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IN THIS ISSUE How about that Career Magnet?

Knox County Schools’ new Career Magnet Academy seeks the 8th-grader who can visualize post-high school work-life, not as a chemical engineer but as a homeland security or sustainability technician, whatever that even means.

Anyone who has known (or been) an 8th-grader has cause to cringe, says Sandra Clark.

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Say ‘I do’ at Historic Westwood The 1890 Queen Anne-style home will be a house museum as well as a regional preservation-education center. But Diana Samples, the great-granddaughter of John and Adelia Lutz, is particularly excited to see their former home used as an entertainment venue.

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Kathy Burrow is ‘retired’ volunteer

Backyard facelift:

Featured garden is formal but friendly

By Wendy Smith Sharon Pryse says the ornate molding is what sold her on the 1922 home at 3014 Kingston Pike.

The overgrown backyard leading down to the Tennessee River wasn’t even a consideration.

Now, the Pryse garden is a terraced showstopper that extends across two lots. As a Featured Garden in this year’s Dogwood Arts Festival, the yard is open to visitors 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 12, and noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday, April 13.

She was Sharon Miller when she purchased the home in 1984. She and her husband, Bill, thought they would miss their meticulously landscaped suburban backyard when they moved into the historic home. They

didn’t know what a treasure they had until they began clearing and found original stone retaining walls and a pretty bog pond.

When Bill died in 1998, Sharon continued to maintain the yard.

After she married Joe Pryse in 2006, the garden became a labor of love. Joe knew the name and petal count of each rose in the garden, but the couple opted to seek help with design.

Drew Miller of Shady Grove Landscaping introduced the Pryses to Ryan Gainey, a renowned landscape architect from Atlanta. Gainey wasn’t shy about sharing his opinions when he visited their home.

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Sharon and Joe Pryse, with pets Rocky and Pearl, will open their gardens at 3014 Kingston Pike to the public this weekend as part of the Dogwood Arts Festival. Renowned landscape architect Ryan Gainey designed the gardens, which were featured in Southern Living last fall. Photo by Wendy Smith

Happiness in the Hills: Residents cheer runners

Kathy Burrow got to know East Tennessee when she came to study at Maryville College, so when she and her husband, Norvell, a native Virginian, were thinking about retiring and leaving California, it wasn’t a strain to decide where to go.

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Read Coffee Break on page A-12

Church serves community Central Baptist Church of Bearden recently hosted Tu Dia, or Your Day, an outreach to local Hispanic women. Held in conjunction with International Women’s Day, Tu Dia featured pampering, spiritual inspiration, crafts and education on health and family issues.

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Rebekah Roberts, Paula Herston and Annette Eads Winston cheer Covenant Health Knoxville llle Marathon participants as they pass through Sequoyah Hills. Photo submitted

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The first time Paula Herston ran the Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon, it was cold and rainy, and there was little support on the course. The sole spectator was one woman on the Gay Street Bridge.

After finishing, instead of feeling accomplished, Herston felt sad.

“When I crossed the finish line, no one was there,” she says. That was in 2009.

Two years later, she tried again. This time, she trained better, and her boyfriend (now her husband) served as a bicycle monitor at the race. She had a much better experience, but there were still few spectators, except for those in the Island Home

neighborhood.

“It was 26.2 lonely miles.”

Now Herston has taken on the mission of making sure that other runners don’t feel so alone. After putting up a few signs last year, she served as the official Sequoyah Hills cheer captain this year. With the help of neighbors and members of the Rocky Top Multisport Club, she provided entertainment and encouragement to runners from the intersection of Kingston Pike and Cherokee Boulevard to the top of the killer hill that ends at Noelton Drive and Kingston Pike.

As cheer captain, she received a $300 grant from the Knoxville Marathon.

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The battle over Sinking Creek has escalated now that John Huber has sued the Knox County Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA), Knox County, the Council of West Knox County Homeowners Association, a slew of homeowners associations and adjoining neighbors of his proposed apartment complex, Westland Cove.

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Terra Madre members Linda Sullivan, Pat Herzog, Jackie Mirzadeh, Shauna Stevens, Janet Harper, Stephanie Levy, Candy Fin-

Knox Heritage executive director Kim Trent, right, imagines the real weddings that could take place at Historic Westwood with faux bride Lauren Hughes.

ley-Brooks, LeAnn Lewis, Karen Kyte, Lisa Kurtz and Wendie Love celebrate the opening of “Women in Clay” at the District Gallery.

Lesley Britt of L.B. Floral, Haley Dodson of TheBrideLink.com and Kathleen and Joe Atkins of JoPhoto explore the possibilities of Historic Westwood as a bridal venue during last week’s open house. Photos by Wendy Smith

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Say ‘I do’ at Historic Westwood real weddings to come.

The 1890 Queen Annestyle home will be a house museum as well as a regional preservation-education center. But Diana Samples, the great-granddaughter of John and Adelia Lutz, is particularly excited to see their former home used as an entertainment venue.

Wendy “She’s ready to welcome Smith and to grace her community again,” she says of her family’s home. “It just means the world to us that she’s been It was Knox Heritage’s preserved.”

40th anniversary. The presAdelia’s grandfather, ervation group was formed Drury Armstrong, built on April 1, 1974, to save the Crescent Bend, 2728 Kingsbeleaguered Bijou Theatre. ton Pike, in 1834. Drury gave The anniversary was cele- his son, Robert Armstrong, brated with a faux wedding, the property to build Bleak complete with bride, groom House, 3148 Kingston Pike, and cake, to showcase what in the 1850s. Robert gave Knox Heritage faithful hope Adelia the property to build will be the venue for many Westwood as a wedding gift.

An anniversary and a “wedding” were celebrated last week at Historic Westwood, the newly restored headquarters of Knox Heritage at 3425 Kingston Pike.

“It’s a wonderful place to have weddings,” says Samples. “They were very social people. They entertained a great deal.”

She has a copy of the Lutzes’ wedding announcement, which includes the list of gifts and those who gave them, and the text from the wedding toast.

Adelia’s dress is on display at Bleak House.

Knox Heritage executive director Kim Trent hopes the house will be a popular wedding site. Rental income will help support the nonprofit’s mission, she says.

Upcoming events at Historic Westwood include: ■ 11:30 a.m. Thursday, April 10: Lost & Found Luncheon with Jack Neely ■ 3 p.m. Saturday, April 12: Poets for Preservation ■ 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Sat-

Backyard facelift: ideas and gave us some harsh criticism. But he was right,” says Sharon Pryse.

Soon after Gainey began to work on the design, the Pryses purchased the property next door in order to expand their garden.

They were surprised and delighted by his formal garden design. One of her favorite elements is a gazebo he created using six Roman columns she already had in the garden.

The gazebo overlooks the formal rose garden, which has 120 plants, mostly hybrid tea roses.

Lemon meringue climbing roses should grow enough this summer to fill in the

From page A-1 top of the gazebo, Joe Pryse says.

Stone stairs and walkways connect seating areas, like a rocking-chair terrace, with areas of interest. An English knot garden features intricately manicured Korean boxwoods. Espalier pear and apple trees, trained to grow two-dimensionally along a stone wall, yield fruit as well as a pleasing design element.

Fragrant herbs intermingle with several varieties of hydrangea, hosta and jonquil.

Frigid temperatures took a toll on the garden, and Joe Pryse regrets the loss of two mature rosemary hedges

and a confederate jasmine.

But in spite of the difficult winter, the garden is bursting with color and promises even more blooms later this spring.

The molding is what sold the house, but the Pryses spend most of their time outdoors.

Their favorite “room” is a covered porch framed with plastic to keep out chilly weather. An outdoor fireplace allows them to use the porch through Christmas, and by March, they’re back outside again, enjoying the view of the gardens and the river.

It’s a view they’re happy to share. Don’t miss it.

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Terra Madre at District Gallery

They’re all women, and they all work with clay, but each has her own unique approach to art. Their diversity is evident at Terra Madre: Women in Clay, which opened last week at the District Gallery, 5113 Kingston Pike.

Terra Madre was founded in 2000. There are 34 members, and 26 have work in the show. Some are experienced, like Wendie Love, who is in her 16th year of teaching art at Farragut

High School. Her unique classroom has 10 potter’s wheels.

Terra Madre president Patricia Herzog was one of the first to earn a master’s degree in ceramics from the University of Tennessee. The women in Terra Madre help motivate her, she says.

“I’m inspired and challenged to put my best work forward.”

Others are new to showing and selling their work.

Shauna Stevens, who graduated from UT in 2011, is currently being apprenticed by fellow Terra Madre member Judy Brater.

“It’s helped so much,” Shauna says of her experience with the group. “It’s like I’m going to school again.”

The show runs through April 18.

Knoxville Garden Club and the Garden Study Club will host the 50th annual Talahi Plant Sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 12, at Lakeshore Park. The sale features plants that have been lovingly grown and dug from members’ gardens.

Several varieties of native and non-native plants will be available, including perennials, wildflowers, annuals and herbs.

Experienced gardeners will be on hand to answer questions during the sale, and the Marketplace will feature local vendors. Lunch and baked goods will also be available.

The sale raised more than $30,000 last year, and beneficiaries included Blount Mansion, ChildHelp of Tennessee, Knoxville Botanical Gardens and Random Acts of Flowers.

For more information, visit Talahi Plant Sale on Facebook.

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Most of those funds went toward 80 handpainted signs.

Runners were greeted by a floral banner welcoming them to Sequoyah Hills, “where all that hill training pays off,” and as they descended Cherokee Boulevard, they were entertained by humorous signs naming specific runners.

Signs announcing “Naked Cheerleaders Ahead” were posted on trees festooned with lacy undergarments, but a sign further down the road indicated that cheerleaders were on break. Herston used her own “bent sense of humor” to come up with that gag last year, and it was such a hit that she used it again.

Runners who were disappointed by the absence of naked cheerleaders were entertained by a series of signs, and grownups dressed like animals, based on the viral YouTube video “What Does the Fox Say?” Herston, dressed like a flamingo, was part of a crowd that cheered at the intersection of

Cherokee and Southgate Road.

Cartoons of Internet celebrity “Grumpy Cat” added levity to the grueling ascent of Noelton Drive.

Herston’s efforts were complemented by other neighborhood groups, like a mariachi band that performed on Noelton.

After each Covenant Health race, those who participate in the full marathon are asked to vote for the neighborhood with the best support. Island Home typically wins, but Herston hopes to grab the $250 prize this year. The money would allow her to come up with even more creative ways to encourage runners next year, she says.

She’s willing to put forth the effort because she knows what a difference crowd support makes during a long run.

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A-4 • APRIL 7, 2014 • BEARDEN Shopper news Rosalyn Tillman (right), dean of the Pellissippi State Magnolia Avenue Campus, talks with school board member Gloria Deathridge at last week’s forum.

Behind them are Bart Rountree and Tommy Bounds, husbands of candidates Amber Rountree and Patti Bounds. Photos by S. Clark

Siler needs GOP votes to win While there is focus on the Richard Briggs challenge to state Sen. Stacey Campfield in the August Republican primary, there is also a Democratic candidate, Cheri Siler, an educator who lives in Fountain City.

bill) much thought.”

She was unsure how the state attorney general should be chosen. She is not sure if the state constitutional amendment Victor banning a Cheri Siler Ashe state income tax is wise and not sure how she would vote on it this November. She was also undecided on the constitutional Local Democrats say she is a credible candidate and a amendment changing the judicial selection process. She viable alternative to Campsaid she would like to serve field if he wins the primary. on the Education Committee If Briggs wins, Siler has a much tougher contest in No- and Government Operations Committee if elected. Govvember as he does not have ernment Operations is not a the Campfield negatives. major committee.

This writer recently met She says she has never with Siler. She presents an met Gov. Haslam, even when interesting profile for local he was mayor. She feels that Democrats if she manages Haslam “was much more her campaign well with a for the regular people of compelling message.

Knoxville” as mayor, but She is the mother of six children at age 42. They are as governor he “is more Carsten, 21; Tyler and Ryan, big-business- and corporateminded, headed in a differ19 (twins); Zachary, 18; Jacob, 15; and Kayley, 13. She ent direction.” She does back is an instructional coach for Haslam’s Drive to 55.

Asked how the race Knox County Schools workwould differ if Briggs defeats ing at Carter, South-Doyle Campfield, she says, “I have and L&N STEM Academy seen nothing to suggest he is and has tenure. She also different from Campfield.” helps her husband operate Her campaign manager Volunteer Paving, a small joined our interview. He is business.

Andrae McGary, 33, former While raising her chilmember of the Chattanooga dren she was active in the City Council and unsuccessPTA/PTO of the various ful Democratic nominee for schools they attended including president of the PTO state senator in 2012. He at Shannondale Elementary moved to Tennessee in 2005 from Texas and won election and Gresham Middle. The in 2009 for one term. He and Silers live on Shannondale his wife, Cheryl, have 5 chilRoad inside the city. dren. He will spend several She comes across as a days a week here in the Siler calm, sincere individual. campaign. They met recently She said it was this past December that she decided at a Democratic campaign seminar in Clarksville. to enter the political arena In this writer’s opinion for the first time “because Siler’s electability will deI was dissatisfied with the pend on whether she is seen representation we had” as a Wayne Ritchie, Tommy (meaning Campfield).

Schumpert or Phil Bredesen Her website lists educaDemocrat in a district that tion, jobs and healthcare as is overwhelmingly Republiher major issues. On some can. She must give Republiissues she is quite clear while on others she is vague cans a reason to vote for her.

She is not there yet. or undecided. For example, ■ U.S. Supreme she does not favor popular election of the county school Court Justice Antonin Scalia will be in Knoxville superintendent.

She thinks it would be “a on April 15 to speak at noon great idea” for the Knox leg- at UT’s Cox Auditorium. It is open to the public. Get islative delegation to hold there early if you want a regular Saturday meetings seat. for the public while the Justice Scalia visited legislature is in session.

Poland while I was ambasThat practice was disconsador. In fact, he was our tinued some 15 years ago.

She thinks the state should last houseguest prior to our leaving. Regardless of one’s participate in Obamacare.

She favors a minimum wage views on his ideology, his personality was delightful of $10.10 an hour over the and given to robust discuscurrent $7.70 and thinks it should be enacted in stages. sions on whatever issues arose. The Poles who met However, she said she him were impressed. had “not given (her first

John Becker, news anchor of WBIR-TV, moderates the League of Women Voters forum.

Vote on charter schools shows legislative disconnect At a League of Women Voters forum last week, all six candidates for school board pretty much agreed about one thing:

Betty Bean Charter schools – they don’t much like them.

“Troublesome,” said chair Lynne Fugate, who said the Metro Nashville school district loses $9 million to charter schools annually.

Incumbent Pam Trainor also has concerns: “I don’t like to see public money going to private entities.”

Challengers Sally Absher, Scott Clark and Amber Rountree said they don’t like charters (with Absher saying that only half of charter schools outperform public schools). Clark recommended putting teacher/ coaches back in the class-

room to lower student/ teacher ratios, while Rountree said that charters don’t play by the same rules and recommended that Knox County Schools focus on community schools instead.

Patti Bounds, running unopposed, said she doesn’t like them either and fears that the charter trend will lead to public education for profit.

The candidates – challengers and incumbents alike – pretty much mirrored the view of the school board, where only Doug Harris is an outright advocate for charter schools.

Bounds is either remarkably prescient or keeps close tabs on what’s happening in Nashville because the next day after the forum, the House Education Committee – chaired by Knox County’s Harry Brooks – voted 8-7 to approve House Bill 1693, which “removes the present law prohibition against a public charter school contracting for the management or op-

eration of the charter school by a for-profit entity.” Brooks and fellow Republicans Bill Dunn and Roger Kane voted yes, and the bill moved on to the Calendar and Rules Committee (chaired by Dunn) to be scheduled for a floor vote.

But the for-profit bill failed in the calendar committee after Speaker Beth Harwell showed up to oppose it. She said she feared it would hurt non-profit charters, and she doesn’t want Tennessee taxpayer dollars going to out-of-state companies. Brooks and Dunn both voted to approve it, but Harwell prevailed, 7-10-1.

Dunn hopes the bill can be salvaged and said he would hold it in his committee rather than referring it back to the Education Committee.

When asked why he supported a bill that his school board clearly doesn’t want, he said the bill is set up to allow local school boards to vote on charter applications “which would have the man-

agement arrangement in it.”

So who’s got their ear?

Maybe those 59 lobbyists being paid to push vouchers and charters?

“These lobbyists and (education commissioner Kevin) Huffman’s people are crawling all over. I don’t think (Brooks, Kane and Dunn) are hearing it from their constituents,” said Democrat Gloria Johnson, a career teacher who couldn’t get a seat on the Education Committee.

“There’s millions’ worth of outside special-interest money flowing into Tennessee elections to influence privatization policies,” she said.

“A family with students in a public school whose funding is getting squeezed more and more has to wonder who is benefitting. We’ve got to stop taking orders from corporate lobbyists and start listening to educators and parents.”

Or maybe legislators should just let the elected school boards manage the schools.

‘What’s that in my backyard?!’

West Knox County homeowners should pay attention to what happens at Thursday’s MPC meeting regarding rezoning in Northshore Town Center. The change would allow Flournoy Development of Columbus, Ga., to build 246 apartment units on 10 acres adjacent to a neighborhood of singlefamily homes.

The Council of West Knox County Homeowners is certainly paying attention. At last week’s meeting, president Margot Kline encouraged members to contact MPC commissioners to ask them to vote “no” on amendments to the K nox v ille Margot Kline O n e -Ye a r Plan and the Southwest Sector Plan that would allow for high-density residential zoning.

The progress of this development, as well as the

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nearby Westland Cove development, should be monitored by those who live along the Pellissippi Parkway corridor. City Council’s apparent support of the Flournoy project, and County Commission’s rezoning in favor of Westland Cove, foretell a multi-story apartment complex in your backyard.

Frank Slagle, who represents Northshore Landing at the homeowners council, reported on a meeting of individuals who oppose Westland Cove, John Huber’s proposed 312-unit complex on Emory Church Road. The meeting was rife with rumors about possible development on properties along Westland Drive and George Williams Road.

“We have to fight these,

or they’re going to be everywhere,” he said.

That may sound farfetched, but a perusal of annual Development Activity Reports on MPC’s website (www.knoxmpc.org) shows a rise in multi-dwelling residential units built in the county’s southwest sector since 2009.

In each of the four years leading up to ’09, other county sectors saw more units built. In ’09, the only units added in the entire county were in the south sector. In ’10, ’11 and ’12, the southwest sector had more multi-dwelling residential units built than all other sectors combined. Data for 2013 is not yet available on the website. Obviously, Southwest Knox County has become a desirable place to build apartments.

Residents like Becky Benson may suffer because of the trend. Her property is adjacent to the proposed Westland Cove development, so she is contemplating the view of a four-story

apartment building from her lakeside home.

The development is currently in litigation, but even if it fails, she fears the rezoning of the property from Agricultural to Planned Residential could open the door for more apartment complexes in areas where single-family homes are currently the norm.

“It sets a precedent for development at five units per acre,” she says. Huber’s plan consolidates allowable units from a 100-acre parcel.

Jim Pryor, an appraiser with Dunn & Metz Appraisal Group, says that as long as apartments are lucrative for developers, they’ll continue to spring up.

“If Westland Cove works, the likelihood is increased that others will try it.”

The good news is that builders typically tailor their developments to the market, and the market can bear only so many apartment buildings, he says.

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Career Magnet Academy is huge gamble

By Sandra Clark “You pays your money and you takes your chances.”

Money is tight, but Knox County Schools is set to open a brand-new high school in August. Officials toured the construction site last Monday. We’re spending $3.75 million to retrofit the basement of the former Panasonic Building on Strawberry Plains Pike for classrooms and student labs.

The Career Magnet Academy (CMA@PSCC) joins Pellissippi State Community College, which has offered classes in the building since 2012 and currently has 300 students enrolled.

Doug Dillingham, supervisor of facilities and construction, said Knox County’s space will contain 13 classrooms, two science labs, media center, wellness center, teacher workrooms, guidance offices and a cafeteria.

KCS will provide food services and security.

The hook is dual credit

School board member Doug Harris and CMA principal John Derek Faulconer pose for a Knoxville Chamber promotion, touting the new Career Magnet Academy. Photos by S. Clark

School board members Pam Trainor, Gloria Deathridge and Lynne Fugate explore the new school. Board members Indya Kincannon and Mike McMillan (not pictured) also attended.

for juniors and seniors – up to 33 college credits with no tuition cost.

Don Lawson, CTE supervisor, said projected enrollment is 125 freshmen the first year, adding 125 each year for a total of 500. “Forty percent of enrollees are girls and inquiries mirror the racial mix of the system,” said

restrict enrollment.

Principal Ryan Siebe doesn’t expect the CMA to weaken the nearby Carter High School.

“The special thing about Carter is that it’s a comprehensive high school with strong programs in academics, athletics, band and the arts. We offer things that

Indya Kincannon.

Mike McMillan is cautiously optimistic. “We’re spending almost $4 million here, and it has the potential to be something really great. … I hope it doesn’t hamper the traditional vocational programs in other high schools.” He worries that the lack of athletics will

are not available in the magnet schools and provide experiences that make Carter special.”

John Derek Faulconer, CMA principal, has visited every middle school, working to recruit 8th-graders for fall’s freshman class. He explains the four clusters: Advanced Manufacturing,

Win-loss record starts today Butch Jones is one fine philosopher. He says things you can print on fancy paper in old English script, trim orange matting to fit, frame and hang on the wall.

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“Your win-loss record starts today,” said the coach before the first practice in pads.

Jones wants the Vols to work very fast, finish spring practice in high gear. It appears he is teaching tempo.

It could also mean there is still more to do than available working hours.

This time a year ago Tennessee football fans were excited about the new coach and the assumption that serious progress was coming soon. The forecast was for at least 7-5 and a small bowl game that Tennessee would obviously win.

Some have conveniently

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forgotten that 7-5 was the consensus. I tabulated the optimistic outlooks and talked myself into believing enthusiasm was a satisfactory substitute for talent and depth. I am old enough to know better.

Well, you do remember how last season turned out.

Tennessee won one game, against South Carolina, that was unexpected. It came close against Georgia. The Vols looked awful losing to a very ordinary Florida. Missouri’s second-team quarterback was considerably better than Tennessee’s No. 2.

South Alabama caused acute indigestion, but winning ugly is significantly better than losing. I am still unable to explain how the Jaguars scored the final 17 points.

The gut punch last season was the loss to Vanderbilt – the failure to gain one yard for a necessary first down and standing by as Commodores drove 92 yards in the closing minutes, 12 plays, clincher by Patton Robinette, Maryville High grad rejected by the home team.

Oh my.

Here we are a year later, getting excited about our upbeat coach’s second year.

A major reconstruction job in the offensive and defensive fronts is ongoing. Butch will eventually identify a quarterback. After that, the honoree must be coached up to a competitive level.

A spirited website, NationalChamps.net, offers a preview of this fall. It has nine SEC teams in the top 25. It did not include Tennessee.

There are fans who just can’t believe our team is still 10th or worse in the conference. How can this be with so many famous recruits?

NationalChamps.net says this is its 13th season of uncanny accuracy. It does not provide a lot of original material but averages the opinions of Athlon, ESPN, USA Today, Fox Sports, CBS – all armed with highly paid people who should know.

Predictions look much like the past: 1. Florida State; 2. Auburn; 3. ALABAMA; 4. Oregon; 5. OKLAHOMA; 6.

Michigan State; 7. Stanford; 8. California-Los Angeles;

■ Nick Della Volpe lost 6-3 on his ordinance to delete the automatic 2 percent wage increase for city employees who earn more than $40,000.

Voting with him were council members George Wallace

and Duane Grieve. That left Nick Pavlis, Brenda Palmer, Marshall Stair, Daniel Brown, Mark Campen and Finbarr Saunders voting with city employees who packed the room.

9. SOUTH CAROLINA; 10.

Ohio State; 11. Clemson; 12. Louisiana State; 13. Central Florida; 14. Baylor; 15. Southern Cal; 16. Texas A&M; 17. MISSOURI; 18. GEORGIA; 19.

OLE MISS; 20. Notre Dame; 21. Duke; 22. Louisville; 23. FLORIDA; 24. Nebraska; 25. Arizona State.

You are no doubt familiar with several on this list. The seven in capital letters are on the UT schedule. Please circle the ones you think the Vols can beat.

The other five foes are supposedly softer: Utah State, Arkansas State, Chat-

tanooga and Kentucky at home and Vandy on the road. Please circle projected victories.

Add up your circles. Does Tennessee qualify for a minor bowl game?

The goal is to get better soon, to become competitive with good teams, be relevant again in the SEC, attract more paying customers (full-price tickets), sell more popcorn, earn more standing ovations.

If all that happens, the great philosopher is coach of the year.

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Homeland Security, Sustainable Living and Teacher Preparation. Students are not expected to commit to a career path until their sophomore year, he said.

The promise to parents: “A learning environment like no other … a culture of high expectations and high outcomes … hands-on, project-based learning with a highly trained staff dedicated to success.”

Business partnerships with ALCOA, DENSO and Republic Plastics enable job shadowing, field experience and internships. Transportation will be provided from base schools, and the hours of operation are weekdays 9:30 to 4:30, following the KCS calendar. Enrollment information is available at www.knoxschools.org/.

Will this new school work?

L&N STEM Academy made sense from its launch.

L&N appeals to the kid who trades football and pep rallies for a tech-based curriculum in a unique historic building downtown with easy access to UT professors and labs. Students have enrolled from across Knox County, and this year’s waiting list is almost 200.

CMA is a bigger risk.

With windowless classrooms on the outskirts of nowhere, the school is closer to Jefferson or Sevier county residents than the population center of Knox County.

The career magnet seeks the 8th-grader who can visualize post-high school work-life, not as a chemical engineer but as a homeland security or sustainability technician, whatever that even means.

Anyone who has known (or been) an 8th-grader has cause to cringe.

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Music bonds Look at these rascals.

There, down in the lefthand corner of the formal band photo. See those guys leaning?

They got into a lot of trouble for that.

You won’t recognize any faces in that photo. It’s from a distant land called Waynesville, N.C., and a faraway time known as 1973. Its members are now in their late 50s, though some of them haven’t made it past that.

One of them, in particular, is on my mind. He made his exit recently.

His name was Robert. In the photo, he’s the fourth male from the left, finessing the prank with just the slightest tilt.

When he was diagnosed with cancer three years ago, he fought it into remission.

He, his children and his wife of seven years – soul mates if ever I saw them – were just getting used to breathing easier.

But last November the disease came back in another form, and this time it meant business.

It took him down – savagely – in four months.

With a remarkable, highly decorated Air Force career, he was possibly, said a colleague at his funeral, “the best attack pilot this country has ever produced.”

His receiving line lasted five hours. Every intersection in town was blocked off for his funeral cortege. He received full military honors at the gravesite, including a jet flyover that was one of the most astounding things I’ve ever experienced – “unraveling,” said a friend. One by one, each soldier saluted his

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Carol’s Corner coffin. It took a long time; there were a lot of them.

They came from all over the country to honor him. They were his family.

But during his final months, it was his old bandmates who took care of him.

Some of them gave him a last party at home. In his prime, he was one of the finest big-band drummers on the planet. He could have made a career of it. So his pals had brought him a box drum – the kind you sit on and play with the flat of your palms – along with some instruments of their own. The jamming went on until he was too weak to continue.

By all accounts, he had at least one night late in the game when he was happy, joyous and free.

One of those guys stayed on 24-hour call for months.

He did everything from helping Robert to the bathroom, to spelling his exhausted wife in her vigil, to holding Robert’s hand late at night when he’d wake up terrified.

In hospice, a former flag carrier kept Robert’s family, and everyone else who had come to say goodbye, supplied with delicious homemade meals.

When it looked as if the funeral would be sooner rather than later, Robert’s

The 1973 Tuscola High School Marching Mountaineers of Waynesville, N.C.

This bond was forged early in life. The author is in the center. wife asked for old pictures.

I, a former piccolo player, had a treasure trove of newspaper articles and other ephemera. I sent them to a former French horn player who scanned them into his computer, cleaned them up and mounted them for display.

At any time of day or night, a steady stream of

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former Marching Mountaineers entered the quiet, dark room to hold Robert’s hand and tell him how much he meant to them. Every request from his family was instantly gratified by these same people.

The night Robert passed, several were there to hold and comfort his wife.

His funeral featured live

jazz – his favorite music – provided by his friends.

And three of his old drum crew helped to carry his coffin.

These days, when school music programs are fighting to survive, you hear a lot about what music does for the brain. It’s all true. Kids who play an instrument do better in school. The study

of music encompasses history, geography, languages and math. It improves eyehand coordination and teaches perseverance and discipline.

It also gives you friends – true, valiant friends – for life.

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Tu Dia offers pampering, education

Live the story Then those who went ahead and those who followed were shouting, “Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the coming kingdom of our ancestor David!

(Mark 11: 9-10 NRSV) And how we love a parade!

In a frenzy of celebration we gladly focus on Jesus and generously throw our coats and palms in his path ….

It’s between parades that we don’t do so well.

From Sunday to Sunday we forget our hosannas.

Between parades the stones will have to shout because we don’t. (“Between Parades,” Kneeling in Jerusalem, Ann Weems)

Enjoying lunch at Tu Dia are, front, Azucena Reyes, Zenayda Castellanos, Fernanda Delgado, Eugenia Lopez, and back, Adriana Reyes and Anahel Castanos.

By Wendy Smith Central Baptist Church of Bearden recently hosted Tu Dia, or Your Day, an outreach to local Hispanic women. Held in conjunction with International Women’s Day, Tu Dia featured pampering, spiritual inspiration, crafts and education on health and family issues.

Central Baptist member Joyce Wyatt, who served as a missionary in Spain, Chile and Colombia, began Tu Dia with Anna Garlington in 2012 to help Hispanic women feel at home in Knoxville.

“We just want them to know they are welcome here

Yadira Morett indulges in a manicure by Faye Fillers. and have a special day just for them,” says Wyatt.

The event is also an opportunity for Central Baptist members to serve and

interact with the Hispanic community.

“It brings a better understanding of our common humanity,” she says.

Central Baptist Church of Bearden member Doug Sparks teaches a class on square-foot gardening at Tu Dia. Photos by Wendy Smith

Whenever I read Mark’s account of the crowd’s excitement when Jesus entered Jerusalem, I am transported back to the Via Dolorosa on a day late in March.

The crowds thronged the streets that day, too, reminiscent of a similar crowd who pushed and hurried along almost 2,000 years before. I was a pilgrim, like those so long ago, but I wished for quiet and stillness in which to absorb the history that surrounded me, suffocating me. The crowd was loud and insistent, and I was swept along in the tide, forced to concentrate on maintaining balance and guarding my purse and my passport from pickpockets.

Across the years, I have tried to understand Palm Sunday separate from Good Friday and Easter. It is difficult to do because we – these 20 centuries later – know “the rest of the story.”

We can see the ending, and it is hard to really experience what we now call Holy Week one day at a time, without anticipating the happy ending.

That is one reason I appreciate the churches that

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Lynn Pitts provide special services throughout the week. I know – from experience – the thought and hard work and preparation that goes into those services, and I am grateful to those creative and imaginative people who find ways to bring the old, old story to life again.

I encourage you to worship this week. Find a service – every day, if possible – in which you can walk with Jesus through these days.

Read Scripture. Be there, in your heart and mind. Imagine the scenes, picture the people, hear the sounds, feel the emotions. Listen to Jesus teach in the Temple.

Go to dark Gethsemane.

Struggle up the hill to Golgotha. Watch the darkness enshroud the world. Hear the dreadful silence.

Shout your Hosannas!

Proclaim your Alleluias! In between, however, live the story. It will be a blessing to you.

Angie Williams, international Christian motivational speaker, brought her message of self-worth to the Authenticity Women’s Conference at Grace Enjoying a break at the Authenticity Women’s Conference at Grace Baptist are guest Mattie Baptist Church on Friday, Johnson, worship administrative assistant Ashley Irwin, family pastor Bryan Robertson and famMarch 28. ilyy ministries administrative assistant Suzanne Norton. Photos byy Nancyy Anderson

Awakening the ‘real’ women

By Nancy Anderson Angie Williams is a married mother of four and author of “Women at War: Defending our Minds and Marriages” and “Garments of Splendor” Bible studies.

She’s been an international Christian motivational speaker specializing in women’s issues for 12 years and has been speaking specifically about authenticity for more than a year.

Gathering to hear her last week were 240 participants in the Authenticity Women’s Conference at Grace Baptist Church.

Helping organize the event was Grace’s family pastor, Bryan Robertson. “A woman who is confident in her-

self and in her faith in the Lord, who trusts and allows herself the vulnerability of speaking her concerns is a sexy woman,” said Robertson. “That is an attractive woman, and I’m sure most men will agree with that.”

Williams encouraged women to look at where they traditionally go to find a picture of the perfect woman.

She told the guests that fashion magazines show an unobtainable image of the perfect woman; a woman she says doesn’t exist, but still does serious damage to women’s self-esteem.

“Our worth and our value don’t come from the world,” she said. “It comes from Jesus Christ, Him and

Him alone.”

Even in what may seem to be a good trait, there is danger, said Williams. The surest way to damage “self” is to be a people pleaser, she told the crowd, because “you just can’t please everyone. We don’t think about the many people we please.

We fi xate on that one person who refuses to give us approval when we’ve already got the Lord’s approval.”

Her message to women was to cast off the masks of fear, shame and guilt and be genuine and authentic with others. She encouraged the guests to give fears to Christ in prayer, be brave and be real. “It’s much less stressful,” she said.

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Medal of Honor recipient shares story Medal of Honor recipient Sammy L. Davis visited Bearden Middle School last week to share his story with the students. His humble approach made for an inspiring visit.

Sara Barrett Northshore Elementary School 4th grader Elyse Lundberg stands with a Gold Finch “Until I’m not here anyshe painted. more, I will serve my nation and I will serve you,” he told the students and school faculty. His responses to their questions inspired ovations after almost every answer.

Davis said if he had to choose a favorite memory of his time in Vietnam, it would be helping the children who had A hand-painted sign at Northsores on Sammy Davis shore Elementary School’s their bodies Appalachian Arts Night. from a lack of clean water.

The American soldiers wrote The chorus performed home and requested soap with acoustic guitar accomand wash cloths to help them paniment, and displays of bathe. The next time the sol- art were exhibited throughdiers visited, the children out the school. were lined up to see them.

Mike Weininger’s 6th “I wonder where those grade art class opened a show kids are today,” Davis said. at Zoe’s Kitchen on Bearden “I hope they remember the Hill. Painted canvases were joy we brought them and the displayed throughout the resjoy they gave us.” taurant. The event was also a Davis received his medal, fundraiser for the school’s art in part, for rescuing several department and the artwork men while being injured is still on sale at Zoe’s Kitchen himself. for $20.

“I did for my brothers what they would have done for me,” said Davis. The footage of him receiving the Medal of Honor from Lyndon B. Johnson can be seen in the film “Forrest Gump” with Tom Hanks’ head superimposed on Davis’ body.

Davis ended his visit by playing “Shenandoah” on the harmonica. While they were in Vietnam, his sergeant had requested he learn to play the tune because it reminded him of home. His sergeant was killed in the war, and now Rocky Hill Elementary School Davis plays it in honor of him. 3rd grader Eric Lindley disDavis gave each student who plays a firefly he made from asked a question a harmonica. clay and wire. Photos by S. Barrett ■

Art around town

Several schools hosted art shows last week including Northshore Elementary’s Appalachian Arts Night and Bearden Middle School’s art show opening at Zoe’s Kitchen in Bearden.

Appalachian Arts Night turned the spotlight away from academics to highlight the artistic talents of students from every grade.

Bearden Middle School student Iris Zaretzki poses by her artwork with art teacher Mike Weininger. Photo submitted

UT art education students Kate Turnbull, Mary Julia Tunnell, Rachel Principe; (back) professor Stephanie Carmer and students Mallory Cowan, Paige Burchell and Sara Rollins make paper jester hats for special needs students to decorate. Photo by S. Barrett

Creating art with special people

By Sara Barrett

“A Very Special Arts Festival” was held last week at West High School to showcase the work of Knox County’s students with ■ Science Night special needs. This was the at Rocky Hill 33rd year for the event that Rocky Hill Elementary is part of the Dogwood Arts School’s Science Night ac- Festival. “Art Under the Big tivities included making insects from clay and wire, creating hi-tech paper airplanes and multiple Lego Box Tops needed creations.

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Students in 32 classes from 21 schools in Knox County were scheduled to participate, and volunteers from the community came out to help them celebrate.

In addition to performing, students could also have their face painted, play

cornhole, visit with creatures from the Knoxville Zoo and meet a myriad of mascots from local businesses and sports teams.

Art education students from UT spent the day making crafts with the kids, and professor Stephanie Cramer said this is usually a high-

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Bearden High School Advanced Computer Applications students Lacey Geames, Gavin St. Pierre, Sydney Marlow, Andrew Gonzalez, Kelly Spade, Emre Simit, Jason Janow, Kane Lawhorn and Jake Fountaine all passed at least one section of IC3 GS4 certification.

Celebrate jazz at PSCC

By Heather Beck

Jazz Appreciation Month will be celebrated with a musical concert at 6 p.m. Friday, April 11, at Pellissippi State Community College’s Magnolia Avenue Campus.

The concert begins Donald Brown with a performance by Pellissippi State’s jazz band and select student and faculty artists. Beginning at 7, three sections.

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By Wendy Smith jazz pianist Donald Brown The BHS Foundation and the Knox “It is quite an achievement for them.

Nine Bearden High School Adpresents a short lecture and vanced Computer Applications stu- County Schools Career and Techni- Only two other Knox County High concert. dents recently passed at least one cal division paid for practice software Schools offer the Advanced Computer “This is the last of our section of the national IC3 GS4 and exams, which are typically $25 Apps course,” she says. performances in this year’s Way to go, Business Bulldogs! exam, and six of those passed all per section, says BHS business teacher The Season of Music concert series,” said Rosalyn Tillman, dean of the Magnolia Avenue Campus. “We’re celNews from The Knoxville Area Urban League ebrating Jazz Appreciation ■ Sign up as an individual playMonth with a special perer or bring your own team. formance by the very talentKnox Youth Sports softball ed pianist Donald Brown.” is a developmental recreBrown is a renowned ational league for girls ages composer, pianist and edu7-13. Games are at Lakeshore cator. An associate profesPark. The season begins early sor of jazz piano at the UniThe Knoxville Area Urban who may be dealing with

By Phyllis Nichols April and ends by Memorial anxiety over delinquent Carlton Johnson built his League helped to relieve the Day weekend. Register online versity of Tennessee, the Mississippi native grew up at knoxyouthsports.com or house when mounting toll of the finan- mortgage payments to conin Memphis and performed call 584-6403. he was 29 cial stress so Johnson could tact the Knoxville Area Urearly on with Art Blakey’s years old. focus his efforts on finding ban League for assistance ■ Sign up as an individual Jazz Messengers. player or bring your own “ T h e employment. Since his ap- as soon as possible. team. Knox Youth Sports “The phone call to find last thing I proval with the program, baseball is a developmental wanted to Johnson was able to get a out if you qualify doesn’t recreational league for boys cost a thing,” he said.

“Don’t do was lose new job. and girls ages 3-12. Games are procrastinate because if you it,” he said.

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However, commercial, I wouldn’t be keep putting it off, you could urday at Lakeshore Park with Registration fee is $175. Playwhen John- where I am today,” Johnson end up worse than where you Nichols some games at Sequoyah ers must provide their own son was laid said. “It took a while getting are now.”

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Friends and employees gather with Veronica G owner Gail Edwards at the shop’s ribbon cutting.

From left are Mary Jane Halkey, Kaye Cate, Edwards, Shirley Goeddel and Jan Bradford. Photos

Vietnam veteran Jeff Baldwin shares his story with the Rotary Club of Farragut. Photo by Bonny C. Millard

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Baldwin presents a story of survival

By Bonny C. Millard Vietnam veteran Jeff Baldwin nearly lost his life serving as a point man in the rice paddies of the Mekong Delta, and he remains grateful to the people who worked heroically to save him that night. Given the extent of his injuries, Baldwin should have died.

Baldwin visited the Rotary Club of Farragut recently and shared his story of survival and details of the treacherous landscape of Vietnam that included elephant grass eight-to-10 feet high, six-foot wide spider webs, cobras and large rats.

At 19, he volunteered for the Army in 1966 and was the point man for his squad, which meant he traveled ahead, trying to flush out the enemy and looking for mines and other traps.

Baldwin’s near call with death started as the sun was setting on May 1, 1967.

He was scouting out a canal junction where he discovered a shrine and knew that the Viet Cong usually hid booby traps to maim or kill GIs who might wander in to collect souvenirs.

After checking the shrine, he searched a footpath leading away and heard a horrendous explosion that tossed him on his

side, blinded him and left him unable to understand what was being said.

His men carried him on a poncho, accidentally dropping it into the water. It took six men to lift him up into the medevac helicopter because the water made the poncho heavy.

He remembers arriving at the field hospital, grateful that he had survived, remained conscious and endured the pain. However, he heard a doctor say, “Go get a chaplain,” meaning death was imminent. Baldwin remained blind for seven days and had casts on both his legs and arms, but he survived.

Later, Baldwin traced the events of that night, learning there were 25 people who had a hand in saving him. They were male and female, of different races and ranged from high school dropouts to medical officers. Before answering questions from Rotary members, Baldwin posed one of his own.

“What other country on the face of this earth is capable of pulling off a feat like that?”

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Putting a personal touch on Veronica G’s

By Bonny C. Millard The owner of Veronica G Boutique laughs when customers call her store looking for Veronica. She’s not trying to pull a fast one on callers: Veronica is her name, but she goes by her middle name of Gail, hence the G. Gail Edwards opened her store in Turkey Creek, across the street from Zaxby’s, in February, but she had a prior location in Loudon under another name. The name change is part of the store’s evolution.

Edwards explained that she bought Chic Boutique, a consignment shop, four years ago not long after moving to Loudon. She has 10 years in the consignment business and had owned a consignment shop in Georgia. For the last two years, Chic Boutique was retail.

The decision to move to Knoxville was a natural progression of the changes Edwards has been making including the name change.

“One of my employees suggested I name it after me,”

said Edwards. “That made this store more mine.”

With the relocation, Edwards has been able to follow her own instincts in setting up the shop, decorating the premises and expanding the clothing lines.

“This store has become more of the dream and the vision I had,” she said. “We were able to put more of my stamp on the store.”

Edwards has definite ideas about the direction of her business, which has more than 25 brands of jewelry and clothing. She likes to buy Americanmade clothing, to support women-owned businesses and to purchase fair trade products.

“We try not to let things get stale,” said Edwards, who added that they change the displays regularly and receive new shipments every week.

Although she does carry some classic pieces, her moderately-priced clothing lines offer customers something different, usually with a lot of color, and have an

Regina Harnett, left, gets some assistance from Veronica G Boutique employee Shirley Goeddel at the ribbon cutting.

added bonus.

“My customer base is 35 (years old) and up in this store,” she said. “So it really is all about comfort and easy care.”

No dry cleaning here, unless something escapes her attention, she said.

In addition to her merchandize, Edwards focuses on hiring people who are talented at creating outfits and helping customers accessorize.

Edwards looks to offer more than just a bricksand-mortar experience.

She is planning special events for the future, sends out a weekly newsletter and features an outfit of the day on the store’s Facebook page. This month, she is participating in the Knoxville Symphony League

fundraiser by sponsoring a “closet” that showcases numerous outfits at the Show House.

Open for two months now, Edwards is excited about the possibilities while remembering those who have supported her in the past.

“Our Loudon customers are following us over here,” she said. “We are very excited about the reception. We definitely know we’ve made the right move.”

Although she enjoyed her time in consignment, this reinvented business touches Edwards on a personal note.

“I was ready for a new challenge and that was why I decided to go to retail,” she said. “I wanted a new adventure, and I’m loving every minute.”

NEWS FROM MORTGAGE INVESTORS GROUP

Tennessee’s leading independent mortgage lender keeps growing and growing, and their new home is in the heart of Bearden!

Also celebrating its 25th anniversary, Mortgage Investors Group (MIG) is pleased to announce its expansion of a 20th branch, located at 5301 Kingston Pike.

“It was time to have a presence in the Bearden area in order to better accommodate our clientele. In addition, we were really excited about all of the new development that has and is slated to happen. It’s just a unique area, and we couldn’t be happier with our new location,” said President Chuck Tonkin.

President Chrissi Rhea added, “We’ve had our sights on a Bearden branch for some time, and it was like a perfect storm. All of a sudden we had a capable team available to us to make it happen.

And we love the new space.”

The loan production team includes Kristin Abouelata, Senior Loan Officer/ Branch Manager; Kim Carman, Loan Officer; and Katrina Shelton, Loan Officer Assistant. And as with any great organization, their in-house production staff of processors Cindy Rauhuff, Stacy Carrick and Melissa McArthur are making sure all the work gets done!

Together, this team provides over

120 years combined experience in home financing. MIG Bearden delivers exceptional service by helping its customers obtain home financing and determining the best possible loan product to fit their specific situation.

The team is excited to be in their new “home” in the Bearden district and looks forward to helping residents with all their lending needs.

The building, located near Gavino’s Pizza and across the street from Bennett Galleries, will be getting a slight facelift soon.

Abouelata said, “We’ve ordered some really attractive awnings and will be doing a little gardening. By May, our curb appeal will match our enthusiasm!”

The staff really enjoys the location.

“We’ve already had three people drop in just to say hello and inquire about financing in the past week. We love the neighborhood feel,” McArthur said.

Please feel free to stop by the new office and meet the team.

Contact MIG Bearden directly at 865-851-7919 or online at www.migonline.com.

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This ain’t yer Pappy’s

Neil “Tiny Hillbilly” Roberson grabs as many bottles of Roberson’s Tennessee Mellomoon as he can hold. Photo by Cindy Taylor

moonshine

By Cindy Taylor Neil Roberson jokes that he “stumbled” into his trade because of his love of beer and wine. He quickly adds that he wouldn’t call what he does making a living, but it sure is a job – and it’s one he loves.

Award winner and master distiller Neil Thomas Roberson, known for marketing purposes as the Tiny Hillbilly, manufactures moonshine flavors for distribution through his company, East Tennessee Distillery. Roberson doesn’t sneak out in the middle of the night to check the still, and he isn’t hiding his brew from revenuers. What he concocts soars as high as 150 proof and is 100 percent legal. But this ain’t yer Pappy’s moonshine.

MC’s Wine and Liquor on Strawberry Plains Pike sponsored a premier tasting of East Tennessee Distillery’s newest moonshine flavor, Honey Ginseng, on a recent Friday.

Folks poured in from all over to get a glimpse of company co-founder “Tiny,” who has made an appearance on the History Channel’s show “Appalachian Outlaws.”

While cuttin’ up with Tiny,

folks could sample the new flavor along with tastes of Mellomoon Original, Peach, Coconut, Caramel, 150 Proof WhiteLightnin’ and Strawberry.

The moonshine business has been booming since it became legal in Tennessee in 2009. Distribution that Tiny and his sales team thought would take three years to establish in this part of the country took less than three months. Looking at his history, one could say that Tiny pretty much “sailed” into this line of work.

“My first experience with distilling was in the Navy running the ship’s evaporators to distill fresh water from salt water,” he said.

“Out of the Navy I went to school and got a degree in industrial engineering, worked in a lab and then discovered my life’s calling.”

There is no suit and tie for this engineer, who prefers a cloak of sleeveless Tshirt, felt hat with feather, corncob pipe and overalls.

Seems like a long voyage from salt water to moonshine, but he says not so.

He claims to be the runt of the litter, but Tiny, who is well over six feet tall, says

Tiny (center) autographs a bottle of Mellomoon for Robin and Mike Nyderek.

he loves to drink and it was getting way too expensive a hobby for a guy his size.

Once he discovered that he had a knack for distilling

Patrols are adequate, says sheriff South Knox has two

By Sandra Clark Knox County Sheriff zones, East Knox has two, Jimmy “J.J.” Jones says he North has three plus Halls and West has all the patrol officers in has three neighborhoods that he can plus the afford, that he’s almost doutown of Farbled the count from January ragut. There 2007 when he became sherare precinct iff, and that Bobby Waggonstations in er knows better than to scare Halls and people about home safety.

Farragut and “about Jones 44 to 50 square miles in each zone,” Waggoner, who is chal- Jones said.

In addition to the patrol lenging Jones in the May 6 Republican primary, earlier officers, other certified, said neighborhood patrols gun-carrying officers are in are thin – fewer than 30 of- the field, Jones said, espeficers on a shift – and it’s a cially during the day when question of the sheriff’s pri- civil and criminal warrants orities. The former chief of are served. “We have 220 ofdetectives promised more of- ficers (in addition to patrol) ficers on patrol if he’s elected. out in neighborhoods and in In an interview last school zones. The men and week, Jones said his office women of the sheriff’s office continuously monitors calls do a great job.”

Jones pegs neighborhood to allocate officers to areas of highest crime. “When I safety as “8 to 8.5” on a 1-10 took over we had some 17 to scale. “People feel safe be18 officers on (patrol) duty. cause we work hard,” he said.

“People don’t want to live in a Now it’s about 30.”

Knox County outside the neighborhood that’s crawling city (the Knoxville Police with cops. What people want Department patrols inside is quick response – an officer the city) is divided into 12 there when they need one.”

As to Waggoner’s critizones with a patrol car assigned to each. There is cism about “luxury SUVs,” overlap during peak times Jones said his 4-wheel(9 p.m. to midnight) and drive vehicles were bought “straight off the state bid times of heavy traffic.

Jones says response time list and cost about $2,000 is crucial, so he has fewer to $3,000 more than a reguofficers on patrol during the lar police car.” He’s glad he middle of the night when had them during the snows of the past winter. “Vehicles traffic is sparse.

Analysis

are not a luxury item for law enforcement.”

Meanwhile, Waggoner c o n t i nu e s to turn up the heat.

He’s the most serious opponent Jones has faced since he was beaten Waggoner by thenSheriff Tim Hutchison in the GOP Primary in 2002.

He then refused to endorse Hutchison and worked for Attorney General Randy Nichols, a Democrat, before patching things up with Hutchison and returning to the sheriff’s office. Hutchison has endorsed Jones in this election.

Waggoner said last week that Jones could spend more on patrol if he didn’t serve as a “retirement home for former county commissioners.” Waggoner said six of them work for Jones, costing the county about $170,000 per year.

The six are: Greg “Lumpy” Lambert, Mark Cawood, Ivan Harmon, Larry Clark, Lee Tramel and Fred Flenniken. Four were on Knox County Commission when Jones was appointed to replace the term-limited Hutchison on the day now known as Black Wednesday. One was hired the next day, said Waggoner.

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whiskey, it didn’t take much persuasion from friends to get him to dive into his own business.

The roller-coaster ride, as Tiny calls it, that became East Tennessee Distillery and Roberson’s Tennessee Mellomoon (Fine Tennessee Sippin’ Shine) blossomed into a thriving business in less than two years. The com-

pany is located, not hidden, in the hills of Piney Flats, Tenn., and distributes from there. Info: www.mellomoon. com or 423-391-0383.

Even if you love the taste, you might not want to know what Tiny says goes into making the distinct flavors – although he often speaks tongue-in-cheek.

“You know moonshine

really is pretty much anything that the government doesn’t have defined as a class,” said Tiny. “I’ve heard tell of people putting roosters and chickens in there.”

He grinned.

“It is classified as spirits by the government, but most important, moonshine is an American tradition.”

UPCOMING AT AREA CHAMBERS Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce ■ Annual Auction and Dinner Friday, April 11, 6 to 10 p.m.

Rothchild’s Catering & Conference

■ Networking: Oasis Day Spa Thursday, April 24, 5 to 6:30 p.m.

10420 Kingston Pike, Knoxville

■ Ribbon Cutting: Planet Beach: A Contemporary Spa Tuesday, April 15, 11 a.m.

11657 Parkside Drive

■ Ribbon Cutting: Prime Medical Training Wednesday, April 30, 11 a.m.

11020 Kingston Pike

■ Networking: Reserve at Bluebird Hill Thursday, April 17, 8 to 9:30 a.m.

1411 Midway Road, Lenoir City

■ Networking: Michael Brady, Inc. Thursday, May 1, 8 to 9:30 a.m.

299 N. Weisgarber Rd

Knoxville Chamber of Commerce ■ Bright Ideas: Step-up the Conversation by Terry Crow, Starfish Performance Consultants, LLC Tuesday, April 8, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Cost of Admission: $35; $25 for members Knoxville Chamber, 17 Market Square, Suite 201

■ Exclusive Premier Partner Event Featuring Coach Butch Jones Thursday, April 17, 7:30 to 8:30 a.m.

Cherokee Country Club, 5138 Lyons View Pike For Premier Partner members only

■ Baldrige for Beginners: Criteria for Performance Excellence Tuesday, April 15, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Cost of Admission: $295; $245 for members Knoxville Chamber, 17 Market Square, Suite 201

■ Premier Partner Networking Reception Tuesday, April 22, 5 to 7 p.m.

Club LeConte, 800 South Gay Street, Suite 2700 For Premier Partner members only

■ TNCPE Application Writing Workshop Wednesday, April 16, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Cost of Admission: $295; $245 for members Knoxville Chamber, 17 Market Square, Suite 201

■ Groundbreaking: Mountain Commerce Bank Tuesday, April 22, 11 a.m.

Mountain Commerce Bank, 6115 Kingston Pike

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Coffee Break with

Kathy Burrow

Kathy Burrow got to know East Tennessee when she came to study at Maryville College, so when she and her husband, Norvell, a native Virginian, were thinking about retiring and leaving California, it wasn’t a strain to decide where to go.

“We moved here the day I retired,” says Burrow of their move nine years ago. “We love it.”

Her “retirement” is something of a misnomer. She worked as a high school counselor for 22 years in Virginia and 15 years in California, and now she spends most of her time volunteering, primarily with the Farragut Lions and Turkey Creek Medical Center.

She spent eight years volunteering in the medical center’s gift shop.

Kathy Burrow “In the retail world, it’s great that you get to interact with the people,” says Burrow. “Most of the people who come in the gift shop are in the hospital for a reason. … They’re having tests done, or a loved one’s in the hospital. We’re right across from maternity, so a lot of them are waiting for babies.”

Burrow can identify on a personal level. “I’m a breast cancer survivor – 11 years, thank you, God – and my surgeon in California was Dr. Aaron Margulies. Well, Dr. Aaron Margulies now works at Knoxville Comprehensive Breast Center, and he operates at Turkey Creek. So when I was in the gift shop and people came in and their mother or their sister or their daughter or somebody was having surgery, I really did have a bond with those people and could reassure them.

“They could look at me and see that my hair is back and I’m OK. I really do think that was a personal kind of outreach and support I could provide for those people, especially since we had the same surgeon.”

Now, Burrow does clerical and “gopher” work for Angie Denton, who’s in charge of physicians’ outreach and marketing. She’s also president of the medical center’s auxiliary.

She’s treasurer for the Farragut Lions; her husband is a board member and past president. They stay busy helping with the Lions’ sight programs, including volunteering with the Vision Van once a month, making eyeglasses.

An Army brat who went to 17 schools before entering

college, Burrow has a bachelor’s and a master’s but decided against going for a doctorate. She taught health and physical education for five years before becoming a counselor.

Now, the young mind on which she has the biggest impact belongs to her granddaughter, who lives about a mile and a half from her.

“She is the light of my life,” says Burrow.

She will meet her goal of visiting all 50 states this summer when she and her husband travel through Wisconsin on their way to the international Lions Club convention in Toronto. But she’s happy to live here with the four seasons and Southern hospitality.

“The notion of Southern hospitality lives for a reason,” she says. “It’s so true. People in the South are nice and thoughtful and accepting. When you go to the grocery store, you interact with the clerks, unlike in California.”

As for really retiring, she’s in no hurry.

“I’m just blessed to have my health and be able bodied.

I look around and I see people struggling to move. I’m just so grateful that I have all my faculties. As long as I have all my physical and mental faculties, I hope I can be involved doing something that’s kind of meaningful.”

Sit back and have a Coffee Break as you get to know Kathy Burrow.

What is your favorite quote from TV or a movie?

“Th-th-that’s all, folks!” Doesn’t that just sum it up?

What are you guilty of?

Alas! I have my mother’s nose.

What is your passion?

Volunteering. I am active in the Farragut Lions Club, at St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral, and in the auxiliary at Turkey Creek Medical Center. I also volunteer at Maryville College.

With whom, living or dead, would you most like to have a long lunch?

Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.

She has long been my “hero” – such a bright, forwardthinking woman.

Other than your parents, who has had the biggest influence on your life and why?

My maternal grandmother, who took me traveling in the United States and in Europe, who loved me unquestioningly and who reminded me often, “Position in life is everything” when I flung my legs over the arm of the chair or sat in an unladylike way. It took a long time for me to get the double entendre.

I still can’t quite get the hang of …

Riding a unicycle. I spent hours trying but just could not balance and ride!

What is the best present you ever received in a box?

My first record player when I was 5 years old! I still have my 78 records from the “record of the month club.”

Overscheduling, overcommitting. I want to use all 24 hours of every day!

What is the best advice your mother ever gave you?

What is your favorite material possession?

Never, no never, leave this house with a pin in your straps! You never know when you might be in an accident.

My grandmother charm bracelet. My grandchildren’s names and dates of birth dangle there as a constant reminder of their special place in my life and in my heart.

What is your social media of choice?

What are you reading currently?

I just finished reading Richard Rohr’s “Falling Upward,” about spirituality in the second half of life. I have just begun a light novel by Kate Jacobs, “Knit One.”

What was your most embarrassing moment?

I use Facebook but am, frankly, tired of the cute pet postings. I love texting – quick, concise, efficient.

What is the worst job you have ever had?

For one miserable day, I trained to be an inventory taker! Omigosh!!! My head ached and I was miserable!

Thankfully, my principal called the next day and said they needed me to work all summer … and I did!

When I was 16, I got my first job. I reported to work the next day ... to the wrong place ... yet insisted to the ladies working there that I had been hired and worked a whole shift. When I got home, my REAL new boss had called and asked if I was coming to work. Oh, gosh! I never wanted to go back to that other store ever again!

Tom and Jerry. What fun they had outsmarting one another and frolicking all over the house! I laughed and laughed.

What are the top three things on your bucket list?

What irritates you?

Seeing the tulips in bloom in Holland. Returning to Paris. Touring Wisconsin to complete my visit of all 50 states.

What is one word others often use to describe you and why?

Efficient ... I really can juggle a lot of balls at one time and get all of it done in pretty fair fashion. Honestly, I couldn’t do what I do if it were not for my husband, who is always right there to lend a hand.

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

My nose. I have always wanted a perky, cute nose.

What was your favorite Saturday morning cartoon and why?

Parents who do not answer their children when the child repeatedly says, “Mommy, Mommy, Mommy?”

What is your greatest fear?

I am afraid of the dark. I have been all my life … and I thank my older sister for getting great delight out of scaring me when we were children.

If you could do one impulsive thing, what would it be?

Get up in the morning, throw a few things in a bag, grab my husband by the hand and go. I don’t care where, just go, go, go!

It can be your neighbor, club leader, bridge partner, boss, teacher – anyone you think would be interesting to Shopper News readers. Email suggestions to Betsy Pickle, betsypickle@yahoo.com. Include contact information if you can.

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NEWS FROM GRACE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF KNOXVILLE

Grace Junior Kindergartners Madison Sproles, Claire Campbell, Aubrianna Tajen and Kristen Woolman with residents of The Willows Retirement Community in Karns.

Grace students invest in community

By Julie Pointer and Wendy Doig Investing is putting money to use through a purchase or giving of one’s time or talent to accomplish a specific purpose.

At Grace Christian Academy, our students are investing their time and resources in others.

Teaching our students to actively invest in others is an essential component in fulfilling GCA’s mission to Lead, Build & Equip students. During this school year we have seen students investing in real and practical ways.

One of GCA’s core values is service, and our goal is to help develop students who are intentional about the mission of Jesus Christ, which was to serve others. Our lower school students, through their homeroom classes, have all had the opportunity to experience what investing in our community looks like.

Our youngest students in Junior Kindergarten are actively engaged in serving at The Willows Retirement Community in Karns. The students prepared crafts and songs that they shared with the residents when they visited them.

Kindergarten students adopted the Karns Volunteer Fire Department. They collected hygiene items as a gift for the firefighters who faithfully serve us.

Students had the opportunity to visit the fire station, where they met the men and women who serve our community. The most important part of the visit was that the students prayed over the firefighters and their equipment.

Fifth grade students and teachers have developed a partnership where they are able to work with the Lonsdale 5th grade teachers and students.

Our 5th graders learned of a need the Lonsdale students had for luggage as both groups prepare for their Safety Patrol trip to Washington, D.C., at the end of May. Our students and families stepped up in a big way and provided more than 80 bags.

They were able to personally deliver the bags to the 5th graders from Lonsdale when they came to GCA, spent the afternoon and enjoyed the performance of “Peter Pan.” Our students loved the time they had to spend with their peers from Lonsdale as they ate lunch and play some games before the production.

New playground at Grace

By Julie Pointer Recess is the highlight of any student’s day. It is a time when students can take a break from all of the academic work they have been doing in the classroom. But learning does not stop during recess; it is instead a time when students practice taking turns and sharing, following rules for an organized game, learning how to negotiate what will be played among friends, and how to interact with others. Free play time is a valuable part of any student’s

day and we are excited to have a new playground where students have a safe environment to play.

Our students and school have been blessed by the investment that our parents, family members, friends and community members have made through GCA’s Friends and Family campaign this year.

We have already seen one of the planned projects become a reality with our lower school playground.

In January, a ribbon cutting ceremony was held, and all

The 8th grade students at Grace Christian Academy found a way to invest in the future of GCA 2nd graders by providing writing support for every child one day a week. Every Wednesday, students share experiences writing together.

Their time together makes a big difference to the writing progress for all children involved and is a big part of the “family feel” at Grace Christian Academy.

One 2nd grader wrote in her buddy journal, “It was fun writing with you. I wonder what we will do next time. Whatever it is, I know it will be fun!” This experience leaves the children feeling positive and motivated because they have a positive role model investing in them and celebrating with them every accomplishment.

It is often the case that student leaders in the high school are viewed by lower school stu-

Grace Christian Academy high school cheerleader Amanda Stooksbury with cheer camp participant Nina Weldon. Photo by Kristi

Stewart

The Grace Christian Academy 5th grade class donated luggage to Lonsdale Elementary School’s 5th graders to help them go on the Safety Patrol trip to Washington, D.C. Photo by Jeanna Scealf dents as an example to emulate.

High school cheerleaders are no exception to this. In order to provide an opportunity to invest in the lives of our lower school girls, the high school cheerleaders hold two cheer camps each year. Throughout each camp they learn a routine which is performed at halftime of either a varsity football or basketball game. The value of this investment is clearly demonstrated through the excitement on the young girls’ faces as they head to camp and as they are performing.

Several of our sports teams this year have taken a morning

and gotten up extra early to greet our lower and middle school students as they arrive at school. The younger students’ faces beam with radiant smiles as they receive a high five from a high school athlete. This mentoring relationship between our high school and lower school students is the type of investment we seek to foster.

We all choose daily how we will invest our time and resources. Our desire at GCA is to be intentional at all levels to provide students opportunities to invest in the lives of others, whether within our own school or with the community.

There are four distinct areas where students can play: an open field area, swings, playground equipment and an asphalt basketball court. This entire space is fully utilized daily by the lower school students, and the return on investment for our students has already been realized through how many additional days our students can be outside enjoying the fresh air and having a safer place to run and play.

The new playground at Grace Christian Academy. Photo by Teri Rash From all of the lower school students at GCA, thank you to everyone who invested their parents were invited to join the This new playground features time and resources during student body as we dedicated a turf surface, and as one student the Friends and Family camthe new space to God before the said “I like the turf because we paign to make this playground students began to use the space. can still play on it after it rains.” a reality.

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HEALTH & LIFESTYLES NEWS FROM FORT SANDERS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

A life changing night of sleep Scott Beverly of Knoxville, 53, has been taking better care of his health lately, ever since he experienced atrial fibrillation, the most common type of irregular heartbeat.

Working out and losing weight have helped. But Beverly has also visited Dr. Thomas G. Higgins at the Fort Sanders Sleep Disorders Center for an exam and a sleep test in the summer of 2013.

“My wife (Toni) kept saying I was snoring a whole lot at nighttime, and she could tell I stopped breathing during the night,” Beverly said.

At the sleep center, Beverly was diagnosed with a condition called obstructive sleep apnea.

This occurs when a person’s airway relaxes during sleep and collapses on itself. This causes loud snoring and periodic lapses in breathing, which in turn can strain the heart.

And of course, it makes for a lousy night’s sleep.

At the sleep center, Beverly had a thorough exam by Higgins and then was scheduled for a sleep test. He arrived at 7 p.m. to spend the night in one of the center’s suites, complete with a comfortable bed and bathroom.

“It was very nice, almost like home,” Beverly said. Except that patients are connected all night to monitors recording their heart rate, brain activity, breathing

dreamed. I hadn’t done that in forever!”

Today Beverly wears a CPAP mask every night to sleep and has seen a dramatic improvement in his energy level. The machine is about the size of a shoe box and sits beside his bed.

“I’m 100 percent better. I didn’t feel it at first. But my wife and even boss and others could tell the difference. I have more pep and a more normal energy level,” Beverly said.

Beverly said he would recommend the Fort Sanders Sleep Disorders Center to anyone who needs a better night’s rest. And the added bonus of treating his sleep apnea has been a more regular heart beat.

“My atrial fibrillation has gone from spells four times a week to maybe once every two weeks if that,” he said. “Dr. Higgins thinks maybe when I stopped breathing so many times during the night, it was triggering the irregular heartbeat.

“I had excellent care at Fort Scott Beverly and his wife, Toni, in Annapolis, Md., where their son, Brandon, is a junior at the United States Naval Sanders,” he said. “When you walk in, you’re not a number Academy you’re a person. It’s a great place rate and limb movements. then I was awake for 15 seconds.” and mask and into the patient’s and I can’t say anything bad “They hooked me up to all After trying to sleep for two nose to keep the airway open all about it.” those wires, and I slept for two hours, the staff technician put night. hours,” said Beverly. “And out Beverly in a mask attached to a This time, Beverly slept sound- For more information or to schedule an appointment, call the Fort of that two hours, for every one CPAP (continuous positive air- ly. “When they woke me up, I felt minute of sleep I got, I stopped way pressure) machine. The ma- like I had slept way more than Sanders Sleep Disorders Center at 865-541-1375. breathing for five seconds, and chine forces air through a tube five hours,” he said. “I finally

Science of a good night’s rest Getting a good night’s rest is not a luxury but rather a necessity for good health, according to Dr. Thomas G. Higgins, a neurologist and sleep disorders specialist at Fort Sanders Sleep Disorders Center.

“Most people need at least seven or eight hours of sleep,” said Higgins. “There are shorter sleepers, but most people getting five hours are not getting enough sleep. Your body temperature, horDr. Thomas G. mones and everyHiggins thing in the body functions better if you’re attaining enough sleep.”

A lack of sleep can affect the body in many negative ways, Higgins said.

“The immune system is affected,” he said. “People who do not get enough sleep are more likely to become ill. People with insufficient sleep are more likely to put on weight, because a lack of sleep affects metabolism. That can lead to diabetes and heart disease.

“Obtaining good sleep reduces your sensitivity to chronic pain.

doesn’t get to a deep stage of sleep.

Sleep apnea is managed by wearing a CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) machine at night. This machine forces air through a tube and mask, and into the patient’s airway to keep it open.

“In one study, they took photos of patients before and two months after using a CPAP machine, and asked other people to rate who was more attractive. The people judged most attractive were the ones who had used the CPAP for a couple of months.

“So if you want to Fibromyalgia, for example, can be aggravated by a lack of sleep,” be good looking, healthy and feel better, use your CPAP,” said Higsaid Higgins.

One of the most common sleep gins with a laugh. disorders is obstructive sleep apFor more information about nea, in which a patient’s airway diagnosis and treatment of your relaxes and collapses on itself sleep problem, call the during sleep, causing loud snorFort Sanders Sleep Disorders ing, choking and momentary Center at 865-541-1375. lapses in breathing. These wake the patient up, and he or she

Myths about sleep Myth: Some people only need 4 to 5 hours per night.

Truth: Everyone needs 7 to 8 hours of sleep each night, and others need up to 9 hours. Sleep is productive time, in which brain and body cells rejuvenate.

Myth: Sleep problems only affect older women.

Truth: Insomnia affects everyone, but is more common in older women. Men in their 30s and 40s are most likely to get sleep apnea. And narcolepsy, a serious sleep disorder, most often begins in a person’s teens and 20s.

When to call the doctor If you have a problem getting to sleep, it’s probably a sleep hygien issue.

Try keeping regular sleep hours, use the bedroom only for sleeping don’t work on the computer or watch TV just before bed and avoid caf feine after dinner.

Get exercise every day, but not right before bed. Do something relax ing before bed, like take a bath or read (as long as it’s not exciting). Keep the lights low or even off. Before there were electric lights, people regu larly slept 9 hours per day.

If you keep waking up during the night, that’s more likely a physica problem such as sleep apnea, restless leg syndrome or any one of a num ber of sleep disorders.

If you’ve tried good sleep hygiene and still can’t fall asleep, call you doctor. Or if you’re waking up in the middle of the night repeatedly that’s a reason to call a doctor as well.

Get Your Life Back Chronic sleep deprivation or poor quality sleep can leave you feeling exhausted, irritable and unable to focus. It can also lead to serious health problems.

The professionals at the nationally accredited Fort Sanders Regional Sleep Disorders Center can help you get a refreshing night’s sleep – and get your life back.

Fort Sanders Professional Building 1901 Clinch Avenue, S.W., Suite 303 Knoxville, TN 37916

For more information, please call the Fort Sanders Sleep Disorders Center at (865) 541-1375.

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What’s flying Spring azure, mourning cloak, eastern comma, clouded sulphur. There are some really neat things out there announcing the arrival of spring, besides flowers and birds. Butterflies, for example.

Dr. Bob Collier

The above-named four critters are some of our earliest butterflies. In fact, some of them fly so early in the year that they show up while it is still winter!

We often think of butterflies as the big flashy swallowtails and monarchs of summer fields and meadows rather than one of our first hopeful signs of spring.

But here they are, often flying before even the first wildflower peeks out from under the leaves, and long before the first migrant bird finds its way back to East Tennessee.

I’ve seen all four of the above-mentioned butterflies flitting around my yard at various times over the past three or four weeks. It continues to be a pleasant surprise to be grumping my way to the mailbox bundled up in my old warm coat and see a bright blue or yellow butterfly flapping merrily along as if to say, “What’s your problem, buddy?”

Butterflies are fun, and a lot of birders are developing into butterfly enthusiasts, too. They are a nice addition to any birding outing.

For one thing, they are often out and about in the middle of the day, when the birding gets slow. And you’re out there with your binoculars in your hand anyway.

Binoculars are a real help, bringing the butterflies up close while you remain far enough away to avoid spooking them (at least sometimes). There are about the same number of North American butterfly species as there are species of birds, and the butterflies can prove to be even more of a challenge to see well and to learn.

The little spring azures, a little over half an inch long, may be one of our earliest signs of spring. Widespread and common across the United States, they begin to fly as early as February in our area. They are a nice pale blue above; light bluegray with little spots below.

Their close relative, the eastern tailed blue, another little early blue butterfly, is similar to the azure but with little tails and orange spots on its hind wings.

The mourning cloaks are beautiful and interesting.

They are easy to recognize – larger and slower, with a rich brown color and sporting a clear yellow border along their trailing edge.

These guys are among the longest-lived of all our butterflies, living as long as 10 months (many species live only a few weeks).

The mourning cloaks hatch out in the summer

around at your place?

Black swallowtail

and are adult butterflies in the fall. Unusual for butterflies, they hibernate over the winter as adults and so are ready to fly again as soon as the temperatures approach the 60-degree mark, even if it is still winter.

Eastern commas are a little harder – they are strong, fast fliers that often land on tree trunks. Above they are orange with a bunch of brown spots, but alighted with their wings folded to show only their undersides, their brown-patterned, irregularly shaped wings look exactly like a dead leaf. You’ve probably mistaken one for a leaf on more than one occasion. The comma and its nearly identical first cousin, the question mark, get their names from a tiny silver comma

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Great spangled fritillary.

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Yellow swallowtail

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or question mark on the underside of their back wings.

One of our most widespread groups of butterflies, the sulphurs, have lots of species in their family, but the most likely ones around these parts beginning in March are the clouded sulphur and the cloudless sulphur. They are both yellow, medium-sized butterflies of field and meadow, and differ in slight amounts of color in their forewings. Their caterpillars like to eat clover and alfalfa, so as farming increases in a given area, so do the numbers of sulphurs.

Male sulphurs are all yellow, but some of the females of these two species are yellow and some white. So, if

you see a yellow butterfly out in your field flying around courting a white butterfly, be reassured – they know what they’re doing; everything’s OK. Watching butterflies is like watching birds or stalking wildflowers – it can be an addictive pastime.

For pure visual enjoyment, there are the different species of swallowtails and fritillaries. For making friends, there are the confiding and easy-to-observe buckeyes and hackberries. And if you want challenge and intense study, there are species like the dreaded skippers – dozens of species of skittish, fast-moving lookalikes that can send you to your field guide shaking your head.

There are numerous good books to help you learn about our butterflies.

Two that I have found to be very useful, out of many, are the “Stokes’ Butterfly Book” and Ken Kaufman’s “Field Guide to the Butterflies of Eastern North America.”

Rejoice, spring is here!

Enjoy the flowers and the birds. And check out the butterflies. Now is a good time to begin looking for

them, when there aren’t so many different ones out and about. Then, as the season comes along, you will already be familiar with a bunch of them.

A word in regard to the birds: We here in Knoxville have a top-notch birding site in Sharp’s Ridge Park, a widely known spring migrant trap.

Again this year, folks from the Knoxville Bird Club – properly known as the Knoxville Chapter of the Tennessee Ornithological Society – will be doing spring bird walks up there.

The walks will be on the last three Thursdays of April and the first Thursday of May. We start at 8 a.m. at the old ranger’s house about halfway down the drive; there is plenty of parking.

There will be all skill levels of birders there. The experts especially welcome beginners and will try to show them good looks at the birds.

All that’s required is a set of binoculars – they are necessary if you want to actually see what’s flying around up there. Join us for a pleasant hour or two!

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THROUGH SUNDAY, APRIL 13 “WRENS,” a semi-autobiographical story by Anne V. McGravie, Clarence Brown Theatre’s Lab Theatre.

Performances: 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $5 to $15. Info/tickets: 974-5161 or www.clarencebrowntheatre.com.

“The Giver” by Lois Lowry performed by the Children’s Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Ave. Performances: 7 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays; 1 and 5 p.m. Saturdays; 3 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: 208-3677, tickets@childrenstheatreknoxville.com. Info: www. childrenstheatreknoxville.com, 208-3677.

THROUGH TUESDAY, APRIL 15 Registration open for UT-led Wildflower Pilgrimage to be held April 15-19. Tickets: $75 per person for two or more days; $50 for single-day tickets; $15 students with ID. To register: http://www. springwildflowerpilgrimage.org. Info: 436-7318, ext. 222.

THROUGH SATURDAY, MAY 17 Tickets on sale for Tennessee Theatre’s annual “Stars on Stage” event. Kenny Rogers will headline the event, 8 p.m. Saturday, May 17. Proceeds will benefit the Historic Tennessee Theatre Foundation.

MONDAY, APRIL 7 Tai Chi open house and sample beginner class, 7-8:30 p.m., Peace Lutheran Church, 621 N. Cedar Bluff Road. Presented by the Taoist Tai Chi Society of the USA. Info: 482-7761 or www.taoist.org.

Fundraising Night at Chili’s to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters sponsored by EdFinancial Services. Mention Big Brothers Big Sisters and10 percent of proceeds go to BBBS.

TUESDAY, APRIL 8 Open house at Pellissippi State Community College Strawberry Plains Campus, 5-7 p.m. Free and open to all prospective students and their families.

Info: www.pstcc.edu or 694-6400.

Computer Workshops: Introducing the Computer, 2 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 10 Parent to Parent Support meeting for parents of children with mental-health diagnoses, 6-8 p.m., K-TOWN Youth Empowerment Network, 901 E. Summit Hill Drive.

Info: Alicia, 474-6692 or abanks@tnvoices.org.

FRIDAY, APRIL 11 UT Science Forum speaker: Stacy Clark, research forester for the U.S. Forest Service, noon, Room C-D of Thompson-Boling Arena. Topic: “American Chestnut Restoration: Can We Bring Back the Mighty Giant?” Free and open to the public. Info: http:// scienceforum.utk.edu.

Festival of Cultures, 4-8:30 p.m., in the Goins Building of the Pellissippi State Hardin Valley Campus, 10915 Hardin Valley Road. The event is free and the community is invited. Info: 539-7160 or www.pstcc.edu/ diversity.

Opening reception for “Vision of Home: Recent Works by Kathie Odom” exhibit, 5:30-9 p.m., The District Gallery, 5113 Kingston Pike. The show continues through May 3. Info: 200-4452, www.

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Brother Sun in concert, 7 p.m., Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 2931 Kingston Pike.

Tickets: $20 at the door. Info: 523-4176.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, APRIL 11-12 Monthly Used Book Sale, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Farragut Branch Library, 417 N. Campbell Station Road. A Friends of the Library branch book sale. Features books, CDs and more, available for all age groups. Most books less than $2. Info: www.knoxfriends.org.

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

Bowl For Kids’ Sake, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Crest Lanes, 330 White Crest Dr., Maryville. To register a team: www.BowlForKidsToday.org.

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

Intermediate Genealogy, 1 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Preregistration and a valid email address as well as good Internet searching skills required. Info/to register: 215-8809.

Poets Linda Parsons Marion and Laura Still will read, 3 p.m., Historic Westwood, 3425 Kingston Pike. Part of Poets for Preservation spring poetry series.

Refreshments served. Guests invited to look around the newly restored mansion after the readings.

Spaghetti supper hosted by Boy Scout Troop 444, 5:30-8 p.m., Fellowship Hall of Farragut Presbyterian Church, 209 Jamestown Blvd. All-you-can-eat spaghetti, salad, bread, drinks and dessert: $7. Eat in or carry out. Info: Lori Moczadlo, 671-2221.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, APRIL 12-13 “Companhia Urbana de Danca” performances, 8 p.m. Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday, Clayton Center for the Arts, 502 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway in Maryville. Presented by The Carpetbag Theatre and Clayton Center. Tickets: http://claytonartscenter.com; www.knoxvilletickets.com; 981-8590 or 981-8591. Info: http://claytonartscenter.com.

MONDAY, APRIL 14 Tennessee Shines featuring Knoxville native Robby Hecht and The Sea The Sea, 7 p.m., WDVX studio, Knoxville Visitor Center, 301 S. Gay St. Broadcast on WDVX-FM, 89.9 Clinton, 102.9 Knoxville. Tickets: $10, at WDVX and www.BrownPaperTickets.com. Info: www.WDVX.com.

TUESDAY, APRIL 15 Computer Workshops: Word 2007 Basics, 5:30 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Requires “Introducing the Computer” or equivalent skills.

Info/to register: 215-8700.

THURSDAY, APRIL 17

Cades Cove tour with Bill Landry, 9 a.m., departing from the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center in Townsend. Tickets: $50 per person; includes light snacks and a cold beverage. Reservations required: 448-8838.

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Easter Evening Storytime, 6:30 p.m., Howard Pinkston Branch Library, 7732 Martin Mill Pike. For ages 2-5; must be accompanied by an adult. Info: 573-0436.

Harvey Broome Group meeting, 7 p.m., Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 2931 Kingston Pike. Program: Video Mapping River Systems by Paul Ayers, Department of Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science, University of Tennessee.

Parent to Parent Support meeting for parents of children with mental-health diagnoses, 6-8 p.m., K-TOWN Youth Empowerment Network, 901 E. Summit Hill Drive.

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Lucas CPR device offers better chance for survival Sudden cardiac arrest claims a life every two minutes. Quick and correct action can very literally mean the difference between life and death.

Most people are familiar with cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR), but you might not know that CPR has limits when it comes to its ability to save lives.

The majority of people who suffer massive heart attacks outside a hospital have little chance for survival.

The problem is that continuous coronary perfusion pressure (CPP) during CPR is one of the most important variables associated with the likelihood of getting and keeping a pulse.

CPP is the pressure that keeps the blood f low going during cardiac arrest.

While CPR is a great tool, continuous coronary perfusion pressure is hard to achieve with it. First, there’s the potential for fatigue. It’s hard for one person to perform chest compressions nonstop for a very long time. Second, even if someone steps in and takes turns, it can take 12 compressions to get the blood f low back to where it was when you took your hands off the patient’s chest.

A third risk is simple human error. The American Heart Association recommends 100 compressions per minute, achieved by pressing down to a depth of 2 inches. It’s hard for a bystander – even a person who’s had a CPR class – to get it just right every time.

That’s the purpose behind the Lucas CPR device that’s now available at Parkwest Medical Center’s emergency department. “It’s an automatic compression device that can be strapped to a patient’s chest,” explains Dr. Brian Braxton, MD, “to deliver uninterrupted compression.”

“It’s one more piece of cutting edge technology I have to give my patients the best care possible,” adds Dr. William Folley, DO. Braxton first became acquainted with the Lucas device when he worked at a hospital in Houston, Texas. He was impressed by the way it helped increase the odds of survival for cardiac arrest patients.

For Braxton, who is medical director of Parkwest’s emergency department, finding out it would be available to his patients here in Tennessee was great news. “I was excited,” he says, “because I had seen how it worked.”

The Lucas CPR device is kept zipped up in a portable container that’s about twice the size of a bowling ball case. “It’s a heavy plastic mechanical device with a board that slides under the patient,” Braxton explains as he pulls the pieces out of the container and begins to assemble them. “A plunger is attached, and it controls the depth of

THE NEW CPR In 2010, the American Heart Association changed its recommended method for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in most patients.

1. Perform chest presses before anything else.

2. For adult patients, press 2 inches deep 3. Press the chest at a rate of 100 times per minute.

“I would say it means greater hope for patients,” says Parkwest emergency department medical director Brian Braxton, MD, assembling the groundbreaking Lucas CPR device for a demonstration.

The LUCAS artificial CPR device is an example of new life-saving technology ED by amplifying our work that’s being tested in the emergency department at Parkwest. force,” says the department’s assistant medical director, Rodd Daigle, MD. “It allows constant, consistent and effective chest compres- the patient enters the doors of way of doing CPR – which insions to be delivered to the Parkwest emergency de- volved first tilting the head, and our patient, while at the partment, there’s an even better then clearing the airway for ressame time freeing up chance for survival. cue breaths – delayed the CPP an ED team member to In 2010, the American Heart by an average of 30 seconds, carry out other duties, Association changed its guide- and those first 30 seconds are such as starting IVs or lines for CPR, encouraging important. obtaining blood.”

The AHA recommends that chest compressions first and Rural/Metro ambu- foremost in patients who are bystanders who perform CPR lance service has the suffering cardiac arrest. That not even take the time for resLucas CPR device too, coronary perfusion pressure is cue breaths and focus solely perfusion pressure. With the and Braxton says when patients the first priority now, and the on chest compressions instead.

Lucas CPR device, there’s no are started on it from the time Lucas CPR device delivers.

That gives you an idea of how need for guesswork, no room help arrives outside till the time Studies found that the old important the Lucas CPR device for human error and no cause is in the effort to save lives. for fatigue.

“I would say it means greatA small plastic board rests er hope for patients,” Braxton behind the patient’s back. The says. “It’s cutting edge and it’s plunger is attached to a second the best product out there availpiece that arcs over the top of able in major cities.” the patient. The patient holds “Parkwest gives me the best onto the sides of the device, tools, so I can give my patients Need some help figuring out how quickly buttons are pressed, and chest the best care,” says Folley. to do chest presses for CPR? 100 times per compressions begin automatically and for as long as the docminute matches the beat of the Bee Gee’s Learn more about Parktor deems necessary. west services at www. song, “Stayin’ Alive!”

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compression and recoil.”

Braxton says that recoil from the chest is important in maintaining continuous coronary

With manual CPR, it can take 12 compressions to get the blood flow back to where it was when you took your hands off the patient’s chest.

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