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It’s Thursday, and Sage Morgan, director of operations for Random Acts of Flowers (RAF), has the sniffles. That’s because it’s arranging day, and Sage is allergic to flowers. Fortunately for the Knoxville community, she puts up with the discomfort. She was the first employee of the nonprofit, which was founded in 2008 by Larsen Jay. In the early days, RAF delivered approximately 15 bouquets each week. Now that the community has caught on to the concept, the number has risen to 600. See story on page A-2
Point of order! Sandra Clark never saw it coming. Knox County Commission shot down Dave Wright’s proposals for an elected school superintendent and for partisan school board elections. Also, the commission finally adopted a billboard reform, prohibiting new digital boards. It was a signal win for Scenic Knoxville and Richard Briggs.
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Concert at 2nd Presbyterian West High School junior Margaret Kramer has taken voice lessons for a year and a half, and the audience at 2nd Presbyterian Church was mesmerized by the purity of her soprano voice when she performed last week at a concert for young musicians.
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Club members got an early start on the wet, foggy day. George Wehrmaker, owner of Bright Side Landscaping in Powell, helped organize the event and donated many of the items used in the facelift. To page A-3
Pond Gap entrance after remulching. More picture on A-11.
By Wendy Smith In addition to the keys to their new Habitat for Humanity home, Pastor Magwe Arthemon and his wife, Martha, received numerous gifts from their adopted community during a recent dedication ceremony. Habitat board member Marv House gave the family a Bible. Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee donated food for the pantry. Other friends gave the family artwork, sheets, towels, tools and a fire extinguisher. And Habitat budget tutor Susan McGuire presented Magwe with a coupon book that he will use to make payments on the Lonsdale house. Like all other Habitat homeowners, the Arthemons will pay for their new home. But the opportunity to live in the home is a gift from God, Magwe says. It is
Carolyn Hansen, Phil Watson, Byamungu Arthemon, Magwe Arthemon and Martha Arthemon participate in the dedication the Arthemons’ new Habitat for Humanity home in Lonsdale. The Burundian family was relocated to Knoxville in 2008. Photo by Wendy Smith
By Betty Bean County Finance Director Chris Caldwell’s report on the court clerks’ collections sounded pretty grim when he gave his financial update at last week’s County Commission chair’s luncheon. The numbers are down from last year. Criminal, Criminal Sessions and 4th Circuit Court Clerk Joy McCroskey’s collections are running $140,000 behind last year’s figures. Circuit, Civil Sessions and Juvenile Court Clerk Cathy Quist’s collections are $69,000
behind last year. On the surface, Clerk and Master of Chancery and Probate Court Howard Hogan’s collections seem to be a bright spot, since they are running about $4,000 ahead of last year, but he says that number is deceptive, because although collection numbers are up, case filings are down, giving him cause for concern about the future. Jokingly, Caldwell breaks it down to this: “Judges say clerks aren’t collecting. Clerks say judges are too quick to forgive (court costs). We take that into account as we do the budget.”
Behind the numbers, however, are existing problems and brewing societal and cultural changes that are affecting the fee offices’ bottom lines. While Chancery Court has a reliable revenue source from handling county tax sales, other traditional sources are drying up. Many divorces that used to be heard in 4th Circuit Court are now going to Chancery Court instead (more on that later), but the divorce filings are down overall, probably because of the economy. “Fewer divorces are being filed because people can’t afford them,”
the fulfillment of a promise that God made to him while he was living as a refugee in Africa. He was born in Burundi, Africa, in 1964, but was forced to flee the war-torn country in 1972. His family lived as refugees in the Congo and then Tanzania for 36 years. While in Tanzania, Magwe received a message from God. He would preach in a new land, and be provided with a church and a home. In 2004, Burundian refugees began the process of relocation to the U.S., but Magwe was afraid because he was poor, didn’t speak English, and had only lived in the bush, he says. But God told him that if he obeyed, he could do anything. The Arthemons came to Knoxville in 2008, and the promises have now been fulfilled. In 2011, Magwe’s congregation, the Light Mission Pentecostal Church, purchased a building on Heiskell Avenue. That same year, the family enrolled in the Habitat for Humanity program. Kelle Shultz, president of To page A-7
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Hogan said. Additionally, while the trend away from taking disputes to trial in favor of mediation may ease the financial toll on citizens, it has taken a toll on Chancery Court collections. Much of the child support collection that used to be done in Chancery Court is now being handled at the state level, creating another loss of fees. And the long-term judicial commitments that used to bring in
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Charley Garvey receives some shovel horseplay from West Knox Rotary president Richard Bettis. Gary Ricciardi waits patiently, holding a post. The three helped replace an old set of steps leading up to the school.
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Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Sharon Lee did not come to Downtown Rotary to talk about the law. She came instead to talk about courage, common bonds and cabbage. Lee’s presentation included the story of her father, Charles Lee, and of James Hugh Ross, Harold Leibowitz, David Goldin and Bruce Foster.
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P d G Pond Gap El Elementary t School received a facelift on World Rotary Day Feb. 23, thanks to the combined efforts of Knox area Rotary clubs. Pond Gap principal Susan Espiritu would not guess the value of the improvements. “Oh my goodness, I have no idea. They donated over $1,500 worth of flash cards that they are making into tutoring packets for classrooms and tutors to use. “They completely redid our steps coming from the lower parking lot, repainted our front door and window frame and mulched all our flower beds. “They also powerwashed the concrete in front and back. More than 70 Rotarians from five clubs participated and did for our school those things that just don’t get done and that we needed so desperately! “Rotary is a tremendous organization!”
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to live in small spaces, conserve water/electricity/goods, and be respectful of their environment all while living life to the fullest. In the U.S., it is so easy to live excessively!
What is the best present you ever received in a box? Chocolate, of course!
What is the best advice your mother ever gave you? A few years ago my mom told me to get a hobby. That advice compelled me to join the Great Smokies Hiking and Adventure Group (GSHAG). Through GSHAG I have finally begun to take advantage of the beautiful area in which I live.
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It’s Thursday, and Sage Morgan, director of operations for Random Acts of Flowers (RAF), has the sniffles. That’s because it’s arranging day, and Sage is allergic to flowers. Fortunately for the Knoxville community, she puts up with the discomfort. She was the first employee of the nonprofit, which was founded in 2008 by Larsen Jay. In the early days, RAF delivered approximately 15 bouquets each week. Now that the community has caught on to the concept, the number has risen to 600. After memorial services, weddings and other functions, used flowers are donated to RAF. Volunteers pick up the arrangements, which are “deconstructed� at the organization’s East Knox headquarters. Then new arrangements are created and delivered. On Tuesdays, flowers go to hospital patients who need extra encouragement. On Thursdays, deliveries are made to smaller facilities, like nursing homes, so each resident can receive an arrangement. Sage moved to Knoxville in 1997 to attend UT, and has stuck around in spite of some wanderlust. She was RAF’s sole employee in the early days, and took up hiking in order to decompress. But she’s even found a way to be generous through her hobby. She’d like to become a “trail angel� by providing food and other necessities to Appalachian Trail hikers. “I love sharing,� she says. “We live in a country with a lot of excess. We should share that excess.�
What are you guilty of? I am guilty of consuming large quantities of chocolate!
What is your favorite material possession? My favorite material possession is my backcountry pack. With it strapped to my back I’ve been able to enjoy quality time in the beautiful mountains that surround us here in East Tennessee.
What are you reading currently? I have just restarted the Wheel of Time series of which the final (No. 14) has just been released. My father introduced me to fantasy novels with this great series and I am excited to read it all the way through!
What was your most embarrassing moment?Â
Hmmm, I’m not sure I want to share my most embar-
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rassing moment but ‌ I once forgot my hiking boots for a weekend backpack trip and realized it when my carpool was over an hour outside of Knoxville!
I love Facebook! It helps me to keep in touch with people I have met from all around the world and right here at home.
What are the top three things on your bucket list?Â
What is the worst job you have ever had?
I’d like to spend two full weeks in the backcountry. I’d like to join the Peace Corps and spend two years in a foreign country helping to make positive change. I’d like to attend culinary school in a foreign country.
I was once a field representative for a tobacco company. It was my job to give out free cigarettes. I am not proud of my part in perpetrating this horrid habit!
What is one word others often use to describe you?
What was your favorite Saturday morning cartoon?
Crunchy ‌ I make my own cleaning products, I prefer ayurvedic medicine, and I grow food in my backyard.
I grew up without television so I have no memories of Saturday morning cartoons. I have not picked up the habit as an adult.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
What irritates you?
I hope to never stop growing and becoming a more responsible steward of our environment, but I would not change a single thing about myself. I am perfect just the way I am!
What is your passion? I am passionate about being a vessel of positive change in our community and the world at large. This passion takes many forms but I am especially passionate about fulfilling the mission of Random Acts of Flowers. Having been with this grassroots charity from the very beginning, I have seen how a simple idea can grow to bring a community together.
With whom, living or dead, would you most like to have a long lunch? I would like to have a long lunch with Pierre Ferrari, President and CEO of Heifer, International. I would take the opportunity to share my passion for his mission, especially the Seeds of Change project that focuses on Appalachian poverty and malnourishment. Perhaps lunch would be a foot in the door to my dream job!
I still can’t quite get the hang of ‌ ‌ living the simple life. I traveled in Vietnam a few years ago and I was really struck with the natives’ ability
I am irritated by parents who allow time constraints to come before teaching their children how to eat a healthy diet rather than fast food. The habits our parents help us form as children follow us into adulthood. I have a friend who had a horrid diet but when she became a mom she went the extra mile to make sure she started her children down a healthier path than her own. I have a huge amount of respect for that type of parenting!
What’s one place that everyone should visit? The Bistro at the Bijou Theatre. Partially because of the great food and laid-back atmosphere, and partially because Martha is a small-business owner who isn’t afraid to stand up for what she believes.
What is your greatest fear? My greatest fear is not having the opportunity to fulfill my bucket list.
If you could do one impulsive thing, what would it be? I would love to pack up my life and spend a year traveling and working odd-jobs around the globe. I’d have to do it impulsively because my analytical brain can’t seem to make it a worthy goal! It can be your neighbor, club leader, bridge partner, boss, father, teacher – anyone you think would be interesting to Bearden Shopper-News readers. Email suggestions to Wendy Smith, shopperwendy@comcast.net. Include contact info if you can.
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Suzy Compere, Donna Young, and Janice Hixson work the checkout table at Knoxville Green’s recent daffodil bulb sale and giveaway at Windsor Square Shopping Center. Behind them are Knoxville Green founder Maria Compere’s granddaughters, Rebecca, Amanda and Alyx Henry. Photo by Wendy Smith
Stubbornness works for cats – and writers
Diane Dietrich, Lauren Dietrich, Victoria McDonald, Taylor Boyer and Tamara Boyer participate in World Thinking Day hosted by 3rd Year Cadette and Senior Girl Scouts from Troop 20961. Each February, Girl Guides and Girl Scouts celebrate World Thinking Day by participating in activities with global themes in recognition of international friendships developed through scouting. Lauren Dietrich and Taylor Boyer are members of Troop 20961. McDonald is troop leader. Photo submitted
“Never Try to Out-Stubborn a Cat” was the theme of the talk Knoxvillian Mallory Kane gave to the Knoxville Writers Group last week.
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Kane, who will have her 33rd book published by Harlequin Intrigue this spring, says she has always been a writer. She wrote her first novel at age 13, and the story included romance, a
Harlequin Intrigue novelist Mallory Kane spoke to the Knoxville Writers Group last week. Photo by Wendy Smith
Cultural, legal thousands of dollars in fees annually vanished with the 2012 closing of Lakeshore Mental Health Institute. “There’s just not as much trial work, which means there’s not as much filing to generate fees to clerks. From a clerk’s perspective, the more work involved in a case, the higher the court costs. No filings means no counterclaims, no hearings, no subpoenas or notices, so fees and commissions to the clerks tend to be lower,” Hogan said. “Since my appointment, we have lost four to five positions because of decreasing workload.” The financial stress isn’t likely to ease anytime soon – Hogan is keeping an eye on a new workers’ compensation bill that will take those cases out of local courts entirely. Cathy Quist, who is also an attorney, says the effects of tort reform (another Haslam administration priority) have affected her bottom line. “We are seeing less of the cases that typically generate the most billing because of mediation and arbitration,” she said. “And while our collection rates range between 95 percent and the high 80s, cases aren’t being filed that generate intermediate case billing. A large number of cases are filed
wounded hero, a heroine who sees past the hero’s flaws, murder, danger and a happy ending. Many of the books she’s written as an adult have similar characters and themes, she said. “A lot of us who write get a lot of it right instinctively because of how much we read.” In spite of good instincts, Kane experienced eight years of “lovely rejection letters” before she was finally published. That’s when she had to emulate her cats, who won’t do anything they don’t want to do. “Don’t ever, ever, ever, ever give up,” she said.
Early in her career, she joined Romance Writers of America to take advantage of teaching and mentoring. She recommended the group to anyone who aspires to being a romance novelist. For those who prefer to bypass publishing houses, electronic publishing has proven to be lucrative for some of her friends, she said. Those opportunities may dry up soon, however, as publishers figure out ways to control that market. Writers must have perseverance, luck, patience and a thick skin to succeed, she said. “Be like a cat.”
Knoxville Green recently hosted its first daffodil bulb sale and giveaway without founder Maria Compere, who passed away in February at age 97. Active Knoxville Green member Larry Silverstein said that while lots of bulbs went out the door, it was tough to host the event without Maria. “I keep looking for her,” he said. Maria’s daughter, Suzy, and three of her grandchil-
judges,” she said. Joy McCroskey is in the deepest hole of the three clerks, but says her office will be getting some help under a new law that has put some teeth into enforcement of delinquent collections. “If the costs aren’t paid in one year, the state can revoke the offender’s drivers license. We don’t have a choice,” she said, adding that the new law will have no effect on judges granting indigent status to defendants who cannot pay their court costs. She has another ongoing revenue drain in 4th Circuit collection. This is Judge Bill Swann’s court, where 2,556 orders of protection were filed last year, the vast majority by indigents. “Ninety percent of them don’t pay,” McCroskey said. “My staff does everything possible to collect. There are also fewer and fewer lawyers willing to file divorces
there because Judge Swann makes them go to more mediation and parenting classes than the law requires, so they go to Chancery Court where (their clients) don’t have to spend that extra money for classes.” Finally, she says the biggest problem she faces in collections is lack of staff. “I need more employees. I have 80 – I did have 101, so I’m down to the minimum. Last year I didn’t have enough people to do the work. We don’t ask Knox County for money. The fees that we collect pay our salaries and benefits. The county gives us an operating allowance.”
“This is an annual event done by the local clubs,” said Wehrmaker. “All of the clubs come together for one major project and this year we chose Pond Gap.” Clubs involved were Knoxville Breakfast Rotary Club, president Scott Taylor; West Knox Rotary Club, president Richard Bettis; Downtown Rotary Club, president Wes Stow-
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From page A-1 and closed the same day. In a lot of cases, settlements are announced the day they are filed. The culture has changed in the civil courts.” When the recession hit, Quist’s office saw a 45 percent increase in civil sessions court filings, largely due to credit card companies going after delinquent accounts. Now, that boomlet is receding. Filings in civil sessions court increased dramatically after the amount that could be collected in “small claims” cases increased. This has had the effect of shrinking the circuit court docket because plaintiffs can represent themselves in sessions court, where cases tend to generate less paperwork and get resolved much quicker, Quist said. That’s good for the plaintiff, not so good for the clerk’s numbers. Quist’s office, which used to process short-term mental health commitments, has also been negatively impacted by Lakeshore’s closing. “We had 34,496 mental health filings in 2011. Last year, Lakeshore closed, and we lost all of them,” she said. And she, too, is dreading the impact of the governor’s workers’ comp bill. “As of Jan. 1, 2014, those lawsuits will be completely administrative and will be handled by workers’ comp
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Partisan city elections? It’s hard to understand the push in Nashville to make Knox County school board elections partisan. Shouldn’t this be a referendum for Knox voters to decide as opposed to the state Legislature imposing it upon us?
support would extend to writing, calling or visiting state lawmakers or City Council adopting a resolution. (County Commission adopted such a resolution on Feb. 25.) Rogero has not been as visible on this issue as Burchett. ■ Governor Haslam has chosen the first woman in Knox County history to Victor be the new Circuit Court Ashe Judge to replace Wheeler Rosenbalm who resigned in December 2012. She is Deborah Stevens with the firm of Lewis, King, Krieg Mayor Rogero opposes it, and Waldrop where she had in response to an inquiry. extensive management and If one is unhappy with the law practice experience. school board, it is hard to Married with a daughsee how making the electer, Katie, she will face the tions partisan improves it. voters in the Republican The board might become primary in May 2014 and 7-2 or 6-3 Republican, but all voters in the August would that change its curcounty election in 2014 rent policies? The next step in this pro- when she seeks a full 8-year term. She is expected to gression would be to make the Knoxville and Farragut take her oath this week, at a ceremonial swearing-in city elections partisan. with the governor present Will our state legislators and to which the public will also impose that upon the be invited will occur later. voters of Farragut and ■ Former Knoxville Knoxville? Police Chief Phil Keith ■ Mary Pat Tyree, former spouse of mayor Randy who lives in Fountain City has been awarded the inauTyree, has been living in gural Frederick Douglass Nashville for several years but is considering returning Family Foundation Human Rights Award. It was given to Knoxville. She indicated to Keith last month for his she may resume her real estate practice in Knoxville. work as Knoxville’s Police Chief (he served over 16 ■ County mayor years) as well as involveBurchett has been tirement over the past nine lessly advocating tax relief through a reduced sales tax years with Amber Alert, which impacts missing and levy on Chapman Highexploited children. way merchants to assist ■ Vice mayor Nick in reducing the pain they are suffering from the Pavlis will hold the first long-closed Henley Street fundraiser of the five Bridge. Burchett has gotten council members seeking the lion’s share of attena second and final term on tion on this fight for city the council on March 21 at residents. the Outdoor Center. When asked, city spokesPavlis is the only memperson Jesse Mayshark ber who has previously assured me Mayor Rogserved on council. ero does support Burchett’s He represents South fight for her neighbors Knoxville. City primary in South Knoxville, but elections are seven months he was unable to state off with the general election whether this strong Rogero following in November.
GOSSIP AND LIES ■ You know it’s spring when Knox County schools have three or four events each night. In addition to basketball tournaments, last Thursday brought the high school choral concert, the PTA’s big bash and a parent meeting at Vine Middle. ■ School board this week: workshop at 5 p.m. Monday and monthly meeting at 5 p.m. Wednesday. Reckon they’ll talk about security?
■ Betty Bean writes this week about dwindling collections in three local clerks’ offices. And the prospects look slim going forward. Apparently a stealth bill introduced by Sen. Stacey Campfield and Rep. Roger Kane would take the fees away from the clerks entirely and hand them over to the county mayor. ■ Cathy Quist, Joy McCroskey and Howard Hogan just think they’ve got problems!
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Point of order! I never saw it coming. Commissioner Mike Hammond sidestepped the rush to return Knox County to the 1950s with quick motions to table Commissioner Dave Wright’s efforts to require partisan elections for school board and superintendent. It’s not amazing that Wright offered the resolutions, and it’s not a surprise that Hammond moved to table them. What is amazing is that Hammond prevailed – twice – on votes of 5-4 and 10-1. The election of the school superintendent is an issue that’s simmered since the appointive process was established as part of then Gov. Ned McWherter’s education reforms in the early 1990s. Just a few weeks ago, the Knox County Republican Party voted to support the election of the school superintendent upon the urging of Mayor Tim Burchett. Sen. Frank Niceley introducted legislation to enable such elections, and Wright was trying to get County
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Commission on record in support. Of course, no one actually voted “against” electing a superintendent. Commissioners simply voted to put the resolution on the table where it may lie forever. The partisan school board proposal felt odd. Commissioner Sam McKenzie said it seemed “rushed, spurious, off the cuff.” Wright said it’s an issue that “arises in the 8th District every spring,” somewhat like green onions, I suppose. Voting with Wright were Jeff Ownby, R. Larry Smith, Tony Norman and Richard Briggs. Voting to table were Hammond, McKenzie, Amy Broyles, Brad Anders, Ed Shouse and Mike Brown. Although a motion to table is nondebatable, the com-
missioners debated both of Hammond’s for more than an hour. Larry Smith even tried to offer a friendly amendment. In the end, most commissioners were averse to meddling in state legislative business. And that’s a refreshing change we can all support. It’s hard to know what legislators would accomplish by making school board races partisan. Most observers believe the current board has a 6-3 Republican majority. There’s no guarantee a 9-0 GOP majority would vote differently. School security: The debate has heated to the point that school security could be compromised by the public talks of deficiencies and finger-pointing. Tony Norman told commissioners there is “outrage” over misleading statements and the way school security is being handled. Amy Broyles said it’s “ridiculous” to imply that Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre, who has two children in Knox County
Schools, doesn’t care about security. “I’m getting really irate over individuals who are trying to score political points over an issue as important as our children’s safety.” Brad Anders, a city police officer, said security cannot be open. “This has been handled badly from day one, and now everyone is defensive. Let the process work. Progress is being made.” Larry Smith predicted the school system will “get a windfall” of funding for enhanced security. “I’m behind you,” he told McIntyre, adding that principals are telling him they need more cameras. Billboards: Richard Briggs finally passed a watered-down version of billboard reform – probably the best he could get – on a 7-4 vote. The resolution will prohibit new digital (“blinky”) billboards in Knox County and prohibit the conversion of existing boards to digital. Voting no were Smith, Ownby, Wright and Anders.
Safety Center proposal gets ‘not in our neighborhood’ response She sat in the second row, sporting a League of Women Voters observer badge, taking notes as the discussion of the facility recently renamed a jail diversion center grew more heated.
Betty Bean The speakers – County Commissioner Amy Broyles, Sheriff Jimmy “J.J.” Jones, Helen Ross McNabb Center CEO Andy Black and District Attorney General Randy Nichols – still call it a safety center, as they have been doing since it was proposed in 2008, stressing the need for a way to channel the mentally ill toward treatment instead of jail. Jones said the $1 million spent on building the safety center is a fraction of the $16 to $20 million it will cost to build a new pod at the chronically-overcrowded county jail. He also said that inmates drawing TennCare and SSI benefits see those revoked when they are arrested, thus driving them deeper into homelessness. Treatment at the safety center, which will have 16 critical care service beds, 10
medically monitored de-tox beds and 10-12 sobering stations and a staff of 27, won’t jeopardize SSI or TennCare benefits, Jones said. Whatever it’s called, the most vocal members of the audience of 60-something in the Knox County Health Department auditorium last Tuesday made it clear that they don’t want it in North Knoxville, which they say already has enough social service organizations, homeless facilities and halfway houses. There was some disagreement. The speakers said the proposed location adjacent to the Helen Ross McNabb Center at 205 W. Springdale Avenue in an industrial zone across Central Avenue from the Oakwood Lincoln Park neighborhood isn’t written in stone. Broyles pushed back against the suggestion that it should be placed on the site of the defunct Lakeshore Mental Health Institute, saying that she’d explored that idea, and it went nowhere. Broyles also noted that Helen Ross McNabb, which already provides mental health services at the Knox County Jail, was the only mental health care provider to respond to the county’s request for proposals for a
safety center in 2008. She said she is open to looking at other locations and is interested in talking to city officials about placing it next to the Knoxville Police Department headquarters on Howard Baker Jr. Avenue. A suggestion to build it downtown on the State Street property the county acquired in the late ’90s for a justice center got a tepid reception. Toward the end of the meeting, the LWV observer took off her badge and said she wanted to talk about a close relative who is mentally ill and was jailed, subsequently convicted and labeled a sex offender on a charge of indecent exposure for doing yoga naked on his front porch. “If a safety center had been available, he might have been diverted to mental health treatment instead of the criminal justice system,” she said. “He subsequently cycled in and out of jail and Lakeshore, never accepting his diagnosis. He has not had a good outcome and has a felony on his record now (from defending himself from assault with a skateboard and skipping bail during the trial). He not only has poor insight into his situation, but daunting hurdles to overcome just
to get housing and employment, so that is my personal reason for supporting the safety center and hoping that an acceptable location will be found.” He now has two convictions and is living in a “Three Strikes and You’re Out” state where he is in jeopardy of drawing a life sentence if he gets into trouble again for being mentally ill, she said. Jones, Nichols, Broyles and Black attempted to reassure their critics that the safety center would not be dumping mentally ill offenders onto the streets of their neighborhood – something that Broyles said is already happening when police drop off drunks at the Tennova emergency room. Some remained unconvinced: “Don’t put anything else in my zip code, please. I’m tired of writing letters …. Please don’t put anything else on us,” one woman said. “I’m asking you to trust me,” said Broyles, who lives near the proposed site. “I’m not advocating anything detrimental to our area.” “Some of us do agree and trust you and support you,” said another audience member, drawing a sprinkling of applause just before the meeting ended.
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Migration NATURE NOTES | Dr. Bob Collier Last Tuesday I took a morning stroll around the grounds between rain showers, just to get a little outdoor air, before the rest of what was shaping up to be an indoor-type day. My Grandmother Collier’s double jonquils were blooming, the old coolweather bluegrass was bright green and the birds were singing. And they were really singing – as if they thought it was already spring (still officially 3 weeks away). The cardinals and the tufted titmice led the chorus, with support from the field and song sparrows, the eastern towhees and the Carolina wrens. Those are all guys who have hung in there with us through the whole dreary winter, along with the mockingbird and the brown thrasher, the blue jays and the robins. This time of the year, with all that morning chorus, it’s hard to believe that, in just six weeks from now, it will all more than double! With the arrival of the spring migrants, the songs will multiply so that some mornings it will be hard to sort them all out. Swifts and swallows, vireos and gnatcatchers, catbirds and wood thrushes, cuckoos and nighthawks, hummingbirds and wood warblers are coming back – species that through the eons have developed a lifestyle that many of us would envy –they live in a world where it is always summer. Actually, they live here in our environs less than half the year. We are loathe to admit it, but they are really South American birds that have found great success in raising their young by coming north for a few months each year. Here, they are able to raise their babies on the high-protein diet available to them in the form of the abundance of insect life that explodes around us every spring – gnats and worms, bugs and caterpillars. Animal migrations have fascinated and mystified people through the ages. Birds aren’t the only animals that do it – great herds of animals migrate across the plains of Africa; herds of caribou migrate in the vast far north of our continent. Monarch butterf lies migrate from as far as Canada to a site in Mexico, to a place where not a single one of them has ever been before. But for sheer huge numbers (think billions), and sheer unimaginable distances, often thousands of miles a year, nothing in the natural world matches the spectacle of the spring and fall f lights of the birds. These comings and goings are part of the local people’s lives; consider the storks returning over the centuries to the chimneys of Europe. The cliff swallows of San Juan Capistrano, having wintered 6,000 miles to the south in Argentina, have traditionally returned to the Mission each spring on St. Joseph’s day, March 19. And then there are the turkey vultures of Hinckley, Ohio, faithfully returning each year on March 15, in time for their big Buzzard Day Festival. The seasonal disappearance of the birds mystified the ancients and not-so-ancient folks who were observant and curious about such things. All those f locks of blackbirds
and swallows, even the small songbirds – where did they go? There were theories that the swallows buried themselves in the mud of ponds to sleep the winter away, and that hummingbirds f lew away south riding on the backs of the geese – they were obviously too small to get very far on their own! Even in more recent times, with world-wide travel and many scientists and naturalists out there searching and observing, many of the details of migration remain unknown. Research has revealed that birds find their way by a combination of amazing traits, among them the ability to navigate by the earth’s magnetic field, and to tell the time of day by the sun, even compensating for latitude and longitude as they go along. They are able to travel thousands of miles every spring, and end up in the same field or yard each spring. But finding where they actually go, especially to spend the winter, has always been a tough problem to solve. Some species seem to just disappear into a trackless jungle to the south, or out across the
ocean to Goodness Knows Where. Occasionally the answer was found by bird banding; hundreds or thousands of individuals of a species were fitted with tiny ID leg bands, and then by sheer luck, one or two would be recovered from birds on the wintering grounds. That is how a dedicated birder from Memphis surprised the ornithological world by discovering that chimney swifts spend their winters in the jungles of Peru. Banding is a very laborintensive and low-yield enterprise. But – we’ve put men on the moon and landed a vehicle on Mars. And, we now have some high-tech help in solving some of the mysteries of bird migration. The April issue of Birdwatching magazine has an article about that very thing. It seems that a gentleman with a group called the British Antarctic Survey by the interesting name of Vsevolod Afanasyev developed a device called a geolocator and used it to track the legendary wandering albatross on their decades-long travels across the endless southern oceans. One of his colleagues,
engineer James Fox, then adapted the device into a tiny 0.018 ounce gizmo that can be attached to the back of a small bird. A sparrow weighs in at about 0.7 ounce; a catbird, around an ounce. The geolocator contains a clock, battery, light sensor, and microprocessor, squeezed into a miniature device that causes these small birds no distress or problems with their f light. The system is not without its problems – each geolocator costs $200, and they only recover about 20 percent of them for analysis. Cloudy weather and even prolonged shade makes evaluations more difficult. But they have already made many remarkable discoveries into the details of when, where, how far and how fast various species of our birds travel. They’ve found that our purple martins use a broad area along the Amazon River for their wintering grounds; one of our
eastern shorebirds, the willet, f lies 2,800 miles each fall, before hurricane season, to gather for the winter in a small area on the north coast of Brazil. But probably the most spectacular example of this is the story of two birds called northern wheatears. They are small, gray and white, sparrow-sized birds that nest in Alaska. These two were fitted with geolocators. After their migrations, they were recaptured and the devices analyzed. And they found that the two little birds had left Fairbanks, Alaska, f lown over the Bering Sea, through Russia, across the Arabian desert, and wintered in central Africa – average roundtrip distance, 18,640
miles – the longest-known migration of any songbird! All this research is just beginning. We’re learning that whales can dive more than a mile deep in the ocean, and birds can fly nearly 20,000 miles in a year’s migration. And yep, there are still an awful lot of things we don’t know. But we surely do know that the arrival of all those singing spring birds each year is an event little short of miraculous – and they’ll be here soon. Be watching.
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New coach, first spring Spring football with a new coach is an exciting time. Anything may happen. I am reminded of two unusual changeovers with ties to Fayetteville, Ark. Former Tennessee captain and all-American end Bowden Wyatt had a sensational second season as Arkansas coach. The Razorbacks whipped Texas for the first time in 17 years. Arkansas won the Southwest Conference. Arkansas went to the Cotton Bowl. Fans went nuts. In celebration, they passed the hat and collected a small fortune. Wyatt tried to discourage wild-eyed generosity but they bought him a new white Cadillac and gave him a bundle of leftover cash to divide among assistant coaches. If you remember the good old days, perhaps you recall what happened. In early January 1955 Wyatt drove that
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’55 Cadillac from Fayetteville to Knoxville. His old coach, Robert R. Neyland, had called him home. Bowden was the new coach at Tennessee. Key aides came with him, back pockets stuffed with bonus loot. Wyatt led an amazing transformation at Tennessee. He increased intensity. He established discipline. Players gained toughness, physically and mentally. One of his colorful sayings was “Hitch up your guts and let’s go.” The coach caused a shocking incident on the
second day of spring. Fullback Tom Tracy was a very talented runner and free spirit but not a proponent of strict training rules. Opposite personalities of coach and star player hinted of a possible clash. One happened. Tracy suffered leg cramps in a scrimmage. He thrashed around on the grass and called for trainer Mickey O’Brien. Other players downshifted into neutral in anticipation of a pause that refreshes. Wyatt ignored the fallen Tracy, ordered a manager to move the ball five yards forward, called for another fullback and re-ignited the scrimmage. Tracy was offended at the lack of official compassion. That evening he threatened to leave. Wyatt dispatched two assistants to help him pack. Losing Tracy was a sizable setback. Establishing
March forth!
Cross Currents
Lynn Hutton
This day is a day of distress…; children have come to the birth, and there is no strength to bring them forth. (Isaiah 37: 3b NRSV) When I realized the date on which this column would be published, I was reminded of my first pregnancy. My doctor informed me that my due date would be on or about March 4. Our best friends at the time had also been married for several years and had no children. When we told them our happy news, including the projected due date, our friend Paul chuckled and said, “March fourth! Hm-mm. That sounds strong and determined! Almost like an order: ‘March forth!’” Later we discovered that
Paul and his wife were expecting about the same time, and so were my husband’s business partner and his wife. It was a veritable population explosion, there in our little West Virginia town. When I went into labor at about five in the morning on the fourth of March, I thought, “Wow, my doctor was right on! He hit the due date exactly!” We drove through the early morning darkness to the hospital and decided on her name as we headed up the hill to the parking lot. She would be Sarah Jordan.
Jordan, however, did not feel bound by my doctor’s prediction of a due date. She had other ideas. To be blunt, she dilly-dallied. I freely admit that I was a rookie at this labor business and wasn’t sure how to go about it. Labor went on for some 21 hours before Jordan made her debut in this world. By that time it was no longer the fourth of March, but the fifth, and I was exhausted, but happy. Jordan, on the other hand, was outraged that she had been pushed out of her warm, secure dark place, floating inside my
authority enhanced Wyatt’s influence. A year later, Tennessee had one of the best teams in school history. Doug Dickey, coach on the field as Florida quarterback, became a young assistant at Arkansas. At age 31, he was named head coach at Tennessee. That was a shock. Few knew who he was. Bob Woodruff, new as the Vols’ athletic director, knew. He was Doug’s college coach. The Dickey family, Doug, JoAnne and three children, moved from Fayetteville to Knoxville without benefit of a complimentary Cadillac. Blowing snow inhibited their two-car caravan. One set of wheels was decent, the other a clunker Doug had driven to work. Along the way, ropes came loose and suitcases blew off the top of a car. It took a while but scattered stuff was recovered. Then, the old car broke down. Everybody and everything had to be crammed into
the better car. JoAnne summarized, saying no matter how or when the Dickeys eventually left Tennessee, “We couldn’t be as bad off as when we came.” Dickey thought he must find a quarterback in the spring of ’64. He was switching from the historic single-wing formation. The center had to hand the ball to somebody. Dickey tried Hal Wantland, tough enough for any assignment but not quick enough. He tried David Leake, waiter in the team dining hall who walked on as a football player and wasn’t half bad. Art Galiffa, nephew of a former Army all-American, eventually won the job. Believe me, there was no way to tell by watching spring practice that great things were about to happen. Butch Jones’ spring outlook appears better.
tummy, and into a bright, cold world where gravity began its pull on her. By that time, my husband’s business partner and his wife were just down the hall, also in the throes of labor. Their Amy also took her own sweet time, and was born on the sixth of March. My Jordan has been a “march forth” kind of a gal ever since that day. As a toddler, her declaration of independence was an emphatic “Baby do it!” (meaning “Let me do this by myself!”). She has grown into an accomplished, capable woman who knows her own abilities. She has dreams and plans and goals, and the strength, stamina and determination to make them happen. I ponder sometimes the way in which a day – any day – can suddenly take on importance, meaning, celebra-
tion or sadness. I notice days: the birthdays (or deaths) of high school friends and teachers, of colleagues and composers, of presidents or princes. I notice anniversaries of events big and small, days of infamy, saints’ days. I also take note of the ways in which special occasions seem to cluster in my family. January was always chockfull of birthdays in my parents’ generation; nowadays, April is the month studded with stars on the calendar. I am grateful for the people whose days (and lives) I celebrate. Today I am most especially grateful for my Jordan, who marched forth, and made March fifth a holiday in our family. And I gladly forgive her dilly-dallying on the day before her birth. Heaven knows she has not done so since!
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Arts ‘alive and well’ at 2nd Presbyterian By Wendy Smith West High School junior Margaret Kramer has taken voice lessons for a year and a half, and the audience at 2nd Presbyterian Church was mesmerized by the purity of her soprano voice when she performed last week at a concert for young musicians. She sang a choral piece, “Panis Angelicus,” then tried something more daring – “I May Never Come Down Again” from the musical Cinderella with a few dance steps thrown in. She enjoyed having the opportunity to perform in the church’s beautiful sanctuary. Though she’s inexperienced as a solo performer, the dancing is what made her nervous. “That was unfamiliar territory,” she said later. “It was nerve-wracking.” Kramer’s voice teacher, Brenda Luggie, teaches two students who performed at the concert. Having the opportunity to perform publicly encourages young musicians who don’t typically have an audience other than their teachers, she said. “If there’s no audience, it’s not as rewarding.” That’s why 2nd Presbyterian organist Brenda Goslee organized the concert, which featured 16 perform-
Bearden High School junior Parker Dodson talks with West High School freshman Bruce Boles following a youth concert at 2nd Presbyterian. Dodson was sound technician for the concert.
Evan Davies, a 7th grader at Webb School of Knoxville, performed at a recent concert for young musicians at 2nd Presbyterian Church. He has played the banjo since age 5.
ry of the concert was the church’s Condon Bush Memorial Pipe Organ. In lieu of an admission, Goslee asked for donations toward the purchase of a Great the performers lingered on Trumpet for the millionthe stage with their instru- dollar organ. She has been ments, playing music and the church’s organist for nine years, and also teaches socializing. “Pop music isn’t all peo- at Roane State Community ple like,” she said. “The arts College – the only commuare alive and well here at nity college in the country that has an organ program. 2nd Presbyterian!” A peripheral beneficiaHer best friend, Virginia
2nd Presbyterian organist Brenda Goslee, center, visits with photographer Caroline Trotter and her mother, Robin Trotter. Caroline’s work was on display during a youth concert at the church. Photos by Wendy Smith
ers as well as the photography of West High School senior Caroline Trotter. Many students in Knoxville put countless hours into their music without receiving recognition for it, Goslee said after the concert. As she spoke, a few of
Rowlett, was head of Roane State’s music department in the 1980s, and she pushed for the development of the program. Goslee had 16 students last semester. Many of them already have advanced degrees, but just want to learn to play the organ, she said. Some attend smaller churches that can’t afford a professional organist,
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From page A-1 There are now eight Burundian families living in Habitat homes, and four more families are in the program. Program participants are selected based on their need for housing, their willingness to partner and their ability to pay a mortgage. Magwe and Martha are both employed. Burundians are typically hard-working,
says Habitat partnership director Phil Watson. They carry little or no debt, and take their responsibilities very seriously. Those qualities have made them successful in the program, says Danni Varlan, president of the Habitat board. “They are like the poster children for Habitat families.” They are also very fam-
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The WordPlayers will present “The God Committee” with performers (front) Joe Jaynes as Dr. Alex Gorman, Jeni Lamm as Dr. Ann Ross, Lizzie Wouters as Dr. Kierra Banks; (back) Dorothy Giles as Nurse Nella Larkin and Matthew Lloyd as Dr. Jack Klee. Photo by T. Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com
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Wordplayers perform at Rocky Hill Elementary Members of the Wordplayers recently performed “Lift Every Voice” by Doug Floyd for students at Rocky Hill Elementary School. The three-part play shows the struggles and triumphs of African-Americans during the Harlem Renaissance. Pictured are (front) 5th graders Zadie Love, Coleman Chapman, Presley Keith; (middle) 5th grader Andie Sexton, Wordplayer cast member Dominic Gillette, 5th grader Will Maddox; (back) Wordplayer cast member Rollin Prince, 5th grader Matthew Harshey and Wordplayer cast member Mack Moore. Most of the characters in the performance are also included in the curriculum of the students’ social studies class, according to RHES literacy coach Stephanie Prince. Photo
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By Th B Theresa Ed Edwards d With three patients, one heart and one hour to decide. … Who lives? Who dies? Who decides? The WordPlayers will present “The God Committee” by Mark St. Germain 7:30 p.m. March 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, and 2:30 p.m. March 10 and 17 at Middlebrook Christian Ministries, 1540 Robinson Road. This provocative drama brings an awareness of the
inner workings off heart i ki hear he artt transplant programs and the difficult decisions inherent with them. How does a donor heart get assigned and who makes the decision with several prospective patients? Medicine, money and morality clash when the Transplant Selection Committee of St. Patrick’s Hospital has minutes to decide which of three patients will get a second chance at life. During this thrilling race
against the clock, this p play i t th l k thi will keep you on the edge of your seat as you question what your own decision would be. This drama is recommended for ages 15 and older. Tickets are $8 to $12 at the door (cash or check) or online at www.wordplayers. org. Thursday, March 14, is “pay what you can night.” A discussion will follow the matinee on Sunday, March 10.
Mya Sullivan from Northwest Middle School listens through a stethoscope as Taylor Cruze and Hailey Lunsford (both from Bearden Middle) ask questions of Katrenia Hill from Pellissippi State Community College. Photos by Ruth White
Career fair offers look into future jobs
The Knoxville Expo Center was packed with vendors and Knox County 8th-grade students during the annual Career Fair last week. Students and parents were given an opportunity to tour the exhibits and talk with representatives from various businesses, colleges and high schools. Thelma Outlaw and her son Jonah Higgins chat with UT Federal Credit Union representative Leah Farmer.
Dockery named ‘teacher of the month’ Sequoyah Elementary School 1st-grade teacher Becky Dockery was recently named teacher of the month by B97.5. Her student Jake Legg nominated her for the honor. “We get to do lots of fun stuff,” said Jake about Dockery’s class. “Especially math,” he said. Photo by S. Barrett
Bearden Elementary art at The Bijou Bearden Elementary School students will have their artwork on display inside The Bijou Theatre’s second-floor gallery throughout March and April. Several types of artwork will be on display. To visit the exhibit when the theater is not open for a performance, call the Bijou at 522-0832. Pictured is a twopoint perspective by Bearden Elementary School 5th grader Maddie McCann that will be part of the exhibit. Photo by S. Barrett
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Austin-East librarian leads Ethics Bowl team to second win By Wendy Smith When David Goff, the librarian at Austin-East High School, was asked to put together an Ethics Bowl team, he wasn’t familiar with the competition. But school administrators were trying to boost test scores, and the contest seemed like a way to encourage academicallyminded students. So, four years ago, Goff took on the challenge. In February, Austin-East beat nine other local schools to take first place in the Tennessee High School Ethics Bowl held at UT – for the second year in a row. Karns High School came in second, and Christian Academy of Knoxville placed third. The team is successful because the students work well together, says freshman member Ashton Ahern-Cook. “If someone’s stuck, someone else jumps right in and helps them.” Collaboration is key to the competition, which is about students working together to come up with ethical solutions to real-life problems. To prepare for this year’s competition, teams were given a collection of cases to study. One addressed problems facing polar bears. Polar bears are predicted to become extinct in the next 70 years, the case says, and one way to save the species is through captive breeding in zoos. Captive breeding has helped save other species, and some have even been reintroduced into the wild. But some say polar bears aren’t good candidates for captive breeding because their natural lifestyle includes roaming thousands of miles in arctic conditions. Opponents of captive breeding of polar bears say more emphasis should be placed on global warming, which has destroyed the bears’ habitat. The Austin-East Ethics Bowl team discussed the case during a recent practice, and agreed that an increase in polar bear exhibits in zoos was not an ethical way to save the species. They came up with other possible solutions, like captive breeding in large, natural areas. Teams don’t just base their answers on gut feelings. They are required to learn, and use, four ethical systems. One is duty eth-
Austin-East High School Ethics Bowl captains Raven Ragsdale and Parrel Appolis discuss the team’s 2012 win at the American Philosophical Association Conference held in Atlanta last December. Photos submitted
ics, a system that follows the rules in spite of consequences. In consequence-based ethics, decisions are based on increased happiness. A third system is virtue-based, which means choosing the middle ground between two opposing ideas. The fourth is relationship-based, which places primary importance on relationships. Unlike a debate team, arguing is not part of an Ethics Bowl competition. “They collaborate in the search for truth, and recognize that none of us has all the answers,” says Goff. “I don’t have all the answers. I encourage them to explore the theories. They might even present alternative points of view.” There’s no particular profile for students who choose to participate in Ethics Bowl. Captain Raven Ragsdale plans on a career in medicine, and captain Parrel Appolis is interested in music. Ahern-Cook, the team’s only freshman, wants to be a dentist. “They’re all unique. It encourages kids who are deep thinkers and have inquiring minds. It’s not a debate – it’s more like a Socratic competition,” says Goff. The team practices after school on Tuesdays, and takes advantage
Skai Harris, Alicia Lewis, Parrel Appolis, David Goff, Shadia Prater and Shaquille Johnson celebrate the team’s first-place win at the 2013 Tennessee High School Ethics Bowl held at UT in February. Not pictured: Raven Ragsdale and Ashton Ahern-Cook.
of Austin-East’s extended school day with a half-hour practice in the library on Mondays. Team captains manage the in-school practice on their own. “They’re very ethical,” Goff jokes. The team will travel to Chapel Hill, N.C., to compete in the first National Ethics Bowl at the University of North Carolina on April 19-
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New apartments in Deane Hill Just when you were wondering how many new apartment complexes Knoxville can absorb, two out-oftown companies think they have the answer: more than we have now.
and give back to their local communities. For the month of March, the spotlight is on businesses that are in the event planning business. Think weddings, proms, and so on. All Occasions has been in business for 10 years, but originated from a party rentals business founded in 1983. As a partner to founder Chuck Rothstein, Terry Turner has transformed the business, which now has nearly 50 employees and supplies events as large as the annual Bonnaroo music festival.
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Officials of the Sterling Group, based in the Midwest, and Braxton Development, a Montana company, broke ground last week on Wellsley Park, a 249-unit luxury development to be built on 15 acres on Deane Hill Drive at the intersection with Wellsley Park Road. SGN+A Architects of Atlanta and Cannon & Cannon of Knoxville are the architects and engineers on the project. Total development costs are estimated at $29.5 million. The market-rate, petfriendly community will feature a clubhouse, cyber café with Wi-Fi, a media/ gaming room, fitness center with top-of-the-line equipment and adjacent tot room. There will be 14 buildings featuring nine different one, two- and three-bedroom floor plans ranging in square footage from 805 to 1,426. Other amenities will include a resort-style swimming pool with an arbor, grilling and firepit area, car
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care center and recycling center. Attached and detached garages will also be available. The development is expected to open in late summer.
Southern Market on Homberg Drive, where bunnies and Easter eggs vie for attention with other bright and cheery items, which run the gamut from table Brrr – but merchants settings to home décor to garden elements and even say its spring jewelry – all in the colors You would never know of spring. it from the weather lately, The folks at Southern but spring is only 16 days Market are busy preparing away. Need proof – other for their annual Spring Fling than the occasional clump and Outdoor Sale, set for of daffodils that dot the March 14-16. It’s always an landscape here and there? event you don’t want to miss, Go shopping. so mark your calendar. As far as local merchants are concerned, winter is Business Spotlight gone, over, kaput. So while All Occasion Party Rentthe temperature still chills to the bone, a tour through als has been on Middlelocal stores will have you brook Pike, anchoring the believing spring really is corner at Amherst Road, for so long it’s hard to rememjust around the corner. Perhaps nowhere is ber when it wasn’t there. Over the past few dethis more evident than at
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cades, the products the business rents, from tents to chairs to its newer allinclusive tailgate packages for Tennessee football fans, have become a fixture. Whether you’re at a wedding or a corporate event, if you’re under a large tent, chances are it belongs to All Occasions. The Chamber of Commerce recognized the company and its owner, Terry Turner, last summer with its 2012 Pinnacle Award, and now come additional kudos from Tennessee’s Secretary of State Tre Hargett. Hargett focuses his “Tennessee Business Spotlight” on various businesses monthly. These are businesses that create jobs, produce quality products
rectors of Caris Healthcare, the $81.2 million company that offers hospice services through 25 offices located in Tennessee, South Carolina and Virginia. Clayton is CEO and sole shareholder of Clayton Bankcorp Inc., which owns 100 percent of Clayton Bank & Trust, 100 percent of American City Bank and 50 percent of Bank of Camden. Clayton is known for founding Clayton Homes in 1956. He served as chair and CEO for 40 years before selling that company to Warren Buffett in 2003.
Parents’ Night Out Free tax assistance The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program is providing free tax assistance at Goodwill Industries located at 5307 Kingston Pike. Hours are 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday until April 13. Last year, VITA did 1,300 returns during the time they were at Goodwill. Since the start of the program this year on Jan. 29, VITA has done more than 700 returns, with more than $1.5 million in refunds tallied. The VITA program is run by certified volunteers who offer free tax assistance to prepare returns for low- to moderate-income families who cannot prepare their own tax returns. For more about eligibiliCaris taps Clayton information ty requirements go to www. Jim Clayton has been ap- irs.gov or contact Goodwill pointed to the board of di- at 588-8567. Knoxville’s iconic Orangery restaurant has come up with an idea parents longing for a relaxing evening out will love. Friday nights during the month of March, the old folks can enjoy a romantic dinner without interruption from the kiddos. The restaurant will provide on-site complimentary childcare from the trained professional and certified staff of Middlebrook Playschool. Children will enjoy a fun and safe environment and can even take advantage of a child-size meal for a small charge. Children ages three and up are welcome and reservations are required at 588-2964.
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By Sherri Gardner Howell City Rotarians will gather again Saturday, March 9, in Oak Ridge for a Peace Forum where Rotary International president Sakuji Tanaka of Japan will speak. The forum, hosted by Rotary District 6780, is one of four forums Tanaka will hold and the only one in the continental United States, with the others being in Berlin, Honolulu and Hiroshima. The forum will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Pollard Technology Conference Center on the campus of the Oak Ridge Associated Universities. Tanaka will speak at 9:35 a.m. and is also scheduled to see the International Friendship Bell, which was made in Japan; visit the Secret
Commemorative Walk, built by the Rotary Club of Oak Ridge; and tour the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Farragut Rotary president Bruce Williamson said that Tanaka’s visit to Oak Ridge combines several themes. “Sakuji Tanaka selected the motto “Peace Through Service” for his presidential year. Coming to our area pulls together the themes of peaceful uses of nuclear energy, the fruits of science and technology research in the service of mankind, and Rotary’s appreciation of the work that late Rotarian Bill Sargent in Oak Ridge did to invigorate the global effort to eradicate polio that has been led by Rotary.”
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Justice Lee shares stories of courage By Sherri Gardner Howell Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Sharon Lee did not come to talk to the Downtown Rotarians about the law. She came instead to talk about courage, common bonds and cabbage. Lee spoke at the Feb. 26 meeting of the Downtown Rotary club, giving a presentation that wove together the stories of five prisoners of war from World War II with their ties to today’s Tennessee legal community. Her presentation included the story of her father, Charles Lee, and of James Hugh Ross, Harold Leibowitz, David Goldin and Bruce Foster. With slides, facts and anecdotes, Lee told some of the stories of the hardships and sacrifices the young soldiers made during World War II, stories she says the men themselves rarely talked about once they returned home. The men she profi led all have descendants who are in the legal community in Tennessee. Harold Leibowitz, for example, is the father of Criminal Court Judge Mary Beth Leibowitz, and Bruce Foster is the father of Knoxville lawyer Bruce Foster Jr.
Justice Sharon Lee accepts her “gavel” from Rotarian Joe Johnson as he asks her to preside at the trial of House-Hasson owner and Rotarian Don Hasson. The charge? Not mentioning Downtown Rotarians and guests gathered to hear Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Sharon Rotary in a newspaper feature about his company. Lee present a talk on the heroism of Tennessee World War II prisoners of war. From left are Justice Lee’s uncle, J.D. Lee; Dean Parham Williams of the LMU Law School; Justice Lee; the Rev. William C. Pender, Rotarian and senior pastor at First Presbyterian Church; and Judge Thomas R. “Skip” Frierson, newly-appointed to the Tennessee Court of Appeals, Eastern Section. Photos by Sherri Gardner Howell
In the story of her father, Lee told of the waist gunner’s parachute down into Germany after his plane was hit, having been shot in the head, shoulder, back and wrist. “After capture, he was confined for 10 days with no medical care and sent to Stalag 4,” she said. “They had no food, very little heat and he had only the blood-stained clothes he was wearing. He was very sick and only survived because of the per-
sistence of his fellow prisoners.” A ride on a small cattle car with 60 other men followed as the Germans removed the prisoners from Stalag 4 to Stalag Luft 1. One year and one day after being captured, he was freed on May 13, 1945. “He was 6 feet, 5 inches tall and weighed 86 pounds when he came home,” Lee said. Other stories related to participation in the Battle of the Bulge and POWs being sent to the Berga Con-
centration Camp to work in deep caves. “These men showed great courage under extreme circumstances,” said Lee. “They shared a common bond in that they never gave up, never gave in and showed an enormous love for their country and their families. “And they never ate cabbage again.” Downtown Rotary meets at 12:15 p.m. on Tuesdays at the Marriott Hotel, 500 Hill Ave. Info: www.knoxvillerotary.org.
Aging gracefully New facilities offer options for seniors By Suzanne Foree Neal There’s a housing boom hitting the Farragut area, courtesy of World War II, an aging population and a disease that takes the mind and leaves the body behind. Three different, yet similar facilities designed for senior citizens are set to open in the Farragut area in coming months. The three housing options could well be considered a microcosm of what is happening in our country as baby boomers hit their “golden” years. Some are independent and spry, but ready to downsize. Some need a little help. Some need a lot. Opening in Farragut are Sherrill Hills, an independent living development by Resort Lifestyle Communities; Clarity Pointe, a facility for dementia and Alzheimer patients only; and Autumn Care II, a combination assisted living and de-
mentia/Alzheimer’s care facility. Beginning this week, Farragut Shopper-News will look at these three facilities and what they plan to offer residents, beginning with Sherrill Hills. Sherrill Hills is for seniors 55 years old and older who want an active lifestyle and are ready to trade a large empty house for a resort-type lifestyle. It will open in July high atop a hill behind Academy Sports on Kingston Pike. Resort Lifestyle Communities just opened a similar facility in Memphis and brings its next independent living model to Knoxville. Developers say it is the first of its kind for Knoxville. Sherrill Hills will have 128 units offering studio, one-, two- or three-bedroom unfurnished units at a cost of $2,530 to $4,650 a month is for someone to move in care is need later, it is all inclusive, except for and stay until the end of available through a local personal phone. The goal his or her life. If in-home sub-contractor for an additional cost. Bob and Nancy Epstein are the Sherrill Hills marketing agents. Bob Epstein says that about 85 percent of the residents will “age in place and live the rest of their lives in our communities.” The development is designed to offer residents the amenities of an upscale hotel but with a community feel. For those who want to cook for themselves, each unit comes with a full-size kitchen. If not, two dining rooms serve three meals a day every day. “The kitchen opens to the dining room,” Bob Epstein says. “They can get whatever they want cooked right in front of them and cooked to order.” For the munchies, there is a snack station with ice cream, popcorn and other treats. There’s also a complete fitness center with equipment designed just for seniors, a post office, bank, salon, movie theater, dance floor, whirlpool, gift shop/pharmacy, library, valet parking, social activities, travel program and emergency call system. Bob Epstein notes there’s also something for the grandchildren and other big kids: a game arcade.
Brian Salesky, executive director and conductor of the Knoxville Opera, introduces Downtown Rotarians to Jennifer D’Agostino, who is playing Cinderella in the opera’s school performances. The club helps support the opera’s educational programs.
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Bob and Nancy Epstein are the marketing team for the new lifestyle retirement community of Sherrill Hills under construction behind them on Moss Grove Boulevard. The development tops the hill behind Academy Sports on Kingston Pike. Photo by Suzanne Foree Neal.
A party room can be reserved for family celebrations, and residents may also bring their pets. Sherrill Hills also offers units that are completely handicapped accessible. Residents come and go as they please, with vehicle pickup and drop off provided at the main entrance. If they no longer drive, transportation is available. The Epsteins say their retirement communities attract all ages of seniors, making for a lot of diversity. “This allows them to have a great quality of life,” Bob Epstein says. “Experts say we need a positive mental attitude and socialization, nutrition and exercise.”
Epstein says his goal is to educate people on the options available for seniors before there is an emergency need. “So often we get frantic phone calls instead of inquiries,” he says of adult children trying to find a suitable place for aging parents when the single-family home gets to be too much. The age for residents begins at 55 because there is sometimes a market for couples that age. “Younger people are tired of caring for a house,” says Nancy Epstein. “They want the good life and to have fun. That’s the beautiful part. Everyone is seeking to live life, do something and not just sit at home.”
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NEWS FROM GRACE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF KNOXVILLE
Grace students sign for college sports By Shannon Morris Many of our Grace High School athletes enjoy success that extends to the college level, and this year has been no different.
Cody Stooksbury Photo by Randy Down
Kate Black Photo by Sophia De La Rosa Several members of the 2013 graduating class have already signed national Letters of Intent to play their respective sports at the next level. They are: Kate Black, softball, Campbellsville University; Will McKamey, football, U.S.
Naval Academy; Austin Arnold, football Centre College; Jesse Garren, football, Southeastern University; Ty Myers, baseball, Johnson University; Chase Newsome, baseball, Bryan College; Cody Stooksbury, soccer, University of the Cumberlands. These most recent signees have demonstrated the necessary discipline and effort it takes to achieve such high levels of recognition. Not only has Grace Christian Academy played a role in preparing them for this next exciting step in their lives, the school has also been vitally involved in the spiritual and educational devel-
Grace football players Will McKamey, Austin Arnold and Jesse Garren sign to play college ball while family and coaches look on. Photo by Randy Down
opment of these young people. We pray for these, and others to follow, as they continue on their exciting journeys.
Chase Newsome and Ty Myers Photo by Miranda Fox
Members of the Grace Christian Academy girls basketball team are: (front) Mckenna Wilson, Abby Smith, D’Anna Johnson, Sydney Duggins, McKenzie Krebs, Morgan Cleveland; (back) Abbey Parrott, Lauren Hensley, Calynne Pridemore, Katherine Griffith, Jennifer Bell, Carolena Pridemore and Bethany Hunt. Photo by Creative Images
Eli Clapp, Tim Thacker, Emma Yambert and Clayton Hickey participated in the East Tennessee School Band and Orchestra Association’s Solo and Ensemble Festival. Photo by Larry Adams
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By Shannon Morris The athletic department at Grace Christian Academy has experienced several “firsts” in recent days. The Rams wrestling squad has had a tremendous season, culminating with four Grace wrestlers qualifying to compete in the TSSAA State Tournament this year. The wrestlers, Austin Saporito, Dalton Jinkins, Patrick Smith and Todd Hargis, put up valiant efforts in their matches, with Hargis, a junior weighing 138 pounds, progressing to the quarterfinals before eventually losing to a returning medal winner. Congratulations to Todd for being the first GCA Ram wrestler to make it to a state tournament quarterfinal match. With this young group of wrestlers all returning next year, we are
Grace wrestler Todd Hargis Photo by Shannon Johnson
looking forward to another exciting season. Our high school girls basketball team finished the regular season as District Champs, making GCA history. The team, coached by Paul Pridemore, Bobby Thompson and Keith Duggins, has shown tenacity and resil-
ience, and has managed success despite several injuries to key players during the season. The girls finished the regular season as the first-place team and followed that by winning the district tournament as well. They are continuing on into Regional postseason action as they prepare for sectionals after becoming the Region 2 champions. The Grace middle school boys basketball team recently concluded another successful season, finishing the year with a record of 22-2. As a result, they became League Champions and Regional Champions, and finished the year by winning the TMSAA East Tennessee Championship. Congratulations to coach Billy Wilson and this great group of guys for a job well done. The future of GCA basketball is very bright!
By Shannon Morris The Grace Christian Academy middle school band recently participated in the East Tennessee School Band and Orchestra Association’s Solo and Ensemble Festival, an event that gives students the opportunity to demonstrate mastery of their chosen instruments. The purpose of the ETSBOA is to promote the advancement of instrumental music education in schools, and to encourage music activities among the schools of East Tennessee. To that end, the Grace band members certainly showed a high level of interest in instrumental music and an amazing level of talent. Congratulations to the
students who participated in the ETSBOA Solo and Ensemble Festival representing Grace Christian Academy. They are: 6th graders Nathan Addis, Eli Clapp, Meeya Lowery and Virginia Pirkle; 7th grader Adam Chamberlain; 8th graders Tim Thacker and Emma Yambert. Several young high school band members participated as well. They are McKenna Krebs, Ryan Randles, Brandon Teasley and Clayton Hickey. Each of these gifted young musicians returned from the festival with superior ratings. Special thanks go to Grace band director Larry Adams for all of his hard work with these standout student instrumentalists.
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HEALTH & LIFESTYLES NEWS FROM FORT SANDERS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
Physical therapy helps keep you moving at home to relax and stretch my Perhaps like Humpty Dumpty in the neck and shoulders. But you nursery rhyme, Wilma Leath of Mascot, canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t give in to the pain. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m an 72, has been â&#x20AC;&#x153;put back togetherâ&#x20AC;? many active person even with my ailtimes. ments.â&#x20AC;? Leath has struggled with fibromyLeath said she has tried algia for nearly 30 years, she said. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s other therapy centers over the a disease that causes muscle pain and years, but said she prefers the weakness. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It makes me prone to fallstaff at Fort Sanders Therapy ing,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have not had a break, Center. thank the good Lord, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had many â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is top rate. I have watched falls. And Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a few plastic parts,â&#x20AC;? them work with other people she added with a laugh. throughout the years, and they For recovery, Leath counts on Fort are very compassionate,â&#x20AC;? she Sanders Therapy Center. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And they are very pasgoing to Fort Sanders for years,â&#x20AC;? she sionate about whatever part said. they are treating â&#x20AC;&#x201C; arms, back, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dr. (J. MacDonald) Burkhart is my neck. Many times I have dreaddoctor. He usually writes me a prescriped going, but I know theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re tion for physical therapy and says, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Take going to help me, so thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an it to Louanne (Clabough, senior physiincentive.â&#x20AC;? cal therapist).â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the one who takes Fort Sanders Therapy Center care of me most of the time,â&#x20AC;? said Leath. is located in the Newland ProLeathâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s latest surgery was in Novemfessional Building on Laurel ber 2012 on her shoulder, to repair a Avenue. It provides outpatient torn rotator cuff. She has been working physical therapy for patients with the therapy staff to improve her recovering from injury, joint range of motion for her arm and reduce Wilma Leath replacement surgery, headpain. aches, neck and back pain, Leath said that over the years, the balance disorders, and other Fort Sanders staff has taught her exerhealth problems. cises to help her manage the pain of fi- in a wheelchair already. At night, I While many physical therapy centers bromyalgia. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I do the exercise at home,â&#x20AC;? sometimes canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sleep from the pain. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They taught me techniques I can do group patients together, Fort Sanders she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t, I might have been
treats them individually. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our patients see licensed clinicians every time theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re here,â&#x20AC;? said Stephen Karp, a physical therapist and manager of the center. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We spend one-on-one time with all our patients at every visit.â&#x20AC;? Fort Sandersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; physical therapists have a wide range of treatment options at the center, including stretches, exercise, heat, ice and other treatments to ease pain and increase flexibility and strength. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our goal is to get the patient back to the normalcy of daily activity,â&#x20AC;? said Karp. Patients typically come for eight to 10 visits, for about 30 minutes each, Karp said. Visits are usually covered by insurance and are recommended especially after surgeries like knee replacement or rotator cuff repair. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a very painful, debilitating injury, and a very slow, arduous process of recovery,â&#x20AC;? said Karp of rotator cuff surgery. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It takes the skill of a physical therapist to get you back to where you need to be.â&#x20AC;? Covenant Health also has therapy centers in Halls, Powell, Sevier County, Lenoir City and Roane County. For information about a center nearest to you, call 865-541-1300.
Ice or heat How do you choose? Which is better on an injury, ice or heat? According to Stephen Karp, manager of the Fort Sanders Therapy Center, that depends on what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re treating, for how long and what you hope to achieve.
Heat before exercise
Heat improves blood flow to tissues, so it can relax tight muscles and reduce a muscle spasm. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best to use heat before exercise to increase the flexibility of stiff joints and muscles. Heat therapy can also help ease the pain of chronic arthritis, as long as the joint is not swollen.
Heat after injury
Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t apply heat directly after an injury or exercise, as that can make swelling and pain worse. When your initial pain has subsided, apply heat for about 15 to 20 minutes at a time, but be careful to buffer your skin with clothing to prevent burns. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t use a heating pad while sleeping,â&#x20AC;? adds Karp. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People have suffered serious burns to their skin from heating pads left unmonitored.â&#x20AC;?
Ice after exercise or injury
Using an ice pack is best immediately after an injury or the overuse of joints and muscles during a workout or run. Cold reduces swelling and pain by causing the blood vessels to constrict and narrow. Apply an ice pack to an injury for about 10 minutes at a time, but let the skin warm up again before applying another ice pack. This can be repeated several times each day for three days. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Overusing an already aggravated muscle or joint can lead to more serious damage,â&#x20AC;? adds Karp. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you have any persistent pain in a joint or muscle for more than several days, you should see your doctor.â&#x20AC;? Your physician may suggest that you alter your activities to provide relief to the joint or muscle affected. Or, you may be referred to a physical therapist for more targeted treatment.
Fort Sanders Therapy Center Manager Stephen Karp works with headache patients to relieve their pain.
Physical therapy â&#x20AC;&#x201C; for headaches? Yes! If you think of â&#x20AC;&#x153;physical therapy,â&#x20AC;? most people associate it with the treatment of joint or muscle pain. But, did you know there is also physical therapy designed to alleviate headaches? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offered at the Fort Sanders Therapy Center, next to Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center. Therapy Center manager Stephen Karp specializes in chronic neck pain and headache therapy. Karp is well known in the medical community for being able to resolve some of the most difďŹ cult cases for patients in a short period of time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I start with an assessment of a patientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s posture. How patients stand can contribute to their head/neck pain,â&#x20AC;? says Karp. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just a few simple, but targeted exercises can provide relief.â&#x20AC;? Some patients also may need coaching on sleeping po-
sitions â&#x20AC;&#x201C; as these also contribute to the stress placed on neck muscles. While the Fort Sanders Therapy Center treats all kinds of conditions, the use of physical therapy for headaches is growing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had quite a few headache patients,â&#x20AC;? explains Karp. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Many of them have postural issues that were easily resolved with physical therapy.â&#x20AC;? Karp works closely with neurologists to assure that the therapy he provides is in concert with their treatment. For more information about headache relief and other types physical therapy offered, contact the Fort Sanders Therapy Centers at 865-541-1300.
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Purses with Purpose shops in Bearden More than 20 women gathered last week at G&G Interiors in Bearden to celebrate a year of supporting women in the community through the women’s philanthropy group Purses with Purpose. Purses with Purpose is the women’s giving circle created in 2009 to raise funds to support programs of the Boys and Girls Club that foster leadership skills and independence in young women. “We believe that every person has a purpose and every life has a meaning,” said Michelle Hardin, Boys and Girls Club board member and one of the founding members of Purses with Purpose. “Our greatest legacy as women is these young girls. That’s why we created this philanthropy group. ” At the celebration event, guests enjoyed hors d’oeuvres and shopped for a good cause. G&G Interiors donated 20 percent of its sales from the entire day to Purses with Purpose. “This is our fourth year hosting this celebration event,” said Merri Lee Fox, owner of G&G Interiors. “This organization is great because it’s women supporting women. The members of Purses with Purpose are strong, empowered women leaders investing in the lives of young women in our community.”
Purses with Purpose members donate $200 into a pooled fund and collectively decide how to invest the money in programs offered to the female members of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley. Once a year, the Purses with Purpose group hears descriptions from several Boys and Girls Club programs and votes on a new program to support the following year. This year, the women chose Dynasty of Divas, a program that helps young girls develop skills in professional development, artistic expression, physical activity, developing healthy relationships and self-esteem. About 15 girls from the Moses Teen Center participate in Dynasty of Divas, and five of these girls attended the celebration event with program director Shauna McKinney to thank the group for funding their program. “The Dynasty of Divas program is a group of young girls that want a sense of community. Everything they learn is service learning,” said McKinney. “Every skill they learn builds self-esteem and team building, and they take these skills and give it back to the community.” The “Divas Give Back” community service events range from community carnivals to gospel festivals and making cupcakes for the Boys and Girls Club
Member of Boys and Girls Club program Dynasty of Divas thank the women of Purses with Purpose for funding their activities. Pictured are Endasia Duckett, Shakhya Singleton, Keondra McKinney, program director Shauna McKinney, Jameiya Mills and Janecissa Brown. Photos submitted
Boys and Girls Club executive director Lisa Hurst chats with Purses with Purpose women’s philanthropy group members Purvis Schwartz and Lillian Mashburn.
board. The girls recently completed an American Red Cross babysitting certification course. They will soon host a Mother’s Day Out for four hours on a Saturday to benefit about 20 mothers in their communities. They are also planning a gospel fest in late March, which will raise
money for Haiti. “Most of the girls in Dynasty of Divas come from the Christenberry, Northridge Crossing and Walter P. Taylor Boys and Girls Clubs,” said McKinney. “In the fall, they will have two mentees each at these clubs, so I’m really excited for them to pay it forward
Beth Wolf, Fran Petty and Charlie Bettis shop for a good cause at the Purses with Purpose Celebration Event at G&G Interiors to benefit the Boys and Girls Club.
to other Boys and Girls Club members.” Donna Dempster announced a $50,000 goal for the next year. Purses
with Purpose will meet this May to select a new program to support for the following school calendar year. Info: bgctnv.org.
The birthday girls By Sara Barrett Arbor Terrace held a party last week to celebrate residents’ birthdays for February and to welcome new residents. Residents Stella Laughlin and Ginny Rhodes were introduced by engagement director Erin Parten as “twins born of different mothers,” which got a big laugh from the attendees. Laughlin and Rhodes told the group a little about themselves. Laughlin has lived at Arbor Terrace for about two years, after living in Oak Ridge for 32 years. She loves the change because “I don’t have to wash dishes or cook,” she said.
Singing Valentines Arbor Terrace residents Stella Laughlin and Ginny Rhodes Photo
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Rhodes talked about her love of all things basketball. When asked why she liked basketball, she said, “I don’t like it. I love it.” Her favorite teams to follow are in the Big Ten Conference, specifically
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Singing Valentines were delivered last month by the group Mountain Breeze. One lucky recipient was also surprised by a visit from her husband during the group’s performance. Pictured are Mountain Breeze singers Belinda Price and Judy Linn, singing to Valentine recipient Ginny Weatherstone and her husband, Rick, and Mountain Breeze singers Fulvia Galli and Anna Miller. All proceeds from the group’s performances were given to the American Heart Association. Photo submitted
Michigan State because that’s where her husband played. Birthday cake was served to everyone after they all sang “Rocky Top” to welcome the newcomers in the room.
companion? Fletcher is a very sweet 2-year-old golden mix. Fletch has never met anyone he does not like, be it a person or a furry friend. He has been around children but due to his exuberance, a home with older children would be best. He would definitely benefit from some obedience training and would enjoy being someone’s jogging partner.
UT College of Veterinary Medicine ophthalmologist Dan Ward, assisted by Heather Wilkerson, examines a furry patient. Photo
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Special ‘opps’ This week holds several wonderful opportunities for young animal lovers. First of all, the Endangered Species Day Youth Art Contest is accepting entries.
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Carol’s Critter Corner It’s a pretty big deal. The grand prize winner gets a trip to Washington, D.C. One of the judges is Jack Hanna of “Jack Hanna’s Into the Wild.” (Some of you may also remember Hanna’s occasional visits to Johnny Carson on “The Tonight Show.”)
There are four categories: K through 2nd grade, grades 3-5, grades 6-8 and grades 9-12. Homeschoolers are also eligible, so all you parents and teachers out there, be on the lookout for young artistic talent! Started in 2006 by the U.S. Congress, Endangered Species Day is a celebration of America’s rarest plant and animal species. The Youth Art Contest provides grade-school students of all ages with an opportunity to learn about threatened and endangered species in this country, and express their knowledge and support through artwork. Entries must be postmarked by March 15. Info: http://www. endangeredspeciesday.org/. In other animal news, the UT College of Veterinary Medicine is now accepting applicants for their Veterinary Summer Experience.
High school juniors and seniors with a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 are eligible. Folks, this is truly a golden opportunity for any teen who is considering veterinary medicine as a career. It’s offered by one of the most prestigious veterinary schools in the country, and it’s a paid position as an employee of The University of Tennessee. Selected students will spend six weeks working at a local veterinary practice, and one week as guests of the UT College of Veterinary Medicine. While there, they will be involved in various educational programs including lectures, laboratories and clinical rotations. The deadline for application submission is March 15. All the info you need, along with the application, can be found at http://www.vet.utk. edu/summerexperience/. Clearly, it’s a grand time for a new generation of animal lovers to step up to the plate! Animal lovers of all ages should make note of a special upcoming ceremony. K-9 Veterans Day, sponsored by the German Shepherd Dog Club of East Tennessee, is scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday, March 16. The event is free and will take place, rain or shine, at the War Dog Memorial located in front of the veterinary college at 2407 River Drive in Knoxville. The public is invited. Past attendees describe the ceremony as “very moving.” The Critter Corner plans to be there! Send your interesting animal stories to news@ShopperNewsNow.com
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CONTINUING “A Raisin in the Sun,” directed by Woodie King Jr. and starring visiting guest artists Lonette McKee and Jaymes Jorsling, is at UT’s Clarence Brown Theatre through March 10. Evening performances are at 7:30 and matinees at 2 p.m. Ticket prices vary. Available: 974-5161, 656-4444 or www. clarencebrowntheatre.com. “Fieldwork,” an installation by Brooklyn-based artist William Lamson, continues through March 23 at the UT Downtown Gallery, 106 S. Gay St. Hours: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesday-Friday; 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday. The Arts & Culture Alliance is presenting two shows through March 28 at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. “March Brushstrokes: Tennessee Artists Association Juried Show” features original art by more than 40 Tennessee artists. “Body Language” is a juried exhibition of drawings of the human figure by nearly 25 local artists. Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays. Art Market Gallery, 422 S. Gay St., will feature recent works by jeweler Kristine Taylor of Knoxville and photographer Ronald Sullivan of Oak Ridge through March 31. Hours: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. MondaySaturday; 1-5 p.m. Sunday. “Splendid Treasures of the Turkomen Tribes from Central Asia,” an exhibit of more than 50 handcrafted items of elaborate silver, gilt jewelry, carpets and textiles from the Turkomen tribes of Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan, will be on display through Sunday, May 12, at the Frank H. McClung Museum, 1327 Circle Park Drive, on the UT campus. Museum hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Info: http:// mcclungmuseum.utk.edu. 11th annual KARM Dragon Boat Festival early-bird registration is open through April 15, at $750 for community and corporate teams. After April 15, cost is $850. The festival is June 22 at The Cove at Concord Park. Info: www.karm.org/dragonboats. “Becoming a Volunteer State: Tennessee in the War of 1812” is on display through Sunday, May 19, at the East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. The exhibit from the Tennessee State Museum commemorates the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812 and the role Tennessee played in the war. Hours: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday; 1-5 p.m. Sunday.
meeting at the Ossoli clubhouse, 2511 Kingston Pike. “Job Help Mondays” will be held 1-3 p.m. Mondays throughout March at Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Reference librarians will help with job applications, online forms and setting up email addresses for people seeking employment. First come, first served. GriefShare, a support group for people grieving the death of a loved one, will be held 6-7:30 p.m. at Sequoyah Hills Presbyterian Church, 3700 Keowee Ave. The group will meet weekly through March 18. Info: 522-9804 or www.sequoyahchurch.org. Tennessee Shines will feature singer-songwriter Tim Easton, Knoxville indie-folk band The High Jump Heart and Maryville College professor/author Kim Trevathan at 7 p.m. at the WDVX studio at the Knoxville Visitor Center, 301 S. Gay St.; broadcast on WDVX-FM, 89.9 Clinton, 102.9 Knoxville. Tickets: $10, available at WDVX and www.BrownPaperTickets. com. Remaining tickets will be sold at the door, while supplies last. Doors open at 6:15 p.m. Children 14 and under accompanied by a parent are admitted free. “Kunta Kinteh Island,” a documentary about an island where slaves were held in Gambia during the trans-Atlantic slave trade, will be screened at 8 p.m. at UT’s Clarence Brown Theatre. Reception at 7 p.m.; Q&A at 8 p.m. with writer-director Elvin Ross. RSVP: Beth Gladden, 974-9008 or bgladden@utk.edu. www. kuntakintehislandmovie.com.
MONDAY-TUESDAY, MARCH 4-5 Gene Yang, an award-winning graphic novelist, will speak to educators at 7 p.m. March 4 at the UT Hodges Library Auditorium, focusing on how to select comic books for the classroom and how to use comics to promote literacy, engage students and help students think critically about media. At 6 p.m. March 5, Yang will lead a workshop on how to make a comic book. Both events are free and open to the public. Registration is required for the workshop; call 215-8700 or visit www. knoxlib.org.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6 American Red Cross, 6921 Middlebrook Pike, offers weekly information sessions on nurse assistant, EKG and phlebotomy training 10-11 a.m. Info: 8623508. Gregory Partain, professor of piano at Transylvania University in Lexington, Ky., will present a solo recital at 8 p.m. in the James R. Cox Auditorium in UT’s Alumni Memorial Building. Free.
THURSDAY, MARCH 7 Knoxville Writers’ Guild will meet at 7 p.m. at Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. T Cooper will read from and discuss his latest book, “Real Man Adventures.” Cost: $2 donation requested at the door.
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FSBO, Take advantage of this prime residential lot in prestigious Sequoyah Gardens in the Sequoyah Hills area. Sequoyah Gardens is zoned for Sequoyah Hills Elementary School and within walking STRAW PLAINS, exdistance of the Western clusive condo, 3 BR, Plaza Shops. It has 2 BA, lots of upelegant, French country grades w/2 car gar. homes with beautiful Over 2,000 SF, all ^ landscaping. on level ground. Sequoyah Gardens is Comm. Prop. - Rent 66 $1300/mo 865-933-7551 a peaceful, gated community with 2 entrances (1 at Kingston CA$H for your House! Pk. & 1 from Western Cash Offer in 24 Hours Plaza). Reduced 865-365-8888 WEST, NEW CONDO Price: $77,500. Please www.TNHouseRelief.com 2 BR, 2 B A , 2 c ar call (865) 228-9407. garage, $850/mo. $800 SHORT SALE, bank dep. No Pets. approval of sale req. Apts - Unfurnished 71 www.urbanparkvillas.com Doyle 254-9552 1BR, 1BA APT. North, Cemetery Lots 49 $415 mo., $200 dep. Freshly remodeled. Manf’d Homes - Sale 85 865-660-2710 9-5pm.
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2-2 person burial Crypts (9 F-1 & 2 and 11 F-1 & 2) in the Chapel Mausoleum at Highland Memorial on Sutherland Ave $16,000 obo. Call 865-470-8998 for more information
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Ftn City. 3 BR, 2 BA, garage. Underground storm shelter. $119,900. FSBO 865-377-9533
HALLS TOWNHOUSE 2 BR, 1 1/2 BA, appls., $525 + dep. 865-363-4263
I BUY OLDER MOBILE HOMES. 1990 up, any size OK. 865-384-5643
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FARRAGUT AREA 2BR, 1BA, laundry room, family neighborhood , $680 mo, $250 dep, 1 yr lse. 216-5736 or 694-8414.
16x80, 2002, $675 mo. East Knox Co. Call 865-924-3231.
Trucking Opportunities 106 DRIVERS: Start up to $.40 per mile. Home Weekly. CDLA, 6Mos. OTR Exp. Required. 50 Brand New Coronados You’ll be Proud to Drive! 877-705-9261
ADOPT!
Looking for an addition to the family? Visit Young-Williams Animal Center, the official shelter for Knoxville & Knox County.
Call 215-6599 or visit knoxpets.org
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BOSTON TERRIER PUPPY, fem. AKC, 5 mos.old, beautiful, $250. 865-556-5949
Round bales, $20/roll 865-368-8968
Golden Doodle, fem, 2 yrs old, very pretty & friendly, not spayed, $700. 865-577-0001.
FRIDAY-SATURDAY, MARCH 8-9 NCIS: Navigating the Choices of Singleness, a singles conference, will be held 6:30-9:30 p.m. March 8 and 8:30-11:30 a.m. March 9 at Fellowship Church, 8000 Middlebrook Pike. Cost: $10 per person. Register: www.fellowshipknox.org. Info: kwhite@fellowshipknox. org. Intimate Allies: Facing Together the Four Greatest Challenges in Marriage, a marriage conference, will be held 6:30-9:30 p.m. March 8 and 8:30-11:30 a.m. March 9 at Fellowship Church, 8000 Middlebrook Pike. Cost: $10 per person. Register: www.fellowshipknox.org. Info: kwhite@ fellowshipknox.org. Guitarist Steve Kaufman, three-time winner of the National Flatpicking Championships, will offer a ladies-only, all-level, eight-hour mandolin workshop at MainStay Suites (Knoxville Airport), 361 Fountain View Circle, Alcoa. Fee: $90 (nonrefundable deposit of $45 required to hold a space, with balance due first day of workshop). Registration: JoEllen, 982-3808 or jo@flatpik.com. Special hotel rates: Teagan, 3797799.
FRIDAY-SUNDAY, MARCH 8-10 The 44th Jubilee Festival will have 7 p.m. concerts March 8-9 celebrating traditional mountain music and free Old Harp Singing and potluck starting at 10 a.m. March 10 at the Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Artists include Daron Douglas, Check Engine, Possum Riot and Leah Gardner. March 8-9 tickets: $12 at www.knoxtix.com, 523-7521 and at the door.
FRIDAY-SUNDAY, MARCH 8-17 The WordPlayers will present “The God Committee” at 7:30 p.m. March 8, 9, 13, 15 and 16 and at 2:30 p.m. March 10 and 17 at The WordPlayers’ Theatre @ MCM, 1540 Robinson Road. Tickets: $8$12; www.wordplayers.org or at the door with cash or check. A discussion will follow the March 10 matinee. Info: 539-2490.
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SHELTIE PUPPIES, QUEEN PILLOW H.D. SOFTAIL Deuce AKC, ch. bldlns, TOP MATTRESS. 2004, 9K mi., new beautiful Sable & wht, $90. Must sacrifice. tires, lots upgrades M & F, ASSA Mem- New. $90. 865-640-4600. $10,995. 865-230-5608 ber. 865-719-2040. ***Web ID# 213635*** ***Web ID# 214335*** QUEEN PILLOW Top Mattress Set. $125, brand new. Yorkies, Tiny AKC 1 Autos Wanted 253 Call 865-804-4410. M, 1 F, 6 wks, blk & gold, No checks. A BETTER CASH $500 ea. 865-363-5704 for junk cars, ***Web ID# 215156*** Household Appliances 204a OFFER trucks, vans, running or not. 865-456-3500 WHIRLPOOL Side by Horses 143 side refrig. 3 yrs. I BUY JUNK CARS $500. Kenmore S by & TRUCKS. S $400. Both exc. 865-307-3051 or 4 horse gooseneck cond. 865-804-3477. 865-938-6915. trlr, brand WW, new tires, must see. WANT TO BUY 2003 $4,000 obo. 931-863- Antiques 216 Anniversary Corvette 4336; 931-544-3320 Conv., stick shift only low mi. 423-371-3123 OAK REFRIGERATOR, 25"D, 86"W. Free Pets 145 75"H, $2800. 865-376-5366 Auto Accessories 254 aft. 5pm.
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BMW 740il 1998 luxury sedan, leather, loaded, clean, 110k 1998 Thru 2002 mi, $5450. 865-577-4069 Medical Supplies 219 DODGE Viper RT10 ***Web ID# 211604*** hard top, Gray color. $2000. 865-250-1480 DALTON ELECTRIC BMW Z4 2.5, 2005, ***Web ID# 213849*** wheel chair/scooter 52.5K mi., auto., lk new, holds 300 lbs Black/Tan int. $800. 865-661-6408 Utility Trailers 255 $14,500. 205-368-4008 LIFT CHAIR/Recliner HONDA ACCORD LX brown, $300. 4 Wheel 2005, 4 cyl, AT, 136k TRAILERS rocker, lg. with hand- UTILITY mi, 1 owner, has All Sizes Available brake $100. 865-694-0380 dmg $5200 w/parts 865-986-5626 to repair. Runs & smokeymountaintrailers.com drives. 865-250-1480 Garage Sales 225 ***Web ID# 213847***
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Trucks 257 Mercedes S430 2000, white, loaded w/all ^ STEVE HAMNER CHEV. CHEYENNE opts, 142K mi, $9,000 CONCRETE & BLOCK 1997 extra cab, 2 obo. 423-748-9705 25+ yrs exp. DriveWD, V8, AT, PS, PB, ***Web ID# 213556*** ways, sidewalks, all AC, $4200. 689-8362 types pours, Versa***Web ID# 216321*** PORSCHE 928S, 1985 lock walls, excavat(2) both run, $8,500 ing. Call 363-3054. DODGE QUAD CAB for 2 cars. 865-898-4200 2008, Big Horn, rewalls@bellsouth.net white, new Michelin 327 tires, all power, TOYOTA AVALON Fencing chrome step rails, XL 1999, loaded, camper top, spray sunroof, leather, AAA FENCING Rein bedliner, 82K pairs & More. You exc. in/out. $3795. mi., exc. cond., buy it, we install it! 865-397-7918 Call 604-6911. $15,500. 865-789-9543 ***Web ID# 210120*** ***Web ID# 216526*** VW GOLF 2003 GT, B&W FENCE. InstallaFORD F250 1990, 460 tions & repair. Free 1.8T, 5 sp, bought ext cab, 67K act mi, new, silver w/blk int. est. 43 yrs exp! Call LB, AT, very clean, 20k mi, $10,00/b.o. 689-9572 or 237-8090. $5,300. 865-966-9580 865-250-1480 ***Web ID# 210561*** ***Web ID# 213852***
5 FT John Deere belly grooming mower, Golden Retriever good cond., $900. puppies, AKC reg, 7 Call 423-620-0078. wks old, 4 M, 3 F, vet ckd, 1st shots & wormed, dame & sire Honda Riding Mower, 18 HP, water cooled, www.thepickychick.com on site. $325. 86546" cut Hydrastatic. 806-3197 $1100. 865-257-8672 Italian Mastiffs, M & F, ***Web ID# 214393*** Boats Motors 232 17 wks. shots UTD, ears/tails done. Ch. lines. MOWER, Bobcat, 48", ODYSSEY 2007 hydro walk behind $1200/up. 423-823-1247 PONTOON BOAT, w/sulkey. 17 HP ***Web ID# 214111*** 22', Evinrude 115, Kawasaki, appx 150 exc. cond., new LAB PUPPIES .3 BLACK hrs, great cond. trailer, many access. FEM. $350 EA.,1 CHOC. $3500. 865-679-3484 F350 2002 Crew $17,500. 865-922-1105, FORD MALE,$500 .4 WKS OLD. ***Web ID# 211097*** Cab Dually 7.3 power 865-607-5912 full blooded. Email stroke diesel Lariat, ***Web ID# 211257*** beautifullabpuppies@aol.com charcoal w/gray lthr. or text 865-221-4353 Shop Tools-Engines 194 int., AT, exc. cond. SUN CATHCER ***Web ID# 216236*** 5th wheel, new PONTOON 2006, tires, new battery, COMPLETE WOOD22', seats 12, like LAB PUPPIES, choc., only 40K mi., WORKING SHOP new, 90HP Yamaha AKC, 2 Males, $300. $21,000. 423-312-8256. for sale. Table Saw, 4 stroke, Yellow, white Call or text 865-654***Web ID# 215659*** Jointer, Planer, & green. Drive on 7013 or 865-654-0013 Workbench, Cabinets, Shorelander trailer. Toyota Tacoma 2007, PUG PUPPIES clamps, tools, $15,000. 423-312-8256. Crew Cab, V6, AT, more! 865-405-0245 6 wks old, 2 Males ***Web ID# 215664*** AC, PW, PDL, silver, fawn w/blk mask, $300 50K mi, gar. kept, each. 865-771-1134. $21,000. 865-617-9904 Misc. Items 203 Motor Homes 237 ***Web ID# 211571*** Many different breeds HOLIDAY RAMBLER RESTAURANT Maltese, Yorkies, Endeavor 37 ft, 1999. 4 Wheel Drive 258 SEATING PACKAGE Malti-Poos, Poodles, Kit. & LR slide. Die140 seats, booths & Yorki-Poos, Shih-Poos, sel. Loaded. Gar. kept. tables, used, great DODGE 2500 2001 SLT Shih Tzu, $175/up. shots $45,000. 865-908-0858 truck, quad cab, cond. Contact & wormed. We do ***Web ID# 210767*** long bed, 5.9 turbo layaways. Health guar. @RonSmith1202@charter.net diesel, 243k mi, lots NEWMAR Div. of Animal Welfare of chrome. $8000. MOUNTAIN AIR 2005 State of TN Chris 865-599-7706. 43 ft., 4 slides, ext. Dept. of Health. Household Furn. 204 warr. loaded, $137,000. ***Web ID# 210238*** Lic # COB0000000015. Call 865-986-5854. 423-566-3647 BIG SALE! ***Web ID# 213604*** FORD F350 2007 Super Duty, Crew Cab, B & C MATTRESS, YORKIES - Beautiful diesel, 1 ownr, $16,000 AKC pups, ready NEW - $125 PILLOW OBO. 931-863-4336; TOP QUEEN SIZE. now, 3M, MC/VS. 931-544-3320 865-805-3058. 865-661-0095
Apts - Furnished 72 Manf’d Homes - Rent 86 PUPPY NURSERY WALBROOK STUDIOS 3BR, 2BA, private lot, 25 1-3 60 7 $140 weekly. Discount avail. Util, TV, Ph, Stv, Refrig, Basic Cable. No Lse.
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targeted to parents, teachers and speech language pathologists on strategies to promote communication for people with autism 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Speech pathologist John Halloran will lead the workshop focusing on LAMP (Language Acquisition through Motor Planning). Cost: $79. Register: www. aacandautism.com/trng or 866-998-1726. Info: www. ettac.org or 219-0130. UT Science Forum weekly brown-bag lunch series will feature Paul Campbell Erwin, professor and head of the Department of Public Health, discussing “John Snow and Cholera: The Foundation for Modern Disease Investigation,” at noon in Room C-D of Thompson-Boling Arena. A benefit concert for Narrow Ridge Earth Literacy Center will take place at the Birdhouse, 800 N. Fourth Ave., with 6 p.m. light refreshments and 7-9 p.m. poetry (Susan O’Dell Underwood) and music (The Emancipators and Wise Old River). Donations suggested.
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Walk in the park
Double hip replacement doesn’t deter hiker from Mount LeConte summit Hike Mount LeConte? Sarah Weeks has been there, done that, got the T-shirt. Twice. That’s no small feat for anyone, but for Weeks, an active 58-year-old who had undergone a double hip replacement, hiking to the summit of one of the highest peaks in the Appalachian Mountain range was, by her own definition, “a miracle.” “I’d first noticed the pain while hiking about 15 years before my first surgery. It came on gradually,” said Weeks, a lifelong hiker who is director of development with Friends of the Smokies, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to assist the National Park Service preserve and protect the Great Smoky Mountains National Park by raising funds and public awareness, and providing volunteers for needed projects. When an MRI failed to reveal any noticeable problem, she shrugged it off. Later, as the pain became more intense, she tried an exercise routine suggested to her by an athletics trainer. The pain eventually led her to a chiropractor who, after viewing her X-rays, told Weeks that she would eventually need a hip replacement. Despite the pain, she put it off another couple years before finally limping into the offices of Dr. Hal Cates, an orthopedic surgeon at Parkwest Medical Center who recommended total hip replacement. “I had put it off as long as possible,” said Weeks. “By that Dr. Hal Cates time, both hips were bone on bone.” Cates, who performs about 200 total hip replacements per year, says Weeks suffered from severe osteoarthritis, one of any 100 diseases that may lead to the hip’s deterioration. While single hip replacement is by far the most common, Cates said about 20 percent of patients have the opposite hip replaced within five years. “In general, very few people have equal disease or equal pain in each hip – one is usually affected more than the other,” Cates said. “But after they see how much relief the surgery has given them, most people request it on the other hip. Sometimes, though, replacing one hip will take the weight load off the other hip and that relieves the pain enough. There’s a lot of unpredictability.” First performed in 1960, hip replacement surgery is one of the most successful operations in all of medicine, according to the American Academy of Orthopedic Medicine. Since that time, advances in surgical techniques and technology have so increased the effectiveness that
Double hip surgery enabled Sarah Weeks to continue her lifelong love of hiking.
285,000 total hip replacements are performed each year. Still, Weeks had never had surgery of any sort – not even a tonsillectomy. “So this was a huge thing for me,” she said. “That’s why the education Parkwest provided before the surgery was so comforting. I was required to take a class to prepare for the surgery. They gave me a three-ring binder notebook and went over what to expect the day of the surgery, what exercises to do before the surgery, what exercises to do af-
ter the surgery, what to expect week by week as far in terms of recovery, what kind of mobility I would have and what I should be able to do at each step of the way.” Her left hip came first with Cates performing the replacement in November 2009. The right hip replacement came nine months later, in August 2010. “The surgical pain was nothing compared to the pain I was in before the surgery,” said Weeks. “Once I had the first
one done and was so pain-free, I realized how much pain I had been in and how much I’d been suffering.” “My other hip went really bad really fast, and by the time I had the second hip replacement, I wasn’t able to walk at all,” she added. “I had been taking anti-inf lammatories and that had helped. But I had to go off of that for a week before the second surgery, and by that time I was walking on a cane.” The most difficult part of the recovery process was not being
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able to enjoy hiking and f ly fishing – something she had done since she was a child. She was so enamored by the great outdoors that, as a student at the University of Tennessee, she often spent her fall afternoons hiking in the Smokies – not going to the Volunteers’ football games. “That was my escape,” she said. But that escape had to wait awhile while Weeks worked through physical therapy, allowing time for her muscles to reknit and her hips to fully mend. “The occupational therapy and physical therapy I got while I was in the hospital was fabulous,” she said. “They teach you how to get in and out of a car, how to take a bath or shower and you’re doing it before you leave. Between the care I got at the hospital and my friend who took care of me once I got home, I was very fortunate.” Weeks, however, also did her part by setting herself a goal, a goal that rises a vertical mile from its base in Gatlinburg to a snow-capped peak where only the stout-hearted (and stoutlegged) hiker dare to tread. “That’s my goal – to hike Mount LeConte again,” she told the physical therapist who had noticed she was wearing one of those Mount LeConte Lodge souvenir T-shirts one can get only after making it to the summit. From the Alum Cave trail, it’s 5.5 miles. “It’s straight up,” she adds. “It’s the shortest route, but it’s also the most difficult. But I wanted to go again because it is difficult. And the rewards are so great! It’s one of those bucket list challenges people have if they care about hiking in the park.” Last July, Weeks made it to the top again. Two months later, she did it again. “My muscles suffered, but my hips were fine,” she reported. “That was what was so amazing – there was no problem at all with my hips. It was just amazing.” She has become an evangelist of sorts, telling others about the difference the hip replacement surgery has made in her life. “I have friends my age who are suffering like I was, and they are trying to put it off. But I tell them, ‘My quality of life is restored. I’m hiking again. I’m f ly fishing again. I’m walking again.’ You know the next 20 years are the best 20 years I’ve got left and my quality of life for those years has dramatically improved. It’s been a miracle as far as I’m concerned. I may not live to be 80 but my quality of life now and then is the difference between day and night. That’s why I want to hike – because I can!” For more information, visit TreatedWell.com or call 373-PARK.
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