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A veteran Knox County Schools educator says Copper Ridge Elementary School 1st-grade teacher Natasha Patchen is “the most creative and organized teacher I have ever seen.” But the description goes beyond organized in the sense of use of classroom space, and Patchen’s creativity is quickly apparent.
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Next year is now for UT hoops Good teams are gathering for the peak of this exciting basketball season. Tennessee, not being one of them, is pondering “next year.” Cuonzo Martin is on the clock. He must know NIT one and done is unacceptable. Too much is invested for a 20-13 return – big building, rich recruiting budget, $$$ checks to coaches. See Marvin West’s story on A-6
Meet Merri Lee Merri Lee Fox has owned G&G Interiors in Cherokee Plaza for five years, but she’s been in the business of selling pretty things for nearly 20 years. Her business began with gift baskets, when the demand for ornately-wrapped bundles of goodies was high. But that was several years ago, and she is now perfectly happy filling homes from Sequoyah Hills to Washington, D.C. with high-end design.
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Craig Leuthold will talk taxes at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 2, at Peace Lutheran Church, 612 N. Cedar Bluff Road. Knox County reassesses property every four years, and Leuthold will discuss the process and ways to communicate with the assessor’s office. The Council of West Knox County Homeowners meets monthly. Info: www. cwkch.com/.
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The men who mined mine mi ned d TenTenTen nessee pink marble at Mead’s Quarry during the late 1800s lived and worked on property that is now part of Ijams Nature Center, and executive director Paul James wants to hear their stories. “It was really hard living,” he says. “I’d like to get a detailed, three-dimensional picture of what happened at Mead’s Quarry.” Ijams is hosting an informal information-gathering and show-and-tell session from 1-4 p.m. Saturday, April 6. Those who have family members who worked in East Tennessee marble companies, and those who have marble items or features in their homes, are encouraged to attend. Public historian Susan Knowles and Carroll Van West, director of the Center for Historic Preservation at Middle Tennessee State University, are collecting stories, documents and photographs for a survey of East Tennessee’s marble industry. Knowles is also nominating Mead’s and Ross Marble Quarries at Ijams to the National Register of Historic Places. James hopes to use the information to lure more visitors to Ijams. Self-directed outdoor tours that provide interpretations of Ijams Nature Center executive director Paul James looks into the Ross Marble Quarry gorge. the area’s history and culTwo former marble quarries are now part of the 275-acre natural area. Photo by Wendy Smith ture are popular, he says, and smartphone technology offers exciting new ways to convey information without additional staff. Marble quarries were abundant in the Forks of the River area at the end of the 19th century. Marble that was mined in the Knoxville area was transferred to New York City or Washington, D.C., via railroad or river, and used in such famous structures as the National Gallery of Art and the Washington Monument, James says. Mead’s Quarry began operation in 1881, and another quarry owned by Ross MarA photo from the Thompson Photograph Collection, part of the Calvin M. McClung Historic ble Company began operatCollection, documents a few of the men who harvested marble in East Tennessee during the ing just south of Mead’s 20 early 20th century. Photo submitted years later. The marble in-
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By Sandra Clark Lincoln Memorial University’s Duncan School of Law opened with great promise, but now it’s fighting for its life.
Analysis With enrollment underway for the Class of 2016, students and staff await a decision on accreditation by the American Bar Association, a decision that may not come until year’s end. Pessimists worry. Without accreditation, graduates who pass the state bar exam can practice law only in Tennessee.
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dustry went bust during the Great Depression, but the quarries produced gravel and agricultural lime until the 1970s. Mead’s became part of Ijams in 2005, and the Ross Marble Natural Area was added in 2010. Ijams has seen an explosion of new visitors, mostly hikers and bikers, since the properties were added. The 275-acre natural area now has 12 miles of trails, and is the gateway to the south loop of Knoxville’s Urban Wilderness. The addition has changed the nature of Ijams so much that “nature center” is no longer an accurate description, says James. “We’re still trying to wrap our arms around what it means to be a recreation area.” One thing it means is that Ijams needs a bigger parking lot. Spaces have been added to accommodate those who want to look for the freshwater jellyfish that live in the 25-acre lake in Mead’s Quarry. Swimming is off-limits, but River Sports rents canoes and paddle boards, as well as bikes, during warm weather months. Hikers are drawn to spectacular views of the Ross Marble Quarry gorge, with its sheer walls of pink marble covered in moss. Mountain bikers flock to Amber and Hickory trails, which wind through the former quarry. Part of the beauty of the “pocket wilderness” is that it is minutes from downtown Knoxville. That’s one reason why the edge of the lake at Mead’s Quarry has been chosen as the site of the city’s budget presentation on Friday, April 26. A staging area built to accommodate the event will be left in place for other uses. While the Mead’s and Ross Marble quarries have found new life as a recreation area, James doesn’t want to lose their history. The cabins that housed the men who worked in the Mead’s Quarry are long gone, and their stories will be, too, if family members don’t share them, he says.
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Merri Lee Fox has owned G&G Interiors in Cherokee Plaza for five years, but she’s been in the business of selling pretty things for nearly 20 years. Her business began with gift baskets, when the demand for ornately-wrapped bundles of goodies was high. But that was several years ago, and she is now perfectly happy filling homes from Sequoyah Hills to Washington, D.C. with high-end design. The business has grown because of good clients, friends and community support, as well as by God’s blessing, she says. She admits to being a workaholic with one weakness – her grandchildren. They are ages 3 and 1, and belong to her son, who is finishing his residency at UT Medical Center. To them, she is not the stylish Merri Lee, but Lulu. “I’m absolutely crazy about them,” she gushes. “I didn’t know it was going to be so much fun.” Her decorating tip for spring is using fun, vibrant colors, like hot yellow and intense blue, as accents, while keeping neutrals in the background. Neutrals like gray, soft brown and flax are more forgiving than white and ivory, she says. She helps design clients find their own style and encourages them to keep pieces they are passionate about. “They live there, and I want it to be what they love.”
What is your favorite quote from TV or a movie? “Go ahead, make my day!” – Clint Eastwood in the 1983 film “Sudden Impact”
What are you guilty of? I always find a good bakery no matter where we are!
What is your favorite material possession? A ring that is my mom’s. It’s a vintage platinum diamond ring. I adore my mom. She’s my dearest friend. She lives in Nashville, and the ring reminds me of her.
What are you reading currently? The Bible and the current “Luxe Interiors + Design” magazine. “Luxe” magazine always has really beautiful interiors, and I look forward to that magazine coming out every quarter.
What are the top three things on your bucket list? I want to attend the United States Open Tennis Championship. I have a few travel destinations on my bucket list as well. I’d like to visit the Greek Isles and the Holy
Land in Israel. Both these places have an ancient history, and I think they would be interesting. One of my biggest goals is to finally get G&G’s fabric library and design room organized for once!
support in my life. I have two sisters, and we are really close. My entire family has been really supportive of me and my business. When you have a close family, it’s a great support system in every aspect of your daily life.
What is one word others often use to describe you?
I still can’t quite get the hang of … Staying on a budget.
Dedicated. I think other people would say I’m dedicated because of the passion I have for whatever I’m doing. I really focus in on the task at hand.
What is the best advice your mother ever gave you? Be forgiving and have a kind heart.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
What is the worst job you have ever had? Painting houses. One summer when I was in college, I worked on a construction crew that painted the exterior of houses, and it was pretty rough. It was pretty hard manual work, but I got a good suntan.
I would be more punctual. I have a tendency to be a little tardy. I just get engrossed in whatever I’m doing in that moment, sometimes it’s hard to stop and move on to something else. I get caught up in the moment and lose track of time.
What was your favorite Saturday morning cartoon? “The Flintstones.” I love how simple and charming Bedrock is!
What is your passion? I am very passionate about my job. I love what I do! Every day I get to deal with beautiful fabrics, fine and lovely things. I am so blessed to be able to work with the members of our brilliant, creative design team. My passion is interior design, keeping up-to-date on the latest trends to keep things fresh and current.
What’s one place in Bearden/downtown that everyone should visit?
With whom, living or dead, would you most like to have a long lunch?
G&G Interiors, of course! We have so many new products all the time, I really feel like we have the most current selections in the industry. I also love the new restaurant in downtown, Knox Mason. The food is fabulous.
What is your greatest fear? The color mauve and fake silk ivy.
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Local documentary filmmaker Keith McDaniel and Dogwood Arts Festival executive director Lisa Duncan announce their collaboration on the Knoxville Film Festival, which will be in September. Photo submitted
Spring brings hope, in spite of cold I’m looking out the window at blue sky and sunshine as I write. The trees are flowering, the birds are singing, but it’s a less-thanbalmy 32 degrees.
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Weather-wise, spring break has pretty much been a bust in Knoxville. I’m sure it has been the same for folks who travelled to the South Carolina coast or the Florida Panhandle. The temperature in both places is currently 45 degrees. In spite of the thermometer, it’s hard not to feel encouraged by the explosion of blooms and neon greens that f launt themselves at this time of year. The stories I’ve written this week have also
Danny Busler, center, gives tips to porcelain painters Kim Parray and Jane Westbrook on their “fantasy” painting. Painting flowers that only exist in the imagination allows painters to have fun while practicing brush strokes, Busler says. The porcelain artists meet at Middlebrook Pike United Methodist Church. Photo by Wendy Smith made my heart feel lighter. It was truly a pleasure to attend the Passover Seder at Heska Amuna Synagogue
with my new Zumba buddy Rabbi Alon Ferency. The story of Exodus is so powerful that movements like the
Duncan School of Law or served on many ABA site inspection teams. LMU president B. James Dawson has said Williams “will play the crucial role of guiding (the school) through American Bar Association accreditation. We could not be in better hands.” Optimists include students like Scott Frith who, along with wife Stephanie, will graduate from the Duncan School of Law in May. “Planning to pass the bar and practice law,” says Scott.
Optimists include Pete DeBusk, who started a multinational business from his garage on Cunningham Road. DeBusk chairs the LMU Board of Trustees. He pushed to launch the DeBusk School of Osteopathic Medicine at LMU and the Duncan School of Law. His aim: to serve underserved populations in Southern Appalachia. Optimists include the school’s founding dean, Sydney Beckman, whose vision of technology in the class-
Revolutionary War and the Underground Railroad have used it to gain support, and it was uplifting to share in From page A-1
room has put Duncan School of Law way ahead of many other institutions. Pessimists see the ABA as a gatekeeper to limit those entering the legal profession. Low-cost, high-tech legal education is anathema to the ABA, they say. Plus, law school enrollment is down across the country. And who needs more lawyers, anyway? The ABA has denied accreditation once. DeBusk and Beckman responded by su-
ing. That lawsuit was settled and the ABA is now dealing with Parham Williams. Will that be enough? We’ll know by year’s end. Meanwhile, this optimist says, “come on down.” The school has a solid faculty, convenient hours (you can hold a full-time job while attending) and a fair price. Duncan School of Law is a boost to downtown and to working adults who want to better themselves. Let’s make it work!
after the dogwoods have faded. The nonprofit will work with Keith McDaniel, who founded the Secret City Film Festival, on the new Knoxville Film Festival at Downtown West Cinema 8 on Sept. 19-22. The Secret City festival nearly doubled in size when it moved to Downtown West in 2012, and McDaniel hopes the involvement of Dogwood Arts will be another boost for the event. Lisa Duncan, executive director of the Dogwood Arts Festival, says the film festival will give Dogwood Photographer Justin Acuff Arts the opportunity to caught this shot of a spring further its mission of promoting the region’s arts snow on the Sunsphere. and culture. In addition to its retelling with my Jewish screening films, the Knoxville Film Festival will host neighbors. I also enjoyed my stroll the 7-Day Shootout Filmthrough Mead’s and Ross making Competition and a Marble quarries with Ijams Civil War-themed student Nature Center executive competition. The goal of the festival is director Paul James. He showed me pictures docu- to show great films, Duncan menting the environmental says, and she expects subhavoc created by East Ten- missions from across the nessee marble quarries a U.S. “We want to promote century ago, and then we regional independent filmwalked among the roughhewn marble boulders that makers, but we also want are slowly being reclaimed them to have the opportuby nature. We watched a nity to compete with filmred-tailed hawk and a vul- makers from throughout ture circle above us, and the country.” listened to a boisterous ■ Central Baptist group of Canada geese playplans Tu Dia 2 ing near the lake at Mead’s Quarry. The former indusTu Dia 2, or Your Day 2, trial center is now a pocket is coming to Central Bapwilderness. tist Bearden from 10 a.m. Life is hard, and some- to 1 p.m. on Saturday, April times it feels like we’ll 6, and all Hispanic women never escape difficult cir- from the community are cumstances. But the Isra- invited, says event founder elites ultimately made it to Joyce Wyatt. Canaan, and nature someThe day of pampering times forgives our gigantic will include brunch from messes. These messages are Buddy’s Bar-B-Q and crafts. appropriate for the season, Nathaly Perez will speak on when hope springs from the immigration. frosty earth to give us the “The goal is that our Hismost spectacular show of panic friends will have a the year. good day,” Wyatt says. She also hopes Tu Dia will pro■ New film festival mote better cross-cultural The Dogwood Arts Fes- understanding. tival is collaborating with a To reserve a spot: 441local filmmaker on a festi- 6917 or TuDia.YourDay@ val that will take place long gmail.com/.
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government Rogero endorses Pavlis Mayor Rogero will lead observances on April 9 at the Ross Building on Western Avenue celebrating National Community Service Day in Knoxville as it is celebrated across the USA. More than 400 cities across the country will participate in honoring the volunteer work of thousands of Americans since the National Corporation for Public Service was created in the mid-1990s at President Clinton’s initiative. I was privileged to serve on the first board by appointment of the President and confirmation by the U.S. Senate. ■ Barbara Monty will retire from Knox County’s Community Action Committee after 45 distinguished years and be honored Monty with a reception from 4-6 p.m. Tuesday, April 16, also at the Ross Building on Western Avenue. Public is invited. ■ Ann Baker Furrow Boulevard will be dedicated at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 13. It is located in the new UT Sorority Village Center. Furrow was the first woman to serve on the UT Board of Trustees, appointed by Gov. Winfield Dunn in the early 1970s. UT will host a reception afterwards. ■ Mayor Rogero broke new ground for city mayors when she publicly endorsed the re-election of Nick Pavlis to city council. He Pavlis is the vice mayor by vote of council. She did it at a recent Pavlis fundraiser. Pavlis is currently unopposed, as are the other four council members whose terms expire in December. She told the attendees that she favored Pavlis’ re-election. (This writer also attended this reception and made a donation to the Pavlis campaign, as I favor his re-election too.) However, incumbent mayors usually do not openly endorse council candidates. There are several reasons for this. One reason is while Pavlis is appreciative of
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the mayoral nod, the other eight councilmembers must wonder if they too will receive a mayoral endorsement. If not, why not? What will be the standard Rogero will employ on whether to endorse Brown, Palmer, Della Volpe and Grieve who are also running this year? Rogero and Della Volpe have had several pointed email exchanges recently. Brown plans a fundraiser reception in a few weeks. The question here is not the endorsement of Pavlis, who is widely applauded, but whether the mayor should endorse a council candidate at all, and what it means beyond the single endorsement. Will she endorse the other four councilmembers running in two years when she too will be on the ballot? When she ran in 2011, she studiously avoided endorsing those candidates. Also, if the challenger should win over the mayor’s endorsement, it weakens the political clout of the mayor as occurred when Kyle Testerman tried but failed to defeat Jean Teague for city council 32 years ago. Rogero is enthused about Vice Mayor Pavlis as they work as closely together as I worked with then-Vice Mayor Jack Sharp. Perhaps she did not consider these issues and just wanted to do it. Rogero has a right to endorse whoever she wants. But is it wise when it comes to local offices? Does it set a precedent which may later come back to haunt her? There are other ways to support your preferred candidate short of a public endorsement. ■ President Obama renominated Marilyn Brown on March 21 to the TVA board of directors after she was blocked in January by Sens. Alexander and Corker. Her chances of being confirmed to a second term can be rated as slim to none. The board will continue with one vacancy. Even the Georgia senators where she lives in Atlanta are not pushing her nomination.
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Nashville ‘know-it-alls’ strike again Richard Briggs, already up and running against state Sen. Stacey Campfield in 2014, has coined a phrase voters are going to hear a lot in that campaign – “knowit-alls in Nashville”– referring to legislators who claim to be advocates of small government while shoving burdensome laws down the throats of local governments. Now Briggs can add a new arrow to his quiver – a law requiring local school districts (called local education agencies or LEAs in Nashville) to allow homeschooled students to participate in school-sponsored interscholastic athletics. Prompted by complaints from a family in Williamson County, its sponsors are from Knox County. Campfield is the Senate sponsor, but it’s House sponsor Roger Kane whose rhetorical bombs are causing homefolks’ jaws to clench and teeth to grind. While presenting his bill in the House education subcommittee, Kane accused
Betty Bean the Knox County Board of Education of dealing with home-school students in “an arbitrary and capricious” manner after the TSSAA changed its bylaws in 2011 to permit home-schoolers to participate in athletics, but said LEAs could opt out. The Campfield/Kane bill makes it mandatory. The bill sailed through the Senate, but Kane got pushback from a couple of members who told him that they didn’t want the state meddling with their counties. He then took a broad swipe at LEAs, specifically accusing Knox County of causing home schoolers to miss TSSAA’s registration deadline. School board member Thomas Deakins initially opposed the rule change, but then worked with the TSSAA and the Tennes-
see School Board Association (of which he is a board member) to allow home schoolers to participate. He has questions about enforcing discipline and academic qualifications under the new law and says Kane misstated the situation. “Our board put a policy together that allowed (sports participation) as long as they met the same qualifications as other athletes and didn’t displace another athlete,” he said. Supporters of the Kane/ Campfield law are happy that LEAs will no longer be allowed to charge home schoolers additional fees, on the theory that their families already pay taxes. School board chair Karen Carson says they’re ignoring the fact that school funding is based on average daily attendance (ADA), and home schoolers aren’t counted. “What I am against is if you do not enroll in Knox County schools, we do not get funding. If a homeschooled student enrolls in sports, how is that fair?”
Since the policy change in 2011, five home-schooled students have signed up to participate in school athletics in Knox County. McMinn County Republican John Forgety, a former schools superintendent who holds a doctorate in education, said Kane’s bill is unnecessary meddling. “I have a great deal of heartburn with mandating anything for a local school board.” TSSAA general counsel Rick Colbert resisted pressure from Rep. Harry Brooks, who wanted him to agree that the new bill merely replaces “may” with “shall.” “This bill does more than just say follow the TSSAA rule,” he said… “If those kinds of things are put in statute, there will be no exceptions. … I believe it would be bad policy for the state to try to legislate it.” “Perhaps we ought to file a bill doing away with LEAs, the way we’re going,” said Clarksville Democrat Joe Pitts.
Haslam can’t win on Medicaid “Wow!” I thought last Wednesday. Within a 30-minute interval, I was yelled at by two very different people about the same issue. Both were upset that Gov. Bill Haslam had announced earlier that day his decision not to recommend Tennessee take federal dollars to expand Medicaid.
treatments, there will be an insatiable demand for health care. How to pay? By rationing. How to ration? By ability to pay. Haslam misstepped when he suggested using federal funds to buy insurance for poor people. All of you who think our friends the insurance com-
panies will save health care money (except by rationing), raise your hand. Funding health care is tough. Escalating costs have pressured businesses into higher and higher deductibles and put U.S. industries at competitive disadvantage with overseas firms. Perhaps that’s why the state’s organized business community through
the Chamber of Commerce united with liberals to urge Haslam to sign on to Obamacare. Unpaid emergency room bills from uninsured patients continue to drive up costs. Doctors are hurting. The smartest kids are not applying for medical school. Haslam was correct in calling our current system “unsustainable.”
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Whoever thought Haslam would sign on to Obamacare just doesn’t know our governor, who bravely made a nowin decision. One of my liberal friends said, “People will die!” before hanging up on me. A more conservative friend wondered how Haslam could turn his back on “all of those rural hospitals” which Mayor Tim Burchett fist bumps with county Commissioner Jeff Ownby during a reception may be forced to close. at the Goodwill Industries ribbon cutting. Photo by Cindy Taylor Were we not paying attention during the eight years of Don Sundquist’s administration when the expansion of TennCare threatened the state’s solvency? ■ Steve Griffin, security chief ■ Amy Broyles spoke harshly to of school security officers. Remember the squeeze fellow commissioners when “If KPD has 17 (officers in city for Knox County Schools, on traditional state prothey tried to sidestep an earlischools), and the Sheriff ’s announced Friday that he will er indication they would fund Office has 24 and you have 41 grams such as higher eduretire. He’s been suspended increased school security. “I’m now ... and you want to add cation and state parks? Repending the outcome of an really tired of this ‘our money, 58 that’s ... (140 officers for 88 member how close we came investigation. A wit online schools).” their money,’” she said. “It’s joked that it was approprito a state income tax? the taxpayers’ money.” ate that Griffin quit on Good As long as people get sick ■ Jim McIntyre responded: Friday because, “someone “Yes, it’s “a robust deploy■ Tony Norman challenged and die, as long as doctors had to die for our sins.” ment matrix.” Jim McIntyre on the number and scientists invent new
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A trip to the Low Country NATURE NOTES | Dr. Bob Collier
When you grow up within sight of the Great Smoky Mountains and you’re an outdoor person, I suppose it’s only natural to assume that “being outside” conjures up images of cool high elevations, rushing clear streams with clean gravelly bottoms, tall poplar and evergreen trees growing up from dense rhododendron thickets, and hiking trails that go either uphill or downhill most of the time. It turns out that there is other outdoors out there, some of them a lot different from the environs in our neck of the woods. In fact, there are places where “high” means one or two feet above sea level, where the rivers and streams have water the color of tea and the currents f low slowly back and forth, rising and falling twice a day. The groves of tall straight pine trees grow on land as f lat as a tabletop, a dense undergrowth of palmettos at their feet, between miles of grass-filled salt marsh. Other trees, the massive, gnarled old live oaks, stand on higher ground, embellished with ferns and Spanish moss. This is the strange land that you encounter all along the coasts of South Carolina and Georgia, from the beaches inland for 30 miles or so. It’s the Low Country. Armadillos and alligators,
snakes and mosquitoes, what more could an outdoor person want? Well now, the first day of spring was scheduled for March 20, and the meteorologist was calling for snow. Grandma and I decided we needed to be somewhere farther south, and hopefully some place with a lot of birds already there, not just to be expected in a month or so. We had already wanted to add some more birds to our Georgia list. And so, we decided. The middle of March, the state of Georgia, lots of birds, an easy day’s drive. We headed for the Low Country, and Jekyll Island seemed to be the right destination. The barrier islands along the coast of Georgia – Tybee, Ossabow, St. Simons, Jekyll, Cumberland and others – are different from the long, narrow ribbons of sand we’re used to visiting along North Carolina’s Outer Banks. On the coast of Georgia, because of the shape of the coastline and the work of the wind and tides, the barrier islands are plump, wider, higher affairs, with well-established maritime forests of live oak, pine and palmettos.
The Low Country is a land of water. The gentle two-foot tides of the Outer Banks are replaced here by big six- to eight-foot tides. The boat docks you see with many steps up and down to their landings attest to the significant twice-daily water level changes. Eight major rivers flow into the ocean in the 100 miles between Savannah and the Florida line, plus sounds, creeks and marshlands without number. The early colonials depended on the waterways for their transportation, at least as far inland as they could navigate. After the Native Americans, the Spanish and the British came and went, those hardy early colonials established homes in the Low Country, and built large rice plantations there in a land that I would have considered uninhabitable before the days of air conditioning and window screens. And I recalled that the folks in Boston and Philadelphia could only harvest the oak trees for sailing vessels from those islands in the winter because not even the toughest crew of timber cutters could tolerate
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the snakes, bugs, alligators and deadly fevers of the Low Country summers. But early spring is really nice. There’s not a lot going on, tourist wise. About the only people around are the locals, some indoortype snowbirds, and the fishermen and birders. Which brings us to the birds. The ocean, beaches, woods and ponds and marshes give you a variety of places to look. And there are some great human-made places as well. Several wildlife refuges have been developed using the ponds and dikes from the old rice plantations. On one of those ponds we saw hundreds of nesting wood storks and scores of yellow-crowned and black-crowned night herons. And big alligators. All that added up to a marvelous three days of dawn-to-dark birding, and a list of 111 species for the trip. Some were excit-
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ing single sightings: one glossy ibis f lying over, a yellow-throated warbler in the Spanish moss, a little chicken-like sora rail skulking through the marsh grass. We found a plump little long-distance migrating shorebird called a red knot hunkered down among a f lock of other species as if trying to keep a low profile and avoid any publicity. There were some “Oh wow!” moments, like seeing 20 white pelicans soaring high over the marsh in the morning sun, just as a bald eagle f lew across the sky in front of them. And then there were the scenes that I like to call “the way Nature was intended to be” moments, where the abundance of life is just too much to count. We stood and watched 1,000 little sandpipers and plovers feeding on a mud f lat at low tide. Suddenly, they would all swirl into the
sky and sweep around like a single huge organism, and then calmly settle back down and begin feeding again as if nothing had happened. Out on the beach, the scene repeated itself, only bigger and noisier. Out there, the gulls and terns, black skimmers and oystercatchers were hanging out. They did the resting and swirling thing, too, with a lot more squawking and calling. You just won’t see birds like that in the Smokies. It’s like being at Disney World for birdwatchers. Given a little space, nature produces beautiful things in numbers and varieties beyond our imaginations. A few days at the right times and in the right places could convince even the most committed indoor person of the truth and wonder of that. When it stops snowing, we’ll be on the road again.
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Next year is now for baskets Good teams are gathering for the peak of this exciting basketball season. Tennessee, not being one of them, is pondering “next year.” Cuonzo Martin is on the clock. He must know NIT one and done is unacceptable. Too much is invested for a 20-13 return – big building, rich recruiting budget, $$$ checks to coaches. Nobody expects the Volunteers to win the national championship. They’ve been playing for 114 years without ever reaching the Final Four but they do need to go in that general direction. The university cannot afford mediocrity. Basketball must succeed and look good doing it. Empty seats at Thompson-Boling are a very bad omen. Do not blame the customers. Attendance was better than the team. Orange was ugly at times.
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“Next year” is crucial for Cuonzo. He is not a circus barker or slick seller of snake oil. He does not talk a good game but I still think he has the potential to be a star – if, if, if. Improvement starts with keeping NBA dreamers from making a mistake. Getting Jeronne Maymon back on the court would be a boost. Recruiting people who can play would be encouraging. It appears adjustments are waiting to be made. Solving the point guard problem would make Martin’s motion offense better. Some of us believe it is best
to get the ball inside now and then. It would be good to have more assists than turnovers. The coach could improve his chances against zone defenses. Most teams use dribble penetration and passes to the post. Tennessee plays bombs away. If perimeter shooters connect, they discourage zones. If they miss, the zone wins. (See Alabama tape). Wouldn’t it be great if Coach could teach his guards to guard quick guards? Teaching speed is difficult. Perhaps the focus might be on improving technique. Dare we mention defense? Cuonzo’s reputation is rooted in defense. His key strategy is effort. Statistics create suspicion. Tennessee ranked 114 in the country at preventing field goals. It was 339 in steals. Lack of quickness? Could be. Thousands of UT fans who
April Fool! At the crack of dawn on Sunday, the women came to the tomb carrying the burial spices they had prepared. They found the entrance stone rolled back from the tomb, so they walked in. But once inside, they couldn’t find the body of the Master Jesus. They were puzzled, wondering what to make of this. (Luke 24: 1-4a The Message) This is strange and dangerous ground, I realize. It is April Fool’s Day, which seems a frivolous way to celebrate the second day of Eastertide! Until one considers that Death is the one who was fooled! I have a “surrational” picture on my office wall. It was given to me by a dear friend, someone who understood the role of the deacon better than most of the average
folks in the pew. Let me explain. Historically, the deacon’s role is servant ministry. In the earliest days of the church, the deacons waited tables: they served the hungry congregation. Nowadays, we frequently say that a deacon stands at the door of the Church: one foot in the world and one foot in the sanctuary. Deacons today serve in extension ministries; we work in
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churches, yes, but also in hospitals and schools and social service agencies and missions. People frequently look at my “surrational” picture and ask, “What am I seeing here?” That is because at the top of the picture, it appears to be a city street full of cars, with tall buildings on either side of the street. However, if one lets one’s eye travel down the picture, suddenly the street becomes an aisle in a church, and the buildings look like church pews. It is a little disconcerting.
respect the coach as a standup guy, a role model and rock-solid mentor of young men appreciate the leadership he offers. He apparently follows the rules and seems highly unlikely to embarrass the establishment. That isn’t quite enough to compensate for losing home and away to Georgia. That does not explain scoring 37 and 38 in back-to-back losses at Georgetown and Virginia. Inexplicable January slumps by Trae Golden and Jarnell Stokes were major factors in the 3-6 start in the Southeastern Conference race. The Vols were on the edge of awful when their overall record was 11-10. They recovered. Martin changed his lineup and picked up the pace. Jordan McRae turned into a remarkable scorer. Stokes became a double-double machine after the coach filed a formal complaint about SEC officiating. The Vols won eight of nine. They were combative on the road. They outrebounded
most foes. They killed Kentucky by 30. They upset Florida. They gutted out four overtimes at Texas A&M. They never played beautiful basketball but they were generally tough. Alas, they did not finish. The late loss at Georgia was terminal. They bounced back with a thriller over Missouri. They were dull again in the SEC tournament loss to Alabama. Hearts were broken when they were ignored by NCAA selectors. They didn’t show much zip against Mercer. Here is where Cuonzo stands: A coach in the big leagues must field a team that draws a crowd. Apathy is fatal. He must compete for conference crowns. He must resist violations. Tennessee, with all its resources, really should appear in the NCAA tournament. Cruel world, isn’t it. You are part of the buzz or you start early on “next year.”
That picture makes this deacon happy because the church and the world are integrated into one thing. But recently I found another of Scott Mutter’s surrational pictures that gave me one of those true “Aha!” moments. It is titled “The Grave.” It is a photograph of a mausoleum in a cemetery. The beholder can clearly see the other tombstones and the grass around the mausoleum. Then, the viewer realizes that the entrance to the vault is not the usual heavy wooden door with a lock and bolt. It is a revolving glass door. When I realized what I was seeing, I smiled. Then I laughed out loud. “There it is!” I thought. “That is the Easter miracle in a single picture!” We, like the disciples
and the women, think of death as the end. Even when we say we believe in an afterlife, we mourn our dead as if we will never see them again. Our grief, our loss, is real, and we cannot fully imagine what lies on the other shore. But here is the wonderful, awesome, fantastic, almost-unbelievable truth: Jesus, the crucified Christ, turned a huge stone into a revolving door and walked out of the tomb on Easter morning, alive forevermore. And no grave will ever again hold sway over Him, or over those who believe in Him. So who is the April Fool? That would be Death, who has lost all his power, and holds sway over absolutely nothing. Christ is alive! Alleluia! Happy Easter!
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News from SOS Liz Thacker, site resource coordinator of the community school at Norwood Elementary School in north Knox County, recently provided information about the program. What is the focus? Strengthening academics for students likely to benefit from extra instruction is the primary emphasis. Working in small groups, community school students receive assignments a week before they are presented to the whole class. They then become class leaders and teach other students the lesson, thus reinforcing the material and boosting their confidence. Financial need is another criterion for acceptance into the program. Describe a typical afternoon. Academics are covered from 3–4:30 p.m., after which about half the students leave. Those who stay have 45 minutes of special activities with volunteers from Pi Beta Phi Sorority and UT’s nutrition department on particular days, along with other activities. Dinner is served at 5:15, and students leave between 5:45 and 6 p.m. Other special services? About 25 students receive mental health services from a Helen Ross McNabb Center professional who comes to the school three days a week. Cardiac Kids, a special exercise program, runs 10 weeks in the fall.
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Questions encouraged at Passover Seder By Wendy Smith The Passover Seder is a ritual meal that tells the story of the Jewish exodus from slavery in Egypt. Because all are invited to eat the meal, the Seder also encourages compassion and social justice, which are basic elements of Hebrew culture, says Heska Amuna Synagogue member Gene Bocknek. Bocknek was one of several members who led small group discussions about the history and tradition of the meal that marks the beginning of the eight-day Jewish holiday of Passover. The Seder typically includes sacramental wine, hand washing, readings from the Haggadah, songs, blessings and symbolic foods, but the flow of the evening is tailored
by the group or family that hosts the event. While Heska Amuna’s observation emphasized the education of adults, especially those of other faiths, education of Jewish children is an important aspect of every Seder. Children are encouraged to ask questions, such as “Why is this night different from all other nights?” “Kids are encouraged to be inquisitive,” Bocknek says. “They ask questions, and expect to get answers.” Children ask the significance of the six items on the Seder plate that represent aspects of the Jewish captivity: the maror and chazaret, or bitter herbs; the charoset, a sweet brown paste; the karpas, a vegetable like celery; the zeroah, the bone of a
roasted goat or lamb, and the beitzah, or hard-boiled egg. Matzah crackers are eaten with the items on the Seder plate. Questions from adults were also welcomed at the Heska Amuna Seder, sometimes resulting in multiple answers. The boiled egg, which is sometimes burned, is meant to represent the destruction of the temple, but no one in Bocknek’s group knew why. An appropriate answer in such a circumstance is, he said, “I don’t know. What do you think?” Some traditions have been practiced for so long that the original meaning has been forgotten, said Jeanne Kidd. A kosher meal of chicken, roasted vegetables, matzo ball soup and brisket was served after the
reading of the Haggadah, and the evening was rounded out with singing. A crowd favorite was “Had Gadya,” a song that tells a story similar to “I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly” and requires audience participation in the form of animal sounds. Gilya Schmidt is president of Heska Amuna and director of the Fern and Manfred Steinfeld Program in Judaic Studies in UT’s religious studies department. She has participated in several Passover Seders in Jerusalem, where the ritual lasts several hours. She recalled what it was like to walk home at 2 a.m. surrounded by neighbors who were also returning from Seders. Ellen Herrmann and Anna Besmann examine the gefilte fish ka“It was the most beauti- bobs at Heska Amuna Synagogue’s Passover Seder last week. Photo by Wendy Smith ful thing,” she said.
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Call for Artists for KMA’s Artists on Location The 2013 Artists on Location, presented by the Guild of the Knoxville Museum of Art, is calling for artists to create works of art on location in the Knoxville area between May 8 and 11 and then exhibit those works at the museum May 11 in an exhibition and sale. Visit www.knoxart. org and go to the Artists on Location section for the prospectus. Participation is limited; apply early.
Nominations are being sought for Knoxville High School’s hall of fame. Inductees will need to have been a part of the historic Knoxville High School between 1910 and 1951. Any former alumnus who has excelled at the local, state, national or international level is eligible. Those who have achieved outstanding accomplishments in art, academics, entertainment, religion, science, the military or any other area that would bring honor to the school would be ideal. Inductees will be recognized at a hall of fame banquet Oct. 18 at The Foundry. Nominations/info: 696-9585.
Huguenot Society learns its history During a recent meeting of the Manikin Town Huguenot Society, national president Ida “Dee” Garrett Herod Smothers discussed the history of the club. Pictured at the event are Tennessee branch state president Martha Fuquay Cummings and national president of the Huguenot Society of the Founders of Manakin in the colony of Virginia Garrett Herod Smothers; (back) Diana Flaherty, Lorna Matheny, Pat Pelfrey, Sarah Roach, Sarah Searle, Madge Day, Elaine Mueller, Janie Bitner and Ruth Heizer. Not pictured are Glen Rowell and Jeanette Williams. Photo submitted
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Kindergarten Round-Up Knox County Elementary Schools will hold a district-wide Kindergarten Round-Up Tuesday, April 9, for the 20132014 school year. A child entering kindergarten cannot be less than 5 years of age on or before Aug. 31, 2013. To register, each student will need their birth certificate or acceptable proof of their date of birth; a Tennessee School Immunization Certificate and a proof of residency within the elementary school’s zone. At the Kindergarten Round-Up, parents will receive important enrollment information to prepare for the upcoming school year. Times for round-ups are:
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Bearden Elementary School 5th grader Luke Lampley, 4th grader Madison Fox, 5th graders Kate Atkins, Kelly Moscato, and Madeline Sailors, 4th grader Anuya Jain and 5th grader Lily Marcum take a silly break from practicing for Destination Imagination’s state competition. Not pictured is 5th grader Janie Holecek. Photos by S. Barrett
Destination Imagination at Bearden Elementary For those who don’t know, toilet paper rolls disguised as cars can really pick up speed when given the proper wheels, especially when elementary school students are the brains behind the operation.
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Kick Butts Day The Laura Cansler Boys and Girls Club collaborated with the Metropolitan Drug Commission and Smoke-Free Knoxville recently for Kick Butts Day. The event aimed to educate kids on the hazards of smoking. Activities included tobacco trivia games and tobacco-free pledges for the kids to sign. Daniel Benjamin is pictured checking out a “black lung” during the event. Photo submitted
A select group of 4th and 5th graders from Bearden Elementary School worked for months on miniature cars to propel from a chute in preparation for Destination Imagination’s state competition in Nashville on Saturday, April 13. The
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‘The most creative and organized teacher I have ever seen’ By Jake Mabe A veteran Knox County Schools educator says Copper Ridge Elementary School 1st-grade teacher Natasha Patchen is “the most creative and organized teacher I have ever seen.” Patchen laughed when told she was described as being organized and said, “Well, I am, but people don’t always see it. Look at this desk, merciful heavens!” pointing to the various papers and bric-a-brac. “Look around my classroom. There’s stuff all over!” But the description goes beyond organized in the sense of use of classroom space, and Patchen’s creativity is quickly apparent. Within the confines of the curriculum, Patchen exposes her students to artists, to holiday traditions around the world, even to the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska. At the mention of the race, Patchen stopped, ran up to a map at the front of the classroom and pointed out the trail. “I’m teaching them social studies and we’re using technology on the web to follow the trail and we’re working on telling time. One student said (of one dog), ‘She’s only one-half mile behind!’” Patchen’s students even held their own version of the race, called the Iditarod Read, in which they took a “dog sled” wagon around the school, stopping in different classrooms, with books in preparation for Accelerated Reading testing. “So we covered reading and covered math with a time-telling test.” Why is all this important? “They (the students) need to stretch and grow. Children are not robots. They are creative individuals with individual needs.” Patchen has visited 49 states and underwent her student teaching in West Germany. “I do like to expose (students) to the world, art and culture, even Navajo fry bread. I do a lot of cooking!” When it snows, a rarity in Knox County anymore, “we rejoice in the snow if we have school. “I have a snow curriculum, in which I tell the students that a snowflake has six points and we read Alaska stories. So you have science, reading and social studies. That’s how I get away with all this fun. I’m very good at tying it all together. That takes experience and this school is filled with wonderful teachers.”
Copper Ridge Elementary 1st-grade teacher Natasha Patchen assists Cynthia Miles as she pulls weeds from the classroom garden. Photo by Ruth White
Now in her 20th year of education, Patchen has taught kindergarten, 4th grade, 5th grade and 1st grade. “I prayed I wouldn’t get 1st grade, and when I did my student teaching, I got 1st grade.” Originally from Jamestown, N.Y., Patchen has taught 10 years at Copper Ridge and eight years at Sterchi Elementary. Prior to moving to Knoxville, she taught for two years in Wyoming. She says she did not want to be a teacher and had a miserable experience in school. But after she was first married she taught preschool and thought, “That’s not so bad.” At the University of Wyoming, mentors were telling her, “You’re a natural.” (A professor there showed
slides during a presentation on undergoing student teaching in Germany. That’s how she landed there.) “I went where I was led. I believe God leads you places.” She knows it is a cliché, but Patchen says she loves the sweet moments when the “light bulb” goes off in a student’s mind. “And it goes off often.” One student came to Patchen the other day holding a recently-read book. “I knew from the look on the face that the student had really read it.” Patchen also takes her students on the school’s nature trail. She says seeing them “fi lled with wonder” at the world around them keeps her young. “I have great classes, great kids and great parental support. When I go ask (my colleagues) if I can go run
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through the school with 16 children and a wagon and book bags, they say, ‘Sure, Patchen, come disrupt class!’ But they know exactly what time we’re coming by and what we’re going to do.” She says 1st-grade students are expected to add and subtract easily when they leave her classroom for the year, read at a 1st-grade level and write four or five sentences that connect together. The biggest challenge? “Knowing nouns, verbs, adjectives, knowing how to write a paragraph. We have to write a research paper. And the math skills they have to know would make your jaw drop.” During the Iditarod race unit, several students went home and followed the race on their computers. “So, the learning is carrying on!” Patchen says with a smile.
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will be sometime around the first of May. The new dealership will be the first Italian franchise for Harper, which also sells Acura, Audi, Infiniti, Jaguar, Porsche and Volkswagen. Mike’s a guy with a good sense of humor. When I told him those TV ads for the new Fiat 500 that show the cute little cars driving off Italian cliffs and beaches and disappearing into the ocean Anne always make me sort of sad, Hart he immediately quipped: “Yeah, but they come back up on the other side!” Apparently that will business, Modern Supply, soon mean directly onto the Rheem distributor for Parkside Drive. The name East Tennessee. Chancey & of that clever ad, by the Reynolds is Modern Sup- way, is “A new wave of Italian immigrants coming to ply’s largest customer for America.” Rheem products.
Kudos to Chancey & Reynolds For the fifth year in a row, Rheem, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of central heating and cooling products, has named Chancey & Reynolds one of its top five dealers in the country. “It is a tremendous honor for us,” says Steve Chancey, president of Chancey & Reynolds. The company was founded in 1978 by Chancey and partner Art Reynolds. They install and service Rheem’s full line of residential and commercial equipment, and their highly-trained service technicians have also won numerous awards. The company is affiliated with another Knoxville
of Toddy’s “Wine of the guests to enjoy. Week,” the Marsanne, but pairs it with a dish entitled Spring at “Easy Lemon Pasta with M.S. McClellan Chicken,” and even gives It’s easy to tell when the recipe. Yum! spring has finally arrived: the celebrating starts at Spirited art M.S. McClellan. If you love your mutt so It all begins Friday with much you’d like to preserve a trunk show from 10 a.m. a likeness of his mug in to 6 p.m. with Woody Apperpetuity, Spirited Art on Kingston Pike in Bearden pleby of Bill’s Khaki’s in has just the solution – and town. He’ll also be bringit applies not only to your ing leather goods from J. favorite dog, but also to the W. Hulme and classic bowties from Carrot and Gibbs. family felines. And then on April 11, On Tuesday evening, in McClellan’s will be introa class titled simply “Pet Portrait,” Spirited Art’s ducing their new Peter professional artists will Millar Crown Shop with work with you to create a a launch party with cockportrait of your favorite tails and hors’doeuvres from 5-8 p.m. animal on 11x14 canvas. Both men’s and women’s Cost of the class is $50 and reservations are re- designers will be featured quired at 584-1010 or at from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. www.spiritedartknoxville. on April 20. Store owner Bob McClellan says, “We’ll com. If that class doesn’t ap- throw out some BBQ from peal to you, Spirited Art Sweet P during lunch. It’s has lots more. You can a great way for us to say even host your own pri- thank you and for you to vate party there and take kick off the warm weather.” wine and food for your Contact:annehartsn@aol.com
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Bringing it home: Marketing association honors Townes Lavidge Osborn By Sherri Gardner Howell The Knoxville Chapter of the American Marketing Association (KAMA) will honor one of its own as Outstanding Marketing Professional on April 11, but any who think it is a token award based simply on service to the chapter would be terribly mistaken. The recipient has already received the national organization’s highest honor as well as an international leadership award. A gala 25th anniversary party on Saturday, April 11, at the Knoxville Museum of Art gives the local organization an opportunity to highlight not only its founder, but an outstanding marketing professional: Townes Lavidge Osborn. When Osborn says marketing is “in her blood,” those
according to Shrimp Dock owner Phil Dangle. The cakes are now being baked in-house at the Shrimp Dock, and they’re available in a movable feast of seasonal flavors – including strawberry – straight from the oven to your house. The delectable caramel cakes are always available, but if you want to order an extra large quantity of them for a special occasion, you may want to call in your order ahead of time. In addition to the Bearden location, there are also Shrimp Docks in Farragut and in Alcoa. Info: www.shrimpdock.com.
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in her hometown of Knoxville have only to look at her maiden name to understand. The daughter of Art Lavidge, founder of Lavidge & Associates, joined the familyowned agency in 1983 when she and her children moved
back to Knoxville after living and working in Asia, Europe, New York and serving in Washington, D.C., for 11 years as executive director of the National Communications Lobby. She is now president of Lavidge & Associates, an agency whose client list has included several Fortune 500 businesses, such as Coca Cola Fountain NA, Link Belt, Great Lakes Chemical Corp., TVA, Schaad Companies, and a variety of restaurant chains, hotels, tourist attractions, tourist related organizations, residential and commercial development businesses, financial services, and consulting companies. She continues to handle High Hampton Inn in Cashiers, N.C., which, since 1953, has been the agency’s longest standing client of record.
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Her creativity can be seen in numerous campaigns for her clients, including a moniker she promoted for Oak Ridge when hired to help them with tourism marketing. Osborn said she couldn’t figure out how to make a visit to the Atomic City appealing, since atomic energy was controversial, but that a trip to America’s Secret City would be alluring. Thus, Oak Ridge became The Secret City. Osborn was born in Chicago, coming with her family to Knoxville after her father completed graduate school at Northwestern. She graduated from Salem Academy in Winston-Salem and from the University of Tennessee. In the marketing industry, Osborn has received the American Marketing Association’s Lemburg Award, the AMA’s highest honor, and received a special AMA International Leadership Award. She founded the Knoxville Chapter in 1988. During her time as president
of the chapter, Osborn initiated the Eagle Endowment for Marketing Education in order to provide scholarships in perpetuity to outstanding marketing students at the University of Tennessee. The Eagle Endowment has grown to $275,000 and to date the Knoxville Chapter has awarded $77,000 in scholarships. She remains its co-executor. Osborn is also president of her family’s LAMP Foundation, whose purpose is to support non-profit programs and projects that benefit society. Her local involvement in the arts and charitable endeavors has included serving on 34 nonprofit boards and chairing 16, including serving as president of the Rotary Club of Knoxville and chair of UT’s Clarence Brown Theatre’s Board. She has received Rotary International’s highest honor, the Service Above Self award and was selected to be an Olympic Torchbearer for
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First Friday events in the District All events will take place Friday, April 5, unless otherwise noted. ■ Bennett Galleries will host the Dogwood Arts Festival featured artist Alex Smith 5-8 p.m. Smith will sign his limited edition print that has been selected for the festival. ■ Sole In The City will celebrate its 4th anniversary Wednesday through Friday, April 3-5. There will be specials everyday with a cocktail party on Thursday. ■ Twisted Scissors and Gallaher Spa MD will give complimentary makeovers using Glo cosmetics during “Get Ready For Spring” 1-4 p.m. ■ MS McClellan will host “An All American Event” 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. with Bill’s Khakis, leather goods from J.W. Hulme and bow ties from Carrot & Gibbs.
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Grace student boosts Mission of Hope By Shannon Morris Sometimes, all it takes is a little inspiration to do great things. Grace Christian Academy 6th grader Amaya Barger is proof of that.
Grace Christian Academy Middle School students collected more than 3,000 cans of soup for Mission of Hope. Amaya and her family have been longtime volunteers with Mission of Hope, a ministry that partners with her church. Amaya has been helping since she was in kindergarten. She has worked in the Mission of Hope warehouse putting together hygiene bags, sorting food, and other much-needed chores. In addition, her family has delivered toys, food and other items to the Bell Central elementary and middle schools in Kentucky. As a result of being so closely connected, Amaya felt led to take on a project of her own that would benefit Mission of Hope.
Amaya approached Jared Clark, the principal of Grace Christian Academy Middle School, asking if she could initiate a campaign to collect 2,000 soup cans for Mission of Hope, as their food supply was running critically low at the time. Clark agreed that this was a worthy endeavor, and so an official Soup Can Drive was launched at the school with the goal of collecting 2,000 cans. To nobody’s surprise, the middle school students at GCA responded in a huge way, collecting a total of 3,108 cans in all. To top off the effort, Amaya, along with friends Anna Arwood and Virginia Pirckle, personally delivered the cans to Mission of Hope on March 11. The folks at Mission of Hope said that those cans would go out the very next day to be delivered to the distribution center for the various food pantries that they service. Amaya was inspired to begin this project because she was already actively serving others, and many people have benefited from her efforts. Our prayer is that Amaya’s work will inspire others, from students to teachers, to find ways to minister to the needs of other people in the name of Jesus. If you would like to continue Amya’s efforts in helping Mission of Hope accomplish their goals of reaching and blessing families in surrounding communities, you can contact their office at 584-7571.
Grace Christian Academy students Anna Arwood, Amaya Barger and Virginia Pirckle organize cans of soup collected for Mission of Hope. The soup can drive was organized by Barger, who is in the 6th grade at Grace. Photos by Heather Barger
A run at State By Shannon Morris The varsity boys basketball team from Grace Christian Academy had a successful season, culminating with a trip to the State Championship Tournament in Murfreesboro on March 13. It was GCA’s third trip to the tournament, and their first in four years. The Rams fell to Richland High School in the first round, but still managed a terrific season as one of the last eight teams in the state to be playing. Coach Matt Mercer’s squad won the regular season disGrace Christian Academy senior Trey Stewart signs to play basketball at Bryan College. Pictured are: (front) trict championship and battled Kristi Stewart, Trey Stewart, Todd Stewart, Dr. Ron Stewart; (back) Bryan College coach Don Rekoske, Ken- throughout the postseason to reach the State tournament, dra Stewart, Karis Stewart and Grace basketball coach Matt Mercer. Photo by Randy Down
which was a huge accomplishment in its own right. With just one graduating senior on this team, the future looks very bright for Rams basketball. That senior, Trey Stewart, had a phenomenal year, being named to the All-District team, the District All-Tournament team and the Regional All-Tournament team. To wrap up an incredible senior year, Trey signed on March 20 to play basketball for Bryan College. We wish Trey all the best as he takes his game to the next level, and will be praying for his continued health and success as he represents the Rams in the future.
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Greg Guess of Knoxville, 47, said he’s lucky to be alive today, thanks to heart surgery at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center. “There were a whole bunch of miracles working in the past year for me,â€? he said. “An experience like that, it just completely changes you.â€? In the spring of 2012, Guess thought he had a stomach virus, with severe indigestion and vomiting. Despite several trips to his primary doctor, the symptoms dragged on for three months. “They couldn’t ďŹ nd anything wrong, all my blood work was ďŹ ne, and so forth,â€? he said. “So ďŹ nally the doctor said the only thing he could do was send me for a colonoscopy, and see if it found an issue.â€? So Guess went to a Knoxville gastroenterologist. “He took a 30-second listen to my chest and said, ‘What are you doing about this heart murmur? We’re not doing a colonoscopy with this heart murmur,’ â€? remembered Guess. So Guess was sent back to his primary doctor for an echocardiogram, an ultrasound of the heart. At that point, Guess’ doctor found the real problem – a big problem. His aortic valve was faulty, and the aorta – the main artery leading blood away from the heart – was dangerously bulging and swollen. “The doctor sat down on the table next to me, he opens my ďŹ le and said, ‘Look, everything in this ďŹ le tells me you’re a healthy 47-year-old man, your blood pressure’s ďŹ ne, you’re not overweight, but on that screen your aorta is ready to burst. I’m so sorry we didn’t catch this before. You need to go see a heart surgeon today,’ â€? said Guess. Most people never know they have this kind of heart defect until it’s too late. Actor John Ritter, for example, suffered from this type of heart defect and died suddenly six days before his 55th birthDr. Lacy Harville day. “If my aorta would have burst, I would
have dropped dead on the spot,� said Guess. “Only a small percentage of people ever know about it beforehand. I was lucky that I found it altogether. Finding it was nothing short of a miracle.� Guess went immediately to see Dr. Lacy E. Harville, a cardiovascular surgeon at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center. Harville recommended major reconstruction of the
aortic valve, which included replacing the aortic root, the ascending aorta and a portion of the aortic arch with a mechanical device. The surgery requires cooling the patient’s core temperature down to 64.4 degrees Fahrenheit. This slows the body’s processes down so the replacement can be made without causing brain and cellular damage. In other words, it’s a big procedure.
“Dr. Harville said, ‘You can go home and think about it,’ � remembered Guess. “But I said, ‘How about doing it today?’ � So just a week after getting his diagnosis, Guess had surgery at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center on Aug. 23, 2012. “My stay at Fort Sanders was excellent, as far as how friendly and nice the people were, and how much they cared for you,� said Guess. “Everybody really puts you at ease. You can tell they like their jobs and they care about people. I’m sure they run tons of people through there on a weekly basis, but they never made me feel like a number.� Guess stayed at Fort Sanders six days before going home. He went to a cardiac rehabilitation program on an outpatient basis for four months. It’s a specialized program of exercise and diet intervention for anyone who has had heart disease or surgery. “It was really pretty amazing, how clockwork their whole operation is,� said Guess. “From the time you walk in to the time you walk out of therapy, they guide you through it.� As for Guess’ heart, it has mended and should keep beating strongly for many years to come. “Dr. Harville said it was just heredity or genetics, not any type of lifestyle issue,� said Guess, who doesn’t smoke and is not overweight. “My mom’s father died when she was 16 of some type of heart defect, but they didn’t test back then,� said Guess. “I guess I’ve got her same type of genes. Dr. Harville said there was nothing I could have done differently.� The whole experience has changed his life, Guess said. “There’s a bigger picture of why I’m still here. It’s an enlightening issue beyond words,� said Guess, who is a member of Northstar Church in Knoxville. “I’ve gone from being spiritually dead to spiritually awake. I have a 7-year-old daughter, and that’s the reason I’m around, to take care of her.� For more information on cardiovascular surgery at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, call 865-673-FORT (3678) or visit our website at www.fsregional.com.
Fort Sanders Cardiac Surgery earns 3-Star Award The cardiac surgery department at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center recently earned a 3-Star Award from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons. This national designation means that Fort Sanders is among the top 10 percent of cardiac surgery centers in the United
States, based on a complex set of measurements considering severity of illness, complications from surgery, hospital stay and overall outcomes afterward. Only four hospitals in Tennessee received the same high rating and no others in the Knoxville area. “In Washington, they consider this the gold standard for looking at how well cardiac surgery programs do,� said cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Lacy Harville. “It’s great that we got this, but it really speaks to the dedication of the whole heart team.�
Harville explained that it takes dozens of staff members, from surgeons and nurses to technicians and staff, to care for each patient. “It’s just all of us, taking care of patients,� Harville said. “We have put a lot of processes in place to get better and better at what we do, and minimize the likelihood of problems occurring.� The award focused on coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, commonly called “cabbage.� It is a surgical procedure in which arteries or veins from other parts of the body are grafted onto heart
“We have put a lot of processes in place to get better and better at what we do.� – Dr. Lacy Harville arteries to bypass blockages. It is a very detailed surgery, and many things can go wrong, said Harville. “If you do enough high risk surgery, which heart surgery is, you’re not always going to have a
great outcome,� he said. “So you want someone with a great batting average, and Fort Sanders is really good at all positions.� “You have to look at more than just numbers, but patients are in very good hands at Fort Sanders.�
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Parkview residents Marie Rachide and Liz Baker take a break from straightening the Easter tree they helped create for the facility’s dining room.
Parkview resident Marie Rachide recently crocheted this dress for a doll her husband gave her before they wed in 1952. Photos by S. Barrett
Easter at Parkview The size and elegance of the dining room at Farragut’s Parkview Senior Living is eye-catching. But last week, a few of the residents added some Easter cheer to the room, and their creativity and artistic skill has been the center of attention.
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A handmade Easter tree stands on a table in the middle of the room. Its trunk and branches are an old tree limb found by resident Liz Baker’s daughter. Baker painted the tree, and her other daughter brought some small bunnies to hang as ornaments. Filled with eggs and Easter bunnies, the tree has quickly become a topic of conversation among the residents. “We’re probably going to make it an annual tradition,” said Genna Minihan, activities director for Parkview. She said the residents enjoyed working together as a team and discovering each other’s talents in the process. Minihan even added her talent to the tree by cross-stitching ornaments to hang in small frames. Resident Marie Rachide crocheted an outfit for each of the bunnies hanging on the tree. She has been crocheting for more than 50 years and has never followed a pattern for any of her creations. The wife of the town’s sheriff taught Rachide to crochet when back in North Carolina.
‘Cheep’ thrills Iff you’ve ’ ever toyed d with ih the idea of keeping chickens, you’re in luck. Knox Farmers Co–op on Asheville Highway has kicked off its annual Chick Days program. It’s going on right now and continues through June. And despite the name, it’s not all about poultry. There’s also plenty of advice offered to help you get a healthy start with baby rabbits, goats, fingerling fish and other springtime animal youngsters. The big event is a Poultry Basics Seminar on Saturday, May 4, with vendors, homemade barbecue, birds for sale, and lots of fun for non-animal youngsters. So, bring the kids and come early for a good seat; last year’s event drew a huge
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Carol’s Critter Corner turnout. “Farm families have known the joys of raising their own poultry for years, but people everywhere are beginning to realize the many benefits of raising poultry, even if it’s right in their own backyards,” says Philip Campbell of the Co–
op. “It is very gratifying to be able to learn and produce food from your own backyard.” Programs like this fit right in with the Slow Food movement, begun in Italy in 1986 as an alternative to fast food and factory-farming. Homeraised animals enjoy a much happier, healthier life than their factoryraised cousins, and those used for meat are dispatched humanely. As Campbell says, “Chicken owners know their eggs are fresh and natural and can be confident in the treatment of the meat they eat as well as the fun activity for the whole family. “Right now the interest in raising backyard poultry is continuing to grow, so don’t miss this window of opportunity.” The folks at Purina are kicking in with special cost-savings on Purina brand feeds, including Certified Natural Start & Grow® and Flock Raiser® feed. Chick Days events are held at The Knox Farmers Co–op, 6616 Asheville Hwy. Info: 522–3148 or www.knoxcoop.net. For info on the Slow Food movement, visit www. slowfoodusa.org. Send your interesting animal stories to news@ShopperNewsNow.com
Egg hunt at Summit View Summit View residents Elsie Halterman and Audrey Reynolds help stuff eggs for a recent egg hunt in the facility’s courtyard. A group of residents prepared treats for children from the community before hosting the egg hunt, complete with an Easter bunny that posed for pictures with kids. Photo by S. Barrett
For anyone who would like to try crochet, Rachide suggests taking a class and reading the patterns. Even though her skills are advanced, she humbly smiles and shakes her head when folks go on about her work. Her favorite creation is a dress she made for a doll her husband gave her before they wed in 1952. Now that the Easter tree is gaining popularity among visitors, Rachide and Baker jokingly say they had better start thinking of ideas for other upcoming holidays.
A sun-faded quilt brightens this old barn, located on Demory Road in LaFollette.
One of the many festive bunnies that decorate the Easter tree at Parkview. Marie Rachide made an outfit for each of them.
Meet Rango and Star Rango and Star are best friends and must be adopted together. Both are 1-year-old. Star is a female, Rango is a male, and both are Pit Bull terrier mixes. Their adoption fees have been sponsored through the Furry Friends program. Meet Rango and Star at Young-Williams Animal Center’s Division Street location noon to 6 p.m. daily. Info: www.young-williams.org or 215-6599.
Taking a barn quilt trail I’ve often noticed old barns with quilted patterns and wondered what they represented. A quilt barn is a barn or other farm building that displays a quilt square.
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Often these barns are quite old and have historical or landmark significance. They usually stem from a small motivated group of residents working together to organize their own barn quilt trail. A quilt trail is a series of painted quilt squares hung at various locations, usually barns. They can be made of wood or metal. There are quilt trails in more than 25 U.S. states. Some of the trails take you along a drive in the countryside, where barn quilts are mounted on farm buildings, homes or fences. They may include stops at
A passing shot of this barn reveals a quilt located on Presley Road in Madisonville. Photos by K. Woycik wineries, farm stands and even galleries. A barn quilt’s pattern may be chosen for numerous reasons. Often it may be a replica of a painted quilt that resides on the property or designed in memory of a loved one. It may emphasize architecture or landscapes. Patterns may be picked because of their name. For example, Corn and Beans is a popular one among farmers. Often the pattern or colors are chosen
because they appeal to the owners. The Appalachian Quilt Trail has more than 130 quilt barns, covering some 300 miles across 19 counties. The number of documented quilts has grown well past 3,000. For more information on finding the trails, visit www.arcd.org/quilttrail. Anyone wanting to share the age, history, or story of their barn can contact me at woycikK@ ShopperNewsNow.com.
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The 2013 Artists on Location, presented by the Guild of the Knoxville Museum of Art, is calling for artists to create works of art on location in the Knoxville area between May 8 and 11 and then exhibit those works at the museum May 11 in an exhibition and sale. Visit www.knoxart.org and go to the Artists on Location section for the prospectus. Participation is limited; apply early.
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event will feature antiques, primitives and handmade, garden and seasonal items. Admission: $5 adults; children free. Info: Jackie Chitwood, chitwoodjpc@ bellsouth.net, 615-516-3777 or 615-708-2950.
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CONTINUING Knoxville Children’s Theater will present a live stage version of “Bridge to Terabithia,” based on the novel by Katherine Patterson, for children and families at the theater, 800 Tyson St. Performances are at 7 p.m. April 4-6; 1 and 5 p.m. April 6; and 3 p.m. April 7. Tickets: $12 ($10 each for any adult and child entering together). Reservations: 599-5284 or tickets@ childrenstheatreknoxville.com. Dogwood Arts Festival events include A Very Special Arts Festival April 3 at West High School; Student Art Exhibit April 4-26 at Clayton Center for the Arts in Maryville; Regional Fine Art Exhibition April 5-26 at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St.; NEXUS art exhibit through April 6 at UT Downtown Gallery, 106 S. Gay St.; Chalk Walk April 6 at Market Square and Krutch Park; Dogwood trails, Open Gardens and Camera Sites April 10-28; and Market Square Art Fair April 12-14 in Market Square and Krutch Park Extension. Info: www. dogwoodarts.com or 637-4561.
THURSDAY-SUNDAY, APRIL 4-21 Clarence Brown Theatre will perform Alan Ball’s “5 Women Wearing the Same Dress” at the Lab Theatre. Evening performances are 7:30 p.m.; matinees are at 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $15 adult, $5 student at CBT box office, 974-5161, or www.clarencebrowntheatre.com.
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MONDAY-FRIDAY, APRIL 1-5 Ewing Gallery of Art & Architecture, 1715 Volunteer Blvd., will feature MFA thesis exhibitions by Jessica Brooke Anderson, Ashton Ludden and Clifton Riley during gallery hours, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (till 8 p.m. April 2 and 4). A reception will be held 5-8 p.m. April 5. Sports 4 Peace Week at UT will feature international basketball coaches and players in a “Strong Women. Better World.” panel at 11 a.m. April 2 in the Baker Center Toyota Auditorium and a “Peace, Love & Harmonies” concert (admission $5) 6-8:30 p.m. April 4 at Tin Roof, 1915 Cumberland Ave.
TUESDAY-SATURDAY, APRIL 2-13 Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program will provide free tax assistance 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Goodwill Industries, 5307 Kingston Pike. The aid is open to low- to moderate-income families who cannot prepare their own tax returns. For info about eligibility requirements, visit www.irs.gov.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3 American Red Cross, 6921 Middlebrook Pike, offers weekly information sessions on nurse assistant, EKG and phlebotomy training 10-11 a.m. Info: 862-3508. Healthbeat 2013, a free health fair for UT students, faculty, staff, retirees and their families, will be 7:30 a.m.-2 p.m. in the University Center Ballroom. Presented by the UT College of Nursing, UT Medical Center and the Student Health Center, the fair will include a variety of screenings and tests, door prizes and a Medic blood drive.
THURSDAY, APRIL 4 AARP Driver Safety Class will be offered 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at Second Presbyterian Church, 2829 Kingston Pike. Info: Carolyn Rambo, 584-9964.
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News Sentinel crime and courts reporter Jamie Satterfield will speak at 7 p.m. to the Knoxville Writers’ Guild at Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Satterfield will cover techniques of investigative writing and the struggle to succeed as a woman in a male-dominated field. A $2 donation is requested at the door. “Murder at the Café Noir,” an interactive murder mystery, will be performed by Mystery and Mayhem Dinner Theater on the Volunteer Princess yacht; departure is 7 p.m. from Volunteer Landing Marina. Cost: $59.95 (includes three-course dinner, show and two-hour cruise). Reservations: 541-4556 or www.volunteerprincess.com.
The 2013 Government By and For Conference will be held 9 a.m.-7:45 p.m. in the Toyota Auditorium of UT’s Baker Center. Hosted by the UT Chapter of the Roosevelt Institute to engage young people in discussing America’s most pressing challenges, the conference will include panels and lectures exploring policy solutions and an ideal democracy. The keynote lecture at 6:30 p.m. will feature political economist, author and activist Gar Alperovitz. Full schedule is at http://rooseveltutk.com/ conferences. UT Science Forum weekly brown-bag lunch series will feature William T. Bogart, Maryville College president and professor of economics, discussing “Cargo Cult Economic Policy: Urban Development and Green Energy,” at noon in Room C-D of Thompson-Boling Arena. The UT College of Architecture and Design will host an open house for prospective students 1-5:30 p.m. in the Art & Architecture Building, 1715 Volunteer Blvd. Info: http://utk.edu/go/fr. The Art Market Gallery, 422 S. Gay St., will host an opening reception for an exhibit of recent works by painter/printmaker Gay Davis Bryant and wood-turner Janis Proffit, 5:30-9 p.m. Guitar and ukulele music will be performed by Molly Rochelson. The annual Members Silent Auction, featuring about 60 items, also opens and, as does the exhibit, runs through April 28. Gallery hours: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Info: 5255265 or artmarketgallery.net. Bliss Home, 29 Market Square, will host a free opening reception 6-9 p.m. for “Nature’s Splash of Colors,” an exhibit by photographer Dennis Sabo. The exhibit runs through April 30. The Center for Creative Minds, 23 Emory Place, will host an opening reception for “Faces of Many Ages,” photographs by Hei Park, 6-10 p.m. The exhibit runs through April 14.
FRIDAY-SATURDAY, APRIL 5-6 The Gathering Spring Show will be 4-7:30 p.m. April 5 and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. April 6 at Chilhowee Park. The
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FRIDAY-SUNDAY, APRIL 5-7 Rhythm N’ Blooms Music Festival will be at various venues throughout and near downtown Knoxville. Acts will include Erick Baker, The Black Cadillacs, Justin Townes Earle, this mountain, the Lonetones, Greg Horne and many more. For a listing of artists and venues, visit http://rhythmnbloomsfest.com. Day and weekend passes available.
SATURDAY, APRIL 6 The 20th annual Herman Gettelfinger Bass Tournament benefitting Helen Ross McNabb Center starts registration at 5 a.m. with ease-off at safe light on Fort Loudoun Lake at the Tellico Canal Ramp. Weigh-in begins at 3 p.m. Preregistration is 3-7 p.m. April 5 at C&C Outdoors, 1122 Concord Road. Preregistration is $200 per boat (two-man team); day-of registration is $225. Grand prize: $10,000 (if limit of 150 boats is reached). Info: Beth Farrow, 329-9030 or Beth.Farrow@mcnabb. org. Mabry-Hazen House, 1711 Dandridge House, will have Park Day, a hands-on preservation event, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Volunteers are asked to bring rakes, pitchforks and tarps and help with leaf and brush removal, mulching, dead-tree removal and general spring cleaning. They will receive lunch and a T-shirt. Info: 522-8661 or www. mabryhazen.com. Big Orange STEM Symposium High School Outreach will be 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at UT’s John C. Hodges Library. High school juniors and seniors from Knox, Anderson and Sevier counties interested in careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics are invited. Lunch provided. Register: https://wp.lib.utk. edu/boss/. Tennessee Marble History Day is 1-4 p.m. at Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave. Anyone who has had a family member work in the East Tennessee marble industry; who has objects made of Tennessee pink, gray or cedar marble; or who lives in a house with interior marble features is invited to speak with historians Susan Knowles and Carroll Van West, who are preparing a survey of the East Tennessee marble industry, 1838-1950. Paul McAuliffe, who makes and plays flutes, will present “Flutes, Autism & Creative Focus,” a concert and conversation for children and adults at 5 p.m. at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 2931 Kingston Pike. Free; donations accepted. The South Carolina Broadcasters, an oldtime trio featuring fiddle, banjo, guitar and vocals, will perform at 8 p.m. at Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Tickets: $12 at www.knoxtix.com, 523-7521 or at the door.
SUNDAY, APRIL 7 The Knoxville Chamber Chorale will present its annual spring concert at 3 p.m. at St. John’s Cathedral, 413 Cumberland Ave. The chorale is a select ensemble from the Knoxville Choral Society. The program includes traditional and contemporary works. Admission: $10 at the door. Info: www.knoxvillechoralsociety.org.
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Living with diverticular disease
‘Every Saturday used to be popcorn night,’ patient says The first time David Harjala’s diverticula became infected, the pain literally brought him to his knees. That was nearly 20 years ago. “I didn’t know what was happening,” he said. “It struck about 2 a.m., and I spent about an hour and a half doubled up on the floor.” Despite the pain, he went to work as usual, but made an appointment to see his doctor as soon as possible that day. Harjala, a college math instructor, learned that he had experienced classic symptoms of diverticulitis. Following manual palpitation of the tender area by his doctor, who also listened to bowel sounds through a stethoscope and prescribed a blood profile, Harjala was treated with metronidazole and ciprofloxacin, two antibiotics frequently used in tandem to treat internal bacterial infections. After Harjala’s infection had time to heal,
a colonoscopy was performed several weeks later to confirm the diagnosis. Diverticulitis – infected diverticula – heals, but the tiny pockets that trap food remain. This is called diverticulosis, and is a condition that Harjala and about half of all Americans over age 60 have and manage with a modified diet. “Every Saturday night used to be popcorn night at the Harjala household,” he said. “I don’t eat popcorn or nuts or anything that’s sharp any more because my doctor said these are most often the kinds of debris he sees trapped in the diverticula. I’m pretty sure that’s what caused my infection.” “Minimizing foods that can aggravate the diverticula and knowing what I can tolerate is important. Some people avoid all seeds, but I am able to eat fruit with small seeds like strawberries, raspberries, thimbleberries and blueberries with no problem,” he continued. “When I have a periodic mild relapse, I recognize the discomfort in my lower left abdomen for what it is early, and I contact my doctor for medicine.”
The most common symptoms of diverticulitis are abdominal pain and tenderness around the left side of the lower abdomen. When infection is the cause, fever, nausea, vomiting, chills, cramping and constipation may also occur. Hospitalization may be required for acute attacks with severe pain or infection. Surgery may be necessary in some cases. Diverticulosis may not cause any discomfort or symptoms, but could include mild cramps, bloating and constipation.
What’s the difference between diverticulosis and diverticulitis? Diverticula are pockets that develop in the colon wall, usually in the sigmoid or left colon, but may involve the entire colon. Diverticulosis describes the presence of these pockets and is a common condition that afflicts about 50 percent of Americans by age 60 and nearly all by age 80. Diverticulitis describes inflammation or complications of these pockets. Only a small percentage of those with diverticulosis have symptoms, and even fewer will ever require surgery. Diverticulitis occurs in 10 to 25 percent of people with diverticulosis.
disease are asked to increase their dietary fiber intake by eating high fiber foods that include whole grain products, beans, and certain fruits and vegetables.
Source: American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
What do you know about dietary f iber? You hear a lot about fiber and why you need it. But what is it? Fiber is a term applied to carbohydrates that cannot be digested. It is found in all plants that are eaten for food. Learn more about this important part of your diet by taking this quiz, based on information from Harvard School of Public Health. 1. Nutritionists classify fiber in two main types. One type is soluble. How is soluble fiber defined? A. It is broken down completely in milk B. It partially dissolves in water C. It doesn’t dissolve in orange juice D. None of the above
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4. Which of these breakfast foods is considered a 1-ounce serving? A. Half-cup hot cereal B. 1 cup flaked cereal C. Quarter-cup nugget or bud cereal D. All of the above
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5. Which of these methods is a good way to increase your daily fiber intake? A. Eat whole fruits instead of drinking fruit juices B. Snack on raw vegetables instead of chips or crackers C. Go meatless several times a week by substituting legumes for meat in recipes D. All of the above 6. A diet high in fiber has been linked to a lower risk for heart disease. How much is the risk lowered? A. 10 percent B. 20 percent C. 30 percent D. 40 percent
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7. Fiber helps prevent constipation. Fiber from which source seems to be better for accomplishing this? A. Fiber from fruits B. Fiber from vegetables C. Fiber from wheat and oat bran D. All of the above
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ANSWERS: 1. B, 2. D., 3. B, 4. D, 5. D, 6. D, 7. C.
Parkwest internist Jeffrey Boruff M.D. sees more patients with diverticulitis than he’d like to. “Constipation is often a side effect of a low-fiber diet, and the low-fiber foods we like to eat contribute to diverticular disease,” Boruff said. Constipation increases pressure in the colon, making the muscles strain to move a stool that is too hard. Straining makes the weak spots in the colon bulge out, Jeff Boruff M.D. forming diverticula. “We don’t know for sure what creates the infection that causes diverticulitis, but it may begin when bacteria are caught in the diverticula,” Boruff said. In addition to a complete medical history and presenting symptoms, diverticulitis may be diagnosed by a computerized tomography scan or colonoscopy. Treatment may include medications to control pain and fight infection and inflammation. A special diet to rest the colon may be prescribed. Bed rest is also sometimes necessary. “Diverticulitis can be very serious depending on the level of infection, whether there are perforations or blockages, or if the patient is experiencing bleeding,” Boruff said. “The goal is to by a person’s age, medical history and overall health, and the extent of the prevent or minimize complications.” Boruff said that specific treatment disease. Generally, patients with diverticular for diverticular disease is determined
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