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Barber house?

Steve Cotham, director of the C.M. McClung Historical Collection at the East Tennessee History Center, fields a lot of questions. But here’s one that he’s gotten from all over the world: “Is my home a Barber house?”

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Singing at Echo Ridge

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Going global Seven members of Bearden High School’s Virtual Enterprise (VE) class represented their business, Elysium Computers, at the International Trade Fair held in New York City in April. More than 150 firms from around the world participated.

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See Wendy’s story on page A-3

No way to know “Ten years ago, when Doug Dickey was finishing up as athletic director at Tennessee, dear friend Nancy Siler and I had an interesting conversation about potential replacements,” Marvin West writes. “Her candidate was Bill Schmidt.

“Nancy said he met all requirements. He had been an Olympic athlete and a Tennessee coach, a Chuck Rohe assistant.

He had a Master’s degree in business with emphasis on accounting.”

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Barbecue blast West Knox Rotary’s big barbecue cook-off, which drew nearly 50 teams from across the country, was a first-time event, but those in charge say it won’t be the last.

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See Anne Hart’s story on page A-11

Miracle for Evie Jessica Ashton was 34 weeks pregnant with her second baby when she received news no mother wants to hear. A routine ultrasound showed fluid in Jessica’s baby girl. On April 5, 2011, a specialist diagnosed the baby with non-immune hydrops, an abnormal collection of fluid in at least two areas: the skin, abdomen, space around the lungs or the pericardial sac around the heart.

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By Wendy Smith Echo Ridge residents were served something special during lunch last week – a performance

by Off the Chain, Bearden High School’s a capella chorus.

The teens wowed the crowd with renditions of songs like Wild Cherry’s “Play That Funky Music,” A-ha’s “Take Me On,” and “Some Nights” by Fun. And even though it didn’t sound like it, the perfor-

mance was entirely vocal.

Camille Winton is one of several Off the Chain members who beatbox, or create vocal percussion sounds. A UT student helped To page A-3

Bearden High School Off the Chain chorus members Tori Franklin, Alli Acuff, Callie Stelter, Madison Harmon, Michael Wilson, Mackenzie Ridley and Sabrina Snetter perform at Echo Ridge Independent Senior Living Community. Photo by Wendy Smith

Push for a park on Kingston Pike

By Anne Hart West Knox dentist Larry Tragressor is hoping to convince either public officials or private donors to purchase a piece of property that sits in front of the historic Baker-Peters House, which he owns, and turn that land into a park.

The .83-acre piece of land, at the corner of Kingston Pike and South Peters Road, has been home to a service station for a number of years but now stands vacant.

Tragressor says the underground gas storage facilities that served

the gas station have been removed.

The move would increase the value of Tragressor’s own property, but he says he can’t afford the $690,000 price tag for the parcel, which is listed with Ean Moffett of Holrob.

In addition to his dental practice, the pre-Civil War building Tragressor bought in 1990 houses the Baker-Peters Jazz Club.

Tragressor told members of the Council of West Knox County Homeowners that he envisions a passive park with benches where visitors could sit to read historic

markers.

Also at the meeting: ■ Knox County Commissioner Dr. Richard Briggs says he will pursue his idea that the county should find an existing building to lease for a new Karns Senior Center, rather than build a new facility. He said the move would save significant tax dollars that would be spent on overhead if the county owned the building.

■ Knoxville City Council member Duane Grieve discussed the work of the city’s sign task force, which has been studying the mu-

nicipal sign ordinance, last revised in 1985. He said there will be a number of opportunities for public input as the proposal makes its way through MPC and Council before final approval. One interesting aspect, Grieve noted, is that the city law director must determine that a new ordinance does not violate freedom of speech.

■ Knox County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Jeff Palmer discussed the website addition which points out locations where dangerous dogs are housed so citizens can be on the alert to avoid those areas.

Not back yet: Moncier’s struggles continue

By Betty Bean Not so fast, Mr. Moncier.

That’s the message Herb Moncier received from U.S. District Court after a newspaper article announced that he is once again practicing law in federal court after serving a five-year suspension for contempt of court for disobeying a judge who ordered him to shut up. He says he doesn’t know exactly what he must do to be reinstated.

“Evidently there’s a glitch,” he said. “Now I’m being told there’s something more I have to do. I did not expect to be in the position that I’m in today after 43 years of practicing law – at the center of this controversy.

“I’ve cancelled three appointments this week with

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new clients who wanted to hire me to be their attorney in federal court.”

Actually, Moncier’s pretty much always been in the center of controversy, whether for representing a Group W Bench full of infamous criminals or for forcing the local political establishment to comply with laws that they’d just as soon ignore, and doing it with a frequency, bluster and degree of success that members of the political establishment have found maddening.

His highs are stratospheric, his lows tragic.

And they’re almost always public. As one friend says, “Good or bad, things happen big to Herb.”

Herb’s father, James C. Moncier, was a successful entrepreneur who founded

a chain of 17 Easy Way Five & Ten Cent Stores and acquired three cattle farms where he raised registered Aberdeen Angus. Every spring, Herb, a lifelong animal lover, would adopt a calf to raise and show at the fair in the fall. And every year it was the same – the trauma of selling the calf to the highest bidder, always the White Stores, inevitably followed the triumph of winning a blue ribbon.

“I knew where the calf that I slept with at night in the barn (at the fair) was going to end up, and as long as the White Stores were in business, I would never eat beef from there.

I wouldn’t even walk by the counter,” he said.

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Stewarts celebrate 25 years

By Theresa Edwards Grace Baptist Church celebrated the 25 years of service of Becky and Dr. Ron Stewart May 5 with two services and an evening dinner reception in Cullum Hall. “It’s been an amazing journey,� said Stewart. He gave a message on that journey, comparing it to David’s journey in the Bible.

He gave a short history of the past 25 years at the church. May 16, 1988, was his first service there. He moved from Ohio, believing he was called to help Grace grow. “This ministry isn’t about Choir members raise me – it’s about God,� Stewtheir arms in praise. art said.

Just as David fought Goliath, Stewart faced some giants in the land. “But for every giant we face, God provides a stone,� he said. “The battle is the Lord’s.�

A turning point for the church came when evangelist Bill Sturm led a revival resulting in over 100 professions of faith. The church doubled in size in three years. And it continued to grow with the building of a new sanctuary and the addition of a Christian school.

Many people lined up at the reception to thank Becky and Dr. Ron Stewart for their 25 years of service and offer best wishes for Frank and Annelle McDonald have been church members since more to come.

1958 and Annelle has served in the church nursery 55 years.

Worship arts pastor Jonathan Green leads the praise music.

Carolyn Watson (left) and Charlie Watson (right) congratulate Becky and Dr. Ron Stewart for their 25 years of service at Grace Baptist Church. The Watsons have been members since 1968.

Photos by T. Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com

Grandmother gets 2nd degree Sixteen months after receiving an associate’s degree from Pellissippi State Community College, Shopper News freelance photojournalist Theresa Edwards has now graduated with a bachelor of science in communication from King University with a 4.0 GPA. “The program worked perfectly with classes only one night a week. It did not interfere at all with my work. Plus it helped improve my writing skills,� Edwards said. “My plans were to continue with the newspaper after graduation, but my mother-in-law in Nevada had a stroke. So, my husband and I are moving there temporarily in June. My education in communication will be used in a new venture – writing books, starting with one about the Karns community and some of its history. It will contain many photos never published before.�

Jeanette and David Roberts are long time members at Grace Baptist Church.

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Steve Cotham, director of the McClung Historical Collection, speaks at the Knox Heritage Lost & Found Lunch held last week at the Square Room. Photos by Wendy Smith

Curt Roberts, McKinley Luncford, Joseph Luncford, Johanna Luncford, Ted Faust, Adam Bean and Jake Parsons support Legacy Parks Foundation by participating in Pint Night at River Sports. The group organized a race called the South Knoxville Sufferfest this spring that utilized the trails in Knoxville’s Urban Wilderness, and they hope to make it an annual event.

Crazy, chaotic, climactic May Parents of school-age children know that May is second only to December for chaos. Graduation ceremonies, sports tournaments, awards assemblies, and end-of-year parties all fight for space on the calendar, and each time I pencil in a new event, I look at May 22, the last day of school, with greater anticipation.

But this is also a sweet time for reveling in the accomplishments of our children. In the past week, my son successfully completed his first year of college, my older daughter’s water polo team (Bearden High School) won the state championship, and my younger daughter was invited to participate in Safety Patrol at Blue Grass Elementary School. I am proud of their accomplishments and happy to see them recognized for their hard work.

Let’s face it, most days no one claps for us or hands us a trophy. So I love this season of saying “Congratulations!” and “Way to go!” to our kids. I’m also grateful to the many adults who support them, then step into the wings during the applause.

Congratulations, Class of 2013! Way to go, students, for making it through an-

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on Wednesdays during June and July. For more information, choose “Events,” then “Get on the Local Trails” at www.OutdoorKnoxville.com.

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Is it a Barber house?

Steve Cotham, director other year! We can’t wait to of the C.M. McClung Hissee what you’ll do next. torical Collection at the East Tennessee History Center, ■ A toast to fields a lot of questions. But Legacy Parks here’s one that he’s gotten A healthy crowd attended from all over the world: “Is Pint Night at River Sports my home a Barber house?”

Outfitters on Sutherland AvWhen George Franklin enue last week to show sup- Barber moved to Knoxville port for the Legacy Parks from DeKalb, Ill., in 1888, Foundation. Or maybe they he had already begun to just wanted free beer. publish pamphlets with his Either way, the nonprofit ornate Queen Anne-style benefited. Elle Colquitt of home designs. As his busiLegacy Parks was on hand to ness grew, he published answer questions and pass catalogs featuring house out new pocket maps of the plans along with photos of South Loop trails in Knox- finished homes and testiville’s Urban Wilderness. The monials from owners. Cusarea now boasts 41 miles of tomers could choose a plan trails, which were created by from the catalog and Barber the Appalachian Mountain would customize it to their Bike Club. Maps are available taste, Cotham explained at at sponsoring retailers like last week’s Knox Heritage River Sports, Runner’s Mar- Lost & Found luncheon. ket and Cedar Bluff Cycles.

The fact that so many of She also publicized an his homes were customized upcoming hiking program makes them hard to identhat benefits Legacy Parks. tify.

Missy Kane of Covenant The McClung collection Health will host short hikes contains many of Barber’s

Echo Ridge

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chorus members master the skill, which isn’t as difficult as it seems, she says.

“It takes a lot of confidence, and a lot of practice.” She gets in extra practice time while jamming in the car with her friend Sabrina Snetter, who also beatboxes for the group.

Off the Chain members don’t appear to lack in confidence. Many members dance while they sing, and the microphone makes the rounds as several students sing lead. Singing a capella is a collaborative effort, says chorus member Kenney Bowers.

“You have to listen to each other more.”

Off the Chain is made up of juniors and seniors who auditioned for spots on the chorus, which is

directed by Mary Sexton.

Echo Ridge is located across Gleason Road from Bearden High, and residents love it when Bearden students visit, says administrator Amy Bennett. Several students volunteer in food service, she says.

“It’s hard for them. They have to learn to speak to the residents.

But they’re really good at it.”

Bearden baseball and basketball teams have also visited residents.

Off the Chain members love to sing for an audience, says Leslie Rotella, whose son, Ryan, is a member of the group. They are currently performing at schools with the hope of recruiting future members. Only four of the chorus’s 22 members are juniors, and the rest will graduate this month, she says.

Bearden High School Virtual Enterprise students Cole Harris and Sean Grogan talk to customers at the International Trade Fair in New York City. Harris is CEO of Bearden’s virtual company, Elysium Computers, and Grogan is CFO. Photo submitted catalogs and advertisements, and Cotham hopes to digitize all of them for online viewing. The bulk of the collection came from the widow of Barber’s grandson, whom Cotham happened to sit next to on a 1992 Knox Heritage bus tour of Knoxville’s Barber homes.

Barber was a gifted designer with no formal training, but that wasn’t the only reason for his success.

“He was all about salesmanship,” said Cotham.

International Trade Fair held in New York City in April. More than 150 firms from around the world participated, and Elysium placed in three of four competitive categories, including a second place in the Advanced Website Design competition. The firm also received honorable mentions in best salesmanship and best product catalog.

VE teacher Kathy McCoy was impressed that the firm blew away its trade fair sales target of $39,956 with a to■ Bearden VE tal of $172,180 in revenue. goes global “This VE group became Seven members of a well-oiled machine in the Bearden High School’s Vir- face of competition,” she tual Enterprise (VE) class says. “The group’s profesrepresented their business, sionalism and salesmanship Elysium Computers, at the were exceptional.”

ElderWatch conference The topic for the East Tennessee ElderWatch conference on Wednesday, May 15, is Pathways In Eldercare: Emerging Trends.

The conference will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Airport Hilton.

East Tennessee ElderWatch chose to take a different approach to the conference this year, in an attempt to raise awareness and educate prospective attendees about current trends in the area of elder care.

This year’s topics are intended to challenge participants about what they know regarding some of the lesser known, but emerging, trends related to elder care and abuse.

Presenters aim to educate about the importance, prevalence, appropriate response, and avail-

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government Winds of change stand. It is amazing how quickly a federal judge’s ruling can alter attitudes.

TVA also has to know that this issue going to trial is but another loser for TVA in terms of hours spent on the case. This combined with a series of issues causing TVA major headaches, from an imperial tree cutting program across the Valley to the Obama Administration questioning its current role and ownership in the Valley, signal rough Victor waters ahead for TVA. Ashe The smartest thing TVA could do now is drop the whole matter, apologize and do an about-face in the interests of promoting the However, the more First Amendment right to significant news from this free speech. hearing, which was not cov■ Superintendent ered by the media despite Dr. Jim McIntyre made its being a First Amenda smart ment issue, is that TVA choice attorneys told the court in hiring that TVA may modify sigdeputy nificantly its current rigid police chief policy against costumes or Gus Paidwearing facial paint. They ousis as the implied the matter had not schools sebeen well handled. curity chief.

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The May 2 conference between TVA attorneys and plaintiff attorneys at the Howard Baker Courthouse arguing over TVA’s dress code for public hearings produced a trial date of Oct. 29. Magistrate Clifford Shirley presided at the conference following Judge Tena Campbell’s decision to allow the issue to go to trial.

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‘That guilt shall not escape’ The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is a joke. And that’s the kindest description of the bungling bureaucrats who have botched political corruption investigations for years. If not inept, try overly political or even corrupt as a descriptor.

The biggest joke may be the slogan atop the TBI website: “Truth. Bravery. Integrity. That guilt shall not escape nor innocence suffer.”

Say what? We’re still waiting for those Ragsdaleera indictments.

And now folks are asking about Trustee John Duncan.

■ On March 18 at the Halls Republican Club, Duncan said he could not comment on legal difficulties in his office because of an ongoing TBI probe.

■ In April at the Democratic Club in Karns, Attorney General Randy Nichols said he could not proceed until the TBI investigation of the Trustee’s Office wrapped up.

■ Last week, TBI spokesperson Kristin Helm told this newspaper, “at this time I am not able to confirm nor deny” that an investigation is ongoing.

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So is there a TBI investigation or not? Will it be concluded before the expiration of the statute of limitations?

Why is this hard?

Duncan admitted taking money for educational coursework which he had not completed. He even paid it back.

Duncan’s chief of staff, Josh Burnett, and delinquent tax attorney, Chad Tindell, resigned and entered guilty pleas to the misdemeanor of facilitation of official misconduct last December. Does the buck stop there?

Background: Duncan got elected without opposition after the mere mention of his name cleared the field.

He took office Sept.1, 2010, in what many believed was the first step toward succeeding his father, U.S. Rep. John “Jimmy” Duncan Jr.

additional $2 million directed toward guys watching locked front doors while possibly eating doughnuts.

His mother, Frances, passed on her relentless drive to her youngest son – “Saying no to my mother was just an invitation to do it another way.”

When he was 10, his big sister Marty was killed in a traffic accident. His mother salved her grief by throwing herself into starting the Knoxville Teen Center, a safe place where young people had fun and did community service. A couple of generations of Knoxville youth came to know her as “Mama Mon.” Herb married Rachel Hufstedler, finished UT law school in 1970, was commissioned into the Army as a captain in the Judge Advocate General Corps and stationed near Washington, D.C. He served as prosecutor before deciding to switch sides.

“The brass liked me as a

prosecutor but not so much as a defense attorney.”

They liked him even less when he took the case of Robert K. Preston, a disgruntled soldier who stole a helicopter and flew it onto Richard Nixon’s White House lawn, getting himself shot five times in the process.

He faced 105 years imprisonment and a dishonorable discharge, and Moncier made “60 Minutes” by accusing the Joint Chiefs of Staff of command influence, a criminal violation of the Code of Uniform Justice.

Then he made Preston his clerk and rode him around in his Army car. Preston got off with a couple of months retraining and an honorable discharge.

A military judge at Ft. Meade tried to send Moncier to Cambodia.

After the Army, he and

or display at their “Flagship University.”

■ Mike Graves, candidate for district attorney general, will speak to the Powell Republican Club at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 16, at Shoney’s on Emory Road at I-75. Come at 6:30 for dinner.

■ Dr. Heather West, a graduate of Halls High School and Carson-Newman University Class of 2005, takes issue with Brianna Rader’s slam at UT, writing: “Obviously, the chancellors and trustees of UT felt the material being presented during this “Sex Week” was unsuitable to endorse and/

■ Tim Burchett, we recall, said education funding should be directed toward the classroom. The expanded school security budget is an

■ Betty Bean, who previously wrote a feature on West, says Rader was right. “The UT administration was fully informed and on board with everything Rader was doing all through the planning stage, so it wasn’t the content they had a problem with. It was only when Stacey Campfield and Fox News started in that they buckled.”

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■ Wayne Goforth said (privately) following his final school board meeting as director of Union County Public Schools: “It’s like making love with a skunk. I’ve had about all of this that I can stand.”

A cockatiel named Tippy occupies the office next to Moncier’s.

Rachel returned to Knoxville. He went to work in the attorney general’s office, teaming up with Ralph Harwell as a fearsome duo that never lost a case. Rachel taught school.

Their son Adam was born in 1977. In 1980, their newborn son Nicholas was diagnosed with cerebral palsy.

Rachel was stricken with post-partum depression that deepened when her doctor said Nick was allergic to her breast milk.

Herb took her to her parents’ home so they could look after her, but she found her father’s gun and ended her life, leaving Herb with a toddler and a severely disabled 5-month-old.

He doesn’t know if he would have made it without the help of Harwell and quiet moments spent in the sanctuary of Church Street Methodist Church that deepened his faith and his resolve.

His sons became the focus of his life. Nicholas lives with him and is his “best buddy.” Adam finished law school and started a practice focused on juvenile law.

“Wish I could bottle

Adam. I’d have a formula for other young people. All those years of pain as a single father, then to see him get over the curve and all of a sudden … it’s just wonderful.” Moncier said.

“And the best thing he’s done is marry Paige Christenberry and have Khaki – my granddaughter Katherine Rachel. And I’m Papa Herb to her and her brother, William, who is 10.”

Meanwhile, he’s hoping to get his practice back on track, 70 percent of which was in federal court. His financial situation is complicated by years of unpaid public interest work that pretty much reshaped county government.

“There was a complete political regime opposed to what Wanda Moody and later Bee DeSelm (his plaintiffs in the lawsuits that stopped the justice center and enforced term limits) were doing; and Lord, did they pay the price for it. And I became tainted – maybe justly so because I was crazy enough to do it.

“But I did it because it was right and because the people needed somebody to stand up and help them take their government back.”

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Here’s what our sources say: ■ That the TBI investigation, headed by agent Jerry Spoon, was completed last September.

■ That Tindell and Burnett have agreements that their cases will be dropped if no one else is charged.

The statute of limitations on such offenses is two years, meaning that time would have been up on the 2010 offenses in December. But Tindell, Burnett and Duncan waived the statute. The deadline to prosecute 2011 offenses is October.

■ That the investigation was stymied when the U.S. Attorney’s office became involved, entangling the trustee’s issues with other matters.

■ That it’s looking like Duncan is going to walk.

Conclusion: The TBI should finish its investigation and turn over its information to Randy Nichols.

Let him or a substitute DA decide whether to prosecute.

Otherwise, we suggest a more apt slogan for the top of that TBI website: “Justice delayed is justice denied.”

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GOSSIP AND LIES ■ Gus Paidousis is a great guy, we’re sure, but hiring him for $90,000 to hire and supervise 58 other retired cops under the guise of school security is a huge boondoggle.

It’s tough enough to fund public education without this empire-building.

By December, however, he’d stepped in a mess of trouble when he handed out $3,000 bonuses to employees who were not entitled to them, including himself.

These “incentive payments” rewarded employees who had completed the County Officials Certificate Training Program to become certified public administrators.

The following October, he handed out even more bonuses.

The bonuses were given to people who didn’t complete the course. The news broke in 2012 when investigators seized longtime Duncan friend and employee Zach Brezina’s computer to see whether he’d taken the test for others. As the year wore on, “insiders” kept saying that the pieces were about to fall into place, but deadline after deadline passed without action.

On Dec. 12, Burnett and Tindell resigned and entered pleas. Since then, nothing.

And now Duncan is making the rounds of Republican clubs giving every indication of running for reelection next summer.

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Fountain City’s oldest business HISTORY AND MYSTERIES | Dr. Jim Tumblin Fountain City Town Hall is honoring Fountain City’s businesses at this year’s Honor Fountain City Day in the Park on Memorial Day (Monday, May 27).

As usual, the annual tshirt design features some image relevant to the emphasis for the year. In reaching the decision about which image to use, one Fountain City Town Hall board member said, “Let’s feature our oldest continual business.”

“Which business is that?” someone asked.

The board thought of Babelay and Stormer’s Fountain City Florist and Greenhouse (established 1939), Hardy Johnson’s Custom Shoe Rebuilders (established 1953) and Louis’ Restaurant (established 1958).

Then someone asked, “How old is Pratt’s Country Market?”

Eureka! It all came back in a flash.

When the Tumblin family moved from Fairmont Boulevard to Adair Gardens in 1939, my mother quickly established a charge account at Pratt’s. Ralph Pratt recently refreshed my memory about the large metal rack with mousetrap-type springs that held the myriad of charge books, one for each customer. He regrets it was later stolen when someone broke into his storage barn.

We recalled how customers were rewarded with a bag of loose candy when the bill was paid each month, not with green stamps or a reduced-price tank of gas.

Precious memories!

Actually the store was already 17 years old at the time.

Ralph remembers that two brothers, W.H. “Will” and C.L. “Charlie” Pratt, moved from their farm home on the Anderson/Union county line and opened the grocery store at the junction of Tazewell and Jacksboro pikes and Sanders Lane in 1922.

In 1959, Charles (1892-1946) and Opal Nelson Pratt (18981982) bought out Will and assumed full ownership.

East on Tazewell Pike, just a few hundred yards from the store, stood the Pratt’s large two-story frame house. Here Opal cared for and cooked for the Pratt’s 11 children, plus grandmother Elizabeth Leach and Cleve, an orphaned and handicapped boy who came to live with them and later worked in the store. Much like Jim Ted Collins and Bobby Sandman did in future years, Cleve captured the hearts of all who knew him.

But that wasn’t all. Opal Pratt also had eight boarders at one time and managed to attend any and all services at her beloved Smithwood Baptist Church. If any Fountain Citian ever qualified as one of Wilma Dykeman Stokely’s “Tall Women,” it was Opal Pratt. A stained-glass window in the Smithwood sanctuary recognizes her dedication to the church.

Not long after Charley Pratt became full owner, he constructed a new building and Pratt Brothers became Pratt’s Market. At that time the store was a full-service grocery and meat market, and offered home delivery and credit. On the opposite corner of the Smithwood intersection, Hill’s Market was their friendly competition. For a time, as the three Tumblin boys were growing up, “Doc” Harry D. Stewart at Smithwood Drug Store gave Smithwood a trifecta.

If a meager allowance would not allow a half-pound of chocolate drops at Hill’s or Pratt’s, maybe it would buy an ice cream soda at Doc’s soda counter.

The Pratt family congratulates Charlie (in white shirt), in the Top 15 and voted Most Dependable at Central High School among other honors, pictured here with dad Perry, sister Julianna, mom Kellie, brother Thomas, and grandmother Carol Brown. Photo by Libby Morgan Pratt Brothers Market circa 1940. Charles L. and Will H. Pratt founded their grocery in 1922. Several generations of the fam- ing business and Ralph deily have operated the Smithwood store for almost 90 years. Pho- cided to build Pratt’s Country tos courtesy Betty Pratt Adams Market, specializing in fresh fruits and vegetables, on The Pratt children began bills and generally support- property to the east of the working in the store early by ed those in the community former building. He also ofstocking, rearranging and who were hurting during the fered eggs, bacon, luncheon delivering groceries. Their Great Depression and the meat, cheese, Mayfield dairy products, honey, jellies and grassroots knowledge of the years prior to World War II. By the 1970s and early jams, snacks and soft drinks. business would prove beneficial later as some moved into 1980s, Bill, C.L. and Ralph Other specialties are seaPratt had assumed the man- sonal flower and fruit baskets management positions.

Charlie left a void when he agement. Their sisters, Thel- and flower and vegetables passed away in 1946. He had ma Solomon, Wilma Dewine, plants in the spring.

Ralph and his son Perry accommodated his custom- Johnny Key and Betty Aders in many ways, including ams, were often there pre- share the major operational the loan of his pickup for paring and packaging pro- duties while his daughter moving or hauling firewood. duce and generally greeting Penny and son-in-law Steve Searcy also serve customAnd, the family had provided and serving customers.

After Opal passed away ers. And, one can often see a babysitters, carried the elderly to the bus line, transported in 1982, there was a hiatus fourth generation – Carlton, children to school, acted as as the estate was settled and Charlie, Dalton, Juliana and a community bank by hold- management decisions were Thomas – perpetuating the ing and cashing regular and made. Eventually, C.L. de- proud name and tradition for pension checks, paid utility cided to go into the landscap- yet another 90 years.

Charles L. and Opal Pratt. The Pratts and their 11 children have long been an institution in the Smithwood community.

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UT president John Shumaker either didn’t ask Nancy or didn’t take her assessment seriously. He interviewed Schmidt but promoted Mike Hamilton, Dickey’s key assisMarvin tant and a brilliant fund-raiser.

West “We did a thorough and exhaustive national search,” said Shumaker. His next line was something about the right man at the right time.

We’ll never know how Bill Stokely Van Camp hired Bill as director of development Schmidt would have done. and loaned him to the Los You can guess UT athletics Angeles Olympics. He served would never have been $223 Peter Ueberroth as a vice million in debt.

Schmidt oversaw Gatorade president, responsible for growth from $80 million to eight sports.

Back at Stokely, or maybe $1.8 billion. Signing Michael it was Quaker Oats by then, Jordan to pitch the product Schmidt was named vice may have helped sales.

I remember when Bill president of worldwide marketing of Gatorade. You know said: “Foreign countries what happened to Gatorade. didn’t know sports drinks, Nancy thought Bill but they knew Michael JorSchmidt was a natural – dan. We couldn’t afford him smarts, background, person- but we did a 10-year endorseality, contacts, skill set – to ment deal not knowing how direct UT athletics as a busi- good he would be.”

No way to know Ten years ago, when Doug Dickey was finishing up as athletic director at Tennessee, dear friend Nancy Siler and I had an interesting conversation about potential replacements.

Her candidate was Bill Schmidt.

Nancy said he met all requirements. He had been an Olympic athlete and a Tennessee coach, a Chuck Rohe assistant. He had a Master’s degree in business with emphasis on accounting. He had served honorably in the military.

He was a borderline genius. As director of sports at the 1982 World’s Fair, he produced a $300,000 profit while the whole show was doing a deficit.

Nancy had followed Schmidt’s career closely from the time her husband, Tom Siler, had said he would be a star. She recalled when

Passive persistence When he had spent everything, a severe famine took place throughout that country, and he began to be in need. So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed the pigs. He would gladly have filled himself with the pods that the pigs were eating; and no one gave him anything. But when he came to himself he said, “How many of my father’s hired hands have bread enough and to spare, but here I am dying of hunger! I will get up and go to my father, and I will say to him, ‘Father, I have been led astray against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me like one of your hired hands.’ ” So he set off and went to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion; he ran and put his arms around him and kissed him.

(Luke 15: 14-20 NRSV) Of all the parables Jesus told, this one is the most beloved. Perhaps that is because at one time or another we can identify with all the characters in this little drama.

It tells us volumes about

ourselves: our own rebellion and selfishness, our heedlessness of the hurt we cause others; our need for love. It also tells us about ourselves as parents: the jumbled emotions of love and frustra-

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tion, the joys and sorrows of watching our children go through the stages of adolescence, the sense of arrival when they are finally grownups. It tells us, too, about ourselves as siblings: children raised by the same parents, in the same home, who turn out to be very different, very distinct individuals.

I wonder what it also tells us about the storyteller: Jesus.

He would have been the elder brother in his family: Mary’s first-born. Did he know of family anguish firsthand? Did he have a ne’erdo-well younger sibling who broke Joseph’s heart?

It took Schmidt a few minutes to catch up with the New York Giants’ postgame ritual of dumping Gatorade on coach Bill Parcells. When he saw it on replay, he said it was advertising better than money could buy.

At the end of that season, he spent some and sent Parcells a letter.

“We at The Quaker Oats Company, makers of Gatorade Thirst Quencher, realize that due to the yearlong ‘Gatorade dunking’ you have been receiving, your wardrobe has probably taken a beating.

“The enclosed check should help remedy the problem; after all, we do feel somewhat responsible for your cleaning bill.”

In the sports marketing world, Bill Schmidt was first considered a pioneer. He became a giant. The Sporting News twice listed Schmidt among the most powerful people in sports. He knew everybody. He could get tickets to any event.

Schmidt left Gatorade to become CEO of Oakley sunglasses and apparel.

Good old Michael Jordan arranged that deal. Schmidt eventually came back to Knoxville and started his own sports marketing and consulting firm, Pegasus.

He served as an adjunct professor at UT. He dabbled in real estate. He played golf.

He rode Harley-Davidson motorcycles.

His hometown of Canonsburg, Pa., put up a historical marker commemorating his world status among javelin throwers. He won the bronze at the Munich Olympics, the only American to medal in that event in 61 years and counting.

This summer Bill Schmidt will be inducted into the Greater Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame. It will be a brief celebration of excellence. No way to know what might have been.

This story resonates with me, not because of my own family history, but because of the families I have encountered in various forms of ministry throughout my career. I have listened to stories of children who were abandoned (or worse), of parents whose children rebelled, of brothers and sisters who no longer speak to each other; of children who have no idea where their parents are now.

It is sad, but true: families can fall apart.

Even so, it is clear that Jesus told this story to demonstrate the patience and the forgiving nature of God. But the most fascinating part of it (for me at least) is the father’s standing at the gate, watching, waiting. He didn’t saddle up and ride off in all directions searching for the boy. He didn’t go drag the prodigal home by the scruff of the neck. He did not abandon his wife and other son, or his responsibilities as head of household.

But on that day when the prodigal’s familiar form came over the hill, the father was at the gate, looking for his boy. Imagine the patience, the forbearance, the self-discipline it had required of the father!

Imagine, too, the restraint that was required to keep the father from ranting about the worry, the heartbreak, the hurt. There was no “well¸ it’s about time!” Or “where in the world have you been?”

His passive persistence had paid off: his boy had come home of his own free will and his own recognition of his folly. The faithful father had been standing at the gate to welcome him.

Jesus didn’t say they all lived happily ever after. But they were a family again, and that, after all, was the point of the parable. It also was God’s intent in sending Jesus into this world: to welcome home all the prodigals.

Thanks be to God!

Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@netzero.com.

News from SOS Green Community School opened in mid-October with 60 students and an average daily attendance of 35. Many students had committed to other programs, but the school expects to be at full capacity of 65 students next year.

Green principals, a guidance counselor, a social worker, and a psychologist selected participants based on grades, standardized test scores and home environment.

The YMCA is the program’s primary sponsor. Project Grad is a partner and Helen Ross McNabb provides a case manager two days a week. The Girl Scouts has given scholarships to 50 girls active in its programs.

The student program is a series of enrichment experiences to supplement the school day. Two afternoons weekly are focused on academic tutoring in small groups. During the other three afternoons students participate in art, led by a teacher provided by the Knoxville Museum of Art; fitness with a volunteer trainer; golf, with lessons from a YMCA sports director; and gardening (4th and 5th graders) with volunteers from UT Agricultural Extension and ECO Garden.

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In search of rest

By Wendy Smith Sitting on her screenedin porch with a view of a West Knoxville horse farm, Susanne Hassell is the picture of calm contentment.

But she admits that she’s a recovering workaholic. She began her ministry of helping others find rest after suffering career burnout herself.

She started three preschools in that previous life, and even back then, the children were exhausted from their busy schedules. The parents were even more stressed out.

Even if the activities are good, constant busyness makes us lose the sense of who we are, she says.

“If you ask someone how they are, ‘busy’ has become the new ‘fine.’ We say it in almost a prideful sense.”

Hassell founded Holy Paths eight years ago. The ministry has three prongs – rest, accomplished through retreats; spiritual direction, or helping people discern what God’s spirit is saying to them; and companionship, or

meeting with a community of believers. She works directly with the Order of St. Brigit, a group of women who seek to live a more contemplative life, and the Knoxville Fellows Program.

She offers one-day retreats at her scenic home, and takes groups on trips to monasteries and even to the beach. She also offers Pilgrim Walks on local trails. Participants use her book, “Pilgrim Walk in the Woods,” to guide their meditation.

Her retreats have a variety of themes, and one of her favorites is the Sabbath. God’s rhythm is seen in the seven days of the creation, and He intends for us to rest, like He did.

“We’re not meant to run full speed 24/7.”

For Hassell, observing the Sabbath is about taking a day off from busyness rather than observing a set of rules. She chooses to do this on Sunday by spending quiet time in prayer and walking. God delights in us when we rest, she says.

WORSHIP NOTES Community Services ■ Catholic Charities offers counseling for those with emotional issues who may not be physically able to come to the office for therapy. All information is completely confidential.

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Susanne Hassell, founder of Holy Paths Ministry, enjoys a moment of rest at her West Knoxville home. Photo by Wendy Smith

“God wants to fill us up, but we have to empty ourselves before we can be filled.”

She also worships with All Souls Church at the Square Room on Sundays.

One of the biggest obstacles to rest is technology, she says.

“It’s supposed to make

■ Bookwalter UMC offers One Harvest Food Ministries to the community. Info and menu: http://bookwalterumc.org/oneharvest/index. html or 689-3349, 9 a.m.-noon weekdays.

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our lives easier, but it only ■ Powell Presbyterian makes us work harder beChurch, 2910 W. Emory Road cause we never stop.” offers Wednesday Night It can be one more disCommunity Dinner for $2 at traction that keeps us from 6 p.m. followed by the After listening to God. Dinner Special: May 15, 22: “God will meet you “Bingo.” Come for the food and stay for the fun. Info: where you are, but you www.powellpcusa.org. have to pay attention.”

Info: http://holypaths. ■ Hardin Valley Church of Christ, 11515 Hardin Valley org/.

Road, will have an open house 9 a.m. Sunday, June 30. Everyone is invited. Info: www.hvcoc.org.

Meetings and classes ■ Hardin Valley Church of Christ, 11515 Hardin Valley Road, will host “Art of Marriage” weekend, 7-9:30 p.m. Friday, May 17, and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, May 18.

Info/registration: 824-3078 or www.hvcoc.org.

Youth services ■ Faith Early Learning Center in Farragut is holding registration for its summer program. Register for one day or for the entire program.

Tuition is $20 per day, due at the time of registration. Info: 675-1530 or www.faithloves. org.

■ Farragut Presbyterian Church’s Mother’s Day Out and Preschool, the Children’s Enrichment Program, is now enrolling for the 2013-2014 school year. Info: Beth Hallman, 671-4616 or bhallman@tds.net.

A miracle for Evie Baby born with hydrops celebrates second birthday

By Ashley Baker Jessica Ashton was 34 weeks pregnant with her second baby when she received news no mother wants to hear. A routine ultrasound showed fluid in Jessica’s baby girl. On April 5, 2011, a specialist diagnosed the baby with non-immune hydrops, an abnormal collection of fluid in at least two areas: the skin, abdomen, space around the lungs or the pericardial sac around the heart.

The Ashton family today – Andy, Josiah, Jessica and 2 year old Evie. Photos by Ashley Baker

Jessica Ashton and baby Evie in April of 2011. Evie was born with non-immune hydrops, which only has a 10 percent survival rate. Photo submitted

Evie enjoys some cake at her birthday party.

“The first thing the doctor said was hydrops,” said Jessica. “I couldn’t believe it. The night before we had read about fluid accumulation and how it is next to impossible for a baby to make it.”

“The doctors didn’t tell us the stats,” said Andy Ashton, husband and father. “But we knew the stats, and they were frightening: 90 percent of babies who have hydrops don’t make it through their first night.”

The doctors also told the

Ashtons that Jessica needed to deliver immediately, even though she wasn’t full-term. “They needed to get the baby out as soon as possible,” said Jessica. She was taken immediately to delivery.

“Nothing was packed,” said Andy. “That morning, Jessica thought about packing a bag, but we didn’t.”

Jessica was induced early the next morning. “I felt like I should be freaking out,” she said. “But there was nothing in me freaking out. The Lord knew what was going on, and I felt the Lord’s peace that passes understanding. I knew that He was sovereign. I knew that He was faithful.”

At 12:14 a.m. Evelyn Noelle Ashton was born, weighing 7 pounds, 14 ounces. Most of the weight was due to fluid accumulation.

“The lasting image in my head was there was no heartbeat, no breath and no sound,” said Andy.

While there was activity filling the delivery room, a hushed silence plagued the room. As the doctor delivered a perfectly still baby, Jessica began to scream, “Breathe baby… breathe!”

In the midst of quiet, there was a mother’s cry.

“Her lungs weren’t strong enough to breathe,” said Andy. “They needed to drain the fluid. We didn’t know anything for two hours. Then they came in

and said they had her stabilized.”

With that, the Ashtons were at the beginning of a 44-day emotional rollercoaster with baby Evie.

“I clung to Isaiah 26:34,” said Jessica Ashton.

“It says, ‘You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because

he trusts in you. Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.”

Andy and Jessica were surprised not only by the peace they felt through their faith, but also the overwhelming support of people around them.

Three nurses prayed with Jessica before delivery.

Their home church, Christ Church Knoxville, brought meals, babysat their older son and surrounded them in prayer. A network of prayer started all over the nation. Facebook friends and random strangers began to pray for a little girl

lying in a NICU bed.

Having both non-immune hydrops and holes in her lymphatic system, Evie needed nothing short of a miracle.

As the days passed, Evie’s body began to heal.

Fluid levels decreased, and she began to take on the look of a healthy baby.

The Ashtons credit a miracle with saving Evie’s life. In April, as their miracle baby celebrated her second birthday, her party wasn’t just about a cute cake and fun decorations.

The Ashtons say they see God’s glory and healing powers in Evie’s life.

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Local students win Thompson scholarship

Knox County Schools Partners in Education presented the Barney Thompson Memorial Scholarship to one student from each high school at a ceremony Delaney last Thursday night at the Knoxville Area Association of Realtors.

Local winners Greenway School 8th graders Jake Green and Meghan Carter include: wear their state medals for inspiration while preparing for the Alexandra National History Day competition. Photo by S. Barrett Nelson, Nelson Bearden High; and Shantyra Delaney, West High.

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Jake Green and Meghan tion, and Meghan took first Carter plan to start their place. Both of their projects summer off with a bang. pertained to TVA. Jake performed a 10-minute skit he wrote himself, and Meghan ■ “God’s Backyard Bible Camp Under the Stars” will produced a 10-minute docbe held 6:30-8:30 p.m. Sunday umentary with photos she through Friday, June 2-7, at Sara found and recorded her Ball Camp Baptist Church, Barrett 2412 Ball Camp Byington voice along with the images.

Road. There will be backyard Jake and Meghan could games, crafts, snacks and compete against up to 111 rockin’ worship. A special VBS The two 8th grade Gre- other students in their catworship service will be held 11 a.m. Sunday, June 9, in the enway School students are egories, but they’re not too sanctuary. Register online at working hard to perfect stressed about it. They both www.ballcampchurch.org. their presentations for the hope to make lots of friends Info: pastor Danielle, 603National History Day com- during the national compe0983 or Danielle@ballcamppetition to be held at the tition. church.org.

University of Maryland in When asked what they ■ “Kingdom Rock” will be June. like to do outside of school hosted by Farragut Presbyte“We have worked three when they’re not working on rian Church, 209 Jamestowne hours a week for five Blvd., 9 a.m.- noon Monday months,” said Jake. “And projects such as the Nationthrough Friday, June 3-7. al History Day competition, that doesn’t include the time The program is a medievalJake and Meghan looked at we’ve spent working on it at themed week for kids 3-yearseach other and said at the home.” old through 5th grade. Info: Jake placed second in same time, “We don’t really Katina Sharp, katinasharpe@ the state-level competi- have a lot of down time.” aol.com or 966-9547.

Sequoyah Elementary School 3rd grade students in teacher Hannah Shaughnessy’s class wore their sunglasses to lunch during Sequoyah Style week. Each day had a different theme leading up to Friday’s carnival celebration. Pictured are students Sophia Melton, Olivia Woodruff, McClain Cameron, Mary Reagan Bollig and Hunter Johnston. Photos by S. Barrett

Carnival week at Sequoyah Elementary

Third graders Marley Townsend, Maci Word and Kaleb Wilson had the closest guesses of how many pieces of candy were in a container (pictured).

Boxes of Tic-Tacs were included, and each TicTac counted as a piece of candy. Each student won a ring pop.

Laura Ingalls Wilder Day

Rush Lightning wins tournament Knoxville’s 11U Rush Lightning recently won the 12U city tournament. Pictured are (front) Sean Vogt, Dante Harris, Cole Poynter, Jalen Geer; (back) coach Mike Harris, Grissim Anderson, Ethan Campbell, Shamarcus Brown and coach Major Geer. Photo submitted

A.L. Lotts Elementary School 4th graders celebrated Laura Ingalls Wilder Day recently by performing a play for family and friends, square dancing and learning about frontier life. Pictured at the event are Erika White, Paige Deel, Maryann Ahmed, Emily Davis, Halle Bolling and Constance Paris. Photo submitted

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Helping schools is priority at Shoney’s

By Jake Mabe Ask Knox County Schools supervisor of business partnerships Scott Bacon to recommend a business that has long been involved with Knox County Schools’ Partners in Education, and he doesn’t hesitate.

“Shoney’s.”

Makes perfect sense. The restaurant has long marketed itself as a familyfriendly restaurant. Shoney’s of Knoxville president/CEO Bill Baugh says that mind-set includes helping schools.

“We’ve always at Shoney’s, even back when we were the Big Boy, helped education. It’s good community service and we are interested in promoting youth, putting something back into the community.”

Shoney’s opened its first Knoxville franchise in 1962. Baugh says the local franchises’ previous owners, brothers Wade, Hillard and Leon Travis, emphasized helping schools. He continued and expanded it after becoming president/CEO when Shoney’s of Knoxville, Inc. was established as an Employee Stock Ownership Plan in 1995. Its list of school partnerships is long – and impressive.

Shoney’s has participated in Knox County Schools’ popular school coupon book program since 1998.

“That’s a win-win for everybody,” says marketing director Annie LaLonde. “Shoney’s doesn’t do a lot of couponing, but when we do, we want to make sure it’s something that (goes) back to the community.”

Shoney’s participates in A Very Special Art Fest, an event for students with special needs held at West High School during the Dogwood Arts Festival.

Mascot Shoney Bear entertains at the event, as well as at other school-related events and activities throughout the county, including walks, student fairs and reward events.

Over the last five years, Shoney’s has donated more than $5,000 to Knox County Schools through the popular Dine Out for Education fundraiser, a day in which 10 percent of proceeds at par ticipating restaurants are earmarked for the school system.

Eighteen years ago, Shoney’s began the KidCare ID program, at which parents can receive a free information kit that is readily available in case their child is ever reported missing. The IDs include a color photograph, fin-

Shoney’s of Knoxville president and chief executive officer Bill Baugh stands in front of the Walker Springs Road restaurant. Shoney’s has long been an active member of Knox County Schools’ Partners in Education. Photo by Jake Mabe

gerprints, vital information (height, weight, date of birth), a medical profile, info on the “Seven Rules of Safety” and a 24-hour National Center for Missing and Exploited Children hotline number. Participants also receive fun safety items for their family and get to meet Shoney Bear. The event will be held Aug. 23-25 this year at Safety City, Cedar Bluff Elementary School and Foothills Mall in Maryville.

Shoney’s six Knox County locations partner with nearby schools: Sunnyview Primary, Mooreland Heights Elementary, Dogwood Elementary, East Knox County Elementary, Pond Gap Elementary, Bearden Elementary, West Haven Elementary, Norwood Elementary and Copper Ridge Elementary.

LaLonde says these schools and others that do not have an official partnership with Shoney’s regularly receive food donations for events, reward certificates, and coupons for students and teachers.

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Talk 98.7 and radio personality Phil Williams, Shoney’s also recognizes the Shoney’s Super Kid, identifying a student at four schools who “has been in a tough situation and risen above it,” LaLonde says. The student is picked up at school in a limousine along with three friends, gets to talk with Williams on the radio and is given dinner at the Shoney’s location closest to the student’s school before returning.

“It’s just a fun way to promote school spirit and tell (children) that you don’t have to be the best at everything to be recognized for good work,” LaLonde says.

Shoney’s also partners with WIVK radio and disc jockey Gunner to recognize a Teacher of the Month, who is nominated by students or parents and chosen by WIVK for exceptional work.

2013 Knox County Schools winners were Joan DeDominick at Ritta Elementary, Ara Langford at Shannondale Elementary and Trudy Sturgill at Christenberry Elementary.

In past years, Shoney’s has also worked with East Tennessee Children’s Hospital on Eating and Living Healthy, conducting two programs at Moore-

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land Heights Elementary. Shoney’s of Knoxville Inc. was the first non-municipal building constructed at Safety City, which annually provides 2nd grade students with a safety program on how to safely navigate city streets.

“It went from a group talking to next thing you know they’re down there constructing the building,” Baugh says.

And Shoney’s has helped further the education of its employees in the most basic way: “We’ve had a lot of servers who worked their way through college while working at Shoney’s and they also put their children through college.”

Shoney’s also sponsors a Kids Zone – family friendly sections – at Knoxville Ice Bears and Tennessee Smokies games. Since 2011, LaLonde has been a member of Partners in Education’s board of directors.

“And we don’t do any of this for a gain,” Baugh says. “We do it because that’s what we are.”

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Winning that award for the fifth year in a row is a staggering achievement, but it wasn’t beyond the reach of Knoxville’s own Chancey & Reynolds.

The prestigious award came recently for the fifth time from Rheem, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of central heating and cooling products. “It is a tremendous honor for us,� says Steve Chancey, Chancey & Reynolds president.

Chancey & Reynolds Inc. was founded in 1978 by Chancey and partner Art Reynolds, and soon became a trusted name throughout East Tennessee. Today it has 52 employees who install and service Rheem’s full line of residential and commercial equipment. Its highly trained service technicians have also won numerous awards.

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Event volunteer George Ewart, at left, with some of the staff from his Dead End BBQ restaurant on Sutherland Avenue, serve up their delicious food.

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West Knox Rotary’s BBQ cook-off

By Anne Hart West Knox Rotary’s big barbecue cook-off, which drew nearly 50 teams from across the country, was a first-time event, but those in charge say it won’t be the last.

The rainy weather kept the crowd count down, but it did nothing to dampen the enthusiasm of either volunteers or visitors, and those who turned out were treated to a spectacular event.

From the Hooters wing-eating contest to the ice creameating contest to the live entertainment and participation by local celebrities, the “Rocky Top hummin’ and strummin’ BBQ” was deemed a huge success by club member Oliver Smith IV, who chaired the event along with George Ewart, owner of Knoxville’s Dead End BBQ, and club president Richard Bettis.

The club’s entire membership was involved, many workLinda and Gary Johnson frame West Knox Rotary Club presi- ing for months to manage every detail of the massive undent Richard Bettis as the trio stop to visit on the second day of dertaking, which was officially sanctioned by the Kansas City Barbecue Society. the Rocky Top BBQ event. Photos by Charles Garvey

Kevin Foley, middle school director at Episcopal School of Knoxville, where the two-day barbecue cookoff took place, was joined by his wife, Jessie; daughter, Sabrina, and son, Clay Daniel, at the event.

Musicians Alex Daley, Eli Fox and Chandler Buhl, all 8th-graders at Episcopal School of Knoxville, entertain guests at the sponsor party which opened the event on Friday night.

The contestants in the wingeating contest sponsored by Hooters chow down as an appreciative crowd gathers to watch.

Saxophonist Larry Sheumaker is a member of West Knox Rotary who performed with his band, Second Opinion, at the fundraiser for the projects of the club.

John Heins, Kathy Garvey, Betty McDonald and Lucy Gibson greet visitors. Helen Harb is in the back.

Nashville singer-songwriter and Loudon County native Kendra Chantelle, at left, chats with some fans after her performance on the opening night of the cookoff.

West Knox Rotarians Dr. Walter Beahm and Sam Balloff staff a “March of Dollars” booth, collecting dollar bills to be donated to Rotary’s worldwide effort to eradicate polio. Balloff came up with the idea after finding old newspapers promoting the March of Dimes effort of several decades ago, and Beahm volunteered to help him with the project.

A-12 • MAY 13, 2013 • BEARDEN Shopper news

Corks hosts spirited opening

By Sherri Gardner Howell Dana and Ryan McElveen welcomed guests to their new business on May 3 as they celebrated the opening of Corks Wine and Spirits in Turkey Creek, next to the new Publix. Ryan McElveen hoped the guests would leave feeling they had been to something a little more than the traditional liquor store.

“We wanted to create an environment that is warm and inviting and doesn’t feel like a liquor store,” said McElveen. “We used local materials made by local artisans – custom millwork racks and a checkout area made with repurposed wood from a 100-year-old barn.”

The more than 100 guests at the open house seemed to enjoy “product” as well as the surroundings.

“We did a lot of business that night,” said McElveen.

“It was a great event.”

A jazz band entertained as the staff mingled with the guests and answered questions about wines and other spirits. The store holds tastings daily and has a Sommelier Club that allows customers to try new wines with custom selections available for pickup each month.

“We want to take the mystery out of wines for the average customer,” said McElveen, who has been a certified Sommelier by the Court of Master Sommeliers since 1996.

Corks Wine and Spirits managers Ryan Megar and Kenneth Go join store owners Dana and Ryan McElveen for a picture before the store’s ribbon cutting and grand opening party on May 3.

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Ryan and Dana McElveen prepare to cut the ribbon and officially open their new business, Corks Wine and Spirits, in Turkey Creek.

■ The Farragut Board of Mayor and Aldermen have passed a hotel-motel tax for Farragut on first reading, with second and final reading, scheduled for the May 23 meeting. To answer questions surrounding the issue, the Farragut Business Alliance has scheduled a called board meeting and a community forum at 8:30 a.m. Thursday, May 16, in the board room at Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Mu-

nicipal Center Drive. The called FBA board meeting will follow.

The tax has been discussed locally for more than two years, with changes in state laws bringing the issue to the forefront for many communities.

Town Administrator David Smoak will be on hand to explain the background of the proposal, how the proposed tax fits with the town’s strategic plan, who

Rose Paving boosts Joy of Music Every day, the Joy of Music School parking lot sees dozens of cars picking up and dropping off kids of all ages toting guitars, violins, music books and more.

While the wear and tear on the parking lot was visible, the available funding to refurbish it was not. That’s when a member of the school’s board of directors, Tim Purcell of Pilot Flying J, made a phone call to Rose Paving Company.

“Not only was Rose Paving happy to help, they offered to donate their services completely,” Purcell said. “I was extremely grateful but not surprised. The Joy of Music School is a terrific organization, and companies like Rose Paving and other community partners are eager to lend a hand.

“Rose Paving jumped at the opportunity to help the school as it works to provide unique opportunities to at-risk kids through music.”

In April, Rose Paving donated nearly $5,000 worth of labor and materials to sealcoat the parking lot and mark the car stalls.

Sealcoating protects the asphalt, prolonging the usable life of the lot.

Frank Graffeo, executive director of the school, said, “We are so grateful to Rose Paving for the donation of services and to Pilot Flying J for helping us make the connection. With the help of community partners like these, our dollars stretch further so that we can continue to make the greatest impact on the lives of financially disadvantaged children.”

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it impacts and the planned use of the funds in regard to tourism and economic development.

Also coming up for FBA is a community forum on healthcare. “The Future of Health Care and its Impact

on Business” will be the topic for a group of panelists at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, May 14, at town hall. Panelists are Jerry W. Askew, senior vice president of governmental relations, Tennova Healthcare; Lance

Jones, CEO of Tennova’s Turkey Creek Medical Center; Pam Lawhorn, vice president, BB&T Insurance Services; and Tim Young, CEO, Summit Healthcare.

The forum is open to the community at no charge.

UT NOTES ■ Sudarsanam Suresh Babu, an authority in the production, design and performance of transforming materials into parts, has been named the 11th University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge National Laboratory Governor’s Chair. Babu will serve as Governor’s Chair for Advanced Manufacturing beginning July 1. Babu will be a professor based in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, and have a joint professorship with the Department of Materials Science and Engineering.

As a Governor’s Chair, he also will have an appointment in the Energy and Environmental Sciences Directorate and in the Energy Material Program at ORNL.

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Property sales continue to climb

By Sherry Witt After a strong first quarter, the month of April continued to bring signs of encouragement to the local real Witt estate and lending markets. For the month that ended on Tuesday, April 30, there were 850 property transfers recorded in Knox County. That’s nearly 150 more than those recorded in March, and also bests last April’s total by

more than 100.

The aggregate value of land sold during the month also continued its upward trend, as $159.6 million worth of property was transferred. Both this March and last April produced just over $137 million in land sales.

Mortgage lending also experienced a surge, jumping nearly $60 million past the March totals to $342.4 million. In April of 2012, about $287 million was loaned against real estate in Knox County.

Perhaps most significant is the fact that the vast majority of April’s land transfers were resi-

dential. The largest commercial transaction of the month, the transfer of two parcels off Pellissippi Parkway, brought $2.6 million. Another commercial sale to Western Avenue LLC came in at $2.49 million. Commercial transfers made up a much smaller percentage of the total than in any recent months.

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NEWS FROM PAIDEIA ACADEMY OF KNOXVILLE

Paideia wins KISL championship

Members of the Paideia Academy Knights middle school varsity soccer team are: (front) Ayden Case, Paul Menard, Drew Clapp, Ben Seaman, Seth Kenny, Bryan Hairston, Connor Cross, Kensi Gray; (back) coach Chris Meystrik, Matthew Menard, Samuel Sadler, Jonathan Meystrik, Caleb Bethel, Bryce Kenny, Sarah Badgett, Caleb Norris, Trey Kelly, Daryl Driscoll and coach Randy Sadler. Photos by Tricia Kenny

made it tough for King’s offense to get the ball through.

Seth Kenny and Kensi Gray worked hard at midfield to keep the ball moving.

The entire team played a great game. Coach Meystrik said, “Every game is always a full team effort and we played a very good King’s Academy team. It has been a long season not defined by any one win.”

Paideia Academy beat King’s Academy Tuesday night, 6-3, to clinch the KISL Varsity Soccer Championship title. This is Paideia’s third year to field a middle school team and their first league title.

“I told the team we needed to desire the toughest path to the championship, and we got it,” coach Chris Meystrik said. “We played the best team in the league on their home field. I couldn’t be more proud of our team!”

When these two teams met early in the season, the game ended in a 3-3 tie. Both teams went on to finish regular season play with one loss each in addition to the tie, and faced off in this game as cochampions of the league.

The Knights were up 4-0 at half time, but King’s Academy fought hard and pulled the game to 5-3 before Paideia scored their final goal.

Caleb Bethel scored five of Paideia’s goals. Jonathan Meystrik added one goal of his own while assisting on three of Bethel’s.

Caleb Norris also had a strong offensive game with solid passes and good teamwork, and Connor Cross played a stellar game at center midfield both offensively and defensively.

Goalkeeper Drew Clapp was clutch in goal for the Knights with some brilliant saves including a one-on-one that changed the momentum of the game while there was still no score. He got plenty of solid defense from Ayden Case, Ben Seaman, Paul Menard and Sarah Badgett, who

Ben Seaman (center) and goalkeeper Drew Clapp (right) defend against a goal attempt by King’s Academy.

Paideia’s first Golf Classic a success Paideia Academy’s first Golf Classic was a great success!

The four-man swat tournament was played last week at Avalon Golf and Country Club to raise money for the school’s Annual Fund. The school plans to make the Golf Classic an annual fundraising event.

“We were overwhelmed at the amount of support that we had for this first tournament,” said Steve Bethel, Paideia Academy’s development director and tournament organizer. “Our community really came together to sponsor and play – we couldn’t have imagined a better turnout.”

Twenty-one teams played for great prizes and giveaways, generously donated by school families and area businesses. Sponsors included Breeding Barbecue, Aubrey’s, Chick-fil-A, Clayton Homes, Coca-Cola, Gentry Tipton & McLemore, Ruby Tuesday, Smokey Mountain Tops, Ted Russell Ford and the Woodlands.

Proceeds directly benefit students through need-based tuition scholarships and property acquisition for future capital development.

Bethel hopes that the tournament will continue to build on this early success.

“We hope that everyone who participates in Paideia Academy’s Golf Classic will get a feel for the special quality of our students and families and the unique benefits that our school has to offer,” Bethel said. “We want to educate servant leaders who will give back to the community that has given so much to them.”

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A rocky start to a wonderful life Even when you do everything right, pregnancy can be full of uncertainty. “This was my second child, and I had a perfectly normal pregnancy with the ďŹ rst one,â€? said Mary Greene of Knoxville. She was surprised to learn, that at 20 weeks into her second pregnancy, her baby boy, Ryan, had developed anemia.

Anemia is a lack of red blood cells. It can lead to a condition called hydropsfetalis, which is when uid accumulates in two or more areas of the baby’s body, a life-threatening condition.

The anemia developed because Greene’s own body had an immune system reaction to the baby. His blood contained an antigen called Kell1, inherited from his father, Adam Greene.

Mary Greene’s blood did not have the antigen, so she developed antiKell1 antibodies, and her immune system began killing off the baby’s red blood cells.

Only about 9 percent of the population has the Kell1 antigen, making this a much more rare condition than Rh factor disease. “It’s very similar to Rh factor disease, but with Rh you can just get a shot. With anti-Kell1, they haven’t ďŹ gured out a way to do that yet,â€? said Greene. “It usually shows up in second pregnancies.â€?

Greene’s physician detected the condition during routine blood work. “They did all those screenings blood tests, and they found out I have it, but they just didn’t know severity,� she said. “At around 22 to 23 weeks, it started to get a little more severe.�

Greene’s obstetrician referred her to high-risk pregnancy

“Ten to 15 years ago, my child would not even have made it. We thank Dr. Stephens every day.� – Mary Greene

Mary Greene enjoys a recent beach trip with husband Adam and sons Jacob (left) and Ryan. specialist Gary Stephens, D.O., who practices at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center’s Perinatal Center.

Stephens said Greene’s baby would need blood transfusions in the womb.

That’s right ‌ in the womb. “Well, at ďŹ rst I was freaked out,â€? said Greene. “But Dr. Stephens was great; he kept me very calm and made sure all my questions were answered.â€?

What makes a pregnancy high risk?

Multiple miscarriages – women who have lost previous pregnancies Pre-term labor – when the mother goes into labor prematurely Gestational diabetes – when the blood sugar level of the mother elevates during pregnancy Hypertension in pregnancy – the mother’s blood pressure rises to abnormally high levels Multiple fetuses – multiples place an added strain on the mother and babies, and require special skills to manage a pregnancy to term.

Previous pregnancies with complications Health problems and/or a family history of genetic disorders in the mother

Using a long needle guided by ultrasound, Stephens inserted it through Greene’s abdomen and into the baby’s umbilical cord.

Once in place, Stephens began infusing the cord with new blood, a process that took a total of about an hour, Greene said. “Dr. Stephens explained the whole process, and even during the procedure he kept talking to me,� she said. “He kept the ultrasound on the whole time, so I watched

most of the transfusions.�

Greene also stayed overnight at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center for monitoring. “The procedure can often induce contractions, so I had to stay overnight to be monitored,� she said. “It really wasn’t very painful, except for the contractions. It was important for me to stay calm, and the nursing staff was wonderful helping me do that.�

In the following weeks, Stephens

continued to monitor Greene’s baby by ultrasound, looking for signs of anemia. In the course of the pregnancy, little Ryan had a total of four blood transfusions, every three weeks or so. “I had the same nursing team every time,� said Greene. “I felt like Fort Sanders was my second home in some ways. I spent more time there than with my husband and son!�

But all that time paid off. Ryan was born in September 2011, at 36 weeks gestation, and required only one more blood transfusion after birth. He weighed 6 pounds, 7 ounces.

Today, Ryan is 19 months old, very healthy and almost as big as his brother Jacob, 3. “He’s large and in charge,â€? said Greene. “And he’s a ďŹ reball.â€?

Greene said she still has a few marks on her stomach where the needles went in. “They remind me how blessed I am to have my son here. I realize we are very blessed to have children in the ďŹ rst place and I looked at this as a blessing and miracle,â€? she said. “Ten to 15 years ago, my child would not even have made it. We thank Dr. Stephens every day.â€?

Specialized care for high-risk pregnancies The Fort Sanders Perinatal Center, located at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, focuses on providing comprehensive pregnancy care to high-risk mothers in complicated pregnancies.

Staffed by perinatologists Gary Stephens, D.O., and Perry Roussis, M.D., the center is equipped with the latest in high-resolution ultrasound for prenatal diagnostic testing. It also has four nurse practitioners, a certiďŹ ed nurse-midwife and two genetic counselors on staff. “We have specialized training in highrisk pregnancies and have a lot of experience with complications,â€? said Stephens. “We’ve both been doing this over 20 years.â€?

Most women are referred to the center by their obstetricians when complications arise in pregnancy – discovering twins or triplets, for example.

Others come to the center because they’ve had previous pregnancy problems or underlying health problems. “Any woman with high blood pressure, diabetes or some genetic disorders would be considered high-risk,� explained Stephens.

“Or, if she’s had a previous complicated pregnancy, she’s considered high risk during another one.�

After delivery, babies born at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center have East Tennessee Children’s Hospital just across the street and connected by an underground tunnel, if extra care is needed. “If there’s a problem with the baby, we have all the resources of Children’s Hospital to help take care of and stabilized those babies,� said Stephens.

But Stephens added that it’s best for a high-risk woman to come to the Perinatal Center before she gets pregnant. “If someone’s not sure, or they think they Drs. Gary Stephens (left) and Perry Roussis spemay be likely to have a high risk pregnancy, cialize in high-risk pregnancy care at the Fort one of the best things we can do for them Sanders Perinatal Center. is to see them before they get pregnant,�

Stephens said. “We can develop a plan of care to optimize their outcome,� he said. “We can For more information on the change their medications, or have them Fort Sanders Perinatal Center meet with a genetic counselor. Seeing those and high-risk pregnancies, women ahead of time can really have a large call 865-673-FORT (3678). impact on the outcome.�

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The kids are alright Dr. Cheryl Greenacre, associate professor of avian and zoological medicine at the UT Veterinary Medical Center, wants you to know something about that baby bird that you saw flopping on your lawn.

Help for PAWS If you have an elderly loved one who might need some company, you may want to consider contacting Knox PAWS (Placing Animals with Seniors).

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Carol’s Critter Corner “It’s perfectly normal,” she says. “It’s trying to develop muscle tone, and its parents are nearby. Leave it alone.”

Dr. Greenacre compares wildlife babies to human teenagers.

“They’re learning how to live life, but they’re making lots of mistakes. One of their mistakes is being out in the open.”

There are a lot of Good Samaritans out there who see a baby animal all alone and pick it up, assuming that it’s in distress. This phenomenon even has a name: “spring kidnapping.” It not only applies to birds, but to rabbits, squirrels, deer and other types of wildlife.

But the best course of action is simply none. It’s all part of nature’s plan.

Particularly vulnerable to well-meaning “rescuers” are animals such as rabbits and fawns that have been taught by their mothers to stay still, blend in with the environment and wait for a parent’s return. When the animal doesn’t flee from an approaching human, many people assume it’s injured and needs help.

“People bring in fawns all the time,” says Greenacre.

“There’s a lot of hard work, time and money that goes into saving lives. If we have people bringing in healthy young animals, it takes time and attention away from the ones who really do need help, and greatly taxes our resources.”

And it puts a serious kink in nature’s system, which is intended to teach the baby how to live in the wild.

In cases of injured wildlife, Greenacre and her colleagues mostly focus on triage. The animal is then handed over to be treated off site by specialists licensed by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.

Everything possible is done to get the animal back to the wild with 100 percent of its athletic ability.

Right now we’re smack in the middle of baby bird season, and fledglings are

everywhere. Once they leave the nest, they’re on their own. They can’t fly very well, which is why the parents stick around for a few weeks.

If you feel you absolutely have to do something to get a baby bird out of harm’s way, put it far back in shrubbery nearby, and lock your cats and dogs inside the house.

On a related note, the good doctor has recently operated on two magnificent birds of prey: a bald eagle and a red-tailed hawk. Both had been shot. The bald eagle made it. The hawk didn’t.

All hawks, owls, and golden and bald eagles are protected by federal law. If you see someone trying to shoot one of these birds, report them.

And leave that baby animal alone, because the kids really are alright.

Send your interesting animal stories to news@ShopperNewsNow.com

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Started in 2004 with a partnership between the Office on Aging and YoungWilliams Animal Center, Knox PAWS helps match seniors with animals looking for homes.

Initially, the program was funded by donations from the community and the Dorothy Kidd Memorial Fund, but the funding is no longer available and the program needs ongoing financial support. A big part of the program is defraying the cost of vaccinations and other adoption fees.

A “dog-friendly” fundraiser will be held to benefit Knox PAWS 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Friday, May 17, at Stanley’s Greenhouse, 3029 Davenport Road. Current clients of the organization will be on hand for a meet and greet. There will be live music, and refreshments will

Sometimes friends come in furry packages. Photo submitted be served. Dogs are also A meet and greet recepinvited to the event. Tickets tion will follow the two eveare $25 at the door. Info: ning performances. w w w. k n o x s e n i o r s . o r g / The two senior groups paws.html originally met in 2008 at a biannual senior theater Senior theater festival. When they met the Local senior theater second time last year, they troupe The Silver Stage began putting together a Players will host the Dar- performance based on their nell Players, a senior the- shared experience in storyater troupe from Atlanta, telling. “The Soundtrack of for three performances Our Lives” is the result.

Admission is free to all of the original work “The Soundtrack of Our Lives: performances although a Original Biographical Sto- $5 donation is suggested. ries Illustrated with Music All proceeds from Friday’s and Pictures” 1 p.m. Fri- evening performance will day, May 31, at the John T. be given to Beck Cultural O’Connor Senior Center and Center, and all other funds 7 p.m. at the Beck Cultural raised will go toward travel Center, and 7 p.m. Satur- expenses for the Darnell day, June 1, at the Broad- Players. Info: 625-9877 or way Academy of Performing email director@wildthyme Arts. players.org.

HEALTH NOTES ■ UT Hospice Adult Grief Support Group meets 5-6:30 p.m. each first and third Tuesday in the UT Hospice office at 2270 Sutherland Ave. A light supper is served. Info or reservation: Brenda Fletcher, 544-6279.

New named zoo’s executive director Knoxville Zoo’s board of directors has chosen Lisa New as the zoo’s new executive director. New has served as interim executive director since January. She previously served as the zoo’s senior director of animal collections and conservation, and has been employed by the Knoxville Zoo since 1990. Photo submitted

■ UT Hospice, serving patients and families in Knox and 15 surrounding counties, conducts ongoing orientation sessions for adults (18 and older) interested in becoming volunteers with the program.

No medical experience is required. Training is provided.

Info: Penny Sparks, 544-6279.

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Meet Bruster Bruster is this week’s adoptable animal from YoungWilliams Animal Center. He is a sweet, loving 2-year-old miniature smooth haired Dachshund mix. His adoption fee is $75 and includes getting neutered, vaccinations and a microchip. Meet Bruster at Young-Williams’ Kingston Pike location or call 215-6599 for more information. See all of the center’s adoptable animals online at www.young-williams.org.

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CONTINUING Knoxville Photo 2013, a juried photography exhibition organized by the Arts & Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville, is accepting entries through midnight Sunday, May 19. Nonrefundable entry fee of $30 covers up to three images. Apply online or download an application at www.knoxalliance.com/ photo.html or send SASE to Suzanne Cada, Arts & Culture Alliance, P.O. Box 2506, Knoxville, TN 37901.

The show will be July 5-26 at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. “Becoming a Volunteer State: Tennessee in the War of 1812” is on display through Sunday, May 19, at the East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. The exhibit from the Tennessee State Museum commemorates the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812 and the role Tennessee played in the war. Hours: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday; 1-5 p.m. Sunday.

TUESDAY, MAY 14 The FARM Knoxville Farmers Market is open 3-6 p.m. in the parking lot of Ebenezer UMC, 1001 Ebenezer Road.

The Dixie Lee Pinnacle Farmers Market is open 3-6 p.m. at Turkey Creek (across from the theater).

The Harvey Broome Group of the Sierra Club will meet at 7 p.m. at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 2931 Kingston Pike. Joanne Logan, professor of applied climatology in the Department of Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science at UT, will speak.

“Jazz on the Square” will feature the Marble City 5 performing 8-10 p.m. at the Bill Lyons Pavilion on Market Square. Free.

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Fellowship Church, 8000 Middlebrook Pike. Those interested may attend any or all sessions. Info: care@ fellowshipknox.org.

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THURSDAY-FRIDAY, MAY 16-17

American Red Cross, 6921 Middlebrook Pike, offers weekly information sessions on nurse assistant, EKG and phlebotomy training 10-11 a.m. Info: 8623508.

UT Medical Center dietitian Janet Seiber will lead a grocery-store tour at 10:30 a.m. at Food City, 11501 Hardin Valley Road, to provide tips on healthy grocery shopping, comparing food labels and selecting food items that fit participants’ desired eating plans.

Cost: free, but reservations required at 305-6970 or www.utmedicalcenter.org/hlk.

Salsarita’s, the Fresh Mexican Cantina, will have an 11 a.m. grand opening for its eighth Knoxville location, in front of Academy Sports on Kingston Pike in Cedar Bluff. The first 100 guests will receive a Cantina Club Card with preloaded amounts ranging from $10 to $500. One of those lucky guests will receive free Salsarita’s for a year. At 2 p.m. there will be hot salsa and burrito eating contests; winners receive free Salsarita’s chips and salsa for a year.

Books Sandwiched In, a lunch-and-learn series, will be held at noon at the East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Nissa Dahlin-Brown, associate director of the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, will discuss “The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education” by Diane Ravitch.

The Knoxville Challenger League will play the University of Tennessee baseball team at UT’s Lindsey Nelson Stadium at 4:30 p.m. as the baseball Vols host a clinic for KCL. The KCL is made up of male and female special-needs players age 5-26. Free.

AARP Driver Safety Class will be offered 12-4 p.m. at Halls Senior Center, 4405 Crippen Road. Info: Carolyn Rambo, 584-9964.

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, MAY 15-16 AARP Driver Safety Class will be offered 12-4 p.m. at John T. O’Connor Senior Center, 611 Winona St. Info: Carolyn Rambo, 584-9964.

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FRIDAY, MAY 17 The FARM Knoxville Farmers Market is open 3-6 p.m. at Laurel Church of Christ, 3457 Kingston Pike.

Alive After Five at the Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park, will feature Christabel & The Jons 6-8:30 p.m. Admission: $10 ($6 for KMA members and college students with ID); free for 17 and under.

SATURDAY, MAY 18 The ninth annual Children’s Festival of Reading, sponsored by the Knox County Public Library, will be held 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the World’s Fair Park Festival Lawn and Amphitheater. Featured writers and storytellers include Sharon Draper, Jarrett Krosocka, Kerry Madden, Bob Shea, Allen Wolf, Marc Tyler Nobleman, Jim Gill, Bobby Norfolk and Sherry Norfolk. The event kicks off the library’s Summer Reading Club. Free admission; free parking in most nearby lots.

The Knoxville Writers’ Guild will host a workshop for writers interested in self-publishing 12-2 p.m. at the Stone House, Church of the Savior, 934 N. Weisgarber Road. The session will address specific questions attendees have about specific projects.

Patricia Gilliam and Daryl Yearwood will lead the workshop. Cost: $40 ($35 members). Registration: www. knoxvillewritersguild.org or KWG Workshops, P.O. Box 10326, Knoxville, TN 37939-0326.

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The International Biscuit Festival will begin with the Southern Food Writing Conference, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. May 16 at the East Tennessee History Center, with 6 p.m. dinner at Blackberry Farm, and 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

May 17 at The Square Room, with an evening event at 7 p.m. at The Southern Depot. The festival continues 9 a.m.-5 p.m. May 18 in Krutch Park and the surrounding area. Info and tickets: biscuitfest.com.

Ensemble Swing Time Band will perform 7-9 p.m. on Market Square. Free. Concertgoers are welcome to bring chairs or blankets. No alcohol or food will be available except on the patios of nearby restaurants.

AARP Chapter #3006 will meet at 11:30 a.m. at Church of the Good Samaritan, 425 N. Cedar Bluff Road, for socializing followed by a noon pizza lunch ($3).

Neal Denton, director of UT Extension-Knox County, Three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning writer will speak on gardening, including container planting.

Rick Atkinson, author of “The Liberation Trilogy: A Info: Betty Berry, 691-8566.

Chronicle of World War II,” will present a lecture and sign books 2:30 p.m. at the Bijou Theatre. Admission: free, but reservations must be made to 215-8883 or at https://kcpl.wufoo.com/forms/a-conversation-withrick-atkinson/. Info: www.easttnhistory.org.

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Change of heart

Heart attack turns doubter into sleep evangelist He’d had rough nights before, the kind when Warren Wilson would wake up the next morning feeling drowsy, tired, achey or as if he’d been beaten in his sleep.

But March 21, 2011, was far worse than usual – that was the day he woke up with a heart attack.

It was also the day that set Wilson to thinking about whether there might be a link between his sleeplessness and his heart attack.

“My wife had been telling me for years that she thought I might have sleep apnea, and I’d been ignoring her,” said Wilson, whose wife Gail works in recovery at Parkwest Medical Center. “I thought, ‘Snoring is a manly thing to do. All men snore!’ But while I was laid up in the hospital, she mentioned it again. A couple of the nurses in the Cardiac Care Unit even mentioned it. They thought I may have sleep apnea because they had seen me stop breathing too.”

Wilson, however, was still unconvinced. After all, he only had blockage to one artery in his heart and that was 100 percent blocked – something that, he reasoned, “might have been all that lard I ate as a kid.”

But six months after his heart attack, again urged by his wife, Wilson walked into the Sleep Disorders Center at Parkwest where he was examined by Dr. Bert Hampton, a board-certified sleep specialist.

“After my initial evaluation of Mr. Wilson, I felt there was a very high probability that he had obstructive sleep apnea and that it had played a major role in his heart attack,” said Hampton who ordered a “split-night sleep study” for Wilson.

“In a split-night study, if obstructive sleep apnea can be documented in the first two hours of sleep, the remainder of the night can be used to determine what CPAP (continuous positive air pressure) pressure and mask work for the patient,” Hampton explained. “Sometimes, a split-night study is planned ahead of time and sometimes it is done emergently due to the severity of the patient’s

Six months after his heart attack, Warren Wilson (left) met with Dr. Bert Hampton for an evaluation of his sleeping disorder.

sleep apnea. Mr. Wilson’s study was planned as a split-night study, but if it had not been planned, he would have met criteria to do a split-night study emergently due to the severity of his sleep apnea.”

So severe, in fact, was Wilson’s apnea that he had only been asleep an hour and 18 minutes when he was awakened by a technician with a CPAP mask in hand saying, “You need this!”

The verdict?

Wilson’s blood oxygen saturation fell to a low of 57 percent (92 to 98 is considered normal), and most importantly, he had “stopped breathing” 66 times during those 78 minutes.

Wilson puts it this way: “If somebody is suffocating you 66 times an hour – somebody grabbing your throat 66 times an hour – that can’t be good for you. That’s what sleep apnea does. The word apnea, by the way, is Latin for ‘without air.’”

In fact, Hampton said, the phrase “stopped breathing” isn’t entirely accurate when describing

obstructive sleep apnea. “More accurately, what is occurring is partial or complete collapse of the airway through the back of the throat which blocks airflow to the lungs,” said Hampton.

According to Hampton, Wilson was trying to breathe in his sleep but the relaxation of his tongue, pharyngeal and jaw muscles was causing his throat to collapse and causing him to breathe through his mouth.

“Usually mouth breathers keep their mouth shut when using CPAP but occasionally a person’s mouth may not stay shut while using CPAP,” said Hampton. “If this happens, the patient needs to use either a chin strap or a mask that goes over the nose and mouth to prevent air from the CPAP from leaking out the mouth. Most people who use CPAP, use a nasal mask or nasal pillows and do not need a chin strap or mask that goes over the nose and mouth.”

While Wilson’s CPAP machine has a chin strap, he has no complaints at all.

Greg Belcher, manager of Parkwest’s Sleep Disorders Center, shows one of the various CPAP devices used in treating sleep apnea.

“I have become an evangelist for sleep studies and CPAP machines,” he says. “I tell everyone about it. I am like the guy who quit smoking – I tell everyone how great it is to have found a fi x to the problem. I think some people fear wearing that nose hose. Some are very resistant to that – Who can sleep with that noisy thing running? But today’s machines are whisper quiet. People have apprehensions about it. But I tell you, it’s much better than the alternative, and that person lying beside you is less likely of having a heart attack, stroke or diabetes.”

Now, Wilson is sleeping the sleep of the just.

“I don’t wake myself up suffocating like I used to,” he says.

“I sleep many, many nights like a baby. It seems like years since I had a full night’s sleep from lying down to getting up. And since the CPAP machine blows humidified air into your nostrils, you don’t have a problem with dry sinuses.

It’s not difficult to travel with either. It comes in its own little case and I take it with me wherever I go. It’s like that credit card – I never leave home without it.”

Sleep apnea more serious than you might think It’s about more than just getting a good night’s sleep.

In fact, sleep apnea is a serious, potentially life-threatening condition that is far more common than generally understood with as many as 18 million Americans estimated to have it.

It occurs in all age groups and both genders and is more common in men, although it may be underdiagnosed in women and young African-Americans.

“The awareness of the medical Hampton says more community and the general education is needed about the public that obstructive sleep health risks of sleep apnea. apnea is a major health issue has increased significantly but still many patients with obstructive Disorders Center at Parkwest sleep apnea go undiagnosed,” said Medical Center. “Efforts need to Dr. Bert Hampton of the Sleep continue to be made to raise the

awareness of the importance of diagnosing and treating sleep apnea.”

Hampton says that lack of knowledge about the affects of sleep apnea could have a serious impact on their health.

“A lot of people still don’t fully understand that obstructive sleep apnea is a risk factor for numerous major health problems including hypertension, diabetes, heart attacks, heart arrhythmias, strokes and even a form of dementia,” he said. “It is also a risk factor for work and driving accidents, poor school and work performance, headaches, memory and concentration problems, sexual dysfunction and low testosterone levels,

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So education about the adverse health effects and quality of life effects of sleep apnea is extremely important.”

But diagnosis of sleep apnea is not simple because there can be many different causes. Primary care doctors, pulmonologists, neurologists or other doctors with specialty training in sleep disorders may be involved in making a definitive diagnosis and initiating treatment.

Diagnostic tests usually are performed in a sleep center, but new technology may allow some sleep studies to be conducted in the patient’s home.

Hampton says the test alone is a stumbling block for many people

who have anxiety over sleeping while hooked up to wires and not wanting to use a CPAP machine or believing they would not be able to tolerate it.

“Most patients that come to a certified sleep center and are evaluated by a certified sleep specialist for sleep apnea and then are recommended to have a sleep study will have a high probability of having sleep apnea,” said Hampton. “The best treatment option for obstructive sleep apnea is CPAP (or some related form of CPAP therapy) so many of these patients will be treated with CPAP. But there are other potential treatment options and these can be discussed with the sleep specialist.”