District to BD-4 Business District, Four-Story (Myers Bros. Holding, Applicant) VIII. Town Administrator’s Report IX. Attorney’s Report

TUESDAY-TUESDAY, JAN. 22-FEB. 26 The Ewing Gallery, 1715 Volunteer Blvd., presents “Of Giants and Dwarfs,” recent works including paintings, drawings and installations by American artist and set designer Michael Zansky. An opening reception will be held 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24, and

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The “Kaleidos” Duo, violinist Miroslav Hristov and pianist Vladimir Valjarevic, will perform works by Italian composers from the “Generation of 1880” at 8 p.m. in the James R. Cox Auditorium at the UT Alumni Memorial Building. Free.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, JAN. 24-25 The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Masterworks Series concert at 7:30 p.m. at the Tennessee Theatre will feature Beethoven’s “Emperor” Concerto and works by Tchaikovsky and Schumann.

Gleb Ivanov will be piano soloist, and Toshiyuki Shimada will be guest conductor. Tickets: $24-$85.

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RSVP by Monday, Jan. 21: 983-3740.

A professional-development seminar on gallery trends for local and regional artists will be held noon-1 p.m. at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. UT graduate Lain York, a painter, gallery director and exhibit coordinator, will lead the seminar.

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Healing mental pain

Reflections of a hospital chaplain Today, I was greeted by a referral in my mailbox. It told me the attending physician thought a visit by the chaplain would be helpful for the woman who had been admitted to the psychiatric unit. She was experiencing grief over the loss of a child. As I sat with this young woman, she shared with me years of grief that had never been expressed. She began to shed tears of relief and release as she finally mourned the loss of her mother, not to mention the recent loss of her young child.

In our conversation I learned that, somewhere along her life’s journey, the message had been sent that crying and grief were a sign of weakness. Oh, the joy that emerged from this woman to feel the bondage of grief being lifted from her soul. She cried on that day and will cry for many days, weeks and years to come, freeing herself from the shackles of weakness as she gains strength in her expressions of grief.

Word was out: “the chaplain is in the unit.” Soon there was a line outside the door with patients who needed a word with me.

The middleaged man who entered the room and sat across from me was kind and gentle with his words. He was trying to care for family members while he himself was receiving care for his mental condition. The story was heartbreaking. He was a veteran, had a college degree and a good job; but one day his

mental health began to deteriorate, and it did not take long for him to lose his job, house and family. But in all of his loss, his concern continued to be for his brother, who was physically disabled and homeless. The embodiment of Christ was sitting before me – disheveled, stooped in stature, limited in his capabilities, yet troubled about his loved one who was in crisis. When he asked for prayer I returned the question, “What would you like for us to ask God?” He continued to remember his brother. It seems that this man was all his brother had in life and he was not going to let his brother down.

After prayers and tears I saw in this man the kind of compassion that is reflected in the Gospel of John, “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.”

(John 13.34) Before he departed he said to me, “I don’t know how people get through life without the Lord.” At that very moment, truer words could not be found.

Part of my responsibility includes presentations to groups on spirituality, hope, gratitude and topics that promote wholeness. As patients shuffle into the room, the lights are dimmed and my PowerPoint presentation begins, I realize I am using words that have not been in the patient’s vocabulary as they have shared their sorrows and diagnosis with family and friends. Words such as hope, gratitude, darkness to light, cour-

Chaplain LuAnne Prevost

age and strength. Group time is just that, group discussion; but when I said the following words the room was silent and still: “You are courageous and brave because you are here. You knew something was not right, and you asked for help, a sign of strength.”

Many had never been offered

encouraging words, words that could help them make it through the next day, words that would give them hope.

It is not unusual to be asked the question, “How do you visit people who are sick and in physical or mental pain?” It did not take long for the realization to sink in as I

Frye joins Peninsula Hospital

Dr. Charlotte Frye

Dr. Charlotte Frye has been named manager of inpatient clinical services at Peninsula Hospital. Frye, who holds a doctorate in counseling psychology from Chicago’s Argosy University with a concentration in counselor education and supervision, comes to Peninsula from Citra, Fla., where she served as clinical director of the nonprofit Heart of Florida

Youth Ranch operated by her and her husband, Dr. Tom Frye. She also holds a master’s in professional counseling from Liberty University and a bachelor’s in religious education from Covington Theological Seminary in Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. In her new role, Frye will be responsible for providing clinical leadership in the acute care psychiatric facility as well as overseeing the

provision of clinical services and the implementation of therapeutic programming.

Frye has primary certification in Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT), certification as a trainer with Model Approach to Parenting Practices (MAPP) and holds Department of Education certifications in Guidance and Counseling and Exceptional Student Education (ESE).

Peninsula receives TAMHO Program of Excellence Award The Tennessee Association of Mental Health Organizations honored Peninsula, a Division of Parkwest Medical Center, with a TAMHO Program of Excellence Award during the organization’s annual awards ceremony in Murfreesboro in December. The Program of Excellence Award spotlights programs at TAMHO member corporations that have been exceptionally creative, successful or have achieved exceptional outcomes.

The award was given to the behavioral health organization for Peninsula’s

innovative outpatient pharmacy program.

Peninsula became aware that many of the individuals served by the organization were unable to successfully navigate insurance limitations for medications, and some were unable to get to the pharmacy to get their prescriptions filled.

Others did not have a way to pay for their medications. Believing there was a strong correlation between an individual getting prescribed medication and remaining in the community with a good quality of life, in 2009 Peninsula opened an outpatient

pharmacy at its Outpatient Center in Knoxville. With assistance from medical and case management staff, individuals were more likely to obtain their medications. Peninsula reported a 20 percent improvement in customer service scores, based on patients developing trusted relationships with a pharmacy that understood their unique needs. In addition, the pharmacy reduced costs, and hospital readmission rates were reduced by 24 percent.

sat and listened to stories of pain, betrayal and grief, that I could be sitting on the opposite side of the table and those words could be coming from my mouth. All of us have “been there” in some capacity or another. Perhaps we had a support group, friend, therapist or church family to walk with us in our time of despair. Those resources are not available to everyone, and sometimes life becomes so very hard that holding on is all one can do. I see God helping the patients hold on. I see a spark of hope when a goal has been reached, when some of the anger is dispelled, when reconciliation begins to take place.

As an inner faith chaplain I use examples that are inclusive and may be mythical in nature, which opens up a vast resource of materials. One of my favorites: He was the Man of Steel until an accident truly made him Superman. Christopher Reeve played the role of Superman on the big screen, but when he was only 41 years old, his life changed forever.

He was thrown from a horse and in an instant became a quadriplegic. He was wheelchair bound for life but fought for the rights of the handicapped and those with spinal cord injuries through various charities, including the Christopher Reeve Foundation. Christopher Reeve’s words give inspiration to patients who feel crippled by life, “Once you choose hope, anything is possible.”

This was my day that God created, and “it was good.”

The Rev. LuAnne Nickell Prevost is a chaplain at Parkwest Medical Center and Peninsula Hospital, a division of Parkwest.

Did you know Binge drinking is a significant problem among women and girls in the United States, with 1 in 5 female high school students and 1 in 8 young women reporting frequent episodes, say federal health officials.

For women, binge drinking means downing four or more drinks on an occasion. Every month, about 14 million women and girls binge drink at least three times, according to the report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). And women who binge drink average about six drinks at a time, the January 2013 report said.

“Although binge drinking is even more of a problem among men and boys, binge drinking is an important and unrecognized women’s health issue,” said CDC director Dr. Thomas Frieden during a press conference.

If you know someone who may need help with an alcohol problem, call Peninsula at 970-9800.

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