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Pond Gap update

Pond Gap’s community school program, which is designed to meet the social and economic needs of the neighborhood in which the school is located, is functioning well at the West Knoxville elementary school.

School principal Shelly McGill, assistant principal Arrin Alaniz and local educator Dr. Bob Kronick described the benefits of the program to members of the Rotary Club of Bearden.

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See Anne Hart on page A-13

Tech for students The most compelling argument for putting computers into the hands of all Knox County students came from Vine Middle Magnet School principal Cindy White.

On Sundays, her students line up along the outside walls of the school to use Wi-Fi Internet access, a commodity lacking at home for many.

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BHS counselor honored at White House

By Wendy Smith At last summer’s American School Counselor Association (ASCA) annual conference, keynote speaker Michelle Obama said that school counselors were a major focus of her Reach Higher initiative, an endeavor to get more students to attend college. As part of her effort to support school counselors, Obama promised a White House ceremony to honor the School Counselor of the Year.

She kept her word. Last weekend, the White House hosted a ceremony for the national winner, as well as 16 semifinalists. Bearden High School counselor Beverly Anderson was one of those.

Anderson won School Counselor of the Year from the Tennessee School Counselor Association (TSCA) in 2012. In conjunction with that recognition, TSCA submitted her name for the ASCA School Counselor of the Year in 2014. Each state could Bearden High School counselor Beverly Anderson chats with junior Beth Lynam about early graduation. As a semiTo page A-3 finalist for School Counselor of the Year, Anderson was invited to the White House by Michelle Obama. Photo by Wendy Smith

Arboretum entry underway Th There were more di dignitarit ies than you could shake a shovel at for last week’s groundbreaking at the Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum on Wimpole Street. City, county and regional officials joined outgoing board chair Joan Ashe (right) in stirring up a little dust to mark the start of construction for the new $1.45 million entrance and visitors center. The block structure behind the celebrants will be transformed into a glass-and-steel centerpiece for the former Howell Nursery. Completion is set for Aug. 1. Photo by Bill

For old-timers, the kerfuffle over the E-911 board’s rejection of its evaluation committee’s recommendation for a new radio system begged this question: Whatever happened to taking bids and accepting the lowest one?

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See Betty Bean on page A-5

XTERRA returns The XTERRA Off-Road Triathlon will return to the Urban Wilderness in June, and this time it’s going to be a party. The triathlon will be the “backbone” of the Knox Mountain Sports Festival planned at Ijams Nature Center for Saturday-Sunday, June 6-7.

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See Betsy Pickle on page A-3

Oscar contenders A couple of films with an Oscar spotlight on them are due to arrive in Knoxville on Friday.

Marion Cotillard, who won the Best Actress Oscar for playing Edith Piaf in 2007’s “La Vie en Rose,” is nominated in the same category for “Two Days, One Night,” a film from Belgian directing brothers Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne.

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Understanding Insure Tennessee

By Wendy Smith Gov. Bill Haslam came to town last week to educate state legislators before a special session being held this week regarding Insure Tennessee, his proposed Medicaid expansion program.

Analysis Legislators aren’t the only ones who need to be educated. Citizens need to have a basic understanding of the program so they can pass their thoughts on to their elected officials.

Haslam spent two years crafting Tennessee’s program to specifically address the spiraling cost of healthcare. It leverages federal dollars to provide health insurance to those whose income is less than 138 percent of the poverty level, which translates to approximately $16,000 for an individual and $27,000 for a family of three.

The program is expected to cover roughly 280,000 people. Over half

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This group falls into a coverage gap because they don’t qualify for Medicaid and they either don’t make enough to qualify for tax credits to help them buy coverage or can’t afford it even with tax credits.

Bill Haslam The controversy surrounding the plan comes from its utilization of federal dollars. Affordable Care Act (ACA) funds would cover 100 percent of the cost of the expansion through 2016. By 2020, the federal contribution will drop to a permanent rate of 90 percent, but Tennessee hospitals have committed to covering the state’s contribution once federal funding drops below 100 percent.

Some fear that Tennessee taxpayers will be left on the hook if federal funding dries up or hos-

pitals don’t follow through with their commitment. In the event of an emergency, Haslam has packed a parachute. The two-year pilot program will automatically terminate in either case. Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery and the head of the federal health department agreed last week that the state could legally opt out.

Haslam says he’s not a fan of the ACA because it didn’t do anything to address the rising cost of healthcare, as his plan does.

Here are the nuts and bolts of his plan. Those eligible for Insure Tennessee would have two options. Under the Volunteer Plan, participants would receive a fi xed contribution voucher that will enable them to buy into private health insurance offered by their employer. The voucher would go toward out-of-pocket expenses associated with the coverage.

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The other option, the Healthy Incentives Plan, differs from Medicaid because it has premiums and co-pays. But participants get credits for healthy behaviors, like regular screenings, and using the health system appropriately, such as going to a clinic rather than the emergency room.

If participants make good choices, they can cover their healthcare costs with credits. But they can also be disenrolled if they don’t cover copays or premiums, Haslam says.

From his perspective, Insure Tennessee is a win-win because it’s a step toward true healthcare reform and provides insurance to 200,000 residents who wouldn’t otherwise have it − without raising taxes.

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NEWS FROM GRACE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF KNOXVILLE

Discovering Grace The faculty and staff at Grace Christian Academy frequently have the opportunity to meet families who are visiting the campus at admissions events or during personal tours. Sometimes these families are relocating to the area; others live locally but are interested in learning more about GCA. Some families have children currently enrolled in public school, but feel compelled to learn more about Christian education.

One family who is new to GCA for the 2014-15 school year is the Nichols family. Ryan and Devon Nichols, long-time Knoxville residents, were already familiar with GCA campus through the Pre-K and Mother’s Day Out programs where their daughter, Camryn, attended. After Camryn had attended their local school for several years, the Nichols decided to schedule a tour at Grace Christian Academy to consider a possible transfer for Camryn. As Devon commented, “We felt so welcomed and encouraged from the beginning!”

Because Ryan and Devon Nichols are deeply rooted in their

community and highly supportive of their local public school, the decision to transfer was not one that they took lightly. After weeks of discussion and prayer, they began the admissions process for Camryn.

After transferring to GCA in the 2014-15 school year, Camryn quickly found her niche and became involved in the music department. Camryn “loves to act and sing,” according to her mother, Devon, and she auditioned for and earned a position in the Fifth Grade Honors Choir. Camryn performed her first solo during the Christmas performance, to the delight of her proud parents and other family members there to support her. She is “definitely thinking ahead” to Middle School, and plans to audition for upcoming musicals and possibly the volleyball team.

When asked for their thoughts on Grace Christian Academy and their experience here, Ryan and Devon had a lot to share. “I honestly cannot say enough good things about it,” Devon said.

“The feeling of family and the presence of God working in ev-

ery person in the school is amazing. You become friends with so many different people and everyone pulls together for the benefit of your child. There is always an open door approach and I love that.”

The Nichols family is just one of many new families that have joined our school community this year. In fact, because the experience has been overwhelmingly positive for their family, they are in the process of enrolling their younger son for the 2015-16 school year.

We encourage your family, as well, to visit our campus and experience Grace Christian Academy for yourself. The sense of community, approachability of the leadership, and the friendly environment are often the qualities that families mention to our staff after they’ve been here in person. Make plans now to attend a Preview Day or Open House event at Grace Christian Academy, or call the Admissions office to schedule a personal tour during school hours. We’d Ryan, Devon, Camryn, Rhett and Colt Nichols love to meet you!

GCA Annual Fund Updates

New tables and computers in the lower & middle school computer lab.

New, permanent bleachers in the lower and middle school gym.

Freshman, Emery Webb testing out new upper school science lab equipment.

The 2014-2015 Annual Fund Drive kicked off back in November, and because of generous gifts and offerings from board members, parents, grandparents, alumni, faculty, staff, and friends of GCA, we have almost reached our goal of $175,000! Giving to the Annual Fund each year provides an immediate impact on our students, by ways of facility and equipment improvements, and this year is no different!

Since November, exciting updates have begun! Our lower and middle school gym has

received permanent bleachers to replace the portable stands that once existed. The lower and middle school computer lab has received a complete overhaul of new tables and computers to better equip our students in the technology world. And our upper school science lab is receiving all new equipment to fully outfit their needs for a better learning environment!

Without this additional support, tuition becomes the only financial support of the school, thereby transferring the entire burden of facil-

ity renovations and improvements to current parents through tuition increases.

The participation of our donors demonstrates their belief in the school’s mission, which is to Lead, Build, and Equip our students to serve Him for future generations to come.

We would like to extend our gratitude to those who believe in this mission and have given to our Annual Fund this year!

If you would like to make a donation, please contact kbryant@gcarams.org or visit www.gcarams.org and click on the “Make a Gift” button!

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BHS counselor

Galina Usynin made traditional Russian candy from potatoes and chocolate with help from her son, Pond Gap fifth-grader Vanya Usynin.

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submit four names, and last October, Anderson learned that she was a semifinalist.

She received the invitation to the White House on Dec. 17 − her birthday. She has been a counselor for Knox County Schools for nine years and worked at Bearden for seven.

The weekend included a meeting with congressional representatives and a black-tie gala at Union Station.

Michelle Obama and actor Connie Britton of “Friday Night Lights” and “Nashville” spoke at the White House ceremony.

School counselors have a broad range of responsibilities in Knox County. Bearden has five counselors. A dedicated freshman counselor has a caseload of 556 students − roughly the same number of students enrolled at the L&N STEM Academy, Anderson says. The other four counselors divide the rest of the students alphabetically, resulting in Alan Garcia-Valenzuela visited International Night with caseloads of more than 360 students each. his mom, Blanca Valenzuela, and his sister, Grissel GarciaAnderson likes dividing students alphabetically because Valenzuela, who came dressed in traditional Mexican attire. she sees the same students for three years in a row, which gives her the chance to get to know them.

The role of school counselors is to advocate for students, she says. That includes academic matters, like making sure students have an appropriate level of rigor and help with college searches and applications. She also counsels students who are facing emotional problems, which sometimes requires her to drop everything else.

“If a student walks in in crisis, everything stops.”

School counselors face a number of challenges in addition to enormous caseloads. Counselors at Bearden Kings Academy Chinese lose approximately three weeks each semester due to culture and language teacher involvement with state testing. That’s six weeks each year Sophie Wang volunteers at that could otherwise be spent counseling, she says.

Pond Gap and stopped by The college admissions process has become much International Night to share more complicated in recent years. Many schools now use her heritage. “I cherish the a holistic review process, which is good in that it takes a moments with my students,” broader range of attributes into consideration. But it also said Wang. Photos by S. Barrett makes the process more “gray” because students can’t predict admission based on test scores or grades as they once could, Anderson says.

To do their jobs well, school counselors need specific training on college admissions and the opportunity to network with college counselors. Bearden counselors are fortunate to have such opportunities, she says, but some counselors don’t.

Anderson says she’s extremely humbled and honored to represent Tennessee. She also says she loves her job, where no two days are the same.

International Night is hit at Pond Gap

By Sara Barrett For one night each year, the halls of Pond Gap Elementary School are transformed into a whirlwind tour of culture and cuisine from around the world.

International Night allows students and faculty to share their heritage and show pride in family history.

Authentic recipes from Mexico, Ethiopia, Russia

and many other countries were available for folks to try as families and faculty mingled and learned the differences and similarities in the backgrounds of those from different cultures.

The event is always a great opportunity for students to learn not only how many traditions are shared, but also the importance of being unique.

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did last year, in the Urban Wilderness and at Panther Creek State Park northwest of Morristown. He expects around 100 at XTERRA Knoxville this year.

Last year saw athletes from Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and across Tennessee.

“A lot of people are intrigued by a new race,” says Roma. “It’s tough to find a good location for one. I think Knoxville is going to start to become a destination race. The Urban Wilderness is a fantastic spot to host this kind of event.”

Regular XTERRA competitors aren’t the only ones who will compete, he says.

“You get the locals who just want to try an off-road

The triathlon will include a three-quartermile swim at Mead’s Quarry lake.

By Betsy Pickle The XTERRA Off-Road Triathlon will return to the Urban Wilderness in June, and this time it’s going to be a party.

The triathlon will be the “backbone” of the Knox Mountain Sports Festival planned at Ijams Nature Center on Saturday-Sunday, June 6-7, according to Ryan Roma of Dirty Bird Events.

“When Ijams and River Sports (Outfitters) approached me about being part of the Mountain Sports Festival, I thought, ‘That’s the coolest thing I’ve ever heard,’ ” says Roma, whose company started organizing XTERRA events in Knoxville and Hamblen County last year.

Roma says the success of last year’s triathlon was the catalyst for the festival, which will be family friendly.

“There’ll be live music,” he says. “There will be food trucks at Mead’s Quarry and the nature center. There’ll be family activities as well as athlete activities. It’s basically a weekend full of outdoor activities. River Sports is going to be doing paddle boarding and guided hikes, and there’s going to be rock climbing. There’ll be a kids’ scavenger hike.”

XTERRA Knoxville Off-Road Triathlon participants will face grueling conditions in the Urban Wilderness. Photos submitted In addition to the 8 a.m.

June 7 triathlon (threequarter-mile swim, 16.5mile mountain bike and 4.2 mile-run), Dirty Bird will hold a trail run in two distances, 4.2 miles and halfmarathon, at 9 a.m. June 6.

“There’s going to be a whole weekend long of festivities at the nature center,” says Roma. “We’re just finalizing the details.

“Most of the events over the weekend are going to be free except for a few things that are entry-required like the XTERRA races. … For the most part, it will be a come-and-go festival of mountain sports.”

Roma, a lifelong endurance athlete, has lived in Knoxville for about five years and created Dirty

Bird, a race-management Ogden, Utah. and consulting firm, about Dirty Bird had about two and a half years ago.

85 athletes at each of the “Dirty Bird Events is a two XTERRA events they way to solidify myself in the outdoor world without having to train as hard,” he says. “There’s a time that I’m not going to be as competitive as I am, and this is my way of staying relevant inside the community.”

The XTERRA series offers off-road triathlons all over the country. Athletes compete at races within their region to accumulate points by winning their age group or the overall event. In the Southeast, top points earners go to the Southeast regional championships in Alabama. The best at the regionals are invited to the nationals in

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Strange story of Woody Quinn There is continuing debate about whether the chicken or egg came first, but there is no doubt about the sequence of steps to success in college football.

Recruiting precedes development. And as it relates to national signing day, be reminded that talent evaluation is almost as important as salesmanship.

Here is a touchy little story based on the fundamental truth that you can’t judge a book by the cover. It has been said that Tennessee’s Woody Quinn looked more like a big-time Southeastern Conference tight end than the big-time SEC tight ends.

He is 6-6 and 253.

Woody didn’t do much in his two years at the position but he was a contributor.

He helped the Vols maintain satisfactory academic standing in the eyes of the NCAA. He was an honor student in communications.

He earned a degree in May. He helped Butch Jones earn a bonus.

Quinn opened the 2013 season as the No. 2 tight end and played briefly in a game or three. He did not appear in the final eight. He did not play in 2014. He finished with no statistical record, but he was often in the practice spotlight.

Jones, from time to time, favored Woody with extra “coaching.� He wanted the big guy to become more explosive and provided frequent opportunities in his famous circle drill, one on one, best man wins.

On my list of unusual Tennessee stories, accumulated over more than 60 years, Woody Quinn is top 10. He was a California volleyball player, from Dana Point, high-rent district. He was nurtured at Saint Margaret’s Episcopal School in San Juan Capistrano. He

then transferred again.

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Geoff Jones, football Marvin coach at Santa Ana ColWest lege, got a call from a friend about a big kid playing volleyball. The coach was logically skeptical – until is from an artistic athletic Woody walked through the family. His father, Tim, did office doorway. Soon therewater polo at Cal-Irvine after, he thought “Wow, so and was on Team USA. His this is what great prospects brother Johnny was an all- look like.�

College basketball playAmerican pole vaulter at ers – Tony Gonzalez, AntoUCLA. Woody played football as nio Gates, Jimmy Graham a high school freshman but – were jumping to the NFL. chose volleyball. He was so Why couldn’t a volleyball promising, Olympian Karch player make half that leap?

Kiraly spent time tutoring. The coach caught himself.

Woody was twice league Could Quinn even catch a MVP, top scholar-athlete in football? He last played at the area. Pepperdine award- age 14.

A brief tryout followed – ed a scholarship.

Woody stayed a year but in a cold rain with the wind didn’t play (he was radio blowing sideways. analyst), transferred to Cal“The kid was catching evifornia Baptist and did play, erything.�

Next question: Would he stick? Quinn seemed indecisive. “He came out to practice and got better every day.�

Quinn didn’t set records: 15 catches, 252 yards, one touchdown. One recruiting service awarded two stars.

Another said he was the 213th junior college prospect in America.

Former Tennessee safeties coach Josh Conklin is credited with discovering Quinn on behalf of the Derek Dooley staff. Upon departure, Josh left notes.

New tight ends coach Mark Elder took up the project. UT wanted a junior college tight end, somebody more mature, ready to compete. Coaches checked film on everybody available and liked Woody best. They really liked his size before they heard how little he had played.

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ing athlete with excellent academic credentials is a rare find in junior college.

Elder added a few details: Great young man, going to have a great career here.

Or maybe not.

Woody Quinn is the perfect example of an evaluation error. But he impressed me, too. He didn’t quit. He got his degree.

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Madeline for Senate John McCain’s bid for president in 2008 was serious business, though in retrospect his choice for a running mate makes the campaign appear more desperate than earnest.

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Presumably the smartest guys and gals under the Republicans’ big tent signed off on Sarah Palin.

The Wasilla Wonder became the gift that keeps on giving to Democrats, as she demonstrated with her offthe-charts lunatic speech at Iowa’s recent “Freedom Summit.�

While I wouldn’t want to – in Palin’s words – “forego a conclusion,� we probably won’t have Sarah to kick around during the 2016 presidential sweepstakes.

But her nosedive doesn’t close the door to high office for women.

If Palin could rise from mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, to candidate for U.S. vice president, what’s stopping Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero?

Palin had a stint as governor along the way, but Rogero needn’t move to Nashville to outpoint a Palin on qualifications.

The Census Bureau estimates Wasilla’s 2013 population as 8,621. The estimate for Knoxville is 183,720.

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Rogero has a 30-year track record of accomplishments that include serving as a county commissioner and heading up community development for her predecessor, Bill Haslam. She’s committed to “green� development strategies.

Palin inquired about banning “objectionable� books from the Wasilla library as mayor. She’s committed to bagging grizzlies and “going rogue.�

The mayor’s qualifications allow her to stand shoulder to shoulder with nearly any Washington politician. She should consider becoming Tennessee’s U.S. Senator. The path is difficult, but doable.

The Republican-controlled Congress could be Rogero’s strongest ally. Two more years of Washington gridlock and clownish antics from the Tea Party faction might persuade a majority of Tennessee voters that change is in order.

And it’s significant that Republican Gov. Bill Haslam thought enough of Rogero to invite her into his administration. Party loyalty would prevent an outright endorsement, but powerful friends couldn’t hurt her candidacy.

Assuming re-election, Rogero’s mayoral term expires two years before Sen. Lamar Alexander’s term ends, enough time to organize and finance a statewide campaign. So, dream the impossible dream, Mayor Rogero. Let me know where to donate.

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Whatever happened to the low bid?

For old-timers, the kerfuffle over the E-911 board’s rejection of its evaluation committee’s recommendation for a new radio system begged this question:

Betty Bean

Whatever happened to taking bids and accepting the lowest one?

The easy answer is state law. There are a bunch of statutes governing public sector procurement, and those frustrated by the E-911 board’s refusal to accept the recommendation that the contract for radio services be awarded to Harris Corp. over two other bidders say the 18-month process (which involved a user committee setting up the scope of work and an evaluation committee vetting the proposals) followed every one of them.

“The basic difference between an invitation for bids

and a request for proposals is that with invitations to bid, you know exactly what you are going to buy: a pickup truck.

“With an RFP, you know what you want to accomplish but don’t know how you’re going to do it, so you have subject matter experts sitting on an evaluation committee who rank proposals,” said Hugh Holt, Knox County’s purchasing director.

“Twenty years ago, contracting was just pushing paper, not looking at what services cost. It was doing the taxpayers a disservice.”

Marty Spears, interim assistant director of County Technical Assistance Services (created in 1973 to provide technical assistance to Tennessee’s 95 counties), agrees with Holt’s assessment.

“Counties do RFPs for the lowest and best bid,” Spears said.

“State law says ‘lowest and best,’ and almost everywhere across the state, anything over $10,000 (requires an RFP) and you’ve

got to have justification for not taking the lowest and best bid. You’ve got to say why.”

And therein lies the rub.

The members of the Knox County Emergency Communications District board of directors pretty much gave the finger to Spears’ admonition – and raised a justifiable suspicion of violating the sunshine law when they all went mute when it came time to second a motion to accept the evaluation committee’s recommendation that Harris Corp. (rather than traditional Motorola, which has held the contract for nearly 30 years) be awarded a $7.4 million to $9 million (depending on who’s talking) contract for radio services.

County mayor Tim Burchett’s proxy, Jason Lay, made the motion to select Harris, and city representatives (led by Knoxville Police Department chief David Rausch) are catching the most heat.

Sheriff Jimmy “J.J.” Jones and County Commission chair (and KPD lieuten-

ant) Brad Anders also sit on the board.

Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero, also a board member, sent a proxy to the voting meeting. Burchett is ticked; Rogero is evidently stung by accusations of open meetings law violations (she’s always been an advocate of transparency) in a re-election year.

And, following what surely must be a law of nature and politics, speculation is filling the information vacuum.

One of the most popular theories – that Motorola’s hiring former county mayor Mike Ragsdale and his sidekick Mike Arms’ lobbying firm, Tennessee Strategies, tipped the process in their favor – is widely dismissed by insiders: “I could fit everybody that likes Mike Arms in a Mini Cooper,” one said.

The truth is likely closer to this: Cops have used Motorola radios for decades, they like them and feel comfortable with them, and they have bowed up to get their way.

Haslam must use political capital to pass Insure Tennessee While the odds favor Gov. Bill Haslam getting the Legislature to expand Medicaid during the current special session, it has not been an easy push. Haslam will have to use major political capital.

Senate Finance Committee chair Randy McNally of Oak Ridge, who represents part of Knox County, is clearly wary of the proposal.

He is not a bomb thrower.

His detailed questions to the state attorney general are legitimate and thoughtful.

If the Medicaid expansion should falter, it can also be brought up in the regular legislative session.

A political factor complicating matters is this: There are 73 Republicans in the House, where 50 votes are necessary to pass a bill.

Haslam could pass his bill with 26 Democrats and 24 Republicans but would leave those Republicans vulnerable to a primary challenge in August 2016 (just 18 months from now).

He really needs a majority of Republicans in the House (37) and support from Speaker Beth Harwell.

Already, very conservative groups are running radio ads attacking GOP members who are for the Haslam plan.

Harwell, who clearly

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plans on a race for governor, has not taken a position as of the writing of this column. She is scheduled to speak to the Knoxville Rotary Club on Tuesday, Feb. 10, at the Marriott. She would have to be concerned that a yes vote might irk conservative GOP voters in a statewide 2018 primary.

In the Senate, Knoxville’s Rick Briggs is a strong proponent of the plan, which has been endorsed by the Tennessee Medical Association and every hospital.

However, Sen. Brian Kelsey of Collierville, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, strongly opposes it and recently held a hearing aimed at derailing it.

This is Haslam’s most difficult legislative battle since he became governor.

■ Mayor Rogero has been caught flatfooted on the recent controversy when the 911 Board did not approve a new contract for radios. It failed without discussion for lack of a

seconding motion. Rogero simply does not attend the meetings of this board of which she is a member. She sends Gary Holliday, who works for the KPD, as her proxy.

How does the mayor justify skipping the four meetings a year of the 911 Board, which impacts the health, safety and emergency planning for the entire city? She does attend city pension board meetings and TPO, but why has she decided not to go to 911? No answer. She owes the public a justification.

The law permitting the mayor to send a proxy was meant for unavoidable absences such as illness or being out of town. It is not a pass to play hooky. When I was mayor I attended the 911 meetings regularly as did Dwight Kessel and Tommy Schumpert for the county. It never occurred to me to send a proxy unless I was out of town. I met in advance with the person to give my thoughts on the upcoming agenda.

It is clear Rogero seldom speaks to her proxy and clearly did not go over the agenda prior to this recent meeting where the $9 million contract failed. A8more prudent and observant mayor would go over the agenda prior to the meeting with

her proxy on how to vote on upcoming issues. That did not happen here, and Rogero did not even know the contract was coming up. The Burchett proxy had been instructed to make the motion to adopt it and the city representatives sat on their hands.

Apparently Rogero does not have regular briefings from Holliday after the meetings either. In this case she has met now with Holliday but has not told the public what she learned.

Holliday was silent at the meeting so we do not know what he thinks. Rogero does not deserve her upcoming $12,500-a-year pay raise based on avoiding 911 Board meetings.

■ TVA spokesperson Travis Brickey has asked that this column not refer to salaries for the new legal counsel as taxpayer funds as Congress does not vote money for TVA. I am glad to honor this request, which is all about semantics as TVA is a monopoly and ratepayers have no choice but to fund TVA through their local utility fees, which is another word for taxes. It is good to know TVA big shots are reading the Shopper and our comments on TVA waste and excessive salaries. Too bad they fail to do much about it.

government South-Doyle High School graduating junior Luke Hixson shows school board member Terry Hill how to find the approximate square footage of a new road in front of Karns Elementary School. The exercise was a demonstration of how computers are used in the classroom. Photo by Wendy Smith

Principals share 1:1 computing successes While local leaders undoubtedly benefited from a tour of South-Doyle Middle School, where computers are integrated into every classroom, the most compelling argument for putting computers into the hands of all Knox County students came from Vine Middle Magnet School principal Cindy White.

On Sunday afternoons, students line up along the outside wall of the school to take advantage of the school’s Wi-Fi Internet access because they don’t have access at home, she says. Students are hungry for technology, and her students value their computers so much that the school has the lowest repair rate in the county.

White told that story at last week’s Knox County Schools Personal Learning Environment (PLE) Showcase. Vine Magnet Middle and South-Doyle High are two of 11 Knox County schools that won the county’s 2012 Technology Challenge − now called the Personal Learning Environment (PLE) Initiative. Principals from those schools met with community leaders to share how their classrooms have felt the impact of 1:1 computing (one computer per student). Leaders also toured the school to see the computers in action and participated in a computerdriven lesson themselves.

South-Doyle High math teacher Robby Howard showed the group how to use Google Earth to calculate the size of the field at Fenway Park using trapezoids. He then asked each of them to find the area of another landmark. With the help of student ambassadors armed with laptops, leaders calculated the area of such sites as Neyland Stadium and Fountain City Lake.

During the tour, leaders met teachers like Karly Stache. She showed how she could immediately see results of a math quiz and know which students had mastered a new skill. At home, students can learn by watching short videos and participating in Google

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“hangouts,” or video conferences, before tests.

After the tour, leaders watched a video featuring Mooreland Heights Elementary School instructional coach Amber Sawyer, who talked about the benefits of 1:1 computing at the elementary level. Having computers means the teacher isn’t the sole source for learning, she says. Students are learning how to go to the right source for information by themselves.

Principals discussed the “bumps” they’ve encountered during the 18 months since computers were deployed. New students who come from traditional classrooms have a steep learning curve, and students who experience 1:1 technology at the elementary or middle school level and transition to a middle or high school that doesn’t have it are frustrated. Inappropriate Internet use still concerns some teachers, and not all students have Internet at home.

But the principals were overwhelmingly positive.

West Valley Middle principal Renee Kelly says the computers are popular with teachers, students and families, and she has seen a rise in the school’s enrollment.

The cost of county-wide 1:1 technology was also discussed. Principals say that they would consider less-expensive alternatives to MacBooks, which were used in the initial deployment, now that they know what they need. The cost of equipping 11 schools with 1:1 computing was $6 million. There are 90 schools in the system.

Superintendent Jim McIntyre said that computers will undoubtedly be a part of future classrooms. “It’s where we need to be at some point, and I think we need to be there sooner rather than later,” says McIntyre.

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Inky Johnson shares message at ‘Man Up’

By Wendy Smith Inquoris “Inky” Johnson has a message for Christian men: When it comes to spiritual leadership, the process is more important than the outcome.

Johnson is the keynote speaker at the “Man Up” men’s conference this weekend at Concord United Methodist Church, 11020 Roane Drive. He knows a thing or two about staying the course, even when the desired outcome is taken off Former UT football player the table.

Johnson grew up in in- Inquoris “Inky” Johnson ner-city Atlanta in a two- Photo submitted bedroom house that was home to his family of 14. He usually slept on the floor, sleep in a bed − with five but sometimes he’d opt to others. It was a struggle,

he says, but they had one thing going for them − their Christian faith.

His grandmother was an especially strong influence. She was the calm in the middle of the storm, and he always wanted to possess what she had.

Johnson, a four-sport athlete, had something else going for him: talent. He was recruited by Phillip Fulmer to play football for the University of Tennessee. He had high hopes for a professional career. Those plans were derailed by a tackle during the UT vs. Air Force game on Sept. 9, 2006. He survived the injury that could have killed him but was left with a paralyzed right arm.

When Johnson was told he could go home to recover, he said he didn’t want to. He had promised his grandmother that he would be the first member of the family to graduate from college, so he learned to write with his left hand and persevered. He graduated from UT with a master’s degree in sports psychology and is now an inspirational speaker.

Johnson knows how important it is for men to be spiritual leaders. His own father didn’t live in the home where Johnson grew up, but they spent time working out together before Johnson left for UT. After his injury, John-

son saw who his father really was for the first time.

At first, his dad was mad at God, he says. He’d lost his own mother at 14, and he struggled with the sudden loss of his son’s athletic career. But he was impacted by the way Johnson handled his injury.

“I just said, ‘OK, God, I’m just gonna move forward and see what you manifest in my life.’”

A few months later, Johnson’s father became a Christian. Now, he’s “fired up for God,” Johnson says.

While his grandmother was a strong spiritual leader, Johnson says it would have meant more if his dad had been the family’s spiritual leader.

Men are less willing to participate in things if they don’t understand the out-

come, he says. But when it comes to faith, the process is more important than the outcome.

“The walk is a lifelong journey. You can’t be perfect in a month or two,” he says.

“You have to get up and keep moving.”

Concord United Methodist Minister of Discipleship Glenna Manning says the “Man Up” event was put together to address the problem of the growing number of men who are walking away from church nationally.

The event is 6-9 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 6, and 9-11:15 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 7. The cost is $10 and includes a barbecue dinner on Friday and continental breakfast on Saturday. To register: gmanning@concordumc. com.

Building community with barbecue

By Nancy Anderson Not every church function adheres to a strict program. Sometimes, it’s all about gathering together to enjoy lunch and fellowship.

Young Adult and College Pastor Steven Moldrup says Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church hosts a lunch for college-age members and guests before each semester and in the summer just to let them know they are loved.

“We just gather them together and feed them,” says Moldrup. “They seem to like that. We just want to let them know that we appreciate them, welcome them, and we’re glad they’re here.

There’s no agenda, no set program. It’s basically just 250 or so kids who came out to hang with each other. It isn’t really an intentional outreach. It’s just a fun time to come and be loved.”

The college lunches do

Youth and college pastor at Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church Steven Moldrup (left) has a big smile for those providing the barbecue for the college lunch, including Joe Bryant (center) owner of Black Eye’d Joes BBQ, and volunteer Robert Fair. Photos by Nancy Anderson

UT students Abbie Fisher and Amy Mclaughlin have a good time at the barbecue lunch on Jan. 25. serve an important function, however. The students get the opportunity to meet people from other colleges and discuss anything and everything.

“We love to see them connect and build friendships

not only with people they see on their own campus, but with youth from other campuses and even foreignexchange students. It gives them the opportunity to learn there are people very different from them who be-

Michael Lown and Beini Chen say they enjoy the college gatherings at Cedar Springs. “I’ve met many people and grown closer to God,” says Chen.

lieve in God. They’re different, but God bridges the gap and brings them together,” says Moldrup.

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Super help for the Super Bowl

By Cindy Taylor Super Bowl XLIX was an exciting event for many, but for those with addiction issues, it’s often more challenging than fun.

Powell Church hosted a Super Bowl Party Feb.1 for Recovery participants that provided a safe atmosphere free of charge and more importantly, free of addictive substances.

Four local Recovery groups combined efforts for the party: Powell Church, Cokesbury, Celebrate Recovery of North Knoxville and “Word for the World.”

“The Recovery Super Bowl Party hosted by Powell Church had a simple design: to provide a sober, safe relaxed place for anyone who wanted to enjoy a gathering with no worries,” said Mark Beebe, Cokesbury UMC director of Recovery. “The idea was generated from Recovery at Powell, a location of the Recovery at Cokesbury Network.”

A group of volunteers went to work after the Sunday morning service to transform the worship center into a party room.

The game was projected on the two large screens in the church, and the worship team led a musical halftime show. A fried chicken dinner with all the trimmings plus dessert was provided

Hide me For he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble; he will conceal me under the cover of his tent; he will set me high on a rock.

(Psalm 27: 5 NRSV)

Recovery team leader Jamie Bauknight stands with Tara Hurley, who was in charge of refreshments. by volunteers.

“We love to throw parties at Powell Church because of what Jesus is doing in our community,” said Powell Church member Jamie Bauknight. “We gathered with family and friends on Super Bowl Sunday, watched the game, ate great

Building community

food, enjoyed rockin’ music and celebrated the presence and love of Jesus.”

Powell Church has hosted Recovery at Powell for the past six months. Groups meet at 6 p.m. every Tuesday for refreshments, Recovery worship, sharing groups and other activities.

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Youth ministry staff members and friends at Cedar Springs: From left, interim high school ministry director Joel Brimer, Elizabeth Steimer, Kathryn Welch and Julianna Steimer long way to find God. Chen visited the United States when she was 16, and she was introduced to the gospel at a summer camp in Georgia. When she returned to China, she had to worship in secret.

“We have churches in China, but they are gov-

ernment-run,” says Chen.

“Studying many things, like Revelations, is forbidden.

We can only study what is allowed, so we have ‘house churches’ where we can meet in secret to study anything we want.”

Chen is now a chemical engineering major at the

University of Tennessee and says she has made lots of friends through the lunch gatherings at Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church.

“We’re all just members of the same community, and we know that’s what worshiping God is all about. It’s about community,” says Chen.

Church Bearden, 6300 Deane Hill Drive, on Friday and Saturday, March 6-7. Deadline to register: March 1. Info: cbbclothingsale@gmail.com.

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You will be reading this just after Groundhog Day, which is appropriate, since the groundhog is famous mostly for checking the weather and deciding whether to hide in his burrow for a few more weeks.

Today, however, I’m thinking of more serious things.

As I write, about a week before you will read this, it is the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the most infamous death camp of Nazi Germany.

So, even though the groundhog is still sleeping and not yet ready to determine whether the world is a place where he can survive, it is an appropriate day for the world to come out of hibernation, open its eyes to the horrors that were perpetrated on fellow human beings, and prayerfully remember the 6 million who did not survive.

We should also be aware of those amazingly sturdy souls who did survive and who are still with us today.

■ Concord UMC, 11020 Roane Drive, will host “Man Up,” a men’s conference, Friday and Saturday, Feb. 6-7. Guest speaker: Inky Johnson. Topic: “What Do Real Men DO When God Says No?” Cost: $10, includes dinner, breakfast and program. Info/to register: http://www.concordumc.com.

■ Consignors needed for clothing consignment sale to be hosted by Central Baptist

■ Knoxville Day Aglow Lighthouse weekly Bible study, 9:30-11:30 a.m. beginning Thursday, Feb. 12, New Covenant Fellowship Church, 6828 Central Ave. Pike. Topic: “Game Changers” by Graham Cooke; instructor: Jeannine Courtney. Info: Diane Shelby, 687-3687.

■ Knoxville Jewish Alliance Friendshippers group will meet at noon Tuesday, Feb. 10, at Sherrill Hills Retirement

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One survivor, now in his 90s, was interviewed on the anniversary of his liberation. These 70 years later, he wept, and it was obvious that he wept for so many reasons: tears of gratitude for his freedom, tears of anguish for his ordeal, tears of sorrow for those who did not live to tell their stories, tears of regret for the utter waste of so many lives.

Humanity – we – must never forget the horrors of the Holocaust. It is incumbent on us to remember, to tell the story, dreadful as it is, to the next generation and enjoin them to tell the next and the next.

We cannot, we must not forget.

Dirty laundry & dirty souls I’ll never forget when I went off to college for the first time. Like most young people my age, this was thee n.. first time I was on my own.

There were so many changges and adjustments. all One of the more critical adjustments was learning to do my own laundry. I was clueless. That’s why I treasured a handwritten note from my mother. It was a step-by-step list of “washing instructions.” It told me what to wash in warm and cold water, told me when to add the fabric softener, and other needed matters. I val-

Steve Higginbotham ued this sheet of paper and kept it folded up in my wallet for quick and easy reference.

Now let’s shift from doing the wash to being a Christian. It’s not easy to be a Christian. There are things we must and must not do.

Fortunately for us, God

loved us enough to leave us a list of instructions – a book of guidelines that, if followed, will tell us everything we need to know in order to be a faithful Christian (2 Timothy 3:16-17).

My question is, “To what extent do we cherish God’s list of instructions?” When’s the last time you’ve consulted his list of instructions, the Bible? Could it be that we are more concerned with removing stains from our clothing than we are removing the stains of sin from our souls? Give it some thought.

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A crowd listens as poet Ben McClendon reads his poems during the kickoff of the 2015 Reading Series of the Sundress Academy for the Arts. Photos by Bonny C. Millard

Poet Luci Brown reads some of her latest poems.

Poetry on stage Sundress Academy for the Arts sponsors reading series

By Bonny C. Millard A windy and cold January afternoon didn’t deter a crowd of about 40 people from gathering to hear two local poets read their work during the kickoff of the 2015 Reading Series of the Sundress Academy for the Arts.

Poets Luci Brown and Ben McClendon shared their poetry to an attentive audience at the Birdhouse, a community center in the Fourth and Gill neighborhood.

Brown has a forthcoming chapbook, “Home Brew,” from Finishing Line Press in Kentucky and is managing editor of “Stirring: A Literary Collection,” an online literary journal. A chapbook is a publication, usually poetry, of up to about 40 pages, ranging from lowcost productions to expensive. McClendon is working on his doctorate in creative writing at the University of Tennessee, and his poetry has been published in numerous journals.

Erin Elizabeth Smith, creative director of the Reading Arts series, said

it originated in November 2013 and received national recognition by LitBridge as the Best Reading Series in the South in 2014.

Smith has been involved in literary endeavors for many years, founding Sundress Publications in 2000, and the reading series grew in part from her work there.

She said she developed a strong network of writers over the years including those she’s worked with at the publishing house, contributors and readers.

A lecturer at UT who teaches poetry writing and literature, Smith said writers on book tours and others often asked her about local reading series. The university has one, but it is booked a year and half in advance, she said.

“I looked at other reading series in town,” Smith said. “(They) are more slambased or the spoken word, which differs in the kind of tone and type of writing. A lot of people I knew were writing for the page.”

The idea to create a new reading series grew from a conversation between

Erin Elizabeth Smith, creative director of Sundress Academy for the Arts, and poet Ben McClendon Smith and T.A. Noonan, now SAFTA’s literary arts director. They opened the series with a writer from Massachusetts, but the series offers a mix of local and national writers.

The series runs monthly throughout the year, but the date changes according to writers’ schedules. However, the event is always at 3 p.m. on a Sunday at the Birdhouse. The next reading is Feb. 8, and more information can be found on the website. The series focuses primarily on poetry but does include fiction and nonfiction.

“I love the fact that we have so much spoken word poetry available and so many open-mike slams,” Smith said. “But there wasn’t really, outside of

Gina Alexander and Selena Lawrence won Junior League mini-grants.

Improving vocabulary through grants

Pond Gap Elementary School teachers Selena Lawrence and Gina Alexander have received a mini-grant from the Junior League of Knoxville to “increase vocabulary skills through technology,” according to Lawrence.

She and Alexander have purchased an iPad, vocabulary software, styluses and a microscope with the funding.

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There are more than 50 ESL students at Pond Gap who will benefit, but also, Lawrence said, much of the school’s student body lives at the poverty level, and statistics show a link between poverty and poor vocabulary. “For … schools like ours, it is so hard to find tools,” she said. “We spend money out of our own pocket … we are so appreciative of the Junior League.”

■ KSY boys lacrosse for ages 8-14, excluding high school students: games are March 5 through May 9. Fee: $175.

Register online by Friday, Feb. 6. Info/to register: Denis Tippo, dtippo@gmail.com or KnoxYouthSports.com.

■ KSY girls lacrosse for ages K through fourth grade: games are March 2 through April 30. Fees: $125.

Register online by Friday, Feb. 6. Info/to register: coach Peter Koepen, peterkoeppen@comcast.net, or KnoxYouthSports.com.

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Bearden High School band members who made All-State East are Madison Chan, Jessica Mu, Rebecca Mu, Daynah Charlow; (middle) Austin Lavender, Danielle Fannon, Kate Rafferty, Anita Voorhees, Austin Montgomery; (back) Trey Green, Brandon Phillips, Jimmy Friedle, Tyler Rausch, Bennett Croft, Daniel Helton.

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Bearden High School band receives honors

Rocky Hill celebrates 100 days

By Sara Barrett Several Bearden High School band members were recognized for their talent during East Tennessee School Band and Orchestra Association’s All-State East Conference for grades 9-12.

Students are ranked among more than 3,000 applicants from East Tennessee by state-recognized judges evaluating the students on prepared selections, scales and sight-reading.

Several Bearden participants were also recognized by the Tennessee Music Education Association for performance abilities ranking in the top one percent of the state. Most of these students practice on their own time one to two hours

Rocky Hill Elementary kindergartners returned from lunch Jan. 22 to see a 100-foot-long banana split spanning the length of the hallway. Before digging in, they had to count to 100.

The yearly event is held to celebrate the 100th day of school and the students learning to count to 100.

Students also wore shirts decorated with 100 items, made edible necklaces

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with 100 Fruit Loops and searched for 100 pennies in a jar of beans. The banana split was a fitting – and tasty – reward for learning numbers.

Also making All-State East from the Bearden High School band are Amy Horton, Gabbi Parisi and Samantha Raymond. each day and are being ag- include Jessica Mu, Austin Bennett Croft and Trey gressively pursued by col- Lavender, Rebecca Mu, Ty- Green. legiate ensembles. They ler Rausch, Daniel Helton, Kaylee Elliot snacks on her necklace of 100 Fruit Loops while waiting in the hallway with friends Zak Awad and Caden Dicken. All three have 100 items glued to their shirts including hearts, gold coins and puzzle pieces.

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9 long-haired Bearden High School band members who made All-State include Jessica Mu, Austin Lavender, Rebecca Mu; (back) Tyler Rausch, Daniel Helton, Bennett Croft and Trey Green.

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Caine Wise (Channing Tatum) and Jupiter Jones (Mila Kunis) learn to trust each other in “Jupiter Ascending.”

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A couple of films with an (Channing Tatum), a geOscar spotlight on them are netically engineered tracker due to arrive in Knoxville on sent from a far-away planet Friday. by one of three siblings bent Betsy Marion Cotillard, who on gaining control of their Pickle won the Best Actress Oslate mother’s intergalactic car for playing Edith Piaf holdings. Jupiter stands bein 2007’s “La Vie en Rose,” tween the siblings and vast is nominated in the same power. category for “Two Days, One Night,” a film The cast also includes Eddie Redmayne, from Belgian directing brothers Luc and a Best Actor Oscar nominee for “The TheJean-Pierre Dardenne. ory of Everything,” Sean Bean, James Cotillard plays Sandra, a factory worker D’Arcy, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Douglas Booth, who is informed that she’s been laid off due Tuppence Middleton and Terry Gilliam. to downsizing. But actually, her co-workers This is Andy and Lana Wachowski’s first were forced to choose between getting their feature since 2012’s “Cloud Atlas.” annual bonuses and letting Sandra keep A world of witches, boggarts and ghouls her job. Her boss tells her that if she can comes to life in “Seventh Son.” Jeff Bridges convince her co-workers to change their plays Master Gregory, the local spook, who votes, she can stay, but she has only a week- protects the countryside from all sorts end to get them to reconsider. of evil. But Gregory happens to be away “Song of the Sea,” a nominee for Best when the powerful Mother Malkin (JuliA nimated anne Moore) Feature, is escapes coninspired finement, by Irish and the masand Scotter’s young tish legapprent ice, ends about Tom Ward creatures (Ben Barnes), called selkmust retrieve ies. Saoirse, her.

The cast a little girl, also includes is the last of D j i m o n the selkies, Hounsou, which live The last selkie puts herself at risk in “Song of the Sea.” Olivia Wilin the sea liams, Jason as seals and take human form on land. Saoirse escapes Scott Lee and David Cubitt. Sergei Bodrov from her grandmother’s home and heads to directed. the sea to save fairies trapped in the modEverybody’s favorite animated sponge ern world. returns in “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge The vocal cast includes Brendan Glee- Out of Water.” It’s been a little more than son and Fionnula Flanagan. The film was a decade since SpongeBob made his bigdirected by Tomm Moore, who co-directed screen debut, but you can’t keep a good “The Secret of Kells” (2009) and wrote the sponge down. original story for both “Kells” and “Song.”

This time, SpongeBob visits our world to Another set of sibling co-directors – the track down a stolen secret recipe and winds American Wachowskis, this time – brings up tangling with a pirate (Antonio Banus “Jupiter Ascending,” a space-trotting deras). The vocal cast includes Tom Kenny, epic in which a young woman may change Clancy Brown, Bill Faggerbakke and Slash. the course of the cosmos.

Paul Tibbitt directed.

Mila Kunis plays Jupiter Jones, whose Downtown West is supposed to open a life is a drudge, despite her big dreams. program of Oscar shorts on Friday. No deThings change when she meets Caine Wise tails were available.

Patrick Star and SpongeBob SquarePants come up against Bigfoot – or something like that – in “SpongeBob SquarePants: Sponge Out of Water.”

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FRIDAY, FEB. 6 ■ Ken Waldman in concert, 7:30 p.m., Harold and Jean Lambert Recital Hall, Clayton Center for the Arts, 502 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville. Tickets: $15 for seniors and students, $20 for adults. Info/tickets: Box Office, 981-8590, or claytonartscenter.com.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, FEB. 6-7 ■ “Flashdance – The Musical,” 8 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday, Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Tickets: Tennessee Theatre box office, Ticketmaster.com, 800-745-3000.

SATURDAY, FEB. 7 ■ KSO Pops presents: “Broadway Romance,” 8 p.m., Knoxville Civic Auditorium, 500 Howard Baker Jr. Ave. Tickets: KnoxvilleTickets.com, 656-4444 or 877-995-9961.

■ “PUSH Physical Theatre,” 8 p.m., Ronald and Lynda Nutt Theatre, Clayton Center for the Arts, 502 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville. Info/tickets: Box Office, 981-8590, or claytonartscenter.com.

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Bryant Bentley as Willie, Rico Bruce Wade as Sam and Eric Sorrels as Hally in the Clarence Brown Theatre’s production of “ ‘Master Harold’ … and the Boys.” Photo by Liz Aaron

Powerful play touches today’s issues In “ ‘Master Harold’ … and the Boys,” the Clarence Brown Theatre’s offering for the month of February, things are not often what they seem. A black South African waiter in a tea room is actually a father figure to a white teenager.

Another waiter’s harsh treatment of his girlfriend is a metaphor for his own frustrated sense of ownership and entitlement.

And a ballroom dance becomes the world, fraught with racial tension and uneasy alliances. As one of the characters says: “We’re bumping into each other all the time.

Look at the three of us this afternoon: I’ve bumped into you, you’ve bumped into your mother, she

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bumping into your dad … None of us knows the steps, and there’s no music playing. And it doesn’t stop with us. The whole world is doing it all the time.”

Written by Athol Fugard, the drama is “one of those plays that has lasting relevance and can triumphantly survive any test of time,” according to the New York Post.

Director Jayne Morgan saw it “many years back,”

but this is her first time in the director’s chair.

“As with any play, you see it through the filter of your own experience,” says Morgan. “I find myself very moved and surprised by the show. When I saw it before, it wasn’t long after apartheid was dismantled in South Africa, and so that was very present in the play.

“Now, I see it much more in terms of what’s going on in America right now, with our stumbling toward a way to talk about race in some reasonable and sensitive way. The play has powerful things to say about that and also about what it means to be a man and a father. About how we forgive ourselves

for thoughtlessness we are capable of. It asks us how we are to behave as responsible adults in a complicated and challenging world. And it does so with such compassion and grace and humor.”

Morgan, widely known as an actor for more than 25 years in regional theaters in the Southeast and at Clarence Brown, says that the play seems easy, with a cast of only three and a simple set, but that there are, literally, “a lot of moving parts.” The two older actors must occasionally speak their lines while doing ballroom dance steps, an area in which neither has had any previous experience.

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his performing career as a hip-hop dancer, and Rico Bruce Wade has martialarts training,” Morgan says, “so they both move very well, but ballroom has a lot of rules! They’ve been doing the quickstep and foxtrot every night for a couple of weeks now and are getting good at it.”

Both actors are visiting professionals. Eric Sorrels, who plays the part of the young man, is a University of Tennessee undergraduate, and choreographer Kody Rowe is a recent UT graduate.

Morgan concludes, “This is a powerful and moving play. I think the audience will fall in love with the characters and can find moments to iden-

tify with no matter what their background.

“It’s so much about how we care for one another despite our differences, about the struggle to find the best in ourselves in spite of our worst moments.” “ ‘Master Harold’ … and the Boys” opens Thursday, Feb. 5, and runs through Sunday, Feb. 22. All performances take place at the Ula Love Doughty Carousel Theatre, on the UT Campus next to the Clarence Brown Theatre. To see a full list of performance times and purchase tickets, visit www. clarencebrowntheatre.com or call 865-974-5161.

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Boyd’s Jig and Reel The good folks at Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 101 S. Central St. in the Old City, would like for you to think the food is an afterthought at the Scottish pub. Their dedicated mission is “to celebrate and preserve our region’s musical heritage in the only way it can be done: playing the tunes and passing them on from musician to musician.”

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The food, however, was still the star of the show for Mystery Diner. The menu offers starters, soups and salads, sandwiches, main entrees and desserts. Traditional Scottish dishes are

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Steak and Ale Pie joins such Scottish traditions as Scotch Egg and Haggis Neeps and Tatties on the menu at Boyd’s Jig and Reel. Photo by Mystery Diner traditional broth made with Scottish ale. The whole delicious, thick stew is topped with a crispy puff pastry and baked to a golden brown in a plate-size iron skillet.

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Doug Scarlett visits Rotary

By Bonny C. Millard Doug Scarlett recently shared his experiences as presidential chef, as well as his volunteer work with the American Red Cross, with the Rotary Club of Farragut. He has supervised kitchens at 51 disasters and fed 41,000 people a day after Hurricane Sandy.

Describing former Doug Scarlett President Lyndon B. Johnson as friendly and direct, and former President Richard M. Nixon as quiet and secretive, Doug Scarlett recalled his time as an Air Force One chef in the late ‘60s.

Scarlett served from 1965-1969, working for Johnson and then for Nixon for a short time. The Vietnam War was at its height, and the U.S. was still involved in the Cold War with Russia. He overheard disagreements between Johnson and Soviet Union leader Nikita Khrushchev.

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Tamara Smith uses a state-of-the-art embroidery machine at Threds. Photos by S. Carey

Susan Phillips visits her son, Threds co-owner Keith Phillips, at the Threds open house.

Threds displays custom work Knoxville-based business Threds welcomed friends and business partners alike to an open house event Jan. 30. Threds provides custom-printed and embroidered apparel and promotional items to businesses in 36 countries, including Salsarita’s and Mellow Mushroom.

The business is even planning a 10,000 square foot expansion to its Lexington Drive facility this spring.

Co-owners Keith Phillips and Kelby Shymlock held the open house to display new products for 2015 and to thank customers.

“It’s a great opportunity to show that we have so many things other than Tshirts,” said Shymlock.

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Interesting assortment at Jackpot I ventured into The Jackpot Antiques and Uniques in South Knoxville last week and was impressed with the cleanliness and extensive inventory there. I was also impressed with owner Tony Vick.

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Tony Vick, owner of The Jackpot Antiques and Uniques Photo by Nancy Whittaker

Vick inherited his interest in antiques and collectibles from his grandparents.

Carl and Mary Smart of Powell were widely known antique-lovers; Vick says their house was like a museum. His dad, retired Army Sgt. Maj. John D. Vick, and mom, Brenda Anderson Vick, were stationed in GerJason Fields of Threds demonstrates how to screen-print a many when Tony was born. shirt.

After graduating from high school in 1988, Tony moved from Maryland back to Knoxville.

Vick says being in the car online at www.budgetblinds.com business for 27 years had left him “ … going broke and pretty torn up.” He had no idea how much a text would change his life when a friend invited him to a revival at Dante Church of ® God, but he knew he needed to make a change. “I was

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(Johnson) and Khrushchev would have words. I tell you it was scary. It was very scary back then what was going on in this country. People had no idea …. We were so close to pushing buttons.”

Scarlett’s culinary journey wasn’t something he planned. He enlisted in the Air Force in hopes of avoiding Vietnam and ended up at the Army’s cooking school.

After receiving a call from the Pentagon, he accepted a position as a general’s assistant that turned out to be Johnson’s chef. “ ‘From now on, everything is classified. You don’t tell your wife. You don’t tell your family. You don’t tell anybody,’ ” Scarlett recalled the commander at Andrews Air Force Base telling him. “ ‘You will be assigned to Air Force One …. Feed the president.’”

When he had the opportunity, he left his position with Air Force One. “They offered me a $30,000-something bonus and a jump in rank if I stayed, and I said no. This is too boring.”

Scarlett, a member of the Rotary Club of Crossville, operates a catering company with his wife.

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tired of being tired,” says Vick.

During the revival, the preacher told Tony, “God is going to prosper your business in more ways than you can imagine.” That was mid-September 2013. In addition to his car lots, he owned a Jackpot on Broadway at the time and didn’t know how he could switch “from selling $8,000 cars” to just “$200 sofas.”

Nevertheless, Vick’s last day in the car business was Sep. 27, 2013.

In November 2013, Vick moved The Jackpot to 5001 Chapman Highway after the Broadway store’s lease expired. His business has consistently grown. After doing some advertising, he quickly had a huge inventory of furniture. The Jack-

pot has antiques as well as assorted new and used furniture at great prices. Vick laughs and says he sells “anything that doesn’t eat.”

Lamps, collectibles, DVDs, CDs, tools and artwork are plentiful, and there’s a special “thrift room” in the back.

“I now realize God had to take me through it to get me to it. He supplies my every need,” says Vick.

So what does he do in his spare time? In February 2014, Vick was called to the ministry. He is an evangelist, works with a prison ministry and preaches on the radio at 8 p.m. Saturdays on 900 AM. He says he used to work 90 hours per week, but now he works 40 hours a week at the store and 40 hours a week for God. Vick buys, sells and trades. Delivery is available, as is layaway. Located between The Mattress Place and Basement Records, The Jackpot Antiques and Uniques is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.

Visit www.jackpotknox ville.com or the Facebook page Jackpot Antiques and Uniques. For more info about the store or if you are interested in having Vick speak at your church, call 454-3261.

Chic Wigs moves to Halls Helen Lingerfelt shows a sampling of the wigs inside Chic Wig Boutique. In business for 14 years, Lingerfelt’s mission is to help her customers feel beautiful about themselves every day. “It’s not about me, it’s about them,” she said. The shop specializes in wigs and hair additions. It provides instructions on care, hair grips, wraps, wig stands and more. The store is located in North Place (near Domino’s) at 6665 Maynardville Highway and is open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Info: 474-1475. Photo by Ruth White

Free tax assistance available Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, which offers free tax preparation by certified volunteers to low- to moderate-income families and households, is available at three locations.

■ Goodwill, 5307 Kingston Pike: 10 a.m.3 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays, through

April 15.

■ Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive: 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Fridays, Feb. 6-April 10 (closed Feb. 13).

■ Westside Unitarian Universalist Church, 616 Fretz Road: 5-8 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, Feb. 10-April 14.

Documents needed include: Social Security

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Info: www.irs.gov.

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Grapes and hemp can set us free I got to thinking the other day about sustainable agriculture. Don’t ask why.

Beef production is problematic. Cattle farming is dirty work and expensive.

Cattle require tons of grain and grass to grow from birth to table. They pollute creeks and emit greenhouse gasses. Cattle might look like an easy buck, standing there on the hillside munching grass, but I know from experience there’s gotta be a better way to make a dollar.

I decided to raise beef cattle once on a 5-acre minifarm on Brickyard Road in Powell. Brevity demands that I relate only key words: Summer sweat, balky steer, borrowed trailer, brother’s truck, stuck in mud, cousin’s tractor, caravan down Emory Road.

Lonely steer, neighbors’

Sandra Clark fence, cut a hole, share the grass, Sunday call, not a steer!!?? Threatened mayhem, find quick buyer, sell steer on the hoof.

What’s a body to do?

The Tennessee Department of Agriculture is accepting applications from farmers and producers interested in growing industrial hemp. State law says growers can get a license for “research” or a pilot project.

So you folks growing the vile weed in the woods, get on down to the library computer and dial up w w w.tn.gov/agriculture/

regulatory/industrialhemp. shtml.

A friend in upper East Tennessee once grew recreational hemp in a plot of tomatoes. She went on vacation and returned to find the tomatoes wilted brown and the hemp standing proudly about seven feet high for the world to see.

She quickly harvested it and hung it in the barn to dry, like tobacco. Her dog, Fuzz, was quick to grab the stalks and carry them around the yard, a pleasant smile on his face.

If producing cannabis is not your cup of tea, the Ag people encourage you to try grapes.

Get set for an all-day conference Thursday, Feb. 26, in Marshall, N.C., on “cold-hardy grape growing and some winemaking

tips.” So run back over to the library and dial www.

GrapeSAVI.org.

I’m not lying.

Economic development is ours for the asking. We don’t need to recruit those dirty factories. Just grow grapes and hemp and sell them to your neighbors. We’ll all be poor, but, like Fuzz, we just won’t worry about it.

■ Will Gov. Bill Haslam muster the votes to pass Insure Tennessee this week? You’d think a governor would count noses before calling a special session of the Legislature to consider just one item. Everybody says the vote will be close.

If I had a vote, it would be “yes.” But I don’t have high regard for the GOP supermajority. Will Insure Tennessee pass this week?

My prediction is no.

Community school enhances Pond Gap

By Anne Hart Pond Gap’s community school program, which is designed to meet the social and economic needs of the neighborhood in which the school is located, is Dr. Kronick functioning well at the West Knoxville elementary school.

School principal Shelly McGill, assistant principal Arrin Alaniz and local educator Dr. Bob Kronick described the benefits of the program to members of the Rotary Club of Bearden, which partners with Pond Gap on numerous projects.

McGill said Pond Gap School has 335 students in kindergarten through fifth grade. Some 87 percent are economically disadvantaged enough to qualify for Title 1 status. Almost two dozen countries are represented in the student population.

Many of the children enter the school unable to speak English; some are refugees fleeing horrendous conditions in other countries.

“It’s good for students to have a chance to see diversity, but it also presents its challenges,” McGill said. Just one example is the need for a fulltime ESL (English as a second language) teacher.

McGill said many of the boys in the school lack positive male influence in their

Pond Gap School principal Shelly McGill and assistant principal Arrin Alaniz lives, and thanked the Rotarians who visit the school regularly to read to the students.

“U.S. Department of Education statistics show boys scoring worse than girls in every age group in reading every year. We thank you for being our literary role models.

You’re showing our students that it’s OK for men to read. You’re also role models for commitment because you keep showing up.”

Dr. Kronick said he first became interested in the community school concept in 1998, when he tried to counsel young men housed at Brushy Mountain State Prison and realized efforts to keep young people out of state custody must start at a much earlier age.

“We are spending about $50,000 a year to jail these young people. “We spend about $14.42 daily at Pond

Mitchell is medical director Premier Surgical Associates has named C. Stone Mitchell, MD, FACS, as medical director of the K nox v i l le based surgical practice.

His duties will include directing quality initiatives, Dr. Mitchell suppor ting patient safety through analysis of quality data, ICD-10 implementation, strategic planning, and referring physician outreach.

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He practiced at the group’s Oak Ridge location until 2011. He currently heads the Premier Hemorrhoid Treatment Center on Papermill Drive.

“Dr. Mitchell’s depth of surgical knowledge and decades of clinical experience will be invaluable in his role as medical director of Premier Surgical,” said CEO Kevin Burris. “He is wellrespected in the physician community. We’re excited to have Dr. Mitchell in this role.”

FARRAGUT CHAMBER EVENTS ■ Thursday, Feb. 5, 5-6:30 p.m., networking, Clarity Pointe Knoxville, 901 Concord Road.

■ Friday, Feb. 6, 1-2 p.m. ribbon cutting, Edward Jones: Meredith Tilson, 9217 Parkwest Blvd., Ste F-3.

■ Wednesday, Feb. 11, 4-5

p.m., ribbon cutting, I Love Juice Bar, 11681 Parkside Drive, The Pinnacle at Turkey Creek, 11681 Parkside Drive.

■ Thursday, Feb. 12, 5-6:30 p.m., networking, Episcopal School of Knoxville, 950 Episcopal School Way.

Gap School.”

At Pond Gap, the entire family is a part of the school’s emphasis and the

needs are widely varied.

Kronick said a family might need to have a utility bill explained so costs can be kept down. A proper diet is another big issue.

“You won’t see many chubby kids at our school,” Kronick said. “We have a garden and we feed them what’s good for them, and in addition, we involve them in a lot of physical exercise. And we do lots of fun things, too.

Once a month we have Science Saturday, and 40 to 60 kids show up to learn. It’s very exciting.”

From 1998 to 2009, the community school at Pond Gap operated on individual contributions. Since 2009 it has also received an annual contribution from United Way.

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Jim Burns, a member of the Rotary Club of Bearden, delivers a very special dictionary to Brickey-McCloud Elementary School third-grader Vanessa Weaver as her teacher, Brittney Winn, looks on. Photo submitted

Rotary delivers a special dictionary

By Anne Hart It was a first for the Rotary Club of Bearden – a request for a dictionary quite unlike any the club has ever donated before.

Since 2006, the club has given a free dictionary to every third-grader in a Knox County public school.

Some 4,700 students received the dictionaries this year.

Over time, the number of the free dictionaries, which are always personally delivered to the classrooms by the Rotarians, has amounted to 43,788. That number recently increased to 43,789 with an unusual request.

Rotarian Jim Burns says he was presenting the dictionaries to students at Brickey-McCloud Elementary School when a teacher, Brittney Winn, asked if the club could provide a Braille

dictionary for one of her third-graders who is vision impaired.

Burns says he checked with Todd Wolf, who chairs the project for the club, “and he ordered one right away.”

Burns went back to the school to deliver the dictionary to third-grader Vanessa Weaver. “She was so excited and thankful. She asked to shake my hand and then gave me a hug.

And the whole class applauded. It was pretty special.”

Club members are justifiably proud of their ambitious dictionary project, which has far-reaching effects. For many of the students, it is the only book they have ever owned. For all of them, it can open a world of wonders as they search and learn new words and their meanings.

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HEALTH & LIFESTYLES NEWS FROM FORT SANDERS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

At 81, Knoxville woman makes most of every day At the age of 49, Polly Hood was diagnosed with a melanoma that could have ended her life. A doctor told her she only had a 25 percent chance of survival. Rather than curl up in defeat, Hood decided to find something that would be a diversion.

She enrolled in classes at the University of Tennessee.

Hood won a scholarship and eventually received a college degree in Home Economics Education when she was 53. She graduated at the top of her class, among students who were young enough to be her children.

Hood knew about overcoming obstacles. She had defeated cancer, cheated death and with her degree had achieved a goal that many people never do.

So when her husband passed away after an extended illness last July, this strong woman of faith, now 81, was pressed but not crushed. She didn’t know that a new and life-threatening challenge was just around the corner.

In October, Hood was invited to participate in a special service, memorializing individuals who had recently died. She was asked to bring a picture of her husband and was invited to stand and share a few words about him.

While it was certainly an emotional night, she appreciated the people who wanted to honor her husband’s memory and lingered at a reception that followed. All seemed to go well – until her chest started hurting on the way home.

“I thought it was indigestion because I had eaten some snacks I was not accustomed to,” Hood says. “And it was stressful to speak about losing my husband.”

Hood took antacid tablets when she got home, but the pain stayed

Polly Hood, a Knoxville native, is thankful for the lifesaving care she received at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center. After Hood arrived at the emergency room door, a team cleared the blockage in her left main coronary artery in 23 minutes, which is about 40 minutes faster than the national average.

with her throughout the night. She felt better the next day, but her problems were far from over.

“It was about 4:30 in the afternoon when I had another chest pain, and it was severe,” Hood recalls. After texting her children, she called 911 and was instructed to chew four 81-milligram tablets of aspirin and drink water till emergency personnel arrived.

“I got sick at my stomach, I vomited, I broke out in a cold sweat,” Hood says. She was experiencing some of the classic symptoms of a heart attack.

Hood would later learn there was a blockage in the LAD coronary artery, often referred to as a “widow maker” because of the low survival rate. The LAD coronary artery feeds two of the three main arteries of the heart – it is essentially a heart attack in two-thirds of the heart.

When the ambulance arrived, Hood was given an EKG. “I could tell when the EMT pulled the paper out of the machine that it was a heart attack. I could tell by the expression on his face.”

Hood’s suspicion was correct.

However, she remembers hearing some important words of comfort: “We will get you out of here and get help for you right away.”

Emergency workers made good on that promise. Hood didn’t know it at the time, but Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center has an aggressive plan in place to provide immediate care for patients who are in

cardiac arrest.

When a person experiences a heart attack, fast-paced care is critical. That’s why two doctors and other medical staff were waiting and ready to attend to Hood as soon as she arrived at the hospital’s emergency department. She was surprised.

“They were waiting for me in the hallway,” Hood says. “They stopped me right there and gave me an EKG and two kinds of blood thinner.”

No time was wasted taking the next step. “They ran to the catheterization lab with me,” Hood says.

“They were running, and they moved fast.”

Because the process of placing a stent requires a patient to be awake and alert, Hood was fully aware of conversations going on around her.

As she listened, she learned one of the nurses treating her had been in the parking lot, about to leave for the night. Another was on the way home when called to turn around and come back.

“They were called back to help me,” Hood says gratefully. “Everyone was very professional, very courteous and very reassuring.”

Hood offered up prayers for the people working so diligently to save her and says she felt at peace knowing if she died she would see her husband again.

It took just 23 minutes to get Hood from the entrance of the emergency department to the cath lab with the stent in place. That’s about 40 minutes faster than the national average.

Hood has no doubt that those minutes made a difference not only in saving her life, but in her recovery.

Within days of being released from the hospital, she was enjoying a lunch date with her daughter. She was back to church soon after.

“I’ve been really happy with the care I’ve gotten,” Hood says. “It couldn’t have been any better.”

When Hood looks back over all the important moments in her life, most of them have a common element: her husband was there by her side.

Now a widow, she is starting life over with new challenges. Cardiac rehab at Fort Sanders Regional has strengthened her heart and helped renew her spirit. While going through life without her partner of almost 55 years is difficult, she takes every step on the treadmill with purpose. After a life-threatening heart attack, the woman who once couldn’t imagine living without her husband now understands that she must.

“I lived, and God’s not through with me, yet,” Hood says, wiping her eyes. “I have to realize that and make the most of every day.”

Hood says her heart was broken twice. Her husband’s death broke her heart emotionally. The heart attack broke her heart physically.

“But by the grace of God and medical expertise, I’m mending now, and I’m thankful to be alive.”

Local hospital leads team approach to faster care for heart attacks Collaboration improves care for STEMI patients

When a heart attack happens, time is critical – not just for the person experiencing the heart attack, but for professional caregivers as well.

The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association have established recommended standards of care for heart attack patients, specifically those identified as the “ST-Segment Elevation MI” (STEMI) population. These patients have the highest mortality (risk of death) and morbidity (risk of associated complications). They can be rapidly identified with an electrocardiogram.

The standards emphasize organizing regional systems of care and patient transfer procedures in order to provide faster access to advanced therapies that help facilitate rapid restoration of blood flow during a heart attack. The care team – from first responders and emergency departments to cardiologists and cath lab staff – must collaborate to provide efficient and effective care.

To help meet the revised stan-

dards, Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center established a physician-led team that included a medical director, STEMI coordinator, interventional cardiologists, emergency department manager and an educator, along with other departments, hospitals and emergency transport companies working together to enhance care for STEMI patients.

“From initial contact – whether by EMS in the field or a triage center in the emergency department – there are several steps to rapidly get Joshua Todd, MD patients with the highest mortality during a heart attack to the catheterization laboratory,” said Joshua Todd, MD, interventional cardiologist and project team medical director. “Our role is to evaluate the entire process and collaborate with anyone who has contact with this patient population to develop a standardized approach to

efficiently get them to a cath lab.”

The team’s goals included: ■ Decrease mortality of STEMI patients through early intervention.

■ Increase the number of STEMI patients brought directly to Fort Sanders by EMS transporters, bypassing centers that are not equipped to care for STEMI patients and thus reducing the time to procedure.

■ Increase transfer efficiency of STEMI patients to Fort Sanders from smaller facilities by helping those facilities identify STEMI patients more quickly.

■ Decrease readmission rates for patients transferred to Fort Sanders with STEMI diagnosis.

The team developed several new processes, including: ■ Helping train EMS providers to identify STEMI patients quickly and building relationships with emergency transporters to ensure efficient arrival at a center equipped to deal with STEMI patients. A new focus of the guidelines is to track “First Medical Contact-to-Device Activation” time, with a goal of less than 120 minutes from medical encounter by first responders to interventional treatment.

“Every 30 minutes results in

nearly an 8 percent increase in risk of death, so we can improve patient outcomes by having a systems approach to identification, notification and rapid transfer,” Dr. Todd said.

Clinical members of Covenant Rapid Access, Covenant Health’s patient transfer center, are available 24/7 to accept STEMI patients from outlying hospitals and immediately notify the cath lab team and interventional cardiologist. “Rapid Access is the coordinating center for Covenant facilities,” Dr. Todd noted. “They are integral to our STEMI system of care.”

■ Emergency transporters can simultaneously notify both ED and cath lab teams of potential STEMI patients and transmit an EKG when available. This allows earlier activation of the cath lab team, with personnel available immediately when the patient arrives.

■ Interventional cardiologists hold educational events to improve rapid identification for pre-hospital EKGs and EKG interpretation, and develop protocols for managing STEMI patients and notifying the hospital of a STEMI diagnosis.

■ The team reviews STEMI cases monthly to give referring hospitals

and EMS providers feedback on outcomes, and to continually improve systems and processes.

A key factor for success is support from emergency physicians and interventional cardiologists, said Jennifer Debow, RN, Fort Sanders director of cardiology services. “Their willingness to work together has been the force behind the teamwork between Covenant Health facilities and EMS companies throughout the area.”

As a result of these efforts, during first year implementation Fort Sanders exceeded state and national hospitals’ performance in meeting standards for “First Medical Contactto-Device” times. Mortality and readmission rates also declined.

The team has expanded its efforts and now collaborates with hospitals and emergency responders in Claiborne, Sevier and Jefferson counties, and as far away as Newport and Kentucky.

Debow summarized the collaborative spirit of all the health care providers: “The commitment and compassion of this initiative is making a difference, not only by saving lives, but giving patients back their quality of life as well.”

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Pencil trees Our cedars are high on my list of favorite trees.

Maybe it’s because they’ve been such a nice, dry refuge in times when I’ve been caught in a sudden shower.

You catch your breath, look around – everything’s getting wet, but there under your cedar tree, it’s still nice and dry. And the good memories go back even further.

Our family Christmas trees were always cedars, selected and cut after a great deal of discussion at my grandmother’s place, and brought home to fill the living room with that wonderful, memorable cedar smell.

Now, the fact that our local birds – cardinals, chickadees, titmice, sparrows – can manage to survive the rigors of wintertime seems nothing short of miraculous to me. So when my latest issue of National Wildlife magazine arrived containing the article “Helping Birds Cope with the Cold,” I was on it. And to my surprise, it was about those very cedar trees and how they are an ideal wintertime environment for birds. The author quotes a Clemson biology professor saying that cedars are among the top 10 plants for wildlife!

Those familiar, widespread evergreens that we call cedars are properly called Eastern red cedars.

They aren’t really cedars (like the cedar of Lebanon) but are actually in the juniper family; their scientific name is Juniperus virginiana. And just so you know, the Eastern red cedar became the official Tennessee state evergreen tree in 2012, so I presume that somebody besides just me thinks they’re cool.

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see, but all across the eastern half of the country from the Atlantic coast to the Great Plains, native to 37 states. In our area they can grow to 100 feet tall and live to be 300 years old. They can grow in most any type of soil other than an actual swamp and can thrive in any environment other than in the shade. They are early and abundant invaders of abandoned fields, a fact known to many a farmer trying to keep pastures clear of unwanted vegetation.

As for their value to our birds and other wildlife, they provide both food and shelter. Their dense foliage makes a natural haven for nesting, used by many species of birds in the spring, as well as for concealment and nightly roosting. They are favorites for owls to hide in by day, hawks by night. And they provide livestock with winter shelter good enough for them to be referred to as “outdoor barns.”

Cedars are dioecious, which means each gender is a separate plant. Only the female trees produce fruit: small blue berries borne abundantly every two or three years. They are a favorite food for their namesake bird, the cedar waxwing, as well as for bluebirds, turkeys, grouse and numerous other species, “helping pull wildlife through tough times,” as the Clemson professor puts it. In warmer weather, the juniper hairstreak butterfly

Red cedar is “pencil tree.” depends exclusively upon the cedars for egg-laying and caterpillar-feeding; I’ve seen them in my cedarfilled back field.

One downside of Eastern red cedars is that they harbor a fungus that spreads to apples, infecting trees with an economically serious disease called cedar-apple rust. After the apple trees are infected, the spores of the fungus spread back to the cedar trees to start

HEALTH NOTES ■ The Alexander Technique for Better Balance, Less Stress, noon Wednesday, Feb. 4, Knoxville Healing Center, 313 N. Forest Park Blvd.

Cost: donations accepted for Alzheimer’s Association.

Info: Lilly Sutton, 387-7600, or www.AlexanderTechniqueKnoxville.com.

■ Exploring Music for Health, 1-2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11, Cancer Support Community, 2230 Sutherland Ave. Instructor: Sara Matayoshi, Knoxville Symphony Orchestra violinist. No experience needed. Info/to register: 546-4661.

■ Free Diabetes Management Series, noon, Thursdays, Feb. 5, 12, 19, 26 and March 5, Knox County Health Department auditorium, 140 Dameron Ave.

the cycle anew. This phenomenon led to a major conflict in the early 1900s in Virginia’s apple-heavy Shenandoah Valley.

With the slogan “cedars or cider,” the apple people got a state law passed that permitted orchard owners, with the consent of any 10 neighbors, to cut down cedars in the vicinity of an apple orchard, even against the will of the cedar trees’ owner.

It reminds one of the range wars out West between the cattle people and the sheep people. I doubt that such a law would have worked out well here in East Tennessee.

The aromatic wood of the red cedar had been known for its striking color and good working qualities since the first European landed on the coast of Virginia. It made countless fence posts, buildings, and pieces of furniture. But our Tennessee cedars reached national prominence be-

cause of quite another use discovered for them.

From that same 2012 Senate bill proclaiming Tennessee’s state evergreen: “… one of the earliest forest industries in the state of Tennessee was the cedar pencil industry.” Check the tree books: an alternate name for the red cedar is “pencil tree.”

Lead pencils remain important in everyday life; even today, more pencils are sold around the world than ballpoint pens. And back when the British quit exporting pencils to the young United States due to the War of 1812, Yankee ingenuity kicked in, machines were invented, and by 1861 the first U.S. pencil factory was open in New York City.

Lead pencils required wood that was light in weight, dense yet soft enough to be easily sharpened but not splinter, affordable and easy to mill. It turned out that the knot-free heartwood of big, old Eastern red cedars filled the bill.

It became the pencil wood of choice, and the big cedars of Tennessee and Kentucky

The five-class series provides information on how to manage diabetes through proper diet, medication and exercise.

Info/to register: 215-5170.

al program on lymphedema awareness. Info: 546-4661.

■ Stepping into Health in the New Year, 1-2:30 p.m..

Wednesday, Feb. 4, Cancer Support Community, 2230 Sutherland Ave. Instructor: Holly Frantz, Med. Info/to register: 546-4661.

■ Knit Your Way to Wellness, 1-3 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5, Cancer Support Community, 2230 Sutherland Ave. Instructors: Shelley Hecht, Loopville, and Beth Hamil, CSC. Beginners welcome. Info: 546-4661.

■ Tai Chi for Health is offered at Tennova Health & Fitness Center, 3-4 p.m. or 5-6 p.m.

Tuesdays and Thursdays, Feb. 17-March 26. Class may be done standing or seated. Cost: $10 per lesson for members; $15 per lesson for nonmembers. Info/to register: 859-7900.

■ Nutrition Ammunition: Finding Phytochemicals, noon-1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 10, Cancer Support Community, 2230 Sutherland Ave. Speaker: Beth Booker, MS, MPH, RD. Info/to register: 546-4661.

■ UT Hospice, serving patients and families in Knox and 15 surrounding counties, conducts ongoing orientation sessions for adults interested in becoming volunteers. No medical experience required.

Training provided. Info: Penny Sparks, 544-6279.

■ Oak Ridge Breast Cancer Networker, 6-7:30 p.m.

Resource Room, second floor of Thompson Cancer Survival Center, 102 Vermont Ave., Oak Ridge. Program: physical therapist Dianne Kerr, PT CLTLANA, presents an education-

were the best. So much so that by 1912, over one billion pencils per year were being made from it, and by 1920, Tennessee’s supply of red cedar was nearly wiped out. Timber cruisers were haggling with farmers for their cedar windbreaks and old cedar buildings, even swapping new woven-wire fencing for their old cedar fencerows.

Today, U.S. pencil production exceeds 2.5 billion annually. Fortunately for our cedar trees, manufacturers have found satisfactory alternatives to old-growth cedar. They are using a number of western species of juniper, and even plainer woods like basswood, dying it and giving it a cedar-like scent. There is still a healthy cedar timber industry here in Tennessee, but fortunately the supply exceeds the demand. Our cedars are hanging in there, abundant and green in the winter and useful in lots of ways year-round. And I’m glad for them – the cedar waxwings and I really enjoy having them around.

UT NOTES ■ Landscape architect Drew Wensley has been appointed a visiting professor of practice in the University of Tennessee College of Architecture and Design.

Drew Wensley Wensley is chief executive officer of Canadabased Moriyama & Teshima, a globally recognized planning and landscape architecture firm. He will visit the College of Architecture and Design numerous times a semester and work remotely with faculty and students on various projects. Info: https://tiny. utk.edu/landscape-faculty.

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Info: 637-5331, ext. 300 or knoxvillezoo.org.

Free admission to the Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center in Townsend, near the entrance to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The museum is open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and is closed on Sunday. Info: www.gsmheritagecenter.org.

THROUGH SUNDAY, MARCH 8 Call for entries for the next “Arts in the Airport,” a juried exhibition to run April 16 to Oct. 7 at McGhee Tyson Airport. Info/applications: www.knoxalliance. com/airport_entry.html or send an SASE to Suzanne Cada, Arts & Culture Alliance, PO Box 2506, Knoxville, TN 37901.

THROUGH FRIDAY, MARCH 27 Call for local authors of children’s books for “Farragut Book Fest for Children” to be held 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, April 11, at Founders Park at Campbell Station. $25 fee includes tent, table, two chairs and lunch at the event; authors will supply their books, decorations and signage. No fee: bring own set-up materials, which must include a tent fitting a 10’x10’ space. Info/to register: www.townoffarragut.org/register and click the Programs tab; Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive; 966-7057.

THROUGH FRIDAY, APRIL 10 Tickets available for Rhythm N’ Blooms music festival, on stages set exclusively along downtown Knoxville’s Jackson Avenue. Features first-timers, chart-climbers and highly lauded acts from varied musical backgrounds. Info/tickets: www. rhythmnbloomsfest.com.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 4 Brown Bag Lecture: “Clans, Septs, and Surnames in the Highlands of Scotland” by Graeme Mackenzie, noon, East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Admission: free. Bring a “Brown Bag” lunch; soft drinks available. Info: 215-8824 or www.EastTNHistory.org.

U.S. Air Force Shades of Blue Jazz Ensemble concert, 7 p.m., Ronald and Lynda Nutt Theatre, Clayton Center for the Arts, 502 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville. Concert is free; ticket is required.

Info/free ticket: Clayton Center Box Office or 9818590.

THURSDAY, FEB. 5 “Bulbs in Containers,” 3:15-4:30 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Presented by Knox County Master Gardener Lynn Carlson. Free program. Info: 329-8892.

The Flower Lovers Garden Club meeting, 2 p.m., John T. O’Connor Senior Center. Program: Valentine’s Day Tea with a craft activity. Info: 687-0744.

KSO Musical Storytimes for Kids, 11 a.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. For pre-school aged children and their caregivers. Info: 215-8750.

Needle Tatting/Crochet/Quilting class, 3:30-

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Reception to meet artist Crystal Wagner, 4-7 p.m., Bagwell Center for Media and Art, Pellissippi State Hardin Valley Campus, 10915 Hardin Valley Road. Info: www.pstcc.edu/arts or 694-6400.

Say It Loud! documentary, 5 p.m., Murphy Branch Library, 2247 Western Ave., LT Ross Bldg. Info: 521-7812.

THURSDAY-SUNDAY, FEB. 5-22 Athol Fugard’s “ ‘Master Harold’… and the boys” in the Clarence Brown Theatre’s Carousel Theatre, UT campus. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays. Free parking: McClung Tower Garage on Volunteer Boulevard. Info/tickets: Clarence Brown Theatre box office at 865-974-5161, Tickets Unlimited at 865-656-4444 or order online 24/7 at www.clarencebrowntheatre.com.

FRIDAY, FEB. 6 Alive After Five concert: Aftah Party, 6-8:30 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Tickets: $10; $5 for members/students. Info: 9342039.

Opening reception for Art Market Gallery February Featured Artist exhibit, 5:30 p.m., Art Market Gallery, 422 S. Gay St. Artists: architectural painter Dede Christopher of Maryville, and pen and pipe maker Ron Smith of Dandridge. Info: 525-5265, artmarketgallery. net or facebook.com/Art.Market.Gallery.

Reception for “HandMade Here: A Tennessee Craft Chapter Exhibition,” 5-9 p.m., Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. Exhibit on display Feb 6-28. Info: 523-7543 or www.knoxalliance.com.

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All Over the Page: “Where’d You Go, Bernadette?,” 6:30-7:30 p.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Info: 215-8750.

Needle Tatting Class, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Hobby Lobby, 6580 Clinton Highway. Cost: $24. Info: Monica Schmidt, 406-3971, monicaschmidt.tn@gmail.com, myquiltplace.com/profile/monicaschmidt.

Tennessee Shines: The John Myers Band and poet Rosemary Kitchen, 7 p.m., Knoxville Visitor Center, 301 S. Gay St. Tickets: $10, free for students with valid ID and children ages 14 and under. Info/tickets: WDVX. com.

UT Church Lecture Series: Jenny Sabin, 5:30 p.m., McCarty Auditorium of the UT Art and Architecture Building, 1715 Volunteer Blvd. Topic: “Between Architecture and Science: Elasticity and Networks.”

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Flea market at Westview Tower, 7823 Gleason Drive. Art, crafts, household and unique items.

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AAA Driver Improvement Course, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. or 8 a.m.-noon, AAA Maryville Office, 715 W. Lamar Alexander Parkway. Preregistration required. Info/to register: Kate, 862-9254, or Don, 862-9250.

Family Fun Day, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park. Free. Event focuses on Black History Month and the upcoming 25th anniversary of the museum. Info: 525-6101.

Family Search in Detail, 1-3 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Preregistration, a valid email address, Internet searching capabilities required.

Info/to register: 215-8809.

Inside Flea Market, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Christus Victor Early Childhood Development Center, 4110 Central Ave. Pike. Tables available: $30, $35 with electricity. Proceeds go to the Early Childhood Development program.

Info: 687-8228 or cvlcecdc@yahoo.com.

Malcolm Holcombe in concert, 8 p.m., Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Tickets: $12, some discounts available. Info/tickets: www.jubileearts.org.

Nourish Knoxville’s Winter Market, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Central UMC, 201 Third Ave. Features pastureraised meats, eggs, winter produce, honey, baked goods, artisan foods, handmade items, food trucks and other vendors from the Market Square Farmers Market.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Faye Wooden, 11 a.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Info: 215-8750.

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

Computer Workshop: Introducing the Computer, 2 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Info/to register: 215-8700.

Organizing Your Kitchen, 2 p.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Presented by professional organizer Karen Sprinkle. Info: 4707033.

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SUNDAY, FEB. 8 Auditions for WordPlayers production of “The Spitfire Grill. 2-5 p.m. Seeking four female actor/singers ages 20-60 and three male actor/singers ages 25-50. Appointment/location of auditions: 539-2490. Info: www. wordplayers.org.

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THURSDAY, FEB. 12 AAA Safe Driving for Mature Operators, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., John T. O’Connor Senior Center, 611 Winona St. Cost: $10. Info/to register: Kate, 862-9254, or Don, 862-9250.

AARP Driver Safety class, 8 a.m.-5 pm., East Tennessee Medical Group (ETMG), 266 Joule St., Alcoa.

Info/to register: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

55 Alive Seniors meeting, noon, First Lutheran Church meeting room, 1207 N. Broadway. Cost of hot luncheon: $8. Speaker: Chris Pluger, a Lutheran Bible Translator and Missionary. Topic: his life in Petauker, Zambia. Public invited; reservations required. Info/reservations: 524-0366.

FRIDAY, FEB. 13 Alive After Five concert: “Fat Friday Mardi Gras” with Roux Du Bayou, 6-8:30 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Tickets: $10; $5 for members/students. Info: 934-2039.

Valentine dinner fundraiser, 6 p.m., the Old Southern Terminal, 306 W. Depot St. Hosted by the Grace Christian Academy baseball team. Music: The Lore Family. Speaker: Tim Lovelace. Dinner served by The Foundry. Tickets: $125. Info/tickets: coach Mitchell Turner, mturner@gcarams.org; Dave Dunaway, dhdunaway@aol.com; staff of Legal Properties Inc., 524-3670; Grace Christian Academy baseball team, 5914 Beaver Ridge Road, Knoxville TN, 37939; 691-3427.

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Harvey Broome Group meeting, 7 p.m., Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 2931 Kingston Pike. Program: “Birds – Listing, Education and Conservation” by John O’Barr, Knoxville Chapter of the Tennessee Ornithological Society. Info: Robin Hill, 9669435 or robin.hill8@gmail.com.

The Knoxville Civil War Roundtable meeting, 7 p.m., Buddy’s Banquet Hall , 5806 Kingston Pike. Speaker: Myron J. Smith, author and professor at Tusculum College. Topic: “Six Navy Captains on Western Waters.” Deadline to RSVP: noon Monday, Feb. 9. Info/ to RSVP: 671-9001.

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Cardiac services at Parkwest For patients experiencing issues with their hearts, Parkwest offers a full spectrum of services for the entire diagnosis, treatment and recovery process. With experienced physicians and state-ofthe-art hybrid operating suites, Parkwest’s award-winning cardiac team leads the region in excellence in cardiac care.

The following cardiac services are available at Parkwest: Cardiac Catheterization Lab (Cath Lab): Cath Lab staff use contrast to produce high-speed digital Xrays and dye that allows them to examine the arteries and pump-

ing chambers of the heart. From these tests, a cardiologist can determine if there is blockage in one or more of the arteries that supply blood to the heart. If a blockage is present, it can usually be opened and repaired in the lab with balloons and stents. The Cath Lab performs a variety of catheter-based procedures and interventions on the heart, as well as on blocked arteries in the arms, legs and neck.

Cardiac Diagnostics: To assess patients without invasive proce-

dures, physicians can perform electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG), holter monitor recording, nuclear stress testing, echocardiogram,

transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) and tilt table exams. Each of these procedures helps determine the reason for a patient’s heart pain or issue. The cardiologist can

use these diagnostic tests to create a more specific treatment plan.

Cardiac Rehabilitation (CROP): Individuals living with chronic cardiovascular disease may improve their qualities of life and reduce risk of future cardiac events by committing to rehabilitation at Parkwest Cardiopulmonar y Wellness and Rehabilitation Center. A team of nurses, physiologists, dietitians, counselors and pharmacists work with each patient to create an individualized plan for

intensive lifestyle modification and heart disease management.

Cardiothoracic Surgery: Parkwest’s cardiothoracic surgeons perform more than 500 surgical procedures a year, including open advanced cardiovascular procedures like aortic root replacement, aortic arch repair and ascending aortic aneurysm repair. In addition to traditional open heart surgeries and coronary artery bypasses, Parkwest’s elite cardiac team was the first in our region to offer Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) for high-risk patients (see below).

Heart Attack 101 Q: How would I know if I were having a heart attack?

A: Often, it is not easy to tell. There are some common symptoms people may have including chest discomfort, shortness of breath, nausea or dizziness. When in doubt, call 911 immediately.

Do not wait more than five minutes to call.

Q: I’d rather wait until something is really wrong.

What’s the rush?

A: Clot-busting drugs and other artery-opening treatments work best when given within the first hour after a heart attack starts. The first hour also is the most risky time – it’s when your heart might stop suddenly. Responding quickly to your symptoms increases your chance of survival.

The TAVR team, led by Mike Ayres, MD; Thomas Pollard, MD; Chadwick Stouffer, MD; Nicholaos Xenopoulos, MD.

Parkwest continues to lead the way on TAVR As the first in the region to perform Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), Parkwest has been giving high-risk patients with severe aortic stenosis an alternative to open heart surgery for more than two years. Many patients who have been deemed inoperable have benefited from the TAVR procedure, during which diseased aortic valves are replaced with a collapsible prosthetic fash-

ioned from the valve of a cow. The valve was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2011.

The team at Parkwest performed the first procedure in June 2012 and has completed more than 100 successful TAVR surgeries since then.

While TAVR procedures are briefer and less invasive, it is still a serious surgery that is performed while the heart continues to beat.

Patients must meet strict criteria by both the surgeons and Edwards Lifesciences, which designed the valve, before being deemed suitable for TAVR. All procedures are performed in a state-of-theart hybrid operating room with a multidisciplinary team of cardiothoracic surgeons, cardiologists and anesthesiologists who work as interchangeable parts to complete the valve replacement.

Q: Emergency medical personnel cause such a commotion. Can I just have my spouse or friend take me to the hospital?

A: Emergency medical personnel bring medical care to you, and in some cases they can actually restart someone’s heart if it stops after they arrive. In addition, emergency personnel can communicate with the hospital while en route so staff members there are a step ahead when you arrive.

Complex heart surgery sets Nonsurgical ASD repair is Parkwest apart alternative to open heart surgery For people experiencing severe coronary disease like blocked arteries and aortic enlargement, care close to home may seem like a distant hope. However, Parkwest’s cardiac program offers complex surgeries and treatment that many believe are only available in larger cities.

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

“We have the staff, technology and capability to perform very cutting edge and advanced procedures. From a cardiac surgery standpoint, we can provide all of the services that can be provided at major institutions like the Cleveland Chadwick Clinic or Vanderbilt.”

Stouffer, MD These complex services include TAVR and brachiocephalic debranching, in which coronary artery blockages are bypassed and the patient’s aorta is replaced with a surgical cloth tube.

“As we do more and more complex operations, I think patients are starting to realize that they can get the same quality care here in Knoxville without having to drive hours away from family and friends,” Dr. Stouffer said. “I think that really does help in their recovery, not only in the hospital, but also when they leave.”

For patients with an Atrial Septal Defect (ASD), open heart surgery was once the only way to fi x the hole in the wall of the muscle that sits between the heart’s two upper chambers. Because this hole causes blood to flow from the left chamber of the heart to the right and vice versa, patients with ASD are at risk for heart failure, heart rhythm disturbances, stroke, pulmonary hypertension and valve leaks.

“ASD is the third most common type of congenital heart deNicholoas fect,” Nicholoas Xenopoulos, MD, Xenopoulos, MD Parkwest cardiac surgeon, said.

Dr. Xenopoulos is one of the few cardiologists in the region who can perform percutaneous closure, which is an alternative to open heart surgery in fi xing ASD. Before surgery, each patient with ASD completes a series of tests, including an EKG, chest X-ray and ultrasounds. Surgeons must determine the size of the hole, which helps determine how much blood is

flowing from one chamber to another. While surgery may be necessary in some cases – depending on the type and size of the defect and other heart conditions present – nonsurgical repair is quickly becoming the preferred treatment for most ASDs. Two tools can be used for the nonsurgical percutaneous closure.

“The device – an Amplatzer Septal Occluder or the Gore Helix Septal Occluder – is attached to the end of a catheter,” Dr. Xenopoulos explained. “The catheter is then inserted into a vein in the groin, up to the heart and through the defect.”

He guides the catheter with the help of X-ray and intracardiac echo. Very slowly, the device is pushed out of the catheter and opens to cover the hole in the heart. Tissue eventually grows over the implant.

Only a small scar is left following the procedure, instead of the large chest scarring that is inevitable with open heart surgery. Also, time in the hospital is reduced to only 6-24 hours, followed by visits with the cardiologist at one, six and 12 months after the procedure.

While catheter-based closure is not available to all patients with ASD, it has numerous benefits for those who qualify for it.

H O P E F O R H I G H R I S K PAT I E N T S Performed by Covenant Health interventional cardiologists and cardiothoracic surgeons in Parkwest’s state-of-the-art hybrid operating suite

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