Bearden Shopper-News 082014

VOL. 8 NO. 33

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IN THIS ISSUE

History Fair offers peek at

New look for Doc’s place

Underground Gay Street

West High School parent David Higdon led efforts to refurbish the Doc Simpson Training Center, built in 1970.

He raised $50,000, primarily from parents of kids now in Bearden Middle School.

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Bill Larson gives a tour of Underground Gay Street during the East Tennessee Historical Society History Fair.

Read Wendy Smith on page A-3

Bearden’s own Forrest Gump Ouch!

Do we really have our own Forrest Gump?

Meet lawyer, preacher, Rotarian, and generally good guy G. Turner Howard III.

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Read Anne Hart on page A-8

Looking at Steve Hall’s defeat It has been 20 years since a Knox County state representative lost a party primary, but Martin Daniel made history when he upset incumbent Rep. Steve Hall on Aug. 7.

The last time that happened was in 1994 when Tim Burchett defeated then-incumbent Rep. Maria Peroulas in the same district.

How did Daniel do it?

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By Wendy Smith In case there was any question about it, attendance at last weekend’s East Tennessee Historical Society History Fair settled all bets − Knoxville loves history.

We love to dress our pooches as historical characters for the annual “History Hound” competition. We like anyone in costume, especially soldiers, and the loud sounds their weapons make. Since we enjoy sports, it’s no surprise that a Civil War-era baseball dou-

ble-header featuring teams from Franklin, Roane County, Nashville and our own Knoxville Holstons was a hit this year.

We also appreciate the things that make our Scruffy City unique − like Underground Gay Street.

This reporter has always been intrigued by the notion that the 100 block of Gay Street was raised to its present level back in 1919, and that the original sidewalks − To page A-3

Neighbors say: Aldi welcome in Bearden

By Wendy Smith

Read Victor Ashe on page A-4

Fit and feisty Ron Garrett grew up with six siblings in the small coalmining town of Benedict, in Lee County, Va. There’s nothing there but kudzu now, he says.

Meet Ron Garrett, owner along with wife Sylvia of Quick Gym in Farragut.

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Farragut residents Ella Sieber and her father, Clinton Sieber, examine a World War II-era helmet with re-enactor Steve Livingston of Fountain City.

There will be two Aldi grocery stores in West Knoxville when a new store opens in Bearden next year. The Aldi in Sherrill Hills opened in 2012. Photo by Wendy Smith

An Aldi grocery store planned at 5214 Kingston Pike, the former site of Ace Hardware in Bearden, is being welcomed by the neighbors − all of the neighbors.

A recent television news report about a meeting between the Bearden Council and Aldi Director of Real Estate Dave Hassen did not accurately reflect the council’s reception of the grocery chain, says member Dennis Owen.

“We’re very happy that someone is coming into the neighborhood with a plan. No one needs an empty building sitting there.”

The council had questions about parking, signage, lighting and landscaping, and all were addressed by Hassen, who was

extremely cooperative, Owen says.

Hassen agrees that the tone of the meeting was positive.

“The council was mostly concerned with maintaining what they have worked hard for, that being a good user-/pedestrianfriendly development that coordinates well with the area,” he said in an email. “The council was very optimistic after our meeting.”

Bearden Council president Terry Faulkner says the group has been building a relationship with the company since early July.

“Members of Bearden Council extended a welcome to Aldi’s when we heard they were locating in Bearden and immediately invited To page A-3

Arthur John Stupka The Smoky Mountains National Park’s first naturalist helped lay out the 800mile trail system in the park.

He also added hundreds of observations to the journal he started at age 15.

Eventually, those observations would number 18,000 and are now computerized as a part of the park archives for use by scientists in understanding the long-term changes in its flora and fauna.

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Pridemore faces trial by fire; lawyers worry

By Betty Bean “You’re at the airport with your wife and kids, getting ready to board a plane to Disney World.

But when you get to the gate for the flight to Orlando, there’s an election, and a guy who’s never flown before is elected pilot and citizens are comPridemore pelled to get on that plane …”

This is how one Knoxville attorney described having pending cases in Chancery Court, Division II, where the newly elected and little-known Republican Clarence “Eddie” Pridemore will preside come Sept. 1.

Pridemore’s victory over respected incumbent Daryl Fansler, a Democrat, was a product of the GOP’s “Red to the Roots” project

and sent shockwaves through the local legal community.

“You hear it from every lawyer of every stripe who practices here, throughout the courthouse and out on the street and everywhere – ‘Oh, my gosh! What’re we going to do now?’ ” said David Buuck, Knox County’s chief deputy law director.

The city of Knoxville is awaiting several decisions in important cases pending in Division II, including Lamar v Knoxville, which challenges the city’s right to regulate billboards; Anderson and Woodridge v Knoxville, an appeal of the city’s closure of Ben Atchley Street in Bearden; and Royal Properties Inc. v Knoxville, dealing with the fate of the Pryor Brown parking garage.

Arthur Seymour Jr. represents the Northshore Town Center developer who intervened in a case filed by county residents opposing a large mixed-use development

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“All I know to do is forge ahead,” Seymour said. “He says he’s going to judge’s school, so there’s that.”

At “Baby Judges’ College,” operated by the Administrative Offices of the Courts in Nashville, Pridemore will have five days of seminars, sign up for his $175,000-peryear paycheck and get fitted for his robe (a standard choir robe will suffice). When he returns, Pridemore will immediately face Motion Day, where dozens of lawyers present a wide variety of cases.

“If Eddie has half a lick of sense, he’ll sit there like a stone, nod his head and take cases under advisement. The problem with that is he’ll have to write opinions and will get swamped pretty quickly. His cases will drag, and complaints will start coming in,” said one very experienced attorney, speaking anonymously.

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Most worry less about Pridemore than about those who will stand before him.

“I have cases where clients will be in front of a judge with no Chancery Court experience who engaged in the political process and had some issues regarding his personal finances. Without being critical of the chancellor-elect, it raises significant questions about the manner and method by which we elect judges in Knox County,” said Greg Isaacs, who represents Lamar Outdoor Advertising.

Attorneys speaking anonymously had less tactful takes: “There needs to be a preliminary threshold for who gets to be a judge. … You’re going to wonder why your children got taken away or why you lost your inheritance. … A chimpanzee could have won if it had an R behind its name. … An incompetent buffoon ran a stealth campaign and got elected.”

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The power of At the beginning of this school year, I want to talk about the power of music and your child’s mind.

Carol Shane

Carol’s Corner As a piano teacher, I try to introduce students to a wide spectrum of music. During one young man’s lesson in the spring of 2013, I put on a CD of Igor Stravinsky’s 20th-century masterpiece “The Rite of Spring.” His eyes lit up. “The dinosaurs!” he exclaimed. “This is, like, my favorite song!” “‘Fantasia,’ right?” I said.

“Yes!” he replied. “I love this! What is it again?”

Fortunately, the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra was getting ready to perform the piece; since I’m an orchestra member, I was able to take Evan (not his real name) to a rehearsal.

The 17-year-old was overwhelmed by the opulence of the theater, and when the orchestra began to play, the largeness of the sound threw him for a loop. “I feel a little lightheaded,” he said.

I made sure he had a bottle of water. “Breathe,” I suggested. In a few minutes I glanced sideways to check on him.

He was playing a video game on his laptop. I was crushed. He knew it, too.

Members of the Knoxville Symphony Youth Orchestra Association demonstrate fierce concentration during a concert.

“I’m sorry,” he whispered. “It’s just too much; I can’t take it all in. I’m overwhelmed, and I need to focus on this for a while; it will help me to calm down.”

We made a deal. Ten minutes of video game, tops, and then he needed to put it away and be present with the sound and the immensity of the experience. He did, he was, and he had what I believe was one of the greatest nights of his young life.

This year he’s a freshman in college. “The Rite of Spring” didn’t make him do that, of course, but at one point during a lesson last year, he did offer this: “You know, studying music is

helping my schoolwork.”

Music enlarges our children’s experience of the world.

And in an age when we are glued to small screens and music comes in 30-second sound bites, our kids need to know about bigger, deeper, more sustained ways to experience it. Their brains will benefit. Their attention spans will grow.

Maybe they’ll want to take part themselves, maybe not. But as they say, “It’s all good.”

In Evan’s case, no matter how much he returns to that small screen, he can’t “un-remember” the sounds he heard that night or the

sights of the musicians making them.

Our area is rife with opportunities for introducing classical music to your kids. WUOT radio – 91.9 FM – plays a wide variety of pieces day and night. Lawson-McGhee Library has an excellent collection of CDs and knowledgeable librarians who are eager to help.

One of the easiest things you can do is to keep music playing in your home. Have it on when you’re eating dinner or when the kids are doing homework. Make it part of the soundtrack of your children’s lives.

Take them to see some real live events. I urge you

to check out the listings for the KSO’s fantastic Young People’s Concerts and Very Young People’s Concerts on the orchestra’s website, w w w.knoxvillesymphony. com.

Or take them to hear kids their own age.

At 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 24, Second Presbyterian Church, 2829 Kingston Pike, will sponsor a free youth concert featuring young performers from all over the city playing and singing classical music.

The Knoxville Symphony Youth Orchestra Association showcases 275 young performers, elementary to high school age. Their fall

Photo by Faith Presnell

concert – the first of four this season – will take place at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 10, at the Tennessee Theatre.

Admission is free. You won’t believe how well these kids play.

The KSYOA’s Maestro James Fellenbaum, whose 3-year-old daughter, Kiri, is a big “Nutcracker” fan, says, “Music opens the mind to unlimited possibilities.

When music becomes part of children’s lives, it introduces them to an entirely new language, one that is infinitely fascinating to explore, and one that everyone understands.”

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Building strength at West High School West High School is known for academic strength.

A new weight facility will give all students the opportunity to develop physical strength.

Wendy Smith When the WHS football boosters raised money to build a new weight-training facility for the football team last spring, parents saw an opportunity to offer an improved facility to the rest of the student body. Principal Katherine Banner toured the Doc Simpson Training Center, built in 1970, with the notion of making it useful for other athletes and school wellness classes.

Not surprisingly, the facility was dirty − and smelly.

Plus, the weight equipment used by the football team was too big and heavy for many students.

West High parent David Higdon was tapped to raise renovation funds. Instead of seeking money from current West parents, the decision was made to focus on parents of rising freshmen, primarily from Bearden Middle School. A total of $50,000 was raised via donations and a party hosted

by Marsha and Jed Dance.

Parents also pitched in to clean up the center, and Knox County Schools will install a new HVAC system.

An open house, catered

by Dead End BBQ, was held last week to showcase the clean, fresh-smelling Doc Simpson Wellness Center.

Every student in the school will utilize the facility, Banner says.

“Without David, it wouldn’t have happened.”

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Knoxville High School memories

Knoxville High School classes of 1945 and 1947 had reunion luncheons last weekend at Bearden Banquet Hall. I invited myself to sit down with a couple of ’45 grads and coaxed them into telling stories.

Elvin Gilmore and Herbert Henry both participated in the ROTC program at Knoxville High. They

Mike Caruthers, Suzanne Caruthers, David Higdon, Leanne Higdon and Amanda Armstrong were among the West High School parents who contributed to the refurbishment and cleanup of the Doc Simpson Wellness Center.

Elvin Gilmore, with his wife, Mary, and Herbert Henry, standing, are 1945 graduates of Knoxville High School. The class had a reunion lunch last weekend.

Hugh Dance, Betty Lou Walker Hale and Peggy Dunsmore Haynes attend a Knoxville High School Class of 1947 reunion.

Photos by Wendy Smith

tablished by their families service project the team has Butterfly Fund founders Misty Barger and Christina Harrill, ac- ■ Butterfly Run to raise funds for research, taken on this year. companied by Mary Caroline Ellis and Gracie Harrill, work at draws a crowd treatment and services Misty Barger said that the fifth annual Butterfly Run, held in honor of their daughters, Approximately 1,100 dedicated to the defeat of she is humbled by the supEmily Barger and Maddie Harrill. people participated in or childhood cancers. port she has received from volunteered at the fifth anThe largest team to com- the community. Other fundnual Butterfly Run, held pete was the Bearden High raisers are the Black Tie wore wool uniforms to gether students from all last Saturday on Cherokee School football team. The Gala, held each spring, and school three days a week over the city. Gilmore, from Boulevard. The race honors entire team was registered, a golf tournament that will and trained in a rifle range northeast Knoxville, some- Emily Barger and Maddie and approximately 75 par- be held at Fox Den Counin the school’s attic that was times rode street cars to Harrill, who lost their bat- ticipated, said associate try Club in September. For run by two World War I ser- school. Henry, from Fifth tles with cancer in 2008. head coach Hunter Fendley. more information: www.

The Butterfly Fund was es- It was the fifth community- butterflyfund.org/.

Avenue, walked. geants, Henry said.

It was a wonderful build“That helped us stay ing, and the school had a healthy − walking and top-notch staff. UT profes- walking,” he said.

The walking wasn’t bad sors filled in for teachers who were away because of in the springtime, when he From page A-1 the war. would stroll to a drugstore Henry recalled being on Market Square in the chosen as one of four com- company of female class- an Aldi representative to Bearden. The store is family- cards. It also stocks many of meet with us. We have been oriented and has good pro- its own brands. mencement speakers for mates.

The Bearden Aldi store Gilmore found similar working with a rep since that duce and low prices, he says. his class. He memorized his speech but felt like he had happiness in a drugstore. time on pedestrian safety is- “People with fixed incomes is expected to open in fall cotton in his mouth when he He became a pharmacist sues, landscaping and sig- benefit greatly from having 2015. them in town.”

“We are excited to get the stood before an audience of and met his wife, Carter nage at their site,” she says.

Aldi grocery store found- project going and look for“They have been one of thousands at UT’s Alumni High School grad Mary Gilmore, when she came to most cooperative and en- ers Karl and Theo Albrecht ward to offering the area a Auditorium. thusiastic businesses we began their discount-gro- grocery alternative to save The school brought to- pick up a prescription. have partnered with in our cery store empire in Ger- them 30 percent to 50 per13 years of work to create an many. A disagreement over cent on their grocery bill,” environmentally sustainable the sale of cigarettes caused Hassen says. a rift that eventually led the community in Bearden.” brothers to go separate ways, David Williams, presiFrom page A-1 dent of the Pond Gap neigh- and the result was a second borhood association, says grocery-store chain − Trader were revealed. he sent a letter to the gro- Joe’s. Aldi came to the U.S. The renovation also un- cery store chain welcoming in 1976, and there are curearthed the possibility of them to the neighborhood. rently 1,300 U.S. locations developing the long-buried There are currently three and 4,000 worldwide. sidewalks and original first Aldi stores in Knox County.

Call The chain keeps prices floors of the 100 block of Pond Gap resident Pete low by requiring a 25-cent Gay Street.

Waggoner has shopped at deposit on shopping carts, TERMITE AND PEST CONTROL “I’m sure David Dewhirst the Aldi on Schaad Road, asking customers to use Since 1971 would be more than happy and he looks forward to their own shopping bags to receive input about what shopping at the new store in and not accepting credit Rated A+ should be done, and ideas for how money might be raised to do it,” said Larson.

Jan’s husband, Bill LarThree-year-old Lydia Toth of East Knoxville makes a doll son, provided tours of the with help from Betty Allen. east side of the underPhotos by Wendy Smith ground, which basically encompasses the original first floor of the Emporium. the grade, Larson said. This The sidewalk continues past was accomplished by build- a courtyard between the Antiques • Primitives • Handmade Items • Garden • Seasonal ing a wall where the side- Emporium and the Sterchi walk met the road on both Lofts, and ends with a gate sides, and filling it with at the lofts. The tunnel is dredge from the river. Sup- surprisingly well lighted by ports were built to hold up the courtyard and the new new sidewalks, and glass glass bricks installed during bricks were installed to give the 2009 renovation.

If a history fair could bring light to the area below.

A Primitive Country Gathering of Old & New In 2000, the street was thousands out on a Saturrenovated to bring the road day afternoon, we can only Admission $5 Adults up to current standards, and wonder how popular UnChildren under 12 free archeological treasures, like derground Gay Street might the original trolley tracks, prove on a Saturday night.

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Underground Gay Street now a story below the current sidewalks − still exist.

An ETHS presentation by Jan Larson to a standingroom-only crowd featured slides of Gay Street before, during and after the massive project to raise the street.

The presentation took place in what was originally the ground floor of the Emporium. Underground Gay Street is visible beyond the original glass storefront.

“This is the old streetlevel entry from when this was a furniture factory,” she explained. “Now, when you walk in from Gay Street, you’re actually on the second floor.”

The train and the river were both important for transporting people and goods into and out of town, and Gay Street was the most direct route between the two. But the street was a challenge, especially for those carrying goods, or wearing heavy dresses, because it was a steep hill.

City leaders decided to build a viaduct to even out

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government High bar for Clarence Eddie Dr. Fred Hurst often asks: What do you call the guy who finished last in his class in medical school?

Answer: “Doctor.”

Pundits are worried about newly elected chancellor Clarence “Eddie” Pridemore. And we agree he has a high bar to maintain customary Knox County standards.

Pridemore just cannot pay out bonuses for courses not taken; and he must not spend county money to buy a Blu-ray player and discs for his “downtime.”

He must never use a county P-Card at JJ’s Mega Wigs on Gay Street and then, when caught, claim it was for gasoline.

No, no, Eddie. You cannot talk to John Valliant on a cell phone from the bench

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and then, when caught, claim it was about rental property.

And you must never, ever coerce probationers into sex for prescription drugs.

Yep. The bar is high for Clarence Eddie.

But think about it. In some ways the guy’s a genius. How many of his critics are making $175,000 a year for eight years guaranteed, plus a pension?

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Jamie Rowe: fast out of the gate Judging by the media speculation about 2nd District school board candidate Jamie Rowe, the casual reader might think she was: A. A political juggernaut.

B. A political unknown.

C. An Indya Kincannon wannabe.

D. Somebody’s puppet.

The “juggernaut” speculation grew out of a published report that Rowe has a 250-name host committee list. The air of mystery has been promoted by reporters attempting to suss out which side of the essential James McIntyre argument she’s on by checking out her Facebook friends. The Kincannon mention comes from an assumption that the former board member’s positions reflect those of her district. And the “puppet” suspicion? See item B. Underlying the questions is the fact that the election could flip the balance on a board that has been 8-1 proMcIntyre to a 5-4 split the

Association leaders Ronnie Collins, Katie and Bev Gooch, City Council members Mark Campen and Nick Della Volpe, retired art teachers Betty Maloy (Central) and Christine Harness (Gresham); Retired TVA executive Nan Scott, former County Commissioners Mark Harmon and Billy Tindell, longtime Central teacher (and Tommy Schumpert campaign mastermind) Jean Payne, Fountain City activist Barbara Ray and numerous members of the extended Helton family, long active in Fountain City athletics and community life.

Who’s not there?

Any member of the school board.

Rowe, who has voted in both Republican and Democratic primaries, was active in Kincannon’s first (and only contested) campaign.

Did she ask for Kincannon’s endorsement?”

“No, I did not. I called her as a courtesy, but I’m

running for s c h o o l board, and I’m confident enough in my own beliefs that I won’t be copying anyone Jamie Rowe else.”

Would she have voted to extend Superintendent James McIntyre’s contract?

“No. There was no logical reason to commit $222,000 more taxpayer dollars (for a fourth year). To me, that’s not fiscally responsible. I want to see resources used wisely.”

Space doesn’t allow listing much of her resume, but here are some highlights: 2004 Fountain City Woman of the Year, 1991 Bicentennial Gold Medal Award Winner (for environmental education work at Gresham Middle School), founder of the Shannondale Walkathon.

First, Daniel invested $85,000 of his own money into his campaign, which allowed him to do the mailings, yard signs and phone calls needed to win.

This money only matched what Hall had accumulated in PAC donations over four years.

Second, Daniel committed his personal time going door to door for more than 60 consecutive days, becoming known to voters during the hot summer.

Hall had others going door to door for him.

Third, Hall did not realize the aggressive force coming onto the field against him until early voting was well underway. He was caught flat-footed.

Fourth, Hall handed Daniel three issues that only Hall could have cre-

ated and caused voters to abandon Hall.

Those issues included legislation to sell Lakeshore Park, which is the most used park in the city.

Hall also sponsored legislation to allow Tennova to build a high-rise hospital on Middlebrook Pike without checking with the neighborhood as to their views while accepting significant campaign donations from the Tennova PAC. Hall then endorsed Stacey Campfield for state senate on TV when Campfield was politically toxic.

Fifth, the two appearances Hall and Daniel made together on TV assisted Daniel, whose performance was more polished and informed while Hall was clearly on the defensive and visibly distressed in front of the camera.

Sixth, the margin of victory for Daniel came from

the Rocky Hill county precinct and Deane Hill Recreation city ward.

Both are adjacent to Lakeshore Park, which Hall tried to sell.

Hall had lobbied to have those precincts placed in his district to maintain a 70 percent GOP flavor to the district.

It never occurred to Hall that he might lose in a primary to a resident of these new precincts. Daniel lives in Rocky Hill.

Future and current legislative incumbents might take note that people do watch the legislation you introduce and it can become an issue. Also, clever redistricting may work against you, not for you. Be careful whom you endorse, especially if he is losing by an overwhelming margin. Talk to voters before introducing legislation that impacts them.

in 2006. He’s now serving a 13-year prison term.

The late Sen. Ted Kennedy, shining Democratic star, drove off a bridge in 1969, killing his passenger, and didn’t report the incident until the following day. Massachusetts voters continued to re-elect him until he died in 2009.

Hypocrite and incumbent U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais has apparently won his Republican primary contest for Tennessee’s 4th Congressional District.

In our own backyard, starting in 2004 Republican state Sen. Stacey Campfield held office for a decade until even the Voting Dead were undone by his lunacy.

If Clarence Pridemore

has taken a bribe, driven off a bridge, talked out of both sides of his mouth about abortion or trashed gays there’s no record of it. And if the media attention he’s drawn since the election seems like beating a dead horse, it’s because this horse never should have left the paddock.

Pridemore himself may be suffering from partial brain death, as demonstrated by this on his campaign website, www.pridemore2014. com: “I hope to make Knox County proud to have me as it’s next Chancellor.”

Do we want a Chancellor who doesn’t know the difference between “it’s” and “its”?

Can Knox County afford a copy editor to clean up his

written decisions?

Pridemore’s recent bankruptcy doesn’t inspire confidence. Now the voting dead have handed him authority over the affairs of an untold number of others for eight years.

Where will the new Chancellor stow the “conservative Republican” label that he wore during the campaign when his court opens for business?

Does conservative Republican justice differ from run-of-the-mill Republican justice? From Democratic justice?

“Better Dead than Red” was a popular slogan way back when. For the “voting dead” in this race, they’re one and the same.

Betty Bean other way.

Rowe, long active in local politics and schools, has never run for office before, understands the speculation, but has been too busy to address it.

Last Friday, three days before Kincannon officially vacated her school board seat, Rowe planted a couple of green-and-white Jamie Rowe for school board signs in front of her Tazewell Pike home and sat down to talk.

She moves fast but not fast enough to have signed up 250 public supporters (she claims 180-something on the list so far).

Here’s a sample of who’s on there: former City Council members Carlene Malone and Jack Sharp, Alice Bell Spring Hill Neighborhood

Steve Hall, Mark Donaldson moving on Mayors Burchett and Rogero will appoint a committee under a new state law to choose a new MPC director as Mark Donaldson has decided to move on.

However, it is unclear how many members will serve on it, their qualifications, who will chair it, who will fund it, who will staff it and its timetable. Meetings and records of this committee must be subject to public review and attendance.

Neighborhood groups worry that Rogero’s deputy Bill Lyons will overly influence her choices for this committee as Lyons has recently clashed with the Fort Sanders Neighborhood by having excluded Fort Sanders from the World’s Fair Park review committee membership. They feel Lyons is unfavorable to his-

toric neighborhoods if big businesses are involved.

This column first reported the hiring of Dave Hill at MPC in May, which triggered a firestorm of criticism leading to the Donaldson departure.

It is amazing that MPC chair Rebecca Longmire defended the Hill hiring, saying it was in compliance with the MPC bylaws. Even if the bylaws were followed, it is clear the bylaws need to be changed to assure fairness in hiring.

Both Rogero and Burchett issued statements on Donaldson leaving. Rogero’s was lengthy and full of praise. Burchett’s was two sentences long with a single “thank you.”

Martin Daniel: It has been 20 years since a Knox County state representative

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lost a party primary, but businessman Martin Daniel made history when he upset incumbent Steve Hall by 157 votes on Aug. 7. It was 1994 when Tim Burchett defeated then-incumbent Rep. Maria Peroulas in the same district.

Conditions were ripe for Hall to lose, but it required a combination of circumstances. Had any of those circumstances been missing, Hall might have prevailed as Daniel’s initial polling showed Hall was 40 points ahead.

Night of the ‘voting dead’ “Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.”

– H.L. Mencken Sorry, Stephen King.

Move over, Edgar Allan Poe. The horrors that sprang from those fertile imaginations have been eclipsed by real life: The “voting dead” are at large in Knox County.

What else explains the brain-dead decision made by more than 30,000 of our fellow citizens to vote for the manifestly unqualified Clarence Pridemore Jr. over Daryl Fansler for Chancellor on Aug. 7?

Frankly, I’ve owned cats with more impressive resumes than Pridemore’s few years in retail and real-estate sales.

The litmus test for voting in this contest was as simple as it gets: Are you capable of tying your shoes with only minimal assistance? Then you voted for Fansler without hesitation.

On the other hand, if your frontal cortex teemed with the logic-devouring virus of

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party-line voting, you pulled the lever for Mr. Least Likely To Succeed.

Historically, the Voting Dead cast their mindless ballots about equally for Republicans and Democrats: Despite being nailed by the FBI with $90,000 cash in a freezer in 2005, U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, a Democrat, won re-election

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It’s great to be a Tennessee Vol Tennessee football is so much fun when the Volunteers win.

The religious devotion, old-fashioned faith, is again justified. Joy is contagious.

Strangers laugh and exchange high fives. Costs of tickets and parking and hot dogs no longer seem exorbitant.

There is a buzz as the thousands depart, replaying highlights. Some move on to next week and guess what the score will be and wonder if it is finally our turn against Alabama and who will make all-American. All is right with the world. Well, almost.

Excitement carries over to dinner parties and latenight snacks and even Sunday school. I once heard a preacher weave a Vol victory

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into a sermon.

Tennessee football is so much pain and anguish and indigestion when the Volunteers lose. It hurts to say they’ve been doing a lot of that lately and by some rather ugly scores. Our terrific freshmen Butch Jones brought in were 11 or 12 the last time Tennessee was relevant.

Losing generates so many negatives and very feeble excuses. The coach called the wrong play. We should

try the other quarterback.

How can all those officials miss that obvious holding foul? Our team is so young and inexperienced and the ball was wet.

Offended fans take losing personally. Coffee is lukewarm and breakfast is tasteless. Traffic is terrible, the computer is slow and it looks like more rain.

Losing lasts through Tuesday and sometimes Wednesday if Florida did it. Business suffers. No kidding. Losing dulls ordinary discussions.

Eventually, a trace of optimism breaks through, suffering subsides and believers come back to life and start counting again. Can the Vols still qualify for a

bowl game?

I am reminded of a little essay I did years ago: What is Tennessee football?

Some think of it as the greatest show on Earth, high drama, gladiatorial theater, pomp and circumstance, played out in front of huge audiences, soon to be bigger with the new SEC Network.

Faces change and even that forever jersey turns gray but the story line stays the same, us against them, passion and glory or confusion, turnovers and heartbreak.

Been there and seen it all.

For sure, Tennessee football is money, multimilliondollar budget, low or no reserve fund, greedy amusement taxes, astronomical

debt service, Butch’s salary plus a bonus for players’ academic success.

OK, I know you are wondering. Dave Hart is paid $817,250 to be athletic director – unless I missed a recent raise.

Tennessee football rises above it all.

Some said my best line from that years-ago summation was this: “Tennessee football is an ensemble of very special people, a collection of remarkable snapshots, moments inextricably linked by blood, sweat and tears, always orange.”

To me, Tennessee football will remain the memory of George Cafego, the epitome of a Volunteer. It is Doug Atkins and Reggie White getting bigger and better through the years. It is Larry Seivers and Dick Williams and Curt Watson

and Bill Young and others who required no recruiting.

Tennessee had always been their team.

Tennessee football is that season of destiny, the ’98 national championship. It is the Arkansas fumble and Al Wilson refusing to lose.

Tennessee football is checkerboards and the Vol Walk and the Neyland statue. It is Dewey Warren’s one-yard run in Memphis and Peyton Manning leading the band and staying for his senior season.

Tennessee football is the exhilaration of walking away a winner and the futility of final seconds ticking away when the Vols are behind and can’t do anything about it. You feel like crying and maybe you do – until somebody starts the chant, “It’s great to be a Tennessee Vol.” Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@netzero.com.

Arthur Stupka: Archivist of the Smokies Arthur John Stupka was born on Oct. 24, 1905, the oldest of four children of Louis and Mary Stupka, both natives of Bohemia, now the Czech Republic.

Louis owned a meat and produce market in Cleveland, Ohio, on the southern shore of Lake Erie. That is where Arthur first experienced the great outdoors.

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He graduated from Ohio State University, where he also earned his master’s degree in zoology, and then joined the National Park Service at Yellowstone as a ranger-naturalist in 1931.

The following year he was

transferred to Acadia National Park near Bar Harbor, Maine, as chief naturalist.

He came to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 1935, just one year after the park was created.

J. Ross Eakin, the park’s first superintendent, told him, “I don’t need a naturalist because I don’t want any more visitors (until construction is finished).” Eakin advised him to get acquainted with the park by hiking, observing and recording.

He also was charged with establishing a natural history collection and making connections with the scientists who could help develop the park’s resources.

He spent the next four years doing just that and working closely with the Civilian Conservation Corps to lay out the 800-mile trail system in the park, one of Stupka’s proudest achievements. He also added hun-

dreds of observations to his journals, which he had begun when he was only 15.

Eventually, those observations would number 18,000 and are now computerized as a part of the park archives for use by scientists in understanding the longterm changes in its flora and fauna.

He documented the disastrous year of 1946 when the American chestnut had already disappeared and the acorn crop was very poor. It was estimated that between one-third and one-half of the black bear population left the park’s sanctuary that year in search of food.

Gray squirrels had a mortality of up to 90 percent in some watersheds.

There possibly were specialists who knew more than Stupka about birdlife in the Smokies, and probably some knew more about mushrooms, herbs, shrubs

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and trees. Others may have known more about animals and reptiles. However, Arthur Stupka probably knew far more about all of those things as a group than any other inNaturalist and party on conducted dividual. His intertrip. A typical group of tourists gathnational reputation ered beside the trail for the indoctriinfluenced specialnation talk by Ranger Stupka. Photo ists like Roger Tory courtesy of the GSMNP, Neg. #5600 Peterson to provide expertise in the park’s planning and Arthur J. Stupka (1905-1999). This development.

In 1961, after 25 years 1946 portrait was taken at the as park naturalist, when he height of Ranger Stupka’s 25-year was within two years of re- career as chief naturalist of the Great tirement, he was offered the Smoky Mountains National Park. Photo courtesy opportunity to use the large of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Neg. #12946 attic in park headquarters as his study. There he pro- keeping and added to the interred in Sevier Counduced this series of books journals in the park’s ar- ty’s Walnut Grove Cemand pamphlets summariz- chives. He passed away etery near the Great Smoky ing his knowledge of the April 12, 1999, at age 93, Mountains that he loved. flora and fauna of the park. survived by his wife, Grace After his retirement, Ar- G. Stupka, two daughters, to park archivist Michael Aday thur J. Stupka remained in four grandchildren and sev- Thanks and Martha Rosson of the McClung HisGatlinburg, continued his en great-grandchildren. Af- torical Collection for their assistance observations and record- ter private services, he was with the photographs and text.

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Three generations at CAK

Daughter and mother CAK teachers Sarah Hunt Traylor and Amy Hunt, and Sarah’s son Jack, a student in CAK’s Early Learning Program.

CAK is proud to have three generations of the Hunt family at CAK. Amy Hunt is a 5th grade teacher, her daughter Sarah (Hunt) Traylor teaches in the high school and her grandson (Sarah’s son), Jack, is in the Early Learning Program. Sarah also attended CAK, graduating in the Class of 2001.

“I never dreamed when (Sarah) became a teacher that she would be at CAK,” Hunt said of her daughter. “I think God just kind of took us down that path; it wasn’t something that we set out.”

Hunt has taught at CAK for 22 years, teaching 4th and 5th grade. When she first sent her children to CAK, she wasn’t yet a teacher.

“We really put our kids here on faith,” Hunt said.

“And now when I think about the fact that we’re all here,

it’s a cool thing. It makes it seem like this is such a community.”

Sarah said deciding to send Jack to CAK was a “nobrainer.”

“My mom works here, I work here, graduated from here, husband graduated from here, kind of an easy decision,” Traylor said. “It’s been awesome, his teachers are fabulous, he loves his friends.”

With the new hire of Julian Williams as Information Systems Manager, the Williams family also has three generations at CAK. Julian’s mother, Jane Williams, has been at CAK for 30 years in a variety of roles including Elementary Principal and Curriculum Coordinator. Julian’s son Jadon is in CAK’s Early Learning Program.

From CAK to Broadway The day before rehearsals for the next show started, Travis Blackwell was busy doing dishes. That’s right, he washed out coffee mugs, prepared the coffee and tea station and then got on FaceTime to do a quick interview with CAK Today.

That’s what life is like as production stage manager, and Blackwell is loving every minute of it.

“It is a lot less glamorous than actually being on stage,” Blackwell said with a laugh, “but I really feel like I’m living a dream.”

In fact, since graduating from CAK in 2012, Travis Blackwell has been very busy.

He has worked on 28 productions including theater, dance, concerts and special events.

“It has been a bit of a whirlwind,” Blackwell admitted.

“CAK is where I first discovered my passion for theater, and my time spent on the stage in the Campus Center still ranks among my favorite experiences today.”

Blackwell is a sophomore at the University of Memphis, where he received a full scholarship. He is majoring in theater with a concentration in design and technical production and a focus in stage management.

What is most impressive, however, is the experience Blackwell receives outside of the classroom. He is spending most of this summer working at the Weston Playhouse Theatre Company in Weston, Vermont.

“Weston is a very well respected regional theater,” Blackwell said. “So it’s a huge stepping stone in regards to working on an (Actors’) Eq-

uity house with union professionals. I’m really enjoying my time here.”

CAK grad Travis Blackwell will soon join the Broadway crew of “Wicked” as a stage management intern. Photo by Allison Acuff This winter, Blackwell will go to New York to join the Broadway company of “Wicked” as a stage management intern under the leadership of Production Stage Manager Marybeth Abel.

“Wicked,” the smash-hit musical currently in its 10th record-breaking year on Broadway, is the only Broadway show that offers an internship in stage management of this kind.

“It literally is a dream come true,” Blackwell said. “‘Wicked’ was the thing that got me into theater to begin with, so it really has come full circle for me.”

Blackwell said he has seen “Wicked” 13 times since he first saw it in 2008.

“It was the first show I really became obsessed with,” Blackwell said. “After researching and learning more

about the show, it really sparked my desire to work in theater.”

In fact, he started theater at CAK in 6th grade and hasn’t looked back.

“I realized early on that Travis was not only artistically talented but a leader,” said CAK Musical Theatre Director Peggy Filyaw. “He has an eye for detail and an untiring appetite to learn. Even as a middle schooler, Travis possessed a maturity that was well beyond his years. But most important, he was easy to work with. I count it one of the many blessings I have had in my years of teaching at CAK to have had the opportunity to work with Travis and to watch his phenomenal career unfold.”

Blackwell participated in every musical theater production during his years at CAK, with his first role being the baker in “Cinderella,” and his last role being the Beast in “Beauty and the Beast.”

While in Knoxville, Blackwell was also extremely active in community theater, having worked extensively with the Oak Ridge Playhouse, Children’s Theatre of Knoxville and the Erin Youth Players.

To date, his resumé totals 70 productions.

“For anyone interested in theater, I would recommend that you take any opportunity you can while you’re in high school, work in the community, church theater, get as much experience as possible,” Blackwell said. “Theater is one of those things where you get as much out of it as you put into it. Your future is really in your hands.”

Blackwell credits CAK Musical Theatre Director Peggy Filyaw and her team, Janet McLean, Gina Grubbs, Cheryl Nehls and Kristin Smith, for all of the opportunities.

“I’m so thankful that they let me explore my love for theater and experience using my gifts for God,” Blackwell added. “I really got a good foundation that I have carried with me into collegiate and professional theater.”

Blackwell also credited parental and administrative support in encouraging him to

explore while he was in high school.

“It’s so important for kids to know that they can go on to pursue their dreams,” Blackwell said. “CAK does a really great job of that and that’s partly the reason I am where I am today.”

It’s been a fast road for Blackwell, but the best lies ahead.

“I’m a little nervous (to join the crew of ‘Wicked’), but I feel so prepared,” Blackwell said. “It’s just an incredible opportunity. I’m so excited!”

Words to live by

As selected by the Class of 2015, the theme verse for the 2014-15 school year at Christian Academy of Knoxville is: Hosea 10:12: “Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the Lord, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.”

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The mask of comedy For his anger is but for a moment; his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may linger for the night, but joy comes with the morning.

(Psalms 30:5 NRSV) Even in laughter the heart is sad, and the end of joy is grief.

(Proverbs 14:13 NRSV)

Young worshippers participate in Love War, held at 7:30 p.m. each Tuesday at the Fifth Avenue house, 119 W. Fifth Ave. Wendy Smith

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: a worship revolution

By Wendy Smith It’s a weekly worship service, but it’s not held in a church. It happens every Tuesday in a building called the Fifth Avenue house, which is not really a house. It’s called Love War, but that’s an unofficial name, says Nathan Fray.

Fray is the drummer for a local worship band called United Pursuit. The band was started by Fray, a Bearden High School graduate, and keyboardist Will Reagan, a Gibbs High School alumnus. It grew to include guitarist Brock Human and bass player John Romero, and since 2007, United Pursuit has released 10 albums and developed a worldwide following.

Tour manager Michael Carr admits that the weekly worship session, which attracts hundreds of teens and young adults, is hard to define. But the concept is actually quite simple.

People from across the city come together to worship. No denominations, no teaching − just free-form, musicdriven worship.

Reagan has a creative gift for leading a roomful of people in worship, he says. The Tuesday night music is spontaneous, and repetitive lyrics allow the crowd to participate.

“It’s an open invitation to the body of Christ in Knoxville to easily come in, with no requirements, to worship.”

The Fifth Avenue house, at 119 W. Fifth Ave., is a long way from the suburbs. But the fact that it’s just around the corner from KARM doesn’t deter teens like Farragut High School senior Katie Haremski. She attends Love War because it’s different from a typical church experience.

“I like it because it’s spirit-led, which changes something,” she says.

It doesn’t look like church, either.

The enormous music venue features soft lighting and area rugs that invite worshippers to sit on the floor when the folding chairs are filled.

Last week, Haremski brought her friend, Jennifer Gribble, who works for Two Rivers Church in Lenoir City.

That’s how the event, which started in a living room with 10 worshippers, has grown to well over 300 participants.

The Internet has played a significant role in the band’s endeavors. The nonprofit United Pursuit Ministries purchased the Fifth Avenue house last year with the help of a local foundation and an online Indiegogo campaign that raised $109,000 in just 30 days.

Monthly expenses are covered by subscriptions that give fans from around the world access to an online archive of worship videos as well as a three-song EP (extended play) recording each month. The “lifestream” account has approximately 500 subscribers, Fray says.

The band plans to kick off a new fundraising campaign this fall to pursue its vision to turn the 10,000-square-foot facility into a community center that would be open every day. Planned renovations include an improved front entry with a coffee shop.

Fray acknowledges that the space will be needed if Tuesday night worship continues to grow. Numbers typically drop off during the summer, he says, but not this year. He thinks the simplicity of the event appeals to young people, who tend to live very structured lives.

The unofficial name Love War was coined years ago. It’s all about the power of God’s love, which is stronger than any weapon or violence, he says.

“It’s strong enough to break down addictions or any strongholds over young people’s lives.”

Getting to know Grace’s Breland

By Nancy Anderson Grace Baptist Church, already known for its great music services, may have scored a major hit in hiring new worship pastor Jason Breland.

Breland cut his teeth on the road in the contemporary Christian music scene and is a successful recording artist in his own right. His father, John Roger Breland, founded the contemporary Christian rock group Truth in the early 1970s.

As worship leader, Breland will oversee the musical programs at the church, including Sunday services. The choir at Grace Baptist is 275 members strong, ministering to a Sunday-morning crowd of approximately 2,500. There are 500 in the children’s

tian music and previously served as worship pastor at First Baptist of North Mobile in Alabama. He says he wouldn’t have any other job in the world.

“Being a pastor is everything to me,” says Breland.

“People say if you can do anything else, do it. But I wouldn’t have it any other way. I don’t view it as a job.

I do get paid, and I’m grateful for that, but it is actually a privilege to do what I do.”

Breland says plans for Jason Breland Photo by Nancy Grace are to increase parAnderson ticipation from service attendees. He wants to get program, plus an active se- people excited about what’s nior program. Breland will happening in church and also oversee planning the get them actively involved large concert events spon- in the worship experience through music. sored by Grace.

“I’m a cheerleader. If I’m Breland has 20-plus years’ experience in Chris- excited about it, they’ll be

excited about it, too. I’ve only been here three or four months, and I’m already seeing the barrier being broken down and people becoming more engaged. It’s a huge win, and I’m thrilled to see that happening.”

Breland and wife Amy have been married nearly 20 years, the first three of which were spent on a tour bus when he was lead singer with Truth. Their first child spent the first year of her life on tour as well. The whole family loves music.

“Sometimes we’ll all be in different rooms singing the same song in harmony,” says Breland. “As the kids get older, we’ll enjoy our music even more.”

Breland says he is getting to know his new home, but there is one thing he wants

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With the death of Robin Williams, the world is a sadder place, having lost a world-class clown. However, as one television commentator opined, “God is surely laughing right now.” I can only imagine the string of jokes Williams may be offering at the Pearly Gates.

I was never a “Mork & Mindy” fan, so I first discovered Robin Williams in “Dead Poets Society.” I remember hearing people express their amazement at his playing a serious role. I didn’t know then that clowning was his native tongue.

Today, stunned, we ask ourselves what could have made such a beloved, funny, creative, inventive man become so despondent as to (apparently) take his own life? He had a wife and three children, an adoring public, years of life ahead. And yet …

The ancient Greek theater used masks to denote comedy and tragedy. Scholars say that the masks were made obvious so that the persons sitting on the farthest seats of the amphitheater could see the emotions being portrayed.

However, there is another sense in which comedians – perhaps especially Williams – wear masks. I believe comedy is a defense mechanism, a way to push away sadness, to cover it, hide it, deny it or fight it. Williams’ comedy (particularly in interviews) was his armor. He kept interviewers at bay, off balance, laughing so hard they could not talk. By so doing, Williams managed to control the interview and evade uncomfortable questions. When Robin Williams was on, no

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one else had a chance!

So now, the world wonders, what exactly were the demons that lurked in the wings? Apparently, there were tremendous fears and doubts and insecurities, perhaps even a terrible diagnosis. Most probably, we will never know exactly.

What can we learn from this shocking news?

That life is fragile. That we live in a fallen, broken world.

That, sadly, we don’t always get what we want, and we can’t keep what we have.

However, we also learn that the sun comes up again.

The world keeps turning. Life goes on. Somewhere in this country, right now, a young comedian is honing his skills, practicing his timing, finding ways to make us laugh.

So, in the spirit of Robin Williams, tell a joke today.

Tell several. Find something to laugh about. Go to see a performance by that young comedian. Encourage him or her, if you can.

And even now, in the midst of our sorrow, Red Skelton and Emmett Kelly – those master clowns – are welcoming one of their own, and heaven is a merrier place.

So, remember our friend Robin Williams with joy. And remember, too, that “Laughter is deliverance, bubbly salvation” (“Stitches,” Anne Lamott).

■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753

Oak Ridge Highway, hosts Wednesday Night Dinners weekly. Dinner and dessert is $7 for adults and children ages 6 and up; $3 for ages 5 and under; $20 maximum for a family. Dinner starts 5:45 p.m. Classes, study groups and activities begin about 6:30. Dinner reservations and payment must be made by noon Monday. Info/reservations: 690-1060m, www. beaverridgeumc.org.

people to know about Grace Baptist Church: “Grace” isn’t just a name, he says.

“You don’t have to clean up your act to come here.

It doesn’t matter what your background is or what baggage you have with you.

Here you will receive grace.

We don’t judge people as they walk in the door. It’s not just a place called ‘grace,’ it is a place of grace.

And we’ve got some pretty awesome music for you here as well.”

FAITH NOTES ■ Sequoyah Hills Presbyterian Church, 3700 Keowee Ave., will host GriefShare, a weekly grief support group for people grieving the death of a loved one, 6-7:30 p.m. Mondays, Sept.

8 through Oct 27. Info: 5229804 or www.sequoyahchurch.org.

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Surprise: Forrest Gump has a Knoxville counterpart

By Anne Hart If you think movie character Forrest Gump led a frenetic life packed with amazing coincidences and mind-boggling achievements – all managed with the ultimate in grace, charm and genuine warmth – you may be interested to know his match for all of that lives right here in Knoxville.

Over the years you may have watched him on tennis courts around the world winning championship after championship – first as a youngster at the McCallie School in Chattanooga, then at Tulane University

and ultimately at Wimbledon, the U.S. Open and on the Davis Cup team.

After that he could have been the soldier across the table from you in the mess hall in Vietnam. And today, many years later, you may have encountered him in the courtroom practicing law or in the pulpit preaching on a Sunday morning.

He also might just be the guy who flies right past you in a marathon or whizzes by like the wind in a bicycle race.

It’s a sure thing that Forrest Gump’s life parallels that of Knoxville’s own Dr. G. Turner Howard III,

Joining local attorney Dr. G. Turner Howard III when he spoke to the Rotary Club of West Knoxville were his paralegal, Kelley Perkins, at left, and his wife, Janie Howard. Photo by Charles Garvey award-winning athlete, war veteran, Presbyterian minister of 17 years who still takes to the pulpit occasionally, noted attorney and longtime member of the Rotary Club of West Knoxville. At a recent meeting, Howard shared his life story

and discussed the guiding principles of both his life and his law practice.

And while he has accomplished much, Howard said it is the coincidences in his life that have made it so interesting. One example has to do with his first attempt

Rogero updates on city progress

By Sandra Clark Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero starts every speech by saying, “I love my job.” And she means it. Last week Rogero demonstrated her mastery of that job at the North Knoxville Rotary Club.

“We deal with diverse opinions to form consensus to move the city forward,” she said, urging the business audience to get their staff “out of silos” and working together.

Rogero’s administration is continuing the redevelopment program launched

by Mayor Bill Haslam, starting with the center city and moving outward.

Downtown is vibrant, and now the city is running out of parking. The new Wal-

nut Street parking garage will add 1,060 spaces with free night and weekend parking. Daytime parking will serve TVA Towers and the Langley Building (formerly Kimberly-Clark), she said.

The city uses public money strategically to leverage private investment with projects underway all over town. Here are highlights: North: Façade grants and installation of bike routes on North Central led to a resurgence of restaurants and bars. Last week Happy Holler was added to the National Register of Historic Places, and we learned Baxter Properties has bought several tracts for future development.

The city budget includes

end of October.

South: The old Baptist Hospital is coming down to make way for private-sector apartments and a plaza.

The Urban Wilderness is coming along; the city is realigning a road to create better access to Fort Dickerson; and a small donation drew more dollars and led Knoxville Mayor Madeline to the development of the Rogero entertains the crowd. South Knoxville Alliance, an advertising co-operative Shopper-News file photo that promotes businesses and artists $250,000 for upgrades to East: The warehouse Fountain City Lake, with district of Magnolia Avthe initial contract on the enue is due attention, with Aug. 19 council agenda. $500,000 in façade grants The lake will be drained to upgrade the area around and the leak in the earthen Pellissippi State’s Magnolia berm repaired, starting Avenue campus. Work is unnext month, with spring derway to alleviate flooding water to start refilling by the on Prosser Road. with two lanes to open by Sept. 1.

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at law school. “I didn’t like it at all. Actually, I hated it. One day I got a call from (tennis legend) Arthur Ashe, who told me I needed to join the Army like he had and play tennis all the time on the Army’s team.”

Howard joined up and shortly thereafter, instead of playing on the Army’s tennis team like Ashe, he was sent straight to Vietnam to fight the enemy. There he just happened to make the acquaintance of an important general. When Howard was assigned to drive a truck convoy in an extremely dangerous assignment to the demilitarized zone, the general intervened and changed Howard’s orders to a safer job.

When his tour ended, Howard returned home, “and suddenly I loved law school. Vietnam will do that to you.”

Law degree in hand, Howard embarked on another mission. He went back to McCallie where he taught

English and coached tennis for a couple of years. Then he went to divinity school, served as a Presbyterian minister for 17 years and still preaches when called on.

But in 2002, everything changed when he opened his own law firm, and the practice of law and the ways in which it allows him to help others became his passion.

While his firm’s name is easily recognizable because of the TV ads with movie star Robert Vaughn, it no doubt surprised many in his audience to learn that Howard chooses his clients carefully and accepts only about 10 percent of those who contact him.

His firm’s mission statement tells it all: To honor Christ by providing a safe haven for justice and service through the practice of law.

“We tell our clients they will not hear a sermon, but we hope they will see one.”

Avenue streetscape (starting after football season) will redefine the city’s image to visitors at UT. Cumberland will be two lanes with a center turn lane, and KUB is moving utility lines to the back alley. Rogero praised the $62 million “very modern, urban design” Walmart and Publix complex just opened on the brownfield site of the old Fulton Bellows Co. With a master’s degree in planning and a can-do attitude, Rogero is moving Knoxville forward. And did we mention, she absolutely loves her job.

“Penney ... chased away customers when it unsuccessfully tried in 2012 ... to get fancier and ditch coupons and sales events,” he wrote. Penney is winning back market share as “the premier shopping destination for the moderate consumer,” said CEO Mike Ullman.

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Academy Sports will build a 1.6 million-squarefoot distribution center on more than 200 acres in Cookeville to support continued company growth.

Academy will invest $100 million and create approximately 700 new jobs over the next five years.

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Olympic Gold Medalist Davis Tarwater was prepared when the call came.

It was the moment he had been swimming for his entire life, and he was ready.

And one-tenth of a second almost cost him the opportunity.

Tarwater, who won the gold for the 4x200-meter freestyle relay in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, recently shared his inspiring story with the Rotary Club of Farragut. It is a story of how determination and perseverance mixed with a little luck paid off to make a dream come true.

“The will to prepare and the desire to be great goes a long way,” Tarwater said as he wrapped up his story, explaining that talent shares in the success of great athletes, but persistence is what pays off in the end.

During his athletic career, he said he saw swimmers who were more talented and could have gone on to greatness but just stopped showing up.

Tarwater, 30, started swimming at the age of 7.

When he was 8 years old, his dreams of Olympic Gold were born, and, at 15, he “sprung out of bed at 4:52 a.m.” to go to swim. At 16, he became the second youngest swimmer to qualify for the U.S. Olympic Trials. The first youngest was Michael

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Phelps, who eventually won 22 Olympic medals, the most ever for an Olympian.

Tarwater graduated from Webb School in 2002 and accepted a scholarship at the University of Michigan.

Throughout his swimming career, Tarwater won numerous national titles and represented the United States in World Championships.

But Olympic Gold eluded him. He qualified for the 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials and missed a spot on the team by three-tenths of a

second. He was 20.

During the 2008 trials, Davis, 24, twice broke an Olympic record, but he says he was without joy in the sport he once loved as desperate thoughts filled him: “My life’s going to come crashing down if I don’t make the Olympics.”

He missed a spot on the team, again by three-tenths of a second. He says he believed his Olympic dreams were done, and he began focusing on what his future would hold. He went to England to study, where he earned a master’s degree at the University of Oxford.

Davis says fate stepped in. The Olympics were ramping up for the London 2012 Games, and he decided to try once more, but this time, he was okay with either outcome.

He lost by one-tenth of a second to his best friend Peter Vanderkaay. He flew back home and hours later received the news from his coach that Phelps had dropped out of the 200 meter freestyle, potentially leaving a spot open for Tarwater. A second call from his coach confirmed it. “‘Davis, you’re an Olympian. Fly back to Omaha and accept your spot,’ ” Tarwater recalled the conversation. “It was an unbelievable moment for me. It was an unbelievable moment for my family.”

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New business mixes fitness with boxing

By Bonny C. Millard Ashley Burns has a passion for business. Mixing that business passion with other interests and experiences guided him to purchasing a franchise of Title Boxing Club.

The name suggests a boxing facility, but instead TBC is a membership fitness center that specializes in boxing and kickboxing classes. Burns said a person can burn 1,000 calories in an hour taking one of the classes. Title Boxing Club, 134 N. Peters Road, opened at the end of March.

Burns, who earned a master’s of business administration from Torrent University International in California, served in the U.S. Air Force for eight years and was usually deployed nine months out of the year. He and his wife, Amber, wanted to start a family, so he started looking for a business investment. His research led him to Title Boxing Club.

His military service with its emphasis on fitness and training and his marital arts background made this franchise appealing, he said. He traveled to the headquarters in Kansas City to find out more about the company.

“It was by far one of the most fun workouts I’d ever had,” he said. “It was also

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one of the hardest.”

The look of the club is unique: 40 heavy bags hang in the workout area. The classes are similar to aerobics and other group exercises but have marked differences, Burns said. The trainers who lead classes move from bag-to-bag, assisting participants and providing individualized instruction within the group.

The center offers 20 classes, and Burns said as the demand grows, he will add more classes. The center is already up from its initial 12 classes in the four

months since opening.

“We’ve added classes because our members have asked us to,” he said.

The club is membershipbased instead of a pay-asyou-go set up. Membership includes unlimited classes, and Burns recommends that members come three to four times a week.

“All you have to do is be motivated to show up, and we do the rest.”

Burns said he and his staff want to make sure that people feel comfortable during their visits there.

“We want to build relationships with our members,” he said. “We want to know what their goals are and help them to achieve those goals.” The age range for current members runs from 9 to 70 years old.

As his business has grown, so has his family. He and his wife have a daughter, Taylor, who is just over a month old. Burns said that while his life continues to change in positive ways, he hopes to offer positive change to others through fun and high energy workouts.

“Our goal is to change people’s lives,” he said. “We want to change the way they think about health.”

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McIntyre makes the rounds

By Sara Barrett Knox County Schools Superintendent Dr. James McIntyre began making the rounds last week, visiting students and faculty at several schools to see how they were settling in. His tour will continue through Aug. 28.

Northshore Elementary School’s principal, Susan Davis, and assistant principal, Carl Whipple, welcomed McIntyre and an entourage of department heads and county officeholders to discuss plans for the school’s second year.

“We’ve got a culture established now with our school mascot (the Knight),” said Davis. “Our first-graders have the highest reading scores in the county, and our fifth-grade math scores are really strong.”

Davis told McIntyre the faculty blended well last year after coming from a number of schools in the area to open NES. McIntyre visited several classrooms, meeting students and asking them about their schoolwork. Another highlight of the tour

Five of the six ninth-grade boys from Knoxville who will be entering The McCallie School in Chattanooga in the fall gathered Knox County Schools Super- at the home of Janie and Turner Howard to enjoy some games and refreshments. Taking part in a rousing game of cornhole intendent Jim McIntyre talks are, from left, Jamie Hickling, Calder Woodward, Todd Walker, Machen Murphy (tossing a beanbag) and Emerson Wright. Not to a first-grader in Jen Yellin’s pictured is Andrew Natter. Photo by A. Hart class during a visit to Northshore Elementary School.

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was seeing the playground with its new grass, funded mostly by the school’s PTA. The ground surrounding the play area was previously dirt. Davis said the school’s custodians are especially pleased since there will be fewer muddy footprints to clean up after recess.

McCallie welcomes Class of 2018

By Anne Hart

Janie and Turner Howard’s pretty house on Glenfield Drive in Sequoyah Hills was packed with an enthusiastic crowd last Sunday evening when threatening storms unexpectedly changed the venue for a long-awaited welcome event for new boarding students at Chattanooga’s McCallie School.

Turner Howard, a McCallie graduate who now sits on the board of trustees and spearheads the school’s alumni activities in this area, had offered the use of the backyard at the home of his mother, Sue Howard, a few blocks away on Scenic Drive for

the informal affair, but the prediction of storms caused a flurry of emails and instant messages to notify guests of the change in location.

The Howards managed the change, including a picnic supper, without a hitch. And because the predicted rain never fell, the younger crowd soon took to the front lawn for spirited game after game of cornhole, while the parents of new students chatted with the parents of returning students.

Jennifer McCall of the school’s admissions office was on hand to make the introductions and answer questions from students and parents alike.

There are six Knoxville boys who will enter McCallie as boarding students this fall, all as ninth-graders.

Five are graduates of The Episcopal School of Knoxville and the sixth is a graduate of Bearden Middle School.

The students and their parents are Jamie Hickling, son of Diane and Graham Hickling; Machen Murphy, son of Michelle and Leland Murphy; Todd Walker, son of Ingelein and Richard Myers; Andrew Natter, son of Cindy and Bruce Natter; Calder Woodward, son of Jennifer and Keith Woodward, and Emerson Wright, son of Andrea and Greg Wright.

Getting ready for school Students at Northshore Elementary School can now sit on grass on the playground instead of dirt, thanks to fundraising by the PTA.

New buddies Liam Marshall and Will Overton hung out after the A.L. Lotts play date. Liam’s mom said he is excited about having a lot of classmates in kindergarten, and he packed and unpacked his backpack several times to prepare for the first day of school.

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Sarah Salsbery sits with mom Elizabeth in the school cafeteria. The annual play date is usually held outside, but the weather was not cooperating.

Rocky Hill Elementary School kindergarten teacher Holly Pace poses with students Grant Wright and Tate Mitchell during the annual RHES Kindergarten Ice Cream Social. Participants enjoyed loads of blue ice cream from Bruster’s Ice Cream. Photos submitted

A.L. Lotts fourth-grader Evan Phillips displays his bags of school supplies before finding his new classroom.

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Concord welcomes international students Ryan Foster teaches one of his seventh-grade history classes. One of 26 new teachers and employees hired at CCS this year, Foster was excited to get this school year started.

Kindergartner Emma Diggs and second grader Ava Diggs arrive for their first day at Concord Christian School. CCS has been blessed with a 38 percent growth this school year. Teachers welcomed more than 550 students back to campus.

Fourth-grader Gracie Allen, Sherrie Allen, and sixth-grader Conner Allen are eager to get in the door and to class for their first day of school.

Back 2 School Kick Off Families and fans of the CCS middle school Lions celebrated many firsts last week at Heritage: first football game, completed pass, first down and more.

At left, Coach Troy Fleming meets with his team and coaches on the field immediately following the very first CCS middle school football game.

The Concord Christian School band sets the tone for the Back 2 School Kick Off.

First Baptist Concord pastor John Avant (right) welcomes Cade Evans at the Concord Christian School Back 2 School Kick Off. Cade and his kindergarten classmates received shirts celebrating them as the Class of 2027.

Concord Christian School welcomed its first three international students to class this week. Two students from Germany are living with CCS host families, and a student from Russia is living with relatives.

As this international program grows, CCS anticipates students from all parts of the world, including Asia, coming to experience family life and school in the United States.

Luis Poehls (ninth grade) is welcomed at the McGee Tyson Airport by his host mom, Rose Barker.

Luis is from Hamburg, Germany and is staying with FBC family the Barkers, who have been empty nesters for several years. Luis is an athlete and is excited to play football, basketball and soccer for the CCS Lions this year.

CCS International Admissions Director Kenda McHale shares her family’s experiences with international students: “This year our family is hosting our sixth International student. We are blessed to have Nelson Schmidt from Germany. Our family has enjoyed the unique qualities and perspectives these students have brought into our lives.

“Dinnertime in our home

Mark Kozlov, a freshman, will be studying at CCS for all four years of high school. He is living with his sister.

Mark loves technology and has won several awards for producing documentaries in his home country, Russia. is my favorite time. Not just because we all sit down together to pray, eat, and share a conversation, but because our students bring so much to the table. Now, I don’t just mean the Korean kimchi, Chinese noodles, or the German schnitzel (which were all amazing by the way). I love the stories our students share about their families, their countries, and their customs.

We love to listen to their music, learn words from their native languages, and explore photos and maps of where they are from.

“Have you ever celebrated Chinese New Year, listened to the Wonder Girls, or had the pleasure of tasting real Swiss chocolate? Have you ever Skyped with a family clear across the globe? These are some of the fun and fascinating things our family has the opportunity to enjoy because of our International family.

“Bringing cultural diversity into your home helps teach children about compassion, relationship-building, and the traditions and values of other people. I was enriched by this experience as a teen, when my parents hosted students, and it is something I would never let my children miss out on!”

Third-grader Carson McHale, ninth-grader Alysda McHale and 11thgrader Nelson Schmidt start their first day of class at CCS. Nelson is from Germany. He is a world traveler whose favorite countries so far have been Brazil, South Africa and Indonesia.

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Berghauser keeps game ‘on course’ with partial knee replacement As Robert Berghauser sat quietly at Parkwest Medical Center last December, his thoughts turned to the past.

“I was sitting there waiting to go into surgery, and I was thinking of all the abuse I put my knees through,” the Crossville retiree recalls, “like basic training in the Air Force, playing softball, and I was playing football and basketball a couple times a week.”

Berghauser says he doesn’t regret any of that, but he can certainly see how time took a toll on his knees. “I just wore them down, and it finally caught up with me. It just happens.”

Knee replacement surgery is something many people can benefit from and something many people delay. For Berghauser, the decision to have surgery came after the pain he’d been suffering for several years started getting in the way of his active, everyday life.

“I play golf almost every day, and when I’m not working, I’m walking,” Berghauser says. “I shoot in the 70s and low 80s, which is about an 8 to a 10 handicap.”

“But I was limping and I was just sore all the time,” Berghauser recalls. “One day it was the right knee, the next day it was the left one.”

This was a real annoyance for a man who embraces every game, and had become accustomed to walking and “trotting” the sizeable expanse of Fairfield Glade’s Stonehenge Golf Course in Crossville. Berghauser says people were starting to ask why he was limping so much, and he noticed he was becoming more “bow-legged.”

With his partial knee replacement performed at A visit to a doctor’s office revealed that Parkwest, Robert Berghauser is back on course. the cartilage in Berghauser’s knees had worn down to a point where there was bone rubbing against bone. Berghauser started giving more serious thought to taking some action.

Through one of his wife’s connections at work, Berghauser was referred to board certified orthopedic surgeon Dr. Chris Shaver, MD. Shaver says his goal is to get patients in, seen, treated and back to their active lives as quickly as possible. He decided the unicondylar (partial) knee replacement would be appropriate.

“Recent advances allow surgeons to perform this procedure through a smaller incision,” Shaver says, “and hence it is not as traumatic to the knee, making recovery often significantly quicker.”

Shaver says Berghauser met all the criteria for the partial knee replacement, with significant degenerative changes isolated to one area of the knee. Shaver says candidates for this type of surgery should also be people who have tried other methods of treatment

“I can actually walk. I have no pain, and they straightened me right up.”

- says Robert Berghauser of Dr. Chris Shaver and Parkwest Medical Center

What is uni knee? in a faster recovery. “Overall recovery can be half as long. Many patients are able to walk without aid within weeks and may only require a couple months of therapy.”

Patient satisfaction scores tend to be higher for this type of surgery than for total knee replacement, too. Patients who have a total knee replacement on one side and a partial on the other, often say the partial knee feels more like a natural part of the body.

All mechanical parts will eventually wear, just like parts of your car’s engine, and there are some cases in which total knee replacement still has to happen down the road. This is particularly true when degenerative arthritis progresses to other areas of the knee.

However, Shaver says conversion from a partial knee implant to a total knee implant is much easier than converting from one total knee implant to another.

As far as Shaver is concerned, that’s one of the biggest advantages. “It can be revised to a total knee replacement without significant difficulty,” he says.

If your knees are giving you pains and nothing seems to bring relief, see your doctor or call 374-PARK and ask for a referral.

Protect your knees Dr. Chris Shaver, an orthopedic surgeon with Parkwest Medical Center, explains there are two actions we can take to help our knees stay healthy.

1. Maintain a healthy weight. Shaver says every pound of weight you lose will translate into about five pounds of weight your knee doesn’t have to carry.

2. Limit unnecessary trauma. At work, consider using protective gear if you’re on your knees

frequently. At play, vary your exercise routine so the same points of your body aren’t taking on the same impact day after day, year after year.

Shaver says the most common culprit for knee trouble is osteoarthritis, which generally occurs as an accumulation of wear and tear of the joint over time. Following these two steps can help slow the effects of osteoarthritis and increase your chances of walking tall for many more miles to come.

Advantages of unicondylar (partial) knee replacement ■ Smaller operation overall – Less insult to the knee ■ Smaller incision – Usually about half or two-thirds of the incision without cutting as much muscle ■ Not as much bone removed – Most of the knee remains “native” ■ Shorter hospital stay – Most patients leave the hospital the day after surgery ■ Shorter recovery period – Patients often feel much better in less than two months ■ Blood transfusion very rarely required

■ Better movement in the knee – Expect normal or near normal range of motion ■ Feels more like a normal knee – All ligaments and tendons remain native, and function normally ■ Less need for physiotherapy – Usually around 2 months of full therapy ■ Able to be more active than after a total knee replacement ■ If necessary at some point, it can be revised to a total knee replacement without significant difficulty

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“Usually only the inner part of the knee joint is replaced through a smaller incision than would normally be used for a total knee replacement,” says Chris Shaver, MD , a board certified orthopedic surgeon at Parkwest. “Over the last 25 years, implant design, instrumentation and surgical technique have improved, making it a very successful procedure that’s not as traumatic to the knee.”

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like injections, anti-inflammatory medicines and modifying physical activity.

“He showed me the MRI,” Berghauser says, “and asked me when I wanted surgery.”

Berghauser, who is also a singer, wanted to finish up a few performance dates. He decided he would be ready by Christmas.

While Berghauser had never heard of the procedure before, it’s performed regularly at Parkwest Medical Center. “That was quite a place,” says Berghauser of the hospital. “I was very surprised at the service, and I would recommend them to everybody.”

Berghauser participated in pre-op classes to help him prepare for surgery and recovery. He also says the care he received was very professional. As for the recovery process, Berghauser says physical therapy was hard work, but worth the challenge.

Having compassionate professionals to guide him through the process made a big difference. “The girls who worked in therapy were very nice to me and very congenial,” Berghauser says. “And when you’re hurting, you can be a bear, you know!”

Today, Berghauser is back on the golf course, playing nearly every day. He’s also working again.

“I can actually walk,” he says, “I have no pain, and they straightened me right up.”

Berghauser says he sees other people limping the way he did, or even wearing knee braces, and asks them when they’re going to get those aching knees taken care of.

With no regrets, Berghauser is glad he went through the procedure at Parkwest and says the entire experience was positive, right down to the café. “Those bad things they say about hospital food – it doesn’t pertain to them,” Berghauser says with a grin.

“I just recommend that other people, if they’re thinking about putting it off and suffering the pain, don’t,” Berghauser says.

“Just go ahead and get it done.”

To learn more about joint replacement at Parkwest Medical Center, visit treatedwell.com and click on the Clinical Services tab, or call 865-374-PARK for more information.

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What are the top three things on your bucket list?

Take another Hawaiian vacation. Tour Yellowstone National Park. Revisit some of our favorite vacation locations – Alaska, Niagara Falls, Gettysburg, Lake Vermilion, Minn., Japan and others.

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Ron Garrett

Ron Garrett grew up with six siblings in the small coalmining town of Benedict, in Lee County, Va. There’s nothing there but kudzu now, he says.

Garrett himself left at 18.

“Like the rest of the folks, I went to Michigan to work,” he says. “I couldn’t afford to go to college.”

He had various jobs before he went to work at age 21 for Ford Motor Co. – and don’t make the mistake of calling it “one of” the Big 3.

“There’s only one Big 3 – the others are second and third,” he says. He readily reels off the accomplishments of Henry Ford, including building schools and starting apprenticeship programs.

“I went through their apprenticeship program,” says Garrett. “Ford Motor Co. basically gave me my education because they would pay for my education as long as I would take the time to go to school.

“Now, I was a very slow learner … If someone graduates from high school and it takes them 25 years to graduate from college, they’ve got to be a slow learner. That’s my theory – I could be wrong.”

Garrett is a jokester, but he was serious about learning and got a bachelor’s of engineering technology from Wayne State University. He wanted to set a good example for his son and daughter. He didn’t want his wife, Sylvia, a registered dietitian, to be their only educational role model.

He was a “Southern boy right fresh out of the woods” when he met Sylvia in Michigan.

“She chased me down, and I stopped and let her catch me.” They will celebrate their 50th anniversary next year.

Garrett, 70, held various roles during his 37 years with Ford, the last of which brought him to Tennessee. He came down in 1990 on a launch team for a joint-venture automotive-glass plant in Vonore but settled his family in West Knoxville. (His kids have stayed here, and he and Sylvia have three grandchildren.)

Before he retired in 2001, he had become a distributor for Herbalife, and he’s happy to show photographic and paper evidence of the change Herbalife made for him, going from obese and lethargic in 1999 to trim and energetic by 2001.

“In ’07 and ’09, I caddied in the Knoxville Open,” he says, adding that he’s about 20 pounds off his target weight now. “Most people at my age are not medicationfree and all their tests in the normal range. I am.”

King David. He wrote most of the Psalms. I’d like to talk to him about what inspired him to write them.

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

Personal life: In 1964, God brought my wife, friend and supporter into my life. She has always been there for encouragement and support. In my professional life: George Koss, engineering manager who opened many doors for my professional career.

I still can’t quite get the hang of …

Maximizing the efficiency of my time.

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

The Garretts learned about QuickGym at a wellness assembly in Albuquerque in 2006. They opened QuickGym of West Knoxville at Renaissance Center in 2007. In an echo of the old “I’m not just the president, I’m also a member” commercials, Garrett made use of the specialized range-of-motion machines himself.

“In three months, my excess body fat went from 5 percent to 1 percent, and the only thing I changed was using the machines.”

Sit back and have a Coffee Break as you get to know Ron Garrett.

What is your favorite quote from TV or a movie?

“Make my day” – Clint Eastwood in “Dirty Harry.”

Personalized leather Bible with a zipper from my parents.

What is the best advice your mother ever gave you?

You may not be financially secure, but you can be honest, clean, dress properly and respect others.

What is your social media of choice?

Facebook

What is the worst job you have ever had?

It probably was working as a plumber/pipefitter for Ford. Repairing commercial heating coils in Michigan during the winter months was always dirty and cold.

What was your favorite Saturday morning cartoon?

Bugs Bunny. “That’s all folks!”

What are you guilty of?

Procrastination! We’ll discuss that tomorrow.

What irritates you?

Irresponsible (inconsiderate) people who lack respect for others.

What is your favorite material possession?

My 2006 VTX 1300 (Honda motorcycle)

What is your greatest fear?

What are you reading currently?

“Killing Jesus: A History” by Bill O’Reilly & Martin Dugard

What was your most embarrassing moment?

My senior trip to Washington, D.C., going to visit the historical sites that day and having a photo taken at the Capitol. I spilled hot chocolate on my suit (the first one I ever owned) and had to wear it all day. I stood in the back for the photo.

Not fulfilling the goals that God has for me.

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

Motorcycle tour to West Coast on the northern route and return on the southern route. Tour as many states as possible, seeing the historical sites in each state.

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

Celebrate!

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Meeting Judge Reeves Shopper-News interns Zoe Risley, Julia Grant and Sydnie Seay were pleased to meet the Hon. Pamela L. Reeves, the first female U.S. District Court judge in the district, at a naturalization ceremony. Photos by R. White

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Welcoming new citizens is last assignment for interns The last event for the Shopper-News interns was a naturalization ceremony held Aug. 8 at the Knoxville City County Building. It is safe to say there wasn’t a dry eye in the main assembly room as more than 160 immigrants became American citizens.

Interns Zoe Risley and Julia Grant, plus Sydnie Seay, a friend of Julia, attended.

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The ceremony began with opening remarks by both Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett and Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero.

U.S. District Judge Pamela Reeves presided over the ceremony and welcomed America’s newest citizens with metaphorical open arms. This was Reeves’ first naturalization ceremony

since being appointed in March.

Reeves talked about her upbringing and how her early circumstances did not keep her from becoming the first female judge appointed to the bench in this district of federal court.

“I came from a small house by a creek, with an outhouse and no running water. The great thing about this country is that you can become the person you want to be. It is not based on where you were born,” said Reeves.

Sudan native Omjoma Sanadi and her 6-year-old daughter, Deanna Aian, sat next to our group as they waited for Sanadi’s 23-yearold son, Nader Luka, to receive his citizenship. Sanadi is beginning the lengthy testing portion of the citizenship process and says she is pleased to make the effort. She talks about the violence in Sudan and how she fled with her children in hopes of living a safer and happier life. As to what she

enjoys most about being in America, Sanadi said simply, “Freedom.”

It takes each person approximately 10 minutes to walk to the podium and receive his or her certificate of citizenship. The importance of the moment can be seen in many ways. One recipient takes longer than most to climb the few steps to the judge because he is on crutches. He had just broken his leg but wanted to complete his long journey to citizenship.

Family members in the balcony cheer and proudly videotape their loved ones shaking hands with the judge and receiving a small American flag. Each new citizen’s name is announced as he or she receives the certificate.

“It is an honor for me to stand here as you complete your journey,” said Rogero during her welcoming remarks. “No matter what brought you here, bloom where you are planted. And exercise your right to vote.”

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THROUGH SATURDAY, SEPT. 5 Daily giveaway of two tickets to any performance at Clarence Brown Theatre. To enter: “Like” the Clarence Brown Theatre Facebook page. Grand prize winner of two season subscriptions chosen Sept. 6.

THROUGH WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 10 Accepting nominations for the East Tennessee Preservation Alliance 2014 Preservation Awards.

Awards to be presented Thursday, Nov. 6. Info/ nomination form: http://knoxheritage.org/etpa/easttennessee-preservation-awards/.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 20 Books Sandwiched In – A Lunch & Learn Series, noon, East Tennessee History Center auditorium, 601 S. Gay St. Alvin Nance, executive director/CEO at Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation, will discuss “The American Way of Poverty: How the Other Half Still Lives” by Sasha Abramsky. The public is invited. Info: 215-8801.

THURSDAY, AUG. 21 Cruise Night, 6-9 p.m., 6215 Riverview Crossing Drive in front of old Food Lion at Asheville Highway.

All makes, models, years and clubs welcome. No charge. Door prizes.

The Southern Literature Book Group meeting, 6 p.m., Union Ave Books, 517 Union Ave. Discus-

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sion: “The Tilted World” by Tom Franklin and Beth Ann Fennelly. Info: 951-2180.

nessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Requires “Word 2007 Basics” or equivalent skills. Info/to register: 215-8700.

THURSDAY-SUNDAY, AUG. 21-24

WEDNESDAY AUG. 27

Smoky Mountains Songwriters Festival in Gatlinburg. Workshops, concerts, songwriters contest.

Info/tickets/workshops: www.smswf.com or 604-9066.

The Bookaholics Book Group meeting, noon, Union Ave Books, 517 Union Ave. Discussion: “The Woman Upstairs” by Claire Messud. Info: 951-2180.

SATURDAY, AUG. 23

THURSDAY, AUG. 28

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

Histories and Mysteries Men’s Book Group, 10:30 a.m., Farragut Branch Library, 417 N. Campbell Station Road. Info: 777-1750.

“Cool Down in the Cave” 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Historic Cherokee Caverns, 8524 Oak Ridge Highway. Admission: $8 per person; kids 6 and under are free. Info/ map: www.cherokeecaverns.com.

Hummingbird Festival, 8 a.m.-3 p.m., Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave. Admission, $5; children under 6, free. Info/schedule: 577-4717 or ijams.org.

Cruise Night, 6-9 p.m., 6215 Riverview Crossing Drive in front of old Food Lion at Asheville Highway.

All makes, models, years and clubs welcome. No charge.

Door prizes.

Auditions for all voice parts – Knoxville Choral Society, 6-8 p.m. Info/for scheduled appointment time: www.knoxvillechoralsociety.org, 312-2440, membership@knoxvillechoralsociety.org.

SUNDAY, AUG. 24

FRIDAY, AUG. 29

Youth Concert, 3 p.m., Second Presbyterian Church, 2829 Kingston Pike. Features youth from across the city.

Concert and reception free and open to the public.

Sunset Music Series presents Steve Kaufman, 7 p.m., Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center’s covered outdoor amphitheater, Townsend. Three-time National Guitar Champion. Admission: $5. Info: 448-0044.

MONDAY, AUG. 25 Ice Cream Social fundraiser, 5-8 p.m., Sonic Drive-In, 7816 Oak Ridge Highway. Ten percent of sales to benefit Shine, Diamonds All-Stars’ senior coed level three competitive cheer team.

West Knox Book Club, 10:15 p.m., Bearden Branch Library, 100 Golf Club Road. Discussion: “The Book Thief.” Info: 588-8813.

TUESDAY, AUG. 26 Computer Workshops: Excel, 2014, 2 p.m., East Ten-

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THURSDAY-FRIDAY, AUG. 28-29 AARP Driver Safety class, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Fort Sanders Senior Center, 1220 Main St., Sevierville. Info/ to register: Carolyn Rambo, 584-9964.

SATURDAY, AUG. 30 Boomsday, Bluegrass and Barbecue celebration, 6 p.m., Mabry-Hazen House, 1711 Dandridge Ave. Dinner, 7:30. Tickets: $60 per adult; children under 12 are free. Info/ advance tickets: www.mabryhazen.com or 522-8661.

Great Smoky Mountain Jeep Invasion, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., The Island in Pigeon Forge. Proceeds benefit Smoky Mountain Service Dogs, a local charity that raises and trains service dogs for disabled veterans. Info: www.facebook.com/greatsmoky mountainjeepinvasion or www.smokymountainjeepclub. org.

225 Campers

3 ADJ. lots, Lynnhurst 4 TABBY KITTENS, English (Olde) Bulldog SHELTIES AKC reg., Anti Jenny Lind Qn

Puppies, ready to go, Cemetery, Masonic spayed & neutered, DOB 6/11/14. 1 M, 3 F, Bed w/matt & box sprgs parents on site, $1,000 Garden, Sec. 3M. with vaccinations, $350. 2 yr old Dad $200. $350. Jazzy pwr whlchair Parking Passes $3300 total. 615-406-9863 $50. Call 865-963-5086 Prices nego. 865-335-8730 $400. 423-608-4244 each. 931-625-7234 Season - Away - Home KIDS CONSIGNMENT ***Web ID# 450104*** ***Web ID# 449441*** 8/28 10AM-8PM 4 BEAUTIFUL lots (Open to Public!) in Seymour facing Weimaraner Puppies, Household Furn. 204 Dogs 141 All Events - All Concerts Gatlinburg, 8/29 10AM-8PM Highland AKC reg., ready for new Restocked Daily!

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Shepherd pullouts or convert male, S/W, $400. 865THE Grande puppies, 7 wks, M&F, bunks. Comes w/ 256-9068; 865-556-1847 UT SEASON Football LYNNHURST sable, parents on Free Pets 145 to @ KNOXVILLE mattresses. $650 for CEMETERY, Sec. P, Tickets. 2 tickets prem. 865-457-8186 EXPO CENTER both. Call 850-1900.

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All shots & wormed each. 865-233-2477 & 4. $825. 865-705-7888 Pups, Adorable 8 wks Babies up to Juniors Marble and iron. have blue eyes. 6 865-932-2333 old. full blooded, 1st S&W, www.thepickychick.com $125 obo. wks old. First shots ***Web ID# 448820*** $250. Vera, 865-803-5923.

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LOVING, 1st time Apts Unfurnished 71 ***Web ID# 449065*** Silver Queen sweet corn.

BASS TRACKER 2010 Mom and Dad promise $4 /dozen. 865-828-4087 Pro 16.30 HP Merc. your baby a happy, 4 stroke, exc. cond. secure life. Holly and STUDIO/ONE ROOM JD 3300 Combine Call the 33 year old, local Knoxville advertising HOUSE $395 month Extras. $6800. 865George, 1-800-943-7780 w/corn & grain & $300 dep. No pets.

816-6217. company needs someone in the Powell, head, $5,000. 865LOVING, MARRIED 865-384-5604. ***Web ID# 446063*** 456-2268 couple wishing to Karns or West Knox area to work at GLASSMATE 14' fishadopt a baby. Will Kubota Tractor M105, ing boat, drive-on trlr, give your child a lov- Apts - Furnished 72 home (part-time) clipping and trimming 4WD w/loader, only 922-4136 or 218-WEST(9378) 40 HP Nissan, loc., ing, safe, happy 850 hrs, $33,000. 865troll. mtr, extras. home. Call toll free WALBROOK STUDIOS newspaper articles and looking up names 456-2268 $1500 OBO. 865-850-8748 anytime 888-850-0222.

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No Lse. but must have your own computer and Refrig, side by side 4 BR, 3 BA, 2111 SF, like new, $20,995. $200. GE Profile all brick, all Farragut color copier.

Newspapers furnished.

Must 865-376-5167 cabinet oven, $150.

Schools, lot + 1/2 Condo Rentals Lawn-Garden Equip.

190 76 GE Profile DW, $100, lot, all fenced backhave a smoke-free working environment PREMIERE 221 GE Profile microwave Explorer 2013 Fish & yard, sep. 2 car gar.

2 JOHN Deere riding $75. Cash. 382-3288. (newspapers absorb the smell). w/workshop & storage, CONDO. 2 BR, 2BA, 1 cruise model, w/2012 mowers. LX172 & car garage, no pets. $210,000. 865-386-7640 Hustler trlr incl.

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HALLS - 2 BR, 1.5BA, Machinery-Equip. 193 w/fixtures, all taken Seat 8 or 1100 lbs. $3,995.

Knoxville, TN 37930 CUL-DE-SAC LOT. no pets. $600/mo. $500 care of. Sold together, 423-626-9750; 865-748-3779 New waterfront dep. Doyle 254-9552 $650. 865-947-0271. or email: CLARK FORKLIFT, neighborhood, Loudon.

8000 lb. lift capacity REDUCED!!! $57,200. 865-306-0358 2014targetadvertising@gmail.com triple stage, side shift, UPSCALE CONDO Exercise Equipment 208 LP, cushion tires.

3BR 2.5BA $1325. $6500. 865-216-5387.

Details at ***Web ID# 449370*** LIFE FITNESS, All WestKnox.com.

922-4136 or 218-WEST(9378) club models, Cross Linkbelt Excavator, trainer 95XI, $1000.

3400Q, low Recumbent bike 95RI, REGAL 1996 Ventura Local Driving/Delivery 106a Local Driving/Delivery 106a Healthcare 110 Healthcare 110 model SE 8.3, 28', w/trlr, hours, 90% UC, $500. 865-384-7232. immac., seats 10, $40,000. 865-456-2268 Book value. $18,000.

New Holland Dozer, Collectibles Water toys incl.

213 model DC100, 6 way $13,500. 865-719-4295 blade, low hrs, 027 Gauge Elec.

Searay 2006 220 Select, $40,000. 865-456-2268 Trains, Trap Door 350 Mag, 300 HP, Captains Call Exhaust, UTILITY TRAILERS Musket, German WWII MAKING MORE POSSIBLE items, autographs, Bimini top, cock pit Service & Repair CAC is seeking volunteer drivers Swiss cuckoo clock. cover, tandem axle 865-986-5626 IN SENIOR HOME CARE Gary 865-407-5340 trailer, 90 hrs, for their Volunteer Assisted smokeymountaintrailers.com $32,900. 865-414-0937

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TV/Electronics 197 Sporting Goods 223 Campers INSIGNIA 19" LED TV, new in box. $95. or obo. Call 9669280.

30 CAL. military carbine '43 Inland, like new cond. w/ manual. $1150. 865-712-5647.

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2012 MONTANA High Country, 36', smoke gray high gloss ext., 3 slides, 2 AC's, frpl, cherry cabinets, exc cond., $36,000. 865-604-2121 ***Web ID# 448354***

Morgan Tour Caddy, 1 person seat golf cart, all elec., hand controlled, 2 new elec. batteries, exc GRETSCH Black Falcon, cond, gar. kept, must 24' 5th wheel camper elec. guitar, abalone sell by 8/28. Moving inlays, gold plated 1993 Hitch Hiker II, to Wyoming. $1777 accents. Bigsby vibrato. exc cond., $2900. obo. 865-719-0835 Mint. $2200. 865-448-2076 Call 931-788-6769

Music Instruments 198

235 Trucks

CAMPERS WANTED WE BUY CAMPERS Travel Trailers, 5th Wheels, PopUps & Motor Homes.

WILL PAY CASH 423-504-8036

Motor Homes

237

1993 Newmar Country Star 38', 43K mi, new tires/brakes, loaded, Super Slide, $20,000.

865-690-9090 ***Web ID# 447629*** 2006 FLEETWOOD Terra, 26' Class A. Good Condition.

Queen Bed, 36K mi. $28,000. 865-659-6655

257 Imports

FORD RANGER PU Subaru 1997 (postal car), true right hand 1994 XLT, ext. cab, drive, route ready, bedliner, new tires, $3800. 865-456-2268 good cond. $3495.

865-691-1531 TOYOTA AVALON XLE 2013, This grand vehicle is fit for a 4 Wheel Drive 258 queen!

Has only 2,854 mi. Loaded. $31,825.

FORD F250 2011 Super 865-387-3463.

Duty, diesel, King ***Web ID# 448529*** Cab with lrg bed, util. box, dark blue, great cond. $34,000.

865-604-2121 ***Web ID# 448355***

Antiques Classics 260

VOLVO S90 1998, 1 Fourwinds Hurricane owner, 115K mi, 2006, 34 ft, Class A, 1930 FORD A Model slight hail damage, V10 gas eng., 3 slide 5 window coupe $3500. 865-691-9631 outs, air shocks, auto w/rumble seat $17,900. leveling jacks, 1 865-250-7811 owner, non-smoker.

Sports 264 1947 CHEVROLET 9600 mi. Exc. cond.

2 door, V8, AT. $44,900. 865-804-4747 865-679-1924 ***Web ID# 446183*** CORVETTE Convertible or 281-0633.

1974, red w/blk top, 45k, Grumpy Grandpa $23,000. 423-721-5922.

Motorcycles 238

Sport Utility

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Harley Davidson 2009 Rendezvous Sportster Custom, Buick 2004, CX, AWD, clean Screamin Eagle pipes, & dependable, 137K less than 9K mi, gar. mi, $4,000. 865-577-4069 kept, $6500. 423-505-9883 HARLEY FAT Boy CHEVY SUBURBAN 2008 LTX, 4 wh. dr.

2001, exc. cond. Low Z71 pkg, loaded, leather, mi. Must sell. Asking 2nd row bucket seats, $10,000/bo. 480-202-6386 106k mi, wht w/blk HD Heritage Soft tail int. $23,500 b.o. Private Custom 2005, Vance seller. 865-382-0064 & Hines pipes, must sell, $8250. 865-908-8855 CHEVY Tahoe 1998, cold air, lthr int., 22" whls, HONDA GOLDWING Vortex 350 V8. $2900.

Trike 2004, low mi, 865-679-1924; 281-0633 fully dressed + car replica luggage Ford Escape '06, manual trans., PW, PDL trailer (1940 Ford), 152,497mi, 25-30 mpg $25,000 obo. 865-274-9520 $4500. 865-566-7896 SUZUKI BLVD 2009 ***Web ID# 450471*** VL800C-T 16K mi., 2 tone - Baby blue & wht, mint. $4000. 423-261-4248 Imports 262 SUZUKI GS500F 2007, 1154 mi., Exc. cond., blue & white, $4000 obo. 865-938-9511.

BMW 2013 328i Hardtop conv.

Like new. 9K mi. $30,500. 423-295-5393

Domestic

CADILLAC DTS 2001, Runs well, $2800 firm.

Phone 865-384-7743 MERC. Grand Marquis 1991, 89K actual mi, 1 ownr, gar. kept. $3250. 865-936-6715

Cleaning

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CHRISTIAN WOMAN seeks house to clean in West Knox/Farr area. Quality work, guaranteed.

Refs available. 388-0084

Flooring

330

HONDA ACCORD TILE in2012, 52K mi, black, CERAMIC stallation.

Floors/ sunroof, $13,900. walls/ repairs. 33 18x8 Haulmark Grizzley 423-253-4590 yrs exp, exc work! trailer, 10,000 GVW, John 938-3328 good tires, new HONDA Accord 2014, 400 mi, 4 dr EX, SR, spare, serviced 2014, camera, black finish. $3,995. 865-414-7918 333 New car war. loaded. Guttering HUSTLER utility $24,500. 865-382-0365. trailer, 7'W x 12'L, sgl.

HAROLD'S GUTTER axle, rear & side drop HONDA Civic EX SERVICE. Will clean gate, $1,000. 865-200-2105 Sport 2006, 4 dr, AT, front & back $20 & up. sunrf, CD plyr, 6 air Quality work, guaranUTILITY TRAILERS bags, 89K+ mi, exc teed. Call 288-0556.

All Sizes Available mpg, new brake pads, 865-986-5626 gar. kept, exc detailed smokeymountaintrailers.com 340 service history, must Misc. Services sell by 8/28. Moving to Wyoming. $15,555.

HIGH SCHOOL Vans 256 Worth every penny.

DIPLOMA 865-719-0835 FROM HOME 6-8 Toyota Sienna XLE HYUNDAI SONATA weeks. Accredited, 2000, all power, Get a GLS 2005, steel Free brochure. sunrf, fully loaded, No state test. gray, 1 ownr, very future! $3995. 865-308-2743 1-800-264-8330 reliable, 141K hwy BENJAMIN mi, $3500. 865-481-0110 FRANKLIN HIGH Trucks 257 Lexus RX330 2004, SCHOOL 91,900 mi, gray, exc diplomafromhome.com CHEVY S10 2003 cond, $13,500. GREAT $8,000. Low miles, BUY. 865-688-1727; Painting / Wallpaper 344 (Only 25,743)!

865-456-5305 Call 865-387-3463.

MERCEDES 560SL Powell's Painting & ***Web ID# 448533*** 1989 Convertible; Remodeling - ResiDark Maroon; dential & Commercial.

Like New; 25,500 mi.

Free Estimates. 865$24,500 865-453-6344 771-0609 922-4136 or 218-WEST(9378)

Utility Trailers 255

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Cadillac 1994 Fleetwood Brougham (RWD) 24K 1 owner mi. carmine red, showroom new, $10,000.

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FORD F150 2013, 4 dr, MERCEDES BENZ Ext cab, STX, 3.7L, 380SL 1985, Both tops, 16,900 mi, $24,250. Good cond. 97,857 mi., 865-660-9611 $8500 OBO. 865-693-7358.

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Candy Ladyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; finds help for swallowing problems When Dorothy Robbins of Sevierville visits Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, she usually brings a box of fresh peanut brittle or assorted ďŹ&#x201A;avors of tafďŹ es with her. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They call me the Candy Lady,â&#x20AC;? said Robbins, 73. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve worked 40 years at the candy shop (Ole Smokey Candy Kitchen) in Gatlinburg. So I make a variety and take it to them. Dr. Jackson loves peanut brittle, so I always take him some.â&#x20AC;?

Robbins tells a funny but harrowing story about the time in October 2011 when a 200-pound bear broke into the shop at night. Robbins and a coworker found him in the morning. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There was a hole in the glass door and pecans everywhere,â&#x20AC;? Robbins recalled.

The women called the police, who chased the bear out of the shop and right past Robbins. Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency ofďŹ cials tried to trap him in the days

following, with no success.

The incident made the news and can still be seen on YouTube. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I said we have the sweetest bear in town!â&#x20AC;? said Robbins. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was the smartest, too â&#x20AC;&#x201C; he picked our candy shop! And they never did catch him.â&#x20AC;?

But that wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the ďŹ rst frightening experience for Robbins. In 1989, she successfully battled Hodgkinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lymphoma, undergoing 40 radiation treatments at Fort Sanders Regional.

The treatments eliminated the cancer, but subsequent scarring from chest radiation narrowed her esophagus to the point where she couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t eat without food getting caught. A narrowed esophagus can also be the result of acid reďŹ&#x201A;ux disease, a common ailment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very frightening,â&#x20AC;?

Robbins said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People who have not had it happen to them donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know.â&#x20AC;?

Any food could get stuck in Robbinsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; esophagus for days, especially foods like chicken or beef, she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t swallow anything else either, even saliva,â&#x20AC;? she added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a scary thought when nothing will go down.â&#x20AC;?

Robbins lived with the condition for many years.

But about ďŹ ve years ago, she was referred to Dr. Mark Jackson, a gastroenterologist with Fort Sanders Regional. Jackson told Robbins he could â&#x20AC;&#x153;stretchâ&#x20AC;? her esophagus to help her swallow better.

With Robbins under anesthesia, Jackson inserted an endoscope â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a tiny lighted video camera â&#x20AC;&#x201C; down her throat. He then used slender instruments to expand and stretch the narrow places.

The procedure made a difference immediately, Robbins said, and she now has the treatment on a regular

Bodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s digestive train can be derailed When your co-worker phones the ofďŹ ce saying he or she has â&#x20AC;&#x153;stomach ďŹ&#x201A;u,â&#x20AC;? donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe it. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s because the vomiting and diarrhea associated with the condition probably has nothing to do with the ďŹ&#x201A;u â&#x20AC;&#x201C; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more likely to be gastroenteritis, one of the more common ailments that can go wrong with the super-sophisticated human plumbing we call the digestive system.

Dr. Muhammed The mouth, Iqbal, Gastroenteresophagus, stomach, ologist large and small intestines, and anus are all part of the digestive system, with the tongue, salivary glands, pancreas, liver and gallbladder also pitching in. Even nerves and blood play a major role in the digestive process.

With so many body parts working together just to process that sausage biscuit you had for breakfast, it isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t surprising that sometimes things go wrong. In fact, an estimated 60 to 70 million Americans are affected by one digestive disease or another each year, resulting in 48.3 million visits to the doctor, 21.7 million hospitalizations and almost a quarter million deaths.

Here are a few common conditions: â&#x2013; Gastroenteritis â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Often called â&#x20AC;&#x153;stomach ďŹ&#x201A;u,â&#x20AC;? itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inďŹ&#x201A;ammation of the small intestine caused by viruses, bacteria or parasites. â&#x2013; Gastroesophageal ReďŹ&#x201A;ux Disease (GERD) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; More commonly known as heartburn, symptoms occur when the stomach contents back up into the esophagus.

Occasional GERD doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t usually indicate a problem. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s persistent, if you have difďŹ culty or if you have weight loss, it needs to be evaluated,â&#x20AC;? said Dr. Mu-

hammed Iqbal, gastroenterologist with Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center. GERD can sometimes be a symptom of other conditions such as asthma, esophageal cancer or a precancerous condition called Barrettâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s esophagus. â&#x2013; Constipation â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Americans spend $725 million a year on laxatives, trying to facilitate a bowel movement. â&#x2013; Diarrhea â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Constipationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;evil twinâ&#x20AC;? causes repeated trips to the bathroom. Usually diarrhea is brought on by mild infections of the colon or small intestine. â&#x2013; Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; IBS is an intestinal disorder that causes abdominal pain, cramping or bloating and diarrhea or constipation. â&#x2013; InďŹ&#x201A;ammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Another name for either Crohnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s disease or ulcertative colitis. The disease stems from inďŹ&#x201A;ammation of the colon. â&#x2013; Diverticular disease â&#x20AC;&#x201C;The colon becomes weakened and pouches form along its surface. The pouches can collect food and become infected, resulting in pain and tenderness in the lower abdomen. â&#x2013; Colorectal cancer â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The digestive system is home to more cancers and causes more cancer mortalities than any other organ system in the body. Colon cancer affects more than 100,000 Americans each year. The good news is that most colon cancer is preventable through regular screening. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Colon cancer deaths have decreased because there is effective screening and better treatments. Pre-cancerous polyps (growths that can be precursors to colon cancer) can be completely and safely removed during colonoscopy,â&#x20AC;? Iqbal says, adding that the most important thing to remember is that â&#x20AC;&#x153;colonoscopy saves lives.â&#x20AC;?

If you have digestive discomfort or difďŹ culties, or symptoms that may be caused by the conditions listed above, call 865-541-4280 or go to www.fsregional.com/gi

basis. At ďŹ rst she went every month, and now sees Jackson several times each year.

Her procedure is done at the Center for Digestive Health at Fort Sanders Regional and takes about 15-20 minutes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m

down and back in a day,â&#x20AC;? said Robbins, noting that she eats softer foods immediately following ful doctor. That whole group, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re great â&#x20AC;&#x201C; so wonderful the procedure. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dr. Jackson is a wonder- and caring.â&#x20AC;?

Sweet words from the Candy Lady, who can more easily swallow the foods she enjoys.

Time for â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;gut checkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;?

Tests can be life savers Tummy trouble? It may be time for a â&#x20AC;&#x153;gut check.â&#x20AC;? A variety of tests are available to help gastroenterologists (specialists in digestive disorders) diagnose and treat the cause of â&#x20AC;&#x153;GI blues.â&#x20AC;?

The Fort Sanders Center for Digestive Health has gastroenterologists Richard Cohn, MD; Jeffrey Brown, MD; Mark Jackson, MD; Muhammed Iqbal, MD; and Robert Pollack, MD, who offer a variety of diagnostic procedures, inDr. Mark Jackson, Gastroenterologist cluding the following:

Colonoscopy Colonoscopy is the examination of the entire colon (large intestine) to look for early signs of colon cancer (polyps). Usually an outpatient procedure, colonoscopy is performed by inserting a ďŹ&#x201A;exible lighted tube into the rectum.

It requires intravenous sedation and adequate preparation to clean the colon. The exam will take about 20 minutes but can save your life.

Colonoscopy screening is recommended for everyone at age 50 and every 10 years after that if the test is normal. People with a family history of colon cancer, inďŹ&#x201A;ammatory bowel disease or ulcerative colitis need to have the procedure at a younger age and more frequently. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Colon cancer can be managed, treated and cured if found early,â&#x20AC;? says Dr. Jackson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The thing Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve learned over the past 25 years is the importance of getting people past the fear and embarrassment of having to go through colonoscopy.

The more people we can get screened the better.â&#x20AC;?

Capsule endoscopy (â&#x20AC;&#x153;PillCamâ&#x20AC;?)

This high-tech procedure uses a pill-sized video camera to view images of the small intestine, which cannot be viewed with traditional upper endoscopy or colonoscopy. The camera

takes multiple pictures of the small intestine as it passes through the bowel. The most common use is to search for causes of bleeding from the small intestine. It can also be used to test for Crohnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s disease and small bowel tumors.

On the day prior to the procedure a laxative solution is given to cleanse the small intestine.

The PillCam is then swallowed and passes through the digestive tract while transmitting video images to a recorder worn on the patientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s belt. The test takes about eight hours.

Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) Upper GI endoscopy, sometimes called EGD, helps in diagnosing and treating esophagitis, heartburn, ulcers and bleeding. The procedure is the visual examination of the upper gastrointestinal tract using a lighted ďŹ&#x201A;exible endoscope. It is performed in an outpatient setting and utilizes intravenous sedation to relax the patient. The endoscope is inserted through the mouth into the esophagus, stomach, and upper part of the small intestine. The exam takes about 5-10 minutes.

Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) ERCP enables the physician to diagnose problems that involve the liver, gallbladder, bile ducts and pancreas. In this procedure a ďŹ&#x201A;exible lighted tube is passed through the mouth and into the stomach and upper intestine to visualize the opening to ducts from the liver and pancreas. Once identiďŹ ed, a narrow plastic tube is passed through the scope into the duct, where a dye is injected and X-rays are taken. If the exam shows a gallstone or narrowing of the ducts, specialized equipment can be used to remove the stones or relieve the obstruction. The exam takes 30-60 minutes.

For more information about gastroenterology services at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center or assistance in ďŹ nding a physician, call 865-541-4280.

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