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By Wendy Smith Judy Thompson’s home at 5709 Lyons View Pike isn’t as grand as some of its neighbors. In fact, it tends to blend into the Crab Orchard sandstone wall that surrounds it. But it has a grand place in Knoxville’s history and serves as a reminder of the importance of preservation.

Thompson lives in what was once the “gate lodge” of Westcliff, the opulent home of inventor Weston Fulton. According to an article by local historian William Ross McNabb, working drawings of the gate lodge, designed by

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Who’s in charge?

Mayor Madeline Rogero’s trip to Turkey set Victor Ashe to wondering about the city charter provision for managing the city in the absence of the mayor.

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Musical Harrisons In any gathering of local professional musicians, the talk often turns to medical concerns.

And when the subject of doctors comes up, there’s one name you’ll hear over and over. “Dr. John Harrison,” says a KSO violist, “gets musicians.”

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Judy Thompson’s cozy home on Lyons View Pike is the former gate lodge to the Fulton Mansion, which was razed in1967. Photo by Wendy Smith

The Fulton Mansion was the home of Weston Fulton, inventor of the Sylphon. Photo submitted

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Rating recruits Here’s what you will hear on Wednesday, after the fax machine clicks off and the celebration fund-raiser begins: Typical Tennessee football fan: “Great recruiting class.”

Blind optimist: “Best ever!”

Shopper reader: “Looks good to me, but Marvin says The General reserved evaluation of young players until after the Alabama game of their sophomore year.

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Love of music, and newspapers, keeps violinist busy

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JOBS ARE 81 new jobs in Clinton

Aisin Automotive Casting Tennessee Inc. is expanding its plant in Clinton. The $53.8 million investment will create 81 new jobs over the next two years in Anderson County, said Bill Hagerty, the state’s commissioner of Economic and Community Development.

It’s the company’s second major expansion since locating in Tennessee in 2004.

According to its website, the Clinton plant has 580 full-time employees.

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This is Norris Dryer’s 46th season with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra. Photos submitted

founder and conductor of the Elkhart Symphony, was one of his early teachers.

He studied mass communications, music history and violin at Indiana University and was a member of the Indiana University Philharmonic Orchestra. Two violin teachers at the university – Albert Lazan and Urico Rossi – had a lifelong impact on him.

After graduation, Dryer began his public-radio career in Michigan. He also went on to perform with the Grand Traverse Orchestra and the Grand Rapids Orchestra.

Then he auditioned for the KSO, and his first performance in Knoxville was

in January 1968. Except for a short break to study music history at Boston University in the 1970s, Dryer has stuck around.

He has made an impact with his voice as well as his violin. During a 34-year career with WUOT, he was announcer, producer, music director and program director. In his free time, he performed regionally with the Chattanooga Symphony, Oak Ridge Symphony and Symphony of the Mountains in Kingsport.

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A teacher’s story: letters of concern

By Betty Bean The letter teachers dread ends like this: “In the 2012-13 school year, your summative results rating was x, or below expectations.

Should your summative results continue to be below or significantly below expectations in the 2013-14 school year and beyond, you may face negMark Taylor ative employment consequences up to and including

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Norris Dryer is 70 years old, and he loves music as much now as when he began violin lessons at age 9. This is his 46th season with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, and he has devoted his career to classical music.

“I still love it,” he says.

“I’m happy to get paid by KSO, but if I had to, I’d be happy to pay them.”

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Farragut Middle School science teacher Mark Taylor has received two such letters. He was one of the teachers who accepted Tony Norman’s invitation to speak to County Commission last week, and he told the commissioners he fears for his job, despite having a reputation for turning out the highest-

achieving 8th-grade science students in the county.

He racks up consistently high scores in teaching observations but is considered an “outlier” because he scores more than two points higher on evaluations than his students’ Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System (TVAAS) scores. Theoretically, these scores should be the same, and principals can lose their jobs if they don’t reconcile the gap.

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two new exhibits The streets thawed just in time for Knoxville Museum of Art members to get the first peek at two new exhibits. Curator Stephen Wicks introduced “Sight and Feeling: Photographs

by Ansel Adams” and “Contemporary Focus 2014” at the double opening held last Thursday.

Adams’ distinctive style was a revolution against the photographic trend of his day – soft, fuzzy photos meant to emulate oil paintings. He used a largeformat camera to capture the country’s most striking landscapes and made numerous adjustments before he ever clicked the shutter, said Wicks.

The exhibit includes two letters Adams sent from Gatlinburg while visiting the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 1948, along with a digital slideshow of the 47 pictures he took during the visit. Three of four published photos of the Smokies, including one purchased for the KMA, are also part of the exhibit.

“Contemporary Focus

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Knoxville Catholic High School student Briston Maroney has advanced to the next stage of “American Idol.”

2014” features the work of three regional artists – Jean Hess, Althea Murphy-Price and Jessica Wohl. Hess creates collages from fragments of drawings found inside textbooks. Murphy-

Fulton family Knoxville architecture firm Barber and McMurry, are dated Jan. 23, 1929.

Thompson, who taught at Bearden Elementary School from 1975 to 2002, moved into the house in 1986. She didn’t care for it at first and chose it because her three children liked it. Now, she is passionate about the home and the history that surrounds it.

The house is larger than it appears from the street.

It has three bedrooms in 2,000 square feet. There have been changes to the home’s layout over the years, but the hardwood floors, windows and beautiful arched front door are original.

In spite of its meandering floor plan, the house is distinctly cozy. Thompson’s love for the house is evident in her masterful decorating. Light floods in through abundant windows. The stone home is so well insulated that traffic on Lyons View is nearly unnoticeable.

Westcliff was as extravagant as the gate lodge is cozy.

Fulton, who was a meteorologist when he moved to Knoxville in 1898, made his fortune with the Sylphon, a metal bellows he developed for his work that turned out to have other applications.

Perhaps influenced by the grand residences of John Ringling in Florida and William Randolph Hurst in California, Fulton hired

Price uses hair, rather than lines, in her compositions.

Wohl’s ink drawings and textile creations are inspired by suburban life.

From page A-1 Charles Barber to design his home on his 36 acres that also afforded a breathtaking view.

According to McNabb, the job was a vexation to Barber due to frequent changes. Late in the planning stage, Fulton decided he needed a third-floor ballroom, which required an elevator, which necessitated a tower. The home boasted six bedrooms and six elaborately tiled baths. A rooftop garden complemented the tower, which had a domed roof covered with blue and gold tiles.

The home’s landscaping was equally impressive, with a 50-foot by 75-foot swimming pool, bath house, tennis courts, a playhouse, a greenhouse and servants’ quarters that were connected to the main house by an underground tunnel.

McNabb’s research indicates that the home, constructed in 1929, cost $250,000 to build on the $90,000 lot, with an additional $130,000 spent on landscaping.

One of the rumors heard by both McNabb and Thompson is that Fulton’s wife spent much of her time on the roof. From there, she had a view of Highland Cemetery, where her son, who died in a car crash, was buried.

One of the Fulton daughters, Barbara Fulton, became Barbara Gentry upon

Teacher’s story only one of Taylor’s four classes was tested – a standard 8th-grade science class that included several ESL (English as a second language) speakers. His 130 high-school-level students were left out of the equation, thereby lowering his (and his school’s) overall test scores. Last year his advanced students were evaluated but were found to have made insufficient progress because they performed at such a high level coming in.

Taylor has received low TVAAS scores, no bonus money and “conference

Monica Toro looks at Jean Hess’s collection of textbook covers filled with doodles by long-ago students. Hess is one of three artists featured in the Knoxville Museum of Art’s “Contemporary Focus 2014” exhibit. Photos by Wendy Smith

her marriage and moved into the gate lodge with her husband in 1945. McNabb, who lives on Lyons View, knew Barbara and her husband, and Thompson attended church with Gentry.

Barbara Gentry was a talented actor who once auditioned for “Gone With the Wind,” Thompson says. She passed away in 1999.

“She had a beautiful voice,” says Thompson.

“When she read at church, she got everyone’s attention.”

The Fultons lived in the home until Weston’s death in 1946, and his widow sold the property in 1947 for $85,000. Later, it was purchased by the Catholic order Sisters of Mercy. The house was renamed Marycliff, and an illuminated red cross was added to the tower.

The estate was eventually bought by a Nashville real estate investor, and in 1967, most of the house was razed. A section of the first floor was converted into a clubhouse for an apartment complex.

Thompson regrets the loss of the mansion but is glad for the opportunity to preserve a part of its history. Historic homes, and the people they represent, help make us who we are, she says.

“The people who came before us opened up the path to the future.”

From page A-1 of concern” letters for the past two years. He expects another one this year. He filed a grievance and said he discussed his predicament with schools superintendent James McIntyre.

“Dr. McIntyre suggested I lobby the state to have another test for those students.

I cringe when I think of me lobbying for more tests for our students,” he said.

“Here’s the worst thing in all of this. I have had principals and coaches tell me I need to put myself ahead of my students. They’re saying this because they want me

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to continue teaching, and the only way they see that happening is if I put myself ahead of my students. But as soon as I think I’m more important than my students, then I do not belong in a classroom.”

Forty to 50 teachers showed up for the commission meeting, as did McIntyre (who canceled a scheduled appearance at the Knox County Education Association to be there) and his chief of staff, Russ Oaks.

School board chair Lynne Fugate was seated between McIntyre and Oaks.

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A website, blog and Twitter account provide muchneeded exposure. People need to see a book five times online before they are willing to read it, she says.

The most expensive part of self-publishing is a good editor. She suggests letting friends and family members read chapters to get rid of the “mess” before handing copy over to an expensive professional.

Dyer also uses low-tech marketing like business cards and posters. She’s not Author Jody Dyer shares advice on self-publishing at Sequoyah too proud to put posters in bathrooms, she says.

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Love of music

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When he wants to escape the city, Norris Dryer heads to his farm in Grainger County. baseball, in spite of the fact that his Chicago White Sox have won the World Series only once in his lifetime.

Dryer also loves camping with friends on his 25-acre farm in Grainger County.

When he’s there, the violin stays in the case. He prefers to listen to owls, coyotes and other night sounds – “nature’s music,” he calls it.

When he’s not on the farm, he’s in the middle of the downtown action. He’s lived for almost nine years in the Old City, where he stands

out as a senior citizen. Because of his radio career, he’s used to being around young people, he says.

“Living here keeps me young.”

It certainly keeps him active. He walks to symphony rehearsals and performances and begins each day with a walk to the newsstand to buy a paper. His addiction to newspapers gets him out of bed each day, he says.

He’s seen a lot of change since he arrived in Knoxville.

There is a greater variety of

classical musical offerings, and the quality of the orchestra is better than ever. But a smaller percentage of people attend classical concerts, he says, possibly because there are so many entertainment options at home.

He also worries that young people have such short attention spans that they can’t sit through a concert.

That doesn’t mean they don’t love music, though.

“While people’s taste in music varies, it’s part of almost everyone’s life.”

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government Who’s in charge?

Mayor Madeline Rogero is in Turkey at the invitation of the U.S. Department of State for a week promoting women’s issues and encouraging more Turkish women to become involved in government in Turkey, especially at the local level.

ing the city administration and Council) might want to consider modernizing and clarifying this lanNick Pavlis guage. Wish amending the Charter for something like this was not Victor such a major hassle.”

Ashe However, it is clear that if the vice mayor is entitled to assume the duties of the mayor, then he can exerHaving visited Turkey cise all the rights that the four times myself over 30 elected mayor has. years, I know Rogero has When this writer was a busy and well-designed mayor and often traveled schedule of meetings. She outside the city and was will ably represent the U.S. overseas, Jack Sharp was as she urges women to vice mayor. Our working become more involved in relationship was strong government, where women and I never had an issue have not been influential in with him seeking to direct the past. city government in a way Locally, Knoxville has contrary to my views when an active Turkish center.

I was away from Knoxville.

Two current members of Rogero has a similar strong Council, Finbarr Saunders relationship with Pavlis and former Mayor Daniel (whom she endorsed for Brown, have visited Turkey re-election) so the issue is along with their wives (not more in theory than reality. at city expense) as well as Nevertheless, if there former Council member was a vice mayor hostile to and now council attorney the incumbent mayor, the Rob Frost. current charter language Knoxville also has a very could pose problems. active and influential Greek Pavlis led an unsuccommunity. Greeks and cessful but correct fight at Turks over the years have the last Council meeting not always seen eye to eye against raising towing fees. on several issues.

He was joined by Council This is Rogero’s first member Marshall Stair. international trip as mayor Council voted to raise where she is representing wrecker fees by 25 perthe American people as well cent, which is a whopping as the city of Knoxville. It increase that doubles the is sponsored and financed level of pay raises which by the U.S. Department of city employees get over a State which traditionally comparable 5 year period. has encouraged and sponThe commission which sored a variety of individu- recommended this hike als to visit other nations as heard only from the towing part of the people-to-people companies and not from exchange. She will ably the general public. It was a represent us. one-sided study.

However, one interestPavlis and Stair deserve ing aspect to being out of praise for highlighting this the country is that the city at the last Council meeting. charter states that “during ■ Knoxville lost a rethe temporary absence of spected juor the disability of mayor, rist when the vice mayor (Nick Pavlis) Fred Mac“assumes the duties of the Donald died mayor.” last week.

The charter is silent as A longto what absence means. time resiDoes it mean when she dent with is in Nashville or Lenoir his wife, City? Anytime she is Ruth, of McDonald outside the city limits?

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MacDonald was appointed Or does absence mean to the bench by former Gov. when she is unavailable Winfield Dunn and suband cannot be reached? sequently elected several Clearly in this case she times. is absent from Knoxville He was considered fairby some 5,000 miles. minded, intelligent and obAs city Law Director jective. He was also a neighCharles Swanson stated in borhood leader for West an email to me, “It is an in- Hills prior to becoming a teresting question because judge. of the wording. We (mean-

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Tennessee Dems: Fight for the future Mark Harmon’s not new to Knox County Democratic Party politics, unless maybe he’s being compared to a grizzled veteran like Bill Owen – which is what’s about to happen this election season.

A University of Tennessee professor in the College of Communications and a former Knox County commissioner who stepped down after serving one term when the commission reduced its numbers in 2010, Harmon has stayed active in politics, running campaigns, writing op-ed columns and doing television and radio commentary. Now he has taken out a nominating petition to run against Owen for the Tennessee Democratic Party Executive Committee – Owen’s preserve for 20 years.

Harmon says he’s not doing it because he thinks there’s anything wrong with Owen.

“He and I signed each

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other’s petitions at the January executive committee meeting,” Harmon said. “This isn’t about Bill. I just think I can bring some skill to the task. I’d like to see him continue serving the party – maybe he could continue on the Democratic National Committee.”

Owen, who could not be reached for comment for this column, is at the midpoint of a 4-year DNC term.

Harmon says he wants to see Tennessee Democrats “try out some new ideas, break some old habits – build a bench. I’d like to see a better job done on those things.”

He also says there are not many offices that a Tennessee Democrat has a realistic chance of winning.

And that, perhaps, is

where the discussion will commence. Harmon makes no bones about his dissatisfaction with the leadership of party chair Roy Herron, a conservative former state senator whom Owen supports (they served in the General Assembly at the same time).

“I certainly didn’t agree with Bill’s decision (to support Herron as chair). I don’t think saying you are friends is enough,” Harmon said.

The state executive committee consists of two representatives – one male, one female – from each of the state’s 33 senate districts.

Harmon and Owen will be vying for the 7th District seat. On the women’s side, party activist Kim Webber will run for the 7th District seat, to be vacated by incumbent Gayle Alley, who has said she won’t seek reelection.

The late Harold Woods and his wife Sylvia had filled for the 6th District seats

until Harold’s death earlier this month. The TNDP appointed former Election Commissioner Cameron Brooks to fill the vacant seat. Brooks, a labor organizer who has Sylvia Woods’ stamp of approval, will be on this year’s ballot. He is openly supporting Harmon.

“Mark and I have been friends for a long time, and I think he did a great job on County Commission. He’s got a lot of experience dealing with political communications, framing and messaging. We need that kind of expertise,” Brooks said.

Brooks says one of his major priorities will be to push back against “Amendment One,” a restrictive anti-abortion measure that will be on the November ballot.

It’s new versus old, progressive versus status quo.

With Republicans holding offices high and low, it’s hard to see how the new guys could do worse than the current leadership.

No rest at this retreat Judging by what commissioners said last week, this week’s Knox County Commission/Board of Education retreat should be anything but rest for the weary.

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Unless you’ve been living under a rock (or too busy, oh, taking or administrating assessments), you know that education issues and a “teacher revolt” (to coin a phrase) are the talk of the town.

Before those issues were discussed last week, in the first half of Commission’s meeting Mike Hammond said he thinks the Joint Education Committee, set up to ease tensions between the school board and its funding body, has worked well.

“It was rough going at first, but it’s shown that we can get together, we can talk.”

Committee members are Commissioners Sam McKenzie, Mike Hammond, Dave Wright and Amy Broyles, and school board members Karen Carson, Lynne Fugate, Gloria Deathridge and Doug Harris.

Broyles says she thinks the public “likes it when we are getting along.”

(Reporters don’t, but you already know we’re scum.)

“We’re so passionate

about these issues,” Broyles said, “sometimes we don’t always choose our words perhaps as carefully as we could, and I use myself as an example.”

Tony Norman, the architect of the words to which Broyles refers, has questions about the retreat’s structure and format.

“Last time, I personally thought it was of marginal benefit, especially for its cost and time. My objections are that I thought it was orchestrated by the school administration, which was inhibiting to the conversation.

I thought it was just going to be us and the school board in the meeting.”

Commission chair Brad Anders says he and school board chair Fugate will be facilitating discussion this time, but that Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre and other school officials will be present.

“I really only have one question I’d like to have answered that whole weekend,” Commissioner Mike Brown said.

Brown didn’t elaborate.

He did say: “We’re getting spun around the corner,” on info from the school system.

R. Larry Smith asked if McIntyre would be present the entire time, adding that might inhibit some from speaking more freely.

Sam McKenzie sarcastically shot back: “With all the cameras gone, too?”

“We’re not gonna stop anybody from being there,” Anders said.

The retreat will be held

County Commissioner Sam McKenzie with the Rev. Dr. Harold Middlebrook and Middlebrook’s daughter, Arlene, at Knox County Commission’s January meeting. Photo by Jake Mabe Friday and Saturday, Feb. 7-8, at RT Lodge in Maryville.

Smith said late last week that he and other commissioners don’t understand why some county fee office heads hang around for the entire meeting if they don’t have business before Commission.

For the free entertainment, maybe?

Smith is concerned that they could be neglecting taxpayer business. Good point.

The Rev. Dr. Harold Middlebrook was recognized for his retirement from Canaan Baptist Church of Christ. Middlebrook is a longtime community activist and worked closely with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the Civil Rights era.

Middlebrook had the best line of the meeting: “Please don’t forget the least, the left out and those who seem to be lost.”

U.K. Mynatt said during public forum that he is furious about being rezoned into the Sixth District.

“I have no use for (the

district). Every time y’all have a meeting, your districts change.”

Anders, who represents the Sixth District, said he opposed Mynatt’s community being rezoned.

“But I was overruled. Nobody wanted to listen to me then.”

Broyles reminded everybody that Commission opted to ignore a plan recommended by the Joint Redistricting Committee.

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Mike Padgett, who is running for his old job against Knox County Clerk Foster Arnett, named Lisa Warren his campaign treasurer last week. Padgett said his team is falling into place and that he’s been “overwhelmed by the support that has been given since I announced my run.”

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Best recruiting roundup Here’s what you will hear on Wednesday, after the fax machine clicks off and the celebration fundraiser begins:

after the Alabama game of their sophomore year. That was the Saturday that separated men from boys.”

And that’s what Robert R. Neyland said – but times are different. Everything is accelerated. Now is what matters, as in instant coffee, Marvin soup, oatmeal, pudding and potatoes.

West Tennessee needs help now. It would be good if this second wave of recruits arrives ready to rumble. Some Typical Tennessee football will play in September. fan: “Great recruiting class.”

We can already jump to Blind optimist: “Best the conclusion that Butch Jones did a fine sales job – ever!”

Shopper reader: “Looks as expected. Winners rise good to me, but Marvin says up and strike back when The General reserved evalu- smacked around. And, goodation of young players until ness knows, Tennessee 2013

sure got smacked around.

Deciding where this recruiting class ranks may take a while.

For comparison purposes, Larry Smith, brilliant guardian of Volunteer records, says 1997 is No. 1 with him. Tennessee signed 27 players. Two failed to letter. Fourteen made it to the NFL. Consider: Cosey Coleman, Deon Grant, Travis Henry, Jamal Lewis, Andre Lott, David Martin, Travis Stephens, Fred Weary, Cedrick Wilson, etc.

The year before wasn’t too shabby: Shaun Ellis, Dwayne Goodrich, Tee Martin, Raynoch Thompson, Darwin Walker, etc.

Learning from the snow Today (Feb. 3) marks the midpoint of winter – 45 days done, 45 days to go!

We’ve all been enjoying the Alberta clippers, usually with two or three days of continuous below-freezing temperatures, some in single digits, with some snowflakes. But it’s certainly not as bad here as it has been before. Knoxville experienced its coldest day on record on Jan. 21, 1985, when we hit 24 degrees below zero.

It was so cold that when I checked the antifreeze in my old truck by the time I got the hood up and the radiator cap off, the squeeze bulb was so frozen that it shattered into a dozen pieces when I squeezed it.

And snow? We all remember the thunder snowstorm during the Blizzard of ’93, big drifts of snow, all roads down, power out.

The record in Knoxville

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for the most snow in one day, according to NOAA National Weather, was 17.5 inches on Feb. 13, 1960.

I remember that one, too. Back then, UT seldom closed due to weather, under the idea, I suppose, that most students lived on campus and could get to class no matter what, leaving us commuters to deal with the elements as best we could.

We took that as a challenge, of course.

Three of my friends and I set out for school in my late grandmother’s 1950 Plymouth, snow up to the running boards. The interstate

was not completed through Sharp’s Gap, and the trip over the ridge was the stuff of legends. Those were the days.

But even that would have been just another regular snow shower for New England. Their snow starts at Thanksgiving and melts in April. That’s where Mr. Wilson A. Bentley lived, on a farm in the village of Jericho, Vt., about 50 miles south of the Canadian border, not far from where my daughter lives now.

Bentley was born in 1865, and while still a teenager he set about building an apparatus with a microscope and an old-time bellows view camera using glass photographic plates to take closeup photomicrographs of individual snowflakes.

Bentley sensed that there was more to snow than just big piles of white stuff. He worked out a system to cap-

Those groups are forever part of the national championship.

I’ve always liked 1965 – Richmond Flowers, Jimmy Weatherford, Bill Young, Charlie Rosenfelder, Dick Williams and Richard Pickens, to name a few.

And 1968 – Bobby Majors, Curt Watson, Jackie Walker, Carl Johnson, Ray Nettles, Phillip Fulmer, etc.

That group grew up to go 30-5 and helped make two coaches famous.

And 1986 – Reggie Cobb, Antone Davis, Alvin Harper, Charles McRae, Tony Thompson. Wow. Some recruiting classes achieve fame through quality depth. Some are remembered for individual stars.

Consider recruits enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame: Class of 1928: Herman

Hickman; 1930: Beattie Feathers; 1935: Bowden Wyatt.

1937: Bob Suffridge, George Cafego, Ed Molinski (the ’39 team held 10 foes scoreless).

1948: Hank Lauricella (plus Andy Kozar and Bob Davis).

1949: Doug Atkins, John Michels; 1953: John Majors; 1961: Steve DeLong; 1962: Frank Emanuel.

1964: Bob Johnson; 1966: Steve Kiner (and Jack Reynolds); 1967: Chip Kell (and Tim Priest and Bobby Scott); 1979: Reggie White.

Consider the star power of Condredge Holloway, Willie Gault, Roland James, Jimmy Streater, Carl Pickens, Heath Shuler, Larry Seivers, Peyton Manning, Al Wilson and Eric Berry.

They add serious value to recruiting classes.

And consider what Bill Bates, Tim Irwin, Eddie Brown, Stanley Morgan and Mickey Marvin did to enhance their classes – after we saw them in the pros.

Only old-timers remember where this madness began, the recruiting roundup of 1927, the Flamin’ Sophomores of ’28, the Vols who stunned big, bad Alabama in Tuscaloosa and put Tennessee football and Neyland in the national spotlight.

Gene McEver and Bobby Dodd gained the hall of fame. Five other sophomores – Buddy Hackman, Paul Hug, Fritz Brandt, Hobo Thayer and Quinn Decker – were starters when there were only 11.

Try to remember 1927. It was the first yardstick for measuring recruiting classes.

ture, select and photograph individual snow crystals, in their pristine, unmelted state. And he developed a way to have them come out, crisp and clear, on a black background. He took his first successful photomicrograph of an individual snow crystal on Jan. 15, 1885.

The Jericho Historical Society says he was the first person to photograph individual snow crystals.

Bentley’s snowflakes opened a whole new world of magical natural beauty.

Through his career he took some 5,000 images. Articles showing his snowflakes were published in National Geographic in 1902 and again in 1923, as well as in other publications.

After 45 years of work, he was asked to collaborate with W.J. Humphreys, the chief physicist for the U.S. Weather Bureau, to publish a book of his photos, called “Snow Crystals.” It came out in 1931 and contained 2,400 of his amazing images of those intricate six-sided ice

crystals that make up snowflakes, no two alike.

Today, Bentley’s work is preserved and displayed at the Jericho Historical Society, housed in a typical picturesque Vermont mill, beside a typically small, picturesque Vermont river and adjoining park. There you can read all about “Snowflake” Bentley, as he came to be affectionately called, and see some of his original photographs. They even issue yearly, dated, pewter ornaments copied from Bentley’s photos, so you can adorn your Christmas tree with a Vermont snowflake.

Intrigued by the work of people like Bentley, scientists around the world have been studying snow for years. They study such things as how and why the ice crystals form, why they assume the many shapes they do, why they are always six-sided. They grow them in labs, on rabbit hairs and little needles of ice, and delve into their molecular and crystallographic makeup.

For us mere mortals, the message is that all of that not-always-welcome snow is actually made up of millions of amazingly intricate six-sided crystals, no two ever alike. And each one lasts only for moments and they’re gone.

Quit grumbling and go let some crystals fall on a dark coat sleeve and take a peek at them with an eyeball or a hand lens. It will make the snow a lot more tolerable.

Like all of nature, the more you look into things, the more amazing they are.

And there are always way more questions than answers. That’s supposed to keep us always looking.

Great Backyard Bird Count is Feb. 14-17. Last year, 134,935 checklists were submitted online; 3,610 species of birds were seen and 34,512,432 individual birds were recorded.

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Chosen family For this reason I sent you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, to remind you of my ways in Christ Jesus, as I teach them everywhere in every church.

(1 Corinthians 4: 17 NRSV) The world stands out on either side No wider than the heart is wide…. (“Renascence,” Edna St. Vincent Millay)

UT students Brooke Morton, Kara Deason, Simone Ilia and Mitch Naylor, the fox, strut their stuff at the Laurel Church of Christ. Photos by Wendy Smith

Rock with a purpose

Church.

The students plan to spend spring break in the Tenderloin neighborhood in San Francisco, where, through the Center for Student Missions, they will work with children and hospital patients and distribute

food. To cultivate enthusiasm for the trip, the students re-created the viral video “What Does the Fox Say?” The event showcased an abundance of musical talent, as well as Star Wars puppets and a magical juggler.

Savannah Truan, Skylar Mangrum and Shaun Guyette perform with the Laurel Youth Fellowship band.

Laurel Church of Christ minister Mark Smith performs with the house band during Solid Rock, the church’s annual talent show.

By Wendy Smith Solid Rock, the annual talent show hosted by the Laurel Church of Christ, demonstrated that preachers really can rock, and University of Tennessee students know, among other things, what the fox says.

The show, along with a chili supper, was a fundraiser for a spring break mission trip for UT students who are involved with the Christian Student Center. The center, located at 1821 Melrose Avenue, is an outreach of the Laurel

Caleb Rucker and David Keim put a new spin on a “Hee Haw” classic.

There are two kinds of family: There are those clans we are born into, blood relatives, the folks who share our DNA, and then there are those very special people we find along the way and choose to claim as our own. Paul and Timothy were a prime example of “chosen family”; Timothy became the son Paul, the bachelor, never had.

Let me tell you a love story.

My husband, Lewis, has two biological daughters and one son he chose (or who chose him – depending on your perspective). It happened this way: Lewis was dating a woman who had two sons. The dating relationship did not last, but Brett, one of the teenage sons, found a true father in Lewis, and Lewis found the son he had never had.

It is a delight to see the two of them together. The bond is strong and sure, the affection easily expressed, the warmth as natural as the sun.

And now, wonder of wonders, Brett and wife Katie have made us honorary grandparents! Their daughter, Caroline, was born in January, reportedly the most beautiful, clever, intelligent child on the planet!

I am currently knitting a pink and white blanket for the Munchkin, praying for her as I knit, and pondering the links that bind us together in the same way the stitches on my knitting needles loop together and

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Lynn Pitts grow longer with each row.

Again, we learn that love expands to include, that it grows exponentially, and that (as Millay wrote) the heart truly is as wide as the world. We figure out that family is wider than we imagined, and deeper than DNA. Babies are born every day, I realize, and each one is a miracle, but this particular baby is our miracle, stretching our hearts, widening our circle of love.

At times, it is almost too much to fathom – this tiny, squirming bundle that we have not yet met face to face.

I ponder the nature of love: the way it makes us proud and happy and, at the same time, vulnerable.

Being a native-born worrier, I now have someone else to worry about. I am reminded of what my firstborn’s father said to her when he first held her in the delivery room: “Somewhere in this world, right now, there is a snot-nosed little boy who is going to take you away from me someday.”

It will be a while before we have to worry about that with our little Princess Caroline. But he is out there, somewhere, I know.

So, I pray for him, too, and worry about him.

Because love – and family – never stop expanding.

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Constructors, 2160 Lakeside All blood types are in critical Centre Way, Bloodmobile. need. Donors can visit one of Medic’s two donor centers: ■ 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11, Snappy Tomato Pizza, 1601 Ailor Ave. and 11000 Washington Pike. Donors will Kingston Pike in Farragut.

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■ 8:30-11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 6, Legend Fitness, 5901 Middlebrook Pike, Bloodmobile.

■ 1-5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6, Pattison Sign Group, 410 North Cedar Bluff Road, Bloodmobile.

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■ 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 7, Smoothie King, 8515 Kingston Pike, Bloodmobile. Donors will receive a small smoothie.

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■ 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12, Snappy Tomato Pizza in Farragut, Bloodmobile.

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■ 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13, Snappy Tomato Pizza in Hardin Valley, Bloodmobile.

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■ 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12, Snappy Tomato Pizza at Northshore, Bloodmobile.

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■ 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14, Coolato Gelato, 524 South Gay Street, Bloodmobile. Donors will receive free gelato.

■ 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 16, Concord United Methodist Church, 11020 Roane Drive, inside gym.

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ami Rogers-Anderson of West Knoxville says, “There’s real life, and then there’s opera life! Sometimes the two intersect.”

When she tells the story of how she and her husband, Kevin, met, your first response will probably be, “You’ve got to be kidding.”

It happened in Honolulu, one of the most romantic places on Earth. The two singers were there to rehearse and perform the title roles in an opera by French composer Charles Gounod.

Guess which one?

“Romeo et Juliette.” All together now: “You’ve got to be kidding!”

Imagine watching a real-life Romeo and Juliet fall for each other to the soundtrack of beautiful music.

Kevin, sales manager for Anderson Controls Inc., and Jami, professor of voice at Pellissippi State Community College, have an 11-year-old son and are, in Jami’s words, “really boring, but really happy.”

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The setting was the Hawaii Opera Theater in January of 1998. Jami recalls, “We’d met before, except that Kevin didn’t remember, so it was pretty much like meeting for the first time. We definitely hit it off and had our first date at a restaurant on Honolulu Harbor at sunset – lovely. We also spent many evenings watching the sunsets at Black Point.”

Both remember the production as being very special, with a wonderful cast and crew. And those folks had eyes and ears.

“We weren’t fooling anyone, apparently, as the chorus had it figured out pretty quickly. Everyone else probably knew this was serious before we did.”

Jami’s parents, James and Mary Jane Rogers (he was longtime music director at Church Street United Methodist Church in Knoxville), visited. “We didn’t fool them, either.”

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Happy Valentine’s Day on what would happen after Honolulu. But when we both returned our rental cars and shared a single convertible for the rest of the rehearsal period and performances, we probably should have acknowledged that it was serious.”

The production was a big success and got rave reviews. But then it was over, and the two moved on.

Jami went to Boston and Kevin went to Canada to sing other roles. Jami remembers, “In the days before Skype, this led to incredibly large phone bills – like $600, I think.” When she returned to her then-home base of New York City, her Romeo was waiting.

“Kevin moved into my apartment and I finally just gave up, but he would say he swept me off my feet and that it was all very romantic. The truth is somewhere in the middle. We bought a dog, who is now the ripe old age of 16, got engaged that summer while working for the Santa Fe Opera, and then got married in the spring of 1999.

“Now our phone bills are much smaller!” she laughs.

The two continue to sing regularly, appearing locally at the Rossini Festival in the spring and various other venues throughout the year. At 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 23, they’ll perform as part of the “How Can I Keep from Singing?” Mas-

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By the way, unlike in Shakespeare’s tragedy, the Rogers and Anderson clans have always gotten along very well, and this real-life “Romeo and Juliet” has a very happy ending.

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SCHOOL NOTES Bearden High ■ A soup supper will be hosted by the choral department 4-7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25, in the cafeteria. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased from any chorus student or at the door.

The talent show will be held afterward in the auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 at the door. Auditions for the talent show will be held 3:30-6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13.

Benjamin Cline, Magaly Lopez and Risa Kishida Photos by S. Barrett

Character Counts at A.L. Lotts

By Sara Barrett Each month, A.L. Lotts Elementary School recognizes students who display one of the five pillars of character in the Character Counts program. Responsibility is the latest pillar to be recognized.

“It means the teacher can trust you with a lot of jobs,”

said student and honoree Jacob Reinbolt.

Students honored for their level of responsibility are Reinbolt, Benjamin Cline, Magaly Lopez, Risa Kishida, Morgan Langenberg, Nico Almeida-Gresham, Lydia Pulsinelli and Alexis Onstott.

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Students at Episcopal School of Knoxville discuss the book “The Paperboy” with its author last week. Pictured are students Trevor Tirro, Jackson Adair, author Vince Vawter, students Eleni Elementary Christopoulos and Erin Conley and Eleni’s granddad and former Knoxville News Sentinel editor ■ Box Tops for Education from General Mills’ products and Harry Moskos, who is also good friends with Vawter. Photos by S. Barrett

Author makes a statement about stuttering Local author Vince Vawter visited the Episcopal School of Knoxville last week to discuss his novel “The Paperboy.” Earlier that morning he had received word that the American Library Association named the book a Newbery Honor recipient. Middleschool students at ESK are in the process of reading the book.

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Morgan Langenberg and Nico Almeida-Gresham

Jacob Reinbolt, Lydia Pulsinelli and Alexis Onstott.

“The Paperboy” is about an 11-year-old in Memphis who takes over his best friend’s paper route for one month in the summer of 1959. It may seem like a minor thing, but to the main character of the book, the responsibility of the route is a struggle beyond words – literally. He

has a terrible stuttering problem and is faced daily with the challenge of communicating with people on the route.

“Living with a stutter is a lonely existence,” said Vawter.

Vawter explained to the students that the boy in the novel was based on his own childhood. He struggled with stuttering and hopes the book will help at least one other person in the same situation.

“As a child, I would push a thumbtack into the palm of my hand hoping the pain would help it stop,” said Vawter of his stutter. He remembers passing out from nervousness while trying to say his own name. Vawter began to appreciate typing on a typewriter and the way the keys always had the same result every time, unlike his speech.

The Blount County resident still has a slight stutter but told the students, “It’s nothing like it used to

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“The Paperboy’s” main character, who isn’t named until the last chapter, learns from one of the people on his route about building a good foundation to life.

Vawter has been asked if the boy has closure at the end of the book, if he stops stuttering.

“That’s one thing I demanded,” he said.

“I didn’t want (the book) to be a fairy tale. I wanted (the character) to find his path where he could get by and continue to improve.”

“If one young person can read this book and feel a little bit less lonely … I wrote it to give those with a speech impediment some comfort,” he said.

Geography winner at “The Paperboy” was Bearden Elementary named one of Amazon’s Best Books of 2013, and it is now Bearden Elementary School’s in its sixth printing. Info: geography bee winner is Patwww.vincevawter.com.

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Dancing with my daughter

By Nancy Anderson Fathers and grandfathers showed up at All Saints Catholic Church on Cedar Bluff Road on Jan. 25 for an evening of dancing and fun.

On their arms were very special dates: their daughters and granddaughters.

The Father Daughter Dance, an annual event for the parish, drew a crowd of more than 100 couples to parish hall.

The evening is sponsored by the Parish Life Committee and was organized this year by Kirk and Cynthia

Crosby and the Parish Life team.

“The dance is a wonderful way to support fathers and daughters,” said Cynthia. “It helps teach little girls how to become young ladies.”

There were those special moments that will be recalled on wedding days, with daughters standing on their fathers’ feet to sway to the slow music. The young dates had their moments, too, however, with the Chicken Dance and the Hokey Pokey getting everyone on their feet.

Getting into the music at All Saints Catholic Church Father Daughter Dance are Chloe Ayo and her father, Jeff Ayo.

Beth Ohmes, age 7, and her father, Martin Ohmes, take a Dance organizers Kirk and Cynthia Crosby enjoy a turn on the breather from dancing. dance floor.

Student council at Bearden Elementary

Wacky Day at Bearden Middle Bearden Middle School’s Wacky Day brought out the silliness in everyone, including the faculty.

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Cailey Janoyan, age 10, gives dancing instruction to Father Michael Woods.

Bearden Elementary School’s student council was sworn in by Knox County Commissioner Ed Shouse. Pictured are (front) secretary Molly Hamm, treasurer Ellie Cizec; (back) Ed Shouse, president Madison Fox, Emily Whitfield and principal Susan Dunlap.

Ella Boyd is the student council representative for the 3rd grade. She is shown being sworn in to office.

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By Shana RaleyLusk Provision Center for Proton Therapy, located at Dowell Springs in Knoxville, successfully treated its rst prostate cancer patients with proton therapy, which is currently only available in a limited number of cities in the country.

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“We are being supportive of newbies and sharing information with them about our experiences. As ambassadors, we are here to help the newbies who are coming in for their rst treatment. We would love to talk with anyone who has been diagnosed with any type of cancer to help them explore their treatment options.”

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Proton ambassadors Erven Williams (standing) and Peter Kraslawsky (sitting) enjoy a laugh about Peter’s “Got Proton?” shirt in the lobby of the Provision Center for Proton Therapy. Both men, who underwent proton therapy treatments and are prostate cancer survivors, come to the proton center to offer support and guidance to new patients who are starting treatments at Tennessee’s first and only proton therapy treatment facility.

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The ability to resume daily activities immediately is one of the most notable aspects of choosing proton therapy for cancer treatment. It was certainly a driving force for Erven Williams of Powell, who is also an Ambassador.

“You can get your treatment and then go play golf or do anything else you might want to do that day,” he says. “Also, I just had such a great bond with the other proton patients. The involvement offered to the wives also makes things so

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Erven’s wife, Elnora, agrees that her involvement was crucial to her husband’s positive experience with his cancer treatment.

“During that time, you have to be very supportive and understanding,” she says. “It is important to keep a good sense of humor as well as a sense of calm. The support group is great; wives are able to talk about their concerns and how to properly support their husbands.” She compares the support group to one big family.

The rst to receive proton therapy at Provision, Jerry Brooks of Oak Ridge, recalls

his decision to choose proton therapy for treatment of his prostate cancer.

“Like most, I had considered all my options,” he remembers. “My daughter talked to me about proton therapy, and I was already considering it myself. I was able to speak with the doctor here at Provision for an hour the rst time I stopped by, and he even offered to go ahead and examine me.”

Jerry was relieved when he found out that he would be able to seek proton therapy here in Knoxville rather than having to travel out of state.

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that this facility at Provision was opening much later, so I was very happy to learn that it would be open in time for my treatment and allow me to stay in the Knoxville area,” he says.

Jerry and his wife, Janice, are glad that proton therapy offers Jerry fewer complications than regular radiation.

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Aisin Automotive to expand in Clinton $53.8 million investment to create 81 jobs

By Sandra Clark Aisin Automotive Casting Tennessee Inc. is expanding its plant in Clinton.

The $53.8 million investment will create 81 new jobs over the next two years in Saito Anderson County, said Bill Hagerty, the state’s commissioner of Economic and Community Development.

It’s the company’s second major expansion since locating in Tennessee in 2004. According to its website, the Clinton plant has 580 full-time employees.

It contains 524,000 square feet located on 82.5 acres.

Aisin Automotive produces die and gravity casting, machining and assembly for Toyota, General Motors, Nissan, Honda and others.

Hagerty said 900 auto manufacturers and suppliers call Tennessee home.

“Thriving companies like Aisin recognize the benefits of doing business in our state and continue to take advantage of our prime lo-

Ryan Fogg shows off his talents for the Knoxville Steinway Society.

cation and superior business climate.

“I appreciate Aisin’s decision to further invest in Tennessee and thank the company for its continued confidence in our qual- Aisin’s plant at 221 Frank L. Diggs Drive, Clinton ity workforce,” he said in a press release.

Stephen Barnes, presiThe Japan-based Aisin throughout North America. dent of Aisin Automotive Seiki Co. Ltd. was founded Casting Tennessee Inc., in 1965 by Kanshiro Toyo- Beretta USA to build thanked both the state and da, who continues as board plant in Gallatin TVA for support in the ex- chair. His older cousin, Also last week, Gov. Bill pansion, and local officials Kiichiro Toyoda, founded thanked the Clinton Utili- Toyota Motor Corporation Haslam and Beretta USA anties Board, local power in 1937 as a spinoff nounced the company will supplier. of the family busi- expand its U.S. operations WHERE The Clinness, Toyota by building a new firearms the manufacturing plant in the ton plant is a Industries. subsidiary of T o y o t a Gallatin Industrial Park near Aisin World M o t o r Nashville.

Beretta will invest $45 Corp. of Company America, headin March million in a manufacturing ed by president 2013 was the 13th- and R&D facility and create Masayasu “Mike” largest company in 300 new Tennessee jobs.

Beretta is the world’s oldSaito. the world by revenue with est manufacturing dynasty, On the AWA website, 333,498 employees worldoperating since 1526 in Saito says AWA operates wide.

32 plants and facilities The Clinton operation Italy. The company is priin North America with is a full-process, die cast- vately owned and operated 80,000 employees. It is the ing facility that includes by members of the 15th and sales headquarters of Aisin casting, machining and as- 16th generations of the BeSeiki, the parent company. sembly to produce engine retta family.

The company manufac“Our global history is rich, components such as water and we are proud to have be- pumps, oil pumps and pis- tures the U.S. Armed Forces come a trusted supplier to tons that will be installed M-9 pistol, the standard virtually every auto maker in in automobiles produced sidearm of U.S. soldiers the world,” he writes.

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Curing cabin fever Members of the Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce got a chance to cure their cabin fever after a few days of road troubles early last week. The Chamber hosted its weekly networking event at FSG Bank on Campbell Station Road.

Co-host was Campbell Station Wine & Spirits.

Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce CEO Bettye Sisco introduces David Haynes at the chamber’s networking event. Haynes is marketing director of FSG Bank, co-host for the event. Photos by

After-hours treats at American Piano Gallery

By Sherri Gardner Howell When the American Piano Gallery, 11651 Parkside Drive, opens its doors after hours, it is always a special time for music lovers. The gallery, which is the home of Steinway pianos in Knoxville, hosts performances and recitals for organizations such as Joy of Music and the Knoxville Steinway Society.

The Steinway Society treated the community to the music of Ryan Fogg on piano and Glenda Cloutier on trumpet in a concert on Jan. 19. Fogg is assistant professor of music and director of keyboard studies at Carson-Newman University. He teaches courses in applied piano, class piano, piano pedagogy, piano literature and accompanying.

Cloutier, who is on the adjunct faculty at CarsonNewman, has performed with Knoxville Symphony, the University of Tennessee Brasswind Quintet, the Knoxville Wind Symphony and the Clarence Brown Theatre orchestra. She has performed with the Minnesota and St. Paul Chamber Orchestras and toured with the River City Brass Band

Glenda Cloutier performs for an appreciative crowd at American Piano Gallery in Turkey Creek. Photos by Justin Acuff

and as an extra for the Pittsburgh Symphony.

Their program featured works by Barat, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Enesco and Arutiunian.

Coming up at the gallery is the Steinway Society’s program of music from Pellissippi State School of Music at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 16. The concert is free.

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ADDICTION MEDICINE Roads were more welcoming for the event on Jan. 30, and a good crowd joined in the fun. Chamber CEO Bettye Sisco introduced FSG marketing executive David Haynes who gave a welcome and overview of FSG. “Like everyone else, FSG had its share of troubles during the market crash,” said Haynes. “But we have rebounded nicely and are currently rebranding FSG with new colors and a new logo.”

FSG is a full-service bank but specializes in primary lending to owner-managed businesses, said Haynes.

The bank is planning a grand re-opening for Feb. 28.

The Chamber was also promoting its April 11 annual Silent and Live Auction.

The theme is Once Upon a Time, and the Chamber is recruiting sponsors for the fundraiser. Registration for sponsorships will close at the end of February. Contact Terri Lester at terri@ farragutchamber.com.

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Family caregivers are going beyond just stopping over to visit mom and dad at home and the responsibilities can mount. Those who care for an older family member are more likely to report poor health themselves, and caregiver burnout is all too common.

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According to the study, three of four caregivers work full-time while providing an average of 20 hours per week of assistance.

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Botanical Garden plants seeds for urban ag center

By Nick Della Volpe The leadership team at Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum (KBGA) is planning for a 20-acre Center for Urban Agriculture at the East Knox facility. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s part of the master plan prepared with help from Louisville architects De Leon & Primmer to improve the functionality of this 47-acre community resource which hosts individual and public events and welcomes both locals and tourists.

A $1 million visitors center will open this year, and leaders are working on other growth needs including an education center, a greenhouse/special events center and a conservatory.

The proposed Center for Urban Agriculture has an educational role.

It started life as a community garden and outdoor classroom. The original scale, though modest, soon took off and hosted learning visits from nearby schools like Green Magnet, Sarah Moore

Greene and Austin-East.

Community gardens and raised vegetable beds now cover some 31,000 square feet under plow. Students enjoy the sunshine and festive outdoor atmosphere at the nascent Center, and leave thinking about where natural food comes from, and how they might bring that knowledge to their homes. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a working partner in the local food trend.

The master plan calls for expansion of the tilled area and refurbishment of several older structures into farm support, food preparation and service buildings. Partners include UT, the state Department of Agriculture, the Knox County Health Department and various corporate sponsors.

This expansion will enable the Center and participating schools and neighbors to grow, preserve (can), cook and serve fresh foods while providing canned produce to neighbors and visitors here.

What about money?

KBGA needs $500,000 to fund the Ag Center and restore the existing buildings. Some 22,500 square feet of refurbished buildings will house food storage and equipment, the proposed farmers market, a children/family education center, a kitchen prep, canning and food service area, plus administrative space.

KBGA has asked the city to contribute $250,000 with the remaining amounts to be raised from private donations. Somehow, someway, they vow to get this done.

KBGA traces its roots to 1786 with the Howell family. The Howell Nursery remains one of Tennesseeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s oldest continuously-operated businesses.

Info or to volunteer: Keyes Williamson, 8628717; Dr. Alan Solomon, 524-5087; or www.knox garden.com.

Nick Della Volpe represents District 4 on Knoxville City Council and writes a weekly business feature for Shopper-News.

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By Phyllis Nichols I often say that numbers and data donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t tell the story of what the Urban League does, people do. People like Jonathan Bingham. When he was a student at AustinEast MagHigh Phyllis Nichols net School, Jonathan knew he wanted to be a DJ, but he wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sure where to start.

After completing the Knoxville Area Urban Leagueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Project Ready college access program, Jonathan was well-prepared for his ďŹ rst semester at Middle Tennessee State University and is now on his way to making his radio dreams come true. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Project Ready planted the seed in me, and I will water that seed with my dedication and commitment,â&#x20AC;? Bingham said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll take what I learned and give it what it needs to grow, so I can be successful.â&#x20AC;?

The Urban League program provides a comprehensive approach to prepare young students and their families for the challenges and promise of higher education. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If I hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t had Project Ready in my life, I would be unprepared and unconnected,â&#x20AC;? Bingham said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Through my connections in Project Ready, I was able to jump-start my career.â&#x20AC;?

Project Ready students participate in a Career Exploration Tour at Scripps Networks Interactive. Activities like this help students likes Jonathan Bingham network with others and prepare for college success.

Bingham got on the right career track by connecting with a mentor who introduced him to WUTK-FM 90.3. He later had the opportunity to be a volunteer disc jockey for the college radio station and experience ďŹ rsthand what his dream career could be.

Beyond connecting students with mentors and career settings, Project Ready focuses on developing students academically, socially and culturally. The interviewing, presentation and networking skills that Bingham gained were invaluable.

At Middle Tennessee, he was selected out of 150 applicants to be a member of the Freshman Council within the Student Government Association. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I felt prepared and conďŹ dent in my interview skills,â&#x20AC;? Bingham said.

Project Ready also inspired Bingham to connect with Knox County students outside of his high school.

Now, he understands the importance of the community as a whole beyond his

circle of friends. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Project Ready connects the community,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It gives young people the opportunity to experience other communities in Knoxville. It helps break down stereotypes from different high schools and allows students to form friendships with those they otherwise wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t meet.â&#x20AC;?

Bingham encourages every student interested in college to take advantage of Project Ready. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you want a head start, get into Project Ready, because the people who lead you have been through the journey that you are just starting,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It gives students real insight into college life and how to prepare for a successful career.â&#x20AC;?

Students can start Project Ready as early as middle school and participate throughout their high school years. Info: Education and Youth Coordinator Nichole Tillman at ntillman@thekaul.org or 865-524-5511.

Phyllis Nichols is president and CEO of the Knoxville Area Urban League

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NEWS FROM GRACE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF KNOXVILLE

Changing lives in Saint Lucia

By Rachel Hannon, Grace math and Bible teacher In January, eight Grace Christian Academy students and three adults traveled to Saint Lucia on a mission trip.

Saint Lucia, an island in the Eastern Caribbean Sea, is half the size of Knox County and has a population of about 175,000 people. On the island, the GCA team partnered with Faith Baptist Church. The trip was part of the GCA Winterim program, which gives high school students the opportunity to gain experiences and develop skills outside of the regular classroom.

The team helped with relief efforts following a severe Christmas Eve storm. The storm came with no warning, dropping more than 15 inches of rain in a 24-hour period.

The torrential downpours and flash flooding caused numerous landslides and destroyed many homes. The fishing village of Anse La Raye was one of the areas most impacted.

When the team arrived, there was no running water in the village; rainwater collected in buckets was the only source of drinkable water. Families were still in the process of cleaning up their homes and salvaging

what they could.

In partnership with First Baptist Church, the GCA team was able to deliver more than 100 food packages in Anse La Raye. They also handed out bottles of water, clothing, toys and gospel tracts. The team was able to bring relief to some of the families and, more importantly, have an eternal impact as they showed God’s love. The team members witnessed elderly people crying in gratitude for the gift of a bag of food, children smiling at their new toys, and people reading the gospel tracts as soon as they were handed to them.

Sophomore Gabrielle Amanns reflected on her visit to the village: “As we made our way [to Anse La Raye], we could see the damage to not only the homes, but also the crops that are the only source of income for the people. When we entered the houses to give the individuals their personal packages, our hearts broke to see the hurt the people had.

One individual I was able to give a bag to was an older lady in her 70s. The entire roof of her home had been demolished, as well as all of her furniture, cushions, and floors because the water came around five feet

Grace Christian Academy juniors Christopher Koger and Taylor Shaw with Faith Baptist Church member Jorella St. Louis, deliver a food package to the home of a man in Anse La Raye, Saint Lucia.

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high in her home. Fortunately, her younger brother is in the process of fi xing her roof for her and a neighbor has allowed her to stay the nights with them for safety. However, not everyone has as much help. Today has allowed us to see how blessed

we are to have a safe home to sleep in. God definitely used today to show me how much I take for granted, and how He is in control no matter what.”

The people of Saint Lucia were not the only ones who experienced changed lives.

The GCA high school students left Saint Lucia with new memories, friendships, a greater appreciation for the blessings they have, and a deepened desire to serve others wherever and whenever they can.

Students compete in Science Fair

Grace Christian Academy students and families enjoy the Science Fair. Photo submitted

ing a platform by which young minds can be introduced to science, or have their existing curiosity expanded. The more that our children learn to appreciAt Grace Christian Acad- ate and master science, the emy, we believe in provid- more exciting our future

By Shannon Morris

Noted scientist Edward Teller once wrote that “the science of today is the technology of tomorrow.”

becomes. One such way to encourage and celebrate our students’ understanding of the scientific disciplines is our Science Fair, an event open to those in 4th through 8th grades.

Our recent Science Fair was held on Jan. 23, and we had more than 45 entrants, each providing various projects, including information on biomes, experiments on the benefits of eating breakfast, and testing the cleanliness of various water sources. Each of these projects allowed the students to explore a scientific discipline, and to gain valuable hands-on experience as they learned and developed their ideas.

Prizes were awarded by age groups, with 4th and 5th grades each receiving first, second and third place recognition. The middle school students vied for first and second place awards. Prizes included certificates, ribbons and gift cards of various amounts, and were given out by a panel of judges made up of GCA faculty

and other volunteers who have a background in science.

In the recent “Friends and Family” capital giving campaign, GCA was able to raise enough funds to update and refurbish the middle school science lab. Now students from 2nd through 8th grades will have the ability to conduct handson experiments throughout the year. This provides a means to integrate a biblical world view into the intellectual study of science, and allows these young minds to start building a foundation of knowledge and learning that can one day pave the way to nowunknown technology.

This year’s Science Fair was an unparalleled success, and we are extremely excited for next year’s event.

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HEALTH & LIFESTYLES NEWS FROM FORT SANDERS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

New member of leadership team brings substantial experience to Knoxville hospital After a nationwide search, Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center found its next Chief Nursing Office (CNO) just a couple of hours away.

Kelly Miles, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, has joined Fort Sanders Regional as CNO and will serve on the hospital’s senior leadership team assisting in the implementation of safety initiatives, staffing strategies and strategic plans.

Miles will work closely with physicians and nursing staff to ensure the hospital’s continuation of patient-centered approach to care.

“We are very pleased to welcome Kelly to the Fort Sanders team,” said Keith Altshuler, President and Chief Administrative Officer of Fort Sanders Regional. “She brings a wealth of experience and leadership to our organization that will support our existing efforts in providing excellent patient care.”

Miles has more than 16 years of experience in hospital leadership and 27 years of nursing experience. Throughout her career, she has held a variety of leadership roles, including vice president of operations, chief nursing officer, consultant and other nursing executive roles.

“Fort Sanders Regional and Covenant Health have a wonderful reputation for providing quality care and confidence that they will deal with whatever health care reform brings without jeopardizing their high expectations for patient care,” said Miles. “I am excited to meet all my new colleagues

trative Officer of LeConte Medical Center.

“At this point in my career, I have worked in both large academic and small community hospitals. So, I guess one could say that I have worked both ends of the spectrum when it comes to my hospital management experience,” said Miles. “I believe this broad range of experiences poKelly Miles, MSN, RN, NEA-BC sitions me well to assist Regional in whatever capacity and learn more about the great care that I am needed provided by Regional and throughmost. out the Covenant Health system.”

“I am comfortMiles comes to Fort Sanders able discussing Regional from Saint Thomas Ruthhigh level strategic erford Hospital in Murfreesboro, planning or cawhere she served as Vice President pable of rolling up of Patient Care and Chief Nursing Officer. my sleeves to deal with day-to-day operaShe replaces Jenny Hanson, who left the tions. I love all facets of health care, espeCNO position at Fort Sanders to assume cially making a difference for patients and the role of President and Chief Adminis- those who care for patients every day.”

VHA recognizes clinical excellence by local medical facility Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center has been honored by VHA Inc. for achieving clinical excellence in several areas.

Fort Sanders Regional received a Leadership Award for Clinical Excellence for being among the Top 10 highest scores nationally in 2012. The criteria for receipt of the award was based on the following: ■ Value-based Purchasing (VBP) Total Performance Score ■ 30-Day Readmissions Index for Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI), Heart Failure and Pneumonia ■ Overall costs of care Fort Sanders received the honor for exceptionally highlevel performance among acute care hospitals with more than 250 beds.

“We are very humbled to receive this recognition from VHA. Our staff and physicians work tirelessly to provide the quality, compassionate care our patients have come to expect from Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center,” says hospital President and

Keith Altshuler, FSRMC President and CAO CAO Keith Altshuler.

VHA is a national network of not-for-profit health care organizations that set new levels of clinical performance, identify and implement best practices to improve operational efficiency and clinical outcomes, and work together to drive maximum savings in the supply chain arena.

Miles, who grew up in Nashville, served on the CMS Task Force for the American Organization of Nurse Executives. She is a member of the American Nurses Association, American Organization of Nurse Executives and Sigma Theta Tau International.

Miles has a master’s degree in nursing from the University of Phoenix and earned her bachelor’s and associate degree in nursing from Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee.

As she steps into her new role, Miles said she will continue to follow the philosophy she’s developed in nearly three decades as a leader in health care.

“I have two simple goals. First is to keep the patient at the center of all that we do to ensure safe, quality and timely care. Second, it is equally important to create an environment where employees and physicians feel valued and choose to work,” she said. “I think if an organization achieves these two goals, everything else needed for success will follow.”

Outside of work, Miles is excited to find herself in East Tennessee. As the youngest of five children, she said there will be plenty of familiar faces around Knoxville, including two nephews currently attending the University of Tennessee. She’ll be joined

by Michael, her husband of nearly 25 years, and their two beautiful standard poodles and an unintentionally adopted black cat.

“We have always loved visiting the area and can’t wait to see and enjoy more of it.”

Hospice volunteers needed Faced with rising patient levels, Covenant Hospice is urgently seeking volunteers to fill a variety of support roles throughout a 16-county region of East Tennessee.

Hospice volunteers are part of an interdisciplinary team working to “de-institutionalize” the dying experience and provide a more humane system of care for these patients and their families.

Volunteers give the family added support during the last phase of a patient’s life, whether it’s sitting with patients and their families, performing light housework, shopping for groceries or preparing meals, or other errands.

“The most difficult and most rewarding part of being a hospice volunteer is the same,” says Katie McLaughlin, who currently oversees about 15 volunteers as volunteer coordinator for Covenant Hospice.

“Getting to know the family at this stage of the patient’s life is so rewarding but it’s often difficult when the patient dies. Still, the good outweighs the bad. Knowing you’ve made a difference in someone’s life when they needed you most is incredible.”

According to the National Hospice Foundation, a national organization that partners with the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization to improve end-of-life care, hospice

volunteers are an essential part of an interdisciplinary team that addresses the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of the patient and their family.

For that reason, McLaughlin says the main trait needed by hospice volunteers is compassion.

“Volunteers have to have compassion for the family as well as the patient,” she says. “Hospice volunteers go into the assignment knowing the patient has about six months or less to live.”

In addition to working directly with patients and families in their homes, other volunteer areas include providing clerical help in the office, as a resource contact for seminars and workshops, fundraising, public relations or aiding with community events such as Covenant Hospice’s monthly grief support groups or Katerpillar Kids Camp, a special weekend day camp for children under 12 who are grieving the loss of a loved one.

The first hospice program in Tennessee, Covenant Hospice now serves Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox, Loudon, Monroe, Morgan, Roane, Scott, Sevier and Union counties.

For more information on becoming a hospice volunteer, call 865-374-0864 or look under the “Hospice” tab at CovenantHomeCareandHospice.com.

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Music is avocation

Dr. John Harrison: In any gathering of local professional musicians, the talk often turns to medical concerns. Just like typists and other professionals who use their hands intensively, musicians are often plagued by repetitive stress injuries.

And when the subject of doctors comes up, there’s one name you’ll hear over and over. “Dr. John Harrison,” says a KSO violist, “gets musicians.”

He gets them because he is one. So is his wife. So are his four daughters.

Dr. John Harrison, a hand specialist with Tennessee Orthopedic Clinic, and his wife, Margaret Harrison, came of age in a culture-rich atmosphere. Originally from Winnipeg in the Canadian province of Manitoba, both have music in their blood going back many generations.

“My parents adored music, and they passed that appreciation on to all their children,” Dr. John says. His father and grandmother were pianists, and his grandfather’s beautiful tenor voice garnered many engagements.

He grew up singing in the choir at St. John’s Anglican Cathedral in Winnipeg. At age 8 he joined the

Carol Zinavage

Carol’s Corner treble section, and he sang with the group “all the way through medical school. I guess I’ve been affiliated with some choral group or another for well over 50 years running and have loved it all.”

Though he doesn’t say so, Dr. John also has a soloquality tenor voice.

Margaret’s musical pedigree is also distinguished.

Her maternal grandfather was one of the founders of the Canadian Federation of Music Festivals. He devoted his life to improving the standards of church and community choirs, soloists and instrumentalists. “After he died,” Margaret says, “they had to hire three men to replace him!”

She majored in piano and voice at the University of Manitoba and also learned the organ. She taught piano

to put herself through college but didn’t enjoy it. Fortunately, she discovered the “joy of accompanying! I love helping a soloist put a song across. There is something very gratifying about it. I believe that when you are given a gift, it’s important to develop it in gratefulness to God. “Performing is my act of praise.”

This is good news to Peter van Eenam, music director at Westminster Presbyterian Church, where the Harrisons have been faithful members since 1985.

“I’m very pro-Harrison,” he laughs. “It has been a joy for me to have had them in our midst. They have enabled our music ministry in every way.” Van Eenam credits the Harrisons with helping to raise standards so that more difficult repertoire can be explored. “They have informed my work as a choral director continually.”

The church’s lively Westminster Players perform musical-theater productions. Margaret has acted as both pianist and musical director on several occasions, and two of the four daughters have had leading roles.

The Harrison family gathers at a wedding on Turks and Caicos in 2008. Meredith, grandmother Audrey Belyea, John, Margaret, Andrea and Nicola. Photo by J.P. Mackay

Ah yes, the daughters.

All four – Andrea, Meredith, Nicola and Dorothy – sing, or have sung, in choirs for a good portion of their lives. Meredith has sung with the Knoxville Opera Company. She says, “We’re all musical. All of us girls grew up playing piano.” The tradition continues; many of the daughters’ own children are music students in various disciplines.

Andrea, Meredith and Nicola performed “Three Little Maids From School

Are We” from Gilbert and Sullivan’s opera “The Mikado” for one of their parents’ anniversary parties.

Meredith rewrote the words to be “Three Little Maids from Tennessee!”

Dr. John enjoys his orthopedic practice and says he “never seriously considered music as a career. Medicine had already captured my imagination.

“I wanted music always to be an avocation. I never wanted to risk losing my enthusiasm for it.”

Alysse Mackay, 8 months, tries her hand at the piano while being held by her grandmother, pianist Margaret Harrison. Photo by Meredith Mackay

Meet the Shopper-News community reporters

By Sandra Clark Shopper-News is bigger than the paper you’re holding. Each week we produce eight editions, seven zoned for specific communities in Knox County and another mailed to every home in Union County.

Over upcoming weeks, we’ll introduce the community reporters who develop

relationships and cover local happenings. Each will explain how she came to this job and why she stays.

Nick Della Volpe, who writes for our East zone, called to say he gave a ride to a neighbor who commented on his column.

“I’ve got a reader!” said Nick. And now I know. He’s hooked too.

Bean brings endless curiosity to role

By Betty Bean Community reporter for East Knox and Knox County Schools Beans have been in East Tennessee since before it was a state, and I’m one of them. My mom was a Knox County school teacher and

Loving and Loyal companions … need a home!

Bo and Pepper are, we believe, 7-year-old golden retriever and beagle siblings. They weigh approximately 40-45 lbs each. Suddenly their world as they knew it came to an end last November when their owner, a senior gentleman, a Vietnam Veteran and Navy Seal, lost his home and he had to surrender 7 dogs to a local humane society. Their story can be found here <http:// tinyurl.com/m64hj53> These two need a home, preferably together, with someone who will restore their faith in the human race, be patient, kind and considerate and help them overcome their fears. In return they will be loving loyal companions. If you cannot adopt, please consider fostering.

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my dad worked for the telephone company. My grandfather was a well-known church choir director and a mail carrier known as the Singing Mailman.

I grew up in Fountain City reading comic books in Bryant’s Drugstore and buying Baby Ruth bars at Smut Smith’s on my way home from school. We moved to the Ritta community, and I was graduated from Holston High School (Bob Knicely taught me to say it that way), and the University of Tennessee. I raised my children here, and worked a variety of jobs from cooking at Zeke and Dan’s to taking census before getting my degree in 1974.

I have been employed, intermittently, by some version of the Shopper-News for 30 years. In between those times, I worked as a reporter for the Mountain Press

Betty Bean enjoys covering meetings at venues with food.

in Sevier County, the daily Knoxville Journal and Metro Pulse. I’ve written about politics, the police beat and Cas Walker. I covered state government in Nashville for the Journal and local government for all the abovementioned publications.

What I’ll be doing now

is covering East Knox and Downtown North, as well as the school board, which appears to be in for interesting times.

I do what I do because I am endlessly curious and involved with my community. I hope to continue for some time.

Once upon a time, I needed work

By Cindy Taylor

Community reporter for Powell and Norwood Once upon a time I needed work. I saw an ad for a reporter for The ShopperNews and answered it. To my absolute surprise I was offered the job. For some as yet undiscovered reason they still let me stay.

For the first four years on the job I worked the beat in Union County with Shannon Carey as my editor.

I didn’t know anyone there when I started, but everyone was so friendly and accepting it wasn’t long until I came to know and love all the people.

Still miss my UC peeps.

Then Sandra tossed the newspaper basket into the air as she is wont to do and this reporter landed in Powell, Norwood and West Haven.

Having been raised in Halls I thought this would be an easy transition. But these areas are much more widespread than Halls or Maynardville – and it takes some time to make your mark. But all the folks are friendly and we are getting to know each other.

As an English major, I

Auburn Taylor, 2, enjoys finger-painting with his grandmother, Cindy Taylor. Auburn, now 13, was the first of 7 grandchildren. always believed I could be a writer. I quickly learned, with much help and patience from my editors, that journalism is a style unto itself and I was not nearly as talented as I had believed myself to be.

Even so, I love what I do because of the people I get to meet. There are interesting lives all around us and it is my job and joy to discover many of them.

Be patient with me, lovely people of Powell, Norwood

and West Haven. If you haven’t met me yet I may be showing up at your school, business or holodeck soon.

Actually, if you have a holodeck please get in touch ASAP. If you don’t, I would still like to hear from you. Yours is a story I would love to write.

Live long and prosper people of the north and thank you for letting those of us at The Shopper write your happily ever after. ...

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WEDNESDAY, FEB. 5 Regal Classic Film Series featuring “Groundhog Day,” 2 and 7 p.m., Downtown West Cinema 8, 1640 Downtown West Blvd.

“Adventures in Media Advertising: 58 Years and Running,” A Brown Bag Lecture by Hal Ernest, noon, East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Free. Attendees are encourages to bring a “brown bag” lunch. Info: 215-8824 or www.EastTNHistory.org.

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WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, FEB. 5-6

THROUGH SUNDAY, FEB. 16 “The Whipping Man” presented by the Clarence Brown Theatre Company in the Carousel Theatre on UT Campus. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays. Info/tickets: 9745161 or www.clarencebrowntheatre.com.

MONDAY, FEB. 3 Tennessee Shines featuring The Howlin’ Brothers and poet Dawn Coppock, 7 p.m., WDVX studio, Knoxville Visitor Center, 301 S. Gay St. Broadcast on WDVX-FM, 89.9 Clinton, 102.9 Knoxville. Tickets: $10, at WDVX and www.BrownPaperTickets.com. Info: www.WDVX.com.

“A Woman Called Truth” presented by the WordPlayers, 7 p.m., Moses Teen Center, 220 Carrick St. Free touring show; no reservations required. Info/ full schedule of performances: 539-2490 or www. wordplayers.org.

Ossoli Circle meeting, Ossoli Clubhouse, 2511 Kingston Pike. Program, 10:30 a.m.: “Foothills Land Conservancy,” by Bill Clabough, Executive Director of the Conservancy. Business meeting, 11:30 a.m. Lunch to follow. Visitors welcome. Info: 577-4106.

“Shamrock Ball - A Father-Daughter Dance” ticket sales begin, Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Advance tickets: $15 for couple, $5 each additional person; at the door: $20 per couple, $8 each additional person. Tickets available at Town Hall during business hours (8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday) or www.townoffarragut.org through noon Friday, March 7. Info: Lauren Cox, lauren.cox@ townoffarragut.org or 966-7057.

“Catalytic Structures: Transformed Types” lecture by Nader Tehrani, 5:30 p.m., UT Art and Architecture Building, 1715 Volunteer Blvd. Part of the UT Church Memorial Lecture Series. Free and open to the public.

TUESDAY, FEB. 4 Caregiver Support Group meeting, 10 a.m.noon, Room E 224, Concord UMC, 11020 Roane Drive.

Guest speaker: Cindy Cleveland of Wellsprings Senior Living. Info: 675-2835.

Reception honoring Farragut High School Art Show artists and their works, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive.

Free and open to the public. Exhibit runs through Feb. 14. Info: Lauren Cox, 966-7057 or lauren.cox@townof farragut.org.

TUESDAYS, FEB. 4-25 Pilates class, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Community Room, Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive.

Instructor: Simon Bradbury. Cost: $40. Registration/ payment deadline: Monday, Feb. 3. Info/to register: 966-7057.

TUESDAYS, FEB. 4-MARCH 11 Living Well with Chronic Conditions, 9:30 a.m.-noon, Knox County Health Department classroom, 140 Dameron Ave. Free. To register: 215-5170.

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2BR, 2.5BA Ftn. City, appls. included, priv. patio, 1 car gar., $850/ mo. $50/mo. HOA. Call 865-679-8105.

AARP Smart Driver class, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Oak Ridge Senior Center, 728 Emory Valley Road, Oak Ridge. Info/to register: Carolyn Rambo, 584-9964.

a.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Recommended for birth to not-yet-walking. Info: 215-8750.

Retro Game Night, 7-10 p.m., Heska Amuna Synagogue, 3811 Kingston Pike. Admission: $15 per person.

Limited to the first 25 to RSVP. To RSVP: 522-0701.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, FEB. 8-9 Holland Tulip Bulb Sale and Giveaway, 10 a.m.4 p.m. Saturday, noon-4 p.m. Sunday, Windsor Square Shopping Center, adjacent to Bailey’s Sports Grille.

Hosted by Knoxville Green. Proceeds will be used to plant additional daffodils along Pellissippi Parkway and to support other projects of Knoxville Green. To purchase large quantity of bulbs (more than 500) before the sale: Suzy Compere, 706-614-3503.

SUNDAY, FEB. 9

THURSDAY, FEB. 6 Beginning Jewelry class for ages 13 and up, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Community Room, Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Instructor: Sheila Akins.

Cost: $35. Registration/payment deadline: Tuesday, Feb. 4. Info/to register: 966-7057.

Panel discussion on online journalism, 7 p.m., Laurel Theater, at the corner of Laurel Avenue and 16th Street. Hosted by the Knoxville Writers’ Guild. A $2 donation is requested at the door.

Free preview screening of “The Trials of Muhammad Ali,” 7 p.m., East Tennessee PBS studio, 1611 East Magnolia Ave. Followed by a moderated panel discussion with the Rev. Chris Buice of Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church and Dr. Amadou Sall, professor of African Studies at the University of Tennessee. Free and open to the public.

FRIDAY, FEB. 7 First Friday reception for the Arts & Culture Alliance National Juried Exhibition of 2014, 5-9 p.m., the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. Awards ceremony, 6 p.m. The National Juried Exhibition is on display Feb. 7-March 1, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday; 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

Saturday. Info: 523-7543 or www.knoxalliance.com.

Opening reception for Art Market Gallery’s February featured artists, painter Diana Dee Sarkar and wood-turner Gordon Fowler, 5:30 to 9 p.m., Art Market Gallery, 422 S. Gay St. Complimentary refreshments and live music performed by Living Room Roots. The exhibit runs through March 2. Info: 525-5265; artmarketgallery .net; facebook.com/Art.Market.Gallery.

Opening reception for exhibit by artist Christi Shields, 6-9 p.m., Bliss Home, 29 Market Square.

Complimentary Steamboat Sandwiches. Exhibit will be featured for the month of February.

Free Valentine’s Day-themed open house, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Tennessee Theatre. House organist Bill Snyder will play the Mighty Wurlitzer; backstage tours; photo-booth available.

Church Women United meeting, 10:30 a.m., Washington Pike UMC, 2241 Washington Pike. Program: “Celebrate Human Rights.”

Regal Classic Film Series featuring “Sleepless in Seattle,” 2 p.m., Downtown West Cinema 8, 1640 Downtown West Blvd.

MONDAY, FEB. 10 Tennessee Shines featuring Darden Smith and author Jayne Morgan, 7 p.m., WDVX studio, Knoxville Visitor Center, 301 S. Gay St. Broadcast on WDVX-FM, 89.9 Clinton, 102.9 Knoxville. Tickets: $10, at WDVX and www.BrownPaperTickets.com. Info: www.WDVX.com.

Muslim Journeys: Point of View – “The House of Stone,” 6-8 p.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Info: Mary Pom Claiborne, 215-8767 or mclaiborne@knoxlib.org.

All Over the Page: “Fin and Lady” by Cathleen Schine, 6:30 p.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Facilitated by Suzanne Sherman, School Media Specialist, Hardin Valley Academy. All welcome.

Info: 215-8750.

TUESDAY, FEB. 11 Harvey Broome Group, Sierra Club meeting, 7 p.m., Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 2931 Kingston Pike. Program: “Bicycle Connections” by Nan Woodbury.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 12 Regal Classic Film Series featuring “Sleepless in Seattle,” 2 and 7 p.m., Downtown West Cinema 8, 1640 Downtown West Blvd.

“Social Media Marketing for Artists and Creatives” workshop, noon-1 p.m., the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. Presented by the Arts & Culture Alliance.

Cost: $3 for members; $5 for nonmembers. Info/preregister: 523-7543 or www.knoxalliance.com/development. html.

UT Film Series: “Beauty is Embarrassing” documentary, 8 p.m., McCarty Auditorium of the Art and Architecture Building, 1715 Volunteer Blvd. Free and open to the public. Info: http://utk.edu/go/hf.

SATURDAY, FEB. 8

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, FEB. 12-13

“Year of the Horse Adult Dance,” a Chinese New Year celebration, 7-9 p.m., Farragut High School commons area. Tickets: $6 per person in advance; $10 per person at the door. Info: 966-7057.

Winter Market: an indoor farmers market, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Historic Southern Railway Station, 306 Depot Ave. Hosted by Nourish Knoxville. Info: http:// www.marketsquarefarmersmarket.org.

The Freight Hoppers Old-Time String Band, 8 p.m., Laurel Theater, corner of 16th and Laurel Avenue.

Tickets, $14: http://www.knoxtix.com, 523-7521 and at the door. Info: Brent Cantrell or Toby Koosman, 5225851, or email concerts@jubileearts.org.

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

Saturday Stories and Songs: Molly Moore, 11

AARP Smart Driver class, 1-5 p.m., Cheyenne Ambulatory Center, 964 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge. Info/to register: Carolyn Rambo, 584-9964.

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SATURDAY, FEB. 15 Saturday Stories and Songs: Charlene Ellis, 11 a.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Info: 470-7033.

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Whisnant gets the scoop on TAVR Ashlyn Whisnant reads the newspaper regularly, and one of the topics she’s been particularly interested in reading about the past couple of years has been Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement, also known as TAVR. However, Whisnant no longer needs to read about TAVR in the paper. She’s experienced it firsthand. Today, it’s her turn to be the one people read about, as she joins the growing number of East Tennesseans who have TAVR success stories.

TAVR is a minimally-invasive surgical procedure to repair a heart valve without removing an older, damaged one. It delivers a fully collapsible replacement valve to the valve site through a catheter. When expanded, it pushes the old valve leaflets out of the way, so the tissue in the replacement valve can take over the job of regulating blood flow.

Stories about TAVR were of particular interest to the 81-year-old Whisnant because she’d had triple bypass surgery in 1993. She was keeping tabs on what was going on with her heart.

“I had a stress test every year with my cardiologist, because they wanted to watch what my heart was doing,” Whisnant says.

“As a result of those stress tests every year, they observed that my aortic valve was becoming smaller due to calcification.”

Whisnant says she was monitored closely, then last summer as shortness of breath became a more obvious problem, she received sobering news. “They told me ‘it’s gotten to the point where you’ve got to do

something about it,’ ” Whisnant recalls, “and they referred me back to the surgeon.”

An ultrasound revealed calcification in the vessel leading to the problem valve, as well as the valve itself. Open heart surgery was not considered a safe option, and

cause of the medical staff. Having already been a heart patient at Parkwest, she was secure in the knowledge that she was in the Ashlyn Whisnant, 81, says she hands of competent, compassionate profesfollowed stories about TAVR in sionals. the paper long before she herself “They are wonderful and very encourbecame a TAVR success story. aging,” Whisnant says. “They gave me cell phone numbers and told me to call any time of day or night that I had a question or a problem. That’s a very comforting thing.”

Her faith also played a role in her level of comfort. Whisnant says she felt that if she qualified for the procedure and it worked, it would be a modern day miracle. If it didn’t, she would still come out a winner.

The procedure was successful and Whisnant says the recovery has been “flawless.”

It all played further into her faith.

“I said, ‘OK, Lord, you’re not done with me. Show me what you want me to do next,” Whisnant says.

With a newly rejuvenated heart and the shortness of breath subsided, Whisnant feels she has a calling to venture into new areas of volunteering through her church, Cedar Springs Presbyterian, possibly tutoring school children.

Whisnant knows that there will be people reading about her who are in the same position she was in last summer. She says she has a message for anyone who may face Whisnant soon learned that she was going the option of TAVR at Parkwest in the futo have the procedure she’d been reading ture. about in the paper.

“If they qualify for the procedure, I’d say Whisnant says she didn’t face much fear go for it. Don’t question it,” Whisnant says as she went into Parkwest Medical Center of TAVR at Parkwest. “And just trust them. last August. That was in part, she says, be- That would be my advice. Just trust them.”

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Lenoir City vet’s trip of a lifetime gets super exposure

They often get more replays than a Peyton Manning touchdown pass, generate more buzz than Budweiser and even have their own website.

Yep, commercials for football’s biggest game get lots of attention.

That’s why Beaulis Lively, a 91-year-old Lenoir City man, was so awed to see himself during Sunday’s ultimate football rivalry as Covenant Health aired a new, 30-second commercial featuring him.

“I’ve got to tell you my head has been in the clouds,” said Lively.

“That was the biggest surprise, that it was run during the bowl game.”

The commercial, which depicts Lively sitting at his kitchen table poring over old photographs from his days in the Coast Guard aboard the destroyer USS Annapolis during World War II, tells of his own battle against the odds.

In the fall of 2012, a failing heart valve had left him without time and options. Open-heart surgery was too risky. But thanks to TAVR (transaortic valve replacement) surgery at Parkwest Medical Center, he not only survived but a month later was one of 125 World War II veterans who took a whirlwind, one-day HonorAir Knoxville flight to Washington, D.C., to visit its many monuments.

For Lively, it was the trip of a lifetime – one that would not

Dr. Mike Ayres accompanied his patient Beaulis Lively on an HonorAir trip to Washington, D.C., just a month after Lively had a TAVR procedure. They are at the airport in this snapshot from the trip.

have been possible without TAVR. Grateful for his second chance, he graciously agreed to film the commercial.

“It was something new I’ll say that,” he says of the filming. “I’m just an old country boy who was glad to help ’em out any way I can.”

Since his TAVR surgery, Lively says he’s “never felt better.”

“It’s nothing short of a miracle I call it,” he says.

In fact, he found enough energy after the surgery that he’s looking forward to spring when he can again spend time doing the yard work he loves so much.

“I’m looking forward to getting out there whacking and trimming and mowing like I always did. Just

at a little slower pace,” he says with a laugh. “Last year I got it all trimmed up and looking good. Got a lot of compliments on it.”

For now, however, he’s enjoying the warmth of his son’s home in Florida where father and son pulled for Manning and the Broncos on Sunday. His next trip? Lively laughs before confessing that it could very well be Disney World.

For more information about TAVR, visit www.

TreatedWell.com/TAVR or www. covenanthealth.com/TAVR. If you missed the Super Bowl ad, you can view it on the websites. The websites also include additional footage of Mr. Lively telling about his TAVR experience.

But your cholesterol (lipoproThe risk of heart attack and stroke increases with age, espe- tein) profile tells only part of the cially after menopause. It is im- story. Your doctor will use your portant to note, however, that ath- profile in combination with other erosclerosis – the plaque buildup data, such as your medical hisin the arteries which can lead to tory and family history of heart heart attacks and strokes – is a disease, to assess your risk and progressive disease that can be- determine whether to recommend gin as early as your teens and 20s. cholesterol-lowering medication.

That’s why it’s important to start Your doctor may advise you to protecting yourself from heart make diet and lifestyle changes before prescribing medication. disease early.

First, get your blood cholesterol and blood pressure checked. The higher they are, the greater your risk for heart disease or heart attack. A cholesterol (lipoprotein) profile, a blood test done after a 9- to 12-hour fast, will measure the fats in your blood to indicate your levels of total cholesterol, LDL (“bad”) cholesterol, HDL (“good”) cho- More than one-third of the women who lesterol and triglycerides, an- die in the U.S. each year die of heart disother form of fat in the blood. ease.

In general, you’re at low For some women, heart disease risk if your total cholesterol is less than 200 mg/dL; LDL, less than is preventable by making lifestyle 100 mg/dL; HDL, greater than changes that can reduce their risk.

40 mg/dL (but preferably greater You can learn more about women than 60); and triglycerides, less and heart disease by clicking the Health Information Library link than 150 mg/dL. Normal blood pressure is at www.treatedwell.com. If you 119/79 or lower. Pre-hyperten- need help finding a physician to sion, which means that high blood help you care for your heart, click pressure is likely to develop in the the Physician Referral link. For future, is 120 to 139 for the top more details about cardiac sernumber and 80 to 89 for the lower vices at Parkwest Medical Center, number. High blood pressure, or call 865-374-PARK or visit www. hypertension, is 140/90 or higher. treatedwell.com/heart.

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